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00:01:30Ladies and gentlemen, again this evening the Daily Classic has the pleasure of presenting to you the world's most eminent criminologist and crime commentator, The Shadow.
00:01:56Okay, you're on the air.
00:02:01The Shadow Speaks, bringing to you the latest news in the world of crime prevention and detection.
00:02:05This afternoon a crime was committed which brought only tragedy to the perpetrators.
00:02:09Three young desperadoes held up a bank and escaped in their car.
00:02:12The police quickly picked up their trail.
00:02:14There was a running gunfight between bandits and police which finally resulted in the three misguided young men plunging to their death.
00:02:19Once again is proved the truth of that old adage, crime does not pay.
00:02:23Well, friends, we have a distinguished visitor in our midst, but the news won't make the society page.
00:02:30Honest John is back in town.
00:02:33Honest John is one of the last of our old-time safecrackers.
00:02:36So if your strong box blows up with a loud bang, don't think it's the Fourth of July.
00:02:40It may be old John celebrating his release from what he probably calls the Big House or STIR.
00:02:46Let us hope that the police commissioner Weston, whom we hear never misses one of our broadcasts, will keep an eye on Honest John.
00:02:53Hi there, Commissioner.
00:02:57Memorandum to Detective Bureau.
00:02:58Check on Honest John.
00:02:59Yes, Commissioner.
00:03:00Ladies, here's a little incident which proves the silence is really golden.
00:03:05Last night, bandits entered George Ward's furniture store.
00:03:08Mrs. Ward was alone in the place.
00:03:10The good lady was so frightened she couldn't talk.
00:03:12At least that's what the bandits...
00:03:14It's too bad something don't scare him so bad that he can't talk.
00:03:18There ought to be a law against guys like him shooting their mouth off within the city limits.
00:03:23But still, Mrs. Ward refused to say a word.
00:03:25At the point of a gun, they took from the cash register a dollar bill and one thin dime.
00:03:29The moment they'd gone, Mrs. Ward calmly removed a hundred-dollar bill from her mouth.
00:03:34Witnesses took the license number of the car.
00:03:363Y-41-37.
00:03:39I'll repeat that.
00:03:403Y-41-37.
00:03:43Did you make a note of that?
00:03:44Yes, sir, I did.
00:03:45Last night, young Michael Nolan took his pretty fiancée, Dorothy Walsh,
00:03:50for a drive along the scenic highway overlooking the city.
00:03:53With a bright lover's moon overhead, they stopped to enjoy the view and to romance.
00:03:59Today, police discovered their bodies in Nolan's car
00:04:02and are holding a transient named Miller for the murder.
00:04:07Well, you can't go in now, miss. The shadow's on the air.
00:04:10Oh, but I'm Phoebe Lane.
00:04:12I'm sorry you couldn't get in there if you was Calamity Jane.
00:04:14But I'm working for the shadow.
00:04:16Well, I'm the shadow's shadow.
00:04:18Well, they'll just fade away, will you please, lady?
00:04:21But I've got important news that must go on to here right away.
00:04:24I've got it all written down here.
00:04:26Look it.
00:04:27See?
00:04:31Mr. Grayson?
00:04:32Last night in John Morgan's warehouse,
00:04:33another creature was stirring, not even the water.
00:04:35I don't know what I'm doing. This is my job.
00:04:36As Robert silently jimmied a window,
00:04:40they were greeted by cries of get out, get out.
00:04:43They did.
00:04:44An hour later, when police stopped to investigate the window,
00:04:48the parrot was still screaming,
00:04:50get out, get out.
00:04:51Ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be a slight disturbance in the studio.
00:04:54Ladies and gentlemen, a newsflash has just been handed to me.
00:05:05I can't guarantee its authenticity, but here it is.
00:05:07A big theater robbery is planned to take place downtown in half an hour.
00:05:10In fact, nine o'clock.
00:05:12Read the Daily Classic for particulars,
00:05:14and now the shadow bids you good night until tomorrow.
00:05:17You didn't get the name of the theater.
00:05:18The police won't know where to go.
00:05:19No, and neither will 10,000 other thrill-hunting sightseers.
00:05:23But hadn't you better phone the police?
00:05:25I don't think you have to worry about that.
00:05:26Good night.
00:05:27Good night.
00:05:30Hello.
00:05:31Oh, hello, Commissioner.
00:05:33It's the police.
00:05:35Yes, I have that too.
00:05:36The Metropolitan Theater.
00:05:38The Metropolitan Theater.
00:05:40See here, Cranston,
00:05:41if this turns out to be a phony tip,
00:05:43I have a good mind to sue you
00:05:45if I can find the proper grounds.
00:05:47Why not breach a promise, Commissioner?
00:05:48Cranston, listen.
00:05:53Radio broadcasting.
00:05:54Hook me up for an emergency order to all cars.
00:05:58General order 6-2.
00:06:00All radio cars concentrate in sector 8.
00:06:03General order 6-2.
00:06:05All radio cars concentrate in sector 8.
00:06:08Well, that's us again.
00:06:09Guess you'll have to get along without us, Frank.
00:06:11Well, I guess I can hold this down a little bit.
00:06:13Go on.
00:06:16Oh, by the way, Miss Lane,
00:06:17where did you get this tip?
00:06:18From a man.
00:06:20From a man?
00:06:22Well, who was it?
00:06:23Don't you know his name?
00:06:24No, but he had an honest face.
00:06:29Would you mind giving me some little hint
00:06:31about how you met this honest face?
00:06:34Well, there was an automobile accident.
00:06:36And suddenly I remembered I was a reporter for you.
00:06:38So I stopped and asked the people,
00:06:39their names and addresses and things.
00:06:40And one man said,
00:06:41I can't give you my name and address,
00:06:43but I can give you a big story.
00:06:44And he did.
00:06:46That's what I'm afraid of.
00:06:47He said the Metropolitan Fitter will be robbed.
00:06:49What time?
00:06:50Goodness, I forgot to ask him that.
00:06:52And you had me put that choice morsel on the air.
00:06:55Well, he was so sincere and he had such an honest face.
00:07:00Well, you better spend more time awake.
00:07:01How did she get in?
00:07:02Well, I tried to stop her, but she scratched it.
00:07:04Well, sir, did you hear that pipe dream I just had on the air?
00:07:11Yeah, where did you get it?
00:07:12A man told her.
00:07:14Told who?
00:07:15Phoebe Lane, the girl you wished on me.
00:07:17The honor student of college journalism.
00:07:20Say, will you get her out of my hair
00:07:21and put her back on the household page where she belongs?
00:07:23Not a chance, Cranston.
00:07:25She says she's all fed up with recipes and household hints.
00:07:28She wants to be a real reporter.
00:07:30Oh, I see.
00:07:32Romance and adventure stuff, huh?
00:07:33Well, Mr. Heath, is she running this newspaper or are you, sir?
00:07:37Cranston, as long as she happens to be the owner's niece,
00:07:41I'm afraid she can pick any seat she wants for a ride.
00:07:44Oh, it's one of those, is it?
00:07:47Well, there's no law against our making the joyride a little,
00:07:50shall we say, bumpy for her, is there?
00:07:53Not that I know of.
00:07:54Thank you, sir.
00:08:03Ladies and gentlemen, this is Phoebe Lane,
00:08:05the real brains of the shadow who thinks he knows all about crime.
00:08:08But the real crime of the age is the way he makes you think he's so smart,
00:08:11when it's really me that does the work all the time.
00:08:17Hello.
00:08:18I didn't see you.
00:08:19That's quite evident.
00:08:20I didn't mean what I said, Mr. Cranston.
00:08:23I hope you can forgive me.
00:08:24I wish I could forget you.
00:08:27Oh, if you think you're going to have Mr. Palms in a robbery without me,
00:08:30you're crazy!
00:08:32That is my story!
00:08:33Wait for Phoebe!
00:08:36Hello, Mr. Cranston!
00:08:38Now, listen, Moe, you're a fine driver and all that,
00:08:40but you're not working for me.
00:08:41You mean I'm fine?
00:08:43No, but you will be if you insist upon calling me by name.
00:08:45Now, remember, you're no good to me unless you don't know me.
00:08:47Okay, stranger, well, two.
00:08:50The Metropolitan Theater.
00:08:53This is going to be thrilling, isn't it, Mr. Cranston?
00:08:55Yes, and dangerous, too, particularly for you.
00:08:58For me? Why?
00:08:59Well, when the crooks start shooting, it seems they pick off the girl first.
00:09:02I never knew that.
00:09:03Oh, a strange quirk in the criminal mind.
00:09:05Nobody seems to understand it.
00:09:07Oh, but I understand it.
00:09:08It's because they realize that the girl is really the smart one.
00:09:11They have to get her first.
00:09:13Miss Lane, why didn't you stick to the baby and biscuit end of the newspaper business
00:09:17instead of hurling yourself into the jaws of death?
00:09:20Because I'm tired of babies and biscuits.
00:09:22I want thrills, adventure, romance.
00:09:24Ah, but the household hint page is the place to find it.
00:09:27The home is the very symbol of romance.
00:09:29Oh, no, it isn't.
00:09:30The nearest I ever came to it was when a cross-eyed washing machine salesman
00:09:33tried to kiss me in a model kitchen.
00:09:35Young lady, you're impossible.
00:09:37Not if the right man comes along.
00:09:38Hang around a while, Moe.
00:09:53Okay, stranger.
00:09:56Where are the police?
00:09:57Oh, don't worry about that.
00:09:58They'll be around.
00:09:59Oh, we've got to warn the theater right away.
00:10:00Now, wait a minute.
00:10:01Let's do some window shopping first.
00:10:03Well...
00:10:03The boss of them all.
00:10:07Police Commissioner Weston in the flesh.
00:10:10And if this turns out to be a false alarm,
00:10:12he'll love me even less than he does now.
00:10:15Oh, but I'm sure it isn't because he had such an honest...
00:10:18Such an honest face.
00:10:20Bram.
00:10:26Hello, Commissioner.
00:10:27Say, what kind of a song and dance is this?
00:10:29I hope you realize my whole department has been shifted
00:10:31just to take care of this tip-off.
00:10:33Maybe you'd rather have the theater robbed
00:10:35than let them chalk up another black mark against your record.
00:10:37Now, see here.
00:10:38We got crime down to the lowest level it's been in years.
00:10:41But the way you advertise it,
00:10:42people will think a crime wave is on.
00:10:43You might have twice as much to deal with
00:10:45if I didn't advertise the crime doesn't pay.
00:10:47I'm helping you.
00:10:48Well, I'd like to try running the department without your help.
00:10:51Just as an experiment.
00:10:53It's nine o'clock.
00:10:55Well, well, well.
00:10:56Our time flies.
00:10:59What have you got there?
00:11:19It's my violin.
00:11:22What are you taking in there for?
00:11:23What to play it, of course.
00:11:24I am a violinist.
00:11:25Yeah?
00:11:26Let me see it.
00:11:28Please, be careful.
00:11:29It is very valuable.
00:11:30Shut up.
00:11:33See?
00:11:33I no lie.
00:11:35I'm sorry.
00:11:37I owe you an apology.
00:11:39Take those off.
00:11:40I ought to send you to jail for life for bringing me out on such a wild goose chase.
00:11:49I didn't invite you.
00:11:50You crashed the party.
00:11:52Mr. Cranston, I consider you public nuisance number one.
00:11:55Good.
00:11:55I like to be first in everything, Mr. Weston.
00:11:58I got to phone the paper.
00:11:59Hello, Heath.
00:12:04Cranston speaking.
00:12:05That robbery tip was just a gag to get the radio cars off their regular runs.
00:12:09Yes, I got to hunt something big is going to break elsewhere.
00:12:11Better hold page one in my column for remake.
00:12:13Oh, and have Burke stand by.
00:12:15Yeah, so long.
00:12:15Give me the captain.
00:12:36McCabe reporting, sir.
00:12:38Explosion in 93 Madeira Drive.
00:12:40Yes, sir.
00:12:45First you tell me to get all my cars down here to stop a robbery.
00:12:54Then you get me to rush them all back before there is a robbery.
00:12:57What kind of a merry-go-robbery is this anyway?
00:12:59I know, but then there's...
00:13:00Calling all cars from District 9.
00:13:02Calling all cars from District 9.
00:13:04Explosion reported at 93 Madeira Drive.
00:13:08Explosion reported at 93 Madeira Drive.
00:13:10And it's all...
00:13:12Oh, Mr. Cranston.
00:13:14Wait to see me.
00:13:16Oh, Tasty!
00:13:25Mr. Cranston.
00:13:27Kindly keep your fingerprints to yourself.
00:13:29Rowdy, take the door.
00:13:34Have you searched the house?
00:13:35Yes, there's no one else here.
00:13:37What, no servants?
00:13:38Servants have a day off every week.
00:13:41Or haven't you heard?
00:13:42One in a house of this size is always someone on duty.
00:13:44Well, if I want any information from you, I'll ask for it.
00:13:47That's fine.
00:13:48I've got to phone the paper anyway.
00:13:50Frank, is there a phone still working?
00:13:51In there.
00:13:52Thanks.
00:13:52Thanks for the ride, mister.
00:13:53Don't forget to look for your name in the paper.
00:13:57You know what?
00:13:58You'd better stand back, matey.
00:14:03Oh, but I'm a reporter.
00:14:08I'll pay my press cards.
00:14:09I've got no reporters.
00:14:10Oh, but officer, I've got to make good on this story.
00:14:12I've got a sick mother.
00:14:13Oh, yeah?
00:14:14Well, your mother's going to have a sick daughter if you don't scram out of here.
00:14:15How many of them were there?
00:14:16I really can't say, sir.
00:14:17Oh, come on.
00:14:18You must have some idea.
00:14:19Think back.
00:14:20I think there was only one, sir.
00:14:22I was grabbed from behind.
00:14:25I'm a reporter.
00:14:26I'll pay my press cards.
00:14:27I've got no reporters.
00:14:28Oh, but officer, I've got to make good on this story.
00:14:29I've got a sick mother.
00:14:30Oh, yeah?
00:14:31Well, your mother's going to have a sick daughter if you don't scram out of here.
00:14:35How many of them were there?
00:14:36I really can't say, sir.
00:14:39Oh, come on.
00:14:40You must have some idea.
00:14:41Think back.
00:14:43I...
00:14:44I think there was only one, sir.
00:14:47I...
00:14:48I...
00:14:49I was grabbed from behind.
00:14:51Oh, I'm...
00:14:52I'm so shaky.
00:14:53I think I'd better go to bed.
00:14:55All right.
00:15:03Stay with him, Tom.
00:15:05We're wasting time here.
00:15:06Get your men out and bring in the man who did this job.
00:15:09An old-time safe plower who just got into town.
00:15:12His name is, uh...
00:15:13Honest John.
00:15:14Honest John.
00:15:15Bring him in and we'll charge him with robbery and homicide.
00:15:18The motive of the crime wasn't robbery.
00:15:21How can you look at that safe and say the motive wasn't robbery?
00:15:24Don't you know that man's watch and wallet are gone?
00:15:26If it wasn't robbery, what was it?
00:15:28Murder.
00:15:32If it was robbery, they'd have taken the bonds, wouldn't they?
00:15:35Marvelous powers of observation.
00:15:38Why do you use the word they, Mr. Cranston?
00:15:40Because one man couldn't have done all this between the departure of the radio car and the time of the explosion.
00:15:45As I recall, you gave the impression Honest John was a very fast workman.
00:15:49Right.
00:15:50And much too efficient to be guilty of a botched-up job like that.
00:15:53That blast wasn't set to blow a safe.
00:15:55It was calculated to kill whoever opened it.
00:15:58I say you're wrong.
00:15:59That's great.
00:16:00Great.
00:16:01I'll see that your opinion is given its proper unimportance in my column tomorrow.
00:16:04There won't be any shadow column tomorrow.
00:16:07Oh, no?
00:16:08No.
00:16:09And for a long time to come.
00:16:11Inspector.
00:16:12Kindly file this gentleman in one of our steel cabinets.
00:16:16Somewhere out in the stick.
00:16:17On what charge, Commissioner?
00:16:19Material witness.
00:16:21Thanks for being the first man on the scene of the crime.
00:16:23You certainly use your brain, Mr. Cranston.
00:16:26I wish I could say the same for you, sir.
00:16:28Oh, never mind those things.
00:16:30I don't go in for flashy jewelry.
00:16:51Hello?
00:16:52Give me the desk, sweetheart.
00:16:56Burke speaking.
00:16:57New lead off for shadow column.
00:17:00He says Weston all wet with robbery theory on Morton case.
00:17:06Says it's murder using robbery as a cover-up.
00:17:10Honest John?
00:17:12Nah.
00:17:13He's just as innocent as a new-laid cornerstone.
00:17:17Oh, yeah, I say.
00:17:18Cranston's been pinched.
00:17:20Yeah.
00:17:21Held as material witness.
00:17:23On the way now to some hick-town hoose gal.
00:17:27Oh, sure.
00:17:29Right on my toes.
00:17:31Well, so long, pumpkin-puss.
00:17:50Take it easy, boys.
00:17:51I only want one of you for traffic court.
00:17:52You.
00:17:53Say, officer, I'm sure the judge wants to see me first.
00:17:54Ah, go on back and sit down.
00:17:55I know who to let out and who not to.
00:17:56But I've got to get a message to my folks.
00:17:57Now, if you help me out, I'll take care of you.
00:17:58Take care of me?
00:17:59I'm taking care of you.
00:18:00I'm taking care of you.
00:18:01Come on.
00:18:02Get out of here.
00:18:03Come on, get out of here.
00:18:04Come on, get out of here.
00:18:05Come on, get out of here.
00:18:06Come on, come on.
00:18:07If you take care of me, I've got a message on the way.
00:18:09Good to see you, sir.
00:18:10Who's the shirts?
00:18:11Oh, Lord.
00:18:12Come on, come on.
00:18:13The hick-time, aren't you?
00:18:14You must be sparing the hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick-hick.
00:18:31Hello, Heath.
00:18:38Well, I suppose you want to know what happened to your man, Cranston.
00:18:42After what you let him print yesterday,
00:18:44this is a fine time to call me up and ask for anything.
00:18:46But, Commissioner, you've got to let him out for the broadcast tonight.
00:18:50Why, thousands of people are waiting.
00:18:51To hear what else he has to say about the stupidness of the police department, huh?
00:18:55Well, let him wait.
00:18:56And furthermore, unless he changes his tune and lines up on our side,
00:18:59I'm going to cut off all police news from your paper.
00:19:02But the news is public property.
00:19:04You can't...
00:19:04Keep your men away from the records?
00:19:06Of course not.
00:19:08They can have the same access as other citizens.
00:19:10And I'd like to see you get out a newspaper on that.
00:19:12All right, Commissioner.
00:19:14Anything you say.
00:19:15But you've got to let the shadow out in time for his broadcast tonight.
00:19:19We can't disappoint the public.
00:19:21Can't disappoint the public, huh?
00:19:23Well, we can't mislead them either.
00:19:24Goodbye.
00:19:27But...
00:19:28We must have got cut off.
00:19:35Say, what are you in for?
00:19:37Nothing.
00:19:38You mean you've done nothing?
00:19:40Absolutely nothing.
00:19:41They're holding me without charge.
00:19:43Oh, well, now that son scrumps us.
00:19:46That's the great...
00:19:47That's why I've never heard such a thing in my life.
00:19:50They can't do that to you.
00:19:53Hey, Jada!
00:19:54Pardon me.
00:19:58Hey, Jada!
00:19:58Keep your shirt on.
00:19:59I'm taking you out right now.
00:20:01Me?
00:20:01I don't want to go out.
00:20:03I've got a right to stay here.
00:20:06This is the man who wants to go out.
00:20:08Listen, tell that to the judge.
00:20:09And he'll take care of your friend and you too.
00:20:11Oh, yeah.
00:20:12Don't you worry.
00:20:13Everything's coming out.
00:20:14Now, wait a minute.
00:20:15Don't handle me so, Rafa.
00:20:17Don't worry.
00:20:17Everything's coming out all right.
00:20:19Goodbye, old boy.
00:20:20I'll see you soon.
00:20:22I'll see you some more.
00:20:23Good luck.
00:20:23Have a good try.
00:20:25Just a minute.
00:20:25Wait.
00:20:26I'll just be a listen.
00:20:27Everybody gets out but me.
00:20:45When you get out, make a phone call for me, will you?
00:20:51Sure, fella.
00:20:52I'll give you the number of the paper I'm working on.
00:20:54You call them.
00:20:55Come on, you.
00:20:56Yes, sir.
00:20:57I don't mean you.
00:20:58I mean you.
00:20:59Me?
00:21:00Yes, you.
00:21:02Yeah, your girlfriend's here with the hapless corpus,
00:21:04and that lets you out.
00:21:06Oh, good luck, pal.
00:21:09Well, nice little Phoebe to call for you.
00:21:19Yes, thanks a lot.
00:21:21Don't thank me.
00:21:22Thank Moe.
00:21:22How much was it this time, Moe?
00:21:24Is this a place to talk business?
00:21:26Don't worry.
00:21:26It'll be on your bill.
00:21:27There, too.
00:21:28The office.
00:21:29Okay, stranger.
00:21:32Cranston.
00:21:33Well, he must be here.
00:21:35Well, he goes on the air in a few minutes.
00:21:38Well, where did he?
00:21:39You looking for me, sir?
00:21:41With millions of people about to tune in on your broadcast in a few minutes,
00:21:44I should worry where you are.
00:21:46You don't think I'd miss an opportunity to pay my respects to Commissioner Weston, do you?
00:21:50Now, look here, Cranston.
00:21:51You've got to lay off Weston.
00:21:53I see.
00:21:53He's been sticking a knife in me with one hand
00:21:55and patting himself on the back with the other, and you fell for it.
00:21:58You're smart enough to report crime
00:22:00without deliberately antagonizing the entire police department.
00:22:03Well, I try to take care of myself.
00:22:07Good evening, friends.
00:22:23Yes, it's your old shadow man,
00:22:25and after languishing in one of Commissioner Weston's small-town jugs,
00:22:28the shadow is just a shadow of his former self.
00:22:31Now we'll get down to the Gerald Morton case
00:22:33and the reported difference of opinion between the shadow
00:22:36and his other shadow, Police Commissioner Weston.
00:22:38Friends, I am now of the opinion that our efficient police department,
00:22:42under the able guidance of the commissioner...
00:22:43Ladies and gentlemen,
00:22:54an emergency has arisen in the studio,
00:22:56and we must pause briefly for station identification.
00:22:58Listening to station EMOR of the Daily Classic.
00:23:05Our program will continue in just a moment.
00:23:07Well, John, what can I do for you?
00:23:09So you're the guy that reminded the cops I was in town.
00:23:12But I spoke of you in a very complimentary way.
00:23:14I said you were tops in your profession.
00:23:16No man can ask for more than that, can he?
00:23:18Yeah, but you sounded off that I'd done that amateurish Morton job.
00:23:22That's my beef.
00:23:24Now listen, when I was cracking safes,
00:23:26which I ain't no more,
00:23:27I was so good I could lift the door off,
00:23:30lay it on a blanket as gentle as a mother's kiss.
00:23:34I know that, my friend.
00:23:35I ain't no friend of yours.
00:23:37Now you turn the heat on me and you're gonna turn it off, see?
00:23:41Now go ahead.
00:23:42Start talking.
00:23:43Tell them who really done that job.
00:23:45Go on.
00:23:46Right into that microscope.
00:23:48But I don't know.
00:23:50If you can't think of anybody else,
00:23:52tell them you done it.
00:24:01My friends,
00:24:02now that I have the situation in the studio
00:24:04absolutely under control,
00:24:07we can resume our discussion of the Morton murder mystery.
00:24:11Why was Gerald Morton murdered?
00:24:13He is said to have been a good man,
00:24:14a charitable and benevolent man,
00:24:16a man without enemies.
00:24:17But although Mr. Morton's character
00:24:19seemed almost too good to be true,
00:24:20other men, supposedly paragons of virtue,
00:24:22have met violent ends
00:24:23and investigation has developed
00:24:25some extremely unsavory facts.
00:24:27If my own investigation
00:24:28should develop a hidden side
00:24:30of Mr. Morton's life,
00:24:31I shall tell you all about it tomorrow.
00:24:34Well, what about me?
00:24:35I can now inform the police commissioner
00:24:37that Honest John
00:24:38is absolutely innocent
00:24:39of the explosion
00:24:40which caused the death
00:24:40of Gerald Morton.
00:24:42As a matter of fact, John,
00:24:44that job wasn't up to
00:24:45your usual professional standards,
00:24:47was it?
00:24:47No.
00:24:48I'd done better than that
00:24:49when I was still wearing short pants.
00:24:50Surely.
00:24:51Now, I ain't squawking about
00:24:52the cops pinning a murder on me,
00:24:54but when they tries
00:24:56to hang an amateurish job
00:24:57like that Morton blow up on me,
00:24:59I resent to see.
00:25:00Naturally, naturally.
00:25:01I'll get it.
00:25:02Take a general order.
00:25:04Effective immediately.
00:25:05There you are, ladies and gentlemen.
00:25:07You've just had the pleasure
00:25:07of hearing Honest John in person.
00:25:10You mean I was on air?
00:25:11You were, John,
00:25:12and thank you.
00:25:18You dumbocks,
00:25:19why don't you look
00:25:19where you're going?
00:25:20Ladies and gentlemen,
00:25:21for the past 24 hours,
00:25:22the entire police force
00:25:23of this city
00:25:24have been trying
00:25:24to locate Honest John.
00:25:26Yet the shadow
00:25:26has had no difficulty
00:25:27in bringing him to you
00:25:28on this program this evening.
00:25:30For further details,
00:25:31please read the classic.
00:25:31This is the shadow
00:25:32saying goodbye
00:25:33until the same time tomorrow.
00:25:37Here's everything
00:25:37ever published
00:25:38on Gerald Morton.
00:25:39Now, let's get busy.
00:25:40Yeah, well, let's not.
00:25:42Well, uh,
00:25:42well, uh,
00:25:43what are you going to do?
00:25:45I don't know.
00:25:48You mean you don't know?
00:25:52That's right.
00:25:53The shadow doesn't know.
00:25:56Have one?
00:25:59Uh, uh,
00:25:59I tried it once
00:26:00and it made me dizzy.
00:26:01Oh, so that's
00:26:02what caused it.
00:26:02Good night.
00:26:03Good night.
00:26:05This case is getting
00:26:06to be a bore.
00:26:07Why don't you hurry
00:26:07and make something happen?
00:26:09Miss Lane,
00:26:10when lightning is about
00:26:11to strike,
00:26:12one doesn't try
00:26:13to hurry it.
00:26:15Well, nice going,
00:26:16Cranston.
00:26:17You've fixed things
00:26:18up just dandy.
00:26:20Now, Weston,
00:26:21it's shut down
00:26:21on all police news,
00:26:22all fire news,
00:26:23and all hospital news.
00:26:24From now on,
00:26:25it's no news for us.
00:26:26Splendid.
00:26:27No news is good news,
00:26:29they say.
00:26:29And that Honest John gag.
00:26:31What is the idea
00:26:32of staging that stunt
00:26:33for the dumb stooge?
00:26:34Mr. Heath,
00:26:35that was no stooge.
00:26:36That was Honest John
00:26:37himself with a gun
00:26:38at my head.
00:26:40You mean the man
00:26:41that just went out?
00:26:42Miss Lane wants excitement
00:26:44but doesn't know it
00:26:45when she bumps into it.
00:26:48I don't care
00:26:48if this does make me dizzy.
00:26:49Oh, hello, Matt.
00:26:57How are you?
00:27:00Well, where is he?
00:27:02You mean Honest John,
00:27:03I suppose.
00:27:04Yeah.
00:27:05I do believe,
00:27:06as he'd say himself,
00:27:07that he's taken it
00:27:08on the lam.
00:27:09Why didn't you hold him?
00:27:11Well, why should I?
00:27:12I'm not the police commissioner.
00:27:14Then quit acting
00:27:14like a chump.
00:27:16You know,
00:27:17I think he's got
00:27:18something there.
00:27:19Phoebe, thank you.
00:27:20You're a gentleman
00:27:21and a lady.
00:27:22Now, here,
00:27:22stop this clowning.
00:27:23How are we going
00:27:24to get the paper
00:27:24off the spot
00:27:25you two have got it on?
00:27:26We're not clowning,
00:27:27Mr. Heathen.
00:27:28Please don't blame Miss Lane.
00:27:29It was my fault.
00:27:30I thought I was doing something.
00:27:31Wait a minute.
00:27:32I think you hit an angle
00:27:33in your broadcast
00:27:34where you hinted
00:27:36that Morton's character
00:27:37wasn't all it should be.
00:27:38I don't know.
00:27:39I'll go over to my office
00:27:40and work this thing out.
00:27:41All right.
00:27:42Gunny, I believe
00:27:42you have something there.
00:27:43Mr. Cranston?
00:27:44I'm Mr. Cranston.
00:27:45What can I do for you, sir?
00:27:47Hi, I'm Roger Morton.
00:27:49Brother of the Gerald Morton
00:27:50whose name you tried
00:27:51to besmirch in your broadcast.
00:27:53I came over
00:27:53to see just what sort of man
00:27:55could be guilty
00:27:56of such an attack.
00:27:58Well, I'd like to explain
00:27:59that's...
00:27:59I don't know
00:28:00what you meant
00:28:01by your hint
00:28:02about a hidden side
00:28:04in my brother's life.
00:28:05But in the presence
00:28:06of my attorney...
00:28:07I beg your pardon, I...
00:28:08Our firm has
00:28:09great commitments abroad,
00:28:10young man.
00:28:11And your paper
00:28:12will pay the penalty
00:28:13if you do or say anything
00:28:14to jeopardize
00:28:15our international dealings.
00:28:17And we deal in millions.
00:28:19That's all.
00:28:20Good night.
00:28:21Good night.
00:28:26Now what are you going to do?
00:28:27I'll tell you
00:28:27what he's going to do.
00:28:29He's going to handle
00:28:30the story Morton's way
00:28:31or he'll sue us for millions.
00:28:33Nice thing.
00:28:34Honest John says
00:28:34I handle it his way
00:28:35or he'll shoot me.
00:28:36Weston says
00:28:36I handle it his way
00:28:37or I go to jail.
00:28:38I think you started
00:28:39all this, sweetheart.
00:28:40Have you got any suggestions?
00:28:41Don't ask me.
00:28:42You're the great big detective.
00:28:44There you are.
00:28:44Now you see,
00:28:45she craves action
00:28:45and when she runs into it
00:28:46she starts passing the buck.
00:28:48I wish you'd go home
00:28:49and roll your hoop
00:28:49so we can roll up
00:28:50our sleeves
00:28:50and get to work.
00:28:53I'll admit
00:28:54you have performed miracles
00:28:56like that Alan murder.
00:28:57But there
00:28:58you had a bent pen
00:28:59to start with it a clue.
00:29:01This time
00:29:01you have nothing.
00:29:03You're right.
00:29:05Nothing.
00:29:06Don't forget
00:29:07you've still got Phoebe.
00:29:08Well,
00:29:09we don't want you shot.
00:29:10You're no good
00:29:10to us in jail
00:29:11and we can't afford
00:29:12to offend Morton.
00:29:14There it is, son.
00:29:15Get us out of it.
00:29:17Just like nothing happened.
00:29:20Oh, Miss Lane.
00:29:21Miss Lane went home
00:29:22to roll her hoop.
00:29:26Phoebe.
00:29:28I wonder if Miss Lane
00:29:29would recognize the man
00:29:30that gave her the tip
00:29:31that started all this.
00:29:32Miss Lane would know him anywhere.
00:29:34She never forgets a face.
00:29:38Well,
00:29:38what did he look like?
00:29:42Oh,
00:29:43he was thin.
00:29:45Well,
00:29:45not too thin.
00:29:46No.
00:29:47And, uh,
00:29:48blonde?
00:29:51He was between
00:29:51a blonde and a brunette
00:29:52and rather medium size
00:29:54for a man.
00:29:55And he was thin
00:29:56and, and
00:29:56oh,
00:29:57but I said that,
00:29:58didn't I?
00:29:58Yes, yes,
00:29:59you did.
00:29:59My, my,
00:30:00what a memory.
00:30:01Anyway,
00:30:02he wasn't bad looking.
00:30:03Well,
00:30:04go on.
00:30:04Anything else?
00:30:05Anyhow,
00:30:06I know how he spoke.
00:30:07How?
00:30:07With a foreign accent.
00:30:09A foreign accent?
00:30:10Mm-hmm.
00:30:10Listen,
00:30:11that's important.
00:30:12Uh,
00:30:13was it,
00:30:13uh,
00:30:14Moscow,
00:30:15Russian,
00:30:15I will give you a tip
00:30:17about a theater.
00:30:17Oh, no.
00:30:18No,
00:30:18it wasn't that,
00:30:19I see.
00:30:20Uh,
00:30:20Italian,
00:30:20perhaps,
00:30:21more liquid.
00:30:22Uh,
00:30:23Senora,
00:30:24do we know about the theater?
00:30:25No,
00:30:25no,
00:30:25no.
00:30:26It wasn't that.
00:30:27French,
00:30:27of course,
00:30:27it wouldn't be French.
00:30:28There is a theater
00:30:29that will be robbed tonight.
00:30:30Oh, no,
00:30:31no,
00:30:31that's not right.
00:30:31A German,
00:30:33perhaps.
00:30:34I can give you a tip
00:30:35about a theater
00:30:35around the corner
00:30:36that's going...
00:30:37That's nearer,
00:30:37that's nearer.
00:30:38That's nearer,
00:30:38perhaps a little finer,
00:30:39huh,
00:30:39Viennese.
00:30:40Uh,
00:30:41I can give you a tip
00:30:42about a theater
00:30:43around the corner
00:30:44that...
00:30:44You've got it.
00:30:45That's exactly
00:30:46the way he spoke.
00:30:47Fine.
00:30:48And I'm sure
00:30:49I'd recognize him
00:30:50now if I saw him.
00:30:51Good.
00:30:51Thank you,
00:30:52Miss Lane.
00:30:53Now you can go home.
00:30:53Oh, wait a minute.
00:31:03Let me finish
00:31:04before you go away mad.
00:31:06Uh, go home,
00:31:07put on your nicest
00:31:08dinner dress,
00:31:09and I shall call for you
00:31:10between 9.30
00:31:11and 10 o'clock.
00:31:12You mean I'm going
00:31:13to be whined and dined
00:31:14for remembering his accent?
00:31:15No, sweetheart.
00:31:16The idea is to find the man.
00:31:20I don't get it.
00:31:22When you want to find
00:31:23an American,
00:31:23you go where he works.
00:31:25When you want to find
00:31:26a foreigner,
00:31:27you go where he dines.
00:31:29My, but you're clever.
00:31:32Let me see now.
00:31:33Should I wear black
00:31:34or blue?
00:31:35You'll wear black
00:31:36and blue
00:31:36if you don't hurry.
00:31:37Scram, sister.
00:31:38See you, sir?
00:31:40Okay.
00:31:40See you, sir.
00:31:40See you, sir.
00:31:41See you, sir.
00:31:42See you, sir.
00:31:42The End
00:32:12The End
00:32:42The End
00:32:44Oh no
00:32:46No if I eat any more of that bookshot I'll pass out
00:32:48Hey don't you dare pass out until we find that man
00:32:50Bookshot?
00:32:58Oh 1.30 I've looked at so many men
00:33:00That they all look so tired
00:33:01I thought you wanted to be a reporter
00:33:03Now listen you stick around until we find the man
00:33:05Then you can go home
00:33:06Go home the very minute the fun begins?
00:33:08It's not me I'm not going to do all the hunting and then it's the shooting
00:33:10Oh now be reasonable will you Phoebe
00:33:12You're the boss's niece I can't let anything happen to you
00:33:14Why did I have to be born a relative?
00:33:16Why couldn't I have been born an orphan or something?
00:33:18There he is
00:33:34I thought you said he was good looking
00:33:38Are you sure that's the man?
00:33:47I'm positive
00:33:48I'm sorry sweetheart you'll have to scram
00:33:55Oh hello hello
00:34:06Oh I am sorry
00:34:09I have made a mistake
00:34:11You are not my old friend Captain Litzman
00:34:13As I thought
00:34:14My mistake was a natural one
00:34:18You know I have not seen Litzman
00:34:19Since we flew together in the war
00:34:21I see you are an ace also
00:34:25May I know the name?
00:34:27Mine is Stolski
00:34:28Baron Stolski
00:34:30I'm called Floto
00:34:32And this is my friend Storkov
00:34:35How do you do?
00:34:37I was told when I arrived in America recently
00:34:40That I could meet and make friends with many people of my own class
00:34:44I am glad that is so
00:34:47Vader
00:34:49Uh gentlemen
00:34:51Procter will be drink
00:34:52Lassoar 26
00:34:59And make sure it is 26 please
00:35:01Trevi I miss you
00:35:02Hello darling
00:35:04Well aren't you going to introduce me precious
00:35:09After all I am your wife you know
00:35:10Or do you?
00:35:12Oh yes
00:35:13Forgive me
00:35:14Baroness Stolski
00:35:15May I present Mr. Floto
00:35:17Mr. Storkov
00:35:18My new friend
00:35:19How do you do?
00:35:20How do you do?
00:35:21Thank you very much
00:35:23For a recent arrival in America
00:35:27As I say over here
00:35:29You must be a fast worker
00:35:31To have married so charming a girl
00:35:33So soon
00:35:34Well it was a whirlwind courtship
00:35:37We met on Wednesday
00:35:39I proposed on Thursday
00:35:41And we were married on the Statue of Liberty
00:35:44You met her through her newspaper work
00:35:49Newspaper work?
00:35:55Yes
00:35:55You are a reporter for the Daily Classic
00:35:57Are you not?
00:36:01Why?
00:36:02Why no
00:36:02There must be some mistake
00:36:05Why
00:36:05I am just not clever enough to be a reporter
00:36:08Am I darling?
00:36:09No darling
00:36:11Pardon my mistake
00:36:14America is a land of women so beautiful
00:36:17They all look alike
00:36:18Sorry monsieur
00:36:20I cannot say
00:36:21The bar is closed
00:36:23It's at the closing hour
00:36:24Oh that's too bad
00:36:26I had counted on talking over old times with you
00:36:29But my apartment is never closed
00:36:31Come
00:36:33We'll go and have a drink
00:36:35And chat
00:36:36Before we break up
00:36:37I'm afraid we cannot join you
00:36:40You know
00:36:40The baroness never keeps late hours
00:36:42Oh but one evening won't matter darling
00:36:44We'd be delighted to go
00:36:46Come on dear
00:36:47Taxi, taxi
00:36:56Midtown Apartments
00:36:57Oh no
00:36:58You see
00:36:59It is a raining night
00:37:00I'm sorry
00:37:01And it's so late
00:37:02I must take my wife home
00:37:03I'm sure
00:37:04But the Midtown Apartments are not far from here
00:37:06Yes darling
00:37:07And I'd love to have another drink
00:37:08Oh dumb
00:37:09You see
00:37:11My wife gets these attacks
00:37:12You know
00:37:13When it's late
00:37:13And raining
00:37:14I must take her home
00:37:15But we will see you tomorrow for lunch
00:37:16At the Hubbrow
00:37:18At one
00:37:19Luncheon
00:37:20One o'clock punctually
00:37:21Good
00:37:22Yes
00:37:23At 12 Dutton Street
00:37:25Okay Spencer
00:37:25Good night gentlemen
00:37:27Good night
00:37:28You ought to let this coffee right your column
00:37:35It's strong enough
00:37:37Good strong coffee for a strong silent man
00:37:41How's this
00:37:43The shadow says that his statements over the air yesterday
00:37:46Regarding the character of Mr. Gerald Morton
00:37:48Were unjustified
00:37:49And those statements are hereby withdrawn
00:37:51With due apologies to Mr. Morton's family
00:37:54Yeah but you have to apologize to Commissioner Weston
00:37:57Let's not go overboard in our enthusiasm
00:37:59For whitewashing ourselves
00:38:00But you've got to square the paper with Weston
00:38:03Tell how it happened
00:38:05Describe the scene
00:38:07You at the mic
00:38:08And Honest John with the gun
00:38:10I was afraid you'd be expecting that
00:38:12So I wrote it last night
00:38:13But I don't like it
00:38:15My apologies to Commissioner Weston
00:38:19Perhaps he's right in his belief that Honest John is the
00:38:22My statement on the air that the man was innocent
00:38:24Was made while John himself was holding a gun at my head
00:38:26And I hope that the Commissioner
00:38:28With his usual fair-mindedness
00:38:30Will restore the classic flavor
00:38:33Great
00:38:34Now Morton can't sue us
00:38:36And the Commissioner will have to restore our news
00:38:39Oh
00:38:40I spend years building up a reputation as a crime expert
00:38:43Then have to expose myself as a stuffed shirt
00:38:46That gets kicked around by the police department
00:38:48Well look here son
00:38:49If you're so keen about that reputation of yours
00:38:52Why don't you solve this case?
00:39:04Well did you check?
00:39:17Who is he?
00:39:19The Shadow
00:39:20The criminologist
00:39:21He is not to be taken lightly
00:39:25Neither were the best detectives of Paris, London, New York
00:39:29Yet here we are
00:39:31An amateur
00:39:35Well Mr. Cranston, how are you feeling this morning?
00:39:39Now listen Mo, for the last time
00:39:41If you ever call me by name again or recognize me
00:39:44Or even speak to me before you're spoken to
00:39:46I'm fired
00:39:46That's right
00:39:47Okay stranger
00:40:01I wonder where our friend Mr. Cranston is
00:40:11There's something wrong Starkov
00:40:15There's something wrong with your nerves my friend
00:40:18We are not going to leave here with our work half finished
00:40:22Yes, yes
00:40:23I know how much that's at stake
00:40:25That's why I'm so uneasy
00:40:27That's right
00:40:55Tell everybody we're here
00:40:57Suppose Flodo or Starkov would have been behind this door instead of me
00:41:00Oh but they couldn't be there both at the restaurant
00:41:02And I thought you'd be there having lunch with them too
00:41:04Oh and this would be a good time to do a little detecting
00:41:07Uh-huh
00:41:07Well for once you had a good idea
00:41:10Well come on let's get busy and look for the clue
00:41:12So you've got a clue have you
00:41:14Why yes
00:41:15The watch and the wallet that were missing from the man's body
00:41:18Hmm
00:41:18And where do you suggest we look for them
00:41:21Well my mother always used to hide things in the mattress
00:41:23And oh if we could only find a teapot
00:41:25I'm sure it would be in there
00:41:26Well then all we have to do is find a teapot
00:41:29Uh-huh
00:41:29Come on let's get started
00:41:30Telephone Mr. Flodo
00:41:35Hello
00:41:39We have waited long enough Rudolph
00:41:44Has our man come home from downtown?
00:41:48Not yet sir
00:41:49I understand he won't be home before late
00:41:53He's to meet our countrymen here
00:41:56For a final conference tonight
00:41:58We must know his plans
00:42:00Keep in touch with us at the apartment
00:42:02Be there in a few
00:42:04Waiter
00:42:06Yes sir
00:42:07Check
00:42:07I think we should definitely stay here and find that watch and wallet
00:42:12Now my woman's intuition
00:42:14Hello
00:42:23This is Flodo
00:42:25The master has just gotten home
00:42:29Early in the afternoon will occur an opportunity
00:42:31When he is gone
00:42:32Shh no more
00:42:35Someone is coming
00:42:36I called you back
00:42:37What's happened?
00:42:41Uh just a minute
00:42:42Operator
00:42:45Can you trace that last call to this number please?
00:42:47But it's important
00:42:48Oh I see
00:42:50Thank you
00:42:52Are they going to trace the call?
00:42:54Oh they can't trace a call on a dial phone
00:42:56What are we going to do now?
00:42:57Well wait till he calls back
00:42:59Till who calls back?
00:43:01The fellow I just talked with
00:43:03Oh hello
00:43:24We were afraid we had missed you
00:43:27We've been waiting and waiting
00:43:29Haven't we dear?
00:43:30What are you doing here?
00:43:34Well he came for the luncheon
00:43:35But the appointment was to have luncheon at the restaurant
00:43:38Oh how stupid of me
00:43:40You know I'm afraid last night when we made the appointment
00:43:43My mind wasn't on it
00:43:45You know my wife had that attack
00:43:47I trust she's better now
00:43:49No I'm afraid she's even worse
00:43:51Aren't you dear?
00:43:53Make her comfortable
00:43:59We soon have lunch
00:44:00Oh
00:44:01Oh poor darling
00:44:04No you see she's getting another attack
00:44:06I must take her for the air right away
00:44:08Just a minute Mr. Cranston
00:44:10Your hand Mr. Shadow
00:44:12What do you suspect us of?
00:44:15And why?
00:44:16Oh well now you'll have to listen to the broadcast to hear that
00:44:19You see our business is to get interviews
00:44:21Not to give them
00:44:22Isn't it sweetheart?
00:44:24Yes sir
00:44:25And may we go now?
00:44:27No
00:44:28Now that we have you here
00:44:29You are going to stay
00:44:30Take your time mister
00:44:32Taxi stranger
00:44:34Scram Phoebe
00:44:37Thanks for your hospitality boys
00:44:41Nice work Mo
00:44:44Mo?
00:44:45I thought we were strangers
00:44:47Have a cigarette pal?
00:44:56The police
00:44:57What makes you think so?
00:44:58Because he prefers to work alone
00:45:00Hello
00:45:04What's that?
00:45:07That wasn't I
00:45:08We were not at home then
00:45:09That was Cranston
00:45:10Repeat what you told him
00:45:12It's Rudolph
00:45:17He told Cranston his master would be at home this afternoon
00:45:19That an opportunity might occur to strike
00:45:21That's indefinite
00:45:23But incriminating
00:45:23You must act it once
00:45:25Today
00:45:25Tomorrow may be too late
00:45:27Naturally my woman's in the room
00:45:30Intuition told me we should get out of there
00:45:31But I was afraid to tell you
00:45:32Because I thought she'd laugh at me
00:45:33Well thank goodness
00:45:34It's all over
00:45:35There's nothing to worry about now
00:45:36You take your woman's intuition
00:45:37And go to luncheon
00:45:38Oh trying to get rid of me
00:45:39Well I'm not going to go
00:45:40I'm not going to miss any more fun
00:45:41Well I've got some work to do
00:45:42Now you run along please
00:45:43Alright
00:45:45It's a good girl
00:45:46Burke
00:45:54Burke
00:45:54Burke
00:45:57Burke
00:45:59Come on get up and get going
00:46:01Where to
00:46:02Go to the Midtown Apartments
00:46:04Stake out
00:46:05Watch for two foreigners
00:46:06In a closed car
00:46:07Phone me as soon as they leave
00:46:08Okay
00:46:09And hurry for a change
00:46:10Okay T
00:46:11Hello
00:46:15Oh yes Mr. Heath
00:46:17No
00:46:18Still as much in the dark as ever
00:46:20Well those fellas are rather clever
00:46:23As a matter of fact
00:46:24They're planning another deal right now
00:46:25Well if I knew that I wouldn't be hanging around here
00:46:30Where
00:46:30Pardon me
00:46:31Come in
00:46:32Oh hello Barrow
00:46:35Sit down
00:46:35Be right with you
00:46:36Yes Heath
00:46:37No thanks
00:46:38I don't need you
00:46:39What I need is a clairvoyant
00:46:40Right
00:46:41So long
00:46:42I have that Morton information for you
00:46:44Good
00:46:45I understand that Gerald Morton's firm was interested in some very big international deals
00:46:50Was that right?
00:46:51Yes
00:46:51They still are
00:46:52I made these notations for you
00:46:54Their recent underwritings include 10 million Argentine fords
00:46:5728 million Danish refunding two and a halves
00:47:00And I understand they'll soon issue several new European debentures
00:47:03Well what about them?
00:47:05That might be a good investment for me
00:47:07Certainly
00:47:08However these new bonds that Morton and Morton are about to offer seem to me to be highly speculative
00:47:12But if the 50 million is spent to build up the army as intended
00:47:16The exiled aristocrats will never succeed with their threatened revolution
00:47:19Good
00:47:20That's what I wanted to find out
00:47:21Thank you
00:47:22Oh pardon me
00:47:22Miss Lane
00:47:23Do you know Mr. Barrows our financial editor?
00:47:25How do you do?
00:47:25How do you do?
00:47:27What's this all about?
00:47:28At a time like this you're talking about investments
00:47:31I'll be with you in a minute
00:47:32Editorial
00:47:33Editorial
00:47:34Cranston speaking
00:47:35Whole shadow column for remake
00:47:36Right
00:47:37I brought you some lunch
00:47:39I was in such a hurry I got your bottle of beer but we can share mine
00:47:42A good assistant would never let her boss go hungry
00:47:44Oh thank you Miss Lane
00:47:45And now will you phone the commissioner and tell him I'll call him back later
00:47:48What's his number?
00:47:49You'll find it in the book
00:47:50L
00:47:588
00:48:026
00:48:047
00:48:072
00:48:104
00:48:129
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00:48:165
00:48:186
00:48:22There you are commissioner
00:48:24First edition on the streets now
00:48:25With the full explanation apology by the shadow
00:48:27Hmm
00:48:28The apology could have been stronger
00:48:31I hope this paves the way for renewing friendly relations
00:48:35I'm no enemy of the shadow
00:48:37I always give him credit for being somewhat clever
00:48:40But he should remember he's only an amateur
00:48:42After all we're professionals
00:48:44That's right commissioner
00:48:45And I hope that you'll restore the daily classic to good standing with the department
00:48:49Right away
00:48:50Of course I will
00:48:51Take a general order
00:48:53Cigar commissioner
00:48:54No thanks
00:48:55Wait till you get a load of this Phoebe
00:49:01The Morton case will break wide open tonight
00:49:04And it'll be a big surprise to the police
00:49:06Hmm
00:49:06Pardon me
00:49:07Under the misguidance of commissioner Weston
00:49:10The department has wasted 24 hours searching for the wrong man
00:49:12With the right men under their noses all the time
00:49:15But won't that make the commissioner furious?
00:49:18Pardon me
00:49:19You would get hard boiled eggs
00:49:20And although the murderers have completely baffled the police
00:49:24By their shrewdness and daring
00:49:25Pardon me
00:49:27The shadow knows who they are and why they killed Gerald Morton
00:49:30But how do you know that?
00:49:32We didn't find a single clue and just a motive
00:49:34Ah yes we did
00:49:35And you know when it happens
00:49:36You're intelligent
00:49:37You sparkle
00:49:38I don't know what I'd have done without you on this case
00:49:40But we've got to keep going
00:49:41Here rush this down for the night edition
00:49:43Yes sir
00:49:44Pardon me
00:49:46I don't know what I'd have done without you on the white flag
00:49:54To see who is leading to hunting
00:49:54I've never seen it
00:49:56And I'm going to beКコ
00:50:01What have you over the톤
00:50:02And he's letting you get
00:50:02All right
00:50:02And I'll have a sense
00:50:02You haven't done anything
00:50:04I've got sense
00:50:04I've got to keep going
00:50:05I'm going to have a sense
00:50:07He's pending to the undercover
00:50:07I told you not to fight, Weston.
00:50:19You've ruined the paper with your grandstanding.
00:50:21Even if you have added 100,000 new readers to our circulation.
00:50:25Maybe you're right. Maybe I did pull a boner.
00:50:27I did it to keep the confidence of our readers,
00:50:29to prove that we've tried to expose stupidity wherever it exists.
00:50:33For years, we've been trying to educate them and their children to obey the law.
00:50:36Now, maybe you're willing to undo all the good we've done, but I'm not, Mr. Heath.
00:50:39Well, neither am I. But I've got the paper to think of.
00:50:43Suppose you're wrong in this case. Why, they'll laugh you out of town.
00:50:47What if you don't solve this murder this afternoon?
00:50:49Then I'm through, washed up. No more shadow column and no shadow.
00:50:53But if I'm right and Weston's wrong, he's the one that has to change his tune.
00:50:58He'll have to work hand in hand with me, and between the two of us,
00:51:01there'll be so little crime in this city it'll be a crime.
00:51:04That's the spirit.
00:51:06Now you're talking.
00:51:08Yes, sir.
00:51:10I makes four straight passes right in a row.
00:51:14Then I picks up them dice again,
00:51:17breeze on them,
00:51:19and I said, come on, baby.
00:51:21Pop them, knees, zip, dough.
00:51:24And right there's where the cop comes along.
00:51:27Oh, yeah.
00:51:27Well, how's that, boss?
00:51:43A boss.
00:51:51Shine them again, won't you, boy?
00:51:52Again?
00:51:53I done shot them three times.
00:51:56Look out there, boss.
00:51:57You better put that thing in the wheel and kill somebody.
00:52:01What's the...
00:52:02A boss machine?
00:52:07Money?
00:52:07I...
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00:52:29We'll have the usual introduction
00:52:30and then naturally work out the theme that crime doesn't pay.
00:52:37Answer that, will you, please, Ms. Lady?
00:52:39Hello.
00:52:40Yes, this is Mr. Cranston's office.
00:52:43Who shall I say wishes to speak to him?
00:52:45I can't hear you.
00:52:48Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:52:49It sounded just like you were yawning.
00:52:51Oh, I know who that is.
00:52:52I'll take it, thanks.
00:52:53Hello, Burke.
00:52:54Yes, what's up?
00:52:56Bag and baggage, huh?
00:52:57Which way did they go, West?
00:52:59Never mind how I knew.
00:53:00Yeah, so long.
00:53:02I've got to run.
00:53:03Now, if you want to help me, you'll stay here and finish those notes.
00:53:06Well, you're just trying to get rid of me.
00:53:07No, not at all, really.
00:53:09If whether or not I go on the air tonight as advertised depends absolutely upon you.
00:53:12Now, you wouldn't let me down, would you, pal?
00:53:13You bet I won't, pal.
00:53:14All right, so long.
00:53:19Hello, Fender.
00:53:19Hello.
00:53:20896 Clover Road.
00:53:21In hurry.
00:53:22Okay, Mr. Gunston.
00:53:24Moe, you're fired.
00:53:25I've warned you a dozen times.
00:53:26Yeah, and I warned you once.
00:53:28Get in.
00:53:30You two.
00:53:31In the first break you make, you're driving a dead passenger.
00:53:36I know I did you wrong, John, but I'll square it later.
00:53:39I'm in a hurry now.
00:53:39Let's talk it over some other time.
00:53:41There ain't gonna be any other time for you, buddy.
00:53:45You can't laugh this off.
00:53:47My apologies to Commissioner Weston.
00:53:50I'm now convinced that he's right in his belief that Honest John is the killer.
00:53:55Oh, that's only the first edition.
00:53:56I had to red apple the commissioner.
00:53:58Wait till you read the final edition.
00:53:59This is the final edition for you, buddy.
00:54:02Just a minute.
00:54:04Another move like that and I'm gonna let you have it right here.
00:54:06I was only reaching for a cigarette.
00:54:08You got a cigarette, driver?
00:54:12I got you covered now, pal.
00:54:16Well, suppose you left the pen and you want to go straight.
00:54:20You come to town looking for an honest job.
00:54:22What do you get?
00:54:24A bum murder rap hung on you.
00:54:26Do you really want to go straight, John?
00:54:28Oh, my word of honor.
00:54:31Have a cigarette.
00:54:35Well, I'll go ahead and plug in.
00:54:37Anybody dumb enough to fall for that one's got to come.
00:54:50Am I on the air?
00:54:55Ladies and gentlemen, this is Miss Phoebe Lane in the Shadow's Shadow.
00:54:59If Police Commissioner Weston is listening in,
00:55:01I should like him to know that the Shadow and I think he's the world's prize sap.
00:55:05And we intend to leave no stone unturned.
00:55:09The Shadow knows who killed Gerald Morton and why.
00:55:13We'll be on the air at 8 p.m. this evening as usual.
00:55:17Well, we'll see about that.
00:55:19Matthews, what's the law covering withholding of evidence from the police?
00:55:23Section 164, Revised Gremlin Code, sir.
00:55:25Get out of Warren for Cranston and pick him up at once.
00:55:27Yes, sir.
00:55:29And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'll give you my own story
00:55:31of how I helped the Shadow to solve the Gerald Morton murder mystery.
00:55:34In the first place, Commissioner Weston and his very dumb stooge Detective Inspector Matthews
00:55:39were off on a false scent, as usual, and...
00:55:42Keep right on, sister. You are going great.
00:55:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:55:47You frightened me so I didn't know what I was saying.
00:55:49I never know what I'm saying when I'm frightened.
00:55:51Do you want to see Mr. Cranston?
00:55:53Yeah, just to say hello.
00:55:55You're not going to arrest him again?
00:55:57Oh, no.
00:55:58Cranston and I are old personal friends.
00:56:00Oh, then I can tell you where he is.
00:56:02Because he's out in the Morton case.
00:56:04Morton.
00:56:06Be sure to thank Mr. Cranston for me.
00:56:09Well, thank you, Mr. Matthews.
00:56:10I certainly will.
00:56:11I'm sure he'll thank you.
00:56:13Goodbye.
00:56:13Goodbye.
00:56:14Bye.
00:56:15Remember your instructions, Stéphane.
00:56:32I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:46I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:46I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:47I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:48I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:49I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:50I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:50I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:51I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:51I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:52I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:53I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:54I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:55I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:56I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:57I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:58I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:56:59I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:57:00I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:57:01I'm sorry, Stéphane.
00:57:02Sorry if I kept you waiting, gentlemen.
00:57:17Our appointment wasn't until later.
00:57:20We are not the men you were expecting, but we are here regarding the same matter.
00:57:26Won't you sit down?
00:57:32I, uh, really, there's no need of that.
00:57:37The business is out of the confidential stage and the deal is about to be concluded.
00:57:42The deal will never be concluded.
00:57:55You will kindly take out all negotiable bonds and securities in any large amount of money.
00:58:02This is, uh, all I have of value here.
00:58:13Mrs. Morton's jewels and the bulk of my holdings are in the bank vault downtown.
00:58:17And if you want to...
00:58:19This is not a robbery, Mr. Morton.
00:58:21This is a matter of international diplomacy.
00:58:25These bonds represent much money, do they not?
00:58:28A hundred thousand dollars or more.
00:58:31I don't see what ends you can gain by killing me.
00:58:34Let us review the history of the loan you were about to make tonight.
00:58:38Three years ago, a French banker was about to lend that money.
00:58:42He died in an auto accident.
00:58:46The loan was next negotiated with an English financier who was very much devoted to his wife, Mr. Morton.
00:58:53He committed suicide.
00:58:57So you see, we have many ways of taking care of those who oppose us.
00:59:01But say you did kill me.
00:59:05There are other banking houses.
00:59:07You can't prevent them all from dealing with your country.
00:59:11We intend that the death of both partners and Morton
00:59:14shall throw this bond issue into such litigation
00:59:17as we'll hold it in the courts indefinitely.
00:59:21Unfortunately, you were not with your brother at the time of the accident we planned for both of you.
00:59:26So now, you will do as I suggest?
00:59:31Or, if you're stubborn, we'll wait for Mrs. Morton.
00:59:41What do you want me to write?
00:59:43The death of your brother will make necessary that you account to his estate
00:59:46for your interest in the firm.
00:59:48Will it not?
00:59:49Of course.
00:59:50Good.
00:59:51We take these.
00:59:52Your accounts are 100,000 short.
00:59:57You are faced with exposure as a faithless partner,
01:00:00as a thief of your brother's money.
01:00:03You understand?
01:00:05Now you know what to write, Mr. Morton.
01:00:22Answering an unspoken question, there's only one bullet.
01:00:38But there are two of us.
01:00:52Good shot, John.
01:01:10Are you surprised to see me?
01:01:12You won't need this now, Mr. Morton.
01:01:14Oh, Lotto, I thought you were clever.
01:01:16Even a small-town constable could spot that concealed weapon.
01:01:20You better let me take care of that, Mr. Morton.
01:01:21Watch him, John.
01:01:31Oh, hello, Matt.
01:01:32Hello.
01:01:32How did you get here?
01:01:34Weston sent me out to pick you up.
01:01:35You're under arrest.
01:01:36What, again?
01:01:37What's the charge this time?
01:01:39Withholding evidence in the Morton case.
01:01:40As usual, the commissioner is late.
01:01:43You?
01:01:43If it's my last act on earth, I'll put you in jail for life.
01:01:53Okay, you're on the air.
01:01:58The Shadow speaks, announcing that the Morton case has at last been solved, and the murderers
01:02:02are now in the custody of our able police.
01:02:04This has been one of the most baffling cases in the Shadow's experience.
01:02:07A case without a clue.
01:02:09Murderers too clever to be caught by ordinary methods.
01:02:11And had it not been for the able cooperation of the police department, the case would still
01:02:15be unsolved.
01:02:16I have already handed Commissioner Weston a bouquet today.
01:02:20But now I wish to do so publicly, and to compliment him for his shrewdness in causing
01:02:24the killer to think he and his men were following a false clue.
01:02:28As a result, the murderer and his accomplices were later taken in the act of attempting the
01:02:32life of Mr. Roger Morton.
01:02:33For the complete story, read the Daily Classic.
01:02:37And now, my friends, I'm going to ask Miss Lane, the lovely young lady who assisted in
01:02:41the solution of this crime, to tell her own story.
01:02:44Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Miss Phoebe Lane.
01:02:57Ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be a great deal of static interference this evening.
01:03:00And anyway, we thank Miss Lane for her very vivid description.
01:03:05The Shadow speaks.
01:03:06Ladies and gentlemen, crime does not pay.
01:03:08The Shadow bids you goodnight till our next broadcast.
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