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A gripping detective mystery from 1938 featuring sharp investigation, hidden motives, and a relentless chase for the truth. Follow the suspense as unexpected clues and thrilling twists unfold in this classic crime adventure.
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00:01:59Okay, you're on the air
00:02:02The Shadow Speaks, bringing to you the latest news in the world of crime prevention and detection
00:02:07This afternoon a crime was committed which brought only tragedy to the perpetrators
00:02:11Three young desperadoes held up a bank and escaped in their car
00:02:14The police quickly picked up their trail
00:02:16There was a running gunfight between bandits and police
00:02:18Which finally resulted in the three misguided young men plunging to their death
00:02:21Once again is proved the truth of that old adage
00:02:24Crime does not pay
00:02:26Well, friends, we have a distinguished visitor in our midst
00:02:30But the news won't make the society page
00:02:32Honest John is back in town
00:02:34Honest John is one of the last of our old-time safecrackers
00:02:38So if your strong box blows up with a loud bang, don't think it's the 4th of July
00:02:42It may be old John celebrating his release from what he probably calls the big house or stir
00:02:47Let us hope that the police commissioner Weston
00:02:51Whom we hear never misses one of our broadcasts
00:02:54Will keep an eye on Honest John
00:02:56Hi there, Commissioner
00:02:58Memorandum to Detective Bureau
00:03:01Check on Honest John
00:03:02Yes, Commissioner
00:03:03Ladies
00:03:03Here's a little incident which proves the silence is really golden
00:03:07Last night, bandits entered George Ward's furniture store
00:03:10Mrs. Ward was alone in the place
00:03:12The good lady was so frightened she couldn't talk
00:03:14At least that's what the bandits
00:03:16It's too bad something don't scare him so bad that he can't talk
00:03:20They ought to be a law against guys like him
00:03:23Shooting their mouth off within the city limits
00:03:25But still Mrs. Ward refused to say a word
00:03:27At the point of a gun they took from the cash register
00:03:30A dollar bill and one thin dime
00:03:31The moment they'd gone Mrs. Ward calmly removed a hundred dollar bill from her mouth
00:03:36Witnesses took the license number of the car
00:03:383Y-41-37
00:03:41I'll repeat that
00:03:423Y-41-37
00:03:45Did you make a note of that?
00:03:47Yes, sir, I did
00:03:48Last night, young Michael Nolan took his pretty fiancée Dorothy Walsh
00:03:52For a drive along the scenic highway overlooking the city
00:03:55With a bright lover's moon overhead
00:03:57They stopped to enjoy the view and to romance
00:04:01Today police discovered their bodies in Nolan's car
00:04:05And are holding a transient named Miller for the murder
00:04:07Well, you can't go in now, miss
00:04:11The shadow's on the air
00:04:13Oh, but I'm Phoebe Lane
00:04:14I'm sorry you couldn't get in there if you was Calamity Jane
00:04:17But I'm working for the shadow
00:04:18Well, I'm the shadow's shadow
00:04:20Well, they'll just fade away
00:04:22Will you please, lady?
00:04:23But I've got important news that must go on in here right away
00:04:26I've got it all written down here
00:04:28Look here
00:04:29See?
00:04:30Mr. Graham?
00:04:34Last night in John Morgan's warehouse
00:04:36Not a creature was stirring
00:04:37Not even the water
00:04:38I know what I'm doing
00:04:38This is my job
00:04:39As Robert silently jimmied a window
00:04:42They were greeted by cries of
00:04:44Get out, get out
00:04:45They did
00:04:46An hour later
00:04:48When police stopped to investigate the window
00:04:50The parrot was still screaming
00:04:52Get out, get out
00:04:53Ladies and gentlemen
00:04:55There seems to be a slight disturbance in the studio
00:04:57Ladies and gentlemen
00:05:06A news flash has just been handed to me
00:05:07I can't guarantee its authenticity
00:05:09But here it is
00:05:10A big theater robbery is planned to take place downtown in half an hour
00:05:13In fact, nine o'clock
00:05:14Read the daily classic for particulars
00:05:17And now the shadow bids you good night until tomorrow
00:05:19You didn't get the name of the theater
00:05:21The police won't know where to go
00:05:22No, and neither will 10,000 other thrill-hunting sightseers
00:05:25But hadn't you better phone the police?
00:05:27I don't think you have to worry about that
00:05:29Good night
00:05:29Good night
00:05:30Hello
00:05:33Oh, hello, Commissioner
00:05:35It's the police
00:05:37Yes, I have that too
00:05:38The Metropolitan Theater
00:05:40The Metropolitan Theater
00:05:42See here, Cranston
00:05:44If this turns out to be a phony tip
00:05:46I have a good mind to sue you
00:05:47If I can find the proper grounds
00:05:49Why not breach your promise, Commissioner?
00:05:52Listen
00:05:52Radio broadcasting
00:05:57Hook me up for an emergency order to all cars
00:05:59General Order 6-2
00:06:02All radio cars concentrate in Sector 8
00:06:05General Order 6-2
00:06:07All radio cars concentrate in Sector 8
00:06:10That is all
00:06:11That's us again
00:06:12Guess you'll have to get along without us, Frank
00:06:13Well, I guess I can hold this down a little
00:06:15Hold on
00:06:16Oh, by the way, Miss Lane
00:06:19Where did you get this tip?
00:06:21From a man
00:06:22From a man
00:06:23Well, who was it?
00:06:26Don't you know his name?
00:06:27No, but he had an honest face
00:06:29Would you mind giving me some little hint
00:06:34About how you met this honest face?
00:06:37Well, there was an automobile accident
00:06:38And suddenly I remembered I was a reporter for you
00:06:40So I stopped and asked the people their names
00:06:42And addresses and things
00:06:43And one man said
00:06:44I can't give you my name and address
00:06:45But I can give you a big story
00:06:46And he did
00:06:48That's what I'm afraid of
00:06:50He said the Metropolitan Fitter will be robbed
00:06:52What time?
00:06:53Goodness, I forgot to ask him that
00:06:54Then you had me put that choice morsel on the air
00:06:58Well, he was so sincere
00:07:00And he had such an honest face
00:07:01You better spend more time awake
00:07:04How did she get in?
00:07:05Well, I tried to stop her
00:07:06But she's scratching
00:07:07Well, sir, did you hear that pipe dream
00:07:12I just had on the air?
00:07:13Yeah, where did you get it?
00:07:15A man told her
00:07:16Told who?
00:07:18Phoebe Lane, the girl you wished on me
00:07:20The honor student of college journalism
00:07:22Say, will you get her out of my hair
00:07:24And put her back on the household page
00:07:25Where she belongs?
00:07:26Not a chance, Cranston
00:07:27She says she's all fed up with recipes
00:07:29And household hints
00:07:30She wants to be a real reporter
00:07:32Oh, I see
00:07:33Romance and adventure stuff, huh?
00:07:36Well, Mr. Heath
00:07:37Is she running this newspaper
00:07:39Or are you, sir?
00:07:40Cranston
00:07:40As long as she happens to be the owner's niece
00:07:43I'm afraid she can pick any seat she wants
00:07:45For a ride
00:07:46Oh, it's one of those, is it?
00:07:50Well, there's no law against our making the joyride
00:07:52A little, shall we say, bumpy for her, is there?
00:07:56Not that I know of
00:07:57Thank you, sir
00:07:58Ladies and gentlemen
00:08:07This is Phoebe Lane
00:08:08The real brains of the shadow
00:08:09Who thinks he knows all about crime
00:08:11But the real crime of the age
00:08:12Is the way he makes you think he's so smart
00:08:13When it's really me
00:08:14That does the work all the time
00:08:15Hello
00:08:20I didn't see you
00:08:21That's quite evident
00:08:22I didn't mean what I said, Mr. Cranston
00:08:25I hope you can forgive me
00:08:27I wish I could forget you
00:08:28Oh, if you think you're going to have
00:08:32A robbery without me
00:08:33You're crazy
00:08:34That is my story
00:08:35Wait for Phoebe
00:08:37Hello, Mr. Cranston
00:08:40Now, listen, Mo
00:08:41You're a fine driver and all that
00:08:43But you're not working for me
00:08:44You mean I'm fine?
00:08:45No, but you will be
00:08:46If you insist upon calling me by name
00:08:48Now, remember
00:08:48You're no good to me
00:08:49Unless you don't know me
00:08:50Okay, stranger
00:08:52Where to?
00:08:52A metropolitan theater
00:08:53This is going to be thrilling, isn't it, Mr. Cranston?
00:08:58Yes, and dangerous, too
00:08:59Particularly for you
00:09:00For me? Why?
00:09:01Well, when the crooks start shooting
00:09:03It seems they pick off the girl first
00:09:04I never knew that
00:09:05Oh, a strange quirk in the criminal mind
00:09:07Nobody seems to understand it
00:09:09Oh, but I understand it
00:09:11It's because they realize
00:09:12That the girl is really the smart one
00:09:13They have to get her first
00:09:15Miss Lane, why didn't you stick
00:09:17To the baby and biscuit end
00:09:19Of the newspaper business
00:09:20Instead of hurling yourself
00:09:21Into the jaws of death
00:09:22Because I'm tired of babies and biscuits
00:09:24I want thrills, adventure, romance
00:09:27Ah, but the household hint page
00:09:28Is the place to find it
00:09:29The home is the very symbol of romance
00:09:31Oh, no, it isn't
00:09:32The nearest I ever came to
00:09:34Was when a cross-eyed washing machine salesman
00:09:35Tried to kiss me in a model kitchen
00:09:37Young lady, you're impossible
00:09:39Not if the right man comes along
00:09:41Hang around a while, Moe
00:09:55Okay, stranger
00:09:56Where are the police?
00:10:00Oh, don't worry about that
00:10:01They'll be around
00:10:01Oh, we've got to warn the theater right away
00:10:03Now, wait a minute
00:10:04Let's do some window shopping first
00:10:05Well
00:10:06The boss of them all
00:10:10Police commissioner Weston in the flesh
00:10:12And if this turns out to be a false alarm
00:10:15He'll love me even less than he does now
00:10:17Oh, but I'm sure it isn't
00:10:19Because he had such an honest
00:10:20Such an honest face
00:10:21Graham
00:10:23Hello, commissioner
00:10:30Say, what kind of a song and dance is this?
00:10:32I hope you realize my whole department has been shifted
00:10:34Just to take care of this tip-off
00:10:35Maybe you'd rather have the theater robbed
00:10:37Than let them chalk up another black mark
00:10:39Against your record
00:10:40Now, see here
00:10:41We've got crime down to the lowest level it's been in years
00:10:43But the way you advertise it
00:10:44People will think a crime wave is on
00:10:46You might have twice as much to deal with
00:10:48If I didn't advertise the crime doesn't pay
00:10:50I'm helping you
00:10:50Well, I'd like to try running the department without your help
00:10:53Just as an experiment
00:10:54It's nine o'clock
00:10:57Well, well, well
00:10:59Our time flies
00:11:16What have you got to hear?
00:11:22It's my violin
00:11:23What are you taking in there for?
00:11:26What to play it, of course
00:11:27I am a violinist
00:11:28Yeah?
00:11:29Let me see it
00:11:30Please, be careful
00:11:32It is very valuable
00:11:33Shut up
00:11:33See?
00:11:36I know lie
00:11:37I'm sorry
00:11:39I owe you an apology
00:11:41Take those off
00:11:43I ought to send you to jail for life
00:11:50For bringing me out on such a wild goose chase
00:11:52I didn't invite you
00:11:53You crashed the party
00:11:54Mr. Cranston
00:11:55I consider you public nuisance number one
00:11:57Good
00:11:58I like to be first in everything, Mr. Weston
00:12:00I gotta phone the paper
00:12:01Hello, Heath
00:12:06Cranston speaking
00:12:07That robbery tip was just a gag
00:12:09To get the radio cars off their regular runs
00:12:11Yes, I gotta hunt something big is gonna break elsewhere
00:12:13Better hold page one in my column for remake
00:12:16Oh, and have Bert stand by
00:12:17Yeah, so long
00:12:18Give me the captain
00:12:37McCabe reporting, sir
00:12:40Explosion at 93 Madeira Drive
00:12:42Yes, sir
00:12:43First you tell me to get all my cars down here to stop a robbery
00:12:56Then you get me to rush them all back before there is a robbery
00:12:59What kind of a merry-goo robbery is this anyway?
00:13:02I know, but then there's...
00:13:03Calling all cars from District 9
00:13:04Calling all cars from District 9
00:13:07Explosion reported at 93 Madeira Drive
00:13:10Explosion reported at 93 Madeira Drive
00:13:13Oh, Mr. Cranston
00:13:16Wait to see me
00:13:18Oh, Jack, please
00:13:20Mr. Cranston
00:13:29Kindly keep your fingerprints to yourself
00:13:31Riley, take the door
00:13:32Have you searched the house?
00:13:38Yes, there's no one else here
00:13:39What, no servants?
00:13:41Servants have a day off every week
00:13:43Or haven't you heard?
00:13:45One in a house of this size is always selling on duty
00:13:47Well, I want any information from you
00:13:49I'll ask for
00:13:50That's fine
00:13:50I've got to phone the paper anyway
00:13:52Frank, is there a phone still working?
00:13:54In there
00:13:54Thanks
00:13:55Thanks for the ride, mister
00:13:56Don't forget to look for your name in the paper
00:13:58You know what, you better stand back, lady
00:14:01Oh, but I'm a reporter
00:14:17Thanks for the ride, mister. Don't forget to look for your name in the paper.
00:14:25No one in here. Better stand back, lady.
00:14:27Oh, but I'm a reporter. I'll tell you my press cards.
00:14:30No reporters.
00:14:31Oh, but officer, I've got to make good on this story. I've got a sick mother.
00:14:34Oh, yeah? Well, your mother's going to have a sick daughter if you don't scram out of here.
00:14:38How many of them were there?
00:14:40I really can't say, sir.
00:14:43Oh, come on. You must have some idea.
00:14:46Get back.
00:14:48I think there was only one, sir.
00:14:50I was grabbed from behind.
00:14:54Oh, I'm so shaky. I think I'd better go to bed.
00:14:58All right.
00:15:05Stay with him, town.
00:15:07We're wasting time here.
00:15:09Get your men out and bring in the man who did this job.
00:15:11An old-time safe blower who just got into town.
00:15:14His name is, uh...
00:15:16Honest John.
00:15:17Honest John.
00:15:18Bring him in and we'll charge him with robbery and homicide.
00:15:21The motive of the crime wasn't robbery.
00:15:23How can you look at that safe and say the motive wasn't robbery?
00:15:26Don't you know that man's watch and wallet are gone?
00:15:29If it wasn't robbery, what was it?
00:15:31Murder.
00:15:34If it was robbery, they'd have taken the bonds, wouldn't they?
00:15:37Marvelous powers of observation.
00:15:40Why do you use the word they, Mr. Cranston?
00:15:42Because one man couldn't have done all this between the departure of the radio car and the time of the explosion.
00:15:47As I recall, you gave the impression Honest John was a very fast workman.
00:15:51Right.
00:15:52And much too efficient to be guilty of a botched-up job like that.
00:15:55That blast wasn't set to blow a safe.
00:15:57It was calculated to kill whoever opened it.
00:16:00I say you're wrong.
00:16:01That's great.
00:16:02I'll see that your opinion is given its proper unimportance in my column tomorrow.
00:16:06There won't be any shadow column tomorrow.
00:16:09Oh, no?
00:16:10No.
00:16:11And for a long time to come.
00:16:13Inspector.
00:16:14Kindly file this gentleman in one of our steel cabinets.
00:16:18Somewhere out in the stick.
00:16:19On what charge, Commissioner?
00:16:21Material witness.
00:16:22Thanks for being the first man on the scene of the crime.
00:16:25You certainly use your brain, Mr. Cranston.
00:16:28I wish I could say the same for you, sir.
00:16:31Oh, never mind those things.
00:16:32I don't go in for flashy jewelry.
00:16:55Hello?
00:16:56Give me the desk, sweetheart.
00:16:58Burke speaking.
00:16:59New lead off for shadow column.
00:17:03He says Weston all wet with robbery theory on Morton case.
00:17:08Says it's murder using robbery as a cover-up.
00:17:13Honest John?
00:17:15Nah.
00:17:16He's just as innocent as a new-laid cornerstone.
00:17:19Oh, yeah, I say.
00:17:21Cranston's been pinched.
00:17:23Yeah.
00:17:24Held as material witness.
00:17:26On the way now to some hick-town hoosgow.
00:17:29Oh, sure.
00:17:32Right on my toes.
00:17:33Well, so long, pumpkin-puss.
00:17:36Take it easy, boys.
00:17:37I only want one of you for traffic court.
00:17:51You.
00:17:52Say, officer, I'm sure the judge wants to see me first.
00:18:07Ah, go on back and sit down.
00:18:09I know who to let out and who not to.
00:18:11But I've got to get a message to my folks.
00:18:12Now, if you help me out, I'll take care of you.
00:18:14Take care of me?
00:18:15I'm taking care of you.
00:18:16Come on.
00:18:17Get out of here.
00:18:18Hello, Heath.
00:18:19Well, I suppose you want to know what happened to your man Cranston.
00:18:31After what you let him print yesterday, this is a fine time to call me up.
00:18:36and ask for anything.
00:18:37But, Commissioner, you've got to let him out for the broadcast tonight.
00:18:39Why, thousands of people are waiting.
00:18:40To hear what else he has to say about the stupidness of the police department, huh?
00:18:43Well, let him wait.
00:18:44And furthermore, unless he changes his tune and lines up on our side, I'm going to cut
00:18:45off all police news from your paper.
00:18:46But the news is public public.
00:18:47Well, I don't know.
00:18:48I don't know.
00:18:49I don't know.
00:18:50I don't know.
00:18:51I don't know.
00:18:52I don't know.
00:18:53I don't know.
00:18:54I don't know.
00:18:55I don't know.
00:18:56I don't know.
00:18:57I don't know.
00:18:58I don't know.
00:18:59I don't know.
00:19:00I don't know.
00:19:01I don't know.
00:19:02I don't know.
00:19:03But I can't wait for the police news from your paper.
00:19:04But the news is public property.
00:19:06You can't keep your men away from the records.
00:19:09Of course not.
00:19:10They can have the same access as other citizens.
00:19:12And I'd like to see you get out a newspaper on that.
00:19:15All right, Commissioner.
00:19:16Anything you say.
00:19:18But you've got to let the shadow out in time for his broadcast tonight.
00:19:21We can't disappoint the public.
00:19:23Can't disappoint the public, eh?
00:19:25Well, we can't mislead them either.
00:19:27Goodbye.
00:19:28But...
00:19:29We must have got cut off.
00:19:34Say, what are you in for?
00:19:39Nothing.
00:19:40You mean you've done nothing?
00:19:42Absolutely nothing.
00:19:43They're holding me without charge.
00:19:45Oh, well, now that son scrumps us.
00:19:48That's the great...
00:19:49I've never heard such a thing in my life.
00:19:52They can't do that to you.
00:19:55Hey, Jada!
00:19:57Pardon me.
00:20:00Hey, Jada.
00:20:01Keep your shirt on.
00:20:02I'm taking you out right now.
00:20:03Me?
00:20:04I don't want to go out.
00:20:06I've got a right to stay here.
00:20:08This is the man who wants to go out.
00:20:10Listen.
00:20:11Tell that to the judge.
00:20:12And he'll take care of your friend and you too.
00:20:14Oh, Jada.
00:20:15Don't you worry.
00:20:16Everything's coming out.
00:20:17Now, wait a minute.
00:20:18Don't handle me so rough up.
00:20:20Everything's coming out all right.
00:20:22Goodbye, old boy.
00:20:23I'll see you soon.
00:20:24I'll see you some more.
00:20:25Good luck.
00:20:26Have a good try.
00:20:27Just a moment.
00:20:28Wait.
00:20:29Just a moment.
00:20:30Everybody gets out but me.
00:20:32When you get out, make a phone call for me, will you?
00:20:37Sure, fella.
00:20:38I'll give you the number of the paper I'm working on.
00:20:39You call them.
00:20:40Come on, you.
00:20:41Yes, sir.
00:20:42I don't mean you.
00:20:43I mean you.
00:20:44Me?
00:20:45Yes, you.
00:20:46Yes, you.
00:20:47Yeah, your girlfriend's here with the hateless corpus and that let you out.
00:20:49Come on, you.
00:20:50Come on, you.
00:20:51Yes, sir.
00:20:52I don't mean you, I mean you.
00:20:53Me?
00:20:54Yes, you.
00:20:55I'll give you the number of the paper I'm working on.
00:20:57You call them.
00:20:58Come on, you.
00:20:59Yes, sir.
00:21:00I don't mean you, I mean you.
00:21:02Me?
00:21:03Yes, you.
00:21:05Yeah, your girlfriend's here with the haveless corpus,
00:21:07and that lets you out.
00:21:09Ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:21:11Good luck, pal.
00:21:21Nice little Phoebe to call for you.
00:21:22Yes, thanks a lot.
00:21:24Thank me, thank Moe.
00:21:25How much was it this time, Moe?
00:21:27Is this a place to talk business?
00:21:28Don't worry, it'll be on your bill.
00:21:30There too.
00:21:31The office.
00:21:32Okay, stranger.
00:21:35Cranston.
00:21:36Well, he must be here.
00:21:38Well, he goes on the air in a few minutes.
00:21:40Well, where is he?
00:21:42You looking for me, sir?
00:21:44With millions of people about to tune in on your broadcast in a few minutes,
00:21:47I should worry where you are.
00:21:49You don't think I'd miss an opportunity to pay my respects to Commissioner Weston, do you?
00:21:52Now, look here, Cranston.
00:21:54You've got to lay off Weston.
00:21:55I see.
00:21:56He's been sticking a knife in me with one hand and patting himself on the back with the other,
00:21:59and you fell for it.
00:22:00You're smart enough to report crime without deliberately antagonizing the entire police department.
00:22:05Well, I try to take care of myself.
00:22:07Good evening, friends.
00:22:08Yes, it's your old shadow man, and after languishing in one of Commissioner Weston's small town jugs,
00:22:12the shadow is just a shadow of his former self.
00:22:13Now we'll get down to the Gerald Morton case and the reported difference of opinion between the shadow and his other shadow,
00:22:15police commissioner Weston.
00:22:16police commissioner Weston's small town jugs and the shadow is just a shadow of his former self.
00:22:23Now we'll get down to the Gerald Morton case and the reported difference of opinion between the shadow and his other shadow,
00:22:27police commissioner Weston.
00:22:28Friends, I'm now of the opinion that our efficient police department, under the able guidance of personnel,
00:22:35Gerald Morton case and the reported difference of opinion between the shadow and his other shadow police commissioner Weston friends
00:22:41I am now of the opinion that our efficient police department under the able guidance of the commissioner
00:22:54Ladies and gentlemen an emergency has arisen in the studio and we must pause briefly for station identification
00:23:01Listening to station E.M.O.R. of the Daily Classic our program will continue in just a moment
00:23:09Well, John, what can I do for you?
00:23:11So you're the guy that reminded the cops I was in town
00:23:14But I spoke of you in a very complimentary way. I said you were tops in your profession
00:23:18No, man can ask for more than that Kenny. Yeah, but you sounded off that I'd done that amateurish Morton job
00:23:24That's my beef
00:23:25Now listen when I was cracking safes, which I ain't no more
00:23:30I was so good. I could lift the door off lay it on a blanket as
00:23:34Gentle as a mother's kiss. I know that my friend. I ain't no friend of yours
00:23:40Now you turn the heat on me and you're gonna turn it off. See
00:23:44Go ahead
00:23:45Start talking tell him who really done that job. Go on right into that microscope
00:23:51But I don't know if you can't think of anybody else tell him you done it
00:24:00My friends now that I have the situation in the studio absolutely under control
00:24:09We can resume our discussion of the Morton murder mystery
00:24:13Why was Gerald Morton murdered? He is said to have been a good man a charitable and benevolent man a man without enemies
00:24:20But although Mr. Morton's character seemed almost too good to be true other men supposedly paragons of virtue have met violent ends and
00:24:27Investigation has developed some extremely unsavory facts
00:24:29If my own investigation should develop a hidden side of Mr. Morton's life. I shall tell you all about it tomorrow
00:24:37Well, what about me? I can now inform the police commissioner that honest John is absolutely innocent of the explosion which caused the death of Gerald Morton
00:24:44As a matter of fact John that job wasn't up to your usual professional standards was it no
00:24:50I done better than that when I was still wearing short pants surely
00:24:54Now I ain't squawking about the cops pinning a murder on me
00:24:57But when they tries to hang an amateurish job like that Morton blow up on me
00:25:01I resent to see naturally naturally
00:25:04I'll get it
00:25:06Take a general order effective immediately there you are ladies and gentlemen you just had the pleasure of hearing honest John in person
00:25:12You mean I was on air you were John and thank you
00:25:21You you dumb ox why don't you look where you're going ladies and gentlemen for the past 24 hours
00:25:25The entire police force of this city have been trying to locate honest John yet
00:25:28The shadow has had no difficulty in bringing him to you on this program this evening for further details
00:25:33Please read the classic this is the shadow saying goodbye until the same time tomorrow
00:25:37Here's everything ever published on Gerald Morton now let's get busy yeah well let's not
00:25:46What are you going to do I don't know
00:25:51You mean you don't know that's right the shadow doesn't know
00:25:59Have one
00:26:00I tried it once and it made me dizzy oh so that's what caused it good night good night
00:26:08This case is getting to be a bore why don't you hurry and make something happen
00:26:12Miss Lane
00:26:13When lightning is about to strike one doesn't try to hurry it
00:26:17Well nice going Cranston
00:26:20You fix things up just dandy
00:26:23Now Weston is shut down on all police news all fire news and all hospital news from now on it's no news for us
00:26:29Splendid no news is good news they say and that honest John gag
00:26:34What is the idea of staging that stunt for the dumb stooge?
00:26:37Mr. Heath that was no stooge that was honest John himself with a gun at my head
00:26:43You mean the man that just went out?
00:26:45Miss Lane wants excitement but doesn't know it when she bumps into it
00:26:48Oh
00:26:50I don't care if this does make me dizzy
00:26:58Oh hello Matt who are you
00:27:03Well where is he you mean honest John I suppose yeah
00:27:08I do believe as he'd say himself that he's taken it on the lamb why didn't you hold him
00:27:14Well why should I I'm not the police commissioner then quit acting like a chump
00:27:19You know I think he's got something there
00:27:21Phoebe thank you you're a gentleman and a lady now here stop this clowning
00:27:26How are we going to get the paper off the spot you two got it on we're not clowning Mr. Heath and
00:27:30Please don't blame Miss Lane it was my fault I thought I was doing wait a minute
00:27:35I think you hit an angle in your broadcast
00:27:38Well you hinted that Morton's character it wasn't all it should be
00:27:41I don't know the
00:27:42I don't know what's my offer work this thing out
00:27:44All right
00:27:44Right
00:27:44Golly I believe you have something
00:27:46Yes there's the
00:27:46Mr. Cranston
00:27:47I'm Mr. Cranston what can I do for you sir
00:27:50I am Roger Morton
00:27:51Brother of the Gerald Morton whose name you tried to besmirch in your broadcast
00:27:55I came over to see just what sort of man could be guilty of such an attack
00:28:00Well I'd like to explain that
00:28:02I don't know what you meant by your hint about a hidden side in my brother's life
00:28:08But in the presence of my attorney
00:28:10I beg your pardon
00:28:11Our firm has great commitments abroad young man
00:28:14And your paper will pay the penalty if you do or say anything to jeopardize our international dealings
00:28:20And we deal in millions
00:28:22That's all good night
00:28:28Now what are you going to do
00:28:29I'll tell you what he's going to do
00:28:31He's going to handle the story Morton's way or you sow it for millions
00:28:35Nice thing
00:28:36Honest John says I handle it his way or he'll shoot me
00:28:39Weston says I handle it his way or I go to jail
00:28:41I think you started all this sweetheart have you got any suggestions
00:28:44Don't ask me you're the great big detective
00:28:46There you are you see she craves action when she runs into it she starts passing the buck
00:28:50I wish you'd go home and roll your hoop so we can roll up our sleeves and get to work
00:28:56I'll admit you have performed miracles like that Alan murder
00:29:00But there you hadn't been pinned to start with it a clue
00:29:04This time you have nothing
00:29:06You're right
00:29:08Nothing
00:29:09Don't forget you've still got Phoebe
00:29:11Well we don't want you shot you're no good to us in jail and we can't afford to offend Morton
00:29:17There it is son
00:29:18Get us out of it
00:29:19Just like nothing happened
00:29:22Well Miss Lane
00:29:23Miss Lane went home to roll her hoop
00:29:28Phoebe
00:29:29I wonder if Miss Lane would recognize the man that gave her the tip that started all this
00:29:35Miss Lane would know him anywhere she never forgets a face
00:29:41Well um what did he look like
00:29:43Oh he was thin
00:29:47Well not too thin
00:29:48No
00:29:50And uh
00:29:51Blonde
00:29:53He was between a blonde and brunette and rather medium size for a man
00:29:58And he was thin and oh but I said that didn't I
00:30:01Yes yes you did my my what a memory
00:30:04Anyway he wasn't bad looking
00:30:06Well go on anything else
00:30:07Anyhow I know how he spoke
00:30:09How
00:30:10With a foreign accent
00:30:11A foreign accent
00:30:12Mm-hmm
00:30:13Listen that's important
00:30:15Uh was it a Moscow Russian
00:30:18I will give you a tip about a theater
00:30:20Oh no
00:30:20No it wasn't that I say
00:30:22Uh Italian perhaps more liquid
00:30:25Uh senora do we know about the theater
00:30:27No no no
00:30:28No it wasn't that
00:30:29French of course it wouldn't be French
00:30:31There is a theater that will be robbed tonight
00:30:33Oh no no that's not right
00:30:34A German perhaps
00:30:36I can give you a tip about a theater around the corner
00:30:39That's nearer
00:30:40That's nearer
00:30:41Perhaps a little finer
00:30:42How Viennese
00:30:43Uh
00:30:44I can give you a tip about a theater around the corner
00:30:47You you you've got it
00:30:48That's exactly the way he spoke
00:30:50Fine
00:30:51And I'm sure I'd recognize him now if I saw him
00:30:54Good thank you Miss Lane
00:30:55Now you can go home
00:31:03Oh wait a minute let me finish before you go away mad
00:31:09Uh go home put on your nicest dinner dress
00:31:11And I shall call for you between 9 30 and 10 o'clock
00:31:15You mean I'm going to be whined and dined for remembering his accent
00:31:18No sweetheart the idea is to find the man
00:31:23I don't get it
00:31:25When you want to find an American you go where he works
00:31:28When you want to find a foreigner you go where he dines
00:31:30My but you're clever
00:31:35Let me see now should I wear black or blue
00:31:37You'll wear black and blue if you don't hurry
00:31:40Scram sister
00:32:00weren't
00:32:02yourselves
00:32:04And you can see well
00:32:06You want to find an American you are
00:32:07No
00:32:10We believe
00:32:16Now
00:32:18They want me to find one
00:32:21Yes
00:32:24Ryan
00:32:28They want you to find some
00:32:29Oh, no, no, if I eat any more of that bookshot, I'll pass out.
00:32:51Hey, don't you dare pass out until we find that man.
00:32:56Bookshot?
00:32:59Oh, 1.30, I've looked at so many men, but they all look so tired.
00:33:04I thought you wanted to be a reporter.
00:33:06Now listen, you stick around until we find the man, then you can go home.
00:33:09Go home the very minute the fun begins?
00:33:11Me, I'm not going to do all the hunting and then miss the shooting.
00:33:13Oh, now be reasonable, will you, Phoebe?
00:33:15You're the boss's niece.
00:33:16I can't let anything happen to you.
00:33:17Why did I have to be born a relative?
00:33:19Why couldn't I have been born an orphan or something?
00:33:29There he is.
00:33:39I thought you said he was good-looking.
00:33:46Are you sure that's the man?
00:33:50I'm positive.
00:33:51I'm sorry, sweetheart, you have to scram.
00:34:07Oh, hello, hello.
00:34:09Oh, I am sorry.
00:34:12I have made a mistake.
00:34:14You are not my old friend, Captain Litzman, as I thought.
00:34:18My mistake was a natural one.
00:34:20You know, I have not seen Litzman since we flew together in the war.
00:34:24I see you are an ace also.
00:34:28May I know the name?
00:34:30Mine is Stolski, Baron Stolski.
00:34:33I'm called Floto, and this is my friend Storkov.
00:34:38How do you do?
00:34:40I was told when I arrived in America recently that I could meet and make friends with many people of my own class.
00:34:48I am glad that is so.
00:34:50Veda, gentlemen, preferably drink.
00:35:01Lassau, 26.
00:35:02And make sure it is 26, please.
00:35:04Very good, monsieur.
00:35:06Hello, darling.
00:35:10Well, aren't you going to introduce me, precious?
00:35:11After all, I am.
00:35:12I'm your wife, you know.
00:35:13Or do you?
00:35:15Oh, yes.
00:35:16Forgive me.
00:35:17Baron Stolski.
00:35:18May I present Mr. Floto?
00:35:20Mr. Starkov, my new friend.
00:35:22How do you do?
00:35:23How do you do?
00:35:24Thank you very much.
00:35:28For a recent arrival in America, as I say over here, you must be a fast worker to have married so charming a girl so soon.
00:35:37Well, it was a whirlwind courtship.
00:35:40We met on Wednesday.
00:35:41I proposed on Thursday.
00:35:43And we were married on the Statue of Liberty.
00:35:50You met her through her newspaper work?
00:35:56Newspaper work?
00:35:57Yes.
00:35:58Yes.
00:35:59You're a reporter for the Daily Classic.
00:36:01Are you not?
00:36:03Why?
00:36:04Why, no.
00:36:05There must be some mistake.
00:36:07Why?
00:36:09I'm just not clever enough to be a reporter.
00:36:11Am I, darling?
00:36:13No, darling.
00:36:15Pardon my mistake.
00:36:17America is a land of women so beautiful.
00:36:20They all look alike.
00:36:21Sorry, monsieur.
00:36:23I cannot say.
00:36:24The bar is closed.
00:36:25It's at the closing hour.
00:36:28Oh, that's too bad.
00:36:29I've counted on talking over all the times with you.
00:36:32But my apartment is never closed.
00:36:35Come.
00:36:37We'll go and have a drink and chat before we break up.
00:36:41I'm afraid we cannot join you.
00:36:43You know, the Baroness never keeps late hours.
00:36:45Oh, but one evening won't matter, darling.
00:36:47We'd be delighted to go.
00:36:49Come on, dear.
00:36:58Taxi, taxi.
00:36:59Midtown Apartments.
00:37:01Oh, no.
00:37:01You see, it is a raining night.
00:37:03I'm sorry.
00:37:04And it's so late.
00:37:04I must take my wife home.
00:37:06I'm sure.
00:37:07But the Midtown Apartments are not far from here.
00:37:09Yes, darling.
00:37:09And I'd love to have another drink.
00:37:11Oh, dumbass.
00:37:13You see, my wife gets these attacks, you know, when it's late and raining.
00:37:17I must take her home.
00:37:18But we will see you tomorrow for luncheon.
00:37:20At the Hogbrow.
00:37:21At one.
00:37:22Luncheon.
00:37:23One o'clock punctually.
00:37:24Good.
00:37:25Yes.
00:37:26Where?
00:37:26At 12 Dutton Street.
00:37:27Okay, Spencer.
00:37:29Good night, gentlemen.
00:37:30Good night.
00:37:31Good night.
00:37:35Mmm.
00:37:36You ought to let this coffee right your column.
00:37:39It's strong enough.
00:37:41Good strong coffee for a strong, silent man.
00:37:45How's this?
00:37:46The Shadow says that his statements over the air yesterday regarding the character of Mr.
00:37:50Gerald Morton were unjustified.
00:37:52And those statements are hereby withdrawn with due apologies to Mr. Morton's family.
00:37:57Yeah, but you have to apologize to Commissioner Weston.
00:38:00Let's not go overboard in our enthusiasm for whitewashing ourselves.
00:38:04But you've got to square the paper with Weston.
00:38:07Tell how it happened.
00:38:08Describe the scene.
00:38:10You at the mic and Honest John with the gun.
00:38:12I was afraid you'd be expecting that, so I wrote it last night.
00:38:17But I don't like it.
00:38:20My apologies to Commissioner Weston.
00:38:22Perhaps he's right in his belief that Honest John is the...
00:38:24My statement on the air that the man was innocent was made while John himself was holding a gun at my head.
00:38:30And I hope that the Commissioner, with his usual fair-mindedness, will restore the classic flavor.
00:38:36Great.
00:38:37Now, Morton can't sue us.
00:38:40And the Commissioner will have to restore our news.
00:38:42Oh.
00:38:43I spend years building up a reputation as a crime expert, then have to expose myself as a stuffed shirt that gets kicked around by the police department.
00:38:51Well, look here, son.
00:38:52If you were so keen about that reputation of yours,
00:38:56why don't you solve this case?
00:38:57Well, did you check?
00:39:20Who is he?
00:39:22The Shadow.
00:39:23The criminologist.
00:39:24He is not to be taken lightly.
00:39:29Neither were the best detectives of Paris, London, New York.
00:39:32Yet, here we are.
00:39:37An amateur.
00:39:40Now, Mr. Cranston, how are you feeling this morning?
00:39:42Now, listen, Moe, for the last time.
00:39:44If you ever call me by name again or recognize me or even speak to me before you're spoken to...
00:39:48I'm fired!
00:39:49That's right.
00:39:50Okay, stranger.
00:39:54I wonder where our friend, Mr. Cranston, is.
00:40:14There's something wrong, Stalko.
00:40:18There's something wrong with your nerves, my friend.
00:40:22We are not going to leave here with our work half finished.
00:40:25Yes, yes.
00:40:26I know how much there's at stake.
00:40:28That's why I'm so uneasy.
00:40:29That's right.
00:40:58Tell everybody we're here.
00:41:00Suppose Flodo or Starkov would have been behind this door instead of me.
00:41:03Oh, but they couldn't be there both at the restaurant.
00:41:05And I thought you'd be there having lunch with them, too.
00:41:07Oh, and this would be a good time to do a little detecting.
00:41:10Uh-huh.
00:41:11Well, for once you had a good idea.
00:41:13Well, come on, let's get busy and look for the clue.
00:41:15So you've got a clue, have you?
00:41:17Why, yes.
00:41:18The watch and the wallet that were missing from the man's body.
00:41:21And where do you suggest we look for them?
00:41:23Well, my mother always used to hide things in the mattress and...
00:41:26Oh, if we could only find a teapot, I'm sure it would be in there.
00:41:30Well, then all we have to do is find a teapot.
00:41:32Uh-huh. Come on, let's get started.
00:41:33Telephone, Mr. Flodo.
00:41:42Hello.
00:41:45We have waited long enough, Rudolph.
00:41:48Has our man come home from downtown?
00:41:51Not yet, sir.
00:41:53I understand he won't be home before late.
00:41:55He's to meet our countrymen here for a final conference tonight.
00:42:01We must know his plans.
00:42:03Keep in touch with us at the apartment.
00:42:06Be there in a few...
00:42:08Waiter.
00:42:09Yes, sir.
00:42:10Check.
00:42:12I think we should definitely stay here and find that watch and wallet.
00:42:15Now, my woman's intuition...
00:42:16My woman's intuition...
00:42:17Hello.
00:42:27This is Flodo.
00:42:29The master has just gotten home.
00:42:32Early in the afternoon will occur an opportunity when he is gone.
00:42:37Shh, no more.
00:42:38Someone is coming.
00:42:39I call you back.
00:42:42What's happened?
00:42:43Uh, just a minute.
00:42:44Operator, can you trace that last call to this number, please?
00:42:50But it's important.
00:42:52Oh, I see.
00:42:53Uh, thank you.
00:42:55Are they going to trace the call?
00:42:56Oh, they can't trace a call on a dial phone.
00:42:59What are we going to do now?
00:43:00Well, wait till he calls back.
00:43:03Till who calls back?
00:43:04The fellow I just talked with.
00:43:14Oh, hello.
00:43:27Hello.
00:43:27We were afraid we had missed you.
00:43:30We've been waiting and waiting.
00:43:32Haven't we, dear?
00:43:34What are you doing here?
00:43:36Well, we came for the luncheon.
00:43:38But the appointment was to have luncheon at the restaurant.
00:43:41Oh, how stupid of me.
00:43:43You know, I'm afraid last night when we made the appointment, my mind wasn't on it.
00:43:48You know, my wife had that attack.
00:43:50I trust she's better now.
00:43:52No, I'm afraid she's even worse.
00:43:55Aren't you, dear?
00:44:00Make her comfortable.
00:44:02We soon have lunch.
00:44:04Oh.
00:44:05Oh, poor darling.
00:44:07No, you see, she's getting another attack.
00:44:09I must take her for the air right away.
00:44:11Just a minute, Mr. Cranston.
00:44:13Your hand, Mr. Shadow.
00:44:16What do you suspect us of?
00:44:18And why?
00:44:19Oh, well, now, you'll have to listen to the broadcast to hear that.
00:44:23You see, our business is to get interviews, not to give them.
00:44:25Isn't it, sweetheart?
00:44:27Yes, sir.
00:44:29And may we go now?
00:44:30No.
00:44:31Now that we have you here, you are going to stay.
00:44:33Take your time, mister.
00:44:36Taxi stranger?
00:44:37Scram, Phoebe.
00:44:42Thanks for your hospitality, boys.
00:44:46Nice work, Mo.
00:44:48Mo?
00:44:48I thought we were strangers.
00:44:50Have a cigarette, pal?
00:44:52I don't.
00:44:59The police.
00:45:00What makes you think so?
00:45:01Because he prefers to work alone.
00:45:03Hello.
00:45:07What's that?
00:45:09That wasn't I.
00:45:11We were not at home then.
00:45:12That was Cranston.
00:45:14Repeat what you told him.
00:45:15It's Rudolf.
00:45:20He told Cranston his master would be at home this afternoon
00:45:22that an opportunity might occur to strike.
00:45:24That's indefinite but incriminating.
00:45:27You must act it once, today.
00:45:29Tomorrow may be too late.
00:45:32Naturally, my woman's intuition told me that we should get out of there,
00:45:34but I was afraid to tell you because I thought you'd laugh at me.
00:45:36Well, thank goodness it's all over.
00:45:37There's nothing to worry about now.
00:45:39You take your woman's intuition and go to luncheon.
00:45:41Oh, trying to get rid of me.
00:45:42Well, I'm not going to go.
00:45:43I'm not going to miss any more fun.
00:45:44Well, I've got some work to do.
00:45:45Now, you run along, please.
00:45:47All right.
00:45:48It's a good girl.
00:45:56Burke.
00:45:57Burke.
00:45:59Burke.
00:46:02Burke.
00:46:03Come on, get up and get going.
00:46:04Where to?
00:46:05Go to the Midtown Apartments, stake out,
00:46:08watch for two foreigners in a closed car.
00:46:10Phone me as soon as they leave.
00:46:11Okay.
00:46:12And hurry for a change.
00:46:13Okay, Chief.
00:46:18Hello.
00:46:19Oh, yes, Mr. Heath.
00:46:20No, still as much in the dark as ever.
00:46:23Well, those fellas are rather clever.
00:46:26As a matter of fact, they're planning another deal right now.
00:46:31Well, if I knew that, I wouldn't be hanging around here where...
00:46:33Pardon me.
00:46:34Come in.
00:46:37Oh, hello, Barrow.
00:46:38Sit down.
00:46:38I'll be right with you.
00:46:38Yes, Heath.
00:46:40No, thanks.
00:46:41I don't need you.
00:46:42What I need is a clairvoyant.
00:46:44Right.
00:46:44So long.
00:46:45I have that Morton information for you.
00:46:47Good.
00:46:48I understand that Gerald Morton's firm was interested in some very big international deals.
00:46:52Was that right?
00:46:53Yes.
00:46:54They still are.
00:46:55I made these notations for you.
00:46:57Their recent underwritings include 10 million Argentine forwards, 28 million Danish refunding
00:47:02two-and-a-halves, and I understand they'll soon issue several new European debentures.
00:47:07Well, what about them?
00:47:08That might be a good investment for me.
00:47:10Certainly.
00:47:11However, these new bonds that Morton and Morton are about to offer seem to me to be highly
00:47:15speculative.
00:47:16But if the 50 million is spent to build up the army as intended, the exiled aristocrats
00:47:20will never succeed with their threatened revolution.
00:47:22Good.
00:47:23That's what I wanted to find out.
00:47:24Oh, pardon me.
00:47:25Miss Lane, do you know Mr. Barrows, our financial editor?
00:47:28How do you do?
00:47:28How do you do?
00:47:29What's this all about?
00:47:31At a time like this, you're talking about investments.
00:47:34I'll be with you in a minute.
00:47:36Editorial.
00:47:37Editorial.
00:47:37Cranston speaking.
00:47:38Whole shadow column for remake.
00:47:40Right.
00:47:41I brought you some lunch.
00:47:42I was in such a hurry, I dropped your bottle of beer, but we can share mine.
00:47:45A good assistant would never let her boss go hungry.
00:47:47Oh, thank you, Miss Lane.
00:47:49And now will you phone the commissioner and tell him I'll call him back later.
00:47:51What's his number?
00:47:52You'll find it in the book.
00:47:59There you are, Commissioner.
00:48:26First edition on the streets now, with the full explanation, apology by the shadow.
00:48:32The apology could have been stronger.
00:48:34I hope this paves the way for renewing friendly relations.
00:48:38I'm no enemy of the shadow.
00:48:40I always give him credit for being somewhat clever, but he should remember he's only an amateur.
00:48:45After all, we're professionals.
00:48:47That's right, Commissioner.
00:48:48And I hope that you'll restore the daily classic to good standing with the department right away.
00:48:53Of course I will.
00:48:55Take a general order.
00:48:56Cigar, Commissioner?
00:48:57No, thanks.
00:49:03Where do you get a load of this, Phoebe?
00:49:05The Morton case will break wide open tonight, and it'll be a big surprise to the police.
00:49:09Pardon me.
00:49:10Under the misguidance of Commissioner Weston, the department has wasted 24 hours searching for the wrong man, with the right men under their noses all the time.
00:49:18But won't that make the commissioner furious?
00:49:21Pardon me.
00:49:22You would get hard-boiled eggs.
00:49:24And although the murderers have completely baffled the police by their shrewdness and daring,
00:49:28pardon me, the shadow knows who they are and why they killed Gerald Morton.
00:49:33But how do you know that?
00:49:34We didn't find a single clue and just a motive.
00:49:37Ah, yes we did.
00:49:38And you know when it happens.
00:49:39You're intelligent.
00:49:40You sparkle.
00:49:41I don't know what I'd have done without you on this case, but we've got to keep going.
00:49:44Here, rush this down for the night edition.
00:49:46Yes, sir.
00:49:48Pardon me.
00:49:58I told you not to fight, Weston.
00:50:22You've ruined the paper with your grandstanding.
00:50:24Even if you have added 100,000 new readers to our circulation.
00:50:27Maybe you're right.
00:50:28Maybe I did pull a boner.
00:50:30I did it to keep the confidence of our readers.
00:50:32To prove that we've tried to expose stupidity wherever it exists.
00:50:36For years we've been trying to educate them and their children to obey the law.
00:50:39Now maybe you're willing to undo all the good we've done, but I'm not, Mr. Heath.
00:50:42Well, neither am I.
00:50:43But I've got the paper to think of.
00:50:46Suppose you're wrong in this case.
00:50:47Why, they'll laugh you out of town.
00:50:50What if you don't solve this murder this afternoon?
00:50:52Then I'm through.
00:50:53Washed up.
00:50:54No more shadow column and no shadow.
00:50:56But if I'm right and Weston's wrong, he's the one that has to change his tune.
00:51:00He'll have to work hand in hand with me.
00:51:03And between the two of us, there'll be so little crime in this city, it'll be a crime.
00:51:07That's the spirit.
00:51:08Now you're talking.
00:51:11Yes, sir.
00:51:13I makes four straight passes right in a row.
00:51:16Then I picks up them dice again, breeze on them, and I said, come on, baby.
00:51:24Papa needs the dough.
00:51:27And right there is where the cop comes along.
00:51:30Oh, yeah.
00:51:30Well, how's that, boss?
00:51:46A boss?
00:51:54Shine them again, won't you, boy?
00:51:55Again, I've done shot them three times.
00:51:58Look out there, boss.
00:52:22You better put that thing away or you don't kill somebody.
00:52:24A boss, shine, money.
00:52:32We'll have the usual introduction and then naturally work out the theme that crime doesn't pay.
00:52:40Answer that, will you please, Miss Layla?
00:52:42Yes, this is Mr. Cranston's office.
00:52:46Who shall I say wishes to speak to him?
00:52:48I can't hear you.
00:52:51Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:52:52It sounded just like you were yawning.
00:52:54Oh, I know who that is.
00:52:55I'll take it, thanks.
00:52:56Hello, Burke.
00:52:57Yes, what's up?
00:52:59Bag and baggage, huh?
00:53:00Which way did they go, Wes?
00:53:01Never mind how I knew.
00:53:03Yeah, so long.
00:53:05I've got to run.
00:53:06Now, if you want to help me, you'll stay here and finish those notes.
00:53:09Well, you're just trying to get rid of me.
00:53:10No, not at all, really.
00:53:12If whether or not I go on the air tonight as advertised depends absolutely upon you.
00:53:15Now, you wouldn't let me down, would you, pal?
00:53:16You bet I won't, pal.
00:53:17All right, so long.
00:53:21Hello, Fender.
00:53:22Hello, 896 Clover Road.
00:53:24In hurry.
00:53:25Okay, Mr. Cranston.
00:53:26Moe, you're fired.
00:53:27I've warned you a dozen times.
00:53:29Yeah, and I warned you once.
00:53:31Get in.
00:53:32You two.
00:53:33In the first break you make, you're driving a dead passenger.
00:53:36I know I did you wrong, John, but I'll square it later.
00:53:41I'm in a hurry now.
00:53:42Let's talk it over some other time.
00:53:44There ain't gonna be any other time for you, buddy.
00:53:47You can't laugh this off.
00:53:50My apologies to Commissioner Weston.
00:53:53I'm now convinced that he's right in his belief that Honest John is the killer.
00:53:57Oh, that's only the first edition.
00:53:59I had to red apple the commissioner.
00:54:00Wait till you read the final edition.
00:54:02This is the final edition for you, buddy.
00:54:05Just a minute.
00:54:06Another move like that and I'm gonna let you have it right here.
00:54:09I was only reaching for a cigarette.
00:54:11You got a cigarette, driver?
00:54:15I got you covered now, pal.
00:54:19Well, suppose you left the pit and you want to go straight.
00:54:23You come to town looking for an honest job.
00:54:25What do you get?
00:54:27A bum murder rap hung on you.
00:54:29Do you really want to go straight, John?
00:54:30Oh, my word of honor.
00:54:34Have a cigarette.
00:54:37Well, I'll go ahead and plug me.
00:54:40Anybody dumb enough to fall for that one's got to come.
00:54:53Am I on the air?
00:54:56Ladies and gentlemen, this is Miss Phoebe Lane in the Shadow's Shadow.
00:55:02If Police Commissioner Weston is listening in, I should like him to know that the Shadow and I think he's the world's prize sap.
00:55:08And we intend to leave no stone unturned.
00:55:12The Shadow knows who killed Gerald Morton and why.
00:55:15We'll be on the air at 8 p.m. this evening as usual.
00:55:20Well, we'll see about that.
00:55:21Matthews, what's the law covering withholding of evidence from the police?
00:55:26Section 164, Revive Cremlin Code, sir.
00:55:28Get out of war and for Cranston and pick him up at once.
00:55:30Yes, sir.
00:55:31And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'll give you my own story of how I helped the Shadow to solve the Gerald Morton murder mystery.
00:55:37In the first place, Commissioner Weston and his very dumb stooge Detective Inspector Matthews were off on a false scent as usual and...
00:55:45Keep right on, sister.
00:55:46You are going great.
00:55:48Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:55:49You frightened me so I didn't know what I was saying.
00:55:52I never know what I'm saying when I'm frightened.
00:55:54Do you want to see Mr. Cranston?
00:55:56Yeah, just to say hello.
00:55:58You're not going to arrest him again.
00:56:00Oh, no.
00:56:01Cranston and I are old personal friends.
00:56:03Oh, then I can tell you where he is.
00:56:05He's out in the Morton case.
00:56:06Ah, Morton.
00:56:09Be sure to thank Mr. Cranston for me.
00:56:11Well, thank you, Mr. Matthews.
00:56:13I certainly will.
00:56:14I'm sure he'll thank you.
00:56:16Goodbye.
00:56:17Bye.
00:56:34Remember your instructions, Stefan.
00:56:36I'll see you next time.
00:57:06Sorry if I kept you waiting, gentlemen.
00:57:20Our appointment wasn't until later.
00:57:23We are not the men you were expecting,
00:57:25but we are here regarding the same matter.
00:57:29Won't you sit down?
00:57:36I, uh, really, there's no need of that.
00:57:40The business is out of the confidential stage
00:57:42and the deal is about to be concluded.
00:57:44The deal will never be concluded.
00:57:58You will kindly take out all negotiable bonds and securities
00:58:01and any large amount of money.
00:58:06This is, uh, all I have of value here.
00:58:16Mrs. Morton's jewels and the bulk of my holdings
00:58:18are in a bank vault downtown.
00:58:20And if you want to...
00:58:21This is not a robbery, Mr. Morton.
00:58:23This is a matter of international diplomacy.
00:58:27These bonds represent much money, do they not?
00:58:31A hundred thousand dollars or more.
00:58:32I don't see what ends you can gain by killing me.
00:58:37Let us review the history of the loan you were about to make tonight.
00:58:41Three years ago, a French banker was about to lend that money.
00:58:45He died in an auto accident.
00:58:49The loan was next negotiated with an English financier
00:58:52who was very much devoted to his wife, Mr. Morton.
00:58:55He committed suicide.
00:58:59So you see, we have many ways of taking care of those who oppose us.
00:59:06But say you did kill me.
00:59:08There are other banking houses.
00:59:10You can't prevent them all from dealing with your country.
00:59:14We intend that the death of both partners and Morton
00:59:17shall throw this bond issue into such litigation
00:59:20as we'll hold it in the courts indefinitely.
00:59:24Unfortunately, you were not with your brother
00:59:26at the time of the accident we planned for both of you.
00:59:29So now, you will do as I suggest.
00:59:33Or, if you're stubborn, we'll wait for Mrs. Morton.
00:59:37What do you want me to write?
00:59:45The death of your brother will make necessary
00:59:47that you account to his estate
00:59:49for your interest in the firm.
00:59:51Will it not?
00:59:51Of course.
00:59:52Good.
00:59:54We take these.
00:59:56Your accounts are 100,000 short.
01:00:00You are faced with exposure
01:00:01as a faithless partner,
01:00:03as a thief of your brother's money.
01:00:05You understand?
01:00:08Now you know what to write, Mr. Morton.
01:00:35Answering an unspoken question,
01:00:51there's only one bullet.
01:00:53But there are two of us.
01:00:55Good shot, John.
01:01:13Are you surprised to see me?
01:01:14You won't need this now, Mr. Morton.
01:01:17Oh, Lotto, I thought you were clever.
01:01:19Even a small-town constable
01:01:20could spot that concealed weapon.
01:01:23You better let me take care of that, Mr. Morton.
01:01:24Watch him, John.
01:01:33Oh, hello, Matt.
01:01:35Hello.
01:01:35How did you get here?
01:01:36Weston sent me out to pick you up.
01:01:38You're under arrest.
01:01:39What, again?
01:01:40What's the charge this time?
01:01:42Withholding evidence in the Morton case.
01:01:43As usual, the commissioner is late.
01:01:46You!
01:01:46If it's my last act on earth,
01:01:54I'll put you in jail for life.
01:01:56Okay, you're on the air.
01:02:01The Shadow speaks,
01:02:02announcing that the Morton case
01:02:03has at last been solved
01:02:04and the murderers are now
01:02:05in the custody of our able police.
01:02:07This has been one of the most baffling cases
01:02:09in the Shadow's experience,
01:02:10a case without a clue.
01:02:12Murderers too clever to be caught
01:02:13by ordinary methods.
01:02:14And had it not been for the able cooperation
01:02:16of the police department,
01:02:17the case would still be unsolved.
01:02:19I have already handed Commissioner Weston
01:02:21a bouquet today.
01:02:23But now I wish to do so publicly
01:02:24and to compliment him for his shrewdness
01:02:26in causing the killer to think
01:02:28he and his men were following a false clue.
01:02:30As a result, the murderer and his accomplices
01:02:33were later taken in the act
01:02:34of attempting the life of Mr. Roger Morton.
01:02:36For the complete story,
01:02:38read the Daily Classic.
01:02:40And now, my friends,
01:02:41I'm going to ask Miss Lane,
01:02:42the lovely young lady who assisted
01:02:44in the solution of this crime,
01:02:45to tell her own story.
01:02:47Ladies and gentlemen,
01:02:47I give you Miss Phoebe Lane.
01:03:00Ladies and gentlemen,
01:03:01there seems to be a great deal
01:03:02of static interference this evening.
01:03:03And anyway, we thank Miss Lane
01:03:05for her very vivid description.
01:03:07The Shadow speaks.
01:03:08Ladies and gentlemen,
01:03:09crime does not pay.
01:03:11The Shadow bids you goodnight
01:03:12till our next broadcast.
01:03:17The Shadow bids you goodnight
01:03:19till our next broadcast.
01:03:20Yes.
01:03:22His name is Tony
01:03:22Solomon.
01:03:23The Shadow...
01:03:23...
01:03:24The Shadow
01:03:24and his commander
01:03:24and his commander
01:03:25And his commander
01:03:26and his commander
01:03:26and his commander
01:03:28will be raised because of
01:03:30the anticipation of some
01:03:31a memorial of your Principal
01:03:31Breakfast.
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