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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.
00:03:44We're waiting, Johnny.
00:04:27Homicide, Dick.
00:04:27You might as well talk to talk and clear yourself at the same time.
00:04:29All right, boys, clean up Johnny and send him home. Tell the chief it's okay.
00:04:33And pick up Cliff Gordon.
00:04:35Yes, sir.
00:04:36Dirty trick to playing the kid, but I knew he was innocent. That was the only way I could make
00:04:39him talk. And you gave me the idea. I must be improving.
00:04:42All the time. Hey, how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess, how about Tess?
00:04:48She must be starved. Make yourself comfortable, Tess will only be a few more minutes.
00:04:53Dick, I said, I'll talk to you.
00:05:11Hello, Dick.
00:05:12Hello, Manning. What's the dope?
00:05:14She was a schoolteacher named Dorothy Stafford.
00:05:16About 40 years old.
00:05:18Quiet, a few friends.
00:05:20Lived a couple houses down the block.
00:05:24Any treasure of the murder weapon?
00:05:25No. The 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. A 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'd 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.
00:06:05Miss Stanley?
00:06:06What'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 night.
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.
00:06:54No recent withdrawals.
00:07:02Drop the $500 in small bills and put in Speed 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.
00:07:16Nick.
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.
00:08:32Oh.
00:08:33Just a minute, Mr. Patton.
00:08:35Just a minute.
00:08:36Morning.
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.
00:08:44Tootsweet.
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.
00:08:55Hmm.
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.
00:09:03I'll see what he's up to.
00:09:14Good morning, Dick.
00:09:16Hello, 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.
00:09:27Any 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've 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 did you know I wasn't alone?
00:10:00Lipstick.
00:10:02Tess?
00:10:03Yeah.
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 in the kitchen.
00:10:14Oh, heck, you confessed too easy.
00:10:17I thought this kid should 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, Patton.
00:10:31I'll be 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, Patton.
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.
00:11:09At 11 tomorrow night, I'll be slashed to pieces.
00:11:13Split face.
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 Split face is.
00:11:20The man who killed Miss Stafford.
00:11:23Just a moment.
00:11:25Did your honor know Dorothy Stampard?
00:11:27Why, 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.
00:11:58Now, look.
00:12:00I only want one thing, and you know what that is.
00:12:03Split face.
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 visible effects.
00:12:22Think of anything more, Mustapet?
00:12:24One thing.
00:12:25Going through her personal effects in business papers, I kept coming on with the name of Wilbert Thomas.
00:12:29Who is he?
00:12:30Well, 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.
00:12:49Let's go out to his house.
00:13:12Let's see what that dog's howling about.
00:13:17There's a car out there.
00:13:24That dog is in the next yard.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:27Evidently, nobody home there, either.
00:13:46Just like the Stafford woman.
00:13:47Throat slashed, knife cuts, and face and chest.
00:13:51I'm only a couple of minutes late.
00:13:53Call headquarters.
00:13:54I want the neighborhood home.
00:13:55Right.
00:13:58Look.
00:13:59He stepped in some oil in that driveway.
00:14:01When you phone, get the car and cruise around until you spot me.
00:14:04Right.
00:14:06Let's go.
00:14:12Get him.
00:14:24Go, come on.
00:14:25Come on.
00:14:25Go, come on.
00:14:26Go, come on.
00:14:28Let's go.
00:14:28Go, come on.
00:14:55Say, does he live in this place?
00:14:56I don't know, but I think we've got him penned in here.
00:14:59Go around to the back.
00:15:00Cover the door and porch window.
00:15:10I'm from Hentwooders.
00:15:11Do you live here?
00:15:12Yes.
00:15:14My name's Owens, Steve Owens.
00:15:16I followed a man into your backyard and lost him.
00:15:18I believe he's taken refuge in your house.
00:15:20That's impossible.
00:15:22I've been home all evening.
00:15:24But come in and look around if you'd like to.
00:15:30This man slashed a schoolteacher to death.
00:15:34And committed another murder not far from here tonight.
00:15:43I guess a crazy killer like that can give you police a lot of trouble.
00:15:48You never know where or when he may get the urge to kill again.
00:15:52Let's take a look at the back.
00:15:54This way.
00:16:03I'll be right back.
00:16:27I found this window opening some bloodstains on the carpet.
00:16:31That man named Owens 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 is 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 schoolteacher 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?
00:17:26The killer.
00:17:28I'm concerned about your safety, Mr. Owens.
00:17:32My assistant.
00:17:35I think we'd better leave a police guard with you.
00:17:38I don't think that'll be necessary.
00:17:42Apparently, you had this man cornered in my backyard and he ran through the house to get away.
00:17:47He's not likely to come back.
00:17:49He's not in the house now, anyway.
00:17:59Good night, Mr. Owens.
00:18:01Good night.
00:18:04I didn't find a thing, Dick.
00:18:05No weapons, no butthings 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, Manny.
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 in him?
00:18:31Usual stuff.
00:18:32Wallet, around 50 bucks.
00:18:34Medium-priced 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 you.
00:19:02I wouldn't think I'm really forgiven unless you let me make up for it tonight.
00:19:05Tonight?
00:19:06Gee, 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.
00:19:37That doesn't sound like you, Jack.
00:19:38Pick you up at eight.
00:19:39So, I'm just a figurehead, eh?
00:19:42So 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,
00:19:58that I'm going to join Miss Stafford and Wilbert Thomas in the morgue?
00:20:01We've checked the movements of Thomas.
00:20:02Thomas is dead.
00:20:03Have 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 told the mayor about Owens.
00:20:09He wants us to arrest him.
00:20:12If we do, an attorney will 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?
00:20:52He put the package in the can, just as the note instructed.
00:20:55I don't think split faces are especially interested in the package of money.
00:20:58You mean Stafford, Thomas, and the mayor were all marked for murder,
00:21:00whether they paid or not?
00:21:01Right.
00:21:03Don't have you, Stafford got a note asking $500.
00:21:05She didn't pay it and was killed.
00:21:07Thomas got one and paid, $1,000.
00:21:10He was killed.
00:21:13Saying her crazy, there's some central idea behind it.
00:21:17Some spring that ties all these people together.
00:21:20That's encouraging.
00:21:21What 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 he made a reservation.
00:22:08No.
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, good 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.
00:22:50Good evening, Mr. Tracy.
00:22:52We're the best known, unknown.
00:22:54I've known.
00:23:02Yes, ma'am.
00:23:09Mr. Owens are on this evening?
00:23:11I'm not sure, but I'll find out, Mr. Tracy.
00:23:14Who is Mr. Owens?
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.
00:23:24Mrs. Tracy asked me about your father.
00:23:27He did.
00:23:29All right.
00:23:36Good evening, Mr. Tracy, I'm Judith Owens.
00:23:38Oh, dear.
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, but he took it right in stride.
00:23:56I'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, Ms. Owens?
00:24:09He's not here tonight.
00:24:11Is he at home?
00:24:12No.
00:24:13No, and right after he left, 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.
00:24:25Darling, I'm terribly sorry.
00:24:26Do you mind waiting?
00:24:27Oh, no.
00:24:28You're not going to leave me here.
00:24:40You're staying at the car, Fitz.
00:24:42Not me.
00:24:43I'd feel safer with you.
00:24:44I don't expect to find anyone around here now.
00:24:46I 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.
00:25:03Don't worry about being polite.
00:25:04You go first.
00:25:19There's nothing wrong.
00:25:21It must 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.
00:25:46Dick.
00:25:59Dick.
00:26:47All the headquarters will tell them where we are.
00:26:51I've got to go.
00:26:56Mall headquarters and tell them where we are.
00:27:19Oh, my God.
00:27:48Oh, my God.
00:27:48What are you doing up here?
00:27:49I?
00:27:50Oh.
00:27:52I 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.
00:28:00Cut out the double talk.
00:28:01I'm from police headquarters.
00:28:03Obviously.
00:28:04Well, I've been here since darkness fell, meditating, communing with my soul, studying the course of the stars.
00:28:17Sagittarius.
00:28:20Did you see anyone cross this roof a moment ago?
00:28:22No.
00:28:23Oh, but I wouldn't have unless he flashed momentarily across the section of the heavens at which I was looking.
00:28:28You see, I'm a man who knows how to concentrate.
00:28:32Where do you live?
00:28:33All right.
00:28:34Go ahead.
00:28:34Let's have a look at it.
00:28:40Go ahead.
00:28:46I suppose you'd like to prowl around a bit.
00:28:48Any objections?
00:28:49None.
00:28:50Being a doctor of the mystic sciences, I'm used to the persecutions of the police.
00:28:54I'll bet you out of that.
00:28:56While you're amusing yourself, you won't mind if I return to my telescope.
00:28:59Oh, now the stars will be there a long time and I may be only a few minutes.
00:29:03And 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.
00:29:20Stupid 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.
00:29:47Blood drips from two.
00:29:59Blood drips from two knives.
00:30:06But 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.
00:30:23Yes.
00:30:24When the last of the fourteen is dead, the cycle will be complete.
00:30:30But now.
00:30:32Now I see a fifteen.
00:30:36He is.
00:30:38He is.
00:30:46Well, mow me down.
00:30:48He's having his fortune told.
00:30:50Well, 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.
00:31:04And 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 route put it there.
00:31:14Well, I 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, have you?
00:31:52Tess.
00:31:54Look at me, Tess.
00:31:56Are you sure you never saw him before?
00:32:00I'm positive.
00:32:02Take him to headquarters.
00:32:04Have this checked by the medical examiner.
00:32:06We want to know if it's the weapon that killed Miss Stafford and Thomas.
00:32:08Okay, see you later.
00:32:09Let'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?
00:32:30The professor?
00:32:31Uh-huh.
00:32:32He's a doctor of the mystic sciences and a darn good hypnotist.
00:32:36Well, do you think he's split face?
00:32:38You're the one to answer that.
00:32:40You saw split face in Owens' hallway.
00:32:42Oh, but that horrible scarred face...
00:32:44Discount that.
00:32:45It could be a trick makeup job.
00:32:47Oh, well then Owens too could be split face.
00:32:50Exactly.
00:32:51And we're going right back to the Paradise Club.
00:32:53What for?
00:32:54I'm going to make Judith Owens' producer farther 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.
00:33:20But I can bring you some coffee, if you wish.
00:33:22Let's have some.
00:33:26I'm so glad you're back.
00:33:27I've been trying to reach you at headquarters.
00:33:29Did you see anyone at the house tonight?
00:33:31Yes.
00:33:31But they saw us first.
00:33:32They got away.
00:33:33Oh.
00:33:34I'm so worried.
00:33:35I don't understand what's going on.
00:33:38Now Dad has disappeared.
00:33:39What makes you think so?
00:33:40Well, he hasn't come in all evening and he's not at the house.
00:33:43Where was he supposed to go when he went out tonight?
00:33:46Dad likes to gamble.
00:33:49Yes, he has a club uptown and an apartment.
00:33:53I suppose he was there last night too?
00:33:55Maybe we should drop over there.
00:33:57Oh, no.
00:33:57No.
00:33:58No, it wouldn't do any good.
00:33:59He left there at 9 o'clock to come here.
00:34:01That's what worries me.
00:34:02Well, 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 them until I heard from
00:34:27Dad.
00:34:27Until we know who split face 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.
00:34:41Where 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.
00:34:49And 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.
00:35:21I 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.
00:35:31I 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.
00:35:38You 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.
00:35:48At least 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, I found a surgical supply dealer
00:36:02who 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, I'm sure there have been no irregularities.
00:36:46I have burial certificates for all.
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.
00:36:58So now, after I bought them.
00:36:59Do you think one of your employees stole them?
00:37:01No, no.
00:37:02I have a small establishment,
00:37:03and I do most of the work myself.
00:37:05Where did you keep the knives?
00:37:06I'll show you.
00:37:09I 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 locked open?
00:37:25Oh, yes.
00:37:26And I suppose if the telephone rings,
00:37:28you have to go into the front office to answer that, right?
00:37:29Yes.
00:37:31That would make it pretty easy for anyone to wait
00:37:33until you were called to the front office
00:37:34and slip in and steal the knives.
00:37:36Yes.
00:37:36Yes, it would.
00:37:37Now, this is where I kept the knives.
00:37:40Careless of me, perhaps,
00:37:41but one doesn't expect thieves in a place like this.
00:37:44It is a strange place for a murderer to come for a weapon.
00:37:47A murderer?
00:37:48Oh, dear me, I am sorry.
00:37:50Did 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.
00:37:57What do you mean?
00:37:59Maybe you were number one on his list.
00:38:01And some lucky accident frightened him away
00:38:03when he came to kill you.
00:38:04Wait a minute.
00:38:05What 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
00:38:12was found in his room.
00:38:14Isn't he the murderer?
00:38:16I don't know.
00:38:19Goodbye, Mr. Dethrode.
00:38:26I shall not speak except on a vice of counsel.
00:38:31I hope you boys haven't been annoyed at 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.
00:38:44Keep him with me for a while.
00:38:45Right.
00:38:45Okay.
00:38:49Relax, Professor Starling.
00:38:52Those fellows, meanwhile, they just get too enthusiastic.
00:38:58Might as well relax.
00:39:03Let 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
00:39:12who usually fall into your net.
00:39:14I 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
00:39:22and I promise you won't be bothered
00:39:23for the rest of the day.
00:39:24Go ahead if you think it'll get you anything.
00:39:27I'll say a word then you speak.
00:39:28The first word that comes into your mind.
00:39:30Light.
00:39:30Dark.
00:39:31Fish.
00:39:32Water.
00:39:32Snake.
00:39:33Grass.
00:39:34Cold.
00:39:34Table.
00:39:35Chair.
00:39:35Knife.
00:39:37Knife.
00:39:38Surgeon.
00:39:39Blood.
00:39:39Stain.
00:39:40Extortion.
00:39:42Letter.
00:39:43Men.
00:39:44Women.
00:39:45Deathridge.
00:39:48Deathridge.
00:39:49There's no such word.
00:39:51What does it suggest?
00:39:54Nothing.
00:39:55Thanks 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 Pat,
00:40:21we'll go out to the house for dinner.
00:40:25Hello, Dick.
00:40:26Hello.
00:40:27What did you get out of it, Pat?
00:40:28Well, he tripped over the critical words like knife, extortion,
00:40:32Deathridge.
00:40:33I think he knows our undertaking friend.
00:40:35At least by name.
00:40:36Anyway, I'm going to bring them face to face.
00:40:38Do you want me to bring Deathridge down here?
00:40:40Yes.
00:40:41But we'll let the Professor worry for an hour or so first.
00:40:43Get something to eat.
00:40:44Then pick up Deathridge.
00:40:46Call me at the house as soon as you have him.
00:40:47Okay?
00:40:48See you later, Dick.
00:40:49Bye.
00:40:50Bye.
00:40:55Bye.
00:40:57Bye.
00:41:02Bye.
00:41:02Nobody's coming around here without me knowing it.
00:41:04Oh, good work, Junior.
00:41:05What have you got to report?
00:41:06No strangers called today?
00:41:07Or Miss Owens didn't go out.
00:41:21Hello there.
00:41:22Everything all right?
00:41:23No.
00:41:24No?
00:41:25Better run along 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.
00:41:41I don't want to go there at night.
00:41:43Then we'll go in the morning.
00:41:45I have nothing to wear in the morning.
00:41:47Dinner's ready.
00:41:52Anything wrong between you and your guest?
00:41:55No.
00:41:56Too bad.
00:41:57I'll see if I can't stir up something.
00:41:59Let's get dinner.
00:42:01I've changed my mind.
00:42:03I'd like to go home and get my clothes now, or 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 Tracy'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 Death Reef doesn't answer his phone.
00:42:38I'll run right over there.
00:42:41Right away.
00:42:45I'll have to run downtown, but I won't be long.
00:42:47What about my clothes?
00:42:48We'll get them later.
00:42:51Can I go with you, Dick?
00:42:53I'm depending on you to watch things here.
00:42:55All right.
00:43:33I'll be right back.
00:44:24I'll be right back.
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.
00:44:44I want to take him out there and show him Detheridge.
00:44:47Although this sure gives an airtight alibi.
00:44:49I'm sorry.
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.
00:44:57Good night.
00:44:58All right.
00:45:26All right.
00:45:46Darling!
00:45:56What are you waiting for?
00:45:58I'm up here.
00:46:00But I... I...
00:46:02Come on up.
00:46:24You 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 and I got you out.
00:46:32Oh.
00:46:34Well, why did you want to get me out?
00:46:36I wanted you out before you talked anymore.
00:46:39Fourteen will die, you said.
00:46:40But you're wrong.
00:46:42Fifteen will die.
00:46:43Fifteen?
00:46:44What do you mean?
00:46:45Fifteen.
00:46:46Because I can't take a chance on you any longer.
00:46:48All those years, thinking.
00:46:50Thinking of nothing except paying them back.
00:46:52Getting even.
00:46:53Do you think I'm going to let you stop me?
00:46:55I'm not trying to stop you.
00:46:56What have I done to stop you?
00:46:57I know about those rotten letters you've been writing.
00:46:59I didn't care.
00:47:01Until they brought the cops to your door.
00:47:02I admit that I wrote them.
00:47:03But it was an easy way to get the money.
00:47:05And it didn't hurt you any.
00:47:05Not as long as you were going to kill them anyway.
00:47:07I'll give you half the money.
00:47:08I got a thousand from Thomas.
00:47:09And now there's Detheridge.
00:47:10He'll pay.
00:47:18I paid him a visit tonight.
00:47:20Funny.
00:47:21When you saw me, he looked just like you look now.
00:47:26No.
00:47:26No, don't.
00:47:28Don't be frightened.
00:47:29This knife is very sharp.
00:47:31It won't hurt.
00:47:33I liked when I got this face.
00:47:35It wasn't done so nice.
00:47:39Besides, people won't have to look at you.
00:47:40And turn sick at the sight of you.
00:47:42No.
00:47:42It'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.
00:48:07Who is Blue Space?
00:48:10Professor, who is he?
00:48:11Why did he want to kill you?
00:48:33You see, the man's alive, right?
00:48:38Thank you for coming down, your Honor.
00:48:40Listen, Tracy, what's all this nonsense about me telling you who Splitface is?
00:48:44I'll come to that one of you.
00:48:44in just a moment. The professor was the extortionist, true enough. It totals a
00:48:48thousand dollars and it's made up of the exact number of fives, tens, and twenties
00:48:52that Wilbur Thomas drew from the bank. The professor and Splitface were partners.
00:48:55I doubt it, but the professor knew Splitface, maybe from prison, and he was wise to
00:49:00him. He saw a chance to pick up some money. Well, what's all this got to do with me
00:49:04telling you who Splitface is? The professor said that 14 people, men and
00:49:09women, rich and poor, were marked for murder. Did he make any statement before he died?
00:49:14But 14 people, in such varied financial circumstances, and of both sexes, would
00:49:20have to become associated in only one place that I can think of. That would be a
00:49:25jury box. Twelve jurors and two alternates. Did you ever serve on a jury in a criminal
00:49:30trial, Your Honor? Well, yes. Can you remember the year you served as a juror? Well, I was in the
00:49:36grocery business. Now, let me think. It was the year removed from Larchmont to... Can you remember who was being
00:49:41tried?
00:49:42Well, I recall the case perfectly. The defendant was a criminal. He stabbed his
00:49:47sweetheart to death. That sounds like the Alexis Banning case. Now it all comes back
00:49:52to me. Alexis Banning is the name. He was crazy then. Why? When we brought in the
00:49:57verdict, he screamed he'd kill us all.
00:50:02Put out a general alarm for Alexis Banning. He is split face.
00:50:26We interrupt this program for a special news bulletin. The police have identified the maniac killer who has been terrorizing
00:50:32the city. He is Alexis Banning, alias split face.
00:50:35Well, after that, there should be no objection to my leaving this charming little jail.
00:50:39People are asked to be on the lookout.
00:50:40No, I'm sure it'll be all right. Only if your father decides to come out of hiding, it would be
00:50:45nice if he'd get in touch with Mr. Tracy.
00:50:49Well, good night. Good night. Good night. I've got a phone, Dick. I'll talk to him. I want to report
00:50:55on his house guest.
00:50:56Okay. If you want me, I'll be up in the lab. I'm checking some fingerprints on Billy Brown's piggy bank.
00:51:02Looks like we got his old man red-handed this time.
00:51:11Mr. Tracy, please. Hello, Jake. This is Ted.
00:51:18Oh, you guessed that, huh?
00:51:23Hey! Ted! What's the matter?
00:51:26This is split face, Tracy. Split face to hear.
00:51:29Call off your cops and quit trying to interfere if you ever want to see a girl alive again.
00:51:42Help! Help!
00:51:58Junior, Mrs. Carraway.
00:52:00It's Tracy.
00:52:01Mr. Tracy.
00:52:02Tess has been kidnapped.
00:52:05Yes.
00:52:06Does it look like Junior can hang on?
00:52:08Good.
00:52:10Split face grab test.
00:52:11Come on.
00:52:12I...
00:52:15Calling.
00:52:16I don't know.
00:52:16Attention all cars. Calling all cars.
00:52:19Look for a black sedan with a ten-year-old boy riding the rear bumper.
00:52:42We just bought a car with a kid hanging on the back.
00:52:44On the corner of Pine and Alden.
00:53:04He headed down Alden Street a few minutes ago.
00:53:14The kid threw this at me. That'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 Elm towards the waterfront.
00:53:20Thanks.
00:53:25Hey!
00:53:32I don't want to go.
00:53:39We'll do it.
00:53:40Be fine.
00:53:40Hey!
00:53:40Hey!
00:53:40Hey!
00:53:41Hey!
00:53:41Hey!
00:53:41Hey!
00:53:42Hey!
00:53:46Come on.
00:54:33Come on.
00:54:43Come on.
00:55:19Come 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.
00:55:31I 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.
00:55:45No town.
00:55:46I'm afraid we missed one of Junior's clues.
00:55:48I don't think so.
00:55:49There's some old abandoned doxalone.
00:55:51Yeah, maybe 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.
00:56:07You shouldn't have.
00:56:29This looks like Junior's shoe.
00:56:30Yeah?
00:56:31Well, it could be anybody's shoe.
00:56:32Sure, 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.
00:57:14Well, it looks like we still haven't reached the end of the trail.
00:57:18No sign of the car.
00:57:20Depends on whether you're looking for a car or split fix.
00:57:23Huh?
00:57:24I think this is the end of the trail for split fix.
00:57:29See?
00:57:30The tire track's leading into the shed.
00:57:31Yes.
00:57:35Here, look.
00:57:36Come on, Ben.
00:57:43Come on, Ben.
00:57:48Here, let's do it.
00:57:53Come on.
00:57:57Let's do it.
00:58:02Oh, my God.
00:58:03Oh, my God.
00:58:08Come on.
00:58:36All right?
00:59:15Come on.
00:59:55Come on.
00:59:57Take choice from that.
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.
01:00:19Thanks.
01:00:20Good night, Chief.
01:00:22Okay, Tess, I'm through with the report.
01:00:24Let's eat.
01:00:25Eat.
01:00:26You didn't say that a moment too soon.
01:00:27I'm dying of starvation.
01:00:30Come on, Junior.
01:00:31Disentangle yourself in those guns.
01:00:33Hey, Dick.
01:00:34A taxi driver was just shot.
01:00:36And tossed out of his own cab on 18th and Main.
01:00:38I'm sorry.
01:00:39Will you take Junior home?
01:00:40Here we go again.
01:00:42Come on, Junior.
01:00:43Come on, Junior.
01:00:43Come on, Junior.
01:00:53Come on, Junior.
01:00:55Come on, Junior.
01:00:56Come on, Junior.
01:00:57Come on, Junior.
01:01:01Come on, Junior.
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