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A delightful example of public domain animation, Doomed to Die showcases lively storytelling, whimsical gags, and classic short film humor, perfect for fans of early animated cartoons.
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00:02:00All my life, I'll see those poor people struggling in the water, drowning.
00:02:05But it wasn't your fault.
00:02:07But it was my ship.
00:02:08My company's investigation absolves you completely of all blame.
00:02:12Now then, if you'll be good enough to sign this paper, we can have it with us.
00:02:18Yes, sir?
00:02:19I want you to witness my signature.
00:02:22This is Victor Martin, our attorney.
00:02:24Martin, meet Mr. Baldwin of the Mercantile Marine Insurance Company.
00:02:27How do you do?
00:02:28Hold me.
00:02:36Here's the check, Mr. Wentworth.
00:02:39And if I can be of further service, please call on me.
00:02:48Good day, gentlemen.
00:02:48Anything else, sir?
00:02:52Read the changes in the will?
00:02:54Oh, yes.
00:02:55Have it with me.
00:02:58Clause 9 is the important one.
00:03:00Everything goes to your daughter, Cynthia.
00:03:02It's another problem off my mind.
00:03:11I hope you'll pardon my mentioning this, Mr. Wentworth, but you've been acting very curiously lately.
00:03:35Well, now this will.
00:03:37Well, what?
00:03:38Can't a man make his will?
00:03:39Of course, but if you're thinking of destroying yourself, forget about it.
00:03:44Why should I want to commit suicide?
00:03:46Well, you're a ship burning and all.
00:03:47I suppose it's been preying on your mind.
00:03:50But I'm not fool enough to kill myself over it.
00:03:54Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:03:58I suppose you'll be going off to your mountain lodge?
00:04:01Not yet.
00:04:03Why not?
00:04:04You mean that matter of the million and a half in bonds?
00:04:06Yes, that's on my conscience, too.
00:04:09I advised you against accepting that shipment.
00:04:11I know it.
00:04:11It's the only shady thing I ever did in my life.
00:04:13Then you'd better go before the Maritime Commission tomorrow and clear the whole thing up.
00:04:18Vicki, you crazy.
00:04:19No, it's the only thing to do.
00:04:21But they'll immediately accuse me of sabotaging my own ship.
00:04:24You'll have to take that chance.
00:04:25I advised you against it when you first asked me about it.
00:04:28And now I advise you to go before the commission.
00:04:31Don't conceal a thing.
00:04:33I'll do it.
00:04:34I'm sorry I didn't listen to you in the first place.
00:04:37It'll come out, all right.
00:04:41I'll see you in the morning.
00:04:42We'll go before the commission together.
00:04:47Well, good day, Mr. Fleming.
00:04:48How do you do, Mr. Martin?
00:04:50How's Dick?
00:04:50Fine, thank you.
00:04:51And yourself?
00:04:52Never better.
00:04:53Never better.
00:04:53Never better.
00:04:55Well, could I see Mr. Wentworth?
00:04:58Well, I'll see.
00:04:59Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Fleming Sr. is here.
00:05:02Let him in.
00:05:03Yes, sir.
00:05:04You go in, please.
00:05:15Hello, Cyrus.
00:05:17So you've come to gloat over me because one of my ships went down.
00:05:21Oh, you're wrong again, Cyrus.
00:05:23I came to offer you my sympathy.
00:05:25And my help.
00:05:26I don't need your sympathy.
00:05:27And I can't conceive of any help you could offer.
00:05:30Now, why can't you see that the consolidation of our two shipping lines would be of benefit
00:05:34to both of us?
00:05:36Get this, Fleming.
00:05:38I'll see my ships all burned before I'll put up with you.
00:05:42All right, all right.
00:05:44What about our kids?
00:05:45And if you think that you can worm your way into my business through a family marriage, you've got another guest coming.
00:05:51But my boy has no part.
00:05:53You've never done anything in your life, Fleming, without an ulterior motive.
00:05:57All I ask you to do is to keep your office of consolidation away from here and to keep your boy away from my girl.
00:06:04Hello, Mr. Fleming.
00:06:07Hello, Miss Reed.
00:06:09Can I see Mr. W?
00:06:10Well, I think so.
00:06:11Your father's in there.
00:06:12Dad?
00:06:13Yes.
00:06:13Cyrus, you're a hard-headed, stubborn old fool.
00:06:24Well, Dick.
00:06:25Hello, Dad.
00:06:26What are you doing here?
00:06:30Oh, I came to offer old Cyrus my condolences.
00:06:33I can just imagine how you made out.
00:06:35Well, if you're calling on him about what I think you are, I hope you get a better reception.
00:06:39Don't worry about me, Dad.
00:06:40I can shout, too.
00:06:41It's about Cynthia, isn't it?
00:06:42That's right.
00:06:43She's waiting at the truck for me.
00:06:44Regardless of the outcome in there, we're going to get married even if we have to run our way to do it.
00:06:48Well, at least you have my blessing, son.
00:06:50Thank you, Dad.
00:06:51I'm sorry, but he won't see you.
00:06:57He won't, eh?
00:07:02Mr. Wentworth, I have something important to tell you.
00:07:05Your father's too old to throw out of here, but you're not.
00:07:07Get out!
00:07:08Wait a minute, Mr. Wentworth.
00:07:09I came here to discuss something.
00:07:11I'm not interested.
00:07:13All right, I'll put it this way.
00:07:15I want to marry Cynthia.
00:07:17No, that's clear.
00:07:18Isn't it?
00:07:19Hardly.
00:07:19What's your objection to me?
00:07:21Your father.
00:07:22My father isn't marrying Cynthia.
00:07:24Neither is his son.
00:07:26Well, Mr. Plenty, I'm glad to see you.
00:07:27How are you, Matthews?
00:07:30All right, Miss Reed, here we go.
00:07:33Sorry to hear about the ship.
00:07:35Yeah, that was terrible, baby.
00:07:36Well, it's not so much the loss of the ship as the loss of lives.
00:07:39There's nothing genuine in you.
00:07:41My father...
00:07:42I wonder who that could be.
00:07:45My boy, bearing the lion in his bed.
00:07:47Try marrying her against my will and I'll break you in two sooner or later.
00:07:53We're not going to let you brow, Peter.
00:07:55Cynthia and I have gone over this very carefully.
00:07:57And there's nothing you can do to stop us.
00:08:00Oh, isn't there?
00:08:02The conversation was evidently in reference to his daughter.
00:08:08Get out.
00:08:09I think I'll wait for the outcome.
00:08:10I promise you that you can't get away with this little thing in this day and age.
00:08:21Cyrus!
00:08:22He's dead.
00:08:39Did you call the police?
00:08:41No, it just happened.
00:08:42You gentlemen stay here.
00:08:43Oh, it's a secret.
00:08:52Hi, Cynthia.
00:08:53How are you?
00:08:54Fine, Bobby.
00:08:54What do you have?
00:08:55Same as you.
00:08:56Martini, please.
00:08:58Well, what's up?
00:08:59Bobby, I want you to forget you're a newspaper woman for once.
00:09:03You're going to do a favor for me.
00:09:04Mm-hmm.
00:09:05What's it this time?
00:09:06Can you keep it secret?
00:09:07Secret?
00:09:08Now I know it's a story.
00:09:09What is it?
00:09:10Oh, please, Bobby.
00:09:11We need your help.
00:09:12We?
00:09:12Yes, Dick and I.
00:09:13Oh, I get it.
00:09:15So you're going to be married?
00:09:16Oh, I'll give you a swell break in the paper.
00:09:18Oh, but I don't want you to print anything about it, at least until it's all over.
00:09:21That's why I called you.
00:09:22You're going along with us.
00:09:24You mean you want me to stand up with you?
00:09:26Well, always a bridesmaid.
00:09:27When do we start?
00:09:28As soon as I hear from Dick, he's up with Father now telling him about it.
00:09:33Even if we can't get Father's consent, we're going to do it anyway.
00:09:37An elopement?
00:09:38Oh, boy, what a spread that'll be.
00:09:40But my paper gets a story exclusive.
00:09:42It's a deal.
00:09:44Wentworth, telephone call for you.
00:09:46Keep your fingers crossed.
00:09:50What's the damage?
00:09:51Let's see.
00:09:52That will be $4.
00:09:53What'd she do?
00:09:54Buy the place?
00:09:55No, that's the price.
00:09:57A dollar a cocktail.
00:09:58Well, I better take the pearl.
00:10:00Keep the change.
00:10:02Bobby.
00:10:02Oh, Cynthia, look, why?
00:10:03What's the matter?
00:10:04It's about Father.
00:10:05Something's happened.
00:10:05Calling Mr. Wagner.
00:10:09Calling Mr. Wagner.
00:10:17Any trace of the gun, Mike?
00:10:19Not yet, Cap.
00:10:19Did you find anything, Blake?
00:10:20No.
00:10:21What's new, Doctor?
00:10:22I'd almost instantly a bullet in the heart.
00:10:24Job for the corn.
00:10:25Sure, sure.
00:10:25Open and shut, Kate.
00:10:26This is one time I got the murderer dead to rights.
00:10:29What time did you say that Fleming boy arrived?
00:10:31Ten past six.
00:10:32You sure of that?
00:10:33Absolutely.
00:10:33Everybody else had left.
00:10:35Were you here then?
00:10:37Yes.
00:10:37That sent you to him.
00:10:38If you mean my son, he didn't do it.
00:10:41You're the boy's father, aren't you?
00:10:42Yes.
00:10:42Well, we can't take your word for it.
00:10:43The evidence proves it.
00:10:45You said you heard loud voices.
00:10:47Yes.
00:10:48Where were you when you heard the shot?
00:10:50I was out there.
00:10:51I was just about to leave.
00:10:52And your son thought you were out there?
00:10:54No, he thought I had gone.
00:10:55Where would he be now?
00:10:56Well, I don't know.
00:10:57You don't seem very certain about that.
00:10:59You haven't got an appointment to meet him later, have you?
00:11:01No.
00:11:01What were you and your son doing here?
00:11:05Well, I came here to offer my condolences to Mr. Wentworth over the loss of his ship.
00:11:08What was the boy doing here?
00:11:10He came to ask Mr. Wentworth permission to marry his daughter.
00:11:14Oh, that's it.
00:11:14They had a quarrel and the kid killed him.
00:11:16That's all I want to know.
00:11:17Blake.
00:11:17Yes, Chief.
00:11:18Did you phone him and have him broadcast that kid's inscription?
00:11:20Yes.
00:11:21Because I'm going to have him pick.
00:11:22Mr. Fleming, what is it?
00:11:24My dear, your father...
00:11:25What's happened to father?
00:11:26I agree, you must be brave.
00:11:28I agree.
00:11:30Who are you?
00:11:31She's Cynthia Wentworth.
00:11:31Quiet, Logan.
00:11:32I'm Cynthia Wentworth.
00:11:33Who are you?
00:11:34Captain Street of the Homicide Squad.
00:11:36Homicide Squad?
00:11:37Yeah, where's Dick Fleming?
00:11:38Dick?
00:11:39Isn't he here?
00:11:41What's happened?
00:11:42Please tell me.
00:11:43Oh, Cynthia.
00:11:43Don't butt in.
00:11:44All right, Bill.
00:11:45Bobby, it's...
00:11:46Oh, Cynthia, darling.
00:11:48Bobby, it's...
00:11:49It's something terrible, isn't it?
00:11:54Oh.
00:12:00Calling all cars.
00:12:02Calling all cars.
00:12:03General broadcast to all stations.
00:12:06Be on the watch for Richard Fleming.
00:12:08About 22.
00:12:09Five foot eight.
00:12:10Light complexion.
00:12:11Brown hair.
00:12:13Wearing light sport clothes.
00:12:15Was last seen in the vicinity of the Wentworth building.
00:12:18He's wanted for murder.
00:12:19Don't take any chances.
00:12:21He may be armed and dangerous.
00:12:23That is all.
00:12:49You're Richard Fleming, aren't you?
00:12:51That's right.
00:12:52You're under arrest for murder.
00:12:53I want to advise you.
00:12:54Anything you say may be used against you.
00:12:56Mike, lift the car over.
00:12:57Here.
00:13:04But you must.
00:13:06There's nothing more important than this.
00:13:08Oh, you've got to do it.
00:13:10Yeah.
00:13:12All right.
00:13:12I'll get it.
00:13:13Bye.
00:13:15Listen, Cynthia.
00:13:17Oh, Mr.
00:13:18Matthews.
00:13:18I was wondering if I could have the passenger list on the boat for my paper.
00:13:21Of course.
00:13:24Cynthia, I've got some wonderful news for you.
00:13:26James Lee Wong, the famous Chinese detective, is going to be special investigator on the case.
00:13:30I've worked with him before, honey, and you've got nothing to worry about.
00:13:33He's terrific.
00:13:33Oh, good.
00:13:34Thank you, Bobby.
00:13:35Here you are.
00:13:35Oh, thank you.
00:13:37I'll keep in touch with you, honey.
00:13:47Hi, Casey.
00:13:48Captain Street in?
00:13:49Now, wait a minute, Miss Logan.
00:13:51You're not going to get past me this time.
00:13:53Captain Street gave strict orders.
00:13:55No one's going in.
00:13:56Okay, okay.
00:13:57I wouldn't think of going in without your permission.
00:13:59What's up?
00:14:00They picked up the Fleming lad for the murder of old man Wentworth.
00:14:04The captain's got him in there now.
00:14:05Oh, boy, this is worth waiting for.
00:14:10How many times do I have to tell you I didn't do it?
00:14:13Ah.
00:14:14Everybody knows that you and your father were enemies of Wentworth.
00:14:18That you had a quarrel with Wentworth because he wouldn't let you marry his daughter.
00:14:21Is that right?
00:14:21Suppose it is.
00:14:22That still doesn't mean I killed him.
00:14:23No, but you were the last one with him when he was killed.
00:14:25We can establish that.
00:14:27Yeah, and why didn't you take the elevator down?
00:14:29Elevator?
00:14:30Well, it was only on the second floor.
00:14:32It was after hours.
00:14:33I didn't think anything of walking down.
00:14:35Ah.
00:14:36You won't hold water.
00:14:38Why didn't you leave with the outer office?
00:14:39Mr. Wentworth showed me to the hall.
00:14:42Did you know your father was waiting?
00:14:43No.
00:14:45Why don't you come clean, kid, and I'll do all I can to help you.
00:14:47I don't want your help.
00:14:48I'm innocent, I tell you.
00:14:49So you're innocent.
00:14:50I'm with you there.
00:14:51How are you going to prove your innocence?
00:14:53I don't know.
00:14:53What did you do with the gun?
00:14:54Gun?
00:14:55I didn't have a gun.
00:14:56What about this permit issued you six months ago?
00:14:58Oh, we had a series of robberies in our neighborhood, and I was granted a permit at the time.
00:15:02I forgot about that.
00:15:03It's been in my study desk at home.
00:15:05I never used it.
00:15:05Then the gun should still be there.
00:15:07That's correct.
00:15:08What would you think if I told you I had a man checking that the gun is gone?
00:15:10Gone?
00:15:11Look, your own father admits that you were having a violent quarrel with Wentworth at the time of the shooting.
00:15:16Now, if you didn't kill him, you know who did.
00:15:18I don't know anything about it.
00:15:20Did you shoot him in self-defense?
00:15:21No.
00:15:22Kill him in a fit of insanity?
00:15:25I didn't shoot him, I tell you.
00:15:27Look, son, don't you see we've established a motive?
00:15:30We've established the fact that you were with Wentworth at the time he was killed.
00:15:33You haven't got a leg to stand on.
00:15:34Now, why don't you make a complete confession?
00:15:37I didn't do it.
00:15:39Lock him up, boys.
00:15:48Hello, Bill.
00:15:57Now, wait a minute.
00:15:58All right, all right.
00:16:00What do you want?
00:16:01What's the story?
00:16:02Have you printed anything yet?
00:16:03No, I'm giving you a break, Bill.
00:16:05I'm holding out until I get all the facts.
00:16:06Well, that's lucky for you.
00:16:07Because this is one case I've washed up in a hurry.
00:16:10Well, yeah, well, what's the story?
00:16:11Now, this is the way it ought to be printed.
00:16:12Take it down.
00:16:14Two hours after Cyrus P. Wentworth,
00:16:16well-known shipping magnate,
00:16:18was found shot to death in his office.
00:16:20Captain William Street of the Homicide Squad,
00:16:22acting with lightning-like speed,
00:16:24arrested and charged with first-degree murder,
00:16:27the socially prominent son of Paul Fleming,
00:16:30long-standing enemy of the Wentworth interest.
00:16:33Well, you haven't taken anything down.
00:16:34Oh, I've got the most important part,
00:16:36the lightning-like speed of Captain Street.
00:16:38Now, look, this case is closed.
00:16:40I've got that kid dead to right.
00:16:42Mr. Wong, I hope I'm not intruding.
00:16:46Wong, what's brought you here?
00:16:48I phoned him.
00:16:50Are you butting into my business again?
00:16:51Sure.
00:16:52I knew you'd arrested the wrong man.
00:16:54You always do.
00:16:55Now, you listen to me.
00:16:56I just thought I'd like to check into a few details,
00:16:58Treet.
00:16:58You don't mind, I'm sure.
00:16:59You're wasting your time, Wong.
00:17:00Oh, time is cheap for those who have it to spend.
00:17:02Okay.
00:17:03If you can prove to this nosy reporter,
00:17:05then I'm right.
00:17:06Did you get the list?
00:17:07Yes.
00:17:10What list?
00:17:11I asked Miss Logan to get me a list of the passengers
00:17:14who were on the Wentworth Castle when she was burned.
00:17:16Say, you haven't got a notion that the burning of the Wentworth Castle
00:17:19had anything to do with that Fleming kid killing Wentworth, have you?
00:17:22Well, I've no preconceived notions.
00:17:24That's more than I can say for you, Bill.
00:17:27Hmm, interesting.
00:17:29What's interesting?
00:17:30A number of the passengers were Chinese.
00:17:33Little Bear Investigation Street.
00:17:35Why?
00:17:36Well, you know the burning of the ship
00:17:37was rather suspicious in the first place.
00:17:39It may be that the relatives of those who were lost
00:17:42have an idea of revenge.
00:17:44Oh, for the love of mine.
00:17:46You mean to tell me that I've got the relatives
00:17:48of 400 drowned people as a speck?
00:17:51I'm afraid so, Street.
00:17:53At any rate, it won't hurt to investigate this list.
00:17:56Have at it.
00:17:56Is your car here?
00:17:58Yes, downstairs.
00:17:59Where can I take you?
00:18:00May I borrow, Miss Logan?
00:18:02You can have her for kicks.
00:18:05When we get through with the case,
00:18:07the Homicide Squad will be the used car squad.
00:18:13Yes, Captain, please.
00:18:15Have Blake follow Mr. Wong and Miss Logan.
00:18:19I don't want anything to happen to Mr. Wong.
00:18:28Is this the place?
00:18:30No.
00:18:31But you stay here and wait for me.
00:18:33I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:18:43It's Logan.
00:19:01The Honorable Wong is here on personal business
00:19:12or in his official capacity.
00:19:14I am here on behalf of the police.
00:19:16The Honorable Wong is here on personal business
00:19:20or in his official capacity.
00:19:22I am here on behalf of the police.
00:19:24You heard of the burning of the Wentworth Castle.
00:19:45An unfortunate disaster.
00:19:47Do you recognize the names of any of our countrymen on this list?
00:20:00One, Kai Ling.
00:20:03The most trusted member of our town.
00:20:06I have no desire to pride the affairs of the town.
00:20:08I would like to know the reason of his journey.
00:20:14He was on a secret mission for the town.
00:20:17And what was the nature of his mission?
00:20:30Kai Ling was bringing a million and a half
00:20:33in gold barns from Havana.
00:20:36Why?
00:20:36Conditions in our country are such
00:20:40that we had to bring the town funds
00:20:43to this country for safekeeping.
00:20:46It had to be done secretly
00:20:47to avoid international complications.
00:20:50So they were being smuggled in
00:20:51aboard the Wentworth Castle.
00:20:54Yes.
00:20:55But Kai Ling was amongst the survivors.
00:20:57So of course you have the bomb.
00:20:59No.
00:21:00Kai Ling has disappeared.
00:21:06You know, of course, that the owner of the Wentworth Castle is dead.
00:21:11No member of this town is guilty of such a deed.
00:21:16And no one else had any idea of the existence of the bonds.
00:21:20No one else.
00:21:22Unless perhaps a rival town.
00:21:25But we can't be sure.
00:21:26No.
00:21:57Oh, gee, I'm glad you're back.
00:22:05Get that car, Tom.
00:22:10Oh, you're hurt.
00:22:11No, it's nothing.
00:22:12What is this?
00:22:13A Tom there?
00:22:16Might be.
00:22:17Well, get in.
00:22:17We'll follow them.
00:22:18Not necessary.
00:22:19The police are after them.
00:22:20Oh, come on.
00:22:21We're going to the receiving hospital.
00:22:27Oh, come on.
00:22:57Give me the bottle, please.
00:23:21And this woman.
00:23:22Yes.
00:23:27Oh, you might have used a red-hot poker.
00:23:33This is a ridiculous fuss over a simple flesh wound.
00:23:36Now, never mind.
00:23:37We're not going to take any chances of infection.
00:23:39We've got to have at least one intelligent detective working on the case.
00:23:45How is it, Doc?
00:23:46Oh, just a flesh wound.
00:23:49Now, keep this in the sling for three days.
00:23:50Very well.
00:23:51All right, Wong.
00:23:52Who shot you?
00:23:53Could have been an accident.
00:23:54Did I ask you?
00:23:55All right, who did it?
00:23:56I don't know.
00:23:57Now, look, Wong.
00:23:58I had Blake follow you.
00:23:59He saw that guy pull up in that black car and take a shot at you, and he chased him.
00:24:03Well, then you know what happened.
00:24:04Who was it?
00:24:04I don't know.
00:24:05The car was wrecked, and when he got there, there was nobody in it.
00:24:09It must have been a phantom.
00:24:11Doesn't make any difference who it was.
00:24:12The next time you get any wild ideas like this and don't tip me off, there's going to be trouble.
00:24:16I don't need you on this case, but I might need you on a future one.
00:24:19So you still think you've solved it, huh?
00:24:20Yes, I do.
00:24:21Young Fleming didn't.
00:24:22And if he didn't, I'll eat my half.
00:24:24I'll see that you do.
00:24:25All right.
00:24:34Thank you, Doctor.
00:24:38Come again.
00:24:39I hope not.
00:25:15Well, Miss Reed, I'll see all callers.
00:25:37Well, my views.
00:25:38Mr. Fleming.
00:25:39I'm very happy to know that you've taken over the business.
00:25:42Thanks.
00:25:43Too bad we couldn't have merged before Cyrus died.
00:25:45Yes, isn't it a pity?
00:25:47We're going to expect you to carry on as usual, Matthews.
00:25:49Thanks.
00:25:50It's an honor to be associated with you.
00:25:53By the way, I'd like to have a digest of the last six months' business.
00:25:55Yes, sir.
00:25:56I'll tend to it right away.
00:25:57So that's where you are.
00:26:27How do you put it?
00:26:29I knew I saw it on the floor.
00:26:32It'd be rather awkward for you if the police knew.
00:26:36It would be awkward for my son.
00:26:39He was in here just before Cyrus committed suicide.
00:26:43Before?
00:26:44Yes.
00:26:46And it was suicide, Matthews.
00:26:48It could have been.
00:26:50I could swear it was for consideration.
00:26:55How much?
00:26:57It should be worth a partnership and $25,000.
00:27:01Is it a deal?
00:27:06Who's in there?
00:27:08Mr. Matthews, Mr. Fleming.
00:27:10Is it?
00:27:12Hello, Captain Streep.
00:27:20Hello, Mr. Fleming.
00:27:21Special Investigator Wong.
00:27:22This is the Fleming kid's father.
00:27:23How do you do?
00:27:24How do you do, Mr. Wong?
00:27:25I've been told that you're going to try to clear my son.
00:27:28Who told you that?
00:27:29Miss Logan.
00:27:30A friend of my son's fiance.
00:27:32Oh, Wentworth's daughter, huh?
00:27:34You know old man Wentworth didn't sanction this thing.
00:27:36Drove the kid to desperation.
00:27:37Too bad you had to hear the argument.
00:27:39What did Wentworth say that made the kid shoot him?
00:27:44How could I be of service?
00:27:45Well, first of all, we like to know what you're doing in this office.
00:27:48Well, Miss Wentworth asked me to take over her father's business.
00:27:50Been waiting a long time for that, haven't you?
00:27:52Yes, but I didn't commit murder to get my wish.
00:27:54So you had your son do it, isn't that right?
00:27:56I was a business rival of Mr. Wentworth, but I was not his enemy.
00:28:00Of course not.
00:28:01I understand that you were amongst the first to find the body.
00:28:04Now, just where was it?
00:28:06Well, I should say about here.
00:28:11Any signs of violence or struggle?
00:28:16No.
00:28:17You read the police report, Wong?
00:28:19Yes, but things can be rearranged, you know.
00:28:22By any chance, was there any evidence of that?
00:28:25No, I stayed here until the police came and nothing was disturbed.
00:28:28I can vouch for that.
00:28:30And so neither of you left the room?
00:28:32No, sir.
00:28:33Were you out there?
00:28:34Yes, sir.
00:28:35Hear loud voices?
00:28:36Yes.
00:28:37To see these two men threaten each other?
00:28:38I couldn't see them. The door was closed.
00:28:39You know, your boss left a lot of enemies.
00:28:41No, a lot of friends.
00:28:42Would you say that this man and his son were friends?
00:28:44Yes, I would.
00:28:45What would Wentworth say to that statement?
00:28:46Well, Mr. Wentworth didn't consider a competitor a friend.
00:28:49Better against him, huh? Particularly his biggest competitor hated him.
00:28:52And this man and his son hated Wentworth.
00:28:53I couldn't say as to that.
00:28:55But you would say that the boy killed him?
00:28:56No, on the contrary.
00:28:58Who did?
00:28:59I couldn't tell you.
00:29:01Did you say that he was a suicide?
00:29:03Well, he was quite despondent, sir.
00:29:05You've been with this office a long time, haven't you?
00:29:07Yes, sir.
00:29:08Probably mentioned in the will.
00:29:09Well, I wouldn't know, sir.
00:29:10Who would?
00:29:11His attorney, Mr. Martin.
00:29:13Suicide clause in that insurance contract would cancel it, wouldn't it?
00:29:15I dare say.
00:29:16So you took the trouble to hide the gun?
00:29:17Oh, no, sir.
00:29:19Here's the list, Mr. Wong.
00:29:20What list?
00:29:21What do you care?
00:29:22You caught the killer, didn't you?
00:29:23Yes.
00:29:24I asked the names of all the callers in the office yesterday.
00:29:27A man named Ludlow and a countryman of mine named Lem Howe.
00:29:32I suppose you saw them?
00:29:34Lem was Mr. Wentworth's personal servant.
00:29:35Ludlow is a discharge chauffeur.
00:29:36Meaning nothing.
00:29:37You say he was discharged?
00:29:38Yes, sir.
00:29:39He came to plead for his job back.
00:29:40What time was that?
00:29:41Early in the day, sir.
00:29:42Shall we go, Street?
00:29:43Thank you very much, Jackson.
00:29:45See, Wong, they're trying to clear that kid.
00:29:46I'll make you eat your hat yet.
00:29:47No.
00:29:48Come.
00:29:49Come.
00:29:50Come.
00:29:51Come.
00:29:52Come.
00:29:53Come.
00:29:54Come.
00:29:55Come.
00:29:57Come.
00:29:58Come.
00:29:59Come.
00:30:00Come.
00:30:01Come.
00:30:02Come.
00:30:03Come.
00:30:04Come.
00:30:05Come.
00:30:06Come.
00:30:07Come.
00:30:08I'm on the fire escape, Chief.
00:30:11Here.
00:30:12Who are you?
00:30:13Chief of police.
00:30:14Why, he's the Wentworth chauffeur.
00:30:16What were you doing on the fire escape?
00:30:18Hocking my car.
00:30:20Hard to get along with, huh?
00:30:21No.
00:30:22I just don't get chummy with strangers.
00:30:24So?
00:30:25Ever seen one of those?
00:30:26Seen a lot of them, haven't you?
00:30:28Don't like cops at all.
00:30:30You'd better start talking or I'll lock you up.
00:30:33What for?
00:30:34Prowling.
00:30:35Then why were you discharged?
00:30:37I was a bad, bad boy.
00:30:39I got drunk.
00:30:40And when was that?
00:30:41A month ago.
00:30:43Are you looking for trouble?
00:30:45No.
00:30:46I'm just trying to find some clue to help the Fleming boy.
00:30:49What's your interest in him?
00:30:51I miss Cynthia's show for now.
00:30:54Aced yourself right back in again, huh?
00:30:56All right, you can go.
00:30:57But don't leave town.
00:31:02Taylor.
00:31:03Tough customer, that one.
00:31:04I never did like him.
00:31:05I wish Cynthia hadn't hired him.
00:31:07I'm gonna make her farm.
00:31:08No, why don't you mind your own business?
00:31:10You're always butting into things that don't concern you.
00:31:12You sure can stand a lot of work to talk,
00:31:14if the talker's big enough.
00:31:14Uh, can I drop you anyplace, Wong?
00:31:16Oh, I know where you can drop me.
00:31:17Yeah, so do I, on your head.
00:31:25Oh, no, Fleming.
00:31:27It's gone.
00:31:28I'm very glad to meet you, Mr. Wong.
00:31:44Won't you sit down?
00:31:45Cynthia told me you were on the case.
00:31:47It's a very curious case, Mr. Martin.
00:31:50Dick is incapable of committing murder.
00:31:52I quite agree with you.
00:31:54Is there anybody else that you suspect?
00:31:56I know of no one to suspect.
00:31:57I wish I did for Dick's sake.
00:31:59You were very close to Mr. Wentworth, weren't you?
00:32:02Closer than anyone.
00:32:03He gave me my start.
00:32:04I owe him whatever success I've had.
00:32:06You saw him shortly before his death, didn't you?
00:32:10Within the very hour.
00:32:11Was anything said at that time that might help us?
00:32:15No.
00:32:17A matter of his insurance policies on the ill-dated ship.
00:32:23But I believe they're going to be paid.
00:32:25They have.
00:32:26He's been completely exonerated.
00:32:28And he obviously wasn't worrying about that.
00:32:31He had been under a strain ever since the disaster.
00:32:34In fact, I was afraid that he contemplated doing away with himself.
00:32:38Really?
00:32:39Why?
00:32:40Because I'd just made out a new will, which he signed then,
00:32:44seeming anxious to get it over with.
00:32:46Suicide?
00:32:48Might be, but then there's the matter of the gun.
00:32:52He could hardly dispose of that if he had a bullet in his heart.
00:32:55Might not someone else have taken it to conceal that it was suicide?
00:32:58I see what you mean.
00:33:00The boy, for instance.
00:33:02Perhaps thinking of the girl.
00:33:04Heavens, no.
00:33:06Put himself on a spot?
00:33:07I doubt if any man is capable of that much chivalry.
00:33:11It's true, isn't it, that the company was in rather low water,
00:33:15even before the Wentworth Castle was burned.
00:33:18I thought no one outside knew that.
00:33:20Well, I gathered that from the stock market quotations.
00:33:23Conditions are not entirely due to the times.
00:33:26In fact, large sums of money have been disappearing from the company funds.
00:33:30Oh, and who knew that besides you and Mr. Wentworth?
00:33:35Matthews.
00:33:36He had access to the funds?
00:33:37Yes, but he's been tireless in his efforts to stop the leak.
00:33:41Hmm.
00:33:42I can quite understand that.
00:33:43Oh, I'm reluctant to believe Matthews was in the same room with Fleming when the shot occurred.
00:33:48But Fleming may have turned his back just for the moment that it took to open the door and fire the shot.
00:33:54With Matthews in the same room?
00:33:56If you'll send for your secretary, I'll give you a demonstration.
00:34:00Why, certainly.
00:34:08Yes, sir?
00:34:09Miss Wilson, this is Mr. Wong.
00:34:11How do you do?
00:34:11How do you do?
00:34:12If you'll sit down, please.
00:34:15If you don't mind, I'm going to try a little experiment with these two coins.
00:34:19Now, it's not going to hurt you.
00:34:21Now, just close your eyes, and I'll snap these two coins.
00:34:26In front of your head, behind your head, and over your head.
00:34:30And you tell me where the sound comes from.
00:34:32All right.
00:34:33Are your eyes closed?
00:34:38In back of my head.
00:34:43In front.
00:34:46Still in front.
00:34:48Thank you very much.
00:34:52Well, was I right?
00:34:54Not once.
00:34:54Was there something wrong with me?
00:34:57Well, hardly.
00:35:08That certainly is one for the book.
00:35:11I wonder.
00:35:13Maybe Dick was...
00:35:14So he was in the room with Mr. Wentworth.
00:35:16I don't know, but I'll make him tell.
00:35:18I don't say a word about the coin trick.
00:35:20We may need that in the defense.
00:35:21Thank you very much, Mr. Buck.
00:37:54Why, great Scott, it's you, Mr. Wong.
00:37:57Didn't I see someone at the fire escape?
00:38:14You did.
00:38:15It was someone who'd been opening the safe.
00:38:18The safe?
00:38:20Did you recognize him?
00:38:21It was too dark.
00:38:23Well, we'd better call the police.
00:38:24No, I don't believe I would if I were you.
00:38:27Look, we can't afford to overlook a single clue.
00:38:29Dick's case is getting hopeless.
00:38:30I know, but please don't lose confidence in me.
00:38:33I assure you, Miss Wentworth, we are not going to lose your case.
00:38:37Thank you, Mr. Wong.
00:38:38It's funny he didn't make an effort to stop him.
00:38:48Look here, Cynthia.
00:38:52I don't like this prowling around at night.
00:38:55I might have put a bullet through him.
00:38:57Oh, I'm sorry.
00:39:01After all I've done for you, you might at least show a little gratitude.
00:39:07Oh, you're not pulling any wool over my eyes, Bill Street.
00:39:10You're up to one of your tricks, and I'm going to find out what it is if I'm to camp here all night.
00:39:13No, why don't you leave me alone?
00:39:15I've told you a thousand times I'm not holding out any news stories on you.
00:39:17Well, then where's Wong?
00:39:18Oh, I know. I'm not his mother.
00:39:21Street, you got Ludlow?
00:39:24Yeah.
00:39:25You want him?
00:39:25Yes, I'd like to talk to him.
00:39:28Blake, bring Ludlow in.
00:39:29So you were holding out on me, huh?
00:39:31Well, what is this about Ludlow?
00:39:32Come on, give. Tell me.
00:39:33All right, all right.
00:39:34So my men did pick him up, but I haven't got a thing on him.
00:39:36Oh, don't lie on me.
00:39:37Now, wait a minute.
00:39:39This female reporter's driving me batty.
00:39:41Look, sweetheart, Mr. Wong and I...
00:39:43I crave secrecy.
00:39:44We want to be alone.
00:39:45I don't get the hint.
00:39:47You don't get the hint.
00:39:48Logan, one of these days, I'm going to get my hands on that lily-white neck of yours and...
00:39:53Hurry up, Chief.
00:40:00So we meet again, Mr. Ludlow.
00:40:02The pleasure's all yours.
00:40:04Nice of your boys to park their car right underneath my fire escape.
00:40:08Do you room and board on that fire escape?
00:40:10Oh, now, Miss Logan, why be your usual sweet, nasty cellar?
00:40:15Anytime you want a character reference, just come to me.
00:40:18Oh, sure, sure.
00:40:20You see, we're both the same type.
00:40:22You write lies and I tell them.
00:40:24Bill Street, are you going to stand for that?
00:40:26Sure.
00:40:28Well, sit down, Ludlow.
00:40:30Hmm, thanks, Commissioner.
00:40:31I will.
00:40:31You know, you'd save us a great deal of trouble if you'd just answer one question.
00:40:41I'll answer anything you ask, but don't expect the truth.
00:40:44Well, I'm quite sure you could tell the truth just once, if you really tried.
00:40:49You'd be a fool to believe anything I told you.
00:40:52You know who killed Wentworth.
00:40:54What was on that piece of paper that you burned up?
00:41:00Now, who'd ever think that someday I'd be telling the truth?
00:41:03What name did you read on that piece of paper?
00:41:06I don't know nothing about nothing.
00:41:09You know, I can have you sent up for safe breaking.
00:41:12It was open when I got there.
00:41:13I'm afraid you'd forget that I was there.
00:41:16Oh, then you opened it.
00:41:18Oh, why, Mr. Wong.
00:41:20I'm quite serious about sending you up.
00:41:25And so am I.
00:41:27Now, get this.
00:41:28I didn't kill the old man, and I didn't see it done.
00:41:30And I ain't making any wild guesses as to who did it.
00:41:33If I find out, I'll give you the tip.
00:41:35The sooner you quit tailoring me and interfering with me,
00:41:38the sooner you're going to get that tip, and that's the truth.
00:41:40Ha, ha.
00:41:41Lock him up.
00:41:42No, no, Street.
00:41:45I think I'd let him go.
00:41:47You don't believe that crook, do you?
00:41:50Yes, I do.
00:41:52All right, get out of here.
00:41:55Thanks for the interview.
00:42:00Hope I didn't help you any.
00:42:07Right, Blake.
00:42:08I know what he's up to, Street.
00:42:10But I think we can anticipate him.
00:42:13Hey, have you got something up your sleeve?
00:42:15Well, there's an answer to every riddle, you know,
00:42:17and I think perhaps this is it.
00:42:19What is that?
00:42:21Ashes.
00:42:22Oh, look, we're trying to solve a murder,
00:42:23and you're carrying ashes around.
00:42:25Is that going to tell us who killed Wentworth?
00:42:28No, but it may be a clue as to the reason of the killing,
00:42:30and once we know that,
00:42:31we are very close to knowing the identity of the killer.
00:42:35We'll need some infrared film, Street.
00:42:38Well, you better use a photographic lab.
00:42:39Right.
00:42:40Well, what's infrared film for?
00:42:42Photograph the ashes,
00:42:44and I hope to bring out the writing on them.
00:42:46Oh, but how?
00:42:49Look, dummy.
00:42:50Infrared film is sensitive to wavelengths of light
00:42:53beyond the human eye.
00:42:54All right.
00:43:14All right.
00:43:14All right.
00:43:44Fascinating.
00:43:54Who, me?
00:43:55No, the other negative.
00:43:57And you look good, too, in the dark.
00:43:59It's a greatbilical cell!
00:44:00It's a greatbilical cell!
00:44:00Find anything, Juan?
00:44:28Not yet. It's rather faint.
00:44:43There goes the clue.
00:44:45Well, I found one name.
00:44:47Kai Ling.
00:44:48He was one of the passengers.
00:44:49Yeah, yeah. We heard that before.
00:44:51Kai Ling.
00:44:58Let's make another negative.
00:45:04Well, why? We've got all we need. We have Kai Ling's name.
00:45:08James Lee Wong speaking.
00:45:12Have you a record of Kai Ling?
00:45:15I'd like his address, please.
00:45:1819 Queen Street on the waterfront.
00:45:23Do you want him?
00:45:24Yes. I'll pick him up myself.
00:45:26And don't phone your editor. I'll tip you off when.
00:45:30Now, you make another negative imprint of that, and don't let anybody see it but me.
00:45:39All right, Mr. Wong.
00:46:00I think you'd better turn your lights off.
00:46:30Is it all right?
00:46:57Well, I guess no one's home, Bill. Let's go.
00:47:08Why don't you see if some windows are open?
00:47:10Who, me?
00:47:11Yeah. I thought you newspaper gals were brave.
00:47:14Yeah, and I thought a man as big as you could break in a front door.
00:47:17Come on, brave heart.
00:47:33Will you stay out of my way and quit following me?
00:47:38Bill! Bill! There's somebody in here! Bill!
00:47:54Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's me. It's me.
00:47:56It's me.
00:47:58Let's go.
00:48:26Hey, Logan.
00:48:28Bobby.
00:48:40What's the matter?
00:48:55See if he can find the lights.
00:48:58This guy's cold.
00:49:03It doesn't work.
00:49:05Light that candle.
00:49:06Light that candle.
00:49:07What's the matter?
00:49:08Let's go.
00:49:09Let's go.
00:49:10Look.
00:49:11Let's go.
00:49:12Let's go.
00:49:43Do you think it's Kai Ling?
00:49:48Just a minute.
00:49:49Is your name Kai Ling?
00:49:51How do I know who he is?
00:49:52Well, it's a story anyway.
00:49:54Bobby Logan discovered...
00:49:55Bobby Logan discovered nothing.
00:49:57I'll tell you when to print the story.
00:49:59Here.
00:50:05Hey!
00:50:07Yes!
00:50:09Here.
00:50:24Here.
00:50:28Here, Mary.
00:50:29Will you stay away from me?
00:50:31Yes.
00:50:49Would you let go of me?
00:50:59I'm going up!
00:51:01Stay away, you're all right.
00:51:07Come on.
00:51:08What would you send me for if you were coming down to me?
00:51:11Come on.
00:51:12Come on.
00:51:14Come on.
00:51:16What would you send me for if you were coming down to me?
00:51:18Come on.
00:51:19Come on.
00:51:20Come on.
00:51:22Come on.
00:51:24Come on.
00:51:26Come on.
00:51:27What would you send me for if you were coming down here?
00:51:29I'm not the street.
00:51:30I'm coming up.
00:51:31Very funny.
00:51:37I'm afraid I gave Miss Logan rather a shock.
00:51:39Thanks.
00:51:40You're sure this is the right address that they gave us over the telephone?
00:51:43Yes.
00:51:46Kai Ling was a passenger in the Wentworth Castle.
00:51:49He lives here on the waterfront.
00:51:52I think he's in the smuggling business.
00:51:54You mean he was in the smuggling business?
00:51:56Come on.
00:51:57Come on.
00:52:14Exhibit A.
00:52:18Ah.
00:52:19Very old dynasty.
00:52:20Who?
00:52:21This guy?
00:52:22Very strange things treat that the rest of the house should be empty while this room is elaborately furnished.
00:52:26He must have been a person of considerable importance.
00:52:27Yeah.
00:52:28And he had something important or they wouldn't have murdered him.
00:52:29Hmm.
00:52:30Hmm.
00:52:31Hmm.
00:52:32Hmm.
00:52:33Just help me turn his head so that we can see him.
00:52:34Hmm.
00:52:35Hmm.
00:52:36Just help me turn his head so that we can see his face.
00:52:37Hmm.
00:52:38He's been dead for some days.
00:52:39Bill.
00:52:40You're dead for some days.
00:52:41Hmm.
00:52:42Just help me turn his head so that we can see his face.
00:52:46Yeah, and he had something important, or they wouldn't have murdered him.
00:52:59Just help me turn his head so that we can see his face.
00:53:05He's been dead for some days.
00:53:08You know, this is the right address that they gave us.
00:53:12This must be Kai Ling.
00:53:13Bell Street, what do you mean, leaving me downstairs unconscious?
00:53:17That's nothing new.
00:53:19Oh, that's Lem Howe, the missing Wentworth servant.
00:53:22How do you know?
00:53:23Oh, I've seen him lots of times.
00:53:25He killed Wentworth and then committed suicide.
00:53:28Sure, stabbed himself in the back. You're still unconscious.
00:53:32Street, do you suppose that Kai Ling and Lem Howe are one and the same person?
00:53:43Bill!
00:53:45Where'd you get that stuff?
00:53:46I phoned Miss Wentworth and she sent it.
00:53:49You sure you didn't phone her?
00:53:50Bell Street, of course I didn't.
00:53:52You know, you made me a promise.
00:53:53Well, I kept it.
00:53:54This story breaks out.
00:53:55I'm sorry, Street, but I'm afraid it's broken already.
00:53:58How could it?
00:53:59Well, you see, Miss Logan was with me when I telephoned Miss Wentworth.
00:54:03And she said it's too bad this story can't be published.
00:54:05It might influence public opinion in favor of Dick.
00:54:08And I'm afraid Miss Wentworth heard it.
00:54:11So you shouted, huh?
00:54:12Well, I didn't talk direct.
00:54:13Uh...
00:54:15Street?
00:54:18It's the same handwriting.
00:54:19Lem Howe and Kai Ling are one and the same person.
00:54:22We have something here.
00:54:23Yeah, a Chinese puzzle.
00:54:25Then Lem Howe did do it.
00:54:26Cynthia said that he and her father had an argument a short time ago.
00:54:29Quiet!
00:54:30Long, if this Lem Howe and Kai...
00:54:31I've got as much right of this discussion as you have.
00:54:33Will you be quiet?
00:54:34Well, I found the corpse, didn't I?
00:54:35All right, all right.
00:54:36Finish what you're gonna say, will you?
00:54:37Well, I did finish.
00:54:38It's simple.
00:54:39Sure you're simple.
00:54:40He shot Wentworth and then killed himself.
00:54:42Just stabbed himself in the back, huh?
00:54:44Well, Wong and Oriental Wood, wouldn't he?
00:54:46You know, commit hairy-hairy or whatever you call it.
00:54:51Hairy-hairy.
00:54:57Hello, Street speaking.
00:55:01What?
00:55:02Yeah.
00:55:07Okay.
00:55:09Suicide, huh?
00:55:10Come here, Wong.
00:55:11This is a pip.
00:55:12I had an autopsy performed.
00:55:13They found a bullet wound underneath the dagger.
00:55:15They traced the bullet through the body into the hip.
00:55:17And that bullet came from the same gun that killed Wentworth.
00:55:22Yeah?
00:55:23Miss Wentworth and Mr. Martin.
00:55:25Shall I send them in?
00:55:26Wait a minute.
00:55:27Oh, that's swell.
00:55:28That's fine.
00:55:29You got that Wentworth gal on my neck.
00:55:32Now, get this, Bobby.
00:55:33This is strictly between us.
00:55:35If a word of this gets out, something's gonna happen and I'm not fooling.
00:55:38Okay, Bill.
00:55:40I'm not gonna try and pin this on the Fleming kid.
00:55:43It's a little far-fetched that he'd commit a couple of murders the same day.
00:55:46But I am gonna check on his whereabouts that morning.
00:55:48If only to protect him.
00:55:50Now, listen, Desi.
00:55:51I'm gonna leave you alone with him.
00:55:53I want you to get that information and I'm not fooling.
00:55:55You understand?
00:55:56Yes.
00:56:03Casey, have Fleming brought up.
00:56:05Come in.
00:56:06Hello, Mom.
00:56:07Bobby.
00:56:08Cynthia, how are you?
00:56:10Have you found anything?
00:56:11A great deal.
00:56:12Well, that is good news.
00:56:13Whatever it is, don't delay.
00:56:15Anything to postpone the hearing.
00:56:17I've done my best, but I'm stymied by a mountain of circumstantial evidence.
00:56:20I can realize that.
00:56:22I'm afraid your servant, Lem Hao, is dead, Miss Wentworth.
00:56:26Lem?
00:56:27Dead?
00:56:28It may have a bearing on the case.
00:56:29He was found in an old house in the Chinese Quarter.
00:56:32He'd been murdered.
00:56:34Murdered?
00:56:35It must be someone who's determined to destroy the entire household.
00:56:39In heaven's name, Captain, don't let this girl go around without a bodyguard.
00:56:42You're right.
00:56:43I'll arrange for one.
00:56:44But no one...
00:56:45And fire that chauffeur.
00:56:46It gives me the chills.
00:56:47I haven't seen him for 24 hours.
00:56:48I guess he's fired himself.
00:56:49Why'd you take him back?
00:56:51He promised to stay sober and to help Dick.
00:56:54And two, he said I could use a bodyguard.
00:56:56Great guns.
00:56:57I'd rather have a rattlesnake following me.
00:57:01Oh, Dick.
00:57:02Cynthia.
00:57:04I'm gonna leave you alone for a quarter of an hour.
00:57:06No one will bother you.
00:57:08Come on, Mom.
00:57:12Are you all right?
00:57:13Of course I am, my darling.
00:57:15Dick.
00:57:16You can come clean on something now.
00:57:18I've got to know.
00:57:19It may be a chance of proving your innocence.
00:57:21If you were in that office when the shot was fired, you've got to say so.
00:57:34If I was, I would have seen the killer.
00:57:37No, you might only have heard the shot.
00:57:38Well, I certainly would have known where it came from.
00:57:40Not necessarily, as Wong can demonstrate.
00:57:42I know.
00:57:43I've seen him do it.
00:57:44You were there, weren't you?
00:57:49Yes.
00:57:51I was stunned.
00:57:52The outer hall door had been opened by Mr. Wentworth when he asked me to leave.
00:57:56When he fell at my feet, I turned into the hall and ran to intercept whoever had done it.
00:58:01And I returned, unsuccessful.
00:58:02I saw people running into the outer office and I knew at once I'd be accused.
00:58:07So I beat it for home.
00:58:08If I tell that to the court, the walls and all would fall down on top of me.
00:58:13If you'd only told me this before, we might have had something to go on.
00:58:16The open door, fingerprints, concentrate.
00:58:20Can't you remember having seen someone?
00:58:23But I didn't see anybody.
00:58:24Dick, where were you before you went to the Wentworth office?
00:58:27That morning, I took Cynthia to get a good view of the burnt ship.
00:58:30Lem was there.
00:58:31He'd lost a cousin or somebody.
00:58:33Then I drove Cynthia to the truck and I took Lem into Chinatown.
00:58:36Chinatown?
00:58:37Oh, Dick!
00:58:38Well, so what?
00:58:39You took Lem to Chinatown and no one's seen him alive since.
00:58:43Oh, shh!
00:58:56The big lug.
00:58:57It's a frame-up.
00:58:59Dick, you're going to escape.
00:59:01Bobby!
00:59:02Go out that door.
00:59:03My car's in the alley and the keys are in it.
00:59:05Take Cynthia with you and go on home.
00:59:06No one will ever look for you there.
00:59:08Stop!
00:59:09Do you want him to hang himself completely?
00:59:10He'll give us more time.
00:59:11Dick, if you're going through with this mad impulse, wait till I'm out.
00:59:14I'd be disbarred if I were a witness to it.
00:59:16Well, then go on.
00:59:20All right.
00:59:21Go on.
00:59:22Hurry up.
00:59:23I'll meet you later.
00:59:24Go on.
00:59:26Nice work, baby.
00:59:27Nice work.
00:59:28I got just what I wanted.
00:59:29Just what I wanted.
00:59:30Wonder what happened to that mic.
00:59:35Oh, there's somebody tripped over.
00:59:38Where'd they go?
00:59:39Well, they finished and left.
00:59:40That so?
00:59:41You ought to have your head examined.
00:59:44That's been open all the time.
00:59:46You heard everything?
00:59:47Sure.
00:59:48We're going to join him for tea later, as soon as he digs up that gun.
00:59:51Why, you big baboon!
00:59:52Oh, I've got the Fleming place covered.
00:59:54Anybody can get in, but nobody can get out.
00:59:56What?
00:59:57Oh, no, you don't.
00:59:58Nothing but a divorce can separate us now.
01:00:00We'd have to get married to get a divorce, and I wouldn't marry you.
01:00:03Why were the last men on earth?
01:00:04I know.
01:00:05Sit down.
01:00:06Oh.
01:00:20Dick!
01:00:21You're out on bail?
01:00:22No, he's escaped.
01:00:23What?
01:00:24Look at me.
01:00:25Look at me.
01:00:26Dick, you've convicted yourself.
01:00:27I'm convicted as it is.
01:00:28The police, Martin, everyone thinks I haven't a chance.
01:00:29Why shouldn't I run away?
01:00:30Don't you see?
01:00:31You're confessing your guilt.
01:00:32What's the difference?
01:00:33Everybody thinks I'm guilty.
01:00:34You've got to get me out of here.
01:00:35You've got to get a plane for me.
01:00:36No.
01:00:37Go back.
01:00:38I'm not a quitter, but I haven't anything to fight with.
01:00:39I can't fight locked in a stinking jail.
01:00:40Go back.
01:00:41I won't get mad!
01:00:42I won't get mad, I won't get mad.
01:00:43I won't get mad.
01:00:44Why won't I break your büy, I won't get mad?
01:00:45I won't get mad mad at it.
01:00:46I won't get mad mad.
01:00:47I won't get mad.
01:00:48I won't get mad.
01:00:49I won't be mad mad mad at me.
01:00:51You're going to say a better bitch.
01:00:52I won't ever get mad mad at me.
01:00:54I'm not a quitter, but I haven't anything to fight with.
01:00:57I can't fight locked in a stinking jail.
01:00:59Go back, son.
01:01:00You won't help.
01:01:01No.
01:01:05You think I did it too, don't you, Dad?
01:01:07No, don't say that to me.
01:01:09Dick, please.
01:01:10It was Bobby's idea to give Wong more time.
01:01:15You have nothing to fear, son.
01:01:17I can clear you.
01:01:19How?
01:01:20If it looks like a conviction,
01:01:22I'll tell the court who did it and how it was done.
01:01:26You know.
01:01:36Upstairs.
01:01:48Who is it?
01:01:49Matthew.
01:01:52Well?
01:01:53I thought it's just as well if I were away when the trial opens.
01:02:07Have you the balance?
01:02:08No.
01:02:09I've phoned you long before the banks closed.
01:02:10No more money for you, Matthews.
01:02:11Are you forgetting that what you did means your son's finished?
01:02:13They'll hang him.
01:02:14I'm not paying you anymore.
01:02:15Shall I call the police?
01:02:16I'll save you the trouble.
01:02:17See, I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:02:19See, I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:02:20You're making a mistake.
01:02:21Could I have the detective bureau, please?
01:02:22Detective bureau?
01:02:23You're making a mistake.
01:02:24Could I have the detective bureau, please?
01:02:25Detective bureau?
01:02:26Detective bureau.
01:02:27You're making a terrible mistake, Captain Fleming.
01:02:29I'd like to speak to Captain Street.
01:02:32I'd like to speak to Captain Street.
01:02:34I'll have the detective bureau, please.
01:02:35Detective bureau.
01:02:36Hello?
01:02:37Hello?
01:02:38Hi, Captain.
01:02:41I'm here.
01:02:42You're hanging.
01:02:43I'm here.
01:02:44Hey, Captain.
01:02:47Just a moment.
01:02:48I'll have the detective bureau, please.
01:02:49Detective bureau?
01:02:50I'm making a terrible mistake, Captain Fleming.
01:02:52You're making a terrible mistake, Captain Fleming.
01:02:53I'd like to speak to Captain Street.
01:03:00Hello?
01:03:04Hello?
01:03:05Hello? Captain Streif, Mrs. Fleming.
01:03:08Yes, Mr. Fleming.
01:03:10Captain, my son did not kill Cyrus Wentworth.
01:03:15If you'll come to my house, I'll tell you who did it.
01:03:23Hello. Hello, Mr. Fleming.
01:03:26Hello. I heard a shot.
01:03:28Where's the car? In the alley.
01:03:35What is it?
01:03:59Somebody shot Fleming.
01:04:01Anybody leave?
01:04:02No, they're all in there.
01:04:05How is he?
01:04:12Bad wound but is not fatal.
01:04:18Fleming, there's Captain Streif.
01:04:20What were you trying to tell me on the phone?
01:04:22I killed Cyrus Wentworth.
01:04:25Ted, you don't know what you're saying.
01:04:26All right, I'm listening.
01:04:28Matthew saw me do it.
01:04:31I've had to pay him for his silence.
01:04:34So he shot you.
01:04:37Well, just relax. The doc will be here in a minute.
01:04:39Des, you're not telling the truth.
01:04:40He's only trying to protect me.
01:04:41Take it easy, kid.
01:04:42Just hold everything.
01:04:43I'll get to the bottom of this.
01:04:51Well, you heard what he said?
01:04:52Yes.
01:04:53Did you see him kill Wentworth?
01:04:54No.
01:04:55What do you mean, no?
01:04:56Well, he might have. I don't know.
01:04:57But I did see him hide the gun.
01:04:58So you used that to blackmail him, huh?
01:05:00That's all I want to know.
01:05:05Well, that eliminates the Fleming, kid.
01:05:07And pins it on the father.
01:05:08I overheard your very fine gesture, Mr. Fleming. Quite unnecessary.
01:05:23And Mr. Ludlow...
01:05:24Well, the pleasure is...
01:05:25Is still mine.
01:05:26You got past me in the garden, didn't you?
01:05:29But fortunately for Mr. Fleming, your aim was not as good as when you killed Kyling and Mr. Wentworth.
01:05:34I killed Wentworth?
01:05:35Of course you did.
01:05:36From across the hall through the open door.
01:05:39And then you threw the gun into the room.
01:05:41And you hoped to implicate young Fleming.
01:05:43Oh, you're making that up out of your head.
01:05:45Am I?
01:05:46And I suppose I'm imagining that you had to destroy the agreement between Kyling and Wentworth.
01:05:52What agreement?
01:05:53That piece of paper that you were burning in the office that night.
01:05:56Your name was on it.
01:05:57My name was not.
01:05:58Your name was on it as a witness, wasn't it?
01:06:00It was not.
01:06:01That's right.
01:06:02Wentworth showed me the paper.
01:06:04It was his signature.
01:06:06Why, you double-crawling...
01:06:08There's your man, Sweet.
01:06:09Take a mic.
01:06:13So you were partners.
01:06:15Well, I really am surprised that a professional like you would team up with an amateur like this.
01:06:21Here's the gun street.
01:06:22I traced it to him.
01:06:24And here's the reproduction of the burned agreement with Martin's signature on it.
01:06:36I'm sorry I had to hold that out on you, but there's only one thing I regret.
01:06:40I know that you didn't kill me that night in Chinatown when you shot at me.
01:06:44Take them out, boys.
01:06:45Well, Sweet.
01:06:46We've done it again.
01:06:47Yeah, sure.
01:06:48Why, the first day in the office, I had this whole thing doped out.
01:06:49Yeah.
01:06:50Yeah.
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