Who Done It? Page #3

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Ladies and gentlemen,

before the play begins,

it is our privilege to bring you

a message of vital importance...

to every American.

May I present the executive director

of the General Broadcasting System,

ColonelJ.R. Andrews.

- Stand by, orchestra.

Ladies and gentlemen,

due to circumstances beyond our control,

this program has been interrupted.

You will be entertained

by a musical interlude...

until Murder at Midnight

can be resumed.

The ushers will escort

the audience to Studio "D."

He's dead. It must have been his heart.

I examined him

this morning.

I told him...

It was not his heart!

- This is murder.

- Murder!

- Murder.

Murder!

Murder.

Let's get out of here.

What are you slamming

the door for?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Who are you calling? Call

the cops. Call the cops.

No, I don't want to call the

cops. Call the cops. Call the cops.

Wait a minute. Quiet. Call

the cops. Call somebody.

Don't get excited.

We don't want the cops.

We want to solve

this mystery ourselves.

I don't want to be connected with any

murder, Chick. Don't you understand?

If we solve this case

ourselves, we'll become famous.

The public will be begging

for Muck and Meyer.

Yeah, and if they get us, we'll do

plenty of beggin' too. No, certainly not.

This will be the only radio program in

the world produced by two real detectives.

Yeah? Our names will go up

in lights. Great big lights!

Can't you see them? Picture

them:
I can see them.

"Chick Larkin

and Mervyn Milgrim. "

"Now playing Alcatraz. "

Aw, nothing of the kind.

Let's go inside before rigor mortis

sets in. Wait a minute. Rigor mortis?

Yes. Oh, come on. Is he

on this murder case, too?

Wait a minute.

Don't anyone move.

Homicide squad.

Come on. Get on your feet.

Didn't know it was so small.

Where's the butler? What kind of

murder is this without a butler?

No butler

to ask questions to.

Who are you? Aah, what

are you talkin' about?

How'd you get here so

quickly? I just phoned.

Why wasn't this murder

reported yesterday?

It didn't happen. Why wait till the

last minute? Put it down. Take a note.

Right. Where's the victim? Over there.

Tell him to walk over here. We want

to question him. The man's dead!

Dead or alive,

he's gotta have an alibi.

Come here. What's your

name? That's a lie! I'm...

- Make a note of that.

- It's in the book.

I'm gettin' silly things from

this guy. He ain't answerin' me.

Well, grill 'im! Grill 'im. Hah?

I'm not hungry. Put that in the

book, too. Wait a minute, you.

Did you ever have the electric chair? No.

You're gonna get the electric

chair, and two years besides.

Did you ever have the chair before? No.

Never had it, uh? Ever

have a hotfoot? Yeah.

Same thing.

Different location.

Come on, speedy. Let's get

out of here. Put him away.

Hey, you. What do you know

about this mur...

It's Mr. Turner. Hello,

Mr. Turner. How are you?

What are you two fellows

doing here?

Look, we thought

maybe if we could solve...

this murder mystery here,

they'd put us on the rodeo.

Radio. Radi... Radio.

Better be careful. You're liable

to get into a lot of trouble.

Don't give us away. Don't turn

us in, huh? Don't tell on us.

All right, Sergeant. If you want to

solve this case, come right over here.

Okay, Sergeant. You're

with... He means you.

Me? Oh. Promoted me. Sergeant!

Come on, Private. Wait for the

sergeant. All right, go ahead.

This is the chair the colonel was

killed in. That chair killed Andrews?

That's right. Sit down. Try it out.

Right. No! You'll notice this

chair is practically all metal,

and you'll also notice a wire

attached to the leg of the chair.

The other end of the wire is

plugged into the control room.

- That would connect with the main power line, wouldn't it?

- Yes, it would.

Very ingenious. That completed the circuit

between the chair and the colonel's microphone.

When the microphone

was turned on...

Ten thousand volts

went through his body.

I beg your pardon?

He got 10,000 volts.

That's enough to elect anybody. He

should be president. Nah, not that kind.

What kind? That's what I

said. He got 10,000. Volts.

You know what "volts" are.

They're what?

That's right. Volts

are watts. What'd I say?

Go ahead and tell me. I asked you to

tell me what I said. You just said it.

What'd I say?

Volts are watts!

Volts are what? I'm

asking you, what's volts?

That's right. Don't try to twist me

now. Are you talking with a dialect?

Watts, watts, watts!

What's, what's, what's what?

Volts.

What's volts?

That's right. Well, that's

it! Well, go ahead and tell me.

What are volts? I'm

askin' ya! That's right.

Watts are volts. That's right. What?

Next thing you know, you'll be

tellin' me What's on second base!

Now, don't start that...

That's enough! I quit!

Wait a minute. What are you doing? Whoo!

Why don't they mark a dead-end

street here? Put a sign or something.

Evidence. Wait a minute. Give me that,

there. After all, that's evidence.

I'm still on the case. I'm still

a sergeant. What was you gonna say?

When the colonel pressed this

little button... Don't go no further.

I got it. I think I got

the whole case solved.

Everybody, watch me.

What is it?

When you press that button, the

juice goes through this here wire,

right into your body...

and kills him!

Now, everybody,

watch the reaction!

See what it does to me!

Push the button.

What am I sayin'? No! What are you doing?

Take it off. Take it off.

Take it off. Take it off!

Take it off. You would push

the button, wouldn't ya?

Sure. You would push

the button, wouldn't ya?

Wait a minute. Don't hold

me back. Don't hold me back.

Let me go. Where were you on the night

ofJanuary 16th? Come on. Get out of here.

Ah-ha-ha! This is an

open-and-shut case.

Whoever had access

to that control room is guilty.

That's no help. We all had access

to it. Every one of us here.

Except Dr. Marek, of course. What

do you mean, except Dr. Marek?

This studio wasn't in use for

two hours before the broadcast.

What was to prevent him from coming

in here and wiring up that chair?

Inspector, I found this just outside

the control room door. Oh, a clue.

Hey, that is a clue.

Gotta be a clue.

The murderer must have used that

glove to handle the high-tension wires.

If we find the hand that fits

that glove, we've got the murderer.

And it fits me perfect.

I'm...

Take it off, take it off, take

it off. I'm not the murderer.

Just want to try it on,

that's all. Take it off!

Just want... There's

the glo... Take it off!

All right, get that glove. Go

get that glove. Get the glove.

Get that glove.

Get it?

Put it in your pocket

and keep it there. Okay.

Now, listen. We've got all the

doors guarded, so don't try to leave.

Look here, Inspector,

I've got...

Sit down!

Yes, sir.

Not you. You come with me. Okay. Not you.

You know, Chick, I got the funniest

feeling that something's gonna happen.

All right, all right.

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