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00:00:00The End
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00:01:00I was dictating the wrap-up on the Butcher Benton package.
00:01:10I'm Lieutenant Dick Chason.
00:01:12This hadn't been a routine case.
00:01:15And to find the answer, I've had to put a lot of little pieces together.
00:01:19It began on the day most cases can be called closed.
00:01:23It was the day before the Butcher was to be executed.
00:01:26He was visited by his attorney, Paul Lowe, in the death house.
00:01:30It was at this first meeting the Butcher Benton case took its first switch.
00:01:36Well, that's it, Butcher.
00:01:38The evidence against you was so strong that the governor turned down your appeal.
00:01:41You're a rotten liar, Lowe.
00:01:43You started railroading me from the beginning of the trial.
00:01:47And now you're still trying to throw me curves.
00:01:49Look, I don't blame you for being edgy, but get this straight.
00:01:52I didn't double-cross you.
00:01:54I never worked harder for a client.
00:01:56You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced?
00:02:00You're a fool, Butcher.
00:02:02If you hadn't tried to double-cross Queenie Ellis and Joe Marcello, they wouldn't have turned State's evidence against you.
00:02:07But you had to get greedy.
00:02:09You wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself.
00:02:12Well, the boys got sore, and I don't blame them.
00:02:15It was all your idea.
00:02:17You planned the whole job.
00:02:19You hired us.
00:02:19When you found out I'd staged the money, you decided it was time for me to die.
00:02:24You got those two crumbs to turn State's evidence on me.
00:02:28You stinking, rotten mouthpiece.
00:02:31We both know that isn't true, Butcher.
00:02:34Now, look, what's the sense of not giving me the money?
00:02:37It's not going to do you any good.
00:02:38Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that none of you three crumbs are going to spend it.
00:02:44What about Eva?
00:02:46Don't you owe her something?
00:02:48You tell me where the money is, I'll see that she gets your share.
00:02:51I've got a different idea.
00:02:53I'm going to kill you and Squeamy and Joe.
00:02:57Then I'll take care of Eva myself.
00:03:00You sick-headed ape, you're going to die tomorrow.
00:03:06Remember what I said.
00:03:09I'm going to get you, all three of you.
00:03:11Even for you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick.
00:03:17So long, dead man.
00:03:21Remember what I said.
00:03:23I'm going to kill you.
00:03:25All three of you.
00:03:41Back in Los Angeles, two men sat in a bar room listening to a newscaster tell his headline story.
00:03:47He played up big the Butcher's threat to kill Paul Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli for their having turned state's evidence against him.
00:03:56Squeamy Ellis didn't seem happy over the Butcher's threat.
00:03:59Neither did Joe Marcelli.
00:04:00But they had figured, once a dead man, always a dead man.
00:04:05But this was one time everyone was in for a surprise, including the entire police department.
00:04:11You've seen the headlines, Captain.
00:04:30The teletype just came in from San Francisco.
00:04:34Butcher's execution is set for five o'clock this afternoon.
00:04:38And like the newspapers say, he still refuses to talk about that stolen money.
00:04:43Well, I still have hopes of coming up with something.
00:04:48That's what I dropped by for, Dick.
00:04:50With Butcher's execution, the department's marking it case closed.
00:04:53That means you'll be reassigned.
00:04:55I've spent a whole year trying to break this case.
00:04:59As far as I'm concerned, Butcher's death is just the beginning.
00:05:03Of course, I can't prove it, but I think that Paul Lowe was the top man.
00:05:08And even though I have to keep working on it while off duty,
00:05:11I'm going to get Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli.
00:05:14Okay, Lieutenant.
00:05:15Officially, I've taken you off of the case.
00:05:19Unofficially, I wish you luck.
00:05:21Do me a favor.
00:05:22Keep me posted.
00:05:24Will do.
00:05:25Thanks, John.
00:05:29I headed for Eva Martin.
00:05:32She worked in a local burlesque house.
00:05:35I'm a cop, and my job is to ask questions and get answers.
00:05:39So I decided I might as well start again with her.
00:05:52Come in.
00:05:53What do you want?
00:06:00I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:02Talk?
00:06:03You're a cop, aren't you?
00:06:04That's a good question.
00:06:05I can't even find a three-ton armored car, let alone the $600,000.
00:06:10I've been on the case a year.
00:06:11I've told you, and I've told you, and I've told you, and I've told you.
00:06:18I don't know anything about the money.
00:06:19I never did.
00:06:20Benton's going to be dead in a little while.
00:06:21I thought it might make a difference.
00:06:23I never knew anything about the money.
00:06:28Call me dumb.
00:06:29I didn't even know Charles was in the rackets until the trial.
00:06:33Now, take it easy, kid.
00:06:35You're on, Eva.
00:06:36Let's go, Eva.
00:06:43Hold on.
00:06:44Raise your hand.
00:06:46Miss Ace.
00:06:47Close your 來.
00:06:48Come.
00:06:48Come, Eva.
00:06:53Come, Eva.
00:06:54Come, Eva.
00:06:54Come.
00:06:55Come, Eva.
00:06:57Come, Eva.
00:06:58Come....
00:06:59Come.
00:06:59Come.
00:06:59Come..
00:07:00Come.
00:07:01Come.
00:07:01Le'opig.
00:07:02Come.
00:07:03Home.
00:07:04I break.
00:07:04Honey, here's your wrap.
00:07:34A few moments ago, Butcher Benton, without revealing the whereabouts of the $600,000 stolen in the armored car holdup, paid for his crimes against society in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
00:07:49Now for a look at the international scene.
00:07:51Today...
00:07:52Come on, baby.
00:07:56Don't waste tears on Benton.
00:07:58I feel so badly about Charles.
00:08:00If I'd known, maybe I could have done something.
00:08:04How about a drink? We could both of you do.
00:08:07I just can't drink while she's working.
00:08:10Boy, I see.
00:08:23What's that?
00:08:25Well, now what's the matter?
00:08:28It's a message from Charles.
00:08:30He told me to open it if...
00:08:33He died.
00:08:35Finale, Eva.
00:08:36All right.
00:08:40How about a steak after the show?
00:08:43No, thanks. Not tonight, Paul.
00:08:44I didn't find out until much later, but Paul Lowe, in opening the letter the butcher had given Eva, found a map outlining a section of the city sewer system.
00:09:03And clearly identified was the spot where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:09:08He replaced it with a $50 bill.
00:09:11I guess he figured $50 to gain $600,000 was not a bad day's work.
00:09:16And a few hundred miles away in San Francisco, the case took another switch, which turned the next 72 hours into one long, hideous nightmare.
00:09:33Dr. Bradshaw, a distinguished biochemist, was making preparations for a final experiment, which he hoped would lead the way to a cure for cancer.
00:09:42He'd been successful with laboratory animals.
00:09:45The last step called for a human body.
00:09:49And Dr. Bradshaw's assistant quickly made a deal with a local mortuary and returned to the laboratory with the dead body of Butcher Benton.
00:09:55You made good time.
00:10:06Well, I didn't waste any.
00:10:07Any trouble?
00:10:08No, I just handed the money over and moved the body into your station wagon. That was that.
00:10:12Good.
00:10:13Get a syringe.
00:10:21He's in good shape.
00:10:22Well, I hope so.
00:10:25We'll get other blood samples later. We'll run this one through fast.
00:10:29Right.
00:10:34Now wheel him into the machine and then raise him.
00:10:36Right.
00:10:55Ready.
00:11:06You mean you're going to give him 287,000 volts?
00:11:09Yes, yes.
00:11:10I'll get the fluoroscope set.
00:11:12We'll check with that before we start dissecting.
00:11:15Turn off the lights.
00:11:15Yes.
00:11:16Yes.
00:11:16Yes.
00:11:16Yes.
00:11:16Yes.
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00:11:16Yes.
00:11:17Yes.
00:11:18Yes.
00:11:18Yes.
00:11:18Yes.
00:11:19Yes.
00:11:19Yes.
00:11:20Yes.
00:11:20Yes.
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00:11:23Yes.
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25Yes.
00:11:25There you are, old boy.
00:11:28If you respond properly, and my theory is sound, you'll be more famous dead than alive.
00:11:34Throw the switch.
00:11:55Wait, wait. I thought I saw a pulsation of the fire.
00:12:04Dr. Bradshaw is beginning to breathe.
00:12:13You've brought this man back to life.
00:12:17No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:12:30No, no, no, no, no.
00:12:32The heart muscle has simply responded to a terrific electrical shock, that's all.
00:12:36Dr. Bradshaw, dr. Bradshaw is on the opposite side of the fire.
00:12:37No.
00:12:38Yes.
00:12:39How did that happen?
00:12:40Come on.
00:12:41There's no one, Mr. Bradshaw.
00:12:42It's not the better.
00:12:43It has been on the other end, Mr. Bradshaw.
00:12:44Do you think about that?
00:12:45Yes.
00:12:46Yes, but it does prove that the cells still function.
00:12:46Dr. Bradshaw, he is alive.
00:12:47A shock reaction, it can't last.
00:12:48His cells are multiplying now, if your theory is right.
00:12:52We could keep that reaction going longer.
00:12:57But it's worth a try.
00:13:00Get the body out.
00:13:22Get some adrenaline from the supply room.
00:13:24Some ML nitrite, too.
00:13:25Hurry, hurry.
00:13:51Hey, now.
00:14:11You mustn't move.
00:14:12Your heart can't stand the strain.
00:14:16Now, you must lie still.
00:14:18Please, please.
00:14:20Easy now.
00:14:21Easy.
00:14:22Easy.
00:14:24You must lie.
00:14:25Easy.
00:14:25Please.
00:14:26Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:14:37Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had given life back to the butcher.
00:14:41He tried to talk, but the electrical voltage had burned out his vocal cords.
00:14:46Yet it hadn't destroyed his brain.
00:14:49He knew who he was.
00:14:50He knew who he hated.
00:14:52As he stumbled about the room, I think he thought only about one.
00:14:56Kill Low, Squeamy, and Joe Marcelli.
00:14:59The tremendous electrical voltage that Dr. Bradshaw had given the butcher had increased his cellular structure to the point where he was no longer a man.
00:15:08Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had created a vicious, brutal animal with an almost inconceivable amount of strength.
00:15:15Dr. Bradshaw must have believed that Dr. Bradshaw must have believed that Dr. Bradshaw must have believed the butcher's regained life would last for only a few minutes.
00:15:20Therefore, instead of calling for help, the doctor decided to handle his creation alone.
00:15:26Dr. Bradshaw's next door.
00:15:30Now easy, Now easy, Batman.
00:15:31Just relax.
00:15:32I'm a doctor.
00:15:33I want to try to help you.
00:15:34Do you understand me?
00:15:36You're in my laboratory.
00:15:37The execution was carried out and you were declared dead.
00:15:40I tried an experiment on you and brought you back to life,
00:15:42although I didn't intend that.
00:15:44Now, you've had a great shock.
00:15:45Now, come and sit down.
00:15:47Be quiet. Now, come and sit down.
00:15:50Take it easy.
00:15:51That's the boy.
00:16:00Careful. His reactions are violent.
00:16:02How do you explain this?
00:16:04Each cell must have multiplied a hundred times,
00:16:06perhaps thousands.
00:16:07His strength is unbelievable.
00:16:08No, no, no. It's too late for the amyl nitrite.
00:16:12I want to get some blood samples,
00:16:14make some tests on him, find out what's happened.
00:16:17Get me a syringe.
00:16:38Why won't the needle penetrate the skin?
00:16:45Tissue must be nearly a solid mass of cells.
00:16:48How are we going to get the blood samples?
00:16:51Surgically, perhaps.
00:16:57Now, you get it. Take it easy.
00:16:59You can't leave here now.
00:17:01I'm responsible for your being alive.
00:17:02Help!
00:17:32Help!
00:17:34Help!
00:17:35Help!
00:17:36Help!
00:17:37Help!
00:17:38Help!
00:17:39Help!
00:17:40Help!
00:17:41Help!
00:17:42Towards the end of this case, Captain Lauder and I found out the doctor and his assistant had been murdered.
00:18:01But I'm getting ahead of my story.
00:18:04The butcher didn't know how he had been brought back from the dead and he didn't care.
00:18:09All he knew, he was alive.
00:18:12Then this monster-made man started thinking about Los Angeles.
00:18:31On that very night back in Los Angeles, I decided to stop playing detective for a little while.
00:18:38I went to the burlesque house to ask Eva to have dinner with me.
00:18:42After all, the butcher was dead and if I got lucky, sooner or later I figured Paul Lowe would lead me to the stolen payroll.
00:18:50In a way, that possibility made me even feel better.
00:18:57It's not fair to watch the show from backstage.
00:19:00Next time I'll pay admission.
00:19:02I take it by that remark you like my routine.
00:19:05Yeah, you're pretty good.
00:19:07What I can't figure out though is why you stay in a place like this.
00:19:12It shouldn't be hard for someone like you to get a job in a class spot.
00:19:16If you weren't a detective, I'd be willing to bet with a line like that your next remark would be, how about dinner?
00:19:22Well, not exactly dinner, but a hamburger might be a good idea.
00:19:26If you're asking in an official capacity, I can't say no.
00:19:31I'm off duty.
00:19:32For the past six months, all I've ever called you is Lieutenant Chasen.
00:19:36Do you have a first name?
00:19:37Oh, Dick.
00:19:42Give me ten minutes for a quick change because you just made yourself a date, Lieutenant.
00:19:47I mean Dick.
00:19:56You know something, Dick?
00:19:59I haven't had hamburger in the front seat of an automobile with a guy in a lot of years.
00:20:03Well, from now on, we'll do it more often.
00:20:08Funny.
00:20:09I always figured a policeman wasn't really a human being.
00:20:12I mean, unless he was arresting someone or trying to solve a case, he was unhappy.
00:20:17Shows you how wrong you are.
00:20:19In fact, everyone on the force gets fed up occasionally with the job they do.
00:20:23Maybe we're more human than anyone else.
00:20:27We see so much trouble we get to hate the world.
00:20:31But as long as the world's filled with people, they'll have to be men who enforce the laws.
00:20:37What made you join the department?
00:20:40Now, who's making with the questions?
00:20:42No, Honest, I'd like to know.
00:20:44Well, it's really a very short story.
00:20:47When I got out of the Air Corps, I knocked around for a while.
00:20:52Well, I went to work for an oil company.
00:20:56One day, I went back to college on the GI Bill.
00:20:59Just before graduation, I noticed all about the police department exams.
00:21:04Seemed a pretty good thing to do with your life, so...
00:21:07I took the exams, passed, then went on from there.
00:21:11If I ask one more question, would you give me a straight answer?
00:21:15Try me.
00:21:17Am I still part of the Charles Benton investigation?
00:21:20I mean, right now?
00:21:22I don't think so.
00:21:25As far as the department's concerned, when Benton was executed, the case was marked closed.
00:21:32But inside of me, that's not good enough.
00:21:35I don't bother you.
00:21:37Well, the $600,000 is still missing.
00:21:40And a fast-talking underworld lawyer like Paul Lowe is walking around a free man.
00:21:47Someday, no matter how long it takes, I'll get him and the money.
00:21:50Until I do, the Benton case for me is not closed.
00:21:54I'll give you my word, Dick.
00:21:56Charles Benton never told me anything about the money.
00:21:59Oh, I've been sure of that for a long time.
00:22:03But how did you ever get mixed up with anyone like the Butcher?
00:22:07As trouble ever started, it just happened.
00:22:11I had a roommate who used to date Benton all the time.
00:22:14One day, she packed and left for Chicago.
00:22:17Benton carried a torch for her, and he used my shoulder to cry on.
00:22:20First thing I knew, we were having dinner together,
00:22:23and a few weeks later,
00:22:25I was labeled by the police as this number one suspect and Benton's girl.
00:22:29But it was never like that.
00:22:31I made only one mistake I felt sorry for.
00:22:35You mean, until he was arrested for the robbery and the killing,
00:22:39you had no idea how he earned a living?
00:22:41I know this is going to sound crazy,
00:22:43but I only went out with Benton a couple of times,
00:22:46and all we ever talked about was Madge, my old roommate.
00:22:49The last time I saw him, he tried to get too friendly,
00:22:52and that's when I told him he had the wrong girl.
00:22:55But like I said, I'd already made my mistake.
00:22:58What about the burlesque house?
00:23:01How do you two fit together?
00:23:03You sound like a lot of other people.
00:23:06I left a small town a couple of years ago
00:23:09because I won a beauty contest,
00:23:11and the first prize was a screen test.
00:23:13Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
00:23:16After which nothing happened?
00:23:17That's right.
00:23:18Only, uh, it was pretty rough.
00:23:22And then one day I read an ad about girls wanted for a burlesque show.
00:23:26I auditioned and I got the job.
00:23:28You know something?
00:23:30It's like any other job.
00:23:32If you're looking for trouble, you can find it even in a schoolroom.
00:23:36Well, when the screen test didn't work out, though,
00:23:39why didn't you go on home?
00:23:41Well, first you have to have a home to go back to.
00:23:44My folks are dead, so Los Angeles was as good as any place else.
00:23:49I don't know about you, but I do eight shows a day,
00:23:52and at this hour I'm bushed.
00:23:54I know what you mean.
00:23:56Mind if I drive you home?
00:23:58No.
00:23:59And I'll tell you something else.
00:24:02I haven't minded anything about tonight.
00:24:04Not even the hamburger.
00:24:10I kept playing tag with Lowe.
00:24:12He made four telephone calls.
00:24:14Three of them didn't interest me, but one did.
00:24:17The one to Joe Marcelli.
00:24:19I watched Joe head for his meeting with Lowe,
00:24:21and for some unknown reason I began to get the feeling
00:24:23that this case was finally about to explode in my favor.
00:24:28You see what I mean?
00:24:32Well, look at that, will you?
00:24:36I've seen him stagger on two legs, but he's doing it on four.
00:24:40Shut up, you fleabag.
00:24:42Well, look who's calling names.
00:24:44At least I ate a squealer, a stoolie.
00:24:47I warned you before.
00:24:49All right, Harry, that's enough.
00:24:50I'll take care of him.
00:24:51I want to talk to him.
00:24:52Okay, Mr. Lowe.
00:24:53With any future business you've got with this psycho,
00:24:55take care of it upstairs in your office.
00:24:57He keeps showing around here.
00:24:58Sooner or later he's going to get slugged.
00:24:59Crippled or no crippled.
00:25:00All right, shut up, Jim.
00:25:01Sit down.
00:25:02I need a shot.
00:25:03Go ahead.
00:25:04You'll get one after I've talked to you.
00:25:08You sober enough to understand?
00:25:09Yeah.
00:25:10I run out of dough.
00:25:11No wonder.
00:25:12Look at you.
00:25:13You used to be the best torch man in town.
00:25:14How I don't think you could crack a safe if you knew the combination.
00:25:15No jobs.
00:25:16Nobody wants me since I turned states on Benton.
00:25:17That's your doing.
00:25:18You talk me into it.
00:25:19All right, quit crying.
00:25:20I got a job for you.
00:25:21If you can stay off that stuff long enough.
00:25:22You know I can if I've got a job.
00:25:23How much?
00:25:24How much?
00:25:25How much?
00:25:26How much?
00:25:27How much?
00:25:28How much?
00:25:29How much?
00:25:30How much?
00:25:31How much?
00:25:32How much?
00:25:33How much?
00:25:34More tiempo?
00:25:35How much?
00:25:36How much?
00:25:37How much?
00:25:38How many more life?
00:25:39How much?
00:25:40You were all alone?
00:25:41As alоad, Andrew was okay.
00:25:42They
00:26:01I'll do it.
00:26:02How soon do you want me to go to work?
00:26:03Set it up for tomorrow night.
00:26:06Call me before noon and I'm one of the races.
00:26:10One.
00:26:11And that's all, the job's over.
00:26:32The butcher was walking slowly toward Los Angeles.
00:26:51He traveled through wooded hills to prevent being seen by anyone.
00:26:56Finally he came to a quiet road.
00:26:59He stopped to get his bearings.
00:27:01And then he saw her.
00:27:03He saw something else.
00:27:05An automobile.
00:27:07For the butcher, that rang a bell.
00:27:09With a car, he knew by the next afternoon he'd be in Los Angeles in plenty of time to catch up with the three men who had double-crossed him.
00:27:18Well, see, you're a real gentleman to be helping strangers in distress.
00:27:33I hope you don't mind me using the babe here as bait.
00:27:35Quite a dish, isn't she?
00:27:36But that's what she gets paid for.
00:27:38Bait, that is.
00:27:39Yes, sir.
00:27:40She's a real shaker artist in my outfit.
00:27:41Carnival man, myself.
00:27:43Just call me Connie.
00:27:44Yeah.
00:27:45Well, friend, we're in a little bit of difficulty here.
00:27:48Got a flat tire, brand new car, no tools in the back.
00:27:51Some of these dealers make my carnival griptus look like babes in the woods.
00:28:18Don't kill Hoolie.
00:28:19Say, who you with, friend?
00:28:21Let it down.
00:28:22Let it down.
00:28:23No matter who you with, friend, believe me, I can do better for both of us.
00:28:28I'll make a fortune for the both of us.
00:28:30Oh!
00:28:31An hour later, the San Francisco Police Department sent out an APB.
00:28:52Squads were sent to various parts of the countryside.
00:28:59The San Francisco Police Department sent out an APB.
00:29:12The San Francisco Police Department sent out an APB.
00:29:17Roadblocks were thrown up to catch the cold-blooded killer the hysterical girl had described.
00:29:44Each squad kept reporting back to central headquarters, and each of their stories was the same.
00:29:50So far, none of them had spotted the car the killer was driving.
00:29:54Orders were given to shoot to kill, because from the girls' further accounts, they realized they were dealing with a maniac.
00:30:13Oh, my God!
00:30:14Oh, my God!
00:30:18Oh, my God!
00:30:22Come on.
00:30:52I trust that this information will answer all of your questions.
00:31:19If I can be of any further service, let me know.
00:31:23Sincerely, J.L. Louder, Captain Police, L.A.
00:31:26Another all-point, some CHP, Captain.
00:31:38These reports sound like they come from a bunch of loonies.
00:31:40You sure do. There it is.
00:31:43Sergeant.
00:31:43Yeah?
00:31:44I want Lieutenant Chasen to look these over as soon as he comes in.
00:31:47All right, Captain.
00:31:47The next morning, I read the stories of the brutal murder of the two police officers.
00:31:56I also read the witness's statement about the bullets having no effect upon the killer.
00:32:01I felt sorry for the witness, and I thought about how easily a person's mind can become confused when suddenly they receive a brutal shock.
00:32:13I didn't believe a man existed who could not be stopped by a slug from a .45.
00:32:18Good morning, Captain.
00:32:21You and the rest of the force are going on 24-hour duty.
00:32:27Seen the headlines?
00:32:28With this guy that's running amok up north?
00:32:31Yeah, the latest report, he's killed two police officers.
00:32:34Made a getaway in a green coop heading south.
00:32:36Well, I've got a hunch this killer's going to be our baby.
00:32:40He could be in town right now.
00:32:42Yeah.
00:32:44You better get started, Lieutenant.
00:32:45Okay.
00:32:48Any new leads on that hold-up, Mike?
00:32:50I think the girl can probably be counted out.
00:32:52If any of the others are wise, they're keeping mighty quiet.
00:32:56Well, let it ride for now.
00:32:58The whole force is going to be on the spot until we catch this killer.
00:33:02Newspapers will have a field day.
00:33:06We were wrong about two things.
00:33:19The killer was already in our city,
00:33:21and we didn't know he was Butcher Benton.
00:33:23He headed straight for Eva Martin.
00:33:26He went to her dressing room to get back the map he had left in the envelope with her.
00:33:30He wanted first to check his money, then catch up with Lowe and the others.
00:33:36There's no more.
00:33:37There's no more.
00:33:48It couldn't be.
00:33:54But you...
00:33:54You do look like him.
00:33:58They're different somehow.
00:34:00it is you
00:34:09why didn't somebody tell me
00:34:12what's happened Charles
00:34:18those look like bullet holes
00:34:21are they
00:34:22there's not even a mark
00:34:29there's not even a mark
00:34:59I opened it like you told me
00:35:00I found the $50
00:35:02I didn't know why you left it
00:35:08Paul didn't know why he was here
00:35:11don't play crazy
00:35:28the name of Paul triggered his hate
00:35:33he left her dressing room and started for Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli's place
00:35:38because he knew with them out of the way
00:35:40Paul Lowe couldn't open the strong box where the money was hidden
00:35:43he thought of Squeamy and Joe first
00:35:46he was saving Paul Lowe for last
00:35:50the
00:35:55the
00:35:57the
00:35:57the
00:36:03Let's go.
00:36:33Hey, Eva, can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?
00:36:53Operator, get me police headquarters.
00:36:57Lieutenant Chasen, please.
00:37:02When do you expect?
00:37:03Well, tell him Charles Benton is alive.
00:37:10And even bullets can't stop him.
00:37:13I'm not crazy.
00:37:18Just say a friend of Charles, he'll know.
00:37:20After leaving a message for me, Eva telephoned Squeamy Ellis.
00:37:36She tried to tell him the butcher was alive and on his way over to kill him.
00:37:41Squeamy didn't believe her, and in a way you couldn't blame him.
00:37:44Who in their right mind would believe a man had returned from the dead?
00:37:49What Squeamy actually believed was that the butcher, before his execution, had hired a killer to carry out his threat.
00:37:55You sick?
00:38:11What?
00:38:12You don't look so good to me.
00:38:13Ten minutes, Eva.
00:38:16All right.
00:38:17Say, Eva, I could take over the matinate trick for you.
00:38:21What?
00:38:22It's easy.
00:38:23Look, Eva, I can do it.
00:38:25Scub-a-de-doo-de-doo-do.
00:38:27Oh.
00:38:28I'm...
00:38:29Francine, I just thought of something.
00:38:32Yeah?
00:38:33Eva agreed to let Francine do the show.
00:38:37She hoped she'd be able to interrupt the butcher before he arrived at Squeamy's hotel.
00:38:41Or, failing that, at least be able to warn him to stay out of sight.
00:38:48You want to meet Captain?
00:38:51Yeah, I just had a run down on those fingerprints of the stolen car up north.
00:38:55I got nothing on the driver who was killed or the woman with him.
00:38:57Take a good look at these.
00:39:04There's something funny about these.
00:39:06Yeah.
00:39:07The boys in the lab can't figure it out, either.
00:39:09Those are the killers.
00:39:10They were found on the steering wheel.
00:39:13Looked like they'd been stamped in with a steel die.
00:39:15They sure do.
00:39:20These are Butcher Benton's.
00:39:23What?
00:39:24They look the same to me.
00:39:25How do the lab boys explain that?
00:39:28They don't.
00:39:29Their best guess is a twin brother.
00:39:32An identical twin could have the same pattern of horrors with only slight variations.
00:39:36Ever hear of the Butcher having a twin brother?
00:39:41No.
00:39:43Even if he did, it wouldn't explain these freak prints.
00:39:48If you didn't pick up your message, Lieutenant, some wacky dame calls you.
00:39:52And she says Charles Benton is alive.
00:39:55Then bullets won't stop him.
00:39:56If we buy the twin theory, who was she?
00:40:01Where'd she seen?
00:40:02Well, she wouldn't leave her name.
00:40:04Sounded kind of hysterical to me.
00:40:05Said she was a friend of the Butcher's.
00:40:08Eva Martin.
00:40:09Get her with the Follies and see what that girl knows.
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:15Some guys have all the luck.
00:40:16I never drew an assignment to the Follies.
00:40:27Meanwhile, the Butcher headed for Squeamy's hotel.
00:40:31He didn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
00:40:34Actually, he seemed like any normal person.
00:40:37On his way to work or on his way home.
00:40:39He rode up Angel's flight, arrived at the top, scanned the hotel building,
00:40:54and then noticed the only exit from Squeamy's apartment.
00:40:57A fire escape.
00:41:09A fire escape.
00:41:33A fire escape.
00:41:34A fire escape.
00:41:34A fire escape.
00:41:36Oh, my God.
00:42:06Oh, my God.
00:42:36Oh, my God.
00:43:06Oh, my God.
00:43:36Oh, my God.
00:44:06The butcher was figuring his next step, and as he looked at the dead cop, he thought about Paul Lowe, the next man on his list.
00:44:15Oh, my God.
00:44:17Have you seen Joe Marchelli?
00:44:18Not since last night, when I told him I didn't want him around here no more.
00:44:21Oh, my God.
00:44:22Oh, my God.
00:44:23Look.
00:44:24Look.
00:44:25Look.
00:44:26Look.
00:44:27Look.
00:44:28Look.
00:44:29I need help.
00:44:34I just found out that Benton's hired a killer to get me.
00:44:40He's after Joe, too.
00:44:41Then...
00:44:42Well, then drink up and get out.
00:44:43I don't want no trouble around my place.
00:44:45You're a real pal.
00:44:46Drink up and get out, I said.
00:44:47Drink up and get out, I said.
00:44:53No one.
00:44:54Well.
00:44:55لا.
00:44:56No one.
00:44:57He's going to be a alien.
00:44:58He's going to be a man.
00:45:00I was going to be a man.
00:45:02He's going to be a man.
00:45:03Let's go.
00:45:33Let's go.
00:46:03Let's go.
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00:51:48Let's go.
00:51:49Let's go.
00:51:50Move.
00:51:54Let's go.
00:51:56Let's go.
00:51:59Look.
00:52:00Let's go.
00:52:01Let's go.
00:52:02Let's go.
00:52:03Let's go.
00:52:04start mr lowe what are you doing here where's eva oh i'm taking her place i'm gonna wear her
00:52:09costumes what's it to you i asked you where's eva hey don't get physical well watch your tone of
00:52:15voice buster i told you little eva isn't here i can see that for myself where is she she's at
00:52:23police headquarters that's where she is yes sir no sir captain lauder is still with the mayor
00:52:31the killer dropped out of sight he was last seen in the hollywood area
00:52:37yes sir we we know he's dangerous every angle's being covered yes sir i i'll tell him
00:53:01yes see how these fit low heels i'm sorry it's the best our wardrobe department can afford
00:53:15any idea how soon the captain will be back
00:53:21now look i'm going to see the captain i'll have to wait here all night
00:53:23paul paul charles killed squeamy and joe joe too
00:53:33benton he's alive i saw him but nobody will believe me i'm checking it my guess is whoever
00:53:41killed them is on the trail of the money lowe now maybe you better start talking if you know anything
00:53:44about it i don't know anything did the butcher have a brother no no brother it was charles i saw the
00:53:54tattoo on his arm
00:53:58look i demand police protection where's the money lowe you heard me i demand protection i know my rights
00:54:03we put stakeouts on your office and home well that's not enough it's enough as far as we're concerned
00:54:09what are you going to book me sergeant then throw away the key
00:54:39what are you going to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do
00:54:50thank you
00:54:53come up with anything yet dick oh we've checked every hotel motel and rooming house in town
00:54:58we've run a cross check on every hangout butcher ever used net results blank this is incredible we not
00:55:05only discover a dead man turned killer but it's beginning to look like he plays ghost too
00:55:11he's somewhere in this city and if we have to take it apart brick by brick we've got to get him
00:55:16i may be way off but i think paul lowe could tell us a lot maybe that's a cinch he's not going to
00:55:24suppose he had no alternative you better grab some coffee your mind's beginning to play tricks on you
00:55:29no now wait a minute when lowe came to us for police protection it was because he was scared
00:55:35stiff the butcher would add him to the list of squeamy ellis and joe marcelli go on it figures
00:55:40too when he slugged the sergeant he knew we'd book him right away oh this lowe's a pretty cute
00:55:45character but we can play the same game you mean we'll threaten to release him well not exactly
00:55:52you tell him you realize that he was excited that throwing the punch was accidental tell him we're not
00:55:57going to make a charge that he's completely released lieutenant you know we can't do that
00:56:02lowe made his first mistake when he hit the sergeant and that'll get him a year
00:56:05as far as the department's concerned at least it's a small victory if my hunch is right lowe won't
00:56:11want to be on the streets with the butcher looking for him and he may talk and talk a lot enough maybe
00:56:17for us to get rid of him permanently even lead us to the butcher if he's frightened enough that might work
00:56:23but if it doesn't no dick i'm not going to release him i want him out of my way so bad i can taste it
00:56:31but not bad enough to be responsible for getting him killed the good thing about that captain is the
00:56:36fact we know it but lowe doesn't let's give it a try all right lowe come on out
00:56:44i think you'll find everything in there you're free to go mr lowell
00:56:55wait a minute who do you think you're kidding you arrested me for assaulting an officer
00:57:01court i'll plead guilty with luck i might get off for six months for a lawyer you're forgetting a very
00:57:07important point if no charge is made there's no trial it was a tough day for everyone we figured
00:57:14your nerves were on edge and when you threw the punch you didn't know what you were doing
00:57:18i've squared everything with the sergeant it's all over all forgotten yeah why'd you bring a stenographer
00:57:25simply because i wanted a record of our conversation at the time of your release
00:57:30okay lowe let's go oh wait a minute what's that on those streets and i'm a dead man
00:57:35if you let me go you'll be responsible for murder oh come off it lowe you're imagining things you know
00:57:41the butcher threatened to kill me you set me free he'll do it well that's just a risk we'll have to
00:57:46take but the way i look at it mr lowell you'll be okay look captain i'll make a deal with you
00:57:54you keep me here and i'll tell you how to recover the money maybe even catch the butcher no deals lowe
00:58:00you'd probably tell us anything just to stall for time come on let's get out of here now wait a minute
00:58:05all right i'll tell you the truth start taking this down
00:58:20i paulo
00:58:23hired butcher benton squeamy ellis and joe miscelli to pull off the armored car hold up
00:58:30and then lowe continued with his confession he told us about finding the map he showed us the exact
00:58:38location of where the butcher had hidden the stolen payroll and he gave us a most important answer the
00:58:44explanation as to how the butcher was able to elude detection his means of escape was the sewer system
00:58:50the entire city
00:59:04the department went to work fast every police squad in the city was detailed to cover a specific area
00:59:10every entrance and exit to the los angeles city sewer system of 700 miles was covered captain lauder and i
00:59:17along with several other squads headed for the entrance where according to the map butcher had
00:59:22hidden the money our job was to stop him and that made me think of one specific question
00:59:28when we found him could this monster be stopped i for one wasn't sure
00:59:47everything all set lieutenant city engineers mapped out each possible exit the squad of officers are
01:00:02spotted at every point the butcher can be caught now's the time well after i talked to caltech i called
01:00:07on the fire department for a little help the professors thought a flame thrower might stop him flame thrower
01:00:12i suppose our boys have had a chance to join our squads by now see we have one with us here have you
01:00:18thought about what will happen if this doesn't work no i've been praying too hard that it will work
01:00:42well
01:00:48well
01:00:48well
01:00:51yeah
01:00:53well
01:01:55This is where we split up.
01:02:17I'll go straight ahead.
01:03:17If this map's right, we're off our course.
01:03:23We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:24We'll have to backtrack.
01:03:54We'll have to backtrack.
01:04:24Hold it, Putcher.
01:04:43I didn't have it.
01:04:44We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:14We'll have to backtrack.
01:05:44We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:14We'll have to backtrack.
01:06:44We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:14We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:16We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:18We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:20We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:22We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:24We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:26We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:28We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:30We'll have to backtrack.
01:07:32Oh, my God.
01:08:02Oh, my God.
01:08:32Oh, my God.
01:09:02Oh, my God.
01:09:04The $600,000 stolen in the armored truck robbery has been recovered.
01:09:08Case closed.
01:09:09Well, here are the scientists' comments for your records.
01:09:15I had to fill in a few spots with my own guesses, but I guess that's about the size of it.
01:09:20Did you get any sleep?
01:09:21Oh, some. Not much.
01:09:23How's the girl today?
01:09:24Well, I called the hospital about an hour ago. She'd gone.
01:09:27Gone? Where?
01:09:28Well, she told him she was a working girl and that she'd been away from the job too long already.
01:09:33Quite a girl.
01:09:34Yeah.
01:09:36Say, uh, how about that time off I've got coming?
01:09:3948 hours, beginning right now.
01:09:40Let's have some rest, Dick.
01:09:46You know something, Dick?
01:09:52The past 72 hours seemed like a bad dream.
01:09:57That rest in the hospital today really gave me a new lease on life.
01:10:02Now that it's over, I...
01:10:04I can't believe it actually happened.
01:10:07The important thing is to remember, it is all over.
01:10:12I suppose you'll be assigned to another case.
01:10:15I'll have to give up hamburgers in the front seat of the car for steaks in a restaurant.
01:10:19No.
01:10:21I've thought about that.
01:10:23In fact, I decided to do something about it.
01:10:26I started by talking the captain into a short holiday.
01:10:29And, uh, just about an hour ago, I got you fired.
01:10:34What?
01:10:36What did you do that for?
01:10:38I figured that being my wife would take up all of your time.
01:10:44Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't.
01:10:47You're not supposed to say no to a detective.
01:10:50I figured that too.