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"The Frozen Ghost" (1945) is a classic mystery drama that follows a well-known performer who becomes involved in a series of unusual events after a troubling incident changes the direction of his life. Set in a stylish mid-20th-century atmosphere, the film uses suspense, personal uncertainty, and character-driven storytelling to build a sense of intrigue. As questions arise about trust, identity, and unexpected connections, the story unfolds through moody settings, expressive performances, and the signature style of 1940s cinema. With its memorable cast, dramatic tone, and vintage Hollywood charm, this film remains appealing to fans of classic mysteries, atmospheric stories, and timeless black-and-white productions.
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00:00:00This is the inner sanctum.
00:00:30The strange, fantastic world controlled by a mass of living, pulsating flesh.
00:00:39The mind.
00:00:41It destroys, distorts, creates monsters, commits murder.
00:00:52Yes, even you, without knowing, can commit murder.
00:01:04This is the inner sanctum.
00:01:16This is the inner sanctum.
00:01:28This is the inner sanctum.
00:01:40This is the inner sanctum.
00:01:52You are only receptive to the thought waves of this audience.
00:02:09Do you hear?
00:02:12Only thought waves.
00:02:18There's a gentleman in the third row.
00:02:20Yes.
00:02:21He would like me to tell him his social security number.
00:02:30The number is 546-07-5011.
00:02:39Well, I'll be done.
00:02:44Anyone else?
00:02:45Can't she read your innermost thoughts?
00:02:48Yes, I can.
00:02:50Provided there are some traces of mental activity.
00:02:55Anyone else?
00:02:56Just hold up your hand.
00:02:57Tell us you believe it.
00:02:58It's all done with mirrors.
00:03:00There seems to be a skeptic in the fifth row on our left.
00:03:03He says that we work with mirrors.
00:03:06Hey, stupid.
00:03:07He means you.
00:03:08Me?
00:03:09Yeah.
00:03:10Say, buddy, what's the idea of eavesdropping?
00:03:13If that skeptical gentleman would care to step up here and try,
00:03:17I'm sure that I can make him just as telepathic as Mora.
00:03:22You bet I'll come up.
00:03:24It's done with mirrors and I'm gonna prove it.
00:03:30That'll be all now, Mora.
00:03:41Ladies and gentlemen, Gregor the Great is not himself a mentalist.
00:03:45By hypnotizing someone else such as Mora, his beautiful assistant,
00:03:48he can place that person in a state of telepathic receptivity.
00:03:51We are now about to see Gregor attempt this remarkable feat on a member of the audience,
00:03:54a total stranger.
00:04:00Just dodging one of them mirrors he uses, folks.
00:04:05I know.
00:04:06He's part of the act.
00:04:09Now all you have to do is relax.
00:04:11Not me, brother.
00:04:13You can't mesmerize me.
00:04:15Of course not.
00:04:16Unless you're willing to cooperate.
00:04:18Hey, Mabel, didn't I tell you this guy's a phony?
00:04:22You're stupid.
00:04:24I could kill him.
00:04:30Now pay attention.
00:04:32Concentrate.
00:04:37Gregor is now placing this man, a total stranger, remember, into a hypnotic trance.
00:04:52There's been a slight mishap, ladies and gentlemen. Nothing serious, so if you'll just bear with us a moment.
00:05:13Is there a doctor out there?
00:05:18Yes, I'm a doctor, but are you sure this is not a hoax?
00:05:22Please hurry, doctor. This is serious.
00:05:39He's dead.
00:05:43This man's dead.
00:05:51That's a tough break for Gregor.
00:05:52He was almost in the number one radio spot.
00:05:54There's Gregor family millions behind him.
00:05:56He should worry about a mind reading act.
00:05:58I've made hundreds of appearances.
00:06:01Nothing has ever happened before.
00:06:04Suddenly, tonight, I will a man dead. He dies.
00:06:09Oh, it's very simple, Inspector. I killed that man.
00:06:12That's not true, Alex.
00:06:14Well, it sounds like witchcraft to me.
00:06:16You stick pins in a doll's body that's supposed to resemble your enemy.
00:06:21Stick in enough pins, eventually he dies.
00:06:23Only in this case, you didn't even know the man.
00:06:27Or did you?
00:06:29Alex.
00:06:30What happened? What's wrong?
00:06:31I was listening to you.
00:06:32Who are you?
00:06:34Oh, Inspector.
00:06:35This is my business manager, George Keene.
00:06:38George and Inspector Brandt, Homicide Bureau.
00:06:41Homicide?
00:06:41Yes, your client insists that he killed a man.
00:06:43What?
00:06:44Says he put him in a trance and wished him dead and it happened.
00:06:46Well, that's absurd.
00:06:47Nevertheless, there's a man dead under hypnosis.
00:06:50Most extraordinary.
00:06:51I think we ought to hold somebody.
00:06:53Oh, why all this indecision?
00:06:55It's quite obvious I'm guilty.
00:06:57I murdered that man mentally.
00:06:59Come on, Inspector. Let's get this over with.
00:07:02No, not so fast.
00:07:04I want to telephone someone, if you'll excuse me.
00:07:09Alex.
00:07:10Oh, Valerie, I'm so sorry.
00:07:14I forgot that we were all going to have dinner together tonight.
00:07:17You see, I've had a trying evening.
00:07:19So I've heard.
00:07:20It's a shame this should happen on the night of your engagement party.
00:07:27Well, I think that after what's happened, we should break our engagement.
00:07:32Oh, please, Alex, don't talk like...
00:07:34Oh, we might as well face it. I am a murderer.
00:07:37That's what I call utter nonsense.
00:07:40I hated that man tonight for making me ridiculous.
00:07:44I had the desire to murder.
00:07:47I killed him as surely as though I had shot him.
00:07:52I just talked to the coroner.
00:07:55That man was a confirmed alcoholic.
00:07:57He had a bad ticker.
00:07:59Died of perfectly natural causes.
00:08:02Nothing to hold you for.
00:08:04Thanks for an interesting evening.
00:08:07Good night.
00:08:10Nothing to hold me for.
00:08:14I killed that man.
00:08:17Killed him with my eyes.
00:08:19I know I did.
00:08:23Mora knows.
00:08:25She was there.
00:08:26I...
00:08:26I mustn't see her again.
00:08:29I can't face her.
00:08:31Everywhere I go, I...
00:08:33I see death.
00:08:37Death.
00:08:38Death.
00:08:39Death.
00:08:40Death.
00:08:40Death.
00:08:42Death.
00:08:42Death.
00:08:43Death.
00:08:43Death.
00:08:57Hello, Keane speaking.
00:08:58Yes, yes, I know, but they can't come up here.
00:09:03Well, because there's still no statement to make.
00:09:07Look, don't ask me. I'm only his business manager. Do what you like.
00:09:11That's right. Tell him anything, but don't let him come up here.
00:09:15All right. Okay, do your best.
00:09:28Oh, Mora. Hello, George.
00:09:37Has Alex come home yet? No.
00:09:42I've looked all night. Searched everywhere.
00:09:45How'd you get past the reporters? It wasn't easy.
00:09:49I've done nothing the entire night but answer that telephone.
00:09:53Now, you see what I mean? Hurry, it might be Alex.
00:09:58Hello. Who?
00:10:00Oh, yes, put him on.
00:10:03Hello.
00:10:06Yes. No, certainly. It's not too early for me.
00:10:08But Gregor's still asleep.
00:10:12Well, yes, it has been quite a night.
00:10:14Well, I certainly will. I'll have him call you the minute he wakes up.
00:10:19No, no. No, not at all.
00:10:20Goodbye.
00:10:22How does the sponsor again?
00:10:24What are we going to do?
00:10:25I'm sure I don't know.
00:10:26I can't hold him off much longer.
00:10:28What if something happened to him?
00:10:31George, what if he...
00:10:32Now, wait a minute.
00:10:33Don't you start cracking up on me, too.
00:10:37How about a story, Gregor?
00:10:38How about a story? Come on.
00:10:39We know your time.
00:10:40Give us a break, will you?
00:10:41What are you going to do for?
00:10:42You still think you killed that man with your eyes?
00:10:44Shut up and let me alone, will you?
00:10:46How do you like that?
00:10:55We wait up all night, and then he gives us the brush.
00:10:57Do you see his face?
00:10:58You must be drunk.
00:11:00How crazy.
00:11:01Alex.
00:11:13Oh, darling.
00:11:13Well, it's about time.
00:11:14Of all the stupid things to do...
00:11:16Oh, please, George.
00:11:16Not now.
00:11:17Get rid of those reporters.
00:11:19How?
00:11:19I don't care how you do it, but get rid of them.
00:11:21Well, now, look, Alex.
00:11:22Hello.
00:11:27Yes, yes, I know.
00:11:28They're still down there.
00:11:31Okay, I'll be right down.
00:11:33I don't know what in the world I'm going to say to them.
00:11:35Is there coffee fresh?
00:11:36Huh?
00:11:36Oh, yeah, I just made it.
00:11:40No coffee, Maura.
00:11:46May I ask where you've been?
00:11:49Walking.
00:11:51Just walking.
00:11:52You didn't have to scare us, have to.
00:11:57Go ahead and say it.
00:11:59I've been saying it over and over with every step.
00:12:02Death.
00:12:05Oh, it's no use.
00:12:08Well, maybe you ought to get some sleep.
00:12:10Sleep?
00:12:11How can I?
00:12:12Don't you realize I murdered that man?
00:12:14But you didn't.
00:12:15The coroner gave you a clean bill of health.
00:12:17And the public's all for you.
00:12:18Public?
00:12:19I have no public.
00:12:21You might as well know it now.
00:12:22I'm through.
00:12:23Through with everything.
00:12:26I know how you feel.
00:12:29Perhaps you ought to go away.
00:12:31I've got to.
00:12:32Then, then let's go together.
00:12:34We'll just slip off and...
00:12:35No, Maura.
00:12:36I've got to go alone.
00:12:38I can't let you tie yourself up to a...
00:12:41Don't say it.
00:12:41It's just in your imagination.
00:12:44It's more than that.
00:12:46Alex.
00:12:48Maura, I...
00:12:49I'm not going to see you anymore.
00:12:54Darling.
00:12:57That's final.
00:12:58Poor Maura.
00:13:13Poor Maura.
00:13:14She's not to blame.
00:13:16But it's better this way.
00:13:18I mustn't burden her with my troubles.
00:13:21My mind.
00:13:23There's something wrong.
00:13:25George, in the event anything should happen to me,
00:13:40I want it understood
00:13:41that it is my wish to leave my money
00:13:43and personal property to Maura Daniel.
00:13:45This doesn't sound very much like Gregor.
00:13:50A stranger would write such a note.
00:13:51He's afraid he's losing his mind.
00:13:54Do you think he is?
00:13:56Well, I'm not sure.
00:13:57It's possible.
00:13:58He's been acting strangely since that man's death.
00:14:00He's become an obsession with it.
00:14:02Then we should do something about it and quickly.
00:14:04That's why I came to you.
00:14:07Come, George.
00:14:08You have something on your mind.
00:14:09What is it?
00:14:11Gregor needs mental relaxation.
00:14:12I think something to do at your place
00:14:14would be just the thing for it.
00:14:16Why don't you let him live there a while?
00:14:18He's got plenty of room.
00:14:20I want to help Gregor,
00:14:21but it's hard to imagine him in that musty old trap.
00:14:25I don't think he'd accept.
00:14:26Well, it happens to be an interesting place.
00:14:28And it's secluded, and that's what he needs.
00:14:30Knowing Gregor, I mean his condition,
00:14:33I think he would accept.
00:14:37What about Maura?
00:14:38Well, that's all.
00:14:39She's out of his life.
00:14:40He wouldn't seem so by this note.
00:14:43Well, this is just a way of easing his conscience, I think.
00:14:47He has made a clean sweep.
00:14:49And I'm glad.
00:14:51Especially about the girl.
00:14:53Guess it'll be much easier with her out of the way.
00:14:56I'll stand by.
00:14:56Madam Monet.
00:15:17She must be in the workshop.
00:15:20Valerie.
00:15:20Hello, George.
00:15:23Hello.
00:15:24Alex.
00:15:25You're early.
00:15:27Miracles will never cease.
00:15:28After all this time,
00:15:29you'll finally come to see Monet's wax museum.
00:15:31Pardon me, but who's the lady?
00:15:32You shouldn't call her a lady,
00:15:34because she is one.
00:15:35Lady Macbeth.
00:15:36Right, Alex?
00:15:37Oh, yes, right.
00:15:38She's going into our Shakespearean group.
00:15:39Well, you're certainly very clever, Valerie,
00:15:40to do all this.
00:15:41Rudy models the faces.
00:15:42He's a wizard with wax.
00:15:43And I do the costumes.
00:15:47But the lectures for the patrons,
00:15:48and the research...
00:15:50Good heavens, I'm talking nothing but business.
00:15:51Let's go into the other room.
00:15:57Sit down.
00:15:58Make yourselves comfortable.
00:16:02I will see a little,
00:16:04I'm talking nothing but business. Let's go into the other room.
00:16:13Sit down. Make yourselves comfortable.
00:16:19Nina's fixing something to drink.
00:16:21Oh, nothing for me, thank you.
00:16:23Oh, Alex, this is an occasion.
00:16:25At least have some port.
00:16:27Well, all right.
00:16:34Hello, young lady.
00:16:36Hello, Mr. Cain.
00:16:38My niece Nina Quadro, and, uh...
00:16:40And you're Gregor the Great.
00:16:42Not Gregor the Great.
00:16:44Just plain Alex Gregor.
00:16:46But you're so famous, everyone knows you as Gregor the Great.
00:16:49Well, what he means is that all of his friends call him Alex.
00:16:52You're going to be his friend, too, aren't you?
00:16:54Yes, sir. Of course, sir.
00:16:56Nina, tell Rudy I'm bringing some people to the floor.
00:16:58You're going to be his friend, too, aren't you?
00:17:00Yes, sir.
00:17:02Nina, tell Rudy I'm bringing some people through the museum.
00:17:05All right, Aunt Val.
00:17:07You really have to meet Rudy.
00:17:09He's quite a character.
00:17:10George means he's a little eccentric.
00:17:13That's putting it mildly.
00:17:14You have to see him.
00:17:29What is it, Nina?
00:17:30Oh, Nina, dear, I'm sorry.
00:17:32It's all right.
00:17:33You know I wouldn't want to frighten you, little Nina.
00:17:38Please.
00:17:39Madame Monet is bringing Mr. Cain and Mr. Gregor through the museum.
00:17:43I won't have it.
00:17:44I have work to do in here.
00:17:45But it's Gregor the Great, the famous mentalist.
00:17:47Why doesn't he pay his way like anyone else?
00:17:49Why must he come in after hours?
00:17:51He's very special.
00:17:52In fact, he's wonderful.
00:17:54Who says he's wonderful?
00:17:56Oh, quiet, Rudy.
00:17:57They might hear you.
00:17:58If Aunt Val wants me, I'll be up in my room.
00:18:00Cleopatra, you were the queen of the Nile.
00:18:15You have got to keep your hair neat.
00:18:30So, that's better.
00:18:33Now take Genghis Khan over there.
00:18:36His hair is must.
00:18:37But that's all right.
00:18:38He is a tough old warrior, fighting battles all day.
00:18:55Napoleon, you and Josephine better behave.
00:18:59Don't talk divorce while company is here.
00:19:02After hours, we keep the temperature of the museum very low,
00:19:07so that the figures won't melt.
00:19:09Perhaps we'd better put on coats.
00:19:11No, we'll be all right, I think.
00:19:17And you, Mr. Bourbrommer.
00:19:20Keep your collar straight,
00:19:23and your best foot forward.
00:19:25You want them to see how handsome you are.
00:19:28Rudy?
00:19:29Yes, Madame Monet?
00:19:31Hello, Mr. Keene.
00:19:34Hello, Rudy.
00:19:35This is my old friend, Mr. Gregor.
00:19:37Yes, yes, I know.
00:19:39Gregor the Great.
00:19:41My name is Alex Gregor.
00:19:43Rudy, we'd like to show Alex around the place.
00:19:46All right.
00:19:53Stone Age Joe.
00:19:55You weren't so dumb as I think you were.
00:19:58You took what you wanted.
00:20:00The way you wanted it.
00:20:02Didn't you, Joe?
00:20:04And here we have some famous executions.
00:20:07Our tableau on the French Revolution.
00:20:10Marie Antoinette.
00:20:11Marie Antoinette.
00:20:20And Louis XVI.
00:20:23What was that?
00:20:24Rudy believes in making things realistic.
00:20:26Yes, too much so.
00:20:27I'm getting goose pimples and not from this cold room.
00:20:29And this is Attila, the hunt.
00:20:42The greatest killer of them all.
00:20:44But he doesn't scare me.
00:20:46I know him too well.
00:20:49I created him with my own two hands.
00:20:53See.
00:20:56Come, Rudy.
00:20:57Let's see the furnace room.
00:20:58Yes, Madame Marie.
00:21:18Well, that's the way they do it.
00:21:19And very economical.
00:21:20By melting discarded figures and casting new ones,
00:21:24I managed to be worth what Madame pays me.
00:21:25Well, that's the way they do it.
00:21:26And very economical.
00:21:27By melting discarded figures and casting new ones,
00:21:29I managed to be worth what Madame pays me.
00:21:31Well, we've seen about everything backstage.
00:21:34Shall we go and finish our drinks?
00:21:35Yes, let's do it.
00:21:36Be careful.
00:21:37Don't upset anything in the museum.
00:22:01You're certainly right.
00:22:11To say the least, he is exceptional.
00:22:14Poor fellow.
00:22:15I'm always so sorry for him.
00:22:17You know, Rudy was on the verge of becoming
00:22:19a very famous plastic surgeon at one time.
00:22:21Dr. Polden was his name.
00:22:23I handled his business affairs, as a matter of fact.
00:22:25That was shortly before he came here with me.
00:22:27Yes, it was really quite tragic.
00:22:29He rebuilt a wealthy dowager's face.
00:22:31And as I recall it, she removed the bandages too soon
00:22:33or something.
00:22:34And anyway, Rudy was blamed for the result.
00:22:36It ruined him professionally.
00:22:37He's been very helpful to me.
00:22:39His realism with wax comes as a result
00:22:42of his great work in plastic surgery.
00:22:44Well, it's been a wonderful outlet for him.
00:22:46And with all his help, there's still so much left to be done.
00:22:49I don't know where to turn.
00:22:51Well, perhaps we can work something out.
00:22:59But, Rudy, here's the mold you sent for.
00:23:01Don't go, Nina.
00:23:02I have work to do.
00:23:03Alex and I are doing some research on the new tableau.
00:23:04Alex, always Alex.
00:23:05He's been living here three weeks
00:23:06and you get sillier by the minute.
00:23:08He doesn't think I'm silly.
00:23:09Nina.
00:23:10Nina, why waste yourself on him?
00:23:14Nina.
00:23:29Leave her alone, Rudy.
00:23:30I'm tired of you trying to boss everything around here.
00:23:32What I do is my business.
00:23:33I don't care what you do.
00:23:34But get this straight, as long as I'm around here,
00:23:35you're gonna leave this girl alone.
00:23:36Get out!
00:23:44Not until you've heard everything I have to say.
00:23:58Nina, Alex and I are going to attend an auction tonight.
00:24:02Can you give the evening lecture?
00:24:05Of course. But the customers would prefer Alex.
00:24:09It's wonderful, isn't it, how business picked up since you came here?
00:24:14Yes, come in.
00:24:19Oh, Maura.
00:24:21Hello, Madame Monet.
00:24:23Hello.
00:24:24The Hamlet cloak's all finished. You can put it back on the figure.
00:24:28I'd ask you to sit down, but I'm trying to get some work finished before going out this evening.
00:24:33I only wanted to see Alex for a moment.
00:24:36You've just missed him. He left to attend an auction.
00:24:40Oh.
00:24:42Uh, is he, uh, feeling better?
00:24:45Very much so, my dear.
00:24:48As a matter of fact, if I were you, I...
00:24:50Valerie, there's something...
00:24:54Oh, Maura.
00:24:56What are you doing here?
00:24:58I... I thought you'd left.
00:25:01You don't have to be polite, Maura Monet.
00:25:04How did you find me?
00:25:05I wandered out of George.
00:25:08What is all this mysterious business?
00:25:10My dear Miss Daniel...
00:25:11Valerie, if you don't mind, I...
00:25:13Well, I guess I'd better talk to Maura alone.
00:25:16Just as you say.
00:25:18I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble, darling.
00:25:26Well, that's all right.
00:25:30Are you sorry I came?
00:25:32Well, not exactly sorry, but you see, you...
00:25:35I remind you of something you're trying to forget. Is that it?
00:25:40You're right. I... I shouldn't have come, but...
00:25:43Well, I thought that...
00:25:45If you had missed me as I have missed you...
00:25:47Oh, Maura, I have missed you.
00:25:49But you must understand.
00:25:52It sounds strange, but...
00:25:54Down here I've found peace of mind.
00:25:58I do understand.
00:26:00I'd be the last person to do anything to hurt you.
00:26:04Goodbye, Alex.
00:26:15Maura.
00:26:20I think Alex would be much better off...
00:26:21If you didn't come to see him anymore.
00:26:24That seems to be something that concerns only Alex and me.
00:26:27There's no use my trying to bring him back to himself...
00:26:29If you're going to continue to tear down everything I've done.
00:26:32Go ahead. Why don't you say what you really mean?
00:26:34You're afraid I'll take him out of this mausoleum...
00:26:36And away from you.
00:26:38All right.
00:26:39If you must know, I am interested in Alex.
00:26:41Knowing how he feels about you...
00:26:43I should imagine you wouldn't interfere.
00:26:45If I thought Alex really wanted it that way...
00:26:47I wouldn't interfere.
00:26:49But I doubt it.
00:26:50She hit the nail right on the head.
00:27:04I don't think he does feel that way about you.
00:27:06Mind your own business.
00:27:07He is quite a charmer.
00:27:09Plays the field.
00:27:11Plays the field?
00:27:12What are you talking about?
00:27:13First that girl, and then you, and now little Nina.
00:27:16Nina?
00:27:18That's ridiculous.
00:27:20Is it?
00:27:21You should have seen what I saw in the furnace room.
00:27:24You're lying.
00:27:25You'll see.
00:27:29Nina.
00:27:31Alex.
00:27:39Aren't you feeling well?
00:27:41Oh, nothing serious. Just a headache.
00:27:44Isn't there something I can do?
00:27:46No.
00:27:47Thank you, Nina.
00:27:48Now you run along.
00:27:49I'll be all right.
00:27:55So this is how you repeat my kindness.
00:27:57Oh, Valerie.
00:27:58Maura's gone and she's not coming back.
00:28:00I don't mean Maura.
00:28:01I'm speaking about my niece.
00:28:03Nina?
00:28:04What has she got to do with this?
00:28:06I know what's going on around here.
00:28:08My own niece.
00:28:09My own house.
00:28:10How could you dare?
00:28:11Valerie, are you out of your mind?
00:28:12I must have been.
00:28:13To take you in.
00:28:14To trust you.
00:28:15To even let myself...
00:28:16Oh, so that's the way it is.
00:28:17That's what you've been thinking of.
00:28:19How you must have enjoyed seeing me make a fool of myself.
00:28:22No, Valerie.
00:28:23You haven't made a fool of yourself.
00:28:25I have.
00:28:26But believe me.
00:28:27I value your friendship.
00:28:30Mm-hmm.
00:28:31You proved that by making love to Nina behind my back.
00:28:34Ah.
00:28:35I have no mood to argue with you about it.
00:28:38The best thing I can do is pack my things and leave.
00:28:41Now, isn't that considerate of you?
00:28:43But what do you want me to do?
00:28:45Well, you're a mentalist.
00:28:46Why don't you...
00:28:47Please don't talk like that.
00:28:49You've read other people's minds.
00:28:51Why should you find it so difficult to read mine?
00:28:53Be still.
00:28:54You are the renowned. Gregor the Great.
00:28:57Be quiet. Do you hear me?
00:29:24I must give myself up.
00:29:40It's no use.
00:29:42Tragedy is determined to follow me wherever I go.
00:29:46It's kind of cold out here this hour of the night.
00:29:59You better keep moving.
00:30:01You'll be able to be carried off.
00:30:03By pneumonia.
00:30:04I had no idea where I was until that officer walked up to me.
00:30:09Then I remembered.
00:30:10I was afraid to go back, so I came home.
00:30:12Well, I'd like to be able to help you, Alex, but I'm no psychiatrist.
00:30:15But you are my friend.
00:30:16Certainly, but I'm a practical man too, which is better than what you need some breakfast.
00:30:18George.
00:30:25Well, I'd like to be able to help you, Alex, but I'm no psychiatrist.
00:30:28But you are my friend.
00:30:29Certainly, but I'm a practical man too, which is better than what you need some breakfast.
00:30:34Well, I'd like to be able to help you, Alex, but I'm no psychiatrist.
00:30:37But you are my friend.
00:30:39Certainly, but I'm a practical man too,
00:30:41which is better, and what you need is some breakfast.
00:30:43George, there's a favor I'd like to ask of you.
00:30:47I wish that you would go down to the museum and see if...
00:30:51See if you did kill Valerie Monet? Of course you didn't.
00:30:53But I tell you...
00:30:54Look, Alex, I've got a confession to make to you.
00:30:57I never did believe in your so-called hypnotic powers.
00:31:01That's a strange statement coming from you.
00:31:04Oh, no, wait, don't misunderstand me. I think you're terrific.
00:31:07That is, you put on a wonderful act.
00:31:09I just never ask you how you did it.
00:31:12But I was born with that power.
00:31:15Sure, and I was born in Missouri.
00:31:17I've always suspected you had some clever trick up your sleeve,
00:31:20a professional secret.
00:31:22But there was no secret, I swear it.
00:31:24All right, just the same, I think you've dreamed all of this up,
00:31:27and I'll bet you anything you want to bet,
00:31:29Valerie Monet is still alive and kicking,
00:31:31and probably wondering where you are.
00:31:33I wish I could believe that.
00:31:35All right.
00:31:37We'll both go down there and see. Come on.
00:31:42Wait.
00:31:46There's one thing I forgot to mention.
00:31:48Yeah, what's that?
00:31:50Valerie's scarf.
00:31:53I found it in my pocket.
00:31:58Well, come on.
00:32:16Come on, we'll settle this once and for all.
00:32:18Rudy.
00:32:31Where is Madame Monet?
00:32:33You ought to know. You tell us.
00:32:35Madame Monet has disappeared.
00:32:37Inspector Bryant, what are you doing here?
00:32:39Well, you might say I've taken a fussy to wax museums.
00:32:43Miss Gaudreau has been showing me around.
00:32:45Alex, I...
00:32:46I called him when I couldn't find Aunt Val.
00:32:50Oh, your good friend Gregor.
00:32:54You took quite a walk for yourself last night, didn't you, Gregor?
00:32:57Why, yes, I...
00:32:58He was with me every minute.
00:33:00It's a corny crack, Mr. Keene.
00:33:02But that ain't the way I heard it.
00:33:05All right, how did you hear it?
00:33:07Madame Monet and Gregor had an argument last night.
00:33:10But they were the best of friends.
00:33:12Were is exactly the right word.
00:33:15She was in love with you, wasn't she?
00:33:18And you didn't return her affection.
00:33:20And she knew it.
00:33:22She was jealous of every woman who came near you.
00:33:24Why all of this talk?
00:33:26You seem to know everything, but I didn't.
00:33:28Oh, come now.
00:33:29You have a reputation for reading people's minds.
00:33:31All right.
00:33:32Valerie and I did call.
00:33:34I tried to keep her from humiliating herself.
00:33:38She became upset.
00:33:39When I was...
00:33:40You lost your temper.
00:33:41Stop it!
00:33:43I'm just as interested in finding out what's at the bottom of this as you are.
00:33:47But I don't know what happened to Madame Monet.
00:33:49Another lapse of memory, Gregor.
00:33:51D'arrr.
00:33:54You're going about this all wrong.
00:33:55Yes, unfortunately.
00:33:56I have to find a body until I do.
00:33:58I haven't got a case.
00:33:59Have you searched the place?
00:34:00Only the upstairs.
00:34:01If you don't mind, I'd like to search this floor.
00:34:06I'll help you, Inspector.
00:34:07Oh, thank you.
00:34:19You ought to furnish for a coach for a tour like this.
00:34:21Oh, I'm sorry, Inspector.
00:34:22I forgot.
00:34:23I'm so accustomed to the temperature myself.
00:34:26Mm-hmm.
00:34:27Skip it.
00:34:29Alex, I'm sorry.
00:34:30I didn't know what I was doing when I called the police.
00:34:32Never mind, Neil.
00:34:33Will you get him a glass of water?
00:34:37Take it easy, Alex.
00:34:38I still say I'm right.
00:34:40Well, it's a ducky little tableau.
00:34:46Looks familiar.
00:34:47It's a Simmons murder case.
00:34:49One of the most famous of modern crimes.
00:34:51First, I did the research from newspapers, and then I visited the actual scene myself.
00:34:55In fact, Inspector...
00:34:56You have every detail perfect.
00:34:57Just look at the contour of her face.
00:34:59I don't have to.
00:35:00I solved the case myself.
00:35:02Oh.
00:35:03Well, we have another interesting little tableau over there.
00:35:06The Lambert case.
00:35:07In that one, as you may recall...
00:35:08Never mind.
00:35:09Well, I'm only trying to show you...
00:35:10I'm not interested in cases that have already been solved.
00:35:14I'm working on one that hasn't been cracked yet.
00:35:18The rest of these are pretty much alike.
00:35:21Do you want to see the furnace room?
00:35:23Well, who's that fellow?
00:35:24Well, that's Genghis Khan, the Tatha chieftain...
00:35:25Who conquered all Asia.
00:35:26And these?
00:35:27Our Shakespearean classics.
00:35:28They, too, would probably bore you.
00:35:29You're wrong, Doctor.
00:35:30What...
00:35:31What did you say?
00:35:32You are Dr. Pauldern, aren't you?
00:35:33Why...
00:35:34Why, yes.
00:35:35Romeo...
00:35:36And Jim...
00:35:37You're wrong, Doctor.
00:35:38What...
00:35:39What did you say?
00:35:40You are Dr. Pauldern, aren't you?
00:35:41Why...
00:35:42Why, yes.
00:35:43Romeo...
00:35:44And Jim...
00:35:45You are Dr. Pauldern, aren't you?
00:35:46Why...
00:35:47Why, yes.
00:35:51Romeo...
00:35:52And Juliet...
00:35:54Sweet good night...
00:35:56This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath...
00:36:00May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
00:36:03Good night...
00:36:05Good night...
00:36:06Ah, Hamlet!
00:36:09To be or not to be...
00:36:12That is the question.
00:36:14Whether it is nobler in the minds...
00:36:16To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...
00:36:19Or to take arms against a sea of troubles...
00:36:22And by opposing end them...
00:36:24To die...
00:36:25To sleep no more...
00:36:27And by a sleep to say we end the heartaches...
00:36:31And all the natural shocks the flushes air to.
00:36:35My quotation's correct, Doctor?
00:36:36Yes, perfect.
00:36:37You should have gone on the stage.
00:36:38Oh, no.
00:36:39I'm only an amateur.
00:36:40The professional status belongs to you.
00:36:41These figures are interesting.
00:36:42I think you'll find the furnace room...
00:36:43In some ways much more interesting.
00:36:44Lead on, Macduff.
00:36:45Very interesting place.
00:36:46Well?
00:36:47Same old story.
00:36:48No corpus delecti.
00:36:49You better stay where I can find you...
00:36:50It becomes necessary.
00:36:51He will.
00:36:52And the same goes for all...
00:36:53Who will be?
00:36:54And the same goes for all...
00:36:55Who will be?
00:36:56No.
00:36:57You will.
00:36:58And the same goes for all...
00:37:00What?
00:37:01What?
00:37:02What?
00:37:03What?
00:37:04What?
00:37:05What?
00:37:06What?
00:37:07What?
00:37:08What?
00:37:09What?
00:37:10What?
00:37:11What?
00:37:12What?
00:37:13You better stay where I can find you.
00:37:14And the same goes for all of you charming people.
00:37:16Well, surely you don't think that...
00:37:17I'm not paid to think.
00:37:19I'm paid to get evidence and make arrests.
00:37:26I didn't know Madame Monet very well.
00:37:28Her taste in paintings may be okay.
00:37:30But me?
00:37:32I like them a little snappier.
00:37:34Look, if you don't mind...
00:37:35I'll be seeing you.
00:37:36What did he say in there?
00:37:41Nothing much.
00:37:42But he was very interested in our Shakespearean group.
00:37:44What's that got to do with finding Aunt Val?
00:37:46I wonder where she is.
00:37:48What could have happened to her?
00:37:50Well, I told Inspector Brand how eccentric she was.
00:37:52But she never did anything like this before.
00:37:54I can't stay here now.
00:37:56Nina and I can manage things.
00:37:58Can't we?
00:38:00I can't do anything like this before.
00:38:02Nina and I can manage things.
00:38:04Can't we, Nina?
00:38:22You still have a good appetite, Mora?
00:38:30What are you doing here?
00:38:32Anything tasty?
00:38:34I'm not accustomed to having people break into my apartment.
00:38:36I beg your pardon.
00:38:38You know, I can never understand an artist...
00:38:40who'll make a painting of a sparrow or a flower.
00:38:44Why don't they paint a good healthy dish...
00:38:46of corned beef and cabbage?
00:38:52Get to the point, Inspector.
00:38:54Well, if I could put you under a trance...
00:38:56as Alice Gregor did, I might have all the answers.
00:38:58What answers?
00:39:02Madame Monet's mysterious disappearance.
00:39:04It's been days, you know.
00:39:06How would I know?
00:39:08You were one of the last people to see her alive.
00:39:10You speak as though she were dead.
00:39:12Dead, disappeared, kidnapped.
00:39:16It's all just to my know.
00:39:18I don't know a thing.
00:39:20Only that you and Madame Monet...
00:39:22had a cat and dog fight over Gregor's affection.
00:39:26Now, I ask you...
00:39:28wouldn't that make a better subject...
00:39:30than a lot of pansies or whatever they are?
00:39:36Now, we'll get back to your fight with Madame Monet.
00:39:38She had another one with Gregor after you left.
00:39:40Oh, over me, I suppose.
00:39:42Could be.
00:39:44Perhaps she didn't like the idea...
00:39:46of Gregor's making a will...
00:39:48leaving all his money to you.
00:39:50I didn't know that.
00:39:52Didn't you?
00:39:54Well, how could I?
00:39:56I didn't see him after the radio accident...
00:39:58until I traced him to the museum weeks later.
00:40:00You traced him all right.
00:40:02Right after that, Madame Monet vanished into thin air.
00:40:04You traced him all right.
00:40:06Right after that, Madame Monet vanished into thin air.
00:40:08I wouldn't know anything about that.
00:40:16You upset her?
00:40:18How do I know you didn't finish her off?
00:40:20You had every reason to.
00:40:22I didn't kill Valerie Monet...
00:40:24if that's what you're trying to insinuate.
00:40:26Oh, so you know she's dead.
00:40:28I only know what you've told me.
00:40:34You still love Alex Gregor, don't you?
00:40:38I'll always love him.
00:40:40What you really mean is you want him back.
00:40:42You missed the glamour of the big time.
00:40:46That fat salary you had as his partner.
00:40:52I love Alex for himself.
00:40:54But I wouldn't expect a man like you to understand.
00:40:58You're wrong, Murrah.
00:41:00I'm a very understanding man.
00:41:02I'm a very understanding man.
00:41:04Let's go.
00:41:34Let's go.
00:42:04Let's go.
00:42:34Let's go.
00:43:04Let's go.
00:43:12You'd better come out.
00:43:14I need what I say.
00:43:16Come out.
00:43:18Let's go.
00:43:20Let's go.
00:43:28Let's go.
00:43:38Let's go.
00:43:48Let's go.
00:43:56Let's go.
00:43:58Let's go.
00:44:08Let's go.
00:44:10Let's go.
00:44:12Let's go.
00:44:14Let's go.
00:44:22Let's go.
00:44:24Let's go.
00:44:32Let's go.
00:44:34Let's go.
00:44:42Let's go.
00:44:44Let's go.
00:44:52Let's go.
00:44:54Let's go.
00:44:56Let's go.
00:44:58Let's go.
00:45:06Let's go.
00:45:08Let's go.
00:45:09Let's go.
00:45:10Let's go.
00:45:12Let's go.
00:45:14Let's go.
00:45:16Let's go.
00:45:18Let's go.
00:45:20Let's go.
00:45:22Let's go.
00:45:28Let's go.
00:45:30Let's go.
00:45:32Let's go.
00:46:34You find her?
00:46:46No, but I did find this.
00:46:51Belongs to her life display.
00:46:54I wonder where she could be.
00:46:56Who knows?
00:46:58I have no time for hysterical women.
00:47:00I'm going to bed.
00:47:03All right.
00:47:27Hello?
00:47:47Rudy?
00:47:48What's up?
00:47:49Your friend Gregor just left here.
00:47:54In a highly upset condition.
00:47:56What?
00:47:57Well, where'd he go?
00:47:58To look for Nina.
00:47:59Nina?
00:48:00Well, what's happened to her?
00:48:01Say, what have you been up to?
00:48:02Don't be worried.
00:48:03Everything is going to be fine.
00:48:04Just fine.
00:48:05I'm coming down there right away.
00:48:06So you throw a knife at him.
00:48:07You fool, don't you realize we're trying to get him in the insane asylum?
00:48:08Not in the morgue.
00:48:09But I told you, you're only meant to stop him from finding Madame Monet.
00:48:10At the risk of getting us a murder rap.
00:48:11How's he been acting?
00:48:12I'm going to further into my life.
00:48:13I've got a job too.
00:48:14I've got a job too.
00:48:15Don't be worried.
00:48:16Everything is going to be fine.
00:48:17Just fine.
00:48:18I'm coming down there right away.
00:48:19So you throw a knife at him?
00:48:21You fool, don't you realize we're trying to get him in the insane asylum?
00:48:24Not in the morgue.
00:48:25But I told you, you're only meant to stop him from finding Madame Monet.
00:48:27But I told you, I only meant to stop him from finding him Madame Monet.
00:48:29At the risk of getting us a murder rap.
00:48:39How's he been acting lately? Does he seem mentally upset?
00:48:42Yes, quite. And to help his condition, I keep dropping little hints.
00:48:46I keep reminding him of things I know will worry him.
00:48:49He's thoroughly convinced he has done away with Madame Monet.
00:48:52And now with Nina disappearing too, I'm sure he is ready.
00:48:56Good. Tomorrow morning, I'll turn him over to the psychopathic court.
00:48:59When they hear him rave about destroying people with his eyes,
00:49:02they can't help but sign the commitment papers.
00:49:05You have covered all the legal ground.
00:49:07You have been appointed trustee of his estate and all the other things.
00:49:10He trusts me with his life.
00:49:12Well, the partner was just trying to make sure.
00:49:15As a partner, you let me worry about that.
00:49:18Now, there's just one other possible hitch. Nina Kudrow.
00:49:23Come and see for yourself.
00:49:26Go away.
00:49:27You Are you right.
00:49:31Let me try again.
00:49:45She is a faithful clerk.
00:49:51She'll make a marvellous Joan of Arc.
00:49:55Suppose she shouldn't come out of it?
00:49:57No danger.
00:49:58Medical science has used suspended animation of the freezing process for some time.
00:50:03People can live in this condition without nourishment for long periods.
00:50:07When she comes out of it, what then?
00:50:09She'll remember nothing.
00:50:10It'll be as if she had been in a state of amnesia and suddenly awakened.
00:50:13For sure. Positive.
00:50:15It'll be the same as Madame Monet.
00:50:18If they should ask any embarrassing questions,
00:50:20we just tell them that Gregor the Great hypnotizes them.
00:50:23Sure. He put them both to sleep and we saved them.
00:50:26They won't be able to check with Gregor. He'll be shut away in the asylum.
00:50:29Precisely.
00:50:30You're sure now you've left nothing to chance?
00:50:32If you're worried, I'll show you.
00:50:42Here.
00:50:43I can't hear anything.
00:50:44In suspended animation, the half-beat is almost too low to detect immediately.
00:50:58I still can't hear anything.
00:51:02Sometimes takes a professional ear.
00:51:04Was anything wrong?
00:51:23Well, say something.
00:51:25Heart.
00:51:26Stopped.
00:51:27Well, you're a doctor.
00:51:28Do something.
00:51:29Give her adrenaline.
00:51:30I can't.
00:51:31She's dead.
00:51:32You were so sure this would work.
00:51:33She must have had a heart condition and knew nothing about.
00:51:34You can't alibi murder.
00:51:35And this is murder.
00:51:36Yours as well as mine.
00:51:37No.
00:51:38I left the medical stuff to you.
00:51:39The whole plan was yours.
00:51:40Shut up.
00:51:41Shut up.
00:51:42Shut up.
00:51:43We've got to get rid of these bodies.
00:51:44Both of them.
00:51:45Not Nina.
00:51:46We can't argue.
00:51:47We're in this up to our necks.
00:51:48We've got to get out of it.
00:51:49But Nina is still alive.
00:51:51With no choice.
00:51:52We've got to get rid of these bodies.
00:52:12Nina is still alive. We've no choice.
00:52:16We've got to get rid of these bodies.
00:52:19Yes. Of course.
00:52:25Well, don't stall. Think.
00:52:28What do we do?
00:52:42Let's go.
00:53:12Maura, can't you understand or don't you want to understand?
00:53:22I'm trying to, Alex, but are you sure it isn't the same old obsession?
00:53:27Of course it's not an obsession. I tell you, it's the truth.
00:53:30Nina's gone.
00:53:32But there's one thing she said that stands out.
00:53:36She said, you're both in on it.
00:53:40Why, that could mean Rudy.
00:53:43There must be some connection between the scarf and the pendant.
00:53:47But where would Rudy fit in?
00:53:50I don't know.
00:53:52But I think I know a way to find out.
00:53:54Maura, if you're willing to take a chance.
00:53:56To help you? Of course.
00:53:59Thanks, darling.
00:54:10You're right there.
00:54:12You're right there.
00:54:13second time.
00:54:15But you know, a plane is off.
00:54:18Oh, you don't hit me.
00:54:19I don't really think I'm going to be over here.
00:54:20I don't know.
00:54:23Oh, I don't know.
00:54:25I don't know.
00:54:26I don't know.
00:54:28Oh, I don't know.
00:54:29I'm going to leave us alone.
00:54:31We're in the morning.
00:54:32We're in the morning.
00:54:33I don't know.
00:54:34I don't know.
00:54:35But I don't know what it is.
00:54:36going somewhere yes and we're in a hurry you've lots of time you'll have even more after you're
00:54:45locked up locked up nita codro's disappeared oh how did you know oh i know lots of things
00:54:53even if i can't read minds inspector you can't stop us now this may be a matter of life or death
00:54:58you're right it is we're heading to the station but inspector we have a plan we haven't got a
00:55:05moment to wait save it won't you give us just one hour all right inspector if that's the way you feel
00:55:12about it why get in hurry
00:55:35george what are you doing here we called your apartment but you weren't in well i i've been
00:55:55looking all over you did you know nina's gone gone where we don't know she's disappeared but we think
00:56:00we have a plan to find her and madame monet too oh well that's that's fine let's let's go somewhere
00:56:04and talk it over no no this is the only place that we can do it moora's going to help and believe me
00:56:09you can be of assistance oh no look alex let's stay on a safe side let the police handle it oh we can't
00:56:14wait moora's agreed to allow me to put her into a trance oh so that's your plan well you're forgetting
00:56:20i don't believe in hypnotism well whether you believe in it or not you might give me a hand
00:56:24now all you have to do is at the proper moment ask moora what happened to valerie and nina
00:56:30oh well you're wasting your time but okay i'll try
00:56:34no more i know it's going to be difficult but first you must relax relax
00:56:59relax now concentrate think
00:57:07what became of valerie monet and nina
00:57:27i see monet she has fainted a man bends over her he is dragging her away
00:57:43ask her what that man's name is who is the man
00:57:49cannot see his face he is gone
00:58:03i see nina she's frightened
00:58:08she tries to escape
00:58:11a man seizes her the same man i saw with monet
00:58:19ask her what is that man's name who is the man a doctor
00:58:28he has medical instruments
00:58:32he works where it is very cold
00:58:37rudy another man is with him
00:58:40i can't see him his back is turned i cannot see his face
00:58:48wait now i can see him
00:58:54his name is
00:58:58his name is george keene
00:59:00okay mastermind you're under arrest
00:59:13you framed it you hate him here all the time sure sure greggers taking me into his act
00:59:19his name is
00:59:25darling
00:59:26well i'm all right alex i still remember nina i saw flames
00:59:31flames
00:59:32yes
00:59:34the furnace room
00:59:34the furnace room
00:59:47it's not a fire
00:59:50no
00:59:51Oh, I'm so excited. Are you sure you want me to come along?
01:00:03Why, of course, Nina. We wouldn't go without you.
01:00:06That's right, Nina.
01:00:10Inspector Brandt.
01:00:14What are you doing here?
01:00:15Well, to tell you the truth, I'm on a spot. I wish you'd help me out.
01:00:19Help you out?
01:00:20Yes, I have a case that I can't crack.
01:00:28I wonder if you could put me in a trance.
01:00:33Oh, Inspector, I thought you knew.
01:00:36It's all done with mirrors.
01:00:50Oh, my God.
01:01:10Oh, my God.
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