A gem heist gone wrong leaves a wanted man dead. A female reporter finds his body and, to claim the reward, hides the body in a wax museum. When the body vanishes, the hunt is on.
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00:04:25Shot with a gun.
00:04:28Oh, don't give me that.
00:04:29He's laying right out here in that alley now.
00:04:32And stop giving me arguments.
00:04:34Give me Max Hurley.
00:04:40Max, I got Joe Wells.
00:04:43Oh, yeah?
00:04:44What you been drinking?
00:04:45Joe Wells has been a concrete block
00:04:47holding up a bridge somewhere for the past five years.
00:04:50Ah, wise guy, ain't you?
00:04:51We just don't like making calls
00:04:53on little men that ain't there.
00:04:55All right, all right.
00:04:56Hang on now.
00:04:57I'm going to go out and take another look.
00:04:58Now make sure it is Joe Wells.
00:05:09Poor Murphy.
00:05:11He's about ready for the old cop's home.
00:05:13I think he's having optical delusions.
00:05:18$20.72
00:05:19and standing on my feet all day.
00:05:22Oh, you're just mercenary.
00:05:25Dorothy Cooper.
00:05:26Mm-hmm.
00:05:34Mm-hmm.
00:05:36Mm-hmm.
00:05:36Mm-hmm.
00:05:37Mm-hmm.
00:05:51Mm-hmm.
00:05:53You are now scanning at the masterpiece of a master.
00:05:57You are now perusing the produce of pure genius.
00:06:01In fact, you are now gazing upon the nucleus of a neurotic.
00:06:05Furthermore, I...
00:06:06No, no, this is all very nice, Clutch, but I'm tired.
00:06:10I'd like to go home.
00:06:11What a lack of depreciation.
00:06:14Mr. Miggs, if you'll give me your attention for just a moment,
00:06:17I'll endeavor to explain the intricacies of this chair.
00:06:20Now, this is all very nice, Clutch, but I'm tired.
00:06:24So you're tired. So what?
00:06:26So you ought to thank me.
00:06:27I'm only trying to fix it so the customers can get the proper enumeration for their money.
00:06:31Now, get a gander at this.
00:06:40Gave myself a hot foot, didn't I?
00:06:43I've got to fix that.
00:06:44No, no, no, no, no. Please, Clutch, not now.
00:06:47Come on, come on, Clutch.
00:06:55You double-crosser.
00:07:01I don't know what I'm going to do.
00:07:04My life hasn't been the same since my brother-in-law had to die and leave me this place.
00:07:10Wish he'd left it to me.
00:07:12Yeah, but you weren't retired.
00:07:13You hadn't worked hard all your life like me.
00:07:17I'm an old man.
00:07:19What do you think I am, kindergarten stock?
00:07:24Harley! Harley!
00:07:27Hey, Harley, he's gone.
00:07:29The body's gone. Disappeared. It's vamoosed.
00:07:32Listen, Max, I ain't blind, and I know Joe Wells when I see him.
00:07:37Hmm. Murphy's really at it tonight.
00:07:38Hey, I think something fit him.
00:07:41Maybe we'd better go see.
00:07:43And I tell you it was him!
00:07:46Oh, sure, I'm sure.
00:07:49Say, what is it?
00:07:50What night? I'll wait for you.
00:07:55It's just too bad.
00:07:57Murphy, I'd advise you to see an optimist.
00:07:59Very funny.
00:08:00You can go home, Miggs. I'll lock up after you.
00:08:02I wouldn't trust him, Miggs. Not in his condition.
00:08:05I don't mind waiting. Is there anything I can do?
00:08:08No, I just gotta wait around here till Lieutenant Hurley shows up there and we'll be out of here in
00:08:11a couple of minutes.
00:08:12It's broken down, Rubber Hill.
00:08:14Why don't they detach him off the force?
00:08:16Why don't you shut up?
00:08:17Well, I hope you'll all be out of here soon. I'm very tired.
00:08:22What do you think I am?
00:08:24I'll bite. What are you?
00:08:26Well, if it ain't Joe typewriter herself.
00:08:31Oh, Miss Gallagher, there's been some kind of trouble.
00:08:34Hey, Gallagher, give me a match, will you?
00:08:36A twerp like you smoking that.
00:08:39Big things sometimes come in little packages.
00:08:41You'll keep on, they'll make you a moron. Junior grade.
00:08:44Think you can afford this?
00:08:46What's the trouble?
00:08:47I really don't know.
00:08:49How'd you do today? Any better?
00:08:51Any better? Imagine.
00:08:53Just because I lost my expense account in a crap game,
00:08:56they put me on a leg job in some corny police station out in the sticks.
00:09:00Who?
00:09:01My paper.
00:09:03For crying out loud, aren't you listening?
00:09:05Oh, this is Miss Gallagher, Mr. Murphy.
00:09:07She lives upstairs over the exhibit.
00:09:09A fleabag renovated into an apartment.
00:09:11Hey, got another match?
00:09:12This one you give me is damaged.
00:09:14Beat it.
00:09:15I think it's a nice little place you've got upstairs.
00:09:18Those places go.
00:09:19Oh, don't mind me tonight, Mr. Miggs.
00:09:21I'm just mad at the world.
00:09:23She's a reporter.
00:09:25But you wouldn't know it.
00:09:26You're a disgrace to the Chronicle, they said.
00:09:29We're going to teach you a lesson, they said.
00:09:31Get that for you.
00:09:32They're going to teach me a lesson.
00:09:33Me, the one who covered the gardener Stanley hanging.
00:09:36And how about the Kingman fire?
00:09:38I even had the news boys crying.
00:09:40I wasn't crying.
00:09:41You.
00:09:42Give me the news bulletin of Pete Willis any day.
00:09:45There's a reporter for you.
00:09:46Pete Willis.
00:09:47That double-crossing snake?
00:09:49Double-crossing snake?
00:09:50He got my father in a clear after being sent up for that mitre wrap, didn't he?
00:09:54He found the guy that really done it and pinned it on him, didn't he?
00:09:56That took brains.
00:09:58And fight him while you wasn't calling him a snake about a month ago.
00:10:00While you two was lollygagging around together.
00:10:03Should have seen him, Murph.
00:10:04If it was really a panic.
00:10:05I wish you'd quit rattling your head.
00:10:07I got all I can do worrying about what happens with Joe Wells.
00:10:10Joe Wells?
00:10:12What about him?
00:10:13I find him murdered, then he disappears again.
00:10:16Yeah?
00:10:17Ha!
00:10:17I'd give my IT for an exclusive on it, if it really happened.
00:10:23Gee.
00:10:24If it only was Joe Wells.
00:10:26Maybe then I could make that rag I work on take me out of the doghouse.
00:10:30I knew a doghouse looks good.
00:10:32Oh, quiet.
00:10:33Is he very important, this Joe Wells?
00:10:36Never heard of Joe Wells?
00:10:38Now, there's total ignorance for you.
00:10:40Do you not never read no newspapers?
00:10:42Joe Wells was just the biggest noise in the rackets, that's all.
00:10:46Why, Joe had so many notches on his Tommy gun, it looked like a buzzsaw.
00:10:49And way to more, I'll tell you something.
00:10:51He disappeared about five years ago, and everybody thought his own boy's done it.
00:10:54I still think so.
00:10:56Well, I'm still thinking about that reward.
00:10:58Five grand for the guy to find him, and I had him.
00:11:01Sure, sure you did, Murphy.
00:11:03But stop making it worse for yourself thinking about that five grand.
00:11:06How are you going to stop thinking about five grand?
00:11:10Well, I'm going to bed.
00:11:11Good night.
00:11:13Happy nightmares.
00:11:17Say, Murphy, just between you and me, was that really Joe Wells you had?
00:11:23Look, kid, I'm the guy that put the pinch on him that time at the World's Fair, ain't I?
00:11:28Well, I'd know him, wouldn't I?
00:11:45He's my mother.
00:11:46But you're well.
00:11:50Yes.
00:11:52Yes.
00:11:54A good night.
00:11:55Yes.
00:11:58Yes.
00:11:59Yes.
00:12:12Too hot in here. I'm going to wait outside for the lieutenant.
00:12:15Yeah, I guess I could use some fresh air, too.
00:12:59I'm going to go out.
00:12:59I'll go out.
00:13:04I'll go out and get it.
00:13:22I've got to go out here.
00:13:22Could you give me a number, please?
00:13:24Yeah.
00:13:25W-I-L-O-I.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:28Well, I had a number, but I must have left a number.
00:13:29Mr. Displaced it.
00:13:30I wonder if it'd be complimentary enough to give it to me.
00:13:33Huh?
00:13:34Yeah, I'll wait.
00:13:35But make it snappy, will you?
00:13:51Oh, Pete.
00:13:52This is Clutch.
00:13:54Clutch.
00:13:54Clutch.
00:13:55Clutch, you know.
00:13:56Oh, Clutch.
00:13:57What do you know?
00:13:57What's new at the Westworks?
00:13:58Come on.
00:13:59Come on, let's go.
00:14:00Come on, no.
00:14:00Yeah?
00:14:01Yeah?
00:14:02Yeah?
00:14:03You tell the kid to go to a picture show and call back later.
00:14:05I gotta get home, and I'm out two bucks already.
00:14:08Yeah, come on, will you?
00:14:09Go ahead, Clutch.
00:14:10Nobody's listening.
00:14:12Look, there's a cop over here by the name of Murphy.
00:14:14He claims he found the body of Joe Wells.
00:14:17Uh-huh.
00:14:18I don't know.
00:14:18Out in an alley someplace.
00:14:20You say Murphy found him?
00:14:22Here's my cabbage.
00:14:23Will you shoot again?
00:14:24Oh, what's the use?
00:14:25He always wins anyway.
00:14:26And Gallagher knows, huh?
00:14:27Okay, sweetheart.
00:14:28I'll be over in five minutes.
00:14:29Hey, where are you going?
00:14:30What about our dough?
00:14:31You don't have to leave, fellas.
00:14:32You can spend the rest of the evening in this joint.
00:14:35What are we gonna do for money?
00:14:37You've won it all.
00:14:37And don't break the glassware, will you?
00:14:39I only live here.
00:14:40Oh.
00:14:41This will be much safer in the car.
00:14:43Well, how do you like that?
00:14:45I haven't got a quarter.
00:14:45We'll be here.
00:14:45Here we go.
00:15:18Here we go.
00:15:50Here we go.
00:15:53What a lucky stiff.
00:15:59Stop telling me that Murphy.
00:16:01So you think you had Joe well.
00:16:02So you think he got away.
00:16:03So what?
00:16:03So I think I'm telling you, that's all.
00:16:16Well, I think you're daffier, and I'm daffier to come down here and listen to you.
00:16:19Gentlemen, I wonder...
00:16:20Just a minute, you.
00:16:21But please remember...
00:16:22Hey, who is this guy?
00:16:23Oh, that's Migs.
00:16:24He owns the joint and he wants to close up.
00:16:26Oh.
00:16:27Well, we'll be out here in a couple of minutes.
00:16:28Well, I hope so.
00:16:30I'm so tired.
00:16:31Start right at the beginning.
00:16:37Let's go.
00:16:49Chronicle?
00:16:50Extension 13.
00:16:52Hello, that you, Marty?
00:16:54Gallagher.
00:16:55Look, get over to my place quickly, will you?
00:16:57And bring that camera, pal.
00:16:59Yeah, yeah, it's hot.
00:17:00Now get over here before it boils over.
00:17:14I'll give you a buzz.
00:17:15I didn't know if anything was up.
00:17:16It's worth investigating, Clutch.
00:17:18Hey, Pete, you got a match?
00:17:19I thought I told you about picking those things up out of the street.
00:17:21Out of the street?
00:17:23Lobbyator Biltmore.
00:17:23What do you mean, out of the street?
00:17:25Hello, Mr. Willis.
00:17:26Haven't seen you around lately.
00:17:27Yeah, that's right.
00:17:28What happened with you and Gallagher?
00:17:29Did the milk of romance slightly curdled?
00:17:31Well, uh, shall we say temporarily soured, old boy?
00:17:35She thinks I shoot craps with loaded dice.
00:17:37Has it got anything to do with that Washington assignment you and her went on last week?
00:17:40Where she lost her expense account?
00:17:42Her expense account?
00:17:44Where is she now?
00:17:45Upstairs.
00:17:47Let's go in here and see what's going on.
00:17:48Right.
00:17:49And another thing, Murphy.
00:17:51I don't believe...
00:17:53Hey, what is this?
00:17:54Who called you in, Willis?
00:17:56I have little birdies working for me, Max.
00:17:58Little birdies with golden wings?
00:18:00Oh, yeah?
00:18:00Well, someday I'm going to clip them golden wings for you good.
00:18:05I don't believe a word of your whole story.
00:18:07Well, you start clipping.
00:18:08How about giving me a match?
00:18:09Joe Wells is dead on a mackerel.
00:18:11He's been...
00:18:13And he's been that way for a long time.
00:18:15Boy, you never can tell.
00:18:17You say you saw him, Murph?
00:18:18Ah.
00:18:20So what are you suggesting?
00:18:21That we conduct a house-to-house canvas in search of the body?
00:18:24And on this kind of evidence?
00:18:26I don't care what you do from now on.
00:18:28You're not letting this thing upset you, are you, Murph?
00:18:30Tell me more about it, Murph.
00:18:32Where did you grab the shots?
00:18:33What shots?
00:18:35Hey, what is this?
00:18:36What are you trying to pull, Willis?
00:18:37I don't know him.
00:18:38He's not my boy.
00:18:39Well, Gallagher called me.
00:18:40That's all I know.
00:18:41She was all excited about something she had and wanted me to take some pictures.
00:18:45Gallagher?
00:18:45Who the place is this Gallagher?
00:18:46Ah, she's some gallin who lives upstairs.
00:18:48That's something to do with the newspapers.
00:18:50Well, go on home.
00:18:51We ain't got nothing to photograph.
00:18:52The dame had plays in her bonnet.
00:18:53I don't know.
00:18:54Maybe I'll have to do that, pal.
00:18:55She's gone to bed.
00:18:56Yeah, she's retarded for the evening.
00:18:58She called downstairs a few minutes ago and told me to tell you that it was all a mistake.
00:19:01A mistake?
00:19:02Yeah.
00:19:02No, no, that ain't like Gallagher.
00:19:04She don't play hunches.
00:19:05Oh, believe me, pal.
00:19:06She'd be highly insulted if you ever spoiled her sleep.
00:19:09In fact, she'd be inflamed.
00:19:10Yeah.
00:19:10That's the last.
00:19:11Spoiled her sleep?
00:19:13Oh, sorry, old boy.
00:19:14Goodbye.
00:19:15Goodbye.
00:19:19What are you figuring, Pete?
00:19:21See you later.
00:19:22Oh, let me go with you.
00:19:23Maybe I can help you.
00:19:24I said later.
00:19:25All right, I'll be around.
00:19:26Here, practice on this while I come back.
00:19:29Ah, thanks, Pete.
00:19:31Mucho gracias.
00:19:50That you, Marty?
00:19:52Dolly, don't you know my knock anymore?
00:19:56You stick your nose in here, Pete Willis, and I'll throw my typewriter at your head.
00:20:00Baby, can't you talk without screaming?
00:20:02This is business.
00:20:05Go away, Mr. Willis.
00:20:07I'm very busy.
00:20:08You're busy?
00:20:09You don't think looking for Joe Wells is any fun, do you?
00:20:14You're not still sore about that crap game, are you, honey?
00:20:17That's one thing I'm not talking about.
00:20:19That's the kitchenette.
00:20:21You know, they weren't my dice.
00:20:22They belonged to Charlie Baker.
00:20:24That's the closet?
00:20:25Yeah.
00:20:27Besides, they weren't crooked.
00:20:28I just ran into a streak of luck, that's all.
00:20:31Is that what you call it?
00:20:32Uh-huh.
00:20:33Excuse me.
00:20:39If you're looking for dirt, it's not there.
00:20:42And Joe Wells, either.
00:20:43I didn't think you were that dumb, honey.
00:20:45But you never know.
00:20:46Oh, look, Pete, I'm really not mad anymore.
00:20:49I mean about the crap game.
00:20:51But I'm busy.
00:20:53No kidding.
00:20:53I think I've looked the first act of that play I told you about.
00:20:56I was just playing around with the idea when you knocked.
00:20:59Oh, did I tell you you were gorgeous tonight, honey?
00:21:03I'm such a wonderful liar.
00:21:05Writing a play, huh?
00:21:07While Detective Lieutenant Hurley's plainclothesman stalked through New York Street, searching
00:21:11apartments and alleyways, creating terror in the hearts of innocent bystanders, the body
00:21:16of Joe Wells was lying in...
00:21:18Lying where?
00:21:19You're so good.
00:21:20Why don't you finish it?
00:21:21You know, this is really horrible.
00:21:23You should go back to writing Love Law and Column.
00:21:24Yeah, well, it's a lot more exciting than that stuff they print under your name.
00:21:28All right, baby.
00:21:28I want to help you.
00:21:29Where have you got it?
00:21:30Got what?
00:21:31That is just in case it's found.
00:21:33Oh, I'm sure.
00:21:34If you don't get out of here, I'll call the cops.
00:21:37Yes, you will.
00:21:41What are you going to do?
00:21:43Nothing.
00:21:44I'm going to let you finish the play.
00:21:46But I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.
00:22:32I'm afraid you're going to write the last act in jail.
00:22:43Okay.
00:22:46Okay.
00:22:46Okay, I'll look into it right away.
00:22:49Murphy, I can't give this thing any more of my time.
00:22:51Will you quit shoving my chair around?
00:22:53Why don't you get out of here?
00:22:54Why should I?
00:22:55I told you that this happens to be my place of employment.
00:23:00I'll send over a couple of boys and you can scout around.
00:23:02Maybe I'll find something.
00:23:03Or maybe I won't.
00:23:05Oh, I just got a hurry call and look into a shooting a couple of blocks away.
00:23:08You want to go?
00:23:09No, thanks.
00:23:09I'm going home.
00:23:10You know, early to bed, early to rise.
00:23:12Well, any way you want it.
00:23:13Uh-huh.
00:23:15Now, you wait around outside.
00:23:16The prowl car will pick you up.
00:23:21Any new developments?
00:23:23I don't know yet.
00:23:24Well, thanks for calling, Clutch.
00:23:25I'll see you around.
00:23:27Right.
00:23:28Good night, Mr. Mays.
00:23:28Good night, Mr. Willis.
00:23:30Take care of yourself, Pete.
00:23:32I'll go put on the night light in the back.
00:23:34You be ready now.
00:23:46Oh, wait.
00:23:48Oh, wait.
00:23:50Oh, wait.
00:23:59Oh, wait.
00:24:12Take care of that, Gwendolyn.
00:24:14Don't let the smoke get in your eyes.
00:24:24Oh!
00:24:28Why, Nix, what's the matter?
00:24:29What are you so dissipated about?
00:24:31You look like you fell in a barrel of flour.
00:24:33Out there, out there.
00:24:34Sitting out there.
00:24:36Who's sitting out there?
00:24:37There's a corpse out there playing cards.
00:24:41What?
00:24:42What?
00:25:07What do you think you're doing?
00:25:08You shouldn't have done that, Clutch.
00:25:09I'm just telephoning the police.
00:25:12What do you want to do to get us in trouble?
00:25:13We got something on our midst.
00:25:15That stiff is really rigor mortis.
00:25:16But I got to telephone the police.
00:25:18What are you doing?
00:25:19Using last year's brains?
00:25:20You know what'll happen if you're calling the cops?
00:25:21They'll throw bright lights in your eyes.
00:25:23They'll give you the rubber hose treatment.
00:25:25They'll break you down.
00:25:26Break me down?
00:25:27For what?
00:25:28For what?
00:25:28Now, there's a clever injection.
00:25:30For killing that guy out there.
00:25:32That's for what?
00:25:32Oh, I didn't kill him.
00:25:34He got in here by mistake.
00:25:36You try to tell the cops that.
00:25:37You seen what happened to my old man, didn't you?
00:25:39Don't think you had a motive.
00:25:41You'll be a felony.
00:25:43What we got to do is get rid of that body.
00:25:45Oh, get easy about it.
00:25:47You mean hide out in the street behind some hash cans?
00:25:50Is that what you mean?
00:25:50Have it bounced back on you in the morning?
00:25:52No, I know.
00:25:53Got to get it out of the neighborhood.
00:25:54Way out.
00:25:55Oh, my goodness, out of the neighborhood.
00:25:56But how?
00:25:57Well, we'll take the cops and put it in your car
00:26:01and deposit it someplace far away from this vicinity.
00:26:03Yeah, yeah.
00:26:03Come on, let's get your car.
00:26:04Yeah, get the car.
00:26:05Get the car.
00:26:06Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:26:08Oh, my hat.
00:26:09Yeah, my cigar.
00:26:14Oh, my God.
00:26:53Oh, my God.
00:27:35Marty, is that...
00:27:41Who are you?
00:27:42I think you and I have a little business transact.
00:27:45Business?
00:27:47If my price isn't right, it won't make any difference.
00:27:52That's the body of Joe Wells.
00:27:57Lucky I swept up yesterday, isn't it?
00:27:59Your levity fails to impress me, Miss...
00:28:02Gallagher.
00:28:03Sue Gallagher.
00:28:11Will you stop scaring me with that gun?
00:28:16If this is a gag and Pete Willis sent you...
00:28:19Let's not get away from the subject, Miss Gallagher.
00:28:22If you haven't got the body of Joe Wells in this apartment,
00:28:25I'm convinced that you know where it is.
00:28:27You see, I followed the blood spots in the Empress Hotel
00:28:30across the alleyway to your staircase.
00:28:33And now this.
00:28:35I know he was shot,
00:28:37and I know that he couldn't have dragged himself much further.
00:28:39Where is he?
00:28:41All right.
00:28:42What's the use?
00:28:44The body's downstairs in the exhibit.
00:28:46Oh, now we're getting somewhere.
00:28:49I don't imagine you want to meet the cops who are down there.
00:28:52Oh, now, Miss Gallagher,
00:28:54let's be honest with each other.
00:28:56We both heard the police guard drive away a few minutes ago.
00:29:01That's too bad.
00:29:03I'll follow you.
00:29:16Miss Gallagher?
00:29:18Is that you, Miss Gallagher?
00:29:21Yes, Mr. Mix.
00:29:22Who's that?
00:29:24He owns the place.
00:29:25I guess he's closing up.
00:29:31You'll go back and wait.
00:29:41She's gone upstairs again.
00:29:43Let's perambulate.
00:29:44Well, let me rest a minute, please, Clutch.
00:29:47That's all I need.
00:29:49Miss Gallagher, catch him doing this.
00:29:52I just happen to remember,
00:29:54the top on your car is down.
00:29:55We've got to put it up.
00:29:56Do we have to do that?
00:29:58Now, Mr. Mix,
00:29:59you wouldn't want to risk your social standing
00:30:01by being seen chauffeuring
00:30:02or demolished gangsters through the streets, would you?
00:30:05All right, never mind.
00:30:06You sit there and rest.
00:30:08I'll put the top up.
00:30:23I don't know.
00:30:24No, I don't get it.
00:30:26What's your angle?
00:30:29Where are you heading?
00:30:31What in the world do you want with that corpse?
00:30:34Let's say it's a collector's item.
00:30:39Well, as long as we have to wait,
00:30:40I'd like to get the story on paper.
00:30:42You'll be wasting your time.
00:30:43You won't have the body to prove it.
00:30:46After you're through with it,
00:30:47it'll turn up somewhere.
00:30:48That is a moot question.
00:30:56Answer it, but be careful what you say.
00:31:06Oh, McAndrews.
00:31:07Hey, listen, lame brain.
00:31:08What do you mean,
00:31:09getting Marty out on a wild brains out for nothing, huh?
00:31:12The night editor, he's upset.
00:31:15All right, so I called Marty.
00:31:17So it was a mistake.
00:31:18What about it?
00:31:20Well, I said it was a mistake.
00:31:21What do you want me to do, cut my throat?
00:31:24Well, that's not a bad idea.
00:31:26Or better still, go back to school
00:31:27and learn how to write.
00:31:29And don't you tell me anything about writing stories.
00:31:32I'll be getting bylines
00:31:33when you've ended up on a copy desk,
00:31:35a gray-haired...
00:31:37Oh, you're disappointed in something.
00:32:21Well, you know how a fella can make a mistake.
00:32:25Where'd you get this?
00:32:27Nothing in there, huh?
00:32:29Well, what happened?
00:32:29I'm just the manager of the place.
00:32:31Heard a shot about an hour ago
00:32:33and called the station.
00:32:34I couldn't help it
00:32:35if you guys didn't get here in time.
00:32:36What else?
00:32:37Well, when I'd come in to see,
00:32:39the door was open,
00:32:40and like you see it now,
00:32:41nobody around.
00:32:42That's fine.
00:32:42What about the guy that rented the joint?
00:32:44I don't know.
00:32:44I don't know nothing about him.
00:32:46He'd just been living here in the place a week.
00:32:47Never showed his face.
00:32:49It was just a mug.
00:32:51Yeah, like what?
00:32:52Boom.
00:32:53Little rat-faced guy
00:32:54with a pinhead like a carp.
00:32:56That was Joe Wells.
00:32:57You can tell by the...
00:32:57Shut up.
00:32:58I make the discoveries around here.
00:33:00I guess I know Joe Wells
00:33:01when I hear him.
00:33:02Now, what do you know about it anyway,
00:33:04Hawkshaw?
00:33:04Where did you get the key to this room?
00:33:06Back at Miggs's.
00:33:07That's where Joe Wells is now.
00:33:09The girls got him.
00:33:10What girls?
00:33:11Gallagher.
00:33:11Gallagher?
00:33:12Yeah, you know,
00:33:12the reporter that lives upstairs.
00:33:14Everybody knows everything around here but me.
00:33:15I'm just a detective.
00:33:17Come on, let's get back to Miggs.
00:33:30Everything's all set.
00:33:31Let's grab him and hit the gravel.
00:33:32I hope we're doing right, Clutch.
00:33:34Of course we're doing right.
00:33:36I figured this whole thing out
00:33:37by the process of mental reduction.
00:33:38Oh.
00:33:39Well, you got to drive, Clutch.
00:33:41I'm too nervous.
00:33:42Okay, if it'll make you feel any better.
00:33:44come on.
00:33:45Come on, let's go.
00:33:50Come on.
00:34:02Come on.
00:34:17Your friends are leaving, Miss Gallagher.
00:34:20Now I'll relieve you of that body.
00:34:24Wait.
00:34:35Open up, it's the police.
00:34:38Come on, open up in there.
00:34:40Visitors in the alley.
00:34:42That's too bad.
00:34:46That's going to change your plan.
00:34:48I don't think so, Miss Gallagher.
00:34:50They're only yours.
00:35:05I'll see what I can do with this lock.
00:35:10No.
00:35:11Passkey won't work.
00:35:13Let's try around front.
00:35:39I don't know.
00:36:07You're right through the back door there.
00:36:08I'm going to phone my paper.
00:36:09I'll be right up.
00:36:10All right, make it snap.
00:36:36I don't know.
00:36:38I don't know.
00:36:42I don't know.
00:37:10Grab a hand.
00:37:11You and I can make a fortune here.
00:37:13All right, Mac.
00:37:14Put it away.
00:37:15No matter what you're looking for, it's not here.
00:37:18You're not the police.
00:37:19No.
00:37:20I wouldn't call for them if I were you.
00:37:23Why should I?
00:37:24Maybe you and I can do some business.
00:37:26What are you selling?
00:37:28Oh, a lot of things.
00:37:29For instance, Joe Wells.
00:37:32Either the girl was lying or you've double-crossed her.
00:37:35Call it anything you want, but I've got the body.
00:37:37Well, we can't talk now.
00:37:40You better get out of here.
00:37:41The cops will be here any minute.
00:37:42How about my apartment later now?
00:37:44I have little choice.
00:37:461140 Regent Place.
00:37:481140 Regent Place.
00:37:50And I hope you're not wasting my time, Miss...
00:37:54The name's Willis.
00:37:55Mr. Willis.
00:38:08Yeah, all right, Martin.
00:38:10Yeah, I'll take care of it.
00:38:10I'll keep you posted.
00:38:11Bye-bye.
00:38:14Well, what'd you find?
00:38:16Nothing.
00:38:17She's staggering around her apartment with a lump on her head the size of an egg,
00:38:20trying to find some ice cubes to put on it.
00:38:22She said some goony guy clunked her on the noggin.
00:38:24Maybe I'm crazy.
00:38:26I've never been on a case like this before.
00:38:28Trying to find a corpse that somebody stole.
00:38:30Somebody stole it?
00:38:32Where have you been?
00:38:34The dame says she stole the corpse.
00:38:35Then some guy stole it from her.
00:38:37Now, can you figure that out?
00:38:38Uh-uh.
00:38:39Uh-uh.
00:38:40Who in the blazes would want a corpse in the first place?
00:38:58All right, sweetheart.
00:38:59Now, where is it?
00:39:02Now, look.
00:39:05You don't think you're going to get away with this for long, do you?
00:39:07You almost got yourself killed, and now the cops are on your trail.
00:39:10Let me take over.
00:39:12You're talking to Papa.
00:39:13I told Hurley who took it.
00:39:15Will you stop bothering me?
00:39:17I've had enough for one night.
00:39:18It's still your party, Angel.
00:39:21Somebody's got the corpse, and it's not the guy who conked you.
00:39:24Well, the way you talk, it sounds like you know more about this thing than I do.
00:39:28I do.
00:39:29I saw the creep just before he got away.
00:39:32The way you're handling things, you're going to wind up in the morgue instead of your will.
00:39:36Please don't be so cute.
00:39:38How do you figure in on this?
00:39:40I told him I had the body.
00:39:43I wanted to help you out.
00:39:44Oh, sure, sure.
00:39:46You mean you'd like to wheedle it out of me with that sweet talk and hog the story for yourself?
00:39:52Baby, you know there's enough story in this for both of us.
00:39:55I told you I haven't got it.
00:39:57Stop kidding, Papa.
00:39:58We have to produce a corpse in an hour, so come on.
00:40:01I told you I didn't have it.
00:40:03There you go, leaving me holding the bag.
00:40:07All right, lady, get your coat on.
00:40:09You're going to jail.
00:40:10Jail?
00:40:11For what?
00:40:12Stealing corpses.
00:40:13But what was going from me?
00:40:15That's tough on you, lady.
00:40:16You started this game of put and take.
00:40:18What about him?
00:40:19He said he told the guy that sucked me.
00:40:21A figment of her imagination, Max.
00:40:23I've told you everything.
00:40:24I'm merely an innocent bystander.
00:40:26Yeah, what are you trying to do?
00:40:27Drag him down to your level?
00:40:29Yeah.
00:40:29Come on.
00:40:31I'll phone your relatives, honey.
00:40:58Oh, Clutch.
00:40:59Pete, boy, am I glad I found you home.
00:41:06Are you alone?
00:41:07Yeah, yeah, we're alone.
00:41:07They got me.
00:41:08Who has it?
00:41:08The cops.
00:41:09Well, that's too bad.
00:41:10But look, Clutch, I'm expecting a very important visit.
00:41:12Oh, but this is more important.
00:41:13We took the body of Joe Wilson's back in the freight car,
00:41:15and the cops chased us.
00:41:16What?
00:41:16Yeah, we found the body in exhibit.
00:41:18We figured we'd better do something with it.
00:41:19Why didn't you call me?
00:41:20There wasn't no time.
00:41:21And besides, I didn't want Gallagher busting it,
00:41:22so I figured I'd take the body and hide it,
00:41:24and then tell you, and you'd get an exclusive with no interference.
00:41:26All right, all right.
00:41:26Then what happened?
00:41:27We got the body hit in the freight car, right?
00:41:29When a yard bolt fires, it's just as we're lambing.
00:41:31So we got scared.
00:41:32So you ran?
00:41:32So we run.
00:41:33Oh, that's just dandy.
00:41:35Wasn't so dandy for Migs.
00:41:36He got caught.
00:41:37What about the cops?
00:41:38I don't guess they know nothing about that yet.
00:41:40Poor old Migs.
00:41:41They got him on suspicion that Chester's been prohibited or something.
00:41:44Have you any idea where you put him?
00:41:45Who, Migs?
00:41:46No, the cops.
00:41:47Well, certainly.
00:41:48Well, what are we standing here beating our gums for?
00:41:50Let's go get him.
00:41:50Right.
00:41:53Miss Gallagher?
00:41:54What now?
00:41:55If it's that kidney-foot Hurley again, you tell him for me.
00:41:58Stop racing your motor.
00:41:59Somebody just put up your bail.
00:42:01Bail?
00:42:02Who?
00:42:03That ain't my department.
00:42:04Better ask out front.
00:42:06And I said miracles never happen.
00:42:10Yeah, you better give it right away, Hurley.
00:42:12Something just broke on the well story.
00:42:14That's right.
00:42:15A guy named Migs.
00:42:17Complete confession.
00:42:19Snatching bodies.
00:42:20I didn't confess anything.
00:42:22I just said you said you stuck the corpse of Joe Wells in a freight car, didn't you?
00:42:27Mr. Migs.
00:42:30What did you do?
00:42:31Oh, Miss Gallagher, I'm so glad to see you.
00:42:35Oh, don't tell me they think you're the guy.
00:42:37Oh, it was horrible.
00:42:38Just like a nightmare.
00:42:39I had no idea I was going to get in trouble like this.
00:42:43That's what they all say.
00:42:44This ought to be good for murder.
00:42:46What are you trying to do?
00:42:47Crucify him?
00:42:49Where did you put it?
00:42:50In a boxcar in the freight yards.
00:42:53Oh, Ohio and Western car, I think.
00:42:56Near a water tower at the end of the yard.
00:42:59We'll get you out of this in no time, Mr. Migs.
00:43:01None of your funny business now.
00:43:03You keep waiting in freight yards, see?
00:43:05Who's going near the freight yards?
00:43:07I just want enough time to get to my paper.
00:43:11Take it easy.
00:43:12With my story on page one in the morning, you'll be exonerated and full.
00:43:17I hope so.
00:43:18I'm so tired.
00:43:27You waiting for somebody?
00:43:28I guess it's you, lady.
00:43:29Take me to the chronicle.
00:43:30Okay.
00:43:31And step on it.
00:43:31Right.
00:43:36Holy cow, you were...
00:43:38Steady.
00:43:39Make that 1140 Regent place.
00:43:42Forget the chronicle.
00:43:46Then you're the guy that bailed me out.
00:43:50And for this.
00:43:51Just in case Mr. Willis pulls the double cross.
00:43:54Your safety might convince him and better not.
00:43:58Mr. Willis says he has the body.
00:43:59We're going over to get it.
00:44:02Listen.
00:44:03Pete Willis hasn't got anything but galls.
00:44:06Whatever he told you, I know he hasn't got it.
00:44:08You and Mr. Willis come up with the most amazing stories.
00:44:12Why should I believe you?
00:44:15Look.
00:44:16You've got to believe me.
00:44:18He's never even seen the body of Wells.
00:44:21Migs stole it while you and I were playing footsie-footsie upstairs in my apartment.
00:44:27And stop shaking your head.
00:44:30I know that sounds fantastic, but the cops caught Migs 20 minutes ago in the freight
00:44:35yard where he hid the body in a boxcar.
00:44:37And that's where it is now.
00:44:39You're sure?
00:44:41They didn't know a corpse was mixed up in it until he sweated it out of him at the station.
00:44:46Where are the police now?
00:44:48How do I know?
00:44:49Going after the body, I guess.
00:44:52You're sure you're not, uh, stringing me along, Miss Gallagher?
00:44:56Stop handing me that gazipe, will you?
00:44:59Do I look crazy enough to stick my neck out when you've got the advantage?
00:45:04Change that last address to the freight yard.
00:45:06And hurry.
00:45:18What's the matter?
00:45:19You lost?
00:45:20Uh-uh.
00:45:21It's down that way, by the end of the yards.
00:45:23Let's go.
00:45:34This is it, I think.
00:45:36Yeah.
00:45:37Yeah, that's it.
00:45:38Ohio and West.
00:45:39It's a good thing you learned to read.
00:45:40You know, I'm very illiterate.
00:45:47Leave him in there.
00:45:47Nice and comfortable light.
00:45:48Come on, up you go.
00:45:54Give me a hand.
00:45:55You get his feet.
00:45:55What are we going to do with him?
00:45:56Let's get him out of here before anybody else finds him, and then we can worry what.
00:45:59Do it.
00:46:02Something's coming.
00:46:04Quick, open the other door.
00:46:16All right, jump down there.
00:46:20Grab a hole and let's get out of here.
00:46:24Ohio and Western, that's what makes it.
00:46:29I don't see it.
00:46:31It's probably back there in the dark.
00:46:33If this is another of your tricks, Miss Gallagher...
00:46:35Look, all I want to do is turn this thing over to you.
00:46:53It's not here.
00:46:55I'm positive this is a car.
00:46:58Oh, that corpse certainly gets around.
00:47:04Some crazy thing, that's what I call it.
00:47:07Why didn't you call the cops when you found it?
00:47:09Well, I was so nervous.
00:47:10I thought...
00:47:11You thought.
00:47:12What do people pay taxes for to have a police force?
00:47:15I know, officer.
00:47:16I'm completely to blame.
00:47:19Hold on.
00:47:19This is where we left it.
00:47:21We left it right here.
00:47:22Right there.
00:47:23Not far from the door.
00:47:26Well, it ain't here now.
00:47:29If you've...
00:47:30Maybe they'll go away.
00:47:32Oh, my goodness.
00:47:33Somebody must have stolen it.
00:47:35Ah, it's that again.
00:47:37Who do you think you're trying to kill?
00:47:38That's the same story the dame gave me.
00:47:40I'm telling you the truth, officer.
00:47:41I wouldn't lie to you.
00:47:43What are you standing around for?
00:47:44Start looking.
00:47:45Sure, sure, Mr. Huggins.
00:47:46We just didn't know.
00:47:47You didn't know.
00:47:48Who knows anything anymore?
00:47:49Not there in sight.
00:47:52Maybe it got up and moved out of the drain.
00:47:56There she is.
00:47:57Get in the other way.
00:47:59Not tonight.
00:48:01All right, boys.
00:48:02Two of you go that way.
00:48:03We'll go the other way.
00:48:03There.
00:48:10Did you see anything?
00:48:11Not a thing.
00:48:12Mr. Huggins, can I go home now?
00:48:15Yeah, Peter.
00:48:15It's no help to me.
00:48:17You know, I'm awful tired.
00:48:19Me, too.
00:48:20Of you.
00:48:22Come on.
00:48:36But I'm in a jam, Mr. McAndrews.
00:48:38The Chronicle's got to help me.
00:48:40But I stole it for the Chronicle.
00:48:42Holy cow, can't you understand that?
00:48:45Shut up.
00:48:46I know you're in a jam.
00:48:47So does the Chronicle for letting you represent it.
00:48:49Say, who do you think you are?
00:48:51You're stealing a body off the street.
00:48:53And then losing it.
00:48:56I know that.
00:48:58The DA's office and the police department and Max Hurley are all on my neck.
00:49:02We don't want any part of it.
00:49:04But you've got to keep me from the law until I find it again.
00:49:06And I've got an idea.
00:49:08Pete Willis...
00:49:08Ah, that's what I get for hiring a half-baked woman reporter.
00:49:13A screwball Daffy Budinsky.
00:49:15You're fired.
00:49:16You can't fire me.
00:49:18I quit.
00:49:19This isn't a newspaper story.
00:49:20It's a career.
00:49:21And you're bellyaching because some cop's been complaining.
00:49:23Well, you go soak your head, you ungrateful ape.
00:49:26Go soak your head.
00:49:37Okay, you oversized quiz kit.
00:49:39What did you do with it?
00:49:40Why, Angel, how did you find out?
00:49:42I guessed.
00:49:43You and that creep following me are giving me gray hairs.
00:49:46Well, why'd you get out of the clint?
00:49:47Didn't you like it there?
00:49:48They tell me with a new paint job...
00:49:50I'll let you know.
00:49:51I don't care.
00:49:51If you'd kept your big nose out of my business
00:49:53instead of bringing the cops back to my apartment,
00:49:55I'd never have landed in jail.
00:49:57Oh, that's a fine way to talk to someone
00:49:59who's been trying to save a story for you.
00:50:00For me?
00:50:01Yes.
00:50:01Why, you fix me up so with the police,
00:50:03I don't know which end is up.
00:50:04Oh, baby.
00:50:06Stop trying to talk me into something.
00:50:08There you go.
00:50:09Always belittling.
00:50:10Relax, will you?
00:50:11Sure, relax.
00:50:13Along with everything else, McAndrews just can me.
00:50:16Well, you've been asking for that for a long time.
00:50:18I know.
00:50:19But it did it so good to tell that stupid old Fuerta head in.
00:50:23But that's not what I'm worried about now.
00:50:25Look, Pete, for crying out loud,
00:50:27what'd you do with the body?
00:50:29The body.
00:50:29All I want to do is give it back to the cops
00:50:31and get out of this mess.
00:50:32I don't want the story anymore.
00:50:34I just want to live.
00:50:36Stop beating your brains out.
00:50:37What we've got will get you a better job
00:50:39than the one you've lost.
00:50:40What good will it do me with a lily in my hand?
00:50:42Oh, here.
00:50:44What's that?
00:50:45Read it.
00:50:47Bain?
00:50:48No, Montevideo, Uruguay.
00:50:50It's got a government stamp on it.
00:50:51I took it out of Wells' pocket.
00:50:53South America?
00:50:54Uh-huh.
00:50:55So that's where he's been all these years.
00:50:56Under an assumed name, Peter Burnett.
00:50:58Well, where does the creep fit in on this?
00:51:00I don't know.
00:51:01I don't read Spanish.
00:51:03That's why we're waiting for the gentleman.
00:51:04And he's coming here any minute.
00:51:05Oh, Pete, he's dangerous.
00:51:07Yeah, I know.
00:51:08How about a drink in the meantime?
00:51:12Make mine bourbon.
00:51:14You're not sore with me anymore, are you, baby?
00:51:16Just don't pull any fast ones on me, darling.
00:51:18That's all.
00:51:21Here we are.
00:51:22Try this one for size, huh?
00:51:25Just to keep you honest.
00:51:27Trusting soul, aren't you?
00:51:29We go together, don't we, huh?
00:51:30Mm-hmm.
00:51:31Even with that Joe's citizen appearance of yours,
00:51:33I still know you're a hobgoblin underneath.
00:51:36Oh, but you still love me, don't you, baby?
00:51:37Mm-hmm.
00:51:40There he is now.
00:51:41Watch yourself.
00:51:50Oh, come in.
00:51:51We've been waiting for you.
00:51:52I'm usually more punctual, but I was delayed.
00:51:56I can't say I'm too surprised at seeing you here, Miss Gallagher.
00:52:00Oh, sit down.
00:52:02Make yourself at home, mister.
00:52:04Say, I can't be calling my guests, hey, you, all the time.
00:52:07My name is Jokey.
00:52:09Hey, I must say that I admire the pacific acidity of the American press.
00:52:14Once they smell a story, they stop at nothing till they get it.
00:52:17Well, we can dispense with the compliments.
00:52:20We want facts.
00:52:22You're not going to get the body until you answer a few questions.
00:52:25And that depends, Mr. Willis.
00:52:27That depends entirely upon the questions.
00:52:30Well, uh, how's this for a starter?
00:52:38That's interesting.
00:52:40I see that you and I are beginning to understand each other.
00:52:43You don't want a story at all.
00:52:45You want the diamonds.
00:52:47Oh.
00:52:49How'd you guess it, Jokey?
00:52:51Catches on quick, doesn't he, honey?
00:52:53Like a bird dog.
00:52:54Now, let's not waste any time, shall we?
00:52:59Holy cow.
00:53:01Those stones represent a quarter of a million dollars.
00:53:05Part of them go to both of you.
00:53:07Then I get the body.
00:53:10Well, that's just dandy, but, uh, as long as we're going to be partners, uh, you'll have to tell us
00:53:15more.
00:53:16Yeah, you know, just in case of trouble through our stories, Jokey.
00:53:20Oh, I don't mind.
00:53:22I represent a group of diamond merchants from whom these stones were stolen in South America.
00:53:27The robbery was very cleverly done by one Peter Burness.
00:53:31Otherwise, Wells.
00:53:33Joe Wells.
00:53:35The Uruguayan government offered a reward for his capture, but he escaped.
00:53:39And, uh, you trailed him here.
00:53:42Precisely.
00:53:42In fact, I was here before Mr. Wells arrived.
00:53:45But, uh, why do you want the corpse when you already have the diamond?
00:53:49Well, let's go into that, shall we, after you have carried out your end of the bargain?
00:53:54Now, Mr. Willis, where's the body?
00:53:56Oh, that's easy.
00:53:58The corpse is riding around Central Park in a taxi, waiting to be picked up.
00:54:03Shall we join him?
00:54:19We'll be there in a few minutes.
00:54:21But a body in a cab, Mr. Willis, is that quite safe?
00:54:25I told him the hacky he was a friend of mine, too drunk to take home.
00:54:29An hour's spin around the park and I'd pick him up in good condition.
00:54:32That was clever.
00:54:34Well, who'd know a drunk from a stiff?
00:54:36I had him propped up in the corner just as nice as you please.
00:54:39You mean if he doesn't start sliding?
00:54:42You think I'm nuts?
00:54:43I had him pinned to the cushion.
00:54:45Amazing.
00:54:47All right, driver, start through the park.
00:54:58Here you are.
00:55:00Got a little foggy, didn't it?
00:55:09Hey, driver.
00:55:10Oh, it's you.
00:55:11I thought you'd never get here.
00:55:12Everything okay?
00:55:13Sure.
00:55:14He hasn't even blinked an eye.
00:55:15Hey, what's this guy been drinking?
00:55:17Embalming fluid?
00:55:18He will be, for long.
00:55:20Now, let's get in and settle this thing.
00:55:22You too.
00:55:22Well, don't you think it'll be a little crowded for all four of us?
00:55:25You'll manage.
00:55:27All right, then.
00:55:36In somewhat of a hurry, aren't you?
00:55:38I want to get this thing over with.
00:55:40I can understand that.
00:55:44What are you worrying about?
00:55:45There's only one Joe Wells.
00:55:48Do you want to sit next to him?
00:55:49Never mind.
00:55:50Drive us to the ferry.
00:55:52Just a minute.
00:55:54Don't you trust me, Mr. Willis?
00:55:55That's where I relieve you of the body and pay off.
00:56:27I thought we were leaving you after we got on the boat.
00:56:29But a short trip across the water can hardly matter now, Miss Gallagher.
00:56:33Especially as we shan't be seeing each other anymore after tonight.
00:56:37Well, we're almost across.
00:56:40How about the split?
00:56:41Let's stretch our legs.
00:56:43We can finish our business at the same time.
00:56:57How come Joe Wells isn't walking around with all that men in him?
00:57:00I thought he was dead when I left his room at the Empress Hotel.
00:57:03I went down to get a cab to carry away the body, but when I got back, he was gone.
00:57:07He must have had just enough life left to drag himself to my family.
00:57:11Jokey, why do you want to carry the body away if you were only interested in getting the diamonds back
00:57:15for your bosses?
00:57:16Oh, pardon me.
00:57:16I was only interested in getting those diamonds for myself.
00:57:19The old double cross.
00:57:21The guys that hired him to get the diamonds get nothing.
00:57:23That was the general idea, Miss Gallagher.
00:57:26Cute, isn't he?
00:57:27Steals the body, destroys it, then tells the diamond owners to go chase themselves.
00:57:31You couldn't lose.
00:57:32Precisely.
00:57:33Joe Wells was not to be found, that's all I'll tell them.
00:57:36In a few years, I'll sell those diamonds at a slight loss.
00:57:41Some loss you're going to take.
00:57:42What about the cops?
00:57:44Well, they'll believe what they believe for five years.
00:57:48I sure put Mr. Wells at the bottom of the river.
00:57:52Well, they think he is anyhow.
00:57:55Yeah, but there'll be questions after tonight.
00:57:57Whom will they question?
00:57:59Oh, me, Miss Gallagher.
00:58:01And you think you will be available for questioning, Mr. Willis?
00:58:06I figured you'd spill when you thought you'd have it in the spot.
00:58:09You're wrong, calky.
00:58:10Quiet.
00:58:39On your feet, little man.
00:58:41Look at the bank and I brung home.
00:58:44Where's Clutch?
00:58:45Clutch?
00:58:46What's he got to do with this?
00:58:48Annie Oakley finished it herself.
00:58:50Didn't he get out of the cab?
00:58:51Say, are you conscious?
00:58:53There's no one in the cab but the stiff.
00:58:55No, lady, that's no stiff.
00:58:56That was Clutch.
00:58:57Clutch!
00:58:58Come on.
00:58:59Come on, Jockey.
00:59:03And you mean all the time Clutch was doubling for the body of Joe Wells?
00:59:07Sure.
00:59:08I figured Jockey would try to knock us off.
00:59:09Well, Clutch was supposed to cover us with his gun.
00:59:12Oh, no wonder you were so brave back there.
00:59:15Hey, Clutch!
00:59:17Clutch!
00:59:18Clutch, wake up!
00:59:19Hmm?
00:59:20What?
00:59:21Oh, where is he?
00:59:22Which way to go?
00:59:23I'll get him.
00:59:23I'll get him with my heater.
00:59:25Take it easy.
00:59:26I thought you were going to follow us.
00:59:28Oh, mudder.
00:59:29I must have fell asleep.
00:59:31Oh, that's just fine.
00:59:33I hope you had a nice nap.
00:59:34All right, Jockey.
00:59:35Get in.
00:59:38Don't pull no calisthenics, bud.
00:59:47Well, it's better be on the level.
00:59:48That's all I got to say.
00:59:50You say this guy's a murderer?
00:59:51Or a reasonable facsimile.
00:59:53Hello.
00:59:54Give me Morrison.
00:59:55And who's this character with the zoot haircut?
00:59:58The name is Clutch Tracy.
01:00:00And my racket happens to be
01:00:03impersonating electrocutions.
01:00:04Well, if you don't believe us now,
01:00:05that'll resent you.
01:00:07Well, what are you waiting on?
01:00:08Throw him in the cell.
01:00:12You mean you've got to give him the third degree?
01:00:14Sure.
01:00:15Then we're going to scalp him
01:00:16and hang him up by his toes.
01:00:17This I've got to see.
01:00:19Hey, Sarge, give me a match, will you?
01:00:23Thanks.
01:00:23You better keep a couple of these
01:00:25in case you run short.
01:00:28Hello, Morrison.
01:00:29Hold on to your pants.
01:00:31Wait for what?
01:00:33The nerve of him.
01:00:34He's on another phone.
01:00:35This story ought to be good for you.
01:00:36Cheer up, honey.
01:00:38Say, Sarge, you better get a hold
01:00:39of Lieutenant Max Hurley.
01:00:40Lieutenant Hurley?
01:00:41He's out on the cruise car.
01:00:42The only way I can reach him
01:00:43is by a radio.
01:00:44You better get him.
01:00:45I've got something he wants very badly.
01:00:47Well, this better be on the level,
01:00:48that's all.
01:00:49Pearson?
01:00:50Talk my mic in the radio second.
01:00:53It's connected, Sarge.
01:00:55Calling car 27.
01:00:56What?
01:00:56Calling car 27.
01:00:58Come in, Lieutenant Hurley.
01:00:59Calling car 27.
01:01:01Calling car 27.
01:01:02Lieutenant Matt Hurley.
01:01:04Come in, Matt Hurley.
01:01:06What kind of lame brain
01:01:07Tom Fulry goes on in that?
01:01:09Hello, Max.
01:01:09This is Pete Willis.
01:01:11Why, you wink-spattered imbecile.
01:01:13What do you think you're...
01:01:13Temper?
01:01:14Temper?
01:01:15Willis, if you don't tell me
01:01:16what you did with Joe Wells,
01:01:17I'll personally take you apart
01:01:18like a...
01:01:19like an artichoke.
01:01:21You've been riding around
01:01:22with him all night
01:01:22ever since you left the freight yard.
01:01:24Riding around?
01:01:25Are you nuts?
01:01:26He's right behind you, Max.
01:01:28In your trunk.
01:01:30In the...
01:01:31He's there.
01:01:32I put him there.
01:01:33That is all.
01:01:35Stop it.
01:01:36Hold it.
01:01:37Get...
01:01:37Stop!
01:01:39Hey.
01:01:40Oh.
01:01:42Hello, Morrison.
01:01:44Now, shut up.
01:01:45I didn't hurt you to wait
01:01:46for a little vignette
01:01:46you might be able to use
01:01:47on page one.
01:01:49Here it is.
01:01:50Joe Wells, supposedly dead
01:01:51for five years,
01:01:52was found murdered tonight
01:01:53as he...
01:01:54Oh, wait a minute.
01:01:55The credit line on this story
01:01:57is by Pete Willis
01:01:58and Sue Gallagher.
01:02:00Well, she's working for you
01:02:01now or you don't get the yarn.
01:02:03Yeah.
01:02:05Okay.
01:02:06Pete, darling.
01:02:07Wait a minute, honey.
01:02:08Honey, honey, this is important.
01:02:10You remember the time
01:02:10when they found the guy...
01:02:11Then they...
01:02:13Well, this is important.