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00:00:30The last star of night that simply fades away
00:00:37The crest of a wave as it washes out to sea
00:00:42Where does it lead to and who knows why
00:00:48The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
00:00:56The soft satin wind that leaves behind a chill
00:01:03The last autumn bud as it withers on a hill
00:01:08The distant drummer who tries to be live
00:01:14The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
00:01:20The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
00:01:51Tom, I'm so glad you're here.
00:01:59It seems like it's been such a long time.
00:02:06I wasn't sure if you'd be coming.
00:02:11I got here as fast as I could.
00:02:16Sometimes I feel sorry for your wife.
00:02:20It's okay.
00:02:30I'd better get back to the hotel.
00:02:33No, not yet.
00:02:35Please stay a little longer.
00:02:38He's not going to be back for another two hours.
00:02:41Call a taxi for me, will you?
00:02:43Please.
00:02:45Marie.
00:02:50Marie.
00:03:13It's been raining a lot lately.
00:03:16It seems like it's been raining for a week.
00:03:21I've only been here two days.
00:03:31Would you mind driving around a little bit?
00:03:34Never mind, just take me to the hotel.
00:03:38I have to call my wife.
00:04:03Hey!
00:04:18Hey, this is Rock Street!
00:04:24Hey!
00:04:34Excuse me.
00:04:35Could you tell me where the Ambassador Hotel is?
00:04:38I thought it was on this block or a block over.
00:04:41See, the cab left me off and I don't recognize it.
00:05:04Hey!
00:05:06Is anyone in there?
00:05:33Hey!
00:06:03Tell me to stand out, my friend.
00:06:06Why not warm up a little?
00:06:09Try out.
00:06:33This way.
00:07:03Come on.
00:07:34I...
00:07:36I was looking for my hotel, the Ambassador.
00:07:40I thought I was in the right neighborhood.
00:07:43I asked the cab to let me out.
00:07:45Yes, I know.
00:07:49What?
00:07:51I know what you mean.
00:07:55The rain is a deceiver.
00:07:58A veil over reality.
00:08:00A veil over reality.
00:08:06Things don't look the same in the rain.
00:08:09In fact, it's quite easy to get lost in these streets.
00:08:13I do it all the time.
00:08:18So you lost your hotel, huh?
00:08:21Yeah.
00:08:25Maybe the hotel lost me.
00:08:30Anyway, I...
00:08:32I can't find it.
00:08:35Professional transient oil?
00:08:38I'm...
00:08:40I'm here for the Plumbers' Convention.
00:08:43Universal Plumbers.
00:08:45National sales reps from all over.
00:08:48We come here several times a year to catch up, you know.
00:08:51You were out seeing the sights, were you?
00:08:54I was visiting a friend.
00:08:56A friend, huh?
00:09:00We all need friends now, don't we?
00:09:03Want some coffee?
00:09:06No, no thanks.
00:09:13Maybe I will have a little, if you don't mind.
00:09:16Coffee?
00:09:17Yeah.
00:09:21It's kind of cold out there in the rain.
00:09:24Grown men shouldn't be out walking around in the rain.
00:09:31Even to see friends.
00:09:42Do you live here?
00:09:44Live?
00:09:45Work?
00:09:46This is where I do my work.
00:09:49What kind of work?
00:09:51I don't think you'd be interested, really.
00:09:54Just my work.
00:09:56Oh.
00:09:58Embalming, actually.
00:10:03Embalming and such.
00:10:06I'm a mortician.
00:10:08I take care of the deceased.
00:10:12After they're dead, I get them.
00:10:15That's my work.
00:10:17I do get some of the more interesting cases.
00:10:21In fact, the most interesting.
00:10:23Unique.
00:10:27Grotesque, actually.
00:10:30At least some of them.
00:10:37Come with me, I'd like to show you something.
00:10:42I think I'd better get back to the hotel.
00:10:44Oh yes, the one you lost.
00:10:46Meeting another friend, perhaps?
00:10:48No, I just...
00:10:50Oh, you must have a business meeting.
00:10:52Seminar on pipes and fitting.
00:10:54No.
00:10:55One thousand and one leaks, you should know.
00:10:59I'd better get back to the hotel. I have to call my wife.
00:11:02Well, I was kind enough to bring you in out of the rain,
00:11:04give you a hot cup of coffee.
00:11:07Why don't you stay just a few more minutes and let me show you around?
00:11:11I think you'll be interested.
00:11:18All right.
00:11:19Good.
00:11:25Thank you.
00:11:26Thank you.
00:11:53My latest clients.
00:11:57This one, for instance.
00:11:59So very interesting.
00:12:00Please, let's not be an ungrateful guest.
00:12:03I really should be going.
00:12:04I've just begun to show you around.
00:12:07There's much, much more.
00:12:11A very...
00:12:13interesting...
00:12:17very bizarre case.
00:12:19Her name was Miss Sibler.
00:12:26She was a teacher.
00:12:50Hi, Miss Sibler. Hi, Miss Sibler.
00:12:53Isn't she sweet?
00:12:55Right.
00:12:58Stop running!
00:13:15Get away from my car!
00:13:20Get away from my car!
00:13:41Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:13:49Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:14:19Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:14:49Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:15:19Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:15:49Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:15:52Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:16:20Damn kids! Disgusting little litterbugs!
00:16:33It's funny.
00:16:36It's funny.
00:16:49That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:18:16That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:18:46That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:19:16That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:19:46That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:16That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:21That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:26That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:31That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:36That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:41That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:46That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:51That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:20:56That was Morris Duke and his orchestra, and now Mama Baranza and his fluid strings.
00:21:01Oh!
00:21:32Oh!
00:21:42Oh, my God!
00:21:46Children! Just children!
00:21:50What kind of a stupid prank is this?
00:21:54What is the matter with you? Don't you know any better?
00:21:58Stupid prank!
00:22:04More of you?
00:22:09What do you want?
00:22:27Oh, my God!
00:22:30Oh, my God!
00:22:33Oh, my God!
00:22:36Oh, my God!
00:22:39Oh, my God!
00:22:42Oh, my God!
00:22:45Oh, my God!
00:22:48Oh, my God!
00:22:51Oh, my God!
00:22:54Oh, my God!
00:23:14Oh, my God!
00:23:24You don't expect me to believe that story, it's ridiculous.
00:23:45Perhaps, yet it's all very true.
00:23:50A woman being bitten to death by children?
00:23:55I never said children.
00:24:02What then?
00:24:06I have no idea.
00:24:07I don't think anyone really knows what or why.
00:24:12She was very much a mess.
00:24:19She tried to challenge to me, make something acceptable of her.
00:24:26This is just too hard to believe.
00:24:34Possibly.
00:24:36As I told you, I do get the most interesting cases.
00:24:44You sound like you select these people.
00:24:47Some should be selective in what they do, don't you agree?
00:24:51Take Mr. Growski here, for instance.
00:24:54He was selective in what he did, though I must say he was somewhat strange.
00:25:03He had a rather abnormal predilection for cameras, photography, all that sort of thing.
00:25:12He did some very nasty things.
00:25:24Look at this, a movie camera.
00:25:28Looks like Billy's still paid off.
00:25:30It's running.
00:25:31This creep's got a camera.
00:25:33Here he comes.
00:25:34Here he is.
00:25:35Is it true you killed six women, Mr. Growski?
00:25:38This one is Julie.
00:25:39I met her at the library.
00:25:41She's good-looking, but she doesn't have too much upstairs.
00:25:45Hello?
00:25:47Hello.
00:25:48Oh, hi.
00:25:49Hi.
00:25:50I was just about to leave.
00:25:51I thought maybe there wasn't anybody home.
00:25:53No, I'm home.
00:25:54I was just busy.
00:25:56Come on in.
00:25:57Good.
00:25:58Thank you.
00:25:59Oh, it's so cute.
00:26:03What?
00:26:04Your apartment.
00:26:05I mean, it's really neat.
00:26:07And it's so cute.
00:26:09Try to keep it clean.
00:26:11Sit down.
00:26:12Oh, not there.
00:26:14Why not here?
00:26:16Sit here.
00:26:17Okay.
00:26:19I brought you some wine.
00:26:21I don't drink.
00:26:23Oh, well, see, I don't really drink too much anyway, either.
00:26:27But I didn't know if you'd like any or not.
00:26:29So I'll just...
00:26:30Give me.
00:26:31It doesn't matter.
00:26:35Oh.
00:26:36Here you go.
00:26:40Thank you.
00:26:48It was really nice of you to invite me for dinner.
00:26:52I mean, I don't usually accept blind dates.
00:26:56How come you filmed them?
00:26:59Oh, well, I'm, uh...
00:27:02What are you interested in?
00:27:10Photography.
00:27:14Oh.
00:27:16Yeah.
00:27:17Wow.
00:27:19Boy, that's...
00:27:20They're really great.
00:27:22Mm-hmm.
00:27:23Yeah.
00:27:24Um, do you have an ashtray I could use?
00:27:27I don't smoke.
00:27:30Oh, um...
00:27:34Uh...
00:27:35Photography.
00:27:37Well, I mean, of course.
00:27:39There's one of your cameras right now.
00:27:42Just like a model airplane or something.
00:27:45Kind of mounted right on its own stand.
00:27:48A model airplane?
00:27:50It...
00:27:52It's...
00:27:53It's more important and expensive
00:27:56than any model airplane.
00:27:58Photography is a serious endeavor.
00:28:01Hey, I didn't mean anything bad, really.
00:28:04See, I like to take snapshots, too.
00:28:06This is a motion picture camera.
00:28:09You do not take snapshots with it or any other camera.
00:28:13Photography is not just a game.
00:28:16Um, Haley, I'm sorry.
00:28:19See, I just didn't know that it was a motion...
00:28:22I also study magic.
00:28:24Magic?
00:28:25Mm-hmm.
00:28:26Magic?
00:28:27Mm-hmm.
00:28:28Would you like to see a magic trick?
00:28:30Sure.
00:28:31You would?
00:28:32Yes.
00:28:33Okay.
00:28:34Yeah.
00:28:35I would need a, um, silk or a nylon...
00:28:40You wouldn't happen to have a nylon stocking, would you?
00:28:43Well, just the ones I'm wearing.
00:28:45I mean, I don't carry extras.
00:28:48Darn it.
00:28:49I mean, I...
00:28:50I really need a...
00:28:52A silk stocking to do this trick.
00:28:55Could I borrow one of yours?
00:28:57I wouldn't ruin it or anything.
00:28:59You know, I mean, to do this trick,
00:29:01I really need a silk stocking.
00:29:04Um, how about another trick?
00:29:07No, you would really like this trick.
00:29:12Well, see, um, actually, they're attached.
00:29:15You know, they're pantyhose.
00:29:17So you'd end up having to use both stockings anyway.
00:29:20That's all right.
00:29:21I mean, that'll work fine, even better.
00:29:24Um, uh...
00:29:28Well, uh...
00:29:30I feel silly.
00:29:32No, no, that's all right.
00:29:34Don't...
00:29:35Don't worry about a thing.
00:29:36I'll turn my back and you can slip them off.
00:29:40Okay.
00:29:41Uh...
00:29:44Now, you promised you're not gonna look or anything.
00:29:47No, I won't look.
00:29:49On my honor.
00:29:50Um, all right.
00:29:52Well, you know, I've, um...
00:29:54I've always been fascinated by magic
00:29:57because I always like to try to figure out
00:30:01how they do the trick, you know,
00:30:03what the secret is to it.
00:30:05And I've been to Vegas, you know, I go there,
00:30:08and I've seen some of the magicians there.
00:30:11And, uh, it's really interesting to me.
00:30:15But, you know, I haven't been there too recently.
00:30:19Uh...
00:30:20You're not gonna ruin it.
00:30:22Oh, promise.
00:30:25Okay.
00:30:29Okay.
00:30:31Now...
00:30:33This is a disappearing trick.
00:30:37A marvel of prestidigitation.
00:30:42I like that kind.
00:30:44You do?
00:30:45Yeah.
00:30:46Okay, you just look straight ahead
00:30:48I'm gonna figure out how you do it, too.
00:30:50Okay.
00:30:51Straight ahead.
00:30:52That's right.
00:30:53Towards the camera.
00:30:55Right.
00:30:57Okay.
00:30:58Now, this takes complete concentration
00:31:01to get the full effect.
00:31:04Now, you have to close your eyes.
00:31:06You cannot see this part.
00:31:08Um...
00:31:10All right.
00:31:11Um...
00:31:12Abra...
00:31:14Wait, okay.
00:31:15Ca...
00:31:17Ca...
00:31:18Abra...
00:31:30Voila.
00:31:34Your life is gone.
00:31:35It's disappeared.
00:31:39I waited until now.
00:31:41I decided to skip all the boring formality, sir.
00:31:45Her name is Carol
00:31:47and she's some sort of a secretary or something, you know?
00:31:58I buy all the photography books for myself.
00:32:02And?
00:32:04Oh, look at that camera.
00:32:07Boy, does that look complicated.
00:32:10Look at all the switches and gadgets and buttons.
00:32:15Hey, that's funny.
00:32:19What?
00:32:20It sounds like it's buzzing or something, kind of whirring.
00:32:23Do you hear it?
00:32:25No, it's your imagination.
00:32:27No, listen.
00:32:28It's running, isn't it?
00:32:29No.
00:32:31It's not.
00:32:36Yes, it is.
00:32:37It's running, isn't it?
00:32:38No.
00:32:39Come on, what are you doing?
00:32:40Are you filming us?
00:32:41Oh, no.
00:32:42What kind of thing is that?
00:32:44Now, wait a minute.
00:32:45No, you wait a minute.
00:32:46I don't go for that kind of thing.
00:32:48Now, what did you think?
00:32:49You're going to get me drunk?
00:32:50We're going to get on the couch?
00:32:54No way.
00:32:55I've known creeps like you.
00:32:56You are nuts.
00:32:57Wait a minute.
00:32:58Ah!
00:32:59Ah!
00:33:00Ah!
00:33:01Ah!
00:33:02Ah!
00:33:03Ah!
00:33:04Ah!
00:33:05Ah!
00:33:06Ah!
00:33:07Ah!
00:33:08Ah!
00:33:09Ah!
00:33:10Ah!
00:33:11Ah!
00:33:12Ah!
00:33:13Ah!
00:33:16It's been three days, but I finally found another one.
00:33:21She's a real dandy.
00:33:23You know, society type.
00:33:25Upper crust.
00:33:27Very rich and snooty.
00:33:31Kind of got acquainted at the Audubon Society.
00:33:37She's got the hots for me.
00:33:39I can tell.
00:33:41Probably because I bowled her over with my clever wits
00:33:46and subtle sexuality.
00:33:50Anyway, she's coming to see me soon
00:33:53and I have to prepare.
00:33:55There's only about...
00:33:58There's only about a hundred feet of film left
00:34:00so I'm going to have to work fast on this one.
00:34:04Mr. Groski.
00:34:06Mr. Groski.
00:34:09I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask you
00:34:11if I may borrow your telephone to call a taxi.
00:34:14No!
00:34:17I mean, that won't be necessary, Mrs. Lundquist.
00:34:23I'm afraid it won't be.
00:34:25Don't call.
00:34:27You shouldn't call.
00:34:29Please don't call!
00:34:32Mr. Groski, you have no reason to speak to me in that manner whatsoever.
00:34:37Mrs. Lundquist.
00:34:40Please, don't call.
00:34:49No!
00:35:02A year later, he was executed.
00:35:06The state didn't allow any pictures to be taken.
00:35:09So he begged them.
00:35:11How do you know all about him?
00:35:13I mean, how did you find out the details of what he did and how?
00:35:16I have police records, doctors' files, that sort of thing.
00:35:22At my disposal.
00:35:24I'm a professional.
00:35:26These are my customers.
00:35:28My clients.
00:35:30I have to know all about them to take care of them properly.
00:35:34Like this one.
00:35:38One of my favorites.
00:35:41Very intriguing situation.
00:36:00Mr. Groski.
00:36:30Hello.
00:37:00Hello.
00:37:25Oh, Lord.
00:37:30Oh, Lord.
00:37:44Yes.
00:37:48Where?
00:37:51From the top.
00:37:55First of all, Mr. Castellucci did not hang himself.
00:37:59He was murdered.
00:38:02I found a few small clipped hairs on his collar
00:38:05and the fresh scent of a tonic on his face and neck.
00:38:09A tonic which Mr. Castellucci
00:38:12doesn't happen to possess
00:38:15in his vast assortment of aftershaves and colognes.
00:38:19Now, this would lead me to believe
00:38:21that Mr. Castellucci
00:38:23had recently obtained a haircut
00:38:26and in my experience
00:38:28it is very rare for a man to get a trim
00:38:31immediately prior to doing away with himself.
00:38:36I also found some vaguely distinguishable rope burns
00:38:40on his wrists
00:38:42and a few strands of that very rope
00:38:45on his coat sleeves
00:38:47strongly suggesting that Mr. Castellucci
00:38:50had no control of the method of scheduling
00:38:53of his premature demise.
00:38:57Also found this airline ticket
00:39:00dated today in his coat pocket
00:39:02scheduled to leave for Rome, Italy
00:39:05by way of New York
00:39:07departing...
00:39:10a little less than seven minutes ago.
00:39:16I strongly believe that the deceased
00:39:19really wouldn't have passed up
00:39:21the opportunity of a trip like that.
00:39:25Now, for the killer.
00:39:28His name is Savio Molinski
00:39:31a rather well-known low-life type character
00:39:34and the only man in this town
00:39:36vaguely degenerate enough
00:39:38to smoke a revolting brand of cigar
00:39:41known as El Amigo
00:39:43the ashes of which may be found
00:39:45in that dresser top
00:39:47or this table over here.
00:39:51He can usually be found at this time of day
00:39:53at a filthy little dive
00:39:55known as Frenchie's Pool Parlor
00:39:58at 6th and Franklin.
00:40:06Well, pick him up and book him.
00:40:09First degree murder.
00:40:18You can take him down now.
00:40:21He's had his hour in the public eye.
00:40:33Congratulations. An excellent piece of work.
00:40:36Oh, thank you, thank you.
00:40:38I thought so myself.
00:40:41It is not too difficult really
00:40:44a rather routine case
00:40:46obvious clues
00:40:47but it does keep the senses keen
00:40:49and the mind alert
00:40:50it's something like a baseball player
00:40:51taking batting practice
00:40:53or a champion oarsman
00:40:55chopping about in a rowboat
00:40:56on a Sunday afternoon in the park.
00:40:58I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
00:41:00I don't believe you have
00:41:01Inspector Wendell McDowell
00:41:02Scotland Yard.
00:41:04England, right?
00:41:05Last time I checked, yes.
00:41:07Then you must be the
00:41:10famous Inspector McDowell
00:41:12Britain's number one sleuth
00:41:14isn't that what you're called?
00:41:16There have been people
00:41:17that have phrased it that way, yes.
00:41:19In that case, you probably know
00:41:22that I am
00:41:23Chief Detective Malcolm Tolliver
00:41:25America's greatest detective
00:41:27and master of criminal investigation.
00:41:29You honor me, sir?
00:41:31I respect you.
00:41:33I don't think I could ever honor you.
00:41:35Right.
00:41:36We're supposed to be rivals, aren't we?
00:41:38Oh,
00:41:39incorrigibly so.
00:41:40Well, how in the world
00:41:42did you ever
00:41:44find me in this squalid setting?
00:41:48I just asked at the station house
00:41:50and your dispatcher, a nice chap
00:41:52Barney...
00:41:53Bernie.
00:41:54Bernie, that's right.
00:41:55He told me where I could find you.
00:41:57You mean you didn't deduce my whereabouts
00:41:59through calculated assemblage
00:42:01of relevant clues?
00:42:03No, this time I just stooped
00:42:04to plain old common sense and asked.
00:42:06I do that quite often, actually.
00:42:08It's less dramatic, I suppose,
00:42:09but much more direct.
00:42:11Oh.
00:42:12And are you visiting here in America
00:42:14or are you on the track
00:42:17of some ruthless international lobber?
00:42:20Oh, a bit of both, as a matter of fact.
00:42:22So I thought I may as well drop off
00:42:24and observe the master of detection
00:42:26at work.
00:42:27Sort of absorb a few tricks.
00:42:29Oh, Inspector.
00:42:31You are stretching your efforts
00:42:33in the art of flattery.
00:42:35Oh, hardly.
00:42:36Hardly.
00:42:37I honestly believe it couldn't hurt me
00:42:38to pick up a few pointers.
00:42:39After all, we are competing
00:42:41for the title of
00:42:43world's leading criminologist.
00:42:45Yes, I believe someone did
00:42:47phrase it that way, didn't they?
00:42:49A journalist.
00:42:50Yes, I think it was Time Magazine.
00:42:52Rolling Stone.
00:42:53No, I'm certain it was Time.
00:42:55Rolling Stone.
00:42:56It was January 7th, page 3, column 2,
00:42:58and the headline was in full capitals.
00:43:01Yes, yes.
00:43:04Well, Mr. McDowell,
00:43:06shall we adjourn these premises
00:43:08to a more pleasant environment?
00:43:10Yeah, I do have to dash off
00:43:11for an appointment right now,
00:43:12but perhaps later.
00:43:13We could have dinner together.
00:43:14You're two steps ahead of me.
00:43:15Brilliant deduction.
00:43:16After you.
00:43:17After you.
00:43:18Oh, I insist.
00:43:19I insist.
00:43:43Do that.
00:43:49Do that.
00:43:59That's a really excellent vintage,
00:44:02don't you agree?
00:44:03Most assuredly.
00:44:05Fragrant.
00:44:08Softly smooth,
00:44:09yet distinctly
00:44:13melodious.
00:44:14A very refreshing analysis.
00:44:17Beaujolais.
00:44:18Les Bienvenus.
00:44:221968 or 69.
00:44:30No, definitely 69.
00:44:34Correct.
00:44:35You're very good at that.
00:44:37That's my job,
00:44:38being good at what I do.
00:44:39Being the best.
00:44:41Well, we all try
00:44:43to be the best, Inspector.
00:44:45The spirit of competition
00:44:47is what keeps us going, I suppose.
00:44:49Absolutely.
00:44:50Sort of.
00:44:51If at first you don't succeed,
00:44:53well...
00:44:57Speaking of success
00:44:59or lack of it,
00:45:02I've always wanted to ask you
00:45:05about that infamous mail train robbery.
00:45:10How in the world
00:45:11did you ever cross that train?
00:45:15How did you crack
00:45:16that miserable fiasco
00:45:17after letting it drag on
00:45:19for all those weeks
00:45:20with no results?
00:45:21Yes.
00:45:22Actually, you see,
00:45:23I had it cracked,
00:45:24as you say,
00:45:25months before.
00:45:26I was simply waiting
00:45:27for my pigeons
00:45:28to move into position
00:45:30and implicate themselves
00:45:31with irrefutable evidence.
00:45:33You know what I'm saying?
00:45:34Well,
00:45:35I couldn't run around
00:45:36naming names
00:45:37and allow them to
00:45:38dig in
00:45:39with clever attorneys
00:45:41and neatly constructed alibis.
00:45:44Something like
00:45:45that appalling situation
00:45:47you yourself experienced
00:45:49on that unfortunate
00:45:50jewel robbery investigation
00:45:52last year.
00:45:53Oh, wait, wait.
00:45:56That's not exactly right,
00:45:58Inspector.
00:45:59I had good reason
00:46:01to handle that case
00:46:02in an unorthodox manner.
00:46:04Really?
00:46:05And is this unorthodox manner
00:46:07an American trait?
00:46:09I suppose so.
00:46:11The Americans are unorthodox.
00:46:14Japanese, inscrutable.
00:46:16Italians, lusty.
00:46:18French, passionate.
00:46:19British, stuffy.
00:46:24Stuffy, but precise.
00:46:26A message for you, sir.
00:46:27Oh, thank you, man.
00:46:41Leon?
00:46:43Yes, Mr. Topper?
00:46:48Who gave this to you?
00:46:49Why, no one, sir.
00:46:50I found it next to
00:46:51the reservation book.
00:46:52Your name was on it,
00:46:53so I assumed that...
00:46:54Oh, of course, of course.
00:46:56You didn't happen to see
00:46:58someone placing it there,
00:46:59did you?
00:47:00No, sir.
00:47:01I left to check the kitchen.
00:47:02I didn't see anyone
00:47:03placing it there,
00:47:04did you?
00:47:05No, sir.
00:47:06I left to check the kitchen.
00:47:07I didn't see anyone
00:47:08placing it there,
00:47:09did you?
00:47:10I left to check the kitchen,
00:47:11and when I came back,
00:47:12I found it there.
00:47:13Very good, Leon.
00:47:14Thank you.
00:47:15My pleasure, sir.
00:47:17Something mysterious?
00:47:20It's a note.
00:47:23Unsigned.
00:47:25A cryptic note.
00:47:26Ah, they're the best kind.
00:47:28Mr. Tolliver,
00:47:29in three days,
00:47:31someone you know
00:47:32will die a horrible death.
00:47:36You are the only one
00:47:37who can prevent
00:47:39this tragic occurrence.
00:47:42Don't you think you should?
00:47:43Now, it's written
00:47:45by pasting up
00:47:47letters from newspaper headlines.
00:47:51It's a very amateurish trade.
00:47:53It does, sir,
00:47:54seem to get the message
00:47:55across, however.
00:47:59Elmer's glue.
00:48:01Very middle class.
00:48:03Bremerton paper mills,
00:48:05New York.
00:48:0720 pound flat bond,
00:48:1080% straight pulp,
00:48:1215% dye,
00:48:145% nylon fiber.
00:48:17Common.
00:48:20A little too common, really.
00:48:24Now, this is going to take
00:48:27a bit of looking into.
00:48:29I, uh,
00:48:30I do have to say
00:48:31I, uh,
00:48:32I do have to return
00:48:33to London in a few days,
00:48:34but I'd like to, uh,
00:48:36tag along on this case,
00:48:37sort of observe your methods.
00:48:39Would you, uh,
00:48:40would you mind terribly?
00:48:42Still attempting flattery,
00:48:43Inspector.
00:48:45Not at all.
00:48:46I'm just, uh,
00:48:47immensely interested.
00:48:49You wouldn't feel
00:48:50threatened by my presence,
00:48:51would you?
00:48:53Now you flatter yourself,
00:48:55Inspector.
00:48:57You know,
00:48:58maybe there is
00:48:59only room
00:49:00for one foremost
00:49:01criminologist in the world.
00:49:04But being that one
00:49:06is not just a matter
00:49:07of methods.
00:49:09It's the man.
00:49:10The man
00:49:12and his methods.
00:49:14Now certainly
00:49:15I wouldn't feel threatened.
00:49:17Tag along if you like.
00:49:18I'd love to have you.
00:49:20Maybe you will
00:49:21learn something.
00:49:23Perhaps I will.
00:49:29All right.
00:49:56All right, uh,
00:49:57Inspector.
00:50:00Apparently
00:50:02the letters were cut
00:50:03from the following
00:50:04four newspapers,
00:50:06San Francisco Chronicle,
00:50:08the London Times,
00:50:09the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
00:50:11and strangely enough,
00:50:13strangely enough,
00:50:15just these two letters,
00:50:17N, T,
00:50:19were cut from the New York Times.
00:50:21New York Times.
00:50:29Rather a slap in the face
00:50:30for the Times,
00:50:31isn't it?
00:50:39Would you like
00:50:40to take a look at this,
00:50:41Inspector?
00:50:42Electrolysis test
00:50:43for hair construction
00:50:44identification.
00:50:45Not really.
00:50:46I prefer the magnetic
00:50:47analysis myself.
00:50:48It's considerably
00:50:49more accurate.
00:50:51Thank you.
00:51:11Find anything?
00:51:13Nothing significant.
00:51:15No fingerprints
00:51:16on the envelope
00:51:17or the letter?
00:51:18No prints.
00:51:19Just mine
00:51:20and Leon's.
00:51:22Obviously
00:51:23we are dealing
00:51:24with a professional.
00:51:25And, uh,
00:51:26no convenient
00:51:27cigar ash
00:51:28or burnt ropes
00:51:29to lead you
00:51:30to the identity
00:51:31of the fellow?
00:51:34Well, now,
00:51:35let's see.
00:51:36What have you got?
00:51:37You have the intended murder
00:51:38and you know when
00:51:39that's tomorrow.
00:51:40So, uh,
00:51:41all you have to know now
00:51:42is where
00:51:43and how
00:51:44and, uh,
00:51:45possibly why
00:51:46just to
00:51:47jolly things along
00:51:48a little.
00:51:49What?
00:51:50Now, look, Inspector.
00:51:52You asked
00:51:53if you could observe
00:51:54not participate.
00:51:56Now, if you want
00:51:57to speculate
00:51:58or theorize,
00:51:59why don't you
00:52:00get yourself
00:52:01into another room
00:52:02and shout
00:52:03all your whens
00:52:04and your whats
00:52:05and your hows
00:52:06to your heart's content.
00:52:08Now,
00:52:09if you don't mind,
00:52:10I am trying
00:52:11to work
00:52:12and I don't need
00:52:13all your amateur
00:52:14Dick Tracy
00:52:15suppositions
00:52:16and hypothetical
00:52:17poppycock
00:52:18rattling
00:52:19around this
00:52:20laboratory.
00:52:24Well, uh,
00:52:25I tell you what,
00:52:26I'll just
00:52:27sit over there
00:52:28and watch.
00:52:29Fine,
00:52:30Inspector, fine.
00:52:31You just do that.
00:52:47DOCTOR
00:53:08Oh, yes.
00:53:09I, uh,
00:53:10I got your message
00:53:11just as I was leaving
00:53:12my hotel.
00:53:13Oh, come in,
00:53:14come in.
00:53:15I'm glad I caught you.
00:53:16Yes, I, uh... I suppose I am, too.
00:53:25My word.
00:53:27Your police department looks after you rather handsomely, doesn't it?
00:53:31Not at all like our poor impoverished bobbies.
00:53:34Don't be deceived, Inspector.
00:53:36My salary on the force couldn't even begin to pay for this house.
00:53:41My good fortune results from the fact
00:53:43that I have the time and the resources to take on private cases.
00:53:47A private eye?
00:53:48You can call me that if you wish.
00:53:50I prefer private investigator.
00:53:54And your superiors have no objection?
00:53:57I have no superiors.
00:53:59Ah, yes.
00:54:02Why don't you have yourself a seat?
00:54:04How gracious.
00:54:07I called you here because I have managed to solve
00:54:11the mysterious case of our threatening murderer.
00:54:14I thought you might be interested.
00:54:16Ah, yes, of course. This is the day, isn't it?
00:54:19And I was beginning to think you were really stumped for once.
00:54:23Hardly.
00:54:25Although rather unique in its initial appearance,
00:54:28the case has actually turned out to be rather routine.
00:54:33Really?
00:54:35As you so, uh, aptly put it, uh, yesterday,
00:54:40the Watt is apparently murder,
00:54:43a horrible death, as it says in the note.
00:54:46The Winn is obviously today, three days after the note's delivery,
00:54:51and the victim of this unsavory piece of mayhem.
00:54:56As the note says, someone that I am supposed to know
00:55:01is, in fact,
00:55:06myself.
00:55:08Yes, me.
00:55:11Now for the perpetrator, the plotter,
00:55:14the instigator of this vicious scheme
00:55:17to commit cold-blooded, premeditated murder.
00:55:20After examining certain obvious elements,
00:55:23elements that reek of ego,
00:55:26and pride, and lust for power,
00:55:29I can only come to one conclusion.
00:55:32The case is solved.
00:55:35I am the victim,
00:55:38and you, my dear inspector,
00:55:41are the murderer.
00:55:43Bravo. Well done.
00:55:46An excellent piece of investigation.
00:55:49And the weapon, of course, a gun,
00:55:52the least likely weapon of the Watt.
00:55:56The least likely weapon to be used by Britain's leading crime fighter.
00:56:00That's why no one could possibly suspect me of killing you.
00:56:17I forgot to tell you.
00:56:20I solved the case two days ago.
00:57:25I'm sorry.
00:57:56Yes.
00:57:58Yes, yes.
00:58:26At least I was thoughtful enough
00:58:29to change the inspector's bloody shirt.
00:58:32And I tried to keep the same expression on his face,
00:58:36a sort of clever little grin.
00:58:40I suppose you're going to tell me
00:58:43American detective Tolliver is in that coffin?
00:58:48Hey, I'm not going to tell you.
00:58:51I'm going to tell you.
00:58:54That coffin?
00:58:56Heavens, no.
00:58:58They never found enough of poor chief detective Tolliver to bury.
00:59:02He seemed to go all to pieces over the incident.
00:59:06Come, let me show you this next one.
00:59:09Number four, I call him.
00:59:12He's one of my newest acquisitions.
00:59:16Acquisitions?
00:59:18There you go again, acting as if you pick and choose.
00:59:21I'm sorry.
00:59:23It'll call them my customers
00:59:25if it will make you feel any better.
00:59:28Let's have a look.
00:59:30What do you say?
00:59:34Here's the file on the new applicants, Mr. Cantwell.
00:59:39So what else do you want?
00:59:42If there's anything you don't find, please let me know.
00:59:49Testy little thing.
00:59:52Thanks, Susan.
00:59:54Hey, Dennis, how about grabbing some lunch?
00:59:57No, thanks, Stan.
00:59:59Come on, we're going down to that new hamburger joint.
01:00:01Twenty-three different kinds of hamburgers.
01:00:03No, really, I've got a rough few hands.
01:00:07I have to take care of a few things.
01:00:10Well, you're lost, Dan.
01:00:13Twenty-three different kinds of hamburgers.
01:00:17Why do they keep pestering me?
01:00:24Stupid jerk.
01:00:26Twenty-three different kinds of morons.
01:00:31Got to get out of here.
01:00:41Ten, twenty, twenty-five,
01:00:44fifty, seventy-five, one buck.
01:00:50Uh, you have any gum?
01:00:53Huh?
01:00:55Gum. Chewing gum.
01:00:57No.
01:01:00You really don't have any chewing gum?
01:01:03What do you think this is, a delicatessen?
01:01:08Slob.
01:01:14Sorry.
01:01:16Hey, look, look, I don't have any change.
01:01:19Why don't you get a job?
01:01:21Creep.
01:01:24I'm sorry.
01:01:26Hey, look, look, I don't have any change.
01:01:28Why don't you get a job?
01:01:30Creep.
01:01:54Hey!
01:01:57You got me locked in!
01:02:03Is somebody back there?
01:02:06You got me locked in!
01:02:12Is somebody back there?
01:02:23Hello?
01:02:36Hello?
01:03:06Hello?
01:03:29Is somebody down there?
01:03:36Is somebody down there?
01:03:43Oh!
01:04:06Hey!
01:04:36Hey!
01:04:38Somebody let me out of here!
01:04:46Hey!
01:04:48Hey!
01:04:50Stop! No!
01:04:52No, stop it!
01:04:54Hey, no!
01:04:56Stop! Stop it!
01:04:58No!
01:05:00No!
01:05:02Stop it!
01:05:04Stop!
01:05:34Stop!
01:05:46No!
01:05:48No!
01:05:58No!
01:06:00No!
01:06:04No!
01:06:17Here's the file with all the evidence, Mr. Kamwell.
01:06:20If there's anything you know wrong, please let me know.
01:06:24No, I have to take care of a few things.
01:06:27Look, I don't have any change.
01:06:29Mr. Kamwell, please let me know.
01:06:32You're lost, Dan.
01:06:34Please let me...
01:06:40You're lost, Dan.
01:07:02You can't stray from the memory.
01:07:32No!
01:07:34No!
01:07:54No!
01:08:02No!
01:08:06No!
01:08:14No!
01:08:18No!
01:08:20No!
01:08:23No!
01:08:27I hate you.
01:08:29I'm sorry.
01:08:53Thank you.
01:09:05Thank you.
01:09:23Thank you.
01:09:45Beautiful.
01:09:52Beautiful.
01:10:22Beautiful.
01:10:53Beautiful.
01:10:55Beautiful.
01:11:05Beautiful.
01:11:07Beautiful.
01:11:09Beautiful.
01:11:11Beautiful.
01:11:13Beautiful.
01:11:15Beautiful.
01:11:17Beautiful.
01:11:19Beautiful.
01:11:21Beautiful.
01:11:51Beautiful.
01:11:53Beautiful.
01:12:20I told you I couldn't help it.
01:12:23Get a job.
01:12:30No!
01:12:38But you have his body.
01:12:40Eventually, he died.
01:12:43Drunk, with a rotted liver.
01:12:47Sprawled in the gutter.
01:12:50Pickled, I'd say.
01:12:53But who would do that to a man?
01:12:55Torturing him mentally and physically.
01:12:58Why would they do that?
01:13:00Who? Why?
01:13:03Oh, come now. I'm sure you're not that naive.
01:13:07All these people were the victims of their own frailties.
01:13:11Their own petty foibles.
01:13:13And Sibler was selfish and cold.
01:13:16And held a thoroughly uningratiating disdain for all people.
01:13:21Especially children.
01:13:24And Mr. Growski, our errant camerabog.
01:13:27Was a bit sadistic and totally contemptuous of other people's privacy.
01:13:35And our two sleuths.
01:13:37So vain and egotistical.
01:13:40What became of them?
01:13:42Mr. Cantwell.
01:13:44He had no feelings at all.
01:13:46He was blindly insensitive, sir.
01:13:49When another human being.
01:13:51Agonized by his own pain.
01:13:53Reached out for help.
01:13:56He passed him by.
01:13:59Poor Mr. Cantwell.
01:14:01He might have lived quite long and comfortably.
01:14:04In another age.
01:14:07But he was a man.
01:14:10In another age.
01:14:12Another world.
01:14:14His failing?
01:14:16He simply didn't care.
01:14:27Mr. Cantwell.
01:14:29What was this person's failing?
01:14:31Oh, I don't know.
01:14:35Infidelity, I suppose.
01:14:37I'd like to see.
01:14:54This is all very interesting.
01:14:57Everything.
01:14:59But I must go now.
01:15:02Not yet, there's so much more to see.
01:15:05I have to get to the hotel.
01:15:07I have to call my wife.
01:15:09Don't rush off, Mr. Talmadge.
01:15:12How do you know my name?
01:15:14Every good businessman should know the names of his clients.
01:15:35Ha, ha, ha.
01:15:37Ha, ha, ha.
01:15:39Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:05Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:35Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:37Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:41Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:43Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:45Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:47Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:49Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:51Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:53Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:55Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:57Ha, ha, ha.
01:16:59Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:01Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:03Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:06Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:09Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:13Ha, ha, ha.
01:17:16How long did you two think you could get away with your little game?
01:17:20I'm not stupid you know.
01:17:29I can read Marie like a book.
01:17:31All it took was a little waiting, a little watching,
01:17:36and I knew I'd catch you both sooner or later.
01:17:40You stupid bastard. Don't you know any better?
01:18:01The last star of night that simply fades away
01:18:16The crest of a wave as it washes out to sea
01:18:21Where does it lead to and who knows why
01:18:27The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
01:18:37The end of a storm that leaves behind its tears
01:18:43The hope in a face as it changes through the years
01:18:48Where does it lead to and who knows why
01:18:54The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
01:19:04Gone is the magic show, gone is the angels
01:19:15Sleeping passions turn to ashes, nothing's real anymore
01:19:25The soft satin wind that leaves behind a chill
01:19:31The last autumn bud as it withers on a hill
01:19:36The distant drummer who tries to be live
01:19:42The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
01:19:52The saddest melody is the sound of goodbye
01:20:06The last autumn bud as it withers on a hill