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00:01:18Good evening, Evans.
00:01:19Evening, sir.
00:01:24Dinner is served, Mr. Kessler.
00:01:34Good evening, my dear.
00:01:41You're more beautiful than ever this evening.
00:01:47Mrs. Kessler first, Evans.
00:01:49Oh, yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir.
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00:02:25Evans, how's Dad taking it?
00:02:27All right, Miss Virginia. They're having dinner.
00:02:32I'll answer it.
00:02:40Hello, Virginia.
00:02:45I told you not to come here this evening, Ralph.
00:02:47Why? Didn't you want to see me?
00:02:49Well, it isn't that I didn't want to see you.
00:02:53You're certainly acting strange, darling.
00:02:55What's all the mystery about?
00:02:57Let's go into the library.
00:03:06Ralph!
00:03:11After dinner, we are taking a long walk.
00:03:18I'd like to speak to you, Ralph.
00:03:26What's come over your father, Virginia?
00:03:28Is that why you didn't want me here tonight?
00:03:30Yes.
00:03:31It stopped me cold.
00:03:33I'm sorry if I accidentally stumbled on something you didn't want me to know.
00:03:36Well, it must seem weird to someone who's never seen it before.
00:03:39It happens once a year.
00:03:40He always appeared perfectly rational to me.
00:03:44Well, there's something I must tell you.
00:03:46It's about my mother.
00:03:48I don't understand.
00:03:49Well, it happened several years ago.
00:03:52My father and mother were apparently as happy as two people could be.
00:03:55He worshipped her.
00:03:58Another man?
00:03:59The usual best friend.
00:04:02It almost broke my father's heart.
00:04:04He seems reconciled, but...
00:04:06He never forgets their wedding anniversary and celebrates it that way.
00:04:10I guess he isn't the only one who resorts to make-believe, but...
00:04:13It does give one an uncanny feeling.
00:04:16Well, it doesn't frighten me anymore.
00:04:20Now that you know.
00:04:25I love you.
00:04:27You wanted your coat, Miss Kessler.
00:04:30Oh. Oh, yes. Thank you.
00:04:33I was going to take a drive. It's such a beautiful night.
00:04:35Come along?
00:04:36Yes, of course.
00:04:38Sure you don't mind going?
00:04:39No, no. I'd love it.
00:04:40We'll be back in an hour, Cecile.
00:04:42Yes, Miss.
00:04:44That's a nice young man, is Miss Virginia's.
00:04:46I guess so.
00:04:48If it wasn't, Miss Virginia wouldn't bother with him.
00:04:50Does she plan to marry him?
00:04:52I don't know.
00:04:53He's a nice man.
00:04:55I think he's quite suitable for her.
00:04:57Why don't you try to convince him?
00:04:59It's a long story.
00:05:01I'm sure you'll find him.
00:05:03Well, if it isn't Miss Virginia's.
00:05:05I'm sorry.
00:05:06I don't want to give you any trouble.
00:05:08Oh, I'm sorry.
00:05:09It's a long story.
00:05:10It's a long story.
00:05:11plan to marry him?
00:05:13I never discuss things that aren't my business.
00:05:16If you want to stay here, I suggest
00:05:17you don't be so curious.
00:05:19Well, just the same.
00:05:20I think this is a crazy house.
00:05:21And what about those murders?
00:05:23Jules here says there's been a lot of them.
00:05:25And nobody's ever been able to find out who did the killings.
00:05:28You talk too much, Jules.
00:05:29But I always said that.
00:05:30Excuse me, Mr. Seal.
00:05:31Come, I'll show you where we keep our linens.
00:06:11Come on.
00:06:41Come on.
00:06:55Mrs. Kessler.
00:06:57Oh, Mrs. Kessler, I brought you your dinner.
00:07:00Oh, please, Mrs. Kessler, I gotta go home.
00:07:06Home?
00:07:07I want to go home, too.
00:07:09But you are home.
00:07:11And as soon as you feel better, I'm
00:07:12going to take you to your husband and daughter.
00:07:15But they never write to me.
00:07:17Oh, but they don't know where you are, Mrs. Kessler.
00:07:20Nobody knows that but me.
00:07:22You see, I found you.
00:07:23I'm running away.
00:07:25We're running away in a car.
00:07:27We're going faster, faster, faster.
00:07:30We're going to crash.
00:07:31We're going to crash.
00:07:42I can't go home now.
00:07:45Can I?
00:07:50Mrs. Kessler, please.
00:07:52Please eat your dinner.
00:07:53I've got to go home.
00:07:55I'll be back in the morning.
00:07:57Good night, Mrs. Kessler.
00:07:58Good night.
00:08:06You're late again, Jules.
00:08:08I'm sorry, Mama.
00:08:10But I just couldn't get away from her.
00:08:14Jules, why don't you tell Mr. Kessler about his wife,
00:08:18that you're hiding her?
00:08:19Oh, I haven't, but the heart, Mama,
00:08:21it would kill him if he saw her the way she is.
00:08:24Poor thing.
00:08:25She'd be better off if she died with that man
00:08:27when that car was wrecked.
00:08:29I guess so.
00:08:33Jules, I've been thinking.
00:08:35Maybe she had something to do with all
00:08:37these horrible murders.
00:08:39She wouldn't hurt nobody.
00:08:41She's like a child.
00:08:43She's still dazed from the accident.
00:08:45You know, amnesia.
00:08:48But she'll be better soon.
00:08:49Then I'll take her home.
00:08:58But if they found out I've been hiding her,
00:09:02they might think I had something to do with the murder.
00:09:04Jules, you must tell Mr. Kessler.
00:09:07Oh, no, no, Mama.
00:09:08We must never tell anyone.
00:09:12Never.
00:09:27Sure you won't come in?
00:09:28No, thanks, darling.
00:09:28I think I'd better run along.
00:09:30Good night, Ralph.
00:09:33Oh, Virginia, shall I put your car away?
00:09:35No, thanks.
00:09:36Evans will take care of it.
00:09:37All right.
00:09:39Good evening, Miss Virginia.
00:09:40Would you please put my car in the garage
00:09:41when you have a moment?
00:09:42Yes, miss.
00:09:56Hello, Catherine Nova.
00:10:03Have you gone crazy?
00:10:09The only chance I had to see you.
00:10:10You ignored my letters and my telephone calls.
00:10:13Did you think that you could get rid of me as easy as all that?
00:10:15Be quiet.
00:10:16They'll hear you.
00:10:17You bet they will.
00:10:18And you're going to listen to me, too.
00:10:20I'm not giving up to that Kessler girl or anybody else.
00:10:22This is different, Cecile.
00:10:24I never said I loved you.
00:10:28Are you in love with her?
00:10:29Yes.
00:10:30Well, you're not marrying her, understand?
00:10:31Nothing's going to stand in the way of my happiness.
00:10:34Not even you.
00:10:38Don't threaten me.
00:10:45She'll have to know about us sooner or later.
00:10:48And besides, I'll make you a good wife, Ralph.
00:10:51I promise I will.
00:11:08Guess what?
00:11:09What?
00:11:10I'm in love.
00:11:12Ralph?
00:11:13Yes, Dad?
00:11:14He's a fine boy.
00:11:16I am so happy for you, my dear.
00:11:18Oh, he hasn't asked me to marry him yet, but he will.
00:11:20I know he will.
00:11:22Good night, my pet.
00:11:23Good night, sweet.
00:11:25Good night, Evans.
00:11:25Good night, Miss Virginia.
00:11:28Can I do anything for you, sir, before I retire?
00:11:31What happened to your hand, Evans?
00:11:32Oh, nothing, sir.
00:11:33I hurt it when I was putting Miss Virginia's car on the garage.
00:11:36Did anything on it?
00:11:37Not a bandage.
00:11:39Oh, you may catch an infection.
00:11:43How's that?
00:11:44Just like new, sir.
00:11:46I guess I'll eat for a while.
00:11:48Good night, Evans.
00:11:49Good night, sir.
00:11:52Oh, yes, Evans.
00:11:55Thank you for the dinner.
00:11:57Yes, sir.
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00:16:34Exercise number 1.
00:16:37Down straight.
00:16:38Arms on the sides.
00:16:41At the count of 1, full hands.
00:16:44Cecile.
00:16:45On the chest.
00:16:46At the count of 2, put your arms continued on the head.
00:16:50At the count of 3, lower arms sideways.
00:16:54If it's exercise you want, there's plenty of it in the kitchen.
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00:17:29Mr. Kessler.
00:17:31Yes?
00:17:32Something terrible has happened.
00:17:34I tried to wake the new maid.
00:17:36I think she's dead.
00:17:39Dead?
00:17:41How did it happen?
00:17:42I don't know, sir.
00:17:43I thought she was taking her exercises.
00:17:46Call the police.
00:17:47I'll see what I can do.
00:17:48Yes, sir.
00:17:53Well, Mr. Kessler, we're up to our ears in another one.
00:17:56The girl was killed the same way as the chauffeur six months ago.
00:18:00The only thing we could find was this note left by some fellow
00:18:02who wanted to give her the air.
00:18:04It's terrible, Lieutenant.
00:18:06She was so young.
00:18:08If we could find out who killed Cecile,
00:18:10we have the one who committed all the other murders.
00:18:12That's easier said than done.
00:18:14There's never been fingerprints to say nothing of motives.
00:18:17What gets me, Mr. Kessler, is why you refuse
00:18:20to move out of this place.
00:18:22Sentimental reasons.
00:18:24There's nothing very sentimental about a house
00:18:26where anything could happen and usually does.
00:18:28My mother lived here, Lieutenant.
00:18:30Oh.
00:18:31I see.
00:18:35You're the gardener?
00:18:36Yes, but I wasn't here.
00:18:37I went home early.
00:18:38You see, I live with my wife.
00:18:39All right, all right, all right.
00:18:41Please don't try to see me.
00:18:44Sign Ralph.
00:18:45Ralph?
00:18:46Do you know him?
00:18:47Oh, I'm certain I don't.
00:18:49The name startled me.
00:18:50I'm practically engaged to a Ralph.
00:18:56Did you notice anything unusual last night, Evans?
00:18:58Well, maybe I better not say.
00:19:01Let's have it, Evans.
00:19:03When I was putting the roaster in the garage,
00:19:05I saw Cecile talk to Mr. Dixon.
00:19:08That's Miss Virginia's Ralph.
00:19:10Go on.
00:19:12I didn't mean to listen, but they were talking loud.
00:19:15Then I heard him say that he never loved her.
00:19:19And she said she wasn't going to let him marry anyone else.
00:19:22That made him real mad.
00:19:24And said nothing was going to stand
00:19:26between him and his happiness, not even her.
00:19:46I knew Cecile a couple of years.
00:19:48She offered me the companionship I needed.
00:19:50Then I met you and fell in love for the first time.
00:19:55I love you too, Ralph.
00:19:57Surely you can account for your activities
00:19:58from the time you left our house until the next morning.
00:20:02No, Mr. Kessler.
00:20:04I had a lot to think about.
00:20:06I took a long ride into the country,
00:20:08didn't stop anywhere, and didn't see a soul I knew.
00:20:10It's most unfortunate.
00:20:14All I know is that I didn't kill her.
00:20:17There isn't any doubt about that in our minds.
00:20:20Don't worry, son.
00:20:21We'll do everything we possibly can.
00:20:25Order.
00:20:26Order in the courtroom.
00:20:28You saw Miss Ward tell the truth, the whole truth,
00:20:30and nothing but the truth?
00:20:32I do.
00:20:33Yes, I managed the apartments where Ralph Dixon lived.
00:20:37Miss Mannix came there often.
00:20:39As a matter of fact, I thought they were married.
00:20:43I went home early and helped my wife with the house cleaning.
00:20:49The coroner's testimony should convince you
00:20:51that the defendant had sufficient reason
00:20:53for wanting to be rid of the victim.
00:20:55It's the truth.
00:20:57The city will let nothing stand in the way of his happiness,
00:21:00not even her.
00:21:17We're doing everything we possibly can,
00:21:19we're doing everything we possibly can.
00:21:21Tomorrow we're going to see the governor,
00:21:23when I'm sure something can be done.
00:21:26But governor, the man is innocent.
00:21:29If you would only grant a stay of execution.
00:21:32If you knew him, you'd realize he couldn't possibly be a murderer.
00:21:36I'm sorry.
00:21:37I've gone over the facts in the case,
00:21:39and unless you can present some new evidence,
00:21:42there's nothing I can do.
00:21:45The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
00:21:49He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
00:21:53He leadeth me beside the still waters.
00:21:57He restoreth my soul.
00:22:00He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness,
00:22:03for his name's sake.
00:22:05Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
00:22:10I will fear no evil.
00:22:12I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
00:22:16Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
00:22:20Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
00:22:26Thou anointest my head with oil.
00:22:29My cup runneth over.
00:22:31Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
00:22:37and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
00:22:49Yes?
00:22:52I see.
00:23:00It's all over.
00:23:08My name is Dixon.
00:23:10Yes.
00:23:12Of course.
00:23:13I'd like to see Mr. Kessler.
00:23:17He's in there.
00:23:37I hope I'm not intruding.
00:23:41Oh, Ralph.
00:23:43It can't be.
00:23:45Apparently my brother never told you about me.
00:23:47Come in.
00:23:48I've been in South America. I flew here at once.
00:23:51However, I'm afraid it's too late to do any good.
00:23:53So you're Ralph's brother.
00:23:56Oh, I knew about you, but I never expected such a striking resemblance.
00:24:01Sorry to have startled you.
00:24:03This is my daughter, Virginia. How do you do?
00:24:06Won't you join us?
00:24:07I've had my dinner, thanks, but I would like to talk to you.
00:24:22Do I look pale?
00:24:24No.
00:24:25Huh?
00:24:28I feel pale.
00:24:31It's a buzzer, Evans.
00:24:33What's the matter, you thief?
00:24:45Did he have a good attorney?
00:24:46Oh, one of the very best.
00:24:48He's handled all of Dad's legal affairs for years.
00:24:50Evans, Mr. Dixon will have coffee with us.
00:24:55Oh, I'm Ralph Dixon's brother.
00:24:57Well, you sure had me going for a minute.
00:25:00But you do look like poor Mr. Ralph.
00:25:02Coffee.
00:25:03Yes, sir.
00:25:08I realize how incriminating circumstantial evidence can be,
00:25:11but it was never brought home to me like this before.
00:25:13We did everything we possibly could.
00:25:15You know, the Thraff and my daughter
00:25:17were quite serious about each other.
00:25:19Yes, he told me in his last letter.
00:25:21Sit down.
00:25:22How long do you plan to stay in this country?
00:25:25How long do you plan to stay in this country?
00:25:27Haven't decided yet, Mr. Kessler,
00:25:29but I would like to find out who killed that girl.
00:25:32It's something I would like to know, too.
00:25:35Please consider this your home while you're here.
00:25:38If there's anything I can do, don't hesitate.
00:25:40Oh, thank you.
00:25:42I see that the room is put in order.
00:25:44Are you sure I'm not troubling you?
00:25:45No, no, not at all.
00:25:47Entertain Paul till I come back.
00:25:55Come on.
00:26:12Paul, Paul!
00:26:15Yes?
00:26:16I'll show you to your room.
00:26:17Oh, thank you.
00:26:19Oh, I almost forgot.
00:26:20I must see Evans-Ole about breakfast and lunch.
00:26:23Good night, Virginia.
00:26:24Come back, Dad.
00:26:30Come in.
00:26:35I hope you'll be comfortable. I sent for your luggage in the morning.
00:26:38It's awfully nice of you, Mr. Kessler. Really, I hope that...
00:26:40It's a pleasure to have you.
00:26:41Thank you, sir.
00:26:43Well, I guess I'll turn in. I haven't had much sleep the last couple of nights.
00:26:46Good night.
00:26:47Good night, sir.
00:26:54Good night.
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00:30:25Hello, operator. Give me the police department.
00:30:30No.
00:30:31The body has not been touched.
00:30:33Yes.
00:30:34All right.
00:30:39Good morning, Evans.
00:30:41Good morning, Mr. Kessler.
00:30:42What's the matter?
00:30:43Gardner, sir.
00:30:44What?
00:30:45He's been murdered.
00:30:47Murdered?
00:30:48Strangled.
00:30:50Well, here we go again. How long do you work for him?
00:30:52Oh, about three years, I guess.
00:30:54Ever say anything to you about having any enemies?
00:30:56No, sir.
00:30:57Were you home last night?
00:30:58Yes, lieutenant.
00:30:59To your knowledge, did anybody come in or go out of the house during the course of the evening?
00:31:02We have a house guest.
00:31:03Why isn't he here?
00:31:04I'll get him.
00:31:05Oh, don't trouble yourself, Mr. Kessler.
00:31:07I'll get him.
00:31:08I'll get him.
00:31:09I'll get him.
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00:31:15I'll get him.
00:31:16I'll get him.
00:31:17Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Kessler.
00:31:18Where is he?
00:31:19He's upstairs in his bedroom.
00:31:21Let's have a look at him, Ryan.
00:31:30Good morning.
00:31:31You're wanted in the kitchen.
00:31:33In the kitchen?
00:31:34Yeah.
00:31:36Am I seeing things?
00:31:38He's Ralph's brother.
00:31:39Oh, he's the image of him.
00:31:41How did this happen?
00:31:42That's what we'd like to find out.
00:31:44He was strangled, Paul.
00:31:46Would you mind if we go into the library?
00:31:48No, that's all right.
00:31:51Better wait here for the coroner, Ryan.
00:31:54Touch your weapons.
00:31:59Hey, where were you on the night of January the 13th?
00:32:03Have you had to call the police?
00:32:05No, sir.
00:32:06No, sir.
00:32:07No, sir.
00:32:08No, sir.
00:32:09No, sir.
00:32:10No, sir.
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00:32:14No, sir.
00:32:15No, sir.
00:32:16No, sir.
00:32:17No, sir.
00:32:18No, sir.
00:32:19Have you had your coffee yet?
00:32:20No.
00:32:25Well, I guess that's that.
00:32:27No clues, no fingerprints, no motive, nothing.
00:32:30But surely if a man was choked to death,
00:32:32there would be imprints on his throat.
00:32:34There weren't any on the mannix, girl.
00:32:36And they were killed the same way, is that right?
00:32:38That doesn't prove a thing, Dixon.
00:32:40All the others got it, and always the same way.
00:32:43The coroner's here.
00:32:44OK.
00:32:46I'll be right back.
00:32:49What does he mean by the others?
00:32:51Just that.
00:32:52Others have been killed here.
00:32:55Why in the world do you stay in this place?
00:32:59We can't leave.
00:33:15Oh, Evans.
00:33:17Your luggage, sir.
00:33:18I'll put them in your room.
00:33:22What about these other murders?
00:33:24I'll put your luggage in your room, sir.
00:33:33Oh, Lieutenant.
00:33:34Yeah?
00:33:35Uh, I'd like to ask you a few questions.
00:33:37Well, it'll be a change anyhow.
00:33:40What's bothering you?
00:33:41As a rule, I'm not a very curious person, but, uh...
00:33:43Oh, well, it's beginning to get you, huh?
00:33:45In a way, yes.
00:33:47What about these other murders?
00:33:49Well, there's been quite a lot of them, Dixon.
00:33:52Some of the best brains in the department have tried to solve them.
00:33:55But we always run up against a stone wall.
00:33:57Weren't the other murders brought out in my brother's trial?
00:34:00That was different.
00:34:01That was a cut-and-dried case.
00:34:03Why haven't the police closed the house?
00:34:05Oh, they tried to, but Mr. Kessler took it to court.
00:34:07Carries a lot of weight around here.
00:34:09He does a lot of good, too.
00:34:11You think he'd want to leave?
00:34:12I guess he's waiting for his wife to come back.
00:34:14She left him several years ago.
00:34:16Awful scandal at the time.
00:34:17Front page stuff and all that.
00:34:21Poor devil.
00:34:22He didn't have a chance.
00:34:25Well, I guess I'll be running along.
00:34:27Glad I met you, Dixon.
00:34:28Good day, Lieutenant.
00:34:30Well, this isn't a very pleasant way to entertain a guest.
00:34:34You know, Mr. Kessler,
00:34:36I have a feeling that somehow or other
00:34:38these mysterious murders are going to be cleared up,
00:34:41and quickly, too.
00:34:42Nothing will please me more.
00:34:44Your wife?
00:34:45Yes.
00:34:46She's beautiful.
00:34:48I rarely talk about her,
00:34:50but I think about her constantly.
00:34:52She has eyes like Virginia.
00:34:55Her hair, her skin.
00:34:57They were the loveliest I've ever seen.
00:35:02I hope you have the pleasure of meeting her.
00:35:04She'll be back someday.
00:35:07Hello, there.
00:35:09Paul was admiring your mother's picture.
00:35:11Father's a sentimentalist.
00:35:12He has every right to be.
00:35:15I'll get it.
00:35:21Hello?
00:35:22Yes.
00:35:23Just a moment, please.
00:35:25It's for you, Dad.
00:35:29Yes?
00:35:30Yes, I guess I can.
00:35:32Yes.
00:35:33Oh, in about 20 minutes, I'd say?
00:35:35Surely.
00:35:36Goodbye.
00:35:39I'll see you children later.
00:35:40Business.
00:35:46Sorry.
00:35:48That's the only information I can give you, Mr. Kirby.
00:35:51Have you notified his wife?
00:35:53Yes, Mr. Kessler.
00:35:54Poor thing, she took it quite hard.
00:35:56It's terrible.
00:35:57Oh.
00:36:05I want to see the coroner.
00:36:07Yes?
00:36:08And Jules' wife.
00:36:10Where have they taken her?
00:36:12In there, Mrs. Mason.
00:36:33If you please, sir.
00:36:35May I have one moment alone with him?
00:36:38I won't ever see him again.
00:36:40Well, yes, I guess so.
00:36:43Thank you, sir.
00:36:45Goodbye.
00:36:59Mrs. Mason.
00:37:00Mrs. Mason.
00:37:01You'd better take her out, Mr. Kirby.
00:37:04He's alive.
00:37:05What?
00:37:06He's alive.
00:37:07I saw him move.
00:37:13I'll get the hospital.
00:37:15You'll be all right, Mrs. Mason.
00:37:17Steady now.
00:37:18Get him out of here.
00:37:19He's not dead.
00:37:21Doctor, we'll be here any minute.
00:37:31Jules.
00:37:32Please, Mrs. Mason.
00:37:36Jules, listen to me.
00:37:38Did you recognize the man who tried to kill you?
00:37:46Come.
00:38:02It was ghastly.
00:38:04I don't believe I was ever more startled in my life
00:38:07than when Mrs. Mason screamed.
00:38:09It must have been a terrific shock to see him come back to life.
00:38:11Yes, it was.
00:38:12Just a few moments longer
00:38:14and I would have known who the assailant was.
00:38:17I don't like to bring up the subject, Mr. Kessler,
00:38:20but these murders, did they ever happen in the daytime?
00:38:23No, I don't believe so.
00:38:25I see.
00:38:26You evidently have some reason for asking.
00:38:28Not particularly.
00:38:29I was just curious about that one point.
00:38:32Yes, sir.
00:38:33Sorry dinner is late tonight, sir,
00:38:35but the new cook is having quite a time getting started.
00:38:38That's all right.
00:38:41Evan's been with you long?
00:38:43Over some years.
00:38:54Everything's gone wrong today.
00:38:56Now I've burned the roast.
00:38:57Oh, don't get so flustered.
00:38:58You'll be all right.
00:38:59I was so anxious to make good, I want to say.
00:39:02How is that mixing spoon?
00:39:04Here it is.
00:39:05Right in front of you.
00:39:06Thanks.
00:39:07I like it here.
00:39:08It's nice.
00:39:09Everything's so quiet and peaceful.
00:39:11Ever read the newspapers?
00:39:12No.
00:39:13They're just full of trash and murders and stuff.
00:39:17What you don't know, we have.
00:39:20It's all right.
00:39:21Here, here's your pepper salt.
00:39:22Thanks.
00:39:27Hi, Paul.
00:39:28I'm afraid you have me cornered.
00:39:29You still have a couple of moves, Mr. Kessler.
00:39:31You've met your equal, Dad.
00:39:33Oh, your father just got himself into a bad position.
00:39:36Hmm.
00:39:37Have you got pepper salt?
00:39:38No.
00:39:39Hmm.
00:39:40Have you got pepper salt?
00:39:41It's your game, Paul.
00:39:42Want to play another?
00:39:43Oh, thank you.
00:39:44Not tonight.
00:39:45It's getting late.
00:39:46Pardon me, sir.
00:39:47Yes?
00:39:48May I speak to you a moment, please?
00:39:49Oh, yes.
00:39:50Certainly.
00:39:54The cook wants to leave.
00:39:55I thought you should know.
00:39:57Why?
00:39:58She just came.
00:39:59She fears if her work is unsatisfactory.
00:40:02She had so much trouble with dinner tonight.
00:40:04Why?
00:40:05That's ridiculous.
00:40:06Oh, I understand.
00:40:08It's her first day.
00:40:09I'll speak to her.
00:40:10I'll say good night, Mr. Kessler.
00:40:12Think I'll turn in.
00:40:13Thanks for the game.
00:40:14Good night, Paul.
00:40:15Good night, Dad.
00:40:16Good night, child.
00:40:18I'll walk up with you, Paul.
00:40:19Oh, glad to have your company.
00:40:20It's a long, lonesome climb up those stairs all alone.
00:40:25Where are you going, Marie?
00:40:27You can't leave us after cooking such an elegant dinner.
00:40:30Did you really like it, Mr. Kessler?
00:40:31Why, I never tasted anything to equal that roast beef.
00:40:35Besides, you can't go now.
00:40:36It's going to rain any minute.
00:40:37Are you sure you want me to stay?
00:40:39Certainly, Marie.
00:40:40Well, I like it here, but I thought...
00:40:42Oh, then it is settled.
00:40:44Wait till you taste my apple pie, Mr. Kessler.
00:40:46Apple pie?
00:40:47My, that will be a treat.
00:40:49Let me take this.
00:40:50You might as well unpack your things, Marie.
00:40:52Yes, sure.
00:40:53Thank you, sir.
00:40:54Not at all, Marie.
00:40:55Good night.
00:40:56Good night, Mr. Kessler.
00:40:57Oh, he's a wonderful man.
00:41:08Now, let's see.
00:41:10What did I do wrong?
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00:47:00Mr. Kessler?
00:47:08Mr. Kessler, are you ill?
00:47:11What?
00:47:13Something wrong?
00:47:18Hello, Paul.
00:47:20I must have walked in my sleep.
00:47:22Well, you did better than I.
00:47:23I couldn't sleep at all.
00:47:25It's raining.
00:47:28Why don't you go to bed, Paul?
00:47:31I'm all right.
00:47:33Is there anything I can do?
00:47:36Nothing, Paul.
00:47:38I think I'll read for a while.
00:47:40Good night.
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00:49:17Well, you look like you had a good night's sleep, Mr. Kessler.
00:49:26I was all tired when I got to bed.
00:49:30I don't even remember climbing in.
00:49:46Who would do a thing like that?
00:49:53I wonder if anyone was hurt.
00:50:05Nothing could have hurt my father more.
00:50:07It's unquestionably the work of a madman.
00:50:11You all right, Evans?
00:50:12Yes, Mrs. Kessler. Good morning, sir.
00:50:15Where is the new cook?
00:50:16She said she'd go shopping first thing this morning.
00:50:18Have you looked in her room?
00:50:20No, sir.
00:50:22Something wrong, Mr. Kessler?
00:50:31There's a release. She didn't leave.
00:50:33I'm not worried about that.
00:50:34When did she tell you she's going to the market?
00:50:36Last night before she went to bed.
00:50:38Do you think there's any connection between this and what has happened before?
00:50:46I don't know.
00:50:47Have you been through the rest of the house yet?
00:50:49No, sir.
00:50:50Good morning, Mr. Kessler.
00:50:52Oh, Marie.
00:50:53You have no idea how happy I am to see you.
00:50:58I wonder why he was so glad to see me.
00:51:01Mr. Kessler thought you had been murdered.
00:51:03Oh, he's so sweet. I'm going to start to make that apple pie.
00:51:06Murdered?
00:51:11I can't imagine who would do a thing like that.
00:51:17I'll get it.
00:51:25Good morning, Miss Kessler.
00:51:26Won't you come in?
00:51:37That happened last night.
00:51:39Didn't it fall?
00:51:40No.
00:51:41Find me the person who did it and you've got your murderer.
00:51:44Nobody came into this house last night.
00:51:46Ryan and his boys were stationed outside.
00:51:48Lieutenant.
00:51:49Oh, Lieutenant.
00:52:07Come out.
00:52:09Come on out, I say.
00:52:14It's Ryan.
00:52:37Then you didn't hear any noises during the night?
00:52:40No.
00:52:41But there's funny things going on around here.
00:52:43Meaning what?
00:52:44Well, it's happened three times now.
00:52:46I put food on the sink, left the room.
00:52:48When I come back, it was gone.
00:52:50No.
00:52:52You ought to hire a detective to watch it.
00:52:57That's what you get for being such an excellent cook.
00:53:00Oh, thank you, sir.
00:53:01You're welcome.
00:53:02That's what you get for being such an excellent cook.
00:53:05Oh, thank you, sir.
00:53:08Oh, Lieutenant.
00:53:09Yeah?
00:53:10You got something?
00:53:11I don't know.
00:53:12I...
00:53:13I found this in the picture.
00:53:15Anybody else know about it?
00:53:16No, I wanted to speak to you first.
00:53:18Okay.
00:53:19I'll see if I can match it.
00:53:21Keep the others downstairs.
00:53:27Why not?
00:53:28I agree.
00:53:29Is this yours, Mr. Kessler?
00:53:31Yes.
00:53:32Why?
00:53:33I thought I'd seen it on you.
00:53:34Found it in Evans' room.
00:53:35Well, there's nothing strange about that.
00:53:37There wouldn't be, Mr. Kessler,
00:53:38but it so happens that a thread from this robe
00:53:40was found embedded in the picture.
00:53:42Surely you're not trying to accuse Evans.
00:53:44Oh, it's incredible.
00:53:45You're just trying to make a case.
00:53:46Well, somebody's been doing these killings.
00:53:48Ryan didn't die of heart failure.
00:53:50Don't forget that.
00:53:51When did you give Evans that robe, Mr. Kessler?
00:53:53I don't remember giving it to him at all.
00:53:55But naturally, when my things need mending,
00:53:57he just picks them up.
00:53:58I don't care how he got it.
00:53:59He had it, and he used it on that picture.
00:54:01I'm going to talk to him.
00:54:03Just a minute, Lieutenant.
00:54:04Yeah?
00:54:05If Evans is the man we want, it strikes me
00:54:06you've got to have more evidence.
00:54:08Now, everybody wants to be a detective.
00:54:10Now, wait a minute.
00:54:11Perhaps Paul has some suggestion.
00:54:13All right, go ahead.
00:54:15What is it?
00:54:16Without doubt, the murderer is insane.
00:54:17The picture tells us that.
00:54:19I believe we should call in a psychiatrist.
00:54:21A psychiatrist.
00:54:23You've still got the robe.
00:54:24But before Evans is accused,
00:54:26I'm definitely in favor of giving him a sanity test.
00:54:28What do you say, Lieutenant?
00:54:30Oh, OK.
00:54:32Maybe I'd better take one myself.
00:54:37All we want to know is if the fellow's crazy.
00:54:39That's very easy to determine.
00:54:41Shall we make the examination here?
00:54:43If you don't mind, Doctor.
00:54:44Please, tell Evans I want to see him,
00:54:46and then go up to your room.
00:54:48Go to my room?
00:54:51Is it possible, Doctor, for a man to be normal,
00:54:53say, for two or three months at a time,
00:54:55then go completely insane for an hour or two?
00:54:57Yes, quite common.
00:54:59This should be most interesting.
00:55:03Now what?
00:55:04The fuse must have blown.
00:55:06I'll light the candles.
00:55:19The fuse burned out, Miss Virginia.
00:55:21Oh, thank you.
00:55:22My father wants to see you, Evans.
00:55:23He's in his room.
00:55:24Yes, Miss.
00:55:33That'll have to do, gentlemen, until the lights are fixed.
00:55:40I'll be in my room, Evans.
00:55:41Yes, Miss.
00:55:43I'm sorry, Mr. Kessler, but we ran out of fuses.
00:55:45I sent Marie over to the store to get some more, sir.
00:55:47That's all right, Evans.
00:55:51Sit down.
00:55:52Oh, pardon me, sir.
00:55:54Go ahead, Evans.
00:55:55Sit down.
00:55:56We want to talk to you.
00:55:57All right.
00:55:58Sit down.
00:56:03I'm sorry, Mr. Kessler, but we ran out of fuses.
00:56:05I sent Marie over to the store to get some more, sir.
00:56:07That's all right, Evans.
00:56:10Sit down.
00:56:11Sit down.
00:56:33Do you want to speak to me, sir?
00:56:35This gentleman would like to ask you a few questions, Evans.
00:56:39Yes, sir.
00:56:40Do you know these men?
00:56:44Yes, sir.
00:56:45What's this gentleman's name?
00:56:48Mr. Kessler.
00:56:50Mr. Charles Kessler, sir.
00:56:51Would you say that Mr. Kessler is out of his mind?
00:56:55I don't understand you.
00:56:58Would you say that he is insane?
00:57:01No, sir.
00:57:10No, sir.
00:57:34Well, young lady, what are you doing here?
00:57:37You can't take it.
00:57:38You can't take it.
00:57:40Why can't I tell you?
00:57:42Okay, sister, it's yours.
00:57:45Leave me alone.
00:57:47I'm going home.
00:57:49Home to my husband.
00:57:51And my daughter.
00:57:53Of course you are, and we know where you live, too.
00:57:56You do?
00:57:57Sure.
00:58:00But I'm dead, you understand?
00:58:03I'm dead.
00:58:04Of course you are.
00:58:06I'll take you where you want to go.
00:58:08Now, you just come with me, young lady.
00:58:11Tell me, Evans.
00:58:13Do you think this man is crazy?
00:58:15Now, don't ask him that, Doc.
00:58:17I'm beginning to have doubts myself.
00:58:19Please, Lieutenant.
00:58:21Oh, all right, all right.
00:58:23Am I crazy?
00:58:25I don't think so.
00:58:27You don't think so?
00:58:35I know that woman.
00:58:36I know that woman.
00:58:38She's wicked.
00:58:41She can't go home.
00:58:43Yes.
00:58:44Yes, I know.
00:58:45She's bad.
00:58:46Now, you come with me.
00:58:48There we are.
00:58:54Ever see this before?
00:58:56Yes, sir.
00:58:58What were you doing with it last night?
00:59:00I don't know what you're talking about, sir.
00:59:07What we found.
00:59:09Miss Kessler.
00:59:16I'm dead, Charles.
00:59:18Do you hear me?
00:59:20I'm dead.
00:59:37I'm afraid to come home.
00:59:40You'd kill me.
00:59:46You'd kill anybody.
00:59:50It's Kessler.
00:59:54Take her out, quickly.
01:00:06Take her out, quickly.
01:00:36Take her out.
01:00:55Mr. Kessler.
01:00:57Oh, Dad.
01:00:58Get back in there.
01:00:59Close that door.
01:01:02Now, you sit right there.
01:01:03And we'll see that you get home all right.
01:01:07Give me a hand, George.
01:01:16She's dead.
01:01:18She's dead.
01:01:36What happened here?
01:01:38We've got the murderer.
01:01:41Evans.
01:01:45No, Mr. Kessler.
01:01:47You.
01:02:18I knew you'd come back.
01:02:20Nothing can part us now, my darling.
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