: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."
:20:00
You're right. It's an oldie. A very old oldie.
:20:03
It's a lie and he knows it.
:20:04
But he's the great Nick Charles,
The Mastermind.
:20:07
We came over here asking your help...
:20:09
and you've helped Phil
right into the electric chair.
:20:11
Save it for your lawyer, lady.
:20:13
Thank you, Mr. Charles. Thanks a lot.
Come on.
:20:23
I could've sworn
that shot was on the level.
:20:25
It was on the level.
:20:27
- What? Then why did you...
- Darling.
:20:29
With Brant loose, there'd be other shots.
One of them might hit the mark.
:20:33
He'll be safer in jail.
:20:35
- Then you don't think he killed Drake.
- Oh, that I don't know.
:20:39
I suppose
jail is the best place temporarily.
:20:42
But suppose he's innocent
and can't prove it?
:20:44
Then it wouldn't be so temporary.
:20:47
- The police do make mistakes.
- Yes, that is a cheerful thought.
:20:50
Just what I've been thinking.
:20:52
Of course, if you were on the case...
:20:54
there would be no mistake.
:20:57
It's positively sadistic
the way you drive me to work.