All language subtitles for Boston.Blackie.And.The.Law.1946.DSR.x264-Regret.Eng

for some of you ladies
when you get out.

And little present for you.

I didn't know Boston Blackie
was a magician.

There isn't a trick
he doesn't know.

Have we time for
one more trick, Warden,

before the Thanksgiviving dinner?

Let's have it.
Good.

Ladies...

You are e now gazing
upon the Phantom Cabinet.

With the use of this box
and three little magic w words,

I can cause anyone to disappear.

I assure you, Warden,
the disappearance
will be only temporary.

Now, I'll need the assistance

of someone in the audience, please.

Who will help me?

(MURMURING

Oh, come, come, ladies.

Surely there must be one of you

who'd lilike to disappear.

I'll give you a nd!

Would you mind coming up
on thehe stage, please?

Why not?

Thank you so much.

May y I ask your name, please?

31329.

Dinah Moran.
Thank you, Miss Moran.

Wod you nd
steppi to the other side
of the cabinet, please?

Why not?

I want to call
your attentionon, ladies,

to the fact that there are
no trapdoors, mirrors,
or secret panels.

Nothing but magic.

And, now, Miss Moran, will you
step in the cabinet, please? e?

And now, we say the magic words.

Knickernker, Pollywacker,
Chingasaw.

Will you help me, please, r?

Surely.

Now, watch closely.

And now, ladies, it'time
to bring Miss Moran back.

So once again,
I'm going to say
the magic words.

Knickernacker, Pollywacker,
Chingasaw.

Single fil back to your cells.

Quiet there.
Take it easy. Walk!

It's a break, Warden.
Meadows called it in
from the South tower.

Who was it?
Coululd they tell?

No, sir. Too dark.
She jumped the garbage truck.

Get everybody back in their cells.

Phone Inspector Farraday
right away!

Tell him I'm sending
Boston Blackie to him
under guard.

Yes, sir!
Why, Warden?

Because he's a lonely man

anhates to eat his
Thanksgiving dinner
by himself.

I'll give you three guesses why.

I hope you know that you have
preventeted my enjoying

a Thanksgiving dinner
in the bosom of my family.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Inspector.

You know,
the two prison guards and I

pa stopped off
on the way down here,

and we had the most
wonderful breast of turkey.

Oh, I suppose,
you imagine that's funny.

Well, you have to think about
it aittle while, Chief,
before you get it.

Homicide.
Inspector Farraday speaking.

Yeah.

Not a trace of her, huh?

Yeah? What?

Wait till I write that down.

Uh, it doesn't make
much sense, but...

Maybe it'll he.
Okay. Thanks.

They found this note under
the mattress of Dinah's cell.

Mean anything to you?

"Lampau is being married
next Sunday."

Well, I don't know, Inspector.
Is it supposed to
mean something?

Oh, why don't you stop
being coy, Blackie?

You know you arranged
the escape of Dinah Moran.

You're talking
through your cheap hat.

Talking through
my hat, am I?
And it's not cheap.

I suppose it was just
a big happy coincidence,

the botrick,
the disappearance,
and the garbage truck.

Well, maybe.
Then again, maybe it wasn't.

You know, you're overlooking
two important little points,
Inspector.

First, I've been giving
that same show
every Thanksgivingng

at the prison
for the past five years.

Now, Dinah Moran knew that.

Maybe, I it fitted in
with her plans.

And second,
her prison record states that

she was formly in show business...

...as a magician's assistant.

It would make it easier
for you two to work together.
That's what it proves.

And why wasn't The Runt with you?

Prisoners make him nervous.

Oh.
Shut up!

What beats me is why
she wanted out so badly

with only six months to go
before parole?

Come on, Blackie, tell m m

How does it wo T?

Get up, Inspector, I can't.

You see, it's against
the rules s the
Magician's Union.

The rabbits might picket me.

I'd like to third deg...

Why don't you let Matthews
hunt for the secret panel?

Why should I let Matthews
hunt for a secret panel?

Becaususthere isn't any,
and then, you wot be
emrrassed.

I'm serious.
And I'm bored.

All right, Matthews.
Examine that box thoroughly.

Come on, Blackie.

Tell me how
she got away, and I'll...

I'll send out
and get you a
big turkey sandwich.

Well, that's very nice
of you, Inspector.

(CHUCKLE

You tell me,
and I'll send out
and get you one.

Do you think I'd be
silly enough to help?

The Warden asked me
to put on e show,

and I asked for somebody
to help me.

You mean, you helped her.

I never saw her before in my life.

You're getting yourself all
confused there, Blackie.

If you want totoee
someone reallyonfused

get a load of Sergeant Matthews.

Matthews!
Get out of that box.

It might interest you
to know, Blackie,

that we have a very fine
amateur magician right here
on the police force.

Good. You'll need him.

Matthews. Matthews!

Will you stayy out of that box?

What watch
is Patrolman Peterson working?

Oh, he's in the, uh...

Oh, in the desk sergeant's office.

I'll go get him. N.

You'll stay here and watch Blackie.

I'll go in and talkk
to Peterson myself.

Beer keep that cheap hat on.

Why?
Your amateur magician

might produce
a ThThanksgiving dner
out of it for you.

The Inspector seems
mad about something.

He ain't happy.

I'm gonna find that
secret panel or know why.

Yeah, you do that.

Let me out of here!
Matthews!
Let me out of here.

Blackie! Blackie!

I'm over here, Matthews.

Oh, I just heard you in here.

It sounded just like you.

It's an old ventriloquial
trick I've learn.
Do you want to try it?

No. I don't want to try
noing with you.

You'd be the hGH of the party.

I'd rather be the hit
of the police department...

All right.

...and keep you re..

Well, Matthews,
you'll never be the hit
of the police department

as long as Farraday
treats you the way he does.

Yeah, I guess
you're right.
Why, sure.

I'm tired of being
the stumbling block for r hi.
Yeah.

You know, I like you, Matthews.

I rely do.
Yeah?

And I have a good mind to...

You got a good mind to what?

...show you
how this box works.

Then you'll have it
all over Farraday,
and it'll serve him right.

No?
Yeah.

Good.

Oh, no,
I'd better not. No.

Oh, come on, Blackie.

Look, you won't need it anymore.

You're gonna spend
the rest of your life
in prin anyway.

Oh, thanks.

Now, you're being mean to me..

Me?
Yes.

And, I think
I'll take my 50 cents back.

Oh, Blackie.

No more tricks, please.

soou'll know how this thing works.

You're really gonna show it to me?

I'm going to show it to you.

You readady?
Yeah.

Well, get in.

Oh, no, you don't, wise guy.

You get in.

All right.
Now, I asked Dinah Moran

to step in the box like this, see?

ten I pull the curtain...
Are you watching?

I pullll the curtain slowly,
like this.

Then, I said the magic words.

Knickernacker, Pollywacker,
Chingasaw.

And I opened the curtain.

What then?

I said, what then?

Oh, Blackie!
That is wonderful!

Blackie! Blackie!
Where are you?

Come out of here! Blackie!
Come out, come out,
wherever you are.

Blackie!

Blackie! Blackie!

Blackie!
Blackie, where are you?

Blackie!
Blackie, where are you?

Blackie! Come out!
Come out or I'll shoot!
Come out!

Blackie, come out!
Come out or I'll shoot!

What are you doing?
Playing marbles?

Come out, Blackie, or I'll shoot!

Get out of there!

I've lost him.
You lost who?

Blackie.
Huh?

He was showing me
how the box worked, and I...

Geout into that hall
and look around.

What did I ever do
to deserve an assistant
like you

You...

Oh! You scared me.

For a minute,
I thought it was Blackie.

I ouought to crown..

There's no one in the hall.
Clean as ahistle.

Now are you satisfied?

All I asked you to do was
to k keep your eyes on him,
and what did you do?

I kept my...
Shut up!

I didn't say anything.

The hit of the party.

Gesundheit!

What are you smoking,
Matthews, corn silk?

Chief! H, Chief!

I got him! I got him!

Chief, I got him!
Good work, Matthews!

Where is he?
He's in the box.

Uh-huh.

But... I saw him there.

And I see you, too, walking a beat,

out in the cntry,
way out in thentry.

Oh, who would want to steal a desk?

Knick... Knickerbocker,
Pollyanna, Saginaw.

Knkerbocker, Pollyanna, Saginaw.

Well, congratulations, Matthews.

You've learned the magigic word.

Oh, thank you. Oh, Chi!

Hey, Chief I got him.
He'sack again!

Now, just a minute, Matthews.

If y're playing another game, I'll.

oss my heart.
He's theres time,
for sure!

He'd better be.

All right, Bl...

But he... He was just ther

Matthews, there's a limit
to humanan endurance.

Uh, maybe, Blackie doesn't know it.

I'm talking abouout yo!
I'm not tired.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

All right, Mr. Whodunit.
Are you coming out?

Okay! WaWatch out
for your head.

Tryin' to give
the Chief the idea
that I'm not bright, huh?

And that...

And that...

And that...

And th...

Come on out!

Come on out!

Come on out!

Did you get him? Did you...

Well, where's the trick box
you wanted me
to analyze, Inspector?

There. There it is,
Mr. Peterson.

Matthews! You moron!
You've destroyed
the evididence!

Say, Inspector.

I was looking outside the window,

and I sasaw Boston Blackie
getting into a cab.

Did you let him go?

No, Mr. Sn

I didn't let him go.

Ex-Sergeant Mahews
let him go!

What's this about Boston Blackie?

I thought he'd strahtened out

Straightened out!

Blackie's like a well-used
telephonone cord.

You straighten it out one day,

and the next, it's tangled up
worse than ever.

In my opinion,
Blackie is too crooked
ever to o straighten ou.

Is it okay to print that y hadim...

Then, he got away?
PTUh...

Mr. Jackson, please sit down.

Look, son, between
yoreporters and my office,

there's always been
a very cordial understanding.

Would you mind not saying
that Blackie has eaped?

The Commissioner
will find it out
soon enough.

Not from me, he won't.

Huh?

Hello? Blackie?

Where have you been?

Well, you've had me worried.
You weren't home all night.

Yeah. Now, listen.
Drop everything and meet me

at the reading room
of the Uptown public library.

Yeah, right away.

Yeah, that's right.
We're hot again.

Will you stop asking
so many questions?

Meet me inin the reading room,
Uptown library. Got it?

Go.

How's about breaking t that
Dinah Moran-Boston Blackie
story, Inspector Farraday?

Please! It would be very
embarrassing to me
just at this time.

Well, it's very embarrassing
to me with my City Editor
just at this time.

He wants to know where Blackie is.

So do we.

This is Callahan.

Give me homicide,
Inspector Farraday.

Well, get it.

Homicide.
Sergeant Matthews speaking.

Just a minute.

It's Callahan.
He wants to talk to you.

Yeah, what did you find out?

Public library, eh?

Good work, Callahan.

Cover that entrance.
We'll be right down.

All right.

e, do Yeah.

Sit tight, and I'll have
a lulu for you!
Come on, Matths.

Shh.

Hey, boss.
Shh.

Do you have to make so much noise?

I...

Hey. What are you
doing here anyway?

I've got to get some
information on a woman
named Dinah Moran.

Hey, Blackie.

You haven't gone and got
yourself behinthe eight ball
again, ave you?

No. Her number is 31329.

Who is this?

There it is.

"Magician and assistant ld
for murder and theft."

"Lampau freed.
Showgi wife held."

"Dinah Moran
gets threers for robbery."

"Police fail to find stolen
fortune in Lampau-Moran case."

Where do we go from here?

We've got to find Lampau.

Maybe she's heading for him now.

You know, you're
even going to make a good
detective somey.

Oh!

Under the table, quick.

I'll have a look around, Chief.

Shh.

It's fun.
I don't see 'em.

Young man,
this is a library where
people are trying to think.

Lady, we ain't here to think.

I can certainly believe that.

Take off your hat.

And that thing in your mouth.

Police department, lady.

Come o on, Matthews.
This is just anoer
wild goose chase.

Hey, Mephistopheheles the Grea!

Come on out, and no tricks.

Blackie! Blackie, my boy!

We, I'm glad to see you.

This is The nt.
This is an old friend
of mine,

Mephistopheles the Great,
alia Bordeaux.

Mr. Me...

It's a pleasure.

Glad to meet
any frfriend of Blackie's.

Say, give an account of yourself.

Huh?
I mean, in a out of town

Oh.

Say, this is quite a little
business you havhere.

Betttt than playing
one night stands
and going hungry.

can always get
a rabbit stew
or a pigeon pie.

Say, sit down. Sit down.

No, I'd ther
wander around,
if you don't mind.

Well, same old pro.

They never change their acts.

They've been using
the same routitine that
I've used 20 years ago.

Hey. Hey. Have you got any l?

Well, certainly.
Honest?

Dishonest.
Oh.

Say, do you remember a fellow...

Oh, uh, what's his name?

Lam... Lampau, that's it.
Yes, Lampau.

Oh, of course.

Of course! Lampau.

He h had the greatest
rope trick in the business.

That's the flow.
Whatever becamof him?

Well, he's around somewhere.

of him for years.

Sort of disappeared into thin air.

Why the sudden interest
in Lpau, Blackie?

Oh, just curious, at's all.

You're losing
your old technique, Blackie.

What's the gimmick?

Well, to be truthful,
I'in one of my usual jams,

and I thout Mr. Lampau
might come in handy.

This is strictly
off the record.
Mmm-hmm.

Honor among thieves.
Ohsure, yeah.

Lampau is playing ate right now.

No?
Hey, wait a minute. I think
you've got that all wrong.

I saw the show yesterday afternoon.

There's a fellow
by the name e of Jani
doing with the magic there.

Jani is Lampau.

Really?
Well, why the name switch?

Oh, he got mixed up in some
murder and robbery deal,

and the publicity, of course,
almost rned him.

So he got a new tag,
and he's packing
them in again.

Runt, this is the biggest
rabbit we ever pulled
out of a hat.

Thank you, old-timer,
for your help.

Come on, kid.
Drop in again, Blackie.

Say, by the way,
don't forget if you have time,
I got a new shipment of dice.

Oh!
Say, h honest ones.

I'll be in.

Get a seat on the aisle,
so you'll be able
to get out in a hurry.

And why can't I go with you?

'Cause I'm going back stage.

I'll meet you at the car
as soon as the show is over.

Now, on the aisle.

Okay, okay, okay, the aisle.

Shall I get it?

No, I'll answer it.
Okay!

Hello, Mr. Jani.

I'm Donovan
of the Backstage Mirror.
Can we have a little chat?

Oh, come in.
Thanks.

This is my assistant, Miss Irene.

Well... Oh, how do you do?

Hello. H Have you caught
our act yet, Mr. Donovan?

Mmm. No, but I'm
looking forward to it.

Won't you sit down?
Thanks.

I have read
the Backstage Mirror
for years.

Good paper.
You have been with it long?

No, only about a mononth.

As a matter of fact,
I don't know one act
from another.

You'll get along a right.

There are just two things
to rememember.

Be sure to spell
the actor's name right,

and say he is great.

We had a wonderful
run in Cincinnati.

Seven weeks to standing room only.

Good. . Where do you go
from here?

We are taking a little vacation.

Shall we tell him, dear?

Wee going to be married Sunday.

No? Wellcongratulations.

- I'll have to jot that down.
- Thank you.

Does, uh...

Dinah Moran
spell her name
with an "H"?

How do you know about her?

What has Dinah Moran to do with it?

You're not going to
drag that up again,
are THu?

You said you knew nothing
about show people.

I don't, but I Ised to be
a police reporter, Mr. Lampau.

Look here, old man.

You evidently know the whole story.

We were divorced.
I have not seen
Dinah Moran in years.

I'm afraid you will.

But she's in the penitentiary.

Well, she was in
the peninintiary up until
a couple of hours ago.

Where is she now?

Well, if I know
anything about women,
she's on her way here.

I should like to speak
to Mr. Donovan alone.

Do you mind, dear?

All right...

Who are you?
What is your rket?

We, I've lost e racket,
but I haven't lost the name.

I'm Boston Blackie.

Boston Blackie!
Mmm-hmm.

Whato you want?

Well, first, I want to prevent
Dinah Moran from taking
a potshot you,

and I want to get her back
to the penitentiary

so the police won't take
a potshot at me.

Did you help her escape?

That's what the police say.

I would not like I Irene
toe mixed up in this.

No, I shouldn't think you would.

So after the trial, I anged my nam

From Lampau to Jani, huh?

Then I met Irene.

And divorced the woman in pson.

What else could I do?

Wasn't there a little bbery
of some hundred thousand
dollars involved?

Well, you shouould know
the police cleared me,

but the public did not.

I had to start all over again.

Irene encocouraged me.
She had faith in me.

She mu have.

I would not want to go on
living wit Irene.

Yes?

Wardrobe.

Hell Miss ran.

What are you doioing here?

Waiting for you to show up.

I wantedo find out how u escaped.

Yore a magician.
You figure it out.

What're you going to do?

I don't know yet,
but I've got a good idea.

Now, as a guo's had
a lot of experiencnce
both in and out,

willou listen to me for a minute?

Go ahead.
I'm ino hurry.

I'm not going any place.

Oh, yes, you are, Miss Moran.

You're going back to your cell.

Who's going to take me?
I am.

You see the police a trying
to pin your escape on me.

There's a lot of thihings
I could explain,
if you'd give me time.

They gave me time.

Three years, and there was
nothing I could explain.

The judge banged his gavel,.

I took t rap.

Get in there, Blackie.

You know, you're not
being very smart.

Shut up. Keep moving.

Yes, ma'am.

And now,
you double-crosser...

Dinah, please, listen!

Where is she?
Who?

You know who.

The woman you're going
to marry on Sunday.

How do you know that?

You want to get news fast,
go to the penitentiary.

All I'm here for
is my share of the monone.

The money
we were supposed to split
after I'd served my time.

I haven't any money.

You're a liar!
Someone stole it.

Sure, someone stole it.
You stole it.

I tell you,
I never touched that money!

I dot know where it is.

I'll give you three to remember.

One...

Two...

Open the door.

Open up.
Let me out of here!

Jani! Jani!

What happened?
I don't know!

Let me out of here!

Jani, are you all right?

Let me ouout of her.

Are you all right?
Uh, just a scratch.

Jani!

Oh, that's not too bad.
You'd better wrap
this around it.

Where'd she go?
Out there.

Jani, open the door!
Have you got a gun?

In the trunk, top drawer.

Jani! Open the door!

w, look.
You were fooling
around with this gun

and it went off
accidentally, see?
Yes.

I'll verify it.

Uh, betteret them in.

Jani!

Jani, are you all righght?
What happened?

I was fooling around
with my prop gun.

It is alwa the unloaded gun.

I shot myself in the wri.

I'll be all right.

Come in, dear.

Sorry to have caused
all this trouble.

Now, tell me the truth.
What really happeneded?

Dinah Moran was here.

at? Where is she now?

She went out the windo
Took a potshot at him.

Fortunately,
it just grazed his wrist.

I feel too upset to go on.

Now don't worry.
I'll do the show for you.

You?
Sure. I know enough
about magic to get by,

if you give me the routine.
I might as well
tell you, Irene.

Mr. Donovavan is the notorious
Boston Blackie.

Boston Blackie!
Now, don't be alarmed, dear.

This time, he is
on our side, I hope.

Anyway, he knows enoh magic
to do this one show.

Uh...
I'll be all right
in a little while.

Take this off,
willllou, Jani?
Yes.

Got some stuff I can make
a beard and mustache out of?

Take this.
Good.

Now, we en with
the milk pitcher trick.

That's the one with the cone,
where you pour the...

Yeah, and the old
cigarette routine.

Irene will cue you.

(KNOCK ON DOOROR
MAN: Fifteen minutes.

All right.

Hey, Chief, look.

Look how big they got
your name in the paper.

Where do you think you are?

I n't seem
to convince you,
Sergnt Mthews,

at we're in aerrible situation!

There's nothing wrong with us, Cef.

I've got e everything covered.

Covered! What have you
t covered besides
the seat of th chair?

Well, I t l The Runt's
hideouts and Black's
apartment.

Whhave you got staked out
at Blackie's apartment?

Officer Callahan.
Calla...

I'm afraid, that's just
another Matthews.

ll, he's a pretty good...

How did it go?
Good. What about you?

Oh, I'm all right.
How's... H's the wri?

It's fine now.
Good.

Jani! I think you ought to
call the police.

No. No. No.
That's the wrong thing to do.

Now, believe me,
I know what's best.

You haven't proved it up till now.

Well, I warned you
Dinah h Moran had escaped.

I didn't think
she'd catch up
with Jani so fast.

She'll try again, too.

That's what I am hoping.

If I impersonate you, Jani,
she'll go after me.

You'll be taking a big ance.

I wouldn't want
anything to happen..

Oh, only for a feways.

You'll get proteion,
and I'll get a cs nce to
clear myse with the poli.

I...
se do, dear.

Come on, what do you say?

All right, then.
od.

Now, you'll have to keep
out of sight.

We'll de out
at a friend's apartment.

What is wrong with my apartment?

Well, Dinah is liable to show up.

Do as he says, Jani.

Don'n't goo your apament tonight.

What about cloes?
You're not going to wear

Jani's turban on t street, are you?

Maybe.

I thought I told you
to wait the car?

You scared me.
I was worried about you,
Blackie.

There were two wagons
and an ambulance went by, and.

This is a friend of mine,
Mr. Jani.

How do you do?
How you do?

How was the show, Runt?
Oh, terrible.

That Jani is slipping.
He's, uh...

What did you say byour name was?

Jani.

Uh, look, Blackie.
I ha got the car parked

right by a fire plug..
I'afraid of a ticket.

We're going to
Harry Burton's apartment.
Come on, Jani.

Make yourself comfortable.

What about your friend,
Mr. Burton?

He's out of town, on business.

Anything youant,
just ask The Runt for it.

He's a swell cook, too.
Well, thank you.
I'm very grateful.

While I think of it,
I wonder whatever happed

to that money that
Dinah was supposed
to have stolen.

I've often thought she
might have been working
with someone else,

someone who o kept the money
after she was sent to prison.

Well, that's possible.

No, thank you.

May I have the key
to your apartment, please?

Oh, but I thought you wanted...

In case Dinah calls,
I nt to be there.

Oh.

Number 10 Mount Street.

Apartment 26.

10 Mount Street, huh?

Do you always wear that ring?

Oh, yes.

Would you let me
have it, please?
Mmm-hmm.

And, uh, the turban.

Of course.

Keep your eyes open, Runt.
He's got a bad scratch
on his hand.

Take care of it,
and make
our guest comfortable.

Yeah, yeah, but who's gonna
make me comfortable?

Inspector Farraday,
if we're not careful.

Look, fellows, as soon as
I have any information,

I'll release it
in the regular manner.

Regulalar manner.

You didn't release it
in the regular manner
this morning.

Now, wait a minute!

I told you I did not give out

any story about Boston Blackie.

No? Well, how did the Gazette
get an exclusive on it?

Look, fellows,
if you'll just have
a littleatience,

I may have something
to tell you soon.

As a matter of fact, I've got...

Hello!

Oh, hello, Mr. Commissioner.

But, Commissioner, I've...

Uh, Mr. Commissioner,
I'll have this case

solved in 48 hours. I...

Yeah, I know, I... I mean...

Uh, but, Commissioner,
I promise you, I'll...

Get out of here.

Get out of here!
All of you!

Scat! Beat it!

I'm going home.
Maybe, a good night's
sleep will help.

could use a little sleep, to Chief.

Go ahead.
Curl up in the wastebasket.

You're gonna beere all night.

Oh, the e precinct reports.
You forgot to look them over.

Yeah. Give 'em to me.

Precinct.

"John Jani,
appearing in magic act
at Orpheum Theatre,

"woundeded in right writ
while cleaning gun.

"Report telephoned in
by theater manager.

"No further investigation.
No..."

Wait a mine.

Matthews!

Do youealize how important this is?

Only because you're excited,
and that's nothing new.

Look in the files there under "L",

and u'll find that Lampau
and Jani are the same man!

Then, you look in the files
under "M", and you'll find

thatinah Moran
was the woman in the case.

Well, if you know all that,
why should I look 'em up?

My dear Sergeant Matthews,
will you sit in that chair?

Now, in your long and colorful
and distinguished
police career

were you ever
called upon to find a man?

Sure.

How did you go about it?

I looked him up in the phone book.

In the phone book!

Look, Jani would not list

his obvious stage name
in a telephonene directory.

To look him up in that

woulbe an absolute
waste of time,
and I'll prove I it to you.

Look here, Jani... "J".

"J..."
It's before "K".

"J..."

"J-A..."

"J-A..."

"J-A..."
Look, "John Jani.
10 Mount Street."

J...
See, I told.d...

Shut up, don't say it!
Come on!

Who is there?

Homicide. Inspector Farraday.

Uh, just a moment, please.

Well, come in, gentlemen.
Come in.

Inspector Farraday,
so nice to see you again.

Oh, thanks.

I'm Inspector Farraday.

Oh, I beyour pardon.

Please, forgive me.
It has been so long now.

Mmm-hmhmm.
And you were known
as Lampau then.

Yes, yes.

An unfortunate incident.

Unfortrtunate for the mn
who was murdered.

Yes...

And unfortunate for you.
Hmm?

er embarrassing

failing to solve a crime.

And I solve all of them eventually.

Did you know
that Dinah Moran had
broken out of prison?

Escaped?
That's right.

But no!
Mmm-hmm.

And she's plenty dangerous.

Why do you say that?

She'd have been released
in six months
for good conduct.

Something important
madedeer break out.
She's after something.

Yes?
Or somebody.

Don't you worry,
Mr. Jani, you're safe

with Matthews
and Farraday on the case.

Well, I feel quite
sure of that, yes.

And thank you for warning me.

Oh, by the way, have a peanut?

Oh, thanks.

It is a litttt trick of mine.

Of course, too simple fory act,

but perfect for him.

What happened to that hand?

I, uh...
I was cleaning a gun.

Always keep a gun
in your dressing room?

Yes.

g
As a matter of fact,
I use it in my act.

Got permit for it?
But of course.

All right. That'll be
all for now, Jani.

And if you hear of anything

that might help us
locate Dinah Moran,

call me at headquarters.

Well, you may be sure I will.

Nice of you
to drop in, Inspector.
Mmm-hmm.

Possibly we could have
lunch together sometime?

Oh, that would be...
Don't say it!

Goodbye, g gentlemen.

Pancakes are very good
for your butterflies
in your stomach.

It gives them something
soft to sit on.

Come on, sit down.
Uh...

Just like a bulletoof vest,

with maple syrup on it.

Come on, sit down!
can't eat.

Now, what are you worried about?

Blackie's the one
that's in the jam.

Any news

Mmm, not much.

Dinah Moran dropd in last night.

Did you get her?

Well, the only way
I could have stopped her
was with a bullet.

That's right, Blackie.
Never shoot a woman,

solutely necessary.

Now, I am sure.

She is out to kill me.
She resents Irene.

US Well, I I ould think she would.

There's only one
little thing against
the jealousy angle, Jani.

Huh?

She wawasearching
last night, not shooting.

What for?

That's what I want to find out.

I got there in time
to see her rummaging
through a desk.

Irene was in there, do you?

Well, I've had enough of this.

I'm going to cl
the police.
Oh, now listen.

Will you stop
trying to shake
the building down

and tell me what she was after?

How should I know?

Was it the money?

The 100 grand that
no one ever found?

You're crazy if you think
I know anything
about that money!

op it. Sit down.
Give me my keys!

Hey, wait a minute.
Ain't you got
any manners?

I said give me my k keys!

Wait a minute.

You seem to be
very interested
in three little keys.

Hey, maybe
they could b be importan?

Maybe.
They belong to me!

Quiet.

What's this one?

Mailbox.
Mmm-hmm.

How about this?
My car.

And how about this?

Why do you
third-degree me?

Because I'm curious, thatat's all.

What this one for?

I don't remember.

rember, huh?

Well, maybe it belongs ta...

To an old stage trunk
I threw away. I...

Oh, I see. Yououust
carry it around
for ballast, huh?

Runt.
Mmm-hmm?

Keep this pointed
at him till I get back,
will you?

He come on.
Sit down. Come on.

Eat my pancakes.

Go ahead, they're good.

How are you?

I'd like a duplicate
for this, please.

Well, this is quite
an interesting little shop
you have here.

Yes, sir.

I, uh... I suppose,
being an expert,

you can probably tell
what every k key
is for, huh?

I'll bet
you can't figure out
that one of mine.

Yes, sir, I defy any expert
to figure that one out.

Now, uh...
Now, this key here,

I bet that belongs to a truck, huh?

Young man,
do you see thalo?
Sure.

Take a lesson from it.

Thirty yea I've spent
working on locks,

and in that time I've learned

that a man's mouth is like a lock.

When you keep
your mouth shut up tight,

you keep the right things locked in

and the wrong things locked out.

Yeah,
I see. Mmm-hmm.

ecialist,

if you can't tell me
what my key is for.

Who says I can't?

'to say anything. aid

No key so odd
that I can't identnty it.

Uh, you have
a safety depepit box
in the State Bank.

Well, by golly,
you're right. Yes, sir.
Wononrful.

But, uh, what branch?

I'll bet can't tell me that?

Uh, Tenth Street.

I got a customer,
Mrs. Duffy,
s a box there.

Uh, how do know it's Tenth Street?

Because Mrs. Duffy
loses at least
a dozen keys a year.

She dodoes, huh? Look.

You notice on that key
there's very thiline
running right through...

Hey, I'm not through
with that key yet.

Well, neitheam I.

Hey, you forget your change!

Hello, Mr. Jani,
how's tricks?

Standing room only.

Have, uh...
Have you caught
the new act?

It was swell

I'm thinking
out taking the kids
next Saturday afternoon.

Good, good!
Thank you very much.

If, uh... If I did not
have this game hand,

I wod write yoout a pass.

Unfortunately, I was
playing with my gun

and, uh, I g nicked.

Well, that's too bad.

But how are you going
to sign your cd

to get into ur safety deposit bo

Oh, but surely
you will take my wd
for it.

After all, wht the great Jani

would wander around wn
in this silly outfit, huh?

I think we'd betr
see Mr. Andrews,
our new manager.

Yes, ut of course.

Uh, Mr. Jani,
do you have any type
of identification?

Oh, but of course.

My card.

t That's Jani, all right.

Well, uh, just a moment.

Hello?
Oh, Orpheum Theatre?

I'd like to speak
to the manager, please.

Oh, uh, speaking?

Well, uh,
this is Andrews,
the State Bank.

I'd like to know
if anything happened

to Mr. John Jani recently?

Yes?

An accident? I see.

While cleaning a gun.

I see.

Well, I just wanted to make sure.

He couldn't sign the slip
to get into his
safe deposit box.

Thanks.

I hope you don't mind,
Mr. Jani.

Oh.
But, uh,
you understand,

we can't be too careful.

rotecting my interests.

Oh, I... Sorry.
Thank you so much.

Got room for another passenger?

Dinah.

Drive on.

Arenen't you beig rather foolish?

Sure, but I've been
foolish all my life.
Why stop now?

How did you find me?

You should be
smart enough not to ask
trade secrets.

t's have that money.

There's enough here
for a split, Dinah,

and you'll be needing help.

There's no need
for help where I'm going.

Give me that money.

Now, pull up
to the curb down there.

Get out!

What about my car?

You can tell the police
I'm using it
for a hearse.

Oh, cab!

United Nations meeting, sir?

To the Orpheum Theatre,
if you will be so kind.

Come in!

Blackie!

Hello, Irene.

Is everything all right?

Well, that all depends
on what develops.

Dinah Moran turned up
in Jani's apartment
last night,

just as I expected.

And what happened?

She rigged the lights and got away.

But found out
what s she's really after,
$100,000.

I don't understand..

Did she expect to find it
in Jani's apartment?

Well, yosee,
when Dah was tried
for murder,

one of the big mysteteries
was the missing money.

She claims she left it
with Jani and now
she wants her share.

But that can't be.

Jani himself told me
he never had anything
to do with that money.

I'm afraid he lied to you, Irene.

But they cleared Jani completely.

Oh, they did at the time, ye.

But, you see, what really happened,

the police were very stupid.

Because... This is
going to be a bit
of shock to you.

...Jani hid the money.

I don't believe it.

Would you believe
I know where it is?

Never, until you show it to me.

They can't identify money.

You can't link Jani to that theft.

Well, Irene, it was
in thousand dollar bills

and all the numbers were recorded.

That's why Jani
was afraid to use it.

Oh.

Oh, now, comon.

That w't help, really.

But...

He lied to me.

But I'm sure it's for my sake,

for my own peace of mind.

Give me the money, Blackie, please.

Let me give it back to Dinah Moran.

I don't want a penny of it.

to leave us alone.

You know,
that Jani's a pretty
lucky guy

to have a girl like you
feel this way about him.

I love him.

You must give e the money

and let me get in touch with her

and give it back to hersomehow.

Well, it isn't hers, really,
or his, either,
for a matter of fact.

No, as long
as she knows I have it,
she'll come to me for it.

Don'n'you see, Irene,
it's the only chance I have

to turn her over
to the police
and clear myself?

But how do you know
she'll come to you?

ll, she knows I've got the money

and she also knows
I'm impersonating Jani

to keep clear of the cops.

She's been following me all day.

Hello, Mr. Burton.
Hello, Tom.

Where've you been?

Out of town, on business.

Nice having you back.

Thanks.
Nice to be back.

Good night.
Good night, Tom.

Operator, operator,
give m me the police, quick!

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

may I call your attention
to this empty box.

And now, watch closely.

Appafungai!

I have here 100 bills,

each one
of a thousandollars
denomination.

Of course, you think
this must be stage money,

but assure you it's real
and I will prove it to you.

Someone who would
come up and examine
these bills, please?

Oh, come, come.
Nothing to be
ashamed of, bankers.

Ahan expert!

Would you mind coming up
on the stage, please?

Thank you so muc

Thank you so mh.

May I ask your name, please?

Uh, Jones.
Jones!

Would yomind
stepping to e center
of the stage, Mr. Jones?

I, uh... I take it
you must be a banker,
Mr. Jones?

Well, I...
I work for one.

I see.
Then let us call you

the brains behind the

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Mr. Jones, be so kind
as to examine this
$1,000 bill, please.

See if it's real.

Look it l over,
Mr. Jones.

Why, it's... It'real!
Yes, but of course!

And would you mind
looking at those, please

Why, they're real!
All of 'em!
Fine!

Of crse. I told you
I would prove it to you.

Mr. Jones, wouldouold
on to that bil please?

You are sure that's real?

Yes, sir.

All right, Mr. Jones.

Now, what I wantnt you to do is,

puit in the fire, please?

Oh, no, it's...
's ainst the law.

I will protect you.

Please, Mr. Jones.

It's good.
We burn it good.

Hey, Chief.
They ain't allowed
to burn real money.

Oh, stop worrying.
It isn't real.

There we are. Thank you.

And, uh, now, these.

Watch, lads and gentlemen,
thousand dollar bills.

It is a she, is it t not?

Watch them burn,
ladies and gentlemen.

And now, in the box.

Appafungai!

Would you mi saying
the magic words,
Mr. Jones?

Attaslinghigh.

Splendid!

Now, watch, ladies and gentlemen.

You see, they are all restored.

Which simply proves
that rich oror poor,
it's nice to have money.

Thank you so much,
Mr. Jones.

It was a great pleasure.
Thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.

Okay, thanks.

Yeah, Farraday speaking.

Jani murdered!
Why, you're crazy!

Listen, he's right here
on the stage, right now.

That's one t thing I'm sure of.

No, it must be a case
of mistaken identity.

Don't tell me
what I can see
with my own eyes

from where
I'm standing! I...

Yeah, all right.

All right, you check into it, too.

Yeah.

And now, ladies and gentlemen...

Who would like to be sawed in half?

I'm afraid,
if we sawed you in half,

there would be very little left.

In the box.

In the box.

In the box.

This way, this way.

Pardon, ladies and gentlemen.

Oh!

Are you all right?

Jani got knocked off
this afternoon.

Jani, murdered?
I don't believe it!

He's tipping 'em off to something.

Farraday's after you.

He's out on that stage, right now.

You'd better get out of here.

You'rere under arrest,
Blackie, for the murder
of John Jani.

You're under arrest, Runt,

as accomplice
in the murder of John Jani.

You can't fool me.

Curtains!
Draw the curtains!

Open up, Sid.
Don't push.

Now, wait a minute, Matthews.

You searched him, didn't you?

Uh, no.

I turn my back for one minute

to m make a report,
and nothing gets done!

When are you going
to learn ordinary
police procedure?

I want to be distinctive.

You do.

All right, and take off
that false face.

You don'n't fool anybody with that.

Ah, but I did once, remember?

You look...
Don't say it!

Come on,
shell out there.
Empty your pockets.

All ririt.
Let's see
what you've got.

Oh, I'm clean, Farraday.

What have you got
in that Quonset hut?

Nothing.

Maybe we should
take them to the zoo.

Oh, shut up and get 'em in there!

Come on!

Farraday,
you're wonderful.
Yeah?

I've got to hand it
to you.
Well...

Uh...

Shut up! Don't say it!
Come on!

He's hnted.

Here we are again.

No place like home.

Okay, Runt, come o on.
Let's have it.

Now, what happened?

You know,
right after you left
Burton's apartment...

Yes?
...I heardome funny
noises out the hall.

So I opened up the door
and looked out

That's all I could remember,

until she hit me over the head.

Who, Dinah Moran?

Well, who else but?

Well, didn you get
a go look at her?

And the first thing
you know, I saw
Jani laying on the floor

and he was dead, murdered.

So I picked him up
and I put him
in the closet

and went out looking for you.

Well, how did I know
Harry was going to come
back so soon?

I looked all over
for you and couldn't
find you anyplace.

Whe we you?

I was out trying to find
the 100 grand

that I used
at the theater tonight
as bait for Dih Moran.

That was a good idea.

Yeah.

She must be desperate
with that murder rap
hanging over her.

She'll probably ransack
the theater nigh

looking for it,

figuring I'd hid it before Farraday

caught up with m

Look, Blackie,

why don't you let me
ll 'em tt I killed Jani

and that'll geget you ou?

Aw, thanks, Runt.
That won't do any good.

They'll still blame me
for Dinah Mon
being on the loose.

But she'll never find that mon.

Oh, you haven't got
that dough on you,
ve you?

Farraday'll frisk us
all over again.

No, I haven't got the money on me.

I shouldn't do this, lady.

You can have just
about a minute
with him, no more.

Hey, you got company.

You shouldn't have
come down here, Irene.

I on wanted you to know that I...

don't blamyou for what happened.

If only they didn't find
the money on you.

Well, who said they did?

Don't forget that Black's hds

are quicker than Farraday's ey.

Yes, that's right. I, uh... I y
in that magic box,

justefore we sawed Runt in half.

Hey, you got to go,
the Chief just came in.

All right.

Goodbye.
Goodbye, Irene.

Boy, that dame is sures.

If she ever runs
into that dame Moran...

Brother!

Runt, we gottaet out ofere.

Oh, yeah??
Well, just how?

I don't know, but...

Looks as though
weste gogoing to be
in here a long time, Runt.

Yes!
Yes, it does.

How about brushing up
on that mind-reading
routine of ours, huh?

Why...

Yes, I, uh...
I think it's a good idea!

You got a handkerchief?

Yes, I have.

I think I'll get it.
I haven'n't done it
for a long time.

All right. Well, let's do
a little practicing here.

All right. I'll tie this
tightly around my head.

No place to go anyway.

That's right.
Uh-huh.

Now, look, relax.

N N, make 'em easy.
Don't give me hard ones.

No, I won't give you any hard ones,

but you got to remember,
you got to relax.

All right.
Okay, uh...

All right,
I'm going to start
with the first one.

All right.
And try to give you
an easy one.

Mmm-hmm.
I'm concentrating.

Now, think.
Mmm-hmm.

What do I have here?

A tie.
That's right!
It's a tie, is right.

Absolutely a tie!

How do you like it?

It's pretty good.
All right.
No you're ready

for the second one?
I'm ready.

Okay, relax.
Now, concentrate.

What do I have here?

Suspenders.
Absolutely right! 100%.

I knew I'd get it.
That's pretty good.

All right. Now,
this is a toughie.
All right.

You gotta concentrate.
Mmm-hmm.

Okay.

What do I have here?

That has
a familiar ring to it.
It's a ring.

You're absolutely right.
It's a ring!

How do you like that?
Say, that's all right!
How do you do that?

Oh, it's's.
Oh, wait a minute.

I'm going to give him
a real tough one now.

A toughie, huh?

What am I pointing at?

A very handsome policeman.

You're absololely right!

How do you like that?

Say, that's pretty
good, fellows.
Can anybody do that?

Anybody can do it,
if I teach 'em.
Oh, sure.

I taught The Runt
in five minutes.
That's right.

You mean, you could
teach me to concentrate

and read...
And read your mi?
Why, of course.

You don't think
I can see through
the handkerchief, do you?

You got
a lot of holes in it,
don't you?

I have not. Look at that.

Holes in it?
Do you see
a hole in that?

Look.

Hey, that's all right.

You want to try it?
Yeah. Can I do it?

Of course, but come on in.

By golly, I'll try anything once.

Why, sure.
Come on right in.
We're all together.

We've got no plala to go.

And I mean,
it's a lot
of fun and...

Just make yourself comfortable.

Sure. Just...
Just like that.

Show people do that
and I think it's a lot of fun.

Yes, we'll teach you
in five minutes.

There you are.
That's right.

Now, here we go.

Now, loosen your hands,
become relaxeded

That's just... That's right,
relax. That's right,
that's right.

Now, can you see through that?

By golly, I can't!

Can you breathe?
Can you breathe?

Are you sure
you can't see
through that?

Not a thing, no.
Good, good!

Now, in order to relax
and concentrate,

you have to count
up to 20..
Up to 20.

Slowly. Mmm-hmm.
Slowly.

One, two, three...
Oh, no, no, no.

That's too fast.
Too fast.

You see, after you count up to 20,

you realize exactly
what's on our minds.

I can read your minds?
You can read
our minds.

Huh?
Well, that's good!

Now, here we go.

One, two,

three, four, five...
Three, four, five...

...six, seven...
Fine!

...eight... Uh-huh.

...nine, ten, eleven,
twelve... No.

Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,

fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,

seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty.

All right, I'm relaxed
and I'm concentrating.

I'm concentrating.

Hey, fellows!
Hey, fellows!

Hey, you can't't do this to me!

Hey, Chief!

Oh, boy, what a dumbbell!

Hey, Chief!
Let me oututf here!

They'll have
a dragnet out for us
in 10 minutes.

We've got to separate.

Good. I'm going
to go home and rest.

No, you're not!
You're going uptown.

Uptown?
Yes.

Oh, that's some way
to get a price
on my head.

I figure they'll nab me
as sure as you're born.

That's what I'm hoping.

If they nab you uptown,
they'll think
I'm uptown, too.

But I won't be there, you see?

No, I don't.

But I'll go anyway.

Dead about six hours,
shot in the back,
below the heart.

Mmm-hmm, do you hear
that, Burton?

A murder rap
isn't as easy to beat as bookm.

Does Blackie have a key
to your apartment?

Sure he had one.
I gave out lots of keys.

Always open house
at Harry Burtoton's.

Did Blackie know
you were going
to be out of town?

That's right. My friends
didn't expect me back
for at least a week.

It a adds up.

Blackie's going around
pretending he's Jani

�Blackie has a key! which

Do you know something, Chief?

That's exactly
how I had it figured out.

Only I was waiting
for you to speak first.

Well, you never have before.

We just got a flash, Inspector.

ped from jail.

What, again?
Blackie on the loose?

Were you holding him
for murder, Inspector?

No!

Let me get
to that phone!
Me, too!

Uh, it's bent.

It's bent!

Irene.

Well, Blackie, how convenient.

She's deadad.

You've been lookg
everywhere for Dinah.

There she is.

So it was you?

You got rid of Jani, too, huhuh?

Now you know.

So it was you, d not Dinah,

who came to Jani's apartment

the other ninight when I was there?

You think so?

You didn't expect
to find anyone there

and it was your first
good chance to really
search the place.

Can you prove it?

All the time you were
gaged to Jani
you were after the money

You know, Irene,
as a sort of
amateur detective,

I'm rath curus
to know how you
found out about it.

Since you're gng
toay theenalty
for two murds,

I don't see why
I shouldn't tell you.

I wouldn't want toeny
the condemned man
hilast wish.

Well, now, that's very nice of you.

I suppose Jani confessed?

Yes.

t he wouldn't tell me
where he hid the money.

He wouldn't trust anybody.

So you decided to marry him?

But not for love, I can assure you.

When he divorced Dinah,
you needled her
with unsigned nos,

hoping she'd make a break foit

and lead you to the money?

turally.

Then the marriage
wouldn't have
en necessary.

That's very smart thinking.

But there's one bet
that you didn't cover...

Me.

That's a bet
I didn't need to cover.

You lead me to the money
that you hid in the box,

take you away.

Get over t tre.

You know, that thing might go off.

Itight.

Police headquarters, please.

I'll be
a front-page heroine
for catching you.

Oh, sure, yes.

Hello, police headquarters?

Connect me with
Inspector Farraday, please.

Are you going
to tell us what
you were doing uptown?

Mmm-hmm.

Just walking.

Listen, you'll take your last walk,

unt.

Yeah, Farraday speaking.

What?

I'll be right down.

I must be slipping.

I should have known
when you were uptown,
Blackie's downtown.

Come on, Matthews.
You, too, Runt! Come on!

There, have a good
cry for yourself.

Mmm. Lovely.

What is that?

Well, we might as well
be entertained
while we're waiting.

How's about a little music, huh?

Get away from that machine!

Now, now, now, now.
It'll calm your nerves.

Isn't that wonderful?

Shut that thing off!

Yes, ma'am.

You confessed to killing
Jani and Dinah,

and now your nerves are snapping.

If you don't calm down,
you'll give yourself away.

No one, but you,
knows I killed them.

And the electric chair
makes a very
bad witness stand.

Yes, that's right.
It does.

All right, spread out!
Cover all the entrances!

Come here, you Runt!

Get in there. Go ahead!

This way, Inspector.

Hello, Inspector.

All right,
I'll take that, lady.
Come on, Blackie.

There's your murderer, Inspector.

Pretending to help
Jani and me, and...

And all the time
he was after money.

You won't think
it's so funny, Blackie.

I promise you that...
Save y your promiss

until after you've heard
Irene's confession.

Confession?

Why, yes, sugar.
You know that, uh... That
little conversation al had

before the Inspector arrived?

You're wasting your time, Blackie.

Am I? You don't think
I'm fool enough
to get a confession

without being able
to prove it, do you?

Let's see you prove it.

You see, I was
all set to record
Irene's confession

on this recording set-up

because I thought
she'd killed Jani.

Listen.

- You confessed to killig
- Jani and Dinah,

and now your nerves are snapping.

If you don't calm down,
you'll give yourself away.

Watch her, Runt!
All right.
Get her, Runt, get her!

Co back here, lady.

So you don't like hearing
your own confession, huh?

I should have
finished you off, too!

Why not?

You might as well be electrocuted

for killing three people as two.

She had an airtight plan
all worked out.

They always have.
Yeah.

All right.
Where's the money?

Blackie has it. He hid it
in one of the props!

Well, I hate
to disappoint you, Irene,

but I'm afraid
you wouldn't have
found it there.

Well, then, who has got it?

Matthews has got it!

Sure, I plananted t
in his pocket for,

while he was
searching me tonight.
Here you are, Inspector.

Well, I'll be...
Don't say it!

Get out of my sight,
and take her with you!

Of all
the lump-headed lummoxes...

She's such a pretty girl, too.

All right.
Now, I want to tell you
a few things.

All right, Inspector.

The police department
was ju waiting

for Dinah Moran's release,

knowing that
she would lead us
straight to ththis mone,

if she and Jani had hidden it.

So you needn't feel so cocky

about solving
this case single-handed.

I'd have done it myself.

I never ququ on an unsolved case,

and you know that, don't you?

Oh, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!

Well, all right.

Now, let's hear
the rest
of that confession.

You mean, right from the beginning?

From the top.

When dumber inspectors are born,

they'll be named Farraday.

Ventriloquism, Inspector.
What?

It's a great art.
You know, it's a part

of every magician's stock in trade.

And I can do that
and drink
a glass of water

at the same time.

Why...

Oh, come on, laugh, will you?

That's it, Farraday.