All language subtitles for Crack-Up 1946

Now, what's going on here?

What's the matter?
What happened?

Give me a lift here.

Where's your phone, dad?

Mr. Steele. What happened?

Looks like Mr. Steele hung
one on. Who is he?

I better call Mr. Stevenson.
They're upstairs in a meeting.

What is all this?

George! What on earth?

George is just
a little fractured.

Must have got
hold of a bad blend.

Work here?

A couple of months on our farm
will sober him up.

Then you better make him a key
for that front door.

You're not going to arrest him?

I'm not going to pin a medal
on him, mister

he took a poke at me.

Gonna crash. Look out!

Alright. Alright, now.

Look here, I'm a doctor.
This man's not merely drunk.

He's really ill.

I know Mr. Steele for years.

He doesn't do
that kind of drinking.

We understand your
position, officer.

You must make a report,
of course.

Mr. Steele is
a member of the staff.

We'd like to avoid
notoriety if possible.

Please bring him up
to my office.

My name's Barton.
I'm the director of the museum.

This is Stevenson, the curator.

Dr. Lowell, member of our board,
he's a competent physician.

We'll take full responsibility
with the police commissioner.

Okay, but I'll have to report
this to the precinct.

Send for an ambulance.
Give me a lift.

Gentlemen, I suggest the board
adjourn for this evening.

It would seem to be little point
in resuming our discussion

on Mr. Steele and
his relation to the museum.

He'll be alright.
He's coming around now.

What do you think it is, Lowell?

I'm not sure. Shock, anyway.

Slightly complicated by alcohol
from the smell of his clothes.

Yes? This is Cochrane.

I see.

That's what I thought.

You're absolutely sure?

Did you check every line?

Okay, check those other ways.

George, George, darling.

What is this? Open house?

Oh, I'm sorry, lieutenant.

Mr. Traybin of
the English museum.

I was dining with Miss Cordell
when she got word.

Will I be in the way?

Were there many killed?

Don't worry about that now.
We'll talk about it later.

We might as well talk about
it now, if he feels like it.

Save everybody a lot of time.
We'll all get to bed earlier.

What's going on? Who is that?

This is Lieutenant Cochrane
of the police department.

Police?

What do they want?

I'd like to ask a few questions.

Where have you been
since you left the museum?

Is he kidding?

No, I'm just after information.

I saw the other train coming

I realized there was
gonna be a wreck.

I felt it, I heard it.

That's all. I woke up here.
What did I do?

Crawl through red light
on my hands and knees?

Where was the wreck?
Where were you going?

North, same direction
the train was going.

I was a half an hour
out of Grand Central

with the rest of the passengers.

There's something
unusual about that.

The only thing unusual about it
is there wasn't any wreck.

What?

We've checked every railroad
east of Chicago.

They haven't had a wreck
since the speed bowl pile-up

outside of Washington
seven months ago.

- You're out of your mind.
- I am?

Found out
a couple of other things.

- For instance?
- We'll get to that.

Listen, I was in a wreck.
I blacked out.

What are you driving at?
What am I supposed to have done?

Among other things, you kicked
in the front of the museum.

You hit an officer
that tried to stop you.

'Then you started
tearin' up the joint.'

- But...
- Let's get back to this..

...train wreck
that didn't happen.

Haven't we had enough of
this cross-examination?

Can't you see this...

It won't help any of us
to get excited.

Lieutenant, do you mind if I
speak to him for a few minutes?

Go ahead.

Steele, might help to untangle
this if you try to remember

as many of the circumstances
as possible.

Everything you did today

before you took the train.

Why you took the train.

Where you were going.

Everything you can recall.

I was here all day
working on my lecture.

I started to talk
about 5 o'clock.

It was a large turnout..

It's given a lot of us
an inferiority complex.

Face to face with a painting, we
shuffle our feet and apologize.

We say, uh, "I don't think about
art, I only know what I like."

But why apologize?

If knowing what you like is
a good enough way to pick out

a wife or a house
or a pair of shoes

what's wrong with applying
the same rule to paintings?

The only people I feel sorry for

'are the people who know
everything about art'

'but who don't know
what they like.'

'They don't know anything,
they're too cautious and tired.'

The only way they can tell
a good painting

from a bad one
is by the price tag.

Phony art dealers and critics

didn't make
the Angelus valuable.

No, it's valuable
because people like you

over the centuries
appreciated it.

'Because Millet successful
in communicating'

what he felt
was a beautiful moment.

Now some of you've missed
the big loan exhibit last month.

I did, so I'm trying
to arrange to get a few

of those masterpieces including
Durer's Adoration of the Kings..

...back here for
the lecture next week.

They are already crated,
but, uh..

...I think I can prevail
on Mr. Stevenson

'to let us have them again
for study.'

I may even be able to let you
see some of them under X-ray

if I can get the equipment.

One of the interesting things
that the X-ray proves is that

even the old masters were human.

They'd often start one thing
change their mind

and then paint
something else over it.

Sometimes it's the only way
we can detect a forgery.

'Some of our most famous
paintings have been copied.'

'Curiously,
some of the forgeries'

'are as old as the originals.'

'And so skillfully done
that the best experts'

can't tell the difference
without X-rays.

Which catches the chemical
difference of the paints.

A good technician with nothing
to say is a very dangerous man.

Whether he forges masters
or paints nonsense.

What do you think of this?

- Mr. Steele.
- Yes?

Uh, Mr. Steele, just how
far away from modern art

is one supposed to stand?

In a case like this,
I'd say quite close.

Maybe two feet

then back away slowly..

...until you bump into
somebody interesting

and then go for a walk
in the park.

Pioneers have always
been ridiculed!

Someday modernism
will be recognized!

Well, don't misunderstand.

I'm not condemning
modern painting.

I just think this is nonsense.

If you like it, fine. I don't.

That is because you lack
perception and sensitivity

to extract emotional values!

'What do you like?'

'Expert tradition of pineapples
and fishtails?'

Do you know that he..

Oh, Ms. Ware, I think you
better go back to your office.

Next week, we'll go
into the subject

of modern art more deeply.

Surrealists will be searched
for weapons at the door.

Goodnight, all. Thank you.

Well, this place is beginning
to come to life.

Thank you very much, for a very
interesting lecture, Mr. Steele.

- Thank you
- Take it easy.

Barton'll only stand for
so much reform at one time..

I enjoyed your lecture very much
indeed, Mr. Steele.

- Thank you.
- You put me on the spot.

I can't promise those paintings
for next week.

He just doesn't wanna have
his routine disturbed.

I'll talk him into it.

Mr. Stevenson,
Mr. Barton wants to see you

and Mr. Steele in his office.

Let him talk to you for a few
minutes and blow off steam.

I'll be along in a second.

You're getting to be
quite a rabble-rouser.

George, I'm sorry about lunch.
I hated standing you up.

Did you?

But I got involved
with Reynolds.

It's part of my job.

Hopping around
with a lot of snobs

too sophisticated
to breathe, huh?

The magazine I work for
happens to be devoted

to the interests of
sophisticated snobs.

A lot of them revolve around
Reynolds. His businesses...

He's got about as much business
selling art as a pink fox.

But when Little Red Riding Hood
wants to know

what goes on in the fox's mind,
she has to go into his cave.

Oh, you know George,
Mr. Reynolds.

Oh, yes, Saint George,
the people's defender.

Busily slaying the twin dragons
of can and hypocrisy.

I admire your enthusiasm,
Mr. Steele

but I'm afraid it's dangerous
and impossible task.

How's that, grandfather?

Art is an unnatural thing
by definition.

It flourishes on hypocrisy.

Men like Barton know that, but
they don't like to be reminded.

You'll be around for
a while, won't you?

But it's only an experiment,
Mr. Barton.

If you just give it a little
longer trial...

I don't agree with you.

His behavior in the gallery
is ridiculous. It's comic.

I'm sorry I ever listened
to you, Stevenson.

Why, h-h-his attitude is
revolutionary..

Gentlemen.

George, I'm not happy with
the progress of your lectures.

I agreed to the series
originally on the basis

of your service record
and Stevenson's recommendation..

...but I'm afraid
it's not working out.

But they're attracting
public interest.

Public interest is one thing.

Public brawls in
the gallery are another.

Whether we like it or not.

We are supported
by affluent patrons.

And we can't afford
to antagonize them.

They are afraid...

They're afraid
these kind of audiences

will start bringing sandwiches.

The only people who could
possibly be antagonized

by my lectures are
the ones who wear culture

like a mink coat or use
the museum as a social front.

I've called
the advisory board tonight

to discuss the situation.

I don't think
they'll approve your request

to bring the loan
collection back.

'Why?'

The paintings are crated

for shipment. You know that.

To bring them back
is unnecessary

expensive and inconvenient.

I will say so at the meeting.

I will also say,
I believe that your request

for X-ray equipment
is ridiculous.

Why?

Because this is a museum,
not a hospital.

'The Metropolitan
and the Louvre have used'

'X-rays without any
complications.'

If you care to come
to the meeting, you may.

Otherwise, I will do my best

to present your position
to the board.

Alright.

Better tell them
to make up their minds

whether this place is to be run
as a public institution

or an exclusive tea party.

- Goodnight, Mary.
- Goodnight, Mr. Steele.

- George.
- Hello.

- George, you remember..
- Yes, surely.

I, uh, I enjoyed that talk
tonight

- very much.
- Thank you.

You know, I have been
quite puzzled about something

ever since our first meeting.

It cleared up suddenly
during your talk.

- You are Captain Steele?
- I was Captain Steele.

You were with the Allied
Preparations Commission.

You're the lad who turned up
all those forgeries

in the Nazi collection.

I was on the British team
for a while.

- Awfully good show of yours.
- Thank you.

- You free for dinner?
- I'm sorry, George.

- No. I..
- Never mind.

Look here,
why don't you join us?

Terry has been
steering me about.

I've been getting quite
an education in American food.

And that place you have in mind

they could dig up
another chair, couldn't they?

Of course.

I'd like to hear
more about that row

you got into at Nuremberg.

Some other time.

Excuse me. George.

George!

Hey.

You are pouting.
Come on, what's the beef?

Answer me.

There's no beef.

What are you, the Queen of the
May around here or something?

Cut me in sometime, will you?

George.

Buy me a drink.

It's early.
I have to change anyway.

I'll tell Traybin
to pick me up in an hour.

Hmm?

Remember that record?

No. I don't remember it.

You don't remember that record?

- No, I don't.
- Oh, yes, you must.

Uh-uh.

- Oh, remember that night?
- No, I don't.

Yes, we'd been out sailing.
We were up at the lake.

We came in and played
the jukebox.

Oh, but you must. It was the..

- ...first time we danced.
- First time we danced.

Oh.

That's all it takes to break
your date with Traybin..

It is the telephone for you,
Mr. Steele.

For me?

Excuse me, will you?

Yes?

Who?

A long-distance call?
What do they want?

Oh.

What happened to her?

What time does
the next train leave?

Thank you.

Would you call the hospital
and tell them

I'll definitely make it?

Thank you.

Who knew you were here?

You didn't have
another date, did you?

No. A message from the hospital
in Glenby. Mother's pretty sick.

She's had a sudden attack,
I just have time

to make the last train.

Darling, I'm sorry. I'll
go to the station with you.

No. No, you go ahead and have
your date with Traybin.

I've got to move fast.

I love you.

Call me in the morning.
Let me know.

A round trip to Glenby.
I'm in kind of a hurry.

Right.

- Excuse me, please.
- Hey, mister.

Hey, mister!

'All aboard!'

Hold on, will you, please?

'All aboard!'

Hey, bud. Tell them to
hold it a minute.

Oi, hold if for
these fellas, will you?

Yes, sir.

'All aboard!'

Get a load of that.

That's what's gonna
happen to you

if you don't stop hitting
that bottle.

Yes, dear.

'Ladies and gentlemen,
your attention, please.'

I have here a one-pound box

of delicious
chocolate-covered bonbons

'shortly going on sale at all
leading department stores'

'for $5.55 cents a pound.'

'But, I am not charging
$5.55 or even $0.55.'

'I am giving them away
absolutely free'

'as a special advertising
introductory offer.'

'Of course there'll be
a slight 25 cents charge..'

'for buns you're havin'.'

I have a lady here.
How many more? A lady here.

I have a gentleman here.
Yes, sir. How many?

- How many, mister?
- Have any cigarettes?

Have I been discoursing
to no avail whatsoever?

Look, mister. Maybe perhaps
you just heard me remark..

- This trip it is candy.
- I'll catch you the next trip.

The next trip is coffee,
sandwiches, apples and flowers.

Then the next trip
is cigarettes.

I am going through the car
just once.

'Marlin, next stop.'

Marlin, next stop.

- Mr. Williams.
- Hi, chief.

'Marlin, next stop.'

I threw up my hands.

Everything exploded
in front of me.

There were screams.

That's all I remember.

Someone turned on the lights.

Here I was.

Terry seemed to weave
in front of me.

I couldn't figure out
what was the matter.

Quite a story.

Can you think of some way
to prove it?

Yes.

- Where is my coat?
- Don't bother.

You haven't got a ticket stub.

We went through
all your pockets.

About that phone call, I thought
you may be glad to know

your mother is fine.

There is no record
of any message

from the Glenby hospital.

This is ridiculous.

I was with him
when he got the call.

- Did you go to the phone too?
- 'Of course not.'

'It might have been an
invitation to tap a keg of rum.'

Oh, I don't get it.

I don't get it.

Steele, you've worked
pretty hard, you know.

Of course I have.

Been away three years.
I've a lot of time to make up.

Naturally.

Did you have
any unusual experiences

when you were overseas?

Yes.

One day I got V-mail letter.

That I could read.

I didn't mean to
sound unsympathetic.

'But it is possible
your war experiences'

'plus overwork
could be the answer.'

What are you gonna
do, lieutenant?

I don't know... yet.

'Even their finest minds

have their saturation point.'

Right now,
I'm gonna have a smoke.

Do you mind if I ask you
a few more questions?

No. Go ahead,
I'm not going any place.

'Do you recall being
in a railroad wreck'

'or having a similar experience
when you were a child?'

You played
that quite well. Thanks.

The museum. The old man.

Do they know why you are here?

I don't think so.

Would you mind very much
turning Steele loose?

I can't do that.
He's ripe for the psycho ward.

Possibly and if my guess is
right he'd be much safer there

but I, I would rather
like to have him

running around for a while.

- It might help.
- What is your guess?

Is he mixed up in
this thing you are working on?

That's what
I'd like to find out.

How?

I was wondering
if I couldn't borrow

a couple of your men
to put on his trail.

It won't look very good on the
records if somebody gets hurt.

I'll try and see
nothing happens.

It's just a matter of facing
the facts realistically.

- That's all.
- Alright, alright.

- I'm psychopathic.
- George.

Sure, I was frightened by a
train when I was six years old.

But I don't remember.
Go on, lock me up.

Oh, George, please.

Are you willing to forget
the damages downstairs?

The doors can be replaced.

Unfortunately,
the statue cannot.

But my primary concern
as director of the museum

is to avoid scandal.

How about you?

How do you feel about it?

Well, Lieutenant, when a member
of your family is ill

you want to help him,
not punish him.

Steele is a
member of the staff...

I mean medically.

As a doctor.

I see nothing serious.

He needs rest. That's all.

I'm probably making a mistake.
But I'm letting you go.

Lay off that vino.
Don't take any more train rides.

You're liable to wind up
in Bellevue.

Here, put this on, George.

Mr. Steele.

I am sorry about this.

I can't understand.
But I'll make up for it.

From now on my lectures
will be conservative and dull.

Tell the board they can relax.

When you arrived tonight

the board had
tentatively considered

cancel ling your lectures.

I think under the circumstances

we can consider
the decision final.

I see.

Let's get you home.
You need some sleep.

I'll get a cab.

What happened here?

Oh, I couldn't have come here.

I certainly couldn't have
done this.

- Who could've..
- The police probably.

One of Cochrane's men must have

dropped in to check on you.

Somebody should have dropped one
of Cochrane's men on Nagasaki.

It would have accomplished
the same thing much cheaper.

Cops are notoriously untidy.

They mean well but they
like to mess things up and..

It's strange, but you
Americans are always fighting

an undeclared war
against your police.

Why is that?
You hire them to do a job.

Then you dare them to do it.

Then you almost resent it
if they succeed.

It's a long story.

It may be an impertinent
suggestion, after all

I am only a visitor, but, uh..

Why not meet them half way?
Cops are only human.

They might respond to

a little respect and affection.

Would these be
your lecture notes?

Ah, part of my files on
the German substitutions.

Mm-hm. I wonder why
they'd interest the police.

I don't know about cops.

You apparently do.
Why don't you figure it out?

I hope you'll feel
better after a little rest.

Goodnight.

Let me know if there is
anything I can do.

Thanks.

- Thanks for being such a help.
- Oh, that's alright.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

'Terry.'

What do you think?

What's happening?

I don't know.

Forget it for a while.

All of a sudden
I don't know myself.

In 24 hours everything
has become unfamiliar.

It'll clear up.

I've quarreled with you a lot
since I've come back, haven't I?

You've been normally jealous.

I've seen a lot of good
guys crack up in this war.

Cool, composed cookies
one day, and the next

snap like a tight violin string.

It's the one fear everybody had.

I kept thinking..

...it might happen to me.

George.

There is nothing wrong
with your mind.

Your ego is a little bruised
because for once

you don't know all the answers.

But there is nothing
wrong with your mind.

I still don't know whether I've
been in a train wreck on not.

I've got to find out.

Alright, find out!

Do handstands. Knock your
head against the wall.

Show your muscles.
Do anything you like.

What's going on, darling?

I'm sorry. I'm-I'm mad I guess.

I'm confused and
a little frightened.

Last night in Joe's place, for
the first time in three years

I, I began to sense
what life could be like again.

And then,
I don't know what happened

any more than you do

and I don't really care.

I just resent it.

How was the dinner with Traybin?

Did you have fun?

No. It was terrible.

I felt like I'd..

...missed the last step
in the dark.

Where on earth have
you been all day?

I've been worried sick.

How do you know I was here?

I-I didn't.
I-I just kept looking.

Wouldn't be working
with Cochrane, don't you?

Don't be silly, George.

'He could have told you
where I was.'

He's had his little buzz-bomb
on my trail all day.

He follows me everywhere.
And I mean everywhere.

George, don't.

Whatever you're going
to do, don't do it.

I've got to find out
what happened last night.

How can you?
Where would you begin?

For one thing I could get on the
same train. Keep my eyes open.

'I've got to find
somebody, something'

'to tip me off
as to what went on.'

Just, just leave it alone.

'What would that accomplish?'

Excuse me.

I'll be right back.

- Your change, sir.
- That's alright. Keep it.

Tell the fellow
at the end of the bar

Lieutenant Cochrane
wants him on the phone.

Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Cochrane
wants you on the phone.

- How did you know it was me?
- Well..

He said a man with a raincoat.

Hello?

Hello?

- A round trip to Glenby.
- Glenby? Yes, sir.

- Got a ten?
- Right.

- Were you on duty last night?
- Yeah.

- Same window?
- I don't know, buddy.

- We switch around.
- I left some change..

You're supposed to count
your money

- before you leave the window.
- I didn't mean that.

I wondered if
you might have remembered me.

Mister. My daughter
is expecting.

Do you mind if I get
to Utica before the baby?

- Sorry.
- A ticket to Utica, please.

The line begins
back there, buddy.

One way to Iron Holt.

Alright.

Alright.

- Car 172 up ahead.
- Thank you.

Alright.

I beg your pardon.

'Would you mind moving
to another seat?'

Sorry to inconvenience you.

Well, here is your chance
to get even.

Okay.

'Cigars, cigarettes, candy.'

Cigars, cigarettes, candy.

'Cigars, cigarettes, candy.'

- Oh, bud.
- Yes, sir?

- Give me some cigarettes.
- Yes, sir. What kind?

What kind did I get last night?

Are you kidding, Joe? What do
you think I do, keep books?

'I thought you might remember.'

You thought I might remember.
Listen, cousin.

There's eleven hundred potential
consumers on this train.

And amongst the articles which
I distribute are as follows..

Chocolate-covered bon-bons,
sugar coated peanuts

apples, oranges, coffee,
sandwiches, magazines...

- Yes, I know. And flowers.
- And flowers.

And you want I should remember
the kind of butts you smoke?

'Get this guy.'

Ah, what a character.
Phone me when you decide.

Apples, oranges, cigars,
cigarettes, magazines.

'Marlin, next stop.'

Next stop, Marlin.

'Marlin, next stop.'

Next stop, Marlin.

Evening, Mr. Christian.

Marlin, next stop.

- Oh, conductor.
- Yes?

Do you remember seeing me
on the train last night?

- Who?
- I said..

...do you remember if you saw me
on this train last night?

No. Never remember faces.

'Marlin..'

'Marlin..'

'Marlin.'

'Marlin.'

'Marlin.'

Do you remember if anyone
got off the train

that stopped here last night?

- Which train is that?
- The train I just got off of.

Well, if it stopped here
somebody must have got off.

Don't think for any reason
otherwise it would stop here.

The stop might
have been on schedule.

Yeah.

Yeah. Good point.

A good point. It might be.
It might be on schedule.

Anyone get off?
Notice anything unusual?

I've been married 30 years
and I don't look

for any outside troubles.

Hey, I could write a book about
the goings and comings here

if I had the mind to.

But I just do my job
and don't see a thing.

There's more free living going
on in these parts these days

than you can shake a stick at.

Money does it.

New York money mostly.

Society, people,
and artists, hm.

I never saw the woods so
full of artists and free livin'.

Uh..

You an artist?

Not exactly.

A bad bunch, artists.

Yeah.

Many a night,
an artist named Anderson

comes home as late as 11 o'clock

smellin' of beer.

Oh, only last night.

A couple of fellows.

Artists or the like
must have been..

Got off the same train
you did tonight.

Yes. The very same train,
mind you.

The sun hardly sets

carrying a fellow
so full of liquor

'you wouldn't dare light
a match under his nose.'

The sun hardly sets, mind you

and that fellow
couldn't even walk. Huh!

What do you think of that? Hm?

There were three men, you say?

Two of them carrying a drunk?

Take a good look at me.

Could the man
they were carrying be me?

It don't pay, as I see it,
to gossip about people.

If you want to get stinking,
that's your business, not mine.

Where'd they take me?

Where'd they take this man?
Where'd they go?

Well, they put him in a car
as nearly as I remember.

- What kind of a car?
- I couldn't say.

I haven't been able to tell one
car from another since 1924.

They all look alike now,
the way they make them.

Window's closed.

And I was on
that train, alright.

The drunk behind me was a plant.

I was slugged
when the other train went by.

They carried me off at Marlin.

It looked, well, just like
two fellas helping a drunk.

- But why would anybody...
- To discredit me!

Make it look like I was
a dipso or crazy or both.

To try and stop my lectures.

I'm in somebody's way, Stevie.

And it connects with the museum.

Ah, it is too incredible.

You don't believe me, do you?

It's not that, George. I..

But how do you account
for your swearing

that you were in a wreck?

How did you get in the museum
without knowing it? How did...

I don't know
all the answers yet!

I'm sorry, Steve.

Something's happenin'
down at the museum.

- What's going on down there?
- What do you mean?

Why has Barton been fighting me?

Look, George.
This is extremely confidential.

You remember that Gainsborough

the one that was lost
at sea in an explosion?

Sure I do.

Well, Barton got a letter
from a friend named Montague

telling that
it was not an accident.

- What?
- That's all I know.

Barton's been difficult
ever since with everybody.

I don't think it ties in
with you in any other way.

Maybe.

Maybe.

You'd better get me
to the museum.

So I can find out
if anybody connected with it

has a house in or near Marlin.

You've got a key to the museum.

You can't risk going
anywhere near there.

I've got to and right away.

They'll pick you up
in a second, George.

Yeah.

I guess you're right.

You wait here.

I'll get you information.

Hello? Yeah.

Now, listen carefully.
I've gotta talk fast.

Barton was here when I arrived.
We had a serious run-in.

I can't tell you now, but you
gotta get down here and help me

check on something.
It's important.

- How do I get in?
- In the vault.

I'll leave
the rear basement door open.

You have to hop over the back
wall. But hurry it down!

Alright, Steve,
I'll be right there.

Steve.

Steve.

Steve.

Barton was here when I arrived.
We had a serious run-in.

I can't tell you now,
but you've gotta get down here

and help me check on something.
It's important.

I was just making
my last rounds.

And I looked in the vault door
and Mr. Steele was

standing there,
bending over him.

Steele?

Call Cochrane and tell him

our friend is
on the prowl again.

Sure you're not being followed?

- I don't think so.
- You bring the money with you?

- Yes, right here.
- No, no!

Not now. Wait a minute.

Make sure no one is looking.
Then hand them to me.

I tried to get back
to the apartment.

The place is surrounded
with cops.

They work fast.

Your description's bouncing
out of every radio in town.

Everything,
but singing commercials.

I'll manage to keep out
of their way.

Darlin',
this just won't work. It..

Uh-oh, there is a cop
watching us.

Keep your back to him.

He's coming this way.

Keep your head down.

- Still coming?
- Yes.

He's got his eye on us too.

Relax. Talk about something.

Oh, uh.. So, um..

Everything I do
seems to be wrong.

The other day,
I was five minutes late and..

...you'd think
he'd lost a million dollars.

Tsk, how are the pictures?

Don't move,
he's standing right near us.

So, um.. Yesterday,
I told him off good.

I looked him right in the eye
and I said, "Listen, Mr. Pitlow

I am only human after all."

You should have seen
the expression on his face.

Tsk, what does he think
I am anyway, an auto-madam?

'Gosh! Honestly, just 'cause I
won't go out dancing with him.'

Honestly, I think I am gonna..

How old are you, bud?

- Thirty nine. How old are you?
- Forty four..

It's alright now.

You can't expect to dodge
the police indefinitely, George.

Wouldn't it be smarter
to go to Cochrane

and get this thing out
in the open?

That's about as smart
as cutting my throat

to get some fresh air.

- Here.
- But you...

Keep yourself busy
while we talk.

The longer you duck
in and out of dark alleys

the worse it looks for you.

You didn't kill Stevenson.

Somehow, some way
we've got to prove it.

I can't very well prove it
at the back of

a lot of iron grill, alright.

But, darling, it's so...

Keep your voice down.

You're attracting attention.

Sorry.

There are a lot of things to do.

But I've got to be free
to do 'em.

You can help me.

What do you know
about that Gainsborough

that was lost at sea
a while back?

Only what I read in the papers.

There was an explosion
in the hold of the ship

off the coast of England.

Did you know that
the last place it was exhibited

in America was in the museum?

Yes. Why?

Doesn't that seem
important to you?

Not necessarily.

A masterpiece
was lost in an accident

with a lot of other things.

It was insured
and the underwriters paid off.

Why should that seem
so important?

Because it was not an accident.

What do you mean
it was not an accident?

I don't know yet,
but it was not an accident.

Stevenson told me on the phone.
He couldn't go into details.

That's why he wanted me
to come over to the museum.

He ran into something that..

...well, whether to tell me
or show me, that's..

...that's why he was killed.

If you just want to
talk to this tootsie

why don't you go
for a walk in the park?

- Go away, will you?
- No, I won't go away!

I want to play this game.

There's a lot of games.
Go on, play 'em.

No, I wanna play this game.

- Will you go away?
- Oh, a tough guy, eh?

George, are you crazy?

I thought you didn't wanna
attract attention.

Come on, will ya?

Seeking the protection
of a female, huh?

I thought you said
you wanted a fight.

Okay, come on.

- Watch it.
- Don't worry.

I'll go outside with you.

You're afraid to take it in
front of your girl, eh?

Go on, punch it.

Not bad for an art critic.
Not at all bad.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I was just strolling by.

I'm very fond of penny arcades.

They give the visitor
a wonderful cross-section

on average people.

Hard-working, law-abiding,
looking for a little fun.

The human pursuit is reduced
here to the simplest terms.

You change a half-dollar
for a handful of hope.

Five shots of happiness
for a nickel.

A beautiful thought.

You sent for Cochrane too?

Is this all that's coming?

George, I had to.

You can't handle this alone.

She's quite right, you know.
You need help.

Let's get this straight
right from the beginning.

Who is this? How did you
get mixed up with him?

And what are you trying to do?

I told you, I told you
everything I could.

Still, we've got to be
sensible about this.

Swell.

Suppose you begin by telling me
how this concerns you.

I'll tell you what
I can at the moment.

The only reason
you weren't arrested

after you
broke into the museum..

...was because
I was able to intervene.

My fairy godfather.

- Why?
- I'll get to that.

You are in pretty deep now.

A man has been killed.

Oh, is that so?

Your life's in danger too.

I feel a certain responsibility

having, in a sense,
gotten you into it.

I can help you.

You can help me too.

Will you work with me?

You still haven't answered
my questions.

You have some information
I need.

I know a number of things
of great interest to you.

Let's go down to see Cochrane
and put the pieces together.

I thought I'd see
the hook eventually.

Oh, darling.
Darling, please be reasonable.

I'm overwhelmed. They're all
such wonderful people.

Everybody has
my interest at heart

everybody wants to take me
to the cops.

Now, we're only
asking you to come.

Oh, that's very sporting of you

but I'd like to think it over.

It isn't every day
that a man can be booked

as a psychopathic killer.

If you continue
to behave like one

Cochrane is bound
to keep after you.

You don't give him
any other choice.

It's for your own good.
You've got to trust us.

No, thanks.

I'm not trusting anybody
this week.

For Terry's sake and for
the sake of your own safety

I'm afraid I must insist.

What do you intend to do?

I shall regret it very much
if you force me

to tell the policeman
outside who you are.

Oh.

Well, in that case..

...I guess I had
better go peacefully.

- Oh.
- Sorry.

Oh!

- What happened?
- Somebody fainted.

You better get some water.

Hello, Mary. How are you?

Fine, Mr. Steele.

I'm awfully sorry I brought
you all the way down here.

You were sweet to come.

'But I'm in a little trouble
as you probably know.'

You didn't kill Mr. Stevenson,
did you, Mr. Steele?

You don't really think I did?

No.

Do you know who did?

That's one of the things
I've gotta find out.

Steve was helping me
when he was killed.

He was my friend, Mary.

'I'm gonna need your help.'

Anything I can do, Mr. Steele.

What do you know
about a man named Montague?

He's a friend of
Mr. Barton's in London.

A dealer.

They've been corresponding
with each other for years.

Have you seen
any of those letters lately?

No.

Mr. Barton gets his personal
correspondence at home.

Then I'm going to have to
ask you to do me a favor, Mary.

'I must see Barton.'

I want you to ask him to meet me

tomorrow night, about 8 o'clock

in the Washington Market Dock
at 12th Street.

He seems quite opposed
to you now.

I'm afraid
he will refuse to do it.

If he does..

...just tell him I saw him
at the museum..

'...the night Mr. Stevenson
was killed.'

Did you really?

No, but he was there.

'Will you do it?'

Would you start right away?

Thank you, Mary.

You're a sweet girl.

- Are you alone?
- Yes.

Step into my office.

What were you doing
in the museum

the night Stevenson was killed?

T-that's a lie. I..

This is preposterous.

You are wanted for murder.

I'm not gonna sit for
a cross-examination from you.

I should have notified
the police.

The police will ask you
some embarrassing questions.

Like, what were you doing
at the museum

the night Stevenson was killed?

I was going
through some papers.

I've had some personal things
on my mind.

I've been very upset..

Because of
a forged Gainsborough?

Come on, come on. You might
as well tell me the rest.

Did your friend tell you how
they discovered the forgery?

The British authorities
tested a few pieces

found after the explosion.

The paint was wrong.

The fools! If they had
only destroyed it completely.

Then the original is
still in existence?

Of course.

Sure.

Steve couldn't have found
the Gainsborough in the museum.

Wasn't there.

He was looking for something.

What he probably found
was another forgery.

There's another forgery in
the vault. Do you realize that?

Why do you think I haven't been
able to sleep for two weeks?

Why do you think I was
at the museum that night?

Why do you think
I pleaded with Stevenson

to let matters alone?

If there is a forgery there,
I can find it.

If you had a month

and the police
weren't watching the museum

24 hours a day, you might.

Oh, if it was only destroyed
before it was discovered.

- Destroyed completely.
- You'd like that, wouldn't you?

You forget my whole career
is at stake...

So is my life!

You've gotta get me
in there. Tonight!

I can't.

l-it would be, it would be
dangerous for you

I tell you.

Since when are you
so interested in my health?

- Come on.
- I can't.

I've been ordered to attend
a gathering at Reynolds' house.

Reynolds?

Why?

I don't know.

I'm afraid to decline.

He threatened me!

Alright.

Go ahead.

- Go ahead.
- Oh, thank you.

- Thank you...
- And remember.

You didn't see me.

Understand?

Because the police will be
just as interested in you.

Huh..

'Hey!'

Don't you see those
"No Smoking" signs?

Sorry.

- Countess Stella, how nice...
- Oh! So nice to be here!

- Nice of you to come, Count.
- It was a lovely party.

How are you, Rhys?
Glad to see you again.

This seems cruel.

Sipping champagne and watching
these 17th-century pretenders

smirk at each other..

...and not knowing
where George is

or what's happened to him.

Everything is being done.

Cochrane has his best men
at key spots all over the city.

If anything turns up..

...I'll be called here.

As a matter of fact,
George is probably quite safe..

...as long as he is
not at this party.

Well, Barton..

...what news of the,
uh, fugitive lurking by?

Uh, well, I can't say
I feel sorry for him.

I warned him that
the crusader's path was thorny.

Oh, come, come,
you are quite safe here.

I was careful to hide
all the fire extinguishers.

Pardon me, sir, a telephone
call for a Mr. Traybin.

- The gentleman at the piano.
- Thank you, sir.

Excuse me, sir,
you are wanted on the phone.

Oh, oh.

You may take it on
the extension in the study.

Do you mind?

Yeah?

What?

You sure it's the painting?

It wasn't to go until next week!

What ship?
What time does she sail?

'Yeah. Yeah, I've got it.'

'The Arcadia?'

'Pier 31, North River.'

Don't worry now. Sit tight.

Can you take me
for a fast drive?

- Yes. What's happened?
- Get your things, quickly.

By whose orders is
The Adoration of the Kings

being shipped out tonight?

It's not going out
until next week!

There must be some..

See here..

What business is it of yours?

It's my job to see that it
gets back to England safely.

It was to be shipped out
next week on The Regency.

I've just heard word it's been
taken aboard the SS Arcadia

sailing at 1 o'clock tonight.

Why were
the arrangements changed?

Changed? Nothing was changed.

My secretary was given
explicit orders

about the sailing date.

I signed the order
only two days ago.

The painting is
still in the museum.

It'd better be.

Thank you. We've got to
get to Pier 31 North River

in a hurry.

You'd better wait here.

What do you think's going on?

Sound the alarm
and stand by the hose!

Aye, aye, sir. Right away!

Hurry up, you men!
Get a leg on! Faster!

Hurry up! Quick over there!

'Come on, boys!'

'Hurry up!'

That canvas was removed
before the fire was started.

When was this hold checked last?

'I checked it myself
about an hour ago.'

Sorry, old man. I do hope
there won't be any bruises.

Hey, what are we playing here?
Tap on the ice-box?

- That's Steele!
- Yes, I know.

I'm gonna have my hands
full for a bit.

Keep an eye on him
and see he doesn't get

into any mischief, will you?

Come on, get in.

No, thanks.
I'll take a street car.

I can trust street cars.

What's your racket, girly?
What do you do for a living?

I'm out of my head,
I drive around in cars

picking up psychopathic killers.

Someone has to look after you.

I was at a party at Reynolds'.

Things began to come apart
at the seams.

I drove Traybin down...

I know that.

Okay, you know that.
You know everything.

You're the great Steele.

You walk through
brick walls. You..

You can wait here.

They are going to put in
a street car soon.

Unless..

Unless you have some dim idea
of what you are doing

and want me to help you.

I always ask
one question of people

who wanna join my club.

Who's Traybin?

Scotland Yard. Art expert.

He was sent here at the request

of the New York Police to check
on the missing Gainsborough.

This thing I have under my coat

is supposed to be Durer's
Adoration of the Kings.

I think it's a phony.

I must have it X-ray ed tonight.

But how can you? You'll have
to get into a lab and..

I've got an idea.
Start driving.

Wait a minute.
Can you trust her?

- I'm trusting you.
- You'd better let me go.

And in case we've been followed

you'll have a chance
to make other arrangements.

Mary, I've got to talk to you.
It's very important.

Come in.

What's the matter?
Something happened?

George says
you have a girlfriend

who works
at the Contemporary Institute.

Does she have a key?

I think so.

He wants you to call
and ask her to let us in

so we can use the X-ray lab.

Will you do it?

She might get into trouble.
I could call her tomorrow.

No, it's gotta be tonight.
It's very urgent.

Will you do it?

He wants to know where you
keep the reference plates

and the masters.

They are cross-indexed
by painter and title

on the big steel cabinet.
Please tell them to hurry.

Let that dry for a while.

- Here is the Durer folder.
- Thank you.

While we're waiting,
we'll have a look at these.

The original as I remember had

an unfinished figure underneath.

There it is.

Durer changed his mind
and painted over it.

Here's the Demasque copy.

He was one of the greatest
forgers in 18th century.

Compared with the original..

...you can see the difference.

There's no figure.

A reconstructed canvas.

Here's the Schollar copy.

Also, a difference.

'But in another way.'

'He doesn't have the technique
of the original.'

No.

It's physically impossible

for two men
to paint exactly the same.

Now, we'll see what we got.

You've got me all mixed up
with that shell game.

Which is which?

'On the left..'

'...the Schollar copy.'

'On the right..'

'an X-ray of the painting
I took off the ship.'

I don't see any difference.

There isn't any.
They are both the same.

And the painting we had
at the museum isn't...

Isn't the original.

It's the Schollar copy.

Listen.

I thought I heard something.
Are you almost through?

I can get out of here
in about five minutes.

I'd better go see
if Dorothy is alright.

- Does this clear you?
- it helps.

I can take my chances
with what I know now.

'You were expecting a forgery.'

Yes.

Stevenson's death
gave me that lead.

You mean, just knowing that
was enough to get him killed?

Plenty. Whoever is engineering
this job isn't kidding.

They already had the original.

The forgery was
bound to be discovered.

Not if it was destroyed.

There'd be nothing
left but ashes.

If nobody bothers
searching for the original..

...everybody will be satisfied
including the police.

It's the old Gainsborough deal
all over again.

Stevenson had to be killed.

Then... what about you?

What about you?

I better call Cochrane.

Dorothy heard somebody upstairs.

It might be the watchman.

- Can't we go now?
- On the way..

We'll have to go out
the same way.

The back way, through the park.

Goodnight, Mr. Steele.

- Can we take you someplace?
- No, thank you.

What was that?

You'd better go ahead.

No!

George!

'Don't move, Ms. Cordell.'

Please don't move.

I'm not at all happy
to find you involved in this

Ms. Cordell.

Not at all happy.
I've nothing against you.

As a matter of fact, I like you.

I think you're a very
personable young woman.

I think you are cute too.

Well, we'll make the best of it.

But the fact that both you
and George now realize

that the Durer is a forgery

rather complicates
the situation.

We may be forced
to an extreme solution.

I sincerely hope not.

I hope you will both
cooperate with me.

I've only one simple question
for you to answer, Ms. Cordell.

Who else knows?

Who else knows the Schollar
copy was substituted

for the original
Adoration of the Kings?

That's all you want to know?

Who else, Ms. Cordell?

If I tell you, then what?

You might as well tell me.

Mary. Mary knows.

Hmm. Your facetiousness
is a little insulting.

I have
a very valuable Gainsborough

and a very valuable Durer
in my possession

and I intend to keep them.

A fact which
Mr. Stevenson's death

should have impressed on you.

Who else knows?

Police.

'Traybin and Cochrane.'

George called Cochrane
as soon as he found out.

George didn't know himself
until he X-ray ed the painting.

Mary was with you.

I think she would've told me
if George called anyone.

Mary is very loyal.

I would never have been
able to operate without her.

He didn't call anybody.

She's lying.

I'm inclined
to the same opinion.

Did you ask Mary
if she left the lab

while George was working?

You left the room?

Yes, I had to.

He found out. I had to call you.

Yes, of course you did.

George thought you were
up to something like that.

That's why he called Cochrane.

So, don't be surprised
if the police pick you up.

But I know she is lying.

We'll find out.

Sit down, Mary.
Don't lose your head.

Use the gun only if Ms. Cordell
moves or interferes.

We'll find out from George.

George will tell us the truth.

Odd, isn't it? That truth
should be a by-product of war.

But only in the recent war
did we perfect

a direct method of communication

with a man's true self.

It's called narcosynthesis,
Ms. Cordell.

It's placed honesty
on a scientific basis.

Just one small
injection of this..

...the brain is
illuminated with accuracy.

It's relieved of the necessity
of weighing answers.

All inhibitions go..

...the subconscious mind
takes over.

'You're doing fine, George.
Just doing fine.'

Have you up and around
in the morning.

Thanks.

Let me give you
a little injection now, George

so you can relax.

It won't hurt.

Now, count with me, George.

One.

One.

Two.

Two.

'Three.'

Three.

'Four.'

Four..

'Five.'

Five..

'Six.'

George.

Can you hear me, George?

Yes.

You are in the lab now.
You've X-ray ed the painting.

It's a forgery alright,
isn't it?

Well?

What are you going to do now?

Better call Cochrane..

Alright, call Cochrane.

What's the matter?
What happened?

Mary is back.

She just came in the door.

Better wait.

'Oh.'

'Don't you trust her?'

Don't you trust Mary, George?

She's alright.

Just a kid.

She's afraid of her job.

Better wait.

Oh, I'm sleepy..

George called your bluff.

The stakes were high
and you lost.

You..

Perhaps you can't understand

how much these paintings
mean to me.

Did you ever want to possess
something desperately..

...that was unobtainable..

...that you couldn't buy?

Museums have a habit
of wasting great art on dolts..

...who can't differentiate
between trash.

These masterpieces that mean
everything in life to me.

My method harmed no one.

Now, it's threatened.

There was a time
when you could set your watch

with the passing trains.

The schedules are
more uncertain these days.

My accomplice is
a few minutes late.

You'll forgive
my waiting, though, I know.

A gunshot at this time of night
might carry quite far and I..

...wouldn't like to risk
waking my neighbors.

They're used to the roar
of the Chicago train, though.

Scarcely disturb their dreams.

George..

Oh, my God, it's gonna crash.

Darling, it's alright now.

It's gonna crash..

He'll be alright in a moment
when the injection wears off.

He'll just think he has been
in another train wreck.

And this must be the place

they brought him the first time.

Yes.

The drug acts as a hypnotic too.

The sound effects were handy.
The rest was suggestion.

His inner mind remembers.

Ah, it was
a devilishly brilliant plan

to make him seem insane.

What a miserable little
creature you are, young lady.

Now, I'm going to ask you
just one question.

If you answer it correctly,
we'll try to help you.

If you don't..

...we'll certainly see to it
that you're tried

as an accessory to murder.

Do you get that?

Do you get that?

Yes.

Where are the two paintings?

The original Gainsborough
and the original Durer.

- There.
- What are you trying to pull?

Even I know
that's not a Gainsborough.

Cochrane,
help me down with this.

Alright.

Eh?

Lucas, take care of her.

Come on.

I don't get it.

How long have you been here?

Quarter of an hour.

All the time this was going on?

Cochrane was right behind you.

I stuck with the seaman.

Our paths crossed in the park.

Why didn't you stop Lowell?

I was under
the impression that I had.

No, I mean before.
You could have.

I could have,
I could've stopped George

before in the dock.

I could've stopped him
afterwards.

But you didn't.

I didn't have
the paintings, then.

My job was to get them.

I waited until
the last possible minute..

...for Lowell to reveal them,
but he didn't.

I couldn't let him
kill George. So, I..

...I took a pot at him.

Well..

Huh.

Number one.

Gainsborough.

You knew from the beginning

that there was a forgery
in the museum..

...that the Durer had been
switched in the vaults!

Yeah. Yes, I knew.

Huh. Number two.

Adoration of the Kings.

Huh.

No doubt about it.
Those boys could paint.

You might have told me.

I was supposed to be
helping you.

I'm terribly grateful.
You've been a great help.

But the forgery was one of
the things I couldn't tell you

under the circumstances.

It was obvious from ten paces
you were in love with George.

I couldn't run the risk
of your telling him.

Had he known, he might
have stopped running about..

...working on the mystery.

I had to find out
who was trying to stop him.

- It turned out to be Lowell.
- 'Look out!'

Look out..

This is where I came in,
remember?

Now, don't tell me you've
been in another train wreck.

Yeah. Yeah.

I have. What do you
wanna make out of it?

When I say I've been somewhere

I've been somewhere
and this time, I can prove it.

Terry was with me, weren't you?

Yes, darling,
we were in a train wreck.

- A big one. Enormous.
- There! You see?

No, you weren't with me.

Oh, no. Of course not, darling.

I was here all the time.
But I love you.

I hope you'll invite me
to the wedding.

What wedding?

I've never been mixed up
with such a lot

of screwballs in all my life.

Everybody is nuts
around this place but me.

BDRipped by jirro
2026