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When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew
Frankie Thomas - Ted Nickerson
John Litel - Carson Drew
Aldrich Bowker - Matt Brandon
Charlotte Wynters - Edna Gregory
Edgar Edwards - 'Chuck' Marley
Renie Riano - Effie Schneider
Roger Imhof - Sheriff Barney Riggs
Erville Alderson - Clint Griffith
Willie Best - Apollo Johnson
John Harron - Greenhouse Clerk
Cliff Saum - First Deputy Sheriff
Tom Wilson - Milt - Second Deputy Sheriff
Nat Carr - Man in Sheriff's Office
Glen Cavender - First Townsman
Loia Cheaney - Lady with Third Townsman
Creighton Hale - Man in Sheriff's Office
Stuart Holmes - Stationmaster
Al Lloyd - Al, Second Townsman
John J. Richardson - Extra Watching Fire
Leo White - Man in Sheriff's Office
Jack Wise - Extra Watching Fire
Director - William Clemens
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew
Frankie Thomas - Ted Nickerson
John Litel - Carson Drew
Aldrich Bowker - Matt Brandon
Charlotte Wynters - Edna Gregory
Edgar Edwards - 'Chuck' Marley
Renie Riano - Effie Schneider
Roger Imhof - Sheriff Barney Riggs
Erville Alderson - Clint Griffith
Willie Best - Apollo Johnson
John Harron - Greenhouse Clerk
Cliff Saum - First Deputy Sheriff
Tom Wilson - Milt - Second Deputy Sheriff
Nat Carr - Man in Sheriff's Office
Glen Cavender - First Townsman
Loia Cheaney - Lady with Third Townsman
Creighton Hale - Man in Sheriff's Office
Stuart Holmes - Stationmaster
Al Lloyd - Al, Second Townsman
John J. Richardson - Extra Watching Fire
Leo White - Man in Sheriff's Office
Jack Wise - Extra Watching Fire
Director - William Clemens
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00:00:52What's all the excitement about, Al?
00:00:54Say it, Matt killed Henry Clark. Don't say.
00:00:56Do you suppose old Matt did kill him?
00:00:58Wouldn't be surprised. The sheriff's given him the third degree now.
00:01:00The party will make him own up, all right.
00:01:02You might as well talk, Matt. What'd you do with Clark's body?
00:01:04I didn't do nothing with his body.
00:01:06I never saw him.
00:01:07You can't bluff me, Matt Brandon.
00:01:09The day he disappeared, you were heard threatening to kill him.
00:01:11And I heard him.
00:01:12That was right in front of Miller's store.
00:01:14Can't a man have a little private feud
00:01:16without some pig-headed sheriff sticking his nose in?
00:01:19There, he admits it.
00:01:21I admit nothing.
00:01:22The last I saw of Henry that night, he was headed towards your place.
00:01:25And you killed him, Matt Brandon.
00:01:27Don't yell at me, Barney Riggs.
00:01:29And take your finger out of my face.
00:01:31That tin star of yours don't scare me a bit.
00:01:34Evidence is all against you, Matt.
00:01:36I'm not saying another word.
00:01:38From now on, you can do your talking to my lawyer.
00:01:41Who is it?
00:01:42None of your business.
00:01:43But he's the best called-down lawyer in the state.
00:01:46And when he gets here, he'll make you two buzzards jump sideways.
00:01:50Oh, Matt, what do you want to talk like that for?
00:01:52Why don't you confess?
00:01:54And save the county a lot of money.
00:01:58See my lawyer.
00:02:12Effie!
00:02:18Effie, come here!
00:02:24Did you call me Mr. Drew?
00:02:25Effie, pack your things.
00:02:27Oh, but Mr. Drew, what have I done now?
00:02:31What are you firing me for?
00:02:33I'm not firing you, you idiot.
00:02:35You, Nancy, and I are going to the country.
00:02:37But Mr. Drew, I don't like the country.
00:02:39There's bugs and snakes.
00:02:41I won't go to the country.
00:02:42I'll quit.
00:02:43You'll do nothing of the sort.
00:02:45You've got to go along.
00:02:46Keep house for us.
00:02:47Oh, but Mr. Drew, where are we going?
00:02:49An old friend of mine, Matt Brandon, got himself in jail for murder up at Sylvan Lake.
00:02:53I have to go and get him out.
00:02:54Murder?
00:02:55Yes, murder.
00:02:56But he didn't do it.
00:02:57Matt wouldn't do a thing like that.
00:02:58Come on, come on, hurry up.
00:03:00But Mr. Drew...
00:03:01Oh, yes, and another thing.
00:03:02If Nancy knows I'm going up there on a murder case,
00:03:04she'll get in it some way and end up in trouble.
00:03:06So I don't want her to know the real reason for our trip.
00:03:08You understand?
00:03:09Yes, sir.
00:03:10I won't say a word.
00:03:13Oh, dear.
00:03:14Murder.
00:03:15Dad, I'm home.
00:03:16So I hear, Nancy.
00:03:17Where have you been?
00:03:18The flower exhibit.
00:03:19Dad, you should have been there.
00:03:20It was appalling.
00:03:21I almost won first prize with my Flochstermonde, but I didn't because I was second.
00:03:22Helen Aigler's calendulas were first.
00:03:23If you ask me, it was all political, but...
00:03:24Dad, what in the world?
00:03:25Get your things together, honey.
00:03:26We're going on a vacation.
00:03:27A vacation?
00:03:28That's right, Nancy.
00:03:29Ah!
00:03:30Gee, I didn't know that thing was loaded.
00:03:32Hold on, Nancy.
00:03:33Well, don't stand there, Effie.
00:03:34Don't stand there, Effie.
00:03:35You should have been there.
00:03:36You should have been there.
00:03:37It was appalling.
00:03:38I almost won first prize with my Flochstermonde, but I didn't because I was second.
00:03:40Helen Aigler's calendulas were first.
00:03:41If you ask me, it was all political, but...
00:03:42Dad, what in the world?
00:03:43What in the world?
00:03:44Get your things together, honey.
00:03:45We're going on a vacation.
00:03:46A...
00:03:47A vacation?
00:03:48That's right, Nancy.
00:03:55Gee, I didn't know that thing was loaded.
00:04:02Well, don't stand there, Effie.
00:04:03Go and find my fishing rod.
00:04:04I... I think it's in the basement.
00:04:05Yes, Mr. Drew.
00:04:09You remember old Matt Brandon, don't you?
00:04:11Matt Brandon.
00:04:12Uncle Matt.
00:04:13Gee, yes.
00:04:14Well, he's invited us up to his farm near Silver Lake.
00:04:16Are we going to be gone long?
00:04:17Maybe all summer.
00:04:18Simple life.
00:04:19Back to nature.
00:04:20That's us, Nancy.
00:04:21Up with the lark and to bed with the chickens.
00:04:23Think of it.
00:04:24I'll wear old clothes, grow a beard a foot long, and do nothing but fish and hunt.
00:04:28Dad, what's come over you?
00:04:30You haven't gone fishing in years.
00:04:31You've never been an outdoor man.
00:04:33Look here, young woman.
00:04:34I'll have you know the outdoors is in my blood.
00:04:36My ancestors were pine...
00:04:38Let them let out a little bit.
00:04:40You want to go to Silver Lake, don't you?
00:04:41Ted Nickerson's up there with his folks.
00:04:43I thought the idea would appeal to you.
00:04:45You'll probably think I deliberately followed him.
00:04:48It'll be very embarrassing.
00:04:49Oh, nonsense.
00:04:51Besides, there's something funny about all this.
00:04:54What's so funny about taking a vacation?
00:04:56What am I supposed to do?
00:04:57Work all my life?
00:04:58Well, no, Ted.
00:04:59I couldn't find your fishing rod, Mr. Pole.
00:05:01Mr. Drew.
00:05:03No, I didn't think you could.
00:05:05Never mind.
00:05:06I'll find it myself.
00:05:07You two get packed.
00:05:09Remember now.
00:05:10Effie, are you sure we're going on just a vacation?
00:05:23What?
00:05:24Certainly, Miss Nancy.
00:05:25Well then, we won't be needing this.
00:05:28Oh, but I think your father wants to take it.
00:05:31Of course he doesn't if we're going on a vacation.
00:05:33Lock it up somewhere.
00:05:34Oh, Miss Nancy, I couldn't do that.
00:05:36Then I'll do it.
00:05:38I'll hide it where he can't find it.
00:05:40Oh, but I think your father wants to work just a little.
00:05:44That's silly.
00:05:45Uncle Matt wouldn't give him time.
00:05:46Oh, but it was Mr. Brandon.
00:05:48I mean, Uncle Matt's in trouble.
00:05:50Yes.
00:05:51No, no, he isn't.
00:05:52Effie, you're fibbing.
00:05:53No, honest, Miss Nancy.
00:05:54If Dad's taking his briefcase, that shows it's business.
00:05:56What did Uncle Matt do?
00:05:57Oh, he didn't do anything.
00:05:58He's innocent.
00:05:59Innocent of what?
00:06:00Nothing.
00:06:01If he's innocent of nothing, he's guilty of something.
00:06:02Oh, no, honest.
00:06:03Your father said he wasn't the type to hurt anybody.
00:06:05He's being sued for a song battery.
00:06:07No, no.
00:06:08Why not?
00:06:09Because the man's dead.
00:06:10Then it's murder.
00:06:11Yes.
00:06:12Effie.
00:06:13Mr. Drew, she wormed it out of me.
00:06:15You know I can't match wits with her.
00:06:17Effie, get my bags.
00:06:18Well, don't stand there, Dad.
00:06:19If Uncle Matt's in a jam, I've got to save him.
00:06:21You've got to save him.
00:06:22Certainly.
00:06:23Oh, of course, I may need your help.
00:06:25Come on, Effie.
00:06:26Oh, Mr. Drew, I'm so sorry.
00:06:29I just feel as if you ought to kick me.
00:06:32Mr. Drew.
00:06:35Well, here we are.
00:06:37Effie, hand me some of that stuff.
00:06:38Nancy, cut for that gun now.
00:06:41Ah.
00:06:44Yeah.
00:06:46Really neat.
00:06:48Perd.
00:06:49I've got a cut in there.
00:06:50Jack, you never know quê?
00:06:51Guys, you just nailed him for blood.
00:06:52Let's go get out of here.
00:06:54All right,.
00:07:06Let's go.
00:07:07Hello there, you work here, yes. My name's Carson Drew. How do you do, sir? My name's Apollo Johnson.
00:07:20Very pretty name. Apollo. Yes, I think so.
00:07:30Apollo, what a character! You'll be a great help.
00:07:37Look at this place. It's a mess.
00:07:43No window curtains. People can peek in.
00:07:46Maybe Uncle Matt's having them clean.
00:07:54Well, what are you laughing at? Give me a hand.
00:08:01I don't think we'll stay here.
00:08:03Oh, Dad, let's. It's very picturesque.
00:08:06Picturesque, my foot. Besides, it's too far from the lake.
00:08:09Oh, but Dad, please. It's so home-like and rustic and things.
00:08:13Why, it'll take at least a week to make the place livable.
00:08:15There isn't even any linen.
00:08:16Well, that settles it. We'll drive over to the village and get some rooms in the lodge.
00:08:20Apollo, haven't you hung those curtains up yet?
00:08:30Yes. I'll do it right now.
00:08:33Why are you acting so peculiar?
00:08:35I guess I just got that old peculiar feeling, that's all.
00:08:46Oh, you're, uh, Carson Drew, I presume?
00:08:49Yes.
00:08:51Yes.
00:08:52I'm Carson Drew.
00:08:54I'm Edna Gregory. I live next door.
00:08:57Mr. Brandon asked me to meet you, but I didn't expect you so soon.
00:09:00Well, that's quite all I could do.
00:09:01Oh, Dad!
00:09:02Do be careful.
00:09:04Oh, Apollo, you can start hanging the curtains now.
00:09:07I'll help you in a minute.
00:09:08Oh, I wouldn't bother. You see, we're not going to stay.
00:09:11Why, Nancy, what made you say that?
00:09:13Well, Dad, you said...
00:09:14Oh, Miss Gregory, this is my little girl, Nancy.
00:09:15How do you do, Nancy?
00:09:16How do you do?
00:09:17The house can be put in order right away, Mr. Drew.
00:09:20Oh, well, we don't think that it's quite suited to our needs.
00:09:23Nonsense. I think it's a lovely little cottage.
00:09:25I was just remarking before you came in how rustic and home-like the place is,
00:09:29and how, uh, picturesque.
00:09:31I think we're going to be very happy here.
00:09:35All right, Effie, you can start unpacking.
00:09:37Oh, I'll get that for you.
00:09:39Oh, thank you.
00:09:43But, Dad, it's... the house is so far from the lake.
00:09:46No, it's not far at all.
00:09:48Children always like to be where they can play in the water.
00:09:50Children? Play in the water? Dad!
00:09:53Well, I guess I'd better go down and have a talk with old Matt,
00:09:56and get some of the details.
00:09:58He was so mad, his letter was rather incoherent.
00:10:00It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.
00:10:02Murder.
00:10:03Well, who is this neighbor that Matt was supposed to have done away with?
00:10:05Henry Clark.
00:10:06He and Clint Griffith have a farm just back of Mr. Brandon's.
00:10:09Well, why are they so certain that Matt killed him?
00:10:11Oh, Henry and Matt have been quarreling over the boundaries between their places
00:10:14for as long as anyone can remember.
00:10:16And then one day, about a month ago, Henry disappeared.
00:10:19Disappeared?
00:10:20I think the Hans done took him away.
00:10:23Oh, Apollo.
00:10:25What's all this about Hans?
00:10:27I saw two ghosts one night.
00:10:29One was a tall ghost and one was a short ghost.
00:10:32And one of them exploded.
00:10:33There's no such thing as ghosts, Apollo.
00:10:36Never mind the curtains, Apollo.
00:10:38Go burn that rubbish you piled up on the front porch.
00:10:41Yes.
00:10:44And then they found out that Matt had been threatening Clark on that very same day.
00:10:48Well, they can't hold him for that.
00:10:50They're doing it.
00:10:51That Sheriff Barney Riggs is nothing but a stubborn old fool.
00:10:54Well, I can promise you, Miss Gregory, that I'll be back in an hour.
00:10:57And have Matt Brandon with me.
00:10:58Oh, I hope you're right.
00:10:59Oh, uh, will you still be here?
00:11:01Probably.
00:11:02Well, I'll hurry then.
00:11:03Oh, Nancy dear, do you want to come along?
00:11:06I'd rather go than stay here.
00:11:08Oh, um...
00:11:09Goodbye.
00:11:10Goodbye.
00:11:14I lost the noise.
00:11:29Will!
00:11:30Hello, Barney.
00:11:31Hello, Clint.
00:11:33Well, I've just come from the county seat.
00:11:35The prosecutor's coming in a day or two, and he's going to take charge of the case.
00:11:39And I'll be willing to bet that it'll be the swiftest conviction that he ever had.
00:11:43Guess we ought to tell that to Matt.
00:11:45Maybe it'll cool him down.
00:11:50I take it you're the Sheriff?
00:11:51Yeah.
00:11:52What's on your mind?
00:11:53I want to see Matt Brandon.
00:11:54Come back during visiting hours.
00:11:55I'm his attorney, Carson Drew.
00:11:57And you know, Sheriff, you have no right to deny a prisoner the privilege of seeing his lawyer.
00:12:00Well, I guess you're within your rights.
00:12:10You stay out here.
00:12:11I'm his secretary.
00:12:15Drew!
00:12:16Come on, Matt.
00:12:17Come on, Uncle Matt.
00:12:18Well, Matt, they finally caught up with you, huh?
00:12:20Caught up with me.
00:12:21Drew, will you see if you can talk some sense into this flat-headed limb of the law?
00:12:26Get up a citizen committee.
00:12:28Have him thrown out of office.
00:12:29Take it easy, Matt.
00:12:30I'll get you out of here.
00:12:31Nobody's going to get nobody out of here.
00:12:33Don't let him bluff me, Sheriff.
00:12:35Everything shows that Matt Brandon killed my partner, and he's going to pay for it.
00:12:38Shut up, Clint.
00:12:39My attorney's got the floor.
00:12:41You're Clint Ripper?
00:12:42Yes.
00:12:43The complaint?
00:12:44Yes.
00:12:45Well, Sheriff, I suppose you've found the body of Henry Clark, haven't you?
00:12:47No.
00:12:48No?
00:12:49Then you have no right to hold him.
00:12:51You can't even make an accusation until you prove corpus delicti.
00:12:55You know what corpus delicti is, don't you?
00:12:57Sure.
00:12:58Sure I do.
00:12:59It's, uh...
00:13:00My gracious, every Sheriff should know that.
00:13:03Well, you're so fresh.
00:13:04What is it?
00:13:05Oh, corpus delicti is the body of the crime.
00:13:09Proof that the crime's been committed.
00:13:11Isn't it then?
00:13:12That's right, Nancy.
00:13:13In this case, the body of Henry Clark.
00:13:15You have heard of a writ of habeas corpus, haven't you, Sheriff?
00:13:19Yeah, but no smart lawyer is going to pull one of them things on me.
00:13:28That's showing him, Drew.
00:13:30How do you like it now, Barney?
00:13:32You ain't going to let him go, Sheriff.
00:13:34I gotta do it now, Clint.
00:13:39I still think you've got my partner.
00:13:41And we ain't going to stop till we prove it.
00:13:43I bet Hank Clark would turn up more alive than you've ever been, Barney.
00:13:47I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that old cutthroat didn't let himself be seen crossing my land and then disappeared just to get me into trouble.
00:13:56He'd figure as how you'd be fool enough to fall for it.
00:14:00Come on, folks.
00:14:04Uncle Mac, we ought to have a dinner party to celebrate your being home.
00:14:07Now, there's an idea that appeals to me.
00:14:09And Ken Affey Cook.
00:14:10Well, you taste that food, Matt.
00:14:11Now, why don't you drive my truck back to the house for me, Nancy?
00:14:15I want to have a little talk with your dad.
00:14:17Truck?
00:14:19Oh, station wagon's swell.
00:14:21Dad, will you get the groceries?
00:14:22I want to ask Ted to come.
00:14:23He won't think you're following him, will he?
00:14:25Oh, well, if it's embarrassing, you tell him I invited him.
00:14:27Dad.
00:14:28You think Miss Gregory would like to have dinner with us, too?
00:14:32Why not?
00:14:33Good.
00:14:54Hi, Ted.
00:14:56I might have known it.
00:14:58What are you doing up here?
00:15:00Dad and I came up to get Mr. Brandon out of jail.
00:15:02We did it, too.
00:15:03I heard about him.
00:15:06Uh, how long are you gonna stay?
00:15:07Until we're sure there won't be any more trouble, I guess.
00:15:09I bet you're surprised to see me.
00:15:11Yeah.
00:15:12Yeah, I am.
00:15:14Well, uh, I'll drop over and see you sometime.
00:15:21What are you building?
00:15:22A boat.
00:15:23What for?
00:15:24What for?
00:15:25What do you usually do with a boat?
00:15:28Put it in the parlor?
00:15:29Why, the roller skates.
00:15:32So I can slide it into the water.
00:15:34Oh, I did.
00:15:35I think that's very clever of you.
00:15:37Yeah.
00:15:39Well, so long, Nancy.
00:15:40Nice seeing you.
00:15:44Oh.
00:15:45I almost forgot.
00:15:46Here.
00:15:47What's this?
00:15:48Open it and see.
00:15:50Okay.
00:15:55Gosh.
00:15:56Gee, that...
00:15:57That's swell, Nancy.
00:16:01Well, uh...
00:16:03It doesn't run.
00:16:04Oh, oh, it stops once in a while.
00:16:06All you have to do is tap it like this.
00:16:07Hey!
00:16:08Listen, if that's tapping, I'd hate to have you suck me on the jaw.
00:16:12Well, it's running now.
00:16:14But, gosh, you shouldn't have done it.
00:16:16Oh, don't it cost a nickel?
00:16:18A nickel?
00:16:19Uh-huh.
00:16:20I want it on a punch board.
00:16:21And being a man's watch, I thought maybe you'd like it.
00:16:24Gosh.
00:16:26Thanks.
00:16:28Oh, by the way, Ted,
00:16:30I have a very important favor to ask of you, if you don't mind.
00:16:34I get it.
00:16:35I've been bribed.
00:16:36All right.
00:16:37If you're not interested in my terrible problem...
00:16:40Huh?
00:16:41Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute.
00:16:43Yes, Ted?
00:16:44What do you mean, terrible problem?
00:16:47Oh, it's just a family matter.
00:16:48You wouldn't be interested.
00:16:49Okay, out with it.
00:16:51It's my father.
00:16:52What about him?
00:16:53He's a fine, good man.
00:16:55And brilliant, too.
00:16:56Who said he wasn't?
00:16:57Nobody.
00:16:58But there's a terrible woman.
00:17:00A scheming, adventurous who has designs on him.
00:17:02Why, she's positively a siren.
00:17:04No fooling.
00:17:06Who?
00:17:07She lives down the road from us.
00:17:09The way she made eyes at Dad.
00:17:11Why, she had him grinning like a Cheshire cat before they'd hardly met.
00:17:15Gosh, that is sort of serious.
00:17:17What are you gonna do about it?
00:17:19I'm not sure yet.
00:17:21But she'll be there for dinner tonight.
00:17:23And I want you to come and see for yourself.
00:17:25I only hope you'll figure out some way to bring Dad to his senses.
00:17:28Well, now, I don't know as, uh...
00:17:30Okay, but I got a premonition, Nancy.
00:17:34I got a premonition.
00:17:46Well!
00:17:51Oh!
00:17:53Oh!
00:17:54Effie, what are you made up for?
00:17:55Effie was out picking wildflowers and stopped to admire some poison ivy.
00:18:00Oh!
00:18:01Oh, Effie, I'm sorry.
00:18:03I knew this would happen if I came to the country.
00:18:06As far as I'm concerned, they could give it back to the Indians.
00:18:09If they'll take it.
00:18:10There, there, now.
00:18:12In a day or two, you'll be all right again.
00:18:15Thank you, Mr. Brandon.
00:18:16Oh!
00:18:17Oh!
00:18:19Oh!
00:18:20Oh!
00:18:22Oh!
00:18:24Oh!
00:18:26Oh!
00:18:28Well, it looks like we'll have to call off our little dinner party.
00:18:31Edna Gregory is a good cook.
00:18:33Maybe she'd help out.
00:18:35You suppose we should ask her?
00:18:36I should say not.
00:18:38I can cook as well as she can.
00:18:40I'll fix the dinner.
00:18:41And it'll be a banquet like you've never seen before.
00:18:43I didn't study domestic science for nothing.
00:18:54Oh!
00:19:13Oh!
00:19:14Oh!
00:19:36Oh!
00:19:37Hello.
00:19:48What are you doing with the potatoes on the floor?
00:19:51I put them there.
00:19:52We always cook our potatoes on the floor.
00:19:56Oh.
00:19:59Ouch!
00:20:01Where's Effie?
00:20:02She's in bed with poison ivy.
00:20:04Oh, my gosh.
00:20:05And I have to cook the dinner.
00:20:07Only everything's gone wrong.
00:20:08The stove gets too hot and things burn,
00:20:10and then it gets too cold,
00:20:12and things won't cook at all, and...
00:20:14Oh!
00:20:15Here.
00:20:16You'll have to help.
00:20:17What'll I do with them?
00:20:18Wash them off and set them back on the stove.
00:20:20Nobody but you'll ever know they've been on the floor.
00:20:22Oh.
00:20:23All right.
00:20:24That Gregory woman isn't here yet, is she?
00:20:35Nope.
00:20:37What's Dad doing?
00:20:39Talking to Mr. Brandon.
00:20:41Is he all dressed up?
00:20:43Yeah, he is.
00:20:44He looks pretty doggy, too.
00:20:46And he's watching the door, I'll bet.
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:48Come to think of it, he is.
00:20:49There.
00:20:50Now, see what I mean?
00:20:51Yeah.
00:20:53Ted, stop eating those strawberries.
00:20:55There won't be enough for dinner.
00:20:56Okay, okay.
00:20:58Oh, now look what you've done.
00:21:00You've ruined my biscuits.
00:21:01I've ruined your biscuits?
00:21:03Well, holy cats, I didn't even touch them.
00:21:05Oh, if you hadn't gone to...
00:21:12Good evening, Nancy.
00:21:13Oh, Miss Gregory.
00:21:15This cake was meant to be a surprise.
00:21:17I didn't expect to find any of the family in the kitchen.
00:21:20Effie has poison ivy.
00:21:23So you're the cook.
00:21:24I didn't know young girls could cook these days.
00:21:27I'm Ted Nickerson, Miss Gregory.
00:21:29I'm glad to know you, Ted.
00:21:30Same here.
00:21:32Well, I have to finish the dinner.
00:21:35Tell you what let's do.
00:21:37Let's cook it together.
00:21:38I'm really getting along fine.
00:21:40Certainly you are.
00:21:41But it's a lot of work for one person,
00:21:43cooking for so many people.
00:21:45Especially on a wood stove.
00:21:46When you're used to a gas range.
00:21:49Oh, the damper's open too far.
00:21:51All the heat goes up the chimney.
00:21:53For Garces, what are the salads doing on the stove?
00:21:56Oh, I forgot!
00:21:58Never mind, Nancy.
00:21:59We can make some more.
00:22:01Oh, here you are, Nancy.
00:22:05Ted, I won't need you anymore.
00:22:07Oh, I don't mind.
00:22:08Nancy, I believe these string beans could stand a little more salt.
00:22:11Do you know where it is?
00:22:12Nothing like having things handy.
00:22:15Yes, indeed.
00:22:16Ted, you better go in with the others.
00:22:17And tell Dad I want to see him.
00:22:18Okay.
00:22:19But you've got to give Clint Griffith credit for being smart, though.
00:22:20It was his idea about buying an airplane.
00:22:21And going into the crop dusting business.
00:22:22He's made a lot of money out of it.
00:22:23Well, he doesn't fly the plane himself, does he?
00:22:24No.
00:22:25He's got a fighter.
00:22:26A fellow named Chuck Marley.
00:22:27Uh, Mr. Drew, Nancy wants to see you.
00:22:28Oh, I'm busy just now, Ted.
00:22:29Miss Gregory's out there, too.
00:22:30She is?
00:22:31Uh, excuse me, Matt, please.
00:22:32Uh, uh, excuse me, Matt, please.
00:22:34Uh, Mr. Drew, Nancy wants to see you.
00:22:35Oh, I'm, uh...
00:22:36I'm busy just now, Ted.
00:22:38Miss Gregory's out there, too.
00:22:39She is?
00:22:40Oh, excuse me, Matt, please.
00:22:41Excuse me.
00:22:44Uh, excuse me, Matt, please.
00:22:45Excuse me, sir.
00:22:47I am.
00:22:48Oh, man, yes.
00:22:50Oh, there is a good thing for us.
00:22:52Mr. Drew to come in with the plane, Ted,
00:22:53sir.
00:22:54Yes, I don't know what I do, Ted.
00:22:55Uh, uh, excuse me, Matt, please.
00:22:59You mean you actually made that with your own hands?
00:23:02I certainly have.
00:23:03I was going to have strawberry shortcake.
00:23:05No, no, this is much better. We'll have the strawberries plain.
00:23:07I like them that way, too.
00:23:09Is there anything I can do, Miss Gregory?
00:23:10Well, I need the salad dressing.
00:23:12I'll find it.
00:23:16It's on the stove.
00:23:17Thank you, Nancy.
00:23:20Here you are, Miss Gregory.
00:23:21Oh, thank you, Ted.
00:23:23Now for a big spoon.
00:23:25Excuse me.
00:23:31Here it is.
00:23:32Thank you, Ted.
00:23:34Miss Gregory and I can finish the dinner.
00:23:36You children run out and play.
00:23:38Play?
00:23:42Perhaps you could find some water, Chris.
00:23:44It would help the salad.
00:23:45Yes, yes, of course it would.
00:23:47Go ahead, go ahead.
00:23:48Walk will do you good.
00:23:49Improve your appetite.
00:23:51More raisins?
00:23:53Come on, Ted.
00:23:54Huh?
00:24:03Hey, we haven't any time to pick posies.
00:24:05We've got to hurry with this watercress before it wills.
00:24:08I hope the whole salad wills.
00:24:11Oh, are you going to start that again?
00:24:13I was depending upon you to stand up with me against that Gregory person.
00:24:16Why, you acted as silly as you did the first time you met me.
00:24:19Forget it, will you?
00:24:22Ted, look.
00:24:29Oh, isn't it beautiful?
00:24:31Well, who cares?
00:24:32The woods are full up.
00:24:33Not like this one.
00:24:34Do you know what it is?
00:24:35Yeah, it's a flower.
00:24:37Ted, don't be so materialistic.
00:24:38It's an arbensis, a rare tropical plant.
00:24:42I learned about it in botany class.
00:24:44It has no business growing here.
00:24:45Then pull it up.
00:24:47I should say not.
00:24:49I'm going to take it home and put it in a pot.
00:24:50Oh, for God's sakes.
00:24:52I wonder how it got here.
00:24:54I'll find something to carry it in while you dig it up.
00:24:56What with?
00:24:58Oh, I never thought of that.
00:25:00Well, never mind.
00:25:01I'll put a marker on it and send Apollo over for it later.
00:25:06Give me your handkerchief.
00:25:08Oh, sorry.
00:25:09Here it is.
00:25:11Make it snappy, will you?
00:25:13We've got to get back.
00:25:14I don't care if we never get back.
00:25:21Apollo!
00:25:25Apollo!
00:25:30Oh, Apollo!
00:25:31Will you do me a favor?
00:25:33I found a strange-looking flower down there in the field.
00:25:35Will you take a spade and dig it up for me?
00:25:37I marked it with a handkerchief on a stick so it'll be easy to find.
00:25:40Yes.
00:25:41What's the matter with you, Apollo?
00:25:42I guess I'll just bone jitterbug, Mr. Root.
00:25:46Oh.
00:25:47Well, be careful of its roots.
00:25:48It's a very rare plant.
00:25:49Yes, ma'am.
00:25:50You want it right away?
00:25:51I'll get it pretty soon.
00:25:52A cow might eat it.
00:25:54No rush.
00:25:55I'd eat the chicken first.
00:26:01I wonder how'd he know about that.
00:26:05It's the best meal I've had in 40 years.
00:26:11Well, allow me, Miss Gregory, to say it's the best meal I ever had.
00:26:14Me, too.
00:26:15Thank you, but the credit really belongs to Nancy.
00:26:18Oh, she only fixes the strawberries.
00:26:22Oh, uh, Nancy, aren't you eating your cake?
00:26:25I don't like white cake.
00:26:27More coffee, Miss Gregory?
00:26:28Yes, please.
00:26:30How about some cream, Miss Gregory?
00:26:31Oh, thank you, Ted.
00:26:32Sugar?
00:26:33Yes, please.
00:26:33Nancy, pass the sugar.
00:26:36Oh.
00:26:36Sugar, Nancy.
00:26:40This is the salt.
00:26:41Oh, excuse me.
00:26:44Work.
00:26:45Nothing but work.
00:26:46Everybody wants me to work.
00:26:50Come these days, I'm gonna get a million dollars.
00:26:54Maybe two million.
00:26:57Maybe three million.
00:27:00Then I ain't gonna never have to work.
00:27:02Maybe.
00:27:06Oh, no.
00:27:17Oh, Miss Shaff.
00:27:18Miss Shaff.
00:27:20Miss Shaff is off.
00:27:21I think people and that was.
00:27:23Take it easy, Apollo, and talk, Shaffs.
00:27:25Well, Miss Shaff is there.
00:27:27A body buried in the ground.
00:27:29Where?
00:27:30Down around the back end of Mr. Brandon's farm.
00:27:33Are you kidding me?
00:27:34Oh, no, sir.
00:27:34I wouldn't kid you, buddy.
00:27:35I thought with my own eyes.
00:27:37Now, listen, Apollo.
00:27:38You're so excited you don't know what you're talking about.
00:27:40Was it a corpse?
00:27:41A dead corpse.
00:27:42Who?
00:27:43I don't know.
00:27:44I took one peep and flew.
00:27:46We better check on this, Milt.
00:27:47Shall I call, doctor?
00:27:48Yes.
00:27:49And you come with me and show us the place.
00:27:50Oh, no.
00:27:51Oh, come on.
00:27:52Get going now.
00:27:54I'll get it, Uncle Matt.
00:27:55Matt Brandon here.
00:28:02You murderer.
00:28:04I knew all along.
00:28:05You killed Henry.
00:28:05It's not the matter of a new king.
00:28:07Get what's coming to him.
00:28:07Keep back, friend.
00:28:08I'll handle this.
00:28:09You're under arrest, Matt, for the murder of Henry Clark.
00:28:12We just found his body buried over on that South 40 of yours.
00:28:15You're crazy.
00:28:16Am I?
00:28:17How about it, Milt?
00:28:17It was Henry, all right.
00:28:19Apollo here found him.
00:28:20Mr. Brandt, I didn't mean to get you into no trouble.
00:28:23I was digging up a flower for Miss Drew, and there he was.
00:28:27Shots to death.
00:28:27And you did it, Matt Brandon.
00:28:29That still has to be proved.
00:28:30Oh, you're being silly, all of you.
00:28:32Sheriff Riggs' Uncle Matt wouldn't hurt a fly.
00:28:34Nancy, we've got your corpus licti now, Mr. Drew.
00:28:37And right on his own land.
00:28:39Don't put those on me.
00:28:40Take it easy.
00:28:41There's no use resisting, Matt.
00:28:42I'll start work on this right away.
00:28:44Barney, if you're still Sheriff after next election,
00:28:47it won't be on my vote.
00:28:49Matt, the way I figure, you won't have any vote in next election.
00:29:01Poor Mr. Brandon.
00:29:10Here, here.
00:29:11Where do you think you're going?
00:29:12I don't know, but something has to be done right away.
00:29:15We can't do anything tonight.
00:29:16It's too late.
00:29:17Dad, it's all my fault.
00:29:20Uncle Matt would never have been arrested again if I hadn't found that plan.
00:29:23No, Nancy, you mustn't blame yourself for that.
00:29:25Besides, clearing Uncle Matt is my job.
00:29:28Murder case is nothing for a little girl to get mixed up in.
00:29:32And I want you to promise that you'll keep out of it.
00:29:35All right, Dad.
00:29:37I promise.
00:29:37Dad says that in every crime, the criminal always makes at least one mistake.
00:29:49Ted, you haven't heard one word I said.
00:30:01Good morning, Nancy.
00:30:02Hello, Ted.
00:30:03Hello.
00:30:07Hello, Miss Gregory.
00:30:08Ted, will you please tell my father Miss Gregory is here?
00:30:11Sure.
00:30:13I'll tell him.
00:30:16Nancy, the lady's aide's giving an ice cream social tonight.
00:30:18We'd like you to come with us.
00:30:20Oh, I don't know.
00:30:21I'll see if it can be arranged.
00:30:23Why don't you bring your boyfriend?
00:30:25Your father's going with me.
00:30:26Oh, well, I...
00:30:29Oh, hello, Carson.
00:30:32Morning, Edna.
00:30:33Lovely, lovely morning, isn't it?
00:30:35Yes, it is.
00:30:36Nancy, we're going down to see Uncle Matt.
00:30:40I thought you were just going to wear old clothes while you were up here.
00:30:43And let your beard grow.
00:30:45Whatever made you think of that, Nancy?
00:30:46Now, how would I have any dignity or weight as an attorney if I went around dressed like a tramp?
00:30:51Children get the funniest ideas.
00:30:53Are you looking forward to the party tonight?
00:30:54Am I?
00:30:55Well, I'm afraid I'm rather short of clothes for social functions.
00:30:58How about coming with me and pick out a new outfit?
00:31:00Oh, I'd love to, Carson.
00:31:03Well, did you hear that?
00:31:06Now she's even buying his clothes.
00:31:08And they're calling each other by their first names.
00:31:10Oh, what about it?
00:31:12What about it?
00:31:13Dad's falling for her.
00:31:14That's what about it.
00:31:15I don't blame you.
00:31:17She's a darn good cook.
00:31:19All right, Ted Nickerson.
00:31:20If you're going to be a traitor...
00:31:21Well, for God's sakes, what's the matter with her?
00:31:23I bet you 2380 she's after Dad.
00:31:26I don't like it.
00:31:27Don't be a goop.
00:31:28I'm not a goop.
00:31:29If it wasn't for this case, I'd make Dad pack up and go home.
00:31:32And believe me, as soon as Uncle Matt's free, we will go home.
00:31:35Well, I hope so.
00:31:37Why, Ted!
00:31:38Now, look, Nancy, gee, I've been loafing around here all morning.
00:31:42And for what?
00:31:43I've got to get going if I expect to get that boat launched.
00:31:46There's a clue around here somewhere.
00:31:48And I'm going to sit right here until I figure out what it is.
00:31:50You better get a good supply of pillows.
00:31:52Well, so long.
00:31:53Bye.
00:32:02Ted!
00:32:03Come back here!
00:32:06Ted, I got it!
00:32:08I got it!
00:32:09About what?
00:32:09Apollo!
00:32:10Apollo!
00:32:11Do you know anyone around here who has a greenhouse?
00:32:13No, I don't, Miss Drew.
00:32:15Most folks I know prefer us white houses.
00:32:17Oh, I don't mean that.
00:32:18I mean a nursery, a hothouse where they raise plants.
00:32:21Oh, that...
00:32:22There's one in town, I think.
00:32:24Thanks, Apollo!
00:32:24Ted, did you hear that?
00:32:25Come on, we're going, please!
00:32:27Hey, wait!
00:32:28Seein' us how I'm invited along, you might at least let me in on it.
00:32:39Ted, I figured out a way to trace Mr. Clark's murderer.
00:32:41You have?
00:32:42Uh-huh.
00:32:45Ted, that plant's the clue.
00:32:47What plant?
00:32:48The flower I sent Apollo to get.
00:32:50Just didn't grow without a seed.
00:32:52And being so rare, it couldn't have gotten there without being planted.
00:32:55Now, look.
00:32:55Will you cut the bubblegum talking gear?
00:32:58Well, it's very simple.
00:33:00Ted Arbensis wasn't more than four weeks old.
00:33:02And Mr. Clark was killed about a month ago.
00:33:04So that flower had to have been planted about the same time.
00:33:08Yeah.
00:33:09The only person who could have possibly carried that seed there was the murderer.
00:33:13It must have accidentally dropped from his clothes while he was digging.
00:33:17Yeah, I see what you mean.
00:33:19So our job is to find someone around here who raises Arbensis.
00:33:23Say, for a crackpot idea, you may have hit something.
00:33:26I certainly have.
00:33:28Who's a crackpot?
00:33:30Look out!
00:33:35You're asking me who's a crackpot.
00:33:43Are you sure you don't sell Arbensis seeds?
00:33:46Of course I'm sure.
00:33:47Well, maybe you know somebody who raises them.
00:33:50No, the fact is I've never heard of Arbensis.
00:33:52Well, it's a sort of a rare tropical flower that...
00:33:56And it's very important that we find out.
00:33:58Say, Clint Griffith raises a lot of rare plants.
00:34:00Maybe he can help you out, huh?
00:34:02Well, there he is now.
00:34:06Well, thanks a lot.
00:34:07Come on, Ted.
00:34:08Well, aren't you going to wait?
00:34:09No, we're in a hurry.
00:34:12Hello, Mr. Griffith.
00:34:13Hello.
00:34:13There doesn't seem to be anybody here.
00:34:36Well, that's fine.
00:34:37It gives us a much better chance to look around.
00:34:46Ball.
00:34:47What's he doing?
00:34:48Bugs.
00:34:49What?
00:34:51Spraying with chemicals to kill bugs.
00:34:54Oh.
00:34:54That must be Mr. Griffith's plane.
00:34:58Say, he's coming in.
00:34:59Wait a minute.
00:35:00Now, let me do the talking.
00:35:09Hello.
00:35:10Hello.
00:35:11You're Chuck Marley, aren't you?
00:35:12Yeah.
00:35:14Pretty neat job.
00:35:15We're looking for Mr. Griffith.
00:35:16He's not here.
00:35:17Careful, look her over.
00:35:18We want to know...
00:35:19Are you a flyer?
00:35:20No.
00:35:21But I've read all about how to do it.
00:35:22I understand that Mr. Griffith raises rare plants.
00:35:24What'll she rev up to?
00:35:25I'm a student of horticulture, Mr. Marley,
00:35:27and I've been specializing in tropical flora.
00:35:29I'd just love to see Mr. Griffith's flowers.
00:35:31Do you suppose he'd mind?
00:35:32No, not as far as I'm concerned.
00:35:34Greenhouse is right over there.
00:35:35Thanks a lot.
00:35:35Come on, Ted.
00:35:36She'll like to go off with you sometime, Mr. Marley.
00:35:42Oh, Ted, aren't they beautiful?
00:35:45Stick to the point.
00:35:47All right.
00:35:48Look for an arbensis.
00:35:49What if they find one?
00:35:51Mr. Griffith will have a lot of explaining to do.
00:35:59Marty.
00:36:12Yeah?
00:36:15Where are those kids?
00:36:16In the greenhouse, looking at the flowers.
00:36:18You sap.
00:36:19They're trying to find it on our benches.
00:36:20What are you kids doing here?
00:36:28Oh, nothing.
00:36:30We were just looking at your flowers.
00:36:33Darling, Ted.
00:36:34Why do you want to see the flowers?
00:36:35Well, I'll tell you, Mr. Griffith.
00:36:38We were looking for a thornless scrap with all about the size of a flume gay
00:36:41growing in a gilded scratch pot that had been a rope prompt.
00:36:43You had any?
00:36:43Well, if the humus and the gable up were thicker on the pronti,
00:36:47it would be better on the side of the poor family,
00:36:49even if that's the only way to do it.
00:36:52Hey, Carol.
00:36:54Come here.
00:36:55Yes, sir?
00:36:56If there's any particular plant you're interested in,
00:36:58I'll tell you if I have it.
00:37:00Oh, now, let's see.
00:37:02Do you have any arbensis plants?
00:37:04No, I haven't.
00:37:05Why?
00:37:06Well, the truth is, Mr. Griffith,
00:37:08I have an aunt who used to live in the South Seas,
00:37:11and she gets so seasick.
00:37:12I mean, homesick, for tropical flowers.
00:37:15And she's just crazy to find an arbensis.
00:37:17I don't raise arbensis.
00:37:19I don't know anything about them.
00:37:20Oh, but I'll...
00:37:20I haven't time to talk about them.
00:37:22Now, you kids, get out of here.
00:37:24Well, if you find anybody with the snorzal pop
00:37:26of the flugel sloop of the wilden phlegm,
00:37:28tell me, will you, please?
00:37:29Goodbye.
00:37:30Goodbye, Mr. Griffith.
00:37:32Thanks a lot.
00:37:33Charming.
00:37:35Hey, what's it all about, Clint?
00:37:37An arbensis plant happened to be the cause
00:37:39of Henry Clark being found.
00:37:40I saw it lying in the field there last night,
00:37:43but I didn't think anybody would
00:37:44match it up with anything.
00:37:46Mistakes like that could hang a couple of guys, Clint.
00:37:48I know I was dropping a seed.
00:37:50Here.
00:37:51Get rid of this stuff.
00:37:53Burn it.
00:37:55Wait a minute.
00:37:57What happened to that seed cattle?
00:38:00It was here a minute ago.
00:38:01Well, I didn't see it.
00:38:03That blue girl must have it.
00:38:04Yeah, I'll take care of this stuff.
00:38:05You take after those kids.
00:38:07Find out what they're up to.
00:38:07You go down there and get yourself in a jam,
00:38:23and what have you got to show for it?
00:38:26This.
00:38:28Look in that catalog and see if there's an arbensis listed.
00:38:30You bet.
00:38:39Here it is.
00:38:41Let's see.
00:38:42Look out!
00:38:46Can't you ever keep your hands on that wheel?
00:38:49That's it, Ted.
00:38:50That's exactly like the one I found.
00:38:52I'm going to wire that company and find out
00:38:54if they sold near our ventsis seeds
00:38:55to someone around Sylvan Lake.
00:38:57Hours we've been waiting here.
00:39:24Hours.
00:39:24I could have had my boat built.
00:39:27I could have had it launched.
00:39:30I could have been sailing,
00:39:31and by this time I could have caught a mess of fish.
00:39:33I could have even eaten them.
00:39:35Here's your answer, Miss Drew.
00:39:37Oh, thank you.
00:39:3963 cents collect.
00:39:40Pay the man, Ted.
00:39:41Pay the man?
00:39:43I'll pay you back.
00:39:44Now, listen, you owe me $1.89 already.
00:39:47So, it's $2.50 something.
00:39:48What's $2.50 in a case of emergency?
00:39:50Well, it's still $2.50.
00:39:51I'm going to give you some advice, mister.
00:39:57If you want to get rich, stay away from women.
00:40:00I know from experience.
00:40:01Hey!
00:40:04Look at this, Ted.
00:40:05If they sent any of those obentuses to this place,
00:40:15I wouldn't know about it.
00:40:16But the company says in the telegram that...
00:40:18I understand, Miss Drew,
00:40:19but the man who used to own this place sold out a couple of weeks ago
00:40:21and went to California.
00:40:22Didn't he keep any record of sales?
00:40:24Of course he must have.
00:40:25Oh, that box there is full of his sales slips and all records.
00:40:27You got a hammer?
00:40:32Hey, wait a minute.
00:40:34Wait a minute.
00:40:35Leave that alone.
00:40:36Leave it alone?
00:40:37Aren't you going to let us open it?
00:40:39Not without the boss being here.
00:40:41Where is your boss?
00:40:42Oh, he's out of town today,
00:40:42but he'll be back the first thing in the morning.
00:40:44You understand it's important that we find out about those seeds.
00:40:46Oh, I know, but there's nothing I can do about it.
00:40:48If you'll drop back tomorrow,
00:40:50I imagine Mr. Timmons will help you out.
00:40:51I see.
00:40:52Dan, can't you make him open it?
00:40:54I can't make him open it, Nancy, without a court order.
00:40:57I think it'll be quicker to wait for Mr. Timmons.
00:40:59But we'll be sitting on the doorstep of this nursery at dawn.
00:41:02Thanks, sir.
00:41:03All right.
00:41:13You ought to close up any minute now.
00:41:16Yeah.
00:41:17Thanks to Mrs. Ring and her ice cream party,
00:41:18it ought to be a cinch.
00:41:24My, it's a beautiful night.
00:41:27Just look at the stars.
00:41:29They're like bright nails sticking through the floor of heaven.
00:41:33A scientist once fried an egg by the heat of a star.
00:41:36How can you associate a lovely thing like a star with a fried egg?
00:41:48Ted.
00:41:50Look at that old couple over there.
00:41:52Isn't that sweet?
00:41:57Still holding hands.
00:41:59In the eve of life.
00:42:01I bet they have a lot of wonderful memories.
00:42:04I expect they have.
00:42:08Oh.
00:42:11It's Dad and her.
00:42:13Of all the ridiculous things holding hands at their age.
00:42:16I need some punch.
00:42:17I need some punch.
00:42:22Since I'm not a lawyer and you are,
00:42:24I don't think I should argue the case.
00:42:25Do you?
00:42:26Gosh, no.
00:42:27I don't know what to say.
00:42:28Really, Carson.
00:42:29It would be marvelous.
00:42:31But there are certain things to be considered.
00:42:33For instance?
00:42:34Nancy.
00:42:36Yes.
00:42:37She doesn't like me.
00:42:39Nonsense.
00:42:41I'm going to have a talk with her right away.
00:42:42Excuse me.
00:42:42I wouldn't.
00:42:43You don't know the old Drew spirit.
00:42:58It's just like the spider and the fly.
00:43:00And Dad's caught in her wham.
00:43:03Well, if it was my father, I'd want him to marry her.
00:43:06Marry her?
00:43:08Ted, how can you suggest such a thing?
00:43:10If he marries her, I won't stay in the same house.
00:43:13I'll run away.
00:43:15That's what I'll do.
00:43:25On second thought, Ed, I think you're right.
00:43:29Ted, the nursery's on fire!
00:43:31The nursery's on fire!
00:43:33Ted!
00:43:37Ted!
00:43:38The nursery!
00:43:38Those records, they'll burn.
00:43:40Come on!
00:43:44Hey!
00:44:08It isn't too late yet, if we can still get in there.
00:44:11It isn't too late yet, if we can still get in there.
00:44:16You can't stay back.
00:44:18Sheriff Frank, somebody has to get that box of sales records.
00:44:20Get back, I tell you.
00:44:21Sheriff, there's evidence in that building that was saving that brand new.
00:44:24In a turn.
00:44:25Are you folks sure to stay back or are you, Sheriff?
00:44:27I'm afraid it's too late now.
00:44:28It can't be too late.
00:44:30Ted, can't you think of something?
00:44:34It's not a lie.
00:44:36They won't be able to put out that fire with Buckets in a hundred years.
00:44:41Oh, it did seem to have a fire department.
00:44:43Hey, cut it out!
00:44:46Who are you shoving for?
00:44:48I'm shoving you.
00:44:49You stay with me.
00:44:50I'm shoving you.
00:44:51You stay with me.
00:44:52I'm afraid it's too late now.
00:44:53It can't be too late.
00:44:54Ted, can't you think of something?
00:44:56Well, I lie.
00:44:57They won't be able to put out that fire with Buckets in a hundred years.
00:44:59You stay back there.
00:45:00Oh, don't be so vicious.
00:45:01I'm a taxpayer.
00:45:02You can't shove me around.
00:45:03I'm not sure whether you paid your taxes or not.
00:45:06You can't shove me around.
00:45:07Hey!
00:45:08Stop that crazy guy!
00:45:09Oh, look at me, man.
00:45:10You can't get in here.
00:45:15Oh, no, you don't, Drew.
00:45:16That boy!
00:45:17You can't do anything.
00:45:18You can't let that boy do anything.
00:45:19Get back, then.
00:45:29We can't let him get out of that box.
00:45:31I'll get him.
00:45:37Hey, Marley!
00:45:38Come back here!
00:45:41Help me!
00:45:42You gotta get out of here!
00:45:43No!
00:45:44I gotta save this box!
00:45:46There isn't time!
00:45:47Do you wanna burn?
00:45:59Nice work, Marley.
00:46:00All in.
00:46:01You're right, Drew.
00:46:02How are you?
00:46:03How are you, Ted?
00:46:04Ted!
00:46:05Ted, are you all right?
00:46:06Yeah.
00:46:07Yeah, I'm all right.
00:46:11I almost had that box out of there.
00:46:13Hey, Mr. Marley came in.
00:46:14Oh, sorry, Ted.
00:46:15Had to do it.
00:46:16Well, it's a lucky thing you did.
00:46:23Ted!
00:46:24Ted, our records!
00:46:25Oh, I work for nothing!
00:46:27There, there, there.
00:46:28Oh, Nancy, we'll get it.
00:46:29I'm sorry, Nancy.
00:46:32Well, Nancy, there's still a chance,
00:46:33even though it is kind of a slim one.
00:46:35What is it, Ted?
00:46:36I sent the bullet that killed Henry Clark
00:46:37to a ballistics expert.
00:46:39He tells me it was fired from a .22 Hartley pistol.
00:46:42If I could find that gun, I could trace the owner.
00:46:45Well, Ted, maybe we can find it.
00:46:47What do you think, Ted?
00:46:48It's a swell colds to roast a hot dog, huh?
00:46:52I'll try and find it, Ted.
00:46:53No, no, Nancy, you've done enough.
00:46:55I'm gonna send it to the city for a couple of detectives.
00:46:57If anybody can find the gun, they can.
00:46:59Ted, you take Nancy home.
00:47:01Edna and I'll walk by and pick up my car.
00:47:03And be sure you take her straight home.
00:47:05Sure, Mr. Drew.
00:47:08Come on, Ted, get in.
00:47:10If you can wake up an hour.
00:47:12Come on.
00:47:18Oh, maybe I can take it easy.
00:47:20Get a good night's sleep.
00:47:22Tomorrow I'll start to work on my boat again.
00:47:25Boy, am I glad this case is out of your hands.
00:47:28What do you mean, out of my hands?
00:47:31Ted, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if someone set that fire tonight
00:47:34just to destroy those records.
00:47:36Say, maybe Marley wasn't trying to save me.
00:47:40Maybe he just wanted to make sure that box would burn.
00:47:44He works for Clint Griffith.
00:47:45You know, Ted, everything keeps pointing to them.
00:47:48Yeah.
00:47:54This isn't the road to the lake.
00:47:55I know it.
00:47:57Now, Nancy, your dad said that...
00:47:59Ted, there are times when parents must be disobeyed.
00:48:01Much as it hurts.
00:48:03Oh.
00:48:05He's certainly got a mania for dragging people out of bed.
00:48:16Is that you, Apollo?
00:48:18Yes, I'm missing me.
00:48:20What do you all want, Mr. Drew?
00:48:22Apollo, the other day you were telling about some ghosts you once saw.
00:48:26Remember? You said one of them disappeared.
00:48:29He certainly did.
00:48:30That was a short-goer.
00:48:32He vanished.
00:48:33Just vanished in the ground.
00:48:35Gosh.
00:48:36What happened then?
00:48:37Then I vanished.
00:48:39Well, where did all this happen?
00:48:41Up by Mr. Griffin's place.
00:48:43In fact, right in the doorway of Mr. Griffin's barn.
00:48:46Apollo, get dressed.
00:48:47Yes.
00:48:49You're not going up there tonight.
00:48:50We certainly are.
00:48:52Uh-oh.
00:48:54Putty, that's what I am.
00:48:59Just putty.
00:49:01Anybody can talk me in anything.
00:49:02Shh.
00:49:03Do you want to wake up everybody?
00:49:10What's that?
00:49:12Nothing.
00:49:13It's only a dog.
00:49:14Is everybody scared but me?
00:49:22Now, Apollo, show me just what you saw.
00:49:27Looks awful black in there.
00:49:29Maybe one of them's still around.
00:49:30Oh, Apollo, everybody knows there aren't any ghosts.
00:49:33Uh-uh. Not everybody.
00:49:36Ted, you go in and show them it's all right.
00:49:38Who, me?
00:49:40Or do you believe in ghosts, too?
00:49:43Why, no. Certainly not.
00:49:45Go ahead, then.
00:49:51Now, go ahead, Apollo.
00:49:53Well, I was taking a shortcut home through the field.
00:49:56And I looked over there.
00:49:58And there was a tall ghost.
00:50:00And he was floating towards the barn.
00:50:02And then there was an explosion.
00:50:04Then there was another explosion.
00:50:06That short ghost disappeared.
00:50:08Apollo, could those explosions have been gunshots?
00:50:13I don't know.
00:50:15Maybe.
00:50:17What you saw was the murder of Mr. Clark.
00:50:19Oh, oh.
00:50:20He didn't explode and disappear.
00:50:22He was shot and fell to the ground.
00:50:24Oh.
00:50:32Where was the short ghost standing, Apollo?
00:50:34Well, over here was the tall ghost standing here.
00:50:38And through that door comes...
00:50:41How do you get it?
00:50:43Oh, Jim!
00:50:45Hey!
00:50:46Hey!
00:50:50Hey!
00:50:56Hello. Mr. Griffith?
00:50:58This is Barney Riggs' deputy.
00:51:01The sheriff wants you and Mr. Marley to come down and see him this morning.
00:51:05Yeah, yeah, you better come right away. It's very important.
00:51:09Huh?
00:51:11Chuck Marley's out on a crop-dusting job.
00:51:13What'll I do?
00:51:14Tell him to come anyway.
00:51:16Okay.
00:51:18Mr. Griffith?
00:51:20The sheriff says he wants you to come down anyway.
00:51:22Uh, yeah.
00:51:24He'll be there.
00:51:2612.
00:51:27Good luck.
00:51:42Boy, that was timing it!
00:51:44Well, I only hope you know what you're doing.
00:51:46Cause I don't.
00:51:48There's no danger.
00:51:49It'll take him at least 20 minutes to get to Talon back.
00:51:51Go on, open the gate.
00:51:52Okay.
00:52:07Well, turn her around.
00:52:08What for?
00:52:09A wise general always leaves the road open for a treat.
00:52:12Don't you know that?
00:52:13Oh.
00:52:22You know, we're probably barking up the wrong tree again, don't you?
00:52:27Not if that tall ghost Apollo saw us Clint Griffith.
00:52:41You don't expect to find that gun in here, do you?
00:52:43I'm not sure.
00:52:45But there's something I do expect to find.
00:52:47That bullet.
00:52:48What bullet?
00:52:49Well, Apollo said that there were two shots fired.
00:52:52So the first one must have missed.
00:52:54If he was telling the truth about that ghost standing there in the doorway,
00:52:57bullet should be about, well, about here.
00:53:02No, I didn't want to see you.
00:53:04You boys called Griffith?
00:53:07Clint, if today was April the first, I'd say some of the boys was playing jokes on you.
00:53:12Maybe they are anyway.
00:53:19I mean, gosh.
00:53:20Can't you find it?
00:53:21Yeah.
00:53:22Oh, leave it alone.
00:53:23It's much better evidence in there.
00:53:24Oh, Ted, this proves that Mr. Clark was shot here and then carried over to Uncle Matt's place in Barry.
00:53:28So it looked like he did it if the body was found.
00:53:29Yeah.
00:53:30Well, let's get out of here.
00:53:31I'm getting nervous.
00:53:32We might as well look for the gun while we're at it.
00:53:33They wouldn't leave it in the barn.
00:53:34Why not?
00:53:35They'd be smart enough to get burned.
00:53:36They'd be smart enough to get burned.
00:53:37I mean, gosh.
00:53:38I mean, gosh.
00:53:39I mean, gosh.
00:53:40Did you find it?
00:53:41Yeah.
00:53:42Oh, leave it alone.
00:53:43It's much better evidence in there.
00:53:44It's much better evidence in there.
00:53:45It's much better evidence in there.
00:53:46It's much better evidence in there.
00:53:47Well, let's get out of here.
00:53:48I'm getting nervous.
00:53:49We might as well look for the gun while we're at it.
00:53:50They wouldn't leave it in the barn.
00:53:51Why not?
00:53:52They'd be smart enough to get rid of it and this is a swell place to hide it.
00:53:56Yeah, but Griffith might come back.
00:53:58What time is it?
00:53:5911 o'clock.
00:54:00Oh, we've still got 10 minutes.
00:54:01If we don't waste our time talking about it, we can do a lot in 10 minutes.
00:54:05Oh, we've still got 10 minutes.
00:54:07If we don't waste our time talking about it, we can do a lot in 10 minutes.
00:54:35Ted, for heaven's sake, stop playing around with those robes.
00:54:41Playing?
00:54:42I...
00:54:43Gosh sakes, get me out of this.
00:55:00Ted.
00:55:01Serves you right for fooling around.
00:55:05Ted, look what you kicked out.
00:55:15Look what you kicked out.
00:55:20Ted, I see something under there.
00:55:21Where?
00:55:22Way back under there.
00:55:23Ted!
00:55:2422 Hartley, all right?
00:55:25There's a serial number.
00:55:26That's all the evidence we need.
00:55:27That's all the evidence we need.
00:55:29Ted, look what you kicked out.
00:55:30Look what you kicked out.
00:55:31Ted, I see something under there.
00:55:32Where?
00:55:33Way back under there.
00:55:34Ted!
00:55:3522 Hartley, all right?
00:55:36There's a serial number.
00:55:37That's all the evidence we need.
00:55:38Head it quick.
00:55:39Throw it in the halo.
00:55:41What are you kids up to?
00:55:42Give me that gun.
00:55:43Give me that gun.
00:55:44That's all the evidence we need.
00:55:45All right?
00:55:46There's a serial number.
00:55:47That's all the evidence we need.
00:55:49Head it quick.
00:55:50Throw it in the halo.
00:55:52Elor.
00:55:57What are you kids up to?
00:56:10Give me that gun.
00:56:12What gun?
00:56:13The one you dug out of there.
00:56:15We haven't got it.
00:56:16Where is it?
00:56:17Tell me!
00:56:19We don't know where it is.
00:56:21Honest.
00:56:22Honest.
00:56:24All right.
00:56:25If you won't tell me,
00:56:26maybe I can fix it so you won't tell anyone.
00:56:43I was sure that was gonna fall any minute.
00:56:46So was I.
00:56:47So get that plane back here as fast as you can.
00:56:50And, Marley, be sure that it looks like an accident.
00:56:58Oh, Nancy, we couldn't break out of this place in a year.
00:57:03There's only one chance left.
00:57:05I told Apollo that if we didn't get back soon,
00:57:07to tell Miss Gregory where we'd gone.
00:57:09Oh, Ted.
00:57:10Ted, you didn't.
00:57:11Yeah, but he probably forgot it.
00:57:13Well, they'd have been here by this time.
00:57:18Ted.
00:57:19Ted, that gun.
00:57:20Yeah.
00:57:21If it's loaded, we could...
00:57:22Oh, no such luck.
00:57:26Well, hang onto it anyway.
00:57:28It's important evidence.
00:57:29Okay.
00:57:30Ted, there must be some way of getting out of here.
00:57:32Yeah.
00:57:33Say, I've got it.
00:57:34Why couldn't we send a smoke signal?
00:57:35Well, of course we could.
00:57:36Sure.
00:57:37Nancy, give me that tray.
00:57:44You got a match?
00:57:45No.
00:57:46Haven't you?
00:57:47No.
00:57:48No.
00:57:49Now, there's another good idea shot.
00:57:50Nancy, you ought to carry those things.
00:57:54Ted, I know.
00:57:55No.
00:57:56No.
00:57:57No.
00:57:58No.
00:57:59No.
00:58:00No.
00:58:01No.
00:58:02No, no.
00:58:03There's another good idea shot.
00:58:04Nancy, you ought to carry those things.
00:58:15Ted, I know.
00:58:16What are you doing that for?
00:58:18Well, maybe I can attract attention with my scarf.
00:58:21It's red, and red can be seen a long ways off.
00:58:24Oh, that's silly.
00:58:25Nobody would pay any attention to that even if they did see it.
00:58:32You can waggle that until you're green in the face for all the good it'll do.
00:58:35Well, here.
00:58:36You'll waggle it a while.
00:58:37You're stronger than I am.
00:58:41Make it sort of frantic.
00:58:46No.
00:58:49Wasting our time on a sluggy idea like this.
00:58:52We have to do something.
00:58:53No.
00:58:54No.
00:58:55Ted!
00:58:56No!
00:58:57No!
00:58:58No!
00:58:59No!
00:59:00No!
00:59:01No!
00:59:02No!
00:59:03No!
00:59:04No!
00:59:05No!
00:59:06No!
00:59:07No!
00:59:08No!
00:59:09No!
00:59:10No!
00:59:11No!
00:59:12No!
00:59:13No!
00:59:14No!
00:59:15No!
00:59:16No!
00:59:17No!
00:59:18No!
00:59:19No!
00:59:20No!
00:59:21No!
00:59:22No!
00:59:23No!
00:59:24No!
00:59:25No!
00:59:26No!
00:59:27No!
00:59:28No!
00:59:29No!
00:59:30No!
00:59:31No!
00:59:32No!
00:59:33No!
00:59:34No!
00:59:35No!
00:59:36No!
00:59:37No!
00:59:38No!
00:59:39No!
00:59:40No!
00:59:41No!
00:59:42No!
00:59:43No!
00:59:44I'll get over with that plane.
00:59:47Rock!
00:59:58Get in there!
01:00:06Since they ain't got back yet, you all supposed to go and fish them.
01:00:14Get in there!
01:00:36Hey, mister!
01:00:37Come back here!
01:00:38Get in there!
01:00:42Oh, Dad, do something!
01:00:43For God's sakes, what?
01:00:45You're a liar, can't you?
01:00:47All I know is what I read in a book.
01:01:08I'm going to hit the ground!
01:01:14Oh, look!
01:01:18Hey!
01:01:19You're going to hit the ground!
01:01:21I'm going to hit the ground!
01:01:23I'm sorry!
01:01:25I'm sorry.
01:01:27You're going to hit the ground!
01:01:28I'm sorry, my guy!
01:01:30Hey!
01:01:31I'm sorry!
01:01:32Look! We're going to hit the ground!
01:01:36Which way is the ground?
01:01:38That way!
01:01:40Echo!
01:02:02You're doing it again!
01:02:04I can't be!
01:02:06I have to move the thing!
01:02:08It's not something!
01:02:10You're doing it again!
01:02:12I can't be!
01:02:14I have to move the thing!
01:02:16It's not something!
01:02:32Well, there's your accident. Can't fly in a forest.
01:02:44We'd better go in town and report it right away.
01:02:53Ted! You're not going to land here, are you?
01:02:56What if I can help it?
01:03:02Gosh, I just missed that chimney!
01:03:16Well, you weren't trying to hit it, were you?
01:03:20We've got to get over there, right away.
01:03:22Come on, Sheriff.
01:03:23Oh, now, Mr. Drew, there's no need of getting all this.
01:03:25Don't argue with me!
01:03:27All right.
01:03:28Guess we've got to keep the public happy.
01:03:30Mr. Drew, it's a good thing you're here.
01:03:35I'm sorry, but we brought bad news.
01:03:38Your daughter and that boyfriend of hers stole my plane.
01:03:42They crashed in the woods.
01:03:43Nancy and Ted wouldn't steal your plane.
01:03:45But I saw them.
01:03:46What have you done with them?
01:03:47I haven't done anything with them.
01:03:49They crashed, I said.
01:03:50They went into a dive.
01:03:51From the way they were going, they didn't have a chance.
01:04:00That was the jail.
01:04:01I wish I was in it.
01:04:02That's your plane, Griffith.
01:04:03And they stole it.
01:04:04They can't fire a plane.
01:04:05They'll be killed.
01:04:06Hold her, Clint.
01:04:07Sheriff, I insist that you hold these men until we find out what this is all about.
01:04:21What do you think I'm doing?
01:04:22Lock them up, boys.
01:04:23Now look here, Barney.
01:04:24What are you playing so low for?
01:04:36We can't stay up here forever.
01:04:38We've got to land sometime.
01:04:54We'll go.
01:05:00Rangie!
01:05:03Rangie, Rangie!
01:05:06Rangie, Rangie, where are you?
01:05:19Rangie, where are you?
01:05:21Rangie, Rangie, Rangie!
01:05:23All right, kid.
01:05:26Fine, Mr. Riggs.
01:05:28Just fine.
01:05:33Nancy, my poor baby.
01:05:35Ted.
01:05:36Ted, she isn't...
01:05:37Daddy!
01:05:40Daddy!
01:05:42Daddy!
01:05:43Nancy.
01:05:43Nancy.
01:05:44Oh, Nancy, dear.
01:05:48Nancy, are you all right?
01:05:50Oh, Miss Gregory.
01:05:51Oh, Nancy, darling.
01:05:55Oh, Miss Gregory.
01:05:57Nancy, what's the meaning of all this?
01:06:00Scaring the wits out of me,
01:06:01flying around the country in strange airplanes.
01:06:04Jack.
01:06:08Ted, give me a hand, will you?
01:06:09Sure, Mr. Drew.
01:06:10I...
01:06:13And about that time,
01:06:14Henry found out that Clint and Marley
01:06:16were systematically robbing him.
01:06:18And he was going to turn him in.
01:06:20So, Marley talked Clint into shooting him.
01:06:23I, uh...
01:06:24I guess I made a fool of myself, Matt.
01:06:27You're going that way, Bonnie.
01:06:30But I'll vote for you.
01:06:33Here's Dad.
01:06:35Hiya, folks.
01:06:36She's all set for the launching.
01:06:38Hello.
01:06:39My, you look nice, Miss Gregory.
01:06:41Thank you, Nancy.
01:06:41You're a picture yourself.
01:06:43Isn't that the most beautiful boat
01:06:44you've ever seen, Dad?
01:06:45I bet Ted could enter it in a yacht race
01:06:47and win the Davis Cup.
01:06:48The America's Cup, Nancy.
01:06:49You should know that.
01:06:50Davis Cup is for golf.
01:06:52Or is it tennis?
01:06:53Hiya, Skipper.
01:06:54Well,
01:06:55I guess we're all set to shove off.
01:06:57Here you are, Nancy.
01:06:59Do your stuff.
01:07:00Why do I christen it?
01:07:05Oh, Ted, how sweet.
01:07:07Oh,
01:07:08buster on the nose.
01:07:11I christened me
01:07:12Nancy.
01:07:13Come on, Nancy.
01:07:14Come on, Nancy.
01:07:17Make way for a sailor.
01:07:23Don't go too far away.
01:07:29She floats.
01:07:30She floats.
01:07:32All right.
01:07:34Now I know why men join the Navy.
01:07:36Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:38Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:40Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:42Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:43Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:44Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:45Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:46I might have known I'd get into grief
01:07:50naming it after you.
01:07:51Oh!
01:07:51Hey, Ted, look at him.
01:07:53Hang on, anh cu decir,
01:07:57and hang on!
01:07:58Oh!
01:07:59Hey, Ted, look at him!
01:08:00Hey!
01:08:00Hey!
01:08:01Hey!
01:08:04Hey!
01:08:05I'm, Jesus.
01:08:09Hey!
01:08:09Hey!
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01:08:12Hey!
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