• 7 years ago
Approved | 1h 26min | Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | April 1944 (USA)

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.

Director: George Sherman

Writers: Dane Lussier, Frederick Kohner

Stars: Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen
Transcript
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00:00:30© BF-WATCH TV 2021
00:00:50Our story begins on the edge of a lonely desert in Arizona.
00:00:56Before it was there, the brilliant scientist Professor Franz Müller
00:01:01chose to live and work in a great fantastic place he called The Castle.
00:01:27Professor Müller, I was worried.
00:01:30No, no, Mrs. Fame.
00:01:32You know what always happens when the professor runs into Phoenix for an hour.
00:01:37Did you have an interesting day, Professor?
00:01:39Quite, Mr. Curry.
00:01:43Thank you, Mrs. Fame.
00:01:57Why the evening clothes?
00:01:59Haven't you heard?
00:02:01It's to be a very formal party.
00:02:03Party?
00:02:04Yes, Mrs. Craven's dinner dance at the Arizona Ponds.
00:02:07And you accept it?
00:02:09Of course we accept it.
00:02:11But you're the one who refused, Professor Müller.
00:02:15My dear Janice, you ought to know by now how I love society.
00:02:22No, those things are not for me.
00:02:24Besides, I have some work to do.
00:02:27What have you there?
00:02:29Oh, Patrick, look.
00:02:31It's a monkey.
00:02:34It's sick.
00:02:37TB.
00:02:39TB?
00:02:41It's sick.
00:02:44TB.
00:02:45Where did you find it?
00:02:47Bought it from an iron grinder.
00:02:49Think we can save him?
00:02:51Won't live through the night.
00:02:53Then why did you buy him?
00:02:58Oh.
00:03:00Yes, Janice, another experiment.
00:03:12And I'll need some help.
00:03:24So you won't give up, huh?
00:03:26Give up?
00:03:28Not until I have proven that the animal and human brain can be kept alive even after death.
00:03:33I shall try and try again until I succeed or shall die in the attempt.
00:03:38You already know you can keep the brain alive.
00:03:40I merely think I do.
00:03:42I've never succeeded yet.
00:03:46And if I could prove that,
00:03:49what do I know about the brain itself?
00:03:52Nothing.
00:03:55Can it think?
00:03:58Remember after its body is dead?
00:04:01Could it be made to feel?
00:04:04To hear, perhaps?
00:04:06Or to express itself in some way?
00:04:09To contact the living?
00:04:11And if you did find out,
00:04:13what would be the benefit?
00:04:15You ask me that?
00:04:18Would it not be the achievement of all times
00:04:21to keep the brain of great thinkers,
00:04:24scientists, inventors, authors, statesmen alive,
00:04:28to derive benefit from their wisdom and their thinking power
00:04:32even after their death?
00:04:34To make them literally immortal?
00:04:37You of all people should understand my determination.
00:04:40Just being an authority on the encephalograph wasn't enough for you.
00:04:43You wanted a chance to actually work with it
00:04:46to prove that it could be practical.
00:04:49Could be. It is practical.
00:04:51You see?
00:04:53Your very belief in that shows how determined you are.
00:04:57Although I wasn't very encouraging,
00:04:59although I wasn't very encouraging the first time you wrote to me.
00:05:03The first time? The first 20 times I wrote you?
00:05:06I thought you might need me, Professor.
00:05:09No experiment could possibly be successful
00:05:12without my two loyal assistants,
00:05:15provided that your interest in science still comes before dinner parties.
00:05:18What can I do to assist?
00:05:20I need all necessary instruments for trepanation.
00:05:23Yes, Professor.
00:05:25Get the blood pump ready and the tube connections for the arteries.
00:05:28We'll use the animal's own blood and add chamoglobin and acacia.
00:05:32And get the encephalograph ready for connection.
00:05:35Yes.
00:05:44And don't forget the giggly saw.
00:05:48The giggly saw?
00:05:50It was Professor Muller's contention
00:05:53that every living brain has an electric beat.
00:05:57Which can be measured with an encephalograph
00:06:00or electric amplifier.
00:06:03A pump supplies blood to the main arteries
00:06:07in order to keep the tissues alive.
00:06:12As long as the brain functions,
00:06:15the pen records its beat
00:06:18and at the same time computes its strength.
00:06:21Well, you can see from these alpha and beta waves,
00:06:24beyond any doubt, that the monkey's brain is still alive and awake.
00:06:36What's this?
00:06:38The waves have stopped.
00:06:43You're tired.
00:06:50You must remember the monkey we had was sick.
00:06:53Perhaps if we had an animal that was in perfect health,
00:06:56we might be able to...
00:06:57Perhaps.
00:07:00In any case, I've kept the monkey's brain alive for one hour and a half
00:07:04after the animal's death.
00:07:06That is a tremendous step forward in my experiment.
00:07:10And what I did with Isimian's brain,
00:07:13I could do with the brain of a human being.
00:07:16Perhaps.
00:07:24Well, you don't give up either, do you?
00:07:27Not for it's been months since I was invited to a party.
00:07:31Well, you should be where they send invitations every night.
00:07:34You'd get them too.
00:07:36You know, you don't belong here.
00:07:39Why not?
00:07:41Professor Muller says I have the makings of a very good scientist.
00:07:46I know you don't approve of me,
00:07:49I'll need it.
00:07:51This gown reeks of chloroform,
00:07:53and I don't want to put my dancing partners to sleep.
00:07:56Don't you worry.
00:07:58Besides, you'll only have one that's wide awake.
00:08:00I'll get the car.
00:08:20Yes, we are going to the party.
00:08:23In spite of you.
00:08:25In spite of me?
00:08:27It was clever of you to arrange that emergency experiment.
00:08:32But your timing could have been much better.
00:08:35My dear Janice, you seem to misunderstand my interest in your welfare.
00:08:39Do I?
00:08:41I only watch over you the way your father would if he were still alive.
00:08:45When father didn't approve of a young man,
00:08:48he said so.
00:08:50He never tried to be subtle.
00:08:52Now you are being unfair.
00:08:54And if I was subtle,
00:08:56it was only because I know very little about Mr. Curry's background.
00:09:00And when you make a choice, Janice,
00:09:04I want it to be the right choice.
00:09:07I want you to be happy.
00:09:09Professor Muller,
00:09:12Professor Muller,
00:09:14shall I serve dinner now?
00:09:17No, thank you.
00:09:19Send me a sandwich to the lab.
00:09:42It's impossible, my dear,
00:09:47to separate us.
00:09:55When you truly love me,
00:10:01the way I love you,
00:10:08it's impossible, my dear,
00:10:12to separate us.
00:10:18To separate us.
00:10:38To separate us.
00:11:08To separate us.
00:11:38APPLAUSE
00:12:08I hope you don't mind, Janice.
00:12:22No, but...
00:12:23You know, every time I want to talk to you alone,
00:12:25there's always so many people around.
00:12:27Yes, I know.
00:12:28Especially at the castle.
00:12:30Well, the castle's a very strange place.
00:12:32But their work and all.
00:12:34And Professor Muller.
00:12:36No.
00:12:37The lady in black.
00:12:39Tell me, Janice,
00:12:40how does Mrs. Fane manage to be in so many rooms
00:12:42at the same time?
00:12:43Why blame her?
00:12:45Professor Muller is the one who told you to
00:12:47stay away from me.
00:12:49Well, didn't he?
00:12:50Well, he did imply that when your father died in Czechoslovakia
00:12:53that you were left to his care.
00:12:56He makes his interest sound so paternal.
00:12:59Doesn't he?
00:13:00Telephone, Mr. Corey.
00:13:01Professor Muller.
00:13:04Put Mr. Corey's call on this extension, please.
00:13:09Hello?
00:13:10Hello, Corey?
00:13:11I'm sorry to disturb you.
00:13:14Never mind about that.
00:13:15What's the matter?
00:13:16What's happened?
00:13:17A plane crashed a few minutes ago
00:13:19near the ranger's station.
00:13:21There's only one man on duty,
00:13:22and he couldn't locate Dr. Martin,
00:13:24so he called me.
00:13:26I was going to start immediately,
00:13:27but there was something wrong with the starter of my car.
00:13:30As long as you have the station wagon,
00:13:32I thought you would be glad to help out.
00:13:34I'll leave right away.
00:13:35Goodbye.
00:13:46Oh, it's you, Corey.
00:13:47Quick.
00:13:48Where are you?
00:13:49You'd better stay here, miss.
00:13:57Only two men in there.
00:13:58I think one's still alive.
00:14:08I brought a stretcher along.
00:14:10Get it.
00:14:28I can't go with you.
00:14:53I'm the only one on duty here.
00:14:55Never mind about that.
00:14:57Just keep trying to get Dr. Martin.
00:14:59What'll I tell him?
00:15:00Tell him there's a chance to save this man's life.
00:15:02We'll be at the castle.
00:15:03All right.
00:15:19I was right on the phone.
00:15:21He said that Dr. Martin got your message.
00:15:23He's on his way over.
00:15:24His pulse is down to 38.
00:15:26He'll be going down with her in a second.
00:15:28Dr. Martin is here.
00:15:30Hello, Dr. Martin.
00:15:31Professor.
00:15:32My goodness, what a night.
00:15:34It's always this way.
00:15:35Whenever we have a storm, I can depend on at least three calls.
00:15:39Tonight I have four.
00:15:40There's still Mrs. Baxter up the road with a broken leg.
00:15:44What a place you have here, Professor Miller.
00:15:46Looks like you have everything I'll need
00:15:48in case we have to have an emergency.
00:16:00I should have said everything I would have needed.
00:16:04I tried everything I could think of.
00:16:06Argotine, adrenaline, no reaction.
00:16:08I'll make all the necessary arrangements.
00:16:10Is there a telephone?
00:16:11Yes, there's one before you.
00:16:12I wonder if you'd mind getting my office.
00:16:14The night number is Desert 525.
00:16:16Yes, sir.
00:16:18I suppose they'll have another case for me.
00:16:20It's Mrs. Baxter with a broken leg.
00:16:22Is there anything else we can do, Doctor?
00:16:24It would be a great help, Professor,
00:16:26if you'd fill out this death certificate.
00:16:29All right, Doctor.
00:16:30And bring it to my office in the morning.
00:16:32Gladly.
00:16:33Thank you, Professor.
00:16:34Good night.
00:16:35Good night, Dr. Martin.
00:17:05Well, do the best you can, Doctor.
00:17:06I'll be back in a minute.
00:17:08Goodbye.
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00:17:34Well, do the best you can.
00:17:36Take them a little while to get here.
00:17:38Wait, I've walked out.
00:17:41Good night, sir.
00:17:42Good night.
00:18:00His brain is still alive.
00:18:01That's impossible.
00:18:02Look for yourself.
00:18:05Look at the waves.
00:18:06Look at the bulb.
00:18:12Those reactions.
00:18:14It is alive.
00:18:18The perfect specimen
00:18:20at the perfect opportunity.
00:18:22Why?
00:18:23Why not?
00:18:25Haven't I been waiting for a human brain to prove my theory?
00:18:29Haven't you been waiting for a chance to prove the possibility?
00:18:32The possibility of the encephalograph?
00:18:34What did you intend it to be, a baller game, huh?
00:18:36Are you mad?
00:18:37Why, that would be criminal.
00:18:38My dear Currie, I'm not suggesting murder.
00:18:41The man is already dead.
00:18:42Dr. Martin declared him dead.
00:18:45But it's still time for us to make the experiment.
00:18:54So sterilize the instruments.
00:18:56Sterilize?
00:18:57What for?
00:18:58The man is dead.
00:18:59I said sterilize the instruments.
00:19:10Arthur, Dr. Martin might need me.
00:19:13I want some instruments sterilized, please.
00:19:17Where is Dr. Martin?
00:19:18He's not here.
00:19:19He's gone.
00:19:30Professor Muller is going to do a little surgery.
00:19:38Forceps, small, medium, and large.
00:19:43Two scalpels.
00:19:45Three hemostats.
00:19:48Giggly saw.
00:19:52Is it a head injury?
00:19:54I said giggly saw.
00:19:56Is he alive?
00:20:00Patrick.
00:20:01You didn't answer my question.
00:20:04No, Janice.
00:20:05He's not alive.
00:20:07When you try to solve the mysteries of nature,
00:20:09it doesn't matter whether you experiment with guinea pigs or human beings.
00:20:14Instruments.
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00:21:28What time is it, Corey?
00:21:303 30.
00:21:34Janice.
00:21:36Tell Mrs. Fame to make some strong black coffee will you please?
00:21:50Well,
00:21:52they would like some strong black coffee.
00:21:56Oh, that reminds me.
00:21:58Fill this out, Carly, will you?
00:22:01Death certificate?
00:22:03Why, yes.
00:22:04Dr. Martin left it.
00:22:06Who's going to sign it?
00:22:08Dr. Martin, of course.
00:22:10All you gotta do is fill it out.
00:22:13Injuries.
00:22:14Abdominal.
00:22:16Thorax.
00:22:18And basal skull fracture.
00:22:25Cause of death, internal haemorrhage.
00:22:30Dr. Martin.
00:22:31Dr. Martin.
00:22:32Dr. Martin.
00:22:33Dr. Martin.
00:22:34Dr. Martin.
00:22:35Dr. Martin.
00:22:36Dr. Martin.
00:22:37Dr. Martin.
00:22:38Dr. Martin.
00:22:39Dr. Martin.
00:22:41Don't you realize what you did is against the law?
00:22:45It's illegal.
00:22:48Don't you realize it's what we did?
00:22:53Who...
00:22:55Who was this man?
00:22:57Let's see.
00:23:11Donovan.
00:23:16Initials?
00:23:17William H.
00:23:19William H.
00:23:23Donovan.
00:23:41So you think it's just a matter of getting Dr. Martin to sign a death certificate, do you?
00:23:47No, it can never be that simple. Not now.
00:23:52Because you, my dear Professor Muller,
00:23:55beg pardon, we,
00:23:57have just stolen the most illustrious brain in the entire country.
00:24:02The brain of William H. Donovan.
00:24:05My goodness, I can't believe it yet.
00:24:07I never thought I'd live to see the day when I declared the great W.H. Donovan dead.
00:24:12Yes, you're quite a celebrity, Dr. Martin.
00:24:15I don't like it a bit.
00:24:16Newspaper reporters calling all morning, people asking questions.
00:24:19Well, Doctor, I know you're a busy man and as there's nothing else we can do...
00:24:23No, there's something else.
00:24:26Mr. Donovan's wife and his attorney are in the waiting room.
00:24:29They'd like to ask you a few questions.
00:24:31Of course.
00:24:33Another reporter, I'll bet you.
00:24:35Excuse me.
00:24:36Hello.
00:24:40I'm Professor Muller.
00:24:42This is my assistant, Mr. Corey.
00:24:44How do you do?
00:24:45Well, I'm Eugene Fulton, Mr. Donovan's attorney.
00:24:48This is Mrs. Donovan, gentlemen.
00:24:50How do you do?
00:24:51How do you do, Mrs. Donovan?
00:24:52I understand from Dr. Martin that it was you who braved that storm to bring Mr. Donovan from the plane.
00:24:57Yes.
00:24:58I want to thank you, both of you, for everything you did for my husband.
00:25:02I regret we were unable to do more.
00:25:05Well, apparently there was nothing more that could be done.
00:25:07Now, we've received Mr. Donovan's wallet and his personal possessions.
00:25:11Since you were the last persons to see him alive, we wanted to know if...
00:25:15Yes.
00:25:17Did Mr. Donovan say anything before he died?
00:25:20I mean, did he leave a final message?
00:25:23He was in complete coma when we found him.
00:25:26And he never for one second regained consciousness.
00:25:30Is there anything else we can do?
00:25:32No.
00:25:47Mr. Porius.
00:25:48Yes?
00:25:50Just one little point I'd like to clear up, if you don't mind.
00:25:54Yes, of course.
00:25:55The death certificate states that Mr. Donovan died of internal hemorrhage.
00:25:59That's right.
00:26:00Well, naturally, I went to the morgue to identify Mr. Donovan's body.
00:26:04Under the head bandages, I noticed that a trepanation of the skull had been performed.
00:26:08Why?
00:26:09You see, the certificate...
00:26:11The certificate enumerates all of Mr. Donovan's known injuries,
00:26:16among them basal skull fracture, as well as the cause of his death.
00:26:20Dr. Martin, who signed the certificate, is the district physician,
00:26:23is the only party in the authority who can give any other information.
00:26:28I see.
00:26:29Come on, Corey.
00:26:31Bye, Mr. Cody.
00:26:46Well?
00:26:48Corey seems to know something.
00:26:50Something that Professor Muller won't let him tell.
00:26:52Oh, nonsense, Gene.
00:26:53If W.H. did say something before he died,
00:26:55why would they want to keep it a secret from us?
00:26:57That's one of the things I want to find out.
00:26:59What do you say we miss the plane?
00:27:01A few hours more in Phoenix might prove very interesting.
00:27:04All right.
00:27:10Janice, you haven't been in the lab all day.
00:27:12Patrick, let's get away from here.
00:27:15Just as we're starting the great experiment.
00:27:17Great experiment.
00:27:19You don't want to be a part of that.
00:27:21I didn't hesitate being a part of it last night.
00:27:24Why should I run out now?
00:27:26You wouldn't be running out.
00:27:39He can't stop you from going.
00:27:41I won't let him.
00:27:43Janice, what's the matter with you?
00:27:45We're not in the clutches of a great monster.
00:27:47After all, Professor Muller has everything he wants.
00:27:50Encephalograph, Donovan's brain.
00:27:52Why should he keep me from leaving?
00:27:54Oh, no.
00:27:56Professor Muller doesn't have everything he wants.
00:28:00Perhaps I didn't understand what you were trying to tell me last night.
00:28:13He couldn't feel love.
00:28:15It's his sense of possession.
00:28:18Compared to what happens on the outside of the laboratory,
00:28:21the experiment is a pretty dull thing.
00:28:25Janice, we're getting out of here.
00:28:27Oh, Patrick.
00:28:28Not abruptly, of course.
00:28:30As soon as we can.
00:28:32I think I'll go in there now and start breaking and move gently.
00:28:46Corey entered the laboratory
00:28:48with every intention of telling Professor Muller
00:28:51of his decision to leave.
00:28:54But Muller's absorbed manner caused him to hesitate.
00:28:58And as he waited for an opportunity to speak,
00:29:01his own interest in the encephalograph
00:29:03was again aroused by the fact
00:29:05that the lines on the paper were strong.
00:29:08The brain was alive.
00:29:10Curiously, Corey watched.
00:29:12Then his curiosity turned to fascination.
00:29:16That same fascination erased all thought of Janice
00:29:19and bore deep into his scientific mind,
00:29:23intriguing his undying ambition
00:29:25to be at least partly responsible
00:29:27for an important contribution to science.
00:29:40Oh, my God!
00:30:10Oh, my God!
00:30:41Patrick, I heard a noise.
00:30:43When I came down, someone was just closing the door.
00:30:47Patrick, I heard a noise.
00:30:49When I came down, someone was just closing the door.
00:31:17It was nothing.
00:31:19But I saw the door closed.
00:31:21It was probably Mrs. Fain taking a midnight walk.
00:31:23I'm afraid.
00:31:25But I tell you, it was nothing.
00:31:27Oh, not because of that.
00:31:29I'm afraid of just being here.
00:31:33Did you say anything to Professor Muller about going away?
00:31:40I'm not going, Janice.
00:31:43I'm not going, Janice.
00:31:45Then don't you leave either.
00:31:49Don't ever leave.
00:31:57I heard a noise outside, so I called Patrick.
00:32:01I went out and took a look around.
00:32:04Oh, is that odd?
00:32:07I thought someone was tampering with the brain.
00:32:10Good night, Janice.
00:32:25Were you in the house?
00:32:27I was in the professor's laboratory.
00:32:29Well, what did you find out?
00:32:31Proof. They've stolen the brain.
00:32:33I'm going to call the police.
00:32:35Oh, no, dear. That would be stupid.
00:32:37Stupid? Well, what do you expect me to do?
00:32:39I expect you to remember what the rest of the world doesn't know yet.
00:32:43That the fabulously wealthy William H. Donovan left you without a dime.
00:32:47But you were so sure that there was money hidden away.
00:32:50I am sure, dear. That's the reason we can't take a chance of notifying the police yet.
00:32:54This experiment of Professor Muller's might be successful.
00:32:57And if it is, we'll have everything we want.
00:33:00The whole thing sounds fantastic.
00:33:02It is fantastic.
00:33:04Almost as fantastic as the life and death of William H. Donovan.
00:33:23Hello.
00:33:24Hello, Patrick.
00:33:27Supplies for the experiment?
00:33:29Yes, I was lucky. I got everything we need.
00:33:36Hey.
00:33:37You even look beautiful in the riding clothes.
00:33:41Oh.
00:33:43You had a date to go riding, didn't you?
00:33:45We did. Two hours ago.
00:33:48Sorry, Janice.
00:33:50Did you get the blood plasma?
00:33:51Yes, I did. And the lamp also.
00:33:53It's out in the wagon.
00:33:54Good.
00:33:56Professor Muller and Corrie worked with growing intensity.
00:34:00And because of Corrie, Janice stayed on.
00:34:03Showing an interest, but only for Muller's benefit.
00:34:06Silently, she seemed to be trying to protect Corrie...
00:34:09from being entirely lost in his increasing enthusiasm.
00:34:12But she didn't.
00:34:14She didn't?
00:34:16The two men measured the brain's activity with an electric bulb.
00:34:19When the light glowed, it indicated the brain was awake.
00:34:22When dark, the brain was asleep.
00:34:25Thus, they observed from seven to eight hours at a time.
00:34:29The brain did not show any reaction.
00:34:31But during the remaining hours, and strangely enough, at night...
00:34:35it was most active.
00:34:39Look.
00:34:40Look at the light.
00:34:43Look.
00:34:44Look at the light.
00:34:45All for the love of Mike.
00:34:46The light's always brighter at night.
00:34:48That's what we can't figure out.
00:34:52Oh, I'm sorry, Janice. I'm sorry.
00:34:55That's all right, Patrick.
00:35:02Yes, it is strange.
00:35:06You know, if we only knew something of Donovan's habits.
00:35:12We could do some research on the man.
00:35:14Good.
00:35:15Call up the Excelsior shipping bureau.
00:35:18Have them send us every word that has ever been printed about William H. Donovan.
00:35:26Here it is. Here's the reason.
00:35:28In this interview, Mr. W. H. Donovan says...
00:35:30it has always been my habit to use part of the day for sleep...
00:35:33because I work better when the rest of the city has retired...
00:35:36in those still silent hours after midnight.
00:35:39This explains what you wanted to know, doesn't it?
00:35:42That explains the light.
00:35:45But the greatest question still remains...
00:35:48to find ways and means of communication with the brain.
00:36:09It's almost human.
00:36:12It seems to feel.
00:36:13Almost? It does feel.
00:36:15It even seems to tell us something.
00:36:19We can only find a way to understand its message.
00:36:22No, Patrick. Please.
00:36:25You've gone too far already.
00:36:27Stop now?
00:36:28Why do you think we went into this experiment, huh?
00:36:43You know, if we could figure out a way to contact the brain through, uh...
00:36:46Morse code.
00:36:47What makes you think Donovan knew Morse code, huh?
00:36:50I don't care whether he did or not. He could be taught.
00:36:52A brain that could think can learn.
00:36:54And even if it could understand, how could it answer us?
00:36:57We can't decipher these waves.
00:36:59Oh, that's right. There's no way of decoding it.
00:37:02We can't decode it.
00:37:03We can't decode it.
00:37:04We can't decode it.
00:37:05We can't decode it.
00:37:06We can't decode it.
00:37:07We can't decode it.
00:37:08We can't decode it.
00:37:09We can't decode it.
00:37:10Oh, that's right. There's no way of decoding it.
00:37:15What about telepathy?
00:37:19Telepathy?
00:37:20Why, yes. It's not impossible.
00:37:22We know positively that every human brain produces and discharges microwaves
00:37:27which travel through the medium of air
00:37:29until they reach other brains in the receptive state.
00:37:32On the same principle as radio waves sent by a transmitter
00:37:35are received by radio sets.
00:37:37Yes, but how could we apply that theory to this?
00:37:42If we could strengthen the brain
00:37:46overfeed it, so to say
00:37:49the electrical output would increase
00:37:53which would favor telepathic transmission.
00:37:56But I still say, how could we apply it?
00:38:01Well, we would need a medium
00:38:03someone who would be able to make his own mind
00:38:09an absolute blank.
00:38:18In that case, Donovan's thoughts might transmit themselves.
00:38:28Corey had reached the stage in his work
00:38:30where he felt he was being driven on by something strong within himself.
00:38:33Night after night, he would stay on the laboratory
00:38:36long after Muller had retired.
00:38:38Finally, he moved a cart into the room
00:38:41so that he might remain constantly near the experiment.
00:38:44Between fitful hours of sleep, he worked feverishly.
00:38:49One night, discouraged by the slowness of the increase
00:38:53of chemical and tissue changes
00:38:55he deliberately overfed the brain
00:38:57with enriched blood plasma.
00:39:00And then, he watched
00:39:03hopefully
00:39:05waiting.
00:39:07It was that very night
00:39:08Patrick Corey received his first message
00:39:11from Donovan's brain.
00:39:27Donovan's brain
00:39:29Donovan's brain
00:39:30Donovan's brain
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00:41:19Good morning Mrs. Fane
00:41:20Good morning
00:41:21Mr. Corey
00:41:22Yes
00:41:23I'll take it
00:41:31Thank you
00:41:38Patrick
00:41:41Patrick
00:41:43Wake up
00:41:52Wake up
00:42:08Janice
00:42:09Look I
00:42:10I contacted the brain
00:42:12Of course it was written by me
00:42:14But it's the exact signature of W.H. Donovan
00:42:16Don't you see the scrawl, the hard H
00:42:18And the flourish on the end
00:42:19And you've written it with your left hand
00:42:22But still that isn't sufficient proof
00:42:24That it was Donovan's brain
00:42:25That influenced you telepathically
00:42:27You and I happened to have read
00:42:29Donovan was left-handed
00:42:30And you have seen his signature
00:42:32In facsimile in some magazine
00:42:34So therefore it could be
00:42:35Autosuggestion or self-hypnosis
00:42:40Patrick
00:42:41What Professor Mahler is trying to tell you
00:42:44Is that your imagination
00:42:46Is running away with you
00:42:48That's what you asked him to tell me
00:42:50No Patrick that isn't
00:42:51Please Janice don't say anymore
00:42:53It's obvious you don't want to help me
00:42:55So please go away and leave me alone
00:43:21Federal Prison
00:43:51Federal Prison
00:44:22Federal Prison
00:44:32Patrick is gone
00:44:33I've got to stop him
00:44:36Perhaps you received another telepathic message
00:44:39Please do something
00:44:41If I put some morphine into the blood stream
00:44:43It will stop the brain activity for quite some time
00:44:51Federal Prison
00:45:22Federal Prison
00:45:29Federal Prison
00:45:50Patrick
00:45:52What happened?
00:45:54Darling where were you going?
00:45:57I was going to Los Angeles
00:46:00Federal Prison
00:46:02Federal Prison
00:46:03Why you must have been dreaming
00:46:06I have to go to Federal Prison
00:46:08But why?
00:46:09What would you do there?
00:46:10Janice try to understand it was a voice
00:46:12Or maybe it wasn't a voice
00:46:14I don't know what it was
00:46:15It was something, it was an order
00:46:16I have to go
00:46:17You've got to stop this experiment
00:46:19You tell Professor Mahler to take care of the brain
00:46:22Patrick
00:46:23I'm not going back with you
00:46:25Take me with you
00:46:27Janice
00:46:28Professor Mahler will need a new assistant more than ever
00:46:33Yes
00:46:34No doubt he does
00:46:36It's about time I showed some interest in the experiment
00:46:41Federal Prison
00:46:53Mrs. Donovan will see you in the library
00:47:11Federal Prison
00:47:22Mr. Corey
00:47:23I'm so glad to see you
00:47:24How do you do Mrs. Donovan?
00:47:25Please sit down
00:47:27Thank you
00:47:28Cigarette?
00:47:29No thanks
00:47:35I suppose you've read the papers
00:47:37Yes I have
00:47:39It's absurd the ridiculous things they're saying about Mr. Donovan
00:47:43Mrs. Donovan I've had something on my mind that I think you should know about
00:47:48Yes?
00:47:50It's about Mr. Donovan's last words
00:47:53Then he did say something
00:47:56Yes
00:47:57There were two words he kept repeating
00:48:00Two words?
00:48:03Federal Prison
00:48:06Oh
00:48:07Well that place has no significance for me
00:48:10But let me call Mr. Fulton
00:48:12Perhaps he has an explanation
00:48:15Excuse me please
00:48:27Therefore I find it impossible to give you a definite answer at this moment
00:48:31I'm going east today
00:48:33I don't know how long he's staying but I'll try to find out
00:48:36Yes I'll take care of it
00:48:38Goodbye Gene
00:48:46On my return I'll discuss your letter at the next meeting of the board of directors
00:48:50I apologize Mrs. Donovan
00:48:52When I saw the dictograph I was in a temptation to hear your husband's voice again
00:48:56I can understand Mr. Corey
00:48:58I spoke to Mr. Fulton
00:49:00Yes
00:49:01Yes
00:49:02He has no explanation to offer
00:49:04Well I'm sorry I bothered you Mrs. Donovan
00:49:07Goodbye
00:49:08Oh Mr. Corey
00:49:09Yes
00:49:10Are you going to be in town for a while?
00:49:12Just a couple of days
00:49:13Why not have dinner with Mr. Fulton and me tomorrow evening?
00:49:16We'll pick you up at your hotel shall we say at 7.30?
00:49:19Thank you I'm at the Southern Villa
00:49:22Goodbye
00:49:23Goodbye
00:49:32Goodbye
00:49:45Yes
00:49:46Ready with your call to Phoenix Mr. Corey
00:49:48Just a moment please
00:49:49Thank you
00:49:53Hello
00:49:54Hello Janice
00:49:55This is Mrs. Vane
00:49:57Oh Mrs. Vane this is Mr. Corey may I speak to Mrs. Farrell please?
00:50:00I'll call her
00:50:06Yes
00:50:07Mr. Corey's on the phone
00:50:11Patrick
00:50:12Hello darling
00:50:13I was just writing you a letter
00:50:15I didn't know where to send it but
00:50:17I'm coming home tomorrow
00:50:18Oh that's wonderful
00:50:20Did everything come out all right?
00:50:22I'll tell you all about it when I see you
00:50:24I should be there about noon
00:50:26Don't leave now in the middle of the night
00:50:29Please
00:50:31I thought you wanted me to come home
00:50:33Oh yes
00:50:34Yes I do
00:50:35You know that
00:50:37But you must be careful
00:50:39I will darling
00:50:40Goodbye
00:50:41Good night
00:50:47Operator
00:50:48Operator
00:50:49I was just talking to Los Angeles I was cut off
00:50:59Hello
00:51:00I've just heard your plans
00:51:02It seems you're very willing to sacrifice everything we've been working for
00:51:06By coming home now
00:51:08Well I did have a chance to hear Donovan's voice over the dictograph
00:51:11And it was the same voice I heard last night and that was all
00:51:14I haven't been able to contact the brain since
00:51:16No wonder
00:51:17I've administered some morphine to the brain after you left
00:51:20Oh I see
00:51:21I'll get it
00:51:22I'll get it
00:51:23I'll get it
00:51:24I'll get it
00:51:25I'll get it
00:51:26I'll get it
00:51:27I've added some morphine to the brain after you left
00:51:30Naturally it was in no condition to contact you
00:51:33In fact it is still sleeping sounding
00:51:35Well in that case I hadn't better hurry home
00:51:38We'll be only fair of you to stay at least another 24 hours
00:51:41To give the brain a chance to contact you again
00:51:44If Janice is expecting me I better let her know
00:51:47Don't worry I'll explain everything to Janice
00:51:50And call me if you have any news
00:51:53All right Cory
00:51:56And good night.
00:52:26Bank. National. Trust. Bank.
00:52:33One. Two. Five. Three. One. Ace.
00:52:43Love. Space. Window. Sixteen.
00:52:51National Trust Bank.
00:52:55One. Two. Five. Three. One. Ace of spades. Window. Sixteen.
00:53:11One. Two. Five. Three. One. That's not a signature.
00:53:14It is. Make it $1,000 bills.
00:53:18One moment, please.
00:53:34The manager wants to see you, please.
00:53:36All right.
00:53:47My name is Phipps.
00:53:48I'm Patrick Khoury.
00:53:50This is Mr. Manning.
00:53:52Would you mind answering a few questions, Mr. Khoury?
00:53:54Is there anything wrong with that check?
00:53:56No. We've compared this number with the original number, which stands for the signature.
00:54:00It's correct. Also, the ace of spades is in the corner.
00:54:03And you, Mr. Khoury, opened this account?
00:54:05It seems so.
00:54:06Could I see your identification, please?
00:54:11This account has puzzled the bank for years.
00:54:14Five years ago, we received a large sum of money with the order to open an account.
00:54:18This is the first check that's been drawn against it.
00:54:20Well, Mr. Phipps, this is Patrick Khoury.
00:54:22Give me the money. I'm in a hurry.
00:54:24You want it in $1,000 bills?
00:54:25In $1,000 bills.
00:54:27All the $50,000?
00:54:28All of it.
00:54:44The same strange impulse that forced him to go to the bank,
00:54:48sign a check with a peculiar signature,
00:54:51take money that wasn't his,
00:54:53now held Khoury captive as he walked along.
00:54:57What should he do with the money?
00:54:59He tried to blot out his own thoughts so that the brain could prompt him.
00:55:03Then, quite suddenly, it did.
00:55:06Instead of crossing the line,
00:55:08Khoury found himself turning in another direction.
00:55:14Mr. Khoury.
00:55:16I didn't expect the pleasure of your company until this evening.
00:55:19I'm sorry I haven't time for social obligations.
00:55:22I came here strictly on business.
00:55:25Sit down, won't you?
00:55:30What can I do for you?
00:55:33I understand you're a very shrewd man, Mr. Fulton.
00:55:36A lawyer has to be.
00:55:57I want you to get a man out of jail.
00:56:01I want you to get a man out of federal prison.
00:56:04That sort of thing isn't so easy.
00:56:06I know.
00:56:11This will help.
00:56:13I don't operate the way you seem to think, Mr. Khoury.
00:56:18Then I'll have to get another lawyer.
00:56:20Very well.
00:56:22Don't you want to tell me first whose case it is you wish me to handle?
00:56:52Collins.
00:56:54That man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
00:56:56It's hopeless.
00:56:58It isn't hopeless.
00:56:59Money's no object.
00:57:01Well, I must know more about this.
00:57:02What's your interest in the case?
00:57:04Strictly personal.
00:57:05All you have to do is follow my orders.
00:57:07I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:09I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:11I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:13I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:15I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:17I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:19I'll get you out of jail.
00:57:21All you have to do is follow my instructions.
00:57:23Well, I can't make a decision now.
00:57:24You'll have to give me time to think it over.
00:57:26All right. Tomorrow morning.
00:57:39I want to see Collins.
00:57:40Can you arrange it?
00:57:41I'll try.
00:57:42I said arrange it.
00:57:52Report to me again tomorrow.
00:57:59Have Roger Collins brought to my office.
00:58:03It's so surprising that an attorney like Eugene Fulton
00:58:06would take over such a hopeless case.
00:58:08Did he say that he was?
00:58:09No, I...
00:58:10Then why do you say that?
00:58:11The arrangements for your visit were made through his office.
00:58:14You have no right to assume that he's taking over the Collins case.
00:58:18Roger?
00:58:19This is Mr. Corey.
00:58:22Hello, Roger.
00:58:23I don't know you.
00:58:25You don't...
00:58:26No, of course you don't.
00:58:28I don't want to see any more psychiatrists or pathologists
00:58:30or whatever you call yourselves.
00:58:32I don't want to see any more of you.
00:58:34But I want to see you.
00:58:36I don't want to see you.
00:58:38I don't want to see you.
00:58:40I don't want to see you.
00:58:42I don't want to see you.
00:58:44I don't want to see you.
00:58:46But I want to help you, Roger.
00:58:49Sure.
00:58:50That's what they all say.
00:58:52My lawyer tells them to say that.
00:58:54He's trying to prove I'm insane now.
00:58:56But you're not.
00:58:58You're not guilty either.
00:58:59You believe me.
00:59:02Somehow I can tell you...
00:59:04You do believe me.
00:59:06I've always known you were innocent.
00:59:07But why didn't you help me before?
00:59:09Why didn't you stop them from sending me here?
00:59:11It's not too late, Roger.
00:59:14Is there anything you can tell me
00:59:16that you didn't tell them at the trial?
00:59:18No.
00:59:19Why should there be?
00:59:21I've never lied. I was always honest.
00:59:23Can anyone ever understand that?
00:59:25I didn't murder him.
00:59:26I never liked him, but I didn't murder him.
00:59:28Who didn't you like, Roger?
00:59:30My stepfather, of course. Who do you...
00:59:36Oh, so that's it.
00:59:39You're a psychiatrist after all.
00:59:41Now...
00:59:42You're trying to trip me up too with those misleading questions.
00:59:43Now!
00:59:44Yes, you are.
00:59:45You're trying to make me out insane.
00:59:47It's that lawyer again.
00:59:48He doesn't think I should hang,
00:59:49but he wouldn't hesitate to put me into an asylum.
00:59:51Well, tell him I won't go.
00:59:52I don't want to go. I'd rather be dead.
01:00:01And for the kind of tricks you pull,
01:00:04I wish you were dead too.
01:00:07His stepfather.
01:00:09What did you say, Mr. Corey?
01:00:12I was just trying to remember something.
01:00:16Thank you, Warden.
01:00:17Oh, not at all.
01:00:19You see, it's a hopeless case.
01:00:33His mission has been accomplished.
01:00:35His mission had failed.
01:00:37But from this moment on,
01:00:39Donovan's brain took possession of him without respite.
01:00:43As Corey walked along, the voice came to him,
01:00:46urging, demanding,
01:00:49echoing back from the stony walls of the prison corridor.
01:00:53He's innocent. Save him.
01:00:57He's innocent. Save him.
01:01:01He's innocent. Save him.
01:01:05He's innocent. Save him.
01:01:18Hello?
01:01:19Patrick.
01:01:20I'm so glad I found you.
01:01:22You mustn't come back to the castle now.
01:01:25Wait for me.
01:01:26Don't annoy me with your stupid ideas.
01:01:28Let me talk to Muller.
01:01:30I don't want you to talk to him.
01:01:33Anyway, he's locked himself in the laboratory.
01:01:36But I know he keeps feeding the brain,
01:01:38giving it more and more adrenaline,
01:01:40so that...
01:01:41Patrick!
01:02:00Patrick!
01:02:30I love you.
01:02:32I love you.
01:02:34I love you.
01:03:00I love you.
01:03:31What are you doing?
01:03:32I turned it off.
01:03:33The brain is dead.
01:03:35Patrick is free.
01:03:37Patrick is free.
01:04:01The Brain
01:04:21So you thought you could stop the brain, kill it,
01:04:25by merely turning off the current, didn't you?
01:04:29The idea wasn't bad, although your intent was malicious.
01:04:35But look.
01:04:37Look.
01:04:39What you unintentionally made me discover.
01:04:44Just look at the bulb.
01:04:47It's glowing.
01:04:50The brain is alive,
01:04:52awake,
01:04:54and working.
01:04:56Independent of electric current.
01:05:00Self-sufficient.
01:05:02You mean nothing can stop it?
01:05:04Nothing but the physical destruction of its very substance.
01:05:09Physical destruction.
01:05:13Please, let me. I want Patrick to be free.
01:05:16I don't.
01:05:18Why should I?
01:05:19You monster!
01:05:22You think they're in the car. Hurry.
01:05:24You mean you gave me the key too?
01:05:26Yes. Get out of here. Hurry.
01:05:52Why are you so determined to establish Collins' innocence?
01:05:55I'm not penniless to ask questions.
01:05:58What are you going to do about this case?
01:06:00Well, I've been doing some research.
01:06:02I found several witnesses that might prove difficult.
01:06:05One in particular.
01:06:06I believe they called her the star witness at the trial.
01:06:10Who was it?
01:06:12Oh, it was just a child, 13 or 14 years old.
01:06:14She lives next door to the house where the murder occurred.
01:06:17But she came forth with a gun.
01:06:19She was murdered.
01:06:20But she came forth with some very damaging testimony against Collins.
01:06:24Give her parents the money and tell them to take her over the state line.
01:06:27But you can't bribe people to do that.
01:06:29You can't pervert justice. You just can't.
01:06:32I can. I can buy anything.
01:06:35I don't want the girl found until Collins is freed.
01:06:43Mr. Corey, what is Roger Collins to you?
01:06:50I told you I wasn't paying you to ask questions.
01:06:52That's my privilege.
01:06:54Mr. Fulton, what did you say the name of the star witness was?
01:06:58Oh, yes, Mr. Corey. I'll tell you the whole story.
01:07:01The morning Collins killed poor Mr. Howard, he...
01:07:04Don't say killed Mary Lou.
01:07:05But he did, grandmother.
01:07:07He came out of the house, looked around, lit a cigarette,
01:07:10sneaked away. He thought no one saw him.
01:07:13But I did. I see everything.
01:07:16How come?
01:07:17When I'm grown up, I'm going to be a detective.
01:07:19You know, they're hiring girls now.
01:07:21Imagine, Mr. Corey, the crazy ideas the young folks get these days.
01:07:24When I was young, we thought of other things.
01:07:27Why not?
01:07:28She might make a very clever detective.
01:07:30Well, there's one thing I must say for Mary Lou.
01:07:32She has an amazing memory.
01:07:34Why, only just yesterday she remembered something else.
01:07:39What was it?
01:07:40Well, after he stood there and lit his cigarette,
01:07:43he picked a flower and stuck it in his buttonhole.
01:07:46Why didn't you tell that to the prosecuting attorney?
01:07:48Well, I was just telling you, she only just remembered it yesterday.
01:07:52That's what the girl told me.
01:07:53And that makes her our star witness.
01:07:56I ask you, would a murderer, after committing such a crime,
01:07:59stop and pick a flower for his buttonhole?
01:08:01In a premeditated murder, it has been done.
01:08:04Not Collins. He's not the type.
01:08:06How can anyone tell what's going on inside a man's brain?
01:08:09Are you his lawyer or prosecuting attorney?
01:08:11It's a new clue and a sound one.
01:08:13Anyway, it gives us a chance to reopen the trial.
01:08:15Now, look, Corey, if this could be used as evidence against Collins,
01:08:18it might mean something. But as evidence for him,
01:08:21believe me, it means very little.
01:08:22I just gave you another $5,000,
01:08:24and I'm not paying you for nothing. I want action.
01:08:26I'm working on it. But I must use my own methods.
01:08:29Now, tonight a Mr. Grimes will call on you.
01:08:31He can be trusted. Follow his advice.
01:08:37Come in.
01:08:46Patrick.
01:08:48Why did you come here? What do you want?
01:08:51How can you say that when you need me so much?
01:08:55I don't need you. I don't need anybody.
01:08:58How can I help you? What can I do?
01:09:01You can't do anything. Get out!
01:09:04I've tried to destroy the brain, but Professor Grimes...
01:09:08I've tried to destroy the brain, but Professor Grimes...
01:09:11I've tried to destroy the brain, but Professor Grimes...
01:09:14Professor Muller...
01:09:19Yes?
01:09:20Mr. Grimes wants to see you.
01:09:22Send him up.
01:09:23Who is it?
01:09:24Stop asking so many questions.
01:09:26Go on in there. Go on!
01:09:41Come in.
01:09:44Cory?
01:09:49Yes, I'm Patrick Cory.
01:09:51Well, well, well.
01:09:52Mr. Cory, let's get down to business.
01:09:55Now, let's see what we have here.
01:10:00Yes, murder, first degree. Circumstantial evidence.
01:10:03One star witness. Well, well, well.
01:10:05That's nothing new.
01:10:08Mr. Cory, I'm a man of few words.
01:10:10You want him free, I'm the man to do it.
01:10:12You want quick action, you'll get it from me.
01:10:14What do you suggest?
01:10:15The opening of the trial.
01:10:17Bribe the witnesses.
01:10:18Helping the jurors make up their minds.
01:10:20Altogether, $100,000.
01:10:22$50,000 on deposit and $50,000 on acquittal.
01:10:24I'll have to talk to Fulton first.
01:10:26It can only be done through me.
01:10:28Mr. Fulton is a lawyer and a public figure.
01:10:30He gives the anesthetic, I pull the teeth.
01:10:32$100,000 is okay on delivery, but not one cent down.
01:10:36Well, it's been nice knowing you, Mr. Cory.
01:10:39I can understand your feelings.
01:10:42Money is a hard thing to part from.
01:10:45Oh, uh, you can get a funeral for Collins
01:10:48as low as $65 at Kelly Brothers on Santa Vista.
01:10:51Good day.
01:10:52Wait a minute.
01:10:53Oh, no hurry.
01:10:55I'll give you time to make up your mind.
01:10:57You talk to Fulton tomorrow.
01:11:13It isn't you who's doing all these terrible things.
01:11:16It can't be you.
01:11:18Patrick, can't you see you're beginning to think like Donovan?
01:11:23It's just like being hypnotized.
01:11:26Wake up. Please wake up.
01:11:28So you've been listening, huh?
01:11:30That's why you came here, to interfere, wasn't it?
01:11:33I came here to help you.
01:11:35And that's what I'm going to do.
01:11:38Somehow.
01:11:43I, uh, forgot my pencil.
01:11:48Bye.
01:12:13Hello?
01:12:14Mrs. Fame, I must talk to Professor Muller.
01:12:17He won't come to the phone. He won't talk to anyone.
01:12:20But it's been impossible for me to even reason with Mr. Cory.
01:12:24I've thought of going to the police,
01:12:27but I'm afraid of what might happen.
01:12:30Oh, please, Mrs. Fame, please.
01:12:33I've got to make Professor Muller understand.
01:12:36It's too late now, Miss Burrell.
01:12:38He won't even see me.
01:12:40He keeps the door locked.
01:12:42I think the brain is beginning to take possession of Professor Muller, too.
01:13:01Your sudden interest in Miss Burrell's welfare
01:13:04is really most touching, Mrs. Fame.
01:13:07But you wouldn't tell her the real reason for your interest, would you?
01:13:12You wouldn't tell her that you've been jealous of her
01:13:14ever since the first day she arrived here?
01:13:16And that you've tried to get rid of her ever since,
01:13:18until you finally succeeded?
01:13:20You old, malicious, jealous...
01:13:24Oh, no!
01:13:38Oh, perfect timing, darling.
01:13:40Not on your part. I had these ready 15 minutes ago.
01:13:43Well, Grimes was a little late.
01:13:45However, everything is coming along splendidly.
01:13:47He'll pay?
01:13:48Oh, yes, and he'll pay more.
01:13:50Are you really reopening the trial?
01:13:52I certainly am.
01:13:54I'm sure he'll pay.
01:13:56I'm sure he'll pay.
01:13:58I'm sure he'll pay.
01:14:00I'm sure he'll pay.
01:14:02I'm sure he'll pay.
01:14:04I'm sure he'll pay.
01:14:06You're reopening the trial?
01:14:07I certainly am.
01:14:08But what if Collins can prove his innocence?
01:14:10It'll never come to that.
01:14:11A young lady has arrived.
01:14:13A young lady?
01:14:14Grimes seems to think it's Corey's fiancée.
01:14:17Will she complicate matters?
01:14:19Oh, no. On the contrary.
01:14:21Strange.
01:14:23The man in the possession of Donovan's brain
01:14:25doesn't know that the boy about to die is Donovan's own son.
01:14:34I want results!
01:14:36You gave Grimes all the money he wants. Now I want action.
01:14:38I can't understand how a man with your background
01:14:40can lose his balance so easily.
01:14:42Have you seen the morning papers?
01:14:43No.
01:14:44Well, look at that.
01:14:51It's all right for a beginning.
01:14:52However, there's a hitch.
01:14:54Yeah, a new hitch, new money.
01:14:55I'm not talking about money.
01:14:56I'm having trouble with one of the witnesses.
01:14:58Which one?
01:14:59The star witness.
01:15:00Mary Lou?
01:15:01Exactly.
01:15:02But she's the one that's going to introduce the new evidence.
01:15:04Oh, sure, but not evidence for Collins.
01:15:06You see, Corey, I told you that evidence can work both ways.
01:15:09Now, you thought the incident of the flower
01:15:11would establish Collins' innocence.
01:15:13As a matter of fact, it clearly works against him.
01:15:15Why?
01:15:16It was Collins' habit to wear a flower in his lapel every day.
01:15:19Without it, he would have been conspicuous.
01:15:21So you can understand why he picked one that particular day.
01:15:25The child is no help at all.
01:15:27What about the other witnesses?
01:15:29One, two, three, four, five.
01:15:31They're all right.
01:15:32The sixth is the child.
01:15:36That was Mr. Corey.
01:15:39Yes, I know.
01:15:41But you said you were waiting to see him.
01:15:43I've changed my mind.
01:15:45I want to see Mr. Fulton.
01:15:47Immediately.
01:15:48What is your name?
01:15:49Mary Lou.
01:15:50Mary Lou.
01:15:51Mary Lou.
01:15:52Mary Lou.
01:15:53Mary Lou.
01:15:54Mary Lou.
01:15:55Mary Lou.
01:15:56Mary Lou.
01:15:57Mary Lou.
01:15:58Mary Lou.
01:15:59Mary Lou.
01:16:00Mary Lou.
01:16:01Mary Lou.
01:16:02Mary Lou.
01:16:03Mary Lou.
01:16:04Mary Lou.
01:16:05What is your name, please?
01:16:07Janice Farrell.
01:16:08Miss Janice Farrell to see Mr. Fulton.
01:16:11Send her in.
01:16:12Yes, Mr. Fulton.
01:16:13Go right in, Miss Farrell.
01:16:25We've met before, Miss Farrell.
01:16:28Oh, so you're Mr. Fulton.
01:16:30No, I'm Mr. Grimes.
01:16:32But, uh...
01:16:33Please, sit down.
01:16:34Miss Farrell, I'm talking for Mr. Fulton and for a good reason.
01:16:39Mr. Fulton's reputation as a lawyer is beyond reproach.
01:16:43So when things get slightly out of balance, he prefers me to take over.
01:16:49I've really no idea of Mr. Corey's dealings with Mr. Fulton.
01:16:55It's just that I...
01:16:56I thought so.
01:16:57Told Mr. Fulton so, too.
01:16:59You don't know anything, but we know about everything.
01:17:03And what is everything, Mr. Grimes?
01:17:06What has Mr. Corey done?
01:17:08What has he done?
01:17:09First, he's guilty of stealing a man's brain.
01:17:12Laudable for science, but punishable by law.
01:17:15Second, trying to get a murderer acquitted by influencing witnesses.
01:17:19Possible sentence, five years.
01:17:22Third, using Mr. Donovan's funds by falsifying his signature.
01:17:26Another five years.
01:17:28But he's innocent.
01:17:29That's the point.
01:17:30He's acting under Donovan's influence.
01:17:33Miss Farrell, I know you love Mr. Corey.
01:17:36And you want to save him.
01:17:38All we want is money.
01:17:41Now, here's a blank check.
01:17:43We would like to get Mr. Donovan's secret signature.
01:17:46The one Mr. Corey has used quite frequently the past few days.
01:17:50If we get the money, all of it.
01:17:52Well, you can take Mr. Corey home, and everything will be forgotten.
01:17:56Patchy can't do that.
01:17:58He wouldn't do it.
01:17:59He isn't a criminal.
01:18:01That's what you think, but I know differently.
01:18:04You go now, and don't let him out of your sight for a moment.
01:18:07Otherwise, you'll not only have a criminal as a sweetheart, but also a murderer.
01:18:12I don't believe it.
01:18:14I don't believe a word you've said.
01:18:17You're lying.
01:18:18You were afraid of it all the time, and that's why you came here.
01:18:20You just said he'd murder.
01:18:22Patrick wouldn't.
01:18:23No, Patrick wouldn't, but Donovan would.
01:18:26Donovan?
01:18:28A man who can murder once won't hesitate to do it again.
01:18:50I want you to come with me.
01:18:52I said come with me.
01:18:54Where to?
01:18:59Where are we going?
01:19:00I want you to meet someone.
01:19:23Just in time.
01:19:29I don't see anyone.
01:19:31You will. Wait.
01:19:33Who?
01:19:35Harry Lu.
01:19:46There she is now.
01:19:49Bye, kids. Bye, King. See you tomorrow.
01:19:52Bye.
01:19:54Bye.
01:19:57The smart little girl that observes everything.
01:20:00The bright little girl that wants to be a detective when she grows up.
01:20:03The clever little girl that...
01:20:22That's the last time he'll ever get in my way.
01:20:24You're trying to hang him, too, and he's innocent.
01:20:26Patrick, don't you remember who you are?
01:20:29You're conspiring with Fulton. Fulton's conspiring with Grimes.
01:20:32You're all in my way. You're all my enemies.
01:20:34We're not your enemies.
01:20:36You saw the world in the wrong focus.
01:20:39You believed people were against you.
01:20:41It was not true. Believe me.
01:20:44It was just an obsession, Patrick.
01:20:46I'm not Patrick.
01:20:54Help! Help!
01:20:56Help! Help!
01:20:59Help!
01:21:09Janice.
01:21:13Patrick.
01:21:16Patrick, you're free.
01:21:18No, I'm not free.
01:21:20Now take me back to the castle.
01:21:25You see, Fulton always knew that Collins was innocent.
01:21:29So did Mrs. Donovan.
01:21:31They didn't want another heir because in the event they could use Donovan's secret account.
01:21:36Another heir?
01:21:38Yes, you see, Collins was Donovan's son by a former marriage he didn't tell anybody about.
01:21:43Well, Howard knew because Howard acted as Collins' foster father.
01:21:48And who is Howard?
01:21:50The murdered man.
01:21:52He was Donovan's secretary. He knew all about his detours to power.
01:21:57So it must have been Donovan who actually committed the murder.
01:22:01But why did Donovan kill Howard?
01:22:03Because he wrote the life story of Donovan and Donovan didn't want it published.
01:22:07Well, he made him an offer and Howard turned it down.
01:22:23Patrick, here we are.
01:22:27All right, darling.
01:22:53She's asleep.
01:22:55What about the brain?
01:23:07Professor Muller's put the brain to sleep.
01:23:09No, Professor Muller.
01:23:11I used all the morphine he had.
01:23:14He's dead.
01:23:16He's dead.
01:23:18He's dead.
01:23:19I used all the morphine he had.
01:23:27At what time?
01:23:29About 2 o'clock this afternoon.
01:23:31That was...
01:23:33But, Patrick, if the brain is asleep, that means...
01:23:36It means it's time to put an end to it.
01:23:38No, Mr. Curry.
01:23:41Not yet.
01:23:45Not when we're so close to success.
01:23:48I don't want any more. I've had enough.
01:23:50It isn't a question of what you want.
01:23:52Your little experience in Los Angeles was just the beginning of our experiment.
01:23:56It's your experiment. You're the one who...
01:23:58Please, please. I want to be free. I want to be free to live my own life.
01:24:01Yes, free to be with Janice.
01:24:03Yes, yes.
01:24:04No!
01:24:19Oh, jeez!
01:24:39And so, the four who had shared a most amazing adventure...
01:24:43Finally found its conclusion.
01:24:45For Professor Muller...
01:24:47Such a death was well-deserved.
01:24:49He had tried to distort an experiment of science...
01:24:52Into a diabolical plot to further his own personal gains.
01:24:56Following a brief trial, Mrs. Fane was acquitted.
01:24:59But Patrick Curry, although he helped to free Roger Collins...
01:25:03Was obliged to serve a short-term in prison for his part in the experiment.
01:25:07However, Janice was waiting.
01:25:09So, after all, there was a happy ending to his experience.
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