Hangmen Also Die! Page #10

the old Riesling. But I had to take it off

when you didn't show up.

No.

You're all mixed up.

You, how can you make such a mistake?

Please try to remember.

I was there.

Freddy, you brought me

a pack of cigarettes.

I dropped them on the floor,

remember?

No, Mr. Czaka, that was the day

before the shooting.

Pauline, didn't you check my hat that day,

as always?

Didn't I even pinch your cheek,

and you said:
"No, Mr. Czaka"?

Didn't I tip you nicely,

as always?

You always do, Mr. Czaka,

but not that day.

- You didn't come that day.

- You're crazy!

You, all of you, crazy!

What's going on here anyway?

What is the meaning of all of this?

I demand an explanation!

Stop shouting at me,

Mr. Czaka.

We demand an explanation.

Where were you at the time

of the assassination?

I told you.

I told you, in the Golden Quail, eating.

And after lunch I had a business...

conference with Mr. Tomas Pulta,

the bearing manufacturer.

Yes, in his own apartment until 5:30.

How do you remember that time so well?

Because at 6:
00 I had another

appointment right here...

in the Gestapo,

with Inspector Gruber.

I was with him until way after midnight

helping him prepare the list...

the list of the hostages.

Brodavka.

Vystyd.

Pescacek.

Walk out!

- Good bye, Pescacek.

- Good bye.

Come on, come on.

Sing "The Invisible Torch"!

...and pass it along...

Keep it burning,

Keep it burning,

keep it forward on

the road that has no turning.

Die if you must,

for a cause that is just...

but shout to the end:

'No Surrender'.

Stop the singing!

- Ever onward, never returning

- Silence!

- The filthy butcher will be learning.

- Stop the singing!

This war isn't won until

the last battle is done.

Carry on, when we are gone.

No surrender!"

No surrender!

I must regret to inform you,

the bearing manufacturer, Mr. Pulta...

was one of the hostages executed

at 2:
00 this afternoon.

Pulta?

Shot?

How does he get on the list?

I had business with him.

I didn't suggest his name.

I suppose I ought to apologize

for neglecting to notify you?

In any case, his widow Mrs. Pulta,

testifies you never appeared that day.

- What?

- But, here is another lady...

- who can tell us the exact reason.

- I don't know this woman.

Mrs. Nimitz, last night you testified that

on the day of the assassination...

the cab brought a certain well dressed

man to your rooming house.

Yes, this man here.

Will you repeat your testimony please?

Just as you gave it last night?

He came exactly at half pass twelve noon.

I showed him a room for 3 marks.

He told me he was expecting a

lady friend, if I wouldn't mind.

I said:
"Well, if you guarantee

she's decent, who cares".

- So then, he gave me 5 marks.

- Lies! All lies!

How can you listen to

these traitorous Czechs?

How can you take their word

against mine! I protest!

You know I'm loyal. For years I've kept

you informed of the underground.

Only yesterday you got seven through

me! Seven! Only yesterday!

How can you be so unfair?

Will you kindly permit the

witness to continue?

Uninterrupted.

Will you go on, Mrs. Nimitz,

please.

Well, no lady showed up

all afternoon long.

Just heard him walking up

and down the room.

And after a while he comes out and says

he wants to telephone somebody...

but I said:
"I wouldn't even have a phone

if I could afford one...

because it is more trouble

than it's worth."

Then about half past five, he comes out

wants to see the afternoon papers...

all about the shooting of the "Hangman"...

Reich Protector Heydrich.

Then he just put on his hat and went.

But this morning, after I was

questioned and went home...

I remember something I found

after this gentleman left his room.

Here, I brought it with me,

even though it's real gold.

E. C.

It has your initials,

Mr. Czaka.

I don't understand.

I had it, this morning.

I'm sure.

I must have left in the restaurant.

This is a frame up.

A fantastic frame up!

Don't be preposterous.

Are you trying to say the whole city

of Prague is conspiring against you?

None of these people

know each other at all.

A minute ago, you said you had

no telephone at all. Didn't you?

Yes.

Alright!

Now I'll prove that everything

you said was a filthy dirty lie...

And this whole thing nothing

but a criminal conspiracy.

She said I was in her rooming house

between 12:
30 and 5:30.

Very well.

She also says

she hasn't got a telephone.

Then how was it at 2:30 I was talking

to somebody on the telephone?

And who was that somebody?

Gestapo Inspector Gruber.

I demand that Inspector Gruber be

brought in immediately to confirm this.

I also demand the

arrest and investigation...

everyone of these slimy perjurers.

Call Inspector Gruber.

We have been unable to contact

Inspector Gruber all day.

His office is still trying to locate him.

Just for a pick me up.

No more beer around?

No more beer.

What's so funny all of a sudden?

- I like that lipstick.

- What lipstick?

All over your face.

I see!

Yeah...

that lipstick on the doctors

face was perfect...

not all smeared up.

You're right, Jan, old boy,

you girl is still all yours.

They staged it.

But a little to perfectly.

Thanks for the assassin.

What do you mean?

If they staged that bedroom act, then the

uncle must have really been there...

and your little girl put one over

on old man Gruber.

And why?

Because one or the other

must be the assassin...

Dr. Svoboda or Uncle Dedic.

And your sweetheart is an

accomplice to the same assassins.

But this time she is going to talk,

and talk fast.

It's broken.

Miss Novotny,

your assassin Mr. Czaka...

seems to have a perfect alibi...

No less than Gestapo Inspector Gruber.

Yes, Miss Novotny,

Inspector Gruber.

You just wait till he gets here.

But what about all the hostages

in the meantime?

The executions will cease the minute

the case is finished. Not before.

But, if Gruber confirms Czaka's alibi...

everyone of the witnesses today...

with you first, will go to the

wall with the hostages.

Well, we will now go look into

this alibi of Dr. Svoboda.

It's really worth looking into you know.

Then we'll take care of you and

your faithful sweetie.

Now if you will excuse me, Mr. Horak,

I will have to hurry.

Just relax.

Can you tell me where to find

Dr. Svoboda?

He is in operating, assisting

Professor Kubicek.

Thanks.

Close the door, Beda.

Plenty lucky for you mother was

worried about Mascha...

and sent me to ask you.

Attention!

Gestapo Inspector Gruber!

- Wait!

- Attention! Attention!

Gestapo Inspector Gruber!

Inspector Gruber,

report to headquarters at once!

Beda, go over there and wait.

See if the Gestapo goes poking around.

If she shows up, stop her.

I won't future brother-in-law.

St. Pancrazio Hospital,

and step on it!

Dr. Svoboda?

That's Dr. Svoboda.

- Detective Gruber, you looking for me?

- Yes.

Just a few questions, doctor.

Where can we talk undisturbed?

Here, in the locker room.

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