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  • 6/19/2025
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00:00:00The End
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00:01:13Ah, quit your screaming. The vibration will break your glasses.
00:01:15Hey, by the way...
00:01:17When are you gonna learn to become a real sports writer?
00:01:20The way you described that ninth-minute rally yesterday,
00:01:23you think you were discussing a chess game.
00:01:25There was no gubernatorial election.
00:01:27It was a baseball game.
00:01:29Look, at the end of the ninth inning, there's two men on base.
00:01:32A batter comes up and hits a home run.
00:01:34He upsets the whole apple cart.
00:01:35He wins the ball game.
00:01:36You'd talk about it like maybe he was asking for a second helping of applesauce.
00:01:40No excitement, no feverishness, no nothing.
00:01:45Maybe you'd like my job.
00:01:47Oh, you're being very precipitous.
00:01:50This is my racket.
00:01:51This is what I was born and raised for.
00:01:53If you mind standing back, you're in the light.
00:01:59See what kind of trash you were writing here.
00:02:01I, uh...
00:02:03No continuity.
00:02:06Nothing.
00:02:07I'll show you a story that'll really do it.
00:02:14Say, uh, how do you feel catastrophe?
00:02:17Canterwatch.
00:02:18Oh, you're so unintelligible.
00:02:21Catastrophe.
00:02:22A big thing, you know.
00:02:22Everybody gets murdered.
00:02:23Everybody's getting killed.
00:02:24Catastrophe.
00:02:25Never heard of the animal.
00:02:28Hey, Joe.
00:02:28You want to tie as the fifth grade?
00:02:30Spell me catastrophe, will you?
00:02:31Well, if you're referring to the word catastrophe,
00:02:33meaning a calamity of great magnitude,
00:02:36from the Latin and Greek derivations...
00:02:38I ain't interested in the Latins and the Greeks.
00:02:40I'm talking about a baseball game.
00:02:43Oh, forget it.
00:02:44I'll use massacrate.
00:02:46More euphonious, anyway.
00:02:47Copy.
00:02:48Well, what are you waiting for, Curly?
00:02:50You heard him.
00:02:51Copy.
00:02:51Watch your temple.
00:03:01Yeah, a fine thing.
00:03:03A fine thing.
00:03:05Look at that, you numbskulls.
00:03:07You sit with your feet on death
00:03:09while the journal gets an extra on the street.
00:03:11Why, I came to work on that train, Mr. Cartwright.
00:03:16That didn't amount to anything.
00:03:17You mean to tell me that you were actually there when it happened?
00:03:21Yes, sir.
00:03:22And you didn't write it up?
00:03:23But nothing happened.
00:03:24Our train barely bumped the one ahead.
00:03:26The subway guard was a little cut by flying glass,
00:03:29and a couple of women fainted.
00:03:30And so you decided to keep the secret?
00:03:32Oh, no, sir.
00:03:33I was going to write something about it.
00:03:34Yeah, that's the trouble with you.
00:03:36The trouble with all of you.
00:03:37You don't know a good story when I bumped into you.
00:03:40Didn't it occur to you to try and find out who those two fainting women were?
00:03:44No, sir.
00:03:45I, uh...
00:03:46Well, it occurred to the general to find out.
00:03:48One of those women was Gypsy Common.
00:03:50Ever hear of her?
00:03:52What?
00:03:52Gypsy Common.
00:03:53Why, no, sir, I...
00:03:54Hey, isn't that the girl that used to be in...
00:03:56When you were in Romper, she was the toaster of Broadway.
00:03:58She drove around on the most expensive foreign cars.
00:04:01Now she faints in the subway, and you tell me it doesn't amount to anything.
00:04:05Why, her riding around on a five-cent fare is a story in itself,
00:04:08even if she didn't faint.
00:04:10She's a day that was married to that big shot Wilson, isn't she?
00:04:12Bright little boy.
00:04:14Now suppose you tell these two numbskulls why she has to do her fainting in the subway.
00:04:18Okay, you two numbskulls, although I will admit that the circumstances...
00:04:21Never mind.
00:04:22Bring this all in the journal and read it.
00:04:24It says that Wilson had a smart lawyer when he got his divorce.
00:04:26They made a settlement out of court that left her practically broke.
00:04:29He's kind of a gypsy, didn't he, boy?
00:04:31Yeah.
00:04:35Where's Lindsay?
00:04:36Why, I don't know.
00:04:37He was here a minute ago.
00:04:38Honey?
00:04:38Yes, sir?
00:04:39What's the answer?
00:04:40Auction, oriental rugs, all sizes, all patterns.
00:04:4310 a.m., 512 8th Street.
00:04:45We might find just what we want for the living room.
00:04:48But 10 o'clock.
00:04:49Too bad they didn't make it after working hours.
00:04:51Oh, we can't let business interfere with drugs.
00:04:53I'll drop by my way down to police airport.
00:04:55It'll only take for a minute.
00:04:56Well, perhaps...
00:04:57And now, Mr. Lindsay, if I may have the use of my desk for a few minutes, and my secretary...
00:05:02Oh, yes, sir.
00:05:03I just...
00:05:04I just dropped in to say good morning.
00:05:05Good morning.
00:05:06Good morning.
00:05:07Now, just a minute.
00:05:09If you and Dane don't get married pretty quick and stop all this lovey-dovey business,
00:05:12I'll have to fire the both of you.
00:05:13Yes, sir.
00:05:16And I'll do my best to take care of this.
00:05:24That guy.
00:05:25You're going to have your hands full with him.
00:05:27Did you know you'd lost a button?
00:05:37Did I?
00:05:38Yes, sir.
00:05:39Well, I'll be darned.
00:05:41I just got this suit from the queen of today.
00:05:44Something's got to be done about those tailors.
00:05:46I never thought such...
00:05:46Now, now, now, I'll go out and get a button to mask and sew it on for you before you leave.
00:06:12Oh, hi, Jim.
00:06:13Hiya, Muggs.
00:06:13Where are you going?
00:06:14Police headquarters?
00:06:15Yeah, yeah.
00:06:15Just the usual round.
00:06:17Uh-huh.
00:06:17Well, watch out.
00:06:18They don't like you.
00:06:21Pretty good, huh?
00:06:22No.
00:06:24Well, he's punching.
00:06:28Good morning, Fabacius.
00:06:29Good morning, Nick.
00:06:31What?
00:06:31Oh, pardon me, boys.
00:06:32I just dug these up in the morgue.
00:06:34There were a bunch of pictures that should be common.
00:06:35Remember that thing you were shooting him out off about?
00:06:37I mean, uh...
00:06:37Forget it.
00:06:38The journal beat us to the story.
00:06:40Now, the best thing we can do is to ignore it.
00:06:41Yeah, but they didn't have no pictures.
00:06:43That's why he missed the boat.
00:06:43These are just what the doctor ordered.
00:06:45Get that junk off your desk and we'll show you.
00:06:47Get a load of this.
00:06:48This is once he was on the stage.
00:06:49Remember them million-dollar gams?
00:06:51Uh-huh.
00:06:51Just a picture of them with one of them big, fine, luxurious cars.
00:06:54Uh-huh.
00:06:55And this is a picture of them right after the divorce.
00:06:57Uh-huh.
00:06:57You think I ought to get a raise for that?
00:06:59Uh-uh.
00:07:00Don't?
00:07:01Uh-uh.
00:07:02Well, anyway, look at the pictures.
00:07:04I told you that sooner or later you'd come crawling to me on your knees.
00:07:28I'm not crawling and I'm not asking for any favors.
00:07:31I only want what was mine when I married you.
00:07:34Why don't you get yourself a lawyer?
00:07:36You know I haven't a chance in court.
00:07:39Your lawyer thought of that.
00:07:40But I don't intend to be cheated, Tom.
00:07:43Not if I have to kill you.
00:07:49What do you want?
00:07:50You know what I want.
00:07:51I want my security.
00:07:53And I want them now.
00:08:20They're gone.
00:08:21They're not gone.
00:08:23I know all your tricks.
00:08:24No tricks, Gypsy.
00:08:25Look for yourself.
00:08:27You're not going to get away with this, Tom.
00:08:29I want what belongs to me.
00:08:31Now, you'd better find them.
00:08:32I'm telling you the truth.
00:08:34They're not here.
00:08:34You never told the truth in your life.
00:08:36And I'm not leaving here till I get what I came for.
00:08:40You're getting out of here now or I'll call the police.
00:08:44You'll never reach the phone.
00:08:47No.
00:08:47No.
00:08:47No.
00:08:47No.
00:08:51That's right.
00:09:09That's the guy.
00:09:10Murder.
00:09:11Where's Jim?
00:09:12Well, I don't know.
00:09:14Hasn't he been down there?
00:09:15Oh, well, I...
00:09:17You better get her down to Wilson's place right away.
00:09:19Looks like a big story.
00:09:21Tell him I'm fresh out of cigars.
00:09:23Thanks, Ryan.
00:09:24I'll get Jim right on it.
00:09:25We're in blazes as Lindsay.
00:09:28Why, I...
00:09:29The biggest murder of the year.
00:09:31The victim, financially prominent.
00:09:33All the earmarks of a mystery.
00:09:34Front page stops and not a word from my police reporter.
00:09:38Every time I come by this chair, it's empty.
00:09:41But nobody ever ran down a story sitting in a chair.
00:09:43No.
00:09:44And nobody ever did it playing hide-and-seek either.
00:09:46What do you mean, hide-and-seek?
00:09:47A police reporter is supposed to be around police headquarters this time of the day, isn't he?
00:09:51Yeah.
00:09:52Supposed to be.
00:09:53Well, that's where he is.
00:09:54He told me so when he left.
00:09:56Well, he's not there.
00:09:56I just told him.
00:09:57Yeah?
00:09:58A good reporter doesn't sit around headquarters.
00:10:00Jim's probably out covering the case.
00:10:02Come to think of it, Jane is right.
00:10:04Now, if you ask me...
00:10:05Nobody did.
00:10:06All right, school.
00:10:07Found out something for the early edition.
00:10:08Just in case.
00:10:13You know where he is?
00:10:15Yes.
00:10:15He's at an auction buying rugs.
00:10:17Where?
00:10:17I'll go out and wise him up.
00:10:18I don't know.
00:10:19He took the ad with him.
00:10:21That's fine thing.
00:10:21People are getting murdered and he's out buying rugs to wrap him up in.
00:10:24Look, you go in there and keep old Zeppelin head busy.
00:10:27I'll go over to Wilson's place and pinch hit for Jim.
00:10:29I know, but the boss...
00:10:30Never mind the boss.
00:10:30Just go in there before the boss blows a fuse.
00:10:32Go on.
00:10:33The boss...
00:10:33What's the line?
00:10:36Quit staring at me.
00:10:36You'll make me self-conscious.
00:10:46Hey, Gleppy.
00:10:47What?
00:10:49You got your pickup outside?
00:10:50Sir, you didn't expect me to park him here, did you?
00:10:52It would save time.
00:10:53Come on, I want you to drive me down to police headquarters.
00:10:55I can't.
00:10:55I got a report.
00:10:56You can do that later.
00:10:57It's a matter in which speed is of detrimental consequence.
00:10:59What?
00:11:00I said speed is of detrimental consequence.
00:11:02You know something?
00:11:03You're getting a talk like a dictionary.
00:11:04If you're not careful, I'll make you a reporter.
00:11:07Come on.
00:11:09Oh!
00:11:10Oh!
00:11:11A button!
00:11:12A button!
00:11:13Oh!
00:11:13I'm an ecstasy.
00:11:15That's fine.
00:11:15A button.
00:11:16Now all you need is a suit or clothes to sew on it.
00:11:18Oh, I love buttons.
00:11:19And my mother loves them, too.
00:11:20She's a button.
00:11:21She's got millions of them.
00:11:22How and three.
00:11:23Well, at least it's a change from saving strings.
00:11:25Strings?
00:11:26My Uncle Louie, he used to save them.
00:11:27Yeah?
00:11:28What'd he do with them?
00:11:28He got a million together, and he wove himself a rope.
00:11:31What'd he do with the rope?
00:11:32Hang himself.
00:11:35Give me a hat a minute, will you, Climpy?
00:11:39Remind me.
00:11:40I got a man.
00:11:40She saved hat.
00:11:45Look at this.
00:11:45What do you mean?
00:11:46Oh, look out of it.
00:11:47Look.
00:11:47Oh, look.
00:11:48Ninety.
00:11:48Side of it.
00:11:49Oh.
00:11:50Hey, you'll never get any tickets that way.
00:11:53Well, that's what we're thinking.
00:11:53Come on.
00:11:54Get in the back.
00:11:54We got an errand to do.
00:11:56What are you waiting for, Climpy?
00:11:57Make with the door.
00:11:59Relieve one to him.
00:12:04Oh, the utility of use.
00:12:06Fast, please.
00:12:07Come on.
00:12:07Make with the accelerator, boy.
00:12:09Wrap that steering wheel around your nose.
00:12:10The flying thing.
00:12:21The biggest and lighter mystery of the century just broke, and Jim's not on the job.
00:12:26Oh, if that journal scoops us again, it'll be pathetic.
00:12:28How much cash you got?
00:12:32Presented.
00:12:32That means it's half full.
00:12:33That's all.
00:12:34Yeah, that's all.
00:12:34Uh-huh.
00:12:34You know the way to the Wilson place?
00:12:36Sure.
00:12:36Who is it?
00:12:37Never mind.
00:12:38Just drive.
00:12:38I'll show you.
00:12:39Can you say, please, that quarter?
00:12:40I can change my mind, can I?
00:12:42That's a potential reporter's prerogative.
00:12:43But I'll report it, and I'm going to be back the time in spring.
00:12:46There you go again.
00:12:47Talking about irrelevant, irrelevant.
00:12:49Just when the fourth and second stand propels me to cover the most morbid of mutilation.
00:12:53Ain't you got no initiative?
00:12:55I got a middle initiative.
00:12:56Ah, Francis, my mate.
00:12:59Can you get this through your head?
00:13:00If we don't arrive for this emergency, Jim is going to lose his job.
00:13:03There ain't going to be no wedding bells.
00:13:04Wedding bells?
00:13:05I like wedding bells.
00:13:06They make me cry.
00:13:07I'd advise you to melt your head and turn it into the fat drive.
00:13:10Get a nickel a pound, you know, you could buy yourself a nice big lollipop.
00:13:13I like lollipops.
00:13:14You do, huh?
00:13:14Very easy to please, ain't you?
00:13:16Maybe you'll like this.
00:13:17I'm getting to like it.
00:13:23Hey, is Munch McGinnis around any place?
00:13:25Why, Bobby Jordan.
00:13:27Hello, Janie.
00:13:28The Army certainly has done things for you.
00:13:30Thanks.
00:13:30Hey, is Munch McGinnis around?
00:13:31I've been trying to find him and the gang, and I haven't got much time.
00:13:34Well, he went up to Thomas Wilson's place.
00:13:36Wilson's place?
00:13:37Lexington Avenue.
00:13:38Oh, that's right.
00:13:39Thanks, Janie.
00:13:40I'll be seeing you.
00:13:41Take care of yourself.
00:13:48You could have left the curb there.
00:13:49Maybe somebody else wants to use it.
00:13:51Turn off the electricity.
00:13:52Now what?
00:13:56Don't rush me.
00:13:56Quit pushing.
00:13:57I've got to get my brain accumulating.
00:14:00Now, there's two cheap things I want you guys to remember.
00:14:02Just cheap.
00:14:03Just cheap.
00:14:03What is that?
00:14:04Who'd you say?
00:14:05Oh, you're so capricious.
00:14:07In the first place, I'm running this show.
00:14:08In the second place, you went in the first place.
00:14:10Is that clear?
00:14:12Now, there's another little iota I'd like to express.
00:14:14And I want you fellas jumping at no conclusions that ain't conclusive.
00:14:17Is that likewise clear?
00:14:18I don't get it.
00:14:19I've got it now.
00:14:21To your personal edification, I will infelch upon the details.
00:14:24There's two things you need to solve a murder mystery.
00:14:26A corpus electus and a reduce in mind.
00:14:28But the most important thing of all is that the guy that looks the guiltiest generally
00:14:32ain't.
00:14:32And the guy that looks the not guiltiest generally is.
00:14:35You understand?
00:14:36I didn't think you would.
00:14:38You guys stay here while Glimpy and I go peruse the layout.
00:14:41Understand?
00:14:42What's the matter?
00:14:48Is my dictum a little delinquent?
00:14:49Is my pronunciation so profound?
00:14:53Glimpy!
00:14:54You can go with me.
00:14:55Mr. Duncan, I understand you were Wilson's manager.
00:15:12Yes, we were closer than that.
00:15:13We were friends for many years.
00:15:16And you, Miss, uh, Miss...
00:15:17Uh, Miss Diane Gibson.
00:15:19Miss Gibson.
00:15:20You work for Mr. Wilson?
00:15:21Well, I entertain in one of his clubs.
00:15:24Mm-hmm.
00:15:24And you were also, uh, shall we say, uh, closer than that?
00:15:30Well, I...
00:15:31Yes, I guess it's safe to say closer than that.
00:15:38Morning, officer.
00:15:39I suppose the body's still inside.
00:15:40Hey, where do you think you're going?
00:15:43Oh, you remember me, don't you?
00:15:44No, I don't.
00:15:45Well, uh, I work for the Eden Express.
00:15:48I'm Jim Lindsey's assistant.
00:15:49This is my assistant.
00:15:51We were sent up here to cover this case.
00:15:53Representing your place, huh?
00:15:54Ha!
00:15:54That's a laugh.
00:15:55Go on, feed it.
00:15:57It's a nice way to treat the force of state.
00:15:59You heard what I said.
00:16:00Feed it.
00:16:01Your authority supersedes my iniquity.
00:16:03But if that's the way you feel about it, if you ever get a promotion, we won't even put
00:16:05your picture in our paper.
00:16:08We won't even spell your name right.
00:16:11Please.
00:16:15Hey, Glimpy.
00:16:21What?
00:16:21You see what I see?
00:16:26McGuire, the cop.
00:16:27That Ben?
00:16:28No, it's good.
00:16:29I'll go over and disengage him in a conversation while you see if he can find an open window
00:16:32or something.
00:16:33And then what?
00:16:36It's a good thing I don't want to attract any attention.
00:16:39As soon as you find a means entry, you signal me and I'll ditch McGuire.
00:16:42Then we can prolong our investigation.
00:16:44Okay, Chief.
00:16:50Oh, well.
00:16:51Hiya, McGuire.
00:16:52Well, uh, how are you, Ethelbert?
00:16:55Oh, McGuire, please.
00:16:56I'm growing up now.
00:16:57Let's dispense with those social amenities.
00:16:59The name is Mugs.
00:17:00Well, what are you doing so far away from the Lanchester Street?
00:17:02Mugs.
00:17:03Well, haven't you heard?
00:17:04I've got a white-collar job with the Evening Express.
00:17:06Worked directly under Jim Lindsay.
00:17:08Yeah?
00:17:08You remember Jim, don't you?
00:17:09Oh, yes.
00:17:10Everybody in the fort knows him.
00:17:11He's a nice boy.
00:17:12Ah, fine broth of a lad.
00:17:14His father before him was, too.
00:17:15Yes, and my father also.
00:17:18Certainly was.
00:17:19You ain't seen him around, have you?
00:17:20Your father?
00:17:21No, no.
00:17:21Jim.
00:17:22No, he ain't showed up yet.
00:17:23Well, I guess I'll wait for him inside.
00:17:25I guess you'll wait for him outside.
00:17:28Your guess is as good as mine.
00:17:30How is your father now?
00:17:31He's pretty good.
00:17:32Suffering from a slight incarceration, though.
00:17:35Is it?
00:17:35Oh.
00:17:36About 30 days.
00:17:37Oh, he's got to watch them things.
00:17:38He's got to watch them judges, too.
00:17:40Yeah?
00:17:40What is that?
00:17:52What?
00:17:52I didn't hear nothing.
00:17:53You mean to say you didn't hear that whistle?
00:17:55Oh, that whistle.
00:17:57Probably just a bird.
00:17:58Ah, you're trying to give me the boy.
00:18:00That's what I give you the bird, Mac.
00:18:03You know me better than that.
00:18:05Never give you the bird.
00:18:06You know, I learned a good trick last night.
00:18:07You did, eh?
00:18:08Got to have it on or I'll show it to you.
00:18:10Well, I haven't got a half a dollar, but I got a lucky coin here that I've carried for 30 years.
00:18:15Is this a pilot trick?
00:18:16Oh, that's the time he's part of your rent.
00:18:18You just take the half a dollar, take the lucky coin, you hold it between your forefinger and thumb like this.
00:18:22Yes.
00:18:22You're more from your left hand.
00:18:23Uh-huh.
00:18:23Pass it across the coin, therefore depreciating its whole value like that.
00:18:27Oh, it dropped it.
00:18:28Oh, Mac, I'm drastically sorry I lost your lucky piece.
00:18:31Where is it?
00:18:32Where is it?
00:18:32I don't know.
00:18:33It's dropped in the grass there.
00:18:34Hey, listen.
00:18:34I've had that for 30 years.
00:18:36I don't want to lose it.
00:18:37You know, I won that.
00:18:38That stirs my deepest sympathy, Mac.
00:18:41I'd help you look for it, but I just had these pants pressed.
00:18:43When I was anchorman on the tug-of-war team for the 13th Precinct, and somebody cut the rope, and we went back, and I went down in the mud.
00:18:56Well, sure enough, but where is that thing now?
00:19:00I have it.
00:19:01I have it.
00:19:02I found it, Ethelbert.
00:19:13Have either one of you any idea who might have submitted this crime, or know any person who might have had a reason for killing him?
00:19:22No.
00:19:23I'm clinton, if anyone.
00:19:24Well, that's hardly fair.
00:19:26Ready to take some notes.
00:19:27Fishing on innocent people.
00:19:29Well, if they're innocent, they have nothing to worry about.
00:19:31Well, of course, you know, his ex-wife's been bothering him lately.
00:19:36You mean Gypsy, Carmen?
00:19:37That's right.
00:19:38Been demanding a lot of money.
00:19:39In fact, uh, Wilson told me that several times she's, well, threatened him.
00:19:45Yeah, I guess that's right.
00:19:47Mm-hmm.
00:19:47Well, go on.
00:19:49I simply suggested he reported to the authorities.
00:19:51He said he didn't want any bad publicity.
00:19:53Harry, hey, how do you spell authorities?
00:19:58E-O-P-S.
00:19:59Why do you spell that?
00:20:00Hey, don't know.
00:20:00Use shorthand.
00:20:02You handled the divorce case?
00:20:04Yes, I did.
00:20:06Mm-hmm.
00:20:06And you were the, uh, that is, you were mentioned, uh...
00:20:10Well, I, uh...
00:20:12Mm-hmm.
00:20:14I consider that he made a very generous settlement on his ex-wife.
00:20:18It sounds good for Gypsy, Carmen.
00:20:20They've got a lot of consequential evidence.
00:20:22Well, until the fingerprint men finished,
00:20:24we haven't anything but these gloves to go on
00:20:26and the fact that he was killed by a .38 caliber bullet.
00:20:29These gloves were found on the floor.
00:20:31Everything here.
00:20:31I'm not going to have me so we can have killed you.
00:20:34Here's the house boy, lieutenant.
00:20:35Was you the one who phoned the police
00:20:41that Mr. Wilson was murdered?
00:20:42Yes, sir.
00:20:43How did you know he was murdered?
00:20:45Well, sir, I was clearing the dishes in the dining room
00:20:47when I heard a shot.
00:20:49When I came in here, I saw Mr. Wilson dead.
00:20:52And then what?
00:20:53To the base of my recollection, I stopped running.
00:20:57I was six bucks down the street before I thought of phoning.
00:21:00So I stopped in the corner of the drugstore.
00:21:02Did you see anything that looked suspicious?
00:21:05I had no time to notice nothing, sir,
00:21:08unless it was that woman.
00:21:10Woman?
00:21:11What woman?
00:21:12That woman that was running on the sidewalk ahead of me.
00:21:15What was she like?
00:21:16I didn't see her very good.
00:21:17I went by so fast, boss.
00:21:19But she was wearing a fuzzy coat,
00:21:21a funny hat,
00:21:22and a veil.
00:21:23Yes, sir.
00:21:24Funny little hat with a veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:21:27Hat with a veil coat.
00:21:28Did you happen to notice where she went?
00:21:29Seems to me she was heading for a yellow cab.
00:21:32I don't suppose you got the number of the cab.
00:21:33Well, the only thing I got was,
00:21:36seems to me there was a big dent in the front fender.
00:21:38It's that yellow cab with a dent in the fender.
00:21:42That might be a little intricate, is it?
00:21:45A lot of cabs in this town.
00:21:47A pair of gloves and a dent in the front fender.
00:21:49Come on.
00:21:50We got work to do.
00:21:51What is going to work?
00:21:52A process of illumination.
00:21:54Exactly.
00:21:54Exactly.
00:21:56Beautiful beauty.
00:21:58Beautiful age.
00:21:59Did you see the death one got mopped?
00:22:08He certainly did.
00:22:09The place is knee-deep in blood.
00:22:13You better mop up, too.
00:22:15Mop up what?
00:22:16The blood off your feet.
00:22:17Oh, yeah.
00:22:18It's a good thing you guys didn't go along.
00:22:20It was cruel.
00:22:21We left just as rigged as mortis came in.
00:22:23Yeah, then his brother came post-mortis.
00:22:25Well, let's go.
00:22:29All right, Sarge.
00:22:32All right, Jimmy.
00:22:33Mind if I park this?
00:22:34Go ahead.
00:22:36All right.
00:22:39So, where's the lieutenant?
00:22:41Don't tell me there's been a murder committed while my back was sent.
00:22:43Yeah.
00:22:43Thomas Wilson was shot this morning.
00:22:45Thomas Wilson shot?
00:22:47Yeah.
00:22:47Didn't Jane tell you?
00:22:48No.
00:22:49The lieutenant's over there now checking up.
00:22:51Holy cow.
00:22:53Mind if I use your phone?
00:22:54Go ahead.
00:22:55Jim Lindsay, get me the express.
00:22:57Take it fast, will you, Mamie?
00:22:58Good morning, Express.
00:23:04Mr. Cartwright's office.
00:23:05Hello, honey.
00:23:06Thomas Wilson's just been murdered.
00:23:07So, I've heard.
00:23:08Where have you been?
00:23:10The auction.
00:23:10It's just the ruts of the living room.
00:23:12It flew with the most wonderful pat...
00:23:14Huh?
00:23:16From that police headquarters.
00:23:18Got any dope on the story?
00:23:19Who is it, Lindsay?
00:23:21That's very good.
00:23:23I'll tell him.
00:23:24Yes, it's Jim.
00:23:25Jim.
00:23:25Hello?
00:23:31Hello?
00:23:33Hello?
00:23:37He's working on the Wilson murder case.
00:23:43By the way, where's the Wilson place?
00:23:45Rampart Avenue, 1200 block.
00:23:47Thanks.
00:23:53There you go.
00:23:54Shut up.
00:23:54I'll be right there.
00:23:55Take what I've made.
00:23:56That's the busiest man in town.
00:23:57Looks like...
00:23:58Hey!
00:24:01Oh!
00:24:03Looks like it might be it.
00:24:05Hey, you!
00:24:06Come here!
00:24:07I'll come when I'm good and ready.
00:24:08What do you think?
00:24:09I'm ready.
00:24:09All right.
00:24:10Get over there, then.
00:24:11Hey!
00:24:13You drive this hack?
00:24:14I don't push it.
00:24:16I want to ask you a little inquisition.
00:24:18Inquisition?
00:24:18What race is he in?
00:24:19Get that paper for a minute.
00:24:21Come back here.
00:24:22This is business.
00:24:23I want to know if you picked up a woman on Rampart Avenue this morning.
00:24:25Sure.
00:24:26I picked up lots of women.
00:24:27This one you'll remember.
00:24:28She was nervous and excited.
00:24:29She had a thing on her head with a big veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:24:31Thing on her head with a big veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:24:33Yeah.
00:24:33Fuzzy coat.
00:24:34Yeah, I picked up a woman, I guess.
00:24:38Why?
00:24:39Oh, we found these.
00:24:40We think they belong to her.
00:24:41Figured if we bring them back, we might get a reward.
00:24:43Of course, we'd cut you in 50-50.
00:24:45Ah, no, not 50-50.
00:24:4650-40.
00:24:4750-5-45?
00:24:48No argument.
00:24:49Where'd you take it?
00:24:50Oh.
00:24:51I took over to 600 bucks at Stephen's Hotel.
00:24:57Stephen's Hotel on Park Avenue.
00:24:59Thanks.
00:25:00I'll see you later.
00:25:04Well, Bobby George.
00:25:05Hello, McGuire.
00:25:06How are you?
00:25:07Well, the army has short-footed me.
00:25:10Thanks.
00:25:10I know.
00:25:10Have you seen Muggs?
00:25:12Yikes.
00:25:12He was just here.
00:25:13Where did he go?
00:25:14Well, I don't know.
00:25:15But I want to see him about something.
00:25:17I want to see him, period.
00:25:18I'm trying to catch up to him.
00:25:20Thanks.
00:25:20Period.
00:25:21Which one of you guys is driving this 564?
00:25:24Me, officer.
00:25:25Your checker tells me you were cruising around the Granny's Village section a while ago.
00:25:28Yeah, that's right.
00:25:29Did you pick up a woman who acted kind of excited?
00:25:31Yes.
00:25:32She's wearing a...
00:25:33I know.
00:25:34I know.
00:25:34A fudgy coat and a funny little hat in the veil.
00:25:37I know.
00:25:37I know.
00:25:38Remember her?
00:25:40Remember her.
00:25:40By now, I ought to know like my own sister.
00:25:43Never mind the wife's face.
00:25:44Where did you take her?
00:25:44I took her to Stephen's apartment on Park Avenue.
00:25:5222nd Precinct.
00:25:53Sergeant Ryan talking.
00:25:55Stephen's apartment's in there.
00:25:56Hey.
00:25:57Okay.
00:25:58Where are you?
00:25:58All right.
00:26:00I'll send her car right over.
00:26:01Take her up.
00:26:02Bring her in.
00:26:13Wait a minute.
00:26:14We can't go bust in here.
00:26:15That?
00:26:16This ain't no free lunch counter.
00:26:17It's a very indistinct of hotel.
00:26:19Oh, my God.
00:26:19I think I'd better go in alone.
00:26:20I'll make a better depression.
00:26:22First of all, I'll find out Gypsy's room number.
00:26:24Then I'll signal you guys and you can sneak in while I'm diminishing the manager's attention.
00:26:27Got that?
00:26:28Right.
00:26:30What's this for you?
00:26:36Good afternoon.
00:26:38Good afternoon.
00:26:39I'd like to see the manager.
00:26:40I'm the manager.
00:26:41You're the manager?
00:26:42Yes.
00:26:43Anything I can do for you?
00:26:44I'd like Gypsy Commons room number.
00:26:46It's 218.
00:26:47218?
00:26:48218?
00:26:50Well, would you have a bellhop, show me up?
00:26:51I'm sorry.
00:26:52We haven't any bellhop.
00:26:53You haven't any bellhop?
00:26:55No.
00:26:55Of course, even if you did have some, they couldn't show me up because I'm a pretty big man in this town.
00:26:59Muggs McGinnis.
00:27:01You ever hear of me?
00:27:01No.
00:27:03You didn't?
00:27:03You haven't been reading newspapers lately.
00:27:05I'll have to see that you get a subscription to our paper, the Express.
00:27:08We have a boy that delivers the papers.
00:27:10Delivers them?
00:27:11Do I look like a delivery boy?
00:27:13Yes.
00:27:14Oh, you puncture my ego.
00:27:16It's a terrible thing to do to somebody only in those ten minutes, puncture their ego.
00:27:20By the way, you're a pretty nice-looking girl.
00:27:23You think we could arrange a tater-tapes with some tea and coffee or something?
00:27:27I'm afraid the owners wouldn't like that.
00:27:29The owners?
00:27:30I don't want to take the owners out.
00:27:31I'm talking to you.
00:27:32Well, let's put an end to all these terminological inexactitudes.
00:27:36I'm going up and see Gypsy.
00:27:38I'm sorry.
00:27:38Miss Carmen isn't seeing anyone.
00:27:40Oh, but she'll see me.
00:27:41It's very impulsive.
00:27:42I said I'm sorry.
00:27:43Miss Carmen is not seeing anyone.
00:27:46Don't you think that you are being a little recalcitrant?
00:27:49Miss Carmen isn't seeing anyone.
00:27:58I still think you're a very detractive young lady.
00:28:09Clamp, it's going out.
00:28:10You're using some aesthetic for you.
00:28:19I can't believe it.
00:28:20Good afternoon, Miss Carmen.
00:28:24Mail?
00:28:25Hmm?
00:28:25One, yes.
00:28:27Any calls?
00:28:29Uh, Carol Crane shop called.
00:28:31Said your dress would be ready about two.
00:28:32Oh, fine.
00:28:34Something you've been waiting for.
00:28:35Yes, I'd love to have you for tonight.
00:28:57Yes?
00:28:58Who is it?
00:28:58It's me, Miss Hackle.
00:29:00The maid.
00:29:01I've got some clean towels for y'all.
00:29:03Oh, I'll ask you, honey.
00:29:04Yes, sir.
00:29:11216 and 219.
00:29:13I think it's down the other way.
00:29:14Brilliant.
00:29:15There it is.
00:29:20Let me see.
00:29:23Get up.
00:29:23How are we going to get in?
00:29:25Stop asking a question.
00:29:27How are we going to get in?
00:29:28Bottle of this.
00:29:29Bottle of this.
00:29:29Who is it?
00:29:36It's me, Miss Carmen, the maid.
00:29:38Got some clean towels for y'all.
00:29:42All right.
00:29:43Just a minute.
00:29:44What does she mean?
00:29:47Don't be so premeditated, Miss Carmen.
00:29:52What right have you got breaking in here like this?
00:29:54What are you doing here?
00:29:55Who are you anyway?
00:29:55Now, don't go have a no-apoplectic fish.
00:29:58We can't cure them.
00:29:59I presume that you're Miss Carmen?
00:30:01No, I'm not.
00:30:02You made a mistake.
00:30:03I, uh...
00:30:03I didn't make no mistake.
00:30:05I don't need no confirmation for that last statement either.
00:30:07I've already seen your pictures.
00:30:09If you come over here and sit down, we'll talk.
00:30:10Just bring over nice and peacefully.
00:30:12Nobody be hurt.
00:30:13Nobody be rubbed.
00:30:15I know a little about this Wilson guy.
00:30:18I know he was no good.
00:30:19I know he's a regular heel.
00:30:20I even think he had it coming to him.
00:30:22I go one step further.
00:30:23But I didn't do it.
00:30:23I only happened to be there.
00:30:25What right have you got to question me?
00:30:27Who are you anyway?
00:30:28Well, I'm a reporter on Evening Express.
00:30:30It's the biggest newspaper in town.
00:30:31You'll hear a lot about me someday.
00:30:32That's a different story.
00:30:34I have an inclination to be prejudiced on your behalf.
00:30:36But I can't be a no assistance, none so ever, unless you will give me your fullest cooperation.
00:30:40But I don't know anything, I tell you.
00:30:42Well, you already admitted you were present when the victim was fately incapacitated.
00:30:46Yes.
00:30:47And then what?
00:30:48Now, there's a $64 question.
00:30:51Rumpy, what are you doing?
00:30:53I don't know.
00:30:53I must have lost my mind.
00:30:55It's a mental pre-catch.
00:30:57Will you please proceed?
00:30:59Well, we were discussing some private affairs and I heard a shot.
00:31:03It must have come from the window.
00:31:04But I don't know who fired it.
00:31:06Said shot being the same that found its destination in the victim's body?
00:31:09Yes.
00:31:10And then what?
00:31:11Shatter!
00:31:13Please continue, Miss Comin'.
00:31:14Everything went blank.
00:31:16It was no blank, honey.
00:31:17It killed the guy.
00:31:17Will you please keep your big Zeppelin nose out of this?
00:31:23People on this, Tommy.
00:31:24Well, then I must have lost my head.
00:31:25The next thing I remember was a taxi cab and coming here and...
00:31:29Oh, you do believe me, don't you?
00:31:31Yes, I do.
00:31:32But I'm a little bit biased.
00:31:34I do have to say.
00:31:35I don't think the cops can believe that story.
00:31:37In fact, I think they'd tear it down in a shred.
00:31:42Hey, Mark, come here!
00:31:44Come in here!
00:31:47Get back.
00:31:53It's the cops.
00:31:54You think they're coming up here?
00:31:55I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:31:56Cops have a way of finding out things, you know.
00:31:57See, if they find us here with a dame,
00:31:58they might think we have something to do with the murder.
00:32:00They ain't gonna find us here with a dame.
00:32:01In fact, they ain't even gonna find us here.
00:32:02Fine, let's go home.
00:32:03It's right there.
00:32:04We're gonna decoy them.
00:32:05We're gonna decoy them?
00:32:06I can get a reference for that.
00:32:08Insubitably.
00:32:09Look, last time you were at Wilson's,
00:32:11you had on kind of a camouflage hat with a big veil and a fuzzy coat.
00:32:14Yes.
00:32:14You got that here?
00:32:15Yes.
00:32:16Can I see it, please?
00:32:16Over there.
00:32:17Here it is.
00:32:20Thanks.
00:32:21Well, what are we gonna do?
00:32:23I'm dissolving a store.
00:32:26Firstly, we gotta ditch them cops.
00:32:28Secondly, somebody has to go over to Wilson's and tell Jim we're at the club.
00:32:32Just a second, miss.
00:32:34Are you and Dissy Carmen living here?
00:32:36Why, yes.
00:32:37Is she in?
00:32:38Yes, she is.
00:32:39What's the room number?
00:32:41218.
00:32:42Oh, just a minute.
00:33:15Here we go.
00:33:45Worked like a charm. What a brink. Absolutely subnormal.
00:33:57This makes me look guiltier than ever. I should give myself up.
00:34:00Give yourself up?
00:34:01What, before our pape has a chance to prepare a line of defense?
00:34:04You can't do that. Furthermore, you're in no condition how to face a third degree.
00:34:08But it seems so useless, so hopeless.
00:34:10Just leave everything to me. We'll just sneak you over to our club and let you hide there until I got a chance to figure this thing out.
00:34:16No so ever. I don't think you should go like that.
00:34:18You got any slack?
00:34:19Yes.
00:34:19You better put them on.
00:34:22This will probably take about three days.
00:34:24Three, six, two, five, three, eight.
00:34:45Woof!
00:34:52THE END
00:35:22THE END
00:35:52I thought we'd never get out of there.
00:35:54It looked for a minute like that copper would get wise to me.
00:35:57I'd better get those papers.
00:35:59You coming along with me?
00:36:00No, I have my car down here.
00:36:01Okay.
00:36:02See you later.
00:36:03Come on, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:13Come on, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:15Come on, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:17Come on, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:25Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:36:27Bobby, George.
00:36:28Hello, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:29Boy, you're looking wonderful.
00:36:32Gee, the army is treating me making a man out of you.
00:36:34Thanks, I feel pretty good.
00:36:35Say, have you seen most of them a gang?
00:36:36Yeah, they were here a little while ago.
00:36:38Where'd they go?
00:36:39Stephen's department, Park Avenue.
00:36:40Stephen's department.
00:36:41Thanks, Mr. Johnson.
00:36:42So long, Bobby.
00:36:43Okay, so are you.
00:36:45What's this point of protection?
00:36:45I think we're down the club.
00:37:02And I can delegate you to the seat of honor, if you please.
00:37:05Delegate.
00:37:07The meeting is now called order.
00:37:09Let me take the minutes.
00:37:11One, two, three, four.
00:37:13What's doing, you silly man?
00:37:15Take it a minute.
00:37:17The notes with the pencil and paper.
00:37:20Now, Mr. Coleman, first of all, I don't want you to worry about a thing.
00:37:22It's the last place in the world the cops would expect to find you.
00:37:24However, while we're tracking down the guilty party, or parties, whichever the case may be,
00:37:28we've got to find a means of sustaining the inner woman.
00:37:31Inner woman?
00:37:31Who she ain't never heard of her before.
00:37:33Who's so?
00:37:34She's got to eat.
00:37:35She's got to have some nutrition.
00:37:36Oh, no, thanks.
00:37:36I'm not hungry.
00:37:37I am?
00:37:38Oh, you slutting you.
00:37:40How'd I get down to the business on here?
00:37:41Mr. Coleman, if I'm going to be your defense attorney, I can ask you a few simple questions.
00:37:44Where were you going to...
00:37:45In the words of that great Chinese detective,
00:37:48with number one son, please refrain from Blake King's train of thought, please.
00:37:53Sally, Pop.
00:37:54Now, how about your unfortunate predicament?
00:38:01I told you before, I didn't do it, and I don't know who did.
00:38:04Hey, Pop, could I ask you a simple question?
00:38:06Number one son gets simple kiss-a-pushed in if he don't keep simple flappy shuddy.
00:38:12Sally.
00:38:12Miss Coleman, let me rephrase that last statement.
00:38:16Do you have any evidence to prove to contention that you're not guilty?
00:38:19Yes, I still have my gun with all the shells in it.
00:38:21You mean you were packing a rod?
00:38:23I mean, uh, you were in possession of a concealed weapon at the time of the misdemeanor?
00:38:28Oh, yes, I have it here.
00:38:30Ah!
00:38:32Murder type.
00:38:35Holy mackerel.
00:38:37This is a .32.
00:38:38For what?
00:38:39No, nothing.
00:38:40Nothing at all.
00:38:41Except that you will recollect with your broken-down brain, Wilson was shot with a .38.
00:38:44So maybe she used bigger bullets.
00:38:48Would you please put that away, Miss Coleman, before I have some tragic temptations?
00:38:53Good thing for you, I get other things on my mind.
00:38:56Come on, we gotta get back to the office and tell Jim about this.
00:38:58It'll be the biggest stoop of the year.
00:38:59You just sit here and make yourself at home.
00:39:01If you get hungry, you'll find some crackers in the pantry.
00:39:02Let's go.
00:39:07Pardon me, Miss.
00:39:09Is Muggs McGinnis here?
00:39:10Who?
00:39:11Muggs McGinnis.
00:39:12Well, I don't know him.
00:39:13Well, he's a little fellow with black hair and a pug nose.
00:39:16Oh, that one.
00:39:17He was here, but he left.
00:39:18He did.
00:39:19Do you know where he went?
00:39:20No, and I don't care.
00:39:23Thanks.
00:39:26And you say he was shot in the back, huh?
00:39:28Well, the lieutenant figured the cop came through the window.
00:39:30How'd he figure that?
00:39:32How do I know?
00:39:33I ain't a lieutenant.
00:39:35Here's another angle, McGuire.
00:39:37Suppose the murderer knocks at the door.
00:39:39Wilson let him in.
00:39:41Yeah.
00:39:42Then as he's trying to walk back to his chair.
00:39:44Yeah.
00:39:44The murderer let him have it in the back, like this.
00:39:47Swooping around this way.
00:39:48Falling forward.
00:39:50Then going all the way back.
00:39:52Good?
00:39:52I don't think so, no.
00:39:54All right, I'll show you.
00:39:54Now, when I knock at the door, you let me in.
00:39:56Okay, I get you.
00:40:00Hey, what happened?
00:40:17Ain't you going to knock?
00:40:24What's holding you up?
00:40:26Now I know we're on the right track.
00:40:27What's that?
00:40:28That's the button the murderer lost during the fight.
00:40:29I tell you, there wasn't no fight.
00:40:31Sure there was.
00:40:32Here's the way I got it figured.
00:40:34Wilson saw the murderer draw a gun.
00:40:36He made a grab for him.
00:40:37Yeah.
00:40:37They started a struggle.
00:40:38Yeah.
00:40:38It must have been a terrific one because he dropped the button.
00:40:41While Wilson backwards turned, he let him have it.
00:40:43Perfect.
00:40:44Now all we got to do is find the guy that belongs to the button.
00:40:46That's right.
00:40:47You stick by me and you'll get a small promotion out of this.
00:40:49Yeah?
00:40:50You mean that they might make me a sergeant?
00:40:52What, Sergeant?
00:40:53They're likely to make you a lieutenant.
00:40:54Maybe even a captain.
00:40:55Woo!
00:40:56What a story.
00:40:58Murderous button.
00:40:59Have you seen anything of Lindsay?
00:41:02Never mind.
00:41:03Where in blazes have you been?
00:41:05Oh, boss, where do you think I've been?
00:41:06I'll get some dope on a Wilson case.
00:41:08Got it all untangled, I suppose.
00:41:10It's not really untangled.
00:41:11I could reenact a crime for you.
00:41:13That's my buyer.
00:41:14I think he could, Mr. Cartwright.
00:41:15Come pretty close to it anyway.
00:41:17Know who the killer is?
00:41:18Well, I haven't gotten that far yet.
00:41:19But I do know it was no mystery woman.
00:41:20It was a powerful man.
00:41:21Very interesting.
00:41:22It's true.
00:41:23It is true.
00:41:23Yeah, let me show you.
00:41:24Now look, this is Wilson's living room.
00:41:27This is the door the murderer came through.
00:41:29Wilson saw him in time in a struggle started.
00:41:30A terrific struggle.
00:41:32Wilson was no pygmy, but the intruder was too much for him.
00:41:34It fought back to about here.
00:41:36Wilson broke loose.
00:41:36The murderer let him have it in the back.
00:41:38Amazing.
00:41:38How are you going to prove it?
00:41:39The only tangible food that was found is to see in the crime.
00:41:42This button was dropped off the murderer's coat during the struggle.
00:41:45Pure theory.
00:41:46A man doesn't have to struggle to lose a button off his throat.
00:41:49Besides, it may have come off of any coat.
00:41:51Possibly Wilson.
00:41:52We investigated all them angles.
00:41:53That's what took us so long.
00:41:55We went down to the morgue and Wilson had all his buttons.
00:41:58What's more, I'll lay out.
00:41:59When we find a monkey that dropped this button, we'll solve this case tighter than a clan.
00:42:02This is a darned-a-city to find a button.
00:42:04Oh, hello, Jim.
00:42:05Hello, honey.
00:42:07I'll find plenty of two letters on my Netflix-sense account.
00:42:09Well, there's much of a match, but maybe it'll do.
00:42:15A little too small, aren't they?
00:42:17I think it's true.
00:42:18Not a very good match in color.
00:42:20No.
00:42:25Well, that's a perfect match.
00:42:26Where did you get it?
00:42:27Does this coat belong to you, Mr. Cartwright?
00:42:30Well, it looks like my coat, and it was hanging where my coat usually hangs.
00:42:33What were you doing in the Wilson home?
00:42:35Oh, don't be ridiculous.
00:42:36Why should I go there?
00:42:37I don't even know the man.
00:42:38Well, that's no alibi.
00:42:40Oh, jeez.
00:42:41Now, wait a minute, McGuire.
00:42:42There must be some mistake.
00:42:43Mr. Cartwright didn't have any motive for killing Wilson.
00:42:45Maybe not.
00:42:46But just the same, I'm going to keep the department informed of his whereabouts at all times.
00:42:51I advise you not to try to leave town without letting us know.
00:42:54Why don't you give yourself up?
00:42:56All right, I'll break in on you this way, Mr. Cartwright.
00:42:58But there's something that has to be explained.
00:42:59Now what?
00:43:00We were just about to grab the woman in the Wilson case when she stayed in an automobile.
00:43:03We got the license number.
00:43:04And according to the record, the car belongs to your paper.
00:43:07What is this?
00:43:07A conspiracy?
00:43:09It sure sounds phony to me.
00:43:11First, you drop this button on the street of the crime, and then you lend your car to a competitor for a getaway.
00:43:15I think you better come down to headquarters with me.
00:43:17Now, wait a minute, McGuire.
00:43:18I can explain to you.
00:43:18You shut up.
00:43:19Now, listen, McGuire.
00:43:20Save your breath for the captain.
00:43:22Give me the button.
00:43:22It'll only take a minute to throw it off.
00:43:23No, you don't.
00:43:25It's okay the way it stands.
00:43:26Come on, you.
00:43:27Don't worry about a thing, boss.
00:43:28I'll go down and see the cheese and fix everything.
00:43:29You'll do nothing of the kind.
00:43:31You've done enough fixing already.
00:43:32You're fired.
00:43:33And if I ever see your face around here again, Lizzie, by all the coley, I will commit murder.
00:43:40Come on, you.
00:43:41Pardon me.
00:43:44Come on.
00:43:45Come on, sir.
00:43:45Go on.
00:43:47Sorry, darling.
00:43:48I seem to put my foot in it every time.
00:43:51Oh, don't worry, honey.
00:43:52Everything will be all right.
00:43:54Think so?
00:44:03Hey, Jim.
00:44:04I got some great news for you.
00:44:05So what?
00:44:06Oh, cheer up.
00:44:07When this hits the press, you'll be the H reporter on a tabloid.
00:44:09Yeah, it's a little too late, don't you think?
00:44:11Cartwright's on his way to police headquarters, and I'm fired.
00:44:13Fired?
00:44:13Cartwright can't do that.
00:44:15He just did it.
00:44:16Oh, what happened?
00:44:17Oh, it's a long story.
00:44:19Oh, come on.
00:44:19Tell us what happened.
00:44:20Well, I found a button out of Wilson's house that looked like a sure clue to the murderer.
00:44:24And then the cops finally came off the Boston's coast.
00:44:26Murderhead!
00:44:27Cartwright a murderer!
00:44:28Oh, don't be silly.
00:44:29Mr. Cartwright isn't a murderer.
00:44:30Well, how'd that button get out of Wilson's, then?
00:44:32I don't know.
00:44:33Button?
00:44:34Hey, I lost a button with them to get my mother.
00:44:36He'll probably lost it out of Wilson's.
00:44:39Hey, that's probably the button they found.
00:44:41Why don't you guys go out to Wilson's house?
00:44:43We ain't got no time to talk about that now.
00:44:44Come on, let's go.
00:44:45Where you going?
00:44:46Go down to police headquarters and tell this whole story to the chief.
00:44:48You stop saving things.
00:44:50Can I save money?
00:44:51Keep your fingers crossed.
00:44:56Oh, thank you.
00:44:57You're mine, you're mine.
00:44:59Hey, Jim.
00:44:59First, we've got to get out of the club and pick up the Misty one.
00:45:01What Misty one?
00:45:02Misty Carmen.
00:45:03We've got a hidden over there.
00:45:04Are you crazy?
00:45:05Let the mood play.
00:45:06Jim, don't you realize you can get yourself in a jam by obstructing justice?
00:45:09You mean I can get arrested?
00:45:10Indubitably.
00:45:11Besides, we've got to pick up Skinny at Wilson's.
00:45:13We're not going to Wilson's.
00:45:14We're going down and get Misty Carmen.
00:45:16Jim, you're confusing my plan.
00:45:17You're the only one that's confused.
00:45:19Come on, you.
00:45:19Oh, geez, you shut your face.
00:45:21Big, gape, and mouth.
00:45:23Hally-hoop.
00:45:27Well, Lieutenant, here he is.
00:45:28Here who is?
00:45:29The guy that killed Wilson.
00:45:30We got him dead to right.
00:45:31Oh, this is preposter.
00:45:33I never heard that.
00:45:35This button was found in the seat of the crime.
00:45:37And there's a coat of bong, John.
00:45:39See?
00:45:40Right there.
00:45:41Now, wait a minute.
00:45:41I'll admit the button came off my coat.
00:45:43But I've never been within a mile of the Wilson place.
00:45:46And I suppose you don't know Gypsy Carmen.
00:45:48No, I don't.
00:45:49Then what was she doing riding around in one of your cars?
00:45:52I don't know.
00:45:54Maybe she was delivering papers.
00:45:56Yeah, maybe she was.
00:45:58Lieutenant is as simple as two and two.
00:46:00The two of them did the job.
00:46:02Why don't you go jump in the river?
00:46:03Why, I...
00:46:04Just a minute, McGuire.
00:46:05Yes, sir.
00:46:05I'll take care of this.
00:46:06Yes.
00:46:06You men get back to your job.
00:46:08Yes, sir.
00:46:09Go ahead.
00:46:10Yes, sir.
00:46:11Yes, ma'am.
00:46:14Now, look.
00:46:15I'm Mr. Cartwright.
00:46:17Managing editor of the Express.
00:46:19I've got too much work to do to go around murdering people.
00:46:22So give me my button and let me get out of here.
00:46:24All right, Mr. Cartwright.
00:46:25Just take it easy.
00:46:26There's evidently been some kind of a mistake.
00:46:29McGuire's the type of guy, he, uh...
00:46:31Well, he's seen his duty and he done it.
00:46:34Well, if you ask me, this time he overdone it.
00:46:48Oh, hi.
00:46:49You a new kid around the block?
00:46:51Oh, no.
00:46:52I'm just waiting for...
00:46:53Well, I'm just waiting.
00:46:55Oh, pardon me, miss.
00:46:58Hey, what's happening or what is lugging the gang?
00:47:01They went down to the newspaper office to talk to someone called Jim.
00:47:06Thanks, lady.
00:47:28Well, I'm just waiting for you to go to the newspaper office to talk to someone called Jim.
00:47:37I'm just waiting for you to go to the newspaper office to talk to someone called Jim.
00:47:41You got him?
00:48:09Yeah, got him right here.
00:48:12Fine.
00:48:14Is this all of them?
00:48:15That's all of them.
00:48:16Good.
00:48:17Hey, wait a minute.
00:48:18I'll take care of them.
00:48:19I'll be a little safer if they're here with me.
00:48:21Hello?
00:48:45Hello, sis.
00:48:47Is that you?
00:48:48Yes, kidding.
00:48:49What's the matter?
00:48:49Where are you?
00:48:50Well, listen, sis.
00:48:51Will you find Muggie and tell him I'm at the Pussycat Café at Liberty and Williams?
00:48:54Pussycat Café?
00:48:55Liberty and Williams?
00:48:57Yeah, that's right.
00:48:57And listen, sis.
00:48:58Will you tell him to get on here as quick as he can?
00:48:59Tell him I picked up a clue while I was down at Wilson.
00:49:01Yeah, that's right.
00:49:02Okay.
00:49:03Goodbye.
00:49:03Goodbye.
00:49:05Pussycat Café.
00:49:07Liberty and Williams.
00:49:08Liberty and Williams.
00:49:39Muggie?
00:49:40Oh, Muggie!
00:49:42Skinny's phone says he made him at the Pussycat Café at Liberty and Williams.
00:49:45He said he had a clue for you.
00:49:47Sounds good.
00:49:48Let's go.
00:49:48Wait a minute.
00:49:49We came here to turn Jitsi Carmen over to the police.
00:49:52Look, I got an idea.
00:49:53You go down to Jitsi and take her to police headquarters.
00:49:55We'll go see what Skinny knows.
00:49:56That suits me.
00:49:57Of course, there's a little matter that needs adjustment for you.
00:49:59What's that?
00:50:00Oh, transportation.
00:50:00How about if she's in your car?
00:50:01You can take a taxi.
00:50:02The boss will pay you back quicker than he will us.
00:50:04All right, but watch the tires.
00:50:05Don't worry.
00:50:06They'll never touch the ground.
00:50:07Hey, if you're nice to me, I'd like to become my girl.
00:50:09Liffie!
00:50:10Your duty call.
00:50:11We're just starting to fall in love.
00:50:13We'll be in.
00:50:14Bye.
00:50:16Bye.
00:50:17I wish I had my insurance paid up.
00:50:25I wish I had my insurance paid up.
00:50:33Miss Carmen.
00:50:39Miss Carmen.
00:50:43Miss Carmen.
00:50:45Miss Carmen.
00:50:54Jamie, his mug's here.
00:50:56He just left.
00:50:57I missed him again.
00:50:57I've been chasing him all over town.
00:50:59Where did he go this time?
00:51:00City headquarters.
00:51:01Police.
00:51:01Thanks a lot.
00:51:02Well, look, Jack.
00:51:11What if the police find Gypsy and she proves he's innocent?
00:51:14Well, we worry about that when we come to it.
00:51:18It gives me an idea.
00:51:20Yeah?
00:51:20What is it?
00:51:21We can get hold of Gypsy.
00:51:23The police will never find him.
00:51:25Gee.
00:51:26You think of everything, don't you, honey?
00:51:30What are you doing here?
00:51:33Oh, I was just delivering my papers, but I don't think he wants any.
00:51:35I'll look.
00:51:36Don't.
00:51:36Come here.
00:51:37Was any law against some of the papers here?
00:51:39Hey, what's the matter?
00:51:40Did the kids throw out and sell papers in here?
00:51:42I wasn't doing nothing.
00:51:43Caught this kid snooping at the door.
00:51:45I wasn't snooping.
00:51:46What were you doing out there?
00:51:46Well, I was just delivering my papers.
00:51:48You didn't just spread.
00:51:49Funny.
00:51:50Don't remember seeing you before around here.
00:51:52Well, I'm a new boy, you see.
00:51:53The other fellow got sick and I was just trying to help him out.
00:51:56How long were you out there?
00:51:57Well, I just got there.
00:51:58I was just opening the door.
00:51:59He wasn't opening the door.
00:52:00He was listening at the door.
00:52:01I wasn't listening.
00:52:01What did you hear?
00:52:03Well, I didn't hear it.
00:52:03How did I know there was anybody in there?
00:52:05Shut up.
00:52:07Come on.
00:52:08Oh, look.
00:52:08I got to believe you.
00:52:09Come on.
00:52:10I got to get fired for this.
00:52:11You better get to work.
00:52:16Oh, yes.
00:52:18Oh, I'm seeing the new numbers there, and I'd love for you to get an earful of it.
00:52:25Oh.
00:52:25Yeah, sure.
00:52:26Look at me.
00:52:34Margaret and the kids found Jissy Carmen.
00:52:35Yeah, where is she?
00:52:36They had her in their clubhouse, but she's not there now.
00:52:38Look, the kids were over at the Pussycat Cafe.
00:52:40You know, that's the place used to belong to Wilson.
00:52:42They got a tip on them.
00:52:43I think they ought to send a couple of guys over there right away.
00:52:45Maybe you're right.
00:52:47I'm in the squad room.
00:52:48I'm in the squad room.
00:52:55I'm in the squad room.
00:52:55Mabel Brown from Kokomo said, gee, this town is mighty slow.
00:53:00And so I'm leaving today.
00:53:03He headed for a foreign shore and landed right at Russia's door.
00:53:08And now here's what they say.
00:53:11Hot Chichonia Brown, turning Moscow upside down.
00:53:18Hot Chichonia Brown, she makes each Cossack go to town.
00:53:22She's a ballerina in the market play.
00:53:26So much that no one looks her in the face.
00:53:30So much that no one looks her in the face.
00:53:32Every night they flock around her private camel bar in her Russian smock.
00:53:39She looks more Russian than there's a little Russian that rushes her around.
00:53:45She's a ballerina in the face.
00:53:50She's a ballerina in the face.
00:53:52She's a ballerina in the face.
00:53:54Arty, arty, arty, arty.
00:54:01Arty, arty, arty.
00:54:04Arty, arty, arty.
00:54:06Arty, arty, arty.
00:54:09Arty, pray, cry, my heart.
00:54:14Ach, my blue liable.
00:54:18Ach.
00:54:19Ach, my blue liable.
00:54:26Ach, titijija.
00:54:29Ach.
00:54:31Titijija Brown.
00:54:39Ach.
00:54:43Ach.
00:54:47Ach.
00:54:48Ach.
00:54:49Ach.
00:54:49Ach.
00:54:49Ach.
00:55:19Hello, Chesney.
00:55:36I've been expecting you.
00:55:39By the disguise.
00:55:41As if you didn't know.
00:55:43Oh, yes, that's right.
00:55:45Police outlets.
00:55:47You know I didn't kill Wilson.
00:55:50Did I say you did?
00:55:51That's beside the point.
00:55:53A lot of Wilson's securities are missing and mine are among them.
00:55:56What's that got to do with me?
00:55:58There's only one person who could have taken them.
00:56:02If you're insinuating that I know anything about it...
00:56:04I'm not insinuating.
00:56:05I'm telling you.
00:56:06I'm not insinuating that I know anything about it.
00:56:11I'm not insinuating that I know anything about it.
00:56:12I know.
00:56:12I know.
00:56:13Well, there's his car.
00:56:29We're thinning off.
00:56:30I don't know.
00:56:31He might be up at that nightclub.
00:56:32Let's take a look.
00:56:32Well, there's the place.
00:56:37Oh!
00:56:38See, pussy, pussy.
00:56:38Back here.
00:56:39You know, they not only got a cover charge in our place, but they got a threshold charge.
00:56:42We've got to find a cheaper entrance.
00:56:44Nickel Mercer?
00:56:45I'm not going to waste any more time talking.
00:56:49No, but you're going to turn those securities over to me.
00:56:53Look here, Gypsy.
00:56:54You're in a bad enough jam as it is.
00:56:57Now, why don't you be sensible and put down that gun?
00:57:01It's a very simple matter for me to turn you over to the police.
00:57:04Let's not be showing him on.
00:57:06I'll do anything I can to help you.
00:57:08I can't help it if they don't happen to be in my possession.
00:57:14Well, there's the elevator.
00:57:34Test it, Gypsy.
00:57:35Oh, thank you.
00:57:37Thank you, fool.
00:57:40How are you?
00:57:41How are you?
00:57:44Hey, fellas, you got a bottle opener?
00:58:06Hey, I see you.
00:58:07What's the matter?
00:58:19Get out of here.
00:58:28Get out of here.
00:58:31Get out of here.
00:59:01Come on.
00:59:22Thanks, bud.
00:59:23Give me a quick thanks.
00:59:25Well, puppy shouldn't.
00:59:27What do you know?
00:59:27What do you know?
00:59:28Oh, that army is really doing you a lot of good.
00:59:31Thanks.
00:59:31That's what they tell me.
00:59:32That's good, Mr. Little Rich.
00:59:33Let's go in and see the gang.
00:59:34Yeah, wait a minute.
00:59:35Look, I only got a 12-hour fast.
00:59:37I've been chasing you all over town.
00:59:38It'll only take a minute.
00:59:39Come on.
00:59:39Come on.
00:59:39Let's go.
00:59:40Wait a minute.
00:59:40I've got to take off.
00:59:41I've got to get back.
00:59:42Stay out of the guys' number, will you?
00:59:43Take it easy, kid.
00:59:44I'll see you in about a week.
00:59:44I've got my reduction papers.
00:59:46Come on.
00:59:59Hello, buddy.
00:59:59Hello, Jim.
01:00:00You any of your fellows around?
01:00:01Yeah, they're about to sit.
01:00:02For a sit, then.
01:00:03Come on.
01:00:33On this great and uneventful day, I wish to announce that we have added another obligatory
01:00:42success for the immortal name of the East Side Kids Club.
01:00:47I thank you.
01:00:49What's the matter?
01:00:55Now that we have a forum present, call to meet in order.
01:00:58What a delicious party.
01:01:01Flippy, you will please take the minutes of the meeting.
01:01:03Flippy, where's the secretary?
01:01:06Flippy!
01:01:08Flippy!
01:01:09Come and see you.
01:01:14Where were you?
01:01:15Down the street.
01:01:16You know what?
01:01:17What?
01:01:18Down the button.
01:01:20Isn't that a beautiful one?
01:01:21A big button.
01:01:22Well, my mother loved that button.
01:01:24Now, what were you saying?
01:01:29Now, what were you saying?
01:01:31Now, what were you saying?
01:01:37You