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05:20Good morning, Chief.
05:23Benelli?
05:25There's too many brawls in your district lately.
05:29Almost every night there's a knife-in.
05:33You know, I got a tough district to handle, Chief.
05:36Maybe you can't handle it.
05:38Sure I can. All I want is a little more time.
05:41You know, I got everything pretty much under control.
05:44You know, there's two factions down there.
05:46And?
05:47How'd you like to go back wearing a patrolman's uniform?
05:50Well, I don't like that, Chief.
05:52Then listen, Benelli.
05:54From now on, I want you to arrest every man down there
05:57that looks like he might know what a knife is.
05:59Now, that's all. Get out.
06:00All right.
06:05Send Finnegan in.
06:06Yes, Chief.
06:11Maybe you can hear better standing up.
06:17Finnegan, I've had my eyes on you for months.
06:21Politics is not going to keep any man's job on this force
06:24as long as I had it.
06:25Now I'm warning you, Finnegan.
06:26Keep your nose out of politics or I'll break you.
06:29I know what's running through your mind.
06:31You're thinking I won't be long on this job.
06:33Well, maybe not.
06:35But while I'm here, there'll be no interference
06:37from Shyster lawyers or underworld bosses.
06:40Then maybe I can give you some advice.
06:41I don't want your advice.
06:43Now get out of here.
06:48Mr. Ryan, send Laban in, please.
06:50Yes, sir.
06:56Levine?
06:57If you don't mind, Chief, it's Laban.
07:01Well, whatever it is.
07:04You've been heading the vice squad for some time.
07:07I'm not going to let you get away with it.
07:09I'm not going to let you get away with it.
07:11I'm not going to let you get away with it.
07:13I'm not going to let you get away with it.
07:15You've been heading the vice squad for some time.
07:18And I understand that you're building
07:20quite a pretentious home on the salary you draw.
07:23And the police commission is noticing it, too.
07:26My grandmother died last year in Paris.
07:28She left me the money.
07:30You may have to prove that.
07:32Yes, sir.
07:33I'll bring the lawyer's letter to you.
07:36Yes, Chief?
07:37Get Captain Withers for me, please.
07:39Yes, sir.
07:40Captain Withers, you are next.
07:50Hello, Bill.
07:51Hello, Jim.
07:52Sit down.
07:56Bill?
07:57Jim?
07:58Jim?
07:59Jim?
08:00Jim?
08:01Jim?
08:02Jim?
08:03Jim?
08:04Jim?
08:05Jim?
08:06Jim?
08:07Jim?
08:08Jim?
08:09Jim?
08:10Jim?
08:11Jim?
08:12Jim?
08:13Jim?
08:14Jim?
08:15Jim?
08:16Jim?
08:17Jim?
08:18Jim?
08:19Jim?
08:20Jim?
08:21Jim?
08:22Jim?
08:23Jim?
08:24Jim?
08:25Jim?
08:26Jim?
08:27Jim?
08:28Jim?
08:29Jim?
08:30Jim?
08:31Jim?
08:32Jim?
08:34He's sort of bitter at times.
08:36That's my worry.
08:37I can handle him.
08:44When Solomon gets through,
08:45he'll have every man in force down on him.
08:47Eh, Withers?
08:49I guess the Chief knows what he's doing.
08:51Maybe you benefited by it.
08:53That's why you talked that way.
08:54Listen, Perkins.
08:56Officers who have done their duty
08:57don't have to be nervous about what the Chief does.
09:00He's got the whole Department boiling.
09:02There's a dozen fellows who would like to be pallbearers at his funeral.
09:08Miss Ryan, will you come in, please?
09:18Is Inspector Silverstein here?
09:20He phoned and said he'd be here.
09:32What is it, a shake-up?
09:33Shake-up and down.
09:36As I was saying, Mary Ryan's got one of those red-hot Irish tempers.
09:41And as a policewoman, she packs a gun.
09:44If Sullivan thinks he can go gallivanting around with her daughter late at night,
09:47and bring her in at all hours of the morning...
09:49Kathleen Ryan's the chief secretary.
09:51And they have department business to take care of nights.
09:54Business?
09:55Yeah.
09:56Monkey business, maybe.
09:57Shut up, Perkins!
10:03Come on in, David.
10:08I hope I'm not intruding.
10:09Certainly not.
10:11Would you mind waiting in me private office?
10:12Thanks.
10:19Inspector Silverstein.
10:22Come here, please.
10:24I'm sorry, sir.
10:25I'm afraid I can't.
10:26I'm afraid I can't.
10:27I'm afraid I can't.
10:28I'm afraid I can't.
10:29I'm afraid I can't.
10:30I'm afraid I can't.
10:30I'm afraid I can't.
10:35You have been tried and found guilty
10:38of absenting yourself from your post of duty without leave.
10:42Now, I'm warning you.
10:43If you should let this happen again,
10:46you will be severely punished.
10:48Well, you see, Chief, it was Rebecca's anniversary,
10:51and, actually, we had some people over for dinner, so I...
10:53Now, now.
10:54That all came out in the hearing.
10:57Take your place among the officers.
11:00Gentlemen, I am proud to say that we have one of the finest police forces in the country.
11:09I know it's not 100 percent, but I don't know of anything that is.
11:14I have seen fit to make some changes today for the benefit of the department in general
11:19and officers individually.
11:22Some of you may not like it.
11:25If not, I'm sorry.
11:27I want to congratulate you on having solved a large percentage of crime.
11:32Furthermore, I want you to make this town so hot for the crook that he'll find it an
11:37unhealthy place to nest in.
11:39Do your duty.
11:40And as long as I head this department, your jobs will be safe.
11:45That's all.
11:48Inspector Silverstein.
11:51Yes, sir.
11:54Come here.
11:57Tell Rebecca that I'm sore because she didn't invite me to her party.
12:07Also tell her that I'm dropping by some evening soon for kofilsefish and matzo balls.
12:12And some sweet and sour pickles and a nice piece of schmaltzeri.
12:17Keep your seat, David.
12:29Will you have a cigar?
12:30No, thanks.
12:31I prefer my own.
12:32Here, try one.
12:34Thanks.
12:35Oh, you're still making them yourself, I see.
12:38Of course.
12:39My pet hobby.
12:40But then, you see, I come by it naturally.
12:42My father was a cigar maker.
12:43I learned the art when I was a kid working in his factory.
12:54If I were a woman, I think I should go in for very expensive perfumes.
12:58But as it is, I have to content myself with fine imported tobacco and roses.
13:03Of course, you've heard of Diana's engagement.
13:06Sorry, David.
13:08But since it wasn't you, I'm glad she chose Burke.
13:12He's a clean young fellow.
13:13I agree with you.
13:15Of course, I wish she'd shown a little better judgment and chosen me, but as it is, I wish them all the luck in the world.
13:21That's very kind of you.
13:23The next best thing to a winner is a good loser.
13:27And I'm sure Diana will always have the greatest respect and affection for you.
13:31That will always be my feeling towards them both.
13:33Come in.
13:39Dr. McNeil from the insurance company.
13:41I'll be going.
13:42No, no, no.
13:43That's quite all right.
13:44Send him in, please.
13:50Hello, Mac.
13:51Sorry to have to have you come down here.
13:53All right.
13:54I'm glad to get out of morbid once in a while.
13:56I want you to meet Professor Graham, Dr. McNeil.
13:58Glad to know you, sir.
14:00Pleasure is mine.
14:01Professor Graham is a very successful criminologist and scientific detective.
14:06He's quite a booster of mine.
14:08And deservedly so.
14:10I've heard a lot about you, Professor.
14:12In fact, I've read of some of your marvelous crime solutions.
14:16Well, isn't anybody a good word to say for my ability?
14:20From what I heard out in the hall, you rate pretty low as a chief.
14:24And from what I know of police, they like to do a lot of talking to other people.
14:30But they can't take it themselves.
14:32This is going to be fun.
14:33Come along, Doc.
14:34Let's operate.
14:35Thanks for the help, Professor.
14:36All right.
14:37Sit down.
14:39Let's try the old pump.
14:43Hitting on 16 cylinders.
14:48I will try the blood pressure.
14:52There you are.
15:02Normal.
15:03Normal.
15:07Let's see now.
15:08I guess you better.
15:10How are the lamps?
15:11All right?
15:15Bet you can see in the dark with those glimmers.
15:18All right.
15:19The mammoth cave.
15:21Perfect.
15:22There's a prima donnas.
15:27Let's see now.
15:28Let's try the old bellows.
15:33Good enough for a blacksmith's forge.
15:35You sure I'm not too good to live?
15:37Why not?
15:39Those kind die young, Chief.
15:41You've passed that mark.
15:44Well, Chief Sullivan is very busy at present.
15:46Would you leave your name?
15:48Is it extremely important?
15:51Well, just a minute, please.
15:59Yes?
16:00There's a party on the wire who won't leave a name.
16:02Says it's urgent.
16:05Chief Sullivan speaking.
16:07Who is this?
16:10I've no time for cranks like you.
16:16Yes, sir.
16:17Trace that call, Miss Ryan.
16:18Yes, sir.
16:23Operator, can you trace that call?
16:26Well, Doc, you probably won't think I'm such a good risk now.
16:30The fellow just threatened my life.
16:32Second time it happened this week.
16:33You certainly take it casually enough.
16:36He'll probably follow it up with a threatening letter
16:38and then annoy somebody else.
16:40You should have traced that call while he was still on the wire.
16:43Didn't I tell you he knew his stuff?
16:46Yes?
16:47The man's hung up, and you know how many calls we have.
16:50All right, thanks, Miss Ryan.
16:51Now, goodbye, Chief.
16:52Goodbye.
16:53Hope you don't collect soon.
16:55See you again, Professor.
16:56I hope so, Doctor.
17:01Say, Graham, what about giving us a lecture tomorrow?
17:05Tomorrow?
17:07I have a pretty full day and a dinner engagement.
17:11What about midnight?
17:15Do you think the men can stand it?
17:16The kind of lecture I want, they'll like.
17:19What kind is that?
17:21Well, you see, we'll parade a number of criminal types in the show-up room.
17:27People you've never seen.
17:29Oh, yes.
17:30And I'm to guess they're criminal records from their personal appearances.
17:33Is that the idea?
17:34Sure.
17:36Say, that's rather putting me on the spot, isn't it?
17:38Suppose I should miss.
17:40You won't.
17:41It'll help the officers to pick out suspicious characters at a glance.
17:45Will you do it?
17:48Okay, I'll be there.
17:50Thanks.
17:52And you won't stand me up?
17:53Uh-uh.
17:55And you won't stand me up?
17:56Uh-uh.
18:05Did you want something?
18:06Yes.
18:08I want you to go home and quit working nights.
18:14Well, it can't be done, Chief.
18:17Well, you see, there's a lot of correspondence to get out and filing to do.
18:22I'll be here till midnight.
18:27Out with it, young lady.
18:31Mother's terribly suspicious.
18:33Of us?
18:34Yes.
18:36That gambler, Gus Armstrong, saw us together last night.
18:40And he's stirring up trouble.
18:43Huh.
18:44Sore because I raided his joint, huh?
18:46Oh, I'm sorry I told you.
18:48But I just don't know what to do about Mother.
18:52She's furious.
18:56No, no, no.
18:57Don't cry.
18:58Don't cry.
18:59I tried to make her understand that there wasn't anything between us.
19:04But she just wouldn't believe me.
19:09That's all right.
19:10Maybe we can make her understand.
19:12You can't talk me out of anything, Jim Sullivan.
19:14But you don't understand, Mrs. Ryan.
19:16Oh, yes, I do.
19:18Only to will.
19:20And you, telling me all those lies.
19:23You're not fit to live in a decent home.
19:26If the law can't take care of this, I can.
19:29You're going to do what any decent man would.
19:32Well, you must be out of your head.
19:34I'll give you until tomorrow.
19:36I'll give you until tomorrow.
19:38Well, you must be out of your head.
19:40I'll give you until tomorrow.
19:43Go and get your hat and coat.
20:00Calling car 71.
20:02Car 71.
20:03Go to 22nd and St. Ann Street.
20:0522nd and St. Ann Street.
20:07A barking dog.
20:10Calling car 36.
20:11Car 36.
20:13Go to 59th and Rampart.
20:1559th and Rampart.
20:17A drunken man beating up his wife.
20:20That is all.
20:27Hello, Dan.
20:28Hi, Jones. What are you doing?
20:30Oh, just enough to interrupt a good story.
20:32Barking dogs, crowing roosters,
20:35fainting woman, three prowlers,
20:38guys beating up themselves,
20:40half a dozen drunks and a cat up a phone pole and won't come down.
20:45Oh, but that looks funny.
20:47What looks funny?
20:48Half a dozen drunks and a cat up a phone pole.
20:50Must be a pole cat.
20:52Oh, you're pulling something on me, huh?
20:58Here's something interesting.
21:00Calling car 22.
21:01Car 26.
21:02Car 31.
21:03Car 47.
21:04Disregard all other calls.
21:06Go to 72nd and D Street.
21:0872nd and Weaver Street.
21:10Bank hold up.
21:11Bank hold up.
21:28Calling car 22.
21:29Car 26.
21:30Car 31 and car 47.
21:32Bank van has escaped out of King's Highway.
21:34Counting in black sedan.
21:36Three in car.
21:37Three in car.
21:38Boy and two older men.
21:40Take no chances with this gang.
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23:29I don't want to go to prison.
23:32They might even hang me.
23:34They can't do that, Johnny.
23:35Well, those two won't do any more hold-ups.
23:38Listen, go call an ambulance, quick.
23:40All right, I will.
23:43I feel kind of funny.
23:46Kind of like I'm floating.
23:48Well, here, now, take it easy, kid.
23:49The ambulance will be here in a minute.
23:51They'll fix you up.
23:52I feel pretty good, now.
23:57It's all right.
23:58Everything will be all right.
24:06Johnny.
24:08Johnny.
24:10Johnny, wake up.
24:18Johnny.
24:19Johnny.
26:22Come on darling, shake off the blues.
26:30You know, you're an engaged man.
26:34Diana, I went through something today that doesn't make me feel exactly cheerful.
26:42A young fellow was trapped with a bunch of crooks.
26:44He was shot and killed.
26:48I understand how you feel, darling.
26:50He was only a kid.
26:52Told me it was his first job, that he was broke.
26:56You know, I'm glad you feel that way, even about that kind of a boy, but...
27:02But you'll get over it, won't you?
27:07Well it's late.
27:08I must be going.
27:11That's father.
27:12Hello there.
27:13Hello.
27:14It's a nice piece of work you fellows did today, Burke.
27:24Thanks.
27:25I was just saying good night, chief.
27:28Would you mind waiting a few minutes?
27:30I'd like to talk with you.
27:32Why, I'd be glad to.
27:33I'm a little tired.
27:34Will you excuse me?
27:36Surely.
27:37You run along and get some sleep.
27:41Good night, father.
27:42Good night, Diana.
27:43Oh, Dan, will you look in the morning papers?
27:53I gave them the announcement of our engagement.
28:04Sit down.
28:05Read that.
28:24Of course, Dan, you'll release my daughter from the engagement.
28:28Release?
28:29Release Diana?
28:30Yes.
28:31It is the only honorable thing you can do.
28:34But I love her.
28:35All the more reason why you should free her from a compromising situation.
28:40But I can't understand why I should be blamed for something my brother did.
28:43Then why did you deliberately conceal his identity?
28:46Because I knew the people wouldn't understand.
28:48Even Diana might not.
28:51I like you, Burke.
28:54Liked you well enough to give my consent to your marriage to my only child.
28:58Please understand me.
29:00It isn't because your brother was killed.
29:03I'm very sorry that happened.
29:07Duty is a hard work.
29:11But his being a criminal makes it impossible.
29:15But Johnny wasn't a real criminal.
29:17He was forced into it.
29:18He's only a kid.
29:20You know the law, Dan.
29:22A man was murdered and he participated in the crime.
29:27Why everybody would point out Diana as the wife of a man whose brother was a murderer.
29:33I'll tell Diana and let her decide for herself.
29:36You've already deceived her once by not telling her the truth.
29:41Well I'll not release her.
29:43Yes you will, Burke.
29:44You'll not trick my daughter into any marriage like this.
29:47You can do anything you like, but it won't do you any good.
29:50I love Diana and she loves me.
29:52And nobody is going to come between us.
29:54Not even you, Chief.
29:58What are you two quarreling about?
30:28Your father is asking me to release you from our engagement.
30:41Diana, you'll be fair.
30:45You love me, darling.
30:48I don't know what to say.
30:50Please let me think things over.
30:55I tell you, Burke, you'll never marry her as long as I'm alive.
31:07Oh, Dad.
31:08Dad, please be reasonable.
31:10Let me work things out in my own way.
31:13I don't want you to marry into a family with a criminal record.
31:17It isn't that, Dad.
31:19What hurts me is that the man I love tried to deceive me before our marriage.
31:25Diana, why don't you pack up and take a little trip somewhere?
31:31Bermuda, Miami, or anywhere.
31:35No, darling.
31:37I think I'll just go out for a little ride.
31:39Don't you wait up for me.
31:41It's not safe for you to ride around this time of night.
31:45That's not very complimentary to your department's sufficiency, is it?
31:51You're not going to see Dan Burke?
31:53No.
31:54No, no, I'm not.
31:57That's a promise.
31:58All right.
31:59Good night, dear.
32:13I've been waiting for you.
32:30Expecting me?
32:31Doesn't it look like it?
32:38I suppose you also know why I've come here.
32:41Certainly.
32:42I read the evening paper.
32:45That'll brace you.
32:50David, what am I going to do?
32:54You know perfectly well what you're going to do.
32:57Only being a woman, you won't admit it.
32:58Well, I know.
32:59You're going to marry Danny Burke, and you'll be perfectly right.
33:01Why are you so sure?
33:02Well, after all, he isn't to blame for this tragedy in his family.
33:06But why didn't he tell me?
33:08Why did he hold things back from me?
33:10Try and realize what's running through the poor fellow's mind.
33:14He's engaged to a girl whose father happens to be the chief of police, and has given his
33:18consent thinking he's going to have a son-in-law he'll be proud of.
33:21And then what happens?
33:22In the discharge of his duty, he's shooting it out with a bunch of gangsters, and discovers
33:27that one of them is his own brother.
33:29His brother's fatally shot, and he thinks that no one is aware of his identity.
33:33Now what's he going to do?
33:35If he tells you or your father, it means an end to all this happiness.
33:43Thank you, David.
33:46You're awfully sweet.
33:48Oh, thank you.
33:56You know, as a matter of fact, all this explanation business was entirely unnecessary.
34:00What do you mean?
34:01You would have made the same decision through the proverbial intuition of your sex.
34:06Good night.
34:07Good night, dear.
34:35I hear you're not on the gambling squad after tonight, eh, Phillips?
34:59That's what a man gets for being honest, transferred to some place out in the bushes.
35:04I'd like to punch Sullivan right in the jaw.
35:07That's too good for him.
35:08What he needs is a real working over.
35:11After all, I ain't got no kick coming against the chief, because he's been pretty nice to
35:15me.
35:16Nice, huh?
35:17You call that reprimand you got yesterday pretty nice?
35:21What would you call a sock in the puss, a love-pat?
35:24If he thinks he's going to be chief another 30 days, he's crazy.
35:32Mr. Armstrong's got enough political pull to take care of that.
35:36Accused you of playing politics, didn't he?
35:38Yeah.
35:39What does he think he's playing, Pinochle?
35:41Listen, my mind's made up, and that's that.
35:44Diane is of age, and you can't stop us.
35:46My daughter will not go against my wishes.
35:48She has given me her word.
35:49I guess Dan Burke won't be so high and mighty when the police commission put him on the
35:52carpet for not identifying his kid brother.
35:55Sullivan, he'd get him out of that all right.
35:58Burke is going to marry the old man's daughter.
36:00Yeah?
36:01I've got another guest coming.
36:02You think Sullivan's going to take on a son-in-law that had a bandit brother?
36:06Did you hear about Mary Ryan and the chief?
36:10Got wise that Sullivan'd take her out, huh?
36:13I was talking to the janitor last night.
36:15He said the old lady was threatening the chief, said he'd have to marry Kathleen or else.
36:20Hello, Miss Ryan.
36:23How do you do, Miss Sullivan?
36:28Is my father busy?
36:29Lieutenant Burke is with him.
36:36And that's final, Burke.
36:37Not with me.
36:38Hello, Danny.
36:39Hello, father.
36:40Hello, darling.
36:41I've just been trying to convince your father.
36:46It's ten to one you weren't successful.
36:48I wasn't.
36:49I'm the only one who can win an argument with him.
36:51But this is one time you won't.
36:52But Dad, it isn't right to blame Dan for something his brother did.
36:56I don't.
36:57But it's the deception and the compromising of your reputation.
37:00Oh, let's leave out my reputation.
37:02I wouldn't let gossip keep me away from Dan.
37:04And now I'll tell you just as I told him that as long as I'm alive, he'll never marry you.
37:09But father, we love each other.
37:12And we're going to be married in spite of everything.
37:14Would you marry a man that I disapprove of?
37:21Please don't be unreasonable, father.
37:23Well, last night I was so bewildered I had to talk things over with somebody, so I went
37:27to David's apartment.
37:28If you'd only listen to him.
37:30Went to his apartment alone?
37:31What?
37:32And at night?
37:33There's nothing to make a fuss about.
37:34Your daughter was terribly upset.
37:36She needed advice from someone she could trust.
37:39I don't appreciate anybody giving my daughter advice contrary to my wishes.
37:43I didn't tell her what to do.
37:45I just tried to analyze the entire situation for her so that she could see through it clearly.
37:50Come in.
37:54Captain Withers is here.
37:55Send him in.
37:56Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'll see you later in the show-up room.
38:01Come in, Captain Withers.
38:05Pull up a chair and sit down.
38:14You saw the newspaper stories?
38:17Yes, chief.
38:18I want you to tip me off if Burke and Diana try to get a marriage license.
38:24Diana's hard-headed and self-willed.
38:28And Burke has indirectly threatened me if I interfere with his marriage plans.
38:31Okay, chief.
38:33Anything else?
38:34Yes.
38:35Something very confidential.
38:38The gambling interests are out to get me.
38:41Yeah?
38:42You know Gus Armstrong.
38:44Yeah.
38:45He's passed the word to Mary Ryan that everything isn't on the level between Kathleen and me.
38:50The old lady's up in arms.
38:52Fire the kid and prefer charges against the old lady if she squawks.
38:56Just what they'd want me to do, play right into their hands.
39:01That's the set-up that knocked over our former district attorney.
39:06What are you going to do about it?
39:07It's your job, Bill.
39:09Just what is there between you and Kathleen?
39:13I'm very fond of the girl, but not at the point of marrying.
39:17But she thinks she's desperately in love.
39:20Armstrong has all the details, huh?
39:22Yeah.
39:23And Mary Ryan actually threatened you?
39:26If I didn't marry her daughter.
39:27Besides Burke and the Ryan woman, I've had numerous threats by phone.
39:31Any idea concerning those?
39:34Chuck Finnegan's pretty chummy with Armstrong, and there's a lot of others sore on account
39:39Well, I'll see you here after Graham's lecture.
39:49I have an ace up my sleeve.
39:51All right.
39:53Do you mind if I hear Professor Graham tonight?
40:06You better go home, Kathleen.
40:08It's late.
40:09But I have to wait for Mother.
40:15All right.
40:16But be careful.
40:18I will, Chief.
40:28You've been pretty white about this situation, Graham.
40:30I want to thank you.
40:32I've always been interested in Diana's happiness.
40:34Father believes in you, David.
40:36I wish you could bring me around to our point of view.
40:38It's going to be a little difficult, but I'll try.
40:50Professor Graham, would you mind sitting over here next to the Chief?
41:06All right, Withers.
41:18Introduce Professor Graham.
41:20Okay, Chief.
41:26Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us one of the world's outstanding criminologists.
41:35Most of us know him as a personal friend who has helped the Department solve some of its
41:39most baffling problems.
41:41Tonight he will talk on the physical characteristics of the various types of criminals.
41:46He will illustrate his talk with a number of prisoners whom he has never seen before.
41:52As the prisoners are paraded by him, he will classify them by their physical characteristics.
41:58We shall see whether the deductions agree with our records.
42:03Ladies and gentlemen, Professor David Graham.
42:16Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid that Chief Sullivan has rather put me on the spot.
42:21However, I'll do my best to justify his opinion of my ability.
42:26All right, Captain Withers.
42:33Not a criminal by instinct, but easily duped into crime by keener minds.
42:39Retarded mental growth.
42:43Charge.
42:44Arrested on suspicion of theft.
42:46Record.
42:47Served two years in a state reformatory.
42:49Eighteen months in the Good Shepherd Home for the feeble-minded.
42:52Oh, come on, come on.
42:55Had his mind been alert, he would not have been arrested.
42:59Come on, come on.
43:01Had his mind been alert, he would never have attempted violence at such an inopportune moment.
43:12This type plays a major role in modern crime.
43:16Note the thin, sallow face, the listless expression and shifting gaze.
43:21He is a very dangerous individual and will commit any crime.
43:25He's a drug addict.
43:27Charge.
43:29Arrested for violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act.
43:32Now under arrest on suspicion of gang murder.
43:51The larger girl is aggressive.
43:54If started on a life of crime, she would actively participate with male criminals,
43:59drive a bandit car, act as lookout.
44:02Might possibly use a lethal weapon.
44:06The smaller girl has no initiative.
44:09Just prefers the easy life.
44:13Charge.
44:14The taller girl arrested on suspicion of robbery.
44:17Known to be a gambler's model.
44:19The smaller girl arrested on a vagrancy charge.
44:24Charge.
44:34He's a very dangerous criminal.
44:36Specializes in widows and orphans.
44:38Always has a safe investment.
44:40Yes, safe for him.
44:42Popularly known as a con man.
44:54Not a criminal type at all.
44:56I wouldn't mind having a dinner date with her.
44:58That is, if she'd accept the date.
45:03Maybe you'd better introduce us first, Captain Willis.
45:16Professor Graham, my daughter, Mary.
45:18How do you do?
45:19I'm happy to meet you.
45:21Well, was your dad in on this deal to baffle science?
45:24No, it was my own idea, wasn't it, Father?
45:27Come on, darling, wake up.
45:28The show's over.
45:30A very interesting lecture.
45:31You seem to have lulled the chief to sleep beautifully.
45:39Oh!
45:41He's dead!
45:42He's dead!
45:43He's dead!
45:44He's dead!
45:45He's dead!
45:46He's dead!
45:47He's dead!
45:48He's dead!
45:49He's dead!
45:50He's dead!
45:56I think she's right.
45:57Dr. Kelly!
45:58Dr. Kelly!
46:00The chief!
46:04His death must have been instantaneous.
46:06Has he had previous heart attacks, Miss Sullivan?
46:08Why, I...
46:10I don't...
46:12Lock the doors.
46:13Back to your seats, everybody.
46:14Don't let anyone leave this room.
46:15Oh, hand me a glass of water.
46:16Please.
46:29Are you all right, Diana?
46:31Yes.
46:32Yes, I'm all right.
46:34Come, dear.
46:38This man has been murdered.
46:40And the killer's right here in this room.
46:42Back to your seats, everybody.
46:44Unlock those doors.
46:46Steady now.
46:47We'll sit over here.
46:54Looks like a plain case of heart attack.
46:56That's what it's supposed to look like, Doctor.
46:59But I happen to be in Solomon's office.
47:01I'll be back in a moment.
47:11But I happen to be in Solomon's office last night
47:13when Dr. McNeil examined him
47:14and pronounced his heart perfectly normal.
47:17Captain Withers,
47:18do you know of anyone here
47:19who might have wanted a thing like this to happen?
47:27Yes.
47:28A dozen of them.
47:31Including a woman.
47:35Stay away from there.
47:37He's no good to you now.
47:41Clue number one.
47:43I'd have been willing to sign a death certificate
47:45without an autopsy.
47:46I'd have said angina pectoris.
47:48But I detect different symptoms now.
47:52What would you say, offhand?
47:54Complete and instantaneous paralysis
47:56of the respiratory organs
47:57with possible brain hemorrhage
47:59might be the work of some poison, Graham.
48:02Do you know the poison that would work this?
48:05Yes.
48:06Just one.
48:07In civilized countries,
48:08it's known only to a few people.
48:11To chemists and scientists.
48:13It's distilled by jungle Indians
48:15from the upper reaches of the Amazon.
48:18Fierce little pygmy tribes
48:19with only the crudest of weapons.
48:20They dip their darts into this poison
48:22and then propel them through blowguns.
48:25Since Chief Sullivan was seated in the front row,
48:28the dart, if there was a dart,
48:30must have been fired from back of him.
48:33It ought to be easy to determine that.
48:41It's here, all right.
48:42An ordinary sewing needle.
48:43Oh, be careful, Doctor.
48:44The point may still be deadly.
48:45How would you say it was injected?
48:47By hand?
48:48No.
48:50I should say blown through a tube.
48:53What sort of a tube?
48:54Oh, any small type.
48:56Possibly a cigarette holder.
48:58What would you suggest?
49:00That a preliminary autopsy
49:01be performed immediately.
49:03After that,
49:04a person-by-person search
49:05for the instrument of death.
49:06Then,
49:07a thorough investigation
49:08into the motive of the crime.
49:09I will ask Lieutenant Burke
49:10to stand by
49:11with Professor Graham and myself.
49:12And I want everybody in this room
49:14to watch the persons next to them
49:16in case the killer
49:17tries to dispose of the weapon.
49:19Then, one by one,
49:20I'm going to call you
49:21to come up here
49:22and empty all your belongings
49:23on the table.
49:24There are several cigarette holders,
49:26any one of which
49:27might have been used
49:28to propel the needle.
49:29The fact that there are several
49:30weakens their value as evidence.
49:33They will be returned to you later.
49:35Since we have so far
49:36not found any evidence
49:37of their existence,
49:38I suggest that we wait
49:39and try to find out
49:40if they are still there.
49:42It's a great pleasure
49:43to be able to help you
49:44and to inform you
49:45about the results of our investigation.
49:47I am afraid
49:48that we will be able
49:49to get some more information
49:50once we find the killer.
49:52All right.
49:53Since we have so far been unable to locate any physical evidence against the killer,
49:58I'm going to begin a search for motives.
50:01I want each of you who has any knowledge of a possible motive
50:04to write it down on a slip of paper which will be handed to you.
50:07You need not sign your names.
50:24Mary Ryan had made threats against the Chief.
50:28That's right. Sullivan told me tonight she'd been threatening him.
50:31I did not kill him. I only wanted him to marry my Kathleen.
50:38If you killed him, I hope they'd punish you. You were always threatening him.
50:42Sit down, Kathleen. Your mother didn't do this.
50:45Women are not expert enough to do a job of that kind.
50:48They kill rather crudely.
50:54Captain Perkins, you were overheard saying that you would like to be a pallbearer at the Chief's funeral.
51:00Is that so?
51:01Maybe I did say it. Whatever. I was sitting right here by Phillips, wasn't I?
51:06Yes, right here by me.
51:07Graham! Graham! Listen!
51:11The needle in Sullivan's back didn't kill him. He was already dead when it struck him.
51:16He was dead when it struck him.
51:19The needle in Sullivan's back didn't kill him. He was already dead when it struck him.
51:23How do you know that?
51:24The wound didn't bleed. Circulation had stopped.
51:28The slayer was not directly behind the Chief.
51:31I can show you just exactly how it was done.
51:35Oh!
51:38Get back! Get back! Get back there and sit down!
51:41I'll take charge of this.
51:42Francie, David, carry him back to his room.
51:45Come on, grab his shoulders.
51:47Come on. Easy.
51:50Now listen.
51:51If I don't locate the killer within the next ten minutes, I'm going to arrest everyone in this room.
51:56And give them a grilling that will make the third degree look like a petting party.
52:00Don't get excited, Captain. This thing must be solved scientifically.
52:03Science can go take a jump at itself.
52:06I'll take charge here.
52:10Burke, go back to your seat.
52:14LeBan.
52:16You knew Chief Sullivan was about to prefer serious charges against you.
52:19He insinuated I was building a new home with bribe money.
52:23Well, are you?
52:25You're crazy. Read this.
52:39I told the Chief I'd bring a letter to prove that I inherited the money.
52:46I was a fool to think he'd believe a lie like that,
52:48but I'm not a fool either.
52:50I'm a fool, anyway.
52:52I know I'm a fool.
52:54I know I'm a fool.
52:57What?
52:58I'm a fool.
53:13Well, I guess this lets you out.
53:15You've got to be brave and see this thing through.
53:17There's a light switch over there.
53:18When I signal you, pull it.
53:20But I'm afraid.
53:21I'm afraid somebody else will be killed
53:23when I turn the lights out.
53:24Trust me, honey.
53:32Grahame.
53:37I've got the tube the needle was shot from.
53:40Oh, you have, have you, Grahame?
53:42And also, the perfect solution to the crime.
53:45So have I.
53:46All right, take him with us.
53:47There's your man.
53:49What?
53:50Burke, you're under arrest.
53:51Oh, just a minute.
53:57Turn on those lights.
53:58Turn on those lights.
53:59Turn on those lights.
54:02Someone has killed Burke.
54:04Daddy.
54:05Daddy.
54:06Get back.
54:07Get back.
54:08Get back.
54:09Get back.
54:09Get back.
54:10Get back.
54:11Get back.
54:12Get back.
54:12Stay back where you belong.
54:13Daddy.
54:14Listen, Diana.
54:15He killed your father.
54:17He killed him because he was opposed to your marriage.
54:20Then he killed Dr. Kelly to cover up the first crime.
54:24You see, he'd known for the past half hour
54:27that I had the evidence on him.
54:29He took the only way out.
54:31Killed himself with his own poison.
54:33You'll find a deadly tube in his pocket,
54:35cleverly concealed in a cigar.
54:42It must be one of these.
54:53You see?
54:55Well, I don't think you need much more evidence.
54:57You might as well dismiss the others.
55:04Who'd have think Burke would do this?
55:07Clear case of heredity.
55:09He was a criminal by instinct.
55:11Just like his half-brother, Johnny.
55:18Take your hands off that girl, Graham.
55:20And keep them up high off that cigar.
55:22This looks too much like the cigar you planted on me.
55:28I knew you'd try to shoot one of your poison darts at me
55:30when you learned I had the goods on you.
55:32That's why I put the glass tabletop between us
55:34when the lights went out.
55:35Then all I had to do was play dead
55:37while you gave one of your scientific explanations.
55:39The real explanation of why you killed
55:41Chief Sullivan and Dr. Kelly.
55:42You'll find a poisoned thorn in the sleeve
55:44of Chief Sullivan's coat.
55:46It fits on the stem of this rose in his lapel.
55:49Well, what gets me is why he fired
55:52the needle in the chief's back when he was already dead.
55:55Evidently, to plant suspicion on somebody
55:57sitting behind the chief.
55:58That somebody being myself.
56:01This is the cigar he had when he tried to kill you.
56:04But there's no metal tube in it.
56:05Then there must be a hollow tobacco
56:07stem in it that would be consumed
56:08when he smoked the cigar.
56:12Didn't I tell you last night that a mere man
56:14hasn't a chance against a woman's intuition?
56:38Six months ago, who would have thought the world
56:40could be beautiful again, Mr. Burke?
56:41It can't help being beautiful with you in it, Mrs. Burke.
56:45Ouch.
56:46The spread hasn't spread yet, old dear.
56:48Well, I guess I'm too lovesick to eat anyway.
56:51I'll remind you of that tonight when
56:52you have an old-fashioned tummy ache from gobbling
56:55up more than your share.
56:57Well, now you're going to have to eat in order to live.
57:02I'm not going to eat for years, Mr. Burke.
57:04and tummy ache from gobbling up more than your share.
57:06Ha, ha, ha, ha.
57:19Gee.
57:20Well, what's the lady's sensation?
57:22Oh, uh, oh, nothing.
57:24What are you reading?
57:26Nothing.
57:26Skip it.
57:27Let me see.
57:28Now listen, I...
57:29Oh, come on.
57:30I want to see it.
57:35Well, you know, it's far better that way.
57:42It's a curious thing.
57:45Terrible as his crime was, somehow
57:47I never wanted him executed.
57:51Maybe it's because I can't forget his good side,
57:55his gentleness, his sympathy.
57:59Oh, Dan, why did he have to do it?
58:04Well, only a few days ago, we discovered his diary,
58:07in which he, uh, diagnosed his own case.
58:13Everything he jotted down showed the great mental crisis
58:16he was going through.
58:20There were many notations about a certain girl
58:23that he couldn't bear to lose.
58:27Well, his mind became possessed with the idea
58:31of staging a perfect crime to defy solution
58:34and enable him to win back this girl.
58:37That's what toppled his brilliant intellect
58:39across the shadow line between genius and insanity.
58:43The rest you know.
58:45Perhaps it's true that to understand is to forgive.
58:50Perhaps.
58:52Anyhow, that's all out of our lives now.
58:55And forever.
58:56Heh.
59:22Heh.