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00:00:38THE END
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00:01:30It was at this first meeting the Butcher Benton case took its first switch.
00:01:35Well, that's it, Butcher.
00:01:37The evidence against you was so strong the governor turned down your appeal.
00:01:41You're a rotten liar, though.
00:01:43You started railroading me from the beginning of the trial.
00:01:47And now you're still trying to throw me curves.
00:01:49Look, I don't blame you for being edgy, but get this straight.
00:01:52I didn't double-cross you.
00:01:54I never worked harder for a client.
00:01:55You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced?
00:02:00You're a fool, Butcher.
00:02:02If you hadn't tried to double-cross Queenie Ellis and Joe Marcello, they wouldn't have turned State's evidence against you.
00:02:07But you had to get greedy.
00:02:09You wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself.
00:02:12Well, the boys got sore, and I don't blame them.
00:02:15It was all your idea.
00:02:16You planned the whole job.
00:02:18You hired us.
00:02:19When you found out I'd State's the money, you decided it was time for me to die.
00:02:24You got those two crumbs to turn State's evidence on me.
00:02:28You stinking, rotten mouthpiece.
00:02:30We both know that isn't true, Butcher.
00:02:33Now, look, what's the sense in not giving me the money?
00:02:36It's not going to do you any good.
00:02:38Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that none of you three crumbs are going to spend it.
00:02:44What about Eva?
00:02:46Don't you owe her something?
00:02:47You tell me where the money is, I'll see that she gets your share.
00:02:51I've got a different idea.
00:02:53I'm going to kill you and Squeamy and Joe.
00:02:57Then I'll take care of Eva myself.
00:03:00You sick-headed ape, you're going to die tomorrow.
00:03:06Remember what I said.
00:03:09I'm going to kill you, all three of you.
00:03:13Even for you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick.
00:03:17So long, dead man.
00:03:21Remember what I said.
00:03:23I'm going to kill you, all three of you.
00:03:41Back in Los Angeles, two men sat in a bar room listening to a newscaster tell his headline story.
00:03:47He played up big the Butcher's threat to kill Paul Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli for their having turned
00:03:53state's evidence against him.
00:03:55Squeamy Ellis didn't seem happy over the Butcher's threat.
00:03:59Neither did Joe Marcelli.
00:04:01But they had figured, once a dead man, always a dead man.
00:04:05But this was one time everyone was in for a surprise, including the entire police department.
00:04:28You seen the headlines, Captain?
00:04:31A teletype just came in from San Francisco.
00:04:34Butcher's execution is set for five o'clock this afternoon.
00:04:38And like the newspapers say, he still refuses to talk about that stolen money.
00:04:43Well, I still have hopes of coming up with something.
00:04:48That's what I dropped by for, Dick.
00:04:50With Butcher's execution, the department's marking it case closed.
00:04:53That means you'll be reassigned.
00:04:56I've spent a whole year trying to break this case.
00:04:59As far as I'm concerned, Butcher's death is just the beginning.
00:05:03Of course, I can't prove it, but I think that Paul Lowe was the top man.
00:05:07And even though I have to keep working on it while off duty,
00:05:11I'm going to get Lowe, Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli.
00:05:14Okay, Lieutenant.
00:05:15Officially, I've taken you off of the case.
00:05:18Unofficially, I wish you luck.
00:05:21Do me a favor.
00:05:22Keep me posted.
00:05:24Will do.
00:05:25Thanks, John.
00:05:29I headed for Eva Martin.
00:05:32She worked in a local burlesque house.
00:05:35I'm a cop, and my job is to ask questions and get answers.
00:05:39So I decided I might as well start again with her.
00:05:52Come in.
00:05:56Oh.
00:05:58What do you want?
00:05:59I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:01Talk?
00:06:02You're a cop, aren't you?
00:06:04Well, that's a good question.
00:06:06I can't even find a three-ton armored car, let alone the $600,000.
00:06:10And I've been on the case a year.
00:06:15I've told you, and I've told you, and I've told you.
00:06:17I don't know anything about the money.
00:06:19I never did.
00:06:20Benton's going to be dead in a little while.
00:06:21I thought it might make a difference.
00:06:23I never knew anything about the money.
00:06:28Call me dumb.
00:06:29I didn't even know Charles was in the rackets until the trial.
00:06:33Now, take it easy, kid.
00:06:35You're on, Eva.
00:06:45How many would you find out?
00:06:46I don't know.
00:06:47I don't know.
00:06:54You know what I'm going to do?
00:07:16Honey, here's your wrap.
00:07:38A few moments ago, Butcher Benton, without revealing the whereabouts of the $600,000 stolen in the armored car holdup,
00:07:45paid for his crimes against society in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
00:07:49Now, for a look at the international scene. Today...
00:07:54Come on, baby. Don't waste tears on Benton.
00:07:58I feel so badly about Charles. If I'd known, maybe I could have done something.
00:08:04How about a drink? We could both use it.
00:08:07And I just can't drink while she's working.
00:08:10Oh, I see.
00:08:23What's that?
00:08:25Well, now what's the matter?
00:08:27It's a message from Charles.
00:08:30He told me to open it if he died.
00:08:35Finale, Eva.
00:08:36All right.
00:08:40How about a steak after the show?
00:08:43No, thanks. Not tonight, Paul.
00:08:54I didn't find out until much later, but Paul Lowe, in opening the letter the Butcher had given Eva, found
00:09:01a map outlining a section of the city sewer system.
00:09:03And clearly identified was the spot where the Butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:09:08He replaced it with a $50 bill.
00:09:11I guess he figured $50 to gain $600,000 was not a bad day's work.
00:09:24And a few hundred miles away in San Francisco, the case took another switch, which turned the next 72 hours
00:09:31into one long hideous nightmare.
00:09:33Dr. Bradshaw, a distinguished biochemist, was making preparations for a final experiment which he hoped would lead the way to
00:09:41a cure for cancer.
00:09:42He'd been successful with laboratory animals.
00:09:45The last step called for a human body.
00:09:48And Dr. Bradshaw's assistant quickly made a deal with a local mortuary and returned to the laboratory with the dead
00:09:54body of Butcher Benton.
00:10:05You made good time.
00:10:06Well, I didn't waste any.
00:10:07Any trouble?
00:10:08No, I just handed the money over and moved the body into your station wagon. That was that.
00:10:12Good.
00:10:13Uh, get a syringe.
00:10:20He's in good shape.
00:10:22Well, I hope so.
00:10:26We'll get other blood samples later. We'll run this one through fast.
00:10:29Right.
00:10:34Now wheel him into the machine and then raise him.
00:10:36Right.
00:11:04Ready.
00:11:05You mean you're going to give him 287,000 volts?
00:11:08Yes, yes.
00:11:10I'll get the fluoroscope set.
00:11:11We'll check with that before we start dissecting.
00:11:14Turn off the lights.
00:11:25There you are, old boy.
00:11:28If you respond properly and my theory is sound, you'll be more famous dead than alive.
00:11:34Throw the switch.
00:11:35I'll get the switch.
00:11:36much.
00:11:44.
00:12:04I'll get back to the switch.
00:12:05No, no, no, no.
00:12:17Wait, wait, I thought I saw a pulsation of the heart.
00:12:22You're right.
00:12:25Dr. Bradshaw is beginning to breathe.
00:12:28You've brought this man back to life.
00:12:30No, no, no, no.
00:12:31The heart muscle has simply responded to a terrific electrical shock.
00:12:34That's all.
00:12:37Yes, but it does prove that the cells still function.
00:12:42Dr. Bradshaw, he is alive.
00:12:45A shock reaction, it can't last.
00:12:48His cells are multiplying now, if your theory is right.
00:12:52We could keep that reaction going longer.
00:12:57But it's worth a try.
00:13:00Get the body out.
00:13:22Get some adrenaline from the supply room.
00:13:24It's an amyl nitrite, too.
00:13:25Hurry, hurry.
00:13:54I'll be.
00:14:11You must move. Your heart can't stand the strain. Now you must lie still. Please, please. Easy now. Easy. Easy.
00:14:23You must lie. Easy. Please.
00:14:25Oh, oh, oh.
00:14:37Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had given life back to the butcher.
00:14:41He tried to talk, but the electrical voltage had burned out his vocal cords.
00:14:46Yet it hadn't destroyed his brain.
00:14:48He knew who he was. He knew who he hated.
00:14:52As he stumbled about the room, I think he thought only about one.
00:14:56Kill Low, Squeamy, and Joe Marcelli.
00:15:00The tremendous electrical voltage that Dr. Bradshaw had given the butcher had increased his cellular structure to the point where
00:15:06he was no longer a man.
00:15:08Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had created a vicious, brutal animal with an almost inconceivable amount of strength.
00:15:15Dr. Bradshaw must have believed the butcher's regained life would last for only a few minutes.
00:15:21Therefore, instead of calling for help, the doctor decided to handle his creation alone.
00:15:27Now, easy, Batten. Just relax.
00:15:30I'm a doctor. I want to try to help you. Do you understand me?
00:15:34You're in my laboratory.
00:15:36The execution was carried out, and you were declared dead.
00:15:39I tried an experiment on you and brought you back to life, although I didn't intend that.
00:15:44Now, you've had a great shock. Now, come and sit down.
00:15:47Be quiet. Now, come and sit down.
00:15:50Take it easy.
00:15:51That's the boy.
00:16:00Careful. His reactions are violent.
00:16:02How do you explain this?
00:16:03Each cell must have multiplied a hundred times, perhaps thousands.
00:16:07His strength is unbelievable.
00:16:09No, no, no. It's too late for the amyl nitrite.
00:16:12I want to get some blood samples, make some tests on him, find out what's happened.
00:16:17Get me a syringe.
00:16:18Get me a syringe.
00:16:41Why won't the needle penetrate the skin?
00:16:44Tissue must be nearly a solid mass of cells.
00:16:48How are we going to get the blood samples?
00:16:51Surgically, perhaps.
00:16:57Now, easy, man. Take it easy.
00:16:59You can't leave here now.
00:17:00I'm responsible for your being alive.
00:17:02More crooks!
00:17:08Are you müمing?
00:17:18Then, before you go in and third, before not even à more.
00:17:28They won't be beyond maps.
00:17:30For the earthquake
00:17:30is looking for the concealer.
00:17:32And close based on the potential to the behemate body.
00:17:39To be continued...
00:18:04The Butcher didn't know how he had been brought back from the dead, and he didn't care.
00:18:09All he knew, he was alive.
00:18:12Then this monster-made man started thinking about Los Angeles.
00:18:33On that very night back in Los Angeles, I decided to stop playing detective for a little while.
00:18:39I went to the burlesque house to ask Eva to have dinner with me.
00:18:43After all, the butcher was dead, and if I got lucky, sooner or later, I figured Paul Lowe would lead
00:18:49me to the stolen payroll.
00:18:50In a way, that possibility made me even feel better.
00:19:02I take it by that remark, you like my routine.
00:19:06Yeah, you're pretty good.
00:19:08What I can't figure out, though, is why you stay in a place like this.
00:19:12It shouldn't be hard for someone like you to get a job in a class spot.
00:19:17If you weren't a detective, I'd be willing to bet with a line like that your next remark would be,
00:19:21how about dinner?
00:19:23Well, not exactly dinner, but a hamburger might be a good idea.
00:19:27If you're asking in an official capacity, I can't say no.
00:19:31I'm off duty.
00:19:33For the past six months, all I've ever called you is Lieutenant Chasen.
00:19:37Do you have a first name?
00:19:38Uh-huh.
00:19:39Dick.
00:19:43Give me ten minutes for a quick change, because you just made yourself a date, Lieutenant.
00:19:48I mean, Dick.
00:19:57Know something, Dick?
00:19:59I haven't had hamburger in the front seat of an automobile with a guy in a lot of years.
00:20:04Well, from now on, we'll do it more often.
00:20:07It's funny.
00:20:09I always figured a policeman wasn't really a human being.
00:20:13I mean, unless he was arresting someone or trying to solve a case, he was unhappy.
00:20:18Shows you how wrong you are.
00:20:20In fact, everyone on the force gets fed up occasionally with the job they do.
00:20:25Maybe we're more human than anyone else.
00:20:27Unless we see so much trouble, we get to hate the world.
00:20:32But as long as the world's filled with people, there'll have to be men who enforce the laws.
00:20:38What made you join the department?
00:20:40Now who's making with the questions?
00:20:42No, Honest, I'd like to know.
00:20:45Well, it's really a very short story.
00:20:49When I got out of the Air Corps, I knocked around for a while.
00:20:54Then I went to work for an oil company.
00:20:57One day, I went back to college on the G.I. Bill.
00:21:00Just before graduation, I noticed all about the police department exams.
00:21:05Seemed a pretty good thing to do with your life.
00:21:07So I took the exams, passed, then went on from there.
00:21:13If I ask one more question, will you give me a straight answer?
00:21:16Try me.
00:21:18Am I still part of the Charles Benton investigation?
00:21:21I mean, right now.
00:21:24I don't think so.
00:21:26As far as the department's concerned, when Benton was executed, the case was marked closed.
00:21:33But inside of me, that's not good enough.
00:21:36I don't follow you.
00:21:38Well, the $600,000 is still missing.
00:21:41And a fast-talking underworld lawyer like Paul Lowe is walking around a free man.
00:21:47Someday, no matter how long it takes, I'll get him and the money.
00:21:51Until I do, the Benton case for me is not closed.
00:21:55I'll give you my word, Dick.
00:21:56Charles Benton never told me anything about the money.
00:21:59Oh, I've been sure of that for a long time.
00:22:03But how did you ever get mixed up with anyone like the Butcher?
00:22:08As trouble ever started, it just happened.
00:22:11I had a roommate who used to date Benton all the time.
00:22:15One day, she packed and left for Chicago.
00:22:17Benton carried a torch for her, and he used my shoulder to cry on.
00:22:21First thing I knew, we were having dinner together.
00:22:23And a few weeks later, I was labeled by the police as this number one suspect and Benton's girl.
00:22:29But it was never like that.
00:22:31I made only one mistake I felt sorry for.
00:22:35You mean, until he was arrested for the robbery and the killing, you had no idea how he earned a
00:22:40living?
00:22:41I know this is going to sound crazy, but I only went out with Benton a couple of times.
00:22:46And all we ever talked about was Madge, my old roommate.
00:22:49The last time I saw him, he tried to get too friendly, and that's when I told him he had
00:22:54the wrong girl.
00:22:55But like I said, I'd already made my mistake.
00:23:00What about the burlesque house?
00:23:02How do you two fit together?
00:23:03You sound like a lot of other people.
00:23:07I left a small town a couple of years ago because I won a beauty contest, and the first prize
00:23:12was a screen test.
00:23:16After which nothing happened?
00:23:17That's right.
00:23:19Only, uh, it was pretty rough.
00:23:22And then one day I read an ad about girls wanted for a burlesque show.
00:23:26I auditioned, and I got the job.
00:23:29You know something?
00:23:30It's like any other job.
00:23:33If you're looking for trouble, you can find it even in a school room.
00:23:37Well, when the screen test didn't work out, though, why didn't you go on home?
00:23:42Well, first you have to have a home to go back to.
00:23:45My folks are dead, so Los Angeles was as good as anyplace else.
00:23:50I don't know about you, but I do eight shows a day, and at this hour I'm bushed.
00:23:55I know what you mean.
00:23:57Mind if I drive you home?
00:23:59No.
00:24:00And I'll tell you something else.
00:24:02I haven't minded anything about tonight.
00:24:04Not even the hamburger.
00:24:10I kept playing tag with Lowe.
00:24:12He made four telephone calls.
00:24:14Three of them didn't interest me, but one did.
00:24:17The one to Joe Marcelli.
00:24:19I watched Joe head for his meeting with Lowe,
00:24:22and for some unknown reason I began to get the feeling
00:24:24that this case was finally about to explode in my favor.
00:24:31You see what I mean?
00:24:35Well, look at that one here.
00:24:37I've seen him stagger on two legs, but he's doing it on four.
00:24:41Shut up, you fleabag.
00:24:42Well, look who's calling names.
00:24:45At least I ate a squealer, a stoolie.
00:24:47Ah!
00:24:48I warned you before.
00:24:50All right, Harry, that's enough.
00:24:51I'll take care of him.
00:24:52I want to talk to him.
00:24:53Okay, Mr. Lowe.
00:24:54Any future business you've got with this psycho,
00:24:56take care of it upstairs in your office.
00:24:57If he keeps showing around here,
00:24:58sooner or later he's going to get slugged.
00:25:00Cripple or no cripple.
00:25:01All right, shut up.
00:25:01Sit down.
00:25:15I need a shot.
00:25:17Bad.
00:25:18You'll get one after I've talked to you.
00:25:20You sober enough to understand?
00:25:22Yeah.
00:25:23I run out of dough.
00:25:24No wonder.
00:25:25Look at you.
00:25:26You used to be the best torch man in town.
00:25:28How, I don't think you could crack a safe
00:25:30if you knew the combination?
00:25:31No jobs.
00:25:32Nobody wants me since I turned stakes on Benton.
00:25:35That's your doing.
00:25:36You taught me your doing.
00:25:36All right, quit crying.
00:25:38I got a job for you.
00:25:39If you can stay off that stuff long enough.
00:25:41You know I can if I've got a job.
00:25:43How much?
00:25:44What is it?
00:25:46It's two grand, isn't it, for you?
00:25:47Where?
00:25:48Right near where he pulled the job.
00:25:50Interested?
00:25:52Two grand ain't much out of 600,000.
00:25:54We owe their expenses.
00:25:56Besides, that money's plenty of money.
00:25:58Now, you want it or do I get another boy?
00:26:01I'll do it.
00:26:01How soon do you want me to go to work?
00:26:03Set it up for tomorrow night.
00:26:06Call me before noon.
00:26:07I'm one of the races.
00:26:10One.
00:26:11And that's all.
00:26:12The job's open.
00:26:47The butcher was walking slowly toward Los Angeles.
00:26:51He'd traveled through wooded hills to prevent being seen by anyone.
00:26:56Finally, he came to a quiet road.
00:26:58He stopped to get his bearings.
00:27:01And then he saw her.
00:27:03He saw something else.
00:27:05An automobile.
00:27:07For the butcher, that rang a bell.
00:27:09With a car, he knew by the next afternoon he'd be in Los Angeles and plenty of time to catch
00:27:14up with the three men who had double-crossed him.
00:27:29Well, see, you're a real gentleman to be helping strangers in distress.
00:27:33I hope you don't mind me using the babe here as bait.
00:27:35Quite a dish, isn't she?
00:27:36But that's what she gets paid for.
00:27:38Bait, that is.
00:27:38Yes, sir.
00:27:39She's a real shaker artist in my outfit.
00:27:41Carnival man himself.
00:27:42Just call me Connie.
00:27:44Yeah.
00:27:45Well, friend, we're in a little bit of difficulty here.
00:27:48Got a flat tire, brand new car, no tools in the back.
00:27:50Why, some of these dealers make my carnival griptus look like babes in the woods.
00:28:18Sound kill, Hoolie.
00:28:19Say, who you with, friend?
00:28:21Let it down.
00:28:21Let it down.
00:28:25No matter who you with, friend, believe me, I can do better for both of us.
00:28:28I'll make a fortune for the both of us.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:47An hour later, the San Francisco Police Department sent out an APB.
00:28:56Squads were sent to various parts of the countryside.
00:28:58All right.
00:29:00THE END
00:29:39Roadblocks were thrown up to catch the cold-blooded killer the hysterical girl had described.
00:29:44Each squad kept reporting back to Central Headquarters, and each of their stories was the same.
00:29:50So far, none of them had spotted the car the killer was driving.
00:29:54Orders were given to shoot to kill,
00:29:56because from the girls' further accounts,
00:29:58they realized they were dealing with a maniac.
00:30:05Ah!
00:30:10Ah!
00:30:12Ah!
00:30:20Ah!
00:30:23Ah!
00:30:29Come on.
00:31:15I trust that this information will answer all of your questions.
00:31:19If I can be of any further service, let me know.
00:31:23Sincerely, J.L. Louder, Captain Police, L.A.
00:31:26Another all-point, some CHP, Captain.
00:31:38These reports sound like they come from a bunch of loonies.
00:31:40They sure do. There it is.
00:31:43Sergeant.
00:31:43Yeah?
00:31:44I want Lieutenant Chasen to look these over as soon as he comes in.
00:31:47All right, Captain.
00:31:52The next morning, I read the stories of the brutal murder of the two police officers.
00:31:56I also read the witness's statement about the bullets having no effect upon the killer.
00:32:04I felt sorry for the witness, and I thought about how easily a person's mind can become confused when suddenly
00:32:11they receive a brutal shock.
00:32:13I didn't believe a man existed who could not be stopped by a slug from a .45.
00:32:20Good morning, Captain.
00:32:22You and the rest of the force are going on 24-hour duty.
00:32:27Seen the headlines?
00:32:28With this guy that's running amok up north?
00:32:31Yeah, the latest report, he's killed two police officers.
00:32:34Made a getaway in a green coop heading south.
00:32:37I've got a hunch this killer's going to be our baby.
00:32:40He could be in town right now.
00:32:42Yeah.
00:32:44You better get started, Lieutenant.
00:32:45Okay.
00:32:48Any new leads on that hold-up, Mike?
00:32:50I think the girl can probably be counted out.
00:32:52If any of the others are wise, they're keeping mighty quiet.
00:32:55Let it ride for now.
00:32:57The whole force is going to be on the spot until we catch this killer.
00:33:02The newspapers will have a field day.
00:33:16We were wrong about two things.
00:33:18The killer was already in our city,
00:33:21and we didn't know he was Butcher Benton.
00:33:23He headed straight for Eva Martin.
00:33:25He went to her dressing room to get back the map he had left in the envelope with her.
00:33:30He wanted first to check his money, then catch up with Lo and the others.
00:33:47It can't be.
00:33:53But you...
00:33:54You do look like him.
00:33:58Very different somehow.
00:34:07It is you.
00:34:10Why didn't somebody tell me?
00:34:16What's happened, Charles?
00:34:19Those look like bullet holes.
00:34:21Are they?
00:34:27There isn't even a mark.
00:34:59I opened it like you told me.
00:35:01I...
00:35:01I found the $50.
00:35:06I didn't know why he left him.
00:35:09Paul didn't know why he was here.
00:35:26Don't, don't, don't, don't play crazy.
00:35:31The name of Paul triggered his hate.
00:35:34He left her dressing room and started for Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli's place.
00:35:39Because he knew with them out of the way,
00:35:41Paul Lowe couldn't open the strong box where the money was hidden.
00:35:44He thought of Squeamy and Joe first.
00:35:47He was saving Paul Lowe for last.
00:35:49He was frowned on the West.
00:35:52He was so 됐ful.
00:35:56I can say he was intelect on the way.
00:35:57They had to be flawless.
00:35:57He went from home and got packed with me.
00:36:01Back to you.
00:36:07Go back to me, Slotwood,
00:36:10red cart. Do
00:36:10you want to know them? Yeah,
00:36:13no need it. Come here,
00:36:16Once you're
00:36:44Hey, Eva, can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?
00:36:52Operator, get me police headquarters.
00:36:57Lieutenant Chasen, please.
00:37:01When do you expect him?
00:37:07Tell him Charles Benton is alive, and even bullets can't stop him.
00:37:13I'm not crazy.
00:37:18Just say a friend of Charles, he'll know.
00:37:32After leaving a message for me, Eva telephoned Squeamy Ellis.
00:37:36She tried to tell him the butcher was alive, and on his way over to kill him.
00:37:41Squeamy didn't believe her, and in a way you couldn't blame him.
00:37:44Who in their right mind would believe a man had returned from the dead?
00:37:49What Squeamy actually believed was that the butcher, before his execution, had hired a killer to carry out his threat.
00:38:09You sick?
00:38:11What?
00:38:12You don't look so good to me.
00:38:14Ten minutes, Eva.
00:38:16All right.
00:38:17Say, Eva, I could take over the matinate trick for you.
00:38:21What?
00:38:22It's easy.
00:38:23Look, Eva, I can do it.
00:38:25Scub-a-de-do-de-do-do.
00:38:28Um.
00:38:30Francine, I just thought of something.
00:38:32Yeah?
00:38:33Eva agreed to let Francine do the show.
00:38:36She hoped she'd be able to interrupt the butcher before he arrived at Squeamy's hotel.
00:38:41Or, failing that, at least be able to warn him to stay out of sight.
00:38:48You want to meet, Captain?
00:38:51Yeah, I just had a run-down on those fingerprints of the stolen car up north.
00:38:55We got nothing on the driver who was killed or the woman with him.
00:38:59Take a good look at these.
00:39:04There's something funny about these.
00:39:05Yeah.
00:39:06The boys in the lab can't figure it out, either.
00:39:09Those are the killers.
00:39:10They were found on the steering wheel.
00:39:12Looked like they'd been stamped in with a steel die.
00:39:15They sure do.
00:39:20These are Butcher Bentons.
00:39:22What?
00:39:24They look the same to me.
00:39:26How do the lab boys explain that?
00:39:28I don't.
00:39:29Their best guess is a twin brother.
00:39:32An identical twin could have the same pattern of whorls with only slight variations.
00:39:39Ever hear of the butcher having a twin brother?
00:39:41No.
00:39:43Even if he did, it wouldn't explain these freak prints.
00:39:47If you didn't pick up your message, Lieutenant, some wacky dame calls you.
00:39:52And she says Charles Benton is alive.
00:39:54Then bullets won't stop him.
00:39:58If we buy the twin theory, who was she?
00:40:01Where'd she see him?
00:40:02Well, she wouldn't leave her name.
00:40:03Sounded kind of hysterical to me.
00:40:05Said she was a friend of the butcher's.
00:40:08Eva Martin.
00:40:09Get her with the Follies and see what that girl knows.
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:15Some guys have all the luck.
00:40:17I never drew an assignment to the Follies.
00:40:27Meanwhile, the butcher headed for Squeamy's hotel.
00:40:31He didn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
00:40:34Actually, he seemed like any normal person.
00:40:36On his way to work or on his way home.
00:40:49He rode up Angel's flight, arrived at the top,
00:40:53scanned the hotel building,
00:40:54and then noticed the only exit from Squeamy's apartment.
00:40:57A fire escape.
00:40:58A fire escape.
00:41:40Ha!
00:42:10No!
00:42:37Oh, my God.
00:42:58Oh, my God.
00:43:29Oh, my God.
00:44:07The butcher was figuring his next step.
00:44:10And as he looked at the dead cop, he thought about Paul Lowe, the next man on his list.
00:44:17Seen Joe Marchelli?
00:44:18Not since last night when I told him I didn't want him around here no more.
00:44:22Give me a shot.
00:44:38Look, I need help.
00:44:40I just found out that Benton hired a kid to get me.
00:44:44He's after Joe, too.
00:44:46Well, then drink up and get out.
00:44:48I don't want no trouble around my place.
00:44:50You're a real pal.
00:44:51Drink up and get out, I said.
00:45:26No, no, no.
00:46:11Let's go.
00:46:25Let's go.
00:46:43Let's go.
00:47:26Let's go.
00:47:38Let's go.
00:47:59Let's go.
00:48:23Let's go.
00:48:44Let's go.
00:49:16Let's go.
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00:50:56Let's go.
00:51:09Let's go.
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00:52:29Let's go.
00:52:56Let's go.
00:53:00Let's go.
00:53:28Let's go.
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00:53:37Let's go.
00:53:39Let's go.
00:53:42Let's go.
00:53:47Let's go.
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00:54:07Let's go.
00:54:16Let's go.
00:54:22Let's go.
00:54:25Let's go.
00:54:53Come up with anything yet, Dick?
00:54:54Oh, we've checked every hotel, motel, and rooming house in town.
00:54:58We've run a cross-check on every hangout butcher ever used.
00:55:01Net results blank.
00:55:03This is incredible.
00:55:05We not only discover a dead man turned killer,
00:55:07but it's beginning to look like he plays ghost, too.
00:55:11He's somewhere in this city,
00:55:12and if we have to take it apart brick by brick, we've got to get him.
00:55:16I may be way off, but I think Paul Lowe could tell us a lot.
00:55:20Maybe.
00:55:21That's a cinch he's not going to.
00:55:23Well, suppose he had no alternative.
00:55:26You better grab some coffee.
00:55:28Your mind's beginning to play tricks on you.
00:55:29Lowe, now, wait a minute.
00:55:31When Lowe came to us for police protection,
00:55:33it was because he was scared stiff the butcher would add him to the list
00:55:36of Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli.
00:55:39Go on.
00:55:39It figures, too.
00:55:41When he slugged the sergeant, he knew we'd book him right away.
00:55:44Oh, this Lowe's a pretty cute character,
00:55:46but we can play the same game.
00:55:48You mean we'll threaten to release him?
00:55:49Well, not exactly.
00:55:51You tell him you realize that he was excited,
00:55:54that throwing the punch was accidental.
00:55:56Tell him we're not going to make a charge,
00:55:58that he's completely released.
00:56:00Lieutenant, you know we can't do that.
00:56:02Lowe made his first mistake when he hit the sergeant,
00:56:04and that'll get him a year.
00:56:05As far as the department's concerned,
00:56:06at least it's a small victory.
00:56:09If my hunch is right,
00:56:11Lowe won't want to be on the streets
00:56:12with the butcher looking for him.
00:56:14And he may talk, and talk a lot.
00:56:16Enough maybe for us to get rid of him permanently.
00:56:19Even lead us to the butcher.
00:56:21If he's frightened enough, that might work.
00:56:24But if it doesn't...
00:56:26No, Dick, I'm not going to release him.
00:56:29I want him out of my way so bad I can taste it,
00:56:31but not bad enough to be responsible for getting him killed.
00:56:34The good thing about that, Captain,
00:56:36is the fact we know it.
00:56:37But Lowe doesn't.
00:56:40Let's give it a try.
00:56:42All right, Lowe.
00:56:43Come on out.
00:56:47I think you'll find everything in there.
00:56:51You're free to go, Mr. Lowe.
00:56:55Wait a minute.
00:56:56Who do you think you're kidding?
00:56:58You arrested me for assaulting an officer.
00:57:01In court, I'll plead guilty.
00:57:02With luck, I might get off with six months.
00:57:06For a lawyer, you're forgetting a very important point.
00:57:09If no charge is made, there's no trial.
00:57:12It was a tough day for everyone.
00:57:14We figured your nerves were on edge,
00:57:15and when you threw the punch,
00:57:17you didn't know what you were doing.
00:57:18I've squared everything with the sergeant.
00:57:20It's all over, all forgotten.
00:57:22Yeah?
00:57:23Why'd you bring your stenographer?
00:57:25Simply because I wanted a record of our conversation
00:57:27at the time of your release.
00:57:30Okay, Lowe.
00:57:31Let's go.
00:57:31Oh, wait a minute.
00:57:33What's that on those streets and I'm a dead man?
00:57:35If you let me go, you'll be responsible for murder.
00:57:38Oh, come off it, Lowe.
00:57:39You're imagining things.
00:57:40You know the butcher threatened to kill me.
00:57:42You set me free, he'll do it.
00:57:44Well, that's just a risk we'll have to take.
00:57:47But the way I look at it, Mr. Lowe,
00:57:50you'll be okay.
00:57:52Look, Captain, I'll make a deal with you.
00:57:54You keep me here,
00:57:55and I'll tell you how to recover the money.
00:57:57Maybe even catch the butcher.
00:57:59No deals, Lowe.
00:58:00You'd probably tell us anything,
00:58:01just a stall for time.
00:58:03Come on, let's get out of here.
00:58:04Now, wait a minute.
00:58:08All right.
00:58:10I'll tell you the truth.
00:58:14Start taking this down.
00:58:20I, Paul Lowe,
00:58:23hired Butcher Benton,
00:58:26Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Maselli
00:58:27to pull off the armored car holdup.
00:58:32And then Lowe continued with his confession.
00:58:35He told us about finding the map.
00:58:37He showed us the exact location
00:58:38of where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:58:41And he gave us a most important answer.
00:58:44The explanation as to how the butcher
00:58:46was able to elude detection.
00:58:48His means of escape was the sewer system
00:58:51that used our city.
00:59:03The department went to work fast.
00:59:06Every police squad in the city
00:59:08was detailed to cover a specific area.
00:59:10Every entrance and exit
00:59:12to the Los Angeles city sewer system
00:59:14of 700 miles was covered.
00:59:16Captain Lauder and I,
00:59:17along with several other squads,
00:59:19headed for the entrance
00:59:20where, according to the map,
00:59:21Butcher had hidden the money.
00:59:23Our job was to stop him,
00:59:25and that made me think
00:59:26of one specific question.
00:59:28When we found him,
00:59:30could this monster be stopped?
00:59:32I, for one,
00:59:33wasn't shooting.
00:59:56Everything all set, Lieutenant?
00:59:58City engineers mapped out
00:59:59each possible exit.
01:00:00The squad of officers
01:00:01are spotted at every point.
01:00:02If the butcher can be caught,
01:00:04now's the time.
01:00:05Well, after I talked to Caltech,
01:00:07I called on the fire department
01:00:07for a little help.
01:00:09The professors thought
01:00:10a flamethrower might stop him.
01:00:11Flamethrower?
01:00:12I suppose their boys
01:00:13have had a chance
01:00:14to join our squads by now.
01:00:15See if we have one with us here.
01:00:17Have you thought about
01:00:18what'll happen
01:00:18if this doesn't work?
01:00:20No.
01:00:22I've been praying too hard
01:00:23that it will work.
01:00:32there we go.
01:00:39Boom.
01:00:40Boom.
01:00:48Boom.
01:00:51Boom.
01:00:53Boom.
01:00:53Boom.
01:00:54Boom.
01:01:01Come on.
01:01:25Come on.
01:02:15This is where we split up.
01:02:17I'll go straight ahead.
01:02:43I'll go straight ahead.
01:03:20If this map's right, we're off our course.
01:03:22We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:52We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:54We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:25We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:26We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:44We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:58We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:26We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:35We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:04We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:31We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:01We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:31We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:35We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:49We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:50We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:52We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:09We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:12We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:15We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:33We'll have to backtrack.
01:08:59And the tremendous shock of electricity that brought the butcher back to life destroyed him.
01:09:03The $600,000 stolen in the armored truck robbery has been recovered.
01:09:08Case closed.
01:09:12Well, here are the scientists' comments for your records.
01:09:15I had to fill in a few spots with my old guesses, but I guess that's about the size of
01:09:19it.
01:09:20Did you get any sleep?
01:09:21Oh, some.
01:09:22Not much.
01:09:23How's the girl today?
01:09:24Well, I called the hospital about an hour ago.
01:09:26She'd gone.
01:09:27Gone? Where?
01:09:28Well, she told him she was a working girl and that she'd been away from the job too long already.
01:09:33Quite a girl.
01:09:34Yeah.
01:09:35Say, uh, how about that time off I've got coming?
01:09:3848 hours, beginning right now.
01:09:41Let's have some rest, Dick.
01:09:50You know something, Dick?
01:09:53The past 72 hours seemed like a bad dream.
01:09:57That rest in the hospital today really gave me a new lease on life.
01:10:02Now that it's over, I, I can't believe it actually happened.
01:10:06The important thing is to remember, it is all over.
01:10:11I suppose you'll be assigned to another case.
01:10:14I'll have to give up hamburgers in the front seat of the car for steaks in a restaurant.
01:10:19No.
01:10:21I've thought about that.
01:10:22In fact, I decided to do something about it.
01:10:25I started by talking the captain into a short holiday.
01:10:29And, uh, just about an hour ago, I got you fired.
01:10:34What?
01:10:36What did you do that for?
01:10:38I figured that being my wife would take up all of your time.
01:10:43Yeah.
01:10:44Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't.
01:10:47You're not supposed to say no to a detective.
01:10:50I figured that too.
01:10:56I know.
01:10:57I know.
01:10:58I know.
01:11:00I know.
01:11:01I never know.
01:11:02I know.