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"Silent Terror" plunges readers into a chilling world where fear lurks in the shadows and every quiet moment hides a threat. Packed with suspense, mystery, and unexpected twists, this story keeps hearts racing and imaginations on edge.
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00:00:00THE END
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00:01:30Mr. Harker
00:01:37What's up?
00:01:46What's happened?
00:01:48Somebody is a little drunk.
00:01:53It's Mr. Harker.
00:01:55He's fallen from the back house.
00:01:56Harker?
00:01:57Is he dead?
00:01:58I'll say.
00:01:59Better call the police.
00:02:01Come on, let's pick him up and carry him inside.
00:02:03No, don't touch him if the police got here.
00:02:05That's what he can use.
00:02:06That's what he can use.
00:02:07That's what he can use.
00:02:08That's what he can use.
00:02:10Calling car 14.
00:02:12Calling car 14.
00:02:14In 13th District.
00:02:17At 921 Lake Street.
00:02:20Harker Apartments.
00:02:21Investigate an accident.
00:02:22That's all.
00:02:27What are you doing, Wilford?
00:02:28Reconstructing the accident?
00:02:32I'm afraid I fell.
00:02:33Yes, I'm afraid you did.
00:02:34The next time you do it, see if you can't be a little nearer the edge of the roof.
00:02:39The next time you do it, see if you can't be a little nearer the edge of the roof.
00:03:09If he jumped from here, it would land him just about where he fell.
00:03:14Well, why do you say jumped?
00:03:17Because I'm an inspector and I can say anything I want to.
00:03:27I only thought...
00:03:28I know.
00:03:29I warned you against thinking.
00:03:31You think I'm so dumb I haven't considered the possibilities of a murder.
00:03:35But I have, Wilford.
00:03:36That's why I'm having so much fun.
00:03:38Who's the young lady?
00:03:54If I take her word for it, she was Harker's secretary.
00:03:57Hmm.
00:03:58It must be pleasant having such a secretary living on the premises.
00:04:03I wonder if I could have been wrong about you all this time.
00:04:05Do you know any reason why Mr. Harker would commit suicide, Miss Perry?
00:04:08No. I can't imagine him doing it.
00:04:24Now, now I would...
00:04:25Wilford, why don't you go in with the doc? He might need you.
00:04:27See?
00:04:28Oh.
00:04:29Oh, yes.
00:04:30Yes, sir.
00:04:31Oh.
00:04:32Oh.
00:04:33Oh, yes.
00:04:34Yes, sir.
00:04:35How long have you been working for Mr. Harker?
00:04:36Oh, no.
00:04:37I'm...
00:04:38Wilford, why don't you go in with the doc? He might need you.
00:04:41See?
00:04:42Oh, oh, yes.
00:04:43Yes, sir.
00:04:44How long have you been working for Mr. Harker?
00:05:05Only three weeks.
00:05:07Not long enough to know much about his affairs, eh?
00:05:11No.
00:05:12Did he always have his secretaries live on the premises?
00:05:21I believe so.
00:05:26Anyone else live here?
00:05:28Any servants or housekeepers?
00:05:31You mean, uh, chaperone?
00:05:36There's only one maid, Augusta.
00:05:39She's a little bit dumb, but very respectable, I assure you.
00:05:42Would you like to meet her?
00:05:43Uh, just a minute.
00:06:00Thanks.
00:06:01Where is your bedroom?
00:06:08In bed.
00:06:17What time did you go to bed?
00:06:19About 9.30.
00:06:21I went to my room earlier than that to read.
00:06:23I heard Mr. Harker go out about 9 o'clock.
00:06:26But I didn't hear him come in.
00:06:28Do you sleep soundly?
00:06:30I suppose so.
00:06:32And you heard nothing?
00:06:34No disturbance until the shriek?
00:06:37Not a sound.
00:06:39Hmm.
00:06:41All right.
00:06:42Let's see the maid.
00:06:44This way.
00:06:45This way.
00:06:54Listen.
00:06:57That's in her room.
00:06:58Oh!
00:07:11Oh!
00:07:14Ah!
00:07:15Augusta!
00:07:16Are you all right?
00:07:18Yes.
00:07:19No.
00:07:20I am not.
00:07:21There's a man in my room.
00:07:23Where?
00:07:24Him.
00:07:25Oh, he's the police inspector.
00:07:27Mr. Harker's had an accident.
00:07:29No.
00:07:30Was anybody hurt?
00:07:32He's dead.
00:07:34He fell from the roof garden.
00:07:36Mr. Harker?
00:07:37Oh, the poor man.
00:07:39What was he doing hanging over the roof garden?
00:07:42That's what we want to know.
00:07:44Were you here all evening?
00:07:46Yes, I was.
00:07:48I meant to go out, but I was reading such an exciting mystery
00:07:52all about a green face that floats up the windows.
00:07:58Can you imagine that?
00:08:01I don't know how respectable she is,
00:08:03but you were right about the dumb part.
00:08:06Outside of green faces, did you see or hear anything?
00:08:10Oh, that's funny.
00:08:12I did.
00:08:13At least I think I did.
00:08:16I was asleep when I heard it,
00:08:18but I was dreaming such an exciting dream.
00:08:21I wouldn't let myself wake up
00:08:24for fear of missing the finish.
00:08:27You could have stayed for the second show.
00:08:30What?
00:08:31Nothing.
00:08:32Let it go.
00:08:33Well, as I was saying,
00:08:35I heard the noise,
00:08:37but I don't know whether it was a real noise
00:08:39or just a noise in the dream.
00:08:42You see, I can hear dreams
00:08:45as well as see them.
00:08:48Where's Wilfred?
00:08:50Yeah, my secretary.
00:08:52I want him to meet Augusta.
00:08:53They have so much in common.
00:08:55What was the noise you may not have heard?
00:08:59It was a sort of hiss.
00:09:02Like that.
00:09:07That settles it.
00:09:08You've got to meet Wilfred.
00:09:10Gee, you're not at all like Phil O'Van.
00:09:13Well, that's all right.
00:09:15You're so much like the maids in the mystery novel
00:09:17that I'm almost convinced that Harker was murdered.
00:09:21Maddie!
00:09:22It's not through with me for the moment.
00:09:27I'd like to go get dressed.
00:09:29Sure, go ahead.
00:09:30But don't leave the apartment.
00:09:32Pleasant dreams.
00:10:02Hello.
00:10:03Inspector Russell speaking.
00:10:21Who lives in the penthouse across the hall?
00:10:23Why, it's vacant, sir.
00:10:25Oh.
00:10:26Who lives in the apartment directly under this?
00:10:29Mr. and Mrs. Tom Covey.
00:10:31Well, give them a ring and find out
00:10:33if they heard any disturbance up here tonight.
00:10:35Call me back.
00:10:36Yes, sir.
00:11:06Hello, Jim.
00:11:07Oh, hi.
00:11:08Say, listen, Jim.
00:11:09I...
00:11:10Uh, yeah.
00:11:11No.
00:11:12No, I...
00:11:13See you here.
00:11:14Oh, hi.
00:11:15How are you?
00:11:16Hi.
00:11:17Oh, hi.
00:11:18Say, listen, Jim.
00:11:19I...
00:11:20Uh, yeah.
00:11:21No.
00:11:22No, I...
00:11:23See you.
00:11:24Hello, Jim.
00:11:25Oh, hi.
00:11:26Say, listen, Jim.
00:11:29I...
00:11:30Uh, yeah.
00:11:31No.
00:11:32No, I...
00:11:34See you.
00:11:35Hello, Jimmy.
00:11:36Hi.
00:11:37Hello, Jimmy.
00:11:38Hi.
00:11:39Hello, Jimmy.
00:11:40Hi, Woody.
00:11:41Hi.
00:11:42Oh, Eddie.
00:11:49Hello, Ted. What's the latest?
00:11:51Oh, nothing much. Gang's still waiting upstairs.
00:11:54Why don't you go up?
00:11:56I'm stuck down here. Chief told me.
00:11:58Oh.
00:12:00Say, Eddie, you wouldn't like to make a fin, would you?
00:12:04A fin?
00:12:07This another one of your jokes?
00:12:08No, on the level.
00:12:09One of those upstairs bet me a ten spot, but there was no eagle on a lieutenant's badge.
00:12:14Do I, uh, collect?
00:12:19According to my tag, you do.
00:12:20Oh, wait till they see that.
00:12:22I'll give you five bucks for helping me win it.
00:12:26Too easy.
00:12:28I'll say it is.
00:12:35I'll leave your part, gentlemen.
00:12:37And I'll be on that.
00:12:39Wait a minute.
00:12:40Who do you think you are?
00:12:42You must be a new man.
00:12:44Old enough to know a wise guy like you.
00:12:48Sorry, lieutenant.
00:12:49Go right in.
00:12:50Don't make that mistake again, my good man.
00:12:52No, sir.
00:12:53Say, what's it?
00:12:54Oh, I'm going to be a lawyer.
00:12:56Get on back.
00:12:57Get on back.
00:12:57Get on back.
00:12:58Get on back.
00:12:58Get on back.
00:13:07How is it?
00:13:12Smells all right.
00:13:15How'd you get in here?
00:13:16Power of the press.
00:13:20Well, suppose you just press right out again.
00:13:24I thought you might need my help.
00:13:26Not while I have Wilfred.
00:13:29Beat it.
00:13:30All right.
00:13:31You will be sorry.
00:13:31Sorry.
00:13:31Sorry.
00:13:31All right.
00:13:32You will be sorry.
00:13:37Well, no marks of violence.
00:13:48But it looked like he clustered something as he went down.
00:13:51Three of his nails were broken off.
00:13:54Three of his nails, eh?
00:13:57Huh.
00:13:58Wonder how that happened.
00:14:01Did you find any evidence of suicide?
00:14:03Any notes?
00:14:05No.
00:14:05Murder?
00:14:07Nope.
00:14:07Nobody heard a sound.
00:14:08Then it must have been an accident.
00:14:12Yes, I guess it was.
00:14:19Sentinel 5800.
00:14:23Morning news.
00:14:25City editor, please.
00:14:28Mr. Perkins.
00:14:29Pat Morgan.
00:14:31I don't know enough yet, but you can give it a spread, one of those question things.
00:14:35Was Harker murdered?
00:14:38All right.
00:14:38Give me your rewrite, man.
00:14:43Hello.
00:14:44Pat Morgan on the Harker case.
00:14:46Who?
00:14:47Stop asking questions and take this down and they get stopped any minute.
00:14:50Okay.
00:14:51Go on.
00:14:52You can give it a heading of questions.
00:14:54Was Harker philanthropist or crook?
00:14:57Who was the mysterious B, B-double-E, who telephoned Harker's apartment two hours before his death and said,
00:15:05I've got to see you.
00:15:08Why was Martini, big underworld boss, a frequent and secret visitor at Harker's apartment?
00:15:16Got it.
00:15:17Go on.
00:15:17What was the meaning of the serpent card sent to Harker 12 hours before his death?
00:15:23I have it, but I'm afraid I can't get it to you tonight.
00:15:26Describe it.
00:15:28Picture of coiled serpent in one earth card.
00:15:32Phonetic spelling of hiss coming from its mouth.
00:15:36Letters clipped from newspaper and pasted on card read.
00:15:39You will hear it.
00:15:41Another question.
00:15:44Was the hissing sound the maid heard, the materialization of the threat of the card?
00:15:49And last, was Harker's death accident, suicide, or murder?
00:15:56That all?
00:15:57Okay.
00:15:59Thanks.
00:15:59Thanks.
00:16:11I thought I told you to get out of here.
00:16:32I'm going.
00:16:41Hey, get a load of this, will you?
00:17:05Why didn't you send him the dope on that Harker death?
00:17:09But I did, Mr. Perkins.
00:17:10I gave it to a rewrite man.
00:17:12You gave it to the express.
00:17:14I plant you in the spot three weeks before a murder happens.
00:17:17And when it breaks, we're carrying a spread of the European death situation.
00:17:25You're fired!
00:17:27But...
00:17:36Hello.
00:17:38Close out Pat Morgan.
00:17:40I found it under the rug, ma'am.
00:17:57I found it under the rug, ma'am.
00:17:57I found it under the rug.
00:18:14I found it under the rug.
00:18:14Oh, so that's what it was.
00:18:16Oh, what a dirty trick.
00:18:21I'll slash his throat.
00:18:24What a low double-crosser.
00:18:29I'll get even with him if it takes my last brain cell.
00:18:32And he knew it would cost me my job.
00:18:34I'll get even with him. And how I'll get even?
00:18:36I'll kill him. I'll kill him.
00:18:38Is it somebody you don't like, ma'am?
00:18:51Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!
00:19:01Help! Help!
00:19:04Help!
00:19:06There's a lady there.
00:19:09Who?
00:19:10Miss Cuffer, sometimes blacker than I is.
00:19:21I'll see you at the office.
00:19:34Was she strangled?
00:19:36It looks like it.
00:19:40You want to see something interesting?
00:19:41Come here.
00:19:47Does that suggest anything to you?
00:19:51Harker could have fallen from here instead of from the roof garden, couldn't he?
00:19:56He not only could, but we believe that he did.
00:20:00That broken pole suggests that someone clutched at the curtain in an effort to save himself.
00:20:05Now, Harker's nails were badly broken.
00:20:07And there are deep scratches in the paneling there.
00:20:17And now we'll talk about you.
00:20:21You don't mind, do you?
00:20:24Of course not.
00:20:25What do you want to know?
00:20:28Do you know a reporter by the name of Ted Rand?
00:20:31Ted.
00:20:33Now, I can see that you don't.
00:20:36Well, he got a lot of first-hand information in his paper this morning,
00:20:39and I can't figure out where he got it unless it was from you.
00:20:48May I see it?
00:20:51Well?
00:20:52Did he get it from you?
00:20:56All right.
00:20:57Now let's have a little talk.
00:20:59And then I'll decide whether or not I'm going to lock you up for withholding information from the police.
00:21:01Hmm.
00:21:02Hmm.
00:21:03Yeah, Wilfred is on his way down now with a picture of Covey.
00:21:04He's been missing since last night.
00:21:05Broadcast a description of him.
00:21:06Yeah, Wilfred is on his way down now with a picture of Covey.
00:21:07He's been missing since last night.
00:21:08Broadcast a description of him.
00:21:09And tell Brown I want all the hotels checked.
00:21:10The steamboats.
00:21:11The railroad stations.
00:21:12The steamboats.
00:21:13The railroad stations.
00:21:14Send out a general alarm.
00:21:15And when you get him, book him for murder.
00:21:16And tell Brown I want all the hotels checked.
00:21:17The steamboats.
00:21:18The railroad stations.
00:21:19Send out a general alarm.
00:21:20When you get him, book him for murder.
00:21:21All right.
00:21:22Well, sir...
00:21:24Oh, you're the old man, Wilfred is on his way down now with a picture of Covey.
00:21:26He's been missing since last night.
00:21:28So, how do you want to do that?
00:21:30You ê°–ê³ those lights?
00:21:31I want all the hotels checked.
00:21:32And tell Brown I want all the hotels checked.
00:21:33The steamboats.
00:21:34The railroad stations.
00:21:35The railroad stations.
00:21:36Send out a general alarm.
00:21:37When you get him, book him for murder.
00:21:41All right.
00:21:50All right. What's your name?
00:21:56Morgan. Pat Morgan.
00:21:59I'm a reporter on the morning news.
00:22:02That is, I was a reporter on the morning news
00:22:05until Ted Rand pinched my story last night.
00:22:09What did they do? Fire you?
00:22:12Oh.
00:22:15What was the idea of posing as Harker's secretary?
00:22:18What are you after? Harker.
00:22:21My editor got wind of some connection between Harker and Joe Martini.
00:22:26He couldn't figure what the town's favorite saint was doing in business with the racketeer.
00:22:31Were they in business?
00:22:33I don't know. I know Martini was up here several times,
00:22:37always late at night, and always when Harker thought I was asleep.
00:22:41But as far as getting anything definite on him, I didn't have any luck.
00:22:47Well, how about the Colby woman? Her name was Bea, by the way.
00:22:50It was? Well, that looks like...
00:22:55The world's oldest story. That's why we're after the husband.
00:23:00But what I want to know is about that last phone call of hers.
00:23:04How did you know about it?
00:23:06I listened in on the extension.
00:23:08Oh. What did you hear?
00:23:12A woman's voice. And she said,
00:23:15This is Bea. I've got to see you.
00:23:17And Harker said,
00:23:19All right. And hung up.
00:23:21Hm. Talkative, Carson, wasn't he?
00:23:29Has Martini got an apartment here?
00:23:328-0-4.
00:23:46How did you get a hold of the serpent card?
00:23:48Do you think there's anything in it?
00:23:54I'm asking the questions.
00:23:56How did you get a hold of it?
00:23:59I snitched it out of his pocket.
00:24:02You've been kind of busy, haven't you?
00:24:05Did you see him when he got it?
00:24:08How did he act?
00:24:10Yeah?
00:24:11Puzzled.
00:24:12He tossed it in the wastebasket and then fished it out.
00:24:15Studied it for a few minutes and put it in his pocket.
00:24:19Where is the card now?
00:24:21I'll get it.
00:24:41Did you find another one?
00:24:42Yeah.
00:24:43Where? In Mrs. Covey's apartment?
00:24:45In the wastebasket.
00:24:49What does it mean?
00:24:51Oh, it's either a threat or some fake advertisement.
00:24:54I'm checking now to see if anyone else in the house got one.
00:24:58Well, is there anything else you want to tell me?
00:25:02No, but maybe if I stayed on for a few more days
00:25:05and went through his papers, I might run across something.
00:25:08And as his secretary, I should help settle his affairs.
00:25:12Don't you think it's a good idea?
00:25:14I think it's a good penthouse.
00:25:16You know, I ought to lock you up.
00:25:18If we'd have this information last night
00:25:20about the Covey woman and her husband, we'd have Covey now.
00:25:23But what's the use of expecting a reporter to tell a cop anything?
00:25:27But I'm not a reporter anymore.
00:25:28And I might run across something.
00:25:30Don't you think it's a good idea?
00:25:32I think you're trying to flirt with me.
00:25:35If I didn't have four kids and a wife that can lick her weight in wildcats,
00:25:39I might like it better.
00:25:41Go on. Stay here.
00:25:44But don't get the idea that you're smarter than the police.
00:25:47And don't hold back anything that you find.
00:25:50Hello?
00:25:53I think we have Covey for you.
00:25:55What do you mean, think? Won't he admit it?
00:25:57He isn't admitting anything.
00:25:59He's down at the morgue on a slab.
00:26:01What? I'll be right down.
00:26:03What is it? Where are you going?
00:26:05Have you found Covey?
00:26:06Oh, let me go with you.
00:26:08But...
00:26:10But I'm not a reporter anymore
00:26:12and you can tell me everything in perfect confidence.
00:26:14All right, all right.
00:26:24Mark!
00:26:26Hey!
00:26:27Hey!
00:26:28Hey, Pat!
00:26:29Hey, follow that car, will you?
00:26:32Go, Pat!
00:26:33Go!
00:26:34Go on!
00:26:35Hurry up!
00:26:40Well, I made it.
00:26:53Hey!
00:26:54Hey!
00:26:55Hey!
00:26:56Well, I'm...
00:27:02Uh-oh.
00:27:08What you all got me down here for?
00:27:10I ain't going in that place.
00:27:12Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:14Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:16Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:18Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:20Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:22Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:24I ain't going in that place.
00:27:26Oh, yes, I ain't. Can't get me in that place.
00:27:28I done seen one dead body today,
00:27:30and that's enough.
00:27:32It's too much, yes, sir.
00:27:34We only want you to look at my hand.
00:27:36Dave?
00:27:37Yeah.
00:27:38Nothing doing.
00:27:40Uh, who is the man?
00:27:42Coby.
00:27:44Mr. Coby, Dave?
00:27:46Why, I didn't like that man alive.
00:27:48So what makes you think I'm going to like him, Dave?
00:27:50Why didn't you like him alive?
00:27:52He didn't talk enough.
00:27:54And it's a sure thing he ain't doing no talking now.
00:27:56All he did is sit around and look at the walls, staring.
00:28:00That's what.
00:28:02And it ain't good when a man don't talk.
00:28:04Well, it won't be good for you if you don't get out of that car now.
00:28:07It ain't going to be good for me if I does, so I'm staying.
00:28:10You want me to lock you up?
00:28:12Where?
00:28:13In the city jail.
00:28:14They's alive in jail, ain't they?
00:28:16All right, sir.
00:28:18Lock me up with the living.
00:28:20What's the trouble?
00:28:22She won't budge.
00:28:24I ain't anxious to start no trouble, sir.
00:28:26But I just naturally don't like dead people.
00:28:28You the janitor?
00:28:30Yes, sir.
00:28:31You knew COVID was identified, didn't you?
00:28:33Oh, yes, sir.
00:28:34All right, that's enough identification.
00:28:35You can go.
00:28:36That way?
00:28:37Right.
00:28:38You can go.
00:28:39You can go.
00:28:40That way?
00:28:41Right.
00:28:42You can go.
00:28:43I can go.
00:28:44I can go.
00:28:45I can go.
00:28:46I can go.
00:28:47Hey, Eddie, what's this?
00:28:48Yes, sir.
00:28:49I can go.
00:28:50Hey!
00:28:51Hey, Eddie, look.
00:28:52I know if I have a sign of self-identification.
00:28:54You can go.
00:28:55That way?
00:28:56Right.
00:28:57Yes, sir.
00:28:58I can go.
00:28:59There you go, okay.
00:29:00Hey!
00:29:05Hey, Eddie, look, what's this?
00:29:06I can see?
00:29:08Here you go. Okay.
00:29:14Hey!
00:29:16Hey, Eddie, open up, will ya?
00:29:21Hey, listen, stick around here a minute, will ya? I may be going right back.
00:29:33Hello, Eddie. Hello. How's the boy?
00:29:36Hiya, Sam. What detained you?
00:29:40I had some business to attend to.
00:29:43What you mean is you wasted an hour hanging around the police station.
00:29:47You picked me up. I told you they were headed for the morgue.
00:29:50Is it the depressing atmosphere of this place, or do I imagine that you're angry with me?
00:29:55I? Angry with you? What have I to be angry with you about?
00:30:00You only pinched my story and made me lose my job.
00:30:04But what does that matter?
00:30:06You lost your job?
00:30:08Yes, I lost my job. I suppose you think that's very funny.
00:30:11Probably the funniest thing you ever heard of.
00:30:13Probably laughed yourself sick over it.
00:30:15Oh, no, darling.
00:30:16Hey! It's all right to cry in this joint. But Nick's on the lovemaking.
00:30:21Oh, you go to the devil, will ya?
00:30:23Come on, darling. Let's get out of this place.
00:30:25Eddie hasn't any romance in his soul. Let's go to a speakeasy.
00:30:29What's romantic about a speakeasy?
00:30:31I'm gonna propose to you again. And no cracks from you.
00:30:35The only funny crack I can think of would have to come from her.
00:30:38Yeah? What's that?
00:30:39If she said yes.
00:30:40Funny man.
00:30:42You know, darling, Eddie's wife got him the job here in the morgue.
00:30:46She thought he'd take the hint and die.
00:30:48Come on, honey.
00:30:50Come on, honey.
00:31:02Well, do we go straight to the marriage bureau or do I have to do some more talking?
00:31:06You have to do plenty of talking.
00:31:08Okay, we'll go to Joe's. I'll even take in a cab.
00:31:17375 West 58.
00:31:201, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1.
00:31:31Couldn't you sit a little closer?
00:31:33Not without being arrested.
00:31:35And speaking of arrest,
00:31:39did you know that the Harker case was all over?
00:31:41All over?
00:31:42Yep. All washed up.
00:31:44What do you mean? What happened at the apartment?
00:31:46Plenty.
00:31:48Did you see Harker's maid, Augusta, last night?
00:31:51Well, I don't think so.
00:31:52You don't think so?
00:31:54Well, believe me, darling, you'd remember it.
00:31:56You call me darling.
00:31:58I didn't mean to.
00:32:00Well, she's something to feast the eyes on.
00:32:03Or was.
00:32:05She was found murdered this morning.
00:32:07In Harker's apartment?
00:32:08No, the janitor's.
00:32:10Say, are you kidding me?
00:32:13I?
00:32:14Listen, I'm the one who shouldn't trust you, not you, me.
00:32:17I'm sorry, darling. Go on.
00:32:20Well, they found a marriage license in the apartment.
00:32:23Whose?
00:32:24The janitor's.
00:32:26It seems she was married to the janitor but worked for Harker.
00:32:31Oh, oh, one of those.
00:32:34Say, look here, you worked for Harker, too.
00:32:37Only on a double cross.
00:32:40He only made a couple of passes at me.
00:32:42He made what?
00:32:44Why, I'll kill him.
00:32:45Oh, he's already dead.
00:32:47The janitor killed him.
00:32:49He killed him and his wife and then committed suicide.
00:32:53They dragged his body out of the East River this morning.
00:32:56That's what they had down at the morgue.
00:32:58The janitor's body?
00:33:00And the maids, too.
00:33:02Say, listen.
00:33:03Has any of the mob got this story yet?
00:33:04I don't think so.
00:33:06Hey, driver.
00:33:07Driver.
00:33:08Drive up to that drugstore, will you?
00:33:09Do you mind if I phone it in?
00:33:10No.
00:33:11I'll only be a minute.
00:33:12All right, but hurry.
00:33:13I'll hurry.
00:33:14Driver.
00:33:15Drive on.
00:33:16You don't want to wait?
00:33:17I don't want to wait.
00:33:27Driver.
00:33:28Drive on.
00:33:29You don't want to wait?
00:33:30I don't want to wait.
00:33:32I don't want to wait.
00:33:33I don't want to wait.
00:33:34Driver, drive back to the drugstore.
00:33:47I figure you might want to go back.
00:33:48That's why I made that right turn back there.
00:33:50You know too much.
00:33:53I've been driving a cab for 10 years.
00:33:56I've seen about all there is to see.
00:34:00Here you are, miss. And there's your man.
00:34:04Man? Don't be bolder.
00:34:12Where'd you go?
00:34:16Listen, Ted. What's the matter?
00:34:18A story I told you about the maiden and the janitor.
00:34:20Well, what about it?
00:34:22It isn't the truth. I made it up.
00:34:24I wanted to get even for last night, so I made it up.
00:34:26There isn't a word of truth in it.
00:34:28Holy smokes.
00:34:36Haven't you got a nickel?
00:34:38No.
00:34:40I just... I know you'd mind so much.
00:34:42Mind? I phoned that story into your paper.
00:34:44My paper?
00:34:46Yeah. I wanted to make up for last night. Haven't you got a nickel?
00:34:48No.
00:34:50I told your editor what happened last night,
00:34:52and I held this scoop up, if he'd give you your job back.
00:34:54He said yes, so I gave him the story.
00:34:56Haven't you got a nickel?
00:34:58No.
00:35:00Oh.
00:35:02Oh.
00:35:04What?
00:35:06Terry.
00:35:08Wolf.
00:35:09Come in here.
00:35:10I found something just like in a mystery.
00:35:12Come on. Come on.
00:35:14What are you doing?
00:35:18Oh, Mr. Harker's lawyer said I was to pack up Mr. Harker's things and clear out the apartment.
00:35:22But look at those drawers.
00:35:24Mr. Harker's or the wooden ones?
00:35:26Oh, Miss Terry, aren't you the one?
00:35:28The wooden ones.
00:35:29Do you see any difference in them?
00:35:32Did they come out of the same chest?
00:35:34They did.
00:35:35And so I investigated.
00:35:36And look what I found.
00:35:38I pressed and pressed all around here.
00:35:42And finally, sure enough, there it was, a little place behind there.
00:35:58Empty.
00:35:59But it wasn't.
00:36:01There was a letter there.
00:36:02And it reads like a threat.
00:36:04And he signs himself for juice.
00:36:29What?
00:36:31Oh, that means the electric chair.
00:36:47Central, 5800.
00:36:50Morning news.
00:36:52Give me the files, please.
00:36:54Hello?
00:36:55Hello, Willie.
00:36:56This is Fat Morgan.
00:36:57Would you do me a favor?
00:36:58Why, yes.
00:36:59Look in the files and see when and where a man by the name of Denny Fagan was executed.
00:37:13That's all I have is the name.
00:37:15What?
00:37:16The chair, yes.
00:37:17And call me back at Drake 6048.
00:37:20Thanks.
00:37:21And Willie, see if it says anything about his relatives, particularly your brother or anyone who visited him on the day of his execution.
00:37:32That's right.
00:37:33Thanks.
00:37:34Augusta, will you make yourself scarce?
00:37:39Scarce?
00:37:40Scarce.
00:37:41In other words, scram.
00:37:42What are you going to do, ma'am?
00:37:43If I wanted you to know, do you think I'd ask you to leave the room?
00:37:45Oh, I never thought of that.
00:37:46Will you send a janitor up here right away, please?
00:37:47Thanks.
00:37:48What are you going to do, ma'am?
00:37:50If I wanted you to know, do you think I'd ask you to leave the room?
00:37:54Oh, I never thought of that.
00:38:03Will you send the janitor up here right away, please?
00:38:05Thanks.
00:38:13Mr. Martini's apartment, please.
00:38:18Now, Mr. Martini doesn't answer.
00:38:31Now, Mr. Martini doesn't answer.
00:38:48Uh, janitor, miss?
00:38:49Yes, come in.
00:38:50What's your name?
00:38:51Peterson.
00:38:52Uh, well, look.
00:38:53Do you have a passkey to all the apartments?
00:38:54Uh, yes, ma'am.
00:38:55For ten dollars, would you let me in an apartment for five minutes while you stand guard outside?
00:39:08Well, what apartment?
00:39:09Joe Martini's.
00:39:10Oh, I...
00:39:11I couldn't think of it, miss.
00:39:12Not for...
00:39:13Not for twenty dollars.
00:39:14Not even if it helped solve the mystery of Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:17Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:18Why, that's solved.
00:39:19I identified Mr. Colby's body myself.
00:39:21The police said he did it.
00:39:22Maybe.
00:39:23But I don't think so.
00:39:24Come on.
00:39:25Nobody will find it out.
00:39:26I just phoned Martini's apartment.
00:39:27I just phoned Martini's apartment.
00:39:28You know what you think about outside?
00:39:29What apartment?
00:39:30Joe Martini's.
00:39:31Oh, I...
00:39:32I couldn't think of it, miss.
00:39:33Not for...
00:39:34Not for twenty dollars.
00:39:35Not even if it helped solve the mystery of Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:37Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:38Why, that's solved.
00:39:39The police said he did it.
00:39:41Maybe.
00:39:42But I don't think so.
00:39:44Come on.
00:39:45Nobody will find it out.
00:39:46I just phoned Martini's apartment and there was no answer.
00:39:48Now, all you've got to do is stand guard out in the hall.
00:39:51And if Martini comes out of the elevator, you whistle.
00:39:53Or better still, you could hammer on something.
00:39:56Oh, I...
00:39:58I don't like it, miss.
00:39:59I'd be sure to lose my job.
00:40:01If I get caught, I'll swear I got in with a skeleton key.
00:40:04Come on.
00:40:05Well, all right.
00:40:06If you'll...
00:40:07If you'll keep me out of it.
00:40:10But the...
00:40:11I...
00:40:12I don't like it.
00:40:18Here you are, miss.
00:40:21May you stand by this radiator and if you hear it coming, you hammer on it.
00:40:26All right, miss, but...
00:40:28I don't like it.
00:40:29It'll be all right.
00:40:37There we go.
00:40:52Okay.
00:40:54Okay?
00:41:57Good afternoon, Mr. Martini.
00:42:11Hello.
00:42:27This is Terry, in apartment A.
00:42:33Now, just a moment.
00:42:34Hello.
00:42:54Oh, so it's you.
00:42:59Well, I've called every speakeasy in town.
00:43:01Where are you?
00:43:02I'm at home.
00:43:03What's on your beautiful little mind?
00:43:06A little mind?
00:43:07Plenty.
00:43:09Listen.
00:43:10I've just found something.
00:43:13Did you ever hear of a man by the name of Denny Fagan?
00:43:18What was that?
00:43:19Did you drop something?
00:43:21No.
00:43:22Don't say any more.
00:43:24I'll be right up.
00:43:38Blue steel revolver.
00:43:49Black, blackjack.
00:43:53Pink toothbrush.
00:43:54Well, what in the world?
00:43:55I'm spending the night.
00:43:56Here?
00:43:57Certainly.
00:43:58You know, I didn't like that sound over the telephone.
00:44:00Somebody was listening in.
00:44:02What's this about Denny Fagan?
00:44:03Do you remember the case?
00:44:04Certainly.
00:44:05He was sent to the chair for killing Julius Brinkman.
00:44:07Well, look at this.
00:44:10What?
00:44:11We found this in Harker's things.
00:44:13Hmm.
00:44:17Anything else?
00:44:19Plenty.
00:44:20Guess whose mob he was in.
00:44:21Yeah, I couldn't imagine.
00:44:22About Mr. Josephus Martinis.
00:44:24Yes, Mr. Josephus Martinis.
00:44:25I just got the dope on it from the office.
00:44:28There may be something in it, and then again, no.
00:44:30Listen.
00:44:31If Colby killed his wife, and then Harker,
00:44:33and the case is closed,
00:44:35who's interested enough in this apartment
00:44:37to listen in over the phone?
00:44:38Surely Colby wasn't listening in from the morgue.
00:44:41Let's hope not.
00:44:48Help!
00:44:49Help!
00:44:50That's it!
00:44:50There's a hidden cell!
00:44:52Oh, Miss Perry, where are you?
00:44:53I'm here.
00:44:54Stop shrieking.
00:44:55It's only a fuse.
00:44:57I'll call the janitor.
00:44:58Help!
00:44:59Oh, there's a man in the room.
00:45:00I just touched him.
00:45:02He's a friend of mine.
00:45:03Keep your hands off him.
00:45:04Certainly.
00:45:04Hello.
00:45:06This is Miss Terry.
00:45:07Will you send the janitor up right away?
00:45:08The lights have gone out.
00:45:20There's the ice.
00:45:21Thanks, Augusta.
00:45:22Want a lemon?
00:45:23Yes, Augusta.
00:45:25Lemon.
00:45:25You know, come to think of it,
00:45:30this pagan kid was supposed to be mixed up in my...
00:45:32Ah.
00:45:36That got it, Miss.
00:45:37Oh, uh, I'll see if any of the cloves are good in that one.
00:45:45All right, thanks.
00:45:46I'm still looking for the lemon.
00:45:55I'll find it.
00:46:01There's some people who think I'm a swell guy.
00:46:06Oh, you're great.
00:46:09Yeah?
00:46:09Well, that's your idea.
00:46:12You're only showing off for my benefit.
00:46:14I can use a gun.
00:46:15You'd probably shoot me and become a widow before you tasted the joys of being married to me.
00:46:20Good heavens, what a man.
00:46:22Certainly.
00:46:23Why don't you shut up and go to bed?
00:46:26Well, I can't very well go to bed with you hanging around here.
00:46:28I'm leaving.
00:46:30And if anything should happen, you stay in here and keep the door locked.
00:46:34Even if I hear you yelling,
00:46:35Pat, Pat, come save me!
00:46:37Certainly.
00:46:38Oh, go to the devil, will you?
00:46:41Don't drink all the scotch.
00:46:43That's it.
00:46:58Don't drink all the scotch.
00:47:28Don't drink all the scotch.
00:47:58Don't drink all the scotch.
00:48:25Come on, stick them up and keep them up.
00:48:32Now then, maybe you'll tell me what you're doing in here.
00:48:38Martini!
00:48:43Yeah, old dry martini himself.
00:48:55Hey, wait a minute. I'll go with you. You stay here.
00:49:13Don't be silly!
00:49:25There's a deep cut in the head, but I'm not satisfied. I want an autopsy.
00:49:35All right.
00:49:38All right, Martini, talk.
00:49:41Now you talk.
00:49:43What was one of your men doing in my place?
00:49:45Finding enough evidence to send you up for life.
00:49:47Yeah? Did he have a search warrant?
00:49:49I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:49:51Weston was probably trying to serve it on you when you killed him.
00:49:54You'll have to come stronger than that.
00:49:56I wasn't even in the apartment when he died.
00:49:58How do you know when he died?
00:50:00I heard him yell.
00:50:01They heard him yell, too.
00:50:03I was with them when it happened.
00:50:05So you can't pin this on me.
00:50:07Maybe not.
00:50:08But I can pin about six gang killings on you, and that ought to be enough.
00:50:12Take him down and lock him up.
00:50:14Who? Me?
00:50:15No, Wilfred.
00:50:16I want him locked up.
00:50:18All right, Brown. Take a couple of men with you.
00:50:20Yes, sir.
00:50:21Shall I earn him?
00:50:22You bet.
00:50:23And keep your eye on him every minute.
00:50:26This is gonna cost you your job, Russell.
00:50:29You shouldn't threaten a police officer.
00:50:32It isn't polite.
00:50:33Get going.
00:50:39Go up to the penthouse.
00:50:40I want to have a little talk with you.
00:50:42You stay here until I come back.
00:50:50May I make a suggestion and...
00:50:52No, Wilfred.
00:50:53Make it to the doctor.
00:50:54I'm tired.
00:50:55I'm tired.
00:51:07I wouldn't stay here another night for all the tea in China.
00:51:12But you're smarter than somebody else I know.
00:51:16I want you to get out of here in the morning.
00:51:26You're not only in danger, you're just plain dumb.
00:51:30When you found this letter, why didn't you bring it?
00:51:40I was going to.
00:51:42You were going to.
00:51:43But first you thought you'd be smart.
00:51:45You had to go messing around in Martini's apartment.
00:51:48He didn't see me.
00:51:50He saw you all right.
00:51:51He thought you got the paper that my man got.
00:51:54He was here tonight to get it back.
00:51:57And in being here, he saved his own life.
00:52:00What makes you think that?
00:52:02Brains and a valentine.
00:52:06I can't figure out yet how the mistake was made.
00:52:10But my man got what was intended for Martini.
00:52:14We found Beanie's apartment.
00:52:19And I was right.
00:52:21Colby didn't kill them.
00:52:23Maybe.
00:52:35Mail.
00:52:44Good heavens, Augusta.
00:53:00You look like you're going to a funeral.
00:53:03I am, ma'am.
00:53:04Mr. Harker's.
00:53:05Oh.
00:53:06And they're burying Mr. and Mrs. Covey today, too.
00:53:09And if I hurry, maybe I can catch them both.
00:53:13Well, have fun.
00:53:15Why, Miss Terrence.
00:53:17How you do say such dreadful things.
00:53:43Let's write you in the Library's plan.
00:53:48Hol preference you.
00:53:49If you deliver it.
00:53:50And it's right.
00:53:51Can I check every Friday?
00:53:52Amen.
00:53:53dessled, thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Covey.
00:53:54It has been there.
00:53:55parse in the morning?
00:53:56Yes.
00:53:57No problem.
00:53:58äl just one day.
00:54:00That's the Queen, how you saysched,
00:54:02this is equal.
00:54:03Definitely looks so happy because of the water.
00:54:05What a 1994?
00:54:06When we hear.
00:54:07A cutter jar.
00:54:08There are no worth.
00:54:39Who is it?
00:54:43Where do you want this?
00:54:51What's the matter, miss? Did I startle you?
00:54:58Oh, I'm sorry. But you told me to bring up the trunks.
00:55:05Oh, I know. I forgot about them. You can put them anywhere. It doesn't matter.
00:55:12I wonder could you come down and pick out yours. I got Mr. Harker's out, but I don't know yours.
00:55:24All right.
00:55:31Couldn't we go down in the elevator?
00:55:34Yes, ma'am.
00:55:41You can't get my trunk up here any too quick to suit me. I just got a warning that I was going to be killed.
00:55:48You, miss? Oh, who would want to kill you?
00:55:51I wish I knew.
00:55:58Do you live down here?
00:56:05Over there.
00:56:07Why, but it's dark.
00:56:08I'm the janitor.
00:56:09Where's the trunk room?
00:56:10This way.
00:56:14Do you?
00:56:16I love the trunk room.
00:56:19I love the trunk room.
00:56:20I don't know.
00:56:21Do you live down here?
00:56:22Do you live down here?
00:56:23Over there.
00:56:25But it's dark.
00:56:26I'm the janitor.
00:56:29Where's the trunk room?
00:56:31This way.
00:56:50Aren't there any lights in here?
00:56:53I'll go in and turn them on.
00:57:01I'll go in and turn them on.
00:57:11Oh, no!
00:58:01Why don't you answer your bell?
00:58:22I was just about to light the incinerator.
00:58:26Well, that can wait. These gentlemen want you to go with them now.
00:58:28We want to examine some of the apartments.
00:58:31Yes, sir.
00:59:01Start in on this one.
00:59:14Yes, sir.
00:59:21If you don't need me any longer, I'd like to get back to my work.
00:59:25All right, but leave us your party.
00:59:27Yes, sir.
00:59:37May I make a suggestion?
00:59:38No.
00:59:39But you...
00:59:40I'm busy.
00:59:41Some other time, Wilford.
00:59:42I am, Wilford.
01:00:26What do you want?
01:00:56Help!
01:01:00Help!
01:01:02Help!
01:01:04Help!
01:01:06Help!
01:01:16Help!
01:01:18Help!
01:01:20Help!
01:01:22Help!
01:01:26Help!
01:01:28Help!
01:01:30Help!
01:01:32help!
01:01:34Help!
01:01:36Help!
01:01:38Help! Help! Help! Help!
01:01:43Help! Help! Help!
01:01:47He's killing him! There!
01:01:50There! There! Here, honey.
01:01:52You're all right. Here.
01:01:54He... He tried to get away.
01:02:21Hi.
01:02:23Oh, doctor. Uh, how is Miss Morgan?
01:02:26Oh, she'd be all right. Just keep her quiet a couple of days.
01:02:29Dad!
01:02:30Try and keep her quiet.
01:02:42May I come in?
01:02:43Certainly. Hurry up.
01:02:45Has she confessed?
01:02:46Yep.
01:02:47Ah!
01:02:48One, two, three, five, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
01:02:53Oh.
01:02:54Well, tell me about it. Did he kill them all?
01:02:56Yeah. With the exception of Corby.
01:02:57How?
01:02:58With gas. They've just held an autopsy on all the bodies.
01:03:00I know. Augusta was nearly brokenhearted because they called off all the funerals.
01:03:10Why did he kill them?
01:03:11Revenge. You were right, as usual. He was Danny Fagan's brother. Fagan was a cab driver, just a kid, and according to him, honest. Fagan was sharing an apartment with one of Martini's men. They used Fagan's cab to take Brinkman on his last ride. They even planted the gun on the kid. And he was the only one of the mob that didn't have an airtight alibi.
01:03:15Oh, gee, you look cute in that bandage. Please, get on with the murders.
01:03:31Well, that's all. Danny Fagan was sent to the chair.
01:03:32That's all? Isn't that enough? And just a young kid, too.
01:03:38Well, you're not going to feel sad about it, are you?
01:03:42I would if his brother hadn't tried to stuff me in a furnace.
01:03:45Where did Harker come in?
01:03:47Harker engineered the Brinkman killing.
01:03:49Brinkman was in Harker's way, so he ordered him snuffed out.
01:03:52Martini's mouth found it convenient to let Fagan take the rat.
01:03:55Do you mind if I hold your hand?
01:03:58Please, darling, hold my hand.
01:04:03But why did he kill B. Colby?
01:04:05She wasn't mixed up in it.
01:04:06No, but by killing Harker and her in her apartment,
01:04:09it threw suspicion on the husband.
01:04:10He even sent Colby a letter telling him to watch her.
01:04:13But when Colby found out what was going on, he didn't kill them.
01:04:16He just jumped in the river.
01:04:19Why, but you take that slightly.
01:04:21What if I'd been killed?
01:04:22Oh, baby, I'd have written you a swell obituary.
01:04:25I'll bet you would have at that.
01:04:28In some speakeasy.
01:04:29Don't be silly, gal. You know I don't go to speakeasies.
01:04:33I got an idea.
01:04:34How about the last drink of Harker's Scotch?
01:04:37I've already ordered it.
01:04:38But you might go see her before Augusta's drinking it.
01:04:40All right.
01:04:51Is this...
01:04:52Is this Miss Patricia Morgan?
01:04:55This is she.
01:04:56Ah, this is Perkins.
01:04:59Not dear, Mr. Perkins.
01:05:01Cut that.
01:05:02You want to come back?
01:05:05What do you mean, how much?
01:05:07How much more?
01:05:09We'll discuss that when I see you.
01:05:12No, you won't, because you aren't going to see her.
01:05:15What?
01:05:16Who is this?
01:05:17Miss Morgan's future husband.
01:05:19Who says so?
01:05:21I do.
01:05:22The woman's place is in the home.
01:05:24Hey, listen.
01:05:26What home?
01:05:27I have an apartment.
01:05:29I'll bet the rent isn't paid.
01:05:31Now, don't be mercenary.
01:05:33Will you listen to me?
01:05:35I'll bet you haven't the price of a marriage license.
01:05:37I want to talk to you.
01:05:39Custer.
01:05:41Yes, sir.
01:05:42Will you lend me three bucks?
01:05:44Why?
01:05:45Of course, Mr. Rand.
01:05:47I'll get it right away.
01:05:48Certainly, I've got three bucks.
01:05:51Sure.
01:05:54Say here, Morgan.
01:05:56Haven't you any gratitude in your system?
01:05:59Do you realize what I've done for you for the last three years?
01:06:04I've kept you on the payroll of this paper.
01:06:08I've given you more opportunities than any sob sister in the business.
01:06:12Now, let's get together on this thing, Morgan.
01:06:15There ain't any use of us acting like this.
01:06:17You know, we've always been able to iron out these little things.
01:06:22Morgan?
01:06:23I say, Morgan.
01:06:25Why don't you answer me?
01:06:26I say, Morgan.
01:06:27THE END
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