The Spider (1945) Subtitles

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00:00:52,083 --> 00:00:54,New Orleans, city of many moods, gay,

00:00:54,791 --> 00:00:57,reflective and sometimes sad.

00:00:57,583 --> 00:01:00,Canal Street, surging 20th century tempo,

00:01:00,416 --> 00:01:01,in the mellowed wine of old world

00:01:01,916 --> 00:01:05,tradition, romance and mystery.

00:01:05,875 --> 00:01:07,I discovered myself walking

00:01:07,166 --> 00:01:08,through the Latin Quarter.

00:01:08,958 --> 00:01:10,It's laid and fear made

00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:11,a frosty whip on my back.

00:01:12,875 --> 00:01:15,But my impulse, my fear that something

00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,had happened to my sister drove me on.

00:01:17,875 --> 00:01:19,This cane, a woman I'd never seen before,

00:01:20,375 --> 00:01:22,came to my dressing room tonight and said

00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,that she could prove my

00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:25,sister had been murdered.

00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,I couldn't believe her.

00:01:28,708 --> 00:01:29,Yet she seemed so positive.

00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:31,Instead, if she were

00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:32,wrong, I could go to the police.

00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:34,I couldn't.

00:01:34,666 --> 00:01:35,I could never embarrass my

00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:37,friends again with my notions.

00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:40,Florence Kane told me to see

00:01:40,375 --> 00:01:41,Chris Cotton and her partner.

00:01:43,458 --> 00:01:44,I knew I had a question.

00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:47,Florence Kane said I'd find the answer.

00:01:48,833 --> 00:01:49,Here.

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00:01:54,250 --> 00:01:56,Who was there?

00:01:57,791 --> 00:01:58,Well, if you're looking for

00:01:58,791 --> 00:02:00,Mr. Conlon, he ain't in there.

00:02:01,291 --> 00:02:02,Yes, I ** looking for Mr. Conlon.

00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:04,Have you any idea where he might be?

00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,I think he's over to the Creole Bar.

00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:08,Thank you.

00:02:08,791 --> 00:02:09,Thank you very much.

00:02:09,791 --> 00:02:10,You're welcome.

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00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:31,Hiya, Pick.

00:02:32,458 --> 00:02:33,What's new in the world of drama?

00:02:33,958 --> 00:02:34,That's just the trouble.

00:02:35,083 --> 00:02:35,Nothing.

00:02:35,750 --> 00:02:37,For stories, this town's

00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,tighter than bark on a tree.

00:02:38,416 --> 00:02:39,Say that again.

00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,You know, some days a

00:02:40,208 --> 00:02:41,guy can't make $1,000.

00:02:41,666 --> 00:02:42,What you two guys need

00:02:42,541 --> 00:02:43,is some fresh material.

00:02:44,416 --> 00:02:45,And if you ask me nicely, I can give you

00:02:45,916 --> 00:02:46,something that's really hot.

00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,Like the story of my life, for instance.

00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:50,That ought to be good.

00:02:51,375 --> 00:02:53,I can see it now in a Sunday supplement.

00:02:53,958 --> 00:02:55,The Adventures of Chris Conlon.

00:02:55,708 --> 00:02:56,No, no, no.

00:02:56,166 --> 00:02:57,No, I'm sorry, Junior, but as a news

00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:59,item, you're a good private investigator.

00:03:00,125 --> 00:03:01,Who said he was a news item?

00:03:01,583 --> 00:03:02,Who said I was a good

00:03:02,125 --> 00:03:02,private investigator?

00:03:03,125 --> 00:03:04,I'll buy him a dinner at Antoine.

00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:05,Chris.

00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,The lady here looking for you.

00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:11,See what I mean?

00:03:18,791 --> 00:03:19,You want to see me?

00:03:20,083 --> 00:03:21,- Your Chris Conlon? -

00:03:21,125 --> 00:03:21,That's who you asked for.

00:03:22,625 --> 00:03:25,Yes, I'd like to.

00:03:25,750 --> 00:03:25,Sure.

00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:27,Over there.

00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,Drink?

00:03:40,791 --> 00:03:42,No. No, thank you.

00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:47,I'm listening.

00:03:48,875 --> 00:03:50,It's warm in here.

00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:51,You didn't come here to

00:03:51,958 --> 00:03:52,give me your weather report.

00:03:54,041 --> 00:03:55,It's silly of me to be so nervous.

00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:57,What I want you to do for me, Miss

00:03:57,291 --> 00:03:58,Conlon, is really very simple.

00:04:00,291 --> 00:04:00,Will you pick up an

00:04:00,791 --> 00:04:01,envelope and bring it to me?

00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:03,I'll wait here for you.

00:04:03,958 --> 00:04:05,And you've come to the wrong man.

00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,What you need is a schoolboy working his

00:04:07,416 --> 00:04:08,way through Kinnega.

00:04:08,875 --> 00:04:10,Now I know just the right little place...

00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:12,No, please. I was sent

00:04:12,041 --> 00:04:13,to you. I need your help.

00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,All right. I want two things.

00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:23,One, a $50 retainer.

00:04:24,458 --> 00:04:27,Now, two, the truth

00:04:27,083 --> 00:04:28,about what's in the envelope.

00:04:29,750 --> 00:04:32,I can't tell you. I don't know.

00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:33,No dice.

00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:36,But just to pick up an envelope...

00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:38,What's in the envelope?

00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:40,My birth certificate.

00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:51,Just give that to her and

00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:52,she'll give you an envelope for me.

00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:54,Who?

00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:56,Your partner, Florence Kane.

00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:00,Florence Kane, huh?

00:05:00,708 --> 00:05:01,Yes, she said she'd be

00:05:01,541 --> 00:05:02,waiting for you at her apartment.

00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:04,Her apartment?

00:05:06,458 --> 00:05:07,Just a minute, Kitty.

00:05:10,916 --> 00:05:13,Let me have the phone, will you, eh?

00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,Hello, Florence. I just

00:05:22,666 --> 00:05:23,talked to your little pigeon.

00:05:25,208 --> 00:05:26,Yeah, I g***t the trinket.

00:05:27,250 --> 00:05:27,What?

00:05:29,333 --> 00:05:30,Draw me a diagram, baby.

00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,No dice. I'm not

00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:35,coming over to your place.

00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:36,You go over to my apartment. We'll talk

00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:37,about it over there.

00:05:38,458 --> 00:05:38,Yeah.

00:05:47,416 --> 00:05:48,You know, if my dear old

00:05:48,208 --> 00:05:49,father were here, he'd say,

00:05:49,291 --> 00:05:51,"Chris, my boy, give the lady back a $50.

00:05:51,333 --> 00:05:52,You'd feel better in

00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:52,the morning if you do."

00:05:53,625 --> 00:05:54,And are you going to?

00:05:56,208 --> 00:05:57,I can't hear a word he says.

00:05:58,708 --> 00:05:59,What's your name?

00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,Judith Sniff. I'm

00:06:00,625 --> 00:06:01,staying at the Hotel Royal.

00:06:09,583 --> 00:06:11,Wait here. I'll be back in a few minutes.

00:06:12,125 --> 00:06:12,Mrs. Smitty.

00:06:28,916 --> 00:06:29,When did he leave?

00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,Thanks.)

00:06:34,250 --> 00:06:35,Hello, Wonder Boy.

00:06:35,458 --> 00:06:36,Hiya, dollface.

00:06:38,208 --> 00:06:40,Well, your girlfriend contacted me.

00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:42,She's a black man.

00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:43,Don't be silly, Chris.

00:06:44,083 --> 00:06:45,This is a private deal.

00:06:45,458 --> 00:06:46,Oh, anything that doesn't come through

00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:47,the office is a private deal, huh?

00:06:47,750 --> 00:06:48,Is that your understanding?

00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:50,Florence, I don't like it.

00:06:50,791 --> 00:06:51,It smells like a shakedown.

00:06:52,458 --> 00:06:53,And I particularly don't

00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:54,like you using me as a fence.

00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:56,What difference does it make?

00:06:57,416 --> 00:06:58,You g***t a nice piece of

00:06:58,208 --> 00:06:59,change out of it, didn't you?

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00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:01,Fifty? You should have hit her for a

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