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00:01:07 #1 on the Butcher Benton package.
00:01:10 #2 I'm Lieutenant Dick Chason.
00:01:12 #3 This hadn't been a routine case.
00:01:15 #4 And to find the answer, I've had to put a lot of little pieces
00:01:18 #5 together.
00:01:19 #6 It began on the day most cases can be called closed.
00:01:23 #7 It was the day before the butcher was to be executed.
00:01:26 #8 He was visited by his attorney, Paul Low, in the death house.
00:01:30 #9 It was at this first meeting the Butcher Benton case
00:01:32 #10 took its first switch.
00:01:36 #11 Well, that's it, Butcher.
00:01:38 #12 The evidence against you was so strong the government turned down your appeal.
00:01:41 #13 You're a rotten liar, Lo.
00:01:43 #14 You started railroading me from the beginning of the trial.
00:01:47 #15 And now you're still trying to throw me curves.
00:01:49 #16 Look, I don't blame you for being edgy, but get this straight.
00:01:52 #17 I didn't double-cross you.
00:01:54 #18 I never worked harder for a client.
00:01:56 #19 You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced?
00:02:00 #20 You're a fool, Butcher.
00:02:02 #21 If you hadn't tried to double-cross Queen of the Ellis and Joe Marcello,
00:02:05 #22 they wouldn't have turned state's evidence against you.
00:02:07 #23 But you had to get greedy.
00:02:09 #24 You wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself.
00:02:12 #25 When the boys got sore, and I don't blame them.
00:02:15 #26 It was all your idea.
00:02:16 #27 You planned the whole job.
00:02:18 #28 You hired us.
00:02:19 #29 When you found out I had states of money,
00:02:22 #30 you decided it was time for me to die.
00:02:25 #31 You got those two crumbs to turn states evidence on me.
00:02:28 #32 You stinking rotten mouthpiece.
00:02:31 #33 We both know that isn't true, but you're.
00:02:34 #34 Now, look, what's the sense in not giving me the money?
00:02:36 #35 It's not gonna do you any good.
00:02:38 #36 Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing
00:02:42 #37 that none of you three crumbs are gonna spend it.
00:02:44 #38 What about Eva?
00:02:45 #39 Don't you hear something?
00:02:47 #40 You tell me what I'm gonna use.
00:02:49 #41 I'll see that she gets your share.
00:02:51 #42 I've got a different idea.
00:02:53 #43 I'm gonna kill you and squeamie and Joe.
00:02:57 #44 And I'll take care of Eva myself.
00:03:00 #45 You sick-headed ape, you're gonna die tomorrow.
00:03:06 #46 I'm gonna get you, all three of you.
00:03:11 #47 For you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick.
00:03:17 #48 It's all on dead man.
00:03:19 #49 Or what I said.
00:03:41 #50 Back in Los Angeles, two men sat in a bar room listening
00:03:44 #51 to a newscaster tell his headline story.
00:03:47 #52 He played up big the Butcher's threat
00:03:49 #53 to kill Paul Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli,
00:03:52 #54 for they're having turned state's evidence against him.
00:03:55 #55 Squeamy Ellis didn't seem happy over the Butcher's threat.
00:03:59 #56 Neither did Joe Marcelli.
00:04:01 #57 But they had figured, once a dead man, always a dead man.
00:04:05 #58 But this was one time everyone was in for a surprise,
00:04:09 #59 including the entire police department.
00:04:28 #60 You seen the headlines, Captain?
00:04:31 #61 Tell it to I just came in from San Francisco.
00:04:34 #62 Butcher's execution is set for five o'clock this afternoon.
00:04:38 #63 And like the newspapers say, he still refuses
00:04:41 #64 to talk about that stolen money.
00:04:44 #65 Well, I still have hopes of coming up with something.
00:04:48 #66 That's what I dropped by for, Dick.
00:04:50 #67 With Butcher's execution, the department's
00:04:51 #68 marking it case closed.
00:04:53 #69 That means you'll be reassigned.
00:04:56 #70 I spent a whole year trying to break this case.
00:04:59 #71 As far as I'm concerned, Butcher's death
00:05:01 #72 is just the beginning.
00:05:03 #73 Of course, I can't prove it, but I
00:05:05 #74 think that Paul Lowe was the top man.
00:05:08 #75 And even though I have to keep working on it while off duty,
00:05:11 #76 I'm going to get Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, and Joe Marcelli.
00:05:14 #77 OK, Lieutenant.
00:05:15 #78 Officially, I've taken you off of the case.
00:05:18 #79 Unofficially, I wish you luck.
00:05:21 #80 Do me a favor.
00:05:22 #81 Keep me posted.
00:05:24 #82 Will do.
00:05:25 #83 Thanks, John.
00:05:30 #84 I headed for Eva Martin.
00:05:32 #85 She worked in a local burlesque house.
00:05:35 #86 I'm a cop, and my job is to ask questions and get answers.
00:05:39 #87 So I decided I might as well start again with her.
00:05:59 #88 What do you want?
00:06:00 #89 I'd like to talk to you.
00:06:01 #90 Talk?
00:06:03 #91 You're a cop, aren't you?
00:06:04 #92 That's a good question.
00:06:06 #93 I can't even find a three ton armored car,
00:06:08 #94 let alone the $600,000.
00:06:10 #95 And I've been on the case a year.
00:06:15 #96 I've told you, and I've told you, and I've told you.
00:06:17 #97 I don't know anything about the money.
00:06:19 #98 I never did.
00:06:20 #99 Benton's going to be dead in a little while.
00:06:21 #100 I thought it might make a difference.
00:06:23 #101 I never knew anything about the money.
00:06:28 #102 Call me dumb.
00:06:29 #103 I didn't even know Charles was in the rackets
00:06:31 #104 until the trial.
00:06:33 #105 Now take it easy, kid.
00:06:35 #106 You're on, Eva.
00:07:16 #107 Honey, here's your rack.
00:07:39 #108 A few moments ago, but you're benton
00:07:40 #109 without revealing the whereabouts of the $600,000
00:07:43 #110 stolen in the armored car holdup, paid for his crimes
00:07:46 #111 against society in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
00:07:49 #112 Now for a look at the international scene.
00:07:51 #113 Today? No waste.
00:07:56 #114 Tears on the dentin.
00:07:58 #115 I feel so badly about Charles.
00:08:01 #116 If I'd known, maybe I could have done something.
00:08:04 #117 How about a drink?
00:08:05 #118 We could both use it.
00:08:07 #119 I just can't drink while she's working.
00:08:10 #120 Boy, see?
00:08:23 #121 What's that?
00:08:25 #122 Well, now what's the matter?
00:08:28 #123 The message from Charles.
00:08:30 #124 He told me to open it if.
00:08:35 #125 Vanally, Eva.
00:08:37 #126 All right.
00:08:41 #127 How about a steak after the show? No, thanks.
00:08:43 #128 Not tonight, Paul.
00:08:55 #129 I didn't find out until much later.
00:08:57 #130 But Paul Lowe, in opening the letter the butcher had given Eva,
00:09:00 #131 found a map outlining a section of the city sewer system.
00:09:04 #132 And clearly identified was the spot where the butcher had
00:09:07 #133 hidden the stolen payroll.
00:09:09 #134 He replaced it with a $50 bill.
00:09:11 #135 I guess he figured $50 to gain $600,000
00:09:15 #136 was not a bad day's work.
00:09:25 #137 And a few hundred miles away in San Francisco,
00:09:27 #138 the case took another switch, which
00:09:29 #139 turned the next 72 hours into one long hideous nightmare.
00:09:34 #140 Dr. Bradshaw, a distinguished biochemist,
00:09:37 #141 was making preparations for a final experiment which he
00:09:39 #142 hoped would lead the way to a cure for cancer.
00:09:43 #143 He'd been successful with laboratory animals.
00:09:46 #144 The last step called for a human body.
00:09:49 #145 And Dr. Bradshaw's assistant quickly made a deal with a local mortuary
00:09:52 #146 and returned to the laboratory with the dead body of Butcher Benton.
00:10:05 #147 You made good time.
00:10:06 #148 Well, I didn't waste any.
00:10:07 #149 Any trouble?
00:10:08 #150 No, I just handed the money over and moved the body into your station wagon.
00:10:11 #151 That was that.
00:10:12 #152 Good.
00:10:13 #153 Get a syringe.
00:10:21 #154 He's in good shape.
00:10:22 #155 Well, I hope so.
00:10:27 #156 We'll get other blood samples later.
00:10:28 #157 We'll run this one through fast.
00:10:29 #158 All right.
00:10:34 #159 Now wheel him into the machine and then raise him.
00:10:36 #160 All right.
00:11:06 #161 You mean you're going to give him 287,000 volts?
00:11:08 #162 Yes, yes.
00:11:10 #163 I'll get the fluoroscope set.
00:11:11 #164 We'll check with that before we start dissecting.
00:11:15 #165 Turn off the lights.
00:11:16 #166 Oh, boy.
00:11:28 #167 If you respond properly and my theory is sound,
00:11:31 #168 you'll be more famous dead than alive.
00:11:34 #169 Throw the switch.
00:11:35 #170 Yeah, I thought I saw a pulsation of the heart.
00:12:25 #171 Dr. Bradshaw is beginning to breathe.
00:12:28 #172 You've brought this man back to life.
00:12:30 #173 No, no, no, no.
00:12:32 #174 The heart muscle has simply responded to a terrific electrical shock that's all.
00:12:35 #175 Yes, but it does prove that the cells still function.
00:12:42 #176 Dr. Bradshaw, he is alive.
00:12:45 #177 The shock reaction it can't last.
00:12:48 #178 His cells are multiplying now if your theory is right.
00:12:52 #179 We could keep that reaction going longer, but it's worth a try.
00:12:58 #180 The body out.
00:13:22 #181 Get some adrenaline from the supply room.
00:13:24 #182 It's an amyl nitrite too. Hurry, hurry.
00:13:26 #183 Stand the strain.
00:14:14 #184 Smile still. Please, please.
00:14:20 #185 Easy, now. Easy. Easy.
00:14:24 #186 You must smile. Easy. Please.
00:14:28 #187 Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had given life back to the butcher.
00:14:41 #188 He tried to talk, but the electrical voltage had burned out his vocal cords.
00:14:46 #189 Yet it hadn't destroyed his brain.
00:14:48 #190 He knew who he was. He knew who he hated.
00:14:52 #191 As he stumbled about the room, I think he thought only about one.
00:14:56 #192 Kill low, squeamy, and Joe Marcelli.
00:14:59 #193 The tremendous electrical voltage that Dr. Bradshaw had given the butcher
00:15:03 #194 had increased his cellular structure to the point where he was no longer a man.
00:15:08 #195 Dr. Bradshaw's experiment had created a vicious, brutal animal
00:15:12 #196 with an almost inconceivable amount of strength.
00:15:15 #197 Dr. Bradshaw must have believed the butcher's regained life would last for only a few minutes.
00:15:21 #198 Therefore, instead of calling for help,
00:15:23 #199 the doctor decided to handle his creation alone.
00:15:27 #200 Easy, Batten. Just relax.
00:15:30 #201 I'm a doctor. I want to try to help you.
00:15:32 #202 Do you understand me?
00:15:34 #203 You're in my laboratory.
00:15:36 #204 The execution was carried out and you were declared dead.
00:15:39 #205 I tried an experiment on you and brought you back to life,
00:15:41 #206 although I didn't intend that.
00:15:44 #207 Now you've had a great shock. Now, come and sit down.
00:15:47 #208 Be quiet now. Come and sit down.
00:15:49 #209 Take it easy.
00:15:51 #210 His reactions are violent.
00:16:02 #211 How do you explain this?
00:16:03 #212 Each cell must have multiplied 100 times.
00:16:05 #213 Perhaps thousands.
00:16:07 #214 His strength is unbelievable.
00:16:09 #215 No, no, no.
00:16:10 #216 It's too late for the amyl nitrate.
00:16:12 #217 I want to get some blood samples.
00:16:14 #218 Make some tests on him, find out what's happened.
00:16:16 #219 Get me a syringe.
00:16:18 #220 If I want the needle penetrate the skin.
00:16:44 #221 The tissue must be nearly a solid mass of cells.
00:16:48 #222 How are we going to get the blood sample?
00:16:51 #223 Surgically, perhaps.
00:16:57 #224 Now, you can take it easy.
00:16:59 #225 You can't leave here now.
00:17:00 #226 I'm responsible for your being alive.
00:17:02 #227 Oh, yes!
00:17:06 #228 Towards the end of this case, Captain Lauder and I found out the doctor and his assistant had been murdered.
00:18:01 #229 But I'm getting ahead of my story.
00:18:04 #230 The butcher didn't know how he had been brought back from the dead, and he didn't care.
00:18:09 #231 All he knew, he was alive.
00:18:12 #232 Then this monster-made man started thinking about Los Angeles.
00:18:17 #233 On that very night back in Los Angeles, I decided to stop playing detective for a little while.
00:18:39 #234 I went to the burlesque house to ask Eva to have dinner with me.
00:18:43 #235 After all, the butcher was dead, and if I got lucky, sooner or later I figured Paul Lowe would lead me to the stolen payroll.
00:18:51 #236 In a way, that possibility made me even feel better.
00:18:55 #237 It's not fair to watch the show from backstage.
00:19:00 #238 Next time I'll pay admission.
00:19:02 #239 I take it by that remark.
00:19:04 #240 You like my routine.
00:19:05 #241 Yeah, you're pretty good.
00:19:08 #242 What I can't figure out, though,
00:19:09 #243 is why you stay in a place like this.
00:19:12 #244 It shouldn't be hard for someone like you
00:19:14 #245 to get a job in a class spot.
00:19:16 #246 If you were a detective, I'd be willing to bet
00:19:19 #247 with a line like that.
00:19:20 #248 Your next remark would be, how about dinner?
00:19:23 #249 Well, not exactly dinner, but a hamburger
00:19:25 #250 might be a good idea.
00:19:27 #251 If you're asking in an official capacity, I can't say no.
00:19:31 #252 I'm off duty.
00:19:33 #253 For the past six months, all I've ever called you
00:19:35 #254 is Lieutenant Chasen.
00:19:37 #255 Do you have a first name?
00:19:38 #256 Oh, Dick.
00:19:40 #257 Give me 10 minutes for a quick change,
00:19:44 #258 because you just made yourself a date, Lieutenant.
00:19:47 #259 I mean, Dick.
00:19:49 #260 You know something, Dick?
00:19:59 #261 I haven't had hamburger in the front seat of an automobile
00:20:01 #262 with a guy in a lot of years.
00:20:03 #263 Well, from now on, we'll do it more often.
00:20:05 #264 It's funny.
00:20:09 #265 I always figured a policeman wasn't really a human being.
00:20:13 #266 I mean, unless he was arresting someone
00:20:15 #267 or trying to solve a case, he was unhappy.
00:20:17 #268 It shows you how wrong you are.
00:20:19 #269 In fact, everyone on the force gets fed up occasionally
00:20:22 #270 with the job they do.
00:20:25 #271 Maybe we're more human than anyone else.
00:20:27 #272 We see so much trouble we get to hate the word.
00:20:32 #273 But as long as the world's filled with people,
00:20:34 #274 there'll have to be men who enforce the laws.
00:20:38 #275 What made you join the department?
00:20:40 #276 Now who's making with the questions?
00:20:42 #277 No, I'll just tell you.
00:20:44 #278 I'd like to know.
00:20:45 #279 Well, it's really a very short story.
00:20:49 #280 When I got out of the Air Corps, I knocked around for a while.
00:20:53 #281 And I went to work for an oil company.
00:20:57 #282 One day, I went back to college on the GI bill.
00:21:00 #283 Just before graduation, I noticed all about the police
00:21:03 #284 department exams.
00:21:05 #285 It seemed a pretty good thing to do with your life,
00:21:07 #286 so I took the exams, passed, then went on from there.
00:21:13 #287 If I ask one more question, will you give me a straight answer?
00:21:16 #288 Try.
00:21:18 #289 Am I still part of the Charles Benton investigation?
00:21:22 #290 I mean, right now.
00:21:25 #291 I don't think so.
00:21:27 #292 As far as the department's concerned,
00:21:29 #293 when Benton was executed, the case was marked closed.
00:21:34 #294 Inside of me, that's not good enough.
00:21:36 #295 I don't follow you.
00:21:38 #296 Well, the $600,000 is still missing.
00:21:41 #297 And a fast-talking underworld lawyer like Paul
00:21:44 #298 Lowe is walking around a free man.
00:21:47 #299 Someday, no matter how long it takes,
00:21:49 #300 I'll get him and the money.
00:21:51 #301 Until I do, the Benton case for me is not closed.
00:21:55 #302 Give you my word, Dica.
00:21:57 #303 Charles Benton never told me anything about the money.
00:21:59 #304 Oh, I've been sure of that for a long time.
00:22:04 #305 How did you ever get mixed up with anyone like the butcher?
00:22:08 #306 His trouble ever started just happened.
00:22:11 #307 I had a roommate he used to date Benton all the time.
00:22:15 #308 One day she packed and left for Chicago.
00:22:18 #309 Benton carried a torch for her, and he used my shoulder
00:22:20 #310 to cry on.
00:22:21 #311 First thing I knew, we were having dinner together.
00:22:23 #312 And a few weeks later, I was labeled by the police
00:22:26 #313 as this number one suspect and Benton's girl.
00:22:29 #314 But it was never like that.
00:22:31 #315 I made only one mistake.
00:22:33 #316 I felt sorry for him.
00:22:35 #317 You mean, until he was arrested for the robbery
00:22:38 #318 and the killing, you had no idea how he earned a living?
00:22:42 #319 I know this is going to sound crazy,
00:22:43 #320 but I only went out with Benton a couple of times.
00:22:46 #321 And all we ever talked about was
00:22:47 #322 Maj, my old roommate.
00:22:50 #323 Last time I saw him, he tried to get too friendly.
00:22:53 #324 And that's when I told him he had the wrong girl.
00:22:56 #325 But like I said, I already made my mistake.
00:23:00 #326 What about the Burlesque house?
00:23:02 #327 How do you two fit together?
00:23:04 #328 You sound like a lot of other people.
00:23:07 #329 I left a small town a couple of years ago
00:23:09 #330 because I won a beauty contest,
00:23:11 #331 and the first prize was a screen test.
00:23:13 #332 Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
00:23:16 #333 After which nothing happened.
00:23:18 #334 That's right.
00:23:19 #335 Only, uh, it was pretty rough.
00:23:23 #336 And then one day I read an ad about girls
00:23:25 #337 wanted for a burlesque show.
00:23:26 #338 I auditioned and I got the job.
00:23:29 #339 You know something?
00:23:31 #340 It's like any other job.
00:23:33 #341 If you're looking for trouble, you can find it even in a school room.
00:23:37 #342 Well, when the screen test didn't work out, why didn't you go on home?
00:23:42 #343 Well, first you have to have a home to go back to.
00:23:45 #344 My folks are dead, so Los Angeles was as good as any place else.
00:23:50 #345 I don't know about you, but I do eight shows a day, and at this hour I'm bushed.
00:23:55 #346 I know what you mean. Mind if I drive you home?
00:23:59 #347 No. And I'll tell you something else.
00:24:02 #348 I haven't minded anything about tonight.
00:24:04 #349 Not even the hamburger.
00:24:06 #350 I kept playing tag with Lowe.
00:24:12 #351 He made four telephone calls.
00:24:14 #352 Three of them didn't interest me, but one did.
00:24:17 #353 The one to Joe Marcelli.
00:24:19 #354 I watched Joe head for his meeting with Lowe,
00:24:22 #355 and for some unknown reason, I began to get the feeling
00:24:24 #356 that this case was finally about to explode in my favor.
00:24:27 #357 Ha ha ha.
00:24:32 #358 You see what I mean?
00:24:35 #359 Well, look at that, will you?
00:24:37 #360 I see them start around two legs, but he's doing it on four.
00:24:41 #361 Shut up, you fleabag.
00:24:42 #362 Well, look who's calling names.
00:24:45 #363 Least I ate a squealer, a stoolie.
00:24:47 #364 Ha!
00:24:48 #365 I warned you before.
00:24:50 #366 All right, Harry, that's enough.
00:24:51 #367 I'll take care of it.
00:24:52 #368 I want to talk to him.
00:24:53 #369 OK, Mr. Low.
00:24:54 #370 With any future business you've got with this psycho,
00:24:55 #371 take care of it upstairs in your office.
00:24:57 #372 You keep showing around here.
00:24:58 #373 Soon our lady's going to get slugged.
00:25:00 #374 Crippler, no cripple. All right, shut up, Jim.
00:25:01 #375 Sit down.
00:25:16 #376 I need a shot.
00:25:17 #377 Bad.
00:25:18 #378 You'll get one after I talk to you.
00:25:20 #379 You sober enough to understand?
00:25:22 #380 Yeah.
00:25:23 #381 I run out of dough.
00:25:24 #382 No wonder.
00:25:25 #383 Look, you used to be the best torch man in town.
00:25:28 #384 How I don't think you could crack a safe
00:25:30 #385 if you knew the combination?
00:25:31 #386 No jobs.
00:25:32 #387 Nobody wants me since I turned stakes on Benton. That's your doing.
00:25:36 #388 You taught me a job.
00:25:37 #389 All right, quit crying.
00:25:38 #390 I got a job for you.
00:25:40 #391 If you can stay off that stuff long enough.
00:25:41 #392 You know how I can if I've got a job?
00:25:43 #393 How much?
00:25:44 #394 What is it?
00:25:46 #395 It's too grand in it for you.
00:25:47 #396 Where?
00:25:48 #397 anywhere he pulled a job.
00:25:50 #398 Interested?
00:25:52 #399 Two grand ain't much, out of 600,000.
00:25:55 #400 The other expenses.
00:25:56 #401 Besides that, money's plenty.
00:25:58 #402 Now, you want it or do I get another boy?
00:26:01 #403 I'll do it.
00:26:02 #404 How soon do you want me to go to work?
00:26:03 #405 Set it up for tomorrow night.
00:26:06 #406 Call me before noon, I'm bought it in the races.
00:26:10 #407 One.
00:26:11 #408 And that's all those jobs open.
00:26:48 #409 Butcher was walking slowly toward Los Angeles.
00:26:51 #410 He traveled through wooded hills
00:26:53 #411 to prevent being seen by anyone.
00:26:56 #412 Finally, he came to a quiet road.
00:26:58 #413 He stopped to get his bearings.
00:27:01 #414 And then he saw her.
00:27:03 #415 He saw something else, an automobile.
00:27:07 #416 For the butcher, that rang a bell.
00:27:09 #417 With a car, he knew by the next afternoon
00:27:12 #418 he'd be in Los Angeles in plenty of time
00:27:14 #419 to catch up with the three men who had double crossed him.
00:27:29 #420 Well, see, you're a real gentleman
00:27:31 #421 to be helping strangers in distress.
00:27:33 #422 I hope you don't mind me using the babe here as bait.
00:27:35 #423 Quite a decision, she but that's what she gets paid for.
00:27:38 #424 Bait that is, yes sir.
00:27:39 #425 She's a real shaker artist of my art.
00:27:41 #426 But Carnival man myself, just call me Connie.
00:27:44 #427 Yeah.
00:27:45 #428 Well, friend, we were in a little bit of difficulty here.
00:27:48 #429 Got a flat tire, brand new car, no tools in the back.
00:27:50 #430 Why, some of these dealers make my Carnival griptors
00:27:53 #431 look like babes in the woods.
00:28:17 #432 So, Gil, who they?
00:28:19 #433 Say, who you with, friend?
00:28:21 #434 Let it down. Let it down.
00:28:25 #435 No matter who you with, friend, believe me,
00:28:27 #436 I can do better for both of us.
00:28:28 #437 I'll make a fortune for the both of us.
00:28:30 #438 Oh!
00:28:47 #439 An hour later, the San Francisco police department
00:28:50 #440 sent out an APB.
00:28:56 #441 Squads were sent to various parts of the countryside.
00:29:39 #442 Blocks were thrown up to catch the cold-blooded killer
00:29:41 #443 the hysterical girl had described.
00:29:44 #444 Each squad kept reporting back to central headquarters,
00:29:47 #445 and each of their stories was the same.
00:29:50 #446 So far, none of them had spotted the car the killer was
00:29:52 #447 driving.
00:29:54 #448 Orders were given to shoot to kill,
00:29:56 #449 Because from the girls' further accounts,
00:29:58 #450 they realized they were dealing with a maniac.
00:30:02 #451 My best at this information will answer
00:31:18 #452 all of your questions.
00:31:20 #453 If I can be of any further service, let me know.
00:31:23 #454 Sincerely, jail, outer captain, police, LA.
00:31:26 #455 There's another all point, some CHP, Captain.
00:31:38 #456 These reports sound like they come from a bunch of loonies.
00:31:41 #457 Sure do.
00:31:42 #458 There it is.
00:31:43 #459 Sergeant.
00:31:44 #460 Yeah.
00:31:44 #461 I want Lieutenant Chason to look these over
00:31:46 #462 as soon as he comes in.
00:31:47 #463 All right, Captain.
00:31:52 #464 The next morning, I read the stories
00:31:53 #465 of the brutal murder of the two police officers.
00:31:57 #466 I also read the witness's statement
00:31:58 #467 about the bullets having no effect upon the killer.
00:32:05 #468 I felt sorry for the witness, and I
00:32:07 #469 thought about how easily a person's mind can become
00:32:10 #470 confused when suddenly they receive a brutal shock.
00:32:14 #471 I didn't believe a man existed who could not
00:32:16 #472 be stopped by a slug from a 45.
00:32:20 #473 Good morning, Captain.
00:32:22 #474 You and the rest of the force are going on 24-hour duty.
00:32:27 #475 Seeing the headlines?
00:32:28 #476 You mean this guy that's running a mock-up north?
00:32:31 #477 Yeah, the latest report, he's killed two police officers.
00:32:34 #478 They're to get away in a green coop heading south.
00:32:38 #479 I've got a hunch this killer is going to be our baby.
00:32:41 #480 He could be in town right now.
00:32:42 #481 Yeah.
00:32:44 #482 You better get started, Lieutenant.
00:32:45 #483 OK.
00:32:48 #484 Any new leads on that hole up, Mike?
00:32:50 #485 I think the girl can probably be counted out.
00:32:52 #486 If any of the others are wise, they're keeping Mighty quiet.
00:32:56 #487 Well, let it ride for now.
00:32:58 #488 The whole force is going to be on the spot
00:32:59 #489 until we catch this killer.
00:33:02 #490 Newspapers will have a field day.
00:33:16 #491 We were wrong about two things.
00:33:19 #492 The killer was already in our city,
00:33:21 #493 and we didn't know he was Butcher Benton.
00:33:23 #494 He headed straight for Eva Martin.
00:33:26 #495 He went to her dressing room to get back the map he
00:33:28 #496 had left in the envelope with her.
00:33:30 #497 He wanted first to check his money,
00:33:32 #498 then catch up with Lowe and the others.
00:33:48 #499 Can't be.
00:33:56 #500 You do look like him.
00:33:59 #501 Any difference somehow.
00:34:08 #502 It is you.
00:34:11 #503 Why didn't somebody tell me?
00:34:17 #504 What's happened, Charles?
00:34:20 #505 Those look like bullet holes.
00:34:22 #506 Are they?
00:34:28 #507 There's not even a mark.
00:34:59 #508 I opened it like you told me.
00:35:01 #509 I found the $50.
00:35:06 #510 I didn't know why you left him.
00:35:09 #511 Paul didn't know why he was here.
00:35:26 #512 Don't, don't, don't take crazy.
00:35:31 #513 The name of Paul triggered his hate.
00:35:34 #514 He left her dressing room and started for Squeamy Ellis
00:35:37 #515 and Joe Marcelli's place.
00:35:39 #516 Because he knew with them out of the way,
00:35:40 #517 Paul Lowe couldn't open the strongbox
00:35:42 #518 where the money was hidden.
00:35:45 #519 He thought of Squeamy and Joe first.
00:35:47 #520 He was saving Paul Lowe for last.
00:36:44 #521 Hey, Eva, can I borrow your eyebrow pencil?
00:36:53 #522 Operator, got me police headquarters.
00:36:57 #523 Lieutenant Chasen, please.
00:37:02 #524 When do you expect him?
00:37:06 #525 What?
00:37:07 #526 Tell him Charles Benton is alive, and even bullets can't stop him.
00:37:13 #527 I'm not crazy.
00:37:18 #528 Just say a friend of Charles, he'll know.
00:37:32 #529 After leaving a message for me, Eva
00:37:34 #530 telephoned Squeamy Ellis.
00:37:37 #531 She tried to tell him the butcher was alive
00:37:39 #532 and on his way over to kill him.
00:37:41 #533 Squeamy didn't believe her, and in a way, you couldn't blame him.
00:37:45 #534 Who in their right mind would believe a man had
00:37:47 #535 returned from the dead?
00:37:49 #536 What Sweeney actually believed was that the butcher,
00:37:52 #537 before his execution, had hired a killer
00:37:54 #538 to carry out his threat.
00:38:09 #539 You sick?
00:38:11 #540 What?
00:38:12 #541 You don't look so good to me.
00:38:14 #542 10 minutes, Eva.
00:38:16 #543 All right.
00:38:17 #544 Sava, I could take over the matinee trick for you.
00:38:21 #545 What?
00:38:22 #546 It's easy.
00:38:23 #547 Don't, Eva.
00:38:24 #548 I can do it.
00:38:25 #549 Ta-ba-de-do-de-do.
00:38:27 #550 Oh.
00:38:28 #551 Ahn.
00:38:30 #552 I've seen. I just thought of something.
00:38:32 #553 Yeah?
00:38:33 #554 Eva agreed to let Francine do the show.
00:38:37 #555 She hoped she'd be able to interrupt the butcher
00:38:39 #556 before he arrived at Squeamy's hotel.
00:38:41 #557 Or failing that, at least be able to warn him
00:38:44 #558 to stay out of sight.
00:38:48 #559 You want to meet, Captain?
00:38:51 #560 Yeah, I just had a rundown on those fingerprints
00:38:53 #561 that stole in car up north.
00:38:55 #562 I got nothing on the driver who was killed
00:38:56 #563 or the woman with him.
00:38:59 #564 Take a good look at these.
00:39:04 #565 There's something funny about these.
00:39:05 #566 Yeah.
00:39:07 #567 The boys in the lab can't figure it out, either.
00:39:09 #568 Those are the killers.
00:39:10 #569 They were found on the steering wheel.
00:39:13 #570 Looked like they'd been stamped in with a steel die.
00:39:15 #571 They sure do.
00:39:20 #572 These are butcher bentons.
00:39:23 #573 What?
00:39:24 #574 Well, they look the same to me.
00:39:26 #575 How do the lab boys explain that?
00:39:28 #576 I don't.
00:39:29 #577 Their best guess is a twin brother.
00:39:32 #578 An identical twin could have the same pattern of horrors
00:39:35 #579 with only slight variations.
00:39:39 #580 Ever hear of the butcher having a twin brother?
00:39:41 #581 No.
00:39:43 #582 Even if he did, it wouldn't explain these freak prints.
00:39:48 #583 If you didn't pick up your message, Lieutenant,
00:39:50 #584 some wacky dame calls you.
00:39:52 #585 And she says Charles Benton is alive.
00:39:54 #586 And bullets won't stop him.
00:39:58 #587 If we buy the twin theory, who was she?
00:40:01 #588 Where'd she seem?
00:40:02 #589 Well, she wouldn't leave her name.
00:40:03 #590 It sounded kind of hysterical to me.
00:40:05 #591 Said she was a friend of the butchers.
00:40:08 #592 Eva Martin.
00:40:09 #593 Get over with the follies and see what that girl knows.
00:40:11 #594 Yeah.
00:40:15 #595 Some guys have all the luck.
00:40:17 #596 I never do an assignment to the Follies.
00:40:27 #597 Meanwhile, the butcher headed for Squeamy's hotel.
00:40:31 #598 He didn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
00:40:34 #599 Actually, he seemed like any normal person
00:40:37 #600 on his way to work or on his way home.
00:40:49 #601 He rode up Angel's flight, arrived at the top,
00:40:53 #602 scanned the hotel building, and then noticed the only exit
00:40:55 #603 from Squeamy's apartment, a fire escape.
00:40:59 #604 Here was figuring his next step.
00:44:10 #605 And as he looked at the dead cop, he thought about Paul Lowe,
00:44:14 #606 the next man on his list.
00:44:17 #607 Seeing Joe Mike Shelley?
00:44:19 #608 Not since last night when I told him
00:44:20 #609 I didn't want him around here no more.
00:44:22 #610 Give me a shot.
00:44:39 #611 I need help.
00:44:41 #612 Just found out that Benton hired a killer to get me.
00:44:44 #613 He said to Joe too.
00:44:46 #614 Well then drink up and get out.
00:44:48 #615 I don't want no trouble around my place.
00:44:50 #616 You're a real pal.
00:44:51 #617 Drink up and get out, I said.
00:48:15 #618 Guy named Squeebie got thrown from the fifth floor.
00:48:18 #619 He's dead in a mackerel.
00:48:21 #620 You mean, squeamy Alice?
00:48:22 #621 Yeah, that's it.
00:48:23 #622 Just squeamy.
00:48:24 #623 No one else was killed.
00:48:26 #624 Ain't one enough?
00:48:38 #625 I tell you, the bullets never even phased him.
00:48:39 #626 He must have been wearing a bulletproof vest.
00:48:43 #627 You gotta help us when the papers get ahold of this.
00:48:46 #628 Keep an officer on duty here until you hear from me.
00:48:49 #629 We'll get a stake out on Joe Marcelli.
00:48:50 #630 I'd like to talk to Joe.
00:48:52 #631 Lauder, I'm going to call San Quentin.
00:48:54 #632 Suppose Benton is alive.
00:48:56 #633 Every available man's been put on the case now.
00:48:58 #634 Jesse, all right.
00:49:00 #635 All right. Anything new?
00:49:02 #636 Report on Dr. Bradshaw, owner of the station wagon.
00:49:05 #637 The San Francisco police located his laboratory
00:49:07 #638 in the basement of an electrical power receiving station.
00:49:10 #639 Bradshaw, what's he know?
00:49:11 #640 He's dead.
00:49:12 #641 And another man, too, his assistant.
00:49:14 #642 The lab is a shambles.
00:49:16 #643 But now we're getting some action from San Francisco.
00:49:19 #644 Benton's body never arrived at the mortuary
00:49:21 #645 where it was supposed to go.
00:49:23 #646 An attendant there finally broke down.
00:49:25 #647 Admitted he picked up some quick cash
00:49:26 #648 by handing the body over to a man he was unable to identify.
00:49:30 #649 The man was driving a station wagon.
00:49:32 #650 The last of the man, the chief's on my neck,
00:49:34 #651 and the commissioners are on his, and the mayor's on theirs.
00:49:37 #652 Now, am I supposed to tell them that our killer is a dead man?
00:49:40 #653 They found a notebook in Bradshaw's lab.
00:49:43 #654 It ties his experiments in with the Professor
00:49:45 #655 Dwiggins at Cal Tech.
00:49:46 #656 I hope to hear from Dwiggins soon.
00:49:48 #657 Captain, the fort from the valley on a hysterical woman
00:49:51 #658 reports the presence of the killer.
00:49:53 #659 There's the location.
00:49:55 #660 Let's go.
00:49:56 #661 You and your boyfriend had a little fight,
00:50:17 #662 and he got out of the car to take a walk.
00:50:20 #663 You notice that he walked down toward the sun
00:50:21 #664 fair in the direction where you've seen those lights
00:50:23 #665 a short while before.
00:50:26 #666 What happened then, miss?
00:50:27 #667 Please try to tell us.
00:50:29 #668 Well, I just sat there a few minutes, I guess.
00:50:34 #669 I was pretty mad.
00:50:37 #670 And there was a loud crash, like heavy metal sort of,
00:50:41 #671 from down here.
00:50:43 #672 I got out of the car to get a better look.
00:50:47 #673 I heard Jimmy cry out something.
00:50:49 #674 I couldn't make out the words.
00:50:52 #675 Then down here, in a patch of light, was Jimmy.
00:50:58 #676 And coming toward him was this man, big man.
00:51:06 #677 Lifted Jimmy up over his head like he didn't wear a thing.
00:51:12 #678 Jimmy screamed just once before he broke Jimmy's bed.
00:51:18 #679 He thought I found his house.
00:51:28 #680 They let me use the phone.
00:51:34 #681 Thank you, ma'am.
00:51:35 #682 We'll see if you get home right now.
00:51:40 #683 Oh, Mali, see that the young lady gets home all right.
00:51:46 #684 Paul Lowe, while driving to his office,
00:51:49 #685 heard a radio commentator report the murder of Joe Marcelli.
00:51:53 #686 And what shocked him most was when the broadcast
00:51:55 #687 identified the killer as possibly being the butcher.
00:51:58 #688 Low headed straight for Eva Martin at the Burlesque Theater.
00:52:04 #689 He gave me a start, Mr. Low.
00:52:05 #690 What are you doing here? Where's Eva?
00:52:07 #691 Oh, I'm taking her place.
00:52:08 #692 I'm going to wear her costumes.
00:52:10 #693 What's it to you?
00:52:11 #694 I asked you, where's Eva?
00:52:12 #695 Hey, don't get physical.
00:52:15 #696 Well, watch your tone of voice, Buster.
00:52:17 #697 I told you, little Eva isn't here.
00:52:19 #698 I could see that for myself.
00:52:20 #699 Where is she?
00:52:22 #700 She's at police headquarters.
00:52:24 #701 That's where she is.
00:52:26 #702 Yes, sir.
00:52:29 #703 No, sir. Captain Lauder is still with the mayor.
00:52:31 #704 The killer dropped out of sight.
00:52:33 #705 He was last seen in the Hollywood area.
00:52:37 #706 Yes, sir. We know he's dangerous.
00:52:39 #707 Every angle's being covered.
00:52:42 #708 Yes, sir. I'll tell him.
00:53:04 #709 Yes. See how these fit?
00:53:07 #710 Low heels.
00:53:09 #711 I'm sorry.
00:53:10 #712 It's the best our wardrobe department can afford.
00:53:15 #713 Any idea how soon the captain will be back?
00:53:21 #714 Now look, I'm going to see the captain about the way
00:53:22 #715 here all night.
00:53:23 #716 Oh, Charles kills Squee-Me and Joe.
00:53:30 #717 Joe too?
00:53:33 #718 Benton?
00:53:34 #719 He's alive.
00:53:36 #720 I saw him, but nobody will believe me.
00:53:38 #721 I'm checking it.
00:53:39 #722 My guess is whoever killed him is on the trail of the money lo.
00:53:43 #723 Now maybe you better start talking
00:53:44 #724 if you know anything about it.
00:53:46 #725 I don't know anything.
00:53:47 #726 Did the butcher have a brother?
00:53:50 #727 No, no brother.
00:53:51 #728 It was Charles.
00:53:53 #729 I saw the tattoo on his arm.
00:53:58 #730 Look, I demand police protection.
00:54:00 #731 Where's the money lo? You heard me.
00:54:01 #732 I demand protection.
00:54:02 #733 We put stakeouts on your office and home.
00:54:04 #734 Well, that's not enough.
00:54:06 #735 It's enough as far as we're concerned.
00:54:09 #736 Now you're gonna hook me, Sergeant?
00:54:16 #737 Then throw away the key.
00:54:18 #738 Thank you.
00:54:51 #739 Come up with anything yet, Dick?
00:54:54 #740 Oh, we've checked every hotel, motel,
00:54:56 #741 and rooming house in town.
00:54:58 #742 We've run a cross-check on every hangout butcher ever used.
00:55:01 #743 Net results, blank.
00:55:03 #744 This is incredible.
00:55:05 #745 We not only discover a dead man turned killer,
00:55:07 #746 but it's beginning to look like he plays ghost, too.
00:55:10 #747 He's somewhere in this city, and if we have to take it apart brick by brick, we've got to get him.
00:55:16 #748 I may be way off, but I think Paul Lowe could tell us a lot.
00:55:20 #749 Maybe. But it's a sin she's not going to.
00:55:23 #750 Well, suppose he had no alternative.
00:55:26 #751 You better grab some coffee. Your mind's beginning to play tricks on you.
00:55:29 #752 Well, no now. Wait a minute.
00:55:31 #753 When Lowe came to us for police protection, it was because he was scared stiff.
00:55:35 #754 The butcher would add him to the list of squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli.
00:55:38 #755 Go on.
00:55:39 #756 It figures too.
00:55:40 #757 When he slugged the sergeant, he knew we'd book him right away.
00:55:43 #758 Oh, this low's a pretty cute character.
00:55:45 #759 But we can play the same game.
00:55:47 #760 You mean we'll threaten to release him?
00:55:49 #761 Well, not exactly.
00:55:51 #762 You tell him you realized that he was excited,
00:55:53 #763 that throwing the punch was accidental.
00:55:56 #764 Tell him we're not going to make a charge,
00:55:58 #765 that he's completely released.
00:55:59 #766 Lieutenant, you know we can't do that.
00:56:01 #767 Lowell made his first mistake when he hit the sergeant
00:56:03 #768 and let her get him a year.
00:56:04 #769 As far as the department's concerned,
00:56:06 #770 At least it's a small victory.
00:56:07 #771 If my hunch is right,
00:56:10 #772 Lowe won't want to be on the streets with the butcher looking for him.
00:56:13 #773 And he may talk and talk a lot.
00:56:15 #774 Enough may be for us to get rid of him permanently.
00:56:18 #775 Even lead us to the butcher.
00:56:20 #776 If he's frightened enough, that might work.
00:56:24 #777 But if it doesn't...
00:56:26 #778 No, Dick, I'm not gonna release him.
00:56:28 #779 I want him out of my way so bad I can taste it,
00:56:30 #780 but not bad enough to be responsible for getting him killed.
00:56:33 #781 The good thing about that, Captain,
00:56:35 #782 That's not the case, Captain.
00:56:37 #783 We know the truth.
00:56:39 #784 But Lowe doesn't.
00:56:41 #785 Let's give it a try.
00:56:43 #786 All right, Lowe, come on up.
00:56:48 #787 I think you'll find everything in there.
00:56:50 #788 You're free to go, Mr. Lowe.
00:56:52 #789 Wait a minute.
00:56:55 #790 Who do you think you're kidding?
00:56:57 #791 You arrested me for assaulting an officer.
00:56:59 #792 Court, I'll plead guilty.
00:57:01 #793 With luck, I might get off with six months.
00:57:03 #794 For a lawyer, you're forgetting a very important point.
00:57:05 #795 If not, I'll be in jail.
00:57:07 #796 Very important point.
00:57:09 #797 If no charge is made, there's no trial.
00:57:12 #798 It was a tough day for everyone.
00:57:14 #799 We figured your nerves were on edge,
00:57:15 #800 and when you threw the punch, you
00:57:17 #801 didn't know what you were doing.
00:57:18 #802 I've squared everything with the sergeant.
00:57:20 #803 It's all over, all forgotten.
00:57:22 #804 Yeah?
00:57:23 #805 Why'd you bring us the biography?
00:57:25 #806 Simply because I wanted a record of our conversation
00:57:27 #807 at the time of your release. OK, Lowe.
00:57:31 #808 Let's go.
00:57:32 #809 Oh, wait a minute.
00:57:33 #810 What's that on those streets?
00:57:34 #811 And I'm a dead man.
00:57:36 #812 You let me go.
00:57:37 #813 Don't come off it, Lo. You're imagining things.
00:57:39 #814 You know the butcher threatened to kill me.
00:57:41 #815 You set me free, he'll do it.
00:57:43 #816 Well, that's just a risk we'll have to take.
00:57:46 #817 But the way I look at it, Mr. Lo, you'll be okay.
00:57:50 #818 Look, Captain, I'll make a deal with you.
00:57:53 #819 You keep me here and I'll tell you how to recover the money.
00:57:56 #820 Maybe even catch the butcher.
00:57:58 #821 No deals, Lo.
00:57:59 #822 You'd probably tell us anything just to stall for time.
00:58:02 #823 Come on, let's get out of here.
00:58:03 #824 Now, wait a minute.
00:58:04 #825 All right, I'll tell you this.
00:58:11 #826 I'll tell you the truth.
00:58:14 #827 Start taking this down.
00:58:20 #828 I, Paul Lowe hired Butcher Benton,
00:58:26 #829 squeamy Ellis, and Joe Macelli to pull off the armored car
00:58:30 #830 holdup.
00:58:32 #831 And then Lowe continued with his confession.
00:58:35 #832 He told us about finding the map.
00:58:37 #833 He showed us the exact location of where the butcher
00:58:39 #834 had hidden the stolen payroll.
00:58:42 #835 And he gave us a most important answer,
00:58:44 #836 the explanation as to how the butcher was
00:58:46 #837 able to elude detection.
00:58:48 #838 His means of escape was the sewer system
00:58:51 #839 that hit our city.
00:59:04 #840 The department went to work fast.
00:59:06 #841 Every police squad in the city was detailed
00:59:08 #842 to cover a specific area.
00:59:10 #843 Every entrance and exit to the Los Angeles city sewer system
00:59:14 #844 of 700 miles was covered.
00:59:16 #845 Captain Lauder and I, along with several other squads,
00:59:19 #846 headed for the entrance where, according to the map,
00:59:21 #847 Butcher had hidden the money.
00:59:23 #848 Our job was to stop him.
00:59:25 #849 And that made me think of one specific question.
00:59:28 #850 When we found him, could this monster be stopped?
00:59:32 #851 I, for one, wasn't sure.
00:59:57 #852 Everything all set, Lieutenant?
00:59:58 #853 City engineers mapped out each possible exit.
01:00:00 #854 The squad of officers are spotted at every point.
01:00:03 #855 If the butcher can be caught, now is the time.
01:00:05 #856 After I talked to Caltech, I called on the fire department
01:00:08 #857 for a little help.
01:00:09 #858 The professors thought a flame sore might stop him.
01:00:11 #859 Flamethrower?
01:00:12 #860 I suppose their boys have had a chance
01:00:14 #861 to join our squads by now.
01:00:15 #862 See, we have one with us here.
01:00:17 #863 Have you thought about what'll happen if this doesn't work?
01:00:21 #864 No.
01:00:22 #865 I've been praying too hard that it will work.
01:00:27 #866 This is where we split up.
01:02:17 #867 I'll go straight ahead.
01:02:18 #868 The shock of electricity that brought the butcher back to life
01:09:03 #869 destroyed him.
01:09:04 #870 The $600,000 stolen in the armored truck robbery
01:09:07 #871 has been recovered.
01:09:08 #872 Case closed.
01:09:12 #873 I'll hear the scientist's comments for your records.
01:09:15 #874 I had to fill in a few spots with my old guesses,
01:09:17 #875 But I guess that's about the size of it.
01:09:20 #876 Did you get any sleep? Oh, some.
01:09:22 #877 Not much.
01:09:23 #878 How's the girl today?
01:09:24 #879 Well, they called the hospital about an hour ago.
01:09:26 #880 She'd gone.
01:09:27 #881 Gone where?
01:09:28 #882 She told him she was a working girl,
01:09:30 #883 and that she'd been away from the job too long already.
01:09:33 #884 Quite a girl.
01:09:34 #885 Yeah.
01:09:35 #886 Say, how about that time off I've got coming?
01:09:39 #887 48 hours, beginning right now.
01:09:41 #888 Listen, Restick.
01:09:42 #889 You know something, Dick?
01:09:53 #890 The past 72 hours seemed like a bad dream.
01:09:58 #891 That rest in the hospital today really gave me a new lease
01:10:00 #892 on life.
01:10:02 #893 Now that it's over, I can't believe it actually happened.
01:10:07 #894 The important thing is to remember it is all over.
01:10:12 #895 I suppose you'll be assigned to another case.
01:10:14 #896 Now, I'll have to give up hamburgers in the front seat
01:10:17 #897 of the car for a steak and a restaurant.
01:10:23 #898 In fact, I decided to do something about it.
01:10:26 #899 I started by talking the captain into a short holiday.
01:10:29 #900 And just about an hour ago, I got you fired.
01:10:36 #901 What did you do that for?
01:10:38 #902 I figured that being my wife would take up all of your time.
01:10:44 #903 Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't.
01:10:47 #904 You're not supposed to say no to a detective.
01:10:50 #905 I figured that, too.