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[mellow music]

[tapping baton]

Come on.

Move along. On your way.

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[boat horn toots]

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[ball thudding]

- Hi, boys.
- Hi, Spit.

So he said they want to come
down and fight our gang, see

but they got a guy
with his leg broke bad

and maybe he can't go around
on account of poison.

So I says for him to shut up
because we got a guy with T.B.

so that makes us even.

Hey, that's you
I was talkin' about. You.

- Hi.
- Hi, Spit.

Kinda early, ain't it?

Ain't too early for the old man

to wash the booze
out of his mouth.

So I says we fight 'em anyway,
and Tommy's the leader

so he should come down and
make up the fight with Tommy.

Who says Tommy's the leader?

Who says? We all says.

- Aw, you dog!
- What's the matter?

I'll push you
right in the river.

Yeah? Try it.

- Don't be a wise guy.
- 'Hey!'

How many times
do I have to tell you?

[spits]

Hey, look it.
Get a load of that.

Hey, what's that?

It's the new kid
moved on the block.

Boy, we could fix him fine, huh?

- Yeah.
- And how.

- Hey, Dip.
- Cut it out, will ya?

Uh, how much longer shall we
have to use this entrance?

I'm sorry, sir. The other street
will be repaired in a few days.

Yes, but I can't even get my car
through this street.

- No, sir.
- Oh, it's alright.

It is not alright.

Good morning, sir.

That's what you see
from the terrace.

- Oh, they're sweet.
- Yes, at a distance.

[groans]

[blabbering]

- Don't worry about it.
- Come on.

[groans]
They stuffed him
like something dead.

Hey, lady, does he smell?

[laughing]

Hello.

Oh, coochie-coochie-coochie.

[blabbering]

Hmm.

[blows horn]

Bonjour,Philip.

[speaking in foreign language]

Oh, alright.

En francais, Philip,
en francais.

Oui, mademoiselle.

Unh-unh. Unh-unh.

Tommy.

It's gonna hurt the material,
it's gonna be all worn out

washing and ironing it
all the time.

Drina, I don't need no shirt.

What's the matter with this?
I'm late.

Late for what?
For those no-good kids?

For playing in the street
all day?

Alright, so you'll be late,
late for not workin'.

Everybody's always asking
what your sister's doing

going on strike. They say you--

The next time
those busybodies ask you

what I'm striking for
you tell them it's for money

that's coming to me
for hard work.

That $3.50 extra a week would
get you out of these streets

for one thing.

If you think any of us like
walking up and down all day

carrying signs and worrying how
we're going to eat the next day

you're crazy.

And don't you go around
being ashamed of what I do.

Alright. Okay.

Something must be the matter
with you. You get so mad..

[door slams]

Good mornin'.
Hot, isn't it?

Gonna be a scorcher.

It came early this year,
didn't it?

[Drina]
'Certainly did.'

Drina, you were late last night.
That's why Dave didn't wait.

'He didn't know whether
you were comin' home or not.'

I wasn't very late.
Just a few minutes late.

He used to wait for me.
But now..

She doesn't mean
anything to him.

It's just they started talking
like one day.

Why don't you speak to him,
Drina?

I couldn't do that.
I haven't any right to.

I wouldn't anyway.

[indistinct chatter]

- Hey!
- Alright.

[Tommy]
Hiya, fellas.
Hiya, Angel.

- Hiya, Tommy.
- Hey.

That's the new kid
moved on the block, ain't it?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, that slug.

Hey, you!

- Yeah, you.
- Come on!

Get up here. Hurry up.

Come on, lift it around.
We ain't got all day.

Hey. You're new kid
moved on the block, ain't you?

Yeah.

- What's your name?
- Milton.

- You wanna belong to this gang?
- Yeah, sure.

You got any dough?
You gotta be initiated.

- I got three cents.
- Gimme it.

- Give it over.
- Come on.

Don't hold out.
Get it up. Get it up.

- It's all you got?
- Yeah.

- Sure?
- Honest.

- Search him.
- You don't have to.

Shut up, you.

If you wanna belong to this gang
you gotta have a quarter, see?

A quarter? Where am I
gonna get a quarter from?

- From your old lady.
- She won't give me no quarter.

Well, you know where
she keeps her dough, don't you?

Gimme back my three cents.
I don't wanna hang out with you.

- Unh-unh.
- Can it, will you, Moe?

[indistinct chatter]

[Milton]
'Gimme back my three cents!'

I want my money back.
Come on.

[Tommy whistling]

Come on, gimme back
my three cents.

- You want your three cents?
- Yeah.

Ah, give him his three cents.

[indistinct yelling]

Boys, get that out!
Let go of it!

[all clamoring]

Stop it!
Get away! Get away, boys!

Stop it! Get out of here!

Go on! Get out of here!

- Tommy, come here!
- Ah, scram, will ya?

What are you doing,
watching life in the slums?

Is it funny?
Why didn't you stop them?

Lady, you're scaring me.

[Milton coughing]

- Are you hurt?
- They took my three cents!

- Tommy!
- I ain't got it.

- 'You?'
- Not me. Don't look at me.

- 'You?'
- I ain't got it.

Go on.
Give it back to her, Spit.

- Yeah.
- Come on. Quick.

- Oh, shut up.
- I'll crack you.

Then I'll sock you
where it won't do you so much..

[clamoring]

No dame gonna smack me first
and get away with it.

- Give her that dough!
- What for?

Give her that dough
or I'll have to smack you!

I can do my own fighting.
I don't need your help. Come on.

Give her that dough.

[Milton shuddering]

Here. Come on.

You look like a nice kid.
Stay away from them.

- They're no good.
- Yes, ma'am.

It was a good fight. Too bad
it couldn't go to the finish.

Tough kids.

[knocking on window]

- You like?
- Sure, what's it mean?

He doesn't care what it means.

He saw it on Park Avenue
so he thinks

if he puts it up, he'll get
trade from our rich neighbors.

I ran up to your place last
night, but you hadn't come home.

Kay, uh, Kay Burton and I

'went over to the park,
listened to music.'

'I wanted you to come along
and meet her.'

I was late.
Very late.

Who are the choir boys?

I don't know.

That short one looks familiar.

We had a strike meeting
last night.

I thought I told you.

I was telling Kay about you

how when you, as a kid, and
I used to come home from school

'and tell you everything
I'd learned that day.'

'I was telling her
what a swell girl you were'

'and how hard you've worked.'

There.

Picketing all day
is hard on the shoes.

The paper keeps 'em
from wearing out.

'It may save the shoes,
but it's hard on the feet.'

I ain't complaining.

When I think of the other people
who are striking

most of them with big families..

I've only got Tommy and me
to worry about.

- What's the matter, Drina?
- Nothing. Nothing.

[screams]

[clamoring]

Boy, ain't that something?

You should've seen
what used to be there.

What for?
I don't want to even see it now.

I don't wanna hear you
say it every minute.

Nobody knows us, so shut up.

- Hiya, Dave.
- Hiya, T.B.

Come on, Dippy.
Let's see you dive in.

Okay, okay, I'm goin'.

Look at me, look at me.
I'm divin'. A blackjack!

[Spit]
'Get someone to knock you in.'

I'm comin', I'm comin'.
Only my head acts funny.

Aw, get out and let me alone.
I'll go in.

Get out of here, will ya?

- Hey, kid.
- What?

You got sense enough
to run an errand?

Sure, where?

What are you doing? I'll go.

418, third floor, second door.

Tell the old lady there
a friend wants to see her.

Okay. 418. Okay.

I know you, don't I?

No.

- Why, you're--
- He said no, didn't he?

Why, you're Martin.
Baby Face Martin.

My name is Johnson, get it?

Johnson.

Sure.

And my name is Dave Connell.

Remember me?

I used to be one of the gang
of kids here...Johnson.

Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

You weren't such a bad kid.

Still good at keepin' your lips
buttoned up?

Depends on how good you are
keeping your hands buttoned up.

Ah, don't worry.
I ain't lookin' for trouble.

What are you gonna do about him?

Nothin'. Nothin'
as long as he shuts up.

And he'll shut up.

Had your face fixed up?

Yeah.

Been readin' about me
in the papers, huh?

Go on over and try that address
in Brooklyn

see if you can find her.

And get something for your
nerves while you're over there.

Go on, beat it.

I'm sending him over
for Francey.

- Remember Francey?
- Francey?

Yeah. She was my girl
when we was kids.

Oh, yeah, I remember.

- Nice kid.
- Yeah, you bet.

They don't make 'em
no better than Francey, I know.

You ain't seen her around here
lately, have you?

No. She moved away
a long time ago.

Well, you're gettin' to be
quite a headliner, huh?

All over the newspapers.

Should you be around here?

I ain't here. I'm out West.

I got kind of a yen to see
my old lady...and Francey.

You know, I ain't seen my mother
in ten years

not since the day
I come out of reform school.

You've come a long way
since then.

Killed eight men.

What are you trying to do?
Tell me off, you..

No. I guess I'm just jealous
'cause you got away from here.

Yeah, far away.

What's your racket?

Me? I'm an architect.
Build houses.

'That is, I would
if I could find any to build.'

You don't say.

An architect?

To build houses?

You went to high school, huh?

Yeah, and to college, too,
for six years.

I worked like a dog at anything
I could to get enough--

An architect.

Well, you was always smarter
than the other slobs, Dave.

Maybe it was worth it.

You must be
into big dough now, huh?

[chuckles]
Yeah, it was well worth it.

I've been painting for Pascagli.

He's gonna give me
25 bucks for it.

It's the first dough I've earned
in a long time.

[laughs]

Six years you work in a college
and all you get out of it

is hand-outs.
That's a good one.

Well, I'm glad
I ain't like you saps.

Starving and freezing for what?

Peanuts.
I got mine. I took it.

The fat of the land
I'm living off of.

Now, look, silk. 20 bucks.

Custom-tailored.
150 bucks.

- And dames..
- Ever get scared?

Me? What of?
You can't live forever.

Well, I don't know.

Sometimes I get the jitters

and sometimes I get
a terrific yen to stay put.

But the eight guys
won't let you--

Quit talkin' about
the eight guys

or there's gonna be nine of 'em.

You and I ain't gonna be friends
anymore like we used to

hear me?

I wanna see Francey.
I wonder what she's doing.

I bet she got married, huh?

Nah.

Maybe she died.

Nah, not Francey.

She had too much sense.

Hey, fellas, look what's here!

[whooping]

Hey, where'd ya get the suit?

All fixed up fancy like a mutt.

- Nah. Maybe they're brothers.
- Hey, what are you?

- 'A boy or a girl?'
- 'He's a girl, can't you see?'

- I'm a man!
- You're a what?

[clamoring]

- A wise guy, huh?
- Sure!

I can name all the presidents
of the United States, can you?

So what? I bet the cream puff
can't even swim.

[Philip]
That's how much you know.

We have a pool in there
and an instructor

and I go in swimming every day.

A pool in the house?
Ah, baloney.

Let's see you swim.

[Philip]
'In there? It's dirty.'

- Dirty?
- Dirty? Dirty. He says dirty.

He says it's dirty.
I'll sock 'em.

Hey, what's that junk you got
in your mouth like a horse?

This? It's a brace
to make my teeth straight.

What? I could do that
with one wallop.

[laughs]

You just try.
My uncle is Judge Griswald.

Yeah? Did ya ever hear
of Judge Perkins?

He's a friend of mine, see?

He sent me
to reform school once.

Why don't ya come down here?
You're afraid to?

I'm not afraid.
I'm not afraid of anything.

Alright, then, come on down

if you're not afraid
of anything.

Alright, I will.

- Yeah?
- Well..

I think, and I think,
and I think

and I can't remember the number.

Then I remember the house,
but then I forget the floor.

But I try all the bells,
but whatever she is

she ain't there. Huh?

Nothin' for nothin', kid.

That's a fine thing
to do to a kid.

A fine thing, a fine thing.

If my big brother was here,
you wouldn't do that.

Bang you on the head,
that's what he'd do.

Bust your nose and give you
a blinker, that's what.

[Tommy]
Hey, Dippy.

Hey, Sharpie, come here.

Alright.

- 'Hey, hey, hey.'
- Watch it, boys.

- What's the matter here?
- Oh!

It's those horrible children.
I see them from above.

Philip didn't want to wait
for me, Mr. Griswald.

Aw, shut up,
you big bag o' wind.

- You try to hit him--
- Ah!

Go get him the army and navy
for a bodyguard.

Next time,
try hitting them back.

They're your age. If they try
to fight, fight back.

Come here, guys.

Here's how we're gonna get
that lump of mush.

Hey, fellas, watch.
Hey, crumb, duck.

[laughing]

[speaking in foreign language]

[blabbering]

Hey, lady, has your kitchen
stove got diamonds in it

like that kid makes out?

- No.
- Whoo!

- No? No. Ooh.
- Oh! Oh!

Hey, guys, let's grab a dip.

- 'I don't feel like it.'
- Hey, what's that?

- Oh, her? Friend of Dave's.
- No.

Yeah. Comes to see him
all the time.

Hey, wait for me, fellas,
will ya?

[clattering]

- Good morning.
- Good morning. You're late.

- I know. I meant to be.
- Why?

Oh...nothing.

Well, I don't like it
when you're late.

I wish we had
somewhere else to meet.

I had fun last night.

I never knew there were
so many places to go

that didn't cost anything.

I know 'em all.

I always go to the smart places

and have a dull time.

But I had fun with you.

I always have fun with you.

Fun for the first time in years.

- Do you like him?
- Yes, I, I like him.

I was pretty hard up
when I met him

and tired of being hard up.

He's been good to me.

- That's his boat, isn't it?
- Uh-huh.

It's a beauty.

You know, when I was a kid
I used to make boats

and sail them here on the river.

Looks like it's getting ready
to make a trip.

- When?
- I don't know.

I, I don't know.

You'll be going with him,
won't you?

Yes, uh..
No, I don't know.

He wants me to go.
He, he wants to marry me now.

But I'm-I'm not in love
with him.

I haven't even told him I was.

But I'm frightened
of being poor again.

I-I hate what it does to people.

I saw what it did to my family,
and, and to me.

Yes, I don't blame you.

It's something to be scared of.

But..

Look, Kay

I'm to phone Del Block this
afternoon.

That's Carter and Block,
I've been trying to get a job

with them for a long while and..

Well, I left some of my drawings
there, and they liked them.

Well, two of their draftsmen
are going on a vacation.

There might be something.

It wouldn't pay very much, but..

No. Why am I talking like this?

I'm sorry you're going away.

I haven't thought
about the trip much.

I kept pushing it off because..

Well, I suppose because of you.

We've never talked
about ourselves before

but I've thought about us a lot.
Haven't you?

I've tried not to.

- Car's waiting, Miss Burton.
- Oh. Yes. Alright.

Will you know about the job
today?

Yes. I think so. Yes.
Maybe this afternoon.

- Will you wait for me?
- Yes.

[clamoring]

- One, two, three.
- Cut it out!

Get him out of this thing.
Guys, come on.

You want some more,
you little rascal?

- I'll fix your wagon.
- Come on.

Hey.

- Hey!
- What?

Look, if you want, I could
snitch that quarter for you.

Okay, kid.
That'll put you in the gang.

- What's your name?
- Milton.

Anybody gets funny with Milt,
gets funny with me, see.

Come on, kid,
let's see what you can do.

Okay, Tommy, okay.

See, he's a good kid.
He learns fast.

Remember the time
I moved around here?

I was wearin' white socks,
I wouldn't curse.

Youse guys thought
I was a sissy.

- Except me, Tommy.
- Yeah, except you.

Everybody else I had to beat
the pants off of first.

Yep, fellas.
It all comes from learnin'.

Give me three and make 'em good.

- I'll take two.
- Five.

For years, we been telling him
he can't take five.

Five he keeps sayin'.

- Four.
- You can only take three.

Gimme one.

I'm takin' two.

- Hiya, guys.
- Hiya, Tommy.

- Whatcha playin' for?
- Uh, we're just owin' today.

[Tommy]
'Deal me in the next hand, huh?'

- Okay, Ange, what do you do?
- I blow.

- Blow me.
- What do you guys want?

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Get the..
- Get out.

- Blah!
- Go on. Get outta here.

- That crazy brother o' mine.
- Anybody see the rich kid?

Don't worry,
we been on the lookout for him.

Hey, T.B., feel that bump.
Just feel it.

[T.B. whistles]

- Me old man give it to me.
- For what?

For nothin'. Just like that.
For nothin'.

- So he comes in drunk--
- Hey.

- You're not coming up?
- Jean, I can't.

You can't, you can't.
You mean you don't want to.

That's what you mean, isn't it?
Isn't it?

Yes. That's what I do mean.

Yeah, lady.
I guess he ain't comin' up.

Hey, Blondie,
wouldn't I do instead?

[kids laughing]

Oh, go stick your head
in a spittoon.

[indistinct yelling]

So like I was tellin' you.

So he comes in sopping,
so he could've been sponged.

And he starts beating me
old lady.

What's so funny about that?

So nothing's funny

'cause then he picks up a chair
to wallop me with.

- What'd you do then?
- So I grabs a kitchen knife.

That big. And I says, "Touch me,
you rat, and I give you this."

- Yeah, so what's he do?
- So he falls on the floor.

And goes to sleep and snores.

[imitates snoring]
Like that.

Right on the floor
he goes to sleep.

You find Francey?

Well, where is she?

She ain't comin' over right away
because you said

not to give her your name..

...so she's comin' over
when she gets out of bed.

Of course,
she don't know it's you.

She seemed kinda busy,
your Francey.

What're you talkin' about,
clown?

Nothin'.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, who's the leader
of this gang?

- Me. Who wants to know?
- We're from up the block.

- Yeah? Well, fly back there.
- You tell him.

- You wanna fight our gang?
- Okay.

- Okay, fellas?
- Sure.

- Certainly.
- Saturday, 4 o'clock?

[indistinct chatter]

- Okay. Saturday, 4 o'clock.
- Okay.

No bottles or rocks,
just bare knucks and sticks.

Flat sticks. No bats, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

Hey, come on back here a second.

- Look, fellas..
- Take it easy, Moe.

The mark of the squealer.
Good one, too.

Oh. Go on, beat it!

Beat it, wise guy.
Shine, mister?

Okay.

- Hey, what's the mark?
- Don't you know nothing?

The mark of the squealer.

It's what you get
when you squeal.

- Just keep it in mind.
- Yeah. Just keep it in mind.

So your fight's at
4 o'clock, eh?

- Yeah.
- 'Yes, sir.'

'We'll be there
right on the minute.'

That's the wrong way.
Get there early.

Earlier than you said, see.
Then they won't be ready for ya.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

And get yourself some old
electric bulbs and throw 'em.

Then you throw
a couple of milk bottles, see?

When some of the other kids
get hurt, then you charge 'em

but not before, see?

Can't.
We made up no milk bottles.

- Only bare knucks and sticks.
- You made up.

Listen, kid, when you fight,
the idea is to win

it don't matter how,
and in gang fightin'

you take out
the tough guys first.

A stocking full of sand
and rocks is good for that.

And if that don't work,
a knife will.

No knives. Gee, that ain't fair
'cause we--

It ain't fair, huh?
Fancy talk.

Suppose some other kid
pulls a knife on you?

Then I pulls one on him.
Like..

Lend me.

Like this.

- Like this.
- Come on. Quit it.

You see that?

Pot shot!

- Whoa!
- Boy, what a pip!

[Tommy]
'I know. You flick.'

- You do it this way.
- Tommy, put that knife down.

- Pretty good, huh?
- Teaching him tricks, are you?

You were always good at that.

Mind your business.
I mean it.

I don't like you around here,
so don't stay too long.

See your old lady
and get out quick.

Hey, you got a visitor.
Your swell girl.

She just went in
lookin' for you.

- What are you talking about?
- Talkin' about your girl.

She just went in
looking for you, I guess.

She sure wasn't lookin' for me.

[man coughing]

[female #1]
'Quit it. Quit it, can't you?'

'That coughing's
driving me crazy.'

All day and all night.
All the time it goes.

- 'Where you goin' now?'
- Where do you think?

To earn some dough so I can pay
the rent to hear you cough.

[door slams]

Well, do you think you'll know
me now that you've seen me?

[man coughs]

Excuse me, lady.

[baby crying]

Ah.

That's twice in a row.
You're a dog.

- How do you do it?
- Boy!

Hey, look, I've got a hair.

- Baby, that's some hair.
- Oh, that's a beauty.

Ow!

[indistinct chatter]

- Akeys akeys haffies?
- What for?

Come on, I said akeys.
I said haffies.

What for? I won 'em,
but before I won 'em

I lent 'em to T.B.
so he could play.

Come on, haffies
or I'll kick you in the slats.

Hey, Tommy, do I gotta give him?

Nah. He didn't have
his fingers crossed.

- Well, I'll choose you.
- You think I'm some dope?

Yeah. A dope what smells on ice.

Stand up to him, Milty.
Stand up to him.

What's the matter?
You want to fight?

- Yeah!
- You do?

- Yeah.
- Well, join the army.

- Hey, hey..
- Hey, hey..

You crumb.

Atta boy, Milty.

- Hey, Angel.
- What?

I'll swap you something
for the knife.

- You ain't got nothin' to swap.
- Well, loan it to me.

No, I need it.
Honest, I need it.

Hey, look, Angel,
I'll give you 11 cents for it.

Sure.

[laughs]
It only cost ten.

I don't care. Here, Tommy.

You mean you're giving it to me?

Yeah. You can keep it.

Ah, gee, thanks, Milty.
That's swell. Thanks.

- Ah, that's nothing.
- Thanks a lot.

Uh, I'll wait here.

Well, go on.

Oh, boy, oh, boy,
oh, boy. oh, boy.

[Tommy whistling]

Gee, that's a nice watch
you got there. What time is it?

A minute and a quarter past
half past four.

Oh.

[coughs]

- T.B. I got T.B.
- Come on, fellas.

I got something
great to show you. Come on.

Okay, okay.

- You wanna come see?
- No, he can't see.

Oh, why not?
He's a good kid.

This is, this is only
for the gang. Only for the gang.

- Nah!
- What is it?

Gee, I can't tell you,
but, boy, it's something great.

Will you get the lead
outta your pants?

- 'Hurry up.'
- 'Come on.'

Too bad
they won't let you see it.

Boy, you never saw
anything like that before.

- Ah, I don't care anyhow.
- It'll only take you a minute.

Hey, fellas, let him
come and see, will you?

He's okay, no kiddin'.

- Well, alright. Let him come.
- Come on.

- Come on.
- Well, I-I don't know.

- Alright.
- Wait, wait. I'm coming.

[Philip screaming]

[glass shatters]

[kids clamoring]

I've got a club here.

Mom. Mom!

How are you, mom? It's me.

It's me.
I only had my face fixed.

You no-good tramp.

Mom...ain't you glad to see me?

That's how glad I am.

You dog.

You dirty yellow dog, you..

Mom, what kind of talk is that?

Don't call me mom.

You ain't no son of mine.

What do you want from me now?

Nothin'.

Then get out of here..

...before I crack
your face again!

Get out of here.

I killed a guy for lookin' at me
the way you are now.

Yeah..

You're a killer, alright.

You're a murderer.

You're a butcher, sure.

Why don't you
let me forget you?

Ain't I got troubles enough
with the cops..

...and newspapers bothering me?

And Johnny and Martha.

What's the matter with them?

None of your business.

Just leave us alone.

You never brought
nothing but trouble.

Just stay away
and leave us alone and...die.

But leave us alone.

[sobbing]

- Two gins. Double.
- Okay.

[coin clatters]

[instrumental music on stereo]

Turn that thing off.
Turn it off, quick!

[music stops]

- Chaser?
- Yeah.

Piece of sausage for me
and water for him.

I thought a little noise
might make you feel better.

It's funny how some people
don't like music.

I come all the way
across the country.

I must've been soft in the head,
so help me.

And what do you get for coming
all the way across the country?

A crack in the face.

I don't know.
My old lady ain't like that.

When I go home,
there's something to eat

something to drink,
she wants a little money.

It's always,
"Hello, how are you?"

Shut up.

I must have been crazy
in the head.

I must have been nuts.

Ah!

She just ain't got any heart.

Shoulda slugged her one.
You shoulda..

[glass shatters]

Buy yourself another one
someplace else.

Go on.

[kids clamoring]

[clattering]

- Hey!
- Good going..

Ooh. That's a, that's a beaut,
huh?

- Maybe we better beat it, huh?
- Eh, not me.

I'm going in for a dip.

What's the matter with you,
scared?

Come on, fellas, let's go.

[indistinct yelling]

How do you do? How do you do?
How do you do?

[clamoring]

No way.
Get outta here.

- Hello, Drina.
- Hello, Tommy.

- What's gonna be for supper?
- Stew.

- Ugh!
- And lucky to have it.

Maybe I could buy us
something nice.

- Maybe I could buy us a soda.
- What with?

What have you been up to?

Nothin'. Nothin'.
I been up to nothing.

I was just thinkin'
how hot you looked

a-and a soda..

- Hi, Dave.
- Hi.

[T.B.]
Oi!

[water splashing]

Don't think out loud.
I'm here.

Hello, Drina.

Hey, you're home early.

- Any news?
- Mm-hmm. Maybe good news.

Today the boss said
our committee should come in

and talk things over.

And maybe...just maybe..

...that raise would mean a lot.
I could get him away from here.

- Far enough away?
- I don't know.

- I can only try.
- You'll be alright.

You'll always be alright.

I'll be alright.
Drina will be alright.

Drina was good to her mother.
Drina's good to her brother.

Drina works hard,
Drina works, and cooks

'and cleans, and goes to bed
to get enough sleep'

'to get up the next day
and work.'

I've heard that ever since
I was ten years old.

I'm tired of hearing it.

'Don't say it again.'

You want something
for yourself now.

That's right.

Maybe I'll go away.

I mean, far away.

Mm-hmm.

You see, I know a man.
He's very rich and he likes me.

I met him in the subway.
He's very good-looking.

It was so hot and crowded.

When I got out,
I was dizzy and he took my arm

and apologized, of course,
for speaking to me like that.

And he brought me a glass
of water and we started talking.

He looked so clean.
You know, like they always do.

Well, I knew it wasn't right,
but I didn't care.

And he took me to dinner.

The kind of dinner where
you can order anything you like.

He's very, very rich.

He's got a house
in New York and..

...a wonderful house
in the country.

I like that one best..

...'cause it looks like
a Christmas card

with chickens and snow.

He likes me very, very much.

Do you like him?

I don't know.

I made it all up.

Not now.
Years ago, when I was a kid.

I know that house in the country
so well

I could almost build it.

He'd be young...and very kind.

I wish I could buy you
those things.

I even wish
I could find him for you.

Do you?

Hey, Pascagli, what's-a matter?
You no like-a de water?

[sucks teeth]

Stop crying, Philip.

Nothing is going to happen
to you now. Where are they?

You told me he'd gone
to the garage with James.

It's your business
to know where he is.

But always
he goes to the garage.

- Always to the garage.
- There they are!

They're the ones. He's the one.
He's the leader!

[clamoring]

Why did you beat this boy?

- What did you do it for?
- Hey, fellas!

Don't let him go, daddy.
He's got my watch.

He's got my watch.

Don't stand there.
Call the police.

I ain't got the watch,
but I'll get it for you.

Honest, I will.
Ah, mister, don't call the cops.

I won't touch him again.

We do it to all the kids
and they do it to us.

- That ain't nothin'.
- No, you don't.

- You're breaking my arm.
- Here you are. Here you are.

Here's the watch.
Let him go, mister.

Put the watch down there
and get away from here.

He didn't do anything.

- Let him go.
- 'Ow, you're hurtin' my arm!'

What are you doing to him?
Let him go.

Let him go.
You're hurting him.

- You know this boy?
- No, I'd never seen her before.

- Mind your business, lady.
- 'What's going on here?'

Where is that policeman?

Lemme go, lemme go,
I tell you. Lemme go.

[grunts]

- Come on!
- Let's go, let's go!

- Come here, will you?
- What happened, Mr. Griswald?

Never mind. Take my handkerchief
and wrap it around.

Drina, Drina,
let him get away.

Don't do anything now.

Alright, alright.

- What's the matter here?
- Just an accident.

I wouldn't call it an accident.

One of these hoodlums
on the block here cut me.

I want you to find the boy
and arrest him.

I'm so sorry you were hurt,
but he didn't mean it.

- Well, what's the boy's name?
- I don't know.

Ask this girl.
She seems to know him.

I don't know him.
I never saw him before.

But I live around here
and I know these kids are wild

but they don't mean any harm,
really, they don't.

If they don't mean any harm,
and a beating, a theft

and a stabbing are
pretty good all in one day.

You call that meaning no harm?

Call Dr. Merriam and ask him
to come over immediately.

What does the boy look like?

Thin and dark and.. Oh, I don't
know what he looked like.

Shouldn't be hard for you
to find him.

No? Thin and dark, huh?

How many like that
do you think there are?

I want that boy caught
and arrested.

- What good will that do?
- It will do this much good.

It'll get the little gangster
before he can do

more harm than this.

But he can be punished
some other way.

I'll see to it.

I mean,
I'll speak to his mother.

Find out where he lives
and arrest that boy.

You understand? And let me know
when you've found him.

Well.. And
who does that guy think he is?

Judge Griswald's brother.
That's all.

Just Judge Griswald's brother.

[whistles]

Well, what's the kid's name?
Where does he live?

- I don't know.
- Listen, you.

You said before
you knew his mother.

And if I did,
I wouldn't tell you.

That's the trouble with all
you people around here.

You're cop-haters,
a cop asks you something polite

and right away,
you're ready to kill him.

Yeah? See this?

We were picketing
the store today

and one of you
dirty cops hit me.

What's that?

I said one of you dirty cops
hit me.

Well, you were picketing,
weren't you?

Sure. We got a right to picket.

They hit us right and left.

Three of the girls
were hurt bad.

- Yeah, I'd tell you anything.
- Aw, go on. Go on and beat it.

Hey, you.
Do you know who this kid was?

Sure. He was my father.

Oh. Why didn't I learn a trade?

I don't know who he was.

I don't think he was anybody
from this block.

What's the matter?
Having a little trouble?

Ah, it don't pay to be nice
around here.

Fine job for a grown man.

Looking for a punk kid
because he gave an old man

a pin scratch.
He's fit to be tied.

He's got a brother that's
a judge. He could break me.

First thing you know, I'll be
pounding a beat in Harlem.

This is a tough enough precinct,
but Harlem..

Pal of mine got killed there.

Of course, you know
what they always say.

The quickest way to get killed
is to kill a cop.

Yeah, that's what
they always say.

Yeah, but I'd rather not be
the one that gets killed

just so they can kill
someone else, see my point?

[both laughing]

Well, there ain't no profit
in chasing kids.

I bet you'd like to get your
hands on one of the big boys

with the rewards on 'em?

[scoffs]
Who wouldn't?
Yes, sir, who wouldn't?

I'd buy myself a soft drink
stand on the Merrick Road.

Oh, nothing around here

but making old hags
take in the garbage.

Why didn't you go on home
to dinner with him?

Doc did a pretty good job.

Jimmy! Jimmy, come on up.
Supper is ready. Come on.

Ain't we ever gonna eat anymore?

You know,
there must be something in it.

Huh?

I mean to have a place to go to.

You sit in the same place
every night.

It's your own chair, and--

Not me. I'll take mine
in a dump with music

where you can have anything
you want you can pay for.

You can have one thing one night
something else the next.

I'm gettin' sick
of what I can pay for.

I can remember different.

You've changed more
than your face, alright.

So you're gettin' ready for a
little woman and some kids, huh?

I got enough dough.

Well, I always say,
every sucker for what he wants.

That Francey.
That girl you want to see.

Why do you have to bother
with that cheap little--

Cheap little what?

Maybe I'm wrong.
We all make mistakes, boss.

That's why they put rubber
on the ends of pencils.

Well, who's the important guy
who wants to see me?

Oh, come on, come on.
I'm busy.

Francey?

How do you know my name?
Who are you?

Well, for the love of..
Marty.

Yeah.

How are you, Marty? Y-you did
something to your face.

Yeah.
Plastic, they called it.

Oh, they-they said you were out
around Colorado, the newspapers.

Yeah.

[coughs]

Gee, I'm glad to see you.

- No. Don't.
- What's the matter?

- I ain't good enough for you?
- Oh, no, it ain't that.

You know, Francey,
I never forgot you.

[chuckles]
Oh, go on, you with
all your fancy dames.

- Where do I come off?
- They don't mean nothing.

That chorus girl.
What's her name?

Nothin'. She ain't got nothin'.
None of 'em have.

Remember that night on the roof?

Yeah, I remember.

The sky was full of stars
and I was full of dreamy ideas.

Yeah. Me too.

A couple of crazy kids,
we were.

We were gonna get married.

I bought a ring
at the five-and-dime store.

Yeah. Only we didn't have
money enough

to buy the license, remember?

Gee, it seems like yesterday.

We were talkin' about it
right here.

Yesterday?

Seems like a million years.

[coughs]

Listen. You got to take care
of yourself.

What are you doing here anyway?

You got to get away.
I don't want 'em to get you.

What difference
does it make where I go?

They got their finger on me
everywhere.

Oh, but they won't recognize
you. They won't.

- Even I didn't.
- Yeah.

But you can't change these.

Three times I burned them
with acid and things.

It's no good.

But I'm getting out of here.
I come back for you.

- I wouldn't be good for you.
- I'll worry about that.

It's a dream.
I'm having a dream.

What I wanted for so long.

I'm tired. I'm sick.
Can't you see it?

Look at me good. You've been
lookin' at me like I used to be.

[sobs]

- Why didn't you get a job?
- They don't grow on trees.

- Why didn't you starve first?
- 'Why didn't you?'

Well, what did you expect?

I don't know.

Here. It's hot.
Be careful where you spend it.

And keep your lips buttoned up.

I wouldn't tell on you, Marty.

Not if they tied me
to wild horses, I wouldn't.

Honey, could you spare
another twenty bucks?

- I got to--
- No!

Okay, Marty, forget it.
I was just--

Alright, alright. Beat it.

For old times' sake,
will you do me a favor?

Please. Will you kiss me here?
Just for old times' sake?

Thanks.

[instrumental music on stereo]

[music stops]

I know. Two double gins.

Sausage for you
and water for you, right?

Yeah.

Chez Pascagli
never forgets an order

'and never forgets a face.'

I know what you feel.
Anybody would.

Twice in one day.

Yeah.

Twice in one day.

I told you
we shouldn't have come back.

But you wouldn't listen to me.
You never listen to me.

Never go back.
Always go forward.

- Shut up.
- I read that.

You know where?
When I was a kid.

My old lady bought it
in a store, a sign, I mean.

And hung it over the bed.

I've always kept it in mind.

What do you say
we go back to St. Louis, huh?

That Dawn La Gatta.
I bet she's waiting for you.

She was alright. Regular.

And as respectable as a whistle.
I mean in the right way.

I betcha there's "welcome"
on the doormat for you there.

Alright. Alright.
Forget about the dames.

But twice in one day.

And that's what I come back for.

That's what I take a chance for.

I get this.

What I been thinking about
all these years..

Aw, forget it.

Listen, Marty.
You come back here for a reason.

And I came with you.
Because where you go, I go.

Well, let's get out of here
tonight.

Too many people know you here.

Tonight, huh?

What do you say?

You see what they did
to that rich kid today?

They took him down
in that old warehouse.

Well, there's no reason
he can't be taken further away.

Oh. No, no.

We're too hot.

Kidnappin' ain't in our line.

I come home for something.
I didn't get it.

But I'm coming out
with something

even if it's only dough.

- Oh, no, no, Marty--
- Shut up.

Go out and get Whitey.

Find out what he knows
about that rich dump.

Go ahead, Hunk.
Get goin'.

[ship horn blares]

Not a sign of Tommy anywhere.

Yeah, I know.
I've been all over.

Don't worry, Drina.
He knows his way around.

He can take care of himself.

He can take care of himself
too well.

How could he
have done such a thing?

Where does he learn
about knives and..

He had an expert teacher.

Anyway, it's not hard to learn
in a place like this.

But he's not a bad kid.
Not really bad.

He never has been.

The famous Baby Face Martin
used to live on this block.

He wasn't such a bad kid either,
at first.

He was smart and brave
and decent, at first.

Like Tommy, you mean.

Ever since he was a little kid
I've tried to teach him

what's right.
I don't know what else to do.

I've tried to bring him up
decent.

What chance have they got
against all this?

They've got to fight
for a place to play

fight for a little extra
something to eat

fight for everything.

They get used to fighting.

Enemies of society,
it says in the papers.

Why not? What have they got
to be so friendly about?

It didn't do those things
to you.

Didn't it? Well, it did
enough to me, the other way.

It made them accept it
and get tough about it.

It made me into a fool.

I spent my life dreaming
about tearing these places down.

Well, I found out today.

I saw myself
and these rotten holes

we live in through
somebody else's eyes.

I wanted to tear them down
with my fingers.

Yeah, you always talked
about that

how you were going to
tear all this down

and all the other places
like them.

How you were going to build
a decent world

where people could live decent
and be decent.

But now you want them down
just so she won't see them

'cause they're not pretty
for her to see.

All it means to you now
is whether or not you get her.

Well, go on and get her.
And forget all this.

And if you can forget,
it's all you were ever good for

in the first place!

Tommy.

Tommy. It's alright.

I got to beat it soon, Drina.
I can't hang around.

What did you do it for, Tommy?

I didn't mean to hurt him
that way.

He was twistin' my arm
and callin' the cops.

But a knife.
They'll send you to jail.

Yeah.
They gotta catch me first.

- Got to run away, Drina.
- Where are you gonna run to?

I have plenty of places
to hitch to. Lots of guys do.

Oh, don't talk so crazy.
What are you gonna eat?

Where you gonna sleep?
How're you gonna get along?

- You're just a kid.
- I'll get along some way.

I don't know.

- Ah! Let me alone.
- I won't let you alone.

Did momma work her life away
just so you should be a tramp?

Is that what I've worked for
ever since I was a kid?

- That's fine.
- Alright, it's fine.

What do you want me to do?

I'll go to that man
and tell him about us.

Maybe he'll be nice and--

You know that won't do any good.

They'll lock me up till I'm 21.
That'll be fine, too.

No. I won't let that happen.
I won't let 'em touch you.

I'm going with you.
We'll get out of here.

- We'll go someplace together.
- No, you couldn't do that.

You're a girl.

- I gotta go soon, Drina.
- No.

They don't even know your name.
You're better off here.

Somebody could see you
in the street.

Listen, Tommy, I'm going with
you. We'll get along alright.

I'll get work someplace.
Maybe in the country.

You, you just be quiet.
I'll get some things ready.

And we'll wait 'til the street's
empty and nobody'll see you.

Oh. We've had trouble before.

But it's been the two of us.

That's the way
it's always going to be.

I got nothing to stay here
for now.

- Nothing at all.
- 'Drina.'

Drina.

'Drin..'

[instrumental music on stereo]

What do you think?

Maybe.

What do you mean maybe?
I want to know.

Two apartments
on the same floor.

Not so good.

But I think the back elevator's
got a private hall

leading to the Griswald place.

What about the guy
in the elevator?

He won't be in the elevator.

When do you want it?

- Tonight.
- Tonight?

Okay. Give me a couple of hours.

- Big enough dough?
- Plenty.

Shut up.

I thought I told you
to get out of here.

'You've made trouble enough.'

'Now get out of here
and get out quick.'

'Take your friend with you.'

[jazz music]

Alright.

That was your chance.

If you don't want it,
the cops will.

I think they're going to like
to know you're in New York.

[knife thuds]

[water splashes]

[music continues]

Phew! Hot, ain't it?

Hey, you ain't seen that kid
around anyplace, have you?

Old man Griswald's gonna have
quintuplets if he ain't found.

[music continues]

You'd think if
they didn't have to work

they'd sit quiet
and have a nice beer.

Look at 'em.

Yeah.

Well, I gotta get my summer
khaki out pretty soon.

It's gettin' too hot for this.

[door closes]

[breathing heavily]

[rattling]

[thudding]

[gunshot]

[police whistle blowing]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[people clamoring]

[gunshot]

[people clamoring]

[whistle blowing]

[gunshot]

[police whistle blowing]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[women screaming]

[body thuds]

[people clamoring]

Get back. Get back.
I'm going out.

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

[people clamoring]

[dog barking]

- Who is this guy?
- I don't know.

[Mrs. Martin screaming]

[wailing]

Say, Old Lady Martin.
That's the guy. Baby Face. Sure.

No, that's not him. Can't be.

I was talking to this one
a few minutes ago.

Oh, so you were talkin'
to Baby Face Martin, were you?

A few minutes ago, huh?

Sure, we were talkin'
along just as nice as--

Well, you'd better
keep it a secret, you dope.

- Gee, this guy--
- Hey, Peters is hurt bad.

I'll get an ambulance.
Get out of here. Gangway.

You'd better go up and get her.
We need her for identification.

Say, where's the guy
that did this?

Yeah, who is he?
Where'd he go?

He's up on the roof here.

Box 5027. Mulligan.
Send an ambulance.

Make all notifications..
Baby Face Martin was just shot.

Get back!
This ain't no circus.

Come on, break this up here.
Keep this clear.

Come on, get back there!

Harry. Harry, I'm gonna pick up
this guy around the corner.

Alright.

Say, that was a nice haul, kid.

Are you hurt bad?

Hey, do you know
who your friend was?

That's the famous
Baby Face Martin.

You know there's a nice $4800
in reward money up for him?

They pay you for it, huh?

Sure, they pay you for it.

Come on, open it up.
Open it up. Gangway.

- What's up?
- We just got Baby Face Martin.

- Hey, doc, right here.
- Oh.

"We" just got
Baby Face Martin, huh?

Get up to the hospital, quick.

Hey, doc, take a look at him,
will ya?

You're lucky,
I don't think it's bad

but go on up to the hospital
and have it cleaned.

- I'm alright.
- Well, come on.

Hey, take our hero up to
the hospital, will you

and have him fixed up
right away.

Come on, kid.

And, say, have him
cleaned up nice and pretty

so he can spend
the reward money.

Alright, open up there.
Come on, step back, folks.

'Open up.
Come on, get back there.'

'Open up. Come on,
step back, please.'

- 'Open it up.'
- Hey, buddy, turn around.

'One side.
Come on, open up.'

Alright, keep it clear.
Gangway. Keep this lane open.

- Alright, open up.
- Certainly did a good job here.

Not enough left
for a good post-mortem.

106, 35th Precinct.
You got his pedigree?

Sure, he knows all about him.
He used to talk to him, too.

Joe Martin, 31, white, US.

Five feet, eleven inches.
A hundred and fifty pounds.

Unmarried. Occupation..

Alright. Dr. Flynn.
Mark him DOA.

- Right. Dead on arrival.
- Hello, doctor.

So somebody finally got Martin.
It's about time. Gang murder?

Seems to have been
a local fight.

Yeah, local boy makes good.
He-he.

- What have you got on him?
- Twelve gunshot wounds.

Five stomach, four chest,
three head.

Diamond ring.
Look at that rock.

Look out a minute.

[whistles]
What a pile. You count it.

Send him down to the morgue.

I'll look him over
in the morning.

And, Mulligan,
you see me there, too.

Yes, sir.

Come on.

Alright, bring it in.

Come on, keep this lane open.
Come on, open up there.

Hey, Mulligan, come here.

That's one of them kids,
one of the gang.

What kid?
What are you talkin' about?

The one that stabbed
Mr. Griswald.

What? Oh, where?

- 'In the window there.'
- 'Are you sure?'

- 'Certainly. I'd swear to it.'
- Hey, let me go!

Hey, let me alone!
Let me go, will ya?

I didn't do nothin'! Let me go!
Let me alone!

What's this kid
got to do with it?

- Ah. That's something else.
- Let me go, will ya?

You're one of the gang
that beat up a boy the other day

and stabbed his father,
ain't ya?

No, I ain't. I didn't have
nothin' to do with it.

It was a kid
by the name of Tommy Gordon.

[Mulligan]
'Tommy Gordon?
Where does he live?'

Come on, where does he live?

440.

[people clamoring]

Pick up a Tommy Gordon for me,
will ya? Number 440.

He's wanted for stabbing
some guy. I gotta wait here.

Hey, you, don't go too far away.

- Hey, Drina, where's Tommy?
- I-I don't know. Why?

The cops are coming.
Somebody told 'em it was Tommy.

They're coming here.
I just heard 'em.

[knock on door]

[Drina]
Tommy, it's me. Let me in.

They know your name.
They know you did it.

What? They couldn't see me
from the window.

I was watching, sure,
but they couldn't see me.

No, no, no, Milty said
somebody told the cops.

- Who-who told 'em?
- You gotta get out of here.

What chance have we got
if they catch you?

I wouldn't know what to do,
or where to go.

I'll be alright.
They won't get me.

Alright, you hide someplace,
I'll be looking

in the street
downstairs for you.

We're going together,
do you hear?

Do you hear me, Tommy?
We're going together.

Alright.

[footsteps approaching]

Hey, where's the party
called Gordon?

- Here, me. What about it?
- That's about it.

'I want a kid
called Tommy Gordon. He here?'

No. I mean,
he's not here now.

He's my brother
and he lives with me

but I don't know where he is.

What do you want him about?

What are you looking
in there for?

I told you he wasn't around.

Well, he'd better
be around soon.

We want to see him, and
you'd better try finding him.

[door slams]

[male #1]
'Come on, break it up.
It's all over.'

Why don't you go on home?
Come on, beat it.

I live on this block
and I work on this block

and I got a right
to see what's going on.

Aw, shut up. Come on,
go on home. Go on.

- Don't push me!
- Well, go on home.

Well?

The guy's sister's up there,
but there's no sign of him.

Are you sure you got
the right place?

I can hear, can't I?
Gordon, 440.

'That's what the kid said,
ain't it?'

Say, what's so important
about gettin' the punk kid?

It ain't so important to you,
but it may be to me.

Judge Griswald's got a brother
who's got a kid..

[indistinct chatter]

Extra! Read all about
Baby Face Martin.

Extra! Paper!
Read all about it!

'Extra! Paper! Read all about
the big killing here.'

'Baby Face Martin killed.
Extra!'

'"Dawn Mourns for Baby Face."
Extra! Paper!'

'Extra! Paper! Read all about
the big killing here.'

[Angel]
Hey, fellas, listen to this.

"Mystery man today
shot and killed

"the famous Baby Face Martin.

"The killing took place
in a picturesque

"tenement basement

the walls covered
with blood and bullets."

Says so in the paper.
The paper can't be wrong.

But that ain't the way
it happened.

"It is reported that his last
thoughts were of his mother

"a plump, pink-cheeked
little woman

"who lives in
a neat cottage near..

...Sunnyside, Long Island."

The old lady's lived up
in that hole for 30 years.

- I don't get this.
- It says so in the paper.

They found 20 grand
in his pockets. Boy, 20 grand.

He must've been
a pretty smart guy.

Baby Face?
Sure, he was the tops.

Public enemy number one.
Boy, he wasn't scared of nobody.

Boy, he could knock 'em all over
like anything, or like nothin'.

[imitating gunfire]

- I got a machine gun.
- Bang-bang!

No, you can't do that.
You're dead. I shot you first.

- Ah, you're wacky.
- Yeah? So's your old--

Boy, nothin' gonna stop
their party now.

[jazz music]

I heard a guy say to Dave's girl

that there was no use
of her acting so funny

and they might as well
all get soused.

Hey, look! They're dancing
like they like it!

♪ Boo-hoo
I'll tell my mommy on you ♪

♪ And as I sit here
and sigh says I ♪

♪ I can't believe it's true ♪

♪ Boo-hoo ♪♪

Hey, look at me, fellas!
I'm dancing!

Look at me, I'm dancing!
Look at me!

Sit down. You smell.

Yeah? Can you do better?

[instrumental music]

- Have you seen Tommy?
- We ain't seen a hair of him.

We've been here for over an hour
and he ain't passed this way.

- Milty, have you seen Tommy?
- No, ma'am.

Not since I saw you.

Hey, the cops are wise to Tommy.

No kidding, no kidding.

Ah, baloney.

No baloney.
Some guy snitched.

No kidding.

Hey, guys,
how are the mickeys comin'?

Gee. I bet a dollar
he's sent to reform school.

[Dippy]
'Sure, that's what they do,
ain't it, T.B.?'

[T.B.]
'Yeah, they sent me
to reform school'

'for just swiping
a bunch of bananas.'

And they was all rotten, too,
most of them.

I pity the guy who snitched.

The mickeys
are almost done now, guys.

Ouch! Yeah, like a rock.

Hey, T.B., do they give mickeys
in reform school

like these, I mean?

Slop they get, slop!

Unless they get some dough
to smear the jailies with.

- 'Tommy will get two years.'
- Three maybe, I bet.

Yeah, never mind, you learn
a barrel of good things

in reform school.
Tommy will, too.

Hey, listen, you guys,
I'm not gonna tell you again.

Aw, why don't you cut it out,
you--

I'm telling you,
you put that fire out

and get out of here,
or I'll call a cop.

- Go slip in a lake.
- What?

Nothin'.

I'll marbleize ya, you goon!

[T.B.]
'Ya big palooka!'

Hey, the fire's dyin' down.
Better get some more wood.

You get down behind there.

You stay
and guard those mickeys.

Come on, let's go down
to First Avenue.

I'm going home.

[indistinct chatter]

[instrumental music]

Psst! Angel.

- Tommy! Gee..
- Shut up!

What are you gonna do?

Run away so the bulls
don't get me.

But before I go, I'm gonna
get the guy who snitched.

- You know who it was?
- Me? No.

Come on, don't lie to me.
I'll kill ya!

You know me, Tommy.

Alright.

I think I'm wise to who done it.

- Who? Gee.
- Spit.

I'm gonna hide,
so you do like I tell ya.

When Spit gets back,
tell him like this..

The guy I stabbed
was down here looking for Spit

to give him five bucks
for snitching on who done it.

Got that straight?

The guy what he got stabbed

was down here lookin' for Spit..

...to give him five bucks for--

- For snitchin' on who done it.
- For snitchin' on who done it.

- Right.
- Okay.

What are you gonna do to Spit
if he done it?

The mark of the squealer.

- Right.
- Gee.

Now go and play your kazoo,
see, like nothin' happened.

Look out!

[Angel humming]

Gee, Dave.
Gee, how ya feelin'?

How ya feelin'?
We been lookin' all over for ya.

The guys want to know
all about what happened.

Boy, that was some pretty one
you shot across the roof.

- The paper says you--
- Yeah, alright, alright.

You mean you don't want
to tell about it?

Boy, if it was me..

Hey, there was some guys
from the newspapers

down at your joint,
banging away.

She was there
a couple of times already.

I've been looking for you.
Are you alright?

I tried to get to you, but..

I'm alright. I was lucky.

[instrumental music]

Your boat's sailing tonight,
isn't it?

Yes. I thought it best
for me to go quickly.

I came to see you this afternoon
to find out about..

Yes, I saw you.

You did?

Yes, and I saw what you felt.

Yes, I was frightened.

I thought I had been poor,
but I never saw anything like..

But now it wouldn't have to be.

You'll have some money, and..

I don't want to go.

I won't go if you'll tell me
not to.

- If I'll tell you not to?
- We could go away now.

We could go away together,
away from all this.

We could have a year,
at least a whole year together.

- And after that year was over?
- I don't know.

Maybe back to this, but
I don't care what comes after.

We could have a year
of happiness

and that's more
than I thought I'd ever get.

No, Kay, that's not what I want.
It never was.

I don't want a spree. That isn't
what I was looking for.

Look, Kay,
you're an honest girl.

I'll be honest, too,
and then you'll understand.

I knew this afternoon that we..

Well, that it wasn't..

That I wasn't what you wanted?
That you'd made a mistake?

I don't belong in your world,
Kay. You don't belong in mine.

It's good that
we found that out now.

- 'Come on, Kay. We're waiting.'
- Yes, I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Well..

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Kay.

[music continues]

Come on, lift it around,
will ya, T.B.?

Look what I got!
It'll go up like wildfire, huh!

Boy, that'll keep
the home fires burnin'!

Don't even have to break it up.

Hey, Spit.

Where'd you go for that crate,
Joe?

- 'Third.'
- I went over around Schultz's.

[Spit]
'Boy, he had some beauts
over there!'

'Big ones, little ones..'

'Must have been selling out
the business or somethin'.'

- Hey!
- Where'd you get the crate?

Hey! You think this'll burn?

I think it'll burn
like a house on fire! Huh?

- It'll smell up the place.
- 'Oh!'

- So you're still here, huh?
- Nah, we just left.

Alright, alright, I'll fix ya.

- Alright, alright, I'll fix ya.
- 'Hey, Spit.'

- Hey, what are you doin'?
- My mickey's done.

Hey! That big one's mine!
I swiped it!

Aw, go on home
or I'll belt ya one!

If Tommy was here,
you wouldn't do that.

- Hey, Spit.
- Yeah?

There was a guy here what..

You know the guy
who Tommy stabbed?

- Well, he was here.
- Yeah? What for?

He was lookin' for you.

- For me?
- Yeah.

He was gonna give you
five bucks..

I think it was five bucks..

For snitchin' on who done it.

Yeah? Where is he?
Which way'd he go?

- 'Hey, you snitched on Tommy!'
- 'You're right.'

- What's it to ya? And you?
- Nothin'.

Shut up, or you'll get
your lumps in a minute.

Well, where is he?
Which way'd he go? I want that..

[both grunting]

Hey, let me go!

I'm gonna give you something
you won't get so easy.

- Say your prayers, you dog!
- Let me go!

Look, I, I didn't mean to rat!
They had me!

The cops had me!
What could I do?

[Tommy]
Shut up!

You know what you get
for this, don't ya?

Oh, don't cut me!
Don't cut me!

The mark of the squealer.

- No kiddin'.
- Wow!

I'll give you anything,
only take the knife..

[Tommy]
Shut up!

Tommy!

Tommy, you crazy?
Give me that knife!

Get away from me, Dave.
I'll give it to him right away.

- It's gettin' easy, isn't it?
- Yeah, it's a cinch.

Give me that knife.
You've done enough!

Now, give me that knife!

- Beat it, ya fink!
- Ah, alright.

Hey, have you seen--

If you're looking for
your brother, he's down there.

He just tried to cut my throat!

When you see him
tell him I'll get him for this!

- Where is he?
- Down there!

I'll get him for this!

All her life she's worked and
slaved for you, and for what?

So she can take the rap for you
every time you get in trouble?

She's young and pretty
and decent.

She oughta have something, too.

'So you're gonna run away,
are you, the two of you?'

'What for? So she can
get old working for you?'

Listen, I've seen you before.

There are thousands of you
in streets like these.

You saw the end
of one of 'em today.

Start out with knives
and end up with guns.

Alright. If that's what you are,
good luck to you.

But leave her out of it.

Let her forget you
before it's too late.

- Tommy! Tommy!
- Spit squealed on me, Drina.

I wasn't gonna hurt him.
I was only gonna scare him.

Why didn't you meet me?
What's happened to you?

Where is all this
gonna end, Tommy?

Know what, Drina?

I think I'm gonna give myself up

'tell 'em
I didn't mean to do it.'

If I swear on the Bible
I'll never do it again

maybe they'll let me go.

- 'Get out of here! Go on home!'
- Gee, a cop!

You want to set fire
to this wharf?

Let me catch you
doing this again and I'll--

Red, white, and blue coat,
couldn't catch a nanny goat!

- Hey, mister.
- What do you want?

- Come on, beat it.
- I'm Tommy Gordon.

What of it?

I'm the kid
that stabbed that man today.

- What?
- That's him, alright.

Wait, I'll call Mr. Griswald.

Now, you hold him here,
do you hear me?

Don't you tell me what to do.

He was breaking my arm.
That's why I did it.

He didn't know
what he was doing.

He won't do it again.
Let him go, please.

You can tell that
to the judge, miss.

He didn't mean to do it.
Let him go!

- Don't try that. Get away.
- That ain't gonna help.

He's right, Drina.
That's not gonna help.

Hey, Tommy,
when you go to reform school--

Get out of here, all of ya.
Go on, get out of here.

There he is, sir.

- So you caught him?
- Yes, sir.

He didn't catch him.
The kid gave himself up.

I'm his sister,
he gave himself up

because he thought
it was the right thing to do.

- It was.
- Then give him another chance.

Careful of that arm, please.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Please give him another chance.

Another chance to do what?
To kill somebody this time?

I won't ever do it again.

You was hurtin' my arm,
and I was seein' black.

I'm going to take him
away from here.

He's a good boy.
He's a smart boy.

Then there's no excuse
for him at all.

Alright, he made a mistake.
He's sorry.

Yes, a mistake happened.
It's deep and painful.

I know that.
I'm sorry about that.

Your being sorry won't help.

Will it help to send him
to reform school?

Maybe not,
but at least it'll keep him

from doing it to somebody else.

I swear I'll never do it again.

He'll be better off
where they'll send him.

They'll at least take him
from the gutter

and teach him a useful trade.

What do you know about it?

Teach him a useful trade,
will it?

The man that was killed today
came from this street

and from that reform school.

Taught him a useful trade,
didn't it?

- It'll teach this kid one, too.
- That will be up to him.

There is nothing else I can do.

Didn't you ever do
anything you were sorry for?

Didn't anyone ever
forgive you for anything?

Don't you know what it means
for people like us

to be in trouble?

I'm awfully sorry, believe me.

I'm not punishing him
for hurting me. That's done.

But today, for no reason at all
he beat up my boy

and stole his watch.
There are other boys like mine.

They've got to be
protected, too.

Alright, officer.

- Alright, let's go.
- Hey, Tommy.

- Look up a guy named Smokey.
- Get away from here!

Or I'll bounce one
off your head.

Get some water
and put out that fire.

Don't worry, Drina.
I ain't so scared.

No, don't be scared.
I'm coming with you.

Hey, Drina, wait.

Look, there's a guy
at reform school named Smokey.

Liked to have a smoke.
They call him Smokey.

Now, you tell Tommy
to be nice to him

and give him things
like cigarettes and that

'cause this guy Smokey
knows a lot of swell rackets

'for Tommy when he gets out.
Of course, Tommy's a..'

[sobbing]

What's the matter?
What did I say?

I didn't say nothin'.
What did I say?

Aw, shut up. Don't worry, Drina.

We'll get Tommy off,
we'll go down in the morning

and get the best lawyer
in New York.

It's a cinch
if you've got the money.

Yes...with $1.25 in my purse.

I know, but I'll have the money,
plenty of it.

The reward money.

I couldn't do that.

You take your money
and go away with her.

Get yourself something you want,
even if it's for a little while.

Don't matter. Something.

But Drina,
that's not what I want.

I found that out today.

Remember when you
first moved here?

You were just a little kid.

I never could think about you
any other way.

Drina! Drina!

We're coming, darling.

[whistles]

Holy smoke!

You know, this guy Smokey,
all the time at reform school

he used to sing a song
about angels.

If I had the wings of an angel!
Ha-ha.

Let's go!

[harmonica music]

That's right. That's it.

♪ If I had the wings
of an angel ♪

♪ Over these prison walls
I would fly ♪

♪ Straight to the arms
of my mother ♪

♪ And there
I'd be willing to die ♪

♪ I wish
I had someone to love me.. ♪♪

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]