- 8 months ago
After Charles is executed in a gas chamber, his corpse is sent to a scientist, who accidently injects chemicals in his body. Strangely, Charles comes to life and vows to take revenge on his killers.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00I was dictating the wrap-up on the Butcher Benton package.
00:01:10I'm Lieutenant Dick Chasen.
00:01:12This hadn't been a routine case,
00:01:15and to find the answer, I've had to put a lot of little pieces together.
00:01:19It began on the day most cases can be called closed.
00:01:23It was the day before the Butcher was to be executed.
00:01:26He was visited by his attorney, Paul Lowe, in the death house.
00:01:30It was at this first meeting the Butcher Benton case took its first switch.
00:01:33Well, that's it, Butcher.
00:01:37The evidence against you was so strong that the governor turned down your appeal.
00:01:41You're a rotten liar, Lowe.
00:01:43You started railroading me from the beginning of the trial,
00:01:47and now you're still trying to throw me curves.
00:01:49Look, I don't blame you for being edgy, but get this straight.
00:01:52I didn't double-cross you.
00:01:54I never worked harder for a client.
00:01:56You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced?
00:01:58You're a fool, Butcher.
00:02:02If you hadn't tried to double-cross Queenie Ellis and Joe Marcella,
00:02:05they wouldn't have turned state's evidence against you.
00:02:07But you had to get greedy.
00:02:09You wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself.
00:02:12Well, the boys got sore, and I don't blame them.
00:02:15It was all your idea.
00:02:16You planned the whole job.
00:02:18You hired us.
00:02:19When you found out I'd staged the money,
00:02:21you decided it was time for me to die.
00:02:24You got those two crumbs to turn state's evidence on me.
00:02:27You stinking, rotten mouthpiece.
00:02:30We both know that isn't true, Butcher.
00:02:33Now, look, what's the sense in not giving me the money?
00:02:36It's not going to do you any good.
00:02:38Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing
00:02:41that none of you three crumbs are going to spend it.
00:02:44What about Eva?
00:02:45Don't you owe her something?
00:02:48You tell me where the money is, I'll see that she gets your share.
00:02:51I've got a different idea.
00:02:53I'm going to kill you and Squeamy and Joe.
00:02:56Then I'll take care of Eva myself.
00:03:00You sick-headed ape, you're going to die tomorrow.
00:03:06Remember what I said.
00:03:08I'm going to get you, all three of you.
00:03:13Even for you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick.
00:03:17So long, dead man.
00:03:21Remember what I said.
00:03:21I'm going to kill you.
00:03:25All three of you.
00:03:26Back in Los Angeles, two men sat in a bar room
00:03:44listening to a newscaster tell his headline story.
00:03:47He played up big the Butcher's threat to kill Paul Lowe,
00:03:50Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli
00:03:52for their having turned state's evidence against him.
00:03:55Squeamy Ellis didn't seem happy over the Butcher's threat.
00:03:59Neither did Joe Marcelli.
00:04:01But they had figured, once a dead man,
00:04:03always a dead man.
00:04:05But this was one time everyone was in for a surprise,
00:04:09including the entire police department.
00:04:11You see the headlines, Captain?
00:04:31The teletype just came in from San Francisco.
00:04:34Butcher's execution is set for five o'clock this afternoon.
00:04:36And like the newspapers say,
00:04:39he still refuses to talk about that stolen money.
00:04:43Well, I still have hopes of coming up with something.
00:04:47That's what I dropped by for, Dick.
00:04:49With Butcher's execution,
00:04:51the department's marking it case closed.
00:04:53That means you'll be reassigned.
00:04:56I spent a whole year trying to break this case.
00:04:59As far as I'm concerned,
00:05:00Butcher's death is just the beginning.
00:05:03Of course, I can't prove it,
00:05:04but I think that Paul Lowe was the top man.
00:05:08And even though I have to keep working on it while off duty,
00:05:11I'm going to get Lowe,
00:05:12Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli.
00:05:14Okay, Lieutenant.
00:05:15Officially, I've taken you off of the case.
00:05:18Unofficially, I wish you luck.
00:05:21Do me a favor.
00:05:22Keep me posted.
00:05:24Will do.
00:05:25Thanks, John.
00:05:29I headed for Eva Martin.
00:05:32She worked in a local burlesque house.
00:05:34I'm a cop,
00:05:36and my job is to ask questions and get answers.
00:05:39So I decided I might as well start again with her.
00:05:42Come in.
00:05:56Oh.
00:05:58What do you want?
00:05:59I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:01Talk?
00:06:02You're a cop, aren't you?
00:06:04That's a good question.
00:06:06I can't even find a three-ton armored car,
00:06:08let alone the $600,000,
00:06:09and I've been on the case a year.
00:06:15I've told you and I've told you and I've told you
00:06:17I don't know anything about the money.
00:06:19I never did.
00:06:20Benton's going to be dead in a little while.
00:06:21I thought it might make a difference.
00:06:22I never knew anything about the money.
00:06:27Call me dumb.
00:06:29I didn't even know Charles was in the rackets until the trial.
00:06:33Now, take it easy, kid.
00:06:35You're on, Eva.
00:06:36You're on, Eva.
00:06:46You're on, Eva.
00:07:05Honey, here's your wrap.
00:07:35A few moments ago, Butcher Benton, without revealing the whereabouts of the $600,000 stolen in the armored car holdup, paid for his crimes against society in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
00:07:49Now for a look at the international scene.
00:07:51Today, come on, baby.
00:07:56Don't waste tears on Benton.
00:07:58I feel so badly about Charles.
00:08:01If I'd known, maybe I could have done something.
00:08:04How about a drink? We could both use it.
00:08:07And I just can't drink while she's working.
00:08:10Oh, I see.
00:08:23What's that?
00:08:25Well, now what's the matter?
00:08:27The message from Charles.
00:08:29He told me to open it if he died.
00:08:34Finale, Eva.
00:08:36All right.
00:08:40How about a steak after the show?
00:08:42No, thanks.
00:08:43It's not tonight, Paul.
00:08:54I didn't find out until much later, but Paul Lowe, in opening the letter the Butcher had given Eva, found a map outlining a section of the city sewer system.
00:09:03And clearly identified was the spot where the Butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:09:08He replaced it with a $50 bill.
00:09:11I guess he figured $50 to gain $600,000 was not a bad day's work.
00:09:16And a few hundred miles away in San Francisco, the case took another switch, which turned the next 72 hours into one long, hideous nightmare.
00:09:32Dr. Bradshaw, a distinguished biochemist, was making preparations for a final experiment, which he hoped would lead the way to a cure for cancer.
00:09:43He'd been successful with laboratory animals.
00:09:46The last step called for a human body.
00:09:48And Dr. Bradshaw's assistant quickly made a deal with a local mortuary and returned to the laboratory with the dead body of Butcher Benton.
00:09:55You made good time.
00:10:06Well, I didn't waste any.
00:10:07Any trouble?
00:10:08No, I just handed the money over and moved the body into your station wagon.
00:10:11That was that.
00:10:12Good.
00:10:13Get a syringe.
00:10:20He's in good shape.
00:10:22Well, I hope so.
00:10:26We'll get other blood samples later.
00:10:28We'll run this one through fast.
00:10:29Right.
00:10:34Now wheel him into the machine and then raise him.
00:10:36Right.
00:10:55Ready.
00:11:04You mean you're going to give him 287,000 volts?
00:11:08Yes, yes.
00:11:10I'll get the fluoroscope set.
00:11:11We'll check with that before we start dissecting.
00:11:14Turn off the lights.
00:11:15There you are, old boy.
00:11:28If you respond properly and my theory is sound, you'll be more famous dead than alive.
00:11:34Throw the switch.
00:11:35You're such a weird, old boy.
00:12:04Wait, I thought I saw a pulsation of the heart.
00:12:22You're right.
00:12:25Dr. Bradshaw is beginning to breathe.
00:12:28You've brought this man back to life.
00:12:30No, no, no, no, no.
00:12:31The heart muscle has simply responded to a terrific electrical shock, that's all.
00:12:37Yes, but it does prove that the cells still function.
00:12:42Dr. Bradshaw, he is alive.
00:12:45A shock reaction, it can't last.
00:12:48His cells are multiplying now, if your theory is right.
00:12:52We could keep that reaction going longer.
00:12:57But it's worth a try.
00:12:58Get the body out.
00:13:22Get some adrenaline from the supply room.
00:13:24It's an ML nitrite, too.
00:13:25Hurry, hurry.
00:13:26Hurry.
00:13:28Perfect.
00:13:55Good luck.
00:13:56you must move your heart can't stand the strain
00:14:14now you must lie still please please easy easy you must
00:14:24easy please
00:14:25dr bradshaw's experiment had given life back to the butcher he tried to talk but the electrical
00:14:43voltage had burned out his vocal cords yet it hadn't destroyed his brain he knew who he was
00:14:50he knew who he hated he stumbled about the room i think he thought only about one kill low squeamie
00:14:58and joe marcelli the tremendous electrical voltage that dr bradshaw had given the butcher had
00:15:03increased his cellular structure to the point where he was no longer a man
00:15:07dr bradshaw's experiment had created a vicious brutal animal with an almost inconceivable amount
00:15:14of strength dr bradshaw must have believed the butcher's regained life would last for only a few
00:15:20minutes therefore instead of calling for help the doctor decided to handle his creation alone now easy
00:15:27baton just relax i'm a doctor i want to try to help you do you understand me you're in my laboratory
00:15:35the execution was carried out and you were declared dead
00:15:39i tried an experiment on you and brought you back to life although i didn't intend that
00:15:43now you've had a great shot now now come and sit down now be quiet now come and sit down
00:15:49take it easy
00:15:50careful his reactions are violent how do you explain this each cell must have multiplied a hundred times
00:16:05perhaps thousands his strength is unbelievable no no it's too late for the amyl nitrite
00:16:11i want to get some blood samples make some tests on him find out what's happened get me a syringe
00:16:17why won't the needle penetrate the skin tissue must be nearly a solid mass of
00:16:47cells how are we going to get the blood samples surgically perhaps
00:16:52now easy take it easy you can't leave here now i'm responsible for your being alive
00:17:02too late oh
00:17:07wow
00:17:13oh
00:17:15oh
00:17:17oh
00:17:19oh
00:17:21oh
00:17:23yeah
00:17:25The End
00:17:56Towards the end of this case, Captain Lauder and I found out the doctor and his assistant had been murdered.
00:18:02But I'm getting ahead of my story.
00:18:04The butcher didn't know how he had been brought back from the dead, and he didn't care.
00:18:09All he knew, he was alive.
00:18:13Then this monster-made man started thinking about Los Angeles.
00:18:25On that very night back in Los Angeles, I decided to stop playing detective for a little while.
00:18:39I went to the burlesque house to ask Eva to have dinner with me.
00:18:43After all, the butcher was dead, and if I got lucky, sooner or later, I figured Paul Lowe would lead me to the stolen payroll.
00:18:51In a way, that possibility made me even feel better.
00:18:54It's not fair to watch the show from backstage.
00:19:00Next time, I'll pay admission.
00:19:03I take it by that remark you like my routine.
00:19:06Yeah, you're pretty good.
00:19:07What I can't figure out, though, is why you stay in a place like this.
00:19:13It shouldn't be hard for someone like you to get a job in a class spot.
00:19:17If you weren't a detective, I'd be willing to bet with a line like that your next remark would be,
00:19:21how about dinner?
00:19:23Well, not exactly dinner, but a hamburger might be a good idea.
00:19:26If you're asking in an official capacity, I can't say no.
00:19:32I'm off duty.
00:19:33For the past six months, all I've ever called you is Lieutenant Chasen.
00:19:37Do you have a first name?
00:19:38Oh, Dick.
00:19:43Give me ten minutes for a quick change, because you just made yourself a date, Lieutenant.
00:19:48I mean, Dick.
00:19:56You know something, Dick?
00:19:59I haven't had hamburger in the front seat of an automobile with a guy in a lot of years.
00:20:03Well, from now on, we'll do it more often.
00:20:07That's funny.
00:20:09I always figured a policeman wasn't really a human being.
00:20:13I mean, unless he was arresting someone or trying to solve a case, he was unhappy.
00:20:18Shows you how wrong you are.
00:20:19In fact, everyone on the force gets fed up occasionally with the job they do.
00:20:23Maybe we're more human than anyone else.
00:20:28We see so much trouble, we get to hate the world.
00:20:32But as long as the world's filled with people, there'll have to be men who enforce the laws.
00:20:38What made you join the department?
00:20:40Now, who's making with the questions?
00:20:42No, honest.
00:20:44I'd like to know.
00:20:45Well, it's really a very short story.
00:20:49When I got out of the air corps, I knocked around for a while.
00:20:54Well, I went to work for an oil company.
00:20:57One day, I went back to college on the GI Bill.
00:21:00Just before graduation, I noticed all about the police department exams.
00:21:05It seemed a pretty good thing to do with your life, so...
00:21:08I took the exams, passed, then went on from there.
00:21:13If I ask one more question, will you give me a straight answer?
00:21:16Try.
00:21:17Am I still part of the Charles Benton investigation?
00:21:21I mean, right now.
00:21:24I don't think so.
00:21:26As far as the department's concerned, when Benton was executed, the case was marked closed.
00:21:33But inside of me, that's not good enough.
00:21:36I don't bother you.
00:21:38Well, the $600,000 is still missing.
00:21:41And a fast-talking underworld lawyer like Paul Lowe is walking around a free man.
00:21:47Someday, no matter how long it takes, I'll get him and the money.
00:21:51Until I do, the Benton case for me is not closed.
00:21:55I'll give you my word, Dick.
00:21:56Charles Benton never told me anything about the money.
00:21:59Oh, I've been sure of that for a long time.
00:22:01But how did you ever get mixed up with anyone like the butcher?
00:22:08As trouble ever started, it just happened.
00:22:11I had a roommate who used to date Benton all the time.
00:22:15One day, she packed and left for Chicago.
00:22:17Benton carried a torch for her, and he used my shoulder to cry on.
00:22:21First thing I knew, we were having dinner together.
00:22:23And a few weeks later, I was labeled by the police as this number one suspect and Benton's girl.
00:22:29But it was never like that.
00:22:31I made only one mistake I felt sorry for.
00:22:35You mean, until he was arrested for the robbery and the killing, you had no idea how he earned a living?
00:22:41I know this is going to sound crazy, but I only went out with Benton a couple of times.
00:22:46And all we ever talked about was Madge, my old roommate.
00:22:49The last time I saw him, he tried to get too friendly, and that's when I told him he had the wrong girl.
00:22:55But like I said, I'd already made my mistake.
00:23:00What about the burlesque house?
00:23:02How do you two fit together?
00:23:04You sound like a lot of other people.
00:23:06I left a small town a couple of years ago because I won a beauty contest, and the first prize was a screen test.
00:23:16After which nothing happened?
00:23:18That's right.
00:23:18Only, uh, it was pretty rough.
00:23:23And then one day I read an ad about girls wanted for a burlesque show.
00:23:26I auditioned and I got the job.
00:23:29You know something?
00:23:30It's like any other job.
00:23:33If you're looking for trouble, you can find it even in a school room.
00:23:36Well, when the screen test didn't work out, though, why didn't you go on home?
00:23:42Well, first you have to have a home to go back to.
00:23:45My folks are dead, so Los Angeles was as good as any place else.
00:23:48I don't know about you, but I do eight shows a day, and at this hour I'm bushed.
00:23:55I know what you mean.
00:23:57Mind if I drive you home?
00:23:58No.
00:24:00And I'll tell you something else.
00:24:02I haven't minded anything about tonight.
00:24:05Not even the hamburger.
00:24:10I kept playing tag with Lowe.
00:24:12He made four telephone calls.
00:24:14Three of them didn't interest me, but one did.
00:24:17The one to Joe Marcelli.
00:24:19I watched Joe head for his meeting with Lowe,
00:24:22and for some unknown reason I began to get the feeling that this case was finally about to explode in my favor.
00:24:28You see what I mean?
00:24:35Well, look at that, will you?
00:24:37I've seen him stagger on two legs, but he's doing it on four.
00:24:41Shut up, you fleabag.
00:24:42Well, look who's calling names.
00:24:45At least I ate a squealer, a stoolie.
00:24:48I warned you before.
00:24:50All right, Harry, that's enough. I'll take care of him.
00:24:52I want to talk to him.
00:24:52Okay, Mr. Lowe.
00:24:54With any future business you've got with this psycho, take care of it upstairs in your office.
00:24:57If he keeps showing around here, sooner or later he's going to get slugged. Crippled or no crippled.
00:25:01All right, Harry, shut up, Joe. Sit down.
00:25:02I need a shot.
00:25:16Bad.
00:25:18You'll get one after I've talked to you.
00:25:20You sober enough to understand?
00:25:21Yeah.
00:25:22I run out of dough.
00:25:24No wonder.
00:25:25Look at you.
00:25:26You used to be the best torch man in town.
00:25:28How, I don't think you could crack a safe if you knew the combination?
00:25:31No jobs.
00:25:32Nobody wants me since I turned states on Benton.
00:25:35That's your doing.
00:25:36You taught me your doing.
00:25:36All right, quit crying.
00:25:38I got a job for you.
00:25:39If you can stay off that stuff long enough.
00:25:41You know I can if I've got a job.
00:25:43How much?
00:25:44What is it?
00:25:46It's two grand in it for you.
00:25:47Where?
00:25:48I knew where he pulled a job.
00:25:50Interested?
00:25:52Two grand ain't much out of 600,000.
00:25:54The other expenses.
00:25:56Besides, that money's plenty of it.
00:25:58Now, you want it or do I get another boy?
00:26:00I'll do it.
00:26:01How soon do you want me to go to work?
00:26:03Set it up for tomorrow night.
00:26:06Call me before noon and I'm one of the races.
00:26:10One.
00:26:11And that's all the jobs over.
00:26:12Five.
00:26:37Five.
00:26:38And that's all the jobs over.
00:26:39the butcher was walking slowly toward los angeles he traveled through wooded hills to prevent being
00:26:54seen by anyone finally he came to a quiet road he stopped to get his bearings and then he saw her
00:27:02he saw something else an automobile for the butcher that rang a bell with a car he knew
00:27:11by the next afternoon he'd be in los angeles and plenty of time to catch up with the three men who
00:27:15had double-crossed him well see you're a real gentleman to be helping strangers in distress
00:27:32i hope you don't mind me using the babe here as bait quite a decision she but that's what she
00:27:37gets paid for bait that is yes sir she's a real shaker artist in my outfit carnival man myself
00:27:42just call me connie yeah well friend we're in a little bit of difficulty here got a flat tire
00:27:48brand new car no tools in the back why some of these dealers make my carnival griptus look like
00:27:53babes in the woods
00:27:54sound kill holy say who you whisper and let it down let it down
00:28:22no matter who you with friend believe me i can do better for both of us i'll make a fortune for the
00:28:29both of us
00:28:31an hour later the san francisco police department sent out an apb
00:28:51squads were sent to various parts of the countryside
00:28:58so
00:29:00so
00:29:05so
00:29:10roadblocks were thrown up to catch the car
00:29:38roadblooded killer the hysterical girl had described
00:29:44each squad kept reporting back to central headquarters and each of their stories was the same
00:29:49so far none of them had spotted the car the killer was driving
00:29:53orders were given to shoot to kill
00:29:55because from the girls further accounts they realized they were dealing with a maniac
00:30:02scare
00:30:09from the
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00:30:29Oh, my God.
00:30:59I trust that this information will answer all of your questions.
00:31:19If I can be of any further service, let me know.
00:31:22Sincerely, J.L. Louder, Captain Police, L.A.
00:31:26Here's another all points in CHP, Captain.
00:31:37These reports sound like they come from a bunch of loonies.
00:31:40They sure do. There it is.
00:31:43Sergeant.
00:31:43Yeah.
00:31:44I want Lieutenant Chasen to look these over as soon as he comes in.
00:31:47All right, then.
00:31:47The next morning, I read the stories of the brutal murder of the two police officers.
00:31:55I also read the witness's statement about the bullets having no effect upon the killer.
00:32:01I felt sorry for the witness, and I thought about how easily a person's mind can become confused when suddenly they receive a brutal shock.
00:32:12I didn't believe a man existed who could not be stopped by a slug from a .45.
00:32:18Good morning, Captain.
00:32:22You and the rest of the force are going on 24-hour duty.
00:32:26Seen the headlines?
00:32:28When this guy that's running amok up north?
00:32:31Yeah, the latest report, he's killed two police officers.
00:32:34Made a getaway in a green coop heading south.
00:32:36I've got a hunch this killer's going to be our baby.
00:32:40He could be in town right now.
00:32:42Yeah.
00:32:43You better get started, Lieutenant.
00:32:45Okay.
00:32:47Any new leads on that holdup, Mike?
00:32:50I think the girl can probably be counted out.
00:32:52If any of the others are wise, they're keeping mighty quiet.
00:32:56Well, let it ride for now.
00:32:57The whole force is going to be on the spot until we catch this killer.
00:33:02Newspapers will have a field day.
00:33:06We were wrong about two things.
00:33:18The killer was already in our city,
00:33:21and we didn't know he was Butcher Beddon.
00:33:23He headed straight for Eva Martin.
00:33:25He went to her dressing room to get back the map he had left in the envelope with her.
00:33:30He wanted first to check his money, then catch up with Lowe and the others.
00:33:36It can't be.
00:33:53But you do look like him.
00:33:58They're different somehow.
00:34:00It is you.
00:34:10Why didn't somebody tell me?
00:34:16What's happened, Charles?
00:34:19Those look like bullet holes.
00:34:21Are they?
00:34:22There isn't even a mark.
00:34:28There isn't even a mark.
00:34:28There isn't enough.
00:34:37No.
00:34:43No.
00:34:44I opened it like you told me, and I found the $50.
00:35:06I didn't know why you left him.
00:35:09Paul didn't know why he was here.
00:35:14Don't, don't, don't play crazy.
00:35:31The name of Paul triggered his hate.
00:35:34He left her dressing room and started for Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli's place.
00:35:38Because he knew, with them out of the way, Paul Lowe couldn't open the strong box where the money was hidden.
00:35:44He thought of Squeamy and Joe first.
00:35:47He was saving Paul Lowe for last.
00:35:49I'm sorry.
00:35:50I'm sorry.
00:35:51I'm sorry.
00:35:52I'm sorry.
00:35:54I'm sorry.
00:36:27Hey, Eva, can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?
00:36:53Operator, get me police headquarters.
00:36:57Lieutenant Chasen, please.
00:37:01When do you expect him?
00:37:07Tell him Charles Benton is alive.
00:37:10And even bullets can't stop him.
00:37:13I'm not crazy.
00:37:14Just say a friend of Charles, he'll know.
00:37:20After leaving a message for me, Eva telephoned Squeamy Ellis.
00:37:36She tried to tell him the butcher was alive and on his way over to kill him.
00:37:41Squeamy didn't believe her and in a way you couldn't blame him.
00:37:44Who in their right mind would believe a man had returned from the dead?
00:37:49What Squeamy actually believed was that the butcher, before his execution, had hired a killer to carry out his threat.
00:37:55You sick?
00:38:11What?
00:38:12You don't look so good to me.
00:38:14Ten minutes, Eva.
00:38:15All right.
00:38:17Say, Eva, I could take over the matinate trick for you.
00:38:21What?
00:38:22It's easy.
00:38:23Okay, Eva, I can do it.
00:38:25Scubba-de-doo-dee-doo.
00:38:27Oh.
00:38:28Um.
00:38:30I think I just thought of something.
00:38:32Yeah?
00:38:33Eva agreed to let Francine do the show.
00:38:36She hoped she'd be able to interrupt the butcher before he arrived at Squeamy's hotel.
00:38:41Or, failing that, at least be able to warn him to stay out of sight.
00:38:48You want to meet Captain?
00:38:51Yeah, I just had a run down on those fingerprints of the stolen car up north.
00:38:55I got nothing on the driver who was killed or the woman with him.
00:38:59Take a good look at these.
00:39:03There's something funny about these.
00:39:05Yeah.
00:39:06The boys in the lab can't figure it out, either.
00:39:09Those are the killers.
00:39:10They were found on the steering wheel.
00:39:12Looked like they'd been stamped in with a steel die.
00:39:15They sure do.
00:39:20These are Butcher Bentons.
00:39:22What?
00:39:24They look the same to me.
00:39:26How do the lab boys explain that?
00:39:27I don't.
00:39:29Their best guess is a twin brother.
00:39:31An identical twin could have the same pattern of worlds with only slight variations.
00:39:36Ever hear of the Butcher having a twin brother?
00:39:41No.
00:39:43Even if he did, it wouldn't explain these freak prints.
00:39:45If you didn't pick up your message, Lieutenant, some wacky dame calls you.
00:39:52And she says Charles Benton is alive and bullets won't stop him.
00:39:56If we buy the twin theory...
00:40:00Who was she?
00:40:01Where'd she see him?
00:40:02Well, she wouldn't leave her name.
00:40:03Sounded kind of hysterical to me.
00:40:05Said she was a friend of the Butcher's.
00:40:08Eva Martin.
00:40:09Get her with the Follies and see what that girl knows.
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:11Some guys have all the luck.
00:40:17I never do an assignment to the Follies.
00:40:27Meanwhile, the Butcher headed for Squeamy's hotel.
00:40:31He didn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
00:40:34Actually, he seemed like any normal person.
00:40:36On his way to work or on his way home.
00:40:39He rode up Angel's flight, arrived at the top, scanned the hotel building,
00:40:54and then noticed the only exit from Squeamy's apartment.
00:40:57A fire escape.
00:41:09A fire escape.
00:41:15A fire escape.
00:41:17And then here's the fog.
00:41:26And where's the fog?
00:41:27The End
00:41:57The End
00:42:27The End
00:42:57The End
00:43:27The End
00:43:57The Butcher was figuring his next step
00:44:09and as he looked at the dead cop
00:44:12he thought about Paul Lowe
00:44:13the next man on his list
00:44:15seen Joe Marcelli?
00:44:18not since last night when I told him I didn't want him around here no more
00:44:21give me a shot
00:44:23look
00:44:33I need help
00:44:40just found out that Benton hired a killer to get me
00:44:43he's after Joe too
00:44:45well then drink up and get out
00:44:48I don't want no trouble around my place
00:44:49you're a real pal
00:44:51drink up and get out I said
00:44:53a little bit of a kid
00:44:59and that's what?
00:45:01you're a young man
00:45:05that's you're a real man
00:45:06I'm gonna know
00:45:07I'm gonna find out
00:45:11there's a lot of people
00:45:12at Sonya
00:45:14but I'm gonna know
00:45:14you're a real man
00:45:15that's a real man
00:45:16I'm gonna know
00:45:16Oh, my God.
00:45:46Oh, my God.
00:46:16Oh, my God.
00:46:46Oh, my God.
00:47:16Oh, my God.
00:47:46Oh, my God.
00:48:16Oh, my God.
00:48:46Keep an officer on duty here as you hear from me.
00:48:49We'll get a stakeout on Joe Marcelli.
00:48:50I'd like to talk to Joe.
00:48:52Lauder, I'm going to call San Quentin.
00:48:54Suppose Benton is alive.
00:48:56Every available man's been put on the case now.
00:48:58Yes, sir.
00:48:59All right.
00:49:00All right.
00:49:00Anything new?
00:49:01Anything new?
00:49:02Report on Dr. Bradshaw, owner of the station wagon.
00:49:04The San Francisco police located his laboratory in the basement of an electrical power-receiving station.
00:49:10Bradshaw, what's he know?
00:49:11He's dead.
00:49:11And another man, too, his assistant.
00:49:14The lab is a shambles.
00:49:15But now we're getting some action from San Francisco.
00:49:17But now we're getting some action from San Francisco.
00:49:19Benton's body never arrived at the mortuary where it was supposed to go.
00:49:22An attendant there finally broke down, admitted he picked up some quick cash by handing the body over to a man he was unable to identify.
00:49:30The man was driving his station wagon.
00:49:32Blasted man, the chief's on my neck and the commissioners are on his and the mayor's on theirs.
00:49:37Now, am I supposed to tell them that our killer is a dead man?
00:49:40They found a notebook in Bradshaw's lab.
00:49:43It ties his experiments in with a Professor Dwiggins at Caltech.
00:49:46I hope to hear from Dwiggins soon.
00:49:48Captain, report from the valley on a hysterical woman.
00:49:51Reports the presence of the killer.
00:49:53There's the location.
00:49:55Let's go.
00:49:59You and your boyfriend had a little fight, and he got out of the car to take a walk.
00:50:19You noticed that he walked down toward the sump area in the direction where you'd seen those lights a short while before.
00:50:25What happened then, miss?
00:50:26Please try to tell us.
00:50:28Well, I just sat there.
00:50:33A few minutes, I guess.
00:50:34I was pretty mad.
00:50:36Then there was a loud crash, like heavy metal, sort of, from down here.
00:50:43I got out of the car to get a better look.
00:50:46I heard Jimmy cry out something.
00:50:49I couldn't make out the words.
00:50:51Then, down here, in a patch of light, was Jimmy.
00:50:57Jimmy, and coming toward him was this man, big man, lifting Jimmy up over his head like he didn't weigh a thing.
00:51:10Jimmy, Jimmy screamed, just once, before he broke Jimmy's back.
00:51:18I heard it snap, that far away.
00:51:23Then I started running until I found this house.
00:51:26They let me use the phone.
00:51:29Thank you, Mitch.
00:51:35We'll see that you get home right now.
00:51:40O'Malley, see that the young lady gets home already.
00:51:42Paul Lowe, while driving to his office, heard a radio commentator report the murder of Joe Marcelli.
00:51:52And what shocked him most was when the broadcast identified the killer as possibly being the butcher.
00:51:58Lowe headed straight for Eva Martin at the burlesque theater.
00:52:01Oh, you gave me a start, Mr. Lowe.
00:52:05What are you doing here? Where's Eva?
00:52:06Oh, I'm taking her place. I'm going to wear her costumes.
00:52:10What's it to you?
00:52:11I asked you, where's Eva?
00:52:12Hey, don't get physical.
00:52:15Well, watch your tone of voice, Buster.
00:52:16I told you, little Eva isn't here.
00:52:19I can see that for myself. Where is she?
00:52:22She's at police headquarters.
00:52:24That's where she is.
00:52:26Yes, sir.
00:52:29No, sir, Captain Lauder's still with the mayor.
00:52:31The killer dropped out of sight. He was last seen in the Hollywood area.
00:52:37Yes, sir, we know he's dangerous.
00:52:39Every angle's being covered.
00:52:42Yes, sir, I'll tell him.
00:52:43Whew.
00:53:01Here, see how these fit.
00:53:07Low heels.
00:53:09I'm sorry. It's the best our wardrobe department can afford.
00:53:15Any idea how soon the Captain will be back?
00:53:16Now, look, I'm going to see the Captain. I've got to wait here all night.
00:53:23Paul.
00:53:27Paul.
00:53:28Charles killed Squeamy and Joe.
00:53:30Joe, too?
00:53:33Benton?
00:53:34He's alive.
00:53:36I saw him, but nobody will believe me.
00:53:38I'm checking it.
00:53:39My guess is whoever killed them is on the trail of the money low.
00:53:42Now, maybe you'd better start talking if you know anything about it.
00:53:45I don't know anything.
00:53:47Did the butcher have a brother?
00:53:48No, no, brother.
00:53:51It was Charles.
00:53:53I saw the tattoo on his arm.
00:53:58Look, I demand police protection.
00:54:00Where's the money low?
00:54:01You heard me. I demand protection. I know my rights.
00:54:03We put stakeouts on your office and home.
00:54:05Well, that's not enough.
00:54:07It's enough as far as we're concerned.
00:54:13Are you going to book me, Sergeant?
00:54:16Don't dare and throw away the key.
00:54:53Come up with anything yet, Dick?
00:54:54Oh, we've checked every hotel, motel, and rooming house in town.
00:54:58We've run a cross-check on every hangout butcher ever used.
00:55:01Net results, blank.
00:55:03This is incredible.
00:55:05We not only discover a dead man turned killer,
00:55:07but it's beginning to look like he plays ghost, too.
00:55:09He's somewhere in this city,
00:55:12and if we have to take it apart brick by brick,
00:55:15we've got to get him.
00:55:16I may be way off,
00:55:18but I think Paul Lowe could tell us a lot.
00:55:20Maybe.
00:55:21That's a cinch he's not going to.
00:55:23I suppose he had no alternative.
00:55:26You better grab some coffee.
00:55:27Your mind's beginning to play tricks on you.
00:55:29Lowe, now, wait a minute.
00:55:31When Lowe came to us for police protection,
00:55:33it was because he was scared stiff
00:55:35the butcher would add him to the list
00:55:36of Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli.
00:55:39Go on.
00:55:39It figures, too.
00:55:41When he slugged the sergeant,
00:55:42he knew we'd book him right away.
00:55:44Oh, this Lowe's a pretty cute character,
00:55:46but we can play the same game.
00:55:48You mean we'll threaten to release him?
00:55:50Well, not exactly.
00:55:51You tell him you realize that he was excited,
00:55:54that throwing the punch was accidental.
00:55:56Tell him we're not going to make a charge,
00:55:58that he's completely released.
00:55:59Lieutenant, you know we can't do that.
00:56:02Lowe made his first mistake
00:56:03when he hit the sergeant,
00:56:04and that'll get him a year.
00:56:05As far as the department's concerned,
00:56:06at least it's a small victory.
00:56:09If my hunch is right,
00:56:11Lowe won't want to be on the streets
00:56:12with the butcher looking for him.
00:56:14And he may talk, and talk a lot.
00:56:16Enough maybe for us to get rid of him permanently.
00:56:19Even lead us to the butcher.
00:56:21If he's frightened enough, that might work.
00:56:24But if it doesn't...
00:56:27No, Dick, I'm not going to release him.
00:56:28I want him out of my way so bad I can taste it,
00:56:31but not bad enough to be responsible
00:56:32for getting him killed.
00:56:34The good thing about that, Captain,
00:56:35is the fact we know it.
00:56:37But Lowe doesn't.
00:56:40Let's give it a try.
00:56:42All right, Lowe.
00:56:43Come on out.
00:56:44I think you'll find everything in there.
00:56:51You're free to go, Mr. Lowe.
00:56:55Wait a minute.
00:56:56Who do you think you're kidding?
00:56:58You arrested me for assaulting an officer.
00:57:01Court, I'll plead guilty.
00:57:02With luck, I might get off for six months.
00:57:06For a lawyer, you're forgetting a very important point.
00:57:08If no charge is made, there's no trial.
00:57:12It was a tough day for everyone.
00:57:14We figured your nerves were on edge,
00:57:15and when you threw the punch,
00:57:16you didn't know what you were doing.
00:57:18I've squared everything with the sergeant.
00:57:20It's all over, all forgotten.
00:57:22Yeah?
00:57:23Why'd you bring us to Nargrafa?
00:57:25Simply because I wanted a record of our conversation
00:57:27at the time of your release.
00:57:30Okay, Lowe, let's go.
00:57:31Oh, wait a minute.
00:57:33What's that on those streets, and I'm a dead man?
00:57:35If you let me go, you'll be responsible for murder.
00:57:38Oh, come off it, Lowe.
00:57:39You're imagining things.
00:57:40You know the butcher threatened to kill me.
00:57:42You set me free, he'll do it.
00:57:44Well, that's just a risk we'll have to take.
00:57:47But the way I look at it, Mr. Lowe,
00:57:49you'll be okay.
00:57:52Look, Captain, I'll make a deal with you.
00:57:54You keep me here,
00:57:55and I'll tell you how to recover the money.
00:57:57Maybe even catch the butcher.
00:57:59No deals, Lowe.
00:58:00You'd probably tell us anything,
00:58:01just a stall for time.
00:58:03Come on, let's get out of here.
00:58:04Now, wait a minute.
00:58:05All right.
00:58:10I'll tell you the truth.
00:58:14Start taking this down.
00:58:19I, Paul Lowe,
00:58:22hired Butcher Benton,
00:58:25Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Maselli
00:58:27to pull off the armored car holdup.
00:58:30And then Lowe continued with his confession.
00:58:35He told us about finding the map.
00:58:37He showed us the exact location
00:58:38of where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:58:41And he gave us a most important answer.
00:58:44The explanation as to how the butcher
00:58:46was able to elude detection.
00:58:47His means of escape was the sewer system
00:58:50that moved our city.
00:58:51The department went to work fast.
00:59:06Every police squad in the city
00:59:08was detailed to cover a specific area.
00:59:10Every entrance and exit
00:59:11to the Los Angeles city sewer system
00:59:14of 700 miles was covered.
00:59:15Captain Lauder and I,
00:59:17along with several other squads,
00:59:19headed for the entrance where,
00:59:20according to the map,
00:59:21Butcher had hidden the money.
00:59:23Our job was to stop him.
00:59:25And that made me think
00:59:26of one specific question.
00:59:28When we found him,
00:59:29could this monster be stopped?
00:59:31I, for one,
00:59:33wasn't sure.
00:59:56Everything all set, Lieutenant?
00:59:58City engineers mapped out
00:59:59each possible exit.
01:00:00The squad of officers
01:00:01are spotted at every point.
01:00:03If the butcher can be caught,
01:00:04now's the time.
01:00:05Well, after I talked to Caltech,
01:00:06I called on the fire department
01:00:07for a little help.
01:00:09The professors thought
01:00:10a flamethrower might stop him.
01:00:11Flamethrower?
01:00:12I suppose their boys
01:00:13have had a chance
01:00:14to join our squads by now.
01:00:15Let's see if we have one with us here.
01:00:17Have you thought about
01:00:18what'll happen
01:00:18if this doesn't work?
01:00:20No.
01:00:21I've been praying too hard
01:00:23that it will work.
01:00:30Let's see if you can.
01:00:31I'll see.
01:00:31I'll see you.
01:00:33I'll see you.
01:00:33I'll see you soon.
01:00:34Good night.
01:00:35Go, Clay.
01:02:05This is where we split up.
01:02:17I'll go straight ahead.
01:02:35I'll go straight ahead.
01:03:05If this map's right, we're off our course.
01:03:22We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:52We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:22I'll go straight ahead.
01:04:23Hold it.
01:04:24I didn't have it.
01:04:27Hold it.
01:04:29I didn't have it.
01:04:32Hold it.
01:04:33Hold it.
01:04:34Hold it.
01:04:39Hold it.
01:04:40Hold it.
01:04:42I didn't have it.
01:04:44I didn't have it.
01:04:49So, let's go.
01:05:19So, let's go.
01:05:49So, let's go.
01:06:19So, let's go.
01:06:49Let's go.
01:07:19Let's go.
01:07:49Let's go.
01:08:19Let's go.
01:08:49Let's go.
01:09:19Let's go.
01:09:20Let's go.
01:09:21Let's go.
01:09:22Let's go.
01:09:23Let's go.
01:09:24Let's go.
01:09:25Let's go.
01:09:26Let's go.
01:09:27Let's go.
01:09:28You know,
01:09:30let's go.
01:09:31Let's go.
01:09:32Let's go.
01:09:33Let's go.
01:09:34Let's go.
01:09:35Let's go.
01:09:36Let's go.
01:09:37Let's go.
01:09:38Let's go.
01:09:39Let's go.
01:09:40Let's go.
01:09:41Let's go.
01:09:42Let's go.
01:09:43Let's go.
01:09:44You know,
01:09:45let's go.
01:09:46Let's go, let's go.
01:09:47Let's go.
01:09:51You know something, Dick? The past 72 hours seemed like a bad dream.
01:09:57That rest in the hospital today really gave me a new lease on life.
01:10:02Now that it's over, I can't believe it actually happened.
01:10:06The important thing is to remember, it is all over.
01:10:11I suppose you'll be assigned to another case.
01:10:14I'll have to give up hamburgers in the front seat of the car for steaks in a restaurant.
01:10:19No.
01:10:21I've thought about that.
01:10:23In fact, I decided to do something about it.
01:10:25I started by talking the captain into a short holiday.
01:10:29And just about an hour ago, I got you fired.
01:10:34What?
01:10:36What did you do that for?
01:10:38I figured that being my wife would take up all of your time.
01:10:44Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't.
01:10:47You're not supposed to say no to a detective.
01:10:49I figured that too.
01:10:51I figured that too.
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