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to no avail.

Since the murderer's first crime

police have inspected all

the flop-houses every night

and checked the identity

of every vagrant

Such measures hurt our popularity

and make people nervous

But we watch all railway stations

and raid the underworld hangouts

Despite all this, the police haven't

succeeded in finding anything

The police. Get back!

Let me go, you dirty bastard!

Let me go!

Please let me go, won't you?

You son of a b*tch! Let go!

Let her go, you filthy pig!

Quiet! Quiet!

The head cop!

Quiet!

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Police orders:
nobody leaves.

Get your papers ready

Quiet! C'mon kids,

let's not be stupid

lt's Fatty Lohmann!

Loh-mann, Loh-mann, Loh-mann!

Loh-mann! Loh-mann!

Quiet! Quiet!

You'll wear yourselves out

lt would be better if

you got the murderer

Yes! Much better!

Quiet! Be reasonable!

Spread out. All of you spread out.

C'mon, papers out!

-l haven't got any.

-Show me your papers

Please let me go, lnspector

Show me your papers

-l think we know each other.

-Yes, we do

To the headquarters!

With all this mess, not a client!

Don't make any trouble. No papers

and you go to headquarters

l am innocent

Don't talk nonsense

Quiet! Show me your papers

Don't push. lt's everybody's turn

-Have you got your papers?

-l can't go around

with my birth certificate.

That's asking too much

-Don't mess with me.

-That's asking too much, lnspector

Headquarters for you

Look here, it's disgusting

Poor workmanship, old boy.

You've had it. To headquarters

Better luck next time, Willie

Shut your face!

Next

Fancy boy

What's wrong?

Pop Lohmann's got him

''Unsolved burglary at a fur shop.''

Well, l guess l'd better

take you down to headquarters

But... my papers are in order

Next

No luck, huh?

Papers

l have none

Headquarters

No luck

Next, come on, let's go

This is wrecking our business,

Sarge, trouble every night

You can't have ten minutes

peace anymore. Give us a break!

lt's no joke for us either,

out every night

Of course, but you're

drivin' away my clientele

and the guy you're looking

for ain't here

Do you know how mad everyone

is about this guy who's causing

a raid every night? 'Specially

the girls. Sure, they solicit

but believe me, everyone

is a little mother at heart

l know a lot of crooks, get sort

of tender when they see kids

lf they catch that bastard

they'll wring his neck

Ready to go, Sarge?

Good night

So it's the Crocodile tonight.

Two loads for the nick

What's keeping Schranker?

ls it three o'clock yet?

l'll find out

Hello, the exact time, please.

Two minutes to three

Thank you

There are more police on

the street tonight than whores

Wherever you spit, cops

Even when you've got a broad,

they don't leave you alone

They've gone nuts. All they

think about is the murderer

l have a little six-year-old and

every night l have to look under

the bed and in the closet to see

if the murderer is hiding there

You can't even do your job.

The police are everywhere

There's no privacy anymore.

l'm fed up with it

Tell us something new

What's keeping Schranker?

Maybe he's been caught

Not him. He did a bank job in

London. Scotland Yard trapped him

There he was, hands up, back to

the wall, millions of cops around

two seconds later there were

two corpses and he'd beat it!

The best man between

Berlin and San Francisco

Six years they've looked and they

haven't caught him yet

Haven't caught him yet,

but dogs can kill wolves

Shut up

The suspense is killing me.

He's always right on time

God be praised!

At last!

Well, hello! You've finally come.

Good afternoon

Are you crazy? Close the curtains

Gentlemen, the meeting

can now begin

According to regulations,

l confirm that the leadership of

every organization in

our union is represented

l assume you are all authorized

to vote on behalf of your members

Good. Let's not be held up

by procedure

We all know why we are here.

Some non-member is screwing up

our affairs. Daily raids by

the police for the child murderer

interfere with our business.

We can't put up

with this pressure any longer

in every hotel, cafe or pad

This state of affairs must not

be allowed to continue

We have to put things right

again or we'll all be ruined

Our funds are exhausted.

We'll have to use money allocated

for our colleagues' wives who

are being ''hosted'' by the state

Furthermore, our reputation

is suffering

Gentlemen, the cops are looking

for the murderer in our ranks!

When l run into a cop while on

business, he knows the risk

and so do l. lf one of us dies,

OK, that's a risk one takes

lt can happen. But you and l are

not on the level of this murderer

Absolutely!

We are doing our job,

we have to make a living

But this monster has no right

to live. He must disappear!

He must be eliminated,

without pity, without scruples

Gentlemen, our members have

to carry on normal business

without being handicapped

by nervous policemen

l ask you for advice

l suggest a closer watch on

lD cards, systematic searches

and police raids. More raids,

and much tougher ones

Spies. We need spies among

the police to give us warnings

The girls must take a little more

notice of the cops

We get into trouble because one

of the girls has talked too much

to her cop boyfriend. Now the girls

have to tell us what gives

We must be allowed to search

any house, apartment, back yard

in order to find a clue

We have contacts, we have to make

a statement to the press

we have to tell them that

we condemn the bastard too

We should make it known that

he isn't in the underworld

l'm sure it's a man who looks

like he wouldn't hurt a fly

ln his normal state, he might

even play marbles with the kids

or cards with his wife.

Otherwise, murderers like Grossmann

or Haarmann couldn't live

for years like they did

without their neighbors

suspecting them at all

We have to get that across

to the public. They must help

Don't talk to me about the

public helping. lt disgusts me

just to hear them talk.

Excuse me, Chief!

But it's the truth. Christ! Help

from the public brings no clues!

Just a pile of letters with

the most incredible accusations!

Quite true

Calls to the police the moment

a garbage man crosses a yard!

But when we need accurate

information, they can't remember!

They've seen nothing. That's

help from the public for you

You're exaggerating

a little, Lohmann

No, he isn't

Most of the people

don't feel concerned

The majority of them

doesn't realize

that a child disappearance

is also their problem

l've got an idea! Let's get

one of those guys, a telepath

one who finds handkerchiefs and

pocketbooks that have been hidden

l don't think the reward is enough

Chief, we have to offer a real

fortune for the murderer

None of this is getting

us anywhere

-That won't do any good.

-What's your idea?

Well, we just can't wait until the

police decide to arrest the fellow

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