WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 Mr. House. 00:30.000 --> 00:32.000 Mystery House. 00:32.000 --> 00:36.000 That strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn, where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff before it is accepted for publication. 00:36.000 --> 00:38.000 Mystery House. 00:38.000 --> 00:40.000 Well, Barbie, a murder story about airplanes tonight, hmm? Is it tough to solve? 00:40.000 --> 00:42.000 It looks like you know the identity of the murder almost right from the start, Dan. 00:42.000 --> 00:44.000 But you wonder if the police were involved in the murder? 00:44.000 --> 00:46.000 Well, I don't know. 00:46.000 --> 00:48.000 I don't know. 00:48.000 --> 00:50.000 I don't know. 00:50.000 --> 00:52.000 I don't know. 00:52.000 --> 00:54.000 I don't know. 00:54.000 --> 00:56.000 I don't know. 00:56.000 --> 00:58.000 I don't know. 00:58.000 --> 01:00.000 I don't know. 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 I don't know. 01:02.000 --> 01:04.000 I don't know. 01:04.000 --> 01:06.000 I don't know. 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 But you wonder if the police will ever find out? 01:08.000 --> 01:10.000 Oh, frame up, huh? 01:10.000 --> 01:12.000 Well, I like that kind of a story once in a while. 01:12.000 --> 01:14.000 Oh, this is the honey of a frame up. 01:14.000 --> 01:16.000 One that doesn't seem to have any loose ends. 01:16.000 --> 01:18.000 But Wright triumphs in the end, hmm? 01:18.000 --> 01:20.000 Why, Mr. Glenn, I'm surprised at you. 01:20.000 --> 01:22.000 Yeah, why, Tom? 01:22.000 --> 01:24.000 We're talking about Wright at the end of the story. 01:24.000 --> 01:26.000 Everything that's right in these stories is right from the start. 01:26.000 --> 01:40.000 Now, let's listen. 01:40.000 --> 01:42.000 Okay, Tom, places everybody. 01:42.000 --> 01:46.000 Set the scene for tonight's story, will you? 01:46.000 --> 01:50.000 Operation Murder. 01:50.000 --> 01:54.000 The scene is the office in an isolated building 01:54.000 --> 01:58.000 where Aunt Logan, former woman speed pilot turned aviation engineer, 01:58.000 --> 02:02.000 is working on a government-sponsored secret experiment. 02:02.000 --> 02:04.000 Doug Ward has just come in. 02:04.000 --> 02:08.000 Doug, what's the idea of dropping in on me here? 02:08.000 --> 02:09.000 You know, I... 02:09.000 --> 02:11.000 Yeah, sure, I know, Ann. 02:11.000 --> 02:14.000 But I was just driving by when I saw a very shady customer coming out of your place. 02:14.000 --> 02:16.000 What do you mean? 02:16.000 --> 02:18.000 A guy named Lopez. 02:18.000 --> 02:20.000 As soon as he saw me, he ducked. 02:20.000 --> 02:22.000 Lopez? I never heard of him. 02:22.000 --> 02:24.000 Well, this guy's nobody's friend, Ann. 02:24.000 --> 02:27.000 I had plenty of trouble with him way back when I was flying in Spain. 02:27.000 --> 02:29.000 Well, I'm not going to worry about him. 02:29.000 --> 02:31.000 That's Austin's department. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Well, you're kind of leaving everything to Austin these days, aren't you? 02:33.000 --> 02:35.000 Austin is important to me. 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Sure, I know. 02:36.000 --> 02:39.000 You got yourself engaged to him because of his bankroll. 02:39.000 --> 02:41.000 Ann, how could you sell out like that? 02:41.000 --> 02:43.000 I didn't sell out. 02:43.000 --> 02:44.000 Austin Ames is... 02:44.000 --> 02:48.000 Well, he's done more than anybody to make this operation successful. 02:48.000 --> 02:49.000 Okay, so he put up the dough. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Hits more than that, Doug. 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 He's seriously interested in the future of aviation. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 He's not just a... 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 That's right. He's no stick pusher. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 You know I never called you a stick pusher, Doug. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 It's just... 03:01.000 --> 03:05.000 Well, I always hoped you'd grow up and get serious about flying. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 Doug, you could amount to something. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 It's a laugh. 03:08.000 --> 03:10.000 Do you know anybody who's done more flying than me? 03:10.000 --> 03:14.000 Sure, you're just about as hot as any flyer in the country on stunt stuff. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 But you're not young. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 You ought to settle down. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Why don't you take the job I offered you? 03:19.000 --> 03:22.000 Ah, no thanks, Angel. I don't need charity. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 There's still dough and test stuff. 03:23.000 --> 03:26.000 Oh, but any day now your nerves will get you and you'll be grounded for good. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 What'll you do then? 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 I'll get by, Ann. 03:28.000 --> 03:31.000 Oh, sure. Any bum can get by. 03:31.000 --> 03:34.000 But you know too much about flying to let it go to waste. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 Look what an amateur like Austin can do. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Why, you... 03:37.000 --> 03:41.000 The main difference between your pal Austin and me is that bank account of his. 03:41.000 --> 03:44.000 Now, maybe if I'd have had that, you'd be engaged to me instead of him. 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 Oh, please, Doug. Don't start that again. 03:46.000 --> 03:49.000 You know, we had that out long before Austin and I were engaged. 03:49.000 --> 03:53.000 Okay, Angel, okay. I just don't want you to forget that I'll always be available. 03:53.000 --> 03:57.000 Oh, Doug, Doug, if you'd only grow up, get a serious interest. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 You could change if you wanted to. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 Look, Ann, don't try to keep making me over. 04:01.000 --> 04:06.000 I could sweet talk you, baby, but you know cloud hoppers like me don't change. 04:06.000 --> 04:08.000 I'll be a stick pusher until they ground me. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 But you don't want me that way. 04:09.000 --> 04:13.000 That's right. I want a man with a purpose in life. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Oh, hello, Austin. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 Hi, Ann. We're all set. 04:17.000 --> 04:21.000 Hello, Austin. You don't mind if I visit your future bride, do you? 04:21.000 --> 04:23.000 Oh, I didn't see you, Warren. 04:23.000 --> 04:27.000 I don't like to seem rude, but you don't belong here, you know. 04:27.000 --> 04:29.000 Now, Austin, don't be that way. Doug's an old friend. 04:29.000 --> 04:30.000 That's all right, Ann. I'll take off. 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 No, Doug. Austin didn't mean it that way, did you, Austin? 04:33.000 --> 04:36.000 Ann, this office is full of secret plans. 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 Plans we swore to protect until this plane is ready. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 Austin, aren't you forgetting? 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Oh, that's all right, Ann. 04:40.000 --> 04:43.000 Wait a minute. Maybe I am a little touchy. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 Working under pressure, I... 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 Well, you don't have to worry about me, old-timer. 04:47.000 --> 04:50.000 I haven't seen sign of your secret plans. 04:50.000 --> 04:52.000 Oh, you two. Why don't you be friends? 04:52.000 --> 04:54.000 I was just going to suggest that... 04:54.000 --> 04:57.000 Doug, we could... Well, we could make a good spot for you. 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Now, that's more like it. I was just telling Doug... 04:59.000 --> 05:01.000 Oh, no. I'm not on the skids yet. 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 You don't get it, Doug. This is a big operation. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 Made to order for you. 05:05.000 --> 05:06.000 Sorry. 05:06.000 --> 05:09.000 How would you like to make the first test of our new plane? 05:09.000 --> 05:11.000 Wait a minute. I'm going to make that flight. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 After all... Now, take it easy, Ann. 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 I know you counted on this. 05:15.000 --> 05:16.000 Counted on it? I'm going. 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 Ann, we need publicity. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 The kind we can get with Doug as a pilot. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 He's the best-known flyer in the country. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 That'll get us twice as much space in the papers. 05:24.000 --> 05:26.000 Look, that plane is my baby. 05:26.000 --> 05:27.000 I've given her everything I... 05:27.000 --> 05:31.000 I know, I know, darling, but your safety means too much to me. 05:31.000 --> 05:33.000 I couldn't think of you cracking up. 05:33.000 --> 05:36.000 What are you so excited about? Ann's as good as they come. 05:36.000 --> 05:40.000 Well, if Doug would, I might be willing. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 I knew you'd say it, Ann. 05:42.000 --> 05:44.000 You've always wanted Doug as a partner. 05:44.000 --> 05:47.000 I'm not so fast. I might do this test, but... 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 If you would, Doug. 05:48.000 --> 05:52.000 Well, it's only because I don't like to see you taking chances, Angel. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 That's the spirit. We'll work out details later. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 Oh, it's going to be good to have you around, Doug. 05:56.000 --> 06:00.000 Sure it is. We can take a look at the ship now while you're cleaning up, eh, Ann? 06:00.000 --> 06:04.000 Well, why don't the three of us go out tonight, sort of celebrate? 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 What is this? I just said that I... 06:06.000 --> 06:09.000 Sure, sure, Doug, but Ann's just happy to have you with us. 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 I'm so glad you said yes. 06:11.000 --> 06:15.000 Okay, Angel, you wear that favorite dress of mine, and I'll go. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 That's a date. Take care of him, Austin. I'll hurry. 06:17.000 --> 06:19.000 Madder girl. See you soon. 06:22.000 --> 06:25.000 Well, Austin, you sure you go for this deal? 06:25.000 --> 06:26.000 Of course. 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 Well, I just thought that... 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 Forget it. I trust Ann. 06:29.000 --> 06:34.000 And besides, we couldn't let her take any chances on this test flight, could we? 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 Well, there's always that million to one... 06:35.000 --> 06:40.000 Sure, and besides, there are certain details I don't think Ann could handle. 06:40.000 --> 06:44.000 What do you mean? Ann ought to know all about her own plane after all she designed it. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Of course. That's exactly why. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 I don't get it. 06:47.000 --> 06:50.000 It's because she did design the ship that I can't let her make the test. 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 What's that? 06:52.000 --> 06:55.000 Ann would make a success of the test or die in the attempt. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.000 Oh, you mean if somebody's got to die, you'd rather it be me. 06:58.000 --> 07:03.000 Not that. I just can't afford to let this be a success. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 What? 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 Oh, I've got reasons. 07:06.000 --> 07:09.000 You see, I don't have as much money as Ann thinks I have. 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 So when I get this offer... 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 What offer? 07:11.000 --> 07:14.000 Never mind that. I need money to keep Ann in business. 07:14.000 --> 07:17.000 Well, but if this test flight's good, you'll have all the money you'll ever need. 07:17.000 --> 07:20.000 If it's successful. But what if it isn't? 07:20.000 --> 07:24.000 Well, any designer takes that gamble. Failure means you may go broke. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 Well, I'm not taking that chance. 07:26.000 --> 07:31.000 We're going to fail and get well paid for it. Very well paid. 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 Oh, come on. Talk sense. Ann doesn't go for failure. 07:33.000 --> 07:37.000 That's where you come in. You're going to deliberately crack up. 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 Now, wait a minute. I'm... 07:38.000 --> 07:41.000 You're going to pile up that plane so it'll look like something's wrong with the design. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.000 Oh, so that's the angle, huh? 07:43.000 --> 07:46.000 Well, you cheap little rat, you've sold out to a rival company. 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 Oh, no. I'm taking off. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 Not so fast, Birdman. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 I'm afraid you'll find it a little difficult to get out of here. 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 Yeah? 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 I had a hunch you might not like this job. 07:55.000 --> 07:58.000 That's why I made other arrangements. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 Well, hey, who's this jerk? 08:00.000 --> 08:05.000 Come on in, Sammy. Our hero is going to require some persuasion. 08:05.000 --> 08:09.000 He doesn't seem to realize he's involved in a very melodramatic situation. 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 Okay, boss. 08:11.000 --> 08:15.000 Is this overstuffed character part of the melodrama? 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 This dog is Samson. 08:17.000 --> 08:23.000 He used to be a circus strongman, but he found my kind of work pays better. 08:23.000 --> 08:26.000 Okay, boss. Now... 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 Get away from me, muscle-bound. 08:27.000 --> 08:30.000 Just keep an eye on him, Sammy. 08:30.000 --> 08:33.000 I want my friend Doug to understand the plot. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Hey, Austin, you haven't seen enough movies. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 Don't you know the hero always comes out on top? 08:37.000 --> 08:38.000 Does he? 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 Yeah, he does. 08:39.000 --> 08:41.000 For instance, I haven't forgotten my... 08:41.000 --> 08:43.000 My arm! He busted my arm! 08:43.000 --> 08:45.000 No, no, it's not busted. 08:45.000 --> 08:47.000 Take your hand off him, Doug. I've got you covered. 08:47.000 --> 08:49.000 What? Oh, guns make you nervous, don't they? 08:49.000 --> 08:50.000 Shut up. 08:50.000 --> 08:53.000 I don't want to shoot you. Yet. 08:53.000 --> 08:56.000 Sammy. Here's one for you. Catch. 08:56.000 --> 08:58.000 Nice throw, boss. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 Now, birdman, we've got you covered from both sides. 09:01.000 --> 09:05.000 Yeah, fast work, Austin. Maybe the movies could use you. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 Just shut up and start moving. 09:07.000 --> 09:29.000 And remember, there are two guns in your back. 09:29.000 --> 09:32.000 You think this is melodrama, birdman? 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 Take a look at that plane. 09:34.000 --> 09:37.000 Wow. Hey, I got a hand at the end. 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 She sure did a job at design on this baby. 09:39.000 --> 09:41.000 So you're impressed, huh? 09:41.000 --> 09:43.000 Well, just watch Sammy. 09:43.000 --> 09:47.000 He's going to do a few tricks with that window over there. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 Hey, what's the idea? 09:49.000 --> 09:50.000 That's a sure way to get the cops here. 09:50.000 --> 09:53.000 Absolutely. That's part of the plot. 09:53.000 --> 09:55.000 Okay, genius, you got me, but... 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 By the time they get here, you'll be all ready for them. 09:58.000 --> 09:59.000 Me? 09:59.000 --> 10:01.000 You. Remember? 10:01.000 --> 10:04.000 In this plot, the hero is the fall guy. 10:04.000 --> 10:07.000 Now, just climb up there in the cabin. 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 We need a few fingerprints. 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Oh, so that's why you always wear gloves. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 Get up there. There isn't much time. 10:13.000 --> 10:17.000 All right. 10:17.000 --> 10:20.000 Okay, come on down now. 10:20.000 --> 10:24.000 Look, what kind of a brainstorm are you having? 10:24.000 --> 10:27.000 Come here now. Look. Take a look at this engine. 10:27.000 --> 10:28.000 Well, yeah. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 That's right. Get your hands in there. 10:30.000 --> 10:31.000 Now, Sammy. 10:31.000 --> 10:35.000 Yeah, boss. You keep him covered while I get these Emory filings ready. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 Emory filings? 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 Well, you'll cut the heart out of that motor. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 Let me kill him now, boss. 10:40.000 --> 10:41.000 Well, that's one of the oldest tricks there is. 10:41.000 --> 10:42.000 Anybody knows that Emory filings... 10:42.000 --> 10:43.000 Sure they do. 10:43.000 --> 10:46.000 And the cops are going to think you were the stupid guy 10:46.000 --> 10:49.000 who used Emory to conk out this ship of vans. 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 Why, you little... 10:50.000 --> 10:52.000 Let me kill him, boss. Let's get it over here. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Sammy, do you hear me? 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 You big ape, you. 10:56.000 --> 10:59.000 Help. Help. 10:59.000 --> 11:02.000 I've been... I've been shot. 11:04.000 --> 11:06.000 Hey. Hey, Austin. 11:06.000 --> 11:09.000 Austin. What's the matter with you? 11:09.000 --> 11:11.000 Great Scott, man. He's dead. 11:11.000 --> 11:15.000 Dead? You... you killed him. 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 You shot him with my gun. 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 No, no, I didn't. 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 Your gun must have gone off when we were fighting. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 It was an accident. It must have been. 11:23.000 --> 11:25.000 What's that? 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 My arse. 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 It wasn't you. 11:32.000 --> 11:35.000 Somebody... over there. 11:37.000 --> 11:39.000 So you thought it was an accident, Doug. 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 Ann. Ann, where are you? 11:41.000 --> 11:43.000 Well, it was an accident, wasn't it? You saw... 11:43.000 --> 11:46.000 Was it? Move back a little, Doug. 11:46.000 --> 11:48.000 I want to see if Sammy's really dead. 11:50.000 --> 11:51.000 Yes. 11:51.000 --> 11:53.000 Funny, isn't it? 11:53.000 --> 11:56.000 One bullet took care of poor old Austin. 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 But it took two to finish Sammy. 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 Tough, wasn't it? 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 Ann, you're crazy. You must have gone out of your head. 12:02.000 --> 12:03.000 Here, give me that gun. 12:03.000 --> 12:05.000 No. Stay where you are, Doug. 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 Don't try anything smart. 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 I'm going to call the police. 12:08.000 --> 12:10.000 But you just killed Austin and Sammy. 12:10.000 --> 12:11.000 And you're going to call the police? 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 That's right, darling. I'm going to call the police. 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 So you better scram. 12:15.000 --> 12:16.000 They might find you, Doug. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 Oh, and for the love of Mike, find me? Why... 12:18.000 --> 12:20.000 You see, Doug, I know this place like a book. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 I can get out of here without anybody seeing me. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 I don't think you can. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 Oh, they'll find you all right. 12:26.000 --> 12:27.000 Ann, wait a minute. Where are you going? 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 You shot these men in cold blood. You can't walk... 12:29.000 --> 12:30.000 Can't I, Doug? 12:30.000 --> 12:33.000 So long and happy landing. 12:33.000 --> 12:57.000 Say, pusher. 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 Ann Logan. 12:59.000 --> 13:04.000 Will she get away with the cold-blooded killing of Austin Ames and his bodyguard, Samson? 13:04.000 --> 13:09.000 Will Doug Ward be able to convince the police that he did not kill Ann's partner? 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 Well, the second act will answer those questions. 13:12.000 --> 13:31.000 But in the meantime... 13:31.000 --> 13:37.000 And now, act two of Operation Murder. 13:37.000 --> 13:43.000 Police Detective Jurgens has arrived on the murder scene and has begun to question the flyer, Doug Ward. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 Oh, you take me for a ward. 13:45.000 --> 13:48.000 You'd better start talking if you want to have any chance at all. 13:48.000 --> 13:49.000 I told you I didn't do it. 13:49.000 --> 13:52.000 Sure, sure you didn't do it. But you were sitting here when I come in, weren't you? 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 You admit you were fighting with these guys. 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 Well, I didn't kill them. I told you that. 13:56.000 --> 13:59.000 All I know is the shots came out of the dark behind... behind those empty crates. 13:59.000 --> 14:02.000 Well, who was it then? Who was behind them boxes? 14:02.000 --> 14:03.000 I... I can't tell you. 14:03.000 --> 14:06.000 You can tell me and you will tell me or you'll hang. 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Who are you protecting? 14:08.000 --> 14:12.000 Come on, Ward. I know you're a great stunt flyer, but I don't give you no license to commit murder. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 I didn't murder anybody. 14:14.000 --> 14:18.000 Well, maybe you'll start talking when we find the fingerprints on the gun you left lying here. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 Look, I didn't have a gun. I don't even carry one. 14:20.000 --> 14:23.000 Okay, so you took it off on one of these guys. 14:23.000 --> 14:26.000 Everybody knows you were sweet on that gal Ann Logan. 14:26.000 --> 14:27.000 You were jealous, weren't you? 14:27.000 --> 14:28.000 Oh, but not like you were trying to make it look. 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 You were mad because Ames was in on this new plane that that Logan girl designed. 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 You figured you could make it look like Ames was no good. 14:34.000 --> 14:35.000 Oh, no, you're crazy. 14:35.000 --> 14:39.000 You crazy came here to jimmy up that plane and you figured to make it look like Austin Ames had done it. 14:39.000 --> 14:40.000 I tell you you're wrong. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 Had it all figured out, didn't you? 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 Only Austin comes along and catches you at it. 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 And so you get mad and kill him. 14:46.000 --> 14:47.000 No. 14:47.000 --> 14:49.000 You killed Austin Ames and then you shot Sammy because he was a witness. 14:49.000 --> 14:51.000 No, you've got it all mixed up. Ann... 14:51.000 --> 14:55.000 What about Ann? She telephoned the station and she'll be here in a minute. 14:55.000 --> 14:58.000 All right. Ann Logan was a friend. I was going to make the test flight for her. 14:58.000 --> 14:59.000 She asked you to? 14:59.000 --> 15:01.000 No. No, Austin did. 15:01.000 --> 15:05.000 He was double crossing Ann. He wanted to make the test flop. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.000 He tried to hire me to pull a funny crack up. 15:07.000 --> 15:10.000 Well, then why did you kill him? Wouldn't he pay you enough? 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 I told you I didn't kill him. 15:12.000 --> 15:16.000 No, no, you don't think Doug Ward killed... 15:16.000 --> 15:17.000 Oh, he couldn't have. 15:17.000 --> 15:18.000 Ann... 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 Surely it couldn't be Doug, Inspector. 15:20.000 --> 15:25.000 Doug had agreed to pilot the ship in tomorrow's test flight because Austin didn't want me to take the chance. 15:25.000 --> 15:26.000 He did, huh? 15:26.000 --> 15:33.000 Yes, of course, Doug and Austin weren't very good friends, but I guess Doug felt it would be better if I didn't take the chance. 15:33.000 --> 15:36.000 You know, you can't always tell about new planes. 15:36.000 --> 15:40.000 Is that why your friend Doug came here tonight? Because you and Austin invited him? 15:40.000 --> 15:47.000 No, I guess Doug was curious about the plane. He just dropped in and asked if he could take a look. 15:47.000 --> 15:48.000 And you took him out to see it? 15:48.000 --> 15:55.000 Why, no. Doug is a friend. I knew of course it would be all right for him to go alone. 15:55.000 --> 15:56.000 Alone? You... 15:56.000 --> 15:57.000 Yeah, sure, he was alone. 15:57.000 --> 16:02.000 That's right. Austin and Sammy went out a few minutes later and then I heard shots. 16:02.000 --> 16:03.000 And? 16:03.000 --> 16:07.000 I didn't know what to make of it. I was frightened and I ran out to find help. 16:07.000 --> 16:28.000 Oh, so that's the way you want it, huh? Well, I'm sorry, Doug. Hey, hey, hey, stop him, he's getting away. 16:28.000 --> 16:30.000 What is the meaning of this? 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 Hello, Lopez. You surprised? 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 What? Get out. What do you mean, break? 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 This makes the second time today you've tried to ignore me, Lopez. 16:40.000 --> 16:43.000 I do not know you. Get out. 16:43.000 --> 16:48.000 Oh, you know me all right, Lopez. That's why you're so nervous. You've been worried about me. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 Get out or I shall call the police. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 No, no. Not until we've had a little talk. 16:52.000 --> 16:57.000 And don't reach for that desk drawer. Have you forgotten, Lopez, that I'm an expert on judo? 16:57.000 --> 16:59.000 Quiet. Oh, yeah. 16:59.000 --> 17:02.000 What's the matter? Make you squirm? 17:02.000 --> 17:07.000 You are Doug Ward and I am Raymond Lopez, but this is not... 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Spare me! 17:13.000 --> 17:15.000 I told you not to reach for that gun. Listen, Ward... 17:15.000 --> 17:20.000 You ought to learn to act better, Lopez, now that you're an airline executive. 17:20.000 --> 17:23.000 This is a legitimate business. Sure. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 What do you want? 17:25.000 --> 17:28.000 How much did you pay for the plans to Anne Logan's plane? 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 What? You think... You heard me. 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 How much? 17:32.000 --> 17:35.000 Let me go. Let go of my arms. 17:35.000 --> 17:40.000 Look, I saw you coming out of Anne Logan's office. I know your tricks. 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 Now, how much? 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 No, no, I can't tell. 17:44.000 --> 17:48.000 Look, Lopez, you've been selling your services to one country after another. 17:48.000 --> 17:50.000 Your reputation isn't worth a nickel. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 I am. Now, just tell me how much. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 How much did you pay for the plans? 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 All right. 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 300,000. 17:59.000 --> 18:02.000 300,000? Anne! 18:02.000 --> 18:04.000 You see, Miss Logan? Here he is. 18:04.000 --> 18:08.000 Doug, Doug, I was so sure we wouldn't find you here. 18:08.000 --> 18:10.000 What? May I ask what is the meaning of this? 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 It just means that... 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 No, no, Inspector, I'm sure you're wrong. 18:14.000 --> 18:17.000 There must be some explanation for Doug's being here. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 Well, Anne, you know darn well why I'm here. 18:19.000 --> 18:21.000 Oh, Doug, you misunderstand me. 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 I just told the Inspector what you said about seeing Mr. Lopez. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 What? 18:24.000 --> 18:28.000 Well, I only thought... You see, if Doug was right in saying he'd seen you near my office, 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 why, that must mean you'd come to see Austin. 18:31.000 --> 18:32.000 What's the game, Anne? 18:32.000 --> 18:34.000 I'm so sorry about this, Doug. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 If I'd had any idea we'd find you here, 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 I only thought Lopez must know something 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 because of all the things you've told me about him. 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 What is this? 18:41.000 --> 18:45.000 Well, Doug always said if I ever wanted to sell out to a foreign country, 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 that you were the man to see. 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 Looks like your goose is cooked, Ward. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 What? Do you mean you were falling for her story? 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 Nah, none of that, Ward. 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 You won't need me anymore, will you, Inspector? 18:55.000 --> 18:58.000 I'm so on edge. Do you mind if I go on home? 18:58.000 --> 18:59.000 Sure enough, Miss Logan. 18:59.000 --> 19:02.000 And thanks for having that hunch about Lopez. 19:02.000 --> 19:06.000 Doug, I'm really awfully sorry. 19:06.000 --> 19:07.000 Oh. 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Look, Jergens, are you going to let her... 19:09.000 --> 19:10.000 Sit down, Ward, and start talking now. 19:10.000 --> 19:11.000 But she... 19:11.000 --> 19:14.000 Sure, sure, she was too smart for you, wasn't she? 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 You shouldn't have blabbed about your friend Lopez. 19:16.000 --> 19:19.000 Listen, why do you think I came to this guy's office? 19:19.000 --> 19:23.000 Get him to tell you about the 300,000 bucks he paid out for the plans to Ann's plane. 19:23.000 --> 19:26.000 It is a lie, Inspector. I demand that you take this man away. 19:26.000 --> 19:29.000 Look, Jergens, this guy's bad medicine wherever he goes. 19:29.000 --> 19:31.000 He's admitted that he paid out 300,000 berries 19:31.000 --> 19:36.000 to get the design for Ann's ship on condition that the test flight was called off. 19:36.000 --> 19:38.000 Now, he paid that money to Ann Logan herself. 19:38.000 --> 19:39.000 What? 19:39.000 --> 19:40.000 He is guessing, Inspector. He knows nothing. 19:40.000 --> 19:43.000 Oh, yeah? Well, then what were you doing in Ann's office? 19:43.000 --> 19:46.000 It is true. I went there but not to see Miss Logan. 19:46.000 --> 19:49.000 I make my arrangements with our partner, this Austin Ames. 19:49.000 --> 19:50.000 What arrangements? 19:50.000 --> 19:55.000 The people I represent pay Austin Ames to make sure the test flight is a failure. 19:55.000 --> 19:58.000 But it is understood this Doug Ward is to be the pilot. 19:58.000 --> 20:01.000 You mean that Ward was to fix the plane so it would crash? 20:01.000 --> 20:06.000 That is correct. However, Austin Ames anticipated some trouble in persuading you. 20:06.000 --> 20:09.000 Oh, so you killed Ames because he wouldn't pay you enough. Is that it, Ward? 20:09.000 --> 20:11.000 Look, Jergens, I told you I didn't kill anybody. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 The killer is your friend Ann Logan. 20:13.000 --> 20:14.000 Ann Logan? 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 That's right. I saw her do it. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 Todd, you told me you didn't know it. 20:17.000 --> 20:20.000 I know, I know. I couldn't figure out why she did it then. 20:20.000 --> 20:24.000 But when she began acting sorry for me, acting like she was defending me, 20:24.000 --> 20:26.000 I realized I was supposed to be the fall guy. 20:26.000 --> 20:29.000 What was her motive then? If your story is true? 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Money. Austin Ames was her husband-to-be. 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 She wanted his money, not him. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 When she got engaged to him, she got him to make a will in her favor. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 Are you guessing or do you know? 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 I'll bet on what I say being right. 20:40.000 --> 20:44.000 Look, if you just let me talk to her, ask her some questions, I can trap her. 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 I know I can. 20:45.000 --> 20:46.000 Okay, then come on. 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 Then I am free now? 20:48.000 --> 20:52.000 You're gonna have to answer some questions about those plane plans and that money, Lopas, 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 but we'll take care of that later. 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 Just don't get any ideas about getting away. 20:56.000 --> 21:14.000 Come on, boy. 21:14.000 --> 21:17.000 Miss Logan, you startled me. 21:17.000 --> 21:19.000 What brings you back to my office? 21:19.000 --> 21:23.000 The policemen in that flyer ward, they just left for your apartment. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 I never went to my apartment, Lopas. 21:25.000 --> 21:28.000 I waited outside, waited till they left. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 I saw them leave. 21:30.000 --> 21:33.000 That was clever, Miss Logan. 21:33.000 --> 21:34.000 But why? 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 Because I wanted to talk to you alone, without anyone hearing us. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 What about? 21:40.000 --> 21:43.000 I'm new at this plane design business, Lopas. 21:43.000 --> 21:46.000 A lot depends on what happens to my first job. 21:46.000 --> 21:50.000 Ever let a story get out that I was mixed up in a sellout to a foreign country and I'd be lit? 21:50.000 --> 21:51.000 Done. 21:51.000 --> 21:54.000 Nobody'd give me another chance. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 I've got to know, Lopas. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 Were you dealing with Austin or weren't you? 21:58.000 --> 22:02.000 I'm afraid I cannot discuss my business affairs with you, Miss Logan. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 Oh, yes, you can. 22:04.000 --> 22:07.000 You can do that or answer for two murders right now. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Me? Two murders? 22:09.000 --> 22:14.000 First you tried to blame the flyer for them and now you think you can change to me. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 I doubt that, Miss Logan. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 I doubt it very much. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 I saw you kill them, Lopas. 22:20.000 --> 22:21.000 Saw you drop the gun and run. 22:21.000 --> 22:24.000 I picked it up and went ahead. 22:24.000 --> 22:27.000 You think you would make the police believe a story like that? 22:27.000 --> 22:29.000 Fantastic. 22:29.000 --> 22:32.000 Particularly after what you have said about Doug Warsh. 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 Oh, no, it's true and I can prove it. 22:34.000 --> 22:38.000 I had my gloves on, Lopas, and I guarded your fingerprints carefully. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 They're still on the gun. 22:40.000 --> 22:44.000 I imagine the police could trace it to you if I told them where to look. 22:44.000 --> 22:49.000 You have made a mistake coming here alone, Miss Logan. 22:49.000 --> 22:53.000 Pardon? You? That gun? So you admit... 22:53.000 --> 23:01.000 I admit nothing, Miss Logan, except that I am about to commit a murder. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Listen, you couldn't kill me. Not here. 23:03.000 --> 23:06.000 I can do it and admit it freely. 23:06.000 --> 23:11.000 I say that you came back here to kill me just as you killed Ames and his stooge, 23:11.000 --> 23:16.000 that I shot in self-defense and I can take care of the fingerprints on that gun. 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 So there are fingerprints. You admit you killed them. 23:18.000 --> 23:22.000 It doesn't make much difference now, Miss Logan, to you or to me. 23:22.000 --> 23:25.000 But why? Why would you do such a thing? 23:25.000 --> 23:28.000 Ames made the deal with me. He took the money. 23:28.000 --> 23:32.000 And he insisted he'd get Doug Ward to crack up the plane so the test would be a failure. 23:32.000 --> 23:37.000 But Doug Ward turned down the deal. I knew he would talk. 23:37.000 --> 23:40.000 I couldn't afford to have my operations known. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 But why didn't you kill Doug? 23:42.000 --> 23:45.000 And let Austin Ames have that over my head? 23:45.000 --> 23:49.000 No, my dear. That wouldn't have done at all. 23:49.000 --> 23:51.000 And now? 23:51.000 --> 23:53.000 No. No, you can't shoot me. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 Here, stick him up, Lopez, or I'll shoot to kill. 23:57.000 --> 23:58.000 Hannah, Hannah, are you hurt? 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 He just got me in the shoulder. 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 But why come you came back? 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 You came here with me, remember, Miss Logan? 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 You said you were going to your apartment when you left here. 24:07.000 --> 24:08.000 She lied. She stayed here. 24:08.000 --> 24:11.000 We heard why she stayed here, Lopez. 24:11.000 --> 24:13.000 But how did you know I'd be here? 24:13.000 --> 24:17.000 Well, you came with me and there wasn't a cab anyplace around, not for blocks. 24:17.000 --> 24:21.000 Didn't seem like you could have gotten far enough away so we couldn't see you. 24:21.000 --> 24:23.000 So we came back to see what you were up to. 24:23.000 --> 24:25.000 Yeah, we heard Lopez admission to the murders. 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 You should have told me about him before. 24:27.000 --> 24:30.000 I had to be sure about Austin Ames being a crook. 24:30.000 --> 24:34.000 I had to know about Lopez playing there with Ames. 24:34.000 --> 24:40.000 I'm sorry I had to mix you into a duck, but I wouldn't let them convict you. 24:40.000 --> 24:45.000 And there had to be somebody to keep the police interested until I could talk to Lopez. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Well, you were handy. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 Handy? 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 Well, I won't be from now on, Ann. 24:51.000 --> 24:55.000 Since you've become a big business gal, you know you're out of my league. 24:55.000 --> 24:58.000 No, I'm going to stick to test flights from now on, 24:58.000 --> 25:15.000 for a guy isn't risking his life all the time. 25:15.000 --> 25:28.000 Applause 25:28.000 --> 25:57.000 Music 25:57.000 --> 26:23.000 Music 26:23.000 --> 26:46.000 Music