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...Hamilton, Ont., a stray cat struggled so desperately against Inspector E. G. McDonald's efforts to push it into the lethal gas chamber that the static electricity in its fur exploded the gas. The explosion blew the chamber to bits and knocked out Inspector McDonald. The cat vanished...
...Dunster House was so disgusted with the appearance of his walls that he set to work himself with wall-paper cleaner. Another in Winthrop House was driven to hire the University for $40 to paint his spotted walls and ceiling. Recently, an inspector, when shown the peeling paint in a bathroom, casually remarked, "A lot do that. It's the steam from the shower." some walls in the Yard have been washed two-thirds of the way up; but whether it was the work of the University or former occupants is unknown. At any rate, there...
...settle down for a long slege of bewilderment. And then, after the hero and the heroine have been chasing about the hospital for an hour or so, to no observable purpose, they calmly explain the whole thing to the inspector. A very harmless-looking interne for whom we had formed quite a liking, turns out to be the dastard, proving conclusively that you just can't trust anybody...
...interested in as we view the picture are the mental process of the individual who committed the murder, a part played brilliantly by Peter Lorre; and the patience and cunning displayed by the police inspector (Edward Arnold) in allowing the crime to solve itself. All the scenes in which these two accomplished actors come face to face, are gripping exemplifications of dramatic art at its best...
...first accessible place to which the police could climb he was collared. Great was the amazement and consternation of the watchdogs of Cambridge when their quarry turned out to be an official Harvard inspector testing the condition of the snow guards...