🌃🔍 Midnight Manhunt (1945) Full Movie | Comic Crime Caper with William Gargan & Ann Savage 💼💀 - video Dailymotion

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💀 A witty blend of crime, comedy, and suspense, Midnight Manhunt (1945) delivers a fast-paced mystery packed with twists, laughs, and colorful characters.  📽️ Plot Summary: When a notorious gangster is gunned down, his body disappears—sparking chaos in a city already on edge. Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage) and detective Pete Willis (William Gargan) race to crack the case, stumbling into a madcap chase involving gangsters, reporters, and a shadowy museum of wax figures.  🕰️ Year Released: 1945 🎭 Genre: Crime, Mystery, Comedy 🎬 Directed by: William C. Thomas 🎞️ Starring: William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey, George Zucco  🎯 Why Watch It? ✔️ Ann Savage (Detour) in a sharp, sassy role ✔️ A clever mix of mystery and screwball humor ✔️ Memorable supporting performances from George Zucco & Leo Gorcey ✔️ A fun, fast-paced B-movie gem from the 1940s  🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more classic mysteries & public domain treasures!  👇 Explore More Vintage Crime & Mystery Classics Here: 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎞️ #MidnightManhunt1945 #AnnSavage #FilmNoir #ClassicMystery #PublicDomainMovies ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌃💼 Murder, mayhem, and a missing body—will the truth be found before midnight? ________________________________________

Transcript

00:09:47Yeah.

00:11:10I'm going to bed.

00:11:12I'm going to bed.

00:11:13I'm going to bed.

00:11:14I'm going to bed.

00:11:16I'm going to bed.

00:11:18Good night.

00:11:19Happy nightmares.

00:11:20You're going to bed.

00:11:25on that time at the World's Fair, ain't I?

00:11:28Well, I'd know him, wouldn't I?

00:11:46Your wealth.

00:11:55It's too hot in here.

00:12:13I'm going to wait outside for the lieutenant.

00:12:15Yeah, I guess I could use some fresh air, too.

00:12:25I'm going to wait outside.

00:12:55I'm going to wait outside.

00:13:25W-I-L-O-I.

00:13:26Yeah.

00:13:28Well, I had your number, but I must have displaced it.

00:13:30I wonder if it would be complimentary enough to give it to me.

00:13:33Huh?

00:13:34Yeah, I'll wait.

00:13:35But make it snappy, will you?

00:13:36Oh, Pete, this is Clutch.

00:13:54Clutch, Clutch, Clutch, you know.

00:13:56Oh, Clutch.

00:13:57Well, what do you know?

00:13:57What's new at the Westworks?

00:13:58Come on, let's...

00:13:59Come on, bro.

00:14:00Yeah?

00:14:01Yeah?

00:14:02Yeah?

00:14:03You tell the kid to go to a picture show and call back later.

00:14:05I've got to get home, and I'm out two bucks already.

00:14:08Yeah, go on.

00:14:08Come on, will you?

00:14:09Go ahead, Clutch.

00:14:10Nobody's listening.

00:14:10Look, there's a cop over here by the name of Murphy.

00:14:14He claims he found the body of Joe Wells.

00:14:17Uh-huh.

00:14:18I don't know.

00:14:19Out in an alley someplace.

00:14:20Hey, you say Murphy found him?

00:14:22Here's my cabbage.

00:14:23Will you shoot again?

00:14:24Oh, what to use.

00:14:25He always wins anyway.

00:14:26And Gallagher knows, huh?

00:14:27Okay, sweetheart.

00:14:28I'll be over in five minutes.

00:14:29Hey, where are you going?

00:14:30What about our dough?

00:14:31You don't have to leave, fellas.

00:14:32You can spend the rest of the evening in this joint.

00:14:34What are we going to do for money?

00:14:37You've won it all.

00:14:37And don't break the glass right, will you?

00:14:39I only live here.

00:14:40Oh, this will be much safer in the car.

00:14:43Well, how do you like that?

00:14:44I've got a quarter.

00:15:04Oh, this will be much safer in the car.

00:15:34Oh, what a lucky sip.

00:15:59Stop telling me that, Murphy.

00:16:01So you think you had Joe Wells.

00:16:02So you think he got away.

00:16:03So what?

00:16:03Well, Joe, I think I'm telling you, that's all.

00:16:16Well, I think you're gaffier, and I'm gaffier to come down here and listen to you.

00:16:19Gentlemen, I wonder...

00:16:20Just a minute, you.

00:16:21But please remember...

00:16:22Hey, who is this guy?

00:16:23Oh, that's Miggs.

00:16:24He owns the joint and wants to close up.

00:16:26Oh.

00:16:27Well, we'll be out here in a couple of minutes.

00:16:28Well, I hope so.

00:16:30I'm so tired.

00:16:32Start right at the beginning.

00:16:32Chronicle?

00:16:50Extension 13.

00:16:52Hello, that's you, Marty?

00:16:54Gallagher.

00:16:55Look, get over to my place quickly, will you?

00:16:57And bring that camera, pal.

00:16:59Yeah, yeah, it's hot.

00:17:00Now get over here before it boils over.

00:17:02I'll give you a buzz.

00:17:15I didn't know if anything was up.

00:17:16It wasn't investigating, Clutch.

00:17:18Hey, Pete, you got a match?

00:17:19I thought I told you about picking those things up out of the street.

00:17:21Out of the street?

00:17:22Lobby at a Bilfmoor.

00:17:23What do you mean, out of the street?

00:17:25Oh, Mr. Willis, haven't seen you around lately.

00:17:27Yeah, that's right.

00:17:28What happened with you and Gallagher?

00:17:29Did the milk of romance slightly curdle?

00:17:31Well, shall we say temporarily soured, old boy?

00:17:35She thinks I shoot craps with loaded dice.

00:17:37Has it got anything to do with that Washington assignment you and her went on last week?

00:17:41Where she lost her expense account?

00:17:42Her expense account?

00:17:44Where is she now?

00:17:45Upstairs.

00:17:45Let's go in here and see what's going on.

00:17:48Right.

00:17:49And another thing, Murphy.

00:17:50I don't believe...

00:17:53Hey, what is this?

00:17:54Who called you in, Willis?

00:17:56I have little birdies working for me, Max.

00:17:58Little birdies with golden wings.

00:18:00Oh, yeah?

00:18:01Someday I'm going to clip them golden wings for you.

00:18:03Good.

00:18:05I don't believe a word of your whole story.

00:18:07Before you start clipping, how about giving me a match?

00:18:09Joe Wells is deader than a mackerel.

00:18:11He's been...

00:18:12And he's been that way for a long time.

00:18:15Boy, you never can tell.

00:18:17You say you saw him, Murph?

00:18:19Ah.

00:18:20So what are you suggesting?

00:18:22That we conduct a house-to-house canvas in search of the body?

00:18:24And on this kind of evidence?

00:18:26I don't care what you do from now on.

00:18:28You're not letting this thing upset you, are you, Mike?

00:18:30Tell me more about it, Murph.

00:18:32Is this where I grabbed the shot?

00:18:33What shot?

00:18:35Hey, what is this?

00:18:36What are you trying to pull, Willis?

00:18:37I don't know him.

00:18:38He's not my boy.

00:18:39Well, Gallagher called me.

00:18:40That's all I know.

00:18:41She was all excited about something she had and wanted me to take some pictures.

00:18:44Gallagher?

00:18:45Who the place is this?

00:18:46Gallagher.

00:18:46Ah, she's some gallin who's upstairs.

00:18:48That's nothing to do with the newspapers.

00:18:50Well, go on home.

00:18:51We ain't got nothing to photograph.

00:18:52The dame had players in her bonnet.

00:18:53I don't know.

00:18:54Maybe I'll do that.

00:18:55Well, she's gone to bed.

00:18:56Yeah, she's retarded for the evening.

00:18:58She called downstairs a few minutes ago and told me to tell you that it was all a mistake.

00:19:01A mistake?

00:19:02Yeah.

00:19:02No, no.

00:19:03That ain't like Gallagher.

00:19:04She don't play hunches.

00:19:05Oh, believe me, pal.

00:19:06She'd be highly insulted if you ever spoiled her sleep.

00:19:09In fact, she'd be inflamed.

00:19:10Yeah.

00:19:10That's the last.

00:19:11Spoiled her sleep.

00:19:13Oh, sorry, old boy.

00:19:14Goodbye.

00:19:15Goodbye.

00:19:19What are you figuring, Pete?

00:19:21See you later.

00:19:22Oh, let me go with you.

00:19:23Maybe I can help you.

00:19:24I said later.

00:19:25All right.

00:19:26I'll be around.

00:19:26Yeah, practice on this when I come back.

00:19:29Ah, thanks, Pete.

00:19:31Mucho gracias.

00:19:31That you, Marty?

00:19:52Darling, don't you know my knock anymore?

00:19:56You stick your nose in there, Pete Willis, and I'll throw my typewriter at your head.

00:20:00Baby, can't you talk without screaming?

00:20:02This is business.

00:20:05Go away, Mr. Willis.

00:20:07I'm very busy.

00:20:08You're busy.

00:20:09You don't think looking for Joe Wells is any fun, do you?

00:20:14You're not still sore about that crack game, are you, honey?

00:20:17That's one thing I'm not talking about.

00:20:19That's the kitchenette.

00:20:20Mm-hmm.

00:20:21You know, they weren't my dice.

00:20:22They belonged to Charlie Baker.

00:20:24That's the closet.

00:20:25Yeah.

00:20:27Besides, they weren't crooked.

00:20:28I just ran into a streak of luck.

00:20:30That's all.

00:20:31Is that what you call it?

00:20:32Uh-huh.

00:20:33Excuse me.

00:20:39If you're looking for dirt, it's not there.

00:20:42And Joe Wells, either.

00:20:43I didn't think you were that dumb, honey.

00:20:45But you never know.

00:20:46Oh, look, Pete, I'm really not mad anymore.

00:20:49I mean about the crack game.

00:20:51But I'm busy.

00:20:53No kidding.

00:20:53Listen, I think I've looked the first act of that play I told you about.

00:20:56I was just playing around with the idea when you knocked.

00:20:59Oh, did I tell you you were gorgeous tonight, honey?

00:21:03I'm such a wonderful liar, writing a pledge, huh?

00:21:07While Detective Lieutenant Hurley's plainclothesman stalked through New York Street,

00:21:11searching apartments in Halliways, creating terror in the hearts of innocent bystanders,

00:21:16the body of Joe Wells was lying in...

00:21:18Lying where?

00:21:19That's so good.

00:21:20Why don't you finish it?

00:21:21You know, this is really horrible.

00:21:23You should go back to writing love long columns.

00:21:24Yeah, well, it's a lot more exciting than that stuff they print under your name.

00:21:28All right, baby.

00:21:28I want to help you.

00:21:29Where have you got it?

00:21:30Not what?

00:21:31That is just in case it's found.

00:21:33Oh, I'm sure.

00:21:35If you don't get out of here, I'll call the cops.

00:21:37Yes, you will.

00:21:41What are you going to do?

00:21:43Nothing.

00:21:44I'm going to let you finish the play.

00:21:46But I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.

00:21:48I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.

00:22:18I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.

00:22:19I'll look into it right now.

00:22:20Okay.

00:22:46Okay, I'll look into it right away.

00:22:47Okay.

00:22:49Murphy, I can't give this thing any more of my time.

00:22:51Will you quit shoving my chair around?

00:22:53Why don't you get out of here?

00:22:54Why should I?

00:22:55I told you that this happens to be my place of employment.

00:23:00I'll send over a couple of boys and you can scout around.

00:23:02Maybe you'll find something.

00:23:03Or maybe you won't.

00:23:05Oh, I just got a hurry call to look into a shooting a couple of blocks away.

00:23:08You want to go?

00:23:09No, thanks.

00:23:09I'm going home.

00:23:10You know, early to bed, early to rise.

00:23:12Well, any way you want it.

00:23:13Uh-huh.

00:23:15Now, you wait around outside.

00:23:16The trial car will pick you up.

00:23:17Any new developments?

00:23:23I don't know yet.

00:23:24Well, thanks for calling, Clutch.

00:23:25I'll see you around.

00:23:27Right.

00:23:28Good night, Mr. Mays.

00:23:28Good night, Mr. Willis.

00:23:30Take care of yourself, Pete.

00:23:32I'll go put on the nightlight in the back.

00:23:34You'll be ready now.

00:23:35Oh.

00:23:35Wait.

00:23:46Wait.

00:23:48Wait.

00:23:48Take care of that Gwendolyn

00:24:13Don't let the smoking in your eyes

00:24:18What's the matter

00:24:29What are you so dissipated about

00:24:31You look like you fell in a barrel of flour

00:24:32Out there, out there

00:24:34Sitting out there

00:24:36Who's sitting out there?

00:24:38There's a corpse out there

00:24:39Playing cards

00:24:41What?

00:24:48He's really there

00:25:06What do you think you're doing?

00:25:08You shouldn't have done that clutch

00:25:09I'm just telephoning the police

00:25:11What do you want to do to get us in trouble?

00:25:13We got something on our midst

00:25:14That stiff is really rigor mortis

00:25:16But I got a telephone to the police

00:25:18What are you doing?

00:25:19Using last year's brains?

00:25:20You know what'll happen if you're calling a cop?

00:25:22They'll throw bright lights in your eyes

00:25:23They'll give you the rubber hose treatment

00:25:24They'll break you down

00:25:25Break me down?

00:25:27For what?

00:25:28For what?

00:25:28Now there's a clever injection

00:25:30For killing that guy out there

00:25:32That's for what?

00:25:32Oh, I didn't kill him

00:25:34He got in here by mistake

00:25:36You tried to tell a cop's that

00:25:37You seen what happened to my old man, didn't you?

00:25:39Don't think you had a motive

00:25:40You'll be a felony

00:25:42What we gotta do is get rid of that body

00:25:45Oh, get easy about it

00:25:46You mean hide out in the street

00:25:48Behind some ash cans?

00:25:50Is that what you mean?

00:25:50Have it bounce back on you in the morning?

00:25:52I know

00:25:52Gotta get it out of the neighborhood

00:25:54Way out

00:25:55Oh, my goodness

00:25:56Out of the neighborhood

00:25:56But how?

00:25:57Well

00:25:58We'll take the corpse

00:26:00And put it in your car

00:26:01And deposit it someplace

00:26:02Far away in this vicinity

00:26:03Come on, let's get your car

00:26:04Get the car from the car

00:26:06Oh, my hat

00:26:09Yeah, my cigar

00:26:36Come on, let's get your car

00:26:37Come on, let's get your car

00:26:38Come on, let's get your car

00:26:39Come on, let's get your car

00:26:40Come on, let's get your car

00:26:41Come on, let's get your car

00:26:42Come on, let's get your car

00:26:43Come on, let's get your car

00:26:44Come on, let's get your car

00:26:45Come on, let's get your car

00:26:46Come on, let's get your car

00:26:47Come on, let's get your car

00:26:48Come on, let's get your car

00:26:49Come on, let's get your car

00:26:50Come on, let's get your car

00:26:51Come on, let's get your car

00:26:52Come on, let's get your car

00:26:53Come on, let's get your car

00:26:54Come on, let's get your car

00:26:55Come on, let's get your car

00:26:56Come on, let's get your car

00:26:57Come on, let's get your car

00:27:29Marty, that...

00:27:39Who are you?

00:27:42I think you and I have a little business project.

00:27:45Business?

00:27:47If my price isn't right, it won't make any difference.

00:27:52That's the body of Joe Wells.

00:27:54It's lucky I slept up yesterday, isn't it?

00:27:59Oh, Levit, it fails to impress me, Miss.

00:28:02Gallagher.

00:28:03Sue Gallagher.

00:28:04Will you stop scaring me with that gun?

00:28:16If this is a gag and Pete Willis sent you...

00:28:19Let's not get away from the subject, Miss Gallagher.

00:28:22If you haven't got the body of Joe Wells in this apartment, I'm convinced that you know where it is.

00:28:27You see, I followed the blood spots in the Empress Hotel across the alleyway to your staircase.

00:28:33And now this.

00:28:36I know he was shot, and I know that he couldn't have dragged himself much further.

00:28:39Where is he?

00:28:42All right.

00:28:42What's the use?

00:28:44The body's downstairs in the exhibit.

00:28:46Ah, now we're getting somewhere.

00:28:48Well, I don't imagine you want to meet the cops who are down there.

00:28:52Oh, now, Miss Gallagher, let's be honest with each other.

00:28:57We both heard the police car drive away a few minutes ago.

00:29:01That's too bad.

00:29:03I'll follow you.

00:29:16Miss Gallagher?

00:29:19Is that you, Miss Gallagher?

00:29:20Yes, Mr. Mix.

00:29:22Who's that?

00:29:24He owns the place.

00:29:26I guess he's closing up.

00:29:31You'll go back and wait.

00:29:41He's gone upstairs again.

00:29:43Let's perambulate.

00:29:45Let me rest a minute, please, Clutch.

00:29:47That's all I need.

00:29:49Miss Gallagher, catch him doing this.

00:29:52Just happen to remember.

00:29:54The top on your car is down.

00:29:55We got to put it up.

00:29:56Do we have to do that?

00:29:58Now, Mr. Mix, you wouldn't want to risk your social standard

00:30:01by being seen showrunner demolished gangsters through the streets, would you?

00:30:04Yeah.

00:30:05All right, never mind.

00:30:07You sit there and rest.

00:30:08I'll put the top up.

00:30:09I don't know.

00:30:24I don't get it.

00:30:26What's your angle?

00:30:29Where are you heading?

00:30:29What in the world do you want with that corpse?

00:30:34Let's say it's a collector's item.

00:30:39Well, as long as we have to wait, I'd like to get the story on paper.

00:30:42You'll be wasting your time.

00:30:43You won't have a body to prove it.

00:30:46After you're through with it, it'll turn up somewhere.

00:30:48That is a moot question.

00:30:49Answer it, but be careful what you say.

00:31:03Hello?

00:31:05Oh, McAndrews.

00:31:07Hey, listen, lame brain.

00:31:08What do you mean getting Marty out on a wild brains out for nothing, huh?

00:31:12The night editor is upset.

00:31:15All right, so I called Marty.

00:31:17So it was a mistake.

00:31:18What about it?

00:31:20Well, I said it was a mistake.

00:31:22What do you want me to do, cut my throat?

00:31:24Well, that's not a bad idea.

00:31:26Or better still, go back to school and learn how to write.

00:31:29And don't you tell me anything about writing stories.

00:31:32I'll be getting bylines when you've ended up on a copy desk or gray-

00:31:35Oh, you're disappointed in something.

00:31:39I'll be getting by the way.

00:31:39Okay.

00:31:40I'll see you.

00:31:40I'll be getting by now.

00:31:41Oh, my God.

00:32:42That's fine.

00:32:42What about the guy that rented the joint?

00:32:44I don't know.

00:32:44I don't know nothing about him.

00:32:46He's just been living here in the place a week.

00:32:47Never showed his face.

00:32:49It was just a mug.

00:32:51Yeah, like what?

00:32:52A little rat-faced guy with a pinhead like a carp.

00:32:56That was Joe Wells.

00:32:57You can tell by the...

00:32:57Shut up.

00:32:58I make the discoveries around here.

00:33:00I guess I know Joe Wells when I hear him.

00:33:02Now, what do you know about it anyway, Hawkshaw?

00:33:05Where did you get the key to this room?

00:33:07Back at Megs.

00:33:07That's where Joe Wells is now.

00:33:09The girl's got him.

00:33:10What girl?

00:33:11Gallagher.

00:33:11Gallagher?

00:33:12Yeah, you're the reporter that lives upstairs.

00:33:14Everybody knows everything around here but me.

00:33:15I'm just a detective.

00:33:17Come on, let's get back to Megs.

00:33:18Everything's all set.

00:33:31Let's grab him and hit the gravel.

00:33:32I hope we're doing right, Clutch.

00:33:35Of course we're doing right.

00:33:36I figured this whole thing out by the process of mental reduction.

00:33:38Oh.

00:33:39Well, you gotta drive, Clutch.

00:33:41I'm too nervous.

00:33:42Okay, I'll make you feel any better.

00:33:43Come on.

00:33:44Come on.

00:33:48Come on.

00:34:18You're leaving, Miss Gallagher.

00:34:20Now I'll relieve you of that body.

00:34:24Wait.

00:34:35Open up.

00:34:36It's the police.

00:34:38Come on.

00:34:39Open up in there.

00:34:40This isn't me, Allie.

00:34:43That's too bad.

00:34:44You're going to change your class?

00:34:48I don't think so, Miss Gallagher.

00:34:50Only yours.

00:34:51I don't see what I can do with this lock.

00:35:10No.

00:35:11Pass key won't work.

00:35:13Let's try around front.

00:35:14Let's go.

00:35:49You're right through the back door there.

00:36:08I'm going to form my paper.

00:36:09I'll be right up.

00:36:10All right, make it snap.

00:36:19I'll be right up.

00:36:49I'll be right up.

00:37:19No.

00:37:20I wouldn't call for them if I were you.

00:37:23Why should I?

00:37:24Maybe you and I can do some business.

00:37:26What are you selling?

00:37:28Oh, a lot of things.

00:37:29For instance, Joe Wells.

00:37:32Either the girl was lying or you double-crossed her.

00:37:35Call it anything you want, but I've got the body.

00:37:37Well, you can't talk now.

00:37:40You better get out of here.

00:37:41The cops will be here any minute.

00:37:42How about my apartment for an hour?

00:37:44I have little choice.

00:37:4611.40, read in place.

00:37:4811.40, read in place.

00:37:50And I hope you're not wasting my time.

00:37:53The name's Willis.

00:37:55Mr. Willis.

00:37:56Yeah, all right, Martin.

00:38:10Yeah, I'll take care of it.

00:38:10I'll keep you posted.

00:38:11Bye-bye.

00:38:11Well, what'd you find?

00:38:16Nothing.

00:38:17She's staggering around her apartment with a lump on her head the size of an egg,

00:38:20trying to find some ice cubes to put on it.

00:38:22She said some goony guy clunked her on the noggin.

00:38:25Maybe I'm crazy.

00:38:26I've never been on a case like this before.

00:38:28Trying to find a cork that somebody stole.

00:38:31Somebody stole it?

00:38:32Where have you been?

00:38:34The dame says she stole the corpse.

00:38:35Then some guy stole it from her.

00:38:37Now, can you figure that out?

00:38:38Uh-huh.

00:38:39Uh-huh.

00:38:40Who in the blazes would want a corpse in the first place?

00:38:58All right, sweetheart.

00:38:59Now, where is it?

00:39:02Now, look.

00:39:05You don't think you're going to get away with this for long, do you?

00:39:07You almost got yourself killed, and now the cops are on your trail.

00:39:11Let me take over.

00:39:12You're talking to Papa.

00:39:13I told Hurley who took it.

00:39:15Will you stop bothering me?

00:39:17I'd have enough for one night.

00:39:18It's your party, Angel.

00:39:21Somebody's got the corpse, and it's not the guy who comped you.

00:39:24Well, the way you talk, it sounds like you know more about this thing than I do.

00:39:28I do.

00:39:29I saw the creep just before he got away.

00:39:32The way you're handling things, you're going to wind up in the market, not at your will.

00:39:36Please don't be so cute.

00:39:38How do you figure in on this?

00:39:40I told him I had the body.

00:39:43I wanted to help you out.

00:39:44Oh, sure, sure.

00:39:46You mean you'd like to wheedle it out of me with that sweet talk and hog the story for yourself?

00:39:52Baby, you know there's enough story in this for both of us.

00:39:55I told you I haven't got it.

00:39:57Stop kidding, Papa.

00:39:58We have to produce a corpse in an hour, so come on.

00:40:01I told you I didn't have it.

00:40:03There you go, leaving me holding the back.

00:40:05All right, lady, get your coat on.

00:40:09You're going to jail.

00:40:10Jale?

00:40:11For what?

00:40:12Steal and corpses.

00:40:13But what was stolen from me?

00:40:15That's tough on you, lady.

00:40:16You started this game of foot and take.

00:40:18What about him?

00:40:19He said he called the guy that stalked me.

00:40:21A figment of her imagination, Max.

00:40:23I've told you everything.

00:40:24I'm merely an innocent bystander.

00:40:26Yeah, what are you trying to do?

00:40:27Drag him down to your level?

00:40:29Yeah.

00:40:29Come on.

00:40:30I'll phone your relative, honey.

00:40:58Oh, Clutch.

00:40:59Hey, boy, am I glad I found you home.

00:41:06You alone?

00:41:07Yeah, yeah, we're alone.

00:41:07They got me.

00:41:08Who had it?

00:41:08The cops.

00:41:09Well, that's too bad.

00:41:10It looked Clutch.

00:41:10I'm expecting a very important visit.

00:41:12Well, but this is more important.

00:41:13We took the body of Joe Wilson's back in the freight car,

00:41:15and I had a cop chasing.

00:41:16What?

00:41:17Yeah, we found the body in an exhibit.

00:41:18We figured we'd better do something with it.

00:41:19Why didn't you call me?

00:41:20There wasn't no time.

00:41:21And besides, I didn't want Gallagher busting it,

00:41:22so I figured I'd take the body and hide it,

00:41:24and then tell you, and you'd get an exclusive with no interference.

00:41:26All right, all right.

00:41:26Then what happened?

00:41:27We got the body hit in the freight car, right?

00:41:29When the yard bulls flies, it's just as we're lamming.

00:41:31So we got scared.

00:41:32So you ran?

00:41:32So we run.

00:41:33Oh, that's just dandy.

00:41:35Wasn't so dandy for Migs.

00:41:36He got caught.

00:41:37What about the cops?

00:41:38I don't guess they know nothing about that yet.

00:41:40Poor old Migs.

00:41:42You got him on suspicion that test isn't prohibited or something.

00:41:44Have you any idea where you put him?

00:41:45Who, Migs?

00:41:46No, the cops.

00:41:47Well, certainly.

00:41:48Well, what are we standing here beating our gums for?

00:41:50Let's go get it.

00:41:50Right.

00:41:53Gallagher?

00:41:54What?

00:41:55Now, if it's that kidney for Hurley again, you tell him for me.

00:41:58Stop racing your motor.

00:41:59Somebody just put up your bail.

00:42:01Bail?

00:42:02Who?

00:42:03That ain't my department.

00:42:04Better ask out front.

00:42:06Well, I said miracles never happen.

00:42:08Yeah, you better get there right away, Hurley.

00:42:12Something just broke on the Wells story.

00:42:14That's right.

00:42:16A guy named Migs.

00:42:17Complete confession.

00:42:19Snatching butt.

00:42:20I didn't confess anything.

00:42:22I just said...

00:42:23You said you stuck the corpse of Joe Wells in a freight car, didn't you?

00:42:27Mr. Migs.

00:42:29What did you do?

00:42:31Oh, Miss Gallagher, I'm so glad to see you.

00:42:35Oh, don't tell me they think you're the guy.

00:42:37Oh, it was horrible.

00:42:38Just like a nightmare.

00:42:39I had no idea I was going to get in trouble like this.

00:42:43That's what they all say.

00:42:44This ought to be good for murder.

00:42:46What are you trying to do?

00:42:48Crucify him?

00:42:49Where did you put it?

00:42:50In a boxcar in the freight yards.

00:42:53Oh, a high-owned western car, I think.

00:42:56Near a water tower at the end of the yard.

00:42:59We'll get you out of this in no time, Mr. Migs.

00:43:01None of your funny business now.

00:43:03You keep waiting for the freight yards, see?

00:43:05Who's going near the freight yards?

00:43:08I just want enough time to get to my paper.

00:43:11Take it easy.

00:43:12With my story on page one in the morning, you'll be exonerated and full.

00:43:17I hope so.

00:43:18I'm so tired.

00:43:20You're waiting for somebody?

00:43:28I guess it's you, lady.

00:43:29Take me to the chronicle.

00:43:30Okay.

00:43:31And step on it.

00:43:31Right.

00:43:36Holy cow, you would...

00:43:38It is.

00:43:40Make that 1140 Regent's place.

00:43:42We'll get the chronicle.

00:43:43Then you're the guy that bailed me out.

00:43:50And for this...

00:43:51Just in case, Mr. Willis pulls the double-cross.

00:43:55Your safety might convince him and better not.

00:43:58Mr. Willis says he has the body.

00:43:59We're going over to get it.

00:44:02Listen.

00:44:03Pete Willis hasn't got anything but gall.

00:44:06Whatever he told you, I know he hasn't got it.

00:44:09Even Mr. Willis come up with the most amazing stories.

00:44:11Why should I believe you?

00:44:15Look.

00:44:17You've got to believe me.

00:44:19He's never even seen the body of Willis.

00:44:22Miggs stole it while you and I were laying footsy-footsy upstairs in my apartment.

00:44:27And stop shaking your head.

00:44:30I know this sounds fantastic, but the cops caught Miggs 20 minutes ago in the freight yard where he hid the body in a boxcar.

00:44:37And that's where it is now.

00:44:40You're sure?

00:44:40They didn't know a corpse was mixed up in it until he slated it out of him.

00:44:44At the station.

00:44:47Where are the police now?

00:44:48How do I know?

00:44:49Going after the body, I guess.

00:44:52You're sure you're not, uh...

00:44:54Stringing me along, Miss Gallagher?

00:44:56Stop handing me that good life, will you?

00:44:59Do I look crazy enough to stick my neck out when you've got the advantage?

00:45:04Change that last dress to the freight yard.

00:45:06Then hurry.

00:45:06Hurry.

00:45:10What's the matter?

00:45:19You lost?

00:45:20Uh-uh.

00:45:21It's down that way, by the end of the yards.

00:45:23Let's go.

00:45:23This is it, I think.

00:45:36Yeah.

00:45:37Yeah, that's it.

00:45:38Ohio and West.

00:45:39It's a good thing you learned to read.

00:45:40This is all very illiterate.

00:45:47Leave it in there.

00:45:47Nice and comfortable, Mike.

00:45:48Come on.

00:45:49Up you go.

00:45:49Give me a hand, you get his feet.

00:45:55What are we going to do with him?

00:45:56Let's get him out of here before anybody else finds it, and then we can worry what's doing.

00:46:02Jumping, he's coming.

00:46:04Quick, open the other door.

00:46:17All right, jump, darling.

00:46:18Jump.

00:46:20Grab a hole, Miss Gennady.

00:46:24Ohio and West.

00:46:25That's what makes it.

00:46:30I don't see it.

00:46:31It's probably back there in the dark.

00:46:33This is another of your tricks, Miss Gallagher.

00:46:35Look, all I want to do is turn this thing over to you.

00:46:37It's not here.

00:46:55I'm positive this is a car.

00:46:58All that corpse at me gets around.

00:47:01What?

00:47:03Quiet.

00:47:04Some crazy thing, that's what I call it.

00:47:07Why didn't you call the cops when you found it?

00:47:09Well, I was so nervous, I thought I...

00:47:11You thought.

00:47:13What do people pay taxes for to have a police force?

00:47:15I know, officer, I'm completely deflame.

00:47:19Hold on, this is where we left.

00:47:21We left it right here, right in there, not far from the door.

00:47:26Well, they ain't here now.

00:47:29If you...

00:47:30Maybe they'll go away.

00:47:32Oh, my goodness, somebody must have stolen it.

00:47:35Ah, that's that again.

00:47:37Who do you think you're trying to kill?

00:47:38That's the same story the dame gave me.

00:47:40I'm telling you the truth, officer.

00:47:41I lie to you.

00:47:42Yeah.

00:47:43Well, what are you standing around for?

00:47:44Start looking.

00:47:45Sure, sure, sir.

00:47:46We just didn't know.

00:47:47You didn't know?

00:47:48Who knows anything anymore?

00:47:50Not there.

00:47:51In sight.

00:47:52Maybe it got up and moved out of a draft.

00:47:56There, kid.

00:47:57Get in the other one.

00:47:59Not tonight.

00:48:00All right.

00:48:02Two of you go that way.

00:48:03We'll go the other way.

00:48:03There.

00:48:03Did you see anything?

00:48:11What do you think?

00:48:12Man, sister, can I go home now?

00:48:15Yeah, Peter.

00:48:15It's no help to me.

00:48:18You know, I'm awful tired.

00:48:20Me too.

00:48:20Of you.

00:48:21Come on.

00:48:23But I'm in a jam, Mr. McGandle.

00:48:38The Chronicle's got to help me.

00:48:40But I stole it for the Chronicle.

00:48:42Holy cow!

00:48:43Can't you understand that?

00:48:45Shut up.

00:48:46I know you're in a jam.

00:48:47So does the Chronicle for letting you represent it.

00:48:49Say, who do you think you are?

00:48:50Stop stealing a body off the street.

00:48:53And then losing it.

00:48:56I know that.

00:48:59The DA's office and the police department and Max Hurley are all on my neck.

00:49:02We don't want any part of it.

00:49:04But you've got to keep me from the law until I find it again.

00:49:06And I've got an idea.

00:49:08Pete Willis...

00:49:08Ah, that's what I get for hiring a half-baked woman reporter.

00:49:13A screwball Daffy Budinsky.

00:49:15You're fired!

00:49:16You can't fire me.

00:49:18I quit.

00:49:19This isn't a news-saber story.

00:49:20It's a career.

00:49:21And you're bellyaching because some cop's been complaining.

00:49:23Well, you go soak your head, you ungrateful ape.

00:49:26Go soak your head.

00:49:27Okay, you oversized quiz kid.

00:49:39What did you do with it?

00:49:40Why, Angel, how did you find out?

00:49:42I guess.

00:49:43You and that creep following me are getting any gray hairs.

00:49:46Well, why'd you get out of the clink?

00:49:47Didn't you like it there?

00:49:48They found me with a new paint job.

00:49:50I don't care.

00:49:51If you'd kept your big nose out of my business instead of bringing the cops back to my apartment,

00:49:55I'd never have landed in jail.

00:49:57Oh, that's a fine way to talk to someone who's been trying to save a story for you.

00:50:00For me?

00:50:01Yes.

00:50:01Why, you fix me up so with the police.

00:50:03I don't know which end is up.

00:50:04Oh, baby.

00:50:06Stop trying to talk me into something.

00:50:08There you go.

00:50:09Always be lit.

00:50:10Relax, will you?

00:50:12Sure, relax.

00:50:13Along with everything else McAndrews just can me.

00:50:16Well, you've been asking for that for a long time.

00:50:18I know.

00:50:19I know, but I did it so good to tell that stupid old where to head in.

00:50:23But that's not what I'm worried about now.

00:50:25Oh?

00:50:25Look, Pete, for crying out loud, what'd you do with the body?

00:50:29The body?

00:50:29All I want to do is give it back to the cops and get out of this mess.

00:50:32I don't want the story anymore.

00:50:34I just want to live.

00:50:36Stop beating your brains out.

00:50:37What we've got will get you a better job than the one you've lost.

00:50:40What good will it do me with a lily in my hand?

00:50:42Oh, here.

00:50:44What's that?

00:50:45Read it.

00:50:47Me?

00:50:48No.

00:50:49Montevideo, Uruguay.

00:50:50It's got a government stamp on it.

00:50:52I took it out of Wells' pocket.

00:50:53South America?

00:50:54Uh-huh.

00:50:55So that's where he's been all these years.

00:50:56Under an assumed name, Peter Burnett.

00:50:58Well, where does the creep fit him on this?

00:51:00I don't know.

00:51:01I don't read Spanish.

00:51:03That's why we're waiting for the gentleman.

00:51:04And he's coming here any minute.

00:51:06Pete, he's dangerous.

00:51:07Yeah, I know.

00:51:08How about a drink in the meantime?

00:51:12Make mine bourbon.

00:51:13You're not sore of me anymore, are you, baby?

00:51:16Just don't pull any fast ones on me, darling.

00:51:18That's all.

00:51:21Here we are.

00:51:22Try this one for size, huh?

00:51:25Just to keep you honest.

00:51:27Trusting soul, aren't you?

00:51:28We go together, don't we, huh?

00:51:30Mm-hmm.

00:51:31Even with that joel citizen appearance of yours, I still know you're a hobgoblin underneath.

00:51:36Oh, but you still love me, don't you, baby?

00:51:38Mm-hmm.

00:51:40There he is now.

00:51:41Watch yourself.

00:51:42Oh, come in.

00:51:51We've been waiting for you.

00:51:52I'm usually more fun to, but I was delayed.

00:51:56I can't say I'm too surprised at seeing you here, Miss Gallagher.

00:52:00Oh, sit down.

00:52:02Make yourself a hole, mister.

00:52:03Say, I can't be calling my guests, hey, you, all the time.

00:52:07My name is Jokey.

00:52:09I must say that I admire the perspicacity of the American press.

00:52:14Once they smell a story, they stop at nothing till they get it.

00:52:17Well, we can dispense with the compliments.

00:52:20We want facts.

00:52:22You're not going to get the body in until you answer a few questions.

00:52:25And that depends, Mr. Willis.

00:52:27That depends entirely upon the questions.

00:52:30Well, uh, how's this for starting?

00:52:33That's interesting.

00:52:40I see that you and I are beginning to understand each other.

00:52:43You don't want a story at all.

00:52:45You want the diamonds.

00:52:47Oh.

00:52:49How'd you guess it, Jokey?

00:52:51Catches out quick, doesn't he, honey?

00:52:53Like a bird dog.

00:52:54Now, let's not waste any time, shall we?

00:52:56Holy cow.

00:53:01Those stones represent a quarter of a million dollars.

00:53:05Part of them go to both of you.

00:53:08Then I get the body.

00:53:09Well, that's just any, but, uh, as long as we're going to be partners, uh, you'll have to tell us more.

00:53:16Yeah, you know, just in case of trouble for our stories, Joke.

00:53:19Oh, I don't mind.

00:53:22I represent a group of diamond margins from whom these stones were stolen in South America.

00:53:28The robbery was very cleverly done by one Peter Burnett.

00:53:31Otherwise, Wells.

00:53:33Joe Wells.

00:53:35The Uniguan government offered a reward for his captain, but he escaped.

00:53:39And, uh, you trailed him here.

00:53:42Besides, in fact, I was here before Mr. Wells arrived.

00:53:45But, uh, why do you want the corpse when you already have the diamonds?

00:53:48Well, let's go into that, shall we, after you have carried out your end of the bargain?

00:53:54Now, Mr. Willis, where's the body?

00:53:56Oh, that's easy.

00:53:58The corpse is riding around Central Park in a taxi, waiting to be picked up.

00:54:03Shall we join him?

00:54:18We'll be there in a few minutes.

00:54:21But the body in a cab, Mr. Willis, is that quite safe?

00:54:25I told him to hacky he was a friend of mine too drunk to take home.

00:54:29An hour's spin around the park and I'd pick him up in good condition.

00:54:32That was clever.

00:54:34Well, who knows a drunk from a stiff?

00:54:36I had him propped up in the corner just as nice as you please.

00:54:39What do you mean if he doesn't start sliding?

00:54:42You think I'm not?

00:54:43I had him pinned to the cushion.

00:54:45Amazing.

00:54:47All right, driver, let's drive through the park.

00:54:58Here I am.

00:55:00Got a little foggy, didn't it?

00:55:01Hey, driver.

00:55:10Oh, it's you.

00:55:11I thought you'd never get here.

00:55:12Everything okay?

00:55:13Sure.

00:55:14He hasn't even blinked an eye.

00:55:16Hey, what's this guy been drinking?

00:55:17Embalming fluid?

00:55:19Hey, what would he fall on?

00:55:20Well, let's get in and settle this thing.

00:55:22You too.

00:55:22Well, don't you think it'll be a little crowded for all four of us?

00:55:25You'll manage.

00:55:27All right, then.

00:55:31In somewhat of a hurry, aren't you?

00:55:38I want to get this thing over with.

00:55:40I can understand that.

00:55:44What are you worrying about?

00:55:46There's only one Joe well.

00:55:48Do you want to sit next to him?

00:55:49Never mind.

00:55:50Drive us to the ferry.

00:55:52Just a minute.

00:55:54Don't you trust me, Mr. Willis?

00:55:55That's where I relieve you of the body and pay off.

00:56:01I thought we were leaving you after we got on the boat.

00:56:29A short trip across the water can hardly matter now, Miss Gallagher.

00:56:33Especially as we shall be seeing each other any more often tonight.

00:56:38Well, we're almost across.

00:56:40How about splits?

00:56:41Let's set our legs.

00:56:43We can finish our business at the same time.

00:56:45How come Joe wasn't walking around with all that men in him?

00:57:00I thought he was dead when I left his room at the Ember's Hotel.

00:57:03I went down to get a cab to carry away the body, but when I got back, he was gone.

00:57:08He must have had just enough life left to bring himself to my family.

00:57:11Jokey, why do you want to carry the body away if you were only interested in getting the diamonds back to your boss?

00:57:16Oh, pardon me.

00:57:16I was only interested in getting those diamonds for myself.

00:57:19The old double cross.

00:57:21The guys that hired him to get the diamonds get nothing.

00:57:23That was the general idea, Miss Gallagher.

00:57:26Cute, isn't he?

00:57:27Steals the body, destroys it, and tells the diamond owner to go chase himself.

00:57:31You couldn't lose.

00:57:32Precisely.

00:57:33Joe Wells is not to be found, that's all I'll tell them.

00:57:36In a few years, I'll sell those diamonds at a slight loss.

00:57:41Some loss you're going to take?

00:57:43What about the cops?

00:57:44Well, they'll believe what they believe for five years.

00:57:48I sure put Mr. Wells at the bottom of the river.

00:57:52Well, they think he is anyhow.

00:57:55Now, there'll be questions after the night.

00:57:58To whom will they quit?

00:57:59Oh, me, Miss Gallagher.

00:58:00And you think you will be available for questioning, Mr. Wells?

00:58:06Figured you'd go when you thought you'd have it in the spot.

00:58:09But you're wrong, Calkey.

00:58:11Quiet!

00:58:12Quiet!

00:58:13Quiet!

00:58:17Quiet!

00:58:30I can see it, little man.

00:58:41Look at the bank and I brung home.

00:58:44Where's Clutch?

00:58:45Clutch?

00:58:46What's he got to do with this?

00:58:48Annie Oakley finished it herself.

00:58:50Didn't he get out of the cab?

00:58:51Say, are you conscious?

00:58:53There's no one in the cab but the stiff.

00:58:55No, lady, that's no stiff.

00:58:56That was Clutch.

00:58:57Clutch!

00:58:58Come on.

00:58:59Come on, Jockey.

00:59:03And you mean all the time Clutch was doubling through the body of Joe Wells?

00:59:07Sure.

00:59:08I figured Jockey would try to knock us off.

00:59:10Clutch was supposed to cover us with his gun.

00:59:12Oh, no wonder you were so brave back there.

00:59:15Hey, Clutch!

00:59:17Clutch!

00:59:18Clutch, wake up!

00:59:19Hmm?

00:59:20Hmm, Clutch?

00:59:21Oh, where is he?

00:59:22Which way to go?

00:59:23I'll get him.

00:59:23I'll get him with my heater.

00:59:25Take it easy.

00:59:26I thought you were going to follow us.

00:59:28Ooh, murder.

00:59:29I must have fell asleep.

00:59:32That's just fine.

00:59:33I hope you had a nice nap.

00:59:34All right, Jockey.

00:59:35Get in.

00:59:38Don't pull no calisthenics, bud.

00:59:47Well, this better be on the level.

00:59:48That's all I got to say.

00:59:50You say this guy's a murderer?

00:59:51Or a reasonable facsimile.

00:59:53Hello, give me Mars.

00:59:55And who's this character with the zoot haircut?

00:59:58The name is Clutch Tracy.

01:00:00And my racket happens to be empoisonating electrocution.

01:00:04Well, if you don't believe us now, that ought to send you.

01:00:07Well, what are you waiting on?

01:00:08Throw him in the cell.

01:00:12You mean you've got to give him a third degree?

01:00:14Sure.

01:00:15Then we're going to scalp him and hang him up by his toes.

01:00:17This I've got to see.

01:00:20Hey, Sarge, give me a match, will you?

01:00:23Thanks.

01:00:24You better keep a couple of these in case you run short.

01:00:28Hello, Martin.

01:00:29Hold on to your pants.

01:00:31Wait for what?

01:00:33The nerve of him.

01:00:34He's on another phone.

01:00:35This story ought to be good for you.

01:00:36Cheer up, honey.

01:00:37Hey, Sarge, you better get a hold of Lieutenant Mac Hurley.

01:00:40Lieutenant Hurley?

01:00:41He's out in the cruise car.

01:00:42The only way I can reach him is by a radio.

01:00:44You better get him.

01:00:45I've got something he wants very bad.

01:00:47Well, this better be on the level, that's all.

01:00:49Pearson?

01:00:50Talk by a mic from the radio circuit.

01:00:54Connected, Sergeant.

01:00:55Calling car 27.

01:00:56What?

01:00:57Calling car 27.

01:00:58Come in, Lieutenant Hurley.

01:00:59Calling car 27.

01:01:01Calling car 27.

01:01:02Lieutenant Mac Hurley.

01:01:04Come in, Mac, dearie.

01:01:06What kind of lame brain Tom Fulry goes on in that?

01:01:09Hello, Mac.

01:01:09This is Pete Willis.

01:01:11Why, you wink-spattered imbecile.

01:01:13What do you think?

01:01:13Your temper, temper.

01:01:15Willis, if you don't tell me what you did with Joe Wells,

01:01:17I'll personally take you apart like a...

01:01:19like an artichoke.

01:01:21You've been riding around with him all night,

01:01:22ever since you left the freight yard.

01:01:24Riding around?

01:01:25Are you nuts?

01:01:27He's right behind you, Mac.

01:01:28In your trunk.

01:01:30Isn't it?

01:01:31He's there.

01:01:32I put him there.

01:01:33That is all.

01:01:35Stop him.

01:01:36Pull him.

01:01:37Get...

01:01:37Stop!

01:01:39Hey.

01:01:40Oh.

01:01:42Hello, Morrison.

01:01:44Now, shut up.

01:01:45I didn't hurt you to wait for a little vignette

01:01:46you might be able to use on page one.

01:01:49Here it is.

01:01:50Joe Wells, supposedly dead for five years,

01:01:52was found murdered tonight, is he?

01:01:54Now, wait a minute.

01:01:55The credit line on this story is

01:01:57by Pete Willis and Sue Gallagher.

01:02:00Well, she's working for you now

01:02:01or you don't get the yarn.

01:02:03Yeah.

01:02:04Okay.

01:02:06Pete, darling.

01:02:07Wait a minute, honey.

01:02:08Honey, honey, this is important.

01:02:10You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:11Isn't it?

01:02:13Well, this is important.

01:02:15You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:16You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:17You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:18You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:19You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:20You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:21You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:22You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:23You remember the time when they found the guy...

01:02:24You remember the time when they found the guy...

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