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Murder claims potential heirs when a wealthy old woman (Sarah Padden) calls for a gathering to discuss her estate.
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00:00:59Hello, boss. Hiya, Nora.
00:01:01Hi, Eddie.
00:01:01Afraid you were gonna be late.
00:01:03Well, how you betting on this legal battle? Think they'll put the old lady away?
00:01:05I'll quote the odds as soon as I look over the layout and ditch that heater.
00:01:14Hi, Mr. Denham.
00:01:16Oh, good morning, Mr. White.
00:01:17Hey, boss, how about me grabbing a couple of shots before things get started?
00:01:20Sure, go ahead.
00:01:23Who is he?
00:01:25That's that famous columnist. I invited him here.
00:01:31I still think you shouldn't attend this hearing. Suppose they make a mistake and try you.
00:01:37You know, there are two schools of thought about the sanity of columnists.
00:01:42Quiet.
00:01:43All right, Mr. Denham, would you mind giving me a great big...
00:01:46Not at all.
00:01:46Smile. Thank you.
00:01:49Now, remember, just leave everything to me.
00:01:52And don't let personal feelings enter into your testimony.
00:01:55We all know that Aunt Cassie is simply no longer capable of managing her money.
00:02:01We'll manage it much better for her.
00:02:03And besides, Aunt Cassie will be properly cared for in an institution.
00:02:09Don't you worry about a thing, Aunt Cassie.
00:02:12Why should I worry?
00:02:13I'm the only sane person in the family of nitwits.
00:02:18She don't look crazy to me.
00:02:20Reminds me of my old lady.
00:02:22All kindness.
00:02:25I guarantee you she wouldn't hurt a fly.
00:02:28But you ought to see those wolves.
00:02:29You can see dollar signs all over their faces.
00:02:32They're just hoping to put the old lady in the funny house
00:02:35so they can spend all that dough she's got.
00:02:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:02:38You got it, brother.
00:02:39You got it.
00:02:45Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
00:02:48The Honorable Supreme Court in and for the County of New York is now in session.
00:02:51Judge Moore presiding.
00:02:57We will proceed with the sanity hearing of Miss Cassandra Denham.
00:03:01This action is brought by Attorney Garson Denham.
00:03:04And in behalf of himself and other relatives of said Cassandra Denham,
00:03:08who alleged that the defendant is incompetent
00:03:11and physically and mentally unfit to administer her real and personal property.
00:03:16And pray, therefore, that she be committed to a suitable institution
00:03:19provided by the state for those who are judged mentally incompetent.
00:03:23Mentally incompetent.
00:03:27You will proceed, Counselor Denham?
00:03:29Thank you, Your Honor.
00:03:35With your permission, I'll call the defendant in this action,
00:03:38Miss Cassandra Denham.
00:03:44Place your right hand in the Bible.
00:03:47Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
00:03:50Why not?
00:03:51The truth never hurt anybody.
00:03:57Where is your attorney?
00:03:59Why should I spend money on an attorney
00:04:01when my only opposition is my nitwit nephew?
00:04:08Touche.
00:04:09Hey, what does that mean?
00:04:10It means score one for the old lady.
00:04:13The court will be glad to appoint an attorney
00:04:15to represent you without charge if you desire one.
00:04:19No, thank you.
00:04:20I can take care of myself.
00:04:25I must warn the spectators
00:04:26that this is no occasion for outbursts of a latter thing.
00:04:32Go ahead, Counselor.
00:04:33Thank you, Your Honor.
00:04:35What is your name?
00:04:38What is my...
00:04:40Your Honor, do I have to sit here
00:04:42and have my very own nephew ask me what my name is?
00:04:44Yes.
00:04:46Miss Cassandra Hildegard Denham.
00:04:48And what you need is a good spanking
00:04:50like I used to give you when you were a sniff of a boy.
00:04:56The old lady's crazy like a fox.
00:04:58You will confine your answers to the questions.
00:05:01And the court will tolerate no further demonstrations.
00:05:06Go ahead, Counselor.
00:05:09How much wealth do you possess, Miss Denham?
00:05:14Do I have to answer that question?
00:05:16Yes, yes.
00:05:19Three million dollars.
00:05:20And I'm going to hang on to it.
00:05:33Another one of those things, huh?
00:05:35Yeah, what?
00:05:36What you just said before.
00:05:37You know, a touche, touche...
00:05:39Yeah, you said a double.
00:05:41Yeah.
00:05:43I warn you, Miss Denham,
00:05:44to confine your answers to the questions.
00:05:46I...
00:05:48The alien is cooperating with the court
00:05:51will disregard irrelevant flippancies
00:05:53on the part of the defendant.
00:05:55I trust this is understood.
00:05:58Where do you keep your money and securities, Miss Denham?
00:06:00Wouldn't you like to know?
00:06:06Now, this is my last warning.
00:06:09One more outburst on the part of the spectators
00:06:11and the courtroom will be cleared.
00:06:14Now, you will answer the question.
00:06:16I refuse to answer on the ground that my money is my own
00:06:19until you decide it isn't.
00:06:20And in the meantime, it's none of his business.
00:06:25There's a smartest crazy woman I ever saw.
00:06:29Your objection is well put.
00:06:31You needn't answer.
00:06:33Thank you, Your Honor.
00:06:36Mr. Numb,
00:06:38would you say that you were eccentric?
00:06:42I live my own life, if that's what you mean.
00:06:45Did you or did you not
00:06:46recently give $500 to a man you'd never met?
00:06:48A total stranger.
00:06:51Not exactly a stranger.
00:06:52He was a farmer who lived up the road a piece from me.
00:06:56He was about to lose his farm
00:06:57and I gave him the money so he wouldn't lose it.
00:06:59Did you demand any security for this gift?
00:07:02Why should I?
00:07:03The man is honest.
00:07:05I thought he'd sleep better without a mortgage
00:07:06hanging over his head like Damocles' sword.
00:07:10But you did give this man $500
00:07:12with no security whatsoever.
00:07:14Yes.
00:07:15Yes.
00:07:16Well, there you are, Your Honor.
00:07:17You see, it's perfectly obvious
00:07:19that my aunt is dissipating her assets.
00:07:22They're my assets.
00:07:25I'll give you ten to one
00:07:26she never sees a parent's self.
00:07:28What do you think I am, a sucker?
00:07:30Yes.
00:07:31Proceed.
00:07:33Miss Denham.
00:07:35Tell me,
00:07:37is it true that you use vinegar on your apple pie?
00:07:41Why, yes.
00:07:43Explain to the judge and the alienists,
00:07:46if you will, please.
00:07:47Just why you doused vinegar on your apple pie.
00:07:51Gladly.
00:07:54That fat cook of mine
00:07:56makes him too sweet.
00:07:58She's done it for years.
00:07:59She wants to put weight on me.
00:08:18I give up, Your Honor.
00:08:20You should have done that long ago.
00:08:23This action is dismissed
00:08:24for lack of evidence.
00:08:28Hearing adjourned.
00:08:30Your Honor.
00:08:32Yes?
00:08:33I want to thank you.
00:08:35And if you ever come my way up in the mountains,
00:08:37drop in and have some apple pie.
00:08:40Without vinegar.
00:08:42Thanks.
00:08:43Maybe I'll do that.
00:08:45But I like vinegar on apple pie.
00:09:05If you'd stop throwing those things around
00:09:07and tell me what you're looking for,
00:09:09maybe I could help you find it.
00:09:10Well, Brian,
00:09:11one of these days,
00:09:12I'm going to clear off this desk.
00:09:13You do,
00:09:14and you'll be out of business.
00:09:15What are you looking for?
00:09:16I'm trying to find that Hollywood item
00:09:18that Danny Dover sent about a week ago.
00:09:20For your information,
00:09:21it's down the composing room,
00:09:22all set up in type.
00:09:24Oh, Brian,
00:09:25I don't know what I'd do without you.
00:09:27Neither do I.
00:09:28Now that you have that problem off your mind,
00:09:30do you think you'd like to see a caller?
00:09:32Who?
00:09:33Goss and Denham.
00:09:34That lawyer who got his ears pinned back last week,
00:09:36trying to put his aunt in an asylum.
00:09:37What does he want?
00:09:38Maybe he wants to put you in one.
00:09:40He seems sort of anxious about something.
00:09:42All right,
00:09:42have him come in,
00:09:43but you stay in the room when I'm talking to him.
00:09:44I'm allergic to lawyers.
00:09:46Okay.
00:09:48Come in,
00:09:48Mr. Denham.
00:09:51Good morning,
00:09:52Mr. Denham.
00:09:53Good morning,
00:09:53Mr. White.
00:09:55May I,
00:09:55may I speak to you alone,
00:09:57please?
00:09:57I am alone.
00:09:59Miss O'Brien is part of me.
00:10:00Which part?
00:10:01Quiet.
00:10:03Have a chair,
00:10:03Mr. Denham.
00:10:04Speak freely.
00:10:05You,
00:10:06you look a bit worried.
00:10:08I am worried,
00:10:08Mr. White.
00:10:09This,
00:10:10this letter,
00:10:11this letter is definite proof
00:10:13that my Aunt Cassandra is mentally unbalanced.
00:10:17I don't get it.
00:10:18This is just a simple invitation
00:10:20for you to spend a week at her place
00:10:21in the mountains.
00:10:22Yes,
00:10:22but she sent the same invitation
00:10:23to all the Denhams.
00:10:25And,
00:10:25and you'll notice she insists
00:10:26that we all arrive Friday,
00:10:28Friday promptly at midnight.
00:10:31Now,
00:10:32now why should she want us all
00:10:33to arrive at Greylock
00:10:34promptly on the stroke of 12?
00:10:36Perhaps 12 is her favorite number.
00:10:39I tell you,
00:10:40there's something sinister
00:10:41about this invitation.
00:10:43You'll notice she also says
00:10:44that any relative
00:10:46who fails to show up
00:10:47will be eliminated
00:10:48from her will.
00:10:49Yeah,
00:10:50I noticed that.
00:10:51A sort of a command performance,
00:10:52isn't it?
00:10:54Oh,
00:10:54it ought to be
00:10:55a cozy little group.
00:10:56All you Denhams
00:10:56gathered around the festive board
00:10:58with the old lady
00:10:59you try to put
00:10:59in the booby hatch?
00:11:00I tell you,
00:11:01I have,
00:11:01I have a feeling
00:11:02that something terrible
00:11:03is going to happen.
00:11:04Oh,
00:11:04come Mr. Denham,
00:11:05you're taking it all too seriously.
00:11:06She probably just wants
00:11:07to bury the hatchet
00:11:08now that she's been
00:11:09declared sane.
00:11:10Sure,
00:11:10it's a great sport,
00:11:12burying hatchets at midnight,
00:11:13especially in people.
00:11:15You may scoff,
00:11:17but I have a premonition of death.
00:11:20I believe she plans
00:11:21to kill us all.
00:11:22After which,
00:11:22she'll probably confess
00:11:23and say,
00:11:24Sheriff,
00:11:24I did it with my little hatchet.
00:11:26Oh,
00:11:26stop it.
00:11:27Stop it,
00:11:27O'Brien.
00:11:29Hey,
00:11:30it does seem funny.
00:11:31Oh,
00:11:32poppycock,
00:11:32I watch your aunt
00:11:33on the witness stand
00:11:34and she's no killer.
00:11:35She's intelligent
00:11:36and harmless
00:11:37and what a sense of humor.
00:11:39It may strike her
00:11:40as humorous
00:11:40to murder us
00:11:41all in our beds.
00:11:42Mr. White,
00:11:43I'm going to leave
00:11:43this letter with you
00:11:44just in case anything
00:11:45does happen to me.
00:11:46This fantastic idea
00:11:48of having us arrive
00:11:48at midnight
00:11:49is the hand at work
00:11:50of a madwoman.
00:11:51You'll see that.
00:11:51Okay,
00:11:52Mr. Denham,
00:11:52I'll be watching
00:11:53for murder news
00:11:54from Greylock.
00:11:55And if anything
00:11:56does happen,
00:11:56you'll see that
00:11:57she's brought to justice.
00:11:58Oh,
00:11:58sure.
00:11:59Thank you,
00:12:00Mr. White.
00:12:02Goodbye.
00:12:03Goodbye.
00:12:07Goodbye,
00:12:07Mr. Denham.
00:12:08See you in a shroud.
00:12:15Well?
00:12:16You know,
00:12:16this has all the elements
00:12:17of a swell murder mystery.
00:12:19Greedy relatives
00:12:20try to toss
00:12:21wealthy aunt
00:12:21into the booby hatch
00:12:22so they can get
00:12:23a hold of her money.
00:12:24Wealthy aunt
00:12:24outsmarts them
00:12:25and is declared sane.
00:12:27Then she invites them
00:12:27all to her place
00:12:28in the mountains
00:12:28to spend a week
00:12:29and tells them
00:12:30to get there
00:12:31exactly at midnight.
00:12:34midnight.
00:12:35Midnight.
00:12:35That midnight angle
00:12:37intrigues me.
00:12:38Forget it.
00:12:39How about your stuff
00:12:39for tomorrow night's broadcast?
00:12:41Midnight.
00:12:42Now,
00:12:42why should she insist
00:12:43on midnight?
00:12:44She probably saw
00:12:46the cat on the canary.
00:12:47Now,
00:12:48will you please
00:12:49go back to work?
00:12:51Okay,
00:12:52O'Brien,
00:12:52you slave driver.
00:12:54Here's the lead
00:12:54for the broadcast.
00:12:55See,
00:12:55I'd like to sit in
00:12:56on this little gathering.
00:12:58You know,
00:12:58it ought to be funny.
00:13:01I wonder
00:13:02if I drove up there
00:13:03in my car
00:13:03to Greylock.
00:13:07Oh,
00:13:08well.
00:13:21Well,
00:13:21here we are.
00:13:23I guess I can't say
00:13:24we aren't prompt.
00:13:25It's still limited
00:13:26to minister 12.
00:13:27I don't care
00:13:27what time it is.
00:13:28We shouldn't be
00:13:29visiting a crazy woman.
00:13:30No,
00:13:31stop it.
00:13:31Will you stop it?
00:13:54Oh,
00:13:54good evening,
00:13:55Eric.
00:13:56Evening.
00:13:57Any of the others
00:13:58arrived yet?
00:13:59Not yet.
00:14:00Well,
00:14:01I guess we might
00:14:02as well go along
00:14:02in then.
00:14:03Guess you had.
00:14:22Good morning,
00:14:23Eric.
00:14:23Eric.
00:14:23Good morning.
00:14:25Good morning.
00:14:25Good morning.
00:14:25If twice you'd be
00:14:25too late.
00:14:26Too late for what?
00:14:27Too late to be
00:14:28murdered,
00:14:28no doubt.
00:14:29I tell you,
00:14:30Larry,
00:14:30I don't like this.
00:14:32After all,
00:14:32Aunt Cassie
00:14:33is your father's sister.
00:14:34And as your father's widow,
00:14:36I think I ought to tell you
00:14:37that...
00:14:37That father was a bit
00:14:38bomb.
00:14:39Yes,
00:14:39mother,
00:14:40I've heard all that
00:14:41before.
00:14:41Will you mark
00:14:42my words?
00:14:43Oh,
00:14:43please,
00:14:43mother,
00:14:44do we have to go
00:14:44through that again?
00:14:45Better go on in
00:14:46if you want to be
00:14:47with Miss Cassie
00:14:48when the clock
00:14:49strikes midnight.
00:15:13They're all here,
00:15:14aren't they?
00:15:14I watched them
00:15:16come from my garden.
00:15:17Yeah,
00:15:18they're all here.
00:15:19Fine.
00:15:20Fine.
00:15:35For goodness sakes,
00:15:36Carson,
00:15:37stop that pacing.
00:15:38You're making me nervous.
00:15:40Nervous?
00:15:40How do you think
00:15:41I feel?
00:15:41You should feel nervous.
00:15:43You started this whole thing
00:15:44getting us to sign that
00:15:45complaint against Aunt Cassie.
00:15:47That's right.
00:15:48Blame me for everything.
00:15:49Of course,
00:15:49you'd have been highly pleased
00:15:50if I'd succeeded.
00:15:51Naturally.
00:15:52But you didn't.
00:15:53And now we have to spend
00:15:54the week in this
00:15:55ratty old mansion.
00:15:56It isn't compulsory,
00:15:57you know.
00:15:57You can leave any time.
00:15:59Sure we can.
00:16:00And have Aunt Cassie
00:16:01cut us out of her will.
00:16:03You'd love that,
00:16:04wouldn't you?
00:16:05No,
00:16:05thanks.
00:16:06We are staying.
00:16:07Well,
00:16:07I'm hungry.
00:16:08I think I'll see if there's
00:16:09anything good in the icebox.
00:16:10Tom Dannham,
00:16:11don't you dare leave this room.
00:16:12How can you even
00:16:13think of food
00:16:14and we're all in danger?
00:16:15What danger?
00:16:16Why Aunt Cassie
00:16:17wouldn't hurt a fly?
00:16:43Welcome to Greyloft,
00:16:44my precious relatives.
00:16:45Aunt Cassie
00:16:46and Cousin Mary.
00:16:48Aunt Cassie,
00:16:49I know that I speak
00:16:49for all of us
00:16:50when I say that
00:16:50we're delighted
00:16:51to be here.
00:16:52We certainly are.
00:16:53And I always look forward
00:16:54to visiting your
00:16:55charming old mansion.
00:16:57Greylock is such
00:16:58a lovely,
00:16:58restful place.
00:16:59Oh,
00:17:00Aunt Cassie,
00:17:00you look younger
00:17:01every day.
00:17:02Pop the cock,
00:17:03stop fawning over me.
00:17:04A week ago,
00:17:05you were trying
00:17:05to put me
00:17:06in a padded cell.
00:17:07But Aunt Cassie,
00:17:09you know we only did it
00:17:10for your own protection?
00:17:12And to get her money.
00:17:13Keep quiet, child.
00:17:14I'll handle this.
00:17:16I've been protecting myself
00:17:17for 40 years,
00:17:19since I was 25.
00:17:20I've done a pretty
00:17:21good job of it.
00:17:22So let's forget
00:17:23about protection
00:17:24and, uh,
00:17:25sit down,
00:17:26everybody.
00:17:34First,
00:17:35I want you to know
00:17:35I brought you here
00:17:36for a purpose.
00:17:37I want to study you all
00:17:38for a week.
00:17:39Just like a scientist
00:17:40studies rats
00:17:41and guinea pigs
00:17:41in his laboratory.
00:17:43After all,
00:17:43I'm 65,
00:17:44I can't live forever.
00:17:46Everyone must die someday.
00:17:47Oh, please,
00:17:48Aunt Cassie,
00:17:48don't talk about dying.
00:17:50Why,
00:17:51you're the picture
00:17:51of health.
00:17:53And,
00:17:54well,
00:17:54I want to say right now
00:17:55that I had nothing
00:17:56to do with the attempt
00:17:57to, well,
00:17:58send you away.
00:17:59It was all
00:18:00cousin Garson's fault.
00:18:01He talked everybody
00:18:02into signing the petition.
00:18:04Silence.
00:18:05I don't care
00:18:05who started it.
00:18:06The fact remains
00:18:07that sooner or later
00:18:08I leave this veil
00:18:09of tears and laughter.
00:18:12And when I do,
00:18:14I leave
00:18:15three million dollars.
00:18:16The bulk of it
00:18:17will go to the one
00:18:18I find most worthy.
00:18:20Which means,
00:18:21of course,
00:18:21I leave it to someone
00:18:22in this room.
00:18:24The worthiest
00:18:25of an unworthy lot.
00:18:29But I warn you,
00:18:31flattery will get you nowhere.
00:18:32So be yourselves.
00:18:34We'll retire now.
00:18:41Breakfast will be served at eight.
00:18:43I'll expect you,
00:18:45all of you,
00:18:45to be at the table promptly.
00:18:48I hope you sleep well.
00:18:49Don't let the knowledge
00:18:50that you're sleeping
00:18:51under the same roof
00:18:52for three million dollars
00:18:52to disturb your slumbers.
00:18:55Come, child.
00:18:56Come, Cassie.
00:18:58You mean that you keep
00:18:59all that money
00:19:00here in this house?
00:19:02Why not?
00:19:04With everyone trying
00:19:04to take it away from me?
00:19:06I like to keep it around
00:19:07to check up on it
00:19:08once in a while.
00:19:12But don't try
00:19:13to look for it.
00:19:14You wouldn't find it
00:19:15in a million years.
00:19:16Did you ring,
00:19:17Miss Cassie?
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:19Have you placed the luggage
00:19:20in the right rooms?
00:19:21Everything is just
00:19:21as you ordered it.
00:19:22Good.
00:19:24Now we'll all have
00:19:25a splendid night's sleep.
00:19:26Come along.
00:19:27I'll distribute you.
00:19:28going along.
00:19:29Come along.
00:19:31Come along.
00:20:16For goodness sake, quit threshing around like a hooked fish and go to sleep.
00:20:20Oh, I can't sleep.
00:20:22I've got too many things on my mind.
00:20:26Of course you wouldn't understand that, not having any mind to speak of.
00:20:30Well, I like that.
00:20:31You dragged me away from home to spend a week in this dreary museum and now you insult me.
00:20:35Where are you going?
00:20:37To get a book from the library. Have you any objections?
00:20:40No. Go ahead. Go and get Kil wandering around in the middle of the night.
00:20:44You said yourself you had a premonition of death before we left home.
00:20:47Well, I've revised my estimate of the situation.
00:20:51Aunt Cassie may be a bit eccentric, but we're not in any danger.
00:20:55You go to sleep. I shan't be long.
00:20:58Let's go.
00:20:59Let's go.
00:21:00Let's go.
00:21:05Let's go.
00:21:13Let's go.
00:21:14Let's go.
00:21:17Let's go.
00:21:19Let's go.
00:21:26Let's go.
00:21:35Let's go.
00:21:36Oh, my God.
00:23:48Mr. Bob, Mr. Bob, Mr. Bob.
00:23:52Ain't no use of digging in and putting on covers.
00:23:54You got a telephone to answer.
00:23:55Wake up now.
00:23:56You certain there's a sleepiness man?
00:23:58Oh, give me those covers.
00:24:00Your big trouble wants you on a telephone.
00:24:02Ain't no use of arguing with it, Miss Nora.
00:24:04Oh, Brian.
00:24:06Oh.
00:24:09Boy, at 10 o'clock in the morning?
00:24:11She knows better than that.
00:24:12Tell her I never talked to anybody in my sleep.
00:24:14She said you'd jump right out of bed if I tell your lawyer Denham have met her with some killing.
00:24:19What?
00:24:20Yes, indeed.
00:24:21Mr. Denham's a corpse.
00:24:23Well, why did you say so?
00:24:24I kept trying to, sir.
00:24:26Well, pack me a bag.
00:24:27Hurry up.
00:24:28Yes, sir.
00:24:29Hurray, a murder.
00:24:36You can't come in here.
00:24:37I think you're wrong, officer.
00:24:40My press card.
00:24:42My membership card in your lodge.
00:24:46Sheriff's Association.
00:24:47Here, you might as well look these over, too.
00:24:50Honorary memberships and police organizations from Miami to Los Angeles.
00:24:53Goofy, isn't it?
00:24:54But then some people collect matches.
00:24:56Are you really Bob White, the fellow that writes a column?
00:24:58In the flesh, officer.
00:24:59Meet my secretary, Miss Nora O'Brien.
00:25:01And the alert young gentleman on the other side is Eddie Stets,
00:25:03one of the best newspaper photographers in New York.
00:25:05I'm sure he'll want to take your picture before we leave.
00:25:07Won't we, Eddie?
00:25:08Oh, sure, sure.
00:25:09Uh, where'll I find the sheriff?
00:25:11Oh, Sheriff Boggs is holding the inquiry in the house right this minute.
00:25:14Thanks, officer.
00:25:15Be vigilant.
00:25:32Somebody in this room killed Garson Denham with that knife, and I propose to find out who did it.
00:25:37Why don't you get on with it instead of walking up and down talking your head off?
00:25:40Murder cases take time.
00:25:42I've got to do a lot of deducting.
00:25:44Deducting.
00:25:45You sound like a millionaire making out his income tax.
00:25:49All right, everybody, hold it, please.
00:25:53Who are you?
00:25:54I'm Bob White, New York Evening Register, with cameraman and secretary.
00:25:59Now, tell me who you are.
00:25:59Let me think.
00:26:00You're, uh, you're Sheriff Boggs, and you're conducting an inquiry into the death of Garson Denham.
00:26:04Hi, Sheriff.
00:26:05How is the inquiry progressing?
00:26:07Well, confidential, Mr. White.
00:26:08It ain't going so hot.
00:26:09Oh, they won't talk.
00:26:11Nobody knows nothing.
00:26:13Open and shut case, huh?
00:26:14Mostly shut.
00:26:15Shuttered in the dickens, but I'll solve it.
00:26:18You may not know it, Mr. White, but I'm a regular reader of your column.
00:26:21Well, thanks, Sheriff.
00:26:22Make a note of that.
00:26:23I got another reader.
00:26:24Maybe when I do solve this dastardly crime, you can write one of them editorials about me,
00:26:29like you wrote about J. Edgar Hoover or Dr. Defoe.
00:26:32Well, I'd be glad to, Sheriff, but how about the crime?
00:26:34Got any clues?
00:26:35Only this knife.
00:26:36I found it sticking in the, uh, corpus delicti.
00:26:40Take a look at it.
00:26:41No, no, no, no, no, Sheriff.
00:26:42You take care of that.
00:26:43I'm allergic to knives.
00:26:44It dates way back to the time you learned to use a fork.
00:26:47Quiet.
00:26:52Well, Miss Denham, I see your family reunion got off to a nice little murder.
00:26:56Something's always interfering with my plans.
00:26:58If you mention me on your column, be sure and spell my name right.
00:27:01Oh, you, uh, read my column?
00:27:05Yes.
00:27:06Oh, thank you.
00:27:07I was scared to death they'd ask me that on the witness stand.
00:27:10If I'd admitted it, they'd have thought sure I was crazy.
00:27:16You know, uh, Miss Denham, you and I are just going along fine.
00:27:21Just, just fine.
00:27:22I tell you, I got orders not to let anybody in here.
00:27:24Don't tell me I can't come calling Cassie Denham when she's in trouble.
00:27:27Get out of my way.
00:27:31Why, what are they doing to you, Cassandra?
00:27:34Are they accusing you of killing Garson Denham?
00:27:36If they are, I can tell them they're wrong.
00:27:39Any man who went snooping around like he did last night was bound to get his comeuppance.
00:27:44How do you know he was snooping?
00:27:46I saw him through the library window.
00:27:49What time was that?
00:27:50About one o'clock in the morning.
00:27:53Throwbridge Montrose, what were you doing looking through my library window at one o'clock in the morning?
00:27:58Probably looking for a book.
00:28:01Speak up, Mr. Montrose.
00:28:02How do you happen to be snooping at that hour?
00:28:05I was walking in my garden.
00:28:08All of a sudden, I saw a light come on in Cassie's library.
00:28:12I peeked through the window and saw Garson Denham snooping.
00:28:17Looking behind pictures and pulling books from shelves.
00:28:22What else did you see?
00:28:23Well, that was all.
00:28:24When he quit snooping and sat down to read, I went home.
00:28:29Do you generally walk in your garden at one o'clock in the morning?
00:28:32Always, when the flowers are in bloom.
00:28:36The scent of flowers at night is much sweeter than it is in the daytime.
00:28:41I love the scent of flowers at night.
00:28:44Your name wouldn't be Ferdinand, would it?
00:28:47No.
00:28:48I was christened Trowbridge Cadwallader Montrose.
00:28:53However, my grandfather's name was Ferdinand.
00:28:56That explains it.
00:28:57Probably hereditary.
00:29:00What is hereditary?
00:29:02Look, Mr. Montrose, suppose we forget the whole thing.
00:29:06Mr. White, what is your theory of this crime?
00:29:09Well, Sheriff, I haven't had time to theorize, but I have a suggestion.
00:29:12What is it?
00:29:12I have a friend in New York with the name of Philo Christopher.
00:29:16Now, he writes murder mysteries.
00:29:17If I said for him, probably he could help.
00:29:18Oh, no, you don't.
00:29:21I've read all his books, and I don't like the way he solves his crimes.
00:29:25He always brings in an outside character in the last three pages and pins the murder on him.
00:29:30Just to fool his readers.
00:29:32Nobody's going to pin this murder on an outside character.
00:29:35Somebody in this room killed Garson Denham, and I'm going to apprehend the guilty party.
00:29:40An admirable determination, Sheriff, and well put.
00:29:43In the meantime, we'll go to the village and arrange accommodations.
00:29:45You'll do nothing of the kind.
00:29:47We have plenty of empty rooms here, and you're welcome to stay.
00:29:51In fact, Mr. White, you can sleep in the bed George Washington once slept in.
00:29:54What, another?
00:29:56Father of our country certainly got around, didn't he?
00:29:58I accept your hospitality, Miss Cassandra, and you're very kind.
00:30:01In the meantime, Sheriff, what happens now?
00:30:04I don't rightly know.
00:30:05You fool, you blundering idiot!
00:30:07How can you be so dumb?
00:30:09You know this madwoman Camilla and Murder.
00:30:10Why don't you arrest her?
00:30:12Now, take it easy, Mrs. Denham.
00:30:13Um, I've got no proof that she killed your husband.
00:30:17Proof?
00:30:17Proof?
00:30:18What more proof do you want?
00:30:20She invited us here for a visit and insisted we arrive at midnight.
00:30:23Then she informed us she's going to study us for a week, like rats or guinea pigs.
00:30:28She had every reason to kill Garson, because he wanted to put her where she belonged in an asylum.
00:30:32I demand that you arrest her.
00:30:34Now, hold on.
00:30:36Ann Cash has been doing queer things around these parts as long as I can remember.
00:30:40But she ain't crazy.
00:30:42The court just decided that.
00:30:44And I am arresting nobody till I've got proof.
00:30:46You fool!
00:30:47You're protecting a murderess!
00:30:49Tom, take me home.
00:30:50I'll not stay in this house another minute!
00:30:52Oh, yes you will.
00:30:55Nobody's leaving Greylock till I apprehend the killer.
00:31:00Tom, take me to my room.
00:31:02You all heard what I said.
00:31:03Nobody's leaving the grounds until this crime's cleared up.
00:31:06I'll have men guard the place day and night.
00:31:09That's all for now.
00:31:10Well, what about me?
00:31:12I live next door.
00:31:13You can go home.
00:31:14My men will keep an eye on you.
00:31:18Maybe after you get unpacked, you'd kind of like to talk this case over before the coroner gets here.
00:31:23Thanks, Sheriff.
00:31:24I'll be glad to.
00:31:25Sudden.
00:31:26See that the press is made comfortable.
00:31:29Yes, ma'am.
00:31:30I'm married.
00:31:33I don't like this, Sherlock.
00:31:35I'm scared stiff.
00:31:36Chin up, Watson.
00:31:59I'm scared stiff.
00:32:01I don't like it.
00:32:18You got to say you can take pressure.
00:32:19You got to know me.
00:32:19I'm scared stiff.
00:32:20Stay governo.
00:32:23You got to know me.
00:32:24I don't like that.
00:32:26See you soon.
00:32:36Come in.
00:32:40Hiya, how are you all unpacked?
00:32:42Just about.
00:32:43Charming old place, don't you think?
00:32:45Yes.
00:32:46Wonderful view from that window.
00:32:49Have a look.
00:32:50Yeah?
00:33:10I told you the view was wonderful.
00:33:11Yeah, but the murderer used a knife.
00:33:13Well, maybe the next victim will be poisoned.
00:33:16Listen, Holly, don't let this thing get you.
00:33:18There won't be any more murders.
00:33:19Come on, let's go down and kibitz with the sheriff.
00:33:28Hi, Sheriff. Any fingerprints?
00:33:30Nope. Can't find any.
00:33:32Take a look.
00:33:33Oh, thanks.
00:33:35You see any?
00:33:36Come on, Sheriff.
00:33:37Give me a shot of you holding the knife.
00:33:39A little higher.
00:33:40Hold it.
00:33:44Has the corpus delecti been removed yet?
00:33:46Nope. It's still in the library where the coroner left it.
00:33:49The undertaker's coming from the village.
00:33:50Do you mind if I take a look at it?
00:33:52No. Come on.
00:33:53You better stay here. This is after you.
00:33:54I'm a newspaper man. I can take it.
00:34:00Hey, wait a minute.
00:34:02That ain't Garson Denham.
00:34:10You're right, Sheriff. That's Larry Denham.
00:34:13But he sure is a corpus delectus.
00:34:16Oh, look.
00:34:22Whoever knocked them off must have come in the window.
00:34:25You're a smart fella.
00:34:27No signs of anybody.
00:34:28I'm gonna round up everybody and question them.
00:34:31They can't do this to me.
00:34:33Killing a man in broad daylight,
00:34:35and I'm right in the next room.
00:34:42Well, here we go again, Miss Denham.
00:34:55What happened?
00:34:57Have they found the murderer?
00:34:59Well, if he hasn't, my bathwater's getting cold for nothing.
00:35:01Be quiet.
00:35:07Where were you doing the last half hour?
00:35:09I was transplanting a tree near the entrance gate.
00:35:12Deputy Judkins was with me.
00:35:15That's right, Sheriff.
00:35:17What about you?
00:35:18I was greasing the car in the garage.
00:35:20You look it.
00:35:26What were you doing?
00:35:27I was making apple pies,
00:35:29and I'll never be done for dinner at this rate.
00:35:32You got an alibi?
00:35:33I was counting the laundry.
00:35:35The cook saw me.
00:35:49What were you doing?
00:35:50I was spraying roses in my garden.
00:35:53That's what he was doing, Sheriff.
00:35:54I saw him mix the spray.
00:35:56So did I.
00:35:57Poison.
00:35:58I always use poison in my rose spray.
00:36:01It's certain death to insects.
00:36:05Where are you, Miss Cassie?
00:36:06I was running my bath.
00:36:09What's the matter?
00:36:10I left the water running to ruin everything.
00:36:12You stay right here.
00:36:14One of you boys run upstairs and turn off Miss Cassie's bathwater.
00:36:17Sit down.
00:36:19Anybody with you while you were drawing this bath?
00:36:21Yes, I was.
00:36:22Oh.
00:36:24For a moment, I thought I had something.
00:36:33And I was walking in the garden by the summer house,
00:36:36you didn't walk by the library by any chance, did you?
00:36:39Yes.
00:36:40Yes, I did.
00:36:41Why?
00:36:43Oh, just idle curiosity.
00:36:45Anybody see you taking this walk?
00:36:46I was watching him all the time, Sheriff.
00:36:48He never got out of my sight.
00:36:53Well, Sheriff, that's that.
00:36:55It sure is.
00:36:59How about you, Mrs. Denham?
00:37:00I was lying down, trying to rest.
00:37:07Where's Larry?
00:37:10Sheriff.
00:37:12Where's Larry?
00:37:13Well, I see him.
00:37:15Larry's not here.
00:37:17You're right, ma'am.
00:37:18He ain't.
00:37:18He's dead.
00:37:21Dead?
00:37:22You mean...
00:37:23You mean Larry's been murdered?
00:37:26Yes.
00:37:27Not only that.
00:37:29Somebody stole the other carpus delicta.
00:37:31I told you to arrest her.
00:37:33I warned you this thing would happen.
00:37:34Woman is mad.
00:37:35She'll kill us all.
00:37:36Larry.
00:37:37My poor Larry.
00:37:38What do I do now?
00:37:41Well, did you call the coroner?
00:37:44No.
00:37:45I plum forgot her.
00:37:47One of you boys called the coroner right away.
00:37:49That's all for now.
00:37:51What I said about nobody leaving the grounds still goes.
00:37:58Hello, Larry.
00:37:59Hello, Larry.
00:38:10All right, boys.
00:38:11Keep an eye outside.
00:38:14What do you folks make of this?
00:38:16They've all got alibis.
00:38:17I'm beginning to think maybe I did it.
00:38:19If you did, you're holding out on your paper.
00:38:21You haven't phoned in your story yet.
00:38:23That's right.
00:38:23I haven't.
00:38:24Proving you're a columnist, not a reporter.
00:38:27Now look, mister.
00:38:28Let's get out of this funny house and go back to New York.
00:38:31They'll be dancing in 52nd Street tonight while we're playing tag with a knife thrower.
00:38:36You've got a fair start with your column with readers from New York to Shanghai, China.
00:38:41Why take a chance?
00:38:42Relax, beautiful.
00:38:43Nobody's going to harm me.
00:38:44I'm the handsome young juvenile in this story.
00:38:46He never gets hurt.
00:38:47Now you'll be a good girl.
00:38:48Get the editor on the phone and give him enough stuff for a flash bullet.
00:38:51Tell him I'll sit in a follow-up story in an hour.
00:38:53Okay.
00:38:54Swell.
00:38:55Say, Sheriff, do you suppose we can do a little snooping in the library there before the coroner gets here?
00:39:02Oh, I guess it'd be all right if we don't disturb nothing.
00:39:05Swell.
00:39:11It's gone.
00:39:12There ain't no corpus delicti.
00:39:14Things are now beginning to conform to pattern.
00:39:17What are you talking about?
00:39:19There comes a time in every murder mystery when all of the corpus delicti are missing.
00:39:22It generally happens just past the middle of the picture.
00:39:36I don't know how you feel, pal.
00:39:37This thing's got me stumped, too.
00:39:39But we'll both keep trying.
00:39:40We'll think it out together.
00:39:41We'll go.
00:39:42We'll go.
00:40:02Yes, sir, the law always catches up to the guilty party.
00:40:14Leave Greylock at once or you will die.
00:40:46Better come out of there or I'll shoot.
00:41:13Sheriff.
00:41:14Mr. White, your shirt.
00:41:15Never mind my shirt, I just found the bodies.
00:41:17Where?
00:41:17I fell out of the closet in my room.
00:41:19Leave the way.
00:41:24Where are the bodies?
00:41:25I don't see anyone.
00:41:28Why, they're gone.
00:41:29Are you sure you're not ill?
00:41:31You got a bottle you've been holding out on me.
00:41:33Why did I tell you they were right there?
00:41:35I came out of that bathroom and the statue was gone.
00:41:38There was a note there saying you leave Greylock once or you die.
00:41:40I rushed to the door and it was locked.
00:41:42I looked at the key and I saw it was turned.
00:41:44So I knew there was somebody inside this room.
00:41:46So I went to the window there and it was locked.
00:41:48So I grabbed my pistol out of that drawer.
00:41:50Then what?
00:41:51And I pointed right at the door and I said come out of there and I'll shoot.
00:41:54But that didn't come out.
00:41:55So I went over to the door like this.
00:41:57And I pulled it wide open.
00:42:03There they are again.
00:42:06Who's crazy now?
00:42:08Give me time and I'll find out who stole that statue and wrote that note too.
00:42:11I don't care anything about statues and oaks.
00:42:13Somebody call the coroner an undertaker.
00:42:15I've got the two corpus delictuses and by golly nobody's going to take them away from me.
00:42:20Sheriff.
00:42:21Don't you think you ought to let my relatives go home?
00:42:24If the whole family is killed off, there'll be nobody to inherit my money.
00:42:28Sorry Miss Cassie.
00:42:29Nobody leaves till I find the killer.
00:42:31Don't say I didn't warn you.
00:42:33I'll bet you a pretty penny there'll be more killings before this thing is over.
00:42:38Now Mary.
00:42:42Ten o'clock and time for the last minute news and flashes.
00:42:46Fern Breyer, New York.
00:42:47Sheriff William Boggs in charge of the investigation of two murders,
00:42:50which occurred during the past 24 hours at Greylock,
00:42:52the lovely mountain estate of Miss Cassandra Denham,
00:42:54issued a statement an hour ago predicting early apprehension of the killer.
00:42:58Several important clues have been unearthed, the Sheriff declared.
00:43:00Detroit, Michigan.
00:43:02Pickets, picketed, pickets.
00:43:03Today when?
00:43:04Oh, you've got some new clues, eh Sheriff?
00:43:07Well, not exactly, but after all I've got the corpus delictuses.
00:43:12But nothing else?
00:43:13No, but I've got the place guarded.
00:43:16Not a soul can get past my men going or coming.
00:43:19Good evening everybody.
00:43:21I was taking my usual walk in the garden.
00:43:24I thought I'd drop in and see if there's anything that I could do.
00:43:27Did any of my men stop you on the way in?
00:43:30Why, no.
00:43:32I saw no one.
00:43:33Your deputy's a regular watchdog, Sheriff.
00:43:36They'll be bloodhounds when I get through dressing them down.
00:43:40Well, I think I'll get a little shut-eye, as you say in your column.
00:43:44Good night, everybody.
00:43:46Good night.
00:43:46I accompany you to the stairs.
00:43:49All right.
00:43:49Ah, yeah.
00:43:58Cassie.
00:44:01Is there anything you want to tell me?
00:44:04No.
00:44:05Remember, I'll always stand by you.
00:44:10Don't overdo it.
00:44:12Good night.
00:44:14Good night.
00:44:17That sweet little soul who just left gives me the jiving jitters.
00:44:22I wonder who she'll kill next.
00:44:23Here, you cut that out.
00:44:25You're as jumpy as a pogo stick.
00:44:26She's not a killer.
00:44:27How do you know she isn't?
00:44:28Because she's not strong enough to shuffle the bodies of two full-grown men around like a set of Indian
00:44:33clubs.
00:44:34I guess you're right.
00:44:36How about a breath of fresh air before we turn in?
00:44:38I need it.
00:44:39How about you, Ed?
00:44:40No, thanks.
00:44:41Night air irritates my throat, unless it's in nightclubs.
00:44:44I'll grab a couple of shots of the Chamber of Horrors while you're gone.
00:44:46That room fascinates me.
00:45:30I'm gonna give you a look.
00:45:32I'm gonna give you a taste for a couple of shots, so I'm gonna get it.
00:45:32How about you?
00:45:33They're going to be a couple of shots.
00:45:34I'll be back.
00:45:34I'm going to play next.
00:45:34I'm going to play this game.
00:45:35You're going to play the трS for a targeted guide.
00:45:45You've got a choice.
00:45:46I'm going to play this game at midnight.
00:47:28Oh, it's you.
00:47:32Did you get a good picture?
00:47:34I never miss.
00:47:35That's fine.
00:47:36If they look anything like me, I'll buy a dozen.
00:47:39Oh, that is, if price is right.
00:47:41Look, Miss Cassie, are you nuts?
00:47:43The losses, I'm not.
00:47:45Then why are you wandering around on this subway?
00:47:48Looking for a new victim, I bet you.
00:47:50You think I'm a murderer?
00:47:52If you ain't, why are you here?
00:47:55Can you keep a secret?
00:47:57I'm a newspaper man.
00:47:58Answer my question.
00:47:59Sure, I can keep a secret.
00:48:01Follow me.
00:48:12Come on, come on.
00:48:20Come on.
00:48:23I don't suppose you've seen many $10,000 banknotes in your day, have you?
00:48:26$10,000 banknotes?
00:48:29Look, Miss Cassie, I'm lucky to cast my peepers on a double sawbuck, meaning 20 potatoes, meaning
00:48:33dollars to you.
00:48:34Well, here are 200 of them.
00:48:37Two million in currency and a million in securities.
00:48:40I want you to hold all of them for me for safekeeping.
00:48:42Me?
00:48:43Carry three million dollars around with me?
00:48:45Lady, now I know you're crazy.
00:48:47No, I'm wise.
00:48:49Whoever's committing the murders is after my money.
00:48:52And it's someone who suspects I keep it in the library.
00:48:55Otherwise, why would Garson and Larry have been murdered in the library?
00:48:59Sounds reasonable.
00:49:00It is reasonable.
00:49:02But if you keep the money and the securities hidden safely in your camera case, no one will
00:49:07suspect.
00:49:09And I won't tell a soul.
00:49:11Because you might be murdered, too.
00:49:12But, you know, you'll find yourself another boy.
00:49:15It ain't worth the risk.
00:49:16Oh, yes, it is.
00:49:18Because when the murder is apprehended, I'm going to give you one of these nice, crisp
00:49:24banknotes.
00:49:26You mean?
00:49:27You mean I get $10,000?
00:49:29Yes.
00:49:30Aunt Cassie, you made a deal.
00:49:33Do you got any idea who the killer might be?
00:49:36Oh, I hope it isn't the one I suspect.
00:49:39Who's that?
00:49:39My neighbor, Trowbridge Montrose.
00:49:42You mean the flower smeller?
00:49:44Yes.
00:49:44He's been in love with me for years.
00:49:46I get it.
00:49:47A short engagement, huh?
00:49:50No, we're not engaged.
00:49:52I can't make up my mind.
00:49:55Don't worry.
00:49:55You'll get around to it.
00:49:57What makes you think he's the killer?
00:49:59Because he was furious when my relatives tried to put me in the insane asylum.
00:50:03He cracked his knuckles.
00:50:04And every time he does that, I know he's furious.
00:50:08He wanted to give them a dose of his rose spray.
00:50:11You mean the poison that he kills the bugs with?
00:50:13Yes.
00:50:14Oh, I do hope the next murder is my poison.
00:50:18My mind will be relieved.
00:50:20Next murder?
00:50:21Oh, yes.
00:50:22There'll be other murders.
00:50:27Goodbye.
00:50:32Oh, boy, this thing's got me stymied.
00:50:35Let's sit down.
00:50:37Okay.
00:50:40It's a sense.
00:50:41It's not Aunt Cassie.
00:50:42She couldn't lug bodies around.
00:50:44Neither could Martha Denham.
00:50:46Nor Garson Denham's widow.
00:50:48Or that niece that lives with the old lady.
00:50:51Then it must be a man.
00:50:52How about Tom?
00:50:53Oh, Tom.
00:50:55He doesn't strike me as a boy who kill his father and cousin.
00:50:59Somebody's coming.
00:51:00Hmm?
00:51:03Good evening.
00:51:04Oh, hello.
00:51:06Good evening.
00:51:08Not very sociable, are they?
00:51:10Well, what did you expect them to do?
00:51:11Sit in your lap?
00:51:12Oh, stop snapping at me, O'Brien.
00:51:15Sorry.
00:51:16You were eliminating suspects.
00:51:18Well, the butler's out.
00:51:20He's an old family retainer.
00:51:22So's Katie the cook.
00:51:23Look, fat people seldom commit murder.
00:51:25But cooks do use knives.
00:51:27Oh, not knives.
00:51:28Antique knives, 200 years old.
00:51:31Well, there's still a chauffeur and the gardener.
00:51:34And Mr. Trowbridge Montrose.
00:51:36Oh, Montrose.
00:51:37Monty wouldn't hurt a fly.
00:51:38I don't know about that.
00:51:39When he talked about spraying bugs, he had an unholy look in his eyes.
00:51:44Now, let's take the gardener.
00:51:46You take him.
00:51:47All he wants is to be left alone.
00:51:49Well, there's still the chauffeur.
00:51:50He's out, too.
00:51:51He was asleep over the garage when Garson Denham was killed and under a car when Larry got it.
00:51:55Well, then who is the murderer?
00:51:57I don't know.
00:51:59Maybe it's the little man that turns out the lights and electric ice boxes.
00:52:03Very funny.
00:52:05All on account of Aunt Cassie's money.
00:52:07If only she'd distribute it where it would do some good, there wouldn't have been any murders.
00:52:12Why, Tommy, you sound like you begrudge Aunt Cassie her money.
00:52:17I do.
00:52:19Oh!
00:52:23Oh!
00:52:24Oh!
00:52:35He's dead.
00:52:36Who did it?
00:52:40I don't know.
00:52:42We were sitting here talking when all of a sudden he groaned and then I heard someone run away.
00:52:50Come on, boys.
00:52:51Let's have a look around.
00:52:53We'd better go in the house.
00:53:08Hey, somebody over by that big tree.
00:53:16Nobody here.
00:53:18They didn't climb up.
00:53:20Yeah, but we saw him go behind the tree.
00:53:22Maybe he kept right on going with the tree between him and us.
00:53:25Eh, maybe you're right.
00:53:28Well, I guess that's that.
00:53:30I'll see you later.
00:53:31Come on, let's go.
00:53:49Oh, it's you.
00:53:51Well, who'd you think it was?
00:53:54Hey, suppose you tell me what you're doing sneaking around this time of night.
00:53:57I'm not sneaking around this time of night.
00:53:59I'm taking that can of oil to Michael in the garage.
00:54:01Oh, yeah?
00:54:02Well, come on.
00:54:03Let's see what Michael knows about this.
00:54:05Come on.
00:54:09Anybody here?
00:54:11Yeah.
00:54:13You want something?
00:54:14You send this fellow for a can of oil?
00:54:16Sure I did.
00:54:17What about it?
00:54:19Well, for your information, there's been another murder.
00:54:21Someone just killed Tommy Denham.
00:54:22Young Tommy?
00:54:23That's why I tackle you in the garden.
00:54:25Well, I wouldn't you know it.
00:54:28Well, I guess we might as well start for the house.
00:54:31The sheriff will want to question everybody again.
00:54:33You know, if these murders don't stop, I'm never going to get that car greased.
00:54:36Oh, that's going to be tough.
00:54:43It's the same thing all over again.
00:54:46Everybody was everywhere else except where the murder was committed.
00:54:50Somebody's lying.
00:54:52Somebody in this room murdered three men.
00:54:54How are you going to go on being a fool?
00:54:56You know she's the guilty one.
00:54:58I almost wish you were right.
00:54:59I confess and get it over with.
00:55:01It's all because of my money.
00:55:03If I thought I could expose the murderer, I'd destroy Greylock and all my wealth this minute.
00:55:08Cassie, what are you saying?
00:55:09I mean it.
00:55:12Sheriff, I wonder if I could have a word with Miss Cassie alone.
00:55:15Sure, go on.
00:55:16Thanks, Sheriff.
00:55:17Miss Cassie, would you mind stepping into the library for just a moment?
00:55:20Not at all.
00:55:33Miss Cassie, you missed your calling.
00:55:35What are you talking about?
00:55:36You could have been the great American Bernhardt.
00:55:38Oh, that was a great act you put on out there.
00:55:41Come on, give.
00:55:42What's your angle?
00:55:43You're a young smart aleck, aren't you?
00:55:45Don't stall me.
00:55:47You've got something on your mind.
00:55:49What is it?
00:55:50Well, to tell you the truth,
00:55:52I've been toying with a surefire plan to trap the murderer.
00:55:56How?
00:55:57I've been living in this museum piece for 65 years.
00:56:00I'm sort of tired of it.
00:56:02It's sliding panels and hidden passages.
00:56:04Give me the horrors.
00:56:05Sliding panels?
00:56:06Hidden passages?
00:56:07The place is honeycombed with them.
00:56:10The old shack was a headquarters for the colonial spies during the Revolutionary War
00:56:14and a station for an underground railroad during the Civil War.
00:56:17I tell you, Mr. White,
00:56:19every time you touch a wall in this place,
00:56:21it's liable to jump at you.
00:56:24Underground.
00:56:26Yeah.
00:56:28Then maybe the murderer is hiding in one of those secret passages now.
00:56:33He might be.
00:56:34But if he isn't,
00:56:36my plan is still good.
00:56:37I'm going to set fire to Greylock.
00:56:40You're going to do what?
00:56:42I'm going to burn the old shack down.
00:56:45You see,
00:56:46whoever the killer is,
00:56:47he or she is after my money.
00:56:49Until today,
00:56:50I had three million in cash and securities hidden in this house.
00:56:54Today,
00:56:55I removed it.
00:56:56Your photographer has it hidden in his camera case.
00:57:02You mean to say Eddie's got three million dollars carrying around with him in the camera case?
00:57:08Yes.
00:57:11But if your money is safe, Miss Cassie,
00:57:13why burn the place down?
00:57:14Because the murderer will give himself away if he thinks the money is going up in smoke.
00:57:18The house means nothing to me.
00:57:20For 65 years,
00:57:21it's had me hanging on the ropes.
00:57:22I learned that bit of slang reading your column.
00:57:25But listen,
00:57:26that's arson.
00:57:27Arson?
00:57:29No, it isn't.
00:57:31I've no insurance.
00:57:32I'm not cheating anybody.
00:57:36I'm just lighting a bonfire to take a great load off my shoulders.
00:57:41Oh,
00:57:41but it seems such a shame to destroy such a lovely old place.
00:57:44Oh,
00:57:44pish and tosh.
00:57:45If I don't burn it down,
00:57:47we'll all find ourselves in the cemetery.
00:57:49Besides,
00:57:50the upkeep of the old shack is terrific.
00:57:52What do you say?
00:57:53Will you help me?
00:57:55Well,
00:57:56okay,
00:57:56what's the setup?
00:57:58You get everybody outside on some pretext.
00:58:01Leave the rest to me.
00:58:02Keep your eyes open.
00:58:03And the first one who makes a break for the house is the murderer.
00:58:08So long,
00:58:08Mr. White.
00:58:09Hey,
00:58:09what do you mean so long?
00:58:12Keep your eyes open.
00:58:14I certainly...
00:58:17So long,
00:58:18Mr. White.
00:58:36Why should we be herded out here at this hour of the night?
00:58:39Where's Aunt Cassie?
00:58:40Calm yourself and don't ask questions.
00:58:46Hey,
00:58:47look!
00:59:04What is it?
00:59:05What's happened?
00:59:05What is this mean?
00:59:06Don't put inside.
00:59:07Did I set it on fire?
00:59:09Told her she was crazy.
00:59:10What are you doing,
00:59:10Cassie?
00:59:11Don't you worry about anything.
00:59:12Don't you worry about nothing.
01:00:00What's your money?
01:00:01Your money is in there.
01:00:04Yes, I know it.
01:00:05It'll be destroyed.
01:00:06I'm glad of it.
01:00:08Money is a curse.
01:00:10A curse that breeds evil.
01:00:19Your eye is open for the break.
01:00:23You can't destroy it.
01:00:24It's mine.
01:00:25Mine, I tell you.
01:00:27I lived with you, put up with your strictness, pretended to love you, knowing that one day it would be
01:00:31mine.
01:00:32Oh, I hated you.
01:00:34Yet I pretended to love you, knowing that someday you would die and your money would be mine.
01:00:39Then when the others stepped in, I killed.
01:00:40Oh, yes, Michael and I murdered so that one day it would all be mine.
01:00:45I would be your only heir.
01:00:46Please.
01:00:47Hey, turn her loose.
01:00:49Don't shoot me.
01:00:51Your husband.
01:00:52Your husband.
01:00:53What are you talking about?
01:00:55We've been married over a year.
01:00:57Don't let them kill me.
01:00:58Don't.
01:00:59Please don't.
01:01:00I'll take her to the village.
01:01:01Come on.
01:01:26Well, I swear, he's dashed behind this tree.
01:01:29I saw him, too.
01:01:29So did I. Come on.
01:01:33How come you're not playing Daniel Boone with the sheriff and his boys?
01:01:36It's not quite time for the Marines to move in.
01:01:38Are the Marines coming?
01:01:39They're practically here.
01:01:40Folks, follow me. I'm about to catch a killer.
01:01:46Come on, folks. Help me get this car off the grease pit.
01:02:01Stand back, folks. Come on, we'll have to do a little shooting.
01:02:06What is this?
01:02:08Quiet. Jerry comes down.
01:02:12Hey!
01:02:13Come on.
01:02:15Get out of there and keep your hands in the air.
01:02:19Hey! Where'd you find her?
01:02:21Puffed out of a hole in the ground just like that.
01:02:24Thanks for tipping me off about those secret passages.
01:02:26I figured there must be one near that big tree in the garden
01:02:27after our friend here did that neat disappearing act early in the evening.
01:02:32Take it away, Sheriff.
01:02:35Part!
01:02:43Trowbridge, will you marry me?
01:02:46Cassie, do you mean it?
01:02:48Of course I do.
01:02:50I've got to live somewhere in other gray locks no more.
01:02:53Maybe we can wake up Judge Hoskins and get hitched tonight.
01:02:57Darling.
01:02:58Love is in the air.
01:03:00Come on.
01:03:03Here's your money, Miss Cassie.
01:03:05And if it's all the same to you, I'll have my ten G's at this moment.
01:03:09Here you are.
01:03:10You've earned it.
01:03:11Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh.
01:03:14Hey.
01:03:16Hey!
01:03:16Hey, this is Confederate money.
01:03:18Hey, where's a penny?
01:03:19I guess I'll forget to tell you all.
01:03:22I'm one of the denims of Virginia from the deep south.
01:03:30Trowbridge, darling.
01:03:31You have enough real money for both of us, haven't you?
01:03:35Ampled by fifth.
01:03:36You better have.
01:03:37You've been taking care of the old shack and all my relatives for 20 years.
01:03:44Well, what do we do now?
01:03:46I don't know what you're going to do, brother, but I'm going to do this.
01:03:51Okay.
01:03:51Hold it.
01:04:11Hold it.
01:04:11Hold it.
01:04:41You