1. I had a lovely evening. Good night.Copy !req
2. Maybe I could just write a check.Copy !req
3. For what?
We're here to talk about a missing woman,Copy !req
4. - not a speeding ticket.
- Yes, and I'm trying to be helpful.Copy !req
5. But I'd also like to keep my family name
out of the papers, if possible.Copy !req
6. I thought a donation to the departmentCopy !req
7. might ensure my involvement here
was kept private.Copy !req
8. Or I could make a check out to you.Copy !req
9. Miss Montoya?Copy !req
10. It's Detective Montoya, Mr. Wayne.Copy !req
11. And not everything
is for sale in this city.Copy !req
12. I'm not interested
in dragging you through the mud.Copy !req
13. I just want to find Yvonne Francis.Copy !req
14. You were the last person to see her.
That's the only reason you're here.Copy !req
15. Well, now I'm embarrassed.Copy !req
16. Are you? Good.Copy !req
17. So let's get back
to the night in question.Copy !req
18. Your butler says you dropped
Miss Francis off at 11.Copy !req
19. 10:52.Copy !req
20. Hm. Most people can't do that.
Remember an exact time like that?Copy !req
21. Yvonne was starting
a new movie the next morning.Copy !req
22. She had an early call time,
so I was watching the clock.Copy !req
23. - Don't say anything else.Copy !req
24. Ah. There you are.
This is Lucius Fox, my lawyer.Copy !req
25. Mr. Wayne is assisting
in a missing persons case, Mr. Fox.Copy !req
26. Not anymore, he isn't.
Get your things, Bruce.Copy !req
27. Mr. Wayne isn't a suspect.Copy !req
28. And yet you dragged him down here
instead of interviewing him at his estate.Copy !req
29. I wasn't aware having an estate
got you preferential treatment.Copy !req
30. You're funny.
Any further questions will go through me.Copy !req
31. Nice meeting you, Detective.Copy !req
32. Yeah, I'll bet.Copy !req
33. It seems to me, sir,
that you might be better servedCopy !req
34. pursuing your own investigation.Copy !req
35. Detective Montoya's police work is sharp.
She got angry when I offered her a bribe.Copy !req
36. Your point, sir?Copy !req
37. If she's honest, intelligent,
and incorruptible, she could be an asset.Copy !req
38. And, of course, this will help us locate
Miss Francis that much sooner.Copy !req
39. Yes, that too.Copy !req
40. frustrating.
I really thought I was getting somewhereCopy !req
41. before the attorney got here.Copy !req
42. But the butler alibis him, and honestly,
I don't see Wayne as a suspect.Copy !req
43. Need a crime to have a suspect.
We have a missing person.Copy !req
44. A very famous missing person, but still.Copy !req
45. That's my point.
Not a sign of Frances. Not a word.Copy !req
46. Nothing for two days now.Copy !req
47. Something's wrong here, boss.
I can feel it.Copy !req
48. So what's your next move?Copy !req
49. I'm going to the movies.Copy !req
50. Detective Montoya.Copy !req
51. I'm wondering if you could answer a few
questions about Yvonne Francis, Mr. Karlo.Copy !req
52. Yvonne? I'd be happy to.
Please come in.Copy !req
53. - Is there any news?
- I'm afraid not.Copy !req
54. - How well do you know her?
- Well enough, I suppose.Copy !req
55. We've been in half a dozen
features together.Copy !req
56. Normally, I play the heavy who comes
leering after her damsel in distress.Copy !req
57. I may have caught a few of those.Copy !req
58. We all have our parts to play.Copy !req
59. This new film would have been
the first time I'd seen her in months.Copy !req
60. Mr. Karlo, if there's something
you think will help me find her?Copy !req
61. Just rumors that she was running
with the wrong crowd,Copy !req
62. that she was becoming, well, troubled.Copy !req
63. When you say the wrong crowd?Copy !req
64. They were rumors. I didn't heed them.Copy !req
65. Perhaps I should have.Copy !req
66. In any case, I'm afraid I have a meeting
with Edmund Haynes.Copy !req
67. He's my director on the new film.Copy !req
68. I can't keep him waiting.Copy !req
69. Sure. I appreciate your time.Copy !req
70. And this one was last Tuesday.
There's Miss Frances.Copy !req
71. - The dress is an Edith Head.
- It's very nice. Who...?Copy !req
72. - You said this was Tuesday?
- That's right.Copy !req
73. "I haven't seen her in months," huh?Copy !req
74. Would you be a doll and tell me
where Basil Karlo's meeting your boss?Copy !req
75. Let me see. Huh!Copy !req
76. Mr. Haynes doesn't have anything scheduled
with Mr. Karlo today.Copy !req
77. I'm looking for Basil Karlo.
Is he still on the lot?Copy !req
78. No, Mr. Karlo left about an hour ago.Copy !req
79. I need his home address.Copy !req
80. Operator? Police. Badge 742.Copy !req
81. Central Dispatch, I need a radio car
and an ambulance.Copy !req
82. 2462 Slade Terrace, apartment 3G.Copy !req
83. Uh... where?Copy !req
84. Relax, Miss Frances.Copy !req
85. Mustn't ruin your makeup.Copy !req
86. What is this? What are you doing?Copy !req
87. Try to stay calm. You're going to need
that energy for your big scene.Copy !req
88. Wait, wait! Come back here!Copy !req
89. Help! Oh, someone, help me!Copy !req
90. I screwed up.
I was so sure Karlo was a suspect.Copy !req
91. - Turns out he was a victim.
- Karlo lied.Copy !req
92. Find out why, you'll know who killed him
and maybe locate Miss Francis, too.Copy !req
93. If it's not too late.Copy !req
94. Don't be so hard on yourself, Renee.Copy !req
95. You took a big risk making me a detective.
I've let you down.Copy !req
96. Not yet, you haven't.Copy !req
97. - So I offered him double or nothing.Copy !req
98. Detective Montoya, good morning.Copy !req
99. Mr. District Attorney.Copy !req
100. How's the Yvonne Frances case coming?Copy !req
101. Well, it's now part of the Basil Karlo
murder investigation,Copy !req
102. so at the moment I'd say not very well.Copy !req
103. Don't be so glum.
What this is now is high profile.Copy !req
104. You give me an arrest
and I can put on a hell of a trial.Copy !req
105. Make us both look good.Copy !req
106. Will anyone do, or should I focus
on finding the actual murderer?Copy !req
107. You're a pistol, Detective.Copy !req
108. Case like this could do wonders
for my mayoral campaign.Copy !req
109. Mr. Dent, I genuinely don't think I could
care less about your mayoral campaign.Copy !req
110. A bit of friendly advice: start caring.Copy !req
111. Because after Election Day,
you'll want to be on my good side, Renee.Copy !req
112. Good luck with the crime fighting,
Gotham's finest.Copy !req
113. - Oh, and you, too, Bullock.Copy !req
114. You know what I'm looking at
right now, Sidney?Copy !req
115. I'm looking at thousands of dollars'
worth of mad scientist gizmosCopy !req
116. that we rent from
that McFadden guy by the day,Copy !req
117. just sitting here getting all dusty.Copy !req
118. Now, if you don't want that overage
coming out of your pocket,Copy !req
119. you're going to find me another screamer
to replace the Frances girl!Copy !req
120. And you're gonna do it today!Copy !req
121. What?Copy !req
122. Mr. Haynes was hoping to speak to you.
I can fit him in at 11.Copy !req
123. We got a fright pic supposed to start,Copy !req
124. that, as of now, stars a missing girl
and a dead guy.Copy !req
125. What does he want?Copy !req
126. I suspect he wants to know
if he's still got a movie to direct.Copy !req
127. Okay, fair enough.
Just set it up.Copy !req
128. Hm.Copy !req
129. What? What do you want?Copy !req
130. No, don't!Copy !req
131. - Anything?
- While lovely to look at,Copy !req
132. Miss Frances is no Gloria Swanson.Copy !req
133. Anything useful?Copy !req
134. - Regrettably, sir, no.Copy !req
135. - Anything useful?
- Some sort of silicate.Copy !req
136. Peculiar.Copy !req
137. Get the mercury vapor lamp.Copy !req
138. - A monogram, perhaps.
- An abbreviation.Copy !req
139. Monoscope Pictures Wardrobe.Copy !req
140. Our killer has access to the studio.Copy !req
141. Detective Montoya, I'm expected.Copy !req
142. Basil Karlo was one of the finest actorsCopy !req
143. it has been my privilege
to work with, Detective.Copy !req
144. I'd go so far as to call him one of
the finest actors of our generation.Copy !req
145. What a loss.Copy !req
146. Did others share your opinion?Copy !req
147. Everyone who worked with Basil
knew how good he was.Copy !req
148. He was magnificent, incomparable.Copy !req
149. But he didn't have the right look.Copy !req
150. He didn't have the right face.Copy !req
151. There was a story in the Gazette a couple
of months back about you and Miss Frances.Copy !req
152. I wouldn't believe everything you read.Copy !req
153. Yvonne's lovely, but...
well, let's just say she's not my type.Copy !req
154. Oh, Yvonne worked with Karlo
a half dozen times.Copy !req
155. - The last one was Tower of Fear.
- Did he enjoy working with Miss Frances?Copy !req
156. That's one way to put it.Copy !req
157. He had it bad for her.Copy !req
158. - All night long, lovey.Copy !req
159. - Did she feel the same way?
- I don't think so.Copy !req
160. But don't get me wrong,
she had enormous respect for Basil.Copy !req
161. She felt he'd been cheated.Copy !req
162. It's terribly unfair.Copy !req
163. With your talent, you should be
a leading man, Basil. If only...Copy !req
164. If only I didn't look like this.Copy !req
165. Yes. You'd have been a star.Copy !req
166. That must have meant a lot to him.Copy !req
167. Sure. But it also made him desperate
to do something about his looks.Copy !req
168. The camera is kind to some,
cruel to others.Copy !req
169. Its cruelty to Basil made him...
ideal for certain parts.Copy !req
170. - But not the parts he wanted.
- No.Copy !req
171. Which is undoubtedly what drove him
to that lunatic conman, Jack Ellman.Copy !req
172. Conman and lunatic?
That's quite a combination, Mr. Haynes.Copy !req
173. One or the other, then.Copy !req
174. He was a makeup artist at the studio.Copy !req
175. Worked with Basil a few times.Copy !req
176. Better than that, the treatment
will remake your career, Basil.Copy !req
177. I just need some time and some more money.Copy !req
178. Anything, Jack. I need a miracle.Copy !req
179. - What was this treatment?
- I doubt there ever was one, Detective.Copy !req
180. Last I saw,
Karlo lost his patience with Ellman.Copy !req
181. Either give me my money back
or give me results.Copy !req
182. You're as stupid as you are ugly!
You can't rush something like this!Copy !req
183. You're nothing but a fraud!Copy !req
184. That's it, Ellman! You're fired!Copy !req
185. Security had Ellman off the lot
within minutes.Copy !req
186. And when was this?
Must have been two months back.Copy !req
187. No, no, no!Copy !req
188. Away from the camera!
Turn away from the camera!Copy !req
189. But I thought...Copy !req
190. No. You're not a thinker.
You're an actor.Copy !req
191. Your job is to act the way I direct!
Me, the director!Copy !req
192. We are on a break.Copy !req
193. I'll be in my office
reconsidering my career.Copy !req
194. - Run.Copy !req
195. - Pennyworth.
Sir?Copy !req
196. Give me two minutes, then call the police.
Monoscope Pictures beneath stage H.Copy !req
197. I've found two bodies.Copy !req
198. Lew Valentine
and the movie star Darryl Manning.Copy !req
199. I'd say they've been dead at least a day.Copy !req
200. Problem is, Detective Montoya
just interviewed Manning an hour ago.Copy !req
201. This is Montoya. I'm in the east end,
847 Lark Avenue,Copy !req
202. requesting additional backup
on suspect Ellman, Jack.Copy !req
203. This is Flass. We're on the way.Copy !req
204. Dispatch confirms, backup en route.Copy !req
205. - Nice night.
- Mm.Copy !req
206. - Do we got any of those pickles left?
- Nope.Copy !req
207. - Yes?
- Montoya. Police.Copy !req
208. - You Jack Ellman?
- Yes. Yes, that's me.Copy !req
209. I've got some questions for you
about Basil Karlo.Copy !req
210. Has something happened to Basil?Copy !req
211. Don't you read the papers?
Mr. Karlo was murdered last night.Copy !req
212. I had no idea. I'm sorry.Copy !req
213. Uh, please. We can talk inside.Copy !req
214. This isn't Karlo.Copy !req
215. It's a bit of a mess.
I don't get many visitors.Copy !req
216. After I was fired,
I needed a place to continue my work.Copy !req
217. The treatment you offered Karlo,
was that a part of your work?Copy !req
218. Oh, you... you heard about that?Copy !req
219. It was experimental.Copy !req
220. Sadly, Mr. Karlo wanted a miracle.Copy !req
221. I'm curious, how did you find me?Copy !req
222. I'm a detective, Mr. Ellman.
It's what I do.Copy !req
223. You didn't make it easy,
if that's any consolation.Copy !req
224. But some people like to
do things the hard way.Copy !req
225. What about you? Hard or easy?Copy !req
226. Karlo?Copy !req
227. Very good, Detective.
It is I, Basil Karlo.Copy !req
228. Your face...
What did you do to your face?Copy !req
229. Do you want the whole tale, Detective,Copy !req
230. of all the years, all the parts
lost because of my face?Copy !req
231. Of how Ellman promised he could fix it.Copy !req
232. How he gave me a miracle instead.Copy !req
233. They said I could have played
a thousand parts if not for my face.Copy !req
234. But now I have a face that actually
could play a thousand parts.Copy !req
235. I went to Yvonne to show her
that now things would be different.Copy !req
236. That I could finally be the star
she'd seen in me.Copy !req
237. Don't be alarmed, Yvonne.
It's me, Basil.Copy !req
238. I'm yours, darling,Copy !req
239. if you'll have me.Copy !req
240. No, no! Get away from me.Copy !req
241. But she... she rejected me.Copy !req
242. - She refused to play her part.Copy !req
243. Do you see now, Detective?Copy !req
244. I've been given a gift to match my talent.Copy !req
245. I can be anyone, fool everyone,Copy !req
246. including you.Copy !req
247. When I interviewed Manning, that was you.Copy !req
248. Oh, yes, it was. And you had no clue.Copy !req
249. Just as you had no clue
the Basil Karlo you foundCopy !req
250. with a knife in his back was Jack Ellman.Copy !req
251. I used his own serum on him
before I killed him.Copy !req
252. So what is it? Everything you've done,
it's all about revenge?Copy !req
253. At first. It is a fine motivation
for any actor, you must admit.Copy !req
254. I find I am growing into the role.Copy !req
255. Meaning you've gotten a taste for murder?Copy !req
256. I have. And I'm not finished yet.Copy !req
257. One man in his time plays
many parts, the Bard said.Copy !req
258. I have finally found my last role.Copy !req
259. It's ironic that it took me losing
my career and my love to see it.Copy !req
260. But after a lifetime of playing the heavy,Copy !req
261. the thug, the brute, the scoundrel,Copy !req
262. I have realized
it was perfect casting all along.Copy !req
263. Villain is the part I was born to play.Copy !req
264. Oh, for the love of Pete.Copy !req
265. I don't believe you.Copy !req
266. What? I killed Ellman and Valentine.Copy !req
267. - I killed...
- I don't believe your performance.Copy !req
268. You're chewing on scenery,
relying on makeup effectsCopy !req
269. to enhance weak characterization.Copy !req
270. It's insincere, Basil. It's not real.Copy !req
271. Not real?Copy !req
272. I'll show you real!Copy !req
273. Not to be a primadonnaCopy !req
274. - but faster would be good.
- Working on it.Copy !req
275. Um, I really don't want to die here.Copy !req
276. Don't move.Copy !req
277. I don't want to shoot you,
but I absolutely will.Copy !req
278. Police! Everyone, freeze!Copy !req
279. - Oh, now you show up?Copy !req
280. Damn it!Copy !req
281. - You saw that?
- Boy, oh, boy, did I see that.Copy !req
282. Did the bat just solve
the case for you, girlie?Copy !req
283. No. You just let the bat escape.Copy !req
284. Allow me, Miss Frances.Copy !req
285. Thank you, but I've had enough horror
in the past few days.Copy !req
286. I know you're still listening.Copy !req
287. We're not done, you and me.Copy !req