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Whispers in the Dark is a classic mystery film filled with tension and intrigue. It follows a fearless female reporter and a detective as they try to uncover a string of mysterious murders in a city shrouded in darkness. Each clue draws them closer to a shocking truth where secrets, love, and danger intertwine. With its strong noir atmosphere, this film blends suspense and drama, keeping audiences guessing until the very end.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00THE END
00:01:30Mr. Harker
00:01:37What's up?
00:01:46What's happened?
00:01:48Somebody is a little drunk.
00:01:53It's Mr. Harker.
00:01:55He's fallen from the back house.
00:01:56Harker?
00:01:57Is he dead?
00:01:58I'll say.
00:01:59Better call the police.
00:02:01Come on, let's pick him up and carry him inside.
00:02:03No, don't touch him if the police got here.
00:02:05That's what he can use.
00:02:06That's what he can use.
00:02:07That's what he can use.
00:02:08That's what he can use.
00:02:10Calling car 14.
00:02:12Calling car 14.
00:02:14In 13th District.
00:02:17At 921 Lake Street.
00:02:20Harker Apartments.
00:02:21Investigate an accident.
00:02:22That's all.
00:02:27What are you doing, Wilford?
00:02:28Reconstructing the accident?
00:02:32I'm afraid I fell.
00:02:33Yes, I'm afraid you did.
00:02:34The next time you do it, see if you can't be a little nearer the edge of the roof.
00:02:39The next time you do it, see if you can't be a little nearer the edge of the roof.
00:03:09If he jumped from here, it would land him just about where he fell.
00:03:14Well, why do you say jumped?
00:03:17Because I'm an inspector and I can say anything I want to.
00:03:27I only thought...
00:03:28I know.
00:03:29I warned you against thinking.
00:03:31You think I'm so dumb I haven't considered the possibilities of a murder.
00:03:35But I have, Wilford.
00:03:36That's why I'm having so much fun.
00:03:38Who's the young lady?
00:03:54If I take her word for it, she was Harker's secretary.
00:03:57Hmm.
00:03:58It must be pleasant having such a secretary living on the premises.
00:04:03I wonder if I could have been wrong about you all this time.
00:04:05Do you know any reason why Mr. Harker would commit suicide, Miss Perry?
00:04:08No. I can't imagine him doing it.
00:04:24Now, now I would...
00:04:25Wilford, why don't you go in with the doc? He might need you.
00:04:27See?
00:04:28Oh.
00:04:29Oh, yes.
00:04:30Yes, sir.
00:04:31Oh.
00:04:32Oh.
00:04:33Oh, yes.
00:04:34Yes, sir.
00:04:35How long have you been working for Mr. Harker?
00:04:36Oh, no.
00:04:37No, no, I would...
00:04:38Wilford, why don't you go in with the doc? He might need you.
00:04:41See?
00:04:42Oh.
00:04:43Oh, yes.
00:04:44Yes, sir.
00:04:45How long have you been working for Mr. Harker?
00:05:05Only three weeks.
00:05:08Not long enough to know much about his affairs, eh?
00:05:11No.
00:05:12Did he always have his secretaries live on the premises?
00:05:22I believe so.
00:05:25Anyone else live here?
00:05:27Any servants or housekeeper?
00:05:31You mean, uh, chaperone?
00:05:35There's only one maid, Augusta.
00:05:38She's a little bit dumb, but very respectable, I assure you.
00:05:41Would you like to meet us?
00:05:43Uh, just a minute.
00:06:00Thanks.
00:06:01Where is your bedroom?
00:06:04In bed.
00:06:05What time did you go to bed?
00:06:07About 9.30.
00:06:08I went to my room earlier than that to read.
00:06:10I heard Mr. Harker go out about 9 o'clock, but I didn't hear him come in.
00:06:17Do you sleep soundly?
00:06:18I suppose so.
00:06:19And you heard nothing?
00:06:20No disturbance until the shriek?
00:06:21Not a sound.
00:06:22No.
00:06:23All right.
00:06:24Let's see the maid.
00:06:25This way.
00:06:26This way.
00:06:27Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:06:32Listen.
00:06:33That's in her room.
00:06:34Heard nothing. No disturbance until the shriek.
00:06:38Not a sound.
00:06:42All right. Let's see the maid.
00:06:45This way.
00:06:54Yes, sir.
00:06:57That's in her room.
00:07:04Oh.
00:07:14Ah!
00:07:16Augusta, are you all right?
00:07:19Yes. No. I am not. There's a man in my room.
00:07:24Where?
00:07:25Oh, he's a police inspector. Mr. Harker's had an accident.
00:07:30No. Was anybody hurt?
00:07:32He's dead. He fell from the roof garden.
00:07:36Mr. Harker? Oh, the poor man.
00:07:40What was he doing, hanging over the roof garden?
00:07:43That's what we want to know.
00:07:45Were you here all evening?
00:07:47Yes, I was. I meant to go out.
00:07:50But I was reading such an exciting mystery.
00:07:53All about a green face that floats up the windows.
00:07:58Can you imagine that?
00:08:00I don't know how respectable she is, but you were right about the dumb part.
00:08:05Outside of green faces, did you see or hear anything?
00:08:10Oh, that's funny. I did. At least I think I did.
00:08:16I was asleep when I heard it.
00:08:17But I was dreaming such an exciting dream.
00:08:22I wouldn't let myself wake up for fear of missing the finish.
00:08:27You could have stayed for the second show.
00:08:30What?
00:08:31Nothing. Let it go.
00:08:33Well, as I was saying, I heard the noise.
00:08:37But I don't know whether it was a real noise or just a noise in the dream.
00:08:42You see, I can hear dreams as well as see them.
00:08:48Where's Wilfred?
00:08:50Wilfred?
00:08:51Yeah. My secretary. I want him to meet Augusta. They have so much in common.
00:08:57What was the noise you may not have heard?
00:09:00It was a sort of hiss...
00:09:04...like that.
00:09:06That settles it. You've got to meet Wilfred.
00:09:10Gee, you're not at all like Phil O'Van.
00:09:14Well, that's all right. You're so much like the maids in the mystery novel...
00:09:18...that I'm almost convinced that Harker was murdered.
00:09:22Murdered?
00:09:26If you're through with me for the moment, I'd like to go get dressed.
00:09:30Sure. Go ahead. But don't leave the apartment.
00:09:36Pleasant dreams.
00:10:06Hello. Inspector Russell speaking.
00:10:09Who lives in the penthouse across the hall?
00:10:11Why, it's vacant, sir.
00:10:13Oh.
00:10:15Who lives in the apartment directly under this?
00:10:17Uh, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Covey.
00:10:19Well, give them a ring and find out if they heard any disturbance up here tonight.
00:10:22...and call me back.
00:10:23Yes, sir.
00:10:24Yes, sir.
00:10:28Oh, sir.
00:10:30Uh, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Covey.
00:10:32Well, give them a ring and find out if they heard any disturbance up here tonight.
00:10:35And call me back.
00:10:37Yes, sir.
00:10:38...is not alone.
00:10:39Ah, sir.
00:10:40Oh, sir.
00:10:42He's going off.
00:10:43Oh, sir.
00:10:48...and you're on the other side of the hall.
00:10:50Ah, sir.
00:10:52Come on, Osteena.
00:10:56Hello, Jim.
00:11:26Oh, hi.
00:11:28Say, listen, Jim, I...
00:11:30Uh, yeah.
00:11:31No.
00:11:32No, I...
00:11:48Hello, Eddie.
00:11:49Hello, Ted.
00:11:50What's the latest?
00:11:51Oh, nothing much.
00:11:52Gang's still waiting upstairs.
00:11:54Why don't you go up?
00:11:55I'm stuck down here.
00:11:57Chief told me.
00:11:58Oh.
00:11:59Say, uh, Eddie, you, uh...
00:12:01You wouldn't like to make a fin, would you?
00:12:03A fin?
00:12:05Ha, ha, ha.
00:12:06This another one of your children?
00:12:08Oh, on the level.
00:12:09One of those upstairs bet me a ten spot,
00:12:11but there was no eagle on a lieutenant's badge.
00:12:13Heh.
00:12:14Do I, uh, collect?
00:12:18According to my tag, you do.
00:12:20Oh, wait till they see that.
00:12:22Heh.
00:12:23I'll give you five bucks for helping me win it.
00:12:26Too easy.
00:12:27Heh, heh.
00:12:28I'll say it is.
00:12:29I'll give you five bucks, gentlemen.
00:12:31Wait a minute.
00:12:32Who do you think you are?
00:12:33You must be a new man.
00:12:34Old enough to know a wise guy like you.
00:12:36Sorry, Lieutenant.
00:12:37Go right in.
00:12:38Don't make that mistake again, my good man.
00:12:39No, sir.
00:12:40Say, what's the end of your head!
00:12:41Oh, I'm from the right corner there!
00:12:42Come on back.
00:12:44Get on back!
00:12:46Come on, look!
00:12:48Oh, look!
00:12:49How do you think you are?
00:12:50You must be a new man.
00:12:51Old enough to know a wise guy like you.
00:12:52Sorry, Lieutenant.
00:12:53Go right in.
00:12:54Don't make that mistake again, my good man.
00:12:55No, sir.
00:12:56Say, what's the end of your head!
00:12:57Aw, come on, come on!
00:12:58Come on, come on!
00:12:59Come on, come on!
00:13:10How is it?
00:13:12Smells all right.
00:13:14How'd you get in here?
00:13:16Power of the prayer.
00:13:20Well, suppose you just press right out again.
00:13:23I thought you might need my help.
00:13:26Not while I have Wilfred.
00:13:28Beat it.
00:13:29All right. You will be sorry.
00:13:40Well?
00:13:46No marks of violence.
00:13:48But it looked like it clustered something as he went down.
00:13:51Three of his nails were broken off.
00:13:53Three of his nails, eh?
00:13:56Wonder how that happened.
00:14:00Did you find any evidence of suicide? Any notes?
00:14:04Nope.
00:14:05Murder?
00:14:06Nope. Nobody heard a sound.
00:14:08Then it must have been an accident.
00:14:11Yes, I guess it was.
00:14:19Pendle 5800.
00:14:22Warning news.
00:14:24City editor, please.
00:14:27Mr. Perkins.
00:14:29Pat Morgan.
00:14:31I don't know enough yet, but you can give it a spread, one of those question things.
00:14:35Was Harker murdered?
00:14:37All right. Give me your rewrite, ma'am.
00:14:43Hello?
00:14:44Pat Morgan on the Harker case.
00:14:45Who?
00:14:46Stop asking questions and take this down and they get stopped any minute.
00:14:49Okay. Go on.
00:14:51You can give it a heading of questions.
00:14:52You can give it a heading of questions.
00:14:53Was Harker philanthropist or crook?
00:14:57Who was the mysterious B, B double E, who telephoned Harker's apartment two hours before his death and said, I've got to see you?
00:15:08Why was Martini, big underworld boss, a frequent and secret visitor at Harker's apartment?
00:15:16Got it. Go on.
00:15:17What was the meaning of the serpent card sent to Harker 12 hours before his death?
00:15:22I have it, but I'm afraid I can't get it to you tonight.
00:15:25Describe it.
00:15:28Picture of coiled serpent in one of her cards.
00:15:31Phonetic spelling of hiss coming from its mouth.
00:15:35Letters clipped from newspaper and pasted on card read.
00:15:39You will hear it.
00:15:42Another question.
00:15:43Was the hissing sound the maid heard the materialization of the threat of the card?
00:15:49And last, was Harker's death accident, suicide, or murder?
00:15:56That all?
00:15:57Okay.
00:15:58Thanks.
00:16:13I thought I told you to get out of here.
00:16:32I'm going.
00:16:44Hey.
00:16:45Hey, get a load of this, will you?
00:17:05Why didn't you send him the dope on that Harker death?
00:17:09But I did, Mr. Perkins.
00:17:10I gave it to a rewrite man.
00:17:11You gave it to the express.
00:17:14I plant you in the spot three weeks before a murder happens.
00:17:17And when it breaks, we're carrying a spread of the European death situation.
00:17:24You're fired!
00:17:36Hello.
00:17:38Close out Pat Morgan.
00:17:41I found it under the rug, ma'am.
00:17:51I found her under the rug man.
00:17:55I found her under the rug man.
00:18:11Oh, so that's what it was.
00:18:19Oh, what a dirty trick.
00:18:22I'll slash his throat.
00:18:25What a low double-crosser.
00:18:30I'll get even with him if it takes my last brain cell.
00:18:33And he knew it would cost me my job.
00:18:35I'll get even with him.
00:18:36And I'll get even, I'll kill him, I'll kill him.
00:18:38Is it somebody you don't like, ma'am?
00:18:42Oh.
00:18:56Help! Help! Help!
00:18:58Lottie!
00:19:00Help! Help!
00:19:02Lottie, Lottie!
00:19:05Help!
00:19:06Lottie, Lottie!
00:19:07Lottie, Lottie!
00:19:08There's a lady there!
00:19:09Who?
00:19:10Miss Cuffer, sometimes blacker than I is!
00:19:13Oh!
00:19:18Oh!
00:19:19I'll see you at the office.
00:19:34Was she strangled?
00:19:36It looks like it.
00:19:40You want to see something interesting?
00:19:41Come here.
00:19:43Does that suggest anything to you?
00:19:53Harker could have formed from here instead of from the roof garden, couldn't he?
00:19:56He not only could, but we believe that he did.
00:19:59That broken pole suggests that someone clutched at the curtain in an effort to save himself.
00:20:02Now, Harker's nails were badly broken, and there are deep scratches in the paneling there.
00:20:17And now we'll talk about you.
00:20:21You don't mind, do you?
00:20:23Of course not.
00:20:25What do you want to know?
00:20:28Do you know a reporter by the name of Ted Rand?
00:20:31Ted.
00:20:33Now, I can see that you don't.
00:20:35Well, he got a lot of first-hand information in his paper this morning, and I can't figure out where he got it unless it was from you.
00:20:48May I see it?
00:20:49Well, did he get it from you?
00:21:05All right.
00:21:07Now let's have a little talk.
00:21:11And then I'll decide whether or not I'm going to lock you up for withholding information from the police.
00:21:19Yeah, Wilfred is on his way down now with a picture of Covey. He's been missing since last night.
00:21:30Broadcast a description of him, and tell Brown I want all the hotels checked.
00:21:35The steamboats, the railroad stations.
00:21:38Send out a general alarm.
00:21:40When you get him, book him for murder.
00:21:43All right.
00:21:49What's your name?
00:21:51Morgan.
00:21:53Pat Morgan.
00:21:54I'm a reporter on the morning news.
00:21:56That is, I was a reporter on the morning news until Ted Rand pinched my story last night.
00:21:59What did they do, fire you?
00:22:00Oh.
00:22:02What was the idea of posing as Harker's secretary? What are you after?
00:22:05Harker.
00:22:06Harker.
00:22:07My editor got wind of some connection between Harker and Joe Martini.
00:22:11He couldn't figure what the town's favorite saint was doing in business with the racketeer.
00:22:14Were they in business?
00:22:15I don't know.
00:22:16I don't know.
00:22:17I don't know.
00:22:18I don't know.
00:22:19I don't know.
00:22:20I don't know.
00:22:21I don't know.
00:22:22I don't know.
00:22:23Harker was up here several times.
00:22:24Always late at night.
00:22:25And always when Harker thought I was asleep.
00:22:26But as far as getting anything definite on him, I didn't have any luck.
00:22:31Well, how about the Covey woman?
00:22:32Her name was B, by the way.
00:22:33It was?
00:22:34It was.
00:22:35It was.
00:22:36It was.
00:22:37It was.
00:22:38It was.
00:22:39It was.
00:22:40It was.
00:22:41It was.
00:22:42It was.
00:22:43It was.
00:22:44It was.
00:22:45It was.
00:22:46It was.
00:22:47It was.
00:22:48It was.
00:22:49It was.
00:22:50It was.
00:22:51It was.
00:22:52It was.
00:22:53It was.
00:22:54Well.
00:22:55That looks like.
00:22:56The world's oldest story.
00:22:58That's why we're after the husband.
00:23:00But what I want to know is about that last phone call of hers.
00:23:04How did you know about it?
00:23:06I listened in on the extension.
00:23:09Oh.
00:23:10What did you hear?
00:23:12A woman's voice.
00:23:14And she said,
00:23:15This is B.
00:23:16I've got to see you.
00:23:18And Harker said,
00:23:19All right.
00:23:20And hung up.
00:23:21Hm.
00:23:22Talkative, Carson.
00:23:23Wasn't he?
00:23:30Has Martini got an apartment here?
00:23:328-0-4.
00:23:34How did you get a hold of the serpent card?
00:23:48Do you think there's anything in it?
00:23:49I'm asking the questions.
00:23:52How did you get hold of it?
00:23:53I snitched it out of his pocket.
00:23:56You've been kind of busy, haven't you?
00:23:58Did you see him when he got it?
00:24:01How did he act?
00:24:02Dad?
00:24:03Puzzled.
00:24:04He tossed it in the wastebasket,
00:24:05then fished it out.
00:24:06Studied it for a few minutes,
00:24:07and put it in his pocket.
00:24:08Where is the card now?
00:24:09I'll get it.
00:24:10I'll get it.
00:24:11I'll get it.
00:24:12I'll get it.
00:24:13Did you find another one?
00:24:14Yeah.
00:24:15Where?
00:24:16Did you find another one?
00:24:17Yeah.
00:24:18Where?
00:24:19In Mississippi.
00:24:20I'll catch it out.
00:24:21Studied it for a few minutes,
00:24:22and put it in his pocket.
00:24:24Where is the card now?
00:24:25I'll get it.
00:24:28I'll get it.
00:24:29I'll get it.
00:24:30I'll get it.
00:24:31I'll get it.
00:24:32I'll get it.
00:24:33I'll get it.
00:24:34I'll get it.
00:24:35I'll get it.
00:24:36I'll get it.
00:24:37I'll get it.
00:24:38I'll get it.
00:24:39I'll get it.
00:24:40I'll get it.
00:24:41Did you find another one?
00:24:42Yeah.
00:24:43Where?
00:24:44In Mrs. Covey's apartment?
00:24:45In the wastebasket.
00:24:50What does it mean?
00:24:51Oh, it's either a threat...
00:24:53...or some fake advertisement.
00:24:54I'm checking now to see...
00:24:56I've been checking now to see if anyone else in the house got one.
00:25:00Well, is there anything else you want to tell me?
00:25:03No, but maybe if I stayed on for a few more days...
00:25:06and went through his papers, I might run across something.
00:25:09And as his secretary, I should help settle his affairs.
00:25:13Don't you think it's a good idea?
00:25:15I think it's a good penthouse.
00:25:17You know, I ought to lock you up.
00:25:19If we'd have this information last night about the Colby woman and her husband...
00:25:22we'd have Colby now.
00:25:24But what's the use of expecting a reporter to tell a cop anything?
00:25:27But I'm not a reporter anymore.
00:25:29And I might run across something.
00:25:31Don't you think it's a good idea?
00:25:33I think you're trying to flirt with me.
00:25:35If I didn't have four kids...
00:25:37and a wife that can lick her weight in wildcats...
00:25:39I might like it better.
00:25:43Go on. Stay here.
00:25:45But don't get the idea that you're smarter than the police.
00:25:48And don't hold back anything that you find.
00:25:51Hello?
00:25:54I think we have Colby for you.
00:25:56What do you mean, think?
00:25:57Won't he admit it?
00:25:58He isn't admitting anything.
00:25:59He's down at the morgue on a slab.
00:26:01What?
00:26:02I'll be right down.
00:26:03What is it?
00:26:04Where are you going?
00:26:05Have you found Colby?
00:26:06Oh, let me go with you.
00:26:08But...
00:26:10But I'm not a reporter anymore...
00:26:12and you can tell me everything in perfect confidence.
00:26:14All right, all right.
00:26:25Mark!
00:26:26Hey!
00:26:27Hey!
00:26:28Hey, Pat!
00:26:29Hey, Pat!
00:26:30Hey, follow that car, will ya?
00:26:35Hurry up!
00:26:36I'm on the prospect of a cab on...
00:26:38Hold on, Maria.
00:26:43Well, I made it.
00:26:53Hey!
00:26:55Hey!
00:26:56Hey!
00:27:01Come on!
00:27:02Well, I'm...
00:27:14Uh-oh.
00:27:19What you all got me down here for? I ain't going in that place.
00:27:25Oh, yes, you are.
00:27:26Oh, yes, I ain't. Can't get me in that place.
00:27:29I done seen one dead body today, and that's enough.
00:27:32It's too much, yes, sir.
00:27:34Well, I don't want you to look at my hand.
00:27:35Dave?
00:27:36Yeah.
00:27:37Nothing doing.
00:27:40Uh, who is the man?
00:27:42Colby.
00:27:43Mr. Colby, Dave?
00:27:45Why, I didn't like that man alive.
00:27:48So what makes you think I'm going to like him, Dave?
00:27:51Why didn't you like him alive?
00:27:52He didn't talk enough.
00:27:54And it's a sure thing he ain't doing no talking now.
00:27:57All he did is sit around and look at the walls, staring.
00:28:00That's what.
00:28:02And it ain't good when a man don't talk.
00:28:05Well, it won't be good for you if you don't get out of that car now.
00:28:07It ain't going to be good for me if I does, so I'm staying.
00:28:10You want me to lock you up?
00:28:12Where?
00:28:13In the city jail.
00:28:14They's alive in jail, ain't they?
00:28:16All right, sir. Lock me up. We're the living.
00:28:20What's the trouble?
00:28:32She won't budge.
00:28:33I ain't anxious to start no trouble, sir.
00:28:35But I just naturally don't like dead people.
00:28:41You the janitor?
00:28:42Yes, sir.
00:28:43You knew Colby beside, didn't you?
00:28:45Oh, yes, sir.
00:28:46All right, that's enough identification.
00:28:48You can go.
00:28:49That way?
00:28:50Right.
00:28:51Yes, sir.
00:29:09Here you go.
00:29:10Hey!
00:29:15Hey, Eddie, open up, will ya?
00:29:20Uh...
00:29:21Hey, listen, stick around here a minute, will ya?
00:29:23I may be going right back.
00:29:34Hello, Eddie. Hello.
00:29:35How's the boy?
00:29:36Hiya, Sam.
00:29:38What detained you?
00:29:40I, uh, had some business to attend to.
00:29:44What you mean is you wasted an hour hanging around the police station.
00:29:47You picked me up.
00:29:48I told you they were headed for the morgue.
00:29:50Is it the depressing atmosphere of this place, or do I imagine that you're angry with me?
00:29:55I?
00:29:56Angry with you?
00:29:57Huh.
00:29:58What have I to be angry with you about?
00:30:00You only pinched my story and made me lose my job.
00:30:04But what does that matter?
00:30:05You...
00:30:06You lost your job?
00:30:07Yes, I lost my job.
00:30:08I suppose you think that's very funny.
00:30:09Probably the funniest thing you ever heard of.
00:30:10Probably laughed yourself sick over it.
00:30:11Oh, no, darling.
00:30:12Hey!
00:30:13It's all right to cry in this joint.
00:30:14But Nick's on the lovemaking.
00:30:15Oh, you go to the devil, will ya?
00:30:16Come on, darling.
00:30:17Let's get out of this place.
00:30:18Eddie hasn't any romance in his soul.
00:30:19Let's go to a speakeasy.
00:30:20What's romantic about a speakeasy?
00:30:21I'm gonna propose to you again.
00:30:22And no cracks from you.
00:30:23The only funny crack I can think of would have to come from her.
00:30:24Yeah?
00:30:25What's that?
00:30:26If she said yes.
00:30:27Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:30:28Funny man.
00:30:29You know, darling, Eddie's wife got him the job here in the morgue.
00:30:31She thought he'd take the hint and die.
00:30:32Come on, honey.
00:30:34Look at me.
00:30:35Come on, let's go to a speakeasy.
00:30:36Let's go to a speakeasy.
00:30:37What's romantic about a speakeasy?
00:30:39What's romantic about a speakeasy?
00:30:40I'm gonna propose to you again.
00:30:41And no cracks from you.
00:30:42The only funny crack I can think of would have to come from her.
00:30:43Yeah?
00:30:44What's that?
00:30:45If she said yes.
00:30:46Funny man.
00:30:47You know, darling.
00:30:48Eddie's wife got him the job here in the morgue.
00:30:50She thought he'd take the hint and die.
00:30:53Come on, honey.
00:30:55Well, do we go straight to the Mary's Bureau, or do I have to do some more talking?
00:31:06You have to do plenty of talking.
00:31:08Okay, we'll go to Joe's. I'll even take in a cab.
00:31:17375 West 58.
00:31:25Couldn't you sit a little closer?
00:31:34Not without being arrested.
00:31:36And speaking of arrest, did you know that the Harker case was all over?
00:31:42All over?
00:31:43Yep, all washed up.
00:31:45What do you mean? What happened to the apartment?
00:31:47Plenty. Did you see Harker's maid, Augusta, last night?
00:31:51I don't think so.
00:31:52You don't think so?
00:31:54Well, believe me, darling, you'd remember it.
00:31:57You called me darling.
00:31:59I didn't mean to.
00:32:01Well, she's something to face the eyes on.
00:32:04Or was.
00:32:05She was found murdered this morning.
00:32:07In Harker's apartment?
00:32:09No, the janitor's.
00:32:11Say, are you kidding me?
00:32:13I?
00:32:15Listen, I'm the one who shouldn't trust you, not you, me.
00:32:18I'm sorry, darling. Go on.
00:32:19Well, they found a marriage license in the apartment.
00:32:24Whose?
00:32:25The janitor's.
00:32:27It seems she was married to the janitor, but worked for Harker.
00:32:32Oh, one of those.
00:32:35Say, look here. You worked for Harker, too.
00:32:38Only on a double cross.
00:32:39He only made a couple of passes at me.
00:32:43He made what?
00:32:44Why, I'll kill him.
00:32:46Oh, he's already dead.
00:32:48The janitor killed him.
00:32:49He killed him and his wife and then committed suicide.
00:32:54They dragged his body out of the East River this morning.
00:32:56That's what they had down at the morgue.
00:32:59The janitor's body?
00:33:01And the maid's, too.
00:33:02Say, listen.
00:33:03Has any of the mob got this story yet?
00:33:05I don't think so.
00:33:07Hey, driver.
00:33:08Driver.
00:33:08Drive up to that drugstore, will you?
00:33:10Do you mind if I phone it in?
00:33:12No.
00:33:12I'll only be a minute.
00:33:13All right, but hurry.
00:33:15I'll hurry.
00:33:26Driver, drive on.
00:33:29You don't want to wait?
00:33:30I don't want to wait.
00:33:46Driver, drive back to the drugstore.
00:33:49I figured you might want to go back.
00:33:51That's why I made that right turn back there.
00:33:53You know too much.
00:33:54I've been driving a cab for 10 years.
00:33:57I've seen about all there is to see.
00:34:04Here you are, miss.
00:34:05And there's your man.
00:34:07Man?
00:34:08Don't be bolder.
00:34:17Where'd you go?
00:34:20Listen, Ted.
00:34:20What's the matter?
00:34:21A story I told you about the maiden and janitor.
00:34:23Well, what about it?
00:34:24It isn't the truth.
00:34:25I made it up.
00:34:26Huh?
00:34:27I wanted to get even for last night, so I made it up.
00:34:29There's nowhere to truth in it.
00:34:30Holy smokes.
00:34:38Haven't you got a nickel?
00:34:40No.
00:34:42I just, I know you'd mind so much.
00:34:44Mind?
00:34:45I phoned that story into your paper.
00:34:47My paper?
00:34:48Yeah, I wanted to make up for last night.
00:34:49Haven't you got a nickel?
00:34:51No.
00:34:52I told your editor what happened last night, and I held this scoop up.
00:34:55If he'd give you your job back.
00:34:56He said yes, so I gave him the story.
00:34:58Haven't you got a nickel?
00:35:01No.
00:35:01Oh.
00:35:03Oh.
00:35:07Carrie.
00:35:08No.
00:35:09Come in here.
00:35:09I found something just like in a mystery.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:13Come on.
00:35:17What are you doing?
00:35:18Oh, Mr. Harker's lawyer said I was to pack up Mr. Harker's things and clear out the apartment.
00:35:23But look at those drawers.
00:35:25Mr. Harker's or the wooden one?
00:35:28Oh, Miss Carrie, aren't you the one?
00:35:31The wooden one.
00:35:32Do you see any difference in them?
00:35:37Did they come out of the same chest?
00:35:39They did, and so I investigated, and look what I found.
00:35:45I pressed and pressed all around here, and finally, sure enough, there it was.
00:35:53A little place behind there.
00:35:59Empty.
00:36:00But it wasn't.
00:36:01There was a letter there, and it reads like a threat.
00:36:09I'll give it a little bit, and it would be a little bit better.
00:36:11I'll give it a little bit better.
00:36:11I'll give it a little bit better.
00:36:12I'll give it a little bit better.
00:36:13Well, you know what I mean?
00:36:13And he signs himself the juice.
00:36:29What?
00:36:31Oh, that means the electric chair.
00:36:43Central 5800.
00:36:49Morning news.
00:36:51Give me the files, please.
00:36:59Hello?
00:37:00Hello, Willie.
00:37:01This is Fat Morgan.
00:37:03Would you do me a favor?
00:37:05Why, yes.
00:37:07Look in the files and see when and where a man by the name of Danny Fagan was executed.
00:37:13That's all I have is the name.
00:37:15What?
00:37:16The chair, yes.
00:37:17And call me back at Drake 6048.
00:37:20Thanks.
00:37:21And Willie.
00:37:23See if it says anything about his relatives.
00:37:26Particularly your brother.
00:37:28Or anyone who visited him on the day of his execution.
00:37:32That's right.
00:37:34Thanks.
00:37:35Augusta, will you make yourself scarce?
00:37:44Scarce?
00:37:45Scarce.
00:37:46In other words, scram.
00:37:48What are you going to do, ma'am?
00:37:50If I wanted you to know, do you think I'd ask you to leave the room?
00:37:53Oh.
00:37:54I never thought of that.
00:38:03Will you send the janitor up here right away, please?
00:38:06Thanks.
00:38:13Mr. Martini's apartment, please.
00:38:15Now, Mr. Martini doesn't answer.
00:38:56Uh, janitor, miss?
00:38:57Yes, come in.
00:39:01What's your name?
00:39:04Peterson.
00:39:05Uh, well, look.
00:39:07Do you have a passkey to all the apartments?
00:39:09Uh, yes, ma'am.
00:39:12For ten dollars, would you let me in an apartment for five minutes while you stand guard outside?
00:39:19What apartment?
00:39:21Joe Martini's.
00:39:23Oh, I...
00:39:24I couldn't think of it, miss.
00:39:25Not for...
00:39:26Not for twenty dollars.
00:39:28Not even if it helped solve the mystery of Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:31Mr. Harker's death?
00:39:33Why, that's solved.
00:39:35I identified Mr. Colby's body myself.
00:39:38The police said he did it.
00:39:40Maybe.
00:39:42But I don't think so.
00:39:44Come on.
00:39:45Nobody will find it out.
00:39:46I just phoned Martini's apartment and there was no answer.
00:39:48Now, all you've got to do is stand guard out in the hall.
00:39:50And if Martini comes out of the elevator, you whistle.
00:39:53Or better still, you could hammer on something.
00:39:56Oh, I...
00:39:57I don't like it, miss.
00:39:58I'd be sure to lose my job.
00:40:01If I get caught, I'll swear I got in with a skeleton key.
00:40:03Come on.
00:40:05Well, all right, if you'll...
00:40:06If you'll keep me out of it.
00:40:09But, uh...
00:40:11I don't like it.
00:40:12I don't like it.
00:40:18Here you are, miss.
00:40:21May you stand by this radiator and if you hear it coming, you hammer on it.
00:40:25All right, miss, but...
00:40:27I don't like it.
00:40:29It'll be all right.
00:40:42All right.
00:40:45All right.
00:40:59All right, let's take a look.
00:42:00Good afternoon, Mr. Martini.
00:42:10Hello.
00:42:11This is Terry, in apartment A.
00:42:33Now, just a moment.
00:42:34Hello.
00:42:38Oh, so it's you.
00:42:58Well, I've called every speakeasy in town.
00:43:01Where are you?
00:43:02I'm at home.
00:43:03What's on your beautiful little mind?
00:43:06Little mind?
00:43:07Plenty.
00:43:10Listen, I've just found something.
00:43:13Did you ever hear of a man by the name of Denny Fagan?
00:43:15What was that?
00:43:19Did you drop something?
00:43:21No.
00:43:22Don't say any more.
00:43:24I'll be right up.
00:43:38Blue steel revolver.
00:43:49Black, blackjack.
00:43:53Pink toothbrush.
00:43:54Well, what in the world?
00:43:55I'm spending the night.
00:43:56Here?
00:43:57Certainly.
00:43:58You know, I didn't like that sound over the telephone.
00:44:00Somebody was listening in.
00:44:02What's this about Denny Fagan?
00:44:03Do you remember the case?
00:44:04Certainly.
00:44:05He was sent to the chair for killing Julius Brinkman.
00:44:07Well, look at this.
00:44:10What?
00:44:11We found this in Harker's things.
00:44:13Hmm.
00:44:17Anything else?
00:44:19Plenty.
00:44:20Guess whose mob he was in.
00:44:21Yeah, I couldn't imagine.
00:44:22About Mr. Josephus Martinis.
00:44:24Yes, Mr. Josephus Martinis.
00:44:25I just got the dope on it from the office.
00:44:28There may be something in it, and then again, no.
00:44:30Listen, if Covey killed his wife, and then Harker, and the case is closed, who's interested
00:44:36enough in this apartment to listen in over the phone?
00:44:38Surely Covey wasn't listening in from the morgue.
00:44:41Let's hope not.
00:44:48Help!
00:44:49Help!
00:44:50That's it!
00:44:50There's been hissing, Tom!
00:44:52Oh, Miss Perry, where are you?
00:44:54Over here.
00:44:54Stop shrieking.
00:44:55It's only a fuse.
00:44:57I'll call the janitor.
00:44:57Oh, there's a man in the room!
00:45:00I just touched him!
00:45:02He's a friend of mine.
00:45:03Keep your hands off him.
00:45:04Certainly.
00:45:05Hello?
00:45:06This is Miss Perry.
00:45:07Will you send the janitor up right away?
00:45:08The lights have gone out.
00:45:20There's the ice.
00:45:21Thanks, Augusta.
00:45:22Want a lemon?
00:45:23Yes, Augusta.
00:45:25Lemon.
00:45:27You know, come to think of it, this fagin' kid was supposed to be mixed up in March.
00:45:34Ah.
00:45:36That got it, Miss.
00:45:41Oh, uh, I'll see if any of the cloves are good in that one.
00:45:45All right, thanks.
00:45:46I'll find it.
00:45:52Is there some more ice, New York?
00:45:54Still lookin' for the lemon.
00:45:55Oh, lemon.
00:46:00I'll find it.
00:46:04There's some people who think I'm a swell guy.
00:46:06Oh, you're great.
00:46:07Oh, I'll find it.
00:46:09Yeah?
00:46:09Well, that's your idea.
00:46:12You're only showin' off for my benefit.
00:46:14I can use a gun.
00:46:15Yeah.
00:46:16You'd probably shoot me and become a widow before you'd tasted the joys of being married to me.
00:46:20Good heavens, what a man.
00:46:22Certainly.
00:46:23Why don't you shut up and go to bed?
00:46:25Well, I can't very well go to bed with you hangin' around here.
00:46:28Oh, I'm leaving.
00:46:30And if anything should happen, you stay in here and keep the door locked.
00:46:34Even if I hear you yelling, Pat, Pat, come save me!
00:46:37Certainly.
00:46:38Oh, go to the devil, will you?
00:46:41Don't drink all the scotch.
00:46:43That's it.
00:46:55Oh, go to bed.
00:47:25Oh, go to bed.
00:47:55Oh, go to bed.
00:48:25Come on, stick'em up and keep'em up.
00:48:37Now then, maybe you'll tell me what you're doing in here.
00:48:47Martini.
00:48:48Yeah.
00:48:48Old dry martini himself.
00:48:50Hey, wait a minute.
00:49:11I'll go with you.
00:49:12You stay here.
00:49:13Don't be silly.
00:49:14Don't be silly.
00:49:15There's a deep cut in the head.
00:49:29But I'm not satisfied.
00:49:30I want an autopsy.
00:49:35All right.
00:49:38All right, Martini, talk.
00:49:40Now you talk.
00:49:41What was one of your men doing in my place?
00:49:45Finding enough evidence to send you up for life.
00:49:47Did he have a search warrant?
00:49:49I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:49:51Weston was probably trying to serve it on you when you killed him.
00:49:54Yeah, you'll have to come stronger than that.
00:49:56I wasn't even in the apartment when he died.
00:49:59How do you know when he died?
00:50:00I heard him yell.
00:50:01They heard him yell, too.
00:50:03I was with them when it happened.
00:50:05So you can't pin this on me.
00:50:07Maybe not.
00:50:08But I can pin about six gang killings on you, and that ought to be enough.
00:50:13Take him down and lock him up.
00:50:14Who?
00:50:15Me?
00:50:16No, Wilfred.
00:50:17I want him locked up.
00:50:18All right, Brown.
00:50:19Take a couple of men with you.
00:50:20Yes, sir.
00:50:21Shall I iron him?
00:50:22You bet.
00:50:23And keep your eye on him every minute.
00:50:26Pistol's going to cost you your job, Russell.
00:50:29You shouldn't threaten a police officer.
00:50:31It isn't polite.
00:50:33Get going.
00:50:37Go up to the penthouse.
00:50:40I want to have a little talk with you.
00:50:43You stay here until I come back.
00:50:50May I make a suggestion and...
00:50:52No, Wilfred.
00:50:53Make it to the doctor.
00:50:54I'm tired.
00:50:55I wouldn't stay here another night for all the tea in China.
00:51:12You're smarter than somebody else I know.
00:51:15I want you to get out of here in the morning.
00:51:27You're not only in danger, you're just plain dumb.
00:51:37When you found this letter, why didn't you bring it?
00:51:40I was going to.
00:51:41You were going to.
00:51:43But first, you thought you'd be smart.
00:51:46You had to go messing around in Martini's apartment.
00:51:49He didn't see me.
00:51:50He saw you all right.
00:51:52He thought you got the paper that my man got.
00:51:54He was here tonight to get it back.
00:51:57And in being here, he saved his own life.
00:52:00What makes you think that?
00:52:03Brains and a valentine.
00:52:05I can't figure out yet how the mistake was made.
00:52:10But my man got what was intended for Martini.
00:52:17We found Beanie's apartment.
00:52:20And I was right.
00:52:22Colby didn't kill them.
00:52:24Maybe.
00:52:25Maybe.
00:52:36Mail.
00:52:36Oh, thank you.
00:52:55Good heavens, Augusta.
00:53:00You look like you're going to a funeral.
00:53:02I am, ma'am.
00:53:04Mr. Harker's.
00:53:05Oh.
00:53:06And they're burying Mr. and Mrs. Colby today, too.
00:53:09And if I hurry, maybe I can catch them both.
00:53:13Well, have fun.
00:53:15Why, Miss Terrence.
00:53:17How you do say such dreadful things.
00:53:47How you do say such dreadful things.
00:54:17Who is it?
00:54:43Who is it?
00:54:47Where do you want this?
00:54:56What's the matter, Miss?
00:54:57Did I startle you?
00:55:00Oh, I'm sorry.
00:55:03But you told me to bring up the trunks.
00:55:06Oh, I know.
00:55:08I forgot about them.
00:55:10You can put them anywhere.
00:55:11It doesn't matter.
00:55:11I wonder, could you come down and pick out yours?
00:55:20I got Mr. Harker's out, but I don't know yours.
00:55:26All right.
00:55:30But couldn't, couldn't we go down in the elevator?
00:55:32Couldn't we go down in the elevator?
00:55:36Yes, ma'am.
00:55:36You can't get my trunk up here any too quick to see me.
00:55:56I just got a warning that I was going to be killed.
00:56:01You, Miss?
00:56:03Oh, who would want to kill you?
00:56:05I wish I knew.
00:56:20Do you live down here?
00:56:23Over there.
00:56:25Why, but it's dark.
00:56:27I'm the janitor.
00:56:28Where's the trunk room?
00:56:31Yeah.
00:56:32This way.
00:56:50Aren't there any lights in here?
00:56:53I'll go in and turn them on.
00:56:58I'll go in there.
00:57:02Vamos.
00:57:02No, not go in and turn them out.
00:57:05There we go back.
00:57:07Now I'm here.
00:57:08I love you.
00:57:09We got time andΓΌmγΌ.
00:57:11No, no, no.
00:57:17No, no, no, no.
00:57:27I just got you up there.
00:57:58Why don't you answer your bell?
00:58:21I was just about to light the incinerator.
00:58:25Well, that can wait. These gentlemen want you to go with them now.
00:58:29We want to examine some of the apartments.
00:58:33Yes, sir.
00:59:04Start in on this one.
00:59:14Yes.
00:59:14If you don't need me any longer, I'd like to get back to my work.
00:59:25All right, but leave us your party.
00:59:28Yes, sir.
00:59:38May I make a suggestion?
00:59:39No.
00:59:40But you...
00:59:41I'm busy.
00:59:41Some other time, Wilford.
00:59:42I'm busy.
00:59:42Some other time, Wilford.
00:59:42I'm busy.
00:59:43Some other time, Wilford.
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01:00:54Help!
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01:01:56He... he tried to get away.
01:02:21Hi. Oh, Doctor, how is Miss Morgan?
01:02:25Oh, she'd be all right. Just keep her quiet a couple of days.
01:02:28Dad!
01:02:29Try and keep her quiet.
01:02:41May I come in?
01:02:42Certainly. Hurry up.
01:02:44As you can sit.
01:02:45Yep.
01:02:50I'm just going to have a question now.
01:02:52One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
01:02:55Oh.
01:02:56Well, tell me about it.
01:02:58Did he kill them all?
01:02:59Yeah, with the exception of Corby.
01:03:01How?
01:03:02With gas.
01:03:03They've just held an autopsy on all the bodies.
01:03:05I know.
01:03:06Augusta was nearly brokenhearted because they called off all the funerals.
01:03:09Why did he kill them?
01:03:11Revenge.
01:03:12You were right, as usual.
01:03:13He was Denny Fagan's brother.
01:03:15Fagan was a cab driver, just a kid, and according to him, honest.
01:03:18Fagan was sharing an apartment with one of Martini's men.
01:03:21They used Fagan's cab to take Brinkman on his last ride.
01:03:23They even planted the gun on the kid.
01:03:25And he was the only one of the mob that didn't have an airtight alibi.
01:03:28Oh, gee, you look cute in that bandage.
01:03:30Please, get on with the murders.
01:03:32Well, that's all.
01:03:33Denny Fagan was sent to the chair.
01:03:34That's all?
01:03:35Isn't that enough?
01:03:37I'm just a young kid, too.
01:03:39Well, you're not going to feel sad about it, are you?
01:03:41I would if his brother hadn't tried to stuff me in a furnace.
01:03:44Where did Harker come in?
01:03:46Harker engineered the Brinkman killing.
01:03:48Brinkman was in Harker's way, so he ordered him stuffed out.
01:03:51Martini's mouth found it convenient to let Fagan take the rat.
01:03:54Do you mind if I hold your hand?
01:03:56Please, darling, hold my hand.
01:04:02But why did he kill B. Colby?
01:04:04She wasn't mixed up in it.
01:04:05No, but by killing Harker and her in her apartment,
01:04:08they threw suspicion on the husband.
01:04:10He even sent Colby a letter telling him to watch her.
01:04:12But when Colby found out what was going on,
01:04:14he didn't kill them.
01:04:15He just jumped in the river.
01:04:17Why, but you take that slightly.
01:04:20What if I'd been killed?
01:04:22Oh, baby, I'd have written you a swell obituary.
01:04:25I'll bet you would have at that.
01:04:27In some speakeasy.
01:04:29Don't be silly, gal.
01:04:30You know I don't go to speakeasy.
01:04:33I got an idea.
01:04:34How about the last drink of Harker's Scotch?
01:04:36I've already ordered it.
01:04:38But you might go see her before Augusta's drinking it.
01:04:40All right.
01:04:51Is this...
01:04:52Is this Miss Patricia Morgan?
01:04:55This is she.
01:04:56Ah, this is Perkins.
01:04:58Not dear, Mr. Perkins.
01:05:00Cut that.
01:05:01You want to come back?
01:05:05What do you mean, how much?
01:05:07How much more?
01:05:08We'll discuss that when I see you.
01:05:11No, you won't.
01:05:12Because you aren't going to see her.
01:05:14What?
01:05:15Who is this?
01:05:16Miss Morgan's future husband.
01:05:19Who says so?
01:05:20I do.
01:05:21The woman's place is in the home.
01:05:23Hey, listen.
01:05:25What home?
01:05:26I have an apartment.
01:05:28I'll bet the rent isn't paid.
01:05:30Now, don't be mercenary.
01:05:32Will you listen to me?
01:05:34I'll bet you haven't the price of a marriage license.
01:05:37I want to talk to you.
01:05:38Gustav.
01:05:39Yes, sir.
01:05:41Will you lend me three bucks?
01:05:43Why?
01:05:44Of course, Mr. Rand.
01:05:46I'll get it right away.
01:05:48Certainly, I've got three bucks.
01:05:50Sure.
01:05:52See here, Morgan.
01:05:55Haven't you any gratitude in your system?
01:05:58Do you realize what I've done for you for the last three years?
01:06:04I've kept you on the payroll of this paper.
01:06:07I've given you more opportunities than any sob sister in the business.
01:06:12Now, let's get together on this thing, Morgan.
01:06:15There ain't any use of us acting like this.
01:06:17You know, we've always been able to iron out these little things.
01:06:21Morgan?
01:06:22Morgan?
01:06:23I say Morgan.
01:06:24Why don't you answer me?
01:06:26THE END
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