Alive. We want him alive.
Let's go in from the other side.
Lost him. He made his break
Just as we were boarding the plane to Tangier.
Well, get him. Comb every inch of that airport.
Eric Augustine has given us the slip.
Now, listen, Prentice.
I want that man brought in alive.
Eric Augustine's no good to us dead.
Throw a police net around the airport.
Right. Yes, sir.
Eric Augustine's escaped. Contact all security agencies.
State patrol, police department.
Lock this town up tight.
Calling all cars. Be on the alert
For a man answering description Eric Augustine.
Calling all cars. Be on the alert
For a man answering description Eric Augustine.
Desperately wanted by federal security agencies.
This man is armed and is dangerous.
Hey.
Ah, a star is born.
Hey, you.
Car 31, 3-1 reporting.
Suspect answering description of Eric Augustine
Entering alley at Park and Montgomery Street. Out.
- You there, stop. - Who, me?
Get your hands up. Yeah, now, listen to me...
Okay, I'll listen to you.
It was just a gag, officer. It was just a little joke.
I wanted to see how it feels to have top billing.
Dugan won't mind. He can't read. Get your hands up higher.
They won't go any higher. They're hooked to my wrists.
Uh, honest, I quit booking those two-bit bets.
Ask Sam at the candy store.
I'm Peanuts White. I play a lot of police benefits.
He's clean. Sure I'm clean.
Look, Shireen doesn't look like that on the stage.
When she's working I keep her covered like this.
You see, officer? Come on, let's go.
Hey. Hey, what am I? A criminal?
What show did you catch? Get going.
Hey, listen.
How many times do I have to tell you guys?
I'm not Augustine.
Water, water. Give me a glass of water.
Poor thing's wilting. Cost me a dime.
Pretending to be cheap won't work either, Augustine.
I'm not Augustine. I'm Peanuts White.
Don't any of you guys ever relax at the Downtown Burlesque?
I'm one of the comics who goes on between the relaxers.
My, oh, my. What time will the girls be here?
Very funny.
He knows. Tell them how I fractured them.
Sit down. Critic.
Here's what we found on him.
A dollar eighteen, a half a stick of gum,
Two burlesque tickets
And a package of bobby pins.
I was carrying them for Shireen.
That's our strip tease girl. She ain't got no pockets.
Augustine, you were always able
To mislead the police with false details.
But I tell you, I'm not Augustine.
You got the wrong man. You made a mistake.
Fellas, you're not listening.
Hey, that's a lie.
When did I dress like that? Boy, I must've been loaded.
Eric Augustine, alias Sir Thomas Valaine,
Alias Ricardo Del Moria, alias Duke of Larimore.
And now alias Peanuts White.
How did you slip out of Cairo last fall?
I didn't slip, I was pushed.
It wasn't Cairo, it was Chicago. And it wasn't my fault.
Shireen got a hold of a jug, and when the cops walked in...
What did you do with the million you were carrying?
Million?
Million what? Million dollars.
Cash.
Oh, have you got the wrong guy.
Bailey, it's the sheriff.
Yes?
We've cornered Augustine in one of the hangars.
He never left the airport.
Be right there.
They got Augustine cornered out at the airport. Come on.
He's free to go.
You're free. It's about time.
Missed the rubber hose by three minutes.
And remember, your salaries are paid by the taxpayers.
I may be one someday.
We wanted this man alive.
Well, what am I suppose to do? Let him kill me?
Believe it or not, mister, it would've been better.
He's still breathing. Get him to a hospital.
Come on. Easy now, boys.
Peanuts White.
It's our only chance.
Oh, no, Bailey. Why not? He's an actor.
Actor? Ha!
Have you ever seen him act?
Who's there?
It's the plumber, Mrs. Jones.
But I'm taking a bath.
And are you skinny.
Is there anyone home here?
As if I didn't know.
Ah, you, stupid Maya, you.
Don't you know you're fooling with the champion
Of the entire world there?
What are you doing here? I didn't send for a plumber.
No, but the lady downstairs did.
Your tub is leaking and the drips are dropping
On the drapes down there.
Ooh.
I fix it up right now. Here.
Here we go with the wrench here.
We make with the monkey shines, yeah.
Listen, my husband's coming in. Huh? Your husband?
Oh, cheese and crackers. What do we do here?
Oh, he must have forgotten something.
If he finds you here, he'll kill us.
Oh, yes, I hide. Quick, hide.
I goes under here. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. You fool, you.
In the shower. In the shower.
Here we go, in the shower.
Well, I could get killed this way here.
Oh, my, in the shower.
This must be the place here.
I forgot to kiss you goodbye, dear.
Goodbye, darling. Goodbye, lover-kins.
Goodbye, plumber.
Goodbye, fellows.
A couple slipped down the drain.
Oh, no, not again. We'd like to talk to you.
Call me next Thursday. I gotta change for the spittoon bit.
This is important. It's vital. You've got to come with us.
But I gotta change my clothes.
You haven't time. We haven't time.
You'll hear about it from my agent about this
As soon as he gets out of jail. Now, wait a minute
Tangier.
Hoenig. Augustine.
A million bucks. I gotta get back to the theater.
General, this is our man, sir.
This is no time for joking, Bailey.
He could be the image of Augustine.
Without this comedy putty.
Hey, that's not all putty.
Oh, yes.
I hope you understand the vital importance of this assignment.
I don't understand anything about it,
And let's keep it that way, sergeant.
You're not turning yellow, are you?
Pick any color. I got goose pimples to match them all.
Mr. White, your government is asking you
To impersonate Eric Augustine.
You are to take a million dollars to Tangier.
There you will be contacted by one Rudolf Hoenig.
For the money, he will give you a piece of microfilm.
Why don't you send this Hoenig a money order direct?
Because he hates us,
And he will only do business with Eric Augustine.
Eric Augustine, the guy who looks like me.
Why don't he go? He's in the hospital. Wounded.
Don't worry about him.
Oh, fine. Now, I got time to worry about me.
Please, fellas, I tell you, you got the wrong guy.
Now, this ain't my line of work.
I tell jokes, that's dangerous enough.
We'll pay you $10,000 for the job.
What's wrong?
You're getting too close to my price.
We're going to make you into an entirely different person.
People like me the way I am. Sort of.
Augustine was an assassin. But always for big stakes.
He cheated, robbed, gambled.
Made money by the millions and spent it by the millions.
And women? He was irresistible.
A magnet for international beauties
That could lead him to more plunder.
He exploited them, slapped them around,
Then threw them away like matches.
He was cruel, poised, suave, deadly.
And you, White, will act accordingly.
Mr. White, you will be thoroughly trained
So you will act like Eric Augustine.
Educated, cultured, polished.
A witty table companion,
A connoisseur of fine wines.
A perfect squire to the ladies.
But under it all, shrewd, cunning,
Deadly ruthlessness.
Remorseless.
Relentless as a jungle cat stalking its prey.
What a man. Oh.
Oh, there's just one little detail you forgot.
What's that? I ain't gonna do it.
Where's my nose? I'm leaving. Okay, up with my beak.
Washington's on the line, general.
I'm getting out of here. Uh, one moment, White.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.
He is here now, sir.
Someone would like to speak with you, Mr. White.
Me? I got no friends in Washington.
I voted Republican.
Hello? Yeah?
Yeah. Yeah, and I'm Lassie. Yeah.
Some joker trying to make me believe that he...
Yes, sir.
No, I'm... I'm not really Lassie. I'm sorry.
I always pant this way. Yes, sir.
Hey, it's really him. And he called me Peanuts.
How do you like that?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Yeah. He says I hold the fate of the whole world in my hands.
Yes, sir.
You can count on me, sir.
You bet, sir.
Call on you when I get back? All right, I won't mind.
Yeah, I've never been to Missouri before anyway.
Yeah, well, give my regards to the whole family.
Oh, she's on tour?
Where?
Aha.
Aw.
Well, that's a tough town anyway. Yeah.
Well, I'll do it, sir. Goodbye.
Say, how do you like that? He asked me himself.
All right, men, get into action.
Congratulations, White.
You are a real American.
Yeah. I can just see it now.
The unknown civilian.
Sit there, Mr. White.
Now, the film you're about to see
Was taken by our agents in Paris.
We photographed Augustine with a hidden camera.
Now, watch the movie closely.
Can I have some popcorn?
That's Augustine on the right. Watch every move he makes.
In a spot like this, he should make some interesting moves.
Study him.
You study what you want, I'll study what I want.
Uh-oh.
Now, that's Lily Dalbray. Yeah?
She and Augustine once were very close.
Worked together, double-crossed each other.
Hey, sit down.
A very dangerous woman.
All women are dangerous. She's all woman.
Whenever Augustine had a big deal on,
She headed right back to him like a homing pigeon.
You may be sure not for chicken feed.
She'd try for everything. The works.
She sure knows where the works are.
Hey.
He is just like me.
There's a lot of Peanuts in that boy.
Hey, can't we see more of this? Huh?
What is this, a bus station? What happened?
He's all yours.
What is this?
Hey. How about some more pictures of the kid?
She really brings it with her. We've got a big job to do.
Well, wait a minute. I don't do strip tease, you know.
I'm for belly laughs.
This coat is nearly a perfect fit.
This Augustine's? It's pretty sharp.
I hope I can keep up the payments.
This man is Karl Brubaker. He's dangerous.
Very dangerous. Now, study him closely.
He's a sworn enemy of Augustine.
And watch out for him. He's sure to be in Tangier.
One of Brubaker's associates.
Here are the others that have worked for him.
Thieves, gunmen. All treacherous.
We'll show them to you over and over.
Sharpen those shears. I'll take them with me.
Anyone in Tangier would kill you
For the million dollars in this belt.
Keep it on you at all times and trust no one.
Now I will demonstrate.
You throw a right.
Uh, Miss Dieckers?
Not very good.
Well, you caught me at a bad time.
I'm too tuckered to pucker.
Miss Dieckers is one of our best operatives.
She worked on the Augustine case in Paris.
I'll do what I can with him.
But I'll need his complete attention.
When I look into a girl's eyes,
I can tell just what she thinks of me.
It's pretty discouraging too.
Please concentrate.
When Augustine kissed a woman,
He popped her nylons.
Why, Mr. White.
Just call me Eric Augustine, please.
World Airways flight 43.
Plane now loading for Tangier.
Eight floor.
World Airways flight 43.
Plane now loading for Tangier.
You did a good job, chief. Considering the time.
Well, there he goes, carrying all our hopes.
Peanuts White, alias Eric Augustine.
I'll phone the hospital, check on Augustine's condition.
You, you. You, you.
Quickly, my luggage. Allons.
(Monkara speaks in Arabic)
Monkara will attend to your bags, Mr. Augustine.
I'll meet you at the car in front, sir.
(Man speaking in Spanish)
Mr. Eric Augustine's luggage
To the Hotel Imperator with dispatch.
Si, señor.
A little alms.
And it's tax-free.
Taxi, monsieur. Taxi?
No, Mr. Augustine. This way.
Sorry.
Poor fella. He took it pretty hard, didn't he?
Thanks.
You need a rest, Eric. Your nerves are showing.
Lily.
Lily Dalbray.
Are you surprised? Should I be?
Oh, surely you didn't expect me here after Vienna.
Well, I didn't expect you in Vienna after, uh, Cairo.
Since you are here,
We might as well take up where we left off.
What was that for? For Cairo.
For leaving me alone,
Penniless, standing in the rain.
And I know you'll do it again.
Oh, perhaps, Lily, perhaps,
But let's hope for a sunny day.
You're no good, Eric.
Not even for me.
Grin and bear it, Lily.
If you don't, you'll be miserable.
Mm.
You've been gone so long. Long?
What I leave of myself with a woman
Should last to the rest of her life.
The Imperator Hotel.
He knows. I'm staying there too.
I'm singing at the Blue Aigrette Room.
Oh, as usual, board and lodging for a song.
Well, all of us can't be Eric Augustine.
Heh, you'd be surprised how many of us are.
You're here for a purpose.
I'm everywhere for a purpose.
After five minutes, someone tries to kill you.
Kill me? Well, the taxicab.
A crude attempt.
Was that meant for me?
Oh, you have such contempt for danger.
Uh, this time, uh,
You must be after something very big.
Tsk. Just how big is it?
It's bigger than both of us.
Ah.
I should know better than to ask.
The times we've quibbled about my curiosity.
But, Eric, I'm a woman.
Have I ever quibbled about that?
And as a woman, I've got to find out something.
Regardless of the past,
Just, um, how do you feel about me now?
I haven't a quibble left in me.
You've got to convince me of that.
That's just what I have in mind.
Must be the climate.
Un jolie pour vous, Monsieur Augustine?
Keep your pitiful blossoms.
This Lily is flower enough for me.
You say the nicest things to me in front of others.
Delighted to see you haven't changed.
Well, I'm delighted to see
You haven't changed either, Lily.
That dress does things for you.
It doesn't do me any harm either.
You bought that dress for me in Paris, remember?
Sometimes I don't even remember Paris.
And like in Paris, my suite is next to yours.
How it all comes back to me.
Your luggage will be right up, Monsieur Augustine.
This way, please.
Oh, yes, I know.
The flight was tiring.
Suppose we have cocktails? Later, darling.
I must rest for the early show.
Pick me up in an hour, will you?
But in an hour, my mood may change.
Then again, it may not.
In an hour?
Leaving Eric Augustine alone?
As I remember, your orders were to remain near him always.
Be good enough to get out of my way.
I'm in a hurry.
Lily, obeying orders isn't easy sometimes.
But our Mr. Brubaker likes it that way.
Suppose we go up to your suite.
I'm sure I could make obeying
Pleasanter for you.
Oh.
Keep these closed.
Do you want to die? Are you the house dick?
Your valet, Mr. Augustine.
Valet? I haven't needed a valet
Since I wore three-cornered slacks.
Get out.
Get out!
Lower your voice, Mr. Augustine.
You, a menial, giving orders to Eric Augustine.
Get out or I'll be compelled to eject you forcibly.
Fine valet. You're supposed to lay out my clothes, not me.
Shh.
Tasso.
United States government, security agent.
Number 62539.
Number 87724.
I've been expecting you, Peanuts.
Expecting me? You've been laying in ambush for me.
Get some Scotch tape and pull me together.
Oh, no. No more of those hearty handshakes.
I'm here to help you.
You still have a lot to learn.
Yeah, I think I ought to go back
And take a few more judo lessons.
That flower girl in the lobby,
You shouldn't have refused the blossom.
She may have been your contact with Hoenig.
Oh, Hoenig. Yeah, the fella with the microfilm.
He will get word to you somehow,
But where and by whom we don't know.
Now, where have you got the money?
I hid it.
Training. Bailey.
Try and find it, wise guy.
You peeked.
Oh, you've got a lot of bloodhound in you.
You sure you're not a keyhole man?
Or transom boy, huh?
You got radar eyeballs?
Have you got a Geiger counter up your sleeve?
You will wear this always.
Not so tight.
A million dollar girdle and it's killing me.
Keep your stomach in. For this amount,
Anybody in Tangier would slit you up the middle.
Slit?
Yeah, and I'm not ready to become a set of bookends.
What are you looking for?
My return ticket. I'm going home.
You're staying here. You have a mission to complete.
Yeah, that's what you...
Uh-oh. You...
Well, I'll stay a little while,
But not on account of you and your gun.
After all, I'm not cad enough
To break a date with Lily.
Where are you going now? In here.
If I'm in for close shaves,
The first one's gonna be on me.
Hoenig will not contact you personally.
But when he does get word to you,
Drop everything and go. Drop everything.
Drop the money, drop Lily, drop dead.
Oh, how did I ever get into this?
What does Hoenig look like? Nobody knows.
But Hoenig knows what you look like.
Eric.
Why didn't I look more like my mama than my papa?
Are you losing your nerve? Me? Of course not.
I'll always be with you. Oh, that'll help.
But remember, you're dealing with desperate men.
Yeah.
There are agents of countries who'd kill you
To stop you from getting the film.
Uh-huh. And if they can't stop you,
They'll kill you after you get it.
Oh, that...
What are you doing? Bucking for pallbearer?
One mistake, and you're...
Please, not while I'm shaving.
Please. Trust nobody.
Nobody. Nobody. I get it.
Why should I even trust you?
What are you doing? I know a barber I can trust.
Where? In Hackensack, New Jersey.
What are you, anyway?
A man or a coward?
A grown-up or a sniveling baby?
A person I can depend on or a yellow-bellied sneak.
I'm in there someplace.
Right...
Will you please stop feeding these birds
And answer me?
If my memory serves me, we made a bargain.
Don't back out of it now, Lily, and crush me.
Not you. I couldn't bear that.
When we set my price, you knew Eric had left me.
You weren't sure he'd come back to me.
I never underestimate a female.
It was your uncertainty that determined the price.
Maybe so, but I'm no longer uncertain, and I want half.
Half? Lily, Lily.
There is so much greed in the world.
Must you contribute more to it?
Let me remind you that I'm the only one
Who can be with Eric when Hoenig contacts him.
And only I will know where Eric will be
After he gets the microfilm.
A man either adjusts himself
To changing circumstances or perishes.
Who was it that said,
"Knavery is the best defense against knaves"?
Very well, then. Half.
And I adore you for being so practical.
It's a lesson to me.
Uh, one thing more.
After you get the film,
Must, uh, Eric continue to live?
You already have that assurance.
I don't suffer from an inability
To keep a bargain.
Crock will be delighted to autograph
The coroner's report for you.
I'm glad we finally agree.
Nobody wears a high hat in Tangier.
Hey, a hat on the bed is bad luck.
See? See, I told you.
See? Hello? Hello?
Hello, hello. Put down that phone.
Get me the airport. Get me the World Airways.
Get me out of here. Hang up.
No. Not me. They didn't tell me this would happen.
Boom! Are they kidding?
They're not, they just blew my top.
I'm leaving. You and I don't talk the same language, I...
Oh, I see you still have your interpreter with you.
Pick up the phone, Mr. Augustine.
This is just the follow-up to the hat bit.
They wanna see if anything's left to answer.
Augustine speaking.
Are you all right, darling?
I thought I heard a noise.
Noise? You should've been Th...
Oh, well, it was really nothing.
I was just trying out my dueling pistol, yeah.
I'll see you later, Lily.
About ten years later. It's been thrilling.
If you're ever in Hackensack, look me up.
My orders are to see this through with you to the end.
And you've done a grand job.
I'll speak to Bailey about a raise for you.
If you're not a man, at least make noises like a man.
Hoenig knows where you are. What's more, he's on the run.
He'll probably contact you tonight.
Tomorrow morning when you wake up,
All your worries may be over.
I'm worried about waking up.
And don't let that belt show.
Keep your stomach in.
Don't you want me to breathe?
I want you to keep on breathing.
You have a date with destiny.
I'll book my own dates.
But hang on to her phone number.
All right, Svengali, here I go.
Eric, darling. Lily.
I was just about to get dressed. Well, there's no hurry.
I don't know why they don't send up my new gown.
I hope it will be here shortly.
Make yourself at home, darling,
And fix me my favorite drink, will you?
Oh, of course, of course.
It's practically fixed.
So am I.
You like a, uh... A, uh... You like it strong, don't you?
You know how I like it, darling.
I'm glad one of us knows.
I want you to try something new, Lily.
A thing I picked up in the States.
It's called a Mish-Mosh.
Oh, no. I waited so long
For you to fix me another martini.
The pink gin is right there.
Pink yet. Well...
Shh.
What a spot for the old spittoon bit.
Must be one someplace around here.
Is this plant gonna be potted.
Why don't you play some music
While I put on something you like?
Music?
Our song keeps playing in my mind like a recording.
Our song?
Nobody can make a piano sing like you.
Oh, I'm sorry, Lily, bruised fingers.
Polo, you know, rugged game.
You always did have to be coaxed.
Sit down and play.
This piano's out of tune. Ha.
Stop teasing, Eric.
I knew you were coming. I had it tuned yesterday.
Mm-hm.
Eric, where did you pick up boogie-woogie?
It's a long and sordid story.
I like our way better.
Oh, so do I.
Button me up, darling.
Ah, who did this for you while I was away?
Ooh, well, if you really cared,
You wouldn't have left me.
Oh, if only I had my buttoning to do again.
You know, you never told me why you came to Tangier.
Darling, in that gown, isn't it obvious?
Pretty words.
Why don't you sit down
And tell me really why you're here?
No, I'll stand. It's better for the digestion.
But you haven't had dinner yet. I haven't?
That's it, I'm famished.
Freud says love is food.
He sounds pretty mixed up to me.
Lily, you always make me tinkle.
Oh, you gave me this musical jewel
In Switzerland, remember?
Oh, yeah, sure. It's... Yeah.
Yeah, when my alarm clock broke down.
Heh, in Switzerland. I was...
You know, there's something strange about you.
You used to be so poised and confident.
You knew just how to do everything.
I still know.
You do?
Remember Madrid? Oh, yes.
You were merveilleux.
Yeah.
Well, at least I was trying.
Well, try again.
For Madrid.
This is the only way to travel.
Suite 212.
New York?
Yes, yes. Put it through.
Hello? Hello?
Mr. Augustine's valet, Tasso speaking.
Tasso, any contact yet?
No?
Well, the real Eric Augustine has escaped.
He'll surely head for Tangier someway.
Now, I want you to push through with Peanuts' plan.
Just as hard and as quickly as you can.
But don't tell him.
He might get panicky and go to pieces.
I understand, chief.
Goodbye.
It's nights like this that drive men like me
To women like you for nights like this.
Oh, Eric. Eric, Eric.
That's me. Eric.
Always the three-time winner.
I'm, uh, Monsieur Augustine's valet.
Where shall I put this, Mr. Augustine?
Anywhere. Put it on the bill.
Mr. Augustine.
Go get your own girl.
Mr. Augustine.
Your table is waiting for you downstairs, Mr. Augustine.
Your show, mademoiselle. You'll be late.
Oh, yes. I'll get my wrap.
Ah, Lily.
Lily, to be in your arms once again.
The scent of your hair.
The beat of your heart.
Oh, you...
That's pretty sneaky.
Start out with a dream and end up with a nightmare.
Did she contact? I'm no cad, I don't talk.
Not the contact you'd like.
Then get downstairs.
I beg your pardon, sir,
But I was told the table reserved for you in the café
Awaits your pleasure, Mr. Augustine.
Come, Eric. I'm late.
I'm here to see that you do everything right.
You may need an assistant.
Bienvenidos, Señor Augustine.
Mm. Welcome, Monsieur Augustine.
Ah, Monsieur Augustine, you have been gone too long.
Now it's like old times.
Let all of Tangier know that Augustine has returned.
- Wine for everyone. - Bravo.
If there's not enough to go around,
Have the peasants jump on some more grapes.
Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
Eh, we have reserved your old table.
Right this way, please.
Eric the Magnificent. How do you keep it up?
Just a matter of self-discipline.
Mademoiselle Dalbray.
I believe you and Mr. Brubaker have met before?
Many times and in many places.
I haven't forgotten last year arriving too late in Budapest
To pick up a very important document
That was already in your possession.
What did you clear on that deal, Augustine?
Trade secrets. Our paths will cross again.
You better be quick. I won't be around long.
There's no hurry.
The day will come when you and I
Will cease to be rivals.
Are you suggesting a merger?
Nothing so complicated.
Just a simple killing.
Yours.
You should indulge in a better wine.
This is spiked with false courage.
Lily?
Duck under glass.
Asperges Milanese,
Pommes puree.
Yes, monsieur. And some mashed potatoes.
Eric.
I go on in a few minutes. Excuse me.
Bonjour, Eric.
Seeing you again is like a delightful appetizer.
Sometime when I'm not so occupied,
We'll have to sit down and run through the whole menu.
Merci.
Eric, Eric, Eric.
Oh, what a parley. What's your name, honey?
Oh, how could you forget my name?
Well, I've been so busy remembering all the rest.
Still the same Eric.
Hurt with one hand and soothe with the other.
Yeah, I keep switching them
So you'll never know which to dodge.
What are you doing? Oh, oh, this?
Uh, I was just helping the native farmers.
I'm looking for Japanese beetles.
Eric.
Oh, Eric, I missed you.
Try again, maybe this time you'll hit the bull's-eye.
Oh, let me kiss you, chéri.
The way I once did.
Well, I'm a little fatigued. Just the lower lip.
Well, what have we here?
Acapulco, Eric.
Well, what had we there?
Uh, no. Never mind. No memories.
Tonight, we'll make memories for tomorrow.
And let's hope that tomorrow we can remember them, eh?
I'll be right back.
Acapulco.
(Band playing "Just a Moment More")
(Singing in French)
♪ How I desire love ♪
♪ La la la la la la ♪
♪ I'll never tire of ♪
♪ Just wanting more And more ♪
♪ And so I long For the day ♪
♪ When you will say ♪
♪ You will be loving me ♪
♪ For ♪
♪ Forever ♪
♪ And just a moment more ♪
You don't look so good to me anymore.
I tell your fortune, Mr. Augustine.
What is to come.
I'd rather let Lily surprise me.
She knows nothing.
Take a card.
An older woman can tell you much more.
Why not? She's had more time to find out.
Take a card. They tell the past, the present.
My present speaks for itself.
Take a card. They also tell the future. Take one.
Uh-uh. No, you don't. I'm no pigeon.
I'll take this one.
That one means a tragic accident.
That one is a knife.
That one is a gun.
You have a permit to carry these cards?
There's more in your future.
You mean I still have one. I... Don't tell me.
Why don't you go?
If you hurry, you can catch the 9:00 broom.
Garçon.
He got the wrong table. I ordered duck.
But...
♪ For just a moment ♪
♪ More ♪
Take this card, you fool. It's from Hoenig.
Hoenig.
Tasso. We gotta get Tasso.
Get up. Allez-y.
What is this, darling? Oh, uh, this is my sandwich.
Give it to me. You'll spoil your appetite for the duck.
I can't wait. I'm famished. Oh, but, uh...
Goat meat. Mm. Oh, I love goat meat.
Let me try. I've never eaten goat meat before.
You wouldn't like it. Oh, but how do you know?
I'm eating it and I don't like it.
Outrageous.
I ordered Long Island duck and this foul is domestic.
And it's been cooked a minute and four seconds too long.
Who's responsible for such gross inefficiency?
Never mind. I'll see the chef myself.
The contact. The fortune teller.
Yeah. She made me swallow her words.
Come on. Let's blow this joint quick.
Wait, wait, wait.
We mustn't be followed. Huh?
All the exits are covered.
Who turned out the lights?
I did. Come on.
Uh-oh. There they are.
Good luck.
Oh, dear. I go in the kitchen. You go backstage.
Rudolph! Pierre!
Hurry! We're on.
Get moving.
And now, my assistant. Cleopatra.
Rudolph, you ham!
Are you drunk again?
Get moving.
Hold it, Tass. Take it easy.
You got the end that can sit down.
Hey, Tass. I'm in trouble. Give me some rear guard action.
What happened, you oaf?
The camel.
Just go. Find him.
Attagirl.
Stick with me and you'll be wearing a mink hump.
Hichy, hichy. Hichy.
Hichy.
Wait. I have an idea.
Oh, no. You're not gonna get me in that thing.
(Speaks in Arabic)
Hey.
Hey, wait. This is it. The house fourth in the north.
Are you sure? Well, if only... No.
It's half digested by now. Fourth from the north.
It's the back entrance to a gambling casino.
Hoenig would pick a place like this to look you over first.
(Man speaking in Spanish)
This is the right place,
But you got the wrong guy for this type of work.
Don't you wanna be a hero?
What for? I've been happy as a coward.
You've done fine.
I see Augustine would not be wearing this.
Now, this is the acid test.
Hoenig is the shrewdest killer of them all.
You must go up there confident, assured, cold.
I'm cold all right. I'm shivering.
Come on. Let's go. No, no. You must go alone.
Anyone with you will arouse suspicion.
I'll wait here behind this door.
Now, remember, Augustine gambled here many times.
Throw your money around, your ego, your charm.
Even if you get killed for it.
You are Eric Augustine.
You are a nasty man.
He just came in, Herr Hoenig.
It's been nearly five years.
I must be certain.
The usual, Mr. Augustine?
Five? Oh, yeah, yeah. Five.
Five thousand for Mr. Augustine.
Thank you, Mr. Augustine.
Take care of the other boys.
Just leave one on 17.
Thank you very much, Mr. Augustine.
You are as generous as ever.
Willy.
Bring him to me.
There's a saying he will know. One we used in the old days.
Come to the brown house.
When he hears that, he will follow you.
Seventeen. Black, odd.
Eric Augustine never draws down. Spin the wheel, please.
- Well. - Bravo. Bravo.
Such an egomaniac.
Makes me sweat.
Get him.
Monsieur Young. Monsieur Augustine?
Gentlemen. Gentlemen.
Is this a gambling casino or a front for a lotto game?
I said spin the wheel, please. Come to the brown house.
Relax. If I win, I'll drop into the White House
And help balance the budget.
Monsieur Augustine,
Do you know how much is involved?
Thirty-five times that.
I am not a bookkeeper.
Very well, I should make it easier for you.
Here, my lady, buy the rest of that dress.
The remainder remains.
For the last time, come to the brown house.
Number 10, black. Even.
- Aw. - You lose, Mr. Augustine.
Oh, well, money helps, but it isn't everything.
Must be jolly at the brown house, eh?
Augustine.
We meet again Herr Hoenig.
Whoops. Oh.
Nobody touches Eric Augustine.
You must forgive them, Eric.
We have waited for you here hour after hour, day after day.
We're all a little jumpy.
If you insist on traveling with a hatchet man like that,
Why don't you throw a net over him?
Willy?
Turn off your eyes, Willy.
I can see the place where your brain ought to be.
That'll do, Eric. Let us finish this quickly.
My time is valuable too.
The money. Please. Don't be greedy, Willy.
First the film. Then you get the samolians.
The million clackers.
What's that, Eric?
Samolians? Clackers?
What kind of talk?
That's just a little something I picked up in the States.
Very interesting people, the Yankees.
They have a jargon all their own.
Like 23 skidoo, who's your little whosit,
Your father's mustache, scram.
Here it is.
How do I know it's the McCoy? You question me?
Do you know what I went through to hold onto this for you?
With every man ready to kill me for it?
And you, gambling down there,
Playing your role to the hill to women fawning over you.
It's the old story with you, Eric.
Suppose we complete the transaction
So I can get down there and write a few new chapters?
Hmph. Women.
Well, women have to live too.
I try to share myself amongst them.
After all, a beautiful woman's entitled to the best.
The money, Eric.
All right.
There's much blood on that, Eric.
Use it and use it well.
But be careful
Trust no one.
Now we go.
I go Hoenig.
You will stay with them.
Get over there.
Easy, Willy.
Crime doesn't pay like it used to.
I am in command here.
The money is mine.
And the microfilm is mine.
You see, Eric.
You can trust no one.
No one.
Hello. Hello. Hey, the...
No, no. No, no. Wrong number.
I'm not here. Goodbye.
I'll handle it. Steady.
Pardon me.
What a sneaky way to get into Four F.
I got it, Tass. Come on.
Hey, you're not... Hey, Tasso! Hey!
Hey, pal.
Hello, there. Hey, hey.
Hey, get me the airport. World Airways. Hurry.
World Airways.
One to New York tonight?
Just a minute. I'll check with reservations.
Now arriving from New York. World Airways flight 7.
Hello?
Uh...
Hello?
Who is it?
It's me. Lily.
Oh, Eric, open the door. I can help you.
Oh, Eric. You're in great danger.
Oh, well, keep helping me.
You know, I know why you're here
And, uh, Brubaker knows what you're after.
Yeah. Well, Brubaker will never get me.
I'm leaving.
Hello? Hello? Where are you?
You know they're going to kill you.
Everything was fine till you put in the English titles.
Hello? Hello? Well, how long will I have to wait?
Okay. Call me right back.
You know, Brubaker will stop at nothing
To get that film from you.
And the closer you get to death,
The more I realize I love you.
The closer I get to death,
The more I realize I love me too.
Lily, you've gotta change your whole pattern of living.
Give it up. We both have to.
When I deliver the film and get paid for it,
There'll be enough for both of us.
We'll split fifty-fifty.
You said that before. In Vienna, in Budapest.
No. This won't be like other times.
Everything's changed now, Lily.
We'll get married. Married?
Sure. It only takes a few minutes.
So why go on being friends all our lives?
Ah, I thought I hated you, but I don't.
You're an entirely new person.
You're sweet and warm.
And not like the old Eric at all.
Aw, he's dead and buried, I hope.
Do you think we have time for another one?
That's the airlines calling me about my reservation.
I'll make it for two. All right, I'll go and pack.
Yeah, you go and pack.
Hey. Hello? I'm here. Don't hang up.
Wait a minute. Hello? Hello?
No...
Hello? Hello? Hello? Can you hear me in there?
Hey, I wanna make that reservation for two.
You hear me? I'm out here. Hello? Hello? A little...
Talk a little louder, please. A little louder.
Gotta catch that plane.
Hello? Will you...?
Hello? Hello? Yeah, this is me. Yeah.
Hey, will you make that for two?
Reservations for two for New York. Yeah.
Desk, please.
Will you page Mr. Brubaker?
Now, what? You're limping.
You're hurt.
Don't.
I took it only to protect you.
You said we'd split.
The film.
Tsp, tsp.
Lily, I'm all set to go.
Lily. Lily.
Speak to me. Lily. What happened?
Lily. She's out cold.
Maybe I shouldn't have proposed to her so fast.
Honey, marriage isn't that bad.
Lily. Lily, baby.
Come out of it. Talk to me.
Tell me how long you've been unconscious.
Lily.
Lily. Here, baby.
Gotta stash this film.
No one will ever find it here.
Lily. Lily.
Lily, what happened? Honey?
You!
Lily, are you crazy? Cut it out! I love you, Lily.
Take it easy. Lily. Lily.
Look, Lily. It's me, remember?
I'm sweet. I've changed.
Coward you.
No, Lily. No, listen to me. We're not even married yet.
Lily! Oh, no. No.
Not like other times. Huh? No. No, Lily. Oh.
First we get married. Oh.
Well, you'll never live to get to altar, Eric.
Listen. Eric. I'm not even Eric.
You're not? Huh? No.
I can take a hint. You're sore about something.
Whoa.
Get me the porter, huh? Yeah.
Nothing for the tailor.
Oh. What are you waiting for? The tip?
Okay. There you are. Hello. Give me the porter, huh?
What are you hanging around for...?
Me. I look awful.
Oh, there you are, doll. Heh. You had me worried.
Watch yourself. I'd be dead without you. Heh.
Ach Du lieber. Augustine.
I don't think I ever hated anyone as much as I hate you.
The women I pick. Give me that microfilm, Eric.
Louder. Eric's a little hard of hearing.
Don't move. No, uh...
I wasn't moving. It's the wind. I swayed a little bit.
But if that's Eric. But you're Eric.
No, no. I'm me. Me. That's he. He's he.
That's Eric Augustine. He's dead. See?
Look. I'm Peanuts. Peanuts White.
I'm alive. Look, heh.
Stop. Don't move.
But look, if I'm Augustine, I'm a pretty lively corpse.
I'm alive, I tell you. Ha, ha!
See? I've got my whole life before me.
Maybe 10 minutes more.
I don't care who you are. I want that film.
Oh, yeah, the film. Yeah, you... Don't worry about that.
Like I said before, well split when I get the money.
It still goes. Where is that film?
Oh, I got it stashed away in a special place.
Stick with me and we'll get it.
All right, Eric. No. Peanuts.
Just get me out of here, doll,
And we'll have a great life together.
We'll get married just like I said.
But you'll have to go straight.
No more deals, no more guns.
No more double crossing, Eric.
Aw, no more Eric. Peanuts.
You'll never regret it. Just get me out of here.
You've got to get the film first, don't you?
Oh, don't worry, I got it. Let's get out of here.
I know a back way. Yeah. You'll get life for this.
Remember what I... Come on.
Yeah.
You have served me brilliantly, gentlemen.
Your success is a salute to my training.
Well, Crock lost him. We do very good job.
Poor Crock.
I promised him the delightful disposing of Augustine.
The film is gone!
This is as empty as your moronic heads.
Go back and search his body and bring me that film.
Come on, hurry.
Liars. Asses.
No. It can't be.
But we killed him.
Does he look dead? Idiots.
If he escapes, you will die.
Don't worry, Lily. We'll get out of this.
You won't get out of it this time.
Lily, what are you saying?
Quick. Get him into the car.
You shattered me, Lily.
I trusted you as partners in an enterprise should.
Treachery doesn't become you.
Where were you going with him? After the film.
I was doing fine until you blundered into it.
After we have the film, Lily,
We'll determine who's blundered.
Where is the film?
He's hidden it and was taking me to it.
Mr. Augustine shall reveal its whereabouts to all of us.
Get into the car.
Phone Dr. Estrallo to be ready.
He's at the villa now.
Thank you, my boy.
You must learn, my dear Monkara,
To be more thoughtful of the lesser species.
They are not as fortunate as man.
So that's how your face got that way, huh?
You were at fault.
Those birds are my life.
Why, you...
Forgive the outburst of temper, Eric.
Basically, I'm a man of compassion.
For instance, I have engaged Dr. Estrallo
To relieve you of the information I want
By the miracle of modern drugs.
Sodium pentilium, the truth drug.
It will make you talk to us.
Make me talk? Heh.
That... Hey, hey that's enough.
One I get started, I can be an awful bore, you know. I...
It is difficult for a man of my position
To obtain drugs.
I have only enough for one injection.
Well, I'll go call the Eagle Drug Store.
They deliver. That's right. I...
Monkara. Chair.
Count backwards, please. Start with 100.
Oh, you must be joking.
Truth drug.
This stuff wouldn't work on me in a million years.
Hmph. A thousand. A hundred.
Ninety-nine. He, he.
Ninety-eight.
Ninety-seven.
My blue heaven.
I... Heh.
Ninety-six. Ninety-six.
Pick-up sticks.
Ninety-five. This stuff's got jive.
Ninety-four. My arm feels sore.
Ninety-three. I feel so free.
Ninety-two. Button your shoe.
Ninety-one. I gotta run.
Fine. Excellent.
His subconscious is being released.
Augustine. Yeah. August...
Who? Who, me? Yes, you. Eric Augustine.
Oh, not me, Tub Tummy.
No, no. My name's Peanuts. Peanuts White.
Then Augustine is an alias?
Well, it's not really Peanuts. My name is Cecil Longworth.
But a name like that is no good on the marquee, see? Ha-ha-ha.
A marquis?
He assumed the role of a marquis
On that Monte Carlo transaction.
- Back to the film. - Don't rush him.
Whatever information you want
Lead up to it gradually.
Now, where did you go this evening?
From the cafe? After you left Lily Dalbray.
Lily. Isn't she beautiful?
So warm, so sweet.
Murder. Yeah, murder.
All of a sudden, she flips off her rocker.
Shags me with a gun and claws me like a tiger.
Forget about Lily for the moment.
Heh, I can't.
I'm crazy about her.
I'll always be crazy about her.
I shouldn't trust her, but I can't help myself.
When she turns those big furry eyes on me,
I melt like hot molasses.
I get all icky sticky.
A man's subconscious is a maudlin swamp.
Lily.
See what you can do with him.
Tell the truth, Eric.
Peanuts, baby. Peanuts. Hot and salty.
Listen to us. We make music together.
What about the microfilm, Lily.
Didn't he get it from Hoenig tonight?
No, not Hoenig. Koenig.
Catfish Koenig. The Comedy Cop.
I worked with him at the Palace.
Come here.
You wanna know a secret?
By all means, my boy.
Your secret is exactly what I want to know.
If you wanna know a secret, then hark to an actor's fate.
An actor must play many parts.
And all of them are great.
Because you seem so interested, in a piece of film,
Then listen to the parts I've played.
And how I used to kill them.
♪ Oh, I've learned to say How now, brown cow? ♪
♪ Rehearsed A very fancy bow ♪
♪ That I plan on using For my curtain call ♪
♪ But whenever that time Does arrive ♪
♪ Tuppence ha'penny Will get you five ♪
♪ That I wind up Taking a fall ♪
What is this nonsense?
His alter ego is babbling.
Don't excite him.
♪ There is not a thing ♪
♪ That I would lack Playing Cyrano DeBergerac ♪
♪ But knows my sword ♪
♪ And I could play Those scenes ♪
I duel in the dark, you know. Ha-ha-ha.
So you besmirch a lady's honor? En garde.
Touché. Ha, ha.
Aha, I pinked you, didn't I? Jackpot.
Band-Aid, anybody?
Ha, you fool. Lay there and bleed.
Fooling me, you amateur with your scout knife.
Ha, ha.
Pfft, pfft, pfft.
Are you sure you gave him the right drug?
Of course, it's working beautiful...
A little confused perhaps. But he will get to the point.
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft.
Thanks for the dip.
♪ Well, I've worn the great Big nose, all right ♪
♪ But the trouble was It had a light ♪
♪ And it spelled out Eat at Maxine's ♪
♪ I horsewhipped Little Chillun ♪
♪ As cruel As Simon Legree ♪
Ah, take that. Take that, lad. I'm gonna lash you good.
I'm gonna give you the longest lashing you ever had.
I was always known for my long lashes.
Now what do you say, doctor.
Doctor?
Dr. Jekyll.
Yes, and that Mr. Hyde?
One of whom indulged in homicide.
Those are parts.
♪ That suit me right down To my socks ♪
Citric acid.
Hydrochloric sulfate.
Potassium nitrate.
Ice.
One drink of this,
And I'm blown to the Monsters Anonymous.
Yeah.
It's finished.
I forgot the olive.
Hmph.
I like it.
What have you done to him, you Southern Jekyll?
What was in that hypodermic?
It's the truth serum. I know my drugs.
Let him continue.
Alas, poor Ulrich.
To sleep perchance to dream.
Have you been drinking paregoric?
Or could it be that new vanishing cream?
Aha, blew your cork, huh?
Speak to me. Speak to me.
Say something. You may be a straight man.
Won't talk, eh? You snob.
Looks like a fella I know who sings.
♪ With my big low shoes And baggy pants ♪
♪ I went right into my song And dance ♪
♪ And I wound up ♪
♪ Taking a fall ♪
My birds. What's happening?
My birds. Save the birds. Take them on the patio.
Tell the ushers the popcorn is burning.
Hurry.
Monkara, watch Augustine.
What is this? Where am I? What's going on here.
Keep your head down. Yeah, but how about your head?
It looks good on you and I like it.
Come on, get this thing out a second, will you?
Let it go. Oh, here.
Hang on to that. I may wanna powder my nose later.
Oh, there they come. Yeah.
We gotta make a run from here.
What...? Now what?
Get in one of those outfits, quick.
Good luck.
I should've lowered my flaps.
Come on.
That's them. Step on it. Come on.
I knew you'd come over to my team.
Tell me, those things you said at the villa,
Did you mean them?
I don't remember what I said,
But if you liked it, I meant every word of it.
I hope this fire's near the airport.
We'll keep right on going.
Look where we are.
Oh, I'm not gonna play
Any return date in this joint. Come on.
The glee club.
What are you doing here, you idiots?
Did you lose them? They're here.
What do you mean here?
They're here dressed like firemen.
Well, find them.
Gracias.
Stand back, ha, ha. Turn it on, Lily.
Where's the microfilm? Yeah.
Ha-ha-ha. I'm gonna give you rats the bath you need.
Okay, Lily, turn it on. Ha, ha.
I guess I'm the master of this situation.
Let it go. Here it comes.
Whoop.
Catch her!
Let me down, Lily. I'm not insured for this.
Lower the ladder. I'll drive.
Lily. I'm on the wrong side of the road. I'll get a ticket.
I don't know how to work this.
Now she tells me. Hey, look.
Look what's coming. Pull over.
Pull something. Pull everything.
Whoops.
Sunday driver.
Lily. Bring me in for a landing.
Don't jump off or they'll catch you.
Watch out.
Aah!
Lily. Don't touch anything till these trees go by.
Hey, Lily! Hey! Lily!
Peanuts, where are you?
Lily! Oh, Lily!
Lily! Lily, come back! Bring your ladder!
There he is.
Stop the car.
We got him now.
Come down from there, Eric! You haven't got a chance.
Here I come.
Stay away, Lily! They got me!
Lily! Whoa.
If I saw this on television, I'd never believe it.
I'll get a nasty letter from Hopalong for this.
Sorry to drop in on you like this.
- Come on. Come on. - I can't.
Get a blowtorch and release me.
Fan out. Search all the shops.
Get in there, blood.
Have you see anything of him?
Not a thing.
Come on. Up the stairs.
Monkara.
They've locked it.
Whoop.
Monkara. Monkara, did you see them?
Arrest this man.
This is Mr. Brubaker.
Hey, Tasso.
Hey, Tass. Peanuts.
Here's the film.
Congratulations, Mr. White.
You've done a great service for your country.
I haven't done badly for myself either.