The Shadow Laughs (1933) MYSTERY

[Music] i wonder what's keeping weed i thought the watchman's dead you killed him you were here you murdered him i stole money from the bank i gambled and lost it they could send me to jail for that that's all now now they can send me to the chair oh go alone i won't go alone all cars all cars oliver whedon oliver whedon cashier hancock bank absconding with one hundred thousand dollars late last night visited bank vault killed the bank watchman description of oliver whedon five feet four inches weight 160 brown hair mustache natty dresser watch all various railroad terminals pick up taxicab license number 046720 taxi was seen parked late last night outside hancock bank license number 046720 that's all let's go [Music] hello that you dale are you still working with this newspaper sure i am sweetheart how could i ever leave you okay then get over hancock bank yeah cashier flew the coop watchman murdered get the story did i ever fail you certainly not but you get the story and i don't care how you do it but get it i'll get the story i don't know how but i'll get it sure so long sunshine hope you find sand in your spinach hey woody come here with me what do you want say let me take five bucks will you thanks for the compliment say what's the matter are you broke again bonnie i'm so broke i couldn't even ride home for money well i'll see you later where you going over to a bank to get a story well there's nothing of any importance here hang a newspaper legman outside waiting to see you captain tell them to get all the information at headquarters and climber i want you to keep all reporters out of here leave it to me come on here wait a minute wait a minute you can't come in the bank now what do you mean i can't come in the back where my money is do you want me to report you to the bank examiners sorry police orders there's an investigation going on you don't need to tell me that the bank is closed oh my money no no your money's safe enough there's been a murder a murder well how is he now why he's dead dead oh isn't that too bad that's too bad i here here here wait a minute see if the manager has a list of those stolen bills right here oh cattle you remember me dale on the daily journal hmm you're good climber yes sir just leave it to you to keep the reporters out there yes sir you know dale don't you why sure of course oh they're inspectors well why was it that you forgot that he was a reporter why you see i say how did you get in here you're a detective you find out say cap about this case it's just another one of those things isn't it nothing big or mysterious about it is there here's the list of the stolen money yeah you can get all the details dale at headquarters you might no certainly not i won't say a word about it cap i'll uh see you at headquarters oh there sweet stuff say do you work here no i'm a depositor figuring my balance lucky girl you know i can figure mine out on the back of a collar button say listen kid you can do something for me i can sure but you're thinking will you listen i want you to do something for me well yeah it'll save a guy's good name his career his future everything who is he me come on give me the lowdown on this case will you i've got to get it if i don't the boss is going to fire me and all that i've worked for will be finished ruin oh come on don't be an icicle let me in honor will you say did this uh wheaton have a sweetheart have you ever been out with him um how much did he get away with i guess i'm wrong i shouldn't ask a nice loyal girl like you to tell tales out of school just forget i said anything about it why i wouldn't have you betray your confidence for anything in the world no sir not me i'll tell the boss i'm quitting hello let me have a private line outside this is a police department call thanks you know lady you've taught me a lesson yes sir i'm going to quit snooping around i'm going to settle down settle down and raise chickens not a bad idea come on sweetheart let me have a little sunshine yeah a little sunshine you know that gloomy guy on the city desk well it's about time you called up where have you been what's that the first edition all right set it down there all right what have you got i'll get there sunshine you're the only one that's got the serial numbers of those five one thousand dollar bills yes they're the only clue in the case you ready well here they are well some of them have gone but here's some others hold on just a minute will you they are 35c 47893 and the others follow in numerical progression if you know what i mean yeah four five six seven and i didn't go to harvard go ahead what else and listen sweetheart there's another very important figure in the case i haven't got the name yet but i will sure goodbye i suppose you have everything you want now no everything but your name you figure it out oh miss hackett i have hacker miss hagit my mistake my arrow yes mr tennant have you that list completed in a moment a little chilly around here miss hacker well i'll see you again sometime i don't think so hello just one moment please telephone call for you captain thank you hello morgan speaking oh yes suzanne they did where good all right tell jensen to wait for me i'll be right over they think they found wheat where in a warehouse on the east side murdered i think i'll need you mr tenant to identify the body why of course captain anything i can do to help you i thank you it seems there was a taxi stopped in front of the building apparently deserted well uh do you mind if i go along say now listen you stay out of this until we need you all right all right captain but i've got to be on the square with the boys my profession and let them know all about it i'll say now listen you can go along all right and go along just with that cap i am going to help you solve this problem says you says me all cut out the island come on with me well hot chop i'll be seeing you not if i can help it but you can follow that police car official business yeah gee i haven't slept for new tights uh two nights what's up cashier flew the coop with a hundred grand and now they find him murdered with a deserted taxi cab waiting for it yeah yeah that's a great story phone it in for me will you sure thanks hey taxi hurry up will ya keep behind that other car hello well what do you know about that a thousand dollar bill take a look at that that's one of them i thought so but just a minute that goes in as evidence now talent well you'll get it back but i think if that is just as safe with us as it would be in your bank hey cap what happened to the rest of that dough that money money money money who's got the money you know boys i think this is going to be a very fascinating game and cap i'm going to hunch that we're all going to be on a merry-go-round before we find the rest of those 1 000 build and here's another thing what do you think happened to the driver of that seagull and hack outside you should be a detective deal so should you i was in the wagon come on strictly what happened man got tired and laid down a little while hello climber hello say listen if that man climber ever says leave it to me again by the well i'll put him back pounding famous that's what i'm going to do with him steve something on that taxi show were from the vice squad files oh an informer huh how long has he been working for us about five years good man yeah just getting ready to give us the dope on the biggest gambling organization here in the east robert is the man we want bring him in leave it to me hi pop how's everything in the obamacare today it's all from quiet son awful quietly well as a depression pop is the depression say why not get in a couple of fancy caskets give them a big window display that always draws business how much taxi yeah come on ambition keep the change here comes dale now hello hi son bye well gentlemen of the press well what makes you so happy there's excitement in the air yes sir robbery murder mystery millions missing dead cashier deserted taxi cab oh boy are we gonna have fun oh boy am i dead i haven't slept for three nights oh i want to buy a casket why of course sir of course uh will you step in you can look through the catalog and make a selection ryan look pop's got a customer here's something buddy and i said all cushion grass handles unless you want something better no no that'll do now i want you to send that to the 13 club right away you understand it's at 54th and madison send it to jack bradshaw the name bradshaw i'll give you a deposit you can get the balance c-o-d george what have you done keep out of this roof i'll handle my own affairs you must tell me i told you to keep out of it look ryan she came to visit me i wonder what there is about me me can i help you miss haggard i don't understand what about my being here well that's not quite as mysterious as you being here tell me please why did he come here who the young man well wait a minute i'll get all the details for you i'll give it back to you in a minute pop now let's see now this must be it it's the first order he's had in six months casket great trim brass handles price 150 sent to the 13th club mr jack bradshaw say is that big boy brad shaw it is how could he know there's anyone dead at that place no one dead well then why the casket hello get me down please no wonder i can't win go ahead i'm ready well if it was the first time i never can get you on the wire now get this there's a bulletin in from city news something looks like murder at the 13 o'clock 54th street yes you probably know where it is the 13 club yeah i expected that i said i expected that never mind why that'll be in the story sure i'm on my way already come alright wake up why something screwy going on what's happening oh boy we're on a merry-go-round oh what's there to be so happy about leave those cards alone i'll see you later come on ambition well hello boys who's murdered who did it and why go on in and have a look okay sergeant hey what what's on your mind listen if it gets if it gets interesting will you model me call me certainly sit right down there and make yourself at home dickie robis was the guy's name he's in there go on and have a look and when you come out you can tell us who did it and why i'd be glad to help you inspector see you later well he's dead all right hey a casket for jack bradshaw well where do you want it over there okay where do you suppose that came from ask him you're getting the smart climber 135 correct you guys work fast fella's been dead 30 minutes and he yaw with the box send the bill to the city they'll have to buy one anyway well boys i've got it he was a gangster six foot tall left-handed what you are in sherlock holmes what's crime coming to well i'll bite how do you know he was a gangster six feet tall and left-handed come on inside and i'll let you in on it oh inspector will you stand right here please let me have your gun will you sergeant with pleasure hey what's the idea you'll find out now now you're a robert he was standing right there just where you are now i made an examination of the womb and i found that the bullet uh entered on the left-hand side right behind the heart right in here then it came out on the right-hand side now sarge will you would kindly step right down here stand back at me if you stand behind me you'll find that if i were to fire this gun with the left hand that would be the exact course of that bullet hey go on wise guy go on but don't shoot point number two dinky roberts was shot with a flat-nosed bullet only gangsters use them and if that isn't enough they give it to you in the back then point number three the bullet came out a little bit lower uh than it entered on the other side you see doing a simple bit of geometry which i learned at college you wouldn't know anything about that i find that the man must have been at least well at least six inches taller than the man he shot which would make the murderer about well about six foot tall what was the guy's name ah shut up climber give me that guy who fired that guy who what happened oh go and sit down i'll phone it in that's all right inspector it's my mistake it was just an accident but here's another thing the murderer didn't leave his car so if you find out who it is ask him his name will here's something that he did leave but another one of those thousand dollar bill yeah well this proves to me that he wasn't any gangster come in well what are you on here i came to see mr bradshaw come on down here you came to zebra joey who are you what difference does it make a lot of difference and you keep your mouth shut scribbler well come on come on who are you i'm ruth hackett any relation to georgie haggett he's my brother now we're getting somewhere sergeant well i'm glad you dropped in lady we want to know something about georgie haggett and this uh big boy bradshaw i don't know a thing maybe you'd like to get down with us and tell it to the captain oh wait a minute you can't do that maybe we can't but we're going to climber yeah you stick around here in case anybody else shows up what do i do with them oh fry them a couple of eggs what do you do with them yeah you take them down to headquarters that's what you'll do with them come on put yourself together kid we'll come through well let's get going okay miss hackett we'd very know where your brother is i don't know where's bradshaw i don't know i was just passing by and thought i'd drop in oh it was only for a visit it's rather strange isn't it considering brad shaw and your brother deadly enemies who says they are sergeant i say so there's been bad blood between them since brad shaw kick-tack at olivier's club oh please dale remember you're here as a sort of a matter of courtesy don't forget that please okay captain hello yes all right send him right in it's tenant if this is about miss hackett i'm sure you've made some mistake we all make mistakes mr tennant now and then but that's not what i want to see you about won't you be seated thank you could you identify this why yes that's one of the missing bills i thought so and uh did you ever see this man before well of course that's the taxi driver outside the bank you mean he was this man was murdered and this banknote was found on the body he undoubtedly had something to do with the death of whedon you see captain you're making it difficult first we have a mystery and then you make a puzzle out of it i suppose you think the little lady's guilty we'll find out who's guilty well your guest is as good as mine here we are with two charming murders and not even a suspicious character arrested and now you want to pick on the little lady please mr dale i don't want you to get in any trouble don't worry about me miss hackett we're all bound am i right sarge you're always right thanks for the compliment hey where you going i'm going in there you can't go in there and i'm trying to stop listening say you having any right to bring her down here just who are you i'm george hackett oh just a minute on it's all right officer we wanted to see you again well here i am now let her out of here i'm gonna stay here now young dinky roberts was killed this afternoon at the 13 club well what do i care what do you know about it what should i know about it maybe you'd rather tell sergeant owens in private then you're not gonna get anything out of me it's all right owen you come along with me georgie listen you're wasting your time georgie time is what i've got a lot of okay so have i what are they gonna do with you not a thing sis listen you've got to let her out of here come along georgie all right work in here there you are georgie take the throne boys this is georgie egg hello how do i cut out the soft soap what do you want of me go ahead if you think it's going to do you any good we're not going to hurt you georgie all we want to know is who killed whedon and then dinky roberts well i suppose i may go now captain in just a few minutes mr tennant something may turn up inside well of course we insist come on now georgie you did send it we know you're at the undertaker's shop you know you meant to kill him oh shut up now listen i'm gonna tell you this just once yes i sent the carpenter bradshaw and i sent him a note but i was out to get bradshaw so it was a mistake when you killed dickie roberts hey why did you want to do that come on come clean wait wait a minute boys don't get sore at him give him a chance to explain come on now georgie we don't want to hurt you i was out to get bradshaw i didn't even know the roberts was dead say you haven't got anything on me at all now but you will have when i meet that big shot now what do you want to act like that for george i'll tell you why i worked for him you know i pulled plenty of money into that crooked game of his you know all about that why don't you stop it he keeps getting away with it now if you'll help us listen i'm not going to help anybody this is strictly a personal affair you know i work for him but you didn't know why he kicked me out la teddy because he didn't want me around while he was trying to make a play for my sister the only way i can stop him is to kill him now don't be like that kid but you haven't told us yet who killed whedon i don't know or was it robert i don't know anything about wing but you did know him didn't you sure i knew it that's not a proof that i murdered him i think there's something i'd better explain i'll wait a minute you know you don't have to say anything i think it's best if i do i think so too mercedes you see it's really my fault when i first met mr bradshaw i thought he was a fine decent man and behaved as any other girl would act then when i discovered the truth you mean that he was just a gambler yes then he wouldn't let me break off that's why my brother quarreled with him i see i'm sure that's true captain i know for instance that whedon was taken into bradshaw's games by a young hacket bradshaw came into the bank quite frequently to uh call on miss ruth and seemed unusually friendly with whedon toward the end we suspected our cashier had been gambling and losing heavily but before i had time to prove it the tragedy happened thanks talent i myself believe that the little lady's story is okay back it you go with work we found this note on young hacker chief thanks sergeant i want to read a note that comes from a man who is dead dear george i am leaving tonight and i'll probably i want to warn you for the last time look out for bradshaw you know my feelings for ruth i don't want anything to happen to her and i won't be here to prevent it so you must signed oliver weep me now i think not miss hackett he better stay with us for a while we've keep him out of trouble see you later captain would you like to go to a movie miss hacking no thank you mr dale well there's something else you'd like to do miss hackett no truly mr dale thank you save pardon me mr and ms astra you know you don't have to be so formal on my account hey get quenching me or stop punching me will you oh tell her what you said what i'll tell her you said she was the grandest little girl in the world oh who said that i'm sure he was only kidding you well i did say something like that where are we well we've driven through central park four times up broadway and down fifth now we're starting all over again you know you don't only get a little sleep you know i haven't closed a knife oh for five nights okay go ahead and go to sleep say listen what is this i like to go someplace when i'm going someplace see on this ride all we need is a calliope and a couple of rings to grab as we go by say what is this where are we going we might go up to my place i might even find some food food oh no thanks not for me hardly no you know i'm sorry i brought my friends in i shouldn't have brought him along um oh are you leaving well we got you at last what good is it gonna do you plenty we've got a hot seat waiting for you well you'll never get me that far here you'll never get me into it keep your hands down think you'll burn me stand where you are nobody moves understand you got her jim i hate you i hate you i hate you hey will you shut that thing off i was only trying to tune in on a bedtime story hey don't you get enough of that without listening to it on the radio say squirt could um could you go for a drink sure have you got one certainly right out in the kitchen go out and turn on the faucet oh water yeah by the way we um we haven't washed the dishes yet but never mind about them i'll wash them oh no no no no we insist don't wait oh yeah we insist certainly here we go header tail tails look at it brother a great big head well brookin to the kitchen dave will you get out of here and take care of your housework all right but i want thursdays off okay he's a great kid remember the questions i asked you one morning about whedon i thought you were the most horrid person i'd ever met that morning well have i changed maybe i have i didn't have any answer to those questions that morning i haven't now and you're weeding about as well as you know anybody that works in the same office and that's all but was there anybody in the bank that hated him enough to to murder him i'm afraid not it's a funny case hey how you doing out there well there's one he won't have to wash the whole thing's so simple it's ridiculous now the cab driver was wise to weed so he drove him away and murdered him then somebody did the same thing for the cab driver and there you are perhaps that's it yes all but for a few very important facts first the cab driver roberts was connected with the police so he certainly couldn't have been a criminal and there was whedon found with a thousand dollar bill in his hand and where did the thousand dollar bill come from that that roberts the cab driver had in his hand and how about bradshaw and my brother yes there's something diabolical behind all this of course the cab driver it's ridiculous to think that he was murdered for his money why why the thousand dollar bill i tell you ruth i mean miss hackett before these three other 1 000 bills are found there's going to be plenty of fireworks there's a cold calculating mind behind all this you don't think my brother had anything to do with the crime no no he was just cutting the swirl of things sort of dragged in as a portion of the pre-arranged plan you think somebody else is going to be murdered well there's always a chance i'm hoping they'll find those missing banknotes in time you have some idea who it is yeah i got an idea sort of a fantastic pipe dream unfortunately they have to prove murder guessing doesn't count what are you gonna do about it me oh i'm just gonna sit around and wait till there's a slip up there usually is say look out will you listen that that that wasn't my salt i mean that wasn't my wall i it was slippery saying listen why do i have to dress and die all the waste which this is around here anyway talking about get out in the kitchen where you belong oh i'd say listen terts i'm tired is that news oh all right if i'm not wanted i could look out will you may i sydney i'd like one too all right one of the thousand dollar bills your own sense upon keeping robin dale from meddling in this affair hmm meant for miss hackett huh well what are you going to do about a deal one of two things either give up seeing the swellest girl in the world or beat this devil to it which do you think captain oh yeah i know you're gonna help solve another riddle aren't you good well what do you make of it so far i can't prove anything and neither can you but it's easy to explain about the money whoever has those bills they can't use them so they're just having a little fun with them that's all yeah i like your idea fun deal it's my idea it's theirs well we've started the ball rolling released young hackett today and sent for bradshaw i expect him here any minute huh that must be him now do you mind if i sit in and listen i'd like to have you thanks hello yes it's brancho great all right send him right in captain mark will see you now what's the big idea morgan well i needed your assistance bradshaw oh now you're coming to me how frankly can i speak in front of your friend he's okay tony rico this is captain morgan a good man to know now how about your friend oh he's all right oh you know me dale from the daily journal oh promoted from the newspapers of the cops that's what i call going up the ladder sorry to disappoint you brad shaw but i'm still true to the daily journal just stick there and you'll be okay thanks i will bradshaw how well did you know whedon whedon who's he oh you mean that bank murder too bad who did it captain well we're trying to clear up that death and also the death of dinky roberts what do you know about that i didn't even know him roberts did i know robert's tony well you never even heard of him i thought not he was killed in your old place the 13 club or the federals closed that a week ago and they find this roberts you see uh i've been away on a little trip over a week haven't been feeling so well have i told you you've been feeling pretty bad jack said now listen to me bradshaw you've probably got a good alibi you usually do have but get this i'm going to call your alibi and i'm going to gag your mouthpiece and i'm going to put you right where you belong you'll get me nice of you to get through so quickly had an important date for lunch a lady too hate to keep ladies waiting nice to see you again captain throwing a party tonight for you i'm sorry jack but i've already got an engagement oh that's all right break it but i can't really i can you wouldn't disappoint all my guests we george please sit down i warned you to keep away from her george you don't understand listen ruth you're crazy i told you all i know about him sure enough to send me up the river only you won't tell anybody because you'd hate to go along yourself hey georgie get this kid nobody and that includes you is coming between ruth and me she's satisfied so that's okay i don't believe that but even if she wasn't it would still stand be a good boy now and don't get yourself into trouble right sweet i was wondering if we could go over these reports tonight uh miss hackett i'd like to clear up the wheaton matter why oh of course another evening will do you uh seem to have better plans for tonight thank you mr tennant uh i wonder if we could find an evening mr zagat the young man hasn't missed one for days i think i can keep him away for one day well good night enjoy yourself thank you hello there sweet and pretty well i got the tickets and everything where are we going oh we're going places but where don't be so inquisitive better be good why i turned down the grandest party well i won't disappoint you they are they married in love lucky robin dale here why yes i'll uh call him mr dale okay huh what's on your mind you dale well yeah a friend of ours wants to see you okay let's go hey ryan i'm sure i saw one of those photos with bradshaw bradshaw say something screwy dale never came back for his hat we ought to do something i'll tailor you go across the street to the station and wait for my call you're the punk who's on the make for my girl maybe we'll soon find that out you're a brave guy bradshaw when you've got a gang of gorillas around you and a gat in your hand shut up i could break in half with these maybe but my idea is you're yellow unless you've got a mob in back of you in a row of machine guns in front of you you're a brave guy bradshaw i always knew that last minute boys come on i can't lick all of you but i'll take a chance i'm gonna get it i'm gonna get it good and you bradshaw i still think you're too yellow to take a chance with me alone now you fellas can see what kind of a man you're taking orders from get down to the cars all of you get out i'm going to bring them down alone get out all of you oh hello hello is that you sergeant yeah say is ned parker there ned yeah this is ryan yeah he is well put him on will you oh hello hello ned say listen they took him down to an apartment on 97th yeah bring the cops meet me there on 96th and broadway yeah i'll be waiting there for you yeah will you make it snappy all right kids so long you're wondering what i have up my sleeve to make a play like this well i have something it better be good i got an ace in the hole bradshaw you're not only yellow but you're a fool you won't shoot my back isn't turned i know you killed dinky roberts that is my ace in the hole here it is i sent your men downstairs into the hands of the waiting police that spiel of mine was just a stall until the cops got here why did you kill dinky roberts who said i killed him i did he was a stool pigeon here everything all right jack i'll be right down tony bluffing eh we're going now loud now smart guy [Music] you're too smart we'll fix that open this door open this door i'll break it in well a good old marines are here are you hurt bam no i'm all right where's brancho just went out that door johns take your office and go and find it right here come on brother hey look at brian he's wide awake yeah you changed too toots yeah well here i bought your hat and coat thanks oh and look i brought you some uh uh i bought you some embalming fluid i thought you might need it for bradshaw you better take it yeah i'll need it say climber you take a look around leave it to me is this the daily journal i want to speak to mr dale you're sure he isn't there thank you where'd you find this in the desk damn the four thousand dollar bill listen to this dear bradshaw here is the last of what i owe you i'm leaving tonight for good one thing i want to tell you dinky roberts is being paid by the police watch him signed oliver whedon there's still something missing in this whole affair something terribly important something to tie all these strange clues together you know cap when we do find the missing link everything will clear up all of a sudden it's all vague terribly vague it's a bit creepy kind of got my gulp hello hello yeah sure he's here oh scribbler it's for you thanks leave it to me hello hello oh hello rule huh how how did you know i was here i've been trying to find you all over i was desperate and i remembered the bradshaw threatened you you're all right me oh don't worry about me i'm all right sure and i was right you're sure you're safe now there's something else something terribly important i know what happened to whedon i know who's guilty don't let me go come on climber road are you in well there must be one in the house here rule ruth what's the matter kid bruce hey ryan ryan hurry up get that doctor will you cap come here what's the matter look at this gee you don't think she'll no she's all right yeah i hope so the pork half of the last one thousand dollar bill i know who did it oh never mind i know i'll see you in a few minutes now wait a minute never mind you the police clamor you stay here come here yes stop believe it now yes sir sit down yes stand up neverland you'll talk eh you killed him you know you killed him turn around here's your man he's ready to confess now he'll talk now climber he don't look so much like a killer now does he dale say when you want to catch guys like this leave it to me what is that doctor coming out of there anyway oh she'll be all right i hope so well it's all cleared up now ruth really solved the riddle you see i figured right when i thought the tenant was an accomplice of wheatons and robbing a bank oh what a swirl chance for a tenant when he discovered that whedon was using the bank's money to gamble tenants saw a great chance to clean up oh a great chance he'd let whedon do the dirty work and apparently whedon would take a run out and then they'd split but a split wasn't enough for a tenant oh no so when dinky roberts's camp he murdered whedon then he gave roberts a thousand dollar bill to keep quiet but kenneth mr tennant oh no he wasn't worried he made whedon write those notes one to bradshaw and the other young hacker the first that would get dinky roberts out of the way and young hackett he'd take care of bradshaw and then just think of it not a living soul would know a thing about it oh what a nice pleasant plan but there's one thing he didn't figure on and that's ruth hackett following her brother and stopping him and tonight finding tenant as he got rid of the last thousand dollar bill by putting it back into the bank vault all right that was his mistake but they all make mistakes all of them well what do you think of me now ryan hey ryan did you say anything well young hacker came clean yes gave us enough to send bradshaw's whole mob up the river hey what's the idea of scaring a guy like this is something that matters no but i'm i was wondering is it all right to kiss a person under the doctor's care you might ask the doctor yeah it's a good idea how about a doc why it's perfectly all right my boy [Music] you

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