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Shadow of the Thin Man Page #9
- PASSED
- Year:
- 1941
- 97 min
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I thought it was Macy all along.
Why did you want an alibi so bad, Fred?
Because I didn't want any
thick-headed cops setting me up...
- Don't you call Nick a thick-headed cop!
Oh, yeah?
And I didn't mean him.
Oh, yeah?
for the same reason, Mr. Stephens?
We'd like to weigh that question.
I didn't need any alibi. I was out
of the arena before Whitey was killed.
You...?
You drove Mr. Stephens and Miss Porter
home from the arena night before last?
- Does he have to answer that?
- I'm just thinking that over.
Did you drive them home, or didn't you?
Yes, I drive them home.
Leave arena 9:
45.How come you remember
the exact time?
What do you do when you get
into that car? Punch a clock?
- You'll verify that, no doubt?
- Yes.
Mr. Stephens, was it your idea
that Barrow and Miss Porter...
...were merely casual acquaintances?
Link, be careful.
He's trying to trap you.
Sit down.
Mommy, let me see that present
I gave you last night.
- I wanna give this to another girl.
- Nicky!
I found this hidden
in Barrow's apartment.
While I was there, Miss Porter came in.
She'd been there before.
That's a lie! Whitey stole it from me.
What are you getting at, mister?
Maybe you and your partner, Macy, were
relieved when Barrow was found dead.
But to Miss Porter,
it was really glad tidings.
Whitey had been blackmailing her.
He knew who she was, all about her.
At first she charmed him into silence.
Then she had to use money
and, finally, her jewelry.
Why, you cheap phoney.
And I was using you for an alibi. That's
a laugh. You needed it a lot more than...
So neither of you had an alibi.
I'd think that over if I were you.
I didn't have anything to do with it.
I was afraid the police would find
the bracelet and trace it to me...
...then they'd be sure I killed him.
But I didn't!
I didn't know Whitey was dead
until he told me.
You murderous tramp!
He told me Whitey was dead
before he took me home.
That's a lie!
Hey! Hey, that's enough of this!
- She can't do that to you!
- Oh, that's fine!
Any more of this, and you'll both land
in the cooler.
- Maguire.
- Yes, sir?
Where did the police pick you
up this morning?
- Treeport.
- That's right. I picked him up.
Treeport, huh? That's only a couple
If you left town last night
before Benny was killed...
...how does it come you weren't
further away?
My car broke down.
Honest, Mr. Charles, I ain't in this.
That's the truth, so help me.
I lied once, for Macy,
but I ain't lying now.
Barrow had nothing on me.
Supposing Barrow did have something
on us. I've been in plenty of scandals.
That didn't mean enough
for me to kill him.
Why, you yellow welsher! Are you
hinting that maybe I killed Barrow?
Save this fight for the arena, boys.
But if I was milking a rich guy and
Barrow was making me sweat for it...
...maybe then I'd...
- Sure, I looked for Barrow that night...
...to get my bracelet back.
But I swear I didn't find him.
Even if I did, even if I killed him,
would I take that book?
- It didn't mean anything to me.
- It might have, as a hold on Stephens.
Blackmail, I think it's called.
Yeah? And I suppose I could strangle
Benny and hang him up.
- No, but your chauffeur could.
- Baku, he's trying to frame us!
Hold it, son.
Let the big boys play with your knife.
Maybe they'll give you
a nice little pair of cuffs.
Well, now, where were we?
Benny was hanging from the ceiling.
Oh, yes. Yes.
Because Benny had seen
who killed Barrow.
Macy, you said you were not disturbed
about Barrow's quitting.
Why did you threaten him?
- You did hear that, Molly?
- Yes, I did.
She should talk. I caught Barrow pawing
her that night right in my office.
- And she was sore.
- Is that the truth?
Well, yes. Barrow always said things.
He was angry because I wouldn't
pay any attention to him.
Isn't she sweet?
Did Paul know that Barrow
was annoying you?
No, I didn't tell him. I was afraid
Is this all news to you, Paul?
But Molly did tell you that Whitey had
had a falling out with his bosses?
Well, why didn't you try talking to him?
Nick, I didn't think it'd do any good.
Whitey and I were enemies.
I told Major Sculley,
hoping he could do something.
But Whitey was killed
before anybody could get to him.
Except the murderer.
Mr. Stephens, Benny was
your betting commissioner, wasn't he?
Yes, Nick, he was,
and we can prove that.
And representing Stephens, he did do
some bribing of jockeys, didn't he?
If you're trying to hang the jockey's
murder on me, save your breath.
You and the flatfoot claim whoever
killed the jockey killed Barrow.
All right. You can rule me out
of that too.
I didn't go near the track that day,
and I can prove it.
And I haven't killed a jockey
in weeks, really.
- When did you see Rainbow last?
- He saw him last night.
I went to his apartment,
but I didn't see him.
- Wasn't he home?
- I don't think so.
I rang his bell a long time, then I saw
somebody coming up the stairs...
...and I beat it.
Who was coming up the stairs?
Some kid delivering papers.
I didn't wanna be seen there...
...so I ducked away from the door.
When the kid went up, I left.
Lieutenant, that apartment house
where Benny lived...
- The Embassy Arms.
- Yes.
Would you mind getting the janitor
on the phone?
Get me... Get me the janitor
of the Embassy Arms apartments.
There's one thing about a murder case.
If you just let people talk long enough...
...sooner or later,
somebody will spill the beans.
Well, somebody has.
Mr. Fenster, where were you last night
at 10:
00?Why, l... I was at home.
No, I mean, I was out. In bed.
No, I was home, but I was in bed.
Are you sure you were in bed?
I'd like to sleep on this.
Hold it. This is the police department.
Oh, come on. The janitor, Nick.
Yes, please. This is the superintend.
I wanna know something
about apartment 25C.
What I wanna know is, how long did
Rainbow Benny live in that apartment?
Not long. He's move in last night at 7.
And he's dead at 10. The throat.
I'm sorry, you gotta speak
more noisy, please.
I said, where did he live before that?
He live in apartment 32A.
That's right, at the top of the stairs.
Well, gentlemen and ladies...
...we have our murderer.
Nicky, I can't stand it! Was it me?
Yeah, Nick, is it her?
Nick, who is it?
You, major.
Nick, you're joking.
No wonder the Stephens-Macy syndicate
was riding high...
the state Legislature as a silent partner.
You were in a beautiful position
to cover up the syndicate's racket.
Nick, what are you saying?
Then you found your golden harvest
was in danger.
Whitey Barrow was scared.
Threatened to talk.
That would have meant exposure
for you. Ruin.
So to protect yourself
and your fellow thieves...
...you caught up with him
and killed him...
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