Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Gordon Douglas
Hear ye, hear ye!
Department One, Superior Court is now in session
Judge George Spaulding presiding.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury
it is my duty to prosecute and your duty to convict
or acquit, these seven defendants.
These seven people are on trial either for murder
or being accomplices to the act of murder.
What they did, they did gladly and with full understanding.
They are evil, all of them.
Seven evil people.
Look at them carefully, because they are your enemies
and the enemies of every decent citizen.
They're at war with you and always have been
and always will be.
Should they escape this time, the next victim may be you
or you, or you.
Study their faces.
All their faces.
First, this one... Holiday Carlton.
Murderess.
Charles Weber.
John Reece.
They were policemen, ladies and gentlemen.
Guardians of the law.
Accomplices to the act of murder.
Keith Mandon, formerly an attorney.
Now the shame of his profession.
Accomplice to the act of murder.
Peter Cobbett, formerly a guard at the state penal farm
another supposed guardian of the law.
Accomplice to the act of murder.
Victor Mason, habitual criminal.
Clothing his crimes in a coat of respectability.
Accomplice to the act of murder.
Joseph Raynor...
murderer.
Well, there they are, ladies and gentlemen.
All seven of them.
And only seven.
There should be eight
and believe me, I'm sorry that there are not.
But unfortunately the eighth
the man who motivated
this whole vicious and sinister crew
the most evil man of all is not present.
And yet he is here in spirit
as you will find when the state rests its case.
The first witness for the state will be
Peter Cobbett.
Peter Cobbett, take the stand.
Raise your right hand.
Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
I do.
Take the stand.
Your name is Peter Cobbett?
Yes, sir.
You were formerly a guard at the state penal farm?
Yes.
Would you be willing to make a statement
Yes, sir.
Proceed.
Well, sir, I guess this all began
one morning about four months ago.
Real early in the morning.
At about 5:00.
All right, kiddies, all right, let's go.
Why, this is going to be a beautiful morning.
And the little old sun
is going to be shining down on your heads all day long.
And the birdies are going to be chirping to you
Ain't that cute?
And all you boys are going out
just like when you was kids again.
Come on. Rise and shine!
Well, you know, it ain't everybody
can be lucky enough to be out playing in that sun
on a beautiful day like this.
Yeah, that's the way.
Everybody's going
to be crazy to get out in that beautiful sun
and take a handful of them little old seeds
and plant them in that little old earth.
Oh, we'll make farmers out of you if it kills you.
I saw in the paper the other day
where some fella said there's too many stick-up men
and not enough farmers.
Don't worry about that.
We'll take care of that for you.
Now just put on your little shoesies
and wash your little...
handsies and facies and...
Get outta here!
Come on, you guys, get up!
Come on. Start moving.
Come on. Shake it up, you.
It's getting late.
It's only about 7:00. Relax.
The bus is going to be by here pretty soon.
All right.
Anything to keep you quiet.
Hey, what's the matter with you, you hungry?
You eating dirt?
Why, a man would think you didn't like the food
I've got a fever...
I'm burning up.
I need a drink of water.
Falling out, second squad!
Okay.
Come on, come on.
We'll get you a nice little drink.
Over here.
What's the matter with him?
He's got a fever.
He's burning up.
Go ahead. Go on down
No, you don't get prisoners like we got
They were good and tough in those days.
I might as well be a guard in a female seminary
for all the work you get done.
Chewin' tobacco?
Sure, help yourself.
Thanks.
Well, they're not very tough today.
Come on, come on, you. Hurry up.
Thanks.
All right, get moving now.
I thought sure that bus was going to come
Well, it didn't.
When things get done by an expert, they get done right.
Listen-
That's the bus, all right.
If we get another horn in five seconds
we'll be in business.
That's it.
All set?
You think there'll be any shooting?
It won't matter if you zigzag.
Hey, hey...
What do you guys think this is, an Easter egg hunt?
Now stop jawing and scatter out.
Just as you say, Caesar.
Now move!
Hey... come on!
I can't!
Come on!
I'm sorry about what happened.
Oh, my brother...
...my only brother and they killed him!
You mean he's cold?
Right through the head.
That's too bad.
Yeah, one of the guards got lucky.
If he hadn't stopped, it wouldn't have happened.
Shut up, shut up!
How many guards did you get?
I didn't count.
You want to go back?
No, thanks.
Just say the word and we'll do it all over again.
There's some clothes up here in the front seat.
You better change.
Not those
Try the other ones.
Oh, fancy.
Better than what you're wearing.
My name's Raynor, Joe Raynor.
Just call me Jinx.
I'm Ralph Carter.
Pleased to meet you.
Even the air out here smells better.
It's great to be alive.
Say, Jinx, you better stop at some quiet gas station
where we can clean up.
Right on time.
So they got your brother.
Oh, shut up.
It was on the radio.
Who's this?
His name's Mason.
We got the stuff from him.
What else did it say on the radio?
The usual.
Only you're better-looking than they said.
You ought to see me dressed up.
I'll see you, Carter.
I got an interest in you.
I got to get back to the shop.
Come on, Holiday.
All right.
I'll be seeing you again, won't I?
There's no need for you to see me again.
Say, what's this shop Jinx was talking about?
Radio shop.
He fixes radios.
Oh. He's in the wrong business
the way he can drive a car.
You made a crack a minute ago I didn't get.
You said you had an interest in me.
That's right.
I did this job on credit.
Holiday owes me $1,000.
But Holiday hasn't got any money.
What makes you think I have?
Oh, I know you haven't any either.
Not right now, anyway.
But there's a difference between you and Holiday.
She's honest.
You're not.
And you have certain
shall we say, ways of getting money.
Am I right?
Yeah, sure.
But do you mind
if I don't think about money for a half hour?
All I want right now is milk.
I haven't had any in two years.
Take your time.
There's no rush about payment.
That's nice.
There's a supermarket in the next block.
Hartford's the name.
Hartford, uh-huh.
Oh, uh, that stuff of mine in the back seat...
you better get rid of it.
How do you want it handled?
I'd like the police to find it across
They will.
Good.
Uh, Mason...
where does Holiday live?
Marakeesh Apartments, 101.
Marakeesh, 101.
She goes by the name of Caldwell.
Caldwell.
Well, I'm glad you got here.
So am I.
My truck broke down
and put me behind schedule a half an hour.
Morning, Joe.
Good morning, Mr. Hartford.
Sorry I'm late.
That's okay, we're both late today.
What time do you usually get here, Joe?
Oh, about 9:30
if the truck don't break down.
What do you want?
Lots of things.
Well, you're not going to find them here.
You'd be surprised what a man can find.
Food, for instance.
Will you please leave?
Leave?
Just got here.
Seen the papers?
Yeah, I've seen the papers.
And I don't want to talk about it.
No, neither do I.
As far as I'm concerned, it's all past and done with.
Yourbrother wasn't killed.
No, that's right, that's right.
Oh, uh, speaking of brothers
where was he going to live?
I took a room for him here, across the hall.
Good.
What do you mean, 'good'?
Well, since he won't be using it, I will.
Oh, incidentally, uh...
uh, Mason tells me you're an honest-to-goodness nice girl.
I never did anything wrong before today.
Well, it takes only once, you know.
As it stands, the police would love
to get their hands on whoever shot that guard.
And now, would one fugitive from justice
care to fix another fugitive from justice...
a sandwich?
Will you go if I do?
Fix it, and we'll see.
Tell me, where can I get in touch with Jinx?
Shop's in the phone book.
Ace Radio Repair. Why?
We got to do a little business.
Get you out of hock.
No, thanks.
I wouldn't like the way you'd get the money.
I'll pay it off myself when I can.
Oh, it won't work out that way.
You see, you owe Mason something;
I owe you something.
After all, you did get me off that prison farm
and I like to pay my debts, too.
You don't owe me anything.
If I could have one wish in my life come true
I'd wish today had never happened.
The fact remains...
ithashappened.
You, uh... you assisted in a prison break
which makes you just as much of a criminal
as the people you helped.
Now, you can keep that holier-than-thou attitude
as long as you like
but, uh, right now I would say
there must be, oh, 13,000 policemen in this state
who would love to put you away for a long, long time.
Now, I'd bear that in mind if I were you...
and act accordingly.
Now, what do you make of this stuff
they're saying about your brother?
That he was a mad-dog killer?
It's a lie!
He wasn't!
They never are.
He was railroaded.
They framed him.
I suppose your brother never did anything wrong in his life.
He was wild, yes
and he did a lot of silly things
but he never killed anybody.
Well, maybe you're right.
After all, he quit cold on me.
He wouldn't have been hit if he hadn't stopped.
Yeah, maybe hewasinnocent.
He certainly didn't act like a killer.
Of course, he was innocent!
Nobody knew him any better than I did.
Why do you think I tried to help
I've never done anything wrong like that before
I'll tell you why.
Because he was going crazy up there.
He knew he'd been framed
and he was just sitting there, brooding about it
month after month.
If it had gone on much longer
he'd have ended up in an insane asylum.
I couldn't stand to look into his face
when I'd go up there and visit him.
Don't you see?
I had to try and help him break out
even if it meant that I...
Okay, all right, all right, all right.
He was innocent.
Innocent as a newborn babe.
Go ahead, be jealous.
Be jealous because you're a...
a criminal, and he wasn't!
Jealous?
Jealous of that popcorn thief?
That yellow pup?
No! No! No!
Oh, Ralph, please, please!
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
...but he's all I had!
And I haven't got anybody.
I just haven't got anybody.
I'm so alone.
I'm so alone...
so alone...
You're not alone, baby.
You're not alone at all.
Not at all.
Everything's fine outside.
$3,000, $3,500, four
five, six.
Get me another checkbook, Miss Staines.
Miss Staines is going to be busy.
Stay away from the switchboard,
Now, clasp your hands
behind the back of your neck.
Look...
we've got a good police force in this town.
They'll get you before you even have a chance to spend it.
Relax, Mr. Hartford.
It's only money.
Now, are you going to clasp your hands
behind the back of your neck
or do I have to liquidate you?
You think you're pretty cute, don't you?
Nowyou'recute.
She's all taped up.
What about him?
Won't need it.
$6,142, not counting the checks.
Where'd you get it?
From a recently deceased maiden aunt.
Hartford's.
Hartford's!
Right down the street.
Why didn't you tell me where you were going?
Oh, I'm awfully sorry, old man.
I would've been delighted to tell you
except for one little thing:
it was none of your business.
Why'd you have to stick up a place
in this neighborhood?
Oh, stop bleeding.
The damage has been done.
Now, one quarter of $6,142 is $1,535.
$200 for the automatic, $1,735
plus the thousand that Holiday owes you...
$2,735-
as round a sum as you ever saw.
Just a minute.
What about my cut?
I'm coming to that.
Yeah, but you're coming to it too late.
I got nothing to do with that thousand
I'll take two grand.
All right, Jinx.
You want two grand?
You get two grand.
Do we have to stand here
with all this money in plain sight
and argue about it?
Somebody might walk in here any minute.
Let's go back in the battery room.
I wouldn't want to be the man that walked in here.
Then hurry up and split the stuff, and get out!
And don't ever come back.
I don't want any part of you.
If I'd known what I was getting into...
Why, you're stark-staring nuts.
Don't you ever say that to me again, do you hear?
Don't ever say that again.
You beat it.
Beat it!
Get out of here.
Oh, a trifling detail:
I had to slug Hartford.
Hit him a little hard.
Very regrettable.
Surprised he's still alive.
Reckon he is, too.
What a way to start a morning.
Hmm.
How is she, Doc?
All right. Her pulse is up a little, that's all.
Excitement, I guess.
Can we talk to her?
Sure.
Now, Miss Staines, this is important.
I want you to think carefully
and give the best description you can
of the two men.
I... I don't know.
You don't know?
I was looking at the guns, that's all.
All I saw are the guns.
Miss Staines, we can't look for guns.
We have to look for faces.
We have to have something to go on.
I told you.
I only saw the guns.
The guns, that's all I saw!
The guns, the guns, that's all I saw...
All right, Miss Staines.
She's got a little case of shock.
She better rest today.
You can talk to her tomorrow.
Tomorrow, the guys who did it could be in the next state.
I can't help that.
I've got my job; you've got yours.
Come on, Tom. Let's go downstairs.
Maybe somebody saw them leaving.
Yeah. Stay where you are, Bob.
Right.
Well, the funniest part of it
was when that siren sounded.
Mason went right straight up in the air
like he'd been shot.
What are you so gloomy about?
You're off the hook, aren't you?
You don't owe anybody anything.
Except maybe society.
Come on, now. Don't be foolish.
You don't know where I got that money.
For all you know
I might have found it in the street.
You're trying to get me in deeper and deeper, aren't you?
Sweetheart...
right now you're in over your head.
You stay here.
Who is it?
It's Vic Mason, pal.
Let me in.
Reach!
What is this?
We're police.
Why, you...
Shut up!
Beat it.
He's not one of my favorite
But I'll say one thing for him.
He's got a heart as big as a Mac truck.
You know what he did just before
He took all that money you paid him
and put it right in the pot.
I don't think Cotter here knows
Is that a fact?
You don't know about the old lady?
Well, she's very, very sick.
They're sending her to Arizona.
But how far will Mason's money go?
She needs doctors, nurses
a place to live and plenty to eat.
It takes a lot of dough for that sort of thing.
A lot of dough.
6,000 bucks!
Guess we better get on downtown.
Think we better put the cuffs on him, Reece?
Nah, he ain't got nothing on him.
You can put your hands down now.
Sister, you better get your coat and hat on
if we're going downtown.
Come on. Get your coat and hat.
You stay here.
I, uh...
I'm awfully sorry about the old lady.
She's got TB.
Yeah, I know.
She has to get to Arizona.
Do you...
Do you suppose I could toss something into the pot?
I suppose it might be all right.
How much did you have in mind?
Oh, about... about 1,400.
You got six grand.
You want to put in fourteen hundred?
That's all there is left.
Mason got 2,700, and the other guy got two G's.
There's almost five G's right there.
And it was the first job we pulled here
and we were on our way through to Arizona...
All right, all right, where's the dough?
In my coat in the bedroom.
I'll get it.
Don't bother.
Reece!
Get this guy's coat out of there.
Bring the dame, too.
Come on. Come on.
We need a hundred bucks to get out of town.
The old lady wouldn't like that.
She needs every cent.
Now listen, both of you.
I want you to get out of town
Separate buses, I said.
And don't come back.
Separate buses and don't come back.
You got a good memory, little girl.
Let's go.
Oh, mister?
Please...
could I have my automatic back?
Well, there are at least three dishonest
So you see, I am not unique.
I wouldn't go through that again for a million dollars.
Oh, we got off lucky.
Any cop that'll shake you down
is a cop that'll kill you.
And just for the fun of it, too.
Don't ever forget that.
And will you get rid of that revolver?
I don't trust them. They're always empty
when you need them most.
An automatic is the only thing.
Ralph, where are you going?
I'll be back in an hour.
Don't go near Mason.
Please, darling, stay away from Mason.
I wasn't even thinking about him.
We're broke.
We've got to get money to get out of town.
No, Ralph, no!
It's taking too much of a chance.
You've done too much already.
Your luck won't hold.
It better hold.
Darling, listen to me.
I've lost my brother, all I had.
But now I've got you
and I don't want to lose you, too.
I've got a little money saved
enough to get us out of the city
out of the state even.
We could start all over.
You could get a job.
How much have you got?
About $20.
Be back in an hour.
It's Jinx.
Anybody with you?
No.
You don't have to say a word.
I know exactly how you feel.
They cleaned us, too.
Well, they didn't clean me.
I went out the back door of the shop
when I saw them coming in.
Oh, you can trust the Inspector.
I'll bet he took everything you got.
Inspector?
That shakedown artist was an inspector?
Yes, Inspector Weber.
Hmm.
Well, cut yourself a piece of cake, Inspector.
Hmm.
Cut yourselftwopieces of cake.
Do you mean to tell me you've still got the money?
Yeah, sure. I've got two grand right
Well, that's wonderful.
Then we can all get started in some new city.
Wait a minute. Let's not be hasty.
I have an idea we can do some business with the Inspector.
We might be able to fix this.
It might be we won't have to start running.
That would be all right with you, wouldn't it?
Yeah, sure. It'd be fine.
All right, then we stay.
And I don't want any arguments!
Now, what do we need...
What do we need to make some recording in this place?
Well, we'd have to have...
No, Ralph, we've caused too much trouble already!
What do we need?!
Well, we'd have to have a portable
We use that phonograph for the playback.
We'll have to have some ten-inch acetates
some cutting needles, and a microphone
with about 20 or 30 feet of cable.
All right, get them.
Get them and give me your two grand.
Give me your two grand!
I might as well have given it to Weber.
Oh, no. Weber would have spent it foolishly.
I'm going to invest it for you.
You fool!
You crazy fool!
You said yourself a cop
that'll shake you down will kill you.
You try and frame Weber
and you'll frame yourself right into the morgue.
He's too smart for you.
Oh, no, he stopped being smart
when he took my money.
He's still a big man
and he knows how to protect himself.
Especially against small-timers like you
that try and put something over on him.
Go get the stuff and start setting it up.
I'll meet you back here.
And darling, by this time tomorrow
the word small-timer will have walked
right out of your vocabulary.
If we're still alive.
Mason?
What do you want?
I want a car.
I thought maybe
you could drive me and Holiday out of town.
Sorry I can't help you, Ralph old pal.
Very sorry.
Nothing I'd like better
than to drive you and the dame somewhere.
And have you put a bullet in my back.
Oh, you've got me all wrong, Vic.
I'm not sore. I'm not holding any grudge.
I can pay 2,000...
$2,000.
You didn't think
I'd let the Inspector clean me, did you?
I don't care if you can pay $2 million.
Get out of here.
Vic, you mean you won't help me?
I wouldn't cut you down if you were hanging.
All right, Vic.
Hello?
Let me speak to Inspector Weber.
Who's calling?
Vic Mason.
Yeah?
Hello, Inspector?
Ralph Cotter was just in here.
He offered me $2,000 to let him have a car.
Did you let him have it?
What?
Did you let him have it?
No, I didn't let him have the car.
But I thought you'd like to know about the $2,000.
Two grand?
Yeah, that's right, Inspector.
All right, thanks.
Okay, good-bye.
Jinx, how much longer are you going to take?
Hurry up, hurry up, it's getting close.
What's the matter?
Big Brain starting to worry?
Okay, all set.
But try to keep him out of this room.
This thing makes a little noise.
Mm-hmm.
Come on, open up.
Oh, Inspector...
You're still here, huh?
I thought you'd be on your way by this time.
Well, we're trying to get away, sir.
Trying to locate a car.
There's two or three buses
leave here for Arizona everyday.
I guess you don't appreciate when a guy's good to you, huh?
I gave you one break.
Maybe I made a mistake.
I wanted him to leave, Inspector
but he said we didn't have enough money.
Yeah, that was the trouble, sir, no money.
You know, you took all we had.
And I had to get in touch with that friend of mine
who helped me pull the Hartford job
and he let me have a few hundred.
Yeah, quite a few.
It added up to two grand.
Well, I see I can't keep any secrets from you, sir.
Here it is. $2,000 cash.
How much of this will you let us keep?
Only a hundred, sir?
Oh, look, Inspector
uh, we're going to Arizona, all right
but I was just wondering...
This friend of mine-
who helped me pull the market job-
told me about a payroll that was a pushover.
A very big payroll.
Enough for all of us.
How big a payroll?
Oh, 25 or 30 grand.
I don't trust you.
Well, there's no reason why you should
but if anything goes wrong
you know you can always use that old stall
about having been tipped off
and grabbing us red-handed and all that.
You're an Inspector, you can get away with that.
Oh, Inspector.
You'll have to excuse
the appearance of the bedroom.
The maid hasn't shown up yet.
Ralph...
Shh, shh.
What do you think, John?
You're still doing the thinking, Inspector.
I think we might give it a whirl.
Anything you say.
If anything goes sour with the heist
they'll look like sieves
when we get through with them.
Where is this payroll job?
I don't know. My friend knows.
Where's your friend now?
Well, uh, that I don't know either.
But, uh, I think I know
where I can get in touch with him.
Do you think you can raise him
by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon?
Oh, yes, I'm sure of that.
Well, after you've located him
call me at headquarters.
If I'm not in, just say Mr. Baker called.
I'll know what that means.
Mr. Baker.
All right, Inspector Weber.
Mr. Baker.
I'll remember.
Yeah.
Did you get it?
Yeah, I got it.
And a slight case of heart failure.
Let's hear it.
Oh, Inspector...
Still here, huh?
Well, uh...
I thought you'd be on your way by this time.
Well, we're trying to get away, sir.
Trying to locate a car.
There's two or three buses
leave here for Arizona every day.
I gave you one break.
Maybe I made a mistake.
I wanted...
Well, now are you satisfied, dear?
I'm satisfied you're going
to get us all killed.
There's my girl.
I wouldn't be too sure.
Jinx, where's a good lawyer?
Where's my hundred bucks?
Your what?
The hundred bucks Weber gave you back.
It's still mine.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
Well, uh, you know I told you I was going
to invest your money for you.
Well, this time the investment
will take the form of a new suit.
For who? For me.
And now that that's over
we still need the name of a good lawyer
to help us in this.
Doc Green.
Doc? He doesn't sound like a lawyer.
He ain't. He ain't a doctor, either.
And I'll tell you something else he ain't.
He ain't to be trusted.
Why should he be different?
'Dr. Darius Green, Philosophic Guide
'Organon, Aristotle
'Novum Organum, Bacon
'Tertium Organum, Ouspensky...
You sure we've come to the right place?
Oh, sure.
Oh, I forgot to tell you though... he's nuts, too.
Mmm.
Aristotle, Bacon, and Ouspensky.
Pretty fair parlay.
All attempts to purify and elevate the mind
will assist you in this attainment
and facilitate the approach on the recurrence
of these happy interludes.
There are then, different roads
by which the Zen may be reached.
The love of beauty, which exalts the poet.
That devotion to the one...
Why don't we wait outside?
Shh!
I like it here.
...conducting to the height
above the actual in particular
where we stand in the immediate presence
of the infinite
who shines out as from the depths of the soul.
Such was one of Plotinus' letters to Phlakos.
And I especially wanted you to hear it
because it coincides with my own theory of knowledge.
Shall we concentrate upon that perhaps, a minute or two?
My friends...
there is some new literature
which Miss Dobson will distribute as you leave.
And now, my friends, I'm tired.
You must excuse me.
Come again.
Thank you.
Oh, he's very good.
Good night.
Thank you.
Good night. Thank you.
They're going to have trouble with that one.
Good night.
May I speak to Dr. Green for a moment, please?
Oh, Dr. Green never gives
personal interviews after a reading.
He's usually much too tired.
Well, unfortunately, this matter can't wait.
It's much too vital.
If it weren't
I wouldn't think of disturbing him.
Yeah, he knows me. Just tell him...
I'm sure it'll be all right.
May I have your names, please?
My name is Paul Murphy, and this is Joseph Raynor.
I'll tell Dr. Green.
Thank you so much.
Uh, Doctor, this is Paul Murphy
and Joseph Raynor.
How do you do, sir?
What is it, gentlemen?
Oh, may we talk to you alone?
Well, I have no secrets from Miss Dobson.
Well, uh, this matter is not concerned with
cosmic consciousness.
There are no other matters
that I wished to be consulted about.
May I be excused, Dr. Green?
If you insist.
Good night, Doctor.
Good night, my dear.
How dare you come here.
How dare you!
Easy, Doctor, easy.
I refuse to have
anything to do with you.
That life for me is over.
I shall heal no more bodies.
I shall heal only minds.
There's no body to heal.
All we want is a name.
We've been looking for a lawyer
of the right kind
and we didn't know where to go.
Got to the classified section
of the telephone book
and look under 'lawyers.'
Doc, let's be reasonable about this.
Now, you've worked with the mob.
You must know someone.
Oh, that was years ago.
Two years ago.
Just two.
Doc, you don't want to be bothered
with us anymore, do you?
No.
Well, then, give us a name.
Try Keith Mandon.
Cherokee Mandon.
He's an evil man, too.
Thanks.
The only way you can thank me
is not to come here again.
Well, anyway, Doc...
it's nice to see you've reformed.
Dr. Dobson, I presume.
Mr. Murphy.
Was your interview satisfactory?
Oh, very.
Now that I presumed once
may I presume again?
In what way?
Well, uh, we are badly in need
of a phone booth
and we seem to be
out of the range of phone booths
and I wonder if you would drop us
at a drugstore.
I'm afraid I don't know you, Mr. Murphy.
Don't forget, Miss Dobson
I don't know you, either.
Get in.
This is very nice of you.
Oh, not at all.
What did you think of the doctor's paper?
I came in a little late.
Beside, I'm not up on cosmic consciousness.
It wasn't on cosmic consciousness.
It was on the psychology of knowledge.
Oh, same thing.
What is it, religion or something?
No, it's a philosophy.
It goes into the fourth dimension.
Or I should say the mathematical conception
of the fourth dimension.
Oh, that let's me out.
I'd like to see you
at one of the doctor's meditations, Mr. Murphy.
Oh, I'd be a very bad influence.
My vibrations would be positively poisonous.
You see, I don't hold with the theory
that the fourth dimension
is either philosophical or mathematical.
I think it's purely intuition.
Oh?
Hmm. I don't mean to start an argument
or sound pretentious
but that's the way I feel about it.
I never heard that before.
Well, it's something
we should go into sometime.
Among other things.
Hey, there's a drugstore.
Oh, there'll be others.
Oh, we don't want to impose.
Thank you, very much.
This will be fine.
Your name is Keith Mandon?
Yes.
You formerly practiced law in this state.
I have not yet been disbarred.
Quite so.
But I'm sure that such will
in the near future.
Objection.
Sustained.
The prosecutor will please remember
that a prisoner is innocent until proven guilty.
Such insinuations are singularly out of place.
Yes, Your Honor.
Mr. Mandon, will you tell us in your own words
your connection with these people?
It was coercion.
I beg your pardon?
I said coercion.
Will you tell us what you mean
Certainly.
I was sitting at home one night
relaxing after a very hard day.
Even the prosecution will bear me out
that a lawyer's lot, like the policemen's
is not a very happy one.
Well, anyway, the doorbell rang, and as my houseboy
was busy in the kitchen preparing coffee
I answered it myself.
Mr. Mandon?
What do you want?
I want to talk to you, sir.
Well, this is where I live, not where I work.
See me up at my office tomorrow.
Oh, please, Mr. Mandon.
It may be too late then.
This is very urgent.
Very important.
Important to you, too, sir.
Well, come in.
Well, I can't see what could be so important
at this hour of the night.
I need some advice, Mr. Mandon.
People who come to see me generally do.
Advice on something that's already happened
or that's going to happen?
Both.
How much money have you got?
Well, it's not how much money I have
it's how much I'm going to have.
I don't deal in futures.
But these futures are not gambles.
That is, uh, gambles in the usual sense.
Do these futures include, by any chance
the breaking of the law?
Uh-huh.
Any man who breaks the law is a sucker.
Does that include the police?
Any policeman who breaks the law is twice a sucker.
I know two who have.
I've got them nailed.
One of them's an inspector.
I suppose you know his name?
Weber.
Charlie Weber?
Inspector of Detectives.
Toughest man in the department
and you've got him nailed.
The rabbit nailing the wolf.
Wait, stand by, Highness.
Go back and tell him I didn't bite.
Who?
The lawyers who sent you.
Tell them if they want me disbarred
why don't they file charges with the bar association.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, these little traps they set for me
get more and more complicated all the time.
Charlie Weber, huh?
Charlie Weber.
What do they take me for, a fool?
Highness, throw this fellow out.
Tell him to get out.
Here, here, put that gun away.
Tell him to get out.
All right, Highness, leave the room.
Now, put it away.
After you decide to go with me.
I've got something to show you
and I'm going to see to it
Who told you about me?
Doc Green.
What Doc Green?
You know what Doc Green.
Highness.
Highn...
Get my clothes, Highness.
I'm going out.
Oh, yes, I'm sure of that.
Well, after you've located him, call me at headquarters.
If I'm not in, just say Mr. Baker called.
I'll know what that means.
Mr. Baker.
All right, Inspector Weber.
Mr. Baker.
I'll remember.
Are you convinced?
Yeah, I'm convinced, but, uh...
I don't know what to say.
All I want from you is a yes or no.
Have I got him
and do you or don't you want in on this?
Oh, you got him, all right, but, uh...
he's a big man, a very tough man.
The slightest mistake
you'll never know what hit you.
Answer the question.
Are you in or out?
Suppose we go in the living room
sit down, get acquainted.
There's a lot of things I want to find
before Weber drops around tomorrow.
Mr. Mandon, what do you think?
Oh, he's got something, all right.
I guess he has at that.
All set?
They're right on time.
How are you this afternoon?
Fine, just fine.
I hear Vic Mason met with an accident.
That so? Kill him?
Not quite.
Mmm, pity.
This your friend?
Oh, yes, this is Jinx Raynor
Inspector Weber, Mr. Reece.
Lieutenant Reece.
I beg your pardon; Lieutenant Reece.
Does he know what it's all about?
Mmm, ask him.
He understands English.
What about this payroll job you got spotted?
Well?
Yes, sir, that's right.
How big a payroll is it?
Pretty big.
How big?
Well, it's... pretty big.
Cut it out!
How big is it?
Where is it? What place?
You better tell him.
Inspector Weber, there's a friend of yours here.
I think we better have him tell you.
Hello, Charlie.
What are you doing here, Cherokee?
Having a conference with my clients.
Clients?
Why, yes, uh...
I sometimes confer with my clients outside of jail.
As I remember, you've had quite a bit of trouble
keeping yourself out of jail in your time.
What is this, Mandon?
Sit down and listen.
I can listen from here.
Suit yourself.
All right, Jinx, but, uh, not too loud.
No sense in having the neighbors call the police.
Oh, Inspector...
Still here, huh?
Well, uh...
I thought you'd be on your way by this time.
Well, we're trying to get away, sir.
Trying to locate a car.
There's two or three buses
leave here for Arizona every day.
I guess you don't appreciate
when a guy's good to you, huh?
I gave you one break.
Maybe I made a mistake.
I wanted to leave, Inspector
but he said we didn't have enough money.
Yeah, that was the trouble, sir- no money.
You know, you took all we had
and I had to get in touch with that friend of mine
who helped me pull the Hartford job
and he let me have a few hundred.
Yeah, quite a few.
It added up to two grand.
Well, I see I can't keep any secrets from you, sir.
Here it is.
Oh! Get your hands up.
Get over there against that wall, all of you.
No, no, no, no, don't do that, Inspector
You missed the best part.
The best part's where you planned to heist the payroll.
Shut up!
Frisk them, Reece.
We haven't got any guns.
Where are they? In the bedroom.
Where in the bedroom? Beats me.
Cut that out, John!
I don't want the coroner
to find any bruises on these birds.
I told you you'd go too far.
I'm going to hate myself in the morning for this.
Pulling that trigger, Charlie
will be just like putting a bullet
through your own head.
Now, you ought to know
that there's more than a single copy of that record.
Or do you suppose we got you here
just to slaughter us?
No, no.
We got you here, Charlie
to tell you you've just been signed
by our ball club.
And just to make sure you do play ball
we sent copies of that record to some very reliable friends.
Now, if they don't hear from us within the hour
we can't tell them that everything's fine
those records are going to be played
for the mayor, Charlie, for the district attorney
and of course, for the chief of police.
Why don't you stop being childish
when all we want from you is a little cooperation?
And my 3,400 bucks.
I guess I'd better get this attended to.
Yeah, go into the bathroom and get yourself a towel
before we have to start buying carpets for this place.
May I look at that, please?
You almost broke my arm with that.
You know that, don't you?
Well, look, Cotter, I didn't...
Now, you feel any better?
Well, hello.
Where do I drop youtonight?
Anywhere.
I have no place to go, and I'm all alone.
We could drive and talk.
That's what I was hoping for.
Where would you like to go?
We have four directions here.
A sort of local phenomenon.
North, East, South and West.
Which do you prefer?
The one without the traffic.
That's the one I know best.
Why don't you take it out of second?
Why did you stop?
So I could light a cigarette.
And to let you drive, if you want to.
I don't want to drive.
What are you trying to prove?
Prove?
I'm not trying to prove anything.
What are you afraid of?
Now, really, whatamI afraid of?
Well, what scared you?
You.
Don't look at me like that.
Well, I'm glad
you finally decided to stop.
You're lucky you're in one piece.
Let's see your driver's license.
Is your name 'Margaret Dobson?'
What does it say on the license?
Now listen, Miss Dobson
you were traveling pretty fast back there.
Suppose you'd blown a front tire?
You'd have been spread all over
And we don't want Ezra Dobson's daughter
killed on our beat, do we, David?
No, we certainly don't. He's too nice a man.
Just take it easy from here on in, will you, Miss Dobson?
Yes, certainly.
Say, haven't I seen your face
Hmm, maybe at the policemen's ball.
Yeah, maybe. Maybe so.
Well, good night, sir.
Good night.
Hmm, next time I come out with you
I'm going to bring along an extra
Whoisyour father?
Police Commissioner or something?
No.
Please don't worry about it.
Who are you?
I said, 'Don't worry about it.'
All right, I won't.
Now let's see. Where were we
when we were so rudely interrupted?
Don't you remember?
Hmm, seems I do.
Mmm, coffee.
Mmm, perfume.
Did you have a good time last night?
Yeah, I went to a movie.
First movie I'd seen in three years.
Some movie!
I hear she has a foreign car.
She? Foreign car?
What are you talking about?
The woman you and Jinx met the other night.
Hasn't she got a foreign car?
I don't know what kind of
I don't even know her name or where
I wouldn't know how to find her, even
Finding her shouldn't be difficult
for a bright boy like you.
Not for a mastermind like you.
Well, well, you finally made that discovery.
Took you a little while, but you
That's fine.
Would you like some coffee?
Hmm?
Would you like some coffee?
Mmm, love it.
I like mine in a cup.
No cream?
How 'bout some sugar?
Oh!
No cigar.
One of these days
you're going to get yourself killed.
There isn't a cop in the world
who can shoot that straight.
I was talking about a cop.
I was talking aboutme.
Why, I thought you were the law-abiding type.
I guess I'm just whatever you make me.
But I'm very jealous.
I'll put up with a lot from you
but not another woman.
I still don't know what you're talking about.
I can barely handleyou.
Well, what do you think of it?
Very nice.
Just like mother used to make.
Nervous?
What have I got to be nervous about?
All right, let's go in and try it on for size.
Incidentally, Paul, what happened to
that other copy of the record?
I sent it to my brother.
The only honest man in the world.
Didn't know you had a brother.
Lots of things about me you don't know, Cherokee.
For instance, Ralph Cotter is not my real name.
What is your real name?
If you knew, you would die.
Well, we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?
Well, what do you know!
Cherokee Mandon.
How are you?
Who's your friend?
Hiya, Trent.
This is Paul Murphy. He's in my office now.
Sergeant Satterfield.
How are you? What does he do?
Well, I'll tell you, he goes around
persuading kids to take up a life of crime.
Then when you boys put the pinch on them
I get to be their lawyer.
Sort of a legal shill, aren't you, Paul?
Kind of a 20th century Fagin.
Uh...is that office empty?
Why?
Uh, I want to speak to Paul.
Oh, it's empty.
Thanks.
Go ahead, help yourself.
Give it to me.
What?
This, this.
You must be crazy
bringing your heater into this lion's den.
What if one of these coppers should spot...?
Well, I'd rather go around without my ears
than go around without that.
Take it easy. I'll get you a permit to carry it.
Oh, just like that?
Just like that.
Hmm.
You ever kill anybody with this?
No.
Not yet.
Is Weber in?
He's eating his lunch.
Tell him we're here with his desert.
What is it?
Cherokee Mandon is here to see
Tell him to come in.
What do you want?
The card come?
See what happens when you let me
Cherokee, you are a wizard.
I take my hat off to you.
How'd you ever get it here?
Paul, uh, I took the liberty
of suggesting to Inspector Weber here
that we forget all about
that $3,400 you mentioned
and that he get you this card instead.
Now, uh, shall we conclude the ritual?
Inspector, I thank you very, very much.
I really appreciate this.
Don't mention it.
Oh, how is your hand?
Not infected, I hope.
My hand is all right.
Well, you know, those phonograph needles
can pick up an awful lot of dirt.
Yes?
The Chief wants to see you, Inspector, right away.
Thank you.
I hope you'll be gone when I get back.
Morning, Sam.
How's the poker game going?
What poker game?
The one in the Detective Bureau.
Well, you know there's no poker game
in the Detective Bureau, Sam.
What's eating you?
I'mstill asking the questions, Charlie.
What have you got on the Hartford robbery?
Well, nothing so far.
Looks to me like the work of some
Not to me, it doesn't.
Who've you got on the case?
Gray and Fowler.
Two men?
Why should I put the whole Bureau
Why?
I'll tell you why.
Because it isn't a robbery anymore.
The hospital called up a little while ago.
Hartford is dead.
So, you'd better heave a few more of those men
out of their chairs and put them on the case.
You understand?
I understand.
Well, then understand this, too.
I'm giving you 48 hours to clear up this case.
And if it isn't solved by the end of that time
I'm getting myself another boy.
And I don't expect you to spend your time
watching the clock and counting up to 48.
Clear?
Clear.
That's all, then. Get out.
You still here?
Oh, we didn't want to leave
without saying good-bye.
That's not why you stayed.
No, as a matter of fact, it isn't.
Charlie, we want a gun permit
made out in the name of Paul Murphy.
Who's Paul Murphy?
I'm Paul Murphy.
I thought it would help if we changed his name.
That's very thoughtful
You know I can't issue
Only the Chief of Police
can issue a gun permit.
We were hoping that the Inspector
would speak to the Chief
I just spoke to the Chief
The name is Paul Murphy.
Well, I guess I can speak
Here, fill this out. I'll see what I can do.
Oh, here, where it says
'reason for requesting permit'
what do I put?
That's where you put down
for requesting the permit.
Oh, oh, okay.
Well, supposing I say, uh
'Often carry large sums of money?'
Oh, yeah, that ought to do.
When do you think you'll be
carrying large sums of money?
Soon. I'll give you warning.
Listen here, Mandon.
I want you to keep this guy
from fooling with anything federal.
Banks and things like that are bringing in
government agents before you can bat an eye.
Don't worry.
I'm talking toyou, Mandon.
Yes, yes.
The minute you pick out something
you let me know before you
And I might as well tellyou, Cotter...
Murphy.
All right, Murphy, the Chief just gave me
48 hours to get you, dead or alive.
Preferably dead.
Well, thank the Chief for me.
Tell him I'm sorry to have taken up his time.
Good-bye, Charlie.
Nice to meet you, Truck.
Thank you.
Bye, Truck.
Good-bye.
Well, now how do you feel?
Oh, fine; I feel fine.
You ought to.
You're just been born again.
That makes it official.
You know, every time somebody gets born
they slap them on the back.
Cherokee, I salute you
as the one who has proven himself worthy
to share my frenetic genius.
From now on, you shall manage all my affairs
as you deem fit and proper.
You should have been a lawyer.
Why? I have a lawyer.
And now, uh...
can that lawyer tell me what Ezra
Well, he has many titles.
Ex-mayor, ex-governor, ex-U.S. senator.
No, that isn't what I mean.
I mean what's his title now?
Right now he's president of Watco Steel.
Worth thirty million as the crow flies.
Is that what you want to know?
That is exactly what I wanted to know.
Why?
Oh, he has a very, very lovely daughter.
And that will be all of that.
She's poison.
Come here.
The one man who can ruin every plan
He's the most powerful figure in the entire state.
If you get mixed up with her
you're bound to get mixed up with him
and that we can't afford.
Believe me, Paul, the day Dobson
walks into this picture, I walk out.
Now, the future looks awfully good.
We're getting things pretty well set up now.
Don't tear them down before they're built.
Anything you say, Cicero.
Anything you say.
Going down?
Like it?
Mm-hmm.
Its chief charm is its convenience.
It's close in.
Actually, I live on Willow Creek Drive.
Yes, I know, I saw it on your car registration.
Nice, nice, very nice.
Miss Dobson, your father called.
Thank you, Julia.
Is there ice in the bar?
Yes, Miss Dobson.
He said would you please call him
as soon as you came in.
Very well, Julia.
That will be all for tonight.
Yes, Miss Dobson.
Would you like a drink?
Yes, uh, your Julia said there's
Let's find it.
Yes, let's find it.
After you kiss me.
Mm-hmm.
Julia, did you ask Miss Margaret to call me?
Yes, Mr. Dobson.
So, this is the reason you didn't call me.
Take this man out of here.
No, Father, no!
You heard me.
Father, you can't.
Paulie's my husband.
Husband?
You mean you're married?
Married?
When?
Tonight.
We were going to tell you about it at breakfast.
The certificate's over there in my bag.
Now, will you please ask your private
All right, boys.
Really, Father, you make things
so awkward sometimes.
I'm sure Paul must be wondering
what kind of family he's married into.
He's impulsive and insane.
But nothing you can do will change anything.
Who else knows about this?
The clerk and the justice who married us.
Did they know who you were?
I don't know; I don't think so.
Do you know who he is?
Well, he's my husband.
That's not what I mean!
Who is he? Where does he come from?
Well, he'll tell you himself.
I want to hear it from you.
I don't know; he hasn't lived here very long.
But I have an idea he won't live here much longer.
But I do know that I love him
and that's all that matters to me.
What do you know about love?
Have you ever been in love before?
Or have you reached the point
where any Tom, Dick, and Harry with a glib tongue
can have you fainting in five minutes?
Father!
You even went across the state line to do it. Why?
Because in this state you have to wait three days.
No, no.
That's not the reason.
The reason is you were afraid someone at city hall
would've tipped the papers off that you'd taken out a license
and you knew that when I heard about it
I'd have cracked down on you like a ton of bricks.
Young man, I've brought my daughter up
as well as any girl in this country
and I'm not going to permit her
to be swept off her feet by any ragged stranger.
Right now I don't know anything about you
but believe me, within 24 hours I will.
Everything!
Father, this is very embarrassing to Paul.
Couldn't we talk about it in the morning?
Yes, we most certainly will talk about it in the morning.
As a matter of fact, I insist on it.
And we'll talk about an annulment, too.
In the meantime, will you do me the small favor
of not saying anything about this
until after we have talked?
Yes, Father.
I never thought I'd have a fool for a daughter.
I guess I didn't handle that very well.
What do you mean?
He was mad.
Any two-headed child could see that.
No, you don't understand.
Usually when I talk to him like
Well...
This time I'm afraid he won't.
He'll cool off by morning.
No. No, he won't.
I saw his face.
Uh-huh.
Margaret, here's something your
I want you.
You're all I've ever wanted
and I'm not going to give you up.
You won't let him force you?
I don't force easily.
You don't know Father.
Suppose I refuse to have the marriage annulled?
What will he do then?
He could make you wish you never saw the city.
He could make you wish you'd never been born.
I've seen him do it before
to others in politics, in business, in everything.
Well, we'll face that when we come to it.
Now, you go on and get yourself some sleep, hmm?
Goodnight, darling.
Now, this merely states that from
you renounce all claims on the estates
of Ezra and Margaret Dobson.
Would you like me to read it?
No.
Before you sign it, you have a legal right
to know exactly what it contains.
I'll sign it.
Is that all I have to sign?
Yes.
To compensate you for your trouble
here's a certified check for $25,000.
I don't want that money, Mr. Dobson.
I regret this whole affair
just as much as you do
and as much as Margaret does.
It was thoughtless and childish of both of us
and for my part, I'm sorry.
And I'm sure Margaret is, too.
Good day, sir.
Good-bye, Margaret.
The marriage certificate.
That's the seventh stop.
Yeah, seven little satchels, all getting filled with money.
What's your guess on how much money?
Plenty. Rohmer will take a bet on any track in the country.
We've been tailing them for two hours already.
Keep this up much longer
they're a cinch to get wise to us.
Oh, they've been doing this so long
they've gotten fat, cocky, and careless.
We couldn't tip them off
if we sat on the roof of their car.
Yeah, Rohmer's got the bookie business cornered.
There's probably $25,000 or more in those satchels.
Want me to hang on?
No, we've seen enough, haven't we?
There's our gimmick- why don't we use it?
You mean you're going to steal a squad car?
Let's go see Weber.
This is it.
I thought we were going to Weber's office.
This seems to be one of them.
How many does he have?
Right now I couldn't tell you.
Howdy.
I hope this didn't put you out too much.
No, you didn't put us out.
Sit down.
Thanks.
Sit down, Jinx.
Now, Cherokee, what is this big idea of yours
that you can't tell me about on the telephone?
Uh, before telling you, Charlie, I want you to know
that we haven't gone off half cocked on this.
It's dangerous, but we can handle it.
If the Inspector will cooperate.
What is it, a heist?
Yeah. Who?
Rohmer's collectors.
Rohmer's collectors?
What made you pick them?
They carry a lot of money.
Now, look, you try anything like that
and you're going to get this whole town shot up.
You might just as well forget about
There will not be any shooting, as such.
I guarantee it.
How are you going to do it, hypnotize them?
With your help, yes.
What kind of help?
A policeman's uniform.
A po... Oh, this is a very funny boy.
Yeah, he's a comic.
Listen here, Cherokee.
This may come as a surprise to you
but I've got a deal with Rohmer.
What's going to happen when his collectors tell him
they've been stuck up by cops?
Who do you think he's going to come to?
Why, he won't be satisfied
till I put every cop on the force
in the show-up for him.
There may be some excuse for this guy not using his head.
There's no excuse for you not using yours.
Inspector, his collectors won't be around
to tell him anything.
Three guys disappearing all of a sudden
must leave some kind of an echo.
An echo is not evidence.
They will just disappear
and Rohmer will think they've blown with his dough.
Would you mind telling me
where you plan to stash three bodies and a car?
We'll find a place.
Hey, I know of an abandoned quarry
out on the old Holt Turnpike.
It's full of water, and 100 feet deep.
Shut up!
Thanks, Lieutenant.
Look, I know what Rohmer's daily take is.
He pays me off on the basis of it.
It's 20 grand, and three men
is a little bit too much to...
As long as you're going to prorate this
don't leave out the car they'll be in.
That has to disappear, too.
And a shiny new car is worth more
than all those three mugs put together.
What kind of a job
do you think we came up here to tell you about-
a neighborhood drugstore, a gas station
or snatching some old woman's purse?
Well, that's more in your line!
A swell-headed hood
talking about killing people and everything else!
A swell-headed hood, am I?
That was where you made your original mistake, thinking that.
That's how you got caught in the ringer.
What do Rohmer's men mean to me?
I don't worry about them any more than you do
shaking down a guy and then shooting him in the back
to keep him from singing.
Listen you, all of you!
Stop acting stupid.
Your boss sees you; you're a hero.
Get this maniac out of here, Cherokee
or else talk some sense into him.
All right, all right.
Let's go, Ralph.
Paul.
All right, come on, Paul.
Wait a minute.
You may come out, Joseph.
Gentlemen, why don't you and I try to get along?
Hating my guts shouldn't make you act like this.
It'll do for the time being.
Well, be that as it may, let's talk sense.
I don't want to jeopardize your deal with Rohmer,
but this job is proposed on the basis
of a complete and perfect disappearance
and all we want from you is a policeman's uniform.
And for that, you get a third of the take.
A third?
That's right, a third.
Somebody will find them sometime.
They'll find something.
Charlie, if there were
the slightest chance of that happening
we wouldn't pull it.
That's fair enough, isn't it?
Maybe.
Maybe it is.
That's fair enough.
Good-bye, Charlie.
What's the matter with you?
Maybe it's that uniform.
What's wrong with it? It's a good fit.
I just don't feel right sitting here beside it.
Is that all that's worrying you?
Watch where you're going!
You going to be all right?
I don't have to like what I'm doing.
Oh, so that's it?
No, you don't have to like it
but you better do it.
And remember, stick close behind us.
Parking in a loading zone is a traffic violation.
So what?
Where's your driver's license?
I don't have any.
Oh... that's also a violation.
What's your name?
What do you want?
This man's name, I'm going to write him a ticket.
On your way, Copper.
What's the beef?
Parking in a loading zone
and no driver's license.
We work for Rohmer, fella.
Well, I'm new on the force
and I don't know who Rohmer is
but it wouldn't make any difference if I did.
You like your job, fella? You want to keep it?
Thenblow. Let's go, Rushy.
Hold it.
Why, listen, you-
Sid, don't start anything
about a parking ticket.
You know where headquarters is?
We know, we know.
That's where we're going.
Go ahead, Rushy.
You take your job too serious.
Well, we have our orders, mister.
You're going to get some new orders.
Rohmer even tells Weber where to get off.
Shut up, Sid.
Yeah, shut up, Sid.
Oh, don't turn that way, Rushy. Drive straight ahead.
That's the way to police headquarters?
Uh-huh.
Hey, what is this anyway?
It's a picnic- we're going on a picnic.
It's a heist.
Clasp your hands behind your neck.
That's a good boy.
Rohmer'll get you for this, junior.
Mm-hmm.
You still think you know the way
to police headquarters, Rushy?
Yeah. Oh, no, you don't.
They moved a way out in the country
out on the old Holt turnpike.
Now you just keep driving straight ahead
and I'll show you where it is when we get there.
Cooperative Borrowers.
This is your meal ticket
Weber, remember?
Oh, hello, Rohmer.
How are things? You still getting rich?
Well, I was until today.
My collectors haven't showed yet.
What?
They've disappeared. When?
Well, they were due at 3:00.
Well... h-how many were there?
Three.
Three?
Yeah, and you better get out
and find them quick, hear?
Aw, take it easy, Rohmer.
Maybe they just went across the street
for a short beer or something.
I don't care what they stepped out for.
You find them, understand?
Well... look, Rohmer, that's notmyjob.
Well, it is now.
And if you know what's good for you, you'll jump.
Or you won't have any job at all or anything else.
W-what are you getting sore at me for?
I haven't got them in my hip pocket.
Have you looked lately?
No, Rohmer.
Well, get looking. All right.
Now!
Yeah, all right, Rohmer.
Why don't you tell him what happened to his collectors?
Maybe I will.
Now who's the comic?
Here's your cut.
$17,000.
You mean a third of the take is $17,000?
To be exact, $17,101.
I divided it up on the drive back.
All together, $51,303.
And that bird's been paying us off on the basis
of $20,000 a day.
Yeah.
That's what I always say-
you can't trust crooks.
Well, don't think it hasn't been charming, gentlemen.
Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.
All kidding aside, now what am I going to tell this guy?
Don't worry. I will take care of Rohmer.
Any business that pays $50,000 a day
is averygood business to be in.
So if Rohmer should drop dead some afternoon...
Come, Joseph.
Take that bag over to Holiday
and divide it three ways
and drop me off at Mandon's with this one.
Inspector, as I said, I will take care of Rohmer.
He'll take care of us too.
If we don't do something to stop him.
If I ever saw a crazy man, he's it.
I tell you, he'll have us all on the end of a rope
one of these days!
Remember, just five minutes.
Mason?
Mason? We've got the car.
What car?
The car that was used on the Hartford job.
We found it in your garage, Mason.
Looks like we've got you.
I didn't...
have anything to do with it.
Hartford's dead, Mason.
You're the only one we've got.
You can burn...
so you better not try to cover up for anyone.
Sure, Vic, just tell us who did it.
Cotter.
Ralph Cotter.
Where's he live?
I don't know.
See... Holiday Carlton.
She goes by the name of 'Caldwell.'
Marakeesh Apartments.
She knows.
See, Doc, it didn't even take five minutes.
Just a minute.
What did you do after you left Weber's office?
Just what he told me to.
I went back to Holiday's place and counted the money.
But I was sick.
Sick?
Yeah, for what I'd done.
I'd never done anything like that before.
And I began to think this Cotter was coo-coo.
I wanted out.
I felt like a man on the top floor of a house that's on fire.
You run for a window to jump out and there's no ladder.
If you jump, you get killed.
If you stay where you are, you get killed.
That's how it was.
And, uh, after you counted the money
then what happened?
We were scared... me and Holiday.
Do you know how it feels to be scared?
Yes?
It's Paul.
What's that?
Champagne, the traditional
I never saw a bottle that big.
Oh, it's a Jerobaum, they come even bigger.
There's the Methuselah, the Balthazar
there's the Nebuchadnezzar
And this is ice, and this is goblets.
And that is money.
Does it still add up the same, Mr. Rockefeller?
Not quite, I took my $2,000 you gave Weber
off the top.
Oh, uh, what was your rush? You'd have gotten it.
I wanted to make sure.
I'm not working with you anymore.
Oh, no? No, it ain't
A guy's got to draw the line someplace.
Oh, well, suit yourself. How about you?
You didn't need to get special glasses.
We've got glasses in the kitchen.
I asked, how do you feel?
You know how I feel about you.
I'm not going to leave you, honey.
Well, neither is Jinx, only he doesn't know it yet.
No?
Just watch.
Jinx.
I was just thinking about those three dead men in the quarry.
If they had a fourth, they could play some bridge.
You play bridge, Jinx?
Now let's get down to business.
There's enough champagne...
Ralph, Jinx is afraid. I'mafraid.
Not for myself, honey, but for you.
If you don't stop something'll happen to you.
Of course something will happen to me.
And to you too.
Tell me, do you, uh...
do you like sables?
I just like you.
Only like?
More than like.
Butalive, darling. Alive.
Well, well, if it isn't the richest lawyer in town
as of 5:00 this afternoon.
Sit down, we're about to pop a cork.
I want to talk to you.
Well, go ahead, talk.
Outside.
Talk to him here.
I haven't got any secrets from Holiday.
I wouldn't make book on that.
Outside.
Hmm, well?
I'll be back in a minute.
Don't let that get warm.
All right, all right. Nowwhat is it?
Cotter, you're in a jam.
A 14-carat, solid gold jam.
And if you'll keep your vanity
off the sidewalk for a minute
I'll be glad to tell you why.
All right, but make it fast.
I've got a girl
and a jerobaum of champagne waiting.
Another girl and her father just paid me a visit.
The name is Dobson.
Oh, is that all?
I thought something went wrong with the heist this afternoon.
No, this is10,000 times worse!
Look, we can handle Weber.
We can handle Reece.
But Dobson- nobodyhandles Dobson.
I warned you the minute he walked into the picture
I was walking out.
Yeah... but now you can't.
That's right, I can't.
But I can protect myself even if it means
throwing you to the wolves.
And believe me, after the way
you've behaved in this matter
nothingwould give me greater pleasure!
Cherokee, they have no claim on me- none at all.
You married his daughter.
The marriage was annulled!
Annulled!
And that lets me out.
No it doesn't. Dobson started digging.
And he found me.
Before he would let me go, he made me promise
I'd produce you within the hour, and you're going.
You've got 20 minutes before he lets his dogs loose.
And if he does...
youwill bealone when they call.
Now, Mr. Brilliant-
get yourself out ofthisone.
Oh, Paul, I'm so glad to see you!
Rushing, would you tell Father
that Mr. Murphy's in the tap room with me?
Darling, I was nearlyfrantic.
Don't ever vanish like that again.
I didn't vanish. I was around.
Yes, but not around me.
I can't tell you how much I missed you.
You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
But I'm being a bad hostess, what would you like?
Nothing.
Nothing? Are you sure?
I'm very sure.
Paul, is there some reason for all this mystery?
Dr. Green didn't want to tell me about Mandon
and then Mandon didn't want to tell me
about you.
You found me.
But at what a price. I thought you'd left town.
That's one thing you can be sure of.
I won't leave town.
Tell me about Mandon. Have you known him very long?
Just since I've been here.
He's almost an underworld character, you know.
Really?
Really.
From now on if you have any legal business
why don't you take it to Fred Golightly?
Miss Margaret.
Mr. Dobson is waiting.
Thank you, Rushing.
Paul... stop resenting us for just a little while.
Please be nice to Father
and listen to what he has to say.
I've told him how wonderful you are.
So don't fight with him, hmm?
I don't want to fight with him.
All I want is to be let alone.
Well, hear him out anyway.
He may have a surprise for you.
Well, we meet again.
To coin a phrase.
And this time, much more pleasantly.
Margaret dear
I prefer to talk to Mr. Murphy alone.
Oh, Father...
Do as your father says, Margaret.
It'll be all right.
All right, Paul- I'll wait for you in the tap room.
Sit down, Paul.
You have quite a way with Margaret.
I tell her to go, and she argues.
You tell her to go, and she goes.
You know, I'd almost given up hope
of ever finding a man that Margaret would listen to.
I assure you, I did nothing to encourage it.
You couldn't have done better
than to have shown a complete disregard for money.
Good tactics...verygood.
Obvioustactics to use
on the daughter of a man as rich as you are.
Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to convince you
that you have nothing I want.
Now look here, Paul.
All the men Margaret's had anything to do with
wanted only the responsibility of hermoney.
Not the responsibility of thewoman.
That made them subservient.
And you can't do that with Margaret.
The minute she dominates you, you're through.
She's got to have a man she respects.
She's young, she'll find one.
She has. You.
But you don't know anything about me.
I'm atotalstranger to you.
I might be a thief, I might be a... convict.
I might even be a murderer.
Paul, if you are any of those things
I'll find it out eventually.
But when a drowning man reaches for a piece of driftwood
he doesn't mind getting splinters in his hands.
And may I point out that a personal relationship with me
might have certain advantages to an ambitious man.
Oh, of that I'm sure.
Just how high does your disregard for money go?
Because the man who accepts Margaret
will also have to accept the management of her estate.
Herestate?
Yes... I know this may come as a surprise to you
but Margaret's fortune is greater than mine.
It was her grandmother's money.
It's been in trust for years
in the hands of some very talented bankers.
Mr. Dobson...
All I want is to be letalone.
And there's another thing.
When I found out how Margaret felt about you
I thought I'd better hold this up.
It's the annulment petition.
You're still married, you see.
Think it over and let me know tomorrow.
Good night, Paul.
Good night, sir.
Is this part of the tap room?
Oh! You startled me.
What did Father say?
He, uh...
made me a proposition.
And you accepted, hmm?
Well, he gave me 'till tomorrow morning to make up my mind.
And what will you tell him tomorrow
when you've made up your mind?
Probably that I accept.
Oh, darling!
That's a pistol, isn't it?
Yes, that's a pistol.
Why are you carrying it?
Protection.
I have a permit.
Protection against what?
Hold-ups.
It's not the only reason, is it?
Of course it is.
I always thought when people carried guns
they were afraid of something.
Not necessarily.
You shouldn't have done that.
Why?
You've nothing to be afraid of anymore.
Paul, let's get away from here.
Let's get in the car and drive
and just keep on going.
For a week, a month, a year
as long as we like.
You mean right now?
This minute.
Well, we can't do it just like that.
I've got a few odds and ends
to tie together at my place
and pick up a few things...
We can pick up anything we want on the way.
Not this we can't.
You really want to go?
More than anything in the world.
All right.
I'll do what needs doing and, uh, be back in an hour.
I'll be waiting.
Yeah?
Paul.
Just a minute.
So you came back?
Yes, I came back to get my money.
I'm leaving.
Where's the money?
Are you?
Are you leaving?
Yes! Where's the money?
You and your rich girl?
And which direction are you going?
I'm going in all directions
and I'm taking my money with me.
While you're at it, take this with you.
What is it?
A bullet.
I know it's a bullet.
It's got my brother's brains on it.
They dug it out of his head before
What are you talking about?
Cobbett.
Cobbett!
Tell him.
I brought the bullet down myself.
It came from the gun you had when you made the break.
It was the only.38 that was fired.
The guards had 30-30's and.45's.
Get in the bedroom.
This is the gun he means.
The one you told me to get rid of.
The one you killed my brother with!
Now look, Holiday
you've got a wonderful set-up here.
You and Mandon and Jinx.
I'm leaving it all to you.
You can have it.
I don't want it.
I just want this next minute with you.
But you don't know how this thing is rigged.
I sent a copy of that record to my brother.
He hasn't played it yet.
But if he doesn't hear from me once a week, he will.
If he plays it, he'll know what to do.
First, they'll pick up Weber.
Then they'll pick up the rest of you.
And then you'll all fall down.
Do you think I care now?
If there's anything wrong with me, you did it.
You made me go along with you.
You changed me.
You made me just the same as you are.
And you've got nobody to blame but yourself.
Look, Holiday, this other girl...
That's part of it, too.
You don't know the whole story.
I was going to surprise you.
I was just over talking to her father.
Her father wants me to handle all her money for her.
Do you realize what that can mean?
You started here with a lie
and you're going to end here with a lie.
That's Dobson's chauffeur.
He drove me over here.
They want me to spend the night at the house
and sign the papers in the morning.
Let him in.
The room's too full as it is.
Now, Holiday, don't do anything you'll be sorry for.
Tomorrow, everything will be different. We'll be rich.
All I've got to do is say yes to Dobson tomorrow.
One little word, and we'll have millions!
You only said one true thing in your life.
And that's when you said you were going away tonight.
And you are.
Three miles out of town and six feet down.
All alone.
With nobody to lie to.
And you can kiss tomorrow good-bye.
But now, Holiday, listen...
You shouldn't have killed my brother!
I told you not to trust a revolver.
But I-I think I know
where I can get in touch with him.
You think you can raise him by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon?
Oh, yes, I'm sure of that.
Well, after you've located him, call me at headquarters.
If I'm not in, just say Mr. Baker called.
I'll know what that means.
'Mr. Baker.'
All right, Inspector Weber.
Mr. Baker- I'll remember.
I'll remember... I'll remember...
I'll remem...
Do you recognize that as your brother's voice?
I do.
There's no doubt in your mind?
None whatsoever.
The state rests.
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