On vacation, schoolteacher/detective Miss Withers flies to Catalina Island; on landing, a passenger is found mysteriously dead. With local authorities unwilling to make waves over a natural (they hope) death, Miss Withers interests her old friend Inspector Piper in the case; for reasons of his own, he flies out to take over the investigation. He should know better than to try taking over from Miss Withers...
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00:01:30What are you scared of, girlie?
00:01:55Open your eyes.
00:01:56Not until we've left the ground.
00:01:58We've left it, lady, every inch of it.
00:02:03It's all right, really.
00:02:10Where do you think you were?
00:02:12In an unexpected conversation with another stranger.
00:02:16My name's Forrest.
00:02:17Sorry.
00:02:18Mine's Withers, Hildegard Withers, and I'm not sorry.
00:02:21I've always been proud of it.
00:02:23Withers?
00:02:24Withers?
00:02:25Sounds familiar.
00:02:27Part of a horse.
00:02:28I've always enjoyed that remark from my pupils.
00:02:34Just the sort of humor one can expect from a 12-year-old mind.
00:02:38Mustn't be fresh with teacher, mister...
00:02:40Mister...
00:02:41Beagle.
00:02:42Beagle.
00:02:44Beagle?
00:02:45A short-legged hound with long, drooping ears.
00:02:49Oh, Marvy!
00:02:56Now, don't be afraid, darling.
00:02:58Your Marvy's right here with you.
00:02:59It's perfectly safe, sweetheart.
00:03:02Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
00:03:08Say, look, folks.
00:03:10The whole United States Navy's down there.
00:03:13Yes, look, Kay.
00:03:13Here's a chance you may never have again.
00:03:19Oh, I'm sorry.
00:03:21I know.
00:03:22No, it's a little wind doesn't blow someone good.
00:03:24Call again.
00:03:28Say, I'm not speaking to Joseph B. Tate, the motion picture, director.
00:03:32You are, unfortunately.
00:03:34Well, what do you think of that?
00:03:35Have a cigarette, mister Tate?
00:03:36No, thank you.
00:03:37Rialto gloves?
00:03:38No, thank you.
00:03:39You know, I just went from New York, and while I saw your last picture, I thought it was...
00:03:48Well, I'm working on my next one now.
00:03:49Would you mind letting me continue?
00:03:52Why, sure.
00:03:54Is that really, mister Tate?
00:03:56I've never met a moving picture director before.
00:04:00I'm going to meet this one.
00:04:01That's why I'm here.
00:04:04He's going to give me a job in his next picture.
00:04:06Only he doesn't know it yet.
00:04:08Well, then, how are you going to...
00:04:08Well, I'm so sorry, mister Tate.
00:04:15Oh, that's quite all right.
00:04:16I'm pleased it's rather crowded in here.
00:04:18I'm pleased it's rather crowded in here.
00:04:20Yes, it is.
00:04:21Just like your office, the studio.
00:04:23Only here you can be seen.
00:04:25Oh, come.
00:04:26That's a little cruel.
00:04:27Are you in pictures?
00:04:29Yes.
00:04:30Only I've never been in any of yours.
00:04:32And they're the ones that count, you know.
00:04:35Perhaps someday you will be.
00:04:47Get the guy that's smoking.
00:04:49Okay.
00:04:56Sorry, sir.
00:04:56No smoking in the plane.
00:04:57I'll take that.
00:04:58Okay.
00:04:59When do we get in?
00:05:00Oh, in a minute now.
00:05:02What's the matter?
00:05:02Are you a little airsick?
00:05:03Who, me?
00:05:05Don't be silly.
00:05:13I took care of him.
00:05:14I took care of him.
00:05:16What you need is a drink.
00:05:42Here, have some of this.
00:05:46I'm dying.
00:06:03Let me out of here.
00:06:04Here, here.
00:06:05Let me out of here.
00:06:06Pull yourself together.
00:06:07You're landing, Sharky.
00:06:09You're all right.
00:06:12Here, try the smelling salts.
00:06:16Well, the water's smoother than the air.
00:06:29Oh, there's a casino.
00:06:32Here we go.
00:06:33Let her down.
00:06:46Hello, Don.
00:06:57Hiya, Jack.
00:06:57Hiya, Jack.
00:06:58Boy, it was rough.
00:07:00Good morning, Mr. D.
00:07:01Good morning, Cox.
00:07:02I have a car waiting for you right out here.
00:07:03See you off in Mount Vegas.
00:07:04That'll be taken care of.
00:07:11It's all right.
00:07:12Oh, is it?
00:07:13Did you enjoy the trip?
00:07:14Oh, the trip was all right.
00:07:16All except that Forrest person.
00:07:18Oh!
00:07:20Oh!
00:07:22That man!
00:07:24Forrest!
00:07:25He's dead!
00:07:26Oh, how awful!
00:07:26Don't cry, Kay.
00:07:27But on a honeymoon...
00:07:28Oh, we won't do anything.
00:07:29You're going to be upset.
00:07:29I'll take it to a bus.
00:07:30Come on, now.
00:07:32Hey, Jack!
00:07:33Get a car!
00:07:35Get a car!
00:07:35He's dead, all right.
00:07:40He must have died of heart failure.
00:07:43Nonsense.
00:07:43He flew all the way from New York without dying.
00:07:45Why should he have a heart attack on a short trip like this?
00:07:47If you want my opinion, it's very strange.
00:07:50We don't want your opinion, thank you.
00:07:51Come on, let's get him out of here.
00:07:52At least you ought to let the coroner and the police see him.
00:08:20The doctor will see him.
00:08:22Good child.
00:08:30Must have been a shock to you.
00:08:32Did you notice anything peculiar about the trip?
00:08:37No.
00:08:38Only a guy dropped dead, that's all.
00:08:41Oh!
00:08:42I forgot something.
00:08:42Well, what is it?
00:08:46What's this?
00:08:47That's Mr. Jones.
00:08:49What a nard name for a dog.
00:08:51That was the name of the guy who gave him to me.
00:08:53That was all he had.
00:08:55Are you ladies going to the same Catherine?
00:08:56Yes.
00:08:57The bus leaves right away.
00:08:58Okay.
00:08:58Mr. Jones!
00:09:01Dropped me at the chief of police's office.
00:09:03You heard me.
00:09:04Keep good tackle clean and dry and she'll last forever.
00:09:15How long does it take a police doctor to make an examination?
00:09:18Oh, he'll be out soon.
00:09:20I think it's a waste of time for you to wait, though.
00:09:22Hold it a little tighter, please.
00:09:24I thought I explained to you, Mr. Britt, just why I think this death demands an investigation.
00:09:29Well, I've been chief of police here for nine years and I'm sure this is just plain natural death.
00:09:34We never had a murder on the island.
00:09:36In fact, people don't even die here very often.
00:09:39Maybe they die and you don't know it.
00:09:41If you don't mind, I think I'll wait.
00:09:45Mind?
00:09:46Hey, you're being a big help to me.
00:09:50Oh, that's nice.
00:09:51I'm very glad.
00:09:52Here you are, chief.
00:09:55Here are all of his effects.
00:09:56Not a sign of paralysis.
00:09:58You can just write it down to just plain heart failure.
00:10:02You see?
00:10:03Are you quite capable of judging?
00:10:05Well, I ought to be.
00:10:06I am a doctor.
00:10:07Oh, I took you for a lifeguard.
00:10:09I gave him a very thorough examination.
00:10:12I can imagine.
00:10:13I resent your attitude, madam.
00:10:16Don't try to be impressive in that rake, my man.
00:10:19You can't frighten me until you put on your trousers.
00:10:23At least this should be a post-mortem.
00:10:25Do you mind telling me, madam, just why you seem so interested in this case?
00:10:29Are you a relative?
00:10:31I never saw the man before, but I do know signs of poison and murder.
00:10:35Ah, a reader of detective stories.
00:10:38Yes, I've worked with a detective on two murder cases.
00:10:41Inspector Piper of the New York police.
00:10:43He's now great shakes himself, but he's a giant compared to some I've seen since.
00:10:49And now, doctor, don't you really think that you'd better...
00:10:51You mean...
00:10:52I mean that the whole thing will have a more professional air, you know, if you...
00:10:57I am going to stay right where I am.
00:11:00I have my own dignity as a position to defend.
00:11:05The name seems to be Roswell Forrest.
00:11:10This letter's addressed to him at Hotel Senator, Los Angeles.
00:11:15You didn't notice, possibly, that the letter is unopened?
00:11:18Why, why, sure.
00:11:20I noticed it.
00:11:21But he probably was in such a rush to make the plane, he...
00:11:24He didn't have time to read it.
00:11:26Well, if you don't mind reading other people's mail, don't you think you might read it?
00:11:30Now, don't you read.
00:11:32I'll read it.
00:11:33I'll read it.
00:11:34Don't worry.
00:11:37Roswell.
00:11:38Graber and the whole ring are out to get you.
00:11:41A guy named MacArthur is on the job.
00:11:44Not sure he knows where you are.
00:11:46But watch out if any of them show up.
00:11:48We'll keep you posted.
00:11:49Regards.
00:11:50Fishbind.
00:11:51So he died from heart failure.
00:12:00There's a man that died on the plane.
00:12:02Is the body here?
00:12:03Yes, what body?
00:12:04Well, my name's Kelsey.
00:12:05I was expecting my employer on the plane and he didn't show up.
00:12:08And when I found out a man had died, I wonder if I could see thee.
00:12:12Certainly.
00:12:13Right this way.
00:12:21That's Forrest, all right?
00:12:22How did it happen?
00:12:23Didn't he know he was subject to paralytic strokes?
00:12:26Why, yes, now that you mention it.
00:12:27The doctors told him if he had another one, he'd be dead.
00:12:29Well, he's dead.
00:12:31This doctor says there wasn't a trace of paralysis.
00:12:34He says it was heart failure.
00:12:35Mr. Forrest also suffered from heart failure, I suppose.
00:12:39Of course, there's always murder.
00:12:41Murder?
00:12:43Yes, there is always murder.
00:12:45Sensible man.
00:12:46He faces facts.
00:12:48Possibly some of the other passengers may have ideas on the subject.
00:12:51Wouldn't you want to embarrass them?
00:12:53It won't do any harm to talk to them.
00:12:55I'll have them brought to my office this afternoon.
00:12:56Any time will do, so long as it's before the cold weather sets in.
00:13:02Where's the telegraph office?
00:13:04It's just around the corner.
00:13:06Now, doctor, you can put on your trousers.
00:13:08And I feel that your unwarranted criticism besmirches the fair name of the entire police department of the city of New York.
00:13:23Yours truly, Oscar Piper.
00:13:30Inspector of police and so forth and so forth and so forth.
00:13:32That ought to shut him up.
00:13:34Come in.
00:13:37Telegram for you, Inspector.
00:13:38Well, thanks.
00:13:43Fine way to deliver a telegram.
00:13:49We're hoiling vitriol in your face next.
00:13:51Hey, it's from Hildegard Withers.
00:13:53Oh, is she still assisting you?
00:13:56Sure.
00:13:56What do you mean assisting me?
00:13:58You never assisted me.
00:14:01Nosey old dame.
00:14:03I let pot around a little, that's all.
00:14:05Hey, she's in business for herself.
00:14:07Get this.
00:14:08Dear friend, colon.
00:14:10Enjoying vacation immensely, period.
00:14:12I've murdered a case of my own to work on, period.
00:14:15Please send all available information on, quote,
00:14:18Roswell T. Forrest, comma, unquote,
00:14:21the deceased, period.
00:14:23Sincerely, comma, Hildegard Martha Withers, period.
00:14:26Ha ha.
00:14:27The deceased.
00:14:28There's the school teacher for you.
00:14:30Forrest.
00:14:32Say, that's the guy the state's attorney's been looking for.
00:14:35That's right.
00:14:36The key witness against the Graber mob.
00:14:38Sure, they've been gunning for him to keep him from testifying against him.
00:14:41They must have caught up with him.
00:14:43If she happens on any proof that they've done it,
00:14:45they'll bump her off like that.
00:14:47Give me the commissioner.
00:14:51Yeah.
00:14:54Hello, commissioner.
00:14:55Inspector Piper speaking.
00:14:57I located Roswell T. Forrest in California.
00:15:01No, murdered.
00:15:03Yeah.
00:15:07Okay, and thanks.
00:15:08Are you going to handle the case?
00:15:10You bet your life I am.
00:15:12He says to take the afternoon plane for the coast.
00:15:15That'll put me in Catalina at noon tomorrow.
00:15:18And if I can only pin Forrest's murder on the Graber mob, we've got him.
00:15:24Gee, I hope Hildegard is all right.
00:15:27Hey, listen, you.
00:15:29Dig out a complete file on Forrest and airmail it to me.
00:15:32Yeah, but Forrest didn't have any criminal record, did he?
00:15:35Well, all right, get it from the state's attorney and wire the chief of police at Catalina and give him all the dope.
00:15:41I'll wire Hildegard, understand?
00:15:43Gee, I can't let her stick her neck out like this.
00:15:45I thought you didn't like her.
00:15:47What are you talking about?
00:15:48That old bot likes the best friend I've got in the world.
00:15:58Do you need no more jail, Miss Chief?
00:16:00I guess that's enough.
00:16:01The only one who isn't here is Mr. Tate.
00:16:03Uh, Mr. Britt.
00:16:05Here is a list of all the people on the plane.
00:16:07Names, addresses, and occupations.
00:16:09Well, thanks for going to so much trouble.
00:16:12Yeah, meddling's a pleasure for some people.
00:16:19It says here, Mr. Bigel, that you're retired.
00:16:22Did you ever do anything?
00:16:23Well, if it's anybody's affair, I was the captain of a rum runner.
00:16:28When my business was repealed, I decided to settle down on the winnings.
00:16:31I'm going to do some fishing.
00:16:33Swordfish?
00:16:33Yeah.
00:16:34Say, they're running swell off of San Diego now.
00:16:37I could show you just...
00:16:38Pardon me.
00:16:38Could you spare a few moments for this investigation?
00:16:41Oh, yes.
00:16:43You're all under suspicion.
00:16:45Remember that.
00:16:46It's a colossal imposition, Lee.
00:16:47This is a rank outreach at the end of the...
00:16:49I'm sorry, Colonel, the Chief.
00:16:50What's the idea of all this?
00:16:52You can't arrest me.
00:16:53You aren't under arrest, Mr. Tate.
00:16:55Then what's the idea of dragging me down here?
00:16:57I've got a company on location.
00:16:59Hundreds of people are waiting for me.
00:17:00Hundreds of thousands of dollars are tied up while I stand here.
00:17:03Sit down, Mr. Tate.
00:17:04We won't take more than $10,000 of your time.
00:17:08Now, Madden, have you anything to report?
00:17:14No, sir.
00:17:16Nineteen minutes flying time.
00:17:18Unusually bumpy air.
00:17:19I think that's what made him sick.
00:17:21Yeah, and he was smoking, too.
00:17:22I think it was something he ate before he got on the plane.
00:17:24That's possible.
00:17:25Well, uh, did anyone give him anything during the trip?
00:17:31Or see anyone give him anything?
00:17:34I offered him some gum, but he wouldn't take it.
00:17:36Mr. Britt, I saw...
00:17:38That is, I mean, Mr. Tate, you gave him a drink from your flask, didn't you?
00:17:44Why, yes, I did.
00:17:46There could have been poisoned liquor in that flask, Mr. Tate.
00:17:50No, no, it wasn't.
00:17:52It was absolutely good liquor.
00:17:54He was taken violently ill after you gave him that drink, wasn't he?
00:17:58Well, I guess so.
00:18:00Have you got that flask here?
00:18:02Well, no, I've left it on location.
00:18:04Why, his liquor couldn't have been poisoned.
00:18:07He took a slug of it himself after the other guy got through.
00:18:10He wasn't poisoned.
00:18:10Yes, that's right.
00:18:12Thanks, thanks.
00:18:13Now that we're getting snoopy, nobody else took a whiff of those smelling salts that you gave him.
00:18:19You're quite right, Mr. Beagle.
00:18:27Well, you can take it, too, huh?
00:18:29Here, doctor.
00:18:33I regret to say it is not poisoned.
00:18:37You might as well forget this murder idea, Miss Withers.
00:18:39Your theory is a lot of nonsense.
00:18:41How is it?
00:18:42You've overlooked one idea, Mr. Britt?
00:18:44What?
00:18:44Well, if it wasn't the liquor, you'll find that those cigarettes he smoked are poisoned.
00:18:51Marvie!
00:18:52I smoked one of them!
00:18:53I didn't know!
00:18:54Say, darling.
00:18:55Oh, yes!
00:18:56Marvie, save me!
00:18:57Marvie, wait a minute!
00:19:01Wait a minute!
00:19:02There's nothing wrong with this girl.
00:19:08You, with your talk of poisoned cigarettes, there's not a sign of poison.
00:19:12It's all right, Kay, darling.
00:19:13You'll be all right.
00:19:14Then why did she say that?
00:19:14I'm sick and tired of all this insanity.
00:19:17So am I.
00:19:18Make out a certificate of natural death and ship the body back to mainland.
00:19:21I'll take charge of it.
00:19:22Okay.
00:19:22The rest of you folks can go where you please.
00:19:24I'm sorry all this happened.
00:19:26Miss Chief.
00:19:28Here's a couple telegrams for you all.
00:19:30Mr. Tate.
00:19:31For you, Miss Withers.
00:19:32Mr. Tate, could you drop me off at the hotel?
00:19:34I'm sorry.
00:19:35I'm going right back to location.
00:19:36I'm taking a taxi there.
00:19:37Will you join me?
00:19:39Yes, I'd be glad to.
00:19:41Wait a minute.
00:19:43This telegram changes things.
00:19:44You can all go to your hotels, but you've got to stay right here on the island.
00:19:50Oh, come.
00:19:51I can't.
00:19:52Come on.
00:20:07Your telegram from Inspector Piper?
00:20:09Yes.
00:20:10So is mine.
00:20:10Listen.
00:20:12Please hold body and all suspects.
00:20:14Arriving tomorrow morning.
00:20:16Case important to New York police.
00:20:18Have learned that crime ring offered $10,000 for Forrest's death.
00:20:22Someone earned it.
00:20:23Inspector Piper.
00:20:25Does this faintly suggest murder to you now?
00:20:27Yes, it does.
00:20:28But still, it's a mystery.
00:20:29You put things so clearly, Mr. Britt.
00:20:36Wait a minute.
00:20:37But how was he murdered?
00:20:39You keep in touch with me and I'll let you know.
00:20:42Anyone in that plane could have given him the poison.
00:20:44Let's go.
00:21:15I'm sorry, lady. I'm sorry.
00:21:24That's all right.
00:21:26You have much trouble with pests?
00:21:30Yes, I do, lady. But you go right ahead. That's what I'm here for.
00:21:38Just a minute, Mr. Pace. Let me do some of the talking.
00:21:41Or would you rather I talk to them?
00:21:43Now, listen, you're being unreasonable about all this.
00:21:45You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?
00:21:47No, honestly, I'll phone the studio, see what I can do.
00:21:49Forget it. I've heard that kind of stalling before.
00:21:51But you better make up your mind or I'll spill the works.
00:21:54I'll tell the police.
00:21:55Now, listen, I'm giving you the pot. All you've got to do is to keep your mouth shut.
00:22:04Blackmail.
00:22:04Blackmail.
00:22:05Blackmail.
00:22:05Blackmail.
00:22:06Blackmail.
00:22:07Blackmail.
00:22:08Blackmail.
00:22:09Blackmail.
00:22:10Blackmail.
00:22:11Blackmail.
00:22:12Blackmail.
00:22:13Blackmail.
00:22:14Blackmail.
00:22:15Blackmail.
00:22:16Blackmail.
00:22:17Blackmail.
00:22:18Blackmail.
00:22:19Blackmail.
00:22:20Blackmail.
00:22:21Blackmail.
00:22:22Blackmail.
00:22:23Blackmail.
00:22:24Blackmail.
00:22:25Blackmail.
00:22:26Blackmail.
00:22:27Blackmail.
00:22:28Blackmail.
00:22:29Blackmail.
00:22:30Stay right where you are with us or I'll shoot.
00:22:38Don't move.
00:22:40Put your hands over your head.
00:22:44What are you doing, playing squat tag?
00:22:48Oscar Piper.
00:22:49Little moments in the lives of great detectives.
00:22:52Hildegard, you get screwier every day.
00:22:54Come all the way from New York just to be stupid and new surroundings.
00:22:58I came all that way to keep you from getting knocked off.
00:23:00You put yourself on a spot, you know that, don't you?
00:23:03Well, there's no excuse for sneaking up on a lady from behind.
00:23:07Well, I'm sorry, Hildegard.
00:23:09Well, as long as you don't make a habit of it.
00:23:12Well, what were you hiding behind that bush for, anyway?
00:23:15This is not a bush.
00:23:17It's a species of Cocos Plamosis.
00:23:20Palm tree to you.
00:23:22When I was not behind it, I was beside it.
00:23:25Whatever I was trying to do, you've spoiled it.
00:23:27Never give it a thought.
00:23:29After I look things over, I'll probably work the case all out for you as usual.
00:23:34Like that.
00:23:37Like that?
00:23:38You're really remarkable, Oscar.
00:23:40I mean, with your fingers.
00:23:41Oh, you're going to start that, are you?
00:23:43Well, where's the corpse?
00:23:45Now, let me see.
00:23:46What did I do with that corpse?
00:23:48Oh!
00:23:49The police station.
00:23:50Come, Oscar.
00:23:51Just a minute.
00:23:52It'll keep the life to lunch, won't it?
00:23:53Well, I hope so.
00:23:54I never look at a corpse on an empty stomach.
00:23:57Come on.
00:24:06Well, I suppose you'll like me to make an autopsy.
00:24:09Soon as possible.
00:24:10Where did that thing come from?
00:24:17Well, I keep it in the closet.
00:24:19That body was here when I came in at one o'clock this morning.
00:24:23Someone must have stolen it.
00:24:24I meant to tell you, Hildegard, one of the first things to remember about handling a murder case,
00:24:32always keep in touch with your corpse.
00:24:35Did you lock the doors and the windows last night?
00:24:37Did anyone else have a key?
00:24:38No.
00:24:39I suppose this place is so healthy, even the corpses don't lie still.
00:24:43Chill.
00:24:44Just as I thought.
00:25:00They used a sharp-bladed knife or something.
00:25:02So this is how they get the body out.
00:25:05Whoever it was didn't want you to perform an autopsy.
00:25:08I hope that's clear to you now, Doctor, now that you're fully dressed.
00:25:11Now, the next thing to do is to find that body.
00:25:13No.
00:25:14Yeah.
00:25:15Uh-oh.
00:25:15At it again, huh?
00:25:18I'll report this to Chief Brent.
00:25:20That'll be a great help.
00:25:21Look, Hildegard, I think I spotted something.
00:25:43Well, if you bend it a little, you'll get it through.
00:25:52Ah!
00:25:55What do you find, Oscar?
00:25:57Wheelbar track with a piece broken out of the wheel ring.
00:25:59Ah!
00:25:59Yeah, and it ends right up here at the cement.
00:26:03But as a cinch, they couldn't get very far with that body without being seen.
00:26:06Oh, yes, they could.
00:26:07There was a heavy fog last night.
00:26:09Any footprints?
00:26:10Not a one.
00:26:11No?
00:26:15Go easy.
00:26:16Go easy.
00:26:16Go easy.
00:26:22Oscar?
00:26:22Well, I'll be.
00:26:28A nice clean heel mark with a K in it.
00:26:33Hmm.
00:26:34Have you got a list of the suspects?
00:26:41Which one of this bunch, in your opinion, is the most innocent-looking?
00:26:44Now, Oscar, you're not going to tell me that you've been into those books again.
00:26:48What books?
00:26:48Those murder books.
00:26:49It's always the innocent-looking ones who are guilty in those.
00:26:52No, this is a theory I've worked out for myself.
00:26:55Oh.
00:26:56Which one of these is the most innocent-looking?
00:26:57Well, I suppose the honeymooners, the Debbings.
00:27:00Okay, I'll give them a going over first.
00:27:03Oscar, you're a wonder man.
00:27:05Just common sense, that's all.
00:27:07Common sense and inspiration and a knowledge of human nature.
00:27:11Anything else?
00:27:13Well, that and psychology.
00:27:16What, no genius?
00:27:18No, I don't see that it'll take any genius to...
00:27:21No.
00:27:22Will you please don't mind your own business?
00:27:24I'll tackle this myself.
00:27:25This is a man's job.
00:27:28That's what I'm afraid of.
00:27:30You understand, don't you, Mr. Jones?
00:27:44Now, run along and play.
00:27:52Who is it?
00:27:53Miss Miller.
00:27:54Come in.
00:27:57Oh, I'm sorry.
00:27:58I'll come back.
00:27:58Well, that's all right.
00:27:59Stick around a while.
00:28:02What's the matter, dear?
00:28:05Oh, I guess I was just feeling sorry for myself.
00:28:08Well, that's about the only pleasure we women have left.
00:28:10Anything in particular or just life in general?
00:28:14Well, I guess it was those newlyweds.
00:28:16Every time I see newlyweds, I bawl.
00:28:18Oh, they won't always be like that.
00:28:20They'll, they'll settle down.
00:28:21It isn't them I'm thinking about.
00:28:23It's me.
00:28:25You know, I could have been like that once.
00:28:28Goofy and cockeyed with love.
00:28:30Well, can't you still be?
00:28:32What?
00:28:33A tramp like me?
00:28:35You're wrong, young lady.
00:28:36This is 1900.
00:28:37If I had your youth and looks, I'd pick out the nicest and nearest unattached man and marry him.
00:28:47And then what?
00:28:48Then I'd play fair with him.
00:28:50That's more than most men have any right to expect.
00:28:53I couldn't even get a tumble out of a decent guy now.
00:28:57Well, I don't know much about such things, but that Mr. Kelsey seems to be, what do you call it?
00:29:02Tumbly?
00:29:05He is nice, isn't he?
00:29:07So are you.
00:29:08Oh, yes, you are.
00:29:10Much too nice to be mixed up with a possible murderer just to get yourself a job.
00:29:15What do you mean?
00:29:17Well, you see, dear, I happen to overhear you talking with Mr. Tate on the path this morning.
00:29:21Now, you know something about him that you're willing to keep quiet if he'll get you a job.
00:29:26What is it?
00:29:28Well, you know, you've been pretty swell to me.
00:29:32I don't know why.
00:29:34And I suppose you'll find out anyway, so I'm going to tell you.
00:29:38It happened on the plane.
00:29:40You see, I saw...
00:29:44All right, what did you do with the body?
00:29:48What did you do with it?
00:29:49We don't know anything about it.
00:29:51Oh, Marvie, what is he talking about?
00:29:52Listen here, you two.
00:29:54Well, Oscar.
00:29:56All right, Heligard, come on in, come on.
00:29:58Close that door, will you?
00:30:00Here are you two innocent honeymooners.
00:30:03Body snatchers, the both of them.
00:30:04Tell them we're not, Marvie.
00:30:06We're not.
00:30:07Come along.
00:30:08Come along here.
00:30:09Here's your murderer, Inspector.
00:30:11You haven't got anything on me.
00:30:12Shut up.
00:30:13What are you talking about?
00:30:15This guy, Devin, did it.
00:30:19And he stole the body.
00:30:21He's got Hales Mark with a K.
00:30:24And I saw tracks just outside the infirmary.
00:30:26That don't prove anything.
00:30:31I wear them myself.
00:30:32You're what?
00:30:33Sure.
00:30:34So do most of the people on the island.
00:30:41They're good, too.
00:30:42Made by the Koch shoe hospital in Los Angeles.
00:30:45But here's the guy that did the murder, in case you're interested.
00:30:47I caught him trying to make his escape in a rented motorboat.
00:30:50Oh, I've told you a dozen times.
00:30:51I was just going out a short ways to see if my schooner was coming.
00:30:54Your what?
00:30:55My schooner.
00:30:56She was to meet me here today.
00:30:57I told you I'd planning a fishing expedition.
00:31:00All right.
00:31:00I'll change your plans.
00:31:02Pretty thin story, Bagel.
00:31:04Schooner.
00:31:05I doubt if he ever saw the deck of a schooner.
00:31:08Come along.
00:31:08You can't arrest me.
00:31:10Of course he can't arrest you.
00:31:12Don't arrest him, Britt.
00:31:13Just lock him up.
00:31:15Come along here.
00:31:16Oh, take your hands off.
00:31:17Come on here.
00:31:17I guess I owe you folks an apology.
00:31:20For the time being.
00:31:21Maybe you'll come along here.
00:31:22Excuse me, Mr. Chief.
00:31:24I just saw the harbormaster passing by.
00:31:26Is the harbormaster mixed up in this, too?
00:31:29Yes.
00:31:30He said to tell Captain Beagle his schooner's been sighted coming across.
00:31:34She'll be here most any minute now.
00:31:36Ah, thank you.
00:31:37Yes, sir.
00:31:38I guess I was wrong.
00:31:40You bet you were.
00:31:41I told you I've been telling you the truth.
00:31:44Now I suppose I can go and meet my schooner.
00:31:47Go ahead.
00:31:47Get him on.
00:31:48I'm awful sorry this happened, Captain.
00:31:49That's all right.
00:31:49That's all right.
00:31:50If you're really going sword fishing, I can show you where the running's going.
00:31:53Oscar.
00:31:57Well?
00:31:59Now, if you think that you've arrested everybody that's available, I have a bit of information
00:32:04for you.
00:32:05Mr. Tate did not drink the same liquor that he offered Forrest.
00:32:08Thought you said it was out of the same flask.
00:32:10Tell him, dear.
00:32:11Yes, it was out of the same flask.
00:32:13But I saw him turn the flask around before he drank.
00:32:15It had two compartments.
00:32:17It did, eh?
00:32:18Where is this guy, Tate?
00:32:20Come on.
00:32:22Inspector.
00:32:22Well, what's on your mind?
00:32:23We're enough.
00:32:23Well, Mrs. Deving thinks we ought to discuss this with you, but we don't want to be drawn
00:32:27in on this murder thing.
00:32:28I'm not afraid myself, but, well, someone might take it out on Mrs. Deving if they find
00:32:33out we're giving information.
00:32:34All right.
00:32:35Spill it.
00:32:36You'll have to promise to protect us.
00:32:38Sure, we'll protect you.
00:32:39Come ahead.
00:32:40Well, Mrs. Deving was up about dawn this morning, and she happened to look out of the window.
00:32:45And then she woke me up.
00:32:47I saw it, too.
00:32:48It...
00:32:50You tell him, honey.
00:32:51There was lots of fog, and it was still pretty dark.
00:32:55We saw the two airplane pilots take a body out of a side door of the hotel and put it
00:32:59in a car.
00:32:59It was all limp and covered with white.
00:33:01They drove off toward the airport.
00:33:03So that's where the body went.
00:33:06The pilots stole it.
00:33:07Got it as far as the hotel and the fog, and then lugged it over to the airport.
00:33:10Probably took it up in their plane, doubled it in the ocean.
00:33:15All right.
00:33:16You three people can go.
00:33:17Thanks very much.
00:33:18Give me the airport.
00:33:20Yeah.
00:33:21I'll have those guys over here and in a hurry, too.
00:33:25All right.
00:33:25I can stand it just as long as you two can.
00:33:30Now, come on.
00:33:31Once more, what did you do with Forrest's body after you smuggled it out of the hotel?
00:33:34Well, just a formality.
00:33:36Oh, you're crazy.
00:33:37We haven't seen that body since we dropped it off at the infirmary.
00:33:39What was that you brought to the airport this morning?
00:33:42Your laundry?
00:33:43All right, Britt.
00:33:44Put some eyes on them.
00:33:44Maybe they'll remember better down at jail.
00:33:46Now, wait a minute.
00:33:48Let's spill this.
00:33:49It's not worth the $25 to get mixed up in the mess.
00:33:51All right.
00:33:52It wasn't the body that we took from the hotel.
00:33:55It was Tate.
00:33:56Tate.
00:33:58Well, I must say, you boys have got imagination.
00:34:01Wait a minute, Oscar.
00:34:03If it was Mr. Tate, why did you have him covered up?
00:34:06He said he couldn't walk out of the hotel.
00:34:07He didn't want anyone to recognize him.
00:34:09Huh.
00:34:10Doesn't sound like the Mr. Tate I know.
00:34:12Well, he said he got a little mix-up last night, and he'd pretend to be drunk if we were
00:34:15to carry him out and fly him down the isthmus, where his company is working.
00:34:18What was the nature of this mix-up?
00:34:21I don't know, lady.
00:34:21We didn't ask any questions.
00:34:23All we did was what we were paid to do.
00:34:24And you're trying to tell that to me?
00:34:26Go and ask Tate himself.
00:34:28He'll tell you.
00:34:28That's just what we're going to do.
00:34:29We'll all get down to the airport, and you'll fly us down to the isthmus.
00:34:32Come on.
00:34:33They're not there anymore.
00:34:34They moved in at noon to the bird farm.
00:34:36To the...
00:34:38Shoe Hospitals and Bird Farms.
00:34:41Come on, you two.
00:34:45Hey, Tate.
00:35:00Come here.
00:35:01What do you mean, come here?
00:35:02I'm directing a picture.
00:35:03I'm directing this part of it.
00:35:05Piper's the name.
00:35:06New York Police.
00:35:07Come here.
00:35:08Did you hire these pilots to carry you out of the hotel and fly out of the isthmus this morning?
00:35:17What fantastic tale is this?
00:35:19You, double-crosser.
00:35:21This dick's accusing us of being body snatchers.
00:35:23Tell them it was your body we snatched, or I'll bat your ears up.
00:35:26Oh, come on now.
00:35:27Cut it out, both of you.
00:35:28Hey, Bird, get these guys out of here.
00:35:30Come on, boys.
00:35:32Go on.
00:35:32Get out of here.
00:35:33Well, Mr. Tate, did they or didn't they carry you out of the hotel?
00:35:40Well, I did think it advisable to have them assist me.
00:35:44What was the mix-up you was in last night?
00:35:47That was only my excuse to the pilots.
00:35:49As a matter of fact, I was so upset at being involved in this murder business that I took
00:35:53a little more white wine last night than was, well, shall we say, judicious.
00:35:57I see.
00:35:58What about your flask?
00:36:02My flask?
00:36:03You heard, the flask.
00:36:05What do you got two compartments in it for?
00:36:08Why did you give Forrest a poison liquor and pretend to drink the same liquor yourself?
00:36:12It wasn't poison.
00:36:14Let's see that flask.
00:36:18It's true that it has two bottles in it.
00:36:20The next cross so that whichever way you drink from it, only one bottle falls out at a time.
00:36:25I use it because I have to give away so many drinks.
00:36:28I keep bonded stuff in one side for myself and fill the other side with cheap bourbon for my friends.
00:36:33And that's the truth.
00:36:37Yeah?
00:36:37Why'd you lie about it, Dan?
00:36:38Why did you let Phyllis Lafond blackmail you with it?
00:36:41Well, I...
00:36:42I was on the spot.
00:36:44I've got to get this picture finished.
00:36:46I was afraid of being arrested.
00:36:49I'll report to you every night.
00:36:53Well, all right.
00:36:55Now, keep the flask.
00:36:57Thanks.
00:36:58You're welcome to it.
00:37:01Yahoo!
00:37:02Okay, Mr. Tate?
00:37:03Yes, that'll do nicely.
00:37:04Excuse me.
00:37:05All right, George.
00:37:07Let's go.
00:37:07141.
00:37:08141.
00:37:08See you at my phone.
00:37:09Okay.
00:37:11What lens you got out of there?
00:37:11Two lens.
00:37:12Quiet, please.
00:37:14Now, gentlemen, we proceed.
00:37:15I want this shot to be magnificent.
00:37:19Keep it.
00:37:19Keep it.
00:37:20Okay.
00:37:21And I want absolute silence.
00:37:22Ah!
00:37:25Ah!
00:37:26Ah!
00:37:27Somewhat of a critic.
00:37:29Hey, listen.
00:37:30This guy Tate did it all right.
00:37:32Give him enough rope and watch him hang himself.
00:37:34It seems to look as though the murderer would have to hang himself if he ever expects to be hanged.
00:37:38I'm not so sure that Mr. Tate is the murderer, though.
00:37:41Oh, you're not so sure.
00:37:42Oh, oh, oh.
00:37:43You're not so sure.
00:37:45This guy Tate just fascinated you because he's connected with the movies.
00:37:48You dames are all alike.
00:37:49Nobody in Hollywood can do any wrong.
00:37:53What a detective you'd make.
00:37:54I must admit, I haven't made a very smart one out of you, Oscar.
00:37:57Listen, the only thing you'll ever make out of me is a raving lunatic.
00:38:01I'm going to find out if anybody up at that hotel saw this guy take any drinks last night.
00:38:09Are you sure you drank out of the right compartment?
00:38:11Well, it's a fine time to be reminding me of it.
00:38:14Think you're funny, don't you?
00:38:15Quiet, please.
00:38:17What?
00:38:18Stop.
00:38:18Are you sure you didn't see this guy Tate, huh?
00:38:25No, sir.
00:38:25I'm positive.
00:38:26And I was right here at the desk from midnight on.
00:38:28You didn't fall asleep at any time?
00:38:30Not once.
00:38:31Not once?
00:38:33Well, I may have dozed off for just a minute.
00:38:38I thought so.
00:38:42Clark.
00:38:42That LaFond dame is at it again.
00:38:52Before she blackmails Tate, now she's after Kelsey.
00:38:55I imagine she has good reason.
00:38:56I'll bet she has.
00:38:58Whenever you see two suspects with their heads together, you can bet they're cooking up something.
00:39:02I'm going to find out why.
00:39:04See you later.
00:39:04The guy named MacArthur is on the job.
00:39:28Did Mr. Mack arrive on the noon boat?
00:39:30Yes.
00:39:31Do you know him?
00:39:31No, no.
00:39:32He's a very interesting man.
00:39:34And the swordfish and halibut are fresh, too, especially of the house.
00:39:38I'll take that envelope of mine.
00:39:39You can leave it here safely, Mr. Mack.
00:39:41Perfectly all right.
00:39:42Safe as burglar proof.
00:39:43Never mind the safe.
00:39:44I've changed my mind.
00:39:45Yes, sir.
00:39:47Drop my purse.
00:39:48Stupid.
00:39:49Permit me.
00:39:52Not at all.
00:39:53It's a pleasure.
00:39:55Thanks.
00:40:00You gave it to me just an hour ago.
00:40:01I wonder why you took it away.
00:40:02I'm inclined to wonder myself.
00:40:04Now you listen to me.
00:40:34If you think you're coming to my room, you're crazy.
00:40:37Things are hot enough now.
00:40:38There's nothing to talk about and I don't want to be seen with you.
00:40:41You'll get it the way we planned it and like it.
00:40:44Now listen.
00:40:44It's post office box 275.
00:40:47The combination is right 4, left 9, right 7, left 3.
00:41:04Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:41:10You might have knocked.
00:41:11You might have knocked.
00:41:41You might have knocked.
00:42:11You might have knocked.
00:42:13You might have knocked.
00:42:15It's my turn.
00:42:16Having trouble?
00:42:17No, no.
00:42:18Just practising.
00:42:20It's new to me.
00:42:21Yes.
00:42:22Pretty hard at first.
00:42:23Yes, yes.
00:43:07How do you, Miss Willis?
00:43:09Oh, hello.
00:43:11Um, come over here.
00:43:13I want to talk to you in a minute.
00:43:15That's for something I want you to do for me.
00:43:20Now, if you do it right, I'll give you some more.
00:43:23You see those mailboxes over there?
00:43:25Yes.
00:43:26I want you to stay here and watch mailbox 275.
00:43:31When someone comes to open it, see who it is.
00:43:33But don't let anyone know that you're watching it.
00:43:36Just pretend that you're waiting around for the next mail to arrive.
00:43:39Report to me as soon as you see who opens box 275.
00:43:45You mean you want me to be a detective like Mr. Piper?
00:43:48Yes.
00:43:49But not like Mr. Piper.
00:43:51Oh.
00:44:04Three.
00:44:0574.
00:44:0675.
00:44:0756.
00:44:0857.
00:44:0958.
00:44:10Se...
00:44:15Hello?
00:44:16Oscar?
00:44:17Well, where have you been all day?
00:44:18I found out something of vital importance.
00:44:20So have I.
00:44:21I've got the wheelbarrow.
00:44:23It's hidden here in the basement of the casino.
00:44:26And it's ten to one.
00:44:27The body's around here some ways, too.
00:44:28Get down here as fast as you can.
00:44:30I'll meet you outside.
00:44:31Oh, right away.
00:44:32Right away.
00:44:33Oh, gee.
00:44:34Shh.
00:44:35Oh.
00:44:36Oh.
00:44:37Oh!
00:44:38Why, Mr. Jones, what are you doing here?
00:44:40Why, Mr. Jones, what are you doing here?
00:45:10Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, hey, don't do that, oh, all right, I'm sorry, just saw Phyllis's dog, oh, she's out wandering around at this time of night, tape pacing up and down the boardwalk, he didn't see me, he's up and about too, huh, things are getting pretty hot for all of them, something's going to break wide open around here pretty soon, you think Forrest's body is in here, certainly,
00:45:40and a small place to hide it, too, there's over a hundred rooms in there, doors, corridors, it's a regular maze, passageways, look, someone's got a flashlight in there, somebody else wants that body, come on,
00:46:08Oscar, do it, shh,
00:46:37Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:46:55All right, stick him up.
00:47:12No way for me.
00:47:20Well, this is Miss Withers.
00:47:25What are you doing here?
00:47:28Where?
00:47:29Here at the casino. Come on, quit stealing.
00:47:32Oh, am I still here?
00:47:35A fine bunch of pals to go away and leave me here alone.
00:47:46Someone go away and leave you here too?
00:47:49No.
00:47:50Well, don't worry. I'll leave you too alone.
00:47:57So long, folks.
00:48:02Is he always like that?
00:48:04He may be pretending to be drunk now.
00:48:06If he heard us coming, he had time to hide the flashlight.
00:48:08If he's pretending to be drunk, he's had an alcohol rub.
00:48:12Send him up.
00:48:13He said, he's a bad guy.
00:48:14Mal.
00:48:15That's on the other side.
00:48:16He's always like that...
00:48:17He said, well, we want to see him.
00:48:18You should be in the background.
00:48:19He's not doing that.
00:48:20He's not trying to hide the SCP.
00:48:21He's saying, yeah, what do you want, he's not doing?
00:48:22He's saying, well, you should be trouble.
00:48:23He's trying to do himself, he's trying to be a child.
00:48:24Not doing anything funny to me.
00:48:25He's trying to protect it.
00:48:26Who's talking to a doctor?
00:48:27He's trying to protect it.
00:48:28He's trying to protect it.
00:48:29A woman, it's not doing a nun.
00:48:30He's trying to protect it.
00:48:31But a woman that will not be done.
00:48:32I'm trying to protect it.
00:48:33Michael, you should have to go on.
00:48:42Come on, Hildegard.
00:49:02Go up right where you are.
00:49:12What's the idea of coming up behind us like that?
00:49:27Well, people are not supposed to be in the building after the dance.
00:49:29It's my duty to see they're not.
00:49:31Oh, it is, eh?
00:49:36Anybody else up here?
00:49:37No, sir.
00:49:38Oh, so nobody else is up here, huh?
00:49:43Well, I meant to tell you about that young couple, sir.
00:49:46They asked me if they could stay and watch the lights.
00:49:49And I told them they could, sir, for a little while.
00:49:51Oh, you did, eh?
00:49:52Come on, Hildegard.
00:50:00Hey, you out there.
00:50:02Come in here.
00:50:05All right, come here.
00:50:06Come here.
00:50:08What are you two doing out here this time of night?
00:50:11Well, we were just looking at the lights.
00:50:14The watchman said we could.
00:50:16Mrs. Deving thought that she...
00:50:18Well, you know, we were on our honeymoon.
00:50:20All right, all right.
00:50:23Seen anybody else up here?
00:50:25Well, I...
00:50:26Well, come on, come on.
00:50:27Make up your mind.
00:50:28Have you or have you not seen anybody?
00:50:32Well, there is something...
00:50:33Get a hold of Chief Britt right away.
00:51:01Have him get over here with enough men that surround the casino.
00:51:05Yeah.
00:51:06There's a murderer named Bagel running loose.
00:51:09Okay.
00:51:09What's the matter?
00:51:16Did he come past here?
00:51:16Did you see him?
00:51:17No, Oscar, but this boy has been killed.
00:51:19Oh, no.
00:51:20Mommy.
00:51:21He's back.
00:51:21Let me go.
00:51:24You did this.
00:51:26It's your fault.
00:51:27You promised you'd protect us.
00:51:29He told you about the airplane pilot, and now he's dead.
00:51:31Well, why don't you do something, Oscar?
00:51:36I've done it.
00:51:37Britt's on his way over here.
00:51:38Bagel pulled this job.
00:51:39He wasn't drunk tonight.
00:51:40He sneaked up the ramp after us.
00:51:42Now, get him.
00:51:42It's the last thing I do.
00:51:43Oh, love it.
00:51:45He's the only thing I had in the world.
00:51:47Oh, why did you let him do this to me?
00:51:50You killed him.
00:51:52Here you are, Inspector.
00:51:56Good work, Britt.
00:51:58Couldn't have done it faster myself.
00:52:00I can't take much credit.
00:52:01When the call came, my friend Captain Beagle here was having a sandwich with me.
00:52:06So we just jumped in the car with the rest of the men and came on over together.
00:52:09How long has he been with you?
00:52:10About 20 minutes.
00:52:13Nice work, Oscar.
00:52:15Oh, Marcy.
00:52:17You'll be happy with this girl.
00:52:18We've got to get her to the hotel.
00:52:19Get her in the car.
00:52:20Then send somebody up for that body.
00:52:22I'm going to search this place from ceiling to cellar.
00:52:24Yeah.
00:52:28Come on.
00:52:29Come in.
00:52:40Oh, Oscar.
00:52:42Hello, Haldegard.
00:52:46No luck.
00:52:47No murderer.
00:52:48No body.
00:52:50A freshly dug grave is what we must find.
00:52:52And there's at least one person on this island who knows where that grave is.
00:52:56Either murder will solve the other, Oscar.
00:52:58That's what I think.
00:52:59How's the little girl this morning?
00:53:00The doctor reports a complete breakdown.
00:53:03He gave her a sedative.
00:53:04She's sleeping.
00:53:05I'm going to make one of those mugs talk if I have to work on them with a rubber hose.
00:53:09A very original idea for a policeman.
00:53:13You might begin using it on Mr. Mack.
00:53:15Listen, Haldegard.
00:53:16We've got seven perfectly good suspects on our necks without dragging on a guy that wasn't even on the island when Forrest was killed.
00:53:23When he did come, he brought $10,000 in cash.
00:53:27So I'm to go around arresting everybody with $10,000 in cash.
00:53:30Well, he wouldn't have to arrest many people these days.
00:53:34How do you know he's got the $10,000?
00:53:36I took it out of his post box.
00:53:38You took it?
00:53:39I've got it.
00:53:40Here it is.
00:53:42Well, that's fine.
00:53:44Robbing the mails.
00:53:45I haven't enough in my mind without having to get you out of a federal jail.
00:53:49You get somebody into jail first, Oscar.
00:53:52I'll keep myself out.
00:53:53Too bad you weren't smart enough to let me watch that box and arrest whoever opened it.
00:53:58So you could use a rubber hose on him and get nowhere?
00:54:01With my system, he'll give himself away when he finds the money gone.
00:54:04I am having the post box watched.
00:54:06So that's your system.
00:54:08Can you suggest a better one?
00:54:11I suggest using your head a little.
00:54:13That'd be nice work for you, Oscar, if you could get it.
00:54:21Oh, drawing pictures, huh?
00:54:23Wiling away the time between murders.
00:54:26Oh, I just made that sketch without thinking.
00:54:28It's that tree out there.
00:54:31Without looking, too, I guess.
00:54:34What do you mean?
00:54:36Well, it's drawn backwards, that's all.
00:54:38You've got it facing toward the ocean.
00:54:40Look at that tree.
00:54:41I suppose it's got restless during the night and turned over.
00:54:45Oscar.
00:54:46Someone's moved that tree.
00:54:49Ha!
00:54:50You can't beat a woman down.
00:54:51Of course, she couldn't have drawn it wrong.
00:54:53No.
00:54:55No, someone moved it.
00:54:57They not only moved it, but they dug a grave under it.
00:55:00He did it at night and put the tree in backwards.
00:55:04Come on, Oscar.
00:55:05Can you beat it?
00:55:06Look, Inspector.
00:55:19You're right, Heligard.
00:55:21It's a body.
00:55:22Yes, Forrest.
00:55:23All right, get a couple of men up here and have the body taken down at the infirmary.
00:55:26Now we'll prove some things.
00:55:30Inspector Piper wants a complete autopsy, Doctor.
00:55:33No slip-ups this time.
00:55:35You must find out how that man died.
00:55:37I intend to.
00:55:39Oh, Heligard.
00:55:41Well, the guards are all posted.
00:55:42There'll be no more flies in the ointment now.
00:55:45I got a little amy of communication from headquarters in New York.
00:55:49This will prove very...
00:55:50Okay, Mike.
00:55:53Let him in.
00:55:55Inspector Miss LaFawn tells me you found Forrest.
00:55:57Yeah.
00:55:58Well, as a friend of his, may I take charge of the body?
00:56:00Sure, it's all right.
00:56:02Oscar, what about the autopsy?
00:56:03Oh, we don't need no autopsy.
00:56:05It's a very good idea.
00:56:07Thanks very much.
00:56:08It'll help.
00:56:09You're under arrest.
00:56:10Tommy!
00:56:10You're crazy.
00:56:10What for?
00:56:11You would like to get hold of that body, wouldn't you?
00:56:14I thought so.
00:56:16You're under arrest for body snatching.
00:56:19And for two murders, Mr. Forrest.
00:56:21Forrest?
00:56:22It isn't true.
00:56:23He would have told me.
00:56:24No.
00:56:24Here's his picture from New York.
00:56:25I was just going to show it to you.
00:56:27Forrest.
00:56:28The only guy that can spill the beans on the Graber mob.
00:56:31And that means that the dead man in there is Kelsey.
00:56:34Come on, Forrest.
00:56:35You assumed his name, persuaded him to use yours, and then killed him, didn't you?
00:56:38I did not.
00:56:39You expected Graber thinking you'd better lay out the hunt and let you escape.
00:56:42And you stole Kelsey's body to cover up how you killed him.
00:56:45No, no.
00:56:46He couldn't do that.
00:56:47Now, wait a minute, Phyllis.
00:56:49He's partly right about me.
00:56:50I am Forrest.
00:56:51All that you said is true, Piper.
00:56:54With one exception.
00:56:55I didn't kill Kelsey.
00:56:56Of course not.
00:56:58Maybe you'll tell us who did.
00:57:00I don't know.
00:57:01But someone of the Graber mob hired to kill me.
00:57:03And why did he kill Kelsey instead?
00:57:05He thought Kelsey was me.
00:57:06We switched names before we got to Los Angeles.
00:57:09Kelsey was my bodyguard.
00:57:10He took my name so he'd be the one to run into any trouble.
00:57:13Evidently, one of the Graber mob shadowed him to the hotel and learned he had a plane reservation.
00:57:17Why did you steal his body?
00:57:18To save my own life.
00:57:20I knew I was safe as long as the switcher names wasn't discovered.
00:57:23The fact that he killed Kelsey proved he didn't know me by sight.
00:57:25He thought his job was finished.
00:57:27You've got all the answers, haven't you?
00:57:29I'm telling you the truth.
00:57:30And I don't believe it.
00:57:31Wait a minute, Oscar.
00:57:32Why would he kill Deving?
00:57:34Because the kid found out who he was.
00:57:36You're a little hasty, young man.
00:57:38Hasty nothing.
00:57:39He's the killer.
00:57:41What do you want me to do?
00:57:42Hand him the key to the city?
00:57:44He's going to jail.
00:57:45Am I?
00:57:46You can't arrest him.
00:57:47You can't do that.
00:57:48Yeah, and I think you're in this as deep as he is.
00:57:50I've got a hunch you two playing this together.
00:57:52You always did have a vivid imagination, Oscar.
00:57:55I didn't do it, Piper.
00:57:56But if you must lock me up, leave Phyllis out of it.
00:57:58She had nothing to do with it.
00:57:59I never saw or heard of her before I came to Catalina.
00:58:03All right.
00:58:04Is that all you've got to say?
00:58:05No, there's something else.
00:58:06Please don't let it out that I'm Forrest.
00:58:08If the man that got Kelsey finds out I'm still alive, he'll go to the limit to kill me.
00:58:12I'd grant his request, Oscar.
00:58:14Okay.
00:58:14Get him out of here, Mike.
00:58:16Tommy.
00:58:17He's the murderer.
00:58:18No, Oscar.
00:58:19Twice as plain as the nose on your face.
00:58:22The girl was left alone in the plane with the body.
00:58:24She killed Kelsey.
00:58:25And then tried to throw us off the scent with that story about Tate's flash.
00:58:28The guy's a partner.
00:58:30They plan to meet here at the island and make the getaway together.
00:58:32Mr. Williams.
00:58:33Mr. Williams.
00:58:34Yes, what is it?
00:58:35Excuse me.
00:58:36You know that post office box?
00:58:37Yes.
00:58:38Did you see who opened it?
00:58:39Yes, and I sure did.
00:58:40Them two airplane gentlemen.
00:58:42Mr. Madden and Mr. French.
00:58:45They got a great big envelope out of it.
00:58:48And they acted awful queer about it, too.
00:58:50Uh-huh.
00:58:51That changes things.
00:58:53Oh, you got some new theories?
00:58:54You bet your life I have.
00:58:56And I've got to admit, hell to God, that you're okay.
00:58:59It was Kelsey's body that Madden and French carted out of the hotel that night.
00:59:03And they helped Forrest bury it.
00:59:04And then tried to fake up that story about Tate's drunkenness.
00:59:08Ha-ha.
00:59:09I told you he was still mixed up in it.
00:59:11Where are you going?
00:59:11I'm going to round up Tate and those parlors.
00:59:15That was good work, Willie.
00:59:17I'm proud of you.
00:59:18Here.
00:59:20Oh, it was just as easy as pie, Miss Willis.
00:59:22I just leaned my back against the wall and put my eyes on two, five, seven.
00:59:29And I just watched it and watched it.
00:59:32What number?
00:59:34Two, five, seven, like you told me.
00:59:36I told you, two, seven, five.
00:59:39Oh.
00:59:40Two, five, seven.
00:59:43Seven, two.
00:59:44A number seemed the same to me, Miss Willis.
00:59:49Don't ever mention this to Mr. Piper.
00:59:54Yeah.
00:59:58Oh, you little infant, Satan.
01:00:06You vandal.
01:00:08You poor-legged vandal.
01:00:10How dare you.
01:00:11His name is Mr. Jones.
01:00:13I'm sorry.
01:00:13I didn't know he was a friend of yours.
01:00:15Will you warn him, Mr. Jones, if he kills any more of our expensive imported fish that I'll scalp him?
01:00:19Mr. Jones killed a fish?
01:00:21Impossible.
01:00:21There's your proof, madam.
01:00:23And I saw your Mr. Whatchamacallum standing right here.
01:00:26What did he do?
01:00:26Shoot them?
01:00:28You'll notice he isn't wet.
01:00:30It's true.
01:00:32Well, then how is it?
01:00:33How could it...
01:00:34That's what I intend to find out.
01:00:44Dead fish?
01:00:45Well, I should think so.
01:00:46And it fits perfectly.
01:00:48What is it?
01:00:48A cigarette paper.
01:00:50And I think if we look closely, we'll find a package of cigarettes somewhere.
01:00:53Rialto Club cigarettes.
01:00:55Eureka!
01:01:10The cigarettes!
01:01:12And before they were destroyed, too.
01:01:15Look.
01:01:16Are you going to tell me that cigarettes could kill those fish?
01:01:19If I'm not mistaken, these particular cigarettes could kill anything.
01:01:23If there's any justice in the world, you should have a kennel and a tree in the heart of Scotland Yard.
01:01:37Oh, I'm so sorry.
01:01:39Quite all right.
01:01:40Quite all right.
01:01:53I'm so sorry.
01:02:23I'm so sorry.
01:02:53come on in come on come on this is outrageous you make me ashamed of
01:03:20myself what are you doing in my room I'm more or less interested in discovering the murderer
01:03:28of Roswell Forrest what's that got to do with me it's got a lot to do with you mr. Mac what about
01:03:35that envelope what envelope the one you put in the post box with $10,000 and a message
01:03:41oh you know about that eh yes all right in that case we better look up the chief of
01:03:56police I'll talk I thought you would you're mistaken you horse-faced old hen I've been
01:04:07making a blast of this on your puss I'll get the butt into this gun and hold those long ears of yours down around your neck
01:04:21but I'm too tender-hearted you'll kick will you
01:04:28well you will kick eh
01:04:32you ought to wear adhesive tape all the time you look better
01:04:46are you all right
01:05:16yes what time is it
01:05:21up by seven I've been looking for you all afternoon second time I come back here
01:05:25I found you in the closet all trussed up like King Tut's mommy
01:05:28the word is mommy all right all right
01:05:32what happened you who did it
01:05:36Mac he held me up in here we've got to get him I'll get him all right if you can find him
01:05:42I'll find him I'm going with you're going to stay right here out of danger I said I'm going with
01:05:46I said you're going to stay right here
01:05:48Hildegard will you listen see if he's taking his grip
01:05:52what a woman
01:05:54what a man
01:05:55what a man
01:05:55all right lights
01:06:09give me the jail forrest must have made his getaway
01:06:26hello inspector piper speaking how'd that guy forrest make his escape
01:06:31still there been there all the time
01:06:36what
01:06:38no better send somebody up here
01:06:41you're right Hildegard wasn't forced
01:06:44I should have gone after this guy before
01:06:47probably realized you had the goods on him
01:06:49couldn't get off the island so he committed suicide
01:06:50he didn't commit suicide
01:06:52that isn't his gun
01:06:54he held me up with an automatic and I found this extra magazine among his things
01:06:58automatic holster all right
01:07:03and empty
01:07:03that means that the murderer has Mac's gun
01:07:06certainly
01:07:07for his own use and he's carrying Mac's gun right now
01:07:10and that means that he don't know that Mac held you up with it
01:07:13that you can identify it
01:07:15precisely
01:07:17that clears the whole mystery
01:07:19except for one missing link
01:07:21what are you talking about
01:07:24all we've got to go on is a gun
01:07:26this proves that Mac was the center of the whole thing
01:07:30he brought that ten thousand dollars here to pay off the murderer
01:07:32when the murderer found the phony envelope
01:07:34he thought Mac had double crossed him
01:07:36they quarreled
01:07:36and Mac was killed
01:07:38and to think it's as simple as all that
01:07:40suppose you tell us why Devon was killed
01:07:42that's the one missing link
01:07:44it's the only thing I can't understand
01:07:45the disziest theory I ever heard in my life
01:07:47I don't know
01:07:48she may be right at that
01:07:49she's right about Kelsey's death
01:07:51what do you mean
01:07:52the doctor says he had enough poison in his stomach
01:07:54to kill a horse
01:07:55and says it didn't come from Tate's liquor
01:07:57there wasn't a trace of it in the flask
01:07:59it wasn't in the flask
01:08:01did you know that
01:08:02certainly
01:08:03what's that got to do with this
01:08:04everything
01:08:05I wonder if Mrs. Deving is strong enough to talk to us
01:08:09she ought to be pretty well calmed down by now
01:08:11been in bed all this time
01:08:13if she can remember one thing that happened in that plane
01:08:16the whole mystery is solved
01:08:17come on Oscar
01:08:19wait a minute
01:08:20take care of that body Brit
01:08:22feeling better now?
01:08:26a little thank you
01:08:27strong enough to talk to us?
01:08:29I want to help
01:08:30Marvin
01:08:31if I can
01:08:32I know
01:08:33I know
01:08:35you just take
01:08:37your own time
01:08:38oh excuse me
01:08:40have a cigarette
01:08:41thank you
01:08:42hi
01:08:43come on Oscar
01:08:44don't sit there with your face hanging out
01:08:46give me a match
01:08:46I know but since when
01:08:48I found these cigarettes
01:08:51I found them in the queerest place
01:08:53in the fish fountain downstairs
01:08:55as though someone had thrown them away
01:08:57oh
01:08:57why did you change your mind about wanting those cigarettes Mrs. Deving?
01:09:03why
01:09:03my throat
01:09:04I just
01:09:05I'll tell you why
01:09:06because you know those cigarettes are poisoned
01:09:09they're the same cigarettes you slipped into that man's pocket on the plane when you fell against him
01:09:14poisoned
01:09:15poisoned by Deving and you
01:09:17you killed him
01:09:18there's your murderer Oscar
01:09:19that's what you think
01:09:20if you want more proof you'll find Max Gunn in this room somewhere
01:09:23that'll send you
01:09:24if it's here I'll find it
01:09:25stick him up
01:09:26get back against that wall
01:09:27get back you
01:09:29look
01:09:30Max Gunn the automatic
01:09:31yes it's Max Gunn
01:09:33and I'll plug you both just like I plugged him
01:09:34don't think I'd miss
01:09:35I got Mac for killing Marvie and double crossing us
01:09:37and I can do just as good a job to save myself
01:09:40I'm in this so deep I might as well go all the way
01:09:42a couple more on my head won't make much difference now
01:09:45put down that gun
01:09:46you can't get away with it
01:09:47get back you
01:09:48get back
01:09:49there are just two people in the world
01:09:52who even suspect the truth about me
01:09:54and you're both right here
01:09:56what good would it do you to kill us
01:09:58Mr. Rich right down the hall
01:09:59he'd get you before you could leave this room
01:10:01oh Woody
01:10:01he's gonna hear three shots
01:10:03he's gonna come running in here
01:10:06and find me just conscious enough
01:10:07to tell him that the murderer is still at large
01:10:10a guy I couldn't recognize
01:10:12who put a bullet through my shoulder
01:10:13and murdered you both where you stood
01:10:16that's my story
01:10:17and you're stuck with it
01:10:19and now
01:10:20you first
01:10:22because you're a copper
01:10:24you're not gonna make me burn for this
01:10:28let go
01:10:30let go
01:10:31Hildegard are you hurt
01:10:33certainly not
01:10:35come anywhere near me
01:10:37oh she didn't
01:10:38oh Oscar
01:10:40oh she didn't come anywhere near you
01:10:42oh oh oh oh
01:10:44what's going on
01:10:45what happened
01:10:47what's the idea
01:10:48oh nothing
01:10:49this dame here
01:10:50this dame here
01:10:50just tried to add
01:10:51me and Hildegard to a list
01:10:52give me a hand
01:10:53what list
01:10:56I'll paint a picture of it for you
01:10:58Deving and this dame
01:11:00killed that guy
01:11:01on a plane with poison cigarettes
01:11:02she wasn't hurt
01:11:03when she smoked that cigarette
01:11:04in your office that time
01:11:05because she'd switch packages again
01:11:07and me sitting right there
01:11:09I never would have thought it
01:11:10so when they didn't get their money on time
01:11:12Deving figured that
01:11:12Graber's payoff man
01:11:13was trying to double cross him
01:11:14payoff man
01:11:15yeah that was Mack
01:11:16Deving tried to force Mack
01:11:18to come across
01:11:18Mack had to knock him off
01:11:20to save himself
01:11:20and she shot Mack
01:11:22to revenge Deving
01:11:23pretty smart work
01:11:26on your part
01:11:26inspector
01:11:27oh that was nothing
01:11:28we had it figured out
01:11:30for some time
01:11:31Mr. Britt
01:11:32would you mind
01:11:33getting us
01:11:33an aspirin
01:11:34where's that guy
01:11:40Forrest
01:11:41what do you mean
01:11:41by bailing him out
01:11:42I was trying to help
01:11:43Phyllis
01:11:43they're going to be married
01:11:44I don't care
01:11:44if they're going to have twins
01:11:45I've got to take them
01:11:46back to New York with me
01:11:47where is he
01:11:47out there
01:11:49you mean in that boat
01:11:52yes that's Captain Beagles
01:11:53he's taking them to Mexico
01:11:54I arranged it
01:11:56you made arrangements
01:11:58are you crazy
01:11:59I'm going after him
01:12:00wait a minute
01:12:00now wait a minute Oscar
01:12:02I had Forrest
01:12:04make out a sworn statement
01:12:05of his testimony for you
01:12:06well what
01:12:07he'll be safe now
01:12:08he said you'd find
01:12:09all the other proof
01:12:10you need to convict
01:12:10Graeber
01:12:11in deposit box 223
01:12:13at the Gordon Bank
01:12:14and Trust Company
01:12:14in New York
01:12:15and uh
01:12:16here's the money too
01:12:18you have your case
01:12:20against Graeber
01:12:21you don't need Forrest
01:12:22well
01:12:24well all right
01:12:26oh
01:12:27somebody left this
01:12:28at the desk for you
01:12:29oh thanks
01:12:30Oscar
01:12:49Mr. Jones is in the closet
01:12:53oh
01:12:53Mr. Jones
01:12:55Phyllis's dog
01:12:56Mr. Jones
01:13:06huh
01:13:06well if that's Mr. Jones
01:13:08where's Mrs. Jones
01:13:09that's not in your department
01:13:10Oscar
01:13:11this is a case
01:13:12for the court
01:13:13of domestic religion
01:13:14I'm not in your department
01:13:16I'm not in your department
01:13:16I'm not in your department
01:13:17I'm not in your department
01:13:17I'm not in your department
01:13:18I'm not in your department
01:13:19I'm not in your department
01:13:19I'm not in your department
01:13:20I'm not in your department
01:13:20I'm not in your department
01:13:21I'm not in your department
01:13:21I'm not in your department
01:13:22I'm not in your department
01:13:23I'm not in your department
01:13:24I'm not in your department
01:13:24I'm not in your department
01:13:25I'm not in your department
01:13:25I'm not in your department
01:13:26I'm not in your department
01:13:27I'm not in your department
01:13:28I'm not in your department
01:13:29I'm not in your department
01:13:30I'm not in your department
01:13:31I'm not in your department
01:13:32I'm not in your department
01:13:33I'm not in your department
01:13:34I'm not in your department