1. Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!Copy !req
2. Blonde model murdered!
Slayer's still at large! Read all about it!Copy !req
3. - Hey, boy!
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
4. Thanks.
Extra! Read all about it!Copy !req
5. - If you know what's good for you, you'll come clean.
- When did you find the body?Copy !req
6. - Why'd you do it?
- I didn't do it.Copy !req
7. - You've said that before.
- All right, and I'll say it again.Copy !req
8. - I can keep it up as long as you can.
- Listen, brother.Copy !req
9. You don't seem to get the idea at all.
You're gonna fry for this.Copy !req
10. It means the hot spot.Copy !req
11. It does if you can pin it on me,
but I don't think you can.Copy !req
12. I think we can.Copy !req
13. You're a pretty tough guy, aren't you,
with a crowd around?Copy !req
14. - Why don't you come out in the open so I can see you?
- Never mind that.Copy !req
15. When did you first meet Vicky Lynn?Copy !req
16. Say, listen, fellas. Why-Why don't you
let me make a record of it...Copy !req
17. then you can play it over
to yourselves as often as you like.Copy !req
18. Go ahead, Frankie,
just once more.Copy !req
19. Pick it up when you met her for the first time
in that lunchroom on 8th Avenue.Copy !req
20. - Okay, MacDonald. For you, I'll do it.
- Thanks.Copy !req
21. I'd been to the fights
with a couple of friends of mine.Copy !req
22. We'd just dropped in
for a cup of coffee, and-Copy !req
23. - And hotcakes and coffee.
- Is that all?Copy !req
24. No, but the rest of it
isn't on the menu.Copy !req
25. You couldn't afford it
if it was.Copy !req
26. - Say, you know something?
- Yes.Copy !req
27. I'm wasting my time
being just an ordinary waitress.Copy !req
28. Frankie, you're losing your grip.Copy !req
29. I bet I can take that girl- inside of six months,
put her on top of the ladder.Copy !req
30. What ladder? You've promoted
everything from prizefighters to fan dancers...Copy !req
31. but I doubt if even you, maestro,
could make a lady out of a hash slinger.Copy !req
32. In the right clothes, the right places with the
right people, she could get by anywhere.Copy !req
33. It might be fun trying,
even if it didn't work.Copy !req
34. Here she comes now, Frankie.
Pour on the charm.Copy !req
35. How would you like to go to
the El Chico Club tomorrow night?Copy !req
36. - This is where I came in.
- I'm not kidding.Copy !req
37. I'll put you in a sable wrap and introduce
you to café society. What do you say?Copy !req
38. I say you're out
of your mind.Copy !req
39. Eleanor, I wish you had seen me
as Romeo. I was magnificent.Copy !req
40. - That was a long time ago, wasn't it?
- How old are you, anyhow?Copy !req
41. That, my dear Lady Handel, is a secret
that I keep even from my own mother.Copy !req
42. - Ah.
- Who is that beautiful girl?Copy !req
43. - Good evening, Mr. Christopher.
- Good evening.Copy !req
44. I have your table
for you.Copy !req
45. I say, I'm in luck. It just happens
I know the man that's with her.Copy !req
46. - Who is he?
- Frankie Christopher, a sports promoter.Copy !req
47. Prizefights, hockey,
ice carnivals and girls.Copy !req
48. Mostly girls.
Excuse me.Copy !req
49. - Wine with the dinner and coffee later.
- Very good, sir.Copy !req
50. - Hello, Christopher.
- Hello, Ray.Copy !req
51. Miss Lynn, I'd like you to meet
the famous actor, Robin Ray.Copy !req
52. Actor? Really?
How do you do?Copy !req
53. Listen, you little hash slinger, don't give me
any of that "lady" stuff, or I'll bite you.Copy !req
54. - Am I overdoing it?
- Yes, but not bad.Copy !req
55. Hello, Christopher.
How are things?Copy !req
56. - How do you think?
- I think yes.Copy !req
57. Miss Lynn, I'd like you to know Larry Evans,
the columnist.Copy !req
58. - Larry, this is Miss Vicky Lynn.
- How do you do, Mr. Evans?Copy !req
59. - I've read much about you.
- Indeed. Flattering, I hope.Copy !req
60. Naturally. Most of it
appeared in your own column.Copy !req
61. - Ouch.
- Keep it up, Vicky. Swell.Copy !req
62. Yeah. That last line wasn't in the script.
Well, sit down, boys.Copy !req
63. Sit down. Lynn? Lynn?
Of the Baltimore Lynns, by any chance?Copy !req
64. No, no. My family came from Boston,
the home of the bean, you know?Copy !req
65. Is that so? Do tell.Copy !req
66. - May I have the next mazurka?
- Oh, I'd simply love it.Copy !req
67. - Oh, no, you don't.
- Wait a minute. Wait a minute.Copy !req
68. I didn't bring Miss Lynn for you two chiselers
to cut in. Come on, boys. Fight over her.Copy !req
69. If she dances with anybody,
it's going to be with me.Copy !req
70. Let us settle this dispute by claiming the
ancient privilege of age before beauty.Copy !req
71. - Go scuttle yourself. I saw her first.
- You can't talk to me like that.Copy !req
72. - Gentlemen, gentlemen.
- Beg your pardon.Copy !req
73. Lady Handel presents her complimentsCopy !req
74. and would like to have Mr. Christopher
and his party have supper with her.Copy !req
75. Why, we'd be delighted.Copy !req
76. Well, you're in, Vicky.
Just pick up your feet and feel your way.Copy !req
77. Come on, Vicky.Copy !req
78. All right, boys.
Let's go.Copy !req
79. May I present Miss Lynn
and Mr. Christopher? Lady Handel.Copy !req
80. - How do you do, Miss Lynn?
- How do you do?Copy !req
81. - And Mr. Christopher.
- How do you do?Copy !req
82. - Won't you be seated?
- Thank you.Copy !req
83. Robin, you sit here.Copy !req
84. You haven't put a price
on yourself yet.Copy !req
85. Well, I'll do everything I can: give you a plug
in the column every once in a while.Copy !req
86. You might do worse than to have
your name linked with mine.Copy !req
87. I don't see how.Copy !req
88. Good evening, Harry.
May I please have my key?Copy !req
89. Get that key for Miss Lynn,
and be quick about it.Copy !req
90. Well, uh,
good night, gentlemen.Copy !req
91. It's been wonderful,
and I'm terribly grateful to you all.Copy !req
92. - Well, can't we go up for a moment?
- Oh, I'm afraid not.Copy !req
93. It's pretty late,
and we might disturb my sister.Copy !req
94. - Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
95. - Good night.
- I'll be around for you first thing in the morning.Copy !req
96. I'll be waiting
for you.Copy !req
97. - "Sister."
- I hate girls with sisters.Copy !req
98. - What are you beefing about? Have you seen her yet?
- No. Have you?Copy !req
99. - No.
- Then we're neck and neck.Copy !req
100. They day I find you and I are neck and neck,
I'll know I'm running down.Copy !req
101. What's the matter with you,
gettin' so sore? She ain't nobody.Copy !req
102. She will be, and when she is, you'll be lucky
if you're in the same neighborhood.Copy !req
103. What made you so sure
you could make something of her?Copy !req
104. That's my business, promotion!Copy !req
105. She had looks, youth, a good figure.
What more do you want?Copy !req
106. I'm asking the questions.Copy !req
107. Then hurry up. I've got
an appointment at the Garden.Copy !req
108. - Okay, MacDonald.
- Now, listen, Frankie.Copy !req
109. There's been a murder committed, and we're
just trying to get to the bottom of things.Copy !req
110. That's all.Copy !req
111. - What's your name?
- Jill Lynn.Copy !req
112. - Any initials?
- No. Just plain "Jill."Copy !req
113. - What relation are you to the dead girl?
- She was my sister.Copy !req
114. How long have you been living
in New York?Copy !req
115. Well, Vicky had been here
a couple of years, and after Mom died...Copy !req
116. I came on from Chicago
to set up housekeeping with her.Copy !req
117. Even though we shared the apartment,
I saw very little of her the last few weeks.Copy !req
118. Why was that?Copy !req
119. Well, you see, I have a position
as a stenographer downtown...Copy !req
120. and Vicky was working
on a night shift in a restaurant.Copy !req
121. - We just kept different hours.
- What do you know about this man Frankie Christopher?Copy !req
122. Nothing, except he was the one
who first gave Vicky those grand ideas...Copy !req
123. about
becoming a celebrity.Copy !req
124. When did this start?Copy !req
125. The first time I knew it was serious was the night
she came home from a nightclub.Copy !req
126. It was very late, and I
had fallen asleep on the couch.Copy !req
127. Jill. Jill, what do you think?
I've done it. I'm a success.Copy !req
128. - What is all this?
- You know what happened?Copy !req
129. Lady Handel invited me
over to her table.Copy !req
130. I met all the big shots, danced
with all the good-looking young men.Copy !req
131. I've just got dozens
and dozens of invitations.Copy !req
132. Invitations to do what?Copy !req
133. I'm never going back to that
rotten old restaurant job.Copy !req
134. What?Copy !req
135. Why should I? Now I realize
I've been wasting my time.Copy !req
136. - I can be somebody.
- Vicky, you're not serious about giving up your job?Copy !req
137. Of course. Why should I go on slinging hash
when I can sling other things?Copy !req
138. Vicky Lynn, have you gone
right out of your mind?Copy !req
139. No, I haven't. I've just come
to my senses. That's all.Copy !req
140. Frankie Christopher thinks I have
a great career before me.Copy !req
141. - Who's Frankie Christopher?
- Oh, Jill, everyone knows Frankie Christopher.Copy !req
142. - He's a famous sports promoter.
- What does he want you to do?Copy !req
143. Roller-skate or go over Niagara Falls
in a barrel?Copy !req
144. Jill, I already have an offer to pose for
a magazine cover and a cigarette ad-Copy !req
145. Vicky, wait a minute. When Mom died,
we promised we'd look out for each other.Copy !req
146. Don't you think you're making
a fool of yourself?Copy !req
147. - What do you mean?
- This Frankie Christopher.Copy !req
148. People like that, what have they got
to do with people like us?Copy !req
149. - Jill, they're going to help me.
- In what way?Copy !req
150. They're gonna
glamorize me.Copy !req
151. They may have started this thing
as a gag, but after taking one look...Copy !req
152. at those million-dollar
debutantes tonight...Copy !req
153. I realized I can give them cards in spades
and still come out on top.Copy !req
154. Vicky, you'll never come out
on top by any shortcut.Copy !req
155. One week, your face is on the cover
of a magazine; the next, it's in the ash can.Copy !req
156. I know I sound stuffy. Gee,
I like a good time as well as the next.Copy !req
157. Jill, you're terribly sweet,
but, well, we are different.Copy !req
158. I know the things I want,
and I know how to get them.Copy !req
159. So stop worrying
about me, huh?Copy !req
160. Okay.Copy !req
161. What you need now is sleep. If you lose
your looks, you've lost your bankroll.Copy !req
162. Good night.Copy !req
163. When was the first time
you met Frankie Christopher?Copy !req
164. It was the following morning.
I was cooking breakfast-Copy !req
165. - Vicky, I think he's here.
- Okay. I'm putting on a dress.Copy !req
166. - Is Miss Lynn in?
- Which Miss Lynn?Copy !req
167. The glamour girl, or just the plain,
ordinary garden variety?Copy !req
168. - Ohh, you're her sister.
- You're quick.Copy !req
169. - I'm Frankie Christopher.
- That's what I was afraid of.Copy !req
170. - May I come in?
- Sure.Copy !req
171. Course, this is just a dump,
but if you can find a place to sit down-Copy !req
172. Say, why all the cracks?
You don't know anything about me yet.Copy !req
173. I don't know anything about art,
but I know what I like.Copy !req
174. What's the idea of handing Vicky this line
about making her a big shot?Copy !req
175. That's no line. I believe it sincerely.
After all, that's my business...Copy !req
176. discovering talent
and trying to put it across.Copy !req
177. Here. Take a look
at that.Copy !req
178. Hmm. Feeding time
at the zoo.Copy !req
179. - Where are you?
- I don't believe in having my picture taken.Copy !req
180. That's for those I'm trying to put across.
I just stay in the background, where I belong.Copy !req
181. - Modest, aren't you?
- Not particularly.Copy !req
182. It's just a superstition,
that's all.Copy !req
183. - Is that Frankie?
- Yes, dear.Copy !req
184. Hold him for me, Jill.
Don't let him get away.Copy !req
185. You come out
and do your own holding.Copy !req
186. - Good morning, Frankie.
- That's a nice dress you've put on.Copy !req
187. From that moment on, life became
just one great, dizzy world for her.Copy !req
188. She was asked everywhere.
She got offers to pose for advertisements...Copy !req
189. model clothes, join the ice ballet,
every possible form of publicity.Copy !req
190. She even remembered the singing lessons
Mom had paid for...Copy !req
191. and suddenly started
to fancy herself as a chanteuse.Copy !req
192. Frankie even managed to get her a job
singing with a name band.Copy !req
193. Finally, one morning,
things came to a climax.Copy !req
194. I wonder what's keeping him.
I left a message hours ago.Copy !req
195. Why, Jill, what are you
getting so excited about?Copy !req
196. Nothing. Except he's going
to be awfully mad.Copy !req
197. - Don't worry. I can handle him.
- Glad you think so.Copy !req
198. I wouldn't be in your shoes
for all the gold in Kentucky.Copy !req
199. - Do you think that's him?
- Uh-huh. I know his knock. Come in.Copy !req
200. - What's up?
- Well, it's not exactly going to be a wedding.Copy !req
201. I'm sorry.
I was up all night.Copy !req
202. Darling, something terrible
has happened. I-Copy !req
203. I don't quite know how to tell you,
it's so embarrassing, but-Copy !req
204. Of course I realize everything
you've done for me, but, well...Copy !req
205. life is so uncertain
nowadays, isn't it?Copy !req
206. - Get to the point.
- Well, I-Copy !req
207. - I'm going away.
- Away? Where?Copy !req
208. I couldn't help it, really I couldn't.
I just happened to run into this man, and-Copy !req
209. Purely business,
you understand.Copy !req
210. - Where are you going?
- To Hollywood.Copy !req
211. Hollywood?Copy !req
212. As I said, I just happened to run into this man,
and he wanted to make a screen test.Copy !req
213. I didn't see any harm in it,
so I said yes.Copy !req
214. I didn't wanna tell you in case it
turned out badly. I wanted to surprise you.Copy !req
215. But it turned out simply wonderfully,
and I've signed a long-term contract.Copy !req
216. - When are you going?
- I leave tomorrow night.Copy !req
217. - Congratulations.
- Oh, now, Frankie, wait a minute. I-Copy !req
218. Look, I've always been
on the level with you, haven't I?Copy !req
219. - Why didn't you tell me?
- Oh, Frankie, I know what you're thinking.Copy !req
220. After all, you did take me out of the restaurant,
introduce me to the right people...Copy !req
221. and that sort of thing, but, well,
I have some brains too.Copy !req
222. It was me
they were interested in.Copy !req
223. Some people think I'm a very attractive girl.
You didn't create that.Copy !req
224. - I'm no Frankenstein, you know.
- I wonder.Copy !req
225. Come in.Copy !req
226. Robin, Larry,
how sweet of you both to come.Copy !req
227. - What's the matter? What happened?
- Are you all right?Copy !req
228. - I came as soon as I got your message.
- Dear Robin, dear Larry-Copy !req
229. Something terrible
has happened.Copy !req
230. This whole thing started me thinking
I was wrong and Vicky was right.Copy !req
231. After all, she had ended up
with a Hollywood contract...Copy !req
232. and I was still pounding a typewriter
and breaking my fingernails.Copy !req
233. But that's the trouble with giving advice nowadays.
So much of it turns out wrong.Copy !req
234. When Vicky told me she had that Hollywood job
set up behind my back, I-Copy !req
235. Well, you could've
knocked me down with a feather.Copy !req
236. - So you knocked her down instead. Is that it?
- No, wise guy.Copy !req
237. I did exactly what you would do.
I got cockeyed.Copy !req
238. - Do you mind turning that thing down a little?
- Not at all.Copy !req
239. - Women are all alike.
- For Pete's sake, what difference does that make?Copy !req
240. You've got to have them.
They're standard equipment.Copy !req
241. Can you imagine her walking out on me
after all that I've done for her? Me!Copy !req
242. You've done for her?
What have you done for her?Copy !req
243. Well, I took her around to all the bright spots.
I let her be seen with me everywhere.Copy !req
244. - It made her seem important.
- Why, you parboiled old ham.Copy !req
245. You don't think anybody thought there was
anything between you two, do you?Copy !req
246. If it hadn't been for my column, people
would've thought she was your trained nurse.Copy !req
247. Why, you ink-stinking
word slinger.Copy !req
248. I was famous when they were changing
your pants 20 times a day.Copy !req
249. What's the use of bickering?
We've all gotten it. We may as well admit it.Copy !req
250. - Surely you got some fun out of it.
- That's where you're wrong.Copy !req
251. All I got was a handshake,
a smile and a promise.Copy !req
252. I had to sit around with that sourpuss sister
of hers waiting for Vicky to come home.Copy !req
253. - You're kidding.
- On the level. Night after night.Copy !req
254. Didn't you even
get a souvenir?Copy !req
255. Well, I... got this.Copy !req
256. She gave it to me once
when she had an appointment.Copy !req
257. She told me to go up
to her apartment and wait.Copy !req
258. I waited,
and she came in with you.Copy !req
259. I'll be darned.
There's another for the scrapbook.Copy !req
260. I wonder if there could've been somebody
else in her life all the time.Copy !req
261. Well, if there was,
he must've been a locksmith.Copy !req
262. Was there anyone in her life
before this Frankie Christopher?Copy !req
263. On your last visit to New York,
for instance, about a year ago?Copy !req
264. Any little incident that you can remember
may be of enormous help.Copy !req
265. She was working in the restaurant then
and working pretty hard.Copy !req
266. She didn't have much time
for running around, and-Copy !req
267. Now that you mention it, I-I do
remember a queer thing that happened.Copy !req
268. I didn't think much of it
at the time, but, well...Copy !req
269. I was sitting in the place one night, waiting
for her to finish so we could go home...Copy !req
270. when-Copy !req
271. - I'll be with you in a minute, sis.
- Okay.Copy !req
272. Vicky?Copy !req
273. You seem to have an admirer. There was some
guy looking through the window at you...Copy !req
274. like the wolf looked
at the three little pigs.Copy !req
275. I'm used to that.
With that plate-glass window...Copy !req
276. I've got about as much privacy
as a lingerie mannequin.Copy !req
277. It doesn't mean a thing.Copy !req
278. That's the one.Copy !req
279. - Gives me the creeps.
- You'll have to get used to that.Copy !req
280. We've got more wolves in New York
than they have in Siberia.Copy !req
281. I saw him several times
after that.Copy !req
282. He never said anything, never accosted us
or bothered us in any way...Copy !req
283. but he frightened me.Copy !req
284. There was something strange
about him, the way he'd look at her...Copy !req
285. the way he'd turn up
in the most unexpected places.Copy !req
286. Perhaps if you could find that man,
you'd find the murderer.Copy !req
287. Mysterious stranger, huh?Copy !req
288. Young lady, you'll have to do better than that.
Me and my partner weren't born yesterday.Copy !req
289. - Why are you trying to protect Frankie Christopher?
- I'm not trying to protect him.Copy !req
290. I just don't believe he did it.Copy !req
291. Was there ever anything between you
and this Frankie Christopher?Copy !req
292. - What are you saying?
- You were in love with him, weren't you?Copy !req
293. - That's a lie!
- You were in love with himCopy !req
294. and he didn't give you a tumble
so you put your sister out of the way.Copy !req
295. Let me out of here!
You have no right to talk to me like that.Copy !req
296. Who do you think you are?Copy !req
297. I'm a poor, underpaid detective
trying to get at the facts.Copy !req
298. Well, I demand
to see somebody in authority!Copy !req
299. - I wanna see the head man around here!
- Get Cornell.Copy !req
300. - We don't wanna get tough with you unless we have to.
- I told you I didn't do it.Copy !req
301. Inspector, you're wanted inside.Copy !req
302. All right, boys.
Keep him warm. I'll be right back.Copy !req
303. - Here you are.
- Thanks.Copy !req
304. All right, young lady.
Here's the head man.Copy !req
305. That's him!
That's the man!Copy !req
306. - What's this?
- She's crazy.Copy !req
307. She said she saw a mysterious strangerCopy !req
308. peeking through the window
of the joint where her sister worked.Copy !req
309. - Now she says it's Ed.
- What about it, Ed? Do you peek through windows?Copy !req
310. Sure. When it happens to be my district.
That's my job, Miss Lynn, to look at people.Copy !req
311. I admit he looks
as if he'd do anything...Copy !req
312. but at the time of the murder,
he happened to be in Albany with me.Copy !req
313. Frankie Christopher took you and your sister
out for a ride the evening before the murder.Copy !req
314. What happened on that ride?Copy !req
315. There's nothing important about that.
Vicky was just imagining things.Copy !req
316. - Like you?
- I'm not imagining anything! I did see you!Copy !req
317. All right. I'm a Peeping Tom.
Now, about the ride-Copy !req
318. - Well, it's really so silly. I hate to-
- Come on. Let's have it.Copy !req
319. Christopher just told me all about it,
so you'd better not withhold anything.Copy !req
320. Well, it was the night before
Vicky was to leave for Hollywood.Copy !req
321. Frankie came by to pick us up
and take us for a ride.Copy !req
322. We were driving along,
not thinking much of anything, when-Copy !req
323. We'll be sorry
to see you go, Vicky.Copy !req
324. - No, you won't. You'll be glad.
- What?Copy !req
325. You'll be glad
to get rid of me.Copy !req
326. - Jill's in love with you. Haven't you noticed?
- Vicky, don't be silly.Copy !req
327. I'm not silly.
I've known it a long time.Copy !req
328. She's tried to cover it up,
but I've known.Copy !req
329. You're crazy. Nothing like that's
ever entered my head.Copy !req
330. I know.
It's much deeper than that.Copy !req
331. That's why it's so dangerous.
Anything might happen.Copy !req
332. Let's go back now,
shall we?Copy !req
333. Now, she said to Christopher,
"You'll be glad to get rid of me."Copy !req
334. - Is that it, word for word?
- Yes. But she didn't mean anything like that!Copy !req
335. What she meant we'll never know.
It's what she said that counts.Copy !req
336. Now tell us how
and when you found the body.Copy !req
337. Well, it was about 5:30
in the afternoon.Copy !req
338. I'd gotten away early
from the office.Copy !req
339. Even as I came out of the elevator,
I had a feeling something was wrong.Copy !req
340. I don't know quite how to explain it, but there
was music coming from the apartment, and-Copy !req
341. - Vicky!
- I just came in, just this second.Copy !req
342. Is she?Copy !req
343. Jill, you don't think
I did it, do you?Copy !req
344. You don't, do you?Copy !req
345. I'm not quite clear
on what happened after that.Copy !req
346. The next thing I knew,
the room was filled with police.Copy !req
347. Thank you very much, Miss Lynn.
You've been most helpful.Copy !req
348. - I give up.
- Say, you fellas give up too easy.Copy !req
349. How 'bout playing
a couple games of gin rummy?Copy !req
350. Exactly what did Vicky mean when she said,
"You'll be glad to get rid of me"?Copy !req
351. - Where did you get that?
- Never mind where I got it. What did she mean?Copy !req
352. - I don't know.
- I'll tell you what she meant.Copy !req
353. She knew you resented
her running out on you.Copy !req
354. When you left those two fellas at the bar,
you started to get drunk.Copy !req
355. You drank all that night and the next day.
Your mind became more and more inflamed...Copy !req
356. until you were mad
with jealousy and hurt pride.Copy !req
357. I say you went up there
and killed her in cold blood.Copy !req
358. - That's not true!
- It is true!Copy !req
359. I got a good mind
to kill you myself right now!Copy !req
360. Take it easy, Ed? Take it easy.Copy !req
361. That's all for today,
Frankie. Sorry to bother you.Copy !req
362. How 'bout a couple
of tickets for the rodeo?Copy !req
363. You don't need any seats
for the rodeo.Copy !req
364. All you need's a couple more bulls in here,
and you can have one of your own.Copy !req
365. The assistant D.A. wants to see Christopher
in his office right away.Copy !req
366. There you are, Frankie. You see?
He probably wants to apologize.Copy !req
367. Thanks.Copy !req
368. - What's the idea of riding him so hard?
- I don't know.Copy !req
369. I've had 15 years' experience
in this racket.Copy !req
370. If that isn't the look of a guilty man,
I'll take the rap myself.Copy !req
371. - Here he comes.
- What's the dope, Frankie?Copy !req
372. - Give us a break, will ya?
- What'd he say?Copy !req
373. - Sorry, boys. No statement.
- Allow me.Copy !req
374. What's the idea of the decoration?Copy !req
375. I hear Ed Cornell is taking
charge of the investigation.Copy !req
376. That's right.Copy !req
377. Brother, when that guy says
you're cooked, you're cooked.Copy !req
378. He hasn't lost a conviction
in his entire career.Copy !req
379. Here. Pin the crepe
on Cornell. His career is dead.Copy !req
380. Mr. Christopher, I'm terribly sorry if
you've been caused any inconvenience.Copy !req
381. - I hope none of our men were too rough with you.
- No, no. Not at all.Copy !req
382. They've been
perfect little gentlemen.Copy !req
383. The fact is, somebody has made
a terrible mistake. I was just explaining...Copy !req
384. to Miss Lynn here that it seemed so logical
that you were the guilty one.Copy !req
385. - Doesn't it now?
- No. I think we know the identity of the killer.Copy !req
386. - Who is it?
- A boy by the name of Harry Williams-Copy !req
387. switchboard operator
at the apartment house.Copy !req
388. - Do you mind if I go now?
- Not in the least, Miss Lynn.Copy !req
389. Sorry to have
troubled you.Copy !req
390. - Good-bye.
- Good-bye.Copy !req
391. What makes you think
Williams did it?Copy !req
392. We just got a call from one of our men.
Williams has been missing since 5:30 last night.Copy !req
393. He's probably hiding out
somewhere, scared and shaky.Copy !req
394. - But don't worry. We'll find him.
- Well, you'd better be quick about it...Copy !req
395. because if I find him first, you're gonna have
another murder on your hands.Copy !req
396. Jill!Copy !req
397. Jill,
can't we be friends?Copy !req
398. This is a nice time
to be thinking about that.Copy !req
399. I'm sorry you told that story
about the car.Copy !req
400. I couldn't help it. Besides,
it didn't mean anything anyway.Copy !req
401. Vicky didn't know what she was saying.
You know that, don't you?Copy !req
402. Sure.
May I take you home?Copy !req
403. No, thanks. I don't want any more reminders
around than are necessary.Copy !req
404. Well, it's the first time I ever had
a bad dream with my eyes open.Copy !req
405. - What do you want?
- Someday, you're gonna talk in your sleep...Copy !req
406. and when that day comes,
I wanna be around.Copy !req
407. It's no use, Cornell.
I'm not the type.Copy !req
408. - Have you got a warrant?
- No. This is strictly my own idea.Copy !req
409. I'm working on my own time.Copy !req
410. Then get out of here.
I don't like rats in my bedroom.Copy !req
411. Now, wait. You don't seem
to realize I'm doing you a favor.Copy !req
412. I'm keeping you posted
on the progress of this case.Copy !req
413. For instance, I found this cigarette butt
crushed out in her clothes closet.Copy !req
414. There was also an evening slipper
that had been stepped on...Copy !req
415. as if somebody
had waited there, hiding.Copy !req
416. - Do you often smoke in clothes closets?
- Not since I was a kid.Copy !req
417. It happens
to be your brand.Copy !req
418. According to the latest statistics,
10 million people smoke that brand...Copy !req
419. including the army
and navy.Copy !req
420. - Maybe it was a mass murder.
- I know it doesn't mean much by itself...Copy !req
421. but every little bit counts.Copy !req
422. When I get all my evidence together,
I'm gonna have you tied up...Copy !req
423. like a pig
in a slaughterhouse.Copy !req
424. Perhaps they're
keeping it from you...Copy !req
425. but they told me at headquarters
that they think Harry Williams did it.Copy !req
426. - I think they're wrong.
- Oh, I see.Copy !req
427. They believe Williams did it,
but you're the holdout.Copy !req
428. - You're the bright boy. Is that it?
- Maybe.Copy !req
429. You know, you're like something
out of a museum.Copy !req
430. You oughta have a magnifying glass
and one of those trick hats with earflaps.Copy !req
431. Why don't you look
in that box?Copy !req
432. - Collar buttons.
- That's right.Copy !req
433. Say, you're wonderful. You know,
I think I'll carry you around just for laughs.Copy !req
434. I don't mind the kidding.Copy !req
435. You're a pretty cocky fellow, Frankie.
You've had your own way for a long time.Copy !req
436. - First with Vicky Lynn and now with her sister.
- Get out of here.Copy !req
437. Find Harry Williams. That's your job.
And if I ever catch you around here again...Copy !req
438. they'll have to
pick you up with a sieve.Copy !req
439. Hello, Harry.Copy !req
440. - Hello, Miss Lynn.
- I thought you'd gone away.Copy !req
441. I just went over to Brooklyn
to see my parents.Copy !req
442. I didn't realize it would cause such a fuss.
I explained everything to the cops.Copy !req
443. - Oh. I thought-
- Well, you shouldn't have thought that, Miss Lynn.Copy !req
444. You know I wouldn't
do a thing like that, don't you?Copy !req
445. Yes.Copy !req
446. - I'm moving. I've come for Vicky's things.
- Yes. I know.Copy !req
447. The superintendent told me
you were coming.Copy !req
448. I have everything here,
all packed and ready to go.Copy !req
449. - But who packed them?
- I did.Copy !req
450. Well, you shouldn't have done that.
You should've gotten permission.Copy !req
451. I wanted to help.
I thought it might be of some help.Copy !req
452. Well, as long as you've done it, thanks very much.
Will you help me carry them?Copy !req
453. Hello?Copy !req
454. Just a minute. It's Mr. Christopher.
He wants to speak to you.Copy !req
455. Tell him I'm not in;
I've gone away.Copy !req
456. - She's not in. She's gone away.
- Where has she gone?Copy !req
457. He wants to know
where you've gone.Copy !req
458. Just tell him
there's no forwarding address.Copy !req
459. Sorry.
There's no forwarding address.Copy !req
460. Was the funeral nice?Copy !req
461. It was very quiet.
There wasn't anybody there except me.Copy !req
462. - I wanted to come.
- Why didn't you?Copy !req
463. I didn't think
it was my place.Copy !req
464. - Good-bye, Miss Lynn.
- Thanks, Harry, for helping with the bags.Copy !req
465. I don't want your money.Copy !req
466. Now, give me those reports on Robin Ray
and Larry Evans in the Lynn case.Copy !req
467. Yes, sir.Copy !req
468. - Good morning, Chief.
- What do you want?Copy !req
469. - Nothing much.
- Then get out of here and get to work.Copy !req
470. You're falling down on this case, Cornell.
You haven't got a thing so far.Copy !req
471. - I got my suspicions.
- Suspicions? What good are suspicions without proof?Copy !req
472. Now that Harry Williams is out of the running,
we're no further along than we were.Copy !req
473. I'll get something out
of him; just give me time.Copy !req
474. - I thought you said Williams didn't do it.
- I'm not talking about Williams.Copy !req
475. - I'm talking about Frankie Christopher.
- Christopher. Christopher!Copy !req
476. All you talk about is Christopher.
What about some of the others?Copy !req
477. That ham actor Robin Ray or Larry Evans,
the newspaper columnist? Let's sweat him.Copy !req
478. Better leave the newspaperman alone
till you get something solid.Copy !req
479. - He might give you a bad notice.
- All right. Call in the actor.Copy !req
480. - He couldn't kill mice.
- Did I ask for your opinion?Copy !req
481. Bring in the actor now!Copy !req
482. All right. I think
you're wasting your time.Copy !req
483. - Do you mind if I bring in Frankie Christopher too?
- What do you want him for?Copy !req
484. - Have you got anything new?
- No. I just like to have him around.Copy !req
485. - Hello, Robin.
- Oh, hello, Christopher.Copy !req
486. - What are you doing down here?
- They asked me to come along.Copy !req
487. I seem to be
their favorite customer.Copy !req
488. You know, it's perfectly ridiculous.
I had nothing to do with this.Copy !req
489. I just came down
to be obliging.Copy !req
490. How do they go about these things?
What do they do to you?Copy !req
491. Oh, nothing much. It's sorta like
playing handball, only you're the ball.Copy !req
492. Say, you should've
worn overalls.Copy !req
493. - I'm afraid you're gonna get that suit all messed up.
- Are you serious?Copy !req
494. - What do you think?
- This way, boys.Copy !req
495. Follow me.Copy !req
496. - No lights?
- You're lucky.Copy !req
497. Go ahead. You're an actor.
Pretend you're going to your execution.Copy !req
498. Sit right over here,
fellas.Copy !req
499. Let me out!
Let me out of here!Copy !req
500. Take him up to my office.Copy !req
501. There was something so young,
so fresh, so full of life...Copy !req
502. about Vicky that the very sight of her
gave me new hope.Copy !req
503. She made me feel that
perhaps I might succeed again...Copy !req
504. in both my life
and my profession.Copy !req
505. But when I told her that, she just laughed
at me. She told me I was a has-been.Copy !req
506. She said she was going places
and didn't want to hitch her wagon...Copy !req
507. to a- a falling star.Copy !req
508. I even arranged for a screen test
for both of us.Copy !req
509. A director I knew said
he would give us a chance.Copy !req
510. But when the day came,
she went down there alone.Copy !req
511. They decided
they didn't need me.Copy !req
512. Well, I couldn't stand that.
I went down there and started a row.Copy !req
513. A few days later, when she sent
for Christopher and Evans and me...Copy !req
514. I pretended to them
that I knew nothing about it.Copy !req
515. I pretended to myself
that I didn't care.Copy !req
516. But I-I didn't kill her!Copy !req
517. - Where were you on the day of the murder?
- I was in the sanitarium...Copy !req
518. on East 77th Street.Copy !req
519. I go there occasionally when things
get tough, and they take care of me.Copy !req
520. You can verify that if you like
by calling the doctor.Copy !req
521. Check up on that.Copy !req
522. I've already checked.
He was there, all right.Copy !req
523. So there goes another one
of your suspects.Copy !req
524. - Is that all for today, gentlemen?
- For today.Copy !req
525. Hello, Frankie. I see they're still
lettin' you out of here.Copy !req
526. - I come and go as I please. They made me a trustee.
- Cornell must be slipping.Copy !req
527. According to my calendar,
you should be in the death house by now.Copy !req
528. Uh-oh.Copy !req
529. - Well, if it isn't Operator 13.
- The nails for your coffin.Copy !req
530. - Hi, Inspector.
- How about giving me a lift uptown, Frankie?Copy !req
531. Sure. Always glad to oblige a ghoul.
Right this way.Copy !req
532. You can drop me at 58th and Madison.
I live on the corner.Copy !req
533. Okay.Copy !req
534. I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this,
but I'm a little short on cash lately.Copy !req
535. You see, I've spent so much of my own dough
trying to build up this case against you.Copy !req
536. Well, if there's anything
you need, just let me know.Copy !req
537. I imagine they'll make it right with me
when I bring in the material for your trial.Copy !req
538. They usually do in these cases. I nick a guy
on my own time and send him up to the chair.Copy !req
539. - Then I get back pay.
- Must be a great life.Copy !req
540. Like a garbageman,
only with people.Copy !req
541. I got practically
all the evidence I need now.Copy !req
542. I could arrest you today, for that matter,
but you might get some smart mouthpiece...Copy !req
543. and get off with life
instead of the chair.Copy !req
544. I won't be satisfied
until I'm sure it's the chair.Copy !req
545. You're a gay dog, Cornell.
You make me feel as if I'm driving a hearse.Copy !req
546. I know your type. I've seen hundreds of 'em.
I don't scare you enough...Copy !req
547. to make you commit suicide,
but I worry you just the same.Copy !req
548. And when the day comes,
they all act different.Copy !req
549. Some scream. A few faint.Copy !req
550. Some light a cigarette
and try a wisecrack...Copy !req
551. but it sticks in their throats,
especially when they're hung.Copy !req
552. All right, Dracula. Get your rotten corpse
out of that seat.Copy !req
553. - Thanks.
- Not at all.Copy !req
554. It won't be long now.
Just a day or two.Copy !req
555. Good evening, Miss Lynn.Copy !req
556. - What do you want?
- I just wanna ask you a few questions.Copy !req
557. You've asked enough questions already.
Now, go away.Copy !req
558. Now, don't be like that,
Miss Lynn.Copy !req
559. You wanna find the man
who killed your sister, don't you?Copy !req
560. - Of course.
- Maybe I can help you.Copy !req
561. Maybe you can help me.
It's simply a matter of justice.Copy !req
562. Nice little place you got here.Copy !req
563. The garden of hope.
Do you believe in hope, Miss Lynn?Copy !req
564. Naturally. What's the good
of living without hope?Copy !req
565. It can be done.Copy !req
566. Miss Lynn, I got a hunch you know more
than you're telling me.Copy !req
567. - Especially about Frankie Christopher.
- That's not true.Copy !req
568. I've told you everything I know.
What more could there be?Copy !req
569. If I knew,
I wouldn't be asking, would I?Copy !req
570. Now, listen. I know what you're going through.
But justice is justice.Copy !req
571. That guy is a sham,
and he played your sister for a sucker.Copy !req
572. When she tried to run out on him,
he let her have it.Copy !req
573. I don't believe that.Copy !req
574. - You're in love with him, aren't you?
- No, I'm not!Copy !req
575. Yes, you are.Copy !req
576. Your sister knew it,
and I know it.Copy !req
577. You're in love with him and trying to
cover up his tracks, but it won't work.Copy !req
578. I'll get him,
with your help or without it.Copy !req
579. I've never been wrong yet.
That man's guilty.Copy !req
580. If you know what's good for you,
you'll play along with me.Copy !req
581. - Get out of here!
- You keep telling yourself he's innocent, don't you?Copy !req
582. But you're not certain.
That's what's driving you crazy.Copy !req
583. If you were certain, you wouldn't
be holding out on me, would you?Copy !req
584. Get out of here!Copy !req
585. All right, Miss Lynn.Copy !req
586. But think it over.Copy !req
587. Get me Mr. Frank Christopher.
Columbus 46738.Copy !req
588. - Say, you look all right.
- Thanks.Copy !req
589. - Where are we going?
- Well, first of all, we're going to the fights.Copy !req
590. Frankie, do you really
think we should?Copy !req
591. Why not? I've got nothing
to be ashamed of.Copy !req
592. - I know, but-
- Don't worry.Copy !req
593. I'll take you in the gallery
where the real fans go.Copy !req
594. Look at that boy go!Copy !req
595. Attaboy, Lloyd!
Give it to 'im!Copy !req
596. Give him your left!
Let 'im have your left!Copy !req
597. Give it to him again!Copy !req
598. - Was that good?
- Was it? It wasn't bad!Copy !req
599. He looks so little.
I don't know which is which.Copy !req
600. I own a piece of the boy
in the green pants.Copy !req
601. Take it easy!
Take your time!Copy !req
602. He's a great little kid.
I raised him from a pup.Copy !req
603. - Take it easy!
- Did you ever bring Vicky here?Copy !req
604. Nope.
She wasn't interested.Copy !req
605. Go after him! Don't stand there
as if you're being milked!Copy !req
606. Go after his stomach, you lug!Copy !req
607. His stomach!Copy !req
608. - Who was hit?
- Uh, the one in the green pants.Copy !req
609. - What's he doing?
- Taking it easy on the floor.Copy !req
610. - Five, six-
- Foul! Foul!Copy !req
611. Well, anyway, he was
a great little fighter.Copy !req
612. - I thought he was fine.
- It was that clumsy referee.Copy !req
613. He's nearsighted.
We only keep him on out of charity.Copy !req
614. - Hello, Frankie. How are ya?
- Hello, Gus. How's business?Copy !req
615. - Ah, so-so.
- I love this neighborhood.Copy !req
616. I was brought up here.Copy !req
617. I even miss the "L."
It used to sound like thunder.Copy !req
618. - Did you ever bring Vicky down here?
- No. Vicky liked the nightclubs.Copy !req
619. I've never been
in a New York nightclub.Copy !req
620. - What?
- No.Copy !req
621. See, I've never known a man
who had the cover charge.Copy !req
622. Lady, we're going to
fix that right now.Copy !req
623. - Pegasus Club.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
624. - Hi, Frankie.
- Hello. How's tricks?Copy !req
625. Not so good.
I still got that ringing in my head.Copy !req
626. That's too bad. Here. Get yourself
a big dinner and see what happens.Copy !req
627. - Thanks, Frankie.
- Keep punchin'.Copy !req
628. - Who's that?
- He used to be a pretty good heavyweight...Copy !req
629. but he's slaphappy now.Copy !req
630. He always hears
the bell in his head.Copy !req
631. He seemed to know you were
going to give him that money.Copy !req
632. Always do.
I may be a has-been myself someday.Copy !req
633. Perhaps this isn't wise, Frankie.
Are you sure we oughta be seen together?Copy !req
634. I was never so sure
of anything in my life.Copy !req
635. Well, what do you know
about that?Copy !req
636. Pardon me, baby, while I go out
and sink a battleship.Copy !req
637. - Would you like to dance?
- No, thanks.Copy !req
638. I don't feel like dancing.Copy !req
639. Why did you suddenly
call me tonight?Copy !req
640. It's very simple.
I was lonely...Copy !req
641. and I thought you might
possibly be lonely too.Copy !req
642. - Is that all?
- Of course.Copy !req
643. You know, I'm not sure I like being just
another member of the Lonely Hearts Club.Copy !req
644. You might do better by looking up
the advertisements.Copy !req
645. "Bachelor, $75,000,
with two glass eyes."Copy !req
646. The trouble with you is you pretend
you don't care about things, but you do.Copy !req
647. You were very upset
by Vicky's death, weren't you?Copy !req
648. Sure. If I could find
the guy who did it...Copy !req
649. I might save the state something
on its electricity bill.Copy !req
650. - She was a good kid.
- Did you love her?Copy !req
651. No. Do you think
if I had loved her...Copy !req
652. I would've tried
to exploit her the way I did?Copy !req
653. Vicky was pretty,
gay and amusing.Copy !req
654. She had lots to offer, and I wanted to
put her in the right place on the map.Copy !req
655. After all,
that's my business.Copy !req
656. But when a man
really loves a woman...Copy !req
657. he doesn't wanna plaster her face all over
the papers and magazines.Copy !req
658. He wants to keep her to himself,
right in here.Copy !req
659. I never thought of that.
I feel like dancing now.Copy !req
660. Scrap the stuff about the Japanese
spy with a Kodak and run this:Copy !req
661. "What sister of what
recently murdered girl...Copy !req
662. is stepping out
with the dead girl's boyfriend?Copy !req
663. Dancing on the grave,
I call it.Copy !req
664. The murderer
has yet to be found."Copy !req
665. - You dance well.
- Vicky said I was terrible.Copy !req
666. Well, dancing-
It sort of depends.Copy !req
667. Yes, I-I know.Copy !req
668. How'd you like your
first New York nightclub?Copy !req
669. Oh, it was wonderful.
Especially the dancing.Copy !req
670. Thanks. Where would
you like to go now?Copy !req
671. It's pretty late.
Where do you usually go?Copy !req
672. If I told you,
you'd laugh.Copy !req
673. Go ahead.
I could use a good laugh.Copy !req
674. - I go swimming.
- Swimming? Where?Copy !req
675. The Lido Plunge. You see,
when I was a kid on the East Side...Copy !req
676. it used to be the biggest
adventure of my life...Copy !req
677. whenever I could save up
a quarter and go to the Lido.Copy !req
678. I never got enough of it.
So, now that I'm in the chips...Copy !req
679. I go swimming
every chance I get.Copy !req
680. Anyway, it's healthy.Copy !req
681. If you've got an extra quarter on you,
I'd like to go along.Copy !req
682. - Are you kidding?
- No.Copy !req
683. You're on.Copy !req
684. - Hello.
- Ouch. You hurt my eyes.Copy !req
685. - Thanks, mister.
- Madame, could I interest you in a nice cold swim?Copy !req
686. Funny, I was just going
to ask you that.Copy !req
687. Swell. Let's go.Copy !req
688. Well, how do you like
the old swimming hole?Copy !req
689. - Wet and wonderful.
- This is my idea of real luxury.Copy !req
690. You know, if I ever
inherit a gold mine...Copy !req
691. I'll have a swimming pool
in every room...Copy !req
692. and you can swim
in all of 'em.Copy !req
693. Do you tell that to every girl
you bring down here?Copy !req
694. So help me, I never
brought a girl here in my life!Copy !req
695. - Hi, Frankie!
- Hello.Copy !req
696. - Well, here we are.
- It's been a wonderful evening.Copy !req
697. Thanks.
You've been swell.Copy !req
698. Frankie, will you
come upstairs a minute?Copy !req
699. There's something of Vicky's
I know she'd want you to have.Copy !req
700. Sure.Copy !req
701. It's a note you wrote
to Vicky.Copy !req
702. I found it among her things
before the police arrived.Copy !req
703. "Dear Vicky, after what
you did last night...Copy !req
704. the sooner
you're out of the way"-Copy !req
705. - Did I write that?
- It's your signature.Copy !req
706. Well, it was after
that ride together.Copy !req
707. What she said, it-
it was so unfair to you.Copy !req
708. I know what you meant,
but I don't think anybody else would.Copy !req
709. Why didn't you
turn this in?Copy !req
710. I didn't know until tonight.Copy !req
711. It was when we were dancing.Copy !req
712. I suddenly understood the letter
and a lot of other things besides.Copy !req
713. I'd like to have a look at
that letter, if you don't mind.Copy !req
714. "Dear Vicky, after what
you did last night...Copy !req
715. the sooner you're out of
the way, the better."Copy !req
716. Nice of you
to put in writin'.Copy !req
717. All right, Murphy.
You wait in the hall.Copy !req
718. I knew you were
holdin' somethin' back.Copy !req
719. You're the Mona Lisa type.
I can spot 'em a mile away.Copy !req
720. - Oh!
- Jill!Copy !req
721. Well, here we are, Frankie.Copy !req
722. I've looked forward to
this moment for a long time.Copy !req
723. - You're trying to frame me.
- I don't have to frame you.Copy !req
724. You frame yourself.
How about this little note?Copy !req
725. Anybody might've written
a note like that. I was burned up.Copy !req
726. Well, you're gonna have plenty of time
to cool off before I'm through with you.Copy !req
727. I found these in your room.Copy !req
728. Exhibit "A,"
one pair of brass knuckles.Copy !req
729. And Vicky was hit behind the ear with a weapon
the size of a fist, only much harder.Copy !req
730. It's a frame.
You're trying to frame me!Copy !req
731. You planted those, you-you-Copy !req
732. "A frame."
That's what they all say.Copy !req
733. Murphy saw me take those knuckles
from your bureau drawer.Copy !req
734. Jill, you don't believe
all this stuff, do you?Copy !req
735. What does it matter
what she believes?Copy !req
736. What does it matter
what she believes?Copy !req
737. You're like a rat in a box
without any holes.Copy !req
738. Well, they're gonna make a hole for you,
Mr. Handsome Harry...Copy !req
739. 6-by-3,
filled with quicklime-Copy !req
740. You shouldn't have done that, Jill.
It makes you an accomplice.Copy !req
741. Quick, through the kitchen.
There's a doorway leading to the hall.Copy !req
742. Go on.
Leave the cop to me.Copy !req
743. Quick, Officer!
He's trying to escape!Copy !req
744. He went through
the bedroom!Copy !req
745. Sorry for being so slow, but I don't do this
sort of thing very often.Copy !req
746. - You're going great.
- I hope the man doesn't mind our using his things.Copy !req
747. I'll leave him
a note of apology.Copy !req
748. - You're a great sport, Jill.
- You're not so bad yourself.Copy !req
749. - Why did you do it?
- I don't know.Copy !req
750. But when I saw you standing there so helpless
and that big fathead bullying you...Copy !req
751. I just had to hit something.Copy !req
752. Is that the only reason?Copy !req
753. No.Copy !req
754. I guess Vicky was right
about us, wasn't she?Copy !req
755. Glad?Copy !req
756. What do you think?Copy !req
757. Frankie, we've got to get out
of this town as fast as we can.Copy !req
758. Are you sure you wanna
go through with it?Copy !req
759. You know, it isn't very much fun
being married to a hunted man.Copy !req
760. I don't mind.Copy !req
761. Besides, most married men
have a hunted look anyway.Copy !req
762. Frank!Copy !req
763. First thing we gotta do in the morning
is get some money.Copy !req
764. I've got some laid away
in a safe deposit box downtown.Copy !req
765. - There'll be watching there, won't they?
- Not this one.Copy !req
766. I put it away
under my original name.Copy !req
767. Frank, you're not really a crook, are you?Copy !req
768. Of course not. I took the name Christopher
because it's easy to spell.Copy !req
769. - What's your real name?
- I hate to tell you.Copy !req
770. You've got to tell me
if I'm gonna use it.Copy !req
771. Okay. Botticelli.Copy !req
772. Botticelli.
Mrs. Botticelli.Copy !req
773. Why, that's not bad at all.Copy !req
774. What are we going
to do in the meantime?Copy !req
775. I'm going to show you how to play
hide-and-seek in the big city.Copy !req
776. - Frankie?
- Yes?Copy !req
777. How many times
do we have to see this?Copy !req
778. Don't tell me you're getting
tired of it already?Copy !req
779. I'm just beginning to get warmed up.Copy !req
780. Nobody seems to be particularly interested
in it except you.Copy !req
781. Probably waiting
for the revolution.Copy !req
782. Put your shoes on, sister.Copy !req
783. If I had to see that picture once more,
I think I'd rather give myself up.Copy !req
784. I don't blame you.
Now, listen.Copy !req
785. I want you to wait for me in the public library
until I get the money.Copy !req
786. Why can't I come with you?Copy !req
787. I think it's better that
we separate for the time being.Copy !req
788. - You'll be safer there.
- What makes you think that's safe?Copy !req
789. Nobody in their right mind
is ever in a public library at 9:00.Copy !req
790. And if anything does go wrong,
you meet me here.Copy !req
791. - Now, be careful.
- All right.Copy !req
792. All right, young lady.
Come along with us.Copy !req
793. - What have you done to Frankie?
- Never mind about that.Copy !req
794. - Come along.
- You haven't hurt him, have you?Copy !req
795. Can't you people read?Copy !req
796. Sorry, pops.Copy !req
797. Stick around.Copy !req
798. Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!Copy !req
799. Extra! Extra!
Get your paper!Copy !req
800. Read all about it!
Extra! Extra!Copy !req
801. Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!Copy !req
802. Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!Copy !req
803. Hello, Frankie.Copy !req
804. - Carrying a gun?
- Who can tell?Copy !req
805. It may be a gun
or it may be a pipe.Copy !req
806. Then again,
it may be just my finger.Copy !req
807. But you're not taking
any chances, are you?Copy !req
808. No. I don't have to.Copy !req
809. - What's on your mind, Frankie?
- You've taken Jill.Copy !req
810. She hasn't got
anything to do with this.Copy !req
811. Let her go, and I'll give myself up.Copy !req
812. You've turned into quite
the young Lochenvar, haven't you?Copy !req
813. Self-sacrifice
and everything.Copy !req
814. It's no use. I don't have to
make bargains with you.Copy !req
815. I'll get you eventually.
If not tomorrow, next week.Copy !req
816. If not next week,
next year.Copy !req
817. Time's nothing in my life.
It is in yours.Copy !req
818. Each minute's an eternity
to a man in your shoes.Copy !req
819. You got the wrong steer
this time, Cornell.Copy !req
820. They told me at headquarters
that you're a pretty sure thing.Copy !req
821. But this time you're trying
to convict an innocent man.Copy !req
822. That's what you say,
but you can't sell me on it.Copy !req
823. I'll follow you into your grave.
I'll write my name on your tombstone.Copy !req
824. You're not a cop
looking for a murderer.Copy !req
825. You're crazy, Cornell.
You ought to be put away.Copy !req
826. Sure. Why don't you
call a policeman?Copy !req
827. All right, Cornell.
But I'll tell you one thing.Copy !req
828. You're never going to convict me.
You'll have to kill me first.Copy !req
829. I wouldn't kill anybody.Copy !req
830. I'm too smart. Look. I don't even
carry a gun. You can frisk me.Copy !req
831. I wouldn't touch you with sterilized gloves.Copy !req
832. - Here. Have a Tootsie Roll.
- Hey, read all about it!Copy !req
833. Slayer at large!
Read all about it!Copy !req
834. Extra! Extra! Slayer at large!
Read all about it!Copy !req
835. - Hello, Chief.
- Hello.Copy !req
836. Got a lead
on Christopher yet?Copy !req
837. Did you ever read
The Sex Life of the Butterfly by Faber?Copy !req
838. - Cornell, are you crazy?
- That's funny.Copy !req
839. That's the second time I've been asked
that question tonight. Have a Tootsie Roll.Copy !req
840. What in blazes does The Sex Life of
the Butterfly got to do with the Lynn case?Copy !req
841. Faber was a naturalist.Copy !req
842. He got himself a very rare female butterfly
from Africa worth 1,000 bucks.Copy !req
843. He kept it in a glass box
in his apartment in Paris.Copy !req
844. But nobody had ever been able
to catch the male of the species.Copy !req
845. One day, he let
the female out of the box...Copy !req
846. and in a few hours,
he had 10,000 dollars' worth...Copy !req
847. of rare African butterflies
flying around the room.Copy !req
848. Very interesting.
Very interesting indeed!Copy !req
849. But what's all this got to do
with the Lynn case, may I ask?Copy !req
850. I want a release order
for the girl.Copy !req
851. Just let her out of the box.
Nature will do the rest.Copy !req
852. We'll have Frankie in the net
by tomorrow.Copy !req
853. Yeah, you may be
right at that.Copy !req
854. But if you slip up
this time, Cornell...Copy !req
855. it's curtains
to a brilliant career.Copy !req
856. You realize that,
of course?Copy !req
857. Sure. I realize that
more than you do.Copy !req
858. - Frankie!
- Jill, what are you doing here?Copy !req
859. - How did you get out?
- They let me out.Copy !req
860. Oh, they would,
so you could lead them right to me.Copy !req
861. I wasn't a Campfire Girl for nothing.
They think I'm still in the apartment.Copy !req
862. Yeah? Well, we're getting
out of town right now.Copy !req
863. Wait a minute.
I found something.Copy !req
864. These cards-They were on the flowers
that were sent to Vicky's funeral.Copy !req
865. - Who were they from?
- I don't know.Copy !req
866. Maybe we won't have to
leave town after all.Copy !req
867. You wait here.Copy !req
868. Good evening. I'm sorry to bother you,
but I'm from the Evening Ledger.Copy !req
869. They sent me out here
on an assignment. May I come in?Copy !req
870. Sure. Sure.
Come in.Copy !req
871. You know, I'm glad to see anybody
that's still moving around.Copy !req
872. Well, what can I
do for you?Copy !req
873. I've been assigned to write
a human interest story on Vicky Lynn.Copy !req
874. I was wondering whether you could
help me. Any colorful or unusual...Copy !req
875. little incident connected
with the funeral, for instance.Copy !req
876. Lynn, Lynn.
Let me see.Copy !req
877. That's the girl was murdered
up on 76th Street, isn't it?Copy !req
878. - That's right.
- Well, I don't know much I can tell you.Copy !req
879. Only thing-We got our orders and laid
her away the same as anybody else.Copy !req
880. - Has anybody been out here since?
- No.Copy !req
881. - Were there many flowers at the funeral?
- No. Just the-Copy !req
882. Wait a minute.Copy !req
883. Lynn, Lynn. 266.Copy !req
884. Say, that grave's been getting flowers
every day since she died.Copy !req
885. - Who'd they come from?
- I don't know.Copy !req
886. Never was any signature
on the card.Copy !req
887. Just come regular from some florist
around Times Square.Copy !req
888. Name Carting or Keating
or something like that.Copy !req
889. - Do you have a telephone directory?
- Sure.Copy !req
890. Over there.
Help yourself.Copy !req
891. I'm sorry, Miss Smith. I usually
like to oblige newspaper people...Copy !req
892. but in this case
I'm between two fires.Copy !req
893. Then the man who's been sending
the flowers is also from a newspaper?Copy !req
894. Well, in a way, yes,
but he isn't a reporter.Copy !req
895. - Does he write a column?
- Well, I can't say that, can I...Copy !req
896. or else I'd give it away?Copy !req
897. Thanks, Mr. Keating.
I think I get your drift.Copy !req
898. Now, don't get me
in any trouble.Copy !req
899. - Who is it?
- Your columnist friend.Copy !req
900. Well, this is
a pleasant surprise.Copy !req
901. What's the idea of breaking into my place
like this in the middle of the night?Copy !req
902. What do you know
about the death of Vicky Lynn?Copy !req
903. You're a fine one to ask that.
I know nothing about it.Copy !req
904. Then why have you been sending flowers
to her grave every day?Copy !req
905. Oh, so you've found out
about that, have you?Copy !req
906. - I can explain that easily.
- Then go ahead.Copy !req
907. - I promised her.
- Promised her?Copy !req
908. - Yes. Mind if I smoke?
- Not at all.Copy !req
909. - You won't need that.
- I just thought I'd try it.Copy !req
910. It'd be a great scoop for me
if I could bring you in myself.Copy !req
911. So you think
I'm guilty too?Copy !req
912. Yes, and so does everybody else.Copy !req
913. What do you mean you promised
to send Vicky flowers?Copy !req
914. Well, the day of the murder, I had driven Vicky
to the station to get her train reservations.Copy !req
915. You mean you were with Vicky
the afternoon she was killed?Copy !req
916. - Yes.
- Then why didn't you tell that to the police?Copy !req
917. Because I'm not a fool.
You told the police your story.Copy !req
918. - What'd it get you?
- Never mind that. Go on.Copy !req
919. When we got back to the apartment,
she had forgotten her key.Copy !req
920. She asked me if I had the one
she gave me...Copy !req
921. and I told her
I had raffled it off.Copy !req
922. Oh, dear,
the passkey's gone too.Copy !req
923. I guess there's nothing to do
but sit and wait...Copy !req
924. for the switchboard boy
to get back.Copy !req
925. From what I've seen of that boy,
he may be gone for hours.Copy !req
926. I'd better climb up the fire escape
and let you in myself.Copy !req
927. Why, Larry, you'd never do
anything so gallant.Copy !req
928. You don't know me.Copy !req
929. - There you are, milady.
- Larry, you're so sweet.Copy !req
930. You know, uh, now that I'm leaving,
I'm really a little unhappy about it.Copy !req
931. Oh, forget it.Copy !req
932. If I weren't sure
I'd be a success, I'd-Copy !req
933. well, I'd never do
a thing like this.Copy !req
934. I'm sure you'll be a success. You've got
a heart made out of rock candy.Copy !req
935. - You won't forget me, will you?
- I won't for at least two weeks.Copy !req
936. - Two weeks isn't very long, is it?
- It is for a columnist.Copy !req
937. I'll tell you what I'll do. For the first
two weeks, I'll send you flowers every day.Copy !req
938. It'll make a great impression
where you're going.Copy !req
939. Oh, Larry,
will you really?Copy !req
940. - Promise?
- I promise.Copy !req
941. A promise is a promise.Copy !req
942. I hope it still makes an impression...
wherever she is.Copy !req
943. - I think it smells. What did you do after that?
- I left.Copy !req
944. Was the boy at the switchboard
when you came down?Copy !req
945. No. No, I remember the board
was buzzing as I passed by.Copy !req
946. Did you notice anything unusual
about the room when you went in?Copy !req
947. Yeah, now that you mention it. There seemed
to be the smell of cigarette smoke in the air.Copy !req
948. I thought maybe
Jill had just left or-Copy !req
949. Jill was at the office.Copy !req
950. Good grief. You don't think
he did it, do you?Copy !req
951. Now, do you understand
what you have to do?Copy !req
952. - Give me a half hour, then telephone him.
- Frankie, I'm scared.Copy !req
953. - Don't do it, please!
- This is the only chance I have.Copy !req
954. I've gotta take it.Copy !req
955. Good luck, dear.Copy !req
956. Hold still.
I'd hate to put a hole in you.Copy !req
957. Put that gun away, Frankie.
We've got enough against you as it is.Copy !req
958. Not until you've heard me out. I got a lead
on the real killer, but I need your help.Copy !req
959. Sorry, Frankie.
I'm on the other side of the fence.Copy !req
960. Okay, then. I'll make you
a sporting proposition.Copy !req
961. You trust me for just a half an hour,
and I'll trust you.Copy !req
962. Well, I guess a half hour
won't do any harm.Copy !req
963. - But I'll take that just in case.
- Come on.Copy !req
964. Hello, Harry.
This is Vicky.Copy !req
965. Harry, this is Vicky!Copy !req
966. Why did you do it, Harry?Copy !req
967. Didn't you love me?Copy !req
968. No! No!Copy !req
969. Why did you do it?Copy !req
970. - Come on now. Own up.
- I won't tell you.Copy !req
971. - I won't tell you!
- You loved her, didn't you?Copy !req
972. Go away!
Leave me alone!Copy !req
973. You let yourself in with your passkey
and waited for her in the apartment.Copy !req
974. When Evans came through the window
to let her in, you hid in the closet.Copy !req
975. After he left, you came out.
You tried to grab her, and she screamed.Copy !req
976. - You became frightened and killed her.
- I didn't know what I was doin'.Copy !req
977. I swear. She screamed,
and I lost my head!Copy !req
978. Sure. Sure, I understand.Copy !req
979. - Do ya? Do ya?
- Sure.Copy !req
980. I told a cop how it was
when he traced me to Brooklyn.Copy !req
981. He said he understood too.Copy !req
982. So he told me just to come back here and
keep quiet, and he'd forget all about it.Copy !req
983. - What cop?
- Why, the big one.Copy !req
984. - Ed Cornell?
- That's the one.Copy !req
985. Did you hear that, Mac?Copy !req
986. Cornell knew I was innocent
all the time.Copy !req
987. Yes? Yes, Jill. Everything's all right.
He came through.Copy !req
988. Oh, Frankie, I'm so glad.
I'll be right down.Copy !req
989. Mac, I want
one more favor-Copy !req
990. Five minutes alone
with Cornell.Copy !req
991. Okay, Frankie.
I guess you got it comin' to you.Copy !req
992. Hello, Cornell.Copy !req
993. I hope you don't mind
my breaking in on you like this.Copy !req
994. Have you come
to give yourself up?Copy !req
995. I don't have to. I just had
a long talk with Harry Williams.Copy !req
996. That must have been
very enlightening.Copy !req
997. Yes. Very enlightening.Copy !req
998. I'm a sick man, Frankie.Copy !req
999. - At your soul, Cornell.
- Maybe.Copy !req
1000. You knew Williams was the one
that killed Vicky all the time.Copy !req
1001. - Sure. I'm not dumb.
- You knew it, and yet you wanted to fry me.Copy !req
1002. - That's right.
- Why?Copy !req
1003. Why didn't you go after Williams?
He was the one that killed her.Copy !req
1004. I lost Vicky long before
Williams killed her.Copy !req
1005. You were the one who took her
away from me, not him.Copy !req
1006. Don't make me laugh!Copy !req
1007. Yeah. I guess it must
seem funny to you-Copy !req
1008. a worm like me looking up
to a woman like that.Copy !req
1009. I followed her around for months before
I got up enough courage to speak to her.Copy !req
1010. I used to hang around
the restaurant at night...Copy !req
1011. to see that she
got home all right.Copy !req
1012. Then finally,
I got a chance to help her.Copy !req
1013. It was New Year's Eve.Copy !req
1014. Two guys tried
to get fresh with her, so I stepped in.Copy !req
1015. She seemed...Copy !req
1016. really grateful and...
friendly like.Copy !req
1017. We had a cup of coffee
together.Copy !req
1018. I saw her several times after that,
and it was always the same.Copy !req
1019. She took me on my own ground.Copy !req
1020. Then I started to hope that we
might get to know each other better-Copy !req
1021. that I might even get up enough courage
to ask her to... marry me someday.Copy !req
1022. I... took this apartment...Copy !req
1023. started to furnish it.Copy !req
1024. Bought the perfume she liked.Copy !req
1025. I intended to
surprise her with it.Copy !req
1026. Then you came along with your grand plans
of makin' somethin' of her!Copy !req
1027. Puttin' ideas into her head that she was
a glamour girl and all that kind of stuff!Copy !req
1028. Why didn't you
leave her alone?Copy !req
1029. She started gettin'
too good for me.Copy !req
1030. I felt like a fool
with this apartment.Copy !req
1031. I could've killed you then,
Christopher.Copy !req
1032. Why didn't you?Copy !req
1033. Because I had the hook in your mouth,
and I wanted to see you suffer.Copy !req
1034. Well, it's all over now, Cornell.
You're going to be put away.Copy !req
1035. Yeah, but not where
you think.Copy !req
1036. The guy who sold me
this medicine...Copy !req
1037. told me it would
cure everything.Copy !req
1038. Frankie!Copy !req
1039. Frankie,
are you all right?Copy !req
1040. Yeah, I'm all right.Copy !req
1041. Come on.
Let's get outta here.Copy !req
1042. Robin, I-Copy !req
1043. Why, who on earth
is that beautiful girl?Copy !req
1044. Mrs. Botticelli.Copy !req
1045. - I never saw her before in my life.
- I don't know either.Copy !req
1046. They're both strangers
to me.Copy !req