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The Devil Bat is a classic horror film that blends mystery, suspense, and mad science into a thrilling cinematic experience. When a brilliant but vengeful scientist creates deadly bats trained to attack anyone wearing a special perfume, a quiet town is plunged into fear and chaos. Filled with eerie atmosphere, shocking murders, and unforgettable performances, this vintage horror classic remains a favorite among fans of Golden Age cinema.
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00:02:50Oh, my friend, how a theory of glandular stimulation through electrical impulses was correct.
00:02:59A few days ago, you were as small as your companion.
00:03:05And now, look at you.
00:03:37Oh, my God.
00:03:43Oh, my God.
00:03:45I don't know.
00:04:22I don't know.
00:05:06I don't know.
00:05:24I don't know.
00:05:55I don't know.
00:06:18I don't know.
00:06:29I don't know.
00:06:51I don't know.
00:06:52I don't know.
00:07:22I bet Mary is going to announce her engagement to that young rascal, Don Morton.
00:07:27Tell her I'll be there.
00:07:30Goodbye.
00:07:31Well, it's all arranged.
00:07:32He's coming.
00:07:33He's going to be surprised when I find the special occasion to present him with this bonus check.
00:07:38$5,000.
00:07:40He's coming.
00:08:06Ah, he's going to be there.
00:08:10He's going to be there.
00:08:10And he's going to be there.
00:08:10Good. You have not forgotten. You hate this strange oriental fragrance even while you sleep. Just as you did before
00:08:24I made you big and strong.
00:08:28Now, if you detect the fragrance in the night, when you're fully awake, you will strike.
00:08:45Yes. You will strike. Don't kill.
00:08:54Well, Doc's late. I wonder if he's been called out on a case.
00:08:58Perhaps I'd better phone him.
00:09:08Now, remember, Roy, Tommy, you're not to mention anything about this Mortis for the Dot until after your father has
00:09:13presented it.
00:09:14Have you warned those two lovebirds over there?
00:09:17Perhaps I'd better.
00:09:21I want to caution both of you.
00:09:23Enough to say a word about the check.
00:09:25Until you're ready to spring it on him.
00:09:27Your father will make the presentation, Mary.
00:09:28Why don't you unveil it like a statue? Then we could all be in on it.
00:09:33You know, I think it would be a better idea to put it in a bottle and launch him with
00:09:36it.
00:09:36You must have gotten that idea out of a bottle.
00:09:39Well, the Doc isn't coming.
00:09:42What?
00:09:42Oh, what a shame.
00:09:44Oh, he just got busy with his new formula and forgot all about us.
00:09:47He'd forget the formula if he knew about that $5,000 check.
00:09:50Well, why don't we all go up there and give it to him?
00:09:52No, no, I wouldn't do that. He doesn't like visits when he's experimenting.
00:09:56Well, Roy, I can take the check up to him.
00:09:58Sure, I'll take it.
00:10:00Shall I make the Doc a speech when I give it to him?
00:10:02You won't have to, Roy. The check speaks for itself.
00:10:05Yeah, and says a mouthful.
00:10:07Son, tell the Doc we're awfully sorry he can't be with us.
00:10:09But, of course, we understand how busy he is.
00:10:12All right.
00:10:20Just a minute, Roy, and I'll be with you.
00:10:28That's it, all right.
00:10:32Now, what can I do for you?
00:10:33We were all sorry you couldn't be there tonight.
00:10:35Yes, yes, but you see, I'm busy.
00:10:38Something important, very important.
00:10:40Yes, of course.
00:10:42Mr. Morton and Dad had planned a little surprise for you.
00:10:44A surprise?
00:10:46It's in here.
00:10:48Well, let's see what it is.
00:10:52$5,000.
00:10:55What's this for?
00:10:56Just a little token of the firm's appreciation.
00:11:00Oh, I see.
00:11:03A bonus.
00:11:05Well, it's awfully nice of you, Father and Mr. Morton.
00:11:08I will thank them personally tomorrow.
00:11:11I'll tell them, Doctor.
00:11:12Well, aren't you curious about my new formula?
00:11:15Yes, of course, only I didn't want to be inquisitive.
00:11:17What is it?
00:11:18A new shaving lotion.
00:11:23Smell it.
00:11:25It's pretty strong, isn't it?
00:11:26No, no.
00:11:27The scent evaporates a short time after you've used it.
00:11:31Try a few drops.
00:11:36Now rub it on the tender part of your neck.
00:11:39Here.
00:11:51Soothing, isn't it?
00:11:54Yes.
00:11:55When will they be ready for the market?
00:11:57Oh, it's still in the experimental stage.
00:12:00I want to try it out on several people first and see if it works.
00:12:04Well, if you'd like to send me a bottle, I'll be glad to try it for you.
00:12:07Thanks.
00:12:09Good night, Doctor.
00:12:12Goodbye, Roy.
00:12:27Lovely check, isn't it, Doctor?
00:12:31They are wealthy.
00:12:32Because of you.
00:12:34You made them rich, Doctor.
00:12:37It was your formula.
00:12:40Tonight, they gave you $5,000 and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:12:49That was your money they gave you.
00:12:52Like a bone tossed to a faithful soul.
00:13:13You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:13:17Very grateful.
00:13:19They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:23And what have you got, Doctor?
00:13:49Good night, you have work to do.
00:13:51Good night, you have work to do.
00:13:55It's time you were on your way.
00:14:35Good night.
00:14:36But, Mary, tonight's a good time while her family is here to announce our engagements.
00:14:40Look, Don.
00:14:41I've loved you a long time, ever since we were kids.
00:14:44I'm afraid it's been more like a sister well I I had no idea you felt that way
00:15:18Roy I better call Dr. Carruthers oh please hurry
00:15:25there's nothing I can do you mean he's dead yes I better call the coroner you think it's murder
00:15:30I don't know I never saw anything like it before the juggler vein is severed
00:15:56send Johnny Layton in here
00:16:04well uh what have I done now who wants to be fired this time nobody yet but it's still early
00:16:09this came in from Heathville it's a mystery killing old Martin Heath's son who's Martin
00:16:13Heath who's Martin Heath say have you ever had a date with a girl a girl oh yes girl I
00:16:20believe I
00:16:21did take a girl out once well did she smell sweet I did of course she smells sweet most girls
00:16:27do
00:16:27well that's because of Martin Heath Cosmetics Limited they make all that goo that the women
00:16:32put on their faces so they won't have to watch them with soap and water hmm I get it a
00:16:36big man
00:16:36huh yes and a big advertising account grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville
00:16:42the coroner's holding an inquest find out who really killed old man Heath's son
00:16:47okay McGinney I'm on my way
00:17:03chief Wilkins yeah I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago register that see ya and this is my cameraman one shot
00:17:10McGuire hi chief howdy say we're down here to cover that Heath murder but we didn't get much information at
00:17:16the coroner's inquest I thought maybe you might be able to help us well I'm always glad to cooperate
00:17:22with the newspapers providing they cooperate with me that's the policy of our paper well I'll tell you
00:17:27the truth haven't got very far of this thing myself oh here's something that might interest you it's a
00:17:34picture of the victims wounds you'll be able to see it better with this glass are these scratches on the
00:17:43neck and shoulders yes but uh we can't determine the source
00:17:49they're too deep for fingernails too shallow to have been made by life
00:17:54they're more like claws that sort of bears out dr. Crothers theory at the inquest of a wild animal
00:18:01have there been any circuses around here lately no heard of any animal escaping from a zoo no couldn't
00:18:08have been one of those African leopard men they use steel claws this isn't Africa okay chief I'm just
00:18:14trying to help chief are you sure there's no clue you're holding back while investigating well since
00:18:22you're going to work with me on this case there is a clue a very weird one the autopsy surgeon
00:18:30says that
00:18:31such wounds could have been made by the beak and talons of a bird a bird why there aren't any
00:18:37birds around
00:18:38here big enough to attack a man how about an eagle we know it wasn't a bird how do you
00:18:42know that
00:18:43because we found several hairs on the shoulder of Heath's coat ha ha ha chuchez la femme they're not human
00:18:50hairs what kind of you well it may sound silly but the laboratory test shows that they were from a
00:18:57mouse
00:18:58Well, who ever heard of a mouse big enough to kill a man?
00:19:03Say, a bat has hair like a mouse.
00:19:06Well, the only bats around here are no bigger than sparrows.
00:19:10There was a peculiar odor about the wounds.
00:19:13But they were so faint and elusive
00:19:15that the police chemists have been unable to identify it.
00:19:18Then it does give us something to work on.
00:19:20Well, the scent was a clue.
00:19:22It's been destroyed by evaporation.
00:19:27Say, Chief, do you mind if I do a little sleuthing around on my own account?
00:19:31Certainly not. Go ahead.
00:19:32If I can help you any, why...
00:19:34You can.
00:19:35Miss Heath seems to be the nearest to an eyewitness of the crime.
00:19:38I'd like to have a talk with her.
00:19:39Can you arrange it?
00:19:40I think I can.
00:19:42Well, Dr. Carruthers refused to let her speak to us.
00:19:44We tried that this morning at the inquest.
00:19:46Well, don't you worry about Dr. Carruthers.
00:19:48He's one of the finest men in Heathville.
00:19:51He just thought you'd add to Mary's grief
00:19:52so you could get sensational newspaper stories.
00:19:56I'll arrange an interview.
00:19:57Thanks, Chief.
00:19:58I'll keep in touch with you.
00:19:59All right.
00:20:014-8-J.
00:20:07Miss Heath, did your brother have any enemies that you know of?
00:20:11I know.
00:20:12Everybody in the village liked Roy.
00:20:14Well, what did he do at the factory?
00:20:16He had charge of the experimental department
00:20:19where the new products are developed.
00:20:21Oh, here comes Dr. Carruthers.
00:20:23Hello, Doctor.
00:20:24Hello, Mary.
00:20:25I took a shortcut from my laboratory through the garden hedge.
00:20:28You met Dr. Carruthers at the inquest this morning?
00:20:31Yes.
00:20:31Mr. Layton, I hope you'll forgive me if I seemed a little abrupt.
00:20:36But I'm fond of Mary.
00:20:38And considering the ordeal she already went through,
00:20:41I wanted to protect her from dwelling too much of a tragedy.
00:20:45Of course.
00:20:46You were quite right.
00:20:47We're working on the case with the police now.
00:20:48Yes, I understand.
00:20:50Chief Wilkins phoned me.
00:20:51And if I can be of any assistance, just call on me.
00:20:55Thanks.
00:20:56Won't you sit down?
00:21:01Shall I serve, mademoiselle?
00:21:03No, Maxine.
00:21:04I'll do it.
00:21:05You may go now.
00:21:06Oui, mademoiselle.
00:21:11Do you take sugar, Mr. McGuire?
00:21:13Huh?
00:21:14Oh, no, ma'am.
00:21:15Never.
00:21:15In fact, I don't even take tea.
00:21:17If you'll just deal me out, I'll take a look around.
00:21:20I may dig up a clue.
00:21:26What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:30Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:21:33I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:35But I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration a layman might overlook.
00:21:40For instance?
00:21:41The jagged nature of the wound.
00:21:44The rapidity with which the murderer escaped.
00:21:47The scratches from talent or claws.
00:21:50But when an animal attacks a human, there's bound to be a lot of noise.
00:21:53You heard Miss Heath testify there was no sound of a struggle.
00:21:57No.
00:21:58Only those awful screams.
00:22:01It's very puzzling.
00:22:03Very mystifying.
00:22:05Doctor, when you last saw Roy, did he seem worried or nervous or moody?
00:22:10No, not at all.
00:22:11On the contrary, he was in the best of spirits.
00:22:16Well, I've got to get back to the village now and follow my story.
00:22:19You'll excuse me?
00:22:19If you find it necessary for us to talk again, you may come back at any time.
00:22:23This evening, if it's all right with you, I'd like to spend some time here.
00:22:26Well, yes, that'll be quite all right.
00:22:28Goodbye, Miss Heath.
00:22:29Goodbye.
00:22:29Goodbye, Doctor.
00:22:34A little more chiffon, baby.
00:22:36I do not understand.
00:22:38Oh, you know what I mean.
00:22:39A little more of your stocking.
00:22:43Like these?
00:22:44Sure, I like them.
00:22:45Who wouldn't?
00:22:46Now, hold nice and still, because this is going to take a little time.
00:22:56Well, if you're going to shoot, shoot.
00:22:57Right away, Johnny.
00:22:58I was just trying to get the focus.
00:23:00Mm-hmm.
00:23:02I got it.
00:23:03And not bad either.
00:23:06I'll be back in a minute, Frenchie.
00:23:07And don't worry about those werewolves, because nothing's going to harm you while I'm around here.
00:23:12You make Maxine feel so calm.
00:23:15My big, brave journalist.
00:23:24This is my idea of nothing at all.
00:23:26Sitting here waiting for an animal to give us an argument.
00:23:31Look at that moon.
00:23:34And I had a date with Frenchie.
00:23:36Oh, stop crabbing.
00:23:37We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:23:39You, uh, big, brave journalist.
00:23:45This is the first time I've ever been invited anywhere and asked not to shave until after I get there.
00:23:51I wanted to observe your exact reaction when you tried the lotion.
00:23:55Oh, now I understand.
00:23:58I want this lotion to be perfect before turning it over to you to be marketed.
00:24:03Here.
00:24:07It's a little strong.
00:24:08That'll make the customers think they're getting their money's worth.
00:24:12Oh, that feels great.
00:24:14Very soothing.
00:24:16I don't think you'll ever use anything else.
00:24:19Well, we wouldn't want to market anything we wouldn't use ourselves.
00:24:24That almost smells good enough to be used as a cologne.
00:24:27Oh, what's the matter, Doc?
00:24:29Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:24:31I have a violent dislike for perfumes.
00:24:33Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:36All right, Tommy.
00:24:38Good night, Doc.
00:24:39Goodbye, Tommy.
00:24:40Come on, over here.
00:24:58conducivement of the car.
00:24:59Oh, my God.
00:25:00I have one.
00:25:01Oh, my God.
00:25:04I have two.
00:25:04One, two, three.
00:25:30Hey, what's that?
00:25:33Where?
00:25:33Over there.
00:25:34Something's moving.
00:25:40Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:25:48What are you doing out here, Miss Heath?
00:25:49I thought you might want some company.
00:25:51Shall we sit down?
00:25:54You know, you shouldn't be wandering around the garden at night, after what's happened.
00:25:58Neither should you.
00:25:59Well, but it's part of my job.
00:26:01Mine, too.
00:26:03Roy was my brother.
00:26:08Be careful, I think it's Tommy.
00:26:14Hello, Tommy.
00:26:15Hello, everybody.
00:26:16Hello, Tommy.
00:26:16What's up, sis?
00:26:18Mr. Layton wanted to stay in the garden for a while, so I joined him.
00:26:21Don't tell me you're waiting for that animal Dr. Carruthers mentioned.
00:26:24So you don't believe it either?
00:26:25I certainly do not.
00:26:27It's ridiculous.
00:26:29But somebody or something killed your brother.
00:26:32And I suppose you're working on the theory that the murderer always returns to the scene of the crime.
00:26:37Perhaps I am.
00:26:38Well, not for me.
00:26:41If you'll take my advice, Mary, you'll leave these gentlemen to their vigil and go to bed.
00:26:45That's what I'm going to do.
00:26:47Good night.
00:26:47Good night, Tommy.
00:26:55I don't think your brother likes my being here.
00:26:57Oh, you mustn't mind, Tommy.
00:26:59We're all terribly upset.
00:27:01I know.
00:27:09Help!
00:27:10Tommy!
00:27:11Come on.
00:27:14Help!
00:27:14Oh, my God!
00:27:19Therefore!
00:27:22Whoa!
00:27:23Yeah!
00:27:32Whoa!
00:27:36Hello!
00:27:41Hey, Larry!
00:27:42YOU'RE $2245!
00:27:44Hey!
00:27:47But I'm telling you, McGetty, it was a bat.
00:27:50I saw it kill Tommy Heave.
00:27:52Listen, Johnny, I want you and One Shot to come on home or I'll fire both of you.
00:27:56I'm not coming home and neither is One Shot.
00:27:58I'm keeping him here to get a picture of the devil bat.
00:28:01Say, that'll look great in the headlines.
00:28:03Devil bat strikes again.
00:28:06Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:28:09Maybe I'd better send a wagon with the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:28:14Look, Joe, have I ever lied to you?
00:28:17Plenty of times.
00:28:19Well, I'm not lying this time.
00:28:20If it ever got out that I cooked up a fake story about a devil bat,
00:28:23I wouldn't be able to get a job on a country weekly.
00:28:26Print the story, Joe.
00:28:27So help me, it's on the level.
00:28:30All right, I'll print it.
00:28:31But I won't believe it.
00:28:33Not till One Shot gets me a picture of that devil bat in action.
00:28:36Don't worry, he'll get it.
00:28:37Goodbye.
00:28:39You, my friend, are going to get a shot of the devil bat in action.
00:28:42Who, me?
00:28:43How?
00:28:45Have you noticed there's a taxidermist shop in the village?
00:28:48Well, you wouldn't suggest that I go out and stuff a bird, would you?
00:28:51One Shot.
00:28:52To think that you'd even hint that I would suggest you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big
00:28:57bat for pictorial purposes.
00:28:59Besides, a bat isn't a bird, it's a mammal.
00:29:01Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?
00:29:04Where is this bird stuffing emporium?
00:29:08Or down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:18Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:24ofassy Grove Avenue.
00:29:25In the first place.
00:29:31Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:36All right, well, you know, I can't be looking for you.
00:29:37Why isn't this bird сумcesces?
00:29:38Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:39All right, we said, watch the bird.
00:29:40Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:40Or down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:40Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:48Or down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:30:07Oh, my God.
00:30:21Now, here's the idea, Frenchie.
00:30:22You hang on to the bat until I get my camera set up.
00:30:25And when I raise my hand, you give the bat a good shove,
00:30:28and it'll swing out just like it's flying.
00:30:30Then I can get a swell picture from a boss. Get it?
00:30:33Me? I am wise, no?
00:30:35No, but hang on to the bat until I raise my hand, huh?
00:31:11I'm sorry.
00:31:12Sherry, are you hurt?
00:31:14Say, what's the idea of breaking up my devil bat?
00:31:16I'm going to make you pay for that.
00:31:18And I'm going to take you to jail until you explain this.
00:31:20Come on.
00:31:21You can't do this, Tom.
00:31:23I'm doing it.
00:31:25I was just conducting a little experiment,
00:31:27trying to find out how the devil bat does his killing.
00:31:29I'm sure McGuire didn't intend doing anything wrong.
00:31:33He's just a little overzealous about his work.
00:31:35Well, with the town in an uproar,
00:31:38and everybody terror-stricken,
00:31:39wondering whether he's going to be the next victim,
00:31:42I don't want any more trouble stirred up,
00:31:44even with an artificial bat.
00:31:46You'd better get back to the hotel.
00:31:48I want to talk to the chief alone.
00:31:50Is it all right, chief?
00:31:51Yeah, but be careful in the future.
00:31:56Ever smelled anything like this before?
00:32:03Well, yes.
00:32:05That's the same stuff that's been on
00:32:06every one of the devil bat's victims.
00:32:08Where'd you get it?
00:32:09Found it in Don Morton's bathroom.
00:32:12Find out where Morton got it?
00:32:15No, I didn't want to arouse suspicion
00:32:16by asking questions till after it's been analyzed.
00:32:19You think it has any connection with the murders?
00:32:22That's the way it strikes me,
00:32:23but I can't figure out how.
00:32:26I'll get the police cameras on it right away.
00:32:29I'll snoop around and see if I can find out
00:32:30where Morton got it.
00:32:32Well, it probably came from
00:32:33down at the Heath cosmetic plant.
00:32:35I've been working on a theory
00:32:37of a disgruntled factory employee
00:32:38committing the crimes.
00:32:41It's certainly more than coincidental
00:32:43that all the victims have been members
00:32:44of the Heath and Morton families.
00:32:46Yeah.
00:32:47Looks like a plot to wipe them all out.
00:32:51I wish the rest of them would leave town
00:32:53until this crime is solved.
00:32:55You're worried about Mary, aren't you?
00:32:58Well, yes.
00:32:59I've been urging her to leave,
00:33:01but she won't go without her father.
00:33:02And he insists on remaining here
00:33:04to help clear up the crime.
00:33:06And worse than that,
00:33:07neither Heath nor Morton
00:33:08will let me give them a bodyguard.
00:33:10I guess we'll just have to wait
00:33:11for something to break.
00:33:12Good night, Chief.
00:33:13Good night, Johnny.
00:33:15Good night, Johnny.
00:33:24Boy, if I've got a picture,
00:33:25it'll knock my Ginty dead.
00:33:26Meet the double bat.
00:33:29Well, how about that wire?
00:33:30Looks as if the bat's on a flying trapeze.
00:33:32Oh, but I'm not through working on it, Jeff.
00:33:34See, I can touch this picture up
00:33:35so the bat will look like
00:33:36he's got nothing around him,
00:33:38but nothing.
00:33:39Okay, Rembrandt.
00:33:40You win.
00:33:46This is your news commentator,
00:33:48Walter King.
00:33:48Tonight we're broadcasting
00:33:49from the little village of Heathville,
00:33:51where an alleged devil bat
00:33:52has claimed three victims
00:33:53during the past six weeks.
00:33:55You will note that I say
00:33:56alleged devil bat.
00:33:57That, ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:58is because your correspondent
00:33:59has been very skeptical
00:34:00from the start
00:34:01as to the existence
00:34:02of this horrendous creature.
00:34:04I have as my guest
00:34:05in the studio tonight
00:34:05Professor Percival Garland-Raines,
00:34:07perhaps the world's greatest authority
00:34:09on animal life.
00:34:10I'm going to interview Professor Raines
00:34:11on the subject of the devil bat.
00:34:13Our radio audience
00:34:14may draw its own conclusions.
00:34:16Professor Raines,
00:34:17first let me ask you,
00:34:19point blank,
00:34:20do you believe that any such creature
00:34:22as the devil bat exists?
00:34:23I do not.
00:34:25He's got a nerve.
00:34:26Quiet.
00:34:27In the dark ages
00:34:28when men and women
00:34:29lived in caves,
00:34:30there may have existed
00:34:31a bat of this size,
00:34:32but not in this day and age.
00:34:35How do you account for the fact
00:34:37that Mary Heath,
00:34:38whose two brothers
00:34:38were victims of the devil bat
00:34:40and a newspaper reporter,
00:34:42John Layton,
00:34:42claimed to have seen
00:34:43this amazing creature?
00:34:45Sometimes under stress
00:34:46of excitement,
00:34:47our minds play tricks on us.
00:34:49Hey, he's insinuating
00:34:50you saw the little bat
00:34:51that wasn't there.
00:34:52Pipe down.
00:34:53But how about the picture
00:34:54of the devil bat
00:34:55published by Mr. Layton's paper?
00:34:57I examine that picture
00:34:58under a powerful magnifying glass.
00:35:00I denounce it as a fraud.
00:35:03Whoever constructed
00:35:04the strange-looking monster
00:35:05forgot to remove a label
00:35:06from the silk.
00:35:07from the silk used
00:35:09on its left wing.
00:35:10That label reads
00:35:12Made in Japan.
00:35:20Put through a hurry
00:35:21call to Heathville.
00:35:22I want to talk
00:35:23to Johnny Layton.
00:35:24He's at the Heathville Hotel.
00:35:28One guess who that is.
00:35:30Yeah, McGinty.
00:35:37Go ahead.
00:35:38Pour it on.
00:35:39So you slipped over
00:35:40a fake picture on me, huh?
00:35:42Well, you're fired.
00:35:43Both of you.
00:35:43And I'll see to it
00:35:44that you never work
00:35:45on another newspaper
00:35:46as long as I live.
00:35:48Made in Japan.
00:35:50You tell one-shot McGuire
00:35:51he ought to be snapping
00:35:52photos in a booby hatch.
00:35:54Both of you,
00:35:55come on in
00:35:55and get your final checks.
00:35:57Oh, no.
00:35:58We're not coming in
00:35:58to get anything.
00:36:00All right.
00:36:01So we're fired.
00:36:02But we're staying here
00:36:02just the same.
00:36:03I saw that bat.
00:36:05We're gonna stay here
00:36:06till we catch that bat
00:36:07and when we do
00:36:08I'm gonna bring it in
00:36:09and stuff it down
00:36:09your throat.
00:36:10Goodbye.
00:36:14Well, we're fired.
00:36:16Mm-hmm.
00:36:17Again.
00:36:20That's him calling back
00:36:21to apologize.
00:36:22Now you give him
00:36:22a good scare.
00:36:25No use begging us
00:36:25to go to work for you
00:36:26again, McGinty.
00:36:27You fired us
00:36:27and we're staying fired.
00:36:29Oh.
00:36:30Oh, Mary.
00:36:31I thought it was
00:36:31somebody else.
00:36:32Johnny,
00:36:33why did you make a joke
00:36:34of a tragic thing like this?
00:36:35But it wasn't intended
00:36:36as a joke, Mary.
00:36:37I was only trying
00:36:38to get the news.
00:36:39I suppose you call it
00:36:40getting the news
00:36:41when you arrange
00:36:41to print a picture
00:36:42that's a deliberate hoax
00:36:44that has the entire
00:36:45country laughing.
00:36:47A grand joke, Johnny.
00:36:48But somehow
00:36:49I can't appreciate it.
00:36:51But I can explain
00:36:51that picture.
00:36:52Don't try, Johnny.
00:37:02Made in Japan.
00:37:04I ought to skin you alive
00:37:05and nail your hide
00:37:06to a barn door.
00:37:12Here's the chemistry part
00:37:14on that shaving lotion.
00:37:17I see he couldn't
00:37:18break down one
00:37:18of the ingredients.
00:37:20Yes, he said
00:37:21it must be some element
00:37:22with which he's not
00:37:22familiar.
00:37:25We won't get anywhere
00:37:26until we identify it.
00:37:28There's just one other man
00:37:30in this town
00:37:30that might be able
00:37:31to help us.
00:37:32Dr. Carruthers.
00:37:35Yeah, Carruthers
00:37:36could help us.
00:37:37I found out
00:37:38he compounded that lotion.
00:37:40Well, if you suspect
00:37:41Carruthers,
00:37:41you're barking up
00:37:42the wrong tree, Johnny.
00:37:44He's the last man
00:37:45in this town
00:37:46that would harm anyone.
00:37:47Why, everybody loves him.
00:37:49Maybe so.
00:37:50But here's something else
00:37:52I dug up.
00:37:54The Heath and Morton
00:37:55fortunes are based
00:37:56on a greaseless
00:37:57cold cream formula
00:37:58Dr. Carruthers invented.
00:38:00So what?
00:38:02All the doctor
00:38:02got out of it
00:38:03was $10,000
00:38:03and the others
00:38:05made a fortune.
00:38:06Well, it's common knowledge
00:38:07that he sold out
00:38:08for cash
00:38:09when he could have
00:38:09had an interest
00:38:10in the firm.
00:38:11Just the same,
00:38:12every victim
00:38:13had this stuff
00:38:13from his laboratory
00:38:14on him.
00:38:18Maybe you've been
00:38:19working too hard
00:38:19on this case, Johnny.
00:38:21He'd like to get
00:38:22his reaction
00:38:22on this stuff.
00:38:23If he denies
00:38:24knowing anything
00:38:25about it,
00:38:25we'll know
00:38:26there's a tie-up
00:38:26somewhere.
00:38:28I think you're bombing.
00:38:29But just to show you
00:38:30that I'm following up
00:38:31every clue,
00:38:32we'll talk to him.
00:38:34We'll, uh,
00:38:35put this in another bottle
00:38:36and without telling him
00:38:37we know
00:38:37he compounded it,
00:38:38ask him to analyze it.
00:38:39Doc,
00:38:40I hope we're not
00:38:41upsetting your work
00:38:42barging in on you
00:38:43this way.
00:38:43No, no,
00:38:44not at all.
00:38:45I'm anxious
00:38:46to help solve
00:38:46these crimes.
00:38:47All the victims
00:38:48were very dear
00:38:49friends of mine.
00:38:50Here's a sample
00:38:51of the stuff
00:38:52young Morton
00:38:52and the two
00:38:53Heath boys
00:38:53had on them
00:38:53when they were
00:38:54attacked by the
00:38:54devil bat.
00:38:55Of course,
00:38:55it doesn't make
00:38:56sense to me
00:38:57that a bird
00:38:58would choose
00:38:59only people
00:38:59using that
00:39:00particular stuff.
00:39:02A bat
00:39:02is not a bird.
00:39:04It's a mammal.
00:39:05Well,
00:39:06well, anyway,
00:39:06our police chemists
00:39:07couldn't break down
00:39:08one of the ingredients.
00:39:09We thought
00:39:10perhaps you could.
00:39:13Why?
00:39:14I compounded
00:39:15this myself.
00:39:16It's a new
00:39:17shaving lotion
00:39:18I'm experimenting
00:39:19with.
00:39:20The ingredient
00:39:21your chemists
00:39:22couldn't break down
00:39:23I discovered
00:39:24years ago
00:39:24in Tibet.
00:39:26How did you
00:39:27happen to put it
00:39:27in a shaving lotion?
00:39:28Oh,
00:39:29the llamas
00:39:30use it
00:39:30in some of
00:39:31their religious
00:39:31rites
00:39:32as a perfume.
00:39:33The scent
00:39:34is very pleasant
00:39:35and can't
00:39:36be imitated
00:39:36by competitors.
00:39:38But what were
00:39:38Don Morton
00:39:39and the two
00:39:39Heath boys
00:39:40doing with this stuff?
00:39:42Oh,
00:39:42it is the policy
00:39:43of our firm
00:39:44to try out
00:39:45any new product
00:39:46before marketing it.
00:39:47Well,
00:39:48that knocks our theory
00:39:50into a cocked hat.
00:39:51Yeah.
00:39:52We were hoping
00:39:53the unknown ingredient
00:39:54might turn out
00:39:55to be some sort
00:39:55of a clue.
00:39:58This isn't
00:39:58the kind of
00:39:59bottle I give
00:39:59it out in.
00:40:01But I presume
00:40:02your chemist
00:40:02changed it
00:40:03when making
00:40:03the analysis.
00:40:05Yeah.
00:40:07Is there anything
00:40:07else I can do
00:40:08to help?
00:40:10Tell me,
00:40:11did you hear
00:40:11Professor Raines
00:40:12on the radio
00:40:12last night?
00:40:13Yes.
00:40:15It was very
00:40:16interesting
00:40:16and very asinine.
00:40:19You mean
00:40:19you believe
00:40:20there is a devil
00:40:20bat?
00:40:21Why not?
00:40:21You saw it,
00:40:22didn't you?
00:40:22Well,
00:40:23sure I did.
00:40:23So did Mary.
00:40:24Then why
00:40:25worry about
00:40:25what one
00:40:26scientist says.
00:40:27That one
00:40:28scientist
00:40:28got me fired.
00:40:30Oh.
00:40:31You mean
00:40:33your newspaper
00:40:34discharged you?
00:40:35That's right.
00:40:37Oh,
00:40:37that's too bad.
00:40:39Then you'll
00:40:40be leaving
00:40:41Heathville
00:40:41before the mystery
00:40:42is solved.
00:40:44I'm afraid not.
00:40:45I'm going
00:40:46to stay here
00:40:46and work
00:40:47with the chief.
00:40:50Since you're
00:40:51going to stay
00:40:51here for a while,
00:40:53I would like
00:40:53you to try
00:40:54out
00:40:55a bottle
00:40:55of the new
00:40:56lotion
00:40:56and tell me
00:40:57how you like
00:40:58it.
00:40:59And you too,
00:41:00chief.
00:41:00No,
00:41:00no,
00:41:01not me,
00:41:01doc.
00:41:02If my wife
00:41:03ever smelled
00:41:03perfume on me,
00:41:05she'd suspect
00:41:05me sure.
00:41:07Well,
00:41:08Mr. Layton,
00:41:08I understand
00:41:09you are not married.
00:41:10All right,
00:41:11I'll try it in the
00:41:11morning when I shave.
00:41:12I guess we'd better
00:41:13be going,
00:41:13chief.
00:41:14See you later,
00:41:14doc.
00:41:15So long,
00:41:16Dr. Crothers.
00:41:17Goodbye,
00:41:19Mr. Layton.
00:41:31What's the matter?
00:41:32What's the matter?
00:41:33Does that smelly
00:41:34shaving lotion
00:41:34put you to sleep?
00:41:35Well,
00:41:36why'd you tell the doc
00:41:36you're going to use it
00:41:37if you think it's smelly?
00:41:38Oh,
00:41:39I don't know.
00:41:39I guess I was a little
00:41:40ashamed of ever
00:41:41suspecting the old doc.
00:41:42Well,
00:41:43I like it
00:41:43and I'm going to
00:41:44tell them so.
00:41:47What time is it?
00:41:50After midnight.
00:41:51Midnight?
00:41:52Oh,
00:41:53they ain't no use
00:41:53of waiting around
00:41:54here any longer.
00:41:55This must be
00:41:56the bat's night off.
00:42:04Did you hear that?
00:42:05Yeah.
00:42:12Get that camera,
00:42:13ready.
00:42:35You got them.
00:42:36Listen,
00:42:36Johnny,
00:42:37I'm going to cook
00:42:38that bread personally
00:42:38for McGinney
00:42:39and I'll even
00:42:40stuff it myself.
00:42:41Ha,
00:42:41ha,
00:42:41ha,
00:42:41ha.
00:43:18I was still skeptical when I came to Heathville today to examine the body of this so-called devil bat,
00:43:25but after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research,
00:43:30I've arrived at the conclusion that the creature is the lone survivor of a type of giant bat
00:43:37which existed in great numbers during the early part of the Neolithic age.
00:43:43Perhaps I should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners
00:43:46that the Neolithic age is that period of antiquity commonly called the Stone Age.
00:43:52Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:43:59Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:15Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:27Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:46Sorry, McGinty, but One Shot and I are not interested.
00:44:49At your prices.
00:44:50Of course, if there was a raise of, say, 20...
00:44:5230.
00:44:5330 dollars, plus a fat bonus, we might consider it.
00:44:57Your hold-up, men.
00:44:58Both of you.
00:44:58I refuse to be robbed.
00:45:00Have it your way, McGinty.
00:45:02Have it your way.
00:45:03But we have the bat's corpus delecti and the exclusive picture.
00:45:07Of course, I've got an eyewitness story that two syndicates are bidding for.
00:45:11And don't forget, you've got to pay us for the time we were fired.
00:45:16That's better.
00:45:18Now you're talking, boss.
00:45:19Okay, we're working for you again.
00:45:20We'll gather up the loose ends and see you in a couple of days.
00:45:22Goodbye.
00:45:25Come in.
00:45:28Hello, Johnny.
00:45:29Well, Mary.
00:45:31Johnny, I came to tell you that I'm sorry I said what I did the last time we talked.
00:45:36Do you suppose...
00:45:37Well, I don't know how to say it, but...
00:45:39I do.
00:45:40Miss Heath, do you suppose that little French girl would apologize to me if I looked her up?
00:45:45Positive she would.
00:46:02I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:46:03to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:03I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:46:03to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:05I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:46:05to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:05I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:46:06to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:07I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I
00:46:54Splendid.
00:46:56You will be even greater than your unfortunate predecessor.
00:47:11Enraged, aren't you?
00:47:14Fine.
00:47:16I'm enraged also.
00:47:19So, tonight I shall call on Henry Morton, and you shall strike him down.
00:47:28Henry, the lotion has turned out to be better than I had hoped.
00:47:32I want you to try it.
00:47:36Well, just leave it here, Doc, and then I'll try it in the morning after shaving.
00:47:43It smells good, doesn't it?
00:47:45Yes, but isn't it too strong?
00:47:48No, no, no.
00:47:49Evaporation quickly tones it down just to the right scent.
00:47:54Rub a few drops on your face.
00:47:56Well, I'd rather wait until after I shave.
00:47:58Then my skin will be more tender and receptive to a lotion.
00:48:02Well, just a little here.
00:48:06The texture of the skin there is always very delicate.
00:48:13I'll give you a few drops in your hand.
00:48:25I hope you're right about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:48:29I smell the high heavens.
00:48:32Perhaps that will be the secret of its success.
00:48:35Well, you can never tell what's going to happen in this business.
00:48:38You can believe me, Henry.
00:48:40You don't have to worry.
00:48:42Yes, I can believe that, Doc.
00:48:44Doc, all of your formulas have been highly successful.
00:48:48Oh, I've been going over the report to the company's annual earnings.
00:48:53A net profit of over a million dollars.
00:48:56Not bad, eh?
00:48:58When you remember what we built on.
00:49:01A mere $10,000 for your formula.
00:49:05You shouldn't have demanded all cash, Doc.
00:49:08You should have ridden along with us.
00:49:10Then you'd be rich, too.
00:49:13Well, but then, you've had a lot of fun in your laboratory.
00:49:16With your experiments.
00:49:18Dreaming up something new.
00:49:21You're a dreamer, Doc.
00:49:24Too much money is bad for dreamers.
00:49:27So you try to pay me in flattery, telling me that I'm a dreamer.
00:49:33Well, I do dream.
00:49:36Dreams that you could never guess.
00:49:41Your nerves are afraid, Doc.
00:49:43Now, calm down.
00:49:44Get a grip on yourself.
00:49:45You've been working too hard on your formula.
00:49:48Formula?
00:49:50That's but child's play for a great scientist.
00:49:54Your brain is too feeble to conceive what I have accomplished in the realm of science.
00:50:01Doc, you've made some great scientific discovery.
00:50:06What is it?
00:50:07When you'll find out, Henry, it'll be too late for you.
00:50:12Oh, come, come, Doc.
00:50:14You can't pretend to control a man's destiny.
00:50:19I've already proved it three times.
00:50:31I'm sorry.
00:50:35Perhaps you're right, Henry, about my working too hard.
00:50:39I guess I'm a little tired.
00:50:41I better go home and get some rest.
00:50:44Sure.
00:50:45A night's sleep will do you good.
00:50:47Good night, Doc.
00:50:50Goodbye, Henry.
00:51:02Thirty-six, Jay.
00:51:05Hello?
00:51:06Hello, that you, Martin?
00:51:07Yes, Henry.
00:51:10I want you to call Chief of Police Wilkins to come to your house immediately.
00:51:13It's very important.
00:51:15Chief's here now.
00:51:16Well, don't let him leave until I get there.
00:51:18What a nice happened.
00:51:19I think I've got a clue to all those murders.
00:51:22It may peter out, but if half what I suspect is true is the most diabolical plot that a madman
00:51:29ever concocted.
00:51:30What is it?
00:51:35Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:51:37I forgot my hat.
00:51:39Henry, what is it?
00:51:41I'll tell you all about it when I get there.
00:51:43I hope I didn't intrude on a private conversation.
00:51:46No, nothing important.
00:52:11I'll tell you all about it.
00:52:41Oh, my God.
00:53:15I hope Henry was right about having a clue.
00:53:18But why didn't he explain more about it when he phoned?
00:53:22When I insisted, he changed his tone as if he'd been interrupted.
00:53:26I was afraid that he might be overheard.
00:53:33What is that squeaky sound?
00:53:35Oh, just some night noise.
00:53:37Help!
00:53:45Oh, my God.
00:53:49Oh, my God.
00:53:55Oh, my God.
00:53:58Oh, my God.
00:54:17¶¶
00:54:42I feel much better, Mr. Heath, since you asked us to stay in your home until this new devil bat
00:54:47has been killed.
00:54:48I've been worried about Mary.
00:54:49What reason have you to believe that Mary is in danger?
00:54:53Only this. I'm convinced that someone is using the bat to wipe out the entire Heath and Morton families.
00:54:58As a scientist, I assure you, the thought of a human controlling a bat is fantastic.
00:55:04Just the same, no villager's been killed or even attacked.
00:55:07You're forgetting, aren't you, that Mr. McGuire was attacked. He's not a member of either family.
00:55:13Why, I'm practically a member of this family already. I'm going to marry Miss Heath's maid.
00:55:17Oh, really? Well, boys, I'll have Maxine show you to your rooms.
00:55:21I must be running along home. It's past my bedtime. Good night, gentlemen.
00:55:24Good night, Dr. Martin.
00:55:25Good night, Dr.
00:55:26Good night, Dr.
00:55:27Good night. Good night, ma'am.
00:55:30Come along.
00:55:39Maxine?
00:55:40Oui, mademoiselle.
00:55:45Did you fill my perfume bottles with something new?
00:55:48Oh, no, mademoiselle. I never touch your perfume.
00:55:51It's funny. I don't recognize it.
00:55:54Perhaps Dad filled them, as a surprise.
00:55:57He always does that with every new perfume the plant puts out.
00:56:00Is there anything else?
00:56:01No, Maxine, that's all. Good night.
00:56:03Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:06Good night.
00:56:07Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:24Good night.
00:56:27Yeah.
00:56:34Good night.
00:56:40Good night.
00:56:45Good night.
00:56:56Mary, what happened?
00:56:57It was trying to get in the window, a big bat.
00:57:00Oh, it was awful.
00:57:07Mary, I want you to tell me everything you did
00:57:09just before that bat tried to get in.
00:57:11Well, first I took a bath.
00:57:14Then I brushed my hair
00:57:15and Maxine came in and turned the covers down.
00:57:18And then fastened the screen
00:57:20which somehow had come unhooked.
00:57:22Yeah. Go ahead, what else?
00:57:24Well, then we talked about some new perfume
00:57:26that someone had put in my dressing table bottles.
00:57:29Dad, did you put any new perfume in my bottles?
00:57:32No, I didn't.
00:57:33Is that the stuff?
00:57:34Yes.
00:57:36Tanya, this smells like...
00:57:37Quiet. I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:57:40And I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:57:42We'll do everything we can.
00:57:43Of course.
00:57:45What's Carruthers' number?
00:57:4648J.
00:57:52Operator, give me 48J, please.
00:57:56Hello, Dr. Carruthers.
00:57:57This is Johnny Layton.
00:57:59That's right.
00:58:00Something terrible has happened to Mary.
00:58:01Can you hurry over?
00:58:03I'll be right there.
00:58:05Good.
00:58:06Oh, Johnny, I'm all right.
00:58:08I don't need a doctor.
00:58:08That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:58:10You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:58:12Mr. Heath, you in one shot must help her trick Dr. Carruthers
00:58:15into staying here as long as you can.
00:58:16Where are you going, Johnny?
00:58:18To, uh, do a little private bat hunting.
00:58:35I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:37I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:39I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:39I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:39I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:39I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:40I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor,
00:58:42I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need a doctor, I don't need
00:59:04The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:59:07She's suffering from fright.
00:59:09I'll give you a set of things.
00:59:12Where's Mr. Layton?
00:59:13Well, I guess he's out in the garden hunting the devil bat.
00:59:16Layton is a very brave young man.
00:59:20Give his heat one of these every half an hour.
00:59:22It will quieten her nerves.
00:59:24But, Doc, hadn't you better stay until she's quieter?
00:59:26She'll be all right in the morning.
00:59:28Hey, Doc, I don't feel so good myself.
00:59:30Would you mind taking my temperature?
00:59:32You look perfectly well, Mr. McGuire.
00:59:35Well, you ought to see my tongue.
00:59:36It looks just like a squirrel's tail.
00:59:38Look.
00:59:39Try some calomel.
00:59:52That's why I'm getting too wet.
00:59:54You look pretty well.
01:00:01I don't know.
01:00:02I don't know.
01:00:03I don't know.
01:00:03I don't know.
01:00:04Come on.
01:00:07I don't know.
01:00:09I don't know.
01:00:15THE END
01:01:03You may have visitors tonight
01:01:05And it would be dangerous for me
01:01:07If they found you here
01:01:36You may have visitors
01:02:06You may have visitors
01:02:23Hi, Doc.
01:02:25I hope I'm not intruding.
01:02:26No, no, not at all.
01:02:29I heard you're out, stalking the devil.
01:02:32Any success?
01:02:33No, but I thought maybe you might be able to help me.
01:02:35Well, I don't see how that's possible,
01:02:37but if you can suggest anything...
01:02:40Well, you could give me some more of that new concoction of yours,
01:02:43that shaving lotion.
01:02:45But how on earth could that possibly help catch the devil bat?
01:02:49I've still got a crazy idea that if I douse myself with it,
01:02:53it might attract the killer.
01:02:54I don't see how you can connect the two,
01:02:57but there is a bottle of the lotion on the table.
01:03:00Thanks.
01:03:20You see, Doc, I figured out something.
01:03:24All four of the murdered people had this lotion on them
01:03:26when the devil bat struck.
01:03:28Now, my plan is to sit in the garden,
01:03:30and when the killer makes one of those power dives,
01:03:33I'll blast him.
01:03:34Layton, I'm afraid all these murders have affected your mind.
01:03:39Maybe you'd like to come along, Doc, and be an eyewitness.
01:03:43I'm sure it would be just a waste of time,
01:03:46but I'd be glad to watch your experiment.
01:03:49Good.
01:03:49I knew I could count on you to help me.
01:03:57I tell you, Layton,
01:03:59expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion
01:04:01is all foolishness.
01:04:03I think I'd better run around.
01:04:06Ah, sit down, Doc.
01:04:08The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:17You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight.
01:04:19What's the matter?
01:04:21Firearms always make me nervous.
01:04:23Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:04:27Uh, just in case the devil bat does show up.
01:04:30According to your theory,
01:04:31the killer wouldn't attack me.
01:04:34I haven't any of that lotion on me.
01:04:40You have now, Doc.
01:04:41Why did you do that?
01:04:43Make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:04:48Now sit down,
01:04:49and don't try any shenanigans.
01:04:56It's not so funny
01:04:57when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:05:00Is it, Doc?
01:05:02I,
01:05:02I don't know what you're talking about.
01:05:06Maybe you made a mistake
01:05:07when you let that devil bat of yours
01:05:08out of the attic tonight.
01:05:11Don't worry about the bat killing you.
01:05:13I'm saving you for the hangman.
01:05:18Tell me, Doc.
01:05:20How did you, uh,
01:05:20develop a monster bat like that?
01:05:24You wouldn't understand
01:05:26the scientific theory.
01:05:36I know what you're talking about.
01:05:41How did you get it?
01:05:54How did you get it?
01:06:04Hello, Chief. What are you doing out here?
01:06:06Young fellow, don't think that you're the only man working on this case.
01:06:10It was lucky I was here, too.
01:06:11Thanks. Did you kill the devil, Bat?
01:06:13No, he got away.
01:06:14Well, here's one bird that didn't get away,
01:06:15and he's the murderer we've both been looking for.
01:06:19Quick, shoot it!
01:06:28Where is it?
01:06:29It's gone.
01:06:32And so's the doctor.
01:06:34Did you get the bat?
01:06:35What happened?
01:06:35Dr. Ruthers is the murderer,
01:06:37and he's hiding somewhere in the garden.
01:06:39You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:06:43Come on.
01:06:50Doctor!
01:06:51Doctor Crubbers!
01:06:55Doctor!
01:06:57Has anything happened to Johnny?
01:06:59Is he hurt?
01:07:00They took him up to my place.
01:07:01You better come along with me.
01:07:19That was Mary.
01:07:33Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:35Go help Dr. Crubbers.
01:07:36He's over there.
01:07:39That devil bat belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:42He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:47Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:07:49Let's do it.
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