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The man in this portrait is dead.
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Who killed him?
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Was it his bereaved widow?
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Welcome to the hour
of disenchantment, Mr. Queen.
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The family doctor?
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He had about four months to live.
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The business partner?
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Well, that rules me out because
I was in Albany at the time.
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The mysterious priest?
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Inspector, I am not going to reveal
to you what passed between us.
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The Oriental visitor?
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Which leads you to suspect that
a Chinese committed the crime?
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Or was it someone else?
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Match wits with Ellery Queen
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and see if you can guesswho done it.
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Ellery?
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Oh, good morning, Dad.
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Dare I ask what you're doing?
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Yeah, fixing the sink.
It's been dripping.
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It's been dripping for three years.
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Really?
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I just thought it
just needed a washer.
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You know, I tried that,
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but after I fixed it,
it dripped worse than ever.
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Is that so?
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Well, imagine that.
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While you're remodeling,
I think I'll have a cup of coffee.
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I think I'll make a cup of coffee.
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On second thought,
maybe I won't have any coffee.
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Huh?
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Oh, hey, I'm sorry, Dad.
I forgot to make it.
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That's all right. I'll fill it
from the tap in the bathroom.
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How long before you give up
and call in a plumber?
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Huh?
Oh, don't worry, Dad.
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I know exactly what I'm doing.
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[Door bell ringing]
Mm-hmm, yeah, right.
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Morning, Inspector.
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Velie, what are you doing here?
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I'm sorry, Inspector. I know it's
early, but it's Brooklyn Heights.
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Well, Brooklyn Heights
will just have to wait
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until after I've had my coffee.
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- It's murder.
- Murder?
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Murder?
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Ellery, fix the sink.
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That's the report, sir,
and they need you right away.
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Dad, the sink can wait.
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Ellery, as much as I'd like your help,
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I don't intend to come home
and find that kitchen
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looking like a used
plumbing outlet.
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Now, you took it apart.
You put it back together again.
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But...
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As near as I can figure, Inspector,
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I got six different sets
of fingerprints in there.
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My, my, my, this is my lucky day.
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Usually we got no prints.
Today we get six.
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Yeah, well, one of them
probably belongs to the victim.
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I'll roll them for comparison as soon
as we get the body to the morgue.
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That leaves us five.
Good work, Buford.
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Check the rest of those prints for
identification as soon as possible.
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Yes, sir.
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Excuse me, Inspector.
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How long do me and my helper
got to hang around here?
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I'm sorry, Mr. Mercadonte.
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You can't go to work until my men
finish checking out the property.
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Well, you want me to call him,
Inspector?
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Who?
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The Maestro.
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We don't need Ellery.
We've got six prints.
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Besides, my son the plumber
will probably have his hands full
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the rest of the day.
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- I wouldn't count on it, Inspector.
- Huh?
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[Car horn honking]
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Hey, Dad?
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[Screeching tires]
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[Crashing]
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Ohh.
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I'm sorry.
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I didn't realize
I was driving so fast.
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That's okay.
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It looks like you got
the worst of it than me.
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This is my son, Ellery.
This is Mr. Mercadonte.
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He discovered the body.
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You put that sink back together?
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Yes, the sink is back together.
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Mr. Mercadonte,
you discovered the body?
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Yeah, well, me and my helper,
you know?
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It was 8:00.
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We're coming up
the driveway here.
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We looked over. We see him
hanging from that structure.
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You know, I don't think I've ever run
across a death by hanging before.
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You still haven't.
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Huh?
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He was stabbed.
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Yeah, well, even I could tell that.
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There he was, hanging there, these
flowers on his head, you know?
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Looked so peaceful,
God rest his soul.
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Flowers?
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That's right, Maestro, flowers
from that bush over there.
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Hey, don't call a cercis a bush.
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It's a tree.
It's a redbud tree.
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Sure is one strange cop.
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Hiya, Doc.
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Hey, Ellery, good morning.
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Hi.
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Was he really dead
before he was hanged?
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Let's take another look.
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Aah.
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Yeah. No discoloration
around his neck.
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Let's see, his name was
George Sherman, age 34, height 6'1",
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weight 200 pounds.
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I got all this off
his driver's license.
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He died of a single stab wound
in the stomach.
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That's all I've been able to find.
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I'll be able to tell you more
after the autopsy.
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Time of death was between
9:00 and 11:00 last evening.
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- Death instantaneous?
- No, it's... it's not likely.
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Looks like he was stabbed
in the study,
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dragged out here, and the first...
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You spot something?
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We just loosened that noose
to get him down.
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We didn't want to hurt
the evidence up there.
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Doc, where are the flowers?
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You mean the ones he had
around his head?
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Yeah.
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They're in the house.
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- Thanks, Doc.
- My pleasure.
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You did, eh?
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Fine, Judson.
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Oh, that's good work.
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Hi, Ellery.
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Hi, Dad.
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No, no, I'll be here another hour.
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Yeah, that's right.
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They located the wife.
She's on her way, Ellery.
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Ellery?
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Dad, is this where he died?
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Near as we can figure
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from the bloodstains
on the rug and the chair,
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and from the scuff marks,
looks like he was dragged out
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through the front door.
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- Any fingerprints?
- Six different sets.
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Six?
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The photographer's all through,
Inspector.
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The prints should be on your desk
this afternoon.
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Thanks, Velie.
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Dad, what about the murder weapon?
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- Velie?
- Yes, sir?
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- They find the knife yet?
- Still looking, Inspector.
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What is it?
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Hand-painted porcelain.
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Looks like 13th-century Mandarin.
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Oh! This stuff has been dusted,
hasn't it?
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- Fine time to ask.
- I know. Sorry.
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That's interesting.
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Wow. What a collection.
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Dad, how about these daggers?
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Clean as a whistle, all of them.
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Strange.
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That's...
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...very, very strange.
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Huh? What is?
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I don't know.
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But it seems as though we might be
looking for a left-handed killer.
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What? How do you know?
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Look at the picture, Dad.
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George Sherman, épée in hand,
his right hand.
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Look at these cups.
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What about them?
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Well, these five cups
are all dusty on the inside.
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But this one has been wiped
clean and dry.
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It seems that whoever visited
George Sherman last night,
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presumably his killer,
cleaned up the studio.
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Oh, Dad, I would suggest that you give
a Benzedrine test to those daggers.
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For blood traces?
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Well, if the killer wiped a cup,
he could wipe a dagger.
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How do you know
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that George Sherman
didn't clean the cup and put it back?
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Because he was right-handed,
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and being right-handed, he would
have replaced it on this side.
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Now, if he was left-handed, it would
have been the opposite way around.
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He would have replaced it
on this side.
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But since we know that Sherman
was right-handed,
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there's a strong possibility
that his killer was left-handed.
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I wouldn't exactly
call that hard evidence.
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Yeah, that's what you need,
all right, hard evidence.
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Inspector Queen?
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Yeah.
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Middle Atlantic Insurance Company.
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That's your name?
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No, Albert Russo,
insurance investigator.
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You can call me Al.
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I'm Ellery Queen.
You sure got here in a big hurry.
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Well, for a half a million bucks,
I'm a regular Glenn Cunningham.
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George Sherman is insured
by your company?
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You know it.
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11 months ago, our company
issued two insurance policies,
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quarter-million dollars apiece.
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Who gets it?
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Paulette Sherman, his widow,
and Gunther Starr, his partner.
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That makes them prime suspects,
in my book.
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Okay, Mr. Russo, you'll be notified if
anything turns up that concerns you.
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Ah. Oh.
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Okay, Inspector, okay.
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You work your way,
and I'll work my way.
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I'm used to getting the runaround
from you guys.
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That's why I'm always so happy
when I come up with the answer first.
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- Inspector Queen?
- Mrs. Sherman?
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Yes, I'm Paulette Sherman.
This is Dr. Anthony Bender.
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How do you do?
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I'm Inspector Queen.
This is my son, Ellery.
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Good-bye, Mr. Russo.
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I think an apology is due,
or at least an explanation,
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not just to me, but to the doctor.
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Paulette, it's quite all right.
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Nonsense.
Now, you were his doctor.
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You should have been
the first one notified.
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After all, he had been treating
my husband for the last few months.
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For what?
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His illness, of course.
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Mrs. Sherman, I'm sorry to say this,
but your husband was murdered.
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Mrs. Sherman, you said
your husband had been very ill?
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Terminally ill, Mr. Queen.
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A lymphatic condition.
He had about four months to live,
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a year at the most.
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Thank you, dear.
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I was resigned to his eventual death,
but something like this I...
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Who knew about his condition?
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Well, George didn't want anyone
to know, not even Gunther.
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Mrs. Sherman,
would that be Gunther Starr?
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Yes, he was my husband's
business partner.
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Starr and Sherman Construction,
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they're building apartment houses
in Kew Gardens.
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The office is in Manhattan,
on West 44th Street.
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Well, surely you don't suspect
Gunther.
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He and George got along famously.
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At the moment, dear lady,
I suspect no one,
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and I suspect everyone.
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- Velie?
- Yes, sir?
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Excuse me.
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Paulette, do you remember
the Oriental?
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What Oriental?
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I have no idea,
but he was here last week.
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Who was here?
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A man, Inspector.
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Chinese, Japanese, I'm not sure.
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George got into an argument
with him. It was right here.
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The door was closed.
I didn't hear all the details.
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I saw him yesterday afternoon.
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He drove up as I was leaving.
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Do you think you could describe
this man to a police artist?
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I don't see why not.
I could try.
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Good. Of course,
it may not mean anything.
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00:13:21,647 --> 00:13:23,342
Or it might mean a great deal.
254
00:13:23,449 --> 00:13:26,418
My husband was in the Orient
during the war.
255
00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:27,679
In the military?
256
00:13:27,787 --> 00:13:31,279
No, he sold arms
and munitions to the Chinese.
257
00:13:31,390 --> 00:13:36,384
I suppose you...
you could call him a war profiteer.
258
00:13:36,496 --> 00:13:39,590
Something happened to him
over there.
259
00:13:41,868 --> 00:13:44,302
I don't know what.
260
00:13:44,403 --> 00:13:48,669
But he would cry out in his sleep.
He... He wouldn't talk about it,
261
00:13:48,774 --> 00:13:51,504
but I knew.
262
00:13:51,611 --> 00:13:54,944
- Inspector.
- Yes, of course.
263
00:13:59,785 --> 00:14:00,717
Thank you, Mrs. Sherman.
264
00:14:00,820 --> 00:14:04,779
I'll expect you both at police
headquarters as soon as possible
265
00:14:04,891 --> 00:14:05,823
to meet the artist.
266
00:14:05,925 --> 00:14:06,584
Certainly.
267
00:14:06,692 --> 00:14:08,489
One more thing, Mrs. Sherman.
268
00:14:08,594 --> 00:14:10,721
Do you have an apartment
in the city?
269
00:14:11,297 --> 00:14:12,321
No.
270
00:14:12,431 --> 00:14:14,524
Then you stayed in town
with friends last night?
271
00:14:14,901 --> 00:14:18,632
Inspector, I don't feel
it's any of your business.
272
00:14:18,738 --> 00:14:20,933
Dr. Bender and I
went to the theater.
273
00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,735
Then we had a late supper
at the Stork.
274
00:14:22,842 --> 00:14:26,300
- Afterwards...
- Paulette.
275
00:14:26,412 --> 00:14:29,609
Afterwards, I spent the night
at his townhouse.
276
00:14:34,854 --> 00:14:36,048
Dad, you're just being old-fashioned.
277
00:14:36,155 --> 00:14:38,089
Old-fashioned?
The woman's husband's dying.
278
00:14:38,191 --> 00:14:40,887
She's off playing house
with young Dr. Kildare.
279
00:14:40,993 --> 00:14:43,461
She explained that her husband
encouraged the relationship.
280
00:14:43,563 --> 00:14:44,996
I can't believe that.
281
00:14:45,097 --> 00:14:46,257
You ever see "Dark Victory"?
282
00:14:46,365 --> 00:14:48,060
What's that, another one
of your soap operas?
283
00:14:48,167 --> 00:14:50,362
- A Bette Davis movie.
- Must have missed it.
284
00:14:50,469 --> 00:14:51,401
Any messages, Grace?
285
00:14:51,504 --> 00:14:56,271
Yeah, Sergeant Buford left
some fingerprints on your desk.
286
00:14:58,678 --> 00:15:00,043
Grace, did you make
those phone calls?
287
00:15:00,146 --> 00:15:04,173
Yeah, five phone calls,
five plumbers, four nos.
288
00:15:04,283 --> 00:15:07,775
Oh, one guy said he might...
might be able to make it
289
00:15:07,887 --> 00:15:09,320
a week from Sunday.
290
00:15:09,422 --> 00:15:10,582
Ellery!
291
00:15:10,690 --> 00:15:11,622
Yeah?
292
00:15:11,724 --> 00:15:15,956
- Keep trying.
- Yeah, I will.
293
00:15:18,364 --> 00:15:21,891
Six sets of prints, son.
Buford identified three of them.
294
00:15:22,001 --> 00:15:28,497
The victim, his wife,
and Dr. Anthony Bender.
295
00:15:28,608 --> 00:15:30,576
Now, there's no identification
on the others,
296
00:15:30,676 --> 00:15:32,337
but he's checking the usual records.
297
00:15:32,445 --> 00:15:35,175
Ah. Well,
don't get your hopes up, Dad.
298
00:15:35,281 --> 00:15:37,215
If the killers wore gloves,
these prints won't mean anything.
299
00:15:37,316 --> 00:15:40,547
And if they didn't?
What do you mean, killers?
300
00:15:40,653 --> 00:15:42,780
Oh, at least two, maybe more.
301
00:15:42,888 --> 00:15:44,651
Sherman weighed 200 pounds.
302
00:15:44,757 --> 00:15:46,725
He was strung up to a 9-foot beam.
303
00:15:46,826 --> 00:15:48,191
That's 200 pounds of dead weight.
304
00:15:48,294 --> 00:15:51,320
Well, he could have tied the end
of the rope around the victim's neck,
305
00:15:51,430 --> 00:15:54,331
thrown the other end of the beam,
and hoisted him up.
306
00:15:54,433 --> 00:15:56,594
No, Dad, then the beam
would have been bruised.
307
00:15:56,702 --> 00:15:58,602
I looked. It wasn't.
308
00:15:58,704 --> 00:16:00,137
There had to be two.
309
00:16:00,239 --> 00:16:03,834
Would you excuse me, Dad?
I have to talk to Grace again.
310
00:16:03,943 --> 00:16:06,377
Again?
What are you two up to?
311
00:16:06,479 --> 00:16:08,606
My birthday isn't until December.
312
00:16:08,714 --> 00:16:11,239
Oh, I know, Yeah, I know.
Yeah, yes.
313
00:16:11,350 --> 00:16:12,578
It's something else.
314
00:16:13,152 --> 00:16:14,642
Okay, well...
315
00:16:14,754 --> 00:16:19,214
Well, can you tell me when he'll be
back from his Caribbean cruise?
316
00:16:19,325 --> 00:16:21,520
Oh, no.
317
00:16:21,627 --> 00:16:24,095
No, I'm afraid this thing
can't wait that long.
318
00:16:24,196 --> 00:16:25,857
- Thank you.
- Inspector Queen?
319
00:16:25,965 --> 00:16:27,398
No, sir, that's my dad.
320
00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:30,196
Somebody looking for me?
321
00:16:30,303 --> 00:16:33,636
Louis Marshall, Inspector,
attorney-at-law.
322
00:16:33,739 --> 00:16:36,333
I represent Gunther Starr.
323
00:16:36,442 --> 00:16:38,307
I understand you've been trying
to locate him.
324
00:16:38,411 --> 00:16:39,742
That's right.
325
00:16:39,845 --> 00:16:43,281
Well, Mr. Starr and I have just
returned from Albany by train.
326
00:16:43,382 --> 00:16:45,316
He expresses regret,
327
00:16:45,418 --> 00:16:48,114
but he won't be able
to meet with you today.
328
00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:49,244
Perhaps tomorrow.
329
00:16:50,022 --> 00:16:51,887
Oh, he won't, eh?
330
00:16:52,458 --> 00:16:54,289
I'm sorry I was so long.
331
00:16:54,393 --> 00:16:56,588
I was in Albany until 7:45
this morning,
332
00:16:56,696 --> 00:16:59,130
when Lou and I caught the train.
333
00:16:59,231 --> 00:17:03,224
I suppose someone called you to tell
you that your partner was dead?
334
00:17:03,336 --> 00:17:06,794
No, as a matter of fact,
I found out about Georgie when I...
335
00:17:06,906 --> 00:17:09,101
I called the office
from the construction site.
336
00:17:09,208 --> 00:17:11,199
And it's, uh... ex-partner.
337
00:17:11,310 --> 00:17:13,005
Meaning you own the entire firm
now that he's dead.
338
00:17:13,813 --> 00:17:17,806
Meaning nothing of the kind, friend.
339
00:17:17,917 --> 00:17:21,683
Eight days ago, George sold Mr. Starr
his interest in the company.
340
00:17:22,021 --> 00:17:24,012
He wanted it fast and in cash.
341
00:17:25,358 --> 00:17:28,589
I used to think Georgie
was a really smart apple.
342
00:17:28,694 --> 00:17:32,255
But at half-a-million bucks,
he really sold out cheap.
343
00:17:32,365 --> 00:17:34,196
Maybe...
344
00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:36,768
Maybe because he knew
he was going to die?
345
00:17:36,869 --> 00:17:37,563
Die?
346
00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:40,264
Your partner had
a terminal illness, Mr. Starr.
347
00:17:40,373 --> 00:17:41,863
Now, don't tell me
you didn't know that.
348
00:17:41,974 --> 00:17:46,240
N-No, he never said a word about it.
349
00:17:46,345 --> 00:17:50,873
Wait a minute.
That's why he was seeing a priest.
350
00:17:50,983 --> 00:17:52,348
Priest? What priest?
351
00:17:53,786 --> 00:17:55,447
Lou, you talked to the guy.
352
00:17:55,554 --> 00:18:00,389
Oh, Father Devlin, a missionary, he
was here in the city to raise funds.
353
00:18:00,493 --> 00:18:02,461
Excuse me.
Terrence Devlin?
354
00:18:03,996 --> 00:18:04,655
You know him, son?
355
00:18:04,764 --> 00:18:07,756
Well, by reputation, yeah.
He left the States in the early '30s
356
00:18:07,867 --> 00:18:11,325
to start a mission
in the mountains near Chienshui.
357
00:18:11,437 --> 00:18:13,132
Where is that?
358
00:18:13,239 --> 00:18:15,673
China, Dad.
359
00:18:15,775 --> 00:18:17,072
China.
360
00:18:17,843 --> 00:18:20,277
No. Oh, I'm sorry, Inspector.
361
00:18:20,379 --> 00:18:22,574
I don't...
362
00:18:22,681 --> 00:18:24,876
I just can't help you with this man.
I'm sorry.
363
00:18:24,984 --> 00:18:27,179
Can I offer you, gentlemen,
something...
364
00:18:27,286 --> 00:18:30,016
coffee, wine,
something stronger perhaps?
365
00:18:30,122 --> 00:18:32,056
No, not... not for me.
Thank you, Father.
366
00:18:32,158 --> 00:18:32,590
No.
367
00:18:32,691 --> 00:18:36,457
You know, you look a little pale
to me, Mr. Queen.
368
00:18:36,562 --> 00:18:38,723
You've been sitting
at your typewriter too long.
369
00:18:38,831 --> 00:18:41,299
You don't...
You don't play handball, do you?
370
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,369
Handb... No, no, I don't. No.
I play a little basketball.
371
00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:47,928
Basketball! Yes, I should
have guessed that, yeah.
372
00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,029
Inspector, are you sure that...?
373
00:18:49,141 --> 00:18:52,474
I'm more interested in the identity
of this gentleman.
374
00:18:52,578 --> 00:18:53,840
Yes, I know that.
375
00:18:53,946 --> 00:18:57,404
And since I have
recently arrived from China,
376
00:18:57,516 --> 00:19:00,485
that makes me the resident expert
on Chinese aliens.
377
00:19:00,586 --> 00:19:04,317
That and the fact that you were both
acquainted with George Sherman.
378
00:19:04,423 --> 00:19:08,917
Yes, now, that is a coincidence.
379
00:19:09,028 --> 00:19:12,759
It sounds to me like the ingredients
to one of your novels, Mr. Queen.
380
00:19:12,865 --> 00:19:16,357
A missionary priest,
a mysterious Oriental.
381
00:19:16,469 --> 00:19:19,165
I've read them all.
I've read every one of your books.
382
00:19:19,271 --> 00:19:21,034
Someday we must have a long talk.
383
00:19:21,140 --> 00:19:24,303
Father, we had a very difficult time
finding you.
384
00:19:24,410 --> 00:19:26,605
The archdiocese didn't even know
you were in the city.
385
00:19:26,712 --> 00:19:30,808
Well, I'm not exactly hiding,
but I do have to be politic.
386
00:19:30,916 --> 00:19:33,510
The local charities become
very unhappy with me
387
00:19:33,619 --> 00:19:36,315
when I come into a city like this
and siphon off
388
00:19:36,422 --> 00:19:38,890
some of the available funds,
you understand.
389
00:19:38,991 --> 00:19:40,424
Funds?
390
00:19:40,526 --> 00:19:43,188
Funds from George Sherman,
for example?
391
00:19:43,295 --> 00:19:45,991
Yes, that's a very good example,
Mr. Queen.
392
00:19:46,098 --> 00:19:47,827
Ellery... may I call you Ellery?
393
00:19:47,933 --> 00:19:49,127
- Please do.
- Thank you, Thank you.
394
00:19:49,235 --> 00:19:50,133
Look, Father,
395
00:19:50,236 --> 00:19:53,728
George Sherman's attorney
said he wasn't even a Catholic.
396
00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:56,034
To tell you the truth,
he wasn't anything, gentlemen.
397
00:19:56,141 --> 00:19:59,338
But when you see a man
careening straight to the hereafter
398
00:19:59,445 --> 00:20:01,675
on a runaway train,
you just don't toss him off
399
00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:04,214
because he has the wrong
color ticket, now, do you?
400
00:20:04,316 --> 00:20:08,309
You make the hereafter
sound like a pretty warm place.
401
00:20:08,420 --> 00:20:09,910
Sherman, he...
402
00:20:10,489 --> 00:20:12,423
He got a lot off his chest with me.
403
00:20:12,525 --> 00:20:15,050
And I...
I think it might have helped.
404
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,286
He made a confession?
405
00:20:16,395 --> 00:20:17,794
Well...
406
00:20:17,897 --> 00:20:20,365
Yes and no.
It wasn't a...
407
00:20:20,466 --> 00:20:22,900
not a formal confession,
you understand.
408
00:20:23,002 --> 00:20:25,436
Why don't you fill us in?
409
00:20:27,373 --> 00:20:29,568
I...
410
00:20:29,675 --> 00:20:31,575
I don't think I could do that.
411
00:20:31,677 --> 00:20:36,205
Father, he was hanging with a garland
of flowering buds on his head,
412
00:20:36,315 --> 00:20:37,782
buds from the cercis tree,
413
00:20:37,883 --> 00:20:39,578
which, as you know, is another
name for the Judas tree,
414
00:20:39,685 --> 00:20:40,982
the universal symbol of betrayal.
415
00:20:43,489 --> 00:20:45,457
No, I...
416
00:20:45,558 --> 00:20:46,490
I'm sorry.
417
00:20:46,592 --> 00:20:48,924
Formal or not,
it was a private thing, Inspector.
418
00:20:49,028 --> 00:20:50,290
It was... It was very private.
419
00:20:50,396 --> 00:20:53,661
Father, you're impeding
an official investigation.
420
00:20:53,766 --> 00:20:55,597
George Sherman was murdered.
421
00:20:55,701 --> 00:21:00,798
Inspector, I am not going to reveal
to you what passed between us.
422
00:21:00,906 --> 00:21:04,307
Now, I know you have
your trust to keep.
423
00:21:06,545 --> 00:21:08,911
But I have mine.
424
00:21:09,548 --> 00:21:10,776
Where is that fizz?
425
00:21:10,883 --> 00:21:11,577
I don't...
426
00:21:11,684 --> 00:21:12,616
Dad, look.
427
00:21:12,718 --> 00:21:16,950
I don't know why I ate those
green peppers and sausages.
428
00:21:17,056 --> 00:21:18,990
I won't sleep a wink tonight.
429
00:21:19,091 --> 00:21:21,525
And why did I let you
talk me into eating out?
430
00:21:21,627 --> 00:21:24,596
You don't like the way
I wash the dirty dishes.
431
00:21:24,697 --> 00:21:25,391
And look.
432
00:21:25,497 --> 00:21:27,158
Would you put your greasy tools
in the toolbox?
433
00:21:27,266 --> 00:21:28,460
I'm sorry.
434
00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:33,436
My stomach's beginning to feel
as if I'd swallowed a lump of coal.
435
00:21:34,173 --> 00:21:37,506
Where, oh, where, oh, where?
436
00:21:41,347 --> 00:21:43,474
Excuse me.
437
00:21:44,950 --> 00:21:46,383
Well, finally.
438
00:21:46,485 --> 00:21:48,680
Now, what was that about an alibi?
439
00:21:48,787 --> 00:21:49,446
Huh?
440
00:21:49,555 --> 00:21:53,047
Oh, Paulette and Tony's alibis
hold up,
441
00:21:53,158 --> 00:21:55,353
as do Gunther Starr's
and Louis Marshall's.
442
00:21:55,461 --> 00:21:56,359
They were in Albany,
443
00:21:56,462 --> 00:21:59,829
had dinner with a state senator
between 7:00, almost 10:30.
444
00:21:59,932 --> 00:22:03,026
I verified their alibi
with the senator's secretary.
445
00:22:03,135 --> 00:22:05,467
Scratch Al Russo's prime suspects.
446
00:22:05,571 --> 00:22:06,060
Hmm?
447
00:22:06,171 --> 00:22:07,331
If you ask me, it's beginning
448
00:22:07,439 --> 00:22:09,566
to look more and more
like our missing Oriental.
449
00:22:09,675 --> 00:22:11,575
What?
450
00:22:12,845 --> 00:22:14,278
Why do you say that?
451
00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:18,111
One of the knives in that breakfront
was used to kill Sherman.
452
00:22:18,217 --> 00:22:21,186
The murderer or murderers
cleaned it up and put it back,
453
00:22:21,286 --> 00:22:22,981
just like your teacup.
454
00:22:23,088 --> 00:22:29,027
And speaking of tea, what I want
is a nice cold glass of water.
455
00:22:36,135 --> 00:22:41,129
Dad, you're not gonna like... Ohh.
456
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,731
Velie circulated that artist's sketch
all over Chinatown.
457
00:22:43,842 --> 00:22:46,572
Nobody seems to know him.
458
00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:54,947
Hot water from a cold tap?
Ellery!
459
00:22:55,054 --> 00:22:57,022
Ellery!
460
00:22:57,122 --> 00:23:00,353
Dad, there was no pen
in Sherman's pocket.
461
00:23:00,459 --> 00:23:01,892
- What about the sink?
- Never mind about that.
462
00:23:01,994 --> 00:23:02,756
Look at my hand.
463
00:23:02,861 --> 00:23:04,260
What about the sink?
464
00:23:04,363 --> 00:23:05,227
The greasy wrench...
465
00:23:05,330 --> 00:23:07,264
you see the grime spots
on my hand here between the fingers.
466
00:23:07,366 --> 00:23:09,698
It's from using this wrench,
trying to fix that sink.
467
00:23:09,802 --> 00:23:12,270
The word "trying"
will get no argument from me.
468
00:23:12,371 --> 00:23:14,703
Dad, come on.
There's something we got to find out.
469
00:23:14,807 --> 00:23:16,069
Huh?
470
00:23:27,619 --> 00:23:29,814
This is breaking and entering.
You know that?
471
00:23:29,922 --> 00:23:31,321
Dad, you're a police officer.
472
00:23:31,423 --> 00:23:34,017
Oh, for the moment.
473
00:23:35,794 --> 00:23:38,490
Now, what's all this
about a dying clue?
474
00:23:38,597 --> 00:23:40,792
I want you to sit down at the desk.
475
00:23:40,899 --> 00:23:41,888
Why?
476
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,628
I want you to write something for me.
477
00:23:44,737 --> 00:23:45,931
What?
478
00:23:46,038 --> 00:23:48,438
Dad, please.
479
00:23:50,375 --> 00:23:51,307
Write something?
480
00:23:51,410 --> 00:23:54,607
Pen, paper.
481
00:23:54,713 --> 00:23:56,908
What is this,
my last will and testament?
482
00:23:57,015 --> 00:24:01,509
I want you to write,
"The person who killed me is..."
483
00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:03,315
Yeah?
484
00:24:03,422 --> 00:24:06,391
I want you to write that.
485
00:24:06,492 --> 00:24:10,485
"The person who killed me is..."
486
00:24:10,596 --> 00:24:12,291
Who?
487
00:24:12,397 --> 00:24:13,295
I don't know.
488
00:24:13,398 --> 00:24:17,164
Let me see your hand.
489
00:24:17,269 --> 00:24:20,500
You see that, Dad?
The pen leaks.
490
00:24:20,606 --> 00:24:27,409
George Sherman had ink stains
on his fingers, his right hand.
491
00:24:27,513 --> 00:24:31,745
He was sitting at this desk,
and he was writing something.
492
00:24:31,850 --> 00:24:33,010
The name of his killer.
493
00:24:33,118 --> 00:24:36,349
Killers, maybe.
494
00:24:36,455 --> 00:24:37,683
If I could only figure out...
495
00:24:37,790 --> 00:24:39,189
[Movement outside room]
496
00:24:39,291 --> 00:24:41,589
- Ellery.
- Shh.
497
00:25:00,779 --> 00:25:02,212
Ellery...
498
00:25:02,314 --> 00:25:04,282
- I don't have a gun.
- It's all right.
499
00:25:04,383 --> 00:25:08,615
Let's find out who it is
and what he wants.
500
00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:48,559
All right, hold it right there,
my friend.
501
00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:50,628
Now, you wait just a second!
502
00:25:50,729 --> 00:25:51,354
Wait!
503
00:25:51,463 --> 00:25:52,088
Ohh!
504
00:26:06,845 --> 00:26:08,779
- Ohh, I'm gonna get...
- It's too late. He's gone.
505
00:26:08,881 --> 00:26:10,007
I'll put out an alarm.
506
00:26:18,123 --> 00:26:20,557
This is Inspector Queen,
New York Police.
507
00:26:20,659 --> 00:26:24,595
Give me the 58th precinct,
and hurry!
508
00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:29,265
Ow.
509
00:26:29,801 --> 00:26:33,328
One set of stubs
representing five checks.
510
00:26:33,438 --> 00:26:34,905
And somebody
wanted this badly enough
511
00:26:35,007 --> 00:26:36,702
to risk getting arrested for it.
512
00:26:36,808 --> 00:26:38,207
Will you sit still?
513
00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:41,507
Five stubs, five checks.
514
00:26:41,613 --> 00:26:44,104
Right on the top
is your missing Oriental.
515
00:26:44,216 --> 00:26:51,520
A check in the amount of $250,000
made out to a Mr. Stephen Yang.
516
00:26:51,623 --> 00:26:54,091
Well, now at least we've got
a name to go with the face.
517
00:26:54,192 --> 00:26:58,424
Now, this is strange.
This is very strange.
518
00:26:58,530 --> 00:27:01,499
Two checks made out
to Father Devlin,
519
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,865
one made out to him personally,
and it was voided,
520
00:27:04,970 --> 00:27:08,929
the second one made out to
the Chinese Christian Relief Mission.
521
00:27:09,041 --> 00:27:09,973
I wonder why he did that.
522
00:27:10,075 --> 00:27:11,235
How much?
523
00:27:11,343 --> 00:27:13,004
$250,000 each.
524
00:27:13,111 --> 00:27:15,306
Sounds like a man trying to buy
his way through the pearly gates.
525
00:27:15,414 --> 00:27:18,906
What are the other two checks
on that stub?
526
00:27:19,017 --> 00:27:24,284
$5,000 to Louis Marshall,
the firm's attorney.
527
00:27:24,389 --> 00:27:27,881
The last one is for $1,200,
payable to the gardener.
528
00:27:27,993 --> 00:27:29,927
$1,200 for pulling weeds?
529
00:27:30,028 --> 00:27:32,223
[Door bell ringing]
530
00:27:32,331 --> 00:27:34,561
Here, rub that on.
531
00:27:40,505 --> 00:27:42,700
Evening, Inspector.
I hear the report on the police band.
532
00:27:42,808 --> 00:27:45,276
I figured you'd be up.
How's the Maestro?
533
00:27:45,377 --> 00:27:50,679
I'm not sure. Why don't you feel his
pulse and see if he's still with us?
534
00:27:50,782 --> 00:27:52,477
Maestro, how you feeling?
535
00:27:52,584 --> 00:27:55,018
Huh?
Oh, hi, Velie.
536
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:56,018
How you feeling?
537
00:27:56,121 --> 00:27:58,589
What?
I'm feeling fine, just fine, thanks.
538
00:27:58,690 --> 00:28:01,921
Well, they got a match on two more
sets of those fingerprints.
539
00:28:02,027 --> 00:28:03,995
What is it, Dad?
540
00:28:04,096 --> 00:28:05,495
One's the housekeeper,
541
00:28:05,597 --> 00:28:09,590
and the other is a Captain Thomas
G. Wharton, U.S. Marine Corps.
542
00:28:09,701 --> 00:28:10,895
Who's this Captain Wharton?
543
00:28:11,003 --> 00:28:11,901
No idea, Inspector,
544
00:28:12,004 --> 00:28:14,472
but the Navy Department is
sending us a copy of his 201 file.
545
00:28:14,573 --> 00:28:16,768
We should have it in the morning.
546
00:28:16,875 --> 00:28:19,844
Leaving one set of prints
unaccounted for.
547
00:28:19,945 --> 00:28:23,642
Who is probably our Oriental friend,
Mr. Stephen Yang.
548
00:28:27,386 --> 00:28:28,284
Queen.
549
00:28:28,387 --> 00:28:29,581
Oh, Mr. Russo, how are you?
550
00:28:29,688 --> 00:28:31,087
Oh, not so good, thanks.
551
00:28:31,189 --> 00:28:34,454
I hear George Sherman
was dying from a terminal illness.
552
00:28:34,559 --> 00:28:35,457
Oh? Where'd you hear that?
553
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,859
I also hear that he's probably had
the condition for a couple of years.
554
00:28:39,664 --> 00:28:40,722
Possibly.
555
00:28:40,832 --> 00:28:43,665
Interesting, considering
the hanky-panky that's been going on
556
00:28:43,769 --> 00:28:46,203
between the bereaved widow
and the doctor with the...
557
00:28:46,304 --> 00:28:47,965
hotsy-totsy bedside manner.
558
00:28:48,073 --> 00:28:50,303
- Well, I don't know.
- Don't get nervous, Queen.
559
00:28:50,409 --> 00:28:52,604
I want to do a little business,
a trade...
560
00:28:52,711 --> 00:28:54,941
what I know for what you know,
561
00:28:55,047 --> 00:28:58,448
and all it costs you is a copy
of that coroner's report.
562
00:28:58,550 --> 00:29:00,279
Oh, I can't promise that.
563
00:29:00,385 --> 00:29:04,378
But if I think you have something,
I'll ask my dad if he'll help out.
564
00:29:04,489 --> 00:29:05,649
No, no, not good enough.
565
00:29:05,757 --> 00:29:08,749
- I'm sorry.
- Okay. Okay.
566
00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:13,092
11 months ago, George Sherman
was issued two insurance policies,
567
00:29:13,198 --> 00:29:14,790
quarter-million dollars apiece.
568
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:18,859
Yes, one naming Paulette Sherman,
the other naming Gunther Starr.
569
00:29:18,970 --> 00:29:21,268
But what you didn't know is, is that
the doctor that gave George Sherman
570
00:29:21,373 --> 00:29:24,536
a clean bill of health was none other
than Dr. Tony Bender.
571
00:29:26,244 --> 00:29:28,075
I'll see about that coroner's report
for you.
572
00:29:28,814 --> 00:29:30,406
You're okay, pal.
573
00:29:58,777 --> 00:30:02,508
"I understand you're looking for me.
Please follow the black limousine
574
00:30:02,614 --> 00:30:03,808
now parked behind you."
575
00:30:03,915 --> 00:30:06,543
[Car engine starts]
576
00:30:56,601 --> 00:30:59,092
Thank you for coming, Mr. Queen.
577
00:30:59,204 --> 00:31:02,662
Well, you gave me very little choice,
Mr. Yang.
578
00:31:02,774 --> 00:31:04,708
That's an excellent landscape.
579
00:31:04,809 --> 00:31:07,004
And so is the portrait that you
painted of George Sherman
580
00:31:07,112 --> 00:31:10,878
that hangs over his fireplace,
the fencing pose.
581
00:31:10,982 --> 00:31:12,609
I didn't sign that.
582
00:31:12,717 --> 00:31:13,684
Oh.
583
00:31:13,785 --> 00:31:15,412
Sir, your style is unmistakable.
584
00:31:17,622 --> 00:31:19,817
I painted that several years ago,
585
00:31:19,925 --> 00:31:23,122
during happier days
with George Sherman.
586
00:31:23,228 --> 00:31:26,720
Days that became unhappy?
587
00:31:26,831 --> 00:31:28,264
Since your police
are searching for me,
588
00:31:28,366 --> 00:31:30,766
I must presume I'm a suspect
in his murder.
589
00:31:31,436 --> 00:31:34,405
I will pretend no remorse,
Mr. Queen.
590
00:31:34,506 --> 00:31:35,598
He deserved to die.
591
00:31:39,377 --> 00:31:43,871
I was a leader of a guerilla band
near the China/Burma border,
592
00:31:43,982 --> 00:31:46,678
fighting the last pockets
of Japanese resistance.
593
00:31:46,785 --> 00:31:50,778
Sherman was selling us arms
at quite a nice profit to himself.
594
00:31:50,889 --> 00:31:54,882
We planned a raid on a power station.
He knew about it.
595
00:31:54,993 --> 00:31:58,690
Somehow the Japanese captured him,
and he betrayed us.
596
00:31:58,797 --> 00:32:00,492
The raid failed.
597
00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:02,066
42 good men were killed,
598
00:32:02,167 --> 00:32:04,863
and we all knew
who was responsible.
599
00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:08,736
Well, why didn't you kill him then?
600
00:32:11,876 --> 00:32:16,643
Your question presupposes
that I killed him now.
601
00:32:16,748 --> 00:32:18,943
I almost did.
602
00:32:19,050 --> 00:32:20,881
I found out Sherman's whereabouts
603
00:32:20,986 --> 00:32:22,783
and went to his house
to confront him.
604
00:32:22,887 --> 00:32:27,654
I expected to find the robust
adventurer of that portrait.
605
00:32:27,759 --> 00:32:31,490
Instead, I found a pitiful,
frightened man.
606
00:32:31,596 --> 00:32:35,896
He did not deny his actions, hardly.
He even begged my forgiveness.
607
00:32:36,735 --> 00:32:38,862
In the amount of $250,000?
608
00:32:40,272 --> 00:32:43,537
He begged me to take it.
609
00:32:43,642 --> 00:32:46,577
He said that he had very little time,
610
00:32:46,678 --> 00:32:49,408
that he wanted to make amends
with the families of the dead.
611
00:32:50,548 --> 00:32:55,542
I decided to let him live with his
crime rather than to end his misery.
612
00:32:55,654 --> 00:32:59,181
Mr. Yang, he was killed
with an Oriental knife.
613
00:33:00,258 --> 00:33:06,322
Which leads you to suspect that
a Chinese committed the crime.
614
00:33:06,431 --> 00:33:09,366
How quaint, Mr. Queen.
615
00:33:09,467 --> 00:33:14,234
Sir, there were other people
on the raid that had motives...
616
00:33:14,339 --> 00:33:15,772
wives, children?
617
00:33:15,874 --> 00:33:17,307
- Dozens.
- Yeah.
618
00:33:17,409 --> 00:33:21,311
But there can be only
one Chinese suspect... me.
619
00:33:24,616 --> 00:33:26,550
I see, am I free to go now?
May I get out of here?
620
00:33:26,651 --> 00:33:28,312
Of course.
Can you find your way back?
621
00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:31,150
Yes, I'm... I'm going to try.
Thank you.
622
00:33:31,256 --> 00:33:33,190
Oh, Mr. Yang,
623
00:33:35,327 --> 00:33:38,819
have you ever seen
this man before?
624
00:33:38,930 --> 00:33:42,388
No, I'm sorry.
Do you think he's the killer?
625
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:44,195
Uh...
626
00:33:44,302 --> 00:33:45,701
He's one of the suspects.
627
00:33:46,204 --> 00:33:48,297
You showed him my picture?
628
00:33:48,406 --> 00:33:50,499
Careful, Dad.
You'll smudge the prints.
629
00:33:50,608 --> 00:33:51,438
What prints?
630
00:33:51,543 --> 00:33:53,636
Well, there's still one set
of prints unidentified.
631
00:33:53,745 --> 00:33:56,270
You think they belong to Mr. Yang?
Perhaps they do.
632
00:33:56,381 --> 00:33:59,077
- Now we'll find out for sure.
- Good thinking, son.
633
00:34:00,919 --> 00:34:03,114
Oh, Grace, will you call
Sergeant Velie for me?
634
00:34:03,221 --> 00:34:03,915
Yes, sir.
635
00:34:04,022 --> 00:34:06,217
And this just arrived for you,
special delivery.
636
00:34:06,324 --> 00:34:07,222
Navy Department?
637
00:34:07,325 --> 00:34:09,555
Captain Wharton's file.
638
00:34:13,998 --> 00:34:17,229
Well, well, well, well,
well, well, well.
639
00:34:17,335 --> 00:34:18,495
Well, w... What?
640
00:34:18,603 --> 00:34:21,299
Oh, nothing much, just that the...
641
00:34:21,406 --> 00:34:25,308
Navy was kind enough to send along
a picture of the Captain.
642
00:34:35,487 --> 00:34:39,719
So, you knew all along that I wasn't
a real priest, Mr. Queen?
643
00:34:39,824 --> 00:34:44,090
Oh, boy.
What... What gave me away?
644
00:34:44,195 --> 00:34:46,891
Well, you tried to steal the stubs
from the checkbook.
645
00:34:46,998 --> 00:34:47,930
So, he was the one?
646
00:34:48,032 --> 00:34:49,727
- That's right, Dad.
- I thought it was Yang.
647
00:34:49,834 --> 00:34:52,029
May I explain to your father,
Mr. Queen?
648
00:34:52,137 --> 00:34:54,105
Sure.
649
00:34:54,205 --> 00:34:55,866
Okay.
650
00:34:55,974 --> 00:34:59,466
You see, Inspector, out of guilt
for the China incident,
651
00:34:59,577 --> 00:35:03,035
Sherman made out a check
for $250,000,
652
00:35:03,148 --> 00:35:05,082
made payable
to Father Terrence Devlin.
653
00:35:05,183 --> 00:35:08,175
Since I'm obviously
not Father Devlin,
654
00:35:08,286 --> 00:35:11,278
I couldn't endorse the check
without committing forgery,
655
00:35:11,389 --> 00:35:13,289
so I asked him to tear it up.
656
00:35:13,391 --> 00:35:14,289
He did.
657
00:35:14,392 --> 00:35:16,087
I asked him
to make out another check
658
00:35:16,194 --> 00:35:18,890
to the Chinese Christian
Relief Mission.
659
00:35:18,997 --> 00:35:23,764
That I could endorse
with a rubber stamp.
660
00:35:23,868 --> 00:35:28,362
What about the real Father Devlin?
661
00:35:28,473 --> 00:35:30,964
He died.
662
00:35:31,075 --> 00:35:33,509
Three months ago, pneumonia.
663
00:35:33,611 --> 00:35:36,079
We needed funds,
but the Mission was Father Devlin.
664
00:35:36,181 --> 00:35:38,376
I mean, who was going to give
donations to a nobody?
665
00:35:38,483 --> 00:35:42,044
So, we decided to keep his death
a secret.
666
00:35:42,854 --> 00:35:44,981
And since no one on the East Coast
667
00:35:45,089 --> 00:35:47,353
had seen Devlin
since he was 24 years old,
668
00:35:47,459 --> 00:35:49,393
you thought you'd get away
with the masquerade, huh?
669
00:35:49,494 --> 00:35:50,927
Yeah.
670
00:35:51,029 --> 00:35:52,963
I didn't do a half-bad job,
either, did I?
671
00:35:53,064 --> 00:35:53,723
No, you didn't.
672
00:35:53,832 --> 00:35:58,599
Now, if you'll accompany me to
headquarters to make a statement...
673
00:35:58,703 --> 00:36:01,171
Okay.
674
00:36:01,272 --> 00:36:03,467
But just so that you understand,
675
00:36:03,575 --> 00:36:07,841
every dime I collected, Inspector,
and I mean every dime,
676
00:36:07,946 --> 00:36:09,573
has gone to that mission.
677
00:36:09,681 --> 00:36:13,173
We'll check that out, too.
Coming, son?
678
00:36:13,284 --> 00:36:14,683
No, you go ahead, Dad.
679
00:36:28,933 --> 00:36:29,331
Okay?
680
00:36:29,434 --> 00:36:31,629
Yeah, congratulations.
You're getting the hang of it.
681
00:36:31,736 --> 00:36:32,361
Yeah.
682
00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:34,165
Dr. Bender's office said
I'd find him here.
683
00:36:34,272 --> 00:36:35,967
Yeah, he's over in the library.
684
00:36:36,074 --> 00:36:39,601
Thank you, Mr. Mercadonte.
685
00:36:43,515 --> 00:36:46,211
Welcome to the hour
of disenchantment, Mr. Queen.
686
00:36:46,317 --> 00:36:48,251
May I offer you a drink
while I still can?
687
00:36:48,353 --> 00:36:50,048
No, no. Thank you.
688
00:36:50,154 --> 00:36:52,122
Actually, I wanted to talk
to Dr. Bender, but...
689
00:36:52,223 --> 00:36:53,554
if I've come at a bad time...
690
00:36:53,658 --> 00:36:54,920
Bad?
691
00:36:55,026 --> 00:36:56,618
Well, I might as well let you in
692
00:36:56,728 --> 00:36:59,026
on my late husband's
macabre little joke.
693
00:36:59,130 --> 00:37:02,327
Mr. Marshall tells me
that I have been left penniless.
694
00:37:02,433 --> 00:37:05,425
My husband sold his business
and gave away the proceeds.
695
00:37:05,537 --> 00:37:09,268
He's given this house away
to some silly orphanage.
696
00:37:09,374 --> 00:37:11,968
There's no cash left, no stock.
697
00:37:12,076 --> 00:37:15,443
Paulette, you still have
the insurance money.
698
00:37:15,547 --> 00:37:16,946
Thank God.
699
00:37:17,048 --> 00:37:20,245
Oh, yes, about that...
700
00:37:20,351 --> 00:37:23,582
Dr. Bender,
may I speak to you privately?
701
00:37:23,688 --> 00:37:25,383
Mrs. Sherman and I
don't have any secrets.
702
00:37:25,490 --> 00:37:26,650
All right.
703
00:37:26,758 --> 00:37:29,420
You've known each other
a little less than a year?
704
00:37:29,527 --> 00:37:30,221
That is correct.
705
00:37:30,328 --> 00:37:33,320
In fact, didn't you meet Mrs. Sherman
after you'd examined her husband
706
00:37:33,431 --> 00:37:34,398
for the two insurance policies?
707
00:37:34,499 --> 00:37:36,899
Where did you get the information
that I was the doctor on the case?
708
00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:38,559
Oh, I examined the coroner's report.
709
00:37:39,304 --> 00:37:42,296
George Sherman's lymphatic condition
was in an advanced state.
710
00:37:42,407 --> 00:37:44,170
And what is that supposed to mean?
711
00:37:44,275 --> 00:37:46,607
Well, I just wonder
why you didn't spot it 11 months ago,
712
00:37:46,711 --> 00:37:48,406
when these policies were issued.
713
00:37:48,513 --> 00:37:49,912
Because I wasn't looking for it.
714
00:37:50,014 --> 00:37:53,279
Look, Mr. Queen, there's no
deception. There's no collusion.
715
00:37:53,384 --> 00:37:55,818
It's just that I didn't know the man
prior to that time.
716
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,411
Mr. Queen,
your behavior's inexcusable.
717
00:37:58,523 --> 00:38:00,252
I think it's time for you to leave.
718
00:38:00,358 --> 00:38:03,794
Of course, I'm... I'm sorry.
719
00:38:03,895 --> 00:38:06,591
It... It's just that...
720
00:38:06,698 --> 00:38:08,393
You see, it's a question
that has to be asked,
721
00:38:08,499 --> 00:38:10,091
if not by me, then by the police.
722
00:38:20,778 --> 00:38:24,270
Oh, Mr. Mercadonte,
723
00:38:24,382 --> 00:38:27,078
about a week ago, Mr. Sherman
gave you a check for $1,200?
724
00:38:27,185 --> 00:38:27,844
Right.
725
00:38:27,952 --> 00:38:28,611
What was that for?
726
00:38:29,487 --> 00:38:31,182
Look after the yard... what else?
727
00:38:31,289 --> 00:38:34,122
Well, isn't that a little steep,
I mean, even for a place like this?
728
00:38:34,225 --> 00:38:37,820
Well, Dave and me, we make $100
a month, so he paid us in advance.
729
00:38:37,929 --> 00:38:40,557
A year in advance?
Did he say why?
730
00:38:40,999 --> 00:38:41,658
I don't know.
731
00:38:41,766 --> 00:38:43,791
I guess he just wanted
to make sure that we...
732
00:38:43,901 --> 00:38:46,267
took good care of his place
in case he went away.
733
00:38:46,371 --> 00:38:48,305
Listen, if somebody's
gonna pay me a year in advance,
734
00:38:48,406 --> 00:38:50,738
I don't ask no questions,
I just take the money.
735
00:38:50,842 --> 00:38:52,901
- Thank you.
- Okay, see you.
736
00:38:53,544 --> 00:38:57,605
Okay, what you're doing?
Come on.
737
00:39:07,091 --> 00:39:09,059
Well, that's it.
738
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,596
Of course.
That's got to be it.
739
00:39:17,602 --> 00:39:20,070
Now I know who killed
George Sherman...
740
00:39:20,171 --> 00:39:23,368
the one person with something
to gain from it.
741
00:39:23,474 --> 00:39:26,466
You're probably way ahead of me.
You've got all the clues.
742
00:39:26,577 --> 00:39:31,071
The ink stains on George's hand,
the alibis, motive.
743
00:39:31,182 --> 00:39:34,151
Put them all together,
and what have you got?
744
00:39:34,252 --> 00:39:37,483
Well, Dr. Tony Bender,
745
00:39:37,588 --> 00:39:40,284
the not-so-grieving widow,
Paulette Sherman?
746
00:39:40,391 --> 00:39:44,657
Oh, and don't forget Stephen Yang
or the phony Father Devlin.
747
00:39:44,762 --> 00:39:46,423
Or maybe it was somebody else,
748
00:39:46,531 --> 00:39:49,523
maybe somebody
you haven't even considered.
749
00:39:49,634 --> 00:39:51,397
Let's find out.
750
00:40:10,221 --> 00:40:11,745
Dad, we'll be out of here by 9:00.
751
00:40:11,856 --> 00:40:15,348
Well, I hope so. Graziano's fighting
LaMotta at 10:00 in the Garden.
752
00:40:15,460 --> 00:40:17,428
I managed to get us
two ringside seats.
753
00:40:17,528 --> 00:40:18,426
10:00 tonight?
754
00:40:18,529 --> 00:40:20,463
Well, if we're out of here by 9:00,
we'll be okay.
755
00:40:20,565 --> 00:40:22,260
- Inspector?
- Yeah?
756
00:40:22,366 --> 00:40:24,334
Oh, thanks for showing up, Mr. Yang.
757
00:40:24,435 --> 00:40:27,632
Inspector Queen,
I'm sure I had very little choice.
758
00:40:27,739 --> 00:40:31,004
Inspector, that's the man.
That's the man I saw.
759
00:40:31,109 --> 00:40:34,044
Yeah, yeah, I know. Son?
760
00:40:34,145 --> 00:40:35,612
Thanks, Dad.
761
00:40:35,713 --> 00:40:37,146
As you've probably gathered,
we're here tonight
762
00:40:37,248 --> 00:40:38,647
to identify the killer
of George Sherman.
763
00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:40,445
Killers, Ellery.
764
00:40:40,551 --> 00:40:43,952
To continue,
as you all probably know by now,
765
00:40:44,055 --> 00:40:49,152
George Sherman was dying
of an acute lymphatic ailment.
766
00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:54,391
He had a few months to live,
maybe even as much as a year.
767
00:40:54,499 --> 00:40:57,593
- Is that not right, Doctor?
- Yes, that's right.
768
00:40:57,702 --> 00:40:59,636
On the day he was killed,
769
00:40:59,737 --> 00:41:02,205
only two people in this room
knew about that illness...
770
00:41:02,306 --> 00:41:03,534
his doctor and his wife.
771
00:41:03,641 --> 00:41:06,804
Now, it's not likely that either one
of them would risk a murder charge
772
00:41:06,911 --> 00:41:09,379
to kill a man who had such a short
time to live as it was.
773
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,640
Besides which,
774
00:41:10,748 --> 00:41:13,979
their activities at the time
of the murder can be accounted for
775
00:41:14,085 --> 00:41:16,019
by at least a dozen witnesses.
776
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,815
Now, that leaves four suspects
777
00:41:17,922 --> 00:41:20,618
who were unaware of Sherman's
terminal illness
778
00:41:20,725 --> 00:41:23,193
Well, that rules me out
because I was in Albany at the time,
779
00:41:23,294 --> 00:41:25,785
and a state senator
will testify to that.
780
00:41:25,897 --> 00:41:28,058
- Isn't that right, counselor?
- That's right.
781
00:41:28,166 --> 00:41:32,694
Gunther, you had a motive,
$250,000 worth of insurance.
782
00:41:32,804 --> 00:41:33,964
You could have hired someone.
783
00:41:34,071 --> 00:41:35,732
And you could have done
the same thing.
784
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,808
Isn't that a possibility, Mr. Queen?
785
00:41:37,909 --> 00:41:40,605
That is a possibility, Mr. Starr.
786
00:41:40,711 --> 00:41:42,008
Yes, that is a possibility,
787
00:41:42,113 --> 00:41:45,708
but, Mrs. Sherman, I'm afraid
you're wrong about the motive.
788
00:41:45,817 --> 00:41:48,809
You see, the insurance policy
was a survival policy,
789
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,115
naming each partner in the event
of the death of the other.
790
00:41:51,222 --> 00:41:54,282
But since Mr. Starr had
already bought out your husband
791
00:41:54,392 --> 00:41:55,984
before he was dead,
792
00:41:56,093 --> 00:41:58,027
that policy was automatically void.
793
00:41:58,129 --> 00:42:00,597
Investigator Russo
didn't know about that sale.
794
00:42:00,698 --> 00:42:02,359
That's why he suspected you.
795
00:42:02,466 --> 00:42:04,400
He does now, Dad.
I talked to him about an hour ago.
796
00:42:04,502 --> 00:42:06,265
And he was kind enough
to provide me
797
00:42:06,370 --> 00:42:08,270
with copies of the insurance policy.
798
00:42:08,372 --> 00:42:11,671
Well, I certainly had nothing to gain
from George's death.
799
00:42:11,776 --> 00:42:14,904
Well, sir, there's a little matter
of $5,000 paid to you.
800
00:42:15,012 --> 00:42:16,240
It was on the check stub.
801
00:42:16,347 --> 00:42:18,247
Well, that was
for services rendered...
802
00:42:18,349 --> 00:42:20,544
sale of the business, his will.
803
00:42:20,651 --> 00:42:23,620
And to buy your silence,
swearing you to secrecy
804
00:42:23,721 --> 00:42:26,690
so that his wife would not know
about his divesting his holdings
805
00:42:26,791 --> 00:42:27,849
and selling this house.
806
00:42:28,593 --> 00:42:30,185
But you were also in Albany.
807
00:42:30,895 --> 00:42:33,864
It's been established that
that's good enough an alibi.
808
00:42:33,965 --> 00:42:36,661
- So, that brings us to Father Devlin.
- The priest?
809
00:42:36,767 --> 00:42:37,699
You got to be kidding, Queen.
810
00:42:37,802 --> 00:42:40,498
I'm not accusing a priest, Mr. Starr.
811
00:42:40,605 --> 00:42:43,335
In the first place,
this gentleman had no motive.
812
00:42:43,441 --> 00:42:46,137
The check for $250,000
had already been cashed,
813
00:42:46,244 --> 00:42:48,439
and the funds were safely
on their way to China.
814
00:42:48,546 --> 00:42:52,038
Well, that leaves just one suspect,
Mr. Yang.
815
00:42:52,149 --> 00:42:55,084
Yeah.
816
00:42:55,186 --> 00:42:58,451
So, that's why I was summoned here,
to be accused of a murder?
817
00:42:58,556 --> 00:42:59,614
Well, you must admit, Mr. Yang,
818
00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:00,986
that the evidence certainly
does point your way.
819
00:43:01,092 --> 00:43:04,323
The hanging of George Sherman with
a crown of buds from a Judas tree
820
00:43:04,428 --> 00:43:07,124
most clearly indicates
your motive, betrayal.
821
00:43:07,231 --> 00:43:09,961
The fact that the murder weapon
was a Chinese ceremonial dagger,
822
00:43:10,067 --> 00:43:11,830
the fact that you were here in
his house the day he was killed...
823
00:43:11,936 --> 00:43:13,767
But I did not kill him.
824
00:43:13,871 --> 00:43:14,838
No, you didn't,
825
00:43:14,939 --> 00:43:17,874
but somebody went to an awful lot of
trouble to make it look like you did.
826
00:43:17,975 --> 00:43:20,443
- Ellery.
- Sir?
827
00:43:20,544 --> 00:43:23,536
You've eliminated all the suspects
in the room.
828
00:43:23,648 --> 00:43:25,047
No, Dad.
829
00:43:25,149 --> 00:43:28,380
The people who hanged
George Sherman are in this room.
830
00:43:28,486 --> 00:43:30,181
That's ridiculous.
This is another riddle!
831
00:43:30,288 --> 00:43:31,721
No, no, no, no, no, no, it's not.
832
00:43:31,822 --> 00:43:33,289
If you give me a moment,
I think I can explain.
833
00:43:33,391 --> 00:43:35,325
Oh, good.
I want to hear this.
834
00:43:35,426 --> 00:43:38,623
11 months ago,
George Sherman returned home.
835
00:43:38,729 --> 00:43:42,722
He applied for insurance to protect
both his wife and his business.
836
00:43:42,833 --> 00:43:45,028
Dr. Bender gave
the physical examination
837
00:43:45,136 --> 00:43:46,569
and found George Sherman
physically fit.
838
00:43:46,671 --> 00:43:50,630
But I think, Dr. Bender,
you also discovered his illness,
839
00:43:50,741 --> 00:43:52,936
something that he might
have known about, as well.
840
00:43:53,044 --> 00:43:55,012
I further think
that he gave you a bribe
841
00:43:55,112 --> 00:43:56,306
to falsify those insurance reports.
842
00:43:56,414 --> 00:43:59,713
- And that's a lie, Mr. Queen.
- Is it?
843
00:43:59,817 --> 00:44:00,875
Yes, it is.
844
00:44:00,985 --> 00:44:03,954
Shortly afterwards, you became
very good friends with the Shermans.
845
00:44:04,055 --> 00:44:05,750
As a matter of fact,
846
00:44:05,856 --> 00:44:08,051
you became an exceptionally
close friend of Mrs. Sherman.
847
00:44:08,159 --> 00:44:11,128
We told you, George knew about
our relationship. He understood.
848
00:44:11,228 --> 00:44:15,255
Yes, well, we only have your word
for that, Mrs. Sherman.
849
00:44:16,367 --> 00:44:18,028
George was dying.
850
00:44:18,135 --> 00:44:22,629
He wanted to make restitution
to those he had wronged.
851
00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:28,042
I think that he also wanted
to revenge himself...
852
00:44:28,145 --> 00:44:32,639
on a faithless friend
and an even more faithless wife.
853
00:44:32,750 --> 00:44:36,345
Now, knowing he was dying, he
divested himself of all his assets,
854
00:44:36,454 --> 00:44:39,150
swore Mr. Marshall to secrecy
so that you couldn't interfere.
855
00:44:40,191 --> 00:44:43,627
Now, here's what I think happened.
856
00:44:43,728 --> 00:44:45,923
On the afternoon
of the day he died,
857
00:44:46,030 --> 00:44:49,022
he told you and Tony
what he had done.
858
00:44:49,133 --> 00:44:52,330
That night, after your supper
at the Stork,
859
00:44:52,436 --> 00:44:54,404
you returned to the house
to try to reason with him.
860
00:44:54,505 --> 00:44:56,439
You found him dead.
861
00:44:56,540 --> 00:44:57,472
And unless I'm mistaken,
862
00:44:57,575 --> 00:45:00,043
there was a note on the desk
in which he named his killer.
863
00:45:00,144 --> 00:45:02,339
Now, we know Sherman had written
something because of the leaky pen
864
00:45:02,446 --> 00:45:04,914
and the ink stains on his fingers.
865
00:45:05,016 --> 00:45:08,474
For reasons of your own, you
decided to get rid of the evidence.
866
00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:10,520
You destroyed the note,
867
00:45:10,621 --> 00:45:14,113
cleaned off the knife,
washed and dried the teacup,
868
00:45:14,225 --> 00:45:16,352
except, being left-handed,
869
00:45:16,460 --> 00:45:20,692
you placed it on the left side
of the cabinet, not the right.
870
00:45:21,399 --> 00:45:24,368
You dragged his body out the door
to the stretcher,
871
00:45:24,468 --> 00:45:27,164
adding the most brilliant
stroke of all,
872
00:45:27,271 --> 00:45:31,264
the flowers from the Judas tree
to incriminate Mr. Yang.
873
00:45:31,375 --> 00:45:33,570
Mrs. Sherman was probably waiting
with the rope.
874
00:45:33,677 --> 00:45:36,373
She helped you hoist the body up.
875
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:38,414
Fascinating, Mr. Queen, fascinating.
876
00:45:38,516 --> 00:45:41,110
But even granting you
that your theory is correct,
877
00:45:41,218 --> 00:45:42,685
I don't think it's a crime
to hang a dead man.
878
00:45:42,787 --> 00:45:46,883
So, all you've done is to clear
Paulette and me of murder.
879
00:45:46,991 --> 00:45:48,959
Now, let me get this straight.
880
00:45:49,060 --> 00:45:51,585
You're saying that these two
did not kill George Sherman?
881
00:45:51,695 --> 00:45:52,457
That's right.
882
00:45:52,563 --> 00:45:55,225
But you promised
to identify the killer.
883
00:45:55,332 --> 00:45:57,129
Yes, sir.
884
00:45:57,234 --> 00:46:01,728
I am, I am.
885
00:46:01,839 --> 00:46:05,536
The killer is in this room...
886
00:46:08,245 --> 00:46:09,405
there on the wall.
887
00:46:09,513 --> 00:46:10,172
What?
888
00:46:10,281 --> 00:46:12,681
No, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You're going to fast for me.
889
00:46:12,783 --> 00:46:14,273
You mean George Sherman
killed himself?
890
00:46:14,385 --> 00:46:15,374
Dad, it was the only way
891
00:46:15,486 --> 00:46:17,545
he could strike back at his wife
and Dr. Bender.
892
00:46:18,489 --> 00:46:19,183
All he had was
893
00:46:19,290 --> 00:46:22,316
a quarter-million-dollar insurance
policy, with the usual exclusions.
894
00:46:22,426 --> 00:46:26,362
The policy was void
if the insured took his own life.
895
00:46:29,467 --> 00:46:31,128
I can almost imagine
George Sherman
896
00:46:31,235 --> 00:46:36,036
writing a suicide note to that effect
as he had his last cup of tea, alone.
897
00:46:36,140 --> 00:46:37,835
So we end up with nothing, after all.
898
00:46:37,942 --> 00:46:39,341
Oh, you have each other.
899
00:46:39,443 --> 00:46:42,935
And an appointment with the judge
for tampering with evidence
900
00:46:43,047 --> 00:46:46,278
and defrauding
an insurance company.
901
00:46:46,383 --> 00:46:47,816
- Velie?
- Yes, sir?
902
00:46:47,918 --> 00:46:49,749
Take them in.
903
00:46:53,290 --> 00:46:54,951
That's great work, Queen.
904
00:46:55,059 --> 00:46:57,789
If I ever get into trouble,
I'm gonna call you.
905
00:46:57,895 --> 00:47:00,625
- I assume we may go now.
- Sure.
906
00:47:00,731 --> 00:47:04,167
- You, too, Mr. Yang.
- Thank you, Inspector Queen.
907
00:47:04,268 --> 00:47:06,463
Mr. Queen, it's been
most illuminating.
908
00:47:11,208 --> 00:47:12,300
And now...
909
00:47:12,409 --> 00:47:14,707
- Father...
- Oh, I understand, Inspector.
910
00:47:14,812 --> 00:47:18,543
I have some things
to answer for myself.
911
00:47:18,649 --> 00:47:21,379
- Dad, don't you think...?
- Quiet, Ellery.
912
00:47:21,519 --> 00:47:23,646
I checked your bank, Captain.
You were leveling with us.
913
00:47:23,754 --> 00:47:25,949
You did send the money
to the mission.
914
00:47:26,056 --> 00:47:28,024
So, I have a suggestion for you.
915
00:47:28,125 --> 00:47:31,583
Why don't you find the first plane
leaving for China tomorrow morning
916
00:47:31,695 --> 00:47:32,662
and get on it?
917
00:47:35,266 --> 00:47:35,960
Thank you.
918
00:47:39,370 --> 00:47:40,302
Thanks.
919
00:47:40,404 --> 00:47:41,336
Good luck.
920
00:47:41,438 --> 00:47:43,372
Yeah.
921
00:47:43,474 --> 00:47:46,705
Well, that's good, Ellery.
I think we can make the Garden.
922
00:47:46,810 --> 00:47:47,708
Who do you like?
923
00:47:47,811 --> 00:47:50,803
I think Graziano's
gonna murder the bum.
924
00:47:50,915 --> 00:47:52,849
Well, Dad, about that,
I'm afraid I can't make it.
925
00:47:52,950 --> 00:47:54,611
I have to be at the house tonight.
926
00:47:54,718 --> 00:47:55,650
What for?
927
00:47:55,753 --> 00:47:56,913
I found a plumber.
928
00:47:57,021 --> 00:47:58,215
Oh, wonderful.
929
00:47:58,322 --> 00:48:01,291
But, you see, the plumber can only
come tonight at 10:00.
930
00:48:01,392 --> 00:48:02,552
Tonight?
Oh, that's too bad.
931
00:48:02,660 --> 00:48:04,890
Well, maybe I can get him
to come another time.
932
00:48:04,995 --> 00:48:07,429
No, Ellery, I don't think you can.
933
00:48:07,531 --> 00:48:08,691
Aw, Dad.
934
00:48:08,741 --> 00:48:13,291
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