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Dick Tracy is a 1945 American action film based on the Dick Tracy comic strip created by Chester Gould. The film is the first of four installments of the Dick Tracy film series, released by RKO Radio Pictures.
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00:03:31Come on, Johnny, you might as well talk. Who robbed that payroll truck?
00:03:34Let me handle him, Tracy. I think I can make him talk.
00:03:40We're waiting, Johnny.
00:04:20Homicide, Dick.
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00:04:38All the time, all the time, all the time. Hey, Dick. How about this? Holy smoke, our dinner date. She
00:04:45must be starved.
00:05:14Make yourself comfortable.
00:05:16I live in a couple of houses.
00:05:17down the block.
00:05:20Any trace of the murder weapon?
00:05:22No.
00:05:22The only thing we've found so far
00:05:23is Miss Stafford's handbag.
00:05:25Who reported it?
00:05:26Mr. Hill,
00:05:27but he wasn't the first
00:05:27to reach the body.
00:05:28Oh, she's over here.
00:05:32Miss Stanley,
00:05:32this is Detective Tracy
00:05:34and Detective Patton.
00:05:35How do you do, Miss Stanley?
00:05:36Did you see anybody in the block
00:05:38before you found Miss Stafford?
00:05:39No.
00:05:40A friend drove me home from work
00:05:41and let me out on the corner.
00:05:42I didn't see or hear anyone
00:05:44until I got right here.
00:05:46Then these people
00:05:47started coming out of their houses
00:05:49just a few seconds earlier.
00:05:51It would have been me lying there.
00:05:52Nobody would have any reason
00:05:53to kill Miss Stafford.
00:05:54Could have happened to any of us.
00:05:55Only a fiend
00:05:56could have slashed it like that.
00:05:58Have one of the boys
00:05:59take Miss Stanley home.
00:06:01Get their name.
00:06:02All right.
00:06:02Miss Stanley,
00:06:03what's your name, Miss?
00:06:04Pat Chandler.
00:06:28It's for a concert
00:06:29at the Lyceum home.
00:06:31Say, that's where she was coming from
00:06:32when she got knifed.
00:06:38$20 and some silver.
00:06:40Well, that rules out robbery.
00:06:42The neighbors are right.
00:06:43We've got a maniac to find.
00:06:45Identification card.
00:06:49Balance of $1,700.
00:06:51No recent withdrawals.
00:06:58Drop of $500
00:06:59in small bills
00:07:00and put in
00:07:01Street Sweeper's trash can.
00:07:02Corner of Lake U and Ash
00:07:04at 8 tomorrow night.
00:07:05Split face.
00:07:06I can spell better than that.
00:07:08He spells the important words,
00:07:09all right.
00:07:10Yeah, Mr. Split face
00:07:11knows how to spell $500.
00:07:13Dick.
00:07:15Tracy?
00:07:25What time is it?
00:07:27Why, it's a little late, Tess.
00:07:29It's almost 11 o'clock.
00:07:3411 o'clock?
00:07:36Guess that's all for tonight, Pat.
00:07:38We may as well go home.
00:08:04It isn't one thing,
00:08:06it's another.
00:08:08Dick Tracy residence.
00:08:10Mrs. Carraway speaking.
00:08:12Who?
00:08:14Oh, hello, Mr. Patton.
00:08:17Oh, no.
00:08:18I wouldn't think of
00:08:19calling Mr. Tracy now.
00:08:21He didn't get home
00:08:22till 3 or 4 o'clock
00:08:23this morning.
00:08:24I'm sure he's exhausted.
00:08:25He's in a coma.
00:08:26He's in a coma.
00:08:29Oh.
00:08:30Just a minute, Mr. Patton.
00:08:32Just a minute.
00:08:33Morning.
00:08:34Morning.
00:08:36Hello, Pat.
00:08:37Dick.
00:08:37Anything wrong?
00:08:38The chief wants us
00:08:39over at the mayor's office.
00:08:40Too sweet.
00:08:40I'll pick you up right away.
00:08:42Mayor's office.
00:08:44I'll be ready.
00:08:50Mayor's office.
00:08:51Hmm.
00:08:53Junior had his breakfast yet?
00:08:55Oh, an hour ago.
00:08:56He's upstairs in his room
00:08:57working on a very strange case.
00:09:00I'll see what he's up to.
00:09:10Good morning, Dick.
00:09:12Hello, Junior.
00:09:14What have you got there?
00:09:16Something mighty funny
00:09:17happened around here last night.
00:09:18That so?
00:09:20Yeah, there was a prowler in the house.
00:09:22Anything missing?
00:09:22Yeah, plenty.
00:09:24Any clues?
00:09:25I'm afraid I'll have to fingerprint you.
00:09:27Hey, you don't suspect me.
00:09:29Mrs. Carraway says a lot of stuff
00:09:30I was missing from the icebox.
00:09:35Yeah, they sure do.
00:09:38Look at these, Dick.
00:09:43You've got me dead to rights, officer.
00:09:44You better talk.
00:09:47Might as well come clean.
00:09:48It'll go a lot easier on you if you do.
00:09:51And on your accomplice, too.
00:09:54How'd you know I wasn't alone?
00:09:57Lipstick.
00:09:58Test?
00:10:00Yeah.
00:10:01But I'm taking the rep.
00:10:04It was too late to go to a restaurant,
00:10:06so we...
00:10:08we waited the kitchen.
00:10:10Oh, heck.
00:10:11You confess too easy.
00:10:13I thought this kid's gonna take me all day.
00:10:17So you could stay out of school?
00:10:21Let's go.
00:10:24Oh, good morning, Mr. Patton.
00:10:26Good morning.
00:10:27Hello, Pat.
00:10:27Be right with you.
00:10:28We've got to hurry, Dick.
00:10:29Hi, Junior.
00:10:30Any new crimes?
00:10:31One.
00:10:31I've got to go to school.
00:10:34Well, land sakes,
00:10:35aren't you even going to have your breakfast?
00:10:36I'll get a cup of coffee downtown.
00:10:38Come on, Pat.
00:10:38Yes.
00:10:39Bye, Mrs. Carraway.
00:10:40Goodbye.
00:10:47Good morning, Chief.
00:10:49Good morning, Mayor.
00:10:50Good morning.
00:10:51What's happened?
00:10:52The mayor will explain.
00:10:53Here, Tracy, read this.
00:10:54Came special delivery a half an hour ago.
00:10:58Wrap up $10,000 in small bills
00:11:00and put in Street Sweeper's trash can
00:11:02at corner of Davidson and 9th Street
00:11:05at 11 tomorrow night
00:11:07or be slashed to pieces.
00:11:09Split face.
00:11:10The same handwriting
00:11:11and the same words misspelled.
00:11:13Well, if you know the handwriting,
00:11:15of course you can tell me
00:11:15who Split face is.
00:11:17The man who killed Miss Stafford.
00:11:19Just a moment.
00:11:22Did your honor know Dorothy Stafford?
00:11:24Well, I can't recall.
00:11:25Why?
00:11:26Did she get one of these extortion letters?
00:11:28Yes.
00:11:29For $500.
00:11:31That's what's strange.
00:11:32An extortionist doesn't usually demand
00:11:34$500 from one victim
00:11:35and $10,000 from another.
00:11:37You mean he'd operate in one bracket?
00:11:39That's right.
00:11:40Well, what are you going to do, Chief?
00:11:42Now, don't worry, Your Honor.
00:11:43We'll assign bodyguards to you immediately.
00:11:46Bodyguards?
00:11:46Those are the fellas
00:11:47that always shoot second.
00:11:48I guarantee your safety.
00:11:49You do?
00:11:50I suppose if you don't live up
00:11:51to your guarantee,
00:11:52you'll bring your resignation
00:11:53over to my funeral.
00:11:54Now, Mayor.
00:11:55Now, look!
00:11:56I only want one thing,
00:11:57and you know what that is.
00:11:59Split face!
00:12:11I've gone through every crank letter
00:12:12and extortion message in our files.
00:12:14There's nothing that even looks like
00:12:16the writing of this split face.
00:12:18Talk about anything more on Miss Stafford?
00:12:20One thing.
00:12:21Going through her personal effects
00:12:23and business papers,
00:12:24I kept coming on
00:12:24the name of Wilbert Thomas.
00:12:26Who is he?
00:12:27Well, that's what's funny.
00:12:28I asked all our schoolteacher friends,
00:12:30and none of them ever heard of him.
00:12:31But he's in the phone book,
00:12:32and I've been calling him all night.
00:12:34Let's go out to his house.
00:12:35We can wait for him
00:12:35if he hasn't arrived
00:12:36by the time we get there.
00:12:47That's the number.
00:13:09Let's see what that dog's howling about.
00:13:13There's a car out there.
00:13:21That dog isn't in the next yard.
00:13:22Yeah?
00:13:23Evidently, nobody home there either.
00:13:43Just like the Stafford woman.
00:13:45Throat slashed, night cuts,
00:13:46and face and chest.
00:13:48We're only a couple of minutes late.
00:13:51Call headquarters.
00:13:52I want the neighborhood combed.
00:13:53Right.
00:13:55Look.
00:13:57He's stepping somewhere
00:13:58in that driveway.
00:13:59When you phone,
00:13:59get the car and cruise around
00:14:00until you spot me.
00:14:01Right.
00:14:25He's making the car,
00:14:25but he's checking him with me.
00:14:25Come on.
00:14:32Come on.
00:14:52say does he live in this place i don't know but i think we've got him penned in here
00:14:56go around to the back cover the door and porch window
00:15:07i'm from headquarters do you live here yes my name's owens steve owens i followed a man into
00:15:14your backyard and lost him i believe he's taken refuge in your house that's impossible
00:15:19i've been home all evening but come in and look around if you'd like to
00:15:27this man slashed the school teacher to death
00:15:31and committed another murder not far from here tonight
00:15:40i guess a crazy killer like that can give you police a lot of trouble you never know uh
00:15:46where or when he may get the urge to kill again let's take a look at the back this way
00:16:00i'll be right back
00:16:24i found this window opening some blood stains on the carpet
00:16:28i mean no one sleeps here i'll keep him visiting in the study continue looking the place over
00:16:45you're alone in the house tonight mr owens yes my daughter's visiting relatives out of town
00:16:51our cook goes home every night would you sit down thanks
00:17:00it's very unusual for me to spend an evening at home like this
00:17:04i own the paradise club did you ever know a woman named darthie stafford that's the school teacher who
00:17:10was killed yes i never heard of her until i read about the murder did you ever hear of a
00:17:16man who
00:17:17calls himself split face no
00:17:23who is he the killer i'm concerned about your safety mr owens
00:17:29my assistant
00:17:32i think we'd better leave a police guard with you i don't think that'll be necessary
00:17:39apparently you had this man cornered in my backyard and he ran through the house to get away
00:17:44he's not likely to come back he's not in the house now anyway
00:18:01i didn't find a thing dick no weapons no blood stains on his clothes and the shoes in the closet
00:18:06are
00:18:06all clean maybe he's telling the truth maybe he isn't maybe he isn't but right now we're going back to
00:18:11the thomas house hello dick hello i mean i thought i had him but i ran second too bad it's
00:18:26thomas all
00:18:26right what'd you find on him usual stuff wallet around 50 bucks medium price watch
00:18:47dick tracy reporting oh it is well i was told miss lovelace was calling i was afraid you wouldn't
00:18:52talk to me if i gave my right name did i apologize for last night no you didn't but i
00:18:58suppose i'll
00:18:58have to forgive i won't think i'm really forgiven unless you let me make up for it tonight tonight
00:19:04good test i'll call for you early we'll dine we'll dance maybe we'll even look at the moon
00:19:11you can't fool me for a minute dick tracy i know you're not going out for fun you're going out
00:19:16for work and if you examine the moon it'll be for fingerprints you're wrong tess work's forgotten
00:19:22and besides that i have something interesting to tell you know what tracy is crazy about you
00:19:28what about your day with the mayor the mayor he's just a figurehead nobody pays any attention to him
00:19:35pick you up at eight so i'm just a figurehead eh so no one pays any attention to me huh
00:19:41of course
00:19:42not your honor i mean won't you sit down so my life's in danger and no one pays any attention
00:19:46to
00:19:46me no wonder our citizens are being slashed to ribbons by some maniac your honor we're all doing
00:19:50everything possible have you forgotten if i don't put ten thousand dollars in some trash can tonight
00:19:55that i'm going to join miss stafford and wilbert thomas in the morgue we've checked the movements of
00:19:59thomas thomas is dead have you checked the movements of this split face that's what i want
00:20:03to know we have a suspect i told the mayor about owens he wants us to arrest him if we
00:20:09do an attorney
00:20:10we'll get him out in a few hours all we'll do is put him on his guard has your honor
00:20:14ever met owens or
00:20:15thomas i may have i meet lots of people i'm a popular man but remember i expect action and before
00:20:2311 o'clock
00:20:39tonight
00:20:40now that looks like no soap i've been standing here for three hours my feet are killing me
00:20:46you didn't really expect him to show up did you why not put the package in the can just as
00:20:51the note
00:20:51instructed i don't think split face is especially interested in the package of money you mean
00:20:55stafford thomas the mayor were all marked for murder whether they paid or not right
00:21:00don't have you start but got a note asking five on it she didn't pay it and was killed
00:21:04thomas got one and paid a thousand dollars he was killed
00:21:10sane or crazy there's some central idea behind us
00:21:14some spring that ties all these people together that's encouraging what am i going to tell the mayor
00:21:20about tonight congratulate him on being alive and ask him where he ever encountered stafford thomas
00:21:26and seabones
00:21:30we might as well go
00:21:46don't bother to book him boys that's all for tonight
00:22:04i hope you made a reservation no it would only take a minute to call and i didn't want anyone
00:22:09to know
00:22:10me here oh mr tracy good evening oh jules
00:22:16a table for mr tracy it's a pleasure to see you mr tracy this way please
00:22:24i see what you mean
00:22:45i'm
00:22:46good evening mr tracy
00:22:49you're the best known unknown rather known
00:22:59yes ma'am
00:23:06mr
00:23:07i'm not sure but i'll find out mr tracy
00:23:11who is mr owen he owns the place i ran into him last night all right stop being so mysterious
00:23:18and
00:23:18tell me why we're here i'll let you know as soon as i find out myself
00:23:21mrs tracy asked me about your father he did
00:23:30all right
00:23:33good evening mr tracy i'm judith owen you were asking about my father
00:23:37why yes oh this is miss how do you do i'm so happy to know you too i've been
00:23:54glad you were there but do you think it was entirely an accident that the killer ran through our house
00:24:00that's that's what i've been asking myself
00:24:03where's your father now mason's
00:24:05uh
00:24:06he's not here tonight
00:24:08is he at home
00:24:09no
00:24:10no and right after he left i i saw a man walking through our garden
00:24:14i was frightened so i jumped in my car as quickly as possible and came right to the club
00:24:19would you let me have the key to your house
00:24:21oh well yes of course darling i'm terribly sorry do you mind waiting oh no you're not gonna leave me
00:24:26here
00:24:37you stay in the car quick not me i'd feel safer with you
00:24:41i don't expect to find anyone around here now i got her key so i could make a thorough search
00:24:45of
00:24:45the house while they're both out well then i'll help you
00:24:59don't worry about being polite you go first
00:25:16something wrong must be the fuse let's take a look at the master switch you take a look i'm staying
00:25:24right here
00:25:31i'm staying right here
00:25:37dick
00:25:42dick
00:25:44dick
00:25:49dick
00:25:50dick
00:25:51dick
00:25:51Come on.
00:26:45All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:21All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:48All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:27:50All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:28:21All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:28:24All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:28:37Go ahead.
00:28:43All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:29:03Have a chat.
00:29:04Over here.
00:29:06It's more centrally located.
00:29:07All headquarters are telling them where we are.
00:29:43Blood drips from two.
00:29:51So you didn't see anybody cross the roof.
00:29:54Maybe you ought to take another look at that crystal ball.
00:29:57Blood drips from two.
00:29:58What?
00:30:00Blood drips from two knives.
00:30:03Blood drips from two knives.
00:30:04But there will be twelve more.
00:30:07Fourteen people.
00:30:09Men and women.
00:30:12Rich and poor.
00:30:14I see fourteen people.
00:30:17I see fourteen people.
00:30:17And all of them are dying.
00:30:20Yes.
00:30:21When the last of the fourteen is dead, the cycle will be complete.
00:30:27But now.
00:30:29Now I see a fifteen.
00:30:33He is.
00:30:35He is.
00:30:37He is.
00:30:43Well, mow me down.
00:30:45He's having his fortune told.
00:30:47Whatever we were doing, it's over now.
00:30:49What do you mean?
00:30:50Professor here was telling me some very interesting things when you crashed in and snapped him out
00:30:54of it.
00:30:54I don't believe it.
00:30:55I couldn't have told you anything.
00:30:56I don't even know what you're looking for.
00:30:59This is one of the things I'm looking for.
00:31:01But I found it without the help of your crystal ball.
00:31:04Under your mattress.
00:31:06You probably also put it there.
00:31:08The man I chased across your route put it there.
00:31:11Well, I...
00:31:11I don't know anything about it.
00:31:13I never saw it before.
00:31:14Maybe if we take him down to headquarters and put him in another trance, it'll refresh his memory.
00:31:20Just a minute.
00:31:22You boys better stay around until we send somebody up to fix the lock on his door.
00:31:26Right.
00:31:34This is Professor Starling, Tess.
00:31:36Take a good look and tell me if you ever saw him before.
00:31:42Of course you've never seen me before.
00:31:44Have you?
00:31:46Tess.
00:31:47Look at me, Tess.
00:31:49Are you sure you never saw him before?
00:31:54I...
00:31:54I'm positive.
00:31:56Take him to headquarters.
00:31:57Have this checked by the medical examiner.
00:31:59We want to know if it's the weapon that killed Miss Stafford and Thomas.
00:32:02Okay.
00:32:03See you later.
00:32:03Let's go, Professor.
00:32:15Do you feel all right?
00:32:16Of course.
00:32:17Why?
00:32:18You acted like you were hypnotized.
00:32:20Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:32:22Say, who was that man, anyway?
00:32:24The professor?
00:32:24Uh-huh.
00:32:25He's a doctor of the mystic sciences and a darn good hypnotist.
00:32:30Well, do you think he's split face?
00:32:32You're the one to answer that.
00:32:33You saw split face in Owens' hallway.
00:32:35Oh, but that horrible scarred face...
00:32:37Discount that.
00:32:38It could be a trick makeup job.
00:32:41Oh, well then, Owens too could be split face.
00:32:44Exactly.
00:32:44And we're going right back to the Paradise Club.
00:32:47What for?
00:32:48I'm going to make Judith Owens' producer farther so you can get a look at him too.
00:33:08You can bring our dinner now.
00:33:09Dinner?
00:33:10We are getting ready to close.
00:33:12Everybody in the kitchen has gone home, but I can bring you some coffee if you wish.
00:33:16Let's have some.
00:33:20I'm so glad you're back.
00:33:21I've been trying to reach you at headquarters.
00:33:23Did you see anyone at the house tonight?
00:33:24Yes.
00:33:25But they saw us first.
00:33:26They got away.
00:33:27Oh, I'm so worried.
00:33:29I don't understand what's going on.
00:33:31Now Dad has disappeared.
00:33:33What makes you think so?
00:33:34Well, he hasn't come in all evening and he's not at the house.
00:33:37Where was he supposed to go when he went out tonight?
00:33:40Dad likes to gamble.
00:33:43Yes, he has a club uptown and an apartment.
00:33:47I suppose he was there last night too?
00:33:49Maybe we should drop over there.
00:33:51Oh no, no.
00:33:51No, it wouldn't do any good.
00:33:53He left there at nine o'clock to come here.
00:33:55That's what worries me.
00:33:57Well, remember to give me the address.
00:33:58I may look in there later anyway.
00:34:03Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll go with you.
00:34:07My nose would stand a little powder too.
00:34:09Oh, but I was going to make a telephone call.
00:34:12Did you think of someplace else your father might be?
00:34:14No, no, I was going to call some friends
00:34:17and make arrangements to stay the night with them until I heard from Dad.
00:34:21Until we know who split face is, you wouldn't be safe even with friends.
00:34:25Anyway, it won't be necessary to make a call because I'm taking you with me.
00:34:28I'm under arrest.
00:34:29Let's call it protective custody.
00:34:32But, but jail.
00:34:33I didn't say anything about jail.
00:34:35Where then?
00:34:36Maybe I can take you home with me.
00:34:39Well, how cozy.
00:34:41I've got a housekeeper who's also a good cook.
00:34:43And we'd better be going.
00:34:45Yes, because we'll have to stop by my place long enough for me to pack a bag.
00:34:48Pack a bag? You going someplace?
00:34:50Mm-hmm.
00:34:51I've had a hankering for some of Mrs. Carraway's good cooking.
00:34:54Besides, I wouldn't want Miss Owens to be lonesome.
00:35:06Well, I've looked through all the books and I can't find a picture of the man that jumped out of
00:35:10Owens' closet.
00:35:11If we get at page one of volume one and go through them again, you'll have to stop and study
00:35:15each picture.
00:35:15I did.
00:35:16But you can't expect to find a picture that looks exactly as he did last night.
00:35:20We might have one that was taken before he got that scar.
00:35:25Just had a call from the mayor.
00:35:27He says he doesn't remember ever meeting Stafford or Thomas and only knows Steve Owens vaguely as being a nightclub
00:35:31operator.
00:35:32You know, I think Owens is split-faced.
00:35:35Didn't Dick show you a picture of him?
00:35:36No, for the simple reason that there aren't any.
00:35:38Owens' daughter says he has an aversion to having pictures taken.
00:35:41Pleases bad luck.
00:35:43Strange his disappearing right after split-face jumped you in his house.
00:35:46It's strange how well his daughter's holding up.
00:35:48After all, she admits that he might be murdered.
00:35:53Hey, look.
00:35:54I found a surgical supply dealer who admits selling three of these to an undertaker on Pine Street.
00:35:59What would an undertaker want with a surgical instrument?
00:36:01They use them for post-mortems.
00:36:03We better both go right out there.
00:36:05You stay with the pictures, Tess.
00:36:24Business seems to be quiet.
00:36:28He can't be getting any split-face's customers.
00:36:30Hey, maybe he's split-face.
00:36:33Good afternoon.
00:36:34May I help you?
00:36:35Well, from the homicide squad.
00:36:37Oh.
00:36:38I'm sure there have been no irregularities.
00:36:40I have burial certificates for all.
00:36:41That's all right.
00:36:42I just want you to take a look at this.
00:36:44A dealer says it's one of three he sold you recently.
00:36:47Yes.
00:36:48Yes, I believe it is.
00:36:50Strange.
00:36:51They all disappeared so now after I bought them.
00:36:53Do you think one of your employees stole them?
00:36:55No, no.
00:36:55I have a small establishment and I do most of the work myself.
00:36:59Where did you keep the knives?
00:37:00I'll show you.
00:37:02I have as fine a collection of caskets as there is in the city.
00:37:05Well, congratulations.
00:37:13I do most of my work in here at night.
00:37:16And this door is frequently left open?
00:37:18Oh, yes.
00:37:19And I suppose if the telephone rings, you have to go into the front office to answer, is that right?
00:37:22Yes.
00:37:24That would make it pretty easy for anyone to wait until you were called to the front office, then slip
00:37:28in and steal the knives.
00:37:29Yes.
00:37:29Yes, it would.
00:37:30Now, this is where I kept the knives.
00:37:33Careless of me, perhaps, but one doesn't expect thieves in a place like this.
00:37:36It is a strange place for a murderer to come for a weapon.
00:37:40A murderer?
00:37:41Oh, dear me, I am sorry.
00:37:43Did you ever know a man who calls himself Splitface?
00:37:46No.
00:37:47I can't believe Splitface would come here only to obtain a weapon.
00:37:50What do you mean?
00:37:52Maybe you were number one on his list.
00:37:54And some lucky accident frightened him away when he came to kill you.
00:37:57Wait a minute.
00:37:58What about Professor Starling?
00:38:01Do you know him?
00:38:02Oh, never.
00:38:03I read in the papers that one of the knives was found in his room.
00:38:07Isn't he the murderer?
00:38:09I don't know.
00:38:11Goodbye, Mr. Duthridge.
00:38:19I shall not speak except on a vice of counsel.
00:38:24I hope you boys haven't been annoying this, Professor.
00:38:27The shoe's on the other foot.
00:38:28He's got me ready to confess to anything.
00:38:30How long have they been questioning you?
00:38:32Time and space are beyond human conception.
00:38:37Leave him with me for a while.
00:38:38Right.
00:38:38Okay.
00:38:42Relax, Professor Starling.
00:38:45Those fellows, meanwhile, they just get too enthusiastic.
00:38:51Might as well relax.
00:38:56Let you and I play a word game.
00:39:01We'll get our minds off this for a minute.
00:39:04Don't class me with the morons who usually fall into your net.
00:39:08I know all about your word games.
00:39:10If you've told us the truth, the word can't trip you.
00:39:13Come on, Professor.
00:39:14Two minutes of play and I promise you won't be bothered for the rest of the day.
00:39:17Go ahead if you think it'll get you anything.
00:39:19I'll say a word then you speak the first word that comes into your mind.
00:39:23Light.
00:39:23Dark.
00:39:24Fish.
00:39:24Water.
00:39:25Snake.
00:39:26Grass.
00:39:26Hot.
00:39:27Cold.
00:39:27Table.
00:39:28Chair.
00:39:28Knife.
00:39:30Knife.
00:39:31Surgeon.
00:39:32Blood.
00:39:33Stain.
00:39:33Extortion.
00:39:35Letter.
00:39:36Men.
00:39:37Women.
00:39:38Death Ridge.
00:39:40Death Ridge.
00:39:42There's no such word.
00:39:44What does it suggest?
00:39:47Nothing.
00:39:48Thanks ever so much, Professor.
00:39:51You've helped me more than you realize.
00:39:54Take care of the Professor.
00:39:55And leave orders he's not to be disturbed again today.
00:39:57Right.
00:40:07I'm getting groggy, Dick.
00:40:09I've been through these books a half a dozen times.
00:40:11Then skip it.
00:40:12As soon as I've had a word with Pat, we'll go out to the house for dinner.
00:40:18Hello, Pip.
00:40:19Hello.
00:40:20What did you get out of it, Pat?
00:40:21Well, he tripped over the critical words like knife, extortion, Death Ridge.
00:40:26I think he knows our undertaking friend.
00:40:28At least by name.
00:40:29Anyway, I'm going to bring them face to face.
00:40:31Do you want me to bring Death Ridge down here?
00:40:33Yes.
00:40:34But we'll let the Professor worry for an hour or so first.
00:40:36Get something to eat.
00:40:37Then pick up Death Ridge.
00:40:39Call me at the house as soon as you have him.
00:40:40Okay.
00:40:41See you later, Pip.
00:40:42Bye.
00:40:55Nobody's coming around here without me knowing it.
00:40:57Well, good work, Junior.
00:40:58What have you got to report?
00:40:59No strangers called today or Miss Owens didn't go out.
00:41:14Hello there.
00:41:15Everything all right?
00:41:16No.
00:41:17No?
00:41:18Better run along and wash up for dinner.
00:41:20Okay.
00:41:20I'm a prisoner here and you know it.
00:41:22A prisoner?
00:41:23Well, look at me.
00:41:24What's wrong?
00:41:25I have no clothes.
00:41:26You know I just can't go on an evening gown in the daytime.
00:41:29You were going to take me home after lunch so I could pack some dresses.
00:41:32I'm sorry.
00:41:33We'll go over there this evening.
00:41:34I don't want to go there at night.
00:41:36Then we'll go in the morning.
00:41:37I have nothing to wear in the morning.
00:41:40Dinner's ready.
00:41:45Anything wrong between you and your guest?
00:41:48No.
00:41:49Too bad.
00:41:50I'll see if I can stir up something.
00:41:52Let's get dinner.
00:41:54I've changed my mind.
00:41:56I'd like to go home and get my clothes now if you'll go with me.
00:41:59Right away.
00:42:01Fourteen.
00:42:02What comes in groups of fourteen?
00:42:04What in the world are you talking about?
00:42:05The professor.
00:42:07I'm thinking about his cycle of fourteen.
00:42:10Men and women.
00:42:11Rich and poor.
00:42:12All dying.
00:42:13Oh, well.
00:42:14That could be most anything.
00:42:15From a family dinner to...
00:42:16two poker games.
00:42:22Chief Tricks, residence.
00:42:24Oh, yes, Chief.
00:42:25Chief Brandon.
00:42:26Thanks.
00:42:27Hello, Chief.
00:42:28We still haven't heard anything from Pat.
00:42:29And Death Reef doesn't answer his phone.
00:42:31I'll run right over there.
00:42:34Right away.
00:42:38I'll have to run downtown, but I won't be long.
00:42:40What about my clothes?
00:42:41We'll get them later.
00:42:44Can I go with you, Dick?
00:42:46I'm depending on you to watch things here.
00:42:48Oh, my dear.
00:42:49Let's go.
00:42:50Let's go, then.
00:42:51Here.
00:42:58Oh, dear.
00:43:00Oh.
00:43:00Oh.
00:43:01Oh.
00:43:08Oh, honey.
00:43:10Oh.
00:43:18The End
00:43:45The End
00:44:21Somebody slugged me from behind
00:44:30Pat said you were on the way to the office
00:44:33Detheridge dead, huh?
00:44:34Yeah
00:44:34Well, I came down to get the professor
00:44:36I want to take him out there and show him Detheridge
00:44:40Although this sure gives an airtight alibi
00:44:42Not quite
00:44:44What?
00:44:45The professor was released on the writ of habeas corpus
00:44:47When?
00:44:48An hour or so ago
00:44:49That's why I wanted to see you tonight
00:45:17Oh, that's why?
00:45:39Darling.
00:45:49what do you want I'm up here but I I'll line up
00:46:17you shouldn't have come back here I've been in jail for 24 hours I know that you fool I said
00:46:23the
00:46:24lawyer I got you out oh well why did you want to get me out I wanted you out before
00:46:30you talked
00:46:30anymore 14 will die you said you're wrong 15 will die 15 what do you mean I 15 because I
00:46:40can't take
00:46:40a chance on you any longer all those years thinking thinking of nothing except paying them
00:46:45back getting even do you think I'm going to let you stop me I'm not trying to stop you what
00:46:49have
00:46:49I done to stop you I know about those rotten letters you've been writing I didn't care until
00:46:54they brought the cops to your door I admit that I wrote them but it was an easy way to
00:46:57get the money
00:46:57and it didn't hurt you any not as long as you were going to kill them anyway I'll give you
00:47:00half the
00:47:00money I got a thousand from Thomas and now there's death rich he'll pay now there isn't that rich
00:47:11I paid him a visit tonight funny you saw me you look just like you look now no no don't
00:47:21don't be
00:47:21frightened this knife is very sharp you won't hurt I like when I got this face it wasn't done so
00:47:29nice
00:47:31besides people won't have to look at you and turn sick at the sight of you no it's no good
00:47:36killing me she saw you she knows you she'll identify you
00:47:57you're going fast there's nothing anybody can do who is split face
00:48:02talk professor who is he why did he want to kill you
00:48:26see the middle line right
00:48:31thank you for coming down your mother listen Tracy what's all this nonsense about me telling
00:48:35you who split face is I'll come to that in just a moment the professor was the extortionist true
00:48:40enough it totals a thousand dollars and it's made up of the exact number of fives tens and
00:48:45twenties that Wilbert Thomas drew from the bank the professor and split face were partners I doubt it
00:48:49but the professor knew split face maybe from prison and he was wise to him he saw a chance to
00:48:55pick up
00:48:55some money well what's all this got to do with me telling you who split face is the professor said
00:49:01that 14 people men and women rich and poor were marked for murder did you make any statement before
00:49:06he died but 14 people in such varied financial circumstances and of both sexes would have to
00:49:13become associated in only one place that I can think of that would be a jury box 12 jurors and
00:49:20two alternates did you ever serve on a jury in a criminal trial your honor well yes can you remember
00:49:27the year you served as a juror well I was in the grocery business now let me think it was
00:49:32the year
00:49:32removed from Larchmont to can you remember who was being tried well I recall the case perfectly
00:49:37the defendant was a criminal he stabbed his sweetheart to death that sounds like the Alexis Banning case
00:49:44now it all comes back to me Alexis Banning is the name he was crazy then why when we brought
00:49:50in
00:49:50the verdict he screamed he'd kill us all
00:49:55put out a general alarm for Alexis Banning he is split face
00:50:19we interrupt this program for a special news bulletin the police have identified the maniac killer who has been terrorizing
00:50:25the city
00:50:25he is Alexis Banning alias split face well after that there should be no objection to my
00:50:30leaving this charming little jail people are asked to be on the lookout no I'm sure it'll be all right
00:50:36only if your father decides to come out of hiding it would be nice if he'd get in touch with
00:50:40Mr. Tracy
00:50:41well good night good night I've got a phone deck I'll talk to him I want to report on his
00:50:47house guest okay
00:50:48if you want me I'll be up in the lab I'm checking some fingerprints on Billy Brown's piggy bank
00:50:53looks like we got his old man red-handed this time
00:51:01Mr. Tracy please
00:51:04hello Dave
00:51:06this is Ted
00:51:08oh you guessed that huh
00:51:13Ted
00:51:15what's the matter
00:51:16this is split face Tracey
00:51:18split face to hear
00:51:19call off your cops and quit trying to interfere if you ever want to see a girl alive again
00:51:32help
00:51:32help
00:51:33help
00:51:33help
00:51:34help
00:51:34help
00:51:34help
00:51:35help
00:51:35help
00:51:35help
00:51:36help
00:51:36help
00:51:38help
00:51:49benefit
00:51:55help
00:51:57help
00:51:58help
00:51:58help
00:51:59weight
00:52:01help
00:52:04help
00:52:06help
00:52:06we in the
00:52:15black
00:52:33I just bought a car with a kid hanging on the back.
00:52:35I'm on the corner of Pine and Alden.
00:52:54He headed down Alden Street a few minutes ago.
00:53:04The kid threw this at me.
00:53:05That's why I called the police.
00:53:07He must have been in trouble.
00:53:08Which way did the car go?
00:53:09Down Elm towards the waterfront.
00:53:11Thanks.
00:53:20Down Elm.
00:53:52Down Elm.
00:54:20Down Elm.
00:54:26Let's go.
00:55:11Say, what are you looking around here for?
00:55:14I'm not looking for anything.
00:55:15Just playing.
00:55:17I play around this old board all the time.
00:55:20Say, I know you now.
00:55:21No. I saw you through the window at Tracy's.
00:55:25Now, you don't want to run away.
00:55:26So he hit my car and came along.
00:55:29That's fine.
00:55:30You just doubled my grip on Tracy.
00:55:35No town.
00:55:37I'm afraid we missed one of Junior's clues.
00:55:39I don't think so.
00:55:39There's some old abandoned facts along here.
00:55:41Maybe split by some setting for them.
00:55:43Now, if Tracy does what I say, you've got nothing to worry about.
00:55:48We'll be back in a minute.
00:55:50I warn you, don't try to get away.
00:55:55Junior, how did you get here?
00:55:57I'm on the back of the car.
00:55:58Oh, you shouldn't have.
00:56:19This looks like Junior's shoe.
00:56:20Yeah?
00:56:21Well, it could be anybody's shoe.
00:56:23Sure, but right now we're looking for a clue.
00:56:24Now, I'll take my chances on this being one.
00:56:26Let's go down this way.
00:56:40I moved the car just in case.
00:56:47Tracy was a fool to think he could stop me.
00:57:04A notch.
00:57:05This is Junior's, all right.
00:57:06Well, it looks like we still haven't reached the end of the trail.
00:57:09No sign of the car.
00:57:10Depends on whether you're looking for a car or split face.
00:57:13Huh?
00:57:14I think this is the end of the trail for split face.
00:57:19See?
00:57:20The tire tracks leading into the shed.
00:57:22Yeah.
00:57:25Here, look.
00:57:26Come on, Ben.
00:57:33Let's go.
00:57:55I hope you're looking for a new man.
00:57:59Come on.
00:58:27Come on, boy.
00:58:58Come on.
00:59:46Come on.
00:59:47Take charge of it, Pat.
00:59:48I'll get Kesson, Jr. here.
00:59:55Yes, Chief.
00:59:56He's safely locked up.
00:59:58And photographed this time.
01:00:01No, the scar was real.
01:00:02He got it in a fight with another convict.
01:00:04Served two extra years for it.
01:00:07All right.
01:00:09Thanks.
01:00:10Good night, Chief.
01:00:12Okay, Tess, I'm through with the report.
01:00:14Let's eat.
01:00:15Eat.
01:00:16You didn't say that a moment too soon.
01:00:17I'm dying of starvation.
01:00:20Come on, Junior.
01:00:21Disentangle yourself in those guns.
01:00:23Hey, Dick.
01:00:24A taxi driver was just shot.
01:00:26And tossed out of his own cab on 18th and Main.
01:00:28I'm sorry.
01:00:29Will you take Junior home?
01:00:30Here we go again.
01:00:32Come on, Junior.
01:00:34Come on.
01:00:36Come on, Junior.
01:00:37Come on, Junior.
01:00:38Come on, Junior.
01:00:43Come on, Junior.
01:00:46Come on, Junior.
01:00:47Come on, Junior.
01:00:47Come on, Junior.
01:00:47Come on, Junior.
01:00:48Come on, Junior.
01:00:48You
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