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Synopsis: A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Francis Larkin
Top cast: George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning, Lynne Roberts, Sidney Blackmer, Kurt Katch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Francis Larkin
Top cast: George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning, Lynne Roberts, Sidney Blackmer, Kurt Katch
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00:00:00You
00:00:30Oh, my God.
00:01:00Oh, my God.
00:01:30Oh, my God.
00:01:59Oh, my God.
00:02:00No.
00:02:01Stolen goods.
00:02:02No questions asked.
00:02:03Plenty of suckers to buy a good forgery.
00:02:05That's been done before, too.
00:02:07Mind if I take it home with me?
00:02:10Over my dead body.
00:02:12Yeah, I can't breathe.
00:02:13Come on.
00:02:14Come on.
00:02:15Come on.
00:02:16Come on.
00:02:18Come on.
00:02:19Come on.
00:02:20Come on.
00:02:21Here it is.
00:02:43It's a beauty.
00:02:44Yes, yes.
00:02:45I said to myself,
00:02:46of all your clients who would most love to see this great treasure.
00:02:52That is vital to you, Mr. Cleaver.
00:02:54You've told me that half a dozen times already.
00:02:56How much longer are you boys going to be?
00:02:58Just a second.
00:02:59I'm not so sure of this.
00:03:01Oh, excuse, please.
00:03:03It's excellent property and most safe.
00:03:05The police look for it six months now, but get nowhere.
00:03:09I know.
00:03:10Do you mind if I show this to someone who knows rare books?
00:03:13But yes, please do.
00:03:16I thought you were going to take me dancing.
00:03:19This is what I was telling you about.
00:03:21I've seen it twice already.
00:03:23It looks like a goodbye.
00:03:24Revesque showed it to me the other day.
00:03:26The books are not in my line.
00:03:28What do you think of it?
00:03:29It's genuine, all right.
00:03:31Good.
00:03:32That's all I need to know.
00:03:33Miss Blandi, the most best expert of old books.
00:03:38What does she say?
00:03:39You might have told me you already had her opinion.
00:03:42I am most careful.
00:03:45I'll take it.
00:03:52You make the wise decision.
00:03:55Impossible to lose money in this book.
00:03:57It's like money in the bank.
00:03:58Check all right.
00:03:59Oh, but I am so sorry.
00:04:02The person I act for, they must have cash.
00:04:05It is the term of the deal.
00:04:06You agree?
00:04:07You say yes.
00:04:08You pay cash if you buy it.
00:04:10All right, you Romanian bandit.
00:04:12I came prepared.
00:04:13Well, thank you.
00:04:14It's all there.
00:04:16Stolen goods?
00:04:18Aren't you taking quite a risk?
00:04:19No.
00:04:20Your opinion on this Hamlet eliminates all that.
00:04:23I'm stealing it at $20,000.
00:04:25Yeah.
00:04:27That's a very interesting thing.
00:04:28I got money.
00:04:29This is the year.
00:04:30I got money, I need some money.
00:04:31If you don't get money, you can get money.
00:04:32I need some money or you're taking money.
00:04:33You can get money.
00:04:34This is the year in six months.
00:04:35About $20,000.
00:04:36Mr. Flake, Ms. Blandy would like to see her.
00:05:07Darling, I couldn't wait until morning.
00:05:09Myra, this is a nice surprise.
00:05:11I made a good sale. It was so easy.
00:05:14You could resist your salesmanship.
00:05:15It worked beautifully. You simply had to have it stolen or not.
00:05:18What did I tell you? Just show the customers one.
00:05:20They think it's the original. We'll gross more than the originals were.
00:05:23They did it with a stolen Mona Lisa, sold dozens.
00:05:27Only five grand. I'm asking twenty.
00:05:30Well, this man wouldn't go over seventy-five hundred.
00:05:32A thousand for a best queue, fifteen hundred for me, leaves five for you.
00:05:35Myra, you wouldn't shortchange me, would you?
00:05:39Sure. If I were looking for trouble.
00:05:42Isn't that your favorite occupation?
00:05:45Eight copies in six months isn't bad.
00:05:47Chicago can use another, and Detroit wants two more.
00:05:49Well, by the way, who'd you collect this from?
00:05:51Martin Cleaver.
00:05:53Are you crazy? I told you to avoid him.
00:05:55Darling, I still don't know why.
00:05:57He's dangerous.
00:05:59All of our customers could be dangerous,
00:06:00but as long as the cash is okay, why worry?
00:06:03What have you got against Cleaver?
00:06:05I never met him, but I don't want to do business with him.
00:06:09Cancel the deal.
00:06:10Don't be ridiculous.
00:06:13You seem worried. What is it?
00:06:15Give him his money back, and hereafter do as I say.
00:06:18Stick to larceny-minded American suckers.
00:06:20He looked like one to me.
00:06:22He isn't. He's spending German money.
00:06:24Some of the Luther Nazi crowd smuggled out of occupied Europe.
00:06:26Uh-huh. So they can look like exiled kings
00:06:30if and when they escape after the war.
00:06:32Cleaver's buying for Goering or Himmler,
00:06:34investing in works of art.
00:06:37Literary rarities like diamonds are supposed to be safe
00:06:39in the event of post-war inflation.
00:06:40Well, he's stuck this time. I'm sorry I didn't get him for more.
00:06:43You're giving him his money back.
00:06:45I am not.
00:06:50You asked for that.
00:06:52Then get rid of the idea that you're running this show.
00:06:54I can always find another outlet for my stuff.
00:06:59And that's what you think.
00:07:02You know what the Gestapo is?
00:07:04If you do, you will take my advice and settle with Mr. Cleaver.
00:07:07That man's the saddest. There's not an ounce of mercy in him.
00:07:11You two boys should get along.
00:07:13You always say you enjoy being hurt.
00:07:17Yes.
00:07:24A very clever imitation.
00:07:28Beautifully aged paper.
00:07:31An offset printing process retouched by hand.
00:07:35The work of an artist.
00:07:37But I do not like to be fooled.
00:07:40Mr. Cleaver.
00:07:41Mr. Cleaver, how can you say such a thing?
00:07:43I am a respectable art dealer.
00:07:45Then I return your work of art.
00:07:47I want my money back.
00:07:50You get me to this trouble.
00:07:53Believe me, Mr. Cleaver.
00:07:54I only act as agent for this woman.
00:07:57She says it's genuine and I believe it.
00:07:58She pays commission.
00:08:00So I suspect it.
00:08:02Where did you get this Hamlet?
00:08:03A man named Flagg?
00:08:05Forger of rare books.
00:08:06It looks like his work.
00:08:07I saw samples of it in Europe.
00:08:09I am a respectable man.
00:08:10I do not swindle people.
00:08:12And the man I represent does not like to be swindled.
00:08:14Who? Field Marshal Gehring?
00:08:16My client prefers to remain nameless.
00:08:19And I repeat, he will not submit to being swindled.
00:08:22You knew you were buying stolen property.
00:08:24But not a forgery.
00:08:26Your other customers may not complain, but I do.
00:08:29This is terrible.
00:08:30My reputation.
00:08:31If you think you're being swindled, why don't you call the police?
00:08:33Oh, I won't need their help.
00:08:35I'm sorry you feel this way.
00:08:37I can't make good the money.
00:08:39Then produce Mr. Flegg.
00:08:41I'll deal directly with him.
00:08:46He's a very difficult man to reach.
00:08:48I suggest you find a way, quickly.
00:08:51Now, as for you, Robescue...
00:08:53No.
00:08:54No!
00:08:54No!
00:08:54You're Mr. Flegg probably doesn't know about the Hamlet deal.
00:09:11It was your own idea, wasn't it?
00:09:13And you pocketed the money behind his back.
00:09:17He did it deliberately?
00:09:19Then you must bring him to me.
00:09:20But he'd never...
00:09:21You can find some way.
00:09:25You needn't bother to tell the police about what happened here.
00:09:30It won't stop us.
00:09:33I don't work alone.
00:09:36I shall expect to hear from you within the hour.
00:09:38Plenty of time to locate Flegg.
00:09:41Good day, Miss Flegg.
00:09:44Possibly.
00:09:45Follow her.
00:09:51I think she's safe.
00:09:52She'd do anything to save her own skin.
00:09:55Uh...
00:09:56Report to me at the usual place.
00:10:07Uh...
00:10:08What's you?
00:10:23He's been waiting for an hour.
00:10:25I don't know him.
00:10:26Doesn't look like ready cash.
00:10:29Tell him no, I haven't time now.
00:10:32You'd better make time, sister.
00:10:34The name is Myra Blandy.
00:10:35Don't be in such a hurry.
00:10:40I'll handle this.
00:10:45What is it, Mr. uh...
00:10:47Mr. McBurn?
00:10:49Well...
00:10:50I expected something ten years older and fat.
00:10:53Come back in ten years.
00:10:55Know a party name of William Shakespeare?
00:10:57Not personally.
00:10:58I wasn't around in 1600, but I sell books of his.
00:11:01So I hear.
00:11:03Just what are you driving at?
00:11:04The verbiage edition of Hamlet.
00:11:06It was snatched from the local library six months and nine days ago.
00:11:09And a guard was killed.
00:11:10Yes, I read all about that.
00:11:12And I understand you know where it can be picked up cheap.
00:11:15You're misinformed and you're insulting.
00:11:17I don't deal with thieves.
00:11:19You'll find the door over there.
00:11:20And I also hear very confidentially...
00:11:23And correct me if I'm wrong...
00:11:24That imitations of this Hamlet are being passed off at fat prices.
00:11:28You're wrong.
00:11:29Good day.
00:11:30Look, I want a little cooperation, sister.
00:11:32Edgar T. Collins shot me down here from New York.
00:11:36About a Hamlet he bought.
00:11:38He doesn't like it.
00:11:39I've never sold Mr. Collins any books.
00:11:42No, he bought it from a fellow named Sims in Baltimore.
00:11:44I don't see how that concerns me.
00:11:47You want a blueprint?
00:11:48I traced it to you.
00:11:50Oh, you're a detective.
00:11:51Mm-hmm. Private man.
00:11:53Well, I'm afraid you've been seriously misinformed.
00:11:54I've never dealt with any Mr. Sims in Baltimore.
00:11:58Look, beautiful.
00:11:59You're on the well-known spot, so pull your ears in.
00:12:02Collins doesn't want his money back.
00:12:04He wants blood.
00:12:05He's a nut on book collecting and wants everything kept on the up and up.
00:12:08He didn't buy your Hamlet of stolen goods either, so his skirts are clean.
00:12:12He isn't afraid to make a complaint.
00:12:15Now, this is all between you and me.
00:12:17But if I drop a hint in the DA's here...
00:12:20Well...
00:12:21A smart lawyer might beat the rap for you, but...
00:12:24Would you still be in business after all the publicity?
00:12:26I don't know what you're talking about.
00:12:30Can't we play ball?
00:12:32You're not in this alone.
00:12:33You handle the hot stuff for somebody.
00:12:35Who is it?
00:12:37He'd kill me.
00:12:39Who?
00:12:40Fleg?
00:12:41Yeah, that's one the cops don't know.
00:12:45Yet.
00:12:47This Shakespeare stuff, I'm told it's Fleg's product.
00:12:50He's good from way back.
00:12:52Where do I reach him?
00:12:53I don't know.
00:12:54Come on, let's have it.
00:12:55There are reasons why I have to handle the stuff he sends me.
00:12:58The Hamlet isn't my only headache.
00:13:00I'm really afraid.
00:13:02Blackmail?
00:13:04The right man could steer you out of it.
00:13:06Do you mean it?
00:13:08Of course, I'm in business myself, but the fee wouldn't be too high.
00:13:11Oh, I'd pay anything.
00:13:12Now, you help me build a case against Fleg, and I'll see that your skirts are kept clean.
00:13:16Deal?
00:13:17Deal.
00:13:18When do I meet him?
00:13:18Well, you better let me arrange it.
00:13:20I never know when he'll phone.
00:13:21I can't talk very well here.
00:13:23Where are you staying?
00:13:23The Bradley house.
00:13:24Pick me up for dinner.
00:13:25All right, about seven.
00:13:26Swell.
00:13:27Oh, by the way, aren't we forgetting something very important?
00:13:30What?
00:13:31My retainer.
00:13:32Nice work if you can get it.
00:13:34Playing both sides.
00:13:35Oh, Fleg's the other side.
00:13:37You see, Collins hires me, and you pay off to be kept out of the case.
00:13:40Oh, I see.
00:13:42How much?
00:13:43Oh, how about 500?
00:13:46How about 250?
00:13:48All right.
00:13:49On account.
00:13:51You know, I like a businesswoman who knows her business.
00:13:54Of course, 500 would have bought you a better dinner.
00:13:58Thanks.
00:14:00Every instinct tells me I'm a fool, but I'm trusting you because I want to.
00:14:05You needn't worry.
00:14:05I lied to you because I was afraid.
00:14:09You still afraid?
00:14:10Not so much.
00:14:12See, it's heaven.
00:14:13And, uh, bring that smile along.
00:14:18Hello, Mr. Cleaver.
00:14:43Myra Blandy.
00:14:44I spoke to Fleg.
00:14:45He won't meet you.
00:14:46He absolutely refuses.
00:14:48Of course I want to cooperate.
00:14:51I have a suggestion.
00:14:52Leave a book in my name at the information desk at the public library on K Street tonight.
00:14:56I'll have Fleg pick it up.
00:14:57That'll identify him when he asks for it.
00:15:00Oh, by the way, he uses the name of Mac Byrne.
00:15:02Hal Mac Byrne.
00:15:03He mustn't know about me.
00:15:05Yes, tonight at 8.30.
00:15:06Goodbye.
00:15:11Hello, Lady Dracula.
00:15:12And how are you this pleasant afternoon?
00:15:14Some tea?
00:15:15No, thank you.
00:15:17We're in the mood, aren't we?
00:15:19How many butterflies did you torture since lunch, hoping one would turn on you?
00:15:22Something tells me our little Myra harbors a secret.
00:15:28How do things go today?
00:15:30Nothing very exciting.
00:15:31Boston-wide for some more of your penmanship.
00:15:34And a Dickens autograph.
00:15:35See anybody amusing?
00:15:36Not a soul.
00:15:38Are you sure?
00:15:39Positive.
00:15:41I hear that Hal Mac Byrne is quite the ladies' man.
00:15:45Oh, yes, I was going to tell you about him.
00:15:47Yes, my little liar, after I dragged it out of you.
00:15:50Who told you?
00:15:52The book world isn't very big.
00:15:53He was followed to your place.
00:15:54And if you weren't so stupid disobeying orders, he wouldn't be bothering you.
00:15:58Don't fret.
00:15:59I can handle Mac Byrne.
00:16:00There's only one way to handle his kind.
00:16:02I'll handle it my way.
00:16:03Wait a minute.
00:16:03Have you fallen for this cop?
00:16:04Jim.
00:16:07A woman would have walked out of me for that, but you stay.
00:16:11Why?
00:16:13Because I'm a punishment in your life.
00:16:15Your conscience demands it.
00:16:17Oh, don't give me the old chestnut about our expecting punishment because we were taught
00:16:21to as kids.
00:16:22But we do.
00:16:23Your everlasting lying, your flirting with danger, is a secret desire to be caught off guard
00:16:28and hurt.
00:16:29Listen to Dr. Freud.
00:16:31Why do you think there are so many automobile accidents?
00:16:34Mere carelessness?
00:16:36No.
00:16:37The unconscious impulse to punish ourselves is sometimes so great it becomes self-destructive.
00:16:41When we should be alert and on guard, our enemy, conscience, super-ego, betrays us to psychic
00:16:47justice.
00:16:48A healthy body prays sick.
00:16:50Or we fear insanity.
00:16:51Or we show poor judgment in a crisis and make a mistake that destroys us.
00:16:55And what did all this wisdom ever buy, our amateur psychoanalyst?
00:17:00You.
00:17:02You may be my automobile accident.
00:17:05You're dangerous to my interests.
00:17:07And it excites me to play with my own life.
00:17:10The way we live is a constant threat to our security.
00:17:14But we love it.
00:17:15Giving and taking pain.
00:17:18The torturing fear of destruction.
00:17:20Psychiatrists say there's a little of it in most people.
00:17:23But it has run away with us.
00:17:25So that when I make a mistake, it's my conscience punishing me?
00:17:28Precisely.
00:17:29You may be crazy, but I'm not.
00:17:33Funny part about it is that no court or sanity commission would ever call us crazy.
00:17:39But we're really a couple of walking horror stories.
00:17:42Speak for yourself, darling.
00:17:45Ah.
00:17:46The lady who never makes a mistake.
00:17:48All right.
00:17:51When do I get it at McBurn?
00:17:52I said I'd handle him.
00:17:54Bungle the job?
00:17:56When are you seeing him?
00:17:57For dinner.
00:17:58Then he has an appointment at the public library.
00:18:00And after that...
00:18:01Public library?
00:18:02They've got some books I want.
00:18:04Some rather priceless books.
00:18:06I've been working on a new setup to get at them.
00:18:09McBurn.
00:18:09I can use him.
00:18:10Two birds with one stone.
00:18:12Please, Jim.
00:18:12Let me take care of McBurn.
00:18:14Why?
00:18:14Is there something else?
00:18:16Somebody you haven't told me about?
00:18:17No.
00:18:17No, it's my job.
00:18:19Do you want to be an eyewitness?
00:18:22No?
00:18:24I'm surprised.
00:18:27All right.
00:18:29Deliver the cop to the library and then go home.
00:18:31You're quite a girl, Myra.
00:18:36Freud, Lombroso, Havlon Kellis, they all had your number.
00:18:40Who was it, wrote, women seek intense and terrifying emotion because they really enjoy it?
00:18:44It's as necessary to their comfort as water to a fish, as natural as breathing.
00:18:49Can I fix you something, darling?
00:18:51What do you have in mind?
00:18:52Poison?
00:18:58Best dinner I ever had.
00:19:00Must have been the company.
00:19:02Funny coincidence.
00:19:03I liked it, too.
00:19:03I knew we'd get along.
00:19:05The minute I laid eyes on you.
00:19:11Let me know if I get fresh.
00:19:13I promise.
00:19:14Are you so good to all your clients?
00:19:15Service?
00:19:16That's the McBurn trademark.
00:19:17Oh, driver, will you please stop a minute at the public library on K Street?
00:19:22Okay.
00:19:25You know, I feel even better than I did a second ago.
00:19:28No gun.
00:19:29Had a case last month where a party packed a derringer.
00:19:31Did she appreciate your service?
00:19:33Well, I don't know.
00:19:34She was 64.
00:19:38When are we going to talk about Flagg?
00:19:40You've been too busy telling me about the life and times of Mr. Hal McBurn.
00:19:43Well, I was just trying to get a nerve enough to talk about you.
00:19:49Be original.
00:19:50Don't say it.
00:19:51What?
00:19:52Did anyone ever tell you about your eyes?
00:19:55I like yours.
00:19:57Even if I wouldn't trust them.
00:19:58Open or shut.
00:19:59Oh, you wouldn't?
00:20:01I promise trouble.
00:20:03I like trouble.
00:20:05Well, be careful.
00:20:06This is a new hat.
00:20:07What a crack to make at a time like this.
00:20:09Do I worry about my $10 bonnet?
00:20:13I hope you're on the level with me.
00:20:16Of course I am.
00:20:18What made you say that?
00:20:20Well, I was getting lonesome on this case.
00:20:23No more.
00:20:28I hate to disturb you, sister, but if it's books you want, this is the joint.
00:20:37You live here.
00:20:38I have to pick up a book.
00:20:39Ask for it at the information desk.
00:20:41It's in my name.
00:20:41Now, why do you want a book when I'm around?
00:20:43Hurry up.
00:20:57Women seek intense and terrifying emotion because they really enjoy it.
00:21:01Do you want to be an eyewitness?
00:21:05Closing time, 15 minutes.
00:21:08Closing time, 15 minutes.
00:21:10Closing time, 15 minutes.
00:21:33Sorry, I thought you were someone else.
00:21:35Well, lucky Tommy.
00:21:36Closing time, 15 minutes.
00:21:40Closing time, 15 minutes.
00:21:46Say, where's the information desk?
00:21:48Why, it's always been right here.
00:21:50Oh, good.
00:21:51Have you got a book?
00:21:52I'd like a good murder mystery.
00:21:53Plenty of blood.
00:21:54Fiction room, second floor.
00:21:55Thanks.
00:21:56Say, to the court for me, you know where I am.
00:21:57Lieutenant Creighton, Homicide Squad.
00:22:03Better hurry, mister.
00:22:05Closing time.
00:22:06Is that the way the cops in this town keep them trimmed?
00:22:08Reading books?
00:22:09A book never hurt anybody.
00:22:11Have you got one for Blandy?
00:22:12Myra Blandy.
00:22:13Is that your name?
00:22:14Do I look like her?
00:22:16Blandy.
00:22:18I'll see.
00:22:19Been in this racket long?
00:22:21About a year.
00:22:22Like it?
00:22:23Most of the time.
00:22:24Gee, how do you stand the quiet in here?
00:22:26I'm hardened to it.
00:22:28You ought to be in pictures, beautiful.
00:22:31I'm not kidding.
00:22:34Here's your book.
00:22:35Oh, thanks.
00:22:36Say, do you suppose to...
00:22:38Excuse me.
00:22:43Mr. McBurn?
00:22:44Yeah.
00:22:45I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
00:22:47Who are you?
00:22:48I have information regarding certain literary forgeries.
00:22:52Now listen.
00:22:54Let's go in here, shall we?
00:23:01First time.
00:23:02Now listen.
00:23:03Dr. McBurn.
00:23:05Is there anything else?
00:23:07No!
00:23:08Signs of darkness.
00:23:09No blood.
00:23:11Mr. We're here.
00:23:12I'll Universalist.
00:23:14Coach he went down.
00:23:26I didn't from some SPOT to no problem shop with a鬍!
00:23:28I thought we could be alone here for a minute.
00:23:44What's on my mind?
00:23:46They all go to a bomb-proof bank vault tomorrow.
00:23:48Air raid protection.
00:23:49Well, I'd be glad.
00:23:51Did I tell you the New York library buried $15 million worth of books for the duration?
00:23:55Yes.
00:23:56I've been petrified since we've lost Hamlet.
00:23:59This little handful.
00:24:01$150,000.
00:24:03I'm petrified myself.
00:24:08That'd make quite a haul.
00:24:10Perhaps you've got your eye on them, Mr. Flag.
00:24:13McBurn's the name.
00:24:15I'm afraid I must disagree.
00:24:18What were you going to tell me about forgeries?
00:24:19Let's have it quick.
00:24:21That money must be returned.
00:24:24Just like that?
00:24:25Just like that.
00:24:27The consequences will be serious if you decide otherwise.
00:24:30Sue me?
00:24:31I don't know what you're talking about.
00:24:33You're a fake Hamlet, Mr. Flag.
00:24:35I'm not Flag.
00:24:36You're pig-headed as a German.
00:24:38Those who swindle my leaders don't get away with it.
00:24:41So you are a hiney.
00:24:43For the last time, are you going to make good our losses?
00:24:46Sorry, I can't go for the $64 question.
00:24:49I've got a date.
00:24:52One of your stormtroopers?
00:24:53I missed the first two reels.
00:24:55I don't get it.
00:24:56Gentlemen, we're closing now.
00:24:57It's almost 9 o'clock.
00:24:58Oh, thank you.
00:24:59We're just leaving.
00:25:03Take him out the back way.
00:25:04We know how to make you cooperate, Mr. Flag.
00:25:20You must use the other door, gentlemen.
00:25:23Air raid precaution, knocking this one.
00:25:26It's closing time, sir.
00:25:28McBurn?
00:25:28How nice of you to drop in.
00:25:30What do you want?
00:25:30I was told to give this to McBurnie.
00:25:32I'll take it.
00:25:36Thanks.
00:25:37Wait for me here.
00:25:40Hey, take me too.
00:25:41I don't like him.
00:26:00I don't like him.
00:26:13Right now.
00:26:13I'm sorry but you can't go up there now we're closed no no I'll come back in the
00:26:42morning you can spend the whole day up there but not now I'll have to turn out
00:26:51all the lights when I come back there's a field of work right off thank you
00:26:56Superman I'm gonna hurry please I want to cook a wolf you're gonna have him oh no
00:27:03it's the name of the cookbook it's the cook of the world but how to cook with
00:27:06the wolf if I know the name of what the fire I gotta ask you try the reading
00:27:10room oh if I get around the runs don't run around to go here or go there you'd
00:27:15think I was a taxpayer you can't do business with Hitler only a crook or a
00:27:23fool would want to there is something we can do with it yeah
00:27:28I told him a military secret and he fainted poor kid
00:27:58stay right where you want what was that crash somebody fell
00:28:21I'm craving homicide dead mm-hmm somebody shoved a knife in his stomach don't
00:28:33let anybody leave the building lock the doors you're all material witnesses please
00:28:40remain at the other end of the room another guy you got me now be of help my
00:28:47name's McBurn private man New York agency sorry lady you've got to stay in here yes I
00:28:54can use you what's headquarters number I'll call them outside line see you it is isn't
00:29:02that the coroner's job do as I ask hello inspector Henderson Craven speaking K Street
00:29:11public library nine five man knife yeah send the boys over yes sir we're ready at this end
00:29:18we'll stage the best murder investigation you ever saw yeah back daily there and still sober too
00:29:25the coroner's entitled to one little drink isn't he yes sir be there in five minutes okay step on it
00:29:30get anything this paper say his name is Martin Cleaver Cleaver you know him odd name seems to be in
00:29:41the art business first the Hamlet quarto now this it's getting to be a habit and I suppose we may
00:29:48expect the same results from the police nothing expect what you like who are you I'm Edmund Walpole head of
00:29:54the reference room our ten thousand dollar reward for the recovery of the Hamlet seems to be no
00:29:59incentive to you people 10 G's huh I'm your man but why don't you do something the murderer may still be
00:30:05among us keep your pants on I've got to wait for my technicians to arrive don't let anybody touch the
00:30:09body who would want to anybody leave not since he did the dive good and our man's still in here
00:30:17have you been here long madam no do you come directly to this chair no first I went over to
00:30:28show me you knew he was meeting Cleaver why didn't you tell me I'm as surprised as you are who did this
00:30:39to me deliberately I thought you found danger exciting from you not from them my men are coming
00:30:47I've got to go through with this masquerade good luck not here the neighbors might complain careful
00:30:54lying to me now maybe your conscience that one careless move I never make any I'm going to
00:31:02that later here comes my corner where's Joe you know what to do Joe get everybody's story where he was
00:31:13what he saw I gotta get the books and get out quick nail McBurn first chance you get he's still
00:31:21with us uh-oh which one over there what kept you so long I'm not mistook me for flag was he going to
00:31:31be here tonight I wouldn't know don't you believe me sure beautiful why shouldn't I you didn't tell the
00:31:39police I know flag just keep your mouth shut let me handle this you hired me and you're going to get
00:31:43service you ever have a funny feeling you walked right into something mine says there's a bullet
00:31:48looking for me keep your eyes open I need a pal knife pointed scissors spike something like that did it
00:31:58that's turn up anything yes I did I miss over yes that's the man please may I go now you stay at
00:32:07your desk you and a man named Benson went into the manuscript room with Cleaver uh-huh said he wanted
00:32:14to talk to me and then he was called away why did you sock Benson oh but I didn't lieutenant he took sick
00:32:19and fainted didn't you then I remembered my first day and I was just going for a glass of water when
00:32:24Cleaver sailed over the balcony I wasn't with them you're lying both of you am I all right don't
00:32:29talk I'll take a pair of you down to headquarters last get his gun two eh carrying one for a friend
00:32:37say lieutenant there was a cleaver in the book ragged we ought to check the rare stuff that's a
00:32:43good idea a wolf hole where'd you keep it on valuable books they're safe in the manuscript ball let's
00:32:48take a look outside line huh why not police orders lieutenant Craven says no outgoing calls okay
00:33:01they're all still here it would be impossible for a thief to open this safe whose handwriting is
00:33:18this Byron's his own Corrections guess that makes it worth plenty looks like the original Solander it is
00:33:26what's the cell landing the slipcover to keep the book clean you know books mr. Craven yes I'm a
00:33:32great reader anything I'd lay my hands on memory like an elephant listen if Cleaver and his mob were
00:33:37after these and the killer's still in the building these books go under police protection right now
00:33:41we'll lock them up at headquarters all right perhaps the police ought to take the Thomas Jefferson
00:33:46manuscript too it's a priceless historical document oh yes by all means anything you say it's over here
00:33:56I bet you've got a theory all your own mr. Fern maybe I agree with mr. Craven you're not telling
00:34:02everything you know maybe have you any clippings on the theft of the Hamlet quarter yes I'd like to
00:34:08let them over I'll get them for you Jefferson was president when he wrote this article on curing ham
00:34:22a very interesting piece of Americana or to bring a good price in the open market Thomas Jefferson yes a
00:34:33very good price it's a collector's item all right you're making a very wise move putting it in a safe
00:34:38place along with the exhibition books we'd hate to lose those five little books wouldn't we you'll have to
00:34:44sign for it lieutenant okay and then I'll get the five books sign here please we always have to have a
00:34:50receipt for any books taken off the shelves no I could get a hundred and fifty thousand dollars so
00:34:54easily lieutenant Craven lieutenant Craven they're gone and they were right on this desk a minute ago
00:35:01you were here what a search I saw no one else come in well there was a staff boy collecting books he
00:35:07could have picked them up by mistake that's right he was pushing baby carriage 103 or 130 let's go find it
00:35:12you need any help with that not from you truck 103 tells his station it's on the third tier we're on
00:35:18the fifth now why do you want these ever have a hunch what's going on now is tied up with that
00:35:24Hamlet job I need an angle you think whoever killed that dog is in the building again maybe where is
00:35:29station 126 in the stacks 126 on this floor show me say you've got a couple of books in here two miles of
00:35:42books suppose sir we might get lost you might leave the way it's just like the big house every
00:35:50book's got a number the dewey decimal system we classify our books by numbers instead of titles very
00:35:55tricky for instance a book on agriculture is in the 630 group and then say books on fruit orchards and
00:36:02vineyards are classified as 634 there are ten major classifications philosophy is a hundred religion 200
00:36:08literature is 800 history 900 sold to the little lady in the red hat then each volume has an awful
00:36:14number you ever try using all that concentration on something that wears pants and smokes a cigar
00:36:23uh-huh we're getting married when the army's through with him yeah what's he like you that's why I
00:36:30mistook you for him when you came in tonight oh he's an ape not here you know I wish I'd met you
00:36:36before noon today why I wouldn't have already fallen for somebody else you couldn't compete with my
00:36:43army man I've never been arrested for trying this is station 126 what are you looking for book I
00:36:51wanted do the mice take the books around here we don't have mice maybe the stack boy took it well
00:36:56that's easy to find out Freddie oh Freddie he might be downstairs I'll get him you sound just like a
00:37:06husband let's get the compliments that UK who's there like where are you where are you what are you
00:37:28wandering around in here for looking for you darling I have to tell you something go ahead
00:37:33craven he's flag yeah he knew too much about rare books for an ordinary copper I was afraid to tell
00:37:45you before but I want to play square with you you knew he was pulling this job tonight no I swear I
00:37:50didn't I'm gonna watch my step he's got a lot of innocent people sort of somebody might stop a slugger
00:37:56to get wise don't let on you know now's your chance to get him like you do believe me I want to
00:38:04beautiful get back outside and thanks up here do you want me sir miss Ryan had to go with a wall pole
00:38:14did you take any books off this truck oh no sir the morning shift puts them away I see see my girl's
00:38:20waiting for me in a drugstore and she'll get sore why can't I call her and tell her I'm stuck here
00:38:24you know that cop on the switchboard says no outgoing calls a police rule or something no
00:38:29we're bottled up just roll with the punches and you'll recover it who's down there who wants to
00:38:36know Craven thank you McBurn yeah I want to see it lieutenant Craven
00:38:52don't you fool you said he's got the books wake him up
00:39:01make him talk but don't finish him until you get those books I'll wait for you outside
00:39:16could I get anyone to drink of water you've got to stay here the police don't want to leave your
00:39:24places where's the woman who was in this chair where is she she closed us up you know what to do
00:39:37go find her quit stalling we know you got him don't lie where'd you put him
00:39:49but on
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00:40:14Let's go.
00:40:44Hey, get back in there.
00:41:14What the devil are you doing here?
00:41:21You came up and smoked a cigarette?
00:41:24Oh, I have it.
00:41:25Keep your hands high.
00:41:27Eric Parson, working a shipyard, huh?
00:41:34Well, save you money, too.
00:41:36Parson sounds foreign, you German?
00:41:38No.
00:41:39I don't blame you.
00:41:42Where'd you get this?
00:41:43Under this table?
00:41:45Down in the library.
00:41:47Who dropped it?
00:41:49All right.
00:41:50Get downstairs where you belong.
00:41:51When are they going to let us get out of here?
00:41:52I've got something cooking on the stove.
00:41:53You've always got something cooking.
00:41:54They won't even let me call my husband.
00:41:55And when he doesn't hear from me, he gets the craziest ideas.
00:41:59The cops says they haven't got the killer yet.
00:42:02Why are they gonna let us get out of here?
00:42:04I've got something cooking on the stove.
00:42:06You've always got something cooking.
00:42:08They won't even let me call my husband,
00:42:10and when he doesn't hear from me,
00:42:12he gets the craziest ideas.
00:42:14The cop says they haven't got the killer yet.
00:42:18Go back to your chair.
00:42:22Say, I'm so scared I've got to get something to do.
00:42:24I'm so scared I've got to get something to do.
00:42:26I'm so scared.
00:42:28I'm so scared I've got to get something to do.
00:42:30I'm so scared I've got to get something to read.
00:42:32Help yourself.
00:42:33I must get my mind off this murder.
00:42:35I'm gonna have a baby.
00:42:37Wait till you get home.
00:42:38I mean my wife.
00:42:39Those cops ought to be shot.
00:42:41This is awful.
00:42:42I've got a date.
00:42:43Yeah, I've given my boyfriend every alibi except murder.
00:42:57There.
00:43:00You like dark rooms too.
00:43:01Just to get out of Flagsbury.
00:43:03What are you doing?
00:43:04Getting the police while I'm still alive.
00:43:06He has men out there.
00:43:07They'll shoot if they see you.
00:43:08I've got to risk it before there's any more killing in here.
00:43:30Hollis, Flegg's bodyguard.
00:43:32I've met him.
00:43:33He thinks I have the books.
00:43:35And somebody stuck Martin Cleaver with one of Flegg's forgeries.
00:43:39A Hamlet maybe.
00:43:40Was it you?
00:43:41Well, Flegg has lots of other outlets.
00:43:43Has he?
00:43:44I figure it like this.
00:43:50After Cleaver put the screws on, you ran into me.
00:43:53I was yelling Hamlet too.
00:43:55Cleaver used a gun.
00:43:57I used a jailhouse.
00:43:59You were on the spot.
00:44:00I know what you're thinking Mac.
00:44:02And you're wrong.
00:44:03Am I?
00:44:04You played me off against Cleaver.
00:44:07You told him the guy who'd come to pick up a book would be Flegg.
00:44:12You knew he'd have his way or kill.
00:44:15No.
00:44:16Somewhere along the line, you also told Flegg that I was Mr. Trouble.
00:44:20He said he'd take care of me, right?
00:44:22Mac, you're so wrong.
00:44:24Beautiful.
00:44:25You wouldn't be you if you weren't lying.
00:44:28You knew I'd walk in here tonight with two men laying for me.
00:44:32Flegg sent a note using your name to get me up on that balcony.
00:44:36I didn't write this.
00:44:37I wasn't even on the balcony.
00:44:39Part of Flegg's plan to take over the library.
00:44:41He needed a body to stage a fake police investigation.
00:44:44And I was elected.
00:44:46And you knew it.
00:44:47No, Mac.
00:44:48Anyway, Cleaver went instead and got stuck with Hollis knife.
00:44:56And all the time, you were my pal.
00:44:59I never believed much in things happening at first sight.
00:45:04But it did, Mac.
00:45:07That's why I was afraid.
00:45:09That's why I wanted to be rid of you.
00:45:13I've always had my own way with the man.
00:45:15I wanted to.
00:45:17But this time it's different.
00:45:19You won't believe that.
00:45:21But it's true.
00:45:23I can try.
00:45:34Your kind took a shot at me before.
00:45:36I had no hard feelings.
00:45:38But you're what I like.
00:45:40You can trust me.
00:45:42I don't expect you to play straight.
00:45:44I just want you to be around.
00:45:46And in the clear when this is all over.
00:45:49We can have some fun.
00:46:01This wasn't in your bag before.
00:46:03I didn't want to forget an appointment I had at 9.30 at a bookstore on 31st street.
00:46:08What a client.
00:46:09Makes notes in the middle of murder.
00:46:11I'll be back for you, beautiful.
00:46:13Of the riot squad.
00:46:14Mr. McBurn.
00:46:15Yes?
00:46:16I've been looking everywhere for you.
00:46:17Something awful is happening.
00:46:18What?
00:46:19Those policemen.
00:46:20They're fake.
00:46:21I heard them talking.
00:46:22They stole the books.
00:46:23Well, not exactly.
00:46:24I'm going for help.
00:46:25Say nothing and you'll be all right till I get back.
00:46:27I'm terrified.
00:46:28Well, Myra, keep an eye on the kid.
00:46:30There's a guy in the army writing letters to her.
00:46:32Got to do our bit.
00:46:33Well, this side looks clear.
00:46:36Careful.
00:46:37They have a man out there.
00:46:39I feel so helpless.
00:46:41They're murderers.
00:46:42We'd better go back to the others.
00:46:43They'll be suspicious.
00:46:54Where is he?
00:46:55I don't know.
00:46:56Not far.
00:46:57You were with him.
00:46:58Where'd he go?
00:46:59He didn't tell me.
00:47:00You have fallen for him.
00:47:03Don't be silly.
00:47:04I delivered him to you, didn't I?
00:47:06There's no hate without love.
00:47:08You hate because you dread love.
00:47:10And the fear of desiring it.
00:47:12Save it.
00:47:13He's been out for an airing.
00:47:15I wouldn't try that again, mister.
00:47:17Said he went out to get the right time.
00:47:19Come on.
00:47:20Oh, I've been here before.
00:47:22Has he guessed it?
00:47:23About me?
00:47:25And that little librarian.
00:47:27Maybe she knows too.
00:47:30That's all I want to know.
00:47:33You might have stopped a slug.
00:47:35I don't want anybody else to try that.
00:47:36You're all in temporary police custody.
00:47:38Take him in here.
00:47:40Breaking out of here wasn't a very wise move, McBurn.
00:47:42I got lonesome.
00:47:43Say, don't you think it's time Mr. Cleaver went to the hospital?
00:47:45I don't know.
00:47:46I don't know.
00:47:47I don't know.
00:47:48I don't know.
00:47:49I don't know.
00:47:50I don't know.
00:47:51I don't know.
00:47:52I don't know.
00:47:53I don't know.
00:47:54I got lonesome.
00:47:55Say, don't you think it's time Mr. Cleaver went to the icebox?
00:47:57I'm running this show.
00:47:58Show is the word.
00:47:59We have reason to believe that you know where the missing books are.
00:48:02Wish I had.
00:48:03I can take you downtown and sweat it out of you.
00:48:05Now, if you really mean headquarters, Lieutenant, I'd love that.
00:48:09Oh, Miss Ryan.
00:48:11Will you please come here?
00:48:19Like a book from the stacks.
00:48:21Certainly.
00:48:22It's Cadden's collector's guide.
00:48:23I understand it carries a description of the missing books.
00:48:26I'll get it for you right away.
00:48:31Hollis.
00:48:32Yeah?
00:48:33The girl.
00:48:34Right.
00:48:35Let her alone, Flagg.
00:48:37Flagg?
00:48:38So you've been playing cat and mouse with me, eh?
00:48:41I thought I was the cat.
00:48:43I have underestimated your abilities.
00:48:45Call your man off.
00:48:46That girl can't hurt you.
00:48:47No, but you can spoil my set up since she knows things that you know.
00:48:50Now, we were talking about some stolen books.
00:48:52If I had them, I'd give them to you.
00:49:00What?
00:49:01Blue signal?
00:49:02Hello?
00:49:04Somebody said blue signal and hung up.
00:49:06That's the signal for an air raid alert.
00:49:08We must stand by for the sirens.
00:49:09This is a fine time to have a blackout.
00:49:15There they go.
00:49:16Everybody must go to the shelter in the basement.
00:49:18We're blacking out.
00:49:19Hey, wait a minute.
00:49:20You can't do that.
00:49:21Mr. Craven, I am the air raid warden for this building.
00:49:24I have my orders.
00:49:25Miss Ovo, air raid.
00:49:27Miss Hartwig, can you hear the sirens?
00:49:29Take everybody to the shelter.
00:49:30Now, please walk.
00:49:31Don't run.
00:49:32Don't get excited.
00:49:33This way, please.
00:49:34This way.
00:49:35Don't be nervous.
00:49:36Our shelter is bomb-proof.
00:49:37Everything is under control.
00:49:38Don't get excited.
00:49:39Take it easy, folks.
00:49:40Watch your step on the stairs.
00:49:41Take it easy, sir.
00:49:42Keep calm.
00:49:43Let's get out of here.
00:49:44After I get what I'm after, McVernon knows where those books are.
00:49:45We can take him with us.
00:49:46Now, wait.
00:49:47I'll wait.
00:49:48But I tell you, it's too risky.
00:49:49That's what I say.
00:49:50Make him talk, then come back.
00:49:51All right, let's go.
00:49:52Let's go.
00:49:53All right, let's go.
00:50:16Let's go.
00:50:46who's there?
00:50:49Who's there?
00:50:51Who's there?
00:50:57Who's there?
00:51:16Oh, my God.
00:51:46Oh, my God.
00:52:16Oh, my God.
00:52:46Hey, where are you?
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00:55:34They're out of business. You have something that I want.
00:55:36I haven't got the books.
00:55:37None of them.
00:55:38These are going to great trouble to acquire them tonight.
00:55:45Look, Flake.
00:55:46Let the women go. This is between you and me.
00:55:49Wouldn't you play good cards if you had them?
00:55:53Oh, your racket is new.
00:55:55But of all the crazy stunts trying to put the slug on me in here
00:55:58when you could do it on some dark, quiet street.
00:56:00Two birds with one stone.
00:56:02Well, when you killed the wrong man,
00:56:03why didn't you finish what you started on me?
00:56:06Because of the emotional suspense,
00:56:08the anticipation of whether you would catch me or not.
00:56:11You see, I belong to a strange breed.
00:56:15We find pleasure in fear and pain.
00:56:18You like to be hurt?
00:56:20It's a form of self-punishment.
00:56:23Well, I'll do all I can for you.
00:56:24I'm sorry, but the game is over.
00:56:27I intend to get what I want.
00:56:29Cleaver went in for books.
00:56:32Why don't you ask his man, Benson?
00:56:33Thank you, I did.
00:56:41But it was a waste of time
00:56:43to die in terror.
00:56:47But he didn't appreciate it.
00:56:49Come on now, quick stalling.
00:56:54Suppose you find out where the books are
00:56:56after I take the women out of the building.
00:56:59Forgive me, but I wouldn't trust you that far.
00:57:02Since you insist upon being so stubborn,
00:57:04I should have to do things my way.
00:57:08Oh, you mustn't show a light.
00:57:09It's definitely against the rules.
00:57:11I know, but the window's covered.
00:57:13Oh, yes.
00:57:14Well, don't put on any more lights.
00:57:15Oh, Mr. Walpole.
00:57:16Yes, my dear.
00:57:17Never mind.
00:57:18Tell him later.
00:57:20It's a perfect blackout,
00:57:21not a light showing anywhere.
00:57:23Everybody's doing his bit.
00:57:28A heartstring around the finger
00:57:29can give excruciating pain.
00:57:32A crippled finger isn't very beautiful, you know.
00:57:35But, Vern, I'm curious to know
00:57:37if you'd like to watch pain.
00:57:38Let her alone, Clegg.
00:57:40Mac, don't let him do it.
00:57:41All right, you can have the books.
00:57:43Where are they?
00:57:43I've got to use the phone.
00:57:44You couldn't have got them out of the building.
00:57:46I mean the inter-office phone.
00:57:47They'll only be giving up on my say-so.
00:57:48Well, who's got them?
00:57:50It's got to be handled my way.
00:57:52All right, go ahead.
00:57:57I want the information desk, please.
00:57:59Sorry, pal.
00:58:00You've got to get an okay.
00:58:03Okay.
00:58:04Let him have it, Joe.
00:58:07Mr. Walpole there?
00:58:08Just a second.
00:58:10Mr. Walpole, telephone.
00:58:11Oh, thank you.
00:58:14Walpole speaking.
00:58:16All clear.
00:58:18What?
00:58:19Oh, the all clear signal.
00:58:22Very good.
00:58:27Have the books ready for me when I come down.
00:58:28Don't let anyone else have them.
00:58:32Well, what are you waiting for?
00:58:34You have the all clear.
00:58:35That didn't sound like my senior warden's voice.
00:58:39You've got to be careful.
00:58:40Fifth columnists try to spoil blackouts.
00:58:43Well, somebody else could have phoned for your warden.
00:58:45Yes.
00:58:47Walpole.
00:58:48So he's in it with you.
00:58:51Let's go down there.
00:58:55Perhaps I ought to call him back just to make sure.
00:58:58I don't know how many signals you want, but I can't stand this darkness.
00:59:02With a murderer loose, I want light.
00:59:05Miss Walpole.
00:59:07Miss Walpole.
00:59:08You're disobeying my orders.
00:59:16Get those lights out.
00:59:17Get those lights out.
00:59:18They won't get those lights out.
00:59:20Come on.
00:59:20Come on.
00:59:21I'll protect you.
00:59:24Who gave you an all clear?
00:59:26Get those lights out.
00:59:26Get these men.
00:59:27Get them out.
00:59:31My men just got back from searching Flegg's apartment.
00:59:34This the original?
00:59:36We found it on Flegg's workbench, along with a lot of other stuff.
00:59:39It is, Inspector.
00:59:41It is.
00:59:42Though I didn't sell it.
00:59:44Why sell fine books when the suckers will pay for invitations?
00:59:48Besides, I'm a collector myself.
00:59:50But I was careless, wasn't I?
00:59:52And I was lucky.
00:59:55For one brief moment, I left myself unguarded.
00:59:58The subconscious mind exacting its punishment.
01:00:01He likes to hurt himself.
01:00:03I always knew this would happen.
01:00:06But when and how, I'd wake up nights in a cold sweat, thinking I'd been caught.
01:00:14You see, like a lot of criminals, I wanted to be caught.
01:00:19That's what a conscience does to us.
01:00:21Though we don't always know it.
01:00:23We can outwit other people, but never ourselves.
01:00:26I seem to have outsmarted myself in this job.
01:00:28I get all the slapping around, but the reward has to be split 12 ways.
01:00:31Please help recover the hamlet.
01:00:33They're entitled to a cut.
01:00:34I never argue with the law.
01:00:36Mr. Flagg, won't you please tell us what you've done with those five books?
01:00:39I've tried to.
01:00:40I haven't dropped them.
01:00:41I hate to sound mercenary, but will the library offer a reward?
01:00:45I suppose so, yes.
01:00:47About five grand?
01:00:48Oh, you know where they are.
01:00:49No, but I'd hate to go to a lot of trouble just for the exercise.
01:00:52We'll pay $5,000.
01:00:54$2,500.
01:00:55You tempt me.
01:00:57Yes, definitely.
01:00:57Oh, by the way, look for some leads in Cleaver's papers.
01:01:01He didn't work alone.
01:01:05Hope you enjoy the hanging.
01:01:07You wouldn't understand.
01:01:10Die in terror.
01:01:16Listen, I've given my statement.
01:01:18I've got to go.
01:01:19It's my job.
01:01:19I'm on the morning shift.
01:01:20All right, but what's the name?
01:01:21Helen Murphy.
01:01:22Okay, Helen.
01:01:24Eric Parson.
01:01:25You must stop being frightened.
01:01:27It's all over now.
01:01:30I want to talk to you.
01:01:32Excuse me, please.
01:01:48Did Plague talk about me?
01:01:49Not a word.
01:01:51You didn't let him.
01:01:54Thank you, Mac.
01:01:55When I protect a client, I protect him.
01:01:58You're in the clear.
01:01:59Just as you promised.
01:02:00Cigarette?
01:02:02No, thank you.
01:02:07Something's wrong.
01:02:08What is it?
01:02:09Where are those five books you lifted off that stack wagon?
01:02:16Don't give me that.
01:02:17You got them, and you let Plague gun for me, thinking I had them.
01:02:19You're out of your mind.
01:02:21Stop acting.
01:02:21You tried to play me off against Plague.
01:02:23Why not?
01:02:24I was a lucky guy.
01:02:25I might knock off Plague.
01:02:26That'd make you top man in the racket.
01:02:28A swell setup.
01:02:30And you're made of ice.
01:02:31And a retainer.
01:02:42I kept my end of the bargain.
01:02:45You're not in the Plague case so far, but from right now, you're on your own.
01:02:49You've got to listen to me.
01:02:50Where are those books?
01:02:51I don't know.
01:02:51Could be.
01:03:08920.
01:03:11Darwin's biography of African chieftains.
01:03:14All books are classified according to number.
01:03:16History is 900.
01:03:19Here's 930.
01:03:20Knowns' history of Rome.
01:03:23C-31.
01:03:25The letter C, maybe.
01:03:27I explained that memo.
01:03:29C-31.
01:03:32Here's Charleston's ancient tales of the Nile Delta.
01:03:50You sure had a date in the morning.
01:04:01With 150 grand.
01:04:03Going to blame a girl for trying?
01:04:05I'd have told you.
01:04:06In a pig's eye.
01:04:08Look, beautiful.
01:04:09Nothing ties you to the killings tonight.
01:04:10No proof.
01:04:11But I'm going to nail you for the Hamlet forgery.
01:04:14Revenge?
01:04:15No, to teach you a lesson.
01:04:17You had me going for a while.
01:04:19But a man doesn't mean a thing to you.
01:04:21You live for little Myra and nobody else.
01:04:23And you'll always be that way.
01:04:25Mac.
01:04:27What you said was true until you came along.
01:04:29Oh, don't hand me that one.
01:04:30Any dame who worries about her hat and a taxi.
01:04:33That was the tip-off to me.
01:04:34But I didn't want to believe it.
01:04:35Mac.
01:04:36I love you.
01:04:37It's the first time I've ever been able to say that to any man.
01:04:40Oh, lay off.
01:04:41You've yelled Wolf too many times.
01:04:43I wanted to give you a break.
01:04:44But you tried to destroy Kay, that innocent kid.
01:04:47You were the only one who knew she'd spotted Flag.
01:04:50And you tried to tip him off about it.
01:04:51I couldn't help it.
01:04:52I was jealous.
01:04:53You?
01:04:53No.
01:04:54You wanted to convince Flag you were on his side.
01:04:57And that was your big mistake.
01:04:58You were falling for her.
01:05:00No.
01:05:00She doesn't mean a thing to me.
01:05:01Only what she stands for.
01:05:02She's waiting for some guy in the army.
01:05:04But you wouldn't get it.
01:05:07There are thousands like Kay.
01:05:08And a lot of guys in the army counting on him.
01:05:10Daydreaming about things after the war.
01:05:12Her useless death would have hurt him.
01:05:14Maybe I am a sentimental slob.
01:05:16But I don't buy that.
01:05:17Thanks for the buggy ride.
01:05:27Oh, so you know where they were all the time, eh?
01:05:29Nope.
01:05:30I found this on Flag and figured it out all by myself.
01:05:34And don't horn in on the reward.
01:05:36Is that so?
01:05:37Yeah.
01:05:42Mac, you have to see me home.
01:05:44Oh, no.
01:05:45You're the only one I can count on.
01:05:46Clever's men are out there and they know what happened.
01:05:47They'll kill me.
01:05:49Maybe they will.
01:05:49Maybe they won't.
01:05:51People who do business with Hitler's mob know the payoff.
01:05:54So ask the cops to take you home.
01:05:55Oh, Mac, don't desert me now.
01:05:57I'm sick of your lying.
01:05:58I'm not lying.
01:05:59I tell you, I'm terrified.
01:06:01Yeah, you're like Fleck.
01:06:02You'll love it.
01:06:09Good night.
01:06:10Or I mean, good morning.
01:06:12Exciting night, wasn't it?
01:06:14Mr. Walpole, would you mind seeing me home?
01:06:17I don't want to go out alone.
01:06:19Why, there's nothing to be afraid of now.
01:06:21Fleck's been taken to headquarters and our streets are the safest in the country.
01:06:25I do not work alone.
01:06:50My dear, we all sit in motion for means of our own destruction.
01:06:55You know where I could get a taxi?
01:07:00Not around here, but there's a stand four blocks down.
01:07:25Right.
01:07:26Should I eat Mars?
01:07:26Why, there's nothing to be afraid of now.
01:07:28But if that makes a car itself is appropriate for everybody to'.
01:07:33Right.
01:07:36Lord, that's what you keep doing.
01:07:37I'm being TERROR Program.
01:07:40To be clear, this is what we only have to do before.
01:07:45You can papers on the road.
01:07:47So you won't.
01:07:49I don't think any water?
01:07:51See you on the road.
01:07:52That dummy which way to go headed east towards Main Street. What's up one of Cleaver's gunmen just found that open a German's paper
01:08:22oh
01:08:42Wait a minute, let's get him
01:08:43Hold him. Don't listen in here
01:08:46Come here.
01:08:52He got her, all right.
01:08:56Night.
01:08:59Hello, can you tell me all about it now?
01:09:01I'll buy you a cup of coffee.
01:09:02Put poison in it?
01:09:06Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:08I guess you're not all alike, but right now
01:09:10I'm not very good company.
01:09:16She was involved somehow, wasn't she?
01:09:20And you liked her, too.
01:09:26I feel like a guy who's lost his pet cat.
01:09:28Did you ever have a cat when you were a kid?
01:09:30Mom was her dad to go.
01:09:32You know what it means to lose something you could do without,
01:09:35but you had to have.
01:09:37You know what it means to lose something you could do without,
01:09:40but you had to have.
01:09:46Come on, I'll buy the coffee.
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