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Scared to Death is a classic horror mystery that combines suspense, psychological tension, and eerie storytelling. The film follows the mysterious death of a young woman whose terrifying final moments lead investigators into a web of deception, hidden motives, and chilling secrets. With its haunting atmosphere, memorable performances, and vintage horror style, this timeless classic remains a must-watch for fans of Golden Age suspense cinema.
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00:00:00The End
00:02:00One often wonders, what could have caused the last thought that was cut off by death?
00:02:08If it were spoken now, what would it be?
00:02:15It's your hair.
00:02:17You found me at last.
00:02:19But you know if you kill me, I won't.
00:02:22Don't come and I'll step.
00:02:23No girl, please.
00:02:25Don't.
00:02:27No, I told you I didn't want the bandage.
00:02:30Why, Laura?
00:02:32Why are you so opposed to the bandage?
00:02:36Does it remind you of something, perhaps?
00:02:39What do you mean?
00:02:40Oh, nothing, Laura, nothing.
00:02:43Now, won't you lie down again and let me complete the examination?
00:02:47You're a sick girl, you know, in a highly nervous condition.
00:02:50I want to know what you meant by saying the bandage reminded me of something.
00:02:53If you don't know, how should I?
00:02:56You don't fool me for a minute, Doctor.
00:02:58I know how you feel about me.
00:03:01Do you, Laura?
00:03:01Then I wish you'd tell me, for I don't know.
00:03:04I don't know how I feel about you at all.
00:03:06You're clever, Doctor.
00:03:08But I'm wise to you and that fool of a son of yours.
00:03:11How long have you been married to Ward now?
00:03:14Too long.
00:03:16And why don't you give him his divorce?
00:03:18He's asked you often enough.
00:03:20I'll give him a divorce when I'm good and ready.
00:03:24I see.
00:03:25I'm not afraid of anything he can do, or you, or anyone else.
00:03:30What's that?
00:03:33Your heart's beating like a trip hammer.
00:03:36I must warn you that this high state of nervous tension...
00:03:41What's that noise?
00:04:02It's only a branch tapping against the window.
00:04:08Now, my dear Laura, if you want me to help you, you must tell me what it is you fear.
00:04:14I told you I'm not afraid of anything.
00:04:18I know what's going on here.
00:04:20Someone's trying to scare me out, but it won't work, see?
00:04:23Here I am, and here I'll stay until I rot.
00:04:26I'm afraid there's more truth in that than you suspect.
00:04:29Laura, I must ask you not to cause father any more trouble.
00:04:36I don't want you threatening him, you hear?
00:04:38You too.
00:04:40You're so cute.
00:04:41I'm sure you want to be alone.
00:04:44You're not going to make him pay for my mistake.
00:04:46What are you going to do about it?
00:04:48I'd like to...
00:04:48You'd like to choke me, wouldn't you, Ward?
00:04:50But you haven't got the nerve.
00:04:53Here.
00:04:54This is the only thing you ever gave me.
00:04:56You can have it back.
00:05:02She's right.
00:05:04I gave her this when we were married.
00:05:05It's the only gift that ever passed between us.
00:05:08Ward, what do you propose to do about Laura?
00:05:11What can I do?
00:05:12She won't leave me.
00:05:13She won't give me a divorce.
00:05:15Things can't go on this way, you know.
00:05:18Dad, what is the matter with her?
00:05:20What do you think is wrong?
00:05:21I don't know.
00:05:23She wasn't this way until she began getting those letters from abroad, you remember?
00:05:27Yes.
00:05:27It had something to do with those letters.
00:05:30But you would have thought that when they stopped coming that...
00:05:32What is it, Lillibet?
00:05:34There's a patient doctor.
00:05:35A Mrs. Williams.
00:05:36Williams?
00:05:37That's the name she gave, and she's decked out like she's going to a horse show.
00:05:44I can't see anyone today.
00:05:45Ask her to make another appointment.
00:05:46Dad, please don't let what's happening interfere with your practice.
00:05:49Oh, very well.
00:05:49Send her in in a few minutes.
00:05:51Sure, doctor.
00:05:51Oh, yeah.
00:05:52That Bill Raymond's waiting.
00:05:53Do you want to see him?
00:05:54Who's he?
00:05:54That private cop who's always hanging around, just hoping somebody gets murdered.
00:05:57Oh, yes.
00:05:58He's probably come for his check.
00:05:59Take care of it.
00:06:00Will you, Ward?
00:06:01Yes.
00:06:03A Lillibet.
00:06:04Yes.
00:06:04This for you.
00:06:06Gee.
00:06:08Thanks, Mr. Warren.
00:06:09But this belongs to Mrs. Vanee, doesn't it?
00:06:11Not anymore.
00:06:12It's all yours.
00:06:13She won't get sore, will she?
00:06:14I don't want to have any trouble with her.
00:06:15You know how she is.
00:06:16I know.
00:06:17We all know a little bit.
00:06:18And I want to thank you for your patience.
00:06:20Run along now, Lillibet.
00:06:21Yes, doctor.
00:06:27You made a fatal mistake, my boy, in marrying Laura.
00:06:30Yes, I know.
00:06:31But you don't suppose I'm going to stand for it forever, do you?
00:06:33No, I don't.
00:06:36And I don't think it will be necessary.
00:06:39Do you have a plan?
00:06:41I think it will be better if you leave everything to me.
00:06:48From the day a mysterious caller came to see Dr. Vanee.
00:06:56Oh, yes, I remember now, Mrs. Williams.
00:06:58I spoke to you this morning on the telephone.
00:07:00I'm sorry, but I can't tell you any more now than I told you then.
00:07:03Oh, naturally, doctor.
00:07:05I did not mean to imply that there were any abnormal goings on here.
00:07:10I assure you there is not, Mrs. Williams, nor will there be.
00:07:14Nevertheless, doctor, the way you were described to me,
00:07:16and the way your place was described to me,
00:07:18I am certain that I am in the right place.
00:07:21May I ask from whom you obtained these descriptions?
00:07:24From a friend, doctor.
00:07:26A mutual friend.
00:07:28Lily Beth.
00:07:30The woman I love.
00:07:32Can't we be friends?
00:07:34Stop tracking your big flat feet after me wherever I go.
00:07:37I've got things to do.
00:07:39Oh, gee, it's wonderful just to see you around,
00:07:42busying yourself, the little housewife.
00:07:44I never knew the cop who didn't love to stand around and watch other people work.
00:07:50Mrs. Williams, it's obvious from your conversation
00:07:52that you have come into possession of certain facts concerning my past.
00:07:57I know of only one person who could have given you that information,
00:08:01and it was my belief, yes, even my hope, that that person was dead.
00:08:09But let me say that even if that person were alive,
00:08:12I should not submit to blackmail from you or from anyone else.
00:08:17You show great courage, doctor, for one in your unusual position.
00:08:21There has been no question of blackmail.
00:08:23I came here seeking your cooperation, which you have refused to give.
00:08:28So let us call the matter closed.
00:08:34Au revoir, doctor.
00:08:44Then came this sinister pair.
00:08:59My little guardian of the doorbell,
00:09:02if you had waited another second,
00:09:04Indigo and I should have kicked the door in.
00:09:08Yes, sir.
00:09:12Sir?
00:09:14There is an air of inquiry about you that immediately offends my deepest nature.
00:09:20There is something suggesting Scotland Yard, the French Sourte, the Italian Carabinieri, the Turkish Polisai, and other minions of the
00:09:32law.
00:09:32In short, sir, I think you are a cop.
00:09:36Yeah, how do you know?
00:09:40I believe I am in the home of Dr. Joseph Van Ees.
00:09:44Yes, sir.
00:09:46I mean, sirs.
00:09:48Oh.
00:09:50Do not be polite to Indigo.
00:09:51He is only offended by it.
00:09:54Roll along, Indigo.
00:09:55So make yourself at home.
00:09:57We've got a nice tree in the yard, but it ain't got no coconuts.
00:10:12My little friend, Indigo is deaf and dumb.
00:10:15He cannot hear and he cannot speak.
00:10:16But he needs the lips.
00:10:18And I would advise you to say nothing to annoy him.
00:10:22For his temper is short indeed.
00:10:25Indeed.
00:10:28This, I presume, is Dr. Van Ees' private office.
00:10:32Yes, sir.
00:10:33But I really should announce you.
00:10:35My dear girl, if I allowed myself to be announced, I doubt I would be received anywhere.
00:10:42I'm sorry, really I am, but the doctor won't see anybody without an appointment.
00:10:46Appointment?
00:10:48I have had an appointment with him these 20 years.
00:10:54He will see me.
00:10:55Doctor, doctor, someone's coming!
00:11:01My dear doctor, truthfully can it be said that your house is your castle, protected by your countless slaves.
00:11:10So it is you, Leonide.
00:11:13I was warned you might appear like one of your own illusions out of nowhere.
00:11:20My dear Joseph, you have not changed a bit.
00:11:25Have you met my friend, Mr. Raymond?
00:11:28Raymond?
00:11:29Oh, Raymond!
00:11:31No doubt a relative of the great magician of the same name.
00:11:35Mr. Raymond is our private patrol officer.
00:11:37He keeps an eye on the premises for us.
00:11:41And other comings and goings.
00:11:44A very good idea, my dear Joseph, to have a private bodyguard that you'd beck and call.
00:11:51Well, you fellas are old friends, I can see that.
00:11:55Oh, yes.
00:11:58Old friends.
00:12:00Well, then maybe you'd like to be alone to talk over old times.
00:12:04A very good suggestion.
00:12:06Thank you, Mr. Raymond.
00:12:08I won't be far away, Doc.
00:12:12Well, so long, Mr. Leonide.
00:12:14Don't pull any more little men out of your hat.
00:12:19Well, Leonide, what brings you to me after all this time?
00:12:22The long arm of coincidence, my dear Joseph.
00:12:25Simply the long arm of coincidence.
00:12:28Aren't you glad to see me again?
00:12:29No.
00:12:30I can't say that I am.
00:12:33You with your foreign background and I, what are we two in common?
00:12:41Always truthful, cousin Joseph.
00:12:44As when you were young men.
00:12:47You might have said no and saved your career.
00:12:50But you prefer to tell the truth and ruin yourself.
00:12:55What do you want here, Leonide?
00:12:58A few days' hospitality, my dear Joseph.
00:13:01Nothing more.
00:13:03Is that too much for one cousin to ask of another?
00:13:07Remember, we agreed not to think of each other as cousins again, Leonide.
00:13:12Bygones, my dear Joseph.
00:13:15And I'm willing to forget.
00:13:17And I suggest that you do the same.
00:13:23You've grown older, Leonide, but there may be something in what you say.
00:13:27I'm not one to hold a grudge.
00:13:29But don't do anything that will make me regret my action.
00:13:36You have my promise.
00:13:38Now, if you will show it to my room.
00:13:41Oh, I should say, I have a traveling companion from whom I am inseparable.
00:13:49Who?
00:13:50Inigo.
00:13:51A dwarf.
00:13:53One of the little men.
00:13:53He became very much attached to me when he lost his master.
00:13:57You do not object.
00:13:59What good would that do?
00:14:02How true.
00:14:04Very well.
00:14:05You may have the room next to my daughter-in-law.
00:14:08I know you'll like that.
00:14:10Oh, yes.
00:14:11The lady who I am told has an utmost horror of having her eyes blindfolded.
00:14:16A phobia of most interesting origin, I dare say.
00:14:21Something to think about.
00:14:27That night, my husband questioned Leonide about my past.
00:14:36Cousin Leon.
00:14:38Oh.
00:14:40My dear ward.
00:14:43How flattering that you remember me.
00:14:45How could I ever forget you?
00:14:46What are you doing here?
00:14:47A chance visitor, my boy.
00:14:49I wanted to see the old homestead again.
00:14:51You've seen father?
00:14:52Yes.
00:14:53And he received me with open arms.
00:14:56In a manner of speaking.
00:14:58I don't mind telling you, you came at a very bad time.
00:15:00We'll have some trouble.
00:15:03My boy.
00:15:04Trouble and I are like this.
00:15:07I presume you referred to the charming lady in the room next to mine.
00:15:11Your wife, I believe.
00:15:12Yes.
00:15:13Laura.
00:15:14I have met her.
00:15:15But I'm looking forward to the pleasure.
00:15:18I'd like to talk to you for a moment.
00:15:20All right.
00:15:23Perhaps you can help us.
00:15:25By doing what, my boy?
00:15:26You've been everywhere.
00:15:27You were caught in Europe during the war.
00:15:30I'd like to show you something.
00:15:31You may be just the person I'm looking for.
00:15:33If I can be of any service.
00:15:36Did you ever hear of a dance team called Rene and Lorette?
00:15:41I don't think so, my boy.
00:15:43And then again, must have been such a team.
00:15:45Look.
00:15:50Rene and Lorette.
00:15:52The dance of the green mask in the green room in Paris.
00:15:57The green room.
00:16:01Yes?
00:16:02Oh.
00:16:03The face of the man does seem slightly familiar.
00:16:07May I ask, where you got this photograph?
00:16:11I, uh...
00:16:12The mate, Lillibeth, found it in Laura's room and turned it over to me.
00:16:16Oh.
00:16:16Well, my boy, I'm afraid I can't help you.
00:16:20I played in the green room on several occasions, but never with these people.
00:16:24In fact, I don't seem to remember them at all.
00:16:26And I appeared in many clubs during the occupation.
00:16:29I'm sure the girl behind the green mask in this picture is Laura.
00:16:33How can you be sure?
00:16:35Who can ever be sure what's behind a mask?
00:16:39If the people in this photograph could suddenly come to life.
00:16:44I'd like to know who the man is.
00:16:46It can be anyone, my friend.
00:16:49Anyone.
00:16:50In this makeup, it might be even I.
00:16:53I wish you wouldn't joke about it.
00:16:54This is very serious, of course.
00:16:57But let us say you found out who the man in the photograph is.
00:17:00What, then?
00:17:02I have an idea that if the man in this picture were to show up,
00:17:06I'd find out I wasn't married to Laura at all.
00:17:10Think of what I've asked you.
00:17:11It'll be to your advantage.
00:17:12Certainly, my boy.
00:17:13I will give it every consideration.
00:17:16And perhaps...
00:17:16...something will come to this world.
00:17:19Do not.
00:17:22Don't you want to leave the photograph with me?
00:17:25For my further study?
00:17:28It might be the very incentive that my memory needs.
00:17:31No, thanks, sir.
00:17:32I'll keep it.
00:17:33As you wish.
00:17:49Lorette, Lorette.
00:17:52I'll make a bet the man in green...
00:17:56...will get you yet.
00:18:12Here they go.
00:18:27A gruesome surprise was in store for me the following morning.
00:18:40Who is it?
00:18:41It's me, ma'am.
00:18:43What do you want?
00:18:44The afternoon mail.
00:18:45You want it to know when it arrives.
00:18:48Was there anything for me?
00:18:49Yes, ma'am.
00:18:51Put it under the door.
00:18:52I can't.
00:18:53It's a package.
00:19:00What's in it?
00:19:01I don't know.
00:19:02It's against postal regulations to open other people's mail.
00:19:05That's never stopped you before.
00:19:07I'd like to know what you mean by that remark, ma'am.
00:19:09Oh, shut up and get out.
00:19:10Don't you want me to help you open it?
00:19:11No, I don't. Get out.
00:19:12It's addressed to you in green ink with a warning.
00:19:14Look out for the man with the green mask.
00:19:26You want to be heard of the red hair?
00:19:44You're not making sure that you'll be blind of the red hair.
00:19:44You're not making sure that you're bad.
00:19:44I don't know what you're getting used to.
00:19:45You don't know what to do.
00:19:45It's aici.
00:19:51You don't know what to do in your eyes.
00:19:54You're not making sure that you're dead.
00:19:55Your big hair is already broke.
00:19:59To the rescue, ma'am!
00:20:01Whodunit! Which way did he go?
00:20:02Get out! Get out!
00:20:04I just heard you yell.
00:20:06I was hoping it was a murder, at least.
00:20:07Get out! I tell you, you have no business here.
00:20:09But you don't understand. I'm supposed to be here.
00:20:12That's what I'm being paid for.
00:20:13Paid?
00:20:14Yeah. You see, I'm Bill Raymond,
00:20:16private cop in this neck of the woods.
00:20:19I was hoping we'd have a little murder
00:20:20or something happen around here
00:20:22so as I could solve it and get my whole job back
00:20:24at Central Homicide.
00:20:25Nothing personal, of course.
00:20:27Who told you to say these things to me?
00:20:30Well, nobody. Nobody said nothing to me.
00:20:32I was just waiting around outside
00:20:34to see Dr. Van Lee and I heard you yell.
00:20:37So you're a friend of that crazy doctor and his son.
00:20:40Crazy? I wouldn't exactly say that, ma'am.
00:20:43The doc's a pretty good egg.
00:20:45You wouldn't want anyone to say you was crazy,
00:20:47even if you...
00:20:48You can go back and tell them I'm not afraid
00:20:50of being murdered by you or them or anyone else.
00:20:52No, I don't guess you are, ma'am.
00:20:55Still and all, if you was to get murdered
00:20:58and I was to find out who'd done it,
00:21:01it'd be kind of a break for me.
00:21:02Faton! Faton, beast!
00:21:04Beast of kosho!
00:21:06I wouldn't say that to you, lady,
00:21:09even if I knew what it meant.
00:21:13Now, will you get out?
00:21:15All right, all right. I can take a hint.
00:21:18Nice little bedroom companion you've got there.
00:21:20Get out!
00:21:21I'll go, I'll go, but don't think I'll come running
00:21:23next time you yell.
00:21:24I'll know it's a fake!
00:21:32I became afraid and my mind started to crack.
00:21:42Lily, miss!
00:21:44My melancholy baby, where are you?
00:21:48Where'd you get that box?
00:21:49I don't know what you're talking about!
00:21:50You lying little snoop going through my things!
00:21:52What'd you do with the picture? Where is it?
00:21:53I didn't see it!
00:21:54That's the last time you put your hands on me!
00:21:56I'll give you one more chance and then I'll...
00:21:58I told you I don't know where the picture is
00:22:00and I don't know what you're talking about!
00:22:01I've been you all the time going through my things,
00:22:03opening my mail,
00:22:04clapping on my door at night!
00:22:06Now you're blaming me!
00:22:07I've never touched anything of yours!
00:22:09You've got my robe on now!
00:22:10Where'd you get that?
00:22:10I was just trying it on!
00:22:11Mr. Ward gave it to me!
00:22:13He said you didn't want it anymore!
00:22:14I'll tell you when there's something I don't want!
00:22:17Oh, shut up! It's only a dummy!
00:22:20A dummy?
00:22:21Where'd you get that thing?
00:22:22I suppose you're gonna tell me
00:22:24you don't know anything about that either!
00:22:26Oh, I bet it was in the box!
00:22:27In the box I brought up for you, that's what!
00:22:29There were no stamps on it!
00:22:30How did it get in the mail?
00:22:31I don't know!
00:22:32The doorbell rang and I thought it was the mailman!
00:22:35I opened the door and it was sitting there on the stoop!
00:22:38You're lying!
00:22:38No, I'm not!
00:22:39I don't mind telling a lie now and then!
00:22:41But I'm not lying now!
00:22:42Honest!
00:22:45You're trying to scare me out!
00:22:48I'm not leaving!
00:22:49No!
00:22:50But I am!
00:22:51You come here!
00:22:53You and Mr. Ward are pretty thick, aren't you?
00:22:55Thick?
00:22:55Yes, thick like your head!
00:22:57He's fallen in love with someone else!
00:22:58Who is she?
00:22:59I don't know!
00:23:00It's not me!
00:23:00I know it isn't you!
00:23:02I know all the signs!
00:23:04He's fallen in love with some simple-faced...
00:23:07Men!
00:23:09There's always a way to get even with them!
00:23:15I've got to find that picture!
00:23:17Otherwise, they won't know what he looks like!
00:23:19I've got to send it to the police!
00:23:21He won't dare touch me!
00:23:23Who do you mean?
00:23:24The man in the picture?
00:23:26Have you seen him?
00:23:28Maybe I have and maybe I haven't!
00:23:30Maybe I saw him go behind the thicket!
00:23:32Or through the wall!
00:23:34Or under the house!
00:23:35He's here in the house?
00:23:37Yes!
00:23:37I let him in!
00:23:39I let him in!
00:23:40He was waiting outside to get you, Miss LaValle!
00:23:44Miss LaValle!
00:23:46There's nothing safe from your prying eyes, is there?
00:23:49You think you know everything, don't you?
00:23:51I know why you're afraid!
00:23:53And I know what you've done!
00:23:55No, I'm not so thick!
00:23:56I'm not as thick as you think I am, Miss LaValle!
00:23:59That head's supposed to be you!
00:24:01Kind of a calling card!
00:24:02I'll remind you that...
00:24:03Why, you...
00:24:11Excuse me, lady!
00:24:12Oh!
00:24:21Oh, I'm afraid!
00:24:24I'm afraid!
00:24:26Where are you hiding?
00:24:31Where are you hiding?
00:24:33Dr. Fanny!
00:24:40Dr. Fanny!
00:24:41Dr. Fanny!
00:24:44Doc!
00:24:44Doc!
00:24:45Fun is fun!
00:24:46But after all, there ain't nothing in my contract that says I gotta...
00:24:49Well, now I ask you, is that anything to be playing football with?
00:24:53Where did you get that, Raymond?
00:24:55Miss Fanny chucked it at me like I was a pass receiver for a football team.
00:24:59And I'm all out of practice.
00:25:00Let me see it.
00:25:05This comes from a group of anatomical specimens that was locked in a room in the cellar.
00:25:10How did you happen to get it?
00:25:12That's what I'm trying to tell you.
00:25:14There I was, outside our door, strictly minding my own business, understand?
00:25:18Listening at the keyhole...
00:25:19I don't think that belongs in the realm of your duties, Raymond.
00:25:22But, Doc, there were screams inside.
00:25:25You gotta admit it's within the longitude of my profession to make with an investigatory reaction there, too.
00:25:30What am I saying?
00:25:32I don't understand how this head got from its locked room in the cellar.
00:25:36Well, the way I heard it, it was sent to Mrs. Fanny.
00:25:39That was rather a gruesome practical joke.
00:25:42Why, your anatomical locker hasn't been opened for ages.
00:25:45I think you once told me you'd lost the only key to it.
00:25:47I know.
00:25:48That is no key to my knowledge.
00:25:50Why, that thing didn't walk out of the room by itself.
00:25:54Hardly.
00:25:58Doc, I'm worried.
00:26:00What about, Raymond?
00:26:01Well, now, take this head business.
00:26:03The whole thing don't seem hardly serious to me.
00:26:06I think that if it's all the same to you, I'd better be checking along to other duties.
00:26:11You're not afraid, are you, Raymond?
00:26:13Who, me? Scared?
00:26:16It's just that I don't think that there's gonna be any murder here done after all.
00:26:21That's too bad.
00:26:22Well, it's not your fault, I guess.
00:26:26It's just not my lucky day, that's all.
00:26:33Thank you, Raymond.
00:26:38Oh, Miss Lilibeth, have you a little more coffee in the kitchen?
00:26:41What happened to the three gallons I already gave you today?
00:26:45Lilibeth, what you need is a good, strong, steady man.
00:26:49Who is always hanging around, tracking up my floors and things.
00:26:53What's that on your shoes?
00:26:54Looks like cobwebs from out of the cellar.
00:26:57What were you doing in the basement?
00:27:00It could have been the attic.
00:27:02Bill Raymond, you're holding out on me.
00:27:04What are you up to?
00:27:06Up to?
00:27:07Yes.
00:27:08Who asked you to go poking around in the cellar?
00:27:11It was in performance of my duty.
00:27:13What duty?
00:27:15What did you find?
00:27:17Absolutely nothing.
00:27:19That's what makes me so disgusted.
00:27:21Too bad about you.
00:27:23You know, Lilibeth, I think some bundy around here is just kidding.
00:27:28They don't mean business at all.
00:27:30Why don't you just wait around and see?
00:27:32Say, if you've got any inside dope, I wish you'd tip me off.
00:27:36If I'm never going to get back to Central and prove I'm a good detective,
00:27:39I've got to have some clues.
00:27:46Yes, I was scared.
00:27:47Scared of my life.
00:27:53I expected big things of that ghoulish-looking guy,
00:27:56but he ain't delivered neither.
00:27:59I should say, in a way, you were entitled to expect big things from him.
00:28:04Leo was once confined in this house when it was an institution for the insane.
00:28:09Nerves.
00:28:10You know.
00:28:11Do tell.
00:28:13Well, then, he must know his way around the place, huh?
00:28:16I understand why he was here.
00:28:18He engineered an immense number of secret passages
00:28:21through which the guards could keep an eye on the inmates at night.
00:28:26Finally, he took one of these passages into the outside world,
00:28:30and we heard later he'd been seen in Europe.
00:28:33Ah, Europe.
00:28:35That's where history is being made today.
00:28:38Gee, I'd love to travel and stuff.
00:28:39Well, perhaps you'll have an opportunity someday.
00:28:41Not if something don't happen around here pretty soon to make me famous.
00:28:47That Lily Beth.
00:28:48I've been trying to get a cup of coffee off of her all day.
00:28:50Hey, she don't care what happens to my metabolism.
00:28:55Metabolism.
00:28:56That's a good word.
00:28:58I wonder what it means.
00:29:14Operator.
00:29:16I run the police right away.
00:29:26Stop crowding me.
00:29:29But, hon, don't you want me around to protect you?
00:29:31That indigo guy might...
00:29:33Yes, but who's going to protect me from you?
00:29:37Lily Beth.
00:29:40My wild Irish rose.
00:29:42I just live for the day when I can take you out of all this.
00:29:46When I can slave and get you the luxuries in life.
00:29:50Gee, I'd gladly work my fingers to the bone
00:29:53to buy you expensive motor cars and furs and jewels and things
00:29:58and serve you breakfast in bed.
00:30:01What's the matter with me?
00:30:02Am I crazy?
00:30:04Yes.
00:30:04And I'd hate to hang by my neck until you got me all those things.
00:30:08Yeah, you might get a little blue in the face.
00:30:12Still and all, all I got to do is to find myself
00:30:15one slightly murdered body and I'm in.
00:30:17Stop looking at me.
00:30:21Oh, Lily Beth, sometimes I think I'm not getting anywheres with you.
00:30:24What do you think?
00:30:25I think you've got a good idea there.
00:30:28All right, all right.
00:30:30You'll be sorry someday when you see my picture in the paper.
00:30:35Wait and see.
00:30:38Hey, Lily Beth, why don't you answer the doorbell?
00:30:41Well, maybe that Indigo guy wants in.
00:30:51The doctor ain't home.
00:30:53You'll have to call some other time.
00:30:55Don't be silly.
00:30:58Don't say I didn't tell you.
00:31:00Close the door on your way out.
00:31:02Hey, wait a minute.
00:31:04Well, if it isn't Bull Raymond.
00:31:08Shh, Terry.
00:31:10You trying to ruin me?
00:31:12Ruin him.
00:31:12Come here, Bull.
00:31:15Meet Miss Cornell.
00:31:17How do you do?
00:31:17I'm sure.
00:31:18Likewise.
00:31:19How do you happen to be out with him?
00:31:21Cute, darling, don't you think?
00:31:22Flat at both ends, head and feet.
00:31:24You've heard me speak of him?
00:31:26Bull Raymond.
00:31:27Bill Raymond, if you please.
00:31:28Mr. Terry Lee, who's so-called reporter.
00:31:31How do you happen to be out with a dish like this?
00:31:33Jane Cornell.
00:31:34Good for dull days in a man's life.
00:31:37Mr. Raymond.
00:31:39Oh, yeah, I remember.
00:31:40Terry told me about the time you shot up the dressmaker's dummy.
00:31:43Huh?
00:31:43Yeah.
00:31:44He said you closed in on what you thought was the murderer, but it turned out to be the
00:31:47dressmaker's dummy, and you shot in full of holes while the real murderer got away.
00:31:54My pal.
00:31:55So this is where you've been hiding after they kicked you off with that fiasco, huh, Bull?
00:31:59Bill, I mean.
00:32:00What are you doing here?
00:32:01Can't a man re-debilitate himself in peace?
00:32:04Here I come, looking for an honest crime around here so I can solve it and get myself
00:32:08back to Central.
00:32:09And you come along and...
00:32:11Where's the body, Bull?
00:32:12Bill?
00:32:12There ain't no body.
00:32:13That's the trouble.
00:32:14No, no, let's keep it friendly.
00:32:17Friendly?
00:32:17What do you mean?
00:32:18Let's have it.
00:32:19Who killed who and why?
00:32:20Are you kidding?
00:32:23Did somebody get knocked off around here?
00:32:25Look, I don't like to be kidded either.
00:32:27Where is it hidden, Sherlock?
00:32:29Oh, Terry, you've been on the police beat so long that...
00:32:32Now, listen, Bill.
00:32:34You know me well enough to know I wouldn't come out here just for the ride.
00:32:36Not when I could be, um...
00:32:38It just so happens there was a call to the police.
00:32:41It came from out here.
00:32:43And I happened to be there when it came through.
00:32:46Miss Cornell happens to be the operator.
00:32:48So she tipped me off.
00:32:49Told me the line had gone dead.
00:32:51So I smell the story and here I am for an exclusive.
00:32:54You see what I mean?
00:32:55What's in that?
00:32:56Well, that's the doctor's consulting room, but there ain't nobody in there.
00:32:59I've been standing here for quite a spell.
00:33:01Open it up.
00:33:01Let's take a look.
00:33:04That's funny.
00:33:05The lights in here ain't almost never round.
00:33:08In you go.
00:33:09Never do that.
00:33:10I could get killed that way.
00:33:12Is that bad?
00:33:14Oh, so nothing's happened around here, huh?
00:33:17It's busted.
00:33:22There.
00:33:23See?
00:33:24Like I said, there ain't nobody here.
00:33:30Hey, cut it out, will you?
00:33:32You're making me dizzy.
00:33:34Well, sure, somebody stumbled over it and pulled it out of the wall.
00:33:38Could happen anywheres.
00:33:43Oh, help!
00:33:47He wants to shake hands with you, Bill.
00:33:50Step right up.
00:33:51Not me.
00:33:52You seen it first.
00:33:56Oh.
00:34:03Doc!
00:34:05Raven!
00:34:06Did you try and kill me?
00:34:08Oh, why, Doc?
00:34:10Why should I do that?
00:34:12You ain't paid me for last month yet.
00:34:15How long you been here?
00:34:17Now, let me see.
00:34:19I was going to make a telephone call when...
00:34:22Somebody conked your head, Doctor?
00:34:23Then ripped the telephone wire out?
00:34:24Yes, I imagine that is about what happened.
00:34:29Who are these people?
00:34:31Well, they're all right, Doc.
00:34:33This is Terry Lee and Miss Cornell from the Times.
00:34:36We don't want any reporters here.
00:34:38Nothing's happened.
00:34:39Look, Doctor, nobody ever wants reporters.
00:34:41But then something happens and there they are.
00:34:42But nothing has happened.
00:34:44I fell and hurt my head.
00:34:46Oh, I see.
00:34:47Then you got up again, put yourself on the table,
00:34:49and got all nice and pretty in that shroud there.
00:34:50You won't get any story here.
00:34:52And now, if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do.
00:34:55Doctor, do you mind if we stick around for a while
00:34:57seeing that nothing's happened?
00:34:58Well, why not?
00:34:59Very well.
00:35:00You may stay for a while.
00:35:01But I warn you, if you make yourselves objectionable in any way,
00:35:05I'll have Raymond throw you out.
00:35:07Well, come on.
00:35:08You heard what the doctor said.
00:35:09He's busy.
00:35:10Get out of the office.
00:35:18Probably a pretty nice guy.
00:35:19Caught in a tough spot.
00:35:20That's the way I see it.
00:35:23You wouldn't want me to tell him you got kicked out of homicide,
00:35:26would you, Bill, old boy?
00:35:27Shh.
00:35:28Oh, Terry, you're my pal.
00:35:30You know that, don't you?
00:35:31Would I kick you out?
00:35:33You would if you could, Bill.
00:35:35Now, why can't we have a little talk, quiet-like?
00:35:37Well, if you'd just follow me in the parlor over here.
00:35:40Oh, me too, darling, me too.
00:35:42Darling knows everything about everyone,
00:35:43and that's how I learn.
00:35:44Good, darling.
00:35:45Oh, I just sit at his feet and listen.
00:35:47Yeah?
00:35:49Baby, I'm going to miss you an awful lot when I grow tired of you.
00:35:52Now, remember, you're just going to listen.
00:35:53Well, of course, darling.
00:35:54What else do I do when I'm with you?
00:35:56Sit down.
00:35:59Now, as I remember it,
00:36:00there was a singer at the Click Club
00:36:02who called herself Laura LaValle.
00:36:05Didn't she marry young Ward Vanny a couple of years ago?
00:36:07Uh, I don't know nothing about her.
00:36:10Oh, yes, you do.
00:36:11It was just about the same time that you had an affair
00:36:14with the dressmaker's dummy.
00:36:16Oh, uh, oh, yeah.
00:36:17Yeah, now I remember, Terry.
00:36:19You're right, you're right.
00:36:21She was down to the Click Club,
00:36:23and it was her that married Ward.
00:36:25Wasn't that on a bed of some kind?
00:36:28Well, there was a party going on,
00:36:30and somebody dared Ward to ask the singer to marry him,
00:36:34and he thought at the time it was a good gag,
00:36:37and he went along with it.
00:36:38That's right.
00:36:39He got pretty high and then popped the question at her.
00:36:42How romantic.
00:36:43I just love that.
00:36:45Hush, dear.
00:36:47L-I-S-T-E-N.
00:36:50Oh.
00:36:53Well, that's how it happened anyway.
00:36:55Ward woke up the next morning
00:36:56and found himself married solid.
00:36:59He'd asked her, and she'd snapped him up.
00:37:01Oh, and they lived snappily ever after.
00:37:03I don't care.
00:37:04I think it was sweet.
00:37:06Darling, couldn't I get you high sometime and...
00:37:09Sweetheart, have you ever heard the old saying about little girls?
00:37:13What's that?
00:37:14Little girls should be seen and not heard.
00:37:16Now go on, pat your nose.
00:37:17All right.
00:37:18I think I'll be shoving along, too.
00:37:20Now wait a minute.
00:37:21We're just getting started.
00:37:22We were talking about a singer who called herself Laura LaValle.
00:37:26Pushed away into this house for good reasons of her own.
00:37:29Gentlemen, I beg your pardon.
00:37:34I must tell you frankly, I have been eavesdropping.
00:37:39Professor Leonide, this is a reunion.
00:37:43My boy, you must forgive me.
00:37:45You seem to remember me.
00:37:47But I do not recollect you.
00:37:49When was it?
00:37:53What was it?
00:37:54Oh, Professor, it was a long time ago
00:37:57and I was a kid up in the balcony in Albany.
00:37:58Yes?
00:37:59When you brought down the house with great feats of ledger domain.
00:38:01You remember, Professor.
00:38:03That was the night that the box office receipts disappeared
00:38:06just like magic.
00:38:08Part of the act, my boy.
00:38:10Just a part of the act.
00:38:11It's a pleasure to meet one of my useful admirers.
00:38:14Terry Lee of the Central City Times.
00:38:16Oh, the press.
00:38:18Well, it's nice to have known you.
00:38:22Wait a minute, Professor.
00:38:23What's your hurry?
00:38:24Are you afraid I might bring up the subject
00:38:25of those certain unfortunate recent connections of yours?
00:38:29Shut in the dark, my boy, I'm sure.
00:38:31And I will ignore it.
00:38:33Of course.
00:38:35And this young lady,
00:38:37no doubt a companion of yours.
00:38:40Jane Cornell, my fiancée.
00:38:42I'm delighted.
00:38:43Likewise, I'm sure.
00:38:45Delightful.
00:38:46And I would suggest
00:38:47to take very good care of her.
00:38:54Mr. Lee.
00:38:57Oh, I haven't had a chance
00:38:59to talk to him yet, Mrs. Van Ey.
00:39:01Never mind, I'll tell her myself.
00:39:02Darling,
00:39:03I met her upstairs
00:39:04and I told her all about you
00:39:05and that you know everything about everyone.
00:39:07Thank you very much, dear.
00:39:09Welcome to your living room, Mrs. Van Ey.
00:39:11Thank you, but it isn't my living room.
00:39:13I understand you're not unaware
00:39:14of my position in this house.
00:39:16Well, maybe you can tell us about it.
00:39:19I'm being kept a prisoner here
00:39:20against my will.
00:39:22I'm alone and friendless.
00:39:24I'm sorry.
00:39:25Why haven't you called the police?
00:39:27They've done nothing
00:39:28but to call for the police.
00:39:29They have kept me penniless
00:39:31so that I can't leave.
00:39:33I understand.
00:39:35They're trying to destroy my mind, Mr. Lee.
00:39:38By innuendo and indirection,
00:39:39they're trying to make me believe
00:39:40I've done something dreadful in the past.
00:39:42I'm going to be the victim
00:39:43of some horrible vengeance.
00:39:45You know best about that.
00:39:46I'm innocent, Mr. Lee.
00:39:47I've done nothing.
00:39:48Now, this doctor's brought some stranger here
00:39:51with these tricks and illusions
00:39:52to further make me believe...
00:39:53You mean the professor and his little, uh...
00:39:54Yes.
00:39:55You must help me, Mr. Lee.
00:39:58Laura!
00:39:59It's so good to see you downstairs again
00:40:00after all these days
00:40:01being locked in your room.
00:40:02You know perfectly well
00:40:03why I've remained locked in my room.
00:40:06Ward, this is Mr. Lee of the Times,
00:40:08the gentleman I told you about upstairs.
00:40:10Oh, yes.
00:40:12Look here, Mr. Lee.
00:40:13We don't want any more
00:40:13of that front-page splash stuff
00:40:15such as I got when I married Laura.
00:40:16Your wife's been telling us
00:40:18that she's being kept here
00:40:19under constant threat.
00:40:20She is out of her mind.
00:40:21See what I mean, Mr. Lee?
00:40:23They don't overlook a single chance
00:40:24to put it in my head
00:40:25that I'm crazy.
00:40:26Perhaps I can explain, Mr. Lee.
00:40:29We don't believe
00:40:30there's anything wrong
00:40:30with Laura now.
00:40:32But we are sure
00:40:33something will happen to her mind
00:40:34if she continues
00:40:35to live under this strain.
00:40:37It's just as I told you.
00:40:38They're behind it.
00:40:39Can't I make that clear to you?
00:40:40They spend all their time
00:40:41trying to terrify me.
00:40:42They write me letters
00:40:43and green ink.
00:40:44They send me dummy heads
00:40:45wrapped in green paper.
00:40:46Anything to frighten me
00:40:46so I can't sleep.
00:40:47I can't think.
00:40:48The only thought in my head
00:40:49is that I'm going to be killed.
00:40:51These are very serious charges, gentlemen.
00:40:53And I might say
00:40:54it would make
00:40:55a perfect front-page splash.
00:40:57Lee, if you dare print
00:40:58a word about those ravings
00:40:59in my wife...
00:40:59Don't do anything
00:41:00to make me think
00:41:00they aren't ravings,
00:41:01Mr. Verney.
00:41:10He said to put
00:41:12the blindfold on
00:41:13and you will know
00:41:14the truth.
00:41:15No!
00:41:21What's wrong with her, Doc?
00:41:22Quiet, Raymond.
00:41:23You don't mean that she's
00:41:25dead, Raymond.
00:41:36Then I knew
00:41:37that he was here.
00:41:51She's coming out of it.
00:41:53But she's in an advanced
00:41:54state of shock.
00:41:55May be necessary
00:41:56to administer a sedative.
00:41:59That's intended
00:41:59to shut her up.
00:42:00I'd like to hear
00:42:01her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:42:03If her mind is allowed
00:42:04to dwell upon what's happened,
00:42:06that may be the breaking point.
00:42:07Well, you've got
00:42:08all the answers.
00:42:10Look here, Lee.
00:42:11I don't like your tone.
00:42:12If you have any insinuations
00:42:13to make, make them to me.
00:42:15Okay, I will.
00:42:16Suppose you and I
00:42:17talk this over downstairs.
00:42:18I don't recognize
00:42:19your right to question me.
00:42:21However, if it'll make
00:42:22you leave farther alone...
00:42:28Bill, fix yourself
00:42:29a chair right
00:42:30outside the door
00:42:30and don't leave
00:42:31until I get back.
00:42:32Sure, sure.
00:42:33But what about
00:42:33Lily Beth?
00:42:34Don't she read
00:42:35nothing around here?
00:42:40Now, Lee,
00:42:40first I'd like
00:42:41to see your credentials.
00:42:42You're busting here
00:42:43saying you're a reporter.
00:42:47That's the old
00:42:48turn-the-tables gig,
00:42:49Vanny,
00:42:49but if it'll make you
00:42:49any happier,
00:42:50take a look.
00:42:52All right,
00:42:53you're a reporter.
00:42:55But I still don't
00:42:55understand how you
00:42:56and the young lady
00:42:57got the news
00:42:57about our troubles.
00:43:00Do you really believe
00:43:00that story, Lee?
00:43:02Do you,
00:43:03in your right senses,
00:43:03really believe that
00:43:04we are keeping
00:43:05Laura a prisoner here?
00:43:06That's what the lady says.
00:43:07She said that...
00:43:08Nonsense.
00:43:09Nothing would please me
00:43:10more than if she got out.
00:43:12Look, I don't get
00:43:13any of this stuff,
00:43:14Vanny,
00:43:14but there's a tricky deal
00:43:15going on around here
00:43:16and I intend to sit in on it.
00:43:18Too bad I can't
00:43:19flash the city desk
00:43:19to make ready
00:43:20for a front page replay.
00:43:21Yes, isn't it?
00:43:24Either your wife
00:43:24is the victim
00:43:25of a well-plotted
00:43:26program of persecution
00:43:27calculated to drive her insane
00:43:29or she's the witch
00:43:31you say she is.
00:43:32You're the fellow
00:43:33with the nose for news.
00:43:34What does it tell you?
00:43:36It tells me that right now
00:43:37I'd like to know
00:43:37where your disappearing
00:43:38relative is.
00:43:48Get back, you fool.
00:43:50What's out there?
00:43:50I have a right to know.
00:43:56Don't see anything.
00:43:58What was it?
00:43:59It isn't possible.
00:44:00It isn't possible,
00:44:01of course.
00:44:01What do you see out there, Lee?
00:44:02I've had enough of this.
00:44:03Come on.
00:44:05Are you nervous,
00:44:06Miss Cornell?
00:44:06Oh, no.
00:44:07I think it's very exciting.
00:44:10Oh, no.
00:44:10I think it's very exciting.
00:44:14Oh, Professor,
00:44:14I thought I just saw you
00:44:15outside,
00:44:16bang at the moon.
00:44:17You disturbed her sleep.
00:44:19Good child.
00:44:20Where have you been?
00:44:22How would you start
00:44:22acting normally for a change?
00:44:24You're bringing suspicion
00:44:24upon all of us.
00:44:26Aye, my boy.
00:44:27What have I done?
00:44:28Some more as you tell us.
00:44:30Has no one arranged
00:44:31to silence you yet,
00:44:32Mr. Lee?
00:44:33What a pity.
00:44:34I don't silence
00:44:35very easy, Professor.
00:44:36And it'll take a lot more
00:44:37than what you've done to her.
00:44:39Do you suggest
00:44:40that I had a hand
00:44:42in that poor girl's
00:44:43unfortunate demise?
00:44:45Why don't you behave
00:44:46yourself, Professor?
00:44:47Mr. Van Lee here
00:44:48has the right idea.
00:44:49You're just gumming up
00:44:50the works.
00:44:51I did my humble best.
00:44:53Who are you working for?
00:44:54What do you expect
00:44:55to get out of it?
00:44:56I'm charging a debt,
00:44:57Mr. Lee.
00:44:58A debt contracted
00:45:00many years ago.
00:45:03Now,
00:45:04are you any wiser
00:45:05than you were
00:45:05a moment ago?
00:45:07No, but I'm beginning
00:45:08to get a gentle idea.
00:45:09Right away.
00:45:10How's that little girl
00:45:12of yours?
00:45:12I hope fervently
00:45:13that nothing happened
00:45:14to her.
00:45:16She would look
00:45:17so beautiful
00:45:18lying here.
00:45:20Look, Professor,
00:45:21I may not have been
00:45:21very smart in bringing
00:45:22Miss Cornell here,
00:45:23but if I thought you
00:45:24had any plan to do that...
00:45:25Why do you persist
00:45:26in making me
00:45:27the villain,
00:45:27Mr. Lee?
00:45:33Now,
00:45:33we will let you
00:45:34be the witness,
00:45:35Mr. Lee.
00:45:35I am here.
00:45:37The sounds
00:45:38came from upstairs.
00:45:39Right.
00:45:44Always reliable.
00:45:45Now,
00:45:45what are you rehearsing?
00:45:46In there, Terry.
00:45:47In there.
00:45:47It's murder.
00:46:01Jenny, Jenny,
00:46:02wake up.
00:46:03Wake up.
00:46:05Oh, Terry.
00:46:06Tell me,
00:46:06what happened?
00:46:07Oh, Terry got it.
00:46:09Let me think.
00:46:10Everything went black
00:46:11and then it started
00:46:13to talk.
00:46:14What started to talk?
00:46:15I don't know.
00:46:16That thing.
00:46:17Now, look.
00:46:18Let's get back
00:46:18to the beginning.
00:46:19I left you here
00:46:19with Dr. Vanee.
00:46:20Yeah,
00:46:21and then he gave
00:46:22Mrs. Vanee
00:46:23a shot
00:46:23with a long needle.
00:46:25Never mind that.
00:46:26All right.
00:46:27Then he said
00:46:27what I sent
00:46:28with Mrs. Vanee.
00:46:29Okay, okay.
00:46:30Where is she now?
00:46:31Who?
00:46:32Mrs. Vanee.
00:46:34Where did she go?
00:46:35That's just
00:46:36what I asked you,
00:46:37Janie.
00:46:37Well,
00:46:37she was right here.
00:46:39Then Dr. Vanee
00:46:40went out.
00:46:40Then what happened?
00:46:41Well,
00:46:43oh,
00:46:43then Bill Raymond
00:46:45came in.
00:46:45Oh,
00:46:46that's great.
00:46:46The two of you
00:46:47in the same room
00:46:47at the same time.
00:46:48How did you communicate
00:46:49with each other?
00:46:50Sign language?
00:46:50Oh,
00:46:51I don't care.
00:46:52All you do
00:46:53was back full of me.
00:46:54I didn't ask
00:46:55to come to business.
00:46:56Whatever it is.
00:46:57Oh,
00:46:58yes,
00:46:58you did,
00:46:58dear.
00:46:59Don't you remember?
00:46:59You said you wanted
00:47:00to see what the life
00:47:01of a reporter was like.
00:47:03Don't forget,
00:47:04Mr. Lee,
00:47:04one must not expect
00:47:05too much
00:47:06of certain types
00:47:07of mentality.
00:47:08Shut up,
00:47:08Bill Raymond.
00:47:09I remember you
00:47:10when you couldn't
00:47:10even make your ex.
00:47:11Oh,
00:47:12I want to go home.
00:47:14We can't go home,
00:47:15darling.
00:47:15We've got to get a story.
00:47:17Why?
00:47:18You don't understand.
00:47:20Yes,
00:47:20I do.
00:47:21Why do we have
00:47:21to get the story?
00:47:22Who cares?
00:47:23She's got you there.
00:47:25All right.
00:47:26Now,
00:47:26you tell me,
00:47:27what happened to you?
00:47:28Me?
00:47:29Well,
00:47:29you said to stay
00:47:30outside the door
00:47:31and I pulled up a chair.
00:47:32That's right.
00:47:33She was inside the door
00:47:34and you were outside.
00:47:49Then come that odor
00:47:51of heavenly perfume.
00:47:54That wasn't only better.
00:47:55It was sweet
00:47:56and penetrating
00:47:56like an ancient drug.
00:47:59And I felt kind of sleepy-like.
00:48:01Oh,
00:48:02so sleepy.
00:48:08at last
00:48:09he had me
00:48:09under his power.
00:48:17There must be a button
00:48:18or a gadget
00:48:19of some kind
00:48:19around here.
00:48:23Two o'clock,
00:48:23almost deadline
00:48:24for the nine o'clock final.
00:48:26Oh,
00:48:26Terry,
00:48:26what makes you think
00:48:27there's anything
00:48:27behind them walls?
00:48:29I've got a sneaking suspicion
00:48:30that the professor
00:48:31uses them
00:48:31for a disappearing act.
00:48:33I wish Lillipeth
00:48:34was here
00:48:34to take me
00:48:35a cup of coffee.
00:48:36Well,
00:48:36she's right over
00:48:37in the doctor's office.
00:48:38Why don't you ask her?
00:48:40Poor Lillipeth.
00:48:41I kind of hinted
00:48:42that all I needed
00:48:43was a murdered body,
00:48:44but I didn't think
00:48:45she'd take it personal.
00:48:47Will you stay
00:48:48with those walls?
00:48:51I've been around
00:48:52him three times,
00:48:53Terry.
00:48:54The thing I can't
00:48:55understand,
00:48:55if the professor
00:48:56was down here
00:48:57when the trouble
00:48:58was going on upstairs,
00:49:00he'd just have to be
00:49:01two different guys
00:49:01in order to have
00:49:02a hand in it.
00:49:03All right,
00:49:03Terry,
00:49:04let's figure it out
00:49:04in the morning,
00:49:05huh?
00:49:07What's that?
00:49:37what's that?
00:49:37What's that?
00:49:38Wake up.
00:49:40Either something or somebody opened the front door.
00:49:44That's the shortest night's sleep I've had in a long time.
00:49:47All right.
00:49:48Now that you're good and rested,
00:49:48let's see if we can understand what happened upstairs.
00:49:52Well, do you think it had something to do with that picture, maybe,
00:49:55that Lilybeth found in Mrs. Vanee's room?
00:49:57What picture?
00:49:58Oh, the one with the couple with the two masks, you know,
00:50:01like we found, like that mask.
00:50:03Who has the picture now?
00:50:05Well, young Vanee, I guess.
00:50:08That's a point.
00:50:09Where has Mr. Vanee been since his wife's disappearance?
00:50:13Well, him and his old man are sleeping.
00:50:16I guess they ain't got some sense.
00:50:18No, no, no.
00:50:18I've already checked that,
00:50:19and they haven't slept in their beds tonight.
00:50:24Wake up!
00:50:25I refuse to answer on the grounds that might tend to incriminate or degrade me.
00:50:30My unconscious mind.
00:50:33Now, look, Bill, please stay awake for a while.
00:50:36Now, look, tell me,
00:50:37what happened when you smelled that sweet odor in the hall upstairs?
00:50:42No, it smelled lovely.
00:50:43Lovely, that's all I can remember.
00:50:48And Dr. Vanee had already left Laura's room, is that right?
00:50:51Yeah, he'd gone out, and he said goodnight,
00:50:54and then he had given her some sedative or something that he said would take care of her in the
00:50:58morning,
00:50:59and then he went down the hall to his own room.
00:51:02And then you fell asleep?
00:51:04Yeah.
00:51:04No, I just kind of dozed off a little.
00:51:08Like this.
00:51:10Here's your coffee, sir.
00:51:12Terry, that's a dirty trick.
00:51:16Stay on the other side of that window.
00:51:18What for?
00:51:19Take a look.
00:51:21I'm looking.
00:51:22What do you see?
00:51:28Boy, it's Professor Leonide.
00:51:30You think so?
00:51:31Come on, get outside.
00:51:32Who, me?
00:51:32Yes, you.
00:51:33I can't go out there with Jane in here.
00:51:34Well, why can't I stay inside and watch, and you go outside?
00:51:37Oh, that's great.
00:51:38You'll watch the way you did upstairs.
00:51:39Now, do you want that guy to get away?
00:51:41Yes.
00:51:42Standing there, shaking in your boots.
00:51:43Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
00:51:45No.
00:51:45Well, you should be.
00:51:46Go on, Bill.
00:51:47This is your one chance to rehabilitate yourself.
00:51:50I wish I'd never even heard of the word.
00:52:02I've got a gun ready.
00:52:05What good is a gun against what's going on around here?
00:52:10Lilybeth.
00:52:13Gee, this ain't natural.
00:52:15Who are you talking to?
00:52:16The woman I love.
00:52:18Poor little angel.
00:52:20Try and speak to me.
00:52:21She can't hear you.
00:52:30What was you doing outside?
00:52:32You're supposed to be dead.
00:52:35Now, you stay right here, honey.
00:52:36I've got to catch that guy in the shrubbery.
00:52:40Oh, gee.
00:52:42What are you doing to me, Lilybeth?
00:52:45I've got work to do.
00:52:50Lilybeth.
00:52:50Be reasonable, will you?
00:52:52If you don't cooperate, I'll never get back to Central.
00:52:55Never mind, Raymond.
00:52:56Take care of Lilybeth.
00:52:58Lilybeth?
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:02That's who it was.
00:53:03I opened the door and she fell right under my arms.
00:53:05Like she had something special to tell me.
00:53:09You notice that fragrance about her?
00:53:12And to think this wilded flower was once even as you and I.
00:53:15Take her back into Dr. Van E's office.
00:53:17What's she doing wandering around?
00:53:18She's supposed to be a corpse.
00:53:20What happened to that guy outside?
00:53:22Never mind.
00:53:24You found her.
00:53:25I never knew she was lost.
00:53:27I missed her.
00:53:28I missed her from my office.
00:53:30Will you please take her back?
00:53:32What are you going to do?
00:53:33Yes, Doctor.
00:53:34And what have you been doing?
00:53:35We've turned this house upside down trying to find you.
00:53:38Hardly that, young man.
00:53:39If you'd done that, you would have found me.
00:53:41Now, Raymond, we can't allow this girl to remain in this condition any longer.
00:53:44But what can you do?
00:53:47She looks like a perfect stiff to me.
00:53:49Bring her into my office.
00:53:51Oh, Doctor.
00:53:53This may not be any news to you, but your daughter-in-law has disappeared.
00:53:56Oh, how dreadful.
00:53:58But let us say somewhat overdue.
00:54:01Eh, Mr. Lee?
00:54:02You don't seem very surprised to hear about it.
00:54:04Young man, when you've been devoutly praying for something to happen,
00:54:07you accept your good fortune without question.
00:54:18We thought that probably you might be able to throw some light on the subject.
00:54:22That's right, Raymond.
00:54:23Leave her there.
00:54:24There's absolutely nothing wrong with her.
00:54:26Huh?
00:54:28And you mean I've been pining away for nothing?
00:54:30She was put in a deep hypnotic sleep, that's all.
00:54:33But why?
00:54:34Why, Doc?
00:54:36Whodunit.
00:54:36It was done so that she would obey certain orders that were transmitted to her.
00:54:41If that's true, then why did you declare her dead?
00:54:44I had my own good reasons.
00:54:46Would you give me one reason why you like to go around getting hit on the head?
00:54:49I must become a little monotonous.
00:54:50Mr. Lee, are you sure that you saw what you thought you saw?
00:54:55I'm not blind.
00:54:56I might be getting a little dizzy in this madhouse.
00:55:23You know, Doctor, morning isn't very far off.
00:55:25And when the police get here, you've got an awful lot of explaining to do.
00:55:29You're in this up to your neck.
00:55:30By morning, let us hope no explanations will be necessary.
00:55:33Everything will have explained itself.
00:55:39Poor little sleepin' beauty.
00:55:43Do you suppose someone thought she looked weak-minded and picked her out to carry out his commands?
00:55:49That's not always the case, Raymond.
00:55:51If Leonide were here, we could settle this case very quickly.
00:55:54Gentlemen.
00:55:58It is my peculiar misfortune to always be in a position where I may eavesdrop.
00:56:05How can I be of service, cousin Joseph?
00:56:07Oh, Professor.
00:56:08Ask me no questions, my friend, and I will tell you no lies.
00:56:12Leonide, you could undo certain mischief that has been done, Miss Girl.
00:56:15I know you can help if you will.
00:56:18I could, my dear Joseph, but I will not bring down the wrath of the unknown madman who is loose
00:56:24about these premises.
00:56:26It is a matter of self-preservation, and I had nothing to do with hypnotizing this girl.
00:56:32I have an idea that she may have already carried out the unknown's orders and that he no longer needs
00:56:37her.
00:56:38Nevertheless, my dear Joseph, you must excuse me.
00:56:41Just a minute, Professor.
00:56:45Professor, I wonder what would happen, Professor, if in connection with your sudden reappearance here,
00:56:49somebody dug up the old story of why you swindled Dr. Vanny and then ran off and let him take
00:56:54the rap.
00:56:55I will not be blackmailed, Mr. Lee.
00:56:57And I observe again that you are a young man who knows too much for his own good,
00:57:02and I would also like to know where you obtained all this information.
00:57:07You are extremely young to have your fingertips on events of 20 years ago.
00:57:11I have a memory like an elephant. I never forget something once I hear it.
00:57:15I am a sharpie, Professor, as every one of you will admit before morning.
00:57:20Now, Doctor, I would like to bore you with a few questions.
00:57:24I would not mind, young man, if you had the slightest idea of what you were looking for.
00:57:29Maybe if we start back to the time around midnight,
00:57:32when you administered what you call a sedative to your daughter-in-law.
00:57:36Are you infighting that I had anything to do with Laura's disappearance?
00:57:39Why do you keep evading the issue, Doctor?
00:57:41You know you'll have to confess when the police get here anyway.
00:57:44I would remind you, young man, that you are making a direct accusation,
00:57:48and I refuse to answer.
00:57:50Look, I want the facts and I want them now.
00:57:52Let's cut out the Mulberry Bush routine.
00:57:54Listen, Bill, you are supposed to be a cop and you want to get back to homicide.
00:57:57Help me make the doctor loosen up.
00:57:59He knows a lot more than he is telling.
00:58:01Well, sure, I'll help, Terry, but first let's get Lily Beth out of this.
00:58:05Maybe she can tell us something.
00:58:07Yes, Mr. Lee, it seems to me that you're not too anxious to have Lily Beth restored to consciousness.
00:58:17What do you hear, Doc?
00:58:19Her heart's in a very depressed condition.
00:58:22Someone's been giving her orders by mental telepathy.
00:58:25Hey, could I learn to do that?
00:58:27Supposing Lily Beth was in the kitchen,
00:58:29could I telegraph her a wish for a cup of coffee, huh?
00:58:32Sir, perhaps, Raymond, someday when we have a little time,
00:58:35I'll indicate the principles of hypnosis to you.
00:58:38Monsieur Joseph.
00:58:41The principle of hypnosis isn't as simple as you would make them believe.
00:58:47It requires a long and patient study.
00:58:50But I will risk the wrath of the unknown.
00:58:54For I see you truly love this child.
00:58:58And for your sake, for your sake, I shall use my knowledge.
00:59:04Oh, gee, thanks, Professor.
00:59:06You're solid.
00:59:22Wake up!
00:59:26Wake up!
00:59:31Lily Beth, darling!
00:59:34Keep your big hands to yourself.
00:59:35What are you slapping me for?
00:59:37Professor, put her back to sleep.
00:59:38It's better that way.
00:59:39What have you been doing to me?
00:59:40Me?
00:59:40What have I been doing?
00:59:42Yes, what have you been doing?
00:59:43You've got to learn me that hypnotism trick.
00:59:44It's my only chance.
00:59:45Tell me, Lily Beth, what happened?
00:59:47Well, I can't seem to remember it.
00:59:50It all seems like a dream.
00:59:52Did you see anyone?
00:59:52No, but I do remember a perfume, a sweet odor.
00:59:57Yes, yes, go on.
00:59:58Terry!
01:00:01Terry, darling!
01:00:05Terry, darling!
01:00:07Yes, Jane.
01:00:08What is it?
01:00:09Is it Halloween?
01:00:10No, it isn't.
01:00:11Then why was that green face bobbing up at the window?
01:00:14What?
01:00:15Yeah, a green face, just like the one I saw in Mrs. Van Eys' room.
01:00:18You saw a green face in Mrs. Van Eys' room?
01:00:20Well, yes, darling, that's what she was shooting at.
01:00:23I mentioned it to you, but you're so scatterbrained.
01:00:26Yes, dear, I'm scatterbrained.
01:00:28Does your mind feel rested now and everything after your nap?
01:00:31Mm-hmm.
01:00:31That's a good girl.
01:00:33Now, come on, tell me, what happened?
01:00:35Oh, don't yell at me.
01:00:37I can tell you just how it happened.
01:00:39We were alone in the room, and Laura was going to sleep.
01:00:41And then she said, oh, take away the bandage.
01:00:44And I said, what bandage?
01:00:46And then she said, oh, don't shoot me.
01:00:48I didn't mean to do it.
01:00:49And then, oh, the room got awfully black.
01:00:53I think somebody must have turned off the lights.
01:00:56Just like that.
01:00:58Go ahead, you're doing fine.
01:01:00Well?
01:01:00Yeah, the lights had already gone out.
01:01:02Well, uh-huh, and the room got awfully dark.
01:01:05You've already said that.
01:01:07Think hard now.
01:01:08You saw a green mask.
01:01:10It came out of the wardrobe.
01:01:12Like a moth?
01:01:14Yes, darling, just like a moth.
01:01:16Oh, how clever of you.
01:01:17It was just like a great big moth, and it flew around and around.
01:01:19Please don't make yourself any dizzier than you are.
01:01:22Now tell me the rest of it.
01:01:24Well, I just don't see how you could remember that it was like a great big moth.
01:01:28Did you see it?
01:01:29Was it the hiding in the wardrobe, maybe?
01:01:30No, I wasn't in the wardrobe.
01:01:33Now look, Shane.
01:01:34Please, be yourself.
01:01:36No, I mean don't be yourself.
01:01:39Just relax.
01:01:40Relax.
01:01:41Mr. Lee.
01:01:43Just a moment.
01:01:45Where were you?
01:01:46Were you upstairs?
01:01:48No, I was down here talking with your son.
01:01:50And by the way, where is he?
01:01:52Here I am, Mr. Lee.
01:01:53What can I do for you?
01:01:55Will you stop it?
01:01:56Yes, I was listening outside the door.
01:01:59You haven't answered my father's question yet.
01:02:01Oh, come on.
01:02:02Take it easy.
01:02:02Take it easy.
01:02:03Maybe you can tell us where you've been, Mr. Vanny.
01:02:06Of course you don't know anything about your wife's whereabouts.
01:02:09Oh, go on.
01:02:09Tell him where she is.
01:02:10I want to go home.
01:02:11I'm hungry.
01:02:14Ah, Roy!
01:02:15Quiet, everybody!
01:02:16Quiet!
01:02:17Laura!
01:02:17Laura!
01:02:21Don't.
01:02:22No, don't.
01:02:23Don't!
01:02:31Laura!
01:02:32She's under a hypnotic spell.
01:02:36Ladies and gentlemen, it has been an exciting night.
01:02:39And you all are deserving of some explanation and relaxation for the strange goings-on.
01:02:45The guy who's doing the talking is behind the walls somewheres.
01:02:48Now you're getting smart, Sherlock.
01:02:50We introduce at this time the team of Lorette and Rene,
01:02:53as they appeared at the height of their success in the green room of the Paris Crayon.
01:02:59Sure.
01:03:00The mask.
01:03:01The picture.
01:03:02Mademoiselle Lorette.
01:03:06Now I know who he is.
01:03:09Mademoiselle Lorette will now put a bandage over her eyes.
01:03:12The better to see the inner truth.
01:03:15Very good, Rene.
01:03:17Very good.
01:03:19Just like the old tie.
01:03:21Would any member of the audience like to ask Mademoiselle a question?
01:03:28Come, Mr. Lee.
01:03:29You have been so full of questions up to now.
01:03:32I'm thinking, brother.
01:03:34We cannot keep Mademoiselle too long in this delicate mental balance.
01:03:38She has been under a great strain lately.
01:03:41Then I will ask the questions myself.
01:03:44Yes, Rene.
01:03:45I'm at your command.
01:03:46Are you afraid now?
01:03:48No.
01:03:49I'm quite safe.
01:03:51Will you tell the truth?
01:03:53Yes.
01:03:56They came to me and said, your partner, he of the magic feats and rare impersonations,
01:04:01is a spy.
01:04:02But we can't prove it.
01:04:04We will give you a million francs if you, Lorette, bring us that proof.
01:04:08Ah, now we shall know.
01:04:10You gave them the proof they wanted?
01:04:12Yes.
01:04:14They took him away to be killed?
01:04:17Yes.
01:04:17What was he to you, this man you betrayed?
01:04:20This man you sold to the enemy for money?
01:04:24He was my husband.
01:04:26When they told you he was to be executed,
01:04:29you sent this man a gift for his last moment before the firing squad.
01:04:34What was it?
01:04:36It was a green scarf for his eyes.
01:04:38Like the one you are wearing now?
01:04:40Yes.
01:04:41Why did you send it?
01:04:44It was my scarf.
01:04:46I wanted him to know I had betrayed him because I hated him.
01:04:50He was good and kind.
01:04:53But I hated him for the power he had over me.
01:04:56I see.
01:04:57That is your only defense you hated.
01:05:00You thought they shot him.
01:05:02You escaped to America.
01:05:04You thought you were safe.
01:05:05Then you found out he was alive and wanted revenge.
01:05:09Thank you, Mademoiselle Lorette.
01:05:11You may remove the bandage now.
01:05:14What do you see on the cloth, Mademoiselle?
01:05:19There's a hole in it.
01:05:21Yes.
01:05:22What else, Lorette?
01:05:24What else?
01:05:26There's blood on it.
01:05:28There's blood.
01:05:29I have come back.
01:05:31I am here.
01:05:32And I will have my revenge.
01:05:35No!
01:05:36No, don't touch me!
01:05:42Outside, under the window.
01:05:43You know where.
01:05:49Yes, he had his revenge.
01:05:52She's been living in mortal terror that he'd find her.
01:05:59Just a minute, lady.
01:06:00You ain't going nowhere.
01:06:02Well, if it ain't Mrs. Williams.
01:06:05Come along with me.
01:06:08Come on, come on.
01:06:09You want me to slog you?
01:06:10Get inside.
01:06:12Hey, Terry.
01:06:12Terry.
01:06:13Come here.
01:06:14Get a load of this.
01:06:15There's your man.
01:06:17At last, I caught me a murderer.
01:06:19You're wrong.
01:06:20I never laid a hand on you.
01:06:22Hey, my boy.
01:06:22You kept your promise to me.
01:06:24You said you wouldn't touch her.
01:06:26But she's dead, ain't she?
01:06:27And you ain't going nowhere till we find out what killed her.
01:06:30And you, Professor, you know too much for your own good.
01:06:33I'm holding you, too.
01:06:35Now you're getting smart, Bill.
01:06:37Well, Professor, I see you two know each other.
01:06:39Yes.
01:06:40Rene was my assistant.
01:06:42I taught him everything he knows.
01:06:44He went out for himself and became a success.
01:06:47Later, we met in a concentration camp.
01:06:51And here we are.
01:06:52A small word, Mr. Lee.
01:06:54A small word, indeed.
01:06:58Terry, is this the place where you get the marriage licenses?
01:07:01No, dear.
01:07:02This is the morgue.
01:07:03The morgue.
01:07:03Oh, darling.
01:07:04You say the cutest things.
01:07:07The morgue.
01:07:08Oh.
01:07:08Oh, never mind, dear.
01:07:10You just stay right here.
01:07:10Nobody will get you.
01:07:12Oh, but there.
01:07:13Well, Doctor, got anything to add to my story of the year?
01:07:16Who is this Rene?
01:07:17Rene was her husband.
01:07:19She turned him over for a sum.
01:07:20Figured the Nazis would take care of him.
01:07:21But he had ideas of his own.
01:07:22Look, Doc, was it murder?
01:07:25Do I finally get a break?
01:07:26Was she murdered?
01:07:27We're sending the report to the police.
01:07:29Who was it saying?
01:07:30Ah, come on, Doctor.
01:07:30Don't hold out on us.
01:07:32I didn't understand it at first, but I do now.
01:07:35There were no marks of violence on the body, and we found no internal disturbances.
01:07:38What does this all add up to, Doctor?
01:07:40Yes, let's have it.
01:07:41She was literally scared to death.
01:07:44Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
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