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That's it, Connors. That's your
Castle on the Hudson, Tommy.

Hiya, Sing Sing.

What a lousy name,
sounds like a chop suey joint.

Well, Tom, we've gotta tell your
public how you like to play--

Well you can quote me, boys,
in saying that it don't..

- ...mean a thing to me.
- 'That's right, kid.'

'Don't let it get you down.'

There's nothin' ever
got me down.

After i'm in there a while,
i'll own the joint.

'That might
take you a little time'

'but you've got plenty of that.'

Yeah.
Five to 30 is no lunch hour.

It's gonna be quite
a change for you, Tommy.

No tailor shop or swell
speakeasies in there.

If i don't like the joint,
i'll move out.

- Yeah, in a two dollar coffin.
- Say, don't ever kid yourself.

I'll Kick my way out
of that dump with moccasins on.

He's kiddin' you, fellas.

With the connections i got
he don't have to crush out.

What do you mean, Finn?
Connection?

I mean, i'll bring this case
to the attention

of the right people.

- Square people.
- Certainly.

Tommy's just marked up wrong,
that's all.

But justice ain't
always blind, ya know.

You bet she ain't.
That's why he's here.

Say, listen is there gonna be
any photographers to catch me..

- ...when i'm going in?
- 'I've got my men in there.'

'You're a cinch, every paper'

'in the state
will have a man there.'

'You're still news
until that big gate slams on you'

'after that
you're just a number.'

Ossining.
Ossining.

What are you doing now?

I gotta look my best
for the crowd, don't i?

Hey you. What did you mean
by that "just a number" stuff?

Say, after the write-ups
i've been gettin'

your grandchildren
will be talking about me.

You think so?
Well, listen.

A month from now,
them dames

who've been writing you
them nice notes

wouldn't give you a tumble
on the maisonette desert island.

Ugh.

Tommy, there's many a tough guy
coming up to take your place--

Say, nobody can take my place,
i got color, i got personality.

Why, you guys have been
writin' that yourselves.

That's our racket, giving
you gorillas a personality.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Give me a break.

- Give me a break.
- 'Thanks, Tommy.'

- Hey, Tommy, how about a--
- Oh, no.

Come on, clear. Clear.
Come on. clear out of here.

Get out of the way.

Thank you, folks,
for comin' around.

Say, don't forget to send
the papers to my gal.

See, she's taking care
of all my press conferences.

Don't forget it. So long folks,
i'll be seeing you--

Come on,
you're through taking bows.

- So long, folks.
- Come on. Come on.

Come on, let's take a walk.

- Make it snappy, Finny.
- Right.

Hey you, where's
the warden's office?

- Upstairs.
- Right.

You'll soon find out
you don't own this prison.

Alright, Murph.

Okay with me.
Hi, sweetheart.

The warden in?

Just wait out there
on the bench.

And tell him it's Joe Finn.

Well, hello, warden.
How are you?

Well, i guess you don't
remember me. I'm Joe Finn.

You know, deputy leader
of the 28th District.

Ah-ha.

Hell!
Well, can i see you a minute?

Well, Finn,
what's on your mind?

Oh, nothing much.

I just came up with
young Tommy Connors, warden.

He's a nice boy.

Little high-spirited,
but that's all.

And he's got a lot of friends
on the outside

that would appreciate it, if--

Yes, but Connors is
on the inside.

Oh, give him a break, warden,
he's a nice kid.

Bright, likable
and a lot of laughs too.

'Course he loses his head
once in a while

but that really
doesn't mean anything.

You know how these
young fellas are, warden.

It's, it's all in fun.

All in fun, eh?

Well, listen to this.

"Thomas Connors, sentenced
to five to 30 years

"for robbery, first-degree.

"Additional indictment
for assault with deadly weapon.

"Previous arrest
and commitments.

"January 15th, 1919, juvenile
delinquency and truancy.

"Committed to Catholic
protectory.

"October 23, 1925, arrested,
suspicion of breaking

"and entering, discharged.

"May 30, 1927, arrested assault
and battery. Discharged.

'"June 18, 1927,
felonious assault.'

'"Sentence suspended.'

"April first, 1928, sentenced
to indeterminate sentence

New York city prison,
for assault with deadly weapon."

All in fun.

Well, there are
a lot of us down in New York

wouldn't like to see the kid
have too tough a time up here.

We'd like to know that he could,
um, buy things for himself

in the commissary, you know.

'So, uh, we've made up
a little purse..'

...something sure, something
you can go to sleep on.

Good old bonds.

Looks like a lot of money
in those bonds.

Five thousand dollars.

And there's bales more
where that comes from.

We want our boy to have the best
that money can buy.

Hey, what's the idea?
What do you think you're doing?

What..

After all, i only asked you
a little favor.

Listen, Finn.

I'm running this prison.

And while i'm running it,
i run it without politicians

and without bribes.

People on the outside
are supposed to be created

free and equal,
but they aren't.

In here, they really are.

One inmate is just a good as
another inmate, but no better.

Now, clear out
and don't come back.

When you get back to your ward

tell those boys
you're talking about

that i don't want any of them
around here anymore

than i want a flock of maggots.

And if Connors has got any ideas
that he's gonna get any favors

he'll find out different,
right away.

But you-you don't understand.

That's all.

What kind of a thing is..

What kind of a..

Hey, hey.

Hey, what is this?
What is this, a gag?

Hey, look at this.
Look at this.

Who's the main guy here?
Who do you have to see about..

Hey, you. Look, look.
Hey, look at this.

No kiddin'.
Hey, look. What kind of a..

How do you think a guy is..

Hey, what are you guys
trying to do?

- Make a monkey out of me?
- Go on and sit down.

Say, i guess
you don't know who i am.

Maybe the warden didn't tell ya.
I'm Tommy Connors.

Oh, yeah? What of it?

Why you!

Lookin' tough, are you?

Come on, i'll show you
how tough i am.

Lock him up.

Alright.

If he doesn't want to wear
a uniform, he doesn't have to.

But don't keep him
in the punishment cells.

Or stick him
in the reception company

along with the rest
of the new men.

Just follow the regular routine.

But no uniform, get me?

'Yeah, you fix it alright.'

Put a guy where
he's liable to freeze his..

What am i, some..

Alright.

Hey you, come on out.

If you're taking me
to give me the works

you'll have to come
and drag me.

No, no, no, no more of that,
you got a big pull here.

The warden said you don't
have to wear any uniform.

Well.

There ya see.

Sure, that's what i was
trying to tell 'em lugs

when the fight started.

Certainly, certainly.

Okay, let's go, boys.

Hey, chief, how about
a little cigarette, huh?

- Now, come on, be good.
- Ah, why don't you be a pal?

Why don't you be a regular guy?

'And he got
cute legs just like Marlene--'

Hey, Keeper,
you better search that guy

'Look's like he's got a set of
burglar's tools'

'in the seat of his BBD's'

Bye-bye, baby.

Well, ain't he cute.

Two party detail, march.

- I wonder where we'll go today.
- How do i know.

We're going on
the governors staff.

Pipe the big shot, will ya?

Come on.

Hey, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

What about my clothes?

You said you didn't
want a uniform

and the warden said
it would be alright.

Oh, so that's the gag, huh?

Okay, baby.
It's alright with me.

How're ya, Gandhi?

Get a load of that outfit.

- Go on, go on.
- Alright, i'll go on.

Take it easy.

- Okay, on the job.
- 'About face.'

'March.'

Just lead 'em
to the boiler room.

Not you. You work in here.

Alright, Larson.

Put that down.

Put it down.

Okay, okay.

I understand you didn't like
the uniform we issued you.

I still don't like it.

I suppose you didn't care for
the food and the hours either.

And i suppose you don't care
very much for yourself.

It's lousy.

No.

It doesn't get any sunlight.
It's badly ventilated.

It's hot in summer
and cold in winter.

It's bad for a man's health.
But it's clean.

I write a better joint
than that.

It's same as every new man gets
until we get room for him

in the new cell blocks.

All you're entitled
to in here..

...is food
and a place to sleep.

Anything else you get,
you get from me.

What makes you think
you'll get anything better

than anyone else?

- Well, they sorta promised me--
- They promised!

I don't care who they are
and what they promised.

They're not running
this prison. I am.

You evidently got an idea,
you're a big shot.

Get it outta your head.

There aren't any big shots
in here, except me.

And remember this, if two men
in this place know anything

I know it.

- You ever do any work?
- What do you mean work?

'Honest labor with your hands.'

Take a look at those mitts.
You don't see any calluses

on 'em, do ya? Only saps work?

You're gonna find out that
you've got it figured out

all wrong, Connors.
I'm gonna show you

that it's a privilege
to work.

A privilege
you've got to earn.

You're gonna make me
wanna work?

The miracle man of Sing Sing.

You talk about calluses

i'm gonna let you sit in your
cell and on that hard iron bench

until you get calluses
where you can't show them.

Maybe, but you'll never put
any on my hands.

Then, you're gonna pray to God
to let you work.

To break rock, shovel coal,
pick up garbage.

Anything to get outta that cell.

Take it easy, warden.
Don't let me get on your nerves.

Then you're going out into
that rock pile again

and swing a sledge
till you can't stand up.

And you're gonna thank heaven
for the privilege.

Take him back.

Alright, now,
i'll tell you somethin'.

If i find i've got a chance
to crash my way outta here

and i've to rub somebody out
to do it

I'd just as soon rub you out
as the next guy.

Yes, i know.

If i were in your place
and had the chance

i'd probably do the same thing.

But the point is, Connors,
you haven't got a chance.

- Not one in a million.
- Oh, i don't know about that.

There ain't one guy
in a million like me.

Well, get all those ideas
out of your head.

One of these days,
you'll learn, Connors

that no man has a spot
in this world

except in relation
to the people around him.

That you've gotta be useful
to live.

Save that for Sunday, warden.
And let me pass the plate.

Connors...pick up that match
you threw on the floor.

Pick it up.

Tsk.

- Hey, chief.
- 'What?'

Come here...please.

Well, what is it?

How long i've been
sittin' in here?

- Three months.
- You're daffy.

It's over three years, now.

- How much longer do i get?
- It's up to you.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Take it easy.

Don't be.. Listen, listen.

Now listen, uh..

...will you tell the warden
somethin' for me.

- Maybe.
- Well..

...you can tell him that
i'm ready for that rock pile.

Now, listen, don't let anybody
around here get the idea

that i wanna work,
see that ain't the idea

but, well, i'll do anything
to get out of here.

Now! I'll tell the warden,
Connors.

Calm yourself. Go and sit down.

I can't sit down.

You can tell him
i got them calluses.

- Ah, is this a plan?
- Are you screwin'?

Come on, knock out there,
big boy.

Hey, Connors, you got a visitor.
Get cleaned up.

Oh. Oh, yeah.
Okay, thanks.

Hey, look out
you don't break that.

Ah.

'What's the big idea,
asking me a million questions?'

Think i'm kiddin'? I'm telling
the truth and that's that.

Okay, miss, don't get tough.
Regulation.

Tommy!

Oh, Tommy. I
missed you, darling.

Darling..

- ...are you okay?
- Yeah, sure.

Gee, it's swell to see ya.
How are ya? You alright?

Yeah.

Oh, darling, i'm glad
to see ya. Are you okay?

Sure. Except that you're
in New York

and i'm up here behind bars.

I sit in that cell all day
thinking about you

I'm afraid i'll go crazy.

I'd give a million bucks
to be alone with ya

for a little while, honey.

Do ya love me?

Yeah.

Well, don't come up here
dolled up like that anymore.

- Why, Tommy?
- What's the matter with ya?

Do you want me to go crazy?

You'll have me foamin' at the
mouth like a cream puff.

Oh, i'm sorry, Tommy.
I never thought about that.

I just wanted
to look nice for ya.

That's alright.

But ya know you don't have to
come up here lookin' too hot.

And don't ever come up
see me here on a Saturday again.

- Why?
- I tell you not to, that's why.

All the bad breaks i ever had
happened on a Saturday.

Look at this case.

I was caught on a Saturday

I was tried on a Saturday
and convicted on a Saturday.

I was sent up to this dump
on a Saturday.

Yeah, to make it binding,
i was born on a Saturday.

And you met me on a Saturday.
What about that?

Yeah, that's right.

Mm, not so sure about you.

I don't know how you're gonna
turn out either.

- Oh, you don't, huh?
- No, i don't, huh.

You bet i do.
I was only kiddin'.

'Time's up.'

Well, that splits us up, honey.

Will i see ya next week?

Every week.

Twice a week.

Let's go, miss.

'This is a sample
of psychological testing'

'that is done
in classification clinic.'

'These particular tests
will not be used in every case'

'but the test will vary
from man to man.'

Now, watch me
and then do as i do.

Very good.

You're quite a high type,
aren't you?

Quite. Bachelor of Arts,
Summa Cum Laude.

As a matter of fact,
we are brothers in erudition.

My Phi Beta Kappa key
is down in a safe

in the administration building.

If that key unlocked anything,
i'm gonna get myself one of 'em.

- Now what's your university?
- What's the difference?

Well, i suppose we're through
with these monkeyshines now.

Do i trot back to my cell?

No, go across the hall

and report
Dr. Meeker the psychiatrist.

- Alright, Connors.
- Yes.

Sit down.

Now take your time
and think hard.

Put these little pieces
into the grooves they fit.

Well, i haven't played
with puzzles for quite a while

I might be a little rusty.

Could we fly a kite
or cut paper dolls or somethin'?

Are you going to sit down
or am i going to call a guard?

I'm gonna sit down, sweetheart.

Oh, now, look at that.
I'm very sorry.

It's alright, Connors.
Sit down.

- The chair's all full of ink.
- I said, "Sit down."

What's the assignment
for Mason, doctor?

Now, what did he do
on this test?

- 'Ninety one seconds.'
- No, that's not very good.

Put him on
the coal shoveling squad.

'Put him on
the coal shoveling squad.'

Well, i was...i guess i'm ready
to start now, doc.

Fine.

- There you are.
- Fine.

You're pretty smart
when you want to be.

Not so smart,
i wouldn't be here.

- 'Sure.'
- What, what's that?

I told you this morning.

- ...what he said to you.
- What're you saying?

What'd he say...call this
morning in the garage?

What are you talking about?

The same fella...this morning
to call.

What do you have to say
about the gate?

Ha-ha!
Gatey, gate, gate!

Next.

- Hey, Connors.
- Huh.

- How'd you come out?
- I made the shoe factory.

Yeah, same here.

I guess that's about the best
you can do in this joint.

Sit down.

Now, put these little pieces
into the grooves they fit.

Well, come on, come on,
open up. Let us in or somethin'.

Five minutes and you haven't put
one piece in place yet

what's the trouble?

Oh, i'm color blind.

Where you sending me, doc?

- Laboratory detail.
- Thanks.

Oh, Bud.

Hello, kid. Oh gee.

Oh, darling,
i'm so glad to see you.

- How you feeling?
- I'm alright, honey.

Oh, i'm glad you came up today.

Oh, Tommy, this is my wife.

Babe, this is Tommy Connors.

- Hi.
- How do you do?

Alright, alright, lady.
Over here.

You, you gotta sit
around there, honey.

- Alright.
- Come on, sit down.

She's alright.
Here you are, honey.

You don't know. It's the first
time she's been here.

There you are.

I've been worrying
about you, darling.

There's no need to worry
about me, dear.

If i could only be near you,
when it happens.

Tommy!

Tommy!

So glad to see you again.

What are you made up for
anyway?

Where's your cigar?

Well, you told me
not to look hot.

Don't get sore.
I got some swell news for ya.

Well, go on and spill it.
I need it bad.

Looks as though you might
be outta here, Tom.

How?

Joe Finn is working
on a new angle.

- Yeah, who told you?
- Joe Finn himself.

He's putting on plenty of
pressure and getting results.

Why didn't he tell me about it?

I've been the guy
that's doing the bit.

I don't know, i guess,
didn't want you

all steamed up
before it was set.

- He's working night and day.
- Hmm.

Wonder what put the stroke
on him all of a sudden?

Can't you guess.
Just little Fay.

She put the works on him

and he fell overboard
with a splash.

- He did, huh?
- Yeah, i got him.

- He'll do anything for me.
- Yeah, and to ya.

Listen, i don't want ya
playin' with that guy

see, not if i've to stay up
here the rest of my life.

Now, don't get excited.
He won't get to

first base with me,
you know that.

I know he ain't gonna spring me
outta here unless he does.

Ah, don't be silly.
He's stuck on me

and i'm usin' him,
that's all.

What's the matter
with your head?

Did you have it
in a letterpress?

Don't you realize the more
that guy gets stuck on you

the longer he's gonna
keep me up here, if he can?

"He's putting plenty
of pressure on."

The only pressure he's putting
on anybody is on you.

Well, i wasn't gettin'
any pleasure out of it.

Well, i gotta help you, Tom.
I gotta do something for ya.

Well, i don't want you
to help me that way.

Lay off the guy, will ya?

Remember this,
you're still my girl

even if i am up here, ain't ya?

I am.
You know i am, darling.

I, uh..

...somethin' else
for me to worry about.

Connors, thanks
for telling your girl

to look out for my wife.

That's okay, kid.

I'm planning on crushin' outta
here before the baby's born.

Wanna make it with me?

I'd give my right leg
to get out of here.

Kinda like yourself, huh?

Stepping out on us
tonight, Blacky.

Um, not tonight, no.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

Lights out in one minute!

'Quiet.'

Hey. Hey.

'I'm
dying. Oh, get me a doctor.'

Oh, i am dizzy.
I can't get my breathe.

Ah!

Hey, guard.

Hey, guard, guard. Help me.

Okay, i'm here,
what's wrong with you?

I don't know,
i got awful pains.

I think i've been poisoned.

Now, keep your shirt on,
we'll fix you up.

- Hey, sergeant.
- Yeah?

Inmate sick in cell block five,
tier three. I guess

you better call the hospital and
have them send a stretcher over.

'Alright.'

I got word there might be
a little trouble tonight, boys.

I hear somebody's
gonna try to make a break.

Well, there maybe nothing in it

but we better
take a walk around.

- Any dope on who it is?
- Eh, that's the trouble.

We haven't got much to go on.

Richard, send out
an order to all guards

to watch out for a break.

And send word to me
of the slightest irregularity.

Right.

Come in, boys.

'Hold it.
Quiet down there, quiet.'

I'm dizzy, help, help.

'Ah, doctor, I'm poisoned.'

Oh, pipe down, will ya?
What is wrong with you?

I'll get you to a hospital,
they'll fix you up in no time.

Come on, old boy,
get up on your feet.

Come on, get up on your feet.
You'll be alright.

Alright, let's go.

No, no, i can't go with ya.

What's the matter,
you yellow?

No, it's Saturday,
it's my jinx.

You better come along
or i'll croak ya.

There's gotta be
three of us in this.

Alright,
go ahead and croak it.

It's Saturday, i tell you,
and i ain't goin'.

Bud, Bud,
let me out of here, will you?

- Let me go with ya.
- What?

Look what i've got.

- Let me go with you, will you?
- Alright. Swell..

Go on. Stay in this...place.

Okay, fella,
we need a guy like you.

- You got it?
- Yeah.

Get inside
and get his clothes off.

- Warden, warden.
- Yeah?

Man sick in cell block five,
tier three, new building.

This might be it.

Boys, let's get over there.

Scram.

Come on, you guys, hurry up.

Take it easy.
Take it easy on the stretcher.

I'll send you a postcard, sir.

Wait for me!

Hold it, James.

- 'What's the matter with it?'
- It won't work on this one.

Here, latch it.

That's gotta rotate.

Gee, this one doesn't work...on
this one.

It worked on the rest,
must be something wrong here.

This better be right.

Fellas, we gotta get
out of here someway.

'Hey, what's
all that fussing about up there?'

Come on, get back.

It's one of the guards.
Get back inside.

Quickly.

Fast.

Here's the warden.

Get back.

- Shall i get 'em, warden?
- No. Give 'em a dose of gas.

You haven't got a chance, boys.

Throw away your guns.

'Come down here, single file.'

Come on and get it, you..

- Come here, buster, get back.
- Let me go!

Come on and get it,
you fat dirty rats.

Take it easy, Bud,
it's a hopeless fight.

You won't have to heat
the hot squat for me.

Well, that guy
won't bother us anymore.

Calm down now, you men.

It's all over.

Go to bed.

No, no, stop it, stop it.

He's got worse than that
coming to him.

Take him down into solitary.

Maybe one day they'll learn,
they haven't got

one chance in a million
to get away with this.

- We didn't do so good, did we?
- Get your feet up.

- How many men did we lose?
- Two, sir.

Take care of them.

Hey, warden..

- ...come here.
- What?

If you don't mind.

Come here.

Maybe you better
lock this cell.

What's the matter, Connors,
lose your nerve?

Don't tell me this place
softening you up?

Don't think because i'm playing
it smart that i'm gettin' soft.

Maybe i took too much credit to
myself for your good behavior.

But i'm glad you
didn't try it, Connors.

Or you might be heading
to the morgue.

Say, how did a guy like you
ever become a copper?

- What?
- Welll, i mean..

You ain't a bad guy after all.

You didn't think so much of me
when you came up here.

- You were pretty tough.
- I'm still pretty tough.

But i just happen to realize
that today is Saturday

and Saturday is the one day
that i can't win.

That's all.

'You son of a..'

Hey, Connors, the warden wants
to see you right away.

I'll take this over.

Hi, warden.

Good morning, Connors,
i wanna talk to you.

What are you gonna do, fire me?

Telegram.

- Mm?
- Mm-hm.

Well, well, they're crazy.

Ah, somebody's kiddin' me,
warden.

It's true.

We've investigated.

What, uh, there ain't a chance?

Well, Fay was just up here.

There was nothing
wrong with her.

Automobile accident.

Eh..

I can't believe it.

Sit down.

Poor kid..

...out there...dyin'.

If...if i can only
do somethin', if i..

Warden..

...she's the only thing i had.

And i can't do a thing.

Being buried in here was..

...was never
really tough till now.

I know.
You're hit pretty hard.

She's the only thing i had.

Connors, suppose i told you

there was a train
leaving here in 20 minutes?

And i'd let you go to her.

On your honor,
would you come back tonight?

You know what it means to me

if i let you go
and you don't come back.

I understand.

Warden,
i never broke my word, see?

Not even to a rat.

And i won't break it now
to a square guy.

After what you're doing for me,
i'll come back.

Even if it means the chair,
i'll come back.

Alright.

Thank you, warden.

Get me
the administration office.

Good luck.

- Who is it?
- 'Morris, i wanna see Finn.'

- 'Come on, make it snappy.'
- Okay.

Come in.

- Well, we got her home.
- What'd the croaker say?

- Is she hurt bad?
- Plenty.

- Did she squawk?
- No, but she's going to.

Well, didn't you throw
the scare into her, stupid.

She don't scare.
She thinks she's going to die.

She's got a lot of friends

and so is her mother of hers
up in the stirrup.

Now you're the lawyer,
what are you gonna do about it?

These ante-mortem statements
are awful tough.

Well, i gave her a preposition.

What'd she say?

She'll clear you
for five grand.

That's a lot of money.
A lot of money.

As you said, those ante-mortem
statements are awful tough.

You draw up the papers
and i'll get her to sign.

Too bad she didn't croak
when she jumped.

I never get a break.

- Say, am i getting screwy, Ed?
- What's wrong?

I can see a guy go by that
i'd delivered up the river.

- He's doing five to 30.
- Are you sure?

I'm gonna make sure.

Fay.

Fay, honey.
Fay, it's me, it's Tom.

Tom.

It's really you this time.

I'm so happy.

I prayed all the time to see you
just once more before.

Once more?

Oh, say, what are you talkin'
about once more?

Fay, honey, how did this happen?

You're gonna be alright.

I'll be alright,
now you're here.

But you won't leave me, will ya?

- Don't leave me, Tom.
- I won't, honey.

Honest, i won't.

We're gonna be together
now always.

I'm so happy for you.

You mean for us?

No, Tom, i haven't got a chance,
i know.

Ah, who told you that?

The doctor,
when they brought me back.

Brought you.. What do you mean,
Fay? Wha-what happened?

You were right about him, Tom.

I still half believed
that he could help us.

I had to take a chance.

Any chance, didn't i, dear.

So i went in his car with him.

With who?

What's the difference?

Come on, tell me.

Tell me!

Finn. Yeah.

He said, he said
he had everything fixed.

But why didn't ya squawk?

You could have sent him where
i was, i'd have fixed him.

- I was gonna--
- Well, why didn't ya?

Finn's giving me five grand
to clear him.

Clear him.
Here you're laying almost dyin'

and you're talkin'
about clearin' him.

Well, i thought five grand
might help you to get out.

That was swell of you, kid.

Swell.

Take it easy now,
will you-will you, Fay, honey?

Please, please?

- Tom, where are you going?
- I'll be right back.

Oh, don't do it, Tom.
Don't do it.

You're crazy.

Look how we've suffered already.

'Look, what it's done to both.'

Oh, come back here, please.

'Please. Please.'

You promised you wouldn't
leave me. You promised.

- You gotta stay with me.
- That rat!

With me safe in jail,
he can't get away with it.

Oh, don't do it, please.

Please give me the gun
for my sake. Please.

I won't let you go back
up there. Not into a cell.

I won't let you.
Now you're free.

Alright, Fay, i won't.
Honest, i won't, honey.

Give it to me, please.

Thanks.

Oh.

Take it easy now,
will ya, Fay?

Miss Wilson's apartment
to the left, sir.

I know it.

- Hello, Fay.
- Huh!

What's the matter?

It's Joe Finn.

Well, are you feeling better?

That's good.

Say, Morris told me
about the dough.

You should have known
you could have anything

I got without puttin'
on the pressure.

He lied to you, get out please.
I don't want anything.

- Get out.
- So, you changed your mind.

Huh? Just a troublemakin' broad.

You're not gonna
get a chance to squawk.

She ain't gonna squawk.
And neither am i.

- Connors?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's me.

And i got here just in time
to rub you out, you dirty snub.

Tom!

'I'll kill ya.'

No!

'Open the door.'

Oh.

Let me in!

Quick, go down the fire escape.

'Open the door.'

- Who did this?
- Connors.

Don't believe him. He's crazy.
He's lyin' to you.

There wasn't anyone here.
Just us two.

He attacked me.

- I had to, i tell you.
- You did, aye?

You wouldn't fool a fella,
would you?

Hello?

Hello...yes?

Just a minute, please.
Oh, Paul.

Paul, the District Attorney's
office calling from New York.

- Hello? Warden Long speaking.
- Hello, warden, how are ya?

Say, you've a prisoner up there
by the name of

Thomas Connors, haven't you?
Doing five to 30.

He's still up there,
isn't he?

Another one of those cases
of letting a man

out for a day
on his honor, aye?

Well, i wouldn't expect
this one back tonight.

He bumped off a guy by the name
of Joe Finn this afternoon.

- You sure there's no mistake?
- That's an airtight case.

What do you think
of his honor now?

I think Connors will come back
tonight and give himself up.

- Is there anything wrong, dear?
- No, no, nothing.

Daddy, listen to this.
It's so funny.

- 'Daddy, listen.'
- 'Shh, darling.'

'"Away she
goes like a cannonball'

'and she won't stop until
she hit that old hickory tree"'

Say, will you quit worryin'?

I tell you,
this joint ain't hot.

We haven't pulled off a deal
in over a year.

It's hot as long as i'm here.

I tell ya, i gotta get out here.
And out of the country.

Sure, but how? The cops will be
watchin' all the trains.

- Well, how about an aeroplane?
- Why don't you shut up?

There's a smart idea.

Asking for an aeroplane
will be like

sitting right down
on the electric chair.

They'll be watching the docks
all along the water front.

Well, it's the only chance i got

to sneak away on
some tramp steamer.

That might be fixed.

I know a lot of people,
but they want plenty of dough.

- Well, i got plenty of dough.
- 'That's swell.'

'Come in.'

- 'No news, aye?
- No.

- Tough break for you, warden.
- Yeah.

This'll bring the newspapers
and politicians around my neck.

I can see the headlines now.

"Gullible warden
releases maniac killer."

They've been years for my foot
to slip in this honor system.

Warden, i want you to know
that we're all with ya.

Thanks, Richards. Well..

I suppose we all make
mistakes sometimes.

I've given many a prisoner
the same privilege

and they all came back.

I thought i knew Connors.

I was sure of him
than any of the rest.

Too bad.

Too bad.

- It's all fixed.
- Swell. When do i land?

- Tonight.
- Good.

Right now you better get
a little shut eye.

You'll be standing on your head
in the hold of a steamer..

- ...tomorrow night.
- Alright, alright.

Come on, come on,
get up out of there, will ya?

Come on, come on, get movin'.

Hey, slug, keep your feet
on the ground.

I'll tell you the warden's
instructions are..

Come on, chief,
give us a break, will ya?

We can't wait around here
for the rest of our lives..

- ...you know?
- Ah, here's the warden.

Uh, hi, warden, what's it goin'?

Sorry to keep you waiting,
gentlemen.

- I've nothing to say.
- Gotta say something.

The whole town
is waiting for an explanation.

Give us a break, warden. It's
the biggest story in years.

You know everything
about it that i do, boys.

- I've nothing to tell you.
- Oh, for the love of..

Well, what do you know
about that, you think?

Governor's calling, sir.

Hello...hello, governor.

I told you i'd come back.

Even if it meant the chair.

♪ Altogether shout it now ♪

♪ There's no one
who can doubt it now ♪

♪ So let's tell the world
about it now ♪

♪ Happy days are here again ♪

♪ Happy days are here again.. ♪

Well, i worked
my way through this joint

right up to the death house.

♪ Let us sing a song
of cheer again ♪

♪ Happy days are here again ♪

♪ Altogether shout it now ♪

♪ There's no one
who can doubt it now.. ♪

Yeah, when i graduate, it'll be
out the other door, won't it?

And that's that.

♪ Happy days are here again ♪

♪ All cares
and troubles are gone ♪

♪ There'll be no more
from now on ♪

♪ Happy days are here again ♪

♪ The skies above
are clear again ♪

♪ Let's sing a song
of cheer again ♪

♪ Happy days are here again ♪♪

Happy days.

Mighty few of 'em.

These guys got a sense of humor.

- You have to have.
- Yeah. Right you are, baby.

♪ Pom pom pa pom ♪♪

'I tell you, guys.'

'How do you
think i can practice

'while ya coyotes yelling?'

Another chicken to be fried.

- Hi, Connors.
- Hi, Hype.

Welcome to Cincinnati. Hm-hm.

You were a cinch
to end up here.

When you took
that murder rap with us

you were just playin' hooky.

Yeah, and the same goes
double for me, see?

'That's right. Get
ready for that soft shoe dance.'

Take off your shoes
and give 'em to me.

- 'For what?'
- To rest your feet.

My feet are alright.

I'd like you to open this door
and gimme a chance to show ya.

- Regulations, Connors.
- What's the matter with ya?

Think i got callouses
on my feet too? Hey, warden.

You know that old water mean
that starts up on the hill?

- Yes.
- Well, you better start..

...havin' it plugged.
'Cause i've been workin'

on that baby for the last year.

Yeah, and another week
and i'd have crashed out too.

And listen, that was my job
and i was at it alone.

'Anybody else had been on it,
i wouldn't have told ya.'

I wouldn't have told
if i didn't know

they were gonna wheel me
outta here in a while.

You're a strange fella, Connors.

You had a chance to get away
but you came back to the chair.

I had you sized up
right from the beginning.

You're not as tough
as you pretend.

Hey, wait a minute!

Don't you ever think
i ain't tough!

And if i get a chance to crash
my way out of this death trap

I'm gonna do it
and don't forget that!

Alright, Connors.

- Hey, warden.
- Yeah?

How about a cigar, huh?

You're a pest.

Yeah, well listen, warden,
if i'm such a pest

why don't you open those
big gates and throw me out?

- 'Hey, Eight Ball.'
- 'What is it, Hype?'

'I'll give you the butts
on this. This is a long cigar.'

'I don't have time to
finish it.'

Say, that talk about bustin'

outta here
will never get you no place.

I don't want that mug to think
this joint has softened me up.

He's right, Connors.

I know a guy spend
six months diggin' his way out

of this prison and come up
in the warden's office.

Hey, did you hear that, Tommy?

I could really learn
to play this real good.

That is if i had more time.

Hey, gang.

How do ya like this?

"My dear, Mr. Connors.

"Unless you appear immediately
at the Internal Revenue Office

"to adjust
your income tax for 1926..

"...we shall be forced
to order your arrest.

Very truly yours, the Collector
of Internal Revenue."

No kiddin',
how do ya like that?

It's alright, Mr. Connors. I'm
goin' today and i'll take care

of that little matter for ya
on the way out.

'Hello, boys.
What's the matter?'

Twelve hours more to go, Hype.
The dance hall for you.

Oh. Is it alright if i take my
trombone with me?

- Sure.
- Gee, thanks.

Oh. So long, fellas, i guess
they're catchin' up to me.

So long, Hype.
Give my regards to Mike.

And look out
you don't catch a cold.

Okay, Connors.

So long, Eight Ball.

Here's that butt i promised ya.

'Goodbye, big
boy. Don't let 'em get you down.'

So long, Tony.

I wish you the very best
kind of luck, boy.

Keep your chin up.
Buongiorno.

Hah, oh, i'll be seein' you.

Say, fellas, did you hear that?
Did you hear that note?

It's the first time i played a
tune without a sour note in it.

Gee, i bet if i only had two
more weeks, i could play

"The Rose Of Picardy" perfect.

Boy, am i hot.

Gee, uh, thanks, gentlemen.

It's the first time i ever had
a free pass to a dance hall.

Hiya, Hype.

Oh, gee. Hello, Mike.

Say, Connors sends his regards.

Thanks. You better get yourself
ready for the doctor.

They'll want to see
if you're well enough to die.

Who goes first?
Me or you?

I don't know but whoever does

will warm up the seat
for the other guy.

Yeah, i guess so.

Say, did you ever
hear me playin'

"The Shade
Of The Old Apple Tree?"

Did i ever hear you play it?

I got an idea that's why
they're burnin' ya.

Ain't you funny.

I win.

Yeah, i'm afraid, that's it.

- You're in good shape.
- Yeah.

I was never in better shape
in my life.

Wish you'd let me do something
for your soul too.

No, no, i don't go
for that pearly gate stuff.

That might be alright for some
people but i don't want it.

It may come to ya yet, Tom.

Alright, if it does,
i'll tell you what i'll do.

I'll give you all my business.

And let's try
and get another game in

before i go further, huh?

I, uh, i ain't got
so long, you know?

I'll make a point of it.
Goodbye.

So long.
Much obliged to you, father.

Tom.

Tom!

They wouldn't believe me, Tom.

I swore a hundred times
i did it.

- You know that, don't you?
- I know, honey.

I know you did all you could.

I had to clear you.
I killed him.

Warden, i killed him.
I'm telling the truth.

- Why can't they believe me?
- Come on, Fay, that's no..

...use now,
they knew i was there.

- They knew i'd kill him.
- But you didn't.

I lied.
Half of it was a lie.

Tom was with me
when Finn came to see me.

Just as the copper testified.
They were fighting.

Finn was killing him.
I had a gun and i shot him.

'Tom took the gun away from me,
beat it down the fire escape.'

That's the truth.
You've gotta believe me.

Oh, Tom, tell him it's the truth
before it's too late.

Come on, now take it easy.
Come on, Fay, look here.

That's no way to act.

Warden, you know
that ain't the truth.

She is still just
trying to clear me. Sure.

I told you
she was a champion.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Well, that's that, see?

And there's nothing
can be done about it.

Now you listen to me.
You say you did it, alright?

Suppose they believe ya.
Then what?

They'll send you up the river
for life.

And what happens to me,
i'm still doing my stretch

from five to 30.
Don't you see, honey

we couldn't be together,
anyway?

- Oh.
- Fay.

This is a chance for me to do
something decent in my life.

You can't take that
away from me.

I love you, kid.

- I'll tell them i..
- That's all.

Okay, that'll do it.

Tom, i want you to
do something for me.

You know i will, honey.

Will you marry me before you..

Marry.

'Fay, honey, why do you
wanna wish that on yourself?'

Bein' married to a guy
that went to the chair.

Why, they'll mark you for life.

I don't care.

Fay, you were alright
till ya met me.

I got you in all this trouble.
Forget me.

Now you go out
and grab yourself

a square guy, you see?
A guy that works for a livin'.

Can give you some happiness.
Can give you a home and kids

and all that kind of stuff.

I don't want anybody but you.

Ever.

Well, you can't have me..

...as i belong
to the State of New York.

And in a few hours,
the State of New York's gonna

take me out and burn me.

Then they're gonna
take out my brains

and shove me in a jar of alki.

Oh, Tom, don't say that.

I've done enough to you
while i was alive.

It's no use
you carry me with you

on the other side of the grave.

Oh.

Oh, Tommy.

Fay...Fay, honey.

It's time to go now.

Let's just remember the swell
times we had together, kid.

And remember, Fay,
i loved you more than..

Yeah, i know, Tommy.

More than life.

Time's up.

Oh.

'"Father of mercies
and God of all comfort'

who wouldst that none
should perish'

"who believeth
and trusted in thee

according to the multitude
of thy tender mercies."

Alright, father, thanks.

I've still got an hour
to make up my mind.

Leave me alone,
will ya, please?

- Alright, Tom.
- Let's go, father.

I'll tell you
what you can do for me

you can give me a light.

Sure.