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Whispers from the Morgue – A Tale of Death and Deception is a chilling vintage mystery where the dead speak, and secrets refuse to stay buried. As a woman narrates her own murder from beyond the grave, the story unfolds through eerie flashbacks, shadowy figures, and a web of lies. A haunting blend of horror and noir from the golden age of cinema.
This film is in the public domain and presented for historical and entertainment purposes.
This film is in the public domain and presented for historical and entertainment purposes.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00Is this the body?
00:01:23Yes, Doctor.
00:01:23And the police are particularly anxious that the cause of death be determined at the earliest possible moment.
00:01:29It's a pity. She was a very beautiful woman.
00:01:32One hates to perform an autopsy on a beautiful woman.
00:01:35But you've no other choice, Doctor.
00:01:37Most unusual.
00:01:40There are no marks of violence on the body.
00:01:42What do they suspect? Poison? Have they any idea?
00:01:44My understanding is, Doctor, that the authorities are entirely at sea as to how she was killed.
00:01:49They know why, but they also have the fellow who killed her.
00:01:52Yes, yes, that doesn't matter. That's none of our business.
00:01:54Our business is to find out what killed her.
00:01:57And yet, one often wonders, what could have caused the last thought that was cut off by death?
00:02:06If it was spoken now, what would it be?
00:02:14If you're here, you've found me at a loss.
00:02:19But you know what you're telling me. I warn you.
00:02:21Don't come and out, Skip.
00:02:23No, don't. Please.
00:02:25Don't.
00:02:26No. No, I told you I didn't want the bandage.
00:02:30But why, Laura? Why are you so opposed to the bandage?
00:02:36Does it remind you of something, perhaps?
00:02:39What do you mean?
00:02:40Oh, nothing, Laura. Nothing.
00:02:43Now, won't you lie down again and let me complete the examination?
00:02:46You're a sick girl, you know, in a highly nervous condition.
00:02:50I want to know what you meant by saying the bandage reminded me of something.
00:02:53If you don't know, how should I?
00:02:56You don't fool me for a minute, Doctor.
00:02:58I know how you feel about me.
00:03:00Do you, Laura? Then I wish you'd tell me, for I don't know.
00:03:03I don't know how I feel about you at all.
00:03:06You're clever, Doctor.
00:03:08But I'm wise to you and that fool of a son of yours.
00:03:11How long have you been married to Ward now?
00:03:14Too long.
00:03:15And why don't you give him his divorce?
00:03:18He's asked you often enough.
00:03:20I'll give him a divorce when I'm good and ready.
00:03:23I see.
00:03:25I'm not afraid of anything he can do, or you, or anyone else.
00:03:28I'm afraid of anything.
00:03:30What's that?
00:03:33Your heart's beating like a trick hammer.
00:03:36I must warn you of this high state of nervous tension.
00:03:40What's that noise?
00:03:41It's only a branch tapping against the window.
00:04:00Now, my dear Laura, if you want me to help you, you must tell me what it is you fear.
00:04:13I... I told you I'm not afraid of anything.
00:04:18I know what's going on here.
00:04:20Someone's trying to scare me out, but it won't work, see.
00:04:23Here I am, and here I'll stay until I rot.
00:04:26I'm afraid there's more truth in that than you suspect.
00:04:29Laura, I must ask you not to cause father any more trouble.
00:04:32I don't want you threatening him, you hear?
00:04:38You too.
00:04:39You're so cute.
00:04:41I'm sure you want to be alone.
00:04:44You're not going to make him pay for my mistake.
00:04:46What are you going to do about it?
00:04:47I'd like to...
00:04:48You'd like to choke me, wouldn't you, Ward?
00:04:50You haven't got the nerve.
00:04:53Here.
00:04:54This is the only thing you ever gave me.
00:04:56You can have it back.
00:04:57She's right.
00:05:04I gave her this when we were married.
00:05:05It's the only gift that ever passed between us.
00:05:08Ward, what do you propose to do about Laura?
00:05:11What can I do?
00:05:12She won't leave me.
00:05:13She won't give me a divorce.
00:05:14Things can't go on this way, you know.
00:05:17Dad, what is the matter with her?
00:05:19What do you think is wrong?
00:05:21I don't know.
00:05:23She wasn't this way until she began getting those letters from abroad, you remember?
00:05:26Yes, it had something to do with those letters.
00:05:29But you would have thought that when they stopped coming, then...
00:05:31What is it, Lillibet?
00:05:33There's a patient, doctor.
00:05:35A Mrs. Williams.
00:05:36Williams?
00:05:37That's the name she gave.
00:05:38And she's decked out like she's going to a horse show.
00:05:44I can't see anyone today.
00:05:45Ask her to make another appointment.
00:05:46Dad, please don't let us happen.
00:05:48Interfere with your practice.
00:05:49Oh, very well.
00:05:49Send her in in a few minutes.
00:05:50Sure, doctor.
00:05:51Oh, yeah.
00:05:52That Bill Raymond's waiting.
00:05:53Do you want to see him?
00:05:53Who's he?
00:05:54That private cop who's always hanging around just hoping somebody gets murdered.
00:05:57Oh, yes.
00:05:58He's probably come for his check.
00:05:59Take care of it, will you, Warren?
00:06:01Yes.
00:06:03Now, Lillibet.
00:06:03Yes.
00:06:04This for you.
00:06:06Gee.
00:06:07Thanks, Mr. Warren.
00:06:09But this belongs to Mrs. Daney, doesn't it?
00:06:11Not anymore.
00:06:12It's all yours.
00:06:13She won't get sore, though, she.
00:06:14I don't want to have any trouble with her.
00:06:15You know how she is.
00:06:16I know.
00:06:17We all know Lillibet.
00:06:18And I want to thank you for your patience.
00:06:20Run along now, Lillibet.
00:06:21Yes, doctor.
00:06:21You made a fatal mistake, my boy, in marrying Laura.
00:06:30Yes, I know.
00:06:31But you don't suppose I'm going to stand for it forever, do you?
00:06:33No, I don't.
00:06:35And I don't think it will be necessary.
00:06:38Do you have a plan?
00:06:40I think it will be better if you leave everything to me.
00:06:44From the day a mysterious caller came to see Dr. Van E.
00:06:56Oh, yes.
00:06:56I remember now, Mrs. Williams.
00:06:58I spoke to you this morning on the telephone.
00:07:00I'm sorry, but I can't tell you any more now than I told you then.
00:07:04Oh, naturally, doctor.
00:07:05I did not mean to imply that there were any abnormal goings-on here.
00:07:10I assure you, that is not, Mrs. Williams, nor will there be.
00:07:13Nevertheless, doctor, the way you were described to me
00:07:16and the way your place was described to me,
00:07:18I am certain that I am in the right place.
00:07:21May I ask from whom you obtained these descriptions?
00:07:24From a friend, doctor.
00:07:26A mutual friend.
00:07:28Lillibet.
00:07:29The woman I love.
00:07:32Can't we be friends?
00:07:33Stop tracking your big, flat feet after me wherever I go.
00:07:37I've got things to do.
00:07:39Oh, gee, it's wonderful just to see you around,
00:07:42visiting yourself, the little housewife.
00:07:44I never knew the cop who didn't love to stand around
00:07:47and watch other people work.
00:07:50Mrs. Williams, it's obvious from your conversation
00:07:52that you've come into possession of certain facts
00:07:55concerning my past.
00:07:57I know of only one person who could have given you that information.
00:08:00And it was my belief, yes, even my hope.
00:08:05That person was dead.
00:08:09But let me say, that even if that person were alive,
00:08:12I should not submit to blackmail from you
00:08:14or from anyone else.
00:08:17You show great courage, doctor,
00:08:18for one in your unusual position.
00:08:21There has been no question of blackmail.
00:08:23Well, I came here seeking your cooperation,
00:08:26which you have refused to give.
00:08:28So let us call the matter closed.
00:08:34Au revoir, doctor.
00:08:44Then came this sinister pair.
00:08:53My little guardian of the doorbell,
00:09:02if you had waited another second,
00:09:05Indigo and I should have kicked the door in.
00:09:08Yes, sir.
00:09:12Sir,
00:09:12there is an air of inquiry about you
00:09:17that immediately offends my deepest nature.
00:09:20There is something suggesting Scotland Yard,
00:09:24the French Sourte,
00:09:26the Italian Carabinieri,
00:09:28the Turkish Polisai,
00:09:30and other minions of the law.
00:09:33Short, sir,
00:09:33I think you're a cop.
00:09:36Yeah, how do you know?
00:09:40I believe
00:09:41I'm in the home of Dr. Joseph Van E.
00:09:44Yes, sir.
00:09:46I mean, sirs.
00:09:48Oh.
00:09:48Do not be polite to Indigo.
00:09:52He's only offended by it.
00:09:54Run along, Indigo.
00:09:55Make yourself at home.
00:09:57We got a nice tree in the yard,
00:09:58but it ain't got no coconuts.
00:10:00My little friend, Indigo, is deaf and dumb.
00:10:15He cannot hear and he cannot speak,
00:10:16but he reads the lips,
00:10:19and I would advise you to say nothing to an origin.
00:10:22It's temporary short, indeed.
00:10:25Indeed.
00:10:26This, I presume,
00:10:30is Dr. Van E.'s private office.
00:10:32Yes, sir.
00:10:33But I really should announce you.
00:10:35My dear girl,
00:10:37fire out myself to be announced.
00:10:39I doubt I would be received anywhere.
00:10:42I'm sorry.
00:10:43Really, I am.
00:10:44But the doctor won't see anybody
00:10:45without an appointment.
00:10:47Appointment?
00:10:47I have had an appointment with him
00:10:50these 20 years.
00:10:54He will see me.
00:10:55Doctor, doctor,
00:10:56someone, doctor!
00:11:01My dear doctor,
00:11:03truthfully can it be said
00:11:05that your house is your castle,
00:11:08protected by your countless slaves.
00:11:09So it is you, Leonide.
00:11:13I was warned you might appear
00:11:15like one of your own illusions
00:11:16out of nowhere.
00:11:20My dear Joseph,
00:11:22you have not changed a bit.
00:11:25Have you met my friend, Mr. Raymond?
00:11:27Raymond?
00:11:29Oh, Raymond!
00:11:31No doubt a relative
00:11:32of the great magician
00:11:33of the same name.
00:11:35Mr. Raymond is our private patrol officer.
00:11:37He keeps an eye
00:11:39on the premises for us.
00:11:41And other comings and goings.
00:11:45A very good idea,
00:11:46my dear Joseph,
00:11:48to have a private bodyguard
00:11:49and get you back and call.
00:11:52Well, you fellas are old friends.
00:11:54I can see that.
00:11:55Oh, yes.
00:11:57Old friends.
00:12:00Well, then maybe you'd like
00:12:01to be alone to talk
00:12:02over old times.
00:12:03A very good suggestion.
00:12:05Thank you, Mr. Raymond.
00:12:07I won't be far away, Doc.
00:12:12Well, so long, Mr. Leonide.
00:12:14Don't pull any more
00:12:15little men out of your hat.
00:12:19Well, Leonide,
00:12:20what brings you to me
00:12:21after all this time?
00:12:22The long arm of coincidence,
00:12:24my dear Joseph.
00:12:25Same to the long arm of coincidence.
00:12:28Aren't you glad to see me again?
00:12:29No.
00:12:30I can't say that I am.
00:12:33You with your foreign background
00:12:34and I,
00:12:35what are we two in a calm?
00:12:40Always truthful,
00:12:42cousin Joseph.
00:12:44As when you were young men,
00:12:47you might have said no
00:12:48and saved your career.
00:12:50But you prefer to tell the truth
00:12:52than ruin yourself.
00:12:54What do you want here, Leonide?
00:12:58A few days' hospitality,
00:13:00my dear Joseph.
00:13:01Nothing more.
00:13:03Is that too much
00:13:04for one cousin
00:13:04to ask of an author?
00:13:07Remember, we agreed
00:13:08not to think of each other
00:13:09as cousins again, Leonide.
00:13:11Bygones,
00:13:12my dear Joseph.
00:13:15And I'm willing to forget.
00:13:17And I suggest
00:13:18that you do the same.
00:13:21You've grown older, Leonide,
00:13:24but there may be
00:13:25something in what you say.
00:13:27I don't want to hold a grudge.
00:13:29But don't do anything
00:13:31that will make me
00:13:31regret my action.
00:13:36You have my promise.
00:13:38Now,
00:13:39if you will show me
00:13:40to my room.
00:13:41Oh,
00:13:42I should say,
00:13:43I have a traveling companion
00:13:45from whom I am
00:13:47inseparable.
00:13:49Who?
00:13:49Inigo.
00:13:51A dwarf.
00:13:52One of the little men.
00:13:54He became very much
00:13:55attached to me
00:13:55when he lost his master.
00:13:57You do not object.
00:13:59What good would that do?
00:14:01How true.
00:14:04Very well.
00:14:05You may have the room
00:14:06next to my daughter-in-law.
00:14:08I know you'll like that.
00:14:10Oh, yes.
00:14:11The lady
00:14:12who I'm told
00:14:13has an utmost horror
00:14:14of having your eyes
00:14:15blindfolded.
00:14:17A phobia
00:14:17or most interest
00:14:18in origin,
00:14:19I dare say.
00:14:21Something
00:14:21to think about.
00:14:27That night,
00:14:28my husband questioned
00:14:29Leonhard about my past.
00:14:35Captain Leo.
00:14:38Oh.
00:14:40My dear Lord.
00:14:43How flattering
00:14:44that you remember me.
00:14:45Well, how could I ever forget you?
00:14:46What are you doing here?
00:14:47A chance to visit my boy.
00:14:49I wanted to see
00:14:49the old homestead again.
00:14:51You've seen father?
00:14:52Yes,
00:14:53and he received me
00:14:54with open arms.
00:14:56In a manner of speaking.
00:14:57I don't mind telling you,
00:14:58you came at a very bad time.
00:15:00We're, uh,
00:15:01you're having some trouble.
00:15:03My boy,
00:15:04trouble and I are
00:15:05like this.
00:15:07I presume
00:15:08you referred to
00:15:09the charming lady
00:15:10in the room
00:15:10next to mine,
00:15:11your wife,
00:15:11I believe.
00:15:12Uh, yes,
00:15:13uh, Laura,
00:15:14I have met her.
00:15:15But I'm looking forward
00:15:16to the pleasure.
00:15:18I'd like to talk
00:15:19to you for a moment.
00:15:20All right.
00:15:23Perhaps you can help us.
00:15:25By doing what,
00:15:25my boy?
00:15:26You've been everywhere.
00:15:27You were caught
00:15:28in Europe during the war.
00:15:30I'd like to show you
00:15:31something.
00:15:31You may be just
00:15:32the person I'm looking for.
00:15:33If I can be of any service.
00:15:36Did you ever hear
00:15:37of a dance team
00:15:38called Renée and Lorette?
00:15:41I don't think so,
00:15:42my boy.
00:15:43And then again,
00:15:44must have been
00:15:44such a team.
00:15:45Look.
00:15:50Renée and Lorette.
00:15:52The dance
00:15:52of the green mask
00:15:53in the green room
00:15:54in Paris.
00:15:57Green room.
00:16:00Yes.
00:16:02Oh,
00:16:03the face
00:16:04of the man
00:16:05does seem
00:16:06slightly familiar.
00:16:07May I ask
00:16:08where you got
00:16:10this photograph?
00:16:11I, uh, uh,
00:16:12the mate, Lilibet,
00:16:13found it in Laura's room
00:16:14and turned it over to me.
00:16:15Oh.
00:16:16Thank you, my boy.
00:16:17I'm afraid
00:16:18I can't help you.
00:16:20I played in the green room
00:16:21on several occasions
00:16:22but never with these people.
00:16:24In fact,
00:16:24I don't seem
00:16:25to remember them at all.
00:16:26And I appeared
00:16:27in many clubs
00:16:27during the occupation.
00:16:29I'm sure the girl
00:16:30behind the green mask
00:16:31in this picture
00:16:32is Laura.
00:16:33How can you be sure?
00:16:35Who can ever
00:16:36be sure
00:16:36what's behind the mask?
00:16:39If the people
00:16:39in this photograph
00:16:40could suddenly
00:16:42come to life.
00:16:44I'd like to know
00:16:44who the man is.
00:16:46It can be anyone,
00:16:47my friend.
00:16:48Anyone.
00:16:50In this makeup,
00:16:51it might be even I.
00:16:53I wish you wouldn't
00:16:53joke about it.
00:16:54This is very serious,
00:16:56of course.
00:16:57But let us say
00:16:57you found out
00:16:58who the man
00:16:58in the photograph is.
00:17:00What then?
00:17:01I have an idea
00:17:02that if the man
00:17:03this picture
00:17:04were to show up,
00:17:06I'd find out
00:17:06I wasn't married
00:17:07to Laura at all.
00:17:09Think over
00:17:10what I've asked you.
00:17:11It'll be to your advantage.
00:17:12Certainly, my boy.
00:17:13I will give it
00:17:14every consideration
00:17:15and perhaps
00:17:16something will occur.
00:17:18Do not.
00:17:22Uh, don't you want
00:17:23to leave the photograph
00:17:24with me
00:17:24for my further study?
00:17:28It might be
00:17:28the very incentive
00:17:29that my memory needs.
00:17:31No, right, sir.
00:17:32I'll keep it.
00:17:33As you wish.
00:17:48Lorette, Lorette.
00:17:51I'll make a bet
00:17:54the man in green
00:17:55we'll get you yet.
00:18:12Inigo.
00:18:25A gruesome surprise
00:18:28was in store
00:18:28for me
00:18:29the following morning.
00:18:40Who is it?
00:18:41It's me, ma'am.
00:18:42What do you want?
00:18:44The afternoon mail.
00:18:45You want it to know
00:18:45when it arrives.
00:18:48Was there anything
00:18:49for me?
00:18:49Yes, ma'am.
00:18:51Put it under the door.
00:18:52I can't.
00:18:53It's a package.
00:18:55What's in it?
00:19:01I don't know.
00:19:02It's against postal regulations
00:19:03to open other people's mail.
00:19:05That's never stopped you before.
00:19:06I'd like to know
00:19:07what you mean
00:19:07by that remark, ma'am.
00:19:08Oh, shut up and get out.
00:19:10Don't you want me
00:19:10to help you all?
00:19:10No, I don't.
00:19:11Get out.
00:19:12It's addressed to you
00:19:12in green ink with a warning.
00:19:14Look out for the man
00:19:15with the green mask.
00:19:25For a while, it's not
00:19:27Gentleman.
00:19:28I'm feeling it.
00:19:29I'm feeling it.
00:19:30I'm feeling it.
00:19:31All right.
00:19:32I'm feeling it.
00:19:32I don't know.
00:19:33He'll be, he's in it.
00:19:34I don't know.
00:19:34So I'll drop the gun.
00:19:35I'm feeling it.
00:19:35Even though he'll get out of here.
00:19:36I love it.
00:19:37But I'm feeling it.
00:19:37I don't know.
00:19:38I don't know.
00:19:38I'm feeling it.
00:19:39It's better.
00:20:01Do the rescue ma'am.
00:20:02Who done it?
00:20:03Which way did he go?
00:20:04Get out!
00:20:04Get out!
00:20:05I just heard you yell.
00:20:06I was hoping it was a murder at least.
00:20:08Well, but you don't understand, I'm supposed to be here.
00:20:10That's what I'm being paid for.
00:20:11Paid?
00:20:12Yeah.
00:20:13You see, I'm Bill Raymond, private cop
00:20:15in this neck of the woods.
00:20:17I was hoping we'd have a little murderer
00:20:19or something happened around here so as I could solve it
00:20:21and get my whole job back at Central Homicide.
00:20:24Nothing personal, of course.
00:20:26Who told you to say these things to me?
00:20:28Well, nobody.
00:20:29Nobody said nothing to me.
00:20:31I was just waiting around outside to see Dr. Van Lee,
00:20:34and I heard you yell.
00:20:36So you're a friend of that crazy doctor and his son.
00:20:39Crazy?
00:20:40I wouldn't exactly say that, ma'am.
00:20:42The doctor's a pretty good egg.
00:20:44You wouldn't want anyone to say you was crazy, even if you...
00:20:47You can go back and tell them I'm not afraid of being murdered
00:20:50by you or them or anyone else.
00:20:52No, I don't guess you are, ma'am.
00:20:54Still and all, if you was to get murdered,
00:20:57and I was to find out whodunit, it'd be kind of a break for me.
00:21:02Fatou, Fatou Beast.
00:21:04Fistico show.
00:21:06I wouldn't say that to you, lady,
00:21:08even if I knew what it meant.
00:21:13Now, will you get out?
00:21:15All right, all right.
00:21:16I can take a hint.
00:21:17A nice little bit of a man you've got there.
00:21:19Get out.
00:21:20I'll go, I'll go.
00:21:21But don't think I'll come running next time you yell.
00:21:23I'll go, it's a fake.
00:21:31I became afraid and my mind started to crack.
00:21:41Lily Beth.
00:21:42My melancholy baby, where are you?
00:21:45Where'd you get that box?
00:21:46I don't know what you're talking about.
00:21:47You lying little snoot going through my thing.
00:21:49What'd you do with the picture?
00:21:50Where is it?
00:21:51I didn't see it.
00:21:52That's the last time you put your hands on me.
00:21:53I'll give you one more chance,
00:21:54and then I'll...
00:21:55I told you I don't know what a picture is,
00:21:56and I don't know what you're talking about.
00:21:57I've been you all the time going through my things,
00:21:58opening my mail,
00:21:59wrapping on my door at night.
00:22:00Now you're blaming me.
00:22:01I've never touched anything of yours.
00:22:02You've got my robe on now.
00:22:03Where'd you get that?
00:22:04I was just trying it on.
00:22:05Mr. Ward gave it to me.
00:22:06He said you didn't want it anymore.
00:22:07I'll tell you when there's something I don't want.
00:22:08Shut up.
00:22:09It's only a dummy.
00:22:10A dummy?
00:22:11What are you talking about?
00:22:12What are you talking about?
00:22:13I suppose you're going to tell me
00:22:14you don't want anything about that either.
00:22:15Oh, I bet it was in the box.
00:22:16In the box I brought up for you,
00:22:17that's what.
00:22:18There were no stamps on it.
00:22:19How did it get in the mail?
00:22:20I don't know.
00:22:21The doorbell rang,
00:22:22and I thought it was the mailman.
00:22:23I opened the door,
00:22:24and it was sitting there on the stoop.
00:22:25You're lying.
00:22:26No, I'm not.
00:22:27I don't mind telling a lie now and then,
00:22:28but I'm not lying now, honest.
00:22:29You're trying to scare me out.
00:22:30I'm not leaving.
00:22:31No, but I am.
00:22:32You come here.
00:22:33You and Mr. Ward are pretty sick, aren't you?
00:22:34Thick?
00:22:35Yes, thick like your head.
00:22:36He's falling off.
00:22:37He's falling off.
00:22:38The thing I'm doing is the head.
00:22:39He's falling off.
00:22:40I'm going to get it.
00:22:41And this was the box I brought up for you,
00:22:42that's what.
00:22:43There were no stamps on it.
00:22:44How did it get in the mail?
00:22:45I don't know.
00:22:46The doorbell rang,
00:22:47and I thought it was the mailman.
00:22:48I opened the door,
00:22:49and it was sitting there on the stoop.
00:22:50You're lying.
00:22:51No, I'm not.
00:22:52You and Mr. Ward are pretty thick, aren't you?
00:22:54Thick?
00:22:55Yes, thick like your head.
00:22:56He's fallen in love with someone else.
00:22:57Who is she?
00:22:58I don't know.
00:22:59It's not me.
00:23:00I know it isn't you.
00:23:02I know all the signs.
00:23:04He's fallen in love with some simple-faced...
00:23:06Men.
00:23:08There's always a way to get eaten with them.
00:23:14I've got to find that picture.
00:23:16Otherwise, they won't know what he looks like.
00:23:18I have to send it to the police.
00:23:20He won't dare touch me.
00:23:22Who do you mean?
00:23:23The man in the picture?
00:23:26Have you seen him?
00:23:27Maybe I have and maybe I haven't.
00:23:29Maybe I saw him go behind the ticket.
00:23:31Or through the wall.
00:23:33Or under the house.
00:23:34He's here in the house?
00:23:36Yes.
00:23:37I let him in.
00:23:38I let him in.
00:23:39He was waiting outside to get you, Miss LaValle.
00:23:43Miss LaValle.
00:23:45There's nothing safe from your prying eyes, is there?
00:23:48You think you know everything, don't you?
00:23:50I know why you're afraid.
00:23:52And I know what you've done.
00:23:54No, I'm not so thick.
00:23:56I'm not as thick as you think I am, Miss LaValle.
00:23:58That head's supposed to be you.
00:24:00Kind of a calling card.
00:24:01I don't remind you that.
00:24:02Why, you!
00:24:10Excuse me, lady.
00:24:11Oh!
00:24:21Oh, I'm afraid.
00:24:24I'm afraid.
00:24:25Where are you hiding?
00:24:31Doctor, find me!
00:24:32Doctor, find me!
00:24:33Doctor, find me!
00:24:34Doctor, find me!
00:24:41Doctor, find me!
00:24:42Doctor, find me!
00:24:43Doctor, find me!
00:24:44Doctor, find me!
00:24:45Doctor, find me!
00:24:46But after all, there ain't nothing in my contract that says I gotta...
00:24:48Well, now I ask.
00:24:49Is that anything to be playing football with?
00:24:51Where did you get that, Raymond?
00:24:52Miss Fanny chucked it at me like I was a pass receiver for a football team.
00:24:55And I'm all out of practice.
00:24:56Let me see it.
00:24:57This comes from a group of anatomical specimens that was locked in a room in a cellar.
00:25:05How did you happen to get it?
00:25:06That's what I'm trying to tell you.
00:25:07There I was, outside her door, strictly minding my own business, understand?
00:25:11Listening at the keyhole.
00:25:12I don't think that belongs in the realm of your duties, Raymond.
00:25:14But, Doctor, there was screams inside.
00:25:16You gotta admit, it's within the longitude of my profession.
00:25:18You gotta admit, it's within the longitude of my profession.
00:25:20You gotta admit, it's within the longitude of my profession.
00:25:22You gotta admit, it's within the longitude of my profession.
00:25:25You gotta admit, it's within the longitude of my profession to make with an investigatory reaction there too.
00:25:30What am I saying?
00:25:31I don't understand how his head got from this locked room in the cellar.
00:25:35Well, the way I heard it, it was sent to Mrs. Fanny.
00:25:38That was rather a gruesome, practical joke.
00:25:41Why, your anatomical locker hasn't been opened for ages.
00:25:44I think you once told me you'd lost the only key to it.
00:25:46I know.
00:25:47That is no key to my knowledge.
00:25:50Why, that thing didn't walk out of the room by itself.
00:25:53I don't know.
00:25:57Doc, I'm worried.
00:25:59What about, Raymond?
00:26:00Well, now, take this head business.
00:26:02The whole thing don't seem hardly serious to me.
00:26:05I think that if it's all the same to you, I'd better be checking along to other duties.
00:26:10You're not afraid, are you, Raymond?
00:26:12Who, me? Scared?
00:26:14It's just that I don't think that there's going to be any murder here done after all.
00:26:20That's too bad.
00:26:22Well, it's not your fault, I guess.
00:26:25It's just not my lucky day, that's all.
00:26:28Thank you, Lillibeth.
00:26:38Oh, Miss Lillibeth, have you a little more coffee in the kitchen?
00:26:41What happened to the three gallons I already gave you today?
00:26:45Lillibeth, what you need is a good, strong, steady man.
00:26:48Who is always hanging around, tracking up my floors and things.
00:26:51Put that on your shoes.
00:26:53Looks like cobwebs smacked at a cellar.
00:26:57What were you doing in the basement?
00:26:59It could have been the attic.
00:27:01Bill Raymond, you're holding out on me.
00:27:04What are you up to?
00:27:05Up to?
00:27:06Yes.
00:27:07Who asked you to go poking around in the cellar?
00:27:10It was in performance of my duty.
00:27:12What duty?
00:27:15What did you find?
00:27:16Absolutely nothing.
00:27:18That's what makes me so disgusted.
00:27:20Too bad about you.
00:27:22You know, Lillibeth, I think somebody around here is just kidding.
00:27:27They don't mean business at all.
00:27:29Why don't you just wait around and see?
00:27:31Say, if you've got any inside dope, I wish you'd tip me off.
00:27:35I'm never gonna get back to Central and prove I'm a good detective,
00:27:38I gotta have some clues.
00:27:45Yes, I was scared.
00:27:46Scared of my life.
00:27:52I expected big things of that ghoulish looking guy, but he ain't delivered neither.
00:27:58I should say in a way you were entitled to expect big things from him.
00:28:02Leo was once confined in this house when it was an institution for the insane.
00:28:08Nerves.
00:28:09You know.
00:28:10Do tell.
00:28:11Well then, he must know his way around the place, huh?
00:28:15I understand why he was here.
00:28:16He engineered an immense number of secret passages,
00:28:20through which the guards could keep an eye on the inmates at night.
00:28:24Finally, he took one of these passages into the outside world,
00:28:29and we heard later he'd been seen in Europe.
00:28:31Ah, Europe.
00:28:32That's where history is being made today.
00:28:34Gee, I'd love to travel and see.
00:28:35Well, perhaps you'll have an opportunity someday.
00:28:36Not if something don't happen around here pretty soon to make me famous.
00:28:41That Lily Beth.
00:28:42I've been trying to get a cup of coffee off of her all day.
00:28:44She don't care what happens to my metabolism.
00:28:46Metabolism.
00:28:47That's a good word.
00:28:48I wonder what it means.
00:28:49Operator.
00:28:50I won the police right away.
00:28:51I won the police right away.
00:29:19I won the police right away.
00:29:20I won the police right away.
00:29:26Stop crowding me.
00:29:27But, hon, don't you want me around to protect you?
00:29:30That indigo guy might...
00:29:31Yes, but who's going to protect me from you?
00:29:36Lily Beth.
00:29:39My wild Irish rose.
00:29:41I just live for the day when I can take you out of all this.
00:29:44When I can slave and get you the luxuries in life.
00:29:48Gee, I'd gladly work my fingers to the bone to buy you expensive motor cars and furs and jewels and things and serve you breakfast in bed.
00:29:59What's the matter with me?
00:30:01Am I crazy?
00:30:02Yes.
00:30:03And I'd hate to hang by my neck until you got me all those things.
00:30:06Yeah.
00:30:07You might get a little blue in the face.
00:30:09Still and all, all I got to do is to find myself one slightly murdered body and I'm in.
00:30:15Stop looking at me.
00:30:17Oh, Lily Beth.
00:30:18Sometimes I think I'm not getting anywhere with you.
00:30:19What do you think?
00:30:20I think you've got a good idea there.
00:30:22All right.
00:30:23All right.
00:30:24You'll be sorry some day when you see my picture in the paper.
00:30:27Wait and see.
00:30:28Hey, Lily Beth.
00:30:29Why don't you answer the doorbell?
00:30:30Maybe that indigo guy wants in.
00:30:32The doctor ain't home.
00:30:33You'll have to call some other time.
00:30:35Don't be silly.
00:30:37Uh, don't say I didn't tell you.
00:30:38Close the door on your way out.
00:30:39Hey, wait a minute.
00:30:40Well, if it isn't Bull Raymond.
00:30:41Shh.
00:30:42Terry.
00:30:43Are you trying to ruin me?
00:30:44Ruined me?
00:30:45No.
00:30:46No.
00:30:47No.
00:30:48No.
00:30:49No.
00:30:50No.
00:30:51No.
00:30:52No.
00:30:53No.
00:30:54No.
00:30:55No.
00:30:56No.
00:30:57No.
00:30:58No.
00:30:59No.
00:31:00No.
00:31:01But they're out.
00:31:02Really watch me.
00:31:03Holy cow!
00:31:04Okay, the character don't have her, don't Yurt.
00:31:05You probably been out there.
00:31:06You've tried to say jump off your started.
00:31:08Hey, wait a minute.
00:31:09Well, if it isn't Bull Raymond.
00:31:10Shh!
00:31:11Terry!
00:31:12You are trying to ruin me?
00:31:13Ruined them?
00:31:14Come here, Bull.
00:31:15Meet Miss.
00:31:16Cornell.
00:31:17How do you do?
00:31:18I'm sure.
00:31:19Alright, right, long.
00:31:20How do you happen to be out with him?
00:31:21Huge darling, don't you think?
00:31:23Flat at both ends.
00:31:24Head and feet...
00:31:25You've heard me speak of them?
00:31:27Bull Raymond.
00:31:28How do you happen to be out with a dish like this?
00:31:30Jane Cornell.
00:31:31Good for a dull days in a man's life.
00:31:33Mr. Raymond.
00:31:34Oh, yeah, I remember.
00:31:35Terry told me about the time you shot up the dressmaker's dummy.
00:31:37Huh?
00:31:38Yeah.
00:31:39He said you closed in on what you thought was the murderer,
00:31:41but it turned out to be the dressmaker's dummy,
00:31:43and you shot in before the whole toilet real murder got away.
00:31:46My pal.
00:31:48So this is where you've been hiding after they kicked you off
00:31:50with that fiasco, huh?
00:31:51Bold Bill and I.
00:31:53Well, I'm sorry.
00:31:54I'm sorry.
00:31:55I'm sorry.
00:31:56They kicked you off with that fiasco, huh, Bold Bill, I mean?
00:31:58What are you doing here?
00:32:00Can't a man redibilitate himself in peace?
00:32:03Here I come looking for an honest crime around here
00:32:05so I can solve it and get myself back to Central.
00:32:08And you come along and...
00:32:09Yeah?
00:32:10Where's the body, Bold Bill?
00:32:11There ain't no body.
00:32:12That's the trouble.
00:32:13No, no.
00:32:14Let's keep it friendly.
00:32:15Friendly?
00:32:16What do you mean?
00:32:17Let's have it.
00:32:18Who killed who and why?
00:32:19Are you kidding?
00:32:22Did somebody get knocked off around here?
00:32:24Look, I don't like to be kidded either.
00:32:26Where is it hidden, Sherlock?
00:32:27Oh, Terry, you've been on the police beat so long that...
00:32:31Now listen, Bill.
00:32:32You know me well enough to know I wouldn't come out here
00:32:34just for the ride.
00:32:35Not when I could be, um...
00:32:37It just so happens there was a call to the police.
00:32:40It came from out here.
00:32:41And I happened to be there when it came through.
00:32:43Miss Cornell happens to be the operator.
00:32:46So she took me off.
00:32:47Told me the line had gone dead.
00:32:49So I smell the story and here I am for an exclusive.
00:32:52You see what I mean?
00:32:53What's in that?
00:32:54Well, that's the doctor's consulting room,
00:32:56but there ain't nobody in there.
00:32:57I've been standing here for quite a spell.
00:32:59Open that up.
00:33:00Let's take a look.
00:33:03That's funny.
00:33:04The lights in here ain't almost never round.
00:33:06In you go.
00:33:07Never do that.
00:33:08I could get killed that way.
00:33:10Is that bad?
00:33:12Well, so nothing's happened around here, huh?
00:33:14It's busted.
00:33:16There.
00:33:21See?
00:33:22Like I said, there ain't nobody here.
00:33:29Hey, cut it out, will you?
00:33:30You're making me dizzy.
00:33:33Well, sure, somebody stumbled over it
00:33:35and pulled it out of the wall.
00:33:37Could happen anywhere.
00:33:42Oh, hey!
00:33:46I think I did myself.
00:33:47I do not have any close contact with you, Bill.
00:33:49Step right up.
00:33:50Not me.
00:33:51You've seen it first.
00:33:53Oh.
00:34:03Doc.
00:34:04Raven.
00:34:05Did you try and kill me?
00:34:06Why, Doc?
00:34:07Why should I do that?
00:34:08You ain't paid me for the last month yet.
00:34:12How long you been here?
00:34:14Now, let me see.
00:34:16I was going to make a telephone call when...
00:34:18Somebody conked your head, Doctor,
00:34:19then ripped the telephone wire out?
00:34:21Yes, I imagine that is about what happened.
00:34:25Who are these people?
00:34:27Well, they're all right, Doc.
00:34:29This is Terry Lee and Miss Cornell from the Times.
00:34:32We don't want any reporters here.
00:34:34Nothing's happened.
00:34:35Look, Doctor, nobody ever wants reporters,
00:34:37but then something happens and there they are.
00:34:39But nothing happens.
00:34:40I fell and hurt my head.
00:34:42Oh, I see.
00:34:43Then you got up again, put yourself on the table,
00:34:45and got all nice and pretty in that shroud there.
00:34:47You won't get any story here.
00:34:48And now, if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do.
00:34:50Doctor, do you mind if we stick around for a while,
00:34:52seeing that nothing's happened?
00:34:53Well, uh, why not?
00:34:54Very well.
00:34:55You may stay for a while, but I warn you,
00:34:57if you make yourselves objectionable in any way,
00:34:59I'll have Raymond throw you out.
00:35:01Well, come on.
00:35:02You heard what the doctor said.
00:35:03He's busy.
00:35:04Get out of the office.
00:35:05Get out of the office.
00:35:06Get out of the office.
00:35:07Probably a pretty nice guy, caught in a tough spot.
00:35:09That's the way I see it.
00:35:10You wouldn't want me to tell him you got kicked out of homicide,
00:35:11would you, Bill, old boy?
00:35:12Shh.
00:35:13Oh, Terry, you're my bad.
00:35:14You know that, don't you?
00:35:15Would I kick you out?
00:35:16You would if you could, Bill.
00:35:17Now, why can't we have a little talk quietly?
00:35:18Well, if you just follow me in the parlor over here.
00:35:20Oh, me too, darling.
00:35:21Me too.
00:35:22Darling knows everything about everyone,
00:35:23and that's how I learn.
00:35:24Good job.
00:35:25Oh, I just did a defeating lesson.
00:35:26Yeah?
00:35:27Yeah?
00:35:28Yeah?
00:35:29Yeah?
00:35:30Yeah?
00:35:31Yeah.
00:35:32Yeah.
00:35:33Yeah.
00:35:34Yeah.
00:35:35Yeah.
00:35:36Yeah.
00:35:37Yeah.
00:35:38Yeah.
00:35:39Yeah.
00:35:40Yeah.
00:35:41Yeah.
00:35:42Yeah.
00:35:43Yeah.
00:35:44Yeah.
00:35:45Baby, I'm going to miss you an awful lot when I grow tired of you.
00:35:47Now, remember, you're just going to listen.
00:35:48Well, of course, darling.
00:35:49What else do I do when I'm with you?
00:35:50Sit down.
00:35:51Now, as I remember it, there was a singer at the Click Club who called herself Laura Laval.
00:35:56Didn't she marry young Ward Vanny a couple of years ago?
00:35:58Uh, I don't know nothing about it.
00:35:59Oh, yes, you do.
00:36:00It was just about the same time that you had an affair with the dressmaker's dummy.
00:36:03Oh, uh, oh, yeah.
00:36:04Oh, yeah.
00:36:05Yeah, now, I remember, Terry.
00:36:06You're right.
00:36:07You're right.
00:36:08Uh, she was down at the Click Club, and it was her that married Ward.
00:36:11Wasn't that on a bed of some kind?
00:36:13Well, uh, there was a party going on, and, uh, somebody dared Ward to ask the singer to marry him.
00:36:16Oh, yeah, yeah, now I remember, Terry.
00:36:19You're right, you're right.
00:36:20She was down to the Click Club, and it was her that married Ward.
00:36:24Wasn't that on a bed of some kind?
00:36:27Well, there was a party going on, and somebody dared Ward
00:36:31to ask the singer to marry him.
00:36:33And he thought at the time it was a good gag,
00:36:36and he went along with it.
00:36:38That's right.
00:36:39He got pretty high, and then popped the question at her.
00:36:41How romantic.
00:36:43I just love that.
00:36:45Hush, dear.
00:36:46L-I-S-T-E-N.
00:36:52Well, that's how it happened anyway.
00:36:54Ward woke up the next morning and found himself married solid.
00:36:58He'd asked her, and she'd snapped him up.
00:37:01Oh, and they lived snappily ever after.
00:37:03I don't care.
00:37:03I think it was sweet.
00:37:05Darling, couldn't I get you high sometime?
00:37:08Sweetheart, have you ever heard the old saying about little girls?
00:37:12What's that?
00:37:13Little girls should be seen and not heard.
00:37:15All right, now go on, powder your nose.
00:37:16All right.
00:37:17I think I'll be shoving along, too.
00:37:18Now, wait a minute.
00:37:19We're just getting started.
00:37:20We were talking about a singer who called herself Laurel LaValle,
00:37:24pushed away into this house for good reasons of her own.
00:37:27Gentlemen, I beg your pardon.
00:37:30I must tell you frankly, I have been eavesdropping.
00:37:34Professor Leonide, this is a reunion.
00:37:37My boy, you must forgive me.
00:37:39You seem to remember me.
00:37:40But I do not recollect you.
00:37:41When was it?
00:37:42What was it?
00:37:43Oh, Professor.
00:37:44It was a long time ago.
00:37:45And I was a kid up in the balcony in Albany.
00:37:46Yes.
00:37:47When you brought down the house with great feats of literature domain.
00:37:48Oh.
00:37:49You remember, Professor.
00:37:50That was the night that the box office receipts disappeared, just like magic.
00:37:51A part of the act, my boy.
00:37:52Just a part of the act.
00:37:53It's a pleasure to meet one of my useful admirers.
00:37:54Terry Lee of the Central City Times.
00:37:56The Press?
00:37:59Well, nice to have known you.
00:38:00Wait a minute, Professor.
00:38:01What's your hurry?
00:38:02What's your hurry?
00:38:03Get up?
00:38:05Oh, yes.
00:38:06Well, I'll see you.
00:38:07You are upstairs.
00:38:09No, sir.
00:38:10My head?
00:38:11Oh, Professor.
00:38:12Oh, Professor.
00:38:13Terry Lee of the Central City Times.
00:38:15Who? The Press.
00:38:17Well, it's nice to have known you.
00:38:20Wait a minute, Professor. What's your hurry?
00:38:22Are you afraid I might bring up the subject
00:38:24of those certain unfortunate recent connections of yours?
00:38:27Shut in the dark, my boy, I'm sure.
00:38:30And I will ignore it.
00:38:32Of course.
00:38:34And this young lady, no doubt a companion of yours.
00:38:38Jane Cornell, my fiancée.
00:38:40Delighted.
00:38:42Likewise, I'm sure.
00:38:44Delightful.
00:38:45And I would suggest to take very good care of her.
00:38:53Mr. Lee.
00:38:56Oh, I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet, Mrs. Van E.
00:38:59Never mind. I'll tell her myself.
00:39:01Darling, I met her upstairs and I told her all about you.
00:39:04And that you know everything about everyone.
00:39:06Thank you very much, dear.
00:39:08Welcome to your living room, Mrs. Van E.
00:39:10Thank you, but it isn't my living room.
00:39:12I understand you're not unaware of my position in this house.
00:39:14Well, uh, maybe you can tell us about it.
00:39:17I'm being kept a prisoner here against my will.
00:39:20I'm alone and friendless.
00:39:22I'm sorry.
00:39:23Why haven't you called the police?
00:39:25They've done nothing but to call for the police.
00:39:27They have kept me penniless so that I can't leave.
00:39:30I understand.
00:39:32They're trying to destroy my mind, Mr. Lee.
00:39:34By innuendo and indirection.
00:39:35They're trying to make me believe I've done something dreadful in the past.
00:39:38I'm going to be the victim of some horrible vengeance.
00:39:40You know best about that.
00:39:41I'm innocent, Mr. Lee.
00:39:42I've done nothing.
00:39:43Now, this doctor has brought some stranger here
00:39:45with these tricks and illusions to further make me believe...
00:39:47You mean the professor and his little, uh...
00:39:48Yes.
00:39:49You must help me, Mr. Lee.
00:39:50Laura!
00:39:51It's so good to see you downstairs again
00:39:52after all these days being locked in your room.
00:39:53You know perfectly well why I've remained locked in my room.
00:39:55Lord, this is Mr. Lee of the Times,
00:39:57the gentleman I told you about upstairs.
00:39:59Oh, yes.
00:40:00Uh, look here, Mr. Lee.
00:40:01We don't want any more of that Trump page splash stuff
00:40:03such as I got when I married Laura.
00:40:04Your wife's been telling us
00:40:05that she's being kept here under constant threat.
00:40:07She is out of her mind.
00:40:08I'm sorry.
00:40:09I'm sorry.
00:40:10I'm sorry.
00:40:11I'm sorry.
00:40:12I'm sorry.
00:40:13I'm sorry.
00:40:14I'm sorry.
00:40:15I'm sorry.
00:40:16I'm sorry.
00:40:17I'm sorry.
00:40:18I'm sorry.
00:40:19She is out of her mind.
00:40:20See what I mean, Mr. Lee?
00:40:22They don't overlook a single chance
00:40:23to put it in my head that I'm crazy.
00:40:25Perhaps I can explain, Mr. Lee.
00:40:28We don't believe there's anything wrong with Laura now.
00:40:31But we are sure something will happen to her mind
00:40:33if she continues to live under this strain.
00:40:36Just as I told you, they're behind it.
00:40:38Can't I make that clear to you?
00:40:40They spend all their time trying to terrify me.
00:40:42They write me letters and reading.
00:40:43They send me dummy heads wrapped in green paper.
00:40:45Anything to frighten me so I can't sleep.
00:40:47I can't think.
00:40:48I thought my head was not going to be killed.
00:40:50These are very serious charges, gentlemen.
00:40:52And I might say it would make a perfect front page splash.
00:40:55I believe you could dare print a word about those ravings on my wife.
00:40:58Don't do anything to make me think they aren't ravings, Mr. Vanee.
00:41:09He said to put the blindfold on, and you will know the truth.
00:41:14No!
00:41:15What's wrong with her, Doc?
00:41:16Quiet, Raymond.
00:41:17You don't mean that she's dead, Raymond.
00:41:18Then I knew that he was here.
00:41:20What's wrong with her, Doc?
00:41:21What's wrong with her, Doc?
00:41:22Quiet, Raymond.
00:41:23What's wrong with her, Doc?
00:41:24Quiet, Raymond.
00:41:25You don't mean that she's dead, Raymond?
00:41:27She's coming out of it.
00:41:28Which is in an advanced state of shock.
00:41:32Maybe necessary to administer a sedative.
00:41:33That's intended to shut her up.
00:41:34I'd like to hear her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:41:35I'd like to hear her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:41:36I'd like to hear her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:41:37If her mind is allowed to dwell upon what's happened, that may be the breaking point.
00:41:40If she's coming out of it, she's coming out of it.
00:41:44She's coming out of it.
00:41:45Which is in an advanced state of shock.
00:41:46Maybe necessary to administer a sedative.
00:41:48That's intended to shut her up.
00:41:49I'd like to hear her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:41:50If her mind is allowed to dwell upon what's happened, that may be the breaking point.
00:41:53Well, you've got all the answers.
00:41:54Look here, Lee.
00:41:55I don't like your tone.
00:41:56If you have any insinuations to make, make them to me.
00:41:57Okay, I will.
00:41:58Suppose you and I talk this over downstairs.
00:41:59I don't recognize your right to question me.
00:42:00However, it will make you leave father alone.
00:42:02I'll be in a state of shock.
00:42:03I'll be in a state of shock.
00:42:04Maybe necessary to administer a sedative.
00:42:05That's intended to shut her up.
00:42:06I'd like to hear her do some more talking, Doctor.
00:42:07If her mind is allowed to dwell upon what's happened, that may be the breaking point.
00:42:10Well, you've got all the answers.
00:42:11Look here, Lee.
00:42:12I don't like your tone.
00:42:13If you have any insinuations to make, make them to me.
00:42:14Okay, I will.
00:42:15Suppose you and I talk this over downstairs.
00:42:17I don't recognize your right to question me.
00:42:19However, it'll make you leave father alone.
00:42:26Bill.
00:42:27Huh?
00:42:28Fix yourself a chair right outside the door and don't leave until I get back.
00:42:30Sure, sure.
00:42:31But what about Lillipat?
00:42:32Don't she write nothing around here?
00:42:38Now, Lee.
00:42:39First, I'd like to see your credentials.
00:42:40You bust in here saying you're a reporter.
00:42:45That's the old turn-the-tables gag, Vanny.
00:42:47But if it'll make you any happier, take a look.
00:42:48All right, you're a reporter.
00:42:51But I still don't understand how you and the young lady got the news about our troubles.
00:42:56Do you really believe that story, Lee?
00:42:59Do you, in your right senses, really believe that we are keeping Laura prisoner here?
00:43:02That's what the lady says.
00:43:03She said that...
00:43:04Nonsense.
00:43:05Nothing would please me more than if she got out.
00:43:06Look, I don't get any of this stuff, Vanny.
00:43:07But there's a tricky deal going on around here.
00:43:08That's what the lady says.
00:43:09She said that...
00:43:10Nonsense.
00:43:11Nothing would please me more than if she got out.
00:43:12Look, I don't get any of this stuff, Vanny.
00:43:13But there's a tricky deal going on around here, and I intend to sit in on it.
00:43:16Too bad I can't flash the city desk to make ready for a front page replay.
00:43:20Yes, isn't it?
00:43:22Either your wife is the victim of a well-plotted throat from a persecution calculated to drive
00:43:28her insane, or she's the, uh, witch you say she is.
00:43:31You're the fellow with the nose for news.
00:43:33What does it tell you?
00:43:34It tells me that right now I'd like to know where your disappearing relative is.
00:43:38What's out there?
00:43:39I have a right to know.
00:43:44Don't see anything.
00:43:45What was it?
00:43:46It isn't possible.
00:43:47It isn't possible, of course.
00:43:48What do you see out there, Lee?
00:43:49I've had enough of this.
00:43:50Come on.
00:43:51Are you nervous, Miss Cornell?
00:43:52Oh, no.
00:43:53I think it's very exciting.
00:43:54Oh, Professor, I thought I just saw you outside banging at the moon.
00:43:57You disturbed her sleep, you child.
00:43:58Where have you been?
00:43:59Oh, will you start acting like this?
00:44:00Oh, no.
00:44:01Oh, no.
00:44:02I don't see anything.
00:44:03I don't see anything.
00:44:04What was it?
00:44:05It isn't possible.
00:44:06It isn't possible, of course.
00:44:07What do you see out there, Lee?
00:44:08I've had enough of this.
00:44:09Come on.
00:44:10I've had enough of this.
00:44:11I've had enough of this.
00:44:12Well, Professor, I thought I just saw you outside banging at the moon.
00:44:17You disturbed her sleep, you child.
00:44:20Where have you been?
00:44:21Why don't you start acting normally for a change?
00:44:23You're bringing suspicion upon all of us.
00:44:25I, my boy?
00:44:26What have I done?
00:44:27I suppose you tell us.
00:44:29Has no one arranged to silence you yet, Mr. Lee?
00:44:32What a pity.
00:44:33I don't silence very easy, Professor.
00:44:36And it'll take a lot more than what you've done to her.
00:44:39Do you suggest that I had a hand in that poor girl's unfortunate demise?
00:44:44Why don't you behave yourself, Professor?
00:44:46Mr. Van Lee here has the right idea.
00:44:48You're just gumming up the works.
00:44:50I did my humble best.
00:44:52Who are you working for?
00:44:53What do you expect to get out of it?
00:44:55I'm charging a debt, Mr. Lee.
00:44:57A debt contracted many years ago.
00:45:01Now, are you any wiser than you were a moment ago?
00:45:05No, but I'm beginning to get a gentle idea.
00:45:08By the way, how's that little girl of yours?
00:45:11I hope fervently that nothing happened to her.
00:45:14She would look so beautiful lying here.
00:45:18Look, Professor, I may not have been very smart in bringing Miss Cornell here,
00:45:21but if I thought you had any plan to do that...
00:45:23Why do you persist in making me the villain, Mr. Lee?
00:45:27Now, we will let you be the witness, Mr. Lee.
00:45:29I am here.
00:45:30The sounds came from upstairs.
00:45:31Right.
00:45:32Always been liable.
00:45:33Now, what are you rehearsing?
00:45:34In there, Terry.
00:45:35In there.
00:45:36It's murder.
00:45:37Lori.
00:45:38Oh, Terry.
00:45:39Jenny, wake up.
00:45:40Wake up.
00:45:41Oh, Terry.
00:45:42Tell me, what happened?
00:45:43Oh, Terry.
00:45:44Tell me, what happened?
00:45:45Oh, Terry.
00:45:46Oh, Terry.
00:45:47Come on.
00:45:48Come on.
00:45:49Come on.
00:45:50Come on.
00:45:51Come on.
00:45:59Jenny, Jenny, wake up.
00:46:02Wake up.
00:46:03Oh.
00:46:04Oh, Terry.
00:46:05Tell me.
00:46:06What happened?
00:46:07Oh.
00:46:08Oh, Terry, darling.
00:46:09Let me think.
00:46:10Everything went black.
00:46:11Yes?
00:46:12Then it started to talk.
00:46:13What started to talk?
00:46:14I don't know.
00:46:15That thing.
00:46:16Now, look.
00:46:17Let's get back to the beginning.
00:46:18I left you here with Dr. Van E.
00:46:19Yeah.
00:46:20And then he gave Mrs. Van E a shot with a long needle.
00:46:23Never mind that.
00:46:24All right.
00:46:25Then he said what I sent with Mrs. Van E.
00:46:28Okay.
00:46:29Okay.
00:46:30Where is she now?
00:46:31Who?
00:46:32Mrs. Van E.
00:46:33Where did she go?
00:46:34That's just what I asked you, Jenny.
00:46:36Well, she was right here.
00:46:37Then Dr. Van E went out.
00:46:39Then what happened?
00:46:40Well...
00:46:41Oh.
00:46:42Then Bill Raymond came in.
00:46:44Oh, that's great.
00:46:45The two of you in the same room at the same time.
00:46:47How did you communicate with each other?
00:46:48Sign language?
00:46:49Oh.
00:46:50I don't care.
00:46:51All you do is make fun of me.
00:46:53How nice to come to visit.
00:46:55Whatever it is.
00:46:56Oh, yes, you did, dear.
00:46:57Don't you remember?
00:46:58You said you wanted to see what the life of a reporter was like.
00:47:01Don't forget, Mr. Lee.
00:47:03One must not expect too much of certain types of mentality.
00:47:06Shut up, Bill Raymond.
00:47:08I remember you when you couldn't even make your ex.
00:47:10Oh, I want to go home.
00:47:12We can't go home, darling.
00:47:14We've got to get a story.
00:47:15Why?
00:47:16You don't understand.
00:47:18Yes, I do.
00:47:19Why do we have to get the story?
00:47:21Who cares?
00:47:22She's got you there.
00:47:23All right.
00:47:24Now, you tell me.
00:47:25What happened to you?
00:47:26Me?
00:47:27Oh, well, you said to stay outside the door, and I pulled up a chair.
00:47:31That's right.
00:47:32She was inside the door, and you were outside.
00:47:48Then, then come that, that odor of heavenly perfume.
00:47:52That wasn't only that.
00:47:53It was sweet and penetrating, like, like an ancient drug.
00:47:57And I felt kind of sleepy-like.
00:48:00Oh, so sleepy.
00:48:07At last, he had me under his power.
00:48:17There must be a button or a gadget of some kind around here.
00:48:22Two o'clock, almost deadline for the nine o'clock final.
00:48:24Oh, Terry, what makes you think there's anything behind them walls?
00:48:27I've got a sneaking suspicion that the professor uses them for a disappearing act.
00:48:32I wish Lilibet was here.
00:48:33Take me a cup of coffee.
00:48:34Well, she's right over in the doctor's office.
00:48:36Why don't you ask her?
00:48:39Poor Lilibet.
00:48:40I kind of hinted that all I needed was a murdered body, but I didn't think she'd take it personal.
00:48:45Will you stay with those walls?
00:48:48Well, I've been around them three times, Terry.
00:48:52The thing I can't understand, if the professor was down here when the trouble was going on upstairs,
00:48:58he'd just have to be two different guys in order to have a hand in it.
00:49:02All right, Terry, let's figure it out in the morning, huh?
00:49:04Good morning, huh?
00:49:06What's that?
00:49:34Hey, Cap.
00:49:39Either something or somebody opened the front door.
00:49:42That's the shortest night's sleep I've had in a long time.
00:49:46All right.
00:49:47Now that you're good and rested, let's see if we can understand what happened upstairs.
00:49:51Well, do you think it had something to do with that picture, maybe,
00:49:54that Lilibet found in Mrs. Van Nee's room?
00:49:56What picture?
00:49:57Well, the one with the couple with the two masks, you know, like we found, like that mask.
00:50:02Who has the picture now?
00:50:04Well, young Van Nee, I guess.
00:50:07That's a point.
00:50:09Where has Mr. Van Nee been since his wife's disappearance?
00:50:12Well, him and his old man are sleeping, but I guess they ain't got some sense.
00:50:17Oh, no, no, I've already checked that, and they haven't slept in their beds tonight.
00:50:23Wake up!
00:50:24I refuse to answer on the grounds that might tend to incriminate or degrade me.
00:50:30My unconscious mind.
00:50:33Now, look, Bill, please, stay awake for a while.
00:50:36Now, look, tell me, what happened when you smelled that sweet odor in the hall upstairs?
00:50:41Oh, it smelled lovely.
00:50:43Lovely, that's all I can remember.
00:50:47And Dr. Van Nee had already left Laura's room, is that right?
00:50:50Yeah, he'd gone out, and he said good night, and he had given her some sedative or something that he said would take care of her in the morning, and then he went down the hall to his own room.
00:51:01And then you fell asleep?
00:51:03Yeah, no, I just kind of dozed off a little.
00:51:07Like this.
00:51:10Here's your coffee, sir.
00:51:11Oh, Terry, that's a dirty trick.
00:51:16Stay on the other side of that window.
00:51:17What's for?
00:51:18Take a look.
00:51:20I'm looking.
00:51:21What do you see?
00:51:25Louie Beth!
00:51:28Gee, this ain't natural.
00:51:30Who are you talking to?
00:51:31The woman I love.
00:51:32Poor little angel.
00:51:34Try and speak to me.
00:51:36She can't hear you.
00:51:45What were you doing outside?
00:51:47You're supposed to be dead.
00:51:49Now, you stay right here, honey.
00:51:51I gotta catch that guy in the shrubbery.
00:51:56Gee, what did your dog tell me, Louie Beth?
00:51:58I got work to do.
00:52:03Louie Beth!
00:52:05Be reasonable, will you?
00:52:07If you don't cooperate, I'll never get back to Central.
00:52:10Never mind, Raymond.
00:52:11Take care of Lillie Beth.
00:52:13Lillie Beth!
00:52:16Yeah.
00:52:17That's who it was.
00:52:18I opened the door and she fell right in my arms.
00:52:20Like she had something special to tell me.
00:52:24You notice that fragrance about her?
00:52:25And to think this wounded flower was once even as you and I.
00:52:30Take her back into Dr. Van Lee's office.
00:52:32What's she doing wandering around?
00:52:33She's supposed to be a corpse.
00:52:35What happened to that guy outside?
00:52:37Never mind.
00:52:39Well, you found her.
00:52:40I never knew she was lost.
00:52:42I missed her.
00:52:43I missed her from my office.
00:52:45Will you please take her back?
00:52:47What are you gonna do?
00:52:48Yes, Doctor, and what have you been doing?
00:52:50We've turned this house upside down trying to find you.
00:52:52Hardly that, young man.
00:52:53If you'd done that, you would have found me.
00:52:55Now, Raymond, we can't allow this girl to remain in this condition any longer.
00:52:59But what can you do?
00:53:01She was like a perfect step to me.
00:53:04Think of it's my office.
00:53:05Oh, Doctor.
00:53:07This may not be any news to you, but your daughter-in-law has disappeared.
00:53:11Oh, how dreadful.
00:53:13But let us say somewhat overdue.
00:53:15Eh, Mr. Lee?
00:53:16You don't seem very surprised to hear about it.
00:53:19Young man, when you've been devoutly praying for something to happen,
00:53:22you accept your good fortune without question.
00:53:33We thought that probably you might be able to throw some light on the subject.
00:53:37That's right, Raymond.
00:53:38Leave her there.
00:53:39There's absolutely nothing wrong with her.
00:53:41Huh?
00:53:42And you mean I've been pining away for nothing?
00:53:45She was put in a deep hypnotic sleep, that's all.
00:53:48But why?
00:53:49Why, Doc?
00:53:50Who done it?
00:53:51It was done so that she would obey certain orders that were transmitted to her.
00:53:56Well, if that's true, then why did you declare her dead?
00:53:58I had my own good reasons.
00:54:01Would you give me one reason why you like to go around getting hit on the head?
00:54:03I must become a little monotonous.
00:54:05Mr. Lee, are you sure that you saw what you thought you saw?
00:54:09Well, I'm not blind.
00:54:10I might be getting a little dizzy in this madhouse.
00:54:12It's a little nice to me in this madhouse.
00:54:37You know, Doctor, morning isn't very far off.
00:54:40And when the police get here, you've got an awful lot of explaining to do.
00:54:43You're in this up to your neck.
00:54:44By morning, let us hope no explanations will be necessary.
00:54:48Everything will have explained itself.
00:54:54Poor little sleeping beauty.
00:54:58Do you suppose someone thought she looked weak-minded
00:55:01and picked her out to carry out his commands?
00:55:04That's not always the case, Raymond.
00:55:06If Lee and I were here, we could settle this case very quickly.
00:55:09Gentlemen.
00:55:13It is my peculiar misfortune to always be in a position where I may eavesdrop.
00:55:19How can I be of service, cousin Joseph?
00:55:22Oh, Professor.
00:55:23Ask me no question, my friend, and I will tell you no lies.
00:55:26Leonide, you could undo certain mischief that has been done, this girl.
00:55:30I know you can help if you will.
00:55:33I could, my dear Joseph.
00:55:35But I will not bring down the wrath of the unknown madman
00:55:38who is loose about these premises.
00:55:41It is a matter of self-preservation.
00:55:43And I had nothing to do with hypnotizing this girl.
00:55:46I have an idea that she may have already carried out the unknown's orders
00:55:50and that he no longer needs her.
00:55:52Nevertheless, my dear Joseph, you must excuse me.
00:55:55Just a minute, Professor.
00:55:56I wonder what would happen, Professor, if in connection with your sudden reappearance here,
00:56:00somebody dug up the old story of why you swindled Dr. Vanny,
00:56:03and then ran off and let him take the rap.
00:56:05I will not be blackmailed, Mr. Lee.
00:56:07And I observe again that you're a young man who knows too much for his own good.
00:56:10And I would also like to know where you obtained all this information.
00:56:14You're extremely young to have your fingertips on events of 20 years ago.
00:56:17I have a memory like an elephant.
00:56:19I never forget something once I hear it.
00:56:21I'm a sharpie, Professor.
00:56:23As every one of you will admit before morning.
00:56:26Now, Doctor, I'd like to bore you with a few questions.
00:56:30I wouldn't mind, young man, if you had the slightest idea
00:56:33of what you were looking for.
00:56:34Maybe if we start back to the time around midnight,
00:56:37when you administered what you call a sedative to your daughter-in-law.
00:56:40Are you infielding that I had anything to do with the Lord of Disappearance?
00:56:43Why do you keep evading the issues of the Lord of Disappearance?
00:56:45Why do you keep evading the issues of the Lord of Disappearance?
00:56:48What do you keep evading the issues of the Lord of Disappearance?
00:56:51What do you keep evading the issue of the Lord of Disappearance?
00:56:53You know you'll have to confess when the police get here anyway.
00:56:55I would remind you, young man,
00:56:56that you're making a direct accusation,
00:56:58and I refuse to answer.
00:57:00Look, I want the facts, and I want them now.
00:57:02Let's cut out the Mulberry Bush routine.
00:57:04Listen, Bill, you're supposed to be a cop,
00:57:06and you want to get back to homicide.
00:57:07Help me make the doctor loosen up.
00:57:09He knows a lot more than he's telling.
00:57:10Well, sure, I'll help, Terry,
00:57:12but first, let's get Lily Beth out of this.
00:57:14Maybe she can tell us something.
00:57:16Yes, Mr. Smith.
00:57:18I'll help you, Terry, but first, let's get Lily Beth out of this.
00:57:20Maybe she can tell us something.
00:57:22Yes, Mr. Lee, it seems to me that you're not too anxious
00:57:25to have Lily Beth restore to consciousness.
00:57:32What do you hear, Doc?
00:57:34Her heart's in a very depressed condition.
00:57:37Someone's been giving her orders by mental telepathy.
00:57:40Hey, can I learn to do that?
00:57:42Supposing Lily Beth was in the kitchen,
00:57:44could I telegraph her a wish for a cup of coffee, huh?
00:57:47Perhaps, Raymond.
00:57:48Someday, when we have a little time,
00:57:50I'll indicate the principles of hypnosis to you.
00:57:52My dear Joseph.
00:57:56The principle of hypnosis
00:57:58isn't as simple as you would make them believe.
00:58:01It requires a long and patient study.
00:58:05But I will risk the wrath of the unknown.
00:58:08For I see you truly love this child.
00:58:13And for your sake, for your sake,
00:58:16I shall use my knowledge.
00:58:18Oh, gee, thanks, Professor.
00:58:20You're solid.
00:58:21You're solid.
00:58:28Wake up.
00:58:37Wake up.
00:58:46Lily Beth, darling.
00:58:48Whoa.
00:58:49Keep your big hands to yourself.
00:58:50What are you slapping me for?
00:58:51Professor, put her back to sleep.
00:58:52It's better that way.
00:58:53What have you been doing to me?
00:58:54Me?
00:58:55What have I been doing?
00:58:56Yes, what have you been doing?
00:58:57You've got to learn me that hypnotism trick.
00:58:59It's my only chance.
00:59:00Tell me, Lily Beth, what happened?
00:59:02Well, I can't seem to remember it.
00:59:04It all seems like a dream.
00:59:06Did you see anyone?
00:59:07No.
00:59:08But I do remember a perfume, a sweet odor.
00:59:12Yes, yes, go on.
00:59:13Terry.
00:59:16Terry, darling.
00:59:18Terry, darling.
00:59:19Yes, Jane.
00:59:20What is it?
00:59:21Is it Halloween?
00:59:22No, it isn't.
00:59:23Then why was that green face bobbing up at the window?
00:59:25What?
00:59:26Yeah, a green face just like the one
00:59:27I saw in Mrs. Van Ey's room.
00:59:28You saw a green face in Mrs. Van Ey's room?
00:59:30Yes, darling, that's what she was shooting at.
00:59:32I mentioned it to you, but you're so scatterbrained.
00:59:34Yes, dear, I'm scatterbrained.
00:59:35Does your mind feel rested now and everything after your nap?
00:59:37Mm-hmm.
00:59:38That's a good girl.
00:59:39Now, come on.
00:59:40Tell me, what happened?
00:59:41Oh, don't yell at me.
00:59:42I can tell you, just half happened.
00:59:43We were alone in the room, and Laura was going to sleep.
00:59:45And then she said, oh, take away the bandage.
00:59:47And I said, what bandage?
00:59:48And then she said, oh, don't shoot me.
00:59:49I didn't mean to do that.
00:59:50Oh, don't shoot me.
00:59:51I didn't mean to do that.
00:59:52And then she said, oh, take away the bandage.
00:59:54And I said, what bandage?
00:59:55And then she said, oh, don't shoot me.
00:59:57I didn't mean to do it.
00:59:58And then the room got awfully black.
01:00:00I think somebody must have turned off the lights.
01:00:03Just like that.
01:00:04Go ahead.
01:00:05You're doing fine.
01:00:06Well.
01:00:07Yeah, the lights had already gone out.
01:00:08Uh-huh.
01:00:09And the room got awfully dark.
01:00:10You've already said that.
01:00:11Think hard now.
01:00:12You saw a green mask.
01:00:14It came out of the wardrobe.
01:00:15And then she said, oh, take away the bandage.
01:00:17And she said, oh, take away the bandage.
01:00:19And I said, what bandage?
01:00:20And then she said, oh, don't shoot me.
01:00:22I didn't mean to do it.
01:00:23And then the room got awfully black.
01:00:25I think somebody must have turned off the lights.
01:00:26And then the room got turned off.
01:00:27And then the room got turned off.
01:00:28And then the room got turned off.
01:00:29And then the room got turned off.
01:00:30And I said, oh, how clever of you.
01:00:31It was just like a great big mouth.
01:00:33And he blew around and around.
01:00:34Please don't make yourself any dizzier than you are.
01:00:36Now tell me the rest of it.
01:00:38Well, I just don't see how you could remember
01:00:40that it was like a great big mouth.
01:00:41Did you see it?
01:00:42Was it in the wardrobe maybe?
01:00:44No, I wasn't in the wardrobe.
01:00:46Now, look, Jane.
01:00:48Please, be yourself.
01:00:51No, I mean, don't be yourself.
01:00:53Just relax.
01:00:54Relax.
01:00:55Mr. Lee, just a moment.
01:00:58Where were you?
01:01:00Were you upstairs?
01:01:02No, I was down here talking with your son.
01:01:04And by the way, where is he?
01:01:06Here I am, Mr. Lee.
01:01:08What can I do for you?
01:01:10Will you stop it?
01:01:11Yes, I was listening outside the door.
01:01:13You haven't answered my father's question yet.
01:01:15Oh, come on, take it easy, take it easy.
01:01:17Maybe you can tell us where you've been, Mr. Vanney.
01:01:20Of course you don't know anything about your wife's whereabouts.
01:01:23Oh, go on, tell him where she is.
01:01:25I want to go home.
01:01:26I'm hungry.
01:01:28Ah, Ron!
01:01:30Quiet, everybody, quiet!
01:01:31Laura!
01:01:35Don't.
01:01:36No, don't.
01:01:37Don't!
01:01:46Laura!
01:01:47She's under a hypnotic spell.
01:01:50Ladies and gentlemen,
01:01:52it has been an exciting night.
01:01:54And you all are deserving of some explanation and relaxation
01:01:57for the strange goings on.
01:01:59The guy who's doing the talking is behind the walls somewhere.
01:02:02Now you're getting smart, Sherlock.
01:02:04We introduce at this time the team of Lorette and Rene,
01:02:07as they appeared at the height of their success,
01:02:09in the green room of the Paris Crayon.
01:02:12Sure.
01:02:13The mask.
01:02:14The picture.
01:02:15The mask.
01:02:16The picture.
01:02:17Mademoiselle Lorette.
01:02:18Now I know who he is.
01:02:22Mademoiselle Lorette will now put a bandage over her eyes.
01:02:25The better to see the inner truth.
01:02:26Very good, Rene.
01:02:27Very good.
01:02:28Just like the old tie.
01:02:29Would any member of the audience like to ask Mademoiselle a question?
01:02:32Come, Mr. Lee.
01:02:33You have been so full of questions up to now.
01:02:34I'm thinking, brother.
01:02:35We cannot keep Mademoiselle too long in this delicate mental balance.
01:02:38She has been under a great strain lately.
01:02:41Then I will ask the questions myself.
01:02:43Yes, Rene.
01:02:44I'm at your command.
01:02:45Are you afraid now?
01:02:46No.
01:02:47I'm quite safe.
01:02:48No.
01:02:49I'm quite safe.
01:02:50No.
01:02:51I'm quite safe.
01:02:52No.
01:02:53No.
01:02:54I'm quite safe.
01:02:55No.
01:02:56No.
01:02:57No.
01:02:58No.
01:02:59No.
01:03:00No.
01:03:01No.
01:03:02No.
01:03:03No.
01:03:04I'm quite safe.
01:03:06Will you tell the truth?
01:03:09Yes.
01:03:10They came to me and said your partner, he of the magic feats and rare impersonations is a spy.
01:03:16But we can't prove it.
01:03:17We'll give you a million francs if you, Lorette, bring us that proof.
01:03:23Ah.
01:03:24Now we shall know.
01:03:25You gave them the proof they wanted?
01:03:27Yes.
01:03:29They took him away to be killed?
01:03:31Yes.
01:03:32Yes.
01:03:33What was he to you, this man you betrayed?
01:03:36This man you sold to the enemy for money?
01:03:40He was my husband.
01:03:41When they told you he was to be executed,
01:03:45you sent this man a gift for his last moment
01:03:47before the firing squad.
01:03:49What was it?
01:03:52It was a green scarf for his eyes.
01:03:54Like the one you are wearing now?
01:03:56Yes.
01:03:57Why did you send it?
01:03:59It was my scarf.
01:04:01I wanted him to know I had betrayed him because I hated him.
01:04:06He was good and kind.
01:04:09But I hated him for the power he had over me.
01:04:11I see.
01:04:12That is your only defense you hated.
01:04:15You thought they shot him.
01:04:17You escaped to America.
01:04:19You thought you were safe.
01:04:21Then you found out he was alive and wanted revenge.
01:04:24Thank you, Mademoiselle Loretta.
01:04:26You may remove the bandage now.
01:04:30What do you see on the cloth, Mademoiselle?
01:04:34There's a hole in it.
01:04:36Yes.
01:04:37What else, Loretta?
01:04:39What else?
01:04:41There's blood on it.
01:04:44There's blood.
01:04:45I have come back.
01:04:47I am here, and I will have my revenge.
01:04:49No.
01:04:50No, don't touch me.
01:04:52Ah!
01:04:57I'll slide under the window.
01:04:58You know where.
01:05:04Yes, he had his revenge.
01:05:07She's been living in mortal terror that he'd find her.
01:05:09He's been living in mortal terror.
01:05:11I've got to the point of death.
01:05:12I've got to the point of death.
01:05:13I've got to the point of death.
01:05:14Just a minute, lady.
01:05:15You ain't going nowhere.
01:05:18Well, if it ain't Mrs. Williams.
01:05:21Come along with me.
01:05:22Come on.
01:05:23Come on.
01:05:24You want me to slug you?
01:05:26Get inside.
01:05:27Hey, Terry.
01:05:28Terry.
01:05:28Come here.
01:05:29Get a load of this.
01:05:30There's your man.
01:05:31Ha.
01:05:32At last, that caught me a murderer.
01:05:34Ha, ha, ha.
01:05:35You're wrong.
01:05:36I never laid a hand on her.
01:05:37Eh, my boy?
01:05:38You kept your promise to me.
01:05:39You said you wouldn't touch her.
01:05:41But she's dead, ain't she?
01:05:43And you ain't going nowhere till we find out what killed her.
01:05:46And you, Professor, you know too much for your own good.
01:05:48I'm holding you, too.
01:05:50Now you're getting smart, Bill.
01:05:52Well, Professor, I see you two know each other.
01:05:55Yes.
01:05:56Rene was my assistant.
01:05:58I taught him everything he knows.
01:06:00He ran out for himself and became a success.
01:06:03Later, we met in a concentration camp.
01:06:06And here we are.
01:06:08A small world, Mr. Lee.
01:06:10A small world, indeed.
01:06:14Terry, is this the place where you get the marriage licenses?
01:06:16No, dear.
01:06:17This is the morgue.
01:06:18The morgue.
01:06:18Oh, darling.
01:06:19You say the cutest things.
01:06:22The morgue?
01:06:23Oh!
01:06:24Oh, never mind, dear.
01:06:25You just stay right here.
01:06:26Nobody will get you.
01:06:27Oh, but, uh.
01:06:29Well, doctor, got anything to add to my story of the year?
01:06:32Who is this Rene?
01:06:33Rene was her husband.
01:06:34She turned him over for a sum.
01:06:35Figured the Nazis would take care of him.
01:06:36But he had ideas of his own.
01:06:38Look, Doc.
01:06:39Was it murder?
01:06:40Do I finally get a break?
01:06:41Was she murdered?
01:06:42We're sending the report to the police.
01:06:44Who was it saying?
01:06:45Oh, come on, doctor.
01:06:46Don't hold out on us.
01:06:48I didn't understand it at first, but I do now.
01:06:50There were no marks of violence on the body,
01:06:52and we found no internal disturbances.
01:06:54What does this all add up to, doctor?
01:06:55Yes, let's have it.
01:06:57She was literally scared to death.
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