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00:02:21Mr. Lugana. I know it's late. Wake him up.

00:02:26Tell him it's Tom Duncan's widow.

00:02:29I'm very sorry, Mr. Lugana, but there's an important call on the private line.

00:02:33A woman who says she's Tom Duncan's widow.

00:02:38Widow?

00:02:39That's what she said.

00:02:51Yes. Mrs. Lugana.

00:02:59Oh, I'm glad you called me, Mrs. Duncan.

00:03:02I appreciate it.

00:03:06Yes, of course we will get together.

00:03:09But now I suggest you call the police immediately.

00:03:21Call Vince.

00:03:40Mr. Lugana wants Vince Stone.

00:03:44It's his girl. She says he's playing cards.

00:03:47It's not a social call, Debbie.

00:03:52Tell Vince I want him right away.

00:03:54Oh, sure, Mr. Lugana.

00:03:56I always like to tell Vince you're calling.

00:03:58I like to see him jump.

00:04:02Vince!

00:04:06It's him!

00:04:07Oh, pass the deal, huh?

00:04:14Why don't you shut the door and see if anybody needs a drink?

00:04:17Well, I don't know about your politicians, but I'm so bored I need one.

00:04:25Two.

00:04:29Debbie!

00:04:30Shut the door!

00:04:39Yes, Mike?

00:04:41Well, I didn't know if the private line was ringing or I would have answered it myself.

00:04:44When?

00:04:48When did it happen?

00:04:51Well, sure, I'll see to it.

00:05:04Too bad you had to make the trip out from headquarters, Sergeant.

00:05:06I'm out of bed, you mean.

00:05:07When a cop kills himself, they want a full report.

00:05:10Did you know him?

00:05:11No, just to say hello to him.

00:05:12He was in charge of the record bureau.

00:05:15Single contact wound.

00:05:16Powder burn on his temple and right hand.

00:05:19Suicide, no question.

00:05:21Tell the wagon boys they can have him on.

00:05:22Yes.

00:05:26No note of anything, huh, Gus?

00:05:27No, nothing.

00:05:28You better make a list of all this stuff for the report, huh?

00:05:32Right.

00:05:34I went upstairs.

00:05:35I would talk with Mrs. Duncan.

00:05:36Mrs. Duncan.

00:05:52Please, come in.

00:06:00Mrs. Duncan?

00:06:01I won't keep you very long.

00:06:03You needn't apologize.

00:06:04I know this is necessary.

00:06:06Please, sit down.

00:06:09My name is David Banyan.

00:06:10I knew your husband slightly.

00:06:14Tom had many friends.

00:06:17Do you mind telling me what happened?

00:06:21When I first heard the shot, I was too surprised to move for a few seconds.

00:06:27Then I ran downstairs.

00:06:30When I found him, he was...

00:06:32He was dead.

00:06:36I'm sorry I have to ask you these questions, but they want a full report downtown.

00:06:40Of course.

00:06:43When a policeman kills himself, the department gets worried.

00:06:49That depends on the circumstances.

00:06:53There weren't any circumstances.

00:06:56Everything Tom ever did was clean and wholesome.

00:07:02That's the kind of man he was.

00:07:05Mm-hmm.

00:07:06Do you know why he took his life?

00:07:11Well, yeah.

00:07:13Must have been his health.

00:07:14Several times.

00:07:17The past few months, he complained about a pain along his left side.

00:07:27When I suggested he see the police surgeon, he'd make excuses.

00:07:34I think he was afraid, too.

00:07:38Then he didn't see a doctor.

00:07:40Not that he ever told me.

00:07:43Well, you've been most helpful.

00:07:47Now, look, if there's anything you need, anything at all, you get in touch with us.

00:07:51Thank you, Mr. Daniel.

00:07:55Goodbye, Mrs. Duncan.

00:08:04What's with dinner?

00:08:06How about putting the paper down and helping?

00:08:07All right.

00:08:13Whoops.

00:08:15Hey.

00:08:20What's that, steak?

00:08:22Medium rare.

00:08:24How many steaks on my salary?

00:08:26You know, downtown, they just don't believe me.

00:08:29Tell them you married an heiress.

00:08:32All right.

00:08:34Next year, when Joyce starts kindergarten,

00:08:37you're gonna have to kiss the steaks goodbye until she finishes college.

00:08:41Unless you become police commissioner in the meantime.

00:08:45That's inevitable.

00:08:47Oh, naturally.

00:08:49Okay, commissioner.

00:08:50You get the stringy end of the steak.

00:08:52Hey, what about Joyce?

00:08:55She go to bed all right?

00:08:57Just the usual tug of war.

00:08:59She had to go to the bathroom a few times,

00:09:02hear three stories, and have a glass of water before she finally went to sleep.

00:09:06She's angelic all day, but at night she's a holy terror.

00:09:10That's the way I usually describe you.

00:09:14That's what the book says, though, doesn't it?

00:09:16Be patient but firm.

00:09:18The book, the book.

00:09:20Very scientific and calm.

00:09:22The rule is the authors have never met our daughter.

00:09:25Well, it's very simple.

00:09:27She's madly in love with me, that's all.

00:09:29Hey, you know something? That's the conflict between the two of you.

00:09:32You're both in love with the same wonderful guy.

00:09:34Right?

00:09:36Wrong.

00:09:38We're just used to you.

00:09:39Well?

00:09:40How is it?

00:09:41That's good steak.

00:09:42Thanks.

00:09:43You want some beer?

00:09:44I'll take a sip of yours.

00:09:45You see, that's exactly what I mean. It's a perfect marriage. We share the same scotch, the same cigarette, the same can of beer.

00:09:58Among other things.

00:10:00Hey, you know something? I'm gonna drink mine, I'm gonna take a sip of yours. That'll be something different for a change, huh?

00:10:11Oh, they'll wait Joyce.

00:10:15Hello?

00:10:18Well, he's having dinner.

00:10:20Oh.

00:10:22It's Sergeant Conn.

00:10:24Hello, Marty.

00:10:28He...

00:10:30What?

00:10:32Who says Duncan didn't kill himself?

00:10:35I saw the body, Marty. There's no question about it being suicide.

00:10:41Uh, what's her name?

00:10:50All right, I'll go see her.

00:10:54Lucy Chapman, run.

00:11:10Well, that stool on the other end.

00:11:17Lucy Chapman?

00:11:20Yeah?

00:11:21I'm banning you from homicide.

00:11:22Oh.

00:11:24This band playing, you need megaphones to talk at the bar.

00:11:27We can sit in a booth.

00:11:29All right.

00:11:41Okay, what is this information you have?

00:11:44This story's all wrong, Mr. Bang.

00:11:47Like Tom wouldn't kill himself.

00:11:48He wasn't worried about his health, not for a single minute.

00:11:52No? And what was he worried about?

00:11:54Nothing. Nothing at all.

00:11:56Not after his wife agreed to divorce him.

00:12:01Duncan told you he was getting a divorce?

00:12:03Well, he talked about nothing else.

00:12:05When was this?

00:12:06Night before last. My night off.

00:12:08What'll it be, folks?

00:12:10Oh, you don't have to order anything.

00:12:11That's all right. I'll have a beer.

00:12:12What about you?

00:12:14Only when I'm working.

00:12:20How'd you get to know Duncan?

00:12:22Well, I... I met him a year ago.

00:12:25The year last May 11th, down on Lakeside.

00:12:29Tom owned a summer place there.

00:12:31I liked him right away.

00:12:34He was a real wonderful guy, Mr. Banyan.

00:12:37Nice and gentle.

00:12:4035, Mr. Pay now.

00:12:45Okay.

00:12:50Tom used to come to the club every night.

00:12:53His wife traveled a lot.

00:12:56Sometimes when she was away, I...

00:12:59I used to go to the house.

00:13:01We'd go swimming and then lie around in the sun.

00:13:04That sounds very cozy.

00:13:06Oh, it wasn't that way, Mr. Banyan.

00:13:09Oh, sure. Sure.

00:13:11Please. Please, you've got to believe that.

00:13:13You've got to understand how things were with Tom.

00:13:15How he was caught between the two of us.

00:13:17Between me and that... that leech he was married to.

00:13:20What's your pitch, Lucy?

00:13:22Trying to use us for a shakedown?

00:13:24Shakedown?

00:13:27Me?

00:13:33Sure.

00:13:35I understand.

00:13:36You're covering up for a cop's widow.

00:13:38You don't want to find out anything that'll change her story.

00:13:40No, I want to find out facts.

00:13:42Oh, in the pig's eye, you want facts.

00:13:44The only difference between me and Bertha Duncan is that I work at being a B-girl.

00:13:47And she has a wedding ring and a marriage certificate.

00:13:49That'll be all.

00:13:50Maybe for you.

00:13:51Don't talk to the newspapers.

00:13:52No, I don't.

00:13:53You can talk yourself into a lot of trouble.

00:13:54So what?

00:13:56At least I'll show she's a liar.

00:13:58Tom had no reason to kill himself.

00:14:00The fact is, he did kill himself.

00:14:02And that's positive.

00:14:03Can I have a brandy?

00:14:04Oh, she claims that she saw your husband a few nights ago.

00:14:09Wednesday night.

00:14:10And there was nothing wrong with his health.

00:14:11What are you trying to say, Mr. Banyan?

00:14:12I'm just trying to check up on her story.

00:14:13Find out why your husband took his life.

00:14:14Maybe I've been trying too hard to keep our dirty family living.

00:14:15I'm just trying to check up on the story.

00:14:19Find out why your husband took his life.

00:14:20Maybe I've been trying too hard to keep our dirty family linen from being washed in public.

00:14:27I suppose that woman told you about their relationship.

00:14:28She said your husband was in good health and very cheerful, Mrs. Duncan.

00:14:29She said your husband was in good health and very cheerful, Mrs. Duncan.

00:14:30What are you trying to say, Mr. Banyan?

00:14:33I'm just trying to check up on her story.

00:14:36Find out why your husband took his life.

00:14:39Maybe I've been trying too hard to keep our dirty family linen from being washed in public.

00:14:44I suppose that woman told you about their relationship.

00:14:48She said your husband was in good health and very cheerful, Mrs. Duncan.

00:14:56And that you'd agreed to divorce him.

00:14:58She's a liar.

00:15:00Tom never wanted a divorce.

00:15:02And he wasn't a well man.

00:15:05I have no choice now except to tell you about Tom and myself.

00:15:11In the years we were married, there were four Lucy Chapmans.

00:15:16Four that I found out about.

00:15:19Tom was vain.

00:15:21He had to prove to himself that he was still attractive to women.

00:15:26Maybe he did boast to that woman that he was in good health.

00:15:29What else would you expect him to do?

00:15:36I wish this visit hadn't been necessary.

00:15:38There's a chance that Lucy Chapman might try a little blackmail.

00:15:41She knows that you own that house at Lakeside.

00:15:44He probably thinks you're wealthy.

00:15:48A wealthy policeman would be a novelty.

00:15:53Thank you for your patience, Mr. Banyan.

00:15:55There's just one small thing I'd like to clear up.

00:15:58You know, so there'll be no loose ends.

00:16:00Of course.

00:16:02Would you mind telling me about the house at Lakeside?

00:16:04When it was bought, the price it was paid, and small details like that?

00:16:08I'd mind very much.

00:16:10For Tom's sake, I resent the implication of your questions.

00:16:13Look, Mrs. Duncan, there was no implication.

00:16:17Lucy Chapman may run to the newspapers, and it's my job to have the material to offset any insinuations that she might make.

00:16:23And it's my job, with Tom dead and defenseless, to preserve his good name the best way I can.

00:16:27Good night, Mr. Banyan.

00:16:33Good night.

00:16:57Good night.

00:17:03So long.

00:17:07Here you are, sir.

00:17:27Trouble automatically catches up with girls like her.

00:17:44Looks like a sex crime to me.

00:17:46You said she wasn't attacked.

00:17:47Oh, that's not unusual in this type case.

00:17:51I'd say pretty definitely it was psychopathic.

00:17:54You saw the cigarette burns on her body.

00:17:55Yeah, I saw them.

00:17:59Every single one of them.

00:18:02What's that name again, Sergeant?

00:18:04Miss Chapman.

00:18:06Lucy Chapman.

00:18:12A lieutenant's been buzzing you every ten minutes.

00:18:16He didn't say what for.

00:18:25Sit down, Dave.

00:18:30I had a call from upstairs.

00:18:33What have you been bothering Mrs. Duncan about?

00:18:35Just routine.

00:18:37The first time was.

00:18:39Not the second visit.

00:18:41Did she complain?

00:18:41Somebody did.

00:18:46It was bad judgment to bother a cop's widow about the love life of her husband.

00:18:50Good or bad, it was my judgment.

00:18:52You're missing the point.

00:18:54I'm the one that gets the pressure calls from upstairs.

00:18:56I'm the one that has to explain.

00:18:57You don't keep an office like this very long, stepping on a lot of corns.

00:19:02You want me to go upstairs and explain?

00:19:05Not you.

00:19:07You're a corn stepper by instinct.

00:19:09Now, all I'm asking you to do, and I'm not even ordering it, Dave,

00:19:13stop bothering Mrs. Duncan.

00:19:14I don't want to jam you up, Ted, but I may have to see her once more.

00:19:19Why?

00:19:20You any doubt Duncan killed himself?

00:19:24No, none at all.

00:19:26I just got back from the county morgue.

00:19:28The bar fly?

00:19:30I read the teletype about your identification.

00:19:32Lucy Chaplin used to be Duncan's girlfriend.

00:19:34Damn, the Army's and Navy.

00:19:35Maybe so.

00:19:36She talks to me just once, and like that, she's dead.

00:19:40That's county homicide's headache.

00:19:42Let's worry about this office.

00:19:44We're spilling over with unfinished business.

00:19:48Lucy Chaplin was probably trying to shake down some sucker who wouldn't shake.

00:19:52When bar flies get killed, it's for any one of a dozen crummy reasons.

00:19:55You know that.

00:19:56Let the sheriff's office sort out this deep, sir.

00:19:59Meanwhile, we'll stop pestering the widow.

00:20:03Okay?

00:20:08You still asking?

00:20:10No more.

00:20:12I'm telling you.

00:20:14First I know Lucy's quitting's about two in the morning.

00:20:27She comes to me and asks to be paid off.

00:20:29Did she say why?

00:20:29I don't ask.

00:20:32All any of these dames owe me is the night's work, one night at a time.

00:20:36They come and go like flies.

00:20:37Only this fly got herself strangled.

00:20:40These things happen, Sergeant.

00:20:42Outside of my place, some of these babes keep pretty shady company.

00:20:45It figures.

00:20:46They know nobody cares much what happens to them.

00:20:49Does she have any close friends among the other girls here?

00:20:51They don't stay long enough to make friends.

00:20:53Where did she live?

00:20:54If I ask for an address, they lie.

00:20:56It's not worth the bother.

00:20:58They're floaters.

00:20:59Not much more than a suitcase full of nothing between them and the gutter.

00:21:01Hey, you know something?

00:21:04You ought to be doing radio commercials.

00:21:06How to talk a lot and say nothing.

00:21:08Why, I'd be tickled to help if I could.

00:21:11Sure.

00:21:13When I get some answers, I'll be back.

00:21:16Glad to see you anytime, Sergeant.

00:21:18I'll be back.

00:21:48This is Tierney.

00:21:53Tell him it's important.

00:21:57Sorry to bother you.

00:21:59Banyan just left here.

00:22:01No, sir.

00:22:02I just gave him a lot of double talk.

00:22:04He said he'd be back again.

00:22:06Yes, sir.

00:22:07I will.

00:22:13Okay, Buster.

00:22:14Who'd you call?

00:22:16My mother.

00:22:18Would you rather go downtown to answer the questions?

00:22:23Don't scare me, Sergeant.

00:22:26Five minutes after we get downtown, you'll be answering the questions.

00:22:29Get your coat.

00:22:30Sure.

00:22:31Only somebody will want to know why you're butting into a county case.

00:22:35Why you don't stop annoying people.

00:22:37Especially after you've been told once.

00:22:39You get your news fast, don't you?

00:22:41Special carrier pigeon.

00:22:44Do we still go downtown?

00:22:47No, not today.

00:22:48When we do, I'll have enough answers to close this joint up.

00:22:52Tell that to your mother.

00:22:53I'll have enough answers to close this joint.

00:22:54Sure.

00:22:55Sure.

00:22:56Sure.

00:22:57Sure.

00:22:58Sure.

00:22:59Sure.

00:23:00Sure.

00:23:00I don't know.

00:23:30I don't know.

00:24:00I don't know, Daddy.

00:24:01Just like you.

00:24:02Hello, little bossy.

00:24:03Where's big bossy?

00:24:04Here.

00:24:05Hello, Daddy.

00:24:06Hello.

00:24:07What's the older ones?

00:24:10Spitting companies?

00:24:11Al and Marge are coming to dinner.

00:24:13Come, Daddy.

00:24:14Help me build the roof.

00:24:15You better shower.

00:24:16And get some cocktails ready.

00:24:18You look down in the dumps?

00:24:32It's nothing much.

00:24:33Is it a case?

00:24:34I told you it's nothing.

00:24:35You have to use a different tone if you expect me to believe that.

00:24:39All right.

00:24:40I'll bring home an affidavit tomorrow.

00:24:41I'm sorry.

00:24:42I'm sorry, baby.

00:24:43It's all right.

00:24:44You're entitled to let off steam.

00:24:46It's just a let down.

00:24:47I don't know.

00:24:48I guess it's a kind of an occupational disease with cops.

00:24:49You know that girl who phoned?

00:24:50That Lucy Chapman?

00:24:51Mm-hmm.

00:24:52Well, she's a case now.

00:24:53County homicide.

00:24:54I'm sorry.

00:24:55It's all right, darling.

00:24:56Daddy will help you build even a bigger one.

00:24:57Let's go see who's phoning us.

00:24:58Can I talk?

00:24:59Of course.

00:25:00I'm sorry.

00:25:01But the casual thing's not too much fun.

00:25:03Don't worry.

00:25:04I use this one again.

00:25:05I think I can send you back into the house.

00:25:06I don't know.

00:25:07I don't know.

00:25:08It's a kind of an occupational disease with cops.

00:25:10You know that girl who phoned?

00:25:12That Lucy Chapman?

00:25:13Mm-hmm.

00:25:14Well, she's a case now.

00:25:15County homicide.

00:25:16I'm sorry, darling, I'm sorry, darling.

00:25:17It's all right, darling.

00:25:18Daddy will help you build even a bigger one.

00:25:20Let's go see who's phoning us.

00:25:22Can I talk?

00:25:23Of course.

00:25:24Hello?

00:25:28Yes, it is.

00:25:33Who is this?

00:25:36He wants you.

00:25:39Who is it?

00:25:41I... I don't know.

00:25:47Is Dave Banyan?

00:25:49Listen, slob.

00:25:51Stop minding other people's business if you want to stay alive.

00:25:55Some big people are getting annoyed.

00:25:58Who is this?

00:26:03What did he say to you?

00:26:05You can fill in the four-letter words better than I can.

00:26:08Honey, I'll try to move back before Al and Marge leave.

00:26:11But, Dave, you don't even know who called.

00:26:14No, it's just another part of the scheme to make me crawl back in my shell.

00:26:18I don't know who called, but I know where to go to find out.

00:26:22Just a moment. Who do you want to see?

00:26:24Mike Lugano.

00:26:25Just a moment. Who do you want to see?

00:26:26Mike Lugano.

00:26:27Oh, sorry. I didn't recognize you, Sergeant.

00:26:34How many men on this detail, Officer?

00:26:37Three of us are six miles, four miles, five miles, five miles, and five miles, seven miles, and five miles.

00:26:40Just a moment. Who do you want to see?

00:26:43Mike Lugano.

00:26:44Just a moment. Who do you want to see?

00:26:48Mike Lagana.

00:26:51Oh, sorry, I didn't recognize you, Sergeant.

00:26:54How many men on this detail, officer?

00:26:56Three of us on the day and night shift and four after midnight.

00:26:59Ten cops to watch over Mike Lagana.

00:27:01One hundred bucks a day are the taxpayers' money.

00:27:04Well, Mr. Lagana kind of runs things. I guess that's no secret.

00:27:08No, that's no secret at all.

00:27:11You like this detail?

00:27:13I do what I'm told.

00:27:15That's what we're all supposed to do, isn't it?

00:27:32Good evening, sir. I'm from the police department.

00:27:34Is Mr. Lagana in? I'll see, sir.

00:27:37It's a little drafty outside.

00:27:40Please wait.

00:27:45This way, officer.

00:27:47I promised my daughter her father wouldn't be seen or heard tonight.

00:27:50What's your name again? I think the butler missed it.

00:27:53Banyan. Dave Banyan. I'm from Homicide.

00:27:55I think I've heard of you.

00:27:56My mother.

00:27:57A great old lady.

00:27:58I broke the mold.

00:27:59To me.

00:28:00This way, in the movies, if you want to do this.

00:28:01If you want to do this, I can kill them.

00:28:02No.

00:28:03You can do it.

00:28:04I don't do it.

00:28:05This way, officer.

00:28:06I promised my daughter her father wouldn't be seen or heard tonight.

00:28:07Banyan. Dave Banyan. I'm from Homicide.

00:28:11I think I've heard of you.

00:28:22My mother.

00:28:25A great old lady.

00:28:27They broke the mold when they made her.

00:28:32She died last May.

00:28:35She lived here with me.

00:28:37At her own suite of rooms.

00:28:39Her own path, everything.

00:28:41Never got over being surprised about my success.

00:28:46You didn't come here to listen to me.

00:28:49Well, what is it this time?

00:28:51Benefit dance?

00:28:52Pension fund drive?

00:28:55I came about a murder.

00:28:59You came here to my home about a murder?

00:29:02A girl named Lucy Chapman was murdered last night.

00:29:05Or this morning.

00:29:06First she was tortured, then strangled.

00:29:13Who runs your department?

00:29:14It was Lieutenant Wilkes.

00:29:16Wilkes, huh?

00:29:16Mm-hmm.

00:29:17Yeah, it was an old-fashioned killing, prohibition kind.

00:29:20That's why I thought you...

00:29:21I don't care what you thought.

00:29:23I'm glad to help you boys whenever I can.

00:29:27But I got an office for that sort of thing.

00:29:29This is my home.

00:29:31And I don't like dirt tracked into it.

00:29:33I see.

00:29:34And I violated your immaculate home.

00:29:37Is that it?

00:29:38That's exactly it.

00:29:39And tomorrow morning, I'll see you don't get the chance to do it again.

00:29:45What'll you do?

00:29:46Make another phone call?

00:29:47Or have somebody make it for you?

00:29:49I've seen some dummies in my time.

00:29:52But you're in a class by yourself.

00:29:54I'm stupid because I want some answers about a murder.

00:29:56Is that it?

00:29:56Shut up and get out.

00:29:58We don't talk about those things in this house, do we?

00:30:00No, it's too elegant, too respectable.

00:30:04Nice kids, party, painting a mama up there on the wall.

00:30:10No place for a stinking cop.

00:30:12It's only a place for a hoodlum who built this house out of 20 years of corruption and murder.

00:30:16I'm going to tell you something.

00:30:18You know, you couldn't plant enough flowers around here to kill the smell.

00:30:22I warned you to get out.

00:30:24Cops have homes, too.

00:30:26Only sometimes there isn't enough money to pay the rent

00:30:28because a cop gets hounded off the force by your thieving cockroaches

00:30:31for trying to do an honest job.

00:30:32George!

00:30:33What's the matter? You think I live under a rock or something?

00:30:35Your creeps have no compunction about phoning my house,

00:30:38giving me orders, talking to my wife like she was a...

00:30:40Yes, sir.

00:30:41Get rid of him.

00:30:45Let's go, mister.

00:30:46Take your hand off, George.

00:30:47It comes off when we get to your car.

00:30:49No.

00:30:58Better not, George.

00:31:05You want to pinch it for your boy, Lugano?

00:31:07What makes you think you could walk into Lugano's house and slug his bodyguard?

00:31:25You're no rookie.

00:31:26You've been around long enough to know better.

00:31:27I'm not asking you to take the rap for me.

00:31:29I'll stand up for what I do.

00:31:30Big, fancy words?

00:31:32Well, I'm in no mood for them.

00:31:33I'm the one getting the squeeze from upstairs.

00:31:35What am I supposed to do when some cop-hater phones in my home and insults my wife?

00:31:39Sit home and like it?

00:31:41Are you trying to tell me Lugano phones your house?

00:31:44I'm trying to tell you that nothing dirty happens in this city without Lugano's okay.

00:31:48I'm not interested in your theories.

00:31:50Not when they affect my job.

00:31:52You're just begging to go back into uniform, pounding a bead out on the sticks.

00:31:57That Lucy Chapman killing is a county squeal.

00:32:00It's the sheriff's headache, not ours.

00:32:02I told you that once, and I'm telling you again.

00:32:05I won't tell you a third time.

00:32:11That'll be all, Sergeant.

00:32:24Let the pans soak.

00:32:25I'll scar them when we come back.

00:32:27Main feature doesn't start for about an hour.

00:32:29Do you mind if I put my two cents in?

00:32:34No, honey, I don't mind.

00:32:35I've been thinking about Lieutenant Wilkes.

00:32:39That leaning tower of jelly.

00:32:42You know how long he and his wife have looked forward to retirement?

00:32:45We've done it ourselves when we've looked that far ahead.

00:32:49Wilkes only has a few more years to go.

00:32:52He's worried about his pension.

00:32:53If I had any sense, I'd have turned in my badge.

00:32:57Your big trouble, honey, is that you attack yourself from all sides, like Jersey mosquitoes.

00:33:02You don't want to quit the department, not for one minute.

00:33:05What am I supposed to do?

00:33:07Hold on to my job by just stringing along, afraid to look to the left or to the right,

00:33:11because I might see something that they don't want me to see?

00:33:13If you do, you're going to have trouble for me.

00:33:16Just keep leading with your chin.

00:33:18Don't you compromise.

00:33:19That's what I wanted to hear you, sir.

00:33:22Thanks, Inspector.

00:33:25Honey.

00:33:26Hmm?

00:33:27If I tell you something, you won't laugh.

00:33:30I won't laugh.

00:33:32I love you.

00:33:41See, I'm not laughing.

00:33:43I won't let you stay home, huh?

00:33:51We're having company.

00:33:53I can't sleep.

00:33:56Nonsense, Miss Banyan.

00:33:57You trot right back to bed.

00:33:59Hey, a thing for you to do now, according to the book,

00:34:01is to lead her to B.E.D. with great kindness and great firmness.

00:34:05Let's go.

00:34:05Suppose you try it.

00:34:07I'll drive over and get the sinner.

00:34:08Who's he get?

00:34:09Maxine.

00:34:10Tell her not to bring half of the high school along to keep her company this time, huh?

00:34:13Hey, little girls like you should be sleeping right about now.

00:34:18Tell me a story.

00:34:20In bed, darling.

00:34:22In bed.

00:34:22Which story, Daddy?

00:34:25Well, let's see.

00:34:26How about, uh, the three little kittens?

00:34:29That lost them in.

00:34:30Commissioner.

00:34:31I need the car keys.

00:34:34I need the car keys.

00:34:36Yeah.

00:34:38Hey.

00:34:39Nothing.

00:34:41Nothing at all.

00:34:42Be back in a minute.

00:34:44All right.

00:34:45Go on, Daddy.

00:34:46In bed first, darling.

00:34:48Here we go.

00:34:49The three little kittens that lost their mittens.

00:34:54Yep.

00:34:54Go on, Daddy.

00:34:55All right.

00:34:56And the three little kittens, uh, they lost their mittens.

00:34:59And they began to cry and, oh, they had a terrible time.

00:35:02And our mother came home and she said, oh, my, you, you kittens, you lost your mittens.

00:35:06Stay in bed, darling.

00:35:09Stay in bed, darling.

00:35:36Stay in bed, darling.

00:36:06I'm putting around the clock detail at your in-law's house.

00:36:11The report says that's where your child is staying.

00:36:14That's right.

00:36:15Yes, it pays to play it safe.

00:36:18How is the little girl?

00:36:20She thinks her mother went on a trip.

00:36:25Is there anything else we can do?

00:36:31Maybe a loan from the fund to tide you over this period.

00:36:34Don't hesitate, Sergeant.

00:36:35Find out who planted the dynamite in my car.

00:36:39That's item one in the department's agenda.

00:36:41I've ordered Wilkes to shove everything else aside.

00:36:44I want this case broken if it takes a hundred men to do it.

00:36:48We're checking back on every homicide you've handled.

00:36:50Why?

00:36:51I beg your pardon?

00:36:54I asked you why you're checking the files.

00:36:57Well, you've made a lot of enemies, Banyan.

00:37:00Relatives and friends of killers you sent to the chair.

00:37:03The motive was revenge.

00:37:04That's obvious.

00:37:06Is that the way it looks to you too, Lieutenant?

00:37:08Well, it's worth exploring.

00:37:12Of course, I'm only an appointed official.

00:37:15I haven't the training and experience you men have.

00:37:17But I'm certain we'll find the answer in one of these old homicides.

00:37:21Wilkes has eight men on it, full time.

00:37:24Don't worry.

00:37:24There'll be a payoff.

00:37:25When?

00:37:27It's natural for you to be impatient, but these things take time.

00:37:30Sometimes they take forever.

00:37:31No, that's no way to talk.

00:37:33Why, there isn't a man in the entire department

00:37:36wouldn't give a month's pay to break this case.

00:37:39What about you, Commissioner?

00:37:41How much would you give?

00:37:44Just what are you inferring, Sergeant?

00:37:46I'm asking, how much would you give

00:37:47besides a lot of phony stories to the newspapers

00:37:49and pat on the back on a few kind words for me?

00:37:51Why don't we get out of my office and talk?

00:37:52Oh, look, Dave, you've got to ease up.

00:37:54Take a few days off.

00:37:56I'll keep you informed.

00:37:58Why, you frightened excuse for a cop.

00:38:00Now, just a minute, Banyan.

00:38:01Why don't you trot on down to your office

00:38:02and wait for him to call your orders?

00:38:04Oh, he'll phone you just as soon as he gets his orders

00:38:06from Mike Lugana.

00:38:08I don't want to exert the authority of my office.

00:38:11I prefer remembering that you've been through a lot.

00:38:14And I'm going to give you good reason to never forget it.

00:38:17You're under suspension.

00:38:19You better check with Lugana first.

00:38:21He might not approve.

00:38:22I'll have your badge and gun.

00:38:24Now!

00:38:27You can have it.

00:38:30Permanently.

00:38:32One moment.

00:38:34I asked for your gun, too.

00:38:36That doesn't belong to the department.

00:38:38It's mine.

00:38:39Bought and paid for.

00:38:43I'm warning you officially.

00:38:46Don't try to use it.

00:38:47I won't.

00:38:49Not until I catch up with the people who murdered my wife.

00:38:54Hold on a minute.

00:39:04Make this alarm, too.

00:39:05Can you please?

00:39:08The carriage for the truck?

00:39:09No, it's...

00:39:10They'll bill you quarterly on the storage charges, Mr. Bennion.

00:39:13No, no, thanks a lot.

00:39:19Dave!

00:39:26I was just leaving.

00:39:27Let the cab go.

00:39:29I'll give you a lift.

00:39:31I prefer the cab.

00:39:36Maxine.

00:39:37I just left Wilkes.

00:39:39He said any off-the-record help you need is yours.

00:39:42He feels lousy about what happened.

00:39:43I put this carriage in the cab, will you, please?

00:39:48Wilkes gave me a list of mechanics with records.

00:39:50He got them from the bomb spot.

00:39:52I have a list.

00:39:53Wilkes didn't know that.

00:39:55Tell him to stop bleeding for me.

00:39:56It'll run all over his pension.

00:39:58You're way off base, Dave.

00:39:59You don't really know Wilkes.

00:40:01I don't want to know him.

00:40:04Look, I've had a belly full of the department and Wilkes.

00:40:09And you.

00:40:13Dave.

00:40:13I wish you'd see Father Masterson.

00:40:16Why?

00:40:17Because you're on a hate binge.

00:40:21You've decided people are all scared rabbits.

00:40:24And you spit on them.

00:40:26Look, I gotta lock up.

00:40:28No man's an island, Dave.

00:40:30You can't set yourself against the world and get away with it.

00:40:34Get out.

00:40:35No man's an island.

00:40:53No man's an island.

00:40:55No man's an island.

00:40:56I love you.

00:40:57I love you.

00:40:57Dogs are full.

00:40:58No man's an island.

00:40:59Les Jaimes Are All Semen.

00:41:00Is that you, Vince?

00:41:30Yeah, Larry's with me.

00:41:33You weren't expecting somebody else, were you?

00:41:36You'll do.

00:41:37It's better than drinking alone.

00:41:42Hi, Larry.

00:41:43Hi, Debbie.

00:41:44What have you been doing all day?

00:41:47Shopping.

00:41:49Some career, huh?

00:41:51Six days a week she shops, on the seventh she rests.

00:41:54All tired out.

00:41:56On her, it looks good.

00:41:58Thanks, friend.

00:41:59Go pour yourself a drink.

00:42:07Hey, that's nice perfume.

00:42:08Something new that attracts mosquitoes and repels men.

00:42:15Doesn't work that way with me.

00:42:16It's not supposed to.

00:42:20Oh, that's his highness.

00:42:22I forgot to tell you he was stopping off.

00:42:24She forgot.

00:42:25Yeah.

00:42:26Yeah.

00:42:27That's good.

00:42:33Do you ever go to the circus, Larry?

00:42:35Uh-uh.

00:42:36You should.

00:42:37And take Vince.

00:42:39There's a man with a big hat that holds up the hoop,

00:42:41cracks the whip, and the animals jump through.

00:42:43Hup, Vince, hup, Larry, hup, Vince, hup, Larry,

00:42:46hup, Vince, hup, Larry, hup, Vince, hup...

00:42:48What about a portable act, Debbie?

00:42:50Just impersonations.

00:42:52How's your daughter, Mr. Lagina?

00:42:55She was going out formal tonight.

00:42:57Oh.

00:42:57Can you imagine that?

00:42:59She wanted me to wait and put the final okay on her dress.

00:43:02I told her what I thought didn't matter.

00:43:03Just impress that football player.

00:43:07Oh, sometimes the father means more than the football players.

00:43:09They come and go, but Dad's around for keeps, huh?

00:43:11I hope Angela feels that way about me.

00:43:13Oh, I'll bet she does.

00:43:14Check the kitchen, will you, baby?

00:43:17Sure.

00:43:20Now it's Debbie.

00:43:21Hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup, Debbie, hup.

00:43:26She's a young girl, Vince.

00:43:27Don't let her drink so much.

00:43:29If she keeps it up, she goes out of here on her ear.

00:43:32She's got no claim check on me.

00:43:33Well, when that happens, give me a ring.

00:43:35I'm a rebound man from way back.

00:43:37I don't like gutter talk.

00:43:38Sorry.

00:43:40Sorry.

00:43:42I'm tired of hearing you sound off and then apologize.

00:43:46Vince gave you two simple contracts, and you'll louset up both of them.

00:43:49No, no, shut up and listen!

00:43:52Drawing the Chapman girl out on a county road brought us all the advertising we didn't want.

00:43:56Killing Mrs. Banyan.

00:43:58How stupid can you get?

00:44:01How'd I know she'd be using her car?

00:44:03Prisons are bulging with dummies who wonder how they got there.

00:44:08I can't afford people who make mistakes.

00:44:10I make myself clear?

00:44:12Sure.

00:44:14Vince and I have things to talk about.

00:44:19I got an appointment in half an hour with Mrs. Duncan.

00:44:23She's raised her salary to $500 a week.

00:44:26Are we gonna pay it?

00:44:28You sound like Larry.

00:44:30As long as that letter her husband left stays in her safe deposit box, we'll pay what she asks.

00:44:39Now, what about Banyan?

00:44:41Running around in circles.

00:44:42You sure?

00:44:42Positive, but if you want insurance, we can take care of them now.

00:44:49Vince, you worry me.

00:44:52We've stirred up enough headlines.

00:44:54The election's too close.

00:44:55Things are changing in this country.

00:44:59Vince, a man who can't see that, hasn't got eyes.

00:45:02Never get the people steamed up, they start doing things.

00:45:06Grand juries, election investigations, deportation proceedings.

00:45:10I don't want to land in the same ditch with a lucky Luciano's.

00:45:22I don't want to land in the same ditch with a lucky Luciano's.

00:45:25I don't want to land in the same place.

00:45:39Slim Pharaoh around?

00:45:43Not anymore.

00:45:45Where can I reach him?

00:45:47Spring Rock Cemetery, six feet under.

00:45:50Died three days ago, bad ticker.

00:45:53he owe you some money no i was hoping to get some information then it makes no difference

00:46:01slim wouldn't give information to his own minister if he had a minister well maybe you can help me

00:46:07my wife was murdered 10 days ago someone planted dynamite in our car you banion the cop that's

00:46:15right was slim mixed up in that that's what i'm trying to find out

00:46:19sorry i can't help you did he have any visitors get any phone calls all i know about slim is that he's

00:46:31dead did he have a set spot to work you know a place where he kept his tools all the tools are mine

00:46:43there's nothing here for you mister nothing at all

00:46:47do you mind if i walk around the yard talk to your men i have to mind when it comes to my bread and

00:46:58butter i stay careful doesn't matter to you that slim might have been mixed up in a murder

00:47:02sure it matters what can i do about it i don't know anything you're a liar you can't insult me

00:47:09mister i said i don't know anything and that's how it stands you know i've been meeting your kind

00:47:15every day now for 10 years scared rabbits that never see a thing you wouldn't stick out your big

00:47:22fat neck for anybody would you that's the truth but it's my big fat neck so now if you're through

00:47:27talking i'll get back to work that won't change my story cops are paid to take risks i'm not

00:47:35you see i've got a wife and kids too

00:47:38mr banyan mr banyan

00:47:49mr banyan

00:47:51mr atkins might come outside

00:48:03he isn't he isn't a mean man not many people would hire someone like me it's just that he's

00:48:10frightened i am too but there was a man came to see slim about two weeks ago they had a long talk

00:48:17out in the yard remember what he looked like i'm not much good at those things he was well he was

00:48:26about your height and he well he wore rather fancy clothes you know colorful would you be able to

00:48:33recognize him again oh yes he came right into the office and asked me where slim was how about phone

00:48:38calls a few a man named larry left in this each once just about the same time no last name

00:48:46no he just said to tell slim to call him at a place

00:48:50oh there's a peculiar name something like a a monastery

00:48:56oh you know where where people go off alone to think

00:49:00the retreat

00:49:01and that's it he said to call him at the retreat

00:49:04i'm very grateful miss

00:49:08parker selma parker

00:49:12miss parker you've been most helpful

00:49:16i'm glad

00:49:19good luck mr banyan

00:49:21thank you

00:49:33shall we say good night to daddy and put baby to bed now

00:49:36yes

00:49:38good night daddy

00:49:41good night daddy sleep tight honey thanks marge

00:49:45you bet good night joyce good night

00:49:49do me a favor will you call this number here at exactly 9 30 on the dot will you and ask for larry

00:49:58yeah larry who that's what i'm trying to find out larry's all i know

00:50:02larry's all i know

00:50:04is it a lead

00:50:06i'm hoping so

00:50:08i got my fingers crossed

00:50:12i got my fingers crossed

00:50:13thanks hal

00:50:14thanks hal

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00:51:45I'll roll him again, if you like, huh?

00:51:46Go ahead.

00:51:55Stop!

00:51:59Honey, that guy's way out of line.

00:52:01Reds, don't fight.

00:52:02Please, Reds.

00:52:04Sit down, Jenna.

00:52:05Get out, kid. Get your boyfriend out of here, sister.

00:52:07Come on, Reds, let's go home.

00:52:08Look, you're not scaring me.

00:52:09Please, Reds, come on.

00:52:10Where are you going, thief?

00:52:16This isn't your business, Banyan.

00:52:19All right, thief, suppose you tell me what my business is.

00:52:25Go on, tell me.

00:52:37You like working girls over, don't you?

00:52:40Don't make a mistake, Banyan.

00:52:47Don't play hero with me.

00:52:49Maybe you're the one that worked over Lucy Chapman.

00:52:57Take it easy, Sergeant.

00:52:59I don't know what you're talking about.

00:53:02Here, baby.

00:53:05This is for you.

00:53:06Get yourself something nice.

00:53:08No hard feelings, huh?

00:53:09That square, Sergeant?

00:53:13Get out of here while you can still walk.

00:53:16Sure.

00:53:17Sure.

00:53:22You too.

00:53:30You gonna be all right?

00:53:31Yeah.

00:53:33Yeah, sure.

00:53:35Thanks.

00:53:35It's too.

00:53:38Sergeant.

00:53:39Yeah?

00:53:41I'd like to buy you a drink.

00:53:43With Vince Stone's money?

00:53:45I'd choke on it.

00:53:46You get your kicks out of insulting people?

00:53:59Aren't you Vince Stone's girl?

00:54:01The way you ask it, it sounds like a bunch of dirty words.

00:54:09Well, that was the general idea.

00:54:13Everybody's walking out on me tonight.

00:54:14What are you after?

00:54:14I don't know.

00:54:15You, I think.

00:54:16Vince Stone chased you after me?

00:54:16You saw him leave me in the bar like an old beer or something.

00:54:19Come on, let's find out.

00:54:21I mean, if it's you, I'm after him.

00:54:24I don't know.

00:54:25I don't know.

00:54:26You, I think.

00:54:27You'll be laughing at me.

00:54:27I don't know.

00:54:28I don't know.

00:54:28You, I think.

00:54:29Everybody's walking out on me tonight.

00:54:31What are you after?

00:54:32I don't know.

00:54:33You, I think.

00:54:35Vince Stone chased you after me?

00:54:36You saw him leave me in the bar like an old bear or something.

00:54:39Come on, let's find out.

00:54:41I mean, if it's you, I'm after him.

00:54:52Stand at the Marlin Hotel.

00:54:54OK.

00:54:56Make up your mind in a hurry, don't you?

00:54:58Uh-huh.

00:55:01Marlin Hotel.

00:55:23Say, I like this.

00:55:25Early nothing.

00:55:28It was just scotch.

00:55:29Is that all right?

00:55:30Fine.

00:55:31Water?

00:55:32Good.

00:55:33How come you sat still when Stone burned that girl?

00:55:39Well, I'll tell you.

00:55:41The last time I butted in, Vince worked me over.

00:55:45Is that how it is being his girl?

00:55:47Well, most times it's a lot of fun.

00:55:49Expensive fun.

00:55:50What do you got against him?

00:55:51I don't know.

00:55:52I don't know.

00:55:53I don't know.

00:55:54I don't know.

00:55:55I don't know.

00:55:56I don't know.

00:55:57I don't know.

00:55:58I don't know.

00:55:59I don't know.

00:56:00I don't know.

00:56:01I don't know.

00:56:03I don't know.

00:56:04The last time I butted in, Vince worked me over.

00:56:07I don't know.

00:56:08Is that how it is being his girl?

00:56:10Well, most times it's a lot of fun.

00:56:12Expensive fun.

00:56:13What do you got against him?

00:56:15I don't like thieves.

00:56:17Well, you'll never get anywhere in this town not liking Vince.

00:56:20I'm not trying to get anywhere.

00:56:21That's obvious.

00:56:22Well, that's some improvement.

00:56:25You know, it's funny.

00:56:27Sometimes I feel about Vince, the way you looked at him tonight.

00:56:31He can be a pretty good guy.

00:56:34And then other times he can be...

00:56:37But why kick?

00:56:38You got to take the bad with the good.

00:56:40Is the good good enough?

00:56:43Clothes, travel, expensive excitement, what's wrong with that?

00:56:47Nothing if you don't care where he's going.

00:56:49Nothing if you don't care where his money comes from.

00:56:52The main thing is to have the money.

00:56:54I've been rich and I've been poor.

00:56:56Believe me, rich is better.

00:56:58Did you think I was an heiress or something before I met Vince?

00:57:02I didn't think about you at all.

00:57:05I didn't know you. How could I?

00:57:07Oh, well, that's better.

00:57:11You got a refill?

00:57:19You know Larry at the retreat?

00:57:22Larry who?

00:57:24Uh, it's Larry.

00:57:26I forget his last name.

00:57:28He's about my size, wears flashy clothes.

00:57:31I know lots of Larrys.

00:57:33This one was a friend of Vince Stone's.

00:57:35I don't know all his friends, fortunately.

00:57:38You know Mike Lagana, don't you?

00:57:41Just say hello and goodbye to.

00:57:42When Vince talks business, I go out and get my legs waxed or something.

00:57:45I don't like to hear things.

00:57:46Why don't you stop the cross-examination?

00:57:48I didn't come up here to talk out of school.

00:57:57Why did you come up?

00:57:58Well, why don't we call it research or something?

00:58:03Or the needle stone.

00:58:05Oh, well, you're about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs.

00:58:08Didn't you ever tell a girl pretty things?

00:58:10You know, she's got hair like the west wind,

00:58:12eyes like limpid pools, skin like velvet.

00:58:24I'll put you in a cab.

00:58:26Did I say something wrong?

00:58:32No.

00:58:33I must have broken one of the house rules.

00:58:38You really want me to go?

00:58:41I wouldn't touch anything of Vince Stone's with a ten-foot pole.

00:58:45That's a rotten thing to say.

00:58:56I don't know.

00:58:59Everybody winning?

00:59:00Oh, hello, Debbie.

00:59:01How are you doing, boys?

00:59:06How are you doing, Vince?

00:59:07Okay.

00:59:08Where have you been?

00:59:10The Gatti Club.

00:59:12Late show.

00:59:17Get me out of a while, huh, boys?

00:59:19How was the show?

00:59:24The usual routine.

00:59:25Not too bad.

00:59:26Why didn't you come straight home?

00:59:27The way you ran out, I didn't think you cared.

00:59:29What do you mean, ran out?

00:59:31It wasn't a stroll.

00:59:33The election's this close.

00:59:34I can't afford trouble with a crazy ex-cop.

00:59:36He's not so crazy.

00:59:37Got a hot flash for you.

00:59:39I hate your guts.

00:59:40How would you know?

00:59:43I was there, remember?

00:59:44I'm the girl you left at the bar.

00:59:46I phoned a retreat.

00:59:48Tierney said you offered to buy Banyan a drink.

00:59:51Tierney wouldn't know a gag unless it hit him right in the face.

00:59:54He said you followed Banyan outside.

00:59:56I went out looking for you.

00:59:58You made better time getting away than they make in the Olympics.

01:00:02You made better time getting away than they make in the Olympics.

01:00:06You made better time getting away than they make in the Olympics.

01:00:09That's a real pretty kisser.

01:00:11Isn't it?

01:00:12I thought maybe you and Banyan played footsie when my back was turned.

01:00:16You ought to trade Tierney in.

01:00:18Get yourself a more reliable stool pigeon.

01:00:20Maybe I got myself a better stoolie.

01:00:22How was the Gagety Club?

01:00:24No!

01:00:25My arm, Vince!

01:00:26My arm!

01:00:27You like cops, do you?

01:00:29Don't, Vince, please!

01:00:30Where'd you go with him?

01:00:31My arm!

01:00:32My arm!

01:00:33I asked you a question.

01:00:34Where?

01:00:35I only saw him on the street.

01:00:37Only the street!

01:00:38I suggest we call it the night.

01:00:40I suggest you shut your mouth.

01:00:44Where'd you go with Banyan?

01:00:45Nowhere.

01:00:46Nowhere!

01:00:47He got me over the Gagety!

01:00:49Sure, the Gagety, the Gagety!

01:00:51Oh, you pig!

01:00:52You lying pig!

01:00:54You lying pig!

01:00:56You lying pig!

01:00:57You lying pig!

01:00:58You lying pig!

01:00:59You lying pig!

01:01:00You lying pig!

01:01:01You lying pig!

01:01:02You lying pig!

01:01:03You lying pig!

01:01:04You lying pig!

01:01:05You lying pig!

01:01:06I'll fix you in your pretty face.

01:01:08You lying pig!

01:01:09She scalded you!

01:01:10She had it coming!

01:01:11You lying pig!

01:01:12Don't just stand there!

01:01:13Get it to a doctor!

01:01:14You'll have to make a police report.

01:01:15That's why we're sending you.

01:01:16Go on!

01:01:17Get moving!

01:01:18I'll try.

01:01:19I'll try.

01:01:20I'll try.

01:01:27Shut the door.

01:01:40Mike?

01:01:41Yes, Vince?

01:01:42How do you know she didn't tell Banyan anything?

01:01:47Debbie isn't your problem anymore.

01:01:48She's ours.

01:01:49I want insurance.

01:01:50But I don't want her found off any county highway.

01:01:54I don't want her found at all.

01:01:57Who is it?

01:01:58Debbie Mark.

01:01:59Who's with you?

01:02:00I'm alone.

01:02:01I've been hurt.

01:02:04I've been hurt.

01:02:05Put it out.

01:02:06Please.

01:02:07Put it out.

01:02:08Please.

01:02:09Please.

01:02:10I'm alone.

01:02:11I've been hurt.

01:02:32Put it out.

01:02:33Put it out.

01:02:34Please.

01:02:39Vince threw hot coffee in my face.

01:02:42I'm going to be scarred.

01:02:44The whole side of my face will be scarred.

01:02:52Where's Stone now?

01:02:54I don't know.

01:02:55They made Higgins take me to the doctor.

01:02:59Higgins the police commissioner?

01:03:01Yes.

01:03:02After the doctor put on the bandages, I ran out.

01:03:07Can I stay with you?

01:03:09Please, can I stay?

01:03:11I'll get your room on this floor.

01:03:15Who else is with Stone?

01:03:18Gillen from the city council.

01:03:21George Fuller, Vince's lawyer, and Larry Gordon.

01:03:24I told the doctor I didn't care what he had to do

01:03:27or about the pain.

01:03:29Only I didn't want my face scarred.

01:03:32Who's Larry Gordon?

01:03:34You don't care.

01:03:36You don't care what happened to me.

01:03:38You don't care about anything or anybody.

01:03:41I was followed when I came here with you.

01:03:44That's why I got this!

01:03:52Gill, this is Dave Ben.

01:03:55Look, I'm going to need another room on this floor.

01:03:57That's for a friend of mine.

01:03:59Yeah, I don't want it registered.

01:04:02Yeah, that's right.

01:04:04The one that didn't know she's here.

01:04:06Right.

01:04:11You be safe here.

01:04:14I'm a shot of scotch.

01:04:15Please.

01:04:30Gordon is the Larry you asked about.

01:04:32Vince imported him from Chicago a few months ago.

01:04:39Thanks.

01:04:43Tomorrow I'll have another doctor look you over.

01:04:46Guess his scar isn't so bad.

01:04:48Not if it's only on one side.

01:04:50I can always go through life sideways.

01:04:56Gordon lives at the Wilton Apartments.

01:04:59Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:00You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:01Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:04You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:05Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:06You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:07Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:09You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:11Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:20Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:22You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:24Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:25You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:26Is Mrs. Davenport at home?

01:05:27You got the wrong apartment.

01:05:28I told you it was a...

01:05:58You must be nuts.

01:06:01Come on, get up.

01:06:12What about Slim Farrell?

01:06:15You're punchy.

01:06:21Go on, pick it up.

01:06:24I won't kid you, not right away.

01:06:28You got a wrong steer.

01:06:30If I knew what you was talking about...

01:06:32What did Slim do for you?

01:06:35I swear, my mother's...

01:06:36What did he do for you?

01:06:42When I let go, start talking.

01:06:44If you don't, I'll finish the job.

01:06:49Talk.

01:06:49He told me to get you.

01:06:54Vince Stone.

01:06:56I hired Slim.

01:06:57What about Lucy Chapman?

01:07:00Stone.

01:07:00He was scared Duncan told her things.

01:07:03Was Duncan on the take?

01:07:04Yeah, for years.

01:07:06Why didn't they shut up Mrs. Duncan?

01:07:09I don't know.

01:07:10Did she go on the payroll?

01:07:12I think so.

01:07:13I'm not sure.

01:07:14What's she got on him.

01:07:15Oh, I don't know.

01:07:17I just take orders.

01:07:21Oh, you're gonna give me a break, aren't you, Benyon?

01:07:24I told you what I know.

01:07:27I'm through with you.

01:07:29But your friends aren't.

01:07:31I'm gonna spread the word that you talked.

01:07:36You're out of business, thief.

01:07:38We caught up with Larry before he got to the airport.

01:07:49He was in such a hurry, it took a couple of slugs to stop him.

01:07:53What's left of him is on the way to the river.

01:07:56Debbie, what about her?

01:07:58She doesn't worry me.

01:07:59But Banyan does.

01:08:02Larry must have talked his head off or he wouldn't have started running.

01:08:05When you use second-raters like Gordon, it's trouble.

01:08:07I've told you that before.

01:08:10If you were okay getting rid of Banyan, he wouldn't be a problem now.

01:08:14And when Duncan wanted out, I asked you to let me handle him.

01:08:17And oh, no, you thought talking to him might keep him in line.

01:08:20So what happens?

01:08:20He knocks himself off.

01:08:22Don't make me the fall guy, Mike.

01:08:24I'm no Larry Gordon.

01:08:28The reformers would be delighted to hear us accusing each other.

01:08:32All right, we both made mistakes.

01:08:34The point is, correct them.

01:08:35Banyan on the bottom of the river with Larry and there's no more problem.

01:08:39Maybe a bigger one.

01:08:42If he knows anything, he's put it on paper.

01:08:45Anything happens to him, it becomes public property.

01:08:50But Duncan's set up all over again.

01:08:53That's a gamble we've got to take.

01:08:54We don't.

01:09:04Take something Banyan values more than himself and we keep him quiet.

01:09:07As soon as you're set, have Higgins call off the police guard at the Eldridge Street House.

01:09:19Yes, Mrs. Duncan?

01:09:29He's at my door.

01:09:30What'll I do?

01:09:34He knows I'm at home.

01:09:35My car is in the garage.

01:09:37I'll take care of it.

01:09:39You just stole him.

01:09:41Yes, I understand.

01:09:42Oh, Mr. Banyan.

01:09:58I'm so sorry I kept you waiting.

01:10:00Furniture's the same.

01:10:11Nothing's been changed.

01:10:13You haven't started living high yet, have you?

01:10:16What are you talking about?

01:10:18Your husband was on Lugana's payroll.

01:10:20Now you are.

01:10:21He must have put down all the facts and figures in writing for Lugana to hold still for blackmail.

01:10:28What did you do with it?

01:10:30I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

01:10:34But if you want to look around, please go right ahead.

01:10:39It wouldn't be here.

01:10:40You're much smarter than Lucy Chapman.

01:10:46You told Lugana about Lucy.

01:10:49You have a horrid mind.

01:10:53Poor Lucy.

01:10:55You were delighted.

01:10:57You were even happier when your husband blew his brains out.

01:11:00We were getting along very well until the soul struggling began.

01:11:05Want to know something ridiculous?

01:11:07It was after his affair with Lucy Chapman that he wanted to turn over a new leaf.

01:11:13A city is being strangled by a gang of thieves and you protect Lugana and Stone for the sake of a soft, plush life.

01:11:24The coming years are going to be just fine, Mr. Banyan.

01:11:29There aren't going to be any coming years for you.

01:11:34None at all.

01:11:35I don't threaten easily.

01:11:37If anything happens to you, the evidence comes out.

01:11:44That's the way you arranged it, didn't you, bright lady?

01:11:48You got it all put away someplace.

01:11:50That's how you kept Lugana over a barrel.

01:11:52But I'm not Lugana.

01:11:58With you dead, the big heat follows.

01:12:01The big heat for Lugana, for Stone, and for all the rest of the life.

01:12:06Mr. Lugana is an excellent life insurance agent.

01:12:13What's the trouble?

01:12:15Why, nothing, officer.

01:12:16This is police sergeant Banyan.

01:12:20Sorry, sergeant.

01:12:21We got a call.

01:12:22There was trouble.

01:12:23Sergeant Banyan.

01:12:24Oh, I'm sorry.

01:12:26It's ex-sergeant, isn't it?

01:12:29He'll be leaving with you, officer.

01:12:31Officer.

01:12:46It's me, Banyan.

01:13:11How about a little light in here?

01:13:13We've got to get used to being seen sometime, I guess.

01:13:16I've been feeling like something that's been shut up because nobody wants to look at it.

01:13:38Is she supposed to do plays before meals?

01:13:42Is there some water?

01:13:45Is there some water?

01:13:54Just sitting here thinking is pretty rough when you spent most of your life not thinking.

01:14:00I'll eat your soup, huh?

01:14:01What was your wife like, Dave?

01:14:17Is there some water?

01:14:1827 years old, light hair, gray eyes.

01:14:28That's a police description.

01:14:30Did she like to cook, like to be surprised?

01:14:33What kind of things made her laugh?

01:14:34That's what...

01:14:36I'm sorry, you don't want to talk about her.

01:14:40Certainly not with me.

01:14:42Not with anyone.

01:14:43Did you find Larry?

01:14:49What?

01:14:51Yeah. Yeah, I found him.

01:14:55And?

01:14:56I ran into a brick wall.

01:14:59Bertha Duncan.

01:15:00The cop's widow?

01:15:02He left her a million-dollar trust fund.

01:15:05Wrote down everything there was to know about the syndicate.

01:15:08Vince must hate her insides.

01:15:10He never could take losing or being pressured.

01:15:14He's got to take it.

01:15:16If she dies, the letter goes to the newspapers.

01:15:20You know, I almost killed her an hour ago.

01:15:26I should have.

01:15:27I don't believe you could.

01:15:31If you had, there wouldn't be much difference between you and Vince Stone.

01:15:37Must be for me.

01:15:38I told him downstairs I was up here.

01:15:40I called the police station.

01:15:42They said they weren't coming anymore.

01:15:43Keep the door locked till Al gets home.

01:15:44I'll be there in an hour.

01:15:49Keep that for company.

01:15:54I'm okay, Mac.

01:15:55Get him up high.

01:15:56Upstairs, Mac.

01:15:57Nice and easy now.

01:16:01I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:02Get him up high.

01:16:03Upstairs, Mac.

01:16:04Nice and easy now.

01:16:06I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:07I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:08Get him up high.

01:16:09Upstairs, Mac.

01:16:10Nice and easy now.

01:16:11I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:12I'm okay.

01:16:13I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:14Get him up high.

01:16:15Upstairs, Mac.

01:16:16Nice and easy now.

01:16:18Come on, Mac.

01:16:19Come on, Mac.

01:16:20Hold it.

01:16:21Hold it.

01:16:22Hold it.

01:16:23Nice going.

01:16:24This is my brother-in-law.

01:16:25And what is this?

01:16:27Al said to stop everybody.

01:16:28You're doing fine, Mark.

01:16:29Get back downstairs.

01:16:30Sorry, Mac.

01:16:31Yes.

01:16:32I'm okay, Mac.

01:16:33I'm okay.

01:16:34I'm okay.

01:16:35I'm okay.

01:16:36I'm okay.

01:16:37Now, you're okay.

01:16:38Do you want to take a break?

01:16:39You're okay.

01:16:40What's this?

01:16:41You're okay, Mac?

01:16:43I'm okay.

01:16:44Hold it.

01:16:45Hold it.

01:16:46Hold it, Mark.

01:16:47Hold it.

01:16:48Hold it, Mark.

01:16:49Hold it.

01:16:50Hold it, Mark.

01:16:51Hold it.

01:16:52Hold it.

01:16:53Nice going.

01:16:54This is my brother-in-law.

01:16:55Now, what is this?

01:16:56Yes, it's okay.

01:17:00Is Joyce all right?

01:17:01Sure. Marge has her inside.

01:17:04I got the boys over just in case.

01:17:07It's my brother-in-law, Bill Rutherford,

01:17:09Harry Seanstein, Hank O'Connell.

01:17:10Nice afternoon.

01:17:11I guess civilian life hasn't slowed Mark down so much, huh?

01:17:15It hasn't slowed him down at all.

01:17:20When trouble comes, it'll be from hoodlums who know their business.

01:17:23I'm afraid they won't be stopped by amateurs

01:17:26whose hearts happen to be in the right place.

01:17:28Do we look like the cast from some maypole dance?

01:17:31I've been places those creeps wouldn't go

01:17:33unless they rode in a 50-ton tank.

01:17:35I went in on foot.

01:17:36The story of Howie won the Medal of Honor or something.

01:17:39All right, big wit.

01:17:40But I'm telling you, anybody comes to that door

01:17:42and touches that kid is gonna wind up dead.

01:17:44Harry Sean Hopper, the angry poet.

01:17:48Seriously, Banyan, we can handle things.

01:17:50I was never so sure of anything in my life.

01:17:55Do you know where the trouble's coming from?

01:17:58I'd feel easier if all of you stayed here.

01:18:02Daddy!

01:18:02There's my girl.

01:18:04Hello, sweetheart.

01:18:08How are you?

01:18:09Will you tell me a story, Daddy?

01:18:11Why, sure.

01:18:12Which story, darling?

01:18:13The three little kittens.

01:18:14We just heard the precinct detail was called off.

01:18:32You're sticking your neck way out.

01:18:34It's a fine night for it.

01:18:39Hello, Dave.

01:18:41Aren't you throwing that pension of yours down into the sewer?

01:18:43I got my wife's okay.

01:18:46In fact, Gertie used language I didn't think she knew.

01:18:49It's the first time in years I breathe good, clean air.

01:18:53Well, you don't have to stay.

01:18:54Hal has some of his army friends upstairs.

01:18:56If we stick around, it'll make it official.

01:19:00Thanks.

01:19:01Dave.

01:19:02Where are you going now?

01:19:04Uh, nowhere special.

01:19:07Want company?

01:19:07A report came in this afternoon about your barging in on Mrs. Duncan.

01:19:15You're not going there again.

01:19:18No.

01:19:19I'm Vince Stone's girl, Debbie Marsh.

01:19:45May I see you for a moment?

01:19:46I was just leaving, but please come in.

01:19:51Were you in an accident?

01:19:53Yes.

01:19:55I'm sorry.

01:19:55You have a nice home.

01:20:05Did Mr. Stone send you?

01:20:06No.

01:20:08I've been thinking about you and me.

01:20:10How much alike we are.

01:20:13The mink-coated girls.

01:20:15I don't understand you.

01:20:18What are you here for, Miss Marsh?

01:20:19Debbie, we should use first names, Bertha.

01:20:24We're sisters under the mink.

01:20:27You're not making any sense, Miss Marsh.

01:20:30I'd better call Mr. Stone and have him pick you up.

01:20:35You're not well.

01:20:39I never felt better in my life.

01:20:41I'm going to fight.

01:20:49I'm going to fight with my wife.

01:20:54Please, wouldn't you be μ айс tsamen?

01:20:57Here you around, Miss Marsh.

01:20:59It's not my fault.

01:21:01Eugene, I'llw a partner with my muscle.

01:21:03Do you even GORDON use?

01:21:04I can't help you.

01:21:05If you're not, Miss Stewart gets into your Pittsburgh house.

01:21:07You're now sending me alert tonight.

01:21:08Let's go.

01:21:38It'll burn for a long time, Vince.

01:21:56It doesn't look bad now.

01:21:59But in the morning, your face will be like mine.

01:22:03Look.

01:22:04It isn't pretty, is it?

01:22:06He'll walk through side streets and alleys so that people won't stare at you.

01:22:11But you're lucky. It won't be for long.

01:22:15Bertha Duncan is dead. No more insurance for you and Lagana.

01:22:19The lid's off the garbage can. And I did it.

01:22:22I did it.

01:22:39Hey!

01:22:40Dave!

01:22:42Ow!

01:22:48Debbie.

01:22:49I killed Mrs. Duncan.

01:22:58Mrs. Duncan.

01:23:19It's emergency. Get an ambulance at 257 Flower Street. The penthouse.

01:23:23The penthouse.

01:23:26Dave!

01:23:28Ow!

01:23:30Ah!

01:23:32Ah!

01:23:34Ah!

01:23:36Ah!

01:23:38Ah!

01:23:40Ah!

01:23:42Ah!

01:23:44Ah!

01:23:46Ah!

01:23:47Ah!

01:23:48Ah!

01:23:49Ah!

01:23:52Ah!

01:23:57Ah!

01:23:58Ah!

01:23:59Ah!

01:24:00Ah.

01:24:02Ah!

01:24:03Ah!

01:24:04Ah!

01:24:14Ah!

01:24:15Get up.

01:24:16We'll take your gun, Dave.

01:24:22We can have him, too.

01:24:29There's one charge against him to start with.

01:24:50Over there.

01:25:15We went to the Duncan house.

01:25:27I'm sorry you got there first.

01:25:29I didn't.

01:25:31Did you call it in?

01:25:32We wanted to catch up with you first.

01:25:34Put a cover on Lagana, Higgins, and every other thief in town.

01:25:38Duncan left a confession.

01:25:40He'll come out now.

01:25:41The lights will try to run.

01:25:44There's no use moving.

01:25:50You can close your file and the birth of Duncan killed him.

01:26:06Dave.

01:26:07Yes.

01:26:08Am I going to die?

01:26:13If I said you'd live another hundred years, you'd call me a liar.

01:26:19I don't want to die.

01:26:22Yeah.

01:26:23I must look awful.

01:26:29Vince shouldn't have ruined my looks.

01:26:32It was a rotten thing to do.

01:26:39Dave.

01:26:40Yes?

01:26:41Yes.

01:26:42I'm going to die.

01:26:44No, Debbie.

01:26:48Remember how angry you got when I asked you about your wife?

01:27:02I wasn't angry.

01:27:03Well, you and Katie had gotten along fine.

01:27:09What was she like?

01:27:11A real Irish blowtop, but she always got over it fast.

01:27:17She used to raise the roof with me for missing dinner and leaving the bathroom in a mess.

01:27:23A few minutes later, she'd come in with a drink in her hand for me just as though nothing had happened.

01:27:29You know, Kate, she was a sampler.

01:27:33She used to take sips of my drink and puffs on my cigarette and sometimes she used to taste the food off my plate.

01:27:43We got a big kick out of that.

01:27:46I like her.

01:27:52I like her a lot.

01:27:55Sometimes when I came home from work, she'd have the baby dressed up like a little princess.

01:28:01One of the most important parts of the day was when I came in and saw her looking like something and just stepped down off a birthday cake.

01:28:13I guess it...

01:28:15I guess it's that way with most families.

01:28:31How about some coffee, Hugo?

01:28:32Coming right upstairs.

01:28:33Homicide, Banyan.

01:28:34Homicide, Banyan.

01:28:35How about some coffee, Hugo?

01:28:36Coming right upstairs.

01:28:37Homicide, Banyan.

01:28:41Homicide, Banyan.

01:28:42You got it?

01:28:43You have a hit and run over on South Street.

01:28:47How about some coffee, Hugo?

01:28:49Coming right up, Sance.

01:28:55Homicide, Banyan.

01:29:01You got it?

01:29:03We have a hit and run over on South Street.

01:29:11Is the coffee hot, Hugo?

01:29:13Okay, Sance.

01:29:15Here, Hugo.

01:29:17Okay, Sance.

🎬 The Big Heat (1953) – A Ruthless Film Noir Classic by Fritz Lang

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