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Dick Tracy: The Hunt for the Master Criminal (1945) is a classic crime detective thriller featuring the legendary detective Dick Tracy as he takes on a dangerous criminal mastermind threatening the city. Packed with suspense, mystery, action, and unforgettable noir-style storytelling, this vintage film showcases the determination of law enforcement in the fight against organized crime. Fans of classic detective movies, old Hollywood crime dramas, and thrilling mysteries will enjoy this timeless adventure from the golden age of cinema.
If you enjoy classic crime films, detective stories, mystery thrillers, and vintage Hollywood productions, this movie is a must-watch.
If you enjoy classic crime films, detective stories, mystery thrillers, and vintage Hollywood productions, this movie is a must-watch.
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00:03:34Come on, Johnny. You might as well talk. Who robbed that payroll truck?
00:03:37Let me handle him, Tracy. I think I can make him talk.
00:03:43We're waiting, Johnny.
00:03:58Homicide, Dick.
00:03:59Just got the call. Just got the call. You better step on it. 2240 Lakeview Road.
00:04:05Murder, 9-1, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, that's where I live.
00:04:38My mother.
00:04:40And you gave me talk.
00:04:44Hey, how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess?
00:04:46How about Tess? Holy smoke, our dinner date. She must be starved.
00:04:51Make your finger, Tess, man,ò how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess, how's the man may, working,
00:05:10what's going on May byłag who aspirations, how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess
00:05:20Lived a couple of houses down the block.
00:05:24Any trace of the murder weapon?
00:05:25No.
00:05:26The only thing we've found so far is Miss Stafford's handbag.
00:05:28Who reported it?
00:05:30Mr. Hill, but he wasn't the first to reach the body.
00:05:32Oh, she's over here.
00:05:35Miss Stanley, this is Detective Tracy and Detective Patton.
00:05:39How do you do, Miss Stanley?
00:05:40Did you see anybody in the block before you found Miss Stafford?
00:05:43No.
00:05:43A friend drove me home from work and let me out on the corner.
00:05:46I didn't see or hear anyone until I got right here.
00:05:49Then these people started coming out of their houses.
00:05:52Just a few seconds earlier, it would have been me lying there.
00:05:56Nobody would have any reason to kill Miss Stafford.
00:05:58Could have happened to any of us.
00:05:59Only a fiend could have slashed you like that.
00:06:02Have one of the boys take Miss Stanley home.
00:06:04Get their name.
00:06:06Miss Stanley?
00:06:07What's your name, Miss?
00:06:07Pat Chandler.
00:06:32It's for a concert at the Lyceum Hall.
00:06:34Say, that's where she was coming from when she got knifed.
00:06:41$20 and some silver.
00:06:44Well, that rules our robbery.
00:06:46The neighbors are right.
00:06:47We've got a maniac to find.
00:06:49Identification card.
00:06:53Balance of $1,700.
00:06:55No recent withdrawals.
00:07:02Drop of $500 in small bills and put in Street Sweeper's trash can.
00:07:06Corner of Lakeview and Ash at 8 tomorrow night.
00:07:09Splitface.
00:07:10I can spell better than that.
00:07:12He spells the important words all right.
00:07:13Yeah, Mr. Splitface knows how to spell $500.
00:07:16Dick.
00:07:18Tracy.
00:07:29What time is it?
00:07:31Why, it's a little late, Tess.
00:07:33It's almost 11 o'clock.
00:07:3711 o'clock?
00:07:40Guess that's all for tonight, Pat.
00:07:42We may as well go home.
00:08:08It isn't one thing, it's another.
00:08:12Dick Tracy residence.
00:08:14Mrs. Carraway speaking.
00:08:16Who?
00:08:18Oh, hello, Mr. Patton.
00:08:21Oh, no.
00:08:22I wouldn't think of calling Mr. Tracy now.
00:08:24He didn't get home till 3 or 4 o'clock this morning.
00:08:27I'm sure he's exhausted.
00:08:29He's in a coma.
00:08:30He's in a coma.
00:08:33Oh, just a minute, Mr. Patton.
00:08:36Just a minute.
00:08:37Morning.
00:08:37Morning.
00:08:40Hello, Pat.
00:08:41Dick.
00:08:41Anything wrong?
00:08:42The chief wants us over at the mayor's office.
00:08:44Too sweet.
00:08:44I'll pick you up right away.
00:08:46Mayor's office.
00:08:48I'll be ready.
00:08:53Mayor's office.
00:08:57Junior had his breakfast yet?
00:08:58Oh, an hour ago.
00:09:00He's upstairs in his room, working on a very strange cape.
00:09:04I'll see what he's up to.
00:09:14Good morning, Dick.
00:09:15Hello, Junior.
00:09:18What have you got there?
00:09:20Something mighty funny happened around here last night.
00:09:22That so?
00:09:23Yeah, there was a prowler in the house.
00:09:25Anything missing?
00:09:26Yeah, plenty.
00:09:28Any clues?
00:09:28I'm afraid I'll have to fingerprint you.
00:09:30Hey, you don't suspect me.
00:09:32Mrs. Carraway says a lot of stuff I was missing from the icebox.
00:09:39Yeah, they sure do.
00:09:42Look at these, Dick.
00:09:46You got me dead to rights, officer.
00:09:48You better talk.
00:09:50Might as well come clean.
00:09:52It'll go a lot easier on you if you do.
00:09:55And on your accomplice, too.
00:09:58How'd you know I wasn't alone?
00:10:00Lipstick.
00:10:02Tess?
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:05But I'm taking the rep.
00:10:08It was too late to go to a restaurant, so we...
00:10:12We waited at the kitchen.
00:10:14Oh, heck.
00:10:14You confessed too easy.
00:10:17I thought this case would take me all day.
00:10:20So you could stay out of school?
00:10:25Let's go.
00:10:28Oh, good morning, Mr. Patton.
00:10:29Good morning.
00:10:30Hello, Pat.
00:10:31Be right with you.
00:10:32We've got to hurry, Dick.
00:10:33Hi, Junior.
00:10:33Any new crimes?
00:10:34One.
00:10:35I've got to go to school.
00:10:37Well, land sakes, aren't you even going to have your breakfast?
00:10:40I've got a cup of coffee downtown.
00:10:42Come on, Pat.
00:10:42Yes.
00:10:43Bye, Mrs. Carraway.
00:10:44Goodbye.
00:10:51Good morning, Chief.
00:10:53Good morning, Mayor.
00:10:54Good morning.
00:10:54What's happened?
00:10:55The mayor will explain.
00:10:57Here, Tracy, read this.
00:10:58Came special delivery a half an hour ago.
00:11:02Wrap up $10,000 in small bills and put in Street Sweeper's trash can at corner of Davidson and 9th
00:11:09Street at 11 tomorrow night or be slashed to pieces.
00:11:13Splitface.
00:11:14The same handwriting and the same words misspelled.
00:11:17Well, if you know the handwriting, of course you can tell me who Splitface is.
00:11:20The man who killed Miss Stafford.
00:11:23Just a moment.
00:11:25Did your honor know Dorothy Stafford?
00:11:27Well, I can't recall.
00:11:29Why?
00:11:30Did she get one of these extortion letters?
00:11:32Yes.
00:11:33For $500.
00:11:34That's what's strange.
00:11:36An extortionist doesn't usually demand $500 from one victim and $10,000 from another.
00:11:41You mean he'd operate in one bracket?
00:11:43That's right.
00:11:44Well, what are you going to do, Chief?
00:11:46Now, don't worry, Your Honor.
00:11:47We'll assign bodyguards to you immediately.
00:11:49Bodyguards?
00:11:50Those are the fellas that always shoot second.
00:11:52I guarantee your safety.
00:11:53You do?
00:11:54I suppose if you don't live up to your guarantee, you'll bring your resignation over to my funeral.
00:11:58Now, Mayor.
00:11:59Now, look.
00:12:00I only want one thing, and you know what that is.
00:12:03Splitface.
00:12:15I've gone through every crank letter and extortion message in our files.
00:12:18There's nothing that even looks like the writing of Splitface.
00:12:22Think of anything more, Mustapage?
00:12:24One thing.
00:12:25Going through her personal effects in business papers, I kept coming on to the name of Wilbert Thomas.
00:12:30Who is he?
00:12:31Well, that's what's funny.
00:12:32I asked all her schoolteacher friends, and none of them ever heard of him.
00:12:35But he's in the phone book, and I've been calling him all night.
00:12:38Let's go out to his house.
00:12:39We can wait for him if he hasn't arrived by the time we get there.
00:12:50That's the number.
00:12:53That's the number.
00:13:12Let's see what that dog's howling about.
00:13:17There's a car out there.
00:13:25That dog is in the next yard.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:27Evidently, nobody home there either.
00:13:45Just like the Stafford woman.
00:13:47Throat slashed, night cuts on face and chest.
00:13:51I'm only a couple of minutes late.
00:13:53Call headquarters.
00:13:54I want the neighborhood combed.
00:13:55Right.
00:13:59Look, he stepped in some oil in that driveway.
00:14:02When you phone, get the car and cruise around until you spot me.
00:14:04Right.
00:14:55Say, does he live in a black house?
00:14:56in this place? I don't know, but I think
00:14:58we've got him penned in here. Go around to the back.
00:15:00Cover the door and porch window.
00:15:10I'm from Hentwaters. Do you live here?
00:15:12Yes.
00:15:14My name's Owens. Steve
00:15:16Owens. I followed a man into your backyard
00:15:18and lost him. I believe he's taken refuge
00:15:20in your house. That's impossible.
00:15:22I've been home all evening.
00:15:25But come in and look around
00:15:26if you'd like to.
00:15:30This man slashed the school teacher
00:15:32to death.
00:15:34And committed another murder
00:15:36not far from here tonight.
00:15:44I guess a crazy killer like that
00:15:45can give you police a lot of trouble.
00:15:48You never know where
00:15:49or when he may get the urge to kill again.
00:15:52Let's take a look at the back.
00:15:54This way.
00:16:03I'll be right back.
00:16:26Oh, I found this window
00:16:29opening some bloodstains on the carpet.
00:16:31That may mean
00:16:31Owens lives here.
00:16:33I'll keep him busy in the study.
00:16:35Continue looking the place over.
00:16:48You're alone in the house tonight, Mr. Owens.
00:16:50Yes.
00:16:51My daughter's visiting relatives out of town.
00:16:54Our cook goes home every night.
00:16:57Would you sit down?
00:16:58Thanks.
00:17:03It's very unusual for me to spend an evening at home like this.
00:17:07I own the Paradise Club.
00:17:09Did you ever know a woman named Dorothy Stafford?
00:17:12That's the school teacher who was killed.
00:17:14Yes.
00:17:15I never heard of her until I read about the murder.
00:17:18Did you ever hear of a man who calls himself Split Face?
00:17:22No.
00:17:25Who is he?
00:17:27The killer.
00:17:28I'm concerned about your safety, Mr. Owens.
00:17:32My assistant.
00:17:35I think we'd better leave a police guard with you.
00:17:38I don't think that'll be necessary.
00:17:42Apparently you had this man cornered in my backyard and he ran through the house to get away.
00:17:47He's not likely to come back.
00:17:49He's not in the house now anyway.
00:18:00Good night, Mr. Owens.
00:18:01Good night.
00:18:04I didn't find a thing, Dick.
00:18:05No weapons, no bloodstains on his clothes, and the shoes in the closet are all clean.
00:18:10Maybe he's telling the truth.
00:18:11Maybe he isn't.
00:18:12Maybe he isn't.
00:18:13But right now we're going back to the Thomas house.
00:18:22Hello, Dick.
00:18:24Hello, Ramin.
00:18:25I thought I had him, but I ran second.
00:18:27Too bad.
00:18:28It's Thomas all right.
00:18:30What'd you find on him?
00:18:31Usual stuff.
00:18:32Wallet around 50 bucks.
00:18:34Medium price watch.
00:18:49Dick Tracy reporting.
00:18:51Oh, it is.
00:18:52Well, I was told him this Lovelace was calling.
00:18:54I was afraid you wouldn't talk to me if I gave my right name.
00:18:57Did I apologize for last night?
00:18:59No, you didn't.
00:19:00But I suppose I'll have to forgive.
00:19:02I wouldn't think I'm really forgiven unless you let me make up for it tonight.
00:19:05Tonight?
00:19:06Oh, gee, I'd be swell.
00:19:07Good, Tess.
00:19:08I'll call for you early.
00:19:10We'll dine.
00:19:11We'll dance.
00:19:13Maybe we'll even look at the moon.
00:19:14You can't fool me for a minute, Dick Tracy.
00:19:16I know you're not going out for fun.
00:19:18You're going out for work.
00:19:19And if you examine the moon, it'll be for fingerprints.
00:19:22You're wrong, Tess.
00:19:23Work's forgotten.
00:19:25And besides that, I have something interesting to tell you.
00:19:28Know what?
00:19:30Tracy is crazy about you.
00:19:31What about your day with the mayor?
00:19:32The mayor?
00:19:34He's just a figurehead.
00:19:35Nobody pays any attention to him.
00:19:37I don't like you, Jack.
00:19:38Pick you up at eight.
00:19:39So I'm just a figurehead, eh?
00:19:43So no one pays any attention to me, huh?
00:19:44Of course not, Your Honor.
00:19:45I mean, won't you sit down?
00:19:47So my life's in danger and no one pays any attention to me.
00:19:49No wonder our citizens are being slashed or ribbons by some maniac.
00:19:52Your Honor, we're all doing everything possible.
00:19:54Have you forgotten if I don't put $10,000 in some trash can tonight, that I'm going to
00:19:59join Miss Stafford and Wilbur Thomas in the morgue?
00:20:01We've checked the movements of Thomas.
00:20:02Thomas is dead.
00:20:04Have you checked the movements of this split face?
00:20:05That's what I want to know.
00:20:07We have a suspect.
00:20:08I've told the mayor about Owens.
00:20:09He wants us to arrest him.
00:20:12If we do an attorney, we'll get him out in a few hours.
00:20:14All we'll do is put him on his guard.
00:20:16Has Your Honor ever met Owens or Thomas?
00:20:18I may have.
00:20:19I meet lots of people.
00:20:20I'm a popular man.
00:20:22But remember, I expect action and before 11 o'clock tonight.
00:20:42Well, it looks like no soap.
00:20:45I've been standing here for three hours.
00:20:47My feet are killing me.
00:20:49You didn't really expect him to show up, did you?
00:20:51Why not?
00:20:52We put the package in the can, just as the note instructed.
00:20:55I don't think split face is especially interested in the package of money.
00:20:58You mean Stafford, Thomas, and the mayor were all marked for murder, whether they paid or not?
00:21:01Right.
00:21:03Don't have to say, Stafford got a note asking five on it.
00:21:05She didn't pay it and was killed.
00:21:07Thomas got one and paid.
00:21:09$1,000.
00:21:10He was killed.
00:21:13Sane or crazy, there's some central idea behind it.
00:21:17The sun's spring that ties all these people together.
00:21:20That's encouraging.
00:21:21What am I going to tell the mayor about tonight?
00:21:24Congratulate him on being alive.
00:21:26And ask him where he ever encountered Stafford, Thomas, and Seabones.
00:21:33We might as well go.
00:21:49Don't bother to book him, boys.
00:21:51That's all for tonight.
00:22:07I hope you made a reservation.
00:22:09No.
00:22:09It would only take a minute to call, and I...
00:22:11Quiet.
00:22:12I didn't want anyone to know me here.
00:22:15Oh, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:16Good evening.
00:22:17Oh, Jules.
00:22:18Good evening.
00:22:19A table for Mr. Tracy.
00:22:21It's a pleasure to see you, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:22This way, please.
00:22:27I see what you need.
00:22:49Good evening, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:52What are the best known, unknown, I've ever known?
00:23:03Yes, ma'am.
00:23:10Mr. Rolls, are on the ceiling?
00:23:11I'm not sure, but that fine dog, Mr. Tracy.
00:23:14Who is Mr. Owen?
00:23:16He owns the place.
00:23:17I ran into him last night.
00:23:19All right.
00:23:19Stop being so mysterious and tell me why we're here.
00:23:22I'll let you know as soon as I find out myself.
00:23:25Mrs. Tracy asked me about your father.
00:23:27He did.
00:23:30All right.
00:23:36Good evening, Mr. Tracy.
00:23:37I'm Judith Owen.
00:23:38You were asking about my father?
00:23:40Why, yes.
00:23:41Oh, this is Mrs.
00:23:42How do you do?
00:23:42I'm so happy to know you, too.
00:23:45I've been away for a few days.
00:23:46When I came home this morning, my father told me about your visit to the house last night.
00:23:50Your father has good nerves.
00:23:52That experience would have terrified a lot of people.
00:23:54Well, he took it right in stride.
00:23:57I'm certainly glad you were there.
00:23:59But do you think it was entirely an accident that the killer ran through our house?
00:24:03That's what I've been asking myself.
00:24:06Where's your father now, Mrs. Owens?
00:24:09Uh, he's not here tonight.
00:24:11Is he at home?
00:24:12No.
00:24:13No, and right after he left, I saw a man walking through our garden.
00:24:17And I was frightened, so I jumped in my car as quickly as possible and came right to the club.
00:24:22Would you let me have the key to your house?
00:24:24Well, yes, of course.
00:24:26Darling, I'm terribly sorry.
00:24:27Do you mind waiting?
00:24:27Oh, no, you're not going to leave me here.
00:24:40You're staying in the car, Fitz.
00:24:42Not me.
00:24:42I'd feel safer with you.
00:24:44I don't expect to find anyone around here now.
00:24:47I got her key so I could make a thorough search of the house while they're both out.
00:24:50Well, then I'll help you.
00:25:02Don't worry about being polite.
00:25:04You go first.
00:25:19There's nothing wrong.
00:25:21Must be the fuse.
00:25:23Let's take a look at the master switch.
00:25:25You take a look.
00:25:26I'm staying right here.
00:25:34Dick.
00:25:40Dick.
00:25:45Dick.
00:25:52Dick.
00:25:53Dick.
00:25:55Dick.
00:25:58Dick.
00:26:02Dick.
00:26:06Dick.
00:26:09Dick.
00:26:10Dick.
00:26:10Dick.
00:26:14Dick.
00:26:15Dick.
00:26:15Dick.
00:26:16Dick.
00:26:17Dick.
00:26:48Mall headquarters and tell them where we are.
00:27:17Mall headquarters and tell them where we are.
00:27:48Who are you in? What are you doing up here?
00:27:50I? Oh, I am Professor Linwood J. Starling, astrologist, doctor of the occult sciences.
00:27:57How long have you been up here?
00:27:58Time and space are beyond human conception.
00:28:01Cut out the double talk. I'm from police headquarters.
00:28:02Obviously. Well, I've been here since darkness fell, meditating, communing with my soul, studying the course of the stars.
00:28:33Let's go.
00:28:41Sagittarius.
00:28:46I suppose you'd like to prowl around a bit.
00:28:48Any objections?
00:28:50None. Being a doctor of the mystic sciences, I'm used to the persecutions of the police.
00:28:54I'll bet you out of that.
00:28:56While you're amusing yourself, you won't mind if I return to my telescope.
00:28:59Oh, now the stars will be there a long time and I may be only a few minutes.
00:29:03And I might want to chat if I find something interesting.
00:29:06Have a chat.
00:29:08Over here.
00:29:09It's more centrally located.
00:29:12And you can keep an eye on me.
00:29:21Stupid fools, the police.
00:29:23If they had my knowledge of the occult and this crystal ball, there'd be no need of detectives.
00:29:28In it, I can see anything.
00:29:30And there wouldn't be any crooks either.
00:29:32Because you could look in there and foresee what's at the end of the line for them.
00:29:35Might discourage them.
00:29:46Blood drips from two.
00:29:53So you didn't see anybody cross the roof.
00:29:56Maybe you ought to take another look at that crystal ball.
00:29:59Blood drips from two.
00:30:02What?
00:30:03Blood drips from two knives.
00:30:07But there will be twelve more.
00:30:10Fourteen people.
00:30:12Men and women.
00:30:15Rich and poor.
00:30:17I see fourteen people.
00:30:20And all of them are dying.
00:30:22Yes.
00:30:24When the last of the fourteen is dead, the cycle will be complete.
00:30:30But now...
00:30:32Now I see a fifteen.
00:30:36He is...
00:30:46Well, mow me down.
00:30:48He's having his fortune told.
00:30:51Well, whatever we were doing, it's over now.
00:30:53What do you mean?
00:30:53Professor here was telling me some very interesting things when you crashed in and snapped him out of it.
00:30:57I don't believe it.
00:30:58I couldn't have told you anything.
00:31:00I don't even know what you're looking for.
00:31:02This is one of the things I'm looking for.
00:31:05And I found it without the help of your crystal ball.
00:31:07Under your mattress.
00:31:09You probably also put it there.
00:31:11The man I chased across your roof put it there.
00:31:14Well, I...
00:31:15I don't know anything about it.
00:31:17I never saw it before.
00:31:18Maybe if we take him down to headquarters and put him in another trance, it'll refresh his memory.
00:31:23Just a minute.
00:31:26You boys better stay around until we send somebody up to fix the lock on his door.
00:31:29Right.
00:31:40This is Professor Starling, Tess.
00:31:42Take a good look and tell me if you ever saw him before.
00:31:48Of course you've never seen me before.
00:31:51Have you?
00:31:52Tess.
00:31:54Look at me, Tess.
00:31:55Are you sure you never saw him before?
00:32:00I'm positive.
00:32:02Take him to headquarters.
00:32:04Have this checked by the medical examiner.
00:32:06We want to know if it's the weapon that killed Miss Stafford and Thomas.
00:32:08Okay, see you later.
00:32:10Let's go, Professor.
00:32:21Do you feel all right?
00:32:23Of course.
00:32:24Why?
00:32:24You acted like you were hypnotized.
00:32:26Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:32:28Say, who was that man, anyway?
00:32:30The professor?
00:32:31Uh-huh.
00:32:31He's a doctor of the mystic sciences and a darn good hypnotist.
00:32:36Well, do you think he's split-face?
00:32:38You're the one to answer that.
00:32:40You saw split-face in Owens' hallway.
00:32:42Oh, but that horrible, scarred face...
00:32:44I'll just count that.
00:32:45It could be a trick makeup job.
00:32:47Oh, well then, Owens, too, could be split-face.
00:32:50Exactly.
00:32:51And we're going right back to the Paradise Club.
00:32:53What for?
00:32:54I'm going to make Judith Holmes producer father so you can get a look at him, too.
00:33:14You can bring our dinner now.
00:33:16Dinner?
00:33:16We are getting ready to close.
00:33:18Everybody in the kitchen has gone home, but I can bring you some coffee, if you wish.
00:33:23Let's have some.
00:33:26I'm so glad you're back.
00:33:28I've been trying to reach you at headquarters.
00:33:29Did you see anyone at the house tonight?
00:33:31Yes, but they saw us first.
00:33:32They got away.
00:33:33Oh, I'm so worried.
00:33:36I don't understand what's going on.
00:33:37Now Dad has disappeared.
00:33:39What makes you think so?
00:33:40Well, he hasn't come in all evening, and he's now at the house.
00:33:44Where was he supposed to go when he went out tonight?
00:33:47Dad likes to gamble.
00:33:49Yes, he has a club uptown and an apartment.
00:33:53I suppose he was there last night, too?
00:33:56Maybe we should drop over there.
00:33:57Oh, no, no.
00:33:58No, it wouldn't do any good.
00:33:59He left there at nine o'clock to come here.
00:34:01That's what worries me.
00:34:03Well, remember to give me the address.
00:34:05I may look in there later anyway.
00:34:09Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll go with you.
00:34:13My nose would stand a little partly, too.
00:34:16Oh, but I was going to make a telephone call.
00:34:18Did you think of someplace else your father might be?
00:34:20No, no.
00:34:21I was going to call some friends and make arrangements to stay the night with him until I heard from
00:34:27Dad.
00:34:27Until we know who Splitface is, you wouldn't be safe even with friends.
00:34:31Anyway, it won't be necessary to make a call because I'm taking you with me.
00:34:34I'm under arrest?
00:34:35Let's call it protective custody.
00:34:38But jail...
00:34:39I didn't say anything about jail.
00:34:42Where, then?
00:34:42Maybe I can take you home with me.
00:34:45Well, how cozy.
00:34:47I've got a housekeeper who's also a good cook.
00:34:50And we'd better be going.
00:34:51Yes, because we'll have to stop by my place long enough for me to pack a bag.
00:34:54Pack a bag?
00:34:55You going someplace?
00:34:56Mm-hmm.
00:34:57I've had a hankering for some of Mrs. Carraway's good cooking.
00:35:00Besides, I wouldn't want Miss Owens to be lonesome.
00:35:12Well, I've looked through all the books, and I can't find a picture of the man that jumped out of
00:35:16Owens' closet.
00:35:17Forget it, page one of volume one, and go through them again.
00:35:20You'll have to stop and study each picture.
00:35:22I did.
00:35:22But you can't expect to find a picture that looks exactly as he did last night.
00:35:26We might have one that was taken before he got that scar.
00:35:31He just had a call from the mayor.
00:35:33He says he doesn't remember ever meeting Stafford or Thomas,
00:35:35and only knows Steve Owens vaguely as being a nightclub operator.
00:35:39You know, I think Owens is split-faced.
00:35:41Didn't Dick show you a picture of him?
00:35:42No, for the simple reason that there aren't any.
00:35:44Owens' daughter says he has an aversion to having pictures taken.
00:35:48I believe it's bad luck.
00:35:49Strange his disappearing right after split-face jumped you in his house.
00:35:52It's strange how well his daughter's holding up.
00:35:55After all, she admits that he might be murdered.
00:35:59Hey, look.
00:36:00I found a surgical supply dealer who admits selling three of these to an undertaker on Pine Street.
00:36:05What would an undertaker want with a surgical instrument?
00:36:07They use them for post-mortems.
00:36:09We'd better both go right out there.
00:36:11You stay with the pictures, Tess.
00:36:31Business seems to be quiet.
00:36:34He can't be getting any split-face for customers.
00:36:37Hey, maybe he's split-face.
00:36:39Good afternoon.
00:36:41May I help you?
00:36:42Well, from the homicide squad.
00:36:43Oh.
00:36:44I'm sure there have been no irregularities.
00:36:46I have burial certificates for all right.
00:36:48I just want you to take a look at this.
00:36:50A dealer says it's one of three.
00:36:52He sold you recently.
00:36:53Yes.
00:36:54Yes, I believe it is.
00:36:56Strange.
00:36:57They all disappeared, so now I bought them.
00:36:59Do you think one of your employees stole them?
00:37:01No.
00:37:02No, I have a small establishment, and I do most of the work myself.
00:37:05Where did you keep the knives?
00:37:06I'll show you.
00:37:09I have as fine a collection of caskets as there is in the city.
00:37:12Well, congratulations.
00:37:20I do most of my work in here at night.
00:37:23And this door is frequently left open?
00:37:25Oh, yes.
00:37:26And I suppose if the telephone rings, you have to go into the front office to answer.
00:37:29Is that right?
00:37:30Yes.
00:37:31That would make it pretty easy for anyone to wait until you were called to the front office
00:37:34and slip in and steal the knives.
00:37:36Yes.
00:37:36Yes, it would.
00:37:37Now, this is where I kept the knives.
00:37:40Careless of me, perhaps, but one doesn't expect thieves in a place like this.
00:37:44It is a strange place for a murderer to come for a weapon.
00:37:47A murderer?
00:37:48Oh, dear me, I am sorry.
00:37:51Did you ever know a man who calls himself Splitface?
00:37:53No.
00:37:54I can't believe Splitface would come here only to obtain a weapon.
00:37:58What do you mean?
00:37:59Maybe you were number one on his list.
00:38:01And some lucky accident frightened him away when he came to kill you.
00:38:04Wait a minute.
00:38:06What about Professor Starling?
00:38:08Do you know him?
00:38:09Oh, never.
00:38:10I read in the papers that one of the knives was found in his room.
00:38:14Isn't he the murderer?
00:38:16I don't know.
00:38:19Goodbye, Mr. Dethwitch.
00:38:26I shall not speak except on a vice of counsel.
00:38:31I hope you boys haven't been annoying it, Professor.
00:38:34The shoe's on the other foot.
00:38:35He's got me ready to confess to anything.
00:38:37How long have they been questioning you?
00:38:40Time and space are beyond human conception.
00:38:44Leave him with me for a while.
00:38:45Right.
00:38:45Okay.
00:38:49Relax, Professor Starling.
00:38:53Those fellas, meanwhile, they just get too enthusiastic.
00:38:58Might as well relax.
00:39:03Bet you and I play a word game.
00:39:08We'll get our minds off this for a minute.
00:39:11Don't class me with the morons who usually fall into your net.
00:39:15I know all about your word games.
00:39:17You've told us the truth.
00:39:18The word can't trip you.
00:39:20Come on, Professor.
00:39:21Two minutes of play and I promise you won't be bothered for the rest of the day.
00:39:24Go ahead if you think it'll get you anything.
00:39:26I'll say a word then you speak the first word that comes into your mind.
00:39:30Light.
00:39:30Dark.
00:39:31Fish.
00:39:32Water.
00:39:32Snake.
00:39:33Grass.
00:39:33Hot.
00:39:34Cold.
00:39:34Table.
00:39:35Chair.
00:39:35Knife.
00:39:37Knife.
00:39:38Surgeon.
00:39:39Blood.
00:39:40Stain.
00:39:40Extortion.
00:39:42Letter.
00:39:43Men.
00:39:44Women.
00:39:45Death Ridge.
00:39:47Death Ridge.
00:39:49There's no such word.
00:39:51What does it suggest?
00:39:54Nothing.
00:39:56Thanks ever so much, Professor.
00:39:58You've helped me more than you realize.
00:40:01Take care of the Professor.
00:40:02And leave orders he's not to be disturbed again today.
00:40:04Right.
00:40:15I'm getting groggy, Dick.
00:40:16I've been through these books a half a dozen times.
00:40:18Then skip it.
00:40:19As soon as I've had a word with Pop, we'll go out to the house for dinner.
00:40:25Hello, Pip.
00:40:26Hello.
00:40:27What did you get out of it, Pat?
00:40:29Well, he tripped over the critical words like knife, extortion, Death Ridge.
00:40:33I think he knows our undertaking friend.
00:40:35At least by name.
00:40:36Anyway, I'm going to bring him face to face.
00:40:38Do you want me to bring Death Ridge down here?
00:40:40Yes.
00:40:41But we'll let the Professor worry for an hour or so first.
00:40:43Get something to eat.
00:40:45Then pick up Death Ridge.
00:40:46Call me at the house as soon as you have him.
00:40:48Okay.
00:40:48See you later, sis.
00:40:49Bye.
00:41:02Nobody's coming around here without me knowing it.
00:41:04Well, good work, Junior.
00:41:05What have you got to report?
00:41:06No strangers called today.
00:41:08Miss Owens didn't go out.
00:41:21Hello there.
00:41:23Everything all right?
00:41:23No.
00:41:24No?
00:41:25Better run around and wash up for dinner.
00:41:27Okay.
00:41:27I'm a prisoner here and you know it.
00:41:29A prisoner?
00:41:30Well, look at me.
00:41:31What's wrong?
00:41:32I have no clothes.
00:41:33You know, I just can't go out in an evening gown in the daytime.
00:41:36You were going to take me home after lunch so I could pack some dresses.
00:41:39I'm sorry.
00:41:40We'll go over there this evening.
00:41:42I don't want to go there at night.
00:41:43Then we'll go in the morning.
00:41:44I have nothing to wear in the morning.
00:41:47Dinner's ready.
00:41:52Anything wrong between you and your guest?
00:41:55No.
00:41:56Too bad.
00:41:57I'll see if I can't stir up something.
00:41:59Let's get dinner.
00:42:02I've changed my mind.
00:42:03I'd like to go home and get my clothes now if you'll go with me.
00:42:06Right away.
00:42:08Fourteen.
00:42:09What comes in groups of fourteen?
00:42:11What in the world are you talking about?
00:42:13The professor.
00:42:14I'm thinking about his cycle of fourteen.
00:42:17Men and women.
00:42:18Rich and poor.
00:42:19All dying.
00:42:20Oh, well.
00:42:21That could be most anything.
00:42:22From a family dinner to two poker games.
00:42:29Dick Trace's residence.
00:42:31Oh, yes, Chief.
00:42:32Chief Brandon.
00:42:33Thanks.
00:42:34Hello, Chief.
00:42:35We still haven't heard anything from Pat.
00:42:37And Deathridge doesn't answer his phone.
00:42:38I'll run right over there.
00:42:41Right away.
00:42:45I'll have to run downtown, but I won't be long.
00:42:47What about my clothes?
00:42:48We'll get them later.
00:42:51Can I go with you, Dick?
00:42:53I'm depending on you to watch things here.
00:43:00Come on.
00:43:10Come on, littletimer.
00:43:15Here we soon.
00:43:15Let's go.
00:43:16Come on, her.
00:43:19Come on, Mr.
00:43:34THE END
00:43:57THE END
00:44:28Somebody slugged me from behind
00:44:37Pat said you were on the way to the office
00:44:40Detheridge dead, huh?
00:44:41Yeah
00:44:42I came down to get the professor
00:44:43I want to take him out there and show him Detheridge
00:44:47Although this sure gives an airtight alibi
00:44:49Not quite
00:44:51What?
00:44:52The professor was released on a writ of habeas corpus
00:44:54When?
00:44:55An hour or so ago
00:44:56That's why I wanted to see you tonight
00:45:02The END
00:45:13The END
00:45:23The END
00:45:46Darling
00:45:56What do you want?
00:45:58I'm up here
00:46:00But I...
00:46:01I...
00:46:02Come on up
00:46:25You shouldn't have come back here
00:46:27I've been in jail for 24 hours
00:46:29I know that, you fool
00:46:30I sent the lawyer to got you out
00:46:32Oh
00:46:33Well
00:46:34Why did you want to get me out?
00:46:36I wanted you out before you talked anymore
00:46:39Fourteen will die, you say
00:46:40But you're wrong
00:46:42Fifteen will die
00:46:43Fifteen?
00:46:44What do you mean?
00:46:45I...
00:46:45Fifteen
00:46:46Because I can't take a chance on you any longer
00:46:48All those years
00:46:49Thinking
00:46:50Thinking of nothing except paying him back
00:46:52Getting even
00:46:53Do you think I'm going to let you stop me?
00:46:55I'm not trying to stop you
00:46:56What have I done to stop you?
00:46:57I know about those rotten letters you've been writing
00:46:59I didn't care
00:47:01Until he brought the cops to your door
00:47:02I admit that I wrote them
00:47:03But it was an easy way to get the money
00:47:05And it didn't hurt you any
00:47:05Not as long as you were going to kill them anyway
00:47:07I'll give you half the money
00:47:08I got a thousand from Thomas
00:47:09And now there's Detheridge
00:47:10He'll pay
00:47:11Now there isn't Detheridge
00:47:18I paid him a visit tonight
00:47:20Funny
00:47:21When you saw me
00:47:23He looked just like you look now
00:47:25No
00:47:26No, don't
00:47:27Don't be frightened
00:47:29This knife is very sharp
00:47:31It won't hurt
00:47:33I like when I got this face
00:47:35It wasn't done so nice
00:47:37Besides
00:47:39People won't have to look at you
00:47:40And turn sick at the sight of you
00:47:42No, it's no good killing me
00:47:43She saw you
00:47:44She knows you
00:47:44She'll identify you
00:48:04You're going fast
00:48:05And there's nothing anybody can do
00:48:08Who's Splittance?
00:48:09Talk, Professor
00:48:10Who is he?
00:48:11Why did he want to kill you?
00:48:34See the middle line
00:48:35Right
00:48:38Thank you for coming down
00:48:39You know
00:48:40Listen, Tracy
00:48:40What's all this nonsense
00:48:42About me telling you
00:48:43Who Splittface is?
00:48:44I'll come to that
00:48:44In just a moment
00:48:45The Professor was the extortionist
00:48:47True enough
00:48:48It totals a thousand dollars
00:48:49And it's made up
00:48:50Of the exact number
00:48:51Of fives, tens, and twenties
00:48:52That Wilbur Thomas
00:48:53Drew from the bank
00:48:54The Professor and Splittface
00:48:55Were partners?
00:48:56I doubt it
00:48:56But the Professor
00:48:57New Splittface
00:48:58May be from prison
00:48:59And he was wise to her
00:49:01He saw a chance
00:49:02To pick up some money
00:49:03Well, what's all this got to do
00:49:04With me telling you
00:49:05Who Splittface is?
00:49:07The Professor said
00:49:08That fourteen people
00:49:09Men and women
00:49:10Rich and poor
00:49:11Were marked for murder
00:49:12Did he make any statement
00:49:13Before he died?
00:49:15That fourteen people
00:49:16In such varied
00:49:17Financial circumstances
00:49:18And of both sexes
00:49:19Would have to become
00:49:21Associated in only one place
00:49:22That I can think of
00:49:24That would be a jury box
00:49:26Twelve jurors
00:49:27And two alternates
00:49:28Did you ever serve
00:49:29On a jury
00:49:29In a criminal trial
00:49:30Your Honor?
00:49:31Well, yes
00:49:33Can you remember
00:49:34The year you served
00:49:35As a juror?
00:49:36Well, I was in
00:49:36The grocery business
00:49:37Now, let me think
00:49:38It was the year
00:49:39We moved from Larchmont
00:49:40To...
00:49:41Can you remember
00:49:41Who was being tried?
00:49:42Well, I recall
00:49:43The case perfectly
00:49:44The defendant
00:49:46Was a criminal
00:49:46He stabbed
00:49:47His sweetheart to death
00:49:48That sounds like
00:49:49The Alexis Banning case
00:49:51Now it all
00:49:52Comes back to me
00:49:53Alexis Banning
00:49:54Is the name
00:49:54He was crazy then
00:49:56Why?
00:49:56When we brought in
00:49:57The verdict
00:49:58He screamed
00:49:58He'd kill us all
00:50:02Put out a general alarm
00:50:04For Alexis Banning
00:50:04He is split face
00:50:35Well, after that
00:50:36There should be no objection
00:50:37To my leaving
00:50:38This charming little jail
00:50:39People are asked
00:50:40To be on the lookout
00:50:40No, I'm sure
00:50:41It'll be all right
00:50:43Only if your father
00:50:44Decides to come out
00:50:45Of hiding
00:50:45It would be nice
00:50:46If he'd get in touch
00:50:47With Mr. Tracy
00:50:50Well, good night
00:50:51Good night
00:50:52I've got a phone, Dick
00:50:53I'll talk to him
00:50:54I want a report
00:50:55On his house guest
00:50:56Okay
00:50:57If you want me
00:50:58I'll be up in the lab
00:50:59I'm checking some fingerprints
00:51:00On Billy Brown's piggy bank
00:51:02Looks like we got
00:51:03His old man red-handed
00:51:04This time
00:51:11Mr. Tracy, please
00:51:14Hello, Dick
00:51:16This is Ted
00:51:18Oh, you guessed that, huh?
00:51:22Hey, Ted
00:51:24Ted
00:51:25What's the matter?
00:51:26This is split face, Tracy
00:51:28Split face, you here
00:51:29Call off your cops
00:51:30And quit trying to interfere
00:51:31If you ever want to see
00:51:32A girl alive again
00:51:41Help!
00:51:43Help!
00:51:44Help!
00:51:45Help!
00:51:48Help!
00:51:49Help!
00:51:57Julia
00:51:58This is Caroway
00:52:00It's Tracy
00:52:01Mr. Tracy
00:52:02Ted has been kidnapped
00:52:05Yes
00:52:06Does it look like
00:52:07Junior can hang on?
00:52:08Good
00:52:10Split face back, Ted
00:52:11Come on
00:52:12I
00:52:15Calling
00:52:17Attention all cars
00:52:18Calling all cars
00:52:19Look for a black sedan
00:52:20With a ten-year-old boy
00:52:21Riding the rear bumper
00:52:42We just bought the car
00:52:43With a kid hanging on the back
00:52:45On the corner of Pine and Alden
00:53:04He headed down Alders Street
00:53:05A few minutes ago
00:53:14The kid threw this at me
00:53:15That's why I called the police
00:53:16He must have been in trouble
00:53:18Which way did the car go?
00:53:19Down Alden
00:53:19Towards the waterfront
00:53:20Thanks
00:53:21We're all right
00:53:25We're all right
00:53:39We're all right
00:53:40What
00:53:42Do you guys
00:53:50There's not
00:53:51Come on.
00:54:24Come on.
00:54:51Come on.
00:55:21Say, what are you looking around here for?
00:55:23I'm not looking for anything.
00:55:25Just playing.
00:55:26I play around this old board all the time.
00:55:29Say, I know you now.
00:55:32I saw you through the window at Tracy's.
00:55:34Now you don't want to run away.
00:55:36So you hit my car and came along.
00:55:38That's fine.
00:55:40You just doubled my grip on Tracy.
00:55:45Well, town.
00:55:47I'm afraid we missed one of Junior's clues.
00:55:48I don't think so.
00:55:49There's some old abandoned docks along here.
00:55:51Maybe split by some setting for them.
00:55:53Now, if Tracy does what I say, you've got nothing to worry about.
00:55:58We'll be back in a minute.
00:55:59I warn you, don't try to get away.
00:56:05Junior, how did you get here?
00:56:06I'm on the back of the car.
00:56:08Oh, you shouldn't have.
00:56:29This looks like Junior's shoe.
00:56:30Yeah?
00:56:31Well, it could be anybody's shoe.
00:56:33Sure, but right now we're looking for a clue.
00:56:34And I'll take my chances on this being one.
00:56:36Let's go down this way.
00:56:50I moved the car just in case.
00:56:57Tracy was a fool to think he could stop me.
00:57:14I'm not sure.
00:57:15This is Junior's all right.
00:57:16Well, it looks like we still haven't reached the end of the trail.
00:57:19No sign of the car.
00:57:20It depends on whether you're looking for a car or a split fix, huh?
00:57:24I think this is the end of the trail for a split fix.
00:57:29Let's see.
00:57:30The tire tracks leading into the shed.
00:57:32Yes.
00:57:33Yes.
00:57:35Here, look.
00:57:36Come on, Dennis.
00:58:37All right.
00:59:58I'll get Tess and Junior.
00:59:59Sure.
01:00:05Yes, Chief.
01:00:06He's safely locked up.
01:00:08And photographed this time.
01:00:11No, the scar was real.
01:00:12He got it in a fight with another convict.
01:00:14Served two extra years for it.
01:00:17Right.
01:00:18Thanks.
01:00:20Good night, Chief.
01:00:22Okay, Tess, I'm through with the report.
01:00:24Let's eat.
01:00:25Eat.
01:00:26Didn't say that a moment too soon.
01:00:28I'm dying of starvation.
01:00:30Come on, Junior.
01:00:31Just entangle yourself in those guns.
01:00:34Hey, Dick.
01:00:34A taxi driver was just shot.
01:00:36And tossed out of his own cab on 18th and Main.
01:00:38I'm sorry.
01:00:39Will you take Junior home?
01:00:40Here we go again.
01:00:42Come on, Junior.
01:00:44Come on.
01:00:57Come on, Junior.
01:00:59Come on, Junior.
01:01:00Bye.
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