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Scared to Death – A Terrifying Mystery That Will Keep You on Edge is a chilling classic filled with suspense, fear, secrets, and unexpected twists. As mysterious events unfold, the characters find themselves caught in a dangerous situation where nothing is as it seems. A gripping vintage mystery for fans of classic horror, suspense, and thrilling old movies.
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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.
00:19:30Please.
00:19:50Ahhh!
00:19:59To the rescue, ma'am.
00:20:00Who done it? 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.
00:20:18I was hoping we'd have a little murder
00:20:20or something happened around here
00:20:22so as I could solve it
00:20:23and get my whole job back at 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
00:20:49I'm not afraid of being murdered
00:20:50by 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.
00:21:03Faito! Faito! Faito!
00:21:04Faito! Faito!
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.
00:21:16I can take a hint.
00:21:18Nice little bedroom companion
00:21:19you've got there.
00:21:20Get out!
00:21:21I'll go, I'll go,
00:21:22but 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
00:21:33and my mind started to crack.
00:21:43Lilybeth?
00:21:44My melancholy baby,
00:21:45where 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
00:21:51going through my things.
00:21:52What'd you do with the picture?
00:21:53Where is it?
00:21:53I didn't see it.
00:21:54That's the last time
00:21:55you put your hands on me.
00:21:56I'll give you one more chance
00:21:58and then I'll...
00:21:58I told you I don't know
00:21:59where the picture is
00:22:00and I don't know
00:22:01what you're talking about.
00:22:02Finn, you all the time
00:22:03going through my things,
00:22:04opening my mail,
00:22:04grabbing on my door at night.
00:22:06Now you're blaming me.
00:22:07I've never touched
00:22:08anything 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
00:22:14when there's something
00:22:15I don't want.
00:22:16Ah!
00:22:17Oh, shut up.
00:22:18It's only a dummy.
00:22:20A dummy?
00:22:21Where'd you get that thing?
00:22:22I suppose you're going to tell me
00:22:24you don't know anything
00:22:24about that either.
00:22:25Oh, I bet it was in the box.
00:22:27In the box I brought up
00:22:28for 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
00:22:33and I thought it was the mailman.
00:22:35I opened the door
00:22:36and it was sitting there
00:22:37on the stoop.
00:22:38You're lying.
00:22:38No, I'm not.
00:22:39I don't mind telling a lie
00:22:40now and then,
00:22:41but I'm not lying now.
00:22:42Honest.
00:22:44Don't try to scare me out.
00:22:48I'm not leaving.
00:22:49No.
00:22:49But I am.
00:22:51You, come here.
00:22:53You and Mr. Ward
00:22:54are pretty thick, aren't you?
00:22:55Thick?
00:22:55Yes, thick like your head.
00:22:57He's fallen in love
00:22:57with 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
00:23:05with some simple-faced...
00:23:07men.
00:23:09There's always a way
00:23:10to get even with them.
00:23:15I've got to find that picture.
00:23:17Otherwise,
00:23:17they won't know
00:23:18what he looks like.
00:23:19I've got to send it
00:23:20to 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
00:23:28and maybe I haven't.
00:23:30Maybe I saw him
00:23:31go 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
00:23:42to get you,
00:23:43Miss LaValle.
00:23:44Miss LaValle.
00:23:46There's nothing safe
00:23:47from your prying eyes,
00:23:48is there?
00:23:49You think you know
00:23:50everything, 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
00:23:57as you think I am,
00:23:58Miss LaValle.
00:23:59That head's supposed
00:24:00to be you.
00:24:01Kind of a calling card.
00:24:02I don't remind you that.
00:24:03Why, you!
00:24:11Excuse me, lady.
00:24:21Oh, I'm afraid.
00:24:24I'm afraid.
00:24:26Where are you hiding?
00:24:32Dr. Fanny!
00:24:33Dr. Fanny!
00:24:40Dr. Fanny!
00:24:41Dr. Fanny!
00:24:44Doc, doc!
00:24:45Fun is fun.
00:24:46But after all,
00:24:47there ain't nothing
00:24:47in my contract
00:24:48that says I got it.
00:24:49Well, now I ask,
00:24:50is that anything
00:24:51to be playing football with?
00:24:53Where did you get that, Raymond?
00:24:55Miss Fanny chucked it at me
00:24:56like I was a pass receiver
00:24:57for 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
00:25:06of anatomical specimens
00:25:07that was locked
00:25:08in a room in the cellar.
00:25:10How did you happen to get it?
00:25:12That's what I'm trying
00:25:13to tell you.
00:25:14There I was,
00:25:15outside our door,
00:25:16strictly minding
00:25:16my own business,
00:25:17understand,
00:25:18listening at the keyhole.
00:25:19I don't think that belongs
00:25:21in the realm
00:25:21of your duties, Raymond.
00:25:22But, doc,
00:25:23there were screams inside.
00:25:25You gotta admit
00:25:25it's within the longitude
00:25:26of my profession
00:25:27to make with
00:25:28an investigatory reaction
00:25:29thereto.
00:25:30What am I saying?
00:25:32I don't understand
00:25:33how this head got
00:25:34from its locked room
00:25:34in the cellar.
00:25:36Well, the way I heard it,
00:25:37it was sent
00:25:38to Mrs. Fanny.
00:25:39That was rather
00:25:40a gruesome practical joke.
00:25:42Why, your anatomical locker
00:25:43hasn't been opened
00:25:44for ages.
00:25:45I think you once told me
00:25:46you'd lost the only key
00:25:47to it.
00:25:47I know.
00:25:48There is no key
00:25:49to my knowledge.
00:25:50Why, that thing
00:25:52didn't walk out
00:25:52of the room by itself?
00:25:54Hardly.
00:25:58Doc, I'm worried.
00:26:00What about, Raymond?
00:26:01Well, now,
00:26:02take this head business.
00:26:03The whole thing
00:26:04don't seem hardly
00:26:05serious to me.
00:26:06I think that
00:26:07if it's all the same
00:26:08to you,
00:26:09I'd better be
00:26:09checking along
00:26:10to other duties.
00:26:11You're not afraid,
00:26:12are you, Raymond?
00:26:13Who, me?
00:26:14Scared?
00:26:16It's just that
00:26:17I don't think
00:26:18that there's going
00:26:19to be any murder
00:26:19here done after all.
00:26:21That's too bad.
00:26:23Well, it's not
00:26:24your fault,
00:26:25I guess.
00:26:26It's just
00:26:26not my lucky day,
00:26:28that's all.
00:26:33Thank you,
00:26:34a minute.
00:26:38Oh, Miss Lillibeth,
00:26:39have you a little
00:26:40more coffee
00:26:41in the kitchen?
00:26:41What happened
00:26:42to the three gallons
00:26:42I already gave you today?
00:26:45Lillibeth,
00:26:46what you need
00:26:47is a good,
00:26:47strong,
00:26:48steady man.
00:26:49Who is always
00:26:50hanging around,
00:26:51tracking up my floors
00:26:52and things.
00:26:53What's that on your shoe?
00:26:54Looks like cobwebs
00:26:56from out of the cellar.
00:26:57What were you doing
00:26:58in the basement?
00:27:00It could have been
00:27:01the attic.
00:27:02Bill, Raymond,
00:27:02you're holding out on me.
00:27:04What are you up to?
00:27:06Up to?
00:27:07Yes.
00:27:08Who asked you
00:27:08to go poking around
00:27:09in the cellar?
00:27:11It was in performance
00:27:12of my duty.
00:27:13What duty?
00:27:15What did you find?
00:27:17Absolutely nothing.
00:27:19That's what makes me
00:27:19so disgusted.
00:27:21Too bad about you.
00:27:23You know,
00:27:23Lillibeth,
00:27:24I think some
00:27:25bundy around here
00:27:26is just kidding.
00:27:28They don't mean
00:27:28business at all.
00:27:30Why don't you
00:27:31just wait around
00:27:31and see?
00:27:32Say,
00:27:33if you've got
00:27:33any inside dope,
00:27:34I wish you'd
00:27:35tip me off.
00:27:36If I'm ever
00:27:36going to get back
00:27:37to Central
00:27:37and prove
00:27:38I'm a good detective,
00:27:39I've got to
00:27:39have some clues.
00:27:46Yes,
00:27:46I was scared.
00:27:47Scared of my life.
00:27:53I expected
00:27:54big things
00:27:54of that
00:27:55ghoulish-looking guy,
00:27:56but he ain't
00:27:56delivered neither.
00:27:59I should say,
00:28:00in a way,
00:28:00you were entitled
00:28:01to expect
00:28:01big things
00:28:02from him.
00:28:04Leo was once
00:28:04confined in this house
00:28:06when it was
00:28:06an institution
00:28:07for the insane.
00:28:09Nerves.
00:28:10You know.
00:28:11Do tell.
00:28:13Well then,
00:28:13he must know
00:28:14his way around
00:28:15the place,
00:28:15huh?
00:28:16I understand
00:28:17why he was here.
00:28:18He engineered
00:28:19an immense number
00:28:20of secret passages
00:28:21through which
00:28:22the guards
00:28:23could keep an eye
00:28:24on the inmates
00:28:24at night.
00:28:26Finally,
00:28:26he took one
00:28:27of these passages
00:28:28into the outside world
00:28:30and we heard later
00:28:31he'd been seen
00:28:32in Europe.
00:28:33Ah, Europe.
00:28:35That's where
00:28:36history's being
00:28:36made today.
00:28:38Gee, I'd love
00:28:38to travel and stuff.
00:28:39Well, perhaps
00:28:40you'll have
00:28:40an opportunity
00:28:41someday.
00:28:41Not if something
00:28:42don't happen
00:28:42around here
00:28:43pretty soon
00:28:44to make me famous.
00:28:46That Lily Beth.
00:28:48I've been trying
00:28:48to get a cup
00:28:49of coffee
00:28:49off of her
00:28:50all day.
00:28:51She don't care
00:28:52what happens
00:28:52to my metabolism.
00:28:55Metabolism.
00:28:56That's a good word.
00:28:58I wonder
00:28:59what it means.
00:29:14Operator.
00:29:16I run the police
00:29:17right away.
00:29:27Stop crowding me.
00:29:29But, hon,
00:29:30don't you want me
00:29:30around to protect you?
00:29:31That indigo guy,
00:29:33my...
00:29:33Yes, but who's
00:29:34going to protect
00:29:34me from you?
00:29:37Lily Beth.
00:29:40My wild Irish rose.
00:29:42I just live
00:29:43for the day
00:29:43when I can
00:29:44take you
00:29:44out of all this.
00:29:46When I can slave
00:29:47and get you
00:29:48the luxuries
00:29:49in life.
00:29:50Gee, I'd gladly
00:29:51work my fingers
00:29:52to the bone
00:29:53to buy you
00:29:54expensive motor cars
00:29:55and furs
00:29:56and jewels
00:29:57and things
00:29:58and serve
00:29:59your breakfast
00:29:59in bed.
00:30:01What's the matter
00:30:02with me?
00:30:02Am I crazy?
00:30:04Yes.
00:30:04And I'd hate
00:30:05to hang by my neck
00:30:06until you got me
00:30:07all those things.
00:30:08Yeah.
00:30:09You might get
00:30:09a little blue
00:30:10in the face.
00:30:12Still and all,
00:30:13all I gotta do
00:30:14is to find myself
00:30:15one slightly
00:30:15murdered body
00:30:16and I'm in.
00:30:17Stop looking at me.
00:30:21Oh, Lily Beth,
00:30:22sometimes I think
00:30:23I'm not getting
00:30:23anywheres with you.
00:30:24What do you think?
00:30:25I think you've
00:30:26got a good idea there.
00:30:28All right.
00:30:29All right.
00:30:30You'll be sorry
00:30:31someday when you
00:30:32see my picture
00:30:33in the paper.
00:30:35Wait and see.
00:30:38Hey, Lily Beth,
00:30:39why don't you
00:30:40answer the doorbell?
00:30:41Maybe that Indigo
00:30:42guy wants in.
00:30:51Doctor ain't home.
00:30:52You'll have to
00:30:53call some other time.
00:30:55Don't be silly.
00:30:58Don't say I didn't
00:30:59tell you.
00:31:00Close the door
00:31:01on your way out.
00:31:03Hey, wait a minute.
00:31:04Well, if it isn't
00:31:05Bull 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
00:31:20to be out with him?
00:31:21Cute darling,
00:31:22don't you think?
00:31:22Flat at both ends,
00:31:23head and feet.
00:31:24You've heard me
00:31:25speak of him?
00:31:26Bull Raymond.
00:31:27Bill Raymond,
00:31:28if you please.
00:31:28Mr. Terry Lee,
00:31:29who's so-called
00:31:30reporter.
00:31:31How do you happen
00:31:32to be out with
00:31:32a dish like this?
00:31:34Jane Cornell.
00:31:35Good for dull days
00:31:36in a man's life.
00:31:37Mr. Raymond.
00:31:39Oh, yeah,
00:31:39I remember.
00:31:40Terry told me
00:31:41about the time
00:31:41you shot up
00:31:42the dressmaker's dummy.
00:31:43Huh?
00:31:44Yeah.
00:31:44He said you closed in
00:31:45on what you thought
00:31:46was the murderer,
00:31:46but it turned out
00:31:47to be the dressmaker's dummy
00:31:48and you shot in
00:31:49full of holes
00:31:49while the real murder
00:31:50got away.
00:31:54My pal.
00:31:55So this is where
00:31:56you've been hiding
00:31:57after they kicked you
00:31:57out for that fiasco,
00:31:58huh, Bull?
00:31:59Bill, I mean.
00:32:00What are you doing here?
00:32:01Can't a man
00:32:02re-debilitate himself
00:32:03in peace?
00:32:04Here I come
00:32:05looking for an honest
00:32:06crime around here
00:32:07so I can solve it
00:32:08and get myself
00:32:08back to Central.
00:32:09And you come along
00:32:10and...
00:32:10Where's the body, Bull?
00:32:12Bill?
00:32:12There ain't no body.
00:32:13That's the trouble.
00:32:14No, no,
00:32:15let'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
00:32:24get knocked off
00:32:25around here?
00:32:25Look,
00:32:26I don't like
00:32:26to be kidded either.
00:32:27Where is it hidden,
00:32:28Sherlock?
00:32:29Oh, Terry,
00:32:30you've been on
00:32:31the police beat
00:32:31so long that...
00:32:32Now listen, Bill,
00:32:34you know me well enough
00:32:34to know I wouldn't
00:32:35come out here
00:32:35just for the ride.
00:32:36Not when I could be,
00:32:38um...
00:32:39It just so happens
00:32:40there was a call
00:32:40to the police.
00:32:41Came from out here.
00:32:43And I happened to be there
00:32:44when it came through.
00:32:45Miss Cornell
00:32:46happens to be the operator.
00:32:48So she tipped me off.
00:32:49Told me the line
00:32:50had gone dead.
00:32:51So I smell the story
00:32:52and here I am
00:32:53for an exclusive.
00:32:54You see what I mean?
00:32:55What's in that?
00:32:55Well, that's the doctor's
00:32:56consulting room
00:32:57but there ain't nobody
00:32:58in there.
00:32:59I've been standing here
00:33:00for 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
00:33:06ain't almost never round.
00:33:08In you go.
00:33:09Never do that.
00:33:10I could get killed
00:33:11that way.
00:33:12Is that bad?
00:33:14Oh, so nothing's
00:33:15happened around here, huh?
00:33:17It's busted.
00:33:22There.
00:33:23See?
00:33:24Like I said,
00:33:25there ain't nobody here.
00:33:30Hey, cut it out, will you?
00:33:32You're making me dizzy.
00:33:34Well, sure,
00:33:35somebody stumbled over it
00:33:37and pulled it out
00:33:37of the wall.
00:33:38Could happen anywhere.
00:33:43Oh, help!
00:33:47He wants to shake hands
00:33:49with 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
00:34:07and kill me?
00:34:08Oh, why, Doc?
00:34:10Why should I do that?
00:34:12You ain't paid me
00:34:13for the last month yet.
00:34:15How long you been here?
00:34:17Now, let me see.
00:34:19I was going to make
00:34:20a telephone call
00:34:21when...
00:34:22Somebody conked your head,
00:34:23doctor?
00:34:23Then ripped the telephone
00:34:24wire out?
00:34:24Yes, I imagine
00:34:25that is about
00:34:26what happened.
00:34:29Who are these people?
00:34:31Oh, they're all right, Doc.
00:34:33This is Terry Lee
00:34:34and Miss Cornell
00:34:35from the Times.
00:34:36We don't want
00:34:37any reporters here.
00:34:38Nothing's happened.
00:34:39Look, doctor,
00:34:39nobody ever wants reporters,
00:34:41but then something happens
00:34:41and 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,
00:34:48put yourself on the table
00:34:49and got all nice and pretty
00:34:50in that shroud there.
00:34:50You won't get
00:34:51any story here.
00:34:52And now,
00:34:53if you'll excuse me,
00:34:53I have some work to do.
00:34:55Doctor, do you mind
00:34:56if we stick around
00:34:56for 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,
00:35:02if you make yourselves
00:35:03objectionable in any way,
00:35:05I'll have Raymond
00:35:05throw 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
00:35:24to tell him
00:35:24you got kicked out
00:35:25of homicide,
00:35:26would you,
00:35:26Bill, old boy?
00:35:27Shh.
00:35:28Oh, Terry,
00:35:29you're my pal.
00:35:30You know that,
00:35:30don't you?
00:35:31Would I kick you out?
00:35:33You would if you could, Bill.
00:35:35Now, why can't we
00:35:35have a little talk,
00:35:36quiet-like?
00:35:36Well, if you'd just
00:35:37follow me in the parlor
00:35:38over here.
00:35:40Oh, me too, darling,
00:35:41me too.
00:35:42Darling knows everything
00:35:43about everyone,
00:35:43and that's how I learn.
00:35:44Good, dear.
00:35:45I just sit at his feet
00:35:46and listen.
00:35:47Yeah?
00:35:49Baby, I'm going to miss you
00:35:50an awful lot
00:35:50when I grow tired of you.
00:35:52Now, remember,
00:35:52you're just going to listen.
00:35:53Well, of course, darling.
00:35:55What else do I do
00:35:55when I'm with you?
00:35:56Sit down.
00:35:59Now, as I remember it,
00:36:00there was a singer
00:36:01at the Click Club
00:36:02who called herself
00:36:03Laura LaValle.
00:36:04Didn't she marry
00:36:05young Ward Vanny
00:36:06a couple of years ago?
00:36:08I don't know
00:36:09nothing about her.
00:36:10Oh, yes, you do.
00:36:11It was just about
00:36:12the same time
00:36:13that you had that affair
00:36:14with the dressmaker's dummy.
00:36:16Oh, uh...
00:36:16Oh, yeah.
00:36:17Yeah, yeah.
00:36:18Now I remember, Terry.
00:36:19You're right.
00:36:20You're right.
00:36:21She was down
00:36:22to the Click Club
00:36:23and it was her
00:36:23that married Ward.
00:36:25Wasn't that on a bed
00:36:25of some kind?
00:36:28Well, there was
00:36:29a party going on
00:36:30and somebody dared Ward
00:36:32to ask the singer
00:36:33to marry him
00:36:34and he thought
00:36:35at the time
00:36:36it was a good gag
00:36:37and he went along with it.
00:36:38That's right.
00:36:39He got pretty high
00:36:40and then popped
00:36:41the 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
00:36:49L-I-S-T-E-N
00:36:49L-I-S-T-E-N
00:36:50Oh.
00:36:53Well, that's how
00:36:53it happened anyway.
00:36:55Ward woke up
00:36:56the next morning
00:36:56and found himself
00:36:57married solid.
00:36:59He'd asked her
00:37:00and she'd snapped him up.
00:37:01Oh, and they lived
00:37:02snappily ever after.
00:37:03I don't care.
00:37:04I think it was sweet.
00:37:06Darling,
00:37:07couldn't I get you
00:37:08high sometime and...
00:37:09Sweetheart,
00:37:10have you ever heard
00:37:11the old saying
00:37:11about little girls?
00:37:12What's that?
00:37:14Little girls
00:37:14should be seen
00:37:15and not heard.
00:37:16Now go on,
00:37:16potty your nose.
00:37:17All right.
00:37:18I think I'll be
00:37:19shoving along too.
00:37:20Now wait a minute.
00:37:21We're just getting started.
00:37:22We were talking
00:37:23about a singer
00:37:24who called herself
00:37:24Laura LaValle
00:37:26and pushed away
00:37:27into this house
00:37:27for good reasons
00:37:28of her own.
00:37:30Gentlemen,
00:37:31I beg your pardon.
00:37:35I must tell you frankly,
00:37:36I have been
00:37:38eavesdropping.
00:37:39Professor Leonard,
00:37:41this is a reunion.
00:37:43My boy,
00:37:44you must forgive me.
00:37:45You seem to remember me.
00:37:47But I do not
00:37:48recollect you.
00:37:49When was it?
00:37:53What was it?
00:37:54Oh, Professor,
00:37:55it was a long time ago
00:37:57and I was a kid
00:37:57up in the balcony
00:37:58in Albany.
00:37:58Yes?
00:37:59When you brought down
00:38:00the house with great feats
00:38:01of ledger domain.
00:38:01You remember, Professor,
00:38:03that was the night
00:38:04that the box office receipts
00:38:05disappeared just like magic.
00:38:08Part of the act,
00:38:09my boy.
00:38:10Just a part of the act.
00:38:12It's a pleasure to meet
00:38:13one of my useful admirers.
00:38:14Terry Lay of the
00:38:15Central City Times.
00:38:16Oh, the press.
00:38:18Well,
00:38:19it's nice to have known you.
00:38:22Wait a minute, Professor.
00:38:23What's your hurry?
00:38:24Are you afraid
00:38:24I might bring up
00:38:25the subject of those
00:38:26certain unfortunate
00:38:26recent connections of yours?
00:38:29Shut in the dark,
00:38:30my 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,
00:38:38a companion of yours.
00:38:40Jane Cornell,
00:38:40my fiancée.
00:38:42Delighted.
00:38:43Likewise, I'm sure.
00:38:44Delightful.
00:38:46And I would suggest
00:38:47to take very good care
00:38:49of her.
00:38:54Mr. Lee.
00:38:57Oh, I haven't had a chance
00:38:59to talk to him yet,
00:39:00Mrs. Van E.
00:39:01Never mind.
00:39:01I'll tell her myself.
00:39:02Darling,
00:39:03I met her upstairs
00:39:04and I told her all about you.
00:39:05I mean,
00:39:05she knows everything
00:39:06about everyone.
00:39:07Thank you very much, dear.
00:39:09Welcome to your living room,
00:39:10Mrs. Van E.
00:39:11Thank you,
00:39:12but it isn't my living room.
00:39:13I understand you're not
00:39:14unaware of my position
00:39:15in this house.
00:39:16Well,
00:39:17maybe you can tell us about it.
00:39:19I'm being kept a prisoner
00:39:20here against 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 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
00:39:36my 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
00:39:41in 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.
00:39:49Now, this doctor's brought
00:39:50some stranger here
00:39:51with these tricks and allusions
00:39:52to further make me believe.
00:39:53You mean the professor
00:39:53and 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
00:40:00downstairs 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
00:40:04in my room.
00:40:05Ward,
00:40:06this is Mr. Lee of the Times,
00:40:08the gentleman I told you
00:40:09about upstairs.
00:40:11Oh, 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
00:40:15when I married Laura.
00:40:17Your 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
00:40:24a 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
00:40:33to 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.
00:40:43They write me letters
00:40:43and reading.
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
00:40:49in my head
00:40:49is that I'm going
00:40:50to be killed.
00:40:51These are very serious
00:40:52charges, 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
00:40:58those 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
00:41:24that 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
00:41:53advanced state of shock.
00:41:56Maybe necessary
00:41:56to administer a sedative.
00:41:58That's intended
00:41:59to shut her up.
00:42:00I'd like to hear
00:42:01her do some more
00:42:02talking, Doctor.
00:42:03If her mind
00:42:04is allowed
00:42:04to dwell upon
00:42:05what's happened,
00:42:06that may be
00:42:06the breaking point.
00:42:08Well, 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
00:42:13insinuations to make,
00:42:14make 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,
00:42:21if it'll make you
00:42:22leave farther alone...
00:42:27Bill,
00:42:28fix yourself a chair
00:42:29right outside the
00:42:30door and don't leave
00:42:31until I get back.
00:42:32Sure, sure.
00:42:33But what about
00:42:33Lily back?
00:42:34Don't she read
00:42:35nothing around here?
00:42:40Now, Lee,
00:42:40first I'd like to
00:42:41see 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.
00:42:59Do you really
00:43:00believe that story,
00:43:01Lee?
00:43:02Do you in your
00:43:03right senses
00:43:03really believe
00:43:04that we are
00:43:04keeping Laura
00:43:05prisoner here?
00:43:06That's what the
00:43:07lady says.
00:43:07She said that...
00:43:08Nonsense.
00:43:09Nothing would
00:43:09please me more
00:43:10than if she got out.
00:43:12Look, I don't
00:43:12get any of this
00:43:13stuff, Vanny,
00:43:14but there's a
00:43:14tricky deal going
00:43:15on around here
00:43:16and I intend
00:43:16to 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
00:43:21replay.
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
00:43:27persecution
00:43:27calculated to
00:43:28drive her insane
00:43:29or she's the
00:43:31witch you say
00:43:32she is.
00:43:32You're the fellow
00:43:33with the nose
00:43:33for news.
00:43:34What does it
00:43:35tell you?
00:43:36It tells me
00:43:36that right now
00:43:37I'd like to know
00:43:37where your
00:43:38disappearing relative
00:43:38is.
00:43:48Get back,
00:43:49you fool.
00:43:49What's out there?
00:43:50I have a right
00:43:51to 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
00:44:01out there, Lee?
00:44:02I've had enough
00:44:02of this.
00:44:03Come on.
00:44:05Are you nervous,
00:44:06Miss Cornell?
00:44:06Oh, no.
00:44:07I think it's
00:44:08very exciting.
00:44:14Oh, Professor,
00:44:14I thought I just
00:44:15saw you outside
00:44:16baying at the moon.
00:44:17You disturb her
00:44:18sleep.
00:44:19Good child.
00:44:20Where have you been?
00:44:21How will you start
00:44:22acting normally
00:44:23for a change?
00:44:24You're bringing
00:44:24suspicion upon all
00:44:25of us.
00:44:26Aye, my boy.
00:44:27What have I done?
00:44:28Some more 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
00:44:37more than what you've
00:44:38done 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
00:44:46behave yourself, Professor?
00:44:47Mr. Van E.
00:44:48here has the right idea.
00:44:49You're just
00:44:50gumming up the 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.
00:44:59A debt contracted
00:45:00many years ago.
00:45:03Now, are you any
00:45:04wiser than you were
00:45:05a moment ago?
00:45:06No, but I'm beginning
00:45:08to get a general idea.
00:45:09Right away.
00:45:10How's that little
00:45:11girl of 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,
00:45:20I 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 the
00:45:27villain, Mr. Lee?
00:45:33Now, we will let you
00:45:34be the witness,
00:45:35Mr. Lee.
00:45:36I am here.
00:45:37The sounds came
00:45:38from upstairs.
00:45:39Right.
00:45:44Always reliable.
00:45:45Now, what are you
00:45:46rehearsing?
00:45:46In there, Terry.
00:45:47In there.
00:45:47It's murder.
00:45:52All right.
00:46:01Janie, Janie, wake up.
00:46:03Wake up.
00:46:05Oh, Terry.
00:46:06Tell me, what 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 to the
00:46:19beginning.
00:46:19I left you here
00:46:19with Dr. Vanee.
00:46:20Yeah, and then he
00:46:22gave Mrs. Vanee a shot
00:46:23with a long needle.
00:46:25Never mind that.
00:46:26All right.
00:46:27Then he said,
00:46:27would I sit with
00:46:28Mrs. 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 what
00:46:36I asked you, Janie.
00:46:37Well, she was right here.
00:46:39Then Dr. Vanee went out.
00:46:40Then what happened?
00:46:41Well, oh, then
00:46:44Bill Raymond came in.
00:46:45Oh, that'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, I don't care.
00:46:52All you do
00:46:53is back full of me.
00:46:54I didn't ask
00:46:55to come visit this.
00:46:56Whatever it is.
00:46:57Oh, yes, you did, dear.
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, Mr. Lee,
00:47:04one must not expect
00:47:05too much
00:47:06of certain types
00:47:07of mentality.
00:47:08Shut up, Bill Raymond.
00:47:09I remember you
00:47:10when you couldn't
00:47:10even make your ex.
00:47:11Oh, I want to go home.
00:47:14We can't go home, darling.
00:47:15We've got to get a story.
00:47:17What?
00:47:18You don't understand.
00:47:20Yes, I 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, you tell me.
00:47:27What happened to you?
00:47:28Me?
00:47:28Well, you said
00:47:30to stay outside the door
00:47:31and I pulled up a chair.
00:47:33That'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 early, Ben.
00:47:55It was sweet and penetrating
00:47:56like an ancient drug.
00:47:59And I felt kind of sleepy-like.
00:48:01Oh, so sleepy.
00:48:08At last, he had me
00:48:09under his power.
00:48:17There must be a button
00:48:18or a gadget of some kind
00:48:19around here.
00:48:23Two o'clock.
00:48:24Almost deadline
00:48:24for the nine o'clock final.
00:48:26Oh, Terry,
00:48:26what makes you think
00:48:27there's anything
00:48:27behind them walls?
00:48:28I've got a sneaking suspicion
00:48:30that the professor uses them
00:48:31for a disappearing act.
00:48:33I wish Lilybeth was here
00:48:34to take me a cup of coffee.
00:48:36Well, she's right over
00:48:37in the doctor's office.
00:48:38Why don't you ask her?
00:48:40Poor Lilybeth.
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?
00:48:50Well, I've been around
00:48:52him three times, Terry.
00:48:54The thing I can't understand,
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, Terry,
00:49:04let's figure it out
00:49:04in the morning, huh?
00:49:07What's that?
00:49:38Wake up.
00:49:40Either something
00:49:41or somebody
00:49:41opened the front door.
00:49:44That's the shortest
00:49:45night's sleep
00:49:45I've had in a long time.
00:49:47All right.
00:49:48Now that you're good
00:49:48and rested,
00:49:48let's see if we can
00:49:49understand what
00:49:50happened upstairs.
00:49:52Well, do you think
00:49:53it had something to do
00:49:53with that picture,
00:49:54maybe, that Lilybeth
00:49:55found in Mrs. Vanee's room?
00:49:57What picture?
00:49:58Oh, the one with
00:49:59the couple with
00:50:00the two masks,
00:50:01you know,
00:50:01like we found,
00:50:02like that mask.
00:50:03Who has the picture now?
00:50:05Well, young Vanee,
00:50:07I guess.
00:50:08That's a point.
00:50:09Where has Mr. Vanee
00:50:11been since his
00:50:11wife's disappearance?
00:50:13Well, him and his
00:50:14old man are sleeping.
00:50:16I guess they've
00:50:17got some sense.
00:50:18No, no, no.
00:50:18I've already checked
00:50:19that and they haven't
00:50:20slept in their beds
00:50:20tonight.
00:50:24Wake up!
00:50:25I refuse to answer
00:50:26on the grounds
00:50:27that might tend
00:50:27to incriminate
00:50:28or degrade me.
00:50:30My unconscious mind.
00:50:33Now, look, Bill,
00:50:34please stay awake
00:50:35for a while.
00:50:37Now, look,
00:50:37tell me,
00:50:37what happened
00:50:38when you smelled
00:50:39that sweet odor
00:50:39in the hall upstairs?
00:50:42No, it smelled lovely.
00:50:43Lovely, that's
00:50:44all I can remember.
00:50:48And Dr. Vanee
00:50:49had already
00:50:49left Laura's room,
00:50:50is that right?
00:50:51Yeah, he'd gone out
00:50:53and he said goodnight
00:50:53and he had given her
00:50:56some sedative
00:50:57or something
00:50:57that he said
00:50:58would take care
00:50:58of her in the morning
00:50:59and then he went
00:50:59down the hall
00:51:00to his own room.
00:51:01and then you fell asleep.
00:51:03Yeah.
00:51:04No, I just kind of
00:51:05dozed off a little.
00:51:08Like this.
00:51:10Here's your coffee, sir.
00:51:12Terry,
00:51:13that's a dirty trick.
00:51:16Stay on the other
00:51:17side of that window.
00:51:18What for?
00:51:19Take a look.
00:51:21I'm looking.
00:51:22What do you see?
00:51:28Why, it's Professor Leonide.
00:51:30You think so?
00:51:31Come on, get outside.
00:51:32Who, me?
00:51:33Yes, you.
00:51:33I can't go out there
00:51:34with Jane in here.
00:51:34Well, why can't I
00:51:35stay inside and watch
00:51:36and you go outside?
00:51:37Oh, that's great.
00:51:38You'll watch the way
00:51:39you did upstairs.
00:51:39Now, do you want
00:51:40that guy to get away?
00:51:41Yes.
00:51:42Standing there
00:51:42shaking in your boots.
00:51:43Aren't you ashamed
00:51:44of yourself?
00:51:45No.
00:51:45Well, you should be.
00:51:47Go on, Bill.
00:51:47This is your one chance
00:51:48to rehabilitate yourself.
00:51:50I wish I'd never
00:51:51even heard of the word.
00:52:02I've got gun ready.
00:52:05What good is a gun
00:52:06against what's going
00:52:07on around here?
00:52:09Lily Beth.
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
00:52:31outside?
00:52:32You're supposed
00:52:33to be dead.
00:52:35You stay right here, honey.
00:52:36I've got to catch
00:52:37that guy in the shrubbery.
00:52:40Oh, gee.
00:52:42What are you doing
00:52:43to me, Lily Beth?
00:52:45I've got work to do.
00:52:49Lily Beth.
00:52:50Be reasonable, will you?
00:52:52If you don't cooperate,
00:52:53I'll never get back
00:52:54to Central.
00:52:55Never mind, Raymond.
00:52:56Take care of Lily Beth.
00:52:58Lily Beth.
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:02That's who it was.
00:53:03I opened the door
00:53:04and she fell right
00:53:04in my arms
00:53:05like she had
00:53:06something special
00:53:07to tell me.
00:53:09You notice
00:53:10that fragrance
00:53:10about her?
00:53:12And to think
00:53:13this wilded flower
00:53:13was once
00:53:14even as you and I.
00:53:15Take her back
00:53:16into Dr. Van E's office.
00:53:17What's she doing
00:53:18wandering around?
00:53:18She's supposed
00:53:19to be a corpse.
00:53:20What happened
00:53:21to that guy outside?
00:53:22Never mind.
00:53:24You found her.
00:53:25I never knew
00:53:26she was lost.
00:53:27I missed her.
00:53:28I missed her
00:53:29from my office.
00:53:30Will you please
00:53:31take her back?
00:53:32What are you going to do?
00:53:33Yes, Doctor,
00:53:34and what have you
00:53:35been doing?
00:53:35We've turned this house
00:53:36upside down
00:53:37trying to find you.
00:53:38Hardly that,
00:53:39young man.
00:53:39If you'd done that,
00:53:40you would have found me.
00:53:41Now, Raymond,
00:53:42we can't allow
00:53:42this girl to remain
00:53:43in this condition
00:53:43any longer.
00:53:44But what can you do?
00:53:47She looks like
00:53:47a perfect stiff to me.
00:53:49Bring him into my office.
00:53:51Oh, Doctor,
00:53:53this may not be
00:53:54any news to you,
00:53:54but your daughter-in-law
00:53:55has disappeared.
00:53:56Oh, how dreadful.
00:53:58But let us say
00:53:59somewhat overdue,
00:54:01eh, Mr. Lee?
00:54:02You don't seem
00:54:03very surprised
00:54:03to hear about it.
00:54:04Young man,
00:54:05when you've been
00:54:05devoutly praying
00:54:06for something to happen,
00:54:07you accept your good fortune
00:54:09without question.
00:54:18We thought that probably
00:54:19you might be able
00:54:20to throw some light
00:54:21on the subject.
00:54:22That's right, Raymond.
00:54:23Leave her there.
00:54:24There's absolutely
00:54:25nothing wrong with her.
00:54:26Huh?
00:54:28And you mean
00:54:28I've been pining away
00:54:29for nothing?
00:54:30She was put in
00:54:31a deep hypnotic sleep,
00:54:32that's all.
00:54:33But why?
00:54:34Why, Doc?
00:54:36Who'd done it?
00:54:36It was done
00:54:37so that she would
00:54:38obey certain orders
00:54:39that were transmitted
00:54:40to her.
00:54:41If that's true,
00:54:42then why did you
00:54:43declare her dead?
00:54:44I had my own
00:54:45good reasons.
00:54:46Would you give me
00:54:47one reason why
00:54:47you like to go around
00:54:48getting hit on the head?
00:54:49I must become
00:54:50a little monotonous.
00:54:50Mr. Lee,
00:54:52are you sure
00:54:52that you saw
00:54:53what you thought
00:54:54you saw?
00:54:55I'm not blind.
00:54:56I might be getting
00:54:56a little dizzy
00:54:57in this madhouse.
00:55:23You know, Doctor,
00:55:24morning isn't
00:55:24very far off.
00:55:25And when the police
00:55:26get here,
00:55:27you've got an awful
00:55:27lot of explaining
00:55:28to do.
00:55:29You're in this
00:55:29up to your neck.
00:55:30By morning,
00:55:30let us hope
00:55:31no explanations
00:55:31will be necessary.
00:55:33Everything
00:55:34will have explained
00:55:34itself.
00:55:39Poor little
00:55:40sleeping beauty.
00:55:43Do you suppose
00:55:44someone thought
00:55:44she looked weak-minded
00:55:46and picked her out
00:55:48to carry out
00:55:48his commands?
00:55:49That's not always
00:55:50the case, Raymond.
00:55:51If Lee and I were here,
00:55:52we could settle
00:55:53this case very quickly.
00:55:54Gentlemen.
00:55:58It is my
00:55:59peculiar misfortune
00:56:00to always be in
00:56:02a position
00:56:02where I may
00:56:03eavesdrop.
00:56:05How can I be
00:56:06of service,
00:56:06cousin Joseph?
00:56:07Oh, Professor.
00:56:08Ask me no questions,
00:56:09my friend,
00:56:09and I will tell
00:56:10you no lies.
00:56:12Leonide,
00:56:12you could undo
00:56:13certain mischief
00:56:13that has been
00:56:14done, this girl.
00:56:15I know you can
00:56:16help if you will.
00:56:18I could,
00:56:19my dear Joseph,
00:56:20but I will not
00:56:21bring down
00:56:22the wrath
00:56:22of the unknown
00:56:23madman
00:56:23who is loose
00:56:24about these
00:56:25premises.
00:56:26It is a matter
00:56:27of self-preservation,
00:56:28and I had
00:56:29nothing to do
00:56:30with hypnotizing
00:56:31this girl.
00:56:32I have an idea
00:56:33that she may have
00:56:33already carried out
00:56:34the unknown's orders
00:56:35and that he
00:56:36no longer
00:56:36needs her.
00:56:38Nevertheless,
00:56:39my dear Joseph,
00:56:40you must excuse me.
00:56:41Just a minute,
00:56:42Professor.
00:56:45I wonder
00:56:45what would happen,
00:56:46Professor,
00:56:47if in connection
00:56:47with your sudden
00:56:48reappearance here,
00:56:50somebody dug up
00:56:50the old story
00:56:51of why you
00:56:52swindled Dr. Van Ey,
00:56:53and then ran off
00:56:54and let him
00:56:54take the rap.
00:56:55I will not be
00:56:56blackmailed,
00:56:56Mr. Lee.
00:56:57And I observe again
00:56:59that you're a young man
00:57:00who knows too much
00:57:01for his own good,
00:57:02and I would also
00:57:03like to know
00:57:04where you obtained
00:57:05all this information.
00:57:07You're extremely young
00:57:08to have your fingertips
00:57:09on events
00:57:10of 20 years ago.
00:57:11I have a memory
00:57:12like an elephant.
00:57:13I never forget
00:57:13something once I hear it.
00:57:15I'm a sharpie,
00:57:15Professor,
00:57:17as every one of you
00:57:18will admit
00:57:18before morning.
00:57:20Now, Doctor,
00:57:21I'd like to bore you
00:57:22with a few questions.
00:57:24I wouldn't mind,
00:57:26young man,
00:57:26if you had the slightest
00:57:27idea of what you
00:57:28were looking for.
00:57:29Maybe if we start
00:57:30back to the time
00:57:31around midnight,
00:57:32when you administered
00:57:33what you call
00:57:34a sedative
00:57:34to your daughter-in-law.
00:57:36Are you infighting
00:57:37that I had anything
00:57:37to do with
00:57:38Laura's disappearance?
00:57:39Why do you keep
00:57:40evading the issue,
00:57:41Doctor?
00:57:41You know you'll have
00:57:42to confess
00:57:42when the police
00:57:43get here anyway.
00:57:44I would remind you,
00:57:45young man,
00:57:45that you're making
00:57:46a direct accusation,
00:57:48and I refuse to answer.
00:57:50Look,
00:57:50I want the facts
00:57:51and I want them now.
00:57:52Let's cut out
00:57:52the mulberry bush routine.
00:57:54Listen, Bill,
00:57:55you're supposed to be a cop
00:57:56and you want to get
00:57:56back to homicide.
00:57:57How do we make
00:57:58the doctor loosen up?
00:57:59He knows a lot more
00:58:00than he's telling.
00:58:01Well, sure,
00:58:02I'll help, Terry,
00:58:03but first let's get
00:58:04Lilybeth out of this.
00:58:05Maybe she can tell us something.
00:58:07Yes, Mr. Lee,
00:58:08it seems to me
00:58:09that you're not too anxious
00:58:10to have Lilybeth
00:58:11restore to consciousness.
00:58:17What do you hear, Doc?
00:58:19Her heart's in a very
00:58:20depressed condition.
00:58:22Someone's been giving her
00:58:23orders by mental telepathy.
00:58:25Hey,
00:58:26could I learn to do that?
00:58:27Suppose Lilybeth was
00:58:28in the kitchen.
00:58:29Could I telegraph her
00:58:30a wish for a cup of coffee?
00:58:32Huh?
00:58:32Perhaps, Raymond,
00:58:33someday when we have
00:58:34a little time,
00:58:35I'll indicate the principles
00:58:36of hypnosis to her.
00:58:41The principle of hypnosis
00:58:43isn't as simple
00:58:45as you would make them believe.
00:58:47It requires a long
00:58:48and patient study.
00:58:50But I will risk
00:58:52the wrath of the unknown.
00:58:54For I see you truly
00:58:56love this child.
00:58:58And for your sake,
00:59:00for your sake,
00:59:02I shall use my knowledge.
00:59:03Oh, gee, thanks, Professor.
00:59:06You're solid.
00:59:21Wake up!
00:59:26Wake up!
00:59:31Lilybeth, darling!
00:59:34Keep your big hands
00:59:35to yourself.
00:59:35What are you slapping me for?
00:59:37Professor,
00:59:37put 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
00:59:43that hypnotism trick.
00:59:44It's my only chance.
00:59:45Tell me, Lilybeth,
00:59:46what happened?
00:59:47Well, I can't seem
00:59:49to remember it.
00:59:50It all seems like a dream.
00:59:52Did you see anyone?
00:59:53No.
00:59:54But I do remember a perfume,
00:59:56a sweet odor.
00:59:57Yes, yes, go on.
00:59:58Terry.
01:00:02Terry, darling.
01:00:05Oh, Terry, 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
01:00:13bobbing up at the window?
01:00:14What?
01:00:15Yeah, a green face,
01:00:16just like the one
01:00:16I saw in Miss Van Eys' room.
01:00:18You saw a green face
01:00:19in Mrs. Van Eys' room?
01:00:20Yes, darling,
01:00:21that's what she was shooting at.
01:00:23I mentioned it to you,
01:00:24but you're so scatterbrained.
01:00:26Yes, dear,
01:00:26I'm scatterbrained.
01:00:28Does your mind feel rested now
01:00:29and everything after your nap?
01:00:31Mm-hmm.
01:00:31That's a good girl.
01:00:33Now, come on,
01:00:34tell me,
01:00:34what happened?
01:00:35Oh, don't yell at me.
01:00:37I can tell you
01:00:38just how it happened.
01:00:39We were alone in the room
01:00:40and Laura was going to sleep
01:00:41and then she said,
01:00:43oh, take away the bandage.
01:00:44And I said,
01:00:45what bandage?
01:00:46And then she said,
01:00:47oh, don't shoot me.
01:00:48I didn't mean to do it.
01:00:49And then,
01:00:50oh,
01:00:51the room got awfully black.
01:00:53I think somebody
01:00:54must have turned off the lights.
01:00:56Just like that.
01:00:58Go ahead,
01:00:58you're doing fine.
01:01:00Well?
01:01:01Yeah,
01:01:01the lights had already gone out.
01:01:02Mm-hmm.
01:01:03And 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?
01:01:13Yes, darling,
01:01:14just like a moth.
01:01:16Oh,
01:01:16how clever of you.
01:01:17It was just like a great big moth
01:01:18and it flew around and around.
01:01:19Please don't make yourself
01:01:20any dizzier than you are.
01:01:22Now tell me the rest of it.
01:01:24Well,
01:01:24I just don't see
01:01:25how you could remember
01:01:26that it was like a great big moth.
01:01:28Did you see it?
01:01:29Was you there
01:01:29hiding in the wardrobe, maybe?
01:01:30No.
01:01:31I wasn't in the wardrobe.
01:01:33Now look, Jane.
01:01:34Please,
01:01:35be yourself.
01:01:37No,
01:01:37I mean,
01:01:38don'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,
01:01:48I was down here
01:01:49talking with your son.
01:01:50And by the way,
01:01:51where is he?
01:01:52Here I am,
01:01:53Mr. Lee.
01:01:53What can I do for you?
01:01:55Will you stop it?
01:01:57Yes,
01:01:57I was listening outside the door.
01:01:59You haven't answered
01:02:00my father's question yet.
01:02:01Oh,
01:02:01come on.
01:02:02Take it easy.
01:02:02Take it easy.
01:02:04Maybe you can tell us
01:02:04where you've been,
01:02:05Mr. Vanney.
01:02:06Of course,
01:02:07you don't know anything
01:02:07about your wife's whereabouts.
01:02:09Oh,
01:02:09go on.
01:02:09Tell him where she is.
01:02:10I want to go home.
01:02:12I'm hungry.
01:02:14Ah,
01:02:14Ray!
01:02:15Quiet,
01:02:16everybody!
01:02:16Quiet!
01:02:17Laura!
01:02:20Don't.
01:02:22No,
01:02:22don't.
01:02:23Don't!
01:02:31Laura!
01:02:32She's under a hypnotic spell.
01:02:36Ladies and gentlemen,
01:02:37it has been an exciting night
01:02:39and you all are deserving
01:02:41of some explanation
01:02:42and relaxation
01:02:43for the strange goings-on.
01:02:45The guy who's doing the talking
01:02:46is behind the walls somewheres.
01:02:48Now you're getting smart,
01:02:49Sherlock.
01:02:50We introduce at this time
01:02:51the team of Lorette and Renée
01:02:53as they appeared
01:02:54at the height of their success
01:02:55in the green room
01:02:56of the Paris Creon.
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
01:03:10will now put a bandage
01:03:11over her eyes.
01:03:12The better to see
01:03:13the inner truth.
01:03:15Very good,
01:03:16Renée.
01:03:17Very good.
01:03:19Just like the old time.
01:03:21Would any member
01:03:22of the audience
01:03:22like to ask
01:03:23Mademoiselle a question?
01:03:28Come, Mr. Lee.
01:03:29You have been so full
01:03:30of questions up to now.
01:03:32I'm thinking, brother.
01:03:34We cannot keep Mademoiselle
01:03:36too long
01:03:36in this delicate
01:03:37mental balance.
01:03:38She has been
01:03:39under a great strain lately.
01:03:41Then I will ask
01:03:42the questions myself.
01:03:44Yes, Renée.
01:03:45I'm at your command.
01:03:46Are you afraid now?
01:03:47No, I'm quite safe.
01:03:51Will you tell the truth?
01:03:53Yes.
01:03:56They came to me
01:03:57and said,
01:03:58your partner,
01:03:59he of the magic feats
01:04:00and rare impersonations,
01:04:01is a spy.
01:04:02But we can't prove it.
01:04:04We will give you
01:04:05a million francs
01:04:06if you, Lorette,
01:04:06bring us that proof.
01:04:07Ah, now we shall know.
01:04:10You gave them
01:04:11the proof they wanted?
01:04:12Yes.
01:04:14They took him away
01:04:15to be killed?
01:04:17Yes.
01:04:18What was he to you,
01:04:19this man you betrayed,
01:04:21this man you sold
01:04:22to the enemy for money?
01:04:24He was my husband.
01:04:26When they told you
01:04:27he was to be executed,
01:04:29you sent this man
01:04:30a gift for his last moment
01:04:32before the firing squad.
01:04:34What was it?
01:04:36It was a green scarf
01:04:38for his eyes.
01:04:38Like the one
01:04:39you 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
01:04:47I had betrayed him
01:04:47because I hated him.
01:04:50He was good and kind,
01:04:53but I hated him
01:04:54for the power
01:04:55he had over me.
01:04:55I see.
01:04:57That is your only defense
01:04:58you hated.
01:05:00You thought they shot him.
01:05:01You escaped to America.
01:05:04You thought you were safe.
01:05:06Then you found out
01:05:07he was alive
01:05:07and wanted revenge.
01:05:09Thank you,
01:05:10Mademoiselle Lorette.
01:05:11You may remove
01:05:12the bandage now.
01:05:14What do you see
01:05:15on the cloth,
01:05:16Mademoiselle?
01:05:19There's a hole in it.
01:05:21Yes.
01:05:22What else, Lorette?
01:05:23What else?
01:05:26There's blood on it.
01:05:28There's blood.
01:05:30I have come back.
01:05:31I am here
01:05:32and I will have
01:05:33my revenge.
01:05:35No!
01:05:36No, don't touch me!
01:05:42Outside,
01:05:42under the window,
01:05:43you know where.
01:05:49Yes,
01:05:50he had his revenge.
01:05:52She's been living
01:05:53in mortal terror
01:05:53that he'd find her.
01:05:59Just a minute, lady.
01:06:00You ain't going
01:06:01no ways.
01:06:02Well,
01:06:03if it ain't
01:06:04Mrs. Williams.
01:06:05Come along with me.
01:06:08Come on,
01:06:09come on.
01:06:09You want me to
01:06:10slog 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,
01:06:17they caught me
01:06:18a murderer.
01:06:19You're wrong.
01:06:20I never laid a hand on her.
01:06:21Hey, my boy,
01:06:23you kept your promise to me.
01:06:24You said you wouldn't touch her.
01:06:26But she's dead,
01:06:27ain't she?
01:06:27And you ain't going nowhere
01:06:28till we find out
01:06:29what killed her.
01:06:30And you, Professor,
01:06:31you know too much
01:06:32for your own good.
01:06:33I'm holding you, too.
01:06:35Now you're getting smart, Bill.
01:06:37Well, Professor,
01:06:38I see you two
01:06:38know each other.
01:06:39Yes.
01:06:40Rene was my assistant.
01:06:42I taught him
01:06:43everything he knows.
01:06:44He went out for himself
01:06:46and became a success.
01:06:48Later,
01:06:48we met in a
01:06:49concentration camp.
01:06:51And here we are.
01:06:52A small world,
01:06:54Mr. Lee.
01:06:54A small world,
01:06:55indeed.
01:06:58Terry,
01:06:59is this the place
01:07:00where you get
01:07:00the 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!
01:07:09Never mind, dear.
01:07:09You just stay right here.
01:07:10Nobody will get you.
01:07:12Oh, but the...
01:07:13Well, Doctor,
01:07:14got anything to add
01:07:15to my story of the year?
01:07:16Who is this Rene?
01:07:17Rene was her husband.
01:07:19She turned him over
01:07:19for a sum.
01:07:20Figured the Nazis
01:07:20would take care of him,
01:07:21but he had ideas of his own.
01:07:23Look, Doc,
01:07:24was it murder?
01:07:25Do I finally get a break?
01:07:26Was she murdered?
01:07:27We're sending the report
01:07:28to the police.
01:07:29Was it saying?
01:07:30Ah, come on, Doctor,
01:07:30don't hold out on us.
01:07:32I didn't understand it
01:07:33at first,
01:07:34but I do now.
01:07:35There were no marks
01:07:35of violence on the body
01:07:36and we found
01:07:37no internal disturbances.
01:07:38What does this all
01:07:39add up to, Doctor?
01:07:40Yes, let's have it.
01:07:41She was literally
01:07:43scared to death.
01:07:50Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:07:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:07:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:07:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:07:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:07:58no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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