All language subtitles for Act.of.Violence.1948.(Fred.Zinnemann-Film.Noir).720p.x264-Classics

A light breeze is whipping the
flags of state and nation...

while a warm and bright
sunshine streams down.

Yes, it's typical California
weather here in Santa Lisa...

for these solemn
rites of Memorial Day.

And following the parade...
- Yes, sir?

You got a single room?
- I think so, sir.

I can give you a very
nice single at 350.

How long will you be staying?

I don't know.

Never mind that.
- Yes, sir.

Thank you.

And now, I wanna call
on a fellow veteran...

who probably had more to do with our
finally getting this housing project...

than anyone else in town.

I mean Frank Enley.

I guess you all know Frank and I'm
sure you know how hard he's worked.

So let's get him up here
and make our thanks official.

Come on up, Frank.

Come on, speak, Frank.
- Go on, big shot.

You heard what the man said.
- Come on, thattaboy.

On the double, captain.

First time I ever had a chance
to give orders to a captain.

Nice work, Frank.
- Thanks.

You know, Frank didn't only
help to build this project.

He's worked with us day and
night from the very beginning.

He helped keep our spirits up.
Believe me, there were times...

when, well, the flesh was willing
but the spirit was pretty low.

Go ahead, Frank, it's all yours.

Well, as you all know...

I was just one of the
contractors on this project.

I had to attend those
meetings to keep my job.

Now, seriously, what I want
to say to you is this...

that it was you fellas,
you and your families...

that really put this thing over.

You stuck together and you
fought for what you wanted.

And if I gave you
any help at all...

well, believe me, I am very happy
and I'm very proud that I was able to.

Thanks, Frank. Thanks.
- Thank you.

Edith. Edith.

Yes?
- I can't find that other rod.

It's in there.
- It's not in here.

Back in the corner, behind the table leaves.
- I've looked back of the table...

Oh.
- Honestly, sometimes I wonder.

Nights are cold there and you forget
your heavy jacket and your boots.

I won't need them.
- If you think you're gonna...

Look, I was going fishing before you
put on your first pair of bobby socks.

I'm going out on a nice
little lake in a nice dry boat.

And get a nice fat cold... Ow! Ooh!
- Be careful now. You get that...

You're getting fresh
lately, aren't you.

Getting used to you, that's
all. You've lost your glamour.

Oh, I have, have I?

Certainly have.

I've lost my glamour,
huh? - Uh-huh.

Lost all my glamour,
huh? - Mm-hm.

Why don't you go out and tell Fred
that I had to go to the convention.

You want to?
- You think he'd fall for that?

Sure.

Oh, no. Oh, no, you wanted to
go fishing. You're going fishing.

He'll be right out, Fred.

Bye-bye, Georgie. Take
care of your mother now.

You be a good boy now, Georgie.
Mommy will be right back.

Hello, youngster.
- Hi.

Finally, you let him
out of your clutches.

It was a battle, but I got away from her.
- Ha, ha.

Say, Edith, why don't you
and I go up to the lake?

We'll leave him to do the housekeeping.
- You old goat. Aren't you ashamed?

Guess it's not a good idea. I don't
think I can trust Frank with Martha.

Listen to him.
- We'll be gone a couple of days.

Be back tomorrow night.
- Don't hurry on my account.

We're gonna paint the
town, aren't we? - Uh-huh.

Well, don't call us up
to bail you out. Ha-ha-ha.

Bye. Have fun.

Say, is that your phone or mine?

Oh, it's mine. Bye.
- Bye.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello. Hello, who is it?

Wait here.

Just a minute.

Yes?

Is this where Frank Enley lives?
- Yes.

Is there something I can do? I'm his wife.
- No, I wanna see him.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr.
Enley's out of town.

Perhaps I could...
Is it business or...?

Not exactly.

Some other time.
- Is there any message?

Can I tell him who called?
- Where did you say he went?

Redwood Lake. If it's
important, they have a phone...

No, thank you.

Some other time.

The number's in the
glove compartment.

You have trouble, call us.
We'll send a man out to you.

If you're out of town, we'll put
you in touch with the auto club.

If you leave the
state, you notify us.

Here, you gotta sign
this one too. Right there.

That's a boy. If you wanna keep the car out
another week, just send us a money order.

Boss don't like checks.
We'll check your mileage...

Got a fellow named
Enley staying here?

Yeah, Frank Enley. Santa Lisa man.
- Where is he?

Cabin number four.
- Where's that?

Across the road.

He ain't there now though.

Where is he now?

Boat number 14. They're
fishing over in the inlet now.

Give me a boat.
- You want bait and tackle, I suppose.

Five dollars deposit,
75 cents an hour.

Get your deposit back if
the boat ain't damaged.

You take this one.

Wait a minute. Let me
give you a hand there.

Some lake. Swarming
with them, huh?

Patience, lad. Patience.

Can I give you a hand with your fish?
- Very funny.

Let's have a couple
of beers, Pop.

Where's your fish?
- Go on, tell the man where your fish are.

Where's our fish? Well,
how do you like that?

We ought to be asking
for our money back.

Don't let him throw you. He's just
preserving his dignity. Heh, heh.

Say, if I can't catch
them, they ain't there.

Did that fella find you?

Who's that?
- A fella was looking for you.

Hired a boat, went out after you.

Didn't tell me his name. A young
fella, walked with sort of a limp.

Another thing, I've fished
every lake in these hills.

Come on, let's go.
- Morning, noon and night.

And it's been my experience that...
- Let's go, Fred.

Well, aren't you
gonna finish your beer?

While you're out in the afternoon,
they're biting in the morning...

Look, Fred, I think I'd
better go on back to town.

Going back to town? You mean tonight?
- No, I mean now.

But we just got here. I thought...
- I'm sorry, but I've got to.

What are you sore about?
- I'm not.

You sound sore.
- I'm not.

It's just that I remembered
something. That's all.

Bread and butter. Let's get
some chow and then we can...

No, I wanna go back now.
- If that's the way you feel about it.

Guess I don't have a
say one way or the other.

Fred, here. Throw
that stuff in the car.

And I'll settle up with Pop.

Okay, but I don't get it.

You come all the way up
here, turn around and go back.

Pop. Pop, we gotta leave.

What's the damage?
- Leaving?

Why don't you wait until morning?
- Come on. Let's have the bill.

Uh...

Let's see.

There's the cabin,
$3, boat, 2.25.

There's bait, a dollar.

Two beers is 40 cents and...
- Let's go, Pop, what is it?

Three dollars, 5.25...

six twenty-five, 6.65...

If you don't wanna talk, you
don't wanna talk, that's all.

See you tomorrow.
- Good night, kid.

Martha?

No, it's me.

Hey, what are you
doing back so soon?

Something go wrong?
- No, no.

You're all right, aren't you?
- Yeah, sure.

The fishing wasn't very
good and got kind of chilly.

The big outdoor man.

I remembered things I ought to take
care of at the office tomorrow...

so we decided to come on back.

To get something to eat?
- What? Oh, no.

Nails or no nails, I guess
I'd better fix something.

You must be starved.
- Yeah, I am a little bit.

Don't expect anything fancy. I
didn't get a chance to shop today.

Anybody been around
while I was gone?

No, but I've been away myself.

Wait a minute. There was a
man here just after you left.

What did he look like?

Oh, he was just average.

He was lame.

Do you know anybody like that?
- No.

Guess he'll be back if
it's anything important.

You can set the
table if you want...

What do you say let's eat in the
kitchen tonight? Do you want to?

We could go out if you'd rather.
- I don't feel like going out.

All right. Come on out
and talk to me then.

I'll see what I can whip up.

Wait until I tell
you about that Martha.

We almost wound up in the clink.

If I hadn't talked like a Dutch
uncle, we probably would have.

Frank?

I'll be right there.
- Oh, all right.

How about a tomato
omelet? That sound good?

Yeah, that sounds great.

You know, honestly,
that Martha's a menace.

First, she breezed right
through a boulevard stop.

Oh, open this for
me, will you, hon?

Of course, there would
be a police car there.

Open it.
- Oh, okay.

Anyway, Martha tried
to give him an argument.

Of course she didn't
have a leg to stand on.

Still, the way they were talking to her,
I was getting so mad that I could've...

Oh, answer it, will you, hon?

Oh, let's let it ring, shall we?

Why are you so lazy all of a sudden?
It might be Mother, long-distance...

It couldn't be. Your
mother called last week.

She wouldn't call again so soon.

If you're gonna be
stubborn about it...

I'll get it myself.
- No, don't answer it.

Frank, what's the matter?
- Nothing's the matter.

What is it? Tell me.
- I don't wanna talk or listen to anybody.

I don't wanna see anybody. I wanna
spend a quiet evening in my own home.

Is that asking too much?

No.

No, of course not.

More coffee?
- No, thanks.

Can I give you a hand with the dishes?
- No, they won't take a minute.

What in...?!
- Shh!

Frank, that's the man that
was here this afternoon.

Yes, I know.

But who is he? Why do we have to hide?
- Somebody I don't want to see.

Frank, this is our house. Our own house.
- Edith, don't talk so loud.

I was only whispering.

He followed me to the
lake. I didn't tell you.

I thought he wouldn't come back.
- He asked where you were.

Why did you tell him? What would...?
- I didn't know.

It's all right.

It doesn't matter.

What does he want?
- Nothing.

He's a guy that I
knew in the Army.

He's not right. They've
had him in the hospital.

Does he want help or money? Is that it?
- No, no.

I was his CO and he's
got some crazy idea...

that everything that ever
happened to him is my fault.

If I see him, there'll
just be a scene.

I don't want to see him.

What are we going to do? We can't hide.
- Just forget about it.

Baby, go on to bed, please.

He'll go away if he thinks
we're not home at home.

He's still there.

He'll go away after a while.

Frank, I still don't
understand. Why...?

Edith, a lot of things happened in
the war that you wouldn't understand.

Why should you? I don't
understand them myself.

Come on, let's go on up.

It's all right, Georgie.

It was just a bad dream.

It's all right, honey.

Go to sleep now.

Go on to sleep.

There.

Is he still there?

Yeah.

He won't come back again.

Look, baby, go on back to bed.

It's all right now. There's
nothing to worry about.

Where are you going?

Just downstairs. I'll
be up in a minute.

Frank.

I was just...

I want to ask you something.

When we packed up all of a sudden
and came out here from Syracuse...

3.000 miles across the country...

was that on account of him?

Not collecting your
terminal leave pay...

dropping all our friends back
East. It all was, wasn't it, Frank?

I know you went through
some bad times in the war.

I know some things must have
happened that hurt you. I never asked.

But I am asking now,
Frank. I want to know.

Do you recognize him?

Joe Parkson. Was he...?

You saw him this afternoon and tonight.
- But I remember him from your letters.

He was your friend.

Yes, he was my bombardier.

Frank, I think I know now.

What do you mean?

He was with you all the
time you were flying.

Twenty-five missions.
- No, it was 21.

And a year in the
prison camp. Was that it?

Was that what did it to him?
The strain he went through?

Things like that
happen sometimes.

What did you mean when
you said he'd make a scene?

Did you mean he might be violent?

He might be.

What happened at the
lake this afternoon?

Nothing, he came up there...

Frank, look at me.

He tried to kill you, didn't he?
- No, he was nowhere near me.

I just left, that's all.
- Oh, this has gone far enough.

What are you doing?
- Calling the police.

No, he's sick.
- What if he comes back?

He won't.
- How do you know what he'll do?

He wouldn't hurt you or
the baby. You saw that.

I'm not thinking about myself.
- I know, but...

I don't care what
a great pal he was.

I'll not gonna let you get killed
because you think you owe something.

This is not a thing you
can go to the police about.

Then call the Army, an Army hospital.
Tell them what he tried to do.

Tell them to come and get him.
- No.

Frank.

You don't know what
made him the way he is.

I do.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

Frank!

Now, get out of here.
- Back in the house.

He's gone. He's left town.

Look, if you don't believe me.
The garage. He took the car...

Oh!

Where is he?
- I told you, he's gone.

I don't know where he is. I
don't know when he'll be back.

Upstairs.

He's got it nice here, hasn't he?

Real nice.

It's all right,
Georgie, don't cry.

Just so there won't be
any misunderstanding...

tell him I'll be back.

If you are, the police
will be here to meet you.

You'd better check with your
husband. I don't think he'd like that.

Why don't you leave us
alone? Why don't you go away?

He never did anything to you.

I know all about you.
He told me about you.

He thinks he has to protect
you, but I'm not going to.

I don't care what you went through.
- What did he tell you about me?

What did he tell you?

Did he tell you that I'm
a cripple because of him?

Did he tell you about the men
that are dead because of him?

Tell you what happened
to them before they died?

Mike Garby? He had
a wife and a kid too.

Made a nuisance out of himself
showing everybody their picture.

Afterwards, somebody
got the picture back.

It was so covered with blood
you couldn't tell what it was.

And the other men were moaning
outside the wire all night long.

I was lucky.

They thought I was
dead and left me there.

But it's not his fault. He
had nothing to do with it.

He was a stool pigeon for the Nazis.
- You're lying. You're crazy.

He told me you were crazy.

They even had to put you in the
hospital because you were crazy.

Sure, I was in the hospital.
But I didn't go crazy.

I kept myself sane.

You know how?

I kept saying to myself:

"Joe, you're the only one
alive that knows what he did.

You're the one that's
got to find him, Joe. "

I kept remembering.

I kept thinking back
to that prison camp.

One of them lasted until morning.

By then, you couldn't tell
his voice belonged to a man.

He sounded like a dog that got hit
by a truck and left in the street.

Get out.

Get out of here
and leave us alone.

Save it. He isn't worth it.

You be good now, Georgie.

Mommy's gotta go next door and
she'll get your breakfast right away.

Hi, Edith.

Martha, would you take
care of Georgie for me?

I have to go to Los Angeles.
- Why? What's the matter?

Nothing. I've just gotta see
Frank. Something's come up.

Did Frank go to Los Angeles? Must've
left in sort of a hurry, didn't he?

Yes. He decided to go
to the convention...

after all.

Look, honey, I've been married
for 35 years and believe me...

these things are never serious.

It's nothing like that, Martha.

Please, Martha, I can't talk about it.
Can you take care of Georgie for me?

Yeah, sure. I have a dentist
appointment this morning.

But you can bring him
over after lunch, huh?

Well, all right.

Thanks, Martha.

Frank.

Edith.

Oh, Frank.

What's the matter now? What's happened?
Edith, get ahold on yourself. What is it?

He came back. He was in the
house. He forced his way in.

What do you mean?
He didn't hurt you...

No, nothing like that.
He just frightened me.

Oh, Frank.

The awful things he said.

What did he tell you?

What difference does that make now?
- Tell me what he said. What did he tell you?

Some crazy stuff about something
that you did in that prison camp.

Oh, darling. I know it isn't
true, but he believed it.

That's why he's so
dangerous. He had a gun.

He wanted to kill you.

You've got to think of yourself.
Frank, we've got to do something.

There's nothing to do.

Frank, a man's trying to murder you.
Of course there's something you can do.

And if you won't do it, I will.
- No.

There's nothing you can do.
There's nothing anybody can do.

But why not?

Because...

I told you he was crazy.

Well, he's not.

No.

I didn't want to tell you.
I didn't want you to know it.

Why should you carry it too?

All right.

Suppose there is a
grain of truth to it.

Suppose you did have some
kind of trouble with him.

I can understand how something like
that could happen in a prison camp.

No, you don't know what happened.

What was it, Frank?

Whatever you did, you
must have had reasons.

You can always find reasons.
Even the Nazis had reasons.

I did it to save lives.
That was my reason.

Did what? What did you do? Tell
me what happened, Frank. Please.

After we were shot down
and sent to a prison camp...

Joe, myself, some other
officers... I wrote you about that.

I know.

I was the senior officer in my bunkhouse.
I was responsible for the rest of the men.

Toward the end, it got...

We were all starving to
death and going crazy.

One day, Joe came to
me. They'd dug a tunnel.

He and some of the others.
They were gonna try to escape.

I told him not to
do it. I begged him.

The week before, in the British section,
12 men had been shot for the same thing.

I told him that they didn't have a
chance. They'd be dead before they started.

He wouldn't listen to me.

I lay awake all night
trying to think...

trying to figure out
some way of stopping him.

The next morning, I went
to the prison commandant.

He was an SS colonel.

I made a deal with him.

Frank.

I said that I'd tell him
if he'd go easy on the men.

He promised.

Word of an officer.

So I waited. I waited all day.

I thought that the guards would
close up the tunnel or something.

But they didn't. They acted as
though they didn't even know about it.

That night, I tried
to talk to Joe again.

But he wouldn't
pay attention to me.

The men were getting
desperate. Anything to get out.

So they started through.

And then I heard the guards
at the other end of the tunnel.

They'd set a trap for them.

They bayoneted them.
They set dogs on them.

And when it was over, they
didn't even shoot them.

They just left them there.

Oh, Frank.

You only did what you thought was
right. You made a mistake, an awful one.

But you can't suffer all
your life for one mistake.

We can do something now.
We'll go to Washington.

And have it in every
paper in the country?

We can save the clippings for
Georgie when he's old enough to read.

Look, Frank, they'd listen
to you. They'd know the truth.

Sure they'd know, like the Nazis
knew. They knew before I did.

Even before Joe did.

Do I have to spell it out for
you? Do I have to draw a picture?

I was an informer.

It doesn't make any difference why I did
it. I betrayed my men. They were dead.

The Nazis even paid me a price.
They gave me food and I ate it.

I ate it.

Oh, Frank, no.

I hadn't done it just
to save their lives.

I'd talked myself into believing
it, that he'd keep his word.

But in my guts from the start,
I think I knew he wouldn't.

And maybe I didn't even care.
They were dead and I was eating.

And maybe that's all I did
it for. To save one man. Me.

There were six widows.

There were 10 men dead and
I couldn't even stop eating.

Go on.

Go on home. You don't
have to say anything.

We were in the same
outfit together...

and I thought as long as I was
passing through town, I'd look him up.

But he seems to be
kind of hard to find.

Sorry to bother you like this but...
- It's no bother at all.

Only I'm afraid I
can't help you much.

Yeah, he's out of town. Yes,
he's gone to Los Angeles.

Builders and Contractors Convention?
Well, that shouldn't be too hard to find.

Thanks for the information,
Mrs. Finney. Thank you very much.

Yes, ma'am?
- Excuse me...

do you have a Mr.
Parkson registered?

Joseph Parkson.
- Just a minute, madam.

Never mind. Joe.

How much do I owe you?

Well, you could be more
enthusiastic. Do I look that bad?

I haven't seen a mirror
since I got off the plane.

Seven dollars, sir.

Thank you.

How'd you find me?
- Was nothing much once I got here.

I just asked people and described you.
- Oh.

No, Joe, it had nothing to do with that.
- Well, you can't stay here now. I'm leaving.

Why? Where are you going?
Joe, I wanna talk to you.

I haven't got time. Anyway,
you've got to go back.

Joe.

Ann, you shouldn't have come
here. You need any money?

No.
- Then get on a train. Get back to New York.

Right now. Quick.
- Why? What's going to happen?

Joe, you promised me.

All right, I promised
you. What more do you want?

Anyway, it's got nothing to do with
that. I got an offer of a job out here.

I was gonna wire you when I got set.
- Don't lie. Don't you think I know that look?

I thought I'd seen the last of it. Here.
I found this in your room in New York.

Joe, you can't do it. Don't you know
that? Don't you understand that yet?

Joe, do you love me or
don't you? You can't do it...

Maybe I don't love you enough.

Joe. Joe.

Mrs. Enley?
- Yes?

I have a message for your husband.
- He's not here.

Has a man been here to see
him? A man named Parkson?

Wait.

Listen, I'm his girl. Joe Parkson's girl.
Do you think I want him to be a murderer?

I took him next door.

He's 2 years old.

What's this for?

I don't even know
how to shoot it.

I thought maybe I
could find him. Parkson.

Try to scare him off.

He won't scare. I wish
it were that simple.

Where is your
husband, Mrs. Enley?

You must trust me.

Why should I? You
don't care about Frank.

Look, I've came a long way to
stop this. Maybe nobody can.

But I'm the only one that has a chance.
- What can you do?

I've seen him. He's vicious. He's a killer.
- Is he? What about your husband?

Do you call him a murderer?
- No.

He didn't mean it.

He's been sick with it.

They're both sick with it.
And I want Joe to be well.

Where is your husband?
- I don't know.

Tell me. I'll call the police if I have to.
- No.

Would you rather see him dead?

He won't kill Frank. He
doesn't know where he is.

He's found out.
- No.

I just saw him. He
was leaving town.

I've come 3000 miles and he couldn't
wait five minutes to talk to me.

He was in a hurry, Mrs. Enley,
because he knew where he was going.

I want the Blake
Hotel, Los Angeles.

Mr. Frank Enley,
person to person.

Who?

Hello? I can't hear you.

Parkson's found out where
you are. He's coming there.

I can't...

Be quiet a minute, I've got to...

I can't hear you.

Ah. How could you
heard what he said?

You wasn't there.

I was there.
- You was not there. You was drunk.

I was drunk but I was there.
- Where?

Good night, Tim.
- So long, Harry.

We're closed, Jack.

Look, I've got money.
- Yeah, but we're closed.

Jack, for you, I don't lose
a license. Sorry, no go.

Put it away, will you? You'll coax me.
- Tim.

What are you doing
down here, handsome?

Looking for some kicks?

No place to go?

Hey, you really need that drink.

Well, I got influence.
Want me to use it?

Come on, Tim, give
us one for the road.

A quickie. Just one.

Okay?

Hey, stick around.
He'll give it to you.

Hey, what's your hurry, handsome?

Gee, you ought to have a
coat. It's a terrible night.

What's your name, handsome?
- Frank.

I had a better place
but it got too expensive.

You know, it's terrible nowadays
trying to find a decent place.

Go on, drink it. It'll
make you feel better.

Cheer up, Frankie.

So you got troubles.

There's plenty
else to think about.

Laughs. Kicks.

So you're unhappy. Relax.

No law says you got to be happy.

Look at me. I'm not
happy. But I get my kicks.

Gee, how could anybody stand it
if they didn't get their kicks?

That bad, huh?

What is it? Love
trouble or money trouble?

Listen, Frankie,
I've seen them all.

I've seen all the troubles in the world
and they boil down to just those two.

You're broke or
you're lonely. Or both.

You look like the kind that
probably has a nice little wife.

Nice little house, some kids.

I have.
- Yeah?

Now no more?

What happened? Somebody else
come along for you, for her maybe?

So it's money.

No.

Well then what have
you got to worry about?

Listen, Frankie boy, if you've
got money, nothing can be too bad.

With money, you can fix anything.

Get out of town if you have to.

Go someplace else and
start all over again.

You're free. Money.

Money.

Yes, I've got money.

What, are they paging him now?

What makes you so
sure he'll be there?

He'll be there all right.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

How much is this business
of yours worth, anyway?

Oh, I don't know. Twenty
thousand, maybe more.

Are you crazy?

Hey, what kind of
a jam are you in?

Go ahead now. Do
it like I told you.

Is this Mr. Parkson?

I'm speaking for Frank.

Yeah, Enley.

He says he wants to make
things right with you.

He says he's got a business.
It's worth a lot of money.

He says if you'll go back east and
forget it, he'll give it to you.

The whole thing.

He says he'll sell it and give...

What is it? What is it?

He's laughing.

Where is he?

Hey, where you going?

Hey, Frankie, listen.

Hey, wait.

I know a guy we can go to.
We'll figure out something.

It can't be that bad. You'll see.
It'll be all right, you just see.

He's okay. Is Gavery here tonight?
- Yeah.

Threw a nine. Who
likes to field the come?

Nine's a field number. Who
likes to field the come?

Who wants the big six or eight?
Well, there'll be a number.

Good evening, Mr. Gavery.

Hello, girl. You got troubles again?
- No, it's him.

Can he pay?
- He's got a business worth 20,000.

No.
- That's what he said. Honest.

Bring him over. Ahem.

If you can do him good, remember
it was me that brought him to you.

Go get him.

This is Mr. Gavery, the
attorney I told you about.

This is Frank.
- Sit down, Frank.

Don't be nervous.
You're in good hands.

Here.

I understand you've got
yourself in a little trouble.

No, it isn't... it was a friend of
mine. It was a close friend of mine.

Sure.

Now, suppose you go ahead and
tell us about this friend of yours?

Tell him, sugar. Be smart.
He's a lawyer, no kidding.

They got all kinds of laws.
They got laws to help people too.

Go on, tell him.

Well, I was in... I
mean, this friend of mine.

It was during the war. It was
during the last few months...

Hi, Johnny. Hello.

All right, go ahead.

Come on then.

Now we have privacy.

It was in the last
few months of the war.

We were flying over Germany.
Our plane was hit in the wing.

I moved away from
Syracuse and came out here.

And now it's finally
caught up with me.

He didn't mean it, what
happened over there.

He just made a mistake. One
mistake in his whole life.

That's all. Everybody
makes mistakes.

Did you hear it?
- All of it.

Here.

Drink it.

You got yourself in a
tough situation, Frank.

Really bad.

I'm very sorry for you.

It's a shame.

If it weren't for the papers,
you could talk to the police.

Have them scare this
fellow out of town.

No, no.
- No, of course not.

You have a position to think of.

You made a new life for
yourself, didn't you?

And you're entitled
to protect it.

If we can't get
protection from the cops...

we'll get our own cop.

A private policeman.
- What did I tell you?

Not just an ordinary
private detective.

This job will be dangerous.

We need someone who can handle
himself. Take chances if he has to.

And he won't be cheap, mind you.

Might cost as high
as 8, $ 10,000.

That's all right.

Well then, take that
boy outside for instance.

Johnny?
- Good boy, Johnny.

He wouldn't just sit around.

He'd get in touch with his
fellow. Make a date with him.

Someplace quiet.
- What are you trying to sell him?

He talks to him. He
tells him to get lost.

Nothing wrong in that, is there?
- No.

So maybe he takes the
hint and leaves town.

He wouldn't.
- Or he's hotheaded.

He gets sore and plays rough.

Well, Johnny has a gun too.

You forget all about it.

That's worth 10,000, isn't it?

Frank, you don't want any part
of this. You don't want murder.

It's all right.
- Let him go, he don't want to do it.

Doesn't he?
- No, what do you think I am?

You're the same man
you were in Germany.

You did it once.
You can do it again.

What do you care
about one more man?

You sent 10 along already.

Sure, you're sorry they're dead.
That's the respectable way to feel.

Get rid of this guy
and be sorry later.

It's up to you.
He dies or you die.

It's him or you.

He'll go for it.
- Might need a little persuading.

You better take her.

You're the same man
you were in Germany.

You did it once,
you'll do it again.

What do you care about one more
man? You sent 10 along already.

Tonight. The tunnel is through.

The north corner, we
make the break tonight.

You haven't got a chance. Remember
what happened to the others?

We're not gonna
starve any longer.

Don't do it, Joe. Don't do it.

You have nothing to be
ashamed of, Capt. Enley.

An officer is
responsible for his men.

They'll be treated with
all possible leniency.

Tonight, the north corner.
You'll find the tunnel.

They'll try tonight.

Don't do it, Joe. Don't do it.

Don't do it, Joe!

No, no, Joe!

No, Joe! No, Joe, don't!

No, Joe, don't!

What's the matter with you?

What are you trying to do?
Are you crazy or something?

Johnny, you leave him alone now.

He don't know what he's
doing. He's sick or something.

No, I'm all right. I'm all right.
- Come on.

Where?
- With me.

Get him a drink or something.
He's out on his feet.

Why did you have to come
here? I don't want any trouble.

There ain't gonna be any trouble.

Oh, leave him alone, Johnny.
He hasn't got any dough on...

Here.

Put hair on your chest.

Who are you?
- Me?

I'm a businessman.

You and me are gonna
do a little business.

You got dough, friend.

That's why they're all
hanging around. On the chisel.

But not me, I'm gonna earn it.

You get out of here.

Take it easy, friend.
You ain't thinking right.

You're in a jam.

This joker's gonna
give it to you.

You got a wife, a kid.

You want them to stand around crying
when they put you in that hole?

Just because you ain't
got what it takes?

You got nothing to
worry about. It's easy.

A stakeout job.

Come on, where can
we talk to this guy?

Johnny, please leave him
alone. Cut it out, will you?

Come on, sucker.

I'm telling you,
it's your only out.

Where do we talk to him?

The hotel's no good.

You live in a little
town, don't you?

That's the kind of place.
Quiet. Them hick cops.

He'd go there too if we
asked him. Wouldn't he?

Wouldn't he?

Where is he, friend?
Where do I talk to him?

Where is he?

Blake Hotel.

What are you doing
here? I told you to go...

I'm not gonna walk out on this...
- Shh!

I went to his house. He
has a wife and a baby.

Yeah, I saw them.

Didn't you feel
anything? Anything at all?

Joe, she's just a kid.
Haven't you hurt them enough?

He's got too much to pay for.
- Has she done anything to pay for?

She'd be better off without him.
- Are you the judge of that?

Are you the law? What makes you think
you're so much better than he is?

Whatever he done, he's
tried to make up for it.

He's lived a decent, useful life
ever since. But what have you done?

What are you gonna prove anyway?
With your vengeance, your violence.

You aren't gonna bring those men back.
You're just gonna smash a few more lives.

Enley, his wife, his son, me.

I'm sorry about you, Ann.

I warned you about
getting mixed up in this.

All right, forget about me.
Sure, there are things I wanted.

But that's not what I'm fighting
for now. I'm fighting for you.

I can take care of myself.
- How?

Do you think you can kill a man
in cold blood and just forget it?

Don't you know what that means?

You'll have to live with hate day
and night, for the rest of your life.

And look what's it
done to you already.

Joe, I made you forget it
for a while, I could again.

You were happy, weren't you?

If you go through with this, no matter
whether they kill you or put you in jail...

even if they say you're sick and
crazy, and let you off easy...

you're finished,
Joe, you're washed up!

As crippled in your
mind as in your...

Joe, I didn't mean it that way.

That's all right.

Ann.

Ann, I...

Hello. Yeah, this is Parkson.

Johnny? Johnny who?

Well, who are you, his bodyguard?

Santa Lisa?

Where in Santa Lisa?

Okay.

I'll be there.

Wake up.

Wake up, I gotta get out of here.

What time is it?
- Nearly four, you slept all day.

Look, here's your money.

Nobody touched a cent, except
what you spent yourself.

There's about $8.

You better hurry up. I
wanna get out of here.

Out of town. Saint Joe, maybe.

Six years I've been
here, in this hole.

It wasn't so bad.

I got my kicks. I got along.

Now what?

Snap it up, will
you? I'm in a hurry.

I don't wanna have
anything to do with this.

With what?
- You know what.

Listen, you gotta let
me have some money.

I found your checkbook. Hundred
dollars, all you have to do is sign it.

You can spare $ 100.

It isn't much compared to what
you're gonna have to give Johnny.

Johnny, who's Johnny?
- Oh, come on.

Where is he?
- Look, I wouldn't...

Where'd he go?
- All I...

What did I tell him?
- What difference does it make?

I've got to know this. What did I tell him?
- Johnny called the other man.

Parkson?
- He made a date to meet him.

Where?
- That town where you live.

Santa Lisa.
- Yeah, at the railroad station.

What time?
- Nine o'clock, so it'd be dark.

Only, you weren't gonna
be there. Just Johnny.

He was gonna be there.

Where does he live?
- I don't know, nobody knows.

There must be some way I can find...
- Guys like him don't tell where they live.

Hey, where you going?

Could you come back here
and pick me up later?

Where you going?
- The station, 9:00.

Be here at 8:30 sharp.

Uh...

Don't come to the door, just
wait out here. - Okey-doke.

Oh, Frank.

You don't have to do that.

He's back, he's here in town.
- I know.

He's got a girl. She called.
She said she'd go to the police.

It doesn't matter, it's all
settled. Edith, she doesn't know.

But she said that he'd
gone somewhere to see you.

I saw him.

You talked with him?
- Yes, on the phone.

He's leaving town.

Believe me, it's all over.

Don't worry about it, please.

Then you're safe.

You're safe.

Don't, baby, please.

I'm sorry.

Here.
- Thanks.

Your suit's going to have
to go to the cleaners.

You look tired, you must...

Why don't I run
you a nice hot bath?

Okay.

Well, come on.
- Yeah.

How's the baby?
- Oh, fine.

He was a little tired and had a
runny nose, so I put him to bed early.

Probably out like a
light by this time.

Wow, that looks a little better.

Frank, I want to...
- Edith.

Frank.

You said it was all settled.

Does that mean you had to see him or...?
- No, it's over.

It's all over.
- That's true, isn't it?

You wouldn't...
- Lie to you? No.

No.

All right.

Edith.
- Sit down, Frank.

It isn't that I don't wanna talk
about it, I just don't know how.

I know.

Neither do I.

But I've thought a lot about a
lot of things, since I saw you.

Ever since I first knew you,
Frank, and up until yesterday...

I thought you were the finest, most
wonderful man in the whole world.

Just that.

Now, I know that you're
like everybody else.

You have faults and weaknesses.

If I hadn't been so young and silly,
I would have known it all along.

It wouldn't have been such
a shock to find it out now.

But that doesn't mean
that I don't love you.

Or that I don't
want to be your wife.

Because I do.

You wanna see the paper?

Thank you, Edith.

Let's not try to think about
it anymore. Not tonight.

No. All right.

Edith.
- Yes?

I think I heard the baby cry.

I didn't hear anything.
- Go up and look, will you, please?

All right.

Frank!

This will be okay here.

You're still two blocks from the station.
- Yeah, I know.

Hi, Mr. Enley.
- Hello.

All you can do now, Miss
Sturges, is wait right here.

We'll let you know if we find him.
- Thank you.

No, wait. I've come to warn
you about something, Joe.

After that, I don't
care what you do.

Come on, please get back.

There's nothing you
can do, stay back.

Joe.
- I didn't do it, Ann.

I didn't do it.

Call the emergency hospital.

Never mind.

It's Enley. What happened?

Some accident.

They were coming from the
station. He was hanging on the car.

Looks like a hold-up.

Is he dead? Well, I
saw him drop there...

Well, you were here right? Yeah.

Who's going to tell his wife?

I will.