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00:00:00["Pomp and Circumstance"]
00:00:30["Pomp and Circumstance"]
00:01:00["Pomp and Circumstance"]
00:01:30["Pomp and Circumstance"]
00:01:33What's now expected in the burning of the Wentworth's castle?
00:01:36Read all about it!
00:01:37Cyrus Seymour hits terrible!
00:01:40A picture of four hundred lives lost in accidental burning of the Wentworth Castle?
00:01:45Entry latest X-ray.
00:01:46Millionaire ship magnet.
00:01:48Cyrus P. Wentworth.
00:01:49Suspected a ship explosion.
00:01:51Latest X-ray just now.
00:02:00All my life I've seen those poor people struggling in the water, drowning.
00:02:06But it wasn't your fault.
00:02:07But it was my ship.
00:02:09My company's investigation absolves you completely of all blame.
00:02:12Now, Bennett, you'll be good enough to sign this paper, and we can have it witnessed.
00:02:19Yes, sir?
00:02:20I want you to witness my signature.
00:02:22This is Victor Martin, our attorney.
00:02:24Martin, meet Mr. Baldwin of the Mercantile Marine Insurance Company.
00:02:28How do you do?
00:02:29Good.
00:02:37Here's the check, Mr. Wentworth.
00:02:40And if I can be of further service, please call on me.
00:02:49Good day, gentlemen.
00:02:52Anything else, sir?
00:02:53Read the changes in the will?
00:02:55Oh, yes. Have it with me.
00:02:59Number 49 is the important one.
00:03:01Everything goes to your daughter, Cynthia.
00:03:11It's another problem off my mind.
00:03:30I hope you'll pardon my mentioning this, Mr. Wentworth,
00:03:33but you've been acting very curiously lately.
00:03:36Well, now this will.
00:03:38Well, what?
00:03:39Can't a man make his will?
00:03:41Of course, but if you're thinking of destroying yourself, forget about it.
00:03:45Why should I want to commit suicide?
00:03:47Well, your ship burning and all.
00:03:49I suppose it's been preying on your mind.
00:03:51But I'm not fool enough to kill myself over it.
00:03:55Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:03:59I suppose you'll be going off to your mountain lodge?
00:04:02Not yet.
00:04:03Why not?
00:04:05You mean that matter of the million and a half in bonds?
00:04:07Yes, that's on my conscience, too.
00:04:09I advised you against accepting that shipment.
00:04:11I know it. It's the only shady thing I ever did in my life.
00:04:14Then you'd better go before the Maritime Commission tomorrow and clear the whole thing up.
00:04:18Vic, are you crazy?
00:04:20No, it's the only thing to do.
00:04:22But they'll immediately accuse me of sabotaging my own ship.
00:04:24You'll have to take that chance.
00:04:26I advised you against it when you first asked me about it.
00:04:29And now I advise you to go before the Commission.
00:04:31Don't conceal a thing.
00:04:33I'll do it.
00:04:35I'm sorry I didn't listen to you in the first place.
00:04:37It'll come out all right.
00:04:41I'll see you in the morning. We'll go before the Commission together.
00:04:47Oh, good day, Mr. Fleming.
00:04:49How do you do, Mr. Martin?
00:04:50I'm Dick.
00:04:51Fine, thank you. And yourself?
00:04:53Never better.
00:04:57Could I see Mr. Wentworth?
00:04:59Well, I'll see.
00:05:00Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Fleming Sr. is here.
00:05:03Let him in.
00:05:04Yes, sir. You go in, please.
00:05:16Hello, Saris.
00:05:18So you've come to gloat over me because one of my ships went down.
00:05:22Oh, you're wrong again, Saris.
00:05:24I came to offer you my sympathy and my help.
00:05:27I don't need your sympathy, and I can't conceive of any help you could offer.
00:05:31Why can't you see that the consolidation of our two shipping lines would be of benefit to both of us?
00:05:37Get this, Fleming.
00:05:39I'll see my ships all burn before I'll put up with you.
00:05:43All right, all right.
00:05:45What about our kids?
00:05:46And if you think that you can worm your way into my business through a family marriage,
00:05:51you've got another guest coming.
00:05:53My boy has no part in...
00:05:54You've never done anything in your life, Fleming, without an ulterior motive.
00:05:58All I ask you to do is to keep your office of consolidation away from here
00:06:02and to keep your boy away from my girl.
00:06:07Hello, Mr. Fleming.
00:06:08Hello, Miss Reed.
00:06:10Can I see Mr. W?
00:06:11Well, I think so. Your father's in there.
00:06:13Dad?
00:06:14Yes.
00:06:15Saris, you're a hard-headed, stubborn old fool.
00:06:24Well, Dick.
00:06:25Hello, Dad.
00:06:29What are you doing here?
00:06:30Well, I came to offer old Saris my condolences.
00:06:33I can just imagine how you made out.
00:06:35And if you're calling on him about what I think you are, I hope you get a better reception.
00:06:39Don't worry about me, Dad. I can shout, too.
00:06:41It's about Cynthia, isn't it?
00:06:42That's right. She's waiting at the truck for me.
00:06:44Regardless of the outcome in there, we're going to get married. You think we have to run away to do it?
00:06:48Well, at least you have my blessing, son.
00:06:50Thanks, Dad.
00:06:53I'm sorry, but he won't see you.
00:06:55He won't, eh?
00:07:01Mr. Wentworth, I have something important to tell you.
00:07:04Your father's too old to throw out of here, but you're not. Get out!
00:07:07Wait a minute, Mr. Wentworth. I came here to discuss something.
00:07:10I'm not interested.
00:07:12All right, I'll put it this way.
00:07:14I want to marry Cynthia.
00:07:16No, that's clear, isn't it?
00:07:18Hardly.
00:07:19What's your objection to me?
00:07:21Your father.
00:07:22My father isn't marrying Cynthia.
00:07:24Neither is his son.
00:07:25Oh, Mr. Fleming, I'm glad to see you.
00:07:27How are you, Matthews?
00:07:30All right, Mr. Eadie, here we go.
00:07:33Sorry to hear about the ship.
00:07:34Yeah, that was terrible.
00:07:36It's not so much the loss of the ship as the loss of lives.
00:07:39There's nothing genuine in you.
00:07:41I wonder who that could be.
00:07:44My boy.
00:07:45Bearding the lion and he's dead.
00:07:47Try marrying her against my will and I'll break you in two sooner or later.
00:07:51We're not going to let you browbeat us.
00:07:53Cynthia and I have gone over this very carefully.
00:07:55And there's nothing you can do to stop us.
00:07:58Oh, isn't there?
00:08:00The conversation was evidently in reference to his daughter.
00:08:06Get out.
00:08:07I think I'll wait for the outcome.
00:08:09You can't get away with this sort of thing in this day and age.
00:08:12Cyrus!
00:08:31He's dead.
00:08:33If you call upon him, he'll come to you.
00:08:35He'll come to me.
00:08:36He'll come to me.
00:08:37He'll come to me.
00:08:39He'll come to me.
00:08:41Please.
00:08:42No, it just happened.
00:08:43You gentlemen stay here.
00:08:53Hi, Cynthia.
00:08:54How are you?
00:08:55Fine, Bobby.
00:08:56What'll you have?
00:08:57Same as you.
00:08:58Martini, please.
00:08:59Well, what's up?
00:09:00Bobby, I want you to forget you're a newspaper woman for once.
00:09:04You're going to do a favor for me.
00:09:06What's it this time?
00:09:07Can you keep a secret?
00:09:08Secret?
00:09:09Now I know it's a story.
00:09:10What is it?
00:09:11Oh, please, Bobby.
00:09:12We need your help.
00:09:13We?
00:09:14Yes, Dick and I.
00:09:15Oh, I get it.
00:09:16So you're going to be married.
00:09:17Oh, I'll give you a swell break in the paper.
00:09:19Oh, but I don't want you to print anything about it,
00:09:21at least until it's all over.
00:09:22That's why I called you.
00:09:23You're going along with us.
00:09:25You mean you want me to stand up with you?
00:09:27Well, always a bridesmaid.
00:09:28When do we start?
00:09:29As soon as I hear from Dick.
00:09:31He's up with Father now, telling him about it.
00:09:34Even if we can't get Father's consent,
00:09:36we're going to do it anyway.
00:09:38An allotment!
00:09:39Oh, boy, what a spread that'll be.
00:09:41But my paper gets the story.
00:09:42It's goofy.
00:09:43It's a deal.
00:09:44What was?
00:09:45Telephone call for you.
00:09:46Keep your fingers crossed.
00:09:51What's the damage?
00:09:52Let's see, that will be $4.
00:09:54Would she do?
00:09:55Buy the place?
00:09:56No, that's the price.
00:09:58A dollar a cocktail.
00:09:59Well, I better take the pearl.
00:10:01Keep the change.
00:10:03Bobby.
00:10:04Oh, Cynthia, look, why?
00:10:05What's the matter?
00:10:06It's about Father.
00:10:07Something's happened.
00:10:08Calling Mr. Wagner.
00:10:10Calling Mr. Wagner.
00:10:18Any trace of the gun, Mike?
00:10:19Not yet, Cap.
00:10:20Did you find anything, Blake?
00:10:21No.
00:10:22What's new, Doctor?
00:10:23I almost instantly.
00:10:24A bullet in the heart.
00:10:25Job for the coroner.
00:10:26Sure, sure.
00:10:27Open and shut case.
00:10:28This is one time I got the murderer dead to rights.
00:10:30What time did you say that Fleming boy arrived?
00:10:32Ten past six.
00:10:33You sure of that?
00:10:34Absolutely.
00:10:35Everybody else had left.
00:10:36Were you here then?
00:10:37Yes.
00:10:38That's sensitive.
00:10:39If you mean my son, he didn't do it.
00:10:41You're the boy's father, aren't you?
00:10:42Yes.
00:10:43Well, we can't take your word for it.
00:10:44The evidence proves it.
00:10:46You said you heard loud voices.
00:10:47Yes.
00:10:49Where were you when you heard the shot?
00:10:50I was out there.
00:10:51I was just about to leave.
00:10:53And your son thought you were out there?
00:10:54No, he thought I had gone.
00:10:56Where would he be now?
00:10:57Well, I don't know.
00:10:58You don't seem very certain about that.
00:11:00You haven't got an appointment to meet him later, have you?
00:11:02No.
00:11:03What were you and your son doing here?
00:11:04Well, I came here to offer my condolences
00:11:06to Mr. Wentworth over the loss of his ship.
00:11:08What was the boy doing here?
00:11:09He came to ask Mr. Wentworth's permission
00:11:11to marry his daughter.
00:11:13Oh, that's it.
00:11:14They had a quarrel and the kid killed him.
00:11:15That's all I want to know.
00:11:16Blake.
00:11:17Yes, Chief.
00:11:18Did you phone him and have him broadcast
00:11:19that kid's description?
00:11:20Yes.
00:11:21Says I'm going to have him picked.
00:11:22Mr. Fleming, what is it?
00:11:24My dear, your father.
00:11:25What's happened to father?
00:11:26Please, you must be brave.
00:11:28Please.
00:11:29Who are you?
00:11:30She's Cynthia Wentworth.
00:11:31Quiet, Logan.
00:11:32I'm Cynthia Wentworth.
00:11:33Who are you?
00:11:34Captain Street of the Homicide Squad.
00:11:35Homicide Squad?
00:11:36Yeah, where's Dick Fleming?
00:11:38Dick?
00:11:39Isn't he here?
00:11:41What's happened?
00:11:42Please don't tell me.
00:11:43Cynthia.
00:11:44Don't butt in.
00:11:45All right, Bill.
00:11:46Bobby, it's...
00:11:47Oh, Cynthia, darling.
00:11:48Bobby, it's...
00:11:50It's something terrible, isn't it?
00:12:00Calling all cars.
00:12:01Calling all cars.
00:12:02General broadcast to all stations.
00:12:04Be on the watch for Richard Fleming,
00:12:06about 22, five foot eight,
00:12:08light complexions, brown hair,
00:12:10wearing light sport clothes.
00:12:12Was last seen in the vicinity
00:12:14of the Wentworth building.
00:12:16He's wanted for murder.
00:12:17Don't take any chances.
00:12:19He may be armed and dangerous.
00:12:21That is all.
00:12:33You're Richard Fleming, aren't you?
00:12:35That's right.
00:12:36You're under arrest for murder.
00:12:38I want to advise you,
00:12:39anything you say may be used against you.
00:12:41Mike, lift the car over.
00:12:42Yeah.
00:12:48You're Richard Fleming, aren't you?
00:12:50That's right.
00:12:51You're under arrest for murder.
00:12:53I want to advise you,
00:12:54anything you say may be used against you.
00:12:56Mike, lift the car over.
00:12:57Yeah.
00:13:03But you must.
00:13:05There's nothing more important than this.
00:13:07Well, you've got to do it.
00:13:09Yes.
00:13:11All right, I'll get it.
00:13:12Bye.
00:13:14Listen, Cynthia.
00:13:16Oh, Mr...
00:13:17Matthews.
00:13:18I was wondering if I could have
00:13:19the passenger list on the boat
00:13:20for my paper.
00:13:21Of course.
00:13:23Cynthia, I've got some wonderful news for you.
00:13:26James Lee Wong, the famous Chinese detective,
00:13:28is going to be special investigator on the case.
00:13:30I worked with him before, honey.
00:13:32You've got nothing to worry about.
00:13:33He's terrific.
00:13:34Oh, good.
00:13:35Thank you, Bobby.
00:13:36Here you are.
00:13:37Oh, thank you.
00:13:38I'll keep in touch with you, honey.
00:13:47Hi, Casey.
00:13:49Captain Street in?
00:13:50Now, wait a minute, Miss Logan.
00:13:52You're not going to get past me this time.
00:13:54Captain Street gave strict orders.
00:13:55No one's going in.
00:13:57Okay, okay.
00:13:58I wouldn't think of going in without your permission.
00:14:00What's up?
00:14:01They picked up the Fleming lab
00:14:02for the murder of old man Wentworth.
00:14:04The captain's got him in there now.
00:14:05Oh, boy.
00:14:06This is worth waiting for.
00:14:11How many times do I have to tell you
00:14:12I didn't do it?
00:14:14Everybody knows that you and your father
00:14:16were enemies of Wentworth.
00:14:18That you had a quarrel with Wentworth
00:14:19because he wouldn't let you marry his daughter.
00:14:21Is that right?
00:14:22Suppose it is.
00:14:23That still doesn't mean I killed him.
00:14:24No, but you were the last one with him
00:14:25when he was killed.
00:14:26We can establish that.
00:14:27Yeah, and why didn't you take the elevator down?
00:14:29Elevator?
00:14:30Well, it was only on the second floor.
00:14:32It was after hours.
00:14:34I didn't think anything of walking down.
00:14:36It won't hold water.
00:14:38Why didn't you leave for the outer office?
00:14:40Mr. Wentworth showed me to the hall.
00:14:42Did you know your father was waiting?
00:14:43No.
00:14:45Why don't you come clean, kid,
00:14:46and I'll do all I can to help you.
00:14:48I don't want your help.
00:14:49I'm innocent, I tell you.
00:14:50So you're innocent.
00:14:51I'm with you there.
00:14:52How are you going to prove your innocence?
00:14:53I don't know.
00:14:54What did you do with the gun?
00:14:55Gun?
00:14:56I didn't have a gun.
00:14:57What about this permit issued to you six months ago?
00:14:58Oh, we had a series of robberies in our neighborhood,
00:15:00and I was granted a permit at the time.
00:15:02I forgot about that.
00:15:03It's been in my study desk at home.
00:15:05I never used it.
00:15:06Then the gun should still be there.
00:15:07That's correct.
00:15:08What would you think if I told you
00:15:09I had a man checking that the gun is gone?
00:15:10Gone?
00:15:11Look, your own father admits
00:15:13that you were having a violent quarrel
00:15:14with Wentworth at the time of the shooting.
00:15:16Now, if you didn't kill him, you know who did.
00:15:18I don't know anything about it.
00:15:20Did you shoot him in self-defense?
00:15:22No.
00:15:23Kill him in a fit of insanity?
00:15:25I didn't shoot him, I tell you.
00:15:26Look, son, don't you see we've established a motive?
00:15:28We've established the fact that you were
00:15:30with Wentworth at the time he was killed.
00:15:32You haven't got a leg to stand on.
00:15:34Now, why don't you make a complete confession?
00:15:36I didn't do it.
00:15:38Lock him up, boys.
00:15:57Hello, Bill.
00:15:58Now, wait a minute.
00:15:59All right, all right.
00:16:00What do you want?
00:16:01What's the story?
00:16:02Have you printed anything yet?
00:16:04No, I'm giving you a break, Bill.
00:16:05I'm holding out until I get all the facts.
00:16:07Well, that's lucky for you,
00:16:08because this is one case I washed up in a hurry.
00:16:10Well, yeah, well, what's the story?
00:16:11Now, this is the way it ought to be printed.
00:16:13Take it down.
00:16:15Two hours after Cyrus P. Wentworth,
00:16:17well-known shipping magnate,
00:16:18was found shot to death in his office,
00:16:20Captain William Street of the Homicide Squad
00:16:22acting with lightning-like speed,
00:16:24arrested and charged with first-degree murder
00:16:26the socially prominent son of Paul Fleming,
00:16:28long-standing enemy of the Wentworth interests.
00:16:31Well, you haven't taken anything down.
00:16:33Oh, I've got the most important part,
00:16:35the lightning-like speed of Captain Street.
00:16:37Now, look, this case is closed.
00:16:39I've got that kid dead to right.
00:16:41Mr. Wong, I hope I'm not intruding.
00:16:45Wong, what's brought you here?
00:16:47I phoned him.
00:16:49Are you butting into my business again?
00:16:51Sure.
00:16:52I knew you'd arrested the wrong man.
00:16:54You always do.
00:16:55Now, you listen to me.
00:16:57I just thought I'd like to check into a few details, Tweet.
00:16:59You don't mind, I'm sure.
00:17:01You're wasting your time, Wong.
00:17:03Oh, time is cheap for those who have it to spend.
00:17:05Okay.
00:17:07If you can prove that this nosy reporter, then I'm right.
00:17:09Did you get the list?
00:17:11Yes.
00:17:13What list?
00:17:15I asked Miss Logan to get me a list of the passengers
00:17:17who were on the Wentworth Castle when she was burned.
00:17:19Say, you haven't got a notion
00:17:21that the burning of the Wentworth Castle
00:17:23had anything to do with that Fleming kid
00:17:25more than I can say for you, Bill.
00:17:27Hmm, interesting.
00:17:29What's interesting?
00:17:31The number of the passengers were Chinese.
00:17:33That'll bear investigation, Tweet.
00:17:35Why?
00:17:37Well, you know the burning of the ship
00:17:39was rather suspicious in the first place.
00:17:41It may be that the relatives of those who were lost
00:17:43have an idea of revenge.
00:17:45Oh, for the love of my...
00:17:47You mean to tell me that I've got the relatives
00:17:49of 400 drowned people as a suspect?
00:17:51I'm afraid so, Tweet.
00:17:53At any rate, it won't hurt to investigate
00:17:55this list, have at it.
00:17:57Is your car here?
00:17:59Yes, downstairs. Where can I take you?
00:18:01May I borrow Miss Logan?
00:18:03You can have her for a kiss.
00:18:06When we get through with the case,
00:18:08the Homicide Squad will be the Youth Car Squad.
00:18:14Yes, Captain, Tweet.
00:18:16Have Blake follow Mr. Wong and Miss Logan.
00:18:19I don't want anything to happen to Mr. Wong.
00:18:26Is this the place?
00:18:28No, but you stay here and wait for me.
00:18:31I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:18:41It's Logan.
00:18:56The Honorable Wong is here on personal business
00:18:59or in his official capacity?
00:19:01I am here on behalf of the police.
00:19:04The Honorable Wong is here on personal business
00:19:07or in his official capacity?
00:19:09I am here on behalf of the police.
00:19:34You heard of the burning of the Wentworth Castle?
00:19:37An unfortunate disaster.
00:19:40Do you recognize the names
00:19:42of any of our countrymen on this list?
00:19:53One, Kai Ling.
00:19:56He was a great man.
00:19:59He was a great man.
00:20:01One, Kai Ling,
00:20:03the most trusted member of our Tong.
00:20:06I have no desire to pry into the affairs of the Tong.
00:20:10I would like to know the reason of his journey.
00:20:14He was on a secret mission for the Tong.
00:20:17And what was the nature of his mission?
00:20:31Kai Ling was bringing a million and a half
00:20:34in gold bonds from Havana.
00:20:36Why?
00:20:38Conditions in our country are such
00:20:41that we had to bring the Tong funds
00:20:44to this country for safekeeping.
00:20:46It had to be done secretly
00:20:49to avoid international complications.
00:20:51So they were being smuggled in
00:20:53aboard the Wentworth Castle?
00:20:55Yes.
00:20:57But Kai Ling was amongst the survivors.
00:20:58So, of course, you have the bonds.
00:21:00No, Kai Ling has disappeared.
00:21:07You know, of course,
00:21:09that the owner of the Wentworth Castle is dead.
00:21:12No member of this Tong is guilty of such a deed.
00:21:16And no one else had any idea
00:21:18of the existence of the bonds?
00:21:20No one else,
00:21:22unless perhaps a rival Tong.
00:21:25But we can't be sure.
00:21:26No.
00:21:57Oh, gee, I'm glad you're back.
00:22:05Get that car, Tom.
00:22:10Oh, you're hurt.
00:22:12No, it's nothing.
00:22:14What is this, a Tong war?
00:22:16Like me.
00:22:18Well, get in. We'll follow them.
00:22:20Not necessary. The police are after us.
00:22:22Oh, come on. We're going to the receiving hospital.
00:22:26Come on.
00:22:56Give me the bottle, please.
00:22:58And the swab.
00:23:00Yes.
00:23:27You might have used the red hot poker.
00:23:32This is a ridiculous fuss over a simple flesh wound.
00:23:35Now, never mind.
00:23:37We're not going to take any chances of infection.
00:23:39We've got to have at least one intelligent detective
00:23:41working on the case.
00:23:44How is it, Doc?
00:23:46Oh, just a flesh wound.
00:23:48Now, keep this in the sling for three days.
00:23:50Very well.
00:23:52All right, Wong. Who shot you?
00:23:54Could have been an accident.
00:23:56All right, who did it?
00:23:58I don't know.
00:24:00Now, look, Wong, I had Blake follow you.
00:24:02He saw that guy pull up in that black car
00:24:04and take a shot at you, and he chased him.
00:24:06Well, then you know what happened. Who was it?
00:24:08I don't know. The car was wrecked,
00:24:10and when he got there, there was nobody in it.
00:24:12It must have been a phantom.
00:24:14Doesn't make any difference who it was.
00:24:16The next time you get any wild ideas like this
00:24:18and don't tip me off, there's going to be trouble.
00:24:20I don't need you on this case,
00:24:22but I might need you on a future one.
00:24:24So you still think you've solved it, huh?
00:24:26Uh...
00:24:34Thank you, Doctor.
00:24:38Come again.
00:24:40I hope not.
00:24:56I hope not.
00:25:27Thomas Reed. I'll see you all in college.
00:25:35Well, Matthews.
00:25:37Mr. Fleming.
00:25:39I'm very happy to know that you've taken over the business.
00:25:41Thanks.
00:25:43Too bad we couldn't have merged before Cyrus died.
00:25:45Yes, isn't it a pity?
00:25:47We're going to expect you to carry on as usual, Matthews.
00:25:49Thanks.
00:25:51It's an honor to be associated with you.
00:25:53By the way, I'd like to have a digest of the last of your books.
00:25:54Yes, sir. I'll tend to it right away.
00:26:25So that's where you put it.
00:26:28I knew I saw it on the floor.
00:26:31It'd be rather awkward for you if the police knew.
00:26:36It would be awkward for my son.
00:26:39He was in here just before Cyrus committed suicide.
00:26:42Before?
00:26:44Yes.
00:26:46And it was suicide, Matthews.
00:26:48It could have been.
00:26:50I could swear it was for a consensual reason.
00:26:53How much?
00:26:55It should be worth a partnership and $25,000.
00:26:58Here's the deal.
00:27:04Who's in there?
00:27:06Mr. Matthews, Mr. Fleming.
00:27:09Is it?
00:27:14Oh, Captain Steve.
00:27:16Hello, Mr. Fleming.
00:27:17Special Investigator Wong.
00:27:18This is the Fleming kid's father.
00:27:20How do you do?
00:27:21How do you do, Mr. Wong?
00:27:23I've been told that you're going to try to clear my son.
00:27:25Who told you that?
00:27:27Miss Logan, a friend of my son's fiancée.
00:27:29Oh, Wentworth's daughter, huh?
00:27:31You know old man Wentworth didn't sanction this thing.
00:27:33Drove the kid to desperation.
00:27:35Too bad you had to hear the argument.
00:27:37What did Wentworth say that made the kid shoot him?
00:27:40I don't know, Mr. Fleming.
00:27:42I don't know.
00:27:44How could I be of service?
00:27:46Well, first of all, we'd like to know what you're doing in this office.
00:27:49Well, Miss Wentworth asked me to take over her father's business.
00:27:52Been waiting a long time for that, haven't you?
00:27:54Yes, but I didn't commit murder to get my wish.
00:27:56So you had your son do it, isn't that right?
00:27:58I was a business rival of Mr. Wentworth.
00:28:00But I was not his enemy.
00:28:02Of course not.
00:28:04I understand that you were amongst the first to find the body.
00:28:06Now, just where was it?
00:28:08Well, I should say...
00:28:11About here.
00:28:14Any signs of violence or struggle?
00:28:18No.
00:28:20You read the police report, Wong?
00:28:22Yes, but things can be rearranged, you know.
00:28:24By any chance was there any evidence of that?
00:28:27No, I stayed here until the police came and nothing was disturbed.
00:28:30I can vouch for that.
00:28:32And so neither of you left the room?
00:28:34No, sir.
00:28:36Were you out there?
00:28:38Yes, sir.
00:28:40Hear loud voices?
00:28:41You know, your boss left a lot of enemies.
00:28:43No, a lot of friends.
00:28:45Would you say that this man and his son were friends?
00:28:47Yes, they were.
00:28:49What would Wentworth say to that statement?
00:28:51Well, Mr. Wentworth didn't consider a competitor a friend.
00:28:53Bitter against him, huh?
00:28:55Particularly his biggest competitor.
00:28:57Hated him.
00:28:59And this man and his son hated Wentworth?
00:29:01I couldn't say as to that.
00:29:03But you would say that the boy killed him?
00:29:05No, on the contrary.
00:29:07Who did?
00:29:09I couldn't tell you.
00:29:11Well, I wouldn't know, sir.
00:29:13Who would?
00:29:15His attorney, Mr. Martin.
00:29:17Suicide clause in that insurance contract would cancel it, wouldn't it?
00:29:19I dare say.
00:29:21So you took the trouble to hide the gun?
00:29:23Oh, no, sir.
00:29:25Here's the list, Mr. Wong.
00:29:27What list?
00:29:29Why do you care? You caught the killer, didn't you?
00:29:31I asked the names of all the callers in the office yesterday.
00:29:33A man named Lutlow and a countryman of mine named Lem Howe.
00:29:37I suppose you saw them.
00:29:38Lem was Mr. Wentworth's personal servant.
00:29:40Lutlow was discharged chauffeur.
00:29:42Meaning nothing.
00:29:44You say he was discharged?
00:29:46Yes, sir. He came to plead for his job back.
00:29:48What time was that?
00:29:50Early in the day, sir.
00:29:52Shall we go, sweet?
00:29:54Thank you very much, Johnson.
00:30:01Say, Wong, they're trying to clear that kid.
00:30:03I'll make you eat your hat yet.
00:30:04Found him on the fire escape, Chief.
00:30:07Yeah, who are you?
00:30:09Chief of police.
00:30:11Why, he's the Wentworth chauffeur.
00:30:13What were you doing on the fire escape?
00:30:15Parking my car.
00:30:17Hard to get along with, huh?
00:30:19No, I just don't get chummy with strangers.
00:30:21And so?
00:30:23Ever seen one of those?
00:30:25Seen a lot of them, haven't you?
00:30:27Don't like cops at all.
00:30:29You better start talking or I'll lock you up.
00:30:30What for?
00:30:32Prowling.
00:30:34And why were you discharged?
00:30:36Oh, I was a bad, bad boy.
00:30:38I got drunk.
00:30:40And when was that?
00:30:42A month ago.
00:30:44Are you looking for trouble?
00:30:46No.
00:30:48I'm just trying to find some clue to help the Fleming boy.
00:30:50What's your interest in him?
00:30:52I'm Miss Cynthia's chauffeur now.
00:30:54Aced yourself right back in again, huh?
00:30:56All right, you can go.
00:30:58But don't leave town.
00:31:01Tail him.
00:31:03Tough customer, that one.
00:31:05Oh, I never did like him.
00:31:07I wish Cynthia hadn't hired him.
00:31:09I'm going to make her fire him.
00:31:11Oh, why don't you mind your own business?
00:31:13You're always butting into things that don't concern you.
00:31:15You sure can stand a lot more talk.
00:31:17The talk is big enough.
00:31:19Can I drop you anyplace warm?
00:31:21Oh, I know where you can drop me.
00:31:23Yeah, so do I, on your head.
00:31:25Oh, I know, Fleming.
00:31:27It's gone.
00:31:29It's gone!
00:31:43I'm very glad to meet you, Mr. Wong.
00:31:45Won't you sit down?
00:31:49Cynthia told me you were on the case.
00:31:51A very curious case, Mr. Martin.
00:31:53Dick is incapable of committing murder.
00:31:55I quite agree with you.
00:31:56Is there anybody else that you suspect?
00:31:58I know of no one to suspect.
00:32:00I wish I did for Dick's sake.
00:32:02You were very close to Mr. Wentworth, weren't you?
00:32:04Closer than anyone.
00:32:06He gave me my start.
00:32:08I owe him whatever success I've had.
00:32:10You saw him shortly before his death, didn't you?
00:32:12Within the very hour.
00:32:14Was anything said at that time that might help us?
00:32:16No.
00:32:19Matter of his insurance policies on the...
00:32:22...ill-fated ship.
00:32:24But I believe they're going to be paid.
00:32:26They have.
00:32:28He's been completely exonerated.
00:32:30Then he obviously wasn't worrying about that.
00:32:32He had been under a strain ever since the disaster.
00:32:35In fact, I was afraid that he contemplated doing away with himself.
00:32:39Really?
00:32:41Why?
00:32:43Because I'd just made out a new will, which he signed then,
00:32:45seeming anxious to get it over with.
00:32:47Suicide?
00:32:49Might be, but...
00:32:51But then there's the matter of the gun.
00:32:53He could hardly dispose of that
00:32:55if he had a bullet in his heart.
00:32:57Might not someone else have taken it
00:32:59to conceal that it was suicide?
00:33:01I see what you mean.
00:33:03The boy, for instance.
00:33:05Perhaps thinking of the girl.
00:33:07Heavens, no.
00:33:09Put himself on a spot?
00:33:11I doubt if any man is capable of that much chivalry.
00:33:13It's true, isn't it,
00:33:15that the company was in rather low water
00:33:17even before the Wentworth Castle was burned.
00:33:20I thought no one outside knew that.
00:33:21Well, I gather that from the stock market quotations.
00:33:24Conditions are not entirely due to the times.
00:33:28In fact, large sums of money
00:33:30have been disappearing from the company funds.
00:33:32Oh.
00:33:34And who knew that besides you and Mr. Wentworth?
00:33:36Matthews.
00:33:38He had access to the funds?
00:33:40Yes, but he's been tireless in his efforts to stop the leak.
00:33:42Hmm. I can quite understand that.
00:33:45I'm reluctant to believe
00:33:47Matthews was in the same room with Fleming
00:33:49when the shot occurred.
00:33:51He may have turned his back
00:33:53just for the moment that it took
00:33:55to open the door and fire the shot.
00:33:57With Matthews in the same room?
00:33:59If you'll send for your secretary,
00:34:01I'll give you a demonstration.
00:34:03Why, certainly.
00:34:10Yes, sir?
00:34:12Miss Wilson, this is Mr. Wong.
00:34:14How do you do?
00:34:16How do you do?
00:34:18If you'll sit down, please.
00:34:19I want you to experiment with these two coins.
00:34:21Now, it's not going to hurt you.
00:34:23Now, just close your eyes,
00:34:25and I'll snap these two coins
00:34:27in front of your head,
00:34:29behind your head, and over your head.
00:34:32And you tell me where the sound comes from.
00:34:34All right.
00:34:36Are your eyes closed?
00:34:40In back of my head.
00:34:45In front.
00:34:47Still in front.
00:34:50Thank you very much.
00:34:54Well, was I right?
00:34:56Not once.
00:34:58Was there something wrong with me?
00:35:00Well, oddly.
00:35:10That certainly is one for the book.
00:35:13I wonder.
00:35:15Maybe Dick was...
00:35:17So he was in the room with Mr. Wentworth?
00:35:19Oh, Megan Pearl,
00:35:21don't say a word about the coin trick.
00:35:23We may need that in the defense.
00:35:25Thank you very much, Mr. Martin.
00:37:50What?
00:37:52Great Scott, it's you, Mr. Wong.
00:38:11Didn't I see someone at the fire escape?
00:38:13You did.
00:38:15It was someone who'd been opening the safe.
00:38:16The safe?
00:38:18Did you recognize him?
00:38:20It was too dark.
00:38:22Well, we'd better call the police.
00:38:24No, I don't believe I would if I were you.
00:38:26Look, we can't afford to overlook a single clue.
00:38:28Dick's case is getting hopeless.
00:38:30I know, but please don't lose confidence in me.
00:38:32I assure you, Miss Wentworth,
00:38:34we are not going to lose your case.
00:38:36Thank you, Mr. Wong.
00:38:47It's funny he didn't make an effort to stop him.
00:38:52Look here, Cynthia,
00:38:54I don't like this prowling around at night.
00:38:56I might have put a bullet through him.
00:38:58Oh.
00:39:00Oh, I'm sorry.
00:39:02After all I've done for you,
00:39:04you might at least show a little gratitude.
00:39:08Oh, you're not pulling any wool over my eyes, Bill Street.
00:39:10You're up to one of your tricks
00:39:12and I'm going to find out what it is
00:39:14about the camp here all night.
00:39:16I told you a thousand times
00:39:18I'm not holding out any news stories on you.
00:39:20Well, then where's Wong?
00:39:22Oh, I know, I'm not his mother.
00:39:24Street, you got Ludlow?
00:39:26Yeah.
00:39:28You want him?
00:39:30Yes, I'd like to talk to him.
00:39:32Blake, bring Ludlow in.
00:39:34So you were holding out on me, huh?
00:39:36Well, what is this about Ludlow?
00:39:38Come on, give, tell me.
00:39:40All right, all right, so my men did pick him up,
00:39:42but I haven't got a thing on him.
00:39:44Oh, don't lie to me.
00:39:46I don't get the hint.
00:39:48You don't get the hint.
00:39:50Logan, one of these days I'm going to get my hands
00:39:52on that lily-white neck of yours and...
00:39:54Hurry up, Chief.
00:40:01So we meet again, Mr. Ludlow.
00:40:03The pleasure's all yours.
00:40:05Nice of your boys to park their car
00:40:07right underneath my fire escape.
00:40:09Do you room and board on that fire escape?
00:40:11Oh, now, Miss Logan,
00:40:13why be your usual sweet, nasty self?
00:40:16Any time you want a character reference,
00:40:18just come to me.
00:40:20Oh, sure, sure.
00:40:22You see, we're both the same type.
00:40:24You write lies and I tell them.
00:40:26Bill Street, are you going to stand for that?
00:40:28Sure.
00:40:30Well, sit down, Ludlow.
00:40:32Thanks, Commissioner, I will.
00:40:37You know, you'd save us a great deal of trouble
00:40:40if you'd just answer one question.
00:40:42I'll answer anything you ask,
00:40:44but don't expect the truth.
00:40:46I'm quite sure you could tell the truth just once
00:40:48if you really tried.
00:40:50You'd be a fool to believe anything I told you.
00:40:53You know who killed Wentworth.
00:40:57What was on that piece of paper that you burned up?
00:41:01Now, who'd ever think that someday
00:41:03I'd be telling the truth?
00:41:05What name did you read on that piece of paper?
00:41:07I don't know nothing about nothing.
00:41:10You know, I can have you sent up for safe-breaking.
00:41:13It was open when I got there.
00:41:14I'm afraid you forget that I was there.
00:41:17Oh, then you opened it.
00:41:19Oh, why, Mr. Wong.
00:41:22I'm quite serious about sending you up.
00:41:26And so am I.
00:41:28Now, get this.
00:41:30I didn't kill the old man and I didn't see it done.
00:41:32And I ain't making any wild guesses as to who did it.
00:41:34If I find out, I'll give you the tip.
00:41:36The sooner you quit tailing me
00:41:38and interfering with me,
00:41:40the sooner you're going to get that tip,
00:41:42and that's the truth.
00:41:45I think I'd let him go.
00:41:47You don't believe that crook, do you?
00:41:49Yes, I do.
00:41:52All right, get out of here.
00:41:54Thanks for the interview.
00:41:59Hope I didn't help you any.
00:42:06All right, Blake.
00:42:08I know what he's up to, Street,
00:42:10but I think we can anticipate it.
00:42:11Hey, have you got something up your sleeve?
00:42:13Well, there's an answer to every riddle you know,
00:42:15and I think perhaps this is it.
00:42:17What is that?
00:42:19Ashes.
00:42:21Look, we're trying to solve a murder
00:42:23and you're carrying ashes around.
00:42:25Is that going to tell us who killed Wentworth?
00:42:27No, but it may be a clue
00:42:29as to the reason of the killing,
00:42:31and once we know that,
00:42:33we are very close to knowing the identity of the killer.
00:42:35We'll need some infrared film, Street.
00:42:37You'd better use a photographic lab.
00:42:39Right.
00:42:41Well, what's infrared film for?
00:42:43To photograph the ashes,
00:42:45and I hope to bring out the writing on them.
00:42:47Oh, but how?
00:42:49Look, dummy.
00:42:51Infrared film is sensitive to wavelengths
00:42:53of light beyond the human eye.
00:43:07You...
00:43:11All right.
00:43:42Fascinating.
00:43:44Who, me?
00:43:46No, the other negative.
00:43:48You look good, too, in the dark.
00:44:11Find anything, Warren?
00:44:13Not yet. It's rather faint.
00:44:42There goes the clue.
00:44:45Well, I found one name.
00:44:47Kai Ling.
00:44:49He was one of the passengers.
00:44:51Yeah, yeah, we heard that before.
00:44:53Kai Ling.
00:45:02Let's make another negative.
00:45:04Why? We've got all we need.
00:45:06We have Kai Ling's name.
00:45:08James Lee Wong speaking.
00:45:10Have you a record of Kai Ling?
00:45:13I'd like his address, please.
00:45:1619 Queen Street on the waterfront.
00:45:21You want him?
00:45:23Yes, I'll pick him up myself.
00:45:25And don't phone your editor.
00:45:27I'll tip you off when.
00:45:34Now, you make another negative
00:45:36and print a bet.
00:45:37And don't let anybody see it but me.
00:45:39All right, Mr. Wong.
00:46:07I think you'd better turn your lights off.
00:46:37This is it, all right.
00:46:47Well, I guess I'll see you later.
00:46:49See you later.
00:46:51Bye-bye.
00:46:53Bye-bye.
00:46:55Bye-bye.
00:46:57Bye-bye.
00:46:59Bye-bye.
00:47:01Bye-bye.
00:47:03Bye-bye.
00:47:05Bye-bye.
00:47:07I guess no one's home, Bill. Let's go.
00:47:09Why don't you see if some windows are open?
00:47:11Who, me?
00:47:13Yeah, I thought you newspaper gals were brave.
00:47:15Yeah, and I thought a man as big as you
00:47:17could break in a front door.
00:47:28Come on, brave heart.
00:47:34Will you stay out of my way and quit following me?
00:47:38Bill!
00:47:40Bill, there's somebody in here!
00:47:42Bill!
00:47:44Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's me, it's me.
00:48:07Hey.
00:48:26Hey, Logan.
00:48:29Bobby.
00:48:38What's the matter?
00:48:40In there.
00:48:54See if you can find a light.
00:48:58This guy's cold.
00:49:02It doesn't work.
00:49:04Light that candle.
00:49:05Light that candle.
00:49:36Do you think it's Kai Ling?
00:49:38Just a minute.
00:49:40Is your name Kai Ling?
00:49:42How do I know who you are?
00:49:44I don't know.
00:49:46I'm just a man.
00:49:48I'm a man.
00:49:50I'm a man.
00:49:52I'm a man.
00:49:53I'm a man.
00:49:55I'm a man.
00:49:57I'm a man.
00:49:59I'm a man.
00:50:01I'm a man.
00:50:03I'm a man.
00:50:05Well, it's a story anyway.
00:50:07Bobby Logan discovered...
00:50:08Bobby Logan discovered nothing.
00:50:10I'll tell you when to print the story.
00:50:25Bill.
00:50:28Bill!
00:50:30Will you stay away from me?
00:50:31Yes.
00:50:35Will you let go of me?
00:51:05Will you let go of me?
00:51:15Bill.
00:51:17I'm going up.
00:51:18Stay where you are.
00:51:24Wow.
00:51:27What did you send me for if you were coming down here?
00:51:29I'm not street.
00:51:30I'm coming up.
00:51:31Very funny.
00:51:36I'm afraid I gave Miss Logan rather a shock.
00:51:39Thanks.
00:51:40You're sure this is the right address that they gave us over the telephone?
00:51:43Yes.
00:51:44Ah.
00:51:46Kai Ling was a passenger on the Wentworth Castle.
00:51:49He lives here on the waterfront.
00:51:52I think he's in the smuggling business.
00:51:54You mean he was in the smuggling business.
00:51:56Come on.
00:52:06Oh.
00:52:13Exhibit A.
00:52:18Ah.
00:52:28A very old artist.
00:52:30Who, this guy?
00:52:36Very strange things treat that the rest of the house should be empty
00:52:40while this room is elaborately furnished.
00:52:44He must have been a person of considerable importance.
00:52:46Yeah, and he had something important or they wouldn't have murdered him.
00:52:49Hmm.
00:53:00Just help me turn his head so that we can see his face.
00:53:06He's dead for some days.
00:53:09You know, this is the right address that they gave us.
00:53:12This must be Kai Ling.
00:53:14Bill Street.
00:53:15What do you mean leaving me downstairs unconscious?
00:53:17That's nothing new.
00:53:20Oh, that's Lem Howell, the missing Wentworth servant.
00:53:22How do you know?
00:53:23Oh, I've seen him lots of times.
00:53:26He killed Wentworth and then committed suicide.
00:53:28Sure, stabbed himself in the back.
00:53:30You're still unconscious.
00:53:32Street.
00:53:34Do you suppose that Kai Ling and Lem Howell are one and the same person?
00:53:44Bill!
00:53:45Where'd you get that stuff?
00:53:46I phoned Miss Wentworth and she sent it.
00:53:49You sure you didn't phone her?
00:53:50Bill Street, of course I didn't.
00:53:52You know, you made me a promise.
00:53:53Well, I kept it.
00:53:54This story breaks on...
00:53:55I'm sorry, Street, but I'm afraid it's broken already.
00:53:58How could it?
00:53:59Well, you see, Miss Logan was with me when I telephoned Miss Wentworth.
00:54:02And she said it's too bad this story can't be published.
00:54:05It might influence public opinion in favor of Dick.
00:54:08And I'm afraid Miss Wentworth heard it.
00:54:10So you shouted, huh?
00:54:12Well, I didn't talk direct.
00:54:13Oh.
00:54:15Street.
00:54:17It's the same handwriting.
00:54:19Lem Howell and Kai Ling are one and the same person.
00:54:21We have something here.
00:54:23Yeah, a Chinese puzzle.
00:54:24Then Lem Howell didn't do it.
00:54:26Cynthia said that he and her father had an argument a short time ago.
00:54:28Quiet!
00:54:29Long, if this Lem Howell...
00:54:31I've had as much right as this discussion as you have.
00:54:33Will you be quiet?
00:54:34Well, I found the corpse, didn't I?
00:54:35All right, all right.
00:54:36Finish what you're going to say, will you?
00:54:37Well, I did finish.
00:54:38It's simple.
00:54:39Sure, you're simple.
00:54:40He shot Wentworth and then killed himself.
00:54:42Just stabbed himself in the back, huh?
00:54:44Well, Long and Oriental would, wouldn't he?
00:54:46You know, commit hairy-hairy or whatever you call it.
00:54:51Hairy-hairy.
00:54:57Hello, Street speaking.
00:54:59What?
00:55:04Yeah.
00:55:06Okay.
00:55:07Suicide, huh?
00:55:08Come here, Wong.
00:55:09This is a pip.
00:55:10I had an autopsy performed.
00:55:12They found a bullet wound underneath the dagger.
00:55:14They traced the bullet through the body into the hip.
00:55:16And that bullet came from the same gun that killed Wentworth.
00:55:21Yeah?
00:55:22Miss Wentworth and Mr. Martin.
00:55:24Shall I send them in?
00:55:25Wait a minute.
00:55:26Oh, that's swell.
00:55:27That's fine.
00:55:28Now you got that Wentworth gal on my neck.
00:55:31Now get this, Bobby.
00:55:33This is strictly between us.
00:55:35If a word of this gets out, something's going to happen and I'm not fooling.
00:55:38Okay, Bill.
00:55:40I'm not going to try and pin this on the Fleming kid.
00:55:42It's a little far-fetched that he'd commit a couple of murders the same day.
00:55:46But I am going to check on his whereabouts that morning.
00:55:48If only to protect him.
00:55:50Now listen, Dizzy.
00:55:51I'm going to leave you alone with him.
00:55:53I want you to get that information and I'm not fooling.
00:55:55You understand?
00:55:56Yes.
00:56:03Casey, have Fleming brought up.
00:56:04Come in.
00:56:06Bobby.
00:56:07Cynthia, how are you?
00:56:10Have you found anything?
00:56:11A great deal.
00:56:12Well, that is good news.
00:56:13Whatever it is, don't delay.
00:56:14Anything to postpone the hearing.
00:56:16I've done my best, but I'm stymied by a mountain of circumstantial evidence.
00:56:20I can realize that.
00:56:22I'm afraid your servant, Lem Howe, is dead, Miss Wentworth.
00:56:25Lem?
00:56:26Dead?
00:56:27It may have a bearing on the case.
00:56:29He was found in an old house in the Chinese Quarter.
00:56:32He'd been murdered.
00:56:33Murdered?
00:56:35It must be someone who is determined to destroy the entire household.
00:56:39In heaven's name, Captain.
00:56:40Don't let this girl go around without a bodyguard.
00:56:42You're right.
00:56:43I'll arrange for one.
00:56:44But no one can fire that chauffeur.
00:56:45He gives me the chills.
00:56:46I haven't seen him for 24 hours.
00:56:47I guess he's fired himself.
00:56:49Why did you take him back?
00:56:51He promised to stay sober and to help Dick.
00:56:53And two, he said I could use a bodyguard.
00:56:55Great guns.
00:56:56I'd rather have a rattlesnake following me.
00:57:00Oh, Dick.
00:57:01Cynthia.
00:57:03I'm going to leave you alone for a quarter of an hour.
00:57:05No one will bother you.
00:57:07Come on, Wong.
00:57:11Are you all right?
00:57:12Of course I am, my darling.
00:57:15Dick, you can come clean on something now.
00:57:17I've got to know.
00:57:18It may be a chance of proving your innocence.
00:57:20If you were in that office when the shot was fired,
00:57:22you've got to say so.
00:57:33If I was, I would have seen the killer.
00:57:36No, you might only have heard the shot.
00:57:37Well, I certainly would have known where it came from.
00:57:39Not necessarily, as Wong can demonstrate.
00:57:42I know.
00:57:43I've seen him do it.
00:57:44You were there, weren't you?
00:57:48Yes.
00:57:49Yes.
00:57:51I was stunned.
00:57:53The outer hall door had been opened by Mr. Wentworth
00:57:55when he asked me to leave.
00:57:57When he fell at my feet,
00:57:58I turned into the hall and ran to intercept whoever had done it.
00:58:02And I returned unsuccessful.
00:58:04I saw people running into the outer office
00:58:06and I knew at once I'd be accused.
00:58:08So I beat it for home.
00:58:10If I tell that to the court,
00:58:11the walls and all would fall down on top of me.
00:58:14If you'd only told me this before,
00:58:15we might have had something to go on.
00:58:17The open door.
00:58:18Fingerprints.
00:58:20Concentrate.
00:58:21Can't you remember having seen someone?
00:58:23But I didn't see anybody.
00:58:24Dick, where were you
00:58:25before you went to the Wentworth office?
00:58:27That morning,
00:58:28I took Cynthia to get a good view of the burnt ship.
00:58:31Lem was there.
00:58:32He'd lost a cousin or somebody.
00:58:33Then I drove Cynthia to the truck
00:58:35and I took Lem into Chinatown.
00:58:36Chinatown?
00:58:38Oh, Dick!
00:58:39So what?
00:58:40You took Lem to Chinatown
00:58:41and no one's seen him in our lives since.
00:58:48It's a big lug.
00:58:49It's a frame-up.
00:58:51Dick, you're going to escape.
00:58:53I'll be.
00:58:54Go out that door.
00:58:55My car's in the alley
00:58:56and the keys are in it.
00:58:57Take Cynthia with you and go on home.
00:58:58No one will ever look for you there.
00:58:59Stop.
00:59:00Do you want him to hang himself completely?
00:59:01It'll give us more time.
00:59:02Dick, if you're going through with this mad impulse,
00:59:04wait till I'm out.
00:59:05I'd be disbarred if I were witness to it.
00:59:07Well, then go on.
00:59:08Go on.
00:59:09Go on.
00:59:10Go on.
00:59:11Go on.
00:59:12Go on.
00:59:13Go on.
00:59:14Go on.
00:59:15Go on.
00:59:16Well, then go on.
00:59:20All right.
00:59:21Go on.
00:59:22Hurry up.
00:59:23I'll meet you later.
00:59:24Go on.
00:59:26Nice work, baby.
00:59:27Nice work.
00:59:28I got just what I wanted,
00:59:29just what I wanted.
00:59:30I wonder what happened to that mic.
00:59:34Oh, I guess somebody tripped over it.
00:59:38Where'd they go?
00:59:39Well, they finished and left.
00:59:40And so?
00:59:42You ought to have your head examined.
00:59:44That's been open all the time.
00:59:46You heard everything?
00:59:47Sure.
00:59:48And we're going to join him for tea later,
00:59:49as soon as he digs up that gun.
00:59:50Why, you big, bad fool.
00:59:52Oh, I've got the Fleming place covered.
00:59:53Anybody can get in, but nobody can get out.
00:59:56Oh, no, you don't.
00:59:57Nothing but a divorce can separate us now.
01:00:00We'd have to get married to get a divorce,
01:00:01and I wouldn't marry you.
01:00:02If I were the last man on earth, I know.
01:00:04Sit down.
01:00:15Dick!
01:00:17You're out on bail?
01:00:18No, he's escaped.
01:00:19What?
01:00:20Come here.
01:00:38Escaped?
01:00:39Dick, you've convicted yourself.
01:00:41I'm convicted as it is.
01:00:42The police, Martin, everyone thinks I haven't a chance.
01:00:44Why shouldn't I run away?
01:00:45Don't you see?
01:00:46You're confessing your guilt.
01:00:47What's the difference?
01:00:48Everybody thinks I'm guilty.
01:00:49You've got to get me out of here.
01:00:50You've got to get a plane for me.
01:00:51No.
01:00:52Go back.
01:00:53I'm not a quitter, but I haven't anything to fight with.
01:00:55I can't fight locked in a stinking jail.
01:00:57Go back, son.
01:00:58You won't help.
01:00:59No.
01:01:03You think I did it, too, don't you, Dad?
01:01:05Now, don't say that to me.
01:01:06Dick, please.
01:01:07It was a mistake.
01:01:09Dick, please.
01:01:10It was Bobby's idea to give Wong more time.
01:01:15You are nothing to fear, son.
01:01:18I can clear you.
01:01:19How?
01:01:20If it looks like a conviction,
01:01:22I'll tell the court who did it and how it was done.
01:01:26You know?
01:01:36Upstairs.
01:01:40Come on.
01:01:49Who is it?
01:01:50Matthew.
01:02:10Well?
01:02:11I thought he'd just as well have fired away when the trial opens.
01:02:15Have you the balance?
01:02:17No.
01:02:18I phoned you long before the banks closed.
01:02:21No more money for you, Matthews.
01:02:23Are you forgetting that what you did means your son's finished?
01:02:26They'll hang him.
01:02:27I'm not paying you anymore.
01:02:29Shall I call the police?
01:02:31I'll save you the trouble.
01:02:33See, I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:02:39You're making a mistake.
01:02:41Could I have the detective bureau, please?
01:02:43Detective bureau?
01:02:44You're making a terrible mistake, Godfrey, I mean.
01:02:47I'd like to speak to Captain Street.
01:02:50Hello?
01:02:51Captain Street?
01:02:52This is Fleming.
01:02:53Yes, Mr. Fleming.
01:02:55Captain, my son did not kill Cyrus Wentworth.
01:03:00If you'll come to my house, I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:05I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:07I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:09I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:11I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:13I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:15I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:17I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:23Hello?
01:03:24Hello, Mr. Fleming?
01:03:26Hello?
01:03:27I heard a shot.
01:03:28A shot?
01:03:29Where's the car?
01:03:30In the alley.
01:03:47What is it?
01:03:59Somebody shot Fleming.
01:04:01Anybody leave?
01:04:02No, they're all in there.
01:04:11How is he?
01:04:12Bad wound, but it's not fatal.
01:04:18Fleming, this is Captain Street.
01:04:19What were you trying to tell me on the phone?
01:04:23I killed Cyrus Wentworth.
01:04:24Ed, you don't know what you're saying.
01:04:26All right, I'm listening.
01:04:28Matthew saw me do it.
01:04:31I've had to pay him for his silence.
01:04:33Oh, so he shot you.
01:04:37Well, just relax.
01:04:38The doc will be here in a minute.
01:04:39Ed, you're not telling the truth.
01:04:40He's only trying to protect me.
01:04:41Take it easy, kid.
01:04:42Just hold everything.
01:04:43I'll get to the bottom of this.
01:04:51Well, you heard what he said?
01:04:52Yes.
01:04:53Did you see him kill Wentworth?
01:04:54No.
01:04:55What do you mean, no?
01:04:56Well, he might have.
01:04:57I don't know.
01:04:58But I did see him hide the gun.
01:04:59So you used that to blackmail him, huh?
01:05:00That's all I want to know.
01:05:05Well, that eliminates the Fleming, kid.
01:05:07And pins it on the father.
01:05:14I overheard your very fine gesture, Mr. Fleming.
01:05:17Quite unnecessary.
01:05:22Mr. Ludlow.
01:05:23Oh, the pleasure.
01:05:24Is still mine.
01:05:26You got past me in the garden, didn't you?
01:05:28But fortunately for Mr. Fleming, your aim
01:05:30was not as good as when you killed Kiling and Mr. Wentworth.
01:05:33I killed Wentworth?
01:05:35Of course you did.
01:05:36From across the hall through the open door.
01:05:38And then you threw the gun into the room.
01:05:40And you hoped to implicate young Fleming.
01:05:42No, you're making that up out of your head.
01:05:44Am I?
01:05:45And I suppose I'm imagining that you
01:05:47had to destroy the agreement between Kiling and Wentworth.
01:05:50What agreement?
01:05:51That piece of paper that you were burning
01:05:53in the office that night.
01:05:54Your name was on it.
01:05:55My name was not on it.
01:05:56Your name was on it as a witness, wasn't it?
01:05:58It was not.
01:05:59That's right.
01:06:00Wentworth showed me the paper.
01:06:02It was his signature.
01:06:04Why, you double-crossing.
01:06:06There's your man, Street.
01:06:08There's your man, Street.
01:06:10Take a mic.
01:06:14So you were partners.
01:06:16Well, I really am surprised that a professional like you
01:06:19would team up with an amateur like this.
01:06:21Here's the gun, Street.
01:06:22I traced it to him.
01:06:24And here's the reproduction of the burned agreement
01:06:27with Martin's signature on it.
01:06:30I'm sorry I had to hold that out on you,
01:06:32but there's only one thing I regret.
01:06:34Why, no.
01:06:35You didn't kill me that night in Chinatown
01:06:37when you shot at me.
01:06:38Take them out, boys.
01:06:44Well, Street, we've done it again.
01:06:48Yeah, sure.
01:06:49Why, the first day in the office,
01:06:51I had this whole thing doped out.
01:06:53Yeah.
01:06:54Well, I'm sorry.
01:06:56Why, the first day in the office,
01:06:58I had this whole thing doped out.
01:07:00Yeah.
01:07:10What am I doing?
01:07:11What am I doing?