All language subtitles for Another.Thin.Man.1939.1080p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG

Come on.

Hey, wait for baby.

Nora: Come in.

Nora® butterfield 8-4-5-9-7.

- Where'll we put these, lady?
- Put that there.

- And put that there.
Man 1: Yes, ma'am.

- And put that here.
- Yes, sir.

A-a-ah. Nah, don't be rude.
You'll get yours.

Nora: Mrs. merrick, please.

- Is the baby alright?
- Yes, ma'am, he's asleep.

Would you mind waiting
until the new nurse comes?

Yes, ma'am. Nick: Ah...

Don't forget to remember to,

uh, drop in often.

It's always a pleasure,
Mr. Charles.

Here's another of those "call
long island operator number 15."

Don't you think
you ought to call?

Certainly not.
She knows better than that.

I told her I was bringing
the wife along this time.

I don't know why
I always take it for granted

that you're kidding.

Oh, hello, darling.

We just got in a little while
ago. Ah, just a moment.

Will you bring up a passkey
for that connecting door?

Man 1: Yes, ma'am. - Thank you.

Oh, we had a lovely trip.
Nick was sober in Kansas City.

That's a very bitter woman.

Tonight? Oh, we'd love to.

I haven't been to a night club
in a... hello?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Charles,
but it's long island again

and they insist on cutting in.
Yes, I'll tell her.

Go ahead, long island.

Hello? Hello, Nora?

This is colonel macfay.

Uh, well, don't you ever pay
any attention to your messages?

Oh. Well, how are you?
And how's the famous detective?

Oh! Quit, has he?

Well, I should have thought
with all the publicity he got

over the last two cases...

Oh. I see. Uh...

Well, listen, young lady,
I've sent my car in for you.

Uh, the weekend?

Uh, I don't think, uh...

Uh, we just got off a train.

And, uh, there's the baby,
you know?

Mm, hold on. = I'm afraid...

It's a trap.

He just wants to get me
down there

to go over
that yearly statement.

It isn't about business,
is it, colonel macfay?

Oh.

Told you.

Well, can't it wait
till you come to town?

No, no, no. I... I...
I'm not coming to town. No.

No, I, I'm just staying close
to the house for a while.

You've got to come to me
this time.

Well, that's not much to ask.

Very well, we'll come.

Mm...

Well, after all,
we've never been down there.

It'll be nice in the country.
A quiet weekend.

Good air for the baby and...

I think they have a pool.

Yeah.
I'll see a lot of that pool.

I'll be up to my ears

in financial statements,
business forecasts.

Well, you have to do it
sometime, he can't do anything

without you.

Mommy, you shouldn't try
to figure out

a highly technical problem
like that.

You'll strain yourself.

You see?

Hi-ho. Seems like
man's work's never done.

Nora: Come in.

Uh, beg your pardon, ma'am.

Uh, I... I'm colonel macfay's
chauffeur.

- Oh, yes.
- Uh...

I thought I might help
with your luggage.

As you wish.

Come in.

I'm from Ms. Sherwood's agency.

Oh, yes. Miss, uh...

Dorothy. Dorothy waters.
These are my references.

Ms. Sherwood spoke to you?

- About salary?
- Yes, Mrs. Charles.

If you'll excuse me
for saying so, Mrs. Charles,

it takes nearly two hours
to get out to colonel macfay's.

- It does?
- It's getting rather late.

- We oughta hurry.
- Yes.

We have to go to long island,

so I'll phone the agency later.

If you don't mind.
= oh. No, indeed.

The baby's awake now,
Mrs. Charles.

I wonder... oh, dear.

Come in!

Are you the party
that wanted the passkey?

Party? I'm more like a riot.

Uh, the bedroom,
the connecting door.

Sorry, ma'am.
We'll have to hurry.

Shall I take the baby?
= or shall 1?

Oh. Boy!

Boy, this is going to be
a cinch.

Heaven help honest folk
in a hotel like this.

Nick!
Well, I'm a monkey's uncle.

I didn't know
this was your apartment.

Hiya, creeps. = gee.

- I'm glad to see you, Nick.
- Yeah?

Yeah, even if it did cost me
one of the prettiest jobs

I ever lined up for myself.

You know, I've been trying
to get my hands

on those keys
for the last two weeks.

Well, that's that.

Creeps: How have you been?
- Nickie, we must hurry.

How are you, Mrs. Charles?
I didn't recognize you.

How are you? = oh, I'm fine.

Uh, mommy, this is, uh,
creeps binder. Remember?

- Creeps?
- Creeps! Creeps!

You remember.
Nick sent me up the river.

Oh. Oh, it's nice
you don't feel bad about it.

Well, why should I? Gee...
It took a genius to outsmart me.

- Uh, wanna touch me?
- Really, creeps.

You shouldn't run him down
like that.

Oh, no, Mrs. Charles. = oh.

Nickie's doing something.

Well, I guess
I won't need this anymore.

- Oh, do you mind?
- No. Make yourself at home.

Nora: What's the matter?
What's the matter?

What have you got?

Asta's bone.

You shouldn't leave it around.
You're older than he is.

You ought to know better.

Creeps: Gee, a baby.

- Yes. Yeah.
- Is it yours?

- Yes.
- Yes.

Well, what do you know.

- I... is ita boy?
- Certainly.

Hey. Ki-chi-kitch.

- What is it here?
- Say hello to Mr. binder.

- Can he talk?
- A few words.

Well,
I ought to rate one of 'em, eh?

- How about it? Come on, see.
- Say hello.

Eh? Nick: What's the matter?

I was just trying to think
who he looks like.

- Anyone I know?
- Yeah. I got it.

It's the missus. Hey.

Hey, why didn't you tell me
you had a kid?

Well, you know...

Oh, now, you don't have to feel
that way about him.

He's alright.

You should see
some of the monkeys I seen.

And the fathers are taking bows.

Feel better now, mommy?

Creeps: How old is he?
- He'll be a year next Monday.

Monday?

We'll throw him a party,
I'll get the mob

to bring their kids over
and we'll throw him a party.

What do you say? = well, uh...

Uh, we have to go
to the country.

Yes. =I...

We don't quite know how long.

It's a date then.

I'll get my brother
to let me bring his kids over.

He's got
two of the cutest little tricks.

Well, that's very kind.

Creeps: Now leave it to
creepsie, Mrs. Charles.

I'll throw you a baby party
you never seen the like of.

Well, goochie-goochie-goo.

Your father
has such lovely friends.

Oh, that's alright.
Think nothing of it.

Glad to do it.

How much further is it?
= well...

The house is a little ways
up the hill

to the left, it's about a mile

around to the gates.

- Hey! Stop the car.
- We'd better not, Mr. Charles.

- Stop the car, I tell you.
- Alright, you take it.

Nora: What happened?

You wouldn't believe me
if I told you.

Come back here, asta.

Nora: What are you hunting for?

I thought I knew, but now
I'll take anything I can find.

- What is it?
- Not a thing.

I wish you'd tell me
what it's all about.

What happened to the chauffeur?

He was scared. Now I am.

Scared of what?
I don't see anything.

There isn't anything.
That's what I'm scared of.

Mommy,
let's go back to New York.

We can't do that.
Colonel macfay's expecting us.

Well, then let's go someplace

and get a drink
and think it over.

Uh, well, the nearest drink
is macfay's.

Mommy, you're a stubborn woman.

Hey.

Would you, uh, mind
opening the gates?

What do you want?

We're bringing back
colonel macfay's car.

I see that, alright,
but how do I know what you want?

Uh, this is the Charles family.

Nick: Nick Charles and family.

Anyone can say that.

I suppose you say it
to colonel macfay.

There's a party down here,
he says his name is Charles.

Ah? Well, he looks to me
like a pool parlor dude.

Okay, if you say so.

Alright, go ahead.

Thank you.

Hey, there. Just a minute.
Just a minute.

It's alright.
We've been announced.

Those are my feet.

What's the idea of the kid?

Well, we have a dog,
and he was lonesome.

That was the idea,
wasn't it, mommy?

What is all this about?
= you'll find out.

I'll go with you
to see that you arrive safe.

Come in. Come in. Oh, you...

Make yourself useful for once
and bring in the bags.

I'm Mrs. bellam,
the housekeeper.

We're sorry we're late,
but we lost your chauffeur.

Oh. Bless your heart.

That's quite alright.
Think no more about it.

Come this way.

Uh, but all these guards
and everything.

- Is the colonel alright?
- Oh, bless you, yes.

He's waiting dinner.
But then you needn't hurry.

- If you'll just follow me.
Macfay: I won't have it.

I'm not a child.
I won't put up with it.

What's the use of saying
we won't put up with it when...

- We are putting up with it?
- It's a lot of April-foolery.

You call it what you like.
I've seen what I've seen.

It was the Cuban.
=I don't think...

You need to worry anymore, sir.

Obviously,
the two men had a falling out.

One of them killed the other,
so...

The other, I'm the one

that doesn't want to be killed.

Father dear,
Freddie means that he...

- How are you, colonel?
- How are you, my dear?

Nick: Ah, colonel.
- Glad to see you.

Wasn't there a body in the road,
Mr. Charles?

- He don't believe me.
- Oh, yes. Yes.

- You see?
- A body?

Yes. It was gone
when I went back.

Ah, just a trick.
It's all part of their game.

Part of their plan
to terrify me.

Now go on. Go on, go on.

Everybody brings
these wild stories to me.

- But nobody tries to help me.
- But what is it, colonel?

Nothing wrong
with Nora's estate, I hope.

"Estate." "estate." Is that all
you're worried about?

Doesn't anybody care
what happens to me?

Father dear, why don't you
have dinner first?

And then you can tell 'em
all about it afterwards.

None of us has even met
Mr. and Mrs. Charles yet.

Oh. My adopted daughter,
Lois, here.

It seems awful
we've nhever met before.

Yes, doesn't it?

Oh, a... and I'd like you
to meet my fian...

- Mr. Dudley horn.
- How do you do?

And, uh, this is Mr. Coleman,
father's secretary.

How do you do? = Mr. Coleman.

- Jesse, down! Down, Jesse!
- Charmed, I'm sure.

Yeah, Lois, take this dog of
yours outside where it belongs.

Jesse, where are your manners?
Come on.

Macfay: Thorough nuisance.
= it wasn't his fault.

- Nick smells like a dog.
- Hm?

I mean, he smells like asta.

- Now, are you ready for dinner?
- Yes, I would like a...

Well, that's alright.
Never mind about washing.

Here, Freddie,
lock up that liquor cabinet.

But maybe Mr. and Mrs. Charles
would like a...

Mrs. Charles doesn't drink,
and I want Mr. Charles

to have a clear mind.

Now, well, well,
what about the others?

I never knew such a lot.

As if I haven't got enough
to worry me over.

Here you are, sir.
= tell them to serve dinner.

Yes, sir.

Just, well, get it over.
I want to have a talk with you.

I want to get you
working on this.

Uh-huh, you know,
I came down here

to discuss business,
Nora's estate.

Well, this is business,
Nora's business, your business.

I'd like to know what's going
to happen to the estate

if something happened to me.

Nothing's going to happen
to you.

Everything's going to be
alright.

You go on in.
I'll send the baby upstairs.

- And I'll take care of Nick.
- Well, don't be long.

And put the lights out.
No use wasting money.

Nick: Getting me in
on another case, huh?

That old penny-pincher
can afford the best detective

in the business,
he's just trying to get one

for nothing.
You're abetting him.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

No? Then what was all that
business at the door?

I was just picking his pocket.

I haven't been married to you
for nothing.

Mommy.

Supposing you had somebody
working for you

and he did something
they put him in jail for?

He did it. You didn't do it.

You even try to get his sentence
cut down, but you couldn't.

Well, when he gets out, he comes
to you and says it's your fault.

- Your fault?
- He wants a lot of money.

And when you won't give it
to him, he says he hopes

you're not going to be pigheaded
because he's dreamed twice

about your dying.

And the third time he dreams
things, they come true.

Now what do you think?

Well, I wouldn't think
I had to hurry up my dying

on his account.

Was this the man playing dead
beside the road?

No, it's his servant,
the two of them

have terrorized the whole place.

Have you, uh, reported them
to the police?

Macfay: I'm not altogether
a fool. Of course, I have.

They can't very well
arrest a man

just because
he told you his dreams.

But he tells me he's dreaming
about me dying!

I know church well enough
to know that's a threat.

- Church?
- Phil church, an engineer.

Worked for me ten years ago.

And he's been in jail
ever since?

Yes.

Dudley: Uh-huh. Yes.
He got out about a month ago.

He's been living down the road
here for the past ten days.

You think he really means
to kill you?

No, no, no! I don't think
he means to kill me. I know it!

Please, father,
Mr. Charles is only trying

to get it straight in his mind.

There's nothing to get straight!

The man means to kill me,
and I'm asking Mr. Charles

not to let him do it.

That's simple enough, isn't it?

Even for Mr. Charles.

No.

- Colonel macfay?
Macfay: Yes. Yes, yes. Well?

- The swimming pool's on fire.
Macfay: What?

What? = nickie!

Stay where you are!

One move out of you
and I'll blow your head

right off the end of your neck.

Hold it.

Kill him if he even bats an eye.

Tom, take that gun
out of Mr. Charles' face

and stop bellowing.

Awfully glad to see you,
Mr. horn.

Ain't the right guy.

Dudley: What is it?

Nick: It's the dog. Yup.
Dudley: Jesse?

Dead? = yeah. His throat's cut.

Oh, he was a swell dog.
This is gonna be tough on Lois.

- Find anything?
- Only them.

Man 2: They don't look like
nothing, don't lead nowhere.

Hm. They're footprints, alright.

Our man had rags
wrapped around his feet.

You know a lot about
them things, mister?

Yes. Back home I'm a boy scout.

What's happened, Dudley?
What is it?

- It's Jesse. He's been killed.
- Jesse! Oh, no!

Oh, please don't, darling.
You better go back to the house.

Oh, why'd they have to do
an awful thing like that?

Please don't.
Freddie, take her back.

Is this the kind of thing
that's been going on?

More or less. Some of it's
silly, but it's nasty, too.

What do you think's
behind all these tricks?

What's the tricks really up to?

Trying to scare the colonel into

coming across with some money.

Could any of the people on
the inside be working with him?

Oh, I don't think so,
servants aren't much good,

but I imagine they're honest.

Does macfay
really owe him anything?

Not the way we look at it.
You see...

His job was to get results
without bothering the colonel

with too many of the details.

We were trying to put over,

well, call it
a public utilities enterprise,

and some of the details
were pretty illegal,

were traced as far as church.

- But not as far as the colonel?
- That's right.

In other words,
if everything goes okay,

the colonel gets the profits.
If not...

Church goes to jail, huh?
= that's about it.

And that's your job
with the colonel how?

Something like that.

How could they do a horrible
thing like that?

Why, I've had him
ever since he was a puppy.

How do they get in here?
That's what I want to know.

How do they get in? Well?

I'm afraid the bathhouse
is pretty badly damaged.

I don't care about
the bathhouses or the dogs.

What are you going to do
to protect me?

Uh, if they can get in here
to do this,

they can get in here
to do anything.

You've got to help me, Charles.

Have you tried talking
to church?

Yes, but it didn't do any good.
I used to work under him.

And he seems to think
I had a hand in sending him up.

How about
making a bargain with him?

You know, after all,
he did do ten years in jail.

I won't pay him a penny, he can

burn the house down
before I pay him a cent.

Well, maybe Mr. Charles
is right, father.

Maybe it would be better
if you...

I thank you to keep out of this.

When I want your opinion,
I'll ask for it.

Don't you dare talk to her
that way.

You oughta be thankful she cares
whether you live or die.

Freddie. = you little...

You can't bulldoze me
any longer.

I don't care
how much money you have.

That may interest Dudley, but
it doesn't mean a thing to me.

Now look here, Freddie,
I know you have a crush on Lois,

but don't make any cracks
like that.

- Dudley!
- What's this?

And what if I am in love
with her?

That's nobody's business
but my own.

And if you really cared for her,
you wouldn't let that

old man talk to her that way.

Why, she's too good for you.
And for you, too.

And you needn't bother
to fire me.

I'm going. = is this true?

Has that whippersnapper
been making up to you?

No, no. Of course not.
He's never said anything that...

And you, Dudley, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself.

Lois. Lois.

Alright, desert me. All of you.

Go on, you, too.
Why don't you go?

Colonel macfay,
it's... it's just the baby.

And now take your precious baby
and go!

But, understand,
this is the end.

There's
the mining company's reports,

the lumber company
and the railway.

There you are. Now you
take them on from now on.

You manage them. I'm through!

How do you like
your quiet weekend?

"Production of lumbers,
seasonally adjusted.”

Good heavens,
do you understand that?

Oh, sure, sure, that's, uh,

that's "the indirect ratio
between the sales depreciation

and the unrealized
inventory losses.”

- Understand?
- Oh, yes.

Uh, but, uh, naturally,

"allowance has to be made for
the major cyclical downswing."

You, uh, you get that,
of course.

- Naturally.
- Oh, do you?

By reference to a straight line
correlation formula.”

Don't you think
you'd better go and see church?

Mommy, I'm going.

Hey, asta, come here.

That's not that kind of a cat.

Now what are you sticking your
pretty nose in here for, chum?

- Sorry, the door was open.
- Alright, you made your joke.

Now, pull your freight.
Get going.

Just as you say, chief.

Good evening, sir. = hello.

Mr. church expecting you. = oh.

You know,
you're going to catch a cold,

lying in damp roads
on dark nights.

Oh, no, sir,
I dress warm in this country.

- Well, I'm Phil church.
- How do you do?

- Sit down.
- Thank you.

Phil: Well, this is smitty.

- We can talk in front of her.
- How are you?

How do you do? = have a drink?

Oh, yes. Yes.

Dum-dum.

- Uh, sit down.
- Yeah, thank you.

Go on with your packing, honey.

- You bet.
- Going away?

Yeah. Yeah, back to Cuba.

It'd be nice
if you'd give us all

the gory details first, though.

- Gory details?
- Yes.

Oh. You mean the dead dog
and the burning bathhouse?

- No. No, afterwards.
- Nothing happened afterwards.

But I dreamed...

Hey, look,
you're not tricking me.

Are you? = no.

You give me your word that
nothing happened afterwards?

My word. = he's nuts.

If you listen to him,
he'll have you nuts, too.

Oh, you can laugh if you wanna,
but I don't laugh at my dreams.

Listen, I came all the way
back from Cuba

after the second one to try
to make the colonel see reason

before it was too late.

Because the third one's the end
on my schedule.

Well...

This afternoon
I had the third dream.

How does he usually die
in these dreams?

Oh, he's all battered up.

His throat cut.
It's all kind of messy.

It's just the sort of death
you'd expect that slob to have.

It'd be funny if it happened
that way, wouldn't it?

No, it's funnier that it didn't.

Hey, look,
are you sure he's alright?

How long ago did you leave him?

Nick: Half an hour.

Oh. It must have happened
after you left.

Well, that's the end of him
as a possible gold mine.

Now we got to think about you.

- Me?
- Yes.

Why pick on me? I can introduce
you to a lot of rich people.

Oh, don't kid me, Charles.

Your father-in-law
was macfay's partner

back in the days
when my foot slipped.

If my father-in-law
had anything to do with this,

I'll give you a check right now,
but I want proof.

Oh, there's always the catch
in it. Proof.

Look, nobody but me was putting
anything on paper in those days,

Charles, that's why
nobody but me went over.

I knew you were gonna be tough
to deal with.

And I can't honestly say that
I've ever dreamed about you

or, or about your wife

or about your baby yet.

Phil: Stop it, dum-dum! Stop it!

Men are such rowdies.

That's to remind you
not to dream about my family.

Call a cab. We'll catch
the nine o'clock train.

Still headed for Cuba?
= still Cuba.

But I'll be back.

I think as time goes on you'll,

you'll see your way clear
to doing business with me.

You mean, continue
to do business with you.

Come along, asta.
He doesn't want to play anymore.

Thanks for not shooting me.

Oh, that would only
have made things worse.

There you are.
Three for New York.

Now, what'll you have?

Yes, just this minute.
Want me to stop them?

No, no. That's fine, thanks.
They've left.

Nick: Oh. That's more like it.
Nora: Thank heavens.

Macfay: I knew
you'd scare him off.

I wouldn't be too sure
it's over.

What do you mean?

My guess is that whatever he
meant to do in the first place,

he still means to do.

If I were you, colonel,
I'd move to New York.

- I'm going to stay right here.
- Alright.

Remember, though,
that if you stay here,

you're very apt to stay here.

Nonsense. The moment he knew
you were here, he lit out.

- That's all there is to it.
- I hope you're right.

But his talk with me
didn't sound like it.

He wants to include Nora and me
in this shakedown

on the grounds that
her father was your partner.

Was he in on this mess?

'Cause if he was,
I wanna settle with church.

Sure. Sure.
Give him anything he wants.

A few thousands here,
a few thousands there.

What does it matter?
All grows on trees.

That isn't answering
my question.

Here. Run along, all of you.
Run along.

- Goodnight, sir. Sleep well.
- Goodnight, father.

You know
my father wasn't in this

if there was anything wrong.

My father was just as honest
as yours.

Some day you'll find what
a hot recommendation that is.

You knew Nora's father, Charles.

Do you think he was a crook?
= no.

- Do you think I'm a crook?
- Mm, no.

Well, for the sake of argument,
can you pretend you think I am?

- Oh, I can do that, alright.
- I thought you might.

Now, Nora's father knew
more about lumber and mines

than any man in this country.

But he didn't know the first
word about finance. I did.

So if I'm a crook and
Nora's father's an honest man,

why should I give him a share
of any crooked deal I put over?

I don't understand a word of it,

but I know you've said
something nice.

- Thank you.
- Come on, you big flatfoot.

- Goodnight, colonel.
- Goodnight.

Macfay: And don't let me hear
anymore about paying church.

I've slaved for that money
of yours

and I feel about it
just as if it were my own.

His own?

You're suspicious of everything.

Well, I'd hate to wake up
some morning and find

the fortune I married you for
was gone.

Stop talking that way.

Of course, I can always earn
a good living as a detective.

But what worries me is what are
you and nickie going to live on?

You needn't wait up any longer,
Dorothy.

Thank you, madam.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, sir.

You know,
she wouldn't be a bad looker

if she took her specs off.

- I'll speak to her.
- Oh, don't get her hopes up.

- Nickie in there?
- No, I'm keeping him in here.

Tonight. = in here?

Yes, I wanted to be sure
he was safe.

Where is he?

In the bureau drawer.
= the... in the bureau?

Well, that's fair enough.

He loves it,
he went right to sleep.

Nick: Ah. I hope
it doesn't get to be a habit.

It'll be a little inconvenient
when he grows up.

Hey, you, uh, didn't put
my things underneath there?

No, they're in that chest. = oh.

Nora: I may be
a little prejudiced,

but I think he's alright.

Asta, just a minute.

There you are.

My, it's stuffy in here.
Open the windows, dum-dum.

What time is it?
= five minutes to 11:00.

You've got to go right away
again, don't you?

No. I've got a few minutes.

I hate these schemes where all
the pieces have to fit together.

Too many things can go wrong.
= we can't miss.

Well, I wish
you'd dream up some way

to get that Nick Charles
out of there.

I don't trust him. He looks like
a guy with insomnia to me.

I don't like him around,

but I don't see
how he can gum our game.

It was airtight without him,
it'll be airtight with him.

Don't let this goog bother you.

Plenty of winners have had 'em.

Hello, smitty.

- Busy?
- Well, n... no.

No, never too busy
to see a friend. Come on in.

- Oh, well, what do you know?
- Nothing much.

- Uh, hello, church.
- Hiya, diamond back.

- Come on in, sit down.
- I only got a minute.

A guy came in from up the river
this morning

with a line from your husband.

Oh? Well, what is it?

What did tip say?

Uh, do you mind?

No.

Well, what's tip up to now?

Still kicking about
wanting a larger cell?

He's been thinking again.

He just sent down a lot
of orders for material and stuff

with the warden's name
forged on 'em.

Let's see.

He wants you to make a deal
with someone

who can pass himself off
as the warden's go-between

and collect the rake-off.

Nothing can stop that boy.

- He's a smart little guy.
- Too smart.

Seven years
I've been married to him

and he's so slick he hasn't been
out of the can

long enough
to finish our honeymoon.

Don't seem to be breaking
your heart.

You, uh...

You spend a lot of time with
this guy, church, don't you?

Uh, don't start that again.

He's just a friend,
like I told you.

Any guy can get to be too good
a friend, like I told you.

- When's he going to Cuba?
- How did you know he was going?

- 1 get around.
- He's going tomorrow.

Good. Hope nothing happens
to upset his plans.

Be seeing you.

Some day I'm gonna skin a
knuckle on that four-eyed gent.

You'd better catch him
without the cheaters on.

He's plenty good
as long as he can see.

Yeah?

Eleven o'clock. Time to go.

Adios. = good luck.

- Wish me luck.
- Say...

I thought
this was strictly business.

- You know, I could go for you.
- Oh, don't give me that.

I've been fooled too many times.

- You love me, don't you?
- Well, what if I do?

I'm only in this for the coin.

We'll have plenty of coin
from now on, baby.

We? = you and me.

What do you say?
Want to play for keeps?

Okay.

Now, uh, maybe I oughta know
a little more

about the ins and outs
of what you're doing.

What's the matter,
losing confidence in me

since I stopped that punch?

No. I haven't got
that much sense.

Time for you
to make that telephone call.

Goodbye, honey.

I'll keep my fingers crossed
for you.

Hello,
this is Mrs. h. Culverton Smith.

I'd like to speak to...
I would like to speak...

Nora: Oh. You want to play.

Alright, if you'll promise
to go back to sleep.

There.

Ah. Hm?

You want to play with him?
Oh, no. He's asleep.

Alright, you can play with him,
but promise not to wake him.

No, it's alright.
It won't come off.

Pull it, you'll see.

Work hard, honey.
Maybe you can get it out.

- Hm?
- It's alright, darling.

It's just the baby.

Oh. He's getting so big.

Hm?

We're going to have
to make up our minds

who's going to tell him.

Hm? Tell him what?

About life. Nick: Huh?

- Life.
- Whose life?

Now, nickie, this is important.

- This is your responsibility.
- Hm.

If he were a girl, that would be
different, then I'd do it.

Hm.

But you know more about boys
than I do,

so you ought to tell him.

Hm.

Alright.

Where is he? = oh, not now.

I mean, when he's about 14.

Here, you hold him.

Nick: Hm.

- Oh, how nice.
- I heard you talking.

And I wondered if there was
anything wrong.

We were just playing
with the baby.

- I'm sorry we woke you.
- Oh, no, you didn't.

I couldn't get to sleep anyway.

- Come on in.
- Well...

I don't wanna disturb you.

Nonsense,
we're dying for company.

Nick just has to put on
his robe.

- Yes, dear.
- Oh, please don't.

I mustn't stay.
You wanna go to sleep.

Well, some of us do
and some of us don't.

Oh! Isn't he lovely?

In all the excitement,
I hadn't even seen him.

He's a darling.
= we sort of like him.

We might as well.
We're stuck with him.

Hello, sweetheart.

Isn't it kind of late
for you to be up? Hm?

He's still running
on California time.

Come on, give me a smile.
Come on.

- That sounded like a shot.
- That was a shot.

Just a minute.
= there's a candle on the table.

Please hurry. Father.
See if he's alright.

Wait here with Nora.

That's a mean way to die.

Know any good ways?
= I better tell Lois.

- I heard the noise.
- Macfay's been murdered.

Well, we all have to go someday.

Shall I call the sheriff? = yes.

Man on radio: Calling all cars.
Attention all cars.

Wanted for murder, Phil church,

age 37, height 5 feet 11 inches,

weight 185 pounds, eyes brown,

hair dark, gray at the temples.

Last seen
wearing a light-gray suit.

Photograph every inch
of that sill.

What have we got, doc?

Bruise on left temple,
it's a blunt instrument.

Throat cut
with fairly large heavy blade.

Death instantaneous.
Right wrist broken.

Been dead about half an hour.

That check with the time
they found him?

Check.

That ought to be
enough to go on.

I'll go into things
more thoroughly tomorrow.

- Thanks, doc.
- Mr. Charles says...

That Cuban threw a big knife
at him.

That might be the same knife.

It'll have the marks of his
dog's teeth on the handle.

Get some of the boys busy
in the bushes to look for it.

Yes, sir. Uh, come on, Jim.

He, he must've gone out
the front door.

He? Who?

Uh, church. Or the Cuban.

How do you know? =I don't know.

I just seen the front door open
when I went down the cellar.

What was you doing
in the cellar?

I went down to fix the fuse.

What fuse?
= the fuse that was blowed out.

How did you know
it was blowed out?

I don't know nothing.

I was just doing
what Mrs. bellam told me.

- And you were here reading?
- Yes.

Ain't that kind of late
for a lady your age to be up?

I don't think so.

Got things on your mind
that worry you?

- Keep you awake?
- No, I just don't sleep much.

You've been working for him
a long time.

- Haven't you?
- Sixteen years.

And you knew this Phil church

when he worked for the old man?

Yes, indeed, I knew him.

Now, you just sit
right down here

and make yourself comfortable.

We're going to have
a nice, long talk

about what you knew about him.

You weren't in bed
and you're all dressed.

- Where were you?
- I was sitting here, writing.

- Writing what?
- A, uh, play.

Oh. Go on, what kind of a play?

A mystery play.

So you write about murders.

Eh? You ever think much?

About murders. = no.

And you say Ms. macfay
and Mrs. Charles

were the only ones in your room
when it happened.

- Then there was someone else?
- Yes.

- Who?
- The baby.

Oh, yes, the baby.

But, uh, not the nurse?

No, no. The nurse was in her
own room, asleep, I imagine.

You better ask her.
Her room is across from ours.

She ain't in there,
she ain't anywhere in the house.

She's gone.

Personally,
I think she's very wise.

Oh, is that so?

This is a murder
we're trying to clear up, lad.

So let's don't hang up
on who tells what.

Now, who gets the money?

According to his last will,

Ms. macfay was to get
everything but $100,000.

That went to Mrs. bellam.

Well, uh, what do you figure

all but a $100,000
would amount to?

Certainly several millions.

And you say you've been asleep
about an hour

when you heard the shot.

I said half an hour, if you'd

stop wasting time here

and started looking for church.

I got a lot of time to waste.

Now, this church, you say

you worked together. Are you
and he still pretty close?

- We were never pretty close.
- Oh, you didn't like...

- Each other much, huh?
- That's right.

Well, are you unfriends
enough that you'd like

to see him go back to jail,
or maybe the chair?

Are you suggesting
that I'd frame him?

Ah, don't get sore
over a little thing like that.

Wait till you hear
what I'm really gonna suggest.

It seems to me, Mrs. Charles,
that every time

your husband gets in
with a girl,

the insurance companies
take an awful beating.

Now, it's nice, very nice
for a wife to trust her husband,

but get this,
there's that wynant girl

he knew before he was married.

He comes here to New York and,
bing, there's a murder.

He goes back to the west coast,
there's a good-looking girl

there, and, bing,
there's another murder.

He comes back here,
meets this Lois macfay and...

And bing! Bing!

Bing! There's another murder.

Listen, we're not dishing
the dirt on your husband

for the fun of it.

We're trying to show you
what you're up against.

It ain't in the books that a man
that's had that many numbers

could settle down to one.

Was he really like that?

Was he? Ooh, baby.

I always thought
he was bragging.

Did he ever tell you about the
coal man's widow in Cleveland

that wanted to set him up
into the agency for himself?

Was that Jeanette? = no.

And the lighthouse keeper's
daughter in...

= uh... - The what?

The lighthouse keeper's
daughter.

What was her name?

What it all comes down to
is this Lois.

You're wrong to think
there couldn't be

anything between them.

They're just making a monkey
out of you.

- Covering up for them.
- I'm sure you're right. Uh...

But what was the lighthouse
keeper's daughter's name?

- Lettie finhaden.
- Lettie finhaden.

He wasn't in the room with you
when it happened, was he?

I say, he made you give him
that alibi, didn't he?

Oh, no.

Van slack: Oh, Mr. Charles.

I'm Van slack,
the assistant district attorney.

- Oh, yes.
- I, uh, thought perhaps...

Well, of course, we,
everybody knows your reputation,

but, uh, if you don't mind...

- Oh! Not at all.
- Hm.

Well, I'm a, a little confused.

- Mm-hmm?
- The, uh, lamp torn away.

A glass of water knocked over...

Seems to have been
quite a struggle.

= mm-hmm.
But nobody heard anything.

Funny you didn't, Mr. Charles.

Uh, the way I figure it,

macfay was lying here
reading the paper.

He puts it down
and he turns off the lamp.

The murderer comes in
through the door,

uh, or the window.

Macfay hears him,
he grabs for his gun.

It was his gun, wasn't it?

Oh, yes. Yes.
Uh, he kept it on the table.

Hm.

From the looks of this hole,

where would you say the bullet
was fired from?

Well, I, uh, I figured
it come from, uh, about here.

Hm.

Then the murderer was already
bearing down on his arm

when macfay got the shot away.

Or it could've gone off
when it hit the floor

after the arm was broken.

A paraffin test will show you

whether macfay
pulled the trigger.

Yes, yes.

Then the murderer
knocked him back on the pillow

with a blunt instrument.

Then went after him
with a knife.

Anything to show that
he came in through the window?

No, not yet.

One of the servants said
the front door was open.

Yes, if you and the two
other gentlemen came,

as you said,
when the shot was fired,

wouldn't you have, uh, seen
or heard or, uh... hm?

I didn't get here that quickly.

The lights went out. = oh.

An electrician can tell you
if it happened

when the wires were cut
from that lamp.

- Electrician. Yes.
- Mm-hmm.

Did you people have a man
watching church?

Well, not exactly. I suppose
I should have, but, uh...

Well, the colonel was always
yelling about something,

imagining things,
which you know yourself,

is all pretty ridiculous.

Could've been turned into
a practical joke, couldn't it?

Then, uh, you didn't have a...

Uh, you didn't have
a heavy-set man

with thick glasses
watching church?

- No.
- I thought not.

I'd never seen a country cop
with a $6000 coupe before.

So I took down his number.
I'll get it.

Did you get anything
out of Mrs. Charles?

No, she's bats.

I wish my old lady was bats
that way.

Here, darling,
please drink this.

No one will tell me anything.

I'd feel better
if I knew whether father...

Did he die without...

There was no pain.
He died instantly.

Oh. Where was he shot?

He wasn't shot. It was a knife.

- A knife? Why...
- Don't talk about it now, dear.

Let's all get out of here
as quickly as possible.

She can't stay here.
= that suits me.

Just as soon as we finish
with the police.

Did you have your session
with them?

Oh, yes. Yes.

It was very interesting.

Do you think the police
are going to be enough or sh...

I should say
there were more than enough.

Son, you better take a bromide.

You're shaking like a leaf.

Is there something
you haven't told us?

Yes, what is it, horn?

Well,
it's no wonder I'm jittery.

There, there's someone
out to get Lois.

- How do you know?
- I had a warning.

Over the phone, just a little
while ago, man's voice.

He said, "call everybody off

or Lois macfay will get
what her old man got."

- Oh, no!
- We've gotta call everyone off.

- We've got to.
- You can't call the police off.

Once they're in.

The warning said
call off everybody.

It must have been
one of church's gang.

Sure. You think church murdered
the colonel, don't you?

Don't you? = of course.

Your dog is outside, running

around with a knife
in its mouth.

Asta. Quickly.
= that will be asta.

Ah, we're gonna have
to shoot that mutt.

We'll never find him like this.

Wait a minute,
he's not gonna come running

up to a lot of strange men
with lights.

What do you think he is, a moth?

Hey, call your men off,
will you?

Let me have a flashlight.
= give me that.

Hey, boys, lay off.
Give Mr. Charles a chance.

I'll, uh... where did the dog
find the knife?

We don't know.
He, he came around thataway.

- Where is he now?
- He went thataway.

I'll go thisaway.

Asta.

Asta, come here. Hey, give it
to me. Give me that back.

Lois: Charles. - What?

- Mr. Charles. Mr. Charles.
- Yes? Yes, dear.

Well, what is it?
What are you doing out here?

- What is, what's the matter?
- It's... he has a gun.

He has what? = look out!

- Why, it's horn.
- Well, can you beat that?

What were you
shooting at him for?

I wasn't shooting at him,
he was shooting at me.

- Why were you shooting at him?
- Well, everybody else was.

No, she's alright, she's alive.
It's just her arm.

Carry her into the house.

What was she doing here?

She came out to tell me
that someone was after me.

And she yelled
and pushed me out of the way

just as he started shooting.

You don't think she might
have been trying to... hm?

- You know?
- What do you mean?

Put me on the spot? No. No. No.

If she hadn't pushed me
out of the way, his first bullet

would've caught me.
I almost heard it go past.

It was just a thought.

Well, here's the knife.

That's the one that was used,
alright.

Could be the one
that was tossed at me.

Uh, not much chance
of fingerprints

after the dog
has been playing with it

for nobody knows how long.

I'm apologizing.

Take it in.
Tell them to check it anyway.

Funny that that dog should have
got hold of it the second time.

Yes, yes, yes,
you may be right. Mm.

Uh, Ms. macfay,

when did you first suspect horn
of killing your father?

I didn't say that.
I didn't say he killed father.

Your father objected to horn
as your suitor, didn't he?

- Why, yes.
- And if you had married horn...

He'd have cut you off
without a dime.

I suppose he would have.

As soon as your father was dead,

you became extremely attractive
financially.

- Oh, don't. Please, don't.
- Please, Mr. Van slack.

She's been through too much
already.

Sorry, son.

What was the first reaction
you saw on horn

after the discovery
of the murder?

Why, nothing. He...

He just came to tell me
that father had been killed.

Yes, yes, then what?

And then he said to say

that we were together
when it happened

so the police
wouldn't bother me.

- He said that?
- Yes.

H... he was only trying
to protect me, and...

Ha, he was trying
to protect himself, child.

No, no, he couldn't have.
Freddie.

Take it easy, Lois.

Maybe father was right
about Dudley,

and I wouldn't listen to him.

Oh, poor father.

Alright. Alright.

- Well, I guess that does it.
- Does what?

Well, don't you get it? = no.

We know that horn and church
are enemies.

When church
starts to threaten macfay,

horn sees a chance to frame him.

He kills macfay using
the Cuban's knife to do it.

If he wanted to frame church
with the knife,

why should he try to kill me
when I find it?

Looks to me as if you've got
two mysteries on your hand

instead of one.

Now you know why I retired.
Good luck.

You're not walking out on me,
are you?

I'm not walking out,
I'm running out.

Mind you, if there were
any reasonable chance

for me to help you,
it'd be different.

But during this quiet
little weekend in the country,

my family's been threatened,
I've had a knife thrown at me,

I've been shot at and I've been
suspected of murder.

From now on this is your case,
you handle it.

I'm going back to New York
and forget it. Come on, mom.

Come on, Lois.
Come on, Mrs. bellam.

Come on, Freddie.

Maybe I'm wrong. Come on, asta.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Dream butcher hunted!
Extra! Extra!

Dream butcher hunted!
Read all about it!

Extra! Extra!
Dream butcher hunted!

Read all about it!
Dream butcher of long island!

Extra! Extral

dream butcher hunted!
Read all about it!

Dream butcher of long island!

What is it?
What are they calling?

Nothing. Nothing.

- Have they found him?
- Not yet.

- How do you feel?
- Sort of funny.

The doctor gave you something
to make you sleep?

Six o'clock? Have you been here
all that time?

I didn't want you to be alone
when you woke up.

You're so good to me.

Why shouldn't I be good
to my own flesh and blood?

Oh. Forgive me.
I didn't mean ever to tell you.

It, it just slipped out.

I don't understand.
= don't hate me.

Oh, please, don't hate me.
I couldn't bear it if you did.

I am your mother,
but I don't ask anything.

Only to be allowed
to stay near you.

We heard you talking,
so we knew you were awake.

- Are you alright, Lois?
- Why, yes. Yes.

What's the matter, Lois?
You look upset.

It's nothing,
it's, it's just that

I'm so all at sea
with father and Dudley gone.

To have to go on
deciding things all alone, it...

You won't be alone long.

Wait till the news of your five
millions hits the front pages.

You'll find you've got relatives
all over the world.

Look, Lois,
I haven't much to offer you,

and I don't ask anything
in return.

But whatever happens,
or wherever you are,

you can always know
I'm standing by.

Lois: Oh, Freddie dear,
you're so sweet.

Oh, Mr. Charles. Mr. Van slack's
in your room, waiting for you.

Oh, thank you.

Mommy, I'll see you later.

What do you mean later?

I got rid
of all those reporters.

What did you tell them?

Told 'em we were out of scotch.

What a gruesome thought. Oh.

- Hello.
- Hiya, Charles.

I don't like to disturb you,
but, uh, fact is

we seem to work
quite well together.

And I thought
perhaps you might reconsider

and, uh, come back on the case.

Come back on the case? I've
never been out of it. What's up?

Well, the New York police found
the woman who was with church.

I'm on my way up there now.
Would you care to come along?

- Sure.
- I'll get my hat.

I, uh, I've been trying to trace
that nurse, Dorothy waters.

We have some fingerprints
from the references

she gave to Mrs. Charles.

They're checking them now.

How about that license number?

Oh, that car belongs to a man
by the name of Vogel.

Gambler racketeer.
I'll see him later.

That's for you.

Hello? Speaking. Who is it?

Never mind names,
just a friend of yours

telling you that if you know
what's best for you,

to lay off that macfay case.

You understand? Let it alone.

If you don't, we'll ship that
body of yours back in a box.

Oh, uh, uh, thank you,

but we, uh,
we have an encyclopedia.

Shh!

Isn't that nickie crying? = oh.

That wasn't the baby.
He's sound asleep.

Nickie! Nickie!

Oh, go on and ring.

Hello? I've got to rush.
Will you call back later?

Hm?

What?

Oh, uh, Mr. Charles is not here.

This is Mrs. Charles speaking.

Uh, Mr. Charles and I
always work together.

I have an important information.
You come where I tell you.

But understand,
I am not a stool pigeon.

- So do not bring any police.
- I see.

What's the address?

I'll be there.

Hello, lieutenant. = well...

How are you, Mr. Charles? Say...

Things sure pop
when you're in town, don't they?

- They certainly do.
- Hello, Mr. Van slack.

Hiya, guild. Is this
the Smith woman's apartment?

Yeah, but if your killing
was at one o'clock last night,

then she's in the clear,
we had a plant here

from before midnight
till after 3:00,

and she was in here
all the time.

- Are you sure?
- Positive. I was here myself.

How did you happen
to be watching her place?

Well, it turned out
to be a false alarm,

but she called me up
on the telephone last night,

uh, said that there was someone
hanging around, that, that...

Say, could she have been
using me as an alibi?

Why, she can't do that to me.

Oh, hello, Nick.

Well, nice to see you again,
lieutenant.

Pleased to meet you.
Oh, come on in, sit down.

I'll go get you a cup of coffee.

Never mind.

So you picked on me
to give you an alibi, huh?

I got to lose a night's sleep
so you can duck a murder rap?

So help me. I never thought
it was gonna be murder.

What did you think then?
= well...

I knew Phil church
was trying to get dough

out of macfay, but I never knew
he meant to murder him.

Yeah.
You know it now, don't you?

I don't know anything that's got

anything to do with murders.

Murders? How many other murders
were planned besides macfay's?

I don't know anything about
anybody's murders being planned.

Ah, you're psychic, eh?

You get alibis for murders

you don't even know
are gonna happen.

I'm never gonna need an alibi
for murder

'cause I'm never gonna have
anything to do with murders.

Ah...

- Where is church?
Smitty: I don't know.

He and dum-dum left here
about 11 o'clock last night.

I ain't seen
or heard of him since.

- Where were they going?
- I don't know.

- When are they coming back?
- They're not coming back.

They said
they were going to Cuba.

Whose coat is this?
= Phil's. Phil church's.

What's it doing here
if he's not coming back?

Smitty: It's been here
two or three weeks.

How long have you known church?

Just since they sprung him.

Didn't take you long
to tie up with him, did it?

We weren't playing for keeps.

- I was only stooging for him.
- Stooging?

Well, there are a lot of rackets

where it's handy
to have a girl around.

Blackmail rackets?

I mean, a lot of rackets
except murder.

- There's my bell.
- Sit down, I'll get it.

Well, hello, diamond back.

Come on in. Ha-ha.
Join the party.

We're just asking smitty
a few questions.

About church? I always figured
he was a wrong guy.

What do you know about him?
= me?

Nothing, except that he's been
spending a lot of time

hanging around smitty.

You haven't been unloading
to these people yet, have you?

Only from here up.

Did you ever hear about
talking through a lawyer?

We've got enough on her already
to hold her

as a material withess.

Is this the man you saw
watching church's house?

- Yes.
- Why, you big ape!

- What's the answer?
- Her husband's a pal of mine.

He's been hanging on the wall
upstate.

You know how those guys
get to worrying.

Well, I've been sort of
keeping an eye on her for him.

So that's what's been
going on, huh?

What do you think's
been going on?

I was nuts about you, do you?

I hear church is going away.

For all I know, this cluck might
think she's going with him.

Van slack: Suppose she had gone?
- That's supposing too much.

There goes dum-dum.

What have you done to
Phil church? What have you done?

L, uh, I don't know
what you're talking about.

Don't act like that.
You know what I mean.

You found out
we were going away together

and you knocked him off, you,

you big lug.

Lay off, you.

Get off me. When I find
those glasses, I'll kill you!

You dirty rat. You'd beat
your own mother, you would.

Beat the hide off you
if I find those glasses.

Let, let go! Lay off me.

I haven't hurt church.
You got my word for it.

Smitty: You would lie
about the weather,

you double-crossing, four-eyed...

Vogel: Give me my glasses.
- What for?

Smitty: Wanna play policeman?
Vogel: Where are my glasses?

Smitty: I always knew there was
plenty of copper in you,

you big,
flatfooted stool pigeon.

Vogel: Me my glasses
and I'll get out.

Smitty: To dream him,
that's what I'll do.

He'll dream you
right into the Hudson river

where you can't do nothing more
than poison the fishes,

you mousy-looking...

Let go, let go there.

Come on. Come on.

- Get in there, you.
- Alright, Harry.

- Headquarters. 152nd street.
- Okay.

- Uh, west indies club.
- Yes, sir.

Follow that cab.

Mr. Nick Charles, is it not?
=ltis.

- You are alone?
- The good are often alone.

I fix it so you will
not be good long.

Eh, senor Jones,
this is carmelita.

- How you doing?
- Dorita, marcita.

You'll have a little bite
to eat?

No.

Where's the phone? = over there.

- I'll wait here.
- Okay.

Uh, uh, how about a little slug
of something?

Yes, they want... just a little
snack is all they want.

- Si, senor.
- Uh, cigarette?

Oh-oh!

- Uh, who gave you this?
- The lady over there.

Hm. Uh, you'll excuse me?

Uh, an old friend,
a very old friend.

Uh, uh, thanks.

This way...

Now, mommy, you know better than
to come to a place like this

your first day out of bed.

What if the health officers
find out?

They'll put you
right back in quarantine.

I won't stay in quarantine.
I don't care who catches it.

- Oh...
- Well, I must be going.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

I'll trade you two mumps
for a measle, Bella.

Madam, how long have you been
leading this double life?

Just since we've been married.
= oh.

How did you know I was here?

I saw a great group of men
standing around a table.

I knew there was only one woman
in the world

who could attract men like that.

A woman with a lot of money.

- Uh, bacardi. Two bacardis.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

- The same.
- Yes, madam.

Give me 14 dollars and 75 cents.

Fourteen dollars... what for?

- A man.
- Another one?

This is the man who phoned
after you left.

He's somewhere
right in this room.

He said he heard
you were looking for dum-dum.

Now, dum-dum owes him 14 dollars
and 75 cents, and won't pay him.

He said that if I gave him
the 14 dollars and 75 cents,

he'd tell me where dum-dum was.

Well, how're you gonna contact
this mysterious informer?

I told him I'd be
holding the money

in a handkerchief like this.

Oh.

But you didn't have any money
until I showed up.

I was doing alright.
I'd have gotten it.

Madame, at last. = hello.

I knew you would come to me.

I've been watching you
all evening

with that thought in my heart

and in my eyes.

Shall we, uh, dance?

Uh, well, yes,
I think it would be better.

Where is dum-dum? « dum-dum?

Yes, I, I think I'd like to
find him as soon as possible.

- Are you in love with him?
- Wait. No.

Oh, then why should he spoil
the beauty of this moment?

Well, really.
Uh, I have a husband, you know?

Ah, a stupid American iceberg,
eh?

No, he's traveled abroad.

Ah, does he ever speak to you
in burning words

that make you go half mad
with joy and, uh, yearning?

Well, he's, he's kind of cute.
= cute?

Ho! Incredible.

Who's that?

Uh, stupid American iceberg.

Hello, dum-dum. How's tricks?

Hiya, dum-dum.

Mr. Charles. = sit down.

Make out alright
with the police?

- Always I do.
Nick: How about church?

He making out alright?
= that I do not know.

I come to ask you.

- Where do you think he is?
- Oh, I don't know where he is.

Your ear is getting
into our drinks.

What's eating you?
I didn't mean anything.

You never mean anything,

but that don't keep you
from trying.

I do not know
where Mr. church is.

Think he killed macfay?

Does a man say
he think his friend killed?

Say, listen,

I can tell you right now
who killed most of the guys

that get themselves killed
in this town.

Who are you looking at now?

- Is that little swine dum-dum?
- Why, uh...

Wait. If you are not in love
with him, why do you leave me?

Look, here's your money.
Let me go.

Money? Between you and me?

You're driving me mad!

Doesn't look
as if my wife's coming back.

- Uh, won't you...
- Sure. Thank you very much.

Have a drink?
= don't mind if I do.

Have several. =- mm-hmm.

Say, you're working
on this murder case, aren't you?

Uh, if you call this work.
Do you know Phil church?

Know him? Hm. Many's the bottle
him and me split in this joint.

And over at his gals flat, too.

Oh, you mean, uh, smitty?

No, no, Linda mills,
the one he had before smitty.

Oh, Linda mills. Uh...

Oh, a young girl, very pretty.
= that's the one.

Cute-looking doll, I guess,
under all that war paint.

- But, mm, plenty tough.
- Mm.

- Yeah, lives at the, uh...
- Chestevere apartments.

Chestevere. Don't tell me
he's mixed up with her.

Sure he is.

I think that boy
must have a scooter.

Just back from Cuba and...
= Cuba?

- Oh, I thought he said that...
- No. If you call this Cuba.

He's been hanging around
these joints

ever since he got out of stir.

Say, you know more about this
than the cops do.

And they're all wrong
if they think

Phil was mixed up in that thing
down in the island.

Why, I saw him myself,
going in at about 11 o'clock...

Alright. Put those lights on!

Remember me?

Oh, uh, senora,
a... are you alright?

- Yes, I'm alright.
- Oh, something hit me.

Oh, that's too bad. Goodnight.

Um, him. Uh, goodnight.

Why, nickie, I believe you care.

Where are we going?

Well, I'm going to find
a Ms. Linda mills.

I wanna get there
before anyone beats me to it.

Oh, uh, uh,
chestevere apartments.

- And hurry.
- Yes, sir.

Uh, hey, wait a minute,
hawkshaw.

Now, I'd like to go in there
by myself.

You go everywhere alone.
I'd like to have some fun, too.

Hm.

Here.

- Yes? What'll you have?
- Why, we would like to, uh...

Oh, go right ahead, madam.
You got here first.

You ain't together?
= oh, no, no.

Unfortunately.

What was it, honey?

- I'd like to look at a room.
- Well, come right in.

You looking for a room, too?

Looking for Linda mills. = oh.

- Say, you're him, ain't ya?
- Who?

Ain't that your picture
in the evening news?

Afraid it is.

Well, I'll declare!

Is she, uh, in?

Oh, you can't ever tell
about her.

How's chances of finding out?
= I'll see.

Don't say anything
in front of this party.

Hm? Oh. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

What do you want, honey?
A single or double?

A single room, please.

You stay here.
Come with me, dearie.

Got just what you want,
and reasonable.

Come right on in, honey, this is

one of the best rooms
in the house.

Scat. Get out of there.
I'll have that window fixed.

Look around for yourself,
dearie.

I'll be back in a minute.

Is Linda mills involved?

What would make you think
she's involved?

You being here, then looking

for that friend of hers,
that church.

- You know church?
- I seen him going in and out.

When's the last time
you seen him?

I don't know.
Maybe a couple of weeks.

Her room's down here
at the end of the hall.

Ms. mills! Ms. mills,
it's me, Ms. dolley!

Are you in, dearie?

Hm.

I guess she ain't in, alright.

- Do you mind if I look around?
- Help yourself.

What does she do for a living?

Don't ask me.
I'm not running a ymca.

She's been here about a year
and she's good pay.

That's all I know
and all I care about.

That's what I tell some
of the others when they kick

about her throwing noisy parties

and having fights in her flat.

- She have noisy parties?
- You know how girls are.

- No. How are they?
- Oh, go on. Don't kid me.

Dolley: Yes?

- Oh, this is a nice room.
- Uh, I... it's taken, dear.

It's taken. If you don't like
the other, I got plenty more.

This way, dearie.

Alright, get 'em up.

Turn around, wise guy.

- Turn on that radio.
- Okay.

Got any famous last words?

You've got until
that radio warms up.

- Thanks.
- What's your favorite program?

You know, this is your party.

I'm rather partial
to "professor quiz."

- He ain't loud enough.
- Hey.

That program's
made to order, ain't it?

Alright, now don't move,
both of you

or I'll blow you in two.

Drop those rifles and reach.

Nick: Thank you, lieutenant.

It's a good thing you phoned me
to trail you, ain't it?

Yes, ain't it?

You know, you boys should
stay off fire escapes

when there isn't any, uh,
any, any fire.

You're coming to the station
with us, ain't you, Mr. Charles?

Oh, no, I can't.
I have a lady waiting.

- A lady? No fooling?
- Surprised?

Well, I always thought
that you and the missus

was the ideal couple.

Yeah, but... oh, uh...

Well, uh, you know how it is,
lieutenant.

Yeah. I know. Uh...

Any idea who these mugs are?
= no, I wouldn't know.

You'll find out, big shot.
There's plenty more of us.

Come on, dummy up, you!
Alright, Flynn, take them out.

Oh, just a minute, lieutenant,
would you mind taking the boys

down the way they came up?

L, uh, don't wanna alarm
the lady.

Huh? Oh. Sure thing.

Alright, Flynn. Out the window.

You know, there ain't nothing
frightens off romance

like the touch of the law.

Oh, by the way, Nick,
any time you'd like to have me

take Mrs. Charles
out to a, a movie, uh,

you know, so as you can get away
for a while...

Oh? Would you do that?
= oh, sure.

I, I wouldn't mind it at all.
Really, not at all.

Uh, uh, uh...

Well, you know me, pal.

Sure, I know you, pal.

Always kidding.
All in the spirit of fun.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. Just kidding.

- Finished?
- Yes.

Uh, tell me, uh, how long
since you've seen Ms. mills?

Well, I ain't seen her
in a couple of weeks.

But I don't make no part
of seeing my people

unless they're behind
in their rent.

Mm. What does she look like?

The way she slaps
that make-up on,

you'd think she's an old-timer.

But she don't need to.
She's real pretty.

- Young?
- Yes, but don't fear.

She knows all the answers.

Wished I knew as much
when I was her age.

Uh...

I hope I haven't kept you
from renting a room.

Who, her? Oh, I don't think
she knows what she wants.

Seems too bad.
I thought she was rather pretty.

Well, stick around. Maybe you'll
be able to work out something.

Thanks, but I'm, uh, married.

That don't mean a thing,
and you know it.

Ooh.

Oh, come in. Come in.
We were just talking about you.

- Oh, yes?
- This gentleman here...

Was just saying that you're the

prettiest girl he'd ever seen.

And take it from me,
he ought to know.

Oh, excuse me.
This is Mr. Charles.

Miss...
I... I didn't catch your name.

Finhaden. Lettie finhaden.

Well, that's the fastest piece
of work I ever saw in my life.

Mr. Nick Charles, please.

Good morning, Mr. Charles.
This is guild.

Well, we've got something
on that nurse.

We just found
that her fingerprints

match up with an Agnes borup.

I know Agnes well, and from
that landlady's description

of Linda mills,
it just about fits her.

My guess is, if we get her,
we get church.

Uh-huh.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm.

No, I, I don't think so.

Well, for one thing,

a new love
has come into church's life.

Smitty may have stooging
for him at first,

but it's the real thing now.

They're planning
on going away together.

Come on up here. I may have
something for you. Yeah.

What? What have you got?
= tell us.

Did you find out something?

Well...

Aren't you interested,
Mrs. bellam?

Oh, yes. Yes.

Ah.

I haven't got it
all worked out yet, but, uh...

Freddie,
maybe you could help me.

You're writing a mystery play.
= oh, that.

- How did you get your man?
- I haven't gotten that far yet.

I'm stuck for a finish.

Oh, that's too bad.

Well, there's still
one or two pieces missing,

but I know this much.

Everything that's happened has
been part of a plan. Church...

- The baby party.
- You said it. Come on, mug.

Alright, boys. Alright now.
Now, hit it.

J happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you j

j happy birthday dear nickie j

j happy birthday to you jj

- hiya, Nick!
- How are you, Nick?

Glad to see you. = oh-ho-ho...

- You, too, Larry?
- You know me, Nick.

Try anything once.

- Hey, uh, this is the missus.
- Pleased to meet ya.

- Glad to meet ya.
- Well, how are ya?

She's okay for my money.
I wish I'd have seen her first.

Man 3: Hey, wait a minute.
You can't come in here.

What do you mean
I can't come in? Why? Why?

You heard what they said.
You gotta have a kid.

I got a kid.
=- who's down here? Huh?

It's whacky.

- Hello, whacky.
- Hiya, Nick.

- I'm glad to see you.
- Glad to see you.

I didn't know you were married.

Married? They didn't say
I had to be married.

They just said
you had to have a kid.

Come on in and meet the missus.
Mommy...

Hey, hey,
you didn't snatch that, did you?

We don't wanna put the heat
on this party.

No. I got it legitimate.
I rented it for a buck.

Okay. Okay.
We don't want no hot tot.

Well, don't worry,
he's as cold as a cucumber.

- Come on, kid, here.
- Whacky.

- This is Mrs. Charles.
- Hello, whacky.

It's mutual. It's mutual.
He's a pip, ain't he?

- Look at that sucker.
- Let's put them all in the pen.

- The pen?
- Uh, she means the kiddie pen.

Gee, I hope it's not a bad omen.

Alright. = put them in.

I'll get some ice cream.
= no. No.

This is our party.
We got the stuff right here.

Hamburgers, hot dogs and salami.

And there's root beer
and Coca-Cola.

Didn't you bring nothing
but root beer and Coca-Cola?

You wanha make the kids sick?

Well, I don't know.
I had the kid out before.

- Nickie?
- Uh?

Will you order some ice cream?
= yeah.

- It'll be right up.
- You're telling me.

Nick: Room service, please.

There's a man outside,
he wants to see you.

I put him in the study.

Oh, I thought
Mrs. bellam might be here.

- I don't know where she is.
- Can I do something?

I just wanted someone
to keep an eye on nickie.

- Let me.
- Oh, that's very nice, but I...

Well, Lois should get some sleep
anyway.

Well, thank you very much.

Send it right up.

Who is this man? =I don't know.

- A big man with heavy glasses.
- Ah, Vogel.

Vogel? Who's Vogel?

He's one of the missing pieces.

Church: Get your hands up.

Both of you.

- This is Mr. church, darling.
- Skip it.

I got no time to waste.

Told you I'd be seeing you,
Charles,

but I didn't know
it'd be this soon.

I've been dreaming again,
Charles.

Only, this time it's about you.

You ought to be psychoanalyzed.

Twice I've seen you dead
in my dreams.

Both times
you were all battered up,

just like macfay was.

So if you don't wanna be
a widow, Mrs. Charles,

get him on a train tonight.

I got a feeling
I'm gonna have that third dream.

- I'm packing right now.
- Okay.

Now if you're smart,
you'll wait five minutes

before you blow any whistles.

- Get him.
- Uh, what?

- Don't mind me. Go on, get him.
- Well, why?

Never saw a man
trying so hard to get caught.

Now look at the clown,
climbing across

that ledge in broad daylight.

Well, why does he want
to get caught?

Oh, just part of his plan.

Where is he?
What happened, Nick?

- Who do you want blasted?
- A man's just been killed.

I think you boys better get out

of here before the police
arrive.

- Grab your kids...
- Oh, there's still more!

What happened?

Men, get out of my way,
will you?

Freddie, will you get nickie?
= oh, of course I will.

Well, don't you think we oughta
notify the police of that?

They'll be here any minute.

Where's nickie? Where's Nick?
= must be in the pen.

Well, come on. = there he is.

Come on, nickie,
we better get out of here.

Here. Here. Here. Well...

You, uh, you want to see me?

It wasn't important.

Just dropped in to see
if there's anything new.

I'll wait till you're free.
«= I'm free now.

- Uh, tomorrow will do.
- Tomorrow you may not be free.

You better wait.

Stand aside. Stand aside.
What's going on here, Casey?

Phil church was shot, he fell in
the alley, we arrested this man

and woman. They were the only
ones around when it happened.

I had nothing to do with it,
lieutenant.

Found this in the trash can.

One shell empty.

It wasn't mine, lieutenant, I

don't have any reason
to kill Phil.

Bring them along upstairs, boys.

Come on.

Hear from the doctor?

Doctor says he was shot
with a .38.

Judging from the angle at which
the bullet entered the body,

it could have come
from most anywhere.

They're working on the gun now
to see if it's, uh, the one.

Hm.

What were you doing
in the street down below?

Mr. church told me he was
coming here. I tell her.

Then I'm afraid she come over
and butt in maybe,

so I come maybe to stop her.

Stop her? From what?

Well, I don't know
what she might do.

She get excited on the phone.

Hey, what are you trying to do,
frame me?

Look, I know that Phil church
is trying to pull a trick

that's too slick
for his own good,

so I come over here
to head him off.

Why, you certainly picked
a good way to do it.

Look, I have nothing to do
with this.

I don't know anything about any
murders and I'm never...

Now don't give me
that stuff again.

Well, what about it?
Did you see her do it?

I just seen her
and was crossing street

to her. Truck got in my way.

If you wanna know who killed
Phil church, ask him.

You heard him last night
threaten what he'd do

if me and Phil ran off together.
Ask him.

- You kill my Mr. church?
- Ask him where's his gun.

I've got my gun right here.
Don't try to hang this on me.

You kill my Mr. church?
= sure he did.

He killed Phil.

Here, come on. = wait a minute.

- Get out of there.
- Break it up.

That's enough. That's enough.
Break it up. Alright.

- Come on, let me do it.
- Come on.

- Nickie, nickie, do something.
- Hm?

- Break it up.
- Oh, yes, of course.

- Alright, break it up.
- Take that.

Here now, you,
here, you spitfire!

There. Sit down there.

You asked for it.

Uh, did somebody, uh,
drop this chip?

- Oh, yes. It's mine.
- Oh. Good.

Now one more session like that,
and I'll call up the wagon

and drag you all downtown.

May I, uh, say something?
= go ahead.

Uh, well, uh, I have a hunch

that if we find out
who murdered macfay,

we'll find out
who murdered church.

Maybe it'll clear things up
if we start from the beginning.

Tell me this first.

If, uh, if you were trying a man
for murder

and he suddenly produced
an airtight alibi,

what would happen?

He'd go free.

Suppose after you freed him,
you found that he was guilty,

that he planned the whole thing,
what could you do?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

I see.
Well, thank you very much.

You mean you'd let him
get away with it?

Well, we'd have to,
you can't try a man

for the same crime twice.

If he's acquitted,
he could even boast about it,

and we couldn't touch him.

Ah, that was church's plan.

What was?

His idea was to advertise
himself as the murderer,

while his accomplice
did the dirty work.

He takes a house on long island,
he threatens macfay,

he terrorizes the household.

After the murder, he disappears

still calling attention
to himself as the killer.

And when things
look blackest for him,

he walks in here,
inviting me to take him.

His plan was to get tried
for that murder,

spring a last-minute alibi

and walk out of that court
scot-free.

You mean that he had this alibi
all the time?

Yes, but he didn't want us
to know it.

That's why dum-dum
beat up a drunk last night

when the drunk tried to tell me.

- You did?
- Was that it?

Was that why you hit him?

I hit him
because he start a fight.

Maybe Vogel will tell us.
He didn't want it known either.

What are you trying to pull?

- Your men jumped him, too.
- Were you in on this?

You think I'd be in on a thing
with that rat?

Looks bad for you, Vogel.

You tried to keep smitty
from talking.

Your men threatened me
on the phone.

Told me if I didn't lay off...

My men? What men?

The ones who dropped that chip
at the west indies club.

Last night. = oh.

Come on, diamond back, spill it.

Okay. Okay.

I, uh, I run a place uptown.

It's... well, it's a place.

Get what I mean?
Or should I wait for my lawyer?

We get it,
you don't want to admit

you run a gambling joint. Go on.

Uh, the night before last,
church comes in

and sits in a game
for two-and-a-half hours

including the time macfay
was killed out on the island.

Then you, you helped him
get his alibi.

I tell you
I wasn't in this with him.

I didn't know what was going on.

Then why did you keep it quiet?

That night a bunch
of my best customers were there.

A bank president.

Big guys like that.
Big and respectable.

If they have to get up in court
and admit they were playing

in my place, they might as well
cut their throats.

So I'm out to get the guys
who can spill it.

And your men were out to get me,
thank you. Mm.

I knew church's plan was good,

but I didn't know
it was that good.

Oh, he was a genius.

Let me show you
something else he planned.

Oh, wait a minute.
Let's not talk about church.

He's dead.

- It's the killer we're after.
- Yes, I'm coming to that.

- You mean you know who he is?
- I have a pretty fair idea.

And if this trick
turns out right, I'll be sure.

Let's say this is macfay's room
and that this is his bed.

We'll fix things
just as we found them

the night of the murder.
Let me see.

There was a newspaper on the
floor. Stop me if I'm wrong.

- Here's a paper.
- Now, let me see.

There were some books.

- I'll get those, nickie.
- Thank you, mommy.

- A glass of water.
- I'll get it.

Nick: Ah, no, no, Mrs. bellam,
you stay here.

One of the boys will get it.
Now...

Now, Freddie, would you mind
standing over there?

- Surely.
- And watch everything.

Very carefully.

- A lamp.
- I'll get that.

Nick: As I remember,
a cord was pulled from the lamp.

Let's see.

- Forgot the gun.
- Yes, I have my own right here.

There we are. Now, may I have
the books, mommy?

You know, this trick
should work. Church planned it.

And church was an engineer.
Here we are.

Now, if you'll just let me
have the paper.

- Here's the paper.
- Thank you.

Just one sheet will do.

It was just one sheet
that was wet, wasn't it?

- Well, yes.
- Yes.

Paper serves as a nonconductor.

I'll place this small piece
between the exposed wire,

the metallic part of the gun.

Now the water, please.

You're watching this carefully,
Freddie?

Oh, yes. Yes.

This might be your finish.

Now, just drop the water
into this indentation.

There you are.
Do you mind plugging that in?

Thank you.

Twelve minutes past.

Now do you all mind stepping
down the other end of the room?

But nothing happens.
= give it time.

Run, mommy, fast.
Anyone want a drink?

But, really, Mr. Charles,

where does all this get us?

Well, you remember
you said it was funny

that I didn't hear any sounds
of a struggle in macfay's room?

Well, I did think that, uh...

Well, I didn't hear any sound
of a struggle

because there was no struggle.

Oh, but all this,
his broken wrist,

the shot he fired.

- Macfay didn't fire that shot.
- What?

He was dead when it went off.

The murderer staged this
whole thing, just as I have,

to make it look as if
there'd been a row.

This little trick
gave him or her

a chance to get away
and get an alibi.

Well, that broken wrist sort of
eliminates a woman, doesn't it?

Even a woman could do that.

Oh, uh...

- Mrs. bellam.
- Yes?

You were the last one to see
colonel macfay, weren't you?

- Yes.
- What time was that?

About midnight.
But you can't say I did it.

He wasn't killed
until one o'clock.

You mean the shot didn't go off
until one o'clock.

We don't know yet
when he was killed.

You were an old sweetheart
of macfay's,

weren't you? Weren't you?

Well, what's that got to do
with it?

Uh, maybe we better have
everybody in on this.

Try the second door
down on the left.

The key's in the lock.

Who is it?

If I know my perfumes,
it's Dorothy,

or Agnes,
or whatever her name is.

I haven't done anything.
You let me go!

I, I told you I haven't anything
to do with this.

Then what are you doing here?
=I came to see Mr. Charles.

When I came to work for you,
Mr. Charles,

I'd just gotten out of prison.

- Good gracious!
- I was going straight.

But I knew the police
would never believe me

after that killing,
so I lit out.

But I couldn't rest easy.

I had to explain to Mr. Charles.

Well, why should you,
an ex-convict,

known the world over
as a great detective?

Because Nick Charles
never refused

a break to anybody in his life.

And I meant to prove to him
and Mr. Charles

that I could make good and

then I was going to tell them.

That's alright.
I knew about you.

Wait a moment, guild here says

this woman was the one
at the chestevere apartments.

I'm afraid, for once,
the lieutenant is wrong.

She wasn't.

Look, nickie, it's smoking.

It worked.

Hey, give me that rod.

I knew it was dum-dum
all the time.

Was it him? = no.

Dum-dum was only
trying to get the accomplice

who killed his Mr. church.

Well, but who, who...
= I'm afraid...

You people
haven't been paying attention.

This little trick
I just showed you

gave the murderer five minutes
to get away and get an alibi.

There was only one person
who used that particular alibi.

Church planned this trick

and you carried it through.

That's why church had smitty
to stooge for him,

so no ohne would suspect that

he was mixed up
with another woman.

Nora: Nick...
- What are you saying?

You're friends with church

and dum-dum, that's why your dog

was friends with them, let them
come and go as they pleased.

That's why your dog
stood on his hind legs,

as the prints showed,
with his paws

on his killer's shoulders,
when he got his throat cut.

Well, if they were
such good friends,

why did they have to kill him?

To avoid any suspicion that you

and church
were working together.

It's a lie. I killed macfay.

Be careful, Freddie,
you know what happened to horn

when he tried to protect her.

What do you mean?

I mean that horn must have known

that she committed the murder.

He was jittery that night,
almost out of control.

He told us he'd had a threat
against Lois' life.

That was to divert suspicion
from her.

Horn wanted to get me
off the case.

When I went out on the grounds
looking for asta and that knife,

he knew that it would be fairly
safe to take a shot at me.

If he was caught, he could
blame it on the darkness,

you were afraid of horn, afraid

that he might break,
and give you away.

Besides, you were really stuck
on Phil church.

So you let horn go out to get me
and then you ran on ahead

and warned me so that I'd have
time to draw a gun on him.

And then you pushed me
out of the way of his bullet,

figuring that I'd shoot him
in self-defense,

which is what
I might have had to do,

but the police stepped in

and did the job for both of us.

Nickie, you're just guessing,

you're saying horrible things.

It's the only way
that makes sense.

Sense, what sense could there

possibly be
in my killing father?

Because you wanted his money
and you wanted it now.

Well, father gave me everything
I could possibly need.

- Why, he...
- That wasn't your kind of life.

Your kind of life
was the Linda mills life

that you've been leading
ever since you got nerve enough

to sneak out of the house
at night

after the folks went to sleep.

- Linda mills?
- Yes, my sweet.

"Lm" for Linda mills
and Lois macfay.

Linda mills, who sleeps
without pillows, just as you do.

Linda mills, in whose apartment
there's a scorched spot

beside the bed,
and a bullet hole in the wall

where this trick was rehearsed.

Why, you can't mean
these things.

- Tell him it isn't true.
- It's easy enough to prove.

We'll just take her over
to see Mrs. dolley.

Of course, when dum-dum
comes to, he can tell us,

but, uh, I wouldn't advise you
to wait for that.

Dum-dum"s a little sore at you
for killing his Mr. church.

My killing church?
Oh, now, really...

You found out
right after the murder

that he ditched you for smitty.

And you knew it
that he had you in a spot

where he could blackmail you
for life.

So you shot him
as he stood on that ledge,

and threw the gun
out your window.

You're right about Linda mills
and all the other things.

I got sick of playing little
red riding hood to that old guy.

So when Phil was fooling around
trying to get money out of him,

I found
we spoke the same language.

I'm not sorry for it.
It was a chance, and I took it.

Now, what I'm getting at's this,
I'll make a deal with you.

And what will you offer us,
the moon?

You like that brat of yours,
don't you?

Alright,
you let me walk out of here

and I'll send him back
in a half-hour.

Freddie,
what did you do with him?

- I put him in Lois' room.
- Go look.

She can look all she wants.
She won't find him.

If anything's happened
to that kid...

Nick! Nick! = is he there?

It isn't nickie. Nickie's gone.

Make up your mind,
send me to the chair

or get your kid back
all in one piece.

Man 4: Now wait a minute.
You can't go in there.

I gotta go in there.
I want to go in there.

Let me in here. Where's my baby?
Where's my baby?

- Where's my Raphael?
- He's in here.

He's right in here.

Man 5: I'm with you.
- Trying to pull a fast one, eh?

I saw it wasn't their kid,
and I took a chance.

- You can't blame me for trying.
- Well, come on.

- You ungrateful little fiend!
- What's the matter, ma?

Don't you call me ma!

So you admit it's a gag, huh?

Well, better luck
on your next racket.

- Alright, get going.
- Give me a gun!

Give me a gun. Give me a gun!
= what? Another murder?

That dog.
He won't let me have the baby.

Asta.

Take it. Quiet now, will you?

Where's my baby? Oh.

Oh, my Raphael,
my beautiful baby.

Oh, my lovely little cherub.

Now you see, you can't blame me
for making a mistake.

They both look alike,
don't they?

You imbecille! My gorgeous.

- My beautiful Raphael.
- Alright.

Don't get excited.
= you don't tell me...

Mommy?

Let's sit down.
= sit down? What for?

Just to get a little rest

after our quiet weekend
in the country.

Oh...