- 09/05/2025
‘Dark Alibi’ is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Phil Karlson, featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. The story follows Thomas Harley, an ex-convict wrongfully accused of a bank robbery due to incriminating fingerprints found at the crime scene. With only nine days before Harley's execution, his daughter June seeks the help of Charlie Chan to prove his innocence. As Chan investigates, he uncovers a complex web of deception, forged fingerprints, and hidden motives. The film blends suspense, detective work, and humor, making it a compelling entry in the Charlie Chan series.
Credits:
Director: Phil Karlson
Producer: James S. Burkett
Starring: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, Teala Loring
Screenplay: George Callahan, Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Cinematography: William A. Sickner
#DarkAlibi1946 #CharlieChan #ClassicHollywood #MysteryFilm
Credits:
Director: Phil Karlson
Producer: James S. Burkett
Starring: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, Teala Loring
Screenplay: George Callahan, Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Cinematography: William A. Sickner
#DarkAlibi1946 #CharlieChan #ClassicHollywood #MysteryFilm
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30Oh, my God.
00:01:00Oh, my God.
00:01:30Oh, my God.
00:02:00Oh, my God.
00:02:29Oh, my God.
00:02:59I came in the back way, as usual.
00:03:04Who are those two men in there?
00:03:06That is my business, Mr. Johnson.
00:03:08Yes.
00:03:09Yes, of course.
00:03:10Oh, I'm sorry.
00:03:25I thought my father had returned.
00:03:30Oh, why don't you stop?
00:03:32Hiya, gorgeous.
00:03:33Oh, you're selling a lot.
00:03:34Not me, Miss Evans.
00:03:35On a swell trip, but I'm glad to get back to where I'm sure of seeing good-looking girls.
00:03:39How are you, June?
00:03:40Yes, sir.
00:03:40It's grand to get back to all you beautiful girls.
00:03:44Uh-oh.
00:03:44Oh, well, we can't all look good.
00:03:47Your laugh, Mr. Danvers, splits more eardrums than a mule's hee-haw.
00:03:51Oh, I'm sorry.
00:03:52From now on, I'll laugh up my sleeve.
00:03:54And probably blow out an elbow.
00:03:56Always giving me the needles.
00:03:57She puts me in stitches.
00:03:59Dad, excuse me, please.
00:04:03Hello, darling.
00:04:06Well, what's your excuse?
00:04:07Here I pass up a heavy date to have dinner with my father, and he shows up four hours late.
00:04:12Oh, I'm sorry, June, but I couldn't-
00:04:13Thomas Harley.
00:04:15Yes, why?
00:04:16Let's go.
00:04:17What do you want me for?
00:04:18For robbing the Citizen State Bank and murdering a guard less than an hour ago.
00:04:22No, you're lying.
00:04:23Dad.
00:04:24Gentlemen, I can prove that you're wrong.
00:04:26Of course.
00:04:26I don't see how with your fingerprints in the bank vault and beside the murdered man.
00:04:30They can't be my fingerprints.
00:04:32For the last four hours, I've been locked up in the Carey theatrical warehouse.
00:04:35Locked up?
00:04:35How?
00:04:36I don't know.
00:04:37I got in all right, but there's nobody there.
00:04:38I started out, but the only door was locked.
00:04:41For four hours?
00:04:42You could have telephoned.
00:04:43I tried to use the telephone, but it was out of order.
00:04:46I can prove what I say.
00:04:48Read this.
00:04:56It's no good, Harley.
00:04:57Get Dave Wyatt.
00:04:58He can prove my innocence.
00:05:00We can't get Wyatt.
00:05:01He's been dead eight years.
00:05:03Wyatt dead?
00:05:04Yeah.
00:05:05When did you know him?
00:05:06When you were both convicts in state prison 20 years ago?
00:05:10Dad?
00:05:11Tell them you were never in prison.
00:05:13It's true, June.
00:05:15But don't worry.
00:05:16It's all a mistake, as these men will soon learn.
00:05:18And I'll be back quickly.
00:05:44I'm glad you dropped in, Charlie.
00:05:45But you never stay long enough.
00:05:47Only come to say goodbye.
00:05:49Government work keep me hopping like dissatisfied flea from dog to dog.
00:05:54Even now, automobile and assistance outside.
00:05:57Loaded for trip to distant city.
00:05:59Uh, automobile loaded, not assistance.
00:06:03Tony, Dad's final appeal has been denied.
00:06:05Why didn't you tell me?
00:06:06Why did you let me learn it from the newspapers?
00:06:08June, dear.
00:06:09I phoned you several times.
00:06:10You were out.
00:06:11Well, we've got to keep trying.
00:06:13June, I know the strain you're under, but breaking down won't help.
00:06:16Dad has only nine days to live.
00:06:18You know that he's innocent.
00:06:20I've always believed that.
00:06:21Or as public defender, I'd never have carried the case so far.
00:06:24If Dad dies, the law will have killed an innocent man.
00:06:27The law convicts only on evidence of guilt.
00:06:30June, this is an old friend of mine, Charlie Chan.
00:06:32Miss Harley.
00:06:33Miss Harley?
00:06:34Oh, I followed Thomas Harley's case all through trial.
00:06:36What did you think of the case against Mr. Harley?
00:06:38The case seemed quite perfect.
00:06:40Almost too perfect.
00:06:41Dad is innocent, no matter what anyone says.
00:06:43June, dear.
00:06:43We have only a few days left.
00:06:45We've got to do something.
00:06:46Where can I get a good private detective?
00:06:47Now, that idea's useless.
00:06:49Tony, if you won't give me the name of a detective, I'll find one myself.
00:06:51June, we haven't a chance.
00:06:53My entire staff tracked down every bit of evidence that might help.
00:06:56It was no use.
00:06:58I'm sorrier than you'll ever know to have to say it, but there's nothing we can do.
00:07:02One thing can be done.
00:07:04What's that, Charlie?
00:07:05Give young lady name of detective.
00:07:07Who would you suggest?
00:07:08Young fellow whom Mr. Morgan recommend.
00:07:11Call on detective tonight.
00:07:12Charlie, what can one man do against the entire legal force of the state?
00:07:15Ancient proverbs say, one small wind can raise much dust.
00:07:20Excuse, please.
00:07:22What name did he give you?
00:07:24Whoever the man is, he hasn't the ghost of a chance.
00:07:26Then I admire him for trying to do the impossible.
00:07:45All packed, Mr. Chan.
00:07:46Tie the toothpaste and the tooth.
00:07:48We worked four long hours at it, Pop.
00:07:49Excellent, excellent.
00:07:51It is finest job of packing you have ever done.
00:07:54Thanks, Pop.
00:07:55Car, okay?
00:07:56Oh, yes.
00:07:56All oil and grease.
00:07:57Yes, and a tank full of gas.
00:07:59Good.
00:07:59Now we will go back to a hotel.
00:08:02What for?
00:08:03To unpack baggage.
00:08:06I will sit in car while you two enjoy nervous breakdown.
00:08:11Oh.
00:08:14Now, ain't that something.
00:08:15After we packed the bags, better than we ever packed them before.
00:08:18Now, that's what your Pop said.
00:08:20Yep.
00:08:20Then we had to unpack everything.
00:08:22It took us four hours of hard work.
00:08:24Yeah.
00:08:24You know what it told me?
00:08:25I got a headache.
00:08:26A headache?
00:08:27Mm-hmm.
00:08:28I don't know where I got it, but I got one.
00:08:30Always sitting.
00:08:32Wish you would wear out brains instead of seat of pants.
00:08:35Pop, we have been thinking.
00:08:36Most impossible.
00:08:37Oh, yes, sir, Mr. Chan.
00:08:38We've been thinking.
00:08:39And now you have a headache.
00:08:44Hey, how did he know that?
00:08:46Now, in a case like this, what would confusion say?
00:08:49It's not confusion.
00:08:50It's Confucius.
00:08:52Every time you open your mouth, it's confusion to me.
00:08:55Hey.
00:08:56You hear that one brain knocking?
00:08:58That's you.
00:08:58That's the door.
00:09:00Uh-oh, that's me.
00:09:05Mr. Chan.
00:09:06Right over that one, ma'am.
00:09:12Good evening, Miss Harley.
00:09:14Mr. Chan, I don't know how to thank you.
00:09:16I feel the same way, Mr. Chan.
00:09:18Please, you must not mention thanks until I have done something useful.
00:09:22Mr.
00:09:22Oh, this is Hugh Kenzie, Mr. Chan.
00:09:24I phoned him at the prison immediately after you took the case.
00:09:27I'm a sergeant guard at the state prison.
00:09:30I drove to town as soon as possible to congratulate June on obtaining your services.
00:09:34I wanted Hugh to tell Dad.
00:09:36Mr.
00:09:36Harley feels that he has a chance with you on his side.
00:09:38I'm detective, not magician.
00:09:41You must not expect too much on short notice.
00:09:44But we have only nine days.
00:09:45Honorable grandmother always say, do not think of future.
00:09:49It come too soon.
00:09:50Police report on Harley's case show very little upon which to work.
00:09:55You mean there's nothing you can do?
00:09:57Merely mean we must look somewhere else.
00:09:59But where?
00:10:01Place where you live.
00:10:02Why look there?
00:10:03Mr. Harley taken from there.
00:10:06He is like tooth which has been pulled.
00:10:09Tooth is missing, but gap remained.
00:10:11From gap, we may deduce why tooth is gone.
00:10:16We go now to Foss Hotel.
00:10:17Foss Hotel.
00:10:20My dad so you wanted to get Ethan from there.
00:10:23Sitting assistants.
00:10:25You will please get back containing exhibits and follow me.
00:10:29Okay, Pop.
00:10:30Boy, a murder case.
00:10:31Come on, let's hurry.
00:10:31Hurry?
00:10:32Why do you always have to hurry to a murder?
00:10:35Why can't you just ooze on down the one?
00:10:38I ain't never seen somebody.
00:10:39Every time they start, they got to hurry to a murder.
00:10:42I've told you, that's all I know.
00:10:47Very sorry, but urgency of case require I ask a few more questions.
00:10:52Being a detective is an ugly trade.
00:10:55Ugliest trades sometimes have moments of joy.
00:10:58Even Gravedigger knows some people for whom he would do his work with extreme pleasure.
00:11:04I'm sorry I said that. It just slipped out.
00:11:07Many such slip might solve mystery.
00:11:09Please continue.
00:11:10That's all I have to say.
00:11:12That's what women always say, yet go right on talking.
00:11:17You are a social worker?
00:11:19Yes.
00:11:21You sometimes take in lodger who is ex-convict hoping to rehabilitate same?
00:11:26Often. What's wrong with that?
00:11:28Nothing. Very fine civic duty.
00:11:31Mr. Harley lived in this house for 15 years.
00:11:34So you must have known he was ex-convict when he first entered this house.
00:11:39I did. I tried to help him.
00:11:41You tried to help him by informing police he is ex-convict.
00:11:44He betrayed my trust in him by committing robbery and murder after he said he meant to go straight.
00:11:5015 years after.
00:11:51What about note which Mr. Harley received asking him to go to Cary Theatrical Warehouse?
00:12:00Same was written on your typewriter, Mrs. Foss.
00:12:03It was, but Tom Harley borrowed my typewriter two days before the bank robbery.
00:12:07Even so, you could have written note before crime occurred.
00:12:11So could anyone else in this house.
00:12:14Thank you so much.
00:12:17Mr. Kinsey, you would please ask all others to come inside.
00:12:21You have no other ex-convict living in this hotel?
00:12:24No, I have not.
00:12:26You work for a social foundation, Miss Batry?
00:12:37Afternoons as a typist.
00:12:39Strange note received by Mr. Harley asking him to come to Cary Theatrical Warehouse
00:12:44was written by someone who was excellent typist.
00:12:48Oh, go on. Leave her alone, mister.
00:12:50She uses a seek and sock system. I've seen her practicing.
00:12:53On Mrs. Foss's typewriter?
00:12:56You make much money as typist?
00:12:58No? Yet you wear most expensive clothes.
00:13:02Most of my clothes are given to me by people at the foundation.
00:13:12Mr. Johnson, you are a public accountant?
00:13:15Yes.
00:13:16You have owned business?
00:13:18Yes, I do all the bookkeeping for several small business firms.
00:13:21One of your business firms is Cary Theatrical Warehouse.
00:13:27But the police knew that.
00:13:28They proved that when Harley was in the Cary place,
00:13:31I was across the city working for another client.
00:13:36Now, Mr. Danvers,
00:13:39you were in both cities of Lamont and Rodden
00:13:41shortly before banks were robbed there.
00:13:44You had me worried for a minute, but you're right.
00:13:49I was in both cities, often.
00:13:51You also visit banks which were robbed,
00:13:53including Citizen State Bank here.
00:13:56I visit banks all over the state on business.
00:13:59The police got those for me during the Harley trial.
00:14:02You sell tear gas bombs and burglar alarm equipment to banks.
00:14:06Yes, sir.
00:14:06It's my job to protect banks.
00:14:09With your knowledge of banks,
00:14:11could you not be a very great assistance
00:14:13to someone wishing to rob same?
00:14:16Now, wait a minute.
00:14:17If you're trying to accuse me...
00:14:19Merely suggest what you could do,
00:14:21if dishonest.
00:14:23Speaking of clothes, Miss Evans...
00:14:28Listen, I buy my own clothes.
00:14:30Nobody gives me anything.
00:14:32Of course, if somebody was to offer me a mink coat,
00:14:35I wouldn't refuse it.
00:14:37During an investigation of Cary Warehouse,
00:14:41a dress with your name on it was found there.
00:14:43Huh? A dress of mine?
00:14:44Very small dress,
00:14:46consisting of few feathers.
00:14:49Oh, yeah, I remember.
00:14:50Oh, mister, you should have seen me in that outfit.
00:14:55But I had nothing to do with Harley.
00:14:57I wore that costume in frivolous follies.
00:15:00But the show finally flopped.
00:15:02Cary's must have bought the props, scenery,
00:15:04and all the costumes for junk.
00:15:06But your show play, Cities of Lamont and Rawdon,
00:15:09at the same time banks were robbed there,
00:15:11in identical manner,
00:15:13which Citizen State Bank robbed here.
00:15:15Listen, are you trying to pin something on me?
00:15:18No, merely that moment trying to figure
00:15:20how you pin upon yourself such very few feathers.
00:15:24Oh, very cute.
00:15:26That will be sufficient for present.
00:15:28All may go now.
00:15:35Did you learn anything that will help, Mr. Chan?
00:15:37No, tomorrow we'll visit prison
00:15:39and interview your father.
00:15:41Tell him not to worry,
00:15:42and tell him we're doing everything, but...
00:15:43I said all may go,
00:15:45which include you, Miss Evans.
00:15:47I heard you the first time.
00:15:50Are you going to leave now, Mr. Chan?
00:16:00Invitation to depart also include you, Mrs. Foss.
00:16:03This is my house, and I'll do as I like.
00:16:07Mr. Chan, if I can be of any help,
00:16:09I'll get a leave of absence from my job
00:16:11and come down here...
00:16:12No, you can't afford to do that.
00:16:13Miss Harley is right.
00:16:14You return to job.
00:16:16I send for you when I need you.
00:16:17Mr. Chan, I'm scared.
00:16:19We only have nine days...
00:16:20Take it easy, dear, please.
00:16:21Excellent advice.
00:16:23Remember old saying,
00:16:25earthquake may shatter the rock,
00:16:27but sand upon which rock stood
00:16:28still right there in same old place.
00:16:31You relax, and you survive great ordeal.
00:16:40Mr. Chan,
00:16:41is this the shortest way to prison?
00:16:44No, shortest way is to commit crime.
00:16:46We'll have to try that sometime.
00:16:48What am I saying?
00:16:49You surprise yourself, huh?
00:16:52Usually, you surprise me.
00:17:01Did you see that bee come through here
00:17:02with that jet job motor?
00:17:06Someone's shooting at us, Pop.
00:17:07Where's Birmingham?
00:17:08The car's going by itself.
00:17:09No, it ain't.
00:17:09I was steering by remote control.
00:17:11Do you know who was shooting at us, Pop?
00:17:12Only persons know we come this way
00:17:14are people living at Foss Hotel.
00:17:17This is going to be very, very dangerous.
00:17:19I'm awfully glad to see you, Charlie.
00:17:45I think, uh...
00:17:47As old friend warden come around,
00:17:48you think what?
00:17:50You're throwing away your reputation.
00:17:52I mean it.
00:17:53You haven't a chance in breaking this case.
00:17:54But if I fail, Mr. Harley will die.
00:17:57What is my reputation compared to man's life?
00:18:00Oh, I know how you feel,
00:18:01but I still think you're being foolish.
00:18:02Then why someone shoot at me on the way here?
00:18:05Huh?
00:18:05Because they think I'm on right track.
00:18:08Perhaps I am not so foolish.
00:18:12Oh, this is Guard Kenzie, Mr. Chan.
00:18:14Oh, I've already met, Mr. Kenzie.
00:18:16Mr. Harley's anxious to see you, sir.
00:18:18Okay.
00:18:18Harley should get resigned to the fact
00:18:19that he hasn't got a chance.
00:18:22Bill's sitting.
00:18:24Sit again.
00:18:25Remain where you are.
00:18:27Oh, warden.
00:18:28Mr. Barker wanted the print files
00:18:32on that new batch that just came in, sir.
00:18:34Oh, yes.
00:18:35In my office.
00:18:36Go right ahead, Kenzie.
00:18:37One moment.
00:18:38I have seen you before.
00:18:40I don't know.
00:18:41But I've seen you.
00:18:43You're Charlie Chan.
00:18:44And you are...
00:18:45Number 8251.
00:18:49He's Jimmy Slade, a forger.
00:18:51He's a trustee in the frame-to-print file room now.
00:18:54Did you see that man give Pop the eye?
00:18:56You mean a tough guy?
00:18:57Yeah.
00:18:57Oh, you mean a convict?
00:18:59Mm-hmm.
00:18:59No.
00:19:00Well, Birmingham round.
00:19:02Well, look at old Benjamin.
00:19:05What do you say, boy?
00:19:06Not much.
00:19:07Man, it's sure good to see a new face around here.
00:19:10Yeah, but this face ain't staying.
00:19:11Neither is mine.
00:19:17It's Mr. Chan to see you, Mr. Harley.
00:19:21I've been waiting to see you, Mr. Chan.
00:19:23Sorry to see you here, Mr. Harley,
00:19:25but great pleasure to meet you anywhere.
00:19:27I don't know what I'm going to say.
00:19:30Please, sit down.
00:19:32Yeah!
00:19:32Birmingham, you're always late, even coming to see me.
00:19:35Don't you ever do anything on time?
00:19:37Sure, I bought a car once.
00:19:38How?
00:19:38On time.
00:19:39You know what made me late, Benjamin?
00:19:41What?
00:19:41I had to take my girl over to...
00:19:43No beauty shop can help her.
00:19:44No.
00:19:45Why, no.
00:19:46Why, she got a face that old...
00:19:47Not that bad.
00:19:48The lady at the beauty parlor said that she was going to...
00:19:50They can't recap them wrinkles.
00:19:51No?
00:19:52No.
00:19:53Now, what they should do is...
00:19:54They did.
00:19:55And while we was over there, do you know what...
00:19:57I know, I know.
00:19:59Now, look.
00:19:59Is that the same gal that you...
00:20:01No, she don't weigh that much now.
00:20:02No?
00:20:03No, all she weighs now is...
00:20:04That's still too heavy.
00:20:06Why don't you get her to go on the same diet my gal used?
00:20:09Get her to take two...
00:20:10Oh, they don't make that stuff anymore.
00:20:12No?
00:20:12No, now, what I want to give her is some...
00:20:14They'll give her hay fever.
00:20:15Yeah?
00:20:16Why, sure.
00:20:17Listen, in that case, why don't you take her over to...
00:20:21I did.
00:20:22And you know who I saw over there?
00:20:23Who?
00:20:23I saw...
00:20:24Is he still out there?
00:20:25Yeah.
00:20:26I thought he was...
00:20:26He was, but he got out.
00:20:28Is that so?
00:20:29Yeah.
00:20:30He's staying over with Mr...
00:20:31Is that so?
00:20:32Mm-hmm.
00:20:33They must be charged.
00:20:34No, not that much.
00:20:35No?
00:20:35No, all he's paying is...
00:20:37That's a fair price.
00:20:38Yeah?
00:20:39Yeah.
00:20:39Well, look at you.
00:20:40I got to go now.
00:20:41I'll be over to see you.
00:20:42I'll be working then.
00:20:43Oh, well, I'll be seeing you.
00:20:44I'll be looking for you now.
00:20:44Okay, sure.
00:20:45Look me up now.
00:20:45I'll do that.
00:20:46Okay.
00:20:47Who is that man?
00:20:49Oh, he's a fellow who used to hang around my house.
00:20:51That's my brother, Ben.
00:20:52Oh, you're...
00:20:56Your wife died while you were in prison 20 years ago?
00:21:00When June was born.
00:21:02I never told June because I...
00:21:03I meant to go straight.
00:21:05And I have, Mr. Chan.
00:21:07But your fingerprints found in Bank Balk.
00:21:10Yes, I know.
00:21:11I saw the photographs in court.
00:21:14They were my prints, but...
00:21:15I was never in that bank in my life.
00:21:20You don't believe me.
00:21:21Well, I'm beginning to think that maybe I did commit the crimes they sentenced me for.
00:21:27Never believe nightmare, no matter how real it may seem.
00:21:31When you're here 20 years ago, was Warden Cameron here also?
00:21:37Yes, he was.
00:21:39Ready to go, Mr. Chan?
00:21:40Yes, please.
00:21:41Don't you worry, Mr. Harley.
00:21:43Mr. Chan, do you think there's any hope?
00:21:45There is possibility you may suffer for someone else's crime.
00:21:50But if someone else committed a crime, then Mr. Chan...
00:21:54What are you going to do?
00:21:56At the moment, I'm like man trying to set clock by guess.
00:22:00And as time does not stand still, perhaps better not stand still myself.
00:22:04Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
00:22:09When he says, now let's turn to one corner and you says another.
00:22:13I don't...
00:22:14I wonder where this parade is going.
00:22:16I don't know, let's follow it and see.
00:22:18No, we better not.
00:22:20Hey, Punchy.
00:22:21You know what I heard through the grapevine?
00:22:23Don't be always interrupting me, Punchy.
00:22:25Charlie Chan is here.
00:22:26You know what I'm going to do when I see that Chan?
00:22:31Did you hear what that man said about Pop?
00:22:32I did.
00:22:33I think we better follow them.
00:22:34What did you say just a while ago when I said let's follow them?
00:22:36Come on.
00:22:37No, that ain't what you said.
00:22:40Right this way, man.
00:22:49They went in here.
00:22:50Come on.
00:22:51Hey, you don't want to go in there, do you?
00:22:52Look, you heard what they said about Pop.
00:22:54We've got to find out what they're up to.
00:22:55Okay, okay.
00:23:00There they are.
00:23:01See them?
00:23:01Yeah.
00:23:02The men we were following are hiding behind these bales.
00:23:19Maybe we better hide to keep them from falling on us.
00:23:22We'll sneak up on them.
00:23:23There you go.
00:23:23We'll sneak up again.
00:23:24Punchy.
00:23:25How many times do I got to tell you that ain't the way to do it?
00:23:28You slash once when you want to finish something.
00:23:32Now, do you want to know how to do it?
00:23:33Don't interrupt.
00:23:35You take the stab like this.
00:23:37Once the job is done and it's neat.
00:23:42Do you hear me, Punchy?
00:23:44That's the way you do it.
00:23:45One slash.
00:23:47They are planning a murder.
00:23:51We've got to find out who's going to kill them.
00:23:52We're going to find out.
00:23:53You're going to find out.
00:23:56Wait a minute.
00:24:08Look, Chris.
00:24:09They got a knockoff.
00:24:09Let's go.
00:24:10They're still coming.
00:24:14They're right behind us.
00:24:15Yeah, they're in that crowd.
00:24:16We can't see them.
00:24:16Let's go.
00:24:19Let's see.
00:24:19Good, Chris.
00:24:20They're getting us from all sides.
00:24:27Hey, look.
00:24:27Yeah, they're coming now.
00:24:28Do you see them?
00:24:29Yeah.
00:24:29No.
00:24:30Let's go this way.
00:24:30Down the hall.
00:24:31Come on.
00:24:31Let's go.
00:24:32Oh, please.
00:24:33Let's get out of here.
00:24:35Yeah, they're coming.
00:24:36Good.
00:24:36Good.
00:24:40You better count your money.
00:24:49Don't be always interrupting, Poncey.
00:24:50Count it.
00:24:51Come on, you guys.
00:24:52Come on.
00:24:54I used two guys following me.
00:24:55No, sir.
00:24:56We got you up first, but you can have it.
00:24:57Listen, mister.
00:24:58It's all a mistake.
00:24:58Why do you mean a mistake?
00:25:00I'm not kidding.
00:25:00Hey, look at that.
00:25:01Tell me this.
00:25:01Do it's locked.
00:25:02I don't care.
00:25:02How can we get out of here?
00:25:04Hey, fellas.
00:25:05There's a visitor here.
00:25:06And he wants to know how we can get out.
00:25:09This ain't that fun.
00:25:10And Mr. Chan.
00:25:11Hey, Paul.
00:25:12Mr. Chan.
00:25:13Let him have one of your keys.
00:25:15Then you're not quitting the case.
00:25:17No.
00:25:17After talk with Mr. Harley, I'm convinced the man is innocent.
00:25:21But, Charlie, the law doesn't frame men.
00:25:24Accidents can happen if planned that way.
00:25:27But Harley's fingerprints were found in the bank.
00:25:29My theory is fingerprints were forged and placed at scene of crime.
00:25:34Oh, no, Charlie.
00:25:35That's impossible.
00:25:36Nothing is impossible.
00:25:37Forgery is only solution.
00:25:40Must find out how same is done before too late for Mr. Harley.
00:25:45Pardon me, Charlie.
00:25:53Gavin, what's up?
00:25:54The riot.
00:25:55What started the rioting?
00:25:57Just a reception to some strangers who got in the wrong cell.
00:26:00What strangers?
00:26:02Mr. Chan.
00:26:04Mr. Chan.
00:26:05Oh, oh, which way?
00:26:07Which way?
00:26:08Cell block four.
00:26:13Mr. Chan!
00:26:14Let's just put the gear in there.
00:26:15Oh, we can't get up.
00:26:16Mr. Chan!
00:26:20Quiet now.
00:26:21Come on.
00:26:21Quiet now.
00:26:22Come on.
00:26:24Quiet now.
00:26:24Come on.
00:26:26Quiet now.
00:26:27Quiet now.
00:26:27Right this way, warden.
00:26:35He wants to get out.
00:26:37Okay, darling.
00:26:38Pop, I'm sure glad to see you.
00:26:39Who's that, Mr. Chan?
00:26:40Yep.
00:26:41So, even in prison you caused trouble?
00:26:44But it wasn't our fault, Pop.
00:26:45Mr. Chan, we followed the wrong parade.
00:26:48First time I hear cuckoos outside of Clark.
00:26:50But, Pop, we heard them talking about you.
00:26:52Oh, Charlie, I heard you was here.
00:26:53When I saw you, I wanted to shake your hand.
00:26:55Mr. Foggy, why, very great pleasure to see you again.
00:26:58Thanks.
00:26:59I trust you are enjoying vacation?
00:27:01Oh, sure.
00:27:02He put me in here.
00:27:03It took one of the greatest detectives in the world to do it.
00:27:05Oh, Mr. Chan, I want you to meet me pal, Punchy.
00:27:08Mr. Chan, this is undoubtedly the most supreme moment of my entire life.
00:27:14I stand here humbly.
00:27:15Steve, Punchy, you said...
00:27:17Don't interrupt.
00:27:19Thank you, Mr. Chan.
00:27:20What are we going to do now, Pop?
00:27:22You will get out of here before they put you in garments suitable to your personality.
00:27:26What kind of garments is that?
00:27:27Straight jackets.
00:27:28That did it.
00:27:31Punchy, you've been going in for illiterature.
00:27:38Your Mr. Thompson in this department has been most kind and helpful.
00:27:42Oh, well, I'm glad, Charlie.
00:27:43We're proud of our staff.
00:27:52Hello.
00:27:53How you come with the experiment so far, Mr. Thompson?
00:27:56No luck yet, Mr. Chan.
00:27:58I was afraid it couldn't be done.
00:28:00Well, the forging of fingerprints has been tried before, but it's never worked.
00:28:03However, Mr. Chan's theory of how it might be done has possibilities.
00:28:06I cut some rough ridges and whorls in these rubber pads, but...
00:28:13Same thing, no distinguishable fingerprints.
00:28:16No oil.
00:28:17That's right, sir.
00:28:18What do you mean, oil?
00:28:19There is always natural oil in hands.
00:28:22And that oil is what causes the fingerprint to remain after the hand touches the surface.
00:28:27I tried using regular fingerprint ink, but the lack of oil caused a blurring of the ink.
00:28:31No one would take that for a fingerprint.
00:28:32Perhaps if we obtain oil more like natural oil.
00:28:36Well, I tried using a thin mixture of olive oil, but the oil ran and smeared, and the result was no fingerprints.
00:28:41Looks like we're up against a stone wall, Charlie.
00:28:44I don't promise anything, but I'm going to keep on trying.
00:28:46No man can do more.
00:28:48I have more work to do yet in your department.
00:28:51Afraid it's no use, Charlie, but what do you want done?
00:28:53Please, have police quietly checked back 10 to 15 years on all persons now living at Posse Hotel.
00:29:00Okay, but why?
00:29:01Skeletons in closets always speak loudest to police.
00:29:09I've been thinking, Tommy, you are wrong.
00:29:11You mean you are.
00:29:12You don't even know what a lawsuit is.
00:29:14Sure I do.
00:29:14It's something that the police wear.
00:29:16Are you kidding?
00:29:17But Tommy!
00:29:19This is the last one, Pop.
00:29:20No more.
00:29:21Today's the 14th, and Harley's scheduled to die at the 17th.
00:29:24What can you do reading all this stuff, Pop?
00:29:26Police reports show three banks robbed in past two years.
00:29:30Do you think Harley robbed all three of them, Pop?
00:29:33Son Tommy is noisy woodpecker on family tree.
00:29:37Woodpecker.
00:29:38I've got to remember that.
00:29:40Rawdon bank robbed, and man named Stanley Gray convicted.
00:29:44Lamont bank robbed, man named Stephen Briggs imprisoned.
00:29:48Harley was set up for the bank job in this city.
00:29:50And all three banks robbed in identical manner.
00:29:53And no money was ever recovered.
00:29:55Also, curious coincidence is, each man arrested in each case swear he leave no fingerprints in bank because he never there.
00:30:05Do you think Harley was in with the gang, Pop?
00:30:08Oh, he finished school, now he tried to finish me.
00:30:12But, Pop.
00:30:13Mocho.
00:30:14Also, in each case, each man have former prison record.
00:30:19Yes, Harley had been in state prison.
00:30:21Gray and Briggs, also former convicts there.
00:30:24It is only prison where all three men serve time.
00:30:28Want a good suggestion, Pop?
00:30:29Yes, but let me make suggestion first.
00:30:32Keep quiet.
00:30:33Oh, sure, Pop.
00:30:35But if I do, I won't be able to give you my suggestion.
00:30:38That is idea.
00:30:39Very good idea.
00:30:41I believe there is some connection between bank robberies, fingerprints, and the state's prison.
00:30:48What about your idea of forging fingerprints?
00:30:50Oh, for time I nursed theory.
00:30:54Very excellent theory.
00:30:55But now, instead of nurse, I fear theory need undertaker.
00:31:02Hello.
00:31:04It's for you, Charlie.
00:31:06Charlie Chan speaking.
00:31:07We have that information you asked for.
00:31:10Do you wish to take it now?
00:31:11Yes, go ahead.
00:31:12Miss Petrie is actually the wife of Jimmy Slade,
00:31:15a convict trustee employed in the fingerprint bureau at the state prison.
00:31:19She has been visiting him there every month.
00:31:23Instead of undertaker, doctor arrived.
00:31:27And theory, now very healthy again.
00:31:32I see.
00:31:34Another thing, Miss Petrie, why you lie about clothes?
00:31:37I didn't.
00:31:38They were given to him.
00:31:39I learned different.
00:31:40Where you obtain money to buy fine garments?
00:31:43I've done nothing wrong.
00:31:44Please, where you get money.
00:31:46Just because my husband's in prison, you...
00:31:49I'm not going to say another word.
00:31:52You will talk at police headquarters.
00:31:54Get your hat and coat.
00:31:55Miss Harley, you go with her.
00:31:59You think she's mixed up in this?
00:32:02We soon find out.
00:32:04Mrs. Sposs, why you lie when I ask you if any other convict live in this house?
00:32:09I didn't.
00:32:10Miss Petrie's never been in prison.
00:32:11You didn't ask me about her husband.
00:32:14When young lady bear title Miss, she usually have no husband to be mentioned.
00:32:21I've seen Miss Petrie often.
00:32:22She's timid and shy.
00:32:25That's June.
00:32:26What happened?
00:32:36Someone chopped me.
00:32:37Miss Petrie?
00:32:38I don't know.
00:32:39I don't know who it was.
00:32:41It was someone in that room.
00:32:50Clothing on, Miss Derb.
00:32:56What have you there?
00:32:57Nothing, Pop.
00:32:58Just some old telephone numbers.
00:33:03Name of Kerry Theatrical Warehouse appear often in this case.
00:33:07Find anything, Mr. Chan?
00:33:09Mr. Kenzie.
00:33:10You will ask police to locate Miss Petrie.
00:33:13I will try warehouse.
00:33:26There must be a woman by the top.
00:33:31Woman too sweet and gentle for that.
00:33:34No license plates.
00:33:47Perhaps Miss Petrie arrive already.
00:33:50Take a look around.
00:33:52Quietly.
00:33:52Now, Birmingham.
00:34:00Well, didn't you hear what Pop said?
00:34:01Sure.
00:34:02Your Pop said, look around quietly.
00:34:04And that's just what I'm going to do.
00:34:05Look around quietly.
00:34:06Right here in the light.
00:34:07See, there ain't no harm to that.
00:34:08Always want to go in the dark.
00:34:10See, I'm going to look right around here in the light.
00:34:13See that?
00:34:14Ain't nothing to that.
00:34:20Tommy.
00:34:21See?
00:34:22Go ahead.
00:34:22Go in the dark and get lost.
00:34:24I don't care.
00:34:25I'm going to stay out here in the light.
00:34:27Always running around.
00:34:31Mm-hmm.
00:34:32That ain't real.
00:34:34Oh, boy.
00:34:35Oh, boy.
00:34:35That ain't real.
00:34:36But if anything happens, I want you to stay with me.
00:34:39Be dependable.
00:34:42Hey, Tommy.
00:34:44Tommy!
00:34:44Tommy!
00:34:45Tommy!
00:34:46Tommy!
00:34:52Oh, boy.
00:35:04Oh, boy.
00:35:04Oh, boy.
00:35:05Oh, boy.
00:35:17Oh, oh, boy.
00:35:18Don't get excited now.
00:35:23He ain't real.
00:35:23Don't get excited now.
00:35:25He's in a trance, not us.
00:35:26Just stay with me, and I'll ask you when to go.
00:35:34Oh, boy.
00:35:34Oh, boy.
00:35:35Now, you don't have to worry, now.
00:35:35Everything's all right.
00:35:36Just stay with me.
00:35:37I'll never see.
00:35:38They ought to have a cage or something for them lies around here.
00:35:40This house shorting is terrible.
00:35:41I ain't never...
00:35:42Whoa.
00:35:43Mm.
00:35:44I heal a monster.
00:35:45This place is getting crowded.
00:35:46Brother, will you just move over just a little bit?
00:35:48Just over that little bitch.
00:35:50That's a plenty.
00:35:51Whoa.
00:35:53I've never seen nothing like this before in my life.
00:35:56Don't worry.
00:35:57I've never seen nothing like this before in my life.
00:35:59Don't worry.
00:36:00I've never seen nothing like this before in my life.
00:36:03Don't worry.
00:36:04Tell me.
00:36:06Tell me.
00:36:07Give me my hat.
00:36:08Tell me.
00:36:09Tell me.
00:36:10Is that you got in my hat?
00:36:13Tell me.
00:36:14Please say yes, you got in my hat.
00:36:31It ain't no kidding, either.
00:36:33Well, all of this warehouse you ain't seen get together because I'm going to show it to you.
00:36:46Yeah, now let them come.
00:36:49I got them now where they can't get me.
00:36:52Now, ain't this all right?
00:36:54Wish I could have found this place a long time ago.
00:36:57Look at this.
00:36:59Good evening.
00:37:00Well, ain't this me too?
00:37:03Looks all right.
00:37:12Good gracious!
00:37:14Tommy!
00:37:16Tommy!
00:37:17Mr. Doorman!
00:37:19Mr. Doorman!
00:37:20You better open that door. If you don't, you're going to lose it.
00:37:23Good gracious!
00:37:24Oh, my goodness!
00:37:26Good gracious!
00:37:28Mr. Jack!
00:37:30Oh!
00:37:32Good gracious!
00:37:44Tommy!
00:37:45Tommy!
00:37:46Mr. Chan!
00:37:47Tommy!
00:37:48Good gracious!
00:37:49Tommy!
00:37:50Be quiet. Here I am.
00:37:51Oh, Tommy!
00:37:52How did it happen?
00:37:53You ain't got no clothes on, don't you?
00:37:55Don't you catch cold?
00:37:57Birmingham.
00:37:58Good!
00:37:59Tommy, don't do that without you saying something.
00:38:00Hey, is this you or is this you?
00:38:01Who is you?
00:38:02This is me.
00:38:03Be quiet.
00:38:04Oh, that you?
00:38:05I just can't help it, Tommy.
00:38:06I'm all upset.
00:38:07Good gracious!
00:38:08I'm nervous!
00:38:09I just got to sit down.
00:38:10I'm telling you, I'm just...
00:38:11Ow!
00:38:12Good!
00:38:13I'm asleep!
00:38:14Mr. Chan!
00:38:15Mr. Chan!
00:38:16Please, please.
00:38:17Didn't I tell you to look around quietly?
00:38:20I mean quietly.
00:38:22Go watch door.
00:38:23Yes, sir.
00:38:24That's the best thing I heard you said.
00:38:53Mr. Johnson.
00:39:06Mr. Johnson!
00:39:11Hey, Pop!
00:39:13Hey, Pop!
00:39:14Oh, here you are, Pop.
00:39:16I didn't hear you come in.
00:39:20Strange you not hear us.
00:39:22My assistant make very much noise.
00:39:24Sorry, I didn't hear what you said.
00:39:26I have sinus trouble.
00:39:28At times, like tonight, it affects my hearing.
00:39:31Makes me slightly deaf.
00:39:32You not hear assistants make noise in warehouse?
00:39:36No, I didn't.
00:39:37I couldn't.
00:39:38I'm very sorry for you.
00:39:40I say I'm very sorry for your affliction.
00:39:43Oh, thank you.
00:39:44If you'll excuse me, I have a bit of work to finish.
00:39:52Your deafness too convenient, Mr. Johnson.
00:40:00Good idea, huh, Pop?
00:40:02Yes.
00:40:03Your idea.
00:40:04My dollar.
00:40:05Give.
00:40:06Miss Petrie arrived here yet?
00:40:09Miss Petrie?
00:40:10I know she's never been here.
00:40:12Well, we expect her very soon.
00:40:15Mr. Chan, come quick!
00:40:16Mr. Chan!
00:40:17Mr. Chan, come here quick!
00:40:24That truck just went around and here it's coming back again.
00:40:30Miss Petrie!
00:40:31Hey, look out!
00:40:32Miss Petrie is dead.
00:40:45Call the police.
00:40:46Yes, sir.
00:40:47Here's her purse pocket.
00:40:48No.
00:40:49Wish only police to examine ladies' purse.
00:40:53No, Mr. Chan, she didn't have her purse when she left.
00:40:56Well, no one went by me into her room.
00:40:59No, I won't say anything.
00:41:01Goodbye.
00:41:04I was right.
00:41:05Miss Petrie not have purse when she leave hotel.
00:41:08You mean she was murdered?
00:41:09By same truck which earlier tried to run down myself for desistance.
00:41:13But, Charlie, why was the purse left at the scene?
00:41:15To leave fingerprints and provide police with convenient murderer.
00:41:19Mr. Chan?
00:41:20Yes.
00:41:21I thought I recognized these prints.
00:41:22They were in my files.
00:41:23They belong to Lewis Mack, ex-convict.
00:41:25Lewis Mack, convict?
00:41:26Where?
00:41:27He served two sentences at state prison.
00:41:29I'll have the police send out a call on him.
00:41:32No, not necessary.
00:41:33Instead, I myself will go to state prison early tomorrow morning.
00:41:37What for?
00:41:38To prove someone there is helping to forge prints which convict innocent men.
00:41:43I will telephone you.
00:41:44Here are the cards you wanted from the fingerprint files, Mr. Chan.
00:41:58Four of them?
00:41:59Yes.
00:42:00The cards of Stanley Gray, Steve Briggs, Thomas Harley, and Lewis Mack.
00:42:13Was not expecting card on Lewis Mack today.
00:42:15Why not?
00:42:16I got the cards on Gray and Briggs from the dead file.
00:42:19And day after tomorrow, Harley's card goes into that file.
00:42:21Believe Mr. Harley will live longer than you think.
00:42:24You got something, Charlie?
00:42:26Bad men leave marks wherever they go.
00:42:29You will please have all of these cards examined for fingerprints other than those photographed here.
00:42:36Oh, there won't be anybody but mine.
00:42:38And maybe a couple of the trustee, Jimmy Slade.
00:42:40And mine, perhaps.
00:42:41Can examine cards quickly?
00:42:42Right away.
00:42:43But, Charlie, this business of forging fingerprints can't be done.
00:42:46Believe same has already been done through use of these cards to wrongly convict three innocent men.
00:42:52Briggs, Gray, and Harley.
00:42:55Gray went out of his head.
00:42:56He died in the psycho ward here.
00:42:57And Briggs was in bad health when he was sentenced.
00:43:00Two months here finished him.
00:43:01I learned both men die protesting innocence.
00:43:05They swear fingerprints found in banks at Lamont and Rodden not placed there by themselves.
00:43:09And now, Mr. Harley says...
00:43:11But, Charlie, this business of forging fingerprints can't be done.
00:43:14And now, Mr. Harley say...
00:43:16But, Charlie, our prison cards couldn't be used to frame these men.
00:43:20We'll see as soon as Mr. Barker finish his examination.
00:43:25Okay, okay. This looks okay, huh? Let's sit down.
00:43:28Yeah, let's stay right here and keep out of trouble and wait for Mr. Chan.
00:43:31Well, Birmingham Brown.
00:43:33Oh, no. Not again.
00:43:36Well, look at old Benjen.
00:43:38Hi, boy.
00:43:39Hi, how are you?
00:43:40I'm sure glad to see you.
00:43:42Yeah?
00:43:42Yeah, look, is you still in?
00:43:44Is you still out?
00:43:45Oh, sure.
00:43:46Say, while you were out, did you run into him?
00:43:48Oh, yeah, I went over and I saw him.
00:43:49You see, nobody introduced us, so I walked up to him and I said...
00:43:52That's the wrong approach.
00:43:53Yeah?
00:43:54Sure. Why didn't you ask him that?
00:43:56I did, and we killed him.
00:43:57No.
00:43:58So I tried to borrow his...
00:43:59I thought the finance company got that.
00:44:01Oh, they did, but he got another one.
00:44:02Oh, I see.
00:44:03Say, is he still going...
00:44:05No, I'm keeping company with her.
00:44:07No.
00:44:07Yeah.
00:44:09I thought all the time you...
00:44:10Oh, she's married.
00:44:11No.
00:44:12Yeah, she married a fellow by the name of...
00:44:13He's a nice fellow.
00:44:15Oh, he is?
00:44:15Yeah.
00:44:17Wait a minute.
00:44:17Hmm?
00:44:18Let me tell you something.
00:44:20What's that?
00:44:20You know what I heard?
00:44:21What?
00:44:22I heard...
00:44:23Not until Christmas.
00:44:24No.
00:44:25No.
00:44:25I never did believe that...
00:44:27I don't believe anything he says either.
00:44:28No.
00:44:29In fact, I don't believe that he...
00:44:30Who?
00:44:31He.
00:44:32He?
00:44:32Who's he?
00:44:33Whatchamacallit?
00:44:34Oh, him.
00:44:35Sure.
00:44:35Oh, I didn't know who you were talking about.
00:44:37No.
00:44:37No.
00:44:38I never did know him.
00:44:39I don't know him myself.
00:44:40He's been strangest for years.
00:44:41Yeah.
00:44:43You know what, Benjamin?
00:44:44What?
00:44:44That's why I like to talk to you.
00:44:45Yeah.
00:44:46Because me and you seem to agree with each other.
00:44:48We sure do, don't we?
00:44:48Yeah.
00:44:51You sure you're right, partner?
00:44:53Absolutely.
00:44:53Our file cards have been tampered with.
00:44:56This one has been wiped clean.
00:44:57And this one...
00:44:58That's Louis Mack's card.
00:45:00Yes, sir.
00:45:01And on it are a thumb and index print made by someone not in this prison.
00:45:05Preserve this card.
00:45:06It is proof that someone tried to falsely accuse Louis Mack of Miss Petrie murder.
00:45:11When Kenzie gets back here with Slade, I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:45:14If I have to make...
00:45:14Warden, the guards can't locate Slade.
00:45:16He must know why we want him.
00:45:18Well, I'll find him.
00:45:19I'll call a general lock-up.
00:45:23Gavin.
00:45:24Uh-oh.
00:45:29Gotta go.
00:45:30Can't be late in this school.
00:45:31No?
00:45:31Well, so long, Ben.
00:45:32Be good.
00:45:33Show a lot of bells.
00:45:34Yeah, I wonder what they're celebrating.
00:45:36I don't know.
00:45:37Maybe there's another one in Paris.
00:45:38This is one we're gonna stay out of.
00:45:40That's the best thing that I heard you say here.
00:45:42Look, let's play John Ken Paul.
00:45:43John Ken Paul.
00:45:44John Ken Paul.
00:45:44John Ken Paul.
00:45:45John Ken Paul.
00:45:45Okay.
00:45:46John Ken Paul.
00:45:48John Ken Paul.
00:45:49I got you that time.
00:45:54John Ken Paul.
00:46:00Oh, no.
00:46:01John Ken Paul.
00:46:05A lot of sirens.
00:46:06Yeah.
00:46:07But we're gonna stay right here.
00:46:14Sergeant.
00:46:16Slade missing?
00:46:17Yes, sir.
00:46:17We're checking to see if any of the others are.
00:46:19Alert the guards have located Slade.
00:46:21He's heading for the bailing shed.
00:46:22Come on.
00:46:24Let's do that.
00:46:51Let's find Pop.
00:46:52Come on.
00:46:52Let's go.
00:47:22Watch out, Warden, he's up on the bale.
00:47:34Hold your fire, boys.
00:47:36Slade, you better give up.
00:47:38You haven't got a chance.
00:47:40Yeah?
00:47:42Come and get me.
00:47:52He's hit.
00:47:54He still may be able to talk.
00:48:13You're not going to make me take the rap for all this.
00:48:22Slade is dead.
00:48:29Just as well for him.
00:48:33Gun barrel plugged.
00:48:35Gun explode.
00:48:36He killed self.
00:48:38Hiya, Bob.
00:48:39Did something happen?
00:48:41A dead man.
00:48:41Guess something did happen.
00:48:42Yeah, we better go before something happened to us.
00:48:49It is too bad.
00:48:50Mr. Slade was only one who could tell us how prison cards used in fingerprint forgeries.
00:48:56But if there was something wrong...
00:48:58State's attorney demand absolute proof.
00:49:00At present, I have no proof at all.
00:49:02You mean there's nothing more you can do?
00:49:04Only convincing proof now would be real murderer.
00:49:07What do you want now?
00:49:09Your fingerprints, please.
00:49:11Why?
00:49:12I'm looking for murderer.
00:49:14Well, that lets me out.
00:49:15One moment, Miss Evans.
00:49:17I desire your fingerprints also.
00:49:19Look, mister, I never let policemen hold my hand.
00:49:22Have you got a warrant?
00:49:23No, but, uh...
00:49:24Are you going to book me for something?
00:49:26No.
00:49:26Okay, then I'm standing on my rights and not giving you my prints.
00:49:29Excuse, please.
00:49:33So you work for the government.
00:49:34Who doesn't these days?
00:49:36You should see my withholding tax.
00:49:38Okay, toots, when you get a warrant, give me a buzz.
00:49:43Ta-ta.
00:49:45Miss Evans too smart for her own good.
00:49:48I have her fingerprints now, here.
00:49:52I desire fingerprints of everyone else in this house.
00:49:55Everyone else is out.
00:49:57No matter.
00:49:58This gentleman is expert at finding fingerprints in rooms.
00:50:01We go upstairs, please.
00:50:09You two not afraid?
00:50:11Afraid of what, Pop?
00:50:12That you sit down so often you get concussion of brains.
00:50:16Pop, I got a swell idea.
00:50:17Good.
00:50:18Save it for old age.
00:50:21Look, save one for me too.
00:50:23Any luck?
00:50:34Not yet, sir.
00:50:35Has anything been heard from Posse Hotel yet?
00:50:38Nothing.
00:50:39The prints on Louis Mac's prison card were those of Johnson,
00:50:42but he hasn't shown up at the hotel yet.
00:50:43Excuse, please.
00:50:50Hello.
00:50:51Oh, Mr. Chan.
00:50:53No, Mr. Johnson hasn't come back yet.
00:50:56Why, Mrs. Foss said Danvers went away on one of his regular trips.
00:51:00But I'm worried it's getting...
00:51:01Please, please, you must not worry.
00:51:03Everything now in lap of gods.
00:51:06Very soon I give very hearty shove.
00:51:08Perhaps clue fall off of laps.
00:51:11Your idea is partly right, Mr. Chan.
00:51:13As you suggested, I photographed and engraved a set of fingerprints on these pads.
00:51:18Those are genuine fingerprints.
00:51:20But when pressed against an object, they still leave no print mark.
00:51:22That's right.
00:51:24A lack of oil, huh?
00:51:25I tried using vegetable oil and mineral oil.
00:51:28And if this test doesn't work, I'm afraid the experiment has failed, sir.
00:51:32No experiment is failure until last experiment is success.
00:51:36Now, this is a combination of animal oil.
00:51:48Now, if the print remains after the powder is blown off...
00:51:51Now, those are forged fingerprints.
00:52:05But any expert not knowing what we did would swear that they were the real thing.
00:52:08And we can clear Harley.
00:52:09No, no.
00:52:10We make successful experiments.
00:52:12But this is no proof that Mr. Harley was convicted through forgery.
00:52:17But, Pop, if the detective at the force hotel arrests Johnson...
00:52:20I fear Mr. Johnson gone by this time.
00:52:23This engraving and photography on rubber, you do all of that here?
00:52:27No, sir.
00:52:28I used an engraving plant.
00:52:29I had to have cameras, engraving tools, and several vats for the acid.
00:52:33Such things could not be hidden in small space.
00:52:36No, sir.
00:52:36They'd have to be stored in a pretty large place.
00:52:38Large place.
00:52:40Large place.
00:52:41You remain here and try contact governor of state.
00:52:45If detectives at force hotel arrest Mr. Johnson, telephone me to Cary Warehouse.
00:52:51Cary's?
00:52:51What are you going out there for?
00:52:52To try and prove Mr. Harley's fingerprints forged exactly as we do tonight.
00:52:58Thanks to Mr. Thompson.
00:53:00Very fine job.
00:53:01You know, Pop, believe it or not, that's the same idea I had.
00:53:07Tommy, now I've heard everything.
00:53:15Pop, that's the truck that almost ran over us.
00:53:17Shrewd observation.
00:53:18This is truck which killed Miss Petrie.
00:53:21Look inside.
00:53:22Four big cameras.
00:53:24Hey, what are them tubs doing in there?
00:53:26That is paraphernalia used in forging fingerprints.
00:53:29You two remain here on watch.
00:53:31If I call, come quickly.
00:53:33Yes, sir.
00:53:36As you know, I think Pop's got someone.
00:53:38There must be some clues around here.
00:53:39Let us do some investigating on our own.
00:53:41Come on.
00:53:42Let us you go and let us me stay here.
00:53:44I'm going to wait right here.
00:53:46You're always talking about let us do some investigating.
00:53:48Second thought, I think I'll follow Mr. Chan.
00:53:51I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:52I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:52I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:53I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:53I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:54I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:55I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:56I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:57I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:58I think we'll be making it safer.
00:53:59I think we'll be making it safer.
00:54:00I think we'll be making it safer.
00:54:01I think we'll be making it safer.
00:54:02I think we'll be making it safer.
00:54:03I think we'll be making it safer.
00:54:04Birmingham, it's me.
00:54:34I wonder where Pop is.
00:54:58Hey, Pop!
00:54:59Hey, Pop!
00:55:01No, I know you ain't real.
00:55:08Couldn't be real.
00:55:14Oh boy, not now.
00:55:16But when I ask you to make your departure, do not leave me here.
00:55:20Birmingham!
00:55:21Now this is exactly what I need, a removable foxhole.
00:55:26It's real.
00:55:28I don't know where the, of course.
00:55:32What?
00:55:33How could I tell you where to stop?
00:55:36Let's try.
00:55:38I love you.
00:55:39This is what I was looking for.
00:55:41You know, I love you.
00:55:43This is the thing that I was looking for,
00:55:46you know, I know.
00:55:48What's going on?
00:55:49Oh, are you going on?
00:55:51I'm not going to have to lie to you.
00:55:53I don't want to lie to you.
00:55:55Now is the time.
00:56:02Oh, my goodness.
00:56:04It can be.
00:56:05I know it ain't true.
00:56:06Don't know if I'd believe it.
00:56:07I don't believe it.
00:56:08Boss, you told me.
00:56:10I see where the bullets are coming from.
00:56:14Yeah, but I don't want to look no bullets in the eye.
00:56:16Look.
00:56:17In the truck.
00:56:18I got an idea.
00:56:19Good idea.
00:56:20I got a good idea.
00:56:22Good idea, Tommy.
00:56:26That's right, Tommy.
00:56:27Back it out.
00:56:28Straight through that door.
00:56:31I'm going to run down that killer.
00:56:32That's what we do.
00:56:33What?
00:56:37Get him, Tommy.
00:56:38Don't miss him, Tommy.
00:56:45What am I saying?
00:56:47Good patience for me.
00:56:52You are a traveling salesman.
00:56:57This time, no sale.
00:57:00Assistants do a very fine job.
00:57:02Thanks, Pop.
00:57:03Yeah.
00:57:04You put murderer right in my hands.
00:57:07I guess we're pretty good, huh?
00:57:09Yeah!
00:57:10But how do we do it?
00:57:17Hello.
00:57:19Charlie, where have you been?
00:57:22Yes, I'll send the police right over.
00:57:23We'll be holding a couple of hours.
00:57:24What about Harley?
00:57:25Yes, sir.
00:57:26Mr. Morgan, please telephone warden.
00:57:29I have complete evidence to exonerate Mr. Harley.
00:57:32When police arrive, we'll drive to prison.
00:57:35Pick you up on way.
00:57:36Okay.
00:57:39Fast-talking salesman, unusually quiet.
00:57:41I'll talk plenty.
00:57:43You killed Mr. Johnson to prevent him from talking.
00:57:47This way, please.
00:57:51So, that is why I slightly detained last night.
00:57:54Mr. Harley, you'll be out of here the moment the state's attorney's papers arrive.
00:57:57Oh, Dad.
00:57:58Everything's all right, June.
00:58:00Your dad's free.
00:58:01Oh, you were wonderful to us, Hugh.
00:58:03Well, it's over.
00:58:04I'm glad you settled it, Charlie.
00:58:06Oh, case not settled yet.
00:58:08Why, wasn't Danvers the guilty man?
00:58:10Convict Slade is one who steal fingerprint cards from prison files.
00:58:14And he sent them to Johnson, who photographed and engraved them on rubber.
00:58:17And Danvers cased each bank before the robberies.
00:58:19But all work for third man who is missing.
00:58:22Man responsible for most of crimes.
00:58:24How was Slade able to get fingerprint cards out of prison and back again so easily?
00:58:31Good question, warden?
00:58:33It is.
00:58:35You got any more?
00:58:37Yes.
00:58:38Who gives Slade gun?
00:58:39Who fix gun so it explode when fired and murder Slade?
00:58:44Man who do all these things is third missing man.
00:58:48Must be someone inside prison.
00:58:52Correct, warden?
00:58:54You may be right.
00:58:56Many contemptible persons in prison.
00:58:58But worst of all is you, Mr. Kenzie.
00:59:02You're accusing me.
00:59:04My suspicions confirmed after talk with Mr. Danvers.
00:59:08We got you covered.
00:59:11Thank you, Charlie.
00:59:17Excellent.
00:59:18Excellent.
00:59:20You will put weapons back in pockets.
00:59:22I guess we are good, huh?
00:59:23I don't know how we did at that time.
00:59:25Charlie, I at least thought Kenzie loved June.
00:59:30Oh, he's an egomaniac.
00:59:32He thinks only of self.
00:59:34He wants money so he steals it.
00:59:37He tries to get rid of you because you oppose daughter's marriage to him.
00:59:41How did you find that out?
00:59:42I talked with chorus girl, Miss Evans.
00:59:45Well, Charlie, next time you're in town, drop in and see us.
00:59:49See us?
00:59:51Oh.
00:59:52Oh.
00:59:53We're sure full of them, didn't we?
00:59:57Yeah, your pop show got a great sense of humor.
01:00:00You should know that by now.
01:00:01Yeah.
01:00:02Well, Birmingham Brown.
01:00:05Oh, no.
01:00:06This is too much.
01:00:07Well, hello there, Benjamin.
01:00:09Hello, Birmingham.
01:00:10Hey, I've just been figuring.
01:00:12Do you know you own...
01:00:13I don't owe you nothing.
01:00:15All I owe you is...
01:00:16Oh, no.
01:00:17You forgetting the time that I...
01:00:18LINE!
01:00:19Do you know I had to spend around...
01:00:20You ain't never spent that much in your life.
01:00:22Look, my uncle wrote and told me that...
01:00:25No, no, no.
01:00:26Birmingham not do that.
01:00:27He go see landlady and she tell him...
01:00:30She lied.
01:00:31I don't know her scent.
01:00:32Listen, Mr. Chan.
01:00:33Did you know her...
01:00:35Yeah, I met him last time, you know.
01:00:37That's right, Mr. Chan.
01:00:38That's the time that I took it over to...
01:00:39Took what?
01:00:40Over to where?
01:00:41Oh, to check to the tailors.
01:00:42Oh, that's what after that suit I never got to wear.
01:00:44Yeah, Birmingham go out in rain.
01:00:46Suits shrink.
01:00:47Taylor refused, same.
01:00:48So Birmingham must pay for suits.
01:00:50Well, where's the suit now?
01:00:52It's still shrinking.
01:00:53My little nephew got on his teddy bear.
01:00:55You know, that's why I like to meet you boys.
01:00:57We understand each other so well.
01:00:59No, no, no, no.
01:01:00Mr. Chan!
01:01:03Oh, Mr. Chan, he killed me!
01:01:05Pop, I don't get it.
01:01:07I never get that kind of a talk.
01:01:08How do you do it?
01:01:09You are familiar with pigeon English?
01:01:11Oh, sure.
01:01:12Same difference.
01:01:20I conheice how it is.
01:01:21First of all.
01:01:23Get in, Campus...
01:01:25Afterands choose
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