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[screaming]

>> The

wearing of the green. Oh, the wearing of

the green. Oh, the wearing of the green.

The wearing of the green.

>> There we are.

>> No, no, no, no, Mrs. Callaghan.

>> [laughter]

>> That goes up here. You see, that's that

There, it's much more graceful that way,

and that's the way the pattern is.

There, yes. Well, I think that'll do

fine.

>> You know, this must be a great

convenience to you, Mrs. O'Malley.

>> Well, it certainly is.

Tommy found it on the city dump. He's

that thoughtful.

>> Your son?

>> Oh, no, no, no, no. Tommy's a friend of

Eddie's. He stays here with us and a

finer lad never trod the green earth.

>> Hello.

>> What that team know? It must be after

6:00. If it be players, the old man will

be home and hollering for supper.

I suppose you'll be wanting to know this

for some sort of an affair.

>> Yes. Oh, Flanigan's wake.

>> Oh, Tommy.

Turn down the oven a wee bit, will you,

like a good lad?

>> Yes, ma'am.

Oh,

I'm sorry. I didn't know you had

company.

>> Oh, Mrs. Callahan's just going.

Uh, this is Tommy Dillon.

>> How do you do, Mrs. Callahan?

>> I must be skedaddling.

>> Uh, good night.

>> Good night.

>> Night.

>> Here, I'll save a seat for you.

>> Oh, there you go, spoiling your

appetite.

>> I can't help it, Mrs. O'Malley. You're

such a wonderful cook.

>> Oh, go on.

>> Hey, is Eddie home yet?

>> No, and I can't understand what's

keeping him.

>> Oh, look, can I show you something?

Got this for Eddie's birthday.

>> Well, it's a good color for a boy's tie.

Gravy color.

>> [laughter]

>> Yeah, and it's a double-duty tie, too.

Goes with all my shirts.

>> Oh, I see.

>> Well, I got something else for you, too.

Here's the bankroll.

See, and I think there's going to be

more next week. Mr. Cross said he might

give me a raise.

>> I'm so glad for you, Tommy.

But I I

>> Well, what's the matter?

>> Well, it it just doesn't seem right to

have you going on

doing so much more than your share.

>> Oh, now, look, dear, we've been through

that before. Please, stop, will you?

>> Well, you know, Tommy, it hasn't been

any too easy with Eddie out of work.

Oh, but he'll get a job.

>> Well, sure he will. I was talking to Mr.

Cross about him today, and he said he's

going to give him the first chance on

the list.

>> Oh, that's fine. And then, Tommy, we

will show you that we haven't forgotten

all you've done for us.

>> Oh, you've done a lot for me. I owe you

plenty.

Why, you couldn't do more for me if

Well, if you were my own mother.

Gee, I'll bet she was a wonderful woman.

>> And she'd be proud of you, too, Tommy.

Just as I'm proud of you. Of both my

boys.

Now, hurry up. Clean up for dinner. Oh,

heavens, I forgotten all about it.

Eddie always did like chocolate cake

ever since he was a little boy.

>> Well, who wouldn't?

>> I wonder what on earth's keeping him.

>> I've got to go down the corner. I'll be

back in a minute.

>> Well, now, don't be long cuz Eddie'll be

here any minute now.

>> Sure.

All right, look, Eddie.

Hi, Eddie.

Hello.

Eddie.

I want to talk to you.

>> What's up, Tommy?

>> Your mother's waiting for you at home.

>> Oh, gee, I can't go now.

>> What do you mean you can't? Do you know

what day this is? It's your birthday,

you lug. And she's baked a nice big cake

for you. Come on, let's go.

>> Yeah, but I can't. I got a job to do

tonight.

>> Here?

You mean you're working for Hern?

>> Well, yeah, he wants me to do something

for him.

>> Well, why don't you be smart, Eddie?

Hern will get you into nothing but

trouble. Let's go.

>> Come on, Eddie, it's your shot.

>> Hey, what is it, your nursemaid?

>> Why don't you keep your trap shut?

>> Well, now, why don't you try and make

me?

>> I don't fight in joints like this.

>> Oh, yellow, huh?

>> Yeah.

>> Come on, Tommy, cut it out.

>> Hey, somebody call the law.

>> Now let's fight. Get out of here, you.

Go on.

>> All right, let me get my hat.

Coming, Eddie?

Okay.

>> How many times have I got to tell you to

stop this rough stuff in here?

>> Hey, I'd like to see you a minute, Earn.

>> Come on in, Al.

Well, what's on your mind?

>> Say, how about getting a couple bucks?

>> Why come to me?

>> Well, I'm working for you, ain't I?

>> What?

Four old tires off of some college boy's

flivver?

>> If I make a buck on them, I'm lucky.

Well, that's the kind of junk you

wanted.

>> Not anymore.

>> Say, what do you want?

>> Well, a good fur coat might make you 50

bucks.

>> Where do I get the coat?

>> Okay.

Al, Knuckles is going on the job

tonight.

Tell him about the skylight.

>> Okay.

>> Eddie's going with him.

>> Good.

>> Look, Knuckles, I want to show you

something.

>> Yeah.

>> You know that warehouse on 8th Street?

>> Yeah.

>> Well, look, here's that stairway in the

back, see?

>> Eddie?

Eddie isn't home yet.

I can't understand what's keeping him.

>> Well, I just ran into him down at the

corner.

>> What's the matter with him? Nothing,

dear. Nothing at all.

>> Uh he uh

He got a job.

>> Well, can't it keep till morning?

>> No, he said that it was very important

and he had to work tonight.

>> Tonight?

Well, of course I I couldn't wish for a

better birthday present than a good job

for Eddie.

>> I'll tell you what.

We'll play like it's my birthday. Then

we can celebrate Eddie's tomorrow, huh?

Sure, then there'll be two parties

instead of one.

>> Well, that'll be fine.

>> Then look, after dinner I'll treat and

I'll take you to the movies, huh, Mom?

>> That's the first time you've ever called

me mother.

>> Oh.

It just slipped. I wasn't thinking.

>> Then don't be thinking any other way,

Tommy.

After all, you know, I have been a

mother to you for a good many years.

>> I guess that makes me about the luckiest

guy in the world.

>> Awfully nice of you to say that, Tommy.

You know, sometimes

sometimes I think you're more of a son

to me

than my own Eddie.

>> Ah. Now, yes, ma'am. Be seated. Very,

very best ringside table. You can see

the floor show and everything here. Sit

right down. That's fine. Now, what can I

get for you, madam?

>> Go on with you. Stop your talking. Let

me take up the dinner.

>> Oh, no, you don't. Tonight is your night

out.

I'll take care of it.

>> [laughter]

>> Ow!

>> Oh, look out there.

>> My God.

>> Tommy, turn off those lights. Hey,

what's up? What are you doing?

>> Turn off the lights. I'm in a jam.

>> What kind of a jam?

Whose car is that? Where'd you get it?

What's in it?

>> Oh, I didn't know it'd be this way. They

talked me into it.

>> Talked you into what?

>> We broke into a fur loft tonight. This

stuff's out there in that car.

>> You get that car out of here.

>> I can't. The cops are after me.

>> Oh, that's fine. Then you want them to

trace it to your mother's house, huh?

>> I don't know what to do.

What are you going to do?

>> I don't want them tracing that car here

to your mother's house. I'll take it out

of town and ditch it someplace. Give me

the keys.

>> But I can't. Herman wants that stuff.

>> Now, give me those keys.

Give me.

Come on.

>> You're crazy. You're sticking your neck

out. That car is hot.

>> I know it. But you think I want your

mother to find out about this thing?

>> Mr. Hearn, Mr. Hearn, they grabbed

Nuckles. They got him.

>> Where's the stuff?

>> Eddie's got it in the car we picked up

over on Eighth Street.

>> Well, where is he?

>> I don't know.

>> You boys will have to get out of town

for a while.

>> But gee, we have

>> Never mind that. What will our folks

say? Never mind.

>> But how will we go?

>> Can we take the sedan?

>> What? Have a trace to me.

Go down to the yards and grab a freight.

Get off at your first stop. Pick up a

car and drive to the next town. Then

pick up another car. Let me know where

you are. I'll tell you when to come

back. Here, take this and get going.

Al, find out where that American is.

>> Right.

>> What about it, Milo? You going to help

us?

>> I ain't got nothing to say.

>> You've nothing to say? Is that it?

Milo, your conduct here, your record of

prior arrest, label you as a hardened

criminal, a vicious young hoodlum.

You still refuse to name the other boys

who engaged with you in this crime?

Ryan?

Step forward.

What about you, Ryan?

You got anything to say?

If you have,

now is the time to talk.

What is it, young man?

Are you mixed up in this case?

>> Well, no, sir. I'm just here with my

mother.

>> Oh, yes. Ryan lived with you, didn't he?

>> Yes, and a finer lad never

>> Please.

You may talk later, if you wish.

Ryan,

I had a hopes that you were going to

assist the law,

that you'd realize what you'd done, that

you were sorry, and that you're going to

do everything to help us by telling us

who the other boys were.

You've never been in trouble before.

You've got a good record.

You're not helping these boys by your

silence.

They're going to get away with this, and

they'll keep on. They'll become

criminals.

You will have helped them to become so.

This persistent silence on your part

leaves me no alternative.

There's nothing to justify any leniency.

I'm forced to let the law take its

course.

You will have to pay for the crime that

you committed.

>> Oh, Tommy. Tommy.

>> You may talk to the boy now, if you

wish. This is not a regular court of

law.

>> Tommy,

there's nothing to be afraid of,

darling.

The judge only wants to help you.

We all want to help you.

I I don't know how you ever got into

this.

But I know it wasn't all your fault.

You must talk, Tommy. You must.

For your own sake.

For all our sakes.

Oh, Tommy. Please, Tommy. Please.

>> Then I have no choice.

I'm going to send you both to the state

industrial school until you're 21.

>> Tommy.

>> [laughter]

>> It's all right, Mom.

Hello, Eddie.

>> Hello, Tommy.

Mom said you wanted to see me.

>> Yeah.

How is she?

>> Well, she's all right. She feels kind of

bad, of course.

>> Sure. And not half as bad as you would

have if it was you.

Now look, Eddie, I want you to get this.

I don't remember my mother.

The only mother I know is yours.

And I'm not going to let anybody break

her heart.

Now look,

I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it

for her.

And you better treat her nice.

Or else I'll talk. I'll tell them

everything.

I'll tell them who was driving the car.

I'll tell them about her and

and you know what'll happen to you.

Now look, you go out and find yourself a

job. And bring your dough home, too, and

stay home at night.

Take her to a movie once in a while.

You get that, Eddie?

>> Yeah, Tommy, right. I'll do that. You

better. And the most important thing is

stay away from her.

Stay out of that pool hall.

What happened to the other two?

>> I don't know.

>> Eddie.

You remember what I told you.

>> How about the Ryan kid?

>> He hasn't squawked yet.

>> I don't get it.

>> Why hello, Lucky.

>> That's right, Hearn. I am lucky. That's

why I'm getting out.

>> What do you mean?

>> Just what I said. I'm getting out. I got

a job in a gas station.

>> Uh-uh.

You're walking out on me.

Leaving me flat.

>> Well, I got to take care of my mother.

Tommy ain't here anymore.

>> Well, what about me?

Spike and Pete have run out on me.

Knuckles gone up to the reform school.

I said, "What am I going to do?"

>> Well, I don't know, but I'm quitting.

>> I don't know, you're not.

You're not quitting. You're in and

you're going to stay.

>> I'm quitting, I tell you.

>> We'll see about that.

Take it easy, kid. Things aren't going

to be as bad as you think. Unless you

want to make it so.

>> Boy, we sure are traveling in style.

Think they'll have the brass band out to

meet us?

>> Sure.

>> See, I told you. It's a swell joint.

>> You've been in before?

>> Where you going?

>> Going to drink a water.

>> Sit down. I'll get it for you.

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.

>> Listen to me, guys. I'm only going up

there to get out of this place as I can,

see?

They're not going to keep me locked up

in no joint like that for 3 years.

>> Smart, huh?

>> What are you

>> Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Don't wait a minute.

>> Better save it till you meet Barnes.

You'll need it.

>> Barnes? Who's he?

>> You'll find out. Go on, sit down.

>> I take any orders

>> Sit down.

>> If you behave yourselves and obey the

rules, you'll get along all right here.

We don't make it any harder than we have

to.

Is that correct, Mr. Barnes?

>> Yes, sir.

>> And you, get rid of that gum.

You'll have regular study periods and

we'll assign you to the work we think

you're best fitted for.

You can learn a trade here.

We want to help you all we can. But we

expect you to help yourselves.

Is that clear?

>> I think we understand each other.

Take over, Mr. Barnes.

>> Come along.

>> Barnes.

Where are

>> Outside.

Yes, sir.

>> All

>> Ryan boy and Malone.

They're pals.

Keep them out of the same dormitory.

We've had trouble enough here without

having two of their kind stirring up

more.

>> There won't be any trouble, Mr. Keen, if

you just let me handle them my way.

>> I hadn't had a chance to talk to you

yet, Tommy, but you're okay. You know

Kern ain't going to forget this.

>> Skip it.

>> Come on, buck up, kid.

Things aren't going to be as tough as

you thought.

>> Not for him.

>> Hey, what do I have to do to right that

job?

>> I'm afraid we've known him longer than

we have you.

>> Big shots, too, Jan.

I don't like his face.

>> You don't, eh?

Well, that's just too bad.

You're going to see a lot of my face

before you get out of here. And another

thing, you're not starting out to make

it any too easy for yourself.

>> But he wasn't talking about you.

>> Who asked you?

Cocky kid, aren't you, Ryan?

>> No, sir, but he was talking about

>> Shut up, and wipe that frown off your

face. You, take these kids over to the

doctor.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Come on, get going.

Fine bunch of hoodlums.

All of a kind.

>> That must be disciplining to you, Mr.

Bond.

>> Huh?

>> Except that there are five of them.

That'll be one more for you to reform.

>> Anything wrong, Doc?

>> Malnutrition.

>> Malnut-

Gee, I wonder how I caught that.

>> I imagine from missing three squares a

day, but we'll fix that. All right,

Ryan.

Well, according to your charts, you were

You're an athlete in school.

No wonder you're in good shape.

Do you ever play ball?

>> Not with cops, hey Tommy?

>> You speaking for yourself?

>> Yeah, he's speaking for himself, doc.

Listen, Knuckles. I can do my own

talking, I'll get that straight from the

start, see?

Yeah, sure doc, I played ball.

>> So did I.

It might not be a bad idea for Knuckles

to try it sometime.

Something else I want you to get

straight, Knuckles.

And all of you.

I'm not your jailer. I'm here to help

you, any way that I can.

>> Save the oil, doc.

>> The only kind of oil we dish out around

here comes in bottles. Would you like

some?

>> Gee, doc, I was only kidding.

I used to play ball myself.

>> I thought you'd remember.

>> Well, you through with the ball game?

>> Yeah.

Take these boys over the storeroom,

Johnny.

>> Yes, sir.

>> All right, hurry it up.

>> Come on, you guys.

Come on, step on it.

>> You know, doc,

you got the wrong idea babying these

kids. They're in here because they got

it coming to them.

>> Yeah, and you're the one that sees that

they get it, aren't you, Bonds?

>> That's my job, Owens.

None of these kids have anything that

can't be cured.

The Miller kid, for instance.

No wonder he's in trouble, he's half

starved.

I checked that Johnson boy's lungs again

today.

He's got to get to a sanitarium.

>> Yeah, sure.

>> I'll tell the superintendent.

>> Never mind, I'll tell him.

You're new here, doc. You sure got a lot

to learn.

>> That's right.

>> Oh, hello, doctor.

Hello.

How are you this morning?

>> Fine, Miss Powell.

>> Well, you don't look it. You sure you

don't need one of your own pills?

>> I hope I'm not beginning to look like

everybody else around here. Where is the

superintendent?

>> No, he went to see the governor.

>> You mind taking a note to him?

Tell him that in my opinion, that

Johnson boy should be sent to the

sanitarium immediately.

And the other four boys that were just

brought in, they all belong on the farm.

They need fresh air and plenty of it.

>> You take this job around here pretty

seriously, don't you, doctor?

>> No, I just feel kind of sorry for some

of these kids.

>> Well, I don't see any of them sprouting

wings or a halo yet.

>> You've been around here too long.

You're acting as tough as Burns.

You know down deep in your heart you

don't like the way things are run around

here any more than I do.

>> Well, I don't let that interfere with

holding down my job.

And that might be a tip to you, doctor.

>> Thanks.

But I'd sure like to give some of these

little beggars a break.

>> Take it easy, doctor. You'll be running

a temperature.

>> Miss Charwell, you're a hopeless cynic,

but I like you.

>> Oh, doctor.

>> How are you, Johnny?

>> Hey, what are we supposed to do anyhow?

>> I don't know. They sent us down to help

these guys clean out the corral. Come

on.

Hey, Joey.

Look, I remember I planted that the

second day I was here. Look at it now.

>> Sure takes a heap of growing pains to

make a helping of salad. Those are the

ones I planted over there.

>> Those?

Ah, go on. You might have better than

that. Hey, what do you know about

farming anyway?

>> Don't you know his old man used to

peddle tomatoes?

Boy, look at that big one. What a family

he's going to raise.

>> Yeah, well, it's a cinch they're not

getting any younger. Neither are we.

>> I don't know how much longer it's going

to be before those things pay off.

>> What's the matter, Joey? You in a hurry?

>> Yeah.

>> You said so.

We've been here a whole lot longer than

I thought we'd be.

>> You know, I got sort of a fatherly

interest in these things.

Kind of like to stay around and see how

they pan out.

>> Aren't you figuring on being with us

very long?

>> Don't the other side of the fence look

kind of good to you?

>> I don't know.

Guess I got kind of a fatherly interest

in this stuff myself.

>> Hey, you kids.

Break it up and get some work done.

You.

Get some of these weeds out.

>> Yes, sir.

Hey, what's the big idea?

>> Gee, I'm sorry. I I was just tossing

them over my shoulder and I guess I

wasn't thinking where they were going. I

hope I didn't hurt you.

Gosh, I got you all dirty, didn't I?

>> Well, that's okay.

>> Hey, I didn't know there was any girls

around here.

>> There aren't. I'm on a vacation from

school staying with my uncle.

>> Your uncle?

>> Yeah, he's the superintendent.

>> Oh.

>> But say, say, what are you in here for?

>> What do you want to know for?

>> Was it something exciting? Are you a

gangster? Did you rob a bank?

>> Hey, what do you think I am?

>> Well, you're in here, aren't you?

>> Well, well, I didn't do anything.

>> Oh, I see. You're innocent, huh?

>> Hey, you know, you're kind of fresh.

>> No, I'm not. But when somebody does

something, I like them to own up and

admit they were wrong. Just like my

uncle says, they always say they were

framed.

>> You know, I'm beginning to be glad that

I hit you with those weeds.

>> You did?

>> Dr. Owens wants to see you in his

office.

>> Thanks.

>> Come in.

>> You want to see me?

>> You bet. How's the farmer?

>> Great, doc.

>> Yeah, you're looking. Try the scale.

>> Boy, 128.

>> That's 4 lb better than when you came

in.

>> Gosh, I I guess working out there on the

farm kind of builds you up, huh?

>> Sure it does. That's why I sent for you.

Freddy, drop in on Bill and see what his

temperature is.

>> Yes, sir.

>> You know, Tommy,

you've been making things grow out

there. In the meantime, you've been

growing yourself. Pretty soon, you'll be

ready to leave here.

You kind of got to make up your mind

what you want to do.

Like Well, like farming, maybe.

>> Oh, no, doc. I got a swell job. I drive

a truck. And I was just going to get a

raise and

Well, you know, this thing happened.

>> You want to be a truck driver all your

life?

>> Well, why not? What's the matter with

driving a truck?

>> Oh, nothing.

Only sometimes it takes us quite a while

to make up our minds what we really want

to do.

That's the way it was with Freddy when

he came.

And Freddy's leaving here tomorrow with

the idea that someday he's coming back

to get my job.

>> You mean me? Maybe a doctor?

>> Sure.

>> Fine chance of that.

>> You know, Tommy, I was like you. I came

from the wrong side of the tracks.

I even spent 2 years in a reform school

when I was a kid.

>> You did?

And then then you grew up to be a

doctor.

Boy.

>> Freddy's leaving here tomorrow, and I've

got to get some boy to take his place.

>> Yeah, doc?

>> Some boy that isn't just looking for a

soft job.

>> Oh, I wouldn't be looking a soft job.

Honest, I wouldn't.

>> I don't think you would. And it isn't

soft, Tommy.

A doctor's job can be just as tough as

they come.

I think I can arrange for a transfer.

At least it'll give you a chance to find

out whether it's to be farming or

trucking or medicine or whatever you

want it to be.

>> Oh, gee, Doc, I don't know what to say,

but

>> Well, we'll see how it works out.

>> Gee, thanks.

>> Got another one for you, Doc.

>> Eddie.

>> Hello, Tommy.

>> Oh, two of a kind, eh? What's he doing

here, playing sick?

>> No, I sent for him.

That's all, Tommy.

Get back to work.

I said get back to work.

Go on.

>> Like the new fish.

Let's give him the works.

>> Wait a minute.

You know what?

>> Yeah.

I want to talk to him alone.

>> Okay.

>> Come on, you heard he said.

Start talking.

>> Honest, Tommy, it wasn't my fault.

>> That's what I get for taking a rap for

you.

I ought to let you get what you had

coming to you. At least there'd be

somebody to look after your mother.

Well, WHO'S GOING TO DO IT NOW?

>> I DID WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO, TOMMY. I did.

I didn't do anything wrong.

After what you did for me and Mom, I got

a job working at a gas station.

Everything was going swell. Then one

night, Herbie stuck it out, and the

police said it was an inside job.

They wouldn't believe me, Tommy.

>> Why didn't you tell them it was Herbie?

Why didn't you?

>> Oh, I didn't dare. I was afraid. When I

told Herbie I was quitting, he said he'd

take care of me.

Well, he did.

>> I wish I was out of here.

>> Oh, Herbie'd make a sucker out of you.

>> Yeah, maybe and maybe not. Herbie makes

a sucker out of everybody.

Still wish I was out of here.

>> How do we got to spring those kids?

>> I'm scared of that Eddie. He can't take

it. They start coupling him around, he's

going to stop talking.

>> Yeah?

Whose bright idea to put them up there?

>> Never mind that.

I need Knuckles. I want you to spring

him.

>> What are you telling me for? You're the

big brains.

>> You're going up to that school, see

Knuckles and Frame.

>> I got to stick my neck out, eh?

>> You got to tell me I'm Knuckles' cousin

or something.

>> Look, Eddie went up there without

squealing.

>> Can't you figure out what's going to

happen when that Ryan kid finds himself

up in that reformatory with him?

He took the rap to keep Eddie out of it.

Now he's going to squeal his head off.

I want those two kids out of there one

way or another, and it's up to you to

fix it.

Get a hold of Spike and Pete. They're

back in town.

>> Oh, that way.

>> Sure.

Where's the road map?

>> Okay.

>> Take those blankets back to the stock

room and meet me in the infirmary.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Tommy,

you got to believe me. What I told you

was true.

Wait a minute.

I didn't get a chance to tell you

before, when Hunk and Frame me, he said

if I squealed, he'd do something to my

mother.

He'd better not.

Now listen, you keep your mouth shut.

Don't talk to anybody, understand?

I got to figure this thing out.

>> Hey.

Listen, I just saw Al.

They're springing us tonight.

Herns sending a car to pick us up.

You're with us, ain't you?

I don't know yet.

I'll have to let you know.

We're making a break tonight, Eddie.

You're going with us.

>> Not me. Count me out.

>> Al was here this morning. He was talking

to me. There's going to be a car in the

lane behind the tool shed tonight

waiting for us.

Herns wants us out.

>> Out? What for? So we can be dodging cops

for the rest of our lives?

>> Look, if you do what Herns says,

you'll be smart.

>> What Herns says? Sound like a tape.

>> Stop.

>> [screaming]

>> Yes, what is it you want?

>> They sent me over from the farm to get

this fixed. It's It's broke.

>> You wait here.

>> Say, it's a great place you got here.

And I thought I wanted to be a farmer.

>> You wait over there by the door.

>> Shape this handle down to fit.

Get that down inside a little more off

the top edge.

>> Joey, Eddie's going with us tonight.

Ain't you, Eddie?

>> Uh

Interesting, ain't it?

Sure learned a lot of things.

>> Yes, so am I.

Pick it up.

>> Who, me?

>> Pick it up.

What do you know about this, O'Meara?

>> Nothing. I never saw it before.

>> I suppose you never saw it before, you

did O'Meara?

>> No, sir.

>> I don't know anything about it. I work

on the farm.

>> Well, so you won't be lonely, you can

come along, too. The three of you.

Come on.

Oh, sit down.

You ain't that being smart, O'Meara.

You know we make things pretty easy here

for the right guys.

Give yourself a break.

Who was the ring leader?

>> I tell you, I don't know.

>> Tommy Ryan?

>> No. No.

>> I don't give me that stuff. You're all

from the same gang.

That key was made for the farm gate.

Ryan put you up to it, didn't he?

Come on, answer me.

>> No, I told you we don't know anything

about it.

>> All right, O'Meara.

You're only making it tough for

yourself.

>> Why, this dump sure ain't improved none

since the last time I was here.

Look,

you still got my initials on the wall.

All I want is the initials of the guy

that snitched on us.

Maybe someday I could carve them.

>> Why, you don't have to stand there

looking at me like that.

I didn't tell them anything.

>> Wouldn't be smart if you did. You know

what I mean, don't you, Eddie?

>> Well, let's not getting us out of here.

Boy, that lawyer you said was waiting

for us

>> sure going to have a long wait.

>> Maybe.

>> Back up that grand kid all you want to,

Doc. I tell you he wasn't in on the

play.

>> I'll stake my life Tommy had nothing to

do with it.

>> All right, then Little Studio is

probably planning the whole thing.

>> That's all, Tommy. Put everything away.

>> Yes, sir.

Well, I

I suppose you won't want me hanging

around anymore.

>> What makes you think that?

>> I heard what Barnes said.

>> Oh, then you know about it. You were

going with him.

>> No.

>> You knew about it all the time. You

wouldn't let those kids stick their

necks out. Not tell a soul. Not even me.

You didn't have enough decency, enough

heart to protect your little pal, Eddie.

The kid you used to live with.

>> I didn't know he was in on it. I told

him to stay out of it.

>> I had a lot of hopes for you, Tommy.

I thought you really wanted to make

something out of yourself, and I was

going to help you all I could.

>> What do you want me to be, a stool

pigeon?

>> No, not a stool pigeon, but I thought

you cared enough about those kids to

help them, to protect them against

themselves.

Well, I guess you're all alike.

>> I can get in the infirmary.

>> I guess that washes us up, huh, Doc?

Yeah, that washes us up.

>> Hello.

>> Hello, Doc.

You better come over right away. Amara's

feeling pretty bad.

>> I'll be right over.

Get my bag.

>> Seems your pal Eddie needs a little

medical attention. I guess Barnes tried

to get the truth out of him, too.

It'll probably do you a lot of good to

get a look at him.

>> He's in here, Doc.

>> Matter, Eddie? Where does it hurt?

>> My back, Doc.

>> Give me that flash. I can't see a thing.

>> I got it.

>> Nice going, Tommy.

>> Oh, no, you don't, Doc. You two, get

over there.

>> Don't be a fool.

>> Shut up.

Come on, Nuckles, what are we waiting

for? You, too.

Come on.

>> Say anything?

>> No.

>> Here comes somebody. Flash your lights.

Go on. Get going.

Return prisoner on a farm. There's some

clothes there on the seat.

Come on. Step on it, buddy.

>> All cars, be on the lookout for two boys

from State Reformatory, headed south on

Black Sedan.

>> Say, can you just quick go any faster?

>> What do you think I'm doing?

>> Tough break for Joey, huh?

>> Yeah. Yeah, it might have been you.

Hi, Al.

>> Hello, kid. Say, the boss will be glad

to see you.

>> Hey, look who's here.

>> Hi, boss.

>> Hi, Al. And look who's

>> Surprise, huh?

>> You said it.

>> And we got in a jam.

Ryan stepped in here and helped make the

getaway.

>> What happened to Eddie?

>> What do you want with that

double-crossing little rat, huh?

I did a stretch for him.

>> Did it keep him out of trouble?

>> Nah. No, let him get what he's got

coming to him.

>> Oh, so you figure he's getting what he's

got coming to him, eh?

What did he tell you about that?

>> Nothing. The guy played me for a sap.

Said he was taking a rap for you.

>> Yeah?

>> That's the

>> Eddie taking a rap for anybody.

>> You changed your mind about a lot of

things all of a sudden, didn't you, kid?

>> Why not?

>> You said yourself you weren't getting

any younger up at that dump.

>> All right, so what if I wasn't in on the

break with Knuckles? They tried to sweat

it out of him that I was.

>> So what?

>> So what's the percentage playing on the

level with guys that won't let you?

>> There's a lot of percentage for guys who

play on the level with me.

>> That's the way I see it.

>> Sure.

Should have seen it a long time ago,

kid.

Now look,

you boys are going to stay here tonight.

We're going to pull off a couple of

quick jobs.

Then you beat it to Kansas City and lay

low until the heat's off. I'll take care

of that.

>> Thanks, Earn.

You won't need that rod till tomorrow.

>> What rod?

>> The one you took from the guard,

remember?

>> Well, you're doing all right for a

beginner. Let's have a look.

You've got what it takes, son.

You and me are going to get along all

right.

>> You bet we are.

>> I'll take care of this until tomorrow.

You'll have plenty of time to hang.

>> Yeah.

>> Get going.

Nice kid you vouched for, Doc.

He'd have plugged you in a flash if

you'd have made a move.

Where's the superintendent?

>> He's going north to try to explain to

the prison board.

If you'd have let me lock him up as I

wanted to with the rest of them, this

wouldn't have happened.

>> Hello.

>> There's a long distance telephone call

for you, Doctor, but they won't give

their name. You want to talk?

All right. I'll connect you.

Go ahead.

Is that you, Doc?

>> Tommy, can you talk?

I've got a line on the whole gang that

framed Eddie and the ones that got me

into my jam.

>> Yes, yes. Go on, kid.

>> They're going to pull a job tonight that

I'm supposed to beat it.

I'll meet you in the filling station at

87th and Norton.

You tell Eddie that I said he was the

top.

>> No, no, stupid. You got the wrong

number.

>> I hear you.

Boys, this is Tommy Ryan. Going to drive

one of the cars for you.

Hello, long distance. Where did that

call come from?

Yes, yes.

>> Don't you see, Doc? I had to do it. I

know you thought I was a rat, but it's

the only way I could ever square things.

Eddie got into a jam and I took the rap

for him. And when he tried to go

straight, well, they framed me. Oh,

don't you understand, Doc? I had to do

it.

>> I think I understand, kid.

>> It's the only way Eddie and I could ever

get clear.

Now, look, Doc. You know the layout and

well, I'll be seeing you.

>> Right, Tommy.

What are you so jittery about, Ryan?

>> Oh, nothing. It's my first job, ain't

it?

>> Hey, there she is.

Okay, the road's all clear. Step on it,

kid.

>> Well, what are you waiting for, Ryan?

>> Uh nothing.

>> Then step on it.

Cop!

>> Come on, step on it.

Come on, faster.

>> This is the place.

>> You two men go at that door. Mike, come

with me.

You got him, buddy?

Where's Hearn?

>> I'll bite. Where is he?

>> Oh, tough, eh? All right, boys.

Come on, get out.

>> Hey, what's the matter with you?

>> Just being smart.

>> Come on, get in there.

>> Knuckles.

>> Yeah, coppers. They were laying for us.

>> Go on, ask him who framed it.

>> Better stop talking, kid.

>> Fast.

>> Come on, talk.

>> Come on, Hearn. We got to get out of

here.

>> Hear what I said?

>> You stay here, Doc. If Hearn's in there,

we've got him.

>> The cops They're all over the place. We

haven't got a chance.

>> Come on out or we're coming after you.

>> Take it easy, copper.

We got your stool pigeon in here.

I'll give you just 1 minute, Han.

>> Wait a minute. He's got Tommy in there.

>> Go on, open up.

>> Take it easy, it's Tommy.

>> All right, hold it, boys.

All right, kid, make for that car.

That's all for you, Han. Come on, get

up.

>> Tommy.

How are we doing, Doc?

>> Swell, kid.

>> Mom.

What's that?

>> Nothing, nothing at all.

>> Oh, come on now, Mom. Let me see,

please.

>> Nothing at all.

>> Oh, boy, Mom.

>> No.

>> Oh, gee, Mom, you're sweet.

>> Well, I'd die before I'd forget you,

darling.

If only Eddie were here now.

>> Now, don't you worry about him. He's

fine. He'll be here any day now.

>> Wait till you see the fine dinner I've

got for the two of us.

>> Two birthdays in one year? Boy, that's

something. Remember last time I had

Eddie's for him.

>> That's right. Now, you set the table and

I'll take up the dinner.

>> What are we having, Mom?

>> Well, I was going to have corned beef

and cabbage.

But then I thought that'd be kind of

commonplace for a birthday.

>> Oh, sure, this is a special occasion.

So, what are we having?

>> Corned beef and cabbage.

>> [laughter]

>> Corned beef and cabbage.

>> Oh, Andy.

>> [laughter]

>> There's a birthday present for you.

>> And okay, too, Doc.

>> We got to the parole board this morning.

>> It's well.

>> Hey, wait a minute, you two. Whose

birthday is this, anyhow?

>> Oh, happy birthday, Tommy.

>> Oh, gee. Gee, thanks, Eddie.

>> That's one of those double-duty ties.

See, it matches my shirt, too.

>> You have Well, just let me catch you

wearing [laughter] it.

>> Oh, Doc, I don't know how I can ever

thank you for bringing my two boys back

to me.

>> It's all right.

>> Hey, Doc, it's his birthday.

>> Yeah, I know, fellas. Now, WAIT A

MINUTE.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOC.

>> ONE.

>> TWO.

>> THREE.

>> FOUR.

>> FIVE.

>> SIX.

>> SEVEN.

>> EIGHT.

>> [music]