- Title: F-8237
- Summary: SO YOU WANT TO BE A DETECTIVE: JOE MCDOAKES. PRIVATE EYE DOOR. HAND TURNS DOORKNOB. AT DESK. SMOKING CIGARETTE. TRIPS OVER BOX OF BOTTLES. WOMAN LYING IN FILING CABINET DOOR. ON PHONE. SMOKE COMES OUT OF PHONE. GRABS HAT & COAT. RINGS DOORBELL. BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR. ANGRY MAN PUNCHES CAMERA. POV WEARING DISGUISE. GLASSES & MUSTACHE. BANGS ON DOOR. SMACKS BUTLER. BLONDE WOMAN. SULTRY. MAN WITH KNIFE IN HIM LYING DEAD ON THE FLOOR. MEN FALL OUT OF CABINET. SECRET PASSAGE. GUN POWDER. CASINO. GAMBLING. WOMAN SELLING CIGARETTES. PUSHES DOOR OPEN. MAN IN STUDY AT DESK A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS PUSH THEIR WAY IN AND THREATEN MAN. MAN ON KNEES PRAYING. TUNING FORK. SINGING . PULLS MAN UP. WIDE-EYED. WRIST RADIO WATCH. TALKS TO WATCH AT BAR. MAN ON STILTS. TALL MAN. POINTS GUN. SHOOTS EVERYBODY. GRABS JOE. BEATING HIM UP. PILE OF MEN ON FLOOR. SCIENCE LAB. ADDING MACHINE. NARRATOR POINTS GUN. SHOOTS JOE. ON PHONE. DIES. WINDOW. SLEEPING ON DESK AS JANITOR. GEORGE O'HANLON
- Description:01:34:40 - CU DOOR "PHILLIP SNARLOWE PRIVATE EYE" "ALSO EAR, NOSE & THROAT" 01:34:48 - POV HAND OPENS DOOR 01:34:54 - JOE TALKS TO THE CAMERA. FLIPS CIGARETTE AWAY 01:35:25 - CU FEET TRIP OVER A BOTTLE OVER A CASE OF BOOZE 01:35:28 - JOE OPENS FILE CABINET & TAKES OUT FILE. WOMAN'S BODY LIES IN CABINET 01:35:41 - JOE TALKS TO CAMERA, TAKES OUT GUN, ANSWERS PHONE USING A HANDKERCHIEF 01:35:49 - JOE SPEAKS IN FUNNY ACCENT ON THE TELEPHONE, GUN SHOT IS HEARD ON PHONE, SMOKE WAFTS FROM RECEIVER 01:36:06 - JOE PUTS ON COAT & HAT, TALKS TO CAMERA 01:36:16 - JOE TALKS TO CAMERA. CAMERA MAN PUTS HAT OVER CAMERA 01:36:31 - BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR 01:36:46 - BUTLER PUNCHES CAMERA 01:36:51 - CU JOE COMES INTO FOCUS, SAYING "SPEAK TO ME" 01:37:00 - JOE WEARS DISGUISE. GLASSES & FAKE MUSTACHE, BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR WEARING SAME DISGUISE 01:37:30 - JOE SMACKS BUTLER OVER & OVER 01:37:46 - BLONDE BOMBSHELL WALKS DRAMATICALLY. LILA LEEDS, INFAMOUS B-MOVIE ACTRESS ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA in 1948 ALONG WITH ROBERT MITCHUM. 01:37:49 - MAN MEETS WOMAN, CAMERA PANS DOWN WOMAN'S BODY. HUBBA HUBBA? 01:38:14 - MAN EXAMINES BODY. MAN PULLS WOMAN CLOSE TO HIM 01:38:32 - WOMAN PLEADS WITH DETECTIVE 01:38:41 - MAN TALKS TO CAMERA LIKE HE HAS AN IDEA 01:38:49 - DETECTIVE LISTENS TO DOOR, OPENS IT, 7 BODIES FALL OUT 01:39:05 - DETECTIVE TELLS VIEWERS "SHHH, BE QUIET." SNEAKS BY CANS THAT READ "GUN POWDER." DETECTIVE TRIPS & KNOCKS OVER CANS ON STORE STAIRWAY 01:39:17 - CU DOOR SAYS "POWDER ROOM," DETECTIVE PEEKS OUT SNEAKILY 01:39:24 - DETECTIVE ENTERS CASINO ROOM. DETECTIVE SPEAKS TO CIGARETTE GIRL 01:40:11 - DETECTIVE TELLS CAMERA TO "SHHH" AGAIN AND OPENS DOOR. DETECTIVE HOLDS FINGER IN JACKET. PRETENDS IT'S A GUN 01:40:28 - MAN RUSHES INTO ROOM TELLS MAN TO "BEAT IT." 01:40:35 - KIDS RUN INTO ROOM, ACT TOUGH 01:40:44 - MAN, NERVOUS, KISSES UP; MAN GETS ON KNEES AND BEGS FOR MONEY 01:41:07 - DETECTIVE GRABS GUY'S LAPELS TELLS HIM HE'S GOT TO "SING." DETECTIVE BLOWS PITCHPIPE, CONDUCTS THE MAN WHO SINGS. DETECTIVE GRABS MAN BY LAPELS. MAN NODS HEAD 01:41:42 - DETECTIVE SPEAKS ON TWO WAY WRIST RADIO WATCH 01:41:57 - DETECTIVE WONDERS UP TO THE BAR. CIGARETTE GIRL IN FOREGROUND. DRINK SERVED. REALL TALL GIANT COMES UP BEHIND DETECTIVE. TALL MAN PULLS GUN, DETECTIVE PULLS GUN. DETECTIVE BOOTS REALLY TALL MAN IN THE CROTCH. TALL MAN FALLS 01:42:34 - MAN STORE DETECTIVE WITH GUN BUTTS 01:42:42 - BALD MAN DRINKS WHISKEY DESPERATELY. FIGHTING CONTINUES 01:42:55 - DETECTIVE GIVES UP. MEN LAY ALL AROUND HIM. DETECTIVE DUSTS HIMSELF OFF 01:43:09 - MAN IN SUIT WORKS IN LAB WITH BEAKER AND BUNSEN BURNER 01:43:37 - POV KILLER HOLDS GUN ON MAN IN SUIT. MAN GOES FOR PHONE. KILLER SHOOTS HIM 01:44:15 - PAN FROM WINDOW TO MAN SLEEPING AT DESK 01:44:20 - DETECTIVE WAKES UP JANITOR WHO STOPS AT DESK. JANITOR JUMPS UP AND LEAVES OFFICE BRINGING BUCKET & MOP WITH HIM 01:44:24 - REALLY TALL MAN BENDS OVER TO ENTER DOORWAY. JANITOR HITS, SLAPS HIMSELF TO WAKE HIM FROM HIS "DREAM?" THE END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-8237