Murdertown/Transcript

Ivywood, a town of hot-shots and low-down punks...

Frank Knight (wearing a trench coat, grinning): "On an empty street stands a cop. The best Goddamn cop in town."

Frank (smoking a cigarette): "With a loaded six-hooter and a slug of bourbon. He is just one man up against the night's creeps and hoodlums. He is Frank Knight in..."

"MURDERTOWN"

Starring Frank Knight

Frank (winking): "Join the greatest detective of all time in another-"

Andrea (in color): Frank! What's all this nonsense about?!

Andrea (hands on her hips, enraged): Frank! What's all this nonsense about?!

Frank (in normal clothes, sweating): Uh... what? Nothing, Andrea. I watched an old detective movie last night and I was just...

Andrea: Daydreaming?! If you spent half as much time on your police work, we'd have no crime in this city! Anyway,  , a note was just delivered for you.

Frank (reading the note): "Dear . You're the only one I can trust. Come to the set of "Murder by Moonlight" at once! Someone wants me dead!" and it's signed by a Lindsay Bannister.

Andrea (scratching her head): Lindsay Bannister? I've heard of her. But I don't know why she would ask you to go on a film set, she's not an actress. She's some drunk heiress. Who could want her dead?!

Frank (happily): A drunken socialite in need of help?! That's my kind of mystery!

Frank (pumping his fist): And , I've just thought of a brilliant way we can sneak onto that film set! Let's go!

Later, at the film studio...

Frank (wearing a trench coat, fantasizing): This is the perfect disguise! Watching detective movies when I was a kid is what made me wanna be a cop. Do you think this hat suits me?

Frank (nervously): Sorry, . We're here to help out a dame in distress, I'll focus now!

Frank (winking): Good thinking, I'll watch for security, you go look for this Lindsay Bannister on the film set!

Chapter 1
Investigate Movie Set.

Frank Knight (shocked): That... That ain't no dummy?! Oh jeez, , our dame's been bumped off! Lindsay Bannister's been stabbed through the heart!

Frank (nervously): I guess that's what you get for setting up mysterious rendezvous on a detective movie set... You die like in a detective movie!

Frank (smoking a cigarette): At least this costume is going to come in handy after all. We've got a classic murder mystery to solve!

Frank (puts cigarette away): And talking about a mystery, you're right, it seems she's missing a shoe and a glove...... But for now let's focus on what you DID find.

Frank (winking): What you gonna do with that ripped up piece of paper? Make confetti or put it back together?

Frank (grinning): That's a classy cigarette case. You think there's a message scratched on it? Well, okay, I was going to keep it, but I guess you could dust it!

Frank (confused): But what is that thing? It's covered in numbers and letters, like an antique puzzle. Mind if I smash it open?

Frank: No smashing? Oh fine. Be boring, , and just unlock it.

Examine Puzzle Box.

Frank (winking): Swell job, , working out the combination for that puzzle box you found on the film set!

Frank: There's a message inside... "Cockerel, bamboo, white and red. You'll all be sorry now Lindsay's dead".

Frank: "Now Lindsay's dead"? I'm no great shakes at riddles, but this one mentions our victim!

Frank (pumping his fist): Good thinking, let's get it to Russell. He's weird enough to crack this riddle!