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Step into a stylish 1940s crime thriller with Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery (1941). When a luxurious penthouse becomes the scene of a baffling murder, master detective Ellery Queen is called to unravel a web of lies, secrets, and hidden motives. Packed with suspense, clever twists, and classic vintage charm, this film delivers an engaging mystery experience from start to finish.
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00:02:06Most people know me as Ventro the Ventriloquist, and in places where Gordon Karp might not pass unchallenged,
00:02:12Ventro arouses no suspicion.
00:02:15I can see the wisdom of that.
00:02:22Be seated, please.
00:02:25I am told that you have faithfully executed many delicate tasks for the good of our people,
00:02:30but this assignment is more difficult and more dangerous than you may realize.
00:02:35I am fully aware of that.
00:02:37You also know that millions of our people may soon be facing starvation unless supplies can be obtained quickly.
00:02:43I understand.
00:02:44Unfortunately, our government has little money available to purchase food and clothing for the needy,
00:02:49so a small group of our people have donated their family treasures for the common good.
00:02:54Priceless emeralds, diamonds and rubies, all perfect stones.
00:02:58The collection should bring a fortune if sold in New York.
00:03:01How do you expect to get it through customs over there?
00:03:04The duty will be paid by our countrymen in America.
00:03:06Who else besides you gentlemen know about this?
00:03:10We have taken every precaution to keep the matter secret.
00:03:13That is why you were selected instead of the customary channels.
00:03:16We know there are certain people who will go to all extremes to stop the ship and leaving our country.
00:03:21I am still at your service.
00:03:23Excellent.
00:03:24When you have completed the arrangements for your journey, we will deliver the jewelry and give you final instructions.
00:03:29May the gratitude of our people guard your voyage.
00:03:33May the gratitude of our people guard your voyage.
00:03:40Oh, good evening, sir.
00:04:02I caught your act in Shanghai and Manila.
00:04:04Great stuff.
00:04:05Maybe you'd do a show for the passengers.
00:04:06I'm sorry.
00:04:07This voyage is a complete vacation.
00:04:08And I'd appreciate it if you forget my profession this trip.
00:04:11Why, of course, Mr. Ventrol.
00:04:12Oh, I mean, Mr. Cobb.
00:04:14Excuse me.
00:04:22Pardon me, sir.
00:04:23Your stateroom is this way.
00:04:27This deck is for first-class passengers only.
00:04:37Glad to have you with us, Count Brett.
00:04:38Nice to be here.
00:04:43Okay.
00:04:47Oh, I have a cable for you, Miss Otero.
00:04:49Oh, thank you.
00:05:00Here you are, sir.
00:05:01Go bring my trunk in right away, will you?
00:05:03Yes, sir.
00:05:03Right away.
00:05:34I'm so sorry.
00:06:04I'm so sorry.
00:06:34I'm so sorry.
00:07:04How do you do?
00:07:05I just came in to see if you were satisfied with the suite which your daughter and Mr. Walsh selected for you.
00:07:10That's very nice.
00:07:11Your daughter gave us to understand that you weren't arriving until tomorrow or the day after.
00:07:14Well, I made better connections than I expected.
00:07:16I'm sure she'll be disappointed.
00:07:18She wanted to be here to meet you.
00:07:20However, I think you'll find everything in order.
00:07:22This is the private phone we were asked to put in for you.
00:07:24Well, thank you.
00:07:25That's fine.
00:07:25Now, if there's anything else I can do, let me know.
00:07:27Oh, will you please see that my trunk is sent upstairs?
00:07:29Right away.
00:07:30I'm sure I'll be most comfortable here.
00:07:32Hello.
00:07:50One moment, please.
00:07:53I'll call Miss Lane.
00:07:59Who is it?
00:08:00The Porter.
00:08:01I have your trunk here, sir.
00:08:02Bring it in.
00:08:07Put it in the bedroom, will you?
00:08:08Yes, Mr. Cobb.
00:08:14I'm very happy to hear from you.
00:08:16Will you come right over?
00:08:18I think it's more advisable if you came here.
00:08:20I've taken the penthouse at the Hollingsworth Hotel.
00:08:22All right.
00:08:23I'll be there within the hour.
00:08:28Thank you, sir.
00:08:29Thank you, sir.
00:09:29Sheila, hello.
00:09:36It's about time you were looking me up.
00:09:38Well, I've been thinking the same thing about you, but I know you're so busy.
00:09:42Busy?
00:09:42Impressed to be a slave around here.
00:09:44It was thrilling the way you solved that Brown murder case.
00:09:47Well, it wasn't murder.
00:09:48It was suicide.
00:09:49I told them that from the very start.
00:09:51Well, anyway, you were wonderful.
00:09:52Well, don't give me all the credit.
00:09:54The police and Elric Green were quite helpful.
00:09:56Well, maybe so.
00:09:58Mickey, I came to see you today because I need your advice and help.
00:10:01What's the trouble?
00:10:02Well, it's about Dad.
00:10:04I'm afraid something's happened to him.
00:10:06Why?
00:10:07Well, he returned from the Orient two days ago and then just immediately disappeared.
00:10:13Disappeared?
00:10:14Yes, and I haven't even seen him.
00:10:16I expected him this morning and they told me at the hotel he checked in two days ago.
00:10:20Well, maybe he had some business to dispose of before getting in touch with you.
00:10:24But I didn't like that.
00:10:25He didn't left word for me or something.
00:10:27Did you report it to the police?
00:10:29Oh, no.
00:10:30No, I wanted to talk to you first.
00:10:33Uh, excuse me just a minute, Sheila, will you?
00:10:35Sit down.
00:10:36Mr. Queen seems to need me.
00:10:37Uh-huh.
00:10:39Did you ring?
00:10:40All right, big shot.
00:10:42Where's that chapter I dictated to you yesterday?
00:10:45I'm sorry, Ari, but I haven't finished it yet.
00:10:48Well, if it won't interfere with your social affairs, will you please get back to your desk and go to work?
00:10:52Well, that stuff can wait.
00:10:53A friend of mine's here to see you.
00:10:54See me?
00:10:55Show her away and go back to work.
00:10:57She's going to be a client.
00:10:58What are you talking about?
00:10:59I'm talking about Sheila Cobb.
00:11:01Her father disappeared just...
00:11:02How many times have I got to tell you I'm not a detective?
00:11:05There may be a terrific story behind this.
00:11:07I'm not looking for stories.
00:11:08All I need is a secretary who can type for me.
00:11:11But listen, the very day Sheila's father arrived from China, he vanished.
00:11:15You call that a story?
00:11:16Every day men disappear in New York.
00:11:18Dozens of them.
00:11:19Hundreds of them.
00:11:20Do you know where they find them?
00:11:21No, where?
00:11:22In the drunk tank.
00:11:24This sort of thing never happened when I worked at home.
00:11:27Why did I ever let you talk me into taking this office?
00:11:29Why argue about that again when there's something really important before it?
00:11:32The only important thing to me right now is to finish my book.
00:11:35Oh, right.
00:11:36This is just the place to do it.
00:11:37You must admit it's more efficient and better for you than riding at home.
00:11:41Here you come to work at regular hours.
00:11:42What's so charming about that?
00:11:44Oh, stop it and see Sheila Cobb.
00:11:52Sheila!
00:11:53Oh, someone tried to steal my bed.
00:11:55Look at your hand.
00:11:56It's bleeding.
00:11:57That's a nasty scratch.
00:11:59Did you see them?
00:12:00No, my back was to the door and it all happened so quickly.
00:12:03Come over here and I'll put something on it.
00:12:05I can do that, Ellery.
00:12:08It's all right.
00:12:08I'll take care of it.
00:12:12Now, do you agree that there's something to a story?
00:12:14What's a purse snatcher got to do with a missing father?
00:12:17It'll be all right now.
00:12:18I'm sorry this happened, Miss Cobb.
00:12:20Better see if there's anything missing from your bag.
00:12:22Oh, I don't think I've missed anything.
00:12:26Oh, here, here.
00:12:30Those came to the hotel for my father.
00:12:32Mr. Gordon Cobb, Hollingsworth Hotel, New York, New York.
00:12:34They're addressed to Sheila's father.
00:12:36That's what Miss Cobb just said.
00:12:38May I see one?
00:12:40They told me at the hotel that one came yesterday afternoon and one came this morning.
00:12:44Looks as if there's a calling card in this one.
00:12:46Shall we see who sent them?
00:12:48Shall we?
00:12:48Oh, yes, please do.
00:12:54Appointed place serpent.
00:13:00Appointed place pig.
00:13:02Evidently somebody that's likes your father.
00:13:04Did you ask the clerk if your father had any callers?
00:13:07Yes, I did, and there weren't any.
00:13:11Suppose we go over to your father's hotel, Miss Cobb.
00:13:18Is Mr. Cobb in there?
00:13:36Why, no, Miss.
00:13:38What are you doing here?
00:13:39I just brought back a suit he had cleaned.
00:13:42Mr. Cobb's my father.
00:13:43Have you seen him?
00:13:44Why, no, I haven't.
00:13:46Uh, excuse me.
00:14:07Everything seems to be in order.
00:14:08Apparently, our father intended to stay here.
00:14:14Obviously, or he wouldn't have unpacked.
00:14:23Come in.
00:14:27We've come for the truncet.
00:14:29Where are you taking it?
00:14:30He ordered a ship to Chicago.
00:14:31Hold till call for it.
00:14:33See, I told you.
00:14:34You might have had to go out of town some business.
00:14:35Come on.
00:14:38Just a minute.
00:14:49That truck should be empty.
00:14:52Cobb's clothes are hanging in the closet.
00:14:54Let's open it.
00:14:59I have to break the lock open.
00:15:08Why, why, that's the man who owns the trunk.
00:15:23Give me police headquarters, Inspector Queen.
00:15:27Robbery was the motive.
00:15:28And the crime was committed
00:15:30to steal whatever this jewel box contained.
00:15:34Whatever it was, it must have been very valuable.
00:15:39Murderer didn't even take the money
00:15:41that was in Cobb's pocket.
00:15:43Sanders, your alibi that you came to work here
00:15:45only this morning doesn't mean a thing
00:15:47while my son, Hillary, caught you
00:15:49sneaking out of Cobb's bedroom.
00:15:50But unfortunately, you were allowed
00:15:52to leave the apartment without being searched.
00:15:54Now, where did you hide the stuff?
00:15:56I told you, Inspector, I just brought back your suit.
00:15:58I didn't know Cobb.
00:15:59I've never even seen him.
00:16:01He was sent up to deliver a suit.
00:16:02Billy, answer that.
00:16:08I'm Harry Walsh, Inspector Queen, phone call me.
00:16:11Come in, Mr. Walsh.
00:16:15I'm so sorry, Sheila.
00:16:18I wasn't at my office when you called,
00:16:19but I came as soon as I got your message.
00:16:21Sit down.
00:16:23Miss Cobb tells me you managed her father
00:16:24and booked his act through the Orient.
00:16:26That's right.
00:16:27But you had charge of his personal affairs
00:16:29here in the United States.
00:16:30Yes, I did.
00:16:32Well, how was he fixed financially?
00:16:34Oh, very well.
00:16:35Would you please excuse Miss Cobb
00:16:37before we go into that further?
00:16:39You can wait downstairs, Miss Cobb,
00:16:41until we need you.
00:16:42I'll see you down at the lobby.
00:16:44Never mind, Elfie.
00:16:45I'll see you to the lobby.
00:16:46I can't understand why Gordon didn't contact me
00:16:54the minute he arrived.
00:16:55He didn't even call his own daughter.
00:16:57Well, nobody asked you, Beely.
00:17:00Say, what kind of an act did this man Cobb have?
00:17:03He was a ventriloquist.
00:17:04You mean to say he was able to live like this
00:17:06on what he earned throwing his voice around in China?
00:17:09No, not exactly.
00:17:10He was somewhat of a soldier of fortune.
00:17:13Managed to meet the right people at the right time.
00:17:15Well, what brought him to New York?
00:17:16Oh, he came on some sort of an important mission.
00:17:18His letter said that if he put this deal through,
00:17:20he'd retire.
00:17:22Deal.
00:17:23Well, what sort of a deal?
00:17:24He didn't say.
00:17:25Could it be smuggling?
00:17:27Certainly not.
00:17:28Well, we found this empty in his bedroom.
00:17:30Have you any idea what might have been in it?
00:17:32No, sir.
00:17:35Inspector Queen, will you step in here a minute, please?
00:17:37Sure.
00:17:37Excuse me.
00:17:38I'll be right back.
00:17:42He was strangled.
00:17:44Looks like he's been dead for two days.
00:17:46The murderer left a long scratch on his throat.
00:17:48Yeah, looks as though they got him right after he checked in.
00:18:12Here's the removal order to take him to the morgue.
00:18:14I'll send the boys right over.
00:18:15Well, I don't want this body taken out till late tonight.
00:18:18Why not?
00:18:19I'm not doing anything this afternoon.
00:18:21I'd like to perform the autopsy.
00:18:24Well, that can't wait.
00:18:25I don't want the newspapers to get a hold of anything about this yet.
00:18:28Well, you're the doctor.
00:18:29Doctor.
00:18:29Mr. Parkman, will you?
00:18:47Come here a minute, please.
00:18:49Look at this.
00:18:55Dad, come here a minute.
00:18:56Do you know if this pain was put in recently?
00:19:02It wasn't put in by us.
00:19:03We'd have painted the putty to match the trim.
00:19:05Then that's how the murderer got in.
00:19:07Of course.
00:19:08He wanted Cobb's death to remain undiscovered as long as possible.
00:19:11That's why he put the pain back.
00:19:13Well, that fits in with his idea of shipping the corpse to Chicago.
00:19:16You're right, Dad.
00:19:17But it doesn't look like the bellboy.
00:19:18He wouldn't have broken in when he could use a passkey.
00:19:21Run along, son, and hop your bells.
00:19:23Thank you, sir.
00:19:24Keep your mouth shut, though.
00:19:26Don't forget that, Sanders.
00:19:27I won't, sir.
00:19:28Do you want me any longer, Inspector?
00:19:29No, but you can send that expressman up.
00:19:31He's still waiting downstairs.
00:19:32All right.
00:19:32Good day.
00:19:34I get it.
00:19:34You ship the empty truck to Chicago, and when somebody calls for a new hour, it goes to headquarters.
00:19:40Dad, you better look for a Chinaman.
00:19:41Or a Chinese woman who possibly followed Cobb across.
00:19:44Oh, yeah.
00:19:45That reminds me.
00:19:47Who are Cobb's Chinese friends in New York?
00:19:50I don't think he hears any.
00:19:51Well, he must have.
00:19:52Look at that.
00:19:56Appointed place, pig.
00:19:58Appointed place, serpent.
00:20:00Poisoned pen letters.
00:20:01Looks like some sort of a code.
00:20:03What makes you think a Chinese sent them?
00:20:05These were written with a brush instead of a pen.
00:20:07Only in Oriental would use a brush for writing.
00:20:10I still don't think that Cobb knew any Chinese in New York.
00:20:14Well, that's all, Mr. Walsh.
00:20:15You can tell Miss Cobb we won't need her anymore today.
00:20:17I'll be glad to.
00:20:18Good afternoon, gentlemen.
00:20:20There's another thing you should look for, Dad.
00:20:22What?
00:20:22Something a ventriloquist always carries.
00:20:24A dummy.
00:20:25Well, I'm afraid you're right this time, son, and I'm glad you're tagging along with me.
00:20:29Sorry, Dad.
00:20:30I've gone as far as I'm going.
00:20:31Now I get my secretary and go back to work.
00:20:38Come right in.
00:20:39Sardinians?
00:20:50Yes, thank you.
00:20:53Keep the change.
00:21:09Call me a cab.
00:21:16Taxi, please.
00:21:20No, you don't.
00:21:22It took me ten minutes to get you out of that lobby.
00:21:24You're not going back now.
00:21:26Where's your ticket?
00:21:29Get in, Nicky.
00:21:31The way you order me around, anyone would think I was your wife.
00:21:34Yeah.
00:21:35Listening to you, a stranger would assume you were.
00:21:39No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:22:09Is Mr. Smith in?
00:22:14Yes, sir. He just got here.
00:22:15And he wants to see you in house.
00:22:32Pardon, Mr. Smith, but the gentleman that you've been expecting is here.
00:22:37Seal me out, Ritter.
00:22:39Okay.
00:22:46Cobb's moving.
00:22:47I just saw an express man pick up his trunk.
00:22:50To take it to police headquarters.
00:22:52Cobb's dead.
00:22:54Dead?
00:22:55Stop acting. You killed him yourself.
00:22:57Yeah.
00:22:59And where did you get all this information?
00:23:01From the police.
00:23:02They sent for me when Sheila Cobb told them that I had managed their father's affairs.
00:23:06Their father's affairs, huh?
00:23:08So that's it.
00:23:10When Cobb complained about the way you took care of his money, you bumped him up and tried to pin it on me, huh?
00:23:15That it all figured it out pretty, didn't you?
00:23:17Stop talking like a fool.
00:23:19I haven't seen Cobb since he arrived.
00:23:21I don't believe you.
00:23:22You got the stuff, all right.
00:23:24And you figured to keep it by getting me out of the way to take a murder rap.
00:23:29But you're not going to get away with it.
00:23:31You'll split and split quick.
00:23:33Now listen to me.
00:23:33I'm not listening. I'm doing the talking.
00:23:35Quiet.
00:23:35Want them to hear you in the next room?
00:23:39Sit down. Have a drink.
00:23:41I'm not settling for a drink or a cigarette.
00:23:44All right.
00:23:46Now believe this.
00:23:47This is on the level.
00:23:48I didn't get a thing.
00:23:51Someone's beaten us to it.
00:23:53Unless Cobb got rid of everything the moment he landed.
00:23:56He certainly did not.
00:23:58He wasn't out of my sight.
00:24:00Did he declare anything going through customs in San Francisco?
00:24:02Nothing of any value.
00:24:04He must have smuggled the stuff in.
00:24:07They must still be hidden in his room.
00:24:09You better go back there tonight and give the police a thorough search.
00:24:15Maybe you're lying.
00:24:16And maybe you're not.
00:24:18But if you aren't,
00:24:20be smart and call this thing off.
00:24:22I don't like the looks of it.
00:24:29You don't mean that.
00:24:32This trip is your idea in the first place.
00:24:34This cost me plenty of money.
00:24:36And think of how we stand to make.
00:24:41What if I get caught?
00:24:43You won't.
00:24:44The police are through at that hotel.
00:24:46They're hunting for a gentleman that sent Cobb letters.
00:24:49You won't have any trouble.
00:24:50Believe me, I'm telling you the truth.
00:24:56All right.
00:24:57But before I go,
00:24:59I wanted to tell you just one thing.
00:25:01You're smart, Walsh.
00:25:03Very smart.
00:25:06See that you don't get too smart with me.
00:25:10Get me?
00:25:16Could you have missed him in that crowd at the station?
00:25:19Was it possible that she had failed to recognize her own father?
00:25:21Shirley Cummings' eyes were troubled,
00:25:22even a little frightened,
00:25:23as some grim foreboding crept into her mind?
00:25:25They're certainly making that typewriter say uncle.
00:25:41I'm trying to make up for lost time.
00:25:43How do you like it as far as you will?
00:25:44I think it's great.
00:25:46Thanks, Nicky.
00:25:47It's nice coming from you.
00:25:48I haven't proofread it yet.
00:25:52That's all right.
00:25:53I'll forgive you a few undoubted eyes.
00:25:58The Mandarin's Net by Nicky Porter.
00:26:01Now listen, Ellery.
00:26:01You said there wasn't a story behind the Cobb case.
00:26:04I'm only trying to prove to you that there is.
00:26:06Not on my time, you won't.
00:26:07You're taking a very silly attitude.
00:26:09Did you think I was going to give up my own career
00:26:11just because I came to work for you?
00:26:12That's where it'll land anyway.
00:26:18Now get busy and do what you're paid to do.
00:26:21You can phone for a new secretary.
00:26:23It'd be a pleasure.
00:26:24Don't come begging me to help you again.
00:26:27Yes, I know, and I'm well off.
00:26:31Why don't you answer your phone?
00:26:34Why don't you?
00:26:42Well, just a minute.
00:26:47For you.
00:26:57Yes?
00:26:58Nicky, may I come to your office right away?
00:26:59I must see you.
00:27:01Oh.
00:27:02Well, I'll have to come to your apartment.
00:27:04I've quit here.
00:27:07Good.
00:27:10Why don't you hang up your phone?
00:27:12And he's still working for the paper.
00:27:27Thanks a lot.
00:27:30Well, your editor confirmed it.
00:27:32This bellboy, ex-Jeward and whatnot,
00:27:33actually is a reporter.
00:27:35Why didn't you tell that to Inspector Queen
00:27:37when he questioned you?
00:27:38Because I didn't want to spoil my chance
00:27:40to get an exclusive story
00:27:41that I'd gone halfway around the world to get.
00:27:43You mean that you knew
00:27:44someone intended to kill Sheila's father?
00:27:46Oh, certainly not.
00:27:47But I learned in China
00:27:49that Mr. Cobb was leaving for New York
00:27:50on a secret and important mission.
00:27:52So I followed him.
00:27:53Did you find out what it was for?
00:27:55No, I didn't.
00:27:56That's why I came to see you, Miss Cobb.
00:27:58I thought perhaps you could tell me.
00:28:00I'm sorry, but I have the slightest idea.
00:28:02Didn't you find out anything on that trip?
00:28:04Yes, I found that two other people
00:28:06were also interested in Mr. Cobb.
00:28:08Who were they?
00:28:10A Count Brett and a Miss Otero.
00:28:12Lila Otero.
00:28:13She's been a good friend of my father's for years,
00:28:15but he never even mentioned
00:28:16a Count Brett in these letters.
00:28:18Well, I don't know what's become
00:28:19a Miss Otero, but...
00:28:23Brett is at the Hollingsworth
00:28:25in room 1125.
00:28:27I didn't know that
00:28:28when the police questioned me.
00:28:29Hmm.
00:28:29Inspector must check on him.
00:28:31I'm sure he's on the wrong trail now.
00:28:34Well, tell him.
00:28:35If you can do it
00:28:36without mentioning my name.
00:28:38But I don't see how that's possible,
00:28:39do you, Nicky?
00:28:40That's easy.
00:28:41I'll phone him from there
00:28:42and say that I saw the Count lurking around
00:28:44and I followed him to his room.
00:28:46I want a chance to look
00:28:47that penthouse over alone anyway.
00:28:49Oh, but Nicky,
00:28:50you can't go over there by yourself.
00:28:51There's nothing to be afraid of, Sheila.
00:28:53After all, we're only inventing the story
00:28:54about the Count prowling around.
00:28:56Well, I'll keep in touch with you.
00:28:58All right, thank you.
00:29:38THE END
00:30:08THE END
00:30:38THE END
00:31:08THE END
00:31:10THE END
00:31:12THE END
00:31:14THE END
00:31:16Where's the police guard?
00:31:18Maybe he went out for a bracer.
00:31:19Well, what are you waiting for?
00:31:20Cob won't come out to greet you.
00:31:21All right, hurry up.
00:31:33Come on, come on.
00:31:41Come on, come on.
00:32:01Come on.
00:32:02Come on.
00:32:03Come on.
00:32:05Come on.
00:32:07Come on.
00:32:08Come on.
00:32:09Come on.
00:32:11Come on.
00:32:13Come on.
00:32:14Come on.
00:32:15Come on.
00:32:17Come on.
00:32:21She's a chiming the inspector's looking for.
00:32:26Don't let her get away.
00:32:28Call the police.
00:32:29That's just what I'm going to do.
00:32:33Sit down over there and don't start any funny business.
00:32:54Hello, Annie.
00:32:55This is Nicky Porter.
00:32:57May I speak of Mr. Ellery, please?
00:33:00Oh, all right.
00:33:01I'll call him there.
00:33:02Why don't you ask for the inspector?
00:33:20Hello?
00:33:21Hello, Ellery?
00:33:23Stop ringing.
00:33:24He's taking that phone off the hook and won't answer.
00:33:27I can hear him trying to type.
00:33:28Look, I'm going to call the inspector.
00:33:31Look, Ellery.
00:33:32This is Nicky.
00:33:33I've got your Chinese.
00:33:35Operator.
00:33:36Ellery.
00:33:36I'm at the head house.
00:33:37All kinds of exciting things are happening.
00:33:39You should be here.
00:33:40Operator.
00:33:45Nicky.
00:33:47Nicky.
00:33:48That'll bring him.
00:33:51Operator.
00:33:52Good night, sir.
00:33:58Good night.
00:33:59Good night.
00:33:59Good night.
00:34:00Good night, Mr. Gorman.
00:34:02Good night.
00:34:02See you again.
00:34:02Good night.
00:34:06Thought I told you to let Gorman win tonight.
00:34:10I did.
00:34:11He won a little.
00:34:12Oh, he did.
00:34:13Well, okay.
00:34:15And he'll bring other suckers.
00:34:16You know, you gotta let these chumps win as much as they lose once in a while.
00:34:19They'll know they're being taken.
00:34:20Don't worry.
00:34:22They'll be back, all right.
00:34:24And bring other fish with them.
00:34:28Boss?
00:34:29His highness is here again, sir.
00:34:41You didn't find anything, did you?
00:34:42No.
00:34:43And I certainly wouldn't have gone there if I'd known they hadn't removed the body.
00:34:48Well, that's peculiar.
00:34:48I only got started when the place began to look like a convention hall.
00:34:53What do you mean?
00:34:55Three men called for the body and two women started a free for all.
00:34:59Women fighting?
00:35:01Who were they?
00:35:02I didn't stop to ask them.
00:35:04Suppose the police had grabbed me there tonight.
00:35:06We'd both go to the chair.
00:35:08Just what do you mean by that?
00:35:09I'm willing to play ball with you, but I'm not going to show my face around that hotel again.
00:35:14All right.
00:35:16All right.
00:35:16Set up a couple of highballs, will you?
00:35:17Yes, sir.
00:35:18Coming up.
00:35:19You can sleep here tonight, and I'll send with her after your bags in the morning.
00:35:22That suits me fine.
00:35:27I'll answer it.
00:35:31Oh, come in.
00:35:32Well, what are you doing here?
00:35:34I've caught the Chinese Ellery told you to look for.
00:35:36Well, where's the man on duty?
00:35:37He was out when I got here.
00:35:39If you're the police, arrest this gal.
00:35:41Arrest me.
00:35:42I'll arrest the both of you.
00:35:43Say, Proudy, what's this all about?
00:35:50See who that is.
00:35:51Are you all right, Nicky?
00:36:06I'm glad I got here in time.
00:36:07She was talking to me on the phone when she was attacked.
00:36:12I heard her scream.
00:36:13She did that to fool you.
00:36:14She's a thief.
00:36:15I caught her sneaking around here and prying into everything.
00:36:18We know she's not a thief.
00:36:19What I can't understand, son, is why you allowed her to mix up in the police affairs again after you had fired her.
00:36:25Did he say he fired me?
00:36:28Did you?
00:36:28Did you dare say that?
00:36:29Oh, uh, uh, now just a minute, Dad.
00:36:32Now, after all, Nicky has accomplished quite a lot for you tonight.
00:36:35Well, I'm through now.
00:36:37I won't lift a finger to help you any more on this case.
00:36:44Do you suppose she meant that?
00:36:46Let's hope so.
00:36:47Go after her, Proudy, will you, and take her home?
00:36:50Why pick on me?
00:36:51She's not my headache.
00:36:52Now, do what the mastermind tells you, Proudy, and run along, run along.
00:36:56All right.
00:36:58Suppose you sit down, Miss, uh, Miss.
00:37:01What is your name?
00:37:02Miss Ling.
00:37:03Hmm.
00:37:05Well, when did you arrive here from China?
00:37:08I was born in New York.
00:37:09I've never been to China.
00:37:10No?
00:37:11Well, what were you doing here in the apartment?
00:37:14I refuse to answer that.
00:37:17Young lady, you're not in much of a position to refuse to answer anything.
00:37:20I insist on the privilege of counsel before I make any statements.
00:37:25That's a deluxe speech for a crook, hallowin' for a mouthpiece.
00:37:29You can call your attorney from headquarters.
00:37:32Here's your hat, son.
00:37:34Come on with me, Miss, uh, Miss, oh, Miss Ling.
00:37:36It's here.
00:37:41Turn off the lights, Sergeant.
00:37:42Are you paying for them?
00:37:44You can stay here until McGrath gets back.
00:37:47Really, I'll take care of that bird in the morning.
00:37:49Oh.
00:38:02Oh.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:10Oh.
00:38:15Oh.
00:38:16Ohhhhhhh.
00:38:20Ohhhhhhh.
00:38:23Ohhhhhhh.
00:38:24Stop or I'll blow you right out of that sheet.
00:38:27Ohhhhhhh.
00:38:33It's McGrath.
00:38:35It's you.
00:38:37What were you doing in that closet with a sheet over your head?
00:38:40Me? With a sheet over my head?
00:38:42In the closet?
00:38:43Did I have a sheet over my head?
00:38:45Was I in that closet?
00:38:47What was I doing in there?
00:38:48That's what I'm asking you and you better have a good alibi or else.
00:38:52Now I remember.
00:38:53Did you catch him?
00:38:54Where is he? What did you do with him?
00:38:55Catch who?
00:38:56The guy who hit me and put me in the closet.
00:38:59Did someone hit you?
00:39:00Did he hit me?
00:39:01He killed me.
00:39:02It was the worst experience I ever had.
00:39:05It's all coming back to me now.
00:39:06What happened?
00:39:07Well, you see, I had to go into the bathroom to wash my hands.
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:13And when I came out, I saw that window.
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:17Well, I sneaked over like this.
00:39:21Very, very carefully.
00:39:23I waited.
00:39:24Finally, a six foot giant stepped through the window.
00:39:26He did?
00:39:27I stepped in front of him like that.
00:39:29Yeah.
00:39:30I said, what do you want?
00:39:31He said, who wants to know?
00:39:32I said, I do.
00:39:33He said, who are you?
00:39:34I said, I'm a detective.
00:39:36He said, I don't believe you.
00:39:37I said, well, there's my badge to prove it.
00:39:40And the minute I put out my hand, he cocked me on the jaw.
00:39:43He did?
00:39:44Well, we started to go at it.
00:39:45It was nip and chuck for about 20 minutes.
00:39:47I was getting the best of him.
00:39:48Finally, he grabbed me by the throat.
00:39:50Yeah.
00:39:51We fell to the floor.
00:39:52We started to wrestle.
00:39:53It was nip and chuck.
00:39:54Nip and chuck.
00:39:55First, I was on the bottom and other times he was on the top.
00:39:58It was a terrible...
00:39:59Never mind about that.
00:40:00How did you get in that closet?
00:40:02I'm coming to that right away.
00:40:04Finally, I broke away and I run.
00:40:07He started to chase me around the room.
00:40:10He chased you?
00:40:11Yes.
00:40:12Why didn't you chase him?
00:40:13I never thought of that.
00:40:14That's what I should have done.
00:40:15He said, stop or I'll shoot.
00:40:17I stopped.
00:40:18He said, throw up your hands.
00:40:20Then what did you do?
00:40:21I picked up a face like this.
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:23He grabbed it away from me.
00:40:24Then what happened?
00:40:25He hit me over the head like this.
00:40:27And that's all I remember.
00:40:51You needn't wait.
00:40:52This way, please.
00:40:53Have a chair, Miss Ling.
00:40:59Your story has been substantiated through the embassy in Washington and the consulate here.
00:41:04Sorry we had to detain you, but you had no right to prowl around that penthouse.
00:41:08You should have come to us.
00:41:10I was pledged to secrecy.
00:41:11I know.
00:41:12And had to avoid publicity.
00:41:13All right.
00:41:14We won't hold that against you, but your friends in China should have used a public carrier
00:41:18and all this would have been avoided.
00:41:20The banks and express companies could never manage to get the jewels out of China.
00:41:24Well, Cobb may have got them out all right, but he didn't deliver them to you.
00:41:27He wasn't supposed to.
00:41:29He left them in the customs house in San Francisco.
00:41:32What?
00:41:33Why, certainly.
00:41:34The duty will amount to over $300,000.
00:41:37Mr. Cobb was only supposed to bring me the customs receipt.
00:41:40$300,000.
00:41:41And can you pay that?
00:41:43Yes.
00:41:44With money raised here by Chinese sympathizers.
00:41:47And what do you suppose was in that jewel case we found?
00:41:50Something personal.
00:41:51The thief that took that took the custom receipt, too.
00:41:53And thanks to Ellery, I'm still looking for a foreign Chinaman and a ventriloquist dummy.
00:41:58Come in!
00:42:00Telegram, Inspector.
00:42:02Well, maybe this will help us out.
00:42:04From the Collector of Customs of San Francisco.
00:42:07Gordon Cobb paid duty on one jade necklace valued at $400.
00:42:12Nothing else declared.
00:42:13Collector of Customs.
00:42:14I told you he was a smuggler.
00:42:16He must have run that stuff through, apparently, to collect that duty money from you as a bonus.
00:42:20That's not hay.
00:42:21Almost half a million dollar bonus.
00:42:23Could he have been stupid enough to think that I would have paid him without a clearance receipt?
00:42:27Apparently he was, unless he intended to sidestep you and peddle the stuff himself.
00:42:31It all sounds so impossible.
00:42:33Why did he phone me, then, immediately, after he arrived in town?
00:42:36I can't answer that, but the fact remains the stuff is missing.
00:42:39Now, give me a list of everything he was bringing you.
00:42:42I'll have to go home and get it for you.
00:42:44Sergeant Beale, there go with you.
00:42:46We'll broadcast the description of all the missing articles and order the arrest of anyone trying to dispose of any one of them.
00:42:52Thank you, Inspector.
00:42:53All right.
00:42:54I'm Mr. Queen. Were you girls all sent over by the employment agency?
00:43:07Yes.
00:43:08But the girl inside said the position was taken.
00:43:10Oh, she did, eh? Well, we'll see about that.
00:43:13The job's still open. Just step inside, please.
00:43:17Sit down, girls. The position's still open.
00:43:20Thank you, Mr. Queen. You're late this morning, Mr. Queen.
00:43:23Yes, but not too late. Come inside a minute, will you, please?
00:43:34You weren't wasting any time filling my shoes, were you?
00:43:37You quit last night, didn't you?
00:43:39It's not what you told your father.
00:43:41But I've forgiven you for that.
00:43:44And now you want your job back again?
00:43:47No, I never thought of it as just a job, Ellery.
00:43:50Well, that's the trouble, Nicky.
00:43:52What do I need is a secretary, not a collaborator and a female detective.
00:43:56Very well, Ellery.
00:43:57I promise to be nothing but a good secretary.
00:44:02Well, how do I know you're going to keep your nose out of police affairs?
00:44:05Oh, I'm glad you brought that up.
00:44:07There's something I forgot to tell your father.
00:44:09There you go again.
00:44:10Well, I hate to see him running around in circles.
00:44:13I suppose he needs you to keep him straight.
00:44:15He should look for a man named Brett who sailed from China on the same ship as Mr. Carr.
00:44:20And where shall I tell him to look? Manhattan or the Bronx?
00:44:24No, sir.
00:44:25Room 1125 at the Hollingsworth Hotel.
00:44:27Where did you get all this information?
00:44:30I saw him lurking around the penthouse last night and I followed him to his room.
00:44:35And it was Brett who slugged McGrath last night at the penthouse.
00:44:39What?
00:44:40Yeah.
00:44:41McGrath, the police guard, was slugged at the penthouse last night.
00:44:45If you saw Brett there, he must have done it.
00:44:47Oh.
00:44:48Yes.
00:44:49Yes, of course.
00:44:50It's too bad I didn't get there sooner.
00:44:52I'll call Dad.
00:44:53Oh, what about those girls out there?
00:44:55They'll bite my head off.
00:44:57No, they won't.
00:44:58I'll tell them.
00:45:10This is Count Brett's room.
00:45:17Get his clothes, please.
00:45:29Spill it in.
00:45:34Well?
00:45:35Have you got everything?
00:45:36Yes, sir.
00:45:37What do we do with Count Brett's laundry when it comes back?
00:45:40Wear it.
00:45:43Now let's go.
00:45:59Yes?
00:46:00I'm ready to dictate another chapter.
00:46:06Hello?
00:46:08Yes, he is.
00:46:09Just a moment.
00:46:14Yeah?
00:46:15Is your father on the phone?
00:46:16Put him on.
00:46:18Hello, Dad.
00:46:19Brett's checked out, but we've got a description from the hotel clerk and we're looking for him.
00:46:25Brett's flown the coop.
00:46:26Well, I really called you because another one of those messages came for Carl.
00:46:30What does it say?
00:46:31Appointed place, right.
00:46:34Write this down.
00:46:37Have forgotten appointed place.
00:46:40Come to my hotel Wednesday.
00:46:43Monkey.
00:46:46That's right.
00:46:48Put it in a two column ad in the Chinese daily newspaper.
00:46:52And be sure it's printed in Chinese.
00:46:54Now see that he does it right away.
00:46:57I think Ellery's gone nuts.
00:46:59Never mind what you think.
00:47:00Put it in the paper.
00:47:01I know what you think.
00:47:02Now, I'm going to go with her.
00:47:03Try everything.
00:47:04We'll after you.
00:47:06Go.
00:47:07Go web.
00:47:08Go to the car.
00:47:09Go.
00:47:10Go.
00:47:11Go.
00:47:12Go.
00:47:13Go.
00:47:14Go.
00:47:15Go.
00:47:17Go.
00:47:19Go.
00:47:20Go.
00:47:22Go.
00:47:23Go.
00:47:24Let's go.
00:47:54Let's go.
00:48:24What are you doing here?
00:48:28Let's go.
00:48:58I told you I done rung this bell once, but ain't nobody home.
00:49:02Mr. Ritter never leaves in the morning.
00:49:04That's what I thought, but he's sure enough out now.
00:49:06All right, I'll get you Mr. Brent's bag.
00:49:09Ritter told me somebody would call for them.
00:49:11Let me out of here!
00:49:22Come on.
00:49:23I'll run.
00:49:24Time's up.
00:49:24Time's up.
00:49:37These are my phones.
00:49:39I don't know your friend Bret seems to be mixed up in this.
00:49:41Or if not, Brad, it's baggage.
00:49:43How about it, Inspector Queen? Your men won't let us in.
00:49:45A little later, boys, a little later.
00:49:47If there's one, you won't be able to keep out of the newspapers.
00:49:50Morning, Inspector. Morning, Sarge.
00:49:53This is the janitor. It was him that reported it.
00:49:55What was this fellow Ritter's business?
00:49:57I don't know, sir. He wasn't much of a talker.
00:50:00He's been living here about three months now.
00:50:02But all I know about him is he kept late hours and never had any visitors.
00:50:07Well, you stay right here in the building. We'll want you later.
00:50:11I don't know.
00:50:26Looks like he died from a skull fracture. From a blow.
00:50:30I feel like I've seen that guy before.
00:50:33Well, you ought to know, Veeley, the description you got from the bellboy
00:50:36who handed over Brett's bags yesterday fits with it perfectly.
00:50:41Get the light switch, will you, Veeley?
00:50:57Why, it ain't dark. Don't argue.
00:51:01It don't work.
00:51:02Okay, it's on.
00:51:26Here's what I told you to look for.
00:51:27The ventriloquist dummy.
00:51:28Boy, how do you like that? Look at this.
00:51:32I'll bet you that that was Cobb's treasure chest.
00:51:36Yeah, but Brett emptied it.
00:51:41Why did he...
00:51:42Why did he leave this?
00:51:44Probably too hot.
00:51:47Right of the inscription on the clasp.
00:51:49Well, that Lynn girl can tell us what that said.
00:52:01Leave the bridge work alone, Veeley.
00:52:04You know, I used to be able to throw my voice once.
00:52:08Listen to this.
00:52:10How do you like that, Ellery?
00:52:12Marvelous.
00:52:13Sounds just like it's coming from a dummy.
00:52:14Drop that and go over and get those bags.
00:52:19Yes, sir.
00:52:24Yeah, Brett and Ritter were partners.
00:52:27And they got into an argument and Brett knocked him.
00:52:30If he had, Brett wouldn't have been dumb enough to have sent the colored boy for the bags.
00:52:35And I could only remember where I've seen you before.
00:52:37I know where you've seen Ritter before, Veeley.
00:52:45In a gambling house.
00:52:46Do a couple of decks of cards add up to a gambler?
00:52:49Maybe he played solitaire.
00:52:51Not with marked cards.
00:52:53That don't make sense.
00:52:57These cards are all pin marked.
00:53:00These are practice decks.
00:53:01You've heard of card shops sitting before a mirror practicing for hours every day?
00:53:06They would keep their fingers agile like a pianist.
00:53:08Sounds nuts to me.
00:53:09How could a guy palm a pen?
00:53:13I'm sure he didn't.
00:53:21This is a gambler's ring.
00:53:25The cards were marked with this.
00:53:29That's Corey the Magician.
00:53:31It's been ten years since I've seen him on the stage.
00:53:34But I know it's him.
00:53:37The great Corey.
00:53:38You wouldn't remember him, Mallory.
00:53:39I've heard of him.
00:53:40He was a headliner for years.
00:53:42Why don't you ask Walsh what Corey's been doing lately?
00:53:44He's a booking agent.
00:53:45He might know something about him.
00:53:46That wouldn't help us find Brett.
00:53:48I think you're wrong, hanging this job on Brett.
00:53:50But it didn't take him long to knock Cobb off and get away with that jewelry.
00:53:54Whoever killed Ritter sneaked into the closet and removed the fuse to make sure he wouldn't be seen.
00:53:59If Brett and Ritter were partners, wouldn't Brett have come openly?
00:54:04Well, I couldn't answer that.
00:54:06But we've got a lot to do here yet.
00:54:08All right, I'll get out.
00:54:09Let's go to work.
00:54:10Well, if you find Brett, hold him for me and say, listen.
00:54:12He's about 5'10", weighs about, oh, 150, middle-aged, dark complexion, no scars, and speaks with a foreign asset.
00:54:23Oh, wait a minute, Ellery.
00:54:24I've got something to show you.
00:54:26Here's that ad of yours right there.
00:54:32What does it say?
00:54:34Uh, why, it says, uh, just what you told me to put in it.
00:54:38And we'd better all be at the penthouse a little before three this afternoon.
00:54:42Whoa, why three?
00:54:43You didn't mention putting any particular time in the ad.
00:54:46The last word of the ad is monkey, isn't it?
00:54:48Sure, but I thought that was your signature.
00:54:51You would.
00:54:51The ancient method of reckoning time in China divided the day into 12 parts.
00:54:58Each of these periods were given the name of an animal.
00:55:00For instance, the hour of the serpent is between 9 and 11 a.m.
00:55:05The hour of the pig is between 9 and 11 in the evening.
00:55:08And all of those notes to the cob meant a certain time, eh?
00:55:12Our ad reads, come to my hotel, monkey.
00:55:15The hour of the monkey is between 3 and 5 in the afternoon.
00:55:18Boy, you'll sure get a love.
00:55:19How do you find out about those things?
00:55:21Oh, I was just thinking about you.
00:55:32Oh, that's good.
00:55:32I was just thinking about you.
00:55:34You gave me a description of Brett after you saw him leave the penthouse.
00:55:37I'd like to have you give it to me again.
00:55:39He's blonde, tall, heavyset, about 6 feet, I'd say.
00:55:50He's well-groomed.
00:55:52He has blue eyes, and he's around 30.
00:55:57Mustache?
00:55:58No, no, I don't...
00:56:00Yes, yes, he has.
00:56:01You'd better see an eye specialist.
00:56:04Brett's about 45, weighs 150, is not tall, has dark hair and dark eyes.
00:56:09You sure we're talking about the same man?
00:56:11I'm certain we're not.
00:56:12Now, tell me the truth.
00:56:15You never saw Brett in your life.
00:56:16Somebody told you about him.
00:56:17Who was it?
00:56:19Sanders, the bellboy at the hotel.
00:56:21Only, you gotta understand, he isn't a bellboy.
00:56:23Do you know what you're talking about?
00:56:25Certainly, he's a Chinese reporter.
00:56:26I mean, he's a reporter from China, and he followed Cobb all the way to New York.
00:56:30Get your hat and coat.
00:56:31We're going down to headquarters.
00:56:32Before?
00:56:32You're gonna tell Dad all about Sanders.
00:56:34Not me.
00:56:35I gave you my promise I was through with this case, and I intend to keep it.
00:56:39Don't worry.
00:56:40You're not gonna have anything to do with any case again.
00:56:43When Dad finds out what you've been covering up, he'll have you fitted for a cell.
00:56:53You sit there.
00:56:54Hello, Jack.
00:56:55Is Dad in?
00:56:56Yes, sir.
00:56:56He's in there.
00:56:58I said sit there.
00:57:04You remember Sanders, the bellboy, don't you, Larry?
00:57:10Yes, I remember Sanders.
00:57:11In fact, that's what I came here to tell you about.
00:57:13Oh, Nicky finally told you the truth about it.
00:57:15What made you come here now?
00:57:16He read about the Ritter murder in the newspaper.
00:57:18What do you know about Ritter?
00:57:19Was he after Cobb, too?
00:57:21Well, I don't know, but I saw him taking Brett's bags from the hotel.
00:57:24I would have reported it yesterday, only I figured the police were already watching Brett.
00:57:29When Miss Porter told me about you, it all sounded very ridiculous.
00:57:31A reporter chasing a will-o'-the-wisp story from China to New York.
00:57:35Yeah, that's probably the dumbest thing anyone ever did.
00:57:37You said it.
00:57:38His editor fired him for it.
00:57:39You say you took a trip without your paper's consent?
00:57:41Yeah, but if I could deliver a story, everything would be all right.
00:57:45If you ran into a murder, I wouldn't let him write about it.
00:57:48Oh, look, Dad, after all, Sanders gave you the lead to Brett.
00:57:51I think he's entitled to a break.
00:57:53Well, could you get your job back if I told you the real inside story of the Cobb murder?
00:57:58Oh, yes, I'm sure I could.
00:58:00Well, we'll see what can be done about it.
00:58:02Well, thank you, Inspector.
00:58:09Mr. Ellery Queen wants to see you.
00:58:11He says he knows you.
00:58:13Let him come in.
00:58:22Glad to see you.
00:58:24Have a chair.
00:58:25Thanks.
00:58:25It's my idea you might know something about a magician called Corey.
00:58:30Have you ever booked him?
00:58:34Corey, yes.
00:58:36Police just found him murdered in his room.
00:58:38Murdered?
00:58:39Know anything about what he's been doing lately, who his friends were, where his family is, if he has one?
00:58:43Oh, it's years since I've seen him.
00:58:45The hotel cracked up.
00:58:45He dropped out of sight like so many old-timers.
00:58:48It's too bad you don't know much about him.
00:58:49By the way, Dad asked me to tell you, he expects to arrest the Chinese today, who's been mailing those messages to Cobb.
00:58:55Who is he?
00:58:56You can meet him at the penthouse this afternoon.
00:58:59Dad thought you might be interested in your knowledge of Cobb's affairs that will be useful to us.
00:59:03I'll be glad to come.
00:59:05What time?
00:59:05A little before three?
00:59:06Oh, fine.
00:59:07Sorry, I can't give you any information about Ritter.
00:59:11I'll get in touch with some of the boys who may have known him.
00:59:13Thanks.
00:59:14See you later, then.
00:59:33Inspector Queen, please.
00:59:36Hello, Dad?
00:59:37You better have Walsh shadowed.
00:59:39He was in on both murders.
00:59:40You're crazy.
00:59:42I am not crazy.
00:59:43He just gave himself away.
00:59:44He did?
00:59:45How?
00:59:47He called Corey what?
00:59:50Yep.
00:59:51But he promised to come to the hotel at three o'clock.
00:59:54Now, listen, he may remember his slip and try to run out on us.
00:59:58Send someone out to cover his house, too.
01:00:01You got all that?
01:00:02Yep.
01:00:04But what makes you think Walsh is involved?
01:00:05He denied having seen or heard of Corey for years, and a few minutes later, he gave himself
01:00:10away by referring to him as Ritter.
01:00:11Well, do you think he killed Ritter?
01:00:13No, but he may be involved in it.
01:00:15Mister, will you tell this policeman that I ain't done nothing and let me go, please, sir?
01:00:24Come on, come on.
01:00:26We searched Walsh's apartment, and here's all we found.
01:00:29Count Brett and Roy Johnson.
01:00:31Uh, Mister Commissioner, I ain't done nothing.
01:00:34That's what His Royal Highness says, too.
01:00:36Seems like we're going to send a couple of innocent men to the chair.
01:00:41Take him in the back room.
01:00:42Back room?
01:00:43Come on.
01:00:43Back room?
01:00:43I don't want to go in no back room.
01:00:45Come on, come on.
01:00:45Mister Commissioner, I don't want to go in the back room.
01:00:46I've been in the back room before.
01:00:48Please, Mister Commissioner.
01:00:49Now, I don't want to come back here.
01:00:50Shut up, that'll be it.
01:00:51Yes, sir.
01:00:53Feel at home here, Brett?
01:00:57You should, because this is where you killed Cobb.
01:01:00Then last night you went to Ritter's room and murdered him.
01:01:03I did not kill Cobb, and I was never in Ritter's room.
01:01:07Well, how did it happen that your bags were there with the dummy in one of them and this necklace?
01:01:14You see this, uh, clasp on this necklace?
01:01:18You see that Chinese inscription?
01:01:21Well, translated, it reads, to seal it from Dad.
01:01:26Cobb intended this necklace for his daughter as a present.
01:01:29That's a frame-up.
01:01:31You never found that necklace or that dummy in my luggage.
01:01:34But you did have Ritter sneak your bags out of this hotel.
01:01:38You're right about them bags, Mister Commissioner, but I ain't done nothing.
01:01:45Mister Walsh is here.
01:01:47Send him in.
01:01:48Boss, I'm sure he's glad to see you.
01:01:54Will you tell this Commissioner that I only work in your card room and I have no pots in them killing, will you, boss?
01:01:59Please tell him, boss, will you please, sir?
01:02:01What's this man talking about?
01:02:03Ain't no time to get high and mighty now, boss.
01:02:05Of course, you know I ain't told him nothing.
01:02:07But this Commissioner here knows too much.
01:02:09Your faithful servant here has made it very easy for you to tell us the rest.
01:02:13Oh, Miss Ling, come in.
01:02:26This is Mr. Sanders, he's a reporter.
01:02:28Miss Ling represents the Chinese interests in this country.
01:02:30Oh, how do you do?
01:02:31Won't you sit down?
01:02:32The inspector will be right here.
01:02:33Do you know why your father asked me to come here?
01:02:37Yes, we're expecting to send her those code messages.
01:02:39Do you know who he is?
01:02:40No, but we're convinced he's a Chinese who doesn't know Cobb's dead.
01:02:43Do you think he knows something about the jewels?
01:02:45That's why you were asked to come here.
01:02:47He's a few minutes early.
01:02:51I think he'll have more confidence if he sees you first.
01:02:54Would you mind letting him in?
01:03:04I thought you said you...
01:03:05Well, Sheila made me bring her to save you from making a serious mistake.
01:03:09Please ask your father not to draw Mr. Walsh into this terrible affair.
01:03:12I'll vouch for him.
01:03:13Sheila doesn't have to stand for her father's best friend being humiliated in this fashion.
01:03:16Oh, Ellery, Walsh and Brett admit they were out to trim, Cobb,
01:03:20but they say they didn't get anything.
01:03:22Give us a couple of more minutes and we'll change their mind about that, too.
01:03:46There's our man now.
01:03:49Outside, outside.
01:03:50I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:51I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:52I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:54Who are you?
01:03:55I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:56I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:57I'm going to take a seat.
01:03:58Mr. Cobb.
01:03:59What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:00I talk only with Mr. Cobb.
01:04:01My business is very important.
01:04:02You tell Mr. Cobb.
01:04:03Lee Soo see his message.
01:04:04Mr. Queen.
01:04:05What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:06I talk only with Mr. Cobb.
01:04:07My business is very important.
01:04:08You tell Mr. Cobb.
01:04:09Lee Soo see his message.
01:04:10Mr. Queen.
01:04:11That man was on the boat.
01:04:12What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:13What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:14What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:15I talk only with Mr. Cobb.
01:04:16My business is very important.
01:04:17You tell Mr. Cobb.
01:04:18Lee Soo see his message.
01:04:28Mr. Queen.
01:04:37That man was on the boat.
01:04:38What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:42I don't tell.
01:04:43Come back by and see Mr. Cobb.
01:04:45He's dead.
01:04:46Dead?
01:04:47Where are those jewels?
01:04:49Lee Soo, take them.
01:04:50Full possible high binders.
01:04:51I put them in a very safe place.
01:04:53What do you want with Mr. Cobb?
01:04:54I don't tell.
01:04:55Come back by and see Mr. Cobb.
01:04:56He's dead.
01:04:57Dead?
01:04:58Where are those jewels?
01:04:59I've not got jewels.
01:05:00On ship my master, Mr. Cobb, he say,
01:05:01Lee Soo, take them.
01:05:02Full possible high binders.
01:05:04I put them in a very safe place.
01:05:06Your clothes are on.
01:05:08They're hiding in a big big boat.
01:05:10I put them in a big boat in the sea when I lay down.
01:05:13They're holding them in New York.
01:05:14You turn them over to the customs officers in San Francisco
01:05:17to be sent and bound to New York.
01:05:20I try see Mr. Cobb.
01:05:21Give him customs received.
01:05:23You can go back to me.
01:05:25Let's go.
01:05:55You better come by his office tomorrow.
01:05:58The receipts and Lee Su's name, so there'll be some formalities to comply with.
01:06:01Thank you so much.
01:06:02And I want to thank you for all our people.
01:06:05All right, all right.
01:06:12Stick to your story and see if you can make a jury swallow it.
01:06:17How about me, Mr. Commissioner?
01:06:19I ain't done nothing.
01:06:20I'll attend to you later.
01:06:26Well, Walsh admits that Ritter worked for him, but he says he wasn't supposed to know about any scheme between him and Brett to rob cards.
01:06:35He must have found out and declared himself in.
01:06:37Well, how did it happen that Ritter hid the necklace and the dummy in Brett's bag?
01:06:41He didn't.
01:06:42The man who killed him did.
01:06:43But it wasn't Brett.
01:06:44Well, I don't follow you.
01:06:45Let me see that ring of Ritter's a minute.
01:06:49This ring was used to mark cards.
01:06:52There's a sharp point on the inside of it.
01:06:54There's a long scratch on Cobb's neck.
01:06:56It was made by this ring when Ritter attacked and strangled him.
01:07:00You mean Ritter killed Cobb?
01:07:01There's no doubt of it.
01:07:03The back of Sheila's hand was scratched the same way when he tried to snatch her bag.
01:07:06You'll find a similar mark on the person who finally killed Ritter.
01:07:09Where did he scratch you, Sanders?
01:07:13Here.
01:07:14Don't tell me you did that shaving.
01:07:16I didn't mean to kill him.
01:07:18I found the stuff in Ritter's room and put it in Brett's bag to bring it to you.
01:07:22And Ritter trapped me in the closet and I hit him in self-defense.
01:07:26Well, I suppose you prove that to the judge.
01:07:28Of course, you know I'm only the police inspector.
01:07:32Really?
01:07:34Take Sanders, will you?
01:07:39Here's the answer to our ad.
01:07:41Oh, custom receiving.
01:07:42For everything Cobb was supposed to have smuggled in.
01:07:45Miss Wing will see you in your office about it tomorrow morning.
01:07:47Well, we'll have to tell Miss Cobb.
01:07:49I'll let you tell her right now.
01:07:51Yeah?
01:07:56My father will see you now, Miss Cobb.
01:07:57Oh, thank you.
01:07:58He's seen more than enough of you.
01:08:00You wait here.
01:08:04Sit down, Miss Cobb.
01:08:06There's a lot of things that I...
01:08:07Well, I have to explain to you.
01:08:10I don't want to go to no prison.
01:08:12I don't want to go to no prison.
01:08:16Becky!
01:08:18Becky!
01:08:19Mister, you tell him I don't want to go to no prison.
01:08:22That electric chair's going to be awfully hot.
01:08:30Yeah, mister, you can take him.
01:08:31He ain't no friend of mine.
01:08:32What's the idea of hiding from me?
01:08:42I wasn't hiding.
01:08:43I thought maybe you'd seen enough of me, too.
01:08:45Oh, let's stop all this.
01:08:47Except the words right out of my mouth.
01:08:48I don't want to go...
01:08:49What's the idea of hiding from me?
01:08:49Well, I can have to go a loin, and then I couldn't get him.
01:08:51It looks impossible.
01:08:52I don't want to stay very close.
01:08:54It looks scary.
01:08:57Okay.
01:09:00I don't have to worry.
01:09:03zurück insome ...
01:09:05Well, let's go.
01:09:05There he will.
01:09:07I don't have to highlight.
01:09:09I don't have to Okay,
01:09:13then, it looks like you.
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