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The Shadow - "The Cat and the Killer" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: A rescued Siamese cat, after someone tries to drown it,
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: wears an unusually valuable engraved silver collar, and that collar
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: gives Lamont Cranston a case to follow. Tonight, The Shadow
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: presents The Cat and the Killer, first heard on the
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: Mutual Broadcasting System, January 12, 1947, as episode 392. Brett
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Morrison is Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane,
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: in a Lewis Reed script that takes Cranston, Margo, and
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: Shrevie from the waterfront to carnival grounds, a house of mirrors,
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: and the estate of a recently deceased cat owner. Blue
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: Coal sponsored the Mutual series, and now the original broadcast.
• 0:56
  Speaker 2: What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: The Shadow The Shadow who aids the forces of law
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, a wealthy young
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: man about town. Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: a strange and mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: men's minds so they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion,
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  Speaker 2: the lovely Margo Lane, is the only person who knows
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: to whom the voice of the invisible shadow belongs. Today's drama,
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: The Cat and the Killer.
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  Speaker 3: How do you like these two, Lamont?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm afraid I'm not much of an authority on lovebirds, Margo.
• 2:02
  Speaker 3: I think they're beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: How much are they?
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  Speaker 5: Fifty dollars.
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  Speaker 3: Seems reasonable enough. I wonder if I should buy them.
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  Speaker 2: You own this here pet store?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: You buy pets?
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  Speaker 2: Occasionally. Well, I got one here in this sack. Someone
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: threw it off the pier last night and landed on
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  Speaker 2: my boat. Careful, while I open this, she scratches like
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  Speaker 2: the devil.
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  Speaker 6: Meow!
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  Speaker 7: Meow!
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  Speaker 2: Now, ain't she a beauty? Fine-looking animal. You want to
• 2:28
  Speaker 2: buy her? I'm afraid not. We don't have much call
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  Speaker 2: for Siamese cats. Well, sell her cheap. All right.
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  Speaker 8: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, kitty, back in the bag. Just a moment.
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  Speaker 2: Where did you say this cat came from? Someone threw
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  Speaker 2: her off Seal Pier, landed on the deck of my houseboat.
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  Speaker 2: Guess they wanted to drown her. That's strange. Nothing. You
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  Speaker 2: said you wanted to sell her? Yes. How much? Uh...
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  Speaker 2: Ten bucks, maybe? All right. Now, here's your money. Well,
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  Speaker 2: much obliged, mister. So long.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, I never knew you were fond of cats.
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  Speaker 2: Not particularly. Well, then why... I believe we'd better be
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  Speaker 2: on our way, dear. But I don't... Coming, darling?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, all right. Now, will you please tell me why
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  Speaker 3: in the world you bought that cat?
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't a cat, Margo. I wanted to buy this
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  Speaker 2: collar she's wearing.
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  Speaker 3: What are you talking about?
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  Speaker 2: We're land-fastened. Now, easy now, kitty.
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  Speaker 8: No!
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  Speaker 3: Why, it does look valuable now that I see it closer.
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  Speaker 2: Odd engraving. Seems to be an oriental design of some sort.
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  Speaker 6: Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Look at this printing on the inside.
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  Speaker 3: 24 mirrors and shag. I don't get it.
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  Speaker 2: Neither do I. Margo, if someone wanted to drown the cat,
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  Speaker 2: why wouldn't they first remove this expensive collar?
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  Speaker 3: You're the mastermind, dear. You tell me.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, the person who threw the cat from the pier
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  Speaker 2: wanted to conceal all evidence of the deed. Uh, where's Shrevie?
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  Speaker 3: He said he'd wait in his cab for us outside. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: there he is, there.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Mr. Cranston.
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  Speaker 5: Where'd you get the cab? Where'd you get it?
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Cranston bought it.
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  Speaker 2: And you just bought yourself a couple of customers, Shrevie.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know where Seal Pier is?
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  Speaker 5: Sure, it's down in the waterfront by the carnival ground.
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  Speaker 2: That's where we're headed for.
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  Speaker 3: Why the waterfront, Lamont?
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  Speaker 2: I want to talk to that sailor again. Perhaps he
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  Speaker 2: can give us a further description of that person on
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  Speaker 2: the pier.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe I'm just dull, but I still don't get it.
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  Speaker 2: Margo, darling, people don't go around drowning cats with expensive
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  Speaker 2: silver collars unless they have a reason. And that reason
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  Speaker 2: might be exciting.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, what are we waiting for?
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  Speaker 5: There's a pair up ahead, there it is.
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  Speaker 2: Pull over here, Srivi. We'll walk down.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, what are you going to do with the cat, Mr. Cranston?
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  Speaker 5: What are you going to do?
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  Speaker 2: We'll leave her in the cab. You can watch her
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  Speaker 2: for us.
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  Speaker 5: Gee, Mr. Cranston, I wanted to come along.
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  Speaker 8: I wanted to.
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  Speaker 2: All right, then, Trevi. Roll up the window so she
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  Speaker 2: doesn't jump out. You better lock the doors, too. Okay, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Cranston, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, darling, watch your steps. It's a pretty hot scene.
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  Speaker 3: Cheery place.
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  Speaker 4: Wouldn't be too surprised to find Peter Lorre behind one
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  Speaker 4: of those bushes.
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  Speaker 2: You've been seeing too many bad movies, darling. See, that
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  Speaker 2: looks like a houseboat anchored next to the pier.
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  Speaker 5: There don't seem to be any lights on. There don't
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  Speaker 5: seem to be.
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  Speaker 2: No, it doesn't. Here, take my hand, darling. We'll jump
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  Speaker 2: down to the deck. Thanks. Come on. Srivi, take a
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  Speaker 2: look for that porthole over there. Okay. Let's try this
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  Speaker 2: cabin door. It's locked.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, listen.
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  Speaker 2: Is there someone in there?
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  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Cranston, don't open that door.
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  Speaker 5: I can see a guy with a knife.
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  Speaker 8: Look out!
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  Speaker 2: It's the old sailor.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, look where that knife come from. He must have
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  Speaker 5: pulled it out of his own chest, he must have.
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  Speaker 2: Take it easy, old timer. Who did it? Can you
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  Speaker 2: tell us who did it? I don't have the cat.
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  Speaker 2: The cat, I don't have. It's dead. Well, Margot, that
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  Speaker 2: cat of ours must be pretty important if someone is
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  Speaker 2: willing to kill for it. My cab's over here. It's over, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Cranston.
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  Speaker 3: If we could just find out who that cab belongs to, Lamont.
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  Speaker 2: If we knew that, we could probably solve this murder.
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  Speaker 2: I'd better call Commissioner West.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Lamont, I have.
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  Speaker 2: Hey!
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  Speaker 5: Somebody's trying to break into my cab.
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  Speaker 8: Somebody's trying.
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  Speaker 2: Come on.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No sign of anyone. Whoever it was must have ducked
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  Speaker 2: into those bushes.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, look at my beautiful window. It's all smashed itself.
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  Speaker 3: Well, at least they didn't have time to get what
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  Speaker 3: they came after.
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  Speaker 2: Huh? And the cat's still here.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, but what about my window?
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  Speaker 2: What about it? Quiet, Srivi. What, what? Wait a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Something on that brush. Hey, there he goes, Mr. Cranston.
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  Speaker 2: There he goes.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, hey.
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  Speaker 2: You take care of Miss Lane, Srivi. I'm going after him.
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  Speaker 6: We've been looking all.
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  Speaker 2: Over for you.
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  Speaker 6: We've been looking. I'm afraid not. I followed him to
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  Speaker 6: this amusement pier, but I.
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  Speaker 2: Lost him in the crowd. Did you get a look
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  Speaker 2: at his face? No.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I guess that's that.
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  Speaker 2: If he's lost in this crowd, we'll never find him.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, I guess I had, Margo.
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  Speaker 2: Now, let's go. I spoke with the commissioner, darling. They're
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: sending a detail down to the harbor.
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  Speaker 3: Did you tell him about the man on the pier?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but little I knew. Excuse me. Hello.
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  Speaker 8: Lamont Cranston?
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  Speaker 1: Speaking.
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  Speaker 8: I saw you on the pier tonight. You were chasing someone.
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  Speaker 8: I'll be waiting inside.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you'd better come here.
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  Speaker 8: If you want the information, Cranston, do it my way.
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  Speaker 2: Where will you be?
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  Speaker 8: Inside the building alone. And that's the way you come.
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  Speaker 8: No police, understand? If you want your information, be there
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  Speaker 8: at 8.30.
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  Speaker 2: All right, mister, I'll be there at 8.30. Pull over here, Srivi.
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  Speaker 2: That must be the building across the street.
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  Speaker 3: It's a deserted-looking neighborhood.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, that building's all boarded up.
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  Speaker 8: It's all boarded up.
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  Speaker 2: Eddie, I'd better come with you. They're afraid of the police, Ruby.
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  Speaker 2: I'd better go in alone.
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  Speaker 3: Well, not that telephone call. It's all so strange. I
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  Speaker 3: wish you wouldn't go in there.
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  Speaker 2: It might be a trap, Margo, but I've got to
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  Speaker 2: take that chance. Sooner or later, someone will show their hand. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: I can't afford to play dummy. Just stay here and
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  Speaker 2: don't let that cat out of your sight. All right.
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  Speaker 3: But be careful, darling.
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  Speaker 6: 347.
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  Speaker 2: 349. Store here, I suppose. Vacant store, apparently. Put a
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  Speaker 2: little light on the subject. Flashlight. That's better. Could be
• 9:31
  Speaker 2: a light switch somewhere around. I don't see it. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: here we are. Now, this looks like the light switch.
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  Speaker 2: Right here.
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  Speaker 6: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: THE END Mount Cranston, in an effort to learn the
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  Speaker 2: identity of a mysterious party who has gone to great
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  Speaker 2: length to regain possession of a Siamese cap, is directed
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  Speaker 2: to an address. And immediately upon his entering the building,
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  Speaker 2: a terrific explosion is heard. Margot and Shrevie in a
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  Speaker 2: cab across the street rush into the building.
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  Speaker 6: Lamont.
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  Speaker 5: Hold the lighter, Miss Lane. I'd better get this board
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  Speaker 5: off of him.
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  Speaker 1: I'd better.
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  Speaker 2: Margot.
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  Speaker 3: It's all right, darling. Don't try to move.
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  Speaker 8: There.
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  Speaker 5: The board's off.
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  Speaker 2: There was an explosion right after I opened the door.
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  Speaker 3: Are you all right, darling?
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  Speaker 2: My ears are still ringed. Yes, I'm all in one piece.
• 10:46
  Speaker 5: That board falling on you really saved you from the
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  Speaker 5: rest of this stuff that really did.
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  Speaker 2: So it seems. I wonder what the deal was. Yes.
• 10:53
  Speaker 3: Why in the world would someone want to kill you?
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  Speaker 2: It must have been the same party. It was after
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: the cat. The cat? Where is it?
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  Speaker 3: I left it in the cab. When I heard the explosion,
• 11:01
  Speaker 3: I forgot everything else.
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  Speaker 2: Come on. Just as I thought, we're too late. Too late?
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  Speaker 2: The cat's gone. Well, it looks like we've been outsmarted
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: at every turn. We haven't got much to go on now,
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  Speaker 2: only this color.
• 11:21
  Speaker 3: What do you expect to learn from that?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. It's engraving inside 24 mirrors and Chang.
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: It doesn't make sense. Who's Chang? What does 24 mirrors
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: have to do with it?
• 11:30
  Speaker 3: I haven't the faintest idea.
• 11:32
  Speaker 5: Hey, maybe we've been taxing our brains too much. Maybe
• 11:35
  Speaker 5: we've been taxing... Maybe we should go back to the
• 11:37
  Speaker 5: pier and ride the chute, the chute, and relax.
• 11:39
  Speaker 2: Maybe we should. Was that shrieving?
• 11:41
  Speaker 5: I said maybe we've been.
• 11:42
  Speaker 2: You said the pier. Margo, that's it.
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  Speaker 8: What's this?
• 11:44
  Speaker 5: 24 mirrors.
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: Where would a person find 24 mirrors? Remember the barker
• 11:48
  Speaker 2: on the pier? His concession was the house of mirrors.
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  Speaker 6: All right, friends, it's just a dime, ten cents.
• 12:03
  Speaker 8: See, the house mirrors the glass pallet.
• 12:06
  Speaker 2: A briefcase. The management preserves the right to refuse admission
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: to anyone at any time. Step aside, brother, and let
• 12:13
  Speaker 2: the folks in.
• 12:14
  Speaker 8: Here it is, the maze of mirrors.
• 12:16
  Speaker 2: I said I'd like three tickets. I said you're blocking
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: the doorway, brother.
• 12:20
  Speaker 8: Everybody likes the house. The mirror is something you don't
• 12:24
  Speaker 8: want to miss.
• 12:25
  Speaker 2: Three tickets, please.
• 12:26
  Speaker 8: On your way, bub.
• 12:27
  Speaker 7: Get out of here and get out fast unless you
• 12:30
  Speaker 7: want to get.
• 12:30
  Speaker 2: Into real trouble.
• 12:32
  Speaker 5: It's only a dime.
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: Ten cents. That's the way it is. Shrevie. Yes? Margo.
• 12:38
  Speaker 2: What's the matter, Mr. Cranston?
• 12:39
  Speaker 3: Aren't you going in tonight?
• 12:40
  Speaker 2: Apparently, we're not wanted inside. Step back here outside.
• 12:44
  Speaker 5: Are we going to hide from somebody? Are we going to?
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: Yes, for a minute, yes. Now, when I give you
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: the sign, I want you to yell, Hey, Rube, at
• 12:50
  Speaker 2: the top of your lungs. Have you got it?
• 12:52
  Speaker 8: Hey, Rube.
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: It's an old carnival term, Margo. It means one of
• 12:55
  Speaker 2: the concessionaires is in trouble. All the others are supposed
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: to pitch in and help him. You ready, Sugar? Yeah.
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: All right, go ahead.
• 13:03
  Speaker 6: Hey, Ruth! Hey, Ruth!
• 13:05
  Speaker 8: Hey, Ruth!
• 13:07
  Speaker 3: Hey, Ruth!
• 13:08
  Speaker 2: Come on. Let's get into that house of glass, quick.
• 13:20
  Speaker 2: This really is a maze of mirrors in here.
• 13:23
  Speaker 5: It sure wouldn't be no place for a guy to
• 13:25
  Speaker 5: throw stones. It sure wouldn't be no place.
• 13:27
  Speaker 3: Maybe we'd better start counting the mirrors as you pass.
• 13:30
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Three.
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  Speaker 8: Four.
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: Five. Six. Seven. Keep counting, sweetie. You mean there's more?
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: Never mind. I'll keep track. Now, let's see. This would
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: be 21, 22, 3, 4. There's no doorways anywhere. Sweetie,
• 13:57
  Speaker 2: press against the glass on your side.
• 13:58
  Speaker 8: You too, Margo.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Here, have it.
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  Speaker 8: There.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, out this way. It's kind of an alleyway,
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: it's kind of. Yes, but look across the way. Doesn't
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: that look as if it might be an oriental curio shop?
• 14:14
  Speaker 5: And this looks like a gun in your back front.
• 14:16
  Speaker 8: Keep your hands up. Don't turn around.
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, Shrevy, that will be our barker friend.
• 14:22
  Speaker 5: So you're the guy who yelled Rube.
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: I thought I told you to keep out, friend. We
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: couldn't resist your spiel. You paint such a colorful picture.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: Maude, I think I'm going to faint.
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: Shrevie, grab her. Hey, what the... You ought to learn
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: to keep your mind on your work, friend. Let things
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: distract you and people are liable to steal your toys.
• 14:39
  Speaker 8: Now, look here, friend.
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Get up now, Margo. Nice work.
• 14:41
  Speaker 8: Thanks, darling.
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: Long explanations bore me, so make it fast. Why were
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: you waiting here for us with a gun?
• 14:45
  Speaker 8: I saw you earlier.
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: I figured you were looking for change. And if I were...
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: Chang only sees people by appointment, and it's my job
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: to keep strangers out. Well, I'm sure he won't mind
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: seeing me. I'm an old friend of the family. Srivi,
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: take our friend down to police headquarters. I have a
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: little business to attend to. Sure, Mr. Cranston. Hey, now,
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: look here, friend. You can't do that.
• 15:03
  Speaker 8: You haven't any charge.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Intent to commit assault with a deadly weapon is a
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: pretty good charge. At least till I can think of
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: a better one.
• 15:08
  Speaker 8: Yeah, but I can explain it.
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: Explain it to Commissioner Weston. He's a good listener. Take
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: him along, Srivi.
• 15:12
  Speaker 5: Come on, you.
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: Now do we see Mr.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Chang? This time, Margo, I'm not going to take any chances.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: The shadow is going to pay Chang a visit. Oh,
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: sound gone. Oh, enter shop.
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: The shadow has come to pay you a visit.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: Mr. Chang? I'm sorry. Cannot see you. No one sees
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: the shadow. What do you want, voice? Mr. Chang, do
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: you recognize this silver collar?
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: I'm very sorry.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: I never see it before. You lie. You sold this collar.
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: Your name is engraved inside. You know that? Who purchased
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: this collar?
• 16:10
  Speaker 8: I cannot say.
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: Who bought this collar from you? Who owns the Siamese cat? Talk, Chang.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: It is... It is cat of Martha Craig.
• 16:18
  Speaker 8: She bought color for me.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: And who is this Martha Craig? Martha Craig, very rich
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: old lady.
• 16:23
  Speaker 8: She die last week.
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: Leave million dollar to housekeeper to care for cat. Someone
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: tried to drown this million dollar cat, Chang. When it
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: wasn't drowned, that same person was willing to commit murder
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: to get the cat back. Who is that person, Chang? I,
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: I not know. Who is it, Chang? Speak. Very well.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: I tell you, the cat has cursed me.
• 16:45
  Speaker 4: I tell you, the one you see.
• 16:48
  Speaker 8: Look out, Chang!
• 16:52
  Speaker 6: Lamont? I'm all right, Margaret. Oh, I heard a shot
• 16:57
  Speaker 6: in there.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: It's Chang. I saw a gloved hand stick a gun
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: through the rear window, and I tried to warn him.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: Another murder.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: Yes, and the last, I hope. I know who owns
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: this fabulous cat. We'll pick up Srivi at headquarters. We're
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: going to the residence of the late Martha Craig.
• 17:19
  Speaker 6: There doesn't seem to be.
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: Anyone home in the Craig mansion.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Well, someone left the door unlocked. Why don't we step in?
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Lamont, I don't think we're sure.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: They say we're selling magazines. Come on.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: There's another door open off the hall.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: It probably leads to the cellar. Sounds like there's someone
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: down there.
• 17:50
  Speaker 6: Come on, let's have a look.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Good evening. Who are you? What do you want? My
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: name is Cranston. This is Miss Lane. Oh, how do
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: you do?
• 18:05
  Speaker 8: How do you do? Drop a wine vat and have
• 18:08
  Speaker 8: a drink.
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: Thank you, no. We're looking for the housekeeper of Miss
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Martha Craig. Cora?
• 18:12
  Speaker 7: You're looking for Cora, are you?
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: Cora's out.
• 18:17
  Speaker 7: I'm Ernest Craig, Miss Martha Craig's nephew.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: Maybe I can help you. What do you know about
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: a Siamese cat your aunt willed to Cora?
• 18:23
  Speaker 8: What do I know about it? Nothing.
• 18:26
  Speaker 7: Nothing except my aunt left every penny to Cora to
• 18:28
  Speaker 7: care for her blessed cat.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: And didn't leave me a cent.
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: Uh-huh.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: Funny, isn't it? I think it stinks.
• 18:35
  Speaker 8: I think.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: What was that? It sounded like a cat. Came from
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: that wine vat. Here, hand me that bar. I'll pry
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: it open. Yeah. It's odd. Well, it's just been sealed
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: into place with fresh putty. There we are.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: The cat!
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's almost suffocated by the looks of it. Well,
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: the prodigal cat returns. Let's have a drink to celebrate. Now,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: wait a second, Ernest. That cat's cost the lives of
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: two people already. How did he get down here in
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: the wine cellar? I haven't the faintest idea, and what's.
• 19:06
  Speaker 8: More, I don't care.
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: I know who stole it in the first place, though.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Who? Henry Powell, the attorney for the estate. I saw
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: him drive away with it last night. Your family lawyer
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: stole the cat? Did you tell Cora that he'd taken it?
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: Oh, she was almost out of her mind trying to
• 19:24
  Speaker 7: find it.
• 19:25
  Speaker 8: You see.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: She just loses a little matter of a million dollars
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: if she loses that cap. Did you tell Cora that
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: the lawyer had stolen the cap? Yes, I told her.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: She went right down to Powell's office to see him.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: She's there now.
• 19:40
  Speaker 5: She ought to know something funny.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: I fixed Cora.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: What do you mean you fixed Cora?
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: I told her to make a deal with Powell.
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: If he returns the cat, she'll split the estate with
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: him and say nothing.
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: He's a cinch to go for it.
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: And if Powell does go for this deal you cooked up, Ernest?
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: If he does, everything will be perfect.
• 20:03
  Speaker 8: Perfect!
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: I told Cora.
• 20:08
  Speaker 7: To confess that it was he who stole the cat,
• 20:12
  Speaker 7: I have a couple of cops stationed outside the door
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: to hear his confession.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: Hmm?
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: Here's the quick thought.
• 20:19
  Speaker 7: There aren't going to be any cops outside the door.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: I didn't call any.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: She's going to be there all alone with him.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute. Do you realize what you've done, Ernest?
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: Do you realize that if he finds that Cora tricked
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: him into a confession, he'll kill her?
• 20:36
  Speaker 8: He'll have to.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Exactly, my dear Watson.
• 20:39
  Speaker 7: Then Cora will be dead. Powell will burn in the
• 20:44
  Speaker 7: electric chair for her murder.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: And I'll be broke but happy.
• 20:50
  Speaker 8: Very happy.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: You'll be doing a nice long stretch in the penitentiary, Ernest.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Lock the door, Margo. We've got to get down to
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: Powell's office as fast as possible.
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: Come on.
• 21:05
  Speaker 9: As you must know, Cora, the conditions of Martha's will
• 21:09
  Speaker 9: specifically state that the fortune bequeathed you was to be
• 21:13
  Speaker 9: used for the care of her cat.
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: But the cat was stolen, Mr.
• 21:16
  Speaker 8: Power.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: You know that as well as I.
• 21:18
  Speaker 8: Now let us say that the animal has disappeared, Cora.
• 21:22
  Speaker 8: Now then, let me draw your attention to paragraph three
• 21:26
  Speaker 8: of the will.
• 21:28
  Speaker 9: In the event of negligence in carrying out your entrusted duties,
• 21:32
  Speaker 9: the estate reverts to the executor.
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: The cat hasn't disappeared, Mr. Powell, and I haven't neglected
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: my duties. You stole that cat. Ernest saw you.
• 21:44
  Speaker 8: Ridiculous.
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: I can take this to court, Mr.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: Powell.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: You don't want a court battle. Not with a murder
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: on your hands.
• 21:52
  Speaker 8: Murder?
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: The paper said the old sailor's last words were of
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: the cat. It won't be hard for the police to
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: put two and two together. Look, I'll make a deal
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: with you. Give me back the cat and I'll share
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: the estate with you. Nothing further will ever be said.
• 22:08
  Speaker 8: You'll sign a release to that effect?
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 22:12
  Speaker 8: All right. All right. I'll do it, Cora. I, uh.
• 22:19
  Speaker 8: I did steal the cat. I seal her in a
• 22:24
  Speaker 8: wine vat in the cellar.
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: You admit it.
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: That's all I wanted to know. The police have been
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: waiting outside the door to hear your confession.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: The police?
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: Open the door and see for yourself.
• 22:33
  Speaker 8: You tricked me. Oh, just a second, Cora. There's no
• 22:40
  Speaker 8: one here. Please, your plans went haywire.
• 22:44
  Speaker 9: No one there.
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: Ernest said he'd send the police. Ernest promised Ernest.
• 22:49
  Speaker 8: Ernest is a drunken fool. And you were a worse
• 22:52
  Speaker 8: fool to trust him.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Powell.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: Powell, what are you doing with that gun?
• 22:57
  Speaker 9: Well, it's rather obvious, isn't it, that we both can't
• 23:00
  Speaker 9: share my little secret.
• 23:02
  Speaker 8: Isn't it, Cora?
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: Put that gun down.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Please, Mr. Powell. Yes, Powell, put it down.
• 23:09
  Speaker 8: Who are you?
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: Don't bother to look around, Mr.
• 23:11
  Speaker 8: Powell.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: You can't see me. No man sees the shadow.
• 23:15
  Speaker 8: Shadows.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Late Miss Craig made a grave mistake when she appointed
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: you executor of the will, Powell.
• 23:21
  Speaker 8: The cat. Why, it can't be. I left her to die.
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: She didn't die, Mr. Powell.
• 23:25
  Speaker 8: I sealed her in while she could never get out.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Why did you leave her in the wine cellar?
• 23:29
  Speaker 8: Huh? Well, I... I thought the Craig mansion would be
• 23:32
  Speaker 8: mine by tomorrow. It was the safest place I could
• 23:34
  Speaker 8: think of.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: What caused you to kill the old sailor?
• 23:37
  Speaker 8: Get that cat away.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Answer me.
• 23:39
  Speaker 8: Well, he said that he sold the cat and I
• 23:41
  Speaker 8: didn't believe him. We had an argument. Then he would
• 23:44
  Speaker 8: have been able to identify me.
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: Why did you kill Mr. Chang?
• 23:46
  Speaker 8: Because we were in it together. I promised him a
• 23:49
  Speaker 8: share to keep quiet. Instead, he talked. I had to
• 23:53
  Speaker 8: kill him.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Just as you were going to kill Corey here a
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: minute ago?
• 23:55
  Speaker 8: She tricked me. She tricked me. She said it's the police.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Sirens.
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: Sirens.
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: It's the police.
• 24:03
  Speaker 8: Is this another trick?
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: No.
• 24:06
  Speaker 8: No, I hear police sirens. Or am I going out
• 24:09
  Speaker 8: of my mind?
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: No, Powell, you're not going out of your mind. You're
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: perfectly sane. That is the police you hear. And they're
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: coming for you, Powell, to make you pay the full
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: penalty for the crimes you've committed. The weed of crime
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The shadow knows.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: We close with The Shadow and The Cat and the Killer.
• 25:07
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