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00:00They can have the same access as other citizens, and I'd like to see you get out a newspaper on that.
00:04All right, Commissioner. Anything you say.
00:07But you've got to let the shadow out in time for his broadcast tonight.
00:11We can't disappoint the public.
00:13Can't disappoint the public, eh?
00:15Well, we can't mislead them either. Goodbye.
00:18But...
00:18We must have got cut off.
00:27Say, what are you in for?
00:29Nothing.
00:31You mean you've done nothing?
00:32Absolutely nothing. They're holding me without charge.
00:35Oh, well, now that son scrumps us.
00:38That's the great...
00:39That's my never-ergen-ergy thing in my life.
00:43They can't do that to you.
00:46Hey, jailer!
00:49Pardon me.
00:50Hey, jailer.
00:51Keep your shirt on. I'm taking you out right now.
00:53Me? I don't want to go out.
00:55I've got a right to stay here.
00:57Hey, this is the man who wants to go out.
01:00Listen, tell that to the judge, and he'll take care of your friend and you, too.
01:04Oh, yeah. Don't you worry. Everything's coming out.
01:06Now, wait a minute. Don't handle me so rough, huh?
01:09Oh, boy. Everything's coming out all right.
01:12Goodbye, old boy.
01:12I'll see you soon. I'll see you some more.
01:15Good luck.
01:16Have a good try.
01:17Just a moment.
01:17Wait, I'll just be a miss of my daughter.
01:20Everybody gets out but me.
01:22When you get out, make a phone call for me, will you?
01:43Sure, fella.
01:44I'll give you the number of the paper I'm working on.
01:47You call them.
01:47Come on, you.
01:48Yes, sir.
01:50I don't mean you. I mean you.
01:52Me?
01:53Yes, you.
01:54Yeah, your girlfriend's here with the habeas corpus, and that let you out.
01:59Oh, good luck, pal.
02:10Nice little Phoebe to call for you.
02:12Yes, thanks a lot.
02:13Don't thank me. Thank Moe.
02:14How much was it this time, Moe?
02:16Is this a place to talk business?
02:18Don't worry. It'll be on your bill.
02:20There, too.
02:20The office.
02:21Okay, stranger.
02:24Cranston.
02:25Well, he must be here.
02:28Well, he goes on the air in a few minutes.
02:30Well, where did he?
02:32You looking for me, sir?
02:33With millions of people about to tune in on your broadcast in a few minutes,
02:37I should worry where you are.
02:38You don't think I'd miss an opportunity to pay my respects to Commissioner Weston, do you?
02:41Now, look here, Cranston. You've got to lay off Weston.
02:45I see. He's been sticking a knife in me with one hand
02:47and patting himself on the back with the other, and you fell for it.
02:50You're smart enough to report crime
02:52without deliberately antagonizing the entire police department.
02:56Well, I try to take care of myself.
02:57Good evening, friends.
03:16Yes, it's your old shadow man,
03:17and after languishing in one of Commissioner Weston's small-town jugs,
03:20the shadow is just a shadow of his former self.
03:22Now we'll get down to the Gerald Morton case
03:26and the reported difference of opinion between the shadow
03:28and his other shadow, Police Commissioner Weston.
03:30Friends, I am now of the opinion that our efficient police department,
03:34under the able guidance of the commissioner...
03:36Ladies and gentlemen,
03:46an emergency has arisen in the studio,
03:48and we must pause briefly for station identification.
03:54Listening to station EMOR of the Daily Classic,
03:57our program will continue in just a moment.
03:59Well, John, what can I do for you?
04:01So, you're the guy that reminded the cops I was in town.
04:04But I spoke of you in a very complimentary way.
04:06I said you were tops in your profession.
04:08No man can ask for more than that, can he?
04:10Yeah, but you sounded off that I'd done that amateurish Morton job.
04:14That's my beef.
04:16Now listen, when I was cracking safes,
04:18which I ain't no more,
04:20I was so good I could lift the door off,
04:22lay it on a blanket as gentle as a mother's kiss.
04:26I know that, my friend.
04:27I ain't no friend of yours.
04:29Now you turn the heat on me,
04:31and you're going to turn it off, see?
04:32Now go ahead.
04:35Start talking.
04:35Tell them who really done that job.
04:37Go on.
04:38Right into that microscope.
04:41But I don't know.
04:42If you can't think of anybody else,
04:44tell them you done it.
04:45My friends,
04:54now that I have the situation in the studio
04:57absolutely under control,
04:59we can resume our discussion
05:01of the Morton murder mystery.
05:03Why was Gerald Morton murdered?
05:05He is said to have been a good man,
05:06a charitable and benevolent man,
05:08a man without enemies.
05:09But although Mr. Morton's character
05:11seemed almost too good to be true,
05:13other men,
05:13supposedly paragons of virtue,
05:15have met violent ends,
05:16and investigation has developed
05:17some extremely unsavory facts.
05:19If my own investigation
05:20should develop a hidden side
05:22of Mr. Morton's life,
05:23I shall tell you all about it tomorrow.
05:27Well, what about me?
05:28I can now inform the police commissioner
05:29that Honest John
05:30is absolutely innocent
05:31of the explosion
05:32which caused the death
05:33of Gerald Morton.
05:35As a matter of fact, John,
05:36that job wasn't up
05:37to your usual professional standards,
05:39was it?
05:39No.
05:40I'd done better than that
05:41when I was still wearing short pants.
05:42Surely.
05:43Now, I ain't squawking
05:45about the cops
05:45pinning a murder on me,
05:46but when they tries
05:48to hang an amateurish job
05:49like that Morton blow up on me,
05:51I resent to see.
05:52Naturally, naturally.
05:53I'll get it.
05:55Take a general order.
05:57Effective immediately.
05:58There you are,
05:58ladies and gentlemen.
05:59You've just had the pleasure
06:00of hearing Honest John in person.
06:02You mean I was on air?
06:03You were, John,
06:04and thank you.
06:10You, you dumb ox,
06:11why don't you look
06:12where you're going?
06:13Ladies and gentlemen,
06:13for the past 24 hours,
06:14the entire police force
06:15of this city
06:16have been trying
06:16to locate Honest John,
06:18yet the Shadow
06:18has had no difficulty
06:19in bringing him to you
06:20on this program this evening.
06:22For further details,
06:23please read the classic.
06:24This is the Shadow
06:24saying goodbye
06:25until the same time tomorrow.
06:26Here's everything
06:30ever published
06:30on Gerald Morton.
06:31Now, let's get busy.
06:32Yeah, well, let's not.
06:34Well, uh,
06:35well, uh,
06:36what are you going to do?
06:38I don't know.
06:41You mean you don't know?
06:44That's right.
06:45The Shadow doesn't know.
06:49Have one?
06:49Uh-uh, I tried it once
06:52and it made me dizzy.
06:53Oh, so that's what caused it.
06:55Good night.
06:55Good night.
06:57This case is getting
06:58to be a bore.
06:59Why don't you hurry
06:59and make something happen?
07:01Miss Lane,
07:02when lightning is about to strike,
07:04one doesn't try to hurry it.
07:07Well, nice going, Cranston.
07:09You've fixed things up
07:11just dandy.
07:12Now, Weston,
07:13it's shut down
07:13on all police news,
07:14all fire news,
07:15and all hospital news.
07:17From now on,
07:17it's no news for us.
07:19Splendid.
07:20No news is good news,
07:21they say.
07:21And that Honest John gag.
07:23What is the idea
07:24of staging that stunt
07:25for the dumb stooge?
07:26Mr. Heath,
07:27that was no stooge.
07:28That was Honest John himself
07:30with a gun at my head.
07:32You mean the man
07:33that just went out?
07:35Miss Lane wants excitement
07:36but doesn't know it
07:37when she bumps into it.
07:40I don't care
07:41if this does make me dizzy.
07:46Oh, hello, Matt.
07:49How are you?
07:52Well, where is he?
07:54You mean Honest John,
07:56I suppose.
07:56Yeah.
07:58I do believe,
07:59as he'd say himself,
08:00that he's taken it
08:01on the lam.
08:01Why didn't you hold him?
08:04Why should I?
08:05I'm not the police commissioner.
08:06Then quit acting
08:07like a chump.
08:09You know,
08:09I think he's got
08:10something there.
08:11Phoebe, thank you.
08:12You're a gentleman
08:13and a lady.
08:14Now, here,
08:14stop this clowning.
08:16How are we going
08:16to get the paper
08:17off the spot
08:17you two have got it on?
08:18We're not clowning,
08:19Mr. Heathen.
08:20Please don't blame Miss Lane.
08:21It was my fault.
08:22I thought I was doing something.
08:23Say, wait a minute.
08:24I think you hit an angle
08:26in your broadcast
08:26where you hinted
08:28that Morton's character
08:29wasn't all it should be.
08:31I don't know the...
08:32I don't know what my offer
08:32to work this thing out.
08:33All right.
08:34Gunny, I believe
08:35you have something there.
08:35Yes, there's the...
08:36Mr. Cranston?
08:37I'm Mr. Cranston.
08:38What can I do for you, sir?
08:39I am Roger Morton,
08:41brother of the Gerald Morton
08:42whose name you tried
08:43to besmirch
08:44in your broadcast.
08:45I came over
08:46to see just what sort of man
08:48could be guilty
08:48of such an attack.
08:50Well, I'd like to explain
08:51that...
08:52I don't know
08:52what you meant
08:54by your hint
08:54about a hidden side
08:56in my brother's life,
08:58but in the presence
08:58of my attorney...
08:59I beg your pardon.
09:00Our firm has
09:01great commitments abroad,
09:03young man,
09:04and your paper
09:04will pay the penalty
09:05if you do or say anything
09:06to jeopardize
09:07our international dealings,
09:09and we deal in millions.
09:11That's all.
09:12Good night.
09:13Good night.
09:13Now what are you going to do?
09:19I'll tell you
09:20what he's going to do.
09:21He's going to handle
09:22the story Morton's way,
09:23or you sue us for millions.
09:25Nice thing.
09:26Honest John says
09:27I handle it his way
09:27or he'll shoot me.
09:28Weston says
09:29I handle it his way
09:29or I go to jail.
09:30I think you started
09:31all this, sweetheart.
09:32Have you got any suggestions?
09:34Don't ask me.
09:35You're the great big detective.
09:36There you are.
09:37You see,
09:37she craves action
09:38and when she runs into it,
09:38she starts passing the buck.
09:40I wish you'd go home
09:41and roll your hoops
09:41so we can roll up
09:42our sleeves
09:43and get to work.
09:46I'll admit,
09:47you have performed miracles,
09:48like that Alan murder.
09:50But there,
09:50you had a bent pen
09:51to start with it a clue.
09:53This time,
09:54you have nothing.
09:56You're right.
09:57Nothing.
09:58Don't forget
09:59you've still got Phoebe.
10:01Well,
10:01we don't want you shot.
10:02You're no good
10:03to us in jail
10:03and we can't afford
10:05to offend Morton.
10:06There it is, son.
10:08Get us out of it.
10:09Just like nothing happened.
10:12Oh, Miss Lane.
10:13Miss Lane went home
10:14to roll her hoop.
10:18Phoebe.
10:20I wonder if Miss Lane
10:21would recognize the man
10:22that gave her the tip
10:23that started all this.
10:24Miss Lane would know him
10:25anywhere.
10:26She never forgets a face.
10:30Well,
10:31what did he look like?
10:34Oh,
10:35he was thin.
10:37Well,
10:37not too thin.
10:38No.
10:39And,
10:40uh,
10:41blonde?
10:43He was between
10:44a blonde and a brunette.
10:45Rather medium-sized
10:46for a man.
10:47And he was thin
10:48and,
10:48oh,
10:49but I said that,
10:50didn't I?
10:50Yes,
10:51yes,
10:51you did.
10:52My,
10:52my,
10:52what a memory.
10:54Anyway,
10:54he wasn't bad-looking.
10:55Well,
10:56go on.
10:56Anything else?
10:57Anyhow,
10:58I know how he spoke.
10:59How?
11:00With a foreign accent.
11:01A foreign accent?
11:02Mm-hmm.
11:03Listen,
11:03that's important.
11:04Uh,
11:05was it,
11:06uh,
11:06Moscow,
11:07Russian,
11:08I will give you a tip
11:09about a theater.
11:10Oh, no.
11:10No,
11:10it wasn't that,
11:11I see.
11:12Uh,
11:12Italian,
11:13perhaps,
11:13more liquid.
11:14Uh,
11:15Senora,
11:16do we know about the theater?
11:17No,
11:17no,
11:18no.
11:18No,
11:18it wasn't that.
11:19French,
11:19of course,
11:20it wouldn't be French.
11:20There is a theater
11:21that will be robbed tonight.
11:22Oh,
11:23no,
11:23no,
11:23that's not right.
11:24A German,
11:25perhaps.
11:26I can give you a tip
11:27about a theater
11:28around the corner
11:28that's going...
11:29That's nearer,
11:29that's nearer.
11:30That's nearer,
11:30perhaps a little finer,
11:31huh,
11:31Viennese.
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