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Bart catches the eye of a San Francisco tycoon who takes a dislike to him and gets Bart robbed and beaten; Five months later, Bart returns to the City on the Bay to seek revenge.
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00:00You notice anything unusual?
00:05No.
00:08Yes.
00:09Yes, it looks as if it had been broken.
00:12Look at it again.
00:14Now, look at the break.
00:16That is a diamond in its natural state, right?
00:19That's right.
00:21One thing you'll never find in nature is a straight line.
00:24It's been cut, Mr. Rowland.
00:27Why, that doesn't make sense.
00:30It is a diamond, isn't it?
00:33It's a diamond.
00:44Hello.
00:45It's nice to see you again.
00:47This week's story is based on fact.
00:50The great diamond swindle that shook the financial world of San Francisco in the 1870s.
00:56I think you're going to enjoy it.
00:58It's called Diamond in the Rough.
01:01It's called Diamond in the Rough.
01:28Who the devil is it?
01:32What do you want?
01:33Open the door, you fool.
01:35Well, if it isn't Mr. Kinsley himself, you can always tell a gentleman by his manners.
01:48Is that the stuff?
01:49Don't look like no diamonds I ever saw.
01:58Diamonds in the rough don't look like diamonds.
02:01Look at the size of the bloody things.
02:03Hey, they must be worth millions.
02:04There's not a man in San Francisco who could tell you any different, fortunately.
02:10Your share of this enterprise, gentlemen, will come to ten times what they're worth.
02:15So bear that in mind if either of you is tempted to take the bait out of the trap.
02:20Mr. McClure and I ain't exactly crooks, you know.
02:23Besides, we keep a pretty shrewd eye on each other.
02:25But, sir, do we have to stay in that desert all of six months?
02:30That is to say...
02:31Not a day less.
02:32You'll be investigated when you come back.
02:35Investigation?
02:36I want to be certain that no one knows that you've had any contact with civilization for at least that length of time.
02:42Six months is an awful long time.
02:44We shall need money, supplies.
02:47That we will.
02:49Money?
02:50What happened to the money I gave you?
02:52Well, San Francisco ain't exactly the friendliest town, you know.
02:57We had to spread it around to get acquainted.
03:01Now, you listen to me.
03:03I'm short of cash or I wouldn't be involved in a scheme like this.
03:07I have only my good name and reputation to sustain me.
03:11It'll take more than that to sustain us.
03:13It will.
03:14All right, all right.
03:15I'm going to my club.
03:17I can usually pick up a little cash there at poker.
03:19You'll have the money before you leave town in the morning.
03:24Stop getting acquainted with San Francisco.
03:27Stay in this room and don't leave it.
03:38Now, whose turn was it?
03:41I think it was mine.
03:42I think it was mine.
03:42Well, this is where I turn off.
03:56Roland, your guest seems to be slowing down.
03:59When Mr. Maverick slows down, it's only to pick up speed.
04:03I'm not picking up much of anything else.
04:07Ah, here comes more money.
04:09Oh, any time Mr. Kingsley's late to the table, that's a bad omen for the stock market.
04:17I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
04:19Oh, uh, Mr. Kingsley, Mr. Maverick.
04:22Perhaps Mr. Maverick would care to see the club library?
04:27Mr. Kingsley, I make it a point to always look in on the club library.
04:30Just the minute the card room closes.
04:32Oh, now, look here, Kingsley.
04:34Mr. Maverick is my guest and I...
04:36May I speak to you privately for a moment, please?
04:38Of course.
04:42Excuse me.
04:43Excuse me.
04:44No, it's all right.
04:45When I play poker, Mr. Maverick, I often win or lose $100,000 at a sitting.
05:08In my own club, I can be sure that the men I play with can afford the same stakes.
05:13I can appreciate that, sir.
05:15It must be a great comfort.
05:18I mean no offense, Mr. Maverick, but it's simply that, well, I don't know you.
05:23Can you afford to lose $100,000?
05:26If you can't, I suggest you find another game.
05:28Well, Mr. Kingsley, I've got $10,000 already invested in this game.
05:33$7,000 more to play.
05:35Normally, I'd leave when that's gone.
05:37I think you'd better leave now.
05:40I'd love to oblige, just as a graceful gesture.
05:44But there is money involved.
05:45Holmes, does the gentleman have a hat?
05:51Mr. Kingsley, I think...
05:53So you got it all sleeped off, eh?
06:17Who are you?
06:19David Steger, I'm the captain.
06:21Captain, of what?
06:24Of the Silent William.
06:26Captain.
06:51How did I get here?
06:54Not by your own steam, I tell you.
06:58They had to carry you aboard by the body.
07:01Oh, were you drunk?
07:04They pulled.
07:05They took.
07:06They shot.
07:06All right, all right, Captain.
07:07They had to work hard, but they got you aboard.
07:11Who got me aboard?
07:13Your friends.
07:14They took you in nice.
07:15They paid the passage money, and they made sure you didn't miss the boat.
07:19Where's my coat?
07:21Your coat?
07:23The coat is all right.
07:25Where's my wallet?
07:27Wallet you didn't bring.
07:28Must have been a very good party.
07:32Why, don't worry for money.
07:34Your friend stuck you in the coat pocket to surprise.
07:37A thousand dollar bill.
07:38I stuck me in the coat pocket a thousand dollar bill.
07:43My friends had known about it.
07:44They would have taken care of that, too.
07:47What?
07:48They were no friends?
07:51They were not friends.
07:54And I was not drunk.
07:58What did these friends of mine look like?
08:00Oh, drinking companions.
08:02Not to have dinner with.
08:04Wasn't shaved, wasn't washed.
08:06Talked like Irish.
08:09Both of them.
08:11Wasn't there a third man?
08:13Distinguished looking, well-dressed, short cropped mustache.
08:16Yeah, yeah, he was there, too.
08:19But wasn't as helpful as the others.
08:21He stayed in the carriage.
08:26How soon can I get off this boat?
08:28Oh, soon.
08:30We'll be in New Orleans in four months, maybe five.
08:34Five months is a long time anywhere.
08:41But aboard the Silent William, surrounded by several thousand miles of nothing, it got
08:45to seem like years.
08:47But I had something pleasant to think about.
08:49Mr. Kingsley of San Francisco.
08:52And all the fine plans I had for him.
08:55I don't usually go in for vendettas, but I could make an exception in this case.
08:58By the time the Silent William reached New Orleans, I had figured out just what Kingsley
09:05owed me.
09:06And only part of it was payable in cash.
09:11I needed time to get the roll out of my walk and another roll into my pocket, and the races
09:15seemed the quickest way to do it.
09:17If the tip I got on that white-faced gray gelding was right.
09:19Four nights later, I had the cash I'd need.
09:44In the morning, I'd say goodbye to the Captain of the Silent William and be on my way to
09:48San Francisco.
09:50Overland, of course.
09:51I will not tolerate it in a moment longer.
10:10I sympathize, madame.
10:12Why do you not fling yourself into the river?
10:15Do you forget how one addresses aristocracy?
10:17Madame la Comtesse, an aristocrat does not shriek like a Pullman-Porter about her wages.
10:25Madame, you have smashed your last plate.
10:28My last!
10:30Madame, of the goodness to the power, you are fired.
10:34To the pleasure of seeing you again, General Beauchamp, hanging from a lamppost.
10:50Good evening.
10:51You've got a little of everything in here.
11:20I accept your wages.
11:23Is it that you laugh at me, monsieur?
11:25I wouldn't think of it.
11:26And do not condescend.
11:28I will not be addressed like a waitress in a cheap cafe.
11:33Ah, ex-waitress.
11:36Oh, I beg your pardon.
11:38I'm sure I'm addressing the fairest flower of Creole aristocracy.
11:42Monsieur, there is no aristocracy among the Creoles.
11:45Well, and who are you, honey?
11:50I'm Henriette de Colbert, Comtesse du Vavasseur.
11:55I'm sorry, Countess of what?
11:58Vavasseur.
12:00And who are you?
12:04I'm the Count of Monte Cristo.
12:05That's enough.
12:09Have a good day to depart, monsieur.
12:15I, um, I think I'd better walk you home, Countess.
12:19Otherwise, you're liable to destroy half the city.
12:21Here we are.
12:46Good night.
12:47Countess, I'm, I'm really sorry you lost your job.
12:50No, no, really.
12:51Is there anything I can do?
12:53Thank you, no.
12:53It was nothing, really.
12:58Well, Henriette, will you stand in the street all night,
13:02like an itching post?
13:04Good evening, ma'am.
13:06Monsieur.
13:07Grand-mama, I was discharged from my employment.
13:10Good.
13:11And this gentleman brought me back home.
13:15Do we stand here with a door open to hit the street?
13:18Come in, come in.
13:27Monsieur Bart Maverick, my grandmother, Madame la Comtesse de Chauvrier.
13:33Uh, Countess, I'm honored.
13:37Please be seated, Monsieur Maverick.
13:41Please.
13:46Henriette, the coffee is ready.
13:49Yes, grandmother.
13:49The funny thing is, every now and again, I got the feeling they really were Countesses.
13:55They probably were.
13:57Yeah.
13:59Every few years, the French people decide they want to be Republic again.
14:03And what happens?
14:048,400 dukes and duchesses got no place to go.
14:10Right now, in New Orleans, there is eight or ten dukes.
14:14It doesn't count as it may be.
14:16Two field marshals.
14:18Five generals.
14:20You fall over them in the street.
14:22Doesn't anybody try to help them out?
14:26Oh, New Orleans is a bad place for Countesses and such like.
14:30People here already got their own aristocracies.
14:34If I were duke or Countess, I would go someplace where they need dukes and Countesses.
14:41You know someplace where they got no aristocrats.
14:45You mean someplace like, uh, San Francisco?
14:49San Francisco, yeah.
14:52No aristocrats there.
14:54It's a perfect place for Countesses.
15:00San Francisco, on the other hand, is young and alive.
15:03It's more your kind of a place.
15:05And we refer to it as the Paris of America.
15:09You are beginning to repeat yourself, young man.
15:12What is it precisely that you propose?
15:14I propose to adopt you.
15:17Monsieur.
15:18A whole new wardrobe.
15:22You see, they have to dress more warmly in San Francisco.
15:26And what will be there?
15:28It will be wine and dine.
15:30Go to parties and balls every night.
15:33What is your return on this investment?
15:37Two beautiful and charming Countesses.
15:40In a city that's hungry for Countesses.
15:42And an entree into some of the wealthiest homes.
15:45Monsieur is a jewel thief.
15:48Afraid not, madame.
15:50Are you a card cheater?
15:51Uh, I've got a score to settle.
15:54And you are gonna help me.
15:57Ah, oui.
15:59How?
16:00Well, the gentleman I have in mind travels in the highest circles.
16:03And I can't fight him unless I can move freely inside those circles.
16:08Ah.
16:08Ah, an affair of honor.
16:11Well, yes.
16:13And for us, a whole new wardrobe, huh?
16:18And a suite of the best rooms in the Great Western Hotel.
16:20And my own carriage to ride a boat?
16:25Oh, come on, Hank.
16:26Don't be so greedy.
16:28I'll tell you what I will get for you, though.
16:30A husband.
16:31I guarantee you at least three proposals from bachelors.
16:34Young, handsome, and a minimum of $33 million apiece.
16:39All right?
16:40How dare you, monsieur.
16:42I am French, and the French do not think of money.
16:44They think only of love.
16:49Oh, yeah.
16:49Do not talk nonsense.
16:52My boy, I assure you, the French are not like that at all.
16:59Well?
17:01Never.
17:14I ask myself, Marmarie, are there any old millionaire but you loves in San Francisco?
17:34Among the luminaries who graced the audience with their presence was Governor and Mrs. So-and-so,
17:38and so-and-so, and so-
17:40Anne, the Countess de Chabrier, and her granddaughter, the Countess de Vavasu, and, uh, Mr. Bart Maverick.
17:52And a lot of Knob Hill nobodies.
17:55Fifth place in the Examiner.
17:56Now, that's a promotion.
17:57We were nine places down in the Chronicle.
17:59Is that so important?
18:01Hank.
18:02Honey, it's not important until we're in first place.
18:05And when will that be?
18:06Well, all the elegant ladies started about a half hour ago to write their friends in Paris
18:12and New Orleans to check our credentials.
18:14They'll figure two, three weeks for the replies.
18:17By the first of the month, at the latest, we should be up to here.
18:21In debt, Marmarie?
18:23In invitations, madame.
18:25Do you think they'll come?
18:43Oh, yes, indeed.
18:44They'll be here.
18:45Just think of it.
18:46Two of them.
18:47It's really going to make the season.
18:48Countess de Chabrier, Countess de Vavasu, Mr. Bart Maverick.
18:59Good evening.
19:00Mr. and Mrs. Shelbourne, Madame de Chabrier, Madame de Vavasu.
19:05Countess de Chabrier, is it not?
19:07And Countess de Vavasu?
19:09Excuse me, madame.
19:11Mary.
19:12Madame.
19:14May we introduce you to our guests?
19:16Well, back in town so soon, I just can't seem to get enough somehow of San Francisco.
19:35You always have to come back for more, is that it?
19:39Not exactly.
19:41You're here on business?
19:43Business and pleasure, Mr. Kingsley.
19:45I came here to collect the debt.
19:48And the pleasure?
19:51That's the pleasure, too.
19:53It seems the last time I was here, you were kind enough to have me blackjacked in the middle of a poker game
19:57and tossed aboard an eastbound ship.
20:00Besides the loss of time and pride, it's also the matter of $17,000, plus interest.
20:07And you hope to collect it while you're here?
20:09You might say I'm dunning you for it right now.
20:13It's interesting.
20:16Well, at least I can do is give you a run for your money, eh?
20:27Certainly, Mr. Maverick.
20:29And gold?
20:30No, the paper is lighter.
20:31Well, what can I do for you, gentlemen?
20:38We'd be obliged and behoven to you if we could stash these somewheres for safety.
20:43I'm sure that can be arranged.
20:45What's in them?
20:46What the devil business is it of yours?
20:48Well, I'm sorry, then.
20:50We can't take responsibility for them.
20:53That's the rules of the bank.
20:56We can't carry the bleeding thing around with us.
20:59Well, you better tell them what they are, then.
21:00Are they diamonds?
21:15Well, it ain't exactly rock candy, is it now?
21:18Say, where did you find those, friend?
21:20Well, if we told you that much, mister, you'd know as much as we blithy well do.
21:24Mr. Leverett.
21:25Mr. Leverett!
21:25Would you wait just a minute?
21:28Mr. Leverett is president of the bank, and he'll want to see you.
21:32They couldn't have struck diamonds, could they?
21:34Why not?
21:35They've struck everything else around here except water.
21:53Hello.
21:55Well, what's that?
21:58Embroidery.
21:59One draws pictures with a needle and a thread.
22:01You do not have it in this country?
22:03Oh, yes.
22:05You see little old ladies doing it all the time.
22:08Perhaps it is because the little old gentlemen are busy doing other things.
22:13Well, that can't be your trouble.
22:15Being out in society every night, having everybody fuss over you.
22:18Does it feel good being a countess again?
22:21Suddenly, it doesn't seem that important anymore.
22:23In Paris, it's dead.
22:26And in Louisiana, even more so.
22:29But in San Francisco, no.
22:35You're finding out you really don't need it.
22:39Countess or no, you're the prettiest girl in local society.
22:43You're the belle of the ball.
22:44Do you know, Maverick?
22:48I do not even care to be the belle of the ball.
22:51What do you want to be?
22:52I want to have the nicest husband.
22:58The pleasantest home and the most beautiful children in San Francisco.
23:05Now that takes time.
23:07And money.
23:09I'm still shopping around for you.
23:11Do you ever want such things?
23:15Well, I've been lucky so far.
23:21Perhaps what I say seems silly to you.
23:24Not at all, Hank.
23:26Whatever you want, I want you to have it.
23:32I know what I want.
23:34Just name it.
23:35Now that is silly.
23:51Town full of solid, respectable types, good husbands.
23:54And what do you drag in?
23:56A loafer, a gambler, an irresponsible bachelor.
24:01A man who needs the right wife.
24:02You will not recognize yourself when I'm finished with you, Bart.
24:10When it comes to marrying you off, we want nothing but the best.
24:13Ah, you'll see.
24:18Goodbye, Henriette.
24:20Oh, Bart.
24:32Can't I buy you a drink, Bart?
24:58Shall we look in on the game upstairs?
25:02Some of the time.
25:03I'm not keeping you from choir practice, am I?
25:09So what Holiday proposes to do is to hook cables onto those horse cars
25:13and haul them up and down Clay Street with steam power.
25:17So I said to him, look here...
25:19Never mind what you said to Holiday.
25:21What did you say to those two prospectors today?
25:24Three people.
25:25So clever dragging them over to your office.
25:26I don't know what you're talking about, Benson.
25:29Oh, stop stalling, Van.
25:31The story is all over town.
25:33What story?
25:34Two desert rats showed up in Leverett's Bank with sacks full of rough diamonds.
25:39One of them as large as a pigeon's egg.
25:41And in no time at all, they were across the street having pink tea with Mr. Kingsley.
25:46Diamonds?
25:48Nonsense.
25:49They were quartz crystals.
25:51All right.
25:51Then why were they in your office for 45 minutes?
25:54And then where did they disappear to?
25:56Well, how would I know?
25:57Come on now, Kingsley.
26:00You're holding out on us.
26:02There's nothing to it.
26:04Look, two miners came into my office and wanted to rent a box.
26:08To store quartz crystals?
26:09Oh, they were diamonds, all right.
26:10My brother-in-law saw them.
26:12Come on, Kingsley.
26:13Tell us, where did they find those quartz crystals?
26:16I wouldn't know.
26:17I just bet you wouldn't.
26:19Close the door, someone.
26:20We'll have to pry it out.
26:22All right, all right.
26:23All right, Chip.
26:25Now, the nearest I can figure out is that they found a field somewhere, or said they did, probably in Nevada.
26:32And they claim it bears real diamonds.
26:35Now, I, for one, do not believe it.
26:38And what did you offer them?
26:40Well, they weren't interested in selling anything.
26:41All right, all right, all right.
26:47I confess.
26:49I did mention the possibility of perhaps buying in, or perhaps putting up some of the capital.
26:55But only, only if they sent someone out to see the actual field beforehand.
27:02Now, gentlemen, I do not believe in diamond fields, nor do I believe in sugar plum trees.
27:08Now, Kingsley was sounding more and more like my old friend, Danny Jim Buckley, selling a gold brick.
27:18Suddenly, I remembered.
27:20The two men with Kingsley the night I was put aboard the ship.
27:23Unshaved, unwashed, talked like Irish.
27:26The two prospectors in the bank today.
27:30Why, you are just being pig-headed about the whole thing.
27:33It is possible, mon cher, that you are being too skeptical.
27:37You connect the diamonds with Monsieur Kingsley, and you do not like Monsieur Kingsley, and therefore...
27:46He saw Kingsley when the story got out.
27:49Kingsley tried to pretend that the whole thing never happened.
27:52Roland, that is the first rule.
27:54Whenever you try to sell a gold brick or an old Spanish treasure map, you never tell the sucker about it.
27:59You let him overhear you.
28:01Then look very distressed when he does.
28:03That is true.
28:04Bart, you saw the diamonds yourself.
28:08Anybody can go out and buy diamonds.
28:10That many?
28:12Why, Selby, the best jeweler in town, evaluated those stones at more than a half a million dollars.
28:18I know.
28:19Well, that is the one part I can't figure out.
28:26Well, let's talk of more pleasant things.
28:29I promised Henriette her choice of three millionaire bachelors to marry.
28:33Would you care to join the group?
28:35Grandmama, he becomes insufferable again.
28:39One must adjust to it.
28:41Don't listen to him, Countess.
28:43Make him find you some young millionaires.
28:46Eh, Countess?
28:47Look, Bart, I've investigated the two prospectors, Murphy and McClure.
28:56They're legitimate.
28:57They've both been scrabbling out there in the desert for 20 years.
29:01I know Kingsley, too.
29:03How well?
29:04A hundred shares?
29:05A thousand?
29:06Oh, don't be silly.
29:08Nobody's organizing anything.
29:10Nobody's selling stock.
29:12Just forgetting the whole thing, huh?
29:13They're investigating it, thoroughly and sensibly.
29:17Kingsley has made the prospectors an offer based on their taking somebody out to look over the field.
29:21Oh, sure.
29:24When prospectors find something, they just can't wait to tell somebody else where it is.
29:29Oh, there's a way of doing it.
29:30They could take Kingsley's man out to the edge of the desert and then lead him blindfolded the rest of the way.
29:38Who will they show it to?
29:39You?
29:40Benson?
29:41P.T. Barnum.
29:42General George B. Marvin, the sanest and most highly respected businessman in San Francisco.
29:51With a blindfold.
29:57And what did you like best, Bedell?
30:00To go through Montgomery Street and spend money.
30:06I saw it.
30:07I saw it.
30:07Acres and acres on it.
30:09We can't talk here.
30:11Let's go upstairs.
30:13All right now, Van.
30:14No more secrets.
30:16Yes, let's hear the whole story.
30:18Gentlemen, please.
30:19I...
30:20All right.
30:23Diamonds.
30:23Acres of diamonds there in the desert.
30:26The anthills.
30:27You'd see an anthill powdered with diamond dust.
30:29And when you dug into the anthill, there'd be there in the heart of it a great big beautiful diamond.
30:33Well, that's not possible.
30:35These fantastic precious stones, uncut but valuable, lying around everywhere.
30:38Here, in the rock crevices, in the sand, worth millions and millions of dollars.
30:43I believe he's drunk.
30:45Look.
30:50Look at that.
30:51Look at the size of those stones.
30:55And you were trying to keep this from us, Van?
30:57Well, would you?
30:59In other words, gentlemen, only men of the highest business and personal standing.
31:05Men whose integrity is beyond a doubt.
31:06And how do we proceed?
31:10First, we'll send a representative collection of these stones to New York for examination and estimation by Tiffany & Company.
31:19This lot alone, the local jewelers say, is worth $1 million.
31:23Let's find out exactly what it is worth.
31:25Then?
31:26Then we'll set up a fund of $2 million for initial expenses.
31:30Now, we'll need $300,000 for a down payment to Murphy & McClure.
31:34We'll need to hire mining engineers, rough laborers for the field, a cutter from Europe to keep the whole operation here in San Francisco.
31:41We'll also need to get a bill through Congress to protect the diamond fields.
31:44Kingsley, I think these details are obvious.
31:47Now, just tell us how much you think the whole thing will take.
31:50$20 million.
31:52Seems reasonable.
31:53Yes, $20 million, isn't it?
31:55$20 million.
31:56That's what the sound is all right.
31:58It's all right.
31:59It's for sure.
32:05Ah, madame.
32:07Ah.
32:12Good.
32:12See?
32:19Very good.
32:20Now, what do you know about diamonds?
32:25What do I not know about diamonds?
32:30When I was young and ravishingly beautiful, I made a study of them.
32:36I collected diamonds.
32:37Well, where'd you pick up this sack full of stuff?
32:45Well, I, uh...
32:46Oh, souvenirs.
32:49From a stockholders meeting?
32:51You might say that.
32:54How much did they take from you?
32:55A hundred thousand.
32:59You still think it's a con game, don't you?
33:02If anybody's stealing, it's us.
33:04We capitalize for $20 million, and there's a hundred times that much lying out there in the desert.
33:11Well, I'm a little nearsighted where Mr. Kingsley is concerned.
33:13I have trouble recognizing him with the red costume and the eight tiny reindeer.
33:18I'd advise you to buy some of that reindeer stock while it's still going.
33:24We'll see.
33:26Dear Countess.
33:37Good night, bud.
33:38You're disturbed, Maverick.
33:45No, not at all.
33:49Well, where's Henriette?
33:51Who knows?
33:52Out with the millionaires, no doubt.
33:56And something is on your mind that is never Henriette.
33:59Alors, what is it?
34:01The diamonds?
34:03Well, it still smells of a con game.
34:06Except there's too much money in the come-on.
34:08So?
34:10Madame, there isn't a grifter alive who puts real gold in his gold brick.
34:15Not over a million dollars worth.
34:18I'm beginning to think I was wrong.
34:22You were not wrong, Maverick.
34:25I studied those diamonds closely.
34:29They are quite unusual.
34:32How?
34:33These stones lie in the desert.
34:36For thousands of years.
34:37Unseen, untouched by mankind.
34:39Is that right?
34:40That's the story.
34:42The littlest diamond was the prettiest one.
34:46Except for one tiny flaw.
34:48The mark of a diamond cutter's tool.
35:01And being a jeweler himself, Mr. Selby was just itching to get another look at some of the stones.
35:05I was sure you wouldn't mind showing him yours.
35:08Well, of course not.
35:09Sit down, Mr. Selby.
35:21Nice.
35:24Fine.
35:25Rather shabby looking things, aren't they?
35:28Just like they come out of the ground.
35:31Diamonds in the rough.
35:32You're right.
35:39You're absolutely right.
35:41Right about what?
35:52Notice anything unusual?
35:53No.
35:57Yes.
35:59Yes, it looks as if it had been broken.
36:02Look at it again.
36:04Look at the break.
36:06That is a diamond in its natural state, right?
36:09That's right.
36:11One thing you'll never find in nature is a straight line.
36:14It's been cut, Mr. Rowland.
36:17Why, that doesn't make sense.
36:20It is a diamond, isn't it?
36:22It's a diamond.
36:25Mr. Selby, what do you think that whole lot is worth?
36:30Maybe, uh, $25,000?
36:34Why, maybe?
36:36They're all stones.
36:38I'm not an expert in uncut jewelry.
36:41Who is?
36:43Nobody in San Francisco, really.
36:46Only diamond dealers know raw diamonds.
36:49And there is no diamond expert in San Francisco?
36:53Oh, wait a minute.
36:55Scharf got into town last week.
36:58He knows rough diamonds.
36:59Scharf?
37:01Yeah, Scharf of Scharf and Company.
37:02Philadelphia.
37:04One of the biggest dealers in diamonds on the East Coast.
37:07Does he come out here often?
37:09As far as I know, it's his first trip.
37:11Came into town last week.
37:13Nobody knows why.
37:13Hasn't done any buying or selling yet.
37:17Hasn't gotten in touch with anybody in the business yet.
37:19Could he possibly be here to appraise this stuff?
37:22No, he couldn't be.
37:24Tiffany in New York is doing that.
37:26Would he be trying to set up a diamond cutting center?
37:29No.
37:30They bring that cutters from Amsterdam.
37:32Then there's actually no reason for him to be in San Francisco.
37:35No apparent reason.
37:47Diamond stocks, huh?
37:49A thousand shares.
37:52Of nothing.
37:52Well, I wouldn't say that.
37:55You're a hundred thousand dollars wiser.
37:58A hundred and sixty-eight thousand at the close of trading today.
38:08Could I play with this for a while?
38:10Well, I think I can make you profit on it.
38:13Oh, you can't sell that stuff.
38:15Roland, it's hotcakes you can't sell.
38:18Well, I may be a hard businessman, Bart, but I'm not a swindler.
38:22Fraud like this would be on my conscience for the rest of my life.
38:25Well, it isn't a swindle if you give the buyer value for his money.
38:29Men who sell cut stones don't know what uncut stones are worth.
38:34Do they, Mr. Scharf?
38:36I suppose not.
38:37But a man who specializes in diamonds, who processes them,
38:42he knows what they're worth, doesn't he?
38:44That stands to reason.
38:45You, for an example.
38:47You knew how much those stones were worth when you sold them.
38:51When I sold them?
38:53Let me try to guess how it happened.
38:56Someone comes to you in Philadelphia and says,
38:59Mr. Scharf, I want to buy uncut jewels, diamonds, all you can spare.
39:06Nobody comes to me with such an order.
39:09So you sell them to them.
39:11You know something fishy about it, but you don't know just what.
39:14So you decide to sit back and wait.
39:18A word comes to Philadelphia that diamonds have been discovered out west.
39:22You know it's a big practical joke.
39:26But you figure that with all that money flying around San Francisco,
39:29you should have some of it for just keeping your mouth shut.
39:32Mr. Maverick, the house of Scharf has been a diamond trade for three generations.
39:39It has a spotless reputation.
39:41I don't doubt that for a moment, sir.
39:43But I'd hate to see both you and the reputation vanish overnight.
39:48Believe me, I have no idea what you're talking about.
39:52Men who play for stakes like these don't buy people off, Mr. Scharf.
40:01They kill them off.
40:02Your friend who sprinkles diamonds over the Nevada desert
40:10has floated $20 million worth of stock.
40:13He's buying heavily himself to push the price up.
40:16Now when the stock gets as high as it will,
40:18he figures to sell out,
40:20become the richest man in California before it has a chance to go down.
40:24California diamonds close today at 168.
40:27Before it hits 200, you'll be dead.
40:30Mr. Maverick, you're talking to the wrong man.
40:40You saw Kingsley or some of his men twice since you came to town.
40:45Now Monday was payday, wasn't it?
40:46How did you...
40:48I mean, why'd you think...
40:51Before Monday, you stayed in a cheap boarding house on Stook Street.
40:54But Monday night, you moved into this expensive hotel.
40:57That has nothing to do with...
41:00With anything.
41:07Gentlemen, please.
41:08Let's not talk about diamonds.
41:10We're ruining a very good poker game.
41:12Let's shut up.
41:13He's the winner.
41:14Good evening, gentlemen.
41:17Good evening.
41:18Ah, Mr. Maverick.
41:20Care to play?
41:21Still only takes $100,000.
41:23With you in the game, Mr. Kingsley, I think I'd need more than that.
41:26No?
41:27What do you figure you'd need?
41:29Oh, a strong stomach and a trusting heart.
41:35Don't be subtle, Maverick.
41:36You're going right over my head.
41:38I'll be blunt then, Kingsley.
41:41Your diamonds are a swindle.
41:44Swindle.
41:44Swindle.
41:47That's a very irresponsible statement, Mr. Maverick.
41:50Would you care to explain it here or in court?
41:53I'll explain it here, Mr. Kingsley.
41:55You can explain it in court.
41:58Your diamond field is salted.
42:00Salted?
42:00Salted?
42:01What's he talking about?
42:01Gentlemen, this is one of your anthill diamonds.
42:05Just as it came from the desert.
42:07By way of Amsterdam?
42:09What do you mean by that, Maverick?
42:11Mr. Pine, this is a processed stone.
42:13You can tell where it's been cut.
42:16Well, of course it's been cut, gentlemen.
42:18We cut into three or four of those, just to test the quality.
42:21Well, I'm certainly relieved.
42:24I'm sure the stockholders are relieved, too.
42:27I'd hate to think that stock was worthless.
42:29I don't think you have to worry about the stock, Mr. Maverick.
42:33A half hour after the market opens tomorrow morning,
42:36California diamond will be selling at $200 a share.
42:39And I will be leading the buying.
42:41Would you be interested in buying 1,000 shares right now?
42:44I'll buy you 1,000.
42:45I'm sorry.
42:46I offered them to Mr. Kingsley.
42:48$200 a share?
42:50$2,17.
42:51Well, that's a jump of $17,000.
42:54Why?
42:55For old time's sake.
42:58All right.
42:59You'll have my check in the morning.
43:00I'd prefer the cash tonight.
43:04Very well.
43:04Would you cash my chips in, please?
43:06Mm.
43:07Uh, $196,000, Van.
43:10Mm.
43:12There you are.
43:13I think that settles us, Mr. Maverick.
43:19Almost.
43:22Is Mr. Rowland in the hall?
43:32Gentlemen, this is Mr. Gerhard Scharf of Philadelphia.
43:37Mr. Scharf is a diamond dealer.
43:39I believe you've already met Mr. Kingsley.
43:43Six months ago in Philadelphia, I saw it, Mr. Kingsley, a large lot of uncut stones.
43:52Over a million dollars' worth?
43:54I didn't put that value on them.
43:57The whole lot is worth only $48,000.
44:01What?
44:02That's what I charged, Mr. Kingsley.
44:06Have somebody go for the police.
44:08You know, Maverick, it would have been cheaper to let you stay in the game.
44:25It'll be a gloomy day on the exchange tomorrow.
44:40I suppose.
44:42You know, I feel strange.
44:45I'm the only man in San Francisco who made a profit on diamonds.
44:50I wish you'd take a split, Bart.
44:51That was your stock, not mine.
44:53And I did take a split.
44:55$17,000.
44:58What do you do now?
45:00Move on?
45:02Looking for the next game?
45:04I suppose.
45:07Well, you certainly ruined this one.
45:12Why don't you just marry and settle down?
45:14Like I'm doing.
45:16You?
45:20The madame?
45:21I'm not a bad catch.
45:27Neither are you.
45:30I promised her a millionaire.
45:33I think she'd settle for less.
45:45Hank?
45:47Hank?
45:49Maverick?
45:49I have wonderful news.
45:51You mean about madame and Roland?
45:53Oh, no.
45:53I heard about them.
45:54I'm here to talk about us.
45:56Us, Maverick?
45:57Remember the other day when you told me I wouldn't know myself when you'd finished with me?
46:01Well, I'd like to find out if you were right.
46:03You see, I'm...
46:03Wait, Maverick.
46:04Uh-huh.
46:04That's the mistake I've been making.
46:06Please.
46:06Now...
46:06The news I wanted to tell you was not about Grandmama, but about me.
46:14I'm sorry, Bart.
46:16The other day when you left me, it was the end for us.
46:20I met someone.
46:21I'm in love with him.
46:24I'm in love with him.
46:28Who is he?
46:32He should be here now.
46:39I think you're sure he's the right one.
46:40I'm sorry, Bart.
46:48You gave me no hope, and I...
46:50Excuse me.
47:01Jimmy, I want you to meet a dear friend of mine.
47:06Bart, this is James Grayson.
47:08Bart, Maverick.
47:09How do you do?
47:09How are you?
47:11Uh, $30 million, Mr. Grayson?
47:15No, I'm afraid not, Mr. Maverick.
47:16And what little money I have is tied up in line.
47:19Back home in Texas.
47:21Uh-huh.
47:22A friend of mine told me she'd settle for a lot less.
47:28Well, good luck, Hank.
47:34Bye, Bart.
47:36And congratulations, Mr. Grayson.
47:41Thanks.
47:48Uh, cattle?
47:49No, uh, oil.
47:51Well, as long as it isn't diamonds.
47:54Well, as long as it isn't diamonds.
47:55Come on.
48:25Come on.
48:55Come on.
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