WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Mystery House. 00:24.520 --> 00:29.200 Mystery House. That strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn 00:29.200 --> 00:32.920 where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff before it is 00:32.920 --> 00:35.920 accepted for publication. Mystery House. 00:43.240 --> 00:46.280 Understand I'm going to be doing a very sinister character in tonight's Mystery 00:46.280 --> 00:50.680 House story, Barbie. You can say that again. Gives me the creeps. Complete with 00:50.680 --> 00:54.600 quartet, huh? That's the title. What does it mean? Why, haven't you ever seen 00:54.600 --> 00:58.560 advertisements for funeral homes in which the copy listed a price for funeral 00:58.560 --> 01:03.760 services? Complete with quartet. Oh, speaking of advertisements. Which is 01:03.760 --> 01:07.320 precisely what you're always doing, Tom. Right, Mr. Glenn. And here's a message from 01:07.320 --> 01:09.960 our sponsor. 01:09.960 --> 01:30.560 Okay, places everybody. Set the scene, Tom. Complete with quartet. The scene opens in 01:30.560 --> 01:35.640 the reception room of the Renfron funeral home. Mr. Renfron, a polished suave 01:35.640 --> 01:39.440 gentleman, has just come in and is greeting the night man Harry Canby who 01:39.440 --> 01:46.840 doesn't look too wide awake. Well, did I wake you up, perhaps, Harry? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, boys. 01:46.840 --> 01:50.200 I've been awake all the time. You know, some night I will stay on the night shift 01:50.200 --> 01:53.760 just to see whether it's possible for you to look any more wide awake in the 01:53.760 --> 01:59.920 small hours of blackness than you do in the morning. Any business, Harry? Joe 01:59.920 --> 02:03.040 Graven brought in one of his boys. Got hit with an automobile. Hit with an 02:03.040 --> 02:09.200 automobile? Yeah. No doubt. Any bullet wounds we must take care of on the corpse? 02:09.200 --> 02:14.040 No, this guy was really hit by a car. Straight goods, he says. Straight goods. That 02:14.040 --> 02:20.120 would be a refreshing novelty. I suppose Joe wanted the special funeral? The works, 02:20.120 --> 02:25.440 he says, even including the quartet. Hmm. An excellent customer, Mr. Graven. I wish 02:25.440 --> 02:31.640 we had a few more like him, buying in quantity. The body is in the receiving 02:31.640 --> 02:36.120 room? Sure. You told me never to monkey with any of Graven's stiffs. Yes, I know. 02:36.120 --> 02:41.440 They sometimes require the delicate craftsmanship of a master. Well, let's 02:41.440 --> 02:45.280 take a look at this one. It's all right for me to go back with you. Betty ain't 02:45.280 --> 02:49.520 here to take over the switchboard yet. Hmm. She is a little too late too often. Oh, 02:49.520 --> 02:54.120 well, I doubt that Joe Graven's working this early in the morning. There will be 02:54.120 --> 03:13.200 no calls. Come along. In the receiving room, you said? Yes. Yeah. This mangled one 03:13.200 --> 03:18.960 over against the wall? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the one. But, but the other one. 03:18.960 --> 03:23.040 You said nothing about... There wasn't any other one, boss. Honest, just the one. This 03:23.040 --> 03:27.080 man on the table in the middle of the room, who is he? I never seen him before 03:27.080 --> 03:32.800 in my life, boss. Honest, I... Shut up. Stand back. Hmm. He's been shot through the 03:32.800 --> 03:38.160 heart. Murdered, huh? No, no, no. He was probably playing with a cat pistol and it 03:38.160 --> 03:42.800 went off accidentally. You blundering idiot. Who brought this body in here? 03:42.800 --> 03:47.400 Nobody, boss. Well, from the extremely dead look of the gentleman, it's rather obvious 03:47.400 --> 03:52.400 that he did not walk in here alone. Somebody brought the body in here last 03:52.400 --> 03:57.800 night. You and I, we have to own the keys. I don't know a thing about it. I should 03:57.800 --> 04:01.040 have known better than to have a stupid blundering idiot like you on night duty 04:01.040 --> 04:04.680 here. What am I going to do with this body? Maybe somebody will come in and 04:04.680 --> 04:09.920 claim it. You'll maybe... Don't tax my patience, Harry. Are people in the habit of 04:09.920 --> 04:14.120 claiming the bodies of murder victims? Would anyone admit bringing it in? No, 04:14.120 --> 04:21.280 maybe not at that. Harry, I think we're going to have a very private funeral. Huh? 04:21.280 --> 04:27.120 Somebody has entrusted this body to us for burial. Somebody who appreciates our 04:27.120 --> 04:32.880 skill and tact. Fortunately, we have another body. I'll get you, boss. A grave 04:32.880 --> 04:37.040 will have to be prepared for the other body. The funeral for Joe Graben's boy 04:37.040 --> 04:42.280 will not be until tomorrow. Tonight, we bury the stranger beneath the grave that 04:42.280 --> 04:47.280 Joe Graben's late friend will occupy tomorrow. Oh, what good will that do? You mean 04:47.280 --> 04:51.960 saving the price of a cemetery lot? You moron. I mean that nobody would ever 04:51.960 --> 04:55.840 think of looking for a murdered man's body in the graveyard, particularly if 04:55.840 --> 05:00.840 the body is beneath another coffin. When they find one coffin in the grave, they 05:00.840 --> 05:08.360 look no further. You see, it's very simple. Yeah. Meanwhile, I have a little work to do, 05:08.360 --> 05:13.720 Harry. You mean fixing up Joe Graben's boy? No, that is a routine matter. Even you 05:13.720 --> 05:19.800 could handle it. No, no. I have a much bigger job. What? Determining who gets the 05:19.800 --> 05:25.200 bill for the most profitable funeral that we have ever conducted. Huh? Somebody who 05:25.200 --> 05:29.080 knows about the work I do for Joe Graben has selected me for the disposal of a 05:29.080 --> 05:35.960 body. I have been chosen as a goat, and somebody's going to pay very dearly for 05:35.960 --> 05:44.200 that choice, Harry. I'm going to play detective. 05:44.200 --> 05:58.520 I told the boy at the desk to tell you I wouldn't see you. I don't know you. Karl 05:58.520 --> 06:03.560 Renfron is the name. Perhaps you've heard of the Renfron funeral home, one of the 06:03.560 --> 06:08.880 finest in this part of the country. Beautiful chapel, pipe organ, and a 06:08.880 --> 06:14.360 special quartet for the deluxe service. What is this, a gag? If it is, it isn't 06:14.360 --> 06:19.520 very funny. My business is never very funny, Miss Dear. What do you want of me? 06:19.520 --> 06:25.200 You sing in one of Joe Graben's nightclubs, yes? Sure, whatever. I suppose you 06:25.200 --> 06:28.440 read in the paper this morning about the disappearance of a handsome young 06:28.440 --> 06:33.480 detective. I don't read the papers. Get out of here. His name was Peter Harley. 06:33.480 --> 06:36.760 And he was working on the shake-up of the local underworld. How should I know 06:36.760 --> 06:40.840 anything about him? You had a date with him last night after your last show. How 06:40.840 --> 06:45.640 do you know? That is neither here nor there. You were the last person to see him 06:45.640 --> 06:50.880 alive, as far as the police know. The cops? They know I had a date with him? Not yet. 06:50.880 --> 06:55.200 They won't know until I tell them. But you said you didn't want to cooperate 06:55.200 --> 07:00.880 with me, and so I'll have to tell them, of course. What do you want? Did you kill 07:00.880 --> 07:06.880 Peter Harley, Miss Dear? Did I? Hey, what is this? Anyway, he ain't dead. I would make a 07:06.880 --> 07:11.840 substantial wager on that. But you don't think I killed him? I had a date with the 07:11.840 --> 07:16.000 guy. If you will pardon my singing so, that hardly eliminates you as a murder 07:16.000 --> 07:20.880 suspect. Don't tell me you were madly in love with him. Your kind doesn't fall in 07:20.880 --> 07:26.440 love with anything except cash. I don't know whether I ought to tell you what it 07:26.440 --> 07:32.440 was all about or not. Then perhaps I better go to the police. No, no, I'll tell 07:32.440 --> 07:38.240 you. That's better. He wanted to get some dope on Joe Graven. Said he'd give me a 07:38.240 --> 07:41.240 hundred bucks for what I could tell him. I didn't plan on really telling him 07:41.240 --> 07:46.800 anything. You were interested into hundred dollars. Sure, that's all. Why did you kill 07:46.800 --> 07:54.200 him, Miss Dear? I didn't kill him. If anybody killed him. Yes? Nothing. You make it very 07:54.200 --> 08:00.680 difficult for me, Miss Dear. The police. Okay. If anybody killed him, it was that new 08:00.680 --> 08:05.800 piano player at the club. You seem quite positive. Well, Harley didn't give me the 08:05.800 --> 08:09.400 hundred bucks. Said I was holding out on him. That if I wasn't careful, he'd have me 08:09.400 --> 08:13.920 thrown in the clink, the louse. He said, if there's any tip-off on me, you get it, 08:13.920 --> 08:18.040 Marie. Yes? That doesn't seem to prove anything about the piano player. No, he'd been 08:18.040 --> 08:21.480 sauntering over to the piano and talking to her all evening. And he had a date with me. 08:21.480 --> 08:25.920 She's known the joint. What's her name? Where can I find her? Name's Betty Lanning. 08:25.920 --> 08:34.160 What? Repeat it, please. Betty Lanning. Why? You want her address? No. I think I can 08:34.160 --> 08:38.560 find her without too much trouble. But what makes you think this Betty Lanning 08:38.560 --> 08:43.480 had something to do with his death? He left me here at my hotel. I was scared of 08:43.480 --> 08:47.520 what he said about the police and me giving a tip-off to Joe Graven. I headed 08:47.520 --> 08:51.560 back to the elevator and then ducked out the side door and followed him. I was afraid 08:51.560 --> 08:55.680 he was going to tell the cops something about me. Where did he go? Well, he walked up a 08:55.680 --> 08:59.480 couple of blocks to a little all-night lunchroom and Betty Lanning was there 08:59.480 --> 09:04.760 waiting for him. Thank you, my dear. You've been of great help to me. Perhaps I will 09:04.760 --> 09:08.920 give you the hundred dollars that Peter Harley refused to pay you. Oh, yeah, I just bet. 09:08.920 --> 09:13.040 You will come with me. It's a matter of establishing identity of the corpse 09:13.040 --> 09:17.560 beyond reasonable doubt. I ain't going anywhere with you. I don't even know you. 09:17.560 --> 09:23.280 You will, my dear. Of course, if you prefer to have an introduction to the police. 09:23.280 --> 09:27.840 Okay, okay. I'm coming. 09:27.840 --> 09:49.040 Hey, you got a real fancy place here. Yes, here's the classic beauty of Grecian architecture 09:49.040 --> 09:56.160 soothes the nerves of the living. Right this way, my dear. Mr. Graven's been calling you 09:56.160 --> 10:02.280 about the body. Oh, surprised to see fellow employee from the nightclub, Betty? Hey, 10:02.280 --> 10:07.720 wait a minute. You're the new piano player in the club. How come you're over... You must be 10:07.720 --> 10:13.400 mistaken. I was. Oh, no, I ain't mistaken. You play the piano. I'm afraid bluffing won't do you much 10:13.400 --> 10:20.280 good, Betty, and I want to apologize to you. Apologize? For what? Well, I thought you were 10:20.280 --> 10:23.520 rather lazy and shiftless the way you've been coming in late in the mornings and 10:23.520 --> 10:29.240 evenings. Here I discover you're holding down both a day and a night job. Rather admirable. 10:29.240 --> 10:33.440 I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, don't deny it, my dear. I would be rather proud 10:33.440 --> 10:43.160 if I were you. Won't you show Miss Dare back to the receiving room, Betty? Miss Dare? But why? 10:43.160 --> 10:53.480 She wants to identify a friend. I... Oh, I don't have any key. I have. And I'm going with 10:53.480 --> 11:06.200 you. This way, Miss Dare. I'm surprised you didn't tell me about your other job, Betty. Just a minute. 11:06.200 --> 11:17.920 Show the body, Betty. It's this one over here that she's interested in. 11:17.920 --> 11:30.120 All right. All right. Oh, Pete. Pete, what have you done to him? You murdered him. 11:30.120 --> 11:35.120 Ah, so you knew the man, too. You and Miss Dare both. You killed him. You'll never get away with this. 11:35.120 --> 11:40.240 I did not kill the man, but I really can't let you run around screaming that I did. You've been 11:40.240 --> 11:46.800 working for me and working for Joe Graben. I wonder who else you're working for. I... What do you mean? 11:46.800 --> 11:51.360 I wonder if perhaps you might not be a spy. I wonder if you might not have put this man's body in here. 11:51.360 --> 11:58.440 You're insane. A man should know his employees better, Miss Lanny. I really think it's time for us to have a 11:58.440 --> 12:04.880 heart-to-heart talk. I've nothing to say to you. I have an idea you'll change your mind about that. 12:04.880 --> 12:15.440 Hello. Actually, I just assume you didn't. You'd make such a beautiful corpse. You wouldn't kill me. 12:15.440 --> 12:20.280 Hey, this is where I leave. I'm sorry, Miss Dare. I'll have to insist that you stay. 12:20.280 --> 12:28.480 Has Harry left yet, Miss Lanny? No, he... he was cleaning the chapel. 12:28.480 --> 12:47.480 Oh, fine. I was afraid he might have gone, and he does so want some experience in embalming. 12:47.480 --> 13:01.480 Is Carl Renfron actually going to kill Betty Lanny? And who killed Peter Harley, the detective? 13:01.480 --> 13:07.400 Why was his body left in the Renfron funeral home? We'll find out in the second act of tonight's story. 13:07.400 --> 13:26.400 Here's news from your sponsor. 13:26.400 --> 13:31.400 And now, act two of Complete with Quartet. 13:31.400 --> 13:40.400 The scene is the receiving room of the Renfron funeral home, and Harry can be Renfron's assistant is arranging the embalming equipment. 13:40.400 --> 13:47.400 You haven't got the nerve. You wouldn't dare. If it was me, I wouldn't bet on that, sister. If I was you, I'd start talking. 13:47.400 --> 13:53.400 The start of the embalming process is very important, Harry. If you will give me the needle, please. 13:53.400 --> 13:59.400 You can't embalm a life person. You... Oh? A common misconception, Betty. On the contrary... 13:59.400 --> 14:02.400 Get away from me! Don't you dare touch me! 14:02.400 --> 14:04.400 Perhaps you're ready to talk now. 14:04.400 --> 14:08.400 I... Why do you want? 14:08.400 --> 14:11.400 You're working with the police, I suppose. Working with this Peter Harley. 14:11.400 --> 14:13.400 Are you kidding? 14:13.400 --> 14:23.400 When I joke, you always see a smile on my lips. And my sense of humor is weak. I seldom joke. 14:23.400 --> 14:25.400 I was working for Lou Dana. 14:25.400 --> 14:28.400 Lou Dana? Why, he's Joe Graben's worst enemy. 14:28.400 --> 14:33.400 Sure. Some of Lou Dana's spies, his undercover boys, began having accidents. 14:33.400 --> 14:40.400 And the accidents always turned up here. So Lou hired me to get a job here and tell him what was going on. 14:40.400 --> 14:42.400 Mr. Dana must be a smart man. 14:42.400 --> 14:46.400 He's smarter than you, Renfron. And smarter than Graben. 14:46.400 --> 14:49.400 I was giving him the dope every time a body came into this place from Graben. 14:49.400 --> 14:52.400 Yes, but this job of yours as a piano player... 14:52.400 --> 14:56.400 Graben never saw me here. His bodies always came in the back way. 14:56.400 --> 15:00.400 I was doing so well here, Lou got the idea of having me work at Graben's place too. 15:00.400 --> 15:03.400 We were finding out everything Graben was doing. 15:03.400 --> 15:06.400 You're a much smarter girl than I gave you credit for being, Miss Lanning. 15:06.400 --> 15:11.400 And you better be careful how you treat me too. Because Lou Dana's got enough on you to hang you. 15:11.400 --> 15:16.400 If I were in your place, Miss Lanning, I should worry about my own neck. 15:16.400 --> 15:19.400 The police are going to be quite angry about Peter Harley. 15:19.400 --> 15:25.400 I didn't kill him. I was giving him all the dope on Graben's mob. The dope about Graben and you. 15:25.400 --> 15:32.400 I suppose so. You know, Miss Lanning, I find such disloyalty rather distressing. 15:32.400 --> 15:37.400 Mr. What would you do if you were I under such circumstances? 15:37.400 --> 15:39.400 You leave me out of this. I ain't playing. 15:39.400 --> 15:44.400 I should hate to think that Joe Graben would double-cross me in view of all that I've done for him. 15:44.400 --> 15:47.400 I bet Graben bumped off this Harley guy for us. 15:47.400 --> 15:51.400 Well, of course he did. Probably had someone following Peter Harley and me. 15:51.400 --> 15:56.400 And when Graben finds out how Betty spilled everything she knew, he has his Harley fully erased. 15:56.400 --> 16:02.400 Perhaps you could contribute something to the conversation about now, Miss dear. 16:02.400 --> 16:06.400 I don't think Joe would do a thing like that. 16:06.400 --> 16:11.400 Come now, Miss dear. You told me you followed Harley and saw him meet Miss Lanning. 16:11.400 --> 16:14.400 You were angry because he hadn't given you the hundred dollars he had promised. 16:14.400 --> 16:19.400 Now it isn't logical that you would let such an opportunity for revenge pass. 16:19.400 --> 16:22.400 So it was you who tipped off Graben, huh? Why, you dirty little... 16:22.400 --> 16:25.400 I ain't a stole pigeon or a double-crossing rat like you. 16:25.400 --> 16:27.400 Sure I called Joe. Why wouldn't I? 16:27.400 --> 16:28.400 Oh, you... 16:28.400 --> 16:30.400 Oh, please, please, ladies, please. 16:30.400 --> 16:35.400 This is hardly the place for such talk. We're in the presence of the dead. 16:35.400 --> 16:40.400 You know, Harry, this rather hurts me. Huh? 16:40.400 --> 16:48.400 Joe Graben, he's been such a fine customer. And to think he tried to take advantage of me. 16:48.400 --> 16:54.400 I think we'll have to call him over here and sever business relations. 17:08.400 --> 17:13.400 What's the matter, Renfron? Cops making a fuss about the guy I brought in last night? 17:13.400 --> 17:15.400 Which one, Mr. Graben? 17:15.400 --> 17:16.400 What do you mean, which one? 17:16.400 --> 17:19.400 Oh, really, Mr. Graben, you hurt me deeply. 17:19.400 --> 17:22.400 I've always endeavored to give you the finest service. 17:22.400 --> 17:27.400 Funerals worthy of much finer people than those that you have brought to me. 17:27.400 --> 17:32.400 Everything has always been conducted on the highest plane, with the finest music, 17:32.400 --> 17:35.400 the most excellent caskets, beautiful flowers... 17:35.400 --> 17:40.400 Okay, okay, quit selling me. I ain't kicking. I've paid you plenty, too. 17:40.400 --> 17:43.400 And I've a beef on the prices. What's wrong with you? 17:43.400 --> 17:48.400 If you wanted a free funeral for one of your victims, why didn't you ask me? 17:48.400 --> 17:52.400 I don't like deceit and trickery, Mr. Graben. 17:52.400 --> 17:54.400 You're off your nut. I don't know what you're talking about. 17:54.400 --> 17:58.400 This extra cop who slipped in here last night, Mr. Graben. 17:58.400 --> 18:03.400 Are you crazy? I brought in one. Harry's seen me. I told him all about it. 18:03.400 --> 18:04.400 Wasn't even a hot job. 18:04.400 --> 18:09.400 Ah, but the one you brought with him, Mr. Graben, the one you neglected to report. 18:09.400 --> 18:10.400 You lie! 18:10.400 --> 18:17.400 Please, Mr. Graben, perhaps you'd like to see him. This way, please. 18:23.400 --> 18:27.400 I don't know nothing about it. One stiff I brought in, one. 18:27.400 --> 18:30.400 And if you think you're going to shake me down to pay for somebody else's corpse, 18:30.400 --> 18:32.400 you got another thing coming. 18:32.400 --> 18:34.400 One moment, please. 18:34.400 --> 18:36.400 In here. 18:39.400 --> 18:40.400 Hello, Joe. 18:40.400 --> 18:41.400 Hey, what's the... 18:41.400 --> 18:44.400 Marie there. And Betty. 18:44.400 --> 18:45.400 Say, what's going on here anyhow? 18:45.400 --> 18:49.400 One thing that's going on, Joe. We found out what a rat your new piano player is. 18:49.400 --> 18:51.400 Lou Dana she was working for, spying on you. 18:51.400 --> 18:53.400 Oh, quiet, please, Mr. Quiet. 18:53.400 --> 18:58.400 Teacher will know what a good girl you've been without you being so immodest. 18:58.400 --> 19:00.400 I'll tell him all about it. 19:00.400 --> 19:04.400 This is one of your nightclub's late patrons, Mr. Graben. 19:04.400 --> 19:08.400 Him? Yeah, I seen him around. 19:08.400 --> 19:09.400 Been murdered, eh? 19:09.400 --> 19:12.400 I bet you don't know how or where either, do you? 19:12.400 --> 19:13.400 Me? How should I know? 19:13.400 --> 19:16.400 Your little pal, Marie Dear, told us how she called you 19:16.400 --> 19:18.400 and told you this detective was meeting me. 19:18.400 --> 19:20.400 She's put you right on the spot. 19:20.400 --> 19:21.400 Huh? 19:21.400 --> 19:23.400 I wasn't putting you on any spot, Joe. 19:23.400 --> 19:25.400 She was giving this detective all the dope on you. 19:25.400 --> 19:28.400 She was a spy, taking pay from you and all the other stuff. 19:28.400 --> 19:31.400 She was a spy, taking pay from you and giving Lou Dana all the dope 19:31.400 --> 19:33.400 on everything that was going on around your place. 19:33.400 --> 19:36.400 And you told him you phoned me and told me about it? 19:36.400 --> 19:38.400 Why'd you say a thing like that, Marie? 19:38.400 --> 19:39.400 Because I did. 19:39.400 --> 19:41.400 Well, it must have been a couple of other people. 19:41.400 --> 19:43.400 You never talked to me. 19:43.400 --> 19:48.400 Oh, your protests of innocence are touching, Mr. Graben, but unnecessary. 19:48.400 --> 19:50.400 Nobody's gonna hand me your app for killing a dick. 19:50.400 --> 19:51.400 That is not the point. 19:51.400 --> 19:52.400 It is as far as I'm concerned. 19:52.400 --> 19:55.400 Our friend Betty, who seems to have been working for both of us, 19:55.400 --> 19:59.400 isn't going to give you the benefit of any doubt if this should come into court. 19:59.400 --> 20:02.400 Peter Harley was on your trail trying to get something on you. 20:02.400 --> 20:03.400 Yeah? 20:03.400 --> 20:05.400 Well, I didn't know about it. 20:05.400 --> 20:08.400 Betty, a member of her rival gang, was telling him anything that she could 20:08.400 --> 20:11.400 that would get you into trouble with the police. 20:11.400 --> 20:13.400 Marie Dert tipped you off as to what was going on. 20:13.400 --> 20:14.400 She never did. She didn't... 20:14.400 --> 20:16.400 She says she did. 20:16.400 --> 20:18.400 She has no apparent motive for lying. 20:18.400 --> 20:20.400 Peter Harley's been murdered. 20:20.400 --> 20:24.400 Do you think you would want the case to go to court, Mr. Graben? 20:24.400 --> 20:26.400 I suppose it's gotta. 20:26.400 --> 20:28.400 No, not necessarily. 20:28.400 --> 20:33.400 Not if you arrange for the right kind of a funeral. 20:33.400 --> 20:37.400 You mean you can cover this thing up? 20:37.400 --> 20:39.400 Such things have been arranged in the past, 20:39.400 --> 20:45.400 but this is going to be an expensive lesson for you, Mr. Graben. 20:45.400 --> 20:47.400 Yeah? What do you mean? 20:47.400 --> 20:52.400 Somebody has tried to victimize me into putting out a free funeral. 20:52.400 --> 20:54.400 This man died trying to uphold the law. 20:54.400 --> 20:57.400 A noble hero shot down in the prime of his life. 20:57.400 --> 21:00.400 He deserves last rites of genuine elegance. 21:00.400 --> 21:03.400 Okay. How much do you want? 21:03.400 --> 21:08.400 I should say about $50,000 should cover it very nicely. 21:08.400 --> 21:11.400 $50,000? Well, that's blackmail. 21:11.400 --> 21:13.400 Oh, but it will be a superb funeral. 21:13.400 --> 21:18.400 Flowers, spatial carpet at the cemetery, the red one, even the quartet. 21:18.400 --> 21:22.400 You'll guarantee I don't take the rap if I pay you the dough? 21:22.400 --> 21:25.400 When the Wrenfront Funeral Home takes charge of a funeral, 21:25.400 --> 21:28.400 I assume every responsibility. 21:28.400 --> 21:32.400 I guarantee you that you'll never be charged with Peter Harley's murder. 21:32.400 --> 21:49.400 Of course, Mr. Graben, you will make the payment in cash in advance. 21:49.400 --> 21:53.400 Okay, you got your dough. I guess I can go now. 21:53.400 --> 21:56.400 Have you finished counting the money, Harry? 21:56.400 --> 21:58.400 Yeah, yeah, $50,000. It's okay. 21:58.400 --> 22:03.400 I ain't gonna forget the way you shook me down, Mr. Wrenfront. 22:03.400 --> 22:06.400 No, I don't suppose you will. Give me the money, Harry. 22:06.400 --> 22:07.400 Here you are, boss. 22:07.400 --> 22:09.400 Thank you, Harry. 22:09.400 --> 22:14.400 Oh, by the way, I'm afraid I'll have to dispense with your services. 22:14.400 --> 22:15.400 Huh? 22:15.400 --> 22:16.400 I mean, you're fired. 22:16.400 --> 22:18.400 But I ain't done anything, boss. I ain't... 22:18.400 --> 22:23.400 I could hardly have a murderer working for me, Harry, particularly such a stupid murderer. 22:23.400 --> 22:26.400 What do you mean? Listen, I ain't murdered anybody. 22:26.400 --> 22:27.400 Hey, what gives? What's this all about anyway? 22:27.400 --> 22:31.400 Peter Harley came here last night and asked to see the body that was in the receiving room. 22:31.400 --> 22:34.400 He showed his police credentials, I imagine, and demanded to see it. 22:34.400 --> 22:35.400 No, he wasn't here. 22:35.400 --> 22:37.400 You took him back to the receiving room. 22:37.400 --> 22:40.400 You were panic-stricken because you thought you would be in trouble, 22:40.400 --> 22:43.400 that you would be implicated in the work we've been doing for Joe Graben. 22:43.400 --> 22:44.400 Ah, you're making this up. 22:44.400 --> 22:50.400 You've been receiving most of Mr. Graben's... Mr. Graben's cases at night. 22:50.400 --> 22:54.400 You thought you'd be in it up to your neck. So you shot the detective. 22:54.400 --> 22:56.400 You killed him yourself. You... 22:56.400 --> 22:59.400 Hardly. Peter Harley and I were working together. 22:59.400 --> 23:01.400 You and Harley? Why, you dirty rat... 23:01.400 --> 23:05.400 When you brought your first case to me, Mr. Graben, I was scared to death. 23:05.400 --> 23:06.400 So I went to the police. 23:06.400 --> 23:08.400 And you got the nerve to admit it? 23:08.400 --> 23:10.400 They told me to play along with you, to tip them off. 23:10.400 --> 23:14.400 They've been building up a chain of evidence that will send you to the electric chair. 23:14.400 --> 23:15.400 Thanks to me. 23:15.400 --> 23:18.400 And you've been collecting from Joe Graben all the time? 23:18.400 --> 23:22.400 Naturally, my dear. Even the gangster dad must have burial. 23:22.400 --> 23:25.400 I didn't kill Harley, I tell you. You did it yourself. You have a key, too. 23:25.400 --> 23:28.400 Yes? Try telling that to the police, Harry. 23:28.400 --> 23:31.400 I'm afraid you'll irritate them. 23:31.400 --> 23:35.400 You see, Harry, they tipped me off a long time ago that you were one of Graben's boys. 23:35.400 --> 23:40.400 That you came to work for me because Graben had decided I was to be his undertaker. 23:40.400 --> 23:43.400 Then... then I'll confess that Graben told me to shoot Harley. 23:43.400 --> 23:44.400 Yeah. 23:44.400 --> 23:47.400 Why, you louse, try to ring me in on your mistake, will you? 23:47.400 --> 23:49.400 You told me to do it. I'll stick to that. 23:49.400 --> 23:51.400 Unless you get me out of here. 23:51.400 --> 23:54.400 I can do that, all right. This gun will do the trick. 23:54.400 --> 23:55.400 Joe, you ain't gonna shoot us. 23:55.400 --> 24:00.400 I ought to shoot Renfron, taking my dough and then tipping off the cops, shaking me down for 50 grand. 24:00.400 --> 24:01.400 Come on, we gotta get out of here, Joe. 24:01.400 --> 24:02.400 You sap. 24:02.400 --> 24:04.400 Okay, come on. 24:05.400 --> 24:08.400 I got a key, Joe. We'll leave Renfron and the dames locked in here. 24:08.400 --> 24:11.400 Let them try to explain Peter Harley's body. 24:11.400 --> 24:12.400 Yeah. 24:15.400 --> 24:18.400 Oh, fine spot you got us in now. When the cop comes... 24:18.400 --> 24:23.400 My dear, I don't believe you realize how lucky you are that Joe Graben didn't shoot you. 24:23.400 --> 24:30.400 Really, I don't. If I weren't a law-abiding citizen, I would be tempted to do it myself. 24:30.400 --> 24:32.400 You played unfair with me, too, you know. 24:34.400 --> 24:36.400 Hey, what's that? 24:36.400 --> 24:39.400 The police. I had the place literally honeycombed with them. 24:39.400 --> 24:44.400 Oh, my, I hope the bullets didn't hit any of my precious objects, dear. 24:48.400 --> 24:52.400 Oh, looks like most of them hit Harry and Joe Graben. 24:52.400 --> 24:55.400 Yes, the wages of sin. 24:55.400 --> 24:56.400 But... 24:56.400 --> 24:58.400 I suppose I really owe them free funerals. 24:58.400 --> 25:22.400 Yeah, complete with quartet.