Murder by Invitation (1941) CRIME THRILLER

[Music] [Music] hello boss hi nora hi eddie afraid you were going to be late well how you betting on this legal battle think they'll put the old lady away i'll quote the odds as soon as i look over the layout and ditch that heater [Music] oh good morning mr white hey boss how about we grab a couple of shots before things get started here go ahead who is he that's that famous columnist i invited him here i still think you shouldn't attend this hearing suppose they make a mistake and try you you know they're two schools of thought about the sanity of columnist quiet all right miss denim would you mind giving me a great wig not at all smile thank you now remember just leave everything to me and don't let personal feelings enter into your testimony we all know that outcast is simply no longer capable of managing her money we'll manage it much better for her and decides aunt cassie will be properly cared for in an institution don't you worry about a thing aunt cassie why should i worry i'm the only sane person in the family of nitwits she don't look crazy to me reminds me of my old lady all kindness i guarantee you she wouldn't hurt a fly but you ought to see those wolves you can see dollar signs all over their faces they're just hoping to put the old lady in the funny house so they can spend all that dose he's got yeah yeah yeah you got it brother you got it hey here you hear me the honorable supreme court in and for the county of new york is now in session judge boy presiding we will proceed with the sanity hearing of miss cassandra denham this action is brought by attorney garcon denim and in behalf of himself and other relatives of said cassandra denim who allege that the defendant is incompetent and physically and mentally unfit to administer her real and personal property and play therefore that she'd be committed to a suitable institution provided by the state for those who judged and mentally incompetent mentally and competent you will proceed counselor denham thank you your honor with your permission i'll call the defendant on this action miss cassandra dunham place your right hand in the bible do you solemnly swear to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth why not the truth never hurt anybody but where is your attorney why should i spend money on an attorney when my only opposition is my nip with nebbio touche hey what does that mean it means score one for the old lady the court will be glad to appoint an attorney to represent you without charge if you desire one no thank you i can take care of myself i must warn the spectators if this is no occasion for outbursts of a lot of things uh go ahead counselor thank you your honor what is your name what is my your honor do i have to sit here and have my very own never you ask me what my name is yes miss cassandra hildegard denim and what you need is a good spanking like i used to give you when you're a sniff of a boy the old lady's crazy like a fox you will confine your answers to the questions and the court will tolerate no further demonstrations go ahead council thank you how much wealth do you possess miss denham do i have to answer that question yes yes three million dollars and i'm going to hang on to it [Music] another one of those things huh yeah what what you just said before you know what two [ __ ] touches yeah you said a double yeah i warn you miss denim to confine your asses to the questions the alien is cooperating with the court will disregard irrelevant flippances on the part of the defendant i trust this is understood where do you keep your money and securities miss denham wouldn't you like to know now this is my last warning one more outburst on the part of the spectators in the courtroom will be cleared now you will answer the question i refuse to answer on the ground if my money is my own until you decide it isn't and the meantime it's none of his business there's a smartest crazy woman i ever saw hmm your objection is well put uh you needn't answer thank you your honor mr numb would you say that you were eccentric i live my own life if that's what you mean did you or did you not recently give 500 to a man you'd never met a total stranger not exactly a stranger he was a farmer who lived up the road a piece for me he was about to lose his farm and i gave him the money so he wouldn't lose it did you demand any security for this gift why should i the mayor's honest i thought he'd sleep better without a mortgage hanging over his head like uh damocles sword but you did give this man 500 with no security whatsoever yes yes well there you are your honor you see it's perfectly obvious that my aunt is dissipating her assets they're my assets i'll give you ten the one she never sees a padded self what do you think i am a sucker yes proceed miss denim tell me is it true that you use vinegar on your apple pie why yes explain to the judge and the alienists if you will please just why you doused vinegar on your apple pie gladly that fat cook of mine makes them too sweet she's done it for years she wants to put weight on me i give up your honor you should have done that long ago this action is dismissed for lack of evidence [Music] your honor yes i want to thank you and if you ever come my way up in the mountains drop in and have some apple pie without vinegar thanks maybe i'll do that but i like vinegar on apple pie [Applause] if you'd stop throwing those things around and tell me what you're looking for maybe i could help you find it well brian one of these days i'm gonna clear off this desk you do and you'll be out of business what are you looking for i'm trying to find that hollywood item that danny dover sent about a week ago for your information it's down the composing room all set up in type well brian i don't know what i'd do without you neither do i now that you have that problem off your mind do you think you'd like to see a caller oh gossen denim that lawyer got his ears pinned back last week trying to put his ad in an asylum what does he want maybe he wants to put you in one he seems sort of anxious about something all right i haven't come in but you stay in the room when i'm talking to him i'm allergic to lawyers okay come in mr dunham good morning mr denim good morning mr white yeah uh may i speak to you alone please i am alone yes o'brien is part of me which part quiet have a chair mr denham speak freely thank you you uh you look a bit worried i am worried mr white this this letter this letter is definite proof that my art cassandra is mentally unbalanced i don't get it this is just a simple invitation for you to spend a week at her place in the mountains yes but she sent the same invitation to all the denims and you'll notice she insists that we all arrive friday friday promptly at midnight now now why should she want us all to arrive at greylock promptly on the stroke of 12. perhaps 12 is a favorite number i tell you there's something sinister about this invitation you'll notice she also says that any relative who fails to show up will be eliminated from her will yeah i notice that a sort of a command performance isn't it no it ought to be a cozy little group all you denims gathered around the festive board with the old lady you try to put in the booby hatch i tell you i have i have a feeling that something terrible is going to happen oh come mr denim you're taking it all too seriously she probably just wants to bury the hatchet now that she's been declared sane sure it's a great sport burying hatchets at midnight especially in people you may scoff but i have a premonition of death i believe she plans to kill us all after which you'll probably confess and say sheriff i did it with my little hatchet oh stop but stop it oh brian hey it does seem funny oh poppycock i want your aunt on the witness stan and she's no killer she's intelligent and harmless and what a sense of humor it may strike her as humorous to murder us all in our beds just white i'm going to leave this letter with you just in case anything does happen to me this fantastic idea of having us arrive at midnight this is the hand of work of a mad woman you'll see okay mr denim i'll be watching for murder news from greylock and if anything does happen you'll see that she's brought to justice oh sure thank you mr white goodbye goodbye goodbye mr denham see you in a shroud well you know this has all the elements of a swell murder mystery greedy relatives tried to toss wealthy ant into the booby hat so they get a hold of her money wealthy and outsmarts them and is declared saying then she invites them all to her place in the mountains to spend a week and tells them to get there exactly at midnight midnight that midnight angle intrigues me forget it how about your stuff for tomorrow night's broadcast midnight now why should she insist on midnight she probably saw the cat on the canary now will you please go back to work okay o'brien your slave driver here's the leap for the broadcast see i'd like to sit in on this little gathering you know what ought to be funny i wonder if i drove up there in my car to graylock oh well well here we are i'd guess i can't say we aren't prompt still only 10 minutes to 12. i don't care what time it is we shouldn't be visiting a crazy woman no stop it will you stop it [Music] oh good evening eric evening any of the others arrived yet not yet well i guess we might as well go along in then guess your head good morning eric great morning if twice you'd be too late too late for what too late to be murdered no doubt i tell you larry i don't like this after all aunt cassie is your father's sister and is your father's widow i think i ought to tell you that that father was a bit bomber yes mother i've heard all that before well you mark my words oh please mother do we have to go through that again better go on in if you want to be with miss cassie when the clock strikes midnight [Music] they're all here aren't they i watched them come from my garden yeah they're all here fine fine [Music] goodness sakes garson stop that pacing you're making me nervous nervous how do you think i feel uh you should feel nervous you started this whole thing getting us to sign that complaint against and cassie that's right blame me for everything of course you'd have been highly pleased if i'd succeeded naturally but you didn't and now we have to spend the week in this ratty old mansion it isn't compulsory you know you can leave any time sure we can and have on cassie cut us out of her will you'd love that wouldn't you no thanks we are staying well i'm hungry i think i'll see if there's anything good in the ice box tom denim don't you dare leave this room how can you even think of food and they're all in danger what danger why aunt cassie wouldn't hurt a fly [Music] so welcome to greylock my precious relatives i'm kessie and cousin mary hi i'm cassie i know that i speak for all of us when i say that we're delighted to be here we certainly are and i always look forward to visiting your charming old mansion greylock is such a lovely restful place oh aunt cassie you look younger every day poppycock stop fawning over me a week ago you were trying to put me in a padded cell but jesse you know we only did it for your own protection and to get her money keep quiet child i'll handle this i've been protecting myself for 40 years since i was 25. i've done a pretty good job of it so let's forget about protection and uh sit down everybody first i want you to know i brought you here for a purpose i want to study you all for a week just like a scientist studies rats and guinea pigs in his laboratory after all i'm 65 i can't live forever everyone must die someday oh please aunt cassie don't talk about dying why you're the picture of health and well i want to say right now that i had nothing to do with the attempt to send you away it's all cousin garson's fault he talked everybody into signing the petition silence i don't care who started it the fact remains that sooner or later i leave this veil of tears and laughter and when i do i leave three million dollars the bulk of it will go to the one i find most worthy which means of course i leave it to someone in this room the worthiest of an unworthy lot but i warn you flattery will get you nowhere so be yourselves we'll retire now breakfast will be served today i'll expect you all of you to be at the table promptly i hope you sleep well don't let the knowledge that you're sleeping under the same roof with three million dollars disturb your slumbers you mean that you keep all that money here in this house why not with everyone trying to take it away from me i like to keep it around to check up on it once in a while but don't try to look for it you wouldn't find it in a million years did you ring this cassie yes have you placed the luggage in the right rooms everything is just as you ordered it good now we'll all have a splendid night's sleep come along i'll distribute you hmm [Music] for goodness sake quit threshing around like a hooked fish and go to sleep i can't sleep got too many things on my mind of course you wouldn't understand that not having any mind to speak of well i like that you drag me away from home to spend a week in this dreary museum and now you insult me where are you going to get a book from the library have you any objections no go ahead go and get killed wandering around in the middle of the night you said yourself you had a premonition of death before we left home no i've revised my estimate of the situation that cassie may be a bit eccentric but we're not in any danger you go to sleep i shan't be long [Music] um [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] mr bob mr bob mr brown ain't no use of digging in and putting on covers you got a telephone to answer wake up now you certain is asleep in this man oh give me those covers your big trouble want you on the telephone ain't no use argument to miss nora oh brian oh boy at 10 o'clock in the morning she knows better than that until i never talked to anybody in my sleep she said you'll jump right out of bed if i'll tell you lawyer dylan have met him with some killing why yes indeed a mr denham's a cops why did you say so i kept trying to sir well packed me a bag [Music] you can't come in here i think you're wrong officer my press card and my membership card in your lodge uh sheriff's association uh here you might as well look these over too honorary memberships and police organizations from miami to los angeles goofy isn't it but then some people collect matches are you really bob white the fellow that writes a column in the flash officer meet my secretary mr o'brien and the alert young gentleman the other side is eddie stutz one of the best newspaper photographers in new york i'm sure he wanted to take your picture before we leave won't we eddie oh sure sure uh we're gonna find the sheriff oh sheriff boggs is holding an inquiry in the house right this minute thanks officer be vigilant somebody in this room killed garson denim with that knife and i proposed to find out who did it why don't you get on with it instead of walking up and down talking your head off murder cases take time i've got to do a lot of deducting deducting you sound like a millionaire making out his income tax all right everybody hold it please thank you who are you i'm bob white new york evening register with cameraman and secretary and tell me who you are let me think you're uh your sheriff boggs and you're conducting an inquiry into the death of garson denim hi sheriff how is the inquiry progressing well confidential mr white it ain't going so hot oh they won't talk nobody knows nothing open shut case huh mostly shut shudder in the dickens but i'll solve it you may not know it mr white but i am a regular reader of your column well thanks sheriff make a note of that i got another reader maybe when i do solve this dastardly crime you can write one of them editorials about me like you wrote about jed hoover dr defoe well i'd be glad to see her but uh how about the climb got any clues only this knife i found it sticking in the uh copper stellic die take a look at it no no no no sheriff you you take care of that i'm allergic to nice dates way back to the time you learn to use a fork quiet well miss denim i see your family reunion got off to a nice little murder something's always interfering with my plans if you mention me on your column be sure and spell my name right oh you uh read my column yes oh thank you i was scared to death they'd ask me that on the witness stand if i'd admitted that they'd fought sure i was crazy you know miss denham you and i are just going to get along fine just just fine i tell you i got orders not to let anybody in here tell me i can't come call and cassidy when she's in trouble get out of my way hi what are they doing to you cassandra are they accusing you of killing garson denim if they are i can tell they're wrong any man who went snooping around like he did last night was bound to get his comeuppance how do you know he was snooping i saw him through the library window what time was that about one o'clock in the morning so bridgeman froze what were you doing looking through my library window at one o'clock in the morning probably looking for a book speak up mr montrose how do you happen to be snooping at that hour i was walking in my garden all of a sudden i saw a light come on in cassie's library i peeked through the window and saw garson denim snooping looking behind pictures and pulling books from shelves what else did you see well that was all when he quit snooping and sat down to read i went home do you generally walk in your garden at one o'clock in the morning always when the flowers are in bloom the scent of flowers at night is much sweeter than it is in the daytime i love the scent of flowers at night your name wouldn't be ferdinand would it no i was christened trowbridge catwalder montrose however my grandfather's name was ferdinand that explains it probably hereditary what is hereditary uh look mr montrose suppose we forget the whole thing mr white what is your theory of this crime well sheriff i haven't had time to theorize but i have a suggestion i have a friend in new york with a neighbor philo christopher how he writes murder misters if i said for him probably he could help oh no you don't i've read all his books and i don't like the way he solves his crimes he always brings in an outside character in the last three pages and pins the burner on him just to fool his readers nobody's going to pin this murder on an outside character somebody in this room killed garcinia and i am going to apprehend the guilty party an admirable determination sheriff and well put the meantime we'll go to the village and arrange accommodations you'll do nothing of the kind we have plenty of empty rooms here and you're welcome to stay in fact mr white you can sleep in a bed george washington once slept in what another father of our country certainly got around didn't he i accept your hospitality miss cassandra and you're very kind in the meantime sheriff what happens now i don't rightly know you for your blundering idiot how can you be so dumb you know this mad woman camilla's murder why don't you arrest her now take it easy mrs denham i've got no proof that she killed your husband proof proof what more proof do you want she invited her for a visit and insisted we arrive at midnight then she informed me she's going to study us for a week like rats or guinea pigs she had every reason to kill garson because he wondered where she belonged in an asylum i demand that you arrest her on and cash has been doing queer things around these parts as long as i can remember but she ain't crazy the court just decided that and i am arresting nobody till i've got proof you fool you're protecting a murderous tom take me home i'll not stay in this house another minute oh yes you will nobody's leaving greylock till i apprehend the killer tom take me to my room you all heard what i said nobody's leaving the grounds to this crime's cleared up i'll have men guard the place day and night that's all for now but what about me i live next door you can go home my men will keep an eye on you maybe after you get unpacked you kind of like to talk this case over before the corner gets here thanks sheriff i'll be glad to sudden see that the press is made comfortable yes ma'am come here i don't like this sherlock i'm scared stiff chin up watson [Music] so [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] come in hi how you unpacked just about charming old place don't you think yes wonderful view from that window have a look yeah [Music] i told you the view was wonderful yeah but the murderer used a knife well maybe the next victim will be poisoned listen honey don't let this thing get you there there won't be any more murders come on let's go down and keep us with the sheriff hi sheriff any fingerprints nope can't find any take a look oh thanks do you see any come on sheriff give me a shot of you holding the knife a little higher hold it thank you has the corpus delicti been removed yet nope it's still in the library where the corner left it the undertaker's coming from the village do you mind if i take a look at it no come on hey you better stay here that's not for you i'm a newspaper man i could take it hey wait a minute that ain't garson denim you're right sheriff that's larry denim but he sure is a corpus delicious oh look whoever knocked them off must have come in the window you're a smart fella no signs of anybody i'm gonna round up everybody and question them they can't do this to me killing a man in broad daylight and i'm right in the next room well here we go again miss denham what happened have they found the murderer well if he hasn't my bathwater is getting cold for nothing be quiet where were you during the last half hour i was transplanting a tree near the entrance gate deputy judkins who's with me that's right sheriff what about you i was greasing the car in the garage you look it what are you doing i was making apple pies and i'll never be done for dinner at this rate you got an alibi i was counting the laundry the cook saw me what were you doing i was spraying roses in my garden that's what he was doing sheriff i saw him mix the spray so did i poison i always use poison in my rose spray it's certain death to insects where are you miss cassie i was running my bath oh what's the matter i left the water stay right here one of you boys run upstairs and turn off miss cassie's bath water sit down anybody with you while you were drawing this bath yes i was oh for a moment i thought i had something and i was walking in the garden by the summer house you didn't walk by the library by any chance did you yes yes i did why oh just idle curiosity anybody see you taking this walk i was watching him all the time sheriff he never got out of my sight well sheriff that's that it sure is how about you mr denham i was lying down trying to rest larry sheriff where's larry i am you see him clara's not here hey you're right ma'am he ain't he's dead dan you mean you mean larry's been murdered yes not only that somebody stole the other carpets to lick them i told you to arrest her i wonder this thing would happen woman is mad she'll kill us all larry my poor larry what do i do now well did you call the coroner no i plum forgot it one of you boys called the corner right away that's all for now what i said about nobody leaving the grounds still goes hello mary all right boys keep an eye outside what do you folks make of this they've all got alibis i'm beginning to think maybe i did it if you did you're holding out on your paper you haven't phoned in your story yet that's right i haven't proving you're a columnist not a reporter now look mister let's get out of this funny house and go back to new york they'll be dancing in 52nd street tonight while we're playing tag with a knife thrower you've got a fair start with your column with readers from new york to shanghai china why take a chance relax beautiful nobody's going to harm me i'm the handsome young juvenile in this story he never gets hurt how you be a good girl get the editor on the phone and give him enough stuff for a flash bullet tell him i'll send him a follow-up story in an hour okay say uh sheriff do you suppose we can do a little snooping in the library there before the coroner gets here i guess it'd be all right if we don't disturb nothing swell it's gone there ain't no corpus delicta things are now beginning to conform to pattern what are you talking about there comes a time in every murder mystery when all of the corpus delecti are missing it generally happens just past the middle of the picture i don't know how you feel tell this things got me stumped too but we'll both keep trying we'll think it out together hey pal yes sir the law always catches up to the gilly potty leave greylock at once or you will die [Music] better come out of there and i'll shoot [Music] sure mr white your shirt never mind my shredder just found the bodies where pull out our closet in my room bleed the way [Music] where are the bodies i don't see anyone where they're gone are you sure you're not ill you got a bottle you've been holding out on me why did i tell you they were right there i came out of that bathroom and the statue was gone there was an out there saying you leave grey like a once or you die i rushed to the door and it was locked i looked at the key and saw it was turned so i knew there was somebody inside this room so it went to the window there and it was locked so i grabbed my pistol out of that drawer then went and i pointed right at the door and i said come out of there i'll shoot but they didn't come out so i went over the door like this and i pulled it wide open here we are again who's crazy now huh give me time i'll find out who stole that statue and wrote that note too i don't care anything about stashes or notes somebody called the coroner an undertaker i've got the two corpus delicaces and by golly nobody's gonna take them away from me sheriff don't you think you ought to let my relatives go home if the whole family is killed off there'll be nobody to inherit my money sorry miss cassie nobody leaves till i find the killer don't say i didn't warn you i bet you a pretty penny there'll be more killings before this thing is over come mary [Music] 10 o'clock in time for the last minute news and flashes fern bryan new york sheriff william boggs in charge of investigation of two murders which occurred during the past 24 hours at greylock the lovely amount in the state of miss cassandra denim issued a statement an hour ago predicting early apprehension of the killer several important clues have been unearthed the sheriff declared detroit michigan tickets picketed pickets today when oh you've got some new clues hey sheriff well not exactly but after all i've got the corpus delicious but nothing else no but i've got the place guarded not a soul can get past my men going or coming good evening everybody i was taking my usual walk in the garden i thought i'd drop in and see if there's anything that i could do did any of my men stop you on the way in i know i saw no one your deputies a regular watchdog sheriff they'll be bloodhounds when i get through dressing them down well i think i'll get a little shut-eye as you say in your column good night everybody accompany you to the stairs cassie is there anything you want to tell me no remember i'll always stand by you don't overdo it good night good night that sweet little soul who just left gives me the jiving jitters i wonder who she'll kill next here you cut that out you're as jumpy as a pogo stick she's not a killer how do you know she isn't because she's not strong enough to shuffle the bodies of two full-grown men around like a set of indian clubs i guess you're right how about a breath of fresh air before we turn in i need it how about you ed no thanks night air irritates my throat unless it's in nightclubs i'll grab a couple of shots of the chamber of horrors while you're gone that room fascinates me [Music] [Music] so [Music] man [Music] um [Music] man [Music] um [Music] man [Music] hey oh it's you to get a good picture i never miss that's fine if they look anything like me i'll buy a dozen well that is if the price is right look miss cassie are you nuts the law says i'm not then why are you wandering around on this subway looking for a new victim i bet you you think i'm a murderer if you ain't why are you here can you keep a secret i'm a newspaper man answer my question sure i can keep a secret follow me come on come on i don't suppose you've seen many ten thousand dollar banknotes in your day have you ten thousand dollar banknotes look miss cassie i'm lucky to cast my peepers on a double saw buck meaning 20 potatoes meaning dollars to you well here are 200 of them 2 million in currency and a million insecurities i want you to hold all of them for me for safekeeping me carry 3 million around with me lady now i know you're crazy no i'm wise whoever is committing the murders is after my money and it's someone who suspects i keep it in the library otherwise why would garson and larry have been murdered in the library sounds reasonable it is reasonable but if you keep the money and the securities hidden safely in your camera case no one else is suspect and i won't tell a soul because you might be more into two don't you find yourself another boy it ain't worth the risk oh yes it is because when the murder is apprehended i'm going to give you one of these nice crisp banknotes you mean yeah you mean i get ten thousand dollars yes aunt cassie you made a deal but you've got any idea who the killer might be oh i hope it isn't the one i suspect who's that my neighbor troll bridge montrose you mean the flower smeller yes he's been in love with me for years i get it a short engagement huh no we're not engaged i can't make up my mind don't worry you'll get around to it what makes you think he's the killer because he was furious when my relatives tried to put me in the insane asylum he cracked his knuckles and every time he does that i know he's furious he wanted to give them a dose of his rose spray you mean the poison that he kills the bugs with yes oh i do hope the next murder is by poison my mind will be relieved next murder oh yes there'll be other murders goodbye oh boy this thing's got me stymied let's sit down okay huh it's a sense it's not aunt cassie she couldn't lug bodies around neither could martha denim nor garson denim's widow or that niece the that lives with the old lady then it must be a man how about tom oh tom he doesn't strike me as a boy kill his father and cousin somebody's coming hmm good evening hello good evening it's not very sociable are they what did you expect them to do sit in your lap oh stop snapping at me oh brian sorry you were eliminating suspects well the butler's out he's an old family retainer so is katie the cook fat people seldom commit murder but cooks do use knives oh not knives antique knives 200 years old no they stole a chauffeur in the gardener and mr trowbridge montrose oh montrose monty wouldn't hurt a fly i don't know about that when he talked about spraying bugs he had an unholy look in his eyes now let's take the gardener you take him all he wants is to be left alone brother's still the chauffeur he's out too he was asleep over the garage when carson denim was killed and under a car when larry got it but then who is the murderer i don't know maybe it's the little man that turns out the lights and electric ice boxes very funny all on account of aunt cassie's money if only she'd distribute it where it would do some good there wouldn't have been any murders why tommy you sound like you begrudge aunt cassie her money i do he's dead who did it i don't know we were sitting here talking when all of a sudden he groaned and now i heard someone run away come on boy let's have a look around we'd better go in the house hey somebody over by that big tree [Applause] nobody here he didn't climb up yeah but we saw him go behind the tree maybe he kept right on going with the tree between him and us uh never you're right well i guess that's that i'll see you later come on let's go oh it's you well who'd you think it was hey suppose you tell me what you're doing sneaking around this time of night i'm not sneaking around this time a lot i'm taking that can of oil to michael in the garage oh yeah well come on let's see what michael knows about this come on [Applause] anybody here yeah you want something you send this fellow for a can of oil sure i did what about it well for your information there's been another murder someone just killed tommy denham young tommy that's why i tackle you in the garden no wouldn't you know it well i guess we might as well start for the house the sheriff will want to question everybody again you know if these murders don't stop i'm never going to get that car greased oh that's going to be tough it's the same thing all over again everybody was everywhere else except where the murder was committed somebody's lying somebody in this room murdered three men how are you gonna go on being a fool you know she's the guilty one i almost wish you were right i confess and get it over with it's all because of my money if i thought i could expose the murderer i destroyed greylock and all my wealth this minute cassie what do you say i mean it sheriff i wonder if i could have a word with miss cassie alone sure go on thanks sheriff miss casa would you mind stepping into the library for just a moment not at all miss cassie you missed your calling what are you talking about you could have been the great american bernhardt oh that was a great act you put on out there come on give what's your angle you're a young smart alec aren't you don't stall me you've got something on your mind what is it well to tell you the truth i've been toying with a surefire plan to track the murderer how i've been living in this museum piece for 65 years i'm sort of tired of it it's sliding panels and hidden passages give me the horror sliding panels hidden passages the place is honeycombed with them the old shack was a headquarters for the colonial spies during the revolutionary war and a station for an underground railroad during the civil war i tell you mr white every time you touch a wall in this place it's liable to jump at you yeah then maybe the murderer is hiding in one of those secret passages now he might be but if he isn't my plan is still good i'm going to set fire to greylock you're going to do what i'm going to bring the old shack down you see whoever the killer is he or she is after my money until today i had three million in cash and securities hidden in this house today i removed it photographer has it hidden in his camera case you you mean to say eddie's got three million dollars carrying around with them in the camera case but yes your money is safe miss cassie why burn the place down because the murderer will give himself away if he thinks the money is going up in smoke the house means nothing to me for 65 years it's had me hanging on the ropes i learned that bit of slang reading your column but listen that's arson arson no distance i've no insurance i'm not cheating anybody i'm just lighting a bonfire to take a great load off my shoulders oh but it seems such a shame to destroy such a lovely old place oh patient if i don't burn it down we'll all find ourselves in the cemetery besides the upkeep of the old shack is terrific what do you say will you help me well okay what's the senate you get everybody outside on some pretext leave the rest to me keep your eyes open and the first one who makes a break for the house is the murderer so long mr white hey what do you mean so long keep your eyes open i certainly hello mr white [Music] why should we be heard it out here at this hour of the night where's aunt cassie calm yourself and don't ask questions [Music] hey look [Music] [Music] don't you worry about it [Music] [Music] put your money your money is in there yes i know it it'll be destroyed i'm glad of it money is a curse a curse that breeds evil your eyes open for the break you can't destroy it it's mine why did i tell you i lived with you put up with your strictness pretended to love you knowing that one day it would be mine oh i hated you because i pretended to love you knowing that someday you would die and your money would be mine and when the other stepped in i killed yes michael and i murdered so that one day it would all be mine i would be your only app [Music] your husband what are you talking about we've been married over a year oh don't let them kill me don't please don't make it to the village come on [Music] where's i swear that's behind the street i saw him too so did i come on how come you're not playing daniel boone with the sheriff and his boys it's not quite time for the marines to move in are the marines coming they're practically here folks follow me i'm about to catch a killer come on folks help me get this car off the greasepad stand back folks tonight we'll have to do a little shooting what is this quiet here he comes down hey come on get out of there keep your hands in the air hey where'd you find her popped out of a hole in the ground just like that thanks for tipping me off about those secret passages i figured there must be one near that big tree in the garden after our friend here did that neat disappearing act early in the evening stay away sheriff heart [Music] coverage will you marry me cassie do you mean it of course i do i've got to live somewhere now the gray locks no more maybe we can wake up judge hoskins and get hitched tonight darling love is in the air come on here's your money miss cassie and if it's all the same to you i'll have my 10 g's at this moment there you are you've earned it oh boy oh boy oh hey hey hey this is confederate money hey worth a penny i guess i'll forget to tell you all i'm one of the denims of virginia from the deep south trowbridge darling you have enough real money for both of us haven't you ampled my pet you better have you've been taking care of the old shack and all my relatives for 20 years well what do we do now i know what you're gonna do brother but i'm gonna do this okay hold it but haye's office ain't gonna like that long kiss [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 64min 48sec (3888 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 05 2012