Chapter 1: What happens when Inspector Farley arrives at the crime scene?
THE END Open up in there. Open up. This is the police. Are you sure this is Joe Thompson's room, Inspector Farley? Sure, I'm sure. Maybe she committed suicide, Inspector, eh? Huh? Say, you might be right. Come on, let's break down the door. Yeah. Hotter, Rollins, hotter. This should do it. Come on, let's go in quick. I don't smell no gas.
Chapter 2: How is Joan Thompson connected to the murder of Henry Brightson?
Where's the light switch? Don't ask me. I'm a stranger here myself. Hey, hold it. Somebody's over there crying. Here's the light switch. Hey, miss. You, uh, Joan Thompson? Joan... Joan Thompson? Joan... Are you Joan Thompson? Are you the cigarette girl on the boulevard club? Yes. You're wanted for the murder of Henry Brightson. No. You left the club with him tonight, didn't you?
Chapter 3: What evidence suggests Joan's innocence in the murder?
Yes, yes, I did. You took him home in your car, didn't you? Yes. Yes, I did. Okay, we found Bison's body on a country road a couple of hours ago. There are bloodstains in your car. Explain that. All right. Oh, and I killed him. I did it. I did it. That's better. What did you do with the gun? I gave it. You gave it to somebody?
Chapter 4: How does Blackie plan to prove Joan's innocence?
Who? I don't get it. Look around. See what you can find, Rollins. Yeah, I'm looking, Inspector. What did you do with that gun, Miss Thompson? I don't know. I don't know. Hey, Inspector, here's a telephone number that may mean something. Look, right here on the top of his pants. Let's have a look. Well, I'll say it means something. You know that number, Inspector? I know it.
I could dial it in my sleep.
Chapter 5: What role does hypnosis play in the investigation?
That phone number is Boston Blackie's. Now meet Richard Calmer's Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. Look, Miss Thompson, crying isn't going to do you any good. You're going to answer my question if it takes forever. I told you everything I know. I killed Henry Blake tonight, isn't it? But where's the gun? Oh, please, leave me alone.
I told you, Blackie was here. Yeah, but when and for how long and why was he here? I... Oh, please, leave me alone. Did you give Blackie your gun? I don't remember. Well, start remembering.
Chapter 6: What does Dr. Harris reveal about Joan's condition?
Did you give your gun to Blackie? Yes. Yes, I gave it to him. Okay, Miss Thompson, that's all I wanted to know. Give me a hand, Rollins. We're taking this girl to headquarters. Okay, Lenny, let's go. Hey, Inspector, this doll don't look too good, huh? Okay, so maybe she doesn't feel well. Maybe she needs a doctor.
And maybe Blackie won't feel well either when he finds out he's going to need a lawyer. Inspector Faraday speaking. Hello, Faraday. This is Blackie. Blackie, I've been looking for you.
Chapter 7: How does Blackie confront the real murderer?
So I hear. That's why I called. Yeah? Well, how does it feel to be a murder suspect? Completely natural. Now what have I done? Made a fool out of yourself. Well, I had good material. And besides, I was tired of being so different from you. You won't be able to wisecrack your way out of this one, Frankie. I'm pinning this on you. Faraday, you have trouble pinning your badge on yourself.
Okay, be a smart aleck if you want to. But why'd you do it, Frankie? Why did I do it?
Chapter 8: What is the resolution of Joan Thompson's case?
I don't even know what I've done. You're always so shy about telling me those things. You took John Thompson's gun. Oh, there. There, there. Thompson girl admits she killed Henry Bryson. Now, why did you have to get mixed up in it by taking her gun? Now you're an accessory after the fact. Then you're a cop after the accessory. The cycle's complete. All right, Blackie.
I've given you a chance to square yourself. You won't? So I'm coming to get you. Oh, come on. It'll be nice seeing you again. Blackie, listen to me. Stop clowning for once and tell me, why did you do it? It's so simple, maybe after a few translations in the baby talk, even you can understand it. This Joan Thompson used to be Mary Wesley's best friend.
Since when does knowing Mary Wesley make an angel out of anybody? Mary Wesley's qualities are catching. Wait a minute, Faraday. Fold your wings, Mary. They're fluttering. Can't. When they're unfolded like this, they dust the walls tonight. Frankie, is that Miss Wesley with you now? And you ought to see her, Faraday. She looks lovely. Maybe I will see her. Behind bars with you.
She could be mixed up in this, too, you know. Look, Faraday, Mary didn't send me up there to take the gun away from the Thompson girl. I did that on my own. I don't trust your ballistics department. By the way, what caliber bullet killed Henry Brightson? None of your business. Well, I'm going to make it mine to keep you in business. So long, Faraday.
When I have your killer, I'll deliver him to you all wrapped up. Blackie, you listen to me. Well, times certainly haven't changed, Mary. Neither has Faraday. He thinks I had something to do with Henry Brightson's murder. Oh, Blackie, it's all my fault for calling you. When Joan called me, I didn't know who else to turn to. If you never know who else to turn to, that's fine with me.
Yes, but now you're in trouble. Is that unusual? No, but I certainly wish it were. Oh, Blackie, what are we going to do? Prove Joan Thompson didn't kill Henry Brightson. But how? She admits she killed him. I think she's admitting that to cover up somebody. Why, of course. Why didn't I think of that? Because you're not a genius, Gold Boys and Blackie. Oh, well, genius, what now?
Now I think we'll go out and make a night of it. A night of what? Oh, festivities at the Boulevard Club. Where your friend, Joan Thompson, works. But why do we go there? To see if we can pick up a couple of clues before Faraday picks up a couple of us. As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Williams is completely in my power. Hypnotized.
The rest of the Boulevard Club is phony enough, Mary, but I think the floor show is legitimate. Now, ladies and gentlemen, you will remember that before the subject was hypnotized, he could not correctly add 27th and 47th. Who can? Now, while he's hypnotized, I will give the subject three figures to add. And his subconscious mind will calculate the answers with the speed of machinery.
If this works, I should have been hypnotized in school. Listen to this, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Williams, 257, 349, 581. Add those numbers together and give me the answer. 1,187. Ladies and gentlemen, add those figures yourself and you'll see that the answer is correct. Blacking, is it? I don't know. I'm still working on it. Oh, darling, don't lie to me.
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