 You heard me tell the rest of them these pictures are not for sale. I paint them for my own amusement I am a great artist and I'd like to see my own work all around me That's why I will never never let one single picture go now If you've got any ideas you're going to steal one of my pictures just get it out of your head and another thing That gun of yours doesn't frighten me one bit. It doesn't frighten me one You Missed dr. Dan field student of crime psychology as many times provided the police with a solution to a battling crime There's an interesting case ahead for the doctor today. We'll call it death paints a picture That valley they sure named it right then how can people stand living out in such a lonely place as this? Oh, usually they have some psychological quick resting either. They've been wronged by someone or they themselves have wronged someone They can't stand people so they bury themselves in loneliness practical escape is him I'd rather lose myself in a crowd and there are some people who just love the desert Well, it gives me the shivers and we better start looking for a place to put up for the night You said it Yeah, I say according to the information given us by the auto club. There should be a place coming up pretty soon Place called Shoshone Wells Hotel Well, we'll probably drive right on past it the way this sand is blowing. Yes, I don't like it Automobiles have been covered up with that stuff. Oh Dan. Don't say things like that Well, you can stop worrying rusty. There's a hotel Yeah, we can't be choosy at a time like this I guess we turn in here not much sign of a road Sam's blown over it. Oh, isn't there some other place Dan further on not for 80 or 90 miles There isn't oh Yeah, here we are I Don't like this place then. Oh, well, we'll be on our way in the morning Right now. I'm hungry and I want to get inside somewhere where I can get this sand out of my eyes. Come on When you don't help either mr. Coyote Yeah, let's see now. Yes. Yes. There's a doorbell Chimes in a place like this. Yes, it does seem rather odd doesn't it? Well, at least there's somebody here. It isn't closed for the winter Good evening my secretary and I would like rooms for the night. Oh Come right in come right into my poor establishment. Why didn't he quite nothing? I'm dr. Daniel Danfield, and this is my secretary miss Fairfax a doctor Well, I'm very fond of doctors. They're always convenient to have an attendance when anyone dies In a moment we'll return for the second act of danger dr. Danfield, but first now back to Michael Dunn for the second act of danger dr. Danfield And my name is borax bedlow Well, we're very glad to meet you mr. Bedlow, especially with this dust storm blowing up leave me your hotel is a haven and deed Yes, yes, yes dust storms. I'm very fond of dust storms, dr There'll be many dead things in the morning Dan don't you think we'd better don't be frightened young lady death is a very common occurrence here in death valley That's not a misnomer. You know you're cheering me up no end If you'd care to join us the dinner is now being served. Yes. Yes, indeed. We were follow me This place is screwy. That's that borax bed. No with that old back of staying beard and a cousin voice They don't fit now a desert breed strange creatures rusty Here we are doctor Now you and miss fairfax. We sit at the foot of the table. We serve here family style. Thank you Thank you, mr. Bedlow, and now I would like to make you acquainted with the rest of my guests Miss fairfax and dr. Danfield sue pierce. How do you do miss pierce? Mrs. Oh and her husband mr. Harvey Pierce now good evening Mr. Pierce is a landscape painter doctor. He's here to do desert scene. Oh, I'm a very fond of desert scene I'm a great admirer of running turn running turn bar. I'm a dog I am the greatest landscape artist who ever did you should see his latest dr. Danfield a picture of a dead cow I should have to hug Plus there you were turning Indian and this is mr. Kenneth Wakefield. I'm an art connoisseur doctor I came here expressly to buy some of pierce's paintings. They're really good, you know by my paintings never They're mine mine to admire and enjoy Everybody in this place is more than slightly nut roasted and this is Jerry me. How do you do miss fairfax? I'm delighted to see another of the fair section are missed really. You're quite beautiful. You know You don't lose any time starting to work. Do you mr. Me not me? I believe in cutting all corners. Yes, and I believe in cutting all comers That should put you in your place if you have one Jerry. Oh, you know, I'm only kidding with her Sue. Yeah You'd better be only kidding Tell me what is your business, mr. Me? I'm a prospector. I'm searching for that filthy thing called gold you Prospector, I thought our prospectors were old and had whiskers and road mules Oh, not all of us my dear You see I studied metallurgy in college and I've come out here to put some of the new methods to a test struck pay Don't you know, but I'm getting pretty close to it. Mr. Me doesn't stop at my establishment of takes his meals here He has a cabin of his own not back about a quarter of a mile Well, I must say you have a very interesting little group here, Mr. But I guess indeed dr. Denfield and Now may I start carving the lamb? It's very fresh. I killed it myself this morning Oh, oh, it's you mrs. Pierce. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come out. I was out here watching the sandblow You've got to take me away from here. The wind is howling so loud. What did you say? I said you've got to take me away from here. Well, Mrs. Pierce. I The desert the Baron the loner Why don't you have your husband take my husband? I hate him. I hate him. What if you hate him? Why did you give me a girl such as I young girl and Yes, beautiful, you think I could love a doddering old man who's over twice my age. Do you do you then why did you marry him? I did any young girl marry an old man money Positions mrs. Pierce you should have thought about that before you got yourself mixed up in this mess gotta get away I'll die if I don't oh, you will take me with you won't you doctor? I'm sorry mrs. Pierce, but I never interfere where a man and wife are concerned. I'll have to say no No Please please I'll stop it. Will you oh, I'll see what I can do. I you will Take me with I I didn't say that I said I'll Freakheimer musty I didn't hear you come out if that woman doesn't drag herself out of your arms this instant nobody'll hear her go in Now look fierce you simply got to sell me that painting the skeleton of the cow I'm at liberty to offer you $20,000. I've told you before mr. Wakefield. My paintings are not for sale, but why why? Why just look at these walls literally covered with your word. Yes, just look at them my babies my creations everyone a masterpiece and to think I did them all myself and you asked me to sell them Well, but I'm only asking for one and twenty thousand dollars is a lot of money money What is money compared to a great art well money means something to me even if it doesn't you I have a client who wants that picture if you won't sell it I stand to lose good profit and I won't sell That's your last word my last word is no you stubborn old cuss. You may be nearer to your last word than you think And Mr. Bedlor Rusty and I really would like to take a look at mr. Pierce's paintings that is if you think he won't mind Well, come on with see if the old boy is even right It doesn't seem to be He just went out come on. I'll show them to you. Maybe he doesn't care to have us look at them Yes, he loves it. He does this quite often does what? Well, he sneaks out of the room when anybody's looking at his paintings and listens into what they say on the other side of the door How are the queer is the word? He's a vain old chap. I should warn you don't say anything detrimental to his words Well, come on Yeah, just look at these paintings Must be at least 50. Yes. Yes pierce. There's nothing. It's not prolific and he's a productive dynamo I'm sure he lives with nothing but to paint. Well, no wonder his wife is turning to newer pastures Your fellow can't have very much time for her not into all this too She'd better stay in her own backyard if she knows what's good for a careful little chapel here you oh by the way Mr. Bedlowe, which is the one you admire so much the one you were speaking of a dinner the dry water Yes, yes, I believe you called it the dead cow. Yes. Here it is Right over here, huh? Oh, you know And it's horrible if you ask me it's safe Who said that I did mr. Pierce you you you dare to criticize my work me Harvey Pierce me the greatest landscape artist alive today I'll have you know young lady that you know nothing about each and every painting on that wall is a master Get out get out get out then. I think we'd better go. Yes That's cool man nearly had apoplexy. He's positively a new right Interesting dr. Danfield into the do people die of neurosis Not usually Mr. Bedlowe, but it can be a contributing factor very interesting. Well, I Suppose you'd both like to go to your room. Yes. Yes. I'm rather tired. I'm just plain sleepy Yes, it was always nice to have a good night's sleep So uncertain no What do you mean one never knows whether one will ever wake up again? Does one mr. Gork that though do you want to know something what my dear? I wish you'd crawl way off somewhere and die In a moment will return for the third act of danger dr. Danfield, but first Now back to Michael Dunn for the third act of danger dr. Danfield What I want to move that is where are my shoes Sounds like Sue Pierce. Come on. She's downstairs I don't know What's going on in here He's dead I know what I can tell not only you did mr. Bedlow mr. Pierce has been murdered Everybody here mr. Bedlow this indeed everybody that is except Jerry Mead. He lives in the shack I'll back you know, well, I wouldn't bother sending out for him. I can talk to him in the morning Oh, this is terrible dr. Danfield poor old Pierce. Yes, mr. Wakefield murder is always terrible Yeah, strangely quiet something seems to be missing It's the wind the wind to stop blowing Always quiet when there's no way Yeah, that must be no way Oh, thank you for my mistake Now let's see you Apparently from the condition of mr. Pierce's body. He was killed about two hours ago by a bullet through his heart Well, uh, Mrs. Pierce, how did you happen to discover the body? I went to bed about 11 Shortly before 3 I woke up and saw that Harvey hadn't come up yet I thought maybe he'd fallen asleep down here. So I came down to bring him up to bed. Yes, and I came in here the light was off I love it. Yes, that's enough. Mrs. Pierce. We know the rest Mr. Wakefield, what time did you go to bed? Oh, I don't know About 11 30 I guess that long how about you all right after you and mr. Fax went upstairs about 12 o'clock And what time did Jerry me leave to go to his cabin all right after dinner? I let him out the door myself good good now Did any of you wake up say around 1 o'clock where any of you startled by a sharp sound then what are you getting? That's about the time Pierce must have been killed. I want to know if anybody heard the shot Hardly believe any of us could have heard the shot and didn't feel not the way the wind was blowing. Yes, yes You may be right. Hey Dan, one of the pictures is missing. Where? Right up there. See? For the wall is faded. There's a perfect outline of where a painting has been hung. Yes Yes, so it is. Oh, mr. Bedlow, would you have any idea as to just what painting has been hanging there? Well, my George. Yes, he's been stolen that that was the picture of the dead cow Beautiful morning. I see it's hot. No, well, you've got to expect a little heat on the desert, especially in death Valley You know, this is silly walking around before breakfast. I'll do you good. Work up an appetite Good pressure Just look at that sand rusty just like driven snow a gray clean wind swept carpet not a bloody sure mark on it waves of Hip and pretty soon a bunch of animals called men will come out and must it all up again Just like we're doing right now. Hey, let me see Jerry means cabin way over there. Yeah Looks like he's already come over for breakfast. How can you tell that? Footprints silly see that unbroken line of footprints coming from his cabin. Oh sure I see him and as there is only one set of footprints and they're coming this way and I'm going back I therefore surmise that Jerry has arrived for breakfast wouldn't take a hawkshow to figure that out Oh Just getting in the mood for some of your ham and eggs got the murder figured out yet. No, no, but I'm working on it. Oh Say, yeah, would you mind sending Jerry meet up? I'd like to have a little talk with that boy Jerry me. Yes Send them out, please. Well, I'm afraid I can't send him out. Jerry hasn't come over from his cabins yet It's me Jerry dr. Danfield can I come in walk right in doors and lock? Well, you're rather a late riser. I'm doing Taking the day off today, but I'd sleep in To bring your little honey with you rusty. We'll leave rusty out of this if you don't mind Okay, I don't mind Would you come over for certainly not to see if I wash behind my ears? No, no Jerry I'm uh, I'm investigating a supernatural phenomenon ghost. No, no, no, I don't think so Jerry I'm just wondering how a man could walk over to the hotel from this cabin in the dead of night leaving a perfectly clear trail of footprint Kill a man and then get back to this cabin without leaving a mark. Oh, who did that? I? Yeah, I was hoping that it might be you Me yes, okay. What is this? Hey, wait a minute. Did you say somebody was killed? I did who old Harvey Pierce Harvey? Oh That's wonderful. Now Sue can get out of the desert Mind if I take a look around your cabin Jerry What for well? There's a gun missing Also one appears as painting one of the old boys You couldn't get one of those things inside this cabin let alone hide it. Yes, I guess you're right Unless the canvas was cut out of the frame and rolled up Oh, I wish I could think of things like that. Now come on, Danfield. I'll help you look What are we looking for now then the missing gun rusty. Oh be careful how you pull out those drawers old borax We'll hear you and come running. You think borax did it? No, no, but I'm not passing up any chances Well, I can't figure out is what happened to that picture. We've looked everywhere Simply can't hide anything that big in a place like this. Maybe they cut it out of the frame like you said Well, then what happened to the frame? Maybe they burned it where the ashes looked everywhere. Maybe they buried them in the sand I couldn't do it rusty. Not if the murder was committed like I think it was after the wind had gone down There would be a big mark on the sand where they buried it and a set of footprints to and from the place Then are we dumb? What brought on that remark? You have been looking in all these dresser drawers for a gun And here's one lying right on top of the dresser right back here by the mirror Our murder is a far cleverer man than I imagined what makes you say that well if this is the murder weapon He is He hit it by not hiding it at all. No one ever looks for you don't have to look you know I've seen a Queen recently what is that prove only that it's probably been used recently Very careless of him. Yes, I think he would have replaced him most likely this wasn't his gun It's an old type 44 shells of this type of hard to obtain. It was his own gun He would have had some wait a minute then to empty shells. There was only one wound in mr. Pierce's body. Yes Yes, and that clears up a lot of things rusty, I think that on the smart way our friend that have hiding things Come on rusty. Let's get this mob all together mr. Pierce's studio as we say in geometry QED this case is solved Oh They're all here Danfield. Well, thanks for that loan well come on Danfield out with it I want to see what kind of a case you've teamed up about me so I can get in touch with my lawyer You tried to buy the picture didn't you wakefield? Well, of course I did but I didn't steal it. I'm rather inclined to believe you You hated your husband didn't you mr. Pierce? I did. It's no use denying it. I told you myself enough to kill him I don't know maybe I would have if somebody else hadn't saved me the trouble. I see Well, I tell about you. Well surely dr. Danfield you don't think I did it What possible reason would I have to kill a paying customer? You're almost a psychopathic case, mr. Bedlam You have an obsession about death You better watch yourself that you don't someday cross over the borderline and actually commit one of the crimes You're always dreaming about boy. I Yeah, yes, maybe you're right Now are you rusty me? I didn't do it Now I'm certain about you rusty. I Just want to ask you a question. Don't scare me like that If you were going to hide a needle rusty, where would you hide it? Oh, that's easy in a haystack Yeah, but everybody hasn't got a haystack. Where next? Right wine with another bunch of needles. I guess right Now Jerry, where would you hide a picture if you wanted to hide one? But I don't want to hide a picture. That doesn't answer my question. I know with a bunch of other pictures right again rusty So let's take a look around shall we? There's a lot of pictures in this very room. I see it. I see it's a dead cow Yes, isn't it right over here on the opposite side of the room? Well, then it wasn't stolen at all Oh, yes, it was Jerry You stole it just as surely as if you had taken it to your own cabin and just as surely as you murdered the man Who painted it why you're crazy I wasn't even over here last night the traction the sand proved that traction the sand proved That you were over here. The only thing they don't prove is that you went back to your cabin Well, if you're so brilliant, then how did I get back? We'll get to that later right now I want to look behind this picture. Why then well, I think we'll find a bullet hole the hole from the bullet that We didn't find a mr. Pierce Hey Hey, see Jerry I'll bet that hole was made by a 44, but it wasn't my god. Oh Jerry up to a point You were so clever now. You have to go and sport at all. Oh How did you come to that conclusion by proclaiming the fact that it wasn't your gun? You admitted that you know whose gun it was well nobody with a murderer would know that Jerry Mr. Bedlaw, would you mind calling the sheriff? In a moment we return for the conclusion of danger dr. Vanfield but first Now we return to Michael Dunn for the conclusion of danger dr. Vanfield You know Dan you are the luckiest guy. Oh, what do you mean lucky? Why I said Jerry hadn't made that crack about the gun you never would have found out Oh, you think so rusty of course now. Why don't you admit it? Are you were forgetting the footprints rusty the single track pointing right from Jerry's cabin of the hotel? What about those footprints? Well, I think here's what happened Jerry came over to either buy or steal that painting He heard wakefield offer 20,000 for it and he thought he had a chance to find gold quick without having to dig for Well, what's that got to do with the footprint? Well the same was blowing around like all get out when Jerry came over and he counted on it covering up all his tracks But all of a sudden the wind stopped blowing you can imagine the quandary our boyfriend was in he committed a murder And in the morning there would be a perfect trail a one-way trail straight to his cabin warning him out like the finger of doom My gosh, what did he do? He went back to his cabin. Well, I know but his footprints reporting the other way of course That's why he walked backwards Backward yes What he didn't realize was that anyone walking backward always put the weight on the ball of the foot Instead of on the heel as they do when walking naturally It showed up on that nice clean sand like a kid's drawing of a mustache on his best girl's picture Oh damn, I hate those kiles. Oh, I'll come closer and I'll protect you Damn Do you suppose we could make that darn thing howl again