💔⏳ Quicksand (1950) is a gritty, fast-paced crime thriller starring Mickey Rooney in a rare against-type role as a good guy gone bad. Caught in a web of small lies and big consequences, this noir gem shows how fast one bad choice can pull you under.
📽️ Plot Summary:
Mechanic Dan Brady “borrows” $20 from the shop’s register to impress a girl — promising to pay it back the next day. But when things spiral out of control, Dan finds himself sliding deeper into a life of crime, deception, and blackmail. Every attempt to fix things only pulls him in further… like quicksand.
🕰️ Year Released: 1950
🎭 Genre: Film Noir, Crime, Drama
🎬 Directed by: Irving Pichel
🎞️ Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lorre
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Mickey Rooney in one of his most intense dramatic roles
✔️ Peter Lorre’s unforgettable performance as a sleazy villain
✔️ A tight, suspenseful noir with escalating tension
✔️ A powerful cautionary tale of moral compromise
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💸🚨 One bad decision. No way out. Quicksand (1950) is a tense ride into desperation and noir justice.
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📽️ Plot Summary:
Mechanic Dan Brady “borrows” $20 from the shop’s register to impress a girl — promising to pay it back the next day. But when things spiral out of control, Dan finds himself sliding deeper into a life of crime, deception, and blackmail. Every attempt to fix things only pulls him in further… like quicksand.
🕰️ Year Released: 1950
🎭 Genre: Film Noir, Crime, Drama
🎬 Directed by: Irving Pichel
🎞️ Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lorre
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Mickey Rooney in one of his most intense dramatic roles
✔️ Peter Lorre’s unforgettable performance as a sleazy villain
✔️ A tight, suspenseful noir with escalating tension
✔️ A powerful cautionary tale of moral compromise
🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more dark gems and vintage crime thrillers!
👇 Dive Deeper into Classic Noir & Crime Cinema:
📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY
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🎞️ #Quicksand1950 #MickeyRooney #PeterLorre #FilmNoir #CrimeThriller #ClassicDrama #PublicDomainMovies #DownwardSpiral
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💸🚨 One bad decision. No way out. Quicksand (1950) is a tense ride into desperation and noir justice.
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00:02:29What did you know?
00:02:30We've heard the story a dozen times
00:02:32A couple of dozen times
00:02:33Hey, we better be getting back
00:02:35Or old man Mackey will blow a fuse
00:02:37Right, here, that's for you
00:02:38Hey
00:02:42Some babe
00:02:52See you later, fellas
00:03:14There's a little work to do
00:03:16You're new here, honey?
00:03:2565 out of a dollar
00:03:26What time you get off tonight?
00:03:29What time you get off tonight?
00:03:316.30?
00:03:327?
00:03:34Don't forget your change
00:03:35I happen to have my autograph book here with me
00:03:39Name and address
00:03:40I'm afraid you've made a mistake
00:03:43I don't come with the merchants much
00:03:46Oh, now, don't be like that
00:03:47Oh, now, don't be like that
00:03:47I think you're wonderful
00:03:49Anything wrong in that?
00:03:51No, but...
00:03:52Well, then how about you and me tonight?
00:03:54Huh?
00:03:55I work tonight
00:03:56Till when?
00:03:58Till 9.30
00:03:59You like, uh
00:04:01You like red nickels in his outfit?
00:04:03Yeah, I think they're great
00:04:04They're playing over at the music bar on the pier
00:04:06I thought I'd pick you up after 9.30
00:04:08And we'd go over and give them a listen, okay?
00:04:12Okay
00:04:13See you tonight
00:04:1475 out of one
00:04:22Hey, Chuck
00:04:25I just remembered something
00:04:27Remembered what?
00:04:32It's five days until payday
00:04:34And I'm flat busted
00:04:35How you hold him?
00:04:37I'm fractured
00:04:38Me too
00:04:39Well, I gotta figure out some way to get some Gitas
00:04:42Or how else am I gonna take that gorgeous creature out to the music bar?
00:04:46Why don't you ask old man Mackey for it in advance?
00:04:49Oh, that old guy
00:04:49He wouldn't give me the sweat off his glasses
00:04:51Yeah
00:04:52He's sure a mean old buzzard
00:04:54Hey, buzzard
00:04:56I'm glad you said that
00:04:57Buzz Larson owes me 20 bucks
00:04:58Why don't you call him up down at the dock?
00:05:00My friend, you have just read my mind
00:05:02Hello, is Buzz Larson there, please?
00:05:22Oh, hello, Buzz
00:05:23Hiya, boy
00:05:24This is Danny
00:05:25Listen, uh
00:05:27Could you let me have that 20 bucks you owe me?
00:05:29Oh, that's swell
00:05:33Believe me, you're a lifesaver
00:05:35I'll be down tonight and pick it up
00:05:38Huh?
00:05:40Tomorrow
00:05:41Oh, wait a minute
00:05:42Boy, I
00:05:43I need it right away
00:05:45You don't get paid until tomorrow
00:05:49Well
00:05:51I understand, sure
00:05:54Okay
00:05:57All right, thanks anyway, kid
00:05:58Bye
00:06:00Who left that light on in the washroom?
00:06:04Not me
00:06:04Well, it was one of you fellas
00:06:06You're all alike
00:06:06You don't care what you do with my money
00:06:08You think I own stock in the power company?
00:06:11So she said to me
00:06:24I want to speak with the supervisor
00:06:25So I said
00:06:26One moment, please
00:06:28And then I said
00:06:29Yes, this is the supervisor speaking
00:06:33Helen Colgan, are you listening to me?
00:06:37Yeah
00:06:37I don't think you've heard one word
00:06:39You just seem to be walking around in a dream lately
00:06:42Oh
00:06:43Millie, I think I'll say goodbye to you here
00:06:45There's some things I have to get
00:06:47What things?
00:06:48Where?
00:06:49Oh
00:06:49Just some things
00:06:51Over on State Street
00:06:52I know where you're going, Helen
00:06:54And you're making a big mistake
00:06:56If he wants to see you, he knows your telephone number
00:06:58I know, but I
00:07:00But nothing
00:07:01You're making a fool of yourself
00:07:03I suppose I am
00:07:05Goodbye
00:07:06Well, when you need it
00:07:13Fast sometimes
00:07:15You haven't got time
00:07:16A lighter
00:07:16What?
00:07:17A standard lighter
00:07:18Yeah, okay
00:07:19No, no, not you, Ray
00:07:20Yeah, sure
00:07:23Well, if you haven't got it
00:07:25You can't lend it
00:07:26Yeah, all right
00:07:28Thanks a lot
00:07:30Bye
00:07:31Did you reach Fuzz?
00:07:32Yeah, I called him, Ray Pierce
00:07:33And Jimmy Cook
00:07:34None of them had it
00:07:35Too bad
00:07:35Dollar three
00:07:36Exact change
00:07:37There you go
00:07:39Nobody checks my cash
00:07:58Except this once a week bookkeeper
00:07:59And he don't come around
00:08:00Until Thursday
00:08:01I could put it back
00:08:02Before Thursday
00:08:03I could put it back tomorrow
00:08:04Soon as I get that
00:08:05Twenty bucks from Buzz
00:08:06Dan
00:08:21Oh, Daddy
00:08:35Oh, hello, Holland.
00:08:37Hello, Danny.
00:08:38This is a surprise.
00:08:39Yeah.
00:08:40Yeah, how's every little thing?
00:08:42Just fine.
00:08:42That's good.
00:08:44Well, I'll see you later, huh?
00:08:47Have you been dancing lately?
00:08:48Yeah, I went last Saturday.
00:08:51Do you ever go hiking anymore?
00:08:53Once in a while.
00:08:55Do you remember the Sunday we hiked up Pioneer Canyon?
00:08:58Yeah.
00:08:59Didn't we have fun?
00:09:00Yeah, we had lots of fun.
00:09:03Well, Danny.
00:09:05Will you give me a ring sometime?
00:09:06Sure, I'll give you a ring.
00:09:07We'll get together real soon.
00:09:09I'll see you later.
00:09:11I'll give you a ring soon.
00:09:12Don't hear you later.
00:09:16Yeah.
00:09:18Bye.
00:09:18Bye.
00:09:23Bye.
00:09:24Bye.
00:09:24Bye.
00:09:27Bye.
00:09:28Bye.
00:09:32Bye.
00:09:33Bye.
00:09:36Bye.
00:09:36Bye.
00:09:37Taxi, lady?
00:09:46Where's your meter?
00:09:48I'll figure out the fare as we go along.
00:09:52You might overcharge me.
00:09:55I might at that. Hop in, honey.
00:09:59Where'd you like to go?
00:10:02Let's go downtown. Window shopping.
00:10:05Oh, how dull can you get?
00:10:07Well, that's what I want to do.
00:10:10We can, uh, we can do something else later.
00:10:16You have a deal, honey.
00:10:32It's still here.
00:10:34Nice-looking coat.
00:10:35But they'd suck you at least a thousand bucks for a coat like that.
00:10:38Are you kidding?
00:10:39Why, that's mink.
00:10:41It's a bargain at two thousand.
00:10:44Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in your life?
00:10:47Well, it's not bad.
00:10:48Are you thinking on buying it?
00:10:51I want that coat.
00:10:53And I'm gonna get it.
00:10:54For two thousand dollars?
00:10:56For whatever it takes.
00:10:58Say, wait a minute.
00:11:00You, you really do want it, don't you?
00:11:02You bet I do.
00:11:11I'm kidding.
00:11:12Wait a minute.
00:11:13Huh?
00:11:14Oh, they're blue.
00:11:15Uh-uh.
00:11:16Brown.
00:11:17Oh, but there's blues in your big brown eyes.
00:11:20Oh, you sing, too.
00:11:22Only for you, honey.
00:11:23Shall we go?
00:11:30Closed Mondays.
00:11:31How do you like that?
00:11:33Are you sure you didn't happen to know it was closed when you invited me?
00:11:36No, wait a minute.
00:11:37Would I do a thing like that?
00:11:38I'll take any place you want to go.
00:11:39Name it, you can have it.
00:11:43All right.
00:11:45All right.
00:11:46I know a place where I'd like to go.
00:11:48You hear me?
00:12:08I'll save you all the trouble of growing up, you man.
00:12:11What's the matter?
00:12:15Cut that out.
00:12:16You want to break the machine?
00:12:18Hello, Nick.
00:12:20Oh, it's you.
00:12:23Give me a nickel, Danny.
00:12:24I'll show you how to beat this game.
00:12:36Wait a minute.
00:12:41One ball.
00:12:42Hey, Nick.
00:12:43Pay me.
00:12:44I hit the jackpot.
00:12:46Hey.
00:12:48That's all for you.
00:12:54Hey, wait a minute.
00:12:59Go ahead, honey.
00:13:00Play it as much as you want.
00:13:01Take it easy, Danny.
00:13:02I can handle Nick myself.
00:13:06I used to work here.
00:13:08Didn't I, Nick?
00:13:09Yeah.
00:13:12Let's come back, huh?
00:13:15Still in the window, Nick.
00:13:17I saw it yesterday.
00:13:18Are you crazy?
00:13:18Are you crazy?
00:13:19What do you think I am?
00:13:20A millionaire?
00:13:22What's going on here?
00:13:24Oh, let's skip it.
00:13:26Come on.
00:13:26We'll have our pictures taken.
00:13:28Come on.
00:13:31See you later, Nick.
00:13:33Who goes first?
00:13:34We both go.
00:13:35We both go.
00:13:48What do you want?
00:13:49Give me a half a buck's worth of nickels.
00:13:51Okay, Admiral.
00:14:03Now what do you want?
00:14:04There's only nine nickels there, buddy.
00:14:06Yeah?
00:14:08Who's cheating who?
00:14:09What?
00:14:10Look, you got your nickel, haven't you?
00:14:12Hit the road.
00:14:26Why, hello, Nick.
00:14:27Look, I've got rules in his house.
00:14:29That goes for you, too.
00:14:30If you want to pull that kind of stuff, go somewhere else.
00:14:34Come on, beat it.
00:14:35Beat it.
00:14:40Come on, Vera, let's get out of this crummy joint.
00:14:51Goodbye, Nick.
00:15:10See that big star right there?
00:15:32Yeah.
00:15:33That's Beetlejers.
00:15:36Who?
00:15:37Beetlejers.
00:15:38Beetlejers, Dave used to call it.
00:15:41Dave?
00:15:43Who's Dave?
00:15:45Old fella I used to know.
00:15:46He taught me the names of all the stars.
00:15:49You know, I never saw a star until I was 16.
00:15:52How come?
00:15:56I was raised in Steel Town, West Virginia,
00:15:58and you couldn't see the sky for the smoke.
00:16:01So I ran away.
00:16:02Funny, I ran away from home, too.
00:16:05That was a long, long time ago.
00:16:08I, uh, what'd you do after you ran away from home?
00:16:13Oh, I was a car hop for a while.
00:16:15Waitress in a beer joint.
00:16:17Clerked in a five and ten.
00:16:19Cashiered in a coffee shop.
00:16:21It's not what you run away to.
00:16:23It's what you run away from.
00:16:23I ran away from a farm and the belt the old man used to whip me with.
00:16:28That old man was sure free with that belt.
00:16:30Oh, I ran away from a lot of things.
00:16:32Mom getting drunk all the time and never having any decent clothes to wear.
00:16:37And the boarders.
00:16:39Especially those boarders.
00:16:40They wouldn't leave me alone.
00:16:43Must have been tough.
00:16:43I need to handle them after a while.
00:16:50Think you could handle me?
00:16:52Sure.
00:16:56I can handle you easy.
00:16:59Yeah.
00:17:00Hello, is Buzz there?
00:17:12He what?
00:17:15Took a fishing party.
00:17:17How, when'll he be back?
00:17:19No, no, no, never mind.
00:17:21I'll...
00:17:23All right, I'll call him later.
00:17:24Bye.
00:17:24Bye.
00:17:24Bye.
00:17:24Bye.
00:17:24Bye.
00:17:30The bookkeeper.
00:17:34What's he doing here two days ahead of time?
00:17:36If he finds out, I'm sure he'll tell the old man.
00:17:38The old man's mean enough to send a guy to jail just for laughs.
00:17:42I gotta get 20 bucks in a hurry.
00:17:48How about that salary loan outfit?
00:17:50The one that's always yakking on the radio.
00:17:52Walk in with an honest face, walk out with a pocket full of dough.
00:17:54I must have walked in with a wrong face.
00:18:00A couple of days to check my references.
00:18:03I haven't got any references, and I haven't got a couple of days.
00:18:05I haven't got any references, and I haven't got a couple of days.
00:18:24Can I have it for a dollar down, like it says in the window?
00:18:48As soon as we check up on your credit.
00:18:50Credit?
00:18:50Yeah.
00:18:51Oh.
00:18:53I can't wait that long.
00:18:54Oh, wait a minute.
00:18:55You got a charge account in town?
00:18:58No.
00:19:00Yes, yes, I have.
00:19:01At the hub.
00:19:02At the hub where I buy my clothes.
00:19:04I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:19:05I'll call that credit manager, and if he says you're okay, you can take the watch right with you.
00:19:09Okay?
00:19:10Now, let's get it on and show you what it looks like.
00:19:18How much could you let me have on this ticker?
00:19:24Thirty dollars to you any good?
00:19:28Thirty dollars will be fine.
00:19:38Any better than last week?
00:19:39I don't know yet, Mr. Mackey.
00:19:41I'll let you know.
00:19:41Well, about that other matter.
00:19:43See if you can't find a way to make it a business deduction.
00:19:46I'll think about it, Mr. Mackey.
00:19:47Hi, George.
00:19:59Hi, Dan.
00:20:01You're, uh...
00:20:02You're kind of early this week, aren't you?
00:20:04The old man sent for me.
00:20:06Had some tax reports for me to get out.
00:20:08Oh.
00:20:08And I figured as long as I was here, I'd get my Thursday work done.
00:20:16Say, Dan, I just checked the register, and it's twenty dollars short.
00:20:23Well, maybe you could have made a mistake or something.
00:20:25No, I checked it twice.
00:20:29Well, you know, sometimes the money gets stuck in the money sack down there.
00:20:33Yeah, yeah, here it is.
00:20:44But I looked in the money sack.
00:20:46Just didn't look good enough.
00:20:47Can I do anything for you, sir?
00:21:03Here, Dan, Brady.
00:21:04Yeah.
00:21:11I'm Moriarty.
00:21:13California Investigation Service.
00:21:14You bought a watch yesterday at Jay's Jewelers, didn't you?
00:21:19Yeah, yeah, I did.
00:21:20And took it straight to Uncle John's and hocked it.
00:21:24What if I did?
00:21:26Don't play dumb.
00:21:27Why would you buy a watch for a hundred dollars and hock it the same day for thirty?
00:21:31Well, I...
00:21:32Because you don't intend to pay the hundred, that's why.
00:21:34Now, wait a minute.
00:21:35Don't holler before you're hurt, pal.
00:21:36I signed up to pay that thing ten bucks a month,
00:21:38and when the month's up, I'll pay him the ten bucks.
00:21:40Oh, no, you won't.
00:21:41Because Jay Jewelers don't think you're gonna be here when the month's up.
00:21:44They think you're gonna skip town.
00:21:46So you'll pay up now, or Jay's gonna swear out a warrant.
00:21:51Warrant?
00:21:52Warrant for what?
00:21:53I'll give it to you in words of one syllable, my friend.
00:21:56When you buy something on the installment plan,
00:21:58you sign what they call a conditional sales contract.
00:22:01Yeah?
00:22:01This contract says that the watch, the radio, or the easy chair
00:22:05don't belong to you until you make your last payment.
00:22:08It says that if you sell, mortgage, or hock,
00:22:11something you don't own yet,
00:22:13you're guilty of larceny.
00:22:14And a hundred dollar watch is grand larceny.
00:22:17That's three years in the penitentiary in this state.
00:22:20Oh, you...
00:22:21You're kidding me, aren't you?
00:22:23Kidding?
00:22:24Me?
00:22:25Not in your life.
00:22:27You signed a contract like this, didn't you?
00:22:30Yeah.
00:22:31Read what it says right there.
00:22:35Debt is payable.
00:22:37Within 24 hours, our charges will be bought.
00:22:39Look, I...
00:22:43I can't get a hold of a hundred bucks,
00:22:45something just like that, right away.
00:22:47Well, you better dig it up somewhere.
00:22:55Because if you don't pay up by noon tomorrow,
00:22:57a little man's gonna call on you with a big warrant.
00:23:07That's all, brother.
00:23:08Until noon tomorrow.
00:23:18Hey, Chuck.
00:23:20Yeah?
00:23:21What does a guy do when he...
00:23:23when he needs lots of dough?
00:23:26Me?
00:23:26I usually hock my watch.
00:23:32It's a great idea.
00:23:38Maybe I can get some dough on my jalopy.
00:23:41I wonder how much they'll give me for it.
00:23:43Ah, no dice.
00:23:53What good is 300 bucks?
00:23:54I still owe the finance company $3.50.
00:23:56If I had passed eight,
00:24:11I'd tried everything I could think of,
00:24:12and I still hadn't raised $100.
00:24:15I hadn't raised a buck and a quarter.
00:24:16So I threw in the towel and headed for Phil's place
00:24:19to knock off a couple of beers.
00:24:21The longer I sat on that silly stool,
00:24:35the more I felt like slugging somebody.
00:24:37I could have socked old man Mackey for being so tight.
00:24:40Or the guy in the jewelry store
00:24:41for sending Moriarty after me.
00:24:43Or the fellow standing next to me at the bar
00:24:45because he had money in his pocket,
00:24:47and I didn't.
00:24:49I'm going to say how are you, Phil?
00:24:52$3.60, shorty.
00:24:54Okay, I've got to get home
00:24:55before the old lady chops my ears off.
00:24:59Haven't you got something smaller?
00:25:00This one's a $50.
00:25:01Well, how's this one?
00:25:04It's another $50.
00:25:05Here, let me look.
00:25:08There's a $5 right there on top.
00:25:10Oh, this one?
00:25:11Yeah.
00:25:13Just keep it safe.
00:25:14I've got to get home
00:25:16before the old lady slaps me down.
00:25:20Who?
00:25:22Your wife.
00:25:23Oh, yeah.
00:25:24Yeah, the old lady.
00:25:26Good night, fellasie.
00:25:27So long, shorty.
00:25:28How's the joker like that rate all that dough?
00:25:30Shorty, he runs the bingo game.
00:25:32Do the suckers keep him happy?
00:25:34Another beer, Danny?
00:25:36No.
00:25:38Oh.
00:25:44Oh, hello, nice boy.
00:25:57Let me tell you a fortune.
00:25:59Maybe you've got big wanders falling over you.
00:26:02Oh, go fall on your fence, you jerk.
00:26:05Tell you a fortune, please.
00:26:07I've been a mule, her name is hell.
00:26:11Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:17We're here in the road.
00:26:20Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:24I've been a mule, her name is hell.
00:26:33Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:37You could all work here in a good old town.
00:26:42Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:46It's a good old worker in a good old town.
00:26:54Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:59The Erie Canal.
00:27:01All right, reach.
00:27:02Reach, come on.
00:27:03I'm not kidding you.
00:27:04Let's go.
00:27:07All right, come on in the back.
00:27:08Down on the floor.
00:27:08Hurry up.
00:27:08Get out.
00:27:10Ah!
00:27:11Ah!
00:27:13Ah!
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00:27:46Hiya, chum. Long time no see. Hiya, Millie.
00:28:01Oh, gee, Dad, it's wonderful to see you.
00:28:04Oh, what are we waiting for, huh?
00:28:06What's your hurry tonight? I never saw you run after anybody before.
00:28:10Oh, Millie, please.
00:28:12Hey, take it easy. What's the rush?
00:28:14Nobody's chasing us.
00:28:17That's right. Nobody's chasing us. We've got all night, haven't we?
00:28:21Sure we have. Maybe you've got all night. Me and Helen.
00:28:25We only got five minutes till the last show.
00:28:28Uh, Roger's a general.
00:28:30Millie, I almost forgot. I've already seen this picture.
00:28:33I saw it when it was downtown at the Palace.
00:28:35But you said...
00:28:36Oh, I got it.
00:28:39You wouldn't mind if I went alone, would you?
00:28:41No, I wouldn't.
00:28:42I didn't think so. Goodbye, then.
00:28:44Bye.
00:28:46Gee, Dad, this is like old times.
00:28:49Yeah.
00:28:49Let's go on the roller coaster and the chutes and the dipper.
00:28:53Let's go on everything.
00:28:53All right.
00:28:55All right.
00:29:03My knees were really shaken back there.
00:29:04I thought the cops had bust out of that alley any minute.
00:29:06But now I'm in the clear, with heavy dough in my pocket, how I can pay off that jewelry store and have enough left over to show Vera the biggest time she ever had.
00:29:16Vera.
00:29:16I've got a date with her tonight.
00:29:19I promised to meet her at Nick's place.
00:29:28Uh, what time is it?
00:29:30It's 25 to 10.
00:29:33Holy smoke, I promised to meet a guy a half hour ago.
00:29:35I'm kind of late.
00:29:37I'm sorry, kid.
00:29:37Can I walk you to the bus or something?
00:29:40Well, you don't have to, Dan.
00:29:42I can get home by myself.
00:29:43Well, uh, I'll give you a ring and we'll get together sometime soon.
00:29:47Uh, I'll see you later, sir.
00:29:49Cheers, don't come back.
00:29:58I want my $50.
00:30:00Do me a favor, will you?
00:30:02Drop dead.
00:30:04Get out of there!
00:30:06Take your dirty hands off of all of you.
00:30:08Take your hands off of all of you.
00:30:10Don't you hear me?
00:30:12I don't like to be pushed around.
00:30:15I just don't...
00:30:17I'm sorry.
00:30:31What's all this about $50?
00:30:33It wasn't a loan.
00:30:34It was a present.
00:30:36I don't want you taking $50 from a guy like this ever.
00:30:40Let's get out of here.
00:30:47I don't want you to take $50.
00:31:17Wait, wait, two more of these.
00:31:27When are you going to tell me what we're celebrating?
00:31:29We're supposed to be celebrating something.
00:31:31Oh, got to be.
00:31:32Last night you were spending dollar bills and tonight it's $50.
00:31:37I won it in a crap game.
00:31:40Sure it wasn't bingo.
00:31:42Two champagne cocktails.
00:31:46What do you mean bingo?
00:31:48Just thought you might have won it from Shorty McCabe.
00:31:54I'll give you that idea.
00:31:56Maybe it was Evelyn.
00:31:59Evelyn? Who's Evelyn?
00:32:02Bookkeeper in the movie house.
00:32:03She saw us, Shorty, lose it in the auto park.
00:32:08What do you know about this?
00:32:12She just came into Nick's place to phone the cops.
00:32:14Cops?
00:32:15What'd she say?
00:32:16Vera, a long time no see.
00:32:18How about a dance?
00:32:19No, thanks.
00:32:19Your boyfriend won't mind.
00:32:21No, thanks.
00:32:22Can I buy you both a drink?
00:32:23No.
00:32:24Isn't there anything I can do for you?
00:32:25Yeah, blow.
00:32:27You heard her.
00:32:33What'd she say?
00:32:34Danny.
00:32:38She said she saw the guy who did it with a handkerchief around his face.
00:32:43He took Shorty for his bankroll.
00:32:48Didn't he?
00:32:51How do I know?
00:32:52I just thought you might have heard about it.
00:32:58Anyhow, if it was me, and I'd won any $50 bills,
00:33:02I wouldn't go spending them around the pier.
00:33:05Yeah?
00:33:06Why not?
00:33:08Because everyone around here knows that Shorty carries $50s.
00:33:15Look, I...
00:33:16I don't know any guy named Shorty, and...
00:33:19And I won this door in a crab game, see?
00:33:20Oh, now, sure you did.
00:33:22Sure you did, Danny.
00:33:24Let's spend some of it, huh?
00:33:27That's...
00:33:28That's more like it.
00:33:30Only...
00:33:31We won't spend the $50s.
00:33:36We'll be.
00:33:40No.
00:33:42No, we won't spend the $50s.
00:33:44No.
00:33:44No.
00:33:44No.
00:33:45No.
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00:33:54No.
00:33:54100 there's a hundred dollars you don't there's your contract so long brady so long
00:34:10back a motor who this is him speaking
00:34:18how'd i like to what
00:34:19how'd you like to take a big jump off the pier no i don't like to take a jump off the pier
00:34:26but you better come and see me or else or else what or else something is going to happen
00:34:33to you to you danny boy
00:34:49what's on your mind and it better be good oh it's very good you know last night a prize
00:35:07fighter a big prize fighter he left something here i picked it up picked it up where you left it
00:35:13it's got a knot in it you know like like you use for a mask or something
00:35:17i don't know what you're talking about no no but i'll take it just for luck sure sure you you keep
00:35:23my handkerchief i i keep your handkerchief same knot only only your handkerchief got blood on it
00:35:30so what did you ever hear anybody say money talks
00:35:35fifty dollar bills they talk very loud it's big bills what do they say
00:35:41it says shorty mccabe shorty mccabe yeah that's what it says shorty mccabe what's your angle what
00:35:48are you trying to tell me i'm telling you about a holdup you see evelyn from the picture show she
00:35:55she saw the man get rubbed and she got a very good look at the guy who did it
00:36:00she thinks you can identify him very easy nice girl you want me to call wait a minute put it down
00:36:08you're so sure that i was mixed up in this thing why don't you call the cops cops oh no
00:36:13i'm a businessman see danny boy i i think i can do business with you very nice what kind
00:36:20of business do you think you could do with me automobile business you get me a new car and
00:36:24and and i don't know nothing just nothing a new car i couldn't get a new car if i wanted to oh you
00:36:34can get a new car same way you got the fifty dollar bill are you nuts nuts me i don't think so
00:36:44davis yes here are the plates for the green sedan see who's ready for delivery in the morning
00:36:57yes oh and davis let me catch you putting in 10 gallons of gas this time six is plenty yes sir
00:37:08there goes the last new car we'll have this month i've got to get it tonight or blow town tomorrow
00:37:14even if i blow town they'll probably catch up with me oh boy am i in a mess
00:37:21hey dan dan i uh i was just thinking if you're not going to take helen out anymore
00:37:27i thought maybe i'd give her a call sometime yeah sure why don't you do that jack
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00:41:30three thousand dollars it might as well been three million i tried to remember who could
00:41:49have seen me in the green sedan nobody'd known i had it except nick nick maybe that was who
00:41:55told the old man nick hated me he'd cut my throat for a nickel
00:41:59hey what's the matter with you tonight you look like you lost your last friend
00:42:07how'd you like to go to texas honey right now right away are you kidding i'm on the level
00:42:13what's the matter with california weather getting too warm
00:42:19so i'm in a worse jam than ever my boss is going to throw me in the brig if i don't get a hold of
00:42:32three thousand bucks or else where am i going to get a hold of three thousand bucks
00:42:36i know where there's three or four thousand dollars yeah first national bank no not in any bank
00:42:46but we can get at it we can get at it easy all you have to do is to break a little catch lock on a
00:42:52rickety old door you could pry it open with your fingernails not with my fingernails i'm in too deep
00:42:59this is the end of the month that's when nick keeps the money overnight nick you mean nick at the
00:43:16penny arcade uh-huh there'll be thousands of dollars there tonight what would nick be doing
00:43:24what would that kind of do he charges people for cashing checks today's a big payday a lot of them
00:43:30will bring their checks in in the morning before the banks open and he doesn't even have a safe
00:43:35he hides it i know where
00:43:40it was nick who got me into all this let nick get you out
00:43:48then you won't have to go to texas you can stay here with me
00:43:54wait a minute what's a man
00:43:56someone watching us from the house
00:44:00it's only old snoop who the landlady she's always looking for trouble you know i had a news
00:44:12program on the air the other night and she busted in and tried to tell me i had a man in my room
00:44:16she's still watching
00:44:20well let's give her something to watch
00:44:24stay out here in the gut for the watchman if i see him coming i'll honk the horn
00:44:34blow it three times so i'll know it's you all right
00:44:37good luck
00:44:39good luck
00:44:53uh
00:44:54good luck
00:48:02Let's get out of here, quick.
00:48:30Did you get the money?
00:48:42Yeah.
00:48:42I heard shooting.
00:48:43What happened?
00:48:44The night watchman saw me.
00:48:46You took a big chance tonight and you got away with it.
00:48:49You ought to be tickled to death.
00:48:50Well, I'm not.
00:48:52I feel like I'm being shoved into a corner and if I don't get out soon, it'll be too late.
00:48:55Maybe it's too late already.
00:48:57But you can stop worrying.
00:48:58You're out right now.
00:48:59You've got the money in your pocket to pay your way out.
00:49:01Yeah.
00:49:02Yeah, that's right.
00:49:02I've got the money.
00:49:03That'll square everything.
00:49:04I wonder how much there is.
00:49:08Feels like a lot.
00:49:10Let's take it up to my room and count it.
00:49:12All right.
00:49:31Pull down those shades.
00:49:32Five hundred in each of these packages.
00:49:44Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
00:49:48That's $3,500.
00:49:52Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten.
00:49:59That's thirty-six hundred and ten dollars.
00:50:02Yeah, that's a lot of dough.
00:50:04That's more money than I could make in a year working every day.
00:50:09What's the coppers?
00:50:14Just like I thought.
00:50:15What's the big idea?
00:50:16Who said you can come in?
00:50:17I have rules in this house.
00:50:19This is a clean, respectable place.
00:50:21Well, you've got no right in here.
00:50:22Now get out.
00:50:23I don't allow no men in the rooms.
00:50:25Not in my house.
00:50:26And I am not leaving until he goes.
00:50:32You're leaving right now.
00:50:34Maybe you'd rather I'd call the cops.
00:50:36Why, you old bad-lackers!
00:50:37Shut it out, will you?
00:50:38We don't want any trouble, especially now.
00:50:39Yeah, but...
00:50:40Maybe I ought to go.
00:50:43You think you can take care of everything all right?
00:50:46Oh.
00:50:47Yeah, sure, Danny.
00:50:48Don't worry.
00:50:50I can take care of everything.
00:50:53I'll call you in the morning.
00:50:56I don't want any of your kind around here.
00:51:02When your rent's up, you can move out.
00:51:05Scram!
00:51:08Hello.
00:51:09Is Vera Noe back there?
00:51:10Hey, you're going to wait on a thing out today.
00:51:12Oh, this is her...
00:51:12Why don't you forget about it?
00:51:13She just met her, Danny.
00:51:14Will you do me a favor and shut up, please?
00:51:17Sorry!
00:51:18Oh, this is her day off.
00:51:18She wouldn't be at the restaurant.
00:51:20Look, when she comes in, would you tell her to call Dan Brady at Mackey Motor?
00:51:23Sure, it's very important.
00:51:24As soon as she comes in.
00:51:25All right.
00:51:30Well, Brady.
00:51:31Well?
00:51:31I didn't see that green sedan when I came down this morning.
00:51:35No, you didn't, did you?
00:51:36Does that mean you can't get it back?
00:51:38It means anything you want it to me.
00:51:39Well, then I assume you intend to pay for the car instead.
00:51:42Oh, do you?
00:51:43How long will it take you to get the money?
00:51:46I've got it already.
00:51:48Yeah?
00:51:48Yeah.
00:51:49Fine.
00:51:50Why don't you come right into the office?
00:51:51Well, I haven't got it on me.
00:51:53I have to pick it up tonight after work.
00:51:55I can bring it in the morning.
00:51:56Why wait till tomorrow?
00:51:57I'll come right back after dinner tonight.
00:51:59You can see me in the office then.
00:52:02Well, it might be, it might be ten o'clock or so.
00:52:06It's all right, Brady.
00:52:07It's perfectly all right.
00:52:09See you tonight.
00:52:14Mackey Motor.
00:52:16Hello, Vera.
00:52:17Where have you been?
00:52:17Did you take care of everything all right?
00:52:24Good.
00:52:25Well, that's swell, baby.
00:52:26Look, I'll, uh...
00:52:28I'll be over and see you tonight as soon as I get off work,
00:52:30right after six o'clock.
00:52:32Goodbye.
00:52:32Goodbye.
00:52:36Is that you, Danny?
00:52:47Yeah.
00:52:48Come right in.
00:52:59Isn't it beautiful, Danny?
00:53:02Oh, Danny.
00:53:03Danny.
00:53:04I might never have had it if it hadn't been for you.
00:53:07Where'd you get the coat?
00:53:08I bought it.
00:53:08Bought it with what?
00:53:10With my share of the money.
00:53:13Here's your end.
00:53:15$1,800.
00:53:16You took half that door and bought a coat with it?
00:53:18Not just a coat, Danny.
00:53:19A mink coat.
00:53:21You sold me out.
00:53:22Oh, now, just a minute.
00:53:24Who told you where the money was?
00:53:25Who told you how to get it?
00:53:26Isn't that worth half?
00:53:27I can't use half.
00:53:28I need $3,000.
00:53:29Oh, don't be a chump.
00:53:30Nobody expects to get everything you ask for.
00:53:32Make him an offer.
00:53:33That's what I did.
00:53:34What you did?
00:53:35Sure.
00:53:36This coat cost $2,000.
00:53:38I told the furrier $1,800 was all I had
00:53:40and he could take it or leave it.
00:53:41He took it.
00:53:44Look at this to the old man.
00:53:46Tell him it's all you could raise.
00:53:47I bet anything he takes it.
00:53:48I don't know.
00:54:18Well, Brady, I'm glad you're doing the sensible thing.
00:54:36There's only 1,800 here.
00:54:37That's right.
00:54:38Where's the rest of it?
00:54:40I couldn't dig it up.
00:54:41Take it or leave it.
00:54:45I'll take it.
00:54:48Get me the police station.
00:54:58What's the idea?
00:54:59I told you I'd forget about the whole thing for $3,000, but not for 1,800.
00:55:06Now, if you've got the rest of it on you, you'd better pay me now before it's too late.
00:55:10Why, you dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:12You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:12You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:13You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:14You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:15You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:17You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:18You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:19You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:20You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:21You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:22You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:23You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:24You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:25You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:26You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:27You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:28You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:29You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:30You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:31You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:32You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:33You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:34You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:35You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:36You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:37You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:38You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:39You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:40You dirty son of a bitch!
00:55:41Oh, my God.
00:56:11Oh, my God.
00:56:41Oh, my God.
00:57:12Wait a minute. I'm all mixed up. Let me get this thing straight.
00:57:13He said that he saw you drive that car away.
00:57:15And that ain't all.
00:57:16Yesterday he called me in his office and he had some screwy idea I should get 3,000 bucks for my old man to pay for the sedan.
00:57:21Now, how nuts can a guy get?
00:57:22He didn't know anything at all.
00:57:23He was just fishing around, putting the pressure on everybody, hoping something would turn up.
00:57:26Yeah, I should have let him have one talking to me like that.
00:57:29Some of these days that old man is going to get his neck in a sling.
00:57:34Neck in a sling?
00:57:34Yeah.
00:57:39Yeah, he had it coming, though, didn't he?
00:57:40I was trying to outsmart everybody, but he got too smart.
00:57:44Yeah, he got so smart he got his neck in a sling.
00:57:46Oh, Danny, Danny, what is it? What's the matter?
00:57:55I have a date here. I'm late already.
00:58:01Come in.
00:58:14Well, how'd it go?
00:58:15Did he take the money?
00:58:16Yeah, yeah, he took it.
00:58:17I told you he would.
00:58:18Pack your things. We've got to get out of here.
00:58:20What are you talking about?
00:58:21He tried to call the cops. I had to stop him.
00:58:23Stop him?
00:58:25How?
00:58:25Never mind. Pack your things.
00:58:27Stop clowning, Danny. How?
00:58:28I'm not clowning. He tried to call the cops.
00:58:30I had to take the phone away from him.
00:58:31He pulled a gun on me. I... I strangled him.
00:58:35On the level?
00:58:35On the level.
00:58:36Look, they won't find him until in the morning.
00:58:38By that time, we'll be halfway to Texas, baby.
00:58:40You'll be halfway to Texas, not me.
00:58:42But the cops will be after us.
00:58:44They won't be after me. I don't have to run away.
00:58:47Look, we're in this thing together. You told me to offer him the dough.
00:58:49I didn't tell you to kill him.
00:58:51And I wasn't there when it happened.
00:58:53So why should I stick my neck out and out?
00:58:55What kind of a dame are you?
00:58:56The kind that watches out for herself.
00:58:58If I didn't, who would?
00:59:00Well, you don't care about anybody else, do you?
00:59:04Why, sure I do.
00:59:06I wouldn't want to see anything happen to you, Danny.
00:59:10I certainly wouldn't want to see the cops catch you.
00:59:13Don't you think you'd better get started to Texas?
00:59:15I'll, uh, I'll kiss you goodbye if you want me to.
00:59:21Or I would have dirty my lips.
00:59:23One more flight.
00:59:45Miss Novak, some gentlemen to see you.
00:59:48Miss Novak?
00:59:57So what if I am?
00:59:58I've got something for you.
01:00:00Yeah?
01:00:01What is it?
01:00:02A search warrant.
01:00:08See what she's got in her purse, Smitty.
01:00:09You won't find him in there.
01:00:23I won't find who in there?
01:00:24You know who.
01:00:25Dan Brady.
01:00:26Oh, yeah.
01:00:27Dan Brady.
01:00:29Where will I find him?
01:00:30He's getting out of the state as fast as he can drive.
01:00:32Why aren't you getting out, too?
01:00:34I didn't have any part of it.
01:00:35I didn't even know him.
01:00:36Didn't know who?
01:00:37Say, are you trying to make me look like a fool?
01:00:42Mackie, of course.
01:00:44Mackie.
01:00:44Which Mackie is that?
01:00:45Oh, the one that ran the automobile agency.
01:00:47Ran?
01:00:48Well, he can't keep on running it now that he's dead, can he?
01:00:52Dead?
01:00:52Who's dead?
01:00:53Mackie, of course.
01:00:55Brady killed him.
01:00:55The girl didn't have any part of it.
01:00:57Where did it happen?
01:00:58You know where.
01:01:00At the automobile...
01:01:02Say.
01:01:04Are you trying to kid me?
01:01:05Sure.
01:01:08Maybe it's the other way around.
01:01:09Maybe you're trying to kid me.
01:01:10Why did you start spilling the minute I came in the door?
01:01:14Maybe it's because you wanted me to think your boyfriend had gone when he hadn't.
01:01:22How do I know he isn't still here?
01:01:27Why didn't you look under the couch?
01:01:28I don't suppose he'd be that near.
01:01:30Well, I didn't think you'd be that close.
01:01:41Smitty.
01:01:43Watch it.
01:01:47Ha, ha, ha.
01:01:48Where does a dame like you get a coat like this?
01:01:56I bought that coat with my own money.
01:01:57You take your dirty hands off it.
01:01:59I'll bet you did.
01:02:00I can prove it.
01:02:00I got a receipt.
01:02:03Here.
01:02:04Here.
01:02:04Alaska Furrier's 917 Main Street received a Vera Novak $1,800.
01:02:13Well, looks like Nick had the right hunch, Schmidt.
01:02:15Nick?
01:02:16What do you suppose brought us here?
01:02:18Last night somebody stole $3,600 of Nick's money and today you paid $1,800 for a fur coat.
01:02:23Looks like you and your boyfriend split Nick's bankroll right down the middle.
01:02:26I don't know what you're talking about.
01:02:27Give me back my coat.
01:02:29Don't worry about your coat, sister.
01:02:30We'll take it right with us.
01:02:31Bring her along, Smitty.
01:02:32We'll check on Mackie on the way down to the station.
01:02:36Served your right, your hussy.
01:02:38You're up dead.
01:02:56What are you doing here?
01:03:08I could see you were in trouble, so I got rid of Chuck and came back.
01:03:10Get yourself right back home.
01:03:11I got to get out of here, quick.
01:03:12What is it, dear?
01:03:13What's the hole up in the auto part?
01:03:15What do you know about that hole?
01:03:16I saw you hiding in the alley that night.
01:03:18The night that Millie and I walked by.
01:03:20I couldn't see your features, but I knew that it was you.
01:03:23But then I thought maybe I was imagining things.
01:03:25You know how it is when you love someone.
01:03:26You think you see them 50 times a day.
01:03:29But a minute later, you called my name, and I turned around,
01:03:31and there you were at the head of the alley.
01:03:34Then we heard about the hole up in the auto park,
01:03:36and I saw the look on your face.
01:03:38Is that all?
01:03:39That's all.
01:03:40Well, why don't you get out and let me get started?
01:03:42I saw the police come out of the house with her.
01:03:44Are they after you two?
01:03:45What if they are?
01:03:45What businesses are yours?
01:03:46That I can help you.
01:03:48I can tell them you're with me all evening,
01:03:49and you'll have an alibi.
01:03:51I don't get it.
01:03:51Why do you want to help me?
01:03:52When things were going my way,
01:03:53all I ever gave you was a runaround.
01:03:55Now that I'm in a jam,
01:03:55why don't you get smart and stay away from me?
01:03:58I've been away from you too long,
01:03:59and it isn't any good.
01:04:01Don't you think I know I'm dumb
01:04:02to throw myself at a guy that doesn't want me?
01:04:04Don't you think I know I'm a fool
01:04:06to stand on a street corner for an hour
01:04:07just waiting for you to come out of a door?
01:04:09I know all that, but I can't help it.
01:04:11I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, Ted.
01:04:15I'll drive you home.
01:04:16It's less than a week since Helen waited for me
01:04:22outside the garage.
01:04:23Have you been dancing lately, she said,
01:04:25and all I had to do was say,
01:04:26small idea, let's go out tonight.
01:04:28If I'd have said that,
01:04:29I wouldn't be running away from the cops tonight
01:04:30with a murder hanging over my head.
01:04:33No, Dad, no.
01:04:44Hey, buddy, pull over to the curb.
01:05:03Let's take a look at your driver's license.
01:05:10Brady.
01:05:11Is that your name?
01:05:13Yes, sir.
01:05:15He went through a boulevard stop back there.
01:05:19Will you sign this?
01:05:21Yes.
01:05:27Take it easy.
01:05:30Yeah.
01:05:33Helen, you kept me from making an awful mistake.
01:05:37Well, if you'll only take me with you,
01:05:38I can help you.
01:05:38I know I can.
01:05:39Let me lay it on my mind.
01:05:41I'm going to have to keep running.
01:05:42I'm going to have to keep running all my life
01:05:43because when they catch up with me,
01:05:44they're going to hang me.
01:05:47For murder, I...
01:05:48I killed a man tonight.
01:05:52Start the con,
01:05:52then tell me how it happened.
01:05:58Telling her about it
01:05:58wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
01:06:00And it was Helen who came up with the idea of Mexico.
01:06:03We decided to head for an inland town
01:06:05like Hermosillo
01:06:06where not many tourists come.
01:06:08A man could be safe for 50 years
01:06:09in a place like that.
01:06:13What's that?
01:06:14That's goodbye to Mexico.
01:06:16Oh, it's the main bearing.
01:06:29It'll take a couple of days to fix.
01:06:31Well, then we'll have to hitchhike.
01:06:32And get there by morning,
01:06:33we'd never make it.
01:06:34We have to make it.
01:06:38Oh, Helen,
01:06:38I've had the right girl all the time
01:06:39who was too dumb to know about it.
01:06:41If we ever get out of this thing...
01:06:42We're gonna get out of it.
01:06:44Yeah, but how?
01:06:46I've got an idea.
01:06:47This is the baby that's gonna get us there.
01:06:49Well, what are you gonna do with that?
01:06:50Get us a lift, honey.
01:06:51A lift straight through to Mexico.
01:06:53Come on.
01:06:53Careful.
01:06:54Get in, quick.
01:07:13Don't try any funny stuff.
01:07:14I don't want to hurt you.
01:07:15All right.
01:07:15When the signal changes get going,
01:07:17turn south on the highway,
01:07:18keep her under 50,
01:07:18and don't go through any red lights.
01:07:19You understand me?
01:07:24May I ask where we're going?
01:07:39Just keep driving.
01:07:40You'll find out.
01:07:45I suppose you know what you're getting into.
01:07:47This isn't a car theft.
01:07:49It's kidnapping.
01:07:50No one asked you.
01:07:51I don't want your advice.
01:07:52You hear me?
01:07:52Well, I happen to be a lawyer.
01:07:55Maybe...
01:07:56Maybe you can keep your mouth shut, too.
01:07:57No, Dan.
01:07:58Let him talk.
01:07:58He might be able to help.
01:08:00She's right.
01:08:01Whatever it is you're running away from,
01:08:03this is worse.
01:08:04Kidnapping is a capital offense.
01:08:07They can hang you for it.
01:08:09What's the difference?
01:08:13You're gonna hang me anyway.
01:08:16I just killed a man.
01:08:20How about the girl?
01:08:21You leave her out of it.
01:08:22She had nothing to do with it.
01:08:23You understand me?
01:08:24I believe that.
01:08:26But will the police?
01:08:28Look, son.
01:08:29I can see this girl means something to you.
01:08:32Why don't you tell me what happened?
01:08:34For her sake.
01:08:36She'd need a lawyer sooner or later.
01:08:37Maybe you're right.
01:08:42Maybe you're right.
01:08:44If you're sure you could keep her in the clear.
01:08:47If she's innocent,
01:08:49you tell me the whole story,
01:08:51and it's the truth.
01:08:54Truth?
01:08:55I don't know where to begin.
01:08:58Start at the beginning.
01:08:59The guy was a lawyer.
01:09:05And maybe he could help Helen.
01:09:06So I told him the whole story.
01:09:07I told him about sticking up Shorty in the auto park
01:09:09and about breaking into the Penny Arcade
01:09:11in the middle of the night.
01:09:12I told him about Vera, Nick, and old man Mackey.
01:09:15I told him everything that had happened
01:09:16from the very beginning to the end.
01:09:19I see.
01:09:22Now, the first thing you want to know
01:09:24is where the girl stands.
01:09:26That's right.
01:09:27She's in the clear.
01:09:29They can't touch her.
01:09:30Oh, but how about Dan?
01:09:31You said maybe it wouldn't be murder.
01:09:33It might be manslaughter.
01:09:34Oh, it's murder, all right.
01:09:37I might be able to get him off with second degree.
01:09:40They'd have a hard time proving premeditation.
01:09:42Second degree?
01:09:43That'd mean life, wouldn't it?
01:09:44It could.
01:09:47I'd rather they hung me.
01:09:49There's one discrepancy in your story.
01:09:52It's worth checking up on
01:09:53because if we get the right answer,
01:09:55murder's out.
01:09:56Manslaughter, too.
01:09:58What do you mean?
01:09:59How do you know he's dead?
01:10:02Well, he's dead, that's all.
01:10:04His head fell over on the desk like he was dead.
01:10:08It would do that if he were unconscious.
01:10:10Did you feel his pulse?
01:10:12Or listen for a heartbeat?
01:10:13No, I didn't.
01:10:16Men don't die easily.
01:10:18They take a lot of killing.
01:10:21I can imagine Mackie sitting in a police station right now
01:10:23telling the desk man what a narrow escape he had.
01:10:28If he only was alive, Helen, if he only was alive,
01:10:30I'd give myself up to the first cop that came along.
01:10:34He's an all-night restaurant.
01:10:36Why don't I use their phone to find out how Mackie is?
01:10:40Why don't you keep on driving, too?
01:10:41I'll tell you how Mackie is.
01:10:42He's dead.
01:10:42That's what, he's dead.
01:10:43Oh, but Dan, maybe he isn't.
01:10:44No, he is.
01:10:45I know he is.
01:10:46Listen to you.
01:10:46I didn't want to kill anybody.
01:10:48I don't want to kill you now,
01:10:49but if you try any more funny stuff,
01:10:50I'll blow a hole right through you.
01:10:54What day is this, Helen?
01:10:55It's Saturday.
01:10:57No, it isn't.
01:10:58It's Sunday morning.
01:11:00We still have a couple of hours before daylight.
01:11:02We can still make it.
01:11:04Turn this car around.
01:11:05Where are we going now?
01:11:18Remember Buzz Larson?
01:11:19Yeah.
01:11:20He's taking a fishing party way down past San Diego this morning.
01:11:22If we can get to the pier in time, I can go with him.
01:11:24To Mexico?
01:11:24Way past the Mexican border.
01:11:26Step on it, will you?
01:11:35I hope the boat is still here.
01:11:41Yeah.
01:11:42Yeah, there it is.
01:11:43Down there.
01:11:44We made it.
01:11:51We'd better hurry.
01:11:52I'd better hurry, not you.
01:11:53Oh, I'm going with you, Dan.
01:11:54I've got...
01:11:55No, there's no harbor below San Diego.
01:11:56I'll have to swim in from the sea.
01:11:57But I'm going with you, Dan.
01:11:58You've taken too many chances already.
01:11:59I've got to go on by myself from here on.
01:12:01I'll send for you as soon as I get a job.
01:12:03You know that, don't you, baby?
01:12:04Oh, yes, but...
01:12:05Oh, Dan, don't go.
01:12:06I'm so afraid.
01:12:07There's nothing to be afraid of.
01:12:09Hey, wait a minute.
01:12:10Maybe there is.
01:12:11How are we going to keep this guy from going to the cops
01:12:12till after the boat pulls out of the harbor?
01:12:14I'll keep him away.
01:12:15Give me the gun.
01:12:16I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:12:18Why not?
01:12:19I told you the girl was in the clear.
01:12:21She won't be if she takes that gun.
01:12:22After that, she'd be an accessory.
01:12:24Oh, don't listen to him, Dan.
01:12:25You've got to get away from here.
01:12:26No, he's right.
01:12:27You've got to be kept out of this.
01:12:28That's all that's important now.
01:12:29Would you take my word for something?
01:12:30I might.
01:12:31As a citizen, I have to notify the police.
01:12:34But as a friend, I don't have to hurry.
01:12:39Thanks.
01:12:44Would you do me another favor?
01:12:45If I can.
01:12:46Don't wait until the boat pulls out of the harbor.
01:12:48Leave now.
01:12:49I'll get her out of here right away.
01:12:50Thanks.
01:12:51And you haven't seen Brady since noon Monday.
01:13:16No, I haven't.
01:13:17And you haven't heard from him either?
01:13:18No.
01:13:20Wait a minute.
01:13:20I just remembered.
01:13:22He phoned me Monday afternoon.
01:13:23For any particular reason?
01:13:24Yeah.
01:13:25I owed him 20 bucks.
01:13:26He said he needed it.
01:13:28There's a news broadcast at 6 o'clock.
01:13:30I want to hear it before I talk to the authorities.
01:13:32Regarding every airport, every bus depot, and every railroad station in a determined effort to prevent the killer's escape.
01:13:38At 4 o'clock this morning, officers threw roadblocks across both state highways and are now stopping all outbound cars.
01:13:45But at last reports, McDonald was still at large.
01:13:48McDonald?
01:13:48Meanwhile, police officers Truxton and Chandler are dead.
01:13:52And Deputy Sheriff Alan P. Janus was taken to the emergency hospital with two bullets in his thigh.
01:13:57I'll get it a little louder.
01:13:58Closer to home, Beach City authorities are seeking garage mechanic Daniel Brady, 26, an employee of the Mackey Motor Company.
01:14:05Late yesterday evening, watchman Michael J. O'Brien, while making his regular nightly rounds, discovered the unconscious body of Oren Mackey, president of the automobile agency, lying in his office.
01:14:15Mackey regained consciousness at St. Mark's Hospital shortly after midnight and named Brady as his assailant.
01:14:20I thought he's alive.
01:14:22Tom, you want to watch yourself before you run into that kid.
01:14:24He's dangerous.
01:14:26What's dangerous about him?
01:14:28He's got Mackey's gun.
01:14:34Hey, Buzz!
01:14:36Buzz!
01:14:37Wait a minute!
01:14:38I'm coming!
01:14:40Hey, who's that fellow there?
01:14:42That might be our boy.
01:14:43Just take a look at him.
01:15:05Shooter, stop!
01:15:12Hey, Brady!
01:15:13Watch yourself.
01:15:16Buzz!
01:15:17Wait a minute!
01:15:18Wait a minute!
01:15:19Wait a minute!
01:15:34Watch yourself.
01:15:49He's shooting.
01:16:02I'll go after him and stay on top.
01:16:04I heard shooting!
01:16:30I heard shooting!
01:16:30I heard shooting!
01:16:34Did you see him?
01:16:45No, he didn't come through here.
01:16:49Look, what's that?
01:16:55I'm coming, Dan!
01:16:57It's all right!
01:16:58You didn't kill him, Dan!
01:17:00Ow!
01:17:01Hey, what's going on?
01:17:02What happened?
01:17:03Cops!
01:17:03They shot a cop!
01:17:04I heard him on the radio.
01:17:05Heard about who?
01:17:06Who?
01:17:06Oh, the guy that killed a couple of cops!
01:17:08He's the gun!
01:17:10What's going on, Dan?
01:17:11I don't know!
01:17:11They shot somebody!
01:17:12Yeah, here, here, right here!
01:17:13He ain't worried, big.
01:17:14It's the gun!
01:17:15I'm out.
01:17:16Straight up.
01:17:16Stand back, folks.
01:17:17Gym room.
01:17:18There's the guy that got shot right there.
01:17:19Right here.
01:17:20Here, right there.
01:17:21Now, where'd you say your automobile was?
01:17:24On the pier, right over there.
01:17:25Fine.
01:17:26I'll put him in the car, and I'll drive him straight to the hospital, if that's all right
01:17:28with you.
01:17:29Certainly.
01:17:29It'll save much time, instead of waiting for the ambulance.
01:17:32I wouldn't have shot you, only I thought you had a gun.
01:17:34What'd you do with it?
01:17:35I dropped it.
01:17:36What do you think they're going to give me?
01:17:38Have you ever been in trouble before?
01:17:39No, no.
01:17:40Well, I think we can rule out the watch and the $20 bill.
01:17:44They'll probably charge you with the hold-up, stealing the car, and breaking you to the
01:17:48penny arcade.
01:17:49That could add up to anything from one to ten years.
01:17:53But since you're a first offender, my guess is that it'll be nearer one than ten.
01:17:57Whatever it is, I'll take it.
01:18:00Whenever it is, I'll be waiting for you, Dan.
01:18:03If you want me to.
01:18:04You're a great gal, Helen.
01:18:06I love you, Dan.
01:18:08That goes both ways.
01:18:10I love you, Dan.
01:18:40I love you, Dan.
01:19:05You
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