- 03/06/2025
When Captain Street discovers that his best friend is murdered, he calls upon detective James Lee Wong, who must stop the killer before more murders occur.
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00:01:30Hello, Mike.
00:01:46What's new?
00:01:48Got anything for the afternoon edition?
00:01:49No, nothing new.
00:01:51Teller King his nemesis is out here.
00:01:53Now, Miss Logan, maybe you'd better drop back a little later.
00:01:57Cap Street's tied up on a very important case.
00:02:02That's all right.
00:02:04An important case, huh?
00:02:05So the boys get a fast call.
00:02:06Put me to wreck the car and when they get down there, it's just another family quarrel.
00:02:10Good job, Bill.
00:02:11How many times have I told you not to bust in my office?
00:02:14I can't shout louder than you can, Bill Street.
00:02:15I want some news.
00:02:16Of course, you know Miss Bobby Logan of the Herald.
00:02:18Little gal gets all the medals for digging up the bodies.
00:02:20Check with those fingerprints, will you?
00:02:22Right.
00:02:22Well, goodbye.
00:02:26A polite policeman.
00:02:28Oh, come on, Bill.
00:02:29Give me a story.
00:02:30You know I've got to have something for the afternoon edition.
00:02:32Everything is peaceful and quiet.
00:02:33I have nothing for the afternoon edition.
00:02:35Now, scram.
00:02:35Captain, the coroner phoned.
00:02:39They've just taken Dan Grady to the morgue.
00:02:41They fished him out of the bay about an hour ago.
00:02:44Murdered.
00:02:59Well, he's going to take this pretty hard, Mike.
00:03:01Sure.
00:03:02Him and Dan was just like brothers.
00:03:04Yes, I know.
00:03:08What makes you think they tried to hide his body, Doc?
00:03:10Well, in the first place, when words was found,
00:03:13washed ashore down the bay.
00:03:15Lungs were collapsed.
00:03:16That means the body was underwater pressure for some time.
00:03:20This was tied around the ankles.
00:03:22And there were deep bruises.
00:03:25Tied a weight on them and threw them over.
00:03:27That's right, Bill.
00:03:29After the bullets had done their work.
00:03:31Yeah.
00:03:31Did you get them over to ballistics?
00:03:33Mm-hmm.
00:03:34There's the clothes he had on.
00:03:36Take a look.
00:03:40Seaman's outfit.
00:03:43Andy, check these clothes and see if you can find out where he bought them.
00:03:48Thanks a lot, Doc.
00:03:49I'll check with you later about Dan.
00:03:54Bye, Bill.
00:03:55This hits the whole department with a jill, Bill.
00:04:02Hit me a little harder than the rest.
00:04:04Dan and I were together as kids.
00:04:06Took our training together.
00:04:08Pounded the same beat.
00:04:10Yes, I know.
00:04:12You say he was on a smuggling detail.
00:04:15Yes.
00:04:16That ought to lead us to something.
00:04:17Nothing unless he was following a hot trail.
00:04:21You know Grady.
00:04:22He always preferred to work Lone Wolf on the case.
00:04:25Well, it's in my department now, Chief.
00:04:27It's homicide.
00:04:28Yes, and you have command of every resource of the department.
00:04:32I may need it.
00:04:34Because I'm going to find out who killed Grady if it's the last thing I do.
00:04:36I know you will, Bill.
00:04:38And good luck.
00:04:38Thanks.
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00:04:56Gee, Bill, I'm sorry.
00:04:59I wish I could help.
00:05:00Thanks, Bobby.
00:05:02Funny, but somehow I can't realize it.
00:05:07Does his wife know?
00:05:09Molly?
00:05:10No, not yet.
00:05:11Poor kid.
00:05:14Say, you can help me at that if you want to.
00:05:16Well, of course.
00:05:17Anything.
00:05:18Go on after Molly's and break it to her as easy as you can.
00:05:23She doesn't know me very well.
00:05:25You're the one to tell her.
00:05:27Well, it's a woman's child.
00:05:29Okay, Bill.
00:05:31Okay, Bill.
00:05:32I came just as soon as I heard the news.
00:05:47Am I glad, Wong?
00:05:48I sure can use you.
00:05:50Unfortunately, I can't call you in on this case officially.
00:05:52I'm more or less doing it on my own.
00:05:54I'll do everything I can to help.
00:05:56Dan Grady was my friend, too.
00:05:59Thanks.
00:06:00You know what it means to me.
00:06:01Well, not too fast with your thanks.
00:06:03You know, the only reason I've been useful in the past was because in each case the Orient
00:06:07was involved.
00:06:08Well, Dan Grady was assigned to the smuggling detail.
00:06:10And smuggling in San Francisco means the Orient.
00:06:12Let's have a look at his office.
00:06:13Good.
00:06:14Wife and kid.
00:06:27You say he was working on a smuggling detail.
00:06:32Yes, sort of a roving commission.
00:06:34The reason they gave it to Dan is because he was born and raised here in San Francisco.
00:06:38He knew every nook and cranny.
00:06:40But the seamen's clothes would indicate that he was working on something at the waterfront.
00:06:47Yeah, but what?
00:06:53Wong, what's here?
00:06:54What is that?
00:07:01Why, that's a rare piece of emerald jade, as fine a specimen as I've ever seen.
00:07:06Carved in the fashion of the Ming Dynasty.
00:07:09Well, the art of that carving has been lost for hundreds of years.
00:07:13This piece is worth two or three thousand dollars.
00:07:15Really?
00:07:17Dan was sure working on something hot.
00:07:21Probably that's why he was killed.
00:07:28Yes, I have seen many similar in the past three months.
00:07:33From the captured provinces.
00:07:36Even so.
00:07:38From the ruined temple of Lao-ji.
00:07:42Is it not so?
00:07:44Torn from their settings by alien hands.
00:07:49Even young China would not use such methods to win its wars.
00:07:54To win its wars.
00:07:59Where did you obtain this?
00:08:01It was in the drawer of the desk of the policeman who was killed.
00:08:06A policeman?
00:08:07A good man.
00:08:09Can you help me?
00:08:10A store called Belden's is on Market Street.
00:08:15There, a wise man could become more wise.
00:08:20How do you do?
00:08:35I'm Mr. Belden.
00:08:36Something I can do for you?
00:08:37I'd like an appraisal on this piece.
00:08:39Why, certainly.
00:08:44Mmm.
00:08:46A most unusual piece.
00:08:48The coloring is magnificent.
00:08:51But I'm afraid I can't appraise its real value.
00:08:54But I understood you specialized in oriental jewelry and art objects.
00:08:58No.
00:08:59Only imitation.
00:09:01We haven't a piece of jewelry in the house worth over fifty dollars.
00:09:04I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place.
00:09:06So it would seem.
00:09:16Morning, Dan.
00:09:23I suggest you try Harrington's over on Kearney.
00:09:25They handle that class of merchandise.
00:09:27Thank you for your time.
00:09:28Not at all.
00:09:29I'm sorry I couldn't help you.
00:09:36I'm sorry.
00:09:44Yeah, Chief.
00:09:45That's the guy all right.
00:09:46I'd know that face any place.
00:09:48Or that mustache.
00:09:50Even the checkered tie.
00:09:53Yeah, that's him.
00:09:55Checkered tie, huh?
00:09:56Yeah.
00:09:57Where'd you see him?
00:09:58On the bus going uptown.
00:10:00What time was it?
00:10:01Twelve o'clock noon.
00:10:02Twelve o'clock noon, huh?
00:10:03You don't say.
00:10:05Yeah.
00:10:06At that time he'd been lying dead for three hours in the morgue.
00:10:09Yeah?
00:10:10Yeah.
00:10:11Well, I'd have sworn on a stack of bibles.
00:10:13That was the guy.
00:10:14Sure I know, Mr. Unicor.
00:10:15We all make mistakes sometimes.
00:10:16Well, thanks for coming in anyway.
00:10:17Oh, not at all, Inspector.
00:10:19Not at all.
00:10:20Say, maybe it was the guy's double.
00:10:22Yeah.
00:10:23You know, they say every guy's got a double.
00:10:24Sure.
00:10:25Even me.
00:10:26Sure.
00:10:27Yeah, sure.
00:10:32Mike.
00:10:33Get Bobby Logan on the phone.
00:10:34Yes, sir.
00:10:38Market 6400.
00:10:41Hello, Bobby.
00:10:42I was just trying to get you on the phone.
00:10:44Oh, are we going someplace?
00:10:45Yeah.
00:10:46You're going someplace.
00:10:47If you ever pull a bright idea like that again.
00:10:49Well, what's the matter with that?
00:10:50Somebody might be able to give you a lead.
00:10:52Somebody might be able to give me a lead.
00:10:53I've had every crank in San Francisco in here this afternoon.
00:10:57Yeah.
00:10:58Logan doesn't answer.
00:10:59Where do you think I ought to look for her?
00:11:01Try my office.
00:11:02Huh?
00:11:05Every one of them has seen Dan Grady in five different sections of the city at the same time.
00:11:08Well, but...
00:11:09But nothing.
00:11:10You see that guy that just went out of here?
00:11:11Yes.
00:11:12He was on the bus today at noon with Dan.
00:11:14Well, that's silly.
00:11:15Of course it's silly.
00:11:16But I've had to talk to those ghosts.
00:11:17That's what your idea's done.
00:11:19Wasted my whole afternoon.
00:11:21Yeah, Mike.
00:11:22A gentleman out here says he saw Detective Grady.
00:11:25What?
00:11:26Miss Logan will interview him.
00:11:28Well, did you hear it?
00:11:29Just faintly.
00:11:30Go on.
00:11:31He's your witness.
00:11:38Are you Mr. Lyons?
00:11:39Yes.
00:11:40Well, I'm Miss Logan of the Herald.
00:11:41I put that picture in the paper.
00:11:43Oh, how do you do?
00:11:44Well, I saw the man last night.
00:11:47Are you sure?
00:11:48Certainly.
00:11:49We talked for quite a while.
00:11:50In the bar at the Club Neptune.
00:11:52Good afternoon, Miss Logan.
00:11:54I came in answer to your advertisement.
00:11:56Oh, now look, Mr. Wong.
00:12:02Now give me the details and talk fast.
00:12:05Oh, hello.
00:12:06Did you get any information?
00:12:07I called on a new friend of mine in Chinatown.
00:12:10Who advised me to investigate Belden's store on Market Street.
00:12:13Belden's?
00:12:14You know, the jewelry shop.
00:12:16Oh, sure.
00:12:17I'll put a couple of men on it.
00:12:18No, I think I'd leave things where they are at the time being.
00:12:21Phil Street, I've got him!
00:12:22Got who?
00:12:23This man did see Dan Grady.
00:12:25Now look, Bobby, we've been all through that.
00:12:27But this man is positive.
00:12:28All right, if he's so positive.
00:12:30What was he wearing when you saw him?
00:12:31Well, sort of like a sailor.
00:12:33You know, a pea jacket, striped sweater.
00:12:36He had on dungarees, pink cap with black patent leather visor.
00:12:42Where'd you see him?
00:12:43At the Club Neptune.
00:12:45He was sitting at the bar having a drink.
00:12:47What time was that?
00:12:49About 8.30, I guess.
00:12:51That fits in, doesn't it, Warren?
00:12:53Yes, it does.
00:12:54Well, of course it does!
00:12:55Silly idea, huh?
00:12:56If it hadn't been for that paper!
00:12:58Quiet!
00:12:59You're quite sure this is the man?
00:13:01You're absolutely certain of your identification?
00:13:03Oh, yes.
00:13:04My drink happened to tip over and spilt on him.
00:13:07And I apologized and we got to talking.
00:13:11And then what happened?
00:13:12Well, we talked together for a couple of minutes about football
00:13:16and things like that.
00:13:18Then I left and went home.
00:13:20You left him at this Club Neptune?
00:13:21Yes, he was still sitting there when I left.
00:13:24Well, thank you very much.
00:13:25You've been a great help.
00:13:26Is there any reward connected with this?
00:13:31Well, you see, Miss Local takes care of that.
00:13:37Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Lyons.
00:13:39I'm afraid there's no reward.
00:13:40But I'd be very glad to mention your name in my next story as a case.
00:13:45Did you say your first name was Homer?
00:13:47Yes, Homer.
00:13:48L-Y-O-N-S.
00:13:52Too bad you haven't got a picture.
00:13:54Well, I have.
00:13:55I brought one along just in case.
00:13:58Thank you very much, Mr. Lyons.
00:14:01Good day.
00:14:04Well, Bell Street, do I get an apology or don't I?
00:14:06Sure.
00:14:07I'm going to get the mayor to give you a key to the city.
00:14:09Terrific.
00:14:10The police thanked the Herald for giving them their only clue.
00:14:13How's that, Mr. Wong?
00:14:14Not nearly strong enough.
00:14:16You've earned our undying refuge.
00:14:18Well, I hope the information is some use to you.
00:14:20I'll see you later.
00:14:21Not me, Flatfoot.
00:14:22Get one of the nurses out of the receiving hospital.
00:14:24They don't mind a pain in the neck.
00:14:26Hey, you think that's a bad idea?
00:14:30Well, now, Street.
00:14:31Just what do you know about the Club Neptune?
00:14:34Oh, not much, Wong.
00:14:36We'd better have dinner together.
00:14:37I'll take you down there later.
00:14:39I want to talk to this Harry Lockett.
00:14:41Harry Lockett?
00:14:42Yeah, he's the fellow that owns the Club Neptune.
00:14:44Hardway Harry, they call him.
00:14:45Hardway?
00:14:46Oh, a gambler.
00:14:47Yeah, gambler, smuggler, crook, everything.
00:14:50We're looking at that on our gang.
00:14:51Find the other one.
00:14:52The other one?
00:14:53The other one?
00:14:54The other one, the other one.
00:14:55His nature has his e Rider magico.
00:14:59What's the number here?
00:15:00The other one is, Mr. Wendell.
00:15:01What are you talking about?
00:15:02The other one?
00:15:03The other one?
00:15:04You're hanging on the window.
00:15:05Comment is in the middle.
00:15:06Want to see?
00:15:07Bye.
00:15:08Come on, James?
00:15:09Come on.
00:15:10The other one, Mr. water.
00:15:11Dr. Xi.
00:15:12They bias the money in the car.
00:15:13How are you talking about?
00:15:14Come on, Mr.aw attrib.
00:15:15Which in the Dougie,
00:15:17the other two tasks we've ordered,
00:15:17Anything new?
00:15:25No.
00:15:26How are things upstairs?
00:15:28The usual crowd.
00:15:29Not much play yet.
00:15:31Has Tanya come in here tonight?
00:15:33No.
00:15:34I want to see her when she comes in.
00:15:36Okay.
00:15:37Come on, then.
00:15:39Here.
00:15:47Too dry my teeth, huh?
00:16:15Well, don't you recognize anything?
00:16:18What?
00:16:19I'll bet you don't even know what day this is.
00:16:22Of course I do.
00:16:23It's Friday.
00:16:24That's why you insisted upon coming here for a fish dinner.
00:16:27Oh, no, it isn't.
00:16:28We came here because this is an anniversary.
00:16:38Where is it?
00:16:42Tanya's here.
00:16:43But she's got young Bella in with her.
00:16:45She's starting that over again, eh?
00:16:47Bring her in.
00:16:48Okay.
00:16:52Listen, Tanya.
00:16:53I've been lying awake nights planning our future together.
00:16:56I realize that I haven't much to offer you, but I'll try awfully hard to make you happy.
00:17:01Well, excuse me, Frank.
00:17:10I think I better go fix my makeup.
00:17:12Surely.
00:17:12What do you want?
00:17:25I thought I told you to give away from young Bella.
00:17:26And I told you that my personal affairs are none of your business.
00:17:43What are you trying to do?
00:17:44What are you trying to do?
00:17:45Get the old man on our neck?
00:17:47Keep away from that boy or I'll...
00:17:49Or what?
00:17:51I guess if I'm good enough to help handle his smuggled junk, to run the risks that he cashes in on, I'm fit company for his son.
00:17:58Well, what about a certain other gentleman?
00:18:07Frank Belden wants to marry me.
00:18:09So?
00:18:10He's got it dead, eh?
00:18:13Wait until his old man hears that.
00:18:15If you open your mouth to make trouble for that boy...
00:18:17So blow me down.
00:18:19You have really fallen for it.
00:18:21Maybe.
00:18:23Or maybe it's just the novelty of finding someone who's decent and on the level.
00:18:30Come on.
00:18:30Come on.
00:18:31Have some sense.
00:18:33Get the boyfriend out of here and keep him out.
00:18:35We're not in any spot to invite trouble, girlie.
00:18:40I seem to have developed a headache, Frank.
00:18:55Maybe it was a drink.
00:18:56Oh, I'm sorry.
00:18:57Well, maybe some fresh air will do you good.
00:18:59Shall we take a drive?
00:19:00Yes.
00:19:10Hello, everybody.
00:19:15Well, ain't it glad we can all be together?
00:19:18Tommy, give me my usual.
00:19:20You know, that good old double.
00:19:24Well, I know you.
00:19:25You're Logan of the Herald.
00:19:27Don't you remember me?
00:19:29I'm the guy you wrote about in that audible peal accident.
00:19:31You know, in those days, I was a drinking peal.
00:19:35Aren't you going to have your dinner?
00:19:37What dinner?
00:19:38The one you ordered.
00:19:40I ordered the dinner?
00:19:41I'm sure you did.
00:19:43Well, I'm scared.
00:19:44And I...
00:19:44You know, you can handle your drinks better if you have something to eat.
00:19:48I think you got something to eat.
00:19:51Don't go away.
00:19:52You know, I always forget to eat when I go out steppin'.
00:19:56I'm awfully sorry.
00:19:58Oh, that's all right.
00:19:59He was just feeling hospitable.
00:20:00That's easy to understand.
00:20:03The Club Neptune feels the same way, Miss Logan.
00:20:05Gee whiz, I'm famous.
00:20:08Who wouldn't recognize the pretty face of yours if they read the hell?
00:20:14I'm Harry Lock.
00:20:15I'm very glad to meet you.
00:20:18I've heard a lot about you and your Club Neptune.
00:20:20So it seems, judging from today's Herald.
00:20:23You don't sound pleased.
00:20:25I'm not.
00:20:26I don't like that publicity.
00:20:28You don't?
00:20:29No.
00:20:30How about we'll chat in my office?
00:20:33Why not?
00:20:47I think I'll take a look around the back.
00:20:49All right, I'll see you inside.
00:21:01You see, Miss Logan, we don't like newspaper people around here.
00:21:06I see your point.
00:21:09You know, if you had this place soundproof, those poker chips up there wouldn't make such a racket.
00:21:13Just a little friendly advice.
00:21:16Thanks.
00:21:17And here's some for you.
00:21:19I wouldn't write any more stories about the Club Neptune if I were you.
00:21:23Are you trying to tell me what to put in the Herald?
00:21:25I'm trying to tell you what you shouldn't put in the Herald.
00:21:27In fact, I just as soon as you stay out of here, I think you'll be safer.
00:21:35Sometimes some people get hurt.
00:21:38Yeah.
00:21:38Dan Grady got hurt, didn't he?
00:21:41Hey.
00:21:43You're sure as to cut your neck.
00:21:45Don't you, little girl?
00:21:46Who is it?
00:21:52Captain Street.
00:21:57What are you doing here?
00:21:59Mr. Lockett was just making some suggestions as to the news policy of the Herald.
00:22:02All right, Bobby.
00:22:04Well, now, look here, Bill Street.
00:22:05Come on, come on.
00:22:09Hello, Hardway.
00:22:11Come on, Captain.
00:22:11Have a drink?
00:22:19No, thanks.
00:22:26What's on your mind, Street?
00:22:27I suppose you read about Dan Grady.
00:22:29Oh, yes, yes.
00:22:30That's too bad.
00:22:32I don't think I knew him.
00:22:33I thought everybody on the waterfront knew Grady.
00:22:36He was on the smuggling detail.
00:22:38It's funny you didn't run into him.
00:22:40I resent that street.
00:22:42I resent what happened to Dan Grady.
00:22:43Quit stalling, Hardway.
00:22:45He was in this place last night at 8.30 at your bar.
00:22:47Well, maybe he was.
00:22:49So what a lot of other people?
00:22:51We had a big night last night.
00:22:52Nobody saw Dan Grady.
00:22:54None of my boys did.
00:22:55Because as soon as I saw the papers, I asked all of them.
00:22:59You can talk to them yourself.
00:23:00Maybe I will.
00:23:01Come on.
00:23:01Come on.
00:23:09Go head.
00:23:11Over there.
00:23:12Let's go.
00:23:42I don't pay any attention to me if I seem a little tough, Harry.
00:24:11You see, Dan happened to be a pal of mine.
00:24:16His body washed up on the beach this morning.
00:24:19Been in the water for 12 hours.
00:24:41You know, they tied a weight around his legs before they tossed him overboard.
00:24:49He didn't have a chance.
00:24:51That's kind of a tough way to go, isn't it?
00:24:53Well, Street, they say that drowning, it's an easy death.
00:24:56But Grady had two slugs in the back of his neck before he ever hit that water.
00:25:00That's not so easy, is it?
00:25:08Well, Street, if there is anything I can do for you...
00:25:10Open that door.
00:25:12Open that door.
00:25:14Well, hello, Street.
00:25:27How'd you get in there?
00:25:29The secret stairway in the haunted house.
00:25:32Secret stairway, my eye.
00:25:34Those stairs were there when we bought the place.
00:25:36But they still serve a very useful purpose.
00:25:39This is Hardway Harry Lockett, Mr. Wong.
00:25:42Oh.
00:25:44The Chinese copper.
00:25:48Precisely, Mr. Lockett.
00:25:51The Chinese copper.
00:25:54But to return to our secret stairway...
00:25:57I'm afraid we scared one of your callers away.
00:26:00Evidently, he didn't care to meet my friend, Captain Street.
00:26:03Seafood is our specialty, Mr. Wong.
00:26:06That was probably kept from the fishing barge.
00:26:09He saw I was busy and beat him.
00:26:11That very adequately describes his exit.
00:26:13He comes in that way because he doesn't like to go through the cafe.
00:26:17Closer than...
00:26:17Lightly fishy, Mr. Wong.
00:26:19Very fishy.
00:26:20Now, get this Hardway.
00:26:22If I find out that anything happened to Grady in this place, I'm going to tear it apart.
00:26:26If you ever do, I'll help you.
00:26:28Come on, Wong.
00:26:29Goodbye, Mr. Lockett.
00:26:31Goodbye, Mr. Wong.
00:26:37Oh, sorry.
00:26:38Didn't know you were busy.
00:26:39He's not.
00:26:40Could we just leave him?
00:26:45I beg your pardon, but...
00:26:48We've met before, haven't we, Miss, uh...
00:26:51Miss, uh...
00:26:52Therova's the name, but we haven't met.
00:26:54I'm so sorry.
00:26:56Oh, now I know what prompted by mistake.
00:26:58I saw you sitting outside in a car with young Mr. Belkin.
00:27:02What was he doing here?
00:27:04We had dinner here.
00:27:05Do you mind?
00:27:06Excuse the boys, Miss, Therova, but, uh...
00:27:08It's their business to be curious.
00:27:10This is Mr. Wong, the famous detective.
00:27:13And this is Captain Street of the San Francisco Police.
00:27:18Your head waiter says you found my compact.
00:27:20Yes, it's my desk.
00:27:21I'll get it for you.
00:27:22Drop in any time, boys.
00:27:24It'll be your turn to drop in on us the next time.
00:27:34You're a help.
00:27:35Why in blaze did you get rid of Belkin when I told you to?
00:27:38Well, I did.
00:27:39He must have seen us outside in the parking lot.
00:27:41What do they want?
00:27:43You read the papers, don't you?
00:27:44What do you think?
00:27:45I think that dead policemen are bad medicine.
00:27:48I don't like it, Harry.
00:27:49Relax.
00:27:50They haven't got a thing on us.
00:27:52So great he was here last night.
00:27:56What does that prove?
00:27:57That the party's getting too rough for yours truly.
00:28:01Oh.
00:28:02Don't tell me Miss Serova's getting jittery, huh?
00:28:06Serova's getting out.
00:28:07Murder's something I don't want any part of.
00:28:10I'm through.
00:28:11Oh, no, you're not.
00:28:12When you're through, it will be because I tell you you're through.
00:28:17Are you threatening me?
00:28:19Maybe.
00:28:19Don't do it, Harry.
00:28:22I know too much.
00:28:24Things happen to people who know too much.
00:28:29Yes.
00:28:30They end up in the bay like a certain policeman.
00:28:49That seafood gag of hard ways was a hot one.
00:28:54And the young lady who lost her compact.
00:28:57More seafood, eh, Street?
00:28:58I'll say.
00:28:59What's her name?
00:29:01I thought I told you to scram.
00:29:03You're always telling me to scram.
00:29:05Well, you're not going to ride in a police car.
00:29:07Okay, let me out and I'll put on my roller skate.
00:29:09Oh.
00:29:13I tell you, I don't like the setup.
00:29:16I don't like any part of it.
00:29:18When a dead copper spells trouble and if this girl starts to talk...
00:29:27Yeah.
00:29:31Yeah, I think so, too.
00:29:36But this idea of mine is something entirely new in radio, Mr. Forbes.
00:29:40Nevertheless, I'm a guest continuing the program.
00:29:42But Forbes, Belden's has had a radio program for years.
00:29:45And it's been excellent advertising.
00:29:47Not excellent enough to keep you out of the receivership.
00:29:50I represent the creditors and I cannot approve the expenditure.
00:29:53But, Mr. Forbes, I'm sure this new idea of mine will create a lot of interest.
00:29:57That means customers for Belden's.
00:29:59I can only judge by past performance, Mr. Griswold.
00:30:02Results have not warranted the expense.
00:30:04Are they all here?
00:30:07Yes.
00:30:08Oh, but, Mr. Forbes, this is a novelty.
00:30:11A complete one-act play in which I enact all the roles, male and female.
00:30:16You see, Mr. Forbes, impersonation is my fault.
00:30:19I think persistence is your fault.
00:30:21Well, I tell you, this is the type of program that's bound to create comment.
00:30:25I'll give it a chance.
00:30:26Just glance through this and you'll get the idea.
00:30:29After the commercial, the music fades out and you hear footsteps and a knock.
00:30:33Now, read from there on.
00:30:55It's pretty melodramatic, isn't it?
00:31:00But that's the kind of stuff they like nowadays, Mr. Forbes.
00:31:03The highly dramatic programs are the most successful.
00:31:05Suppose we try it for a couple of weeks.
00:31:07It wouldn't cost a fortune and it might get results.
00:31:09Well, all right.
00:31:10We'll try it.
00:31:11Oh, thanks, Mr. Forbes.
00:31:12I'm sure you won't be sorry.
00:31:14We go on from 10 to 10 to 15 tonight.
00:31:16I hope you're listening in.
00:31:17We will.
00:31:18Those bills are all right.
00:31:19I'll see you in the morning.
00:31:21Hello, Frank.
00:31:22Hello, Mr. Forbes.
00:31:24How are you feeling, Dad?
00:31:28Oh, as well as could be expected.
00:31:30Considering the fact that I don't have anything to say about my own business.
00:31:34When are you going to take me in with you?
00:31:36Not for a while yet.
00:31:37But, Dad, I've got to go to work.
00:31:39I've got to make some money.
00:31:40Isn't your allowance enough?
00:31:42No.
00:31:43I'm going to get married.
00:31:45Who to?
00:31:48That Sarova woman?
00:31:50That Sarova, yes.
00:31:52How did you know?
00:31:53I haven't taken my eyes off you completely.
00:31:56You've been out with that adventurous every night for a month.
00:31:59I wouldn't talk like that if I were you, Dad.
00:32:01We're both liable to be sorry for it.
00:32:03Besides, it won't change my decision.
00:32:05Frank, I won't permit you to wreck your life.
00:32:07To throw away your entire future for the sake of that scheming unscrupulous.
00:32:10That's enough!
00:32:11I'm sorry you feel that way about it, Dad, but there's nothing you can do about it.
00:32:17You'll never marry that woman.
00:32:19Do you understand?
00:32:20Never!
00:32:28Morning, Sophie.
00:32:29Everything chips-shaped?
00:32:30No sign of the police, if that's what you mean.
00:32:32Oh.
00:32:33Why, Sophie, that's the farthest thing from my mind.
00:32:36Bring me the checks from last night, eh?
00:32:38Okay.
00:32:39Hey.
00:32:40Have you been fooling around my desk?
00:32:41Me?
00:32:42Mm-hmm.
00:32:43What?
00:32:44I wouldn't touch your stuff, boss.
00:32:46Something missing?
00:32:47Yeah.
00:32:48My gun.
00:32:49Gee, that ain't so good.
00:32:50I'm gonna make a mess.
00:32:51Well, let's go.
00:32:52Hey.
00:32:54Well, I'm gonna do this all right now.
00:32:56Let's go.
00:32:57I'm gonna do this now.
00:32:58I'm gonna do this.
00:32:59Hey.
00:33:00I'm gonna do this.
00:33:01Wait a minute.
00:33:02Hey.
00:33:03Have you been fooling around my desk?
00:33:04Me?
00:33:05What?
00:33:06I wouldn't touch your stuff, boss.
00:33:07Something missing?
00:33:08What?
00:33:09I wouldn't touch your stuff, boss.
00:33:10Something missing?
00:33:11Yeah.
00:33:12My gun.
00:33:13That ain't so good.
00:33:14When did you last see it, boss?
00:33:15I don't know.
00:33:17Yesterday, I guess.
00:33:18I want to talk to you.
00:33:25Say, what are you thinking of coming down here after what's happened?
00:33:28I told you I'd get the stuff to you as soon as it was safe for Kev to bring it in.
00:33:32That isn't why I'm here.
00:33:33I want to know what that Sarova woman is doing running around with my son.
00:33:37Well, I did my best.
00:33:39You know, after all, it's not such a bad idea.
00:33:41Sort of a close corporation.
00:33:44Are you mad?
00:33:45My boy has no part in all this.
00:33:48I went into it because it was the only hope I had of saving my business.
00:33:51Of meeting my obligations.
00:33:53But not to the extent of wrecking his life.
00:33:55And that's what this marriage would mean.
00:33:57That's your problem.
00:33:59Right now, I have more important things to do than nurse a lovesick pup.
00:34:04If you value your neck, you'll do something about it.
00:34:06I'm warning you, Lockett.
00:34:08Before I see this happen to my son, I'll blast everything wide open.
00:34:11Including yourself?
00:34:14Including myself.
00:34:17I see you.
00:34:19You like the idea of a few months on Alcatraz?
00:34:24I'll stop at nothing.
00:34:41Hello.
00:34:42Hello, Tanya.
00:34:48This is Harry.
00:34:51I want to apologize the way I talked to you last night.
00:34:54Oh, you know, I couldn't mean it.
00:34:59We were both a little jittery and unreasonable.
00:35:04Now listen, Tanya.
00:35:06I, uh, I want to see you.
00:35:09I have to talk over something with you.
00:35:11I think you'd be interested.
00:35:12All right.
00:35:14I'll be in all evening.
00:35:16Goodbye.
00:35:23I hope I didn't keep you waiting, Fancy.
00:35:25Oh, that's all right.
00:35:26So don't mention it.
00:35:26I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:37I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:38I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:39I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:40I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:41I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:42I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:43I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:44I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:45I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:46I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:47I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:48I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:49I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:50I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:51I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:53I'll stay out here and keep an eye on things.
00:35:54Mr. Wong!
00:36:18Mr. Wong!
00:36:19That's all right, Clancy.
00:36:20He missed me.
00:36:21Oh, I'm glad of that.
00:36:22Who was it, sir?
00:36:23I haven't the least idea.
00:36:24But the shop came from there.
00:36:25Well, we'll find out who that is.
00:36:27Well, whoever it was, beat it out the back and lift the door wide open.
00:36:33Whoever it was, he killed Mr. Bellman.
00:36:39Who?
00:36:40Who?
00:36:41Who?
00:36:42Who?
00:36:43Who?
00:36:44Who?
00:36:45Who?
00:36:46Who?
00:36:47Who?
00:36:48Who?
00:36:49Who?
00:36:50Who?
00:36:51Who?
00:36:52Who?
00:36:53Who?
00:36:54Who?
00:36:55Who?
00:36:56Who?
00:36:57Who?
00:36:58Who?
00:36:59Who?
00:37:00Who?
00:37:01Who?
00:37:02Who?
00:37:03Who?
00:37:04Who?
00:37:05Who?
00:37:06Who?
00:37:07Who?
00:37:08Who?
00:37:09Who?
00:37:10Who?
00:37:11Who?
00:37:12Who?
00:37:13Who?
00:37:14Who?
00:37:15Who?
00:37:16This case has got a million angles.
00:37:40If this jade matches the stuff we found in Grady's office,
00:37:43Belden had a fortune hidden away.
00:37:45And I can't understand why he was in receivership.
00:37:47Perhaps he went into this kind of business to get out of receivership.
00:37:51What's that receiver's name? Maybe he can help us.
00:37:54A man named Forbes.
00:37:56You know where he lives? At the town departments.
00:37:58We'll go up and see him.
00:38:00Clancy, call my office and have young Belden picked up.
00:38:02Tell him to hold him while I get there. Wait for the corner.
00:38:05Yes, sir.
00:38:13Good evening, gentlemen.
00:38:15We want to see Mr. Forbes. John T. Forbes.
00:38:17Who's calling?
00:38:17Captain Street of the police department.
00:38:19Ring 22, please.
00:38:24Captain Street of the police department to see Mr. Forbes.
00:38:29Yes, sir.
00:38:30Go right up, Captain Street.
00:38:31That's number 22.
00:38:34Captain Street.
00:38:36What on earth can he want?
00:38:37What on earth can he want?
00:38:43I wonder if I've forgotten a speed ticket.
00:38:46Excuse me.
00:38:47Pray to take my hand, will you?
00:38:48Okay, but it's 10 o'clock and I'll have to meet Alfie.
00:38:51Probably won't be very long.
00:38:57Captain Street?
00:38:58That's right, and it's Mr. Wong.
00:38:59How do you do?
00:39:00How do you do?
00:39:01Come in here, gentlemen.
00:39:09I'm afraid we interrupted your game, Mr. Forbes.
00:39:11Oh, that's all right.
00:39:12Sit down, gentlemen.
00:39:14I've heard a great deal about you at one time or another, Mr. Wong.
00:39:18I'm certainly glad to meet you.
00:39:20Well, now, gentlemen, what can I do for you?
00:39:22Might as well come to the point, Mr. Forbes.
00:39:24Frank Belden Sr., the firm for which your receiver,
00:39:26was found dead a half an hour ago in his store.
00:39:30What?
00:39:33Poor old Frank.
00:39:36I had no idea he felt so desperately about it.
00:39:39Of course, I knew his financial affairs were in bad shape.
00:39:42It was not suicide, Mr. Forbes.
00:39:45He was murdered.
00:39:46Well, this certainly knocks me out.
00:39:53I'd better have a drink.
00:39:55How about you, gentlemen?
00:39:56Thank you, now.
00:39:57Well, thanks.
00:40:02Murdered.
00:40:07Who, uh...
00:40:08Who found him?
00:40:10Give me more of the details.
00:40:11Mr. Wong found the body.
00:40:14Wong?
00:40:15Were you in the store?
00:40:16I was making an investigation of Belden's stock.
00:40:20I found this piece of jade worth at least two or three thousand dollars.
00:40:25And there are several more pieces, too, just as valuable.
00:40:29I thought they carried only cheap costume jewelry.
00:40:33Could he have been concealing any, uh, valuable assets from me?
00:40:37That's exactly what we wanted to find out.
00:40:39I'd like to go down to the store and make a complete examination of their stock. Will that be all right?
00:40:45I think it's a good idea.
00:40:47Here.
00:40:54Will you...
00:40:55Do you have a cigar, gentlemen?
00:40:56Yes, thanks.
00:40:57No, thank you.
00:40:58One more thing I think you should know.
00:41:01That jade was smuggled.
00:41:03And one of our own men on the smuggling detail was murdered, running it down.
00:41:07And the trail seems to lead to Belden's store.
00:41:11Why, this is the worst thing I've ever heard.
00:41:14Excuse me.
00:41:16Hello?
00:41:18Yes.
00:41:19Here's for you.
00:41:20Thanks.
00:41:21Street speaking.
00:41:24What?
00:41:26Now go right up.
00:41:27There's been a shooting on the floor above.
00:41:28Can we get out this way?
00:41:29Yes.
00:41:30Yes.
00:41:57That's that Cirova girl.
00:41:59How do you like this?
00:42:00A murder right over my head.
00:42:03Yeah?
00:42:04Oh, you're the clerk.
00:42:05Yes, sir.
00:42:06I telephoned headquarters from downstairs.
00:42:07Thanks.
00:42:08What do you know about this?
00:42:09Nothing, except what the switchboard operator told me.
00:42:11What'd she tell you?
00:42:12Well, I was sitting in the lobby when all of a sudden she started yelling,
00:42:15Miss Cirova's being killed.
00:42:19All right, all right.
00:42:20Take it easy.
00:42:21Sit down.
00:42:23What did you hear on the phone?
00:42:25Well, I was sitting there as usual when the buzzer sounded and it was a call from 32.
00:42:29What time was that?
00:42:30About 14 after 10.
00:42:32That's an odd time to remember.
00:42:3310, 14.
00:42:34Well, I'm not sure, but it was 15 after 10 when I heard the shot.
00:42:37And they were arguing about a minute.
00:42:39Who was arguing?
00:42:40Miss Cirova and the man.
00:42:41Well, what were they arguing about?
00:42:42What'd they say?
00:42:43Well, he said, get away from that telephone.
00:42:45That's the last time you're going to pull this sort of stuff on me.
00:42:47And Mr. Cirova yelled, don't shoot, don't shoot.
00:42:50But he did.
00:42:51It's quite possible, Street.
00:42:53The receiver's off the stand.
00:42:56Yeah.
00:42:57Do you recognize the man's voice?
00:42:59No, but he was awful mad.
00:43:01Anybody come through that lobby that might have come up here?
00:43:03No, sir.
00:43:04Did you pass anybody on the way up?
00:43:06I didn't see anybody.
00:43:07All right, that's all for now.
00:43:08Stick around downstairs.
00:43:11Oh, hello, Doc.
00:43:12Prince photographs the works.
00:43:14And I want you to get me that...
00:43:18Oh, little bald peep, huh?
00:43:21What are you made up for?
00:43:23That's all I need!
00:43:27Just be sure to get everything in this corner, would you please?
00:43:37Hello, Ballard.
00:43:39What are you doing here?
00:43:40I thought I told you the tail hard way.
00:43:42I was trailing him.
00:43:43I lost him in the traffic at 8th and Market around 9 o'clock.
00:43:46I've been looking for him ever since.
00:43:47That's wonderful.
00:43:48Get my office on the phone.
00:43:52Hit me, police headquarters.
00:43:53Hey.
00:43:55Remember the last guy we saw Serova with?
00:43:57Hardway Harry.
00:43:59And he ditched Ballard an hour ago.
00:44:01That's our man.
00:44:02Just a minute.
00:44:03Hold it, Mike.
00:44:05Hello, Mike.
00:44:06Hardway ditched Ballard about an hour ago.
00:44:088th and Market.
00:44:098th and Market.
00:44:10Yeah, I want you to send out a couple of men ahead and...
00:44:13What?
00:44:16Hardway, Harry's been sitting in my office for the last hour.
00:44:19Operator.
00:44:20Operator.
00:44:21Get it off the phone!
00:44:22Come on, get it off there.
00:44:23Put that thing on.
00:44:24Get out of here.
00:44:25Freeze, you said that Harry Lockett did it.
00:44:26I was just phoning the office.
00:44:27How could he be doing it when he's sitting in my office?
00:44:28Well, I don't know.
00:44:29It was your idea.
00:44:30I don't know.
00:44:34Oh, don't go away.
00:44:35Do you know anything about this?
00:44:40Hey.
00:44:41Even if he didn't do it, he could have had it done.
00:44:44Harry's alibi is perfect.
00:44:47Hello, Mike.
00:44:48I want you to hold Hardway.
00:44:50I don't care how you hold him.
00:44:51Hold him!
00:44:52Bill!
00:44:53Bill and May!
00:44:54Will you stop?
00:44:55Will you quit picking on me?
00:44:56Mr. Wong, the housekeeper saw a man sneaking up the back stairs.
00:45:00Sit down.
00:45:01I'm sorry.
00:45:02Who are you?
00:45:03I'm the maid on this floor.
00:45:06Well, where were you in this...
00:45:07She was looking in the door.
00:45:08Will you be quiet?
00:45:09You say you saw a man coming up the back stairs.
00:45:12I finished by 10 o'clock.
00:45:14I was going down the back stairs when he came in.
00:45:17Who came in?
00:45:18The young man.
00:45:19What young man?
00:45:20Mr. Belden.
00:45:22Belden, Jr.
00:45:23He was in the habit of using the back stairs?
00:45:26Sometimes.
00:45:27Then he had his own key.
00:45:29Yes, sir.
00:45:30That settles it.
00:45:31Ballard, pick up young Belden.
00:45:32What idea?
00:45:37That's all for now.
00:45:38Thanks.
00:45:52You know, Wong, Belden knew Serova.
00:45:54Hardway knew her.
00:45:55They're all mixed up in this thing some way.
00:45:58I'm going to have them all come in my office tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
00:46:02I'll...
00:46:03What am I doing?
00:46:04Come in.
00:46:16Sit down, Hardway.
00:46:20See who's out there, Jim.
00:46:22Well, how did you do?
00:46:24Not bad.
00:46:25Not bad.
00:46:27Have a pretty good breakfast to you fellows, you know.
00:46:30Thanks for the cigarettes.
00:46:31Oh, we always take care of our guests.
00:46:33Who's out there?
00:46:34No, Chint, Cap Anderson.
00:46:36All right, Chint.
00:46:39A couple of friends of yours.
00:46:44What were you doing here last night?
00:46:46Well, I caught one of your boys following me.
00:46:50And I figured he wanted to make sure where I was.
00:46:53So when he lost me about 9 o'clock, I decided I'd better check in.
00:46:58So you'd have an alibi because you knew Tanya Sarovo was going to be killed last night.
00:47:01What?
00:47:02Yeah, murdered last night.
00:47:05Oh, coming in here wasn't such a better idea, was it?
00:47:08What time did you get here?
00:47:109.29 on the dot.
00:47:12Oh, got it figured out the minute, huh?
00:47:14Yeah, you can check with the sergeant.
00:47:15I know, I know.
00:47:17So, hello, Wong.
00:47:19Oh, Mr. Wong, the Chinese copper.
00:47:22Look here, Street, you haven't got a thing on me.
00:47:27I knew Sarovo, sure.
00:47:29She used to come to my place very often.
00:47:31But so do a lot of other people.
00:47:32Including young Belden.
00:47:34Yes, with Sarovo.
00:47:35So what?
00:47:36How well did you know young Belden?
00:47:40Casually.
00:47:41How well did you know his father?
00:47:44Just an acquaintance.
00:47:46When was the last time you saw him?
00:47:47I saw him in my office yesterday.
00:47:53He came to pay his son's barb bill.
00:47:56Man, you had a little quarrel.
00:47:58Then you followed him down to his jewelry store.
00:48:00And shot him!
00:48:01Old man Belden shot?
00:48:03Yeah.
00:48:06That's too bad.
00:48:06Yeah, it is too bad.
00:48:08He got it the same way Gray he got it.
00:48:09In the back of the neck.
00:48:10What's your alibi for that?
00:48:11I was being trailed by one of your coppers by good luck.
00:48:17Why?
00:48:18Man named Forbes is out here.
00:48:20He said you sent for him.
00:48:21All right, send him in.
00:48:22Wait outside, are we?
00:48:23Good morning, Mr. Forbes.
00:48:34You want to see me, Captain?
00:48:35Yes.
00:48:36You know Mr. Wong.
00:48:37Oh, yes.
00:48:37How are you, Mr. Wong Forbes?
00:48:39We were kind of interrupted last night.
00:48:40And I'd kind of like to find out what you know about young Belden.
00:48:44Well, I'm afraid I can't tell you very much.
00:48:46Most of my dealing has been with his father.
00:48:48Well, what sort of a kid is he?
00:48:49He's always struck me as being a rather nice sort of a chap.
00:48:54Quiet, well brought up.
00:48:56So you don't think for a minute that he had anything to do with his father's murder?
00:49:00Maybe.
00:49:01I do know he's mixed up in sorobas, Dad.
00:49:02Oh, I can't believe that, Captain.
00:49:04Why, it isn't possible.
00:49:05I'm afraid you're wrong.
00:49:08There's Belden, Captain.
00:49:09Picked him up in a quick lunch joint.
00:49:10Have him coffee.
00:49:11All right, sit down.
00:49:14Did you meet Mr. Wong?
00:49:16Perhaps you met him last night.
00:49:18Well, I've never met Mr. Wong.
00:49:19How do you do?
00:49:21We've been looking for you all night.
00:49:22Where were you?
00:49:24I don't know why the police should be interested in my movements.
00:49:27What's this all about?
00:49:28What were you doing in Tanya Sarova's apartment last night?
00:49:31Oh, we know you were there.
00:49:32The mage saw you sneaking up the back way.
00:49:34If I were you, I'd tell the captain all he wants to know.
00:49:37Well, I don't know what this is all about, Frank.
00:49:39But you're welcome to my legal advice if I can be of any assistance to you.
00:49:43For his father's sake, I feel that I ought to do everything I can to protect him.
00:49:46All right.
00:49:47But I still want to know what you were doing in Tanya Sarova's apartment last night at 10 o'clock.
00:49:51Were you there, Frank?
00:49:53Yes, I was there, but I didn't kill her.
00:49:56She was dead when I found her.
00:49:59Don't give me that.
00:50:00Well, you don't know what you're saying, Frank.
00:50:02I demand that this boy be advised of his constitutional rights.
00:50:05I'll take care of his constitutional rights.
00:50:07This is a murder investigation.
00:50:08Tanya Sarova was killed last night at 10.15.
00:50:11Just 15 minutes after this young man was seen going into her apartment.
00:50:14That's not true.
00:50:15It's not true, I tell you.
00:50:16She was dead when I found her.
00:50:18Are you sure of the time, Street?
00:50:20Your own switchboard operator heard the argument and the report.
00:50:24They phoned Street in your study, do you remember?
00:50:27Yes, yes, that's right.
00:50:29All right, Bell, an alibi out of that.
00:50:30Come clean.
00:50:31Why'd you kill her?
00:50:32I didn't, I didn't, I tell you.
00:50:34I love Tanya.
00:50:36Why would I want to kill her?
00:50:37I'll tell you why.
00:50:39Because you were jealous.
00:50:40You thought she was double-crossing you,
00:50:42and you went up to her apartment, and you quarreled,
00:50:43and then you killed her.
00:50:44That's a lie.
00:50:45Every word of it's a lie.
00:50:47So you found your sweetheart murdered,
00:50:48and what did you do?
00:50:49You ran out and hid.
00:50:51Why didn't you call the police?
00:50:52I don't know.
00:50:53I was half crazy.
00:50:55Now, see, here, Street, this boy is no condition for questioning.
00:50:58I'll say he isn't, because he doesn't know the answers.
00:51:00Gentlemen, I suggest that we all calm down
00:51:03and allow young Mr. Belder to tell us what happened in his own way.
00:51:06All right, all right.
00:51:07I'm listening.
00:51:09Now, supposing we go back just a little way, shall we?
00:51:13When did you last see Tanya Sarova alive?
00:51:18When she promised to marry me.
00:51:19Yesterday afternoon, late.
00:51:21And where was that?
00:51:23In her apartment.
00:51:24I, uh, I was going to take her to dinner, see,
00:51:27but she said she didn't feel well, so I went out and got a bite,
00:51:30and then I drove around a little while.
00:51:31Yes, and then?
00:51:33Well, on the way home, I saw a light in the apartment,
00:51:36and I, well, I went up to tell her good night.
00:51:38Are you in the habit of using the back way?
00:51:41Yeah, I had a key.
00:51:42See, sometimes Tanya wasn't in, and I'd go in and wait for her.
00:51:45Yeah, but she was in last night.
00:51:46Did you use the key then?
00:51:49No.
00:51:51No, that's funny.
00:51:52I remember that the door was open.
00:51:54What else do you remember?
00:51:56Yes, Belden, go on.
00:51:58Well, I, I went in and called her, but there was no answer,
00:52:02so I went in the living room, and on the floor,
00:52:06I saw her by the window.
00:52:08Near the telephone?
00:52:11I don't know.
00:52:11I, I didn't see anything but Tanya.
00:52:16Was there anything else in the room that was unusual
00:52:19that attracted your attention?
00:52:21Anything at all?
00:52:25Yeah, see, I remember the, the radio was on.
00:52:27Oh, don't kid me.
00:52:28The radio wasn't playing when I got there.
00:52:31If you didn't leave that apartment till before 10.15,
00:52:34where'd you go?
00:52:35I don't know, I just, I, I, I drove around.
00:52:38I, I don't know where I went.
00:52:39I, I drove all night.
00:52:43What?
00:52:43Captain?
00:52:44Well, out here named Griswell says he's got to see you.
00:52:46Who's Griswell?
00:52:47What does he want?
00:52:48What does he do?
00:52:49What do you want to see him, Boat?
00:52:50Well, I got to talk to him.
00:52:52I'm from radio station LMAB.
00:52:54He's from radio station LMAB.
00:52:56I don't know anybody from a radio station.
00:52:58Tell him to wait.
00:52:59He says you've got to wait.
00:53:05Right, come clean.
00:53:07You didn't leave that apartment till after 10.15.
00:53:10After you killed her!
00:53:11Stop it, I say, stop it!
00:53:13Street, you're getting nowhere for I'll beating the boy this way.
00:53:16Maybe you should let me talk to him quietly somewhere.
00:53:18All right, all right.
00:53:19I'll talk to him quietly.
00:53:21Would you like to see your father?
00:53:23No.
00:53:25Why should I want to see him?
00:53:28He's probably glad she's dead.
00:53:30Why should he be glad?
00:53:31Doesn't he like her?
00:53:33No.
00:53:34Did you quarrel over with your father?
00:53:37Yeah.
00:53:37Yeah, we had a quarrel, and I walked out on him.
00:53:40And then you walked back last night to his jewelry store.
00:53:42And shot him, killed him!
00:53:46You mean my father's dad?
00:53:50Stop it, will you stop it?
00:53:51What are you trying to do to me?
00:53:53Somebody give me a glass of water?
00:53:54Oh, never mind the water.
00:53:56Oh, lie to the stairs.
00:53:57Get him a glass of water.
00:53:58Where is it?
00:53:58Outside.
00:54:01Something wrong, Captain?
00:54:02Yeah, give me that brandy.
00:54:03Now, go and sit down.
00:54:13Walk with you up.
00:54:14Come on, what is this?
00:54:15Now, what am I supposed to do?
00:54:16Spend the weekend here?
00:54:17He gets you.
00:54:20Mr. Hardwick.
00:54:21The press.
00:54:22Yes, the press.
00:54:23What do you know today?
00:54:24Pardon me.
00:54:33What's the matter?
00:54:39Who is it?
00:54:40It's the fellow from the radio station.
00:54:42Griswold.
00:54:45Where'd this paper file come from?
00:54:47Say, that looks like mine.
00:54:48It's missing from the desk.
00:54:50All right.
00:54:52Who did it?
00:54:53This is the payoff right in my own office.
00:54:55Stay away from that phone.
00:55:03Start talking the hard way.
00:55:06What, Ian?
00:55:14Sorry for the interruption, Mr. Wong,
00:55:16but that was a new program,
00:55:17and I wanted to check on it.
00:55:17Not at all.
00:55:18It's all most interesting.
00:55:20Yes, but full of headaches.
00:55:22Replacing Griswold is going to be one of them.
00:55:24I can quite imagine.
00:55:26His programs were popular, weren't they?
00:55:28Very.
00:55:29He was a talented young man.
00:55:31Wrote most of the sketches,
00:55:32and played all the parts in them.
00:55:34He played female roles as well?
00:55:37Oh, yes.
00:55:39In the sketch you want to see,
00:55:41the one he did last night,
00:55:43he played a very emotional feminine role.
00:55:50Here's the manuscript for it.
00:55:54This program went on the air
00:55:56sharply at 10 o'clock?
00:55:57Oh, yes.
00:55:58Radio works on split seconds.
00:56:00Every program is timed exactly.
00:56:02And it ran for how long?
00:56:04Uh, 15 minutes in all.
00:56:06The sketch went on at 10.1 and a half,
00:56:08and finished at 10.14.
00:56:09The balance of the program time
00:56:11was taken up with, uh,
00:56:12commercials,
00:56:13it's advertising.
00:56:15Uh,
00:56:15would it disturb you
00:56:16if I turned on this program?
00:56:17Not at all.
00:56:18I've just finished, uh,
00:56:20I'd like to take this with me.
00:56:22Oh,
00:56:22it'll be all right.
00:56:23Thank you very much.
00:56:24Goodbye.
00:56:25Goodbye.
00:56:26Presenting for your entertainment,
00:56:27the first mystery thriller
00:56:29in their new series of programs.
00:56:30How do you do, sir?
00:56:40Can I help you?
00:56:41Yes.
00:56:42Is this the new remote control radio?
00:56:45Why, yes,
00:56:45and a very fine instrument, too.
00:56:46I wonder if you'd be kind enough
00:56:48to give me a demonstration.
00:56:49I'd be glad to.
00:56:50Won't you sit down?
00:56:52Now, uh,
00:56:55this is the remote control box.
00:56:57Hmm.
00:56:58Looks like the dial
00:56:59on the morphetic telephone.
00:57:00And works very much
00:57:01on the same principle.
00:57:03You see,
00:57:03it's not attached in any way
00:57:04to the demonstration radio.
00:57:06However,
00:57:07being in any part of the house
00:57:08and desiring to change the program,
00:57:09we simply switch the dials
00:57:11and the radio automatically switches.
00:57:13I'll show you.
00:57:15California,
00:57:16Bear,
00:57:16Toothy and Wednesday,
00:57:18moderate temperature,
00:57:19light to moderate
00:57:20northerly wind off coast.
00:57:22At just what distance
00:57:23would that still be effective?
00:57:25Guaranteed up to 200 feet.
00:57:29And you can shut the radio off
00:57:31in the same way?
00:57:32Oh, yes.
00:57:32Just press down on this,
00:57:33right here.
00:57:45What, again?
00:57:46Yeah.
00:57:47Didn't take long
00:57:48for that lawyer
00:57:48to get you and the boys out,
00:57:50did it the hard way.
00:57:50Why should it?
00:57:52Say, listen,
00:57:52you can't hang that murder rap
00:57:54on any of us.
00:57:54Somebody killed Griswold
00:57:56and three of you
00:57:57were there when it happened.
00:57:58Yeah,
00:57:58and plenty others.
00:57:59That office of yours
00:58:00was a close second
00:58:01to a railroad station.
00:58:03But what's this visit for?
00:58:05According to ballistics,
00:58:07the same gun killed
00:58:08Sarova,
00:58:10Belden,
00:58:10and Grady.
00:58:11Mind if I check yours?
00:58:12You know I don't carry a gun.
00:58:14I haven't had one
00:58:15around here in years.
00:58:17Come on,
00:58:17search the place.
00:58:18You think if I had one,
00:58:19I would keep it here
00:58:20just to show?
00:58:21Looks like you're getting
00:58:22a little care of,
00:58:22Sargway.
00:58:24If that gun matches
00:58:25those bullets,
00:58:26it'll be too bad for you.
00:58:27Give that to ballistics.
00:58:28So you still think
00:58:30I killed Sarova
00:58:30while I was in your office,
00:58:32eh?
00:58:32You could have
00:58:33farmed that rod out.
00:58:34Take him away.
00:58:36You're making a mistake,
00:58:38Streep.
00:58:39Murder is not my racket.
00:58:41Maybe.
00:58:42We'll wait and see
00:58:42what that ballistic report says.
00:59:19All right, keep your hands right there.
00:59:33Turn around.
00:59:36Ah, Cap Anderson, huh?
00:59:39From Harry Lockett's fishing barge.
00:59:45So this is the seafood you supply this place with, huh?
00:59:47Same stuff that Wong found at Belvin's.
00:59:50Now I know how it comes in and how you get rid of it.
00:59:53You better figure on spending quite some time ashore this trip, Cap.
00:59:57You can't beat this rap so easy. Out that door.
01:00:17All right.
01:00:18All right.
01:00:19All right.
01:00:20All right.
01:00:22All right.
01:02:01This is Mr. Wong, Bessie.
01:02:11I'll be experimenting with the phone for a little while, so pay no attention if it rings.
01:02:15Oh, come in, Ford.
01:02:26Oh, it's you, Mr. Wong.
01:02:28Well, that is a relief.
01:02:30I was wondering who was up here.
01:02:34Oh, you put that string down past my window.
01:02:37Yes.
01:02:38When I found the receiver off the stand last night, I had an idea that the switchboard operator was intended to overhear what she heard.
01:02:46I don't follow you.
01:02:48I believe that the murderer had a way of forcing her to listen at the right time.
01:02:53You think that a murderer would deliberately invite a witness to his crime?
01:02:56She might arrange to have her think she was a witness.
01:02:59Yes.
01:03:00With a piece of cord, a telephone, and a radio.
01:03:06I don't understand.
01:03:07Now, this radio is a new remote control model.
01:03:10Now, let us assume that a certain radio program exactly fitted a given situation.
01:03:17How easy it would be to tune in the desired station at the right time and be nowhere near the instrument.
01:03:23Oh, I see.
01:03:26You mean that the crime could have been committed sometime before.
01:03:29Of course.
01:03:30And by any of our suspects who had such cast-down alibis.
01:03:35Partway Harry Lockett, for instance, who planted himself in street's office at the supposed time of the murder.
01:03:41Any of his friends.
01:03:43Even young Belden?
01:03:44Even young Belden.
01:03:46He was here at Penneclot.
01:03:48Who knows?
01:03:50Perhaps it was his second visit.
01:03:54You don't believe that, do you?
01:03:57No.
01:03:58Not that any of the others did it, either.
01:04:04No.
01:04:20Is that what you were looking for, Mr. Baum?
01:04:23Yes.
01:04:24And you pulled the cord when I went to get the drink.
01:04:29And when you reached for the cigars...
01:04:30I turned off the radio by remote control.
01:04:35Thank you, Mr. Fawkes.
01:04:37Keep away from that telephone.
01:04:38Get over there.
01:04:52Operator.
01:04:52Oh, hello, Captain.
01:04:57Hello.
01:04:57Is Mr. Forbes in?
01:04:58I'll see for you.
01:05:01Operator.
01:05:03Mr. Forbes doesn't answer.
01:05:05All right, thanks.
01:05:08Why don't you answer that call?
01:05:11Well, that's Mr. Wong.
01:05:13He told me not to pay no attention to it.
01:05:14Mr. Wong.
01:05:15Mr. Wong.
01:05:15Yeah.
01:05:16He's up in Mr. Rover's apartment playing with the telephone.
01:05:19Well, I hope he's having a good time.
01:05:21I'll drop up and see.
01:05:23Playing with the telephone.
01:05:32I killed Grady because he was in the way.
01:05:34And Belden because he was getting ready to talk.
01:05:36Griswold when he recognized his own program.
01:05:39And Tanya Sarova because she knew too much.
01:05:41No.
01:05:43Because she was leaving me for a younger man.
01:05:50It's you who knows too much.
01:05:55Wong, Mr. Streep.
01:05:56Just a moment, Streep.
01:06:05What are you doing up here?
01:06:06Get him up.
01:06:08Over there with him.
01:06:17Well, the two of you.
01:06:20That makes it perfect.
01:06:22I suppose you'd like to have us turn around
01:06:27so you could give it to us in the back
01:06:28like you gave it to Grady.
01:06:30Drop that gun.
01:06:31Drop it, I say.
01:06:37Nice work, kid.
01:06:41Take him, Mama.
01:06:42Oh, Bobby.
01:06:44Bobby.
01:06:45Honey.
01:06:47Bobby.
01:06:48Yes?
01:06:49Oh, it's all right, Bessie.
01:06:50The experiment's over.
01:06:52You might get me the Herald, will you?
01:06:55Herald?
01:06:56You have a star reporter on your staff,
01:06:59a Miss Roberta Logan.
01:07:01She has just been instrumental
01:07:02in the capture of John Forbes,
01:07:04confessed murderer
01:07:05in the Dan Grady-Sarova case.
01:07:09Oh, yes.
01:07:09This is a scoop.
01:07:10Oh, yes.
01:07:11Oh, yes.
01:07:12Oh, yes.
01:07:12Oh, yes.
01:07:12Oh, yes.
01:07:13Oh, yes.
01:07:13Oh, yes.
01:07:14Oh, yes.
01:07:15Oh, yes.
01:07:15Oh, yes.
01:07:15Oh, yes.
01:07:16Oh, yes.
01:07:16Oh, yes.
01:07:16Oh, yes.
01:07:16Oh, yes.
01:07:17Oh, yes.
01:07:17Oh, yes.
01:07:18Oh, yes.
01:07:19Oh, yes.
01:07:19Oh, yes.
01:07:20Oh, yes.
01:07:20Oh, yes.
01:07:20Oh, yes.
01:07:21Oh, yes.
01:07:21Oh, yes.
01:07:22Oh, yes.
01:07:23Oh, yes.
01:07:24Oh, yes.
01:07:24Oh, yes.
01:07:24Oh, yes.
01:07:24Oh, yes.
01:07:25Oh, yes.
01:07:25Oh, yes.
01:07:25Oh, yes.
01:07:26Oh, yes.
01:07:27Oh, yes.
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