All language subtitles for Big Brown Eyes 1936 - Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon

I see Mrs. Cole
lost her diamonds again.

Oh, she'll never miss them.

They were insured
for $200,000.

If she never gets it,
she won't have to worry.
She's got plenty of money.

The coppers say
they'll have those guys
in 48 hours.

Yeah, that's what
the coppers say.

They was insured for $200,000,
who's going to pay that?

I don't care, I don't have
to pay it.
Neither do I.

Maybe the insurance company
will find the diamonds.

It's a cinch the coppers
won't find them.

That's the third time
she's been robbed.

Where does
she keep that stuff,
in a goldfish bowl?

I don't know
where she keeps it,

but the crooks don't have
any trouble finding it.

Oh, it looks like
an inside job.

Yeah. There's something shady
about those jobs,

the diamonds always come back.

Yeah, but the crooks
are never caught.

Well, then somebody
must be in with the thieves.

Maybe it's the insurance
company.
You're right, honey.

The insurance company
pays a guy to get them back.

Who's the guy?
Why don't they arrest him?
Find him.

What do you think about it?

I never concern myself
with anything that
doesn't concern me.

That's the guy
who always gets
the diamonds back.

This one calls for $120,000
and this policy for $80,000.

$200,000 in all, huh?

Yes. Yes, exactly.
But of course I'm not as much
interested in the insurance

as I am in the return
of my property.

No, no, of course not.

Sentiment is more important
than money, isn't it?
That is, to you.

Yes, of course.

Very well, Mrs. Cole.

I'm quite sure all your gems
will be returned.

Oh, yes! And so am I.

All my friends have told me
how wonderful you are,

that you just never fail.

Never? Well, almost never.

Oh, you haven't
met Fifi, have you?
Isn't she sweet?

Fifi dear,
this is Mr. Morey.

He's going to get us
our diamonds back.

Thank him, thank him.
Say goodbye to the nice man.

Eeney, meeney, miney, moe.
I'll take this one.

Oh. So you're the guy
who ran his thumb
down my back.

Yours truly, Benjamin Battle.
Hahsit, babe?

Hahsit, yourself.

I knew it was you.
I know the feel
of your fingerprints.

Ouch! Never say
fingerprints when I'm around.
It gives me a sickly feeling.

Yeah? I'd have
a nasty answer for that
if I wasn't working here.

What can I do for you?

Oh, give me a manicure,
but don't rush it.

I like you to hold my hands.

Too bad I can't work
with my gloves on.

Well, well, Benny,
what's the matter?
No see you for long time.

Well, they had me downtown
for two weeks on a bum rap.

Poor kid.
They blame you for everything,
don't they?

You said it, beautiful.

The way
these coppers treat me,
you'd think I was a thief.

Yeah.
Policemen get
some funny ideas sometimes.

Don't they, though?
And me as honest
as the day is long.

Yeah, but how about
the nights?

The nights, too.
I'm the soul of honor.

Sure you don't mean the heel?
Wisecracker, huh?

Who make all this trouble
for you, Benny?
Oh, every cop on the force.

They're always on my tail.
Every time I turn around
I see another bull.

BENNY: Well, if it
isn't Daniel Barr,
the handsome dick.

Getting yourself dolled up?

Yeah. There's nothing
like spending a half hour
in a barbershop,

it makes a new man
out of you.

When did you get out
of the can?
About an hour ago,

thanks to the habeas corpus.

Yeah, and that shyster
lawyer of yours.

I wouldn't talk like that.
You might get pinched
for slander.

Yeah. And don't carry
any matches,

they're liable to charge
you with arson.

Hey, Chalkie,
get me a pineapple soda.

Get a big lump
of whipped cream on it
and a nice red cherry.

Hahsit, babe?

How do you like
that chair?

I like it,
especially when I'm tired.

Well, there's one upstate
looks just like it.

You wouldn't care
for that one, would you?

No, thanks.
I'm not that tired.

Turn to the right, weasel,
turn to the right.

Well, I'll see you again.
Yeah, I wouldn't be
a bit surprised.

Here you are, honey,
$1.90 and don't
shortchange me.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Okay.

Barbershop.
Yes, ma'am. Yes, we do.

The manicures are all
busy now,

but I'll send one up
in a few minutes.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, sweetie,
next to your mother,
who do you love?

My sister.
That's the wrong answer.

I thought you were
gonna say me.

Yeah, I was,
but I changed my mind.

Stop kidding, will you?

There's something
about me you don't like.
Now what is it?

I couldn't give you
a decent answer.

I'm a woman
of very few words.

I can't understand it.
Why is it that you and me
can't get together?

Perhaps it's a strange feeling
we have for each other
that keeps us apart.

CASHIER: Oh, Eve,
when you're finished,
go to Room 408.

Okay.

(SLURPING)

Well, I hear you like that.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey, this doll
don't talk, does it?

None of them do.
They're all broken.
I'll make it talk.

Say mama.
(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Mama.

There you are.

Who do you love best,
your mama or your papa?

I love my mama
and my papa.

Hey, smart kid, that.
I couldn't trap her.

Why don't you buy one?

Well, I'll tell you
what I'll do,

when I have
some children of my own,

I'll buy a doll.
What are you doing?

Buying a drink.
Can you stand one?

I'll say. My throat feels
like a total stranger's.

DAN: Okay, honey.

Give me a pineapple soda
with a cherry on top.

Give me a cherry Coke
and put the cherry
on the bottom.

How'd you like that
for a crack?

Well, I'm not
supposed to be funny,
I'm a cop.

Hey, did Battle say
anything about me
after I left?

No. If he had,
I'd have slapped his face.

I hate that guy,
and he's been trying
to date me up for two years.

I've been trying
to date him up for life,

but crooked politicians
won't let me.

Well, skip Battle.
How about you
and me tonight?

Oh, yeah.
Look, honey,
I'm getting around to that.

I know I'm supposed
to take you to a picture
tonight, but it's off.

What? The picture?
No, the date.

See, some Texas guy
got taken for 30 grand,

so Daniel Barr
and his bloodhounds

was elected
to make the pinch.

Oh, well, just another
disappointment.

The world's full of them.

Full of what?

Disappointments.
What did you think
I meant? Bloodhounds?

I don't know, honey.
I've got so much on my mind.

I gotta go over to Hoboken
to see a Jersey cop.

Couple of other things
I gotta do.

Well, so long, toots.
Don't take any brass knuckles.

If I do,
I'll use them on you.

Hello, Jack.
How's the big columnist?

Fine. How's the little chump?

What do you mean, chump?

Chump for putting your money
into that machine.

Don't you know
they're all phonies?

What's phony about them?
Look at those prizes.

If you're lucky,
you can win one of them.

Yes, you can win one of them,
if you're lucky.

But how are you gonna
get lucky when
they're all fixed?

Look at that hole
marked 10,000.

Not a chance in the world
of getting a ball in there.

There isn't?
Then what am I
playing it for?

That's what I'd like to know.
Why does anyone play them?

There are a million
of those gags
in the United States,

averaging $5 apiece.

That's $5 million a day,
and that ain't hay.

Now, how about
you giving me some news?

How about the news
you just gave me?

Why don't you give that
to the public?

People pay five millions
a day to play marbles.
Children play it for nothing.

All marble machines are fixed.

Save your nickels
and give your money

to the Red Cross
instead of the double cross.

How's that?
That's fine.

You know,
you ought to be
working for me.

What do you mean,
working for you?

I can't be everyplace
at one time.

I've got several people
on my payroll.

Any time you want
to quit that barbershop,
let me know. You're smart.

You've got a nimble brain.

Thanks for the mistake.
Oh, there's no mistake.

You've got a great nose
for news.

All right, whenever I get
ready to stick my nose
in other people's business,

I'll let you know.
Gee, I've got to give
a dame in 408 a manicure.

MRS. COLE: Dear little thing,
now you have a nice
new ribbon on.

Don't you let
that ribbon get dirty.

Oh, you look so pretty,
you look perfectly lovely.

Oh, Mr. Barr,
I'm so glad to see you.
Have you got the jewels?

Well, not yet, Mrs. Cole.
You see, they were
only stolen yesterday.

Oh, yes, and when do you think
you will get them, tomorrow?

Well, I can't make
any promises,

but rest assured
we're doing our best.

Oh, now, that's awfully nice.

Oh, Mr. Barr,
have you met my dog?

Fifi, this is Mr. Barr.
Mr. Barr is a detective.
Isn't she sweet?

Oh, Mr. Barr,
won't you sit down?

Yes, of course you will,
I know you will.

Yes, thanks.
Oh, no, no,
come right over here.

Would you?
Yes, please do come over here.
All right.

And I know you'll have
some tea, won't you?
Won't you?

Yes, of course, you will.
I know you will.

Yes, well, Mrs. Cole,
the reason I came up
to see you is this.

We want you to keep
this robbery confidential.

I know it was
in all the papers
and all that,

but from now on,
keep the facts to yourself.

The facts, oh, yes, of course.
I wouldn't tell anyone.

Good.
Oh, now look,
isn't she sweet?

You know, I don't know
what I'd do without her.

Well, yes, of course
you want some tea, don't you?

Oh, the darling little thing,
she was so...

Oh, Mr. Barr.
I'm terribly sorry...
Oh, that's all right.

Oh, really, you know
accidents will happen,
won't they?

Oh, don't give it
a thought, Mrs. Cole.
Hilda!

Hilda, come get Mr. Barr's
coat and dry it.

Yes, now, please,
you must take it off...
Okay.

...because that's going
to stain.

Oh, Fifi, did you see
what I did?

I spilled tea
all over Mr. Barr's coat.

Fifi is a Pekingese.

Yes. Well, Mrs. Cole,
don't forget what I told you.

Keep the facts
of this thing to yourself,
won't you?

Oh, yes, I promise you
I won't tell anyone.

No one.
Oh, no, not to anyone,
not to a living soul.

But of course I've only
told it to one person,
only Richard Morey,

the private detective.

I get it.
Do you know him?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Oh, somebody knocked.

Don't you love to hear
somebody knock?

It's always so intriguing,
you never know who it is.

It always makes you wonder.
Do you wonder?

Oh, it's the manicurist.
Well, I'll be with you
in just one minute.

Oh, Greta, Greta.
Come and take
Fifi out for her walk.

Give her a nice long walk,
right around Central Park.

Oh, let me see now,
the manicurist.

Oh, no, no.
No, I can't have you now.
I'm much, much too busy.

Suppose you come back at 5:00.
Well, you might make it 6:00.
Oh, or 7:00.

Oh, never mind,
you don't need
to come at all.

Oh, dear me. Now, Mr. Barr,
what were we talking about?

(DOOR SLAMMING)

Oh, what was that noise?

What was that awful noise?

Oh, yeah, yeah. The noise.
What was that noise, anyway?

I don't know, I'm sure.

Oh, well,
perhaps it was the door.

Of course it was the door,
but who banged it?

Now, I don't know.
Maybe it was the dog.
The dog?

Yeah, whose dog
was that, anyway?

Well, that's my dog,
but she never bangs doors.

Oh, she might have done,
dogs are funny that way.

I had a dog
that banged doors.

My dog never bangs doors.
I'd never permit
my dog to bang doors.

Well, maybe it was
the maid, Mrs. Cole.

It wasn't the maid,
my maid never bangs doors.

It must have been
the manicurist.

That's exactly who it was,
the manicurist.

She's got a dog.
Wait, I'll see her about it.

Give me that coat.

What's the matter, honey?
No tip?

Why the high blood pressure?
All men are cheats,

you can't even trust them
with a rubber doll.

You're a little vague, dearie.
What do you mean?

I mean there's
no such thing as love.

What made you think
of that?

I go upstairs
to manicure a dame in 408

and who do I find
as big as life?

I give up.
Who do you find?

Daniel Barr,
that flat-footed
lubber-headed cop.

Calling on the lady in 408?
Yeah.

And after I've worshipped
the ground he's walked on
for five years.

And those feet
cover plenty of ground.

All men are mice.
Yeah, whether they eat
cheese or not,

all men are mice.

Eve. Eve,
one of your customers.

Say, are you still
going with that plumber
in Poughkeepsie?

Oh, no.

I'm going with
a basketball player
from Dartmouth.

Oh, going in
for muscle.

I'm ready.

Hello, honey.

Oh, I suppose
you're sore at me.

Oh, no, I'm so happy
I could scream.

Oh, now, honey,
the whole thing
was a misunderstanding.

I didn't misunderstand
anything,

it's all clear to me.

What, you mean
that party on
the fourth floor?

No, I mean a party
on any floor.

Do you expect me
to believe you or what
I see with my own eyes?

Wait a minute, honey,
you got it wrong.

It was all in the line
of duty.

Since when does
a cop go to 5:00 tea?

Is that
in the line of duty?

No, it's just a line
you're handing me.

Who was that red-headed dame?
Is that the man from Texas?

No, no, no.
She lost her jewels.

She lost her jewels.
She lost her jewels.

Is that why the maid
took the dog for a walk?

Eve, Eve.
Oh, I know
what you're going to say.

I'm fired
and you want me
to leave right away.

All right, this is Wednesday.
Only three days' pay.

Goodbye and good luck.

Hey, what was...

(ALL LAUGHING)

LIFT ATTENDANT: Main floor.

Going up.

Aspirin.
Aspirin?

Yeah, I'm expecting
a headache.

In fact, I've got one.

What's the trouble?

I'm one of the army
of unemployed.

You quit your job?

Well, you can call it that,
but I was fired.

They have
nice perfumes here.

Yeah, if you can
afford them.

How much are these?
MALE CLERK: $55.

Give me four of them.
You must have lots of friends.

No, they're all for you.
Oh, but I couldn't.

Oh, but you could.
Oh, but I mustn't.

No, but you must
and you will.

How about
some candy, too, huh?

Here you are.
Do you like sweets?

One more for you.

Please. I'll have to get
a truck to carry
all these things home.

No, you won't.
My car is right here
at the door.

Charge it, will you?
Thanks, Mr. Morey.

An apartment, French maid,
your own car and chauffeur.

Doesn't it sound good?

Too good to be true.

It could be true.

And all I have to do
is manicure your nails?

Here's my house.

But, Eve, haven't
you forgotten something?

Yeah, my key,
but I'll slip through
the transom.

But what about the candy
and perfume?

Oh, give the candy
to your chauffeur
and use the perfume yourself.

(ORCHESTRA PLAYING)

Beautiful, isn't it?

Yes, about 36 karats.

You know her?

No. But I will.

Say, I cut your friend Battle
out today.

Cost me $12,000.

Don't know
if he's worth it.

No, he's all right,
we can use him.

Mmm-hmm.

Cortig,

if you bought a gift
for a girl and she refused
to accept it,

what would you do?

I'd give it to my wife.

I haven't a wife.
Thank you.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Who is it?

I'll give you three guesses.
Oh.

I only need one.
Take a walk, flatfoot.

Honey, don't be stubborn.
You got me all wrong.

I haven't got you at all.
You're back in circulation.

Oh, what's the use
of being like that?

Why don't you listen
to reason?

I am not in a listening mood.
My ears are tired.

Well, you're not too tired
to hear the truth, are you?

The truth's not in you,
copper.

You'd lie
about the weather.

I never lie to you.
I'm nuts about you,
honest I am.

You're the only girl
in the world for me.

I'm so crazy about you
I can't see straight.

You can't do
anything straight.

You're crooked all over.

Oh, have a heart,
will you, honey?

The whole thing's
just a mistake.

Yeah, I know it is,
and you made it.

Go on back
to the dame in 408.

That ain't a dame,
honest it ain't.

What is it,
a female impersonator?

No. The woman is Mrs. Cole.

She lost her jewels,
so the Inspector
sent me up to talk it over.

And what happened?

DAN: Nothing.
We talked it over, and while
we were talking it over,

she asked me
to have a cup of tea.

And what did you say?

I said "yes,"
so I had a cup of tea.

Strong or weak?

Weak.
No, I think it was strong.

Lemon or cream?

Cream, strong cream.

Strong cream?

I mean weak lemon.
Oh, I don't know what I mean.

Anyway, here's what happened.

We had some tea,
she lost her jewels

and all we did
was talk it over.

Now can I come in?

No. Go on back
and talk it over.

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Hello, Dan,
what are you doing here?

(IN NORMAL TONE)
Oh, nothing. Just calling on
a friend of mine.

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Say, you look like
you're upset. What happened?

Oh, nothing.
Just looking for a friend,
but I guess he moved.

Well, say,
I still live here.

How about you and me, huh?

(IN NORMAL TONE)
What do you mean?

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Well, let's go up to my place
and have a little talk.

Oh, I don't know.
I ain't much
on conversation.

I don't know
how to talk.

What's the difference?
Say, I'll do all the talking.

And then again,
maybe we won't talk at all.

Maybe we'll just sit
and look at each other
like we used to do.

You know...

(IN NORMAL TONE)
Look at each other?
Why, that ain't much fun.

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Oh, say, you're not
like you used to be.

Come on, be yourself.

Hey, I remember
when you used
to look at me and like it.

Yeah, but that was
long ago.

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
Well, what of it?

Let's renew acquaintance.

Say, remember how
I used to sit on your lap
and run my hand

through your hair?

Oh, come on.
Don't make yourself
so hard to get.

Come on, Dan,
give me a little kiss,
will you?

(IN NORMAL TONE)
Well...

(SMACKING)

Cute little trick
you just pulled.

Yeah. You know,
when I was a kid
I did a ventriloquist act.

Which part did you play,
the dummy?

Oh, you sure can be nasty
when you try.

Yeah. You can be nasty
without trying.

Oh, come on, cut it out,
let's be friends.

I don't want to be friends,
I want to be enemies.

You'd better come out
from under there.

You're going to smother
yourself to death.

I hope I do.
I'm tired of living, anyway.

Oh, don't be silly.
Life is sweet.

This is a beautiful world.

It would be,
except for certain people.

Yeah, who are
the certain people?
You.

Oh, what's the use
of getting yourself
all steamed up about nothing?

You know I don't care
about anyone else but you.

I'm not so sure about that.

Oh, come on, talk sense.

Look, why don't you marry me
and settle down, huh?

We can have a nice
little place on Long Island.
You know, with a farm.

Yeah, we can have
some pigs and cows
and ducks and chickens.

Cows and chickens.
And chickens.

You said that.
Oh, did I?

Well, look. Wouldn't you like
to get up early in the morning
and feed the chickens?

No. Now go on home.
I want to get some sleep.

Well, you got plenty of time
to sleep tomorrow.
You got no job to go to.

Oh, no?

No, it's gonna be
a long time before
you get another one, too.

Well, you can't
get rolled off for trying.

Wait a minute,
will you, honey?

Oh, I wish you were a man.

Same to you.

Give me Beekman 3-0-0-0-5.

That's a newspaper.

Clever detective.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Hello, Jack Sully speaking.

Hello, Jack,
this is Eve Fallon.

You said I had
a nose for news.

SULLY: I know I did.
What about it?

I'm ready to start sniffing.
How about that job
you promised me?

How about the barbershop?
You gonna quit?

I quit already.

I got tired of meeting
cops and crooks.
They get in your hair.

Okay. Be at my office
at 10:00 tomorrow morning.

You're on the payroll now.

Thanks, Jack,
I'll see you at 10:00.

Well, Mr. Daniel Barr,

I go to work
for Mr. Jack Sully

of the Daily Bulletin
tomorrow morning,

and I expect to be editor
in no time at all.

If you happen
to be around my way,

come up and see me sometime.

EVE: (IN FALSETTO)
Oh, hello, Jack.
What are you doing here?

(IN DEEP VOICE)
Just waiting for a friend.

Did you get rid
of that big bozo?

No.

(IN FALSETTO)
No. He's still out there.

(IN DEEP VOICE)
Want me to throw him out?

(IN FALSETTO)
Why bother? Why bother?

(IN DEEP VOICE) Come on,
give me a little kiss.

(SMACKING)

(IN FALSETTO)
Oh, you have beautiful hair.

I love to run my hand
through it.

(IN DEEP VOICE) Come on,
give me another little kiss.

How are you, boys?
Hi.

Oh, say, I'll tell you
why I asked you down here.

I don't know
who's got that stuff,
but you do.

I know who's got the stuff,
but I don't know
what they've got.

Well, here's the list.

When you pay those gentlemen,
you'll know exactly
what to expect in return.

Cigarette?
Right.

Yeah, but suppose
they won't take
what you offer them?

They'll take it.

If they do business
with a fence,

it'll take them a month
to get paid.

I pay off at once,
strictly cash.

(MRS. COLE GIGGLING)
You can put me down
for $1,000, gentlemen.

I'm always glad
to contribute to charity.

Thanks.
Oh, Mr. Morey.

How do you do, Mrs. Cole?
I've been looking
for you everywhere.

Really?

Do you know
you forgot to return
my cigarette case?

Did I?
Well, I'm terribly sorry.

Oh, here it is.
Oh, thank you.

You know, I'm always
taking things that
don't belong to me.

Oh, Mr. Morey,
and you a detective.
Yes.

Fifi, Fifi,
you remember Mr. Morey.

How is Fifi, Mrs. Cole?

Well, I think
she's quite all right,

but her eyesight's failing.

Poor little Fifi.
Won't she look
horrible in glasses?

That's probably
why she didn't recognize
me this morning.

Maybe so.

Well, this looks
like the place.

Yeah. There they are, there.

(CAR DOOR SLAMMING)

Well, have you got
those stones with you?
Certainly not.

You don't think I'm gonna
carry that much stuff
around with me, do you?

Well, I don't know.

Anyhow, let's get
down to business.

What do you want for them?

Seventy grand.

What are you trying to do,
scare those pigeons here?

I was told to give you 40.
Forty?

They were insured for 200.
What happens to the other 160?

Well, now you're asking
questions.

Yeah, and we'd like
to get some answers.

(WHISTLES)

Hahsit, babe?

Our price is 40,
and that's what
you're gonna get.

We'll get what we want
and not a penny less.

Hey, what are you trying
to do,

pick an argument?

No, are you?
No, I ain't,
but suppose I am?

Then here it is.

(GUN FIRING)

Why isn't something done
about the baby killers
in the park?

How long do we have to wait
before they're apprehended?

What's the matter
with the cops?

What's the matter
with the Chief?

What's the matter
with the Mayor?

Why don't
they clean up the city?

What we want is action!
Protect our women
and children!

Take every known gunman
and throw him into jail
and keep him there,

that's where they belong!

That's great.
That's the kind of stuff
we want in the paper.

How long you been here?
Just a couple of days.

A couple of days?
You should have
been here years ago.

You know how to write.
What's your salary?

Mr. Sully pays me
30 bucks a week.

Thirty bucks?
Make it $35. $40.

No, you better make it $50.

EVE: Hello,
what do you want?

You know what I want, honey.
I want you.
Got a warrant?

Oh, quit kidding, will you?
Forget I'm a cop
for a little while.

Treat me like a human being.
All right. Sit down.

I'll treat you
like a human being.

But don't let it
go to your head.

Hey, if anything
goes to my head,
it won't be that. Listen.

EVE: What are you gonna do,

tell me about those cows
and pigs and chickens again?

Oh, not now.
Look, I got
an assignment today

that will make me
the biggest cop in New York.

What for, taking that dog
for a walk?
Oh, forget it, will you?

Listen, I got a big job
on my hands.

Yeah, well, what is it?
I'm all ears.

Well, you know
those guys that killed
the baby in the park?

No, do you?
No, but I'm going to.

The Inspector picked me
to catch them.

And Sherlock Barr
is gonna catch them.

You can say it twice.
I got a witness already.
I'm holding her downtown.

And another thing.

I found a list
of the missing jewels

right near where
the baby was killed.

That means that both jobs
were done by the same mob,
don't it?

Gee, that's great.
Well, I gotta be going, honey.

What's the matter,
got a date for tea?

Handsome Dan Barr gets
his biggest assignment.

The capture
of the baby-killers.

Inspector Keilly
picked the right man.

Barr already has one witness
to the shooting.

Hey. What's the rush?
Where are you going?

You'll find this evening's
column on the record.

I'll be back later
with bigger and better news.

Ain't a woman got no rights?

Here they are holding me
as a material witness

and I don't know nothing
about nothing.

I don't know what you know,
but whatever you know,

you ought to tell it
to the cops.

Oh, the cops.
I hate every one of them.

Oh, one of them is all right.
Gee, he was handsome.
His name is Dan.

Yeah?
What did he have to say?

Oh, strictly business.
He asked me what happened,

and I says nothing.

I was walking along
in the park

when a fresh guy says,
"Hahsit, babe?"

What'd the fresh guy say?

Nothing.
He just says, "Hahsit, babe?"

"Hahsit, babe"?
Yeah.

He was one of them oily guys,
but I didn't say nothing
to him.

I just smiled
and walked away.

And then, all of a sudden,
the baby was shot.
But I didn't see it.

Honest, I didn't.

Hahsit, babe?

Yeah, say, listen, why don't
they let me out of here?
I'm a citizen.

Can't you do nothing for me?

Listen, honey,
I'll get you out of here,

but you gotta
make me a promise.

Yeah, sure. I'll do anything.
Just get me out of here.

All right. Listen to this.
If anybody asks you
any questions,

don't answer them.
Say nothing.

Nothing at all?
Gee, that's kind of hard.

Nothing at all.
Not even, "Hahsit, babe?"

If I showed you a picture
of that guy

that flirted with you,
would you know him?

Oh, sure,
I'd know that pan anywhere.

That's all I want to know.

You got
the wrong idea, Cortig.

I told you a million times
to always take
the easy way out.

Well, I always try to.

When a guy puts you on a spot
where you gotta push him,
what are you gonna do?

Do what I told you to do,
talk him out of it.

Yeah, that's all right
for you,

but me, I got a temper.

When a mug gets me sore,
I gotta blast.

Sure, you gotta blast
and I have to square the beef.

Every time you bump
somebody off,
it costs me a lot of money.

Do me a favor, will you, Russ,
and stop killing people.

Oh, quit worrying
about it, will you?
Nobody saw me do it.

There wasn't anybody around,
not even a blind man.

Whoa, wait a minute.
Get a load of this.

"Crime marches on. A baby
in Central Park was killed
by two unknown assailiants."

Assailants.
Yeah, assailants.

"And the killers have
not yet been taken
into custoady."

Custody.
Yeah, custody.

Gee, that's a funny word,
ain't it?
Yeah.

"The killers have
not yet been taken into..."

Custody.
"Custody."

"But are under surveilliance."
Surveillance.

Yeah, that's what it is.
And here's the rest of it.

"There was only
one eyewitness,

"and the name is withheld."

What kind of a name is that?
Go on, go on.

"Whose name is withheld

"and she is being held
in-communi-cadoo."

Incommunicado.

I don't care
how you pronounce it,

but they got a dame
who saw us do it.

And that's all because
you've got a temper,
Mr. Cortig.

Well, now what
are we going to do
with the girl?

Oh, don't worry
about the girl.

Look, as soon
as they spring her,

we'll scare her out of town

and if she won't scare,
we'll dust her off.

Yeah, hey that's it,
we'll massacree her.

Massacre.

Oh, you
and your phony English.

Sixty cents.

Keep the change.
Gee, thanks.

Say, ain't you the gal
that got your name
in the paper?

Yeah, sure. How did you know?
Did somebody point me out?

Yeah, everybody
knows it's you.
You're getting famous.

Quit it,
you're ribbing me.

No, he ain't.

First thing you know,
you'll be signing
your autograph.

Just like a movie star.

Oh, get those cigarettes
out of that gray coat,
will you, toots?

Yeah, sure.

Hey, what're you trying to do,
scare somebody to death?

If a certain lady don't keep
her mouth shut,

we might have to kill
her to death.

Well, if you're hinting at me
and what I said to the cops,

well, you got me all wrong.

I never told them nothing.

Don't forget it, honey,
the coppers never know nothing

unless somebody
tells them something.

But I never
told them a thing,
honest I didn't.

Take a tip from me, sister,
and keep your mouth shut,

or somebody's liable
to find your hat
floating down the river.

You know what I mean?
Yeah, sure.
I know what you mean.

Hello, Betty.
BETTY: Hello, Eve.

Hello.
GIRL: Hello, Eve.

Hello, Grace.
GRACE: Hello, Eve,
how are you?

Hiya, Myrtle.
Remember me?

Well, if it isn't
the big newspaperwoman.
What are you doing here?

A murderer always returns
to the scene of his crime.

I'm going to get a haircut.

Say, listen.

Are you still stuck
on that big, handsome cop?

With all my heart.
And he's going to be
in here in a few minutes.

See you later.
Sweet.

How long
you gonna be, Joe?
I want a haircut.

Five minutes. Booth one.
Hey, I'll cut it for you.

I always cut mine.

Oh, cut yourself
a piece of throat.

Hahsit, babe?

Well, look who's here.
Back again.

Once a slave,
now a customer.

Don't you look swell.
All dressed up
like a plush horse.

Nothing swell.
I got the whole outfit
in the basement.

$14 for the coat and dress
and $3.75 for the hat.

BOTH: $17.75!

Hello, Myrtle. Eve around?

Yeah. You'll find her
in a booth.
Okay, thanks.

Hey, you got me
in a fine spot.

"Handsome Dan Barr will
capture the baby killers
in 24 hours."

Well, it's just what
you're going to do.

How do I know, honey?
You don't, but I do.

Yeah, since when
are you a cop?

I'm not,
but I've got a hunch.

Oh, hunches
don't mean nothing.
You gotta be sure.

All right. How's this?

I had a talk with that
waitress yesterday and
showed her Benny's picture.

And she absolutely
put the finger on him.

How's that for a hunch?

Hunch?
It'll make me a captain.

Yeah, and me an Elk.

Benny Battle, huh?

Yeah, you'll find him
in the first chair
eating a pineapple soda

with a cherry on top.
Right.

Hello, Dan.
Nice day, ain't it?

Yeah, and you better
take a good look at it.

You ain't going
to see it much.

What do you mean?

We want you downtown
to answer a few questions.

Get Mr. Battle's
hat and coat, Eddie.

What, again?
Yeah, again.

Never mind that stuff, Joe.

He don't need to smell so nice
where he's going.

Gee, can't a guy
even get his hair combed?

No. The Captain don't care
how you look.

This is a fine country,
this is.
They never let you alone.

No. They're always
picking on you.
Yeah.

Hahsit, babe? Come on.

There's no jail strong enough
to hold that guy.

You said it, he'll get out.

How?
How? He's got
a crooked lawyer.

That ain't it,
they fix the jury.
Who does?

The politicians.

What have the politicians
got to do with it?

They're in with the racket.

Sure. They'll have
him out in 48 hours.

You mean that he'll be free?

Yeah! The home of the brave
and the land of the free.

Is that the man you saw?

No, I never seen him before.
Go ahead.

Do you know him?
No.

Go on.

How about this guy?

No. I never
seen him before.

Better take
a good look at him.

Well, I am.
I don't know him.

Are you sure?
Sure I'm sure.

Go on, take another
good look at him.

I am looking at him.
I never seen him
before in my life.

What are you lying for?
You know you did.

I'm not! I'm not!

I've never seen this guy
before in my life.
Honest, I didn't.

All right. Go on.

Somebody got to this dame.

He didn't show me
the right guy.

She's lying.
She won't put
the finger on him.

Why not?
Because he didn't
show me the right guy.

How about those pictures
I showed you yesterday?

You picked one out,
didn't you, and said
it was the guy

who flirted with you
in the park.

Well, I know I did,
but I made a mistake.

What makes you think
you're mistaken?

You were sure enough
yesterday.

I know I was,
but I guess I was wrong.

You're lying, Bessie.
You know you are.

No, I'm not.
I'm not lying.
Why should I lie?

I ain't got nothing
to lie about.
I didn't do nothing.

Oh, don't cry, honey.
Nothing's gonna
happen to you.

Run along home.

Now what happens?

Oh, somebody threw
a scare into that dame.
Now I'm on the spot again.

What's the next step?
Yeah. I'd like to know that.

That guy'll be out of here
in less than no time and we'll
be back where we started.

BENNY: Keep your hands off me
or somebody'll get a bust
in the nose around here.

What's the matter?
Can't a guy even talk
to his own lawyer?

No.

Hey, what are you going to do,
throw him in there?

You can't do that!
I can't, hey?
Watch me.

Say, where do you get
that stuff?

That man's
got constitutional rights.

He is innocent
and you've got no right
to lock him up.

I'll see somebody
about this.

All right, see me.
I'm the guy
that brought him here.

Yeah, you.
You brought him here.

Why don't you get
the right man
before you lock him up?

You can't throw
people in jail
for no reason at all.

Oh, shut up. You're lucky
you're not in there yourself,

I'd like to get
something on you.

You can't talk
to me like that.
I'm a lawyer!

That's what you think.
Now get out of here!

I'll get even
with you for this.

I'll have you transferred
to Brooklyn.
I'll go to the Chief.

I'll go to the Mayor.
I'll go to the Governor!

Oh, go to...
Get out of here.

There you are.
How would you like
to go to Brooklyn every day

to see your boyfriend?
Brooklyn? No thanks.

That's the wrong end
of the bridge.

Yeah. We'll be up
against it if we can't get
that dame to talk.

How about Battle?
Isn't there any chance
of breaking him down?

No, he's just
as scared as she is.

He's afraid
of what those crooks
might do to him.

How much longer
can you hold him?

A few hours.
He'll get that shyster
lawyer of his

down here with a writ
and be on the street again.

That's fine.

That means that every baby
in New York will have to take
his sunshine indoors.

Yeah. But what can I do
about it, honey?
I'm only a cop.

You and I know
that Benny drove that car.

We know that he knows
who killed the kid.

But what good
is it gonna do us?

Sometime between now
and midnight he'll be
on the street.

I can put him in,
but I can't keep him in.

Want a drink, honey?
No, thanks.

I've got an idea.
I think I can make him talk.

Say, if you can wring
a confession out of that guy,
you're a miracle man.

A what?
I mean woman.

That's better.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Hello? Yes.
Yeah, this is Kelton.

Hello, boss. Here's a scoop.
Benny Battle just confessed

(ON PHONE) and named
the actual baby killer.

You better headline it.

No. Nobody knows
anything about it but me.

Attagirl, Eve.
You're the best
reporter in town.

There you are.
What did I tell you?

Habeas corpus.
You'd better
let Battle out of here.

Congratulations, Dan.

If that don't get
your promotion, kid,
nothing will.

What do you mean?
Take a look.

"Benny Battle names
baby killers."

Say, what did you do,
print this yourself?

Not me. I'm still a cop.

Newspapers do funny things.
It's all Greek to me.

Where am I going now?
I don't know.

They told me
to turn you loose.

Makes no difference to me
whether you're in or out,

but I'd rather see you in.

Now, you don't mean that.
You know you don't.

You got such a kind face.

Yes, you got a kind face, too.
It's the kind I don't like.

Okay.
I hope you'll never
have to see it again.

So do I.
But something tells me I will.

Give me my stuff.

CLERK: There you are.

Sign there.

How do you like our hotel?
Hotel? You can have it. Hotel.

Fine joint this is,
crummy, filthy dump like this.

Fine way to treat
a human being, too.

Why, I wouldn't let a dog
sleep in a place like this.

He's liable
to catch pneumonia.

You guys ought to be ashamed
of yourselves. Hotel.

But you'll never
see me here again.

No, sir, never again.

DAN: Oh, now, that don't
look like a good picture
of Benny, does it?

MALONEY: Well,
a little bit, it does.
I guess it's an old picture.

Yeah, when did you have
that picture made, Benny?

A little publicity
for you.

Well, I don't
want no publicity.

And you guys
know that I didn't do
any squealing.

Oh, what are you
worrying about?

People don't believe
all they read
in the newspapers.

Well, they might.
What kind of a paper
is this, anyway?

English.
I know that.

But where did they get
this story about making me
a stool pigeon?

Well, you know
how newspapers are.
They say anything.

Freedom of the press.

Yeah. Freedom.
Too much freedom.

Yeah, just like you.

Oh, yeah?
Well, here goes
for a little freedom.

Wait a minute.
That's mine.

Well, well.
What's the matter, Benny?
Afraid to go out?

No. I ain't afraid.

Well, what's keeping you?

Don't let them, Dan.
They're trying
to knock me off!

What are you talking about?
They pegged
a thousand shots at me.

Oh, yeah? Who?
I don't know,

but somebody's
trying to kill me.
I want protection.

That's what the cops
are for, ain't they?
Lock me up, please.

Put me where I'll be safe.

Oh, you don't want me
to lock you up here.

You're liable
to get pneumonia.

I don't care what I get.
It's better than
being knocked off.

Put me where I'll be safe.
You got to lock me up.

You'd better get out.
This place ain't fit
for a dog!

I don't care
nothing about that.
I want to be safe.

All right, who pegged
the shots at you,
do you know?

No. No, I don't know.
But I don't wanna
get killed.

All right,
I'll tell you what I'll do.

You squeal,
and I'll let you stay.

If you don't,
I'll kick you out
in the street.

Squeal?
But I've never
squealed in my life!

All right, Tom.
Throw him out.

No, no.
I want to go in here.

Don't throw me out there.
I want to go in here.

No, no, I won't squeal!
Don't throw me out.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.

I'll tell!
I'll squeal! I'll squeal!
I said that I'll squeal!

All right, come on in.

He asked me to go for a ride,
and I drove the car.

I didn't know
where we was going.

And then when we got there,
at the park,

Cortig went in and met
a couple of guys.

DAN: What was he going
to meet them for?

Well, I don't know.
I don't know.

All right, Lee. Throw him out.
No wait, wait, wait!
I'll tell.

They were talking
about the diamonds
that were stolen,

and then I heard
a couple of shots
and Cortig come running out

and away we went.

Yeah, and away you go.
Lock him up.

Come on.

Oh, hello, Eve.

Hello, Dan.
I just saw them dragging
Benny down the hall.

Where are they taking him?
Into a little cage.

And is he glad.
Some of his playmates
took a few shots at him,

so now he doesn't care much
for the great outdoors.

Who did the shooting?

I don't know,
but whoever it was
did us a good turn.

That is the best break
I've had all year.

Did he name the killers?

Only one. Russ Cortig.
I'm going out to get him now.

And when I nail him,
you'll be the first one
to hear the news.

I want you to get a scoop
for that beloved newspaper.

Thanks.
I'll ask for a raise.
That is, if I'm not fired.

Oh, they won't fire you,
honey.

They might,
I get my news too fast.

That's too deep for me.

It was too deep for them.
You see, I reported my news

before it happened.

Wait a minute.
You mean that headline

about "Benny Battle
names baby killers"?

Say, you know
I thought there was
something funny about that

because he didn't confess
until after his mob
tried to bump him off.

That wasn't his mob.
Well, who was it?

Want to buy a gun?

Wait, that's mine.

That's right.
Thanks for letting me use it.

Honey, you should have
been a detective.

Won't Charlie Chan be mad
when he hears about me?

Yeah.

Dan, that Mrs. Cole
is on the wire again.

It's the fifth time
she's called today.

Why, the dame's
crazy about you.

No, no,
strictly business.

Yeah? What kind of business?

There you are.
Now you see how it is, honey?

The dame won't let me alone.

Yeah, you mean
you won't let her alone.

Oh, listen.
You got it all wrong.

I don't care
anything about her.

No, I suppose
it's her dog
you're stuck on.

Oh, forget it, will you?

Forget about her
and forget about the dog.

Well, maybe it's the maid.

Why don't you go
and have a cup of tea

and take off your coat
and make yourself at home?

All right, now, look.
Look, I don't care
anything about her.

I don't care anything
about the maid,

and I don't care
anything about the dog.

Yeah? Well, I don't care
anything about you.

MAN ON RADIO:
Geraniums can be transplanted
by the cutting.

The geranium is a hardy flower
and will withstand
the severest of weather,

except extreme frost.

They grow either in the shade
or in the sun.

There is a variety of colors
amongst geraniums,

but the red and white
predominate.

Now, my dear botanists,
this is Oliver Tidmarsh,

and I'll be back tomorrow
afternoon and tell you about
the rarest of all flowers,

the beautiful orchid.

ANNOUNCER: And now
we bring you the latest
news topics.

Hello, hello, hello!
How do you do, everybody?

Here are the latest
news flashes.

Heavy rains have impeded
the Italian army and they've
made little progress

into the interior of Ethiopia.

Flash! Benny Battle,
a well-known police character,
has confessed

and he has named the killer
of the baby in Central Park.

The police promise
to make an arrest
within 24 hours.

(RADIO STOPS)

OPERATOR 1: Cortig not
there anymore?
Thank you.

OPERATOR 2:
Changed his address?
Thank you.

OPERATOR 3: You don't know
where he moved to?
Thank you.

OPERATOR 4: Cortig checked out
last night? Thank you.

OPERATOR 5: Afraid I can't
give you any information.

DAN: All right. Thanks, boys.
I'll get it myself.

(FAINT KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Who's there?

Where you going?

I'm gonna get out of town.
This place is getting
too hot for me.

What's the matter,
are you crazy?

You know I always
put the fix in.

Yeah, I got a hunch you ain't
gonna put the fix on this.
Benny turned rat.

He told the coppers
everything.

What if he did?
That's nothing to worry about.

All we need is an alibi.

Alibi.

Sure.

Yeah. That's all we need,
it's an alibi.

Let's see,
what'll it be?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Who's there?
It's the law. Open up.

CORTIG: All right,
just a minute.
I'll open it.

Come on,
let's break it in.

Come on.

So this is
where you live.

What's the matter?
You been looking for me?

Yeah, in every hotel
in town.

What are you doing?
Throwing a party?

All by myself.
I like to be alone.

Alone, eh?

Well, maybe it's a good idea.

The less people
know about you,
the less they can say.

Do you mind
if I look around?

No, go ahead,
help yourself.

Well, well, what's this?
The bathroom?

I never take a room
without a bath.

I know one room
you'll have without a bath.
Without flowers, too.

Nice view you got here,
Central Park.

Yeah, I can see them
skating in the winter.

You won't be here
this winter.

Nice trees.

Just beginning
to leave.

So are you, come on.

Hey, what are you
trying to do?
Kill them lilies?

There'll be plenty left
for your funeral.
Come on.

All right, Dan,
there's what I found
on the glass.

Now all you've got to do
is to find the guy
that belongs to that.

Yeah, that's all.

Here, check this.
I'll be back for it later.
Righto.

Hiya, Captain.

Captain?
Thanks for the promotion.
Grab yourself a chair, honey.

Oh, I'm too excited
to sit down.

Yeah?
What are you excited about?

About Cortig's trial.
In a few hours he'll be
on his way to Sing Sing.

Oh, I can see
the headlines now.

"Russ Cortig convicted
of baby killing."

"Detective Daniel Barr
promoted to Captain."

So you don't mind
if I call you Captain now,
do you?

What do you say, Captain?
Say, why don't you answer me?

You've got about
as much enthusiasm
as a jellyfish.

Don't you want
to be a captain?

Sure I do,
but I'm not thinking
about that now.

What are you thinking about?
I'm not a mind reader.

Well, look.
Here's the fingerprint

we found on
that drinking glass.

Whose is it?

Well, it belongs to a guy
with a scar on his thumb.

Well, who is he?
I don't know.

Well, how're you
gonna find out?

I don't know, but when I do,

I think I've got
the man I want.

What makes you think so?
I got a hunch.

Hunches are no good.
You got to be sure.

(CROWD MURMURING)

On May 12th,
at 2:00 in the afternoon,

a little child
was killed by an assassin.

The man accused of that crime
is sitting right there.

On May the 12th,
I saw Russ Cortig
in Philadelphia

at 2:00 in the afternoon.

Gentlemen, it is quite evident
that the alibi has been
manufactured.

I object, Your Honor.

It is for the jury to decide
whether this witness is
telling the truth or not.

Proceed.

I intend to prove
that the prisoner was not

in Philadelphia on the day
of the shooting.

I was with Russ Cortig
in Central Park the day
he killed the baby.

Did you see him
fire the shot?

Well, it was this way...

Answer yes or no!

Your Honor, I object.

Objection overruled.

Did you see Russ Cortig
fire the shot?

Answer yes or no.

No.
That's all.

DEFENSE ATTORNEY:
Gentlemen of the jury,
I ask you not to be misled

by the cheap dramatics
of an ambitious prosecutor.

The chief witness
against the defendant

is a convict with a record
extending over a period
of 10 years.

It is evident that
this witness has been
coached by the police.

Therefore, I beg of you,
gentlemen, to find
the prisoner not guilty.

Gentlemen of the jury,
you see before you a monster

who has committed
the unspeakable crime,

a wanton killer
who has robbed a mother

of her dearest possession,
her baby.

Gentlemen of the jury,
it is your sacred duty

to put this man
where he belongs,

in the electric chair.

He has killed
an innocent child

and I demand
the extreme penalty, death.

Gentlemen of the jury,

you will consider carefully
the evidence that has been
submitted in this case.

If you are firmly convinced
that this man is guilty,
find him so.

On the other hand,

if there is the slightest
doubt in your minds
as to the prisoner's guilt,

you must give him
the benefit of that doubt
and find him not guilty.

We, the jury,
find the defendant not guilty.

WOMAN: Not guilty?

(ALL CHATTERING)

Well, what do you think
of that?
Just dandy.

I never knew a courtroom
could be so elevating.

You certainly meet
some charming people.
So truthful, so honorable.

It's an insult to every man,
woman and child in the city.

(SOBBING)

There you are,
Detective Sergeant Barr.
How do you feel now?

How do you think
that poor woman feels?

I know it, honey.
But I can't help it.

I did the best I could.
I don't think so.

When you were
in the witness chair,

why didn't you stand up
and scream?

That's what I'd have done.
You can't do that.

All you can do
is answer questions.
Questions.

The kind of questions
they ask,

they get just the kind
of answers they want.

Yeah, but what
can I do about it?

You think
I was personally responsible.

I can't run
the courtroom, honey.

It's none of my business.
It is your business.

Why didn't you tell them
how long you've known Cortig,
how rotten he is?

If you can't send
a man away for murder,
what does he have to do?

I don't know,
but I know what I'm gonna do.
What?

I'm gonna quit.
That's what I'm gonna do.

I'm sick of the whole
rotten business.
Wait a minute. Dan. Dan!

(CORTIG LAUGHING)

Russ, that's the first time
I've heard you laugh
in months.

Keep laughing,
it's good for you.
You're not looking very well.

Why don't you take a run
down to the seashore
and give yourself a rest?

Yeah, thanks for the tip.
I think I will.

Oh, and you remember
when that guy...

(CORTIG LAUGHING)

When he asked Benny...

CHIEF: Now, don't you worry
about that, old man,

we know he's one of the men
who robbed the bank

and we'll send him
up the river
for a long stretch.

Now this is one case
he'll never beat.
Yeah, goodbye.

You know, I've got a clerk
out there who announces
my visitors.

I couldn't wait that long.

I was afraid I might forget
what I want to say.

Well, say it and get it
off your chest.

I want to get this
off my chest first.

What's my resignation.
What's the matter?

Don't you like the way
we run this department?

No, I got nothing
against the department.

This city's got the finest
police force in the world.

But what good is it
if they can't enforce the law?

What law?
Any law.

The more serious the crime,
the easier it is to beat.

They never put anyone
in jail around this town
except beggars and peddlers.

When a criminal with a record
as long as your arm

kills an innocent baby,
what happens? Nothing.

Young man, you're right.
Nobody knows it better than I,

but I'm just as helpless
as you are.

Well, your stomach's
stronger than mine.

When they turned Cortig
out of that courtroom today,
it made me sick all over.

Just like it did
every mother and father
in New York.

I know just
how you feel about it.

When I was your age,
I thought every criminal
was in prison,

but it didn't take me long
to find out that being a cop

meant nothing more
than having a job.

Yeah, and that's
all it is, a job.
Well, it's a job I don't want.

They paid me
to protect life and property,

but they wouldn't
let me earn my salary.

Now I'm going out
to work for nothing.

What are you going to do?
I'm going to find Cortig.

Yeah, you see,
when I was an officer
of the law,

I couldn't lay
my hands on him.
Now I'm a private citizen,

I can kick him
all over New York.

You can't expect me
to print this.

Cortig was acquitted
and that ends it.

What if he was acquitted?
That doesn't make him
innocent.

He's innocent so far
as the court is concerned.
That washes it up.

All right.
It washes me up, too.

If I can't print the truth,
I don't want
to print anything.

The truth? My dear girl,
we print what we think
is the truth.

If it isn't, well,
we can't help it.
Oh, I see.

You're just like
everybody else in this town.

They don't care
whether a man
is innocent or guilty.

Nobody cares about anything
or anybody.

My dear Miss Fallon,
I'm an editor, not a reformer.

I've got a job,
and what's more,
I'm gonna keep it.

All right,
you keep your job
and keep mine, too.

Now, wait. Wait!

You wait, you look
like a waiter, anyway.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in, come in, come in.

Come in, come in,
come in, come in.
Oh, hello, come in.

What're you talking about?
I am in.
That's right, you are in.

Don't stand there
looking at me.
Come on, help me pack.

Where are you going?
I don't know yet.

I haven't made up my mind.
Can I go with you?

Where?
Wherever you're going.

I just told you
I don't know where I'm going.

Well, when do you leave?
I don't know that either.

Well, why can't
you take me along?
Where?

That's what I'm asking you.
I'm asking you that.

Say, who's going, you or me?
Where?

I don't know.
I'm not going, you are.
Now look, what time is it?

What time does
your train leave?

How do I know
I'm going by train?
I might be going by boat.

What kind of a boat?
I don't know.
I haven't seen it yet.

Come on, help me with this.
I can't open it.

What's the matter with it?
Is it stuck?
Yeah.

Wait a minute,
I'll do it.
Go on, move over.

Why don't you help me
with this thing?

Can't you see that
I can't get it open?
All right, move over.

You take that side
and I'll take this.
Okay.

Well, there's nothing in it.

I know.
What did you have me
open it for?

Oh, that's the worst of having
a woman help you pack.
It's a man's job.

Besides, you shouldn't
have come over here
until I got back, anyway.

Got back from where?
From where I'm going.

You haven't told me
where you're going yet.

How can I tell you
where I'm going when
I don't know where?

Well, wherever you're going,
here's a sock you left
and it's got a hole in it.

All right, stay here
and darn it.

Hey, Dan, you forgot your hat.
Darn that, too.
See you soon.

Dan you forgot something.
Yeah, I forgot my hat,
didn't I?

Yeah, yeah. My hat.
And what else?

Oh, I know.
Come on, honey...

Now will you marry me?
I'll let you know
when you come back.

Okay. While I'm away,
I'll buy you that little farm
I was telling you about.

You know, with the pigs
and cows and chickens
and ducks.

No boarders?
No boarders.

How about the dame in 408?
No boarders.

Take care of yourself, honey.
That's a pretty tough guy
you're going after.

So am I. See you soon.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Danny, telephone!
DAN: You answer it.

Hello.

Is Danny Barr there?

Who is this?

This is Mrs. Cole,
Mrs. Chesley Cole.

Well, this is Mrs. Barr.
Mrs. Chiseler Barr.

Hey, Dan!
What is it?

EVE: Mrs. Cole wants you
to come over
and have some tea.

I don't want any tea.

Yeah, well,
I don't want any farm!

(BLIND SPINNING AROUND
ITS ROLLER)

(BLIND THUDDING)

I wonder if there was
any scandal connected
with this.

What do you think?
Was he asked to resign?

He's a hardheaded guy.
I'll bet he quit because
Cortig wasn't convicted.

You can't blame him.
There's one guy
that's on the level.

He was a chump to quit.

He ought to know by now
you can't get a conviction
in this town.

Here's a card
Dan sent from Trenton.
Yeah?

This one's from Philadelphia.
Say...

And here's one
from Atlantic City.

Where does he go from there?
Says he's coming home.

Hope he doesn't run
out of railroad fare.

Gee, I miss him.

I feel as if everything
had gone out of my life.

I hope he's Ionesome.
Lonesome?

How can you be Ionesome
in Atlantic City?

Honey, when you're in love,
you can be Ionesome anywhere.

This is the biggest
city in the world,
and I'm Ionesome.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, don't worry about him.
He's having a lot of fun.

I bet he's swimming
all the time.

I don't believe it.
I bet he's thinking of me.

Well, can't he be swimming
and thinking of you
at the same time?

Yes, but I bet he's Ionesome.
Lonesome?

50,000 dames in bathing suits
and you think he's Ionesome.

Honey, you're still
a peasant.

Eve, one of your customers.

I'll catch it.
All right. Bye-bye.

Why, Miss Fallon.

How is the big
newspaperwoman?

That's out.
I'm back where I started.

Why so glum?

Oh, everything's gone haywire.
Want your nails short?

Well, not too short.

I see where Dan has resigned
from the force.

Yes, he did.
Why?

Oh, about that Cortig case.
Wasn't that the most
terrible thing?

Everyone knows he's guilty
and off he goes, scot-free.

Is that why Dan resigned?

Sure. He was all burned up
because he couldn't
get a conviction,

but wait till he gets
his hands on Cortig.

What's he going to do,
make it a personal issue?

Yeah, he thinks he can
do better without his badge.
It's man-to-man now.

He'll make him talk.

Let me have that phone,
will you?

Will you excuse me?
I have a call to make.

Hello, get me
Locust 3-6-7-2.

Yes, that's Philadelphia.

No, thank you,
I'll hold the wire.

So Dan's going to take it
into his own hands, eh?

That's very interesting,
very interesting.

I wonder if he'll ever
catch up with Cortig.

Leave it to Dan.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Hello, who do you want?

Hello, is that
Mr. Patterson?

Yeah, this is Patterson.
What's new?

Mr. Patterson,
this is Mr. Morey speaking.

Yes. I'm quite
interested in that...

In that piece
of Chippendale.

And that Gainsborough
painting, too.

That is, if the price
is right.

Stop stalling.
You know the price.

No. I tell you
what you'd better do.

You come over
and see me right away.

Oh, yes, I'm interested.

No, I suggest
you take a plane.

Yeah. It's faster that way.

Yeah, okay. All right.

What were you saying?

Oh, nothing. I was just saying
how mad Dan was at Cortig.

He thinks they should've
given him the chair.

Really?
But I don't.

He doesn't deserve a chair.
They ought to fry him
standing up.

What are we gonna do,
fly over?

Yeah, you ain't afraid,
are you?

I ain't stuck
on them airplanes.

They're too dangerous.

Go on.
They're safe as they can be.

They'd be a lot safer
if you could keep
one foot on the ground.

There's nothing
to worry about.
They give you a parachute.

Yeah, but suppose
it don't open?

It's gotta open,
it's guaranteed.

That ain't gonna
make it open.

I might have to jump
10,000 feet, and if
the parachute don't work,

what good's the guarantee?

What good is it?

If the parachute don't work,
they gotta give you
a second parachute.

You get it?

Yeah, I get it.
I get everything
but the second parachute.

What you been doing?
Working on Mr. Morey?

Say, he's fascinating,
ain't he?

Mmm-hmm.

Kind of mysterious,
don't you think?
Very mysterious.

And handsome, too.

Handsome, yeah.

You know,
he's the kind of a guy
that you can't figure out.

He's... He's different.
Of course, he's not my type.

I like a fellow
like you've got.

Gee, you're lucky
to have a fellow like Dan.

A scar on his thumb.
Who, Dan?

Wait here.
I want you to see this.

Notice the touch
in that one,

and the coloring.
It's by Rubens.

Rubens?

Say, is that the same guy
that's got the restaurant
on Broadway?

No, no relation.

Now the one next to it
is a Velazquez.
Superb, isn't it?

I'm getting sick of this.

Yeah.
The whole of this is superb,
but what are we here for?

You know, there's nothing
like strolling around
an art museum

when you're talking
business.

Now, this one over here
is a Rembrandt.

It's what they call
a portrait.

Rembrandt was famous
for his portraits.

You say Cortig offered you
40 for those diamonds?

That's right,
and we want 70.

Say, that dame's
got beautiful eyes.

Uh-huh. That's what made
Rembrandt famous.

Cortig was to have made
$30,000 on that deal,

but if he were eliminated,
you fellows would get
the entire 70.

That guy Rembrandt,
he's dead, ain't he?

Oh, yes.
He's been dead for years.

I said, if Cortig
were eliminated,

you fellows would get
the entire 70.

Consider Cortig eliminated.

Hello, Mr. Martin.

Why, Miss Fallon,
what are you doing here?

I'm looking for Dan.
Have you seen him?

Not since he quit the force,
the big simp.

If he quit the force,
he had a good reason,
and he's not a big simp.

Oh, isn't he?
No, he isn't he.

You just hate him, don't you?
Now, you needn't tell me.

Actions speak louder
than words.

Don't worry, he'll turn up
and you'll be the first
one to know it.

I might be
the last one to care.

Oh, isn't that awful?
I'll bet you never want
to see him again.

I don't.
I just want to know
that he's safe.

Safe? That guy
could fight his way
out of a den of lions.

Of course, he might
have a little trouble
with a wildcat.

Now don't go away mad.

I won't,
if you'll do me a favor.

Why, of course I will.
What is it?

There's a fingerprint on this.
Will you photograph it for me?

Sure I will.
Thanks.

And I'll tell Dan
you never want
to see him again.

You better not.

What are the rates here?

Why, it all depends
on who you are
and what you got.

Here, hold this a second,
will you,

till I get my keys out?

You know, I like keys.
They get you in
and out of places.

Make yourselves at home.

Well, how do you like
the joint?

Not bad, eh?

You know,
I just came back
from Atlantic City.

Played some swell
golf down there,
broke a 98.

Thanks.

You boys will pardon me
while I put these flowers
in water, won't you?

You know, flowers
are funny that way.

You got to put them
in water, or else.

Wait till you get a load
of this fruit.

Hey, you like them?
American Beauties.

They look like roses.

Well, they are.

Lots of different
kinds of roses.

These are American Beauties.
Twenty bucks a dozen.

They're my favorites.

I guess that's because
they're so expensive.

There's nothing
like getting what you want,
no matter how much it costs.

Yeah, ain't it the truth?

Well, I guess these babies
go in Papa's bedroom.

CAREY: Hey, do you mind
if I turn on the radio?

No, no. Go ahead.
Take a drink
while you're at it.

Come on in here
while I get a vase.

Now, these daisies
is nice, too,

but they ain't got
no smell to them, you know?

Oh, but I like roses.

I like them
because they're red.

Red's my favorite color,
you know.

Guess that's why
I like rubies.

Rubies is red, too,
you know.

Yeah, I know.

Speaking of rubies and things,
how about talking business?

Yeah, sure, sure.
That's what we come up
here for.

Well, here's the idea.

You offered us
40 grand for that ice,
and we want 70.

That's right.
Yeah, sure it's right.
It's right for you.

The less we get for our share,
the more you get for yours.

Oh, no, that ain't right.

Yes, it is.
If we take 40,
you'll get the other 30.

What makes you think that?

The big shot
tipped it off to me.

If he didn't have
to give you that big slice,
we could get the whole pot.

Yeah. You don't want it all,
do you?

No, but we could get it all
if you weren't in the deal.

Yeah, but I am
in the deal, ain't I?
Yeah.

But you're making it
kind of difficult.

No, I don't think so.

See, I believe a guy
is entitled to everything
he can get, sure.

But I believe
everybody's entitled
to something.

Yeah, as long
as you're getting more
than everybody else.

No, no.
You got me all wrong.

My motto is
"live and let live."

Take these with you, Cortig.
Daisies never tell.

Wait.

What's that?

CAREY: It isn't
a window cleaner.

Come on in out of there.
Come on!

Get them up
and get in here.

What were you doing
out there?

I'm an aviator,
I just fell out
of my airplane.

Don't get smart.

All right,
I'll tell you the truth.
I'm Daniel Barr, I'm a cop.

A cop, eh?

I'll tell your mother
you died with her name
on your lips.

Thanks.

By the way,
where's Cortig?

He's resting
in the bathroom.

Have you got a partner
or do you work alone?

Alone.
I stand on my own feet.

Sit down
before you get tired.

Cover him.

If he moves,
use your own judgment.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Thank you. Hello.

This is Mr. Patterson.

Just called you up to tell you
we eliminated Cortig

and we're coming over
to eliminate you.

What are you talking about?

You're not dealing
with the insurance
companies now.

You're doing business
with me.

What's the idea of having
a copper planted in the room?

I don't get it.
Somebody's made an error.

Yeah.
That's what it is, an error.

You can chalk it up
to Dan Barr.

He came over here
to knock us off,

but we convinced him
he was wrong.

Is Dan Barr
there with you?

Is he where, with who?

I'll say he's here.

He don't care nothing
about leaving, neither.

Put him on.
I think I can take care
of everything.

Here.

Hello, Dan. Dan,
where are you?

Hold the wire,
I'll put him on.

Somebody wants
to talk to you.

If he gives that dame
any information,
bump him off.

Dan, where are you?
Are you hurt?

No, I'm all right, honey.
I had a little trouble,
but I'm all right.

That's enough.

Put that guy on.

Me?

Hello, Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Patterson,
you seem to think
I put you on the spot,

but you're mistaken.

Now, if you'll do exactly
as I tell you to do,

everything will end
advantageously.

Never mind the big words,
what do you want me to do?

Come to the Cosmopolitan
Barber Shop at once.

I'll have my representative
meet you there.

She's a pretty blonde,
a manicurist.

Say, what is all this?

Just hand her the package
and she'll give you the money.

What are you talking about?

What's that?

No, no. Don't do that.
Don't hurt him.

What? No.
Everything will come out
all right if you...

But you've got to promise
not to hurt him.

What did he say?
What are they doing to him?

All right.

Tell that blonde
I'll be wearing
a red carnation.

I'm leaving now.

I'm going over to a barbershop
to get that sugar.

Well, Mr. Detective,
do you think you'll be here
when I get back?

I hope not.

Don't worry.
He'll be here.

You'd better make up
your mind.

After all, you don't want
anything to happen to Dan.

What do I have to do?
Practically nothing.

When you see a man
with a red carnation

in his coat,
just give him the money,

but make sure he gives you
the little package first.

What do I do then?

Then bring the little package
up here to me.

If everything goes all right,
I'll give you a nice
little wedding present.

You are going to marry Dan,
aren't you?

Yeah, I think so.

You're sure he's all right,
that nothing's gonna
happen to him?

I'm positive,
you just do as I tell you
and leave the rest to me.

There you are now.

Well, what do you say,
aren't you going to do it?

All right,
give me the money.

Now you're showing some sense.
It's as easy as A, B, C.

When you see that man
with a red carnation
in his coat,

just say, "Good evening,
Mr. Patterson."

That's all there is to it.

Hello. Police headquarters?

This is Richard Morey
speaking.

Uh-huh.
The private detective.

Let me speak to Chief Keilly.
Oh, is it?

Hello, Chief.

Look, I got some
information for you.

Oh, don't thank me.
I get mine from
the insurance company.

But I'm always glad
to help you fellows out.

Listen, if you'll go
right over to the Cosmopolitan
Barber Shop,

you'll find the man
you're looking for.

He's wearing a red carnation,
but don't make your pinch

until you see him hand
a package to a blonde
manicurist.

That's it.
She's an accomplice,

and you can get them both
at the same time.

What's that? I'll be there.

I know your eyes are bad,
and I'll be there to point
him out.

You're a smarter cop
than I thought you was.

All you gotta do is sit still
and nothing will happen
to you.

Yeah. You don't have
to be smart when know
your life is at stake.

You've got a gun, I haven't.
That settles it.

Yeah, I guess you're right.
I've got a gun and you ain't,

so I'm sitting
in the driver's seat.

Yeah.

(DAN PROJECTING VOICE)
Get me a doctor.

(MOANING FAINTLY)

(HANDCUFFS CLICKING)

Hear anything from Dan?

Yeah. I mean, no.

Yeah, you mean no?
I don't know
what you mean.

What's the matter with you,
are you nervous?

Say, is there a guy
around here with
a flower in his coat?

Several.
What's your favorite flower?

Right now, red carnations.

Here comes a red carnation.
Is that your man?

Yeah, I think so. Thanks.

That's a pretty carnation
you have.

I always wear
a red carnation when I expect
to meet a blonde.

Would you like
to smell it?

Sit down at my table
and I'll tell you.

My left hand itches.
What's that a sign of?

It's a sign you're
going to get some money.

I was expecting some,
but I don't know
whether I'll get it or not.

I'm quite sure you will.

You act like you're nervous.

I got a headache.

Why don't you take
something for it?

What would you suggest,
Mr. Patterson?

Try these pills.

(GUN FIRING)

(PEOPLE YELLING)

What's the idea?
Who put these
on us, you?

Yeah. I'm in
the jewelry business, too.
How do you like my bracelets?

Say, is this a joke?
I don't see
anybody laughing.

You'd better get them off
awful fast or you're gonna
get yourself into trouble.

I'm going to get
myself in trouble?
What do you think you're in?

Hello, Chief. I hope
you don't mind my butting
into your business.

I should say not.
You did a fine job.

Not bad
for a private citizen.

Private nothing.
I didn't accept
your resignation.

You're still a cop.

Say...
Don't get a swelled head.

You didn't make
this pinch, she did.

Well, she made the pinch,
but I got the evidence. Here.

Say, where'd you get those?

Honey, you'd be surprised
what you can do in the dark.

Better take these two guys
out of here before they pick
somebody's pocket.

MOREY: Oh, you think
you're clever.
You got nothing on me.

CHIEF: Oh, we haven't, eh?

A man with a scar
on his thumb

should never have
his nails manicured.

Well, this belongs to you,
doesn't it?

Yeah, but you can keep it.
I won't need it anymore.

What do you mean, honey?
You're gonna quit?

Sure, why not?
I'm going to marry
the best cop on the force.

Oh, no, you're not.
I am. Here.

Oh, wait a minute,
all the people.

Oh, what do you care?
You're quitting anyhow.