- 14 hours ago
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00The End
00:00:30The End
00:01:00The End
00:01:30Well, here we are. I turned down here at the next block.
00:01:39Thanks, mister. I'll get off there.
00:01:48Want anything else?
00:01:50No.
00:01:51Hey, you.
00:01:52Me?
00:01:56Yeah, you.
00:01:57Where are you heading?
00:01:59East.
00:02:01There.
00:02:02I thought if you were heading north, I might be able to help you out.
00:02:05I'm pushing the Salt Lake, and I don't like to ride alone at night.
00:02:08I'm one of those guys that got to talk or I fall asleep.
00:02:11Oh, sure, no, Mike.
00:02:12But pardon me, he's got Lou to keep in company, but I ain't got nobody at all.
00:02:17Where you coming from?
00:02:19West.
00:02:19Yeah, sure, I know, but where, L.A.?
00:02:22Maybe.
00:02:23I got a cousin out in L.A.
00:02:24You don't say.
00:02:25Yeah, he's been out.
00:02:28You're not much of a talker, are you?
00:02:29My mother taught me never to speak to strangers.
00:02:31Oh, wise guy.
00:02:32So what?
00:02:33Yeah, okay, okay, don't get sore.
00:02:35He's trying to be sociable, that's all.
00:02:38Hey, Glamorous, you change for a dime, will you?
00:02:51Let's have something quieter this time, Joe.
00:02:54My head's splitting.
00:02:55Is that what's wrong with it?
00:02:59Done with your coffee?
00:03:01No.
00:03:01Then don't rush me, will you?
00:03:03Hey, turn that off.
00:03:11Will you turn that thing off?
00:03:12What's eating you now?
00:03:13Yeah, what's eating you?
00:03:14That music, it stinks.
00:03:15Oh, you don't like it, huh?
00:03:16No, turn it off.
00:03:17Now, wait a minute, pal.
00:03:18That was my nickel, see?
00:03:20This is a free country, and I play whatever I want to.
00:03:24Okay.
00:03:26Sure, and if you don't like it, you don't have to listen to it.
00:03:28And you can leave here anytime you want it.
00:03:30Okay, okay, I'm sorry I asked.
00:03:31First good piece play tonight, and you don't like it.
00:03:34Some people just ain't got any good taste.
00:03:36That tune, that tune, why was there always that rotten tune?
00:03:53Following me around, beating in my head, never letting up.
00:03:56Did you ever want to forget anything?
00:04:02Did you ever want to cut away a piece of your memory or blot it out?
00:04:06You can't, you know.
00:04:07No matter how hard you try.
00:04:09You can change the scenery.
00:04:11But sooner or later, you'll get a whiff of perfume where somebody will say a certain phrase or maybe hum something.
00:04:16Then you're licked again.
00:04:18I can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:04:23I used to love that song once.
00:04:25So did the customers back in the old Break of Dawn club in New York.
00:04:28I can't remember a night when I didn't get at least three requests for it.
00:04:32Sue, she was always selling it too.
00:04:36Those were the days.
00:04:37Your eyes are blue, your kisses too.
00:05:06I never knew what they could do.
00:05:09I can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:05:14You're telling everyone you know that I'm on your mind each place you go.
00:05:21They can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:05:27I have always placed you far above me.
00:05:32I just can't imagine that you love me.
00:05:39And after all is said and done, to think that I'm the lucky one.
00:05:45I can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:05:49It wasn't much of a club, really.
00:05:59You know the kind.
00:06:01A joint where you could have a sandwich and a few drinks and run interference for your girl on the dance floor.
00:06:05I pounded the piano in there every night from eight until the place closed up, which usually meant four in the morning.
00:06:14A good job as jobs went in those days.
00:06:16Then, too, there was Sue, who made working there a little like working in heaven.
00:06:27But how we felt about each other, well, there was nothing very unusual in that.
00:06:31I was an ordinary healthy guy, and she was an ordinary healthy girl.
00:06:34And when you add those two together, you get an ordinary healthy romance, which is the old story.
00:06:39Sure, but somehow, the most wonderful thing in the world.
00:06:52All in all, I was a pretty lucky guy.
00:06:54Mr. Paderewski, I presume.
00:07:09It's beautiful.
00:07:10You're going to make Carnegie Hall yet, Al?
00:07:12Yeah, as a janitor.
00:07:15I'll make my debut in the basement.
00:07:17I don't blame you for being bitter, darling, but you mustn't give up hope.
00:07:21Why, someday...
00:07:22Yeah, someday.
00:07:22Hey, if I don't get arthritis first.
00:07:24In the meantime, let's blow this trap.
00:07:46Like to get something to eat, hon?
00:07:47Oh, I don't think so, Al.
00:07:49I lose my appetite working in this flea bag.
00:07:51Let's go home.
00:07:53Okay.
00:07:54I can't stand much more of that dump.
00:07:57Did you see that drunk tonight, trying to paw me?
00:08:00No, what drunk?
00:08:01Does it matter what drunk?
00:08:04Say, what's the matter with you tonight, darling?
00:08:06That's the third time you started to tell me something, then stop.
00:08:10We shouldn't have any secrets from each other, Sue.
00:08:13Next week, we're going to make with the ring and the license.
00:08:14You and me will be a team.
00:08:15Yes, that's right.
00:08:16In the Bush League.
00:08:18I don't get you.
00:08:19We've been struck out.
00:08:22That's a funny way to talk, darling.
00:08:24Don't you want to marry me?
00:08:25Al, look, I love you.
00:08:26You know I do.
00:08:27And I want to marry you.
00:08:29But?
00:08:30But not now.
00:08:31Only after we've made good.
00:08:34Sunday, I'm going away.
00:08:36Oh, I know you'll think it's silly.
00:08:38That's why I hesitated to tell you.
00:08:41But I'm going to California.
00:08:42I want to try my luck in Hollywood.
00:08:45That's the most stupid thing I ever heard of.
00:08:48Don't you know millions of people go out there every year and wind up polishing cuspidors?
00:08:51I thought you had better sense.
00:08:52You sound as if you don't think I have any talent.
00:08:54That has nothing to do with it.
00:08:56I'll make out all right.
00:08:57Maybe.
00:08:58But what about me?
00:08:59Doesn't it mean anything to you that you're busting up all our plans?
00:09:01We may not see each other for years.
00:09:03It won't be that long.
00:09:05I thought you loved me.
00:09:06I do.
00:09:07You know I do.
00:09:10Well, here we are.
00:09:15Al.
00:09:18Al, why can't you see my side of it?
00:09:20I'm young.
00:09:21We both are.
00:09:23And we've got all the time in the world to settle down.
00:09:27Really, darling.
00:09:29What I'm doing is the only sane thing to do.
00:09:32I hate the thought of being so far away from you.
00:09:36But we'll be together again someday.
00:09:38Maybe you'll decide to come out too later on.
00:09:42So long.
00:09:44Al, aren't you going to kiss me good night?
00:09:48Sure.
00:09:49Why not?
00:09:52Good night.
00:09:53Good night.
00:09:55Good night.
00:09:55Good night.
00:09:56Good night.
00:09:56Good night.
00:09:57Good night.
00:09:58Good night.
00:09:58Good night.
00:09:59Good night.
00:10:00Good night.
00:10:00Good night.
00:10:01Good night.
00:10:01Good night.
00:10:02Good night.
00:10:03Good night.
00:10:04Good night.
00:10:05Good night.
00:10:06Good night.
00:10:07Good night.
00:10:08Good night.
00:10:09Good night.
00:10:10Good night.
00:10:11Good night.
00:10:12Good night.
00:10:13Good night.
00:10:14Good night.
00:10:15Good night.
00:10:16Good night.
00:10:17Good night.
00:10:18Good night.
00:10:19Good night.
00:10:20Good night.
00:10:21Good night.
00:10:22Good night.
00:11:23Say, Roberts, you hit the jackpot this time.
00:11:39Ten bucks.
00:11:41Thanks.
00:11:41So when this drunk handed me a tin spot after a request, I couldn't get very excited.
00:11:52What was it I asked myself?
00:11:54A piece of paper calling with germs.
00:11:56Couldn't buy anything I wanted.
00:11:59It couldn't...
00:11:59Then I thought of something.
00:12:04Long distance.
00:12:29I'd like to put a call through to Los Angeles.
00:12:32Miss Harvey.
00:12:33Sue Harvey.
00:12:34H-A-R-V-E-Y.
00:12:36The number is Crestview 65723.
00:12:38Hello, Sue?
00:12:56Hello, Sue? This is Al.
00:12:58Oh, baby, it's great to hear from you, too.
00:13:00What's that? You do?
00:13:02Oh, me, too, darling.
00:13:04I thought I'd go batty without you. I just had to...
00:13:06Huh?
00:13:08You're working as a hashlinger?
00:13:10Gee, honey, that's tough.
00:13:12Those guys out in Hollywood don't know the real thing
00:13:14when it's right in front of me.
00:13:16I don't know what to do.
00:13:18I don't know what to do.
00:13:20I don't know what to do.
00:13:22I don't know what to do.
00:13:24You just stick it out, Sue, baby.
00:13:26Keep going around to those casting offices.
00:13:28I'm sure you'll click.
00:13:30Look, I'll tell you what. You stay put out there.
00:13:32I'll come to you.
00:13:34No, don't try to stop me. Just expect me.
00:13:36Train? Who knows?
00:13:38Train, plane, bus, magic carpet.
00:13:40I'll be there if I have to crawl.
00:13:42I have to travel by pogo stick.
00:13:44And then...
00:13:46Let's get married right away, huh?
00:13:50That's the stuff.
00:13:52That's what I've been wanting to hear you say.
00:13:54Well...
00:13:56Goodbye for now.
00:13:58I'll be seeing you soon.
00:14:00Yeah.
00:14:02Bye.
00:14:10The only way I could cross country was to thumb rides.
00:14:12For even after hocking everything,
00:14:14I only had enough money to eat.
00:14:16Money.
00:14:18You know what that is.
00:14:20It's the stuff you never have enough of.
00:14:22Little green things with George Washington's picture
00:14:24that men slave for, commit crimes for, die for.
00:14:28It's the stuff that has caused more trouble in the world
00:14:30than anything else we ever invented.
00:14:32Simply because there's too little of it.
00:14:34At least I had too little of it.
00:14:36So it was me for the thumb.
00:14:40If you don't leave Kim, you can keep the bullets.
00:14:44If you are going to be full.
00:14:46The other is going to be full of gold.
00:14:48And I'll get you back to him.
00:14:50You don't care.
00:14:52You are the best, honey.
00:14:53I'll give you back to him.
00:14:54Ever done any hitchhiking?
00:14:59It's not much fun, believe me.
00:15:01Oh, yeah, I know all about how it's an education,
00:15:04how you get to meet a lot of people and all that.
00:15:06But me, from now on, I'll take my education in college
00:15:10or in P.S. 62, or I'll send $1.98 in stamps for 10 easy lessons.
00:15:24Thumbing rides may save your bus fare, but it's dangerous.
00:15:29You never know what's in store for you
00:15:31when you hear the squeal of brakes.
00:15:34If only I'd known what I was getting into that day in Arizona.
00:15:39Here, throw that in the back seat.
00:15:44Okay, let's go. Make sure that door's closed.
00:15:54You know, Emily Post ought to write a book of rules
00:16:02for guys thumbing rides.
00:16:05Because as it is now, you never know what's right and what's wrong.
00:16:08We rode along for a little while,
00:16:10neither one of us saying anything.
00:16:12I was glad of that.
00:16:14I never know what to say to strange people driving cars.
00:16:18And, too, you can never tell if a guy wants to talk.
00:16:21A lot of rides have been cut short because of a big mouth.
00:16:24So I kept my mouth shut until he started opening up.
00:16:30Hand me that little box in the compartment, will you, pal?
00:16:36Hold the wheel, will you?
00:16:49How far are you going?
00:16:50L.A.
00:16:51Well, you're really traveling, aren't you?
00:16:53Yeah, but I don't expect to make it for a couple of years
00:16:55at the rate I've been promoting rides.
00:16:57Not much luck, huh?
00:16:58Sure, all bad.
00:17:00Not many people stop for a guy these days.
00:17:03Afraid of a stick-up, maybe.
00:17:04Well, they can't blame him.
00:17:06Where you coming from?
00:17:07New York.
00:17:09Well, New York.
00:17:11You're in luck this time.
00:17:12I'm going all the way.
00:17:14Right through to Los Angeles.
00:17:17You drive a car?
00:17:17Sure.
00:17:19Whenever you're tired, let me know.
00:17:21I'll holler.
00:17:23I guess at least an hour passed before I noticed those deep scratches on his right hand.
00:17:28They were wicked.
00:17:29Three puffy red lines about a quarter of an inch apart.
00:17:33He must have seen me looking at them because he said...
00:17:36beauties, aren't they?
00:17:39They're going to be scars someday.
00:17:42What an animal.
00:17:44Whatever it was, it must have been pretty big and vicious to have done that.
00:17:47Right on both counts, New York.
00:17:49I was tussling with the most dangerous animal in the world.
00:17:52A woman.
00:17:54She must have been Tarzan's mate.
00:17:56Looks like you lost the bob.
00:17:58Certainly wasn't a draw.
00:18:00You know, there ought to be a law against dames with claws.
00:18:03Yeah.
00:18:04I tossed her out of the car in her ear.
00:18:07Was I wrong?
00:18:08Give a lift to a tomato, you expect her to be nice, don't you?
00:18:11Yeah.
00:18:13After all, what kind of a dame's son rides?
00:18:15Sunday school teachers?
00:18:16Yeah.
00:18:19A little witch.
00:18:21She must have thought she was riding with some fall guy.
00:18:24Me, who's been booking horses around race tracks since I was 20.
00:18:28I've known a million dames like her.
00:18:30Two million.
00:18:31Yeah.
00:18:33Stopped the car, opened the door.
00:18:37Taken on the Arthur Duffy's sister, I told her.
00:18:39That's his stuff.
00:18:40It's always done, huh?
00:18:43But if you want to see a real scar, brother, get a load of this.
00:18:48What?
00:18:50I got that one jewelry.
00:18:52Dually?
00:18:53Yeah, we're just kidding, of course.
00:18:55My dad owned a couple of Franco-Prussian sabers.
00:18:57Kept them on the wall for decorations.
00:18:59Well, one day, another kid and I took them down.
00:19:02The old man wasn't around.
00:19:04Had a duel.
00:19:06You get me in the arm here.
00:19:08Pretty mean cut.
00:19:10Infection set in later.
00:19:12Yeah, I can see that.
00:19:14Now, give me that box again, will you?
00:19:15Yeah.
00:19:16The pain made me lose my head, I guess.
00:19:30Began slashing.
00:19:32Before I knew it, I'd put the other kid's eye on.
00:19:35That was tough.
00:19:37Well, it was just an accident, of course.
00:19:39Do you know how kids are?
00:19:40I get scared, decide I was going to run away from home.
00:19:43The old man almost caught me when I was packing my duds.
00:19:47The bloody rag I had wrapped around my wrist hadn't caught his attention.
00:19:51You've seen the bundle for sure.
00:19:54But I beat it when he was phoning for a doctor.
00:19:57I was 15, 16 years ago.
00:19:59I haven't been home since.
00:20:00Pull in there for a bite or something, huh?
00:20:07A bite or something.
00:20:09Brother, was I hungry.
00:20:11I hadn't had anything in my stomach for hours.
00:20:14Yet even with that gnawing in the pit of my belly,
00:20:16I didn't want to be in too big a rush to put on the feedback.
00:20:20First, I had to make sure this guy knew the score.
00:20:22If I got him down on me, it was goodbye ticket to Hollywood.
00:20:27I'll wait out here for you, mister.
00:20:28If it's the money, don't worry about paying for it.
00:20:30Miss Tom, it's on me.
00:20:31Well, that's quite of you, mister...
00:20:33Haskell, think nothing of it.
00:20:34You make your first million, maybe you can do the same for me.
00:20:36Come on, New York.
00:20:37I got to make the West Coast by Wednesday.
00:20:39There's a horse running at Santa Anita named Pryor Bicycle.
00:20:42It means it ought to me if I'm on him.
00:20:43We'll make it, all right.
00:20:46He did most of the talking during the half hour we were in the place.
00:20:50I ate.
00:20:51He rambled on about his old man,
00:20:53whom he hadn't heard from since he ran away as a kid,
00:20:56and how he happened to become a bookie,
00:20:58and then all about how he got rooked in Miami.
00:21:00One race, 38 grand.
00:21:02They cleaned out my book.
00:21:03How do you like that?
00:21:05That was tough luck.
00:21:06Yeah, and I'm supposed to be the smart guy.
00:21:08Well, you just wait.
00:21:09I'm going back to Florida next season with all kinds of jack.
00:21:11And you'll watch those stinkers run for cover.
00:21:14Do you want anything else?
00:21:15No, thanks.
00:21:16I've had plenty.
00:21:22Let's check there, sister.
00:21:23Oh, just a minute.
00:21:28Your change, sir.
00:21:29Keep it, sister.
00:21:30Oh, thank you, sir.
00:21:31Call again.
00:21:32I'll be waiting outside for you when you finish work.
00:21:35Sharp check.
00:21:36I drove all that night while Haskell slept like a log.
00:21:48After a while, I began to get sleepy myself.
00:21:52I was happy, though.
00:21:54Soon I'd be with Sue again.
00:21:57The long trip was practically over,
00:21:58and I'd be no more hoofing it down the concrete.
00:22:00I began to think of the future,
00:22:04which couldn't have been brighter
00:22:05if I'd embroidered it with neon lights.
00:22:08It was nice to think of Sue shooting to the top.
00:22:12It's amazing what a full belly can do to your imagination.
00:22:18Your eyes, oh, your kisses, too.
00:22:23I never knew what they could do.
00:22:27I can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:22:35You're telling everyone you know
00:22:40I'm on your mind each place you go.
00:22:44I can't believe that you're in love with me.
00:22:57I don't know what they want.
00:23:07Mr. Haskell.
00:23:09Mr. Haskell.
00:23:13Mr. Haskell, wake up.
00:23:15It's raining.
00:23:16Don't you think we ought to stop and put up the top?
00:23:17Mr. Haskell, I'm gonna put up the top.
00:23:31Up until then, I had done things my way.
00:23:35But from then on, something else stepped in and shunted me out of my way.
00:23:40I had done things my way.
00:23:43But from then on, something else stepped in and shunted me off to a different destination than the one I had picked for myself.
00:23:50The one I pulled open that door.
00:23:57Mr. Haskell, what's the matter? Are you hurt?
00:24:00Are you hurt, Mr. Haskell?
00:24:03Start yourself. I'll listen to it.
00:24:06But I know what you're gonna hand me even before you open your mouths.
00:24:09You're gonna tell me you don't believe my story of how Haskell died,
00:24:12and give me that don't make me laugh expression on your smug faces.
00:24:19I saw it once, he was dead.
00:24:21And I was in for it.
00:24:22Who would believe he fell out of the car?
00:24:24Why, if Haskell came too, which of course he couldn't,
00:24:26even he would swear I conked him over the head for his dough.
00:24:28Yes, I was in for it.
00:24:31Instinct told me to run.
00:24:32But then I realized it was hopeless.
00:24:34There were lots of people back down the road who could identify me.
00:24:36That gas station guy and the waitress.
00:24:38I would be in a worse spot then, trying to explain why I beat it.
00:24:41The next possibility was to sit tight and tell the truth when the cops came.
00:24:44But that would be crazy.
00:24:45They'd laugh at the truth.
00:24:47I'm not having my head in the noose.
00:24:51So what else was there to do but hide the body and get away in the car?
00:24:54I couldn't leave the car there with him in the gully.
00:24:56That would be like erecting a tombstone.
00:25:26My idea was to cover him with brush, not to rob him.
00:25:29But then I remembered that even if I only drove the car for a hundred miles or so,
00:25:32I would need money for gas.
00:25:35Besides, it was stupid of me to leave all that money on a dead man.
00:25:39Not only that, I'd have to take his driver's license in case I was stopped for something.
00:25:45I didn't like to think about it.
00:25:46But by that time I'd done just what the police would say I did, even if I didn't.
00:25:51My clothes.
00:25:52The owner of such an expensive car would never be wearing them.
00:25:55Some cop might put me in on suspicion.
00:26:23Hey, you, this your car?
00:26:25Don't you know better than to leave a car with the wheels halfway in the middle of the road?
00:26:28That's the way accidents happen.
00:26:30I'm sorry, officer. I was just putting up my top. I didn't think.
00:26:34Well, and the next time think.
00:26:36I'll let you go now, but watch your step in the future.
00:26:38I know that's a lonely stretch, but cars come by here once in a while and we have plenty of crack-ups.
00:26:43Thanks.
00:26:52I left nothing in a car to give me away as Robertson. If they found a dead man in the gully now, it would be me.
00:27:12As I drove off, it was still raining.
00:27:23And the drops streaked down the windshield like tears.
00:27:29I kept imagining I was being followed and that I could hear sirens back in the distance.
00:27:33Just how long it took me to cover the 60-odd miles to the California state line, I don't know.
00:27:38I lost all track of time.
00:27:41But the rain had stopped and the sun was up when I pulled up to the inspection station.
00:27:50Hello.
00:27:52Carrying any fruits or vegetables?
00:27:53No.
00:27:54Any livestock or poultry?
00:27:55No.
00:27:58I'd like to see your registration and driver's license, please.
00:28:05Anything in the baggage compartment?
00:28:06Just baggage.
00:28:09Charles Haskell, Jr.
00:28:11Aids 30 brown eyes, dark hair.
00:28:13Identifying marks, none.
00:28:15Are you Charles Haskell, Jr.?
00:28:16Yes.
00:28:17Well, remember, if you're employed and you stay over 30 days, you take out California plates.
00:28:21All right, officer, but I'll only be in the state a short while.
00:28:25Right, you can go now.
00:28:26I couldn't drive any farther without some sleep, cops or no cops.
00:28:38I knew I had to hit the hay and hit it hard.
00:28:42I was dead tired.
00:28:43I'm dead and tired.
00:28:44I am dead and tired.
00:28:45I am dead and tired.
00:29:13No, no, you can't, Mr. Haskell.
00:29:17No.
00:29:26Mr. Haskell, you can't die.
00:29:29I don't think, I think I did it.
00:29:33No, Mr. Haskell, no.
00:29:37No.
00:29:43Who's there?
00:29:55It's the maid. Can I come in and clean?
00:29:58Later. In a half hour.
00:30:01All right, sir.
00:30:13There was no time to lose.
00:30:27Every minute I had to be Charles Haskell was dangerous.
00:30:30And I'd have to be Charles Haskell until I got to some city where I could leave the car and be swallowed up.
00:30:34That meant driving the car as far as San Bernardino, maybe even to Los Angeles.
00:30:44In a little town, I might be noticed.
00:30:46But in a city, I should be safe enough.
00:30:49Then, after I ditched the car, I could go on to Sue.
00:30:53But those five minutes at the state line made me realize it might be a good idea to find out a little bit about Mr. Haskell.
00:30:59Then, if anybody asked me questions, I could give the right answers.
00:31:04The first thing I found out was that I had $768.
00:31:08This was a lot of jack.
00:31:10But believe me, it was the kind of money I'd rather not have.
00:31:14And then I found out from a letter Haskell was carting around in his bag that he wasn't the open-handed, easy-going big-shot who went around buying dinners for strange hitchhikers.
00:31:31Before I got done reading it, I saw him more as a chiseler.
00:31:35It was written to his old man in California, the one he hadn't seen in so many years.
00:31:40In it, Haskell posed as a salesman of hymnals, of all things.
00:31:46It was easy to see where Haskell expected to raise a new stake for his book in Miami.
00:31:51By rooking his old man.
00:31:53That was about all I found out from his effects.
00:31:57And it was enough.
00:31:59I told myself maybe old man Haskell was lucky his son kicked off.
00:32:04He would never know it.
00:32:06But it saved him from taking a flyer in sacred literature preferred.
00:32:34Near the airport at Desert Center, I pulled up for water.
00:32:39There was a woman.
00:32:45Hey, you! Come on if you want a ride.
00:33:04There was no matter of Jenna, yes, you!
00:33:05There was no wonder of him.
00:33:06There was no wonder of birds.
00:33:07There were vyes.
00:33:10Where's what her house was"!
00:33:12With water regionalBean pequeño sky, a cottage on the roof!
00:33:14Probably not.
00:33:15There was no wonder he'd be...
00:33:16Indeed.
00:33:17Here we go.
00:33:18A small движgoid pub's station of the assuming the Henrietta is left.
00:33:19Here we go.
00:33:20Where are going our boarding points?
00:33:21When will it have been charged, we're missing the fenest?
00:33:22There were rooms!
00:33:24The Hugo Jaguar!
00:33:27By the way hello here Hayden.
00:33:29How far are you going?
00:33:36How far are you going?
00:33:38That took me by surprise, and I turned my head to look her over.
00:33:42She was facing straight ahead, so I couldn't see her eyes.
00:33:46But she was young, not more than 24.
00:33:50Man, she looked as if she'd just been thrown off the crummiest freight train in the world.
00:33:55Yet in spite of this, I got the impression of beauty.
00:33:57Not the beauty of a movie actress, mind you.
00:34:01Or the beauty you dream about when you're with your wife.
00:34:03But a natural beauty.
00:34:05A beauty that's almost homely because it's so real.
00:34:10Then suddenly she turned to face me.
00:34:12How far did you say you were going?
00:34:14Los Angeles.
00:34:15L.A.?
00:34:17L.A. is good enough for me, mister.
00:34:19That's what I was afraid of.
00:34:20What did you say?
00:34:22Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud.
00:34:24People get in trouble for doing that.
00:34:26What's your name?
00:34:28You can call me Vera, if you like.
00:34:30Do you live in Los Angeles?
00:34:31No.
00:34:33Where are you coming from?
00:34:35Oh, back there.
00:34:36Needles?
00:34:37No.
00:34:39Oh, sure. Phoenix.
00:34:40You look just like a Phoenix girl.
00:34:42Are the girls in Phoenix that bad?
00:34:44The girl must have been pretty tired because she fell asleep not 20 minutes after she stepped into the car.
00:34:50She lay sprawled out with her head resting against the far door, like Haskell.
00:34:54I didn't like that part of it much, but I didn't wake her up.
00:34:59It wasn't that this girl still worried me.
00:35:02I've gotten over that funny feeling I had when she looked at me, which I put down.
00:35:06It's just my jangled nerves.
00:35:08With her eyes closed, the test has gone out of her.
00:35:11She seemed harmless enough.
00:35:13And instead of disliking her, I began to feel sorry for her.
00:35:17The poor kid probably had had a rough time of it.
00:35:21Who was she, anyway?
00:35:23And why was she going to Los Angeles?
00:35:25And where'd she come from in the first place?
00:35:27The only thing I knew about her was her name.
00:35:30Not that it made any difference.
00:35:32A few hours more and we'd be in Hollywood.
00:35:34I'd forget where I parked the car and look up Sue.
00:35:37This nightmare of being a dead man would be over.
00:35:41Who this dame was, well, it was no business of mine.
00:35:44Where did you leave his body?
00:35:46Where did you leave the owner of this car?
00:35:48You're not fooling anyone.
00:35:50This buggy belongs to a guy named Haskell.
00:35:52That's not you, mister.
00:35:53You're out of your mind.
00:35:54That's my name, Charles Haskell.
00:35:55I can prove it.
00:35:56It's my driver's license.
00:35:57Save yourself the trouble, mister.
00:35:58Having Haskell's wallet only makes it worse.
00:36:01It just so happens I rode with Charlie Haskell,
00:36:03all the way from Louisiana.
00:36:05He picked me up outside of Shreveport.
00:36:07You rode?
00:36:07You heard me.
00:36:09Then it all came back to me.
00:36:11All the talk about dueling and scars and scratches.
00:36:14There was no doubt about it.
00:36:16Vera must be the woman Haskell had mentioned.
00:36:19She must have passed me while I slept.
00:36:21Well?
00:36:22Well, I'm waiting.
00:36:24My goose was cooked.
00:36:26She had me.
00:36:27That Haskell guy wasn't dead yet.
00:36:30He wasn't stretched out stiff and cold in any Arizona gully.
00:36:33He was sitting right there in the car laughing like mad while he haunted me.
00:36:36He was sitting right there in the car laughing like mad at me.
00:36:38Well?
00:36:39There was nothing I could say.
00:36:41It was her move.
00:36:43Vera, whatever her name was,
00:36:45it was just my luck picking her up on the road.
00:36:48It couldn't have been Helen or Mary or Evelyn or Ruth.
00:36:52It had to be the very last person I should ever have met.
00:36:55That's life.
00:36:57Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.
00:37:00I told her everything, but she didn't believe my story.
00:37:08I should have saved my breath.
00:37:10That's the greatest cock and bull story I ever heard.
00:37:12So he fell out of his car.
00:37:14Say, who do you think you're talking to, a hick?
00:37:16Listen, mister, I've been around.
00:37:18And I know a wrong guy when I see one.
00:37:21What'd you do, kiss him with a wrench?
00:37:22Now, wait a minute.
00:37:23What I told you was true.
00:37:24You see, that's why I had to do it.
00:37:26You think I killed him?
00:37:27Well, the cops would have thought so, too.
00:37:28Yeah, well, maybe they still think so.
00:37:31What makes you so sure I'll shut up about this?
00:37:33Vera, I'm innocent.
00:37:35Give me a break, will you?
00:37:37It won't do me any good having you pinched.
00:37:39The cops are no friends of mine.
00:37:41Now, if there was a reward, but there isn't.
00:37:44Thanks.
00:37:45Don't thank me yet.
00:37:47I'm not through with you by a long shot.
00:37:49Let's see that roll.
00:37:55Is that all Haskell had?
00:37:58Isn't it enough?
00:37:59No, I thought he had more.
00:38:00Not that I know of.
00:38:01You can search me.
00:38:02You think I'm holding out on you.
00:38:03Well, maybe I will at that.
00:38:04He told me he was going to bet $3,000 on a horse named Paradisical on Wednesday at Santa Anita.
00:38:10He was stringing you along.
00:38:11He meant $300.
00:38:11Maybe.
00:38:12Sure, $3,000, $300.
00:38:13He was a piece of cheese, a big blowhard.
00:38:15Listen, mister, don't try and tell me anything about Charlie Haskell.
00:38:18Remember, I knew him better than you did.
00:38:20Okay, then you knew he was a four-flusher.
00:38:22That explains the three grand bet.
00:38:23I'm not so sure he didn't have that three grand.
00:38:25Why should I believe you?
00:38:27You got all the earmarks of a cheap crook.
00:38:29Now, wait a minute.
00:38:30You're a cheap crook and you killed him.
00:38:32For two cents, I'd change my mind and turn you in.
00:38:34I don't like you.
00:38:36All right, all right, don't get sore.
00:38:37I'm not getting sore.
00:38:38But just remember who's boss around here.
00:38:40If you shut up and don't give me any arguments, you'll have nothing to worry about.
00:38:43But if you act wise, well, mister, you'll pop into jail so fast it'll give you the bends.
00:38:48I'm not arguing.
00:38:49Well, see that you don't.
00:38:50You know, as crooked as you look, I'd hate to see a fella as young as you wind up sniffing that perfume that Arizona hands out free to murderers.
00:38:56I'm not a murderer.
00:38:57Of course you're not.
00:38:58Haskell knocked his own head off.
00:39:00He fell.
00:39:00That's how it happened.
00:39:00Just like I told you.
00:39:01Sure.
00:39:02And then he made you a present of his belongings.
00:39:03I explained why I had to do that.
00:39:05Oh, skip it.
00:39:05It doesn't make a difference one way or another.
00:39:07I'm not a mourner.
00:39:08I liked Haskell even less than I like you.
00:39:11Yeah, I saw what you did to him.
00:39:12What do you mean?
00:39:13Well, scratches on his wrist.
00:39:14Sure, I scratched him.
00:39:17Oh, so you did.
00:39:19So your idea was to drive the car a little way, maybe into San Bernardino and then leave it.
00:39:24You weren't going to sell it?
00:39:25Sell it?
00:39:26You think I'm crazy, somebody else's car?
00:39:28See, all I want to do is leave it somewhere and forget I ever saw it.
00:39:31Not only don't you have any scruples, you don't have any brains.
00:39:34I don't get you.
00:39:35Maybe it's a good thing you met me.
00:39:37You'd have got yourself caught sure.
00:39:39Why, you dope.
00:39:40Don't you know a deserted automobile always rates an investigation?
00:39:43Huh?
00:39:44Look, the cops find a car.
00:39:46Then they get curious.
00:39:48They wonder where the owner is.
00:39:49So all right, they don't trace Haskell.
00:39:51They trace you.
00:39:53I never thought of that.
00:39:55The only safe way to get rid of the car is to sell it to a dealer.
00:39:57Get it registered under a new name.
00:40:00Say, stop at the next door.
00:40:01I want to get a bottle and do some shopping before we hit L.A.
00:40:04Okay.
00:40:05As soon as we find a place, I'll drop you off and pick you up later.
00:40:07Nothing doing.
00:40:08You're coming in too.
00:40:09From now on, you and I are like the Siamese twins.
00:40:12Have it your way.
00:40:13I don't get the point.
00:40:14The point is, I don't want you to get lost.
00:40:16I'm not going to beat it if that's what you're afraid of.
00:40:18I'll say you're not.
00:40:19Well, I'm going to see that you sell this car so you don't get caught.
00:40:22Thanks.
00:40:23Of course, your interest wouldn't be financial, would it?
00:40:26You wouldn't want a small percentage of the profits.
00:40:29Well, now that you insist, how can I refuse?
00:40:32A hundred percent will do.
00:40:34Fine.
00:40:34I'm relieved.
00:40:36I thought for a moment you were going to take it all.
00:40:37Well, I don't want to be a hog.
00:40:41A few hours later, we were in Hollywood.
00:40:44I was recognizing places Sue had written about.
00:40:47It struck me that far from being at the end of the trip,
00:40:50there was a greater distance between Sue and me than when I started out.
00:40:53Pira wasn't kidding with that Siamese twins crack.
00:40:57She rented a little apartment as Mrs. Charles Haskell.
00:41:02When I objected to this, she explained that it was on account of the car.
00:41:05A dealer might think something was funny if he called and found her using different names.
00:41:14Home, sweet home.
00:41:16Yeah.
00:41:17Not bad either.
00:41:18In case there's any doubt in your mind, I'll take the bedroom.
00:41:29Yeah.
00:41:31Sure is stuffy in here.
00:41:40Keep the window shut.
00:41:42Okay.
00:41:42The old crow downstairs said there's a folding bed behind this door.
00:41:54You know how to work it?
00:41:59I invented it.
00:42:04Some joint.
00:42:05One can't have everything.
00:42:06I'm first in the bathtub.
00:42:14I don't know why, but I figured you would be.
00:42:27Boy, oh boy.
00:42:28It sure feels good to be clean again.
00:42:31I must be 10 pounds lighter.
00:42:34You must be.
00:42:35Well, Hitch and Rides isn't exactly the way you keep your schoolgirl complexion.
00:42:44I wish that guy with the sacks would give up.
00:42:48It gets on my nerves.
00:42:51Forget it.
00:42:55Have a drink.
00:42:57Aren't you afraid I might take you up on it?
00:43:01If I didn't want to give you a drink, I wouldn't have offered it.
00:43:03Why be a sorehead, Roberts?
00:43:06You got yourself into this thing.
00:43:09You should be grateful I'm not turning you in.
00:43:12Why, if I wasn't regular, you'd be in the pen this minute,
00:43:14being photographed, fingerprinted, and being pushed around by the cops.
00:43:18So cheer up.
00:43:19Get rid of that long puss.
00:43:22Or is your conscience bothering you?
00:43:24No, it isn't.
00:43:32Swell.
00:43:33That's the spirit.
00:43:36He's dead, and no moment around will bring him back.
00:43:41Anyway, I never could understand this worrying about something that's over and done with.
00:43:45Now look, Vera, for the last time I didn't kill him.
00:43:47Haskell was a sick man.
00:43:49Maybe he was dead before he fell out of the car.
00:43:50I don't know.
00:43:51Sure, sure.
00:43:52He died of old age.
00:43:54All right.
00:43:56So if it'll make you sociable,
00:43:59you didn't kill him.
00:44:11Thanks.
00:44:12Thanks.
00:44:12We're out of liquor, Roberts.
00:44:25Yeah.
00:44:27Too bad.
00:44:28I felt like getting tight tonight.
00:44:30Well, I think you succeeded.
00:44:32Am I tight?
00:44:34There's a prima donna's corset.
00:44:35That's good.
00:44:37I wanted to get tight.
00:44:39Why?
00:44:40What have you got to get tight about?
00:44:41Oh, I don't know.
00:44:43A few things.
00:44:45Huh.
00:44:47You should have my worries.
00:44:49If I had your troubles, I'd stay sober.
00:44:51And I've got the key to that door.
00:44:56Yeah.
00:44:58Maybe you're right.
00:44:59I'm always right.
00:45:02You know, I don't like your attitude, Roberts.
00:45:05Well, there's a lot of things I don't like.
00:45:08Sure.
00:45:08But life's like a ball game.
00:45:14You've got to take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find it's a ninth inning.
00:45:19I bet you read that somewhere.
00:45:21That's the trouble with you, Roberts.
00:45:23All you do is bellyache.
00:45:26But I've taken it easy and we're trying to make the best of things.
00:45:29But maybe that's what's wrong with the whole world.
00:45:33Get the professor.
00:45:35People knock themselves out trying to buck fate.
00:45:38Now, take you, for instance.
00:45:39You're lucky to be alive.
00:45:41Why, suppose Haskell had pulled open your door.
00:45:44You'd be playing a harp now.
00:45:46Think of that.
00:45:46You think of it.
00:45:50I'm tired of thinking.
00:45:52There's plenty of people dying this minute.
00:45:55It would give anything to trade places with you.
00:45:57I know what I'm talking about.
00:46:02I'm not so sure.
00:46:03At least they know they're done for.
00:46:05They don't have to sweat blood wondering if they are.
00:46:09Your philosophy stinks, pal.
00:46:13We all know we're going to kick off someday.
00:46:15It's only a question of when.
00:46:18But what's got us on this subject anyway?
00:46:21We'll be discussing politics next.
00:46:24Yeah.
00:46:27Where'd you hide the butts?
00:46:29On the table, sucker.
00:46:38We bored each other with conversation for a couple of hours longer.
00:46:42Every five minutes, one of us was wishing we had another bottle or a radio or something to read.
00:46:48Then, finally, we ran out of chatter.
00:46:51I know it's only 11 o'clock, but I want to get up early and make the rounds of the used car lots.
00:46:55No worry about that.
00:46:56We've got all the time in the world.
00:46:58Maybe you have, but if you think I want to stay cooped up in this place any longer than I have to, you're batty.
00:47:02It's not a bad place.
00:47:03We paid plenty for diggings like this in New York.
00:47:05I wouldn't like it if it was the Ritz.
00:47:11What? Liquor?
00:47:13You got a mean cough.
00:47:14I want to do something about it.
00:47:16I'll be all right.
00:47:17That's what Camille said.
00:47:18Nobody you know.
00:47:26Wasn't that the Dane that died of consumption?
00:47:28Yeah.
00:47:29Wouldn't it be a break for you if I did kick off?
00:47:32He'd be free with all Haskell's dough and car.
00:47:35I don't want to see anybody die.
00:47:38Not even me.
00:47:40Especially not you.
00:47:41One person died of me.
00:47:42If you did, well, that's all I need.
00:47:47You don't like me, do you, Roberts?
00:47:51I like you.
00:47:53I love you.
00:47:56My favorite sport is being kept prisoner.
00:47:59After we sell the car, you can go to Blazers for all I care.
00:48:01But not until then.
00:48:02I'm going to bed.
00:48:20Good night, Roberts.
00:48:21Don't try and sneak away during the night.
00:48:23All the doors are locked.
00:48:24Anyway, if I find you gone in the morning,
00:48:26I'll notify the police.
00:48:28They'll pick you up.
00:48:29Don't worry.
00:48:29I know when I'm in a spot.
00:48:30Well, good night.
00:48:33I hope that portable rack isn't too uncomfortable for you.
00:48:36Don't lose any sleepover, will you, Roberts?
00:49:00You don't lose any sleepover, will you, Roberts?
00:49:03Well, good night.
00:49:13Well, good night.
00:49:13I do.
00:49:14I want to go.
00:49:18One, two, six, five, seven, two, three.
00:49:27Maybe.
00:49:29Hello?
00:49:31Hello?
00:49:33Hello?
00:49:35Hello?
00:49:43No.
00:49:45Not yet, darling.
00:49:47Tomorrow.
00:49:51Maybe.
00:49:53If this were fiction, I would fall in love with Vera, marry her and make a respectable woman of her.
00:50:00Or else she'd make some supreme class A sacrifice for me and die.
00:50:05Sue and I would bawl a little over her grave and make some crack about there's good in all of us.
00:50:11But Vera, unfortunately, was just as rotten in the morning as she'd been the night before.
00:50:17All right, all right, I'm coming.
00:50:20Look, Vera, it's almost noon.
00:50:22So what?
00:50:24The dealers will be there all day?
00:50:26They'll be there all year, too, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna wait that long.
00:50:28Shut up.
00:50:29You're making noises like a husband.
00:50:34Well, do I rate a whistle?
00:50:36You sure do, but let's go.
00:50:37Let's go, let's go.
00:50:39I spent 85 bucks and two hours preparing bait, and all you can say is, let's go.
00:50:45Come on.
00:50:46We passed a few used car lots last night down this way.
00:50:48What do you think we can get for this heap?
00:50:49I don't know.
00:50:50Plenty.
00:50:51You just let me handle everything.
00:50:52You think we can get $2,000?
00:50:53I don't know, but don't worry.
00:50:54I'll squeeze as much out of this guy as I can.
00:50:55If I let it go cheap without a fight, he might think we've stolen the car.
00:50:57And listen, don't make any slips and call me Roberts.
00:50:59That'll cook us.
00:51:00I don't need you to tell me that.
00:51:02You better just sit by and keep your mouth closed.
00:51:04Remember, we're both in this soup if anything happens.
00:51:06Forget it and drive.
00:51:07You're my wife, Farrah Haskell.
00:51:09Look, after the deal's closed, let's go back to that place on Hollywood Boulevard,
00:51:12where I saw the fur jacket.
00:51:13I want to buy it.
00:51:14Let's go.
00:51:15Let's go.
00:51:16I want to buy it.
00:51:17I want to buy it.
00:51:18Let's go.
00:51:19You're my wife, Farrah Haskell.
00:51:20Look, after the deal's closed, let's go back to that place on Hollywood Boulevard,
00:51:24where I saw the fur jacket.
00:51:25I want to buy it.
00:51:27You can buy it.
00:51:28What?
00:51:29I want to buy it.
00:51:30After the deal is closed, I'm saying goodbye to you.
00:51:33That's right. I forgot.
00:51:34I guess I'm getting kind of used to you.
00:51:37Well, that's a habit you can start breaking.
00:51:40Let's try this place in the middle of the block.
00:51:48Good afternoon. What can I do for you?
00:51:50We're interested in selling a car.
00:51:52If the price is right.
00:51:56Well, if it's in good mechanical condition,
00:51:58it should blue book for about $1,600.
00:52:01Tony, take a look at this motor.
00:52:03$1,600. Are you kidding?
00:52:16Well, maybe $1,850.
00:52:18Before I let it go for $1,850,
00:52:20I'll wreck it and collect the insurance first.
00:52:21$1,600.
00:52:26This motor has seen a lot of driving.
00:52:35While the mechanic inspected the car,
00:52:37we had to go.
00:52:38At last, when we were all worn out,
00:52:40we hit a compromise.
00:52:42His price.
00:52:47Okay, it's a deal.
00:52:48All right, come in. We'll sign the papers.
00:52:49I have the ownership papers right here with me.
00:52:51Look, Vera, in the meantime,
00:52:52will you clean out the dash compartment?
00:52:54There may be some stuff in it.
00:52:55All right, darling.
00:52:59$1,850.
00:53:01That dirty cro...
00:53:02New York, huh?
00:53:11Yeah.
00:53:12But you bought the car in Miami.
00:53:14Yeah.
00:53:16Well, now, let's see about the insurance.
00:53:17We can either have it transferred or canceled.
00:53:19Uh, what kind of insurance do you have, Mr. Haskell?
00:53:23Well, uh...
00:53:25Aren't all the papers there?
00:53:28I don't see any.
00:53:30Surely you know what type of insurance you carry in the car.
00:53:33The name of the company?
00:53:35Yeah, but, uh...
00:53:36Well, if you'll just tell me the name of the company,
00:53:38I'd be very glad to take care of all the details.
00:53:40Well, uh...
00:53:41Did you sign the papers yet?
00:53:43Not yet.
00:53:43Well, don't.
00:53:44Uh, we're not selling the car.
00:53:45Well, wait a minute, Mr. Haskell.
00:53:47Come on, darling.
00:53:47What's the matter?
00:53:48Did you change your mind?
00:53:49Yes, I'm sorry.
00:53:50I guess I have.
00:53:51But, Vera...
00:53:51Let's go.
00:53:58You got me out of a tight spot, Vera.
00:54:00But I still don't understand all this.
00:54:01You will in a minute.
00:54:02I almost threw away a gold mine.
00:54:041850 isn't to be sneezed at.
00:54:06The car doesn't book for as much as I thought.
00:54:08We're not selling the car.
00:54:10You want to keep it?
00:54:11Now, wait a minute, Vera.
00:54:12You said yourself I wouldn't be safe until the car was in someone else's name.
00:54:15I'd like to be free of this mess when I go.
00:54:17That's just it, Roberts.
00:54:18You're not going.
00:54:21There's a drive-in at the next corner.
00:54:22Pull in there and we'll get a bite to eat.
00:54:23And I'll explain.
00:54:25What is this?
00:54:25Another one of your brilliant ideas?
00:54:27Oh, can I take your order?
00:54:30Make mine a ham sandwich and coffee.
00:54:31And for you, sir?
00:54:32Oh, I don't care.
00:54:33The same.
00:54:35Get this, Vera.
00:54:36I've been pretty patient so far.
00:54:37I've done everything you asked me to do, but no more.
00:54:38Shut up.
00:54:39You've taken Haskell's money.
00:54:40And you can have the door we get from selling the car, but you're not going to keep me a prisoner.
00:54:58It's a good thing I bought the paper.
00:54:59Take a look at that.
00:55:00Vera, I'm in no mood.
00:55:01Read that.
00:55:10No.
00:55:12Yes.
00:55:13No, I won't do it.
00:55:15Yes, you will.
00:55:16You think I'm crazy?
00:55:17It's impossible, I tell you.
00:55:18Excuse me.
00:55:25Blow the horn when you're through.
00:55:30No one could possibly get away with an act like that.
00:55:32Be wise to me in a minute.
00:55:33Don't be yellow.
00:55:34You look enough like him.
00:55:35The same coloring and the same build.
00:55:37See how his clothes fit you?
00:55:39No kidding, you almost had me fooled for a while.
00:55:41Oh, grow up, Vera.
00:55:42Don't you think a father knows his own son?
00:55:44And there must be other relatives.
00:55:45Sir, father won't have to know you.
00:55:47We'll wait till he gives up the ghost.
00:55:48He's an old geezer and he won't pull through.
00:55:50And as far as other relatives are concerned, they haven't seen you in 15 or 20 years.
00:55:54Eat.
00:55:56I'm not hungry.
00:55:57And I won't do it.
00:55:59It's not as tough as it sounds.
00:56:01Remember, you've got all kinds of identification.
00:56:03His car, letters, license.
00:56:04I could never get away with it.
00:56:05It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
00:56:07The old boy has scads of dough.
00:56:09Look in the paper there.
00:56:10Personal fortune assessed at over 15 million.
00:56:12He'll leave plenty, I tell you.
00:56:14Maybe he cut off his son.
00:56:15How do we know?
00:56:16It's out, Vera.
00:56:17I won't have anything to do with it.
00:56:19I think you will.
00:56:21Look, Vera, I'll do anything within reason.
00:56:24But not that.
00:56:26So forget it.
00:56:27Find yourself another stooge.
00:56:28You sap.
00:56:29You'll be fixed for the rest of your life as Charlie Haskell.
00:56:32You can take your inheritance and go away.
00:56:34No more worrying about the rent.
00:56:35No sweating, scheming, wondering where your next meal's coming from.
00:56:37Think about that, Roberts.
00:56:38Vera, please, you're talking too loud.
00:56:41Unless I'm splitting 50-50 with you.
00:56:43Sure, why not?
00:56:44We're both alike.
00:56:45Both born in the same gutter.
00:56:46Take it easy, Vera.
00:56:47There's people around here.
00:56:48You don't know where you're talking.
00:56:49Well, wait till we read that old man Haskell's dead.
00:56:53And you show up.
00:56:54Like you read in New York that he was sick.
00:56:56No.
00:56:58Suppose he doesn't die?
00:56:58He will.
00:56:59I know he will.
00:57:00Something tells me.
00:57:03But as much as I insisted I would have no part of her scheme,
00:57:06Vera was taking it for granted I would.
00:57:10Neither of us had our mind on the cards as we played that night.
00:57:13I knew we were just trying to kill time between newspaper editions.
00:57:17This was a death watch for Vera.
00:57:20Maybe it was for me, too.
00:57:23Don't you realize if I'm caught, they'll want to know where I got the car and stuff.
00:57:26And they'll have me on a murder charge.
00:57:27If you're smart, you won't get caught.
00:57:29I knocked with seven.
00:57:31And if I'm caught, don't you realize you'll be out, too?
00:57:3318 points.
00:57:35That gives me 30.
00:57:37How will I be out?
00:57:39You'll be out.
00:57:40$1,850 we would have gotten on the car.
00:57:42Really, Vera, you'd be an awful chump.
00:57:44You threw away all that dough and a dizzy long shot.
00:57:46Let me sell the bus tomorrow.
00:57:47With the money it'll bring and what you've already got,
00:57:49a clever kid like you can run it up in no time.
00:57:51Then we'd both be in the clear.
00:57:52I'll be in the clear anyway.
00:57:53Maybe.
00:57:54Maybe.
00:57:55What if I got caught?
00:57:56I'd give goodness for a chew, you know.
00:57:59You mean you'd squeal?
00:58:00Oh, no.
00:58:01Not squeal exactly.
00:58:02Never mind what you meant.
00:58:05Even if you did tell the cops I was in on it with you,
00:58:08what could they do to me?
00:58:10They might give me the same medicine they gave you.
00:58:13Yeah.
00:58:14A rope.
00:58:17But I'm on my way anyhow.
00:58:19All they'll be doing will be rushing it.
00:58:21All right.
00:58:22But think of the 1850 you'd lose.
00:58:23You'd kick yourself along the block if you ever let get away from you.
00:58:24I'll take the chance.
00:58:25Want another drink?
00:58:26You're being a goon.
00:58:27That's the way people wind up behind the eight ball.
00:58:28Once they get a few dollars they become greedy and want more.
00:58:29My, my.
00:58:30Caesar.
00:58:31Who?
00:58:32You know that Roman general?
00:58:33He got his for being greedy.
00:58:34He wasn't satisfied.
00:58:35So the final wind up was he took the count.
00:58:37A couple of days ago you didn't have a dime.
00:58:39Why, you were so broke you couldn't pay cash for a postage stamp.
00:58:41Now you've got almost $700 with 1850 in the offing.
00:58:43Take my advice.
00:58:44Don't try for more.
00:58:45I'm tired of this game.
00:58:46Let's have some blackjack.
00:58:47Play solitaire.
00:58:48Okay, I will if that's the way you feel about it.
00:58:49That's the way I feel about it.
00:58:50You've got almost $700 with 1850 in the offing.
00:58:52Take my advice.
00:58:53Don't try for more.
00:58:54I'm tired of this game.
00:58:55Let's have some blackjack.
00:58:56Play solitaire.
00:58:57Okay, I will if that's the way you feel about it.
00:58:58That's the way I feel about it.
00:59:00Getting sore and throwing things won't help much Roberts.
00:59:02I'm really doing you a favor.
00:59:03I help you out of the jam by keeping my mouth shut.
00:59:05I show you how to make some soft money.
00:59:07And what thanks do I get?
00:59:08Thanks.
00:59:09Sure.
00:59:10I would rather I call the cops and told them you killed a man and stole his money.
00:59:13I didn't tell anybody.
00:59:14Yes, you did.
00:59:15No, I didn't.
00:59:16You know I didn't.
00:59:17All right, then.
00:59:19Suppose I call the cops.
00:59:21If you're innocent, what do you got to be scared of?
00:59:23Okay.
00:59:24Call him, you mutt.
00:59:25Call him, you mutt.
00:59:26Call him, you mutt.
00:59:27Go ahead and call him, see if I care.
00:59:30At least they'll give me a square deal.
00:59:32You want me to call him?
00:59:34You heard me.
00:59:35But I'm warning you.
00:59:36If I'm pinched, I'll swear you were in on it.
00:59:38I'll say that you helped me.
00:59:39If I fry, I'll get even with you.
00:59:41You wouldn't dare.
00:59:42You didn't.
00:59:43Yeah?
00:59:44Then try it and see.
00:59:45Call him.
00:59:46Yeah.
00:59:47Okay, I will.
00:59:57Call him.
00:59:58Call him.
01:00:03Information?
01:00:04I want the number at the Hollywood police station.
01:00:07Okay, I got it.
01:00:10Thanks.
01:00:15Wait a minute, Vera.
01:00:16You wouldn't do that.
01:00:17Wouldn't I?
01:00:18Give me that and I'll show you if I wouldn't.
01:00:19Take it easy now.
01:00:20Let's talk this over.
01:00:21This was early in the evening.
01:00:22And the conversation, while hectic, was at least pitched low.
01:00:26But as the minutes passed, and more obstacles to her plan popped into my head,
01:00:31the air got blue.
01:00:33Each word coming from our lips cracked like a whip.
01:00:36I reminded her that as Charles Haskell, I didn't even know my mother's name.
01:00:40Where I'd gone to school.
01:00:42The name of my best friend.
01:00:44Whether I had an Aunt Emma or not.
01:00:46My religion.
01:00:47And if I'd ever owned a dog.
01:00:49I didn't even know what my middle initial stood for.
01:00:51I also pointed out that the real Haskell had a scar on his forearm.
01:00:55His people never saw that scar.
01:00:58He told me he ran away right after putting out the kid's eye.
01:01:00Yeah, but his father knew he was cut.
01:01:02It'd have to be some kind of a mark.
01:01:03So what?
01:01:05The old man's dead or will be.
01:01:07I hope by tomorrow morning's papers.
01:01:09Anyway, you could cut yourself a little, couldn't you?
01:01:13Boy, for that kind of dough, I'd let you cut my leg off.
01:01:17You're drunk and you're crazy mad, Vera.
01:01:19Turn him in if you want to.
01:01:20But I won't get mixed up in this.
01:01:21Besides, how do we know?
01:01:22Haskell was such a phony.
01:01:23Maybe it wasn't the man's son at all.
01:01:25Maybe he just dreamed it up.
01:01:26Well, dream it or not.
01:01:27You won't be dreaming when the law attacks you on the shoulder.
01:01:31There's a cute little gas chamber waiting for you, Roberts.
01:01:34And I hear extradition to Arizona's Ascension.
01:01:38Where's that phone?
01:01:40Vera.
01:01:41Leave me alone.
01:01:42Vera.
01:01:43I want a phone.
01:01:44Call police.
01:01:45I hate you, yellow stinker.
01:01:48You leave me alone.
01:01:49I'll let you alone when you promise to leave the phone where it is.
01:01:51You're drunk.
01:01:52You don't know what you're doing.
01:01:53You're hurting me.
01:01:54Will you promise?
01:01:55All right.
01:02:02You hurt me.
01:02:03I'm sorry, but...
01:02:04And it's hot in here.
01:02:05Open up the window.
01:02:06It's not hot.
01:02:07Don't tell me.
01:02:08Now, do you do it or do I do it?
01:02:10You're no gentleman, see?
01:02:14Yeah.
01:02:15All right.
01:02:16I'll open up the window.
01:02:20Vera!
01:02:26Vera, open the door.
01:02:27Please open the door.
01:02:28Vera, open the door.
01:02:29Don't use the phone.
01:02:30Listen to me.
01:02:31I don't like you, Roberts.
01:02:33You're no gentleman, see?
01:02:35You hurt my hand.
01:02:37And I'm going to get even with you.
01:02:39If you don't open the door, I'm going to kick it down, Vera.
01:02:42Vera, don't call the cops.
01:02:44Listen to me.
01:02:45I'll do anything you say.
01:02:46Vera, let me in.
01:02:49I'll break the phone.
01:03:07The world is full of skeptics.
01:03:30I know.
01:03:32I want myself.
01:03:34In the Haskell business, how many of you would believe he fell out of the car?
01:03:38And now, after killing Vera without really meaning to do it,
01:03:41how many of you would believe it wasn't premeditated?
01:03:44In a jury room, every last man of you would go down shouting that she had me over a barrel,
01:03:49and my only out was force.
01:03:52The room was still.
01:03:54So quiet that for a while, I wondered if I had suddenly gone deaf.
01:03:58It was pure fear, of course, and I was hysterical, but without making a sound.
01:04:06Vera was dead, and I was her murderer.
01:04:10Murderer?
01:04:11What an awful word that is.
01:04:13But I had become one, and I'd better not get caught.
01:04:16What evidence there was around the place had to be destroyed.
01:04:19And from the looks of things, there was plenty.
01:04:21Looking around the room at things we'd bought was like looking into the faces of a hundred people who'd seen us together and who remembered me.
01:04:27This was the kind of testimony I couldn't rub out.
01:04:31No.
01:04:32I could burn clothes and hide bottles for the next five years.
01:04:35There'd always be witnesses.
01:04:37The landlady, for one.
01:04:38She could identify me.
01:04:39The car dealer, the waitress in the drive-in, the girl in the dress shop, and that guy in the liquor store.
01:04:43They could all identify me.
01:04:46I was cooked.
01:04:48Done for.
01:04:49I had to get out of there.
01:04:51While once I'd remained beside a dead body, planning carefully how to avoid being accused of killing him,
01:04:56this time I couldn't.
01:04:59This time I was guilty.
01:05:01Knew it.
01:05:03Felt it.
01:05:05I was like a guy suffering from shock.
01:05:07Things were whirling around in my head.
01:05:09I couldn't make myself think right.
01:05:12All I could think of was the guy with the saxophone and what he was playing.
01:05:16It wasn't a love song anymore.
01:05:19It was a dirge.
01:05:49But my problems weren't solved.
01:06:11I had to stay away from New York for all time.
01:06:14Because Al Roberts was listed as dead and had to stay dead.
01:06:19And I could never go back to Hollywood.
01:06:21Someone might recognize me as Haskell.
01:06:24Then, too, there was Sue.
01:06:28I could never go to her with a thing like this hanging over my head.
01:06:32All I could do was pray she'd be happy.
01:06:37I was in Bakersfield before I read that Vera's body was discovered.
01:06:52That the police were looking for Haskell in connection with his wife's murder.
01:06:56Isn't that a laugh?
01:06:59Haskell got me into this mess and Haskell was getting me out of it.
01:07:03The police were searching for a dead man.
01:07:05I keep trying to forget what happened.
01:07:11And wonder what my life might have been if that car of Haskell's hadn't stopped.
01:07:17But one thing I don't have to wonder about.
01:07:21I know.
01:07:23Someday a car will stop to pick me up that I never thumbed.
01:07:32Yes.
01:07:34Fate or some mysterious force can put the finger on you or me.
01:07:41For no good reason at all.
01:07:44Good.
01:07:46Good.
Recommended
2:12:47
|
Up next
1:58:28
1:22
0:40
1:40:29
1:29:25
1:05
1:43:23
1:59:59
1:26:33
1:06:52
28:20
8:45
5:27
1:27:13
1:42:03
1:22:46
1:44:01
Be the first to comment