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Dick Tracy and the City of Crime follows the legendary detective as he navigates a dark and dangerous urban underworld filled with corruption, crime syndicates, and hidden threats. Using sharp instincts and relentless determination, Dick Tracy faces ruthless criminals while uncovering secrets buried deep within the city’s shadows. This classic crime story delivers suspense, mystery, and timeless detective action that defined an era of noir storytelling.
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00:02:29Twenty-two-forty, Lakeview Road. Got it. Now, don't let anyone touch the body or anything
00:02:53around it. We'll be right there. Joe, send a squad car. Hello, Tracy. Tracy isn't here. This
00:02:59is Pat Patton. We'll try to find him, Pat. It's important. Homicide. 2240, Lakeview Road.
00:03:05Okay, I'll see what I can do. It's murder, he says. Does that mean Mr. Dick Tracy won't
00:03:09have dinner with me tonight at all? Oh, sure. Sure, Tess, you lead. Mm-hmm. That sounds
00:03:13very much like something Dick said nearly four hours ago. Well, at least you got this far.
00:03:18This far? I'm not engaged to a major homicide squad. Why didn't I fall in love with a retired
00:03:23businessman? I'll get Tracy. Maybe he can answer that one. Come on, Johnny. You might as well
00:03:36talk. Who robbed that payroll truck? Let me handle him, Tracy. I think I can make him talk.
00:03:40We're waiting, Johnny. Homicide, Dick. Just got the call. You better step on it. 2240, Lakeview
00:04:04Road. Murder, 9-11 Laurel. 9-11 Laurel? That's where I live. My mother. You said murder. My mother's
00:04:12there. What's happened to her? I've got to get to my mother. I've got to find out who robbed
00:04:15that payroll truck. Who are you shielding, Johnny? I've got to get out of here. Who held up the truck?
00:04:21Flip Gordon. Your mother's all right, Johnny. But she just said that the only way I could get
00:04:27you to talk and clear yourself at the same time. All right, boys. Clean up Johnny and send
00:04:31them home. Tell the chief it's okay. And pick up Flip Gordon. Yes, sir. Dirty trick at playing
00:04:37the kid, but I knew he was innocent. That was the only way I could make him talk. And you
00:04:41gave me the idea. I must be improving. All the time. Hey, Dick, how about Tess? Holy smoke,
00:04:47our dinner date. She must be starved. Make yourself comfortable, but Tess will only be a few more
00:04:53minutes. But, Dick, I...
00:04:55Hello, Dick. Hello, Manning. What's the goat? She was a schoolteacher named Dorothy Stafford.
00:05:16About 40 years old. Quiet. A few friends. Lived a couple houses down the block.
00:05:21Any trace of the murder weapon? No. The only thing we've found so far is Miss Stafford's
00:05:28handbag. Who reported it? Mr. Hill, but he wasn't the first to reach the body. Oh, she's
00:05:33over here. Miss Stanley, this is Detective Tracy and Detective Patton. How do you do, Miss
00:05:39Stanley? Did you see anybody in the block before you found Miss Stafford? No. A friend drove
00:05:44me home from work and let me out on the corner. I didn't see or hear anyone until I got right
00:05:49here. Then these people started coming out of their houses just a few seconds earlier.
00:05:54It would have been me lying there. Nobody would have any reason to kill Miss Stafford. It could
00:05:58have happened to any of us. Only a fiend could have slashed you like that. Have one of the
00:06:03boys take Miss Stanley home. Get their name. All right. Miss Stanley? What's your name, Miss?
00:06:07Matt Chandler.
00:06:08Matt Chandler. It's for a concert at the Lyceum Hall. Say, that's where she was coming from
00:06:36when she got knifed. $20 and some silver. Well, that rules our robbery. The neighbors
00:06:46are right. We've got a maniac to find. Identification card. Balance of $1,700. No recent withdrawals.
00:06:57We've got $500 in small bills and put in Street Sweeper's trash can. Corner of Lake U and Ash
00:07:07at 8 tomorrow night. Splitface. I can spell better than that. You spell the important
00:07:13words, all right. Yeah, Mr. Splitface knows how to spell $500. Dick? Tracy? What time is
00:07:30it? Why, it's a little late, Tess. It's almost 11 o'clock. 11 o'clock? Guess that's all for
00:07:41the night, Pat. We may as well go home. If it isn't one thing, it's another. If it isn't
00:08:09one thing, it's another. Dick Tracy residence. Mrs. Carraway speaking. Who? Oh, hello, Mr.
00:08:19Patton. Oh, no. I wouldn't think of calling Mr. Tracy now. He didn't get home till 3 or
00:08:264 o'clock this morning. I'm sure he's exhausted. He's in a coma. He's in a coma. Oh, just a
00:08:34minute, Mr. Patton. Just a minute. Morning. Morning. Hello, Pat. Dick. Anything wrong? The
00:08:42chief wants us over at the mayor's office. Toot sweet. I'll pick you up right away. Mayor's
00:08:46office. I'll be ready. Mayor's office. Junior had his breakfast yet? Oh, an hour ago. He's
00:09:00upstairs in his room working on a very strange cape. I'll see what he's up to. Good morning,
00:09:15Dick. Hello, Junior. What have you got there? Something mighty funny happened around here last
00:09:22night. That so? Yeah, there was a prowler in the house. Anything missing? Yeah, plenty. Any
00:09:28clues? I'm afraid I'll have to fingerprint you. Hey, you don't suspect me. Mrs. Carraway
00:09:33says a lot of stuff I was missing from the icebox. Yeah, they sure do. Look at these, Dick.
00:09:46You got me dead to rights, officer. You better talk. Might as well come clean. It'll go a lot
00:09:53easier on you if you do. And on your accomplice, too. How'd you know I wasn't
00:09:59alone? Lipstick. Test? Yeah. But I'm taking the rep. It was too late to go to a restaurant,
00:10:10and so we'd be ready to the kitchen. Oh, heck. You confessed too easy. I thought this case
00:10:18would take me all day. So you could stay out of school? Let's go. Oh, good morning, Mr.
00:10:29Pat. Good morning. Hello, Pat. I'll be right with you. We've got to hurry, Dick. Hi, Junior. Any new
00:10:34crimes? One. I've got to go to school. Well, land sakes, aren't you even going to have your
00:10:40breakfast? I'll get a cup of coffee downtown. Come on, Pat. See you. Bye, Mrs. Carraway. Goodbye.
00:10:45Good morning, Chief. Good morning, Mayor. Good morning. What's happened? The mayor will explain.
00:10:57Here, Tracy, read this. Came special delivery a half an hour ago. Wrap up $10,000 in small bills and
00:11:04put in street sweepers' trash can at corner of Davidson and 9th Street at 11 tomorrow night or be
00:11:11slashed to pieces. Split face. The same handwriting and the same words misspelled. Well, if you know
00:11:18the handwriting, of course you can tell me who split face is. The man who killed Miss Stafford.
00:11:23Just a moment. Did your honor know Dorothy Stafford? Well, I can't recall. Why? Did she get one of
00:11:31these extortion letters? Yes. For $500. That's what's strange. An extortionist doesn't usually demand
00:11:38$500 from one victim and $10,000 from another. You mean he'd operate in one bracket? That's
00:11:44right. Well, what are you going to do, Chief? Now, don't worry, Your Honor. We'll assign bodyguards
00:11:48to you immediately. Bodyguards? Those are the fellas that always shoot second. I guarantee
00:11:52your safety. You do? I suppose if you don't live up to your guarantee, you'll bring your resignation
00:11:57over to my funeral. Now, Mayor. Now, look. I only want one thing, and you know what that is.
00:12:02Split face. I've gone through every crank letter and extortion message in our files. There's
00:12:19nothing that even looks like the writing of this split face. Think of anything more, Miss
00:12:23Stafford? Uh, one thing. Going through her personal effects in business papers, I kept coming
00:12:28on with the name of Wilbert Thomas. Who is he? Well, that's what's funny. I asked all our schoolteacher
00:12:33friends, and none of them ever heard of him. But he's in the phone book, and I've been calling him
00:12:37all night. Let's go out to his house. We can wait for him if he hasn't arrived by the time we get there.
00:12:51That's the number.
00:12:58Let's see what that dog's howling about.
00:13:17There's a car out there.
00:13:18That dog is in the next yard. Yeah. Evidently, nobody home there, either.
00:13:29Just like the Stafford woman. Throat slashed, knife cuts, and face and chest.
00:13:51I'm only a couple of minutes late.
00:13:54Call headquarters. I want the neighborhood combed.
00:13:56Right.
00:13:56Look. He stepped in some oil in that driveway. When you phone, get the car and cruise around
00:14:03until you spot me. Right.
00:14:04Let's go.
00:14:12Come on.
00:14:42Say, does he live in this place?
00:14:56I don't know, but I think we've got him penned in here.
00:14:59Go around to the back. Cover the door and porch window.
00:15:10I'm from headquarters. Do you live here?
00:15:12Yes. My name's Owens. Steve Owens.
00:15:16I followed a man into your backyard and lost him.
00:15:19I believe he's taken refuge in your house.
00:15:21That's impossible. I've been home all evening.
00:15:25But come in and look around if you'd like to.
00:15:27Well, this man slashed the schoolteacher to death and committed another murder not far from here tonight.
00:15:37I guess a crazy killer like that can give you police a lot of trouble.
00:15:48You never know where or when he may get the urge to kill again.
00:15:52Let's take a look at the back.
00:15:54This way.
00:15:55I'll be right back.
00:16:04Oh, I found this window opening some bud stains on the carpet.
00:16:30I mean, I mean, Owens lives here.
00:16:33I'll keep him busy in the study.
00:16:35Continue looking the place over.
00:16:36You're alone in the house tonight, Mr. Owens?
00:16:50Yes.
00:16:51My daughter's visiting relatives out of town.
00:16:54Our cook goes home every night.
00:16:56Would you sit down?
00:16:58Thanks.
00:17:03It's very unusual for me to spend an evening at home like this.
00:17:07I own the Paradise Club.
00:17:09Did you ever know a woman named Dorothy Stafford?
00:17:12That's the schoolteacher who was killed.
00:17:14Yes.
00:17:16I never heard of her until I read about the murder.
00:17:18Did you ever hear of a man who calls himself Split Face?
00:17:22No.
00:17:23No.
00:17:26Who is he?
00:17:27The killer.
00:17:28I'm concerned about your safety, Mr. Owens.
00:17:32My assistant.
00:17:35I think we'd better leave a police guard with you.
00:17:38I don't think that'll be necessary.
00:17:42Apparently you had this man cornered in my backyard and he ran through the house to get away.
00:17:47He's not likely to come back.
00:17:49He's not in the house now, anyway.
00:17:50No.
00:17:56Good night, Mr. Owens.
00:18:01Good night.
00:18:04I didn't find a thing, Dick.
00:18:05No weapons, no butt stains on his clothes, and the shoes in the closet are all clean.
00:18:10Maybe he's telling the truth.
00:18:11Maybe he isn't.
00:18:12Maybe he isn't.
00:18:13But right now we're going back to the Thomas house.
00:18:15Hello, Dick.
00:18:24Hello, man.
00:18:25I thought I had him, but I ran second.
00:18:28Too bad.
00:18:29It's Thomas, all right.
00:18:30What'd you find on him?
00:18:32Usual stuff.
00:18:33Wallet, around 50 bucks.
00:18:34Medium price watch.
00:18:35Dick Tracy reporting.
00:18:51Oh, it is.
00:18:52Well, I was told him this Lovelace was calling.
00:18:54I was afraid you wouldn't talk to me if I gave my right name.
00:18:57Did I apologize for last night?
00:18:59No, you didn't.
00:19:00But I suppose I'll have to forgive.
00:19:02I won't think I'm really forgiven unless you let me make up for it tonight.
00:19:05But she had me swell.
00:19:07Good, Tess.
00:19:08I'll call for you early.
00:19:10We'll dine.
00:19:11We'll dance.
00:19:13Maybe we'll even look at the moon.
00:19:14You can't fool me for a minute, Dick Tracy.
00:19:16I know you're not going out for fun.
00:19:18You're going out for work.
00:19:19And if you examine the moon, it'll be for fingerprints.
00:19:22You're wrong, Tess.
00:19:24Work's forgotten.
00:19:25And besides that, I have something interesting to tell you.
00:19:29Know what?
00:19:30Tracy is crazy about you.
00:19:31What about your day with the mayor?
00:19:33The mayor?
00:19:34He's just a figurehead.
00:19:36Nobody pays any attention to him.
00:19:37It doesn't sound like you, Jack.
00:19:38Pick you up at eight.
00:19:39So I'm just a figurehead, eh?
00:19:43So no one pays any attention to me, huh?
00:19:44Of course not, Your Honor.
00:19:45I mean, won't you sit down?
00:19:47So my life's in danger and no one pays any attention to me.
00:19:50No wonder our citizens are being slashed or ribbons by some maniac.
00:19:53Your Honor, we're all doing everything possible.
00:19:55Have you forgotten if I don't put $10,000 in some trash can tonight,
00:19:58that I'm going to join Miss Stafford and Wilbur Thomas in the morgue?
00:20:01We've checked the movements of Thomas.
00:20:03Thomas is dead.
00:20:04Have you checked the movements of this split face?
00:20:06That's what I want to know.
00:20:07We have a suspect.
00:20:08I've told the mayor about Owens.
00:20:09He wants us to arrest him.
00:20:12If we do an attorney, we'll get him out in a few hours.
00:20:15All we'll do is put him on his guard.
00:20:17Has Your Honor ever met Owens or Thomas?
00:20:18I may have.
00:20:19I meet lots of people.
00:20:21I'm a popular man.
00:20:23But remember, I expect action.
00:20:25And before 11 o'clock tonight.
00:20:27Well, it looks like no soap.
00:20:45I've been standing here for three hours.
00:20:47My feet are killing me.
00:20:49You didn't really expect him to show up, did you?
00:20:51Why not?
00:20:52We put the package in the can, just as the note instructed.
00:20:55I don't think split face is especially interested in the package of money.
00:20:58You mean Stafford, Thomas, and the mayor were all marked for murder, whether they paid or not?
00:21:02Right.
00:21:03Don't have you, Stafford, got a note asking five on it.
00:21:05She didn't pay it and was killed.
00:21:08Thomas got one and paid.
00:21:09A thousand dollars.
00:21:10He was killed.
00:21:13Sane or crazy, there's some central idea behind it.
00:21:17Some spring that ties all these people together.
00:21:20That's encouraging.
00:21:22What am I going to tell the mayor about tonight?
00:21:23Congratulate him on being alive.
00:21:26And ask him where he ever encountered Stafford, Thomas, and Seabones.
00:21:33We might as well go.
00:21:34Don't bother to book him, boys.
00:21:52That's all for tonight.
00:21:53I hope you made a reservation.
00:22:09No.
00:22:09It would only take a minute to call, and I...
00:22:11Quiet.
00:22:12I didn't want anyone to know me here.
00:22:13Oh, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:16Good evening.
00:22:17Oh, Jules.
00:22:18Good evening.
00:22:19Uh, a table for Mr. Tracy.
00:22:21It's a pleasure to see you, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:22This way, please.
00:22:23Oh, oh.
00:22:27I see what you need.
00:22:28Good evening, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:52You're the best known unknown.
00:22:54Well, I've never known.
00:23:03Yes, ma'am.
00:23:10Mr. Owens around this evening?
00:23:11I'm not sure, but that fine dog, Mr. Tracy.
00:23:15Who is Mr. Owens?
00:23:16He owns the place.
00:23:17I ran into him last night.
00:23:19All right.
00:23:20Stop being so mysterious and tell me why we're here.
00:23:22I'll let you know as soon as I find out myself.
00:23:25Mrs. Tracy asked me about your father.
00:23:27He did.
00:23:30All right.
00:23:36Good evening, Mr. Tracy.
00:23:37I'm Judith Owen.
00:23:38You were asking about my father?
00:23:40Why, yes.
00:23:41Oh, this is Miss...
00:23:42How do you do?
00:23:42I'm so happy to know you, too.
00:23:45I've been away for a few days, but when I came home this morning,
00:23:47my father told me about your visit to the house last night.
00:23:50Your father has good nerves.
00:23:53That experience would have terrified a lot of people,
00:23:55but he took it right in stride.
00:23:57I'm certainly glad you were there.
00:23:59But do you think it was entirely an accident
00:24:01that the killer ran through our house?
00:24:03That's what I've been asking myself.
00:24:06Where's your father now, Miss Owens?
00:24:09He's not here tonight.
00:24:11Is he at home?
00:24:12No.
00:24:13No, and right after he left,
00:24:15I saw a man walking through our garden.
00:24:18I was frightened,
00:24:19so I jumped in my car as quickly as possible
00:24:21and came right to the club.
00:24:23Would you let me have the key to your house?
00:24:24Well, yes, of course.
00:24:26Darling, I'm terribly sorry.
00:24:27Do you mind waiting?
00:24:28Oh, no, you're not going to leave me here.
00:24:29Would you stay in the car, Miss?
00:24:42Not me.
00:24:43I'd feel safer with you.
00:24:44I don't expect to find anyone around here now.
00:24:47I got her key so I could make a thorough search
00:24:48of the house while they're both out.
00:24:50Well, then I'll help you.
00:24:51Don't worry about being blight.
00:25:04You go first.
00:25:05There's nothing wrong.
00:25:21Must be the fuse.
00:25:23Let's take a look at the master switch.
00:25:25You take a look.
00:25:27I'm staying right here.
00:25:28Dick.
00:25:41Dick.
00:25:47Dick.
00:25:55Dick.
00:25:58Dick.
00:26:23Dick.
00:26:23Dick!
00:26:24Dick.
00:26:24Dick.
00:26:25Dick.
00:26:25All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:26:55All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:25All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:55All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:57How long have you been up here?
00:27:59Time and space are beyond human conception.
00:28:01Cut out the double talk.
00:28:02I'm from police headquarters.
00:28:03Obviously.
00:28:04Well, I've been here since darkness fell.
00:28:08Meditating.
00:28:09Communing with my soul.
00:28:11Studying the course of the stars.
00:28:13Sagittarius.
00:28:20Did you see anyone cross this roof a moment ago?
00:28:23No.
00:28:23Oh, but I wouldn't have unless he flashed momentarily across the section of the heavens at which I was looking.
00:28:28You see, I'm a man who knows how to concentrate.
00:28:32Where do you live?
00:28:32All right.
00:28:34Go ahead.
00:28:35Let's have a look at it.
00:28:41Go ahead.
00:28:41I suppose you'd like to prowl around a bit.
00:28:49Any objections?
00:28:50None.
00:28:50Being a doctor of the mystic sciences, I'm used to the persecutions of the police.
00:28:54I'll bet you out of that.
00:28:56While you're amusing yourself, you won't mind if I return to my telescope.
00:28:59Oh, now the stars will be there a long time and I may be only a few minutes.
00:29:04And I might want to chat if I find something interesting.
00:29:06Have a chat.
00:29:08Over here.
00:29:09It's more centrally located.
00:29:12And you can keep an eye on me.
00:29:21Stupid fools, the police.
00:29:23If they had my knowledge of the occult and this crystal ball, there'd be no need of detectives.
00:29:28In it I can see anything.
00:29:30And there wouldn't be any crooks either.
00:29:32Because you could look in there and foresee what's at the end of the line for them.
00:29:36Might discourage them.
00:29:47Blood drips from two.
00:29:54So you didn't see anybody cross the roof.
00:29:57Maybe you ought to take another look at that crystal ball.
00:29:59Blood drips from two.
00:30:02What?
00:30:03Blood drips from two knives.
00:30:07But there will be twelve more.
00:30:10Fourteen people.
00:30:13Men and women.
00:30:15Rich and poor.
00:30:17I see fourteen people.
00:30:20And all of them are dying.
00:30:22Yes.
00:30:23Yes.
00:30:24When the last of the fourteen is dead, the cycle will be complete.
00:30:30But now...
00:30:32Now I see a fifteen.
00:30:36He is...
00:30:38He is...
00:30:40Well, mow me down.
00:30:48He's having his fortune told.
00:30:51Well, whatever we were doing, it's over now.
00:30:53What do you mean?
00:30:54Professor here was telling me some very interesting things when you crashed in and snapped him out of it.
00:30:58I don't believe it.
00:30:59I couldn't have told you anything.
00:31:00I don't even know what you're looking for.
00:31:01Well, this is one of the things I'm looking for.
00:31:05And I found it without the help of your crystal ball.
00:31:08Under your mattress.
00:31:09You probably also put it there.
00:31:11The man I chased across your roof put it there.
00:31:14Well, I...
00:31:15I don't know anything about it.
00:31:17I never saw it before.
00:31:18Maybe if we take him down to headquarters and put him in another trance,
00:31:21it'll refresh his memory.
00:31:23Just a minute.
00:31:24You boys better stay around until we send somebody up to fix the lock on his door.
00:31:29Right.
00:31:40This is Professor Starling, Tess.
00:31:42Take a good look and tell me if you ever saw him before.
00:31:48Of course you've never seen me before.
00:31:51Have you?
00:31:52Tess.
00:31:54Look at me, Tess.
00:31:56Are you sure you never saw him before?
00:32:00I'm positive.
00:32:02Take him to headquarters.
00:32:04Have this checked by the medical examiner.
00:32:06We want to know if it's the weapon that killed Miss Stafford and Thomas.
00:32:09Okay, see you later.
00:32:10Let's go, Professor.
00:32:21Do you feel all right?
00:32:23Of course.
00:32:24Why?
00:32:25You acted like you were hypnotized.
00:32:26Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:32:28Say, who was that man, anyway?
00:32:30The professor?
00:32:31Uh-huh.
00:32:32He's a doctor of the mystic sciences and a darn good hypnotist.
00:32:36Well, do you think he's split face?
00:32:38You're the one to answer that.
00:32:40You saw split face in Owens' hallway.
00:32:42Oh, but that horrible, scarred stick...
00:32:44Don't discount that.
00:32:45It could be a trick makeup job.
00:32:47Oh, well then, Owens too could be split face.
00:32:50Exactly.
00:32:51And we're going right back to the Paradise Club.
00:32:53What for?
00:32:54I'm going to make Judith Owens producer father so you can get a look at him too.
00:32:58You can bring our dinner now.
00:33:16Dinner?
00:33:16We are getting ready to close.
00:33:18Everybody in the kitchen is going home.
00:33:20But I can bring you some coffee, if you wish.
00:33:23Let's have some.
00:33:26I'm so glad you're back.
00:33:28I've been trying to reach you at headquarters.
00:33:29Did you see anyone at the house tonight?
00:33:31Yes.
00:33:32But they saw us first.
00:33:33They got away.
00:33:34Oh, I'm so worried.
00:33:36I don't understand what's going on.
00:33:38Now Dad has disappeared.
00:33:39What makes you think so?
00:33:40Well, he hasn't come in all evening and he's not at the house.
00:33:44Where was he supposed to go when he went out tonight?
00:33:47Dad likes to gamble.
00:33:50Yes, he has a club uptown and an apartment.
00:33:53I suppose he was there last night too?
00:33:56Maybe we should drop over there.
00:33:57Oh, no, no.
00:33:58No, it wouldn't do any good.
00:33:59He left there at 9 o'clock to come here.
00:34:02That's what worries me.
00:34:03Well, remember to give me the address.
00:34:05I may look in there later anyway.
00:34:08Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll go with you.
00:34:14My nose would stand a little partly too.
00:34:16Oh, but I was going to make a telephone call.
00:34:19Did you think of someplace else your father might be?
00:34:21No, no.
00:34:21I was going to call some friends
00:34:23and make arrangements to stay the night with them
00:34:26until I heard from Dad.
00:34:27Until we know who split face is,
00:34:29you wouldn't be safe even with friends.
00:34:31Anyway, it won't be necessary to make a call
00:34:33because I'm taking you with me.
00:34:34I'm under arrest?
00:34:36Let's call it protective custody.
00:34:38But jail...
00:34:39I didn't say anything about jail.
00:34:42Where then?
00:34:43Maybe I can take you home with me.
00:34:45Well, how cozy.
00:34:47I've got a housekeeper who's also a good cook.
00:34:50And we'd better be going.
00:34:51Yes, because we'll have to stop by my place
00:34:53long enough for me to pack a bag.
00:34:54Pack a bag?
00:34:55You going someplace?
00:34:56Mm-hmm.
00:34:57I've had a hankering for some of Mrs. Carraway's good cooking.
00:35:01Besides, I wouldn't want Miss Owens to be lonesome.
00:35:03Well, I've looked through all the books
00:35:14and I can't find a picture of the man
00:35:15that jumped out of Owens' closet.
00:35:17Forget it page one of volume one
00:35:19and go through them again.
00:35:20You'll have to stop and study each picture.
00:35:22I did.
00:35:23But you can't expect to find a picture
00:35:24that looks exactly as he did last night.
00:35:26We might have one that was taken
00:35:28before he got that scar.
00:35:29I just had a call from the mayor.
00:35:33He says he doesn't remember
00:35:34ever meeting Stafford or Thomas
00:35:35and only knows Steve Owens vaguely
00:35:37as being a nightclub operator.
00:35:39You know, I think Owens is split-faced.
00:35:41Didn't Dick show you a picture of him?
00:35:42No, for the simple reason that there aren't any.
00:35:44Owens' daughter says he has an aversion
00:35:46to having pictures taken.
00:35:48I believe it's bad luck.
00:35:49Strange his disappearing
00:35:50right after split-face jumped you in his house.
00:35:53It's strange how well his daughter's holding up.
00:35:55After all, she admits that he might be murdered.
00:35:59Hey, look.
00:36:01I found a surgical supply dealer
00:36:02who admits selling three of these
00:36:03to an undertaker on Pine Street.
00:36:05What would an undertaker want
00:36:06with a surgical instrument?
00:36:07They use them for post-mortems.
00:36:10We'd better both go right out there.
00:36:12You stay with the pictures, Tess.
00:36:13Business seems to be quiet.
00:36:34He can't be getting any split-face with customers.
00:36:37Hey, maybe he's split-face.
00:36:40Good afternoon.
00:36:41May I help you?
00:36:42Well, from the Homicide Squad.
00:36:43Oh.
00:36:44I'm sure there have been no irregularities.
00:36:46I have burial certificates for all life.
00:36:48I just want you to take a look at this.
00:36:50Oh.
00:36:51A dealer says it's one of three.
00:36:52He sold you recently.
00:36:53Yes.
00:36:54Yes, I believe it is.
00:36:56Strange.
00:36:57They all disappeared,
00:36:58so now I bought them.
00:36:59Do you think one of your employees stole them?
00:37:01No.
00:37:02No, I have a small establishment,
00:37:03and I do most of the work myself.
00:37:05Where did you keep the knives?
00:37:06I'll show you.
00:37:07I have as fine a collection of caskets as there is in the city.
00:37:12Well, congratulations.
00:37:14I do most of my work in here at night.
00:37:23And this door is frequently locked open?
00:37:25Oh, yes.
00:37:26And I suppose if the telephone rings,
00:37:28you have to go into the front office to answer that, right?
00:37:30Yes.
00:37:31That would make it pretty easy for anyone to wait
00:37:33until you were called to the front office
00:37:34and slip in and steal the knives.
00:37:36Yes.
00:37:36Yes, it would.
00:37:38Now, this is where I kept the knives.
00:37:40Careless of me, perhaps,
00:37:41but one doesn't expect thieves in a place like this.
00:37:44It is a strange place for a murderer to come for a weapon.
00:37:47A murderer?
00:37:48Oh, dear me, I am sorry.
00:37:51Did you ever know a man who calls himself Splitface?
00:37:53No.
00:37:54I can't believe Splitface would come here only to obtain a weapon.
00:37:58What do you mean?
00:37:59Maybe you were number one on his list.
00:38:01And some lucky accident frightened him away when he came to kill you.
00:38:04Wait a minute.
00:38:05What about Professor Starling?
00:38:08Do you know him?
00:38:09I don't know.
00:38:10I read in the papers that one of the knives was found in his room.
00:38:15Isn't he the murderer?
00:38:17I don't know.
00:38:19Goodbye, Mr. Dethwitch.
00:38:26I shall not speak except on a vice of counsel.
00:38:31I hope you boys haven't been annoyed with it, Professor.
00:38:33The shoe's on the other foot.
00:38:35He's got me ready to confess to anything.
00:38:38How long have they been questioning you?
00:38:40Time and space are beyond human conception.
00:38:44Leave him with me for a while.
00:38:45Right.
00:38:46Okay.
00:38:49Relax, Professor Starling.
00:38:53Those fellows, meanwhile, they just get too enthusiastic.
00:38:55Might as well relax.
00:39:04Bet you and I play a word game.
00:39:08We'll get our minds off this for a minute.
00:39:10Don't class me with the morons who usually fall into your net.
00:39:15I know all about your word games.
00:39:17You've told us the truth.
00:39:18The word can't trip you.
00:39:20Come on, Professor.
00:39:21Two minutes of play and I promise you won't be bothered for the rest of the day.
00:39:24Go ahead if you think it'll get you anything.
00:39:27I'll say a word then you speak.
00:39:28The first word that comes into your mind.
00:39:30Light.
00:39:31Dark.
00:39:31Fish.
00:39:32Water.
00:39:32Snake.
00:39:33Grass.
00:39:34Cold.
00:39:34Cable.
00:39:35Chair.
00:39:36Knife.
00:39:37Knife.
00:39:37Surgeon.
00:39:39Blood.
00:39:40Stain.
00:39:41Extortion.
00:39:43Letter.
00:39:43Men.
00:39:44Women.
00:39:45Deathridge.
00:39:48Deathridge.
00:39:49There's no such word.
00:39:51What does it suggest?
00:39:54Nothing.
00:39:56Thanks ever so much, Professor.
00:39:58You've helped me more than you realize.
00:40:01Take care of the Professor.
00:40:03And leave orders he's not to be disturbed again today.
00:40:05Right.
00:40:07I'm getting groggy, Dick.
00:40:16I've been through these books a half a dozen times.
00:40:18Then skip it.
00:40:19As soon as I've had a word with Pat, we'll go out to the house for dinner.
00:40:25Hello, Pip.
00:40:26Hello.
00:40:27What did you get out of it, Pat?
00:40:29Well, he tripped over the critical words like knife, extortion, death ridge.
00:40:33I think he knows our undertaking friend.
00:40:35At least by name.
00:40:36Anyway, I'm going to bring them face to face.
00:40:39Do you want me to bring Deathridge down here?
00:40:40Yes.
00:40:41But we'll let the Professor worry for an hour or so first.
00:40:44Get something to eat.
00:40:45Then pick up Deathridge.
00:40:46Call me at the house as soon as you have him.
00:40:48Okay.
00:40:48See you later, Pip.
00:40:49Bye.
00:40:50Nobody's coming around here without me knowing it.
00:41:04Well, good work, Junior.
00:41:05What have you got to report?
00:41:06No strangers called today.
00:41:08Miss Owens didn't go out.
00:41:09Hello there.
00:41:23Everything all right?
00:41:23No.
00:41:24No?
00:41:26Better run around and wash up for dinner.
00:41:27Okay.
00:41:27I'm a prisoner here and you know it.
00:41:29A prisoner?
00:41:30Well, look at me.
00:41:31What's wrong?
00:41:32I have no clothes.
00:41:34You know, I just can't go out in an evening gown in the daytime.
00:41:36You were going to take me home after lunch so I could pack some dresses.
00:41:39I'm sorry.
00:41:40We'll go over there this evening.
00:41:42I don't want to go there at night.
00:41:43Then we'll go in the morning.
00:41:45I have nothing to wear in the morning.
00:41:47Dinner's ready.
00:41:52Anything wrong between you and your guest?
00:41:55No.
00:41:57Too bad.
00:41:57I'll see if I can't stir up something.
00:41:59Let's get dinner.
00:42:02I've changed my mind.
00:42:03I'd like to go home and get my clothes now if you'll go with me.
00:42:06Right away.
00:42:08Fourteen.
00:42:09What comes in groups of fourteen?
00:42:11What in the world are you talking about?
00:42:13The professor.
00:42:14I'm thinking about his cycle of fourteen.
00:42:17Men and women.
00:42:18Rich and poor.
00:42:19All dying.
00:42:20Oh, well.
00:42:21That could be most anything.
00:42:22From a family dinner to two poker games.
00:42:29Chief Trace, residence.
00:42:31Oh, yes, Chief.
00:42:33Chief Brandon.
00:42:33Thanks.
00:42:34Hello, Chief.
00:42:35We still haven't heard anything from Pat.
00:42:37And Death Reef doesn't answer his phone.
00:42:38I'll run right over there.
00:42:41Right away.
00:42:45I'll have to run downtown, but I won't be long.
00:42:47What about my clothes?
00:42:49We'll get them later.
00:42:51Can I go with you, Dick?
00:42:52I'm depending on you to watch things here.
00:42:58Good morning, sir.
00:43:19Thank you, Nick.
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00:45:39Darling
00:45:48What do you want?
00:45:59I'm up here
00:45:59But I...
00:46:01I...
00:46:02I'm lying up
00:46:09You shouldn't have come back here
00:46:26I've been in jail for 24 hours
00:46:29I know that, you fool
00:46:30I sent the lawyer and I got you out
00:46:32Oh
00:46:33Well
00:46:34Why did you want to get me out?
00:46:36I wanted you out before you talked anymore
00:46:3814 will die, you say
00:46:40But you were wrong
00:46:4115 will die
00:46:4315?
00:46:44What do you mean, I...
00:46:4515
00:46:46Because I can't take a chance on you any longer
00:46:48All those years, thinking
00:46:50Thinking of nothing except paying them back
00:46:52Getting even
00:46:53Do you think I'm going to let you stop me?
00:46:55I'm not trying to stop you
00:46:56What have I done to stop you?
00:46:57I know about those rotten letters you've been writing
00:46:59I didn't care
00:47:00Until they brought the cops to your door
00:47:02I admit that I wrote them
00:47:03But it was an easy way to get the money
00:47:05And it didn't hurt you any
00:47:05Not as long as you were going to kill them anyway
00:47:07I'll give you half the money
00:47:08I got a thousand from Thomas
00:47:09And now there's Death Ridge
00:47:10He'll pay
00:47:11Now there isn't Death Ridge
00:47:12I paid him a visit tonight
00:47:19Funny
00:47:21When you saw me
00:47:22He looked just like you look now
00:47:25No
00:47:26No, don't
00:47:27Don't be frightened
00:47:29This knife is very sharp
00:47:31It won't hurt
00:47:32I like when I got this face
00:47:34It wasn't done so nice
00:47:37Besides
00:47:38People won't have to look at you
00:47:40And turn sick at the sight of you
00:47:42No, it's no good killing me
00:47:43She saw you
00:47:44She knows you
00:47:44She'll identify you
00:47:45You're going fast
00:48:06And there's nothing anybody can do
00:48:07Who's Blitzface?
00:48:10Talk, Professor
00:48:10Who is he?
00:48:11Why did he want to kill you?
00:48:12See the man's a lot, right?
00:48:38Thank you for coming down, Your Honor
00:48:40Listen, Tracy
00:48:41What's all this nonsense
00:48:42About me telling you
00:48:43Who Splitface is?
00:48:44I'll come to that
00:48:45In just a moment
00:48:45The Professor was the extortionist
00:48:47True enough
00:48:47It totals a thousand dollars
00:48:49And it's made up
00:48:50Of the exact number
00:48:51Of fives, tens, and twenties
00:48:52That Wilbur Thomas drew from the bank
00:48:54The Professor and Splitface
00:48:55Were partners?
00:48:56I doubt it
00:48:56But the Professor knew Splitface
00:48:58Maybe from prison
00:48:59And he was wise to him
00:49:01He saw a chance
00:49:02To pick up some money
00:49:03Well, what's all this
00:49:04Got to do with me
00:49:05Telling you who Splitface is?
00:49:07The Professor said
00:49:08That fourteen people
00:49:09Men and women
00:49:10Rich and poor
00:49:11Were marked for murder
00:49:12Did he make any statement
00:49:13Before he died?
00:49:15That fourteen people
00:49:16In such varied financial circumstances
00:49:18And of both sexes
00:49:20Would have to become associated
00:49:21In only one place
00:49:22That I can think of
00:49:23That would be a jury box
00:49:26Twelve jurors
00:49:27And two alternates
00:49:28Did you ever serve
00:49:29On a jury
00:49:30In a criminal trial, Your Honor?
00:49:31Well, uh
00:49:32Yes
00:49:32Yes
00:49:33Can you remember the year
00:49:34You served as a juror?
00:49:36Well, I was in the grocery business
00:49:37Now, let me think
00:49:38It was the year removed
00:49:40From Larchmont to
00:49:41Can you remember
00:49:41Who was being tried?
00:49:42Well, I recall the case perfectly
00:49:44The defendant was a criminal
00:49:46He stabbed his sweetheart to death
00:49:48That sounds like
00:49:49The Alexis Banning case
00:49:51Now it all comes back to me
00:49:53Alexis Banning is the name
00:49:54He was crazy then
00:49:56Why?
00:49:57When we brought in the verdict
00:49:58He screamed he'd kill us all
00:50:00Put out a general alarm
00:50:04For Alexis Banning
00:50:05He is split face
00:50:06We interrupted the program
00:50:28For a special news bullet
00:50:29The police have identified
00:50:30The maniac killer
00:50:31Who has been terrorizing the city
00:50:32He is Alexis Banning
00:50:34Alias split face
00:50:35Well
00:50:35After that
00:50:36There should be no objection
00:50:37To my leaving this charming little jail
00:50:39People are asked to be on the lookout
00:50:41No, I'm sure it'll be all right
00:50:42Only if your father decides
00:50:44To come out of hiding
00:50:45It would be nice
00:50:46If he'd get in touch
00:50:47With Mr. Tracy
00:50:48Well
00:50:50Good night
00:50:51Good night
00:50:52I've got a phone, Dick
00:50:53I'll talk to him
00:50:54I want a report on his house guest
00:50:56Okay
00:50:57If you want me
00:50:58I'll be up in the lab
00:50:59I'm checking some fingerprints
00:51:00From Billy Brown's piggy bank
00:51:02Looks like we got his old man red-handed
00:51:04This time
00:51:05Mr. Tracy, please
00:51:12Hello, Dick
00:51:15This is Ted
00:51:17Oh, you guessed that, huh?
00:51:23Hey
00:51:23Ted
00:51:25What's the matter?
00:51:27This is split face, Tracy
00:51:28Split face to hear
00:51:29Call off your cops
00:51:31And quit trying to interfere
00:51:31If you ever want to see a girl alive again
00:51:33Help
00:51:34Help
00:51:38Help
00:51:40Help
00:51:42Help
00:51:44Julia
00:51:55Mrs. Carroway
00:52:00It's Tracy
00:52:01Mr. Tracy
00:52:02Teddy, Tess has been kidnapped.
00:52:05Yes.
00:52:06Does it look like Junior can hang on?
00:52:09Good.
00:52:10Split face back, Tess.
00:52:11Come on.
00:52:15Calling.
00:52:17Attention all cars.
00:52:18Calling all cars.
00:52:20Look for a black sedan with a ten-year-old boy riding the rear bumper.
00:52:32I just bought the car with a kid hanging on the back.
00:52:45I'm on the corner of Pine and Alden.
00:53:02He headed down Alden Street a few minutes ago.
00:53:14The kid threw this at me.
00:53:15That's why I called the police.
00:53:17He must have been in trouble.
00:53:18Which way did the car go?
00:53:19Down Elm towards the waterfront.
00:53:20Thanks.
00:53:32Down Elm.
00:54:02Down Elm.
00:54:32Down Elm.
00:54:33Down Elm.
00:54:34Down Elm.
00:54:35Down Elm.
00:54:36Down Elm.
00:54:37Down Elm.
00:54:38Down Elm.
00:54:39Down Elm.
00:54:40Down Elm.
00:54:41Down Elm.
00:54:42Down Elm.
00:54:43Down Elm.
00:54:44Down Elm.
00:54:45Down Elm.
00:54:46Down Elm.
00:54:47Down Elm.
00:54:48Down Elm.
00:54:49Down Elm.
00:54:50Down Elm.
00:54:51Down Elm.
00:54:52Down Elm.
00:54:53Down Elm.
00:54:54Down Elm.
00:54:55Down Elm.
00:54:56Down Elm.
00:54:57Down Elm.
00:54:58Down Elm.
00:54:59Hey, what are you looking around here for?
00:55:24I'm not looking for anything.
00:55:25Just playing.
00:55:27I play around this old board all the time.
00:55:30Say, I know you now.
00:55:32I saw you through the window at Tracy's.
00:55:35Now, you don't want to run away.
00:55:36So you hit my car and came along.
00:55:39That's fine.
00:55:40You just doubled my grip on Tracy.
00:55:45Well, town.
00:55:47I'm afraid we missed one of Junior's clues.
00:55:48I don't think so.
00:55:49There's some old abandoned docs along here.
00:55:51Maybe split by some setting for them.
00:55:53Now, if Tracy does what I say, you've got nothing to worry about.
00:55:56We'll be back in a minute.
00:56:00I warn you, don't try to get away.
00:56:05Junior, how did you get here?
00:56:06I'm on the back of the car.
00:56:08Oh, you shouldn't have.
00:56:09This looks like Junior's shoe.
00:56:30Yeah?
00:56:31Well, it could be anybody's shoe.
00:56:33Sure, but right now we're looking for a clue.
00:56:34And I'll take my chances on this being one.
00:56:37Let's go down this way.
00:56:51I moved the car just in case.
00:56:57Tracy was a fool to think he could stop me.
00:56:59I'm on the back of the car just in case you were looking for a car or split face, huh?
00:57:24I think this is the end of the trail for split face.
00:57:26Let's see.
00:57:30The dark cracks leading into the shed.
00:57:32Yes.
00:57:35Here, look.
00:57:36Come on, Ben.
00:57:37Come on, Ben.
00:58:01Come on.
00:58:02Come on, Ben.
00:58:34All right.
00:59:04All right.
00:59:34All right.
01:00:05Yes, Chief.
01:00:07He's safely locked up.
01:00:08And photographed this time.
01:00:11No, the scar was real.
01:00:12He got it in a fight with another convict.
01:00:14Served two extra years for it.
01:00:17Right.
01:00:17Thanks.
01:00:20Good night, Chief.
01:00:22Okay, Tess, I'm through with the report.
01:00:24Let's eat.
01:00:25Eat.
01:00:26Didn't say that a moment too soon.
01:00:28I'm dying of starvation.
01:00:29Come on, Junior.
01:00:31Just entangle yourself in those guns.
01:00:34Hey, Dick.
01:00:34A taxi driver was just shot.
01:00:36And tossed out of his own cab on 18th and Main.
01:00:38I'm sorry.
01:00:39Will you take Junior home?
01:00:40Here we go again.
01:00:42Come on, Junior.
01:00:43Come on.
01:00:43Come on, Junior.
01:00:45THE END
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