:18:03
- It's quite all right.
- I don't want to appear inhospitable.
:18:06
Here, take the bottle with you.
:18:09
I imagine that shot was meant for me.
:18:11
- No.
- A fine way to kill a bottle.
:18:14
- What goes on? What happened?
- Go to your room.
:18:16
That's the murderer from the paper.
:18:18
Hold on to him. I'll buzz the cops.
:18:20
You buzz right back to your room.
:18:22
What happened?
:18:24
- Did you pick anyone up now?
- I haven't in the last 10 minutes.
:18:27
Be right back.
:18:31
Was anyone hurt?
:18:33
Yes, an old friend of mine
went completely to pieces.
:18:42
What was it?
:18:44
- Some drunk rehearsing for the Fourth.
- In September?
:18:48
He was drunk.
:18:51
Did you discover anything?
:18:52
Yes. Never entertain newlyweds
until you've read the morning papers.
:18:56
There's the Charles' apartment.
:18:58
Police. Duck in there.
:19:02
Where is he? We got a flash that
there's a maniac running amuck here.
:19:05
- What's that? Blood?
- I wish it were.
:19:08
Mr. Charles and I were trying
to launch our little boy's battleship.
:19:12
There is something wrong, ain't there?
:19:14
I'm afraid our son's been listening
to too much radio.
:19:16
- We get that all the time.
- Just a minute.
:19:20
You'd be the fair-haired boys of the force...
:19:22
if you could bring Phil Brant in, right?
:19:24
- Phil Brant?
- A little surprise for you.
:19:27
Come in.
:19:29
Here you are.
:19:31
Holy hollering cats. Phil Brant.
:19:34
That's the sweetest double-cross
I've ever been handed.
:19:36
The less you say, the better.
:19:38
But he didn't shoot anybody.
Somebody even shot at him.
:19:41
You're a witness, Mrs. Charles.
:19:42
Hand-picked.
:19:44
Mr. Brant may be able to fool some people
with that phony shooting gag...
:19:48
but I've seen it pulled far too often
even to be amused.
:19:50
Somebody did shoot at him.
:19:53
By special arrangement
with Mr. Brant himself.
:19:56
A quaint old maneuver to divert suspicion.
:19:58
As they say in the movies,
"They went thataway."