1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:08,800 - Subtitles - Lu�s Filipe Bernardes 2 00:02:29,501 --> 00:02:32,101 You little swine, I'll break your necks! 3 00:02:32,102 --> 00:02:34,102 Come on, go away! 4 00:02:34,103 --> 00:02:36,303 Hey, here comes Mr. MacFarland! 5 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,603 Miss Davis, I wanted to ask... 6 00:02:54,704 --> 00:02:56,104 Miss Davis! 7 00:03:02,705 --> 00:03:04,205 Miss Davis. 8 00:03:07,406 --> 00:03:09,136 I was afraid you'd gone. 9 00:03:09,137 --> 00:03:11,837 You told me to get these letters out first, Mr. MacFarland. 10 00:03:11,838 --> 00:03:13,638 Yes, I know I did, but... 11 00:03:15,139 --> 00:03:17,539 I've been thinking that, er... 12 00:03:17,540 --> 00:03:19,940 we've both earned a little recreation today... 13 00:03:19,941 --> 00:03:24,141 ...and I was about to suggest a movie and then dinner. 14 00:03:24,142 --> 00:03:28,942 I know a nice quiet little place where we can be all by ourselves. 15 00:03:29,343 --> 00:03:31,643 Well, that's very nice of you but... 16 00:03:35,644 --> 00:03:37,244 Mr. MacFarland's office. 17 00:03:37,245 --> 00:03:38,945 Yes. Who? 18 00:03:38,946 --> 00:03:41,046 Oh, Mrs. MacFarland. 19 00:03:44,047 --> 00:03:45,647 Hello, dear. 20 00:03:47,148 --> 00:03:48,548 What? 21 00:03:48,849 --> 00:03:50,029 Oh. 22 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:51,800 Yes. 23 00:03:51,801 --> 00:03:53,201 Yes, I heard you. 24 00:03:53,202 --> 00:03:55,802 You've decided not to spend the night at your mother's. 25 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:59,103 Yes, dear, I'm very glad. 26 00:03:59,204 --> 00:04:00,604 Goodbye. 27 00:04:03,005 --> 00:04:06,805 Miss Davis, see that all those letters are out before you leave the office. 28 00:04:06,999 --> 00:04:08,206 Oh! 29 00:04:10,307 --> 00:04:12,107 Put that thing down! 30 00:04:14,608 --> 00:04:16,400 Now Miss Davis, 31 00:04:16,501 --> 00:04:18,501 what are you doing here with a gun? 32 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:22,702 Why, I... Oh, it isn't mine. 33 00:04:22,793 --> 00:04:24,703 Whose is it then? 34 00:04:24,754 --> 00:04:25,904 Well? 35 00:04:25,905 --> 00:04:28,805 It belongs to Louise Halloran. 36 00:04:28,806 --> 00:04:31,306 What does Louise Halloran want with a gun? 37 00:04:31,307 --> 00:04:35,007 Mr. MacFarland, Louise is sick and unhappy. 38 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,558 - And terribly afraid of something. - Afraid? 39 00:04:38,659 --> 00:04:40,049 Of what? 40 00:04:40,950 --> 00:04:42,450 I don't know. 41 00:04:42,999 --> 00:04:46,351 But it must be something pretty bad to make her want to carry a gun. 42 00:04:47,652 --> 00:04:49,452 There she comes now! 43 00:04:51,053 --> 00:04:53,580 I don't want to see her. I'll go out by the other door. 44 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,600 But Mr. MacFarland... 45 00:04:54,603 --> 00:04:58,155 Miss Davis, if you really want to help Miss Halloran, don't give her back that gun. 46 00:05:07,656 --> 00:05:10,156 Janie, were you in my room a little while ago? 47 00:05:10,157 --> 00:05:12,157 Yes, I stuck my head in but you weren't there. 48 00:05:12,158 --> 00:05:14,358 You didn't take anything from my desk, did you? 49 00:05:14,359 --> 00:05:16,259 Why, Louise, what do you mean? 50 00:05:16,260 --> 00:05:17,500 Nothing, only... 51 00:05:17,501 --> 00:05:20,551 Well, somebody's been in my desk. Jane, you swear you didn't... 52 00:05:21,252 --> 00:05:22,952 I'm sorry. 53 00:05:23,753 --> 00:05:26,553 Louise, what's the trouble? 54 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:28,554 Why don't you tell me? 55 00:05:28,555 --> 00:05:30,655 No... no, I couldn't. 56 00:05:31,656 --> 00:05:33,756 Well, then forget about it. Come on home with me... 57 00:05:33,757 --> 00:05:35,357 ...and we'll go to a show and have some laughs. 58 00:05:35,358 --> 00:05:38,000 Oh, I'd like to, but I can't. 59 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:39,701 I've got some work to do. 60 00:06:07,602 --> 00:06:09,302 Excuse me, Miss Davis. 61 00:06:09,303 --> 00:06:12,303 - Is Mr. MacFarland in? - Why, Mr. Stevens, I... 62 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,900 Listen, Janie, I've got to spend a couple of hours... 63 00:06:22,901 --> 00:06:24,700 ...in the public library then I'll be free. 64 00:06:24,701 --> 00:06:26,770 - How'd you like to date me up for dinner? - I'd love it. 65 00:06:26,771 --> 00:06:28,471 All right, same place, six o'clock. 66 00:06:29,372 --> 00:06:33,600 Oh, Ed, I wish you would ask Louise Halloran to come along with us. 67 00:06:33,801 --> 00:06:37,100 Louise Halloran? Why Louise Halloran? 68 00:06:37,101 --> 00:06:40,001 She's been feeling pretty low, that's all. Thought we might cheer her up. 69 00:06:40,002 --> 00:06:43,802 Well, why should we cheer her up? Can't she keep her troubles to herself? 70 00:06:45,603 --> 00:06:49,200 Say, what have you got against Louise? 71 00:06:49,351 --> 00:06:52,161 Not a thing. I wanted you to myself, that's all. 72 00:06:52,362 --> 00:06:54,262 You're not fooling me, Ed. 73 00:06:54,963 --> 00:06:56,700 What about you and Louise? 74 00:06:56,701 --> 00:06:58,601 Nothing, nothing at all. 75 00:06:58,602 --> 00:07:01,102 - Maybe I'd better ask her. - Oh no, don't do that. 76 00:07:01,253 --> 00:07:02,893 Well then? 77 00:07:03,794 --> 00:07:07,294 Well, last summer we were both up at the MacFarlands' camp and... 78 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:09,460 Oh, we had a little flirtation and... 79 00:07:09,461 --> 00:07:11,551 And you got over it and she didn't, is that it? 80 00:07:13,352 --> 00:07:15,600 You might have told me why. 81 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:18,701 - But Janie, what difference can that make? - Don't, Ed, please. 82 00:07:18,702 --> 00:07:20,702 But Janie, that's all over, it's forgotten. 83 00:07:20,703 --> 00:07:22,303 Louise hasn't forgotten. 84 00:07:22,304 --> 00:07:25,504 Come on, be nice. Six o'clock? 85 00:07:26,605 --> 00:07:28,205 I guess so. 86 00:07:28,306 --> 00:07:30,506 - Good girl. - Ed... 87 00:07:31,307 --> 00:07:33,137 - Love me? - Hm-hmm. 88 00:07:33,138 --> 00:07:35,438 - Say it. - I love you. 89 00:08:15,039 --> 00:08:16,900 Oh, it's you. 90 00:08:24,301 --> 00:08:28,201 This check you gave me, the bank sent it back. 91 00:08:28,802 --> 00:08:30,702 I want my money. 92 00:08:30,703 --> 00:08:33,500 I haven't got the money. You have to send the check in again. 93 00:08:33,901 --> 00:08:36,680 I want my money. 94 00:08:36,681 --> 00:08:38,200 Well you can't have it! 95 00:08:38,201 --> 00:08:42,500 If you don't give me my money, I'll... I'll take... 96 00:08:43,501 --> 00:08:44,801 You're drunk. 97 00:08:44,802 --> 00:08:48,000 Get out of here. If you don't, I'll scream. 98 00:08:48,701 --> 00:08:51,101 Go ahead, scream. 99 00:08:51,102 --> 00:08:54,402 If someone comes in, I'll tell them the truth. 100 00:08:54,403 --> 00:08:55,963 And you lose your job. 101 00:08:55,964 --> 00:08:59,164 And if I told them the truth about you, you'd go to jail. 102 00:08:59,665 --> 00:09:02,165 You do that and I'll... 103 00:09:24,566 --> 00:09:26,666 Otto Schweitzer, look where you're going! 104 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:32,267 Drunk again. 105 00:09:32,268 --> 00:09:35,768 Really, Otto, the only excuse I can find for you is... 106 00:09:38,969 --> 00:09:41,169 Seems to be bonded stuff. 107 00:09:41,170 --> 00:09:42,870 - I'm... - Good night! 108 00:09:55,071 --> 00:09:58,000 Aw, that old snoopy Withers won't let me out. 109 00:09:58,001 --> 00:10:01,201 Can't you sneak out? Where's she now? 110 00:10:01,202 --> 00:10:03,702 She's gone to powder her schnozzle. 111 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,603 Leland Stanford Jones. 112 00:10:26,804 --> 00:10:28,604 Well, what is it, Leland? 113 00:10:28,605 --> 00:10:30,875 Can I go home now, Miss Withers? 114 00:10:30,876 --> 00:10:34,700 You may not go until you are ready to apologize to Miss Halloran. 115 00:10:34,701 --> 00:10:39,201 Aw, gee, Miss Withers, I didn't say anything at all the kids ain't said. 116 00:10:39,202 --> 00:10:42,200 Everyone knows she's got a crush on Mr. MacFarland. 117 00:10:44,001 --> 00:10:45,500 Leland Jones! 118 00:10:48,401 --> 00:10:52,001 You may go to the blackboard and write the word "gossip" one hundred times. 119 00:10:55,802 --> 00:10:58,602 - What word, Miss Withers? - Gossip. 120 00:10:58,603 --> 00:11:00,500 G-O-S-S-I-P. 121 00:11:00,501 --> 00:11:04,701 That's what you are when you talk about Miss Halloran and Mr. MacFarland. 122 00:11:07,902 --> 00:11:11,800 - Fifty times? - You heard me. One hundred times. 123 00:11:11,801 --> 00:11:13,901 Now, the sooner you start, the sooner you'll get out. 124 00:11:16,502 --> 00:11:18,902 The sooner you'll get out, you mean. 125 00:11:28,003 --> 00:11:29,800 There goes Miss Halloran to the cloakroom. 126 00:11:29,801 --> 00:11:32,301 You can catch her on her way back and tell her you're sorry. 127 00:11:32,302 --> 00:11:34,902 - Yes, I'm going... - What's that? 128 00:11:34,903 --> 00:11:37,603 - Skip it! - That will do! 129 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,704 - Don't dawdle, Leland. - Oh... 130 00:12:28,005 --> 00:12:31,000 Leland, did you hear Miss Halloran go back to her room? 131 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:33,601 - No. - That's strange. 132 00:12:34,602 --> 00:12:37,502 There she is now. Leland, go apologize. 133 00:12:37,503 --> 00:12:40,403 - Aw, Miss Withers. - Leland! 134 00:12:46,404 --> 00:12:48,804 Wait! I think she's ill. 135 00:12:48,825 --> 00:12:50,805 I'll go myself. 136 00:12:51,306 --> 00:12:52,906 Get on with your work. 137 00:13:46,107 --> 00:13:48,200 I just heard her go out! 138 00:14:08,201 --> 00:14:11,101 - I've done eight-two, Miss Withers. - Eighty-two will be sufficient, Leland. 139 00:14:11,102 --> 00:14:12,802 - You mean I can go? - Yes. 140 00:14:12,803 --> 00:14:14,700 First I want you to run an errand for me. 141 00:14:14,701 --> 00:14:16,431 Run across the street to Toby's candy shop... 142 00:14:16,432 --> 00:14:20,552 ...and call police headquarters and ask for Inspector Piper. 143 00:14:20,553 --> 00:14:23,493 - Police headquarters? Gee, teacher. - Never mind. 144 00:14:25,004 --> 00:14:27,294 Tell the inspector to come quickly and quietly. 145 00:14:27,295 --> 00:14:29,695 No sirens. Here's a nickel for the telephone. 146 00:14:29,696 --> 00:14:31,796 - Hurry now, hurry! - I will, Miss Withers. 147 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,997 That's how it was done. 148 00:15:19,698 --> 00:15:21,900 - Well, hello Hildegarde! - Hello, Oscar. 149 00:15:21,901 --> 00:15:23,700 You remember Donny here, don't you? 150 00:15:23,701 --> 00:15:25,801 - Hello, Miss Withers. - He's a sergeant now. 151 00:15:25,802 --> 00:15:27,902 This is McTeague and Smiley North. 152 00:15:27,903 --> 00:15:30,103 Well, what is it this time, Hildegarde? 153 00:15:30,104 --> 00:15:32,304 Got yourself into a mess over some man? 154 00:15:33,305 --> 00:15:35,605 A little while ago, somebody in that school house... 155 00:15:35,606 --> 00:15:38,206 ...murdered Louis Halloran, our Music teacher. 156 00:15:38,447 --> 00:15:40,880 - What? - Come with me and I'll show you what. 157 00:15:40,881 --> 00:15:42,800 Just a minute, is this on the level? 158 00:15:43,101 --> 00:15:45,500 Stop acting like a movie detective. 159 00:15:45,501 --> 00:15:48,551 And unless you're going to take that cigar out of your mouth and do something about it, 160 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,382 - I am! - Now just a minute! 161 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:51,800 I'll have a look at this. 162 00:15:52,601 --> 00:15:53,801 You'll have a look? 163 00:15:54,402 --> 00:15:57,200 That ought to clear everything all up, I'm sure. 164 00:16:00,703 --> 00:16:02,000 There! 165 00:16:02,001 --> 00:16:03,901 Now will you believe me? 166 00:16:04,502 --> 00:16:05,802 Why! 167 00:16:07,703 --> 00:16:11,053 Well, it was there! It was right there! 168 00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:14,604 Just what was it you thought you saw, Miss Withers? 169 00:16:14,605 --> 00:16:18,400 I saw a body right there on that couch. 170 00:16:18,901 --> 00:16:21,101 Oh, a body. 171 00:16:28,702 --> 00:16:32,702 - Was it a large body? - It was the body of Louise Halloran. 172 00:16:32,703 --> 00:16:34,523 And it was there a little while ago. 173 00:16:34,524 --> 00:16:37,300 Oh, I guess she had a headache and went home. 174 00:16:40,401 --> 00:16:44,281 - Relax, Hildegarde. - Now you listen to me, Oscar Piper! 175 00:16:44,282 --> 00:16:46,382 You know me and you know my habits. 176 00:16:46,383 --> 00:16:50,143 - I tell you I saw... - All right, Hildegarde, all right. 177 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,800 You saw a body. Now... 178 00:16:53,701 --> 00:16:55,301 ...what's become of it? 179 00:17:02,702 --> 00:17:04,342 He couldn't have passed it out through the window, 180 00:17:04,343 --> 00:17:06,000 the window won't open any further. 181 00:17:06,001 --> 00:17:08,301 None of the windows on this side of the building will. 182 00:17:08,302 --> 00:17:10,100 The children used to climb out. 183 00:17:32,001 --> 00:17:33,501 What about the doors? 184 00:17:33,502 --> 00:17:36,502 There is only one way in or out of the building. 185 00:17:36,503 --> 00:17:38,603 The main door, and I've watched that. 186 00:17:38,604 --> 00:17:40,304 - No one came out. - No one. 187 00:17:41,005 --> 00:17:43,700 Then the body must still be in the building. 188 00:17:45,001 --> 00:17:46,700 And the murderer too, huh? 189 00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:49,951 Unless you have a theory that the corpse got up... 190 00:17:49,952 --> 00:17:52,952 ...and strolled out into the hall by itself. 191 00:17:52,953 --> 00:17:55,053 Of course you know best. 192 00:17:57,954 --> 00:17:59,800 Donahue, you stay here. 193 00:17:59,801 --> 00:18:03,901 Come on, Smiley. If the murderer is trying to hide the body, I'm going to catch him. 194 00:18:03,902 --> 00:18:06,172 You mean we're going to. 195 00:18:06,173 --> 00:18:08,800 - You got a gat? - A gat? 196 00:18:08,801 --> 00:18:11,200 Oh, you mean a rod. No, I never carry one. 197 00:18:11,201 --> 00:18:12,801 Well, take this and come on. 198 00:18:12,802 --> 00:18:16,000 What's this? Take this thing away from me! 199 00:19:04,701 --> 00:19:07,301 Who's that? Who's that? Come on, come out of there! 200 00:19:07,302 --> 00:19:08,502 Come on! 201 00:19:26,703 --> 00:19:29,003 It's someone. 202 00:19:40,704 --> 00:19:42,764 A swell concussion if ever I saw one. 203 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:44,765 He'll be out stone cold for hours. 204 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:47,166 - Any danger of him... - Well, you never can tell. 205 00:19:47,167 --> 00:19:48,867 Come on, Bill, lift him up easy. 206 00:19:56,468 --> 00:20:00,458 I'm gonna take this building apart brick by brick till I find the man who did that! 207 00:20:00,459 --> 00:20:02,159 - Or the woman. - Or the woman! 208 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,800 There ain't a cop killer got away in this town in twenty years! 209 00:20:04,801 --> 00:20:08,201 Cop killer? I suppose one dead school teacher more or less doesn't count. 210 00:20:08,202 --> 00:20:10,602 I don't count my corpses till I come to them. 211 00:20:10,603 --> 00:20:12,103 Smiley! 212 00:20:14,404 --> 00:20:17,004 Take these men and search every foot of this cellar. 213 00:20:17,005 --> 00:20:18,999 Okay, Inspector. Let's go, boys. 214 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,100 Come on, Hildegarde. I want you to show me around. 215 00:20:21,101 --> 00:20:23,580 - Where did this Halloran girl work? - She was the Music teacher. 216 00:20:23,581 --> 00:20:27,581 She taught in all the grade rooms. But she had her desk was on the third floor. 217 00:20:30,582 --> 00:20:34,142 So this is the top, eh? No way up to the roof? 218 00:20:34,143 --> 00:20:37,143 No. And for the world there's no way down. 219 00:20:37,144 --> 00:20:41,144 Nothing on three sides and a twenty-story warehouse on the fourth. 220 00:20:42,145 --> 00:20:45,000 - What's that door? - That's the fire escape. 221 00:20:45,001 --> 00:20:46,900 - Fire escape? - Yes. 222 00:20:46,901 --> 00:20:50,401 A little old-fashioned but it works. Look! 223 00:20:50,402 --> 00:20:51,700 This explains it all. 224 00:20:51,701 --> 00:20:55,400 When this door is open the alarm goes off and vice-versa. 225 00:20:55,401 --> 00:20:58,700 Then the children pop in one by one and slide down... 226 00:20:58,701 --> 00:21:02,000 ...a spiral shute out into the playground. 227 00:21:02,001 --> 00:21:04,551 If this is the only way out of the school for the kids, 228 00:21:04,552 --> 00:21:06,700 why wasn't it the only way out for the murderer? 229 00:21:06,701 --> 00:21:08,201 Well, it would have been... 230 00:21:08,202 --> 00:21:12,572 ...if he didn't mind setting off an alarm that you could hear ten blocks away. 231 00:21:12,873 --> 00:21:16,000 Not the ideal way for a murderer to escape. 232 00:21:16,001 --> 00:21:18,201 Inspector! Inspector! 233 00:21:19,302 --> 00:21:20,700 Oh, Inspector! 234 00:21:20,701 --> 00:21:23,451 - What's all the excitement about? - What do you think we found down in the cellar? 235 00:21:23,452 --> 00:21:25,802 Oh, now it's riddles. Well, come on, what was it? 236 00:21:25,803 --> 00:21:28,073 - What we found... - Was it the body of Louise Halloran? 237 00:21:28,074 --> 00:21:29,674 No, no body! 238 00:21:29,675 --> 00:21:31,500 But someone's been digging a grave. 239 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:34,201 People don't dig graves just for the fun of it. 240 00:21:34,202 --> 00:21:35,802 Come on, Hildegarde. 241 00:21:40,303 --> 00:21:43,403 No thanks, I'm not interested in empty graves. 242 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,804 It's not for nothing that they call me Snoopy Withers. 243 00:23:41,905 --> 00:23:45,305 That's for my nerves if anyone should ask. 244 00:24:16,506 --> 00:24:18,906 One move out of you and I'll shoot! 245 00:24:19,607 --> 00:24:22,707 Relax, Hildegarde, relax. 246 00:24:23,608 --> 00:24:25,608 I may shoot anyway. 247 00:24:27,609 --> 00:24:30,609 Well, what luck did you have in the grave? 248 00:24:31,410 --> 00:24:34,510 None. The gravedigger didn't have time to finish the racket. 249 00:24:34,511 --> 00:24:37,011 But we found these in the janitor's room. 250 00:24:38,512 --> 00:24:42,412 Well! I never thought that of Otto. 251 00:24:42,413 --> 00:24:44,700 Each pair worn down on the heel. 252 00:24:44,701 --> 00:24:46,771 Where is this janitor? 253 00:24:46,772 --> 00:24:48,972 - Did you search the cellar? - Every foot of it. 254 00:24:48,973 --> 00:24:52,800 The way he looked the last time I saw him he's probably asleep in the coal bin. 255 00:24:52,801 --> 00:24:54,201 Never mind him. 256 00:24:55,302 --> 00:24:57,900 I think there's one more room on this floor we should look at. 257 00:24:58,501 --> 00:25:00,801 This is Addison Stevens' room. 258 00:25:01,202 --> 00:25:03,402 Hm, where is that pesky light? 259 00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:08,403 He teaches science to the older boys. 260 00:25:08,404 --> 00:25:10,404 He's assistant principal. 261 00:25:19,205 --> 00:25:21,875 Hm, I don't know what he wanted this for. 262 00:25:21,876 --> 00:25:24,446 Smoking is never permitted inside the school. 263 00:25:24,447 --> 00:25:26,247 Maybe he worked nights. 264 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:34,148 Must be an expensive lighter, it won't work. 265 00:25:34,149 --> 00:25:36,849 This is why it won't work. 266 00:25:36,850 --> 00:25:39,450 He forgot to fill it. 267 00:26:00,051 --> 00:26:03,551 Hm, a dead ant. 268 00:26:07,652 --> 00:26:09,752 The fire alarm, come on. Come on! 269 00:26:18,353 --> 00:26:20,773 - There he goes now! - Well, why don't you do something? 270 00:26:20,774 --> 00:26:23,074 You're the police, why don't you police something? 271 00:26:23,075 --> 00:26:25,475 Oh, relax, will you, Hildegarde? He's gone. 272 00:26:25,476 --> 00:26:29,276 - Are you sure it was a man? - You never can tell these days. 273 00:26:29,277 --> 00:26:31,477 All I saw was the pants. 274 00:26:33,378 --> 00:26:35,378 How do you stop that racket? 275 00:26:42,379 --> 00:26:46,149 Well, now that everything's quiet again I suppose you'd like to take a little nap. 276 00:26:46,150 --> 00:26:47,255 I'm gonna take a little run out... 277 00:26:47,256 --> 00:26:49,276 ...and put a double line of cops around the whole neighborhood. 278 00:26:49,277 --> 00:26:50,577 More cops? 279 00:26:51,178 --> 00:26:52,378 What's that? 280 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:55,679 Put your hand on that radiator. 281 00:26:57,180 --> 00:26:59,680 What's the big idea? It was hot and you knew it! 282 00:26:59,681 --> 00:27:01,681 I suspected it. 283 00:27:01,682 --> 00:27:02,852 I wanted to make sure. 284 00:27:02,853 --> 00:27:05,253 - Well, what would it be if it wasn't hot? - Cold! 285 00:27:05,254 --> 00:27:08,354 This time of day? In the school house with the janitor missing? 286 00:27:08,355 --> 00:27:11,125 Alright, now you know it's hot and I know it's hot, what are you going to do about it? 287 00:27:11,126 --> 00:27:13,300 I'm going down to the furnace and you're coming with me. 288 00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:16,701 Open the furnace somebody, quickly! 289 00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:19,402 Quickly before it's too late. 290 00:27:20,403 --> 00:27:21,503 Quick! 291 00:27:32,704 --> 00:27:35,504 If only she hadn't stayed so late... 292 00:27:35,605 --> 00:27:38,555 ...to put that music exercise on the blackboard. 293 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,999 If there's anything funny about this affair, young man, I'd like to hear it. 294 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,800 A good hearty laugh is just what I need. 295 00:28:34,801 --> 00:28:38,401 Well, I've heard of whistling up a wind, ma'am, but never whistling up a murderer. 296 00:28:38,402 --> 00:28:41,402 There are probably several things that you haven't heard of, young man. 297 00:28:43,203 --> 00:28:46,103 - What's that? - Oh, just a bunch of flatfeet. 298 00:28:58,704 --> 00:29:00,924 Well, you were right about the body, Hildegarde. 299 00:29:00,925 --> 00:29:02,845 I don't know why our men didn't find it before. 300 00:29:02,846 --> 00:29:07,646 You mustn't expect too much, Oscar. After all, they did find the furnace. 301 00:29:07,647 --> 00:29:09,247 Yeah, that's right... 302 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,848 - What's that? - Skip it. 303 00:29:12,149 --> 00:29:13,449 Oh, I get it. 304 00:29:13,450 --> 00:29:17,050 Just because you found the body you think you're Mrs. Sherlock Holmes. 305 00:29:17,351 --> 00:29:21,551 Well, let me tell you my men combed that cellar with a fine-tooth comb. 306 00:29:24,352 --> 00:29:27,800 Are you sure they used a fine-tooth comb to comb the cellar with? 307 00:29:27,821 --> 00:29:29,401 Grab him, Smiley. 308 00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:34,802 Well, I'm going to close up the place and turn off the lights. 309 00:29:36,103 --> 00:29:38,103 Come on, what do you know about this killer? 310 00:29:38,104 --> 00:29:40,800 - Come clean! - You can't do that to me. 311 00:29:40,801 --> 00:29:44,600 I'm a rich man. A millionaire. 312 00:29:44,601 --> 00:29:46,101 I have my rights. 313 00:29:46,102 --> 00:29:48,600 Oh, playing drunk, huh? 314 00:29:48,601 --> 00:29:50,401 Alright, we'll play too. 315 00:29:50,402 --> 00:29:52,702 Take him over to the station, Smiley, and give him the works. 316 00:29:52,703 --> 00:29:55,300 - How will I book him? - Book him for the murder of Louise Halloran. 317 00:29:55,301 --> 00:29:57,700 - Huh? - No, wait, play safe. 318 00:29:57,701 --> 00:30:00,501 Book him for disorderly conduct or inciting a riot. 319 00:30:00,502 --> 00:30:02,502 Anything, so long as you get him in a cell. 320 00:30:02,503 --> 00:30:05,503 How are you going to find him again in a cell if you couldn't find him in a cellar? 321 00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:09,100 I've been robbed, I tell you. I told you, I've been robbed. 322 00:30:09,291 --> 00:30:12,551 I've told you that several times and you won't believe me. 323 00:30:13,505 --> 00:30:15,675 Oh, we caught him quicker than I thought. 324 00:30:15,676 --> 00:30:18,400 Almost anything could be done quicker than you think, Oscar. 325 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:21,800 Yeah, well I wasn't so slow-thinking when he tried to play drunk on me. 326 00:30:21,801 --> 00:30:24,101 - Play drunk? - Sure! 327 00:30:24,102 --> 00:30:26,702 The guy was drunk but not as drunk as he's making out. 328 00:30:26,703 --> 00:30:29,503 There isn't an empty bottle or a full one neither in that cellar. 329 00:30:29,504 --> 00:30:32,104 And you gotta have a bottle somehere if you're gonna stay drunk. 330 00:30:32,405 --> 00:30:34,800 Why, the case is open and shut. 331 00:30:34,801 --> 00:30:37,601 - Open and shut? - Sure, the guy's a moron. 332 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:41,000 - You ought to get him on the force. - No, he's not that kind of... 333 00:30:41,001 --> 00:30:44,800 Ohh! What I mean is the man's a lunatic. 334 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:48,601 He's a killer. He's drunk, yes. But not as drunk as he's pretending. 335 00:30:48,602 --> 00:30:51,800 He got drunk, hit the gal on the head and then tried to bury her. 336 00:30:51,801 --> 00:30:53,301 Donahue tried to stop that. 337 00:30:53,302 --> 00:30:56,102 Donahue used his head, like most detectives. 338 00:30:56,103 --> 00:30:58,103 Never mind about Donahue... Wait a minute! 339 00:30:58,104 --> 00:30:59,904 Do you remember them slippers? 340 00:31:00,205 --> 00:31:03,205 Well, the guy grabbed them off because he's crazy about the dame. 341 00:31:04,306 --> 00:31:07,506 You've got it all figured out, haven't you, Oscar? 342 00:31:07,507 --> 00:31:09,807 All but a few unimportant details. 343 00:31:09,808 --> 00:31:12,700 Such as Schweitzer's eyebrows. 344 00:31:12,701 --> 00:31:13,801 Schweitzer's what? 345 00:31:13,802 --> 00:31:18,002 While Schweitzer was collecting slippers he was also collecting something else... 346 00:31:18,003 --> 00:31:20,303 ...on his eyebrows. 347 00:31:20,454 --> 00:31:23,104 You, er... you take care of the slippers, Oscar. 348 00:31:23,255 --> 00:31:25,305 I'll work on the eyebrows. 349 00:31:46,206 --> 00:31:49,806 Ain't you getting careless, lady? You gave me a dime too much. 350 00:31:49,807 --> 00:31:55,807 A dime's a dime, young man. Remember you're a taxi driver not a gigolo. 351 00:32:31,608 --> 00:32:34,308 - Good evening. - Why, Miss Withers! 352 00:32:34,309 --> 00:32:36,509 Thank heavens, what's wrong? 353 00:32:36,510 --> 00:32:38,310 You look like you've seen a ghost. 354 00:32:38,311 --> 00:32:41,711 I have. Can we go upstairs? I want to talk to both of you. 355 00:32:41,712 --> 00:32:43,712 Why, certainly. 356 00:33:03,513 --> 00:33:07,813 I came here to tell you that Louise Halloran has been murdered. 357 00:33:08,914 --> 00:33:10,514 Murdered? 358 00:33:10,515 --> 00:33:13,415 Yes, murdered. I found her in the cloakroom. 359 00:33:13,996 --> 00:33:15,760 But why should anyone want to kill her? 360 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:17,561 I suppose you both have alibis? 361 00:33:18,362 --> 00:33:19,700 Alibis? 362 00:33:19,713 --> 00:33:22,500 Can you prove where you were when the murder was committed? 363 00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,100 - Why, I... - Why, of course we can. 364 00:33:25,301 --> 00:33:28,100 I was in the public library in the science room. 365 00:33:28,101 --> 00:33:31,001 I stayed there until it was time to take Janie to dinner. 366 00:33:31,002 --> 00:33:33,202 - And Janie... - Well, Janie? 367 00:33:33,203 --> 00:33:35,303 What did you do this afternoon? 368 00:33:36,504 --> 00:33:38,350 Why, just nothing. 369 00:33:38,351 --> 00:33:40,700 I stayed around here until it was time to meet Ed. 370 00:33:40,705 --> 00:33:43,980 - Any witnesses? - No. No, I was alone. 371 00:33:43,999 --> 00:33:46,536 This is ridiculous. One look at Janie ought to tell you that... 372 00:33:46,537 --> 00:33:48,537 I like you for that, young man. 373 00:33:48,538 --> 00:33:53,544 But unfortunately, the police, though they may be fools, they're not sentimental fools. 374 00:33:53,945 --> 00:33:57,600 Well, before the inspector gets here to add to the muddle, 375 00:33:57,601 --> 00:33:59,999 I'd like to look through Louise's things. 376 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,800 - Maybe I'd better go then. - Perhaps you had. 377 00:34:07,801 --> 00:34:10,801 I love you, Ed, I don't care who knows it. 378 00:34:11,702 --> 00:34:13,502 That goes both ways, Janie. 379 00:34:14,303 --> 00:34:17,403 Well, you might as well know it. We're going to be married. 380 00:34:18,204 --> 00:34:19,604 Well! 381 00:34:19,605 --> 00:34:24,605 Those who try it once... always try it again. 382 00:34:24,606 --> 00:34:26,606 Must be something in it. 383 00:34:29,807 --> 00:34:31,707 Now don't worry, dear, it'll be all right. 384 00:34:31,999 --> 00:34:33,608 I hope so. 385 00:34:39,809 --> 00:34:43,309 Oh, it all seems so strange and terrible. 386 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:49,410 Why should anyone want to kill Louise? 387 00:34:50,411 --> 00:34:53,111 - What motive could there be? - Motive? 388 00:34:55,012 --> 00:34:56,612 Motive? 389 00:34:58,613 --> 00:35:02,313 You think this little item might cast any light on the subject? 390 00:35:11,014 --> 00:35:12,999 Where's the ticket? 391 00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:15,600 In my bag. 392 00:35:15,601 --> 00:35:17,701 Let me see it, please. 393 00:35:25,702 --> 00:35:28,502 131313. 394 00:35:28,503 --> 00:35:31,783 Give it back to me! It's half mine. 395 00:35:32,384 --> 00:35:35,384 Well, you needn't look at me like that. It is half mine. 396 00:35:35,685 --> 00:35:37,485 I even loaned her the money for her half. 397 00:35:37,486 --> 00:35:40,986 Which would seem to make it all yours now. 398 00:35:41,587 --> 00:35:45,987 I, er... I don't see your name mentioned in the account. 399 00:35:47,088 --> 00:35:49,900 I left it all to Louise, I trusted her. 400 00:35:49,901 --> 00:35:52,801 - You're going to have to prove that. - Well, I can. 401 00:35:52,802 --> 00:35:54,502 I can prove it! 402 00:36:00,303 --> 00:36:02,353 Otto Schweitzer, the janitor. 403 00:36:02,354 --> 00:36:04,754 Yes, he was the one who sold the lottery tickets. 404 00:36:04,755 --> 00:36:06,555 I guess that proves it. 405 00:36:07,256 --> 00:36:08,800 Perhaps it does. 406 00:36:08,801 --> 00:36:12,801 It also proves that you had an excellent motive for murdering Louise Halloran. 407 00:36:14,402 --> 00:36:18,702 - Well, what do you mean? - $300,000 is a very useful sum. 408 00:36:18,703 --> 00:36:23,303 Especially when a poor girl is planning to marry a poor man. 409 00:36:24,704 --> 00:36:27,404 - But it's not true, I... - Let me think, girl! 410 00:36:27,405 --> 00:36:29,905 Someone murdered Louise. 411 00:36:29,906 --> 00:36:32,100 Didn't she have any keepsakes, any letters, 412 00:36:32,101 --> 00:36:34,901 any personal photographs that would give us a clue? 413 00:36:35,299 --> 00:36:36,802 Why... 414 00:36:37,203 --> 00:36:40,503 Yes, I remember seeing a bundle of letters. 415 00:36:41,504 --> 00:36:43,704 She used to keep them locked in the desk. 416 00:36:46,005 --> 00:36:47,605 Why, it's open. 417 00:36:47,856 --> 00:36:50,006 The lock has been forced. 418 00:36:50,407 --> 00:36:52,107 Miss Withers, someone's been in here. 419 00:36:52,108 --> 00:36:53,908 Even a detective could see that. 420 00:36:59,809 --> 00:37:00,999 Hello? 421 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,300 - Mr. MacFarland! - Oh, Miss Withers. 422 00:37:04,301 --> 00:37:06,200 I've been trying to get you all over town. 423 00:37:06,222 --> 00:37:08,302 Something terrible has happened at the school. 424 00:37:08,303 --> 00:37:10,803 You're telling me? Heard of it? 425 00:37:10,804 --> 00:37:12,204 I discovered it. 426 00:37:13,505 --> 00:37:16,300 At your home? I'll come right over. 427 00:37:17,801 --> 00:37:20,701 Well, Janie, the plot thickens. 428 00:37:21,302 --> 00:37:22,802 I'll be seeing you. 429 00:37:30,303 --> 00:37:31,903 Miss Withers, 430 00:37:31,994 --> 00:37:33,804 I sent for you... 431 00:37:33,999 --> 00:37:38,100 ...because of your experience in the Penguin Pool Murder case. 432 00:37:38,201 --> 00:37:39,500 Well? 433 00:37:39,501 --> 00:37:42,100 I, er... myself and the board, 434 00:37:42,101 --> 00:37:46,101 are determined to get at the facts behind this terrible tragedy. 435 00:37:46,702 --> 00:37:50,302 You mean... you want me to play detective? 436 00:37:50,303 --> 00:37:51,883 Exactly. 437 00:37:51,884 --> 00:37:55,884 And if you're successful, I might consider a promotion. 438 00:37:55,885 --> 00:37:58,285 Mercy sakes! 439 00:37:58,286 --> 00:38:00,186 Then it's settled. 440 00:38:00,187 --> 00:38:04,400 Now, tell me. You were there this afternoon. 441 00:38:04,401 --> 00:38:09,900 Did you see or here anything that might identify the criminal? 442 00:38:11,401 --> 00:38:14,101 I was there, Mr. MacFarland. 443 00:38:14,102 --> 00:38:17,402 But I seem to have been wool-gathering all afternoon. 444 00:38:17,403 --> 00:38:20,000 Maybe I'm in love. 445 00:38:20,001 --> 00:38:22,801 Oh, I hardly think that would be the case. 446 00:38:22,802 --> 00:38:26,302 Oh, of course I don't mean... That is, I mean er... 447 00:38:26,303 --> 00:38:29,263 Why, of course there's no reason why... 448 00:38:29,264 --> 00:38:31,944 Still waters run deep you know, Mr. MacFarland. 449 00:38:31,945 --> 00:38:34,745 Yes, I'm sure they do, I'm sure they do. 450 00:38:36,146 --> 00:38:40,146 And to think that I sat calmly there... 451 00:38:40,147 --> 00:38:43,000 writing essays while that poor... 452 00:38:43,601 --> 00:38:45,001 Why, Miss Withers! 453 00:38:45,002 --> 00:38:46,702 What's the matter? 454 00:38:50,603 --> 00:38:52,703 That's a funny thing for me to do. 455 00:38:53,204 --> 00:38:57,000 I ought to be able to stand a little murder by now, I... 456 00:39:00,601 --> 00:39:05,601 I sometimes think that... a case like this a little stimulant... 457 00:39:05,602 --> 00:39:08,302 Oh, of course I don't mean a debauche. 458 00:39:08,303 --> 00:39:11,703 Perhaps a dram, medicinally, you know? 459 00:39:11,704 --> 00:39:15,404 Why, of course, how thoughtless of me. You wait right here. 460 00:40:11,505 --> 00:40:13,405 I almost don't need this. 461 00:40:13,406 --> 00:40:14,606 Thank you. 462 00:40:18,507 --> 00:40:20,507 It's too late to do something about it now. 463 00:40:21,508 --> 00:40:22,558 I must be going. 464 00:40:22,559 --> 00:40:25,859 I'll arrange for a substitute teacher to take over your classes tomorrow. 465 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,300 And tip off the murderer that I'm on his trail? 466 00:40:29,801 --> 00:40:33,701 Oh, no. I think we'll let things go on as usual. 467 00:40:33,702 --> 00:40:35,902 But I counted on your leaving town. 468 00:40:36,503 --> 00:40:39,303 Uh... Miss Halloran came from Chicago. 469 00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:40,604 Her family is there. 470 00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:44,205 - I thought a few days for investigation... - I'll consider it. 471 00:40:44,206 --> 00:40:47,006 - But I must have a free hand. - Of course, certainly. 472 00:40:47,007 --> 00:40:50,007 - Just an idea. - Good night, Mr. MacFarland. 473 00:40:50,008 --> 00:40:51,308 Good night. 474 00:41:02,809 --> 00:41:05,709 Well, au revoir. 475 00:41:14,810 --> 00:41:16,410 Oh... 476 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:23,801 You were the only one besides Schweitzer that knew she had the lottery ticket. 477 00:41:23,802 --> 00:41:26,502 - You planned the whole thing. - I didn't! I tell you I didn't! 478 00:41:26,503 --> 00:41:28,903 You murdered your best friend for a mere sweepstakes prize. 479 00:41:28,904 --> 00:41:32,004 A mere sweepstakes prize of $50.000. 480 00:41:32,805 --> 00:41:35,405 I'd murder some people I know for fifty cents. 481 00:41:36,506 --> 00:41:39,606 Oh, the French secret police are now with us. 482 00:41:39,907 --> 00:41:43,507 I gave orders for the teachers to be here at nine, it's now ten. 483 00:41:43,508 --> 00:41:45,508 Ten after ten, Inspector. 484 00:41:45,659 --> 00:41:47,980 Something important kept you, I suppose. 485 00:41:47,981 --> 00:41:50,091 Just the solution of the murder, that's all. 486 00:41:50,092 --> 00:41:53,642 Oh, that's fine. Everybody all rounded up now, I take it? 487 00:41:53,643 --> 00:41:56,483 Well, I haven't rounded up a lot of helpless women for brow-beating anyway! 488 00:41:56,484 --> 00:41:58,400 I never saw a helpless woman in my life. 489 00:41:58,401 --> 00:41:59,800 Sit down! 490 00:42:06,601 --> 00:42:09,301 Now... you say... 491 00:42:09,302 --> 00:42:11,000 Look, you've bullied her enough. 492 00:42:11,001 --> 00:42:13,801 Anyone with a grain of sense could see she's telling you the truth. 493 00:42:14,402 --> 00:42:17,202 Oh, yeah? Alright, maybe you'll talk. 494 00:42:17,203 --> 00:42:19,553 Dragging a body around's pretty tough work for a gal... 495 00:42:19,554 --> 00:42:22,554 ...but not too tough for a big strong boy like yourself. 496 00:42:22,555 --> 00:42:26,600 Wrong again, Oscar. I've checked his alibi at the public library. 497 00:42:26,801 --> 00:42:29,500 And, er... besides... 498 00:42:39,201 --> 00:42:41,601 Why, the old goat. 499 00:42:47,502 --> 00:42:48,902 Hey, you. 500 00:42:48,993 --> 00:42:50,303 Come here. 501 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:59,104 Now, Mr. Principal, Miss Withers informs me that you asked her to take this case. 502 00:42:59,105 --> 00:43:01,705 - The police ain't good enough, eh? - I acted hastily. 503 00:43:01,706 --> 00:43:05,706 I realized that when I read of Schweitzer's arrest in the morning papers. 504 00:43:05,807 --> 00:43:08,000 Allow me to congratulate you. 505 00:43:08,001 --> 00:43:10,601 You can congratulate Miss Withers. 506 00:43:10,602 --> 00:43:13,302 After you've explained this. 507 00:43:15,403 --> 00:43:18,403 Well? You recognize your own handwriting, don't you? 508 00:43:18,404 --> 00:43:19,600 Why, uh... 509 00:43:19,601 --> 00:43:25,501 Um, ask him what he was doing in Louise Halloran's apartment last night, Inspector. 510 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,382 She's trying to frame me! 511 00:43:27,383 --> 00:43:30,583 Do you talk or do I let the boys go to work on you? 512 00:43:33,684 --> 00:43:35,284 I'll talk. 513 00:43:35,285 --> 00:43:36,685 That's better. 514 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,226 Now, you sort of liked Louise Halloran, didn't you? 515 00:43:39,227 --> 00:43:41,400 No, I hated her. 516 00:43:41,401 --> 00:43:44,600 So, you had a funny way of showing it. 517 00:43:44,601 --> 00:43:48,500 - "My own beloved Louise". - I thought I loved her then. 518 00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:52,000 But when I tried to end it, she refused to give me back my letters. 519 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:54,701 She even threatened to turn those letters over to my wife. 520 00:43:54,702 --> 00:43:56,602 That's when you planned to get rid of her, eh? 521 00:43:56,603 --> 00:43:58,183 That's why you waited for her last night in the cloakroom! 522 00:43:58,184 --> 00:44:00,584 I didn't, I didn't I don't know anything about that! 523 00:44:00,585 --> 00:44:03,285 When was it you thought you were in love with Louise Halloran? 524 00:44:03,286 --> 00:44:05,000 I'm not accountable to this woman. 525 00:44:05,001 --> 00:44:08,301 - I refuse to answer. - Come on, come on, when was it? 526 00:44:09,502 --> 00:44:11,302 Last summer. 527 00:44:11,303 --> 00:44:13,253 When she was visiting my camp. 528 00:44:13,254 --> 00:44:16,354 Right under your wife's nose. 529 00:44:16,555 --> 00:44:18,500 When did you stop loving her? 530 00:44:18,901 --> 00:44:23,100 When I discovered that she was involved with Addison Stevens. 531 00:44:24,401 --> 00:44:26,201 Oh... 532 00:44:28,802 --> 00:44:30,900 Well, what about it, Stevens? 533 00:44:30,901 --> 00:44:33,101 Looks kind of bad for you, doesn't it? 534 00:44:33,102 --> 00:44:36,502 I never heard of a man killing a girl because she loved him, did you? 535 00:44:37,603 --> 00:44:41,453 No, I can't say that I ever did. Now, if she killed you... 536 00:44:41,454 --> 00:44:44,764 But she didn't! And I for one can think of better things to do than... 537 00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:46,165 Such as what? 538 00:44:46,166 --> 00:44:49,166 Well, for one thing, I'm going to search the cellar again. 539 00:44:49,667 --> 00:44:52,000 Still hopping on that cellar, huh? 540 00:44:52,701 --> 00:44:56,201 I am! If Otto Schweitzer could appear and disappear in the cellar, 541 00:44:56,202 --> 00:45:00,402 - so could the murderer. - Oh, relax, Hildegarde, relax. 542 00:45:03,603 --> 00:45:05,700 Alright, you three can go home now. 543 00:45:05,701 --> 00:45:09,000 But the first one that tries to skip town goes to the lock-up. 544 00:45:09,301 --> 00:45:11,201 Get them out of here, Smiley. 545 00:45:18,402 --> 00:45:21,382 - Such a pretty girl too. - What's that? 546 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,600 Oh, nothing at all, nothing at all, Inspector. 547 00:45:25,101 --> 00:45:27,701 Alright, boys, that's all. You can go to the Station House. 548 00:45:30,302 --> 00:45:32,602 Now let's look at the facts. 549 00:45:33,503 --> 00:45:36,303 We've got good grounds for suspicion against those three... 550 00:45:36,304 --> 00:45:38,404 ...and a clear case against Schweitzer. 551 00:45:38,999 --> 00:45:40,705 That makes four. 552 00:45:40,706 --> 00:45:43,106 All we've got to do is pick out the right one. 553 00:45:43,107 --> 00:45:45,907 You might try eeny-meeny-miny-moe. 554 00:45:50,988 --> 00:45:53,608 - Hello, Inspector. - Hello, Doc, did you get anything? 555 00:45:53,609 --> 00:45:54,609 Oh, nothing much, 556 00:45:54,610 --> 00:45:57,710 except the fact that it's one of the most unnecessary murders I've ever known. 557 00:45:57,711 --> 00:45:59,511 Aren't most murders unnecessary? 558 00:45:59,512 --> 00:46:02,200 - You remember Miss Withers, Doc. - How could I forget her? 559 00:46:03,501 --> 00:46:05,181 This murder was most unnecessary... 560 00:46:05,182 --> 00:46:09,382 because Louise Halloran was a dying woman long before she was ever hit over the head. 561 00:46:09,383 --> 00:46:10,780 Dying of what? 562 00:46:10,781 --> 00:46:12,581 Pernicious anemia of the bones. 563 00:46:13,282 --> 00:46:16,782 One of the least known and most deadly forms of anemia. 564 00:46:17,283 --> 00:46:18,783 So long. 565 00:46:19,684 --> 00:46:21,184 Oh, Doctor. 566 00:46:21,885 --> 00:46:25,000 Was Schweitzer a drunk or just playing? 567 00:46:25,001 --> 00:46:26,301 He was cockeyed! 568 00:46:29,402 --> 00:46:31,202 - That settles it. - Settles what? 569 00:46:31,203 --> 00:46:33,103 I'm going to search the cellar. 570 00:46:33,104 --> 00:46:35,404 You're not going down in that cellar alone. 571 00:46:36,105 --> 00:46:39,105 That's something you have to decide for yourself, Oscar. 572 00:46:44,006 --> 00:46:45,706 Spooky place. 573 00:46:45,707 --> 00:46:47,487 Wish I'd brought my umbrella. 574 00:46:47,488 --> 00:46:49,388 Say, it is dark down here, isn't it? 575 00:46:49,389 --> 00:46:52,289 He says it's dark. Nothing gets by you, Oscar. 576 00:46:52,290 --> 00:46:54,790 You're a born detective. 577 00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,591 - What's that? - Who's there? 578 00:47:09,592 --> 00:47:12,692 Oh, it's just some coal sliding down in one of the bends. 579 00:47:12,693 --> 00:47:15,393 Well, tell it to stop. And don't forget it was in this basement... 580 00:47:15,404 --> 00:47:18,474 ...that someone stepped out from nowhere and struck down Donahue. 581 00:47:18,475 --> 00:47:20,285 We know who it was and he's safe in jail. 582 00:47:20,286 --> 00:47:21,886 I wish I were. 583 00:47:21,887 --> 00:47:24,687 Alright, Smiley, you take this side and I'll take this side over here. 584 00:47:24,688 --> 00:47:26,188 Okay, Inspector. 585 00:47:27,789 --> 00:47:30,100 Oscar, Oscar, what about me? 586 00:47:32,301 --> 00:47:34,400 Why don't you go home? 587 00:47:34,401 --> 00:47:37,401 Not I. I started this search I'm going through with it. 588 00:47:37,402 --> 00:47:40,072 Got any matches? I'll go down the middle here. 589 00:47:40,073 --> 00:47:43,573 And when I light a match you'll know I've seen something. 590 00:47:43,574 --> 00:47:45,974 Darn decent of you to keep us posted. 591 00:48:21,775 --> 00:48:26,175 My last match. Oh, I've dropped it! 592 00:48:29,376 --> 00:48:31,300 Oh! What's the matter? 593 00:48:31,301 --> 00:48:32,600 Who turned out those lights? 594 00:48:32,601 --> 00:48:34,561 Who put out the lights? Smiley, where are you? 595 00:48:34,562 --> 00:48:36,662 I'm in the coal bin, Inspector. 596 00:48:42,063 --> 00:48:44,363 Why did I drop that match? 597 00:48:45,564 --> 00:48:47,864 Over here, Smiley, over this way, bring that light. 598 00:48:47,865 --> 00:48:49,965 - Hildegarde, where are you? - Here. 599 00:48:50,866 --> 00:48:52,466 What's happened? 600 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:54,567 Nothing's happened! 601 00:48:54,568 --> 00:48:55,568 Oh. 602 00:48:59,669 --> 00:49:01,469 Well, for the love of... 603 00:49:02,570 --> 00:49:05,770 Right... right where my head would have been... 604 00:49:05,771 --> 00:49:08,571 ...if I hadn't stooped down to look for my match. 605 00:49:11,772 --> 00:49:14,672 No, there may be fingerprints on it. 606 00:49:14,673 --> 00:49:16,800 Smiley, quick, get up those stairs. Somebody's down here. 607 00:49:16,801 --> 00:49:18,901 - And turn on those lights! - Okay! 608 00:49:19,802 --> 00:49:21,902 Oscar Piper, you stay right here! 609 00:49:22,303 --> 00:49:25,603 Whoever it was didn't go towards the stairs anyway. 610 00:49:25,604 --> 00:49:27,104 They went that way. 611 00:49:32,405 --> 00:49:35,605 Well, this proves one thing. Schweitzer's innocent. 612 00:49:35,606 --> 00:49:38,406 He couldn't very well have thrown this hatchet from his prison cell. 613 00:49:38,407 --> 00:49:42,907 - Well, he had an accomplice. - Oh, honestly, Oscar Piper! 614 00:49:42,908 --> 00:49:47,848 I sometimes thinks if that so-called bulldog spirit of yours is just plain mule. 615 00:49:47,849 --> 00:49:49,949 Well, at least the mule's got a mind of his own. 616 00:49:50,450 --> 00:49:52,200 Well, come on, have you had enough of this place? 617 00:49:52,201 --> 00:49:53,700 Not at all. 618 00:49:54,401 --> 00:49:56,700 Someone doesn't want us to finish this search. 619 00:49:56,701 --> 00:49:58,901 And that's just what we're going to do. 620 00:50:00,202 --> 00:50:02,300 I gotta admit you can take it. 621 00:50:02,301 --> 00:50:05,771 Hm, and don't forget, when necessary I can dish it out too. 622 00:50:05,772 --> 00:50:06,972 I wish you'd let me forget it. 623 00:50:06,973 --> 00:50:08,900 Smiley, bring that flashlight of yours over here. 624 00:50:08,901 --> 00:50:10,301 Okay, Inspector. 625 00:50:13,002 --> 00:50:15,482 Now stand by the stairs and quit okaying me. 626 00:50:15,483 --> 00:50:17,783 - Okay, Inspector. - Come on. 627 00:50:26,484 --> 00:50:30,684 Ugh, I have a feeling there are a lot of thick, hairy bugs all around us. 628 00:50:33,785 --> 00:50:36,685 Look. Straw. 629 00:50:36,686 --> 00:50:38,986 Straw! That's it! 630 00:50:38,987 --> 00:50:41,787 That's what was in Schweitzer's eyebrows. 631 00:50:41,788 --> 00:50:45,000 Oh, I suppose you're gonna tell me now he took the gal on a straw ride. 632 00:50:45,301 --> 00:50:49,701 Say, doesn't this all look new to you? 633 00:50:49,702 --> 00:50:53,102 New or old, nobody can escape through a solid wall. 634 00:50:53,103 --> 00:50:54,703 I was sure. 635 00:50:54,704 --> 00:50:58,704 I was sure that straw would lead to a hiding place with a secret exit. 636 00:50:59,605 --> 00:51:01,605 Oh! I... 637 00:51:01,999 --> 00:51:03,206 The ceiling moved! 638 00:51:03,407 --> 00:51:05,107 It lifted when I hit it. 639 00:51:05,708 --> 00:51:07,808 Oscar, help me, help me, quick! 640 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,229 - I'm going up here. - Just a minute. 641 00:51:14,230 --> 00:51:16,999 This is one time when it's going to be ladies last. 642 00:51:22,980 --> 00:51:26,200 Well I'll be. Hey, you ought to get a load of this. 643 00:51:26,201 --> 00:51:28,571 Well, I will if you get a load of me. 644 00:51:34,502 --> 00:51:36,200 Up you come. 645 00:51:37,201 --> 00:51:39,000 Well help yourself! 646 00:51:56,201 --> 00:51:59,791 Why, this isn't the school building at all! 647 00:51:59,892 --> 00:52:01,392 I'll say it isn't. 648 00:52:01,393 --> 00:52:03,693 That accounts for that new wall down there. 649 00:52:04,194 --> 00:52:06,254 Schweitzer dug an extension under the warehouse. 650 00:52:06,255 --> 00:52:08,255 Didn't you say there was a warehouse next to the school? 651 00:52:08,256 --> 00:52:10,556 Well, I didn't know it was a liquor warehouse. 652 00:52:16,657 --> 00:52:19,700 Oh, boy, the real McCoy. 653 00:52:19,701 --> 00:52:21,500 Bonded stuff. 654 00:52:21,501 --> 00:52:24,601 Duggan's Dew of Kirkintilloch. 655 00:52:24,602 --> 00:52:28,702 Hm, so this is where Schweitzer got his lowdown. 656 00:52:28,703 --> 00:52:31,443 It was Schweitzer who sold Louise Halloran her liquor. 657 00:52:31,444 --> 00:52:34,700 And it was here that Schweitzer hid out after he killed Louise Halloran. 658 00:52:34,701 --> 00:52:36,601 Then who threw the hatchet? 659 00:52:36,602 --> 00:52:38,702 Must have been someone who knew the school. 660 00:52:38,703 --> 00:52:41,303 And somebody that knew you was in the cellar. 661 00:52:42,504 --> 00:52:44,204 Oh, let's get out of here. 662 00:52:47,005 --> 00:52:49,225 Smells like my uncle Henry used to smell... 663 00:52:49,226 --> 00:52:51,700 ...when my mother wouldn't let me kiss him good night. 664 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:54,201 Lead on fair lady. 665 00:52:59,302 --> 00:53:01,902 - Have I got to go down here again? - Go ahead. 666 00:53:01,903 --> 00:53:04,703 Now Oscar, this is no time for fooling! 667 00:53:04,704 --> 00:53:08,204 Oh, relax, Hildegarde, relax! 668 00:53:14,505 --> 00:53:16,700 Well, what do we know now we didn't know before? 669 00:53:16,701 --> 00:53:18,600 We know Schweitzer isn't the murderer. 670 00:53:18,601 --> 00:53:20,700 He couldn't have thrown the hatchet. 671 00:53:20,701 --> 00:53:24,891 Extra! Extra! Schweitzer escapes police! Read all about it! 672 00:53:24,892 --> 00:53:26,592 Hey, come here. 673 00:53:30,593 --> 00:53:32,893 Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 674 00:53:36,094 --> 00:53:38,094 At large several hours. 675 00:53:38,995 --> 00:53:41,195 So he couldn't have thrown the hatchet. 676 00:53:42,096 --> 00:53:43,996 Mule, am I? 677 00:53:44,497 --> 00:53:46,397 Well go on, say it. 678 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:49,999 Have a cigar, Hildegarde. 679 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:00,600 That's not Donahue, that's the invisible man. 680 00:54:00,601 --> 00:54:04,201 I didn't get invisible soon enough, that's the only trouble. 681 00:54:09,002 --> 00:54:10,802 Get Schweitzer yet? 682 00:54:11,603 --> 00:54:14,603 Well, I'll tell you about that. We have and we haven't. 683 00:54:14,604 --> 00:54:17,204 I get it. You haven't. 684 00:54:17,805 --> 00:54:19,705 That about sums it up. 685 00:54:20,206 --> 00:54:23,706 How's the brain today? Remember any more of what happened in the cellar? 686 00:54:23,707 --> 00:54:26,707 Well, I remember a sound behind me... 687 00:54:26,708 --> 00:54:29,308 ...and a crack, that was my head. 688 00:54:30,909 --> 00:54:32,409 That's all. 689 00:54:33,610 --> 00:54:36,210 Can't send anybody to the chair on that evidence. 690 00:54:36,911 --> 00:54:40,211 - Inspector, Mr. Van Blum to see you. - Hello, Max. 691 00:54:41,312 --> 00:54:45,200 - Nothing new? - Nothing, except what we know already. 692 00:54:45,601 --> 00:54:50,301 The dead girl had been suffering from pernicious anemia of the bones. 693 00:54:50,302 --> 00:54:52,202 Could that have been caused by a poison? 694 00:54:52,703 --> 00:54:55,203 - It isn't likely. - But it's possible, isn't it? 695 00:54:55,204 --> 00:54:57,504 I... I couldn't help hearing. 696 00:54:57,505 --> 00:54:59,800 Oh, Hildegarde, you remember Max. 697 00:54:59,801 --> 00:55:01,601 He helped us out on the Penguin Pool Murder. 698 00:55:01,602 --> 00:55:03,102 I certainly do. 699 00:55:04,603 --> 00:55:07,983 - He's the very man I want to see. - You're a very lucky man, Professor. 700 00:55:07,984 --> 00:55:10,784 I'm sure. And what can I do for you, Miss Withers? 701 00:55:10,785 --> 00:55:14,085 Suppose I were to drink a glass of gasoline or benzine. 702 00:55:14,086 --> 00:55:17,086 - What would happen? - She means what wouldn't happen, Max. 703 00:55:17,087 --> 00:55:21,587 I should think by now, Oscar Piper, that you'd know that I mean what I know. I mean, that I... 704 00:55:21,700 --> 00:55:24,000 Well, what would happen, Professor? 705 00:55:24,001 --> 00:55:26,900 Well, your stomach would reject the fluid instantly. 706 00:55:26,901 --> 00:55:31,101 But suppose it was given in small doses, drop by drop? 707 00:55:31,102 --> 00:55:33,602 Hm, that's a very clever question, Miss Withers. 708 00:55:33,603 --> 00:55:35,203 Now, last year in Paris, 709 00:55:35,204 --> 00:55:40,150 Prof. Landru gave small daily doses of benzine to a little monkey... 710 00:55:40,151 --> 00:55:42,251 - ...over a period of two weeks. - What happened? 711 00:55:42,252 --> 00:55:45,752 The monkey died of pernicious anemia of the bones. 712 00:55:45,753 --> 00:55:48,983 The disease that would have killed Louise Halloran had she not been murdered. 713 00:55:48,984 --> 00:55:49,984 Exactly. 714 00:55:49,985 --> 00:55:53,185 Hey, what are them two talking about, for the love of Mike? 715 00:55:53,186 --> 00:55:55,886 What do you care? You're lucky they're not both in bed with you. 716 00:55:55,887 --> 00:55:58,700 One more question, Professor. About ants. 717 00:55:58,818 --> 00:56:00,588 Now she's got ants. 718 00:56:00,589 --> 00:56:03,000 Don't be vulgar, Inspector! 719 00:56:04,501 --> 00:56:07,601 Is there any poison that would be instantly fatal to an ant... 720 00:56:07,602 --> 00:56:10,602 ...but which she would enjoy drinking? 721 00:56:10,703 --> 00:56:12,453 Let me see, um... 722 00:56:12,454 --> 00:56:15,154 - Kerosene, for instance. - Or benzine? 723 00:56:15,155 --> 00:56:17,855 Yes, any petroleum derivative. 724 00:56:17,856 --> 00:56:21,656 And you can conceal the strong taste of such a poison in liquor? 725 00:56:21,657 --> 00:56:23,397 - Couldn't you? - You could. 726 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,558 If the drink was brought out during Prohibition. 727 00:56:27,759 --> 00:56:29,759 Benzine... 728 00:56:30,660 --> 00:56:32,330 liquor... 729 00:56:32,531 --> 00:56:34,331 ants... 730 00:56:42,232 --> 00:56:44,032 Eureka! I've got it! 731 00:56:44,033 --> 00:56:48,599 - Eureka, she's got it. - I know who killed Louise Halloran. 732 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:50,600 - I know it! - Well, who was it? 733 00:56:50,801 --> 00:56:52,881 Never you mind who it was. Yet. 734 00:56:52,882 --> 00:56:57,232 Never I mind? Say, what do you think I'm doing in this job, designing the costumes? 735 00:56:57,233 --> 00:56:59,900 You're just the man who gives out announcements to the newspapers. 736 00:56:59,901 --> 00:57:03,761 And you're going to give an announcement that Donahue has recovered his memory. 737 00:57:03,762 --> 00:57:06,000 Oh, I am, am I? What's that gonna get us? 738 00:57:06,001 --> 00:57:10,401 If you were the murderer and you read that Donahue could remember everything, 739 00:57:11,102 --> 00:57:13,482 what would be your next plan about Donahue? 740 00:57:13,483 --> 00:57:15,883 I suppose I'd really set out to bump him off. 741 00:57:15,884 --> 00:57:18,700 Well, that's exactly what the murderer will try to do. 742 00:57:18,701 --> 00:57:20,651 Say, wait a minute, don't I have a vote in this? 743 00:57:20,652 --> 00:57:24,352 All you do is wait. The murderer will do all the work. 744 00:57:24,353 --> 00:57:27,653 - Come on, Oscar. - That's not a bad idea at that. 745 00:57:27,654 --> 00:57:29,454 Flatterer. 746 00:57:29,455 --> 00:57:31,955 Hey, wait a minute! Inspec... 747 00:57:31,956 --> 00:57:35,056 Miss Wi... Will you pl.. wait a minute! 748 00:57:41,257 --> 00:57:43,757 Extra! School murder sensation! 749 00:57:43,758 --> 00:57:47,408 Slayer identified! Extry! 750 00:57:47,409 --> 00:57:50,000 All about the big school murder! 751 00:58:21,401 --> 00:58:24,881 Let go of my arm! This is an outrage! 752 00:58:24,882 --> 00:58:26,882 I demand to be released! 753 00:58:27,383 --> 00:58:29,283 Where is your warrant for my arrest? 754 00:58:29,284 --> 00:58:31,484 You wouldn't arrest a man without a warrant, would you, officer? 755 00:58:31,485 --> 00:58:34,685 Arrest him? Why, I just used a little persuasion. 756 00:58:34,686 --> 00:58:36,486 Assault and battery is more like it. 757 00:58:36,987 --> 00:58:40,787 Officer, I warn you, stand aside... atchoo! 758 00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:42,400 What's going on here? 759 00:58:42,401 --> 00:58:45,500 He was all piped and ready to skip town when I called at the house. 760 00:58:45,501 --> 00:58:49,401 Uh, nothing of the kind... I had a little quarrel with my wife. 761 00:58:49,402 --> 00:58:53,300 - And I was going to a hotel? - The wages of sin, Mr. MacFarland. 762 00:58:53,701 --> 00:58:55,901 Well, folks, the party's off anyway. 763 00:58:55,902 --> 00:58:59,402 The excitement was too much for poor old Donahue. 764 00:58:59,403 --> 00:59:03,603 They've given him a hypo and he'll be dead to the world till morning. 765 00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,204 Well, of all the nerve, after keeping us waiting for an hour. 766 00:59:08,205 --> 00:59:10,200 Sorry, can't be helped. 767 00:59:10,201 --> 00:59:12,000 We'll let you know when we want you again. 768 00:59:12,001 --> 00:59:14,301 - Does that mean that we may go? - You may. 769 00:59:14,302 --> 00:59:15,302 But... 770 00:59:15,603 --> 00:59:19,000 Don't let me catch you trying to register at the Martha Washington. 771 00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:27,301 Thank you. 772 00:59:27,452 --> 00:59:29,252 Hey, how about ditching the boyfriend... 773 00:59:29,273 --> 00:59:31,783 ...and having a bowl of chop suey with me later, huh? 774 00:59:31,784 --> 00:59:33,884 Certainly not. 775 00:59:36,285 --> 00:59:37,585 Smiley. 776 00:59:37,686 --> 00:59:40,286 Those two look kind of jumpy to me, better keep your eye on them. 777 00:59:40,287 --> 00:59:41,787 Yes, sir! 778 00:59:42,788 --> 00:59:46,088 I'll bet you'd have a detective along on your own honeymoon. 779 00:59:46,089 --> 00:59:47,989 Well, it might not be bad at that. 780 00:59:48,790 --> 00:59:52,280 How did you like my acting when I pulled that poor Donahue stuff? 781 00:59:52,281 --> 00:59:55,181 Very good, very good. 782 00:59:55,182 --> 00:59:57,002 I ought to be a detective in the movies. 783 00:59:57,003 --> 01:00:01,103 You could do all the acting, and the author could solve the crime. 784 01:00:02,304 --> 01:00:04,804 Some day I'm gonna write a good murder of my own. 785 01:00:04,805 --> 01:00:07,605 Relax, Oscar, relax. 786 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,706 Well! Congratulations, Mr. Donahue. 787 01:00:27,707 --> 01:00:31,307 The murderer should be on his way here by now. 788 01:00:31,308 --> 01:00:34,108 If we played our cards right, he thinks you're out cold. 789 01:00:34,109 --> 01:00:35,580 Easy pickings. 790 01:00:35,581 --> 01:00:38,481 But it may not be a he murderer, you know, Oscar. 791 01:00:38,482 --> 01:00:41,002 It might be a lady. 792 01:00:41,003 --> 01:00:43,403 What are you trying to do, arouse my chivalry? 793 01:00:43,404 --> 01:00:45,780 I think I'll get well quicker at home! 794 01:00:45,781 --> 01:00:47,981 Get back in that bed! 795 01:00:47,982 --> 01:00:50,202 Get back and go to sleep. 796 01:00:50,203 --> 01:00:51,503 Sleep! 797 01:00:51,704 --> 01:00:55,600 You might try counting sheep jumping over a fence. 798 01:00:55,601 --> 01:00:58,301 Did you arrange about the floor nurses, Oscar? 799 01:00:58,302 --> 01:01:00,200 They're to leave their desks every half hour or so... 800 01:01:00,201 --> 01:01:01,501 ...so as to leave the halls empty. 801 01:01:01,502 --> 01:01:05,102 Good... Hm, this water ought to look like medicine. 802 01:01:11,503 --> 01:01:12,903 Let go. Let... 803 01:01:16,304 --> 01:01:18,704 Inspector! Did you bring your rod? 804 01:01:18,705 --> 01:01:21,105 This is one time when I wouldn't be without it. 805 01:01:22,406 --> 01:01:26,006 - What about this light cord? - Okay. 806 01:01:39,807 --> 01:01:41,980 Now remember, Oscar, no matter what happens... 807 01:01:41,981 --> 01:01:46,481 don't turn on that light or come out of the closet till I call your name. 808 01:01:46,682 --> 01:01:47,700 Get it? 809 01:01:47,701 --> 01:01:48,901 Got it. 810 01:01:51,802 --> 01:01:54,402 - Yoo-hoo, yoo-hoo. - Ahh! 811 01:01:57,003 --> 01:01:59,900 Now lie down, go to sleep. 812 01:02:00,201 --> 01:02:01,900 Like a good boy. 813 01:02:03,401 --> 01:02:04,701 There! 814 01:02:06,902 --> 01:02:10,302 Breathe deeply and heavenly, Donahue. 815 01:02:10,303 --> 01:02:13,000 Remember, you're supposed to be in a state of coma. 816 01:02:22,601 --> 01:02:24,701 Well, here goes. 817 01:03:08,102 --> 01:03:14,102 23.301, 23.302, 23.303... 818 01:03:14,103 --> 01:03:15,203 23... 819 01:03:17,604 --> 01:03:24,804 23.304, 23.305, 23.306, 23... 820 01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:45,600 Os... Oscar, Oscar! 821 01:04:45,601 --> 01:04:47,301 Put'em up, Schweitzer! 822 01:04:49,202 --> 01:04:52,952 No janitor this time, Inspector. We're catching them bigger this season. 823 01:04:52,953 --> 01:04:55,253 You know Mr. Stevens, I believe? 824 01:04:55,254 --> 01:04:58,000 The Inspector was inclined to overlook me from the start. 825 01:04:58,001 --> 01:05:02,000 It'll be my pleasure to give you my undivided attention from now on. 826 01:05:02,001 --> 01:05:04,301 You ought to thank the lady, Inspector. 827 01:05:04,302 --> 01:05:08,800 Why, if it wasn't for her, Janie and I'd be packing out trunks for a cruise to paradise. 828 01:05:08,801 --> 01:05:12,700 You're going on a cruise, my boy, but it'll be a cruise to nowhere. 829 01:05:12,701 --> 01:05:14,700 Maybe you're right, Inspector. 830 01:05:14,701 --> 01:05:16,800 And the sooner I'm on my way, the better. 831 01:05:17,701 --> 01:05:21,081 Hey, you can't do that! You can't cheat the chair... I'll get a doctor. 832 01:05:21,082 --> 01:05:22,682 Oscar! Oscar! 833 01:05:22,999 --> 01:05:25,183 This is my doing. Let it end my way. 834 01:05:25,184 --> 01:05:29,200 The hemlock cup was invented centuries before the electric chair. 835 01:05:34,501 --> 01:05:36,301 Why did you do it, Stevens? 836 01:05:39,702 --> 01:05:41,102 The motive. 837 01:05:41,803 --> 01:05:44,103 I guess that bothered you, didn't it? 838 01:05:47,604 --> 01:05:51,004 Well... last summer... 839 01:05:51,705 --> 01:05:54,405 Louise and I were... were married. 840 01:05:56,006 --> 01:05:57,800 Secretly. 841 01:05:57,999 --> 01:05:59,101 and... 842 01:05:59,992 --> 01:06:01,702 she wouldn't... 843 01:06:02,503 --> 01:06:05,103 ...she wouldn't let me go. 844 01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:10,004 It's come back to me now. 845 01:06:10,505 --> 01:06:12,205 Darkness... 846 01:06:12,206 --> 01:06:14,106 Footsteps behind me... 847 01:06:14,807 --> 01:06:16,707 Eyes staring at me. 848 01:06:16,708 --> 01:06:18,508 A hand with a hatchet! 849 01:06:19,209 --> 01:06:23,400 I remember, Inspector! It was Stevens that hit me! 850 01:06:24,910 --> 01:06:28,310 Perhaps now you can remember who shot Lincoln. 851 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:36,611 It's German sinkers! 852 01:06:44,212 --> 01:06:46,100 Well, that's all over. 853 01:06:46,101 --> 01:06:48,901 All over your vest if that's what you mean. 854 01:06:48,902 --> 01:06:51,900 Oh, get away. That was there before. 855 01:06:51,901 --> 01:06:56,800 I mean, uh... Well, we cleaned that case up pretty neatly, huh? 856 01:06:56,801 --> 01:06:59,501 Yes... I guess we did. 857 01:07:00,602 --> 01:07:03,362 Now all I gotta do is run it over on my mind... 858 01:07:03,363 --> 01:07:06,263 ...so when the reporters ask me I can just rattle it right off. 859 01:07:07,364 --> 01:07:10,264 About that library alibi of Stevens'. 860 01:07:10,265 --> 01:07:13,165 Seems to me I handed that over to you. 861 01:07:13,166 --> 01:07:15,466 How was it that that worked out? 862 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:19,467 Well, instead of staying at the library... 863 01:07:19,468 --> 01:07:22,700 ...where he had signed for a valuable book which could not be taken out, 864 01:07:22,701 --> 01:07:25,401 he hid the book, went out, 865 01:07:25,402 --> 01:07:29,702 committed the murder, returned to the library and returned the book. 866 01:07:29,703 --> 01:07:32,800 Just as if he'd been sitting there reading all the time. 867 01:07:32,801 --> 01:07:34,801 Not a perfect alibi, was it? 868 01:07:34,802 --> 01:07:36,702 No, that's why it fooled me. 869 01:07:36,703 --> 01:07:39,603 But just the kind of an alibi most innocent men would have. 870 01:07:39,604 --> 01:07:41,804 Just a moment! 871 01:07:43,705 --> 01:07:45,205 And another thing. 872 01:07:45,206 --> 01:07:47,706 You said you heard Louise Halloran walk out of the school... 873 01:07:47,707 --> 01:07:51,407 ...and you five minutes later discovered her corpse in the cloakroom. 874 01:07:51,408 --> 01:07:55,800 That's why I was sure it wasn't Schweitzer. His feet were too big. 875 01:07:55,801 --> 01:07:58,551 The murderer put on Louise's slippers, went down the hall, 876 01:07:58,552 --> 01:08:01,882 out of the building, tossed the slipper in through the window... 877 01:08:01,883 --> 01:08:04,683 ...from the street and returned to the school. 878 01:08:04,684 --> 01:08:07,744 - Sure, sure. - What do you mean sure, sure? 879 01:08:07,745 --> 01:08:11,200 Well, sure, I was just checking up your theories with mine. 880 01:08:11,501 --> 01:08:14,701 Suppose I check mine up with yours for a change. 881 01:08:14,702 --> 01:08:17,302 What were yours on that music on the blackboard? 882 01:08:17,303 --> 01:08:19,403 - Music on the blackboard? - Yes. 883 01:08:26,704 --> 01:08:29,504 Look, this. What do you make of this? 884 01:08:30,205 --> 01:08:33,105 How do I know? What am I, a crooner? 885 01:08:35,006 --> 01:08:38,206 The first note is A, the second D, 886 01:08:38,207 --> 01:08:41,107 This is repeated, A-D, A-D. 887 01:08:41,108 --> 01:08:44,608 Now, these marks in musical language mean "whole" 888 01:08:44,609 --> 01:08:48,909 So this translation is "wholeD A-D". 889 01:08:48,910 --> 01:08:52,810 - "Hold AD" - Ad Stevens. 890 01:08:52,811 --> 01:08:55,500 Then Louis Halloran suspected him all along, huh? 891 01:08:55,501 --> 01:08:58,601 That's why he had to kill her the way he did. She refused to drink any more of his liquor. 892 01:08:58,602 --> 01:09:01,452 In which he'd been giving her benzine drop by drop. 893 01:09:01,453 --> 01:09:04,553 Hm, slow poison, eh? 894 01:09:04,554 --> 01:09:06,554 Just like I said. 895 01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:09,155 Well, anyway, slow poison. 896 01:09:10,156 --> 01:09:13,756 Well, I guess you and I check up about right on most points. 897 01:09:13,999 --> 01:09:15,457 I gotta be running. 898 01:09:15,458 --> 01:09:17,900 - Just one thing I'm worried about. - What's that? 899 01:09:18,901 --> 01:09:20,501 Janie Davis. 900 01:09:20,702 --> 01:09:23,800 She seemed to love Stevens so much. 901 01:09:23,801 --> 01:09:26,101 She must be suffering now. 902 01:09:28,302 --> 01:09:29,900 I'm going to call her up. 903 01:09:29,901 --> 01:09:32,101 Going romantic on me, are you? 904 01:09:34,402 --> 01:09:37,302 Don't worry, she'll get over it. 905 01:09:37,303 --> 01:09:39,503 Dames always do. 906 01:09:40,104 --> 01:09:43,304 Maybe dames do, but Jane is a lady. 907 01:09:43,305 --> 01:09:46,700 Hello. Hello... 908 01:09:47,201 --> 01:09:49,601 Is that you, Janie darling? 909 01:09:49,602 --> 01:09:51,902 But... who is this? 910 01:09:52,603 --> 01:09:54,553 Smiley North? 911 01:09:54,700 --> 01:09:56,554 What are you doing there? 912 01:09:57,005 --> 01:09:59,055 Having breakfast? 913 01:09:59,756 --> 01:10:01,356 Well I'll be d... 914 01:10:04,757 --> 01:10:07,357 Well, you wanted a happy ending. 915 01:10:07,358 --> 01:10:10,200 My idea of a merry ending is not marrying a policeman. 916 01:10:10,201 --> 01:10:12,700 Oh, I get it. Proposals are out. 917 01:10:12,701 --> 01:10:15,900 Well, a fellow could come up and see you sometime, couldn't he? 918 01:10:15,901 --> 01:10:17,401 Why, Oscar Piper! 919 01:10:17,402 --> 01:10:19,102 Why, you dreadful man! 920 01:10:19,103 --> 01:10:21,303 You get out of here! Come on, get out! 921 01:10:24,104 --> 01:10:26,204 Insulted at my age! 922 01:10:26,205 --> 01:10:28,205 Better late than never, sister. 923 01:10:28,206 --> 01:10:29,999 That will do. 924 01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:42,000 - Subtitles - Lu�s Filipe Bernardes