WEBVTT 00:00:07.885 --> 00:00:09.885 (music playing) 00:01:26.165 --> 00:01:33.165 the glamour capital of the world. 00:01:37.945 --> 00:01:41.120 and dreams of over two million people. It sprawls out 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:46.865 horizontally over 452 square miles of valleys and upland... Of foothills 00:01:46.985 --> 00:01:50.225 and beaches. Because of that vast area... 00:01:50.345 --> 00:01:54.131 And because of a population made up of people from every state 00:01:54.251 --> 00:01:58.281 in the union... Los Angeles is the largest police beat in the country... 00:01:58.401 --> 00:02:00.050 and one of the toughest us. 00:02:00.170 --> 00:02:05.125 We're going to take you into the city hall where police headquarters are located. 00:02:05.245 --> 00:02:08.909 Here in communications are the ears and voice of the police. 00:02:09.029 --> 00:02:12.388 The lights on the complaint board flash 24 hours a day. 00:02:12.508 --> 00:02:15.133 Citizens reporting a prowler, a lost child, 00:02:15.253 --> 00:02:18.673 a man molesting a woman, an auto accident, a wild party. 00:02:18.793 --> 00:02:20.320 Spend an hour or two here, 00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:23.425 and you will think the whole city has gone berserk. 00:02:23.545 --> 00:02:25.905 Minute by minute, the orders go out to the radio cars 00:02:26.025 --> 00:02:27.585 Cars and the the far -flung divisions. 00:02:27.705 --> 00:02:30.125 Watts and Wilshire and West Los Angeles. 00:02:30.245 --> 00:02:32.865 Hollywood and Hollenbeck Heights in North Hollywood. 00:02:32.985 --> 00:02:36.105 The work of the police like that of woman is never done. 00:02:37.365 --> 00:02:42.622 This is the case history of a killer taken from the files of the detective division. 00:02:43.104 --> 00:02:45.545 The facts are told here as they happen. 00:02:45.665 --> 00:02:48.945 The story properly starts here in Hollywood division headquarters... 00:02:49.065 --> 00:02:51.605 at one o 'clock of a June morning last year. 00:02:51.725 --> 00:02:55.445 Officer Robert Rollins had finished his tour of duty and signed signed out. 00:02:55.565 --> 00:02:58.145 It had been a tough day. He'd be glad to get home. 00:02:58.265 --> 00:03:01.707 His wife would be waiting up for him as she always did. 00:03:55.025 --> 00:03:56.965 I love you. 00:04:51.385 --> 00:04:53.285 Hey, fella, come here. 00:04:57.305 --> 00:05:02.186 What were you doing back at that radio shop? Miss Logan. I was on my way home. 00:05:02.905 --> 00:05:05.721 Live around here? Yeah, a couple blocks down. 00:05:06.685 --> 00:05:09.000 Let me see some identification. Sure. 00:05:12.045 --> 00:05:14.110 Yeah, I guess I forgot my wallet. 00:05:14.684 --> 00:05:17.625 Look, Lad, I've got to see some identification. 00:05:17.745 --> 00:05:20.999 How about my army discharge? I've got it right here. 00:05:58.625 --> 00:06:01.921 Police Department, Operator 27. I want to report 00:06:02.041 --> 00:06:06.025 the shooting of a policeman. Hold on, please. Give me 00:06:06.145 --> 00:06:10.185 that again. Please I'm calling to report the shooting of a policeman. What's 00:06:10.305 --> 00:06:12.885 the address? 5057 State Street, just west 00:06:13.005 --> 00:06:17.017 of Santa Monica. Just a minute. Receiving Hospital, Operator 00:06:17.137 --> 00:06:24.005 2 operator 27 5057 state street 5057 state street an officer has been shot, 00:06:24.125 --> 00:06:25.415 send an ambulance. 00:06:25.535 --> 00:06:28.085 All units, all units in the vicinity 00:06:28.205 --> 00:06:30.285 of State Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, 00:06:30.405 --> 00:06:35.025 proceed at once to 5057 State Street, 5057 State Street. 00:06:35.205 --> 00:06:36.985 An officer shot, code three. 00:07:00.025 --> 00:07:04.685 80K to Control One. Control One to 80K, go ahead. This is Breen. 00:07:04.805 --> 00:07:06.965 Instruct Homicide to throw out a drag tip 00:07:07.085 --> 00:07:09.985 and pick up all suspicious characters in the area of the shooting. 00:07:10.105 --> 00:07:12.065 Also notify Sergeants Marty Brennan 00:07:12.185 --> 00:07:14.785 and Chuck Jones to report to me at the scene of the crime. 00:07:14.905 --> 00:07:17.105 Control One to 80K, roger. 00:07:29.215 --> 00:07:33.265 I see. Well, what have you got so far? Well, not much, Captain Breen. 00:07:33.385 --> 00:07:35.137 A couple of cartridge cases. 00:07:36.725 --> 00:07:38.790 Hello, Marty, Chuck. Hi, Captain. 00:07:39.454 --> 00:07:44.036 Eyewitnesses? Who was first on the scene, reported it? I was. I live here. 00:07:44.156 --> 00:07:46.881 I'm a light sleeper, but my hearing is good. 00:07:47.001 --> 00:07:49.985 Did the officer say anything before he collapsed? 00:07:50.105 --> 00:07:54.425 Well, he gave a description of the fellow. On the shooting of the officer. 00:07:54.545 --> 00:07:57.705 Suspect is a white male American, age 26 or 7, 00:07:57.945 --> 00:08:04.945 5 feet 10 or 11, 155 to 165 pounds, brown hair, regular features, pencil mustache. 00:08:09.385 --> 00:08:10.505 Repeat broadcast. 00:08:11.325 --> 00:08:13.785 Is that about it? Yes, sir, exactly. 00:08:14.150 --> 00:08:17.871 And the officer kept saying, he looked like such a nice kid. 00:08:17.991 --> 00:08:19.914 He looked like such a nice kid, 00:08:20.034 --> 00:08:23.196 as if he couldn't believe what had happened to him. 00:08:24.685 --> 00:08:27.905 I see. Is that all? Yeah. Thank you very much. 00:08:28.025 --> 00:08:31.365 Yeah, well, anything else I can do, I'd be glad to help you. We may call you. 00:08:31.485 --> 00:08:33.926 Get his name and address for the above. 00:08:36.545 --> 00:08:40.049 Is the door been checked, Lee? Yeah, it's okay, Captain. 00:08:43.765 --> 00:08:46.706 Find anything? Nothing but some smudges so far. 00:08:47.685 --> 00:08:51.690 Found this in the glove compartment. I think it's nitroglycerin. 00:08:52.485 --> 00:08:57.385 It doesn't look quite right. Well, check it down at the lab. Right. Look. 00:09:04.045 --> 00:09:05.171 Open this up, Joe. 00:09:05.805 --> 00:09:09.185 No key, Captain. Try it open. Give me that bar, Frank. 00:09:26.865 --> 00:09:32.105 Regular arsenal. Yeah, get a load of that. What is it? I don't know. It looks 00:09:32.225 --> 00:09:35.385 like some kind of an electrical device. United 00:09:35.505 --> 00:09:39.025 States Navy. It's either stolen or war surplus. 00:09:40.215 --> 00:09:42.125 Send all the stuff down to the lab 00:09:42.245 --> 00:09:44.885 and check the serial number on that navy equipment Yes, sir. 00:09:45.005 --> 00:09:45.905 Captain Breen. 00:09:46.705 --> 00:09:50.209 We found these in the weeds over by the radio store. Hmm. 00:09:50.329 --> 00:09:53.445 What have you got? A pair of cloth gloves, Captain. 00:09:53.565 --> 00:09:55.725 Well, he thought of everything, didn't he? 00:09:55.845 --> 00:09:58.565 All right, give them to one of the technicians. Yes, sir. 00:09:58.685 --> 00:10:00.318 Marty, you and Chuck come along with me. 00:10:00.405 --> 00:10:04.848 Let's go downtown and see what they've picked up in the dragnet. Right. 00:10:05.985 --> 00:10:06.885 All right. 00:10:17.225 --> 00:10:18.477 You know him, Marty? 00:10:19.585 --> 00:10:20.485 Yeah. 00:10:21.445 --> 00:10:22.765 I know his wife, too. 00:10:24.165 --> 00:10:25.604 Ever since high school. 00:10:29.005 --> 00:10:32.509 Captain, I wish you'd let Chuck and me handle this case. 00:10:35.605 --> 00:10:38.225 All right. I don't want any dead heroes. 00:10:39.705 --> 00:10:42.020 I just want the man who shot Rollins. 00:10:44.183 --> 00:10:47.625 The suspects began to arrive at headquarters in droves. 00:10:47.745 --> 00:10:50.025 The police tossed every motel and hotel 00:10:50.145 --> 00:10:52.205 and many private homes in a four -square 00:10:52.325 --> 00:10:54.505 -mile area around the scene of the shooting. 00:10:54.625 --> 00:10:58.765 Every available radio car and patrolman and detective was out on the drag net. 00:10:58.885 --> 00:11:01.705 The strings were being drawn tighter and tighter. 00:11:01.825 --> 00:11:04.225 Many a man returning from a date, or a late party, 00:11:04.345 --> 00:11:08.145 or a poker game surprisingly found himself in a squad car, 00:11:08.265 --> 00:11:11.345 its sirens screaming as it brought him to the detective bureau. 00:11:11.465 --> 00:11:12.205 detective bureau. 00:11:12.325 --> 00:11:16.455 The dragnet gathered in some strange fish, and many ordinary ones. 00:11:17.485 --> 00:11:22.945 All the rest of that night, the detectives probed, needled, questioned, quizzed. 00:11:23.925 --> 00:11:28.645 Everything was checked. Fingerprints, names, addresses, stories. 00:11:29.095 --> 00:11:31.285 Every fish in the net was examined, 00:11:31.405 --> 00:11:34.265 most of them thrown back into the sea, not worth keeping, 00:11:34.385 --> 00:11:36.805 Except a few parole violators 00:11:36.925 --> 00:11:40.665 and slightly ...rightly shady characters whose stories needed a lot of verifying. 00:11:40.785 --> 00:11:45.705 I wasn't prowling no cars. Just taking a walk. You know, getting in condition. 00:11:45.825 --> 00:11:49.045 You were running when the radio car picked you up. Yeah? 00:11:49.165 --> 00:11:52.765 Maybe that's why the guys call me Punchy. He's got a point there. 00:11:52.885 --> 00:11:57.165 Two felony convictions, no warrant, no warrant. He's on parole. Book him. 00:11:57.285 --> 00:12:00.225 Violation of parole. Let's have the next one, Joe. 00:12:00.345 --> 00:12:02.786 What were you doing in that vacant lot? 00:12:03.745 --> 00:12:05.505 The vacant lot? Lot? 00:12:05.625 --> 00:12:09.165 But what were you doing at that time of night? 00:12:22.205 --> 00:12:25.084 You say your name is Ralph Henderson. So what? 00:12:25.204 --> 00:12:27.285 Well, you know, it's a funny thing, Ralph. 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.176 There's a guy around this town that's been wearing your fingerprints. 00:12:30.226 --> 00:12:31.920 Only his name is Pete Hannon. 00:12:32.925 --> 00:12:34.825 Okay. So I'm dead. 00:12:36.045 --> 00:12:38.611 So what's one more confession in my life? 00:12:39.585 --> 00:12:42.088 Now you're talking, Hammond. Okay, Andy. 00:12:44.225 --> 00:12:48.167 Hello, Harry. What have we got here? Oh, some robbery suspects. 00:12:48.505 --> 00:12:50.195 Candidates for Sam Quentin. 00:12:50.585 --> 00:12:53.714 Handsome here is the big shot. He runs the outfit. 00:12:55.085 --> 00:12:59.845 Have a gander at his record. Car theft. Escape from reform school. 00:13:00.565 --> 00:13:03.544 Robbery. Assault with a deadly weapon. Not bad. 00:13:03.664 --> 00:13:05.883 Look at the heater we found on him. 00:13:06.003 --> 00:13:07.715 German Luger, fully loaded. 00:13:08.375 --> 00:13:10.365 Redhead here tried to carve up one 00:13:10.485 --> 00:13:13.426 of the arresting officers with this pretty toy. 00:13:13.925 --> 00:13:14.825 Nice boys. 00:13:14.945 --> 00:13:18.025 By dawn, many minor wrongdoings had been uncovered, 00:13:18.145 --> 00:13:19.905 and a few incipient felonies. 00:13:20.025 --> 00:13:22.185 The checking of the suspects had been thorough, 00:13:22.305 --> 00:13:23.869 painstaking, and tedious. 00:13:23.989 --> 00:13:25.905 But all the work was for nothing. 00:13:26.025 --> 00:13:28.945 The man who had shot Officer Rollins was not among them. 00:13:29.065 --> 00:13:31.506 He remained no more than a description, 00:13:31.765 --> 00:13:36.005 a shadow of a man, Mysterious, elusive, deadly. 00:13:36.665 --> 00:13:39.106 Hidden away somewhere in the vast city. 00:13:42.265 --> 00:13:47.985 As for Rollins himself, he couldn't help. He was in a coma at receiving hospital. 00:13:48.965 --> 00:13:53.909 Mrs. Rollins waited out the long, tense hours while her husband fought to live. 00:13:54.165 --> 00:13:57.982 Many another officer's wife had so waited. Many another will. 00:13:58.465 --> 00:14:01.545 The word came shortly after sunup. 00:14:22.045 --> 00:14:28.005 A white male American, 26 or 7, 5 feet 10 or 11, 00:14:28.305 --> 00:14:33.965 155 to 165 pounds, brown hair, Regular features. 00:14:34.385 --> 00:14:35.386 Pencil mustache. 00:14:37.005 --> 00:14:42.025 This was no frightened fugitive. What went on in his mind? 00:14:42.374 --> 00:14:47.228 Why had he set his hand against his fellow men? Taken the life of another. 00:14:47.348 --> 00:14:50.825 Of a stranger. Of a man who is merely doing his duty. 00:14:51.605 --> 00:14:53.045 He must have some plan. 00:14:53.445 --> 00:14:57.700 Some goal that called for sudden death to anyone who got in his way. 00:15:00.385 --> 00:15:07.385 I don't know what to say. 00:15:44.245 --> 00:15:46.405 Good morning, boys. Morning, Lee. 00:15:47.305 --> 00:15:48.306 Hi, Professor. 00:15:49.785 --> 00:15:54.228 Well, I thought this was safecracker soup. You're gonna drink it, I hope? 00:15:54.348 --> 00:15:57.585 I'm really a nice guy. Stick around. I'll prove it. 00:15:59.065 --> 00:16:00.004 Come over here. 00:16:20.805 --> 00:16:22.933 Hold this for me, will you, Chuck? 00:16:24.145 --> 00:16:25.045 Thank you. 00:16:28.045 --> 00:16:30.673 Now, if you'll hand me that hammer, Marty. 00:16:32.645 --> 00:16:33.545 Thank you. 00:16:42.725 --> 00:16:43.625 Yeah. 00:16:44.412 --> 00:16:49.105 Nitroglycerin. I didn't ask for a collection of fingers, just fingerprints. 00:16:49.225 --> 00:16:51.085 All those nice fingerprints on the car belong 00:16:51.205 --> 00:16:53.205 to the man it was stolen from, Captain. 00:16:53.325 --> 00:16:55.065 Nothing on the guns, or picklocks, 00:16:55.185 --> 00:16:58.085 not even an interesting smudge. The gloves. 00:16:58.685 --> 00:17:00.750 Common type, worn by undertakers. 00:17:01.435 --> 00:17:03.932 I'll check on them. They won't show anything. 00:17:04.052 --> 00:17:07.830 What did your scientific test show? A couple of little things. 00:17:07.950 --> 00:17:10.388 Tool identification on these pick locks. 00:17:10.925 --> 00:17:14.492 I got one under the scope. You want to take a look? Yeah. 00:17:23.765 --> 00:17:24.665 Take a look. 00:17:27.765 --> 00:17:28.885 I see. 00:17:30.145 --> 00:17:33.185 Well, it seems to tie the tool up with the lock. 00:17:34.605 --> 00:17:38.673 That microscope could only tell us who did it. I'm working on it. 00:17:39.405 --> 00:17:43.285 Not only an amateur would carry that liquid dynamite in a car. 00:17:43.405 --> 00:17:44.782 This boy's no amateur. 00:17:44.902 --> 00:17:48.805 Took the precaution of desensitizing it so it'll take normal shock. 00:17:48.925 --> 00:17:50.505 Took a lot of other precautions, too. 00:17:50.625 --> 00:17:53.942 No fingerprints, no identification, nothing definite. 00:17:54.585 --> 00:17:56.024 Except he's scientific. 00:17:57.705 --> 00:17:58.831 Knows electricity. 00:18:00.065 --> 00:18:03.445 He's inventive. Yeah. And happy on the trigger. 00:18:07.970 --> 00:18:11.919 This is Captain Breen. Get me Captain Steve of burglary, will you? 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:16.278 I hate to disappoint you, Lee, but I think you've come up with something. 00:18:16.398 --> 00:18:17.298 Hello, Steve? 00:18:18.505 --> 00:18:19.405 How are you? 00:18:20.581 --> 00:18:23.623 Did your daughter's marriage come off all right? 00:18:23.743 --> 00:18:24.643 Good. Look, 00:18:24.785 --> 00:18:28.790 Look, Steve, on those burglaries of electrical equipment lately, 00:18:29.185 --> 00:18:32.627 were there any where picklocks were used to gain entry? 00:18:34.965 --> 00:18:35.865 Good. 00:18:35.985 --> 00:18:39.586 Well, let me know if there's another report of one, will you? 00:18:39.706 --> 00:18:43.305 I've got an idea the Rawlins killer may be tied in with those. 00:18:43.965 --> 00:18:46.969 Fine. And give my regards to the newlyweds, too. 00:18:48.005 --> 00:18:49.444 So long, Steve. please. 00:18:50.665 --> 00:18:55.233 Well, what are you waiting for? You've got a job, haven't you? Get going. 00:18:55.545 --> 00:18:56.984 Yeah, let's go, Junior. 00:18:57.385 --> 00:18:59.888 Hold this for me, will you, Lee? Thanks. 00:19:02.615 --> 00:19:05.581 And so, with no fingerprints and only a vague description 00:19:05.701 --> 00:19:09.322 to go by, Sergeant Brennan turned to the modus operandi file. 00:19:09.442 --> 00:19:13.063 A criminal, like any human being, has his own habit patterns, 00:19:13.183 --> 00:19:16.091 unconscious traits that can lead to his downfall. 00:19:21.432 --> 00:19:26.125 There they are, Junior A list of burglars who used pick locks for entry Oh, 00:19:26.245 --> 00:19:28.565 great. This narrows it down to just a couple of hundred 00:19:28.685 --> 00:19:31.689 suspects in this area Give me a match, will you? 00:19:34.041 --> 00:19:37.545 That may not be so bad. This guy's improved on the system. 00:19:37.665 --> 00:19:41.025 Maybe he's left his trademark on some other job Well, 00:19:41.145 --> 00:19:42.785 here we go Legging it all over town, 00:19:42.905 --> 00:19:45.385 asking a million questions What you're paid for, isn't it? 00:19:45.505 --> 00:19:50.405 Am I paid to associate with you too, Junior? You could do worse. Not this year. 00:19:50.525 --> 00:19:51.425 Come on. 00:20:05.305 --> 00:20:10.025 Car 12. Car 1 -2. In the 10 ,000 block on Mississippi. 00:20:10.845 --> 00:20:12.905 A 394 -15 disturbance. 00:20:18.025 --> 00:20:20.725 Car 80K, code 1. 00:20:52.025 --> 00:20:53.165 All units, 00:20:53.285 --> 00:20:57.781 on the broadcast of the suspect arrested in the shooting of patrolman Rollins, 00:20:57.901 --> 00:20:59.007 cancel the cancellation. 00:20:59.385 --> 00:21:01.262 Suspect released from custody. 00:21:17.825 --> 00:21:21.955 Oh, hello, Mr. Martin. You'll find Mr. Reeves in the machine shop. 00:21:38.165 --> 00:21:41.865 Hello, Roy. Glad to see you. How are you, Mr. Reeves? Fine. 00:21:41.985 --> 00:21:43.657 I was hoping you'd drop in. 00:21:43.777 --> 00:21:47.925 I wanted to thank you for showing us how to handle that repair job. 00:21:48.045 --> 00:21:48.945 Don't go up. 00:21:57.005 --> 00:21:58.945 Oh, what have we got this time? 00:22:04.445 --> 00:22:05.685 Oh, a sewer grab. 00:22:10.545 --> 00:22:12.923 There are plenty of these around, Roy. 00:22:13.665 --> 00:22:14.791 Not like this one. 00:22:16.305 --> 00:22:20.560 Yes, I see. I suppose, as usual, you've added your own improvements. 00:22:22.583 --> 00:22:24.085 You know, it seems wrong 00:22:24.205 --> 00:22:28.711 that a man of your talent should bother consigning equipment for rental. 00:22:29.705 --> 00:22:34.273 I'd like to see you devote yourself entirely to experimental electronics. 00:22:35.025 --> 00:22:36.151 It'll come one day. 00:22:37.845 --> 00:22:40.223 I'll live a place like this. Why wait? 00:22:41.045 --> 00:22:43.301 I've got a pretty good set -up here. 00:22:43.421 --> 00:22:46.304 I'd have modern equipment to work with, a lab. 00:22:47.705 --> 00:22:48.831 And my confidence. 00:22:49.485 --> 00:22:50.674 Thanks, Mr. Reeves. 00:22:50.965 --> 00:22:54.845 I have other plans. But, Roy, you can't tell where it'll lead. 00:22:54.965 --> 00:22:58.970 Might even work your way around to a percentage of the business. 00:22:59.925 --> 00:23:01.114 I like it this way. 00:23:02.225 --> 00:23:05.980 You just rent out of my equipment. All right, Roy. All right. 00:23:06.225 --> 00:23:10.668 But if you should change your mind... I'm not likely to change my mind. 00:23:11.125 --> 00:23:14.442 I suppose you want me to set this up for rental, too. 00:23:16.405 --> 00:23:17.305 Mr. Reeves? 00:23:18.295 --> 00:23:21.041 You've already got five pieces of my equipment. 00:23:21.161 --> 00:23:25.690 And you'd like to know what results I've had from the rentals so far, hmm? 00:23:25.810 --> 00:23:27.830 Well, I can't say as I blame you. 00:23:28.405 --> 00:23:30.783 I think you'll find this satisfactory. 00:23:33.005 --> 00:23:33.905 Satisfactory. 00:23:34.695 --> 00:23:38.335 Goodbye, Mr. Reeves. And you'll come back again soon, won't you? 00:23:38.455 --> 00:23:39.355 Sure. 00:23:40.065 --> 00:23:41.129 Oh, incidentally. 00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:43.825 How's, that television projector coming along. 00:23:43.945 --> 00:23:47.285 The one you said would reflect a 12 -foot image. Still working on it. 00:23:47.405 --> 00:23:50.585 I just wanted you to know I've already set up a rental on it. 00:23:50.705 --> 00:23:52.958 In fact, I think they'd like to buy. 00:23:54.145 --> 00:23:58.713 It'll come pretty high. Oh, money is no consideration with this customer. 00:24:02.775 --> 00:24:07.045 Tell him he can pick it up tomorrow. I thought you said it wasn't finished yet. 00:24:07.165 --> 00:24:08.291 It'll be finished. 00:24:15.985 --> 00:24:20.115 It uses an image fixer and then projects by ordinary incandescent. 00:24:23.605 --> 00:24:27.235 Roy, this is the best television projector I've ever seen. 00:24:27.725 --> 00:24:30.791 Let's hope that your customer thinks so. He will. 00:24:36.885 --> 00:24:40.785 Send him right in, Charlotte There, you see, 00:24:40.905 --> 00:24:44.809 our customer is here, begging for the privilege of buying. 00:24:45.398 --> 00:24:49.365 Better be running along I'm not much good at business Oh, 00:24:49.485 --> 00:24:52.980 but Roy, he'll want to congratulate you Just see 00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:55.575 that the price is right All right, 00:24:55.695 --> 00:24:59.445 Roy I'll get you a good deal So long, see ya you. 00:25:04.685 --> 00:25:06.385 Well, Mr. Dunning, come in. 00:25:10.505 --> 00:25:11.631 Isn't it a beauty? 00:25:23.801 --> 00:25:25.467 It's a beauty, all right. 00:25:25.587 --> 00:25:30.188 You like it? I certainly do like it. You see, it's mine. What do you mean? 00:25:30.308 --> 00:25:35.525 Let me have the police. I built it. Spent years on it. Oh you must be crazy. 00:25:35.645 --> 00:25:38.512 Roy built this machine himself. Your friend's 00:25:38.632 --> 00:25:41.005 a crook, Paul. You've been taken in. Hello? 00:25:41.125 --> 00:25:44.925 Give me the burglary detail. "Dear jim 00:25:45.045 --> 00:25:48.485 "regarding your inquiry on a 38 caliber Smith & 00:25:48.605 --> 00:25:53.085 and western barber oh come in, boys. Burglary detail 00:25:53.205 --> 00:25:56.745 just sent this report through. It's a man named Dunning 00:25:56.865 --> 00:26:01.871 who reports tracing a stolen television projector to the Reeves Electronics Lab. 00:26:01.991 --> 00:26:04.185 Think it's a tie -in with the Rawlins case? 00:26:04.305 --> 00:26:06.945 Well, take a look at this fellow Reeves and see what gives. 00:26:07.065 --> 00:26:11.045 I'll notify burglary we're following up on it. Right. Come on, Junior. 00:26:13.612 --> 00:26:17.628 What else did he place with you for rental? Oh, a number of things. 00:26:17.748 --> 00:26:21.045 All war surplus that he bought on his veteran's rating. 00:26:21.165 --> 00:26:25.721 Oh, is this more of his equipment? Yes. Yes, he left it here on consignment. 00:26:26.165 --> 00:26:28.577 I'm sure that Roy can explain everything. 00:26:28.697 --> 00:26:33.581 Well, maybe he can, Mr. Reeves, if you'll tell us where he lives. But I don't know. 00:26:33.701 --> 00:26:35.525 Mr. Martin's on the phone, sir. 00:26:36.984 --> 00:26:39.925 I'd better talk to him. I think so, Mr. Reeves. 00:26:40.045 --> 00:26:42.798 I'll take it in the superintendent's office. 00:26:49.855 --> 00:26:53.305 Tell him that you sold the set. And his money's waiting for him here. 00:26:53.425 --> 00:26:55.553 Find out what time he's coming by. 00:26:59.205 --> 00:27:01.965 Put Mr. Martin on Hello, 00:27:05.865 --> 00:27:06.765 Roy 00:27:08.885 --> 00:27:13.265 Yes, yes, I've sold it Your money is waiting here for you 00:27:15.065 --> 00:27:18.757 Yes, I'll be working late tonight What time will you be by? 00:27:19.075 --> 00:27:23.205 First thing in the morning Well, maybe you better come in tonight, 00:27:23.325 --> 00:27:25.891 Roy A couple of things I want cleared up. 00:27:26.245 --> 00:27:27.145 Like what? 00:27:28.585 --> 00:27:29.899 Oh, technical things. 00:27:30.565 --> 00:27:34.570 Besides, I don't like to leave the money in the plant overnight. 00:27:37.265 --> 00:27:41.125 How about 8 .30? Fine, fine. I'll see you then. 00:27:42.005 --> 00:27:44.195 I'll leave the front door unlocked. 00:27:49.645 --> 00:27:51.084 He'll be here at 8 .30. 00:27:59.126 --> 00:28:02.905 Well, I'll just run along home and get some dinner Uh, 00:28:03.025 --> 00:28:05.989 we'd like you to stay too, Mr. Reeves Why? 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:09.685 For company You want to cooperate, don't you, Mr. Reeves? 00:28:09.805 --> 00:28:11.146 Certainly Good Now, 00:28:11.266 --> 00:28:16.965 you just wait in your office We'll be around Very well This way, gentlemen 00:29:40.845 --> 00:29:41.745 Freeze. 00:29:45.985 --> 00:29:47.049 Is that you, Roy? 00:29:55.245 --> 00:29:57.560 Go outside and block that alley door. 00:30:12.145 --> 00:30:13.334 Where are you, Roy? 00:30:19.305 --> 00:30:20.205 Who's in here? 00:30:21.025 --> 00:30:21.925 No one. 00:30:22.645 --> 00:30:23.545 I'm alone. 00:30:29.285 --> 00:30:31.726 Come on in. I've got your money for it. 00:30:32.505 --> 00:30:33.631 Bring it out here. 00:30:36.705 --> 00:30:37.605 All right. 00:30:40.325 --> 00:30:41.225 Just a minute. 00:33:54.525 --> 00:33:55.425 Uh 00:34:27.285 --> 00:34:30.585 No, none of them even looks like Roy Martin. 00:34:31.985 --> 00:34:34.965 He had such a fine face. 00:34:35.985 --> 00:34:39.802 Didn't keep him from carrying a gun, or didn't you know that? 00:34:40.225 --> 00:34:41.405 No, I didn't. 00:34:42.172 --> 00:34:46.365 I've told you all I know, all he ever told me. What about his friends? 00:34:46.485 --> 00:34:47.862 Didn't he have a girl? 00:34:49.305 --> 00:34:50.885 No, no, I don't think so. 00:34:51.705 --> 00:34:54.885 He had no interest in anything but electronics. 00:34:55.405 --> 00:34:57.470 Where'd he pick up the subject? 00:34:57.725 --> 00:34:58.845 Books, magazines. 00:35:00.605 --> 00:35:04.422 Mostly from the signal corps. He was attached to a radar unit. 00:35:04.765 --> 00:35:08.395 Get a teletype off of the war department. That might help. 00:35:09.845 --> 00:35:13.662 Yes? Ready on your call to receiving hospital, Captain Green. 00:35:13.945 --> 00:35:18.685 Hello, this is Captain Green. What is the latest report on Sergeant Jones? 00:35:24.465 --> 00:35:25.365 I see. 00:35:27.205 --> 00:35:30.334 Well, let me know if there's any change, will you? 00:35:32.685 --> 00:35:33.585 Thanks. 00:35:36.265 --> 00:35:38.455 Chuck's in pretty bad shape, Marty. 00:35:38.745 --> 00:35:39.684 He's paralyzed. 00:35:40.385 --> 00:35:41.699 May never walk again. 00:35:48.185 --> 00:35:49.665 Oh, I'm sorry. 00:35:50.055 --> 00:35:52.285 It's funny that Martin showed up at 7 00:35:52.405 --> 00:35:54.625 when he told you he wouldn't be there until 8 .30. 00:35:54.745 --> 00:35:55.809 I don't know why. 00:35:56.785 --> 00:35:58.975 Except he was always unpredictable. 00:35:59.095 --> 00:36:01.871 I'll tell you why. Because you warned him. That's why he came early. 00:36:01.946 --> 00:36:03.110 That's why he came in the back way. 00:36:03.185 --> 00:36:05.030 But you heard me tell him the front door would be open. 00:36:05.105 --> 00:36:07.799 And the key to let him in the back way? He must have had one made. 00:36:07.849 --> 00:36:09.846 Why don't you tell us the truth? Marty. 00:36:18.545 --> 00:36:19.484 Now look, Paul. 00:36:19.615 --> 00:36:23.234 You can make it a lot easier for us to believe your story... 00:36:23.354 --> 00:36:25.451 If you'll just give us some facts. 00:36:25.571 --> 00:36:27.360 Something that might help us. 00:36:27.525 --> 00:36:29.325 I've told you all I know. 00:36:31.365 --> 00:36:35.182 I've been gullible, all right, letting him make a fool of me. 00:36:36.125 --> 00:36:40.255 But I'd do anything to make up for what he did to Detective Jones. 00:36:41.585 --> 00:36:42.899 Sure. Sure you would. 00:36:44.545 --> 00:36:45.484 You can go now. 00:36:46.245 --> 00:36:47.145 Oh, thanks. 00:36:49.825 --> 00:36:50.725 Thanks. 00:36:52.795 --> 00:36:57.025 My friend. Speak. Ouch, my character. That's good. We'll call you for nature. 00:36:57.145 --> 00:36:58.397 Thank you very much. 00:36:58.447 --> 00:37:03.625 I think he's telling the truth, Marty. I think he's just gullible, like he said. 00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:06.271 What about the stolen stuff he was trying to peddle for Martin? 00:37:06.321 --> 00:37:07.682 We'll use it for bait. 00:37:07.885 --> 00:37:11.389 Maybe Martin will come back for it. Then we can ask him. 00:37:12.405 --> 00:37:13.305 Here. 00:37:13.425 --> 00:37:16.119 Nevertheless, I want a 24 -hour tail put on Reeves, 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:18.723 and I want a watch on his home and his factory. 00:37:18.843 --> 00:37:19.743 Right. 00:37:20.145 --> 00:37:21.334 You can keep those. 00:37:22.825 --> 00:37:23.725 Okay, Captain. 00:37:28.665 --> 00:37:32.357 And now the killer changed his tactics, his modus operandi. 00:37:32.975 --> 00:37:34.665 It would baffle the police. 00:37:34.785 --> 00:37:39.478 They always expected burglars to remain burglars, not go in for stick -ups. 00:37:39.745 --> 00:37:41.873 They'd never tie this up with him. 00:37:42.097 --> 00:37:44.137 So wearing a variety of disguises, 00:37:44.257 --> 00:37:47.737 coming and going like a shadow, ready to kill if cornered, 00:37:47.857 --> 00:37:52.776 He struck the bottle stores in a one -man blitz that had the robbery detail dizzy. 00:38:11.285 --> 00:38:13.605 The killer, always resourceful, 00:38:13.725 --> 00:38:16.365 always thinking along lines that would baffle his hunters, 00:38:16.485 --> 00:38:19.051 had discovered an ideal avenue of escape. 00:38:19.245 --> 00:38:23.115 Under Los Angeles is a vast and intricate system of huge storm 00:38:23.235 --> 00:38:27.229 drains built to siphon off the flash floods of the rainy season. 00:38:27.349 --> 00:38:31.045 Many of the tunnels are large enough for two cars to drive abreast. 00:38:31.165 --> 00:38:35.485 Here were 700 miles of hidden highways, ideal for the use of someone 00:38:35.605 --> 00:38:39.697 who needed to hurry from place to place without being seen. 00:38:39.905 --> 00:38:44.098 Ideal as a hiding place for guns and supplies in case of emergency. 00:38:46.744 --> 00:38:47.745 What is it, Lee? 00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:50.800 Well, the reason I ask you to come over is I think I've hit on something. 00:38:50.850 --> 00:38:53.649 An identification? No, not quite, but a tie -up. 00:38:54.253 --> 00:38:57.767 Now, these are the shells from the gun that killed Rawlins. 00:38:57.887 --> 00:39:02.235 These were fired in the liquor store holdup in which the bandit got away. 00:39:02.355 --> 00:39:04.142 And these were fired at Chuck. 00:39:05.005 --> 00:39:06.975 Now, as you know, every ejector, 00:39:07.095 --> 00:39:10.603 even in guns of the same model and caliber, is different. 00:39:10.723 --> 00:39:14.232 Each one leaves its own markings on the cartridge casing. 00:39:14.825 --> 00:39:21.825 Now look at these fine striations. This deep gouge. The same on all three. 00:39:26.865 --> 00:39:31.265 In other words, the man who killed Rollins and the man who shot at Jones 00:39:31.385 --> 00:39:34.725 and Brennan... The stick up was blitzing the liquor stores are all the same 00:39:34.845 --> 00:39:38.645 man. Right all we need to know is what that man looks like. 00:39:42.785 --> 00:39:46.716 Get me Chandler in Robbery, will you? I've got an idea 00:39:46.836 --> 00:39:50.025 about that. Also, it'll give us a chance to see 00:39:50.145 --> 00:39:53.631 if Reeves is on the level with us. Steve breathe 00:39:53.751 --> 00:39:58.128 about those bits hold up you're on... Round up all the victims 00:39:58.248 --> 00:40:01.437 and have them down here tonight, will you? Oh 00:40:01.557 --> 00:40:04.525 It's just a little scheme. Thanks, Steve. 00:40:08.745 --> 00:40:09.865 Hmm, that's good. 00:40:09.985 --> 00:40:13.405 I'll sketch another one of the same type, only this time thin it out a little, huh? 00:40:13.525 --> 00:40:17.325 All right. Hi, Lee, how's it coming? You ready for the night? We'll be ready. 00:40:17.445 --> 00:40:20.824 Think it'll work? It should. Where'd you get the idea? 00:40:21.345 --> 00:40:23.473 From a kidnapping case in Chicago. 00:40:23.548 --> 00:40:26.745 I thought these slides might be an improvement over the method they used. 00:40:26.865 --> 00:40:28.785 Could be. Captain thinks so. 00:40:31.785 --> 00:40:32.685 Hello. 00:40:33.331 --> 00:40:38.525 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. May I have your attention for a moment, please? 00:40:38.645 --> 00:40:41.785 You've all been asked to sit in on a little experiment tonight. 00:40:41.905 --> 00:40:44.909 We're going to try to build a picture of a face. 00:40:45.225 --> 00:40:49.245 A face of a man who's cunning, resourceful, and deadly. 00:40:50.665 --> 00:40:53.106 He's a man who killed a police officer. 00:40:53.534 --> 00:40:56.722 Now, some of you, he held up at the point of a gun. 00:40:56.842 --> 00:41:00.468 You may have seen his face, remembered something about it. 00:41:00.588 --> 00:41:04.027 And we want you to tell us exactly what you remembered. 00:41:04.985 --> 00:41:08.085 Whether it's his hair, eyes, nose, or mouth. 00:41:09.214 --> 00:41:12.405 And we're going to try to put those pieces together... 00:41:12.525 --> 00:41:16.655 So that they add up into a picture of the face of the man we want. 00:41:17.065 --> 00:41:19.818 Now, you can see how we're depending on you. 00:41:20.725 --> 00:41:21.625 Lights. 00:41:22.725 --> 00:41:27.168 Now, first, we're going to concentrate on the type of hair our man had. 00:41:27.304 --> 00:41:32.185 And if the picture looks anything like his hair, I want you to speak right up. 00:41:32.305 --> 00:41:34.308 All right, the first slide, Lee. 00:41:40.905 --> 00:41:45.160 His hair had waves in it. Well groomed. That's the idea, Miss Smith. 00:41:52.385 --> 00:41:53.574 Is that any closer? 00:41:54.605 --> 00:41:56.985 No. It was parted on the side. 00:42:02.265 --> 00:42:05.206 Oh, that's more like it. Except it was thicker. 00:42:12.845 --> 00:42:16.787 Oh, that's very close. Yes, that's the way his forehead looked. 00:42:17.145 --> 00:42:20.425 It was broad and high. All right, hold that slide. 00:42:21.305 --> 00:42:25.247 Now, the next series of slides will take into account his eyes. 00:42:33.025 --> 00:42:37.718 Oh, one minute, please. Wait, one minute. His eyes were a little like that. 00:42:37.965 --> 00:42:39.404 Maybe a little smaller. 00:42:39.985 --> 00:42:40.885 Like beads. 00:42:42.625 --> 00:42:43.525 Go on, Lee. 00:42:50.885 --> 00:42:52.324 Now, now you've got it. 00:42:53.105 --> 00:42:54.607 Now, hold that slide. 00:42:55.765 --> 00:42:56.829 Anyone else? 00:42:58.195 --> 00:43:00.745 That looks like him, only a little madder. 00:43:00.865 --> 00:43:04.485 He had a patch over one eye when he came into my place of business. 00:43:04.605 --> 00:43:07.465 I remember noticing that the one showing was blue. 00:43:07.585 --> 00:43:10.145 Well, the guy that stuck me up had on horn -rimmed glasses. 00:43:10.265 --> 00:43:15.021 He was wearing a band -aid across his nose when he knocked me over. Uh -huh. 00:43:15.645 --> 00:43:17.272 All right, hold that, Lee. 00:43:18.065 --> 00:43:20.005 Well, so much for for the eyes. 00:43:22.385 --> 00:43:23.285 Go ahead. 00:43:38.905 --> 00:43:41.265 Señor Capitán. Yes, Miss Montalvo. 00:43:42.185 --> 00:43:47.273 Ay, ¿cómo se dice en inglés? A sus órdenes, señorita. Ah, qué bien. 00:43:47.393 --> 00:43:50.701 Ah, qué bien. En este bandido, la nariz es chata. 00:43:50.702 --> 00:43:53.545 Como aquella. Pero un poco más chata y más ancha. 00:43:54.345 --> 00:43:58.475 Like that, Captain, but more snub, wider. Try another one, Lee. 00:44:02.725 --> 00:44:06.465 Como aquella. Casi la misma. She says that's about it. 00:44:06.945 --> 00:44:09.135 Thank you very much, Miss Montalvo. 00:44:09.865 --> 00:44:10.765 Get Reeves. 00:44:12.095 --> 00:44:16.705 Now, any more comments? That's pretty close, all right. Pretty close. Perfect. 00:44:16.825 --> 00:44:21.268 All right. Now we'll start on the mouth and chin. The next series, Lee. 00:44:24.285 --> 00:44:26.600 I think his lower lip stuck out more. 00:44:26.825 --> 00:44:29.954 The mouth was thin and mean like it never laughed. 00:44:32.065 --> 00:44:32.965 Go ahead. 00:44:34.205 --> 00:44:36.583 Something like that. But thicker lips. 00:44:40.185 --> 00:44:44.825 There. That's it. That's him. All right. Now hold that right there, Lee. 00:44:46.505 --> 00:44:48.185 Oh, come in, Mr. Reeves. 00:44:49.925 --> 00:44:51.302 Good evening, Captain. 00:44:52.005 --> 00:44:54.133 Did you ever see that face before? 00:44:57.185 --> 00:44:58.105 Why, it's Roy. 00:44:59.330 --> 00:45:03.634 Except for the hair being a little lighter and the eyebrows heavier. 00:45:03.754 --> 00:45:04.654 It's Roy. 00:45:05.205 --> 00:45:08.285 You're sure? I'm positive. I'd know him anywhere. 00:45:10.717 --> 00:45:13.345 Lee, I want a retouched photograph. graph. 00:45:13.465 --> 00:45:17.407 Now lighten the hair and give more body to the eyebrows. Right. 00:45:17.785 --> 00:45:18.685 Lights. 00:45:20.515 --> 00:45:23.490 That's all. Thank you very much. You've been a great help. 00:45:23.610 --> 00:45:27.303 It's positively amazing how you found out what he looked like. 00:45:27.423 --> 00:45:30.325 Well, we're looking for an amazing criminal, Mrs. Johnson. 00:45:30.445 --> 00:45:33.185 Thank you and good night. Good night, Captain. 00:45:33.305 --> 00:45:36.045 And so the face of the unknown killer, built up 00:45:36.165 --> 00:45:39.798 from fragments of evidence was sent out all over the country. 00:45:39.918 --> 00:45:42.062 To chiefs of police, to to sheriffs, 00:45:42.182 --> 00:45:46.725 to county constables and county jailers, to the wardens of prisons, 00:45:48.345 --> 00:45:54.745 to all postmasters and postal inspectors, to the agents of the Treasury Department, 00:45:56.365 --> 00:45:57.445 to the FBI. 00:45:58.235 --> 00:46:01.753 They showed that picture to the inmates of jails and prisons, 00:46:01.873 --> 00:46:06.423 to men with a wide acquaintance among the cat burglars and the violence boys. 00:46:06.543 --> 00:46:09.616 Informers and con men and sharpshooters were quizzed. 00:46:09.736 --> 00:46:11.391 Those on the fringe of crime, 00:46:11.511 --> 00:46:14.525 and those deep in the rackets. Many wanted to help. 00:46:15.005 --> 00:46:19.485 Nobody could. No one in the underworld recognized that mysterious face. 00:46:19.905 --> 00:46:23.472 He was as unknown as if he had lived in the 16th century. 00:46:54.915 --> 00:46:56.915 (music playing) 00:47:57.665 --> 00:47:58.725 Reeves. 00:48:00.585 --> 00:48:01.645 Roy. 00:48:02.995 --> 00:48:04.559 Listen carefully, Reeves. 00:48:06.105 --> 00:48:07.865 Control yourself. 00:48:09.065 --> 00:48:11.130 I know you're alone in the house. 00:48:11.265 --> 00:48:12.767 Act like you're alone. 00:48:13.665 --> 00:48:17.357 Cops are watching every move you make. The police are here? 00:48:17.477 --> 00:48:21.105 They got you staked out like a muskrat hide, watching you around the clock. 00:48:21.225 --> 00:48:23.540 Here at your plant, tailing your car. 00:48:26.045 --> 00:48:27.171 Sit in that chair. 00:48:31.305 --> 00:48:33.120 Pick up three books. 00:48:38.065 --> 00:48:40.380 Don't look up and don't answer to me. 00:48:41.785 --> 00:48:42.685 All right. 00:48:44.605 --> 00:48:46.357 the right book. 00:48:51.785 --> 00:48:52.849 Pick one of them. 00:48:57.845 --> 00:48:58.745 Okay. 00:48:59.385 --> 00:49:03.077 Now, that's the book you want to read before you go to bed. 00:49:04.365 --> 00:49:06.493 Now, get up and turn off the lamp. 00:49:12.385 --> 00:49:13.285 Come here. 00:49:14.425 --> 00:49:15.325 Come here. 00:49:24.205 --> 00:49:25.105 Go in the den. 00:49:41.465 --> 00:49:46.365 I'll get away from him. 00:50:05.285 --> 00:50:07.225 What do the cops know about me? 00:50:08.805 --> 00:50:09.994 Not very much, Roy. 00:50:10.114 --> 00:50:13.205 No fingerprints. They haven't even got a picture of you. 00:50:13.325 --> 00:50:15.015 They're trying to make one. 00:50:19.685 --> 00:50:21.875 How much cash you got in the house? 00:50:23.085 --> 00:50:27.153 None. I never keep any cash in the house. It isn't good business. 00:50:27.273 --> 00:50:30.405 I suppose you think it was good business letting me walk into that shop. 00:50:30.525 --> 00:50:33.325 No, I know. Don't do anything you'll regret. Now, listen to me. 00:50:33.445 --> 00:50:35.405 It isn't too late. Give yourself up. 00:50:35.525 --> 00:50:38.591 Come to your senses before you kill someone else. 00:50:45.265 --> 00:50:47.205 What do you mean, someone else? 00:50:47.945 --> 00:50:53.014 What do you mean? Nothing. The two officers. They said one of them might die. 00:50:53.905 --> 00:50:55.595 He's still alive, isn't he? 00:50:58.085 --> 00:50:58.985 Reeves? 00:50:59.505 --> 00:51:02.258 I never thought you'd stooge for the police. 00:51:02.308 --> 00:51:07.185 You almost got me killed. Don't cry. You know the police are right outside. 00:51:07.305 --> 00:51:09.120 You'd never get away with it. 00:51:15.185 --> 00:51:16.085 That's right. 00:51:17.585 --> 00:51:19.149 Now you make sense of it. 00:51:23.325 --> 00:51:26.516 I know there's money here. Where is it? Don't worry. 00:51:27.085 --> 00:51:27.985 I'll get it. 00:51:48.105 --> 00:51:51.808 It's not enough. The stuff you've got in mind is worth thousands. 00:51:51.928 --> 00:51:52.828 I'll get more. 00:51:54.685 --> 00:51:56.166 Get it. Keep it handy. 00:51:56.286 --> 00:52:00.865 I'll be back next week and next month, but get it and have it ready. 00:52:01.045 --> 00:52:02.171 Just give me time. 00:52:13.605 --> 00:52:17.735 Look, I don't want policemen outside my house following me around. 00:52:18.005 --> 00:52:20.008 That's what made Roy suspicious. 00:52:20.385 --> 00:52:22.057 I'm leaving in the morning. 00:52:22.177 --> 00:52:24.965 I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, Paul. 00:52:25.085 --> 00:52:27.005 Unfortunately, you're our bait. 00:52:27.965 --> 00:52:30.325 I won't do it. I've done enough. 00:52:31.305 --> 00:52:34.622 Look, no one's done enough until we find this killer. 00:52:36.805 --> 00:52:40.810 I asked you to keep a sharp lookout on this house, Marty. I did. 00:52:40.930 --> 00:52:43.985 Two of the best undercover men of the department were assigned here. 00:52:44.105 --> 00:52:46.545 That didn't keep Martin from getting in. 00:52:46.665 --> 00:52:48.480 What's the matter? You tired? 00:52:58.145 --> 00:53:01.775 You got any idea how long you've been on this case, Marty? 00:53:01.985 --> 00:53:02.885 Months. 00:53:03.525 --> 00:53:07.029 Long enough to have come up with something by this time. 00:53:07.655 --> 00:53:11.908 You know any more about the Rawlins killer than you knew the first week? 00:53:12.028 --> 00:53:12.928 Yeah. 00:53:13.505 --> 00:53:16.696 He's about the toughest nut I've ever had to crack. 00:53:16.915 --> 00:53:19.745 That's what I told the chief when he called me in this afternoon 00:53:19.865 --> 00:53:23.056 and wanted to know why the case hadn't been broken. 00:53:23.805 --> 00:53:28.445 Look, Captain Rollins was a friend of mine So's Chuck 00:53:29.925 --> 00:53:33.179 I've got a bigger stake in this than the Chief knows. 00:53:33.705 --> 00:53:35.332 I'm doing everything I can. 00:53:37.505 --> 00:53:39.570 I'm afraid it's not enough, Marty 00:53:42.525 --> 00:53:47.225 Maybe you're too close to it to see it clearly Maybe it needs a fresh team, 00:53:47.405 --> 00:53:48.782 a new viewpoint point. 00:53:50.465 --> 00:53:53.782 I think you better take a couple of weeks off, Marty. 00:53:54.165 --> 00:53:55.291 Starting tomorrow. 00:53:57.925 --> 00:54:00.115 Anything anything you say, Captain. 00:54:16.105 --> 00:54:19.985 Hiya, Marty. Hiya, Chuck. Meet Miss Scanlon, my new bodyguard. 00:54:20.060 --> 00:54:21.733 He's the one I've been telling you about. 00:54:21.783 --> 00:54:25.185 Oh, you mean the one with the steel -trapped brain? How do you do? Hello. 00:54:25.305 --> 00:54:27.425 Has this guy been behaving? After a fashion. 00:54:27.545 --> 00:54:31.205 See, she takes me out in my go -kart, puts me to bed, wakes me up, dresses me. 00:54:31.325 --> 00:54:35.065 You're perfectly capable of dressing yourself now, Mr. Jones. 00:54:35.185 --> 00:54:37.062 I'll be back in a few minutes. 00:54:39.865 --> 00:54:41.993 Well, how's it been going, Junior? 00:54:42.725 --> 00:54:44.978 Oh, pretty good, Chuck, pretty good. 00:54:46.005 --> 00:54:48.008 Is that why you're off the case? 00:54:48.725 --> 00:54:52.229 How'd you know? Breen was in to see me this morning. Oh. 00:54:52.349 --> 00:54:57.425 I suppose he also told you they put a new team on the case. He told me everything. 00:54:57.545 --> 00:54:59.585 Yeah. Let's see what his new boys dig up. 00:54:59.705 --> 00:55:03.185 Well, maybe they'll examine the facts of the case a little more carefully. 00:55:03.305 --> 00:55:07.799 What facts? That a man's shop and he's intelligent and works alone? 00:55:07.849 --> 00:55:09.890 That he has no record, never leaves a fingerprint, 00:55:09.965 --> 00:55:11.149 and knows every move we make? 00:55:11.199 --> 00:55:14.325 Sure, plenty of facts, only they add up to nothing. Sure, forget it. 00:55:14.445 --> 00:55:18.225 You got yourself a ten -10-day vacation. Go on down to the beach, get a suntan. 00:55:18.345 --> 00:55:22.145 By the time you get back, the case will be broken. Isn't that what you want? 00:55:22.265 --> 00:55:24.605 You know better than that. All I know is what I hear. 00:55:24.725 --> 00:55:27.765 You sit there batting your gums about how the old man let you down. 00:55:27.885 --> 00:55:31.085 Maybe he's trying to wake you up. He's got a funny way of showing it. 00:55:31.205 --> 00:55:34.165 There you go, flying off the handle. Always taking things for granted. 00:55:34.285 --> 00:55:36.825 I wish I could get up and boot some sense into you. 00:55:36.945 --> 00:55:39.345 He knew what this case meant to me. He still does. 00:55:39.465 --> 00:55:43.845 That's why he's trying to get you mad enough to do something about it. 00:55:45.205 --> 00:55:49.085 You don't really figure that's his idea, do you? I know it is. 00:55:50.085 --> 00:55:53.902 Ah, it's a tough case, Chuck. Not an angle, nothing to go on. 00:55:54.022 --> 00:55:56.545 You'd know what I meant if you were out working with me. 00:55:56.665 --> 00:55:58.480 I have been working with you. 00:55:58.555 --> 00:55:59.902 That's all I've had to do lately, 00:55:59.952 --> 00:56:02.965 just sit around studying what little facts we have, trying to figure out 00:56:03.085 --> 00:56:04.086 who he might be. 00:56:04.206 --> 00:56:07.285 You know the kind of a guy we're up against, then. 00:56:07.405 --> 00:56:10.685 I tell you, Chuck, this guy's a genius, the way he operates. 00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:14.365 As if he were right there with us every time you go out after a lead. Oh, sure. 00:56:14.485 --> 00:56:18.965 Breen's been tipping him off just to make you look bad. Yeah, almost like that. 00:56:19.085 --> 00:56:22.645 Oh, he beats us to the punch every time. There's your angle. 00:56:22.765 --> 00:56:25.845 You just hit it on the head, but you don't see it. Look, start adding. 00:56:25.965 --> 00:56:30.596 One, he's unknown to the underworld. Two, he beats you to the punch, right? 00:56:30.716 --> 00:56:34.325 And three, it's almost as if he were with you. Isn't that what you said? 00:56:34.445 --> 00:56:34.850 Yes. 00:56:34.925 --> 00:56:37.047 Well, tie that up with a lot of other little things, 00:56:37.097 --> 00:56:41.225 like the fact that he uses a police gun and the accuracy of the shooting. 00:56:41.345 --> 00:56:42.665 Anybody could buy a police gun, 00:56:42.740 --> 00:56:44.658 or the Army could have taught him how to shoot. 00:56:44.708 --> 00:56:47.669 Yeah, but who taught him how the police operate? 00:56:49.385 --> 00:56:54.445 Oh, I know what you're driving at, Chuck. But a cop. Those things happen. 00:56:55.945 --> 00:56:58.205 Yeah Now, if I were still in the case 00:56:58.325 --> 00:57:00.705 I'd start with our own department first Then Santa Monica, 00:57:00.825 --> 00:57:04.392 Culver City, Burbank, Pasadena See you later, Junior Hey! 00:57:04.512 --> 00:57:05.825 Don't let him out of your sight, 00:57:05.945 --> 00:57:09.512 beautiful. It's the first time in years he's used his head. 00:57:12.375 --> 00:57:14.375 (music playing) 00:57:16.455 --> 00:57:19.885 But you get a print of every mug we take We always send L .A. 00:57:20.005 --> 00:57:24.198 A copy. Sergeant It's personnel photos I want. You mean of our boys? 00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:28.345 That's Roland's killer, isn't it? 00:57:28.465 --> 00:57:32.345 That's right. You've checked your own department? We did that first. 00:57:37.565 --> 00:57:41.985 And so the tedious quest went on. Sergeant Brennan wore out his shoes 00:57:42.105 --> 00:57:43.235 and his patience... 00:57:43.236 --> 00:57:46.922 Going from police station to police station... Checking photos 00:57:47.042 --> 00:57:50.908 until his eyes were blurry. For police work is not all glamour, 00:57:51.028 --> 00:57:54.720 and excitement and glory There are days and days of routine, 00:57:54.865 --> 00:57:58.225 of tedious probing, of tireless searching, 00:57:58.485 --> 00:58:01.765 fruitless days, days when nothing goes right, 00:58:01.885 --> 00:58:04.653 when it seems as if no one could ever think 00:58:04.773 --> 00:58:08.764 his way through the maze of baffling trails of criminal leads. 00:58:08.884 --> 00:58:12.103 But the answer to that is persistence... And the hope 00:58:12.223 --> 00:58:14.845 that sooner or later something will turn up, 00:58:14.965 --> 00:58:17.926 some tiny lead that can grow into a warm trail... 00:58:18.046 --> 00:58:20.448 And point to the cracking of a top case. 00:58:33.915 --> 00:58:37.245 Well, that does it, boys Can't say I'm sorry you didn't 00:58:37.365 --> 00:58:40.306 find him in here. I'd hate to think it was a cop. 00:58:41.125 --> 00:58:44.658 Doesn't seem to be anybody. Just a lot of pieces of a face 00:58:44.778 --> 00:58:48.124 that never existed Would you mind if I see that again? 00:58:48.985 --> 00:58:53.845 Sure, Raymond Put it on your dresser Wait a minute. He wasn't a cop. 00:58:53.965 --> 00:58:59.233 He was a radio technician right here in our dispatch office. What did you say? 00:58:59.353 --> 00:59:01.248 I'm saying he worked here in 42. 00:59:01.985 --> 00:59:04.693 Well, come on, give. I remember the kid well. 00:59:04.813 --> 00:59:08.544 Sort of strange. Never bothered with anyone in the department. 00:59:08.664 --> 00:59:09.927 Just kept to himself. 00:59:10.047 --> 00:59:11.852 He was in line for a promotion 00:59:11.972 --> 00:59:15.162 when he was drafted. Where was he living at the time? 00:59:15.565 --> 00:59:16.629 I don't remember. 00:59:18.005 --> 00:59:19.194 Try the dead files. 00:59:23.429 --> 00:59:26.245 I never asked for his job back after the war. 00:59:26.330 --> 00:59:27.350 I remember writing to him 00:59:27.425 --> 00:59:29.425 about it, though. He was an excellent worker. 00:59:29.545 --> 00:59:30.922 Oh, yeah, here we are. 00:59:31.465 --> 00:59:32.529 Yeah, this is it. 00:59:32.579 --> 00:59:34.725 Took a while before he answered, 00:59:34.845 --> 00:59:38.162 but like he says in the letter, he wasn't interested. 00:59:43.245 --> 00:59:44.145 Hmm? 00:59:46.125 --> 00:59:47.439 Postmarked Hollywood. 00:59:47.845 --> 00:59:51.537 No return address. What do you want us to do? All the work? 00:59:52.145 --> 00:59:56.338 Oh, thanks a lot, Freddy. You remember, he was a civilian employee. 01:00:06.765 --> 01:00:09.393 Well, how about it? Anybody recognize him? 01:00:10.025 --> 01:00:11.045 Not on my route. 01:00:12.545 --> 01:00:13.984 I never saw him before. 01:00:15.545 --> 01:00:17.422 Okay, fella, thanks very much. 01:00:21.725 --> 01:00:23.565 I thought for a minute... 01:00:25.365 --> 01:00:28.285 You know, he had that face. 01:00:29.165 --> 01:00:30.425 I wonder. Yeah? 01:00:31.055 --> 01:00:32.865 Well, this may not mean anything, 01:00:32.985 --> 01:00:34.845 but he looks like a guy that's on my route. 01:00:34.965 --> 01:00:37.965 He never gets any mail, but I see him around there all the time. 01:00:38.085 --> 01:00:42.085 He lives in one of the courts. Where? I'm not going to show you. 01:00:42.205 --> 01:00:43.394 It's not that easy. 01:00:44.235 --> 01:00:47.225 What time does your route take you past those courts? 01:00:47.345 --> 01:00:48.972 About nine o 'clock. Why? 01:00:50.165 --> 01:00:51.065 Just thinking. 01:01:05.025 --> 01:01:07.841 You got any chocolate milk? Sure have, buddy. 01:01:08.925 --> 01:01:10.745 Here you are. Thanks. 01:01:12.405 --> 01:01:13.406 Which apartment? 01:01:15.005 --> 01:01:16.069 Straight on back. 01:01:18.925 --> 01:01:20.051 Second to me yell. 01:01:21.585 --> 01:01:22.485 Number seven. 01:01:23.085 --> 01:01:23.985 Right. 01:01:24.805 --> 01:01:28.935 Had a warm today, huh? Oh, it's not too bad for this time of year. 01:01:33.745 --> 01:01:34.645 Good morning. 01:01:35.217 --> 01:01:39.192 Morning. You're new, you're out, aren't you? We had a substitute. 01:01:39.312 --> 01:01:43.654 What happened to the other fellow? Sick. Oh, what's the matter with him? 01:01:43.774 --> 01:01:44.674 I don't know. 01:01:44.904 --> 01:01:47.845 I catch everything. Hear about it on the radio, 01:01:47.965 --> 01:01:50.165 and next morning I got it. Too bad. 01:01:50.285 --> 01:01:54.465 You aren't very social. The regular fellow always stops and talks to you. 01:01:54.585 --> 01:01:56.605 Sorry, Lady, I'm a little late this morning. 01:01:56.725 --> 01:01:59.040 I was hoping maybe you could help me. 01:02:00.015 --> 01:02:03.880 There's something very funny going on in this court. Yeah? 01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:09.065 I was scared to go to the police. I thought maybe I might be poisoned. What? 01:02:09.405 --> 01:02:14.865 Yeah. By the manager. She's a witch. She's a what? A witch. 01:02:15.065 --> 01:02:16.785 She puts poison in my milk. 01:02:18.485 --> 01:02:19.645 Oh, I see. 01:02:21.835 --> 01:02:25.025 Look, switch the bottles when she isn't looking, see? 01:02:25.145 --> 01:02:27.773 Drink our milk, then you'll be safe, right? 01:02:59.325 --> 01:03:03.205 Oh, I had a little accident. I've got a mop. I'll clean it up. 01:03:04.625 --> 01:03:06.940 Leave it be. I'll clean it up myself. 01:03:08.265 --> 01:03:09.165 Okay, mister. 01:03:37.815 --> 01:03:42.845 The place is called Bellevue Court. I drew this to memory, but it's pretty close. 01:03:42.965 --> 01:03:45.593 That's where he's hiding out, right there. 01:03:45.713 --> 01:03:49.745 Are you sure he's our man, Martin? Captain, I couldn't go wrong on that face. 01:03:49.865 --> 01:03:56.465 He's our man. There are five cottages in this area... And two, the 6 01:03:59.725 --> 01:04:04.505 and 7, in the L at the end of the row our man lives in Number 7. 01:04:04.625 --> 01:04:07.125 Building department plan will show you the whole 01:04:07.245 --> 01:04:10.965 layout. It's bounded on three sides by Fuller, Santa Monica, 01:04:11.085 --> 01:04:17.165 and Poinsettia. Now the court is partly surrounded by a high wall. Breen, homicide 01:04:17.285 --> 01:04:23.185 good, you keep your eyes open till we get there. Morgan has just gone 01:04:23.305 --> 01:04:26.545 into his bungalow alone. Any questions? All 01:04:26.665 --> 01:04:29.818 right, you all have the instructions. Let's go. 01:05:14.105 --> 01:05:15.325 Uh, come with me. 01:05:17.545 --> 01:05:18.445 Come on, 01:05:31.325 --> 01:05:32.725 come on, come on. 01:05:34.685 --> 01:05:36.045 Come on, come on. 01:06:08.985 --> 01:06:10.111 We're out on time. 01:06:10.865 --> 01:06:15.809 Wait five minutes. Go around and block the side entrance. Keep your lights off. 01:10:07.505 --> 01:10:09.382 I want a radio car in a hurry. 01:10:10.455 --> 01:10:12.455 (music playing) 01:10:36.900 --> 01:10:41.305 All units, all units in the vicinity of Santa Monica and Fuller, 01:10:41.425 --> 01:10:44.385 the murder suspect in the Rawlinss' killing is at large. 01:11:15.075 --> 01:11:18.065 I want a map covering the storm drain system in this area. 01:11:18.185 --> 01:11:20.625 Get it and meet me at Venice and Garfield. 01:11:20.745 --> 01:11:23.625 Jones, Miller, you stay here in case he comes up for air. 01:11:23.745 --> 01:11:26.825 I want a man at every other drain entrance along this line. 01:11:26.945 --> 01:11:28.822 He's got to come up somewhere. 01:11:29.025 --> 01:11:30.965 Come on, Marty. You're driving. 01:11:55.145 --> 01:11:58.712 Keep this drain covered. It's liable to pop out anywhere. 01:12:20.795 --> 01:12:24.189 Why Venison Garfield, Captain? It's the main intersection of the system. 01:12:24.309 --> 01:12:28.725 We can head him off that way. 80K to Control One. Clear Frequency Seven. 01:12:28.845 --> 01:12:33.145 This is an emergency. Control One to all cars on Frequency Seven. Stand by. 01:12:33.265 --> 01:12:36.146 Control One to 80K. Go ahead. Notify Homicide. 01:12:36.266 --> 01:12:41.705 Send the following to Venison Garfield. Four squads. Battle lanterns. Gas mask. 01:12:41.945 --> 01:12:46.645 Tear gas. Urgent. This is a code three. Control one to 80K. Roger. 01:13:08.495 --> 01:13:10.820 And he'll probably head down this main drain 01:13:10.870 --> 01:13:12.461 to where it comes out of the Rio Hondo. 01:13:12.511 --> 01:13:14.685 Now, you take your squad and cover that exit. Right. 01:13:14.805 --> 01:13:17.825 Keep all spare radio cars cruising back and forth along this main street. 01:13:17.945 --> 01:13:20.386 Watch the curb inlet. We'll go in here. 01:13:33.205 --> 01:13:34.805 Any sign of him? No. 01:13:34.925 --> 01:13:37.945 We've searched every foot between here and the Rio Hondo outlet. 01:13:38.065 --> 01:13:39.629 Then he must be up ahead. 01:13:40.145 --> 01:13:41.045 Let's go. 01:17:38.345 --> 01:17:39.245 Gas gun.