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00:01:10This is the Oaks, a house in the country which I rented for the summer.

00:01:16As an author, I write tales of mystery and murder.

00:01:20But the things that happened in this house were far more fantastic than any story I've ever had published.

00:01:26I brought a staff of servants from my city apartment and my maid Lizzie Allen, who had been with me nearly 20 years.

00:01:33Lizzie!

00:01:41Yes, Miss Cornelia?

00:01:43Is the car ready?

00:01:44It's at the door.

00:01:45Look, Miss Cornelia, them servants you brought from the apartment are talking about walking out on us.

00:01:53Really?

00:01:53Well, I know they don't like it here, but I didn't think it was that bad.

00:01:59Well, they've been hearing things about the killer that the police call the bat and the murders that he committed here this past winter.

00:02:06Now people are saying that he's back again.

00:02:10Well, how can they be sure of that?

00:02:12Has he committed another crime?

00:02:14No, not yet.

00:02:15But that ain't saying that he won't.

00:02:16Here's something else.

00:02:19You've heard about the bats they have here.

00:02:21Animal bats, the kind that fly.

00:02:23Yes, yes.

00:02:24Look what it says in this magazine.

00:02:26This is a report from the state health department and it says some of them bats is rabid.

00:02:32Well.

00:02:33And that ain't all.

00:02:35Now there's a rumor going around that it was the bat himself, the killer I mean, that released the rabid bats in this neighborhood.

00:02:42Oh, that's ridiculous.

00:02:44Yes, well, the housekeeper, the cook, the butler and the upstairs maid don't think so.

00:02:50Well, I can't help what they think.

00:02:53If hysterical nonsense like that can scare them out of their good jobs, it's their loss, not mine.

00:02:59Come on, Lizzie, I've got to get to the bank.

00:03:07Drive directly to Zenith Bank, Warner.

00:03:10I'm afraid we'll have to hurry.

00:03:11It's near closing time.

00:03:12I'll get you there, Miss Van Gorder.

00:03:14Thanks again.

00:03:29Miss Van Gorder.

00:03:30How are you doing, Mr. Barry?

00:03:31How are you?

00:03:32Very well, thank you.

00:03:34You remember Lizzie Allen?

00:03:35Of course.

00:03:36Hello, Miss Allen.

00:03:37How do you do?

00:03:38So you're spending the summer with us again?

00:03:39Yes, yes, I've leased the Oaks, the home of your bank president, John Fleming.

00:03:44I heard you had.

00:03:45I was surprised.

00:03:46Why?

00:03:47Is there something the matter with the...

00:03:48No.

00:03:48I was surprised because Mr. Fleming said he would never rent it.

00:03:51Oh?

00:03:53Well, I rented it from his nephew, Mark Fleming, who has the real estate office here.

00:03:57He said his uncle would be gone the entire summer.

00:04:00That's right.

00:04:01Mr. Fleming's in the Northwoods now with his physician, Dr. Wells.

00:04:06Oh, pardon me.

00:04:07Dale, I want you to meet my wife.

00:04:09We were married at Christmas time.

00:04:11That must have been nice.

00:04:12Believe me, it was.

00:04:13Oh, here she is.

00:04:14My wife, Miss Van Gorder, Miss Allen.

00:04:16How do you do, Missy Bailey?

00:04:17How do you do?

00:04:19Cornelia Van Gorder.

00:04:21Yes.

00:04:21Oh, well, I've read every murder mystery you've ever written.

00:04:25I just adored that weird one, the private morgue of Dr. X, even though it gave me the shivers.

00:04:30Only the shivers?

00:04:32Scared hell out of me.

00:04:33Oh, well, I really mean that Miss Corny killed them off in that one.

00:04:39When you refer to my books, please don't call me Miss Corny.

00:04:43Pardon me, Mr. Bailey.

00:04:44Mr. Hines is here to see you.

00:04:45Oh, yes.

00:04:47Excuse me, please.

00:04:48Don't be strangers now.

00:04:49No, no, we won't.

00:04:50Oh, so you're a bride.

00:04:54Well, not quite.

00:04:56Not since Christmas.

00:04:57No, I'm sure I've seen you.

00:05:00Well, I used to be my husband's secretary here in the bank.

00:05:03Of course I remember.

00:05:06May I welcome our most distinguished visitor back to Zenith?

00:05:10Oh, that's very charming, but, um...

00:05:14Lieutenant Anderson.

00:05:16Lieutenant Anderson, of course.

00:05:19Chief of Detectives of the Zenith Police Department.

00:05:22This is Miss Allen.

00:05:23Miss Allen.

00:05:23How do you do?

00:05:24Lieutenant Anderson is one of our favorite citizens.

00:05:27He's on the bank's board of directors.

00:05:30Not bad for a policeman.

00:05:31You must have made a good thing of it.

00:05:33Well, I saved my money, if that's what you mean.

00:05:37It's near closing time.

00:05:38And I've got some business in the safe deposit vault.

00:05:41Please come and see me, Mrs. Bailey.

00:05:43Oh, I'd love to.

00:05:44And you, Lieutenant.

00:05:45Goodbye.

00:05:46Nice to meet you.

00:05:47My, what a charming woman.

00:05:51She moved into the Oaks just the other day.

00:05:54That house is a proper setting for a writer of mysteries.

00:05:56Oh, it certainly is.

00:06:01Vic, what's the matter?

00:06:03Come in here, both of you.

00:06:04Andy, we're in trouble.

00:06:13Wendell Hines came in to pick up $350,000 worth of bonds

00:06:16that we were holding as collateral for a loan.

00:06:19They were kept in our special vault.

00:06:22Mr. Fleming and I are the only officers of the bank

00:06:24who have access to that vault.

00:06:25So?

00:06:27The Hines bonds are gone.

00:06:29That's not all.

00:06:31Other negotiable securities are missing.

00:06:33From what I can gather, short of a careful check,

00:06:36the bank has been looted of over a million dollars' worth of securities.

00:06:40You'll have to notify Fleming.

00:06:42I wish I could talk to him.

00:06:45Unfortunately, he and Dr. Wells are deep in the woods.

00:06:48They can't be reached by phone.

00:06:49What is it?

00:07:03I thought I heard someone on the path coming from the lake.

00:07:15I had an idea it might be that guide of ours.

00:07:17Oh, Sam won't show up until morning.

00:07:18It's a 20-mile canoe trip from here to civilization.

00:07:22Five will get you ten.

00:07:23Sam has a message for me.

00:07:25I thought you told them at the bank not to bother you.

00:07:27I did, but they'll bother me.

00:07:33Doctor.

00:07:34Yes, John?

00:07:36What would you do for half a million?

00:07:39Anything short of murder.

00:07:42Why not murder?

00:07:44Too messy.

00:07:46Too great a risk?

00:07:47For half a million?

00:07:48Yes.

00:07:49I pinched a million from the bank.

00:07:54Well, I'm not kidding.

00:07:56I embezzled it.

00:07:58Not that I think you wouldn't do it if you thought you could get away with it.

00:08:03I got away with it.

00:08:05I'm not talking about currency.

00:08:08I took negotiable securities that could be converted into cash.

00:08:12I have the cash.

00:08:14In tens, twenties, and hundreds.

00:08:16Well, I'm your doctor, not your lawyer.

00:08:18Why tell me this?

00:08:20You'll find out why.

00:08:23Who's going to take the blame for the robbery?

00:08:25Bailey, the cashier.

00:08:27They'll never suspect me.

00:08:29I like Bailey.

00:08:30Well, so do I.

00:08:31I love the guy.

00:08:33I gave him his first chance.

00:08:34He has a lovely little wife.

00:08:36Charming girl.

00:08:38Was the best man.

00:08:40Where's the million?

00:08:41In my family's tomb in Zenith.

00:08:43In the crypt with my father's casket.

00:08:48I don't buy that, John.

00:08:51No?

00:08:52No.

00:08:54You forget that I had you in charge when you were a very sick man.

00:08:58When you raved in delirium.

00:09:01And I heard you talk about a hidden room.

00:09:04Now, where else could you put a hidden room except in that mansion you built?

00:09:08That white elephant you called the oaks.

00:09:12Look.

00:09:13Everyone knows I have a bad heart.

00:09:17Now, who would doubt it if you wired the bank directors that my heart had faded?

00:09:22That I had fallen from a great height here in the woods.

00:09:25And that I was badly smashed up.

00:09:27You could ship the body back for burial and instruct them not to open the casket due to the condition of its contents.

00:09:36Well, you realize, of course, that we'd have to have a body to put in that casket.

00:09:41Which means that we'd have to deal with an undertaker at this end.

00:09:44Of course.

00:09:45Well, where do we get a body?

00:09:48Couldn't we provide one of our own?

00:09:51How about Sam?

00:09:52Sam, our guide?

00:09:55Sam weighs about as much as I do.

00:09:58He's practically a hermit.

00:09:59He wouldn't be missed for a long time.

00:10:03The local undertaker would know him.

00:10:05Not if we made him look as if he'd been a serious accident.

00:10:09But if Bailey's going to take the blame, why do you have to do this?

00:10:13A jury might acquit him.

00:10:14In that case, I'd be a logical suspect.

00:10:17I could disappear, of course, but it's safer if they think I'm dead.

00:10:22What if I don't go for this deal?

00:10:31In that case, it would be too bad.

00:10:38You mean you'd kill me?

00:10:40What else could I do?

00:10:42Now that I've told you about the million,

00:10:44I'd say you were shot in a hunting accident.

00:10:47Now, look, doctor.

00:10:48If you can find another body instead of Sam's,

00:10:52it's all right with me.

00:10:54There's half a million in it for you.

00:10:57I'll do my best.

00:11:00I smell smoke.

00:11:02So do I. What's that noise?

00:11:08Look, doctor.

00:11:10The woods are on fire.

00:11:11It's coming this way.

00:11:13We've got to get out of here.

00:11:14Out the back way.

00:11:16We will.

00:11:18As soon as I provide that body we were talking about...

00:11:21Oh, my goodness, dear.

00:11:47Lizzie!

00:11:47Is that you?

00:11:48Yes, Miss Cornelia.

00:11:50There's a storm coming up and it's gonna be a snorter.

00:11:54The wind nearly blew the door off its hinges.

00:11:56Well, that noise blew my game higher than a kite.

00:11:59I think I've lost some of the cars.

00:12:00Oh, I'll get them for you.

00:12:02Oh, I see you found the paper.

00:12:04Drop that paper, boy.

00:12:06Scootin' by on his bicycle.

00:12:07Just chucked it into a clump of bushes and let it go at that.

00:12:10Oh, for land's sake, Mr. Vic Bailey's been arrested.

00:12:17Oh?

00:12:18I think.

00:12:22Victor Bailey, vice president and cashier of the Zenith Bank, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Alvin Fielding, charged with the embezzlement of over a million dollars.

00:12:32Well, I can't believe it, Vic Bailey, had anything to do with that robbery.

00:12:38Oh, well, I see our landlord is home again.

00:12:43Landlord?

00:12:44Mr. Fleming.

00:12:45Oh.

00:12:45Dr. Malcolm Wells is back in town with the body of John Fleming, president of the Zenith Bank, who was killed in a forest fire.

00:12:54Mr. Fleming will be laid to rest in his family's tomb on Friday.

00:12:58And I hope he stays there.

00:13:01Well, why shouldn't he?

00:13:02Well, this is his house.

00:13:04And ever since he died, some funny things have happened here.

00:13:08For instance?

00:13:08The housekeeper, the cook and the butler, said that they heard strange noises at night.

00:13:15And the upstairs maid swore that she met a man without a face coming up the back stairs.

00:13:22Oh, so that's why they quit and left me to run this place without a staff.

00:13:28They didn't tell you, Miss Corny.

00:13:30But the truth is, they were scared to stay.

00:13:32But you were still here, Lizzie.

00:13:34Haven't you seen anything?

00:13:36No.

00:13:36No, and even if I had, I ain't afraid of ghosts.

00:13:41They're afraid of me.

00:13:43Honest, Miss Corny.

00:13:45A spiritualist told me once that ghosts was allergic to me.

00:13:52But this bat feller they keep talking about in the paper, I guess he'd be different.

00:13:59No, I don't think you'd have the same effect on him.

00:14:03Oh, dear.

00:14:04What are they trying to do?

00:14:08Drive people away from this part of the country?

00:14:12Why, what does it say about the bat?

00:14:16His specialty seems to be killing women.

00:14:19My goodness, two of them in one night.

00:14:22All his victims died the same way, like their throats had been ripped open with steel claws.

00:14:31That's a charming little caper.

00:14:34I'll have to try it sometime.

00:14:38In a book.

00:14:39That ain't nothin', just somethin' bumpin' against the house.

00:14:53That's just the wind bangin' a door.

00:14:55Pay no attention to it.

00:14:57Listen to this.

00:15:01One of his victims, who lived for a moment after she was found, described the bat as a man without a face.

00:15:08Honest, Miss Corny.

00:15:09I think that woman must have been exaggeratin'.

00:15:11That's just that heavy tapestry at the top of the stairs.

00:15:21I know, I know.

00:15:22I've heard it before on a windy night.

00:15:23That sounds as if there was someone on the stairs.

00:15:30I know there isn't.

00:15:32At least there shouldn't be.

00:15:34There ain't.

00:15:35Them's just the noises you hear in any old house on a windy night.

00:15:39It says here that the bat never leaves no fingerprints.

00:15:44That's understandable.

00:15:46Having no face, he probably has no fingers either.

00:15:51Nissy!

00:15:53And that, I suppose, is the cat dropping its dentures.

00:16:02No.

00:16:03No, I don't think so.

00:16:05But I think it's somethin' should be looked into.

00:16:14Now, who chucked him down here?

00:16:17The wind, I hope.

00:16:19There must be a window open up there.

00:16:21No, Lizzie.

00:16:24Let him lay.

00:16:25Let him sleep it off.

00:16:28I hope the power lines don't go down.

00:16:30Put the lights out.

00:16:32Now, we'll check the windows in the living room

00:16:34and draw the curtains,

00:16:36and then we'll go to bed.

00:16:37Yes, Vic.

00:16:37I won't be a minute.

00:16:48I won't be a minute.

00:16:52Iogan!

00:16:52I've got a night.

00:16:55I hurt my daughter.

00:16:56Carty!

00:16:57Oh!

00:16:58What's that?

00:17:00Oh!

00:17:01I went to get the paper.

00:17:03I turned the latch off.

00:17:05I forgot to turn it on again.

00:17:08He's out there.

00:17:10He was comin' in.

00:17:12He might have got you.

00:17:13Oh, but he didn't, and he's still out there, thanks to you.

00:17:17Now, you hurry now, and we'll call the police.

00:17:19No, no, I won't leave you, Miss Corny.

00:17:22Are you okay?

00:17:24Yes, ma'am, I'm... I'm okay.

00:17:28Okay.

00:17:38Operator?

00:17:39Give me the police department, please.

00:17:41Zeta's police department.

00:17:43This is Cornelia Van Gorder.

00:17:45I'm living at the Oaks.

00:17:46We know about that, Miss Van Gorder.

00:17:49Just a moment ago, a man tried to force his way into this house.

00:17:53You're not alone there, are you?

00:17:55What about your servants?

00:17:56Well, I have none except my chauffeur, and he's away.

00:17:59He won't be back into the morning.

00:18:01Now, there's only two of us here tonight,

00:18:02and we're going to lock ourselves in my room.

00:18:05Now, if any of your men see anything, will you have them call me?

00:18:10I'll send officers over there right away.

00:18:13Oh, thank you very much.

00:18:15Come on, Lizzie.

00:18:17We're going to sleep in my room.

00:18:28Well, nothing can get at us in this room now, I think.

00:18:33This door seems good and solid.

00:18:36Like the door to a tomb.

00:18:48I think that couch will be comfortable.

00:18:51There's some extra bedding, you know.

00:18:53Yes, please.

00:18:53There's some extra bedding, you know.

00:18:55Let's see now.

00:18:56Oh, uh... Huh? No bolt. Well, that's not so good.

00:19:21What's that for? That my good woman is a booby trap.

00:19:26If anybody tries to open this transom, this will be knocked off and we'll hear it fall.

00:19:56Oh, fiddlesticks. I forgot my night things, my robe, my gown and my slippers. I'll go get them now.

00:20:12Now, wait a minute, Lizzie. I'll go with you.

00:20:16Now, don't you bother, Miss Cornelia. My room's just down the hall.

00:20:19Lizzie, I told you to wait.

00:20:21It's all right. I'll only be a second.

00:20:24Give me a second.

00:20:27Get in here. Get in here.

00:20:39Yes?

00:20:40Miss Van Gorder?

00:20:41Yes?

00:20:42Zenith Police Department. There's a police car just outside your house and the officers in it have reported that there's no sign of a prowler anywhere on the grounds.

00:20:50Well, the man's inside now. He's in the hall just outside my bedroom.

00:20:55Have your men break through the kitchen door and search this place from top to bottom.

00:21:00Okay, Miss Van Gorder. Sit tight.

00:21:02I will. I have a gun and I know how to use it.

00:21:06Oh, relax. Relax, Lizzie. The police did a good job. They couldn't find anybody in here.

00:21:22But we both saw him, Miss Cornelia.

00:21:25All right. All right. So he got away.

00:21:29But there are men on guard outside, so just try and get some rest.

00:21:33There's nothing can get out of here.

00:22:03Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Miss Cornelia. Miss Cornelia.

00:22:12What's the matter?

00:22:13Oh, nonsense. You've had a nightmare.

00:22:16Maybe I did. But there was a battery and it bit me.

00:22:20What?

00:22:21It flew in that closet.

00:22:23Oh, good gracious, Lizzie. You're right.

00:22:26Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:32I'll be right back here.

00:22:40Operator. Operator, will you get me Dr. Malcolm Wells' office, please?

00:22:46No, I don't know his number and I have no phone book up here, but this is an emergency.

00:22:49Will you connect me with his office, please?

00:22:50me with his office please oh dear oh dear i'm gonna get the rabies hello hello dr wells office

00:22:57this is a call service dr wells is out at the moment but if you give me your name and number

00:23:02i'll try to locate well this is miss van gorder of the oaks my maid has just been bitten by a bat

00:23:07that may be rabid and she must have treatment as soon as possible and i was told the doctor

00:23:11wells was the nearest physician i'll try to find him for you and if i can't i'll send you another

00:23:15doctor oh well thank you very much oh he's out on a case oh oh i hope it's not a delivery a baby i

00:23:22mean they can be terribly complicated it never bothered me none oh lizzie you never had a baby

00:23:28of course i didn't that's why they never bothered me oh does it hurt huh a little

00:23:45so

00:23:50so

00:23:56so

00:25:06This is Dr. Wells.

00:25:12This is your call service, doctor.

00:25:14Oh, hello. I was just doing an experiment. I left the receiver off.

00:25:19That's what I thought, but I kept trying.

00:25:21Miss Van Gorder at the Oaks called and said that her maid had been bitten by a bat.

00:25:25And she's afraid it might be rabbit.

00:25:26What?

00:25:27Oh, all right. Tell her I'll be right over there.

00:25:30I'll be right over there.

00:26:00I'll be right over there.

00:26:30I'll be right over there.

00:27:00Who's there?

00:27:06Dr. Wells.

00:27:08Come in.

00:27:09Good evening.

00:27:11Oh, I'm so glad they found you, doctor.

00:27:13Well, I reached my office shortly after you called.

00:27:16How is your maid? Is she in any pain?

00:27:18No, no, no, no, no. She doesn't seem to be.

00:27:20Did the bat get away?

00:27:22No, I believe it's still in my bedroom.

00:27:25Oh, good. I'll want to examine it.

00:27:27There you go, Miss Allen. Now you'll feel better.

00:27:30Doctor, have I got the rabies?

00:27:32Well, I can tell you better after I've examined the bat's brain under a microscope.

00:27:36That thing's got a brain?

00:27:38Oh, you'd be surprised.

00:27:40Well, where is it?

00:27:42Well, I think the little darling is in that closet.

00:27:44Oh.

00:27:45You know, it's a pity you leased this house, Miss Van Gorder.

00:27:50Why a pity?

00:27:51Well, my dear lady, I don't want to alarm you, but...

00:27:54Oh, well, after tonight, nothing can alarm me.

00:27:56Yes, I understand. It must have been terrifying.

00:28:00So many unexplainable things have happened here.

00:28:04There's something about the place.

00:28:06Your servants must have sensed it when they walked out on you.

00:28:11An apprehension of disaster.

00:28:14Well, let's see.

00:28:17Aha!

00:28:18Yes.

00:28:19There he is. All right, now.

00:28:21Take it easy.

00:28:22Nobody's going to hurt you.

00:28:24Quiet, now.

00:28:25Quiet.

00:28:26He looks quite normal. Doesn't seem to be sick at all.

00:28:35Oh, ain't that nice.

00:28:37I've been worried about him.

00:28:39Well, you should be.

00:28:41From his appearance,

00:28:43I'd say that he doesn't have any infection.

00:28:46In which case,

00:28:48you've had a narrow escape.

00:28:51Now, you take one of those tablets I left for you,

00:28:54and I'll guarantee you a good night.

00:28:55And I'll drop in on you tomorrow.

00:28:57Oh, thanks for everything, Doctor.

00:29:01Now, don't worry. I can find my way out.

00:29:03Oh, I know you can, but do let me help you.

00:29:05Oh, don't forget that once I'm gone,

00:29:08you'll have to climb those stairs alone.

00:29:09Oh, I'm all right.

00:29:11I'm armed now.

00:29:12Can you shoot one of those things without shutting your eyes?

00:29:16Oh, Doctor, there are guns in every book I've ever written.

00:29:20I don't write about things I'm unfamiliar with.

00:29:23Lock the door, Lizzie.

00:29:24Good night.

00:29:25Yes, ma'am.

00:29:25Good night, Doctor.

00:29:26Good night, Doctor.

00:29:29Accident?

00:29:30No, no, the wind blew him down.

00:29:32Oh.

00:29:32I think.

00:29:33Oh.

00:29:34Did you know that young Mark Fleming leased you this house without notifying his uncle?

00:29:39No.

00:29:40No, I didn't.

00:29:41Well, it doesn't matter now.

00:29:42John Fleming is dead and Mark's his heir.

00:29:44But if John were alive, he would warn you to leave here, Miss Van Gorder.

00:29:48Really?

00:29:49Yes.

00:29:50It's been a tragic place for anyone who ever lived in it.

00:29:53Well, good night.

00:29:54Good night, Doctor.

00:29:56Who's out there?

00:29:58Nobody you need to worry about, Doctor.

00:29:59Oh, it's Andy.

00:30:00That's right.

00:30:01Oh, good evening, Miss Van Gorder.

00:30:02Good evening, Lieutenant.

00:30:04Is somebody sick here?

00:30:06My maid was bitten by a bat.

00:30:08Oh?

00:30:10A rabbit bat?

00:30:11Well, I'll know for sure when I get to my lab.

00:30:13I caught the bat.

00:30:16It happened indoors.

00:30:17In my bedroom, yes.

00:30:19How'd it get in?

00:30:20Well, there are many ways a bat could get in a house.

00:30:22You ought to know.

00:30:25I spotted this hole in the window the minute I got here.

00:30:28Why?

00:30:29That's where the two-legged bat got your door open.

00:30:35Miss Van Gorder told me that she phoned headquarters at Zenith.

00:30:39Yes, I phoned twice.

00:30:40The second time was after the prowler got in the house.

00:30:44Weren't you at headquarters, Andy?

00:30:46No, but they contacted me.

00:30:47An officer came and searched the house from top to bottom, but they couldn't find the bat.

00:30:51You better have this window fixed tomorrow.

00:30:53Oh, yes, I certainly shall.

00:30:55I better be going.

00:30:56I'm due in surgery at 8 o'clock in the morning.

00:30:58Good night.

00:30:59Good night, Doctor.

00:31:00There will be a man patrolling the grounds all night, Miss Van Gorder.

00:31:02Oh, thank you.

00:31:02And nobody inside, Andy?

00:31:05Why should there be?

00:31:06Well, how do you know but what the bat is hiding somewhere in the house?

00:31:11I'm quite sure he isn't in the house, Doctor.

00:31:14Not now.

00:31:18Good night.

00:31:19Good night.

00:31:19Hi, Andy.

00:31:39Hello, Mark.

00:31:42Well, congratulations.

00:31:43Real estate business must be big enough.

00:31:47New office, new furniture.

00:31:49New deal.

00:31:50How do you like it?

00:31:51Well, it looks expensive.

00:31:53Are you squandering your inheritance?

00:31:55Oh, I haven't got it yet.

00:31:57Well, the paper says John Fleming left his entire fortune to you.

00:32:00Funny thing about that entire fortune is that we can't find it.

00:32:03No kidding.

00:32:04Well, all Uncle John had in his bank account was a couple hundred dollars.

00:32:08And his safe deposit box was there.

00:32:10If we don't find that missing million, mine will be empty, too.

00:32:14How come?

00:32:15Well, all my savings were invested in Zenith Bank stock.

00:32:19The examiners won't certify the bank is solvent until those stolen securities are found.

00:32:24So the stockholders have voted an assessment that will wipe some of us out.

00:32:29It's a sense those securities have been converted into cash.

00:32:32And if I can't find that cash, I'm sunk.

00:32:35Well, where are you going to look for it, Andy?

00:32:37Here in Zenith?

00:32:38Your uncle wouldn't take a million on a hunting trip, would he?

00:32:43You suspect Uncle John?

00:32:46Why, Andy, he founded the Zenith Bank.

00:32:49That'd be like robbing the family tomb.

00:32:52You think he wouldn't?

00:32:54Well, besides, Vic Bailey's fingerprints are all over the vault.

00:32:59Now, they didn't find any of Uncle John's fingerprints.

00:33:01Because he wiped them off.

00:33:03Can the defense prove that?

00:33:05They'll try to.

00:33:06Well, Judy Hollander, Bailey's secretary, is a defense witness.

00:33:10And they believe her testimony will have a powerful effect on the jury.

00:33:14Oh, well.

00:33:16She has a powerful effect on me.

00:33:18Judy's a doll.

00:33:19Here's the book you mentioned, Judy.

00:33:22It's your newest one.

00:33:23Yes, it's just been published.

00:33:25You can have that copy, if you wish.

00:33:26Oh, it's a first edition, and you've signed it.

00:33:29Yes, of course.

00:33:30Thank you so much.

00:33:34May I serve tea now, Miss Angorda?

00:33:36Yes, please do, Warner.

00:33:37And I see you've engaged new servants.

00:33:42Yes, of course.

00:33:43Well, how did you persuade them to live in this house?

00:33:46Well, Jane Patterson, my new housekeeper, knows this house better than you do, Doctor.

00:33:50She worked for John Fleming.

00:33:52And Warner was my chauffeur.

00:33:55A chauffeur turned butler.

00:33:57Yes, incredible.

00:33:59He can play any part at a moment's notice.

00:34:02Did you get a plumber, Warner?

00:34:04No, we can't get a plumber for three days, Madam.

00:34:07What about that leaking pipe?

00:34:09The basement will be flooded in three days.

00:34:11The pipe is no longer leaking.

00:34:13You mean it's dried up of its own accord?

00:34:16No, not quite.

00:34:17I packed the elbow where the water was coming out.

00:34:20Packed the elbow?

00:34:22Where did you learn how to do that?

00:34:24Well, into each life a little rain must fall,

00:34:26and a careful man learns to keep himself dry.

00:34:29Now, is there anything else that you require, Miss Van Gorder?

00:34:32No, not at the moment, Warner.

00:34:33Thank you, Madam.

00:34:36Now, there's a character.

00:34:39How long did you say that he worked for you as chauffeur?

00:34:42About three months.

00:34:44Well, I hope he doesn't have a police record.

00:34:47My dear Dale,

00:34:49it may interest you to know that the last night of his life,

00:34:52John Fleming told me that he loved your husband like a son.

00:34:55If Fleming were alive today,

00:34:58he would be fighting to prove Vic's innocence.

00:35:02Could Mr. Fleming prove his own innocence?

00:35:05Miss Van Gorder, can there be any doubt about it?

00:35:09There will be,

00:35:10when Miss Hollander testifies at Vic's trial.

00:35:14Oh?

00:35:15You know something that we haven't heard yet, Judy?

00:35:18Something I saw with my own eyes.

00:35:23She's not permitted to say what it was.

00:35:25My dear girl,

00:35:26I wouldn't think of asking her.

00:35:28But let's assume for a moment

00:35:30that Fleming did steal the million.

00:35:31Now, what would he do about it?

00:35:33Where is it?

00:35:34Hidden someplace

00:35:35where he could lay his hands on it

00:35:36without getting caught in the act.

00:35:39Now, if I was writing this,

00:35:41instead of living in the middle of it,

00:35:43I'd hide it right here in this spooky old house.

00:35:47Under a loose floorboard or up a chimney?

00:35:51If Mr. Fleming

00:35:53had the nerve to steal a million,

00:35:56he'd make his plans well in advance.

00:35:59I'd say he'd prepare a place to hide it.

00:36:03Possibly when this house was being built.

00:36:05I rented this place

00:36:08for Mark Fleming, his nephew.

00:36:10I wonder...

00:36:11I wonder if he'd have the floor plans.

00:36:15I'll ask him.

00:36:16Yes.

00:36:17Lizzie,

00:36:18will you bring Mrs. Bailey the phone?

00:36:20Oh, you ask him now.

00:36:23His number is Summit...

00:36:24Summit 7537.

00:36:27Thank you, Lizzie.

00:36:29Summit 7537.

00:36:31Not bad, eh, Andy?

00:36:37That means new business.

00:36:40Now, you see?

00:36:41Somebody wants to buy a house.

00:36:44Mark Fleming speaking.

00:36:46Oh, hello, Dale.

00:36:50Well, hang on a minute, honey,

00:36:51while I see if I have him.

00:36:53It's Dale Bailey, all excited.

00:36:55Miss Van Gorder wants to know

00:36:56if I have the floor plans of the Oaks.

00:36:59Now, what would she want with the floor plans?

00:37:02Well, she suggested to me

00:37:03that your uncle might have hidden the bank loot there.

00:37:06Are the plans here?

00:37:10Somewhere in the house itself.

00:37:14Wait a minute, there is a place

00:37:15where Uncle Johnny might have kept those blueprints.

00:37:18What place?

00:37:19Well, I heard him talk about it

00:37:20a good many years ago.

00:37:21I can't be sure of the exact location.

00:37:25Anyway, I don't think the old boy

00:37:26had the guts to steal a million.

00:37:28But if I find those plans,

00:37:30I'll let you know, Andy.

00:37:32Hello, Dale.

00:37:34Look, honey, I haven't seen those plans

00:37:36since I was a kid,

00:37:36but I'll come over tonight

00:37:37and maybe we can find them.

00:37:38Thank you, Mark.

00:37:40We'll expect you.

00:37:44He seems to think they're here

00:37:45in the house somewhere.

00:37:46He's coming over tonight.

00:37:48Well, that's good.

00:37:49Dale and Judy are my house guests

00:37:51for the weekend.

00:37:52Would you like to have dinner with us tonight?

00:37:54Oh, no, thank you.

00:37:55I couldn't.

00:37:56I still have a few calls to make.

00:37:58You know, if Judy's testimony

00:37:59is going to clear Vic Bailey

00:38:01and implicate John Fleming,

00:38:03others may get the idea

00:38:04that there's buried treasure

00:38:05in this house.

00:38:06Don't even mention your testimony

00:38:08until you're actually on the stand.

00:38:10Oh, I won't.

00:38:11That's a smart girl, Judy.

00:38:13And a very lovely girl.

00:38:14Well, good afternoon, ladies.

00:38:16Goodbye, Dr. Miller.

00:38:17Come on, girls, let's go.

00:38:18Come on, girls.

00:38:48So many unusual things

00:39:05have happened to you.

00:39:07The more I think about it,

00:39:09the more I realize

00:39:11I should be putting them down on paper.

00:39:15Weren't you your husband's secretary, Dale?

00:39:18Yes, I was.

00:39:19Do you take shorthand?

00:39:20Mm-hmm.

00:39:22Well, my dear,

00:39:23if you'd like to have your mind occupied,

00:39:26I want you to work with me

00:39:27while I write the story

00:39:28of this fantastic criminal,

00:39:32the bat.

00:39:48I want you to work with me.

00:40:10Oh, what a lovely piece of silver.

00:40:35It's an original, isn't it?

00:40:36Yes, they still use them in England for day breakfasts.

00:40:40It's very useful, really.

00:40:50That clock hasn't struck the hour in the last ten years, if I'm to believe what Mark Fleming told me.

00:41:08Why is it angled away from the wall like that?

00:41:10I don't know.

00:41:11Somebody must have moved it.

00:41:13Lizzie very likely when she was dusting.

00:41:15Wait a minute.

00:41:17Did you know there's a door in this panel?

00:41:19No, no, I didn't.

00:41:20Oh, my gracious, so there is.

00:41:22Maybe it opens to a secret passage.

00:41:23Certainly to a secret something.

00:41:24Who knows, girls?

00:41:25We'll be about to stumble on that missing minion.

00:41:29There's a panel.

00:41:30There must be some gimmick to it.

00:41:32There's a panel.

00:41:33There must be some gimmick to it.

00:41:34There always is.

00:41:35Yes, you fool.

00:41:36Oh!

00:41:37Oh!

00:41:38Oh!

00:41:39Oh!

00:41:40Oh!

00:41:41Oh!

00:41:42Oh!

00:41:43Oh!

00:41:44Oh!

00:41:45Oh!

00:41:46Oh!

00:41:47Oh!

00:41:48Oh!

00:41:49Oh!

00:41:50Oh!

00:41:51Oh!

00:41:52Oh!

00:41:53Oh, oh, okay.

00:41:54Oh!

00:41:55Oh!

00:41:56Oh!

00:41:57Oh, oh!

00:41:59Oh!

00:42:00Oh, it'sestone!

00:42:01Okay, proceeding to the Oaks, notify the county coroner, Dr. Warehouse, tell him to come to the Oaks at once.

00:42:19Horrible.

00:42:21As if his throat had been torn by some creature with fangs or claws.

00:42:26That's his sign.

00:42:28We found it on the others he killed.

00:42:31I'd hoped those reports that he was up to his old tricks again were pure imagination, but...

00:42:36...apparently they're based on fact.

00:42:39He's come back.

00:42:41Back to the scene of his kills.

00:42:45Yes, that's who I mean.

00:42:48That's who did this.

00:42:50The Bat.

00:42:52Who found Mark?

00:42:54We all did.

00:42:56And it's Dale and Judy and I.

00:42:58Lizzie was in the dining room.

00:43:00This is my new housekeeper.

00:43:02Jane Patterson, you know.

00:43:03She worked for John Fleming.

00:43:04I know her.

00:43:05Where were you, Mrs. Patterson?

00:43:07In the kitchen, cleaning up.

00:43:10I cooked the dinner tonight.

00:43:12Did you know that the secret closet was here?

00:43:15No.

00:43:16It was behind the grandfather's clock.

00:43:18Well, it was I who found it, really.

00:43:21I noticed the clock had been moved and the door wasn't quite closed.

00:43:24I'll get it.

00:43:25I'll get it.

00:43:40Who is it?

00:43:41Mark Fleming.

00:43:51Hmm.

00:43:52There's coroner.

00:43:53You saw the same wounds on the others.

00:43:55How long's he been dead?

00:43:57Oh, I'd say about a half an hour.

00:43:59Do you believe it was the Bat?

00:44:01That's the Bat's trademark.

00:44:03Perhaps he's still in the house.

00:44:05That's possible.

00:44:11Why should he be?

00:44:13Because he's looking for something.

00:44:14And like you, he believes it's here.

00:44:16And he's a persistent killer.

00:44:18I would advise you to get out of this house as quickly as possible.

00:44:22Notwithstanding our expert police protection.

00:44:25Have you called the morgue?

00:44:27They're on their way here.

00:44:28Oh, good.

00:44:29I want to examine the body before they get here.

00:44:32Uh, may we take it into another room?

00:44:34Yes, to the sunroom in the back.

00:44:36Give me a hand.

00:44:37Excuse me.

00:44:48Oh, Warner, where have you been?

00:44:50Well, madam, it was...

00:44:52Has it been an accident?

00:44:54There's been a murder.

00:44:56Mark Fleming, the young man from whom I leased this place, was killed here tonight.

00:45:01Do they know who did it?

00:45:03Well, they...

00:45:04They believe it was the Bat.

00:45:05I'm sorry I had to use the front door, Miss Van Gorder.

00:45:08But I forgot my keys.

00:45:09And when I rang the bell at the kitchen door, there was no response.

00:45:12Oh, uh, this is Warner, Lieutenant.

00:45:14He's my butler.

00:45:15He was my chauffeur.

00:45:17Why'd you promote him?

00:45:18Well, it's very difficult to find a butler.

00:45:20They don't like service in the country.

00:45:22Have you been a butler before?

00:45:25I've served in many capacities, sir, but this was my night off and I forgot my keys.

00:45:29I heard that part.

00:45:31What time did you leave the house tonight?

00:45:33Oh, about 6.30.

00:45:34I had dinner at Wiley's Roadhouse.

00:45:36Mm-hmm.

00:45:37Can you prove where you spent the rest of the evening?

00:45:39I can try.

00:45:40Try hard.

00:45:42And don't leave the house.

00:45:43I'll get to you later.

00:45:44Very good, sir.

00:45:46I shall be in my room, Miss Van Gorder, if you need me.

00:45:49Yes, Warner.

00:45:53Surely you don't think he's...

00:45:55Warner and I've met before.

00:45:58I can't recall where or when.

00:46:01But I will.

00:46:09There'll be a crew here shortly from headquarters, dusting for fingerprints, taking photographs.

00:46:13But in the meantime, Mrs. Patterson, you aren't leaving the house tonight, are you?

00:46:18No, Lieutenant.

00:46:19No, Lieutenant.

00:46:20Don't.

00:46:21I'll talk to you in the morning.

00:46:22Good night.

00:46:23Good night, sir.

00:46:24Good night, Miss Van Gorder.

00:46:26Dale.

00:46:28I was with Mark Fleming this afternoon when you talked to him about the floor plans of this house.

00:46:32I heard him tell you he was coming here tonight.

00:46:34Dale called him at my request.

00:46:37She told me he was coming.

00:46:40Who else should I tell you that?

00:46:42Judy.

00:46:43Lizzie.

00:46:44And that nice Dr. Wells.

00:46:47Dr. Wells.

00:46:52There are a few killers who kill for the fun of it.

00:46:55But that very likely is a mental case.

00:46:56And I'm convinced that his crimes are motivated by his mania for personal gain.

00:47:01There's a million dollars at large.

00:47:03And he's going to keep on hunting for it until he lays his hands on it.

00:47:07Now, these young ladies are staying here tonight?

00:47:09Yes, they're my house guests.

00:47:11Well, when my crew arrives, we'll be busy for a while.

00:47:14So I'd suggest that you...

00:47:15That we go to our rooms?

00:47:16That's a very good idea.

00:47:17Come on, girls.

00:47:22What about a police guard for this house tonight, Lieutenant?

00:47:25You've got one.

00:47:26I'm going to cover this place tonight from the attic to the basement.

00:47:29If the vet makes another call, I'll have a little surprise for him.

00:47:33Who, uh...

00:47:34Who is he?

00:47:35Have you any idea?

00:47:36He could be anybody.

00:47:38So far, there are clues to his identity, but nothing we could take before a jury.

00:47:51I'm afraid we must look higher than the criminal world.

00:47:55He may be a merchant, lawyer, doctor, scientist.

00:47:59One of the pillars of his community.

00:48:03Ladies, lock your doors tonight.

00:48:05Stay behind them.

00:48:06I promise you, you'll be safe.

00:48:08Good night.

00:48:09Good night, dear.

00:48:25Yeah, it's a pity.

00:48:48So young.

00:48:50Well, doctor, do you agree it was the bat?

00:48:52In my report, I shall say the death was caused by the same technique used in the other killings.

00:48:58A paralyzing blow to the throat, followed by severe lacerations of the jugular, resulting in excessive hemorrhage.

00:49:07In a layman's language, he didn't know what hit him.

00:49:10Oh, he knew.

00:49:12But he didn't have time to think about it.

00:49:22Are you staying here tonight, Andy?

00:49:25Well, until I check the doors and windows, but I'll be back bright and early in the morning.

00:49:31Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

00:49:38A lot of people are due for a shock when I close this case.

00:49:42Yes, I'm sure they are.

00:49:44Good night, Andy.

00:49:45Don't get hurt.

00:49:48Good night, doctor.

00:49:48Good night.

00:49:52You know, I think we'd better let you get some sleep.

00:50:05Oh, well, Lizzie and I share this room for mutual protection.

00:50:09You know, one night, a storm blew the wires down, put the lights out, and I went out the next day and bought a half a dozen of these things.

00:50:14You better take one with you, Dale.

00:50:16Oh, thank you.

00:50:19We'll go across the hall now.

00:50:20Are you sure there's nothing else you need?

00:50:22Oh, no.

00:50:23Quite sure.

00:50:23We'll be all right.

00:50:24Well, if anything bothers you, you just sing out, and two strong women will come to your rescue.

00:50:30Oh, nothing will bother us.

00:50:31Not with Andy on the job.

00:50:33Well, good night.

00:50:34Good night, girl.

00:50:35Don't worry.

00:50:35Everything will be all right.

00:50:36Well, we won't.

00:50:37Good night.

00:50:38Good night.

00:50:39Come on.

00:50:40Come on.

00:50:40I don't think I'll sleep tonight.

00:51:05Me neither.

00:51:07All I can see is poor Mark Fleming staring at us.

00:51:13I thought that when people died, their eyes closed, as in sleep.

00:51:18Don't think about it.

00:51:20I'll bet you're thinking about it.

00:51:23No, I was thinking of my poor husband sleeping in jail tonight.

00:51:26Oh, Judy, I love him so much.

00:51:30Oh, Judy, I love him so much.

00:51:56Oh, Judy, I love him so much.

00:52:26Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:52:56Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:52:57Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:52:58Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:52:59Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:00Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:01Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:02Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:03Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:04Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:05Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:06Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:07Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:08Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:09Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:10Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:11Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:12Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:13Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:14Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:15Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:16Oh, Judy, I love him.

00:53:17Oh, Judy, I love him.

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00:55:31should we call miss van gorder she'll hear it how can she help but hear it besides we don't want

00:55:42her to think we're a couple of hysterical women well i'm about to be coming i've had it for one

00:55:47night dale you're not going out in that hall i want to know what's happening up there but lieutenant

00:55:52anderson said if we stayed behind our locked doors we'd be safe vick isn't safe locked up in that

00:55:56jail suppose that stolen money is in this house mark fleming seemed to think it was maybe that's

00:56:02what somebody's looking for oh for heaven's sake don't you hear that awful noise up there

00:56:12now lizzie you've just got to stay awake the house phone and the outside phone wires have been cut

00:56:20and we can't get help where's that policeman oh i don't know something must have happened to him

00:56:25now go on get on your robe oh dale please don't go up there i've got to think what it could mean to

00:56:31now you stay here oh no if you go i go

00:56:34you stay here no no i won't let you go up there alone you wait here i'm gonna see what it is oh please let me go with you

00:56:47will you warn me if anyone comes now will you be a moment now wait

00:57:06you

00:57:11you

00:57:15you

00:57:17you

00:57:19you

00:57:21you

00:57:23you

00:57:25you

00:57:27you

00:57:49you

00:57:51you

00:57:53you

00:58:06you

00:58:18you

00:58:44you

00:58:46Judy.

00:58:58The bat?

00:59:00Yes, the bat.

00:59:02He caught her at the head of the stairs.

00:59:04We saw him rushing down the stairs as we came out of the room.

00:59:07I hurled that after him.

00:59:10I hit him, I believe.

00:59:12I'm going to cover this place from attic to basement, you said.

00:59:15Well, what were you covering when that poor child was murdered?

00:59:18Where were you?

00:59:19I saw a man outside in the grounds.

00:59:22I went out there and hunted him.

00:59:24I heard him in among the trees,

00:59:26and so I followed the sound of him as far as the brook down near the back road.

00:59:29And then I lost her.

00:59:31I'd rather give my own life than have this happen to Judy.

00:59:35But I told you to stay in your rooms and lock your doors and stay there.

00:59:39What was she doing at the head of those stairs?

00:59:43That was my fault.

00:59:44They heard a strange noise, heavy pounding in one of the rooms on the third floor.

00:59:48We all heard it.

00:59:48I wanted to see what it was.

00:59:50Judy, would you wish she wouldn't let me go out by myself?

00:59:53I made her stay on the balcony.

00:59:55What about your new butler?

00:59:56Oh, well, he's in his room, I suppose.

00:59:59Oh, Mrs. Patterson.

01:00:01Oh, yes.

01:00:02Did you know what happened here?

01:00:03No, sir, but I heard the screams.

01:00:06I went to call Warner.

01:00:08We have rooms on the same floor,

01:00:10but he wasn't in his room.

01:00:11His bed hasn't been slept in.

01:00:14If Mrs. Patterson heard the screams,

01:00:15Warner could certainly hear them.

01:00:17You're quite right, sir.

01:00:18I heard them.

01:00:19Oh, you did.

01:00:20And where were you?

01:00:22Outside, in the grounds.

01:00:24Miss Holland has been murdered.

01:00:26No.

01:00:27Oh, so you're surprised.

01:00:29Shocked.

01:00:31Well, I've seen better performances.

01:00:32I remember you now.

01:00:36Your name's not Warner.

01:00:38I've got a circular in my office with your picture on it.

01:00:41The Chicago police, not so long ago,

01:00:43were hunting for you in connection with the robbery.

01:00:44You're right again, sir.

01:00:45And they found me, and they tried me,

01:00:47and I proved my innocence, and I was acquitted.

01:00:50That could have been a lucky break.

01:00:52Where were you when this child was killed?

01:00:54I told you before, sir, outside.

01:00:56What were you doing there?

01:00:57I was following you.

01:00:58I saw you leaving the house,

01:01:00and it seemed that you were hunting someone.

01:01:01I thought you might need some help.

01:01:02Oh, yes, sir.

01:01:03I followed your flashlight down through the trees.

01:01:06Then it disappeared.

01:01:07And then suddenly, as I was staring out into the darkness,

01:01:10I was struck by something on the back of the head.

01:01:12The next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground.

01:01:15I realized I'd been knocked out.

01:01:17I wish you had been knocked out.

01:01:19But then we'd have found you with your mask still on your face.

01:01:22You were hit here in this house,

01:01:24with this poker,

01:01:25as you were rushing down those stairs after that child was killed.

01:01:27Don't.

01:01:27No, sir, you can't pin this on me.

01:01:28I'm not the bat.

01:01:30I've never killed.

01:01:31I couldn't kill.

01:01:32I won't take the rat for this.

01:02:01Well, doctor,

01:02:06we have another case for the county coroner.

01:02:10You see, the bat came back.

01:02:14Why did you come back, doctor?

01:02:18Well, I had an accident

01:02:19about a mile down the road.

01:02:22The right rear wheel of my car came off and I plunged into the ditch.

01:02:26This was the nearest house, so I came here to call for help.

01:02:31I thought I'd find you around, Andy.

01:02:38Physician, heal thyself.

01:02:39You must have been hit by something on the back of your head.

01:02:45I told you I had an accident.

01:02:47So you did, doctor.

01:02:49So you did.

01:02:50I could be wrong, but maybe I'm not.

01:02:56We shall see.

01:02:58All right, dear, let's start a new chapter.

01:03:03For days, the murders held the headlines.

01:03:08Lieutenant Anderson grilled us

01:03:10and ransacked the house from top to bottom.

01:03:15Warner was not placed under arrest,

01:03:17but his every move was watched.

01:03:20At night,

01:03:22except for a detective on guard in the house,

01:03:24the police and the reporters left us alone.

01:03:27And on one of those nights,

01:03:30without telling Lizzie or anyone else,

01:03:33I pursued a secret investigation of my own.

01:03:44It was in an empty room on the third floor

01:03:47where we kept our trunks and other things.

01:04:17near the end of the first floor of the second floor

01:04:20and next room,

01:06:17And when you're dead with that sign pinned on your chest, I'm going to collect it and live happily ever after.

01:06:25He destroyed himself.

01:06:28How true that will be.

01:06:30Goodbye, Bat.

01:06:31Here's a serum that will heal you whether you're rabid or not.

01:06:35I'll see you.

01:06:36Let's go.

01:06:37Let's go.

01:06:38Let's go.

01:06:40Come on.

01:07:10Come on.

01:07:40Come on.

01:08:10Something's wrong.

01:08:25Something's wrong.

01:08:36This Cornelia?

01:08:39This Cornelia?

01:08:49Now, where would she be going at this time of night?

01:09:01Oh, for lamb's sake.

01:09:15Oh, I never...

01:09:26Mr. Davenport.

01:09:31Mr. Davenport.

01:09:33Oh, a fine thing.

01:09:35The door unbolted the chain off and you asleep on the job.

01:09:39Wait till Lieutenant Anderson hears about this.

01:09:42Come on, wake up.

01:09:43What's the matter with you?

01:09:44I don't know.

01:09:45I don't know.

01:09:46My head hurts.

01:09:48My whole body's numb.

01:09:49Here.

01:09:49Here, take a sip of this.

01:09:51Try to snap out of it.

01:09:52I'll be back in a minute.

01:09:53Hurry, will you?

01:10:08It's Lizzie.

01:10:09I'm terribly worried.

01:10:12I can't find Miss Cornelia anywhere.

01:10:14And something's happened to the policeman.

01:10:16I don't know what.

01:10:17Get Warner.

01:10:17Bring him to the drawing room.

01:10:19Tell him we need him.

01:10:19Are you all right now?

01:10:26Yeah, I'll be all right in a minute.

01:10:28I remember now.

01:10:29I took a drink of wine from that decanter there.

01:10:32Miss Van Gorder told me to help myself.

01:10:33She wouldn't put nothing in it?

01:10:35Well, somebody did.

01:10:36Somebody who knew I was on duty here.

01:10:39Then it was somebody that got Miss Van Gorder.

01:10:41I can't find her anywhere.

01:10:42Upstairs, downstairs, or in the basement.

01:10:44I told the housekeeper to get warmer.

01:10:47Lieutenant Anderson will want to know about this.

01:10:49Hello.

01:10:50Yeah, this is Davenport at the Oaks.

01:10:52We've got trouble here.

01:10:54Well, for one thing, I was drugged.

01:10:56Yeah.

01:10:57But I must have been knocked out because a mate tells me Miss Van Gorder is missing.

01:11:02Well, you better call Anderson and let him know.

01:11:05He's not at home.

01:11:06Well, where is he?

01:11:08Not on a case.

01:11:09What case?

01:11:11Dr. Wells.

01:11:13What else did they tell you about it?

01:11:15Oh, hurry, will you?

01:11:16We've got to find Miss Cornelia.

01:11:18Okay.

01:11:22Lieutenant Anderson is out on a case.

01:11:24Dr. Wells was found dead in a room next to his garage.

01:11:27Murdered.

01:11:29Dr. Wells?

01:11:30There's something queer about the killing of Wells, but headquarters won't talk about it.

01:11:34You see, one isn't in his room.

01:11:36There's no sign of him anywhere.

01:11:38I was supposed to keep an eye on that guy.

01:11:40Where's Miss Cornelia?

01:11:41That's what I want to know.

01:11:43Wait a minute.

01:11:43Didn't you say that the chain and the bolt were off on the front door?

01:11:47I certainly did.

01:11:48Well, maybe Miss Van Gorder went outside.

01:11:50Oh, she never would.

01:11:52We better look.

01:11:54I can't breathe.

01:11:57There's no help.

01:12:07Miss Cornelia.

01:12:09Miss Cornelia.

01:12:09Oh, Miss Van Gorder.

01:12:10Miss Cornelia.

01:12:12Miss Cornelia.

01:12:12Miss Van Gorder.

01:12:13Look.

01:12:14There's a light in that room on the third floor.

01:12:18Were you up there tonight?

01:12:19Well, of course I was, but I turned the lights out before I came downstairs.

01:12:22Miss Cornelia might have turned them on again.

01:12:24That's why we're going to look first.

01:12:26Come on.

01:12:26Miss Cornelia.

01:12:50Miss Cornelia.

01:12:53Miss Cornelia.

01:12:55Yes, Lizzie.

01:12:56I'm here.

01:13:01Lizzie.

01:13:03Come.

01:13:03Come to the mantel, please.

01:13:08Here we are, Miss Van Gorder.

01:13:09What do we do now?

01:13:10Over the mantel.

01:13:12There are five panels.

01:13:14Strike it with your hand.

01:13:22Which panel did you say, Miss Van Gorder?

01:13:24Oh, my panel.

01:13:25Hi, Miss Van Gorder.

01:13:27Miss Van Gorder.

01:13:28Which panel?

01:13:29We couldn't hear you.

01:13:30She said strike it.

01:13:32What difference does it make which panels?

01:13:33Strike them all.

01:13:38Look.

01:13:38Oh, it's all right now.

01:13:55Oh, it's all right, dear.

01:13:57Oh, Lizzie's here.

01:13:58Feeling better?

01:14:05Yes, much better.

01:14:06We'll take you to your room.

01:14:07Oh, no, you won't.

01:14:08I'm going to stay right here.

01:14:09I'm quite all right.

01:14:11Oh, how blessed it is to breathe without an effort.

01:14:14You know, no one knows how sweet the air can taste until someone shuts it off for a moment.

01:14:19That room is just like a box.

01:14:22When the mantelpiece closed, it seemed like all the air was drawn out of it.

01:14:27Look, there it goes again.

01:14:28Let it close.

01:14:29I can open it from in here.

01:14:30There's a control panel behind this blueprint.

01:14:38Electric motor under the trap door here.

01:14:40Once the door is open, you can keep it that way.

01:14:44I believe that the fireplace in this other room opens the same way.

01:14:49And it does.

01:14:53I tried to find this, but I couldn't find it.

01:14:55Yeah, it's back in this blueprint here.

01:14:57Well, it's quite a setup.

01:14:59Too bad we can't open that safe in the same way.

01:15:03Take an expert to crack this box or a shot of nitro.

01:15:06Well, maybe, maybe that's what the bat had in mind.

01:15:09Could be.

01:15:10Seems he's on the prowl tonight.

01:15:12Miss Van Gorda, Warner has disappeared.

01:15:15And Dr. Wells has been murdered.

01:15:17Dr. Wells?

01:15:19Lieutenant Anderson's on that case right now.

01:15:21Well, does he know what's happened here tonight?

01:15:23They got word to him.

01:15:24He'll be here any minute.

01:15:29What's that noise?

01:15:39Miss Van Gorda, the garage is on fire.

01:15:41Scott, look at that.

01:15:43Miss Abe, put that light on the other room.

01:15:45Now, where are you going?

01:15:46To report the fire.

01:15:47Well, you've just stayed right here.

01:15:49Let me send go to the garage.

01:15:50Well, let it burn.

01:15:51You watch the stair.

01:15:53Can't you see that fire was set to get us out of the house?

01:15:55Out of the house?

01:15:56Were you talking about the...

01:15:57Yes, yes, I'm talking about the bat.

01:15:59Now that the lights are out,

01:16:01he'll think his trick has worked,

01:16:02and we've gone.

01:16:03He'll be here any minute.

01:16:04So will Lieutenant Anderson.

01:16:05I hope so, but the bat will be here first.

01:16:07And he'll kill again if we're in his way.

01:16:10We've got to be as clever as he is.

01:16:11Let's go.

01:16:41Let's go.

01:17:11But you'll be safer downstairs.

01:17:26I'll take care of you.

01:17:26Well, the others can go,

01:17:27but I'm going to stay right here.

01:17:29All right, but get out of sight.

01:17:30Let's face it, ladies,

01:17:58and get it over with.

01:18:00Others have seen my face before they died,

01:18:02but I'll have to deny you that pleasure.

01:18:05This would make a good scene for your book, Miss Van Gorder,

01:18:08but I'm afraid you'll never write it.

01:18:10You misjudge me, Miss Ellen.

01:18:24You misjudge me, Miss Ellen.

01:18:25What?

01:18:25I don't like being a murder suspect, Miss Van Gorder.

01:18:32I was headed for a plane,

01:18:34but halfway to the airport,

01:18:35I changed my mind and came back.

01:18:38I'm glad that I did.

01:18:39Why, it's Lieutenant Anderson.

01:19:01Yes, it was Anderson.

01:19:02He discovered the secret of the hidden room

01:19:06and was waiting to get into it

01:19:07and opened up the safe.

01:19:11We found the money in it,

01:19:13a little over a million in tens and twenties and hundreds.

01:19:19Good old Andy.

01:19:20With all his ill-gotten gains invested in bank stock,

01:19:27it's rather a clever way to hide stolen money

01:19:29in the open, as it were,

01:19:32and so respectable.

01:19:36But don't try it.

01:19:39No matter how clever you are,

01:19:42you can't hide murder.

01:19:50Well, that's it, Dale.

01:19:57That's the end.

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