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01:09Calling 563, calling 563.
01:12Go to Hotel Royal immediately.
01:15Hotel Royal, woman on the roof attempting suicide.
01:18That's us, let's go.
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04:00It's only a dummy!
04:03He's crazy.
04:04Quiet, I know how to handle these guys.
04:07Hello.
04:09Are you having a good time?
04:10I got to keep doing this till I attract a crowd around this hotel.
04:13Oh, I see.
04:14Well, look.
04:15Let me do it for a while.
04:16I want to have some fun, too.
04:17No, sir.
04:18We got this all figured out.
04:20Oh, you have, huh?
04:22Well, who's weak?
04:23Me and Mr. Buzzy O'Brien.
04:25Buzzy O'Brien, huh?
04:27Well, now, ain't that nice.
04:29Tell me some more about it.
04:30Well, you see, Mr. Buzzy, he got this dummy
04:32from the style show over there in the peacock room.
04:34And he told me to walk up and down there
04:36while he hide under the bed.
04:38Under what bed?
04:39Over there in the robber's room.
04:41What room could that be?
04:42I don't know, sir.
04:43He said he was going to hide over there till the police come.
04:45Then the robbers would try to get the stuff.
04:47Then he'd catch them.
04:48I'll handle this.
04:53Excuse me, Mr. Banning.
04:54I just wanted to make up to you a little.
04:56Come back later.
04:57I'm busy now.
04:58Good boy.
04:59Uh-huh, uh-huh.
05:00Come on.
05:01Come on.
05:02Get out of there.
05:03What's the idea?
05:04The idea is you can't get away with it.
05:06Now?
05:07No.
05:08You stole those boxes.
05:09You're going to pay for them.
05:10Now?
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06:30I'm awfully sorry to inconvenience you guys, but take that gun out of his pocket, and then
06:42take him downtown and book him.
06:43Take him.
06:44Hey, Bud, tell me, what happened?
06:45Well, I was up in the room with these two guys.
06:46There's a little business I want to talk over with you.
06:50Come on.
06:51You can't do that to the President.
06:52Now, gentlemen, if you'll just be seated, we'll get to the bottom of this.
06:57Come on, Budsy.
06:58Let's have it.
06:59Well, the way I see it, Steve, it's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
07:02Why don't you play in Sherlock Holmes and tell us what happened?
07:05Well, I keep a file on all the guys that are wanted by the police.
07:09You know, kind of a personal rogues gallery.
07:12So then I read about the Lincoln Trust robbery, and being a trained observer with a photographic
07:16eye, I spotted Banning hiding behind a beard.
07:19So then I staged a phony suicide, see?
07:21And I figured when Banning and these men heard the police sirens, they'd go for the bonds,
07:24which they did.
07:25Now, in the meantime...
07:26In the meantime, you've turned the city upside down, caused a near-riot, the taxpayers get
07:29stuck for a fake alarm.
07:30Yeah, but...
07:31But nothing.
07:32The last time you played detective, I told you to bring your brain away from the headquarters.
07:35What for, Steve?
07:36Nobody pays any attention to me.
07:38Well, gosh, I told Pflueger, and all he did was laugh at me.
07:41How about that, Pflueger?
07:42The hotel's had a couple of lawsuits already to make a mistakes about guests.
07:46So I...
07:47Did nothing, as usual.
07:48And as for you, you're liable to five different charges for the trouble you caused.
07:52I don't know how the hotel feels about it, but I'd certainly...
07:54The hotel is firing him.
07:55We should have done it long ago, if you ask me.
07:57Now, take it easy.
07:58I didn't mean that.
07:59After all, he did catch those two crooks.
08:01And maybe he got enough of the scare to stop them from playing detective.
08:04Oh, I did, Steve, honest.
08:05When Banning put that gun on my back, I thought sure I was a goner.
08:09Never again, Steve.
08:10Well, if you really mean that...
08:12Oh, I do.
08:13You can stay.
08:14On probation.
08:15Now, report back to your station.
08:17Yes, sir.
08:20Thanks a lot, Steve.
08:21Never mind the thanks.
08:22And if you start gun-shooting around this hotel again,
08:24I won't wait for the manager to fire you.
08:26I'll come right up here and drag you right out by the ears.
08:29You won't have to.
08:30Honest, I'm through.
08:33Now, get back to work.
08:36We'll be heading south from now on, Mr. Colby.
08:38Well, let's hope so.
08:43Thanks for coming through the way you did, Steve.
08:45Forget it, kid.
08:46I mean about my job.
08:47All right, all right, but you're lucky.
08:48What I said in there still goes, you understand?
08:50Oh, sure, I'm through.
08:51Well, you heard me.
08:52Promise, Steve.
08:53Well, let me see you stick to it.
08:54If you don't like hopping bills, try and find yourself another job.
08:56Or quit playing detective.
08:58It'll never get you anyplace.
08:59Look at your old man.
09:00Why don't you get him?
09:01A couple of bullets in the back.
09:02Yeah, but don't you see, Steve?
09:03Oh, all right, Peter.
09:04I got some work to do.
09:06Nice going, Fluter.
09:07Kid turns in a couple of mugs you should have handled
09:09between naps when you tried to get his job.
09:11I forgot you were a friend of the kid's family.
09:13He and his old man were on the force together.
09:15So what?
09:22Will there be anything else, miss?
09:24Could you find out if there's a Mr. Thaddeus Porter
09:26registered at the hotel?
09:28Thaddeus Porter?
09:29Yes.
09:30Yes, ma'am.
09:36Desk, please.
09:40Do we have a Thaddeus Porter registered here?
09:45Yes.
09:46Okay, thank you.
09:48Is he here?
09:49Yes, ma'am.
09:50He's in suite 8B.
09:51That's just down the hall around the corner.
09:52Would you like to have me call him?
09:53No.
09:55No.
09:57Will there be anything else, miss?
09:59No, thank you.
10:00You've been very nice.
10:02Thank you very much.
10:03And if there's any little thing you want,
10:04you know, something special like,
10:05just call on me, will you?
10:06Number seven.
10:07Thanks.
10:08Yes, ma'am.
10:49This isn't some more detecting, is it?
10:51Oh, no, no.
10:52But this Monaghan girl seemed to think
10:54they ought to know something about Mr. Porter.
10:56What is he?
10:57Some kind of a big shot or something?
10:59Well, he registered last evening from Ashport,
11:01took a suite, and rates A1.
11:03Mm-hmm.
11:04Well, thanks very much, Mr. Mays.
11:06Well, how's your friend in 415 getting along?
11:08Oh, he's fine.
11:09He's fine.
11:10He's fine.
11:11He's fine.
11:12He's fine.
11:13He's fine.
11:14He's fine.
11:15He's fine.
11:16He's fine.
11:17How long?
11:19415.
11:21Hey, I got it!
11:22Got what?
11:23Well, she looks just like the fellow that...
11:29Oh, a telegram for Thaddeus Porter.
11:31Just talking about him.
11:33Mr. Mays, do me a favor, will you?
11:35Let me take that telegram up.
11:37OK, but get it to him in a hurry.
11:38Porter's kind of important.
11:39Small-town banker.
11:40You'll probably get a big tip.
11:42What, from a banker?
11:44If I do, I'll split it with you.
11:47OK.
12:15Oh, I'm awfully sorry, sir.
12:16Lumsy idiot.
12:17Why don't you look where you're going?
12:18Yeah, but I was just coming out of my way.
12:46What are you doing hanging around here?
12:53Well, this gentleman here told me to come back at 12.30.
12:56I knocked on the door and don't know about the answer.
12:58Well, maybe he went out and just left his door open.
13:01No, I didn't.
13:02I seen a lady come out there just as I was coming down the hall.
13:17It's Mr. Porter.
13:28He's dead.
13:30Oh, no you don't.
13:33Now, come here.
13:34We found this thing together.
13:35You can't walk out on me.
13:36I'm in enough trouble.
13:37I need a witness.
13:38Oh, Mr. Butler, I don't like no dead folk,
13:40and I don't want to be no witness.
13:41Can I go home now?
13:42Wait a minute.
13:43Look, what's the matter with you?
13:44You have no reason to be scared.
13:45You said you saw a girl leave this room.
13:46What'd she look like?
13:47I don't know what she looked like,
13:48but she had on a striped dress.
13:50A striped dress?
13:51Are you sure?
13:52Yeah, she left out that door in a hurry.
13:53A striped dress.
13:54Which way'd she go?
13:55She went down that way.
13:56Now, Mr. Butler, I'm through.
13:57Can I go now?
13:58I don't belong up here.
13:59I belong down in the basement.
14:00Are you sure she didn't use the service stairway?
14:02Yes, sir, she did.
14:03Well, somebody did.
14:04I saw the door closing as I was coming up the hall.
14:06Now, look, I'm going to search the bedroom.
14:08You stay right here.
14:10Jam.
14:36Well, now what now?
14:37He hasn't picked up anymore.
14:38Money.
14:57I've got to call a desk.
15:04Hello, this is Buzzy O'Brien on suite 8B.
15:06Mr. Porter's just been murdered.
15:09Yes, yes, that's right.
15:12Yeah, Jefferson and I found the body.
15:15All right, hurry, will you please?
15:18Now see, Jefferson, I told you there was nothing to worry about.
15:20They're coming up there right away.
15:23Be right back.
15:25Mr. Buzzy, wait a minute.
15:26Don't leave me here, Mr. Buzzy.
15:27Oh, Mr. Buzzy, please.
15:28Now you know this man is dead.
15:29You ought not to leave me here like this.
15:37Who is it?
15:38It's me, Buzzy O'Brien, number 7.
15:41I've got to have that dress, quick.
15:43What do you mean?
15:44You were seen coming out of Porter's room.
15:45But I wasn't even in here.
15:46Quit stalling.
15:47The janitor saw you.
15:48Now look, he doesn't know what you look like, but he knows that you had a striped dress on.
15:51Now please, hurry up.
15:52Please.
15:53All right.
15:57Look, as soon as you slip into something else, scoot downstairs and wait at the far end of the lobby until you hear from me.
16:01Yeah, but what will I do with the dress?
16:03Hurry up.
16:04Throw it out here to me.
16:05Please, hurry.
16:07Oh, Mr. Buzzy.
16:08Come back here, Mr. Buzzy.
16:09Now that's a shame.
16:10You ought not to...
16:11Oh, Mr. Buzzy.
16:12You ought not to leave me here like this.
16:14Now that's a shame, Mr. Buzzy.
16:15I don't know.
16:17Hand it out to me.
16:18Hurry up.
16:19But why are you getting mixed up in all this?
16:21Well, I don't know.
16:22Because your name's Monaghan or something, I guess.
16:24Come on, hurry.
16:25Please.
16:29Hey, I almost forgot to ask you.
16:31You didn't kill Porter, did you?
16:32No.
16:33I'm not talking.
16:34All right, but please do as I tell you and get down in that lobby.
16:37I gotta ditch this dress.
16:41Mr. Buzzy, you and me have been friends a long time.
16:44Mr. Buzzy, please.
16:46Mr. Buzzy.
16:59Mr. Buzzy, why did you leave me here alone?
17:00Why did you leave me here alone, Mr. Buzzy?
17:02Where is everybody?
17:04I better call a desk again.
17:09Hello, why all the delay?
17:11I can't understand where they are.
17:13Hello, this is suite 8B.
17:15You better get a hold of Steve Lanahan right away.
17:17There's a corpus delicti up here.
17:19Yes, yes, you know, a body.
17:22Of course, this is Buzzy O'Brien.
17:24Hurry up, will you please?
17:25Right.
17:33You shouldn't parade through the lobby, Lanahan, or you'll get the hotel and the newspapers.
17:36Where's the body?
17:37What body?
17:38A man named Porter, Thaddeus Porter.
17:39Well, he's up in 8B, but he's fine.
17:42Say, who told you there was anything wrong?
17:44Buzzy O'Brien.
17:45Hello, Steve, have you seen the herald?
17:47Yeah, that chief showed that to me ten times.
17:49Well, has that O'Brien kid pulled another one?
17:51No, just a routine visit.
17:53Well, in that case, I'll string along.
17:58Scram!
18:01Hey, hey, wait a minute, will you?
18:03That's a fine way to treat the president.
18:05I'll take care of you, big boy.
18:11Buzzy, if you're holding out on me, I'm going to...
18:14But I'm not, Steve, it happened just like I said.
18:16I was walking down the hall.
18:17Jefferson was knocking on the door, and the door opened.
18:19Well, so we walked in, and there was Porter laying on the floor, stabbed.
18:23Here's the knife right here.
18:24Oh, there's the knife, is it?
18:25I tell you...
18:26Well, now wait, don't get excited, Steve.
18:27I picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin.
18:30You picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin?
18:32What are you going to say?
18:33What were you doing up there anyway, O'Brien?
18:34You keep quiet, I'll handle this.
18:37Yeah, what were you doing?
18:38Well, I was delivering a telegram to Porter.
18:40Where is it?
18:41Right here.
18:42Here it is.
18:57I want the name of every woman whose initials are K.M.
19:00that registered in this hotel in the last 24 hours.
19:04Give me the name of every woman registered in the hotel in the last 24 hours
19:08with initials K.M.
19:10That lady I've seen with that striped dress on.
19:12What lady with what striped dress?
19:14The lady that ran out of here just before I got up here.
19:19Do you know anything about this, Buzzy?
19:21Me?
19:22Yeah, Steve, sure, I was going to tell you, but you didn't give me a chance.
19:24Here's the information.
19:25There are three women in the hotel with initials K.M.
19:28Catherine Meadows, registered from Wetlands, 212.
19:31Kate Madison from Chicago and 511.
19:34And Kitty Monaghan from Ashport.
19:36From Ashport?
19:37Yeah, she's right around the corner, 812.
19:39Jenkins, get her over here.
19:40This is a terrible thing.
19:42Mr. Porter was quite important.
19:44Yeah?
19:45Why?
19:46He was Vice President of the Ashport Bank.
19:48Of every fine man, two out of him.
19:49I knew him personally.
19:51That's a big help.
19:52Oh, you again.
19:54You can't do this to the press now.
19:56812 is empty.
19:57Looks like somebody left in a hurry.
19:59Any clothes in there?
20:00Yeah.
20:01Hey, Steve, I got an idea.
20:02I checked her in.
20:03I know what she looks like.
20:04Maybe I can help you find her, huh?
20:06Okay, Buzzy.
20:07But if you double-cross me this time,
20:09there's a nice little gray suit
20:11and a short haircut waiting for you.
20:13Now get out of here!
20:14Okay, Steve, sure.
20:15Me too?
20:16Yeah, but don't leave the hotel.
20:17Okay, go get Mr. Steve.
20:20All right, boys.
20:21Pictures, prints,
20:22and when you get them all finished,
20:23send them right down to me.
20:24Come on, Clover.
20:34Message for you, miss.
20:38Hmm.
20:40Hmm.
21:06Sure, his name is Porter.
21:08Hattie is Porter.
21:09A knife in his back.
21:12Pictures?
21:14Sure.
21:15Send them in right away.
21:17And don't forget the name of the hotel.
21:21You shouldn't push reporters in the face, Fluger.
21:23You'll likely get the hotel on the paper.
21:35Jefferson.
21:36Sir.
21:37Jefferson.
21:50What's this all about?
21:51Mr. Buzzy calls it his private criminal laboratory.
21:55Private criminal laboratory.
22:08Why did Mr. Porter call you to wait, B?
22:11Come on, answer me.
22:12Uh, to pick up a trunk.
22:14Uh, look, Mr. Steve.
22:15I ain't done nothing.
22:16Why do y'all keep on picking on me?
22:18You got me so mixed up,
22:19I don't know what I'm doing.
22:21I know what you'll be doing
22:22if you don't tell me the truth.
22:23You said Buzzy locked you in, huh?
22:25Yes, sir.
22:26Why'd he lock you in?
22:27To be sure that I would stay
22:28until y'all got there.
22:29How long were you in there?
22:30I don't know, sir.
22:31It seemed to me like it was a long time.
22:32Long enough for Buzzy to be doing something.
22:34What was Buzzy doing?
22:35Uh, he was at the phone,
22:36phoning the desk.
22:37He called twice before y'all got up there.
22:39Is that right, Porter?
22:40I don't think so,
22:41but we can check on it.
22:42Relax.
22:47Phew.
22:52Buzzer.
22:55Bess?
22:56Just a moment.
22:58Buzzy, you weren't on the phone.
23:00What's the idea of having personal calls on duty?
23:03Oh, it must be very important.
23:06Hello.
23:07Hello.
23:08Buzzy O'Brien?
23:09Oh, yeah, hello, Mom.
23:12What?
23:14Oh, gee, that's too bad, Mom.
23:17Sure, you bet I will.
23:19All right, dear.
23:23I'm afraid I'll have to go, Mr. Mays.
23:24My mother's very sick.
23:28How many calls did you get from suite 8B
23:30just before you called me?
23:31Only one.
23:32Only one?
23:33I thought so.
23:34Are you sure?
23:35Positive.
23:36Have you seen Buzzy O'Brien?
23:37No, but he just took a call on the desk phone.
23:39Thanks.
23:46Where's Buzzy?
23:47Gone home.
23:48Didn't he just get a phone call?
23:49Yes, from his mother.
23:50She's sick.
23:53Leaving us, Lanahan?
23:54Yeah.
23:55In the meantime,
23:56try not to gum things up, will you?
24:02Come on.
24:23Wait, Buzzy O'Brien,
24:24what are you doing home at this time?
24:26And who is that girl?
24:28Mom, I'm in a terrible jam.
24:29I can't explain now,
24:30but I think Steve Lanahan's on his way up here after me.
24:31Mom, you'll help me, will you?
24:32You won't let me down.
24:33Steve Lanahan, is it?
24:34Well, if there's anything wrong, it's your fault.
24:36No, no, Mom.
24:37It just looks bad.
24:38But I haven't got time to explain to Steve now.
24:39I have to do some more investigative research.
24:41Investigative research, is it?
24:43Now, look here, Buzzy O'Brien.
24:44You tell me what this is all about,
24:46or I'll turn you over to Steve Lanahan.
24:47Later, Mom.
24:48Later.
24:49No, here and now.
24:50And what's the problem?
24:51Who is that girl?
24:53I'll bet that's Steve now.
24:54Mom, you gotta talk to him.
24:55Help me, will you, Mom?
24:56Please help me.
24:57I knew he'd find out
24:58that phone call from the desk was phony.
25:00I'll not budge until I hear all about it.
25:04Mom.
25:05Mom, now please don't let me down.
25:06Talk to him.
25:07When your mom gets rid of me,
25:08he'll put me in jail, Mom.
25:09Jail?
25:10Yeah.
25:11Please, Mom.
25:12Talk to him.
25:13Tell him anything.
25:14You don't want me to go to jail, do you?
25:15Please, Mom.
25:16Talk to him.
25:17Buzzy.
25:18Jail.
25:20Oh.
25:25Oh, hello, Steve.
25:26Hello, Mrs. O'Brien.
25:27Sit down.
25:28I'll get you a nice cup of tea.
25:31I don't want tea.
25:32I want Buzzy.
25:33Buzzy?
25:34Yeah.
25:35Sure, this is a strange place to be looking for him
25:36at this time of day.
25:37Not at the hotel.
25:38Oh.
25:40Detecting again, eh?
25:41Yeah, he's really put his foot in it this time.
25:43Bad?
25:44Murder.
25:45Murder?
25:46Oh, Steve, you don't mean that Buzzy killed somebody?
25:48No, I don't think so.
25:49Only this time it's serious.
25:50Oh.
25:53I thought you were sick.
25:54Sick?
25:57Oh, well, I ain't feeling so good.
26:00Oh, Steve, Buzzy's not a bad boy.
26:02I know, I know.
26:03He's only...
26:04His old man took pretty good care of me
26:06when I was a rookie cop.
26:07That's why I want to protect Buzzy.
26:09But I can't do anything, Mrs. O'Brien,
26:11if he don't stop snooping around.
26:12Well, I'll see that he stops it, Steve.
26:15Well, if you don't, some one of these days,
26:16one of those cheap crooks will be shooting him.
26:18Oh.
26:19But when you hear from him,
26:20you send him back to the hotel.
26:22I'll be waiting for him.
26:25All right, Steve.
26:27Thanks.
26:31Buzzy O'Brien?
26:33Come out of there.
26:42Oh, gee, Mom, you were swell.
26:43Steve didn't even know that I...
26:44Hold your tongue.
26:45Now, what's the matter?
26:46Who is this girl?
26:47Well, she's the girl I've been helping.
26:49Oh, it's the girl you've been helping, eh?
26:51And your poor old mother
26:52telling a lie to Steve Lanahan.
26:54Why, you ought to be...
26:56But her name is Kitty Monaghan.
26:57I don't care about her name.
27:00What did you say her name was?
27:02This is Kitty Monaghan.
27:03This is my mother.
27:04Kitty Monaghan.
27:06Why, you poor darling, you.
27:09Come right over here and sit down now.
27:11There you are.
27:12Now take your hat off.
27:14Sure you must be in trouble.
27:16You're bound to be if you're with Buzzy.
27:18She's the one Steve's really after.
27:20He thinks she did it.
27:21The murder?
27:22With a name like Monaghan?
27:25Well, then she must have had some good reason.
27:27But I didn't do it.
27:28Yeah, we know that.
27:29But you'll have to admit
27:30you've got a lot of explaining to do.
27:31Of course.
27:32It'll be a relief to talk.
27:33There, there.
27:34Now take your time.
27:35Buzzy, you go bring in the tea.
27:37Bring in the tea?
27:38Mom, I've got to continue my investigation.
27:40You handle the tea
27:41and I'll handle the investigation.
27:43Oh, get a case all built up
27:45and I have to go have the tea.
27:47Now let's have it.
27:49My brother Jim worked in Mr. Porter's bank.
27:52Jim's books were $100,000 short.
27:55What in the world did he do with all that money?
27:58It wasn't money.
27:59It was bonds.
28:00And he didn't take it.
28:01He just must have lost his head and run away.
28:05That's why I came to see Mr. Porter.
28:07He always liked Jim.
28:09I thought maybe he could help me find him
28:11and straighten things out.
28:16What happened when you were in Porter's room?
28:19Well, Mr. Porter let me in.
28:22But before I had a chance to talk to him
28:24there was a knock at the door.
28:25So he pushed me into the bedroom
28:27and shut the connecting door.
28:29Did you see who came into the room?
28:31No.
28:32No, but I listened at the door.
28:34There were two men, I think.
28:35I could hear their voices, but I...
28:37I couldn't hear what they said
28:38even when they began arguing.
28:39Oh, they argued, eh?
28:41Well, did either of the voices
28:42sound like anyone you know?
28:44No.
28:45They just went on arguing.
28:46And then...
28:48And then I heard a groan and a thumping sound.
28:51And right after that the door slammed.
28:53Look.
28:55Could one of these fellas have been your brother?
28:56No, I'd know his voice.
28:59You know something about Jim?
29:01Where is he?
29:02He's registered at the Royal.
29:04But he's under the name of Elliot.
29:06Room 415.
29:07Elliot?
29:08Are you sure?
29:09Well, he looks enough like you to be your brother.
29:11And he's got a blue cigarette case with JM on it.
29:14Why should he go to the same hotel as Mr. Porter
29:16and not use his own name?
29:17There, there, now.
29:18That's enough of that.
29:19I'll look after Kitty.
29:20Now you run along, Buzzy, and find Steve
29:22and tell him I sent you.
29:23I'd better go, too.
29:24No, you stay right here and rest.
29:26Come along now, Buzzy.
29:27Go on.
29:28Thanks, Mom.
29:29I knew you'd come through for me.
29:31Goodbye, dear.
29:32And remember that Steve's waiting for you.
29:34Come along now, darling.
29:35Sit down.
29:36We'll have our tea in peace.
29:40Find anything yet, Mike?
29:41No, nothing here.
29:42Vanahan.
29:49Is that the dress you wore?
29:51Come on, come on.
29:52You said you saw a girl in a striped dress
29:54come in out of Porter's room?
29:55Yes, I did.
29:56Well, is that the dress you wore?
29:58Yes, of course it is.
29:59Buzzy and the girl ditched it in the linen chute.
30:01I thought I'd find it there.
30:02Stumbled on it, you mean.
30:03All right, stumbled on it.
30:04Just like you better stumble on Buzzy and that girl.
30:06Don't worry.
30:07I'll have them.
30:08You hope.
30:09Did you see anybody else?
30:11No, sir.
30:12I didn't.
30:13What do you mean you didn't?
30:14Now look here, Jefferson, old boy.
30:16This dress kind of proves your story.
30:18Though anybody could have put it in the linen chute.
30:20But you're not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
30:22You were with Buzzy when the body was found.
30:24And if you don't tell me everything you know,
30:26I'm going to tear you limb from limb.
30:28Don't do that, Mr. Steve.
30:29I'm on your side.
30:30All right, then.
30:31Let's have it.
30:32Mr. Buzzy said that he saw the service door close
30:35when he was coming down the hall.
30:37Service door, huh?
30:40There you are, Mike.
30:41I'll get Jenkins.
30:42We'll check on that service door.
30:48Where are you going?
30:49I got to catch Mr. Steve.
30:50I forgot something.
30:51Yeah?
30:52I forgot to tell him about the claim check
30:53that Mr. Buzzy found.
30:54What?
30:55Mr. Buzzy bumped into a man at the elevator
30:57and bled his nose.
30:58That's the man that dropped that claim check.
31:00What's that got to do with it?
31:02I don't know, sir.
31:03Only Mr. Steve told me to tell everything I know.
31:05And I don't want him backtracking on me
31:07and found out that I missed something.
31:09Well, have you told everything?
31:10Everything except the claim check.
31:12OK, I'll take care of that.
31:13Oh, me.
31:43Could be.
32:05I'll follow it.
32:07Give the girls room another look.
32:09Give it the works.
32:14I wonder, did I forget anything?
32:17Dresses.
32:18Telephone calls.
32:19Claim checks.
32:20Man on the elevator.
32:22Service door.
32:25Mr. Buzzy searching that dead man's room.
32:27Mm-mm.
32:28Mr. Buzzy, what is you being?
32:30Have you seen Lanahan?
32:31Seen him?
32:32I can't lose him.
32:33Where is he now?
32:34He went up to check on that service door.
32:36But he'll be back.
32:37He'll be back.
32:38He'll be back.
32:39He'll be back.
32:40He'll be back.
32:41He'll be back.
32:42Well, he'll be back.
32:43I told him about that claim check.
32:45And they found that dress.
32:47Kitties?
32:48The woman that I saw coming out of that room.
32:50And Mr. Steele would be very happy to see you.
32:52Yeah, I want to talk to him, too.
32:53But first, I got to see the fellow in 415.
32:54Oh, what you going to see him for?
32:55What has he got to do with it?
32:56He's the girl's brother.
32:57If I'm right, this is one of the biggest frame-ups ever engineered.
33:00What you going to do about the monkeys your mom gave you?
33:02Oh, Jefferson, what do you have to bring that up for now?
33:05Can't you see I'm just one step from finding out who the murderer is?
33:08Yeah, and you got your other foot on the banana peel.
33:11Hmm.
33:42Any luck?
33:44Whoever did it could have beat it down that service stairway all right.
33:47But I still think Buzzy's trying to protect that girl.
33:50He's the only one that saw the door closing, and we know she's mixed up in it.
33:53Pfluger found the dress.
33:58How did you miss it?
34:00Oh, I don't know, Steve.
34:02I guess he knows more about hotels than I do.
34:05I guess he knows more about hotels than I do.
34:35Pfft.
34:55The clean check guy.
35:06It's gone.
35:28Mr. Elliott! Mr. Elliott!
35:35Mr. Elliott!
35:45Come on!
35:46Take a look, buddy.
35:48What's the idea?
35:49Well, you almost drowned.
35:51Looks like somebody tried to put you out of the way.
35:53That's too bad they missed.
35:55Here.
35:56Put this around you.
35:57Come on.
35:58I want to have a talk with you.
36:06Now, come here.
36:10Look.
36:11Look, do me a favor.
36:12Yeah, sure, sure, Buzzy.
36:14Anything for a pal.
36:15Your real name is Monaghan, isn't it?
36:17Jim Monaghan?
36:18Of course it is.
36:19Don't you like it?
36:20Sure, I like it.
36:21I think it's swell.
36:22But tell me, what'd you change it to Elliott for?
36:24Take it easy.
36:25That's a secret.
36:26Mr. Porter told me to.
36:27Oh, Mr. Porter told you, huh?
36:28Why, Jim?
36:29Why?
36:30Well, books got all mixed up.
36:32He told me to run away while...
36:34while he investigated.
36:36Well, did you know that Porter was coming to this hotel?
36:38Porter's an ash pot.
36:39Yeah, that's what you think.
36:40Jim!
36:41What are you doing here?
36:42Are you crazy?
36:43You want to be arrested?
36:44Lanaghan's looking all over the hotel for you.
36:46I don't care.
36:47I had to take care of my brother.
36:48How'd you get away from Mom?
36:49I climbed out the bedroom window.
36:50Jim!
36:51Jim, what's happened to you?
36:52Well, somebody give him some knockout drops
36:53and put him in the bath tub.
36:54They tried to drown him.
36:56Look.
36:57Now, please, don't faint or anything.
36:59But there's a dead guy laying back there.
37:01Dead?
37:16Jim.
37:17Did you know him?
37:19Yeah.
37:21I've been drinking with him all afternoon.
37:24Then what happened?
37:25I don't know.
37:26I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew,
37:28you were pulling me out of the bathtub.
37:30Buzzy, they'll never believe it.
37:31You're darn right we won't believe them.
37:33You and your brother are under arrest.
37:35Pfluger, don't be a fool.
37:36Buzzy, stay out of this.
37:37My brother didn't kill that man.
37:38Somebody tried to kill him.
37:39He was nearly drowned.
37:40That's enough.
37:41You've got plenty of explaining to do yourself.
37:43Unless I'm mistaken, you're the girl that was seen coming
37:45out of Porter's room three seconds after he was murdered.
37:47Don't be a chump, Pfluger.
37:48Look down there.
37:52Ah, looks like we all thought of the same thing.
37:54What are you doing here, Pfluger?
37:56Who's he?
37:57I don't know.
37:58He's the Monaghan girl and her brother.
38:00Maybe they know.
38:01Jim didn't have anything to do with it.
38:02They don't know anything.
38:03Quiet.
38:04Look, Steve, I got it all figured out.
38:05It's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
38:07Now, wait a minute, Buzzy.
38:08I gave you every chance in the world.
38:10You knew I wanted to see you, yet you came sneaking back here
38:12without reporting to me.
38:13Yeah, but Steve, I had to.
38:14I'm supposed to warn you that whatever you say
38:16can be used against you.
38:17Now, go ahead.
38:18Please, it was all my fault.
38:19Same thing goes for you, too.
38:20Look, Steve, Jefferson told you about the claim check
38:22I had from the Union Bank.
38:23He said it was a fraud.
38:24Jefferson told you about the claim check
38:25I had from the Union Station?
38:26Well, this is the guy that dropped it.
38:28I came back here, and when I came through the door,
38:30well, somebody hit me on the head.
38:32When I came to, the claim check was gone.
38:35Is that all?
38:36Yeah, Steve, honest.
38:37That's all.
38:38Come on.
38:39Hey, wait a minute, Steve.
38:40You can't do that to me.
38:41All right, buddy.
38:42Get your clothes on.
38:43How do you like that?
38:45You better get the coroner down here,
38:46and then tell Jenkins I'll meet him at headquarters.
38:49I never thought Steve Langerhan would do a thing like this
38:51to me.
38:52He's making a jailbird out of me.
38:54You know, do you know, Kitty, that when he said
38:56you were under arrest, I almost fainted.
38:59I didn't know what to do.
39:00I just stood there.
39:02Hey, Mike, take her.
39:16Where's Steve?
39:17He said he'd meet you at headquarters.
39:18What happened?
39:19Well, the Monaghan girl pulled a feint,
39:20and Buzzy disappeared.
39:21Where are the Monaghans?
39:22Mike's got them.
39:45Did you see Buzzy?
39:46Yes, sir.
39:47He was here right after Mr. Steve left.
39:48I told him.
39:49No, no, I mean the last few minutes.
39:50He just got away from you on the fourth floor.
39:52No, sir, I ain't seen him.
39:53Well, why didn't you say so?
39:55I ain't seen him, and I ain't going to see him.
40:00Hey, Jefferson.
40:03Jefferson.
40:05It's me, Buzzy.
40:07Here I am, over here.
40:11Jefferson.
40:16Good gracious, Mr. Buzzy.
40:17Why do you do this to me?
40:18Big business.
40:19Got your pass key?
40:20What about the monkeys?
40:21Never mind the monkeys.
40:22I got to get in the room.
40:23You keep this up, we'll both be in the room with Buzzy.
40:25Come on.
40:50Give me the key.
40:51Oh, Mr. Buzzy, you are so smart.
40:53I know you can do this much better without me.
40:55I'll see you.
40:56No, you don't.
40:57Come here.
41:19Now, look.
41:20This is the way I've got it figured out.
41:22Porter steals $100,000 from Elliot.
41:24Makes him register in this hotel under an assumed name
41:26so he can keep his eye on the bonds.
41:29Bonds.
41:30Does that mean anything to you, Jefferson?
41:31Yes, sir, it sure do.
41:33That's just what we're going to need to get us out of jail,
41:35if you is wrong.
41:36But I can't be wrong.
41:38Do you remember those crooks we caught?
41:39You know, when you had the dummy up on the roof?
41:41Yes.
41:42Somebody in this hotel is a go-between for the hot bond racket.
41:45And we're going to find the evidence right here in this room.
41:47Now, look, you get to work in the bathroom.
41:48Search it.
41:49Tear it apart if you have to.
41:50Do you really mean tear it apart?
41:52Yes, go on.
41:53Okey dokey, Mr. Butler.
41:54I'll tear it apart.
41:55But my heart ain't in it.
41:56No, sir.
41:57My heart sure ain't in it.
41:59Jefferson, look in the medicine cabinet.
42:01Look in the clothes hamper.
42:02Yeah, look down the drain, too.
42:03Look every place.
42:04Oh, my goodness.
42:05Here we go again.
42:06Look at it all.
42:07Boy, ain't that something?
42:09I've never heard of such before.
42:11Now, I've got to go all over this place here.
42:19Ain't nothing in here but soap and towels and things like that.
42:23That's a shame.
42:24You ought nothing to get.
42:25Hey, Mr. Butler.
42:27Let's get out of here.
42:28Not until I'm finished.
42:29Oh, Mr. Butler, this ain't no place for me.
42:32I'm a family man.
42:49Let's go.
43:10Jefferson.
43:12I got it.
43:13Come on.
43:14Hold the phone.
43:16Get in there.
43:24Kruger, am I glad to see you.
43:26It looks like somebody broke in your room.
43:28I tried to catch him, but I got here too late.
43:31You know, I thought you might be next on the murder list, so...
43:34Well, I hurried down here so I could help you.
43:37Quit stalling. Where is it?
43:40Where's what?
43:41Never mind the baby stair.
43:43The briefcase. Come on, where is it?
43:47Under the bed.
44:04I see you're a very smart boy.
44:08A little too smart for your own good.
44:17West, 632.
44:21Joe, how soon can you be at the back entrance?
44:25Yeah, a little change in plans.
44:29Fifteen minutes?
44:30Right.
44:34All right, wise guy. Sit down.
44:42That means you've got fourteen minutes.
44:44How does it feel?
44:47Not so good.
44:49You thought you were pretty smart when you sent Jefferson and that dummy up on the roof...
44:53...and brought the cops in on the boys.
44:55Yeah, yeah, I did. I thought that was a pretty good idea, didn't you?
45:00I sure wish Jefferson was up on that roof right now.
45:05I could use a few cops.
45:07They wouldn't do you any good.
45:09Good old Jeff.
45:11Good old Jeff.
45:12If he could only hear me.
45:14You know where he'd be? He'd climb right out there on that ledge and...
45:17...well, he'd take his handkerchief and he'd flag those cops right up there.
45:20That's what he'd do.
45:22Go on, sing.
45:24In another ten minutes you'll be through.
45:27And I'll be on my way with the bonds.
45:29Good old Jeff.
45:33You're not fooling me for a minute, Pflugger.
45:35You've been using this hotel as a clearinghouse for your hot bonds, haven't you?
45:39This time you've been letting your crooks hide out here, too.
45:41But you've been getting your cut.
45:43But this time you just decided you wanted to take it all.
45:59So then you killed that porter guy...
46:01...and tried to blame it on the poor Monaghan girl.
46:03You're doing all right.
46:05But talk fast. You've only got four minutes.
46:10Then you killed the claim-check guy.
46:12You hit me on the head and you tried to drown Elliot.
46:14But you made one mistake, Pflugger. Just one.
46:32What's all the excitement? What's the trouble?
46:35Get back!
47:06Look out!
47:11It was a very simple case of elemental deduction.
47:14When you walked into Elliot's room, you said to Kitty...
47:16...you and your brother are under arrest.
47:18Well, if you weren't in on this whole rotten mess...
47:20...how did you know that he was her brother?
47:30Come on! Get back! Get back!
47:35Get back!
47:50All right, Pflugger, get up.
47:55Steve! Steve, look! I got the bonds!
47:58Oh, you did, did you?
48:00When are you going to stop playing with your chin?
48:02You got yourself a little acquiring jam this time.
48:04I'm sure glad you got here, Steve.
48:05You're lucky.
48:06Pflugger, Buzzy and I had the same idea...
48:08...and I followed through on that claim-check.
48:10Where you made your big mistake was in picking up this briefcase yourself.
48:13Well, is the party over?
48:14It is for you.
48:16Put the bracelets on, Jenkins.
48:17What's his name, Steve?
48:18Pflugger.
48:19No, no, I mean the guy that's going to commit suicide out on the ledge.
48:22Jefferson!
48:29What are you doing out there, Jefferson?
48:31Oh, Mr. Steve, I'm so glad you're here.
48:33Come on in here.
48:35Yeah.
48:42Oh, thanks, Jefferson. You saved my life.
48:44You two guys think you're heroes, don't you?
48:46Well, you're not as far as I'm concerned.
48:47Well, no, we don't. Only we have...
48:48This has got to break.
48:49Now, this is the last time I'm warning you.
48:51Quit playing detective!
48:53All right, Steve.
48:54Now, that goes for you, too, Jefferson.
48:56Yes, sir.
48:57And remember, Jefferson, stay downstairs.
49:00And stay away from Buzzy.
49:01Yes, sir.
49:02All right, then.
49:03Everybody back to work.
49:10I'll follow you down to my car.
49:11Right.
49:12Thanks for everything, Mr. Lanahan.
49:14Forget it.
49:17Let's rehearse that big scene in the second act.
49:20You know, the one where I kill you.
49:23We'll start with the...
49:26You know, Harold...
49:33You know, Harold, it's you I love.
49:35From now on, I see nothing, speak nothing, and hear nothing.
49:38Woman!
49:39Your time has come.
49:41For years, I wanted to take that lily-white trope in my hands, and now...
49:45Oh, don't! Stop! You're killing me!
49:47Ouch!
49:50Give me your bag.
49:51Mr. Buzzy, now, don't forget the monkeys.
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