Dick Tracy - Comesy 1990 English
[REPORTER ON RADIO] Gangland enforcers broke the arms
of an elderly news dealer this afternoon,
when he refused to share his week's receipts with them.
Stacks of newspapers were tossed in the gutter,
as the thugs wrecked the business and made their getaway.
Lunchtime crowds were paralysed by the suddenness of the crime.
Not a hand was raised in protest.
Organized crime is their name.
[REPORTER 2] What appeared to be organized hoods
shattered the kneecaps of the beloved operator
of a shoe shine parlour today, as horrified customers looked on.
The bootblack would not give up his receipts,
and paid dearly for his failure to surrender to gang demands.
[REPORTER 3] A mother off our, unable to pay a gambling debt,
lies dead tonight.
Gangland thugs left her to expire in a pool of blood,
as they helped themselves to the contents of a cash register
in her son's luncheonette.
[COP] I was talking to them at the station house,
and it was the darnedest thing I ever saw...
[THE BROW] Five, no help. King, no help.
- Aces and eights. - Twenty.
[THE BROW] Okay, I'm calling it.
Deuce, still possible. Six, no help.
Pair of aces, pair of eights.
Okay, the ace bets.
- Hey! Little Face! - [LITTLE FACE] What's the trouble?
[STOOGE] Come on, let's go! Ace bets five.
[THE RODENT] I call.
[THE BROW] Six. [SHOULDERS] See ya.
- [OIL DRUMS BANGING] - What's that?
[GUNS COCKING]
[MEOWING]
[CHUCKLING] Cat.
Aw, a little kitty.
- Hi, little fella! - [YOWLING]
[CAT THUMPING ON METAL]
[STOOGE] Let's go.
- Ace bets five. - [SHOULDERS] I'm calling.
I'm in.
[THE BROW] Six. You got a possible straight.
Queen. Eight. Pair of eights.
- [SIGHS] - Nine, no help. Jack, no help.
King, no help.
- Well, Little Face? - [SIGHS]
[GUNS FIRING]
[FLATTOP] See what you can find. I wanna leave a little message here.
[CLATTERING]
[WOMAN SINGING OPERA]
[PAT OVER RADIO] Calling Dick Tracy. Calling Dick Tracy.
- Come in, Pat. This is Tracy. - [WOMAN] What is that?
[PAT] We got five dead men at the Seventh Street Garage,
and nobody knows who they are. You better get over here right away.
[TRACY] I'm on my way.
I'll be back. I wanna know how it comes out.
[WHISPERING] Excuse me. Excuse me.
- [WOMAN] Ow! - Sorry.
[SIREN WAILING]
- Hello, boys. - [MAN 1] Tracy!
[MAN 2] Tracy, are we glad to see you.
[MAN 1] Tracy, whoever they are, they're all dead.
Five dead men, Tracy. And we don't even know who they are.
Whoever did it took their identification.
- But they didn't take a dime. - Big Boy Caprice.
[OPERA CONTINUES]
Everything all right, Tracy?
Fine, fine. Just a little trouble downtown.
[CHARLIE] Tracy, they're saying that Big Boy's
got the city out of control.
What about this rumour they're moving you up to chief of police?
We've already got an excellent chief of police, Bert.
Why don't you shave off that silly moustache?
How bout running for mayor, Tracy?
I'm a cop, Charlie. I don't want to take a demotion.
Hey, McNally, I want a copy of that shot.
You got it, Tess.
They're saying Big Boy's got the city out of control!
Still can't get anything on him, huh?
Don't let them get to you, Tracy. You'll get Big Boy.
Big Boy's on the street and they want to stick me behind a desk?
They believe in you, Tracy. They think if you're chief of police,
the city will be safe!
Tess, there's about as much chance of me getting behind a desk
as there is of me getting a new girlfriend.
[BREATHLESS] [SINGING] Sooner or later you're gonna decide
Sooner or later there's nowhere to hide
Baby, it's time So why waste it in chatter?
Let's settle
The matter
Baby, you're mine on a platter
- I always get my man - [SLURPING]
I'm gonna love you like nothing you've known
I'm gonna love you and you all alone
Sooner is better than later But lover
I'll hover
I'll plan
This time I'm not only getting I'm holding
My man
[LOUD SLURPING]
[MUSIC ENDS]
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Bad news on the garage, Lips.
They've bumped them all off. Our men are getting very nervous.
- Champagne, Miss Mahoney? - Breathless,
that was beautiful, as always.
I'm so happy you liked it.
- You mind if I leave? - Why?
- [SLURPING] - I get sick when you eat.
You didn't used to. [SLURPS]
You didn't used to be a Zeppelin.
- Your devotion is touching. - [MAN] Lips!
Lips! It's a raid! It's the cops!
Lips Manlis, you're under arrest,
for owning and operating a gambling establishment.
- Yeah? Where's your warrant? - Right here. Let's go.
- [COP] You, too, Breathless. - I wasn't gambling, I was singing.
- Get in the car. - [LIPS] Flattop.
- These ain't cops! - [BREATHLESS] Who are they?
Hiya, Lips. Hiya, Breathless. Let's go.
[TESS] Even Chief Brandon says you'd make a wonderful chief of police.
[TRACY] It's a desk job.
[TESS] What's so bad about a desk job, anyway?
You think if you sit at a desk, you're playing it safe.
If you weren't out in the street every night, risking your neck,
you could have a wife. I mean a life!
Nobody's gonna put Big Boy Caprice behind bars sitting behind a desk.
Tracy, you said you were going to take a day off tomorrow.
Hmm?
Come on.
- Tracy, did you say you were gonna... - Sure
[THUD] [INDISTINCT ARGUMENT]
Hey, kid. What's your hurry? Where are ya going?
- Stop him! Hey, stop! - Take it easy.
- He stole my watch! - [TRACY] Hey, kid?
- Stop that boy! Stop that boy. - Hey, hey, kid!
Come here! Did you steal this man's watch?
Hi, Tess.
The rest of my party should be arriving any minute.
Come on, kid. You're making a mistake.
It's only a watch! You don't wanna get yourself in this kind of trouble!
- Hey! What are ya trying to do? - [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]
You're gonna get hurt, kid!
Be careful! You're gonna get hurt!
- [STEVE] What did you get? - Didn't save me no chicken.
Things is tough.
- That's all? - Yeah.
[GROANS]
Hey, tough guy. Want to try that on somebody your own size?
[GRUNTING]
[CRASHES]
[GRUNTING CONTINUES]
Maybe we should step outside.
Okay, tough guy. Now do you want to give the kid a piece of chicken?
We got a place for people who beat up kids.
- This cockroach your old man? - Go suck an egg.
[GRUNTS]
Look what you did to your pretty tuxedo.
- Big Boy, ain't we pals? - No pals in this business, Lips.
You taught me that. Sign it.
- The deed to the Club Ritz! - That's right.
I'm going into show business now.
You're dirty, Lips. You need a bath.
Not the bath! Not the bath! Big Boy, not the bath!
- Hey. You got a name? - Kid.
- Kid? - Kid.
What's the name your mother and father gave ya?
What mother and father?
- Who takes care of you? - Who takes care of you?
[WHISPERING] This is Moriarty. I'm at the Southside Warehouse.
- Do you read me? - [SAM ON PHONE] Repeat, Moriarty.
- You're at the Southside Warehouse? - Right.
I don't know who they are, and I can't see what goin' on inside.
The car was unmarked...
[GUN FIRES]
Big Boy, we're friends! Not the bath! Not the bath! We're friends!
I know, and I'm gonna miss ya.
But, All's fair in love and business.
Benjamin Franklin.
[LIPS] Big Boy. Big Boy, Big Boy. Think about it.
How could you do this to me?
- You. - Me?
- How do you want it? - Want it?
Allow me. If a woman don't wear mink,
she don't wear nothing.
Well, I look good both ways.
- Mumbles! Wipe it off. - [MUMBLING]
[LIPS WHIMPERING]
[SCREAM ECHOING]
[SPLASH]
All right! Put the word out!
Lips territory is my territory now.
Everyone who worked for him is working for me!
Everything he owned, I own!
Let's get outta here.
Cover that trapdoor!
[SLURPING]
[GULPING]
[OVER RADIO] You are my lucky charm
With you here on my arm
Well, we gotta call the Welfare Society. Hey, Mike.
Wait. The what?
The boy's home. Mike? You got any ice cream?
- Hey! - Let me go!
Hey, where are you going? What are you doing?
You ain't sticking me in no orphanage. I've been there!
Hey, come on. Sit down. Sit down.
I'm very sorry, pal. It's the law. Sit down.
Look, Kid, if you don't have a home with a mother and a father,
you go to the orphanage, it's the law!
Hey, Mike. You got any ice cream?
[SAM OVER WRIST RADIO] Calling Dick Tracy. Calling Dick Tracy.
Bring the Kid some ice cream. Come in, Sam.
Southside Warehouse, on the river, Tracy.
Something's going on. You better get down here.
I'm on my way.
[TESS] Hey, Tracy, what about the eating machine?
Huh? Oh.
Can you watch him or something?
Watch him do what?
Uh...
Well,
take him to my place. I'll tell Pat to call the orphanage.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- You two married? - No.
Would you like a broken arm?
- I don't like dames. - Good. Me neither.
- Walnuts! - Walnuts?
Tracy, there's a widow to whom a few words need to be said in bereavement.
Pat, bring in Flattop and Itchy. Sam, get these fingerprinted.
- Flattop and Itchy? For what? - I wanna find Lips Manlis fast.
- With a handful of walnuts? - [PAT] Yeah, with a handful of walnuts?
Walnuts?
[ITCHY] All right, all right, all right.
[TRACY] Hello, gentlemen.
- Where's Lips Manlis? - Who's Lips Manlis?
[ITCHY] Yeah, who's Lips Manlis? We get to make one phone call,
that's the law.
- Yeah? - [ITCHY] [CHUCKLING] Yeah.
Gimme the phone.
There's the phone. Be my guest.
Make a note, Pat. They waived their right to a phone call.
[PAT] Right, Tracy. [FLATTOP] Hey, copper.
Maybe you ought to look before you leap, huh? We got rights.
Take the bad men away. They scare me.
- Up and at 'em. Get outta here. - We got rights, too, you know?
- Take your story walking, Itchy. - See you around, Tracy, huh?
- Come on! - All right, all right.
- [ITCHY] Get your mitts off me. - Can't do this, Tracy.
The D.A.'ll say you're badgering witnesses.
Get me Mumbles.
[MUMBLING]
You have no right to do that.
- Hello, Mumbles. - [MUMBLING LOUDLY]
- Where's Lips Manlis? - I don't know...
[CONTINUES INCOHERENTLY]
Where's Lips Manlis?
[SINGING] Got my diamonds, got my yacht
Yacht!
Got a guy I adore
A guy I adore! Let's hear it! Let's hear it!
I'm so happy with what I got
Come on! Let's go.
I want more!
Stretch it, stretch it!
More! They want, More!
Count your blessings
Count your blessings!
One, two, three
I just hate keeping score
I hate keeping score, let's show it!
Move it, touch it! Touch it, I want it!
Any number is fine with me
Grab it! More!
As long as it's more
More! Let's go!
[SIREN WAILING]
[BIG BOY] Come on! More! Good!
[BREATHLESS] [SINGING] More! More!
If you've got a little, why not a lot?
Add a bit and it'll get to be a oodle
Every jot and tittle adds to the pot
Gotta pick it up!
Soon you've got the kit as well as the caboodle
[WOMEN] More!
Up! Up!
Come on, up! More! Higher!
More!
Let's go!
Never say when Never stop at plenty
If it's gonna rain, let it pour
Happy with ten Happier with twenty
If you like a penny Wouldn't you like many much more?
Would you like a penny much more?
Or does that sound too greedy?
That's not greed, no indeedy
That's just stocking the store
That's just stocking the store.
Give it to me!
[MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY]
- Hmm. - [CONTINUES MUMBLING]
Mumbles? Where's Lips Manlis?
[SINGING] That's what's soothing about excess
Kick it up! Kick it up!
Come on. Down in front!
Never settle for something less
Something's better than nothing, yes!
But nothing's better than more
More.
More! More! More! More!
More! More! More!
No! No! It's wrong! It's off, it's wrong! It doesn't work!
- It's not good. What? - [NUMBERS] Boss! Boss!
I'm sorry. These girls are tired.
Yeah, we been doing it all night. It's 2:00 a.m.
It's 2:00 a.m.? I'm about to turn this dump
into the birthplace of a new era in entertainment!
- You're telling me it's 2:00 a.m.? - [BANGING KEYBOARD LID]
- [SCREAMS] - Play the piano!
Hey! That was a silly thing to do. He's the best piano player in town.
Shut up!
Come here.
Next time I take his fingers, and I turn them into pretzels.
[PIANO PLAYING]
I just might do the same thing to your face.
See? He's playing better already.
Let's go.
From the toppy-top!
From the top!
- Care for some water? I'm thirsty. - [GULPS]
Where's Lips Manlis?
[SLURPING]
[MUMBLES URGENTLY]
You heard it, Mrs. Green. That's his testimony.
- Okay, boys. Get his out of here. - His what?
[MUMBLING]
Hey, hey! Wrong way, Mumbles.
That's coercion, Tracy. Even if you get anything, it's illegal.
Just tell those boys in the lab.
Fingerprint those walnuts by 8:00 in the morning,
'cause I'm gonna bring Big Boy in tonight.
You what?
- That's the fifth time! - It's a gamble, if you can't make it stick.
Let me tell you what the gamble is, leavin' Big Boy on the street.
Let's go get him.
[SINGING] No indeedy That's just stocking...
Hello, Big Boy.
I brought your garbage.
- [BIG BOY] Tracy! - We meet again, huh?
- Where's Lips? - This is a private club, copper.
- You got a membership card? I own it! - Do you?
- Since when? - Today.
- I made a deal with Lips. - Lips!
- Where is he? - I don't know. Must have left town.
Well, that's a coincidence.
My new girl, Breathless Mahoney, meet Dick Tracy.
A servant of the people. Like me.
- You like walnuts, don't you, Big Boy? - I love them!
A lot of people like walnuts. They're good for the liver.
Yeah. But they're bad for the brain.
You're sloppy, Big Boy. You're under arrest.
Get him outta here, boys. We got a nice place for him to sleep,
- where they don't serve walnuts. - [FLATTOP] Half hour, boss.
[ITCHY] You'll be back before the opening number, boss.
This ain't no break! Keep rehearsing! Get the lawyer.
- See ya in a half hour, boss. - Tell him this flatfoot is at it again.
He's got no case.
[SIREN WAILING]
[SQUAD CAR PULLING AWAY]
[TRACY] Hello?
[BREATHLESS] You're breaking and entering, you know.
- Sorry. - Sit down.
Aren't you gonna arrest me?
If I were gonna arrest you, I'd have done it by now.
Then what are you up to, honey?
I think Lips Manlis is dead.
And I want you to tell me who killed him.
Or maybe you weren't on his side.
- Whose side are you on? - The side I'm always on.
- Mine. - No grief for Lips?
I'm wearing black underwear.
You know, it's legal for me to take you down to the station
and sweat it out of you under the lights.
I sweat a lot better in the dark.
I know how you feel. You don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me.
- I get a lot of that. - Look, you're safe. Big Boy's in jail.
You're the one that can keep him there. Give me a call.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[ON RADIO] You can do a little two-step
I'll go anywhere that you step to
'Cause now I'm following you
My feet might be falling out of rhythm
Don't know what I'm doing with them, but...
My gosh! What time is it?
- It's 6:30. - [GASPS]
I have to get to the greenhouse. Got those delphiniums comin' in.
Pat says he's gonna call the orphanage today.
- Tracy, you might try watering those. - Tess!
Mmm-hmm?
Thanks for watching the Kid.
- 'Night, Tracy. - And Tess?
You know you're one in a million?
Romance is in the picture too Now I'm following you
Tracy, good night.
By the way, Tracy. Have a good sleep.
Romping, romping Stomping, I'm romping
Romping, stomping I'm romping
Romping, stomping all day
- Tried the iodine transfer? - Yes, Tracy.
- The silver nitrate? - Twice.
Big Boy Caprice's fingerprints are not on those walnuts, Tracy.
Well, I had to take the gamble. What is it, Sam?
Tess is waiting. Boy's Department, Marshall and Bradbury.
She says she's not going to go for a drive in the country with that Kid
if he's wearing the clothes he has on. They stink.
Police brutality, boys. And this is the fifth time.
Lucky for me, I don't bruise easily.
Mr. Caprice, do you intend to take legal action against the city for false arrest?
Why should I blame the city for something one man is doing?
This Tracy character is unstable. The city should get rid of him.
You mean, if you don't get rid of him first.
Who said that?
Hey, there's Fletcher!
Law without order is as great a danger to the people
as order without law. Jefferson.
How can I support a maverick police detective
who keeps making false arrests of private citizens
and throwing them in jail?
Tracy, I am District Attorney.
[SAM OVER WATCH RADIO] Tracy, Tess can't get the Kid
- to take off these smelly clothes. - Chief!
I am a candidate for mayor. If you can't control Detective Tracy,
you'll just have to take him off duty.
Or I'll have to prosecute him, and take you off duty.
[SAM] Tracy, Tess is having a terrible time with this Kid. What should I do?
[TRACY] Hey, hey, hey. Come here! Come on!
You don't have to wear what Tess tells you to wear.
- Come here. - [HORN HONKING]
Where are you going? What are you running away from?
I don't need no suit.
- A suit's for school. - School?
You can't fool me. That means the orphanage.
I ain't wearing no suit.
Kid, your clothes don't smell very good, okay?
If you don't want to wear a suit, just go back in there and say you don't want to.
Otherwise, pick the suit you like.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
[OVER RADIO] Just we two, flying high and hiding
Up in a tree Live alone and like it
That's the answer for me Don't come out of that tree
[KID] Get your mitts off of me. I can do it myself!
Young man! Ow!
[KID] Get outta here.
The young man will be out in a moment.
All right. When do we eat?
Live alone and like it Free as the birds in the trees
When do we eat?
High above the briars Live alone and like it
I do whatever I please
[KID] When do we eat?
When my heart desires Free to hang around or fly
At any old time
[KID] When do we eat?
No equivocation Most of all, no guarantees
That's my only motto Free of obligations
Only the murmuring breeze
[KID] When do we eat?
As an obbligato Live alone and like it
Why is that such a crime?
Free to call the tune
Free to say if I'm gonna work or play
I can have the moon
But I don't have to have it Night and day
Anyway What I like is gliding
Where the wind takes me to Flying high and hiding
Up in a tree Live alone and like it
That's the answer for me
Don't come out of that tree
That's the answer for me
Nice day.
Yeah.
What?
- I been thinking, Tess. - What about?
- Well, you living alone... - I like living alone.
- Huh? - You know that. I'm not the lonely type.
Well,
that's something we got in common.
Yup, we have that in common.
Well, don't you think that since we have so much in common,
it might be a good idea if we just
- went ahead and... - Yes?
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Well...
[TRACY] Look, I wasn't thinking about you living alone,
as much as I was thinking about me living alone.
- I mean... - Hey, Tracy, watch out!
[GUN FIRING]
- [TESS] Tracy, wait! - You all right, Kid?
- [KID] Yeah, I'm okay. - Thanks for the tip.
- Who was it, Tracy? - I don't know, Kid.
- I thought we was goners. - They're just trying to scare us.
- [KID] Jeez, this is incredible!
What are we waiting for? Let's get them!
- Let's get them! Come on, let's go. - [SIRENS WAILING]
We can still get them! They took a right, I saw them!
I'm sorry.
[KID] This is amazing, Tracy. Come on! Let's go!
Tracy,
when you play in the street, it's part of the game, I know that.
Just don't ask me to like it.
[KID] Come on! Let's go!
[COP] They headed up towards Main Street.
Who was it, Tracy?
I don't know, boys. Do me a favour. Stick around here, will ya?
Sure, Tracy.
[MAN ON RADIO] police have been so wrong
in their search for the perpetrators
and the citizens of the peace-abiding neighbourhood are up in arms
over the clash of gunfire that shattered the night.
Thanks for calling.
I was beginning to wonder what a girl had to do to get arrested.
Well, wearing that dress is a step in the right direction.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Are you gonna make a move, or do I have to do everything?
- I'm on duty. - What's your day off?
Sunday.
It's a big world. It must be Sunday somewhere.
[EXHALES]
Seem hot to you?
Hot?
Why did you call me here?
You know that car?
What I'm looking for is a driver.
Preferably one with some mileage.
Yeah?
I called you here 'cause I want to know if you're ready to testify.
No?
You're right, Tracy. Why would you get mixed up with me?
I'm a cheap floozy to you.
I'll be lucky if I get through the week alive.
They probably followed me here.
It isn't easy, Tracy. You want to throw me in jail?
Go ahead.
[DOOR OPENS]
[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]
[RADIO ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Let's dance
Watch the Kid.
You can do a little two-step
I'll go anywhere that you step to
'Cause now I'm following you
My feet might be falling out of rhythm
Don't know what I'm doing with them
But I know I'm following you
I remember all of ya from when I was nothing.
Pruneface, you tossed a firebomb in my car one night,
give me a lot of trouble, but I forgive ya.
Mocca, you put three slugs into me, but I lived.
I forgive you, too. I owe everybody at this table a little something.
But I forgive all of you. Why?
Because I put the past in the past.
However, a boss who cannot see the future
becomes a liability to everyone concerned.
What are ya, a fortune teller? What do you mean, the future?
Pruneface, what I mean
is the future is me.
Pat, Sam, come in. This is Tracy.
I followed her to the Club Ritz.
It looks like we got every hood in town in one room.
Pruneface, Flattop, Johnny Ramm...
- Those guys hate each other! - [TRACY] Better get over here, fast.
- I gotta find out why they're together. - All right, let's go.
[SINGING] Baby, you're mine on a platter
I always
Get my...
[BIG BOY] We got a problem with organization. We're all split up.
That's bad business.
While we're divided, the cops can keep us under control.
But use your imaginations. We form this big company, see?
Each of us here at the table are on the board of directors.
- I'm Chairman of the Board. - Why you?
Because I have a vision.
A big boss must have a vision.
We got a town with thousands of small stores and businesses.
People who are working real hard.
I think they should be working real hard. For us.
Because we are for the people.
And if you ain't for the people,
you can't buy the people.
Lincoln.
We will become the people's silent partner.
Every time some citizen buys a pound of hamburger, we get a nickel.
Every time some guy gets a haircut, we get a dime.
We'll dress like bankers. Join the Rotary Club.
- Together, we will own this town. - [SPALDONI] Why you?
- Excuse me. - Hey!
[INFLUENCE] When do we kill Dick Tracy?
As you know, if anything happens to Tracy,
I'm the prime suspect.
- Leave Dick Tracy to me. - I say we kill Tracy now.
- You say? - I say.
I say you say nothing. I say,
you get behind me, we all profit.
You challenge me, we all go down!
There was one Napoleon, one Washington, one me!
I'm out. [CLEARS THROAT]
It only works if we're all in.
Then it don't work.
I got a good business. I'll take my chances alone.
[GUNS COCKING]
Let him go, let him go. It's still a free country.
Maybe he'll have a change of heart.
[PAT] Sam, I'm worried about Tracy.
What would it take to make you go off your trolley?
Not me. I'm not the type.
[SAM OVER WRIST RADIO] Tracy, you crazy?
You don't have a search warrant.
If you don't get off that ledge,
do you have any idea what the D.A. will do to you?
- This is Pat. Come on down. - Just be ready to get me out of here.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Who's that? Spaldoni?
[SAM] [WHISPERING] I think that's Spaldoni leaving.
If any of those bums find you, the chief will never forgive ya.
Come on, Tracy, get off that building. If they catch ya,
they got a perfect right to do whatever they...
[LOUD EXPLOSION]
- Great Scot! - Great Scot!
[GASPS]
Very upsetting.
- Go, Sam. Get him! - [TIRES SCREECHING]
Peppermint. Try some.
You know, Tracy, for a tough guy, you do a lot of pansy things.
- Is that right? - [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Who is it? - [FALSETTO VOICE] Mr. Tracy?
- Who is it? - I'm Mrs. Skaff.
- I'm from the Welfare Department. - The Welfare Department?
I'm afraid we're going to have to take
the little boy to the orphanage.
Well, just give me one minute, Mrs. Skaff.
I hope you understand, Mr. Tracy. As a single man,
you can't just pick up a child from the streets and take him home.
- He belongs in an orphanage. - Mrs. Skaff, let's discuss this.
It's the law. Then he has to be processed through proper channels.
- And then we have to... - Mrs. Skaff, if you'll leave
this situation to me, I think you'll...
- We don't want no kid, copper. - Yeah, we don't want no kid, copper.
Get dressed. [LAUGHING]
Come on. Get in there or I'll plug you.
Yeah, come on.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[ITCHY CHUCKLES]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- Glad you could join us, Tracy. - [ITCHY CHUCKLING]
We thought you'd be much more comfortable
meeting us here in the basement
of your girlfriend's apartment building, while she's away at work.
You know, Dick... You mind if I call you Dick?
My associates here
would very much like to see you have a little accident.
- [CHUCKLING] - But I tell them, No.
I'll take care of Tracy myself, I tell them.
You know why?
I want you on my side! [LAUGHS]
And let me tell you what my side is.
My side is a lifetime of action and adventure, with no clock to punch.
It's treating that gal of yours 100%.
She should be treated like a princess, protected like a baby.
You gonna put all that money down there?
Fifteen thousand clams.
- It's a deal. - [ITCHY] Fifteen thousand clams.
[BIG BOY] Welcome to new orders, Dick. We're gonna run one hell of a ship
with you aboard.
There's a big world out there, and it's up for sale!
All of it. All we gotta do
is to make sure that the people know I'm the one big enough to run it.
And that you are guilty of attempting to bribe an officer of the law.
- Hey, hey! - Not so fast, copper.
- You dumb dick! - [ITCHY] Let's give it to him!
[BIG BOY] Okay, boys. Do it! You have just said good-bye
to oxygen!
You silly, stupid cop.
You refused me.
I offer you the keys to a kingdom,
and you tell me you're an officer of the law!
I am the law! Me!
Boys, you guarantee me that this is going to look like an accident.
- Don't disappoint me. So long, sucker. - [STEAM HISSING]
You should have made the deal.
[FLATTOP] Yeah. You're gonna have one terrible accident, Tracy.
[ITCHY] I don't even think they're gonna find your body.
- Dumb dick. - I didn't think Tracy'd take a bribe.
Ouch! This accident's been waiting to happen all day, Tracy.
You sure you don't want to change your mind?
[WHOOSHING]
[FLATTOP] I guess that's the end of Dick.
[ITCHY] [CHUCKLING] Thirty seconds, no more Dick.
Thirty seconds, no more Dick!
[ENGINE REVVING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Hey, Tracy!
Kid! Get outta there! Get away from there!
[GLASS SHATTERING]
- [STEAM HISSING] - [MOTOR PUMPING]
The furnace is gonna explode!
Get outta here, Kid. Get outta here.
- Sit tight, Tracy. I'll get you out of here! - [RATTLING]
[WHISTLING]
[RUMBLING]
Hit the dirt!
[EXPLOSION]
Jeez, Tracy, that was a lot of dough.
You're all right, Kid.
[CHIEF] For action in the face of grave danger,
the Kid, whose name will be filled in when he thinks of one,
is awarded this Honorary Detective certificate, with badge.
- Congratulations, pal. - The best-looking officer on the force.
- With or without a name. - But this is just a temporary certificate,
- till you pick a name for yourself. - What's the matter with Kid?
Nothing. This means no more jumping on the back of cars.
- Got it? - Tracy.
[SAM] When does this become permanent?
I got a badge for you.
- [PAT] When he picks a name. - What do you mean?
Look in your top drawer.
[CHIEF] You already got the makings of a detective.
[TESS] Chief, it's temporary till he picks a name, huh?
[CHIEF] Sure, he'll pick a name.
Couple of years, this Kid'll be driving.
Maybe I'll make him my partner.
[PAT] Sam, that's something. How'd ya like to pick your own name?
- Put her there, Detective. - [SAM] Know what I'd pick? I'd pick Sam.
[BIG BOY] What's that matter? We're not paying you enough money?
Don't tell me about my boys messing up the Tracy rubout,
they were being tested, they flunked!
Now, they're just flunkies. Like you.
I don't care if Tracy puts one and one together.
Don't matter to me. You're still working for me!
You're on my side. You're not out.
You're not out. When you are dead, then you are out.
You are mine. I own you.
[CAR DOORS SLAMMING]
[ENGINE STARTING]
Tracy, we've got 14 witnesses,
they all insist Big Boy spent the entire morning
- at a dance lesson. - Uh-huh.
I am sorry!
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[TRACY] Be just a second, Tess.
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
- What kind of ice cream did you get? - Fresh peach.
Better eat it right away. It's starting to run a little.
What are you doing here?
Aren't you gonna frisk me?
You're so good with names. What's a name that you like?
I don't know. Herbert. Horace. Thomas. Edgar.
Anything's better than Kid. Hold this.
- Well, I like Kid. - If you want that detective certificate
to be permanent, you gotta pick a name.
Gimme.
- She's pretty. - She's a lot more than that.
Look, if I testify against Big Boy, he'll have me bumped off.
He'd have to bump me off first.
Why?
Because, I'd be protecting you, 24 hours a day.
- You would? - Yeah. That's my job.
Do you always put so much of yourself in your job?
You're not gonna know that till you testify.
You're a good man, Tracy.
And I want to do the right thing.
Come here.
Hey! What's the hurry? Where's the fire?
Throwing a ball in a trash can, is that supposed to be some big
Tess, this is
I know who she is. Hello, Miss Mahoney.
You must be Miss Trueheart. Tracy's told me so much about you.
Oh?
He doesn't know so awfully much about me.
[SCOFFS]
Yeah, well, thanks for coming by.
- We'll be in touch, Tracy. - Right.
Miss Trueheart.
What a cute little boy.
I'll bet she does some nifty undercover work.
Well, we're making our move on the Club Ritz tonight.
Is this pistachio?
Now, that's what I call a dame. What was she doing here?
[TRACY] She knows something. I'm trying to get her to testify.
[KID] You know what, Tracy? You ought to let me talk to her.
[THE BLANK] Is this 88 Keys?
I got a deal for you. Meet me at the city car barn in one hour.
That's right. One hour.
[THE BLANK] Up here, 88.
[SWITCH CLICKING]
Open the suitcase.
Do you wanna know why I called you?
Five thousand. Your first payment.
- For what? - You work for Big Boy now.
You want to make a lot of money helping him?
- Yes or no? - Yeah.
Give that letter to Big Boy,
tell him you found it under your door.
Who do I tell him you are?
You don't, because you never saw me.
And don't try to find me, I'll call you.
Make the deal.
[SWITCH CLICKING]
If you kill Dick Tracy, you will be the prime suspect,
and the city will mobilize against you.
But for 10% of your business, we guarantee
Dick Tracy will not be a problem for you any more,
and you will not be suspected of anything.
[CHUCKLES]
What can you lose?
If they don't deliver, you don't pay.
You're a piano player. What do you want to be? A radish?
Don't bring me a deal from someone you never saw,
you don't know how to get to.
Get him out of here. Go ahead. Play the piano.
Okay, what's this?
[NUMBERS] I think I got this figured out.
Hey! Got a match?
- What was that all about? [CHUCKLES] - My income tax.
Hey!
- Come here. - You want me to follow him?
Where? To the piano?
That was none of your business. Come here. I'm your business.
Okay, Numbers, let's see your numbers.
We get the same percentage from the laundries...
[DOOR OPENS]
[SIREN WAILING]
Where do you think you're goin'?
Come on, Tracy. Take me with ya.
Get back in there and brush your teeth.
Go on. And wish me luck tonight.
[DOOR SLAMS]
I'll see you later.
Move in, and take your positions.
[SINGING] Sooner or later you're gonna be mine
Sooner or later you're gonna be fine
Baby, it's time that you face it
I always get my man
I have to hand it to you, Big Boy, you got the best broads in town!
Top drawer!
[CONTINUES SINGING] you're gonna decide
Sooner or later there's nowhere to hide
- [SAM] Come in, Tracy. - This is Tracy, Sam.
We made it.
[CONTINUES SINGING] why waste it in chatter?
[SAM] Careful, Tracy. The waiters carry guns.
Baby, you're mine on a platter
- I always get... - [CHUCKLING]
[SAM] All right, Tracy. You all set?
Okay, boys. Let's go.
- [ALARM RINGING] - [WOMEN SCREAMING]
All right! I got it under control.
Relax! Please! Everybody?
It's okay. Please! Please. Okay!
No, no! I got it under control!
Everybody! No! Everything's under...
Just sit down, everything... Relax. It's easy.
Get this thing taken care of. It's okay. No, everything's all right.
Okay, Bill, that side of the room. Frank, cover the bar.
Hello, Big Boy. The gang's all here.
- What is it, a class reunion? - This is a private party, mister.
- Invitation only. - Here's my invitation.
Search warrant.
And no one I've kissed, babe
Ever fights me again
[RATTLING]
- No gambling, no nothing, Tracy. - What?
You mean, you thought we had gambling?
I wouldn't be caught dead in a place that permitted gambling!
I'll be back, Big Boy.
Listen, tell me when you're coming. I'll have a big party waiting for ya.
- Let's go, boys. - Right, Tracy.
Then, baby, amen
I thought you was gonna take care of Tracy.
- He didn't look around. Did you notice? - Yeah.
I don't get it.
[FLATTOP] He's just trying to louse up the party.
- How'd it go? - Clockwork.
Let's hope Big Boy thinks I'm too stupid to look under the top of a table.
Pat, I am gonna get him.
It's just a question of when.
Sooner or later you're gonna be fine
Baby, it's time that you faced it
I always get my man
Get over to 132 Broad Street.
[OVER HEADSET] 132 Broad Street.
- Okay, 132 Broad Street. - Right, Bug.
[BREATHLESS] The challenge delights me
The more you resist, babe
The more it excites me
Dick Tracy has struck tonight, and he has struck hard,
right at the heart of the gang lord's empire.
No one I've kissed, babe ever fights me again
If you're on my list
It's just a question of when
When I get a yen
Then, baby, Amen
I'm counting to ten
I'm gonna love you like nothing you've known
I'm gonna love you and you all alone
Sooner is better than later But lover
I'll hover
I'll plan
This time I'm not only getting
I'm holding
My
Man
[BIG BOY OVER HEADSET] Tracy, Tracy, Tracy, Tracy!
Everywhere I turn, it's Tracy, Tracy, Tracy!
It's like he's reading my mind.
Texie Garcia,
Ribs Mocca, Johnny Ramm and now DeSanto. I don't get it.
How could he catch them so fast?
I don't understand. He knows what we're doing,
before we do it.
You said you had a way of taking care of Tracy,
Leave it to me, you said. Well, let me tell you something.
I'm taking this bum out of the headlines. I'm rubbing him out!
You kill Tracy, they point the finger at me. This bum...
[DRIPPING]
[MUTTERING]
[WHISPERING] We're being bugged.
We're being bugged.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Hey, Mike, what'd you put in this chili, melted rubber?
Sometimes I wonder why I slave over a hot stove for you, Tracy.
Okay, Freddy. Get down to the Southside Warehouse.
Big pay-off!
Tracy, I'm leaving.
I used to be afraid that maybe you'd never take some time and settle down,
and now I know it.
I knew you'd never want a desk job, Tracy.
[BUG OVER WRIST RADIO] Calling Dick Tracy. Calling Dick Tracy.
Do you read me, Tracy?
You got Big Boy on the run now, and that's good.
[BUG] Calling Dick Tracy. Calling Dick Tracy.
Tracy, good luck.
Come in, Tracy. This is Bug Bailey.
Do you read me?
What is it, Bug?
There's something going on at the Southside Warehouse.
- It sounds big, really big. - Go on.
Tracy, come in.
Go on.
Tracy, are you there?
Better get over there, Tracy.
I'm on my way.
I'll be back, Tess.
[GUNS FIRING]
[GUN CLICKING]
Reload.
[GUN FIRING]
All right! All right, that's enough!
I want them dead! Both of them.
I want this no-face dead and I want Tracy dead.
What's the matter? You bums forgot how to kill people?
Doesn't your work mean anything to you any more?
Have you no sense of pride in what you do?
No sense of duty? No sense of destiny?
I'm looking for generals!
What do I got? Foot soldiers!
I want Dick Tracy dead!
Don't get me wrong, Tracy. If you say there was a man with no face,
I'll bet the mortgage there was.
- But who's he working for? - Yeah, who's he working for?
I don't know, boys, but I didn't dream him up.
Would you get my suit cleaned? We need a witness who'll testify.
- A man with no face? - A man with no face.
[88 KEYS] What can you lose, Big Boy? What can you lose?
I don't know, Big Boy. It seems they want to get rid of Tracy as much as you.
It'll only cost you 10%. What can you lose?
Okay, piano player.
You got a deal.
Mike, give the Kid a doughnut.
- Hi, Tracy. - Hi, Tracy.
- [MIKE] Which one?
- Where's Tess? - Out of town.
She asked me and the boys to take care of the Kid
till they take him to the orphanage.
- [MIKE] There's no jelly in that doughnut. - Tess went out of town, huh?
Sorry, Tracy, I thought you knew.
Want me to take the Kid back to the precinct?
- No, Chief. Thanks a lot for filling in. - Okay. Good night.
Good night.
Tracy. Want a doughnut?
Yeah, thanks. Mike, let me have a coffee, will ya?
- Coffee. - One for me, too.
[88 KEYS] [SINGING] What can you lose?
Maybe it shows
She's had clues
Which she chose to ignore
Maybe, though, she knows
And just wants to go on as before
As a friend, nothing more
So she closes the door
Well, if she does
Those are the dues
- Once the words are spoken - Once the words are spoken
- Something may be broken - Something may be broken
- Still you love her - Still you love her
- What can you lose? - What can you lose?
[88 KEYS] But what if she goes?
At least now you have part of her
- What if she had to choose? - What if she had to choose?
Leave it alone
Hold it all in
- Better a bone - Better a bone
- Don't even begin - Don't even begin
- With so much to win - With so much to win
- There's too much - There's too much
- To lose - To lose
Cheer up, Tracy. I'm the one in danger.
I shouldn't be talking to a cop.
- [TRACY] You know what I want. - I want to hear you say it.
I don't want you to be hurt.
Don't tell me what you don't want. Tell me what you do want.
You want me.
Don't you?
You're right, I do want you. In court,
- where you can tell the truth. - You're lying.
You want me the same way that I want you.
You want me to take a risk? I want you to take a risk.
I told you I'd protect you if you testify.
- Protect me? - It's my job.
I don't know about your job. I only know what I feel.
If you can't tell me how you feel, Tracy, then I can't trust you.
Wait a minute. What do you want me to admit?
That I think about you? Okay, I admit it.
- Testify. - You want my testimony?
Tell me you want me. If you do that, I'll do anything you say.
How bad do you want Big Boy? It's up to you.
Tell me you want me.
Tell me you want it all, but tell me now.
If I say that, I'm gonna hurt somebody I don't wanna hurt.
You trust her.
I love her.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[CAR PULLS AWAY]
[MRS. TRUEHEART] He could be President of the United States,
and he'd call it a desk job.
Dick Tracy's awfully tough on himself.
He's torn, Tess. He's torn between love and duty.
If you get too close to a man like that,
you probably won't be treated much better
than he treats himself.
It takes a lot of understanding to love a man like that.
What did you say, Mother?
I said, it takes a lot of understanding to love a man like that.
He'll never take a desk job.
[MUTTERING]
Yeah?
Sit down, will ya?
Sam, Mrs. Trueheart said Tess left there a long time ago.
Has somebody checked out Route 3 for accidents?
[SAM] Right, Tracy.
[TRACY] We gotta talk about this orphanage business.
- What? - [PAT] Tracy, did you get the sketch?
Yes, I got the sketch. I got both sketches.
They're both the same sketch.
Forget the sketch! Check Route 3 for accidents!
- We're working on it, Tracy. - Don't work on it, do it!
- Right. - Right.
I hope she comes back to him. I've never seen him like this.
The Welfare Office called again.
I'm not supposed to keep you out of the orphanage.
[THE BLANK] Yes, and then send a letter to District Attorney Fletcher.
- Can you do it? - Ah.
I can do anyone's handwriting.
All right. Tracy's handwriting, write this,
District Attorney Fletcher, I have evidence that will destroy you.
Bring $ 10,000 to room 429, Midway Hotel.
Bring $10,000
to room 429, Midway Hotel.
[GASPS]
If you want to stay alive, you'll do what Big Boy says.
[MUFFLED SCREAM]
[TRACY] That's not it! That's not it! Does Paddy O'Brien know she's missing?
- Yeah. That's not him? - Was he the one?
That's not it! That's not it! What's that?
- It's for you. - Open it.
[SAM] Pat, what about that guy from up north?
You hear anything about him? What's his name? Louie?
[PAT] Yeah, Louie the Louse. [SAM] Yeah, where is he?
- [PAT] He's in the pen, I think. - I can't do it, Kid. It's the law.
- [SAM] Six months. - Flowers.
This is cold!
Hey, who's on the coffee out there, Rip Van Winkle?
- You can't get a decent cup... - I don't know why it'd be cold.
Tess wants to talk. Watch the Kid, boys.
Sure thing, Tracy.
Tracy, you got lilies. Want me to put them in water?
Tracy? Tracy?
I'm here to pick up a child, case 38196.
I don't want to wait. I want the child now.
[MAN] You're from the orphanage, ma'am?
[ON RADIO] Last night we had a date We stayed out late
I bought round after round
Just for you I played the fool
Yes, I was quite the clown
Tess, where are you?
Words were spoken Hearts were broken
But now I hope you see
It was the whiskey talking Not me
I had myself a little splash...
Tess?
Tess! Tess.
[THE BLANK] Relax, Tracy.
Just smell the flowers, and go to sleep.
It won't kill you. It won't even hurt you.
But your big career is over.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Hey!
Close the darn door.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Tracy, you're late. Wait a minute.
- Who are you? - [GUN FIRING]
MAN ON RADIO: Mayor Tracy, Senator Tracy, Governor Tracy.
High political offices are being coupled with Tracy's name.
[DOOR SLAMS]
[THUDDING]
- Now? - [THE BLANK] Now.
You can't blackmail me, Dick Tracy.
Nobody does that to me! Nobody blackmails me!
You put that gun away!
Who do you think you're dealing with? If I go to jail, you go to jail!
I don't have to pay you! I don't have to give you a dime!
I don't have to give you a nickel, Dick Tracy!
You're nothing but a punk, Tracy, that's all you are!
Police? Better send someone over here right away. The Midway Hotel.
Put it away! Put the gun away, Tracy!
[GUN FIRING]
[THUDDING]
[THE BLANK] Out.
[WHISTLE BLOWING]
Go around back!
Yes, there's bad news tonight. It's worse than bad. It's heartbreaking.
Dick Tracy is in disgrace tonight.
Charges of blackmail and murder fill the hushed air.
And in the void, once more, is heard the rattle of chips, as the wheel spins...
This is beautiful. I want to hang this on my wall.
I've gotta hand it to ya, 88! Your people did it!
- [LAUGHING] - They got Tracy out of the way.
Keep him out of the way.
Boys, we're back in business!
Maybe I'll run for mayor myself.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[WOMEN SINGING]
Yesterday it seemed the world was about to end
Didn't it?
Looked as though we wouldn't last out the year
Yesterday disaster waited around the bend
Well, my friend
Spring is here
Back in business and ain't it grand?
Let the good times roll
Yesterday things were out of hand
Now they're under control
Bye-bye, blues So long, adversity
Happiness, hello
Hello, hello
Keep the status quo
Permanently so
Back again like a boomerang
Same old stand Same old gang
Back in business with a bang
Let the good times roll
Back in business
And ain't it grand?
Let the good times roll
Back to normal Back to usual
Let the fun resume
No more doom and gloom
No more bust, just boom
Back in business and overnight
In demand Well, all right
Business is just dynamite
Let the good times roll
[KID] Tracy didn't do it, Chief. I know he didn't do it.
You did the right thing to call me, Kid. Tracy's in real bad shape about Tess.
She's still missing, and we haven't a clue.
It looks like a kidnapping, but nobody's asked for ransom.
[KID] Tracy's the only one who can find her.
- Judge said no bail. - He didn't do it, Chief.
He didn't do it.
Why would somebody kidnap Tess and not even ask for a ransom?
If I could just get back on that street
I'll leave the two of you alone for a minute. It'll be anytime now.
The state police will be coming to transfer you
to the county jail in a little while.
How's the food?
Good.
How's the food at the orphanage?
It's good.
- It'll be anytime now. - All right, Chief.
[PAT] What a New Year's Eve, huh?
I got my permanent certificate.
But... I thought you had to pick a name.
I did.
If it's all right with you?
It's all right with me.
It is.
[THE BLANK] Tess, I hope you like being alone with me.
Happy new year.
- Here, let me get that. - Okay. It's okay.
Sorry, Tracy.
- [BOTH] Happy new year, Tracy. - What are you two doing here?
It's a long trip to county jail.
I'd say it would take at least eight hours to get there.
All right, boys, call headquarters.
Get them to send a car to 38th and Central,
and tell them there's something I want them to bring.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Hello, Mumbles! Who set me up? Huh? - [MUMBLING]
Talk! Talk, you cockroach! Talk!
- [MUMBLING] - Huh? Huh?
Okay, Pat.
[MUMBLING CONTINUES]
Care for some water, Mumbles? Huh?
This is Brandon speaking. Who's calling?
[THE BLANK ON PHONE] Do you want to put Big Boy in jail?
- Yes? - He's kidnapped Tess Trueheart.
- Go to 38th and Grand. - Now wait a minute.
- Who is this? Hello? Hello? - Wait for a call.
38th and Grand. That's the Club Ritz.
- Joe! Get my car. - Yes, sir?
- Keep an eye on the Kid till I get back. - Right, Chief.
[TRACY] You don't want to tell me who set me up, huh?
[MUMBLES SPEAKING GIBBERISH ON TAPE]
You want Big Boy to hear that?
[LAUGHING]
Ah.
[GIBBERISH CONTINUES]
What do you think, Mumbles?
[LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY]
Big Boy did it. Big Boy did it. Big Boy did it. Big Boy did it.
[SOBBING]
[MUMBLING]
Okay, Sam. Let's take this and play it for Big Boy.
Wait. Wait.
88 Keys, the piano man, set you up.
Big Boy paid him to get you out of the way.
[TRACY] Why would somebody kidnap Tess and not even ask for a ransom?
So what do we do? Grab 88 Keys, or go straight for Big Boy?
Yeah, Tracy, what do we do? Grab 88 Keys, or go straight for Big Boy?
Is the enemy of my enemy my friend,
- or the enemy of my friend my enemy? - What?
- Or the enemy of my enemy my enemy? - What did he say?
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
He said the enemy of his enemy is his enemy.
Oh.
[BAND PLAYING]
Caprice speaking. Who is this?
How long since you took a look in your attic, Big Boy?
Who is this?
Better take a look around upstairs. Something's fishy.
[TRACY] Okay, Sam, you take the front. We're going to the roof.
Tracy, why are we going to the roof?
I don't know. It seems like a good place to hide.
Can you get through to Chief Brandon?
Big Boy. I think you ought to come with me, quick.
Tracy, why we going to the roof?
This is Chief Brandon.
Jumping Jimminy, Tracy. That's Tess!
- Break that lock. - Okay, Tracy, okay. Let me just...
- What's she doing here? - It won't budge, Tracy.
- What is this? - It's Tracy's dame!
What is she doing here? How'd she get in here?
- Tracy! - [GUN FIRING]
[BIG BOY] Untie her! Come on! We gotta get outta here!
Untie her! Let's go! Get her outta here!
- Don't shoot. - [BIG BOY] A frame!
It's a frame-up!
Somebody tried to make it look like we kidnapped her!
It's a federal offence! Come on! Come on!
I'm okay, Tracy!
[TRACY] That's kidnapping, Big Boy! It's a federal offence!
Things are not always what they seem. You're gonna pay for this!
- Easy! - Anybody shoots, I shoot you,
sweet pea! Come on!
[PAT] Tracy, what's going on? Did you hurt yourself?
Gotta figure a way out of here, Pat.
Tracy, are you okay?
[SINGING] Got my diamonds
Got my yacht
Got a guy I adore
I'm so happy with what I got
I want more
[TRACY] There's no way out of this place.
[PAT] You can't find a trapdoor or a panel that moves or something?
I'm looking, Pat. The ceiling must be 20 feet high.
[CONTINUES SINGING] Mathematician
All I know is addition
What are you doing down there?
[WOOD CRUNCHING]
Tracy, what are you doing down there?
Boss! Why are we surrounded by cops?
- Cops? - A billion of them!
This is it! Burn the records!
Lock all the doors. This is your fault.
They're forcing me to use you as a hostage. Break out the guns!
Jeez, boss. Tracy's girl?
Someone set us up. They're gonna get us on a kidnapping rap.
All of us! We've gotta get out of here.
- Get out of my... - Get out of my way!
I like Tracy. I had a meeting with him once. Did he tell you?
Let me tell you. I may just put a bullet through your head!
Let's go!
What do you weigh, Pat?
I don't know. About 195, 196.
Something like that.
- How much? - 210.
I find counting a bore
Keep the number mounting Your accountant does the counting
More! More!
The only way to get into this joint, Chief, is to bust our way in.
- Jump. - What?
- Jump. - Jump?
- Keep your mouth shut, woman! - You don't say nothing to nobody.
You may think they got us surrounded, but I'm getting out of this.
Watch it! Move it, woman!
Now, however, I own the view
[TRACY] Come on. Just jump.
Come out with your hands over your head.
Them coppers are never gonna take me alive. We're making a break for it.
Come out with your hands over your heads. This is it.
The jig is up!
One is fun, why not two?
And if you like two might as well have four
And if you like four why not a few
Why not a slew more?
Come on! Let's go! In the car, in the car! Now, listen, you guys!
When I hit my horn, that's the signal to go.
[FLATTOP] Okay, Big Boy! Let's give it to them, boys!
You gotta tell them everything. They crave leadership.
- You're under arrest. If you... - Chief.
- Look at him. What's he doing up there? - Tracy!
[ENGINES STARTING]
If you've got a little, why not a lot?
Add a bit and it'll get to be an oodle
Every jot and tittle adds to the pot
Soon you've got the kit as well as the caboodle
More!
He does have Tess, but he won't bring her out of there.
- We gotta go in. - Go in?
Give me that Tommy gun, Sam.
[ENGINES REVVING]
Okay, hit your horn.
[HORN HONKING]
- You bring your men... - [TIRES SCREECHING]
[GUNS FIRING]
For something less
Something's better than nothing, yes!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
This may get messy. You make a wrong move inside here, I blow your head off!
Big Boy!
Come on! Yeah!
[SINISTER CHUCKLING]
You know, sometimes I wonder why I try to improve things.
- Nobody seems to care. - [TESS MOANING]
Pain can be valuable, Miss Trueheart. We learn from pain.
We learn... Don't make me push you!
This is awkward. This is so awkward.
Here.
[TRACY] Let's go, men. Big Boy's inside. He's got Tess with him.
I knew he wouldn't have the guts to come out.
[SAM] Right, Tracy.
[BIG BOY] They say I kidnapped you. I didn't kidnap you.
But I'm kidnapping you now.
- Does life imitate art? - Mr. Caprice!
So many questions, so few answers. What a way to usher in the new year.
He took her through there, the wine room.
Tracy.
You don't trust me.
Tracy?
Good luck.
Thanks.
It was very stupid of you to have been lured into this scheme.
- [TESS] Oh! - A big mistake.
Get them up, Keys.
It's not so much that I have to hurt someone, it's just don't make me do it!
Ya louse!
Believe me, this is not the way I wanted it to be.
[TESS GRUNTING]
[STEAM WHISTLE BLOWING]
There it is! The city! They'll never find me.
Can you hear its beat? The rhythm. Happy new year, city!
Jump! We can make it! No, no, don't jump! We can't make it.
[FIRECRACKERS BURSTING]
You'll pay for this. You're gonna pay for this.
Don't move! Not if you want to stay alive.
A woman! A woman! A woman!
I've been humiliated by a woman.
The way I see it, and Plato agrees with me,
is that there is what is,
and then there is what we would like it to be.
Well, that's not important.
What's important is the future, is planning ahead.
A man without a plan is not a man. Nietzsche.
Wait a minute.
Wait. I'm having a thought.
Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
I'm gonna have a thought. It's coming.
It's gone.
Let's rise above the tide.
Take that journey, that journey into that faraway land,
a land that just waits.
It waits by the track, where the train of destiny must run,
run into the future breaking the shackles of the past.
Forget the past. Forget the... Our limitations are our shackles.
Put them behind you forever. Put them behind you forever, Tess.
Can't you see I love you?
[THUDDING]
Wait! What's that?
Hands up, copper! We gotta talk.
I did not kidnap this woman.
Drop that gun! Or my next bullet's got her name on it!
[TESS] Don't do it, Dick!
[BIG BOY] Good. Good, Tracy.
[GUN FIRES]
[BIG BOY] What's that?
Tracy!
Tracy? Tracy?
Where are ya? Where'd ya go?
What, are you playing hide-and-seek?
You're hiding from me? That's not fair. No way to be, Dick.
Come out, Tracy. These gears are turning.
You want this dumb dame's head to be smashed like a walnut?
Tracy, I did not kidnap this girl. Somebody's trying to frame me!
Where are you? Come on. Just let me see ya. I just wanna see your face.
I just wanna talk some sense. I wanna
I just wanna take your head, and I wanna crack it like an egg!
No, no! I didn't mean that! No, Tracy, listen to me.
- [CRUNCHING] - Tracy, you hear that?
What's happening to that can
is gonna be happening to her head in a few seconds.
There's not going to be any more beautiful hair to fondle, huh?
No ears to nuzzle.
You're gonna have chopped sweetheart, Tracy.
See those gears? Those gears are like a clock.
Every notch, tick tock.
[CLANGING]
[GRUNTING]
[TESS] Tracy!
[GUN FIRES]
[THE BLANK] Drop it, Big Boy.
Get your hands up, Tracy. Don't move, either one of you.
I outsmarted you, Big Boy. I knew you'd panic.
I brought you down with kidnapping,
the only crime you didn't commit.
Whoever you are, I know we can make a deal.
[THE BLANK] A deal? I'm making my deal with Tracy.
Tracy, with Big Boy out of the way, we can own this town.
Pick up that pipe and kill him.
Pick it up!
Pick up that pipe.
[TESS] Tracy, no!
Drop that gun!
[GUN FIRING]
[SCREAMING]
I'll do it, Kid!
Don't move your head, Tess. I got it. It's okay. Don't turn your head.
[KID] Hey, Tracy, look.
Is he still alive?
Will you look at that?
Tess, call an ambulance.
I'll call, Tess. I'll go get it.
You were right, Tracy. I couldn't pull the trigger.
It was a good plan, Breathless. You almost pulled it off.
- The city would have been yours. - Yeah.
You were my only mistake.
Tell me the truth.
Could it ever have happened between us?
That's how we got him to confess that Breathless killed Fletcher.
- He was her piano player. - Not bad.
Right. Mmm-hmm.
You know, you're probably much too smart to need this,
but I think I'm gonna give it to you anyway.
Gee!
Tracy! This...
Thank you. Wow!
Tastes different, Mike. What did you do? Wash the bowl?
Don't listen to him, Mike. It's just grand.
[MIKE] Except for the guy she goes out with, this lady's got real taste.
- Tess. - What?
- I've been thinking. - What about?
Well, you living alone, and
I like living alone.
Uh-huh.
We have that in common, I guess.
Uh-huh.
Well, don't we?
Well, I just think
when two people have so much in common,
they ought to do something about it.
Would...
Uh-oh.
Shut up, Kid.
And... [CLEARS THROAT]
Don't...
Yes?
Don't you think we'd be happier if we just...
What?
What do you think?
Dick Tracy, are you asking me to...
[PAT] Calling Dick Tracy. Pat Patton to Dick Tracy.
Robbery in progress, Tracy. Metropolitan Bank.
Hot diggity dog!
Come on! Let's go!
Come on, Tracy! Let's go! Come on!
Come on, Tracy!
Well, what are you waiting for? A nice, safe desk?
Tess,
you're one in a million.
[KID] This is amazing, Tracy! What are you waiting for?
Come on. Let's go!
Come on. Metropolitan Bank. Come on. Step on it!
You know something, Tracy? I kinda like that dame.
[MORE PLAYING]
Once upon a time I had plenty of nothing
Which was fine with me
Because I had rhythm, music, love
The sun, the stars and the moon above
Had the clear blue sky and the deep blue sea
That was when the best things in life were free
Then time went by and now I get plenty of plenty
Which is fine with me
'Cause I still got love I still got rhythm
But look at what I got to go with 'em
Who could ask for anything more? I hear you query
Who could ask for anything more? Well, let me tell you
Dearie
Got my diamonds
Got my yacht
Got a guy I adore
I'm so happy with what I got
I want more
Count your blessings
One, two, three
I just hate keeping score
Any number is fine with me
As long as it's more
As long as it's more!
I'm no mathematician
All I know is addition
I find counting a bore
Keep the number mounting Your accountant does the counting
More!
I got rhythm
Music, too
Just as much as before
Got my guy and my sky of blue
Now, however, I own the view
More is better than nothing, true
But nothing's better than more, more, more
Nothing's better than more
One is fun, why not two?
And if you like two might as well have four
And if you like four why not a few
Why not a slew more?
If you've got a little, why not a lot?
Add a bit and it'll get to be an oodle
Every jot and tittle adds to the pot
Soon you've got the kit as well as the caboodle
More!
Never say when Never stop at plenty
If it's gonna rain, let it pour
Happy with ten Happier with twenty
If you like a penny Wouldn't you like many much more?
Or does that sound too greedy?
That's not greed, no indeedy
That's just stocking the store
Gotta fill your cupboard Remember Mother Hubbard
More!
Each possession you possess
Helps your spirits to soar
That's what's soothing about excess
Something's better than nothing, yes!
But nothing's better than more, more, more
Except all, all, all
Except once you have it all
Have it all
You may find all else above
Else above
That though things
Are bliss
There's one thing you miss
And
That's
More!
More! More! More! More!
More! More! More!