The Man Who Wouldn't Die Page #2

Synopsis: In the shadows of the night Dudley Wolff (Paul Harvey), his secretary Alfred Dunning (Robert Emmett Keane), and his doctor, Haggard (Henry Wilcoxon), bury a body in the estate cemetery. At the house, Wolff's daughter Catherine (Marjorie Weaver) arrives unexpectedly and tells her step-mother Anne Wolff (Helene Reynolds that she has just been married to Roger Blake (Richard Derr) who will be along in a few days. Cathy retires and is awakened by a mysterious assailant who fires a shot at her, but her parents tell her she was just dreaming. Wolff goes to the cemetery and finds the body missing. The scared Cathy calls in fast-talking private detective Mike Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) and, since her father doesn't like detectives, she introduces him as her husband. That evening Shayne hears a shot and finds that Haggard has been killed. While the police are questioning the family, the lights go out and a shot is fired from outside.
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Director(s): Herbert I. Leeds
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
 
IMDB:
6.7
PASSED
Year:
1942
65 min
38 Views


Yet.

Now do you believe in ghosts,

Mr. Shayne?

For $200,

I would believe in anything.

Thank you.

You were saying, Miss Wolff?

I wanted to call the police,

but Dad wouldn't let me.

In fact, when I suggested it,

Dad almost had a fit.

- How come?

- Well, ever since the Senate's been investigating him...

he hates policemen and reporters.

What about private investigators?

That was one of the things

I wanted to tell you.

- Mike, you can be my husband.

- Okay, but that'll cost you an extra hundred-

Your husband?

Isn't this kinda sudden?

Well, you don't understand.

I'm already married.

I was married yesterday,

but Daddy hasn't met my husband yet.

- Oh, and you want me to take the poor guy's place.

- Mm-hmm.

That'll still cost you

an extra hundred, and that's wholesale.

$300? That's my entire allowance.

Oh, you poor kiddie.

What, for a month?

Or does it have to last you

a whole week?

All right. You win.

Now, you'll have to get some clothes

and a toothbrush-

No, no.

Not Michael Shayne and Company.

His office is in his hat. His home is in his car.

Take a look in the backseat.

Oh, Mike.

You think of everything.

Well, that's why you pay me

the extra hundred.

- Oh, wait a second.

- Hey, what's the idea?

This is the old custom of carrying the bride

across the threshold.

This service, I throw in free.

- Oh, now! Stop! Please! Hold me!

- Let go of my head!

Ohl

Lfr-Ifr you'll just trust me...

- it'll be all- all right!

- Wait! Wait, wait! Oh!

You know,

you almost dropped me.

- Oh, well, it was a silly custom anyway.

- Oh, hello, Phillips.

- Uh, this is my husband, Mr. Blake.

- How do you do, sir?

- Roger, Phillips.

- Hello, Phillips. Here, let me help you.

You know, that's

an extraordinary name for a butler.

It's usuallyJeeves or Hawkins.

Permit me to offer

my congratulations, sir.

- Oh, thanks, Jeeves- Uh, Phillips.

- Where's Dad?

- In his den, Miss Kay.

- Good.

That's the best place to beard a lion.

- Maybe I need a whip and a chair.

- Oh, Phillips.

- Yes, miss?

- Mr. Blake's things are in his car.

- Will you take them up to my room?

- Very good, Miss Kay.

Mmm. Very, very good.

Park that gleam in your eye,

Mr. Roger Blake.

Now don't let Dad throw you.

His roar is much worse than his bite.

Oh, I see. Beneath all those millions

beats a heart of ice, huh?

Dry ice.

Well, here we are. You know,

Roger's always very neat.

Uh-huh. Oh, say,

does your dad like stories?

- I got a couple of pips-

- No stories.

- No stories. Okay.

- This investigation...

which is simply one more attempt on the part

of the present administration to-

- Well, what is it?

- Uh, uh, Dad, this is my-

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Arnaud d'Usseau

Arnaud d'Usseau (April 18, 1916 – January 29, 1990) was a playwright and B-movie screenwriter who is perhaps best remembered today for his collaboration with Dorothy Parker on the play The Ladies of the Corridor. more…

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