:40:02
- Nick Charles, the detective?
- Yeah.
:40:04
I don't care for anything.
:40:06
I thought you told us he was a pump man.
:40:09
I didn't want you to think I was loading up
your jams with a bunch of squares.
:40:12
They were the squarest hipsters
I've ever seen.
:40:15
- Yeah.
- What are they doing in a trap like this?
:40:17
They're looking for The Reed.
He's disappeared.
:40:19
- Really?
- Yeah.
:40:20
I didn't know that.
:40:21
Why, I thought that's what
you came here to see Fran about.
:40:25
No, I came to see her about a job
I can get her in Havana.
:40:29
Well, hi-dee-dee.
:40:34
Hey, Fran.
:40:36
Hello, Clinker.
:40:37
I just caught you. Still the same old Fran.
:40:40
Still plugging The Reed's tune, too.
:40:42
That's the least I can do for him, isn't it?
:40:44
- I've been looking all over for him.
- What do you want, lessons?
:40:47
Why don't you stay off it?
You know I've always been in his corner.
:40:50
Sorry. I've got the jumps.
:40:53
You need some laughs.
:40:54
Come on out and meet
a couple of friends of mine.
:40:57
- No, I don't feel like meeting anyone.
- May we come in?
:41:00
Fran, this is Mr. And Mrs. Nick Charles.
:41:03
How do you do?
:41:05
Well, you're very jivey. A hep warbler.
:41:09
Mr. Charles is a bit of a schmo.
:41:14
I thought perhaps you might be able
to help us locate Buddy Hollis.
:41:17
He seems to have evaporated.
:41:19
Somebody's been giving you a bum steer.
I don't know anything about Hollis.
:41:24
Where is he?
:41:25
Why don't you ask me
if I killed Tommy Drake?
:41:27
You probably had good reason to.
:41:30
Look, your three minutes are up
and this line is busy.
:41:33
- So hang up the phone and get out.
- What's the fuss?
:41:35
Get them out of here.
:41:36
- Just going.
- Okay. Make mileage.
:41:39
Get lost, you offbeat, rinky-dink.
You're nowhere.
:41:44
Ree-bop.
:41:48
I don't believe
there is any such person as Buddy Hollis.
:41:50
There must be. Missing Persons Bureau
reported him seen...
:41:53
in Chicago, Denver, Palm Beach and
Hollywood, but all at the same time.
:41:57
Darling, how could he be
in all those places at the same time?