LIST OF FIGURES Figure page 2-1 The unmotivated overhead shot of the fur coat falling ........... .................39 2-2 J. B. Ball hurls the coat from the balcony .........................................40 2-3 Mary Smith is suddenly hit by the fur coat................... ..........41 3-1 A new case: "suppose you tell me about it from the very beginning" ...................102 3-2 The partner is shot: "Miles Archer dead?"........ .............. ... ..... .......... 108 3-3 The detective becomes a suspect: "you fellows trying to rope me made me nervous" .................... .......... .................. 110 3-4 An odd delivery: "why couldn't he have stayed alive long enough to tell us something?" .................. .... .. ........ .. .......... 115 3-5 The falcon turns out fake: "the, uh, stuff that dreams are made of' ....................118 3-6 The telephone rings: all is lost.................................... .................. 121 4-1 The Nazi m astermind signs his nam e................................................... 129 4-2 Hitler drawing faulty swastikas...... .......... ..................... 182 5-1 Lights, wind, snow, steam: action! .............................. 190