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“Midnight Manhunt” (1945) is a classic crime thriller filled with suspense and mystery. When a corpse is discovered and then mysteriously disappears, reporters, police officers, and criminals race against time to uncover the truth. With strong noir vibes, sharp dialogue, and the dark atmosphere of the 1940s, this film remains a must-watch for fans of vintage crime and mystery cinema.
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00:04:14I'm not sure he's dead.
00:04:16He's dead.
00:04:17He's dead.
00:04:18He's dead.
00:04:19He's dead.
00:04:20He's dead.
00:04:21He's dead.
00:04:22Dead?
00:04:23Why, sure he's dead.
00:04:24Shot with a gun.
00:04:25Oh, don't give me that.
00:04:26He's laying right out here in an alley now.
00:04:28Then stop giving me arguments.
00:04:29Give me Max Burley.
00:04:31Max, I got Joe Wells.
00:04:34Oh, yeah.
00:04:35I got Joe Wells.
00:04:37Oh, yeah.
00:04:38I got Joe Wells.
00:04:40Oh, yeah.
00:04:41I got Joe Wells.
00:04:43What?
00:04:44Oh, yeah?
00:04:45What you been drinking?
00:04:46Joe Wells has been a concrete block holding up a bridge somewhere for the past five years.
00:04:50Ah, wise guy, ain't you?
00:04:52We just don't like making calls on little men that ain't there.
00:04:55All right.
00:04:56All right.
00:04:57Hang on, now.
00:04:58I'm going to go take another look.
00:04:59Now, make sure it is Joe Wells.
00:05:10Poor Murphy.
00:05:11He's about ready for the old cop's home.
00:05:13I think he's having optical delusions.
00:05:16Twenty dollars and seventy-two cents and standing on my feet all day.
00:05:22Oh, you're just mercenary.
00:05:24Uh-huh?
00:05:25Oh, man.
00:05:26Oh, man.
00:05:27Oh, man.
00:05:28Hello.
00:05:29Oh.
00:05:30And he's looking and having Gloria, the old cop can be-
00:05:34Oh, man!
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00:05:36Uh-huh.
00:05:37What?
00:05:38Oh, man.
00:05:39Oh, man.
00:05:40Oh, man.
00:05:41Oh.
00:05:42Oh, man!
00:05:43Oh, man.
00:05:44Oh, man.
00:05:45Oh, man.
00:05:46Oh, man.
00:05:47Oh, man, oh!
00:05:49Oh, man!
00:05:50Oh, man.
00:05:51Oh, man.
00:05:52Oh, man.
00:05:53You are now scanning at the masterpiece of a master.
00:05:57You are now perusing the produce of pure genius.
00:06:01In fact, you are now gazing upon the nucleus of a neurotic.
00:06:05Quite a more...
00:06:06No, no, this is all very nice, Clutch, but I'm tired.
00:06:10I'd like to go home.
00:06:12What a lack of depreciation.
00:06:14Mr. Miggs, if you'll give me your attention for just a moment,
00:06:17I'll endeavor to explain the intricacies of this chair.
00:06:19Now, this is all very nice, Clutch, but I'm tired.
00:06:24So you're tired. So what?
00:06:26So you ought to thank me.
00:06:27I'm only trying to fix it so the customers can get the proper enumeration for their money.
00:06:31Now, get a gander at this.
00:06:41Gave myself a hot foot, didn't I?
00:06:43I've got to fix that.
00:06:44No, no, no, no, no. Please, Clutch, not now.
00:06:47Come on, come on, Clutch.
00:06:49You double-crosser.
00:07:02I don't know what I'm going to do.
00:07:04My life hasn't been the same since my brother-in-law had to die and leave me this place.
00:07:10Wish he'd left it to me.
00:07:12Yeah, but you weren't retired.
00:07:13You hadn't worked hard all your life like me.
00:07:17I'm an old man.
00:07:19What do you think I am, kindergarten stock?
00:07:24Harley! Harley!
00:07:27Hey, Harley, he's gone.
00:07:29The body's gone. Disappeared. It's vamoosed.
00:07:32Listen, Max, I ain't blind, and I know Joe Wells when I see him.
00:07:37Murphy's really at it tonight.
00:07:39Hey, I think something fit him.
00:07:41Maybe we'd better go see.
00:07:44And I tell you, it was him!
00:07:46Oh, sure, I'm sure.
00:07:49Say, what is it?
00:07:50What night? I'll wait for you.
00:07:51It's just too bad.
00:07:57Murphy, I'd advise you to see an optimist.
00:07:59Very funny.
00:08:00You can go home, Miggs. I'll lock up after you.
00:08:03I wouldn't trust him, Miggs.
00:08:04Not in his condition.
00:08:05I don't mind waiting.
00:08:07Is there anything I can do?
00:08:08No, I just gotta wait around here till Lieutenant Hurley shows up.
00:08:10Then we'll be out of here in a couple of minutes.
00:08:12It's broken down, Rubber Hill.
00:08:14Why don't they detach him off the force?
00:08:16Why don't you shut up?
00:08:18Well, I hope you'll all be out of here soon.
00:08:20And I'm very tired.
00:08:22What do you think I am?
00:08:24I'll bite. What are you?
00:08:26Well, if it ain't your typewriter herself.
00:08:31Oh, Miss Gallagher, there's been some kind of trouble.
00:08:34Hey, Gallagher, give me a match, will you?
00:08:36A twerp like you smoking that.
00:08:39Big things sometimes come in little packages.
00:08:41You'll keep on, they'll make you a moron.
00:08:43Junior grade.
00:08:44Think you can afford this?
00:08:47What's the trouble?
00:08:48I really don't know.
00:08:49How'd you do today? Any better?
00:08:51Any better?
00:08:53Imagine.
00:08:54Just because I lost my expense account in a crap game,
00:08:57they put me on a leg job in some corny police station out in the sticks.
00:09:01Who?
00:09:01My paper.
00:09:03For crying out loud, aren't you listening?
00:09:05Oh, this is Miss Gallagher, Mr. Murphy.
00:09:07She lives upstairs over the exhibit.
00:09:09A fleabag renovated into an apartment.
00:09:11Hey, got that a match?
00:09:13Just when you give me this damage.
00:09:14Beat it.
00:09:14I think it's a nice little place you've got upstairs.
00:09:18As places go.
00:09:20Oh, don't mind me tonight, Mr. Miggs.
00:09:22I'm just mad at the world.
00:09:23She's a reporter.
00:09:25But you wouldn't know it.
00:09:27You're a disgrace to the Chronicle, they said.
00:09:29We're going to teach you a lesson, they said.
00:09:31Get that for you.
00:09:32They're going to teach me a lesson.
00:09:33Me, the one who covered the gardener Stanley hanging.
00:09:36And how about the Kingman fire?
00:09:38I even had the news, boys, crying.
00:09:41I wasn't crying.
00:09:42You.
00:09:43Give me the news bulletin, Pete Willis, any day.
00:09:45There's a reporter for you.
00:09:46Pete Willis.
00:09:47That double-crossing snake?
00:09:49Double-crossing snake?
00:09:51He got my father in a clear after being sent up for that miter rap, didn't he?
00:09:54He found the guy that really done it and pinned it on him, didn't he?
00:09:56That took brains.
00:09:57And fight him while you wasn't calling him a snake about a month ago.
00:10:01While you two was lollygagging around together.
00:10:03Should have seen him, Mike.
00:10:04It was really a panic.
00:10:05I wish you'd quit rattling your head.
00:10:07I got all I can do worrying about what happens with Joe Wells.
00:10:10Joe Wells?
00:10:12What about him?
00:10:14I find him murdered, then he disappears again.
00:10:16Yeah?
00:10:17Ha!
00:10:18I'd give my IT for an exclusive on it, if it really happened.
00:10:23Gee.
00:10:24If it only was Joe Wells.
00:10:26Maybe then I could make that rag I work on take me out of the doghouse.
00:10:30I knew a doghouse looks good.
00:10:32Oh, quiet.
00:10:33Is he very important, this Joe Wells?
00:10:36Never heard of Joe Wells?
00:10:38Now, there's total ignorance for you.
00:10:40Do you not never read no newspapers?
00:10:43Joe Wells was just the biggest noise in the rackets, that's all.
00:10:46Why, Joe had so many notches on his Tommy gun, it looked like a buzzsaw.
00:10:49And furthermore, I'll tell you something.
00:10:51He disappeared about five years ago, and everybody thought his own boy's done it.
00:10:54I still think so.
00:10:56Well, I'm still thinking about that reward.
00:10:58Five grand for the guy to find him, and I had him.
00:11:01Sure, sure you did, Murphy.
00:11:03But stop making it worse for yourself thinking about that five grand.
00:11:07How are you going to stop thinking about five grand?
00:11:10Well, I'm going to bed.
00:11:11Good night.
00:11:12Happy nightmares.
00:11:17Say, Murphy.
00:11:20Just between you and me, was that really Joe Wells you had?
00:11:23Look, kid, I'm the guy that put the pinch on him that time at the World's Fair, ain't I?
00:11:28Well, I'd know him, wouldn't I?
00:11:30Joe Wells.
00:11:47Joe Wells.
00:12:00Too hot in here, I'm going to wait outside for the lieutenant.
00:12:15Yeah, I guess I could use some fresh air, too.
00:13:22Can you give me a number, please?
00:13:24Yeah.
00:13:25Yeah, W-I-L-L-L-L-L-L.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:28Well, I had your number, but I must have displaced it.
00:13:31I wonder if it'd be complimentary enough to give it to me.
00:13:33Huh?
00:13:34Yeah, I'll wait, but make it snappy, will you?
00:13:47Oh, Pete, this is Clutch.
00:13:54Clutch, Clutch, Clutch, you know.
00:13:56Oh, Clutch.
00:13:57What do you know?
00:13:57What's new at the waxworks?
00:13:58Come on, let's...
00:13:59Come on, bro.
00:14:01Yeah?
00:14:01Yeah?
00:14:02Yeah?
00:14:03You tell the kid to go to a picture show and call back later.
00:14:05I got to get home, and I'm out two bucks already.
00:14:08Yeah, come on, will you?
00:14:09Go ahead, Clutch.
00:14:10Nobody's listening.
00:14:12Look, there's a cop over here by the name of Murphy.
00:14:14He claims he found the body of Joe Wells.
00:14:17Huh?
00:14:18I don't know.
00:14:19Out in an alley someplace.
00:14:20Hey, you say Murphy found him?
00:14:22Here's my cabbage.
00:14:23Will you shoot again?
00:14:24Oh, what's he use?
00:14:25He always wins anyway.
00:14:26And Gallagher knows, huh?
00:14:27Okay, sweetheart.
00:14:28I'll be over in five minutes.
00:14:29Hey, where are you going?
00:14:30What about our dough?
00:14:31You don't have to leave, fellas.
00:14:32You can spend the rest of the evening in this joint.
00:14:35What are we going to do for money?
00:14:37You've won it all.
00:14:37And don't break the glassware, will you?
00:14:39I only live here.
00:14:40Oh.
00:14:41This will be much safer in the car.
00:14:43Well, how do you like that?
00:14:45I've got a quarter.
00:14:47I don't want to do anything.
00:14:52I'll be around in the car.
00:14:54How do you like that?
00:15:00I don't know.
00:15:06I don't know.
00:15:38Oh, what a lucky stiff.
00:15:59Stop telling me that, Murphy.
00:16:01So you think you had Joe well.
00:16:02So you think he got away.
00:16:03So what?
00:16:03So I think I'm telling you that, Joe.
00:16:08Well, I think you're daftier, and I'm daftier to come down here and listen to you.
00:16:19Gentlemen, I wonder...
00:16:20Just a minute, Joe.
00:16:21But please remember...
00:16:22Hey, who is this guy?
00:16:23Oh, that's Miggs.
00:16:24He owns the joint.
00:16:25He wants to close up.
00:16:26Oh.
00:16:27Well, we'll be out here in a couple of minutes.
00:16:29Well, I hope so.
00:16:30I'm so tired.
00:16:32Start right at the beginning.
00:16:33I'm so tired.
00:16:49Chronicle?
00:16:50Extension 13.
00:16:53Hello, that you, Marty?
00:16:54Gallagher.
00:16:55Look, get over to my place quickly, will you?
00:16:57And bring that camera, pal.
00:16:59Yeah, yeah, it's hot.
00:17:00Now get over here before it boils over.
00:17:14Give you a buzz.
00:17:15I didn't know if anything was up.
00:17:17It's worth investigating, Clutch.
00:17:18Hey, Pete, you got a match?
00:17:19I thought I told you about picking those things up out of the street.
00:17:21Out of the street?
00:17:22Lobby at a Biltmore.
00:17:24What do you mean out of the street?
00:17:25Hello, Mr. Willis.
00:17:26Haven't seen you around lately.
00:17:27Yeah, that's right.
00:17:28What happened with you and Gallagher?
00:17:29Did the milk of romance slightly curdled?
00:17:32Well, shall we say temporarily sour, old boy?
00:17:35She thinks I shoot craps with loaded dice.
00:17:38Has it got anything to do with that Washington assignment you and her went on last week?
00:17:41Where she lost her expense account?
00:17:42Her expense account?
00:17:44Where is she now?
00:17:45Upstairs.
00:17:47Let's go in here and see what's going on.
00:17:48Right.
00:17:49And another thing, Murphy.
00:17:51I don't believe...
00:17:53Hey, what is this?
00:17:55Who called you in, Willis?
00:17:56I have little birdies working for me, Max.
00:17:58Little birdies with golden wings.
00:18:00Oh, yeah?
00:18:01Someday I'm going to clip them golden wings for your good.
00:18:05I don't believe a word of your whole story.
00:18:07Well, you start clipping.
00:18:08How about give me a match?
00:18:10Joe Willis is deader than a mackerel.
00:18:11He's been...
00:18:12And he's been that way for a long time.
00:18:15Boy, I never can tell.
00:18:17You say you saw him, Murph?
00:18:19Ah.
00:18:19So what are you suggesting?
00:18:22That we conduct a house-to-house canvas in search of the body?
00:18:25And on this kind of evidence?
00:18:26I don't care what you do from now on.
00:18:29You're not letting this thing upset you, are you, Mife?
00:18:30Tell me more about it, Mife.
00:18:32Where did I grab the shots?
00:18:33What shots?
00:18:35Hey, what is this?
00:18:36What are you trying to pull, Willis?
00:18:37I don't know him.
00:18:38He's not my boy.
00:18:39Well, Gallagher called me.
00:18:40That's all I know.
00:18:41She was all excited about something she had and wanted me to take some pictures.
00:18:45Gallagher.
00:18:45Who the blazes is Gallagher?
00:18:46Ah, she's some gallin' who's upstairs.
00:18:48That's something to do with the newspapers.
00:18:50Well, go on home.
00:18:51We ain't got nothing to photograph.
00:18:52The dame had blazing up on it.
00:18:54I don't know.
00:18:54Maybe I ought to...
00:18:55I wouldn't do that, pal.
00:18:56She's gone to bed.
00:18:56Yeah, she's retarded for the evening.
00:18:58She called downstairs a few minutes ago and told me to tell you that it was all a mistake.
00:19:02A mistake?
00:19:02Yeah.
00:19:03No, no.
00:19:03That ain't like Gallagher.
00:19:04She don't play hunches.
00:19:05Oh, believe me, pal.
00:19:06She'd be highly insulted if you ever spoiled her sleep.
00:19:09In fact, she'd be inflamed.
00:19:10Yeah.
00:19:10That's the last.
00:19:11Spoiled her sleep.
00:19:13Oh, sorry, old boy.
00:19:14Goodbye.
00:19:15Goodbye.
00:19:19What are you figuring, Pete?
00:19:21See you later.
00:19:22Oh, let me go with you.
00:19:23Maybe I can help you.
00:19:24I said later.
00:19:25All right.
00:19:26I'll be around.
00:19:27Here, practice on this till I come back.
00:19:29Ah, thanks, Pete.
00:19:30Mucho gracias.
00:19:41That you, Marty?
00:19:52Dolly, don't you know my knock anymore?
00:19:56You stick your nose in here, Pete Willis, and I'll throw my typewriter at your head.
00:20:00Baby, can't you talk without screaming?
00:20:03This is business.
00:20:05Go away, Mr. Willis.
00:20:07I'm very busy.
00:20:08You're busy?
00:20:09You don't think looking for Joe Wells is any fun, do you?
00:20:14You're not still so about that crap game, are you, honey?
00:20:17That's one thing I'm not talking about.
00:20:19That's the kitchenette.
00:20:20Mm-hmm.
00:20:21You know, they weren't my dice.
00:20:23They belonged to Charlie Baker.
00:20:24That's the closet.
00:20:26Yeah.
00:20:27Besides, they weren't crooked.
00:20:29I just ran into a streak of luck, that's all.
00:20:31Isn't that what you call it?
00:20:32Uh-huh.
00:20:33Excuse me.
00:20:33Excuse me.
00:20:34If you're looking for dirt, it's not there.
00:20:42And Joe Wells, either.
00:20:43I didn't think you were that dumb, honey.
00:20:45But you never know.
00:20:46Oh, look, Pete, I'm really not mad anymore.
00:20:49I mean about the crap game.
00:20:51But I'm busy.
00:20:53No kidding.
00:20:54I think I've looked the first act of that play I told you about.
00:20:57I was just playing around with the idea when you knocked.
00:20:59Oh, did I tell you you were gorgeous tonight, honey?
00:21:02I'm such a wonderful liar.
00:21:05Writing a play, huh?
00:21:07While Detective Lieutenant Hurley's plainclothesman stalked through New York Street,
00:21:11searching apartments and alleyways, creating terror in the hearts of innocent bystanders,
00:21:16the body of Joe Wells was lying in...
00:21:18Lying where?
00:21:19You're so good.
00:21:20Why don't you finish it?
00:21:21You know, this is really horrible.
00:21:23You should go back to writing love long columns.
00:21:25Yeah, well, it's a lot more exciting than that stuff they put under your name.
00:21:28All right, baby.
00:21:28I want to help you.
00:21:29Where have you got it?
00:21:30Got what?
00:21:31That is just in case it's found.
00:21:33Oh, I'm sure.
00:21:35If you don't get out of here, I'll call the cops.
00:21:37Yes, you will.
00:21:41What are you going to do?
00:21:43Nothing.
00:21:44I'm going to let you finish the play.
00:21:46But I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.
00:21:48I'm going to write that now.
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00:24:26Why, Niggs, what's the matter?
00:24:30What are you so dissipated about?
00:24:31You look like you fell in a barrel of flour.
00:24:33Out there, out there, sitting out there.
00:24:36Who's sitting out there?
00:24:38There's a corpse out there playing cards.
00:24:41What?
00:24:56He's really there.
00:25:07What do you think you're doing?
00:25:08You shouldn't have done that, Clutch.
00:25:10I'm just telephoning the police.
00:25:12What do you want to do to get us in trouble?
00:25:13We got something on our midst.
00:25:15That stiff is really rigor mortis.
00:25:16But I got to telephone the police.
00:25:18What are you doing, using last year's brains?
00:25:20You know what'll happen if you're calling the cops?
00:25:22They'll throw bright lights in your eyes.
00:25:23They'll give you the rubber hose treatment.
00:25:25They'll break you down.
00:25:26Break me down?
00:25:27For what?
00:25:28For what?
00:25:29Now, there's a clever injection.
00:25:30For killing that guy out there.
00:25:32That's for what?
00:25:32Oh, I didn't kill him.
00:25:34He got in here by mistake.
00:25:36You try to tell the cops that.
00:25:38You seen what happened to my old man, didn't you?
00:25:39Don't think you had a motive.
00:25:41You'll be a felony.
00:25:43What we got to do is get rid of that body.
00:25:45Oh, get easy about it.
00:25:47You mean hide out in the street behind some hash cans?
00:25:50Is that what you mean?
00:25:51Have it bounce back on you in the morning?
00:25:52No, I know.
00:25:53Got to get it out of the neighborhood.
00:25:55Way out.
00:25:55Oh, my goodness.
00:25:56But how?
00:25:57Well, we'll take the cops and put it in your car and deposit it someplace far away in this
00:26:02vicinity.
00:26:03Come on.
00:26:04Let's get your car.
00:26:05Get the car.
00:26:06Oh, my hat.
00:26:09Yeah, my cigar.
00:26:09My cigar.
00:26:10Come on.
00:26:40Come on.
00:27:10Come on.
00:27:12Marty, that...
00:27:42Who are you?
00:27:42I think you and I have a little business to transact.
00:27:46Business?
00:27:47If my price isn't right, it won't make any difference.
00:27:52That's the body of Joe Wells.
00:27:57Lucky I swept up yesterday, isn't it?
00:27:59Your levity fails to impress me, Miss...
00:28:02Gallagher.
00:28:03Sue Gallagher.
00:28:12Will you stop scaring me with that gun?
00:28:16If this is a gag and Pete Willis sent you...
00:28:19Let's not get away from the subject, Miss Gallagher.
00:28:22If you haven't got the body of Joe Wells in this apartment,
00:28:25I'm convinced that you know where it is.
00:28:28You see, I followed the blood spots in the Empress Hotel
00:28:30across the alleyway to your staircase.
00:28:32And now this.
00:28:36I know he was shot,
00:28:37and I know that he couldn't have dragged himself much further.
00:28:39Where is he?
00:28:42All right.
00:28:43What's the use?
00:28:44The body's downstairs in the exhibit.
00:28:47Ah, now we're getting somewhere.
00:28:49I don't imagine you want to meet the cops who are down there.
00:28:53Oh, now, Miss Gallagher,
00:28:54let's be honest with each other.
00:28:56We both heard the police guard drive away a few minutes ago.
00:29:01That's too bad.
00:29:03I'll follow you.
00:29:16Miss Gallagher?
00:29:19Is that you, Miss Gallagher?
00:29:21Yes, Mr. Mix.
00:29:23Who's that?
00:29:24He owns the place.
00:29:26I guess he's closing up.
00:29:32You'll go back and wait.
00:29:41She's gone upstairs again.
00:29:43Let's perambulate.
00:29:44Well, let me rest a minute, please, Clutch.
00:29:48That's all I need.
00:29:49Miss Gallagher, catch him doing this.
00:29:53Just happen to remember,
00:29:53the top on your car is down.
00:29:55We've got to put it up.
00:29:56Do we have it to do that?
00:29:59Now, Mr. Mix,
00:29:59you wouldn't want to risk your social standing
00:30:01by being seen chauffeuring to demolish gangsters
00:30:03through the streets, would you?
00:30:04Yeah.
00:30:05All right, never mind.
00:30:07You sit there and rest.
00:30:08I'll put the top up.
00:30:09I don't know.
00:30:24I don't get it.
00:30:25What's your angle?
00:30:29Where are you heading?
00:30:30What in the world do you want with that corpse?
00:30:34Let's say it's a collector's item.
00:30:39Well, as long as we have to wait,
00:30:40I'd like to get the story on paper.
00:30:42You'll be wasting your time.
00:30:43You won't have the body to prove it.
00:30:46After you're through with it,
00:30:47it'll turn up somewhere.
00:30:48That is a moot question.
00:30:49Answer it, but be careful what you say.
00:31:03Hello?
00:31:05Oh, McAndrews.
00:31:07Hey, listen, lame brain.
00:31:08What do you mean getting Marty out on a wild brains
00:31:10out for nothing, huh?
00:31:12The night editor, he's upset.
00:31:15All right, so I called Marty.
00:31:17So it was a mistake.
00:31:18What about it?
00:31:20Well, I said it was a mistake.
00:31:22What do you want me to do?
00:31:23Cut my throat?
00:31:24Well, that's not a bad idea.
00:31:26Or better still, go back to school
00:31:28and learn how to write.
00:31:29And don't you tell me anything about writing stories.
00:31:32I'll be getting bylines
00:31:33when you've ended up on a copy desk,
00:31:35a gray head...
00:31:36Oh, you're disappointed in something.
00:31:48I'll be getting byaments.
00:31:48I'll be getting by now.
00:31:49I was going to be getting by now.
00:31:50I'll see you later.
00:31:50I love you.
00:31:50I love you.
00:31:52I love you.
00:31:53I love you.
00:31:53Oh, hello.
00:32:21Wrong apartment, I guess.
00:32:22What are you doing here?
00:32:23Well, you know how a father can make a mistake.
00:32:26Where'd you get this?
00:32:27Nothing in there.
00:32:29Well, what happened?
00:32:29Well, I'm just the manager of the place.
00:32:31Heard a shot about an hour ago and called the station.
00:32:34I couldn't help it if you guys didn't get here in time.
00:32:36What else?
00:32:37Well, when I come in to see, the door was open,
00:32:40and like you see it now, nobody around.
00:32:42That's fine.
00:32:43What about the guy that rented the joint?
00:32:44I don't know.
00:32:44I don't know nothing about him.
00:32:46He'd just been living here in the place a week.
00:32:48Never showed his face.
00:32:49It was just a mug.
00:32:51Yeah, like what?
00:32:52Oh, little rat-faced guy with a pinhead like a carp.
00:32:56That was Joe Wells.
00:32:57You can tell by the...
00:32:58Shut up.
00:32:58I make the discoveries around here.
00:33:00I guess I know Joe Wells when I hear him.
00:33:02Now, what do you know about it anyway, Hawkshaw?
00:33:05Where did you get the key to this room?
00:33:07Back at Miggs's.
00:33:07That's where Joe Wells is now.
00:33:09The girls got him.
00:33:10What girls?
00:33:11Gallagher.
00:33:12Gallagher?
00:33:12Yeah, you know, the reporter that lives upstairs.
00:33:14Everybody knows everything around here but me.
00:33:15I'm just a detective.
00:33:17Come on.
00:33:17Let's get back to Miggs.
00:33:21Oh, my gosh.
00:33:30Everything's all set.
00:33:31Let's grab him and hit the gravel.
00:33:32I hope we're doing right, Clutch.
00:33:35Of course we're doing right.
00:33:36I figured this whole thing out by the process of mental reduction.
00:33:38Oh.
00:33:39Well, you got to drive, Clutch.
00:33:41I'm too nervous.
00:33:42Okay, if I'll make you feel any better.
00:33:44Okay.
00:34:11Your friends are leaving, Miss Gallagher.
00:34:20Now I'll relieve you of that body.
00:34:24Wait.
00:34:35Open up.
00:34:36It's the police.
00:34:38Come on.
00:34:39Open up in there.
00:34:39Visitors in the alley.
00:34:43That's too bad.
00:34:46It's going to change your plan.
00:34:48I don't think so, Miss Gallagher.
00:34:50They're only yours.
00:35:05I'll see what I can do with this lock.
00:35:09No.
00:35:11Passkey won't work.
00:35:13Let's try around front.
00:35:14Come on up.
00:35:42Come on up.
00:35:43You're right through the back door there.
00:36:08I'm going to phone my paper.
00:36:09I'll be right up.
00:36:10All right, make it snap.
00:36:13All right, make it snap.
00:36:43All right, let's go.
00:36:45All right.
00:36:47All right.
00:36:49Grab a hand.
00:37:11You and I could make a fortune here.
00:37:13All right, Mac, put it away.
00:37:15No matter what you're looking for, it's not here.
00:37:18You're not the police.
00:37:19No.
00:37:21I wouldn't call for them if I were you.
00:37:23Why should I?
00:37:24Maybe you and I can do some business.
00:37:26What are you selling?
00:37:28Oh, a lot of things.
00:37:29For instance, Joe Wells.
00:37:32Either the girl was lying or you've double-crossed her.
00:37:35Call it anything you want, but I've got the body.
00:37:37Well, we can't talk now.
00:37:40You better get out of here.
00:37:41The cops will be here any minute.
00:37:42How about my apartment later now?
00:37:44I have little choice.
00:37:4611.40 Regent Place.
00:37:4711.40 Regent Place.
00:37:50And I hope you're not wasting my time, Mr.
00:37:53The name's Willis.
00:37:56Mr. Willis.
00:37:56Yeah, all right, Martin.
00:38:10Yeah, I'll take care of it.
00:38:11I'll keep you posted.
00:38:11Bye-bye.
00:38:11Well, what'd you find?
00:38:17Nothing.
00:38:17She's staggering around her apartment with a lump on her head the size of an egg, trying
00:38:21to find some ice cubes to put on it.
00:38:22She said some goony guy clunked her on the noggin.
00:38:24Maybe I'm crazy.
00:38:26I've never been on a case like this before.
00:38:28Trying to find a corpse that somebody stole.
00:38:31Somebody stole it?
00:38:32Where have you been?
00:38:34The dame says she stole the corpse.
00:38:35Then some guy stole it from her.
00:38:37Now, can you figure that out?
00:38:38Uh-huh.
00:38:39Uh-uh.
00:38:39Who in the blazes would want a corpse in the first place?
00:38:58All right, sweetheart.
00:38:59Now, where is it?
00:39:02Now, look.
00:39:05You don't think you're going to get away with this for long, do you?
00:39:07You almost got yourself killed, and now the cops are on your trail.
00:39:11Let me take over.
00:39:12You're talking to Papa.
00:39:13I told Hurley who took it.
00:39:15Will you stop bothering me?
00:39:17I've had enough for one night.
00:39:19It's still your party, Angel.
00:39:21Somebody's got the corpse, and it's not the guy who conked you.
00:39:25Well, the way you talk, it sounds like you know more about this thing than I do.
00:39:28I do.
00:39:29I saw the creep just before he got away.
00:39:32The way you're handling things, you're going to wind up in the morning instead of Joe Will.
00:39:35Well, please don't be so cute.
00:39:38How do you figure in on this?
00:39:41I told him I had the body.
00:39:43I wanted to help you out.
00:39:44Oh, sure, sure.
00:39:46You mean you'd like to wheedle it out of me with that sweet talk and hog the story for yourself?
00:39:52Baby, you know there's enough story in this for both of us.
00:39:55I told you I haven't got it.
00:39:57Stop kidding, Papa.
00:39:58We have to produce a corpse in an hour, so come on.
00:40:01I told you I didn't have it.
00:40:03There you go, leaving me holding the bag.
00:40:07All right, lady, get your coat on.
00:40:09You're going to jail.
00:40:10Jail?
00:40:11For what?
00:40:12Stealing corpses.
00:40:13But what was stolen from me?
00:40:15That's tough on you, lady.
00:40:16You started this game of put and take.
00:40:18What about him?
00:40:19He said he told the guy that socked me.
00:40:21A figment of her imagination, Max.
00:40:23I've told you everything.
00:40:24I'm merely an innocent bystander.
00:40:26Yeah, what are you trying to do?
00:40:27Drag him down to your level?
00:40:29Yeah.
00:40:29Come on.
00:40:31I'll phone your relatives, honey.
00:40:32Oh, clutch.
00:40:59T, boy, am I glad I found you home.
00:41:01Are you alone?
00:41:07Yeah, yeah, we're alone.
00:41:07They got Migs.
00:41:08Who had it?
00:41:09The cops.
00:41:09Well, that's too bad.
00:41:10But look, clutch, I'm expecting a very important visit.
00:41:12Oh, but this is more important.
00:41:13We took the body at Joe Wilson's back in the freight car,
00:41:15and the cops chased us.
00:41:16What?
00:41:17Yeah, we found the body in exhibit.
00:41:18We figured we'd better do something with it.
00:41:19Why didn't you call me?
00:41:20There wasn't no time.
00:41:21And besides, I didn't want Gallagher bus in it,
00:41:22so I figured I'd take the body and hide it,
00:41:24and then tell you, and you'd get an exclusive with no interference.
00:41:26All right, all right.
00:41:26Then what happened?
00:41:27We got the body hidden in the freight car, right?
00:41:29When a yard bolt spires, it's just as we're landing.
00:41:31So we got scared.
00:41:32So you ran?
00:41:33So we run.
00:41:33Oh, that's just dandy.
00:41:35Wasn't so dandy for Migs.
00:41:36He got caught.
00:41:37What about the cops?
00:41:38I don't guess they know nothing about that yet.
00:41:40Poor old Migs.
00:41:42They got him on suspicion that Chesperson prohibited or something.
00:41:44Have you any idea where you put him?
00:41:45Who, Migs?
00:41:46No, the cops.
00:41:47Well, certainly.
00:41:48Well, what are we standing here beating our gums for?
00:41:50Let's go get him.
00:41:50Right.
00:41:53Miss Gallagher?
00:41:54What now?
00:41:56If it's that Kidney-Foot Hurley again, you tell him for me.
00:41:58Stop racing your motor.
00:41:59Somebody just put up your bail.
00:42:01Bail?
00:42:02Who?
00:42:03That ain't my department.
00:42:04Better ask out front.
00:42:06I know I said miracles never happen.
00:42:10Yeah, you better get here right away, Hurley.
00:42:12Something just broke on the well story.
00:42:14That's right.
00:42:16A guy named Migs.
00:42:17Complete confession.
00:42:19Snatching bodies.
00:42:20I didn't confess anything.
00:42:22I just said...
00:42:23You said you stuck the corpse of Joe Wells in a freight car, didn't you?
00:42:28Mr. Migs.
00:42:29What did you do?
00:42:31Oh, Miss Gallagher, I'm so glad to see you.
00:42:35Oh, don't tell me they think you're the guy.
00:42:37Oh, it was horrible.
00:42:38Just like a nightmare.
00:42:39I had no idea I was going to get in trouble like this.
00:42:43That's what they all say.
00:42:44This ought to be good for murder.
00:42:46What are you trying to do?
00:42:48Crucify him?
00:42:49Where did you put it?
00:42:51In a box car in the freight yards.
00:42:53Oh, Ohio and Western car, I think.
00:42:56Near a water tower at the end of the yard.
00:42:59We'll get you out of this in no time, Mr. Migs.
00:43:01None of your funny business now.
00:43:03You keep waiting in freight yards, see?
00:43:04Who's going near the freight yards?
00:43:08I just want enough time to get to my paper.
00:43:11Take it easy.
00:43:12With my story on page one in the morning, you'll be exonerated and full.
00:43:17I hope so.
00:43:18I'm so tired.
00:43:27You waiting for somebody?
00:43:28I guess it's you, lady.
00:43:29Take me to the chronicle.
00:43:30Okay.
00:43:31And step on it.
00:43:31Right.
00:43:36Holy cow, you look...
00:43:38Steady.
00:43:40Make that 1140 Regent place.
00:43:42Or get the chronicle.
00:43:43Then you're the guy that bailed me out.
00:43:50And for this.
00:43:51Just in case Mr. Willis pulls the double cross.
00:43:55Your safety might convince him and better not.
00:43:57Mr. Willis says he has a body.
00:43:59We're going over to get it.
00:44:02Listen.
00:44:03Pete Willis hasn't got anything but galls.
00:44:06Whatever he told you, I know he hasn't got it.
00:44:09You and Mr. Willis come up with the most amazing stories.
00:44:12Why should I believe you?
00:44:16Look.
00:44:17You've got to believe me.
00:44:19He's never even seen the body of Wells.
00:44:22Migs stole it while you and I were playing footsy-footsy upstairs in my apartment.
00:44:25And stop shaking your head.
00:44:30I know this sounds fantastic, but the cops caught Migs 20 minutes ago in the freight
00:44:35yacht where he hid the body in a boxcar.
00:44:37And that's where it is now.
00:44:40You're sure?
00:44:41They didn't know a corpse was mixed up in it until he sweated it out of him at the station.
00:44:47Where are the police now?
00:44:48How do I know?
00:44:49Going after the body, I guess.
00:44:51You're sure you're not, uh, stringing me along, Miss Gallagher?
00:44:56Stop handing me that good life, will you?
00:44:59Do I look crazy enough to stick my neck out when you've got the advantage?
00:45:04Change that last address to the freight yachts and hurry.
00:45:06What's the matter, you lost?
00:45:20Uh-uh.
00:45:21It's down that way, by the end of the yards.
00:45:23Let's go.
00:45:23This is it, I think.
00:45:36Yeah.
00:45:37Yeah, that's it.
00:45:38Ohio and West.
00:45:39It's a good thing you learned to read.
00:45:41You know, I'm very illiterate.
00:45:47Later, man.
00:45:47Nice and comfortable light.
00:45:49Come on.
00:45:49Up you go.
00:45:49Give me a hand.
00:45:55You get his feet.
00:45:55What are we going to do with him?
00:45:57Get him out of here before anybody else finds him, and then we can worry what to do with him.
00:46:02Something's coming.
00:46:04Quick, open the other door.
00:46:17All right, jump down in.
00:46:19Grab a hole, let's get out of here.
00:46:24Ohio and Western, that's what makes it.
00:46:30I don't see it.
00:46:31It's probably back there in the dark.
00:46:33If this is another of your tricks, Miss Gallagher...
00:46:35Look, all I want to do is turn this thing over to you.
00:46:37It's not here.
00:46:54I'm positive this is a car.
00:46:58All that corpse certainly gets around.
00:47:02What's what?
00:47:03What?
00:47:04Some crazy thing, that's what I call it.
00:47:07Why didn't you call the cops when you found it?
00:47:09Well, I was so nervous.
00:47:11I thought...
00:47:11You thought.
00:47:13What do people pay taxes for to have a police force?
00:47:15I know, officer.
00:47:16I'm completely to blame.
00:47:18Oh, no, this is this where we left it.
00:47:21We left it right here.
00:47:22Right there, not far from the door.
00:47:26Well, it ain't here now.
00:47:29If you've...
00:47:30Maybe they'll go away.
00:47:32Oh, my goodness.
00:47:33Somebody must have stolen it.
00:47:35Stop that again.
00:47:37Who do you think you're trying to kill?
00:47:38That's the same story the dame gave me.
00:47:40I'm telling you the truth, officer.
00:47:41I'm lying to you.
00:47:43Yeah.
00:47:43Well, what are you standing around for?
00:47:44Start looking.
00:47:45Sure, sure, Mr. Huggins.
00:47:46We just didn't know.
00:47:47You didn't know.
00:47:48Who knows anything anymore?
00:47:50Not there.
00:47:51Inside.
00:47:52Maybe it got up and moved out of the draft.
00:47:56There she is.
00:47:57Get the other one.
00:47:59Not tonight.
00:48:01All right, boys.
00:48:02Two of you go that way.
00:48:03We'll go the other way.
00:48:03There.
00:48:06Did you see anything?
00:48:11Not a thing.
00:48:12Miss, sister, can I go home now?
00:48:15Yeah, Peter, it's no help to me.
00:48:18You know, I'm awful tired.
00:48:20Me, too.
00:48:20Of you.
00:48:22Come on.
00:48:23But I'm in a jam, Mr. McAndrews.
00:48:38The Chronicle's got to help me.
00:48:40But I stole it for the Chronicle.
00:48:43Holy cow, can't you understand that?
00:48:45Shut up.
00:48:46I know you're in a jam.
00:48:47So does the Chronicle for letting you represent it.
00:48:49Say, who do you think you are?
00:48:50Stop stealing a body off the street.
00:48:53And then losing it.
00:48:57I know that.
00:48:59The DA's office and the police department and Max Hurley are all on my neck.
00:49:02We don't want any part of it.
00:49:04But you've got to keep me from the law until I find it again.
00:49:07And I've got an idea.
00:49:08Pete Willis...
00:49:08Ah, that's what I get for hiring a half-baked woman reporter.
00:49:13A screwball Daffy Budinsky.
00:49:16You're fired.
00:49:16You can't fire me.
00:49:18I quit.
00:49:19This isn't a newspaper story.
00:49:20It's a career.
00:49:21And you're bellyaching because some cop's been complaining.
00:49:24Well, you go soak your head, you ungrateful ape.
00:49:26Go soak your head.
00:49:27Okay, you oversized quiz kit.
00:49:40What did you do with it?
00:49:40Why, Angel, how did you find out?
00:49:42I guess.
00:49:43You and that creep following me are getting any gray hairs.
00:49:46Well, why'd you get out of the clay?
00:49:47Didn't you like it there?
00:49:48They tell me with a new paint job.
00:49:50Oh, I'll have to care.
00:49:51If you'd kept your big nose out of my business
00:49:53instead of bringing the cops back to my apartment,
00:49:55I'd never have landed in jail.
00:49:57Oh, that's a fine way to talk to someone
00:49:59who's been trying to save a story for you.
00:50:00For me?
00:50:01Yes.
00:50:01Why, you fix me up so with the police.
00:50:03I don't know which end is up.
00:50:04Oh, baby.
00:50:06And stop trying to talk me into something.
00:50:08There you go.
00:50:09Always belittling.
00:50:11Relax, will you?
00:50:12Sure, relax.
00:50:13Along with everything else, McAndrews just can me.
00:50:16Well, you've been asking for that for a long time.
00:50:18I know.
00:50:19But it did it so good to tell that stupid old Fuerta head in.
00:50:23But that's not what I'm worried about now.
00:50:25Oh?
00:50:26Look, Pete, for crying out loud,
00:50:28what'd you do with the body?
00:50:29The body.
00:50:30All I want to do is give it back to the cops
00:50:31and get out of this mess.
00:50:32I don't want the story anymore.
00:50:34I just want to live.
00:50:36Stop beating your brains out.
00:50:37What we've got will get you a better job
00:50:39than the one you've lost.
00:50:40What good will it do me with a lily in my hand?
00:50:42Oh, here.
00:50:44What's that?
00:50:45Read it.
00:50:48Lane?
00:50:48No, Montevideo, Uruguay.
00:50:50It's got a government stamp on it.
00:50:52I took it out of Wells' pocket.
00:50:53South America?
00:50:54Uh-huh.
00:50:55So that's where he's been all these years.
00:50:57Under an assumed name, Peter Burnett.
00:50:58Well, where does the creep fit in on this?
00:51:01I don't know.
00:51:01I don't read Spanish.
00:51:03That's why we're waiting for the gentleman.
00:51:04And he's coming here any minute.
00:51:06Oh, Pete, he's dangerous.
00:51:07Yeah, I know.
00:51:08How about a drink in the meantime?
00:51:12Make mine bourbon.
00:51:14You're not sore with me anymore, are you, baby?
00:51:16Just don't pull any fast ones on me, darling.
00:51:18That's all.
00:51:21Here we are.
00:51:22Well, try this one for size, huh?
00:51:25Just to keep you honest.
00:51:27Trusting soul, aren't you?
00:51:29We go together, don't we, huh?
00:51:30Mm-hmm.
00:51:31Even with that Joe's citizen appearance of yours,
00:51:33I still know you're a hobgoblin underneath.
00:51:36Oh, but you still love me, don't you, baby?
00:51:38Mm-hmm.
00:51:40There he is now.
00:51:41Watch yourself.
00:51:42Oh, come in.
00:51:51We've been waiting for you.
00:51:52I'm usually more punctual, but I was delayed.
00:51:56I can't say I'm too surprised at seeing you here, Miss Gallagher.
00:52:00Well, uh, sit down.
00:52:02Make yourself at home, mister, uh...
00:52:04Say, uh, I can't be calling my guests, hey, you, all the time.
00:52:07My name is Jockey.
00:52:09I must say that I admire the perspicacity of the American press.
00:52:14Once they smell a story, they stop at nothing till they get it.
00:52:17Well, we can dispense with the compliments.
00:52:20Uh, we want facts.
00:52:22You're not going to get the body until you answer a few questions.
00:52:25And that depends, Mr. Willis.
00:52:27That depends entirely upon the questions.
00:52:30Well, uh, how's this for a starter?
00:52:38That's interesting.
00:52:40I see that you and I are beginning to understand each other.
00:52:43You don't want a story at all.
00:52:45You want the diamonds.
00:52:47Oh.
00:52:49How'd you guess it, Jockey?
00:52:51Catches on quick, doesn't he, honey?
00:52:53Like a bird dog.
00:52:54Now, let's not waste any time, shall we?
00:52:59Holy cow!
00:53:01Those stones represent a quarter of a million dollars.
00:53:05A part of them go to both of you.
00:53:08Then I get the body.
00:53:10Well, that's just dandy, but, uh, as long as we're going to be partners, uh,
00:53:15you'll have to tell us more.
00:53:16Well, yeah, you know, just in case of trouble through our stories, John.
00:53:20Oh, I don't mind.
00:53:21I represent a group of diamond merchants from whom these stones were stolen in South America.
00:53:27The robbery was very cleverly done by one Peter Burness.
00:53:32Otherwise, Wells.
00:53:33Joe Wells.
00:53:35The Uruguayan government offered a reward for his capture, but he escaped.
00:53:39And, uh, you trailed him here.
00:53:41Besides, in fact, I was here before Mr. Wells arrived.
00:53:45But, uh, why do you want the corpse when you already have the diamond?
00:53:49Well, let's go into that, shall we, after you have carried out your end of the bargain?
00:53:54Now, Mr. Willis, where's the body?
00:53:57Oh, that's easy.
00:53:58The corpse is riding around Central Park in a taxi, waiting to be picked up.
00:54:03Shall we join him?
00:54:04We'll be there in a few minutes.
00:54:21But a body in a cab, Mr. Willis, is that quite safe?
00:54:24I told him to hacky he was a friend of mine, too drunk to take home.
00:54:29An hour spent around the park, and I'd pick him up in good condition.
00:54:32That was clever.
00:54:34Well, who'd know a drunk from a stiff?
00:54:36I had him propped up in the corner just as nice as you please.
00:54:39You mean if he doesn't start sliding?
00:54:42Think I'm nuts?
00:54:43I had him pinned to the cushion.
00:54:45Amazing.
00:54:47All right, driver, start through the park.
00:54:54Here you are.
00:55:00Got a little foggy, didn't it?
00:55:09Hey, driver.
00:55:10Oh, it's you.
00:55:11I thought you'd never get here.
00:55:12Everything okay?
00:55:13Sure.
00:55:14He hasn't even blinked an eye.
00:55:16Hey, what's this guy been drinking?
00:55:17Embalming fluid?
00:55:19He will be.
00:55:19He'll fall on.
00:55:20Now, let's get in and settle this thing.
00:55:22You too.
00:55:22Well, don't you think it'll be a little crowded?
00:55:24For all four of us.
00:55:25You'll manage.
00:55:27All right, then.
00:55:36In somewhat of a hurry, aren't you?
00:55:38I want to get this thing over with.
00:55:40I can understand that.
00:55:44What are you worrying about?
00:55:46There's only one Joe Wells.
00:55:48Do you want to sit next to him?
00:55:49Never mind.
00:55:50Drive us to the ferry.
00:55:52Just a minute.
00:55:54Don't you trust me, Mr. Willis?
00:55:55That's where I relieve you of the body and pay off.
00:55:58It's come back.
00:55:59What do you think?
00:55:59It's coming here.
00:56:00It's coming here.
00:56:01About my own doctor.
00:56:02It's coming here.
00:56:02I am going to meet you.
00:56:03I am going to meet you.
00:56:04I am going to meet you.
00:56:05I thought we were leaving you after we got on the boat.
00:56:29A short trip across the water can hardly matter now, Miss Gallagher.
00:56:32Especially as we shan't be seeing each other any more often tonight.
00:56:37Well, we're almost across. How about the split?
00:56:41Let's stretch our legs and finish our business at the same time.
00:56:57How come Joe wasn't walking around with all that lead in him?
00:56:59I thought he was dead when I left his room at the Empress Hotel.
00:57:02I went down to get a cab to carry away the body, but when I got back he was gone.
00:57:06He must have had just enough life left to drag himself to my family.
00:57:10Jokey, why do you want to carry the body away if you were only interested in getting the diamonds back to your bosses?
00:57:14Oh, pardon me. I was only interested in getting those diamonds for myself.
00:57:18The old double cross. The guys that hired him to get the diamonds get nothing.
00:57:23That was the general idea, Miss Gallagher.
00:57:25Cute, isn't he? Steals the body, destroys it, then tells the diamond owners to go chase themselves.
00:57:30You couldn't lose.
00:57:31Precisely. Joe Wells was not to be found, that's all I'll tell them.
00:57:35In a few years, I'll sell those diamonds at a slight loss.
00:57:40Some loss you're going to take.
00:57:42What about the cops?
00:57:43Well, they'll believe what they believe for five years.
00:57:46I sure put Mr. Wells at the bottom of the river.
00:57:50Well, they think he is anyhow.
00:57:53Yeah, but there'll be questions after tonight.
00:57:56Whom will they question?
00:57:58Oh, me, Miss Gallagher.
00:58:00And you think you will be available for questioning, Mr. Willis?
00:58:05I figured you'd spell when you thought you'd have it in the spot.
00:58:08But you're wrong, Jokey.
00:58:10Quiet!
00:58:11Quiet!
00:58:39On your feet, little man.
00:58:40Look at the bank and I brung home.
00:58:43Where's Clutch?
00:58:44Clutch?
00:58:45What's he got to do with this?
00:58:47Annie Oakley finished it herself.
00:58:49Didn't he get out of the cab?
00:58:50Say, are you conscious?
00:58:52There's no one in the cab but the stiff.
00:58:54No, lady.
00:58:55That's no stiff.
00:58:56That was Clutch.
00:58:57Clutch!
00:58:58Come on.
00:58:59Come on, Jokey.
00:59:03And you mean all the time Clutch was doubling through the body of Joe Wells?
00:59:06Sure.
00:59:07I figured Jokey would try to knock us off.
00:59:09Clutch was supposed to cover us with his gun.
00:59:11Oh, no wonder you were so brave back there.
00:59:14Hey, Clutch!
00:59:16Clutch!
00:59:17Clutch!
00:59:18Wake up!
00:59:19What?
00:59:20Where is he?
00:59:21Which way to go?
00:59:22I'll get him.
00:59:23I'll get him with my heater.
00:59:24Take it easy.
00:59:25I thought you were going to follow us.
00:59:27Oh, murder.
00:59:28I must have fell asleep.
00:59:30Oh, that's just fine.
00:59:31I hope you had a nice nap.
00:59:33All right, Jokey.
00:59:34Get in.
00:59:37Don't pull no calisthenics, bud.
00:59:39Well, let's better be on the level.
00:59:40That's all I got to say.
00:59:41You say this guy's a murderer?
00:59:42Or a reasonable facsimile.
00:59:43Hello, give me Morrison.
00:59:44And who's this character with the zoot haircut?
00:59:45The name is Clutch Tracy.
00:59:46And my racket happens to be empoisonating electrocutions.
00:59:49Well, if you don't believe us now, that ought to send you.
00:59:51Well, what are you waiting on?
00:59:52Throw him in the cell.
00:59:54You mean you're going to give him a third degree?
00:59:57Sure.
00:59:58Then we're gonna skip the coal that's right for him.
01:00:00Alison Brando.
01:00:01You call him that I've tried.
01:00:04Come on.
01:00:05And you're gonna be sure to stick him down.
01:00:07You mean you're gonna give him a third degree?
01:00:10Sure.
01:00:12you gotta give him the third degree sure then we're gonna scalp him and hang him up by his toes
01:00:17this i gotta see hey sarge give me a match will you thanks hey you better keep a couple of these
01:00:25in case you run short hello marston hold on to your pants wait for what the nerve of him he's
01:00:34on another phone this story ought to be good for you cheer up honey say sarge you better get a hold
01:00:39lieutenant max hurley lieutenant hurley he's out on a cruise car the only way i can reach him is by
01:00:43radio you better get him i've got something he wants very badly well this better be on the level
01:00:48that's all pearson talk my mic in the radio second connected sergeant calling car 27 what calling
01:00:57car 27 come in lieutenant hurley calling car 27 calling car 27 lieutenant max hurley come in that
01:01:05theory what kind of lame brain tom foolery goes on in that hello max this is pete willis why you
01:01:12wink spattered imbecile what do you think your temper temper willis if you don't tell me what you did
01:01:17with joe wells i'll personally take you apart like a like an artichoke you've been riding around with
01:01:22him all night ever since you left the freight yard riding around are you nuts he's right behind you max
01:01:28in your trunk isn't it he's there i put him there that is all stop it pull it get stop hey oh hello
01:01:42marston now shut up it didn't hurt you to wait for a little vignette you might be able to use on page one
01:01:49here it is joe wells supposedly dead for five years was found murdered tonight is he oh wait a minute
01:01:55the credit line on this story is by pete willis and sue gallagher well she's working for you now
01:02:01you don't get the yarn yeah okay pete darling oh wait wait a minute honey honey honey this is
01:02:09important you remember the time when they found the guy in the well this is important
01:02:25you
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