1 00:02:00,113 --> 00:02:01,949 How much farther? 2 00:02:01,982 --> 00:02:03,651 Soon now. 3 00:02:08,822 --> 00:02:11,024 Anyone else living around the old Norman place 4 00:02:11,058 --> 00:02:12,993 besides Miss Lu? 5 00:02:13,026 --> 00:02:14,595 Who? 6 00:02:14,628 --> 00:02:15,696 That woman, the Creole 7 00:02:15,729 --> 00:02:18,098 who was with him when he died. 8 00:02:18,131 --> 00:02:21,001 - Do you know her? - Hm. 9 00:02:21,034 --> 00:02:22,903 Anyone else living there? 10 00:02:24,171 --> 00:02:26,640 No people. 11 00:02:34,948 --> 00:02:35,949 There it is. 12 00:02:54,768 --> 00:02:57,571 Here. Come back for me in two hours, hm? 13 00:02:57,605 --> 00:02:58,739 Uh-uh. 14 00:02:59,807 --> 00:03:02,610 No more ride for you tonight. 15 00:03:02,643 --> 00:03:06,046 - Tomorrow. - But listen... 16 00:03:43,884 --> 00:03:44,952 Oh. 17 00:03:44,985 --> 00:03:47,921 - How do you do, Mr. Crosby? - How are you, Miss Lu? 18 00:03:47,955 --> 00:03:50,123 - Are the others here? - Not yet. 19 00:03:54,995 --> 00:03:56,664 Clock's fast. 20 00:03:56,697 --> 00:03:58,966 It stopped when the master died. 21 00:03:58,999 --> 00:04:01,334 You let it remain just that way for 10 years? 22 00:04:01,368 --> 00:04:03,103 Nothing has been changed here. 23 00:04:03,136 --> 00:04:04,705 Everything is just as he left it. 24 00:04:04,738 --> 00:04:06,306 He would've wanted it that way. 25 00:04:06,339 --> 00:04:10,043 Yes, and everything will be the way he wanted it tonight. 26 00:04:10,077 --> 00:04:12,946 We'll read his will in the library at midnight 27 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:15,916 just 10 years from the time he died. 28 00:04:15,949 --> 00:04:17,951 But that's the end, Miss Lu. 29 00:04:17,985 --> 00:04:20,821 A dead man can't stop the clock forever. 30 00:04:20,854 --> 00:04:22,255 There'll be a change from now on. 31 00:04:22,289 --> 00:04:24,091 Yes. 32 00:04:24,124 --> 00:04:25,392 You ought to be glad, it must've been 33 00:04:25,425 --> 00:04:27,194 rather lonely here all these years. 34 00:04:27,227 --> 00:04:30,898 I'm never lonely. I've got my friends. 35 00:04:30,931 --> 00:04:33,901 - Friends? - Yes, my friends. 36 00:04:33,934 --> 00:04:35,969 From the other world. 37 00:04:36,003 --> 00:04:38,005 There are always murmurs. 38 00:04:38,038 --> 00:04:40,407 The house is full of murmurs. 39 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,676 They tell me things. 40 00:04:42,710 --> 00:04:45,012 Oh, you believe in spirits, huh? 41 00:04:45,045 --> 00:04:46,914 Well, have they told you that the heirs and I 42 00:04:46,947 --> 00:04:49,382 have to stay here all night? 43 00:04:49,416 --> 00:04:51,084 I've prepared for it. 44 00:04:53,386 --> 00:04:55,756 Some of them are coming now. 45 00:04:55,789 --> 00:04:57,925 You've got sharp ears, Miss Lu. 46 00:05:00,728 --> 00:05:02,730 Why, it's not at all involved. 47 00:05:02,763 --> 00:05:05,098 We are second cousins, once removed. 48 00:05:05,132 --> 00:05:08,035 Our great aunt Elizabeth was very... 49 00:05:08,068 --> 00:05:10,103 How should I put it? Very, uh-- 50 00:05:10,137 --> 00:05:11,772 Prolific? 51 00:05:11,805 --> 00:05:14,875 Well, at any rate she had a large family. 52 00:05:14,908 --> 00:05:18,145 - Twenty-nine. - Don't exaggerate, darling. 53 00:05:18,178 --> 00:05:19,379 Thirty! 54 00:05:19,412 --> 00:05:22,015 What are you talking about? 55 00:05:22,049 --> 00:05:24,451 Crocodiles. 56 00:05:24,484 --> 00:05:26,754 Alligators to you. 57 00:05:26,787 --> 00:05:30,924 Why did old man Norman want to live in this dismal place? 58 00:05:30,958 --> 00:05:33,827 Well, of course, Cyrus was somewhat eccentric. 59 00:05:33,861 --> 00:05:36,229 What you mean is plain cuckoo. 60 00:05:36,263 --> 00:05:38,498 Young man, have you no respect for a dead relative? 61 00:05:38,531 --> 00:05:40,801 None whatever, unless of course 62 00:05:40,834 --> 00:05:43,070 he happened to make me his sole heir. 63 00:05:43,103 --> 00:05:44,772 I doubt that. 64 00:05:44,805 --> 00:05:48,942 Cyrus always professed a great weakness for me. 65 00:05:48,976 --> 00:05:51,044 Yeah, you said he was eccentric. 66 00:05:51,511 --> 00:05:52,980 Say. 67 00:05:59,052 --> 00:06:01,822 There it is, just as Mr. Norman put it there 10 years ago. 68 00:06:01,855 --> 00:06:03,891 Exactly as he put it there. 69 00:06:07,127 --> 00:06:10,363 Hello, this envelope has been tampered with. 70 00:06:10,397 --> 00:06:12,465 Both of them. 71 00:06:12,499 --> 00:06:14,501 Somebody must have opened the safe and read the will. 72 00:06:14,534 --> 00:06:15,869 How could they? 73 00:06:15,903 --> 00:06:17,304 Nobody knows how to open the safe 74 00:06:17,337 --> 00:06:18,839 but you. 75 00:06:18,872 --> 00:06:20,240 Well, I didn't do it. 76 00:06:20,273 --> 00:06:23,977 You aren't suspicioning me, are you, Mr. Crosby? 77 00:06:24,011 --> 00:06:25,846 Well, if anyone tried to change it, 78 00:06:25,879 --> 00:06:27,447 he wasted his time. 79 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,917 I made a duplicate of the will at Mr. Norman's request 80 00:06:29,950 --> 00:06:31,484 and put it in the vault of the trust company 81 00:06:31,518 --> 00:06:32,786 in New Orleans. 82 00:06:36,323 --> 00:06:38,191 Someone at the front door. 83 00:06:38,225 --> 00:06:40,027 See who it is. 84 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:42,295 And mind you, say nothing about this. 85 00:06:52,940 --> 00:06:55,242 Good evening. 86 00:06:55,275 --> 00:06:57,911 So, you're still here. 87 00:06:59,212 --> 00:07:00,180 Hello. 88 00:07:01,248 --> 00:07:02,249 - Wait. - Huh? 89 00:07:02,282 --> 00:07:03,583 I know Ms. Tilbury, 90 00:07:03,616 --> 00:07:06,987 and you, Ms. Cicily, but who are you? 91 00:07:07,020 --> 00:07:09,589 Fred Blythe, one of the family. 92 00:07:09,622 --> 00:07:14,828 You must be the old boy's housekeeper they talk about. 93 00:07:14,862 --> 00:07:17,564 I was very devoted to Mr. Norman. 94 00:07:17,597 --> 00:07:19,199 Which is more than his family can say. 95 00:07:19,232 --> 00:07:20,901 Really? 96 00:07:20,934 --> 00:07:22,903 I don't think I'm going to like it here. 97 00:07:22,936 --> 00:07:26,073 Shh. Don't say a word. 98 00:07:26,106 --> 00:07:28,141 Are we the first to arrive? 99 00:07:28,175 --> 00:07:30,143 Lawyer Crosby's in the library. 100 00:07:36,884 --> 00:07:38,118 What happened? 101 00:07:38,151 --> 00:07:40,820 Sometimes they get into the machinery. 102 00:07:42,289 --> 00:07:46,359 Sometimes who gets into the machinery, Aunt Sue? 103 00:07:46,393 --> 00:07:48,896 How should I know? 104 00:07:48,929 --> 00:07:52,365 Oh, so it's you, Ms. Tilbury. Cicily. 105 00:07:52,399 --> 00:07:53,566 - Evening, Fred. - Hello. 106 00:07:54,634 --> 00:07:56,403 Excuse me. 107 00:07:59,106 --> 00:08:00,073 - Hello, Charlie. - Hello. 108 00:08:00,107 --> 00:08:01,108 Nice to see you again. 109 00:08:01,141 --> 00:08:02,943 Thanks, Mr. Crosby, same here. 110 00:08:02,976 --> 00:08:06,646 He's pretty, isn't he? Does he belong to us? 111 00:08:06,679 --> 00:08:08,181 Yes, dear, second cousin, 112 00:08:08,215 --> 00:08:10,583 twice removed on his father's side. 113 00:08:10,617 --> 00:08:14,487 - Hello, Aunt Susan. - Charlie. 114 00:08:14,521 --> 00:08:16,123 This is your cousin Cicily. 115 00:08:16,156 --> 00:08:17,958 - I'm so glad. - How do you do? 116 00:08:17,991 --> 00:08:21,094 - And here's Fred. - Oh. 117 00:08:21,128 --> 00:08:23,430 - Do we have to shake hands? - Oh, come now, boys. 118 00:08:23,463 --> 00:08:25,265 Whatever the quarrel is between you two-- 119 00:08:25,298 --> 00:08:26,900 - No quarrel on my side. - No? 120 00:08:26,934 --> 00:08:29,002 - Mm-mm. - Alright, skip it. 121 00:08:29,036 --> 00:08:30,503 Uh, when are you going to read the will? 122 00:08:30,537 --> 00:08:32,305 - As soon as the others arrive. - What others? 123 00:08:32,339 --> 00:08:34,507 - Of course, there's Joyce. - Yes, Joyce Norman. 124 00:08:34,541 --> 00:08:38,178 Joyce? Is she the one that draws pictures for the magazines? 125 00:08:38,211 --> 00:08:40,347 Mm-hm. The other's Wally Campbell. 126 00:08:40,380 --> 00:08:41,381 Wally Campbell? 127 00:08:41,414 --> 00:08:43,250 The actor? On the radio? 128 00:08:43,283 --> 00:08:45,218 The original flutter brain. 129 00:08:45,252 --> 00:08:49,957 Well, maybe I'm gonna like this place after all. 130 00:09:00,567 --> 00:09:03,236 Hey! 131 00:09:03,270 --> 00:09:05,705 I'm not really frightened, I'm just naturally nervous. 132 00:09:05,738 --> 00:09:07,240 Eating in restaurants all the time, 133 00:09:07,274 --> 00:09:10,043 up half the night playing Chinese checkers. 134 00:09:10,077 --> 00:09:12,980 Besides, this is my first sea voyage. 135 00:09:19,019 --> 00:09:22,155 You seem like the jolly type, Clarence. Do you like jokes? 136 00:09:22,189 --> 00:09:23,456 You don't mind if I ramble on, do you? 137 00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:27,160 It kinda keeps my mind off the malaria germs. 138 00:09:27,194 --> 00:09:28,395 Anyway, here's one. 139 00:09:28,428 --> 00:09:29,329 A farmer had a cow, see, 140 00:09:29,362 --> 00:09:31,564 but he couldn't afford to feed it alfalfa 141 00:09:31,598 --> 00:09:33,166 so he fed it sawdust. 142 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,434 He saved a lot of money alright, but he sure wasted 143 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:36,003 plenty of time getting the splinters 144 00:09:36,036 --> 00:09:37,470 out of the milk. 145 00:09:37,504 --> 00:09:39,106 Doesn't that just, uh... 146 00:09:39,139 --> 00:09:40,740 Splinters, milk. Don't you get it? 147 00:09:40,773 --> 00:09:45,312 Hm. Heard it last year, Jack Benny program. 148 00:09:45,345 --> 00:09:46,313 Yeah. 149 00:09:49,449 --> 00:09:53,253 Yes, Cyrus Canby Norman died in that room across the hall, 150 00:09:53,286 --> 00:09:55,088 hating all his close relatives. 151 00:09:55,122 --> 00:09:57,290 He certainly didn't hate me, 152 00:09:57,324 --> 00:09:59,326 and if Cyrus turned against any of us, 153 00:09:59,359 --> 00:10:01,628 I know where to put the blame. 154 00:10:01,661 --> 00:10:02,762 It was the influence of that... 155 00:10:06,233 --> 00:10:08,335 - What is it, Miss Lu? - Mr. Campbell is here. 156 00:10:08,368 --> 00:10:10,770 Introducing your favorite and mine, Wally Campbell. 157 00:10:10,803 --> 00:10:12,605 May I join the party? I was invited. 158 00:10:12,639 --> 00:10:16,343 I hear old uncle Cyrus's ghost is holding bank night. 159 00:10:16,376 --> 00:10:18,178 Oh, I'm sorry, just a pleasantry. 160 00:10:18,211 --> 00:10:20,480 - Hello, Mr. Crosby. - Hello, Wally. 161 00:10:20,513 --> 00:10:22,182 This is your cousin, Ms. Susan Tilbury. 162 00:10:22,215 --> 00:10:24,551 - Oh, I'm charmed. - How do you do. He's the actor. 163 00:10:24,584 --> 00:10:26,319 Your cousin Cicily Young. 164 00:10:26,353 --> 00:10:27,754 How do you do? 165 00:10:27,787 --> 00:10:29,522 How do you do? 166 00:10:29,556 --> 00:10:30,790 Fred Blythe and Charlie Wilder. 167 00:10:30,823 --> 00:10:32,759 - Nice to see you. - Oh, thanks, thanks. 168 00:10:32,792 --> 00:10:34,227 Well... 169 00:10:34,261 --> 00:10:36,296 - Where is the leading lady? - Leading lady? 170 00:10:36,329 --> 00:10:38,565 Young man, did you inherit the streak of insanity 171 00:10:38,598 --> 00:10:40,233 that runs in this family? 172 00:10:40,267 --> 00:10:41,501 What was that leading lady crack? 173 00:10:41,534 --> 00:10:43,136 Oh, nothing really, but all this, 174 00:10:43,170 --> 00:10:44,404 midnight, the alligators, 175 00:10:44,437 --> 00:10:46,206 I mean, the heirs, and the family lawyer, 176 00:10:46,239 --> 00:10:48,208 all gathering to hear the reading of the will. 177 00:10:48,241 --> 00:10:49,509 It reminds me of a lot of melodramas 178 00:10:49,542 --> 00:10:51,111 and murder mysteries I played in. 179 00:10:51,144 --> 00:10:52,745 - It does? - Thanks. 180 00:10:52,779 --> 00:10:55,448 And in every one of those, uh, plays there was a leading lady, 181 00:10:55,482 --> 00:10:58,651 young, beautiful, uh, modern, charming-- 182 00:10:58,685 --> 00:11:01,554 Will you take this for me, please? Thanks. 183 00:11:01,588 --> 00:11:03,423 Well, I got here. 184 00:11:03,456 --> 00:11:06,126 Oh, I'm terribly sorry to be so late. 185 00:11:06,159 --> 00:11:08,261 Oh, dear Aunt Susan. 186 00:11:08,295 --> 00:11:11,231 And Cicily. Well, this is like old times. 187 00:11:11,264 --> 00:11:12,799 Charlie, they told me you weren't coming. 188 00:11:12,832 --> 00:11:14,401 - It's good to see you. - And, Fred. 189 00:11:14,434 --> 00:11:15,502 Hello, honey. 190 00:11:15,535 --> 00:11:16,536 And... 191 00:11:16,569 --> 00:11:17,570 Well, of all people 192 00:11:17,604 --> 00:11:19,239 Wally Campbell. 193 00:11:19,272 --> 00:11:20,507 Well, don't you remember? 194 00:11:20,540 --> 00:11:22,409 The little girl you took to her high school dance 195 00:11:22,442 --> 00:11:23,710 and deserted. 196 00:11:23,743 --> 00:11:25,312 You used to call me the twerp. 197 00:11:25,345 --> 00:11:26,546 - The twerp? - Um-hm. 198 00:11:26,579 --> 00:11:28,315 Joyce Norman! 199 00:11:28,348 --> 00:11:30,350 Say, when did you grow up and get pretty? 200 00:11:30,383 --> 00:11:32,785 Oh. Have I kept you waiting? I'm so sorry. 201 00:11:32,819 --> 00:11:36,123 That's all right, my dear. Now, shall we proceed? 202 00:11:36,156 --> 00:11:37,657 What a house. 203 00:11:37,690 --> 00:11:39,058 Isn't it? 204 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,529 - That's uncle Cy. - Hello, uncle Cy. 205 00:11:42,562 --> 00:11:44,397 They tell me he was so crooked that when he died, 206 00:11:44,431 --> 00:11:45,798 they had to screw him into the ground. 207 00:11:45,832 --> 00:11:48,435 Shh, quiet. 208 00:11:48,468 --> 00:11:49,869 - Oh, sorry. - Here you are, Joyce. 209 00:11:49,902 --> 00:11:51,104 Thank you, Charlie. 210 00:11:51,138 --> 00:11:52,272 Now, as soon as we're all 211 00:11:52,305 --> 00:11:54,341 comfortably settled, we'll begin. 212 00:11:54,374 --> 00:11:56,443 Mr. Norman made his will in two parts. 213 00:11:56,476 --> 00:12:00,147 I will now read the contents of envelope number one. 214 00:12:07,854 --> 00:12:10,390 Oh, tell me. 215 00:12:10,423 --> 00:12:12,592 - Tell me. - Miss Lu? 216 00:12:12,625 --> 00:12:16,496 - Miss Lu? - Tell me the name, master. 217 00:12:16,529 --> 00:12:18,331 The name. 218 00:12:18,365 --> 00:12:19,499 Miss Lu! 219 00:12:23,370 --> 00:12:24,304 What? 220 00:12:24,337 --> 00:12:25,605 What was that noise? 221 00:12:25,638 --> 00:12:27,240 Like a gong. 222 00:12:29,576 --> 00:12:30,677 That's the warning. 223 00:12:32,212 --> 00:12:33,880 It came just before the master died. 224 00:12:33,913 --> 00:12:35,348 Uh, you know, I've been thinkin' 225 00:12:35,382 --> 00:12:36,849 there's no use of my stayin' here. 226 00:12:36,883 --> 00:12:40,553 After all, I've never inherited anything, except hay fever. 227 00:12:40,587 --> 00:12:43,323 So, if nobody objects, I think I'll swim back to the mainland. 228 00:12:43,356 --> 00:12:45,158 - You're gonna stay right here. - Yeah, but I can-- 229 00:12:45,192 --> 00:12:47,560 I have a million questions to ask you. 230 00:12:47,594 --> 00:12:48,928 Yeah, well, ask her one for me 231 00:12:48,961 --> 00:12:50,630 about those seven bells. 232 00:12:50,663 --> 00:12:53,366 They are the spirits. 233 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,635 They mean seven may live. 234 00:12:56,736 --> 00:13:01,374 There are eight people in this room. 235 00:13:01,408 --> 00:13:04,211 One will die before morning. 236 00:13:04,244 --> 00:13:05,512 I feel faint... 237 00:13:05,545 --> 00:13:07,214 Yeah, well, i-- it's been nice knowin' you all 238 00:13:07,247 --> 00:13:08,315 but honestly, it's hot in here. 239 00:13:08,348 --> 00:13:09,482 I have to get some air. I... 240 00:13:09,516 --> 00:13:11,251 Now, wait, wait. Stop all this, Miss Lu. 241 00:13:11,284 --> 00:13:12,685 Do you want to frighten these ladies out of their wits? 242 00:13:12,719 --> 00:13:14,254 Well, there's not much danger of that. 243 00:13:14,287 --> 00:13:15,788 It has happened, the insane asylums 244 00:13:15,822 --> 00:13:17,924 are full of people who've lost their minds through fright. 245 00:13:17,957 --> 00:13:19,359 Oh, may we hear the will, please? 246 00:13:19,392 --> 00:13:20,727 Yes, let's hear it. 247 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,663 I'll bet you two-to-one that Joyce is the heir. 248 00:13:23,696 --> 00:13:25,365 What's that? 249 00:13:25,398 --> 00:13:26,833 Oh, did I speak out of turn? 250 00:13:26,866 --> 00:13:28,301 What was back of your remark? 251 00:13:28,335 --> 00:13:29,802 - Oh, why, nothing. - Come on. 252 00:13:29,836 --> 00:13:32,839 - You know something. - Oh, nothing really. 253 00:13:32,872 --> 00:13:34,941 Well, it's just that in practically every mystery play 254 00:13:34,974 --> 00:13:36,443 I've been in, the, the leading lady 255 00:13:36,476 --> 00:13:37,677 turns out to be the heir. 256 00:13:37,710 --> 00:13:41,548 - You have the power. - Yes... Me? 257 00:13:41,581 --> 00:13:43,416 There are spirits all around you. 258 00:13:43,450 --> 00:13:46,286 Uh, well, could you put some in a glass with little ice? 259 00:13:46,319 --> 00:13:48,788 - I need it badly. - Don't you ever stop babbling? 260 00:13:48,821 --> 00:13:50,457 Attention, please. 261 00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:52,425 Usual date and so on. 262 00:13:52,459 --> 00:13:55,962 "I, Cyrus Canby Norman, being of sound mind and body, 263 00:13:55,995 --> 00:13:58,298 "do hereby bequeath all my money, 264 00:13:58,331 --> 00:13:59,632 "bonds, securities and estate 265 00:13:59,666 --> 00:14:01,568 "under the following provisions. 266 00:14:01,601 --> 00:14:05,572 "Whereas I believe a streak of insanity to be in the family, 267 00:14:05,605 --> 00:14:07,440 "in the event that the heir hereinafter named 268 00:14:07,474 --> 00:14:10,410 "should prove to be of unsound mind, 269 00:14:10,443 --> 00:14:12,645 "or if said heir should become insane 270 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,648 "or should meet death within a month of inheriting, 271 00:14:15,682 --> 00:14:17,450 "then my estate is to be given to the person 272 00:14:17,484 --> 00:14:20,553 whose name is contained in envelope number two." 273 00:14:20,587 --> 00:14:23,256 - Was that his idea or yours? - What's wrong with it? 274 00:14:23,290 --> 00:14:25,825 Well, that will is practically an invitation to commit murder. 275 00:14:25,858 --> 00:14:27,427 - Murder? - Certainly. 276 00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:29,562 What's behind that "meeting death or insanity 277 00:14:29,596 --> 00:14:30,797 within a month of inheriting?" 278 00:14:30,830 --> 00:14:32,832 That's easily explained. 279 00:14:32,865 --> 00:14:35,335 Mr. Norman was afraid that the shock of inheriting the fortune 280 00:14:35,368 --> 00:14:37,570 might prove too much for an unbalanced brain. 281 00:14:37,604 --> 00:14:38,971 And it's also a strong encouragement 282 00:14:39,005 --> 00:14:41,574 to the number two heir to do everything possible 283 00:14:41,608 --> 00:14:43,376 to unbalance the brain of the number one heir. 284 00:14:43,410 --> 00:14:44,611 Fred, come off. You're talking a lot of nonsense. 285 00:14:44,644 --> 00:14:46,613 Yeah? Murder is committed frequently 286 00:14:46,646 --> 00:14:48,481 for less money than old Cyrus left. 287 00:14:48,515 --> 00:14:50,317 That, gentlemen, is precisely the reason 288 00:14:50,350 --> 00:14:51,784 why the name of the alternative heir 289 00:14:51,818 --> 00:14:53,052 was sealed in this envelope 290 00:14:53,085 --> 00:14:54,954 so that no one should know his identity. 291 00:14:54,987 --> 00:14:56,756 Yeah. 292 00:14:56,789 --> 00:14:58,858 You know who it is, don't you? 293 00:14:58,891 --> 00:15:01,260 Naturally, I drew the will. 294 00:15:03,763 --> 00:15:05,865 "I therefore will that my entire estate 295 00:15:05,898 --> 00:15:07,600 "to be divided equally 296 00:15:07,634 --> 00:15:10,903 "among such descendants of mine of sound mind and body 297 00:15:10,937 --> 00:15:13,340 "who are assembled in my library at midnight 298 00:15:13,373 --> 00:15:15,742 "on the tenth anniversary of my death, 299 00:15:15,775 --> 00:15:19,879 who bear the surname of Norman." 300 00:15:19,912 --> 00:15:21,448 Norman? 301 00:15:22,915 --> 00:15:25,352 Well, I'm the only one here with that name. 302 00:15:25,385 --> 00:15:27,420 What'd I tell you? I-- I knew it. 303 00:15:27,454 --> 00:15:29,589 It becomes my pleasant duty to proclaim you 304 00:15:29,622 --> 00:15:32,659 the sole heiress of the Norman fortune, 305 00:15:32,692 --> 00:15:34,461 and the new mistress of this old house, 306 00:15:34,494 --> 00:15:37,930 and I sincerely trust that this second envelope 307 00:15:37,964 --> 00:15:39,098 shall never be opened. 308 00:15:39,131 --> 00:15:40,400 - Thank you. - Oh, it's wonderful. 309 00:15:40,433 --> 00:15:42,735 Joyce, I'm so glad. 310 00:15:42,769 --> 00:15:44,671 Thanks, Charlie. 311 00:15:44,704 --> 00:15:46,506 I congratulate you with all my heart, Joyce. 312 00:15:46,539 --> 00:15:48,074 Well, that's sweet of you, Fred, it's so, 313 00:15:48,107 --> 00:15:50,577 so unexpected, I can hardly believe it. 314 00:15:50,610 --> 00:15:51,978 I wish I couldn't believe it. 315 00:15:52,011 --> 00:15:53,380 Oh, I'm sorry, Cicily. 316 00:15:53,413 --> 00:15:55,448 You're not a bit sorry. 317 00:15:55,482 --> 00:15:58,084 I know I shouldn't be if I were the heir. 318 00:15:58,117 --> 00:16:00,887 Well, I congratulate you, dear, 319 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,489 with definite reservations. 320 00:16:02,522 --> 00:16:03,890 Oh, thanks, darling. 321 00:16:03,923 --> 00:16:07,394 Well... Well, aren't you going to congratulate me? 322 00:16:07,427 --> 00:16:08,561 Oh, sure, I'll do more than that. 323 00:16:08,595 --> 00:16:09,829 I'll recommend a nice, quiet, bombproof 324 00:16:09,862 --> 00:16:11,364 cellar to you for the next 30 days. 325 00:16:11,398 --> 00:16:13,633 Thanks. 326 00:16:13,666 --> 00:16:15,702 Here are the keys to the house, Ms. Norman. 327 00:16:15,735 --> 00:16:19,472 Oh, well, won't you remain as my housekeeper? 328 00:16:22,475 --> 00:16:25,912 Mr. Norman told me to give this letter to the heir 329 00:16:25,945 --> 00:16:27,547 after the will was read. 330 00:16:27,580 --> 00:16:30,450 Well... How did he know you'd be here? 331 00:16:30,483 --> 00:16:32,752 I told him I would be. 332 00:16:36,456 --> 00:16:37,524 It's the first I've known of it. 333 00:16:37,557 --> 00:16:38,758 Well, what do you suppose-- 334 00:16:38,791 --> 00:16:40,593 That's probably about the buried treasure. 335 00:16:40,627 --> 00:16:42,695 - Treasure? - What are you talking about? 336 00:16:42,729 --> 00:16:44,697 Yeah, well, there's always a buried treasure, isn't there? 337 00:16:44,731 --> 00:16:48,034 You know, a pot of gold or a diamond necklace or-- or... 338 00:16:48,067 --> 00:16:49,068 Don't pin me down. 339 00:16:49,101 --> 00:16:50,470 It's very peculiar 340 00:16:50,503 --> 00:16:52,004 that you should mention a necklace. 341 00:16:52,038 --> 00:16:53,105 Yeah? Why? 342 00:16:53,139 --> 00:16:55,442 - There was one. - See! 343 00:16:55,475 --> 00:16:56,876 Well, did somebody tell you about it? 344 00:16:56,909 --> 00:16:57,910 Yeah, let me think. 345 00:16:57,944 --> 00:16:59,145 Oh, it must have been my mother. 346 00:16:59,178 --> 00:17:00,413 The last time you saw your mother 347 00:17:00,447 --> 00:17:01,448 you were three years old. 348 00:17:01,481 --> 00:17:02,749 Yeah, I was just-- 349 00:17:02,782 --> 00:17:04,651 I doubt if you'd remember the conversation. 350 00:17:04,684 --> 00:17:06,185 Well, what sort of a necklace was it, Aunt Susan? 351 00:17:06,218 --> 00:17:09,121 Diamonds and emeralds, worth a fortune. 352 00:17:09,155 --> 00:17:11,891 After Cyrus had it made, it was stolen. 353 00:17:11,924 --> 00:17:13,159 Who stole it? 354 00:17:13,192 --> 00:17:14,661 Well, don't look at me, I just got here. 355 00:17:14,694 --> 00:17:16,128 I've never believed it was stolen. 356 00:17:16,162 --> 00:17:18,631 I always thought Mr. Norman hid it here in this house. 357 00:17:18,665 --> 00:17:19,966 Well, why would he do that? 358 00:17:19,999 --> 00:17:22,101 Because he was a nut. 359 00:17:22,134 --> 00:17:23,636 There's food in the dining room. 360 00:17:23,670 --> 00:17:25,104 - Ah. - I don't want anything to eat. 361 00:17:25,137 --> 00:17:27,840 Personally, I've changed my plans, and I'm leaving. 362 00:17:27,874 --> 00:17:30,643 That's impossible, there are no more trains out until morning 363 00:17:30,677 --> 00:17:32,044 even if you could get to the mainland. 364 00:17:32,078 --> 00:17:33,613 Why can't we get to the mainland? 365 00:17:33,646 --> 00:17:35,081 Oh, because of members of local number two 366 00:17:35,114 --> 00:17:38,651 of the Bayou Canoe Paddlers and Putt-Putt Pushers union 367 00:17:38,685 --> 00:17:40,720 won't putt after midnight. 368 00:17:40,753 --> 00:17:43,656 You mean, we've got to stay here whether we like it or not? 369 00:17:43,690 --> 00:17:45,091 I arranged it that way and I think 370 00:17:45,124 --> 00:17:46,526 you'll all be very comfortable. 371 00:17:46,559 --> 00:17:48,094 So shall we eat, drink and be merry? 372 00:17:48,127 --> 00:17:49,929 For tomorrow, we... 373 00:17:49,962 --> 00:17:52,164 - Oh, it's on the house. - My house, come on. 374 00:17:52,198 --> 00:17:53,666 - Cicily. - I could use a drink. 375 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:55,034 Yeah, I could, too. 376 00:17:55,067 --> 00:17:56,536 I think I could stiff. 377 00:17:56,569 --> 00:17:58,838 Might as well be a live stiff as a dead stiff. 378 00:17:58,871 --> 00:18:02,241 Since we are all to be prisoners in this terrible house 379 00:18:02,274 --> 00:18:03,843 until tomorrow morning, 380 00:18:03,876 --> 00:18:07,246 I suggest that you and I sleep together. 381 00:18:07,279 --> 00:18:10,583 I-- I suggest we all sleep together. 382 00:18:10,617 --> 00:18:13,686 Miss Lu knew we'd have to stay here and, uh, so... 383 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,689 Oh, Miss Lu, uh, I don't know much about the house yet, 384 00:18:16,723 --> 00:18:18,190 uh, but are there rooms for everyone? 385 00:18:18,224 --> 00:18:19,559 Yes, Ms. Norman. 386 00:18:19,592 --> 00:18:23,896 The main bedroom, your bedroom, is here, 387 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:26,599 Mr. Campbell, at the head of the stairs, Lawyer Crosby... 388 00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:32,705 - What happened? - Oh... 389 00:18:32,739 --> 00:18:33,973 Oh, they do that when you don't pay your bill. 390 00:18:34,006 --> 00:18:35,575 - Are you alright? - Yes, of course, but-- 391 00:18:35,608 --> 00:18:37,009 Yeah, well, how am I? Oh, I'm alright. 392 00:18:37,043 --> 00:18:39,779 I always shake this way. Don't... I... 393 00:18:41,213 --> 00:18:44,884 Well, what in the world's the matter, Miss Lu... 394 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:49,622 Miss Lu? 395 00:18:51,157 --> 00:18:52,992 Did you have to break one of those old crystal glasses? 396 00:18:53,025 --> 00:18:54,961 I didn't break it. It was knocked out of my hand. 397 00:18:54,994 --> 00:18:58,665 - Come on. - Don't take it so big. 398 00:18:58,698 --> 00:19:00,266 - Go ahead. - Keep your shirt on. 399 00:19:00,299 --> 00:19:03,002 Well, I'm just telling you, you keep away from Joyce. 400 00:19:03,035 --> 00:19:04,871 What's the matter, not afraid of a little 401 00:19:04,904 --> 00:19:06,706 healthy competition, are you? 402 00:19:06,739 --> 00:19:09,008 I'm not afraid of anything you've got to offer. 403 00:19:09,041 --> 00:19:11,077 I'm just warning you. 404 00:19:12,645 --> 00:19:14,914 Yeah? 405 00:19:19,819 --> 00:19:21,888 - What's this all about? - I wouldn't know. 406 00:19:21,921 --> 00:19:24,223 - You better ask Fred. - Oh, why blame it on me? 407 00:19:24,256 --> 00:19:26,793 Two grown men, it's too absurd. 408 00:19:26,826 --> 00:19:28,595 Fred, I want to talk to Charlie. 409 00:19:28,628 --> 00:19:30,630 - Oh? - Well, it'll just be a minute. 410 00:19:30,663 --> 00:19:33,600 Same old Casanova. 411 00:19:33,633 --> 00:19:35,835 Well, I'll be in the dining room, if you need me. 412 00:19:38,337 --> 00:19:41,240 - Hm? - Now, Charlie, once and for a-- 413 00:19:41,273 --> 00:19:43,242 Joyce... 414 00:19:43,275 --> 00:19:44,911 why do you hate me? 415 00:19:44,944 --> 00:19:46,312 I don't hate you, Charlie, I-- 416 00:19:46,345 --> 00:19:47,580 You were in love with me once. 417 00:19:47,614 --> 00:19:48,781 - No-- - Yes, you were. 418 00:19:48,815 --> 00:19:50,950 Darling, can't we-- 419 00:19:50,983 --> 00:19:52,785 We had this all out a long time ago, Charlie-- 420 00:19:52,819 --> 00:19:54,186 Give me another chance, Joyce. 421 00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:57,089 I won't fail you this time, I swear I won't. 422 00:19:57,123 --> 00:19:58,324 You can forget that girl. 423 00:19:58,357 --> 00:20:00,026 No, it wasn't just that, it was... 424 00:20:00,059 --> 00:20:01,327 Well, we can't thrash it out tonight. 425 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,295 Tomorrow then. 426 00:20:03,329 --> 00:20:04,931 Tomorrow is better. 427 00:20:04,964 --> 00:20:07,566 Yes, tomorrow's much better. 428 00:20:09,235 --> 00:20:10,670 Here you are, Cicily. 429 00:20:10,703 --> 00:20:12,705 Oh, thank you, Wally. 430 00:20:13,906 --> 00:20:16,676 You know, I've always wanted to be an actress 431 00:20:16,709 --> 00:20:18,077 and now, just think of it, 432 00:20:18,110 --> 00:20:20,346 some of the same blood that flows through my veins 433 00:20:20,379 --> 00:20:22,081 flows through yours. 434 00:20:22,114 --> 00:20:23,650 Yes, gruesome, isn't it? 435 00:20:23,683 --> 00:20:25,718 Let's change the subject. 436 00:20:25,752 --> 00:20:27,086 I may not see you people in the morning, 437 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,656 I have a luncheon engagement in New Orleans. 438 00:20:29,689 --> 00:20:31,624 - I have to get up early. - Early? 439 00:20:31,658 --> 00:20:33,225 Well, you certainly don't expect to sleep 440 00:20:33,259 --> 00:20:34,827 in this terrible house. 441 00:20:34,861 --> 00:20:37,363 Don't big, empty houses scare you? 442 00:20:37,396 --> 00:20:39,165 Not me, I used to be in vaudeville. 443 00:20:41,768 --> 00:20:44,170 - Here. - Oh, Wally. 444 00:20:44,203 --> 00:20:47,206 You give me such a comfortable feeling. 445 00:20:47,239 --> 00:20:50,042 At first, this old house gave me the creeps, 446 00:20:50,076 --> 00:20:52,945 but with you here, I don't know what fear is. 447 00:20:52,979 --> 00:20:55,815 That's right, nobody's afraid of an old house except a coward. 448 00:20:55,848 --> 00:20:57,183 What? 449 00:21:02,755 --> 00:21:03,756 Turn out the lights. 450 00:21:03,790 --> 00:21:05,124 What is it? 451 00:21:05,157 --> 00:21:06,625 I don't know. 452 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,762 He's coming toward the house. 453 00:21:13,032 --> 00:21:14,333 - Oh! - Oh, Cicily. 454 00:21:16,435 --> 00:21:17,804 What are you doing? 455 00:21:17,837 --> 00:21:19,972 It's the only way to stop a scream. 456 00:21:20,006 --> 00:21:22,274 Oh, is that so? With me, it's for sneezing. 457 00:21:22,308 --> 00:21:24,744 - With me, it's for screaming. - Oh, I didn't-- 458 00:21:24,777 --> 00:21:26,746 Oh, I, I got it. Hold it. 459 00:21:26,779 --> 00:21:28,114 - Cicily! - She's all right. She's okay. 460 00:21:28,147 --> 00:21:29,281 Well, we thought we heard some shots. 461 00:21:29,315 --> 00:21:30,717 We thought we did, too. 462 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:31,751 Well, hadn't we better investigate? 463 00:21:31,784 --> 00:21:32,919 Say, maybe you're right. 464 00:21:32,952 --> 00:21:34,754 - Oh, you may be wrong though. - What? 465 00:21:34,787 --> 00:21:35,755 Well, I want to go too. 466 00:21:35,788 --> 00:21:36,789 No, you'd better stay here 467 00:21:36,823 --> 00:21:38,057 with Cicily. Come on, Wally. 468 00:21:38,090 --> 00:21:41,160 Oh, no. I'm awfully sorry. I screamed... 469 00:21:41,193 --> 00:21:41,994 What is it? 470 00:21:42,028 --> 00:21:44,764 Could I talk to you a moment, sir? 471 00:21:44,797 --> 00:21:45,932 Well, come in. 472 00:21:45,965 --> 00:21:48,167 I, I don't wanna alarm you folks. 473 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,802 - But-- - But what? 474 00:21:49,836 --> 00:21:51,470 I'm the head guard over at Fairview. 475 00:21:51,503 --> 00:21:52,872 Fairview? 476 00:21:52,905 --> 00:21:55,241 - The insane asylum? - Yes, ma'am. 477 00:21:55,274 --> 00:21:58,377 One of our patients got away from us this afternoon. 478 00:21:58,410 --> 00:21:59,912 That's all we needed. 479 00:21:59,946 --> 00:22:01,981 Well, anyway, he'll feel right at home here. 480 00:22:02,014 --> 00:22:05,051 Is he a, a dangerous maniac? 481 00:22:05,084 --> 00:22:07,754 Yes, ma'am, he's, he's a killer. 482 00:22:07,787 --> 00:22:09,388 - Oh. - How did he escape? 483 00:22:09,421 --> 00:22:10,456 I wish I knew. 484 00:22:10,489 --> 00:22:11,858 We followed him into the bayous 485 00:22:11,891 --> 00:22:12,892 but then we lost him. 486 00:22:12,925 --> 00:22:13,960 But you took a couple of shots 487 00:22:13,993 --> 00:22:15,327 at something out in the garden. 488 00:22:15,361 --> 00:22:16,963 I thought I saw him, but the shadows fooled me. 489 00:22:16,996 --> 00:22:18,297 What does the poor fellow look like? 490 00:22:18,330 --> 00:22:20,933 Say, don't waste any sympathy on him, mister. 491 00:22:20,967 --> 00:22:22,468 He'd just as soon rip you wide open as knot. 492 00:22:22,501 --> 00:22:24,203 Oh, please, please. 493 00:22:24,236 --> 00:22:25,805 - There are ladies are present. - Oh, I... 494 00:22:25,838 --> 00:22:27,173 I-- I'm sorry, ma'am. 495 00:22:27,206 --> 00:22:29,475 We're still waiting to hear what he looks like. 496 00:22:29,508 --> 00:22:32,311 Oh, well, he's about 40 497 00:22:32,344 --> 00:22:33,445 but strong as a tiger, 498 00:22:33,479 --> 00:22:35,281 he has sharp teeth and long fingers 499 00:22:35,314 --> 00:22:37,316 and fingernails like claws, 500 00:22:37,349 --> 00:22:40,486 and when he's violent, he crawls around on all fours like a... 501 00:22:40,519 --> 00:22:43,322 - Like an animal? - Yes, sir, like a cat. 502 00:22:44,857 --> 00:22:47,426 What some guys won't do for a laugh. 503 00:22:50,529 --> 00:22:51,998 Look! 504 00:22:55,835 --> 00:22:57,804 Scat! 505 00:22:59,438 --> 00:23:01,107 That's a good joke on us alright. 506 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:02,508 Yeah, I'll say. 507 00:23:04,911 --> 00:23:06,512 Oh, that's better. 508 00:23:06,545 --> 00:23:08,314 Well, I guess I'll be moving on. 509 00:23:08,347 --> 00:23:10,549 Maybe he isn't even around here, but if I were you, 510 00:23:10,582 --> 00:23:12,251 I'd stay in the house and be sure 511 00:23:12,284 --> 00:23:14,120 that all the outside windows and doors are locked. 512 00:23:14,153 --> 00:23:15,955 I agree with you, locked and nailed. 513 00:23:15,988 --> 00:23:17,990 I'll handle that. Won't we? 514 00:23:18,024 --> 00:23:19,125 I'll be around the neighborhood 515 00:23:19,158 --> 00:23:21,861 and let you know if we get The Cat. 516 00:23:21,894 --> 00:23:23,395 The what? 517 00:23:23,429 --> 00:23:24,864 Uh, The Cat. 518 00:23:24,897 --> 00:23:25,998 That's what the other inmates call him. 519 00:23:26,032 --> 00:23:28,500 But they're all crazy. 520 00:23:28,534 --> 00:23:30,903 - Well, good night. - Good night. 521 00:23:30,937 --> 00:23:32,905 Listen, I don't think we better say anything 522 00:23:32,939 --> 00:23:34,473 about this to Joyce or Cicily. 523 00:23:34,506 --> 00:23:35,574 That's right, there's no use 524 00:23:35,607 --> 00:23:38,010 of frightening them... too. 525 00:23:38,044 --> 00:23:40,212 That's a fat-headed suggestion of yours. 526 00:23:40,246 --> 00:23:41,981 If there's any danger, they ought to know it. 527 00:23:42,014 --> 00:23:43,349 Well, somebody ought to go down 528 00:23:43,382 --> 00:23:45,351 and lock the cellar doors and windows anyhow. 529 00:23:45,384 --> 00:23:49,288 Yeah, well, I'm going. I'm... Don't rush me. 530 00:23:49,321 --> 00:23:51,858 I'm going to ask you all not to tell the girls. 531 00:23:51,891 --> 00:23:53,425 - Have I your promise? - Good heavens. 532 00:23:53,459 --> 00:23:55,862 Do you think I'm the type that can't keep a secret? 533 00:23:55,895 --> 00:23:58,364 It's understood then? 534 00:23:58,397 --> 00:24:00,499 Hey, what's going on? 535 00:24:00,532 --> 00:24:02,001 What are you all talking about? 536 00:24:02,034 --> 00:24:04,036 - Nothing. - Nothing. 537 00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:06,172 Well, I'm going to bed. 538 00:24:06,205 --> 00:24:08,174 - Good night, all. - Good night. 539 00:24:08,207 --> 00:24:09,575 If you're gonna lock up the cellar, 540 00:24:09,608 --> 00:24:10,910 you'd better do it now. 541 00:24:10,943 --> 00:24:12,011 That's right. 542 00:24:12,044 --> 00:24:13,579 Oh, that's right. 543 00:24:13,612 --> 00:24:15,147 Is anything the matter? 544 00:24:15,181 --> 00:24:17,216 No, nothing's the matter. 545 00:24:17,249 --> 00:24:19,185 Except there's a maniac loose in this house 546 00:24:19,218 --> 00:24:22,221 and we'll all be murdered in our beds! 547 00:24:25,057 --> 00:24:26,425 Attagirl, hold it 548 00:24:26,458 --> 00:24:27,860 right there, stay there. 549 00:24:27,894 --> 00:24:30,062 Well, where's that cellar? 550 00:24:30,096 --> 00:24:32,531 Oh, say, in case I don't come up 551 00:24:32,564 --> 00:24:34,033 in about five minutes, 552 00:24:34,066 --> 00:24:38,004 uh, better make it four, or even three, you... 553 00:24:38,037 --> 00:24:40,239 Is there a Brother Elk in the house? 554 00:24:40,272 --> 00:24:43,075 I'm not an Elk but I used to be a Girl Scout. 555 00:24:43,109 --> 00:24:44,576 Oh, good, then you can start a fire with sticks 556 00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:46,645 in case our feet freeze, come on. 557 00:24:46,678 --> 00:24:48,314 Well, everything's fine. 558 00:24:50,116 --> 00:24:51,951 Well, don't you people want anything more to eat? 559 00:24:51,984 --> 00:24:54,053 - Uh-uh. - What's going on? 560 00:24:54,086 --> 00:24:55,421 - Oh... - Why, uh... 561 00:24:55,454 --> 00:24:57,957 Uh, you go ahead. I'll be with you in a minute. 562 00:25:00,126 --> 00:25:02,328 - Listen, Joyce. - Uh-huh? 563 00:25:02,361 --> 00:25:03,963 Y-- you know how it is in a play 564 00:25:03,996 --> 00:25:05,264 when, just before the first act is over, 565 00:25:05,297 --> 00:25:06,999 somebody always comes to the beautiful heroine 566 00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:08,935 and tells her that she's in great danger 567 00:25:08,968 --> 00:25:10,436 and sometimes she is? 568 00:25:10,469 --> 00:25:12,604 What are you talking about? 569 00:25:12,638 --> 00:25:13,973 Yeah, I know it sounds kind of silly, 570 00:25:14,006 --> 00:25:16,542 but keep your eyes open, baby. 571 00:25:16,575 --> 00:25:19,278 - Thanks. - Well... 572 00:25:19,311 --> 00:25:20,947 Say, why don't you go to the library? 573 00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:22,114 It's much nicer there. 574 00:25:22,148 --> 00:25:24,116 The library? Nicer? What are you... 575 00:25:24,150 --> 00:25:26,118 Well-- well, there's a lamp there 576 00:25:26,152 --> 00:25:28,988 and it-- it hasn't got the jitters like these lights. 577 00:25:29,021 --> 00:25:30,689 Can't do more than explode. 578 00:25:30,722 --> 00:25:33,592 Hey. I-- I'm scared. Aren't you coming? 579 00:25:33,625 --> 00:25:35,561 Did you find out? Can we go through that way? 580 00:25:35,594 --> 00:25:37,129 - Uh-huh. - Oh, well. 581 00:25:37,163 --> 00:25:39,531 Well, I'll be seeing you... I hope. 582 00:25:44,203 --> 00:25:46,638 This is the door alright, but it won't open. 583 00:25:46,672 --> 00:25:48,540 The key, honey. One turn. 584 00:25:48,574 --> 00:25:50,042 Oh. 585 00:25:52,544 --> 00:25:55,014 Well, here's a switch. 586 00:25:55,047 --> 00:25:58,184 Hm. Won't switch. 587 00:25:58,217 --> 00:26:00,286 - You wanna go first? - Yeah... No, no. 588 00:26:00,319 --> 00:26:03,189 Uh, ce-- certainly not. Ladies always go first. 589 00:26:03,222 --> 00:26:04,423 - Oh. - Go ahead. 590 00:26:04,456 --> 00:26:06,292 Thanks. 591 00:26:06,325 --> 00:26:08,427 I think it was awful funny what Miss Lu said 592 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:10,596 about the spirits being all around you. 593 00:26:10,629 --> 00:26:12,164 What's funny about it? 594 00:26:12,198 --> 00:26:16,035 Well, I mean, I'm psychic, too. I was in a trance once. 595 00:26:16,068 --> 00:26:18,470 I know, I know. When are you coming out of it? 596 00:26:18,504 --> 00:26:20,072 - Oh. - Just kidding. 597 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,711 Hm. It's awful spooky down here. 598 00:26:25,744 --> 00:26:27,713 Do you believe in reincarnation? 599 00:26:27,746 --> 00:26:29,148 - Huh? - You know. 600 00:26:29,181 --> 00:26:31,017 That dead people come back? 601 00:26:31,050 --> 00:26:32,151 You mean like the Republicans? 602 00:26:33,385 --> 00:26:35,387 - Listen. - Oh. What's the matter? 603 00:26:35,421 --> 00:26:38,057 - That noise. - Well, what kind of a noise? 604 00:26:38,090 --> 00:26:40,459 It sounds like wheels going around. 605 00:26:40,492 --> 00:26:42,528 Ooh. 606 00:26:42,561 --> 00:26:43,595 Shh. 607 00:26:43,629 --> 00:26:45,064 Watch that step. Watch... 608 00:26:47,366 --> 00:26:48,234 Hey! 609 00:26:48,267 --> 00:26:50,702 Oh! 610 00:26:50,736 --> 00:26:52,638 Hold my nose. I'm screaming. 611 00:26:52,671 --> 00:26:54,306 - I can't. - W-- why can't you? 612 00:26:54,340 --> 00:26:55,774 It's got me. It's got my hands. 613 00:26:55,807 --> 00:26:57,076 - It's got me. - What? 614 00:26:57,109 --> 00:26:59,378 It's got me. I-- I... 615 00:27:00,779 --> 00:27:02,614 - Oh. - Cheese. 616 00:27:02,648 --> 00:27:04,383 Oh, you-- you're not hurt? 617 00:27:04,416 --> 00:27:06,085 No, this one here, look, look. 618 00:27:06,118 --> 00:27:08,254 - Ooh. - Hurry, hurry. 619 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:16,628 Oh, my knee. 620 00:27:16,662 --> 00:27:18,264 Oh, you're not hurt. Come on. 621 00:27:18,297 --> 00:27:20,499 We've got work to do. 622 00:27:22,301 --> 00:27:25,071 That window's barred. I like that. 623 00:27:25,104 --> 00:27:26,372 Oh, I hear it now. 624 00:27:26,405 --> 00:27:28,707 - What? - That noise you just heard. 625 00:27:28,740 --> 00:27:30,576 It's in there. 626 00:27:33,612 --> 00:27:35,614 Oh, that's it. 627 00:27:35,647 --> 00:27:37,783 A home electric plant. 628 00:27:37,816 --> 00:27:39,251 They're nothing but trouble. 629 00:27:39,285 --> 00:27:40,486 How come you know? 630 00:27:40,519 --> 00:27:42,521 Oh, we had one down on the farm. 631 00:27:42,554 --> 00:27:44,523 I used to fix it, so the lights would go out 632 00:27:44,556 --> 00:27:46,392 when my boyfriend was calling on me. 633 00:27:46,425 --> 00:27:48,794 Oh, yeah? Did anything happen when the lights went out? 634 00:27:48,827 --> 00:27:52,131 Ah-huh. He always went to sleep. 635 00:29:05,504 --> 00:29:07,173 Wally? 636 00:29:07,906 --> 00:29:10,242 Oh, Mr. Crosby. 637 00:29:10,276 --> 00:29:12,544 Hello, Joyce. You here alone? 638 00:29:14,413 --> 00:29:15,647 I don't want to worry you, 639 00:29:15,681 --> 00:29:17,349 but there's something you ought to know. 640 00:29:17,383 --> 00:29:19,618 Well, won't it keep until morning? 641 00:29:19,651 --> 00:29:21,753 Tomorrow may be too late. 642 00:29:21,787 --> 00:29:25,157 You know, Mr. Norman was a very eccentric man, 643 00:29:25,191 --> 00:29:26,825 and I've just made a discovery. 644 00:29:26,858 --> 00:29:28,660 I've been going through some old papers 645 00:29:28,694 --> 00:29:30,829 of Mr. Norman's and I... 646 00:29:30,862 --> 00:29:33,599 I've found something which... 647 00:29:33,632 --> 00:29:35,567 Well... 648 00:29:38,904 --> 00:29:40,439 It convinced me it will be dangerous 649 00:29:40,472 --> 00:29:42,174 for you to be left here alone. 650 00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:43,909 Oh, Mr. Crosby, really. 651 00:29:43,942 --> 00:29:45,411 Now, don't laugh, Joyce. 652 00:29:45,444 --> 00:29:47,713 I know what I'm talking about, believe me. 653 00:29:47,746 --> 00:29:49,548 I'm alarmed. 654 00:29:49,581 --> 00:29:52,584 I want you to take me seriously. 655 00:29:52,618 --> 00:29:54,820 Joyce, you're in danger, 656 00:29:54,853 --> 00:29:56,455 great danger. 657 00:29:56,488 --> 00:29:59,191 But thank heaven I can tell you who they... 658 00:30:01,393 --> 00:30:03,695 I've heard so much about ghosts and spirits tonight 659 00:30:03,729 --> 00:30:06,265 that I, I'm getting jittery. 660 00:30:06,298 --> 00:30:07,899 I'd rather not hea... 661 00:30:07,933 --> 00:30:09,435 Mr. Crosby? 662 00:30:11,603 --> 00:30:13,171 Mr. Crosby? 663 00:30:18,810 --> 00:30:20,946 Oh. Where did Mr. Crosby go? 664 00:30:20,979 --> 00:30:22,914 I haven't seen him, miss. 665 00:30:22,948 --> 00:30:24,683 But he must have passed you in the hall. 666 00:30:24,716 --> 00:30:26,285 I haven't seen anyone. 667 00:30:29,355 --> 00:30:32,491 Wally. Charlie! Aunt Susan! 668 00:30:32,524 --> 00:30:34,460 - Wally Campbell. - Coming. 669 00:30:35,327 --> 00:30:36,728 Did someone call? 670 00:30:43,802 --> 00:30:45,837 Are you sure Mr. Crosby wasn't in the dining room? 671 00:30:45,871 --> 00:30:47,339 Positive. 672 00:30:47,373 --> 00:30:48,840 And you didn't see him as you came downstairs? 673 00:30:48,874 --> 00:30:50,442 - I did not. - What's wrong? 674 00:30:50,476 --> 00:30:52,344 Well, it's unbelievable. 675 00:30:52,378 --> 00:30:54,413 A few moments ago I was sitting there, 676 00:30:54,446 --> 00:30:56,014 Mr. Crosby was over there talking to me, 677 00:30:56,047 --> 00:30:58,850 and suddenly he, he vanished. 678 00:30:58,884 --> 00:31:00,452 - Vanished? - But, Joyce. 679 00:31:00,486 --> 00:31:01,887 People don't just vanish. 680 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,489 Well, Mr. Crosby did. 681 00:31:03,522 --> 00:31:04,990 I ran to the door and Miss Lu was there. 682 00:31:05,023 --> 00:31:07,593 I swear nobody left this room. 683 00:31:07,626 --> 00:31:09,928 Are you sure he was in here? 684 00:31:09,961 --> 00:31:11,330 Well, of course. 685 00:31:11,363 --> 00:31:13,265 You must've heard him talking to me. 686 00:31:13,299 --> 00:31:14,966 I only heard you 687 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,369 talking to yourself. 688 00:31:19,405 --> 00:31:22,341 Well, I'm afraid the strain of excitement 689 00:31:22,374 --> 00:31:24,343 has been too much for you, Joyce. 690 00:31:24,376 --> 00:31:26,812 When a woman starts talking to herself, 691 00:31:26,845 --> 00:31:29,681 when she sees people vanish right in front of her... 692 00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:31,550 Oh, good heavens, what am I saying? 693 00:31:31,583 --> 00:31:33,018 You're inferring rather plainly 694 00:31:33,051 --> 00:31:34,920 that Joyce is losing her mind. 695 00:31:34,953 --> 00:31:36,522 - Wha-- - Oh, dear. 696 00:31:36,555 --> 00:31:37,689 You mean you don't believe me? 697 00:31:37,723 --> 00:31:40,959 - Why, certainly we do. - Certainly. 698 00:31:40,992 --> 00:31:43,895 But you do believe Mr. Crosby disappeared in front of me? 699 00:31:43,929 --> 00:31:44,930 Well... 700 00:31:44,963 --> 00:31:46,064 Well, if that's my imagination, 701 00:31:46,097 --> 00:31:47,766 where's Mr. Crosby? 702 00:31:47,799 --> 00:31:50,402 Well, he's probably out in the garden with Fred. 703 00:31:51,537 --> 00:31:54,573 Come, Cicily, let's go to our room, 704 00:31:54,606 --> 00:31:56,675 pile the furniture in front of the door and go to bed. 705 00:31:56,708 --> 00:31:59,445 With a house full of maniacs 706 00:31:59,478 --> 00:32:01,347 what good is the bed? 707 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:03,482 There must be some explanation. 708 00:32:03,515 --> 00:32:07,919 Look, where was Crosby standing when he disappeared? 709 00:32:07,953 --> 00:32:10,622 Exactly where Wally is now. 710 00:32:13,425 --> 00:32:15,060 Can you still see me? 711 00:32:15,093 --> 00:32:18,063 Wally, do go outside and see if Mr. Crosby's with Fred. 712 00:32:18,096 --> 00:32:19,931 Outside? I'll g... 713 00:32:19,965 --> 00:32:22,534 Oh, but don't you think I... 714 00:32:22,568 --> 00:32:24,035 I'll go. 715 00:32:24,069 --> 00:32:26,805 Charlie, you look upstairs in Mr. Crosby's room. 716 00:32:26,838 --> 00:32:28,340 Alright. We'll find him. 717 00:32:28,374 --> 00:32:30,509 Don't worry, yeah? 718 00:32:35,381 --> 00:32:36,748 "You will open this envelope tonight 719 00:32:36,782 --> 00:32:38,850 in my room, where you are to sleep." 720 00:32:38,884 --> 00:32:40,719 That's the room where he died. 721 00:32:40,752 --> 00:32:43,088 Oh, I didn't hear you come in. 722 00:32:43,121 --> 00:32:44,456 The room is ready for you 723 00:32:44,490 --> 00:32:46,625 if you aren't afraid to sleep there. 724 00:32:46,658 --> 00:32:48,960 Unpack my bags, please. I'll be right in. 725 00:32:48,994 --> 00:32:50,829 Have they found Mr. Crosby? 726 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:53,832 Nobody's going to find Mr. Crosby. 727 00:32:53,865 --> 00:32:56,835 The demon in this house, it got him. 728 00:32:58,003 --> 00:32:59,438 Don't say such things. 729 00:34:06,137 --> 00:34:07,172 Fred? 730 00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:09,908 Oh, Fred? 731 00:34:13,979 --> 00:34:16,047 Is that you, Fred? 732 00:34:16,081 --> 00:34:18,950 Are you catching cold? Your voice sounds a little hoarse. 733 00:34:20,151 --> 00:34:21,487 Fred? 734 00:34:25,691 --> 00:34:27,225 - Oh-- oh it's you, I... - What do you want? 735 00:34:27,258 --> 00:34:28,994 I was... 736 00:34:29,027 --> 00:34:30,195 Hello. 737 00:34:30,228 --> 00:34:32,197 - Have you seen Crosby? - No. 738 00:34:32,230 --> 00:34:33,799 When did you come in from the garden? 739 00:34:33,832 --> 00:34:34,933 Who told you I was out there? 740 00:34:34,966 --> 00:34:36,902 Well, I was just... 741 00:34:36,935 --> 00:34:40,005 - Why, everybody. - Everybody was wrong. 742 00:34:40,038 --> 00:34:42,708 - What's your game, Campbell? - My game? 743 00:34:42,741 --> 00:34:44,476 Oh, I shoot between 90 and 100. 744 00:34:44,510 --> 00:34:46,912 I used to hook my drives but now I slice my putts, have you-- 745 00:34:46,945 --> 00:34:48,146 Well, whatever you're trying to do 746 00:34:48,179 --> 00:34:50,215 keep away from Joyce. 747 00:34:50,248 --> 00:34:52,150 Let her alone, see? 748 00:34:52,183 --> 00:34:53,919 Just let her alone. 749 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:03,829 I'll put these in the top drawer, miss. 750 00:35:03,862 --> 00:35:04,996 Thank you. 751 00:35:44,302 --> 00:35:47,105 When did uncle Cyrus give you this? 752 00:35:47,138 --> 00:35:48,206 Ten years ago tonight, 753 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,842 just before he died on that bed. 754 00:35:52,744 --> 00:35:55,280 It's no use, miss, trying to keep it to yourself. 755 00:35:55,313 --> 00:35:56,715 Keep what to myself? 756 00:35:56,748 --> 00:35:57,749 The thing that frightened you 757 00:35:57,783 --> 00:35:59,284 just before you ran in here. 758 00:35:59,317 --> 00:36:01,753 Oh, that was only my imagination. 759 00:36:01,787 --> 00:36:03,021 It was a warning. 760 00:36:04,055 --> 00:36:06,191 I don't believe in spirits, Miss Lu. 761 00:36:06,224 --> 00:36:08,760 You're afraid. 762 00:36:08,794 --> 00:36:10,662 You're afraid the demon that got Mr. Crosby 763 00:36:10,696 --> 00:36:12,564 is coming after you. 764 00:36:12,598 --> 00:36:14,199 Why, that's absurd. 765 00:36:17,235 --> 00:36:18,570 What is it? 766 00:36:19,605 --> 00:36:22,674 - Hello. - Oh, Charlie, what is it? 767 00:36:22,708 --> 00:36:24,242 Well, it's... 768 00:36:24,275 --> 00:36:25,811 Miss Lu, aren't you through in here? 769 00:36:25,844 --> 00:36:28,614 - Yes. - Well... 770 00:36:31,617 --> 00:36:33,652 Joyce... 771 00:36:33,685 --> 00:36:35,587 you better lock your door tonight. 772 00:36:35,621 --> 00:36:36,855 - Why? - Oh... 773 00:36:36,888 --> 00:36:38,657 Just to be on the safe side. 774 00:36:38,690 --> 00:36:40,091 Perhaps I better sleep in the library. 775 00:36:40,125 --> 00:36:41,993 Oh. Why should you do that? 776 00:36:42,027 --> 00:36:44,029 - In case you need me. - Why should I need you? 777 00:36:44,062 --> 00:36:46,732 I don't know. You might get nervous or something. 778 00:36:46,765 --> 00:36:48,934 What about? Everyone seems to be acting so strangely, 779 00:36:48,967 --> 00:36:50,769 I'm beginning to think I'm losing my mind. 780 00:36:50,802 --> 00:36:54,372 Well, anyway, if you want me, call. 781 00:36:54,405 --> 00:36:55,841 Thanks. 782 00:36:58,710 --> 00:37:00,111 Oh, and, Joyce, 783 00:37:00,145 --> 00:37:02,580 don't forget your promise to... 784 00:37:04,349 --> 00:37:06,017 See you tomorrow. 785 00:37:17,228 --> 00:37:19,297 Oh. 786 00:37:19,330 --> 00:37:22,100 Don't worry about a thing. 787 00:37:22,133 --> 00:37:24,235 You don't have to lock it, I'm here. 788 00:37:24,269 --> 00:37:27,305 No, I'm rather glad you are here, Wally. 789 00:37:27,338 --> 00:37:28,674 Oh, really? 790 00:37:28,707 --> 00:37:29,841 Yeah, it's nice seeing each other again 791 00:37:29,875 --> 00:37:31,242 like this after all these years. 792 00:37:31,276 --> 00:37:32,343 Um-hm. 793 00:37:32,377 --> 00:37:33,712 How are you feeling? 794 00:37:33,745 --> 00:37:35,113 Oh, I'm all right. 795 00:37:35,146 --> 00:37:37,949 I'd feel better if they'd find Mr. Crosby. 796 00:37:37,983 --> 00:37:39,350 Wally, tell me, what's going on? 797 00:37:39,384 --> 00:37:40,952 What are you all driving at? 798 00:37:40,986 --> 00:37:43,755 Oh, I don't know. I don't know. 799 00:37:43,789 --> 00:37:45,223 But whatever it is, I just want to tell you 800 00:37:45,256 --> 00:37:46,925 that I'll protect you. 801 00:37:46,958 --> 00:37:49,795 There isn't anything living that I'm afraid of... hardly. 802 00:37:55,166 --> 00:37:56,768 Oh. It's only the clock. 803 00:37:56,802 --> 00:37:58,003 Oh. 804 00:37:58,036 --> 00:37:59,871 Oh, I thought my time had come. 805 00:37:59,905 --> 00:38:02,373 I'm awfully sorry. I guess this house is getting me. 806 00:38:02,407 --> 00:38:04,309 Now, what was I saying? Oh, yes. 807 00:38:04,342 --> 00:38:06,778 I'm not afraid of... 808 00:38:06,812 --> 00:38:08,213 You know I'm lying, don't you? 809 00:38:08,246 --> 00:38:11,349 I'm scared stiff. But I'm always like that. 810 00:38:11,382 --> 00:38:13,752 I'm always nervous just before I go into action. 811 00:38:13,785 --> 00:38:16,154 So, scared or not, you're gonna get protected. 812 00:38:16,187 --> 00:38:18,389 You always did fight for me, didn't you, Wally? 813 00:38:18,423 --> 00:38:19,991 Even back there in Wickford. 814 00:38:20,025 --> 00:38:21,960 Remember when you used to carry my books to school? 815 00:38:21,993 --> 00:38:23,695 Yeah, what a racket that was. 816 00:38:23,729 --> 00:38:26,197 And the time Big Jim Daley pulled my hair, 817 00:38:26,231 --> 00:38:29,000 and you flew at him, and what a terrible beating-- 818 00:38:29,034 --> 00:38:30,969 He gave me. I'll never forget it. 819 00:38:31,002 --> 00:38:34,305 Seems I always got licked fighting for you. 820 00:38:34,339 --> 00:38:35,841 Well, maybe it was worth it. 821 00:38:35,874 --> 00:38:37,876 - Cicily! - Oh, listen, Joyce. 822 00:38:37,909 --> 00:38:39,277 If there's a rumpus or anything, don't come out. 823 00:38:39,310 --> 00:38:41,046 You just sit tight and yell like the devil. 824 00:38:41,079 --> 00:38:43,181 - Well, what will you do? - Why, I'll... 825 00:38:43,214 --> 00:38:46,151 I'll run and get help. Don't worry. 826 00:38:46,184 --> 00:38:48,787 I don't worry when you're around, Wally. 827 00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:50,488 - Oh, really? - Mm-hm. 828 00:38:50,521 --> 00:38:52,724 Oh. Thanks. 829 00:38:52,758 --> 00:38:54,125 - Good night. - Good night. 830 00:38:56,762 --> 00:38:58,029 Good night. 831 00:39:04,803 --> 00:39:07,472 It just makes my heart ache to see her. 832 00:39:07,505 --> 00:39:09,440 I'm afraid she's beginning to break. 833 00:39:09,474 --> 00:39:12,210 - Who, Aunt Sue? - Shh. Joyce. 834 00:39:12,243 --> 00:39:14,079 All she needs is one more shock. 835 00:39:14,112 --> 00:39:15,914 Remark like that wouldn't sound very well 836 00:39:15,947 --> 00:39:18,216 in case you happened to be the second heir. 837 00:39:18,249 --> 00:39:20,351 Well, if Cyrus hadn't been utterly incompetent, 838 00:39:20,385 --> 00:39:22,453 I'd have been the first heir. 839 00:39:23,855 --> 00:39:25,323 What's that? 840 00:39:31,196 --> 00:39:32,330 Mr. Crosby? 841 00:39:34,165 --> 00:39:35,801 No, sir. 842 00:39:35,834 --> 00:39:38,303 This is Hendricks, from the asylum. 843 00:39:38,336 --> 00:39:40,005 Can I be of any service to you? 844 00:39:40,038 --> 00:39:41,206 Why, I thought you'd gone. 845 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,041 I can't leave, ma'am, till my men 846 00:39:43,074 --> 00:39:44,242 come back for me with the boat. 847 00:39:44,275 --> 00:39:47,078 Oh. Well, have you seen Mr. Crosby? 848 00:39:47,112 --> 00:39:49,514 He's the grey-haired gentleman you were talking to a while ago. 849 00:39:49,547 --> 00:39:52,984 - No, I haven't. - He, he disappeared. 850 00:39:53,018 --> 00:39:56,121 Well, he couldn't have gone far, unless he went swimming. 851 00:39:56,154 --> 00:39:57,522 Would you mind 852 00:39:57,555 --> 00:39:59,524 looking about the grounds for him? 853 00:39:59,557 --> 00:40:01,492 It'll be a pleasure, ma'am. 854 00:40:01,526 --> 00:40:03,128 Thank you so much. 855 00:40:04,896 --> 00:40:05,931 Well, if you need me, just call. 856 00:40:05,964 --> 00:40:07,232 My room is right up there. 857 00:40:07,265 --> 00:40:08,466 Thanks, Fred. 858 00:40:08,499 --> 00:40:09,534 I guess I'll be pretty safe tonight 859 00:40:09,567 --> 00:40:11,236 with all the men guarding me. 860 00:40:11,269 --> 00:40:14,105 Charlie just told me the same thing. 861 00:40:14,139 --> 00:40:15,540 So he was here. 862 00:40:15,573 --> 00:40:18,143 Leave it to him to get anywhere first. 863 00:40:31,256 --> 00:40:33,458 Shh. I wouldn't do that if I were you, beautiful. 864 00:40:33,491 --> 00:40:34,492 Do what? 865 00:40:34,525 --> 00:40:35,526 Entertain any more people 866 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:36,561 in your room tonight. 867 00:40:36,594 --> 00:40:38,063 I won't. 868 00:40:39,965 --> 00:40:41,199 Have you read the letter? 869 00:40:41,232 --> 00:40:42,433 No, I haven't. 870 00:40:42,467 --> 00:40:44,402 Wally, come in here a minute. 871 00:40:49,174 --> 00:40:51,509 "You will open this envelope tonight in my room, 872 00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:53,278 where you are to sleep." 873 00:40:54,980 --> 00:40:57,215 - Don't do it. - Why not? 874 00:40:57,248 --> 00:40:58,884 I don't know, my Aunt Minnie brought me up 875 00:40:58,917 --> 00:41:01,086 to always bite half dollars. 876 00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:03,188 Look, Miss Lu says that Mr. Norman 877 00:41:03,221 --> 00:41:05,556 gave this to her, but how do we know he did? 878 00:41:05,590 --> 00:41:08,059 Maybe Miss Lu is in cahoots with someone who wants to know 879 00:41:08,093 --> 00:41:10,361 exactly where he can find you tonight 880 00:41:10,395 --> 00:41:11,462 while you're alone. 881 00:41:11,496 --> 00:41:13,064 But who would that be? 882 00:41:13,098 --> 00:41:15,466 Well, the person whose name is in the envelope 883 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:18,103 that Crosby has. 884 00:41:18,136 --> 00:41:19,537 Whoever it is would become the heir 885 00:41:19,570 --> 00:41:21,940 in case you were... 886 00:41:21,973 --> 00:41:23,875 out of the way. 887 00:41:23,909 --> 00:41:25,576 Wally, that's a horrible thought. 888 00:41:25,610 --> 00:41:28,046 Yes, it is, isn't it? 889 00:41:28,079 --> 00:41:30,148 I got goose pimples. 890 00:41:30,181 --> 00:41:32,984 Even my goose pimples have goose pimples. 891 00:41:33,018 --> 00:41:34,986 Let's get a gulp of fresh air. 892 00:41:35,020 --> 00:41:36,221 I'll bet there hasn't been any fresh air 893 00:41:36,254 --> 00:41:38,356 in this house for a long time. 894 00:41:44,095 --> 00:41:46,597 - There, that's better. - Yes. 895 00:41:46,631 --> 00:41:48,633 Oh, you're going to... 896 00:41:48,666 --> 00:41:51,202 I thought I would as long as you're here. 897 00:41:55,273 --> 00:41:58,143 "To my unknown heir, man or woman, 898 00:41:58,176 --> 00:42:01,046 "because I can take no earthly possessions with me 899 00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:03,514 "I am compelled to leave them to you. 900 00:42:03,548 --> 00:42:06,084 Your hour will come too." 901 00:42:09,087 --> 00:42:10,388 "In your brief span of life, 902 00:42:10,421 --> 00:42:12,623 "enjoy the glittering symbols of the world, 903 00:42:12,657 --> 00:42:14,159 which I now renounce." 904 00:42:14,192 --> 00:42:17,128 Ooh, that gives me the creeps. 905 00:42:17,162 --> 00:42:20,065 Here's a verse. It's a little more cheerful. 906 00:42:20,098 --> 00:42:22,033 "Find the number beneath the vine. 907 00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:24,970 "The sparkling gems will then be thine. 908 00:42:25,003 --> 00:42:28,706 O love, what number rhymes with mine?" 909 00:42:28,739 --> 00:42:31,609 - It's a silly little verse. - Yeah. 910 00:42:31,642 --> 00:42:33,678 Say, Wally, 911 00:42:33,711 --> 00:42:35,413 it's the key to the necklace. 912 00:42:35,446 --> 00:42:37,015 Yeah. 913 00:42:37,048 --> 00:42:39,350 "What number rhymes with mine?" 914 00:42:39,384 --> 00:42:43,254 - Well, it ain't ten. - Nine. "Beneath the vine." 915 00:42:43,288 --> 00:42:46,157 That must be outdoors in the garden. 916 00:42:46,191 --> 00:42:47,358 Why does he say, "O love?" 917 00:42:47,392 --> 00:42:48,559 What does love have to do with it? 918 00:42:48,593 --> 00:42:51,029 Love, affection, 919 00:42:51,062 --> 00:42:53,264 Venus, the goddess of love. 920 00:42:53,298 --> 00:42:56,201 Say, is there a statue of Venus around this joint anywhere? 921 00:42:57,302 --> 00:42:58,269 Wait. 922 00:42:59,104 --> 00:43:02,340 Look... The fountain. 923 00:43:02,373 --> 00:43:05,543 Cupid, sure, Venus' little problem child. 924 00:43:05,576 --> 00:43:08,113 - Let's go. - I'm gonna go get my jacket. 925 00:43:12,583 --> 00:43:13,985 Wally. 926 00:43:14,019 --> 00:43:15,420 - Hm? - Look. 927 00:43:17,088 --> 00:43:20,591 - How funny. - Hm. How comforting. 928 00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:22,227 Come on. 929 00:43:28,333 --> 00:43:29,334 Which way? 930 00:43:29,367 --> 00:43:32,070 Up there at the end of the hall. 931 00:43:33,538 --> 00:43:35,140 Shh! 932 00:43:37,175 --> 00:43:39,244 There's someone in Mr. Crosby's room. 933 00:43:40,611 --> 00:43:42,380 Maybe it's Mr. Crosby. 934 00:43:52,290 --> 00:43:54,725 What are you doing in there? 935 00:43:54,759 --> 00:43:56,227 Waiting. 936 00:44:00,198 --> 00:44:01,499 What's she waiting for? 937 00:44:01,532 --> 00:44:03,501 Certainly we will be glad to get out 938 00:44:03,534 --> 00:44:05,002 of this terrible house. 939 00:44:10,208 --> 00:44:11,609 Well, here's love, 940 00:44:11,642 --> 00:44:14,779 the vine, the vine, "Beneath the vine." 941 00:44:14,812 --> 00:44:16,447 Yes, the vine. 942 00:44:18,383 --> 00:44:20,318 I suppose we have to dig it up by the roots. 943 00:44:20,351 --> 00:44:21,686 I don't see any number nine. 944 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,288 - Look, look at the knobs. - Yeah. 945 00:44:23,321 --> 00:44:25,123 - Maybe he meant the ninth knob. - Where do they start? 946 00:44:25,156 --> 00:44:27,158 I don't know. One, two, three, four, five... 947 00:44:27,192 --> 00:44:28,393 Six, seven, eight, nine. 948 00:44:28,426 --> 00:44:30,595 Wait a minute. Here's one that's loose. 949 00:44:32,530 --> 00:44:34,065 Now, that we got it, what are we gonna do with it? 950 00:44:34,099 --> 00:44:35,666 I don't know. Turn it, pull it. 951 00:44:38,503 --> 00:44:39,737 Nothing happens. 952 00:44:39,770 --> 00:44:41,572 Well, Uncle Cyrus was left-handed. 953 00:44:41,606 --> 00:44:42,607 Would that make any difference? 954 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,310 No... Or maybe. 955 00:44:47,212 --> 00:44:49,814 No, I guess the old boy was kidding. 956 00:44:49,847 --> 00:44:51,449 - It's no good. - Oh, dear. 957 00:44:52,617 --> 00:44:53,584 Hey, look. 958 00:44:54,419 --> 00:44:56,387 I'll say. 959 00:44:58,589 --> 00:45:00,491 - What's the matter? - Something soft. 960 00:45:00,525 --> 00:45:01,692 - Oh, here, I'll get it. - No, I... 961 00:45:01,726 --> 00:45:04,262 No, let me. 962 00:45:06,697 --> 00:45:08,333 Say... 963 00:45:12,737 --> 00:45:14,472 Wow! 964 00:45:17,375 --> 00:45:19,577 I bet there's a catch in this somewhere. 965 00:45:23,781 --> 00:45:26,417 Ooh, Wally. 966 00:45:26,451 --> 00:45:28,219 Say, wouldn't it be a good idea to put it back 967 00:45:28,253 --> 00:45:29,854 in there where it'll be safe until daylight? 968 00:45:29,887 --> 00:45:32,823 Well, I don't know... No, I think it'll be safer with me. 969 00:45:32,857 --> 00:45:34,225 Come on, let's go. 970 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,842 Isn't it terrific? 971 00:45:51,876 --> 00:45:53,378 Terrific. 972 00:45:54,912 --> 00:45:58,349 Thanks for everything, Wally. 973 00:45:58,383 --> 00:46:00,251 Uh, say, if you're gonna sleep with those pebbles tonight, 974 00:46:00,285 --> 00:46:02,253 you better take the gun. 975 00:46:02,287 --> 00:46:04,155 You used to be quite a shot with an air rifle. 976 00:46:04,189 --> 00:46:05,223 Remember the time you shot the hole 977 00:46:05,256 --> 00:46:06,791 in old Scrooge's silk hat? 978 00:46:06,824 --> 00:46:08,926 I haven't fired a gun since... 979 00:46:08,959 --> 00:46:10,761 Did you know this was empty? 980 00:46:10,795 --> 00:46:12,630 Empty? 981 00:46:12,663 --> 00:46:13,664 How do you like that? 982 00:46:13,698 --> 00:46:17,202 Hey, wait a minute, I was out there all alone. 983 00:46:17,235 --> 00:46:18,636 Never in my wh... 984 00:46:21,406 --> 00:46:24,175 Oh. I guess I'm beginning to see things. 985 00:46:25,810 --> 00:46:28,546 - What is the matter? - Oh, I don't know, only... 986 00:46:29,347 --> 00:46:30,681 I guess, I think... 987 00:46:32,217 --> 00:46:33,351 What's that? 988 00:46:33,951 --> 00:46:35,320 Shh. 989 00:46:37,288 --> 00:46:38,889 Uh, think nothing of it. 990 00:46:38,923 --> 00:46:40,691 Now, what were you saying? 991 00:46:40,725 --> 00:46:43,428 - Keep talkin'. - It wasn't important. 992 00:46:43,461 --> 00:46:45,896 It was only that I think every woman is happier 993 00:46:45,930 --> 00:46:47,798 when she has a lot of men... 994 00:47:01,812 --> 00:47:03,448 Oh, be careful. 995 00:47:07,918 --> 00:47:10,355 A cat. 996 00:47:10,388 --> 00:47:12,890 Of all the ridiculous things I ever saw in my life. 997 00:47:12,923 --> 00:47:16,427 You with the chair, creeping up to the window. 998 00:47:16,461 --> 00:47:19,897 Wham! And a cat. 999 00:47:19,930 --> 00:47:21,532 Take it easy. 1000 00:47:22,733 --> 00:47:24,569 Joyce! Joyce! 1001 00:47:24,602 --> 00:47:26,804 Aunt Sue is loose again. 1002 00:47:26,837 --> 00:47:28,873 Joyce! Joyce, are you there? Open up. 1003 00:47:28,906 --> 00:47:30,508 Yes. In a minute. Come on. 1004 00:47:30,541 --> 00:47:32,843 Wait, my mother brought me up never to be caught twice 1005 00:47:32,877 --> 00:47:34,312 in the same lady's bedroom. 1006 00:47:34,345 --> 00:47:36,247 - Joyce! - Shh. 1007 00:47:36,281 --> 00:47:37,915 Joyce, what happened? 1008 00:47:40,418 --> 00:47:42,019 Just a minute. 1009 00:47:42,052 --> 00:47:43,588 Open the door, Joyce. 1010 00:47:44,755 --> 00:47:46,657 - Are you alright? - Oh, yes, I am alright. 1011 00:47:46,691 --> 00:47:49,927 - Oh, it was so silly. - What? 1012 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:51,762 I wanted to get a breath of fresh air 1013 00:47:51,796 --> 00:47:53,564 and the window stuck and... 1014 00:47:53,598 --> 00:47:55,400 I broke it just as I was trying to open it. 1015 00:47:55,433 --> 00:47:57,034 - Oh, is that all? - How did you get the curt-- 1016 00:47:57,067 --> 00:47:58,469 Oh, then I got all tangled up 1017 00:47:58,503 --> 00:47:59,970 in the curtain with the cat. 1018 00:48:00,004 --> 00:48:03,007 The cat... Miss Lu, will you please take your cat? 1019 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,575 Now, I promise to go straight to bed 1020 00:48:04,609 --> 00:48:06,877 and I won't disturb you any more. 1021 00:48:06,911 --> 00:48:09,480 Well, that window is barred, so I guess it's alright. 1022 00:48:09,514 --> 00:48:11,716 - Good night. - Oh, wait for me, Fred. 1023 00:48:11,749 --> 00:48:13,484 - Good night, dear. - Good night. 1024 00:48:13,518 --> 00:48:15,453 Did you say the window stuck? 1025 00:48:15,486 --> 00:48:18,856 Yes, it, uh, stuck. 1026 00:48:27,398 --> 00:48:29,266 Okay. 1027 00:48:35,373 --> 00:48:37,041 Wally, Wally! 1028 00:48:37,074 --> 00:48:38,543 Coming. 1029 00:48:40,077 --> 00:48:42,647 Pretty good, huh? 1030 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:43,814 Ouch! 1031 00:48:45,950 --> 00:48:47,585 Riding boots. 1032 00:48:47,618 --> 00:48:49,654 I suppose your Aunt Minnie taught you that cute trick. 1033 00:48:49,687 --> 00:48:51,822 No, I got that one from her boyfriend. 1034 00:48:53,057 --> 00:48:54,592 Oh, I'm sorry. 1035 00:48:55,693 --> 00:48:57,695 Well, I, I guess I'll run along. 1036 00:48:57,728 --> 00:48:59,029 Do you want me to lock the shutters? 1037 00:48:59,063 --> 00:49:01,732 No. Just don't make any more noise. 1038 00:49:01,766 --> 00:49:02,900 Oh. 1039 00:49:02,933 --> 00:49:04,702 Well, good night. 1040 00:49:08,839 --> 00:49:10,074 The road's clear. 1041 00:49:10,107 --> 00:49:11,742 Be sure and lock the door after me. 1042 00:49:11,776 --> 00:49:13,544 Don't worry, I will. 1043 00:49:13,578 --> 00:49:15,880 - Good night, beautiful. - I didn't mean to be cross. 1044 00:49:15,913 --> 00:49:18,916 I-- I'm getting so nervous I could holler. 1045 00:49:18,949 --> 00:49:21,085 Would you like something to quiet you? A sleeping powder? 1046 00:49:21,118 --> 00:49:23,454 No, thanks. I have one in my bag. 1047 00:49:23,488 --> 00:49:25,456 Well, how about letting me have it? 1048 00:49:28,526 --> 00:49:30,060 Good night, Wally. 1049 00:49:30,094 --> 00:49:31,996 Never mind the powder. 1050 00:49:32,029 --> 00:49:33,798 Who wants to sleep? 1051 00:51:44,595 --> 00:51:46,096 Open! Please! 1052 00:51:46,130 --> 00:51:47,164 Please! Wally! 1053 00:51:47,197 --> 00:51:49,500 Oh, no p-- please! 1054 00:51:58,976 --> 00:52:00,077 Joyce! 1055 00:52:00,110 --> 00:52:01,579 Open up! 1056 00:52:01,612 --> 00:52:03,714 - Open the door! - Haven't you got another key? 1057 00:52:03,748 --> 00:52:05,049 - It's locked on the inside. - What's happened? 1058 00:52:05,082 --> 00:52:06,717 We don't know. 1059 00:52:16,627 --> 00:52:18,796 Well, she's alive, thank heaven. 1060 00:52:21,198 --> 00:52:23,901 Miss Lu, get a little brandy. 1061 00:52:29,006 --> 00:52:31,876 Please help! Please, oh, please, don't... 1062 00:52:31,909 --> 00:52:33,277 Wally! 1063 00:52:33,310 --> 00:52:35,580 What happened, baby? 1064 00:52:35,613 --> 00:52:37,114 I don't know. 1065 00:52:37,147 --> 00:52:39,884 My eyes were closed. 1066 00:52:39,917 --> 00:52:41,686 It was a hand! 1067 00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,555 It came from the dark. I felt it. 1068 00:52:44,589 --> 00:52:46,223 For heaven's sake, do try to be coherent. 1069 00:52:46,256 --> 00:52:47,925 Well, it touched me! 1070 00:52:49,727 --> 00:52:50,995 The necklace. 1071 00:52:53,163 --> 00:52:54,665 - It's gone. - What necklace? 1072 00:52:54,699 --> 00:52:55,900 Well, the necklace. 1073 00:52:55,933 --> 00:52:58,002 Wally and I, we found it in the garden. 1074 00:52:58,035 --> 00:53:00,270 Hanging from a tree I suppose. 1075 00:53:00,304 --> 00:53:01,906 It's true, we did find it. 1076 00:53:01,939 --> 00:53:04,875 But it's gone. The hand took it. 1077 00:53:04,909 --> 00:53:05,876 Hand, what hand? 1078 00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:08,979 Oh, I don't know! Just a hand. 1079 00:53:09,013 --> 00:53:10,114 It came out of the wall. 1080 00:53:10,147 --> 00:53:12,783 Oh. We better send for a doctor. 1081 00:53:12,817 --> 00:53:14,752 An alienist would be better. 1082 00:53:14,785 --> 00:53:17,054 The poor child's gone stark staring mad. 1083 00:53:17,087 --> 00:53:18,155 Shut up. 1084 00:53:18,188 --> 00:53:19,189 Every one of you thinks 1085 00:53:19,223 --> 00:53:20,357 just the same as I do, 1086 00:53:20,390 --> 00:53:22,059 that Joyce has lost her mind. 1087 00:53:22,092 --> 00:53:23,628 Oh, but I haven't. 1088 00:53:23,661 --> 00:53:25,262 Oh, you must believe me. 1089 00:53:25,295 --> 00:53:26,831 How can we, Joyce? 1090 00:53:26,864 --> 00:53:29,734 After all, when someone starts concocting a story 1091 00:53:29,767 --> 00:53:31,969 about a hand coming out of a wall. 1092 00:53:33,370 --> 00:53:35,372 You can't... 1093 00:53:35,405 --> 00:53:37,708 You don't really think that I... 1094 00:53:40,711 --> 00:53:42,947 Susan's right. 1095 00:53:42,980 --> 00:53:47,718 Every one of you feels exactly as she feels about me only... 1096 00:53:47,752 --> 00:53:49,820 only they haven't got the courage to say it. 1097 00:53:49,854 --> 00:53:53,924 - I don't. - Oh, I know you don't, Wally. 1098 00:53:53,958 --> 00:53:57,995 I've been through enough tonight to drive anyone mad. 1099 00:53:58,028 --> 00:53:59,396 But I'm not. 1100 00:53:59,429 --> 00:54:00,831 Now, listen, 1101 00:54:00,865 --> 00:54:02,332 Wally and I found the necklace 1102 00:54:02,366 --> 00:54:04,068 that Cyrus left me in the garden, 1103 00:54:04,101 --> 00:54:07,337 then he said good night to me and I got ready for bed. 1104 00:54:07,371 --> 00:54:10,741 Someone was watching me. I know that now. 1105 00:54:10,775 --> 00:54:13,210 Someone who was trying to frighten me. 1106 00:54:13,243 --> 00:54:14,779 Then... 1107 00:54:14,812 --> 00:54:17,247 just as I was falling asleep, 1108 00:54:17,281 --> 00:54:20,184 I felt somebody in the room, 1109 00:54:20,217 --> 00:54:21,852 and I opened my eyes 1110 00:54:21,886 --> 00:54:24,221 and a long claw-like hand 1111 00:54:24,254 --> 00:54:25,890 came out of the wall 1112 00:54:25,923 --> 00:54:28,292 and it came nearer and nearer to me 1113 00:54:28,325 --> 00:54:30,027 and I couldn't move 1114 00:54:30,060 --> 00:54:31,395 and it touched me! 1115 00:54:31,428 --> 00:54:33,197 Tsk, tsk, tsk. 1116 00:54:33,230 --> 00:54:35,966 Very sad. 1117 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,135 You'd all like to prove that Joyce is crazy, wouldn't you? 1118 00:54:38,168 --> 00:54:40,304 Because that'd give you another chance at old Norman's dough. 1119 00:54:40,337 --> 00:54:42,272 - That's pretty rotten talk-- - Well, that's the way I feel. 1120 00:54:42,306 --> 00:54:44,008 Personally, I believe Joyce. 1121 00:54:44,041 --> 00:54:46,410 You believe that fantastic story? 1122 00:54:46,443 --> 00:54:47,778 Haven't you clucks ever heard 1123 00:54:47,812 --> 00:54:50,314 of secret passageways and panels? 1124 00:54:50,347 --> 00:54:51,348 Panels? 1125 00:54:51,381 --> 00:54:52,750 Well, how else could the hand 1126 00:54:52,783 --> 00:54:54,284 that Joyce saw come through the wall? 1127 00:54:54,318 --> 00:54:55,886 - Let's see this. - It... 1128 00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,456 It came from, from right there, Wally. 1129 00:54:59,489 --> 00:55:01,391 Well, there's nothing here... 1130 00:55:01,425 --> 00:55:03,894 Wait a minute. This is loose. 1131 00:55:07,832 --> 00:55:09,133 Hey, what's this? 1132 00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:12,436 Listen, baby, don't be surprised 1133 00:55:12,469 --> 00:55:15,072 if we discover an old skeleton in here. 1134 00:55:26,483 --> 00:55:27,818 Crosby. 1135 00:55:29,353 --> 00:55:31,088 He's dead. 1136 00:55:31,121 --> 00:55:33,257 Oh... Ohh... 1137 00:55:47,037 --> 00:55:50,074 What a terrible thing. Poor Mr. Crosby. 1138 00:55:50,107 --> 00:55:51,976 It might just as well have been any one of us. 1139 00:55:52,009 --> 00:55:53,277 Can you imagine being in bed 1140 00:55:53,310 --> 00:55:55,245 with a hand reaching for your throat? 1141 00:55:55,279 --> 00:55:56,881 Oh, quiet. Where's Joyce? 1142 00:55:56,914 --> 00:55:58,783 Miss Lu and Wally took her into the dining room. 1143 00:55:58,816 --> 00:56:00,484 The poor kid. What she's been through. 1144 00:56:00,517 --> 00:56:02,953 Isn't anybody gonna do something? 1145 00:56:02,987 --> 00:56:05,322 Well, if you mean isn't anybody going into that dark passage 1146 00:56:05,355 --> 00:56:08,258 to argue with a maniac, the answer is no. 1147 00:56:08,292 --> 00:56:12,162 You know, I doubt very much that it was a maniac. 1148 00:56:12,196 --> 00:56:14,832 Whoever it was in that secret passage acted quite sanely. 1149 00:56:14,865 --> 00:56:16,166 That's right. 1150 00:56:18,068 --> 00:56:20,337 What would a lunatic want with a necklace? 1151 00:56:20,370 --> 00:56:21,839 Don't ask me. 1152 00:56:21,872 --> 00:56:24,308 You've got to be loony to answer that question. 1153 00:56:24,341 --> 00:56:26,777 Just what's in your mind, Fred? 1154 00:56:26,811 --> 00:56:29,179 Well, I... Wait a minute. 1155 00:56:31,548 --> 00:56:34,084 If somebody's trying to drive Joyce out of her mind, 1156 00:56:34,118 --> 00:56:35,886 it's no impromptu affair. 1157 00:56:57,041 --> 00:56:59,176 Well, one of our little family party has called the turn 1158 00:56:59,209 --> 00:57:00,878 on everything that's happened here tonight. 1159 00:57:00,911 --> 00:57:01,946 - Uh-huh, Wally Campbell. 1160 00:57:01,979 --> 00:57:03,981 - That's a lot of hooey. - Yeah? 1161 00:57:04,014 --> 00:57:05,115 Don't you remember he wanted to bet you 1162 00:57:05,149 --> 00:57:06,283 that Joyce would be the heir? 1163 00:57:06,316 --> 00:57:07,317 Yeah. 1164 00:57:07,351 --> 00:57:08,352 Well, he was with Joyce when she 1165 00:57:08,385 --> 00:57:09,820 located the necklace. 1166 00:57:09,854 --> 00:57:10,988 But he wasn't with her when it was taken. 1167 00:57:11,021 --> 00:57:12,222 And he knew where to find 1168 00:57:12,256 --> 00:57:14,258 that secret panel in the wall, too. 1169 00:57:14,291 --> 00:57:16,560 If you're hinting that Wally Campbell 1170 00:57:16,593 --> 00:57:18,362 murdered Mr. Crosby, 1171 00:57:18,395 --> 00:57:19,529 I don't believe it! 1172 00:57:19,563 --> 00:57:21,465 And neither do I. 1173 00:57:21,498 --> 00:57:24,401 Oh, darling, are you better? 1174 00:57:24,434 --> 00:57:27,171 Yes, I'm alright but what were you saying? 1175 00:57:27,204 --> 00:57:28,873 Go on. I want to hear it. 1176 00:57:28,906 --> 00:57:31,175 - Well, I was just-- - Go ahead, Fred. 1177 00:57:31,208 --> 00:57:34,044 I'm just saying, suppose Wally knew that his name 1178 00:57:34,078 --> 00:57:35,980 was in that second envelope as the alternate heir? 1179 00:57:36,013 --> 00:57:37,581 Well, that's ridiculous. How could he know? 1180 00:57:37,614 --> 00:57:39,449 - How could anyone? - Someone knew. 1181 00:57:39,483 --> 00:57:40,918 Both envelopes had been opened 1182 00:57:40,951 --> 00:57:43,087 before Lawyer Crosby got here tonight. 1183 00:57:45,222 --> 00:57:48,058 Now, I know what happened to Crosby. 1184 00:57:52,096 --> 00:57:53,597 There must be an entrance to that 1185 00:57:53,630 --> 00:57:55,599 secret passageway from this room. 1186 00:57:55,632 --> 00:57:57,968 - What? - Yeah. 1187 00:57:58,002 --> 00:57:59,937 Crosby knew the danger Joyce was in, 1188 00:57:59,970 --> 00:58:01,138 and while he was warning her... 1189 00:58:01,171 --> 00:58:02,907 Somebody pulled him in behind the panel 1190 00:58:02,940 --> 00:58:04,074 and strangled him. 1191 00:58:04,108 --> 00:58:05,309 The explanation is so obvious 1192 00:58:05,342 --> 00:58:07,111 to anyone with an ounce of brains. 1193 00:58:07,144 --> 00:58:08,478 You don't have to get insulting about it. 1194 00:58:08,512 --> 00:58:09,546 It was a pleasure. 1195 00:58:09,579 --> 00:58:10,614 Maybe you and I had better 1196 00:58:10,647 --> 00:58:11,949 finish this conversation outside. 1197 00:58:11,982 --> 00:58:13,918 - Alright, fine - Hey, now. Cut it. 1198 00:58:13,951 --> 00:58:15,385 Listen, you gave Wally plenty of reason 1199 00:58:15,419 --> 00:58:18,155 for any crack he could think of. Now, cool off! 1200 00:58:18,188 --> 00:58:20,357 A fight won't prove who killed Crosby. 1201 00:58:20,390 --> 00:58:23,027 That's the important thing right now. 1202 00:58:28,665 --> 00:58:30,667 There's that clock. 1203 00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:32,536 It isn't the clock. 1204 00:58:32,569 --> 00:58:34,038 Oh. 1205 00:58:35,405 --> 00:58:37,141 Five, 1206 00:58:37,174 --> 00:58:38,875 six... 1207 00:58:41,078 --> 00:58:44,214 The warning has come again. 1208 00:58:44,248 --> 00:58:45,349 Oh. 1209 00:58:47,117 --> 00:58:49,019 Nothing can stop it. 1210 00:58:54,424 --> 00:58:57,694 Last time that gong rang, Mr. Crosby... 1211 00:58:57,727 --> 00:59:00,364 Alright, take it easy, Cicily. 1212 00:59:00,397 --> 00:59:02,299 I'm going to my room. 1213 00:59:02,332 --> 00:59:04,268 If Charlie will walk upstairs with me. 1214 00:59:04,301 --> 00:59:05,269 Certainly. 1215 00:59:05,302 --> 00:59:08,172 And we'll be glad to have you, 1216 00:59:08,205 --> 00:59:10,507 Joyce, if you care to join us. 1217 00:59:10,540 --> 00:59:12,076 Thanks. 1218 00:59:12,109 --> 00:59:15,012 Listen, everybody, until we can notify the police, 1219 00:59:15,045 --> 00:59:17,081 nobody, under any circumstances, 1220 00:59:17,114 --> 00:59:19,616 is to go into that room where Mr. Crosby is. 1221 00:59:19,649 --> 00:59:21,085 Who wants to? 1222 00:59:21,118 --> 00:59:23,453 Whether you want to or not, that's the law. 1223 00:59:23,487 --> 00:59:25,089 Meanwhile, I'll try to find Hendricks 1224 00:59:25,122 --> 00:59:26,456 and send him for the police. 1225 00:59:28,425 --> 00:59:31,561 You know this whole thing has a phony ring to me. 1226 00:59:31,595 --> 00:59:33,630 A killer who thinks he's a cat. 1227 00:59:33,663 --> 00:59:37,134 Have you ever seen a man who looked and acted like a cat? 1228 00:59:37,167 --> 00:59:39,970 A woman, yes, but a man... 1229 00:59:40,004 --> 00:59:41,305 Anyway, how do we know 1230 00:59:41,338 --> 00:59:43,340 a lunatic escaped from an asylum? 1231 00:59:43,373 --> 00:59:44,708 - Well, the guard, Hendricks. - Yeah. 1232 00:59:44,741 --> 00:59:46,276 But how do you know he is a guard? 1233 00:59:46,310 --> 00:59:48,178 Just because he wears a cap and a badge? 1234 00:59:48,212 --> 00:59:49,713 You can rent them at any costumers. 1235 00:59:49,746 --> 00:59:51,148 Alright. But why? 1236 00:59:51,181 --> 00:59:52,449 To frighten you out of your 1237 00:59:52,482 --> 00:59:53,583 beautiful wits, baby. 1238 00:59:53,617 --> 00:59:55,485 Yes. But why should he? 1239 00:59:55,519 --> 00:59:57,687 Why should he? 1240 00:59:57,721 --> 00:59:59,356 I don't know. 1241 01:00:01,558 --> 01:00:04,761 I wish I knew who that next heir is. 1242 01:00:04,794 --> 01:00:06,696 Maybe it's a woman. 1243 01:00:06,730 --> 01:00:08,732 Let's see. What women have we? 1244 01:00:08,765 --> 01:00:10,200 Well, there's Miss Lu. 1245 01:00:10,234 --> 01:00:12,236 Miss Lu, how about her? 1246 01:00:12,269 --> 01:00:14,704 She must know a lot about that secret panel. 1247 01:00:14,738 --> 01:00:16,206 Why has she lived here all these years 1248 01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:19,443 if she didn't expect to... 1249 01:00:19,476 --> 01:00:21,345 - What's the matter? - I'm going into that bedroom. 1250 01:00:21,378 --> 01:00:23,280 And get that envelope out of Crosby's pocket. 1251 01:00:23,313 --> 01:00:25,349 The name of the second heir is in that envelope, 1252 01:00:25,382 --> 01:00:28,618 and the name of the second heir is the name of the murderer. 1253 01:00:28,652 --> 01:00:32,022 Oh, if it turns out to be my name, I'm only kidding. 1254 01:00:32,056 --> 01:00:34,791 Wally, please don't go in there. 1255 01:00:34,824 --> 01:00:36,426 Suppose we've been overheard? 1256 01:00:36,460 --> 01:00:38,628 Suppose the murderer knows you're on the right track? 1257 01:00:38,662 --> 01:00:40,097 What good would an empty gun be? 1258 01:00:40,130 --> 01:00:41,731 But it isn't empty now. I found the bullets. 1259 01:00:41,765 --> 01:00:42,766 Where? 1260 01:00:42,799 --> 01:00:45,235 In Miss Lu's room. Here. 1261 01:00:45,269 --> 01:00:47,637 You keep it. Well... 1262 01:00:47,671 --> 01:00:49,073 Well, legs, let's get going. 1263 01:00:49,106 --> 01:00:50,507 Oh, Wally, how can you joke? 1264 01:00:50,540 --> 01:00:52,109 Well, I always joke when I'm scared. 1265 01:00:52,142 --> 01:00:54,678 I kind of kid myself into being brave. 1266 01:00:54,711 --> 01:00:57,647 - Ain't that silly? - Uh-huh. 1267 01:00:57,681 --> 01:01:00,184 Oh, easy, baby, easy. 1268 01:01:00,217 --> 01:01:02,119 I remember a situation almost like this 1269 01:01:02,152 --> 01:01:03,653 in an old play called "The Fatal Hour," 1270 01:01:03,687 --> 01:01:05,789 or "She Should've Known Better." 1271 01:01:05,822 --> 01:01:08,225 At the end of the second act, the leading man takes 1272 01:01:08,258 --> 01:01:11,295 the heroine in his arms and kisses her. 1273 01:01:13,163 --> 01:01:14,364 Then, filled with new courage, 1274 01:01:14,398 --> 01:01:16,666 he starts out after the villain. 1275 01:01:16,700 --> 01:01:19,536 And of course, he comes back in the third act? 1276 01:01:19,569 --> 01:01:20,604 - Oh, sure. - No. 1277 01:01:20,637 --> 01:01:24,274 In the third act, he's found dead in the bathtub. 1278 01:01:24,308 --> 01:01:26,743 Oh, well, that was just a play. 1279 01:01:26,776 --> 01:01:27,844 I'll leave the door open. 1280 01:01:27,877 --> 01:01:29,213 Say, if anybody comes down, 1281 01:01:29,246 --> 01:01:31,281 don't let them know what I'm doing. 1282 01:02:08,752 --> 01:02:10,220 Wally! 1283 01:02:11,888 --> 01:02:14,291 Wally. Wally, what is it? Wally! 1284 01:02:14,324 --> 01:02:15,592 Somebody please! Wally. 1285 01:02:15,625 --> 01:02:18,195 - What's happened now? - I don't know. 1286 01:02:19,663 --> 01:02:21,331 I don't know. Look, is he badly hurt? 1287 01:02:21,365 --> 01:02:22,599 He's got a swell bump. 1288 01:02:22,632 --> 01:02:24,234 It's hard to say whether somebody hit him 1289 01:02:24,268 --> 01:02:25,702 or whether it came from a fall. 1290 01:02:25,735 --> 01:02:26,836 So, what was he doing in here? 1291 01:02:26,870 --> 01:02:27,904 Oh, he came to get the... 1292 01:02:27,937 --> 01:02:29,739 - To get my jacket. - Oh. 1293 01:02:29,773 --> 01:02:31,141 - Charlie? - Hmm? 1294 01:02:31,175 --> 01:02:32,442 - It's gone. - What? 1295 01:02:32,476 --> 01:02:34,478 - Crosby's gone. - Oh. 1296 01:02:34,511 --> 01:02:36,780 Who could've done such a thing? 1297 01:02:36,813 --> 01:02:38,215 The one who killed him. 1298 01:02:38,248 --> 01:02:39,616 The law can't convict you of murder 1299 01:02:39,649 --> 01:02:40,650 if there's no corpse. 1300 01:02:43,487 --> 01:02:45,355 - Help me up. - Sure. 1301 01:02:46,556 --> 01:02:49,493 - Who did it? - I haven't the smokiest idea. 1302 01:02:49,526 --> 01:02:51,228 I was just wa... 1303 01:02:52,729 --> 01:02:53,797 What became of Crosby? 1304 01:02:53,830 --> 01:02:56,366 Are you sure you don't know? 1305 01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,368 I'm not sure of anything. 1306 01:02:58,402 --> 01:03:00,270 Just when I get the whole thing figured out, 1307 01:03:00,304 --> 01:03:03,473 it goes and gets itself all balled up again. 1308 01:03:03,507 --> 01:03:05,175 We saw Crosby fall to the floor, didn't we? 1309 01:03:05,209 --> 01:03:06,210 - Yes. - Yes. 1310 01:03:06,243 --> 01:03:07,244 He was dead, wasn't he? 1311 01:03:07,277 --> 01:03:08,578 - Yes. - Yes. 1312 01:03:08,612 --> 01:03:10,480 Uh-huh. Ah-ha! 1313 01:03:10,514 --> 01:03:11,881 What is it, Wally, what is it? 1314 01:03:11,915 --> 01:03:14,384 - How do we know he was dead? - He was, wasn't he? 1315 01:03:14,418 --> 01:03:16,486 Well, I suppose he was, but that doesn't prove it. 1316 01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:19,223 I couldn't swear he was dead, neither could you. 1317 01:03:19,256 --> 01:03:20,657 - Could you? - What are you getting at? 1318 01:03:20,690 --> 01:03:23,260 Maybe the whole thing was only a plant. 1319 01:03:23,293 --> 01:03:25,962 Maybe he was faking all the time to frighten you 1320 01:03:25,995 --> 01:03:27,797 and waiting in there to wallop me. 1321 01:03:27,831 --> 01:03:29,566 Oh, no, Wally. 1322 01:03:29,599 --> 01:03:31,401 No? You don't think much of that? 1323 01:03:31,435 --> 01:03:32,736 No. 1324 01:03:32,769 --> 01:03:33,937 Neither do I. 1325 01:03:33,970 --> 01:03:35,672 Oh, Charlie, did you find Hendricks? 1326 01:03:35,705 --> 01:03:37,841 Yes. But he, he said the police can't reach here until morning. 1327 01:03:37,874 --> 01:03:39,343 He's still waiting for his own men. 1328 01:03:39,376 --> 01:03:40,410 They're lost somewhere in the bayou. 1329 01:03:40,444 --> 01:03:41,745 - The telephone. - Oh. 1330 01:03:41,778 --> 01:03:43,280 Either you don't know the nearest telephone 1331 01:03:43,313 --> 01:03:44,681 is 20 miles away or else you know more 1332 01:03:44,714 --> 01:03:46,516 about this whole thing than is good for you. 1333 01:03:46,550 --> 01:03:47,384 Who? Me? 1334 01:03:47,417 --> 01:03:48,885 Oh! 1335 01:03:48,918 --> 01:03:50,554 Same place. 1336 01:03:50,587 --> 01:03:52,489 Why don't they have a telephone? 1337 01:03:52,522 --> 01:03:54,791 People going around here bopping each other on the head, 1338 01:03:54,824 --> 01:03:56,192 they need a phone. 1339 01:04:02,366 --> 01:04:03,667 - What is it? - Nothing. 1340 01:04:03,700 --> 01:04:05,569 I just wanted to make sure you were alright. 1341 01:04:05,602 --> 01:04:08,204 - Oh, thank you, Charlie. - Thank you, Charlie. 1342 01:04:21,351 --> 01:04:23,553 I can't stand another minute. 1343 01:04:23,587 --> 01:04:26,723 Oh, that's just what they're hoping for, honey. 1344 01:04:26,756 --> 01:04:27,891 But you can take it. 1345 01:04:27,924 --> 01:04:30,360 Come on, roll with the punches. 1346 01:04:31,628 --> 01:04:34,731 Let's go over here by the fireplace and relax. 1347 01:04:34,764 --> 01:04:36,666 There. You know, what this party needs 1348 01:04:36,700 --> 01:04:39,469 is more drinks and more laughs. 1349 01:04:39,503 --> 01:04:41,471 I'll tell you, I'll bring a bottle of scotch 1350 01:04:41,505 --> 01:04:43,473 from the dining room and we'll sit around here 1351 01:04:43,507 --> 01:04:46,443 and drink scotch and make wry faces. 1352 01:04:46,476 --> 01:04:48,845 You get it? Scotch and rye? 1353 01:04:48,878 --> 01:04:51,615 Here. I don't need a gun with jokes like that. 1354 01:04:52,949 --> 01:04:56,886 Look, you play Jesse James and, and I'll play, uh, well... 1355 01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,023 Well, I'll play like I'm getting a bottle of scotch. 1356 01:05:00,056 --> 01:05:01,825 Come on, relax. 1357 01:05:02,892 --> 01:05:04,461 Alright. 1358 01:06:35,452 --> 01:06:37,654 Whoever it is, speak or I'll fire. 1359 01:06:42,859 --> 01:06:44,828 Speak or I'll fire. 1360 01:06:56,105 --> 01:06:58,141 I knew it. Joyce! 1361 01:06:58,174 --> 01:06:59,643 Joyce! 1362 01:07:02,111 --> 01:07:04,748 Joyce, look here. 1363 01:07:04,781 --> 01:07:05,882 Wally? 1364 01:07:07,083 --> 01:07:09,385 Wally, where are you? 1365 01:07:52,729 --> 01:07:54,197 Wally? 1366 01:07:54,230 --> 01:07:55,699 Wally! 1367 01:08:05,274 --> 01:08:07,844 Joyce, I found it, the clue. I... 1368 01:08:11,815 --> 01:08:12,916 Joyce. 1369 01:08:14,050 --> 01:08:15,485 Joyce! 1370 01:08:17,821 --> 01:08:19,122 Joyce! 1371 01:08:52,622 --> 01:08:54,490 No, you don't. 1372 01:08:55,625 --> 01:08:56,893 One killing is enough. 1373 01:08:56,926 --> 01:08:59,729 Bringing guns and scaring women's one thing, 1374 01:08:59,763 --> 01:09:01,531 murder's something else. 1375 01:09:01,565 --> 01:09:04,568 I'm all washed up. Where's that necklace? 1376 01:09:08,672 --> 01:09:10,273 That's all I want out of this. 1377 01:09:38,101 --> 01:09:39,569 Joyce! 1378 01:11:13,096 --> 01:11:15,298 I wouldn't do that if I were you... 1379 01:11:15,331 --> 01:11:16,700 Charlie. 1380 01:11:21,170 --> 01:11:22,238 Charlie! 1381 01:11:22,271 --> 01:11:24,073 Don't move. 1382 01:11:27,476 --> 01:11:29,746 You robbed me of my inheritance. 1383 01:11:29,779 --> 01:11:31,214 I was the old man's favorite. 1384 01:11:31,247 --> 01:11:32,448 I should have been his heir. 1385 01:11:32,481 --> 01:11:35,018 I am the next heir. 1386 01:11:50,466 --> 01:11:52,301 Stop. 1387 01:11:52,335 --> 01:11:55,138 I've waited 10 years for this. 1388 01:11:55,171 --> 01:11:57,907 You poisoned old man Norman's mind against me. 1389 01:11:57,941 --> 01:11:59,743 I've always hated you. 1390 01:11:59,776 --> 01:12:01,444 And now I've got you. 1391 01:12:01,477 --> 01:12:03,179 Don't come any closer. 1392 01:12:04,814 --> 01:12:06,082 Don't take another step. 1393 01:12:09,285 --> 01:12:10,720 Joyce! Joyce! 1394 01:12:10,754 --> 01:12:12,155 - Wally! - Where are you, Joyce? 1395 01:12:12,188 --> 01:12:13,923 Joyce, are you alright? 1396 01:12:13,957 --> 01:12:15,825 Yeah, she's alright. 1397 01:12:15,859 --> 01:12:18,728 Oh, boy. Some fun. 1398 01:12:21,765 --> 01:12:22,832 Hold it. Miss Norman, tell me... 1399 01:12:22,866 --> 01:12:24,167 Oh, don't ask me questions, boys. 1400 01:12:24,200 --> 01:12:26,069 Wally, Mr. Campbell here, is the real hero. 1401 01:12:26,102 --> 01:12:27,804 Mr. Campbell, what was the clue you found? 1402 01:12:27,837 --> 01:12:29,773 Hold it, you'll get a better picture of me 1403 01:12:29,806 --> 01:12:30,940 from a front angle, Rembrandt. 1404 01:12:30,974 --> 01:12:32,275 I knew all the time that 1405 01:12:32,308 --> 01:12:34,811 whoever killed Crosby was the second heir. 1406 01:12:34,844 --> 01:12:36,412 And, uh, you found the second envelope? 1407 01:12:36,445 --> 01:12:39,182 I found it in the coat that was covering Crosby's body 1408 01:12:39,215 --> 01:12:40,349 in the secret passage. 1409 01:12:40,383 --> 01:12:41,785 It was Wilder's coat. 1410 01:12:41,818 --> 01:12:42,852 Say, you better get a couple of shots 1411 01:12:42,886 --> 01:12:44,087 of Miss Norman and me together. 1412 01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,221 You're liable to need them very soon 1413 01:12:45,254 --> 01:12:46,790 for your page of social events. 1414 01:12:46,823 --> 01:12:48,324 - Yes? - Congratulations. How did you-- 1415 01:12:48,357 --> 01:12:51,427 Do you intend to live in your house, Miss Norman? 1416 01:12:51,460 --> 01:12:53,963 No, it's Miss Lu's now. 1417 01:12:53,997 --> 01:12:55,298 I'm giving it to her. 1418 01:12:55,331 --> 01:12:57,366 How did you know The Cat was Charlie Wilder? 1419 01:12:57,400 --> 01:12:59,268 Well, I found something earlier in the night 1420 01:12:59,302 --> 01:13:00,536 on the floor in the hallway. 1421 01:13:00,569 --> 01:13:02,371 - What, a weapon? - Patience. 1422 01:13:02,405 --> 01:13:03,539 You know, I always suspected 1423 01:13:03,572 --> 01:13:05,108 that The Cat was wearing a make-up. 1424 01:13:05,141 --> 01:13:07,210 As an actor, I've often used sponge rubber 1425 01:13:07,243 --> 01:13:08,845 in putting on a character make-up. 1426 01:13:08,878 --> 01:13:10,780 So, gentlemen, when I found this 1427 01:13:10,814 --> 01:13:12,081 piece of sponge rubber... 1428 01:13:12,115 --> 01:13:13,316 Sponge rubber? Have you got it? 1429 01:13:13,349 --> 01:13:14,417 Let me get a picture of it. 1430 01:13:14,450 --> 01:13:15,885 Of course, my good man. 1431 01:13:17,053 --> 01:13:19,388 Shove off. 1432 01:13:19,422 --> 01:13:22,358 Well, there they go. Why don't we get started? 1433 01:13:22,391 --> 01:13:24,093 - Bye. - Goodbye, Joyce. 1434 01:13:24,118 --> 01:13:26,286 - Bye, Wally. - Goodbye. 1435 01:13:26,329 --> 01:13:30,099 Wally. This rubber, it must have fallen out of my coat. 1436 01:13:30,133 --> 01:13:32,535 It's the eraser I use when I'm sketching. 1437 01:13:32,568 --> 01:13:34,103 - What was that? - What did you say? 1438 01:13:34,137 --> 01:13:36,873 Oh, that's funny. She says that's the eraser she... 1439 01:13:36,906 --> 01:13:38,875 Huh? What?