 Sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be marred. Good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be marred. Good night. What are these racket about? Hey, Ayat, you have been dreaming. Oh, no! What's that? You're hysterical. You're imagining things just to go back to bed. That's what I said, sir. Only that is this. Are the police, sir? Yes, yes. Call them right away. Handle this my own way. Yes, sir, only what? I was thinking of the time, sir. Time? According to the newspapers, the gorilla gets his victim only 24 hours notice. Now, you go back to bed and don't worry about this. Back to bed? Who, me? Oh, don't go back to bed. I'm not particularly interested in where you go. Oh, well, Mr. Steenins. Yes. Yes, sir. Yeah, but... I wouldn't be frightened like that if I were you. Look, you'll be frightened any way you want. This is my way. Telephone me here. Yes, I know I promised, but you gave me until Monday. Saturday? Tomorrow? I can't possibly raise an amount of money. Yes, I know I owe it to you, but a quarter of a million dollars. Please, no. Please be patient. I have a plan, but it's only just started. Give me time to work it out, and I'll repay you dollar for dollar. Hello. What is on the radio, Graham, please? Ms. Norma Denby. Diaz in Denver. Abort SS Paris. Regret unable to meet you at boat. Lightly important that I see you at my home tomorrow evening without fail. Sign it fondly, Uncle Walker. Read that back, please. I'll norma Denby. Mr. Steenins is expecting you, Ms. Denby. May I take your coat? No, thank you. I'll keep it on. Nice cozy little place your uncle has here. He likes it. Yeah, to the Lebanon. This way, please. Well, if it isn't the prodigal niece. Oh, it's swell. See you again, darling. Good to see you again, too, dear. I took the liberty of bringing along my conquest. Good. I'm glad you did. This is Jack, Uncle Walter. This niece of mine isn't much of a correspondent. Well, a few letters she did write though were full of you. Congratulations, young man. Thank you, and I hope you'll excuse me for barging in like this. No, I'm since I'm delighted. I was more than personally surprised to hear that you set your marriage for June. You realize it's only a month away? Well, we decided we didn't want to rush things too much, so... So, oh, we put it off until... The day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow? Does that startle you? I... I know, no, that's fine. That's one of the things I wanted to talk to you about. But I'm forgetting my role as host. Sit down, my dear, sit down. We may as well come to the point. Perhaps you'd rather talk to Norma alone, Mr. Sears. No, no, no, not at all. As Norma's future husband, when I have to say concerns, you too. Now, as Norma knows, she and I were named joint heirs under the terms of her father's will. And, uh, until she marries, I'm the executive of her estate. But should anything happen to either of us by then, uh, the survivor, and had its entire estate? And I think that you, Norma, and you, Jack, as her future husband, should know of what that estate consists. To that end, I prepare a record of the estate's holdings. And I want to talk it over with you both after dinner. But your radiogram said there was something urgent. Well, uh, it hadn't been urgent. I... I wouldn't have sent it. Well, something's worrying you. What is it, Uncle Walter? Well, perhaps I'm unduly alarmed, but last night I received this note of warning from the gorilla. The gorilla? You mean that murderer, the one the papers have been so full of? I do. But isn't it possible that this is all just a joke that someone's playing a prank on you? I wish I could think so. But, Uncle Walter, why should he or anyone want to kill you? I don't know. Oh, it's possible it's some old enemy of mine. I admit I've made enemies in my day. It's possible that one of them, in the spirit of revenge, has hired this maniac, this professional killer, or whatever the gorilla is. But this note is exactly like the one that was in the newspapers after he murdered that widow. Still, I can't bring myself to believe it. Of course, you've notified the police. No, I haven't. But surely, if there was anything in all this... Now, take my precautions. Peter's and I are armed, and in addition, I've engaged the services of a private detective agency. The operative should be here any moment now. Well, obviously, this gorilla is no ordinary murderer at all. Judged by his past, shall we say, successes, it is apparent that the workings of the police were an open book to him. Of course, it's a slim chance that by not notifying the police, we might upset his plans. Ordinarily, I'm not easily frightened, but I must admit this whole affair is giving me the creeps. Well, it's nearly nine o'clock. Now, suppose you freshen up a bit, we talk it over after dinner. Oh, Kitty, show Miss Deming to the green room Mr. Marsden to my room. Yes, sir. Don't worry, old gold. Oh, excuse me, Mr. Stevens. Yes, Kitty? Oh, I know it's customary to give notice. Why, Kitty, you're not trying to tell me you're going to leave me. Oh, no, sir. I'm trying to tell you I have left you. But, Kitty, you're perfectly safe here. Besides, we have guests. You haven't the heart to leave me now. Well, my heart is willing, but I'm going to have an awful time trying to convince the rest of my body. I'll bet there's a dead body in every room. That body won't hurt you. Can't do you any good. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go. We'll get it. You, get her up at tonight, Chief. Make it all of that. Now, keep doing that once in a while. It keeps me on edge and thinking. Right. Now, what are you supposed to want to take this for? I've got an idea. Let's go in and find out. You're terrific. Good choice. Just speak easy, sir. I'm Peter, sir. Never mind that. Never mind that. What's your name? Peter, sir. Just a minute. Just a minute. Where were you last night? I beg your pardon? Oh, sir, you did do something. I don't like your looks. What's that got to do with it? This is no beauty contestant. Oh, Stevens. Hiya. I'm Harrigan. I'm Mulligan. I'm Garrity. Hannigan. Mulligan. Garrity. I'll send for you because I need protection. My life's been threatened. Now, tell me, any clues? One very vital one. This warning from the guerrilla. That's well. You've got nothing to worry about. Mark that down, Garrity. Right. How do you spell guerrilla? Two R's or two L's? Guerrilla. Guerrilla. G-O-R-G-G-O! G-O! Guerrilla! Guerrilla! Guerrilla! Guerrilla! Guerrilla! Did you? Did you? Woo-woo-woo-woo! Did you say guerrilla? My gentlemen, you're not afraid. The whole world we're not afraid of. Not your support, maybe. Thank you very much. The guerrilla coming here. It was nice to have met you, Mr. Stevens. Quiet! Quiet! I've already taken the precaution of arming myself to myself. And I think you'll find that every door on the window is securely bolted. I couldn't have done better myself. Well, that's not a job, Mr. Stevens. You've got nothing to worry about. What's your plan, Mr. Harrigan? Well, first we'll take a look around the house. Come on, then. Now, you just sit tight, Mr. Stevens. The guerrilla will get you over our dead bodies. Dead bodies. Yes, darling? Who are those men? Probably the detectives. Your uncle hired. Jack, I'm terribly worried. What are we going to do? Well, it seems there isn't anything we can do yet. Listen, darling, it isn't that I'm trying to appear skeptical. It's just that, well, somehow I can't make myself believe all this. But that note. You saw the note. Of course I did. But still, I... Look, darling, we'll wait. We'll wait and see if something really does happen. But what if it does? I just don't believe it will. Jack. Excuse me, sir. I tried to put your car away, but unfortunately, there's something wrong with it. What do you mean? It won't start. Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, the creeps. He doesn't exactly give me an appetite, either. I wouldn't let him worry me if I were you. Honestly, darling, don't you think there's any cause for alarm? I'm afraid I don't. Shall we share the food? Thank you, now. How long have you had that butler? Not pretty long. Why? Well, are you sure he's all right? I found him so. Why? Well, because I... Dinner is served, sir. Shall we go in? You'd better drink a little of that, kitty. It equates your nerves. Why, can you hear them? Oh, here, take it. What my nerves really need is a good, long trip. Who were you last night? Me? Why, I... Answer yes or no. I was on a... What were you doing there? Doing where? Well, how do we know? Besides, I don't like your looks. Did you ever take a good look at your son? Yeah, did you ever take a look? Now, wait a minute, Joe. Where were you last night? I spent the night with Shakespeare. Yeah? Where is he? He's dead. Dead? A murder mystery. Have you any idea who did it? Look, Shakespeare's been dead hundreds of years. Hundreds? This is a fine time to call us in on the case. Say, but she couldn't have done it. How do you know? She can't be hundreds of years old. That's right. Mark that down, Gary. Yeah, what do we do now, chief? Well, you two have a look out there. I'll look here. Yeah. Yeah. What's this? That's a door. At least at the back stairs. Back stairs? Well, remind me to have a look up there sometime. That's a nine of more. Look, do you want this thing? Certainly we want it. We're going to be wanted. What do you think we are going on? Yeah, of course. The mystery. Well, that's hash. Ain't that a mystery? It's a pretty good tidy, chief. I'll be the judge of that. I'm afraid, gentlemen, you won't find the gorilla in there. Why will we not find the gorilla in there? Now listen, you. I'd be a lesson to you. Perhaps you gentlemen had better look outside for clues. Maybe he killed Shakespeare. Mark that down, Gary. Yeah. How do you get out of here? That's what I'd like to know. And where's the back door? In back of you. In back of me. We call that the paper said the gorilla always sends a warning to as many as half a dozen people at the same time. So we throw the police off. Maybe that's what he's doing now. Perhaps it's just a ruse. Well, let's hope so. You know, it's wonderful how much more optimistic a good dinner can make one feel. Shall we have any cares in the study? I don't know what happened. Look here. It seems to have been thrown in through that window. What are we going to do? The first thing we're going to do, or rather Jack is going to do, is to take you away from here. We're not coming with us. It's all right. He's one of those detectives. Look, he did give me a turn. Do you see that face? Oh, that one, he gets drunk. Snake, see him. What's the matter with you getting us off to death? I'm just trying to let you know I'm not the gorilla. This is my niece, Miss Timby, of her fiance, Mr. Martin. Hagen, Mulligan, and Garrett. Thank you. This battle seems to be much more serious than I thought. I've just received this from the gorilla. I know it. Who brought it? No one brought it. He threw me through that window. Through that window? Ha-ha. Through that window. He's right. Wait a minute. This is my good ear. Oh, say that's right. You can't kid us. We're outside patrolling the grounds. What do you mean? I don't know it couldn't have come through that window. But why not? Well, I'll just show you. Stand back, ma'am. That's why. But it was wrapped around a stone. A stone? A stone? Well, why didn't you say so? Anyway, what do you know about the stain? Well, I don't know anything about it. We were preparing to leave the room, and suddenly the lights went out, and then there was a crash. Oh, so the lights went out. Ha-ha. Make a note of that, Garrett. Right. You were outside a few minutes ago. Didn't you see anybody? Nobody but us. See, this note says at midnight. At midnight? Yeah. What time is it now? I got 11.10. I got 11.30. Is he exactly 11.45? Remind me to put some hands on this watch. Yes. Well, make a note of that, Garrett. Right. Now, look. The grill is half the Stevens. We'll have to keep an eye on him. Everybody under the study. Come on, let's go. Uh, who said that if you give a criminal enough rope, he'll hang himself? You, chief. Oh, that's where I heard it before. Well, come on. Come on. No. Move. Anybody to move? Understand? Is it all right if I breathe? Yes, but come right back. Quiet. Personally, I don't believe the grill is coming here. Neither do I. Why not? I'll give you three good reasons, pal. Aragon, Mulligan, and Garrity. It ain't enough. Now, look here. I don't want to have your looks. Now, wait a minute. I'll handle this. Yeah, but you don't listen to me. I don't listen to you. You have received the gorilla's warning, Walter Stevens. You've just five minutes to live. Oh, Uncle Walter. Jack, excuse me. Now, where are you going? I'm getting out of here. There's no door there. No, that's all right. I'll make one. Goodbye. Get out of here. Quiet! Quiet, everybody! I didn't. He's up there, man! I said he's up there. That's what I thought you said. Oh, quiet. Nothing, nothing at all. Did you just pass here? Yes. Yes, of course. I brought a trunk down from the attic. A trunk? Yes. Were we here? I couldn't say. Well, maybe we're not here now. Maybe. Maybe. It's two minutes at 12. What about Uncle Walter? Uncle Walter, yes. Uncle Walter, we're just going in. Stay just where you are. Well, again, you want those doors. Gary, you want that one. Mr. Stevens, you've got nothing to worry about. I wish I thought so. Me, too. You have one more minute, Walter Stevens. Then any longer, I can't. You've got to call the police. You've got to. Mr. Stevens, I'm sorry, but Norm is right. I don't know what this is all about, but certainly, if there's something to it, the police ought to know about it. I no longer know what to think. Perhaps you'd better. Hello? Hello? Follow me to something wrong. What do you want in this room? It's been locked! Why don't you check those windows? Gary, check the door. How did you get in here? Why? Through this door, sir. How can you when the doors are locked? I beg your pardon. It was not locked. I locked it myself. It is locked. That means it's dead locked. It would be impossible for me to walk through the woodwork. Why? Termites do. Oh, this isn't getting us anywhere. Now leave everything to me! If you really ain't going to make a monkey out of me... Yeah, shit! Now you... Austin, you come with me and we'll have a look around the house. You two look in the servants' wing. We can't leave Ms. Denby here alone. You're waiting for her. I don't know, but I wish I could think of something. Me too. I'll go on. Austin, come with me. You first, sir. Thank you very much. Difference with that, Lake? Tomorrow's my day. Poor Uncle Walter. Right from under our very eyes. I don't understand how he got out of here. All that's worrying me is how I'm going to get out of here. Get him, Mulligan. You heard him, Garrity. What did he say? Are you sure it wasn't an hallucination? Not unless an hallucination has hair on it. Yeah, sir. Who is he? I've never seen him before. Do you know him? No, sir, and this is no time for no introductions. He's not dead. Hey, I want that down, too. Right. Come on, darling. We're getting out of here. I'm afraid now, too, for you. I'm afraid now, too, for me. Well, Jack, it's horrible. I don't know what to make of it. Now all I can say is that Garrity is around here somewhere. And I know Mrs. Stevens is around here somewhere. And if you all look, we'll find him somewhere. Where are you going? Somewhere. All right, man. Take him upstairs. Come on, Garrity. You, lead the way. I'll take care of him. Kitty, get a basin of hot water. Do you mind if I go out of town to get it? You and I have a look around the house. Wait a minute. There's something funny about this. Kitty said she saw the gorilla's arm. We opened the closet and find the sailor's body. Now, how did the body get in there? And how did the gorilla get out without her seeing him? That's just what I was about to ask you. Stevens was sitting right here in this chair until the lights went out. Nothing. I think I'll have a look around this house. Have a look around the house? Yes, you have. Have a look around the house. Yes. I'll go, too. I won't talk. Why not? He's still unconscious. You're unconscious and you talk. That's great, gee. Mark that down, Garrity. Right. What do we do now? Well, first, we'll have to re-enact the crime. Well, how do we do that? Now, let's see. When the lights went out, Stevens was sitting in that chair. You're Stevens. Sit down. I'm Stevens. Mulligan, close the doors. I'm Garrity. You're Stevens. Now, sit down. I'll wait for lights. One, two, three. Ah, it's no use. I don't know what's for Sherlock Holmes. I don't know why it would not wait for me. That's what I'm trying to tell you. He's gone. He's gone? Garrity! Garrity! Now we have two mysteries to solve. Look, I've got an idea. What is it? If we can find out how Garrity disappeared, we'll find out what happened to Stevens. It's a very good idea. Should have thought of that myself. All right, we'll re-enact the crime. Sit down. But I'm not tired. You have to be tired to sit down? I do. You make me tired. Well, and why don't you sit down? If I sit down, who's going to wait for lights? I never thought of that. Yeah, well, sit down. Yes, sit down. Sit down. One, two, three. You don't have to want to. You'll sit down and like it. That's just what I want to find out. Somebody scream. Well, if you didn't, you ought to have your ears cleaned out. You're safe with me. Safe with you and my eye. Hey, what's the matter? What's happened? Oh, look, I'm standing here. And all of a sudden, everything goes black. Next thing I know, I'm here. I'm sorry. Hello. Hello, I'm sorry I kept you waiting. No, no, you turn on Willow Drive. Off Highway 22 and hurry, will you? Thank you. Look, it ain't human, I'll tell you. It ain't human. What isn't human? We've got to be standing here one minute. And the next minute, he's gone. Who's gone? I'm gone. They're gone. Everybody's gone. It don't make sense. Certainly doesn't. Will you have a cigarette? I don't mind if I do. That kidnaps me right from under his very eyes. Who does? The gorilla. What are you doing here? Listen, old man, you got me all wrong. I just came in to use the telephone. You see, my car broke down. That phone? Look, that phone is out of order. Is it? Yes. Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way. Now, wait a minute, you. You're the guy we're looking for. You're the gorilla. Surely you don't think I'm the gorilla. I stopped thinking two hours ago. But you don't understand. I don't have to understand. Shall I try it? Oh, you've tried enough. Now get him up. Listen, you're making a big mistake. No, well, it won't be the first time. Out your clunk. Help! OK, shake him up. Shake him up. Got him where? Yes. Well, I did have him. Here, get me out of these. Two's are in my pocket. Get it right there. Oh, it's terrible. The gorilla. The gorilla. You get all tied up like this. The gorilla, I tell you, wasn't my fault. He came in and hit me. It was. Did I leave him in there? Hi, Stevens. Yeah, yeah, wait a minute. Why don't you fellas get in there? You tell me. What are you doing with those things, huh? Oh, look, fellow walks right in. It was the gorilla, I tell you. Yeah? He stopped to use that phone. But he didn't get very far, not with me on the job. Lucky thing for him, you had your handcuffs with you. Where is he? Where'd he go? Where is he? I'm the victim. How should I know? Look, boys, I'm telling you, he walked in. Six of them, six big gorillas. They attacked me, hit me right on my crawl. Go look at that lump. Yeah, look at this lump. Look, right there. These windows are locked from the inside. You're not kidding. Kidding? With the gorilla right under my nose and a $10,000 reward, he says, I'm kidding. Well, are you? Who belongs to this? What is it? A coat. Well, gorillas don't wear coats. Sure they do, fur coats. Something screwy about all this. Look, if there's anything screwy about this, it's me. It's me. But I'll soon find out. Each of you grab a wall. What do we do with it? Mulligan, you take that one. I'll take that one. I'll set this one out. I think you'll set nothing out. Grab a wall. I'll take it easy. All right, now tap each one of you. See if you can find some trapped doors. Must be out there. Come on, man. Right out here. I've been pounding on that door for the last time Walter Stevens is. Oh, you want to know where Mr. Stevens is? He wants to know where Walter Stevens is. I didn't come here to play games. I want to see Walter Stevens, and I want to see him right now. You don't understand. These gentlemen are detectives. Detectives. Bah! What are you trying to pull on me? I talked to Stevens on the telephone last night. He told me he had a plan to pay his debt. Plan? Yeah, he said he'd only just started working on it. But did he tell you what this plan is? I wasn't interested. He was to square up with me here tonight. When I talked to him, he wanted a couple of days more. Raise the money. He owes me. Now where is he? Mr. Stevens has been kidnapped by the guerrilla. Kidnapped by Poppycock. Now look here. I don't know who any of you are, but I do know this. Walter Stevens owes me $250,000, and I'm going to collect it tonight or else. No, no, you don't, buddy. How do we know you're... say who are you anyway? I'm one of Stevens' clients. I have proof that Stevens has been stealing from his clients' accounts for over a year. I gave him until tonight to return my money, and I'm not going to leave this house until I get it. Yeah, but wait a minute. I think he's mad. Jack, if what that man says is true, I don't believe Uncle Walter could... It's almost impossible to know what to believe, Donning, yet things are adding up. If your uncle did have a plan, if this business of sending for you was part of the plan, I'd... Take her upstairs and keep an eye on her. This has gone far enough. It's gone too far. It's even gone further than that. I'll be all right. Just too much excitement for one night. Get your hat and coat, Donning. I'm going to see that you get to town if I have to push the car all the way myself. I can't go to be fine, Uncle Walter. We'll take care of that. We'll break this case, won't we, boys? Well, won't we? Oh, sure we will, sure. Like it was walnuts. You know, I feel sorry for that poor girl. Yeah? What about poor us? Strange men zooming in and out, animals running around like this was a zoo. Crazy gongs on. I want to go home. I'll say you want to go home. I'm ashamed of you. I'm ashamed of you! Do you want to take a run-out part or leave that girl here to take the blame alone? We detectives, aren't we? Are we? Haven't we looked all over this house? Yes. No. Where haven't we looked? Well, if there's a cellar, we haven't looked there. I'm glad I thought of that. Say, this looks like a cellar. What? It's locked. Well, turn the key. Oh, yes. Never thought of that. All right. Come on, then. Anybody down there? Uh, yes, we are. I'll look for a switch. Turn on the accelerator. I'm over here, Chief. Is anybody with me? No, you're alone. First time I saw a monster, I'd catch a piece of cheese. Ha, ha! Get me out of this thing. What? Maybe you'd like a racket. Oh, come on. What are you doing? I want to see how you tip the bottle. It's a pleasure. It's a pleasure. Don't worry about it. Okay, buddy. Come on, bud. Get that raccoon coat off. Come on. Get that thing off. Look, I hit you over the head with this thing. We've been double-crossed. You stay here with Miss Denby. I'll go see what's up. Going at Miss Denby? No, thank you. What? What's the matter? What's all the racket? I got him. I got him. I got him. Got who? Yes, the gorilla. He's in there. He's in there. I can hear him breathe. That's you. Well, open it. Open it. Have you men been drinking? No, but it's a good idea. A couple of you can after him quick. You heard him, Mulligan. So did you. Oh, never mind that. You take the hall. I'll go this way. I'll stay here. Where were you? I just went to get some tea, sir. Didn't I tell you to stay here with Miss Denby? I am very sorry, sir, but I thought perhaps a little tea. What right have you got to think? We're not even thinking. Miss Denby might have been killed. It's fortunate she wasn't, sir. Why is it that something always happens when you're not here? An unfortunate coincidence, sir. What did you find? An empty closet with Harrogim in it. Harrogim. Harrogim. Wake up. Get up. Wake up. The gorilla. The gorilla. Did you get him? Did you get him? No, he got you. It won't happen again. Come down and see where these stairs lead to. Who, me? Who, me? Yes, you. Oh, me. It's awful dark. I should have brung my glasses. You never wear any glasses. That's right. I forgot. What's that funny tapping? It's my knees. It's a fine time to be scared. You try and think of a better time. Yeah, well... Me and the gorilla are gonna have a show down right now. That's right, Chief. I'm telling you I can't stand this. Now, don't argue with me. I know what I'm talking about. I'm going in there. We'll look over there. Look who's a mug. You fellow, stick close behind me. If anything happens, leave it to me. I'll do all the talking. People run again here all the day. All day long. I've never seen anything like this in all my life. What's... Hey, where are you going? What's eating you? You must know something that you wouldn't be running away like that. Make an order to that gorilla. No! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! There's nothing to worry about. That's what you think. May I give you some advice? No. If I were you, I'd go to my room and stay there. Oh, yes, sir. I was just planning on that. Wait a minute. Where have you been? No place, our town. Good. Don't be silly. It's a gorilla. We saw it, and we felt it. When I tell you the gorilla is a man, I ought to know I've read enough about him. But how could a monkey And how could a monkey have possibly written those notes, Dr. Walden? Maybe it's got an education. Have any of you seen him? Poe. Poe. Who's Poe? Poe's the gorilla. The gorilla? Oh, you know him too, huh? No, I've trained him since he was that high. You're just the one we're looking for. Don't any of you understand. Poe's a gorilla. A twain gorilla. A real gorilla? Sure a real gorilla. So we don't know what we're talking about, eh? Yeah, we know a monkey when we see one. Listen, this is serious. Poe ain't no pet. There's no telling what he's liable to do when I ain't around. Especially with women. He hates women. Well, what's he doing here? What are you doing here? We was hired to come here. We're working at the county fair. Yesterday, a guy comes along. He says he wants me to bring Poe here. He says he's given a party. He wants us to put on a ract. Who hired you? I don't know. I don't know nothing. All I know is I bring Poe here. We're waiting out in the garage like he tells me. Waiting to do our stuff. All of a sudden, somebody gives me a clunk over the head and I wake up to the lady's boudoir. But the gorilla, how did he get loose? You're asking me. That's what I want to find out. Listen, this is serious. We've got to find him. We've got to. Somebody's liable to get killed. They're notes from the gorilla. If I will get you 50, they're addressed to me. Notes? Poe can't write no notes. Even I don't know how to write. Now look, the next time I block up against that gorilla, I'm telling you, I'll... I'll duel. I'll duel. You'll never know. You'll do it. Listen, have you seen him? Yeah, she's in the kitchen. Which way is the kitchen? Through the panel. We'll go with you. Listen, you fellas better wait here. There's no telling what they're able to do. Jack, I'm so confused. A real gorilla and those notes and... Listen to me, everybody. The gorilla has done his work. Walter Stevens is dead. You will find his body in the garage. Oh, Jack. All right, everybody. Follow me to the garage. Come on. He's gone. Close gun. I tell you, he's in the kitchen. The kitchen's a wreck. He must be on a rampage. Out of my way, brother. I've got my own father's to worry about. All right, all of you, out in the garage. Come on. I'll stay here and protect Miss Denby. This way, please. You're calling the police? Why call the police with us around, lady? You couldn't save Uncle Walter. We couldn't, eh? Well, you didn't, did you? Oh, we... That's right. We didn't. I gotta find out how that gorilla gets in and out of here. There must be a secret spring around here someplace. I think I'll look him back at these books. Paul hates women. Soda's Kipling. So what? I think this was a trick to get us out of the house. Come on. Just treat me. After I give you the best years of my life, you act like that. Listen here. No kisses. He might have killed somebody. What do you mean, might have? Okay. Scram, I'll take this character with you. I was only kidding. Just for that, he gets no C-A-N-D-Y. Oh, that's just C-A-N-D-Y. Side by cause, any trouble, Paul? And just put out, I don't need you to funny papers tonight. Put you in bed without any supper, you bad boy. Good lad, get you home. You have a way to the last of this. So that's how I got clunked on the head. Come on, come on out of there, you. Oh, so it's you. Do you know him? Do I know him? He's the guy I caught using the telephone. There's no law against that. Never mind law, buddy. Get him out. Now, just a minute. Don't you think you're a little premature? Premature. Well, I can't remember that far back. Just who are you? I'm Detective Coletti, an investigator for the Securities and Exchange Commission. And I'm on the trail of the gorilla just as you are. A detective? How do we know that? Yes, which... Well, what were you doing in there? Investigating. I've been on this case for some weeks now. And I've discovered a little about the construction of this house that my good friend here don't seem to have found out yet. What do you mean? This house is a maze of secret panels. Now, undoubtedly, the voice of the gorilla came through that radio from someplace right in this house. That means that if we find the wire leading away from the radio... We'd at least find the gorilla's hideout. So what's going on here? Well, here it is. Here's the wire going right in here. It's fine. Just as I thought. Here's the wire. Now, by tracing this, I think we may find the answer to this entire riddle. The wire goes in here. Back of this wall is the man we want. Yeah, we'll make a note of that guy. Are you all armed? Yes, I'm armed. Shh, quiet you. Here it is. There is your microphone. And as I expected, there is your gorilla. Mr. Stevens, the gorilla? Well, sure, I could have told you that all the time. I guess the party is over, my gorilla friend. But who tied him up like that? I don't know. He figured the game was up and that this would throw off suspicion. This is a homemade job. A child could have done it. Oh, his preposterous don't believe him. I never saw this man before in my life. It's insane. Uncle Walter, the gorilla. I don't believe it. I think I can make it very clear. Oh, well, sure we can. Now, first of all... What's that? I didn't hear a thing. Neither did I, but what was it? Don't find out. Hey, what is this? Who hit me? What's going on around here? It's that man again. Oh, there you are. Kidnapped. Kidnapped by the gorilla. Not kidnapped by the gorilla, Mr.... Conway, AP Conway. The AP stands for Ape. Mr. Conway, this gentleman is the gorilla. The gorilla? But if Uncle Walter's the gorilla, I don't understand why he should send himself those notes of warning. For two reasons. To keep you here and to throw off suspicion from himself. Mr. Envy, under the terms of your father's will, if anything were to happen to you, who would inherit your estate? Uncle Walter. My hunch was right. Your uncle brought you here tonight to kill you for your money. Well, at least he had a reason. So that's why he wouldn't let us call the police. That's exactly why. But what about these men, these private detectives? They almost speak for themselves. Do you think if Stephen's life had actually been threatened, he would have called in three more arms such as these for protection? What's that? Hey, wait a minute. I resent that. But I tell you, I saw the gorilla right there in that closet. I saw his hand in his arm and it was no optical confusion. What you saw was this sleeve. Another ingenious little invention of Mr. Stephen's. It's a very cute little idea. What? That about clears the whole matter up. And since it stopped raining, I think I better go. You're okay, buddy. Congratulations. Let me congratulate you. You're wonderful. I know you don't, buddy. Okay, folks, say howdy to the gorilla. Howdy. All right, give out. Well, this moron is going to blow your brains out. Well, you see, it was all that. Oh, all of you stick your hands up. I'm the gorilla, all right. But the cops haven't been able to get me, so don't you halfwits get any crazy notions. And that's for Mr. Stephen's. He's just as crooked as I told you who was. The trouble with him is he talks too much and too loud. I got too tough on what was going to happen here tonight. How he was going to pretend to be me. I was going to get to $250,000 at the same time, and let him get the blame for all the gorilla murders. Well, you better be careful. I'm a little nervous tonight. Drop that gun and I advise you not to move. Police station, quickly. What is this? I thought the phone was out of order. Maybe he paid his bail. Hello? This is Walter Stephen speaking. Send this quad car to my house. We've got the gorilla. Things are so mixed up around here that even the gorilla doesn't know who the gorilla is. He's the gorilla, he's the gorilla. Do I know what I'm doing? Look, what's going on here? Don't look so sad, darling. Your uncle isn't a crook. Now the state's all safe and sound now. You know, you never can tell this is liable to wind up to be a mystery. You see, the gorilla murders were threatened to bankrupt our insurance company. Most of the victims were clients of ours. So Conway, our special investigator, cooked up his little scheme to trap the killer. Sorry, I had to frighten you, dear. You too, Kitty. I wasn't frightened. I was numb. You fellas are certainly great detectives. We could have told you that. Did you know that Clutty was the gorilla all along? Sure we did. No, we didn't. When did you find out he was the gorilla? When I shook hands with him. I don't get you. Well, you see, I was a winter trimmer and a department star. And I ought to know a phony feel when I feel one. We'll never be able to thank you, Mr. Harrigan. Oh, well, that's all right. I understand you two are getting married soon. Well, if you call tomorrow soon. Well, remember, if you have any trouble with it, I'll specially be following wives. You know where to send the check and be sure it's certified. From a competitive bank.