Behind the Mask follows federal agent Jack Hart (played by Jack Holt), who goes undercover as a convict named Quinn to infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring. The operation is led by a mysterious figure known only as Mr. X. To earn their trust, Jack stages a prison escape and joins the gang’s inner circle.
The gang uses a fake hospital as a front, where victims are murdered during bogus surgeries. The drugs are hidden inside coffins and buried in a cemetery, using funerals as a cover for their trafficking operation.
The gang uses a fake hospital as a front, where victims are murdered during bogus surgeries. The drugs are hidden inside coffins and buried in a cemetery, using funerals as a cover for their trafficking operation.
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00:01:30I'm making a break today.
00:01:32It's all set.
00:01:33You're crazy.
00:01:35When I leave here, I walk out the front door,
00:01:38shake the warden's hands and promise to go and sin no more.
00:01:42When's all this gonna happen?
00:01:44When I'm sprung. Any day now.
00:01:46Who's gonna spring you?
00:01:48The guy I'm lined up with.
00:01:51Who is he?
00:01:53Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you.
00:01:55And I don't know.
00:01:57None of us know.
00:01:59Not till we try to cross him.
00:02:01Then we find out, but it's too late.
00:02:04You expect me to fall for that bedtime story?
00:02:08I ain't waiting to be sprung by a guy that don't exist.
00:02:14If I don't make the owner a house tonight...
00:02:16Yeah, you'll make a slab in the prison morgue tomorrow.
00:02:19Well, one or the other.
00:02:29Let's go.
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00:03:16Hey, you. Where's Quinn?
00:03:18Quinn? Quinn?
00:03:20Now, where is Quinn?
00:03:22He's in the cell.
00:03:24He's in the cell?
00:03:26Quinn? Quinn?
00:03:28Now, where have I heard that name before?
00:03:57No.
00:03:59No, you... You mustn't ask me.
00:04:05I've taken it up with the chief, Arnold.
00:04:07And if you play ball with us, I'll guarantee immunity.
00:04:10No. It's impossible.
00:04:12I can't do it.
00:04:14I'm not kidding. I'll put it in writing.
00:04:17I've told you before, Burke, not to call me here again.
00:04:20Man, you know just what I mean.
00:04:22It's only a question of time.
00:04:24You know that as well as I do.
00:04:26And when the Secret Service grabs that dope mob,
00:04:29you want to be on the outside looking in, don't you?
00:04:31I can't. I can't tell you anything.
00:04:34It's out of the...
00:04:41Just a minute.
00:04:55Edwards, if you prefer it,
00:04:58I'll make stenographic notes of my phone conversations in the future.
00:05:03It'll save you the trouble of listening in.
00:05:05That won't be necessary.
00:05:08I do as I'm told.
00:05:10I'm sick of your spying.
00:05:12I won't have it.
00:05:14You know where my orders come from.
00:05:17I don't care.
00:05:20Julie.
00:05:22Father, what is it?
00:05:24Sneaking old witch.
00:05:26I'd like to strangle her.
00:05:28She can't get away.
00:05:30I'll tell you what.
00:05:32I'll tell you what.
00:05:34Come.
00:05:36Come.
00:05:38You do this.
00:05:40You do this.
00:05:42I've had enough of your lies.
00:05:44You do this.
00:05:46I've had enough.
00:05:48Well, how long are you going to put up with it?
00:05:50Why don't we leave here?
00:05:52I'd give everything I owned if I could.
00:05:54Then why don't you?
00:05:56You mustn't ask me that.
00:05:58Well, how long is it to go on?
00:06:00All this watching and spying ever since we've been here.
00:06:03Who are those people who come here?
00:06:05Why do you keep me in the dark?
00:06:07I'm in a trap, Julie.
00:06:09He'd...
00:06:11He'd stop at nothing.
00:06:13He?
00:06:15Who?
00:06:17That's the awful part of it.
00:06:20I don't know.
00:06:48Edward's reporting.
00:06:51A man named Burke called up tonight.
00:06:55Couldn't make out just what it was,
00:06:58but it sounds like some sort of a deal
00:07:01between him and Arnold.
00:07:04Can't figure out just who this Burke is.
00:07:09Suggest change of plans.
00:07:13Who this Burke is.
00:07:16Suggest checking up.
00:07:20That's all.
00:07:44That you, Bowman?
00:07:46Yes.
00:07:48Come in here.
00:07:57What?
00:07:59No umbrella?
00:08:01Achoo!
00:08:03What's the matter there?
00:08:05Did you forget your rubbers?
00:08:07Achoo!
00:08:09Let's get him outside.
00:08:12Fire, is it?
00:08:14I'll say it is.
00:08:19Well, sweetheart, have I changed much?
00:08:22No, darling.
00:08:24You're just as pretty as ever.
00:08:27Give me a cigarette.
00:08:34Mind a little jail break, get it in the paper?
00:08:38Take a flash of that.
00:08:40Right alongside a pretty George.
00:08:44Say, that's great, huh?
00:08:46That makes it official.
00:08:49Have you spotted the house yet?
00:08:51Right up the hill away.
00:08:56I'll be back in a minute.
00:08:58I'll be back in a minute.
00:09:00I'll be back in a minute.
00:09:02I'll be back in a minute.
00:09:04I'll be back in a minute.
00:09:06I'll be back in a minute.
00:09:19Well, let's get going.
00:09:20All right.
00:09:27There's the house.
00:09:29We're on narcotics, kid.
00:09:32Maybe they'd appreciate a little shot in the arm.
00:09:35Are you nuts?
00:09:36Give me that gun.
00:09:37Have you got another?
00:09:38Yes.
00:09:39Now listen.
00:09:40After I beat it, you keep on firing.
00:09:42All right.
00:09:44What do you got there?
00:09:46Nothing.
00:09:47Potato?
00:09:48No.
00:09:49I don't like potatoes.
00:09:50Butter?
00:09:51No.
00:09:52I don't like potatoes.
00:09:53Now here, put your tripod back on.
00:09:55And hurry with the gun.
00:09:58I can't.
00:09:59I gave you the gun.
00:10:00But I can't just nab the hostage.
00:10:03Come on.
00:10:04You're a good dog, kid.
00:10:05You're a tough dog.
00:10:06You understand?
00:10:07You're a tough dog.
00:10:08I don't know how.
00:10:09You're a tough dog.
00:10:10I can't.
00:10:11I don't know how.
00:10:42I beg your pardon.
00:10:44Beastly weather we're having.
00:10:46Sorry that I had to break in on you this way.
00:10:49I wouldn't do that.
00:10:52If you raise a rumpus, then it's all up with me.
00:10:56Then would you be good enough to put down that gun?
00:10:59I'm sorry.
00:11:06Oh, you're hurt.
00:11:12Here, can you stand up?
00:11:14I think so.
00:11:16Well, lean on me if you have to.
00:11:18Take it easy now.
00:11:19We'll get that fixed in a minute.
00:11:31You know, the next time I get shot,
00:11:33I'm coming right to you.
00:11:34It's a pleasure.
00:11:37Oh, I'd do the same for any animal that was injured.
00:11:41Ouch.
00:11:42Did I hurt you?
00:11:43Not the arm.
00:11:45What you said.
00:11:46Oh.
00:11:48There, that'll do.
00:11:49Thanks.
00:11:50Now you've got to go.
00:12:00You wait in there.
00:12:01Shut that door.
00:12:06Who is it?
00:12:07Edward.
00:12:11What happened?
00:12:12Who came in?
00:12:13Nobody.
00:12:14I heard voices.
00:12:15Well, I had the radio to...
00:12:33There's somebody in this room who doesn't belong here.
00:12:35He must have come in through that door.
00:12:37She knows about it.
00:12:38Is this true, Julie?
00:12:40Why...
00:12:44Stay where you are.
00:12:45I'm aiming right at your heart.
00:12:48You'll have to aim higher, brother.
00:12:50Because right now, my heart's in my mouth.
00:12:52What are you doing in my house?
00:12:55I think it might be a good idea to ask the ladies
00:12:57to leave us for a moment.
00:12:59It might be a better idea to call the police.
00:13:02No, you don't want any cops snooping around here
00:13:04if you can help it.
00:13:05What makes you think so?
00:13:07Just a hunch.
00:13:09Mr. Arnold.
00:13:11How do you know my name?
00:13:12I was told to come here.
00:13:14Who told you?
00:13:16A man by the name of Henderson.
00:13:19Do you know him?
00:13:22Well...
00:13:24Perhaps you'd better step into my room.
00:13:40Miss Spring, 8142.
00:13:45Wait a minute.
00:13:48Hawk speaking.
00:13:50Yes.
00:13:52Yes.
00:13:53Fine.
00:13:55No, you don't have to hang around.
00:13:57Come back to the office.
00:13:58Who's that?
00:14:00That's Gorman.
00:14:01Hart's in.
00:14:02The Arnold place?
00:14:03Great.
00:14:05With him on the inside and me on the outside,
00:14:06maybe we'll get somewhere.
00:14:08We've got to get somewhere.
00:14:10Quirk, how long have you been working on this drug case?
00:14:13It's been a long while, I know.
00:14:14I don't like to call my shots, Chief,
00:14:16but the trail is getting warm at last.
00:14:19I think that maybe in a couple of weeks...
00:14:21You'll have this, Mr. X?
00:14:22Well, I don't know whether I'll have him or not,
00:14:24but I'll know who he is at least.
00:14:26This is something I've got to check up.
00:14:28It sounds wild and fantastic,
00:14:30but if it clicks, we've got our man.
00:14:32I have a tip that Henderson will be sprung next week.
00:14:35Really?
00:14:36Yeah.
00:14:38That's great.
00:14:39I think you'd better have one of the boys keep an eye on him.
00:14:41I'll be on his tail right from the prison gates.
00:14:43Good night, Chief.
00:14:44Good night.
00:15:06No!
00:15:24Just a moment, please.
00:15:25That's all right, baby. The doc expects me.
00:15:27But I must announce you...
00:15:35How is the old throat specialist?
00:15:47It will be a pleasure, Henderson, to work on your throat some day.
00:15:52Oh, thank you, Doctor.
00:15:55My friend, how did you enjoy your stay in prison?
00:15:59Say, I'm glad you brought that up.
00:16:02I'm going to make it my business to find out just why the boss let me do that rap.
00:16:06He not only let you do it, he arranged it.
00:16:09You mean he framed me?
00:16:11He arranged it.
00:16:13And he will arrange other things if you are not careful.
00:16:18I happen to know that he is displeased with you.
00:16:21What for?
00:16:23You are too curious.
00:16:25You ask too many questions.
00:16:28Oh, if you've worked for a man for five years, you naturally want to know who he is.
00:16:31I have worked for him longer than that.
00:16:36And let me suggest, my friend,
00:16:39if you should somehow find out who he is...
00:16:42Yeah?
00:16:43I warn you as your physician,
00:16:46it will not be so good for your health.
00:16:51Have you seen Arnold?
00:16:52Why, no, I... No.
00:16:54I came straight here from the station.
00:16:56Hmm.
00:16:58He has not been well lately.
00:17:01He is quite sick.
00:17:04That is why you are taking over his work.
00:17:07You will explain that when you see him.
00:17:10You'd better go up to Arnold's office now.
00:17:13Yes.
00:17:26Your age, please?
00:17:28Forty.
00:17:37Doc! Doc!
00:17:40What's wrong?
00:17:41Someone in the office.
00:17:43He's probably a piece of...
00:17:44Ah, well, if he is, he's come a long way to see you.
00:17:47All the way from Sing Sing.
00:17:49He was on the train with me.
00:17:57The doctor will see you now.
00:18:01Oh, uh, have this prescription filled.
00:18:05I'm sure it will fix you.
00:18:07Thank you, doctor.
00:18:09Have a seat.
00:18:11I would like to see you again on, say, Friday.
00:18:13Why, yes, doctor, yes.
00:18:15Perhaps we'd better go.
00:18:17Thank you, doctor.
00:18:19I would like to see you again on, say, Friday.
00:18:21Why, yes, doctor, yes.
00:18:23Perhaps we'd better go.
00:18:26Perhaps we'd better make the appointment now.
00:18:28Yes, doc.
00:18:30Will you excuse me a moment?
00:18:32Well?
00:18:56Well?
00:18:58You wait in the darkroom.
00:19:26Friday at 2 o'clock.
00:19:40Now then, what seems to be the trouble?
00:19:42Well, I'm not sure, doctor,
00:19:44whether it's my stomach or my liver,
00:19:46but I feel nervous and run down.
00:19:48Hmm.
00:19:51Hmm.
00:19:53You seem excited and strong.
00:19:55Oh, uh,
00:19:57would you mind stepping in here for a moment, please?
00:20:07You are 40 years old, I see.
00:20:09The prime of life.
00:20:11It may not be at its best at 40,
00:20:13that is, if you take good care of yourself.
00:20:15Well, doctor,
00:20:17that is, if you take good care of yourself.
00:20:19But what happens?
00:20:21We get careless,
00:20:23we relax,
00:20:25and we are gone.
00:20:33What's that?
00:20:35Why, why, but you are nervous.
00:20:37It's a fortunate thing
00:20:39you came to see me.
00:20:41Why, what's the matter?
00:20:43I'm afraid you're in very bad shape.
00:20:45Probably you take your work too seriously.
00:20:47By the way,
00:20:49what is your occupation?
00:20:51Why, I...
00:20:53I do outside work.
00:20:55Hmm.
00:20:57Perhaps you need a rest, a change of climate.
00:20:59We will make a more thorough examination,
00:21:01say, tomorrow morning at 11.
00:21:03All right, doctor.
00:21:05Tomorrow morning at 11.
00:21:11Good day, doctor.
00:21:13Good day, doctor.
00:21:25Henderson.
00:21:31I have just made an appointment with that gentleman
00:21:33for tomorrow morning.
00:21:35Yeah?
00:21:37Make sure that he doesn't keep it.
00:21:39You understand?
00:21:41Sure.
00:22:11Spring, 8142.
00:22:19Hello, chief.
00:22:21This is Burke.
00:22:23I just called you up to tell you that I'm hot on the trail.
00:22:25I can't tell you over the phone,
00:22:27but I think I've got the goods.
00:22:29Fine.
00:22:31Fine, Burke.
00:22:33Splendid.
00:22:35I'll be up at the office at 4 o'clock.
00:22:37Hold everything.
00:22:39All right.
00:22:41I'll expect you at 4. Sharp.
00:22:57I'm sorry, gentlemen.
00:22:59Burke should have been here half an hour ago.
00:23:01What do you suppose can be delayed?
00:23:03I can't imagine.
00:23:05But whatever it is, I'm sure it'll be worth your while to wait.
00:23:07It's of great importance to tell us.
00:23:09I hope so.
00:23:11Gentlemen, I want you to know that this department
00:23:13appreciates the cooperation of your committee.
00:23:17With your help, I'm sure we'll break up this drug ring.
00:23:19That's what we've organized for, captain.
00:23:23Last week, Dr. Muscle, as chairman of this committee,
00:23:25you offered a reward of $25,000
00:23:27for the capture of the leader of that gang.
00:23:29Wouldn't surprise me
00:23:31if you had to pay that reward before the week is out.
00:23:33It would be a pleasure, I assure you, captain.
00:23:35The reason we haven't gotten anywhere
00:23:37is because we've been working in the dark.
00:23:39We know the kind of man we're after.
00:23:41Powerful.
00:23:43Cunning.
00:23:45Ruthless.
00:23:47It isn't easy to attack a shadow.
00:23:49A phantom.
00:23:53Three of our men have been killed trying.
00:23:55Why, up to now,
00:23:57we haven't even been able to find out who he is.
00:23:59Up to now, captain?
00:24:01You mean to tell me that...
00:24:03Yes, I think Burke knows.
00:24:05I think before the day is over,
00:24:07we'll find out who this Mr. X is.
00:24:09That's splendid.
00:24:11And once we know...
00:24:13Ah, there's Burke now. Come in.
00:24:15Parcel from Captain Hawks.
00:24:17That's me.
00:24:21Here.
00:24:27Burke has been on this case about a year.
00:24:29And he's not the sort of man
00:24:31to break such promises.
00:24:33Gentlemen, I'm thoroughly convinced...
00:24:49What is it, captain?
00:24:53I told you that
00:24:55three of our men had been killed in this work.
00:24:58It's four now.
00:25:04What is it, doctor?
00:25:13Hello.
00:25:15Is your father ready?
00:25:17He'll be down in a minute.
00:25:19Going to town with us today?
00:25:21No, but if you get through early enough,
00:25:23I'm going to borrow you for the rest of the afternoon.
00:25:25You mind?
00:25:27You can borrow me for the rest of my life.
00:25:29You keep forgetting.
00:25:31You're a chauffeur.
00:25:33That's just temporary.
00:25:35Why don't you like being a chauffeur?
00:25:37Well, I do when I'm driving you around.
00:25:39But lately, it hasn't been so 40,
00:25:41especially the last few days.
00:25:43Why, what do you mean?
00:25:45A number of your father's friends
00:25:47seem to be dying off.
00:25:49A real epidemic.
00:25:51Three this week,
00:25:53I drove him to a funeral.
00:25:58Why don't you let me help you, Julie?
00:26:00You saved me from prison.
00:26:02Let me save you from prison.
00:26:04Prison?
00:26:06I've been around here long enough to know
00:26:08that you're a prisoner in this house.
00:26:10And Edwards is the warden.
00:26:12There's something that you're terribly afraid of.
00:26:15Why don't you let me help you?
00:26:20Well, goodbye, Julie.
00:26:22Goodbye, Father.
00:26:24Ready, Quinn?
00:26:26Yes, sir.
00:26:28The office.
00:26:43The office is unlocked, Mr. Arnold.
00:26:45Who unlocked it?
00:26:47Mr. Henderson.
00:26:49He's in there now.
00:26:53Well!
00:26:55Quinn!
00:26:57Henderson, I heard you were out.
00:26:59Yeah, and I didn't have to dodge any bullets, either.
00:27:02It's all in knowing the right people, eh, Arnold?
00:27:05My friend here take good care of you, Quinn?
00:27:07Swell.
00:27:09But I don't think I was cut out to be a chauffeur.
00:27:11I want to see some action.
00:27:13You will.
00:27:15Mr. Arnold,
00:27:17you have a date with Dr. Steiner at 4 o'clock.
00:27:20Let's see.
00:27:28Oh, so, uh,
00:27:30you're going to handle this, are you?
00:27:32Yeah, didn't the doctor tell you?
00:27:34That's what he wants to see you about.
00:27:36Confidentially, he's got something else for you.
00:27:39Something big.
00:27:43Oh, well, if you're going to take charge of this shipment,
00:27:46there are some maps and things that...
00:27:48Well, it's all taken care of.
00:27:50I have them here.
00:27:52Oh.
00:27:54Well, uh, in that case, uh,
00:27:57I'd better go.
00:28:01Well, bye, Jim.
00:28:04So long, pal.
00:28:10Have a chair.
00:28:12Thanks.
00:28:15You wouldn't think to look at Arnold
00:28:17that he was dying, would you?
00:28:19He didn't give me the impression of being a sick man.
00:28:22You know the woman up at the house,
00:28:24Edwards, supposed to be a housekeeper?
00:28:27Yeah.
00:28:28Well, she's really a trained nurse.
00:28:30She's up there to take care of Arnold.
00:28:33What's the matter with him?
00:28:35Ah, he talks too much.
00:28:38But that's all right.
00:28:40From now on, you're going to take orders from me.
00:28:42That suits me.
00:28:44I've been waiting to get a look at some of that big money
00:28:46you've been promising me.
00:28:47Huh?
00:28:48Well, here it is.
00:28:50Well, look.
00:28:52There's a European freighter
00:28:54anchored a couple of hundred miles off the coast,
00:28:56about here.
00:28:58Now, your job is to fly a plane to the ship
00:29:00and get a load of stuff that'll be ready and waiting for you.
00:29:04Then you fly over here,
00:29:07which is 20 miles due east off Montauk Point.
00:29:11Well, we'll be waiting in a boat and take over your cargo.
00:29:14You got it?
00:29:16I got it.
00:29:34Now, for bringing in that plane with that cargo,
00:29:36you'll get $10,000.
00:29:39Now, does that interest you?
00:29:41For $10,000, I'd fly a load of dynamite
00:29:44from the north to the south pole.
00:29:46That's the way to talk.
00:29:48Happy landing.
00:29:49Thanks, Jim.
00:29:51So long, Glenn.
00:29:52So long.
00:30:10Hello, Doctor.
00:30:14Who is that man?
00:30:16That?
00:30:17Well, that's Quinn.
00:30:18That's the man we're using to bring in the new shipment.
00:30:21The one you met in prison?
00:30:23Yeah.
00:30:24You are satisfied with him?
00:30:26Oh, sure, sure.
00:30:28He's made to order for the job.
00:30:30Handled a plane in the war.
00:30:32He's a good man.
00:30:34He's a good man.
00:30:36He's made to order for the job.
00:30:38Handled a plane in the war.
00:30:39He's got lots of nerve.
00:30:41Takes plenty, you know, to make a jailbreak the way he did.
00:30:44It was a big mistake to spring you out of jail.
00:30:49You fool.
00:30:51You imbecile.
00:30:54You should have been left there to rot.
00:30:56Why, what's the matter?
00:30:58Oh, nothing, nothing.
00:31:01You handled the matter brilliantly.
00:31:04What have I done?
00:31:06You assigned a secret serviceman
00:31:09to bring in $100,000 worth of stock.
00:31:14Are you kidding?
00:31:17Six months in prison with him.
00:31:21How much did you tell him?
00:31:24How much did he find out while he was up at Arnold's house?
00:31:27How much?
00:31:29But he made a jailbreak, I tell you.
00:31:32Why, he was even shot by a cop after he got out.
00:31:36How do you know he's a federal?
00:31:38Never mind how I know.
00:31:44I know.
00:31:46Well, if you know he's a federal,
00:31:49I know what to do about it.
00:31:52I can get him before he takes off.
00:31:54Wait.
00:31:56You remember our late friend Burke?
00:32:00He had enough on you to get you, didn't he?
00:32:04And he could have gotten me.
00:32:07Why didn't he?
00:32:09He was after someone more important.
00:32:13Well?
00:32:15Quinn is after the same man.
00:32:23It will be very nice
00:32:25if a federal man brings in a load of stuff for us.
00:32:30Very nice.
00:32:33I like the idea very much.
00:32:37Shut up.
00:32:40It will be very nice.
00:32:43We let Quinn work for us.
00:32:46We let him bring in the plane.
00:32:50But he will never report to Hawks.
00:32:57I'll report to Hawks for him.
00:33:01I'll tell him how we did it.
00:33:04And I'll ask him to send me more men.
00:33:11More men.
00:33:22Hello, Judy.
00:33:24I was afraid I wouldn't get a chance to see you before I left.
00:33:28In spite of my record,
00:33:30that is not the family silverware, believe me.
00:33:33You're not leaving us?
00:33:35Yes, with a great deal of regret.
00:33:37Why?
00:33:38Orders.
00:33:40I'm terribly sorry.
00:33:42I'm not celebrating either.
00:33:45Ever since I came to live here, I've been groping.
00:33:48And I'm still groping.
00:33:50But somehow I felt safer when you were here.
00:33:54I haven't forgotten what I told you, and it still goes,
00:33:57whether I'm in the same house or not.
00:33:59I've always felt that.
00:34:02Before I go, I want to give you a little tip.
00:34:07Maybe I shouldn't tell you this,
00:34:11but your father is in a bad business.
00:34:14Dope.
00:34:15And you know what that means.
00:34:18That's been part of my groping.
00:34:22But you've been part of it too.
00:34:24Never mind about me.
00:34:26Think of your father.
00:34:28He's in wrong with the men that he's in business with.
00:34:30He doesn't belong in this game, and he ought to quit.
00:34:33Now, if I were you, I'd get him out of here
00:34:35just as fast as you can.
00:34:47I was just saying goodbye to Julie, Miss Donald,
00:34:50and I took the liberty of giving her a bit of advice
00:34:53about you.
00:34:56Well, I've got a date with the freighter.
00:34:59Goodbye, Julie.
00:35:01Goodbye.
00:35:09What did you tell him?
00:35:11Nothing he didn't know.
00:35:13He told me something I didn't know
00:35:15about the business you're in.
00:35:17He didn't tell you about the business he's in, did he?
00:35:20Then I'll tell you.
00:35:22His name isn't Quinn, it's Hart.
00:35:24He's a secret service man.
00:35:27How do you like that?
00:35:29How do you know?
00:35:30Diana told me.
00:35:31I've just come from his office.
00:35:32Your friend Quinn is a spy.
00:35:35I don't care what he is.
00:35:37He wants to help us.
00:35:38And he will help us when he comes back.
00:35:41He'll never come back.
00:35:44What do you mean?
00:35:46They've sent him out on the job
00:35:47to bring in some stuff by seaplane.
00:35:50He doesn't know they're wise to him.
00:35:53He'll bring the stuff in all right,
00:35:56but he'll never live to tell about it.
00:35:59Dad, why didn't you tell him?
00:36:01Where does he leave from?
00:36:02I can't tell you.
00:36:03I've told you too much now.
00:36:04You've got to tell me.
00:36:05He warned me about you tonight just as he was leaving.
00:36:07He said you were in danger.
00:36:09What sort of danger?
00:36:10What did he tell you?
00:36:12He told me I ought to get you out of here and quick.
00:36:14We're leaving town, do you hear?
00:36:16We'll get out of the country.
00:36:17I'll tend to all that myself.
00:36:19But before I do,
00:36:20you've got to tell me where I can reach Jack.
00:36:22It's not too late to warn him.
00:36:23Where does his plane leave from?
00:36:25Where does his plane leave from?
00:36:30The Aero Marine docks, Long Island.
00:36:36Julie.
00:36:56Wonder what could be keeping that bird.
00:37:07Guess that's him now.
00:37:15All set, boys?
00:37:17Yes, sir.
00:37:18Well, you better warm her up.
00:37:26All right, faster away.
00:37:41Jack.
00:37:42Jack.
00:37:45Jack.
00:37:47Jack.
00:37:48Jack.
00:37:49Jack.
00:37:50Jack.
00:37:51Jack.
00:37:52Jack.
00:37:53Jack.
00:37:54Jack.
00:37:55Jack.
00:38:25Throw him a line.
00:38:28Hey, skipper, you got a load for me?
00:38:30Sure have.
00:38:32Let me have it.
00:38:42All right, slack off a little.
00:38:45Far away.
00:38:56Take away that line.
00:39:00All right, grab a load.
00:39:02Grab a load.
00:39:08All right, let's go.
00:39:15Grab a load and wait.
00:39:36There he is now.
00:39:44There he is now.
00:40:15Well, that's it, Anderson.
00:40:17Well, that's good, because I wanted to get out of here for a day break.
00:40:20What's all the rush?
00:40:21Well, we got to tip some federal men around when you tip off.
00:40:24There's a revenue boat cruising around here somewhere.
00:40:27Have to show up at any minute.
00:40:29In that case, I'd better fly the plane back right away.
00:40:31Oh, no, no.
00:40:33You're not going to get that plane back at all.
00:40:36What's the idea?
00:40:38Well, there'd have to be a reception committee of federal men waiting for you.
00:40:43Oh, I see.
00:40:44We ought to lose this plane.
00:40:47I get you. Set her afire, huh?
00:40:49No, no, no.
00:40:51That'd have to attract attention.
00:40:53I got a better plan than that.
00:40:55Now, you take her up again.
00:40:56Head out to sea away.
00:40:58And then abandon the plane and bail out in a parachute.
00:41:01Bail out?
00:41:03Sure.
00:41:04We'll stand by to pick you up.
00:41:09Oh.
00:41:10I see. I get you.
00:41:11After which, we go back to the office and you collect your ten grand.
00:41:15Easiest money I ever made.
00:41:29When he bails out, turn around and go the other way.
00:41:31All right.
00:41:32All right.
00:41:39There he goes.
00:41:56What'd you say her name was?
00:41:57Uh, Miss Arnold.
00:41:59Why didn't you say so?
00:42:01Send her in.
00:42:05Oh, Mr. Hawks.
00:42:06Well, Miss Arnold, what can I do for you?
00:42:08Here, sit down.
00:42:09I imagine I've risked my life and my father's, too, by coming here.
00:42:12But I just had to.
00:42:13I can't work it out by myself, sir.
00:42:15I can't.
00:42:16I tried to reach him, but I was too late.
00:42:18My dear young lady, pull yourself together.
00:42:20Oh, if I only could have found you last night, we might have been able to save his life.
00:42:24Whose life?
00:42:25Jack's.
00:42:26Mr. Hawks.
00:42:27What's that?
00:42:28Here, tell me about this.
00:42:29Well, you see, they found out he was one of your men, and they sent him on a job anyway.
00:42:33I did my best to warn him, but I got to the pier just as the plane left.
00:42:37And now he's gone.
00:42:38Killed.
00:42:39Sorry to question the word of a lady.
00:42:44Oh, Jack.
00:42:46Oh, Jack, is it really you?
00:42:48I give you my word of honor, I'm not a ghost.
00:42:50Oh, and I never expected to see you again.
00:42:53Well, of course, I'm only the head of this department.
00:42:55But I'd like awfully well to be let in on some of this.
00:42:58Well, Chief, as you know, I've spent some time up at Miss Arnold's house.
00:43:03Now, you can see for yourself how impossible it would be for anybody to be near Miss Arnold without, uh...
00:43:11Well, you know.
00:43:12Yes, I know.
00:43:14But I'm not questioning you about your private affairs.
00:43:16Oh, about my little trip in the plane.
00:43:19I wouldn't be surprised if the papers carry a story of how they picked up a parachute with a dummy strapped to it somewhere off Montauk Point.
00:43:27Parachute? Dummy?
00:43:29What's that got to do with you?
00:43:31Fine chap Henderson.
00:43:33He sent me up to abandon the plane and bail out.
00:43:36Then turned his boat around and went the other way.
00:43:39Yes, that was all arranged before you left.
00:43:41You see, they'd found out who you were.
00:43:44I figured it must be something like that.
00:43:46Anyway, I had to work fast.
00:43:48I managed to rig up a dummy.
00:43:49And that's what bailed out?
00:43:50Right.
00:43:52You see, Chief, I kind of felt that I couldn't afford to drown just yet.
00:43:56As I wanted to see a lot more of Miss Arnold.
00:44:10You have given him his...
00:44:11Yes, Doctor.
00:44:13He is resting quietly?
00:44:16Very quietly.
00:44:19Good.
00:44:23You did right, Miss Arnold, in coming here.
00:44:25But you admit that your father is deeply involved.
00:44:28I don't see how we can promise him immunity.
00:44:31Well, I didn't come here to make a bargain.
00:44:34Father wants to quit and go away.
00:44:36But his life's in jeopardy.
00:44:38And that's why I ask you to place him under arrest.
00:44:42It's the only way I know to save his life.
00:44:55All right, Jack.
00:44:56Get Arnold and bring him in.
00:44:58Right, Chief.
00:45:00Goodbye, Captain Hawks.
00:45:01Goodbye, little lady.
00:45:02Come on, Julie.
00:45:20Julie.
00:45:25Julie.
00:45:35What are you going to do?
00:45:37Call the hospital.
00:45:38She doesn't mind that. We haven't time. Come on.
00:45:41We want to see Mr. Arnold.
00:45:43Mr. Arnold?
00:45:44Oh, yes.
00:45:45That's the gentleman who came in here a little while ago in the ambulance.
00:45:47That's right. We want to see him.
00:45:48I'm afraid you can't do that.
00:45:49Why not?
00:45:50He's in the operating room.
00:45:51Well, what's the operation for?
00:45:53Acute Appendicitis.
00:45:54Well, can't we go up to...
00:45:55You'll have to see the doctor about that.
00:45:57Who's the doctor?
00:45:58That's what I said.
00:45:59All right, I'll get the doctor.
00:46:00I'm sorry.
00:46:01I was waiting for you to come out.
00:46:03I was waiting for you to come out.
00:46:06Oh, I...
00:46:07You'll have to see the doctor about that.
00:46:08Who's the doctor?
00:46:09Dr. Steiner.
00:46:10Well, when can we see him?
00:46:12Not until after the operation.
00:46:14Oh, but he's my father.
00:46:15I really should be there with him, can't you?
00:46:16I'm sorry, Miss.
00:46:17You can wait over there if you like.
00:46:20He's been asked to do.
00:46:39What's the name?
00:46:50Somebody coming in the elevator.
00:47:17What is it?
00:47:19All right, Doctor?
00:47:22Yes.
00:47:24He's all right.
00:47:44Oh, is that my father?
00:47:46Yes.
00:47:47Oh, what have they done?
00:47:49I don't know, Julie, what they've done.
00:47:51But I want you to be brave, will you?
00:47:54Yes.
00:47:55Come on.
00:48:10When will it be possible for me to speak to Mr. Arnold?
00:48:41Edward's reporting.
00:48:53Something has gone wrong.
00:48:55Quinn is not out of the way.
00:48:58He came in the hospital shortly after the operation.
00:49:02Suggest you get in touch with Henderson at once.
00:49:31I couldn't save your father's life, Julie.
00:49:56But maybe I can even things up.
00:49:59Hello, Jim?
00:50:01Jack Hart.
00:50:04We've just buried Arnold.
00:50:07Miss Arnold's here at the hotel.
00:50:10No, she's not going back to the house.
00:50:17I've got a letter for you.
00:50:20I've got to leave you for a while, but I want you to promise me
00:50:22that you won't leave this room.
00:50:24Not for anyone or anything.
00:50:26Have your meal served up here, and if you want anything,
00:50:28send out and get it.
00:50:30But stay here.
00:50:32Do you understand, Julie?
00:50:34Yes, Jim.
00:51:15Buzzer.
00:51:21Buzzer.
00:51:33Thornton reporting.
00:51:36Ask Henderson to get in touch with me regarding shipment to Rollins.
00:51:42I'm using plane for shipment south, handling others in the regular way.
00:51:49Cook reports our X headquarters being watched.
00:51:55Laying low until further orders.
00:51:57That's all.
00:51:59Buzzer.
00:52:21Buzzer.
00:52:38Sorry to keep you gentlemen waiting, but I've been delayed.
00:52:41I had a little burglary to do, and this is what I stole.
00:52:47I found these records attached to one of those recording telephones
00:52:50that take messages while you're away.
00:52:56Listen.
00:52:58Johnson reporting.
00:53:01The freighter Sorrento leaves Antwerp on the 18th.
00:53:06Due in on the 29th.
00:53:09Same anchorage.
00:53:14Henderson reporting.
00:53:17We've taken care of Arnold.
00:53:19The stuff which was brought in last night has been planted okay.
00:53:24You'll hear no more from Quinn.
00:53:27Quinn, that's me.
00:53:29I'm supposed to be drowned.
00:53:31Jack!
00:53:32Wait a minute, wait a minute, there's more coming.
00:53:34Edwards reporting.
00:53:36Something has gone wrong.
00:53:38Quinn is not out of the way.
00:53:41He came in the hospital shortly after the operation.
00:53:45Suggest you get in touch with Henderson at once.
00:53:49I guess that's all for today.
00:53:52But you've just heard, gentlemen, there's a series of reports
00:53:55made by members of Mr. X's gang.
00:53:58To Mr. X?
00:54:00To Dr. August Steiner,
00:54:02whose office I took the liberty of burglarizing just a little while ago.
00:54:05Then Steiner must be this X guy.
00:54:08I wonder.
00:54:10Well, the best way to find out is to grab this Steiner right away.
00:54:13For what?
00:54:14For having a wax record in his office?
00:54:16Well, I'm afraid we haven't got enough on him.
00:54:18Oh, yes, we have.
00:54:19Well, we will have if we work quickly.
00:54:21Well, what can we arrest him for?
00:54:22For murder.
00:54:24Cold-blooded, premeditated murder on the operating table.
00:54:27What are you saying?
00:54:29Steiner killed Arnold, and I'm going to prove it.
00:54:31How?
00:54:32By going to the cemetery where Arnold is buried,
00:54:34exhuming the body, and having an autopsy performed by Dr. Munsell.
00:54:37That's what we have to do, chief, and tonight.
00:54:40Right.
00:54:44Let's go.
00:55:15Oh.
00:55:17Get away from that phone.
00:55:20So you got a new job, eh?
00:55:22What do you want?
00:55:23A little privacy.
00:55:24Bill.
00:55:25Yeah.
00:55:27Keep him in here and watch him.
00:55:29If he makes a break or tries to use that phone, plug him.
00:55:32I guess we can get going, chief.
00:55:34All right, boys, step on it.
00:55:37Sit down.
00:55:45All right, boys, go to it.
00:55:47Get over.
00:56:14♪♪
00:56:41What does this mean?
00:56:42Well, I'm sorry, doctor.
00:56:43I'll explain in a moment.
00:56:44Where can we put this body?
00:56:46Would I, uh...
00:56:47This way, please.
00:56:51All right, I will help the boy.
00:56:53Take it easy there.
00:56:54I'll take it back there.
00:56:55Come on.
00:56:57Step back, doc, so we can get through.
00:56:58All right.
00:56:59All right.
00:57:00All right.
00:57:01All right.
00:57:02All right.
00:57:03All right.
00:57:04All right.
00:57:05All right.
00:57:06All right.
00:57:07All right.
00:57:08All right.
00:57:09All right.
00:57:10All right, boys.
00:57:11Let's sit down.
00:57:12Get up, boys.
00:57:13Put up on this thing here.
00:57:14Get on the other side of the mike.
00:57:15All right, boys.
00:57:16All right.
00:57:20How do you open this thing?
00:57:22Dr. Munsell...
00:57:24I wouldn't have caught him at this hour of the night...
00:57:26but you're the only one I know we can depend on.
00:57:28I'm at your service, captain.
00:57:29The man in this coffin died the other day in a private hospital.
00:57:32The hospital records show that death was caused by peritonitis.
00:57:35As a result of a ruptured appendix.
00:57:37I want an autopsy.
00:57:38I'm sorry, gentlemen, but without a court order, I'm afraid I couldn't perform an autopsy.
00:57:43The Secret Service Department will assume all responsibility.
00:57:45Knowing your interest in the work we are doing, we came to you.
00:57:48Of course, of course, but what has all this got to do with narcotics?
00:57:51A great deal. The dead man was a member of a drug ring.
00:57:55The murderer was also a member of a drug ring, and a very important one.
00:57:59We expect to get that man with this autopsy.
00:58:02If we do, I think, doctor, that you'll pay that $25,000 reward that your committee has offered.
00:58:09Still, I'm sorry, gentlemen, without a court order...
00:58:11But on a case of this kind...
00:58:12Hey, come here a minute!
00:58:19Well, no need of an autopsy to find out what this stuff is.
00:58:26Drugs.
00:58:27My goodness!
00:58:28Chief, I'll bet the cemetery is filled with it.
00:58:31We've got to go back and dig and dig all night.
00:58:33It'll be the biggest drug haul we've ever made.
00:58:36You boys, get this over to the office, quick.
00:58:38I'm sorry, doctor, to have broken in on you like this.
00:58:40Quite all right, Captain.
00:58:41Good night.
00:58:42Good night, doctor.
00:58:43Come on, let's get it back, get a hold of it.
00:58:45Come on around with it.
00:58:53Come in.
00:59:01Come in.
00:59:14Where is Miss Arnold?
00:59:16Didn't they tell you downstairs?
00:59:18Tell me what?
00:59:19That she was taken sick and has gone to the Eastland Hospital.
00:59:21Eastland Hospital?
00:59:24We tried to get the house physician, but he was out,
00:59:26so we had to get another doctor.
00:59:28The line's busy.
00:59:40Here.
00:59:41Call this number as soon as you can.
00:59:43Ask for Captain Hawks.
00:59:44Tell him that you're calling for Mr. Hart,
00:59:46and I'm on my way to the Eastland Hospital.
00:59:48I'll be there in a minute.
00:59:50Tell him that you're calling for Mr. Hart,
00:59:52and I'm on my way to the Eastland Hospital,
00:59:54and for him to get some men over there right away.
00:59:55Do you understand?
00:59:56Yes, sir.
00:59:57Now, you hang on to that phone till you get the number.
00:59:58Yes, sir.
01:00:14Hello, Eastland Hospital?
01:00:16Let me have room C, please.
01:00:20Calling from the hotel.
01:00:22Hart just left here.
01:00:24He's on his way to the hospital now.
01:00:27Yes, he's alone.
01:00:38Have you a patient here by the name of Miss Arnold?
01:00:40I'll see him.
01:00:45Yes.
01:00:46May I see her, please?
01:00:47The name?
01:00:48Quinn.
01:00:49Just a moment, please.
01:00:55Mr. Quinn, see Miss Arnold.
01:00:59Mr. Quinn.
01:01:00It's all right.
01:01:01Room C on the second floor.
01:01:17Julie.
01:01:18I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:01:19Oh, you wouldn't, eh?
01:01:20Julie.
01:01:21Julie.
01:01:22Oh, Jack.
01:01:23In your condition, Miss Arnold,
01:01:25it's not advisable to excite yourself.
01:01:27She's a very sick girl.
01:01:29What's the matter with her?
01:01:30Nervous breakdown.
01:01:32Nervous breakdown, eh?
01:01:48Come on.
01:02:19I advise you to untie my hands
01:02:21and let me down off this table.
01:02:23I know it is customary to get the consent
01:02:25of the patient for an operation,
01:02:27but this is an emergency,
01:02:29and I was compelled to use my own judgment.
01:02:32I'll guarantee this.
01:02:34And no matter what happens to me,
01:02:36this butcher shop won't be here tomorrow.
01:02:39Neither will you.
01:02:42But I am surprised, my friend,
01:02:45that you should question
01:02:46the regularity of this institution.
01:02:48It is my own private hospital,
01:02:50and I always insist that everything be done
01:02:53in accordance with the requirements of the law.
01:02:57Here is your admitting card.
01:03:00This card, by the way,
01:03:02was made out several days ago.
01:03:04You see, Mr. Hart,
01:03:06we were expecting you.
01:03:09I am going to test your heart action
01:03:13to see if it is advisable
01:03:16to give you an anesthetic.
01:03:18Some people cannot stand either.
01:03:21They die during the operation,
01:03:24and I would not want that to happen to you.
01:03:29Your heart shows a distinct flutter.
01:03:32You're a liar.
01:03:34I'm afraid I'd better not give you either.
01:03:38I might try a local anesthetic.
01:03:42A little morphine, perhaps.
01:03:45I don't think you have enough morphine left.
01:03:48I don't think you have enough morphine left.
01:03:51I don't think you have enough morphine left.
01:03:54I don't think you have enough morphine left.
01:03:57I don't think you have enough morphine left.
01:04:00Not after what we did to your prop cemetery last night.
01:04:04How many people have you killed
01:04:06to get that dope in this country?
01:04:08Those narcotics are worth a pile of money.
01:04:11There's more where that came from, my friend.
01:04:15But it's going to be tougher to get it in from now on, my friend.
01:04:19I will remember that when I am operating on you.
01:04:23And remember this.
01:04:25Mr. Hart is on our side.
01:04:27He's being sweated over at the federal building now.
01:04:30And when they get through with him,
01:04:32they'll know who you are.
01:04:36You can't tell what you don't know.
01:04:40Has it ever occurred to you, Mr. Hart,
01:04:43that you can commit almost any crime
01:04:45if you select the proper environment?
01:04:48For example,
01:04:50if I were to stick a knife into you in the street,
01:04:54I might have to answer embarrassing questions.
01:04:58But when I stick a knife into you here,
01:05:02on the operating table,
01:05:05nothing will happen to me.
01:05:08I wouldn't be so sure of that, Doctor.
01:05:11Steiner.
01:05:13Oh, no. X is the name.
01:05:15If my hands were untied, I'd applaud.
01:05:19But your hands are tied.
01:05:29Room C, please.
01:05:32Ah, Edwards, you can come up now.
01:05:35I am ready.
01:05:38Either way, Mr. Hart, you are very fortunate.
01:05:42Few people are able to see an operation
01:05:45befallen upon them.
01:05:48But you will be able to see every detail of it.
01:05:52It will be too bad, of course,
01:05:54that you will not be able to talk about it afterward.
01:05:59I am just going to cut away your shirt.
01:06:03You don't mind?
01:06:12The pain when I am going through the layers of skin
01:06:15will not be unendurable.
01:06:17It is only when I begin to cut on the inside
01:06:20that you will realize that you are having an experience.
01:06:25Wasn't it Nietzsche who said
01:06:28that unendurable pain merges into ecstasy?
01:06:33We shall find out whether that was an epigram or a fact.
01:06:39For my part, I know it will be ecstasy.
01:06:48Ah, Edwards, just in time.
01:06:52I'm very sorry, but Edwards was unable to come up.
01:06:59Who are you?
01:07:01I'm the daughter of the man you murdered.
01:07:18Oh, Jack.
01:07:23Julie, how in the world did you...
01:07:25I don't know.
01:07:26The man dropped the chloroform sponge on the floor
01:07:28and I just picked it up and overpowered Edwards with it.
01:07:31That's all. I...
01:07:48Just as I thought.
01:07:51X equals Steiner plus Mansell.
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