Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother.
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00:00The End
01:10Calling car 63.
01:12Calling car 63.
01:13Go to Hotel Royal immediately.
01:15Hotel Royal.
01:17Woman on the roof attempting suicide.
01:19That's us. Let's go.
01:30Hotel Royal.
01:31Hotel Royal.
01:32Hotel Royal.
01:51Go! Go!
02:04Come on, guys, you might hold them, come on!
02:18Hello?
02:19No, no, the hotel is not on fire.
02:22You don't hold it on fire, do you?
02:24Now, now, folks, shake it easy.
02:32We're knee-deep in cups.
02:33Start packing.
02:35We'll search every room in the joint.
02:41I wonder who took them all.
02:43I don't know, but if I get my hands on that stool pigeon, it'll be just too bad.
02:49Get back!
02:53Get back!
02:54Get back!
02:56Get back!
02:57Get back!
03:00Take it easy now, folks!
03:01Come on, Mike.
03:02Get back!
03:03Put his shit on that stool!
03:08Lanahan!
03:09What's the idea of her barging through here?
03:10You're disturbing my guests.
03:11Yeah, but one of them is pretty disturbed right now.
03:13She's about to jump off the roof.
03:15What?
03:15President, please!
03:16What is the matter?
03:17Nothing.
03:18Not a thing.
03:19The fire department's here.
03:20The police department's here.
03:21The reporters are here.
03:22And if we don't hurry up, the undertaker will be here.
03:31Get back!
03:35Get back!
03:36Get back!
03:39Get back!
04:03It's only a dummy!
04:04Shh!
04:05He's crazy!
04:06Quiet!
04:06I know how to handle these guys.
04:10Hello.
04:11Are you having a good time?
04:12I've got to keep doing this until I track the crowd around this hotel.
04:15Oh, I see.
04:16Well, look.
04:17Let me do it for a while.
04:18I want to have some fun, too.
04:20No, sir.
04:20We got this all figured out.
04:23All you have, huh?
04:24Well, who's we?
04:25Me and Mr. Buzzy O'Brien.
04:28Buzzy O'Brien, huh?
04:29Well, now, ain't that nice.
04:31Tell me some more about it.
04:32Well, you see, Mr. Buzzy, he got this dummy from the style show over there in the Peacock room.
04:36And he told me to walk up and down there while he hide under the bed.
04:40Under what bed?
04:41Over there in the robber's room.
04:43What room could that be?
04:44I don't know, sir.
04:45He said he was going to hide over there until the police come.
04:47Then the robbers would try to get the stuff.
04:49Then he'd catch them.
04:54I'll handle this.
05:06Come back later.
05:07I'm busy now.
05:11Good boy.
05:18Uh-huh, uh-huh.
05:20Come on, come on.
05:21Get out of there.
05:25That's the kid who brought us cracked ice last night.
05:27Yeah?
05:28What's the idea?
05:29The idea is you can't get away with it.
05:31Now?
05:33No.
05:34You stole those bonds from the Lincoln Trust Company and you're not going to leave?
05:37Ain't Mr. Buzzy smart?
05:38Oh, he's not only smart, he's brilliant.
05:40Now, everything would be perfect if I could only get my hands on Buzzy O'Brien.
05:44Search the joint.
05:45Jefferson, take that dummy back where it belongs.
05:47Okey-dokey, sir.
05:54Pick up those bags.
05:56You're going to take us right through the lobby and then we're going to take you out into the country
06:00for a nice little sightseeing tour.
06:03Get going.
06:06Come on.
06:12The more you tell me, the less I know.
06:13I just want to get my hands on that Buzzy O'Brien.
06:21All right, let's go.
06:28Buzzy O'Brien!
06:30Keep walking, keep walking.
06:34Come in!
06:35Come in!
06:38I'm awfully sorry to be inconvenienced, you guys, but take that gun out of her pocket and then take them
06:44downtown and book them.
06:45Take it easy.
06:46Hey, Buzzy, tell me, what happened, will you?
06:48Well, I was up in the room with these two guys.
06:50There's a little business I want to talk over with you.
06:52Come on.
06:52You can't do that to the friends.
06:56And now, gentlemen, if you'll just be seated, we'll get to the bottom of this.
06:59Come on, Buzzy, let's have it.
07:01Well, the way I see it, Steve, it's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
07:04Stop!
07:04You're playing Sherlock Holmes and tell us what happened.
07:08Well, I keep a file on all the guys that are wanted by the police.
07:11You know, kind of a personal rogues gallery.
07:13So then I read about the Lincoln Trust robbery, and being a trained observer with a photographic eye, I spotted
07:19Banning hiding behind a beard.
07:20So then I staged the phony suicide, see?
07:23And I figured when Banning and these men heard the police sirens, they'd go for the bonds, which they did.
07:27Now, in the meantime...
07:27In the meantime, you turned the city upside down, caused a near riot, the taxpayers get stuck for a fake
07:32alarm.
07:32Yeah, but...
07:33But nothing.
07:34The last time you played detective, I told you to bring your brainwaves to headquarters.
07:37What for, Steve?
07:38Nobody pays any attention to me.
07:40Well, gosh, I told Pfluger, and all he did was laugh at me.
07:43How about that, Pfluger?
07:44The hotel's had a couple of lawsuits already through making mistakes about guests.
07:47So I did nothing, as usual.
07:49And as for you, you're liable to five different charges for the trouble you caused.
07:54I don't know how the hotel feels about it, but I'd certainly...
07:56The hotel is firing him!
07:57We should have done it long ago, if you asked me.
07:59Now, take it easy.
08:00I didn't mean that.
08:01After all, he did catch those two crooks, and maybe he got enough of a scare to stop him from
08:05playing detective.
08:06Oh, I did, Steve, honest.
08:07When Banning put that gun in my back, I thought sure I was a goner.
08:11Never again, Steve.
08:13Well, if you really mean that...
08:14Oh, I do.
08:15You can stay.
08:17On probation.
08:18Now, report back to your station.
08:19Yes, sir.
08:22Thanks a lot, Steve.
08:23Never mind the thanks.
08:25And if you start gun-shoeing around this hotel again, I won't wait for the manager to fire you.
08:28I'll come right up here and drag you right out by the ears.
08:32You won't have to.
08:33Honest, I'm through.
08:35I'll get back to work.
08:38You'll be heading south from now on, Mr. Colby.
08:41Well, let's hope so.
08:45Thanks for coming through the way you did, Steve.
08:47Forget it, kid.
08:48I mean about my job.
08:49All right, all right, but you're lucky.
08:50What I said in there still goes.
08:52You understand?
08:52Oh, sure, I'm through.
08:53Well, you heard me promise, Steve.
08:55Well, let me see you stick to it.
08:56If you don't like hopping bells, try and find yourself another job.
08:59I quit playing detective.
09:00He'll never get you anyplace.
09:01Look at your old man.
09:02What'd he get him?
09:02A couple of bullets in the back.
09:04Yeah, but don't you see, Steve?
09:05All right, beat it.
09:05I got some work to do.
09:08Nice going, Pfluga.
09:09Kid turns in a couple of mugs you should have handled between naps since you tried to get his job.
09:13I forgot you were a friend of the kid's family.
09:15You and his old man were on the force together.
09:17So what?
09:26Will there be anything else, miss?
09:27Could you find out if there's a Mr. Thaddeus Porter registered at the hotel?
09:31Thaddeus Porter?
09:32Yes.
09:33Yes, ma'am.
09:39Desk, please.
09:43Do we have a Thaddeus Porter registered here?
09:49Yes.
09:50Okay.
09:53Is he here?
09:53Yes, ma'am.
09:54He's in suite 8B.
09:55That's just down the hall, around the corner.
09:57Would you like to have me call him?
09:58No.
10:00No.
10:01Will there be anything else, miss?
10:03No, thank you.
10:05You've been very nice.
10:06Thank you very much.
10:07And if there's any little thing you want, you know, something special.
10:10Just call on me, will you?
10:11Number 7.
10:11Thanks.
10:12Yes, ma'am.
11:00This isn't some more detecting, is it?
11:02Oh, no, no.
11:03But this mommy head girl seemed to think they ought to know something about Mr. Porter.
11:07What is he?
11:08Some kind of a big shot or something?
11:10Well, he registered last evening from Ashport.
11:12Took a sweet and rapes A1.
11:14Mm-hmm.
11:16Well, thanks very much, Mr. Mays.
11:17Well, how's your friend in 415 getting along?
11:21415.
11:23Hey, I got it!
11:25Got what?
11:25Well, she looks just like the fellow that...
11:32Oh, a telegram for Thaddeus Porter.
11:34Just talking about him.
11:35Mr. Mays, do me a favor, will you?
11:37Let me take that telegram up.
11:39Okay, but get it to him in a hurry.
11:40Porter's kind of important.
11:41Small-town banker.
11:42You'll probably get a big tip.
11:44What, from a banker?
11:46If I do, I'll split it with you.
11:49Okay.
11:54Okay.
12:16Oh, I'm awfully sorry, sir.
12:18You're clumsy idiot.
12:19Why don't you look where you're going?
12:20Yeah, but I was just...
12:21Get out of my way!
12:30Oh, well, over here.
12:54What are you doing hanging around here?
12:55Well, this gentleman here told me to come back at 12.30.
12:58I knocked on the door and don't know about the answer.
13:01Well, maybe he went out and just left his door open.
13:03No, I didn't. I seen a lady come out there just as I was coming down the hall.
13:23It's Mr. Porter.
13:33He's dead.
13:36Oh, no, you don't.
13:38Now, come here.
13:39We found this thing together. You can't walk out of me. I'm in enough trouble.
13:42I need a witness.
13:43Oh, Mr. Buzzer, I don't like no dead folk, and I don't want to be no witness.
13:46Can I go home now?
13:47Wait a minute.
13:49Look, what's the matter with you? You have no reason to be scared.
13:51You said you saw a girl leave this room. What'd she look like?
13:53I don't know what she looked like, but she had on a striped dress.
13:56A striped dress? Are you sure?
13:57Yeah, she left out that door in a hurry.
13:59Striped dress. Which way'd she go?
14:01She went down that way.
14:03Now, Mr. Buzzer, I'm through. Can I go now?
14:05I don't belong up here. I belong down in the basement.
14:07Are you sure she didn't use the service stairway?
14:09Yes, sir, she didn't.
14:10Somebody did. I saw the door closing as I was coming up the hall.
14:13Now, look, I'm going to search the bedroom. You stay right here. Don't move.
14:39I'm going to search the bedroom.
15:00I've got to call the desk.
15:07Hello, this is Buzzy O'Brien in Sweet 8B.
15:10Mr. Porter's just been murdered.
15:13Yes, yes, that's right.
15:16Yeah, Jefferson and I found the body.
15:19All right, hurry, will you please?
15:22Now, see, Jefferson, I told you there was nothing to worry about.
15:24They're coming up here right away.
15:27Be right back.
15:29Mr. Buzzy!
15:30Wait a minute. Don't leave me here, Mr. Buzzy.
15:31Oh, Mr. Buzzy, please, now you know this man is dead.
15:34You ought not to leave me here like this.
15:40Who is it?
15:41Me, Buzzy O'Brien, number seven.
15:44I've got to have that dress, quick.
15:46What do you mean?
15:46You were seen coming out of Porter's room.
15:48But I wasn't even in here.
15:49Quit stalling. The janitor saw you.
15:51Now, look, he doesn't know what you look like, but he knows that you had a striped dress on.
15:54Now, please, hurry up.
15:56Please.
15:56All right.
16:00Look, as soon as you slip into something else, scoot downstairs and wait in the far end of the lobby
16:03and you'll hear from me.
16:04Yeah, but what will I do in the dress?
16:06Hurry up. Throw it out here to me.
16:08Please, hurry.
16:10Oh, Mr. Buzzy, come back here, Mr. Buzzy.
16:12That's a shame.
16:13Oh, Mr. Buzzy, you ought not to leave me here like this.
16:17That's a shame, Mr. Buzzy.
16:19Hand it out to me. Hurry up.
16:21But why are you getting mixed up in all this?
16:23Oh, I don't know.
16:24Because your name's Monaghan or something, I guess.
16:27Come on, hurry, please.
16:31Hey, I almost forgot to ask you.
16:33You didn't kill Porter, did you?
16:35No, I didn't.
16:36All right, but please do as I tell you to get down in that lobby.
16:39I've got to ditch this dress.
16:43Mr. Buzzy, you and me have been friends a long time.
16:47Mr. Buzzy, please.
16:48Mr. Buzzy.
17:01Mr. Buzzy, why did you leave me here alone?
17:03Why did you leave me here alone, Mr. Buzzy?
17:04Where is everybody?
17:05Haven't they shown up yet?
17:06No, sir.
17:06I'd better call the desk again.
17:11Hello, why all the delay?
17:13I can't understand where they are.
17:15Hello.
17:16This is Sweet A.B.
17:17You better get a hold of Steve Lanahan right away.
17:19There's a corpus delicti up here.
17:21Yes, yes, you know, a body.
17:24Of course, this is Buzzy O'Brien.
17:26Hurry up, will you please?
17:27Right.
17:35You shouldn't parade through the lobby, Lanahan,
17:37or you'll get the hotel and the newspapers.
17:38Where's the body?
17:39What body?
17:40A man named Porter, Thaddeus Porter.
17:42Well, he's up in A.B., but he's fine.
17:44Say, who told you there was anything wrong?
17:46Buzzy O'Brien.
17:47Hello, Steve.
17:48Have you seen the herald?
17:49Yeah.
17:50That chief showed that to me ten times.
17:52Well, has that O'Brien kid pulled another one?
17:54No.
17:54Just a routine visit.
17:56Well, in that case, I'll string along.
18:01Scram.
18:03Hey, hey, wait a minute, will you?
18:05That's a fine way to treat the press.
18:08I'll take care of you, big boy.
18:14Buzzy, if you're holding out on me, I'm going to...
18:16But I'm not, Steve.
18:17It happened just like I said.
18:18I was walking down the hall.
18:19Jefferson was knocking on the door, and the door opened.
18:22Well, so we walked in.
18:23And there was Porter laying on the floor, stabbed.
18:25Here's the knife right here.
18:26Oh, there's the knife, is it?
18:28I tell you...
18:28Well, now, wait.
18:29Don't get excited, Steve.
18:30I picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin.
18:32You picked up the lethal weapon with a napkin.
18:35What are you going to stop me?
18:35What are you doing up here anyway, O'Brien?
18:37Do keep quiet.
18:38I'll handle this.
18:39Yeah, what were you doing?
18:41Well, I was delivering a telegram to Porter.
18:43Where is it?
18:44Right here.
18:59I want the name of every woman whose initials are K.M.
19:02that registered in this hotel in the last 24 hours.
19:07Give me the name of every woman registered in the hotel in the last 24 hours with initials K.M.
19:12Oh, maybe that was that lady I seen with that striped dress on.
19:15What lady with what striped dress?
19:16The lady that run out of here just before I got up here.
19:21Do you know anything about this, Buzzy?
19:23Me?
19:24Yeah, Steve, sure.
19:25I was going to tell you, but you didn't give me a chance.
19:26Give me the information.
19:28There are three women in the hotel with initials K.M.
19:31Catherine Meadows registered from Redlands 212.
19:34Kate Madison from Chicago in 511.
19:36And Kitty Monahan from Ashport.
19:39From Ashport?
19:40Yeah, she's right around the corner, 812.
19:41Well, Jenkins, get her over here.
19:43This is a terrible thing.
19:45Mr. Porter was quite important.
19:47Yeah?
19:47Why?
19:48He was vice president of the Ashport Bank.
19:50Of every fine man, too, Lanahan.
19:52I knew him personally.
19:53That's a big help.
19:55Oh, you again.
19:56You can't do this to the press now.
19:58You are...
19:59812 is empty.
20:00Looks like somebody left in a hurry.
20:01Any clothes in there?
20:02Yeah.
20:03Hey, Steve, I got an idea.
20:04I checked her in.
20:05I know what she looks like.
20:06Maybe I can help you find her, huh?
20:08Okay, Buzzy.
20:10But if you double-cross me this time,
20:12there's a nice little gray suit
20:14and a short haircut waiting for you.
20:16Now get out of here.
20:17Okay, Steve, sure.
20:18Me too?
20:19Yeah, but don't leave the hotel.
20:20Okie-dokie, Mr. Steve.
20:23All right, boys.
20:24Pictures, prints,
20:25and when you get them all finished,
20:26send them right down to me.
20:27Come on, Plooper.
20:37Message for you, miss.
21:08Sure, his name is Porter.
21:10Thaddeus Porter.
21:12A knife in his back.
21:14Pictures?
21:16Sure.
21:17Send a man up right away.
21:19And don't forget the name of the hotel.
21:23You shouldn't push reporters in the face, Plooper.
21:26You're liable to get the hotel on the paper.
21:27You're liable to get the hotel on the paper.
21:37Jekyllson?
21:38Sir?
21:38Is this where Buzzy hangs out?
21:40Yes, sir.
21:53What's this all about?
21:54Mr. Buzzy calls it his private criminal laboratory.
21:58Private criminal laboratory.
22:12Why did Mr. Porter call you to 8B?
22:15Come on, answer me.
22:17To pick up a trunk.
22:18Look, Mr. Steve, I ain't done nothing.
22:21Why do y'all keep on picking on me?
22:22You got me so mixed up, I don't know what I'm doing.
22:25I know what you'll be doing if you don't tell me the truth.
22:28You said Buzzy locked in, huh?
22:29Yes, sir.
22:29Why'd he lock in?
22:30To be sure that I was staying until y'all got there.
22:32How long were you in there?
22:33I don't know, sir.
22:34It seemed to me like it was a long time.
22:36Long enough for Buzzy to be doing something.
22:38What was Buzzy doing?
22:39He was at the phone, phoning the desk.
22:41He called twice before y'all got up there.
22:43Is that right, Pflugger?
22:44I don't think so, but we can check on it.
22:46Relax.
22:59Desk.
23:00Just a moment.
23:02Buzzy, you're one on the phone.
23:04What's the idea of having personal calls on duty?
23:07Oh, it must be very important.
23:09Hello.
23:10Hello.
23:11Buzzy O'Brien?
23:12Oh, yeah.
23:13Hello, Mom.
23:15What?
23:18Oh, gee, that's too bad, Mom.
23:21Sure, you bet I will.
23:23All right, dear.
23:26I'm afraid I'll have to go, Mr. Mays.
23:28My mother's very sick.
23:31How many calls did you get from suite 8B just before you called me?
23:35Only one.
23:35I thought so.
23:36Are you sure?
23:37Positive.
23:38Have you seen Buzzy O'Brien?
23:39No, but he just took a call on the desk phone.
23:42Thanks.
23:48Where's Buzzy?
23:49Gone home.
23:50But he just got a phone call.
23:52Yes, from his mother.
23:53She's sick.
23:56Leaving us, Lanihan?
23:57Yeah.
23:58In the meantime, try not to gum things up, will you?
24:01No, no, no, no.
24:25Why, Buzzy O'Brien, what are you doing home?
24:27It's a-
24:28And who is that girl?
24:30Mom, I'm in a terrible jam.
24:31I can't explain now, but I think Steve Lanahan's on his way up here after me.
24:34Mom, you'll help me, will you?
24:35You won't let me down.
24:36Steve Lanahan, is it?
24:37Well, if there's anything wrong, it's your fault.
24:39No, no, Mom.
24:40It just looks bad.
24:41But I haven't got time to explain to Steve now.
24:42I have to do some more investigative research.
24:45Investigative research, is it?
24:46Now, look here, Buzzy O'Brien.
24:47You tell me what this is all about, or I'll turn you over to Steve Lanahan.
24:50Later, Mom, later.
24:51No, here and now.
24:53And what's the trouble, and who is that girl?
24:56I'll bet that's Steve now.
24:57Mom, you've got to talk to him.
24:58Help me, will you, Mom?
24:59Please help me.
25:00I knew he'd find out that phone call from the desk was phony.
25:03I'll not budge until I hear all about it.
25:07Mom.
25:08Mom, now, please don't let me down.
25:09Talk to him, will you, Mom?
25:10Get rid of me.
25:10He'll put me in jail, Mom.
25:12Jail?
25:12Yeah, please, Mom.
25:13Talk to him.
25:14Tell him anything.
25:14You don't want me to go to jail, do you?
25:16Please, Mom.
25:17Talk to him.
25:17Buzzy!
25:21Jail.
25:23Oh.
25:28Oh, hello, Steve.
25:29Hello, Mrs. O'Brien.
25:30Sit down.
25:31I'll get you a nice cup of tea.
25:34I don't want tea.
25:35I want Buzzy.
25:36Buzzy?
25:36Yeah.
25:37I'm sure this is a strange place to be looking for him at this time of day.
25:40He's not at the hotel.
25:41Oh.
25:43Detecting again, eh?
25:44Yeah, he's really put his foot in it this time.
25:46Bad?
25:47Murder.
25:48Murder?
25:48Oh, Steve, you don't mean that Buzzy's killed somebody.
25:51No, I don't think so, only this time it's serious.
25:53Oh.
25:55I thought you were sick.
25:57Sick?
25:59Oh, well, I ain't feeling so good.
26:03Oh, Steve, Buzzy's not a bad boy.
26:06I know, I know.
26:06He's only...
26:07His old man took pretty good care of me when I was a rookie cop.
26:10That's why I want to protect Buzzy.
26:12But I can't do anything, Mrs. O'Brien, if he don't stop snooping around.
26:15Well, I'll see that he stops it, Steve.
26:18Well, if you don't, some one of these days, one of those cheap crooks will be shooting him.
26:21Oh.
26:22But when you hear from him, you send him back to the hotel.
26:25I'll be waiting for him.
26:28All right, Steve.
26:30Thanks.
26:35Buzzy O'Brien?
26:37Come out of there.
26:45Oh, gee, Mom, you were swell.
26:47Steve didn't even know that I...
26:48Hold your tongue.
26:49Now, what's the matter?
26:50Who is this girl?
26:51Well, she's the girl I've been helping.
26:52Oh, it's the girl you've been helping, eh?
26:55And your poor old mother telling a lie to Steve Lanahan.
26:58Why, you ought to be...
27:00But her name is Kitty Monagher.
27:01I don't care what her name...
27:03What did you say her name was?
27:05This is Kitty Monagher.
27:06This is my mother.
27:07Kitty Monagher.
27:10Why, you poor darling, you.
27:12Come right over here and sit down now.
27:15There you are.
27:15Now, take your hat off.
27:17Sure, you must be in trouble.
27:19You're bound to be a few with Buzzy.
27:21She's the one Steve's really after.
27:23He thinks she did it.
27:24The murderer?
27:25With a name like Monagher?
27:27Well, then she must have had some good reason.
27:30But I didn't do it.
27:31Yeah, we know that.
27:32But you'll have to admit you've got a lot of explaining to do.
27:34Of course.
27:35It'll be a relief to talk.
27:36There, there.
27:37Now, take your time.
27:38Buzzy, you go bring in the tea.
27:40Bring in the tea?
27:41Mom, I've got to continue my investigation.
27:43You handle the tea and I'll handle the investigation.
27:47Oh, get a case all built up and I have to go after the tea.
27:50Now, let's have it.
27:53My brother, Jim, worked in Mr. Porter's bank.
27:56Jim's books were $100,000 short.
27:59What in the world did he do with all that money?
28:01It wasn't money.
28:02It was bonds.
28:03And he didn't take it.
28:04He just must have lost his head and run away.
28:08That's why I came to see Mr. Porter.
28:10He always liked Jim.
28:12I thought maybe he could help me find him and straighten things out.
28:19What happened when you were in Porter's room?
28:22Well, Mr. Porter let me in.
28:25But before I had a chance to talk to him, there was a knock at the door.
28:28So he pushed me into the bedroom and shut the connecting door.
28:31Did you see who came into the room?
28:33No.
28:35No, but I listened at the door.
28:36There were two men, I think.
28:38I could hear the voices, but I couldn't hear what they said even when they began arguing.
28:42Oh, they argued, eh?
28:44Well, did either of the voices sound like anyone you know?
28:46No.
28:47They just went on arguing.
28:49And then...
28:50And then I heard a groan and a thumping sound.
28:53And right after that, the door slammed.
28:56Look.
28:57Could one of these fellows been your brother?
28:59No, I'd know his voice.
29:02You know something about Jim.
29:04Where is he?
29:05He's registered at the Royal.
29:07But he's under the name of Elliot.
29:08Room 415.
29:10Elliot?
29:11Are you sure?
29:12Well, he looks enough like you to be your brother.
29:14And he's got a blue cigarette case with J.M. on it.
29:17Why should he go to the same hotel as Mr. Porter and not use his own name?
29:20There, there, now.
29:21That's enough of that.
29:22I look after Kitty.
29:23Now you run along, Buzzy, and find Steve and tell him I sent you.
29:26I'd better go, too.
29:27No, you stay right here and rest.
29:29Come along now, Buzzy.
29:30Go on.
29:31Thanks, Mom.
29:32I knew you'd come through for me.
29:34Goodbye, dear.
29:35And remember that Steve's waiting for you.
29:38Come along now, darling.
29:39Sit down.
29:39We'll have our tea and peace.
29:43Ain't anything yet, Mike?
29:44No, nothing here.
29:46No, nothing here.
29:53Is that the dress she wore?
29:55Come on, come on.
29:56You said you saw a girl in a striped dress come in out of Porter's room?
29:59Yes, I did.
30:00Well, is that the dress she wore?
30:02Yes, sir.
30:02Of course it is.
30:03Buzzy and the girl ditched it in the linen chute.
30:05I thought I'd find it there.
30:06Stumbled on it, you mean.
30:07All right, stumbled on it.
30:08Just like you better stumble on Buzzy and that girl.
30:10Don't worry.
30:10I'll have them.
30:11You hope.
30:13Did you see anybody else?
30:14No, sir.
30:15I didn't.
30:16What do you mean you didn't?
30:18Now, look here, Jefferson, old boy.
30:20This dress kind of proves your story.
30:22Though anybody could have put it in the linen chute.
30:24But you're not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
30:26You were with Buzzy when the body was found.
30:28And if you don't tell me everything you know, I'm going to tear you limb from limb.
30:31Don't do that, Mr. Steve.
30:33I'm on your side.
30:34All right, then.
30:35Let's have it.
30:36Mr. Buzzy said that he saw the service door closed when he was coming down the hall.
30:41Service door, huh?
30:44There you are, Mike.
30:44I'll get Jenkins.
30:46We'll check on that service door.
30:52Where are you going?
30:52I got to catch Mr. Steve.
30:54I forgot something.
30:55Yeah?
30:55I forgot to tell him about the claim check that Mr. Buzzy found.
30:58What?
30:58Mr. Buzzy bumped into a man at the elevator and blooded his nose.
31:02That's the man that dropped that claim check.
31:03What's that got to do with it?
31:05I don't know, sir.
31:06Only Mr. Steve told me to tell everything I know.
31:09And I don't want him backtracking on me and found out that I missed something.
31:12What, have you told everything?
31:13Everything except a claim check.
31:15Okay, I'll take care of that.
31:22Hold me.
31:34Well, we'll be back to him.
31:35Let's see.
31:35All right, sir.
31:41Let's go.
31:42Let's go.
32:07Could be.
32:09I'll follow it.
32:10Give the girls room another look.
32:12Give it the words.
32:25I wonder did I forget anything.
32:28Vestas, telephone calls, claim checks, man on the elevator, service door.
32:35Mr. Buzzy searching that dead man's room.
32:38Mr. Buzzy, where has you been?
32:40Have you seen Lanahan?
32:41Seen him? I can't lose him.
32:42Where is he now?
32:43He went up to check on that service door, but he'll be back.
32:46I told him about that claim check, and they found the address.
32:50Kitties?
32:51The woman that I saw coming out of that room, and Mr. Steve will be very happy to see you.
32:55Yeah, I want to talk to him too, but first I got to see the fellow in 415.
32:58What you want to see him for? What does he got to do with it?
33:00He's the girl's brother. If I'm right, this is one of the biggest fame-ups ever engineered.
33:04What you going to do about the monkeys your mom gave you?
33:06Oh, Jefferson, what do you have to bring that up for now?
33:09Can't you see I'm just one step from finding out who the murderer is?
33:12Yeah, and you got your other foot on the banana peel.
33:14You got your other foot on the table.
33:17You got your other foot on the table.
33:28That's right.
33:38That's right.
33:44Well, you got your other foot on the table.
33:49any luck whoever did it could have beat it down that service stairway all right
33:53but I still think Buzzy's trying to protect that girl he's the only one who
33:57saw the door closing and we know she's mixed up in it
33:59Pflugger found the dress how did you miss it I don't know Steve I guess he
34:09knows more about hotels and I do
34:59clean check guy
35:14it's gone
35:34Mr. Elliot
35:35Mr. Elliot
35:48come on
35:51what's the idea well you almost drowned looks like somebody tried to put you out of the way
35:55that's too bad they missed here put this around you come on I'm gonna have a talk with you
36:10now come here
36:14look look do me a favor
36:15yeah sure sure Buzzy anything for a pal
36:19your real name is Monaghan isn't it Jim Monaghan of course it is don't you like it sure I like
36:24it I think it's swell but tell me what'd you change it to Elliot for take it
36:33easy that's not easy that's a secret
36:59even if you look look right on you you just know what this is
37:03even you
37:04I am not sure
37:05but I know that I'm not sure I'm not sure if they got to fall in the bathroom
37:26I'm not sure if that's what it is
37:27why I'm not sure if I'm not sure if I'm not sure if I'm not a man
37:28Then what happened?
37:30I don't know.
37:31I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, you were pulling me out of the bathtub.
37:34Buzzy, they'll never believe him.
37:35You're darn right we won't believe him.
37:37You and your brother are under arrest.
37:39Fluger, don't be a fool.
37:40Buzzy, stay out of this.
37:41My brother didn't kill that man.
37:43Somebody tried to kill him.
37:44He was nearly drowned.
37:44That's enough.
37:45You've got plenty of explaining to do yourself.
37:48Unless I'm mistaken, you're the girl that was seen coming out of Porter's room three seconds after he was murdered.
37:52Don't be a chump, Fluger.
37:53Look down there.
37:56Ah, looks like we all thought of the same thing.
37:59What are you doing here, Fluger?
38:03Who's he?
38:04I don't know.
38:05He's the Monaghan girl and the brother.
38:07Maybe they know.
38:07Tim didn't have anything.
38:08They don't know anything.
38:09Quiet.
38:10Look, Steve, I got it all figured out.
38:12It's strictly a case of elemental deduction.
38:13Now, wait a minute, Buzzy.
38:15I gave you every chance in the world.
38:16You know I wanted to see you, yet you came sneaking back here without reporting to me.
38:19Yeah, but Steve, I had to.
38:21I'm supposed to warn you that whatever you say can be used against you.
38:23Now, go ahead.
38:24Please, it was all my fault.
38:25Same thing goes for you, too.
38:27Look, Steve, Jefferson told you about the claim check I had from the Union Station.
38:30Well, this is the guy that dropped it.
38:32I came back here, and when I came through the door, well, somebody hit me on the head.
38:36When I came to, the claim check was gone.
38:38Is that all?
38:40Yeah, Steve, honest, that's all.
38:41Lock him up.
38:41Hey, wait a minute, Steve.
38:42You can't do that to me.
38:44All right, buddy.
38:45Get your clothes on.
38:46How do you like that?
38:48You better get the coroner down here, and then tell Jenkins I'll meet him at headquarters.
38:53I never thought Steve Laney had to do a thing like this to me.
38:55He's making a jailbird out of me.
38:58You know, do you know, Kitty, that when he said you're under arrest, I almost faded.
39:03I didn't know what to do.
39:04I just stood there.
39:05Hey, Mike, take her.
39:20Where's Steve?
39:21He said he'd meet you at headquarters.
39:22What happened?
39:23Well, the Monaghan girl pulled a feint, and Buzzy disappeared.
39:25Where are the Monaghan's?
39:26Mike's got them.
39:30Come on.
39:49Did you see Buzzy?
39:50Yes, sir.
39:51He was here right after Mr. Steve left.
39:53I told you.
39:53No, no, I mean the last few minutes.
39:54He just got away from me on the fourth floor.
39:56No, sir, I ain't seen him.
39:57Well, why didn't you say so?
39:59I ain't seen him, and I ain't gonna see him.
40:04Hey, Jefferson.
40:08Jefferson.
40:09It's me, Buzzy.
40:11Here I am, over here.
40:16Jefferson.
40:20Good gracious, Mr. Buzzy.
40:21Why do you do this to me?
40:23Big business.
40:23Got your pass key?
40:24What about them monkeys?
40:25Never mind the monkeys.
40:25I gotta get in the room.
40:26You keep this up.
40:27We'll both be in the room.
40:28With bars on.
40:29Come on.
40:54Give me the key.
40:55Oh, Mr. Buzzy, you are so smart.
40:57I know you can do this much better without me.
41:00I'll see you.
41:00No, you don't.
41:01Come here.
41:23Now, look.
41:24This is the way I've got it figured out.
41:26Porter steals $100,000 from Elliot.
41:28Makes him register in this hotel and an assumed name so he can keep his eye on the bonds.
41:33Bonds.
41:34Does that mean anything to you, Jefferson?
41:35Yes, sir.
41:36It sure do.
41:37That's just what we're gonna need to get us out of jail if you is wrong.
41:40But I can't be wrong.
41:42Do you remember those crooks we caught?
41:43You know, when you had the dummy up on the roof?
41:45Yes.
41:46Somebody in this hotel is a go-between for the hot bond racket.
41:49And we're gonna find the evidence right here in this room.
41:51Now, look.
41:51You get to work in the bathroom.
41:52Search it.
41:53Tear it apart if you have to.
41:54Do you really mean tear it apart?
41:56Yes.
41:56Go on.
41:56Okey-dokey, Mr. Buzzy.
41:58I'll tear it apart.
41:59But my heart ain't it.
42:00No, sir.
42:01My heart sure ain't it.
42:02Jefferson.
42:03Look in the medicine cabinet.
42:04Look in the clothes hamper.
42:05Yeah, look down the drain, too.
42:06Look every place.
42:07Oh, my goodness.
42:08Here we go again.
42:10Nunkers and all.
42:11Party.
42:12That's something.
42:13I've never heard of such before.
42:15Now, I've got to go all over this place, yeah?
42:26Ain't nothing in here but soaps and towels and things like that.
42:30That's a shame.
42:30You ought not to get...
42:32Hey, Mr. Buzzy.
42:34Let's get out of here.
42:35Not until I'm finished.
42:36Oh, Mr. Buzzy, this ain't no plan for me.
42:39I'm a family man.
43:14Jefferson.
43:15I got it.
43:16Come on.
43:18Hold the phone.
43:20Get in there.
43:28Luger.
43:29Am I glad to see you.
43:30It looks like somebody broke in your room.
43:32I tried to catch him, but I got here too late.
43:35You know, I thought you might be next on the murder list, so...
43:38Well, I hurried down here so I could help you.
43:41Quit stalling.
43:41Come on.
43:42Where is it?
43:44Where is it?
43:44Where is what?
43:45Never mind.
43:46The baby stare.
43:47The briefcase.
43:48Come on.
43:48Where is it?
43:52Under the bed.
44:08Buzzy, you're a very smart boy.
44:12A little too smart for your own good.
44:21West, 632.
44:25Joe, how soon can you be at the back entrance?
44:29Yeah, a little change in plans.
44:3215 minutes?
44:34Right.
44:38All right, wise guy.
44:39Sit down.
44:46That means you got 14 minutes.
44:49How does it feel?
44:52Not so good.
44:54You thought you were pretty smart when you sent Jefferson and that dummy up on the roof.
44:57Brought the cops in on the boys.
45:00Yeah, yeah, I did.
45:01I thought that was a pretty good idea, didn't you?
45:04I sure wish Jefferson was up on that roof right now.
45:10I could use a few cops.
45:12They wouldn't do you any good.
45:14Good old Jeff.
45:16If he could only hear me.
45:18You know where he'd be?
45:19He'd climb right out there in that ledge and...
45:20Well, he'd take his handkerchief and he'd flag those cops right up here.
45:24That's what he'd do.
45:25Go on, sing.
45:27In another 10 minutes you'll be through.
45:30And I'll be on my way with the Borns.
45:33Good old Jeff.
45:37You're not fooling me for a minute, Pfluger.
45:39You've been using this hotel as a clearinghouse for your hot buns, haven't you?
45:43Yeah, but you've been letting your crooks hide out here too.
45:45But you've been getting your cut.
45:47But this time you just decided you want to take it all.
46:03So then you killed that Porter guy.
46:04And tried to blame it on the poor Monaghan girl.
46:06You're doing all right.
46:08But talk fast.
46:10You only got four minutes.
46:15Then you killed the claim check guy.
46:17You hit me on the head and you tried to drown Elliot.
46:19But you made one mistake Pfluger.
46:21Just one.
46:37What's all the excitement?
46:38What's the trouble?
46:39No, no, no.
46:40Look, look up.
46:40Get it back or something.
46:41Get it out.
46:44Get it back.
46:45Get back.
46:46Why don't they give him that cut?
46:48Get back.
47:14It was a very simple case of elemental deduction.
47:18When you walked into Elliot's room, you said to Kitty, you and your brother are under arrest.
47:22Well, if you weren't in on this whole rotten mess, how did you know that he was her brother?
47:53All right, Fluker, get up.
47:59Steve.
48:00Steve, look.
48:01I got the bonds.
48:02Oh, you did, did you?
48:03When are you going to stop leaning with your chin?
48:05You got yourself into a fine jam this time.
48:07Yeah, I guess I did, but I'm sure glad you got here, Steve.
48:09You're lucky.
48:10Fluker, Fuzzy and I had the same idea and I followed through on that claim check.
48:14The way you made your big mistake was in picking up this briefcase yourself.
48:17Well, is the party over?
48:18It is for you.
48:20Put the bracelets on, Jenkins.
48:21What's his name, Steve?
48:23Fluker.
48:23No, no.
48:24I mean the guy that's going to commit suicide out on the ledge.
48:27Jefferson!
48:34What are you doing out there, Jefferson?
48:36Oh, Mr. Steve, I'm sure glad you're here.
48:38Come on in here.
48:39Yeah.
48:42Hang on.
48:42Never do this in a moment.
48:46Oh, thanks, Jefferson.
48:48You saved my life.
48:49You two guys think you're heroes, don't you?
48:50Well, you're not as far as I'm concerned.
48:52Well, no, we don't.
48:52Only we had just...
48:53Well, just got a break.
48:54Now, this is the last time I'm warning.
48:56You'll quit playing detective.
48:57All right, Steve.
48:59That goes for you, too, Jefferson.
49:00Yes, sir.
49:01And remember, Jefferson, stay downstairs.
49:04Stay away from Buzzy.
49:05Yes, sir.
49:06All right, then.
49:07Everybody back to work.
49:15I'll follow you down in my car.
49:16Right.
49:17Thanks for everything, Mr. Lanahan.
49:18Forget it.
49:22Let's rehearse that big scene in the second act.
49:25You know, the one where I kill you.
49:28We'll start with the...
49:30You know, Harold.
49:38You know, Harold, it's you I love.
49:40From now on, I see nothing, speak nothing, and hear nothing.
49:43Woman, your time has come.
49:46For years, I wanted to take that lily-white throat in my hands, and now...
49:50Don't stop!
49:51You're killing me!
49:52You!
49:54Give me your basket.
49:56Come on, Mr. Budget.
49:56Now, don't forget the monkeys.
50:11Come on, Mr. Budget.
50:13Now, don't forget the monkeys.
50:13Come on, Mr. Budget.
50:24Come on, Mr. Budget.
50:28Now, don't forget the monkeys.
50:28Come on, Mr. Budget.
50:34Now, there's bad people.
50:36You've got it.
50:40I don't think the monkeys have the�s here.
50:41And you, it's all.
50:41That's correct.
50:41Come on, Mr. Budget.
50:42All right.
50:43And you may have the people who have fun.
50:46You may have the people who have fun.
50:46But you're going home.
50:47That's okay.
50:47You're gonna be gonna be so nice.
50:48After all, I've got a женщ podemos.