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A criminal who was executed, has been accidentally brought back to life after a series of scientific experiments went wrong. The man uses his new life to seek revenge on his enemies.
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00:00:38THE END
00:01:06THE END
00:01:30It was at this first meeting the Butcher Benton case took its first switch.
00:01:36Well, that's it, Butcher.
00:01:37The evidence against you was so strong that the governor turned down your appeal.
00:01:41You're a rotten liar, Lowe.
00:01:43You started railroading me from the beginning of the trial.
00:01:47And now you're still trying to throw me curves.
00:01:49Look, I don't blame you for being edgy, but get this straight.
00:01:52I didn't double-cross you.
00:01:54I never worked harder for a client.
00:01:55You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced?
00:02:00You're a fool, Butcher.
00:02:02If you hadn't tried to double-cross Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcella, they wouldn't have turned State's evidence against you.
00:02:07But you had to get greedy.
00:02:09You wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself.
00:02:12Well, the boys got sore, and I don't blame them.
00:02:15It was all your idea.
00:02:16You planned the whole job.
00:02:18You hired us.
00:02:19When you found out I'd staged the money, you decided it was time for me to die.
00:02:24You got those two crumbs to turn State's evidence on me.
00:02:28You stinking, rotten mouthpiece.
00:02:30We both know that isn't true, Butcher.
00:02:33Now, look, what's the sense of not giving me the money?
00:02:36It's not going to do you any good.
00:02:38Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that none of you three crumbs are going to spend it.
00:02:44What about Eva?
00:02:46Don't you owe her something?
00:02:47You tell me where the money is, I'll see that she gets your share.
00:02:51I've got a different idea.
00:02:53I'm going to kill you and Squeamy and Joe.
00:02:57Then I'll take care of Eva myself.
00:02:59You sick-headed ape, you're going to die tomorrow.
00:03:06Remember what I said?
00:03:08I'm going to get you, all three of you.
00:03:13Even for you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick.
00:03:17So long, dead man.
00:03:21Remember what I said.
00:03:23I'm going to kill you, all three of you.
00:03:41Back in Los Angeles, two men sat in a bar room listening to a newscaster tell his headline story.
00:03:46He played up big the Butcher's threat to kill Paul Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli for their having turned
00:03:53state's evidence against him.
00:03:55Squeamy Ellis didn't seem happy over the Butcher's threat.
00:03:59Neither did Joe Marcelli.
00:04:00But they had figured, once a dead man, always a dead man.
00:04:05But this was one time everyone was in for a surprise, including the entire police department.
00:04:28You seen the headlines, Captain?
00:04:31The teletype just came in from San Francisco.
00:04:34Butcher's execution is set for five o'clock this afternoon.
00:04:38And like the newspapers say, he still refuses to talk about that stolen money.
00:04:43Well, I still have hopes of coming up with something.
00:04:47That's what I dropped by for, Dick.
00:04:50With Butcher's execution, the department's marking it case closed.
00:04:53That means you'll be reassigned.
00:04:56I've spent a whole year trying to break this case.
00:04:59As far as I'm concerned, Butcher's death is just the beginning.
00:05:03Of course, I can't prove it, but I think that Paul Lowe was the top man.
00:05:07And even though I have to keep working on it while off duty, I'm going to get Lowe, Squeamy Ellis,
00:05:13and Joe Marcelli.
00:05:14Okay, Lieutenant.
00:05:15Officially, I've taken you off of the case.
00:05:18Unofficially, I wish you luck.
00:05:21Do me a favor.
00:05:22Keep me posted.
00:05:24Will do.
00:05:25Thanks, John.
00:05:29I headed for Eva Martin.
00:05:32She worked in a local burlesque house.
00:05:35I'm a cop, and my job is to ask questions and get answers.
00:05:39So I decided I might as well start again with her.
00:05:52Come in.
00:05:56Oh.
00:05:58What do you want?
00:05:59I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:01Talk?
00:06:02You're a cop, aren't you?
00:06:04Well, that's a good question.
00:06:06I can't even find a three-ton armored car, let alone the $600,000.
00:06:10And I've been on the case a year.
00:06:15I've told you, and I've told you, and I've told you.
00:06:17I don't know anything about the money.
00:06:19I never did.
00:06:20Benton's going to be dead in a little while.
00:06:21I thought it might make a difference.
00:06:23I never knew anything about the money.
00:06:27Call me dumb.
00:06:29I didn't even know Charles was in the rackets until the trial.
00:06:33I'll take it easy, kid.
00:06:35You're on, Eva.
00:06:36Come on, Eva.
00:06:37Come on.
00:06:44Undo.
00:06:56Oh, my God.
00:07:16Honey, here's your wrap.
00:07:17Okay.
00:07:38A few moments ago, Butcher Benton,
00:07:40without revealing the whereabouts of the $600,000
00:07:43stolen in the armored car holdup,
00:07:44paid for his crimes against society
00:07:47in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
00:07:49Now for a look at the international scene.
00:07:52Today...
00:07:54Come on, baby.
00:07:55Don't waste tears on Benton.
00:07:58I feel so badly about Charles.
00:08:01If I'd known, maybe I could have done something.
00:08:04How about a drink?
00:08:05We could both use it.
00:08:07I just can't drink while she's working.
00:08:09Boy, see.
00:08:22What's that?
00:08:24Well, now what's the matter?
00:08:27The message from Charles.
00:08:29He told me to open it if...
00:08:32he died.
00:08:34Finale, Eva.
00:08:36All right.
00:08:40How about a steak after the show?
00:08:42No, thanks.
00:08:43Not tonight, Paul.
00:08:54I didn't find out until much later,
00:08:56but Paul Lowe, in opening the letter the butcher had given Eva,
00:09:00found a map outlining a section of the city sewer system.
00:09:03And clearly identified was the spot
00:09:05where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:09:08He replaced it with a $50 bill.
00:09:10I guess he figured $50 to gain $600,000
00:09:14was not a bad day's work.
00:09:24And a few hundred miles away in San Francisco,
00:09:26the case took another switch,
00:09:28which turned the next 72 hours
00:09:30into one long, hideous nightmare.
00:09:33Dr. Bradshaw, a distinguished biochemist,
00:09:36was making preparations for a final experiment
00:09:38which he hoped would lead the way to a cure for cancer.
00:09:42He'd been successful with laboratory evidence.
00:09:45The last step called for a human body.
00:09:48And Dr. Bradshaw's assistant quickly made a deal
00:09:50with a local mortuary and returned to the laboratory
00:09:53with the dead body of Butcher Benton.
00:10:04He made good time.
00:10:05Well, I didn't waste any.
00:10:06Any trouble?
00:10:07No, I just handed the money over
00:10:09and moved the body into your station wagon.
00:10:11That was that.
00:10:12Good.
00:10:13Get a syringe.
00:10:20He's in good shape.
00:10:21Well, I hope so.
00:10:26We'll get other blood samples later.
00:10:27We'll run this one through fast.
00:10:29Right.
00:10:33Now wheel him into the machine and then raise him.
00:10:36Right.
00:10:50All right.
00:11:03Ready.
00:11:05You mean you're going to give him 287,000 volts?
00:11:08Yes, yes.
00:11:09I'll get the fluoroscope set.
00:11:11We'll check with that before we start dissecting.
00:11:14Turn off the lights.
00:11:16Yes.
00:11:19Yes.
00:11:24There you are, old boy.
00:11:27If you respond properly, and my theory is sound,
00:11:30you'll be more famous dead than alive.
00:11:33Throw the switch.
00:11:36I'll get you.
00:11:37I'll get you.
00:11:39I'll get you.
00:12:04All right.
00:12:17Wait, wait, I thought I saw a pulsation of the heart.
00:12:22You're right.
00:12:24Dr. Bradshaw, he's beginning to breathe.
00:12:27You've brought this man back to life.
00:12:29No, no, no, no.
00:12:30The heart muscle has simply responded to a terrific electrical shock, that's all.
00:12:36Yes, but it does prove that the cells still function.
00:12:41Dr. Bradshaw, he is alive.
00:12:45A shock reaction, it can't last.
00:12:47His cells are multiplying now, if your theory is right.
00:12:51We could keep that reaction going longer.
00:12:56But it's worth a try.
00:12:57Hurry.
00:13:00Get the body out.
00:13:21Get some adrenaline from the supply room.
00:13:23Some amyl nitrite, too.
00:13:25Hurry, hurry.
00:13:26Hurry.
00:13:27Come on.
00:13:35THE END
00:14:08Hey now, you mustn't move. Your heart can't stand the strain. Now you must lie still. Please, please. Easy now.
00:14:20Easy. Easy. You must lie. Easy. Please.
00:14:25Oh, oh, oh.
00:14:26Oh, oh, oh.
00:15:26Now easy, Benton. Just relax. I'm a doctor. I want to try to help you. Do you understand me? You're
00:15:34in my laboratory. The execution was carried out and you were declared dead. I tried an experiment on you and
00:15:40brought you back to life, although I didn't intend that.
00:15:43Now you've had a great shot. Now, now come and sit down. Be quiet now. Come and sit down. Take
00:15:49it easy. That's the boy.
00:15:59Careful. His reactions are violent. How do you explain this? Each cell must have multiplied a hundred times, perhaps thousands.
00:16:06His strength is unbelievable.
00:16:08No, no, no. It's too late for the amyl nitrite. I want to get some blood samples. Make some tests
00:16:14on him. Find out what's happened. Get me a syringe.
00:16:40Why won't the needle penetrate the skin?
00:16:44Tissue must be nearly a solid mass of cells. How are we going to get the blood samples?
00:16:50Surgically, perhaps.
00:16:56Now, easy, Benton. Take it easy. You can't leave here now. I'm responsible for your being alive.
00:17:28Get out of here.
00:17:55towards the end of this case captain lauder and i found out the doctor and his assistant had been
00:17:59murdered but i'm getting ahead of my story the butcher didn't know how he had been brought back
00:18:06from the dead and he didn't care all he knew he was alive then this monster made man started
00:18:14thinking about los angeles
00:18:31on that very night back in los angeles i decided to stop playing detective for a little while
00:18:38i went to the burlesque house to ask eva to have dinner with me
00:18:42after all the butcher was dead and if i got lucky sooner or later i figured paul lowe would lead
00:18:48me to the stolen payroll in a way that possibility made me even feel better
00:18:57it's not fair to watch the show from backstage next time i'll pay admission
00:19:01i take it by that remark you like my routine yeah you're pretty good
00:19:07what i can't figure out though is why you stay in a place like this it shouldn't be hard for
00:19:12someone like you to get a job in a class spot if you weren't a detective i'd be willing to
00:19:18bet with
00:19:18a line like that your next remark would be how about dinner well not exactly dinner but a hamburger
00:19:24might be a good idea if you're asking in an official capacity i can't say no i'm off duty
00:19:32for the past six months all i've ever called you is lieutenant chasen do you have a first name
00:19:38dick
00:19:41give me ten minutes for a quick change because you just made yourself a date lieutenant i mean dick
00:19:56know something dick i haven't had hamburger in the front seat of an automobile with a guy in a lot
00:20:01of years well from now on we'll do it more often
00:20:06it's funny i always figured a policeman wasn't really a human being
00:20:11i mean unless he was arresting someone or trying to solve a case he was unhappy
00:20:16it shows you how wrong you are in fact everyone on the force gets fed up occasionally with the job
00:20:22they do maybe we're more human than anyone else we see so much trouble we get to hate the word
00:20:30but as long as the world's filled with people they'll have to be men who enforce the laws
00:20:37what made you join the department now who's making with the questions
00:20:41no honest i'd like to know well it's really a very short story when i got out of the air
00:20:49corps i
00:20:49knocked around for a while well i went to work for an oil company
00:20:56one day i went back to college on the g.i bill just before graduation i noticed all about the
00:21:02police
00:21:02department exams seemed a pretty good thing to do with your life so i took the exams passed then went
00:21:10on
00:21:10from there if i ask one more question will you give me a straight answer try me am i still
00:21:17part of the
00:21:18charles benton investigation i mean right now i don't think so as far as the department's concerned
00:21:27when benton was executed the case was marked closed but inside of me that's not good enough
00:21:35i don't follow you well the six hundred thousand dollars is still missing and a fast-talking
00:21:41underworld lawyer like paul lowe is walking around a free man someday no matter how long it takes i'll
00:21:48get him and the money until i do the benton case for me is not closed i give you my
00:21:54word dick
00:21:55charles benton never told me anything about the money oh i've been sure of that for a long time
00:22:02but how did you ever get mixed up with anyone like the butcher
00:22:07as trouble ever started just happened i had a roommate who used to date benton all the time
00:22:13one day she packed and left for chicago benton carried a torch for her and he used my shoulder
00:22:18to cry on first thing i knew we were having dinner together and a few weeks later i was labeled
00:22:24by the
00:22:25police as this number one suspect and benton's girl but but it was never like that i made only one
00:22:31mistake i felt sorry for you mean until he was arrested for the robbery and the killing you had no
00:22:38idea how
00:22:39he earned a living i know this is going to sound crazy but i only went out with benton a
00:22:44couple of times
00:22:44and all we ever talked about was madge my old roommate the last time i saw him he tried to
00:22:50get
00:22:50too friendly and that's when i told him he had the wrong girl but like i said i already made
00:22:56my mistake
00:22:58what about the burlesque house how do you two fit together you sound like a lot of other people
00:23:06i left a small town a couple of years ago because i won a beauty contest and the first prize
00:23:11was a screen
00:23:12test after which nothing happened that's right only it was pretty rough and then one day i read
00:23:22an ad about girls wanted for a burlesque show i auditioned i got the job you know something it's
00:23:30like any other job if you're looking for trouble you can find it even in a school room well when
00:23:37the
00:23:37screen test didn't work out though why didn't you go on home well first you have to have a home
00:23:42to go
00:23:42back to my folks are dead so los angeles was as good as any place else i don't know about
00:23:49you but i do
00:23:50eight shows a day and at this hour i'm bushed i know what you mean mind if i drive you
00:23:56home no
00:23:59and i'll tell you something else i haven't minded anything about tonight not even the hamburger
00:24:08i kept playing tag with low he made four telephone calls three of them didn't interest me but one did
00:24:15the one to joe marcelli i watched joe head for his meeting with low and for some unknown reason i
00:24:22began
00:24:22to get the feeling that this case was finally about to explode in my favor
00:24:30you see what i mean
00:24:34well look at that will you i've seen him stack around two legs but he's doing it on four
00:24:40shut up you fleabag well look who's calling names at least i ate a squealer a stoolie
00:24:47i warned you before all right harry that's enough i'll take care of him
00:24:50i want to talk to him okay mr lowe with any future business you've got with this psycho take
00:24:54care of it upstairs in your office he keeps showing around here sooner or later he's going
00:24:58to get slugged cripple or no cripple all right shut up sit down
00:25:14i need a shot bad you'll get one after i've talked to you you sober enough to understand
00:25:21yeah i run out of dough no wonder look it you used to be the best torch man in town
00:25:27how i don't think you could crack a safe if you knew the combination no jobs nobody wants me
00:25:32since i turned stakes on benton that's your doing you taught me all right quit crying i got a job
00:25:37for
00:25:37you if you can stay off that stuff long enough you know i can if i've got a job how
00:25:42much what is it
00:25:44it's two grand in it for you where i knew where he pulled the job interested two grand ain't much
00:25:52out of
00:25:52six hundred thousand the other expenses besides that money's plenty of now you want it or i get
00:25:58another boy i'll do it how soon do you want me to go to work set it up for tomorrow
00:26:02night call me before
00:26:05noon and i'm one of the races one and that's all the jobs open
00:26:41and i'm one of the races one and that's all the races one and that's all the races one and
00:26:41that's all the races one has to be
00:26:46the butcher was walking slowly toward los angeles he traveled through wooded hills to prevent being
00:26:52seen by anyone finally he came to a quiet road he stopped to get his bearings and then he saw
00:27:01her
00:27:01he saw something else an automobile for the butcher that rang a bell with a car he knew by
00:27:10the next afternoon he'd be in los angeles in plenty of time to catch up with the three men who
00:27:14had
00:27:14double-crossed him well see you're a real gentleman to be helping strangers in distress i hope you don't
00:27:32mind me using the babe here as bait quite a dish isn't she but that's what she gets paid for
00:27:36bait
00:27:36that is yes sir she's a real shaker artist in my outfit carnival man myself just called me connie
00:27:43yeah well friend we're in a little bit of difficulty here got a flat tire brand new car no tools
00:27:48in the
00:27:48back why some of these dealers make my carnival grip this look like babes in the woods
00:28:16sound kill holy say who you whisper let it down let it down
00:28:24no matter who you with friend believe me i can do better for both of us i'll make a fortune
00:28:28for
00:28:28the both of the both an hour later the san francisco police department sent out an apb
00:28:54squads were sent to various parts of the countryside
00:29:00so
00:29:09so
00:29:11so
00:29:11so
00:29:37Roadblocks were thrown up to catch the cold-blooded killer
00:29:40the hysterical girl had described each squad kept reporting back to central headquarters
00:29:45and each of their stories was the same so far none of them had spotted the car the killer was
00:29:51driving orders were given to shoot to kill because from the girls further accounts they
00:29:56realized they were dealing with a maniac
00:30:32the
00:30:38the
00:30:38the
00:30:38the
00:30:39the
00:30:39the
00:30:39the
00:30:39Let's go.
00:31:14I trust that this information will answer all of your questions.
00:31:18If I can be of any further service, let me know.
00:31:21Sincerely, J.I. Louder, Captain Police, L.A.
00:31:24Here's another all points from CHP, Captain.
00:31:36These reports sound like they come from a bunch of loonies.
00:31:38You sure do. There it is.
00:31:41Sergeant.
00:31:42Yeah.
00:31:42I want Lieutenant Chasen to look these over as soon as he comes in.
00:31:45All right, then.
00:31:50The next morning, I read the stories of the brutal murder of the two police officers.
00:31:55I also read the witness's statement about the bullets having no effect upon the killer.
00:32:03I felt sorry for the witness, and I thought about how easily a person's mind can become confused when suddenly
00:32:09they receive a brutal shock.
00:32:12I didn't believe a man existed who could not be stopped by a slug from a .45.
00:32:18Good morning, Captain.
00:32:21You and the rest of the force are going on 24-hour duty.
00:32:25Seen the headlines?
00:32:26With this guy that's running amok up north?
00:32:29Yeah, the latest report, he's killed two police officers.
00:32:33Made a getaway in a green coop heading south.
00:32:36I've got a hunch this killer's going to be our baby.
00:32:39He could be in town right now.
00:32:41Yeah.
00:32:42You better get started, Lieutenant.
00:32:44Okay.
00:32:46Any new leads on that hold-up, Mike?
00:32:48I think the girl can probably be counted out.
00:32:51If any of the others are wise, they're keeping mighty quiet.
00:32:54Let it ride for now.
00:32:56The whole force is going to be on the spot until we catch this killer.
00:33:01Newspapers will have a field day.
00:33:14We were wrong about two things.
00:33:17The killer was already in our city, and we didn't know he was Butcher Benton.
00:33:22He headed straight for Eva Martin.
00:33:24He went to her dressing room to get back the map he had left in the envelope with her.
00:33:28He wanted first to check his money, then catch up with Lo and the others.
00:33:46It can't be.
00:33:51But you...
00:33:53You do look like him.
00:33:57Only different somehow.
00:34:05It is you.
00:34:09Why didn't somebody tell me?
00:34:15What's happened, Charles?
00:34:17Those look like bullet holes.
00:34:20Are they?
00:34:26There isn't even a mark.
00:34:57I opened it like you told me.
00:34:59I found the $50.
00:35:04I didn't know why he left him.
00:35:07Paul didn't know why he was here.
00:35:24Don't, don't, don't, don't think crazy.
00:35:29The name of Paul triggered his hate.
00:35:32He left her dressing room and started for Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli's place.
00:35:37Because he knew with them out of the way, Paul Lowe couldn't open the strong box where the money was
00:35:41hidden.
00:35:43He thought of Squeamy and Joe first.
00:35:45He was saving Paul Lowe for last.
00:35:48The next day is he.
00:35:50He was $50.
00:35:51He said, you were $50.
00:35:54The next day, Paul Lowe, you're going to see what he's done.
00:35:55The next day.
00:36:01He was a tough one.
00:36:02He started to look at this great town.
00:36:02He was just a little bit of a thing.
00:36:04But you're going to see what he's done.
00:36:05He knows what he's done.
00:36:08It's just a few years.
00:36:08He's done to the best.
00:36:16He's done to the best.
00:36:42Hey, Eva, can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?
00:36:51Operator, get me police headquarters.
00:36:55Lieutenant Chasen, please.
00:37:00When do you expect him?
00:37:05Tell him Charles Benton is alive, and even bullets can't stop him.
00:37:11I'm not crazy.
00:37:13Hey, just say a friend of Charles, he'll know.
00:37:30After leaving a message for me, Eva telephoned Squeamy Ellis.
00:37:35She tried to tell him the butcher was alive, and on his way over to kill him.
00:37:40Squeamy didn't believe her, and in a way you couldn't blame him.
00:37:43Who in their right mind would believe a man had returned from the dead?
00:37:47What Squeamy actually believed was that the butcher, before his execution,
00:37:51had hired a killer to carry out his threat.
00:38:07You sick?
00:38:09What?
00:38:10You don't look so good to me.
00:38:12Ten minutes, Eva.
00:38:14All right.
00:38:16Say, Eva, I could take over the matinate trick for you.
00:38:19What?
00:38:20It's easy.
00:38:22Look, Eva, I can do it.
00:38:24Scub-a-de-doo-dee-doo.
00:38:26Oh.
00:38:26On.
00:38:28I think I just thought of something.
00:38:30Yeah?
00:38:31Eva agreed to let Francine do the show.
00:38:35She hoped she'd be able to interrupt the butcher before he arrived at Squeamy's hotel.
00:38:39Or, failing that, at least be able to warn him to stay out of sight.
00:38:46You wanted me, Captain?
00:38:49Yeah, I just had a run-down on those fingerprints of the stolen car up north.
00:38:53We got nothing on the driver who was killed or the woman with him.
00:38:57Take a good look at these.
00:39:02There's something funny about these.
00:39:04Yeah.
00:39:05And the boys in the lab can't figure it out, either.
00:39:07Those are the killers.
00:39:09They were found on the steering wheel.
00:39:11Looked like they'd been stamped in with a steel die.
00:39:13They sure do.
00:39:18These are Butcher Bentons.
00:39:21What?
00:39:22They look the same to me.
00:39:24How do the lab boys explain that?
00:39:26I don't.
00:39:27Their best guess is a twin brother.
00:39:30An identical twin could have the same pattern of whorls with only slight variations.
00:39:37Ever hear of the Butcher having a twin brother?
00:39:40No.
00:39:41Even if he did, it wouldn't explain these freak prints.
00:39:46If you didn't pick up your message, Lieutenant, some wacky dame calls you.
00:39:50And she says Charles Benton is alive.
00:39:53Then bullets won't stop him.
00:39:56If we buy the twin theory, who was she?
00:39:59Where'd she seen?
00:40:00Well, she wouldn't leave her name.
00:40:02Sounded kind of hysterical to me.
00:40:03Said she was a friend of the Butcher's.
00:40:06Eva Martin.
00:40:07Get over to the Follies and see what that girl knows.
00:40:10Yeah.
00:40:13Some guys have all the luck.
00:40:15I never drew an assignment to the Follies.
00:40:18Yes.
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:25Meanwhile, the Butcher headed for Squeamy's hotel.
00:40:29He didn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
00:40:32Actually, he seemed like any normal person on his way to work or on his way home.
00:40:47He rode up Angel's flight, arrived at the top, scanned the hotel building, and then noticed
00:40:53the only exit from Squeamy's apartment, a fire escape.
00:40:56Mmm-hmm.
00:41:12Mmm-hmm.
00:41:23Mmm-hmm.
00:41:43Oh, my God.
00:42:03Oh, my God.
00:42:32Oh, my God.
00:43:11Oh, my God.
00:43:24Oh, my God.
00:43:46Oh, my God.
00:43:49Oh, my God.
00:44:17Not since last night when I told him I didn't want him around here no more.
00:44:20Give me a shot.
00:44:34Look, I need help.
00:44:38I just found out that Benton's hired a killer to get me.
00:44:43He's after Joe, too.
00:44:45Then drink up and get out.
00:44:46I don't want no trouble around my place.
00:44:48You're a real pal.
00:44:49Drink up and get out.
00:44:51Drink up and get out, I said.
00:44:53Now drink up and get out, I said.
00:44:54Let's go.
00:45:28Let's go.
00:46:01Let's go.
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00:53:01Let's go.
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00:53:18Let's go.
00:53:25Let's go.
00:53:26Alright.
00:53:27Little Squeaby and Joe.
00:53:28Joe too?
00:53:31Benton?
00:53:32He's alive.
00:53:34I saw him.
00:53:35But nobody will believe me.
00:53:36I'm checking it.
00:53:37My guess is whoever killed them is on the trail of the Money Love.
00:53:41Now maybe you better start talking if you know anything about it.
00:53:43I don't know anything.
00:53:45Did the Butcher have a brother?
00:53:48No. No, brother.
00:53:49It was Charles.
00:53:51I saw the tattoo on his arm.
00:53:56Look, I demand police protection.
00:53:58Where's the money, Lowe?
00:53:59You heard me. I demand protection. I know my rights.
00:54:01We put stakeouts on your office and home.
00:54:03Well, that's not enough.
00:54:05It's enough as far as we're concerned.
00:54:11What?
00:54:12Are you going to book me, Sergeant?
00:54:14Dan, throw away the key.
00:54:25Come up with anything yet, Dick?
00:54:27Oh, we've checked every hotel, motel, and rooming house in town.
00:54:30We've run a cross-check on every hangout butcher ever used.
00:54:34Net results, blank.
00:54:35This is incredible.
00:54:37We not only discover a dead man turned killer,
00:54:40but it's beginning to look like he plays ghost, too.
00:54:43He's somewhere in this city,
00:54:45and if we have to take it apart brick by brick,
00:54:47we've got to get him.
00:54:49I may be way off,
00:54:50but I think Paul Lowe could tell us a lot.
00:54:53Maybe?
00:54:54That's a cinch he's not going to.
00:54:56Well, suppose he had no alternative.
00:54:58You'd better grab some coffee.
00:55:00Your mind's beginning to play tricks on you.
00:55:02Lowe, now, wait a minute.
00:55:03When Lowe came to us for police protection,
00:55:06it was because he was scared stiff
00:55:07the butcher would add him to the list
00:55:08of Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli.
00:55:11Go on.
00:55:12It figures, too.
00:55:13When he slugged the sergeant,
00:55:14he knew we'd book him right away.
00:55:16Oh, this Lowe's a pretty cute character,
00:55:18but we can play the same game.
00:55:20You mean we'll threaten to release him?
00:55:21Well, not exactly.
00:55:23You tell him you realize that he was excited,
00:55:26that throwing the punch was accidental.
00:55:28Tell him we're not going to make a charge,
00:55:30that he's completely released.
00:55:31Lieutenant, you know we can't do that.
00:55:33Lowe made his first mistake when he hit the sergeant,
00:55:36and that'll get him a year.
00:55:36Well, as far as the department's concerned,
00:55:38at least it's a small victory.
00:55:40If my hunch is right,
00:55:43Lowe won't want to be on the streets
00:55:44with the butcher looking for him.
00:55:45And he may talk, and talk a lot.
00:55:48Enough maybe for us to get rid of him permanently.
00:55:50Even lead us to the butcher.
00:55:52If he's frightened enough, that might work.
00:55:56But if it doesn't...
00:55:58No, Dick, I'm not going to release him.
00:56:00I want him out of my way so bad I can taste it,
00:56:02but not bad enough to be responsible
00:56:04for getting him killed.
00:56:05The good thing about that, Captain,
00:56:07is the fact we know it,
00:56:09but Lowe doesn't.
00:56:12Let's give it a try.
00:56:14All right, Lowe.
00:56:14Come on out.
00:56:18I think you'll find everything in there.
00:56:22You're free to go, Mr. Lowe.
00:56:26Wait a minute.
00:56:27Who do you think you're kidding?
00:56:29You arrested me for assaulting an officer.
00:56:32In court, I'll plead guilty.
00:56:34With luck, I might get off for six months.
00:56:37For a lawyer, you're forgetting a very important point.
00:56:40If no charge is made, there's no trial.
00:56:43It was a tough day for everyone.
00:56:45We figured your nerves were on edge,
00:56:47and when you threw the punch,
00:56:48you didn't know what you were doing.
00:56:49I've squared everything with the sergeant.
00:56:51It's all over, all forgotten.
00:56:53Yeah?
00:56:54Why'd you bring a stenographer?
00:56:56Simply because I wanted a record of our conversation
00:56:58at the time of your release.
00:57:01Okay, Lowe, let's go.
00:57:02Oh, wait a minute.
00:57:04What's that on those streets, and I'm a dead man?
00:57:06If you let me go, you'll be responsible for murder.
00:57:09Oh, come off it, Lowe.
00:57:10You're imagining things.
00:57:11You know the butcher threatened to kill me.
00:57:14You set me free, he'll do it.
00:57:15Well, that's just a risk we'll have to take.
00:57:18But the way I look at it, Mr. Lowe,
00:57:21you'll be okay.
00:57:23Look, Captain, I'll make a deal with you.
00:57:25You keep me here,
00:57:26and I'll tell you how to recover the money.
00:57:28Maybe even catch the butcher.
00:57:29No deals, Lowe.
00:57:30Well, you'd probably tell us anything,
00:57:32just to stall for time.
00:57:33Come on, let's get out of here.
00:57:35Now, wait a minute.
00:57:38All right.
00:57:41I'll tell you the truth.
00:57:44Start taking this down.
00:57:49I, Paul Lowe,
00:57:53hired Butcher Benton,
00:57:56Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Macelli
00:57:57to pull off the armored car holdup.
00:58:02And then Lowe continued with his confession.
00:58:05He told us about finding the map.
00:58:07He showed us the exact location
00:58:09of where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:58:11And he gave us a most important answer,
00:58:14the explanation as to how the butcher
00:58:16was able to elude detection.
00:58:18His means of escape was the sewer system
00:58:21that used our city.
00:58:34The department went to work fast.
00:58:36Every police squad in the city
00:58:38was detailed to cover a specific area.
00:58:40Every entrance and exit
00:58:42to the Los Angeles city sewer system
00:58:44of 700 miles was covered.
00:58:46Captain Lauder and I,
00:58:47along with several other squads,
00:58:49headed for the entrance where,
00:58:50according to the map,
00:58:51Butcher had hidden the money.
00:58:53Our job was to stop him,
00:58:55and that made me think
00:58:56of one specific question.
00:58:58When we found him,
00:59:00could this monster be stopped?
00:59:02I, for one, wasn't sure.
00:59:26Everything all set, Lieutenant?
00:59:28City engineers mapped out each possible exit.
00:59:30The squad of officers are spotted at every point.
00:59:33If the butcher can be caught,
00:59:34now's the time.
00:59:35After I talked to Caltech,
00:59:36I called on the fire department for a little help.
00:59:39The professors thought a flamethrower might stop him.
00:59:41Flamethrower?
00:59:42I suppose their boys have had a chance
00:59:44to join our squads by now.
00:59:45See, we have one with us here.
00:59:47Have you thought about what'll happen
00:59:48if this doesn't work?
00:59:50No.
00:59:51I've been praying too hard
00:59:53that it will work.
00:59:53I sort of thought about or not.
01:00:21... I
01:01:44This is where we split up.
01:01:45Go straight ahead.
01:02:18Go straight ahead.
01:02:48If this map's right, we're off our course.
01:02:51We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:22We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:53We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:10Hold it, butchard.
01:04:12I didn't have it.
01:04:55We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:24We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:53We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:25We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:54We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:23We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:30We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:34We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:42We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:47We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:01We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:07We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:27And the tremendous shock of electricity that brought the butcher back to life destroyed him.
01:08:31The $600,000 stolen in the armored truck robbery has been recovered.
01:08:36Case closed.
01:08:40Well, here are the scientists' comments for your records.
01:08:43I had to fill in a few spots with my own guesses, but I guess that's about the size of
01:08:47it.
01:08:47Did you get any sleep?
01:08:49Oh, some.
01:08:49Not much.
01:08:50How's the girl today?
01:08:52Well, they called the hospital about an hour ago.
01:08:54She'd gone.
01:08:55Gone?
01:08:55Where?
01:08:56She told him she was a working girl and that she'd been away from the job too long already.
01:09:00Quite a girl.
01:09:02Yeah.
01:09:03Say, how about that time off I've got coming?
01:09:0648 hours.
01:09:07Beginning right now.
01:09:09Get some resting.
01:09:18You know something, Dick?
01:09:20The past 72 hours seemed like a bad dream.
01:09:25That rest in the hospital today really gave me a new lease on life.
01:09:29Now that it's over, I...
01:09:31I can't believe it actually happened.
01:09:34The important thing is to remember, it is all over.
01:09:39I suppose you'll be assigned to another case.
01:09:42I'll have to give up hamburgers in the front seat of the car for steaks in a restaurant.
01:09:47No.
01:09:48I've thought about that.
01:09:50In fact, I decided to do something about it.
01:09:52I started by talking the captain into a short holiday.
01:09:56And, uh, just about an hour ago, I got you fired.
01:10:01What?
01:10:03What did you do that for?
01:10:05I figured that being my wife would take up all of your time.
01:10:10Yeah.
01:10:11Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't.
01:10:14You're not supposed to say no to a detective.
01:10:17I figured that too.
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