All language subtitles for FRISCO KID

And I said, "You children of sin

"destruction and damnation
will follow.

"Yes, there shall come
pestilences upon you.

"Yeah, pestilence.

"Beware all
of these palaces of sin

- these dens of addiction."
- Shut up!

drifting on the foul-smelling
sea of life..

Hey, it's your place,
why don't you throw him out?

My children, your souls are
are right above this evil.

- Let me show you the way.
- I'll show you the way.

How about the rest of my crew?

That's the
Shanghai Duck's business.

See, I'm paying the most money
to my sailors, $250 a piece

and I don't want any dead ones.
I wanna get going at dawn.

Lot of ships in the bay.

that would like to get underway.

If everything's so easy to get.

I'll run into the gold field.

Hey, how many
are we short? Three?

Now, we're only short two.

- What will it be, sailor?
- How much are your rooms?

Come on, Weasel.

- Dollar six pence.
- Alright.

Just land?

- Yeah.
- What ship?

- North Star.
- I sailed on her once.

Three whiskeys.

You quit the ship here?

- Yeah.
- Gonna try the gold fields?

I am.

Well, here's to the gold fields.

Oh, sailor.

That's it.
Put your arm around me.

That's it. Step up.

'What did you say
the name of the place was?'

The Occidental.

Well, for trouble, you
went to the right place.

The Shanghai Duck, what a fella.

His own brother sleeps in a room

that's locked to keep
him waking up at sea.

He works for Burke.
The man who owns the Occidental.

A big fellow with
a scar on his face?

Yes. That's Burke.

Him, Slugs, and Duck're partners
in the Shanghai business.

And believe me, they got
reputation that's gotta

smell like when the tire's out.

What does the Duck look like?

A big fellow with a hook
for a right hand.

And believe me, him and the hook

are two things
to stay away from.

Not me. I'm gonna
cook that Duck's goose.

Well, what's it gonna get you?

More trouble?

Mr. Morgan, why don't you
go back to your ship?

The coast is no place for a
decent man who has a trade.

You see, here they believe
differently.

They think in order to live,
you gotta kill the other fella.

You know, we have an old proverb

Too much for me.
What does it mean?

It means that

"He who digs a grave
for somebody else

usually falls in himself."

Don't you worry about me.

Now that I know the rules,
I know how to play.

You mean, It's a case
of dog eat dog?

- Yes.
- What chance has a puppy got?

Hey, uh..

...how much did you say
they'd get for Shanghaiing me?

They've been known to get
as high as $250 a man.

And you call yourself
a business man?

Why didn't you turn me
over to a ship?

I sell merchandise, not men.

Why did you take me in?

Because you needed help, maybe.

Alright, Solly.

I'll make it up to you sometime.

Right now, all I wanna do
is meet Slugs Crippen.

Hey, this isn't worth
very much to you, is it?

- No, not much.
- Uh-huh.

Well..

That's worth just about
$250 to me.

Wait a minute, Slugs.

I'm going to North Star.
See you later.

Hello, Slugger.

Oh-oh!

Hey, where is Slugs?

He just left for the North Star.
Maybe, you can catch him.

Well..

Dog eat dog.

Hey, Slugs!

Slugs!

Hey, Slugs.

- Ahoy!
- Ahoy!

What is it?

From Spider Burke's,
got two men for you.

- Send 'em up.
- Send down the money.

Smart, ain't you?

Yeah.

You are too lucky.

My business to be lucky.

- Not a bad business.
- Make your bets, boys.

Don't do it, Morgan.
Keep your money.

Money? Look Solly,
there's money.

You know, people are crazy
to go to the mines

and break their backs there.
There's a gold mine right here.

- One hundred.
- That's talking to 'em, sailor.

Wait a minute.
Let someone else turn it.

Alright.

Belle.

Belle, turn the cards
just once for luck.

How will that do?

Oh, you can't get
away with this.

- No one asked her to do it.
- You're mistaken.

I did.

You wanna make any more bets?

Not in your game.

Make your play, boys.

- You playing?
- Playing.

That makes us even.

The sailor that
got away from Slugs?

Yeah, the one who got the rope.

Pete said he saw him row the
boat ashore and tie it here.

No use looking any more, Spider.

Sluggs is dead
or on his way to China.

- But the sailor is still here.
- Yeah, and when I find him..

Wait a minute,
I'll find him myself.

This is Morra's place.
One of the best in the coast.

This one looks much better
than the rest of them.

That's the danger.
Once let them build up

these places attract our decent
people, and our cause is lost.

Ford, as the editor of the
Tribune, you have the power

in your hands
to clean up this coast.

That's Judge Crawford.

What's he doing here?

Pass the word around he's here
and tell everyone to clamp down.

- Make your plays, boys.
- Who's the owner around here?

- I am.
- How about a job?

Back to your ship, sailor.

Make your plays, boys.

Ahh!

Get him, sailor.

Bet you the Shanghai Duck
kills him.

Why not, what you offerin'?

It isn't the first guy that the
Duck has killed with his hook.

Can't you do
something about this?

You own this place,
stop that fight.

Judge, if you think
you can stop it, go ahead.

He's killed the Duck.

Here's to the sailor!

'Don't you pay for this, sailor.'

Make way here, make way.

Why don't you get this man
to a doctor.

Oh, I'm alright.
I don't want any doctor.

That was a rotten attack.
I'm glad you came out of it.

- Thanks.
- My name's Charles Ford.

I'm the new editor of The
Tribune. May I ask your name?

Bat Morgan

Mr. Morgan, you've done
San Francisco a service.

If there's anything I can do,
I-I'd like to help you.

Thanks very much.

Hurt bad?

Just full of holes as a sieve.

Come on, we'll go to a pharmacy
and get you all bandaged up.

What's your name, sailor?

- Bat Morgan.
- Morgan, eh?

- Well, you can have that job.
- Doin' what?

Whatever you think
you can do best.

Alright, I'll be around
tomorrow to do it.

That's good enough for me.

- You not gonna work for Morra?
- Yes, but not for long.

You mean, just long enough
to make a little steak, huh?

No, Solly a big one.

It's good to have the paper
come to life again, sir.

Since Mr.Barrat's death, it's
been little more than hand bill.

Thank you, Tupper. There's
plenty here to give it life.

That is if Ms. Barrat
agrees with me.

I'm sure she will, sir.

- Good morning, Tupper.
- Good morning Miss

- Is Mr. Ford in?
- Yes, Miss.

Oh yes, I see him.
Thank you.

Oh, good morning,
Ms. Barrat.

Good morning.

You've, uh, you've read
my first edition?

Every word of it.
I think it's splendid.

Aah, I'm glad to hear that.

You're the first managing editor
I've had who wore skirts.

Well, I was a little bit worried
that perhaps my editorial policy

might be expected
to hide behind them.

No, I want The Tribune to fight.

Well, I think we started pretty
good this morning, don't you?

I can't congratulate
you on this.

My father was a fighter,
Mr. Ford.

He believed that San Francisco
could become a great fine city.

But the Barbary Coast
was holding back it's progress.

So he fought the coast
in the open.

These attacks cost him his life.

We found his body
washed up in the bay

with a knife wound in his back.

Yes I know.

I'm tellin' you this so you know

that you've taken
a dangerous position.

I realize that. What I've heard
about this part of the country

an editor is considered
a mollycoddler

unless he's been shot several
times before he's thirty.

Mr. Ford, I intend that my paper
shall follow my father's policy.

Ms. Barrat, a paper that fights
for a city grows with that city.

San Francisco is going
to be a metropolis

and The Tribune a great paper.

That's why I gave up a good
position to come out here.

To help build a city
and a newspaper.

- That will be our policy.
- It will.

- Good morning, Jean.
- Good morning, Judge.

- Morning.
- Good morning, Ford.

Read your editorial.

I want to compliment
you on your stand.

You've got the right idea.
We need men like you out here.

Thank you, Judge Crawford.

May I give you a word of advice?

I wish you would.

You're new here, Ford.

You haven't gone through
what we have.

There've been a lot
of honest men come here.

Some of 'em have stayed
that way. Most of them haven't.

It's been a brutal
money-mad life.

But there are still
a good number of us

who have tried to stamp out
vice and corruption

who think that San Francisco
can be made

a decent law-abiding city.

You have a paper.

A great influence...use it.

I'll do my best.

Nice, isn't it?

That the best you've got?

Don't forget. I only
got a second-hand store.

Well, Solly,
before we're through

you're gonna have
the biggest emporium in town.

From now on, nothing is
going to be too good for us.

He he.

What was the take?

About 30,000.

That's a good night.

Good enough.

Well, it won't be good enough
if this keeps up.

Ford's on the warpath again.

Huh!

They won't stand,
for this much longer.

Who won't stand for it?

Jim Daley and the boys
down at city hall.

First thing you know they'll be
down here trying to run us out.

- Chung.
- Yes, sir?

Bag all this and bring it
to the office.

- Good night, Bat.
- Good night.

Good night.

- Say, uh, Chung.
- Yes?

Where does Jim Daley hang out?

- International Hotel.
- International?

Oh, thanks.

Say, what are we doing here?

It's all for your
education, Solly.

I'm showing you the town.

I'd sooner stay where I belong.

Who're you up here to see?

Jim Daley.

Jim Daley?
The political boss?

Yeah.

- Morning gentlemen.
- Good morning.

Say, uh, is Jim Daley around?

Yes, he's about somewhere.

You'll probably find him in
the bar or in the dining room.

- We'll wait for the Judge here?
- Yes.

Wait here.

- Hello.
- Well, how do you do?

How are you getting along?

- Fine.
- Good. I'm glad to hear it.

Uh, you're doing
pretty well yourself.

- I've been reading your paper.
- I'm doing my best.

Say, uh, you told me one time if
I wanted a favor, I should ask.

- That's right.
- Well..

I'd like to meet the lady.

'Ha-ha. Certainly.
Ms. Barrat, Mr. Morgan.'

How do you do, Mr. Morgan?

Hello.

Well, well, young man.

I'm glad to see you again
in this end of town.

I'm trying to learn
my way around.

Thanks, Ford.

Well, huh, you seem
to have a new admirer.

Don't talk nonsense.

Who is he?

Bat Morgan.

You read about him in the paper.

The sailor who killed
the Shanghai Duck.

Oh!

Look at that.
That's real velvet.

Think of it, that's real velvet.

Nevermind that. Look at that.
That's something real.

- Why, that's Ms. Barrat.
- Yeah!

We ain't even good enough
to look at her.

I've been talking to her.

Oh, you don't wanna fool
with a lady like that.

- Why not?
- Well..

...don't forget, Bat, that
when you came-came here

you know, you-you were
just a plain sailor.

And now, you work
in a dive on Pacific Street.

- And she's a real lady.
- Oh, I see.

I'm not a big enough
guy for her, is that it?

No, that ain't the reason.
See you-when you, uh--

Listen, now, wait a minute.

I'll be a big enough guy.

I'm gonna make myself
the biggest

and most important
guy in this town.

Don't forget that. The
biggest and most important.

And she'll still be a lady.

What'll it be, gentlemen?

Name it, Solly.

Well, I-I think
I'll have a little..

...uh, maybe, uh, I guess..

What do you think I oughta have?

I know just what you want.
Leave it to me.

Thank you.

- This is gonna be expensive.
- Why not?

- How much do I owe you?
- Two dollars.

Mm. What do you call this?

'Pisco Punch.'

- What's your name?
- McClanahan.

- How'd you like to work for me?
- Where?

I haven't got
the place built yet.

This is still the best place.
I will stay here.

- Mm, Yeah. It's alright.
- 'Alright?'

Look at this bar. Best bar
west of Chicago.

Brought around the horn
in one piece.

- Solid mahogany.
- I'll have a better one.

When you do,
come around to see me.

Mm-hmm.

Heya, you know big Jim Daley?

- Who doesn't?
- Is he around?

Sitting over there
in the corner.

Be back.

Oh, he'll be back in a minute.

Oh!

Alright, I'll attend it for you.

I've got a proposition for you.

Not interested.

You will be
when I tell you what it is.

- Hey, who are you?
- Bat Morgan.

Oh, I've heard
something about you.

You pegged the Shanghai Duck.

I did if that means
anything to you.

What are you drinking?

What are you drinking?

- Champagne.
- It's good enough for me.

Jimmy.

Another glass for Mr. Morgan.

Go ahead and talk.

Now, listen. You know
as well as I do

that when someone starts
making a lot of money

somebody else always howls.

You remember what happened
when you sold the Jenny theatre

to the city for a city hall?

There was plenty of howling.

But who did they
have to howl to?

Nobody but you,
so it got them no place.

Well, the yelling has started

and Ford is going to keep it up

until the people ask you
to do something.

Then, your supervisor will
decide to hold a meeting.

Decide how to clean up
to stop the noise.

Go on.

You and your friends have been
overlooking your coast.

There's more gold there
than there was

in the gold fields
of the city treasury.

So here's my proposition.

You put me in charge of the
coast, and I'll see that you

and your supervisor
get an interest

in half the places operating.

Then, when you hold your meeting

and you'll have
to hold your meeting

you can tell Ford to go
stick his head in the sand.

Who sent you here?

Nobody. It's my own idea.
Worked it out myself.

I see.

Here's something else
that may interest you.

You know Morra's place
takes in $30,000 a night.

I can make that look
like an empty poke.

I'm planning a place
that'll make Morra's

look like a chicken coop.

And you're gonna
build it for me.

- Am I?
- Mm-hmm.

I've got the location
all picked out.

Corner of Pacific and Trenery.

There's a warehouse there.

It won't be there tomorrow.

With this kind of arrangement,
you've nothing to worry about.

There won't be any clean-ups
no matter how loud they yell.

- Who do we pay off to?
- Me.

And I pay off to the others.

From now on, we all
are silent partners

and we pay them
a part of the profits.

We're not taking any partners
we don't need.

- You may need them later on.
- What makes you so sure?

Because the town is tired
of having a dirty neck.

And it may suddenly decide
to wash it.

Unless we buy up all the soap.

Or do you know what soap is?

How about it, Jim?

It's his deal.

Alright, count me in.

Yeah, me too.

You mean I gotta
take orders from him?

- That's it?
- Well, not me.

I got my place, and I run
it the way I want.

I ain't had trouble,
and I ain't gonna have any.

I ain't been bothered
by the law in over a year.

It will.

I'll take care of the law.

And as far as you're
concerned, don't try to make

any trouble with the fire
companies around my place.

Let me know if you change
your mind, Spider.

Any other objections?

No, no.

Yeah, I have.

You nor nobody else is gonna
cut in on my business.

What kind of business
can you have to cut in on?

- Anymore?
- No. It sounds alright to me.

Well, gents and ladies,
that settled it.

I'm putting Morgan
in charge of the coast.

I'll tell you all about
the arrangements next week.

Bat, why don't you come in
as a partner with me?

You'll go a long way.

- I'm going further than that.
- Than what?

I'm gonna build a place
that'll make this look like

a dirty deuce in a stacked deck.

What are you gonna
build it with?

With their money and Daley's.

But it's not gonna
be anything like this.

I'm gonna cater to the swell,
and they're going to pay.

You realize there are a lotta
young blades in this town

that we've been passing up?
With money in their pockets?

They won't be seen in the coast.

When they'll look at my place,
they'll come in in droves.

What are you gonna call it?

The Bella Pacific.

Very good.
Let's have a drink, Bat.

- What do you have, Jim?
- 'Champagne.'

- It's good enough for me.
- Set 'em up, Harry.

This is the best suit
in the house.

The latest from New York, sir.

- How much does it cost?
- Only $100.

We'll take it.

- But, Bat, this cost a $100.
- Well, what of it?

The best is none
too good for us.

Put on the pants.

This way, sir.

Well, Mr. Morgan, here's
the keys to the front door.

Well, I have no further
use for that.

Fine bar you've got here.

Fine bar? This is the best bar
west of New York.

Solid marble. There's
Mr. Morgan's Double Pisco.

Bat, looks like you were right
about those society blades.

I tried to beat that
case card once myself.

Or don't you remember?

Oh, hello, Burke.

You seem to be doing alright.

Yeah, I'm fine.

How's your business
coming along?

You know how it's coming along.

My place was raided twice
in the last week.

- That's too bad.
- Yeah.

You know, uh, Graber came here
with us the other day.

Seems to be doing alright now.

Why don't you get yourself
some sense and do the same?

I'd hold out if it just meant
holding out against you.

But I can't buck the law
and all the rest of 'em.

You can count me in.

And after this, remember
to leave my place alone.

Oh, that's fine. I know we'd all
enjoy having you for a partner.

Oh, Bat, Daley's in your office.
Wants to see you.

Oh, alright.

Well, uh, thanks again, Burke.

Yeah.

Hello, Jim.
What's worrying you?

Ford.

Oh, yes. I read it.
Making a racket again.

Yes. Bat, we better
shut him up.

Well, he's in your end of town.

I've tried
to handle him politically

but he won't handle.

We've gotta get rid of him, Bat.

Well, don't call me in.
I like the guy.

It wouldn't work.
If you do anything

you'll have the whole town
on your neck.

No, that can be fixed.

Suppose he is challenged to a
duel, and the duel's framed?

Oh, no. I don't want
any part of that.

It's not what you want.
It's what I tell you to do.

Hmm, I see.

What you tell me to do.

You'd better think
it over, Morgan.

You're not big enough to handle
it, I'll get somebody who will.

Well, now you listen to me.

I'm gonna tell you
something to do.

You let Ford alone.

Oh, you're going
to make me, huh?

That's right.

I beg your pardon.

But could you tell me
where Mr. Morgan is?

Why, certainly.

- Right this way, miss.
- Thank you.

The Old North Star.

We've come a long way
since those days, Solly.

Where'd you dig it up?

I sent back east for it.

- A lady to see you, Bat.
- Well, send her in.

Uh, hello.

- I-I had to see you.
- Most certainly. Why not?

Oh, Ms. Barrat, uh,
this is my friend, Solly Green.

- How do you do, Mr. Green?
- Nice to meet you.

A chair for the lady.

Solly's the best friend
I have in the world.

He did me good once, and we've
been friends ever since.

All I did was give him a meal.
We just liked each other.

Don't need any help now. He'll
be the biggest man in this town.

Alright, Solly.

Well...you know something?

You're the first
person in this town

that ever beat me to the draw.

I'm afraid I don't understand.

When I met you
at the International

I decided to know you better.

'Of course, I thought
I'd have to go to you.'

I came here to ask your help.

I'm glad you thought of me.

Mr. Morgan, they've challenged
Mr. Ford to a duel.

- Who did?
- A man named Spider Burke.

- Oh!
- It's got to be stopped.

You're asking me
to save Ford for you?

'I'm asking you to stop a murder.'

Well, it's good enough for me.

I promise you,
nothing'll happen to Ford.

- Solly.
- You'll have to hurry.

- Where's the duel to be?
- Land's End.

- When?
- At sun up.

Solly, will you see Ms. Barrat

to the carriage
at the side entrance?

Mr. Morgan, I want you
to know that I appreciate this.

Thank you very much.

Don't you think
I better go with you?

Oh, no. This is a job
I wanna do alone. Go on.

- Good luck.
- Don't worry.

We've got time
for a couple of hours sleep

before we start to Land's End.

Now let's get this
thing straight first.

We'll give him his choice
of weapons, knives or pistols.

No, we better make
it pistols with this guy.

And we'll make it ten paces.

When we start the pace-off,
I'll turn on eight and shoot.

And you shoot too.

It'll make a good job of it.

I've ordered the carriage
to be here

in plenty of time
to pick you up.

I'll be ready to go
whenever it gets here.

Come on, Weasel.

You wait here.

Where's Burke?

In his room up at the head
of the stairs.

I just dropped in to tell you

'you're not fighting Ford.'

Daley's orders.

You're taking orders from me.

McGhee, go down to The Tribune
and tell Ford the duel is off.

- Burke is afraid to fight.
- Alright, Bat.

'Oh, please.'

Will you come here a minute?

Would you ask Mr. Morgan
to come to the side entrance?

- Certainly, miss.
- Thank you.

Drive to the
side entrance, please.

Bat, there's a lady at the side
entrance who wants to see you.

Thanks.

- Mr. McClanahan, where's Bat?
- He hasn't been down tonight.

I gotta find him.
Burke's on a warpath

and he's threatened
to kill him on sight.

Don't worry. Mr. Morgan
can take care of himself.

- Why don't you try his room?
- Thank you.

- Where's the boss?
- Boss go outside.

You're always surprising me.

I had to come thank you
for saving Mr. Ford.

Why not take me for a ride
and tell me about it?

Bat. Bat.

Oh.

- Oh.
- Bat.

Come here, Solly. Solly.

Solly.

Bat..

It's Burke.

It is.

He would have been
proud of that.

I haven't had a chance
to thank you

for coming to Solly's funeral.

He'd have been proud
of that, too.

You were very fond of him.

Yes. I was.

He was my friend.

- I-I've got to be going.
- Well, may I walk with you?

Y-yes, of course.

Seems a pity that people
who have so much to live for

have to die before their time.

My father and your best friend
were both murdered

all on account of that street
along the waterfront.

No. The coast isn't
entirely to blame.

Just the way things
worked out for them.

They spent their whole lives
trying to help others.

The only thing you get
for helping others

is a kick in the face.

You always appreciate
what Solly did for you.

And he'd be alive today
if he hadn't met me.

You've forgotten that
you helped me.

No. I...I haven't
been kicked...yet.

But you've been sheltered.
You don't know much about it.

- You don't think so?
- I know so.

I've been kicked around
all my life.

I'd be on a boat in China today

if I hadn't taken care
of myself.

Everybody's looking out
for number one.

And the only way to get ahead is
by beating others to the punch.

- Dog eat dog.
- Yeah.

All that wouldn't
have been built

if the men who first came here
had felt like that.

Someday, San Francisco
will be a great city.

You oughta be helping build it.

I am.

No, you're not.
You're tearing it down.

Only to make room
for bigger buildings.

I'm starting two next week.

You're hopeless.
I've got to go home.

- Maybe you can try again.
- To reform you?

Yeah.

It's no use.

I'm glad you decided
against that so early.

Now, we can get on
to other things.

- What?
- You and me.

We're gonna be more
than friends, aren't we?

I'm afraid that's not possible.

Why not?

Can't you see?

No. The only thing I can see
is you're the one person in town

who means anything to me.
I want you to know that.

I want you to believe it.

When're you coming
up here again?

- Tomorrow.
- About the same time?

Mm-hmm.

I'll see you then.

- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.

I think it's splendid,
Judge Stephen Crawford.

Perhaps opera'll keep
the young blades up here

- instead of the Barbary Coast.
- You should be very proud.

You're giving San Francisco
it's first grand opera.

You're making part
of its history.

- If the season is a success.
- It will be!

I'm coming opening night
just to see your triumph.

Now, you keep your eyes
on the opera, young lady.

- It was your idea.
- Tupper.

- Has Mr. Ford come in?
- No, and we can't wait.

Will you give him that
to print it tomorrow?

- Yes. I'll set it up now.
- Thank you.

Emma asked if we would drop in
for tea before I take you home.

Oh, I'm sorry. I can't.
I have another engagement.

- With Morgan?
- Why, yes. How'd you know?

Everybody in town knows.

You've been seen
with him several times.

- And what do they say?
- Too much.

I've been wanting to talk
with you about him.

Well, perhaps you should
talk about him now.

Jean, I wouldn't intrude
in any part of your life

except that your father
asked me to guard your welfare.

You cannot continue
this association, Jean.

Morgan is from
the Barbary Coast.

He's mixed up in every bit
of its rottenness and evil.

He's part of it.
The leader of it.

The thing your father tried
to help San Francisco destroy.

And you accept
and recognize him.

Jean, you can't go back on what
your father fought and died for.

- Have you met Mr. Morgan?
- Once.

Then, perhaps you shouldn't
judge him, Stephen.

I know what he's done.
I can't defend that

but it's probably the life
and environment he's had.

I think there's a very
worthwhile and human side

to his character.

I can't understand you, Jean.

I can't understand
myself sometimes.

But I reserve the right
to choose my own friends.

Father always respected
my ability to choose them

and I think he would
still approve if he were alive.

Oh, please don't worry about me.

Thank you, Ronny.

I'll send your tickets
for the opera over tomorrow.

Please apologize to Emma for me.

Tell her I'm
terribly sorry that..

Hello.

I-I didn't know
you had arrived.

This is Mr. Morgan.
Judge Crawford.

How're you?

If you'll excuse me, Jean.

Certainly.

I'm sorry.

I don't think he likes me.

I gathered that
earlier this afternoon.

- He was talking about you.
- Mm.

I can imagine
some of the things he said.

He...he asked me
not to see you again.

But you are going to keep on
seeing me, aren't you?

Mm-hmm. I am.

Well, that's all that matters.

That's all that's meant anything
since the afternoon.

I wasn't quite sure
for a time because I..

...I thought that Ford
was gonna be the lucky guy.

And I kept thinking of ways
to get you away from him.

You know, I was in love
with you then.

I am now.

There's never been
any doubt in my mind.

About yourself?

I've been sure for a long time.

Hmm-hm.

Well, I guess that's
the beginning and end of it.

No. No.

You're gonna marry me.

I can't lie to you, Bat.

I love you, but we can never
mean anything to each other.

There's a world
of difference between us.

Ideals, loyalties, everything.

We could never be
happy together.

You won't change
and-and live my life.

And you certainly
won't live mine.

No.

Well, nevertheless..

...you're gonna
marry me someday.

One moment.

I didn't care
to make a scene there.

Go on.

Your presence among
decent people is an insult.

I resent it. You belong in
the Barbary Coast. Stay there.

From today, you keep away from
Miss Barrat or answer to me.

If you try to see her again

I will take the pleasure of
shooting you down like a dog.

Good day.

A very good day.

- Yeah.
- Well, put a lock on the place.

- We're closing for the night.
- Why?

We're going to the opera.

My old friend, Judge Crawford,
gave us a personal invitation.

He thinks the opera
is very elevating.

What's the idea?

No idea.
Just the way I feel.

If the swells can come down
here, we can go up there.

Give those to McClanahan
and give these to Morra

and distribute the rest. See
that everybody gets it.

Okay.

McClanahan, isn't it?

Yes. They all look like
they're from the Coast.

Who are those people?

Why, they're from
the Barbary Coast.

They have a nerve coming here.

There's Bat over there.

Pardon. You dropped your fan.

- Checks.
- Huh?

- Check, sir?
- Checks?

I'll find my own seats.

Sit down, Belle.

This porch is occupied.

Nevertheless,
we're gonna sit here.

- Come on, my dear.
- You'll apologize for that.

- For what?
- For insulting my wife.

I was not aware you had a wife.

Well...well, you'll
apologize to Belle.

It'd be more fitting if you
apologized to me for being here.

I am not accustomed
to associating

with the scum
of the Barbary Coast.

And I'm not gonna have my wife
sitting in the same box with..

- Take out the gun.
- I'll get that..

You're the doctor!

'It's too late. He's dead.'

Well, Morgan,
this finishes the Coast.

You and your tribe are through.

Oh. Are we?

The public's not
gonna forget this

because I'm not gonna
let them forget.

Alright, Ford.
Have it your own way.

- Crazy fool.
- Bat, please.

Of all the insane things to do

gets himself into a theater
filled with a thousand people

and who does he pick out
to shoot? A judge.

You've got to get him out.
You owe it to him.

I'll get him out. Just to knock
his teeth down his throat.

Daley wants you to come over
to the hotel.

- Why?
- I don't know.

He didn't wanna come here
I guess.

Bat, promise me
you'll get him out.

I said I'll get
him out, didn't I?

Well, I will.
Come on, McClanahan.

Regent's too good for him!

I ask, they put him in jail..

...in jail with his friends
to watch over him.

But what Morra needs is hanging.

And if his friends object

we'll hang them, too.

We've had enough of these
gamblers and criminals.

We've had enough of murderers
in our streets and our theaters.

It's up to us. It's time
that we did something.

And I say, let's go
to the jail and hang Morra.

Wait. Listen to me.

You all know me. You all know
what I stand for.

I feel the same way you do
about Judge Crawford's murder.

No one would be more satisfied

to see Morra swinging
from the gallows.

But don't do this thing.

Don't take the law
into your own hands.

Don't cover yourselves
with blood.

Morra is in Jail.

Yes, with Daley
to take care of him.

Daley's sworn to uphold the law,
and he'll do it.

I'll see to that.

Men, listen to me.

I'm with you in seeing
that justice is done

but this isn't the way.

No mob ever accomplished
anything worthwhile.

We have courts
and juries and judges.

Let them take their course,
and justice will be done.

I promise you that.

I just came from the courthouse.
They've let Morra out.

- Let him out?
- Yes.

I promised them our courts
and juries would give justice.

- Who was there?
- Bat Morgan, Belle and Daley.

Daley?

You've overplayed your hand
this time, Daley.

How is that?

When a politician gets powerful
enough to free a murderer

- it's time something was done.
- I wouldn't try anything, Ford.

I'm gonna blast you outta here
if it's the last thing I do.

You're a cheap,
corrupting politician

who stands for everything
dirty in this town.

I'm gonna dig up everything
you've done and print it.

I'll put Morra back in jail
and you along with him.

They took Ford home. He's in
a very serious condition.

They don't expect him to live.

- What happened to Daley?
- He's in jail.

And that's the safest place
for him until this blows over.

Keep him there.

Don't let the paper stop.
Keep after them.

Doctor.

Tupper.

Find the article my father wrote
summoning the vigilantes

- Yes, miss.
- Print it.

Who do you want to see?

I just heard about Ford.

I can't begin to tell you
how sorry I am.

Doesn't matter whether
you're sorry or not.

Of course it matters.
I know what this means.

This is gonna change
everything for us.

Nothing is changed.

We're right where we always
were, on opposite sides.

And you're where you belong,
on the coast.

You're a bit excited.

I don't think you're seeing
things quite clearly.

I see things quite clearly.
And for the first time

I see and know
exactly what you are

not what I wanted you to be.

I told you once that I loved
you. I'm ashamed of that.

Ashamed?

Don't you understand? All I was
trying to do was get somewhere..

to climb up where we could meet
on equal footing.

Climb up? Everyday
you sunk lower and lower

until you stand
for everything that I hate.

You and you're kind
have taken my father

the judge, and now Ford.
I despise you.

I hope that I never
see you again. Now, get out.

Murder has been
committed in our streets.

And the murderers
remain unpunished.

Vice and corruption flourish.

Our courts, juries, and judges
have become a laughing stock.

The law has become a farce.

We're organized here
to protect ourselves

and save our city from further
disgrace and ruin.

We've taken this course

only because it's better
to have vigilance with law..

...than a mob with anarchy.

I thought that at 51, we'd
clean this city thoroughly.

I thought we'd never have
to organize again.

It seems that I was mistaken.

But this time,
let's do a better job.

When we disband this time

let's make sure that we'll never
have to organize again.

That's all gentlemen. Your
captains will give your orders.

You're wanted
at vigilante headquarters.

We've come for
the prisoner, Daley.

They've come for you, Jim.

- The vigilantes?
- Yes.

Well, you're not
gonna give me up.

Jim. There's a thousand
armed men out there.

And you haven't got
a friend in the crowd.

What about your police?
What about deputy sheriffs?

- They've gone over too.
- What about Bat Morgan?

His crowd will see me
through this.

- I don't know.
- Open up, Mulligan.

- Don't let them take me.
- I can't stop them, Jim.

Come on, Daley.

Did you hear, they got Daley?
Mulligan couldn't stop them.

Yes, and Morra too.
Yanked him out of his flat.

- Where's that Morgan?
- I don't know. Have to look.

- We gotta find him.
- Come on, speak up.

- Did he run out on us?
- He don't know more than me.

Ain't seen Bat
since this afternoon.

- You did meet him?
- You know better.

- What're you gonna do?
- What we did once before.

Let him have a fire.

We'll begin with the newspaper
that started all this. Come on.

'Paul Morra, stand up.'

It is the judgment of the
committee that you, Paul Morra

are guilty of the murder
of judge Stephen Crawford.

- 'Have you anything to say?'
- Gentlemen. You win. I pass.

James Daley, stand up.

It's the judgment of the
committee that you, James Daley

are guilty of the murder
of Charles Ford.

Paul Morra, James Daley.

The committee sentences you
to be hanged by the neck.

May God have mercy
on your souls.

No, Coleman. No.
I did it, yes, but he..

it was in self-defense. You
can't hang me. You can't.

That's the judgment
of the committee.

Proceed.

- Double Pisco Punch.
- Yes, sir.

Where have you been?

- Walking.
- Do you know what's happened?

The vigilantes have taken
both Morra and Daley.

Graber and the mob
are gonna burn the town.

They're starting
with the newspaper building.

- Is she there?
- I don't know.

Stop, stop, stop. Get back to
the coast where you belong.

I'm sticking. Stop this trouble
making for all time.

If you don't get back,
they're gonna wipe us out.

Any little break you
start here won't stop them.

Vigilantes are gonna
be there in an hour.

If we don't get back to coast,
they're gonna burn us down.

That's right.
Back to the coast.

We won't let them drive us out.
We'll fight.

- Come on, boys.
- Go on.

So far, we've done a good job.

Yeah!

Now, we're ready for the coast.

You take one detachment
going through Curney Street.

We'll enter from this side.

Wipe that place clean.
Burn it to the ground.

And bring in Bat Morgan.

Yeah!

Forward men!

Yeah!

Here they come.

Every man grab a gun.
Barricade the doors.

And when they come down
the street, fire at them.

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Come on.'

Hold it. Hold it, all of you.
All of you, listen to me.

Got all the guns from armory
and loads of black powder.

- It's no use, Graber.
- They're coming. Let's go.

Wait a minute, halt,
all of you. Listen to me.

We're not gonna fight 'em.
No use in fighting 'em.

- It'll just mean more killing.
- What's the matter with you?

- Afraid of a fight?
- You know better.

- Then, what's the idea?
- Because you're wrong.

There's no use in fighting them.

It'll mean more killing.
We've had enough of that.

Get out and save your skin
before it's late.

Besides numbers, they've
got right on their sides.

- 'You can't win.'
- You double-crossing rat.

It's Bat Morgan!

- The man's wounded.
- Take him to headquarters.

Yeah!

- You can't come in.
- I've got to talk to you, miss.

- It's alright, Ella.
- They've taken Morgan.

- Well?
- You've got to help him, miss.

- Sorry, it's impossible.
- If you talk to the committee.

To give him a chance.
You don't, they'll hang him.

They've got him.
They're going to try him.

You tell them what he did.

Saved your paper and kept
the mob from burning the town.

He was shot trying to keep coast
from fighting vigilantes.

- He was shot?
- Yes.

It is the judgment
of the committee.

That you people be placed aboard
the first ship leaving the city.

And we advise you
not to come back.

Bat Morgan, stand up.

Are you ready for sentence?

Yeah.

that you, as the ring leader,
controlling power of the coast

are responsible for the actions
of the coast

and the killings that followed.

'It's the judgment
of the committee'

'that you be hanged
by the neck until death.'

- 'God have mercy on your soul.'
- You can't hang him.

He's got to take judgment
like the rest.

- He's guiltier than the rest.
- He's guilty of more things.

He's guilty of stopping his men.
They wanted to burn the city.

All but gave his life trying to
save you who want to hang him.

When Mr. Ford was challenged
to a duel, he stopped it

because Ford didn't have a fair
chance. That you all know.

Coast is hard. He ruled
it according to its code.

When the crisis came, he
acted according to his own code.

Like a gentleman.

You hanged Morra and Daley
because they killed.

Bat Morgan has killed no one.
You're trying to stop murder.

That's why you rose
and wiped out the coast.

But you'll be guilty of murder
yourself if you take his life.

Please. Please, show him
your mercy.

Gentlemen, after hearing
Miss Barrat

I have to ask
for another ballot.

Remember, I once said to you

that whenever you try to do
the right thing, you..

...you always get kicked
in the face?

Well.

I finally saw things your way

and walked right
into a hanging party.

- I-I'm sorry, Bat.
- Oh. I'm not.

I'd like you to know that.
There's something else I'd like.

Please don't be ashamed that..

...that you once said
you love me.

I'm not Bat, I'm glad I said it.

Jean.

For your sake,
we'll give him his freedom

but he'll have to leave
as soon as he's able.

Now, just a minute, Coleman.
I'm not anxious to be hanged.

I must speak in my defense
though it hasn't been asked.

Won't do you any good. The coast
is through. No place for you.

That's what they told me
when I came here

but I made one.
I made a place.

The only thing I'm guilty of
is trying to make good.

Make good in my way. Which was
wrong, I found that out.

But now...I'd like to go right.
With miss Berret's help.

You'd never get the smell
of the coast off you.

You'd have no background.

- Background?
- No family, no connections.

He'd have me.

Well, Miss Barrat.
Since you feel that way

we agree to parole him
in your care.

Thank you.

- Got a job on your hands.
- Not much of a job.

I have faith in you.

You won't regret it.