🕵️♀️💄 The Mad Miss Manton (1938) – A Zany Blend of Mystery and Romance
Step into the glamorous world of 1930s Manhattan society with The Mad Miss Manton (1938), a screwball mystery-comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. This underrated gem blends sharp wit, thrilling suspense, and irresistible charm, delivering a delightful cinematic experience that still captivates classic film lovers to this day.
🎥 Plot Summary:
Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy, bold, and beautiful Manhattan socialite with a flair for drama and a nose for mystery. While out walking her dog in the early hours, she stumbles upon a dead body in an abandoned house. She reports the crime to the police, but they dismiss her as a prankster because of her notorious past antics.
Outraged by the injustice and determined to prove her credibility, Melsa launches her own investigation—with the help of her equally mischievous debutante friends. Enter Peter Ames (Henry Fonda), a cynical newspaper editor who ridicules Melsa in print, only to find himself entangled in the case and increasingly fascinated by her wit and determination.
As the duo delves deeper into the tangled web of clues, lies, and suspects, the case turns more dangerous—and the sparks between them fly. With suspense mounting and a killer on the loose, can Melsa solve the case and clear her name before it's too late?
Step into the glamorous world of 1930s Manhattan society with The Mad Miss Manton (1938), a screwball mystery-comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. This underrated gem blends sharp wit, thrilling suspense, and irresistible charm, delivering a delightful cinematic experience that still captivates classic film lovers to this day.
🎥 Plot Summary:
Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy, bold, and beautiful Manhattan socialite with a flair for drama and a nose for mystery. While out walking her dog in the early hours, she stumbles upon a dead body in an abandoned house. She reports the crime to the police, but they dismiss her as a prankster because of her notorious past antics.
Outraged by the injustice and determined to prove her credibility, Melsa launches her own investigation—with the help of her equally mischievous debutante friends. Enter Peter Ames (Henry Fonda), a cynical newspaper editor who ridicules Melsa in print, only to find himself entangled in the case and increasingly fascinated by her wit and determination.
As the duo delves deeper into the tangled web of clues, lies, and suspects, the case turns more dangerous—and the sparks between them fly. With suspense mounting and a killer on the loose, can Melsa solve the case and clear her name before it's too late?
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00:00:00BELL RINGS
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00Good night, James. Good night, Miss.
00:01:23Oh, there you are, darling. Did you miss money?
00:01:26Three o'clock, Miss Manton. Right on time.
00:01:28I went up right after you called. I had to wake your maid.
00:01:32Boy, was she fried. I mean, angry.
00:01:35I know Hilda. She was fried, not angry.
00:01:38All right, gentlemen. Remember, you're out here for exercise.
00:01:41No loafing. Come on.
00:01:42Oh, what's the matter, Tiger? Oh, poor little fellow. Oh, there doesn't seem to be any justice for dogs. You suffer through the building of a subway, and then when it's finished, they won't even let you in.
00:02:09Honey! Honey!
00:02:21Hey!
00:02:51Hey!
00:03:21Hey!
00:03:23Oh, my God.
00:03:53Hello, police?
00:04:05Hey, what is this, a gig?
00:04:18Oh, no, sir. I was to a costume party. It was on 14th Street off 2nd Avenue, and...
00:04:22Oh, you see, it was an artist ball. I had to hit a man because he tried to kiss me.
00:04:27And, oh, no. I mean, the door was open, and I walked in, and he was lying there in a pool of blood.
00:04:32His own.
00:04:33Is that a reason to kill a man because he tried to kiss you?
00:04:36Oh, it isn't the same man, and I didn't kill him.
00:04:38Oh, please, you've got to believe me. It's just up the street there.
00:04:40All right, get in.
00:04:41All right, come on.
00:04:42Wait a minute, Inspector.
00:04:53Lieutenant, Lieutenant Brent.
00:04:54Oh, shouldn't you send two men around the rear of the house?
00:04:56What for? The guy's dead, isn't he?
00:04:57But the murderer must still be in there.
00:04:59Look, lady, it's 10 minutes since you called us, and the murderer, that is, if there is a murderer, could be in Brooklyn by now.
00:05:03That is, if anybody wants to be in Brooklyn.
00:05:05Now, let's take a look at the body.
00:05:07Put it climbing up on me.
00:05:09Now, listen.
00:05:10A few of you guys go around the rear of the house.
00:05:14You know whose house this is?
00:05:16It's Elaine Mansion.
00:05:17Sheila Lane, you know, the one who married the rich old banker.
00:05:19They haven't lived here for a long time.
00:05:21Uh-huh, and where's the body?
00:05:22In that room.
00:05:23And now, if you don't mind, I'll just run along.
00:05:25Sorry, lady, we'll have to ask you to hang around.
00:05:32Boy, it's gone.
00:05:33It was lying right there.
00:05:37It's gone.
00:05:39It was lying right there.
00:05:40Yes.
00:05:41Right over there.
00:05:47But I saw it, I swear to you, he was dead.
00:05:50He was dead?
00:05:52Well, I couldn't see his face because he was lying on his face.
00:05:55Now, you mustn't be frightened.
00:05:56And my cloak, it was hanging on your door.
00:05:58Don't get excited.
00:06:00You're among friends.
00:06:01We've got a nice, quiet place in the country.
00:06:04She's not nuts.
00:06:05I'm not crazy, I tell you.
00:06:08Maybe we can find something in one of the other rooms.
00:06:10Yeah.
00:06:11We'll probably find a mama ghost, a papa ghost, and a baby ghost.
00:06:15What kind of a game are you playing?
00:06:16What's your name?
00:06:16Manton.
00:06:17Melsa Manton.
00:06:18Oh.
00:06:20Melsa Manton.
00:06:21Aren't you one of the bunch that held a treasure hunt last week and stole a traffic light?
00:06:24Oh, yes, but it was a treasure hunt for charity.
00:06:27We run a TB clinic.
00:06:28And aren't you the dame who got an ambulance from Bellevue because one of your dogs had this temper?
00:06:32Well, he was very sick and the veterinary was out of town.
00:06:34And aren't you the dame?
00:06:35Yes.
00:06:36Give me them stomach tablets.
00:06:38Coming up, Chief.
00:06:38There's a murderer loose, I tell you, and he's got my cloak.
00:06:41Don't worry, it won't fit him.
00:06:42Miss Manton, I don't know what your game is, but I know this.
00:06:48Either your education or your spanking has been neglected.
00:06:51Now, I can't do anything about spanking you.
00:06:53Or can I?
00:06:54You wouldn't dare.
00:06:56This time, I'll let you get away with it.
00:06:58But if you involve the police department in one more of your merry escapades,
00:07:02I'll lock you up so tight you'll need a major earthquake to get you out.
00:07:07Now, go on home before I call a truant officer.
00:07:09All right.
00:07:10If I ever see another murder before I report it, I hope, well, I hope I'm the victim.
00:07:17Chief, why can't I use this just this once?
00:07:21Because it's against the law.
00:07:23Come on.
00:07:24Another batch of telegrams commending your article on the Manton, girl.
00:07:42Well, that's fine.
00:07:43Take another one.
00:07:45We'd like to preface this editorial with a statement that Wall Street has hit a new low.
00:07:49Unemployment has reached a new high peak.
00:07:52An additional $4 billion has been added to the budget.
00:07:55But Miss Manton and her ilk continue merrily on their million-dollar ermine-lined way.
00:08:01Make a note, according to the police, Miss Manton's costume was fetching.
00:08:04It seems to me that this young lady was...
00:08:07Are you Peter Ames?
00:08:08No, but I am.
00:08:10To complete the circle.
00:08:12Why, you...
00:08:12Oh!
00:08:13Why...
00:08:14Oh!
00:08:15I'm sorry, Miss.
00:08:22Will you please stop crying?
00:08:24I'm not crying.
00:08:25I'm just mad.
00:08:26Did you write this awful thing?
00:08:29Yes.
00:08:30Oh, you're Mel Cimanton.
00:08:32Well, you can afford your own.
00:08:33Laundry is quite an item with me.
00:08:34I'm sorry, Miss Manton.
00:08:36I'm a very busy man.
00:08:37How dare you, princess, trite?
00:08:38It's not a question of courage.
00:08:39It's a question of conviction, of policy.
00:08:41I see.
00:08:42And who decides that policy?
00:08:43Well, newspapers are funny institutions, Miss Manton.
00:08:46They take an ordinary reporter like me and make him an editor,
00:08:48as long as he's willing to work for the same salary.
00:08:51I want you to meet a friend of mine.
00:08:53Mr. Spengler.
00:08:54Mr. Ames, Mr. Spengler.
00:08:55I'd be charmed if I wasn't so busy, if you both will excuse me.
00:08:58Here's the summons, Mr. Ames.
00:09:00I hope you don't take this personal.
00:09:02That will be all, Mr. Spengler.
00:09:04All right.
00:09:05Thank you, Miss Manton.
00:09:09A million dollars for libel.
00:09:11With your present income, aren't you afraid
00:09:12that's going to put your income tax way up in the surtax brackets?
00:09:15Oh, don't worry about it.
00:09:16I'll give it away to charity.
00:09:17This is all very silly.
00:09:19You haven't a leg to stand on.
00:09:20That editorial just stated facts.
00:09:22You did disrupt the police force.
00:09:24There was no corpse.
00:09:25There was a corpse,
00:09:26and I'll prove it if I have to find a body myself.
00:09:28You talk as if you were contemplating murder.
00:09:30Oh, don't encourage me.
00:09:34That editorial really started something.
00:09:36So did Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
00:09:39Call our attorneys right away.
00:09:40We can't sit back complacently and let them ridicule us.
00:09:44They might occasionally mention some of the good we do.
00:09:46That's not the point.
00:09:48There's no truth in this stuff he printed,
00:09:49and it's up to us as a group to prove it.
00:09:51I've always wanted to pound a picket line.
00:09:53Now, Melfi, you remember the night you saw Queen Elizabeth?
00:09:56And all her clothes, taking a bath in your own tub?
00:09:58Are you suggesting by any chance
00:10:00that I had too many absences that pays?
00:10:02Well, we must exhaust all possibilities
00:10:03before we devote our lives to a corpse hunt.
00:10:06After all, darling,
00:10:06you're the only one who says it was a murder.
00:10:08I did see the body,
00:10:09and my cloak certainly didn't run off by itself.
00:10:11Well, maybe the body wasn't dead.
00:10:13I would have told the police
00:10:14that you saw Ronnie Belden coming out of the Lane House.
00:10:16I didn't have a chance.
00:10:18I think it's foolish to get any more mixed up in this murder.
00:10:20No, it isn't.
00:10:21Melfi's right.
00:10:22If we don't do something quickly,
00:10:23the whole town will believe everything Ames
00:10:25and that stupid police inspector said about us.
00:10:27Well, I think it's silly, but I'm with you.
00:10:29Me too.
00:10:30Count me in.
00:10:31Same here.
00:10:31Oh, that's swell, girls.
00:10:32I've called Ronnie Belden's apartment,
00:10:34and the switchboard operator says he won't be in till late tonight.
00:10:36Meanwhile, I have some flashlights.
00:10:38Let's all go over to the Lane House.
00:10:40I'll prove I'm not crazy.
00:10:43Can't we prove you're not crazy some other night?
00:10:45Sure, we'll ask the murderer not to touch a thing.
00:10:48Telephone for you, Miss Frost.
00:10:49Oh, well, there's my day.
00:10:51Sounds like a pipsqueak to me.
00:10:53Hello, pipsqueak?
00:10:54I mean, hello, Paul.
00:10:56No, I can't.
00:10:58Well, just a minute.
00:11:00Please, not tonight!
00:11:02Oh, hello.
00:11:05Hello.
00:11:07Hello.
00:11:08Are you there?
00:11:10He was cut old.
00:11:11Poor boy, and in the prime of his life, too.
00:11:14Hilda, the door.
00:11:15I heard it.
00:11:16I ain't deaf.
00:11:17Sometimes I wished I was.
00:11:20Have you another piece of paper?
00:11:21Yes, I have, but the kitchen's closed for the night.
00:11:23Hilda, Miss Beverly is our guest.
00:11:25I didn't ask her.
00:11:27Comes the revolution, and we'll stop being exploited by our help.
00:11:30In my house, the revolution is here.
00:11:31But, look, I was told to give this to Miss Manton personally.
00:11:35You're Miss Manton?
00:11:36Yes, thank you.
00:11:36The center requests an answer, please.
00:11:38May I come up and see you?
00:11:39Just one half hour of your time.
00:11:41Peter Ames.
00:11:42That's our publicity agent.
00:11:43Have him up.
00:11:44We'll give him something to write about.
00:11:45The answer is no.
00:11:46Oh, in that case, here's another telegram for you.
00:11:50Okay, child.
00:11:51You think they'll send an older man up to ditch your apartment?
00:11:53I'm coming up anyway.
00:11:54Peter Ames.
00:11:55Too bad we won't be here to greet him.
00:11:57Oh, I'd better call the Lanes at their hotel so they won't surprise us at the old house.
00:12:03What'll I say?
00:12:04Say hello.
00:12:05Oh, thanks, Dora.
00:12:05You're sweet and very helpful.
00:12:07Mr. Lane, please.
00:12:09Oh, well, and Mrs. Lane.
00:12:12Oh, did she?
00:12:13Did she take a bag?
00:12:15Thank you very much.
00:12:17George Lane is out of town.
00:12:18Sheila left yesterday after dinner and hasn't been back since.
00:12:21Do you suppose she and Ronnie Bellen skipped?
00:12:22You've heard about those two.
00:12:24I don't know which is more pernicious, you or anemia.
00:12:27That'll be your editor.
00:12:28Duck your flashlight.
00:12:29Remember, girls, I want the first stab at him.
00:12:31Now, don't be selfish, Malsami.
00:12:34Oh, my cloak.
00:12:36The next time, you'll be in it.
00:12:39Oh, the murder has been here.
00:12:42Why didn't I keep that date?
00:12:44What'll we do?
00:12:45I don't know.
00:12:45Think for yourself.
00:12:46Whoever committed the murder did this and is afraid we may know something.
00:12:49That knife ain't for up none letters.
00:12:51We can't let this intimidate us.
00:12:52That's what the murderer wants.
00:12:54It's all the more reason...
00:12:55Oh, he's come back.
00:12:56And I'm leaving.
00:12:57I'm going to open the door.
00:12:58Get ready, girls.
00:12:59We'll rush him.
00:13:02Oh.
00:13:03Very nice props, but they don't convince me.
00:13:05You fool.
00:13:06You ruined the fingerprint.
00:13:08Did I?
00:13:08I can get you plenty more fingerprints.
00:13:10Miss Manton and I came up to see if I couldn't talk you out of this childishness.
00:13:14You can't possibly win.
00:13:15Besides, it'll just make a lot of trouble for both of us.
00:13:17Come on, girls.
00:13:18Hi-oh, silver.
00:13:19Nasty man.
00:13:20I'll take mine in one dollar bill.
00:13:22Rigor mortis is setting in.
00:13:24He's cute.
00:13:30Come on.
00:13:35Oh, it's locked.
00:13:36Why don't the police mind their own business?
00:13:38Well, you can't say we didn't try.
00:13:40Wait a second.
00:13:41I'll try the window.
00:13:42Let's go home.
00:13:43Come on, Nelson.
00:13:44Do the potato.
00:13:45Go over it with a fine-tooth comb.
00:14:02I found the clip out in the foyer.
00:14:16There might be some other things lying around.
00:14:18Blood stains, maybe fingerprints, or things knocked over in the struggle.
00:14:21Melza, where did you find the body?
00:14:44Right where you were standing.
00:14:46Melza, let's get out of here.
00:14:50Please be quiet.
00:14:58What on earth are you doing?
00:15:00I'm calling Paul.
00:15:01Silly, this thing has been disconnected for a year.
00:15:04Look, blood.
00:15:06I found a blood stain.
00:15:08Oh, how can it be blood?
00:15:10But it's blue.
00:15:11Maybe they shot Mrs. Aster.
00:15:13No, it's ink.
00:15:14Somebody must have spilled a bottle of ink.
00:15:19Helen, you search the upstairs.
00:15:21Oh, no.
00:15:21I was never much of an individualist.
00:15:23If the upstairs has to be searched, we'll search it together.
00:15:26Why, that's communism.
00:15:27Well, I don't know why we have to whisper.
00:15:29There's nobody else in this old barn.
00:15:38Turn off your flashlight.
00:15:40God, I'll keep mine on.
00:15:42I'm scared.
00:15:43Stand back against the wall.
00:15:45When he comes in, we'll all pounce on him.
00:16:10Ow!
00:16:21Ow!
00:16:23Get him, girl.
00:16:24Hey!
00:16:25Hey!
00:16:27I've got him.
00:16:29I know.
00:16:30Hey!
00:16:31Stop!
00:16:32Oh, girl!
00:16:34Oh, no!
00:16:35Hey! Hey!
00:16:37Hey! Hey!
00:16:39Hey! Hey!
00:16:45Well, if it isn't, don't be.
00:16:47Don't be a pig, Myra. Move over.
00:16:49Got a little worried, didn't you?
00:16:51Thought there might be something to my story after all.
00:16:53Wait till you dressmakers dummies read my next editorial.
00:16:57I still think he's cute.
00:16:59Meaning no disloyalty to you, Meltzer.
00:17:01Come on, girls. We've still got some unfinished business.
00:17:03You don't expect us to go to Ronnie Belden's looking this way.
00:17:05Come on.
00:17:06Help!
00:17:07Help!
00:17:08Help!
00:17:09Bye, darling.
00:17:12Hurry up!
00:17:21Let me do the questioning.
00:17:22Mr. Belden has a lot of explaining to Belden.
00:17:24He can't cut me dead in the street even if he was running away from a murder.
00:17:30He should have been back by now.
00:17:34Oh.
00:17:37It's unlocked.
00:17:41Well, it doesn't seem right to go into a man's apartment without a chaperone.
00:17:46Ronnie!
00:17:48He doesn't seem to be here.
00:17:50Let's see if we can find anything.
00:17:51Look for anything that might connect him with the murder.
00:17:53And don't disturb a thing.
00:17:54We don't want him to know we searched the place.
00:17:56Helen, come here a minute.
00:17:57Notice anything?
00:17:58It's a picture of Sheila Lane, isn't it?
00:17:59Yes, but you see that clip, the one I described to you, the same one I found in the Lane house.
00:18:04Which means Sheila must have been there too.
00:18:05Right.
00:18:06I just saw that clip or its twin sister a minute ago in the bedroom.
00:18:10I thought I told you girls not to disturb anything.
00:18:11Here it is.
00:18:12It is the same.
00:18:13I put this clip in my cloak last night.
00:18:14When I went out to call the police, Ronnie must have gone back, taken the body and my cloak.
00:18:15Do you suppose that?
00:18:16It's a picture of Sheila Lane, isn't it?
00:18:17It's a picture of Sheila Lane, isn't it?
00:18:18Yes, but you see that clip, the one I described to you, the same one I found in the Lane house.
00:18:21Which means Sheila must have been there too.
00:18:22Right.
00:18:23I just saw that clip or its twin sister a minute ago in the bedroom.
00:18:26I thought I told you girls not to disturb anything.
00:18:32Here it is.
00:18:33It is the same.
00:18:36I put this clip in my cloak last night.
00:18:39When I went out to call the police, Ronnie must have gone back, taken the body and my cloak.
00:18:43Do you suppose Ronnie could have been the murderer?
00:18:46I can't believe it.
00:18:50Come on, let's get out of here.
00:18:55Where's Pat?
00:18:56She wouldn't by any chance be in the kitchen, would she?
00:18:58Pat!
00:18:59Oh, Pat!
00:19:03Come on, Pat, we're leaving.
00:19:04I'll be with you in a minute.
00:19:06Let me see that knife.
00:19:07Wait a minute, I'm hungry.
00:19:08I want to make a sandwich.
00:19:09Oh, Pat, let me have it.
00:19:10No.
00:19:11All right.
00:19:12What's going on in here?
00:19:15If I'm not mistaken, this is the mate to the knife that was sticking in my door.
00:19:19Well, Liz cinches it.
00:19:20It's Ronnie all right.
00:19:21And I had him up to tea.
00:19:24Now we better get out of here.
00:19:25Come on.
00:19:26Not until I've had my sandwich.
00:19:27Oh, Pat, come on.
00:19:34It's Ronnie!
00:19:35Oh!
00:19:36My heavens, did you see me?
00:19:38Wait a minute, girls!
00:19:40We can't leave Pat in there.
00:19:42Why don't you go back?
00:19:43I'm not going back in there.
00:19:44I'm not going back in there.
00:19:45She prayed?
00:19:46And we all thought Ronnie did it.
00:19:47I have a psychic feeling we're all marked for slaughter.
00:19:56There you are.
00:19:58Afraid of a dead man.
00:19:59Why, I...
00:20:04Now you break into the joint, sharp on the arm.
00:20:06Don't bother with the guests.
00:20:07Just get the croupiers.
00:20:08Now remember, I don't want to find any chips in your vest pockets.
00:20:10Lieutenant.
00:20:11If the dame wants to speak to you, on the phone.
00:20:13The dame, huh?
00:20:18Hello.
00:20:20Manton!
00:20:21Sullivan, get a bike cartel ready.
00:20:22Coming up, Chief.
00:20:23I look here, Miss Manton.
00:20:24We realize we're public servants, but do you realize it?
00:20:28Oh, you found another body?
00:20:31Uh-huh.
00:20:33I see.
00:20:35Well, I'll tell you what to do.
00:20:37Keep it on ice, see?
00:20:39It is on ice.
00:20:41Now look here, Miss Manton.
00:20:42Get out of my life, do you hear?
00:20:44Get out of my life!
00:20:45Get out of my life!
00:20:59All about it.
00:21:00All about this matter.
00:21:01Playboy matter.
00:21:02Body bound in clarion lobby.
00:21:05All about it.
00:21:06Hey, extra.
00:21:07What's happened?
00:21:08Oh, hello, Mr. Ames.
00:21:09Say, what happened to you?
00:21:11I've just been initiated into the Junior League.
00:21:14What's this?
00:21:16I wouldn't know, Mr. Ames.
00:21:17I'm just on the distribution end.
00:21:19Hey, extra.
00:21:20Read all about the big murder.
00:21:25Hey, Pete.
00:21:26I never expected to come across from you.
00:21:27I don't know anything about it.
00:21:28What's this all about?
00:21:29I get into headquarters and this hits me in the face.
00:21:31I don't know, Mike.
00:21:32I wasn't in the office.
00:21:33I was tied up until now.
00:21:35You stop calling up on me.
00:21:41What a scoop.
00:21:42We have 100,000 papers on the street already.
00:21:43Why weren't the police notified?
00:21:45Well, we wanted to get our papers out on the street first.
00:21:47If any more bodies are found around here, notify the police first.
00:21:50But ain't asking too much.
00:21:51What'd you do with the body?
00:21:52He's in your office.
00:21:53On the couch.
00:21:54What are you trying to do?
00:21:55Haunt my couch!
00:22:02I, uh, dropped into the Lane Mansion tonight.
00:22:05I ran into a man in the flock of her friends.
00:22:07Ran into?
00:22:08Looks like you met him head on.
00:22:09I heard him say something about going over to his apartment.
00:22:12Round up a pack of dames running around with Manton.
00:22:14Bring them down to headquarters.
00:22:15Drag them out of bed if you have to.
00:22:16Okay, and I hope I have to.
00:22:18Come on, we'll pick up Manton.
00:22:19Wait a minute, Mike.
00:22:20Aren't you being a little hasty?
00:22:21Why don't you wait till morning?
00:22:22Do you think I like to do this?
00:22:24Do you think I like to take people, men and women, human beings,
00:22:28and harass them, pound them, beat them, humiliate them?
00:22:31No.
00:22:32But to these girls, I'm gonna love it!
00:22:37Quiet!
00:22:38I'd confess for a sandwich.
00:22:40Confess what?
00:22:41Well, it depends on the sandwich.
00:22:43Quiet, girls.
00:22:44That nice policeman has thought up another question.
00:22:46Why did you take the body down to the clarion?
00:22:49I thought if you read it in the paper, you'd believe it.
00:22:51Miss Manton, we've been here all night.
00:22:53You're tired.
00:22:54I'm tired.
00:22:55The girls are tired.
00:22:56All I'm asking is a simple question.
00:22:58Which one of you girls murdered Ronnie Belden?
00:23:00And who's covering up for who?
00:23:02Now, is that too much to ask?
00:23:04I've told you before, Inspector.
00:23:06Lieutenant!
00:23:07I told you that the only reason we went to Ronnie Belden's apartment
00:23:10was because I saw Ronnie Belden come out of the Lane house.
00:23:13Now, will you let me call my lawyer?
00:23:15No.
00:23:16Just a minute, Sergeant.
00:23:17Lieutenant.
00:23:18Lieutenant, I have something to say.
00:23:19Yeah?
00:23:20I think he committed suicide.
00:23:22Oh, you do?
00:23:23Do you?
00:23:24Well, I think you got something there.
00:23:26He tiptoed into the refrigerator, closed the door,
00:23:28and stuck a knife into himself.
00:23:30Oh!
00:23:31Come on, Chief.
00:23:37Won't...
00:23:38Who asked you for it?
00:23:40Won't somebody please cooperate and confess?
00:23:43I can't stand it any longer.
00:23:44I'll confess.
00:23:45I did it.
00:23:46You did?
00:23:47Why'd you do it?
00:23:48Because you asked me to cooperate with you.
00:23:51Now, look at me.
00:23:53I'm a sick man.
00:23:54My stomach is on the blink.
00:23:55It's easy for me to get sick,
00:23:56but I want to get sick my own way!
00:23:57Wait a minute, Mike.
00:23:58I'll take it.
00:23:59Now, Miss Manton,
00:24:00I don't happen to agree with Lieutenant Brent.
00:24:02I don't think any of you girls did it.
00:24:03But you are hiding something.
00:24:05Now, Melsa, why don't you tell us?
00:24:08Miss Manton is the name.
00:24:10You made lies and social parasites out of us.
00:24:12Now, we girls are going to collect that million dollars from you.
00:24:15And as for you, Inspector Brent,
00:24:17false arrest is a very serious charge,
00:24:18and we'll have your badge before we're through with you.
00:24:21We're going to make you all feel pretty small and silly.
00:24:24Who's got a lipstick?
00:24:25Here's one.
00:24:26All right.
00:24:27Fingerprint them and put them in the lineup.
00:24:28And on what charges are you going to hold us?
00:24:30We're spitting on the sidewalk, Lieutenant.
00:24:32There's a lawyer out here
00:24:33with a writ of habeas corpus for the dames.
00:24:35Well, it's about time.
00:24:36All right, all right.
00:24:38And if you dames find another body,
00:24:40it'll probably be me.
00:24:41Hoppy.
00:24:42Oh, are we glad to see you.
00:24:44Now, girls, you ought to have more consideration for my age.
00:24:47Who told you we were in jail?
00:24:48A chap named Ames.
00:24:50Uh, Peter Ames.
00:24:51A light begins to dawn.
00:24:53What do you mean?
00:24:54Well, after all, when a man calls Melsa, Melsa.
00:24:56Oh, don't be silly.
00:24:57You know, psychologists say hate's just a step away from love.
00:24:59Yeah, but it's the lull in between that drives you crazy.
00:25:01Come on, Popsy.
00:25:02Popsy, what happened?
00:25:03No, girls.
00:25:04No, girls.
00:25:05No, girls.
00:25:06No, girls.
00:25:07No, girls.
00:25:08No, girls.
00:25:09No, girls.
00:25:10No, girls.
00:25:11Thanks.
00:25:13What for?
00:25:14For calling my lawyer.
00:25:15Why did you do it?
00:25:16Maybe I'm a social climber or a fortune hunter.
00:25:20Or maybe I'm beginning to like you very much.
00:25:21Anyway, I realize I should let go of your hand, but the fact is I'm finding I don't want to.
00:25:26You've been very sweet.
00:25:27Thanks.
00:25:28When can I see you again?
00:25:29Meet me in Sheila Lane's apartment at three.
00:25:30There'll be a big story for you.
00:25:31Sheila Lane?
00:25:32Yes, I found her clip in the Lane mansion when I discovered the body.
00:25:35All right, Melsa.
00:25:36Come on.
00:25:37Pat's hungry.
00:25:38I'm hungry.
00:25:39I'm hungry.
00:25:40I'm hungry.
00:25:41I'm hungry.
00:25:42I'm hungry.
00:25:43I'm hungry.
00:25:44I'm hungry.
00:25:45I'm hungry.
00:25:46I'm hungry.
00:25:47I'm hungry.
00:25:48I'm hungry.
00:25:49I'm hungry.
00:25:50I'm hungry.
00:25:51I'm hungry.
00:25:52I'm hungry.
00:25:53I'm hungry.
00:25:54I'm hungry.
00:25:55I'm hungry.
00:25:56All right.
00:25:57Goodbye until three.
00:26:06Well, that's one way of getting favorable publicity.
00:26:08Wait a minute.
00:26:09Wait a minute.
00:26:10Come on.
00:26:11Out.
00:26:12Out.
00:26:13Now what's the matter?
00:26:14You're under arrest.
00:26:15This is where I came in.
00:26:16Come on.
00:26:17Give me that clip.
00:26:20You unspeakable Judas.
00:26:22Now, Melsa.
00:26:23Don't call me Melsa.
00:26:24This isn't any pink tea.
00:26:25That knife in your door was no joke, even if I thought it was.
00:26:28Are you gonna give me that?
00:26:29What knife?
00:26:30I'll tell you later.
00:26:31This is murder.
00:26:32Neither the police department or I wanna wake up some morning and find eight lovely debutants murdered.
00:26:35You know, he makes sense to me.
00:26:37Are you gonna give me that clip?
00:26:39Here.
00:26:40Withholding evidence, eh?
00:26:42See?
00:26:46We covered Belden's apartment.
00:26:47Couldn't find a thing.
00:26:48Anything new?
00:26:49Yeah.
00:26:50Looks like Sheila Lane done a boyfriend in.
00:26:51We just got an alarm out for her.
00:26:52Hey, Mike.
00:26:53What about old man Lane?
00:26:55Well, what about him?
00:26:56Well, a far paper knew his wife was running around with Belden.
00:26:58He must have known.
00:26:59Maybe he killed Belden.
00:27:01Tossed his wife in the river.
00:27:02Hey.
00:27:03Maybe you got something there.
00:27:05Get an alarm out for...
00:27:06I hate to spoil a good story, but Mr. Thomas, his partner, told me that Lane has been out of town for the past week on business.
00:27:13Get that alarm out for Lane.
00:27:14That's Belden's car.
00:27:15It's been standing outside his house for two days.
00:27:17Okay.
00:27:18You catch some sleep.
00:27:19I'm taking these dames back to Belden's apartment.
00:27:21I'll make him talk if I have to keep him awake all summer.
00:27:24Now he thinks he's General Grant.
00:27:26Shut up.
00:27:27Hey, you.
00:27:28Follow us.
00:27:29We'll use the Belden car.
00:27:30You come with me.
00:27:31It's on my arm.
00:27:32Wait a minute.
00:27:33You girls hop in the rumble seat.
00:27:35Ames, you ride with me.
00:27:43Shut up!
00:27:44That's the body.
00:27:45That's the body I saw in the Lane house.
00:27:54Old man Lane.
00:27:56Right on my own doorstep.
00:27:58It's contempt of court.
00:28:05Oh, it's you.
00:28:10I told you on the phone she won't go with you.
00:28:12Now Hilda, I just want to talk to her.
00:28:14You don't want to talk to you.
00:28:15She even made me stop buying your paper.
00:28:17And besides, someone's come to take her to the charity ball.
00:28:20I'll force my way in.
00:28:22If you do, she told me to throw a pitch of water plum in your face.
00:28:25I'll risk it.
00:28:31It was orders.
00:28:32But I used to steal water.
00:28:34Do you and Melsa live this way all the time?
00:28:37Well, I've done my best.
00:28:38She's in the living room.
00:28:39But I warn you.
00:28:40You all better not go in there.
00:28:41She's in a nasty mood.
00:28:42And when I say nasty, I ain't missing words.
00:28:44Hilda, I thought I told you to keep him out.
00:28:46Hilda, I thought I told you to keep him out.
00:28:48Melsa, please.
00:28:49I've never run after a woman before.
00:28:51That is, I've never admitted it.
00:28:52But I'm running after you.
00:28:53You're on a treadmill, Mr. Ames.
00:28:56You may keep on running, but you'll remain in the same spot.
00:28:59Hilda, for Pete's sake, will you get out of here?
00:29:02I've got things to say.
00:29:03I can't say to him when you're standing there staring at me.
00:29:05Hilda, you stay right where you are.
00:29:07You don't know what's good for you.
00:29:09Listen.
00:29:10Before I knew you, I disliked you intensely.
00:29:13When I met you, I disliked you intensely.
00:29:15Even now, I disliked you intensely.
00:29:17That is the sensible, sane portion of me.
00:29:21But there's an insane side of me that gets a little violent
00:29:24every time I think of you.
00:29:26Getting rid of a million-dollar lawsuit
00:29:28wouldn't have anything to do with your change in affection,
00:29:30would it?
00:29:32You are a nasty creature, aren't you?
00:29:34But in time, I'll beat it out of you.
00:29:39Reckon that's your date, honey child.
00:29:41I know why you're going to the ball.
00:29:42I also know that Sheila Lane is chairwoman
00:29:44of the entertainment committee
00:29:45and hasn't missed one of these affairs in five years,
00:29:47and she might show up.
00:29:48So you see, I'm going for the same reason you are.
00:29:50I'm going because I'm charitably inclined.
00:29:52Well, if that's your mood, go with me.
00:29:54I'd like you to pay the cab fare.
00:29:56Hello, Harold. I'll be ready in a moment.
00:29:58Very glad to have met you, Harold.
00:30:13Drop in again sometime.
00:30:14We'll have another heart-to-heart talk.
00:30:16Well, I never thought I'd live to see the day you'd turn your back on the middle classes.
00:30:33How do you like it?
00:30:34In the expense account, they call it a disguise.
00:30:36This is the last place in the world I ever thought I'd run into a cop.
00:30:39When I get the time, I'm going to resent that crack.
00:30:41Why does it quit leading this double life?
00:30:43Go home to your wife.
00:30:44You know why I'm here.
00:30:45And I know why you're here.
00:30:47There are no ulterior motives in my charitable impulses.
00:30:50Yeah.
00:30:51I'd like to grab Sheila Lane, too.
00:30:53Hey, boss.
00:30:54I found out about that.
00:30:55He's okay.
00:30:56That was a tough job, but I dug it up.
00:30:58Covered every insurance company.
00:31:00George Lane left an insurance policy of $250,000.
00:31:05Hey, very clever fellow.
00:31:07Why don't you come to me?
00:31:09I could have saved you the job.
00:31:10We knew that all the time.
00:31:11Well, it's possible a wife would kill her husband for that amount of money.
00:31:14Might even call it justifiable homicide.
00:31:17But, Peter, the wife isn't the beneficiary.
00:31:20It's his partner, Thomas.
00:31:25Thanks a lot, Jim.
00:31:26I'll see you in the office.
00:31:30It doesn't make sense to me.
00:31:47Thomas has got $10 million in the bank.
00:31:49Why would he kill his partner for $250,000?
00:31:51What makes you so sure he's got $10 million in the bank?
00:31:53Oh, that guy's as solid as the Bank of England.
00:31:55He's got relatives all through the banking business.
00:31:57Why don't you subpoena his books and find out?
00:31:59Ain't I got enough trouble with Manton trying to get my badge?
00:32:02Do I have to get Wall Street on my neck, too?
00:32:07Any sign of Sheila Lane yet?
00:32:08No.
00:32:09Gee, how I wish I could get my hands on that dame.
00:32:11Ed, you a married man, Lieutenant.
00:32:13Did you kill George Lane?
00:32:26What reason would I have for killing him?
00:32:28Two hundred and fifty thousand reasons.
00:32:29You knew about that policy.
00:32:30Yes.
00:32:31You knew I was going broke.
00:32:32Stop it, Fred.
00:32:33I know too much to associate with you.
00:32:34Let's call it quits.
00:32:35You don't credit me with much intelligence, do you?
00:32:36What do you mean?
00:32:37That I know you've been carrying on with George Lane for months.
00:32:38That's a lie.
00:32:39And that you find it very difficult to explain where you were the night George Lane was murdered.
00:32:48Helen.
00:32:49Helen.
00:32:50Come on, we've got work to do.
00:32:51We've got a date.
00:32:52We've got a date.
00:32:53Let's call it.
00:32:54We've got a date!
00:32:56Do you know I'm staying home home?
00:32:59Do you understand your intelligence?
00:33:00What do you mean?
00:33:01That I know you've been carrying on with George Lane for months.
00:33:02That's a lie.
00:33:03And that you'll find it difficult to explain where you were the night George Lane was murdered.
00:33:06Helen.
00:33:09Come on, we've got work to do.
00:33:11We've got a date.
00:33:23Give me the crowbar.
00:33:26Shh.
00:33:34Get me the tools.
00:33:40Shh.
00:33:53If we get caught, how do we explain this?
00:34:08Well, we're only doing the same kind of work they do here during the day.
00:34:14Shh.
00:34:23Shh.
00:34:25Shh.
00:34:26Shh.
00:34:27Shh.
00:34:45Echo.
00:34:53Thanks, Helen.
00:34:54What for?
00:34:55Helen.
00:34:56I...
00:34:57I don't think we're alone.
00:35:00Oh!
00:35:01Oh!
00:35:02Oh!
00:35:03Oh!
00:35:04Oh!
00:35:05Oh!
00:35:06Oh!
00:35:07Oh!
00:35:08Oh!
00:35:09Oh!
00:35:10Oh!
00:35:11Oh!
00:35:12Oh!
00:35:13Oh!
00:35:14Oh!
00:35:15Oh!
00:35:16Oh!
00:35:17Oh!
00:35:18Oh!
00:35:19Oh!
00:35:20Oh!
00:35:21Oh!
00:35:22Oh!
00:35:23Oh!
00:35:26Well, Dobie, when did you get in here?
00:35:29I was here when you gently stole in.
00:35:31By the way, there's nothing in the drawer.
00:35:33Well, I, for one, am glad you're here.
00:35:35Mrs. Benedict Arnold.
00:35:36Come here, Joe.
00:35:38I brought up an expert in safe, so I want you to meet Mr.
00:35:41No names, boss.
00:35:43No names.
00:35:44Are you a real crook?
00:35:45Well, the last lawyer once defended me said I was anti-social.
00:35:48I kind of like that better than crook, don't you?
00:35:50Come on, Mr. X. Let's get to work.
00:35:52No.
00:35:53Not before witnesses.
00:35:54Oh, she's all right.
00:35:55That's the girl I'm going to marry.
00:35:56You know, her wife can't testify against her husband.
00:35:58Yeah, but she could testify against me.
00:36:00I could marry you.
00:36:02As a matter of fact, I'd prefer it.
00:36:04Hmm.
00:36:05Look to me like she's going to marry you.
00:36:07Oh.
00:36:08Oh, I was only fooling.
00:36:09Of course I'm going to marry him.
00:36:11Yeah, but how about this other day?
00:36:13Oh, I'm going to be a second wife.
00:36:15I'm raising the auntie 50 bucks.
00:36:17Oh, dope.
00:36:24There she is.
00:36:26All right, Mr. X.
00:36:28Get your photostatic machine ready.
00:36:30Let me take a little time, girls.
00:36:32Oh, that's all right.
00:36:33We'll start planting Mels' trousseau.
00:36:35They all pale salmon.
00:36:36I hate it.
00:36:52Here's a certified profit and loss statement.
00:36:54My hunch was right.
00:36:56Thomas is in a bad way.
00:36:57I just can't believe he did it.
00:36:58You know, I like loyalty in a woman.
00:37:01And hate deceit.
00:37:02Give me that envelope.
00:37:03It's marked personal.
00:37:04It's none of your business.
00:37:05Anyhow, this is Lane's paper, and you're investigating Thomas.
00:37:08Give it to me.
00:37:09Echo, go away.
00:37:10Oh, please.
00:37:11Go away, you bother me.
00:37:14Here's 1,000 withdrawing the 8th.
00:37:161,000 the 15th.
00:37:171,000 the 22nd.
00:37:18Looks like 1,000 every week.
00:37:20Here's 20,000 withdrawing the day Lane was murdered.
00:37:23Mr. X, what does that smell like to you?
00:37:25Blackmail.
00:37:26Mmm, very interesting.
00:37:28Maybe this is what cost him the 20 grand
00:37:30and that 1,000 every week in blackmail.
00:37:32Sheila was married to a convict named Norris
00:37:34before she married Lane.
00:37:35He's doing a 10-year stretch right now.
00:37:37Look at the clippings on him.
00:37:42Oh.
00:37:43So Sheila was married to number 3572.
00:37:46Am I being paged?
00:37:50Hello, Eddie.
00:37:51Thought you were in jail.
00:37:52Got out a week ago.
00:37:53I knocked off a couple of years because I was a good boy.
00:37:56Now, look here, Eddie.
00:37:57I had nothing to do with this.
00:37:58I'm just up here on the job.
00:37:59I got a hundred smackers for it.
00:38:00Shut up, Brett.
00:38:01Put those papers back in the envelope.
00:38:04You know, Norris, you've just done a stretch.
00:38:06If they nab you with that water pistol,
00:38:08you're gonna catch an awful spanking.
00:38:11Toss it over.
00:38:14Stand there and toss it over.
00:38:15All right.
00:38:16Thanks.
00:38:17Cost you another 50 bucks.
00:38:18She's dead.
00:38:19She's dead.
00:38:20He shot her.
00:38:21Melsa, speak to me.
00:38:22Get some water.
00:38:23Melsa.
00:38:24Melsa, darling.
00:38:25Please, please don't be dead.
00:38:26Here it is.
00:38:27It's all right.
00:38:28It's distilled water.
00:38:29What do you mean by calling me darling?
00:38:30It's a good, huh?
00:38:31I'm sorry.
00:38:32What is it?
00:38:33No, I'm sorry.
00:38:34I'm okay.
00:38:35I'm sorry.
00:38:36I'm sorry.
00:38:37I'm sorry.
00:38:38I'm sorry.
00:38:39I'm sorry.
00:38:40I'm sorry.
00:38:41I'm sorry.
00:38:42Let me know you see it.
00:38:43It's all right.
00:38:44Well, I don't know.
00:38:45I love you.
00:38:47Let me know you're not dead now.
00:38:48I'm sorry.
00:38:49But you're just getting home.
00:38:50I'm sorry.
00:38:51Let me know you're not.
00:38:52I'm sorry, Senator.
00:38:53Well, I'm sorry.
00:38:54Let me know you're not.
00:38:55I'm sorry.
00:38:56I'm sorry.
00:38:57Are you sure there's no hole there? It feels empty.
00:39:00It don't only feel empty, it is empty.
00:39:03If it weren't, you wouldn't be messing around in things like this.
00:39:06Oh, Hilda, you're fired.
00:39:07Please pack your bags and go and leave me to die here alone.
00:39:10Oh, my poor head.
00:39:12Hilda! Hilda!
00:39:13Oh, there's that mob again.
00:39:15Mr. Darling, how are you feeling?
00:39:18You don't feel really how you're doing all this without saying it or not.
00:39:21Oh, girl, please, my head!
00:39:24Why didn't you take it along?
00:39:26We missed all the fun.
00:39:28That's funny about a bump on my head.
00:39:30Oh, I think it's beautiful.
00:39:31Getting wounded in the line of duty.
00:39:32Imagine, capturing a murderer.
00:39:34Well, he claims an alibi.
00:39:36Edward Norris, held on suspicion of the murders of George Lane, Ronnie Belden, and Sheila Lane,
00:39:40whose body has not yet been found, claims an alibi.
00:39:43Declares he was with girlfriend Frances Glesk at hockey match at the time of George Lane's murder.
00:39:47So far, attempts of police to locate Miss Glesk have proved fruitless.
00:39:51The police, all they know is to blow a whistle and tie up traffic.
00:39:54You all can't come in here.
00:39:56Oh, yes, I can!
00:39:57Get out of my way!
00:39:58It's all your fault.
00:40:00If you hadn't been there, he wouldn't have been nabbed.
00:40:02And all he wanted was the papers.
00:40:04Now they've tied him up with the killings.
00:40:05Sheila Lane doesn't mean a thing to him.
00:40:07Sure, he was married to her.
00:40:08But he loves me!
00:40:09He loves me!
00:40:10Here, you killed me!
00:40:12Here, you killed me!
00:40:13Here, you killed me!
00:40:14Gee, how he must love her!
00:40:15Here!
00:40:16Here!
00:40:17What'd that do?
00:40:21Pass now.
00:40:22You're Frances Glesk, aren't you?
00:40:25Yes.
00:40:26And I'm risking everything coming here to you.
00:40:29But you got Eddie into this mess, and you're responsible for what happens to him.
00:40:32You've got to help me clear him.
00:40:34You're Eddie Norris' alibi.
00:40:35If you were with him at the hockey game, why don't you go to the police?
00:40:38I can't go to the police.
00:40:39I'm a two-time loser now.
00:40:41In order to do Eddie any good, I'd have to lie.
00:40:44And if they catch me, it means a life stretch.
00:40:46You're an unselfish sort of gal, aren't you?
00:40:48What do you mean, you'd have to lie?
00:40:50The only kind of an alibi I could give Eddie would send him to the chair.
00:40:53He left me during the ten-minute intermission for a smoke.
00:40:56The cops would jump on that, and they'd...
00:40:58Oh, wait a minute.
00:41:00That intermission wouldn't give him time to cross town and get back.
00:41:03I know the police.
00:41:04They'd railroad him on less evidence than that.
00:41:06Isn't that the usual claim?
00:41:08Look here, you.
00:41:09I'm telling the truth.
00:41:10You've got to believe me.
00:41:11Eddie didn't do it.
00:41:12He isn't that kind.
00:41:13I suppose those two guns he pointed at us in Lane's office were paper mache.
00:41:16You didn't happen to know George Lane, did you?
00:41:19Only slightly.
00:41:20What are you driving at?
00:41:21Her alibi for Norris is also a perfect alibi for herself.
00:41:24Oh, don't be silly.
00:41:25We all knew George Lane, but none of us killed him.
00:41:28Well, I believe you, and we're going to help you.
00:41:30Come on, girls. We've got work to do.
00:41:31Oh, Hilda. Miss Matten in?
00:41:32No, so she don't live for South America.
00:41:34Oh, girls.
00:41:35Came up to celebrate.
00:41:36Got a $25 raise.
00:41:38They offered me the money and new furniture in the office.
00:41:40I took the money.
00:41:41A raise for what?
00:41:42Catching a murderer.
00:41:43Wasn't that a little premature of your employers?
00:41:45Norris hasn't been indicted yet.
00:41:47He's unquestionably guilty.
00:41:48Goes before the grand jury in the morning.
00:41:50Why, you're...
00:41:51Oh, uh...
00:41:52Um, this is Dora's cousin Ann Spalling from Chattanooga.
00:41:55How do you do?
00:41:57Welcome to the gang.
00:41:58Where'd you say you were from?
00:41:59Chattanooga.
00:42:00We'll get the exact address.
00:42:01We'll send an invitation to our marriage.
00:42:02Marriage?
00:42:03What marriage?
00:42:04Now, don't try to crawl out of it.
00:42:06Helen witnessed your promise last night, didn't you, Helen?
00:42:09Congratulations, Peter.
00:42:10May I be the first?
00:42:11Well, if I want to marry a fortune hunter, I can go to Europe and marry a professional one.
00:42:16I'm determined to make you happy if I have to drag your name through the breach of promise courts to do it.
00:42:20You're from Chattanooga, where they have a higher sense of values.
00:42:23Don't you think I'm a good catch?
00:42:24Well, uh...
00:42:25Uh, I wouldn't know.
00:42:26You must know the Carlisles.
00:42:28Very old family.
00:42:29Mint julep and all that.
00:42:30Oh, you know the Carlisles.
00:42:31Oh, yes!
00:42:32Yes!
00:42:33Of course.
00:42:34Yeah, I must develop a taste for this stuff.
00:42:37Since we're being married and you've got plenty of money, we can afford it.
00:42:40A drink, Miss Baldy?
00:42:41Oh, no.
00:42:42She never touches the stuff.
00:42:43Well, uh, thanks awfully for dropping in.
00:42:45Wait a minute.
00:42:46I'll show you to the elevator.
00:42:47Hello, everybody.
00:42:48Hey, where have you been?
00:42:49Nelson and I have been getting engaged and you weren't here.
00:42:51Engaged?
00:42:52I like your cousin, even if she won't hoist a mug with us.
00:42:54My cousin?
00:42:55As you know, from Chattanooga, she just got in.
00:42:57Oh, but...
00:42:58You are surprised to see her, aren't you, darling?
00:42:59Now go on.
00:43:00Oh, honey, how are you?
00:43:01Good.
00:43:02Well, goodbye now.
00:43:03I see you.
00:43:04Oh!
00:43:05Will I use your phone?
00:43:06Thanks.
00:43:07Oh, dear.
00:43:15Hello?
00:43:16Lieutenant Brent.
00:43:18If I were you, I'd use a little more discrimination in the choice of my relatives.
00:43:27Hello, Mike?
00:43:28There's somebody up here I think you're very anxious to meet.
00:43:32Hello?
00:43:33Hello?
00:43:34Get him, girls.
00:43:35Hey, wait a minute, girls.
00:43:36Take it easy, girls.
00:43:37Look.
00:43:38Hello?
00:43:39Help!
00:43:40No!
00:43:41Hello?
00:43:42Hello?
00:43:43Hello, operator?
00:43:44Operator?
00:43:45Operator?
00:43:46Hello?
00:43:47Hello, operator?
00:43:48Operator?
00:43:49Hello?
00:43:50Hello, operator?
00:43:51Operator?
00:43:52That's fine, Mike.
00:43:53Don't let him get out like that.
00:43:55That's fine.
00:43:56That's fine.
00:43:57You got him.
00:43:58All right.
00:43:59Come on.
00:44:00Oh, wait a minute.
00:44:01Hold him.
00:44:02Hold him.
00:44:03Hold him.
00:44:04That'll hold him.
00:44:05Come on.
00:44:06And the next time we'll give you a black eye.
00:44:08This isn't play any longer.
00:44:09We're dealing with a man's life.
00:44:10The rest period in hockey games is ten minutes.
00:44:11It's up to us to prove whether Norris could or could not get up to the lane house, kill a man, and get back in that time.
00:44:16I'm purposely making it the same time of night because we'll be facing the same traffic problems.
00:44:20Helen, you take a cab.
00:44:21Mire the bus.
00:44:22Hit the subway, and pat.
00:44:23Walk as fast as you can, but don't stop at restaurants.
00:44:25All right.
00:44:26Now, start off.
00:44:46While with their usual enthusiasm, the police were browbeating an innocent man, Melsa Manton and her group of public-spirited friends have unearthed the witness who substantiated Ed Norris' alibi.
00:45:03We're grateful for the chance to hammer the police a bit.
00:45:05You'll keep this off the street for 20 minutes, as you promised.
00:45:07We're old-fashioned enough to keep our word.
00:45:09I'm going down to the district attorney's office.
00:45:11They're going to indict Norris.
00:45:12Anytime you want a job as a reporter, come to me.
00:45:15I'd like to speak to the district attorney.
00:45:19He's busy.
00:45:20Mr. Ames and Mr. Brent don't happen to be in there, do they?
00:45:22I refuse to answer.
00:45:23I must see the district attorney immediately.
00:45:25I'll not be intimidated.
00:45:27Please sit over there and wait your turn.
00:45:30Yes, sir.
00:45:31Bring in that police report.
00:45:32Yes, sir.
00:45:37Now, Norris, we're going before the grand jury in a few minutes.
00:45:39Why don't you write out a confession?
00:45:41You threatened to kill anyone that mistreated Sheila.
00:45:44Now, look, Norris, I'm your pal.
00:45:46Play ball with us and I'll get you off with second degree.
00:45:48Go away before I smack in your stomach trouble.
00:45:51I must see the district attorney at once.
00:45:53Indeed.
00:45:54Well, young lady, the rule of this office is that you wait your turn.
00:45:57Yes?
00:45:58What's that?
00:45:59Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:46:01Bring in that file on Norris.
00:46:02Yes, sir.
00:46:03Yes, sir.
00:46:25Why should I kill anyone?
00:46:26I've got a good job now, forming on the new subway.
00:46:29I said I was going straight and I am.
00:46:31Now, Norris, you were known to have hated Lane.
00:46:33You were willing to murder me and several lovely young girls to destroy evidence.
00:46:39What is this, anyway?
00:46:40Well, I didn't do anything.
00:46:41Where'd you get this?
00:46:42Well, sir, I don't know except maybe that young lady outside.
00:46:45Oh, it's you.
00:46:46Here, young lady, you can't do this sort of thing in my office.
00:46:48Here are the affidavits, the legal proof that the law of physics is maintained.
00:46:51One object cannot be in two places at the same time.
00:46:53Well, another paper prints in it might cost me my job.
00:46:56That's all right, darling.
00:46:57I'll use my influence and get you on the WPA.
00:46:59Miss Manton, all the police ask is that you leave him alone.
00:47:02I suppose I should have left you alone.
00:47:04You had a very lovely suspect and you probably could have proven,
00:47:07in your inimitable way, that he did it.
00:47:09The fact that he was innocent would never disturb you asleep.
00:47:11A man would die for it and the real murderer would go free.
00:47:14As long as Inspector Brent kept his bed.
00:47:17Isn't she wonderful?
00:47:20That's the girl I'm gonna marry.
00:47:22I'll take Snow White.
00:47:23My advice to you is to find Sheila Lane
00:47:25and keep that Manton girl out of your affairs.
00:47:27She's probably the kind of a dame that'd come back to haunt me,
00:47:30otherwise I'd shoot to kill.
00:47:33Hello, girls.
00:47:34Hello.
00:47:35Myra, it's about time you got here.
00:47:36I wasn't in when your message came.
00:47:37What'd you want?
00:47:38We're looking for Sheila Lane.
00:47:39I don't believe she's been murdered.
00:47:40I think she's hiding from the police, afraid because she knows too much.
00:47:43Now, of what was Sheila Lane the proudest?
00:47:45Her marriage license.
00:47:46She should've been, but she wasn't.
00:47:48Her red hair, darling.
00:47:49She was proudest of her flaming topper.
00:47:51She used the same beauty shop I do.
00:47:53I found out her hairdresser rinsed her hair in an imported preparation
00:47:56very few shops use.
00:47:57Now, if that peacock is still alive, she's getting this stuff somewhere.
00:48:00This time, let's find the hair preparation and you'll find the woman.
00:48:03I'm getting so scared, I'm beginning to see faces over my shoulder.
00:48:06Any of you girls feel like pulling out, go ahead.
00:48:08Now, Melsa, don't feel that way about it.
00:48:10I hate the color yellow.
00:48:12There's no disgrace in being frightened.
00:48:13Oh, we'll stick.
00:48:14All you children run along now and get some sleep.
00:48:17You go and get your shower, honey child.
00:48:19Myra, you take all the beauty shops along 8th and 9th Avenue from 42nd to 59th Street.
00:48:23The rest of you girls know your roots.
00:48:25Melsa certainly wants her pound of flesh.
00:48:27Are you sure she doesn't want 150 pounds of it?
00:48:29Quiet, you carrying.
00:48:31Girls, girls.
00:48:32All they think about nowadays is men.
00:48:38And then again, why not?
00:48:40They make awful good thinking.
00:48:47Who's there this time of night?
00:48:48I want to talk to Melsa Manton.
00:48:49You can't talk to her now.
00:48:51Why not?
00:48:52Because she's all wet.
00:48:53She's in the shower.
00:48:55Tell her she better not try to find Sheila Lane.
00:48:57Or she'll wake up one morning on the bottom of the East River.
00:49:00Yes, sir.
00:49:01Yes, I hear you.
00:49:03No, sir.
00:49:04I ain't arguing with you.
00:49:05Goodbye, sir, please.
00:49:12Give me the morning clarin.
00:49:14Number, please.
00:49:15I don't know no number except policy numbers.
00:49:17You give me the morning clarin.
00:49:19You're being paid to edit.
00:49:21Your place is behind this desk.
00:49:22You'll get your money's worth.
00:49:24My place is behind this desk.
00:49:25And behind this desk, I stay.
00:49:27Yes?
00:49:30Yes, Hilda.
00:49:32What?
00:49:34What?
00:49:36I'll be right over.
00:49:38Get Lieutenant Rennett headquarters.
00:49:39Tell him to get over to Melsa Manton's apartment right away.
00:49:41I'll tell him why later.
00:49:42Yes, but you just said...
00:49:49Melsa.
00:49:50Melsa, my darling, what have they done?
00:49:51Hilda!
00:49:52Hilda!
00:49:54Oh, it's you.
00:49:55Darling, you're not dead.
00:49:56Are you disappointed?
00:49:57You gave me the fright of my life.
00:49:58Do you always sleep this way?
00:49:59Yes.
00:50:00Well, something will have to be done about it.
00:50:01I can't stand a fright like this every night.
00:50:03I assume you had a very good reason for bursting in this way.
00:50:05Or is it spring?
00:50:06That threat, that threat over the phone.
00:50:08I'm spending the night right here.
00:50:11In my lifetime, I've heard of a variety of subterfuges.
00:50:14But Ames, you are superb.
00:50:16No other man in the whole world could have thought of this.
00:50:19You're up to your beautiful hips and murder.
00:50:21You're fooling around with someone who isn't afraid to kill.
00:50:23Who is he?
00:50:24What are you girls up to?
00:50:25Wouldn't you and Brent love to know?
00:50:27You remember I once said I'd beat that nastiness out of you?
00:50:30Do you want me to start now?
00:50:31I'd better go.
00:50:32Hilda, you stay here.
00:50:33I'm not moving until the police get here.
00:50:35That man said not to bring in the police.
00:50:38Oh, all right. You can stay in the living room.
00:50:40I'm not letting you out of my sight.
00:50:41Oh, Hilda can sleep in here.
00:50:43All right, Hilda. Can you handle a gun?
00:50:45No, sir. I was a pacifist.
00:50:46You see?
00:50:47Looks lights on or off.
00:50:52Doesn't make any difference to me.
00:50:54Good night.
00:50:55Good night.
00:51:00May I have a cigarette?
00:51:10I've had dozens of cigarette lighters, but they never work.
00:51:13Well, this one does.
00:51:17It's cheap gasoline.
00:51:18Oh, maybe that's why it works.
00:51:20I guess so.
00:51:31Funny thing about street lights, you never notice them.
00:51:34They're so bright, constant, too.
00:51:36They're around last night, tonight, tomorrow night, they'll be there again.
00:51:40Yes, I suppose this city is in a rut.
00:51:42I once smashed a street light.
00:51:44It was for a lady.
00:51:46She asked me to do it.
00:51:47I was five then, very much in love.
00:51:50Was she pretty?
00:51:51Cutest thing you ever saw.
00:51:52My parents thought we were too young to be thinking of that sort of thing.
00:51:55They shipped her off to kindergarten.
00:51:57Whatever became of her?
00:52:00She's probably still in kindergarten.
00:52:02I couldn't live in this apartment.
00:52:07It's too high up for me.
00:52:08I've got acrophobia, you know, fear of high places.
00:52:11Oh.
00:52:12Do you sort of, sort of get sick inside?
00:52:16Yeah, like I had suddenly gone empty.
00:52:21Me too.
00:52:22That's why I never go out on the balcony.
00:52:25I get that way riding in an elevator.
00:52:30Up or down?
00:52:31Up.
00:52:33I feel like that both ways.
00:52:36We have a lot in common.
00:52:40I'll accept the elevator.
00:52:42Nelson.
00:52:47Nelson.
00:52:48Yes?
00:52:50Nelson.
00:52:51What?
00:52:52I'm terribly worried about you.
00:52:54Please tell me who this man is who's threatening you.
00:52:56Who is he?
00:52:59Good night, Mr. Ains.
00:53:00I swear I'm only concerned about you.
00:53:06Good night, Mr. Ains.
00:53:07Oh, no.
00:53:09I'm not going.
00:53:10Not until...
00:53:12Hello?
00:53:17Nelson, I found Sheila Lane.
00:53:19A small beauty parlor on a side street.
00:53:22The hairdresser didn't want to talk at first, but a hundred dollar bill soon loosened her tongue.
00:53:27She described Sheila and said she was staying at the Hotel Ashton on 23rd Street.
00:53:32And that she called herself Sharon Lester.
00:53:39Well, what's the matter?
00:53:42Oh, is somebody there with you?
00:53:45Oh, well, look.
00:53:46Can you meet me down on the corner in about ten minutes?
00:53:49Thanks, Pat.
00:53:51You can stay here if you want to.
00:53:53I'm going to spend the night with Pat.
00:53:55She just invited me.
00:53:56That was Pat on the phone.
00:53:58You can't do that.
00:53:59You can't go out on the street.
00:54:00Not until Brent gets here.
00:54:02At least let me take you with Pete.
00:54:04Mike, I'm glad you're here.
00:54:05Peter!
00:54:06Peter!
00:54:07Come on, come on.
00:54:08Let go of me, copper.
00:54:09Pat Regan.
00:54:10Well, who did you think it was?
00:54:11Chris Klingle?
00:54:12Why'd you do it?
00:54:13I'm class conscious, see?
00:54:14I don't like society things.
00:54:15I sent for the ambulance, Chief.
00:54:16Ames is bleeding bad.
00:54:17Hey, Chief, look.
00:54:18Here's what he threw away.
00:54:20Throwing away dough, huh?
00:54:21Sure, the depression's over.
00:54:22Things are humming again.
00:54:23You didn't happen to get this from Lane.
00:54:24Now, before you start lying, we got the numbers from the bank.
00:54:25He lost it to me over one of my roulette tables.
00:54:27There's nothing lower than a dirty, murdering blackmailer.
00:54:31With my arms being held, you're pretty tough.
00:54:32Let him go.
00:54:33Oh!
00:54:34Oh!
00:54:35Oh!
00:54:36Oh!
00:54:37Oh!
00:54:38Oh!
00:54:39Oh!
00:54:40Oh!
00:54:41Oh!
00:54:42Oh!
00:54:43Oh!
00:54:44Oh!
00:54:45Oh!
00:54:46Oh!
00:54:47Oh!
00:54:48Oh!
00:54:49Oh!
00:54:50Oh!
00:54:51Oh!
00:54:52Oh!
00:54:53Oh!
00:54:54Oh!
00:54:55Trying to escape, huh?
00:54:56There you are.
00:54:57In a day or two, you'll be as good as new.
00:54:59Thanks a lot.
00:55:00Come on, give.
00:55:01I'm hungry.
00:55:02Oh, boy.
00:55:04All we could get out of Regan was that he got the money from Lane gambling.
00:55:07I think it was blackmail.
00:55:08And when Lane threatened to go to the police, he killed him.
00:55:11Belden saw it, so he killed Belden.
00:55:12Why should he take a shot at Melsa?
00:55:14He says he was cleaning the gun that went off.
00:55:16Cleaning a gun in a car.
00:55:18That's Regan's gun, and he insists it's his privilege to clean it wherever he likes.
00:55:22Now, I'm trying to hold on to Regan.
00:55:24But they've set his bail at 50 grand.
00:55:26Regan will have that up in 24 hours.
00:55:28Fine thing.
00:55:29Now, look, Pete.
00:55:30That Manton girl knows something we don't know.
00:55:32Otherwise, Regan wouldn't have tried to kill her.
00:55:34If he don't tell us, we'll have to get it out of Manton.
00:55:37Get something out of Manton?
00:55:38Don't make me laugh.
00:55:39It's too good to choke on.
00:55:40Pete, I told her you were dying.
00:55:43She's out there in the corridor crying her head off for you.
00:55:47She is?
00:55:48That's worth dying for.
00:55:50Well, almost worth dying for.
00:55:52Listen.
00:55:53In the condition she's in, she'd even tell you her rage if you asked her.
00:55:57You could get anything out of her if she thinks you're dying.
00:56:00I'm sorry.
00:56:01You can't come in, lady.
00:56:02I must see him.
00:56:03I must see him.
00:56:04Let her in, Sullivan.
00:56:06Don't tax him too much.
00:56:09He's sinking fast.
00:56:12Darling.
00:56:13Oh, darling.
00:56:15Who?
00:56:16Who is it?
00:56:17It's Milter.
00:56:19What have they done to you, darling?
00:56:21They've killed me.
00:56:23The rats.
00:56:24Oh, no, they haven't.
00:56:25You'll live.
00:56:26You've got to live.
00:56:27You've got to get strong and well for your career, your future.
00:56:29You've got to get strong and well for your career, your future.
00:56:31You've got to get strong and well for your career.
00:56:34Your future.
00:56:35Future.
00:56:36Future.
00:56:39Future.
00:56:40Yes, your future.
00:56:41Our future.
00:56:42You promised before witnesses that you'd marry me.
00:56:46You've got to live.
00:56:48Oh, I love you.
00:56:49I love you.
00:56:50Ow.
00:56:51Oh.
00:56:52Oh.
00:56:53The first death rattle.
00:56:56Who was it said, joy always comes to a man?
00:57:03Too late.
00:57:04Oh, no.
00:57:05No.
00:57:06Pete.
00:57:07Pete, boy.
00:57:08Don't you want us to avenge you?
00:57:11No, Mike.
00:57:13I forgive everybody.
00:57:15That's what I call a nice guy.
00:57:18Even the rat who shot you?
00:57:21Even him, Mike.
00:57:22Wouldn't you?
00:57:23Wouldn't you rest just a little bit easier if you knew why he did it?
00:57:26Just out of curiosity?
00:57:27Oh, I'm good with it, dude.
00:57:28It's all my fault.
00:57:29Now it's too late.
00:57:30Mike, you know Nelson wouldn't hold anything back from a dying man.
00:57:33Mr. Ames, isn't there something I can do for you?
00:57:35Yes, Sullivan.
00:57:36Sing my favorite song for me.
00:57:37Home on the Range.
00:57:38Sure.
00:57:39Oh, give me a home where the buffaloes roam.
00:57:43Oh, give me a home where the buffaloes roam.
00:57:46Oh, give me a home where the buffaloes roam.
00:57:51Never to see the sun again.
00:58:03I don't wanna die.
00:58:04I'm too young.
00:58:05I've got a new song for me?
00:58:08Home on the Range.
00:58:10Sure.
00:58:12Oh, give me a home where the buffaloes roam.
00:58:16And the deer in the antelope play.
00:58:19Never to see the sun again.
00:58:20I'm too young to die.
00:58:22I want to feel the rain in my face, the wind in my hair.
00:58:27I want to smell the good earth.
00:58:29Oh, Peter, Peter.
00:58:32We could have made sweet music together.
00:58:35He rose like a meteor, flashed across our sky, and then was gone.
00:58:43Goodbye, Mike.
00:58:45I'm not going to take this lying down.
00:58:47You're my friend, my best friend.
00:58:50And if it's no interest to Miss Manton, it is to me.
00:58:53I must have my revenge.
00:58:55Why?
00:58:56Why did Regan take a shot at you, Miss Manton?
00:58:58Why?
00:58:59Oh, we were looking for Sheila Lane.
00:59:01He threatened to kill me if I didn't stop.
00:59:06Anne, did you find her sweet?
00:59:09Yes.
00:59:10She's registered as Sharon Lester at the Edge Hotel on 23rd Street.
00:59:16Well, I'll be seeing you.
00:59:18I mean, when my number is called.
00:59:24That's enough, Summerlin, quite enough.
00:59:28Where's the phone?
00:59:29Down the hall.
00:59:30Down the hall.
00:59:31Down the hall.
00:59:32Down the hall.
00:59:33Down the hall.
00:59:34Down the hall.
00:59:35Down the hall.
00:59:36Down the hall.
00:59:37Down the hall.
00:59:38Down the hall.
00:59:39Down the hall.
00:59:40Down the hall.
00:59:41Down the hall.
00:59:42Down the hall.
00:59:43Down the hall.
00:59:44Down the hall.
00:59:45Down the hall.
00:59:46Down the hall.
00:59:47Down the hall.
00:59:48Down the hall.
00:59:49Down the hall.
00:59:50Down the hall.
00:59:51Down the hall.
00:59:52Down the hall.
00:59:53Down the hall.
00:59:54Down the hall.
00:59:55Down the hall.
00:59:56Down the hall.
00:59:57Down the hall.
00:59:58Down the hall.
00:59:59Down the hall.
01:00:00Paul.
01:00:03Are you still in pain, sweet?
01:00:08Oh, it's nothing, nothing.
01:00:11Only when I move, but it's nothing.
01:00:15Peter, perhaps I did wrong in not telling Inspector Brent everything.
01:00:21You mean you held something back?
01:00:24Yes, Peter.
01:00:26Oh, sweet, you're so clever.
01:00:27Remember when I went into Ronnie Bellin's apartment?
01:00:30Yes, dear.
01:00:32When I went into the bathroom, I found something.
01:00:36In the bathroom?
01:00:37Yes. Floating around in a foot of water in the bathtub.
01:00:42Louder, dear. I can hardly hear you.
01:00:47I'll come closer.
01:00:49Tell me, dear, what was it?
01:00:52The Normandy, you black-hearted faker in full sail!
01:00:57No!
01:01:02Why did you hide from the police, Mrs. Lane?
01:01:04I didn't hide from the police.
01:01:06I was afraid whoever killed George and Ronnie would kill me, too.
01:01:09So I went to bat Regan.
01:01:11I used to work for him.
01:01:13I knew he loved me and would do anything for me.
01:01:15But it was his hotel I was stopping at.
01:01:17He hid me. Gave me the money to live on.
01:01:19Your husband's money. Blackmail money.
01:01:21Why did Regan help you blackmail your husband?
01:01:23Oh, please. Please.
01:01:25I told you I went to the old house after my husband was dead.
01:01:29Ronnie and I had been meeting there. That's why you found my clip.
01:01:32Ronnie saw my husband murdered, but he couldn't go to the police without exposing our relationship.
01:01:37So he made me leave.
01:01:39And he must have taken the body out while the Manton girl was calling the police.
01:01:42And then before he could get rid of it, he...
01:01:45He was...
01:01:47He was killed.
01:01:49So that's it.
01:01:51Belden helped you murder your husband because he found out about you two.
01:01:53Oh, no.
01:01:54And Belden loved you enough to get rid of the body for you.
01:01:56No!
01:01:57Then you murdered Belden because he knew too much.
01:01:59Oh, Lieutenant Brent.
01:02:01There isn't very much left in my life.
01:02:04I really don't care what you do with me.
01:02:07Would you please?
01:02:09Take her back to her cell.
01:02:11Hello, Miss Manton.
01:02:13Glad to see you.
01:02:14Lieutenant Brent is waiting for you.
01:02:15Go right in.
01:02:17Come right in, Miss Manton.
01:02:19Oh, Miss Manton, I've been waiting for you.
01:02:21Won't you be seated?
01:02:24Is the chair comfortable?
01:02:25Very, thank you.
01:02:26How about a pillow?
01:02:27Oh, no.
01:02:28Oh, go on, go on.
01:02:30Now, Miss Manton, as you know, you've been a great help to us.
01:02:33Oh, yes, you have.
01:02:34We may have had our little disagreements, but then who doesn't?
01:02:37Hello, Mike.
01:02:38Good evening, Inspector.
01:02:39Now, Miss Manton, just because you don't like games here,
01:02:41don't allow it to undermine the good work you've been doing.
01:02:43I didn't know you were going to be here.
01:02:44Brant sent for me.
01:02:45Now, here's the idea, Miss Manton.
01:02:48You saw Ronnie Belden come out of the Lane House, didn't you?
01:02:50Yes.
01:02:51Everybody knows you're mixed up in this.
01:02:52Collected evidence.
01:02:53Everybody suspects you of holding out.
01:02:55Even I do.
01:02:56Oh, I bet you say that to all the girls.
01:03:00Now, what would happen if we published the fact that you had just uncovered some new evidence
01:03:04which is certain to lead to the discovery of the murderer?
01:03:07And that you have an appointment with a district attorney tomorrow to turn over that evidence to him?
01:03:11I'd probably be found in a refrigerator.
01:03:14That's right.
01:03:15Well, isn't it lucky I didn't find any new evidence?
01:03:18Now, all you have to do is appear in public with Pete here, where the murderer can get at you.
01:03:23First, I'll surround you with police, then release the suspects.
01:03:25Release the suspects.
01:03:28I'm going to Europe pretty soon. I'll be back in the fall and then we'll talk it over.
01:03:31Now, Miss Manton.
01:03:32Mike, she's right.
01:03:33But there's a killer loose.
01:03:34Let me ask you something, Mike. If she was your wife, would you do this?
01:03:36Inspector, that's an implication that I'm his wife. I'm not.
01:03:39Yes, Pete, because I think lots of other wives have a right to live in safety for murderers.
01:03:43Now, how about it? Will you do it?
01:03:44No, she won't. I won't let her be a decoy.
01:03:46You won't let me. You're scared because he's asking you to be there, too.
01:03:49This proves there's insanity in my family. I'll do it.
01:03:52Thanks.
01:03:53But don't get the idea that we're friends. If I can still take your badge away from you, I'm going to do it.
01:03:56Just catch that killer and you can have my badge.
01:03:59Release Sheila Lane. The rest of Marlowe's. Regan got his bail this morning.
01:04:03Now, phone your paper to print a headline about Miss Manton finding new evidence.
01:04:10Scared?
01:04:12Because I am.
01:04:15No.
01:04:16No, I'm not scared.
01:04:21Hello.
01:04:22Ames, get me a rewrite.
01:04:26No.
01:04:44Yes.
01:04:45No, I am.
01:04:46I'm not scared.
01:04:47No, I am.
01:04:50No, I will have a letter.
01:04:51No, I am.
01:04:52It's all right, boys. It was just a car backfiring.
01:04:57Rappity from headquarters, miss.
01:04:59Don't worry. We're all around.
01:05:05It's all right, boys. It was just a car backfiring.
01:05:08Rappity from headquarters, miss.
01:05:10Don't worry. We're all around.
01:05:22Waiter.
01:05:29How's the terrapin tonight?
01:05:31I don't know. I'll ask the guy in the kitchen.
01:05:34Never mind. We'll take the dinner.
01:05:36Okay. Coming up.
01:05:40Do you have a shobbly 29?
01:05:42What's shobbly 29?
01:05:47It's an idea.
01:05:49Excuse me.
01:05:51Briscoe from headquarters.
01:05:53Don't worry. Everything's under control.
01:05:55I'll get your chow.
01:05:56Wait a minute. Before you get those dinners, is the chef from headquarters too?
01:05:59Nah. Good.
01:06:04Vance?
01:06:05No, thank you.
01:06:06All right.
01:06:16Is it necessary for you to hold me so tightly?
01:06:18Of course, you make a better target by yourself.
01:06:23Why don't you draw red circles around me and run me out to a rifle range?
01:06:27That wasn't the real reason I was holding you so close.
01:06:31It so happens, heaven help me, I love you.
01:06:35You're taking an unfair advantage of me.
01:06:37The only reason I'm here with you is because there's a gun in my back.
01:06:40Sometimes that kind of wedding turns out very successfully.
01:06:57I'm going to become hysterical in the moment. I've got the jitters.
01:07:01Isn't it awful?
01:07:31I'm so proud of you.
01:07:37You can't do it.
01:07:40Line it up and search it.
01:07:42Let me eat!
01:07:43Miss Madden!
01:07:44Miss Madden, line up to Miss Madden!
01:07:45She was great.
01:07:46Whoever it was got in and out to a window in the hall.
01:07:47I just found the latch broke.
01:07:48He got an else.
01:07:49It's your fault, Mike.
01:07:50I'm going to break every bone in your head.
01:07:52Did you get him?
01:07:53No, Miss Madden, he got away.
01:07:54Are you all right?
01:07:55Of course.
01:07:56I need a drink.
01:07:57I found this stuck on the window pane.
01:07:59What is it? It's a hunk of tar paper.
01:08:00Maybe he's a roofer.
01:08:02Maybe you're a musician.
01:08:0422 men and all you bring me back is a hunk of tar paper.
01:08:07Oh, I'm an awful mess.
01:08:10Would you excuse me a moment?
01:08:13Will you quit crawling up on me?
01:08:17Nelson, let me take you out of all this.
01:08:18Wouldn't you rather wait until I've made up?
01:08:20Don't be afraid. I'm going to stay right here.
01:08:21Nobody's going to pass me.
01:08:22Isn't that being a little selfish?
01:08:28Hello, Helen.
01:08:28Nelson, round up all the girls and meet me in my apartment.
01:08:31Don't ask any questions. Just meet me.
01:08:34All right.
01:08:34I'm going to go to work.
01:08:43Let's go.
01:09:13Let's go.
01:09:43Let's go.
01:10:13This subway ain't open yet, Miss.
01:10:27Oh, I'm sorry.
01:10:28The trains won't be running for two years yet, the way we've been going.
01:10:31Oh.
01:10:32Well, you see, I own a lot of stock in the company.
01:10:34I thought I'd just come down and see how things were getting on.
01:10:37Oh, you're a stockholder.
01:10:38You got much stock?
01:10:39Sure.
01:10:41By the way, do those things go very fast?
01:10:44I mean, could you go from here to, say, Madison Square Garden and back in ten minutes?
01:10:49Do they go that fast?
01:10:50They sure do, Miss.
01:10:52I got to walk, but once in a while I do a little cheating.
01:10:56Steal the ride.
01:10:57Press a button and zip, I'm there.
01:11:03Oh, well, here.
01:11:05Buy yourself another pipe, one that looks less like a gun.
01:11:08Good night.
01:11:08Oh, Miss Manton.
01:11:17Mr. Norris.
01:11:19What are you doing here?
01:11:21I've been waiting for you.
01:11:22You know, I never did thank you properly for providing that alibi.
01:11:25Oh.
01:11:26Oh, that's all right.
01:11:28You're welcome.
01:11:29And now, I, uh, I can't see you tonight.
01:11:31I won't keep you a moment.
01:11:32I assure you.
01:11:33Don't you think it's dangerous to be running around without police protection?
01:12:02I have police protection.
01:12:06Oh.
01:12:07I don't blame you for ditching.
01:12:14Cigarette?
01:12:15Never smoke.
01:12:17You have a drink?
01:12:18Never drink.
01:12:22That's nice.
01:12:24Sit down.
01:12:32It's quiet.
01:12:41Peaceful here, isn't it?
01:12:46I'm tired and sleepy.
01:12:48Won't you excuse me?
01:12:49You look frightened.
01:12:52Maybe you'd better have a cigarette.
01:12:54Don't make believe you're not scared because you are.
01:13:04Most people are scared of me.
01:13:07I'm not.
01:13:08As a matter of fact, I, uh, I like you.
01:13:12You do?
01:13:14Well, I, uh, I helped you.
01:13:17I helped your girlfriend, Frances Glass.
01:13:19Well, that was very nice of you, but Frances is just a friend.
01:13:23There's only one woman I ever really loved.
01:13:27Sheila Lane?
01:13:28Yeah.
01:13:31I don't look like a lover, do I?
01:13:34Oh, yes, you do.
01:13:35Very much.
01:13:37I used to sit in my cell.
01:13:40You get lots of time in prison.
01:13:43Even though if you work all day, there are the nights.
01:13:46Horrible nights.
01:13:47All I could think of was Sheila.
01:13:51Married to somebody else.
01:13:54But I really didn't mind because
01:13:55I thought it was a great prank for her being married to Lane.
01:14:00He was a rich guy.
01:14:02Banker.
01:14:06But did you know he used to beat her?
01:14:10No.
01:14:12No, I didn't.
01:14:14I hated that guy.
01:14:17All I wanted was to kill him.
01:14:20But when he was dead,
01:14:23there wasn't any thrill to look forward to anymore.
01:14:33Belden saw me do it, so I had to kill him, too.
01:14:35But now, when I think of it, it doesn't seem to mean a thing.
01:14:45I'm wondering how it will feel to kill somebody I like.
01:14:52Do you think that's strange?
01:14:53Yes, Barry.
01:14:55I'm sorry to drag it out like this.
01:14:57I would have done it down at the subway
01:14:59when you found out how I got downtown and back so quickly.
01:15:03But there was that watchman.
01:15:06I don't think you'd better answer it.
01:15:08If you don't let me answer it, my maid will be in here.
01:15:11All right.
01:15:14Hello.
01:15:15Hello.
01:15:18Oh, Peter.
01:15:20No, I'm all right.
01:15:23Well, I just didn't want any more policemen
01:15:25cluttering up my life.
01:15:28No.
01:15:29Of course there's nobody up here with me.
01:15:33All right.
01:15:36Good night, darling.
01:15:37And I love you very much.
01:15:41You better put your coat on.
01:15:49It's chilly on the street.
01:15:50But the police might be outside.
01:15:52I don't know just where Peter was calling from,
01:15:54but they had a lot of men surrounding him.
01:15:55I know that.
01:15:56They almost got me the knife
01:15:56and I took that shot at you at the club.
01:15:58But I was too smart for them.
01:16:02Are you expecting anyone?
01:16:03No.
01:16:04I'm not expecting anybody.
01:16:11If it's the police, tell them you're going to bed.
01:16:22Repeat what you said over the phone.
01:16:23Oh, please go away.
01:16:24I didn't say anything.
01:16:25What about that I love you very much?
01:16:27What a...
01:16:28A gentleman caller.
01:16:32Oh, sir, you two-tining me.
01:16:33I ought to give you the beating of your life.
01:16:35You're lucky, Ames.
01:16:38She loves you very much.
01:16:39Like Sheila used to love me.
01:16:42Only you're lucky
01:16:43because you'll never have to torture yourself
01:16:45thinking of her being married to someone else.
01:16:47What is all this?
01:16:49Tell him, Miss Menton.
01:16:51He killed Lane and Bildon.
01:16:52He used an electric hand car
01:16:53on the new subway to get there and back.
01:16:55Come on.
01:16:58Look, she gave you a break with the alibi, Norris.
01:17:00I give you my word.
01:17:01We won't do anything about this till tomorrow.
01:17:03Take a head start and beat it.
01:17:05If they do nab you,
01:17:06I'll play you up sympathetically in the papers.
01:17:07Go on.
01:17:09Don't speak to anyone.
01:17:14I don't want to kill an innocent bystander.
01:17:16You know, that's what I like about crazy men,
01:17:18that fine sense of distinction.
01:17:20You think I'm insane?
01:17:21Oh, he says that to everybody.
01:17:28In case I forget,
01:17:30or maybe don't get another chance to tell you,
01:17:33I'm very happy to have loved you.
01:17:34Norris,
01:17:36now come on, drop that gun.
01:17:47Say where you are, Brent.
01:17:49You too, cuppers.
01:17:50Put it down,
01:17:51or you'll never get out of here alive.
01:17:52Well, if I don't,
01:17:53she won't either.
01:17:54Now, Norris,
01:17:55use your head.
01:18:01Now, wait a minute, girls.
01:18:02She's got a gun.
01:18:03Stand back, I tell you.
01:18:04Well, Lantan gets it.
01:18:05If you kill her,
01:18:06you have to kill all of us.
01:18:07Oh, you're always talking communism.
01:18:09Norris,
01:18:11drop that gun.
01:18:13We're going through.
01:18:14You're not going to get out of here alive.
01:18:16Go ahead.
01:18:17Oh, darling,
01:18:34it's all right.
01:18:35Kilda listens in on my phone call.
01:18:36She always listens in on my call.
01:18:38She told me Norris was there
01:18:39and we arranged everything.
01:18:40Why didn't you tell me?
01:18:41I'd never chance to tell you.
01:18:43Oh, darling,
01:18:43let me take you out of all this.
01:18:45That offer still holds good.
01:18:46Let's get married right away.
01:18:47Today?
01:18:47We'll go to South America
01:18:48for six months.
01:18:49Maybe we'll never come back.
01:18:50Can you afford it?
01:18:51No, but you can.
01:18:52Isn't there a drop of red blood
01:18:53in your veins?
01:18:54I want to live on your income.
01:18:56That's foolish.
01:18:57Who's going to live on yours?
01:19:05Sullivan,
01:19:06my bicarb tablets.
01:19:09Will you quit crawling up on me?
01:19:16Come on.