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Subtitles: Lu�s Filipe Bernardes

That was what I was.

I worked the rackets. Dirty rackets.

Ugly rackets.

I was no hypocrite. I knew everything I did was low and rotten.

I knew what people thought of me.

What difference did it make?

What did I care?

I got scarred sure.

You get hurt a little when you fight your way out of the gutter.

Neptune Beach.

Cheap concessionaires,

grubby little storekeepers.

Broken down mutts living off the subway millions

that came running down to the beach as if the weather was warm enough.

I made my money off them.

Why shouldn't I?

I despised them.

I trusted nobody.

I'd pulled myself out. I'd made good and my conscience never bothered me.

I had nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to fear.

Shorty. Yes, Mr. Jammey? Yes?

Has Shubunka called up? Did he come in? No, not Shubunka.

Did anything happen while I was out?

What do you mean happened? Did any strange people come in, telephone calls?

You know, anything peculiar. No, no, just your wife.

She called up. Going to the doctor again. She's got a new one to dry out.

All right, all right. Shut up. Doctors, doctors...

Give me some nickels.

Rain, no crowds, no customers.

Every cent I got goes to the doctors.

She is quitting on me. Everything is falling apart...

and Shubunka I can't even get him to come up.

Hello? Shubunka?

Shubunka, are you listening?

Hello, hello!

Hello, Shubunka.

Shubunka, hello!

Are you listening, Shubunka?

Yes.

Shubunka, I've been trying to reach you all morning.

There's trouble, Shubunka.

Well, it happens. You gotta expect a certain amount of grief.

They broke into the Bath Avenue location. They wrecked the place.

Sure, 120 dollars' worth of damage.

They want to see us.

They want to hold a meeting, Shubunka. They mean business.

Now wait a minute.

You know how it is, Jammey. You come from a big city yourself.

A guy sees a buck, naturally he wants a piece of it.

It's like that in every line isn't it?

They're just a bunch of cheap punks with big ideas. They want to muscle in.

Sure they're greedy. Same as everybody else in the world.

But they can't do a thing. Just forget them. Stay away from them.

The time to stop them is now. Now before it's too late, before they...

Look, let's get together. Let's have a talk. No, don't worry.

It's no good talking over the telephone, I got to see you.

Can't make it, Jammey. Why? Why can't you make it?

I'm busy. An appointment.

Appointments? With her? That's the whole trouble.

You got a mania lately. I don't know what's got into you.

You throw your money out on that apartment. You gotta get involved with a showgirl.

What are you trying to prove, Shubunka?

Just a minute, watch yourself! Never mind that stuff.

I take on all the responsibilities, don't I? And if there's any damage, I pay for it.

You'll get your 120 bucks.

Just stay away from them and mind your own business.

Shubunka...

Stinking hot...

You were just talking to Shubunka. Don't hang around here, Frank Karty, please!

But I gotta see him. When is he coming here? I don't know.

Go home, go home! I got enough problems here without horse play.

Jammey and his troubles.

owns real estate on every block in Neptune' and has got a reputation all over town for his crying.

You lost the money the bookies took from me...

Shorty! Yes, yes.

Clean the ice cream machine while I'm gone.

I gotta go to the Bath Avenue address.

If your wife calls up again, what should I tell her?

Tell her I dropped dead.

And be careful with that machine when you clean it. It cost me 2000 dollars.

Count on me, Mr. Jammey. Count on me.

You know, you wouldn't think it just from the sight of him

but that guy's actually in love with his wife. No kidding.

His wife and the ice cream machine both, I guess.

What's Jammey got to do with Shubunka? Pardon?

What are they in together? One thing about me, Karty,

I never stick my nose into business that don't concern me. It don't pay.

I asked what racket are they in, do you know? No.

All right, then. Shut up!

You got women on the brain.

You go chasing that dame in the corsage shop, don't you give me any lectures.

No comment out of you.

Would you believe that guy was once a first class public accountant?

Only the racing bug got him. He's a goner. It's a disease.

See, that's why I let him get away with what you heard.

I didn't hear anything, Shorty.

What riles me is the insinuation I go running after women.

Me. Listen, 38 next November.

Been all over the world, all kinds of girls,

never once the necessity to chase them.

They come to me. Yeah.

I don't happen to be the kind of fellow that has to go to these ten-cents-a-dance joints,

you know, girls, girls, girls... I don't do that. I don't have to.

Dorothy... What?

Come to think of it, what does Jammey have to do with Shubunka?

What are you asking me for? Well, you've been around long enough to know.

You're the cashier. You handle the books.

I don't know anything about it.

What's this? Here, take it.

You're looking for an address? What street do you want?

No street. Take it. Read it. Keep it.

Find a cop, go into a store. Ask them for directions.

I got no time. I got no time.

Listen, Jammey. Read it!

Don't throw it away.

Where's Miss Starr? Miss Starr?

Oh, she's gone. Gone?

Already?

When did she leave? Just a minute ago. You might still catch her.

Hello.

Hello, Nancy.

You're around pretty early, aren't you?

Well, I just happened to be passing by. I thought I might as well drop in.

I didn't know whether you'd be annoyed or not.

Annoyed? Why?

Don't be silly.

All through rehearsing? No rehearsal, really.

Just some new gowns came in. I tried them on. They wanted to see how I looked.

Well, I was wondering.

I thought if you were free, I...

thought we might go uptown together.

You know, take a walk along 5th Avenue, streets like that.

That is, of course, if you were free.

Oh, I would have loved it.

Yes? But my sister in Queens, she just called up.

Her baby's sick.

That's a shame. I'm late. I really have to go.

Yes. But we'll get together tonight after the show.

That'll be all right, won't it? Of course.

It's too bad about the baby.

What's that? Just some bills. Some department store bills.

I'll take them, Nancy.

Oh, no, really, it's too much. It's perfectly all right.

You're sweet.

Thanks.

I'm late.

We'll get together tonight, won't we?

Yeah, tonight.

Is Mr. Beaumont here?

Mr. Beaumont?

No, miss. I'll be in the bar.

Very well.

Wait. Don't do anything.

People are looking.

Sit down.

Listen.

You've got to understand. It's not my fault.

I lied to you. I was foolish. I shouldn't have done it.

But you mustn't blame me. This fellow Beaumont.

An agent. A Broadway agent, and that's all.

He's going to put me in a fall show and that's the only reason I'm seeing him..

Why didn't you say you were seeing an agent? I couldn't. Would you have believed me?

You would have thought...

I don't know what you would have thought. I never know what goes on in your mind.

Why did you look so guilty when you saw me?

Naturally I was afraid because I knew what you'd think.

Listen to me, you've got to. You've got to believe me.

You used a little kid. To make up a story about a little kid being sick.

Let's look at it your way.

Believe the worst of everybody.

Let's say I don't love you at all. Let's say it's all a big lie.

All right. Would I take chances? You've given me everything I've got.

A tower apartment at the hotel, Essie the maid, my clothes, the bills.

Look at it your way.

People are all rotten. Nobody's decent.

But would I jeopardize everything just for a...

a thrill, a passing thing?

Would I be that stupid?

Hello, Nancy. How are you?

I brought my girlfriend along. I hope you don't mind.

Hello. Hello.

This is my friend, Mr. Shubunka.

Well how do you do? My fianc�e, Miss Callister.

How do you do?

Will you join us for lunch, Mr. Shubunka?

No, no, thank you.

I ran into Nancy and just stopped by to say hello. I really must be going.

Bye, Nancy.

Miss Callister. Goodbye.

Bye.

Nancy, how about some lunch?

If you will hold my hand

then I will understand

with eyes afire I'll know your desire

in a heavenly kiss.

Could I resist?

Then you will dim the light

Then you will hold me tight

And then...

I'll take you

to paradise.

You'd better call Jammey. He's been trying to reach you all day.

I suppose. It can wait.

He must have called every five minutes.

The desk clerk gave me a whole handful of messages when I came in.

Did that embarrass you?

Embarrass me? Why, no!

I don't care.

I'll put a stop to it. I'll talk to Jammey.

But it doesn't matter. I don't care.

Is there anything you want?

I mean, did you come by for anything special?

Well, no. It's just that you said... What?

Oh, about tonight.

I'm sorry. I forgot.

Of course, if you've changed your mind. No, it doesn't matter, It's all right.

About that man, Nancy. Who?

Beaumont.

Do we still have to talk about that?

Can't we just forget the whole thing?

I did a little checking. You checked?

You mean you still don't believe me? It's not true.

What kind of a mind have you got anyway?

You saw him, you met his fianc�e.

What more do you want? That's not what I was going to say.

Then what? What?

I saw some show people.

He's nobody. A small time promoter.

He can't put you in a show, Nancy.

That's all I wanted to say.

It's not. That's got nothing to do with it.

You're still not convinced.

It's not that. I just don't want to see you get mixed up with a phony.

No, you're never satisfied.

You want to torture me. You enjoy it.

I never know what to do with you, what to say.

Nancy... Everything I do is wrong.

I'm tired. I've got a splitting headache.

The last thing I want to do is go out tonight.

But I'm afraid to say anything.

You'll get suspicious and you'll say that I don't love you.

I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry.

I don't know what it is. Something seems to drive you on.

You can't believe me.

You always have to spoil everything.

You don't have to go out with me tonight.

Nancy.

Mrs. Ostroleng, I wanna tell you one thing.

No lady ever gave me a standup before.

Not true, no standup.

You misunderstand. I understand perfectly.

I went out of my way, hung around your corsage shop,

worked on you three weeks for a date

then you foul out on me.

Okay, it's obvious you don't reciprocate.

You are wrong, dear boy. wrong.

You won't budge me. Once I make a decision, it's final.

But I wouldn't hurt your feeling for the world. Not me.

Sorry. Once burned, twice shy.

Oh, Shorty, how could I find it in myself to hurt you?

How can I be unkind? I'm sorry. It's final.

Oh, Shorty, really. You are dreadful.

You are cruel.

You are bad to me.

See, insinuations. I go chasing her.

Leave me alone, Shorty. I don't even know what you're talking about.

Karty, this morning.

Listen, if I wanted to talk,

listen, all I have to do is crook my little finger at her.

But never mind. I don't happen to be the kind of guy

that goes around shooting his mouth off about women.

Despicable.

Don't look, but here he comes. Who?

The king of Siam. Don't look.

But if he's so much, why does he hang around a dump like this?

Why does he have to condescend?

What's the matter? Cant' he take it for granted? Does he have to rub it in?

Mr. Jammey's very anxious to see you. He's in the back room counting the cash.

What were you just saying? When?

Not a thing, nothing. Go right ahead.

You know we never disturb Mr. Jammey

when he's making out the night deposit for the bank, but it's okay.

He specifically... Thanks.

I wanna talk to you. I got a proposition. I'm not interested in any propositions.

You want me to tell Mr. Jammey you're here? No, bring me a cup of coffee.

I've been waiting all day. Listen. You know what the progressive system is?

You play the favorites. If the first one runs out, you double up on the seconds.

If he runs out, you double up on the third favorite.

Not interested. You make up your losses.

You always come out ahead.

I'm an accountant by profession. If I don't know figures, I'm hopeless.

This is a sure thing. All I need is capital. No.

Take today, for instance. I had two losers before I hit a winner...

but I didn't have enough dough to double up and cash in.

With capital we could play percentage.

It's like interest on money laying in a bank.

No, no, not for me.

Shubunka, I'm in a hole. I need money.

Bad.

What do you say?

You're a CPA. You make a good steady salary.

I'm asking you for a loan, a few hundred bucks.

Why don't you go to your wife's brothers, Karty? They're rich.

My wife's brothers just change the subject, period.

They've got a big garage in Bay Street... I'll pay you back, will you lend me the money?

What do you say, Shubunka? Help me out?

I'm not in the money lending business, Karty. Beat it.

Dorothy, come here.

I want to see you. I've got something for you.

Dirty, cheap... I told you to get out of here, Karty.

Just a minute.

I understand you're leaving Ann's.

Tomorrow night, as soon as the new girl comes.

You didn't stay long. Not very pleasant here, is it? It's not that. It's...

My father's been sick. He's just come home from the hospital.

I'm gonna set up housekeeping for him.

What's that? For you. A going away present.

No.

Why not? What's the matter with it?

I don't know. Not money. A present of money, it's...

Forgive me.

I'll buy you something.

I'll send it to you.

That is, if you'll give me your address. You don't have to bother, it's all right.

The address, please. Or don't you want me to have it?

Beach, 33rd Street.

12 Beach, 33rd.

Right off the Boardwalk, isn't it? Yeah.

Just a minute.

What are you hurrying away for?

It's late. I'm through for the day.

Why did you flinch before?

When? I didn't... When I came in, when you saw me.

Is there something repulsive about me, my looks, am I very ugly?

No, it's not that. Then what's the matter with me?

You talk to Shorty, to Karty, to everyone else here. What is it? I'm not good enough?

I don't know what you want.

Leave me alone. Don't send me any presents. I don't like it.

I don't want to have anything to do with you.

What's the matter? Where's the fire?

You can go home now.

They won't come back tonight.

Who won't come back? You know who.

You know why you've been hiding out in this soda parlor all day.

My brothers, that's who.

What are you talking about?

Oh, it's too bad about you. You haven't got the least idea.

You took money from the garage.

It's a lie. Who told you, your brothers?

It's a frame-up. Yeah?

They brought in a new accountant and they went over the books.

You took 1.300 dollars.

It's a lie, a dirty lie.

I know it, you know it and your rotten brothers know it.

I've been working for them for years and this is what I get. I dirty, filthy frame-up.

Hey, hey, hey... Yell your head off, Frank. it won't help you.

Please, please, no commotions. It's a place of business.

You keep out of this. I got enough on my hands without you.

Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?

I don't want fights in my store.

Go home, go home, Karty. And take your wife with you.

All right, all right. Stop crying.

Go on, beat it. The show's over.

Find something else to look at. A nice accident somewhere.

A kid that got run over by a truck.

It's awful people coming here...

Shubunka, listen...

Don't let people like that upset you. They don't mean a thing.

They're ordinary, they haven't got a quarter.

You don't know what's happening.

I called up. I talked to them.

Told you to stay away from them, didn't I? I'm scared.

They sent a man down to stop me. Right down the street in the rain.

That's why they sent him, to scare you. Didn't you realize that?

Shubunka, we're in trouble. Yeah?

They're ready. They're going to start operating. They warned me.

Bluff talk. They're pushing out Independence.

Starting with Neptune. Starting with you.

It's a combination. A syndicate all over the city.

Not a chance. Not in this town. Those days are gone.

They're coming in with the rough stuff any day now, Shubunka.

Whenever they wanna start, I got plenty of boys over on Maple Avenue.

Right! Hit first. Smash before it's too late.

You're neglecting everything, that's the whole trouble.

You don't like the dirty work, you got no taste for it.

You're a very nervous man, Mr. Jammey. Let me tell you, Shubunka.

You go around putting up a rough front. But you don't fool me.

I see inside you.

You're no man of iron. You are no terrible big shot.

Jammey, take it easy. I'm telling you for your own good.

If you don't watch out, they're going to push you right out of business.

Nobody's pushing me out of business, forget that.

I'm no soda jerker.

I'm not one of these broken back dummies that come into your soda store.

I'll handle it. Don't worry.

I've worked six years building up this thing, I'm gonna keep it.

Nobody's gonna make a mug out of me.

Bath Avenue location, 120 dollars.

Very simple. Simple?

They scare you, I unscare you.

I'll shut those guys up just as fast.

Oh, you know, I get excited.

I'm a businessman. My real estate is this soda store.

Just can't help it.

I know all about Cornell and his Urban and Social Athletic Club.

I don't know what the score is. Small time joke is on the make.

No capital, no connections, nothing.

Just you stay away from him.

One more thing.

From now on don't try to reach me through Miss Starr.

It embarrasses her.

I got worried. Lost my nerve.

Shorty, lock up.

Frank, you took the money and you'll have to pay it back.

How, where am I going to find it?

Where will I get it? What have I got left to pawn? Who'll give it to me?

Go on, beat it. I don't know you. I don't see you.

I never had a good day with you from the beginning.

Come home.

You didn't eat all day.

Look at you.

You're skinny, pale, sick.

Educated man.

Professional.

Lady in the corsage shop.

You accuse me I am teasing insincere...

Well, you are wrong, my dear soda jerker.

This is all I can do on paper.

Are you free tomorrow evening?

If you should call tomorrow evening, you'll see better than words express

how cruelly you have misjudged me.

Ever yours, Olga...

Ostroleng.

I hang around, I don't go home.

My wife isn't there.

She's at the hospital.

Another thorough examination.

My wife, Susan, she's doctor crazy.

Been going to them fifteen years trying to find out what's the matter with her

only they cannot tell her.

I put up with it.

My wife she's different.

She listens to me.

She's on my side, I miss her.

Well, everyone, no matter who,

has to have at least one person dear and near to him.

After all it's only human nature, ain't it?

Essie let me in.

I brought you something.

Yes? What is it?

Go look for yourself. It's outside.

What did you do? Go all the way uptown to buy this?

What time did you leave your apartment this morning?

Essie!

Essie, look!

Why, it's stunning.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Oh, I hate you. I could kill you.

One minute you're awful and the next you behave like an angel.

You're mean.

I think you do it on purpose. Hot and cold.

You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get rid of Beaumont.

I'm going to call him up right this very minute.

I don't want a Broadway show. I don't want to give you any excuse, any pretext.

I just want us to be happy together.

Starting right now.

We'll have breakfast, go to the beach and spend the whole day together.

The beach I don't know. I don't care how busy you are.

We'll go to Plum Point away from the crowds just by ourselves.

Come here and kiss me. I've gotta get dressed.

What's the matter? Don't you want to kiss me?

You come to me.

What?

Come to me, Nancy. Put your arms around me.

Darling, darling, what is it?

I need you, you don't know.

You're the one thing apart to me, the only thing.

Can't you see? When I...

when I hurt you, when I doubt you, all those suspicions in my mind

Nancy, it's not you, it's me.

Because I really can't believe I have you.

Hey, soup head.

Just a minute, hold on to that stuff.

Sorry. I don't take that from anybody, big or small.

My err. That's different

Now what can I do for you? The boss.

Mr. Jammey?

Who are you? What do you want?

The repairman. The ice cream machine.

I didn't send for no repairman.

Factory inspection. Routine. They send us up once a year.

Yes? Nice boy. You got an A-one worker over there.

What's this? Routine. We just told you.

What are you going to do?

Hey!

Did I bust something? You got a destructive urge.

Specially mirrors. I don't know what it is, I always get an urge to smack up mirrors.

That's bad luck, you know that, don't you?

You believe in that too, superstitions?

What do you want?

It's like this, Mr. Jammey. We asked you to come and see us.

We asked you in a nice way but you never showed up.

Now we're here to invite you to lunch.

I won't go. You're not scaring me.

Stop!

You'll go to lunch, Mr. Jammey?

Drink? Well, I er...

No drinks.

Your order? What... what?

Eat, eat, we invited you to lunch. No, thank you, I'm not hungry.

Blow.

May I? No, no, I'll take care of it.

Very well, sir.

Why didn't you come before?

Oh, well, I er...

I don't know, you see, Shubunka. Pass Shubunka.

No, it is.. it's Shubunka... I'm not in it. I'm just a businessman.

You better see Shubunka.

I don't want Shubunka.

What?

I just want you.

Wait a minute, just me? Yes.

Yeah, you. You're a knew man to us, Jammey. You own the spots, the real estate.

Hm-hmm.

You come in with us, the rest is easy. We're established.

The others will fall in right down the line.

Yes, but what do you want me to do with Shubunka?

Forget him, chase him, lose him.

What do I care what you do with Shubunka?

Why, you're telling me to double cross him.

Yeah, that's right. Double cross him.

I want a list of all the locations, all the people.

Put down all the names and addresses.

If you hold out on me, there's a $200 fine for each spot missing.

I'm not giving you the list.

I'm through with the whole thing. I'm pulling out.

You, Jammey, are a no good rat and I'm not losing any sleep over you.

What have you got to lose? You don't need Shubunka, he needs you.

I don't want it. I don't want you, I don't want Shubunka.

I'm not a double crosser.

I'm afraid. What are you afraid of?

Shubunka? Don't worry.

He's being taken care of right this minute.

He'll kill me. Who, Shubunka?

He wouldn't hurt a fly. Hasn't got an enemy.

But we're different. You know that too.

Now, Jammey, today is the day we're ready and we're rolling.

Get us those lists.

I won't do it.

You will.

What are you gonna do? Go to the cops?

Try something funny I'll have you run out of town.

Double cross me and I'll get you back here and kick your fat stomach off.

Always cut straight across the metal. That's the way to eat a steak.

Aren't you going swimming?

No, I changed my mind.

Why didn't you get into a pair of trunks?

Nothing, I don't care for the water.

What is it?

What?

Are you afraid to be seen in a bathing suit?

No, why?

There's nothing the matter with the way you look.

Honest, you're the most sensitive, the most self-conscious man...

Don't be foolish. Forget it.

Don't even know what you're talking about.

Oh, come on...

If you didn't want to come to the beach why didn't you say so?

Why didn't you tell me?

The things a guy remembers.

When I was a kid in the tenements I used to go walking by myself for hours.

Fifth Avenue, Central Park...

Fine streets, fine hotels.

One hot dead summer day I looked up and on the terrace of the...

10th floor, I don't know how high up it was...

I saw a man and a girl

kissing...

embracing.

Funny, I don't know.

It was nothing, a small thing.

I don't think I'll ever forget it.

When you talk, when you're nice, you're such a different person.

It's wonderful to be with you.

What are you looking at?

The way you work on that thing, as though it's life or death.

Roll over. Let me measure it.

Lie down, don't stare at me. Lie down.

You're Shubunka.

What is it? Sit still, lady.

No, I'm afraid,

He said sit still, didn't he? Just stay there and shut up!

Is that tone necessary?

What?

Forgive me, Nancy, when you're in business

you never know what kind of people you're liable to run into.

I'll sock you! Cut that out.

Can't we postpone this thing? This isn't the time or the place.

There's a knife in your stomach. We're not kidding.

I could imagine. You wouldn't come down to the club,

you wouldn't cooperate. So Cornell sent us to you with a message.

Message? Here's the story.

You're finished. Starting today, he's taking over. You're out of it. How about that?

Well, I'd say that's certainly not good news to hear, is it?

I'm gonna take a smack out of him right now.

Cut it out, you nut. No, I'd give my right arm to smash his face in.

I can't stand the sight of it.

Save it, save it. You can have him later if he asks for it.

What do you say? Is it okay, or do you want to make trouble?

Are you gonna get tough? Well now, let's see. Let's talk this over.

There's nothing to talk over.

Cornell sent us down. A friendly word of warning. He wants no trouble.

Everything smooth and quiet.

It's up to you, any way you want it. Make up your mind.

No, wait a minute, let's talk this over. Man to man.

There's nothing to say.

Are you boys in with Cornell, or do you just work for him?

What's that got to do with it?

Well, I'm curious. Who are you? What outfit are you with?

Maybe we can straighten this thing out between ourselves.

We'll give you a break. It's nothing to us one way or the other.

Give us $3.000 and we'll do to the other fellas what we're supposed to do to you.

Three thousand dollars? Three thousand.

I don't have that kind of money on me. Can you get it today?

Listen, give us $3000. We'll make you the biggest man in the city.

I'm satisfied the way I am. I don't want to be the biggest man in the city.

You punks. You cheap ten-buck thugs.

Go home to Cornell and tell him to wipe your nose.

Get out of here. Go back and tell him to grow up.

How dare you put your filthy hands on me.

Wait till you get yours.

Go on, you give me a pain!

That was for me personally.

There's more coming.

You'll get the rest the first wrong move you make.

Believe me. It's up to you, any way you want it.

By God, please give me my gun.

Come on, we gave him the message, didn't we?

That's all we came for this time.

Are you all right?

Did you put them on me?

What?

Plum Point.

Taking me way out here.

Was that arranged?

Were you part of it?

What's the matter with you? What kind of a mind have you got?

Forget it, I'm sorry. I don't know what I was saying.

I don't even know what it's all about.

You never tell me anything about your business. I don't want to know.

Forget it! It slipped out.

Excuse me, Nancy.

All right. It's over.

How do you feel?

I'm all right.

Are you in bad trouble?

What are they going to do to you?

Nothing.

Nothing, Small stuff.

It'll take a day or two to clean up the whole business.

What's going on, Johnny? What's happened to your political connections?

I can't stand here chewing fat on the street corner.

I got a lot to do. Wait a minute.

You know it's not right. I'm not getting much consideration lately.

I never made no promises. I never said I owned City Hall.

No sense in handing out dough when you get nothing in return.

I never went to you. You came to me in the first place.

You don't think I'm being unreasonable, do you?

I'm busy. I'm sorry, I really can't stand here and talk.

I gave you fellas a lot of work. What's the matter?

You're making me bring people from out of town.

Bring them in.

What's the trouble?

You mark no good, Shubunka. What do you mean no good?

Contagious.

What are you talking about?

You're a bad guy to go walking with down the street.

A man means well and he aims straight.

But nobody's perfect.

The bullet flies, it don't get you.

It gets the innocent fella walking with you.

Bunk, what kind of talk is that?

I can't help it if I'm skeptical.

Where's Duke? I think he went fishing.

Mooshy? Camp.

What's the deal? No deal. It's vacation time, ain't it?

What about you?

Sick. You're not sick.

Yeah, yeah. Your men are sitting in jail these days.

You got five or six guys put away right now.

It's a bad sign.

It happens, you know that. You can't pay off forever.

Yeah, yeah, all right.

But I wouldn't want to be spending my vacation time sitting in jail, would I?

What are you blowing up for? What are you hiding out in the back room all by yourself?

No, no, I told them and I'm telling you the same thing. I'm through.

I'm through. I'm pulling out. Why did you go to see them?

Because they had a pistol at my head, that's why. Because they're murderers.

We're all finished, Shubunka. They're ready.

They've got everything worked out to the smallest detail.

Your imagination. Yeah? They got the cops.

Nobody's got the cops. Why do you wanna talk like that for?

They got a price on everyone. They got them all sewed up.

So what? I go out of town I got plenty others.

Out of town? That costs big money and you're broke, don't I know?

You threw your money away. You got infatuated with a girl.

Listen, Jammey.

Will you listen to reason? All we gotta do is hold on and fight.

I don't want to fight. All I want to do is quit. They'll kill us.

They'll kill nobody. You can't pull that stuff nowadays.

They'll kill you. They're tricky. You know them.

My advice to you is to get out of town.

They'll jump you when you least expect it.

Get out of town, Shubunka. They'll kill us.

Jammey, what did you do?

What are you talking about? Did you sell me out?

Who me? Did you go over to them?

I wish I did. I wish I could.

The trouble with me is I got a conscience.

All right, then. Use your head. Don't panic.

Look, I'll go out west for new men.

Jammey, give me 15.000 ... 10,000!

No, no...

Use your head, they can't touch us. What can they do? They don't know where we are.

Suppose they shut us down on one place. We're still operating a dozen others.

Don't you see, you fool? They haven't got the locations...

They can't do a thing without the list, Jammey. Give me 15.000.

If you want to fight, fight them alone. I don't want it. I'm out of it.

I'm out of it for good.

I'm out.

Jammey! Wait!

Jammey, come back.

Here's the suit. Sponge and press,

tell him to get all of the spots out. I want it back in an hour without fail.

One thing about me, when I go out on a date I always dress immaculate.

I take them out in style. Treat them like a queen.

Chop suey for dinner. See a show.

Oh, sure, psychology.

Puts them in a frame of mind where they naturally feel obligated, don't you know.

Going out with Mrs. Ostreleng tonight. Mature, sophisticated.

Only kind of woman I prefer.

Shorty. Yeah?

Where's Dorothy, the cashier?

She went out for change. She'll be back in a minute.

Wait, I want to see you. Let me go.

Don't be frightened. I'm not gonna bother you.

I've gotta get back. I've got to get everything ready for the new girl.

Look, you handle Mr. Jammey's papers. You're his book keeper. Tell me, did you know that...

See him yourself, ask him yourself.

He's not in. You're the only one who can tell me.

Look, this is my last day. I'm leaving tonight. I don't know anything.

Did he ask for the books? Did he work on them...

make a copy of the lists?

I've got to know. It's very important.

I might get hurt, shot. Please. You gotta help me.

Why should I care what happens to you? Why should anybody care?

What right have you got to ask for help?

You, the things you've done.

Jammey took the list. The names, everything.

He went back. He stayed all afternoon. He's in with them.

Leave me alone.

Essie. where's Miss Starr?

No, don't call her. Just give her a message.

Tell her to pack. Pack, right away.

I don't know where. Just say it's an emergency. I'll explain later.

Tell her I've got to get out of town right away.

Are you all right?

Of course. What's the matter?

Essie said... she told me we were leaving town.

She said it was an emergency.

She did?

She must have misunderstood.

Probably my fault.

Just a business trip.

The things that went through my mind.

I couldn't wait. I left her packing.

I had to rush right over.

Nancy...

what went through your mind?

What, darling?

What did you think?

That I was running away all washed up?

Did that make a difference?

Darling...

darling, look...

anything you want, anything you say...

I'm true, I'm yours.

If I could only prove it to you.

The broaches, the bracelets, everything you gave me....

I'll pawn them, they're yours.

Everything I've got.

Nancy...

Nancy.

I'm so glad you came.

It's a big thing to me, I'm glad. I'll never forget it.

Can I help? Do you need the money?

Yeah.

Yeah, raise all you can.

We'll leave tonight and bring some people back with us. We'll show them.

Wait for me at your place. Be ready.

I've got some long distance calls to make.

I've got a word or two to say to Jammey.

Meyers and Kelly come in at 8:30 for the Saturday night rush.

When Jammey shows up tell him to call his wife.

She's home. The examination was negative, she's through with doctors.

Tell him she made up her mind to spend the money on luxuries instead.

It'll cheer the old buzzard up.

Hey, Shorty. Yeah?

How do you do it? I mean, what's the secret of your success?

Oh, look, none of your lip.

There are certain things not to be bandied about.

Don't you know enough to realize that?

Please, my white shoes.

Shorty, did you see my husband? No, I didn't see him.

He wasn't in here all day, Mrs. Karty.

Hasn't been home. Hasn't had a warm meal in his mouth for two days.

For all I know they got him in their hands already.

What's the use of talking.

Does anybody hear you or do they care?

It don't happen to them. Do they stop and worry for you?

Tell Mr. Jammey I want to see him. He's not in.

Is that what he said to tell me? Where is he hiding? The back room?

No, he's not there.

Look at my face. They got me in the street this morning.

Is Jammey in there?

They'll get me again. Shubunka, I waited for you. You're my last resort.

I'm not ashamed, I stole. I don't know how it happened.

I got trapped. Suddenly it was 1300 dollars.

What do you think of that? Karty came in through the back yard.

Give me some money, 300, 200, anything just to get them off me.

Just to let me catch my breath again. I wouldn't give you a dime.

Shubunka, I'm begging you. I'm a human being.

You're nothing! Get off me, get away from me.

Karty, your wife's looking for you. She's worried.

That's fine, It's a big help. I thank her very much.

Why don't you go to her?

Oh, leave me alone.

Let them get me. Let them do what they like.

I don't care what they do.

I don't care if I live or die.

The lists, the papers, you know what I do?

The minute I found out I wanted to get away from here.

Disgusting. Rotten little rackets.

Living off people, the numbers, floating gambling games, one or two other things.

Yeah, worse things, every rotten kind of racket, anything you wanna think of, so what?

That's me, that's what I do, so what about it?

I never thought there were people like you. Without a conscience.

Conscience. mottos on the wall. What do you know about it...

you're just a kid, a stupid schoolgirl. Why don't you look around you?

Read the papers, learn something. Let me tell you...

I don't want to learn anything from you. You listen to me.

I came up out of the sewer, out of a muck in the mud. But I came up by myself.

I went to work when I was six, six years old.

I was doing jobs for gangsters when I was nine.

I was bootlegging on my own when I was fourteen.

Did anybody worry about me? Did anybody cry his eyes out over me?

What do you want me to do? Worry about the whole world?

Let them rot, every one of them. They don't mean a thing to me.

Don't flinch at me. Don't dare look down at me.

I'm no crumb, no Karty, I made something out of myself.

I did it and I'm proud of it.

You're sick.

You're twisted.

I'm glad they stopped you.

They haven't stopped me.

Don't worry your head about it.

I'll see Jammey. I know where to find him.

Hello, so you want to see Mr. Cornell, huh?

Well, I'm sure that can be arranged.

He'll be glad to see you. Go ahead.

Just a minute, pal.

It's okay, just a minute.

What are you frisking me for? I got no gun on me.

Okay, go ahead.

You should have come in the first place when we said.

The time for cooperation is long past.

I wanted to get out, he wouldn't let me. I'm here against my will, Shubunka.

It's all right, Jammey, you're still working for me.

We got the locations, we've put our people in them...

what are you gonna do? Push them out? I built that thing up.

What right have you got to take it away from me?

We won't go into the ethics of the thing.

Shubunka, what are you talking about, right and wrong? Be practical.

Take a job.

That's right. That's right, take a job.

Collector. Eighty bucks a week.

Take it, Shubunka, don't be stubborn, take it.

You got scared.

They came around, talked big, acted tough, you ran away.

Don't you realize they're nothing but a bunch of four-flushers, small-time johnnies

Do you seriously believe that? Certainly. If I didn't would I be here?

That's right. Took a big chance coming up here. I took nothing. You can't do a thing to me.

Okay, all right, I'll admit you got a point there.

Just at the moment we don't want a racket. You can't afford one.

You'll have the cops down on you like a lid. What do you think this is, 1929?

All right, look, we're still organizing. I got a big investment here.

A lot of people I still gotta pull into line.

I'll be frank. Just at the moment I don't want a racket.

Let's put it this way, Shubunka.

Maybe the reason I'm leaving you alone is I don't think you're worth the trouble.

Bunk. No, we wrote you off a long time ago.

It's the simple truth of it. Bunk, and you know it.

You're just trying to buy me over a 90 buck job. You'd make a good collector.

What do you think, Jammey? They're looking for collectors. Is that on the level?

I bet it is, Shubunka... What do you want him to do?

Not a thing. What do you know, Shubunka?

Nothing. What have you got? Who are your men?

No one. Going out west?

Did he tell you that? I didn't say a word.

You can't bring people in, it's expensive. You're broke.

You got him to give you all the answers.

Shubunka, I didn't tell them anything, I didn't.

You haven't got a nickel. That's right if he says so.

You're harmless.

Let him get out of here. He's just knocking himself out.

Just a minute! What about me?

I'm caught in the middle. Who's looking out for me?

You're all right, Jammey. That's what I came to tell you.

You're still working for me.

Cornell, he's figuring to kill me.

No, he won't kill you.

He knows better than that. He understands exactly the situation I'm in.

I'm in the middle.

He knows he doesn't want any trouble. He knows he can't afford...

to let anything happen to you. You're a key man to me, Jammey.

A lot of the people I want are still watching you to see what happens.

Couldn't afford to let anything happen to you.

I'm afraid! You're working with me, Jammey.

Remember this, Shubunka.

If anything happens to Jammey, take my word for it....

I'll find you!

You'll be a dead man twenty minutes later.

Those are my locations.

I'm keeping them.

You haven't seen the day when you can throw me out on a junk pile.

I'll be back, Cornell.

I've been around a long time. I know all the angles.

Who do you think you are?

You can't stop me.

Nothing will stop me.

Stand up! Get on your feet!

Wait, please, give me time.

Why didn't you bring the money like you said?

I couldn't get it. Give me a little more time.

Gambling on the horses. We work hard for our money, what do you think?

We sweat. This ain't no white-collar job.

Yeah, I know, I'm sorry. Please forgive me.

I didn't mean to take your money. It happened.

Happened?

Please, don't!

Give me time.

I'll get the money, I promise.

I'll get it now, I swear.

Don't listen to him, Dan, it's a trick.

Just like every other rotten thing that ever come from him.

Who was it? Mary.

What do you think of that? She still worries about this rotten crook.

I'll get the money back. A man I know will give it to me.

I see his line. I say you'll never see the money again.

Kiss it goodbye and send him to a hospital.

No. The main thing is to get the money. Yes.

If he's lying, we can always find him again.

That's right. Forget it.

I'll get it. I'll bring it back tonight.

Who'll give you the money?

A man I know. He's got plenty.

Who?

Jammey. The man in the soda store.

You lock up tonight, Eddie, whenever you think it's time.

I know I can rely on you. You bet.

Thank you, Eddie, thank you. You're a good boy.

Good evening, goodbye, thank you.

Is the bank deposit ready, Hazel?

Here it is. Thank you, Hazel.

I'm going home early tonight. We're having a party.

Just my wife and me.

Kind of celebration. Foolish, isn't it?

Not at all. I mean at my age.

You know, my wife she's nice and understanding.

Look. It's her picture there.

I named the store after her, you know.

Ann's.

I think that was really a very cute idea. Did you? That's good.

You like it here, Hazel. I'm glad to have you with us.

Thank you. Huh?

Oh, that's all right.

Hello, Miss Robinson. How are you? Glad to see you.

How's everything?

Good evening. Enjoying yourselves?

Hello, Mary, how's your mother?

Give her my regards, please.

Thank you.

Good evening.

Nice music, isn't it?

Have fun. Enjoy yourselves.

What do you call this?

What are you doing here?

Don't get sore. Talk quiet. What do you mean talk quiet?

Please, Jammey, I go down on my hands and knees to you.

What do you want? I need some money. Two or three hundred dollars.

Why, you're out of your mind.

It's a lot, I know, but I gotta have it by tonight.

Please loan it to me. I'll pay it back, I swear I will.

Now listen, Karty. I know how it is when a man is in trouble.

I wish I could help you. I can't.

Go away. Why can't you?

Because I can't. Because I haven't got it.

You got it right there in your hand.

Let me pass.

You're not getting out of here till you lend me the money. Get out of my way.

Don't holler. You got no business breaking in.

Let me out, please let me pass. Don't holler!

Jammey.

Mister Jammey!

Oh, sure thing. You are a gentleman indeed.

Fine thoughts of the mind, no falseness, no deception.

Holy smokes, Mrs. Ostroleng, I don't deserve no bouquets.

For what? Taking you out to dinner, a picture show?

Oh, no...

It isn't always one finds a gentleman who understands a woman's nature.

More tea, please? No, really, thank you.

I know what you mean. I got no patience with that class of man.

Dumb, common. I know how trite it sounds, but um...

When woman was made something fine was created.

Something lovely and delicate.

Different from men.

Oh, Shorty, you are sweet.

Please, have some more tea.

My goodness, what is the matter? Mrs O....

I have been all over the darn old world at one time or another.

I've seen them all and I can truthfully say

I have never seen a woman as beautiful as you are right this minute.

One moment, one question, please.

Yes?

Do you believe in platonic love? Certainly!

It means a beautiful relationship between a man and a woman.

Of course!

It means the soul talking books, talking poetry. The arts, ballet, music!

Shorty!

It's very excellent material.

What? Real good quality, I can always tell.

Olga, I can't resist you.

You're wonderful, I must take you in my arms, one kiss.

Oh, Shorty, not nice, no indeed.

I must, Olga, I love you dearly.

Not nice at all. On our first evening together. What will you think of me?

You're sacred to me, never fear. One kiss.

Oh, stop it, Shorty, for heaven's sake, You're choking me to death.

You are ripping the chiffon!

There's my gown, 28 dollars all teared.

Oh, stop it you stupid fool. Go home, get your hat.

Get out! Olga, you don't understand.

I understand very well.

Action speaks louder than words.

I think the world of you, the world.

Go home. I'm not your type and you're definitely not mine.

Ouch, that hurts. Out!

Out!

Tart!

Wait a minute. Let me out. How am I supposed to get to the street?

Oh, go to the devil. Climb over the fence. Go home to the soda store.

Seven dollars and eighty cents.

Plum fong how, the movie show.

Seven dollars and eighty cents.

Is the taxi waiting? I've got the train tickets. We're on our way.

What's the matter?

What are you trying to pull? Did you come down here to bother her?

Don't you remember me?

Beaumont.

How are you?

You're in with them.

You're part of it.

You knew what you meant to me. You knew how much I needed you.

What are you trying to do? Break her heart?

Nancy!

Don't put your hands on me. I can't stand it.

I told you I didn't want to be here when he came back.

Come on.

What did they do? Make big promises?

Tell you they were gonna put you in a show on Broadway?

It wasn't that. It wasn't like that at all.

Then what? I gave you everything.

You made me hate you.

I wanted to love you but you wouldn't let me. Why? What happened?

It was your fault, you. Don't blame me. You did it.

How do you think I felt when I first met you?

I thought at last, at last I was in love.

Then all you did was pick at me, you kept after me.

You tortured me and you enjoyed it.

I always had to run after you, kiss you, make a crazy fuss over you.

That sweater I had to knit you, I...

I wish I had it in my hands, I...

I'd throw it right in your ugly face.

It was you... It was your fault. You made me hate you.

Here. You asked me to pawn the things that you gave me.

Well, I pawned them.

Here are your tickets.

What did you get that out for? Put it away.

Give it to her, she'll need it.

What do you mean? What about the show?

What show?

It's the bellhops.

Tell him the cab's waiting downstairs.

What do you know, Shubunka?

Who have you got? Who are your men?

Couldn't make a little trip out west?

I'm sorry. I thought the party checked out.

She told us to store some things for her.

He left his hat.

Wallet too. It's empty.

Leave them at the desk. He'll come back for it. They always do.

Let's go out on the Boardwalk. I wanna have some fun.

No, let's take her to dance. Feels like rain coming up.

How about getting a hamburger?

What happened here? These boys saw it, let them talk.

He was lying on the floor. He was so natural like. No blood.

No marks. It looked like he was sleeping.

I was right there when they found him. I saw it personally in the soda store.

The door was bolted.

The soda jerker didn't come in from the back yard. It would have taken hours.

Who? What? Murdered? Who was murdered?

The man in the soda store. He's dead. Nick Jammey.

Jammey! They killed him.

If anything happens to Jammey, take my word for it,

you'll be a dead man twenty minutes later.

I didn't do it.

You throw your money out on that apartment, you gotta get involved with a show girl.

What are you trying to prove, Shubunka?

Want a job? Collector. Eighty bucks a week.

Darling, darling, I love you.

Shubunka, will you help me out?

We'll go to Plum Point, away from the crowds, just by ourselves.

You don't like the dirty work, you got no taste for it.

We wrote you off a long time ago.

They'll kill you.

What do you know, Shubunka? They'll kill you.

Shubunka, I'm begging you.

You're harmless. They'll kill you.

Couldn't make a little trip out west?

Phony. I see inside you.

You are not a man of iron. You are not terrible big shot.

Shubunka, will you help me out?

My advice to you is to get out of town, Shubunka.

They'll jump you when you least expect it. Get out of town!

Darling, I love you, I love you.

My advice to you is to get out of town, Shubunka.

They'll jump you when you least expect it. Get out of town! They'll kill us!

They'll kill you.

We'll find you. You'll be a dead man twenty minutes later.

You're sick.

You're twisted.

Beach 33rd.

12 Beach, 33rd.

Beach 33rd, 12 Beach 33rd.

I gotta stay here.

I can't go home.

Can't go anywhere.

I got no other place to hide.

Help me.

Get out.

Who is he?

There are killers out in the street. They're looking for me.

They'll get me.

I've gotta stay here.

They think I killed Jammey... You did.

No, I had nothing to do with it. Karty killed him.

Karty. You drove him to it.

Karty.

Don't worry. You're safe.

You can go home now.

It was on the radio. Karty went straight to the police.

He was hysterical. He confessed.

They've got him. Nobody thinks you did it.

Now get out. Give him time, Dorothy.

It just came over the radio. They might still be in the streets looking for him.

They'll shoot him. I hope they do.

I hope they kill him.

Dorothy!

The man's in trouble. We must help him. No. Let him pay for his sins.

You don't know him.

The way he lived, the things he did.

He's rotten, he's no good.

For a minute in the store I felt sorry for him myself.

I thought I understood.

You understood nothing.

You're sweet, lovely and good.

You're also very young.

Pay for my sins.

You know what my sins were?

I'll tell you. I wasn't rotten enough.

And I wasn't mean, and low and dirty enough.

That's right.

I should have smashed Cornell first.

I should have hounded Jammey, kept after him, killed him myself.

I should have trusted no one. Never had a friend.

I should have never loved a woman.

That's the way the word is. Wait, live, find out for yourself.

That's the way you have to be, the only way.

I came here. I don't know why I came here.

What's the good of talking to you, what do you know?

Wait, where are you going? Be careful.

Leave me alone.

Is that you, Cornell?

What's the matter? Are you taking care of this job yourself?

You're worried because Jammey's dead?

You're afraid the pool room boys and the politicians might start slipping by you?

Shoot, Cornell.

You can have the locations, the rackets, all the profits, all the fun.

You can have an ulcer eating in your belly.

You can start to learn what it is to hate yourself.

You can look in your mirror in the morning

and day by day see the ugliness creep into your heart...

into your face.

Take it, Cornell.

It's all yours.

The late editions the next morning carried the stories.

Jammey's death and Karty's arrest.

The roundup of Cornell and his men.

Of the gangster shot down in the rain.

The new day broke hot and steamy.

Soon from all parts of the big city

the millions would be jamming into the subways

for the trip down to the beaches.

The sun would be blazing, a real scorcher this day.

The neighbors, the storekeepers of Neptune...

put their newspapers away and prepared for the Sunday crowds.

Everyone said what a shame it was.

After so many days of rain

that Jammey, the soda man, wasn't alive to enjoy the wonderful weather.

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