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A wealthy banker disappears under strange circumstances — only to return as a man who may be alive… or dead. The Haunted Mind (inspired by the 1940s mystery The Living Ghost) blends supernatural suspense and noir-style investigation in a chilling classic thriller.
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00:00:00The End
00:01:00Please, gentlemen, how many times must I ask you to go away?
00:01:11Mrs. Craig refuses to see any reporters.
00:01:13We only want a minute.
00:01:14Do you have any idea what happened to Mr. Craig?
00:01:15Do you have any enemies?
00:01:16All right, you can go in, Cedric.
00:01:17Very good, Mr. Weldon.
00:01:19I appreciate how anxious you boys are for an interview, but Mrs. Craig is under a very severe strain.
00:01:23Who are you?
00:01:24I'm Anthony Weldon, a friend of the family.
00:01:26Well, how about giving us the dope on the case, huh?
00:01:27Yeah, any idea what happened to them?
00:01:29Was there a ransom note?
00:01:30No, no note.
00:01:31You know as much about this as we do.
00:01:33What about the police?
00:01:33Did they find out anything?
00:01:34Not that we know of.
00:01:35Suppose you ask them.
00:01:36Well, look, could we go in and have just a minute with Mrs. Craig?
00:01:38I'm sorry, but that's impossible.
00:01:40Now, if you boys will show a little consideration, I promise to keep you informed.
00:01:43Otherwise, I shall have to ask the police to keep you away.
00:01:46That's all there is to it.
00:01:47Well, he's a big help.
00:01:51Just call the police.
00:01:52They have nothing to report.
00:01:53Oh, we're getting nowhere.
00:01:54I think we ought to call in a private investigator.
00:01:56What do you think, Mr. Phillips?
00:01:57Well, if everybody else agrees, it's all right with me.
00:02:00Very definite, my dear.
00:02:02That's the kind of initiative I've had to put up with all my life.
00:02:05Oh, please, Aunt dear.
00:02:06Must you always pick on him?
00:02:08What do you think, Kelly?
00:02:09Splendid idea.
00:02:11Anybody particular in mind?
00:02:12Yes, I'd like to get a fellow named Nick Train.
00:02:14He's a good friend of mine.
00:02:16Ha!
00:02:16I thought you'd get a friend of yours to protect my charming stepmother, who is so grief-stricken.
00:02:22Tina, I'm ashamed of you.
00:02:24Oh, it's all right, dear dear.
00:02:25Tina's overawed.
00:02:26I know she doesn't mean it.
00:02:28Oh.
00:02:30Don't I, though?
00:02:36Oh, don't pay any attention to Tina, Mrs. Craig.
00:02:38She's terribly upset.
00:02:40I know, Billy.
00:02:40Is this Nick Train a good man, Mr. Milleen?
00:02:43Oh, he's one of the best.
00:02:44He used to be chief investigator at the district attorney's office.
00:02:46Well, then, by all means, let's get him.
00:02:48Well, that may not be so easy.
00:02:49He gave up the DA's job a long time ago.
00:02:51Well, he said he was fed up with the detective business.
00:02:54What's he doing?
00:02:54Where is he now?
00:02:55Oh, I don't know.
00:02:55I'll have to look him up.
00:02:56Oh, if he's as good as you say, you must get him, by all means.
00:02:59I'll do my best.
00:03:01Oh, Billy, you'd better come along with me.
00:03:02If Mr. Train agrees to take the case, you'll have to drive him back here.
00:03:05I have some business to attend to in town tonight.
00:03:07Yes, sir.
00:03:08Can I get you something, Mrs. Craig?
00:03:09No, thank you, dear.
00:03:10Will you be leaving right away, Mr. Milleen?
00:03:12Right away.
00:03:12I'll go right with you.
00:03:13What kind of a gag is that?
00:03:38You got me, but if I know Nick, it must be a pip.
00:03:40What sort of a fellow is he?
00:03:41He's a little on the eccentric side.
00:03:43A little?
00:03:44Clever men usually are.
00:03:45Come on here, Hito.
00:03:46Come on.
00:03:48Sit down now.
00:03:49Nice talk.
00:03:50Hello, brother.
00:03:51Hi, sister.
00:03:52Queen is in the fine.
00:03:52I'm talking to the fellow sitting in the side of the four and the cross from the east and the final four.
00:03:56I'm in the credit of him terrible and high.
00:03:57I beg your pardon?
00:03:59Here, Hito.
00:04:01Queen is in the fine.
00:04:02I'm talking to the side of the fellow sitting in the side of the four and the cross from the east and the side of the quad.
00:04:05And I hit him in the high.
00:04:05I'm walking in the side of the fine.
00:04:07Don't you think?
00:04:07I'm sure I don't know.
00:04:10Don't know?
00:04:11I suppose we go inside and find out.
00:04:16That wouldn't be brother trained, would it?
00:04:27No, he's not that eccentric.
00:04:29I couldn't imagine the fine side of the line.
00:04:34Sure.
00:04:35And I couldn't imagine the fine side.
00:04:40Hey!
00:04:44So, there he was, it caused the fine side of the line.
00:04:47I couldn't imagine the fine side.
00:04:49So, the heat, well, the fine side of the line.
00:04:51And, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
00:04:55Queen Asana finally coin the side.
00:04:58Hirohito, come on, come on.
00:05:03Shedding.
00:05:06Hirohito, come on, come on.
00:05:08That's a nice boy, that's a nice boy.
00:05:13Oof, oof.
00:05:14Queen Asana for a long time withrecking also,
00:05:16I've had a final time sitting around her
00:05:17and I've had a point aside.
00:05:18I've had a point I've had a ..
00:05:19crow and i couldn't imagine i'm sure we're in the right ward yes now look if nick is stubborn and
00:05:25is hard to handle i want you to help me sell him the idea me yes how well i just want you to insult
00:05:31his professional ability that's one thing he can't stand oh you don't know how happy you made me
00:05:39brother treyan my dear sister if i've done anything to alleviate your distress i am profoundly
00:05:44gratified and then shall i see you again for the thing anytime you want to unburden yourself sister
00:05:49lepitas so i say next week sometimes yes and you'll be surprised how much new troubles i'll
00:05:56have for you by that time very well next week goodbye for the fair goodbye sister lepitas
00:06:03you remember my nephew mori the one that's in the fire business you remember him well that's what i
00:06:31want it well never mind it'll just have to go on my next week's troubles psych is in brother treyan
00:06:39gag is inch festin plus couldn't it you hmm couldn't send a final for all the time because i've got a
00:06:47sign of cards i couldn't imagine a sign of course on a hat so walk along this time finally i couldn't
00:06:52imagine a sign and i'm gonna sit the phone hey what are you doing here i mean uh brother moline do you
00:06:58desire to unburden yourself huh oh uh yes yes i have something of great importance to discuss with
00:07:04you well uh come right in yeah do come right in
00:07:14oh i'm sorry dear brothers and sisters but i will be occupied until closing time
00:07:18please come back tomorrow not you
00:07:20this is uh mr nick train billy billy hilton nick how do you do sit down please
00:07:35now my dear brother and sister if you would like to get down to your case i would
00:07:41just a matter of routine you know i always do that i set the alarm when the customer comes in i turn it
00:07:45off the time's up and i've made another two dollars what goes on what are you supposed to be promise not
00:07:50to laugh yeah i'm a professional listener come again i charge two dollars an hour and listen to
00:07:56people's troubles why do people tell you their troubles well because nobody can keep the troubles to
00:08:00themselves there's nobody to talk to so they come to me and i listen sympathetically what's the gag
00:08:06there's no gag at all it's on the level makes them feel better and i make a living without raising my
00:08:10blood pressure is this uh part of your racket or did you just have a shampoo huh oh this just a
00:08:17little professional touch makes me look like a swami very impressive don't you think abdell's turkish
00:08:23bear right now i have more of these towels than abdell has what's on your mind ed walter craig's
00:08:29disappeared we're afraid he's been kidnapped yeah i read about it we need your help oh no soap ed
00:08:33i quit all that a long time ago now wait a minute i say different breath i tell you i'm through
00:08:37so this is the famous nick train you've been raving about it doesn't look to me as though he could
00:08:41find his way through a glass door oh you're wrong billy nick has mopped up many big cases scotch or
00:08:47bourbon oh no he had quite a rip when he quit if he was so good why did he quit that doesn't make sense
00:08:51to me sweet little wench isn't she well if you must know sister i quit the business because i get tired
00:08:57of spending all my time with murderers and thieves you have to send your diploma back to the
00:09:01correspondence school when you stop detecting brother oh billy i think that mr train must have had his
00:09:06reasons for refusing you're darn right i have i can imagine how it look in the papers great nick
00:09:11train comes out of retirement to solve mysterious disappearance and flops oh yeah well let me tell
00:09:17you something there never was a case i couldn't crack my what big talk well if you're not afraid
00:09:22why don't you crack this case how about it nick what do you say i'd be crazy to go back in that
00:09:26detective racket go back billy well that's too bad nick mrs craig is quite willing to pay quite a large fee
00:09:32to say nothing of the 25 000 reward 25 000 dollars 25 000 of course money means nothing to me now i know
00:09:43you're a sap there never was an ear on anybody that wasn't sympathetic to that tune no no well here's
00:09:50two one here and one here do you see them with a vacuum in the middle that last crack leaves me with
00:09:55just two choices either i take the case or i take you over my knee you wouldn't have the nerve to do
00:10:00either oh wouldn't i no well before i get through i'll do both right now i'll take the case first oh
00:10:05great step nick let's go that billy'll take you down to craig's well sister your little ribbing act
00:10:11was quite amusing now let's get down to business how long have you worked for mr craig two years he
00:10:18and my father were great friends when dad died he offered me a job as his secretary is he a nice fella
00:10:22he's one of the best gentle and considerate how come you live with the craigs well he conducts his
00:10:27business from his home it's much more convenient that way i'll bet it is i'd ask you to go to
00:10:32work for me if i thought you'd live at my house you work fast don't you well if i work too fast tell
00:10:37me where to get off okay you can get off right here what because here we are mrs craig this is mr train
00:10:50i'm glad you're here mr train thanks mr mrs phillips how do you do mr train mrs phillips is mr craig's
00:10:56sister and tina mr craig's daughter her fiance author wallace how do you do how do you do and
00:11:02tony weldon mr craig's closest friend a pleasure now you're here perhaps we'll get some place perhaps
00:11:07but first i'd like to find out what each of you know about this if you think i'm going to submit
00:11:10to a cross-examination tonight you're sadly mistaken good night now see what you did
00:11:20what did i do what's eating them anyway oh please forgive her she's been under a great strain we all
00:11:25have been perhaps it would be better to wait till morning good night sleep will do us all some good
00:11:29that's okay with me i'm in a hurry would you have cedric show mr train to his room certainly and now if
00:11:35you'll pardon me i'll go to my room too hate and death are in this house if you're wise you leave
00:11:49right now come along george is she on the level yes but she doesn't mean a thing delia thinks she
00:12:02has psychic powers there isn't a cult that she doesn't belong to looks like she make a good
00:12:07zombie oh you'll get used to her well i think i'll be getting home you live far from here no just
00:12:13out and back in the guest house if you get a chance tomorrow drop in i'd like to talk to you thanks
00:12:17i will good night good night miss hilton good night i'm beginning to think that everybody around
00:12:24here is a little bit nutty except us and i have my doubts about us want me to drive you back to
00:12:29your listening post very funny very funny suppose you tell me all you know go ahead i'm listening
00:12:35two dollars an hour no this one's on me when was mr craig last seen uh night before last he went to
00:12:41his room about eleven o'clock no one seen or heard from him since well didn't his wife hear him get up
00:12:45no they have different rooms oh personally i don't go for that kind of a marriage where were you then
00:12:50i was in my room what were you doing i was in dressing what's that got to do with it oh nothing just
00:12:55a healthy curiosity well please go ahead as they say in the da's office very well in the morning
00:13:01the butler found mr craig's bed hadn't been slept in and you haven't had word of him since no everyone's
00:13:06at their wit's end judging from what i saw here tonight they didn't have far to go mr train just
00:13:11call me nick how long have the craigs been married three years mr craig lost his first wife and tina
00:13:17was 12. tina that's the little spitfire that started the walkout huh yes no love lost between
00:13:23him i take it an amazing bit of deduction mr train allow me to congratulate you oh i'm very clever
00:13:27that way you get used to me where did you hide the body why why for two pins i'd slug you oh don't
00:13:38take it that way i just thought if you kill him i'd find out right away and save a lot of time around
00:13:42here mr train do i look like a murderess no but you look very interesting i ought to twist that sympathetic
00:13:50care of yours what and deprive me of my living you rang miss hilton yes cedric will you please
00:13:56show mr train to one of the guest rooms very good miss will you follow me sir i'd prefer it that way
00:14:03well so long
00:14:06i'll uh i'll see you in my dreams if i see you in mine it'll be a nightmare
00:14:21here you are sir okay that'll do very good sir oh hey you cedric how much do you charge to
00:14:30hoard a house i don't know sir how much do you usually charge
00:14:35it'll do very good sir oh a drip huh
00:14:47Ah!
00:15:00Where's that come from?
00:15:01Now stand.
00:15:02There, it's green.
00:15:04I heard green.
00:15:05Did you?
00:15:06Oh, no.
00:15:11Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips!
00:15:12What is it, Andy?
00:15:13Oh, dear, what's the matter?
00:15:14Put yourself together and tell us what happened.
00:15:16Oh, Mr. Craig.
00:15:22Dad. Dad.
00:15:24Is he dead?
00:15:28No, he's alive all right.
00:15:31Better get a doctor right away.
00:15:33Martha, get a doctor, quick.
00:15:35Yes, ma'am.
00:15:35Somebody help me carry him up to his room.
00:15:37Allow me, sir.
00:15:39Don't you ever sleep?
00:15:40No, sir. Insomnia.
00:15:46Insomnia, huh?
00:15:59I'll bet he's got it so bad he can't even sleep when it's time to get up.
00:16:12Oh, good morning, Mr. Malia.
00:16:14Good morning, sir. Requires everybody.
00:16:15In the living room, sir.
00:16:16Yeah, thanks.
00:16:18Good morning, Helen.
00:16:18Oh, Ed, this is terrible, terrible.
00:16:20Oh, there, there. Now, I'm sure he's going to be all right.
00:16:23Hello, Tina. Hello, aren't you?
00:16:24Hello, Ed.
00:16:25Hello, Nick. What did the doctor say?
00:16:26I don't know yet. He's still upstairs with him.
00:16:28Strange, very strange.
00:16:30What do you make of it?
00:16:31You got me, but a guy doesn't walk out of this house in the middle of the night
00:16:34and come back in that condition without somebody pulling a fast one.
00:16:37I warned you last night, young man, but you wouldn't listen.
00:16:40The ascended spirit has ordained the punishment.
00:16:43You said it, sister.
00:16:46That which is ordained is ordained.
00:16:48The truth will burn its mark upon the spirit.
00:16:52That which is ordained is ordained.
00:16:54In ascendance will be found complete perfection.
00:16:58That which is ordained is ordained.
00:17:00We will talk again, Mr. Train.
00:17:04Yeah, man. I mean, sister.
00:17:06If somebody comes around here with a butterfly and that, I'll know who they're after.
00:17:29How is he, doctor?
00:17:34Well, I can't tell you.
00:17:36I've never seen a case quite like this one, so I hesitate to make a diagnosis without consultation.
00:17:41Well, is he in pain?
00:17:43No, there's no pain.
00:17:44But, doctor, what happened to him?
00:17:46I'm sorry to say that Mr. Craig has suffered a severe brain injury.
00:17:49Brain injury?
00:17:50Yes.
00:17:51I'll arrange with Dr. Bruling, a brain specialist, to see him at once.
00:17:55Until then, I can tell you nothing.
00:17:57Oh, poor Walter.
00:18:00Oh, doctor.
00:18:00I'd like to have a little talk with you.
00:18:04Yes, Mr. Train.
00:18:05What do you think about the, uh, the...
00:18:07Let's go in the library.
00:18:16Say, doc, did you find any evidence of violence?
00:18:18No, nothing at all.
00:18:20Strictly between us, what do you think of his chances?
00:18:22I can't tell.
00:18:23Can't or won't?
00:18:24I can't.
00:18:27I'm the sympathetic listening ear around here, Jeeves.
00:18:29I beg your pardon, sir.
00:18:30Okay.
00:18:32Why must there be a butler in every murder mystery?
00:18:35I'm sorry, doc.
00:18:37Do you think Mr. Craig could have come back to this house by himself in his present condition?
00:18:40There's no evidence of paralysis.
00:18:42He can probably walk, but I doubt if he came back here unassisted.
00:18:46Well, thanks, doc.
00:18:47That's all I wanted to know.
00:18:48That's quite all right.
00:19:00Oh, Nick, don't ever do a thing like that again.
00:19:16You scared me out of my wits.
00:19:17That makes two of us.
00:19:20Nick, how could this have all happened?
00:19:22I don't know.
00:19:23If Craig had been killed, an autopsy would establish the time and cause a death.
00:19:26But as it is in his present condition, we've got nothing to go by.
00:19:29We could only find out why.
00:19:31Yeah, that's the rub.
00:19:32If we can find out why, then we'll get in some place.
00:19:34Footprints.
00:20:01Somebody must have carried Craig through this window last night.
00:20:06Do you think it's someone in this house?
00:20:07Now, don't try to pin me down.
00:20:09I'm only guessing.
00:20:10Those look like prints made from rubber overshoes.
00:20:12I wonder whose they could be.
00:20:14That's where you come in.
00:20:15Try and find the shoes that fit those prints.
00:20:17What are you two doing?
00:20:19Oh, just talking about the weather.
00:20:23Incidentally, where were you doing the rain last night?
00:20:25In bed.
00:20:25Sound asleep.
00:20:26Can you prove it?
00:20:27I regret to say no.
00:20:29I sleep alone.
00:20:30Kind of lonesome, isn't it?
00:20:32Nice shoes you've got on.
00:20:33Brand new, aren't they?
00:20:34Yes.
00:20:35Say, what have my shoes got to do with this?
00:20:36Oh, nothing.
00:20:37I hope.
00:20:39Well, I'll be back in a jiffy.
00:20:40I just want to talk to somebody.
00:20:49Come here.
00:20:50Come on, boy.
00:20:52Come on, get in the house.
00:20:52Come on.
00:20:53Sorry, Mr. Train.
00:20:58Blitz barks a lot, but I know he wouldn't bite you.
00:21:01But does he know it?
00:21:03Say, how about that little talk we're going to have?
00:21:05Truly, come on inside.
00:21:06Sit down.
00:21:12Thanks.
00:21:13Smoke?
00:21:14Sure.
00:21:15You know, I can't tell you how shocked I am about Walter.
00:21:18Best friend I have.
00:21:20When the doctor made me quit work on account of my heart, Walter insisted that I come here
00:21:23and live.
00:21:24That was nice of him.
00:21:25Poor chap.
00:21:26You know, I'd give him my right arm to be able to help him.
00:21:28Well, since you know him so well, I suppose you'd tell me something about him.
00:21:31Oh, Walter's a fine man.
00:21:33Generous and good to a fault.
00:21:34He was pretty lonely after the death of his first wife, and about three years ago, he married
00:21:38Helen.
00:21:40Met her in Moline's office, but...
00:21:42Moline's office?
00:21:43Yes.
00:21:43She was his secretary.
00:21:45The Craig's are, oh, I guess you'd call it snobbish, and it wasn't very easy for her
00:21:49at first.
00:21:50But she came through like a trooper, and now everybody likes her.
00:21:53Yeah?
00:21:54There seems to be two trains of thought on that subject.
00:21:56Oh, if it's Tina you're referring to, that's because she's young, and I regret to say selfish.
00:22:01How about the Phillips?
00:22:03Well, George Phillips has been a failure all his life.
00:22:05He's made a bitter woman of Delia.
00:22:07It's one reason she turned to cults.
00:22:09Have there been any clashes between members of the family?
00:22:12Not to my knowledge.
00:22:13Well, with the exception of Tina and her stepmother.
00:22:16Well, I guess I'd better get back.
00:22:18Well, if I can be of any further service.
00:22:20Thanks.
00:22:20I may call on you.
00:22:21Oh, Nick, where in the world have you been?
00:22:27We've been looking all over for you.
00:22:28Dr. Bruling, the specialist, is here.
00:22:30He's upstairs with Dr. Taggart now.
00:22:31Good.
00:22:32I want to talk to them along.
00:22:33Oh, Ed, if Craig died, who'd inherit the estate?
00:22:36Most of it would go to Tina.
00:22:37Why?
00:22:38Oh, nothing.
00:22:38I'm sorry to bust in this way, but I'd like to have a few words with Dr. Bruling.
00:22:48This is Mr. Train.
00:22:49Mrs. Craig has engaged him as a special investigator.
00:22:51Hiya, Doc.
00:22:52What's wrong with him?
00:22:53Mr. Craig may not regain possession of his mental faculties for perhaps a year or two.
00:22:58Poor guy.
00:22:59It isn't amnesia, is it?
00:23:00No, no, no.
00:23:01In Mr. Craig's case, the cells of the cortex of the brain are paralyzed.
00:23:05Well, how could that happen?
00:23:07I'm a doctor young man, not a clairvoyant.
00:23:09Does he have to stay in bed?
00:23:10Oh, no, no, no.
00:23:10He can walk, but he shouldn't be permitted to do so alone.
00:23:14Therefore, he'll require constant watching.
00:23:16Okay, Doc.
00:23:17Thanks a lot.
00:23:21Mr. Train.
00:23:22Oh, hello, Mr. Wallace.
00:23:25What's on your mind?
00:23:26Where can we talk?
00:23:27Huh?
00:23:27I say, where can we talk?
00:23:30Well, come in on my room.
00:23:41Go ahead, shoot.
00:23:42Mr. Train, in view of what happened, I think you ought to know everything.
00:23:46Yeah, I agree with you there.
00:23:47Well, if it wasn't for Mr. Craig being found in that condition this morning,
00:23:50I wouldn't have thought anything about it.
00:23:52Neither would I.
00:23:53Then you know.
00:23:54Know what?
00:23:55What I'm about to tell you.
00:23:56Oh, for the love of my, get to the point.
00:23:58So far, you've told me nothing except that you didn't want to tell it to me.
00:24:01Well, that's right, I didn't.
00:24:02But the more I thought of it, the more convinced I became that you had a right to know.
00:24:06To know what?
00:24:08Spill it, will you?
00:24:09Spill it.
00:24:10Please, please, not so loud.
00:24:11He'll hear it.
00:24:12Who hear what?
00:24:14What is this, a game?
00:24:15If it is, let me in on it.
00:24:16I'll play.
00:24:17Do you know who I saw in the garden late last night?
00:24:19I'll bite, Mr. Bones.
00:24:21Who did you see in the garden late last night?
00:24:24George Phillips.
00:24:25Are you sure?
00:24:26Certainly.
00:24:27I could see him clearly from my window.
00:24:29Doesn't anybody sleep around here at night?
00:24:31Well, the banging of the shutters woke me, and when I went to close them, I saw him.
00:24:35Was he alone?
00:24:36As far as I could see.
00:24:38Do you...
00:24:39Can you possibly conceive that George Phillips was the one who...
00:24:43Who brought Craig back?
00:24:44I don't know.
00:24:45Oh, it's...
00:24:47Imagine George doing that to Mr. Craig.
00:24:50It's too monstrous to conceive.
00:24:52I guess that's why you thought of it.
00:24:54Well, I...
00:24:54I must go now.
00:24:57You won't say anything about this to anyone, will you?
00:25:00I wouldn't tell a soul.
00:25:01Not even George.
00:25:03He might not like it.
00:25:04Thanks.
00:25:05Oh, Nick, I...
00:25:07Oh, hello, Mr. Wallace.
00:25:08How do you do, Miss Hilton?
00:25:10Say, those are my overshoes.
00:25:12What are you doing with them?
00:25:13Oh, I...
00:25:13I just thought I might be going out tonight, and in case it rained, I'd be all ready.
00:25:17Well, you might at least have asked me for them.
00:25:23Nick.
00:25:23Nick, those...
00:25:24Those shoes match the prints we saw in the garden.
00:25:26No kidding?
00:25:27Yeah.
00:25:27Well, why did you give them to him?
00:25:29Why did I give them to him?
00:25:30He just took them away from me while you stood there looking like a doe.
00:25:32How was I supposed to know that those were the rubber shoes?
00:25:34Well, what do you think I was doing?
00:25:35Collecting for the rubber drive?
00:25:36All right, all right.
00:25:37Anybody would think we were married the way you yell at me.
00:25:41Say, that's funny.
00:25:43Do you know why he was here?
00:25:44Give you a written confession, I suppose.
00:25:45Oh, cut the sarcasm.
00:25:46Where's Phillips' room?
00:25:47Down the hall by the staircase.
00:25:48Well, let's go down the hall by the staircase.
00:25:53Oh, Mr. Phillips.
00:25:54I'd like to talk to you.
00:25:56Not here.
00:25:57Meet me in the garden at eight o'clock.
00:26:00I beg your pardon, sir.
00:26:08Well.
00:26:10Dracula, the bottles for you could certainly show up at the most inopportune times.
00:26:14Come on.
00:26:14I'm so happy.
00:26:38I'll see you.
00:26:40Mr. Craig, what have you done?
00:27:02Phillips!
00:27:03Oh, Mr. Craig, why did you ever want to do...
00:27:10Mr. Craig, how in the world did you ever do...
00:27:18Say, what's the big idea?
00:27:31That's what I want to find out.
00:27:32Now start talking, I'm fast.
00:27:34What do you mean?
00:27:35Oh, don't play any dumber than you are.
00:27:36Did you kill George?
00:27:38George dead?
00:27:39Oh, I don't believe it.
00:27:41Well, if you don't believe it, go and ask him.
00:27:42He's over there.
00:27:43I don't know anything about him.
00:27:45Oh, of course not.
00:27:46And I suppose you're wearing gloves on a warm night because you don't want to soil your
00:27:49hands shooting people.
00:27:50But he was stabbed.
00:27:51Oh, if you didn't know he was dead, how did you know he was stabbed, not shot?
00:27:54Well, I don't know.
00:27:57Yeah, he just guessed it.
00:27:58Well, I'll give you a chance to explain it to the police.
00:28:00The coroner find out anything, Pete?
00:28:11Just that he's dead.
00:28:12Great.
00:28:13That makes it official.
00:28:14It's a funny thing, but no sooner do you get back in this racket than someone gets killed.
00:28:18Maybe my face scared him into suicide.
00:28:19Yeah, maybe it did.
00:28:21All right, Junior, what have you got to say for yourself?
00:28:23Yeah, all we want is a signed confession and we can all go home.
00:28:27You can't intimidate me.
00:28:29I know my rights.
00:28:30I won't say anything without a lawyer.
00:28:32He wants a lawyer.
00:28:34Maybe he doesn't trust us.
00:28:35Come on, Buster, start talking.
00:28:36I'm here to do business.
00:28:37My name is not Buster.
00:28:39It's Arthur Wallace.
00:28:40A very pretty name.
00:28:42But it doesn't explain why you killed Philip.
00:28:43I didn't kill him.
00:28:45I had nothing to do with it.
00:28:46What were you doing in the garden?
00:28:47I went there to meet Tina, Miss Craig.
00:28:50What about your gloves?
00:28:52Well, I've just driven up.
00:28:53I have an open car.
00:28:55And you always weigh your gloves when you drive?
00:28:58Yes.
00:28:59How did you know?
00:29:02Look, this is a very simple matter.
00:29:04Just tell me why you bumped the guy off.
00:29:05I refuse to say any more without a lawyer.
00:29:08What did you do with your rubber booties?
00:29:09I won't answer that.
00:29:11Maybe he used them to vulcanize his tires.
00:29:13I never thought of that.
00:29:15Okay, you can go now.
00:29:16But don't leave the house.
00:29:19Call Miss Craig, will you?
00:29:20This murder ties up with what happened to old man Craig.
00:29:26When we crack one, we'll crack the other.
00:29:28What's Craig got to do with Philip's?
00:29:30Well, I found the old man standing over Philip's body.
00:29:32This is a fine time to tell me.
00:29:35I'm going to get him.
00:29:35What for?
00:29:36What for?
00:29:37Put him under arrest.
00:29:38That's what for.
00:29:39Oh, you might as well arrest those goldfish.
00:29:41Why?
00:29:42He doesn't know any more what it's all about than they do.
00:29:44What do you mean?
00:29:45I mean these non-compass menace.
00:29:47Is that so?
00:29:49What's that?
00:29:50Well, he eats and sleeps all right, but he's in a fog.
00:29:53The guy's batty?
00:29:54And how.
00:29:55But if you ask me, that's just a cover-up.
00:29:57He was planted there.
00:29:59Uh-oh.
00:29:59Here comes the personality kid.
00:30:03Did you want to see me?
00:30:04Mm-hmm.
00:30:05Sit down, Miss Craig.
00:30:06I'd rather stand, if you don't mind.
00:30:08It's okay with me.
00:30:10Your boyfriend's in a jam.
00:30:11A lame brain like you would get anybody in a jam.
00:30:13You wouldn't know a murderer if he had a sign on his back.
00:30:16Looks like she knows you, Nick.
00:30:18Were you supposed to be at Buster tonight?
00:30:20If you're referring to my fiancé, yes.
00:30:24When?
00:30:24At eight o'clock.
00:30:26Where?
00:30:26In the garden.
00:30:27Why the garden?
00:30:28Well, I saw Billy examining his rubber shoes.
00:30:31And knowing how she feels about you, I figured it was for your benefit.
00:30:36What do you mean, uh, how she feels about me?
00:30:39Don't get all swelled up, Mr. Train.
00:30:42Billy never did have any taste to speak of.
00:30:44Come on, let's get on with this.
00:30:46Where were you between dinner and eight o'clock?
00:30:48I went to my room and stayed there until ten minutes of eight.
00:30:51Then I went down to the library, but no one was around, so I went back upstairs.
00:30:55I stayed there until eight o'clock.
00:30:56How did you know the exact time?
00:30:58I learned to tell time at the age of five.
00:31:02Anyway, when I came back downstairs, Sherlock Holmes here was playing cops and robbers with my fiancé.
00:31:07Anything you want to say?
00:31:09Plenty, but it wouldn't be fit for her dainty little ears.
00:31:12If you masterminds would question my sweet stepmother, you might get somewhere.
00:31:16We intend to, lady, we intend to.
00:31:19Okay, you can go now.
00:31:21Isn't she sweet, though?
00:31:27Tell us, where were you after dinner?
00:31:29Why, I went back to my cottage and stayed there until Cedric told me what had happened, and then I hurried here.
00:31:34Anybody in your cottage with you?
00:31:36Just Blitz.
00:31:37We'll question that Blitz guy next.
00:31:38Finnegan.
00:31:39Go get Mr. Blitz.
00:31:40Blitz is Mr. Welland's dog.
00:31:42Why don't someone tell me these things?
00:31:51Where did you go after dinner?
00:31:53I went into the library.
00:31:54Were you there all the time?
00:31:55Yes, until I heard Arthur and Nick arguing in the garden.
00:31:58That was about five minutes after eight, wasn't it?
00:31:59I think so.
00:32:00Anybody come into the library while you were there?
00:32:01No.
00:32:02How come Tina Craig didn't see you when she went in the library at quarter of eight?
00:32:06Well, I must have been looking for those books.
00:32:08Because you weren't in the library.
00:32:10You were out taking Phillips' temperature with a knife.
00:32:11That's ridiculous.
00:32:12Why should I want to kill George?
00:32:14That's just what I want to find out.
00:32:15Now, look, Ed.
00:32:15Either you're lying or Tina Craig is.
00:32:17Which is it?
00:32:19All right, I did leave the library.
00:32:21Where'd you go?
00:32:22Out into the garden.
00:32:23Did you see George Phillips?
00:32:24Yes.
00:32:25He appeared nervous, and he walked away as I approached him.
00:32:27So I let him alone, and then I came back into the house.
00:32:30Why didn't you tell us this before?
00:32:31Because I didn't want to lay myself open to suspicion.
00:32:34That don't sound kosher to me.
00:32:35You must admit it wasn't very bright on your part, Ed.
00:32:38Oh, perhaps not, but it's the truth.
00:32:40Okay, you can go now.
00:32:45Oh.
00:32:47Why do I get mixed up in these things?
00:32:50Why can't it be like the good old days?
00:32:53When a murderer killed somebody, he was madder than left a flock of fingerprints.
00:33:01Look, honey, tell Dr. Bruling Nick Trane wants to see him right away.
00:33:04Have you an appointment?
00:33:05No, but this is very important.
00:33:07All of Dr. Bruling's cases are important.
00:33:09Just what's wrong with you?
00:33:10Now, listen, sister.
00:33:11Dr. Bruling insists that I find out as much as I can from the patients before he sees them.
00:33:16Okay, if you insist.
00:33:24That will be enough.
00:33:25Well, you asked me.
00:33:28Besides, I thought nurses knew all about those things.
00:33:31Dr. Bruling says he was...
00:33:37I thought he would.
00:33:46Hello, Mr. Trane.
00:33:48Hi, Doc.
00:33:49What's this nonsense you've been telling my nurse that your wooden leg needs lubricating?
00:33:54Well, she insisted I had to tell her something.
00:33:56I thought as much.
00:33:57Sit down.
00:33:58Now, what's on your mind?
00:33:59Well, Dr. Bruling, yesterday you said something had happened to the cortex cells of Mr. Craig's brain.
00:34:04What did you mean by that?
00:34:05Well, in some way, Mr. Craig has been what we doctors call decorticated,
00:34:11which means that a portion of the brain has been temporarily paralyzed.
00:34:16No kidding.
00:34:17Well, how could that happen to one part of the brain and not the rest?
00:34:20Well, perhaps I can explain it to you by the aid of this chart.
00:34:22Come this way.
00:34:25As man developed during millions of years, so did the brain.
00:34:29As man found more functions to the body, the brain kept pace.
00:34:33Cells were developed to do new jobs.
00:34:35And the last of these cells were those of the cortex, which we refer to as the cortex cerebrate.
00:34:40Now, these cortex, their control is thinking, speaking, and all those things which men learn last.
00:34:47And as they were developed last, they were therefore the youngest, and they've always been the weakest,
00:34:52and they die before any other part of man's body.
00:34:54Now, young man, do you get it?
00:34:56Well, I think so.
00:35:04So that's how it happened to Mr. Craig, huh?
00:35:06Exactly.
00:35:07Only in Mr. Craig's case, the cells are not dead, merely paralyzed.
00:35:11Well, this decortication, or whatever you call it, can this be done deliberately?
00:35:15That's the only way it can be done.
00:35:16Well, how is it done?
00:35:17Well, you see, these cells require a great deal of oxygen.
00:35:20If, while an anesthetic is being administered, certain chemicals are added,
00:35:23and the oxygen is cut too low, then the cortex cells are paralyzed.
00:35:28So you think that's what happened to Mr. Craig, huh?
00:35:29From my analysis, yes.
00:35:31Just exactly that.
00:35:32Can a thing like this happen accidentally?
00:35:34No.
00:35:34Never.
00:35:36Well, thanks, Doctor.
00:35:38I think you've given me a pretty good idea what it's all about.
00:35:41Glad to be of any service.
00:35:42Oh, uh, one more thing, Doc.
00:35:45Could Mr. Craig have stabbed Phillips?
00:35:47There's no telling what a man in Mr. Craig's condition could do.
00:35:50Well, thanks, Doc.
00:35:58Some lubricator, Doc.
00:36:06Good for another thousand miles.
00:36:12My, my, what talent.
00:36:28I also play the Victrella.
00:36:29Now, I'm really impressed.
00:36:30Where's everybody tonight?
00:36:32Well, let's see.
00:36:33Cedric's somewhere in the house.
00:36:34Helen's gone to bed and is resting.
00:36:36Delia's also gone to bed, having felt very badly all day.
00:36:38Tina and Arthur probably holding hands in some cozy corner,
00:36:40and Tony and Mr. Molina are upstairs, having decided to stay with the family
00:36:43until the case has cleared up.
00:36:44Here I am, there you are, which reminds me, Sherlock, where have you been all day?
00:36:47Huh?
00:36:48Oh, don't tell anybody, but I tracked down the murderers, two of them.
00:36:51No!
00:36:51Yeah, I trailed them to the hideout, but they discovered me.
00:36:53There was no escape.
00:36:54I didn't have a gun.
00:36:55They started to shoot at me.
00:36:56Oh, how did you get away?
00:36:57I didn't.
00:36:57I was killed.
00:36:58Oh, Joe!
00:37:00Murder!
00:37:03And I had to fall for no one like that.
00:37:05Is that the only thing you fell for?
00:37:07Exactly what do you mean?
00:37:08Well, um, Dame Rumor hath it that thou art that way about me.
00:37:14To put it subtly, Dame Rumor is nutty.
00:37:17Tina would resent that.
00:37:18Tina?
00:37:19So laughing girl's been making up stories about me, has she?
00:37:22She's right.
00:37:23Philly.
00:37:24Yes, I am that way about you, my love,
00:37:26but in a way that wouldn't be fit to print.
00:37:32Nick!
00:37:33Do you feel well?
00:37:37Oh, Nick.
00:37:40Whoa!
00:37:43Mr. Craig!
00:37:46Oh, Nick!
00:37:50Gee, that was close.
00:37:51Oh, Nick, I tried to warn you, but I lost my voice.
00:37:53Well, next time, put it someplace where you can find it.
00:37:55Quick!
00:37:56Another second, I've been wearing that for a collar button.
00:38:00Walter!
00:38:00Mr. Craig!
00:38:03What have you done to my father?
00:38:05What have I done?
00:38:07A second before that landed, I was sitting in the chair,
00:38:09and he was on the business end of that knife.
00:38:11Good heavens, Nick, you don't mean to say he tried to kill you.
00:38:13Well, he wasn't going to give me a shave.
00:38:14Well, I can't understand it.
00:38:15Walter's always been such a gentle sort of a person.
00:38:17Allow me, please.
00:38:17Just a minute.
00:38:29How did Mr. Craig get out of his room?
00:38:31I don't know.
00:38:32I left the room for just a few minutes to go to the kitchen to get some orange juice.
00:38:36When I got back, he was gone.
00:38:38Well, next time you leave the room, get somebody to take your place.
00:38:40Yes, sir.
00:38:42Nick.
00:38:43Nick, I'm scared.
00:38:44That's all right.
00:38:45So am I.
00:38:51Mr. Craig's residence.
00:38:52Who?
00:38:54Oh, just a moment, please.
00:38:55It's for you, Lieutenant Peterson.
00:38:59Hello, Pete.
00:39:00Did you get the information I asked you for?
00:39:03Good.
00:39:05But you say the name was Parson?
00:39:07No, Carson.
00:39:09C-A-R-S-O-N.
00:39:12Dr. J.B. Carson.
00:39:13He ordered the outfit by phone three weeks ago.
00:39:17Paid for it by money order.
00:39:19Said he was opening a sanitarium.
00:39:21He did?
00:39:22Where?
00:39:23Blakely Road?
00:39:25What's the number?
00:39:27Make a note of it.
00:39:28It's 689 Blakely Road.
00:39:30And he left instructions that if no one was there, to leave it anyway.
00:39:34Which they did.
00:39:35Nobody's even seen him?
00:39:36Well, that's a big help.
00:39:38Say, Nick, what's this all about, anyway?
00:39:40I'll tell you later, Pete.
00:39:41Thanks.
00:39:42So long.
00:39:44Where's the extension here?
00:39:45Somebody listened in.
00:39:45I heard the click.
00:39:46It's upstairs in the hall.
00:39:52Who's on that phone just now?
00:39:53I wouldn't know, sir.
00:39:54I just came out of Mr. Craig's room.
00:39:55You sure?
00:39:56Yes, sir.
00:39:56If I don't start collecting my old age pension, it won't be that guy's fault.
00:40:06Where are you taking me?
00:40:07To see a doctor.
00:40:09I'm not sick.
00:40:10Well, you may be after you see this fellow.
00:40:12His name is Dr. Carson, and I have a hunch it's the answer to our problem.
00:40:15Who's Dr. Carson?
00:40:16I don't know.
00:40:17But Pete told me he bought a cyclopropane outfit under strange circumstances.
00:40:21A cycloprop-what outfit?
00:40:23Cyclopropane.
00:40:23It's an anesthetic machine.
00:40:25What's anesthetics got to do with this case?
00:40:27Well, I'll get Dr. Brewing to explain that to you someday, beautiful.
00:40:31Anyway, this Carson took over an old dilapidated house and said he was turning it into a sanitarium.
00:40:35What's so strange about that?
00:40:37Well, the strange part is he's not listed in any of the medical directories or even in the telephone book.
00:40:41Then how are you going to know how to find him?
00:40:42Pete told me.
00:40:54This must be it.
00:40:57There's no other place for miles around.
00:40:58Funny-looking sanitarium.
00:41:00Yeah, maybe it isn't a sanitarium at all.
00:41:03Maybe he's not a doctor either.
00:41:07I'll bet this is one place George Washington really slept in.
00:41:09Yeah, and it was probably an antique even then.
00:41:11Those boards must have come off the front door.
00:41:18Somebody's been using this dump lately.
00:41:20Come on, let's try and get in.
00:41:21Oh, must we?
00:41:22Why not?
00:41:23You'll never find out what's inside if we don't.
00:41:24That won't make me mad.
00:41:26Oh, don't be a softy.
00:41:27I can't see a thing.
00:41:43What do we do now?
00:41:44Well, let's roam around.
00:41:45Maybe something will turn out.
00:41:46That's what I'm afraid of.
00:41:54I bet you could rent this joint chief.
00:41:57Remember that name and address.
00:42:00Personally, I'd like something a little more modern.
00:42:02I'm not thinking of renting it.
00:42:04I may want to talk to this guy Hawkins.
00:42:21Oh!
00:42:27Boy, what a break.
00:42:31Now we can get in that open window up there.
00:42:33You mean you're actually going to go into this house?
00:42:35Why not?
00:42:35Huh!
00:42:36Why not, he says.
00:42:40Let go of it.
00:42:41What do you think I am, a midget?
00:42:44Hey, Nick.
00:42:45Nick, there's a storm coming up and I haven't even got a cold.
00:42:48Let's go away now and come back some nice, bright, sunny day.
00:42:50Huh?
00:42:50Not me.
00:42:51I'm going up.
00:42:51You wait down here.
00:42:52Wait?
00:42:53Alone?
00:42:54Oh, no, brother.
00:42:55I'm coming with you.
00:42:57Oh!
00:43:02Look, Julie.
00:43:04Don't ever do that again.
00:43:05I'm sorry, Nick, but I saw something in that window.
00:43:08Where?
00:43:08Up there.
00:43:11There's nothing there.
00:43:12I could have sworn I saw something moving.
00:43:14Oh, you must be seeing things.
00:43:16I hope.
00:43:17Oh, Nick, look.
00:43:18Let's go home before we get drenched, please.
00:43:20Oh, quiet.
00:43:23Oh, hey, wait a minute.
00:43:24Wait for me.
00:43:31Why don't you watch where you're going?
00:43:33I'm sorry, Nick.
00:43:41Oh, no.
00:43:43Good night, honey, to stay downstairs.
00:43:59Look, there's nobody here.
00:44:01Well, it's fine.
00:44:02Now that we know it, let's go.
00:44:03Come on.
00:44:04Don't be silly.
00:44:04We're going to search this place from top to bottom.
00:44:06Yeah, I was afraid of that.
00:44:12Don't do that.
00:44:13Why not?
00:44:13How am I going to run if you're holding on to me?
00:44:15Don't do that.
00:44:15Don't do that.
00:44:16Why not?
00:44:17I'm going to run if you're holding on.
00:44:21It's OK.
00:44:26There's nothing here, either.
00:44:27There's nothing here, either.
00:44:57Oh, I'm sorry.
00:45:05D'you know what?
00:45:22For the love of Mike Billy, don't do that.
00:45:25Don't do that.
00:45:26Oh, I'm sorry, Nick.
00:45:27I only wanted to ask you if you saw anything.
00:45:29No.
00:45:30Just goes to show you what funny tricks your imagination can play on you.
00:45:33Even funnier when both our imaginations play the same trick.
00:45:36Yeah.
00:45:49What's that?
00:45:50What's what?
00:45:52That.
00:45:54Must be mice.
00:45:55I wish you'd tell them to take their boots off.
00:46:19Oh, I'm alright, Nick.
00:46:21Maybe you are, but I'm not.
00:46:23Nick, this isn't any time for plane.
00:46:24Who's plane?
00:46:25Let's call today and go home, huh?
00:46:26Alright.
00:46:27But first I want to have a look down the cellar.
00:46:29Oh.
00:46:30Oh.
00:46:31Oh.
00:46:32Oh.
00:46:33Oh.
00:46:34Oh.
00:46:35Oh.
00:46:36Oh.
00:46:37Oh.
00:46:38Oh.
00:46:39Oh.
00:46:40Oh.
00:46:41Oh.
00:46:42Oh.
00:46:43Oh.
00:46:44Oh.
00:46:45Oh.
00:46:46Oh.
00:46:47Oh.
00:46:48Oh.
00:46:49Oh.
00:46:50Oh.
00:46:51Oh.
00:46:52Oh.
00:46:53Oh.
00:46:54Oh.
00:46:55Oh.
00:46:56Oh.
00:46:57Oh.
00:46:58Oh.
00:46:59Oh.
00:47:00Oh.
00:47:01I don't see any outfit here.
00:47:10Be satisfied now?
00:47:11Yeah, I guess so.
00:47:13Looks like a wild goose chase.
00:47:14Yeah.
00:47:17Oh!
00:47:19Stay here.
00:47:31Let me out!
00:47:56Let me out!
00:47:56Open the door here!
00:47:58Open the door!
00:47:58What's the matter, Nick?
00:47:59It's all right, honey.
00:48:02Let me out!
00:48:02Let me out of here!
00:48:03Nick, what's the matter?
00:48:07What happened, Nick?
00:48:11Somebody locked us in.
00:48:12What are you going to do?
00:48:13I don't know.
00:48:14That looks like the only way out.
00:48:16Well, we might as well make ourselves comfortable.
00:48:18Looks like we're going to be here a long time.
00:48:21How long?
00:48:22Until somebody finds us.
00:48:24That might take weeks.
00:48:25Maybe months.
00:48:27By that time, beautiful.
00:48:29It won't make any difference.
00:48:31We might starve to death.
00:48:33If we don't go mad from thirst before that.
00:48:35Darling.
00:48:37Sit down.
00:48:41Billy.
00:48:42Now that the end is near, there's something I want to tell you.
00:48:46Oh, don't talk like that, Nick.
00:48:47Well, we may as well face the truth unflinchingly.
00:48:50But before I die, I want you to know that I love you.
00:48:56And just being near you, well, makes me unafraid of death.
00:49:00Oh, Nick.
00:49:02Darling.
00:49:03Oh, darling, I'm sorry.
00:49:05I didn't mean half the things I said.
00:49:07I guess I was just fighting against my feelings for you.
00:49:10I've loved you, Nick.
00:49:11I've loved you right from the start.
00:49:13Oh, darling.
00:49:20Well, that's all I wanted to know.
00:49:23Let's get out of here.
00:49:23Let's get out of here?
00:49:24How?
00:49:25Why, just open the door and walk out.
00:49:28All the lo...
00:49:29Why, I...
00:49:30Now, take it easy.
00:49:31There's no sense getting mad.
00:49:33Besides, I had to find out if you love me, didn't I?
00:49:35I may never get a chance like that again.
00:49:37As if I could love any man like you.
00:49:39Oh, now.
00:49:40Honey, don't spoil it.
00:49:42It was a beautiful moment.
00:49:43Admit it.
00:49:44Something you'll be proud to tell of our children.
00:49:46Our children?
00:49:46I wouldn't contaminate the human race with our children.
00:49:49All right, all right.
00:49:49Let's finish it after we're married.
00:49:51Right now, I've got to go after that guy Carson.
00:49:53Why, I did.
00:49:53Taking advantage of a girl like that.
00:49:55I...
00:49:56I don't want anything more to do with you.
00:49:57I never want to hear the name Train again.
00:49:59I never...
00:50:04Oh!
00:50:04You stay there.
00:50:27Nick, be careful.
00:50:34Come on, get him out.
00:50:59You all right, honey?
00:51:00Oh, it's terrible.
00:51:02What happened to you?
00:51:03Who are you?
00:51:04Can't you speak?
00:51:06Why?
00:51:07He's just like Craig.
00:51:10Carson must have practiced on him.
00:51:13That cinches it.
00:51:14Come on, we've got work to do.
00:51:15Well, what about him?
00:51:16Oh, yeah.
00:51:17I'll lock him up and send Peterson right down here.
00:51:19You go out and get in the car.
00:51:20All right.
00:51:20Come on, pal.
00:51:23Homer Hawkins, realtor, justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, air raid warden, and banjo lessons.
00:51:29I wonder what he does in his spare time.
00:51:34This guy rented a house to Carson.
00:51:36He ought to know what he looks like.
00:51:37He probably thought you shot at us, too, for waking him up at this hour.
00:51:40Just a minute.
00:51:41Just a minute.
00:51:42Want to get married while we're here?
00:51:43No, thank you.
00:51:44When I get married, I'll do it in style.
00:51:45Organ, orange blossoms, bridal veil, the whole works.
00:51:48Kind of expensive.
00:51:49But when I crack this, I'll have 25 Gs.
00:51:51You think that'll cover the works?
00:51:53Oh, want to get married, eh?
00:51:55Yeah, but not right away.
00:51:57Um, are you Mr. Hawkins?
00:51:58Yep.
00:51:59Homer Hawkins, that's me.
00:52:01Well, tell me.
00:52:01Did you sell or rent a place on Blakely Road to a Dr. J.B. Carson?
00:52:05Carson?
00:52:06Carson, yes.
00:52:07Rent them the Greeley place about three weeks ago.
00:52:10Got a year's lease and six months for it in advance, too.
00:52:13My, my, business is picking up, isn't it?
00:52:16Yep.
00:52:17That's the second deal I'll put over in five years.
00:52:19Kind of getting worried about my income tax now.
00:52:23What does Carson look like?
00:52:24I don't know.
00:52:25Never saw him.
00:52:26Well, you said you rented them the place.
00:52:28I did, over the phone.
00:52:30Sent me the money by mail, and I put the keys in the mailbox for him.
00:52:33What did he say when he called you up?
00:52:35Well, he said he was Dr. Carson and wanted to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:52:40Would you recognize his voice if you heard it again?
00:52:42I reckon I would.
00:52:43Sure.
00:52:44I've got pretty keen ears, know every bird call there is.
00:52:48Well, thanks, Mr. Hawkins.
00:52:50I'll see you again.
00:52:50Maybe you can help me catch this bird.
00:52:53Say, did anybody ever tell you you look just like Skippy?
00:52:58Well, that's something.
00:53:00At least we found someone who knows Carson's voice.
00:53:02What's Carson's voice got to do with it?
00:53:04Well, maybe we can find out who he is through his voice.
00:53:06That's a good idea.
00:53:09Why don't we have Mr. Hawkins come for dinner, and then we can invite everybody in town, too,
00:53:12and make them say, this is Dr. Carson.
00:53:14I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:53:15Don't be funny.
00:53:18Say, you've given me a great idea, sweetheart.
00:53:21What?
00:53:22Quiet.
00:53:22I'm thinking.
00:53:22How are we going to wake everybody up?
00:53:36I could scream.
00:53:37Oh, no.
00:53:37Don't do that.
00:53:38They'll think somebody else is being murdered.
00:53:40Wait a minute.
00:53:40That ought to do it.
00:53:52Happy New Year!
00:53:53Happy New Year!
00:53:54Let me help you.
00:53:55Fish!
00:53:56Fish!
00:53:56Happy New Year!
00:53:57Happy New Year!
00:53:58Merry Christmas!
00:54:03What's the idea of this?
00:54:04I'm sorry to wake you up like this, folks, but I need the help of everyone in the house.
00:54:07At this hour, there's no time to lose, Buster.
00:54:09Stop calling me Buster.
00:54:10My name is Arthur Wallace.
00:54:12I know a very pretty name.
00:54:13Let's go in the living room with this more room.
00:54:15Go ahead and light the lights, will you, Jeeves?
00:54:17Come on, everybody.
00:54:23Sit down, everybody, please.
00:54:27I've got a wild idea.
00:54:28Too wild to explain fully.
00:54:29Trust you for that.
00:54:30I want to make a recording of everybody's voice.
00:54:33A recording at this time of the night?
00:54:35You must be insane.
00:54:36If you think I'm going to play games at this time of the night,
00:54:39you've got another guest coming.
00:54:40I'm going back to sleep.
00:54:42So am I.
00:54:42Now, wait a minute.
00:54:44Now, get this and get it straight, all of you.
00:54:46I was hired for a purpose, and I'm tired of fooling around.
00:54:49Now, I mean business.
00:54:50Do you understand?
00:54:51Either you cooperate with me, or I'll put the lot of you in jail,
00:54:53and don't think I can't do it either.
00:54:55Now, sit down!
00:54:56Now, you must admit that what you're asking is rather strange.
00:55:01That's putting it mildly.
00:55:03I agree.
00:55:04However, if there's anything that we can do to help,
00:55:06I'm quite sure we're all willing to cooperate.
00:55:08Well, I'm not.
00:55:09Good.
00:55:09That's settled.
00:55:10Well, might we ask the reason for all this, Mr. Train?
00:55:12Certainly.
00:55:13I have a hunch this will show us who's responsible for Mr. Craig's condition
00:55:16and Philip's murder.
00:55:18If that's the case, Mr. Train, we'll be glad to do anything you want.
00:55:21I thought you would.
00:55:23Now, I'd like to have each one of you step up to this microphone
00:55:25and speak naturally so it sounds like a voice over the phone.
00:55:27Is there anything in particular you'd like us to say?
00:55:30Yeah, I'd like to have you say,
00:55:31this is Dr. Carson, and I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:55:34Who wants to make the first recording?
00:55:36Oh, I'll be the first guinea pig.
00:55:38Oh, thanks, Dad.
00:55:38Here.
00:55:40Now, say, this is Dr. Carson, and I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:55:43Huh.
00:55:44This is Dr. Carson.
00:55:45Oh, wait a minute.
00:55:45Wait a minute.
00:55:48All right, go ahead.
00:55:50This is Dr. Carson.
00:55:51I'd like to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:55:54This is Dr.
00:55:57This is Dr. Carson.
00:55:58I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:56:01This is Dr. Carson.
00:56:02I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:56:05This is Dr. Carson.
00:56:07I want to rent the house on Blakely Road.
00:56:09Thanks, Jeeves.
00:56:11This is a lot of childish nonsense.
00:56:14Who is this Dr. Carson?
00:56:16I'll tell you in the morning.
00:56:17Good night, everybody, and thanks.
00:56:21I think we got it.
00:56:28I think we got it.
00:56:28Good night.
00:56:38Good morning.
00:56:40Good night.
00:56:45Good night.
00:56:47Good night.
00:56:47Good night.
00:56:47Good night.
00:56:48Good night.
00:56:49Oh, so it's you, sonny boy.
00:57:09You shouldn't go around ruining good pillows like that.
00:57:14Oh, so you want to play, huh?
00:57:19Give me the police department.
00:57:31I want to talk to Lieutenant Peterson.
00:57:37Oh, so you're in it too, huh, beautiful?
00:57:41Nice work, kid.
00:57:42I'll get you a police badge for this.
00:57:43Oh.
00:57:46Oh, hello, Pete.
00:57:47I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but I think you'd better get over here right away.
00:57:51Yeah, Craig's house.
00:57:52Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you.
00:58:02All right, take him away.
00:58:05Come on, that means you.
00:58:06Just imagine Tony and Helen being in this thing together.
00:58:15I still can't understand why they did it.
00:58:17The reason is simple.
00:58:19Tina was left the estate in Craig's will, so Helen wouldn't get a thing if he died.
00:58:23But with him alive and temporarily incapable of handling his affairs, Helen would have complete charge of the estate and could do whatever she wanted.
00:58:29How did Weldon figure it out?
00:58:31Mrs. Craig was in love with him.
00:58:32Craig found it out, so Weldon put him in that condition.
00:58:34Well, how did you know they were in love?
00:58:37I didn't until she admitted it after taking a shot at me.
00:58:39But why was Uncle George killed?
00:58:41He saw Tony Weldon sneaking out of the house the morning her father was brought back.
00:58:45So Tony killed him to keep him from talking.
00:58:47Well, what about Dr. Carson?
00:58:48Dr. Carson and Tony are one and the same.
00:58:50Ah, so that's the reason for the recording.
00:58:52Right.
00:58:53I figured if I could scare the murderer into believing the recordings would give him away,
00:58:57that he'd try to get rid of the records, and me too.
00:58:59It worked out perfectly.
00:59:00That's what I call being on the beam, huh?
00:59:02Well, I guess I'm just a sap after all.
00:59:05Putting the finger on a woman that was going to pay me 25 G's.
00:59:08Well, there goes our future, honey.
00:59:11I'm sorry.
00:59:12I guess I owe you an apology for the way I treated you, Mr. Train.
00:59:15Would a check for $25,000 take care of that?
00:59:18Would a check for $25,000...
00:59:19What?
00:59:21Say, you're a honey after all.
00:59:23Put it there.
00:59:25Come on, we've got a little business for Hawkins.
00:59:27Oh, but darling, I want to get married with all the trimmings.
00:59:28I'll give you the trimmings after we're married.
00:59:30Come on, Pete, I need you for a witness.
00:59:32$25,000.
00:59:35Come on.
00:59:37You don't know what you're in for.
00:59:46I don't know what I'm in for, huh?
00:59:49Come on, honey.
00:59:50Wait a minute.
00:59:51Wait a minute.
00:59:52Wait a minute.
00:59:53Seems to me I promised you something else when I took this case.
00:59:56What did you promise me, darling?
00:59:59Oh, no, you wouldn't dare.
01:00:01Wouldn't I?
01:00:02Oh, no, Nick.
01:00:05Oh.
01:00:06Oh, no, Nick.
01:00:07No.
01:00:08Nick, you're hurting me.
01:00:09Nick, you're hurting me.
01:00:10I can't do this.
01:00:12Well, anyway.
01:00:14You're starting out right.
01:00:15Nick, you're hurting me.
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