No Hands on the Clock

A Humphrey Campbell mystery. A fistful of cigarette butts, a ransom note and a dead redhead catapult Humphrey Campbell into a fast murder chase. Detective Humphrey Campbell had not been on the job twelve hours before he got an idea of how tough his assignment would be. THAT MORNING: Humphrey Campbell, in search of a millionaire's son, drops into the bank in Reno, Nevada, to cash a check. Five minutes later he finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery. One of the thugs hints darkly that this is not the first time he has laid eyes on Campbell. 15 MINUTES LATER: Campbell and his boss, Oscar Morgan, hit the highway in search of the Benedict retreat. Pulling out to pass a dilapidated old touring car, Campbell is flabbergasted to see it disappear down the road ahead in a cloud of dust. AROUND NOON: Campbell and his boss drive up in front of the Benedict dock and a blue-eyed beauty wearing slacks shows up. A LITTLE LATER: A piano player tells Campbell how young Benedict used to come into the bar with a red-head...a glamorous dame with strange eyes. THAT NIGHT: Opening a door with a skeleton key, Campbell stumbles on a girl, a red-head, who has been scalped. A hunting knife has been plunged into her throat. Basis for the rapid-fire 1941 B-movie, starring Chester Morris and Jean Parker.