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01:00Calling par 63. Go to Hotel Royal immediately. Hotel Royal. Woman on roof attempting suicide.
01:20That's us. Let's go.
01:21Calling par 63.
01:36Calling par 63.
01:52Calling par 63.
02:19Hello? No, no, the hotel is not on fire.
02:22You don't know there's a fire, do you?
02:24Now, now, folks, take it easy.
02:32We're knee-deep in cops. Start packing.
02:36We'll search every room in the joint.
02:42I wonder who took them all.
02:43I don't know, but if I get my hands on that stool pigeon, it'll be just too bad.
02:47Get back.
03:00Take it easy now, folks.
03:01Come on, Mike.
03:08Why are they here?
03:09What's the idea of barging through here? You're disturbing my guests.
03:12Yeah, well, one of them's pretty disturbed right now. She's about to jump off the roof.
03:15What?
03:16What is the matter?
03:18Nothing. Not a thing.
03:19The fire department's here. The police department's here. The reporters are here.
03:22And if we don't hurry up, the undertaker will be here.
03:29Now, folks, I assure you that everything will be taken care of.
03:33Come on, get back.
04:03It's only a dummy.
04:05Shh. He's crazy.
04:06Quiet. I know how to handle these guys.
04:10Hello? Are you having a good time?
04:12I've got to keep doing this until I attract a crowd around this hotel.
04:15Oh, I see.
04:16Well, look, let me do it for a while. I want to have some fun, too.
04:20No, sir. We got this all figured out.
04:23Oh, you have, huh?
04:24Well, who's we?
04:25Me and Mr. Buzzy O'Brien.
04:28Buzzy O'Brien, huh?
04:30Well, now, ain't that nice?
04:32Tell me some more about it.
04:33Well, you see, Mr. Buzzy, he got this dummy from the style show over there in the peacock room.
04:37And he told me to walk up and down there while he hid under the bed.
04:40Under what bed?
04:41Over there in the robber's room.
04:44What room could that be?
04:45I don't know, sir. He said he was going to hide over there until the police come.
04:48Then the robbers would try to get the stuff.
04:50Then he'd catch them.
04:55I'll handle this.
05:04Excuse me, Mr. Barney. I'm just going to make up to the room.
05:07Come back later. I'm busy now.
05:12Boy.
05:19Uh-huh, uh-huh. Come on, come on. Get out of there.
05:26Well, that's the kid who brought us cracked ice last night.
05:28Yeah? What's the idea?
05:30The idea is you can't get away with it.
05:32Now?
05:33No.
05:34You stole those bonds from the Lincoln Trust Company, and you're not going to...
05:37Ain't Mr. Buzzy smart?
05:39Oh, he's not only smart, he's brilliant.
05:41Now, everything would be perfect if I could only get my hands on Buzzy O'Brien.
05:44Search the joint.
05:45Jefferson, take that dummy back where it belongs.
05:47Okey-dokey, sir.
05:54Pick up those bags.
05:56You're going to take us right through the lobby.
05:58And then we're going to take you out into the country for a nice little sightseeing tour.
06:02Get going.
06:06Come on.
06:11The more you tell me, the less I know.
06:13The more you tell me, the less I know.
06:14I just want to get my hands on that Buzzy O'Brien.
06:21All right, let's go.
06:29Buzzy O'Brien!
06:31Keep walking, keep walking.
06:35Coming!
06:39I'm awfully sorry to inconvenience you guys, but...
06:43Take that gun out of her pocket and then take him downtown and book him.
06:46Hey, Buzz, tell me, what happened?
06:48Well, I was up in the room with these two guys.
06:50It's a little business I want to talk over with you.
06:52Come on.
06:53You can't do that to a friend.
06:56And now, gentlemen, if you'll just be seated, we'll get to the bottom of this.
06:59Come on, Buzzy, let's have it.
07:01Well, the way I see it, Steve, it's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
07:04Stop playing Sherlock Holmes and tell us what happened.
07:07Well, I keep a file on all the guys that are wanted by the police.
07:11You know, kind of a personal rogues gallery.
07:14So then I read about the Lincoln Trust robbery,
07:16and being a trained observer with a photographic eye,
07:18I spotted Banning hiding behind a beard.
07:21So then I staged the phony suicide, see?
07:23And I figured when Banning and these men heard the police sirens,
07:25they'd go for the bonds, which they did.
07:27Now, in the meantime...
07:28In the meantime, you've turned the city upside down,
07:30caused a near riot, the taxpayers get stuck for a fake alarm.
07:32Yeah, but, Steve...
07:33But nothing!
07:34The last time you played detective,
07:35I told you to bring your brainwaves to headquarters.
07:37What for, Steve?
07:38Nobody pays any attention to me.
07:40Well, gosh, I told Pflueger, and all he did was laugh at me.
07:43How about that, Pflueger?
07:44The hotel's had a couple of lawsuits already
07:46through making mistakes about guests.
07:48So I...
07:49Did nothing, as usual.
07:50And as for you,
07:51you're liable to five different charges for the trouble you caused.
07:54I don't know how the hotel feels about it, but I'd certainly...
07:56The hotel is firing him!
07:58We should have done it long ago, if you ask me.
08:00Now, take it easy, I didn't mean that.
08:02After all, he did catch those two crooks,
08:04and maybe he got enough of a scare to stop them from playing detective.
08:06Oh, I did, Steve, honest.
08:08When Banning put that gun on my back, I thought sure I was a goner.
08:12Never again, Steve.
08:13Well, if you really mean that...
08:15Oh, I do!
08:16You can stay.
08:17On probation.
08:18Now, report back to your station.
08:20Yes, sir.
08:22Thanks a lot, Steve.
08:24Never mind the thanks.
08:25And if you start gumshoeing around this hotel again,
08:27I won't wait for the manager to fire you.
08:29I'll come right up here and drag you right out by the ears.
08:32You won't have to.
08:34Honest, I'm through.
08:36Now, get back to work.
08:39You'll be heading south from now on, Mr. Colby.
08:41Well, let's hope so.
08:46Thanks for coming through the way you did, Steve.
08:48Forget it, kid.
08:49I mean about my job.
08:50All right, all right, but you're lucky.
08:51What I said in there still goes, you understand?
08:53Oh, sure, I'm through.
08:54Well, you heard me, promise, Steve.
08:55Well, let me see you stick to it.
08:57If you don't like hopping bells, try and find yourself another job.
08:59But quit playing detective.
09:01I'll never get you anyplace.
09:02Look at your old man.
09:03Where'd they get him?
09:04A couple of bullets in the back.
09:05Yeah, but don't you see, Steve?
09:06All right, beat it.
09:07I got some work to do.
09:09Nice going, Flugert.
09:10Kid turns in a couple of mugs you should have handled between naps
09:12and you try to get his job.
09:14I forgot you were a friend of the kid's family.
09:16You and his old man were on the force together.
09:18So what?
09:27Will there be anything else, miss?
09:28Could you find out if there's a Mr. Thaddeus Porter
09:30registered at the hotel?
09:31Thaddeus Porter?
09:32Yes.
09:33Yes, ma'am.
09:40Desk, please.
09:44Do we have a Thaddeus Porter registered here?
09:49Yes.
09:50Okay.
09:51Thank you.
09:53Is he here?
09:54Yes, ma'am.
09:55He's in suite 8B.
09:56That's just down the hall, around the corner.
09:57Would you like to have me call him?
09:58No.
10:00No.
10:02Will there be anything else, miss?
10:04No, thank you.
10:05You've been very nice.
10:07Thank you very much.
10:08And if there's any little thing you want,
10:09you know, something special,
10:10just call on me, will you?
10:11Number 7.
10:12Thanks.
10:13Yes, ma'am.
10:30Oh!
11:01This isn't some more detecting, is it?
11:02Oh, no, no.
11:03But this Monaghan girl seemed to think
11:05they ought to know something about Mr. Porter.
11:08What is he?
11:09Some kind of a big shot or something?
11:10No, he registered last evening from Ashport.
11:12Took a suite and rates A1.
11:15Mm-hmm.
11:16Well, thanks very much, Mr. Mays.
11:17Well, how's your friend in 415 getting along?
11:21415?
11:23Hey, I got it!
11:25Got what?
11:26Well, she looks just like the fellow that...
11:31Oh, a telegram for Thaddeus Porter.
11:33Just talking about him.
11:34Mr. Mays, do me a favor, will you?
11:37Let me take that telegram up.
11:38Okay, but get it to him in a hurry.
11:40Porter's kind of important.
11:41Small town banker.
11:42You'll probably get a big tip.
11:44What, from a banker?
11:45If I do, I'll split it with you.
12:01Oh!
12:02I'm awfully sorry, sir.
12:03Lousy idiot.
12:04Why don't you look where you're going?
12:05Yeah, but I was just...
12:06Get out of my way!
12:30What are you doing hanging around here?
12:56Well, this gentleman here told me to come back at 12.30.
12:58I knocked on the door and don't know about the answer.
13:01Well, maybe he went out and just left his door open.
13:03Oh, no, I didn't.
13:04I seen a lady come out there just as I was coming down the hall.
13:23It's Mr. Porter!
13:29He's dead.
13:32Oh, no, you don't.
13:35Now, come here.
13:36We found this thing together.
13:37You can't walk out on me.
13:38I'm in enough trouble.
13:39I need a witness.
13:40Oh, Mr. Butler, I don't like no dead foe,
13:42and I don't want to be no witness.
13:43Can I go home now?
13:44Wait a minute.
13:45Look, what's the matter with you?
13:46You have no reason to be scared.
13:47You said you saw a girl leave this room.
13:48What'd she look like?
13:49I don't know what she looked like,
13:50but she had on a striped dress.
13:52A striped dress, are you sure?
13:53Yes, I'm sure.
13:54I'm sure.
13:55She had on a striped dress.
13:56A striped dress, are you sure?
13:58Yes, she left out that door in a hurry.
14:00Striped dress.
14:01Which way'd she go?
14:02She went down that way.
14:03Now, Mr. Butler, I'm through.
14:04Can I go now?
14:05I don't belong up here.
14:06I belong down in the basement.
14:07Are you sure she didn't use the service stairway?
14:09Yes, she didn't.
14:10Somebody did.
14:11I saw the door closing as I was coming up the hall.
14:14Now, look, I'm going to search the bedroom.
14:15You stay right here.
14:16Don't move.
14:26Jail.
14:35Money.
14:56I've got to call the desk.
15:03Hello, this is Buzzy O'Brien on suite 8B.
15:06Mr. Porter's just been murdered.
15:08Yes, yes, that's right.
15:11Yeah, Jefferson and I found the body.
15:14All right, hurry, will you please?
15:17Now, see, Jefferson,
15:18I told you there was nothing to worry about.
15:19They're coming back.
15:20They're coming back.
15:21They're coming back.
15:22They're coming back.
15:23They're coming back.
15:24I told you there was nothing to worry about.
15:25They're coming up here right away.
15:28Be right back.
15:30Mr. Buzzy, wait a minute.
15:31Don't leave me here, Mr. Buzzy.
15:32Oh, Mr. Buzzy, please.
15:33Now, you know this man is dead.
15:34You ought not to leave me here like this.
15:41Who is it?
15:42Me, Buzzy O'Brien, number seven.
15:45I've got to have that dress, quick.
15:46What do you mean?
15:47You were seen coming out of Porter's room.
15:49I wasn't even in his room.
15:50Quit stalling.
15:51The janitor saw you.
15:52Now, look, he doesn't know what you look like,
15:53but he knows that you had a striped dress on.
15:55Now, please, hurry up.
15:56Please.
15:57All right.
16:00Look, as soon as you slip into something else,
16:02scoot downstairs and wait in the far end of the lobby
16:04until you hear from me.
16:05Yeah, but what will I do with the dress?
16:06Hurry up.
16:07Throw it out here to me.
16:08Please, hurry.
16:10Oh, Mr. Buzzy.
16:11Come back here, Mr. Buzzy.
16:12Now, that's a shame.
16:13You ought not...
16:14Oh, Mr. Buzzy.
16:15You ought not to leave me here like this.
16:17Now, that's a shame, Mr. Buzzy.
16:18I just...
16:20Hand it out to me.
16:21Hurry up.
16:22Why are you getting mixed up in all this?
16:24Oh, I don't know.
16:25Because your name's Monaghan or something, I guess.
16:27Come on, hurry, please.
16:32Hey, I almost forgot to ask you.
16:34You didn't kill Porter, did you?
16:35No, honestly, I didn't.
16:37All right, but please do as I tell you
16:38and get down in that lobby.
16:40I gotta ditch this dress.
16:44Mr. Buzzy, you and me have been friends a long time.
16:47Mr. Buzzy, please.
16:49Mr. Buzzy.
16:52Mr. Buzzy.
17:02Mr. Buzzy, why did you leave me here alone?
17:04Why did you leave me here alone, Mr. Buzzy?
17:05Where is everybody?
17:06Haven't they shown up yet?
17:07No, sir.
17:08I better call the desk again.
17:12Hello, why all the delay?
17:14I can't understand where they are.
17:16Hello, this is suite 8B.
17:18You better get a hold of Steve Lanahan right away.
17:20There's a corpus delicti up here.
17:22Yes, yes, you know, a body.
17:25Of course, this is Buzzy O'Brien.
17:27Hurry up, will you please?
17:28Right.
17:36You shouldn't parade through the lobby, Lanahan.
17:38You'll get the hotel and the newspapers.
17:39Where's the body?
17:40What body?
17:41A man named Porter, Thaddeus Porter.
17:43Well, he's up in 8B, but he's fine.
17:45Say, who told you there was anything wrong?
17:47Buzzy O'Brien.
17:48Hello, Steve, have you seen the herald?
17:50Yeah, that chief showed that to me ten times.
17:52Well, has that O'Brien kid pulled another one?
17:54No, just a routine visit.
17:56Well, in that case, I'll string along.
18:01Scram!
18:04Hey, hey, wait a minute, will you?
18:06That's a fine way to treat the press.
18:08I'll take care of you, big boy.
18:14Buzzy, if you're holding out on me, I'm gonna...
18:16But I'm not, Steve.
18:17It happened just like I said.
18:18I was walking down the hall.
18:20Jefferson was knocking on the door, and the door opened.
18:22Well, so we walked in.
18:23And there was Porter laying on the floor, stabbed.
18:25Here's the knife right here.
18:27Oh, there's the knife, is it?
18:28I tell you...
18:29Well, now wait, don't get excited, Steve.
18:30I picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin.
18:32You picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin?
18:35What are you gonna say?
18:36What were you doing up here anyway, O'Brien?
18:37You keep quiet.
18:38I'll handle this.
18:39Yeah, what were you doing?
18:41Well, I was delivering a telegram to Porter.
18:43Where is it?
18:44Right here.
18:47Here.
19:00I want the name of every woman whose initials are K.M.
19:02that registered in this hotel in the last 24 hours.
19:07Give me the name of every woman registered in the hotel in the last 24 hours
19:11with the initials K.M.
19:12Maybe that was that lady I seen with that striped dress on.
19:15What lady with what striped dress?
19:16The lady that ran out of here just before I got up here.
19:21Do you know anything about this, Buzzy?
19:23Me?
19:24Yeah, Steve, sure.
19:25I was gonna tell you, but you didn't give me a chance.
19:27Here's the information.
19:28There are three women in the hotel with initials K.M.
19:31Catherine Meadows, registered from Redlands, 212.
19:34Kate Madison from Chicago and 511.
19:36And Kitty Monaghan from Ashport.
19:39From Ashport?
19:40Yeah, she's right around the corner, 812.
19:42Jenkins, get her over here.
19:43This is a terrible thing.
19:45Mr. Porter was quite important.
19:47Yeah? Why?
19:48He was Vice President of the Ashport Bank.
19:50A very fine man, too, Lanahan.
19:52I knew him personally.
19:53That's a big help.
19:55Oh, you again.
19:57You can't do this to the press now.
19:59812 is empty.
20:00Looks like somebody left in a hurry.
20:02Any clothes in there?
20:03Yeah.
20:04Hey, Steve, I got an idea.
20:05I checked her in.
20:06I know what she looks like.
20:07Maybe I can help you find her, huh?
20:09Okay, Buzzy.
20:10But if you double-cross me this time,
20:12there's a nice little gray suit
20:14and a short haircut waiting for you.
20:16Now get out of here.
20:17Okay, Steve, sure.
20:18Me too?
20:19Yeah, but don't leave the hotel.
20:21Okay, Mr. Steve.
20:23All right, boys.
20:24Pictures, prints,
20:25and when you get them all finished,
20:26send them right down to me.
20:27Come on, Kluger.
20:37Message for you, miss.
20:43PORTER
21:08Sure, his name is Porter.
21:10Thaddeus Porter.
21:12A knife in his back.
21:14Pictures?
21:16Sure.
21:18Send a man up right away.
21:19And don't forget the name of the hotel.
21:24You shouldn't push reporters in the face, Kluger.
21:26You're liable to get the hotel on the paper.
21:38Jefferson.
21:39Sir.
21:40Is this where Buzzy hangs out?
21:42Yes.
21:54What's this all about?
21:55Mr. Buzzy calls it his private criminal laboratory.
21:59Private criminal laboratory.
22:12Why did Mr. Porter call you to wait, B?
22:15Come on, answer me.
22:16To pick up a trunk.
22:18Look, Mr. Steve,
22:19I ain't done nothing.
22:20Why do y'all keep on picking on me?
22:22You got me so mixed up,
22:23I don't know what I'm doing.
22:25I know what you'll be doing
22:26if you don't tell me the truth.
22:27You said Buzzy locked you in, huh?
22:28Yes, sir.
22:29Why'd he lock you in?
22:30To be sure that I would stay
22:31until y'all got there.
22:32How long were you in there?
22:33I don't know, sir.
22:34It seemed to me like it was a long time.
22:36Long enough for Buzzy to be doing something.
22:38What was Buzzy doing?
22:39He was at the phone
22:40phoning the desk.
22:41He called twice before y'all got up there.
22:43Is that right, Floga?
22:44I don't think so,
22:45but we can check on it.
22:46Relax.
22:59Desk?
23:01Just a moment.
23:02Buzzy,
23:03you weren't on the phone.
23:05What's the idea of having personal calls on duty?
23:07Oh, it must be very important.
23:10Hello.
23:11Hello.
23:12Buzzy O'Brien?
23:13Oh, yeah, hello, Mom.
23:16What?
23:18Oh, gee, that's too bad, Mom.
23:21Sure, you bet I will.
23:23All right, dear.
23:27I'm afraid I'll have to go, Mr. Mays.
23:28My mother's very sick.
23:32How many calls did you get from suite 8B
23:34just before you called me?
23:35Only one.
23:36I thought so.
23:37Are you sure?
23:38Positive.
23:39Have you seen Buzzy O'Brien?
23:40No, but he just took a call on the desk phone.
23:42Thanks.
23:49Where's Buzzy?
23:50Gone home.
23:51Didn't he just get a phone call?
23:52Yes, from his mother.
23:53She's sick.
23:56Leaving us, Lanahan?
23:57Yeah.
23:58In the meantime,
23:59try not to gum things up, will you?
24:09Thank you.
24:26Hey, Buzzy O'Brien,
24:27what are you doing home at this time?
24:29And who is that girl?
24:31Mom, Mom, I'm in a terrible jam.
24:32I can't explain now,
24:33but I think Steve Lanahan's on his way up here after me.
24:35Mom, you'll help me, will you?
24:36You won't let me down.
24:37Steve Lanahan, is it?
24:38Well, if there's anything wrong, it's your fault.
24:39No, no, Mom.
24:40It just looks bad.
24:41But I haven't got time to explain to Steve now.
24:43I have to do some more investigative research.
24:44Investigative research, is it?
24:46Now, look here, Buzzy O'Brien.
24:47You tell me what this is all about,
24:49or I'll turn you over to Steve Lanahan.
24:51Later, Mom, later.
24:52No, here and now.
24:53And what's the trouble, and who is that girl?
24:56I'll bet that's Steve now.
24:57Mom, you gotta talk to him.
24:58Help me, will you, Mom?
24:59Please help me.
25:00I knew he'd find out
25:01that phone call from the desk was phony.
25:03I'll not budge until I hear all about it.
25:05Mom, Mom, now please don't let me down.
25:07Talk to him, will you, Mom?
25:08Get rid of him.
25:09He'll put me in jail, Mom.
25:10Jail?
25:11Yeah, please, Mom.
25:12Talk to him.
25:13Tell him anything.
25:14You don't want me to go to jail, do you?
25:15Please, Mom, talk to him.
25:16Oh, Buzzy.
25:20Jail.
25:22Oh.
25:27Oh, hello, Steve.
25:28Hello, Mrs. O'Brien.
25:29Sit down, I'll get you a nice cup of tea.
25:31I don't want tea.
25:32I want Buzzy.
25:33Buzzy?
25:34Yeah.
25:35I'm sure this is a strange place
25:36to be looking for him at this time of day.
25:37He's not at the hotel.
25:38Oh.
25:40Detecting again, eh?
25:41Yeah, he's really put his foot in it this time.
25:43Bad?
25:44Murder.
25:45Murder?
25:46Oh, Steve, you don't mean that Buzzy's killed somebody?
25:48No, I don't think so,
25:49only this time it's serious.
25:50Oh.
25:53I thought you were sick.
25:54Sick?
25:56Oh, well, I, uh...
25:58Oh, Steve, Buzzy's not a bad guy.
26:00I know, I know.
26:01He's only...
26:02His old man took pretty good care of me
26:04when I was a rookie cop.
26:05That's why I want to protect Buzzy.
26:07But I can't do anything, Mrs. O'Brien,
26:09if he don't stop snooping around.
26:10Well, I'll see that he stops it, Steve.
26:12Well, if you don't,
26:13some one of these days,
26:14one of those cheap crooks will be shooting him.
26:16Oh.
26:17But when you hear from him,
26:18you send him back to the hotel.
26:20I'll be waiting for him.
26:22Oh, Steve.
26:23Oh, Steve.
26:24Oh, Steve.
26:25Oh, Steve.
26:26Oh, Steve.
26:28All right, Steve.
26:31Thanks.
26:36Buzzy O'Brien?
26:37Come out of there.
26:46Oh, gee, Mom, you were swell.
26:47Steve didn't even know that I...
26:48Hold your tongue!
26:49Now, what's the matter?
26:50Who is this girl?
26:51Well, she's the girl I've been helping.
26:53Oh, it's the girl you've been helping, eh?
26:55And your poor old mother
26:56telling a lie to Steve Lanahan.
26:58Why, you ought to be...
27:00But her name is Kitty Monaghan.
27:01I don't care about her name.
27:04What did you say her name was?
27:05This is Kitty Monaghan.
27:06This is my mother.
27:07Kitty Monaghan.
27:10Why, you poor darling, you.
27:12Come right over here and sit down now.
27:15There you are.
27:16Now, take your hat off.
27:17Sure, you must be in trouble.
27:19You're bound to be a fear with Buzzy.
27:21She's the one Steve's really after.
27:23He thinks she did it.
27:24The murder?
27:25With a name like Monaghan?
27:28Well, then she must have had some good reason.
27:30But I didn't do it.
27:31Yeah, we know that.
27:32But you'll have to admit
27:33you've got a lot of explaining to do.
27:34Of course.
27:35It'll be a relief to talk...
27:36There, there.
27:37Now, take your time.
27:38Buzzy, you go bring in the tea.
27:40Bring in the tea?
27:41Mom, I've got to continue my investigation.
27:44You handle the tea
27:45and I'll handle the investigation.
27:47Oh, get a case all built up
27:49and then you have to go have the tea.
27:51Now, let's have it.
27:52My brother Jim worked in Mr. Porter's bank.
27:55Jim's books were $100,000 short.
27:58What in the world did he do with all that money?
28:01It wasn't money.
28:02It was bonds.
28:03And he didn't take it.
28:04He just must have lost his head and run away.
28:07That's why I came to see Mr. Porter.
28:10He always liked Jim.
28:11I thought maybe he could help me find him
28:14and straighten things out.
28:19What happened when you were in Porter's room?
28:22Well, Mr. Porter let me in.
28:25But before I had a chance to talk to him,
28:27there was a knock at the door.
28:28So he pushed me into the bedroom
28:30and shut the connecting door.
28:31Did you see who came into the room?
28:33No.
28:34No, but I listened at the door.
28:36There were two men, I think.
28:38I could hear their voices,
28:39but I couldn't hear what they said
28:41even when they began arguing.
28:42Oh, they argued, eh?
28:43Well, did either of the voices sound like anyone you know?
28:46No.
28:47They just went on arguing.
28:49And then...
28:50And then I heard a groan and a thumping sound.
28:53And right after that, the door slammed.
28:56Look.
28:57Could one of these fellas been your brother?
28:59No, I'd know his voice.
29:02You know something about Jim.
29:04Where is he?
29:05He's registered at the Royal.
29:07But he's under the name of Elliot, room 415.
29:10Elliot?
29:11Are you sure?
29:12Well, he looks enough like you to be your brother.
29:14And he's got a blue cigarette case with JM on it.
29:17Why should he go to the same hotel as Mr. Porter
29:19and not use his own name?
29:20There, there, now.
29:21That's enough of that.
29:22I'll look after Kitty.
29:23Now, you run along, Buzzy,
29:24and find Steve and tell him I sent you.
29:26I'd better go, too.
29:27No, you stay right here and rest.
29:29Come along now, Buzzy.
29:30Go on.
29:31Thanks, Mom.
29:32I knew you'd come through for me.
29:34Goodbye, dear.
29:35And remember that Steve's waiting for you.
29:38Come along now, darling.
29:39Sit down.
29:40We'll have our tea in peace.
29:43Find anything yet, Mike?
29:45No, nothing here.
29:46Bye, Nan.
29:50Is that the dress you wore?
29:52Come on, come on.
29:53You said you saw a girl in a striped dress
29:55come in out of Porter's room?
29:56Yes, I did.
29:57Well, is that the dress you wore?
29:59Yes, sir.
30:00Of course it is.
30:01Buzzy and the girl ditched it in the linen chute.
30:03I thought I'd find it there.
30:04Stumbled on it, you mean.
30:05All right, stumbled on it.
30:06Just like you better stumble on Buzzy and that girl.
30:08Don't worry.
30:09I'll have them.
30:10You hope.
30:11Did you see anybody else?
30:13No, sir.
30:14I didn't.
30:15What do you mean, you didn't?
30:17Now look here, Jefferson, old boy.
30:19This dress kind of proves your story.
30:21Though anybody could have put it in the linen chute.
30:23But you're not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
30:25You were with Buzzy when the body was found.
30:27And if you don't tell me everything you know,
30:29I'm going to tear you limb from limb.
30:31Don't do that, Mr. Steve.
30:32I'm on your side.
30:33All right, then.
30:34Let's have it.
30:35Mr. Buzzy said that he saw the service door close
30:38when he was coming down the hall.
30:40Service door, huh?
30:43There you are, Mike.
30:44I'll get Jenkins.
30:45We'll check on that service door.
30:47Where are you going?
30:49I got to catch Mr. Steve.
30:50I forgot something.
30:51Yeah?
30:52I forgot to tell him about the claim check
30:53that Mr. Buzzy found.
30:54What?
30:55Mr. Buzzy bumped into a man at the elevator
30:57and bled his nose.
30:58That's the man that dropped that claim check.
31:00What's that got to do with it?
31:02I don't know, sir.
31:03Only Mr. Steve told me to tell everything I know.
31:05And I don't want him backtracking on me
31:07and found out that I missed something.
31:09Well, have you told everything?
31:10Everything except the claim check.
31:12Well, that's good.
31:14Everything except the claim check.
31:16Okay, I'll take care of that.
31:22Follow me.
31:45Okay.
32:08Could be.
32:09I'll follow it.
32:11Give the girls' room another look.
32:13I'll take care of it. That works.
32:26I wonder, did I forget anything?
32:29Dresses, telephone calls, claim checks,
32:32man on the elevator, service door,
32:36Mr. Buzzy searching that dead man's room.
32:39Mr. Buzzy, where is you been?
32:41Have you seen Lanahan?
32:42I can't lose him.
32:43Where is he now?
32:44He went up to check on that service door.
32:46But he'll be back.
32:47I told him about that claim check.
32:49And they found that dress.
32:51Kitties?
32:52The woman that I saw coming out of that room.
32:54And Mr. Steve will be very happy to see you.
32:56Yeah, I want to talk to him too,
32:57but first I got to see the fellow in 415.
32:59What you want to see him for?
33:00What has he got to do with it?
33:01He's the girl's brother.
33:02If I'm right, this is one of the biggest frame-ups ever engineered.
33:04What you going to do about the monkeys your mama gave you?
33:07Oh, Jefferson, what do you have to bring that up for now?
33:10You see, I'm just one step from finding out who the murderer is.
33:13Yeah, and you got your other foot on the banana peel.
33:40Any luck?
33:51Whoever did it could have beat it down that service stairway all right.
33:54But I still think Buzzy's trying to protect that girl.
33:57He's the only one that saw the door closing,
33:58and we know she's mixed up in it.
34:00Pfluger found the dress.
34:05How did you miss it?
34:08I don't know, Steve.
34:09Yes, he knows more about hotels than I do.
34:39A claim-check guy.
35:00A claim-check guy.
35:16Come on.
35:36Mr. Elliott.
35:49Come on.
35:50Tell you what, what's the idea?
35:53You almost drowned.
35:54Looks like somebody tried to put you out of the way.
35:56That's too bad they missed.
35:58Here.
36:00Put this around you.
36:01Come on, I want to have a talk with you.
36:11Now, come here.
36:14Look.
36:15Look, do me a favor.
36:17Sure, sure, Buzzy.
36:18Anything for a pal.
36:20Your real name is Monaghan, isn't it?
36:21Jim Monaghan?
36:22Of course it is.
36:23Don't you like it?
36:24Sure, I like it.
36:25I think it's swell.
36:26But tell me, what'd you change it to Elliott for?
36:28Take it easy.
36:29That's a secret.
36:30Porter told me to.
36:31Oh, Mr. Porter told you, huh?
36:32Why, Jim, why?
36:34Well, books got all mixed up.
36:36He told me to run away while...
36:38While he investigated.
36:40Well, did you know that Porter was coming to this hotel?
36:42Porter's an ash port.
36:43Yeah, that's what you think.
36:44Jim!
36:46What are you doing here?
36:47Are you crazy?
36:48You want to be arrested?
36:49Lanahan's looking all over the hotel for you.
36:50I don't care.
36:51I had to take care of my brother.
36:52How'd you get away from Mom?
36:53I climbed out the bedroom window.
36:54Jim!
36:55Jim, what's happened to you?
36:56Oh, somebody give him some knockout drops
36:57and put him in the bath tub.
36:58They tried to drown him.
36:59Look.
37:01Now, please, don't faint or anything,
37:03but there's a dead guy laying back there.
37:05Dead?
37:20Jim, did you know him?
37:23Yeah.
37:26I've been drinking with him all afternoon.
37:29Then what happened?
37:30I don't know.
37:31I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew,
37:33you were pulling me out of the bathtub.
37:35Buzzy, they'll never believe him.
37:36You're darn right we won't believe him.
37:38You and your brother are under arrest.
37:40Pfluger, don't be a fool.
37:41Buzzy, stay out of this.
37:42My brother didn't kill that man.
37:43Somebody tried to kill him.
37:44He was nearly drowned.
37:45That's enough.
37:46You've got plenty of explaining to do yourself.
37:48Unless I'm mistaken, you're the girl that was seen
37:50coming out of Porter's room three seconds
37:51after he was murdered.
37:52Don't be a chump, Pfluger.
37:53Pfluger, look down there.
37:57Ah, looks like we all thought of the same thing.
37:59What are you doing here, Pfluger?
38:04Who's he?
38:05I don't know.
38:06He's the Monaghan girl and her brother.
38:07Maybe they know.
38:08Jim didn't have anything to do with it.
38:09They don't know anything about it.
38:10Quiet.
38:11Look, Steve, I got it all figured out.
38:12It's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
38:14Now, wait a minute, Buzzy.
38:15I gave you every chance in the world.
38:17You knew I wanted to see you,
38:18yet you came sneaking back here without reporting to me.
38:20Yeah, but Steve, I had to.
38:21I'm supposed to warn you that whatever you say
38:23can be used against you.
38:24Now, go ahead.
38:25Please, it was all my fault.
38:26Same thing goes for you, too.
38:27Look, Steve, Jefferson told you about the claim check
38:29I had from the Union Station?
38:31Well, this is the guy that dropped it.
38:32I came back here, and when I came through the door,
38:34well, somebody hit me on the head.
38:36When I came to, the claim check was gone.
38:39Is that all?
38:40Yeah, Steve, honest.
38:41That's all.
38:42Lock him up.
38:43Hey, wait a minute, Steve.
38:44You can't do that to me.
38:45All right, buddy, get your clothes on.
38:47How do you like that?
38:49You better get the coroner down here
38:50and then tell Jenkins I'll meet him at headquarters.
38:53I never thought Steve Lanahan would do a thing like this to me.
38:56He's making a jailbird out of me.
38:58You know, do you know, Kitty,
38:59that when he said you were under arrest,
39:01I almost fainted.
39:03I didn't know what to do.
39:04I just stood there.
39:06Hey, Mike, take her.
39:20Where's Steve?
39:21He said he'd meet you at headquarters.
39:22What happened?
39:23Well, the Monaghan girl pulled a faint,
39:24and Buzzy disappeared.
39:25Where are the Monaghans?
39:26Mike's got them.
39:28Did you see Buzzy?
39:50Yes, sir.
39:51He was here right after Mr. Steve left.
39:53I told him...
39:54No, no, I mean the last few minutes.
39:55He just got away from you on the fourth floor.
39:56No, sir, I didn't see him.
39:57I ain't seen him.
39:58Well, why didn't you say so?
40:00I ain't seen him, and I ain't gonna see him.
40:05Hey, Jefferson.
40:08Jefferson.
40:10It's me, Buzzy.
40:12Here I am, over here.
40:16Jefferson.
40:20Good gracious, Mr. Buzzy,
40:22why do you do this to me?
40:23Big business.
40:24Got your pass key?
40:25Well, what about the monkeys?
40:26I gotta get in the room.
40:27You keep this up, we'll both be in the room.
40:29With bars on them arms.
40:55Give me the key.
40:56Oh, Mr. Buzzy, you are so smart.
40:58I know you can do this much better without me.
41:00I'll see you.
41:01No, you don't.
41:02Come here.
41:24This is the way I've got it figured out.
41:26Porter steals $100,000 from Elliot.
41:28Makes him register in this hotel under an assumed name
41:30so he can keep his eye on the bonds.
41:33Bonds.
41:34Does that mean anything to you, Jefferson?
41:35Yes, sir, it sure do.
41:37That's just what we're gonna need to get us out of jail,
41:40if you is wrong.
41:41But I can't be wrong.
41:42Do you remember those crooks we caught?
41:44You know, when you had the dummy up on the roof?
41:45Yes.
41:46Somebody in this hotel is a go-between for the hot bond racket.
41:49And we're gonna find the evidence right here in this room.
41:51Now, look, you get to work in the bathroom.
41:52Search it.
41:53Tear it apart if you have to.
41:54Do you really mean tear it apart?
41:56Yes, go on.
41:57Okie dokie, Mr. Butler.
41:58I'll tear it apart.
41:59But my heart ain't it.
42:00No, sir.
42:01My heart sure ain't it.
42:03Jefferson, look in the medicine cabinet.
42:05Look in the clothes hamper.
42:06Yeah, look down the drain, too.
42:07Look every place.
42:08Oh, my goodness.
42:09Here we go again.
42:10Nunkies and all.
42:12Party, if that's something.
42:14I've never heard of such before.
42:15Now, I've got to go all over this place now.
42:27Ain't nothing in here but soaps and towels and things like that.
42:30That's a shame.
42:31You ought not to get...
42:33Hey, Mr. Butler.
42:34Let's get out of here.
42:35Not until I'm finished.
42:36Oh, Mr. Butler, this ain't no play for me.
42:39I'm a family man.
42:45I'm a family man.
43:16I got it.
43:17Come on.
43:18Hold the phone.
43:21Get in there.
43:29Am I glad to see you.
43:31It looks like somebody broke in your room.
43:33I tried to catch him, but I got here too late.
43:36You know, I thought you might be next on the murder list, so...
43:39Well, I hurried down here so I could help you.
43:41Quit stalling.
43:42Where is it?
43:44Where's what?
43:45Never mind the baby stair.
43:47The briefcase.
43:48Come on.
43:49Where is it?
43:52Under the bed.
44:08Buzzy, you're a very smart boy.
44:13A little too smart for your own good.
44:21West, 632.
44:25Joe?
44:26How soon can you be at the back entrance?
44:29Yeah, a little change in plans.
44:33Fifteen minutes?
44:35Right.
44:38All right, wise guy.
44:40Sit down.
44:44That means you got 14 minutes.
44:47How does it feel?
44:50Not so good.
44:52You thought you were pretty smart when you sent Jefferson and that dummy up on the roof and brought the cops in on the boys.
44:58Yeah, yeah, I did, did I?
44:59I thought that was a pretty good idea, didn't you?
45:02I sure wish Jefferson was up on that roof right now.
45:08I could use a few cops.
45:10I could use a few cops.
45:12They wouldn't do you any good.
45:15Good old Jeff.
45:16If he could only hear me.
45:18You know where he'd be?
45:19He'd climb right out there on that ledge and, well, he'd take his handkerchief and he'd flag those cops right up here.
45:24That's what he'd do.
45:26Go on, sing.
45:28In another ten minutes you'll be through.
45:31And I'll be on my way with the bonds.
45:34Good old Jeff.
45:37You're not fooling me for a minute, Pflugger.
45:39You've been using this hotel as a clearing house for your hot bonds, haven't you?
45:43Yeah, and you've been letting your crooks hide out here, too.
45:46But you've been getting your cut.
45:48But this time you just decided you want to take it all.
46:03So then you killed that porter guy and tried to blame it on the poor Monaghan girl.
46:07You're doing all right.
46:09But talk fast.
46:11You only got four minutes.
46:16Then you kill the claim check guy.
46:17You hit me on the head and you tried to drown Elliot.
46:20But you made one mistake, Pflugger.
46:21Just one.
46:22Pflugger.
46:37Yeah, what's all the excitement?
46:38What's the trouble?
46:39Whoa, whoa, whoa!
46:40Get back!
46:41Get back!
46:42Get back!
46:43Get back!
46:44Get back!
46:45Get back!
46:46Get back!
46:47Get back!
46:48Get back!
46:49Get back!
46:50Get back!
46:52Get back!
46:53Get back!
46:54Get back!
47:16It was a very simple case of elemental deduction.
47:17of elemental deduction when you walked into Elliot's room you said the kitty you
47:21and your brother under arrest well if you weren't in on this whole rotten mess
47:24how did you know that he was her brother
47:47all right get up Steve Steve look I got the bonds oh you did did you what are
48:04you gonna stop me with your chin you got yourself into a fine jam this time
48:07yeah I guess I did but I'm sure glad you got here Steve you're lucky
48:10fluker fuzzy and I had the same idea and I followed through on that claim check
48:14where you made your big mistake was in picking up this briefcase yourself well
48:18it's the party over it is for you put the bracelets on Jenkins what's his name
48:22Steve flogger no no I mean the guy that's gonna commit suicide on the ledge
48:26Jefferson
48:33what are you doing out there Jefferson oh I'm sure glad you here come on in
48:39here yeah thanks Jefferson you saved my life you two guys think you're heroes
48:50don't you well you're not as far as I'm concerned well no we don't only we had
48:53just got a break now this is the last time I'm warning you quit playing
48:56detective all right Steve that goes for you too Jefferson yes sir and remember
49:02Jefferson stay downstairs stay away from fuzzy yes all right then everybody back
49:08to work I'll follow you down to my car right thanks for everything mr.
49:18Lanahan forget it let's rehearse that big scene the second act you know the
49:26one where I kill you we'll start with you know Harold you know Harold it's you
49:39I love from now on I see nothing speak nothing and hear nothing woman your time
49:45has come for years I wanted to take that lily white throat in my hands and now
49:56don't forget the monkeys
50:26Oh