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00:01:51Did you ever see the man before who said he was O'Hearn's lawyer?
00:01:54Well, uh...
00:01:56Well, go ahead. Speak freely. This is Mr. O'Connor of the Department of Justice.
00:02:00No, sir. I never saw Mr. O'Hearn's visit before.
00:02:03What did he look like?
00:02:05Well, medium height. Tall.
00:02:09And he had a briefcase in his hand.
00:02:12Well, you see, Inspector, all I have to do is look for a man of medium height, tall, with a briefcase.
00:02:16Everybody in that jail must be deaf, dumb, and blind to let a thing like this happen.
00:02:21You can go.
00:02:24That gang's been knocking over small banks all over the city.
00:02:27I arrest one of them off. Get him identified.
00:02:30I put him in jail.
00:02:32And some killer walks in and murders him.
00:02:35Fine breaks I get.
00:02:37Your blood pressure, Inspector.
00:02:41Now what do you want?
00:02:43The mayor calling.
00:02:45More grief.
00:02:48Yes, Macy speaking.
00:02:50Yes, but...
00:02:52I realize the like this puts the Department in, but...
00:02:55I'm doing everything that I can, but...
00:03:01Now I've got him on my neck.
00:03:04What's that?
00:03:05That's the report I received on the bullet they dug out of O'Hearn.
00:03:08It's a .38 caliber automatic manufactured by Royal.
00:03:11We should have somebody check with the Royal people, then cover all the pawn shops in town.
00:03:15I want all the information I can get.
00:03:17What else can I do for you, Mr. O'Connor?
00:03:19Nothing, nothing, Inspector.
00:03:21Your department, if you'll pardon the observation, have been a trifle overzealous.
00:03:24Listen, Mr. O'Connor.
00:03:26You're from the Department of Justice.
00:03:28You've been after these bank bandits for weeks.
00:03:30You find O'Hearn is one of the gang.
00:03:32I pick him up.
00:03:34And I'd have made him talk, too, if this thing hadn't happened.
00:03:36That's just it. What else could you expect?
00:03:38I didn't ask you to pick up O'Hearn.
00:03:40See, you work one way, Macy. The Department of Justice works another.
00:03:43I'd have been able to find the men higher up if you hadn't jugged O'Hearn.
00:03:45They didn't dare let him talk.
00:03:47I'd have cracked this gang wide open.
00:03:49You can't get away with this. It'll cost you your job.
00:03:52Listen, you can't get away with this.
00:03:54Nobody in the United States can get away with it.
00:03:56We picked him off a train coming in from Frisco.
00:03:58Frisco?
00:03:59Certainly. I was getting off a train coming in from Frisco, minding my own business.
00:04:01And what happens?
00:04:02Forget it.
00:04:03Go ahead. See what you can do with him.
00:04:05Nope. Won't do any good now.
00:04:07He's your man, Inspector.
00:04:09You were O'Hearn's lawyer?
00:04:10Not this time.
00:04:11I was in Frisco on a case.
00:04:13Check on that. What sort of a case?
00:04:15A Chinaman by the name of Yang Fu shot his mother-in-law.
00:04:18Check on that.
00:04:19Did O'Hearn call your office?
00:04:20No, sir.
00:04:22Then who did O'Hearn call?
00:04:24Maybe it was the Marines.
00:04:26Check on that.
00:04:28Get him out of here before I lose my temper.
00:04:30Hold him as a material witness.
00:04:31Yes, sir. Well, the United States will pay for this.
00:04:33You can't get away with this, John.
00:04:36Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I don't get you.
00:04:38You wanted that lawyer picked up?
00:04:40Certainly, before you grabbed O'Hearn.
00:04:43Now that O'Hearn's dead, I can't do any good with his lawyer.
00:04:46All right, all right.
00:04:48Where do we go from here?
00:04:50Well, that, Inspector Macy, is for me to find out.
00:04:53So long.
00:04:55Hello.
00:05:10You look like the break-up of a hard winner.
00:05:12Do I? Well, I feel like it.
00:05:14Move over, will you, Bobby?
00:05:15I couldn't keep my mind on driving after this mix-up.
00:05:17Why? What happened?
00:05:18I'll tell you.
00:05:19Well, you'll just about have time to meet Kay if you'll step on it.
00:05:22Where to? The airport?
00:05:23That's right.
00:05:24Macy's destroyed every lead we were working on.
00:05:42Nice landing.
00:05:45Hey, you better get that brakes fixed.
00:05:50He stopped too short.
00:05:54Put it on a cop.
00:05:56Big lug.
00:06:10Hey, I didn't know you two were in town.
00:06:12Look who's here.
00:06:13Well, if it isn't the old candid photographer himself.
00:06:15How are you both?
00:06:16Oh, I'm all right.
00:06:17Hey, look, the plane's in.
00:06:24Some of the fellas down at the office told me the mogul of India was coming in.
00:06:27Thought I'd get a picture of him.
00:06:28That's me, always on the spot.
00:06:34Hello.
00:06:35There he is.
00:06:39Hey, mister.
00:06:40I want to take your picture.
00:06:41I don't want my picture taken.
00:06:42Right here against the wall.
00:06:46Look, look, look.
00:06:47Don't go away.
00:06:48Wait here just a minute.
00:06:50Hey, what's the big idea?
00:06:53Alan, darling.
00:06:55I'm so glad to see you.
00:06:56Hello, kid.
00:06:57Glad to see you too.
00:06:58It's been ages since we've been together.
00:07:00Seems like it, doesn't it?
00:07:01And you must be Bobby Reynolds.
00:07:03Alan's written about you so often.
00:07:05Surely not Alan.
00:07:06You mean he put that in writing?
00:07:08Oh, I may have mentioned her once or twice.
00:07:11And now I want you to meet a friend of mine, Mr. Jerome Turner.
00:07:13Jerry, this is my brother, Mr. Alan O'Connor.
00:07:15How do you do, Mr. O'Connor?
00:07:17How do you do?
00:07:18And here's, uh...
00:07:19My co-worker, Miss Reynolds.
00:07:21How do you do?
00:07:22How do you do?
00:07:23And what do you think?
00:07:24He's an author and he's going to write for the movies.
00:07:26What, no acting?
00:07:27Well, uh, not yet.
00:07:29But you never can tell.
00:07:31He was awfully nice to me on the trip.
00:07:33I've asked Miss O'Connor to have dinner with me tonight.
00:07:35I thought possibly that...
00:07:36Couldn't we all have dinner together, Alan?
00:07:37Just a sort of celebration in honor of our all being together or something.
00:07:41I guess we could.
00:07:42What do you say, Bobby?
00:07:44Anytime you mention the word eat, I'm interested.
00:07:47All right.
00:07:48Well, that's fine.
00:07:49I don't care what you say. I don't want my picture taken.
00:07:51I don't want my picture taken.
00:07:53It'll only take a second.
00:07:54I'll have it set up here in a minute.
00:07:55I tell you, I'm not from India.
00:07:56I came from Jersey City where I got a fish marker.
00:07:59I tell you, the desktop...
00:08:01Hey, hey, upstairs!
00:08:02Help! Help!
00:08:04What's the matter, Bulb? Having some trouble?
00:08:06Oh, that man. He says he's not the mogul.
00:08:08Who is he?
00:08:09Isn't he cute?
00:08:11Don't you call him cute. I saw him first.
00:08:13This is Bulb, the candid photographer.
00:08:15And this is Kay O'Connor, Alan's sister.
00:08:18Pleased to meet you.
00:08:22Come on, poor Bulb, the world's greatest ladies' man.
00:08:38Wait for me!
00:08:43Come on.
00:09:11Like it?
00:09:12Love it.
00:09:13How in the world did you ever find this place so soon?
00:09:15Some of the boys back east told me about it.
00:09:17Said it's one of the show places of Hollywood.
00:09:19Do the stars come here?
00:09:20I don't know about that.
00:09:21You see, I wanted to come here for atmosphere.
00:09:25Any line on the man who shot O'Hearn?
00:09:27Not a thing.
00:09:28The whole gang's declared it again.
00:09:30That leaves you right where you started from.
00:09:32Yep. Macy destroyed the whole line we were working on.
00:09:35Oh, well, let's forget business for a while.
00:09:43They make a cute couple, don't they?
00:09:45That sister of mine is a sweet kid, isn't she?
00:09:49She certainly is.
00:09:51It must be terribly thrilling to be a writer
00:09:53and get to go to all sorts of places after things to write about.
00:09:56Yes, I have been in a few tight places.
00:09:58Tell me about them.
00:09:59Some other time.
00:10:00You see, right now, I don't want to do anything but talk about you.
00:10:12Oh.
00:10:28Hello. Have a good time?
00:10:29Oh, wonderful. He's a grand dancer.
00:10:32Will you pardon me for a moment? I have a telephone call.
00:10:35Hurry back.
00:10:36I will.
00:10:38Isn't he wonderful?
00:10:40Now, look, sweet, I don't want to spoil your fun.
00:10:42Oh, I know what you're going to say, and I won't let you.
00:10:44I know he's a stranger, but I like him.
00:10:46And there couldn't be anything wrong with him, so there.
00:10:49And that's that.
00:10:50I give up.
00:10:54Hello, Carlotti.
00:10:55Hello, McHearn.
00:10:56When did you get in town?
00:10:58This afternoon.
00:10:59Nice little place you've got here.
00:11:01Thanks.
00:11:02Who are the people you're with?
00:11:04Friends.
00:11:05Who are the people you're with?
00:11:07Friends of mine.
00:11:08Make friends quick, don't you?
00:11:10Look, Carlotti, you brought me out here to do a job for you.
00:11:13What I do or who I talk to besides that is none of your business.
00:11:17All right, all right, skip it.
00:11:20As you've probably noticed in the papers lately,
00:11:23somebody's been knocking off a few little banks out here.
00:11:26Yeah, I did read something about it.
00:11:28We're getting tired messing around with pen money.
00:11:31We want to expand a little.
00:11:34That's why I sent for you, McHearn.
00:11:36Okay, I'm here.
00:11:37What's on your mind?
00:11:39You ever been in Lone City, Nevada?
00:11:41No, it's a small burg up in the desert, isn't it?
00:11:44Yeah.
00:11:45It's a small burg, all right, but it's all set for a big take.
00:11:48There's a WPA camp up there.
00:11:50I've been working on the Grant Tunnel.
00:11:52I had one of the boys up there getting a layout.
00:11:57There's a $40,000 payroll coming in there July the 10th.
00:12:01What are you going to do about it?
00:12:03The only place they can keep that money overnight
00:12:05is in the post office.
00:12:07Yeah, they got a jail, a post office, and a store
00:12:09all hooked onto one building.
00:12:11Well?
00:12:12I say, listen, any stoop can pick the lock on that jail.
00:12:15Say, you seem to know all about it.
00:12:17Sure, I'm the guy that did the checking up for Joe.
00:12:19I was tossed into that jug a few weeks ago for being,
00:12:21what was it, Joe a vagrant?
00:12:23Yeah, that means a tramp.
00:12:25You see, the sheriff don't like tramps.
00:12:27Won't let them stay in town, except overnight.
00:12:31And they have to spend that in jail.
00:12:33I see.
00:12:34Then all we do is get picked up for vagrancy.
00:12:36Yeah.
00:12:38See you later, Carlotti.
00:12:43Here comes your other kid.
00:12:45Sorry it's been so long.
00:12:46It's all right.
00:12:47Hello.
00:12:49How about giving me a break, Bobby?
00:12:51Some people are always looking for trouble.
00:12:53Yeah, I can handle it.
00:12:54Come on.
00:12:55I wonder.
00:13:02Hey.
00:13:14Well, howdy, Ben.
00:13:15Got us all bottled up for the night?
00:13:17Sure.
00:13:18Can't nobody get in or out without being stopped.
00:13:20Well, good.
00:13:21I'm mighty glad you fellows are helping me out tonight.
00:13:24You know, I wouldn't feel so good
00:13:26having to look after all that money in the post office by myself.
00:13:29Don't need to worry.
00:13:30It's as safe there as it is in the state bank.
00:13:32Folks are going to be feeling mighty good around here in the morning
00:13:34when they start to paying it all out.
00:13:37Boy, this ought to be a cinch.
00:13:39I told you so.
00:13:48Oh, hello, Sheriff.
00:13:49Thought you were going to forget us.
00:13:51Well, it's again my principle to be feeding tramps.
00:13:54But human beings is human beings,
00:13:56and human beings has got to be fed.
00:13:58Here's some grub for you.
00:13:59Oh, thanks, Sheriff.
00:14:00You're a good scout after all, Pard.
00:14:02Don't call me Pard.
00:14:04I ain't no Pard in a dead-burned big ranch.
00:14:07Go on, eat that grub,
00:14:08and I'll be seeing the two of you in the morning.
00:14:10Okay, Sheriff.
00:14:13Pleasant dreams, Pard.
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00:15:41Wait till I tell the boys back east about this.
00:15:47They'll never believe it.
00:15:48What did I tell you?
00:15:49Well, well, well.
00:15:50Huh.
00:15:51This is the first time in my whole life that I've ever seen two tramps take the trouble
00:16:06to wash themselves.
00:16:07Good morning, sir.
00:16:08Good morning, Pod.
00:16:09Here's your breakfast.
00:16:10And I told you not to call me Pod, didn't I?
00:16:11Oh, thanks for the grub, sir.
00:16:12Well, I guess I've got to be letting you two tramps out this morning.
00:16:17How'd you sleep last night?
00:16:19Oh, swell.
00:16:20Fine, fine.
00:16:21Huh?
00:16:22That's funny.
00:16:23You're the first one that ever did.
00:16:24You know, I've been wanting to change these mattresses here for the last two years.
00:16:29Must be awful hard and lumpy, ain't they?
00:16:30Oh, no.
00:16:31They're all right, sir.
00:16:32Oh, yes.
00:16:33They are, too.
00:16:34Oh, no.
00:16:35Just look at them there bumps.
00:16:36How is yours?
00:16:37Oh, perfectly okay, sir.
00:16:38Perfectly okay.
00:16:39It's the same way.
00:16:40It lumps all over it.
00:16:41You know, I'm going to change them mattresses right away.
00:16:42Every man's entitled to a good night's sleep.
00:16:43Oh, Sheriff, those mattresses are all right.
00:16:44Really, they are.
00:16:45If we could sleep on them, anybody could.
00:16:46By the way, when are you going to let us out of here?
00:16:47Well, you're free now, young fella.
00:16:48But just go on and eat your breakfast.
00:16:49Oh, thanks, Sheriff.
00:16:50Well, then what happened?
00:17:00Well, I took a turn around the post office about midnight and found everything all right.
00:17:18then come on back here to my office and sit down on my chair and I well I guess I kind of kind of
00:17:25dozed off after that. When did you first notice the money was missing? This morning after I let
00:17:30them two tramps out I took a look around and and it was gone. Was this cell door locked?
00:17:37Well certainly like always leave it. You lock that in the outside?
00:17:43No it's good those two fellas is in jail last night they're the only two people in town that
00:17:47had a perfect alibi. Exactly so Sheriff they had a perfect alibi. You notice these scratches
00:17:55around here? Why a child could have picked this lock. Watch and I'll show you how they did it.
00:18:04There. Well I'll swan. You see Sheriff it was a simple matter for them to pick their way out of
00:18:11here, get the money in the post office, come back in the cell, and lock themselves in again.
00:18:19And as you say they had a perfect alibi. They were safe in jail all night. But how was I to know that?
00:18:26I remember asking how they slept last night and going over to feel their mattresses. I thought
00:18:32they'd look kind of hard and bumpy in places. Of course that couldn't have been the missing money.
00:18:37Say maybe it could at that. But what happened to them after that? Well I drove them out to the edge
00:18:41of town because they couldn't get by the guards. And I gave each one of them a buck a piece and
00:18:45told them to beat it and never to come back here again. Don't worry they won't. Did you get any
00:18:51trace out of them after that officer? No sir they just seemed to disappear in thin air. All right
00:18:54all right. Well let me know in Los Angeles if anything new turns up. I will.
00:18:57So long. You're positive you saw the couple pick up those two tramps?
00:19:09Sure. I had to go to Lone City for butter and eggs. I seen them with my own eyes.
00:19:18Thanks Mike. That's all. Hello kid. You find anything? I think so. A man and woman who rented
00:19:23a cabin here last night picked up a couple of hobos this morning coming from the direction of
00:19:27Lone City. Those hobos couldn't have robbed the payroll. They didn't even look like they had car
00:19:31fare home. Notice their license number? Didn't have to. I always keep a record in my book. May we see it?
00:19:36Sure thing. Which cabin they take? That one over there. Mind if I take a look around? No I ain't
00:19:42cleaned it up yet if you're thinking of renting it. Maybe some other day. There it is. Biggest life.
00:19:48Oh fine. Wait a minute now till I copy that down. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Endicott.
00:19:55Los Angeles, California. 7W7816. Get all the information? Yes everything. Thanks very much
00:20:06for your help. We may drop around again someday. Our rates are cheap. Two dollars a night. Clean
00:20:10cheats every day. Thanks I'll remember that. Come on Bobby. Goodbye. Thank you very much.
00:20:19I got a pretty full description. Say I found something interesting myself. Look at that.
00:20:23Club car. Why that's the place we were at the other night. You're a smart girl. Quiet G-man.
00:20:29Carlotti? Sure I know the place. But it never occurred to you that several thousand people
00:20:40go in and out of that club? That's right inspector. But does it seem logical that people
00:20:45frequenting expensive night spots and driving a big car would stay overnight in a cheap auto camp
00:20:49and pick up tramps along the way? You're asking me? I don't know. Well it's a lead that's all.
00:20:55Oh what about their license number? We'll have a check made on that in no time.
00:20:59Anything else Mr. O'Connor? Yes one thing more. The bills used in that lone city payroll were new
00:21:04and came from the Federal Reserve right here in Los Angeles. I've issued a general order to
00:21:08broadcast the serial numbers. Good. Then all we'll have to do is wait till one of them shows up.
00:21:13I sure hope it's the same mob that I'm after. I'd like to get my hands on them.
00:21:19You might if you don't work too fast.
00:21:39Good morning Mr. Carlotti. Hello Curtis. How's the banking business? Fine fine. How's business with you?
00:21:46Couldn't be better. Will you check this over please? There seems to be something wrong.
00:21:50All right leave it here.
00:21:55You'll find quite a large deposit there. I'll pick up the passbook later. I'll attend to that.
00:22:02Say I got a report on that Cadillac. The license plate is 7W7816.
00:22:09It belonged to the health commissioner. He reported it stolen a week ago.
00:22:12Say if this case gets any screwier you can look for me in the bug house.
00:22:42That's the color over there.
00:23:12Second National Bank.
00:23:29Now what do they do? They knock over the Second National Bank and lay down a smokescreen.
00:23:34Oh if I could just get... I'll take it. Hello Inspector Macy's office. Fine I'll be right out.
00:23:40Now what? They've got the Cadillac.
00:23:55What happened to the men in this car? I asked him he knows what it's all about.
00:23:59What's your name? Grimes. What do you know about this car? How many times do I have to tell everybody?
00:24:04I'll write it down next. You'll cut out the white... Wait a minute wait a minute Tracy. I'll take care of
00:24:08this. Now do you mind telling me what happened? Well I own that farm over there. I was out back
00:24:13doing some work when I seen this here car drive up and three men jumped out of it. Where did they go?
00:24:18Well my old Ford was in the lane and before I knew what had happened they snapped off the license
00:24:24plate, jumped in, drove away. How long ago was that? About a half hour. You sent out an order
00:24:29to pick up that Ford? Yes sir. What did they look like? I don't know exactly except one had a beard
00:24:37the man in the back seat was fat and wore a tweed sort of suit. What did the driver look
00:24:41like? Driver? Well he was a little short fella about five feet four. Well thanks very much.
00:24:47Tracy you better take that car back to headquarters and go over for fingerprints. Sure.
00:25:00No prints at all? No. We've been all over it and there ain't a fingerprint on it.
00:25:05Well that's a great help. Thanks anyway. You're welcome.
00:25:17Hello G-woman you going somewhere? Looks like we're up against the old blank wall again.
00:25:21Yeah. What'd you find out about the Carlotti lead? Nothing much. I was afraid of that.
00:25:28Well where do we go from here? Search me. They try to reach those pedals Bobby.
00:25:35I can't. Can you move that seat up? Nope this is as far as it'll go. How tall are you Bobby? Five
00:25:42feet four. What's on your mind? Well that farmer took a lot of pains to tell me the driver of this
00:25:46car was a little guy about five feet four. He couldn't have been. Look I can't even reach these
00:25:52pedals. Yes I see. Bobby I've got a job for you. What is it General? I want you to go out to that
00:25:57farm and see what you can find out. Tell Grimes, that's the old fella that owns the farm, that
00:26:01you're a reporter. Now listen get me some photographs. Autograph? Never mind. And I'm
00:26:08going to have every person that Second National Bank checked over that was inside help on this
00:26:12robbery somewhere. Maybe we're not so bad off after all. Let's hope you're right.
00:26:21You're from the Hanson burglar alarm company? Yes sir. You were called here yesterday to check
00:26:25over the alarms? That's right sir. Who requested the checkup? I don't know. I was told at the
00:26:30office to come here. Did you find anything wrong with them? The alarms were in perfect condition,
00:26:36nothing wrong with them. All right. Do you mind waiting a few minutes? Yes sir.
00:26:43Mr. Harrington, do you know who ordered that checkup? I didn't. It must have been Mr. Curtis,
00:26:47our head cashier. He looks after such matters. Could you ask him to come in please? Tell Mr.
00:26:53Curtis to come in. You're positive that repeated efforts were made to sound the alarm while the
00:26:57holdup was in progress? Certainly Mr. O'Connor. A number of our employees tried to sound the alarm
00:27:02but it didn't work. You wanted me sir? If you please. Yes. Did you ask to have the emergency
00:27:09alarm system checked up? Why yes. Why? Was anything wrong with it? No. It's a procedure. I follow it
00:27:15this time every month. Just a precaution. All right. Mr. Overman would like to speak to you a moment sir.
00:27:24Send him in.
00:27:28Is that all? Yes, thank you.
00:27:35This is Mr. O'Connor of the Department of Justice. Mr. Overman, our head bookkeeper. How do you do?
00:27:40Mr. Overman, my investigation here, I've run across something seems rather funny. What do you mean?
00:27:46Well, we know the burglar alarm system refused to work but I happen to have discovered that
00:27:51there were two men here yesterday checking it over. That's what puzzles me. There's never been
00:27:55two men on that job before. Never? Not to my knowledge. The first one was this man here who
00:28:00comes every month but the second one I never saw before. Do you know anything about that? No sir. I
00:28:06was the only man from our office that was sent here yesterday. Could you identify that second
00:28:09man if you saw him again? Yes, I think so. Well, I guess that's all for you two gentlemen. Thank you
00:28:14very much. Yes sir. Not much to work on, Mr. Harrington, but we'll do the best we can.
00:28:21A fine kind of detective you turned out to be. I hired you two months ago to get me a divorce.
00:28:26You leave or get me that divorce. As you promise or I'll come back here and I'll
00:28:33take you apart. I'll tear you to pieces.
00:28:51Bob.
00:28:51Bob.
00:28:56What in the world? Oh, so it's you. Well, you see I sort of got the idea trailing around with you
00:29:04and Alan to open up a private detective agency on the side but it ain't turning out so good.
00:29:12Go on. Oh, I took some of them correspondence school instructions and now I got myself
00:29:17inducted on a couple of blackmail and breach of promise cases. You know this private detective
00:29:22ain't what it's cracked up to be. What about your job on the paper? Oh, I just do this at night. Look,
00:29:29come here. I got this fixed up by ever getting a type of bloody spook.
00:29:36That's how I, that's, that's how I get tough with my customers.
00:29:41Hey, listen, I forgot.
00:29:43Okay, sometimes I have a little trouble getting it stopped.
00:29:48Looks like you're trying to make it tough for yourself. My mistake.
00:29:56I forgot that's my trick rug. I get it. You're starting to be a halfwit.
00:30:04Isn't that a dandy? That won't hurt you. Get me out of this thing.
00:30:08What a nutty idea. My mistake. You're not studying to be a halfwit. You've got a diploma. Oh, good.
00:30:15Skip it. How would you like a real job, detective? What can I do? Just get your
00:30:19camera and come with me out to an old farm. What's there? Bees and spiders. You like them. Oh, boy.
00:30:27Hurry up. O'Connor, well, I've got something. Yeah, right in the bag.
00:30:34Come over to the office tonight, and we'll have this case broken higher than a kite.
00:30:40Yeah, about nine o'clock. So long.
00:31:05It's very quiet now. Here, here, you take this.
00:31:12I told you to be quiet. Don't sit there. You look like you swallowed a goldfish.
00:31:16Come on. What are we gonna do now? Come on.
00:31:26I told you to be quiet. Gee, Bobby, I... There's nothing to be afraid of. I hope.
00:31:34Come on, let's take a look at the barn first.
00:31:51Get off the stilts and try walking on the ground, will you?
00:32:05Bobby, Bobby, let's get out of here. Shh, be quiet.
00:32:10But I'm scared. No wonder that farmer's board was never picked up. There wasn't any. What do you
00:32:16mean? Look, those tire marks were made by a big car. Take a picture of them. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:32:24Hurry up.
00:32:35Bobby, Bobby, let's get out of here. I'm not myself tonight. Yeah, I've noticed the improvement.
00:32:40There's just one more place I want to look at. Where? The house, Rembrandt. Come on.
00:32:45Oh, now I know I'm sick.
00:33:04So
00:33:34what happened? Call a doctor. Get the fingerprint, men and the photographers. Yes, sir.
00:33:58Ow. Shh, be quiet.
00:34:04Don't like that? You'll start a fire. What's this?
00:34:21Club Carlotti. Say, when a thing like this happens once, it's a chance.
00:34:35When it happens twice, it's a certainty. Come on, let's get out of here.
00:34:38Hurry up. Well, doctor? Killed instantly. Mr. O'Connor. Yes? Found these clipped together
00:34:55in his pocket. Suppose they mean anything? Hmm. A fella like Overman doesn't usually carry around
00:35:04a couple of fifty dollar bills with him. I'll keep these for the time being. They'll stand a
00:35:08little steadying. I'll have to take the bodies down to the morgue to get the bullets, Mr. O'Connor.
00:35:12Give me a full report, will you? Yes, I will. Find anything, doc? Nothing yet.
00:35:22Oh, hello, Bobby. Come in. May I sit down? Sure, make yourself at home, kid. I just heard about
00:35:37Macy. I'm so sorry. Yes, they got Overman, too. They'll certainly stop at nothing. Macy must have
00:35:44had them dead to rights. That's why they had to get him out of the way. It's the only way I can
00:35:48figure it. You mean to say they come right in there and... That's right, Bulb. You're not safe
00:35:53anywhere these days. Well, I'm gonna be safe. I'm going home. Don't forget to close the door.
00:36:01What did you find out? That farmer's name should have been Baron Munchausen. Why? Because the
00:36:05auntie gave you was a phony. What do you mean? We found the tread marks of a big car in the barn.
00:36:10You'll never pick up that Ford because he didn't own one. And the rest of his story was just as
00:36:14reliable. Looks like it. You know, he must have left right after you because by the time we got
00:36:19there, the place was deserted. Did you find anything in the house? Plenty. Take a look at this.
00:36:28Carlottis again. That's the second time we've gotten a lead to that place. Carlottis. That's
00:36:34our spot. Where'd those fifties come from? Oh, found them on Overman, the bank clerk.
00:36:40I was just checking your numbers here when you came in. Anything wrong with them? Not much. Only
00:36:46the serial numbers are exactly the same. Can there be two bills with the same numbers? Not a chance in
00:36:52the world. Look. L196784OO. L196784OO. Notice anything queer? Why no, not at first sight.
00:37:02Now here, look more closely. These numbers are among those listed here in the Lone City bills.
00:37:07Only the serial letters are different. Why, they must have been changed. Sure. This B could have
00:37:12been changed from an L, and this Q at the end of the letter must have been changed from an O.
00:37:16A neat bit of embroidery, I'd say. It's one of the most masterly jobs of counterfeit engraving I've
00:37:21ever run across. Then Overman must have found them and was going to show them to Macy. Certainly.
00:37:25If Overman had them and they came from the Second National Bank. Say, maybe they'll be after you
00:37:30now that you've got those two bills. Yeah, maybe they will. And that gives me an idea. But what about
00:37:38Carlotti's? Where does that fit in? That, young lady, is what we're going to find out. And that's
00:37:42your problem. Now listen to me. I could give you a dozen other reasons, Mr. Carlotti, why you need
00:37:49a publicity agent. But I don't need a publicity agent. Look, I've been in the newspaper game for
00:37:54years. I know all the ins and outs from A to Z. You may not realize it, but you're an important
00:37:59man in this town. Think so? Sure. But the public want to know more about you, about your club.
00:38:08This is the age of publicity. And what are you doing about it? Nothing. You've got a measly
00:38:13little sign outside. Now, if you'll only give me the chance, I promise that every time anyone
00:38:18picks up a newspaper, you'll have a new friend and a new customer. What made you quit the newspaper
00:38:23racket? Oh, I'm so sick and tired of it. Either you're on your feet or behind a typewriter 24
00:38:28hours of the day. And for what? Naturally, I want nice things just as well as any other girl.
00:38:33Oh, I see. And you expect to get these nice things by handling my publicity? I know it.
00:38:39If you'll only give me the chance, and if after two weeks you don't like me, well, you just don't
00:38:44like me. That's all. Suppose I think it over and let you know. Thanks, Mr. Carlotti. I won't move
00:38:49two feet away from my apartment until I hear from you. You'll hear from me. Fine. Au revoir.
00:38:57Bye. Hey, we don't want that gal hanging around here, Joe. Shut up.
00:39:07Let me have the city desk, please. Since when are you telling me what to do? Hello, Morel.
00:39:14This is Joe Carlotti talking. See, there was a girl just in here looking for a publicity job.
00:39:20Bobby Reynolds. Said she'd been working for you. Been working for me about eight months.
00:39:24Smart girl, all right. Okay, Morel, thanks. The trouble with you Duke is you take life too
00:39:31seriously. She'll be using that back office, so have it cleaned up. Well, you're the doctor.
00:39:39Well, what do you think? Obviously, one of those bills has been altered.
00:39:43But it's the cleverest job I've ever seen. You sent for me, sir? Yes. Oberman had these two
00:39:51bills in his pocket when he was killed. We think they came from this bank. Can you throw any light
00:39:56on the matter? Why? Why, these two bills have the same serial numbers. Yes, we know that. But can you
00:40:05give us any idea how Oberman got them? No, he said nothing to me about it. Well, I guess that's all.
00:40:11Thank you, Mr. Curtis. You see, it was just an accident, Mr. Harrington, that whoever altered
00:40:17this bill just happened to hit up on the identical letters and numbers of another bill.
00:40:21I don't suppose there's any way to check up on who deposited these. I'm afraid not. Well, that's that.
00:40:28Just the same, I have a hunch these two bills are going to break this case. Well, let's hope so.
00:40:33Good day. Jerry, it's the grandest show of the year. The loveliest flowers. The kind you never
00:40:39run across back east. Will you go? Hey, I'll be glad to go. I tell you, this federal man's got
00:40:45dynamite in his hands since he picked up those two bills. Why didn't you watch the numbers when
00:40:49you changed them? How could I? It was just an accident that the two showed up together. Now
00:40:54we are in a fine mess. We can't go after the whole Department of Justice. No. Oberman discovered them
00:41:00in your deposit when I credited your account. He also found out that I held it over for a couple
00:41:05of days to change the numbers. And this federal dick, O'Connor, suspects that... What was that
00:41:10name you said? Whose name? That federal dick. O'Connor? O'Connor. Alan O'Connor. Yeah.
00:41:19Sure thing, dear. How dare. Goodbye, sweet. Goodbye.
00:41:29Say, are you crazy? I may be crazy, but if you want those bills, I'll get them for you.
00:41:34Well, I guess maybe I am. Telephone, Mr. O'Connor. All right, thanks.
00:41:47Hello? Yes? We want those two bills, O'Connor, and no monkey business.
00:41:54Either send them general delivery to James A. Clayton, C-L-A-Y-T-O-N, or we'll get your sister.
00:42:04Trace this call, quick. And listen, don't have the post office watched, or it'll be just too bad.
00:42:14Hello? Hello? What's the matter? We're getting hot. That was a warning to drop our entire
00:42:23investigation at those two bills, or they'll get Kay. Kay? Well, they won't get Kay,
00:42:30or the bills either. Well? The call came from a pay station out of town. No way to find out who
00:42:35made it. Bobby, you and Tracy get over to my apartment right away. Be careful that nobody
00:42:40sees you. You stay there in Kay's place. Tracy, get a couple of men to escort my sister over to
00:42:45Miss Reynolds' apartment. You stand by and watch my place. Right. I have a hunch they'll walk right
00:42:50into this one. I'll see you later. Okay. I'll get there as quick as I can, Bobby. Oh, Bob,
00:42:55you better go with them. Wait at Miss Reynolds' apartment with Kay. What'll I do there? Try tap
00:43:01dancing. Yeah. What? Go on, get going, get going. Look here, Kay. Come here.
00:43:20Come here, sit here. Sit here. Now, now, now, put your arm up. That's it. Smile. Smile pretty and
00:43:27hold it. Don't move, Kay. Oh, boy, that looks better than Whistler's sister or mother or
00:43:34whatever it was. Now, don't move. Show your personality. Your teeth. Oh, beautiful, magnanimous.
00:43:43Oh, that's gorgeous. Beautiful. Now hold it and I'll count three. One, two, three.
00:43:49Oh, Kay, what do you think we'll make? I have to answer the phone. Hello. Oh, hello, Alan.
00:43:57Hello, Kay. How's everything? Are you afraid? Well, don't worry because nobody knows you're
00:44:04over there. Oh, I'm not afraid, Alan. I'm having the time of my life with Bob. He's so cute.
00:44:13It's you and Bobby I'm worried about, though. You're taking all the chances. Well, never mind
00:44:17about us. You stay right there in Bobby Reynolds' apartment till I come and get you, understand?
00:44:23Sure, it's all right to take pictures. Say goodbye, sweet. You men all ready? Sure, a fleet couldn't
00:44:29get into this building without us noticing it. Good. Well, I don't think they'll try anything
00:44:33till they find out I didn't mail those bills. We'll get going. Right. You scared, G-woman? Why,
00:44:39of course not. But now I know how a piece of cheese feels waiting for a mouse to pounce on it.
00:44:45Well, sit tight. Goodbye, Bobby. Good luck, Alan. Now, give me your right hand.
00:44:51Oh, holy smoke. Kay. What do you see? Oh, boy, a strange man is coming into your life.
00:44:59You're right about that. But he's no stranger. I think I'll call him right now.
00:45:05Get me Gladstone 7161. What are you going to do? You can't do that. You know what Mr. O'Connor said.
00:45:17What harm can it do? Alan knows him. Yeah, but did the... May I speak with Mr. Turner?
00:45:22You got me saving up for a two-week nervous breakdown. Well, hello, Kay. How are you, dear?
00:45:28Bored to distraction. Cooped up in an apartment all evening because of some silly kidnapping
00:45:33threats. They sent my brother. Yes. I can't stand it any longer. I'd love to go out for some fresh
00:45:41air. Why, sure. Nothing would please me better. I'll be right over and take you for a little ride.
00:45:53Here's that report you wanted worked up. Thanks. Let's see. Andrew Butler, William Barton,
00:45:58Leon, here we are, Leon Curtis. Born in Serbia, 1889. Came to America in 1925. Changed name to
00:46:04Leon Curtis. Real name, Leon Schwartz. Trade, master engraver. Employed by Second National
00:46:10Bank as cashier. Present address is 439 Hope Street. Master engraver. And Curtis could have
00:46:15changed the letters on those bills. Perhaps he was the inside man on that robbery. Call a squad car.
00:46:20Will you meet me out front as quickly as you can? Yes, sir. Oh, what hit me? My head.
00:46:35Oh, boy, boy. Give me some aspirin. Give me, give me an outside line.
00:46:51Hello? What? When? I'm not sure. I just woke up. They came in and grabbed Miss O'Connor and
00:47:03clucked me on the head. But how in the world did they ever find out where she was? I don't know.
00:47:08She did call a friend and invite him over. Who was he? What was his number? She didn't say.
00:47:14I was only trying to entertain her when she grabbed her pocketbook and called some number.
00:47:18Here it is. It says Jerome Turner Gladstone 7161. Say, if you're coming by this way,
00:47:27will you bring me something for the bump on my head? Wait till it gets as big as a nag and then
00:47:32hatch it. It hurts. This guy McGarrett operates too fast to suit me. I told him to lay off that
00:47:46girl, but it's too late now. Maybe we'd better let him out of town. Pipe down. When I want your
00:47:52ideas, I'll ask for them. See who it is. Well, they're right on our tails. All right, slow down
00:48:03and take it easy. Now, what's it all about? Well, I just got in my place and I heard men coming down
00:48:09the hall. The house manager was with him and I heard him say, this is the place. Well, keep your
00:48:14shirt on. They haven't caught up with you yet. Barney, fix him something to steady his nerves.
00:48:22All right, go on. There isn't much more to tell. I climbed out the window off the fire escape to
00:48:26the roof and jumped across to another building. I didn't stop going till, well, here I am.
00:48:34That was a very smart stunt. If they'd followed you here, we'd all be in a jam.
00:48:40The best thing we can do is to get out of here as quick as possible.
00:48:44Barney, pull my car around to the side entrance. I'll meet you both there later.
00:48:52You two go out this way.
00:49:00May I come in? Why, hello. I was just going to give you a ring.
00:49:04I thought I'd given up hope of ever hearing from you. Well, I've been awfully busy.
00:49:08Say, you look kind of down to mouth. Why shouldn't I? I counted so much on getting that job.
00:49:13What makes you think he won't get it? That I'm hired? Sure, why not? Boy, that's the best thing
00:49:19I've heard today, mister. By the way, have you ever been to Vancouver? No.
00:49:27How would you like to go there with me? You know, just for a starter. I don't get it. Well, I'm leaving
00:49:34tonight to pick up a dance team and an orchestra, and I thought, you know, maybe you might like to go
00:49:39along. Why, I'd love it. Would you? Well, we're driving up the coast. When do we leave? Right now.
00:49:45But I can't go in these clothes. Why not? You can pick up what you need along the way.
00:49:50All right, but this is a little sudden. Well, we'll only be gone a couple of weeks.
00:49:55Do you mind if I call my mother and let her know that we're going? No, but make it snappy.
00:49:59I have some people waiting.
00:50:10Hello, Harry? This isn't Harry, it's Bob. This is Bobby. Tell mother I'm going away for a few weeks.
00:50:17Tell whose mother? Yes, dear. I'm going away with Mr. Carlotti. Carlotti? Holy smoke. Listen, Bobby,
00:50:24you can't... Of course it's on business. That's a fine way for a brother to talk. Look, I ain't your
00:50:30mother and I ain't your brother. I don't know what you're talking about. Say, you ain't been drinking,
00:50:37have you? Why, of course not. Listen, darling, you tell dad not to worry about me and I'll call him
00:50:42later. Yes, dear. Goodbye and be a good little boy.
00:50:58You go ahead and engage a room. I have some business to attend to in the neighborhood and
00:51:01I'll see you later. All right. So long. I don't like the idea of bringing that girl along, boss.
00:51:13All right, all right. Then what happened? Well, Mr. O'Connor, all of a sudden she goes over to the
00:51:19telephone and calls this fellow Jerry Turner. Half an hour later, there's a knock on the door.
00:51:24I answered the door and he's standing there with another guy. I goes over to shake hands with this
00:51:29Turner bird and boom, he socks me one. Yes? A swell guy. Well, well? Then after a while I get this call
00:51:37from Bobby and she's stiffer than a gangplank. You must be out of your mind. Now look, Mr. O'Connor,
00:51:46when anybody mistakes me for their mother, she must be drunk. Listen, Bob, how long do I have to
00:51:51wait before you tell me what happened? But you won't give me a chance. All right, dear Bob. Nice
00:51:56Bob. Sit down. Now come on, tell me. Tell me in your own words. Then Bobby said to tell my dad
00:52:03that she's gone out of town with Mr. Carlotti. Who did you say? Carlotti. Carlotti.
00:52:11I should have known better than to leave you here. I started to give it to him, but
00:52:15he hit me on the back of the head when I wasn't looking.
00:52:20I'll take it. Hello? Yes. Bobby, where are you? Why in Doak? What are you doing up there?
00:52:30Carlotti dropped me off here, said he'd be back later. He was with two men. Good. Why in Doak's on
00:52:36the way up to that farm. It's my hunch that's where they're going. And it's my hunch you'll
00:52:39find Kay at that farmhouse. What do you want me to do? Listen, you stay right where you are. I'll
00:52:43be there within an hour. Carlotti shows up, you keep him there. Right. You stay here. Oh,
00:52:51please Mr. O'Connor, you can't leave me out now. Stay here. Bob, I'm going along.
00:52:59Hey, it's Carlotti. It's Carlotti? I wonder what he came down here for. Maybe he likes the sea air.
00:53:22Hiya boys. Hey, what's up? Plenty. I came here for that dough from the bank,
00:53:27and I'm clearing out of town until this thing blows over. Well, how about the O'Connor girl?
00:53:32She's McGurn's worry. I didn't know he was going in for that angle when he said he'd get those
00:53:36bills back. Not that he got them back. Listen, Carlotti, get your dough and clear out of here.
00:53:41If that's what you came out here for, I'll take care of my end of it. Get the money, Duke.
00:53:52All right, Bob, I'm going on out to the farm. You wait here with Bobby till I get back.
00:53:55Who, me? Nothing's going to happen to you. Now go on up and hide in the corner.
00:54:05Curtis, get rid of that engraving equipment before you leave. I sure will.
00:54:11Now the rest of you can clear out as soon as you like.
00:54:13Hey, now you're going with you to Vancouver? No, I got other ideas. I'll meet you there later.
00:54:36Who is it? It's me, Bob.
00:54:44Where'd you come from? Nothing for you to be afraid of. Mr. O'Connor sent me to take care of
00:54:52you. That's a great help. Yes, sir. He went out to the farm. He knew I could handle things.
00:54:59Oh,
00:55:12all right, boys, you've got your instructions. Just be careful with your guns.
00:55:15My sister may be in there. See what we can find, Tracy.
00:55:28Come on, let's get going. Yeah.
00:55:59Alan!
00:56:05Come on, drop that gun.
00:56:26All right, boys, take him in.
00:56:27Come on. Alan, Alan!
00:56:37All right, Turner, that'll be all. Alan, Alan! Are you all right, Kay?
00:56:42Well, I guess that's it, Mr. O'Connor. Did you get Carlotti with him? No, he isn't here.
00:56:45Well, I think I know where to find him. Take this man down to headquarters. I'll get there
00:56:48as soon as I can. All right. You come with me, Kay.
00:56:51I remember the time when I was really up against it. It was during the World War.
00:56:56Tanks in front of me, machine gun nests on the left, enemy on the right. But I wasn't afraid.
00:57:01No, neither was the enemy. No, sir. Do you know what happened to me?
00:57:07Yeah, you got killed. Yeah, I got killed.
00:57:13I wonder what's keeping Alan. I hope he didn't get into trouble with that Carlotti bunch.
00:57:18Did I ever tell you about the time when I shot...
00:57:28Who is it? Carlotti.
00:57:30Just a minute.
00:57:38Hello. Hello.
00:57:39Tired waiting? No, not at all.
00:57:43I expected to find you asleep. I guess I was too excited about the train.
00:57:47We'll have a couple of drinks and start it off right.
00:57:49Well... I'll get some glasses.
00:57:51Oh, no, don't bother. I'll get them. But...
00:57:53Perfectly all right, I'll get them.
00:58:06Business all wound up? Mm-hmm.
00:58:09Nothing to hold us up any longer. Well, here's to a big time in Vancouver.
00:58:14With nothing to worry about. Or is there?
00:58:23On second thought, we're leaving right now.
00:58:26All right. I'll get my hat and bag and gloves and things.
00:58:44Oh!
00:58:54So you're the smart little girl that wanted to be my publicity agent, huh?
00:58:58You won't get out of this, Carlotti.
00:59:00Too bad you'll never get the chance to turn me in.
00:59:03You haven't got the nerve to shoot.
00:59:06You never made a bigger mistake in your life.
00:59:09This will be something for the papers. But you'll never write it.
00:59:15Bobby, are you all right? Yes, I'm fine.
00:59:23I must say you have the knack for getting places just in time.
00:59:27Well, the next time you go away with a strange man, you get a requisition, do you hear me?
00:59:33What hit me? Poor Bob, are you all right?
00:59:36Twice in the same place. That's not fair.
00:59:40Come on now, let's make a picture. All right, come on, Bobby.
00:59:42Okay. How's that?
00:59:44Swell, this will make an exclusive. Come on now, a nice long kiss.
00:59:49A what? You tell her, Alan.
00:59:51I'll show you. Are you all set?
00:59:53All set. Here we go.
00:59:54What? I know, and they have a ride to find out.
00:59:57But I don't care if they never find out. What do you think of that?
00:59:59All right, we will find out.
01:00:02Wow, this is a lulu. Hold him, Yale.
01:00:04Wait till this hits the front page. What's more there, you two?
01:00:07Well, what do you say, Bobby? Shall we give him a break?
01:00:09Well, I guess we'll have to.
01:00:10Anything to apply it.