- 11 years ago
62 min - Crime | Drama | Film-Noir - 29 January 1943 (USA)
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Director: James Tinling
Writers: Walter Gering (original story and screenplay), Michael L. Simmons (screenplay)
Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell, Gale Storm
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Director: James Tinling
Writers: Walter Gering (original story and screenplay), Michael L. Simmons (screenplay)
Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell, Gale Storm
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00:12:42Hello, Jake.
00:12:45Well, Biff Garr, imagine seeing you here.
00:12:48You hear the news?
00:12:50No, what news?
00:12:51Tony Savo's in the morgue.
00:12:54Tony?
00:12:56No kidding.
00:12:57No kidding.
00:12:59You wouldn't know anything about it, would you, Jake?
00:13:03What makes you think I...
00:13:04Jake Seddon!
00:13:06Well, now, you boys don't think I have anything to do with it.
00:13:09My boys have got strict orders to stay away from your side of the fence.
00:13:17You intruding, boss?
00:13:19No, fellas, stick around.
00:13:24Anyway, Tony was a cheap loudmouth.
00:13:27Maybe he had it coming to him.
00:13:30Yeah, maybe he did.
00:13:31But it's bad business, Jake.
00:13:33You and me cutting each other's throats.
00:13:36Yeah, no percentage in that.
00:13:39The snatch racket pays off a lot better in the higher brackets.
00:13:42Oh, it sure does.
00:13:45Just so we don't get in each other's way.
00:13:48Remember, 41st Street is still a dividing line.
00:13:51You grab yourself anything north of that.
00:13:54But the rest is our territory.
00:13:57Is that understood?
00:13:59Oh, sure, sure, that's fair enough.
00:14:01But wait a minute, Biff.
00:14:04How about that little matter of 20 grand?
00:14:07Write it off.
00:14:09Tony Saville will even that up.
00:14:38Hello?
00:14:40Hello, Susan.
00:14:41Honey, I've got great news for you.
00:14:43The captain's put me down for a raise.
00:14:45Yeah, a raise.
00:14:47He sent it to the commissioner for an okay.
00:14:49That's wonderful, Pat.
00:14:52I'll be by for you in 10 minutes.
00:14:53We're going out and celebrate.
00:14:56Pat, it's 2 o'clock in the morning.
00:14:59Sure, and there's a demop too.
00:15:01And not for Patrick Flanagan.
00:15:02This calls for champagne.
00:15:04You mean this is a cold morning for hot chocolate at home.
00:15:07That's a limit for this celebration.
00:15:10Hot chocolate?
00:15:11That's for kids.
00:15:12And for little boys who call up in the middle of the night for a date.
00:15:15I'm being sensible, Pat.
00:15:17And I warn you, don't break this date.
00:15:20All right, honey, have it your own way.
00:15:22I'll be right over.
00:15:34Ah, Sergeant, it's several days now that I've tried to see you.
00:15:37Oh, about what?
00:15:38To express my gratitude.
00:15:40I understand it was you who interceded with Captain Murphy to affect my release.
00:15:44Oh, there wasn't any real charge to hold you on.
00:15:46Murphy just locked you up to keep you out of harm's way.
00:15:49That was considerate of the captain.
00:15:51I thought he didn't like me.
00:15:53You know, Sergeant, that makes me think.
00:15:55I get that way sometimes.
00:15:57I wonder if Captain Murphy would reconsider my application to special investigator.
00:16:01Oh, I wouldn't bank on it.
00:16:02Well, but my varied accomplishments should prove valuable.
00:16:05You doubt it?
00:16:06Let me demonstrate right now.
00:16:07Some other time.
00:16:08It'll just take a minute.
00:16:09Yeah, but I've got to meet my best girl.
00:16:11Ah, the call to romance.
00:16:14No doubt her beauty shames the evening moon.
00:16:18Professor, that one gets me.
00:16:20Come on, you can ride along with me.
00:16:21Show me how good you are.
00:16:24Ah, Sergeant, modesty forbids excess boasting.
00:16:27But among other things, I'm a laryngeal prestidigitator.
00:16:29Yeah?
00:16:31Come again?
00:16:32Well, to elucidate, I combine the talents of voice mimicry and ventriloquism.
00:16:36Shall I oblige?
00:16:38There's no ordinance against it.
00:16:41Funny little duck.
00:16:42Looks more like a ventriloquist dummy than a ventriloquist.
00:16:45I better unload him quick.
00:16:47That's me.
00:16:49Hey, I didn't say that.
00:16:51Sounded like you.
00:16:53Flanagan, why'd you keep your eyes on the road?
00:16:56One mule, I'll have your badge if you wreck that squad car.
00:17:01Go on, look ahead of you.
00:17:03And in the future, be more careful of the company you keep.
00:17:06Murphy!
00:17:07Stop interrupting!
00:17:09Murphy to the life!
00:17:16I'll go inside and call for a cab.
00:17:18I'll go with you.
00:17:19Oh, just be a second.
00:17:30Let me go!
00:17:37Let me go!
00:17:43Cops!
00:18:00Cops!
00:18:11A most brazen attempt at kidnapping.
00:18:16What's the matter, darling? What happened?
00:18:18The men tried to pull me into their car.
00:18:20Oh, you poor kid.
00:18:23If it comes to cops, remember, you don't want to fuss.
00:18:26No.
00:18:27You all right, miss?
00:18:29Absolutely all right.
00:18:30Tommy, would you take me home?
00:18:32Sure, miss.
00:18:33If you don't mind.
00:18:34Just a minute.
00:18:35I'd like to know exactly what happened.
00:18:36Well, Miss Blake was waiting out here for me while I was in there phoning for a cab.
00:18:39Then those crooks came up and tried to snatch her purse.
00:18:41Her purse?
00:18:42Really, my good man, purse snatchers don't try to escape in high-powered motorcars.
00:18:46Are you suggesting that...
00:18:47I'm only trying...
00:18:48Hold it, professor.
00:18:49I'm making this investigation.
00:18:51What's your address, miss?
00:18:52Look, officer, we'd appreciate it very much if you sort of played down your report.
00:18:56Miss Blake's father doesn't know she was out stepping tonight,
00:18:58well, if they ever hit the papers, you know how it is.
00:19:00Blake?
00:19:01Oh, yes, I believe I've seen your picture in the public prints.
00:19:04Aren't you the daughter of James J. Blake, the so-called oil tycoon?
00:19:08Your address?
00:19:092180 Edgemont Drive.
00:19:13Your name and address?
00:19:14Thomas Hayes, Hotel Gramercy.
00:19:19Well, here's your cab.
00:19:20You can go now.
00:19:29Okay, professor, we can go now.
00:19:36Professor?
00:19:58Goodbye, honey, I've got to go now.
00:20:19Come on, people! What are you moving for? Get out!
00:20:48Get out!
00:20:54Really, sir, this is most upsetting.
00:20:56Yes, sir, it sure is. There's a hand over there floating in the air by itself.
00:21:00A hand, you say? Floating?
00:21:01Yes, sir, without nobody.
00:21:02Why, that's impossible. Come, we must investigate.
00:21:05You go ahead on. You inquisitive. I ain't.
00:21:07Now, don't you worry. You have the protection of Professor Cosmo Jones. And your name, please?
00:21:12Professor Smith. I mean, Eustis Smith.
00:21:16Well, come on.
00:21:17Yes, I'm coming.
00:21:20Good grief.
00:21:24You see? Your floating hand is attached to an inebriated body.
00:21:27Inebriated? That's Mr. Mike Andrews. He could be drunk.
00:21:31I believe he's dead.
00:21:33Dead? Dead? I think I better call the police.
00:21:36Yes, sir.
00:21:37No, come back here.
00:21:38The police have a peculiar custom of jailing people who discover cadavers.
00:21:41What shall we do now, Professor?
00:21:44He's still breathing. Better call an ambulance.
00:21:46Ambulance? I sure will.
00:21:48But I don't feel so good myself.
00:22:02Patient in a coma. Condition precarious. Recovery doubtful.
00:22:06Miss Blake, we haven't been able to talk to the injured man. He's still unconscious.
00:22:10You saw him at the hospital this morning?
00:22:12Yes, Commissioner, I did.
00:22:14Was he one of the men who tried to seize you?
00:22:16Of course not. There was no attempt to...
00:22:17No, I'm positive. There was no attempt to seize me.
00:22:20Well, I'm relieved to hear that.
00:22:23Considering recent criminal activities, I'm glad to know it was nothing more serious.
00:22:28But it was serious, Commissioner.
00:22:30Should be obvious even to Miss Blake that it was a kidnap attempt.
00:22:33She'd only tell us...
00:22:34Just a moment, Sergeant.
00:22:36You're the one who's under investigation, not Miss Blake.
00:22:40I'll be all back. You may go now.
00:22:44Commissioner, my dad's out of town.
00:22:47And if there should be any unfavorable publicity...
00:22:49I understand, Miss Blake.
00:22:51I'll do what I can to keep your name out of any newspaper releases.
00:22:53Thank you very much. Goodbye.
00:22:55Goodbye.
00:23:00Sergeant Flanagan.
00:23:03This is a serious situation you find yourself in.
00:23:06Very serious. If Andrew should die...
00:23:08I'm certain that none of my shots hit this fellow, Andrew.
00:23:10Miss Blake has already stated the men employed no guns in accosting her.
00:23:14You were the only one who did any shooting.
00:23:16The young lady was suffering from shock at the time.
00:23:18It's my opinion this was no purse-snatching affair.
00:23:20Nobody asked for your opinion.
00:23:22The idea of arguing with the Commissioner himself.
00:23:24If you please, sir.
00:23:26I believe I have the solution to the question in point.
00:23:28Well, be brief about it.
00:23:29Well, it's my opinion...
00:23:32What I mean is, a ballistics test will prove the origin of the bullet that felled Mr. Andrews.
00:23:37Unfortunately, the bullet went through the man's body and was lost.
00:23:40I reached the end of my patience.
00:23:42Newspapers and civic organizations have been blasting us with criticism for weeks.
00:23:46Holding up the Department of Scorn.
00:23:48Well, I won't have it.
00:23:50Captain Murphy, we will assign Flanagan to the status and pay of patrolman...
00:23:54pending the outcome of this investigation.
00:23:56Oh, but Commissioner, a very short...
00:23:57That's an order.
00:23:58Yes, Commissioner.
00:23:59Come, Miss Fleming.
00:24:01Good day.
00:24:02Good day.
00:24:07You old shrimp with that mouth!
00:24:10Now you see what you've done with your meddling?
00:24:12Robbed me of me vestige!
00:24:14You and your hide-the-fruit and criminology!
00:24:18But my dear Captain, I...
00:24:19Shut up!
00:24:24Serge, you're right.
00:24:25If you hadn't been associating with this Mr. Cuckoo here, this never would have happened.
00:24:30Back to the sticks, I guess.
00:24:33Come here, you mick!
00:24:37I hate to do this, Pat.
00:24:39But you heard what the Commissioner said.
00:24:41Now don't go getting sour on me.
00:24:43And I'd be afraid to get your Sergeant Stripes back for you.
00:24:47I know, Captain.
00:24:48You're a pal.
00:24:52A very noble gesture, Captain.
00:24:54Maybe I can help you out.
00:24:57Thanks.
00:24:58Maybe you could.
00:25:00But right now, I'm going to help you out!
00:25:03Come on, get in!
00:25:04I'm trying to help you!
00:25:05Get in!
00:25:06Get in!
00:25:15Never mind.
00:25:16I don't need you to help me help myself out.
00:25:29Oh, don't worry about it, darling.
00:25:31We'll go ahead with our plans just the same.
00:25:34Go ahead?
00:25:36On what?
00:25:40Now look.
00:25:42I don't have to tell you.
00:25:44I'm good at squeezing nickels.
00:25:46Pinching pennies, even.
00:25:49We can still build us something on a patrolman's salary.
00:25:54I knew you'd say that, Susan.
00:25:57But until I get my Stripes back, it's out.
00:26:00Besides, there won't even be any patrolman's salary if Andrews doesn't pull through.
00:26:04There's still a chance, Pat.
00:26:06Yeah.
00:26:07But it's a slim one.
00:26:13I had figured on doing some powerful thinking about this.
00:26:16But thinking ain't the most powerful thing that I got.
00:26:18Look, you don't want to be a janitor's helper all your life, do you?
00:26:21You want to rise in the world, don't you?
00:26:23Well, uh, that's if it don't lead to trouble.
00:26:25It's mighty cold to sit right here.
00:26:27I mean advance yourself.
00:26:29Look, with my aid, who knows?
00:26:31Someday you might set the world on fire with achievement.
00:26:33Now that suits me.
00:26:34Uh-oh.
00:26:35No, sir.
00:26:36But Eustace.
00:26:37Yes, sir, but that'll get me landed in the clean.
00:26:40Why, setting fire, that's awesome.
00:26:42That's just a figure of speech.
00:26:44Now look, Eustace.
00:26:46You do aspire to follow in my footsteps, don't you?
00:26:48Is that good?
00:26:49It's absolutely essential if you want to become a first-rate detective.
00:26:52First-rate detective?
00:26:53Now that sounds good.
00:26:55But when do I get inducticated?
00:26:57Right now.
00:26:58Eustace Smith, you're now my assistant.
00:27:00Accepted.
00:27:02Now, the first thing we have to do is find that missing bullet.
00:27:04Yes, sir.
00:27:05If necessary, we, um...
00:27:08That is, you will have to sweep every inch of this entire street in an effort to locate it.
00:27:11Uh-oh.
00:27:12Yeah, I'll go back to janitor.
00:27:13Rome wasn't built in a day.
00:27:15And stop juggling that pellet while I talk.
00:27:17It's distracting.
00:27:18No, sir, this is lead.
00:27:19I found it this morning while I was sweeping.
00:27:21Come on, Eustace.
00:27:22Did you say lead?
00:27:23Yes, sir.
00:27:24Don't!
00:27:26That must be the very bullet we're looking for.
00:27:28Now Sergeant Flanagan can be vindicated.
00:27:31There it is.
00:27:40Now what are we going to do?
00:27:41Well, we have two alternatives.
00:27:43Either tear up the street or...
00:27:46appeal to Miss Blake's finer instincts.
00:27:48I prefer the latter.
00:27:49But how?
00:27:50By describing Sergeant Flanagan's dilemma to her.
00:27:52Dilemma?
00:27:53You know that's bad.
00:27:54You know I had that once and it broke out all over my back.
00:27:57Now if I can just convince Miss Blake
00:27:59that her concealment of the true facts in this case
00:28:01imperiled Sergeant Flanagan's position,
00:28:03she might go to the commissioner and tell the truth.
00:28:05Yeah, I know that, Professor.
00:28:06But you know she won't talk.
00:28:07You know how she acted this morning.
00:28:09Yes, I grant that, Eustace.
00:28:11But suggested contrition
00:28:13is often more successful than forceful persuasion.
00:28:16Yeah, I know that.
00:28:17But what else is you going to say to her?
00:28:19Well, um...
00:28:20I shall approach the young lady and say, um...
00:28:23You are the cause of a very unhappy situation.
00:28:25Who, me?
00:28:26No, her.
00:28:27I know her. I'm a hero.
00:28:28No, no, Eustace. I understand that.
00:28:42Oh.
00:28:44What do you want?
00:28:45If you'd invite me in, I might let you know.
00:28:50All right.
00:28:54I'm not leaving until noon tomorrow,
00:28:55so I'll have plenty of time to see the commissioner in the morning.
00:28:58I can't tell you how much I appreciate it, Miss Blake.
00:29:01Oh, don't thank me.
00:29:03It's your fine little friend, the professor,
00:29:04who should be taking the bows.
00:29:06Oh, why?
00:29:07You broke me down with a truckload of sunkissed dialogue.
00:29:11I know just what you mean.
00:29:13Anyway, it was darn swell of you to come here
00:29:15and help me out of this jam.
00:29:17Well...
00:29:18I think you're pretty swell yourself.
00:29:24Well...
00:29:26I must be going.
00:29:29I, um...
00:29:31Yes?
00:29:33Aren't you going to wish me a pleasant journey?
00:29:35Why, of course. Very pleasant.
00:29:38And for selfish reasons, I hope to get back real soon.
00:29:42Oh, it'll only be a few days.
00:29:44I'll make a clean breast of it to Dad
00:29:46and say that he speaks to the commissioner about your reinstatement.
00:29:49Well, I'm in your hands.
00:29:51That's sweet.
00:29:55Oh, pardon me.
00:29:58Susan, this is Miss Blake.
00:30:00Susan lives right across the hall.
00:30:02I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Blake at the investigation.
00:30:07Here, you big flatfoot, and I hope you choke on it.
00:30:11Well, perhaps I'd better go now.
00:30:14Yeah, maybe you'd better.
00:30:41What are you doing here?
00:30:42I had to come, Biff.
00:30:43You're not supposed to know us kind of guys.
00:30:45You're a social contact.
00:30:46Oh, I told you that.
00:30:48That's right, Biff.
00:30:49Only I'm here to protect my interest in the payoffs.
00:30:51Yeah, now what's up?
00:30:52Phyllis Blake is leaving town in the morning to join her father.
00:30:55Oh.
00:30:56That means we've got to move fast.
00:30:58Tonight.
00:31:11Help!
00:31:12Help!
00:31:41No, Biff.
00:31:42Don't do anything yet.
00:31:44Too much heat on.
00:31:45I'll let you know when.
00:31:54Oh, here comes militia.
00:31:57Greetings, Captain Murphy.
00:31:58Stop right where you are.
00:31:59But, my dear captain.
00:32:00Now, be careful.
00:32:02I'm not meself today.
00:32:03Oh, really?
00:32:04That should be a great improvement.
00:32:07One more word out of you and I...
00:32:09Are you Captain Murphy?
00:32:11Yes.
00:32:12I'm James J. Blake, father of Phyllis Blake.
00:32:14Oh, how do you do, Mr. Blake?
00:32:16I'm glad to see you.
00:32:17Sit down and make yourself comfortable.
00:32:18I didn't come here to sit down or to pass the time of day.
00:32:21What has been done to recover my daughter?
00:32:23A fair question.
00:32:24It's outrageous.
00:32:26Positively outrageous.
00:32:27For three whole days, my daughter has been missing.
00:32:29And not a sign or a hint of any action by the police.
00:32:32What is the matter with you fellows?
00:32:34Are you dead or alive?
00:32:35A moot question.
00:32:36Of all the inept incompetent.
00:32:38Now, Mr. Blake, just be calm.
00:32:41Don't tell me what to do.
00:32:42No, of course not.
00:32:44But I can assure you...
00:32:45Your assurances don't mean a thing to me.
00:32:48I want action and I want it soon.
00:32:50And let me assure you, Captain Murphy,
00:32:53that if I don't get some real action in a hurry,
00:32:55there's going to be a change in the personnel around here,
00:32:57starting with the top of the department.
00:32:59Yes, sir.
00:33:01Just remember that.
00:33:05He sure gives out on a high baritone.
00:33:08Really, Captain Murphy, what you need is a special...
00:33:10Stop right where you are.
00:33:11But listen.
00:33:12No, you listen to me.
00:33:14I've been on this force since Hector was both ends of a frankfurter.
00:33:19And I've been accused of a lot of things.
00:33:22Tripping the taxpayers out of their money.
00:33:24Incompetent.
00:33:25Condemned as dead from the neck up.
00:33:28But this is the first time that I've ever been accused of murder.
00:33:33Captain, all I want to tell you is...
00:33:35You don't understand.
00:33:36All I want to do is leave my application and...
00:33:48Now, you know I don't need you to help me to help myself out.
00:33:55Good heavens.
00:33:57Seems the captain persists in feeling my rage.
00:33:59You rage?
00:34:00Man, what an optimist.
00:34:02What do we do now?
00:34:03Now?
00:34:04Well, there's only one thing we can do.
00:34:06Uh-oh.
00:34:07We'll call on him at once.
00:34:08Yes, sir.
00:34:09We sure will.
00:34:10He can't fail to see us.
00:34:11Sure enough.
00:34:12Who?
00:34:25Well?
00:34:26Tell your master that Professor Jones is here on a very important matter.
00:34:29Do you have an appointment?
00:34:31It's not at all necessary.
00:34:32Mr. Blake is not seeing anyone.
00:34:34Well, it's very important.
00:34:37Now what do we do?
00:34:38Don't ask me what we're going to do.
00:34:39There's only one thing to do.
00:34:41I was afraid of that.
00:34:44Why didn't I think of this before?
00:34:46I couldn't say it.
00:34:48We'll call him on the phone.
00:34:49Sure thing.
00:34:50We'll ring him.
00:34:51Who?
00:34:52Mr. Blake.
00:34:53Mr. James J. Blake.
00:34:56Oh, I seem to be out of nickels.
00:34:58Well, he carries such infinitesimally small change.
00:35:01Uh, Eustace, would you oblige me with a nickel?
00:35:03Professor, that makes a fantismally sixpence that you owe me.
00:35:07Fantismally speaking, of course.
00:35:19Hello?
00:35:20Blake residence?
00:35:21I'd like to speak to Mr. James J. Blake.
00:35:23I'd like to speak to Mr. James J. Blake.
00:35:25I'm sorry, sir.
00:35:26No, it's quite impossible.
00:35:28Mr. Blake will accept calls only from police headquarters.
00:35:35Not so, huh?
00:35:36Ah, it's that butler again.
00:35:38He's a hale fellow, well avoided.
00:35:40Now what will we do?
00:35:42Follow me.
00:35:43Fretting feet?
00:35:44Follow.
00:35:46And reducing the underworld to these two major factions.
00:35:49Who are the leaders?
00:35:50Fifgar and Jake Pilotti.
00:35:52Most interesting.
00:35:54And of the two, who is the more dangerous?
00:35:57Fifgar, I think.
00:35:59He's about as tough as they come.
00:36:00Has he been in the limelight lately?
00:36:02Not much.
00:36:03Pretty quiet.
00:36:04Sort of undercover.
00:36:05Significant.
00:36:06Still waters, you know.
00:36:07Pete, the professor frequently says there's one thing to do.
00:36:11Sergeant, with your aid, I can get an interview with Mr. Blake and launch a plan.
00:36:16Wait a minute, professor.
00:36:18I have no authority now.
00:36:19Besides, Blake won't even talk to the commissioner.
00:36:22He will with trickery, which entails your giving me a free hand.
00:36:25Yeah, why?
00:36:27First, we need the coercion and cooperation of Mr. Blake.
00:36:30Granted.
00:36:32Second, Captain Murphy must subject himself to coercion and cooperating.
00:36:36Granted.
00:36:37Third, with your...
00:36:38Just a minute, professor.
00:36:40I like you.
00:36:41You're a great little guy, but you better count me out of this.
00:36:44I've got enough troubles of my own, but with losing my stripes and Susan...
00:36:49And Susan.
00:36:50But to resume.
00:36:51Third, with your cooperation, we can affect the rescue of Miss Blake
00:36:55and definitely destroy the criminal elements that are running rampant in our community.
00:36:59Granted.
00:37:00You see, Mr. Sergeant, what the professor means is he's working on 34711.
00:37:05Granted.
00:37:06Granted.
00:37:07Oh.
00:37:09So, Sergeant, your cooperation, which I indubitably need, means what?
00:37:13Means what?
00:37:14That we not only can recover your stripes, but, if I may transgress in the vernacular,
00:37:19square it with Susan.
00:37:20Now, that's a natural.
00:37:28Captain Murphy?
00:37:29Hang it, man.
00:37:30Why don't you answer your phone sooner?
00:37:32Are you fellas dead or alive?
00:37:34Yes, this is James J. Blake talking.
00:37:36I've got some action at last about my daughter.
00:37:38No, not from the police department.
00:37:40Through a private source.
00:37:42I need your help.
00:37:43Now, listen to me and see if you can get this straight.
00:37:46What the devil is he doing in there?
00:37:48I don't know.
00:37:49He just said wait.
00:37:50Yeah, well, this waiting business gets kind of tiresome.
00:37:53Ooh.
00:37:54Why, Mr. Sergeant, you're just oblivious.
00:37:56Yeah?
00:37:57What are you?
00:37:58I'm a seasoned veteran.
00:38:00And there's my testimony.
00:38:04Well, gentlemen, we've just completed Act One of our process of elimination.
00:38:08You see...
00:38:12Let's go.
00:38:23Must be a homicide call.
00:38:24Aha.
00:38:25Our process is in working order.
00:38:29Did you do that?
00:38:30That's correct.
00:38:31You're witnessing the second act of our process.
00:38:33But you can't make monkeys out of the police force.
00:38:35Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:38:36I'll see you all later.
00:38:37Now, just a moment, Joseph.
00:38:38This is no time to strike your colors.
00:38:42Come on, Sergeant, we're wasting valuable time.
00:38:45Can you enter Captain Murphy's office without getting undue attention?
00:38:48Well, there's a side door.
00:38:51Say, I must be losing my mind.
00:38:53Well, before you lose it entirely, will you lead me to that side entrance?
00:38:56But, Professor, you don't know what you're doing.
00:38:58I beg to differ with you.
00:38:59And I also remember that you promised to give me full cooperation.
00:39:02All right.
00:39:03But I'm walking into this thing knowing how a condemned man feels.
00:39:07Come on.
00:39:08Uh, Professor, where are we going now?
00:39:10To police headquarters, of course.
00:39:12Uh-oh.
00:39:13I got a feeling I ain't gonna like the third act.
00:39:16But I'll go.
00:39:19Professor, you sure you're sitting in the saddle now?
00:39:22Uh, granted, granted.
00:39:25By the way, which phone is the direct outside wire?
00:39:28The one on the left.
00:39:29Joe.
00:39:35What's this?
00:39:36You forgot to put a nickel in the phone.
00:39:38This isn't a pay phone.
00:39:39No.
00:39:46Hello?
00:39:47Captain Murphy, headquarters is talking.
00:39:50If you don't mind, I'll be speaking to Mr. Blake.
00:39:53It's important.
00:39:54What the devil, Sergeant?
00:40:00Mr. Blake?
00:40:01This is Captain Murphy talking at your service.
00:40:04You asked for action, Mr. Blake.
00:40:06Well, I got a truckload of action for you.
00:40:09So if you'll just be kind enough to come right down to my office,
00:40:12that's fine.
00:40:14And a good day to you.
00:40:16I don't know what you're doing,
00:40:17but if Murphy doesn't split your skull with an ax, I'll...
00:40:20At that event, Sergeant, I will allow the pleasure to be all yours.
00:40:24Well, no, not yet.
00:40:26Leave everybody out of my office.
00:40:28I ain't seeing nobody.
00:40:32What are you doing?
00:40:34Oh, I'm beginning to smell something.
00:40:37And you, Pat.
00:40:38Are you in cahoots with this?
00:40:41Whatever it is, I'm in it up to my ears.
00:40:43Well, I'll take care of you later.
00:40:46First, I'm gonna squeeze this dried-up grape to a pulp.
00:40:49That's right.
00:40:50Well, Captain, where's my daughter?
00:40:51Your daughter? Why, I...
00:40:53Well, you called.
00:40:54You called.
00:40:55Why, I know...
00:40:58Oh, you did it.
00:41:00You did it, didn't you?
00:41:02Who is this?
00:41:04It's a very pertinent question, sir.
00:41:05I happen to be a criminologist.
00:41:07He's lonely.
00:41:08He's suffering from anguish to the noodle.
00:41:10That's what he is.
00:41:11I challenge that.
00:41:12I'm an expert detective.
00:41:13He's crazy, I tell you.
00:41:15But he says he's a detective.
00:41:17Mr. Blake, I live with you.
00:41:19Does he look like a detective?
00:41:21Well, no.
00:41:23But then you look like a police officer.
00:41:26Yes, sir.
00:41:27But are you?
00:41:28Oh.
00:41:29Now, any man who could fool both of us into rushing off
00:41:31like a couple of ninnies must have something.
00:41:33Thank you, Mr. Blake.
00:41:34It's just a tactical maneuver in order to bring us together.
00:41:36For what purpose?
00:41:38I have a plan to bring those abductors out into the open.
00:41:42It's absolutely sound.
00:41:43Sound.
00:41:44Yes, he's all sound.
00:41:45Now, wait a minute, Murphy.
00:41:46Wait a minute.
00:41:47I'll handle this.
00:41:48Go ahead.
00:41:49I suggest you print a story and release it to the newspapers
00:41:52that the abductors have been contacted.
00:41:54But why should I issue a false statement?
00:41:56A necessary expedient, sir.
00:41:58A ruse.
00:41:59Don't you see?
00:42:00The abductors really want to know.
00:42:02Don't you see?
00:42:03The abductors will read it.
00:42:04This city is held in the powerful grip of two big criminal elements.
00:42:09Doesn't it stand that your daughter might be held
00:42:11by either one or the other of these factions?
00:42:13In that case, it follows that each group will think the other
00:42:16is using duplicity in order to get the ransom money.
00:42:18Uh, will y'all excuse me while I...
00:42:20Shut up!
00:42:22Responded.
00:42:23Thus, the guilty party or parties will hasten to make contact
00:42:26in order to protect their interests.
00:42:28Is that not probable?
00:42:29Yes, but playing one side against the other is very, very dangerous.
00:42:32Well, that's quite true.
00:42:34But considering your daughter's peril,
00:42:36don't you think inaction is even more dangerous?
00:42:38Why, the nerve of you!
00:42:40Wait a minute.
00:42:41He's right.
00:42:42And furthermore, your plan sounds reasonable.
00:42:44With your permission, sir, I have it worked out right here.
00:42:47Composition is but one of my very gifts.
00:42:49Ah.
00:42:51Well, dog my cat.
00:42:56Now, here's what I call an interesting article.
00:42:58It says here,
00:42:59how to tell your friends from the apes.
00:43:02Get a load of this.
00:43:12Sextus, contact James J. Blake.
00:43:14What?
00:43:15If you didn't get in touch without me knowing.
00:43:17I didn't get in touch with anybody.
00:43:19Well, then, who did?
00:43:20Among the crazy...
00:43:21Wait a minute.
00:43:23Just one guy.
00:43:25He'd do nip-ups to get in with us for taking him.
00:43:27Jake Pilotti.
00:43:28Pilotti?
00:43:29Yeah.
00:43:30But how could he?
00:43:31He can't deliver the good.
00:43:32He can.
00:43:33But that ain't stopping him
00:43:34from trying to cut in ahead of us on the dough.
00:43:36Why, that double-crossing.
00:43:38It's been a bad eight hours.
00:43:40We'd better put the works of an old man Blake
00:43:41in a hurry for that dough.
00:43:43But first, we take care of Jake Pilotti
00:43:45so he doesn't spoil our game.
00:43:58Jake always was ambitious.
00:44:00Yeah.
00:44:01He wanted to go places, and he did.
00:44:05Get out your knives, fellas.
00:44:07We're gonna do a little cut-and-paste-up job.
00:44:10I'll call off the letters,
00:44:12and you flip them out of the paper.
00:44:14Well, who orders this?
00:44:15I'm the boss here.
00:44:16I'm the boss.
00:44:17I'm the boss.
00:44:18I'm the boss.
00:44:19I'm the boss.
00:44:20I'm the boss.
00:44:21I'm the boss.
00:44:22I'm the boss.
00:44:23I'm the boss.
00:44:24I'm the boss.
00:44:25I'm the boss.
00:44:26Well, who orders this?
00:44:27Some kind of a game?
00:44:28Yeah.
00:44:29A little game of hide-and-seek
00:44:31with Mr. James J. Blake.
00:44:33All right, let's go.
00:44:36Y.
00:44:38O.
00:44:41U.
00:44:44H.
00:44:46H.
00:44:55You're dealing with the right party now,
00:44:57and we mean business.
00:44:58If you want to get your daughter back alive,
00:45:00bring the cash.
00:45:03Come to the fourth ranch house past Trenton Corners.
00:45:06Don't notify the police,
00:45:07or it'll be just too bad for your daughter.
00:45:10Come alone, and no fast moves.
00:45:12You'll be watched every second.
00:45:14They're desperate men.
00:45:15That's why we must notify the police immediately.
00:45:17But they said not to.
00:45:18My daughter's safety.
00:45:20There's no guarantee you'll get your daughter back
00:45:22once they get their hands on your money.
00:45:23Oh, it seems like a desperate chance.
00:45:28If you value your daughter's safety,
00:45:30you will instruct the police to throw a drag net
00:45:32around the abductor's hideout at once.
00:45:34Hmm.
00:45:44Hmm.
00:46:15I'll take the money.
00:46:16Why?
00:46:17Yes, because if they get their hands on it,
00:46:19your life expectancy can be measured in seconds.
00:46:21But if they get the dummy ransom,
00:46:23you and your daughter are still valuable to them.
00:46:25Yes, but for how long?
00:46:26Sufficient time for me to move in with the police.
00:46:31Now.
00:46:32Good heavens.
00:46:33What was that?
00:46:34What?
00:46:36Let's see what this is.
00:46:41You were warned about giving the nod to the cops.
00:46:43This is your last chance.
00:46:44Go to the phone booth in the drugstore
00:46:46at 6th and Maple at once and wait for a call,
00:46:49and you will get orders where to bring the money.
00:46:52And if you spill to the cops this time,
00:46:54it will be too bad for your daughter.
00:46:56Oh, dear.
00:46:57Our entire strategy must be altered.
00:46:59Yes.
00:47:00And from now on, I'm taking charge of the alterations.
00:47:03But, Mr. Blake.
00:47:04Oh, shut up.
00:47:05I've listened to you and the bumbling police long enough.
00:47:06Now, I'm obeying orders,
00:47:08and I'm going to pay for my daughter's freedom.
00:47:10All right, useless.
00:47:11Go to the corner of 6th and Maple at the drugstore at once,
00:47:14and hurry.
00:47:16But, Mr. Blake.
00:47:25But, Mr. Blake, you're making a grave mistake.
00:47:37Eustace, call this place at Trenton Corners.
00:47:39Tell Captain Murphy and Sergeant Flanagan
00:47:41to come to this drugstore at once.
00:47:43And hurry.
00:47:44Yes, sir.
00:48:10Now.
00:48:12Yes?
00:48:23Okay.
00:48:24Right.
00:48:29I...
00:48:30Well, Mr. Blake.
00:48:31I...
00:48:32I...
00:48:33I...
00:48:34I...
00:48:35I...
00:48:36I...
00:48:37I...
00:48:38Mr. Blake.
00:49:08Mr. Blake.
00:49:35Hiya, Doc.
00:49:36The guards?
00:49:37My usual brand.
00:49:54Has Doc arrived at Mrs. O'Brien's okay, Doc?
00:49:57Yep.
00:49:58Brought three this time.
00:49:59Three?
00:50:01Uh, excuse me, uh...
00:50:03A bald-headed, explosive gentleman named Murphy will inquire from you shortly.
00:50:06Uh, would you give him this with my compliments, please?
00:50:08A bald-headed, filthy...
00:50:14Well, sorry we overlooked you, friend.
00:50:17But the boss would never forgive us if we didn't bring you to his party.
00:50:20Let's go.
00:50:28Professor!
00:50:29Professor!
00:50:31I was just talking to Captain Murphy and he said...
00:50:32Never mind what he says.
00:50:34What's the matter?
00:50:35You're coming to this party, too.
00:50:37What party?
00:50:37I don't want to go to no party!
00:50:39Wait a minute, Doc! What is the matter with you?
00:50:41I don't want to go to no party!
00:50:43I don't want to go to no party!
00:50:44Wait a minute!
00:50:46So good night, Harry. I'll see you later.
00:50:48Good night, Doc.
00:50:51Let's commission her on the phone and tell him our plans have been changed.
00:50:57Wait, where is he?
00:50:59Who?
00:51:00That spook, that flibbergibber, that half-wit!
00:51:03Oh, him.
00:51:04Yeah, he just left with a couple of friends.
00:51:06Said something about going to a party.
00:51:08A party? At a time like this?
00:51:15I had to think that the son of the House of Murphy...
00:51:17...would walk right into the flight paper padded by Ed Fleet.
00:51:20Oh, you must be Murphy.
00:51:22Yes, I'm Murphy.
00:51:23He left this magazine for you.
00:51:25Yeah, it's special.
00:51:35Commissioner Gould's office.
00:51:37Hello, Susan. This is Pat.
00:51:39Oh, how nice.
00:51:41But, honey, this is business.
00:51:43With Miss Blake, I presume.
00:51:46No. Yes, I...
00:51:47No!
00:51:50Look, honey. Get in touch with the commissioner.
00:51:53Tell him there's been a switch in the kidnappers' plans...
00:51:55...and he'll come right away to 6th and Maple.
00:51:57I'll get in touch with the commissioner.
00:51:59I'll get in touch with the commissioner.
00:52:00I'll get in touch with the commissioner.
00:52:02I'll get in touch with the commissioner.
00:52:04Flanagan!
00:52:07And put this in your notebook.
00:52:08Patrick Flanagan loves Susan.
00:52:18He's been here. He's gone.
00:52:20Gone to a party, mind you, and left no word where it was.
00:52:23The nerve of him.
00:52:24And he left me a detective magazine.
00:52:26So I want to be a policeman.
00:52:28Come on. Let's get back to headquarters.
00:52:31Harry. Harry, I've got the wrong man.
00:52:33I've got the wrong bag.
00:52:34Look. Look at all the money.
00:52:36Wait a minute. I take charge of this?
00:52:38The ransom money.
00:52:39We've got to find Blake.
00:52:40That's right.
00:52:41Just a minute, sir.
00:52:43Don't you want your magazine?
00:52:51Why, if I catch that hot code...
00:52:52...I'll give him a magazine right down his throat.
00:52:55Hey.
00:52:56Wait a minute.
00:52:59He must have...
00:53:04Hey, he's not so dumb as that.
00:53:05No.
00:53:07When Commissioner Gould gets here...
00:53:08...tell him to come to this address right away.
00:53:10Yes, sir.
00:53:11But...
00:53:14For the last time, where's the money?
00:53:15I tell you, I don't know.
00:53:17I don't want to go to that party.
00:53:19I don't want to go to no party.
00:53:21He hasn't got the money.
00:53:22You told me you saw him leave the bank with it.
00:53:24Now, where is it?
00:53:25Here's the answer to that.
00:53:27I don't know.
00:53:28I don't know.
00:53:29I don't know.
00:53:30I don't know.
00:53:31I don't know.
00:53:33Oh, yeah?
00:53:58What's this matter got to do with you hounding me?
00:54:00Who has got the money?
00:54:01Well, he...
00:54:02Now, wait a minute, Biff.
00:54:04That he's the only one that could have it.
00:54:06He did?
00:54:07Yeah.
00:54:08He was in the car, too.
00:54:23Well, Art, where is it?
00:54:25I ain't got no money in my pocket.
00:54:26I spent it all at the war bond.
00:54:28You must have ditched it then, Biff.
00:54:30He left the car when those two guys went in the drugstore.
00:54:32Yeah.
00:54:33You'd better sing fast, Canary.
00:54:35I can't sing, mister.
00:54:36My tongue done backed up into my throat.
00:54:43You know?
00:55:00You might have had them making for the great Sawbones.
00:55:19Speaking of Sawbones, how'd you like to get bit by a cat?
00:55:22I'll be damned if I get bit by a cat.
00:55:24I'll be damned.
00:55:25I'll be damned.
00:55:26I'll be damned.
00:55:27I'll be damned.
00:55:27I'll be damned.
00:55:28I'll be damned.
00:55:29I'll be damned.
00:55:32Burn it.
00:55:33Burn it.
00:55:38Oh, wait.
00:55:39Are you going to shut that damn things up?
00:55:41It was just a good old 수목실.
00:55:43He'll buy it soon.
00:55:44He'll buy it.
00:55:45He can buy it now.
00:55:46I'm not sure.
00:55:48Is it buried anywhere?
00:55:49Are you going to make a ride out of it?
00:55:50Well, that's up to you.
00:55:54I've got a way to get away, Biff,
00:55:56and I've got a way to get to get off the ride.
00:55:58I'm going to tell you the truth.
00:56:16Can't you see he's telling the truth?
00:56:19Yes, sir.
00:56:20My head is plump blue.
00:56:22Is it?
00:56:23Yes, sir.
00:56:26Maybe a little pressure might open it up.
00:56:53Hey, what are you doing with that?
00:56:54Just a moment, gentlemen.
00:56:55I have the means of destroying everybody in this room.
00:56:57Oh, give me that bunk.
00:56:58Don't move.
00:56:59I warn you.
00:57:00Take it away from me.
00:57:01The slightest concussion of this formula
00:57:02will blow everybody to bits.
00:57:04Take it away from me.
00:57:06Now, wait a minute, Biff.
00:57:08This stuff he's got might be dangerous.
00:57:10I said take it away from me.
00:57:14I warn you, don't come any closer.
00:57:18I'm warning you.
00:57:26That's what I thought.
00:57:28A phony.
00:57:33This sounds bad enough to destroy even you.
00:57:36Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:57:38It's just a sleeping potion.
00:57:39Oh, that would put me to sleep.
00:57:41I couldn't talk.
00:57:42More bunk.
00:57:43You're going to drink some of your own medicine just the same,
00:57:47unless you tell me where that dough is.
00:57:49Unless you tell me where that dough is.
00:58:19I suppose it was an excellent opportunity
00:58:20to effect the rescue of your daughter.
00:58:22Right.
00:58:41Keep drawing their fire here, Captain.
00:58:43I'll work around to the side.
00:58:50What are you doing?
00:58:51What are you doing?
00:59:19All right, Biff, drop it.
00:59:50Well?
00:59:51Well, I cleaned them all up, sir.
00:59:53Where's Blake and his daughter?
00:59:54Oh, Blake and his daughter.
00:59:55Oh, my.
00:59:57Well, I'm relieved to find you both safe.
00:59:59Well, thank you, Commissioner.
01:00:10Get up to them.
01:00:11I'm done with them.
01:00:12Take them out.
01:00:13Take them on out.
01:00:19Where's Flanagan?
01:00:20Flanagan.
01:00:21Right here, sir.
01:00:22Biff guard's outside.
01:00:23He won't have to stand trial.
01:00:25Well, I guess that pretty well cleans up the last nest of vermin.
01:00:28We have Professor Jones to thank for this, Commissioner.
01:00:30Oh, my.
01:00:31My only object was the vindication of Officer Flanagan.
01:00:33It was really he who made the capture possible.
01:00:35Flanagan, I think I owe you an apology.
01:00:38Perhaps something a little more substantial.
01:00:40See me in my office in the morning.
01:00:42Oh, Sergeant, I don't know how to thank you.
01:00:45Oh, Pat, I've got wonderful news.
01:00:48Susan.
01:00:49Susan, honey, I can explain everything.
01:00:53I was wondering about my appointment to the police force.
01:00:56Don't you think Captain Murphy needs an aid?
01:00:58Well, of course.
01:00:59You see, that all depends.
01:01:00I have some excellent ideas about reorganizing police personnel,
01:01:03such as reshuffling Captain Murphy's department.
01:01:06You see, mismanagement is the cause of...
01:01:12Uh-oh.
01:01:13Here we go again.
01:01:14Murphy!
01:01:17Murphy!
01:01:18Murphy!
01:01:19Murphy!
01:01:20Murphy!
01:01:21Murphy!
01:01:22Murphy!
01:01:23Murphy!
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