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01:00Calling car 63, calling car 63, go to Hotel Royale immediately, Hotel Royale, woman on
01:18the roof attempting suicide, that's us, let's go.
01:48Get back, get back, get back, get back, get back, get back, get back, get back, get back,
02:15get back, get back, get back.
02:20Hello, no, no, the hotel is not on fire.
02:23You don't know it's on fire, do you?
02:25Now, now, folks, take it easy.
02:27We're knee-deep in cuffs, start packing.
02:36Search every room in the joint.
02:42I wonder who took them all.
02:43I don't know, but if I get my hands on that stool pigeon, it'll be just too bad.
02:50Get back!
03:00Take it easy now, folks!
03:02Come on, Mike.
03:09What's the idea of barging through here? You're disturbing my guests.
03:12Yeah? Well, one of them's pretty disturbed right now. She's about to jump off the roof.
03:15What?
03:16Gentlemen, please. What is the matter?
03:18Nothing. Not a thing. The fire department's here, the police department's here, the reporters are here.
03:23And if we don't hurry up, the undertaker will be here.
03:29Now, folks, I assure you that everything will be taken care of.
03:33Come on! Get back!
03:42Get back!
04:04It's only a dummy.
04:05Shh! He's crazy.
04:07Quiet. I know how to handle these guys.
04:10Hello?
04:11Are you having a good time?
04:12I got to keep doing this until I attract a crowd around this hotel.
04:15Oh, I see.
04:16Well, look, let me do it for a while. I want to have some fun, too.
04:20No, sir. We got this all figured out.
04:23Oh, you have, huh?
04:24Well, who's we?
04:25Me and Mr. Buzzy O'Brien.
04:28Buzzy O'Brien, huh?
04:29Well, now, ain't that nice?
04:31Tell me some more about it.
04:33Well, you see, Mr. Buzzy, he got this dummy from the style show over there in the peacock room.
04:37And he told me to walk up and down there while he hide under the bed.
04:40Under what bed?
04:41Over there in the robber's room.
04:44What room could that be?
04:45I don't know, sir. He said he was going to hide over there until the police come.
04:48Then the robbers would try to get the stuff.
04:50Then he'd catch them.
04:55I'll handle this.
05:04Excuse me, Mr. Barney. I just wanted to make up to the room.
05:07Come back later. I'm busy now.
05:19Uh-huh, uh-huh. Come on, come on. Get out of there.
05:26That's the kid who brought us cracked ice last night.
05:28Yeah? What's the idea?
05:30The idea is you can't get away with it.
05:32Now?
05:33No.
05:34You stole those bonds from the Lincoln Trust Company, and you're not going to leave?
05:37Ain't Mr. Buzzy smart?
05:39Oh, he's not only smart, he's brilliant.
05:41Now, everything will be perfect if I can only get my hands on Buzzy O'Brien.
05:44Search the joint.
05:45Jefferson, take that dummy back where it belongs.
05:47Okey-dokey, sir.
05:55Pick up those bags.
05:57You're going to take us right through the lobby.
05:59And then we're going to take you out into the country for a nice little sightseeing tour.
06:03Get going.
06:07Come on.
06:12The more you tell me, the less I know. I just want to get my hands on that Buzzy O'Brien.
06:21All right, let's go.
06:29Buzzy O'Brien!
06:31Keep walking, keep walking.
06:35Come here!
06:39I'm awfully sorry to be inconveniencing you guys, but...
06:43Take that gun out of his pocket, and then take him downtown and book him.
06:46Take him.
06:47Hey, Buzz, tell me, what happened?
06:48Well, I was up in the room with these two guys.
06:50It's a little business I want to talk over with you.
06:53You can't do that to the press.
06:56And now, gentlemen, if you'll just be seated, we'll get to the bottom of this.
06:59Come on, Buzzy, let's have it.
07:01Well, the way I see it, Steve, it's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
07:04Stop playing Sherlock Holmes and tell us what happened.
07:07Well, I keep a file on all the guys that are wanted by the police.
07:11You know, kind of a personal robes gallery.
07:14So then I read about the Lincoln Trust robbery.
07:16And being a trained observer with a photographic eye, I spotted Banning hiding behind a beard.
07:21So then I staged the phony suicide, see?
07:23And I figured when Banning and these men heard the police sirens, they'd go for the bonds.
07:26Which they did. Now, in the meantime...
07:27In the meantime, you turn the city upside down, cause the near riot, the taxpayers get stuck for a fake alarm?
07:32Yeah, but...
07:33But nothing!
07:34The last time you played detective, I told you to bring your brainwaves to headquarters.
07:37What for, Steve? Nobody pays any attention to me.
07:40Well, gosh, I told Pfluger and all he did was laugh at me.
07:43How about that, Pfluger?
07:44The hotel's had a couple of lawsuits already through making mistakes about guests.
07:48So I...
07:49Did nothing, as usual.
07:50And as for you, you're liable to five different charges for the trouble you caused.
07:54I don't know how the hotel feels about it, but I'd certainly...
07:56The hotel is firing him!
07:57We should have done it long ago, if you ask me.
07:59Now, take it easy, I didn't mean that.
08:01After all, he did catch those two crooks.
08:03And maybe he got enough of a scare to stop him from playing detective.
08:06Oh, I did, Steve, honest.
08:07When Banning put that gun on my back, I thought sure I was a goner.
08:11Never again, Steve.
08:12Well, if you really mean that...
08:14Oh, I do!
08:15You can stay.
08:16On probation.
08:18Now report back to your station.
08:19Yes, sir.
08:22Thanks a lot, Steve.
08:23Never mind the thanks.
08:24And if you start gunshooting around this hotel again,
08:26I won't wait for the manager to fire you.
08:28I'll come right up here and drag you right out by the ears.
08:31You won't have to.
08:33Honest, I'm through.
08:35Now get back to work.
08:38He'll be heading south from now on, Mr. Colby.
08:40Well, let's hope so.
08:45Thanks for coming through the way you did, Steve.
08:47Forget it, kid.
08:48I mean about my job.
08:49All right, all right, but you're lucky.
08:50What I said in there still goes, you understand?
08:52Oh, sure, I'm through.
08:53Well, you heard me.
08:54Promise, Steve.
08:55Well, let me see you stick to it.
08:57If you don't like hopping bells,
08:58try and find yourself another job.
08:59But quit playing detective.
09:00He'll never get you anyplace.
09:01Look at your old man.
09:02Where'd you get him?
09:03A couple of bullets in the back.
09:04Yeah, but don't you see, Steve...
09:05All right, beat it.
09:06I got some work to do.
09:09Nice going, Fluger.
09:10Kid turns in a couple of mugs you should have handled
09:11between naps since you're trying to get his job.
09:13I forgot you were a friend of the kid's family.
09:15You and his old man were on the force together.
09:17So what?
09:24Will there be anything else, miss?
09:25Could you find out if there's a Mr. Thaddeus Porter
09:27registered at the hotel?
09:29Thaddeus Porter?
09:30Yes.
09:31Yes, ma'am.
09:38Desk, please.
09:42Do we have a Thaddeus Porter registered here?
09:47Yes.
09:48Okay, thank you.
09:53Is he here?
09:54Yes, ma'am.
09:55He's in suite 8B.
09:56That's just down the hall around the corner.
09:57Would you like to have me call him?
09:58No.
10:00No.
10:02Will there be anything else, miss?
10:04No, thank you.
10:05You've been very nice.
10:07Thank you very much.
10:08And if there's any little thing you want,
10:09you know, something special,
10:10just call on me, will you?
10:11Number 7.
10:12Thanks.
10:13Yes, ma'am.
10:54This isn't some more detecting, is it?
10:56Oh, no, no.
10:57But this Monaghan girl seemed to think
10:59they ought to know something about Mr. Porter.
11:02What is he?
11:03Some kind of a big shot or something?
11:04No, he registered last evening from Ashport.
11:06Took a suite and rates A-1.
11:10Well, thanks very much, Mr. Mays.
11:11Well, how's your friend in 415 getting along?
11:15415?
11:17415?
11:18415.
11:19415.
11:21415.
11:22415.
11:24Hey, I got it!
11:25Got what?
11:26Well, she looks just like the fellow that...
11:32Oh, a telegram for Thaddeus Porter.
11:34Just talking about him.
11:36Mr. Mays, do me a favor, will you?
11:38Let me take that telegram up.
11:39Okay, but get it to him in a hurry.
11:41Porter's kind of important.
11:42Small town banker.
11:43You'll probably get a big tip.
11:45What, from a banker?
11:47If I do, I'll split it with you.
12:18Oh, I'm awfully sorry, sir.
12:19Lumsy idiot.
12:20Why don't you look where you're going?
12:21I was just going out of my way.
12:52What are you doing hanging around here?
12:54Well, this gentleman here told me to come back at 1230.
12:56I knocked on the door and don't know about the answer.
12:59Well, maybe he went out and just left his door open.
13:01No, I didn't.
13:02I seen a lady come out there just as I was coming down the hall.
13:22It's Mr. Porter.
13:33He's dead.
13:35Oh, no you don't.
13:38Now, come here.
13:39We found this thing together.
13:40You can't walk out on me.
13:41I'm in enough trouble.
13:42I need a witness.
13:43Oh, Mr. Butler, I don't like no dead folk.
13:45And I don't want to be no witness.
13:46Can I go home now?
13:47Wait a minute.
13:48Look, what's the matter with you?
13:50You have no reason to be scared.
13:51You said you saw a girl leave this room.
13:52What'd she look like?
13:53I don't know what she looked like, but she had on a striped dress.
13:56A striped dress?
13:57Are you sure?
13:58Yeah, she left out that door in a hurry.
14:00Striped dress.
14:01Which way'd she go?
14:02She went down that way.
14:03Now, Mr. Butler, I'm through.
14:04Can I go now?
14:05I don't belong up here.
14:06I belong down in the basement.
14:07Are you sure she didn't use the service stairway?
14:09Yes, she didn't.
14:10Somebody did.
14:11I saw the door closing as I was coming up the hall.
14:13Now, look, I'm going to search the bedroom.
14:15You stay right here.
14:16Don't move.
14:21Don't move.
14:36Jail.
14:42Money.
14:50I've got to call a desk.
15:05Hello, this is Buzzy O'Brien of suite 8B.
15:11Mr. Porter's just been murdered.
15:13Yes, yes, that's right.
15:16Yeah, Jefferson and I found the body.
15:19All right, hurry, will you please?
15:22Now see, Jefferson, I told you there was nothing to worry about.
15:24They're coming up here right away.
15:27Be right back.
15:29Mr. Buzzy, wait a minute.
15:30Don't leave me here, Mr. Buzzy.
15:32Oh, Mr. Buzzy, please.
15:33Now you know this man is dead.
15:34You ought not to leave me here like this.
15:41Who is it?
15:42Me, Buzzy O'Brien, number 7.
15:44I've got to have that dress, quick.
15:46What do you mean?
15:47You were seen coming out of Porter's room.
15:48But I wasn't even in here.
15:50Quit stalling.
15:51The janitor saw you.
15:52Now look, he doesn't know what you look like,
15:53but he knows that you had a striped dress on.
15:55Now please, hurry up.
15:56Please.
15:57All right.
16:00Look, as soon as you slip into something else,
16:02scoot downstairs and wait in the far end of the lobby
16:04until you hear from me.
16:05Yeah, but what will I do with the dress?
16:06Hurry up.
16:07Throw it out here to me.
16:08Please, hurry.
16:10Oh, Mr. Buzzy, come back here, Mr. Buzzy.
16:12Now that's a shame.
16:13You ought not...
16:14Oh, Mr. Buzzy.
16:16You ought not to leave me here like this.
16:17That's a shame, Mr. Buzzy.
16:20Canada, hurry up.
16:22But why are you getting mixed up in all this?
16:24Oh, I don't know.
16:25Because your name's Monaghan or something, I guess.
16:28Come on, hurry, please.
16:32Hey, I almost forgot to ask you.
16:34You didn't kill Porter, did you?
16:35No, honestly, I didn't.
16:37All right, but please do as I tell you
16:38and get down in that lobby.
16:40I've got to ditch this dress.
16:44Mr. Buzzy, you and me have been friends a long time.
16:47Mr. Buzzy, please.
16:49Mr. Buzzy.
17:02Mr. Buzzy, why did you leave me here alone?
17:03Why did you leave me here alone, Mr. Buzzy?
17:05Where is everybody?
17:06Haven't they shown up yet?
17:07No, sir.
17:08I'd better call the desk again.
17:12Oh, why all the delay?
17:14I can't understand where they are.
17:16Hello, this is suite 8B.
17:18You better get a hold of Steve Lanahan right away.
17:20There's a corpus delicti up here.
17:22Yes, yes, you know, a body.
17:25Of course, this is Buzzy O'Brien.
17:27Hurry up, will you please?
17:28Right.
17:36You shouldn't parade through the lobby, Lanahan.
17:38You'll get the hotel and the newspapers.
17:39Where's the body?
17:40What body?
17:41A man named Porter.
17:42Thaddeus Porter.
17:43Well, he's up in 8B, but he's fine.
17:45Say, who told you there was anything wrong, Buzzy O'Brien?
17:48Hello, Steve.
17:49Have you seen the herald?
17:50Yeah.
17:51That chief showed that to me 10 times.
17:53Well, has that O'Brien kid pulled another one?
17:55No, just a routine visit.
17:57Well, in that case, I'll string along.
18:02Scram.
18:04Hey, hey, wait a minute, will you?
18:06That's a fine way to treat the press.
18:08I'll take care of you, big boy.
18:14Buzzy, if you're holding out on me, I'm going to...
18:17But I'm not, Steve.
18:18It happened just like I said.
18:19I was walking down the hall.
18:20Jefferson was knocking on the door, and the door opened.
18:22Well, so we walked in.
18:24And there was Porter laying on the floor, stabbed.
18:26Here's the knife right here.
18:27Oh, there's the knife, is it?
18:28I tell you...
18:29Well, now, wait.
18:30Don't get excited, Steve.
18:31I picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin.
18:33You picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin?
18:35What are you going to say to me?
18:36What were you doing up there anyway, O'Brien?
18:37You keep quiet.
18:38I'll handle this.
18:40Yeah, what were you doing?
18:41Well, I was delivering a telegram to Porter.
18:43Where is it?
18:44Right here.
19:00I want the name of every woman whose initials are KM
19:02that registered in this hotel in the last 24 hours.
19:07Give me the name of every woman
19:08registered in the hotel in the last 24 hours
19:11with initials KM.
19:12Maybe that was that lady I seen with that striped dress on.
19:15What lady with what striped dress?
19:16The lady that ran out of here just before I got up here.
19:21Do you know anything about this, Buzzy?
19:23Me?
19:24Yeah, Steve, sure.
19:25I was going to tell you, but you didn't give me a chance.
19:27Here's the information.
19:28There are three women in the hotel with initials KM.
19:31Catherine Meadows, registered from Redlands, 212.
19:34Kate Madison from Chicago and 511.
19:36And Kitty Monaghan from Ashport.
19:39From Ashport?
19:40Yeah, she's right around the corner, 812.
19:42Jenkins, get her over here.
19:43This is a terrible thing.
19:45Mr. Porter was quite important.
19:47Yeah?
19:48Why?
19:49He was vice president of the Ashport Bank.
19:51A very fine man, too, Lanahan.
19:52I knew him personally.
19:54That's a big help.
19:55Oh, you again.
19:57You can't do this to the press now.
19:59812 is empty.
20:00Looks like somebody left in a hurry.
20:02Any clothes in there?
20:03Yeah.
20:04Hey, Steve, I got an idea.
20:05I checked her in.
20:06I know what she looks like.
20:07Maybe I can help you find her, huh?
20:09OK, Buzzy.
20:10But if you double cross me this time,
20:13there's a nice little gray suit and a short haircut
20:15waiting for you.
20:16Now get out of here.
20:17OK, Steve, sure.
20:19Me too?
20:20Yeah, but don't leave the hotel.
20:21OK, Mr. Steve.
20:23All right, boys.
20:24Pictures, prints.
20:25And when you get them all finished,
20:26send them right down to me.
20:27Come on, Clover.
20:37Message for you, miss.
20:55Sure, his name is Porter.
21:10Thaddeus Porter.
21:11A knife in his back.
21:13Pictures?
21:15Sure.
21:17Send a man up right away.
21:19And don't forget the name of the hotel.
21:24You shouldn't push reporters in the face, Pfluger.
21:26You're liable to get the hotel on the paper.
21:38Jefferson?
21:39Sir?
21:40Is this where Buzzy hangs out?
21:41Yes, sir.
21:54What's this all about?
21:55Mr. Buzzy calls it his private criminal laboratory.
21:59Private criminal laboratory.
22:13Why did Mr. Porter call you to wait B?
22:16Come on, answer me.
22:17To pick up a trunk.
22:19Look, Mr. Steve, I ain't done nothing.
22:21Why do y'all keep on picking on me?
22:23You got me so mixed up, I don't know what I'm doing.
22:26I know what you'll be doing if you don't tell me the truth.
22:28You said Buzzy locked you in, huh?
22:29Yes, sir.
22:30Why'd he lock you in?
22:31To be sure that I would stay until y'all got there.
22:33How long were you in there?
22:34I don't know, sir.
22:35It seemed to me like it was a long time.
22:37Long enough for Buzzy to be doing something.
22:38What was Buzzy doing?
22:39He was at the phone, phoning the desk.
22:41He called twice before y'all got up there.
22:43Is that right, Pfluger?
22:44I don't think so, but we can check on it.
22:46Relax.
22:52Phew.
23:00Beth?
23:01Just a moment.
23:03Buzzy, you weren't on the phone.
23:05What's the idea of having personal calls on duty?
23:08Oh, it must be very important.
23:10Hello?
23:11Hello.
23:12Buzzy O'Brien?
23:13Oh, yeah.
23:14Hello, Mom.
23:16What?
23:19Gee, that's too bad, Mom.
23:21Sure, you bet I will.
23:24All right, dear.
23:27I'm afraid I'll have to go, Mr. Mays.
23:29My mother's very sick.
23:32How many calls did you get from suite 8B just before you called me?
23:35Only one.
23:36I thought so.
23:37Are you sure?
23:38Positive.
23:39Have you seen Buzzy O'Brien?
23:40No, but he just took a call on the desk phone.
23:43Thanks.
23:49Where's Buzzy?
23:50Gone home.
23:51Didn't he just get a phone call?
23:52Yes, from his mother.
23:53She's sick.
23:56Leaving us, Lanahan?
23:58Yeah.
23:59In the meantime, try not to gum things up, will you?
24:20Wait, Buzzy O'Brien, what are you doing home at this time?
24:24And who is that girl?
24:25Mom, Mom, I'm in a terrible jam.
24:27I can't explain now, but I think Steve Lanahan's on his way up here after me.
24:30Mom, you'll help me, will you?
24:31You won't let me down.
24:32Steve Lanahan, is it?
24:33Well, if there's anything wrong, it's your fault.
24:35No, no, Mom.
24:36It just looks bad.
24:37But I haven't got time to explain to Steve now.
24:39I have to do some more investigative research.
24:41Investigative research, is it?
24:42Now, look here, Buzzy O'Brien.
24:44You tell me what this is all about.
24:46Later, Mom, later.
24:47No, here and now.
24:49And what's the trouble, and who is that girl?
24:51I'll bet that's Steve now.
24:53Mom, you've got to talk to him.
24:54Help me, will you, Mom?
24:55Please help me.
24:56I knew he'd find out that phone call from the desk was phony.
24:59I'll not budge until I hear all about it.
25:02Mom, Mom, now please don't let me down.
25:05Talk to him, will you, Mom?
25:06Get rid of me.
25:07He'll put me in jail, Mom.
25:08Jail?
25:09Yeah.
25:10Please, Mom, talk to him.
25:11Tell him anything.
25:12You don't want me to go to jail, do you?
25:13I don't want to go to jail.
25:14Talk to him.
25:15Tell him anything.
25:16You don't want me to go to jail, do you?
25:17Please, Mom, talk to him.
25:18Oh, Buzzy.
25:22Jail.
25:24Oh.
25:29Oh, hello, Steve.
25:30Hello, Mrs. O'Brien.
25:31Sit down.
25:32I'll get you a nice cup of tea.
25:35I don't want tea.
25:36I want Buzzy.
25:37Buzzy?
25:38Yeah.
25:39I'm sure this is a strange place to be looking for him
25:40at this time of day.
25:41He's not at the hotel.
25:42Oh.
25:43Detecting again, eh?
25:44Yeah, he's really put his foot in it this time.
25:46Bad?
25:47Murder.
25:48Murder?
25:49Oh, Steve, you don't mean that Buzzy's killed somebody?
25:51No, I don't think so.
25:52Only this time it's serious.
25:53Oh.
25:56I thought you were sick.
25:57Sick?
26:00Oh, well, I ain't feeling so good.
26:03Oh, Steve, Buzzy's not a bad boy.
26:06He's only...
26:07I know, I know.
26:08His old man took pretty good care of me
26:09when I was a rookie cop.
26:11That's why I want to protect Buzzy.
26:13But I can't do anything, Mrs. O'Brien,
26:14if he don't stop snooping around.
26:16Well, I'll see that he stops it, Steve.
26:18Well, if you don't,
26:19some one of these days
26:20one of those cheap crooks will be shooting him.
26:22Oh.
26:23But when you hear from him,
26:24you send him back to the hotel.
26:26I'll be waiting for him.
26:28All right, Steve.
26:31Thanks.
26:36Buzzy O'Brien?
26:37Buzzy?
26:38Come out of there.
26:47Oh, gee, Mom, you were swell.
26:48Steve didn't even know that I...
26:49Hold your tongue.
26:50Now, what's the matter?
26:51Who is this girl?
26:52Well, she's the girl I've been helping.
26:54Oh, it's the girl you've been helping, eh?
26:56And your poor old mother
26:57telling a lie to Steve Lanahan.
26:59Why, you ought to be...
27:01But her name is Kitty Monaghan.
27:02I don't care what her name...
27:05What did you say her name was?
27:06This is Kitty Monaghan.
27:07This is my mother.
27:08Kitty Monaghan.
27:10Why, you poor darling, you.
27:13Come right over here and sit down now.
27:15There you are.
27:16Now take your hat off.
27:18Sure, you must be in trouble.
27:20You're bound to be a fear with Buzzy.
27:22She's the one Steve's really after.
27:23He thinks she did it.
27:24The murder?
27:25With a name like Monaghan?
27:28Well, then she must have had some good reason.
27:30But I didn't do it.
27:32Yeah, we know that.
27:33But you'll have to admit
27:34you've got a lot of explaining to do.
27:35Of course.
27:36It'll be a relief to talk...
27:37There, there.
27:38Now take your time.
27:39Buzzy, you go bring in the tea.
27:41Bring in the tea?
27:42Mom, I've got to continue my investigation.
27:44You handle the tea
27:45and I'll handle the investigation.
27:47Oh, get a case all built up
27:49and then you have to go after tea.
27:51Now let's have it.
27:53My brother Jim worked in Mr. Porter's bank.
27:56Jim's books were $100,000 short.
27:59What in the world did he do with all that money?
28:02It wasn't money.
28:03It was bonds.
28:04He didn't take it.
28:05He just must have lost his head and run away.
28:09That's why I came to see Mr. Porter.
28:11He always liked Jim.
28:13I thought maybe he could help me find him
28:15and straighten things out.
28:20What happened when you were in Porter's room?
28:23Well, Mr. Porter let me in.
28:26But before I had a chance to talk to him
28:28there was a knock at the door.
28:29So he pushed me into the bedroom
28:31and shut the connecting door.
28:32Did you see who came into the room?
28:34No.
28:35No, but I listened at the door.
28:37There were two men, I think.
28:38I could hear the voices,
28:39but I couldn't hear what they said
28:41even when they began arguing.
28:42Oh, they argued, eh?
28:44Well, did either of the voices
28:45sound like anyone you know?
28:47No.
28:48They just went on arguing.
28:49And then...
28:51And then I heard a groan and a thumping sound.
28:54And right after that the door slammed.
28:56Look.
28:58Could one of these fellas been your brother?
29:00No, I'd know his voice.
29:03You know something about Jim?
29:05Where is he?
29:06He's registered at the Royal.
29:08But he's under the name of Elliot.
29:10Room 415.
29:11Elliot?
29:12Are you sure?
29:13Well, he looks enough like he'd be your brother
29:15and he's got a blue cigarette case with JM on it.
29:18Why should he go to the same hotel as Mr. Porter
29:20and not use his own name?
29:21There, there, now.
29:22That's enough of that.
29:23I'll look after Kitty.
29:24Now you run along, Buzzy,
29:25and find Steve and tell him I sent you.
29:27I'd better go, too.
29:28No, you stay right here and rest.
29:30Come along now, Buzzy.
29:31Go on.
29:32Thanks, Mom.
29:33I knew you'd come through for me.
29:35Goodbye, dear.
29:36And remember that Steve's waiting for you.
29:38Come along now, darling.
29:39Sit down.
29:40We'll have our tea in peace.
29:44Find anything yet, Mike?
29:45No, nothing here.
29:47Vanahan.
29:54Is that the dress you wore?
29:56Come on, come on.
29:57You saw a girl in a striped dress come in out of Porter's room?
30:00Yes, I did.
30:01Well, is that the dress you wore?
30:03Yes, of course it is.
30:04Buzzy and the girl ditched it in the linen chute.
30:06I thought I'd find it there.
30:07Stumbled on it, you mean.
30:08All right, stumbled on it,
30:09just like you better stumble on Buzzy and that girl.
30:11Don't worry, I'll have them.
30:12You hope.
30:14Did you see anybody else?
30:15No, sir, I didn't.
30:17What do you mean, you didn't?
30:19Now, look here, Jefferson, old boy.
30:21This dress kind of proves your story,
30:23though anybody could have put it in the linen chute.
30:25I haven't run out of the woods yet by a long shot.
30:27You were with Buzzy when the body was found.
30:29And if you don't tell me everything you know,
30:31I'm going to tear you limb from limb.
30:32Don't do that, Mr. Steve.
30:34I'm on your side.
30:35All right, then, let's have it.
30:37Mr. Buzzy said that he saw the service door close
30:40when he was coming down the hall.
30:42Service door, huh?
30:45Hang on, Mike.
30:46I'll get Jenkins.
30:47We'll check on that service door.
30:53Where are you going?
30:54Oh, Mr. Steve, I forgot something.
30:55Yeah?
30:56I forgot to tell him about the claim check
30:57that Mr. Buzzy found.
30:58What?
30:59Mr. Buzzy bumped into a man at the elevator
31:01and bled his nose.
31:02That's the man that dropped that claim check.
31:04What's that got to do with it?
31:06I don't know, sir.
31:07Only Mr. Steve told me to tell everything I know.
31:09And I don't want him backtracking on me
31:11and found out that I missed something.
31:13Well, have you told everything?
31:14Everything except the claim check.
31:16Okay, I'll take care of that.
31:22Follow me.
31:52Could be.
32:09I'll follow it.
32:11Give the girls room another look.
32:13Give it the works.
32:26I wonder, did I forget anything?
32:29Dresses, telephone calls, claim checks,
32:32man on the elevator, service door,
32:36Mr. Buzzy searching that dead man's room.
32:39Mr. Buzzy, where is you been?
32:41Have you seen Lanahan?
32:42I can't lose him.
32:43Where is he now?
32:44He went up to check on that service door.
32:46But he'll be back.
32:47I told him about that claim check.
32:50And they found that dress.
32:51Kitties?
32:52The woman that I saw coming out of that room.
32:54And Mr. Steve would be very happy to see you.
32:56Yeah, I want to talk to him too,
32:57but first I got to see the fellow in 415.
32:59What do you want to see him for?
33:00What does he got to do with it?
33:01He's the girl's brother.
33:02If I'm right, this is one of the biggest frame-ups ever engineered.
33:05What you going to do about the monkeys your mama gave you?
33:07Oh, Jefferson, what do you have to bring that up for now?
33:10You see, I'm just one step from finding out who the murderer is.
33:13Yeah, and you got your other foot on the banana peel.
33:40Any luck?
33:51Whoever did it could have beat it down that service stairway all right.
33:54But I still think Buzzy's trying to protect that girl.
33:57He's the only one who saw the door closing,
33:59and we know she's mixed up in it.
34:00Pfluger found the dress.
34:05How did you miss it?
34:08I don't know, Steve.
34:09I guess he knows more about hotels than I do.
34:39Pfft.
35:00It's the name-check guy.
35:16Come on.
35:36Hey, Mr. Elliott.
35:49Come on.
35:50Tell you one thing, man.
35:51What's the idea?
35:53Well, you almost drowned.
35:54Looks like somebody tried to put you out of the way.
35:56That's too bad they missed.
35:58Here.
36:00Put this around you.
36:01Come on.
36:02I want to have a talk with you.
36:11Now, come here.
36:14Look.
36:15Look, do me a favor.
36:17Yeah, sure, sure, Buzzy.
36:18Anything for a pal.
36:20Your real name is Monaghan, isn't it?
36:21Jim Monaghan?
36:22Of course it is.
36:23Don't you like it?
36:24Sure, I like it.
36:25I think it's swell.
36:26But tell me, what'd you change it to Elliott for?
36:28Take it easy.
36:29That's a secret.
36:30Porter told me to.
36:31Oh, Mr. Porter told you, huh?
36:32Why, Jim?
36:33Why?
36:34Well, books got all mixed up.
36:36He told me to run away while he investigated.
36:40Well, did you know that Porter was coming to this hotel?
36:42Porter's an ash port.
36:43Yeah, that's what you think.
36:44Jim.
36:45What are you doing here?
36:46Are you crazy?
36:47You want to be arrested?
36:48Lanahan's looking all over the hotel for you.
36:50I don't care.
36:51I had to take care of my brother.
36:52How'd you get away from Mom?
36:53I climbed out the bedroom window.
36:54Jim.
36:55Jim, what's happened to you?
36:56Oh, somebody give him some knockout drops and put him in the bath tub.
36:58They tried to drown him.
37:00Look.
37:01Now, please, don't faint or anything.
37:03But there's a dead guy laying back there.
37:05Dead?
37:20Jim.
37:21Did you know him?
37:23Yeah.
37:26I've been dragging with him all afternoon.
37:28Then what happened?
37:30I don't know.
37:31I fell asleep.
37:32The next thing I knew, you were pulling me out of the bathtub.
37:34Buzzy, they'll never believe him.
37:36You're darn right we won't believe him.
37:38You and your brother are under arrest.
37:39Ploeger, don't be a fool.
37:40Buzzy, stay out of this.
37:41My brother didn't kill that man.
37:43Somebody tried to kill him.
37:44He was nearly drowned.
37:45That's enough.
37:46You've got plenty of explaining to do yourself.
37:48Unless I'm mistaken, you're the girl that was seen coming out of Porter's room three seconds after he was murdered.
37:52Don't be a chump, Ploeger.
37:53Look down there.
37:55Ah, looks like we all thought of the same thing.
37:57What are you doing here, Ploeger?
38:02Who's he?
38:03I don't know.
38:04He's the Monaghan girl and her brother.
38:05Maybe they know.
38:06Jim didn't have anything to do with it.
38:07They don't know anything about it.
38:08Quiet.
38:09Look, Steve.
38:10I got it all figured out.
38:11It's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
38:12Now, wait a minute, Buzzy.
38:13I gave you every chance in the world.
38:15You knew I wanted to see you.
38:16Yet you came sneaking back here without reporting to me.
38:18Yeah, but Steve, I had to.
38:19I'm supposed to warn you that whatever you say can be used against you.
38:22Now, go ahead.
38:23Please, it was all my fault.
38:24Same thing goes for you, too.
38:25Look, Steve.
38:26Jefferson told you about the claim check I had from the Union Station?
38:28Well, this is the guy that dropped it.
38:30I came back here, and when I came through the door, well, somebody hit me on the head.
38:34When I came to, the claim check was gone.
38:36Is that all?
38:38Yeah, Steve, honest.
38:39That's all.
38:40Lock him up.
38:41Hey, wait a minute, Steve.
38:42You can't do that to me.
38:43All right, buddy.
38:44Get your clothes on.
38:45How do you like that?
38:46You better get the coroner down here and then tell Jenkins I'll meet him at headquarters.
38:50I never thought Steve Larry had to do a thing like this to me.
38:53He's making a jailbird out of me.
38:55You know, do you know, Kitty, that when he said you're under arrest, I almost fainted.
39:00I didn't know what to do.
39:01I just stood there.
39:03Hey, Mike.
39:04Take her.
39:06Where's Steve?
39:07He said he'd meet you at headquarters.
39:09What happened?
39:10Well, the Monaghan girl pulled a faint, and Buzzy disappeared.
39:12Where are the Monaghans?
39:13Mike's got them.
39:14a. Where
39:20Steve said he'd meet you at headquarters what happened with
39:23a Monaghan girl pull
39:24a faint and buzzy disappeared where the money Mike's got them.
39:44Did you see buzzy yes he was you're right after Mr Steve left I don't know I mean
39:54the last few minutes he just got away from me on the fourth floor not I see well
39:57why didn't you say so. I've seen him and I won't see.
40:05A.
40:05Jefferson. Jefferson. It's me but. Here I am over here.
40:16Jefferson.
40:21Graces Mr Buzzer why do you do this to me big business that's
40:24a passion what about the money I don't mind the monkeys I got to get the room you
40:27keep this up we're both being
40:28in the room with Bob.
40:29I want to.
40:55Make you. So smart I know you can do this much better.
40:59Without me I see you know you don't come here.
41:23Now look this is the way I've got to figure it out Porter steals
41:27a hundred thousand dollars million makes you register in this hotel and an assumed
41:30name so we can keep his eye on the bonds. Bonds that mean anything to you Jefferson
41:36yes so it should do that's just what we're going to get us out of jail if you're
41:40wrong but I can't be wrong you remember those crooks we got you know when you had
41:44the dummy up on the roof yes somebody in this hotel is a go between for the hot
41:48bond racket and we're going to find the evidence right here in this room now look
41:51you get to work in the bathroom search it tear it apart if you have to do you really
41:55mean tear it apart yes go on. But my heart in it no sir my heart
42:02sure and Jefferson look at the medicine cabinet look at the clothes hamper you have
42:06a look down the drain to look every place. Here we go again no you don't know what
42:12it is that's something I've never heard of this before now I've got to go all over
42:16this place.
42:26Nothing in here but soaps and towels and things like that that's a shame you don't
42:30have to get. Let's get out of here not until I'm finished. But if this ain't no
42:37play for me I'm a family man.
42:55It's.
43:14Jefferson. I got one. Old fool.
43:25I. Am I glad to see you it looks like somebody broke in your room I tried to
43:33catch him but I got here too late. You know I thought you might be next on the
43:37murder list so well I hurried down here so I can help you quit stalling where is
43:42it. Where's what never mind
43:46a baby stay at the briefcase come on where is it. Under the bed.
43:56The.
44:09By the you're
44:09a very smart boy. A little too smart for your own good.
44:16West six three to. Joe How soon can you be at the back entrance.
44:24Yeah a little change in plans. Fifteen minutes. Right.
44:34All right wise guy so that.
44:46That means you got fourteen minutes. How does it feel. Not so good you thought
44:54you were pretty smart when you sent Jefferson and that dummy up on the roof but
44:58the cops in on the boys yeah yeah I did it I thought that was a pretty good idea
45:03didn't you. Sure wish Jefferson was up on that roof right now.
45:07I could use a few cops I wouldn't do you any good. Good old Jeff if you could only
45:14hear me you know where he'd be he'd climb right out there that legend well he'd
45:18take his handkerchief and he'd flag those cops right up here that's what he'd do
45:22go on saying. Another ten minutes you'll be through. Now be on my way with the
45:28boys. Good old Jeff.
45:31You're not fooling me for
45:31a minute Flugger you've been using this hotel as a clearing house for your hot
45:34buns haven't you. Yeah you've been let your crooks hide out here too you've been
45:39getting your cut but this time you just decided you want to take it all.
46:01So then you kill that poor guy and try to blame it on the poor Monaghan girl you're
46:05doing all right but talk fast you only got four minutes.
46:13Then you kill a claim check guy you hit me on the head you try to drown the only.
46:17But you made one mistake Flugger just one.
46:30What's all the excitement what's the trouble.
47:00.
47:16It was a very simple case of elemental deduction. When you walked into Elliot's
47:20room you said the kitty you and your brother under arrest but if you weren't in
47:24on this whole rotten mess how did you know that he was your brother.
47:30.
47:54All right.
47:54We'll get out. Steve Steve look I got the bonds
48:02oh you did did you what are you going to stop me with your chin you got yourself
48:06a little fine jam this time yeah I guess I did but I'm sure glad you got here
48:09Steve you're lucky Flugger was he and I had the same idea and I followed through
48:13on that claim check where you made your big mistake was in picking up this briefcase
48:17yourself well as the party over it is for you put the bracelets on Jenkins what's
48:22his name Steve Flugger no no I mean the guy that's going to commit suicide I'm
48:26going to let. Jefferson.
48:34What are you doing out there Jefferson Oh Steve I'm sure glad you're here come on
48:39in here yeah.
48:47I think Jefferson you saved my life you two guys think you're heroes don't you
48:51well you're not as far as I'm concerned well no we don't only we have just got
48:54a break now this is the last time I want and you'll quit play any ticket all right
48:58Steve and that goes for you to Jefferson Yes sir and remember Jefferson stay
49:04downstairs stay away from us yes all right then everybody back to work.
49:15I'll follow you down in my car right thanks for everything Mr not again.
49:22Let's rehearse that big scene in the second act you know the one where I kill you.
49:28We'll start with. You know Harold.
49:38You know how it's you I know from now on I see nothing speak nothing and hear
49:42nothing woman your time has come for years I wanted to take that lily white
49:48little white throat in my hands and now.
49:56I suppose it now don't forget the monkeys.
50:18I suppose it now don't forget the monkeys.
50:48you