The Adventurous Blonde. Torchy Blane #3. (1937 film)

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After rival reporters, jealous of Torchy's success, conspire to fake the murder of an actor in order to embarrass her, he ends up being strangled.  Glenda Farrell - Torchy Blane Barton MacLane - Steve MacBride Anne Nagel - Grace Brown Tom Kennedy - Gahagan George E. Stone - Pete Natalie Moorhead - Theresa Gray William Hopper - Matt Charley Foy - Dud Anderson Lawler - Hugo Brand Bobby Watson - Mugsy Charles C. Wilson - Mortimer Gray (as Charles Wilson) Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Jenny Hammond Leyland Hodgson - Harvey Hammond (as Leland Hodgson) Raymond Hatton - Maxie Frank Shannon - Captain McTavish Jimmy Conlin - Dr. Bolge r(as James Conlon) Jeff York - Dr. Nally (as Granville Owen) James Adamson - Porter Daisy Bufford - Daisy Robert Darrell - Clerk Dudley Dickerson - Porter Jerry Fletcher - Drugstore Clerk Melbourne Ford - Delivery Boy Eddie Graham - Intern George Guhl - Sergeant Robert Haines - Plane Passenger John Harron - Reynolds Al Herman - Herman Stuart Holmes - Crowd Control Officer Carole Landis - Waitress Jeni Le Gon - Maid Howard M. Mitchell - Bald Policeman Frank O'Connor - Policeman Henry Otho - Reilly Willard Parker - Clerk Cliff Saum - Clary Houseley Stevenson - Darell Brick Sullivan - Milton Rosella Towne - Hostess Lottie Williams - Onlooker in Crowd Tom Wilson - Onlooker in Crowd Jack Wise - Joker in Bar Walter Young - Lawyer  Director - Frank McDonald

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00:01:07Here's the wine you've been expecting, miss.

00:01:09Oh, thank you.

00:01:10Here's one for you, miss.

00:01:12Thanks.

00:01:15Hold it.

00:01:17Hold it.

00:01:18Hold it.

00:01:19Hold it.

00:01:20This wine isn't for me.

00:01:22Sorry, miss.

00:01:24Are you torture, Blaine?

00:01:25Yes.

00:01:26A newspaper woman?

00:01:27Right.

00:01:35You read my wife?

00:01:38I'm afraid I couldn't help it.

00:01:40Don't worry, I don't run a gossip column.

00:01:45I'm afraid I can't help it.

00:01:50I'm afraid I can't help it.

00:01:55I'm afraid I can help it.

00:01:58Oh, the happy bride.

00:02:00Well, hello, Steve.

00:02:02Hey, Steve, any news?

00:02:04He has nothing.

00:02:05Nothing to say.

00:02:06What?

00:02:07No statement?

00:02:08No.

00:02:09Any messages?

00:02:10That's funny.

00:02:13There it is.

00:02:14Are there any messages?

00:02:15No.

00:02:16No messages.

00:02:17Lieutenant McBride's getting married and the boys like to kid him.

00:02:21Listen, I'm McBride.

00:02:22Do you remember?

00:02:23Oh, you're the one.

00:02:25No.

00:02:26That's funny.

00:02:27Congratulations.

00:02:28Are there any messages?

00:02:30Not a one.

00:02:31Oh, yeah.

00:02:32The captain wants to see you, McBride.

00:02:35Oh, yes.

00:02:36What was that now?

00:02:37McBride.

00:02:38McBride.

00:02:39McBride.

00:02:40Yes.

00:02:41There's a couple of telegrams here for you.

00:02:43Why didn't you come to me?

00:02:44Ah, look.

00:02:45Love notes from the little woman.

00:02:46Read them along, Professor.

00:02:47Come on, Stevie.

00:02:48Give us a little thrill.

00:02:49What time did the little woman arrive, Steve?

00:02:50And old McBride.

00:02:51Come here.

00:02:52Well, what do you want now?

00:02:55I nearly forgot something.

00:02:57This came for you today.

00:02:58Ah!

00:03:00The bridal bouquet.

00:03:01Toss it to me, Steve.

00:03:02Lilies of the valley.

00:03:03Ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:03:05I'll show you.

00:03:06Good morning, Captain.

00:03:07I'm in.

00:03:08Good morning, Captain.

00:03:09Good morning, Captain.

00:03:10What have you got there?

00:03:12Oh, forget it, will you?

00:03:14For heaven's sake...

00:03:15Steve, wake up!

00:03:16You haven't done a blessed thing for two weeks but act like a love-sick kid.

00:03:20Snap into it and get this marriage out of your system.

00:03:22I'm gonna, just as soon as Torchie gets in on that train from Chicago.

00:03:26Look how she sent me.

00:03:27The flowers.

00:03:28Yes.

00:03:29The look...

00:03:30The look like flowers.

00:03:31I hope you and Euster to give up our job.

00:03:34Give up our job?

00:03:35Say, she'd rather give me up.

00:03:37I see.

00:03:38Then you won't mind if I ask her...

00:03:40the publisher to move to the wound's page.

00:03:42The wound's page?

00:03:43Well, Max, he'd sue you.

00:03:45Say, what's the idea?

00:03:47Well, maybe police reporting isn't the right spot for a girl.

00:03:50Torchie's done all right.

00:03:51With your help, yes.

00:03:53And that's the point, Steve.

00:03:54The other...

00:03:55The other reporters are beefing.

00:03:56Sure they are, because Torchie's too smart for them.

00:03:58Be honest, Steve.

00:04:00Torchie scooped the other sheets on the Tremont Jewett robbery because she was with you when the case broke.

00:04:05She got the jump on the Torgerson murder because she was interviewing Torgerson at the time he was killed by her.

00:04:10And her work on that case...

00:04:11I know, I know.

00:04:12Help to convict the frees.

00:04:14But the point is...

00:04:15With you married to Torchie, the boys are going to say she gets all the breaks.

00:04:19Well, what do you want?

00:04:20What do you want me to do, marry the boys?

00:04:21Here, take care of this.

00:04:22All right, but I can't worry about the boys.

00:04:25Well, I have to.

00:04:26I can't afford to have any sheet in town wrapping my department because of favoritism.

00:04:30Well, you can tell the boys from me that Torchie Blaine flew around the world in record time because she was on her toes.

00:04:34And any...

00:04:35Any time the reporters can keep up with her, they'll always get an even break for me.

00:04:40And don't worry about Torchie, I'll handle her.

00:04:43That'll be something new and different.

00:04:45You knock on everything except the door, don't you?

00:04:47Uh, Steve McBride?

00:04:49Watch this.

00:04:50Another wire?

00:04:50You ought to know, you're a detective.

00:04:52Hold that.

00:04:53Sign here.

00:04:5468 cents...

00:04:55Is that the first down payment?

00:04:57Give it to the sergeant.

00:04:58He'll pay and sign it, too.

00:05:00Okay, close to the sergeant.

00:05:01Take care of this.

00:05:01But let's go to the sergeant.

00:05:04Take care of this, don't you?

00:05:06Okay.

00:05:06Go to the sergeant.

00:05:08làm 5-be Hooded.

00:05:08Oh, looks like I've got a couple of things to do.

00:05:11I'll go do them.

00:05:13Well, a fellow's got to buy his trousseau.

00:05:15I'd like to buy you a suit.

00:05:17A black one.

00:05:18One of the ties in the back.

00:05:20Happy Valentine's Day, Flatfoot.

00:05:23Happy marriage to you.

00:05:26That's McBride.

00:05:27He's going to get...

00:05:28...married.

00:05:29No.

00:05:30Yep.

00:05:31Four more.

00:05:32Coming up.

00:05:33Well...

00:05:33If it's in the paper, it must be true.

00:05:35It was 7 o'clock in the morning and they were leaving for a...

00:05:38...pick me.

00:05:39What are you doing here?

00:05:40I'm giving new life to an old body.

00:05:41I am the fresher-up nerve.

00:05:42You be the drinker.

00:05:43I need the glasses here.

00:05:44Yeah.

00:05:45Yeah.

00:05:46And then her husband shot him.

00:05:47Well, use that.

00:05:48For a headline.

00:05:49Hey, you fellas are forgetting Stephen Torchy and you're forgetting what we're here for.

00:05:53That's right.

00:05:54What are we here for?

00:05:55Gentlemen of the oppressed, we are here to figure out a means and a ways of keeping...

00:05:58...the bride and groom apart.

00:06:00Steve's got the ring, the flowers and the minister.

00:06:01And he's been carrying the license around for a week.

00:06:03And the minute they step off the train, they're practically married.

00:06:06Slowly but surely, I am getting an idea.

00:06:08Yeah?

00:06:09Quick, Herman, the bro-mo.

00:06:10Look, how would you like to delay the wedding and pull a fast run on...

00:06:13...and Torchy at the same time?

00:06:14Well, how are you going to do it?

00:06:15Suppose Torchy printed Lieutenant McBride's solution to a crime...

00:06:18...that never happened.

00:06:19Great idea, but it won't work.

00:06:21Why not?

00:06:22You mean the boss would never stay for it?

00:06:23No.

00:06:23Well, there's no law against asking him.

00:06:25Well, so if his wife is out of town, he might be in a good sense of humor.

00:06:27Sure.

00:06:28Well, let's try.

00:06:28Great, the four of us will bust right in the office.

00:06:31Atta boy, Muggsy.

00:06:32Ain't better do the talking.

00:06:33Now, wait a minute, fellas.

00:06:34I'm going to keep the joke.

00:06:35I'm going to keep the joke.

00:06:37Well, why not, boss?

00:06:38If we put one over on him and get a couple of laughs out of it, it can't hurt the paper any...

00:06:42No, Todd, I don't agree with you.

00:06:43Trying to make a monkey out of a prominent newspaper woman can hurt the paper.

00:06:47It isn't ethical, my boy.

00:06:48But it's just a game.

00:06:51Look, Steve and Torchy have been dying to get married.

00:06:53Now, with everything all set, wouldn't it be funny if we kept Steve so busy that he wouldn't...

00:06:58Well, it sounds a bit sophomoric to me, but that isn't the part I...

00:07:03Well, as far as Torchy printing the story is concerned, I don't even think the gag will get that far.

00:07:08Well, if you...

00:07:08If you boys will build up a good case, McBride will solve it and Torchy will print it.

00:07:11If you don't, your joke's level of...

00:07:13But you will admit it could be a good joke.

00:07:16Yes, possibly.

00:07:17But if you boys can't...

00:07:18If you compete with Torchy Blaine fairly, you might as well turn in your cards and go back to want ads.

00:07:22Suits me.

00:07:23What are the...

00:07:23What's the one ad rates this year?

00:07:25And what's the commission...

00:07:25What's the matter with you, Muggsy?

00:07:26Are you drunk or just licked?

00:07:27Licked.

00:07:28Licked by...

00:07:28That boss without a sense of humor.

00:07:30Oh, you think it's funny, huh?

00:07:31You must have thought up this idea.

00:07:33No.

00:07:33Oh, I did.

00:07:34Purely as a gag to keep the bride and groom apart on their wedding day.

00:07:37Well, look, Governor, if Torchy falls...

00:07:38For a fake murder and print it, is that our fault?

00:07:40Well, boys, it sounds like an awfully good hoax, but it's terribly risky.

00:07:43Well, suppose when we get someone that'll be funny and interesting.

00:07:46Well, who?

00:07:46Well, let's say, uh...

00:07:48Oh, no, Steve would never fall for that.

00:07:52You're right, boss.

00:07:53What we need is a name in the part.

00:07:55I got it.

00:07:56How about an actor?

00:07:57He could play dead and make you believe.

00:07:58By golly, that's it.

00:08:00Wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:08:02I think he's got something there.

00:08:03Suppose when we get an actor who wants the publicity, I blame the whole thing on him.

00:08:06And keep the paper in the clear.

00:08:07That's right.

00:08:08That's right.

00:08:08I call a slut of the boss.

00:08:09I retract the resignation.

00:08:10Muggsy, I accept it.

00:08:11Well, boys, what do you say?

00:08:12We need an actor with tradition.

00:08:13Background, a little scandal, and not too much dough.

00:08:16That description could fit too well.

00:08:18Oh, no, no.

00:08:18Too much for a has-been.

00:08:19How about this, sir, Harvey...

00:08:20Hammond!

00:08:20How about Harvey Hammond?

00:08:21That's the fella.

00:08:22Harvey Hammond, oh, Harvey.

00:08:23Harvey Hammond would never do it.

00:08:24He opens at the Lyceum in a week.

00:08:25Yeah, but I hear the show is putrid and he could use the publicity.

00:08:28It is.

00:08:28Well, boys, what do you say?

00:08:30Wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:08:31An hour and 15 minutes before a torch you get...

00:08:33Have we timed the stage?

00:08:35We can, if I can get a hold of Hammond.

00:08:36Try and get me...

00:08:38Harvey Hammond at the Lyceum Theatre.

00:08:39Now, boys, I'll take care of him.

00:08:41And here, in the meantime, you're all gonna be plenty busy.

00:08:43No, no, get out.

00:08:46No, no, no.

00:08:47I'm surprised...

00:08:48that you boys would even ask me to be a party to such a hoax.

00:08:51Death, to me, is nothing to joke about.

00:08:53But, Doc, it's all in fun.

00:08:55That's the trouble with it.

00:08:56Good day.

00:08:57Listen, Doc.

00:08:58The guy...

00:08:58The guy wouldn't really be dead.

00:08:59Oh, yes, he would.

00:09:01When I say a man's dead...

00:09:03He's dead.

00:09:05Well, don't look at me.

00:09:06I've been this way for years.

00:09:07Oh.

00:09:08Listen...

00:09:09Oh, coroner.

00:09:13So, because McBride is our pal and Torchy is one of us,

00:09:17we want you to help us...

00:09:18go to a swell party.

00:09:19Oh, gee, Dad, I'm sorry, but I can't get away.

00:09:22Well, now, that's too bad.

00:09:23Hey, but you can help us make sure that the happy pair arrive.

00:09:27Yeah?

00:09:27How?

00:09:28Look.

00:09:28Just broadcast this to Steve when we telephone you from the railroad station.

00:09:33Will you do it?

00:09:34Oh, gee.

00:09:35Okay.

00:09:38How'd you make out, Matt?

00:09:40Swell.

00:09:40Shorty's got his camera all set for the blow-off.

00:09:42How about you, Dad?

00:09:42Okay.

00:09:43Bartsch is going to broadcast it.

00:09:44I've got to hold it clear, or the cop on Hammond's beat, he's all set.

00:09:46No matter who shouts murder, he'll leave the field to McBride.

00:09:48Nice going, kid.

00:09:49That big shorty, I tipped off Sparks.

00:09:51Hey, here's Muggsy.

00:09:52Hey, Muggsy, come here.

00:09:53How'd you do, Muggsy?

00:09:54About a coroner.

00:09:55He says when he calls the guy dead, he's got to be dead.

00:09:57Bulger won't play, huh?

00:09:58No.

00:09:58Ah, how do you like that?

00:09:59No sense of humor.

00:10:00Wouldn't you think a guy would love to tell an actor he's dead and don't owe it?

00:10:02What do you got there?

00:10:03Yeah.

00:10:03Forty bucks, I want it in a crap game.

00:10:04Yeah.

00:10:05Hey, wait a minute.

00:10:05What about the coroner?

00:10:06Muggsy's going to buy one.

00:10:07Come on.

00:10:08It's a big guy.

00:10:08And so, as her paper is spreading the news with your ch...

00:10:13tragic death all over page one, my paper is denying it.

00:10:17Well, what do you think of it?

00:10:18It's a very amusing hoax.

00:10:20That means that you want me to...

00:10:23If you...

00:10:23If you were Harvey Hammond, would you play dead wife?

00:10:26Of course I would.

00:10:27That is, if I was sure I was...

00:10:28coming back to life and on page one a week before my opening.

00:10:31That sort of publicity wouldn't appeal to my...

00:10:33particular public for twenty years.

00:10:35Your particular public has grown, well...

00:10:38less particular.

00:10:40Perhaps.

00:10:41But must I stoop to a hoax murder in order...

00:10:43to break the headlines from coast to coast?

00:10:45I think that's a very neat reward for five minutes' work, Mr.

00:10:48Hammond.

00:10:49And you don't think it will hurt me?

00:10:50My dear fellow, if I did, I wouldn't suggest it.

00:10:52I can almost guarantee...

00:10:53you will sell out for your opening.

00:10:55And that's a rather comfortable feeling, isn't it?

00:10:58An assured seller, an almost forgotten one I regret to say.

00:11:03All right, you're on.

00:11:05That's fine.

00:11:06And I assure you, you won't be sorry.

00:11:08Well, uh...

00:11:08five hundred to be sufficient to cover expenses?

00:11:10Ample.

00:11:11If the publicity's all that you say, I should be...

00:11:13paying you.

00:11:14Well, I'll topple.

00:11:15We've just one hour.

00:11:16Yes, you'd better, old boy.

00:11:18Oh, but...

00:11:18By the way, uh, any preference as to the manner of death?

00:11:21Mmm, no.

00:11:22I don't think so.

00:11:23Uh, you know, you're the first murder victim

00:11:26who ever had his choice of a weapon.

00:11:27Ha, ha.

00:11:28Well, it should be something very romantic and mysterious.

00:11:32What would you say to my lady, sir?

00:11:33Stockings.

00:11:38Oh, excellent, excellent.

00:11:41Ah, what an artist.

00:11:42Oh, just a mere bag of...

00:11:43Call a meal bag of trouble.

00:11:47Yes?

00:11:48Yes?

00:11:48You're getting in, miss.

00:11:49Can I have your bag?

00:11:50Yes, just a moment.

00:11:53All right.

00:11:56I'll be back to dust you off.

00:12:18Oh, did you miss me?

00:12:20I sure did.

00:12:21It's great to see you.

00:12:22Oh, hello.

00:12:22To the bride.

00:12:24Oh, gee.

00:12:25That's what I get for sending myself flowers.

00:12:27You can't, okay.

00:12:28When do we eat?

00:12:29We don't.

00:12:29Not tonight for the splicing.

00:12:31Well, believe it or not, your great big handsome...

00:12:32I hope I'd rather get married.

00:12:34Oh, sure.

00:12:34You can eat anytime I always eat.

00:12:36But I wasn't.

00:12:37I don't...

00:12:37I don't know.

00:12:38I don't know.

00:12:39I don't know.

00:12:40I don't know.

00:12:41I don't know.

00:12:42I don't know.

00:12:43I don't know.

00:12:44I don't know.

00:12:45I don't know.

00:12:46I don't know.

00:12:47I don't know.

00:12:48Get in on the other side, Chief. I'll take care of the look.

00:12:52Okay, Gagan.

00:12:53You're looking swell.

00:12:54Oh, you don't look so bad yourself, sweetheart.

00:12:56Well, here we are, Kitty.

00:12:57Calling Lieutenant McBride.

00:12:58What's that?

00:12:59Calling Lieutenant McBride.

00:13:00This was to be our wedding day, and Torchy Blaine, the bride...

00:13:03Remember me?

00:13:04Order 213, Riverside Drive.

00:13:06Investigate a murder.

00:13:07Shut that thing off!

00:13:08Oh, Skipper!

00:13:09A bride in Joan, a bride in May, a bride in...

00:13:13...is pretty anything!

00:13:18Yes!

00:13:19Okay, what's

00:13:37going to производ?

00:13:42Yeah?

00:13:44That's right.

00:13:47All right.

00:13:48You'll go alone okay, I'll get you that much quicker I'm out of here step on

00:13:53Well, I sirens and all sirens at all

00:13:58I went out of here, Steve McBride

00:14:01I still went out of here

00:14:03I haven't got a chance

00:14:04Turn that table over to make you look as if there's been a struggle

00:14:06Right

00:14:07Now hurry Hugo, there isn't...

00:14:08No, no, no, no, that's enough, that's enough

00:14:13I'm talking to you, Hugo

00:14:14Here you are, sir

00:14:15It's a strong one, I trust

00:14:17Very high

00:14:18High quality

00:14:19Guaranteed run-proof

00:14:21That's irrelevant

00:14:22The thing is...

00:14:23This is exploitation, not execution

00:14:28I'm very sorry

00:14:30See who that is, but I'm at home to no one

00:14:33Hello

00:14:35Who's calling, please?

00:14:38Oh, Mrs. Gray

00:14:39Just a moment

00:14:40I'm not here

00:14:41I'm very sorry, Mrs. Gray

00:14:43Mr. Hammond is out

00:14:44Oh, just a moment

00:14:45I...

00:14:46I better save her from having a stroke

00:14:47One moment, please

00:14:48Hello, Tracer, darling

00:14:51How are you?

00:14:52Isn't well

00:14:53Where are you?

00:14:54I'm in the drugstore

00:14:55Around the corner

00:14:56I must see you

00:14:57No, there

00:14:58That's impossible

00:14:59I wired you

00:15:00No, you don't understand

00:15:01I'm about to be murdered

00:15:03Oh, you would, eh?

00:15:05Yes, well, this is just a publicity stunt

00:15:07Oh, you would, eh?

00:15:08Yes, well, this is just a publicity stunt

00:15:08So you can't come round

00:15:10No, you'd get into the newspapers

00:15:12Yeah, all right

00:15:13Later, when I've recovered from my demise

00:15:15Goodbye

00:15:16Hello

00:15:18Hello

00:15:21Having a little trouble, miss?

00:15:22No

00:15:23No, we were disconnected

00:15:24Thanks, anyway, for letting me use your phone

00:15:27I'm in a...

00:15:28Dreadful hurry

00:15:29That's quite all right

00:15:30Finding one of those booths empty

00:15:31Is quite an achievement

00:15:34When that newspaper woman arrives

00:15:35You're to say nothing

00:15:36You know nothing

00:15:37Don't

00:15:38Of course

00:15:39I've instructed the others to act accordingly

00:15:40Good

00:15:41Well, our little drama is ready

00:15:43Where's the audience?

00:15:44Well, we should be here at any moment

00:15:45Tell me

00:15:46How does this look?

00:15:47How does this look?

00:15:49Do I look dead?

00:15:50Well, not quite

00:15:51Eh?

00:15:53May I suggest that you stick your head under the sofa?

00:15:55But...

00:15:56What do you mean?

00:15:57You're trying to...

00:15:58Do you insinuate that I can't impersonate death?

00:16:00Not at all

00:16:01But death by strangulation is very different

00:16:03Difficult, even for an actor of your talents

00:16:05I don't quite understand

00:16:06Well, it isn't a very pleasant

00:16:08The tongue hangs out

00:16:09The eyes are distended

00:16:10To say nothing of the facial discoloration

00:16:13Oh, ghastly

00:16:14And it's not very comfortable

00:16:15It's carried on for too long a period

00:16:16Oh, I think I see what you mean

00:16:17Oh, I think I see what you mean

00:16:18How do you know so much about it?

00:16:20Oh, I read a book somewhere

00:16:21Oh

00:16:22You better get yourself

00:16:23Ready?

00:16:24Here they come

00:16:28I think I'd better adjust that stocking

00:16:33Hey, look out

00:16:34Here they come

00:16:35Watch out, they don't see us

00:16:36That's Steve's car

00:16:37Here I go, boys

00:16:38Watch that window shade

00:16:39Listen, as soon as Torchy phones Maxi

00:16:41Give us the high sound

00:16:42Right

00:16:43Drive Torchy

00:16:48Come home, Higgins

00:16:49Hey, Skipper

00:16:50Oh, I'll call you as soon as I clean this up

00:16:51I should wait a week for any groom

00:16:53Without you and my hair

00:16:54I'll be through in an hour

00:16:55Hey, boss

00:16:56Come here

00:16:58Drive Torchy home

00:16:59Yeah, drive Torchy home

00:17:00Now?

00:17:01Right now

00:17:02Okay

00:17:03Okay

00:17:04Okay

00:17:08So

00:17:09You

00:17:13Lieutenant.

00:17:15Hi, Clank.

00:17:16Fine wedding party.

00:17:18Too bad.

00:17:19Yeah, pretty rotten break.

00:17:21Well, I'll see you right on the job.

00:17:22I wouldn't miss it for the work.

00:17:23Hello.

00:17:24Hello, Lieutenant.

00:17:25Remember me?

00:17:26Why, sure.

00:17:27Doc Notley used to be in the coroner's office.

00:17:28Good job again?

00:17:29Well, not exactly.

00:17:30Sort of pinch hitting.

00:17:31Emergency cases, you know.

00:17:32Yeah, I see.

00:17:33How did you get in on this?

00:17:36Ran in the dock here.

00:17:38Any objections?

00:17:39Or is this exclusive for Torchy?

00:17:41Torchy isn't here.

00:17:42Huh?

00:17:43You don't see you around, do you?

00:17:44This is your chance for a break.

00:17:48Yeah?

00:17:49Oh, yeah.

00:17:53Hugo.

00:17:54Hugo.

00:17:55Hugo.

00:17:56Hugo.

00:17:57Quiet.

00:17:58Here you are.

00:17:59Aunt Jenny is missing.

00:18:00Missing?

00:18:01You instructed to keep her in bed.

00:18:02Well, I only left her for a minute.

00:18:04Why did you let him lock this?

00:18:06It must have been caught.

00:18:08Come on.

00:18:09Let's find out what's going on behind this door.

00:18:10What do we do?

00:18:11Never mind, Becky.

00:18:12Pull yourself together.

00:18:13Go on upstairs and find out.

00:18:13Hurry.

00:18:14.

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00:18:19.

00:18:20.

00:18:21McBride, Homicide Squad.

00:18:22Yes, sir.

00:18:23This way, sir.

00:18:23I thought you were all dead in here.

00:18:24No, sir.

00:18:25Well, why don't you cancel the doorbell?

00:18:26I'm sorry, sir.

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00:19:18I guess that's final.

00:19:20Well, you won't be needing me any longer, Lieutenant.

00:19:21I'll... I'll just trot along and turn in my report.

00:19:23Yeah, go ahead.

00:19:25Hey, this is torture. Give me Maxie, quick.

00:19:29Sit tight, boy. This is dynamite.

00:19:31Harvey Hammond, the actor, was just murdered.

00:19:33Coroner's verdict is strangulation.

00:19:35The only clue they have is a silk stocking.

00:19:38Yeah. An extra?

00:19:39That's what I figured.

00:19:40Yeah.

00:19:41Okay.

00:19:42Well, I'm here...

00:19:43I'm at the house now with Steve.

00:19:44Yeah, I'll keep you posted.

00:19:46Bye.

00:19:47Is, uh...

00:19:48That's your verdict, Steve?

00:19:49You heard what the man said.

00:19:50Yeah.

00:19:51Final.

00:19:52Well...

00:19:53Let's get a little light on this crime.

00:19:58You're still light.

00:19:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:20:03You are the one you are the one you are the one you are.

00:20:13Oh, my God.

00:20:14Oh, my God.

00:20:15Oh, my God.

00:20:16Oh, my God.

00:20:18I put the butler and the nurse in the library.

00:20:23To keep them from blabbing to the boys.

00:20:25They won't blab.

00:20:26They know three words of English.

00:20:27I don't know.

00:20:28You go upstairs and see what you can get out of Aunt Jenny.

00:20:30Somebody in this house knows more than he's saying,

00:20:32and it might be...

00:20:33You go in that brown girl.

00:20:34You go ahead.

00:20:35I'll talk to them in a minute.

00:20:38You go into my book.

00:20:39You go to class, I can get up.

00:20:40I'll talk to them in a minute.

00:20:42I'll talk to them in a minute.

00:20:44I'll talk to them in a minute.

00:20:49I'll talk to them in a minute.

00:20:53In the background, take a look at them.

00:21:06I see.

00:21:09Miss Brown is a nurse to Harvey Hammond's aunt.

00:21:11Are you certain that she...

00:21:11She can't get out of bed.

00:21:13Yes, sir.

00:21:13She's been an invalid for six years.

00:21:15Steve, dear lady!

00:21:16It's Aunt Jenny.

00:21:20As I was going into the room...

00:21:22She was climbing right back into bed.

00:21:24Keep an eye on these two.

00:21:25I'll go and have a talk with Aunt Jenny myself.

00:21:27Want me to keep an eye on them?

00:21:28Yeah.

00:21:30Yeah.

00:21:31There's a few things I'd like to ask you.

00:21:35No, in the first place...

00:21:35I don't know.

00:21:36Death by strangulation, decision of...

00:21:41Coroner.

00:21:42They can't do this to me.

00:21:44They can't get away.

00:21:44I never said anything.

00:21:45Give me my hat.

00:21:46I'll go down and fix those reporters.

00:21:48They'll never get away with it.

00:21:49Give me the hat.

00:21:50No, it's not the hat.

00:21:51They'll never get away with it.

00:21:53I told them what I was going to do.

00:21:56What?

00:21:56Like a charm.

00:21:57Say, wait till the boss hears about this.

00:21:59I hope Marksy got to him.

00:22:00And they get that extra outperforming...

00:22:01He's right, sees the corpse blink.

00:22:03Hey, look.

00:22:04Holy jumping Jupiter, the coroner.

00:22:05Let's scram out of here.

00:22:06Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, fellas.

00:22:08Go get Muggsy and come back.

00:22:09I'll hold the fort.

00:22:10Hurry, hurry.

00:22:11Let's spread out.

00:22:11Spread out.

00:22:11Don't worry about a thing.

00:22:14Arrest that man.

00:22:15Arrest that man.

00:22:16They went down that wheel.

00:22:16No, no, there's your man right there.

00:22:21What are you trying to do?

00:22:22Kidding officer?

00:22:23Me?

00:22:24Why, you know me better than I thought you...

00:22:25Now, wait a minute.

00:22:25You said I said the...

00:22:26The man was dead.

00:22:27I said that you said the man was dead.

00:22:29You said it.

00:22:29Don't go in there.

00:22:30Why not?

00:22:30You're getting a lot of trouble.

00:22:31You're getting a lot of...

00:22:31I'm going to make trouble.

00:22:33Look, officer, I think we'd better go in then.

00:22:35Come right on with me.

00:22:36Look, come here.

00:22:36You're a fool.

00:22:36You've got no right to say that I said the man was dead.

00:22:39I didn't say anything of the kind, but you're foolish to go in there.

00:22:40It says so in the paper.

00:22:41I want to see you, Steve.

00:22:44Don't get excited, Doc.

00:22:45Now he's already...

00:22:46Oh, never mind.

00:22:47Nolly was paid by Dud and his pals to make a chump out of you.

00:22:50Who, me?

00:22:51That's ridiculous.

00:22:51You see that?

00:22:53Well, that's not right.

00:22:54Hammond was not murdered.

00:22:55He's as much alive as you are.

00:22:56The Globe reporters have played a hoax on you.

00:22:59No, is that so?

00:23:00Come on.

00:23:01Look, Steve, are you going to...

00:23:01believe this quack of what you read and see in the newspapers?

00:23:04Come on, Hammond, get up.

00:23:06Mighty ghastly...

00:23:06It's really fun, Hammond.

00:23:08You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a man in your position, falling for a gag like that.

00:23:11Come on, get up.

00:23:16Come on, Hammond.

00:23:26McBride, this man is dead.

00:23:31Don't let him near a phone.

00:23:33If his pals are going to print the laugh on me and Torchy,

00:23:35we'll see if he's dead.

00:23:36Let's see if this bird doesn't stop him.

00:23:41Didn't turn out so funny, did it?

00:23:46Steve.

00:23:48Steve.

00:23:49Yeah?

00:23:50Hugo and that girl know...

00:23:51There's plenty, but they won't talk.

00:23:52Well, I will.

00:23:53Hammond's been murdered.

00:23:54Yes, I...

00:23:55No.

00:23:56I...

00:23:56I thought he was lying in front of that fireplace to keep warm.

00:23:58You remember this, don't you?

00:23:59Certainly.

00:24:00I wrote it.

00:24:01Give her Torchelle.

00:24:02Give her.

00:24:03Get her Torchelle.

00:24:04Where did you come from?

00:24:06We'll have been here all the time.

00:24:08Look, that's all right.

00:24:09Yeah, but the boys on the Globe set this whole thing...

00:24:11It's a wedding present for us.

00:24:13Hammond was supposed to play dead.

00:24:15Then you were to scoop the whole town on his...

00:24:16...murder and the pay-off.

00:24:18I get it. The Globe is to make saps out of us, huh?

00:24:21But you...

00:24:21You just said that...

00:24:23Yeah, he's dead.

00:24:24The boys forgot to figure that somebody might really kill him.

00:24:27Well, who do you suppose did it?

00:24:29No, I don't know yet.

00:24:30Now there's Hugo and that...

00:24:31...the girl and Aunt Jenny.

00:24:33You go upstairs and break the news to Aunt Jenny and bring her down here.

00:24:36I'll call...

00:24:36...and get a line on those two.

00:24:38You think they're hot?

00:24:39Well, that brown gal is too pretty to be a nurse.

00:24:41...in Hammond's household.

00:24:43Right, Skipper, right.

00:24:45Hagen, go in there and keep an...

00:24:46...and keep an eye on those two.

00:24:47Okay, Chief.

00:24:48Look, the good eye, Hagen.

00:24:50Depend on me.

00:24:51We'll do this, too.

00:24:53Bye.

00:24:56Steve says hi.

00:24:56What is it you wish?

00:25:01Lieutenant McBride wants to see you.

00:25:03Well, if anyone wants to see me, he'll have to come.

00:25:06I love you. I can't walk.

00:25:08You're just as able to walk as I am. And the joke's over.

00:25:11Oh. Then you've found out. I'm glad.

00:25:17It was a gruesome sort of joke.

00:25:19It certainly was.

00:25:21Harvey Hammond is dead.

00:25:23Yes, of course. That was...

00:25:26What was Harvey Hammond to you?

00:25:28What was Harvey?

00:25:31What do you mean?

00:25:32The joke didn't come off. He really was murdered.

00:25:36I don't believe it.

00:25:37That's it.

00:25:38You better get up and come down and see for yourself.

00:25:40It's just...

00:25:41But that...

00:25:42What do you know about this Miss Brown and Hugo the butler?

00:25:45What do I...

00:25:46know about him?

00:25:49If Harvey Hammond...

00:25:51He's dead.

00:25:52I...

00:25:53I know enough to...

00:25:54To hang them.

00:25:55Both.

00:25:56Oh, boys.

00:25:57The boss beaming.

00:25:58Did they get it out yet?

00:25:59Did they get a load of...

00:26:00Did they get a load of...

00:26:01They got it out so fast they burned up the presses.

00:26:03Boy, is that something...

00:26:04The moment I've been waiting for.

00:26:06Where's dad?

00:26:07He's inside.

00:26:08Come on, let's go.

00:26:12What is this?

00:26:13I think he likes his part.

00:26:15Once an actor always...

00:26:16Get a ham.

00:26:19Hey, you can get up now.

00:26:20The show's over.

00:26:21You do.

00:26:22Okay.

00:26:23That's great.

00:26:25Stealing.

00:26:26what no camera no no cameras

00:26:31hey fellas come here that bird is dead

00:26:36oh sure sure saw you from the makeup but don't worry no no listen no I'm not kidding I've seen stiffs before look at

00:26:41me that's all right tell it to Torchy she'll give it a headline oh boys you can come in now

00:26:46thanks thanks very much the pride is waiting on the inside

00:26:51to give you all a nice story oh boy what a day

00:26:56what a day oh come in boys Larry see that nobody leaves

00:27:01well you're just in time to listen to Torchy's second scoop for her paper today come on in the library

00:27:06tell Torchy that Hammond's still alive and I fell for a gag she'll enjoy the land

00:27:11too mother Hubbard your headlines are boomerang go in there get Higgins

00:27:16see that they sit through Torchy's call and take them all down to the station house and lock them up

00:27:20all of them all of them

00:27:21be lighted and then a little marriage in a carriage yeah and we won't spare the horses

00:27:25me me me

00:27:26yeah not now chief

00:27:28no not now okay but you're not getting any

00:27:31hug

00:27:36hug

00:27:36how dare you even suggest that you were out of bed weren't you what if I was you were in this room with me

00:27:41the only person who was I'd left the room as I went to the door I

00:27:45I'll ask

00:27:46questions from now on if you don't mind how long have you been Harvey Hammond's Butler

00:27:51about an hour and a quarter he's no butler he's been a mr. Hammond's repertory company

00:27:56for three years no so you're an actor to a and what about you are you an actress

00:28:01yes I was mr. Hammond's leading lady in his new play it was to open Monday and mrs.

00:28:06Hammond didn't want it to open mrs. Hammond had a very good reason for not wanting the play to open

00:28:11mrs. Hammond

00:28:13were you Harvey Hammond's wife

00:28:14yes

00:28:15and what's all this

00:28:16aunt jenny business

00:28:17it was all merely a part of this ghastly joke

00:28:21they forced me to help them stage it to gain publicity for Harvey they said

00:28:25but I began to see it all now

00:28:26I believe he killed my husband because he was jealous

00:28:29you keep grace out

00:28:31of this oh no let's hear it all go on mrs. Hammond they were both infatuated with

00:28:36them my husband was always

00:28:36interested in some girl

00:28:37and this one he claimed to love

00:28:39I see

00:28:40I see

00:28:41and you were in love with her too weren't you I am in love with her

00:28:45mm-hmm

00:28:46mrs. Hammond you just said it's your husband was always interested in some girl

00:28:50how long were you

00:28:51he's been married to Hammond

00:28:52for 21 years

00:28:53for 21 years

00:28:54the fact that mr. Hammond begged his wife

00:28:56to give him a divorce

00:28:57so he could marry grace

00:28:58might be of some importance

00:28:59is that true

00:29:00yes

00:29:01yes

00:29:02but I wouldn't divorce him

00:29:03yes

00:29:04but I wouldn't divorce him

00:29:05he'd have come back to me

00:29:06he'd have lost interest in this girl after the play had opened

00:29:08and the critics had told him the truth

00:29:11then I'd have had him back again

00:29:15until the next

00:29:16what

00:29:17she's lying

00:29:18she's lying to cover up

00:29:19she knew Hammond was going to leave

00:29:21her for grace

00:29:22ask her what she was doing out of her room

00:29:24no she

00:29:26she was out of her room

00:29:27yes sir

00:29:28when I went to her room

00:29:29as I was told to do

00:29:30she wasn't

00:29:31there

00:29:32when you found that she'd gone

00:29:33what did you do then

00:29:34I went downstairs to tell Hugo

00:29:35when was that

00:29:36just as you rang the bell

00:29:37and when do you think that Harvey Hammond was murdered

00:29:39when you rang the bell

00:29:40when you rang the bell

00:29:41before Hugo left this room

00:29:43or after he left the room

00:29:44or after he left the room

00:29:45Mrs. Hammond

00:29:46Mrs. Brown

00:29:49Mrs. Brown

00:29:50how did you

00:29:51feel about Harvey Hammond's interest in you

00:29:53I didn't care anything about her husband

00:29:55I'm going to marry her

00:29:56I'm going to marry Hugo

00:29:57I'll get that Mrs. Hammond

00:29:58I'll get that Mrs. Hammond

00:30:02hello

00:30:03oh no this isn't darling

00:30:04who's this

00:30:06no Mr. Hammond isn't in right now

00:30:08who shall I say called

00:30:09this is Lieutenant McBride

00:30:10police department

00:30:11yes I agree with you

00:30:12pretty unfunny joke

00:30:14who is this speaking

00:30:16hello

00:30:19Mrs. Hammond

00:30:20do you know anyone who might

00:30:21call your husband darling

00:30:22at least a dozen women

00:30:24not counting her

00:30:26what their names

00:30:27not now

00:30:28but I will later

00:30:29Mrs. Brown

00:30:30I don't think I'll have to hold you

00:30:31I want you to keep yourself available

00:30:32you two better change your clothes

00:30:33you'll have to take a little ride

00:30:36you

00:30:41That's all, Maxie.

00:30:44Except that you can say McBride will arrest the murderer within 24 hours.

00:30:46Oh, yes.

00:30:48And add a squib saying that the four...

00:30:51...dead boy reporters will offer personal apologies to both Steve and me in an early edition.

00:30:56Well, the show's over, boys. Thanks for the applause.

00:31:01Now...

00:31:01...if you'd like to call your paper and give them the true story, there's the phone.

00:31:05Lay off of that phone.

00:31:06Oh, s***.

00:31:06Oh, Skipper, give them a break.

00:31:08If they don't give their paper the straight goods on this clan bake, old Greybeard will fire them.

00:31:11Well, you'd have to get them out of hock first.

00:31:13Take them along, Gahagan.

00:31:14And there's a couple more outside that's going your way.

00:31:16Cheers.

00:31:16Caravan, sirens and all?

00:31:18Yeah, sirens and all.

00:31:19Come on, you mugs.

00:31:20Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

00:31:21Yeah, never get behind an officer like that.

00:31:24Oh, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

00:31:26How do you like my ex-

00:31:26I'm in favor of it.

00:31:29Get out of it, get out of it.

00:31:31Stupid.

00:31:31Why lock them all up?

00:31:33Why to keep them out of our hair till we get married?

00:31:36It was...

00:31:36Won't do, my little man.

00:31:38You're the guy that swapped fireside for homicide.

00:31:40Now you're going to stick till Hammond's murder is caught.

00:31:41He or she is behind the bars by this time.

00:31:45Maybe, but you can't prove it.

00:31:46Say, Hugo and Jenny accuse each other, huh?

00:31:49Yeah, we're the same motive.

00:31:50Jealousy.

00:31:51This guy hammered...

00:31:51was quite a boy.

00:31:53Oh, I forgot to tell you.

00:31:55A gal called me Darling in a while.

00:31:56No, I didn't know your mother was in town.

00:32:00Thanks.

00:32:01But this...

00:32:01This is one of Hammond's rich voice sirens.

00:32:04Didn't have the heart to tell her the poor ham was cooked.

00:32:06Who was she?

00:32:08Oh, I don't know.

00:32:09She called me up while I was questioning the others.

00:32:11Didn't get an...

00:32:11Oh, here we are.

00:32:16You mean here you are?

00:32:21I said weak.

00:32:21Come on and get out.

00:32:22It's a short report to the captain and it's wedding bells.

00:32:25That's where I came in.

00:32:25But this is where you get out.

00:32:26I got a date.

00:32:27What kind of a date?

00:32:28Well, I'm going to find the woman that called you Darling.

00:32:30Oh, jealous, eh?

00:32:31Well, cut out the kid.

00:32:32And I'm losing dough.

00:32:33That meter's still running.

00:32:34Oh, never mind that meter.

00:32:35I'll pay for it.

00:32:35I'm keeping the cab.

00:32:36Do I have to lift you out of there?

00:32:38Oh, no, no, Skipper.

00:32:38Now, look, I got work to do.

00:32:39This is as much my case as it is yours.

00:32:41It's a...

00:32:41This is as much your marriage as mine, too.

00:32:43I'll telephone you just as soon as I know more about the case than you do.

00:32:46We'll be too old.

00:32:46We'll be told to be married by then.

00:32:48Well, here's something to help you wait.

00:32:50Here's something for the captain.

00:32:51And here, keep my coat for me.

00:32:54You might just as well get used to it.

00:32:56Now...

00:32:56Don't accuse anybody till you hear from me.

00:32:59Okay, boss, but make it soon, will you?

00:33:01Oh.

00:33:01Oh, driver, telephone office downtown.

00:33:04Hey!

00:33:06Telephone office downtown.

00:33:11Oh, driver, telephone office downtown.

00:33:15Hey!

00:33:21Thanks a lot.

00:33:24What a break for you.

00:33:25Our supervisor was checking...

00:33:26The Oxford Exchange this afternoon found there have been two telephone calls made this afternoon to Oxford 4-0...

00:33:314-8-6 from the Rural Drug Company during the hour that you've indicated.

00:33:35And is the Rural Drug Company yet...

00:33:363-2-4 Parkway?

00:33:38That's right.

00:33:39Does that help you any?

00:33:40Oh, you have no idea.

00:33:41Thanks a lot.

00:33:41Have you got a telephone?

00:33:43That's one thing we have plenty of.

00:33:44Thanks.

00:33:46She had on a brown coat and a brown hat.

00:33:49That's right.

00:33:49And the reason I remember her, she was so nervous.

00:33:51And she asked for a medicine.

00:33:53We aren't allowed to sell without a prescription.

00:33:55Oh, look.

00:33:56Would you be willing to testify if I need you?

00:33:58Certainly.

00:33:59Call me anytime.

00:34:00Thanks.

00:34:01What a...

00:34:06What a...

00:34:06What a day, what a day.

00:34:07Let's climb the hills and play and play.

00:34:10What are you going to find in the hills?

00:34:11Oh, that's where you go looking for your clues, huh?

00:34:15You come with me.

00:34:15I'll lead you to something hot.

00:34:16Hey, look.

00:34:17Why did you call me to meet you here?

00:34:19Well, I've got lots to do today, and taxes are too expensive.

00:34:21But I owe...

00:34:21What I told the chief.

00:34:22Oh, no, no, no.

00:34:23Special detail.

00:34:24A bad day.

00:34:25You can get anything you want these days.

00:34:26in a drugstore, can't you, Torchy?

00:34:28Oh, you'd be surprised, Kehagen.

00:34:30I love being surprised.

00:34:31Where are you, Torchy?

00:34:32Down in town, to the telegraph office.

00:34:34Sirens and arms?

00:34:35Hold on your life.

00:34:36Look, this is a secret.

00:34:36I've got permission.

00:34:37I get it.

00:34:38Shh.

00:34:41Headquarters.

00:34:41Oh, yeah.

00:34:43Yeah.

00:34:44Your general manager sent me up here to get a couple of...

00:34:46a copy of the telegram sent by Harvey Hammond to the Broadway Limited this morning.

00:34:50Yes.

00:34:51They just phoned the...

00:34:51the old Capon downstairs.

00:34:53I'm making a copy of the wire for you right now.

00:34:55Thanks.

00:34:56Too bad about Mr. Hammond.

00:34:58Yes, yes, it was.

00:34:59You detectives must be in for a flock of headaches.

00:35:01Yeah, wait.

00:35:03I beg your pardon?

00:35:04I mean, with the newspapers, you know, Saab Sisters tipping off crews before...

00:35:06you guys get them figured out?

00:35:08Oh, oh, you've no idea.

00:35:11Well...

00:35:11Here you are.

00:35:12Hope this helps.

00:35:13Thanks.

00:35:14I...

00:35:14Oh, yes.

00:35:16Yes, a search...

00:35:16It certainly does.

00:35:17That's exactly what I wanted.

00:35:21Well, Torchy.

00:35:26Yeah, yes, here I am.

00:35:28Oh, there you are.

00:35:29I thought you'd been taking another trip around the world.

00:35:31Steve.

00:35:31If he finds out what I'm doing, I'd better.

00:35:33Look, as the boss, could you give me a slight hint of what this...

00:35:36case is all about?

00:35:37Well, as soon as I find out myself, I will.

00:35:40Max, you know, I think I've got...

00:35:41Yeah, so what?

00:35:43Listen, becomes gloom and publisher on same day.

00:35:46More...

00:35:46Laura McGray, former editor of World's Events magazine, today married the beautiful Teresa

00:35:51Garrity.

00:35:51Stage Beauty, and on the eve of leaving for an extended honeymoon, purchased the New York

00:35:56Evening Gloom.

00:35:56Oh, there.

00:35:58Don't they make the happy couple?

00:35:59Teresa always was a cute kid.

00:36:01Do you know Teresa Gray?

00:36:03Know her?

00:36:04Sure.

00:36:05Way back in 24, I...

00:36:06I had ideas of my own in regard to the glorious Garrity.

00:36:09And I've been running my dogs off all day trying to find out who...

00:36:11she is.

00:36:12Well, the next time, ask somebody in the newspaper business.

00:36:15Yes.

00:36:16All right, I'm asking you, what's the score?

00:36:19Are they still married?

00:36:20Well, you haven't seen any records of it.

00:36:21No, and I can't find any more pictures of them together, are they?

00:36:24Well, maybe not in the last couple of years.

00:36:26I would...

00:36:26save the romances on the downbeat.

00:36:29Max, the things are tying up.

00:36:30Yes, you.

00:36:31You're nuts.

00:36:33Yes.

00:36:34Huh?

00:36:35Put it on the chair, Dave.

00:36:36Don't touch that.

00:36:39I'll take care of it.

00:36:40Yes, sir.

00:36:41Is there any...

00:36:41Anything else?

00:36:42I told you, there's nothing else for you to do.

00:36:45Oh, yes, there is.

00:36:45Get me a cab, quickly.

00:36:46Yes, sir.

00:36:47Yes, sir.

00:36:51Hello, how are you?

00:36:53Is Mrs. Bray in?

00:36:55Yes.

00:36:56Is she expecting...

00:36:56Hello, what are you doing here?

00:37:01I'm sorry.

00:37:01Is Mrs. Bray in?

00:37:02Get out.

00:37:03Yes, shall I call the cab?

00:37:04Get out?

00:37:05Yes.

00:37:06How did you...

00:37:06find me?

00:37:07Oh, that's simple.

00:37:09I just...

00:37:09telephone the transfer company

00:37:10and ask them where they deliver...

00:37:11with your trunks.

00:37:12Are you...

00:37:13You're going away again?

00:37:14Yes, I am.

00:37:16Will you...

00:37:16please tell me what you mean

00:37:18by bursting into my apartment?

00:37:19Save your indignation for Steve McBride.

00:37:21He's about to pull you in

00:37:23for the murder of Harvey Hammond.

00:37:24He can't.

00:37:26So...

00:37:26Oh, you did use my telegram.

00:37:28Not yet, I haven't.

00:37:29And I haven't mentioned the drug clerk

00:37:30that saw you phoning him in 10 minutes...

00:37:31just before he died.

00:37:33What if he did?

00:37:34I wasn't near the house when it happened.

00:37:35Well, Mrs. Hammond says you were.

00:37:37She's a liar.

00:37:38The old fool probably killed him herself.

00:37:40Oh, no.

00:37:40No, she couldn't.

00:37:41Her...

00:37:41Her nurse was with her

00:37:43at the time that it happened.

00:37:44She was looking out of the window upstairs.

00:37:46That's how she happened to see...

00:37:46you leave.

00:37:47She didn't, I tell you.

00:37:48She couldn't.

00:37:49I wasn't there.

00:37:50Where were you?

00:37:51I was walking home.

00:37:53I was restless, upset.

00:37:56I just walked.

00:37:57Back to the drugstore?

00:37:58No, I...

00:37:59Yet you were at that drugstore again.

00:38:00I have hour after Hammond was killed.

00:38:01You phoned him from there again.

00:38:04Yes, I did.

00:38:05I went back there.

00:38:06But what...

00:38:06Do you think I would have phoned him again

00:38:09if I...

00:38:09I knew he were dead?

00:38:11You might.

00:38:11I went to establish an alibi.

00:38:13What are you trying to do to me?

00:38:14I didn't kill him, I tell you.

00:38:16If you did...

00:38:16Since you're giving a swale imitation of her,

00:38:18what are you running away for?

00:38:20I'm running away from my husband.

00:38:22He wants to protect me.

00:38:24Fool.

00:38:25Perhaps it would be better...

00:38:26if you got out of here after all.

00:38:29But don't try running away.

00:38:30They've got too good a case against you.

00:38:31What else can I do?

00:38:34Get your things on and come with me.

00:38:36With you?

00:38:37Where?

00:38:38I'll have my driver drop you at a hotel.

00:38:41How do...

00:38:41How do I know you...

00:38:42You don't.

00:38:42That's just it.

00:38:43That's a chance you've got to take.

00:38:44You've got to trust me.

00:38:45Now look, I'll do everything I can...

00:38:46to help you, but you've got to do exactly as I say.

00:38:49Is it yes or no?

00:38:49Now look, look, I've got things to do.

00:38:51All right.

00:38:52Gahagan will drop you at the Midtown Hotel

00:38:54and I'll meet you there in the coffee shop in an hour.

00:38:56Right?

00:38:57I'll be there.

00:38:58Fine.

00:38:58Here's your coat.

00:38:59I'll get your hat.

00:39:01Here.

00:39:06Come on, we'll get a hurry.

00:39:11But Hugo didn't do it.

00:39:13I'm sure he didn't.

00:39:14And so am I, my dear girl.

00:39:16And so is Mr.

00:39:16Gray, and so is the paper.

00:39:19But the police are going to charge him

00:39:21with Hammond's murder.

00:39:21We have that straight from McBride.

00:39:23So if Hugo was willing to give this paper

00:39:25his signed confession...

00:39:26and you are willing to corroborate his story,

00:39:29especially in regard to his jealousy...

00:39:31of Hammond, you'll be $50,000 richer.

00:39:35You'll need that much to fight his case.

00:39:36You mean you'll pay that much?

00:39:38Oh, not I.

00:39:40The paper.

00:39:41I'm simply an attorney

00:39:43representing the globe.

00:39:44And in addition to the money,

00:39:46we...

00:39:46I'll promise you

00:39:47the best legal assistance in the city.

00:39:49But...

00:39:49But suppose he's convicted?

00:39:51He won't.

00:39:51All the evidence against Brandt

00:39:54is purely circumstantial.

00:39:55I know, but if he can...

00:39:56My dear young lady,

00:39:59newspaper confessions

00:40:00aren't worth the paper

00:40:01they're written on.

00:40:01except to the paper.

00:40:03You mean Hugo wants me to do this?

00:40:06Yes, he does.

00:40:06And you will not regret it.

00:40:09Now, you run along home.

00:40:11I have...

00:40:11I have your address.

00:40:12I'll contact you in an hour

00:40:14with some papers to sign.

00:40:15Some papers?

00:40:16Mirrors...

00:40:16I'll be giving the globe

00:40:17an exclusive on your story.

00:40:19After we see Hugo

00:40:20and get his confession.

00:40:21Well, there's no use

00:40:25holding him any longer.

00:40:26Come in.

00:40:29Oh, hello, Captain.

00:40:31Lieutenant.

00:40:31Has bail been fixed

00:40:33on those four reporters as yet?

00:40:35Yeah, you can have them now.

00:40:36I've cooled them off a little.

00:40:37And I'll make it plenty hot for them.

00:40:38Sit down, Mr. Gray.

00:40:39Oh, thank you, Captain.

00:40:41I really came down here

00:40:42to tell you

00:40:43that the globe intends

00:40:44printing a public apology

00:40:45for that unsportsmanlike hoax.

00:40:46I hope that you'll accept it.

00:40:48Well, that's bigger.

00:40:50And another thing...

00:40:51Captain, I'm sure

00:40:53that you're aware of the fact

00:40:54that a certain newspaper woman

00:40:55is being tipped...

00:40:56about developments

00:40:57and sensational police cases.

00:40:59A favoritism of that sort

00:41:00has no place down here.

00:41:01I've just been voicing

00:41:02these sentiments

00:41:03to Lieutenant McBride.

00:41:05Well, that is agreed.

00:41:06In the future,

00:41:08all papers will be treated the same.

00:41:10I have so instructed

00:41:10the Lieutenant.

00:41:11Thank you, Captain.

00:41:14Thank you, Lieutenant.

00:41:15Yeah.

00:41:16Oh, a captain...

00:41:16Captain, my lawyer

00:41:17will be here in a few minutes.

00:41:19With your permission,

00:41:20we'd like to interview

00:41:20Hugo Brandt.

00:41:21It will just take a little while.

00:41:23Sure.

00:41:25Now, you oughtn't have done...

00:41:26that.

00:41:27Sergeant,

00:41:27what's Mrs. Hammond's cell number?

00:41:29You can't see her

00:41:30without permission

00:41:30from the captain.

00:41:31Special detail.

00:41:33Dear, dear, Sergeant.

00:41:34Oh, well, that's different.

00:41:36Hey, Milton.

00:41:37Milton.

00:41:39Take Miss, uh...

00:41:40Blaine.

00:41:41Blaine to...

00:41:41to Mrs. Hammond's cell.

00:41:44Oh, right this way,

00:41:45Miss Blaine.

00:41:46No, I'll tell you,

00:41:49I won't do it.

00:41:51Why should I?

00:41:51I'm in deep enough already.

00:41:55Hugo, I tell you,

00:41:56you have nothing...

00:41:56nothing in the world

00:41:57to worry about.

00:41:58Grace Brown has agreed

00:41:59to stand alongside of you.

00:42:00Back up every word.

00:42:01Sergeant.

00:42:01And then when this thing

00:42:03is all over,

00:42:03you two can be married

00:42:04and go away

00:42:05on a real honeymoon.

00:42:06She really...

00:42:06realizes what $50,000

00:42:08means to both of you.

00:42:10Did Grace say that?

00:42:11Certainly.

00:42:11Now, just sign this.

00:42:15I do believe in your...

00:42:16innocence, Mrs. Hammond,

00:42:17and I want to help you.

00:42:19I...

00:42:19I hope you mean that.

00:42:22What do you want me to do?

00:42:24I want you to give

00:42:24my paper a statement.

00:42:26How could...

00:42:26I hope that helped me.

00:42:28Well, it might save your life.

00:42:30What do you want me to say?

00:42:31I want you to say

00:42:33that you saw a woman,

00:42:34a brunette,

00:42:35about 35,

00:42:36dressed in a brown...

00:42:36coat and a brown hat

00:42:37coming down your driveway.

00:42:39She ran when you approached her.

00:42:40But that's not true.

00:42:41Well, ma...

00:42:41maybe it isn't.

00:42:42But it's a trap

00:42:42to catch the guilty person.

00:42:44Then you know who it is?

00:42:46I'm not sure.

00:42:46but I have no suspicions.

00:42:49You think it was a woman?

00:42:51Isn't it...

00:42:51likely considering

00:42:52what you've told me

00:42:53about your husband?

00:42:56I...

00:42:56All right.

00:43:01I saw a woman

00:43:02about 35,

00:43:04brunette,

00:43:06wearing a...

00:43:06a brown coat

00:43:07and a brown hat.

00:43:09Brown coat

00:43:09and brown hat

00:43:10coming down the driveway.

00:43:11She ran

00:43:12as I approached her.

00:43:14The perfect lie.

00:43:17Mrs. Hammond

00:43:17may have been out of bed,

00:43:19but you can't prove

00:43:20that she came

00:43:20through that French window

00:43:21and murdered her husband.

00:43:22Well, there's only one solution.

00:43:24Hugo's our man.

00:43:25It's beginning to look like it.

00:43:26He had a real motive.

00:43:28And you say he was

00:43:29in the room when...

00:43:30Oh!

00:43:31Am I interrupting

00:43:32the brain trust?

00:43:33Come in, Torchy.

00:43:34I want to see you.

00:43:36Well, take a...

00:43:36good look, Captain,

00:43:37before my husband-to-be

00:43:38throws me out.

00:43:39Now, what makes you think

00:43:39I'd throw you out?

00:43:40Because I'm going to ask you

00:43:41to...

00:43:41police, Hugo and Mrs. Hammond.

00:43:43Save your breath, Torchy.

00:43:44You're through with this case.

00:43:46So?

00:43:46When did you start

00:43:47publishing the Herald?

00:43:48I don't run your paper,

00:43:49but I do run this precinct.

00:43:51And if you don't stay

00:43:52out of this mess

00:43:53and keep away from Steve

00:43:54during Willie's duty,

00:43:55he's liable to lose his badge.

00:43:56Oh, oh, I wouldn't want

00:44:00anything like that to happen.

00:44:01Skipper's badge means

00:44:03everything to us.

00:44:05Doesn't it, Skipper?

00:44:05Yeah, it seems to.

00:44:07Yeah.

00:44:07If I'm going to be just

00:44:08the wife of a great detective,

00:44:09I guess I'd better slip along

00:44:10and let him start.

00:44:11Being great.

00:44:11Oh, stick around long enough

00:44:13for magistrate and wellness,

00:44:14will you?

00:44:14I'll be busy on this case

00:44:15for the next 48 hours.

00:44:16I'll...

00:44:16Oh, no, no, no, no.

00:44:17Wedding bells and mysteries

00:44:18don't mix.

00:44:19When we start our honeymoon,

00:44:20the mystery's going to be over.

00:44:21Oh, I...

00:44:21Well, this mystery's over

00:44:22right now.

00:44:23You go as confessed.

00:44:25Well, what did I tell you?

00:44:26I knew that...

00:44:26That bird did it.

00:44:27Great.

00:44:28How did you ever do it,

00:44:28Mr. Gray?

00:44:29Oh, it was simple enough.

00:44:30I simply told him

00:44:31that you boys had the good...

00:44:31goods on him

00:44:32and that it might be worth

00:44:33a little change to him

00:44:34if you'd give me the story first.

00:44:35What a break.

00:44:36Well, Steve, get...

00:44:36let an official confession

00:44:37tie up a few loose ends

00:44:39and you can file the Hammond case

00:44:40under solved crimes.

00:44:41Yes, sir.

00:44:41Mr. Gray,

00:44:42from now on,

00:44:43your boys get every consideration

00:44:44from me.

00:44:44You've done me a great favor.

00:44:45Cleaned up a big one,

00:44:46eh, Steve?

00:44:46Well, not only that,

00:44:47you speeded up my wedding.

00:44:48Oh, yes,

00:44:49I forgot about that.

00:44:50Excuse me a minute.

00:44:50I'm going one better...

00:44:51Steve,

00:44:52and to show torches

00:44:53there's no hard feelings,

00:44:54we'll have the splicing right here.

00:44:55Then I'll treat you all...

00:44:56of the biggest broad in town.

00:44:58What do you think of that?

00:44:58Oh, I think that's marvelous.

00:45:00Thank you, Captain.

00:45:01But look, I've got to go...

00:45:01I've got to get back

00:45:02and see Maxie.

00:45:03I've got to explain to him

00:45:04all about being washed

00:45:05upon these police assignments.

00:45:06Oh, but not now.

00:45:06That...

00:45:06I can't wait.

00:45:07Oh, no, it can't.

00:45:08No, look,

00:45:08you've got a lot of loose ends

00:45:09to pull together.

00:45:10Yeah, but torches...

00:45:10I'll telephone you

00:45:11in a half hour.

00:45:11And if you've got that boy

00:45:12signed confession on the blotter,

00:45:13I'll bounce right back here

00:45:14and shout, I do.

00:45:16Hold the...

00:45:16All right, let's get that guy in here

00:45:19and inside of 30 minutes,

00:45:20murder is out and marriage is in.

00:45:21That's it, Steve.

00:45:24Get hanged.

00:45:26Hello.

00:45:26What are you doing here?

00:45:27I thought I told you

00:45:28to stick with Mrs. Gray.

00:45:29Yeah, but I thought

00:45:30I ought to report back

00:45:31to the chief.

00:45:31Don't you dare show

00:45:32your mug to Steve McBride.

00:45:33He's laughing to put you

00:45:34back on a beat

00:45:34for relaxing on duty.

00:45:35Give me a nickel.

00:45:36A nickel?

00:45:36Oh, there goes my allowance.

00:45:38You get back in that car

00:45:39and wait for me, see?

00:45:40Go on, go on, go on,

00:45:41quick before he's...

00:45:41Yeah, but torture.

00:45:45Confusion.

00:45:45Always confu...

00:45:46Confusion.

00:45:48Who?

00:45:50What?

00:45:51Gray?

00:45:51Yeah, Maxie, boy,

00:45:52that's what I said.

00:45:53Steve McBride charges

00:45:54Teresa Gray

00:45:55with Hammond's murder.

00:45:56Yeah, well,

00:45:58that's one item

00:45:58the globe won't swipe

00:45:59because Teresa

00:46:00is Mortimer Gray's wife.

00:46:01Remember?

00:46:02Yeah.

00:46:03You hear me, Maxie?

00:46:04Maxie?

00:46:06Max?

00:46:06Hello?

00:46:07Hello, hello, hello.

00:46:09Well, who's this?

00:46:10Mabel?

00:46:11What happened to the boss?

00:46:14Well, when he comes to,

00:46:15tell him to get out an extra.

00:46:16He was going to get out of an extra.

00:46:43I don't know.

00:46:44He knows.

00:46:46And now she's saying she saw you when you weren't even there, weren't you?

00:46:49I wasn't, I swear I...

00:46:51I wasn't.

00:46:52If you take what's in that bag, the case is over.

00:46:54And forever after, you'll be with the newspaper...

00:46:56We'll call you.

00:46:57A murderess.

00:46:58But what can I do?

00:46:59Face them, all of them, and let me prove your...

00:47:02How can you?

00:47:03I think I can, if you help me.

00:47:05What do you want?

00:47:06What do you want me to do?

00:47:07You stay here, I'll phone Steve to expect us.

00:47:11You stay here.

00:47:13This is a really weird case.

00:47:16It looks like you don't know what to do.

00:47:19I don't know what to do.

00:47:20I'm always, you know...

00:47:21And when I'm getting into that bag, you might be in a bottle.

00:47:23I'm always the most to you, though.

00:47:25I don't want to get into that bag, so I'm going to get into that bag.

00:47:28This is so simple.

00:47:29We'll pull you out and begin to control the bag.

00:47:31My time doesn't want to keep you in it.

00:47:33I mean, I'm a great idea.

00:47:36You're out, so you're just a kid.

00:47:38Don't even avoid looking at it, but...

00:47:40Oh, great, Stevie. I always said you were the clever little sleuth.

00:47:43Look, look, get the magistrate.

00:47:45Keep the bunch there.

00:47:46Yeah, we'll make this police station wedding a real novelty.

00:47:49No.

00:47:50No, no, no. I want all of them.

00:47:52Oh, please, Skipper.

00:47:54Please, Torchy?

00:47:55He had the oldest motive in the world, jealousy.

00:47:58How can he talk himself out of that?

00:48:00There it is in black and white.

00:48:01I don't believe it. Let me see him.

00:48:04Why do you want to...

00:48:05What's a decent kid like you want with a murderer?

00:48:08He's not a murderer. Hugo's innocent.

00:48:10Yeah, sure, sure. He's innocent. That's why he confessed.

00:48:14But he didn't...

00:48:15He didn't do it, I tell you.

00:48:16He told you that because he thought he was protecting me.

00:48:18Oh, I've got to see him.

00:48:20Won't you let me see him?

00:48:21Well, I might.

00:48:22If you tell me why you think he's innocent.

00:48:24I can't.

00:48:25Why not?

00:48:26Miss Blaine made me promise not to say anything until she got here.

00:48:28Oh, she did.

00:48:30Yes, and she told me you'd let me talk to Hugo, and I told her I'd wait for her, but...

00:48:35I won't stay if you don't let me see him.

00:48:37You seem to forget I could keep you here.

00:48:40Riley.

00:48:40Yes, sir.

00:48:41Oh, you can't arrest me.

00:48:42Take her out to the ante room, get Brad out there, give him five...

00:48:45Five minutes together, and bring them both back here.

00:48:46Yes, sir.

00:48:55Lifas, turn on your dictaphone in the ante room and take down everything that's said.

00:49:00Brad, what the devil's the meaning of this?

00:49:04What the devil's the meaning of this?

00:49:06Lone accused of Hammond murder.

00:49:09Life of Mortimer, great publisher.

00:49:11Definitely linked with killing by police lieutenant McBride, by Torchy Blaine.

00:49:15Well, that little double-crosser.

00:49:17And that's the girl you're going to marry.

00:49:19Oh, don't be a fool, great.

00:49:20Torchy never handed out that tripe.

00:49:22It's one of Max's tricks to get even with your paper.

00:49:23Max, he may have the mind of a tabloid...

00:49:25He's a scavenger, but he's not an idiot.

00:49:26He wouldn't dare make up a rotten libelous yarn like that

00:49:29and under Torchy's byline...

00:49:30I tell you, it's...

00:49:31All righty, Steve.

00:49:33Where's your bride?

00:49:34That's what I want.

00:49:35I don't know.

00:49:36Where's your bride?

00:49:37I'm sorry I got you down here, Judge.

00:49:38There isn't going to be any wedding.

00:49:39Oh, but the rest...

00:49:40Where's Stevie?

00:49:41Torchy!

00:49:41Teresa, are you all right?

00:49:43Who is this woman?

00:49:45She's my...

00:49:45And what's the meaning of this?

00:49:48Is this some of your work?

00:49:49Who, me?

00:49:50That's you.

00:49:51Well, that.

00:49:52Well, Skipper, I...

00:49:53Well, that.

00:49:54Yes, that.

00:49:55I'm waiting for an explanation.

00:49:56And you shall have it right after the ceremony.

00:49:58Young woman, you pulled your last boner in this town.

00:50:00You're ever...

00:50:00Absolutely true.

00:50:01And if a bride marries you after this,

00:50:02he's a bigger chump than I think he is.

00:50:05Well, you better wait outside.

00:50:06I'll call you.

00:50:07All right, Steve.

00:50:09Is that the magistrate?

00:50:10Yeah, but listen, Torchy,

00:50:12there isn't going to be any wedding

00:50:13until this thing is straightened out.

00:50:14Oh, but we need a wedding to straight...

00:50:15up a lot of things, Stevie.

00:50:16Here they are, Lieutenant.

00:50:17Oh, there you are.

00:50:19Come on in.

00:50:20Isn't it nice...

00:50:20So everybody arrives right on cue.

00:50:22Look, look, Hugo.

00:50:23You love Grace, don't you?

00:50:24Of course.

00:50:25And Grace...

00:50:25I know how you feel about Hugo, huh?

00:50:27Well, then if anyone knows any reason

00:50:29why these two should not be...

00:50:30join together in holy matrimony,

00:50:31let them speak now or forever after holding a piece.

00:50:33Sit down.

00:50:35What cheat...

00:50:35What do you try to get away with now?

00:50:36They can't be married.

00:50:37Why not?

00:50:38They're free, white, and 21.

00:50:39There's a magistrate...

00:50:40out there, and Hugo has a license.

00:50:41You see our game now, McBrent?

00:50:43No, I don't.

00:50:44What's the idea, Torchy?

00:50:45What?

00:50:45Nothing, I just promised you a wedding,

00:50:46and I think they make a lovely couple.

00:50:48She quotes you as accusing my wife of murder.

00:50:50Then, in trying to make a stick,

00:50:51she wants to marry these two

00:50:52so the girl can't testify against the real murderer.

00:50:55You know a woman can't testify against her husband, don't you, Torchy?

00:50:59Well, that wasn't my idea.

00:51:00But wouldn't you try to stop a girl from taking a bribe

00:51:02that would send her sweetheart to the chair?

00:51:03That isn't true.

00:51:04Oh, yes, it is, Mr.

00:51:05Gray, you thought that if you could get that girl

00:51:07to corroborate Hugo's confession,

00:51:08you'd save your wife's life by sacrificing...

00:51:10his.

00:51:11I'll make you prove that.

00:51:12You can't go on accusing Mrs.

00:51:14Accusing, accusing.

00:51:14You...

00:51:15I've been doing the accusing in print.

00:51:16I'm only trying to prove it.

00:51:17I never accuse Teresa Gray.

00:51:19Quiet, you will.

00:51:20Now, now, where's Mrs. Hammond?

00:51:21What do you want her for?

00:51:23To make my case airtight.

00:51:25Right.

00:51:25Riley, bring her in.

00:51:26Oh, can Riley bring her in?

00:51:28Yeah, Riley, bring her in.

00:51:29Oh, and Riley...

00:51:30If there's a red-headed boy out there

00:51:32from the Ruled Drug Company waiting for me,

00:51:33see that he doesn't leave.

00:51:34Yes, ma'am.

00:51:35You leave...

00:51:35more than Mrs. Hammond and a red-headed boy

00:51:37to get yourself out of this mess, kid.

00:51:38No, I don't think so.

00:51:40Oh, my...

00:51:40Oh, Hugo, you're an awful fool.

00:51:42Don't you know that by selling your confession

00:51:43and Grace's testimony,

00:51:44you're a cinch to burn?

00:51:45What?

00:51:45You're a cinch to burn out of it.

00:51:46With all that money left to her,

00:51:48Grace would never have to work

00:51:49for guys like Hammond again.

00:51:51He's quite a boy, isn't he, Grace?

00:51:53Willing to die to make you safe and rich.

00:51:54Oh, gee, skip...

00:51:55Don't you see?

00:51:56They don't make murderers

00:51:57out of guys like that.

00:51:58Why not?

00:51:58If he died to protect her,

00:51:59he'd kill to protect her.

00:52:00Oh, no, he wouldn't.

00:52:01He's not that kind.

00:52:02He can take it, I tell you,

00:52:03but he doesn't hand it out.

00:52:05Does he, Mrs. Hammond?

00:52:07Hugo hated my husband,

00:52:09but he couldn't have killed him.

00:52:10He was too afraid of him.

00:52:12Come in, Mrs. Hammond.

00:52:14Sit down.

00:52:15Now, tell me, Mrs. Hammond,

00:52:17why do you change your story now?

00:52:20Because I'm tired of lying.

00:52:22I've promised to tell this young woman

00:52:24what I really saw when I came...

00:52:25Before she says anything, McBride,

00:52:28I'd like to remind you

00:52:29that Helen Hammond was always...

00:52:30considered a far better actor

00:52:31than her husband.

00:52:32That's true, Mr. Gray.

00:52:34Matinee idols don't have to...

00:52:35act any more than I'm acting now.

00:52:38I'm here to tell the truth.

00:52:40As I crept down the back stairs,

00:52:43I heard the front doorbell ring.

00:52:45As I opened the...

00:52:45I saw a woman running away

00:52:47from the French window

00:52:48leading to the living room.

00:52:49Why, you couldn't have...

00:52:50Why not?

00:52:50Because she was upstairs in bed.

00:52:52Grace Brown...

00:52:53She's already said she was out of bed.

00:52:54Go on, Mrs. Hammond.

00:52:55The woman I saw wore a brown coat

00:52:59and a brown hat.

00:53:00She's lying.

00:53:01It isn't true.

00:53:02I wasn't there.

00:53:03Oh, Miss Blaine, I...

00:53:04That's all right.

00:53:04Never mind.

00:53:05Of course she's lying.

00:53:05She was there.

00:53:06But, bride, you've got to make

00:53:07this woman stop accusing my wife.

00:53:08I'm not accusing.

00:53:09As I said before, I'm proof.

00:53:10I'm proving that Teresa Gray

00:53:12strangled Harvey Hammond

00:53:13while Hugo answered the door.

00:53:14Strangled him to death.

00:53:15Because he was through with her.

00:53:16Through with her?

00:53:18Torture, do you realize

00:53:19what you're saying?

00:53:19Certainly so.

00:53:20Skipper, I'm saying that Teresa Gray

00:53:21was in love with Hammond

00:53:22for over four years.

00:53:23That's a lie.

00:53:24Yes.

00:53:24Well, then the records...

00:53:25from Chicago lie

00:53:26as well as the clerk

00:53:26who's prepared to identify them.

00:53:28And this wire that I received

00:53:30by...

00:53:30mistake on an incoming train

00:53:31from Chicago.

00:53:33Teresa Gray, Broadway Limited.

00:53:35Pennsylvania Railroad.

00:53:36Do not plan on seeing me.

00:53:38Our interlude has ended.

00:53:39Signed, Harvey.

00:53:41You didn't know that affair

00:53:42was over, did you, Mr. Gray?

00:53:43And your wife refused to believe it

00:53:44because she phoned...

00:53:45Hammond from a drugstore

00:53:46a block from his home

00:53:47five minutes before he was killed.

00:53:49She couldn't have.

00:53:50She...

00:53:51She was home with me.

00:53:53Not according to the clerk

00:53:54in the drugstore.

00:53:55Raleigh, bring...

00:53:55that red-headed man in here.

00:53:56No, no, don't go on with it.

00:53:59I did call him twice.

00:54:01Mr. McBride answered

00:54:02the second time.

00:54:03No, then it was you

00:54:04who called me, darling.

00:54:06Yes, darling.

00:54:07And that call was made

00:54:08so she could pretend

00:54:08she thought he was still alive.

00:54:10Though her hand...

00:54:10hands must still have been aching

00:54:11from pulling that silk stocking

00:54:12tight around his throat.

00:54:13No, no, stop it!

00:54:15Stop it!

00:54:18McBride, you've got to stop this woman.

00:54:20She's killing my wife.

00:54:21I'm not so sure I want to stop her.

00:54:22She's working up a pretty good case.

00:54:24You better stop her!

00:54:25Teresa.

00:54:27Teresa!

00:54:28Give me that bottle.

00:54:29Poison, she's trying to...

00:54:30kill herself.

00:54:31Oh, no, please.

00:54:31Get her to a hospital.

00:54:32I'll tell you everything.

00:54:33I did it.

00:54:34What?

00:54:34I killed him!

00:54:35Riley, get this woman

00:54:36to a hospital right away.

00:54:37No, no, Riley,

00:54:38take her into the matron's room.

00:54:39Please, you...

00:54:40You said that you...

00:54:41Oh, we'll take care of her.

00:54:42You start talking.

00:54:44When the boys came to me

00:54:45with their...

00:54:45folks, my dear,

00:54:45I suggested Hammond.

00:54:47I hated him.

00:54:49Because he'd...

00:54:49He'd taken my...

00:54:50wife away from me.

00:54:51I thought I saw a chance

00:54:52to get rid of him.

00:54:54I went to his house and...

00:54:55waited outside the French windows

00:54:56until I saw you go

00:54:58leave the room to answer the...

00:55:00the doorbell.

00:55:01I don't want in.

00:55:03I pulled the ends

00:55:04of the stocking.

00:55:05until he was dead.

00:55:07I came in through

00:55:08those French doors

00:55:08and I didn't see you.

00:55:09How'd you get out?

00:55:10I went out through a door

00:55:11that leads into a hallway.

00:55:13That's where...

00:55:14Mrs. Hammond's...

00:55:15It wasn't a woman

00:55:19in a brown coat and hat

00:55:20that you saw.

00:55:20It was I, wasn't it?

00:55:22Wasn't it, Mrs. Hammond?

00:55:24Yes, it was.

00:55:25It was you.

00:55:26It should have been her.

00:55:27She made you kill him.

00:55:29She's the one who should...

00:55:30suffer for what she's done

00:55:31to both of us.

00:55:35Now that you...

00:55:35take me to her, please.

00:55:36Oh, she won't die.

00:55:37Your wife didn't swallow poison.

00:55:39I borrowed her handbag this afternoon.

00:55:40and replace those poison tablets

00:55:41with aspirin.

00:55:42What did you do

00:55:43with the other tablets?

00:55:43Well, I've got them here someplace.

00:55:45Here they are.

00:55:47What made you think of switching them?

00:55:48Oh, I suspected gray

00:55:49from the beginning.

00:55:50I knew he was still

00:55:51in love with his wife

00:55:52in spite of what she'd done to him.

00:55:53So I played a long shot

00:55:54hoping that if I...

00:55:55kept closing in on her,

00:55:56she'd try to take them, see?

00:55:57I figured that if I made it

00:55:58tough enough for her,

00:55:59he'd break.

00:56:00Well, he did.

00:56:01Nice work, Torchy.

00:56:02Look, he's...

00:56:03Great!

00:56:05Now, will you take me to her, please?

00:56:07You're going to a hospital.

00:56:08Pardon, no, please.

00:56:09Let me finish this case my way.

00:56:11I just want to see her.

00:56:12Oh, take him to her, Skipper.

00:56:13All right, come on.

00:56:14Call an ambulance, Torchy.

00:56:15Hey, where's Gehagen?

00:56:18Here he comes, sir.

00:56:19What do you want, boy?

00:56:20It's too late.

00:56:22A fine wedding party.

00:56:23What kind of stuff

00:56:24are they serving in there?

00:56:25Oh, Mrs. Hammond.

00:56:27Thanks.

00:56:28Thanks for everything.

00:56:29And I'm awfully sorry.

00:56:30Goodbye.

00:56:33Hugo.

00:56:33Oh, Miss Blaine.

00:56:35Oh.

00:56:35Oh, you.

00:56:37It doesn't look as though

00:56:38you're going to need me now,

00:56:39does it, Miss Blaine?

00:56:40Certainly, certainly,

00:56:41we're going to need you.

00:56:42Yes, indeed.

00:56:43It's going to take a wedding

00:56:44to make us forget all about

00:56:45this case just as soon

00:56:46as I telephoned my paper.

00:56:47I, I, that reminds me.

00:56:50This is Magistrate, uh...

00:56:52Excuse me.

00:56:53Oh, are you two young people

00:56:54contemplating...

00:56:55celebrating matrimony?

00:56:57Hello.

00:56:58Steve McBride's office.

00:57:00Oh, hello, Maxie.

00:57:02You know what I'm doing here.

00:57:04Now, hold your breath.

00:57:05Oh, mine, why?

00:57:07Cleveland?

00:57:09Don't be silly, you...

00:57:10forget this little item

00:57:11of marriage.

00:57:12Yeah, I know, I know, I know.

00:57:13You're the boss,

00:57:14but you're not the bridegroom.

00:57:15And I'd rather lose my job

00:57:16than my husband.

00:57:17Now, you listen to this.

00:57:19The case is closed, all right.

00:57:20but not the way you think.

00:57:22Mortimer Gray is the killer.

00:57:24Mortimer Gray?

00:57:25You mean his wife?

00:57:27Sure, I'll get out another extra.

00:57:29Give me that.

00:57:30Hold on a minute.

00:57:32Are you sure he's the guy

00:57:33that killed him this time?

00:57:35Okay.

00:57:37Composing room, quick.

00:57:39Now, listen, Torchy.

00:57:40You've got to go

00:57:41to the Cleveland Air Races

00:57:43as the gal who won

00:57:44the round the...

00:57:45world flight.

00:57:46They demand it.

00:57:47But I tell you...

00:57:49honeymoon in Cleveland?

00:57:51Sure, Torchy.

00:57:52People get married in Cleveland.

00:57:54Are you crazy?

00:57:55One of Philadelphia.

00:57:57No, no, no.

00:57:57Steve wants to go

00:57:58to Niagara Falls

00:57:59and that's what it's going to be.

00:58:01I'll see you

00:58:01in the matrimonial column.

00:58:03Can you imagine that?

00:58:04What do you want?

00:58:05Steve said not to wait.

00:58:06He's gone to the hospital.

00:58:07Hospital?

00:58:08What happened to him?

00:58:09Nothing.

00:58:09He's taken Gray down

00:58:10to have his...

00:58:10stomach pumped.

00:58:11Steve said he'll never

00:58:12get to be made captain

00:58:13if he lets guys die

00:58:14before the trial.

00:58:15Captain, huh?

00:58:16He's lucky

00:58:17if he's a bridegroom.

00:58:18What hospital?

00:58:19General, I think.

00:58:20Maxie, that mousetrap.

00:58:23Hello?

00:58:25Oh!

00:58:25Oh, hello, Stevie.

00:58:29Remember me?

00:58:30The girl you left behind.

00:58:33The eight ball.

00:58:34Look, kid,

00:58:34letting Gray down

00:58:35would be an easy way

00:58:36out for him,

00:58:37but...

00:58:37Yes, I know.

00:58:38I know.

00:58:38You want to be a captain.

00:58:40Oh, what if I do?

00:58:42No, no, I can't do that.

00:58:44I'm sticking right...

00:58:45right here to Gray up

00:58:46Chucks those death dealers

00:58:47and I'm taking them

00:58:47back personally and...

00:58:49Hello?

00:58:50Hello?

00:58:51Hello?

00:58:55You are now husband and wife

00:58:58according to the ordinance of God.

00:59:00and the law of the state.

00:59:02Whom therefore God

00:59:03hath joined together,

00:59:05let's...

00:59:05let no man put asunder.

00:59:10Congratulations, my dear.

00:59:12May your lives be filled

00:59:14with happiness.

00:59:14That'll be two dollars.

00:59:15Good luck to you.

00:59:16Good luck to you.

00:59:16Man and wife.

00:59:18Come on, chief,

00:59:19your turn next.

00:59:20Da...

00:59:21Da...

00:59:21Gotcha.

00:59:23Congratulations.

00:59:23Thank you, lieutenant.

00:59:24Little girl, I'm sorry...

00:59:25I had to be so rough on you.

00:59:26I hope you'll be very happy.

00:59:28Take a lap some of this myself.

00:59:29Where's Torchy?

00:59:30She couldn't wait.

00:59:31Couldn't wait?

00:59:33Where'd she go?

00:59:33She said something about Cleveland.

00:59:35Cleveland, Cleveland.

00:59:36What's in Cleveland?

00:59:37Ohio.

00:59:38Uh-uh.

00:59:38Maxi, the air races.

00:59:39Oh, but chief...

00:59:40You ain't gonna get married

00:59:41in the air, are you?

00:59:41It's dangerous.

00:59:42It's dangerous anywhere.

00:59:44I'll never forget...

00:59:45you for this, Torchy.

00:59:46Now, Maxi, don't give me any of that.

00:59:48I'll never forget you

00:59:49for this little girl stuff.

00:59:50I'm only on this trip

00:59:51because I was a bride

00:59:52who was left

00:59:53at the police station.

00:59:54You...

00:59:55Don't be sorry for this.

00:59:56You'll be the belle of the air races

00:59:58and come back to a big, fat boy.

01:00:00For this, Torchy Blame

01:00:02traps publisher

01:00:03into Hammond Confession.

01:00:04Your own office, my...

01:00:05Marked feature writer.

01:00:07The flowers, and a fence,

01:00:09and the patter of little tiny...

01:00:10typewriters.

01:00:11I bet their big flatfoot

01:00:12would like to chop me.

01:00:15Well, here he comes.

01:00:18Why don't you ask him?

01:00:19We're taking off now.

01:00:20Oh, oh, oh, well, goodbye, Maxi.

01:00:24Goodbye, Torchy.

01:00:25Torchy!

01:00:27Torchy!

01:00:28Torchy!

01:00:30Hey, Tachi!

01:00:35Goodbye, Tachi!

01:00:40Oh, he still loves me.

01:00:45I don't...

01:00:50Goodbye, Tachi!

01:00:55Oh, he still loves me.

01:01:00Goodbye, Tachi!

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