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00:00:59 [Footsteps]
00:01:01 [Shouting]
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00:01:11 Ah, quit your screaming, the vibration will break your glasses.
00:01:14 [Shouting]
00:01:16 Hey, by the way, when are you going to learn to become a real sports writer?
00:01:19 The way you described that ninth inning rally yesterday, you think you were discussing a chess game.
00:01:24 That was no gubernatorial election. It was a baseball game.
00:01:28 Look, the end of the ninth inning, there's two men on base.
00:01:31 A batter comes up and hits a home run. He upsets the whole apple cart. He wins the ball game.
00:01:36 You talk about it like maybe you was asking for a second helping of apple sauce.
00:01:39 No excitement, no feverishness, no nothing.
00:01:44 Maybe you wouldn't like my job.
00:01:46 Oh, you're being very precipitous.
00:01:49 This is my racket. This is what I was born and raised for.
00:01:55 You mind standing back, you're in the light.
00:01:58 See what kind of trash you were writing here.
00:02:01 [Mumbling]
00:02:04 No continuity, nothing.
00:02:07 I'll show you a story that'll really do it.
00:02:14 Say, how do you spell catastrophe?
00:02:16 Catawatt.
00:02:18 Oh, you're so unintelligible.
00:02:20 Catastrophe. A big thing, you know, everybody gets murdered, everybody's getting killed. Catastrophe.
00:02:24 Never heard of the owl.
00:02:27 Hey, Joe, you weren't as high as a fifth grade, spell me Catastrophe, will you?
00:02:31 Well, if you're referring to the word catastrophe, meaning a calamity of great magnitude, from the Latin and Greek derivations...
00:02:37 I ain't interested in the Latins and the Greeks. I'm talking about a baseball game.
00:02:42 Oh, forget it. I'll use massacre. I'm more euphonious anyway.
00:02:46 Copy.
00:02:48 Well, what are you waiting for, Curley? You heard him. Copy.
00:02:54 Watch your tempo.
00:03:00 Yeah, a fine thing. A fine thing.
00:03:04 Look at this, you numbskulls.
00:03:07 You sit with your feet on deck while the journal gets an extra on the street.
00:03:13 Why, I came to work on that train, Mr. Cartwright. It didn't amount to anything.
00:03:17 You mean to tell me that you were actually there when it happened?
00:03:21 Yes, sir.
00:03:22 And you didn't write it up?
00:03:23 But nothing happened. Our train barely bumped the one ahead.
00:03:26 The subway guard was a little cut by flying glass, and a couple of women fainted.
00:03:30 And so you decided to keep it a secret?
00:03:32 Oh, no, sir. I was going to write something about it.
00:03:34 Yeah, that's the trouble with you. The trouble with all of you.
00:03:37 You don't know a good story when it bumps into you.
00:03:40 Didn't it occur to you to try and find out who those two fainting women were?
00:03:44 No, sir, I...
00:03:45 Well, it occurred to the journal to find out.
00:03:47 One of those women was Gypsy Common.
00:03:50 Ever hear of her?
00:03:51 What?
00:03:52 Gypsy Common.
00:03:53 Why, no, sir, I...
00:03:54 Hey, isn't that the girl that used to be in the...
00:03:55 When you were in Romper, she was the toast of Broadway.
00:03:58 She drove around on the most expensive foreign car.
00:04:01 Now she faints in the subway, and you tell me it doesn't amount to anything.
00:04:04 Why, her riding around on a five-cent fare is a story in itself, even if she didn't faint.
00:04:09 She's the dame that was married to that big shot, Wilson, isn't she?
00:04:12 Fine little boy.
00:04:13 Now suppose you tell these two numb skulls why she has to do her fainting in the subway.
00:04:17 Okay, you two numb skulls, although I will admit that the circumstances...
00:04:20 Never mind this all in the journal. Read it.
00:04:23 It says that Wilson had a smart lawyer when he got his divorce.
00:04:26 They made a settlement out of court that left her practically broke.
00:04:29 He kind of had gypsy gypsy, didn't he, boy?
00:04:31 Yeah.
00:04:32 Where's Lindsay?
00:04:35 Why, I don't know. He was here a minute ago.
00:04:37 Honey.
00:04:38 Yes, dear?
00:04:39 Auction. Oriental rugs. All sizes, all patterns.
00:04:42 10 a.m., 512 8th Street.
00:04:44 We might find just what we want for the living room.
00:04:47 But 10 o'clock. Too bad they didn't make it after working hours.
00:04:50 Oh, we can't let business interfere with drugs.
00:04:52 I'll drop by on my way down to the police headquarters. It'll only take a minute.
00:04:55 Well, perhaps...
00:04:56 And now, Mr. Lindsay, if I may have the use of my desk for a few minutes.
00:05:00 And my sacred beret.
00:05:01 Oh, yes, sir.
00:05:02 I just... I just dropped in to say good morning.
00:05:04 Good morning.
00:05:05 Good morning.
00:05:06 Now, just a minute.
00:05:07 If you and Jane don't get married pretty quick and stop all this lovey-dovey business,
00:05:11 I'll have to fire the both of you.
00:05:13 Yes, sir.
00:05:14 And I'll do my best to take care of that.
00:05:17 Yeah, that guy.
00:05:24 You're gonna have your hands full with him.
00:05:27 Did you know you'd lost a button?
00:05:36 Did I?
00:05:37 Yes, look.
00:05:38 Well, I'll be darned.
00:05:40 I just got this suit from the cleaner today.
00:05:42 Something's got to be done about those tailors.
00:05:45 I never thought such...
00:05:46 Now, now, I'll go out and get a button to match and sew it on for you before you leave.
00:05:51 [music]
00:05:53 Oh, hi, Jim.
00:06:12 Hi, Bugs.
00:06:13 Where you going? Police headquarters?
00:06:14 Yeah, yeah.
00:06:15 Just the usual round.
00:06:16 Uh-huh.
00:06:17 Well, watch out. They don't like you.
00:06:19 [laughs]
00:06:20 Pretty good, huh?
00:06:22 No.
00:06:23 Well, I'll be punching.
00:06:25 Come on in, little babies.
00:06:29 [laughs]
00:06:30 What?
00:06:31 Oh, pardon me, boys.
00:06:32 I just dug these up in a morgue.
00:06:33 There were a bunch of pictures of Jiffy Common.
00:06:35 Remember that thing they were shooting him out off about?
00:06:36 I mean, uh...
00:06:37 Forget it.
00:06:38 The journal beat us to the story, and now the best thing we can do is to ignore it.
00:06:41 Yeah, but they didn't have no pictures.
00:06:42 That's what he missed the boat.
00:06:43 These are just what the doctor ordered.
00:06:44 Get that junk off your desk, and I'll show you.
00:06:46 Get a load of this.
00:06:48 This is once he was on the stage.
00:06:49 Remember them million dollar gams?
00:06:50 Uh-huh.
00:06:51 Just a picture of him with them big, fine, luxurious cars.
00:06:53 Uh-huh.
00:06:54 And this is a picture of him right after the divorce.
00:06:56 Uh-huh.
00:06:57 You think I ought to get a raise for that?
00:06:58 Uh-uh.
00:06:59 Don't?
00:07:00 Uh-uh.
00:07:01 Well, anyway, look at the pictures.
00:07:04 I told you that sooner or later you'd come crawling to me on your knees.
00:07:27 I'm not crawling, and I'm not asking for any favors.
00:07:30 I only want what was mine when I married you.
00:07:34 Why don't you get yourself a lawyer?
00:07:36 You know I haven't a chance in court.
00:07:38 Your lawyer thought of that.
00:07:40 But I don't intend to be cheated, Tom.
00:07:42 Not if I have to kill you.
00:07:49 What do you want?
00:07:50 You know what I want.
00:07:51 I want my security.
00:07:52 And I want them now.
00:08:19 They're gone.
00:08:20 They're not gone.
00:08:22 I know all your tricks.
00:08:23 Don't trick me.
00:08:24 Look for yourself.
00:08:25 You're not going to get away with this, Tom.
00:08:28 I want what belongs to me.
00:08:30 Now, you'd better find them.
00:08:31 I'm telling you the truth, they're not here.
00:08:33 You never told the truth in your life.
00:08:35 And I'm not leaving yet until I get what I came for.
00:08:39 You're getting out of here now, or I'll call the police.
00:08:42 You'll never reach the phone.
00:08:46 No.
00:09:08 That's right.
00:09:09 That's the guy.
00:09:10 And murder.
00:09:11 Where's Jim?
00:09:12 Well, I don't know.
00:09:13 Hasn't he been down there?
00:09:15 Oh, well, I--
00:09:16 You'd better get her down to Wilson's place right away.
00:09:18 Looks like a big story.
00:09:20 And tell him I'm fresh out of cigar.
00:09:22 Thanks, Ron.
00:09:23 I'll get Jim right on it.
00:09:26 We're in blazes as Lindsay.
00:09:27 Why, I--
00:09:28 The biggest murder of the year.
00:09:30 The victim financially prominent.
00:09:32 All year marks of a mystery.
00:09:33 Front page stop and not a word from my police reporter.
00:09:37 Every time I come by this chair, it's empty.
00:09:40 But nobody ever ran down a story sitting in a chair.
00:09:42 No.
00:09:43 And nobody ever did it playing hide and seek either.
00:09:45 What do you mean, hide and seek?
00:09:47 A police reporter's supposed to be around police headquarters
00:09:49 this time of the day, isn't he?
00:09:50 Yeah.
00:09:51 Supposed to be.
00:09:52 Well, that's where he is.
00:09:53 He told me so when he left.
00:09:55 Well, he's not there.
00:09:56 I just phoned.
00:09:57 Yeah?
00:09:58 A good reporter doesn't sit around headquarters.
00:09:59 Jim's probably out covering the case.
00:10:01 Come to think of it, Jane is right.
00:10:03 Now, if you ask me--
00:10:04 Nobody did.
00:10:05 All right, Scoop.
00:10:06 Find out something for the early edition.
00:10:08 Just in case.
00:10:09 You know where he is?
00:10:14 Yes, he's at an auction buying rugs.
00:10:16 Where?
00:10:17 I'll go out and wise him up.
00:10:18 I don't know.
00:10:19 He took the ad with him.
00:10:20 That's the same thing.
00:10:21 People are getting murdered, and he's out buying rugs
00:10:23 to wrap them up in.
00:10:24 Look, you go in there and keep old Zeppelin head busy.
00:10:26 I'll go over to Wilson's place and pinch hit for Jim.
00:10:28 I know, but suppose--
00:10:29 Never mind the place.
00:10:30 Just go in there before the force blows a fuse.
00:10:32 Go on.
00:10:33 Suppose--
00:10:34 Go on.
00:10:35 Quit staring at me.
00:10:36 You make me so conscious.
00:10:37 Hey, Glippy.
00:10:47 What?
00:10:48 You got your pickup outside?
00:10:49 Certainly.
00:10:50 You didn't expect me to park him here, did you?
00:10:51 It would save time.
00:10:52 Come on.
00:10:53 I want you to drive me down to police headquarters.
00:10:54 I can't.
00:10:55 I got a report.
00:10:56 You can do that later.
00:10:57 It's a matter in which speed is of detrimental consequence.
00:10:59 What?
00:11:00 I said speed is of detrimental consequence.
00:11:02 You know something?
00:11:03 You're getting a talk like a dictionary.
00:11:04 If you're not careful, I'll make you a reporter.
00:11:06 Come on.
00:11:07 A button.
00:11:12 A button.
00:11:13 I'm an expert.
00:11:14 That's fine, a button.
00:11:15 Now all you need is a suit of clothes to sew on it.
00:11:17 Oh, I love buttons.
00:11:18 And my mother loves them, too.
00:11:19 She's a button.
00:11:20 She's got millions of them.
00:11:21 How intriguing.
00:11:22 Well, at least there's a change from saving string.
00:11:24 String?
00:11:25 My uncle, he used to save them.
00:11:26 Yeah?
00:11:27 What'd he do with them?
00:11:28 He got a million together, and he wove himself a rope.
00:11:30 What'd he do with the rope?
00:11:31 Hung himself.
00:11:32 [laughter]
00:11:33 Hand me your hat a minute, will you, Glimpy?
00:11:35 Reminds me, I got a man.
00:11:39 She saved hats.
00:11:40 Quick, easy, will you, please?
00:11:45 I'm a character.
00:11:46 Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:11:47 90, 90.
00:11:48 Oh.
00:11:49 Hey, you'll never get any tickets that way.
00:11:51 Well, that's what we're thinking.
00:11:52 Come on, get in the back.
00:11:53 We got an errand to do.
00:11:55 What are you waiting for, Glimpy?
00:11:56 Make with the door.
00:11:57 We weaned one to it.
00:12:00 [thud]
00:12:01 Oh, the utility of you.
00:12:05 Fast, please.
00:12:06 Make with the accelerator before I wrap that steering wheel
00:12:08 around your nose.
00:12:09 I'm a good man.
00:12:16 The fine thing.
00:12:20 The biggest and lighter mystery of the century just broke,
00:12:23 and Jim's not on the job.
00:12:25 Oh, if that joint'll scoop dust again, it'll be pathetic.
00:12:29 How much gas you got?
00:12:30 It's empty.
00:12:31 That means it's half full.
00:12:32 That's all.
00:12:33 You know the way to the Wilson place?
00:12:34 Sure.
00:12:35 Who is it?
00:12:36 Never mind.
00:12:37 Just drive.
00:12:38 I'll show you.
00:12:39 Didn't you say Prince Headquarters?
00:12:40 You can change your mind, can't I?
00:12:41 That's a potential reporter's prerogative.
00:12:42 If I don't report, I'm not going to be back to try and spring.
00:12:45 There you go again, talking about irrelevance, irrelevance.
00:12:48 Just when the fourth of circumstance propels me to cover
00:12:50 the most morbid of mutilations.
00:12:52 Seems you've got no initiative.
00:12:54 I got a middle initiative.
00:12:55 Francis, my maintenance.
00:12:58 Can you get this through your head?
00:12:59 If we don't arrive today, Mr. Martin,
00:13:00 Jim is going to lose his job, and there ain't
00:13:02 going to be no wedding bells.
00:13:03 Wedding bells?
00:13:04 I like wedding bells.
00:13:05 They make me cry.
00:13:06 I'd advise you to melt your head and turn it into the fat dry.
00:13:09 Get a nickel a pound, you know you can buy yourself
00:13:11 a nice big lollipop.
00:13:12 I like lollipops.
00:13:13 You do?
00:13:14 They're very easy to please, ain't you?
00:13:15 Certainly.
00:13:16 Maybe you'll like this.
00:13:17 I'm getting to like it.
00:13:18 Hey, is Muggy McGinnis around any place?
00:13:24 Why, Bobby Jordan.
00:13:26 Hello, Janie.
00:13:27 The Army certainly has done things for you.
00:13:29 Thanks.
00:13:30 Say, is Muggy around?
00:13:31 I've been trying to find him and the gang,
00:13:32 and I haven't got much time.
00:13:34 Well, he went up to Thomas Wilson's place.
00:13:35 Wilson's place?
00:13:36 Lexington Avenue.
00:13:37 Oh, that's right.
00:13:38 Thanks, Janie.
00:13:39 I'll be seeing you.
00:13:40 Take care of yourself.
00:13:41 You could have left the curb there.
00:13:48 Maybe somebody else wants to use it.
00:13:50 Turn off the electricity.
00:13:52 Now what?
00:13:53 Don't rush me.
00:13:54 Quit pushing.
00:13:55 I've got to get my brain accumulating.
00:13:57 Now, there's two cheap things I want you guys to remember.
00:14:00 Just two, just two.
00:14:01 What is that?
00:14:02 Two cheap things.
00:14:03 Oh, you're so capricious.
00:14:04 In the first place, I'm running this show.
00:14:06 In the second place, you ain't in the first place.
00:14:08 Is that clear?
00:14:09 Now, there's another little iota I'd like to express.
00:14:12 I don't want you fellas jumping at no conclusions
00:14:14 that ain't conclusive.
00:14:15 Is that likewise clear?
00:14:16 I don't get it.
00:14:17 I've got it now.
00:14:18 For your personal edification, I will infelch upon the details.
00:14:21 There's two things you need to solve a murder mystery,
00:14:23 a corpus electus and a reducing mind.
00:14:25 But the most important thing of all is that the guy that looks
00:14:28 the guiltiest generally ain't, and the guy that looks
00:14:30 the not guiltiest generally is.
00:14:32 You understand?
00:14:33 I didn't think you would.
00:14:35 You guys stay here while Glimpy and I go peruse the layout.
00:14:38 Understand?
00:14:39 The matter is, my victim looks guilty.
00:14:46 The matter is, my victim a little delinquent.
00:14:48 Is my pronunciation so profound?
00:14:52 Glimpy, you can go with me.
00:14:54 Mr. Duncan, I understand you were Wilson's manager.
00:15:10 Yes, we were closer than that.
00:15:12 We were friends for many years.
00:15:14 And you, Miss, uh, Miss--
00:15:16 Miss Diane Gibson.
00:15:18 Miss Gibson, you work for Mr. Wilson?
00:15:20 Well, I entertain in one of his clubs.
00:15:23 And you were also, uh, shall we say, closer than that?
00:15:28 Well, I--
00:15:29 Yes, I guess it's safe to say closer than that.
00:15:37 Morning, officer.
00:15:38 I suppose the body's still inside.
00:15:39 Hey, where do you think you're going?
00:15:41 Oh, you remember me, don't you?
00:15:43 No, I don't.
00:15:45 Well, uh, I work for the Eastern Express.
00:15:47 I'm Jim Glimpy's assistant.
00:15:48 This is my assistant.
00:15:49 We were sent up here to cover this case.
00:15:51 Representing the press, huh?
00:15:53 Ha, the laugh.
00:15:54 Go on, beat it.
00:15:55 It's a nice way to treat the fourth estate.
00:15:57 You heard what I said.
00:15:59 Beat it.
00:16:00 Your authority supersedes my iniquity.
00:16:01 But if that's the way you feel about it,
00:16:03 if you ever get a promotion, we won't even
00:16:04 put your picture in our paper.
00:16:07 We won't even spell your name right.
00:16:09 Please.
00:16:10 Please.
00:16:11 Hey, Glimpy.
00:16:20 What?
00:16:21 You see what I see?
00:16:22 McGuire, the cop.
00:16:26 That bad?
00:16:27 No, it's good.
00:16:28 I'll go over and disengage him in a conversation
00:16:30 while you see if you can find an open window or something.
00:16:32 And then what?
00:16:33 It's a good thing I don't want to attract any attention.
00:16:38 As soon as you find a means answer, you signal me,
00:16:40 and I'll ditch McGuire.
00:16:41 Then we can prolong our investigation.
00:16:43 OK, chief.
00:16:44 Oh, well, hiya, McGuire.
00:16:51 Well, uh, how are you, Esselberg?
00:16:54 Oh, McGuire, please.
00:16:55 I'm growing up now.
00:16:56 Let's dispense with those social amenities.
00:16:58 The name is Muggs.
00:16:59 Well, what are you doing so far away from the Atlantic Street?
00:17:02 Muggs.
00:17:03 Well, haven't you heard?
00:17:04 I've got a white-collar job with Evening Express.
00:17:06 Work directly under Jim Lindsay.
00:17:07 Yeah?
00:17:08 You remember Jim, don't you?
00:17:09 Oh, yes.
00:17:10 Everybody in the force knows him.
00:17:11 He's a nice boy.
00:17:12 A fine broth of a lad.
00:17:13 Yeah.
00:17:14 His father before him was, too.
00:17:15 Yes, and my father also.
00:17:17 Mm-hmm.
00:17:18 Certainly was.
00:17:19 You ain't seen him around, have you?
00:17:20 Your father?
00:17:21 No, no, Jim.
00:17:22 No, he ain't showed up yet.
00:17:23 Well, I guess I'll wait for him inside.
00:17:25 I guess you'll wait for him outside.
00:17:28 Your guess is as good as mine.
00:17:30 How is your father now?
00:17:31 Oh, he's pretty good.
00:17:32 Suffering from a slight incarceration, though.
00:17:34 Is that so?
00:17:35 How about 30 days?
00:17:36 Oh, he's got to watch them things.
00:17:37 He's got to watch them judges, too.
00:17:39 Yeah?
00:17:40 [whistling]
00:17:49 What is that?
00:17:50 What?
00:17:51 I didn't hear nothing.
00:17:52 You mean to say you didn't hear that whistle?
00:17:54 Oh, the whistle?
00:17:55 [chuckles]
00:17:56 Probably just a bird.
00:17:57 Aw, you're trying to give me the boy.
00:17:59 That's what.
00:18:00 Give you the bird, Mac.
00:18:01 [laughs]
00:18:02 You know me better than that.
00:18:03 [laughs]
00:18:04 Never give you the bird.
00:18:05 You know, I learned a good trick last night.
00:18:06 You did, eh?
00:18:07 Got a half a dollar, I'll show it to you.
00:18:08 Well, I haven't got a half a dollar,
00:18:10 but I got a lucky coin here that I've carried for 30 years.
00:18:14 Is this a palette trick?
00:18:15 Oh, that's the kind of use part of your ring.
00:18:17 You just take the half a dollar, take a lucky coin,
00:18:19 you hold it between your forefinger and something like this.
00:18:20 Yes.
00:18:21 You're moving your left hand.
00:18:22 Mm-hmm.
00:18:23 Pass it across the coin, therefore,
00:18:24 appreciating its whole value like that.
00:18:25 Yeah.
00:18:26 Oh, I dropped it.
00:18:27 Oh, Mac, I'm drastically sorry.
00:18:29 I lost your lucky piece.
00:18:30 Where is it?
00:18:31 Where is it?
00:18:32 I don't know.
00:18:33 It's trapped in a grass bed.
00:18:34 I've had that for 30 years.
00:18:35 I don't want to lose it.
00:18:36 You know, I won that.
00:18:38 That stirs my deepest sympathy, Mac.
00:18:40 I'd help you look for it, but I just had these pants pressed.
00:18:42 When I was anchorman on the tug-of-war team
00:18:45 for the 13th precinct, somebody cut the rope,
00:18:48 and we went back, and I went down in the mud.
00:18:50 [laughs]
00:18:51 Well, sure enough, but where is that thing now?
00:18:59 Oh, I have it.
00:19:00 I have it.
00:19:01 I found it, Ethel Burton.
00:19:03 Have either one of you any idea who
00:19:16 might have committed this crime, or know any person who might
00:19:19 have had a reason for killing him?
00:19:21 No.
00:19:22 I can't think of anyone.
00:19:23 Well, that's hardly fair.
00:19:25 Ready to take some notes.
00:19:26 A vision on innocent people.
00:19:28 Well, if they're innocent, they have nothing to worry about.
00:19:30 Well, of course, you know, his ex-wife's
00:19:33 been bothering him lately.
00:19:35 You mean Gypsy Carmen?
00:19:36 That's right.
00:19:37 She's been demanding a lot of money.
00:19:39 In fact, Wilson told me that several times she's, well,
00:19:43 threatened him.
00:19:44 Yes, I guess that's right.
00:19:46 Well, go on.
00:19:47 I simply suggested he report her to the authorities.
00:19:50 He said he didn't want any bad publicity.
00:19:52 Harry, hey.
00:19:53 I spell authority.
00:19:57 E-O-P-S.
00:19:58 I spell that.
00:19:59 Hey, don't use your hand.
00:20:01 You handled the divorce case?
00:20:03 Yes, I did.
00:20:05 And you were the-- that is, you were mentioned--
00:20:09 Well, I--
00:20:10 I consider that he made a very generous settlement
00:20:15 on his ex-wife.
00:20:16 It sounds fair for Gypsy Carmen.
00:20:18 They got a lot of consequential evidence.
00:20:20 Well, until the fingerprint meant anything,
00:20:22 we haven't anything but these gloves to go on,
00:20:24 and the fact that he was killed by a .38 caliber bullet.
00:20:27 These gloves were found on the floor.
00:20:29 Everything here.
00:20:30 I'm not going there.
00:20:31 Mr. Wilson was killed.
00:20:32 There's the house boy, Lieutenant.
00:20:34 Was you the one who phoned the police
00:20:40 that Mr. Wilson was murdered?
00:20:41 Yes, sir.
00:20:42 How did you know he was murdered?
00:20:43 Well, sir, I was clearing the dishes in the dining room
00:20:46 when I heard a shot.
00:20:47 When I came in here, I saw Mr. Wilson dead.
00:20:50 And then what?
00:20:51 To the best of my recollection, I stopped running.
00:20:55 I was six blocks down the street before I thought of running.
00:20:58 So I stopped in the corner drug store.
00:21:01 Did you see anything that looked suspicious?
00:21:04 I had no time to notice nothing, sir,
00:21:06 unless it was that woman.
00:21:08 Woman?
00:21:09 What woman?
00:21:10 That woman that was-- that was running
00:21:12 on the sidewalk ahead of me.
00:21:13 What was she like?
00:21:14 I didn't see her very good.
00:21:16 I went by her passport, but she was wearing a fussy coat,
00:21:20 a funny hat, and a veil.
00:21:22 You did?
00:21:23 Funny little hat with a veil and a fussy coat.
00:21:25 Hat with a veil coat.
00:21:26 Did you happen to notice where she went?
00:21:28 Seems to me she was heading for a yellow cab.
00:21:30 I don't suppose you got the number of the cab.
00:21:32 Well, the only thing I got was, uh--
00:21:34 seems to me there was a big dent in the front fender.
00:21:37 You said yellow cab with a dent in the fender.
00:21:40 That might be a little intricate, is that?
00:21:43 A lot of cabs in this town.
00:21:45 A pair of gloves and a dent in the front fender.
00:21:48 Come on.
00:21:49 We got work to do.
00:21:50 What kind of work?
00:21:51 Process of illumination.
00:21:53 Exactly.
00:21:55 Age before beauty.
00:21:57 Beauty before age.
00:21:58 Did you see the stuff that got mopped?
00:22:07 He certainly did.
00:22:08 The place is knee-deep in blood.
00:22:10 You better mop up, too.
00:22:14 Mop up what?
00:22:15 The blood off your feet.
00:22:16 Oh, yes.
00:22:17 It's a good thing you guys didn't go along.
00:22:19 It was cruel.
00:22:20 We left just as rigorous mortars came in.
00:22:22 Yeah, then his brother came post-mortem.
00:22:23 Yeah?
00:22:24 Well, let's go.
00:22:25 Hiya, Sarge.
00:22:31 Hiya, Jimmy.
00:22:32 Mind if I park this?
00:22:33 Go ahead.
00:22:35 Thanks.
00:22:36 So where's the lieutenant?
00:22:39 I heard somebody's done a murder committed while my back was intact.
00:22:42 Yeah.
00:22:43 Thomas Wilson was shot this morning.
00:22:44 Thomas Wilson shot?
00:22:45 Yeah.
00:22:46 Didn't Jane tell you?
00:22:47 No.
00:22:48 The lieutenant's off with her now, checking up.
00:22:50 Holy cow.
00:22:51 Mind if I use your phone?
00:22:53 Go ahead.
00:22:54 Jim Lindsay, get me Express.
00:22:56 Make it fast, will you, Mamie?
00:22:57 Good morning, Express.
00:23:02 Mr. Crockett's office.
00:23:04 Hello, honey.
00:23:05 Thomas Wilson just been murdered.
00:23:06 So I've heard.
00:23:07 Where have you been?
00:23:08 The auction.
00:23:09 It's just the ruts of the living room.
00:23:10 It's filled with the most wonderful pets.
00:23:12 Huh?
00:23:14 My police headquarters.
00:23:16 You got any dope on the story?
00:23:18 Who is it, Lindsay?
00:23:19 That's very good.
00:23:21 I'll tell him.
00:23:23 Yes, it's Jim.
00:23:24 Hello?
00:23:28 Hello?
00:23:31 Hello?
00:23:33 He's working on the Wilson murder case.
00:23:38 By the way, where's the Wilson place?
00:23:44 Right up by that, near 1200 block.
00:23:46 Thanks.
00:23:47 Hey, get off of me.
00:23:53 Shut up, I'll break your head.
00:23:54 I'll break your head with a tomato.
00:23:55 That's the busiest man in town.
00:23:57 Looks like it.
00:23:58 Hey!
00:24:01 Looks like it might be it.
00:24:04 Hey, you!
00:24:05 Come here!
00:24:06 I'll come when I'm good and ready.
00:24:07 What did you say?
00:24:08 I'm ready.
00:24:09 All right, get over there then.
00:24:11 Hey, you drive this hack?
00:24:13 I don't push it.
00:24:15 I want to ask you a little inquisition.
00:24:17 Inquisition?
00:24:18 What race is he in?
00:24:19 Forget that paper for a minute.
00:24:20 Come back here.
00:24:21 This is business.
00:24:22 I want to know if you picked up a woman on Rampart Avenue this morning.
00:24:24 Sure, I picked up lots of women.
00:24:26 This one you'll remember.
00:24:27 She was nervous and excited.
00:24:28 She had a thing on her head with a big veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:24:30 A thing on her head with a big veil and a fuzzy coat?
00:24:33 Yeah.
00:24:34 Yeah, I picked up a woman like that.
00:24:37 Why?
00:24:38 We found these.
00:24:39 We think they belong to her.
00:24:40 Figured if we bring them back, we might get a reward.
00:24:42 Of course, we'd touch in 50/50.
00:24:44 No, not 50/50.
00:24:45 50/40.
00:24:46 55/45, and I don't want no arguments.
00:24:48 Where'd you take her?
00:24:49 Oh, I took her over to 600 Buck-- St. Stephen's Hotel, Stephen's Hotel on Park Avenue.
00:24:58 Thanks.
00:24:59 I'll see you later.
00:25:03 Well, Bobby George!
00:25:04 Hello, McGuire.
00:25:05 How are you?
00:25:06 Well, the army here sure put me to--
00:25:09 Yanks, I know.
00:25:10 Have you seen Muggs?
00:25:11 Yanks?
00:25:12 He was just here.
00:25:13 Where did he go?
00:25:14 Well, I don't know, but I want to see him about something.
00:25:16 I want to see him, period.
00:25:18 I'm trying to catch up to him.
00:25:19 Thanks.
00:25:20 Period.
00:25:21 Which one of you guys is driving this 564?
00:25:23 Me, officer.
00:25:24 Your checker tells me you were cruising around the Grannies Village section a while ago.
00:25:27 Yeah, that's right.
00:25:28 Did you pick up a woman who acted kind of excited?
00:25:31 Yes.
00:25:32 She was wearing a--
00:25:33 I know, I know.
00:25:34 A fuzzy coat and a funny little hat and a veil.
00:25:36 I know, I know.
00:25:37 Remember her?
00:25:38 Remember her, I say.
00:25:40 Listen, by now, I ought to know like my own sister.
00:25:42 Never mind the wisecrack.
00:25:43 Where did you take her?
00:25:44 I took her to--
00:25:45 let me see.
00:25:46 It's Steven's apartment on Park Avenue.
00:25:51 22nd Precinct, Sergeant Ryan talking.
00:25:54 Steven's apartment, sir.
00:25:56 Me?
00:25:57 OK, where are you?
00:25:58 All right, I'll send a car right over.
00:26:01 Take her up.
00:26:02 Bring her in.
00:26:04 [car engine]
00:26:12 Wait a minute.
00:26:13 We can't go busting in here like that.
00:26:15 This ain't no free lunch counter.
00:26:16 It's a very indistinctive hotel.
00:26:18 I think I'd better go in alone.
00:26:20 I'll make a better impression.
00:26:21 First of all, I'll find out if there's room in here.
00:26:23 And then I'll signal you guys, and you can sneak in while I'm diminishing the manager's attention.
00:26:26 Got that?
00:26:27 Right.
00:26:28 What's this?
00:26:35 Good afternoon.
00:26:36 Good afternoon.
00:26:37 I'd like to see the manager.
00:26:39 I'm the manager.
00:26:40 You're the manager?
00:26:41 Yes.
00:26:42 Anything I can do for you?
00:26:43 I'd like 50 common room numbers.
00:26:45 It's 218.
00:26:46 218?
00:26:47 218?
00:26:48 Well, would you have a bellhop show me up?
00:26:50 I'm sorry.
00:26:51 We haven't any bellhops.
00:26:52 You haven't any bellhops?
00:26:53 No.
00:26:54 Of course, even if you did have some, they couldn't show me up, because I'm a pretty big manager.
00:26:57 I'm a pretty big man in this town.
00:26:59 Muggs McInnes.
00:27:00 You ever hear of me?
00:27:01 No.
00:27:02 Didn't?
00:27:03 I've been reading newspapers lately.
00:27:04 I'll have to see that you get a subscription to our paper, the Express.
00:27:07 We have a boy that delivers the papers.
00:27:09 Delivers them?
00:27:10 Do I look like a delivery boy?
00:27:12 Yes.
00:27:13 Oh, you puncture my ego.
00:27:15 It's a terrible thing to do to somebody you only know 10 minutes, puncture their ego.
00:27:19 By the way, you're a pretty nice looking girl.
00:27:22 Do you think we could arrange a tater tape for some tea and coffee some afternoon?
00:27:26 I'm afraid the owners wouldn't like that.
00:27:28 The owners?
00:27:29 I don't want to take the owners out.
00:27:30 I'm talking to you.
00:27:31 Well, let's put an end to all these terminological inexactitudes.
00:27:35 I'm going up and see Gypsy.
00:27:37 I'm sorry.
00:27:38 Miss Carmen isn't seeing anyone.
00:27:39 Oh, but she'll see me.
00:27:40 It's very impulsive.
00:27:41 I said I'm sorry.
00:27:42 Miss Carmen is not seeing anyone.
00:27:45 Don't you think that you are being a little recalcitrant?
00:27:48 Miss Carmen isn't seeing anyone.
00:27:51 I still think you're a very detractive young lady.
00:28:00 Oh, Clampett's going out.
00:28:09 Using some of his static fear.
00:28:12 Hi, Keith, ladies.
00:28:14 Good afternoon, Mr. McLintock.
00:28:16 Any mail?
00:28:17 One, yes.
00:28:18 Any calls?
00:28:19 Carol Crane's shop called.
00:28:20 Said your dress would be ready about two.
00:28:21 Oh, fine.
00:28:22 Something you've been waiting for.
00:28:23 Yes, I'd love to have it.
00:28:24 But tonight...
00:28:25 I'm sorry.
00:28:46 Yes?
00:28:57 Who is it?
00:28:58 It's me, Miss Hackle, the maid.
00:29:00 I've got some clean towels for y'all.
00:29:02 Oh, that's nice.
00:29:03 Yes, and...
00:29:10 Two sixteen and two nineteen.
00:29:12 I think it's down the other way.
00:29:14 Right in.
00:29:18 There it is.
00:29:19 Let me see.
00:29:22 Get up.
00:29:23 How are we going to get in?
00:29:25 Stop asking questions.
00:29:26 All right.
00:29:27 Bonaparte.
00:29:28 Bonaparte.
00:29:34 Who is it?
00:29:35 It's me, Miss Carmen, the maid.
00:29:37 Got some clean towels for y'all.
00:29:42 All right.
00:29:43 What is she doing?
00:29:44 What is she doing?
00:29:45 What is she doing?
00:29:46 Don't be so premeditated, Miss Carmen.
00:29:51 What right have you got breaking in here like this?
00:29:53 What are you doing here?
00:29:54 Who are you anyway?
00:29:55 Now, don't go having no apoplectic fits.
00:29:57 We can't hear 'em.
00:29:58 I presume that you're Miss Carmen?
00:30:00 No, I'm not.
00:30:01 You made a mistake.
00:30:02 I...
00:30:03 I didn't make no mistake.
00:30:04 I don't need no confirmation for that last statement, either.
00:30:06 I've already seen your pictures.
00:30:07 Now, just come over here and sit down.
00:30:09 We'll talk this thing over nice and peacefully.
00:30:11 Nobody be hurt.
00:30:13 Nobody be ruffled.
00:30:15 I know a little about this Wilson guy.
00:30:17 I know he was no good.
00:30:18 I know he's a regular heel.
00:30:19 I even think he had it coming to him.
00:30:21 I'd go one step further.
00:30:22 But I didn't do it.
00:30:23 I only happened to be there.
00:30:25 What right have you got to question me?
00:30:26 Who are you anyway?
00:30:27 Well, I'm a reporter on "Eden Express."
00:30:29 It's the biggest newspaper in town.
00:30:30 You'll hear a lot about me someday.
00:30:32 That's a different story.
00:30:33 I have an inclination to be prejudiced on your behalf.
00:30:35 But I can't be of no assistance, none so ever, unless you will give me your fullest cooperation.
00:30:40 But I don't know anything, I tell you.
00:30:42 Well, you already admitted to a present when the victim was faintly incapacitated.
00:30:46 Yes.
00:30:47 And then what?
00:30:48 Now, there's the $64 question.
00:30:51 Lumpy, what are you doing?
00:30:53 I don't know.
00:30:54 I must have lost my mind.
00:30:55 Dementia pre-tax.
00:30:57 You please proceed.
00:30:58 Well, we were discussing some private affairs, and I heard a shot.
00:31:02 It must have come from the window.
00:31:04 But I don't know who fired it.
00:31:05 Said shot being the same that found its destination in the victim's body?
00:31:09 Yes.
00:31:10 And then what?
00:31:11 Shatter.
00:31:12 Please continue, Miss Comins.
00:31:14 Everything went blank.
00:31:15 It was no blank, honey.
00:31:16 You killed the guy.
00:31:18 Will you please keep your big Zeppelin nose out of this?
00:31:22 Go on, Miss Comins.
00:31:23 Well, I must have lost my head.
00:31:25 The next thing I remember was a taxi cab and coming here.
00:31:28 Oh, you do believe me, don't you?
00:31:30 Yes, I do.
00:31:32 But I'm a little bit biased.
00:31:34 You're safe.
00:31:35 I don't think the cops would believe that story.
00:31:36 In fact, I think they'd tear it down into shreds.
00:31:42 Hey, Mark, come here.
00:31:43 Come in here.
00:31:52 Get back. It's the cops.
00:31:53 You think they're coming up here?
00:31:54 I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:31:55 Cops have a way of finding out things, you know.
00:31:57 See, if they find us here with the dame, they might think we have something to do with the murder.
00:31:59 They ain't going to find us here with the dame.
00:32:00 In fact, they ain't even going to find us here.
00:32:02 Fine, let's go home.
00:32:03 Get back here.
00:32:04 We're going to decoy them.
00:32:05 I can get a rest for that.
00:32:06 You do better believe.
00:32:07 Look, last time you were at Wilson's, you had on kind of a camouflage hat with a big veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:32:13 Yes.
00:32:14 You got that here?
00:32:15 Yes.
00:32:16 Could I see it, please?
00:32:17 Over there.
00:32:18 Here it is.
00:32:19 Thanks.
00:32:20 Well, what are we going to do?
00:32:21 Shh.
00:32:22 I'm dissolving it, so it.
00:32:24 Firstly, we got to ditch them cops.
00:32:26 Secondly, somebody has to go over to Wilson's and tell Jim we're at the club.
00:32:30 Just a second, miss.
00:32:32 Are you a Jesse Carmen living here?
00:32:35 Why, yes.
00:32:36 Is she in?
00:32:37 Yes, she is.
00:32:38 What's the room number?
00:32:39 218.
00:32:40 Thank you.
00:32:41 Oh, just a minute.
00:32:57 [Music]
00:33:14 There she is.
00:33:15 [Music]
00:33:30 [Music]
00:33:40 [Music]
00:33:52 Works like a charm.
00:33:54 What a brink.
00:33:55 Absolutely subnormal.
00:33:57 This makes me look guiltier than ever.
00:33:58 I should give myself up.
00:34:00 Give yourself up?
00:34:01 What, before our paper has a chance to prepare a line of defense?
00:34:03 You can't do that.
00:34:05 Furthermore, you're in no condition now to face a third degree.
00:34:07 But it seems so useless, so hopeless.
00:34:09 Just leave everything to me.
00:34:10 We'll just sneak you over to our club and let you hide there until I've got a chance to figure this thing out.
00:34:14 Whosoever, I don't think you should go like that.
00:34:17 You got any slacks?
00:34:18 Yes.
00:34:19 You better put them on.
00:34:20 This will probably take about three days.
00:34:23 [Music]
00:34:42 Three six two five three eight.
00:34:44 [Music]
00:35:13 [Music]
00:35:21 [Music]
00:35:47 Good afternoon, Officer.
00:35:48 Good afternoon.
00:35:51 Phew.
00:35:52 I thought we'd never get out of there.
00:35:54 It looked for a minute like that copper would get wise to me.
00:35:56 I'd better get those papers.
00:35:58 Are you coming along with me?
00:35:59 No, I have my car down here.
00:36:00 Okay.
00:36:01 See you later.
00:36:02 [Music]
00:36:23 Oh.
00:36:24 [Laughter]
00:36:26 Buffy, George.
00:36:27 Hello, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:28 Oh, you're looking wonderful.
00:36:30 Gee, the Army is certainly making a man out of you.
00:36:33 Thanks, I feel pretty good.
00:36:34 Say, have you seen Mug and the gang?
00:36:35 Yeah, they were here a little while ago.
00:36:37 Where'd they go?
00:36:38 Stephen's apartment on Park Avenue.
00:36:39 Stephen's apartment.
00:36:40 Thanks, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:41 So long, Buffy.
00:36:42 Okay, so long.
00:36:43 What's this point of protection?
00:36:45 I think we're down to clubs.
00:36:47 [Sound of horse hooves]
00:37:01 I'd like to delegate you to the seat of honor, if you please.
00:37:04 Delegate.
00:37:06 The meeting is now called to order.
00:37:08 Let me take a minute.
00:37:11 One, two, three, four.
00:37:13 What are you doing, you silly man?
00:37:15 Taking a minute.
00:37:16 I'm writing a letter.
00:37:17 A letter?
00:37:18 A note with a pencil and paper.
00:37:20 Now, Miss Carmen, first of all, I don't want you to worry about a thing.
00:37:22 It's the last place in the world the cops would expect to find you.
00:37:24 However, while we're tracking down the guilty party, or parties,
00:37:27 whichever the case may be, we've got to find a means of sustaining the inner woman.
00:37:31 Inner woman?
00:37:32 Oh, she ain't never heard of her before.
00:37:34 Miss, you've got to eat.
00:37:35 You've got to have some nutrition.
00:37:36 Oh, no thanks.
00:37:37 I'm not hungry.
00:37:38 I am.
00:37:39 Oh, you slut, you.
00:37:40 How do you get down to the business of--
00:37:41 Miss Carmen, if I'm going to be your defense attorney, I can ask you a few simple questions.
00:37:44 In the words of that great Chinese detective,
00:37:47 "Remember one son, please refrain from breaking train of thought, please."
00:37:52 Valet, pop.
00:37:53 [speaking gibberish]
00:37:58 Now, about your unfortunate predicament.
00:38:00 I told you before, I didn't do it, and I don't know who did.
00:38:03 Hey, pop, could I ask a simple question?
00:38:05 "Number one son, get simple kisser pushed in if he don't keep simple flappy shutting."
00:38:11 Valet.
00:38:13 Miss Carmen, let me rephrase that last statement.
00:38:15 Do you have any evidence to prove the contention that you're not guilty?
00:38:18 Yes, I still have my gun with all the shells in it.
00:38:20 You mean you were packing a rod?
00:38:22 I mean, you were in possession of a concealed weapon at the time of the misdemeanor?
00:38:27 Oh, yes, I have it here.
00:38:29 [screams]
00:38:31 Nice pipe.
00:38:34 Holy mackerel.
00:38:36 This is a .32.
00:38:37 For what?
00:38:38 Oh, nothing.
00:38:39 Nothing at all, except that you will recollect with your broken down brain
00:38:42 Wilson was shot with a .38.
00:38:44 So maybe she used bigger bullets.
00:38:47 Would you please put that away, Miss Carmen, before I have some tragic temptations?
00:38:52 Good thing for you I've got other things on my mind.
00:38:55 Come on, we've got to get back to the office and tell Jim about this.
00:38:57 It'll be the biggest scoop of the year.
00:38:59 You just sit here and make yourself at home.
00:39:00 If you get hungry, you'll find some crackers in the pantry.
00:39:02 Go.
00:39:07 Pardon me, miss.
00:39:08 Is Mugs McGinnis here?
00:39:10 Who?
00:39:11 Mugs McGinnis.
00:39:12 Well, I don't know him.
00:39:13 Well, he's a little fellow with black hair and a pug nose.
00:39:15 Oh, that one.
00:39:16 He was here, but he left.
00:39:18 He did?
00:39:19 Do you know where he went?
00:39:20 No, and I don't care.
00:39:22 Thanks.
00:39:26 And you say he was shot in the back, huh?
00:39:28 Well, the lieutenant figured the shot came through the window.
00:39:30 How'd he figure that?
00:39:32 How do I know?
00:39:33 I ain't a lieutenant.
00:39:34 Here's another wrangle, McGuire.
00:39:36 Suppose the murderer knocked at the door.
00:39:39 Wilson let him in.
00:39:41 Then as he tried to walk back to his chair,
00:39:44 the murderer let him have it in the back like this.
00:39:46 Swooping around this way, falling forward,
00:39:49 then going all the way back.
00:39:51 Good?
00:39:52 I don't think so, no.
00:39:53 All right, I'll show you.
00:39:54 Now, when I knock at the door, you let me in.
00:39:56 Right, sir.
00:40:15 Hey, what happened?
00:40:16 Ain't you gonna knock?
00:40:24 Why pull me up?
00:40:25 Now I know we're on the right track.
00:40:26 What's that?
00:40:27 That's the button the murderer lost during the fight.
00:40:29 I tell you, there was no fight.
00:40:30 Sure there was.
00:40:31 Here's the way I got it figured.
00:40:33 Wilson saw the murderer draw a gun to you.
00:40:35 He made a grab for him.
00:40:36 Yeah.
00:40:37 They started a struggle.
00:40:38 Yeah.
00:40:39 It must have been a terrific one because he dropped the button.
00:40:40 While Wilson backwards turned, he let him have it.
00:40:42 Perfect.
00:40:43 Now all we gotta do is find the guy who belongs to the button.
00:40:45 That's right.
00:40:46 You stick by me and you'll get a small promotion out of this.
00:40:48 Yeah?
00:40:49 You mean that they might make me a sergeant?
00:40:51 What, Sarge?
00:40:52 They're likely to make you a lieutenant, maybe even a captain.
00:40:55 What a story.
00:40:57 Murderer's button.
00:40:59 Have you seen anything of Lindsey?
00:41:01 Never mind.
00:41:02 Where in blazes have you been?
00:41:04 Oh, boss, where do you think I've been?
00:41:06 Getting some dope on the Wilson case.
00:41:08 Got it all untangled, I suppose.
00:41:10 So really untangled I could reenact the crime for you.
00:41:12 That's my buyer.
00:41:13 I think he could, Mr. Cartwright.
00:41:14 Come pretty close to it anyway.
00:41:16 Know who the killer is?
00:41:17 Well, I haven't gotten that far yet.
00:41:18 But I do know it's no mystery woman.
00:41:19 It was a powerful man.
00:41:20 Very interesting, if true.
00:41:22 It is true.
00:41:23 Here, let me show you.
00:41:24 Now look, this is Wilson's living room.
00:41:26 This is the door the murderer came through.
00:41:28 Wilson saw him in time and a struggle started, a terrific struggle.
00:41:31 Wilson was no pygmy, but the intruder was too much for him.
00:41:33 They fought back to about here.
00:41:35 Wilson broke loose, the murderer let him half in the back.
00:41:37 Amazing.
00:41:38 How are you going to prove it?
00:41:39 The only tangible clue to his father's is he and the crime.
00:41:41 This button was dropped off the murderer's coat during the struggle.
00:41:44 Pure theory.
00:41:45 A man doesn't have to struggle to lose a button off his coat.
00:41:48 Besides, it may have come off of any coat.
00:41:50 Possibly Wilson's.
00:41:51 We investigated all them angles.
00:41:53 That's what took us so long.
00:41:54 We went down to the morgue and Wilson had all his buttons.
00:41:57 What's more, I'll lay a yard.
00:41:58 When we find the monkey that dropped this button,
00:42:00 we'll show if this case is patterned or clamped.
00:42:02 This is a darn good city to find the buttons.
00:42:04 Oh, hello, Jim.
00:42:05 Hello, honey.
00:42:06 I'll find plenty of cue lead on my next expense account.
00:42:12 That isn't much of a match, but maybe it'll do.
00:42:15 A little too small, aren't they?
00:42:17 No.
00:42:18 Not a very good match in color.
00:42:20 No.
00:42:24 Well, that's a perfect match.
00:42:25 Where did you get it?
00:42:27 Does this coat belong to you, Mr. Cartwright?
00:42:29 Well, it looks like my coat, and it was hanging where my coat usually hangs.
00:42:33 What were you doing in the Wilson home?
00:42:34 Oh, don't be ridiculous.
00:42:36 Why should I go there?
00:42:37 I don't even know the man.
00:42:38 That's no alibi.
00:42:39 Oh, for Pete's sake.
00:42:40 Now, wait a minute, McGuire.
00:42:41 There must be some mistake.
00:42:42 Mr. Cartwright didn't have any motive for killing Wilson.
00:42:45 Maybe not.
00:42:46 That's the same.
00:42:47 I'm going to keep the department informed if he's whereabouts at all times.
00:42:50 I advise you not to try to leave town without letting us know.
00:42:53 Why don't you give yourself up?
00:42:55 All right, if I can get this straight, Mr. Cartwright, but there's something that has to be explained.
00:42:58 Now what?
00:42:59 We were just about to grab the woman in the Wilson case when she escaped in an automobile.
00:43:02 We got the license number, and according to the record, the car belongs to your papers.
00:43:06 What is this, a conspiracy?
00:43:08 It sure sounds phony to me.
00:43:10 First, you drop this button on the seat of the crime, and then you lend your car to a confederate for a getaway.
00:43:14 I think you better come down to headquarters with me.
00:43:16 Now, wait a minute, McGuire.
00:43:17 I can explain.
00:43:18 You shut up.
00:43:19 Now listen, McGuire.
00:43:20 Save your breath for the captain.
00:43:21 Excuse me, the button will only take a minute to sew it on.
00:43:23 No, you don't.
00:43:24 It's okay the way it stands.
00:43:25 Come on, you.
00:43:26 Don't worry about a thing, boss.
00:43:27 I'll go down and see if he can fix everything.
00:43:29 You'll do nothing of the kind.
00:43:30 You've done enough fixing already.
00:43:31 You're fired.
00:43:32 And if I ever see your face around here again, Lizzie, by all that's holy, I will commit murder.
00:43:38 Woo-hoo!
00:43:39 Come on, you.
00:43:40 Pardon me.
00:43:43 Come on, you.
00:43:44 Get going.
00:43:46 Sorry, darling.
00:43:47 I seem to put my foot in that every time.
00:43:50 Oh, don't worry, honey.
00:43:51 Everything will be all right.
00:43:53 You think so?
00:44:02 Hey, Jim.
00:44:03 I got some great news for you.
00:44:04 So what?
00:44:05 Oh, cheer up.
00:44:06 When this hits the press, you'll be the ace reporter on a tabloid.
00:44:08 Yeah, it's a little too late, don't you think?
00:44:10 Scott rides down his way to police headquarters, and I'm fired.
00:44:12 Fired?
00:44:13 Cartwright can't do that.
00:44:14 He just did it.
00:44:15 Oh, what happened?
00:44:16 Oh, it's a long story.
00:44:17 Oh, come on.
00:44:18 Tell us what happened.
00:44:19 Well, I found a button out of Wilson's house that looked like a sure clue to the murderer.
00:44:22 And then the cop finally came over to the boss's coat.
00:44:25 Remember that?
00:44:26 Cartwright, a murderer.
00:44:27 Oh, don't be silly.
00:44:28 Mr. Cartwright isn't a murderer.
00:44:29 Well, how'd that button get out of Wilson's, then?
00:44:31 I don't know.
00:44:32 Button?
00:44:33 Hey, I lost a button that was the same make in my mother's.
00:44:35 It was probably lost but out of Wilson's.
00:44:38 Hey, that's probably the button they found.
00:44:40 Why don't you guys go out to Wilson's house?
00:44:42 We ain't got no time to talk about that now.
00:44:43 Come on, let's go.
00:44:44 Where you going?
00:44:45 Go down to police headquarters and tell us the whole story to the chief.
00:44:47 You stop saving things.
00:44:49 Can I save money?
00:44:51 Keep your fingers crossed.
00:44:54 [interposing voices]
00:44:57 Hey, Jim, first we've got to get out of the club and pick up the Misty Woman.
00:45:00 What Misty Woman?
00:45:01 50 Common.
00:45:02 We've got her hidden over there.
00:45:03 Are you crazy?
00:45:04 Well, that's a mood question.
00:45:05 Don't you realize you can get yourself in a jam by obstructing justice?
00:45:07 You mean I can get arrested?
00:45:09 Indubitably.
00:45:10 Besides, we've got to pick up Skinny at Wilson's.
00:45:12 We're not going to Wilson's.
00:45:13 We're going down to get Jiffy Carman.
00:45:15 Jim, you're confusing my plan.
00:45:16 You're the only one that's confused.
00:45:18 Come on, you--
00:45:19 Oh, chief, you shut your big, gaping mouth.
00:45:22 Coming home.
00:45:23 Well, lieutenant, here he is.
00:45:27 Here who is?
00:45:28 The guy that killed Wilson.
00:45:29 We got him dead to rights.
00:45:30 Oh, this is preposterous.
00:45:32 I never heard--
00:45:33 Stop.
00:45:34 This button was found at the scene of the crime.
00:45:36 And there's a coat of bongs on.
00:45:38 See?
00:45:39 Right there.
00:45:40 Now, wait a minute.
00:45:41 I'll admit the button came off my coat.
00:45:43 But I've never been within a mile of the Wilson's place.
00:45:45 And I suppose you don't know Jiffy Carman.
00:45:47 No, I don't.
00:45:48 Then what was she doing riding around in one of your cars?
00:45:52 I don't know.
00:45:53 Maybe she was delivering papers.
00:45:55 Yeah, maybe she was.
00:45:57 Lieutenant, it's as simple as two and two.
00:46:00 The two of them did the job.
00:46:01 Why don't you go jump in the river?
00:46:03 Why, I--
00:46:04 Just a minute, McGuire.
00:46:05 Yes, sir.
00:46:06 I'll take care of this.
00:46:07 Yes, sir.
00:46:08 Go ahead.
00:46:09 Yes, sir.
00:46:10 Yes, ma'am.
00:46:13 Now, look.
00:46:14 I'm Mr. Cartwright, managing editor of the Express.
00:46:18 I've got too much work to do to go around murdering people.
00:46:21 So give me my button and let me get out of here.
00:46:23 All right, Mr. Cartwright.
00:46:24 Just take it easy.
00:46:25 There's evidently been some kind of a mistake.
00:46:28 McGuire's the type of guy, he--
00:46:31 well, he's seen his duty and he's done it.
00:46:33 Well, if you ask me, this time he overdone it.
00:46:36 [crickets chirping]
00:46:48 Oh, hi.
00:46:49 You a new kid around the block?
00:46:50 Oh, no.
00:46:51 I-- I'm just waiting for-- well, I'm just waiting.
00:46:55 Oh, pardon me, miss.
00:46:58 Say, what's happening around-- where's Mugg and the gang?
00:47:00 They went down to the newspaper office
00:47:02 to talk to someone called Jim.
00:47:06 Thanks, lady.
00:47:07 [crickets chirping]
00:47:10 [engine rumbling]
00:47:15 [tires screeching]
00:47:17 [engine rumbling]
00:47:28 [engine rumbling]
00:47:40 [music playing]
00:48:08 You get him?
00:48:09 Yep.
00:48:10 Got him right here.
00:48:11 Fine.
00:48:13 Is this all of them?
00:48:14 That's all of them.
00:48:15 Good.
00:48:16 Hey, wait a minute.
00:48:17 I'll take care of them.
00:48:18 I'll be a little safer if they're here with me.
00:48:20 [chatter]
00:48:40 [phone ringing]
00:48:44 Hello?
00:48:45 Hello, Kitty.
00:48:46 Is that you?
00:48:47 Yes, Kitty.
00:48:48 What's the matter?
00:48:49 Where are you?
00:48:50 Well, listen, sis.
00:48:51 Will you find Mugg and tell him I'm at the Pussycat Cafe
00:48:53 at Liberty and Williams.
00:48:54 Pussycat Cafe, Liberty and Williams?
00:48:56 Yeah, that's right.
00:48:57 And listen, sis, will you tell him to get on here
00:48:58 as quick as he can.
00:48:59 Tell him I picked up a clue while I was down at Wilson.
00:49:01 Yeah, that's right.
00:49:02 OK, goodbye.
00:49:05 Pussycat Cafe, Liberty and Williams.
00:49:08 [crickets chirping]
00:49:21 [thunder]
00:49:32 I don't--
00:49:38 Muggsy!
00:49:40 Oh, Muggsy!
00:49:41 Skinny's phone says he made it to Pussycat Cafe
00:49:44 at Liberty and Williams.
00:49:45 Said he had a clue for you.
00:49:46 Sounds good.
00:49:47 Let's go.
00:49:48 Wait a minute.
00:49:49 We came here to turn just the common order to the police.
00:49:51 Look, I got an idea.
00:49:52 You go down and get a shift key and take it to police headquarters.
00:49:54 We'll go see what Skinny knows.
00:49:56 That suits me.
00:49:57 Plus, there's a little matter that needs adjustment for you.
00:49:59 What's that?
00:50:00 Transportation.
00:50:01 You can take a taxi to force a pay you back quicker than you will us.
00:50:03 All right, but watch the tires.
00:50:05 Don't worry, they'll never touch the ground.
00:50:06 Hey, if you don't answer me, I'll let you become my girl.
00:50:08 Lippy!
00:50:09 Your duty calls.
00:50:10 I was just starting to fall in love.
00:50:13 We'll be in.
00:50:14 Bye.
00:50:15 [door slams]
00:50:18 [engine starts]
00:50:20 Bye.
00:50:23 God, my insurance paid up.
00:50:25 [engine starts]
00:50:34 Miss Carmen?
00:50:39 Miss Carmen?
00:50:43 Miss Carmen?
00:50:54 Janey, is Mugs here?
00:50:55 He just left.
00:50:56 Oh, I missed him again.
00:50:57 I've been chasing him all over town.
00:50:58 Where did he go this time?
00:50:59 Police headquarters.
00:51:00 Police-- thanks a lot.
00:51:09 Well, look, Jack, what if the police find Gypsy and he proves he's innocent?
00:51:14 Don't we worry about that when we come to it.
00:51:17 It gives me an idea.
00:51:19 Yeah?
00:51:20 What is it?
00:51:21 If we can get hold of Gypsy, the police will never find him.
00:51:24 Gee, you think of everything, don't you, honey?
00:51:29 What are you doing here?
00:51:32 Oh, I was just delivering my papers, but I don't think he watched any.
00:51:35 Come here.
00:51:36 Was any law against all the papers here?
00:51:38 Hey, what's the matter?
00:51:39 Did the kids come out and sell papers in here?
00:51:41 I wasn't doing nothing.
00:51:42 Caught this kid snooping at the door.
00:51:44 I wasn't snooping.
00:51:45 What were you doing out there?
00:51:46 Well, I was just delivering my papers.
00:51:47 You didn't express.
00:51:48 Funny.
00:51:49 Don't remember seeing you before around here.
00:51:51 Well, I'm a new boy, you see.
00:51:52 The other fellow got sick and I was just trying to help him out.
00:51:55 How long were you out there?
00:51:56 Well, I just got there.
00:51:57 I was just opening the door.
00:51:58 He wasn't opening the door.
00:51:59 He was listening at the door.
00:52:00 I wasn't listening.
00:52:01 What did you hear?
00:52:02 Well, I didn't hear nothing.
00:52:03 How did I know there was anybody in here?
00:52:04 Shut up.
00:52:06 Come on.
00:52:07 Oh, look, I got to deliver these.
00:52:08 Come on.
00:52:09 I've got to get fired for this, you know.
00:52:13 You better get to work.
00:52:15 Oh, yes.
00:52:18 Oh, I'm singing a new number today and I'd love for you to get an earful of it.
00:52:24 Oh, yes, sure.
00:52:25 Certainly.
00:52:33 Martin, the kid found Gypsy Carmen.
00:52:34 Yeah?
00:52:35 Where is she?
00:52:36 They had her in that clubhouse, but she's not there now.
00:52:37 Look, the kids were over at the Pussycat Cafe.
00:52:39 You know, that's the place that used to belong to Wilson.
00:52:41 They got a tip on them.
00:52:42 I think you ought to send a couple of guys over there right away.
00:52:44 Maybe you're right.
00:52:46 Make a squadron.
00:52:49 [applause]
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00:55:33 Hello, Gypsy.
00:55:36 I've been expecting you.
00:55:38 Why the disguise?
00:55:40 As if you didn't know.
00:55:42 Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:55:44 The police are looking for you.
00:55:47 You know I didn't kill Wilson.
00:55:49 Did I say you did?
00:55:51 Just beside the point.
00:55:53 A lot of Wilson's securities are missing, and mine are among them.
00:55:56 What's that got to do with me?
00:55:58 There's only one person who could have taken them.
00:56:01 You're insinuating that I know anything about it.
00:56:04 I'm not insinuating. I'm telling you.
00:56:06 [music]
00:56:11 [applause]
00:56:20 [music]
00:56:27 Well, there's a stop.
00:56:29 Where's Kennedy, though?
00:56:30 I don't know. He might be up at that nightclub. Let's take a look.
00:56:35 Well, there's the place.
00:56:37 Oh, see, pussy, pussy.
00:56:38 Thank you.
00:56:39 You know, they not only got a cover charge in that place, but they got a threshold charge.
00:56:42 We've got to find a cheaper entrance.
00:56:43 Nickel Mercer?
00:56:45 I'm not going to waste any more time talking.
00:56:48 No, but you're going to turn those securities over to me.
00:56:52 Look here, Gypsy. You're in about enough jam as it is.
00:56:56 Now, why don't you be sensible and put down that gun?
00:57:00 It's a very simple matter for me to turn you over to the police.
00:57:03 Let's not be silly about it.
00:57:05 I'll do anything I can to help you.
00:57:07 I can't help it if they don't happen to be in my possession.
00:57:11 [Music]
00:57:32 Well, there's the elevator.
00:57:34 That's a clippy.
00:57:36 [Music]
00:58:03 Hey, fellas, got a follow-up?
00:58:05 [Music]
00:58:16 The lights.
00:58:18 What's the matter?
00:58:19 The lights are flickering.
00:58:21 [Music]
00:58:29 I'm not getting out of here.
00:58:31 [Music]
00:58:49 Pardon me, sir.
00:58:51 [Music]
00:59:07 Come on.
00:59:09 [Music]
00:59:21 Thanks, bud. Just in a click of time.
00:59:24 Well, Bobby Jordan, what do you know?
00:59:27 How you doing, bud?
00:59:28 Oh, that army is really doing you a lot of good.
00:59:30 Thanks, that's what they tell me.
00:59:32 Good, Mr. Lillory. Let's go in and see the gang.
00:59:34 Hey, wait a minute. Look, I only got a 12-hour advance.
00:59:36 I've been chasing you all over town.
00:59:38 It'll only take a minute. Come on. Come on, let's go.
00:59:39 Wait a minute. I've got to take off. I've got to get back.
00:59:41 Stay over at the guy's place, will you?
00:59:42 Take it easy, kid. I'll see you in about a week.
00:59:44 I've got my reduction papers.
00:59:45 Come on.
00:59:46 [Music]
00:59:58 Hello, Bobby.
00:59:59 Hello, Jim.
01:00:00 You and your fellas around?
01:00:01 Yeah, they're upstairs.
01:00:02 They're upstairs, then.
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01:00:36 On this great and uneventful day,
01:00:38 I wish to announce that we have added another obligatory success
01:00:42 for the immortal name of the East Side Kids Club.
01:00:46 I thank you.
01:00:48 With the match.
01:00:49 [Applause]
01:00:53 Thank you.
01:00:54 Now that we have a quorum present, call a meet and order.
01:00:58 What a delicious pie.
01:01:00 Flimpy, you will please take the minutes of the meeting.
01:01:04 Flimpy, where's the secretary?
01:01:06 Flimpy! Flimpy!
01:01:08 Coming through.
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01:01:14 Where were you?
01:01:15 Down the street.
01:01:16 And you know what?
01:01:17 What?
01:01:18 I found a buckle.
01:01:19 Isn't that a beautiful one?
01:01:20 A big buckle.
01:01:22 Well, my mother loved that buckle.
01:01:27 Now what were you saying?
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