The Fatal Hour (1940)
Approved | 1h 8min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 15 January 1940 (USA)
When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco and unmasks the killer, though not until several more murders occur.
Director: William Nigh
Writers: Scott Darling (screenplay), George Waggner (adaptation) (as Joseph West)
Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers
Approved | 1h 8min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 15 January 1940 (USA)
When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco and unmasks the killer, though not until several more murders occur.
Director: William Nigh
Writers: Scott Darling (screenplay), George Waggner (adaptation) (as Joseph West)
Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers
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00:01:25Hello, Mike.
00:01:27What's new?
00:01:29Got anything for the afternoon edition?
00:01:30No, nothing new.
00:01:32Tell a king his nemesis is out here.
00:01:34Now, Miss Logan, maybe you'd better drop back a little later.
00:01:37Cap Street's tied up on a very important case.
00:01:41Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:01:43That's all right.
00:01:44An important case, huh?
00:01:46So the boys get a fast call.
00:01:47Put it in a wrecked car, and when they get down there, it's just another family quarrel.
00:01:50Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:01:51Hello, Bill.
00:01:52How many times have I told you not to bust in my office?
00:01:54I can't show Lauer and you can't Bill Street. I want some news.
00:01:56Of course you know Miss Bobby Logan of the Herald.
00:01:58Little gal gets all the medals for digging up the bodies.
00:02:01Check with those fingerprints, will you?
00:02:02Right.
00:02:03Well, goodbye.
00:02:07A polite policeman.
00:02:09Aw, come on, Bill. Give me a story.
00:02:11You know I've got to have something for the afternoon edition.
00:02:13Everything is peaceful and quiet.
00:02:14I have nothing for the afternoon edition.
00:02:16Now, scram.
00:02:17Captain, the coroner phoned.
00:02:20They've just taken Dan Grady to the morgue.
00:02:22They fished him out of the bay about an hour ago.
00:02:25Murdered.
00:02:34Well, he's going to take this pretty hard, Mike.
00:02:36Sure.
00:02:37Him and Dan were just like brothers.
00:02:40Yes, I know.
00:02:43What makes you think they tried to hide his body, Doc?
00:02:46Well, in the first place, when word was found,
00:02:48washed ashore down the bay.
00:02:51Lungs were collapsed.
00:02:52That means the body was under water pressure for some time.
00:02:56This was tied around the ankles.
00:02:58Tie their weight on them and throw them over, Bill.
00:03:00That's right, Bill.
00:03:01After the bullets had done their work.
00:03:03Yeah.
00:03:04Did you get them over to Ballistics?
00:03:05Mm-hmm.
00:03:06There's the clothes he had on.
00:03:08Take a look.
00:03:12Seaman's outfit.
00:03:15Andy, check these clothes and see if you can find out where he bought them.
00:03:19I'll do that, Doc.
00:03:20I'll do that.
00:03:21I'll do that.
00:03:22I'll do that.
00:03:23I'll do that.
00:03:24I'll do that.
00:03:25I'll do that.
00:03:26I'll do that.
00:03:27Bill of course knows where he bought them.
00:03:29Thanks a lot, Doc.
00:03:30I'll...
00:03:31I'll check with you later about Dan.
00:03:35Good-bye, Bill.
00:03:40Does this hold the problem with the junk, Bill?
00:03:43Hit me a little hearder than the rest.
00:03:46Dan and I were together as kids.
00:03:47Took a training together.
00:03:49Pounded the same beat.
00:03:51Yes, I know.
00:03:54I'd say he was on a smuggling detail.
00:03:56Yes.
00:03:57That ought to lead us to something.
00:03:59Nothing unless he was following a hot trail.
00:04:02You know Grady.
00:04:03He always preferred to work lone wolf on a case.
00:04:06Well, it's in my department now, Chief.
00:04:08It's homicide.
00:04:09Yes, and you have command of every resource of the department.
00:04:13I may need it.
00:04:15Because I want to find out who killed Grady if it's the last thing I do.
00:04:18I know you will, Bill.
00:04:19And good luck.
00:04:20Thanks.
00:04:24Thanks.
00:04:37Gee, Bill, I'm sorry.
00:04:39I wish I could help.
00:04:41Thanks, Bobby.
00:04:43It's funny, but somehow I can't realize it.
00:04:48Does his wife know?
00:04:50Molly?
00:04:51No, not yet.
00:04:52Poor kid.
00:04:55Say, you can help me at that if you want to.
00:04:58Of course.
00:04:59Anything.
00:05:01Go on out to Molly's and break it to her as easy as you can.
00:05:06She doesn't know me very well.
00:05:08You're the one to tell her.
00:05:10Oh, it's a woman's job.
00:05:13Okay, Bill.
00:05:25I came just as soon as I heard the news.
00:05:28Am I glad, Wong.
00:05:30I sure can use you.
00:05:32Unfortunately, I can't call you in on this case officially.
00:05:34I'm more or less doing it on my own.
00:05:36I'll do everything I can to help.
00:05:39Dan Grady was my friend, too.
00:05:42Thanks.
00:05:43You know what it means to me.
00:05:44I'm not too fast with your thanks.
00:05:47You know, the only reason I've been useful in the past
00:05:49was because in each case the Orient was involved.
00:05:53Well, Dan Grady was assigned to the smuggling detail.
00:05:56And smuggling in San Francisco means the Orient.
00:06:00Let's have a look at his office.
00:06:01Good.
00:06:07Wife and kid.
00:06:13You say he was working on a smuggling detail.
00:06:16Yes, sort of a roving commission.
00:06:19The reason they gave it to Dan
00:06:20was because he was born and raised here in San Francisco.
00:06:23He knew every nook and cranny.
00:06:25But the seaman's clothes would indicate
00:06:27that he was working on something at the waterfront.
00:06:30Yeah, but what?
00:06:35Whoa, look here.
00:06:36What is that?
00:06:43Why, that's a rare piece of emerald jade,
00:06:45as fine a specimen as I've ever seen.
00:06:48Carved in the fashion of the Ming dynasty.
00:06:51Why, the art of that carving has been lost for hundreds of years.
00:06:54This piece is worth $2,000 or $3,000.
00:06:56Really?
00:06:58Dan was sure working on something hot.
00:07:02Probably that's why he was killed.
00:07:09Yes, I have seen many similar in the past three months.
00:07:15From the captured provinces?
00:07:18Even so.
00:07:20From the ruined temple of Lao Tse.
00:07:23Is it not so?
00:07:27Torn from their settings by alien hands.
00:07:33Even young China would not use such methods to win its wars.
00:07:41Where did you obtain this?
00:07:44It was in the drawer of the desk of the policeman who was killed.
00:07:48A policeman?
00:07:49A good man.
00:07:51Can you help me?
00:07:54A store called Belden's is on Market Street.
00:07:57There, a wise man could become more wise.
00:08:16How do you do?
00:08:17I'm Mr. Belden.
00:08:18Something I can do for you?
00:08:19I'd like an appraisal on this piece.
00:08:21Certainly.
00:08:27A very unusual piece.
00:08:30The color is magnificent.
00:08:33But I'm afraid I can not appreciate its real value.
00:08:36But I understood that you specialize in oriental jewelry and art objects.
00:08:40No, only imitations.
00:08:43We have a piece of jewelry in the house worth over $50.
00:08:46I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place.
00:08:48It would seem so.
00:08:57Good morning, Dan.
00:09:03I suggest you try Harrington's on Kearney.
00:09:06They handle that class of merchandise.
00:09:08Thank you for your time.
00:09:09Not at all.
00:09:10I'm sorry I could not help you.
00:09:24Yes, chief.
00:09:25That's the guy.
00:09:26I know that face.
00:09:28Why, that mustache.
00:09:30Even the checkered tie.
00:09:33Yes, that's him.
00:09:35Checkered tie, huh?
00:09:37Yes.
00:09:38Where did you see him?
00:09:39On the bus going uptown.
00:09:41What time was it?
00:09:4212 o'clock noon.
00:09:4312 o'clock noon, huh?
00:09:45Do not say.
00:09:46Yes.
00:09:47At that time he had been lying dead for three hours in the morgue.
00:09:50Yes?
00:09:51Yes.
00:09:52Why, he had sworn on a stack of Bibles.
00:09:53That was the guy.
00:09:54Sure, I know, Mr. Unifer.
00:09:56We all make mistakes sometimes.
00:09:57But thanks for coming in anyway.
00:09:58Oh, not at all, inspector.
00:09:59Not at all.
00:10:00Say, maybe it was the guy's double.
00:10:02Yes.
00:10:03You know, they say every guy's got a double.
00:10:04Sure.
00:10:05Even me.
00:10:06Sure.
00:10:07Even you.
00:10:08Yeah, sure.
00:10:13Mike, get Bobby Logan on the phone.
00:10:15Yes, sir.
00:10:19Market 6400.
00:10:22Hello, Bobby.
00:10:23I was just trying to get you on the phone.
00:10:25Oh, are we going someplace?
00:10:26Yeah, you're going someplace.
00:10:28If you ever pull a bright idea like that again.
00:10:30Well, what's the matter with that?
00:10:31Somebody might be able to give you a lead.
00:10:33Somebody might be able to give me a lead.
00:10:34I've had every crank in San Francisco in here this afternoon.
00:10:38Yeah.
00:10:39Logan doesn't answer.
00:10:40When do you think I ought to look for her?
00:10:42Try my office.
00:10:46Every one of them has seen Dan Grady in five different sections of the city at the same time.
00:10:49Well, but he...
00:10:50But nothing.
00:10:51You see that guy that just went out of here?
00:10:52Yes.
00:10:53He was on the bus today at noon with Dan.
00:10:55Well, that's silly.
00:10:56Of course it's silly.
00:10:57But I've had to talk to those goofs.
00:10:58That's what your idea's done.
00:11:00Wasted my whole afternoon.
00:11:02Yeah, Mike.
00:11:03A gentleman out here says he saw Detective Grady.
00:11:06What?
00:11:08Miss Logan will interview him.
00:11:09Well, did you hear it?
00:11:10Just faintly.
00:11:11Go on. He's your witness.
00:11:19Are you Mr. Lyons?
00:11:20Yes.
00:11:21Well, I'm Miss Logan of the Herald.
00:11:22I put that picture in the paper.
00:11:24Oh, how do you do?
00:11:25Well, I saw the man last night.
00:11:28Are you sure?
00:11:29Certainly.
00:11:30We talked for quite a while.
00:11:31In the bar at the Club Neptune.
00:11:32Good afternoon, Miss Logan.
00:11:34I came in answer to your advertisement.
00:11:36Oh, now look, Mr. Wong.
00:11:42Now give me the details and talk fast.
00:11:45Oh, hello, Wong.
00:11:46Did you get any information?
00:11:47I called on an old friend of mine in Chinatown
00:11:50who advised me to investigate Belden's store on Market Street.
00:11:54Belden's?
00:11:55You know, the jewelry shop.
00:11:56Oh, sure. I'll put a couple of men on it.
00:11:58No, I think I'd leave things the way they are for the time being.
00:12:02Bill Street, I've got him!
00:12:03Got who?
00:12:04This man did see Dan Grady.
00:12:05Now look, Bobby, we've been all through that.
00:12:07But this man is positive.
00:12:08All right, if he's so positive.
00:12:10What was he wearing when you saw him?
00:12:12Well, sort of like a sailor.
00:12:14You know, a pea jacket, striped sweater.
00:12:17He had on dungarees, pea cap with black patent leather visor.
00:12:22Where'd you see him?
00:12:24At the Club Neptune.
00:12:26He was sitting at the bar having a drink.
00:12:28What time was that?
00:12:30About 8.30, I guess.
00:12:32That fits in, doesn't it, Wong?
00:12:34Yes, it does.
00:12:35Well, of course it does!
00:12:36Silly idea, huh?
00:12:37If it hadn't been for that...
00:12:38Quiet!
00:12:40You're quite sure this is the man?
00:12:42You're absolutely certain of your identification?
00:12:44Oh, yes.
00:12:45My drink happened to tip over and spilt on him.
00:12:49And I apologized, and we got to talking.
00:12:52And then what happened?
00:12:53Well, we talked together for a couple of minutes
00:12:55about football and things like that.
00:12:58Then I left and went home.
00:13:00You left him at this Club Neptune?
00:13:02Yes, he was still sitting there when I left.
00:13:04Well, thank you very much.
00:13:05You've been a great help.
00:13:07Is there any reward connected with this?
00:13:12Well, you see, Miss Logan takes care of that.
00:13:18Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Lyons.
00:13:20I'm afraid there's no reward.
00:13:21But I'd be very glad to mention your name
00:13:23in my next story of the case.
00:13:26Did you say your first name was Homer?
00:13:28Yes, Homer.
00:13:29L-Y-O-N-S.
00:13:33Too bad you haven't got a picture.
00:13:35Oh, I have.
00:13:36I brought one along just in case.
00:13:39Thank you very much, Mr. Lyons.
00:13:42Good day.
00:13:44Well, Bell Street, do I get an apology or don't I?
00:13:47Sure.
00:13:48I'm going to get the mayor to give you a key to the city.
00:13:50Terrific.
00:13:51The police thanked the Herald for giving them their only clue.
00:13:54How's that, Mr. Wong?
00:13:55Not nearly strong enough.
00:13:57You've earned our undying gratitude.
00:13:59Well, I hope the information is some use to you.
00:14:01I'll see you later.
00:14:02Not me, Flatfoot.
00:14:03Get one of the nurses out of the receiving hospital.
00:14:05They don't mind a pain in the neck.
00:14:07Hey, you think that's a bad idea?
00:14:11Well, now, Street, just what do you know about the club Neptune?
00:14:15Oh, not much, Wong.
00:14:17We'd better have dinner together.
00:14:18I'll take you down there later.
00:14:20I want to talk to this Harry Lockett.
00:14:22Harry Lockett?
00:14:23Yeah, he's the fellow that owns the club Neptune.
00:14:25Hardway Harry, they call him.
00:14:26Hardway?
00:14:27Oh, a gambler.
00:14:28Yeah, gambler, smuggler, crook, everything.
00:14:48Anything new?
00:15:05No.
00:15:06How are things upstairs?
00:15:08The usual crowd, not much play yet.
00:15:10Has Tanya come in yet tonight?
00:15:13No.
00:15:14I want to see her when she comes in.
00:15:16Okay.
00:15:17All right.
00:15:18Well, Harry.
00:15:19Get in.
00:15:48Two dry martinis, huh?
00:15:55Well, uh, don't you recognize anything?
00:15:58What?
00:16:00I'll bet you don't even know what day this is.
00:16:02Of course I do.
00:16:03It's Friday.
00:16:04That's why you insisted upon coming here for a fish dinner.
00:16:07Oh, no, it isn't.
00:16:08We came here because this is an anniversary.
00:16:18Who is it?
00:16:19Sophie.
00:16:22Tanya's here.
00:16:23But she's got young Belen with her.
00:16:25Huh.
00:16:26She's starting that over again, eh?
00:16:27Bring her in here.
00:16:28Okay.
00:16:32Listen, Tanya.
00:16:33I've been lying awake nights planning our future together.
00:16:36I... I realize that I haven't much to offer you,
00:16:38but I'll try awfully hard to make you happy.
00:16:48Well, excuse me, Frank.
00:16:50I think I'd better go fix my makeup.
00:16:52Surely.
00:16:57What do you want?
00:17:17I thought I told you to keep away from young Belen.
00:17:19And I told you that my personal affairs
00:17:21are none of your business.
00:17:23What are you trying to do?
00:17:24Get the old man on our neck?
00:17:26Keep away from that boy or I'll...
00:17:28Or what?
00:17:30I guess if I'm good enough to help handle his smuggled junk,
00:17:33to run the risks that he cashes in on,
00:17:35I'm fit company for his son.
00:17:37Well, what about a certain other gentleman?
00:17:46Frank Belen wants to marry me.
00:17:48So, he's got it bad, eh?
00:17:52Wait until his old man hears that.
00:17:54You open your mouth to make trouble for that boy.
00:17:56So, blow me down.
00:17:58You have really fallen for it.
00:18:00Maybe.
00:18:02Or maybe it's just the novelty of finding someone
00:18:04who's decent and on the level.
00:18:09Come on, come on.
00:18:10Have some sense.
00:18:12Get the boyfriend out of here and keep him out.
00:18:14We're not in any spot to invite trouble, girlie.
00:18:31I seem to have developed a headache, Frank.
00:18:34Maybe it was the drink.
00:18:35Oh, I'm sorry.
00:18:36Well, maybe some fresh air will do you good.
00:18:38Shall we take a drive?
00:18:39Yes.
00:18:52Hello, everybody.
00:18:53Well, ain't it grand we can all be together?
00:18:56Tommy, give me my usual.
00:18:58You know, that good old double.
00:19:02Wait, I know you.
00:19:04You're Logan of the Herald.
00:19:06Don't you remember me?
00:19:07I'm the guy you wrote about in that automobile accident.
00:19:10You know, in those days, I was a drinking man.
00:19:13Aren't you going to have your dinner?
00:19:15What dinner?
00:19:16The one you ordered.
00:19:18I ordered a dinner?
00:19:19I'm sure you did.
00:19:21Well, skip it.
00:19:22You know, you can handle your drinks better
00:19:24if you have something to eat.
00:19:26I don't think you got something to eat.
00:19:29Don't go away.
00:19:31You know, I always forget to eat when I go out stepping.
00:19:34I'm awfully sorry.
00:19:36Oh, that's all right.
00:19:37He was just feeling hospitable.
00:19:39That's easy to understand.
00:19:41The Club Neptune feels the same way, Miss Logan.
00:19:44Gee whiz, I'm famous.
00:19:47Who would recognize that pretty face of yours
00:19:49if they read the Herald?
00:19:53I'm Harry Lockett.
00:19:54I'm very glad to meet you.
00:19:56I've heard a lot about you and your Club Neptune.
00:19:59So it seems, judging from today's Herald.
00:20:02You don't sound pleased.
00:20:03I'm not.
00:20:05I don't like that publicity.
00:20:07You don't?
00:20:08No.
00:20:10How about a little chat in my office?
00:20:12Why not?
00:20:26I think I'll take a look around the back.
00:20:28All right, I'll see you inside.
00:20:36You see, Miss Logan, we, uh,
00:20:38we don't like newspaper people around here.
00:20:41I see your point.
00:20:44You know, if you had this place soundproof,
00:20:46those poker chips up there wouldn't make such a racket.
00:20:49Just a little friendly advice.
00:20:51Thanks.
00:20:52And here's some for you.
00:20:54I wouldn't write any more stories about the Club Neptune
00:20:57if I were you.
00:20:58Are you trying to tell me what to put in the Herald?
00:21:00I'm trying to tell you what to put in the Herald.
00:21:03In fact, uh, I just assume you stay out of here.
00:21:07I think you'll be safer.
00:21:09Sometimes, some people get hurt.
00:21:11Yeah, Dan Grady got hurt, didn't he?
00:21:15Hey, you sure stick out your neck,
00:21:19don't you, little girl?
00:21:24Who is it?
00:21:25Captain Street.
00:21:27Who is it?
00:21:28Captain Street.
00:21:31What are you doing here?
00:21:33Mr. Lockett was just making some suggestions
00:21:35as to the news policy of the Herald.
00:21:37All right, Bobby.
00:21:38Well, now, look here, Bill Street.
00:21:39Come on, come on.
00:21:43Hello, Hardaway.
00:21:45Hello, Godwin.
00:21:52Have a drink?
00:21:53No, thanks.
00:21:57What's on your mind, Street?
00:21:58I suppose you're right about Dan Grady.
00:22:00Oh, yes, yes.
00:22:01That's too bad.
00:22:03I don't think I knew him.
00:22:04I thought everybody on the waterfront knew Grady.
00:22:07He was on the smuggling detail.
00:22:09It's funny you didn't run into him.
00:22:11I resent that, Street.
00:22:13I resent what happened to Dan Grady.
00:22:15Quit stalling, Hardaway.
00:22:16He was in this place last night at 8.30.
00:22:18It's your boss.
00:22:19I don't care.
00:22:20I don't care.
00:22:21I don't care.
00:22:22I don't care.
00:22:23I don't care.
00:22:24He was in this place last night at 8.30.
00:22:26It's your bar.
00:22:27Well, maybe he was.
00:22:28So what a lot of other people.
00:22:30We had a big night last night.
00:22:31And nobody saw Dan Grady.
00:22:33None of my boys did, because as soon as I saw the papers,
00:22:36I asked all of them.
00:22:38You can talk to them yourself.
00:22:40Maybe I will.
00:22:50Street?
00:22:51Over there.
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00:23:40Let's go.
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00:23:42Let's go.
00:23:43Let's go.
00:23:44Let's go.
00:23:45Let's go.
00:23:46Let's go.
00:23:47Let's go.
00:23:48Let's go.
00:23:49Let's go.
00:23:50Let's go.
00:23:51Dan happened to be a pal of mine.
00:23:55His body washed up on the beach this morning.
00:23:58Been in the water for 12 hours.
00:24:22Kind of a tough way to go, isn't it?
00:24:24Well, Street, they say that drowning, it's an easy death.
00:24:28But Grady had two slugs in the back of his neck before he ever hit that water.
00:24:31That's not so easy, is it?
00:24:38Well, Street, if there is anything I can do for you...
00:24:40Open that door.
00:24:42Open that door.
00:24:52Well, hello, Street.
00:24:54How'd you get in there?
00:24:56The secret stairway in the haunted house.
00:24:59Secret stairway, my eye.
00:25:01Those stairs were there when we bought the place.
00:25:03But they still serve a very useful purpose.
00:25:06This is hardware Harry Lockett, Mr. Wong.
00:25:09Oh, the Chinese copper.
00:25:15Precisely.
00:25:17The Chinese copper.
00:25:21Precisely, Mr. Lockett.
00:25:24The Chinese copper.
00:25:27But to return to our secret stairway...
00:25:30I'm afraid we scared one of your callers away.
00:25:33Evidently, he didn't care to meet my friend, Captain Street.
00:25:36Seafood is our specialty, Mr. Wong.
00:25:39That was probably kept from the fishing barge.
00:25:42He saw I was busy and beat it.
00:25:44That very adequately describes his exit.
00:25:47He comes in that way because he doesn't like to go through the cafe.
00:25:50Close to the nightly fishy, Mr. Wong.
00:25:52Very fishy. I get this hard way.
00:25:55If I find out that anything happened to Grady in this place, I'm gonna tear it apart.
00:25:59If you ever do, I'll help you.
00:26:02Come on, Wong.
00:26:03Goodbye, Mr. Lockett.
00:26:05Goodbye, Mr. Wong.
00:26:10Oh, sorry. Didn't know you were busy.
00:26:12He's not.
00:26:14Because we're just leaving.
00:26:18I beg your pardon, but...
00:26:21We've met before, haven't we, Miss, uh...
00:26:24Miss, uh...
00:26:25Saroba's the name, but we haven't met.
00:26:27I'm so sorry.
00:26:29Oh, now I know what prompted my mistake.
00:26:32I saw you sitting outside in a car with young Mr. Belden.
00:26:36What was he doing here?
00:26:38We had dinner here. Do you mind?
00:26:40Excuse the boys, Miss Saroba, but it's their business to be curious.
00:26:44This is Mr. Wong, the famous detective.
00:26:47And this is Captain Street of the San Francisco police.
00:26:51Your head waiter says you found my compact.
00:26:53Yes, it's my desk. I'll get it for you.
00:26:56Drop in any time, boys.
00:26:58It'll be your turn to drop in on us the next time.
00:27:06You're a help.
00:27:08Why in blazes did you get rid of Belden when I told you to?
00:27:11Well, I did.
00:27:12He must have seen us outside in the parking lot.
00:27:15What'd they want?
00:27:16You read the papers, don't you? What do you think?
00:27:19I think that dead policemen are bad medicine.
00:27:21I don't like it, Harry.
00:27:23Relax. They haven't got a thing on us.
00:27:27So great he was here last night.
00:27:30What does that prove?
00:27:31That the party's getting too rough for yours truly.
00:27:34So...
00:27:36Don't tell me Miss Saroba's getting jittery, huh?
00:27:39Saroba's getting out.
00:27:41Murder's something I don't want any part of.
00:27:43I'm through.
00:27:44Oh, no, you're not.
00:27:46When you're through, it will be because I tell you you're through.
00:27:50Are you threatening me?
00:27:52Maybe.
00:27:54Don't do it, Harry.
00:27:56I know too much.
00:27:59Things happen to people who know too much.
00:28:03Yes.
00:28:04They end up in the bay like a certain policeman.
00:28:07Like a certain policeman.
00:28:26That seafood gag of Hardaway's was a hot one.
00:28:29And the young lady who lost her compact.
00:28:32More seafood, A Street, I'll say.
00:28:34What's her name?
00:28:36I told you to scram.
00:28:37You're always telling me to scram.
00:28:39Well, you're not gonna ride in a police car.
00:28:41Okay, let me out and I'll put on my roller skates.
00:28:43Oh.
00:28:47I tell you, I don't like the setup.
00:28:50I don't like any part of it.
00:28:54When a dead copper spells trouble and if this girl starts to talk...
00:29:01Yeah.
00:29:03Yeah, I think so, too.
00:29:09But this idea of mine is something entirely new in radio, Mr. Forbes.
00:29:12Nevertheless, I'm a guest continuing the program.
00:29:15But, Forbes, Belden's has had a radio program for years.
00:29:18And it's been excellent advertising.
00:29:20Not excellent enough to keep you out of the receivership.
00:29:23I represent the creditors and I cannot approve the expenditure.
00:29:26But, Mr. Forbes, I'm sure this new idea of mine will create a lot of interest.
00:29:30That means customers for Belden's.
00:29:32I can only judge by past performance, Mr. Griswold.
00:29:35Results have not warranted the expense.
00:29:38All here?
00:29:39Yes.
00:29:40But, Mr. Forbes, this is a novelty.
00:29:44A complete one-act play in which I enact all the roles, male and female.
00:29:48You see, Mr. Forbes, impersonation is my fort.
00:29:51I think persistence is your fort.
00:29:53Well, I tell you, this is the type of program that's bound to create comment.
00:29:57Why not give it a chance?
00:29:59Just glance through this and you'll get the idea.
00:30:02After the commercial, the music fades out and you hear footsteps and a knock.
00:30:06Now, read from there on.
00:30:30Pretty melodramatic, isn't it?
00:30:32But that's the kind of stuff they like nowadays, Mr. Forbes.
00:30:35The highly dramatic programs are the most successful.
00:30:37Suppose we try it for a couple of weeks.
00:30:39It wouldn't cost a fortune and it might get results.
00:30:41Well, all right, we'll try it.
00:30:43Thanks, Mr. Forbes.
00:30:44I'm sure you won't be sorry.
00:30:46We go on from 10 to 10.15 tonight.
00:30:48I hope you're listening in.
00:30:49We will.
00:30:50Those bills are all right.
00:30:51I'll see you in the morning.
00:30:53Hello, Frank.
00:30:54Hello, Mr. Forbes.
00:30:55How are you feeling, Dad?
00:30:56Oh, as well as could be expected,
00:30:58considering the fact that I don't have anything to say about my own business.
00:31:02When are you going to take me in with you?
00:31:04Not for a while yet.
00:31:05But, Dad, I've got to go to work.
00:31:07I've got to make some money.
00:31:08Isn't your allowance enough?
00:31:10No.
00:31:11I'm going to get married.
00:31:14Who to?
00:31:15That Serova woman?
00:31:17Miss Serova, yes.
00:31:19She's a good woman.
00:31:21She's a good woman.
00:31:22That Serova woman?
00:31:24Miss Serova, yes.
00:31:26How did you know?
00:31:27I haven't taken my eyes off you completely.
00:31:30You've been out with that adventurous every night for a month.
00:31:33I wouldn't talk like that if I were you, Dad.
00:31:35We're both liable to be sorry for it.
00:31:37Besides, it won't change my decision.
00:31:39Frank, I won't permit you to wreck your life,
00:31:41to throw away your entire future for the sake of that scheming, unscrupulous...
00:31:44That's enough!
00:31:47I'm sorry you feel that way about it, Dad, but...
00:31:49there's nothing you can do about it.
00:31:51I'll never marry that woman, do you understand?
00:31:53Never!
00:32:01Morning, Sophie.
00:32:02Everything chip-shaped?
00:32:03No sign of the police, if that's what you mean.
00:32:05Oh, why, Sophie, that's the farthest thing from my mind.
00:32:09Bring me the checks from last night, eh?
00:32:11Okay.
00:32:22Hey.
00:32:23Have you been fooling around at my desk?
00:32:25Me?
00:32:26Mm-hmm.
00:32:27What?
00:32:28I wouldn't touch your stuff, boss.
00:32:30Something missing?
00:32:31Yeah, my gun.
00:32:32Gee, that ain't so good.
00:32:34When'd you last see it, boss?
00:32:35I don't know.
00:32:36Yesterday, I guess.
00:32:37What?
00:32:38I didn't see it.
00:32:39You didn't see it?
00:32:40No, I didn't.
00:32:41You didn't see it?
00:32:42No, I didn't.
00:32:43You didn't see it?
00:32:44No, I didn't.
00:32:45You didn't see it?
00:32:46No, I didn't.
00:32:47You didn't see it?
00:32:48No, I didn't.
00:32:49You didn't see it?
00:32:50Yesterday, I guess.
00:32:51I want to talk to you.
00:32:58Say, what are you thinking of coming down here
00:33:00after what's happened?
00:33:01I told you I'd get the stuff to you
00:33:03as soon as it was safe or kept to bring it in.
00:33:05That isn't why I'm here.
00:33:06I want to know what that Serova woman is doing
00:33:08running around with my son.
00:33:10Well, I did my best.
00:33:12You know, after all, it's not such a bad idea,
00:33:14sort of a close corporation.
00:33:17Are you mad?
00:33:18My boy has no part in all this.
00:33:20I went into it because it was the only hope I had
00:33:22of saving my business, of meeting my obligations,
00:33:25but not to the extent of wrecking his life,
00:33:27and that's what this marriage would mean.
00:33:29That's your problem.
00:33:31Right now, I have more important things to do
00:33:33than nurse a lovesick pup.
00:33:36If you value your neck, you'll do something about it.
00:33:39I'm warning you, Lockett.
00:33:40Before I see this happen to my son,
00:33:42I'll blast everything wide open.
00:33:45Including yourself?
00:33:47Including myself.
00:33:49Uh-huh.
00:33:50I see you.
00:33:51You like the idea of a few months on Alcatraz?
00:33:57I'll stop at nothing.
00:34:18Hello.
00:34:19Hello, Tanya.
00:34:21This is Harry.
00:34:24I want to apologize the way I talked to you last night.
00:34:28Oh, you know, I couldn't mean it.
00:34:32We were both a little jittery and unreasonable.
00:34:37Now listen, Tanya.
00:34:39I, uh, I want to see you.
00:34:41I have to talk over something with you.
00:34:44I think you'd be interested.
00:34:46All right.
00:34:47I'll be in all evening.
00:34:49Goodbye.
00:34:55I hope I didn't keep you waiting, Fancy.
00:34:57Oh, that's all right.
00:34:58So don't mention it.
00:35:16Get up girl, get up.
00:35:17Get up.
00:35:44Mr. Wall.
00:35:45Mr. Wong! Mr. Wong!
00:35:47It's all right, Clancy. He missed me.
00:35:49Oh, I'm glad of that. Who was it, sir?
00:35:51I haven't the least idea, but the shot came from there.
00:35:53Well, we'll find out who that is.
00:36:15Well, whoever it was, beat it out the back and left the door wide open.
00:36:17Whoever it was, he killed Mr. Belden.
00:36:19What?
00:36:21Oh, glory be!
00:36:23Get straight.
00:36:25Yes, sir.
00:36:45♪
00:37:06This case has got a million angles.
00:37:08If this jade matches the stuff we found in Grady's office,
00:37:11Belden had a fortune hidden away.
00:37:13And I can't understand why he was in receivership.
00:37:15Perhaps he went into this kind of business to get out of receivership.
00:37:19What's that receiver's name? Maybe he can help us.
00:37:21A man named Forbes.
00:37:23You know where he lives?
00:37:25At the town apartments.
00:37:27We'll go up and see him.
00:37:29Clancy, call my office and have young Belden picked up.
00:37:31Tell them to hold him while I get there. Wait for the corner.
00:37:33Yes, sir.
00:37:36Good evening, gentlemen.
00:37:38We want to see Mr. Forbes, John T. Forbes.
00:37:40Who's calling?
00:37:42Captain Street of the police department.
00:37:44Ring 22, please.
00:37:49Captain Street of the police department to see Mr. Forbes.
00:37:52Yes, sir.
00:37:54Go right up, Captain Street. That's number 22.
00:37:57Captain Street.
00:37:59What on earth can he want?
00:38:02I wonder if I've forgotten a speed ticket.
00:38:05Excuse me. Pray to take my hand, will you?
00:38:08Okay, but it's 10 o'clock and I have to meet Elsie.
00:38:10Probably won't be very long.
00:38:16Captain Street.
00:38:18That's right, and this is Mr. Wong.
00:38:20How do you do? How do you do?
00:38:22Come in here, gentlemen. Thank you.
00:38:24Captain Street.
00:38:26That's right, and this is Mr. Wong.
00:38:28How do you do? How do you do?
00:38:31I'm afraid we interrupted your game, Mr. Forbes.
00:38:34Oh, that's all right. Sit down, gentlemen.
00:38:36I've heard a great deal about you at one time or another, Mr. Wong.
00:38:40I'm certainly glad to meet you.
00:38:44Well, now, gentlemen, what can I do for you?
00:38:46Might as well come to the point, Mr. Forbes.
00:38:48Frank Belden, Sr., the firm for which your receiver was found dead...
00:38:51a half an hour ago in his store.
00:38:53What?
00:38:55Poor old Frank.
00:38:57I had no idea he felt so desperately about it.
00:39:01Of course, I knew his financial affairs were in bad shape.
00:39:05It was not suicide, Mr. Forbes.
00:39:07He was murdered.
00:39:12Boy, this certainly knocks me out.
00:39:15I've got to have a drink.
00:39:17How about you, gentlemen?
00:39:19Thank you, no.
00:39:21Well, thank you.
00:39:23Murdered?
00:39:29Who, uh... who found him?
00:39:31Give me more of the details.
00:39:33Mr. Wong found the body.
00:39:35Wong? Were you in the store?
00:39:38I was making an investigation of Belden's stock.
00:39:42I found this piece of jade worth at least $2,000 or $3,000.
00:39:48I found this piece of jade worth at least $2,000 or $3,000.
00:39:53And there are several more pieces, too, just as valuable.
00:39:57I thought they carried only cheap costume jewelry.
00:40:01Could he have been concealing any, uh, valuable assets from me?
00:40:05That's exactly what we wanted to find out.
00:40:09I'd like to go down to the store and make a complete examination of their stock.
00:40:12Will that be all right?
00:40:14I think it's a good idea.
00:40:19Will you have a cigar, gentlemen?
00:40:21Yes, thanks. No, thank you.
00:40:23One more thing I think you should know.
00:40:26That jade was smuggled.
00:40:28And one of our own men on the smuggling detail was murdered running it down.
00:40:33And the trail seems to lead to Belden's store.
00:40:36Why, this is the worst thing I've ever heard.
00:40:39Excuse me.
00:40:41Hello?
00:40:43Yeah.
00:40:44Here's for you. Thanks.
00:40:46Street speaking.
00:40:49What?
00:40:51I'll go right up.
00:40:52There's been a shooting on the floor above.
00:40:54Can we get out this way?
00:40:55Yes.
00:41:17That's that Serova girl.
00:41:19How do you like this? A murder right over my head.
00:41:24Yeah? Oh, you're the clerk.
00:41:26Yes, sir. I telephone headquarters from downstairs.
00:41:28Thanks. What do you know about this?
00:41:30Nothing except what the switchboard operator told me.
00:41:32What'd she tell you?
00:41:33Well, I was sitting in the lobby when all of a sudden she started yelling,
00:41:36Miss Serova's being killed.
00:41:40Oh, I see.
00:41:42Miss Serova's being killed.
00:41:46All right, all right. Take it easy. Sit down.
00:41:50What did you hear on the phone?
00:41:52Well, I was sitting there as usual when the buzzer sounded and it was a call from 32.
00:41:56What time was that?
00:41:57About 14 after 10.
00:41:59That's an odd time to remember. 10-14?
00:42:01Well, I'm not sure, but it was 15 after 10 when I heard the shot.
00:42:04And they were arguing about a minute.
00:42:06Who was arguing?
00:42:07Miss Serova and a man.
00:42:08Well, what were they arguing about? What'd they say?
00:42:10Well, he said, get away from that telephone.
00:42:12That's the last time you're gonna pull this sort of stuff on me.
00:42:14And Miss Serova yelled, don't shoot, don't shoot.
00:42:17But he did.
00:42:18It's quite possible, Street.
00:42:20The receiver's off the stand.
00:42:23Yeah.
00:42:24Did you recognize the man's voice?
00:42:26No, but he was awful mad.
00:42:28Anybody come through that lobby that might have come up here?
00:42:30No, sir.
00:42:31Did you pass anybody on the way up?
00:42:33I didn't see anybody.
00:42:34All right, that's all for now. Stick around downstairs.
00:42:37Oh, hello, Doc.
00:42:38Prints, photographs, the works.
00:42:42And I want you to get me that...
00:42:44Oh, little ball peep, huh?
00:42:47What are you made up for?
00:42:49That's all I need!
00:42:53Just be sure to get everything in this corner, will you, please?
00:43:03Hello, Ballard.
00:43:04Hello, Ballard.
00:43:06What are you doing here?
00:43:07I thought I told you to tail Hardway.
00:43:09I was trailing him.
00:43:10I lost him in the traffic at 8th and Market around 9 o'clock.
00:43:12I've been looking for him ever since.
00:43:14That's wonderful.
00:43:15Get my office on the phone.
00:43:19Get me police headquarters.
00:43:20Hey.
00:43:22Remember the last guy we saw Serova with?
00:43:24Hardway Harry.
00:43:26And he ditched Ballard an hour ago.
00:43:28That's our man.
00:43:29Just a minute. Hold it, Mike.
00:43:31Hello, Mike.
00:43:32Hello, Mike.
00:43:34Hardway ditched Ballard about an hour ago.
00:43:368th and Market.
00:43:37Yeah, I want you to send out a couple of men to have him...
00:43:40What?
00:43:43Hardway Harry's been sitting in my office for the last hour.
00:43:47Get it off the phone!
00:43:48Come on, get it off there.
00:43:50Hello, Mike.
00:43:52I want you to hold Hardway.
00:43:53I don't care how you hold him, hold him!
00:43:55Bill! Bill, let me!
00:43:56Will you stop?
00:43:57Well, the housekeeper...
00:43:58Will you quit picking on me?
00:43:59Mr. Wong, the housekeeper saw a man sneaking up the back stairs.
00:44:04Sit down.
00:44:05I'm sorry.
00:44:06Who are you?
00:44:07I'm the maid on this floor.
00:44:09Well, where were you in this...
00:44:10She was looking in the door.
00:44:12Will you be quiet?
00:44:14You say you saw a man coming up the back stairs.
00:44:16I finished by 10 o'clock.
00:44:18I was going down the back stairs when he came in.
00:44:21Who came in?
00:44:22The young man.
00:44:23What young man?
00:44:24Mr. Belden.
00:44:26Belden Jr.
00:44:27He was in the habit of using the back stairs?
00:44:29Sometimes.
00:44:31Then he had his own keys.
00:44:32Yes, sir.
00:44:33That settles it.
00:44:34Ballard, pick up young Belden.
00:44:36Good idea.
00:44:40That's all for now, thanks.
00:44:41Thanks.
00:44:55You know, Wong...
00:44:56Belden Jr. is over.
00:44:57Hardway Jr.
00:44:59They're all mixed up in this thing some way.
00:45:02I'm going to have them all come to my office tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
00:45:05What am I doing?
00:45:11Sit down, Hardway.
00:45:13See who's out there, Jim.
00:45:16Well, how'd you do?
00:45:17Not bad.
00:45:20Have pretty good breakfast to you fellas, you know.
00:45:22Thanks for the cigarettes.
00:45:23Oh, we always take care of our guests.
00:45:25Who's out there?
00:45:26No, Jim. Cap Anderson.
00:45:28All right, Jim.
00:45:30I'll see you tomorrow.
00:45:32Good night.
00:45:33Good night.
00:45:34Good night.
00:45:35Good night.
00:45:36Good night.
00:45:37Good night.
00:45:38Good night.
00:45:39Good night.
00:45:41Couple of friends of yours.
00:45:46What were you doing here last night?
00:45:48Well...
00:45:50I caught one of your boys following me.
00:45:52And I figured he wanted to make sure where I was.
00:45:55So, when he lost me about 9 o'clock...
00:45:58I decided I'd better check in.
00:46:00So you'd have an alibi, because you knew Tanya Sirovo was going to be killed last night.
00:46:04What?
00:46:05Yeah, murdered last night.
00:46:06Oh, coming in here wasn't such a bad idea, was it?
00:46:09What time did you get here?
00:46:119.29 on the dot.
00:46:13Oh, got it figured out the minute, huh?
00:46:15Yeah, you can check with the sergeant.
00:46:17I know, I know.
00:46:18So...
00:46:19Hello, Wong.
00:46:20Oh, Mr. Wong, the Chinese copper.
00:46:26Look here, Street, you haven't got a thing on me.
00:46:28I knew Sirovo, sure.
00:46:30She used to come to my place very often.
00:46:32But so do a lot of other people.
00:46:34Including young Belden?
00:46:36Yes, with Sirovo, yes.
00:46:37So what?
00:46:38How well did you know young Belden?
00:46:42Casually.
00:46:43How well did you know his father?
00:46:46Just an acquaintance.
00:46:48When was the last time you saw him?
00:46:52I saw him in my office.
00:46:54Yesterday.
00:46:55He came to pay his son's bar bill.
00:46:58Man, you had a little quarrel.
00:47:00Then you followed him down to his jewelry store.
00:47:02And shot him!
00:47:03Old man Belden shot?
00:47:05Yeah.
00:47:07That's too bad.
00:47:08Yeah, it is too bad.
00:47:09He got it the same way Grady got it, in the back of the neck.
00:47:11What's your alibi for that?
00:47:13I was being trailed by one of your coppers, by good luck.
00:47:18Why?
00:47:19A man named Forbes is out here.
00:47:21He said you sent for him.
00:47:22All right, send him in.
00:47:23Wait outside, Art.
00:47:33Good morning, Mr. Forbes.
00:47:34You want to see me, Captain?
00:47:35Yes.
00:47:36You know Mr. Wong?
00:47:37Oh, yes.
00:47:38How are you, Mr. Wong?
00:47:39Forbes.
00:47:40We were kind of interrupted last night.
00:47:41And I'd kind of like to find out what you know about young Belden.
00:47:44Well, I'm afraid I can't tell you very much.
00:47:46Most of my dealing has been with his father.
00:47:48Well, what sort of a kid is he?
00:47:51He's always struck me as being a rather nice sort of a chap.
00:47:54Quiet, well brought up.
00:47:57So you don't think for a minute that he had anything to do with his father's murder?
00:48:00Maybe.
00:48:01I do know he's mixed up in Soroba's death.
00:48:03Oh, I can't believe that, Captain.
00:48:04Why, it's impossible.
00:48:05I'm afraid you're wrong.
00:48:08There's Belden, Captain.
00:48:09Picked him up in a quick lunch joint, had him coffee.
00:48:11All right, sit down.
00:48:14Have you met Mr. Wong?
00:48:16Perhaps you met him last night.
00:48:18No, I've never met Mr. Wong.
00:48:20How do you do?
00:48:21We've been looking for you all night.
00:48:23Where were you?
00:48:24I don't know why the police would be interested in my movements.
00:48:27What's this all about?
00:48:28What were you doing in Tanya Soroba's apartment last night?
00:48:30Oh, we know you were there.
00:48:31The mage saw you sneaking up the back way.
00:48:33If I were you, I'd tell the Captain all he wants to know.
00:48:36Well, I don't know what this is all about, Frank,
00:48:38but you're welcome to my legal advice if I can be of any assistance to you.
00:48:42For his father's sake, I feel that I ought to do everything I can to protect him.
00:48:46All right.
00:48:47But I still want to know what you were doing in Tanya Soroba's apartment last night at 10 o'clock.
00:48:50Were you there, Frank?
00:48:52Yes, I was there, but I didn't kill her.
00:48:55Yes, I was there, but I didn't kill her.
00:48:58She... she was dead when I found her.
00:49:01Don't give me that!
00:49:02Well, you don't know what you're saying, Frank.
00:49:04I demand that this boy be advised of his constitutional rights.
00:49:07I'll take care of his constitutional rights.
00:49:09This is a murder investigation.
00:49:11Tanya Soroba was killed last night at 10.15.
00:49:13Just 15 minutes after this young man was seen going in her apartment.
00:49:16That's not true. It's not true, I tell you.
00:49:18She was dead when I found her.
00:49:20Are you sure of the time, Street?
00:49:22Your own switchboard operator heard the argument and the report.
00:49:26They found Street in your study, you remember.
00:49:29Yes, yes, that's right.
00:49:31All right, Bell, an alibi out of that. Come clean.
00:49:33Why'd you kill her?
00:49:34I didn't, I didn't, I tell you!
00:49:36I... I loved Tanya.
00:49:38Why would I want to kill her?
00:49:39I'll tell you why.
00:49:41Because you were jealous.
00:49:42You thought she was devil-crossing you, and you went up to her apartment and you quarreled,
00:49:45and then you killed her!
00:49:46That's a lie! Every word of it's a lie!
00:49:49So you found your sweetheart murdered, and what did you do?
00:49:51You ran out and hid.
00:49:52Why didn't you call the police?
00:49:54I... I don't know. I... I was half crazy.
00:49:56Now, see here, Street, this boy is no condition for questioning.
00:49:59I'll say he isn't, because he doesn't know the answers.
00:50:01Gentlemen, I suggest that we all calm down.
00:50:05Allow young Mr. Belder to tell us what happened in his own way.
00:50:08All right, all right, I'm listening.
00:50:10Now, supposing we go back just a little way, shall we?
00:50:14When did you last see Tanya Sorova alive?
00:50:19When she promised to marry me.
00:50:21Yesterday afternoon, late.
00:50:23And where was that?
00:50:24At her apartment.
00:50:26I, uh... I was going to take her to dinner, see, and...
00:50:29But she said she didn't feel well, so...
00:50:31So I went out and got a bite, and then I drove her on a little while.
00:50:33Yes, and then?
00:50:34Well, on the way home, I... I saw a light in the apartment, and I...
00:50:38Well, I went up to tell her good night.
00:50:40Are you in the habit of using the back way?
00:50:42Yeah, I had a key.
00:50:44See, sometimes Tanya wasn't in, and I'd go in and wait for her.
00:50:47Yeah, well, she was in last night.
00:50:49Did you use the key then?
00:50:51No.
00:50:53No, that's funny. I remember that the door was open.
00:50:56What else do you remember?
00:50:58Yes, Bell, didn't go on.
00:51:00Well, I... I went in and called her, but there was no answer,
00:51:04so I went in the living room, and...
00:51:07On the floor, I saw her over by the window.
00:51:09Near the telephone?
00:51:12I don't know. I...
00:51:14I didn't see anything but Tanya.
00:51:18Was there anything else in the room that was unusual,
00:51:21that attracted your attention?
00:51:23Anything at all?
00:51:26Yes, yeah, I remember the... the radio was on.
00:51:28No, don't kid me.
00:51:30The radio wasn't playing when I got there.
00:51:33If you didn't leave that apartment until before 10.15, where'd you go?
00:51:37I don't know. I just... I... I drove around.
00:51:39I... I don't know where I went. I... I drove all night.
00:51:44What? Captain?
00:51:46A fellow out here named Griswold says he's got to see you.
00:51:48Who's Griswold? What does he want? What does he do?
00:51:51What do you want to see him about?
00:51:52I got to talk to him. I'm from radio station LMAB.
00:51:55He's from radio station LMAB.
00:51:58I don't know anybody from a radio station. Tell him to wait.
00:52:01He says he's got to wait.
00:52:06All right, come clean.
00:52:09You didn't leave that apartment until after 10.15.
00:52:11After you killed her! Stop it, I tell you! Stop it!
00:52:14Street, you're getting nowhere browbeating the boy this way.
00:52:17Maybe if you let me talk to him quietly somewhere.
00:52:19All right, all right. I'll talk to him quietly.
00:52:22Would you like to see your father?
00:52:24No.
00:52:26Why should I want to see him?
00:52:29He's probably glad she's dead.
00:52:31Why should he be glad? Doesn't he like her?
00:52:33No.
00:52:35Did you quarrel over with your father?
00:52:37Yeah. Yeah, we had a quarrel, and I walked out on him.
00:52:40And then you walked back last night to his jewelry store...
00:52:43and shot him, killed him!
00:52:47You... you made my father's dead?
00:52:50Stop it, will you? Stop it! What are you trying to do to me?
00:52:53Somebody get me a glass of water.
00:52:55Never mind the water.
00:52:57Get him a glass of water. Where is it?
00:52:59Outside.
00:53:01Something wrong, Captain? Yeah, give me that brandy.
00:53:11Now go and sit down and walk if you want.
00:53:13Come on. What is this?
00:53:15Say, what am I supposed to do? Spend the weekend here?
00:53:17He'll get you.
00:53:19Mr. Hardaway.
00:53:21The press.
00:53:23Yes, the press. What do you know today?
00:53:25Pardon me.
00:53:36What's the matter?
00:53:40Who is this? It's the fellow from the radio station, Griswold.
00:53:46Where'd this paper file come from?
00:53:48Say, that looks like mine. It's missing from the desk.
00:53:51All right. Who did it?
00:53:54This is a payoff, right in my own office.
00:53:56Stay away from that phone.
00:54:04Start talking, Hardaway.
00:54:07What again?
00:54:11I'm sorry for the interruption, Mr. Wong,
00:54:13but that is a new program and I want to check on it.
00:54:15Not at all. It's all most interesting.
00:54:17Yes, but full of headaches.
00:54:19Replacing Griswold is going to be one of them.
00:54:22I can quite imagine.
00:54:24His programs were popular, weren't they?
00:54:26Very. He was a talented young man.
00:54:28Wrote most of the sketches and played all the parts in them.
00:54:32He played female roles as well?
00:54:35Oh, yes.
00:54:37In the sketch you want to see, the one he did last night.
00:54:41He played a very emotional feminine role.
00:54:48Here's the manuscript for it. Thank you.
00:54:51Now, this program went on the air sharply at 10 o'clock?
00:54:55Oh, yes. Radio works on split seconds.
00:54:58Every program is timed exactly.
00:55:00And it ran for how long?
00:55:0215 minutes in all.
00:55:04The sketch went on at 10, 1 1⁄2 and finished at 10, 14.
00:55:07The balance of the program time was taken up with commercials.
00:55:11It was advertising.
00:55:13Would it disturb you if I turned on this program?
00:55:15Not at all. I've just finished.
00:55:18I'd like to take this with me.
00:55:20Oh, that would be all right. Thank you very much.
00:55:22Goodbye. Goodbye.
00:55:24...presenting for your entertainment the first mystery thriller
00:55:27in their new series of programs.
00:55:35How do you do, sir? Can I help you?
00:55:37Yes. Is this the new remote-control radio?
00:55:40Why, yes. And a very fine instrument, too.
00:55:42I wonder if you'd be kind enough to give me a demonstration.
00:55:45I'd be glad to. Won't you sit down?
00:55:50Now, this is the remote-control box.
00:55:53Looks like the dial on an automatic telephone.
00:55:56And works very much on the same principle.
00:55:58You see, this is the remote-control box.
00:56:01And works very much on the same principle.
00:56:03You see, it's not attached in any way to the demonstration radio.
00:56:06However, being in any part of the house
00:56:08and desiring to change the program,
00:56:10we simply switch the dials and the radio automatically switches.
00:56:13I'll show you.
00:56:23At just what distance would that still be effective?
00:56:26Guaranteed up to 200 feet.
00:56:29And you can shut the radio off in the same way?
00:56:32Oh, yes. Just press down on this right here.
00:56:46What, again?
00:56:48Yeah. Didn't take long for that lawyer to get you and the boys out, did it, Hardway?
00:56:51Why should it?
00:56:53Say, listen, you can't hang that murder rap on any of us.
00:56:55Somebody killed Griswold, and three of you were there when it happened.
00:56:58Yeah, and plenty others.
00:57:00That office of yours was a close second to a railroad station.
00:57:04But what's this visit for?
00:57:06According to ballistics, the same gun killed Serova, Belden, and Grady.
00:57:11Mind if I check yours?
00:57:13You know I don't carry a gun. I haven't had one around here in years.
00:57:17Come on, search the place.
00:57:19You think if I had one, I would keep it here just to show it?
00:57:22Looks like you're getting a little carried, Hardway.
00:57:25If that gun matches those bullets, it'll be too bad for you.
00:57:28Get that to ballistics.
00:57:30So you still think I killed Serova while I was in your office, eh?
00:57:33You could have farmed that rod out.
00:57:35Take him away.
00:57:37You're making a mistake, Street.
00:57:40Murder is not my record.
00:57:42Maybe. We'll wait and see what that ballistics report says.
00:57:52Come on.
00:58:23All right, keep your hands right there.
00:58:26Turn around.
00:58:28Ah, Cap Anderson, huh?
00:58:32From Harry Lockett's fishing barge.
00:58:38So this is the thief who you supplied this place with, huh?
00:58:42You know, I'm not the kind of person to run off and leave a gun here.
00:58:46I'll put it in the car.
00:58:48I'll take it to the barn.
00:58:50I'll get some coffee, and I'll bring it back.
00:58:52I don't think you've got a choice, sir.
00:58:54I don't think you have a choice.
00:58:56You can't always decide for yourself.
00:58:58I'm sorry.
00:59:00If you don't want to be charged, you'll have to do it yourself.
00:59:03If you don't want to be charged, you'll have to do it yourself.
00:59:06I don't care.
00:59:08I'm not gonna do it.
01:00:10I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
01:00:40This is Mr. Wong, Bessie. I'll be experimenting with the phone for a little while, so pay
01:00:45no attention if it rings.
01:00:56Oh, come in, Forbes.
01:00:57Oh, it's you, Mr. Wong. Well, that is a relief. I was wondering who was up here.
01:01:04Oh, you put that string down past my window.
01:01:07Yes, when I found the receiver off the stand last night, I had an idea that the switchboard
01:01:14operator was intended to overhear what she heard.
01:01:17I don't follow you.
01:01:18I believe that the murderer had a way of forcing her to listen at the right time.
01:01:23You think that a murderer would deliberately invite a witness to his crime?
01:01:27He might arrange to have her think she was a witness, with a piece of cord, a telephone,
01:01:35and a radio.
01:01:37I don't understand.
01:01:38Now, this radio is a new remote control, Mark. Now, let us assume that a certain radio program
01:01:45exactly fitted a given situation. How easy it would be to tune in the desired station
01:01:51at the right time and be nowhere near the instrument.
01:01:54Oh, I see. You mean that the crime could have been committed sometime before.
01:02:00Of course. And by any of our suspects who had such car-style alibis.
01:02:06Partway Harry Lockett, for instance, who planted himself in Street's office at the supposed
01:02:11time of the murder. Any of his friends.
01:02:14Even young Belden?
01:02:15Even young Belden. He was here at ten o'clock. Who knows? Perhaps it was his second visit.
01:02:25You don't believe that, do you?
01:02:28No.
01:02:30Nor that any of the others did it, either.
01:02:34No.
01:02:51Is that what you were looking for, Mr. Baum?
01:02:54Yes.
01:02:56And you pulled the cord?
01:02:57When I went to get the drink.
01:02:59And when you reached for the cigars?
01:03:01I turned off the radio by remote control.
01:03:05Thank you, Mr. Forbes.
01:03:07Keep away from that telephone. Get over there.
01:03:11Operator.
01:03:14Oh, hello, Captain.
01:03:15Hello. Is Mr. Forbes in?
01:03:17I'll see for you.
01:03:20Operator.
01:03:22Mr. Forbes doesn't answer.
01:03:23All right. Thanks.
01:03:26Why don't you answer that call?
01:03:28I'm sorry.
01:03:29I'm sorry.
01:03:30I'm sorry.
01:03:31I'm sorry.
01:03:32I'm sorry.
01:03:33I'm sorry.
01:03:34I'm sorry.
01:03:35I'm sorry.
01:03:36I'm sorry.
01:03:37I'm sorry.
01:03:38I'm sorry.
01:03:39Why don't you answer that call?
01:03:42Well, that's Mr. Wong.
01:03:43He told me not to pay no attention to it.
01:03:45Mr. Wong?
01:03:46Yeah.
01:03:47He's up in Mr. Rhodes' apartment playing with the telephone.
01:03:50Well, I hope he's having a good time.
01:03:51I'll drop up and see.
01:03:53Playing with a telephone.
01:04:02I killed Grady because he was in the way.
01:04:04And Belden because he was getting ready to talk.
01:04:07I killed Griswold when he recognized his own program.
01:04:10And Tanya Sorova because she knew too much.
01:04:12No.
01:04:14Because she was leaving me for a younger man.
01:04:22It's you who knows too much.
01:04:26Wong, Mr. Street.
01:04:27Just a moment, Street.
01:04:30What are you doing up here, Wong?
01:04:32Get him up.
01:04:34Over there with him.
01:04:43Well.
01:04:45The two of you.
01:04:47That makes it perfect.
01:04:51I suppose you'd like to have us turn around
01:04:53so you could give it to us in the back.
01:04:55I suppose you'd like to have us turn around
01:04:57so you could give it to us in the back like you gave it to Grady.
01:05:00Drop that gun.
01:05:01Drop it, I say.
01:05:07Nice work, kid.
01:05:11Take him, Wong.
01:05:12Oh, Bobby.
01:05:14Bobby.
01:05:16Honey.
01:05:17Bobby.
01:05:18Yes?
01:05:20Oh, it's all right, Bessie. The experiment's over.
01:05:22You might get me the herald, will you?
01:05:25Herald?
01:05:27You have a star reporter on your staff.
01:05:29A Miss Roberta Logan.
01:05:31She has just been instrumental in the capture of John Forbes,
01:05:35confessed murderer in the Dan Grady, Serova case.
01:05:39Oh, yes. This is a scoop.
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