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High School Big Shot is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman (in his final role), Virginia Aldridge, Howard Veit and Malcolm Atterbury, Filmed in 1958 under the title Blood Money, it was released by executive producer Roger Corman as a double feature with T-Bird Gang in his first Filmgroup release. It was featured in an episode (#618) of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Plot: Marv Grant (Tom Pittman) is a high school student who lives with his deadbeat, alcoholic father (Malcolm Atterbury). Marv needs money, his unemployed dad is so poor that he makes him give up half of his last six dollars so they can both go on three dollar dates. Marv just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most. Money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties, so he knows where to find a million dollars in cash.
Tom Pittman was born on March 16, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on October 31, 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.
Credits:
Tom Pittman as Marvin 'Marv' Grant
Virginia Aldridge as Betty Alexander
Howard Veit as Vince Rumbo
Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Grant (Pop)
Stanley Adams as Harry March
Louis Quinn as Samuel Tallman
Peter Leeds as Mr. Carter
John Barrick as Larry Walker
Jimmy Murphy as Burt Rogers
Byron Foulger as Mr. Mathews
Bobby Hall as Johnson
Ron Gans as (as Ron Kennedy)
Ellen Atterbury as Mrs. Fisher (as Ellen Hardies)
Evan Thompson
Bill Coontz
Wally Rose
Directed by Joel Rapp
Written by Joel Rapp
Produced by Stanley Bickman
Cinematography John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Edited by Carlo Lodato
Music by Gerald Fried
Plot: Marv Grant (Tom Pittman) is a high school student who lives with his deadbeat, alcoholic father (Malcolm Atterbury). Marv needs money, his unemployed dad is so poor that he makes him give up half of his last six dollars so they can both go on three dollar dates. Marv just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most. Money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties, so he knows where to find a million dollars in cash.
Tom Pittman was born on March 16, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on October 31, 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.
Credits:
Tom Pittman as Marvin 'Marv' Grant
Virginia Aldridge as Betty Alexander
Howard Veit as Vince Rumbo
Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Grant (Pop)
Stanley Adams as Harry March
Louis Quinn as Samuel Tallman
Peter Leeds as Mr. Carter
John Barrick as Larry Walker
Jimmy Murphy as Burt Rogers
Byron Foulger as Mr. Mathews
Bobby Hall as Johnson
Ron Gans as (as Ron Kennedy)
Ellen Atterbury as Mrs. Fisher (as Ellen Hardies)
Evan Thompson
Bill Coontz
Wally Rose
Directed by Joel Rapp
Written by Joel Rapp
Produced by Stanley Bickman
Cinematography John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Edited by Carlo Lodato
Music by Gerald Fried
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00:00:01I understand you're a friend of Harry March.
00:00:03Who's Harry March?
00:00:05Best safe-cracker around.
00:00:07Maybe the best in the business.
00:00:09Never heard of him.
00:00:11Okay.
00:00:13Just thought you might be interested in a deal.
00:00:15Wait a minute, kid.
00:00:17What kind of a deal?
00:00:19What difference does it make?
00:00:21You said you didn't know him.
00:00:23I make friends real easy. What kind of a deal?
00:00:27A big deal.
00:00:29A million dollars.
00:00:31Cash.
00:00:59hay, hay.
00:01:00Elswed and gallophoid.
00:01:02¿Qué tal?
00:01:03Elswed and marced.
00:01:04Hay, ¿eh?
00:01:35And at this point, Hamlet picks up the skull of Yorick and delivers the famous speech.
00:01:50Now, to whom was this speech delivered?
00:02:01Vince, would you mind answering the question, please?
00:02:05Vince!
00:02:10I'm sorry, Mr. Carter. Would you repeat the question, please?
00:02:14To whom was Hamlet's famous graveside speech delivered?
00:02:18I don't know, ma'am. I didn't catch the name and address on the envelope.
00:02:21Oh, that's very amusing, Vince.
00:02:25I don't think that you'll find a failing mark in this course quite as jocular.
00:02:37Marvin?
00:02:38Marvin, would you answer the question, please?
00:02:40Yes, sir. The, uh...
00:02:46The speech is from Act 5, Scene 1, delivered to Horatio and the Gravedigger.
00:02:51Very good.
00:02:52If some of the others of you would emulate Marvin, concentrate your efforts toward learning something, you might all be a lot better off.
00:02:59Well, I guess that should be enough for today.
00:03:01Okay. I, uh, just want to remind you that your term papers are due on Wednesday.
00:03:06And for several of you who are on the borderline, you might profit by putting a little extra time and energy into this paper.
00:03:12Oh, Marvin. Can I see you a second?
00:03:27Yes, sir.
00:03:28Have, uh...
00:03:29Have you given any more thought to college? The term's going to be over in a week, you know.
00:03:34Well, I...
00:03:35Still haven't made up my mind what I'm going to do, sir.
00:03:38Oh, Marv, you had so much to offer. It's a shame if you don't take advantage of it.
00:03:42Well, I know, sir. I...
00:03:44I'd like to go to college, but...
00:03:46Well, it costs money, you know, and...
00:03:48Yes, I know. And I'm still working on that scholarship for you.
00:03:51I think maybe we'll be able to figure something out.
00:03:54I sure hope so.
00:03:56Thank you, Mr. Carter.
00:04:12Hey, think.
00:04:16What's the idea of trying to make a fool out of me in there?
00:04:19I don't understand what you mean. That's...
00:04:20Oh, can it.
00:04:22Now, you know what I mean.
00:04:24Answering that question like you were some kind of a king or something.
00:04:28Okay, Vince.
00:04:29Look, any time you think you're better than me, we...
00:04:30Get your big paws off of him.
00:04:34When did you start playing nursemaid to this creep?
00:04:37Ever since you started trying to be Tarzan or somebody.
00:04:41That's all right, baby.
00:04:41No, it's not.
00:04:42Now, get out of here and leave him alone, you animal.
00:04:47Okay, baby.
00:04:48If you want to play mother,
00:04:50I'm not going to stand in your way.
00:04:54Am I going to see you tonight?
00:04:55No.
00:04:58I have other plans.
00:05:01Okay, baby.
00:05:03You change your mind, just give me a call.
00:05:18You didn't have to do that, Betty.
00:05:19Maybe you're getting mad or something.
00:05:21Look, what do I care?
00:05:22The world's full of guys like you.
00:05:27You're kind of special.
00:05:29Well, look, I'm serious.
00:05:33I've kind of wanted to say this to you for a long time.
00:05:40Betty, you go with Vince.
00:05:43He's sort of the star of the whole school.
00:05:45Boys like Vince will never amount to anything.
00:05:52Betty, will you go out with me?
00:05:56I've practically asked you out, haven't I?
00:05:58Well, you...
00:05:59Well, how about tonight?
00:06:01I thought you said you were busy tonight.
00:06:04I'm busy for him.
00:06:08Well, sure.
00:06:11Fine.
00:06:12Pick me up at eight.
00:06:13Okay, I'll pick you up at eight.
00:06:14I'll see you then.
00:06:18Yeah.
00:06:19Betty?
00:06:23What about Vince?
00:06:25Don't worry about Vince.
00:06:27I can take care of him.
00:06:28Hey, Mara, is that you?
00:06:39Yeah, Pop, it's me.
00:06:46Everything go okay today?
00:06:48Uh-huh.
00:06:48Hey, how come you're getting all dressed up?
00:06:55I got a date tonight.
00:06:57Real sharp girl.
00:06:58I met down Tony's.
00:07:00Well, I've got a date tonight, too.
00:07:03You do?
00:07:03Uh-huh.
00:07:05What are you with?
00:07:06Betty Alexander.
00:07:08Betty, Alex.
00:07:09Hey.
00:07:10Hey, she's the best-looking chick in the whole school, ain't she?
00:07:13She sure is.
00:07:15What in the world's she going out with you for?
00:07:18That's okay, Pop.
00:07:25No, I'm not much, but she likes me.
00:07:28Gee, kid, fine, fine.
00:07:30Just a chip off the old block after all, huh?
00:07:33Yeah, I guess so.
00:07:41Hey, Marv.
00:07:45I was wondering, you got any money on you?
00:07:48Well, a couple of dollars, Pop, but...
00:07:50Look, kid, there's a real fancy girl, you know what I mean?
00:07:54Well, I'm going to have to take her out to supper, probably, and...
00:07:57Well, you know.
00:07:57I know, Pop, but I got a date tonight myself.
00:08:00I don't get paid until the 15th.
00:08:02How much you got?
00:08:06Well, six dollars and some change.
00:08:09Tell you what, we'll split even, okay?
00:08:12Okay?
00:08:12Okay, Pop.
00:08:27Thanks, boy.
00:08:31Oh, by the way, I think I'm going to have a job next week.
00:08:35Really?
00:08:36Yep.
00:08:37I met a guy today who's sure he can put me on full time.
00:08:43Be swell, Pop.
00:08:49Hey, don't worry, boy.
00:08:51I'll hang on to this one.
00:08:53No more booze for me, I promise.
00:08:56Pretty soon we'll have money enough to get out of this dump.
00:08:59You can quit that crummy job of yours and go to college like you want.
00:09:04Like your mother wanted you to.
00:09:14I know, Pop.
00:09:17Thanks, kid.
00:09:19Have a good time, Liner.
00:09:21You too, Pop.
00:09:22I'm sorry, Betty, honestly.
00:09:35Oh, that's okay.
00:09:37At least it was a good movie.
00:09:40It's just that I...
00:09:41Well, I had to give some money to Pop and...
00:09:42Oh, just forget it.
00:09:43I'm having a lovely time.
00:09:46Betty?
00:09:48I've got almost a dollar left.
00:09:49Would you like to have a Coke?
00:09:50Well, this guy grabs this chick by the next seat.
00:10:03And he gives her a couple of whacks right across the plate.
00:10:06Man, he liked to knock her head off.
00:10:11Hey, Daddy.
00:10:12You don't dig my act or something?
00:10:14What's the matter, Benny?
00:10:15That chick Betty bugging you.
00:10:17Ah, she don't bug me none.
00:10:19Yeah, why should she?
00:10:21We got so much stuff around here, we have to beat it off with a club.
00:10:24Yeah, so where's it all hit?
00:10:27Hey, am I seeing right?
00:10:31Oh, man, I don't believe it.
00:10:33I must be cracking up.
00:10:38What is she doing with that thing?
00:10:39Well, I thought the zoo closed at six o'clock.
00:10:46Yeah.
00:10:47So how come you got one of the animals out for a walk?
00:10:50Yeah, very funny.
00:10:55Look, Betty, I think we'd better go on at home.
00:10:58I've got some homework to do.
00:10:59You aren't going to let these big apes scare you away, are you?
00:11:01You know what's not, Dennis?
00:11:01I've got some homework to do.
00:11:03Okay.
00:11:04Come on.
00:11:04Well, good night, boys.
00:11:11Better stay off the streets before the dog catcher sees you without your licenses.
00:11:18Boy, she sure got salty in a big hurry.
00:11:21Where does that cheap broad come off talking to us like that?
00:11:25Hey, Vinny.
00:11:27Let's follow him and give him a going over, huh?
00:11:29Yeah, like the guy in the store that Bert was telling him.
00:11:34Oh, you guys stay here.
00:11:41Hey.
00:11:43I thought you said that chick didn't move you.
00:11:45She don't.
00:11:47Not at all.
00:11:47No.
00:11:59Thanks, Marv.
00:12:01I had a real good time.
00:12:06Well, it would have been better if I'd had more money.
00:12:08Next time, maybe.
00:12:09You mean there's going to be a next time?
00:12:11Well, if you want it.
00:12:12If I want it, of course I do.
00:12:15I was just afraid.
00:12:17Well, I'm not real smart or anything.
00:12:19I thought I might be kind of dull.
00:12:24Oh, no.
00:12:25You're not dull.
00:12:28Thanks.
00:12:29Marv, I'd hate to ask you for a favor or anything.
00:12:33Go ahead.
00:12:34Anything you want.
00:12:35Well, it's Mr. Carter's Shakespeare class.
00:12:37You know, I'm kind of on the borderline.
00:12:39If I don't pass this class, I'm not going to graduate.
00:12:41And my old man will kill me for sure.
00:12:44Well, if you write a good term paper, you'll pass.
00:12:47That's just it.
00:12:49No, I don't understand him.
00:12:52Shakespeare, I mean.
00:12:54He's so deep.
00:12:57I don't know what to do.
00:12:58You want me to write a paper for you?
00:13:00Oh, no.
00:13:01I just thought maybe you'd help me a little bit.
00:13:03I don't mind.
00:13:04It'll only take me a couple of hours.
00:13:06Would you?
00:13:07I mean, would you really?
00:13:07Thanks, Marv.
00:13:14I'll never forget it.
00:13:18Well, good night.
00:13:20I'll see you tomorrow.
00:13:21Good night, Betty.
00:13:41Oh, Vince.
00:13:42You scared me to death.
00:13:44Look, what's with you two?
00:13:45With me and Marv?
00:13:51Oh, you can't be serious.
00:13:52Look, you were with him.
00:13:54You went out with him instead of me.
00:13:57Oh, but honey, I just wanted him to write my term paper for me.
00:14:02You sure that's all?
00:14:05Well, of course, silly.
00:14:06You don't think I could possibly see anything in him, do you?
00:14:08No, I didn't think so.
00:14:13Well, you see, actually, it's kind of for us.
00:14:16If I don't pass the course, I will graduate.
00:14:18My parents won't let us get married or anything.
00:14:21Yeah.
00:14:25But the...
00:14:27Why did you kiss him?
00:14:30Kiss him?
00:14:34You call that a kiss?
00:14:36Now, this
00:14:40is what I call a kiss.
00:14:52Betty?
00:14:53Matt?
00:15:00Have you ever thought about marrying anybody?
00:15:03Sure.
00:15:04You know, I wanted to marry Rock Hudson once, but he was taken at the pod, so...
00:15:08Then I decided I'd marry Gary Cooper, and I found out he had a daughter older than me.
00:15:12I'm serious, Betty.
00:15:17You know what I'm getting at.
00:15:21After all, Marv, you have to go to college and everything.
00:15:23I won't go to college.
00:15:25I'll get a full-time job.
00:15:26I bet Mr. Matthews will put me on for $75 a week.
00:15:30$75?
00:15:30I...
00:15:31I guess I misled you, just a little...
00:15:36I mean, you're sweet and smart.
00:15:38And I think someday you'll really be somebody important.
00:15:43Little Betty isn't ready to settle down and try and live on $75 a week.
00:15:48Could I have been poor too long for that?
00:15:50Oh, look, I'd better be going.
00:15:53My old man will be full of questions.
00:15:56He thinks I'm a tramp.
00:15:58What's the matter?
00:15:59What's the matter?
00:16:00You said your father thinks you're a tramp?
00:16:02Just when he's feeling good.
00:16:04If you could hear some of the things he's...
00:16:06One night when my mom was out, he...
00:16:08Someday I'm going to show him.
00:16:14I'm going to come back here with my diamonds and my furs.
00:16:17And I'm going to throw him right in his stick in his face.
00:16:23Marv.
00:16:24Hmm?
00:16:25How come you ain't out with Betty tonight?
00:16:27No, she wanted to stay home tonight.
00:16:29Said it makes her own man happy if she stays in every once in a while.
00:16:32I see.
00:16:33I see.
00:16:38Look, Marv.
00:16:42Hmm?
00:16:45What would you say if I got married again?
00:16:49Well, what brought that on, Pop?
00:16:52Well, I figure you'll be through school soon.
00:16:55Probably be going to college or getting married, maybe.
00:16:59Man's got to have someone look after him in his old age.
00:17:02I got that job coming up.
00:17:05Is she the girl you met down at Tony's, Pop?
00:17:08Do you love her?
00:17:11Oh, she's wonderful, kid.
00:17:14Sweet as pie.
00:17:15You know what I mean?
00:17:17Who are you trying to convince?
00:17:18Me or you?
00:17:19No, really.
00:17:20She's different.
00:17:24Pop, if you got married, you'd have to hold a job.
00:17:27Oh, would, boy.
00:17:28I'd do anything in the world for her.
00:17:31Well, I guess you love her, then.
00:17:33Hmm.
00:17:36Would you mind?
00:17:36No.
00:17:39I think it's great.
00:17:40When's the big day?
00:17:49That isn't settled.
00:17:50Pop, have you asked her yet?
00:18:03The fact is, I haven't, but...
00:18:05That won't be no problem, boy.
00:18:06I can tell.
00:18:10Well, I'm real happy for you, Pop.
00:18:11You know, I guess there's nothing in the whole world as nice as being in love.
00:18:32Hiya, kid.
00:18:34Hi, Mr. Matthews.
00:18:35We've got another deal going.
00:18:44How much is involved?
00:18:45A million dollars.
00:18:47Cash.
00:18:48Excuse me, Mr. Matthews.
00:19:01Do you want to sign these papers?
00:19:02Later, kid.
00:19:03I'm real busy.
00:19:06We've handled some big deals before, Walt.
00:19:08But never a million dollars.
00:19:11Hey, buddy.
00:19:11We've never brought in this much heroin before.
00:19:14What's our cut?
00:19:14Twenty-five percent.
00:19:16Good enough.
00:19:18The boats do in Saturday night.
00:19:20Money will arrive here sometime Saturday afternoon.
00:19:24Who's bringing it in?
00:19:25Never mind.
00:19:26It's coming.
00:19:26You can rest assured.
00:19:27Now, I'll put it in the safe.
00:19:29And at exactly 11.15, I'll be back with the guy carrying the dope.
00:19:34I'll give him the money and he'll make the exchange.
00:19:37Isn't it a little risky leaving a million dollars in the safe that long?
00:19:40Nobody will know it's there.
00:19:41And I'd rather have it here than carry it around, if you follow me.
00:19:45Sure.
00:19:46Now, all you have to do is open the doors for us at 11.15.
00:19:51And then stand by to make sure that there's no double cross.
00:19:54Okay.
00:19:55Well, that's it.
00:19:57I guess all we have to do now is wait.
00:20:06See you, miss.
00:20:07Take it easy.
00:20:08Hey, kid.
00:20:11Kid!
00:20:12Yes, sir?
00:20:12Let me have a look at those papers.
00:20:25I'm very disappointed in you, Mom.
00:20:29Hi, Mr. Carter.
00:20:30I think you do.
00:20:31Well, we might as well get this over with as quickly as possible.
00:20:39He wrote your paper, didn't he?
00:20:41He?
00:20:43Of course not.
00:20:44I wrote it myself.
00:20:45Oh, come now, Betty.
00:20:47You have many attributes, I will confess.
00:20:50But a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare and his works is not one of them.
00:20:54I studied.
00:20:56I worked real hard.
00:20:57Well, Mom, you want to tell me the truth?
00:21:07She wrote it on us, Mr. Carter.
00:21:08All right, Betty.
00:21:16What is it all about?
00:21:23Well, it's about Shakespeare and his plays.
00:21:27You didn't even read it, did you?
00:21:31Of course I read it.
00:21:32I wrote it.
00:21:33Now, look.
00:21:34Neither one of you is fooling anybody but yourselves.
00:21:37Now, come on, Marv.
00:21:38Admit it and get it over with.
00:21:40Come on!
00:21:47Yes, sir.
00:21:48That's better.
00:21:51You didn't have to tell him.
00:21:53He couldn't prove it.
00:21:55I hope you understand that I'll have to fail you for this, Betty.
00:22:00As far as you're concerned, Marv, your grades are too good.
00:22:03I can't possibly fail you.
00:22:05I can't even blame you when you come right down to it.
00:22:11But I am going to withdraw my recommendation for the scholarship.
00:22:15I thought that you were different, Marv.
00:22:18But I guess I was wrong.
00:22:20You don't deserve that scholarship and you know it.
00:22:23You're just bitter because you can't do anything but earn 60 bucks a week with your fancy words and big brains.
00:22:28You have no right to flunk me.
00:22:29That's all you're worried about.
00:22:35You don't even care that Marv may lose his opportunity to go to college because of you.
00:22:46All right.
00:22:47That's all.
00:22:48You're both excused.
00:22:56Betty!
00:22:59Betty!
00:22:59Look, stay away from me, you think.
00:23:01Betty!
00:23:01Look, you didn't have to tell him.
00:23:03But he knew.
00:23:03He didn't know.
00:23:04He couldn't prove it.
00:23:06Betty, I'm sorry.
00:23:06I'm really sorry.
00:23:07Well, be sorry somewhere else and just leave me alone, huh?
00:23:12You mean it's over just because of this?
00:23:15Over?
00:23:16Now, what's there to be over?
00:23:19Well, I thought you said it.
00:23:20Look, I didn't say anything.
00:23:22You did all the talking, remember?
00:23:28Oh.
00:23:28Oh, wow.
00:23:32Oh, wow.
00:23:32You're just using me.
00:23:35That's right.
00:23:40Look, all I know is now I'm...
00:23:41My father's going to kill me.
00:23:44He really will.
00:23:45And I'm not going to graduate.
00:23:46And I guess things just don't want to work out for me.
00:23:51Betty?
00:23:51Betty, you said that you wanted to come back and throw diamonds and minks in his face.
00:24:00So?
00:24:02So if I could get those things for you...
00:24:05Well, would it make a difference in the way you feel?
00:24:10I mean, about the whole world?
00:24:11Thanks, Mara, but it won't help.
00:24:15I mean it, Betty.
00:24:16Does it make a difference?
00:24:19Well, bring him around first chance you get.
00:24:23Might make a difference at that.
00:24:24I'll put it in the safe.
00:24:29Isn't it a little risky leaving a million dollars in the safe that long?
00:24:31What was it?
00:24:48Hmm.
00:24:54I'm not going.
00:25:29Why, Pop, you said you were through.
00:25:35You're going to lecture me again?
00:25:36No, I'm not going to lecture you again.
00:25:39Good.
00:25:52What happened, Pop?
00:25:55She turned me down.
00:25:57You know, I ain't good enough for her.
00:26:02Ain't got enough dough.
00:26:04They're all alike.
00:26:07Only thing they want is money.
00:26:13Nobody will know it's there.
00:26:15Nobody will know it's there.
00:26:17Nobody will know it's there.
00:26:22Pop, I'll be right back.
00:26:23Where are you going?
00:26:25You're going to see that girl again, aren't you?
00:26:26No, I'm not going to see that girl again.
00:26:27She's just like all the rest.
00:26:29You'll see.
00:26:30Lay down, Pop.
00:26:31I'll be right back.
00:26:39Marv.
00:26:40Don't go.
00:26:41You're my son.
00:26:45You're all I got left in the world.
00:26:54Come on, Pop.
00:26:55Now help you on the sofa.
00:26:56I'll be right back, Pop.
00:27:08When I get back,
00:27:10maybe we can show them all the thing to do.
00:27:12Oh, wow.
00:27:32Boy, if the guys could see me now.
00:27:35They'd just be jealous, that's all.
00:27:37Well, you know, I don't know it.
00:27:40Well, you know, I'm supposed to be so hard and tough and all.
00:27:46Tell me you love me.
00:27:51I love you.
00:27:52Again.
00:27:55I love you, baby.
00:27:58I love you.
00:27:59When are you going to prove it?
00:28:02Prove it?
00:28:03You mean you don't believe me?
00:28:06Oh, I believe it.
00:28:09But a girl likes to see something real, you know.
00:28:13What do you mean, like a car or jewels or something?
00:28:18Oh, or something.
00:28:22You'll have it all someday, baby.
00:28:26I swear it, you'll have it all.
00:28:27When?
00:28:28Soon.
00:28:30When I got out of school and have a chance to look around a little.
00:28:35Now, what if someone comes along who already has it?
00:28:41I'd kill him and take it away.
00:28:46Tell me again.
00:28:49I love you, baby.
00:28:50I love you.
00:28:58I love you.
00:29:22I love you.
00:29:22Get your mits out of my register.
00:29:44Samuel, please, my most valuable possessions.
00:29:46Sure, for stealing my cigars, drinking my wine, and dipping into my cash register.
00:29:51Samuel, I'm shocked.
00:29:52Your own flesh and blood.
00:29:55My what?
00:29:56Just because I'm married to your sister doesn't give you cause to come in and nail my inventory.
00:30:01Well, she's your wife, isn't she?
00:30:03Yeah, but...
00:30:03And she's my sister?
00:30:04Sure.
00:30:05Then you admit it, what's yours is mine.
00:30:07Look, I don't want to be a nag.
00:30:10Why don't you go get a job?
00:30:12A job?
00:30:13Would you have a doctor take up a pick?
00:30:15A chemist sit behind the wheel of a truck?
00:30:18If he was making a bum out of me, I would.
00:30:21Samuel, I'm a professional man.
00:30:23There's no other way.
00:30:24Now, you were in the rackets.
00:30:25You ought to know that.
00:30:26Yeah, but I gave it up ten years ago.
00:30:28Sam?
00:30:33Hello?
00:30:34Yeah.
00:30:35Yeah, dear.
00:30:37Potatoes?
00:30:38Bread?
00:30:39Yeah, I'll pick it up.
00:30:41No, I won't forget.
00:30:43Yeah, goodbye, dear.
00:30:43I'll talk to you later.
00:30:44Bye-bye.
00:30:44Your sister.
00:30:49Your wife.
00:30:50Samuel, you are the last of the great gentlemen.
00:30:54Have a cigar.
00:31:05Beat it.
00:31:05Branky ain't old enough.
00:31:07I'm not here to buy liquor.
00:31:09Sorry, we're fresh out of Cokes.
00:31:10Are you Sam Tolman?
00:31:12Yeah, so...
00:31:13I understand you're a friend of Harry March.
00:31:16Harry March?
00:31:18Who's Harry March?
00:31:20Brought the best safecracker around?
00:31:22Maybe the best in the business?
00:31:24Never heard of him.
00:31:27Okay.
00:31:28I thought you might be interested in a deal.
00:31:30Wait a minute, kid.
00:31:31What kind of a deal?
00:31:33What difference does it make?
00:31:36You said you didn't know him.
00:31:37I'd make friends real easy.
00:31:39What kind of a deal?
00:31:42A big deal.
00:31:44A million dollars cash.
00:31:46A million dollars cash?
00:31:50Kid, I'm busy.
00:31:51Why don't you go tell your fairy tale someplace else?
00:31:53I mean it.
00:31:53A million cash.
00:31:55And so where is it?
00:31:56Maybe it's in the Mint or maybe it's in Fort Knox.
00:31:58It's about six blocks from here.
00:32:01You liar.
00:32:01Look, I know where the money is and I know how to get it.
00:32:05All I need is someone that can open a safe.
00:32:08So you ain't lying.
00:32:09How does a punk like you know where a million dollars is?
00:32:14Mr. Tolman, all my life, my brains have been sort of a curse.
00:32:20Now maybe I can make a payoff for everybody.
00:32:24Let's say that you know where the million is and let's say you have a plan how to get it.
00:32:28Where do I come in?
00:32:30I'm Harry.
00:32:33You just tell Harry to be here tomorrow night at eight o'clock.
00:32:36I'll explain it then.
00:32:38Okay, kid.
00:32:38I'll have him here.
00:32:39But if you're lying.
00:32:45I've already had one beating today.
00:32:47I don't suppose another one would kill me.
00:32:58Well, where's your young genius?
00:33:02He said eight o'clock.
00:33:04It's only a few minutes after.
00:33:05I'm surprised at you, Samuel.
00:33:07This is obviously somebody's idea of a joke.
00:33:09Look, that's what I thought at first.
00:33:10But I could swear he was on the level after talking to him a while.
00:33:14If there were a million dollars hanging about someplace,
00:33:16every operator in the country would know about it.
00:33:18Maybe so, but...
00:33:20That's probably him now.
00:33:22Now.
00:33:22Now.
00:33:22Now.
00:33:22Now.
00:33:28Here he is, Harry.
00:33:34Marv Grant.
00:33:37Harry March.
00:33:42Glad to meet you, Mr. March.
00:33:44I've heard quite a bit about you.
00:33:46All good, I might add.
00:33:47Depending on which side of the law you hold with.
00:33:51Gentlemen, let's not be so polite.
00:33:52I can't keep the store closed forever.
00:33:54I've got to make a living.
00:33:55Okay, sit down and I'll explain it to you.
00:33:58Now tomorrow night there's a freighter docking at the pier.
00:34:04The Rose Lee out of Hong Kong.
00:34:06So?
00:34:08There's a shipment of pure heroin being smuggled in on that ship for delivery here.
00:34:12Wait a minute.
00:34:13I refuse to have anything to do with narcotics.
00:34:17Besides, it's a federal wrap.
00:34:19Yeah, besides, you said it was cash.
00:34:20I'm getting to that.
00:34:21Now, a syndicate here has agreed to take the heroin off the hands of the present owners for a million dollars cash,
00:34:26relieving them of the risks and headaches of distributing and selling this stuff.
00:34:30So we grab the million before it gets to the guys with the junk.
00:34:33Exactly.
00:34:34One million dollars in untraceable, unmarked, probably highly ill-gotten cash.
00:34:41Very well.
00:34:42So far, so good.
00:34:43Now, what about our cut?
00:34:45For Sam and me?
00:34:46Fifty-five-forty-five.
00:34:51Take it or leave it.
00:34:53We'll take it.
00:34:54Now, what's the setup?
00:34:56Walter Matthews is the middleman.
00:34:58He's the guy that owns a warehouse on the dock, huh?
00:35:00Right.
00:35:02The million dollars will be in his safe sometime tomorrow.
00:35:05At eleven-fifteen, Matthews and the dope owner arrive to exchange the heroin for the cash.
00:35:09Except by then, we'll have the cash.
00:35:11George, what's to prevent us from taking the money before it ever reaches the safe?
00:35:16I don't know when it's coming or how.
00:35:18If I knew that, it'd be easy.
00:35:19As it is, we'll be in a little after eleven and out a little before eleven-fifteen.
00:35:24Why can't we get in by ten-thirty?
00:35:25And out in plenty of time.
00:35:27Well, it's not that easy.
00:35:30There's one main entrance to the warehouse.
00:35:33The sliding steel door locked from the inside.
00:35:35So, how do we get in?
00:35:37At exactly eleven o'clock, the second shift watchman comes on.
00:35:40The guard inside unlocks the door and the new guard goes in.
00:35:43We go in with him.
00:35:45Now, you wouldn't mind knocking out a couple of guards for a half a million dollars' cash, would you?
00:35:49I guess I can handle it.
00:35:51All right, once we're in, there's only two things left.
00:35:54Open the office door and open the safe.
00:35:55It's imperative that we be in and out in ten minutes before Matthews and the other man arrive.
00:36:00Can you do it?
00:36:02There isn't a safe built that I couldn't open within six minutes.
00:36:06Good.
00:36:08Well, that's it.
00:36:08Any questions?
00:36:09What about alarms?
00:36:11Only two in the building.
00:36:12One at the main entrance and one at a smaller back entrance.
00:36:15We'll leave by the smaller back entrance, but don't worry about the alarm.
00:36:17It takes the police almost four minutes to respond and arrive at the scene.
00:36:21By that time, we'll be long gone.
00:36:23Sounds good to me.
00:36:24Sounds too good.
00:36:26Who ever heard of picking up a million that easy?
00:36:28Well, it wouldn't be that easy, Sam, except for one thing.
00:36:31The holders of the money are involved in a rather illicit operation themselves, and they
00:36:35can't afford the elaborate protection that, say, a bank might.
00:36:38You know, when you think about it, we're doing the world a favor of taking the money from
00:36:42them.
00:36:43It helps keep the heroin off the market.
00:36:45All right.
00:36:45Any more questions?
00:36:48Okay.
00:36:49We'll meet back here tomorrow night at 10 o'clock.
00:36:51And bring a car and a suitcase.
00:36:56Oh, young man.
00:36:59I've worked with the best.
00:37:01But if you ask me, you've got a great future in this business.
00:37:06I don't think so, Mr. March.
00:37:10As far as I'm concerned, this is strictly a one-shot affair.
00:37:17Some kid, Harry.
00:37:18But real naive.
00:37:20How do you mean?
00:37:21I don't think it ever entered his mind that we could cross him.
00:37:26He spilled the plans.
00:37:27Everything.
00:37:28What's to stop you and I from heisting to join alone?
00:37:32Just one thing, Sam.
00:37:33Anna.
00:37:34If men like us don't have that, we don't have anything.
00:37:44Hello?
00:37:46Hello, Betty.
00:37:46This is Marv.
00:37:47Please don't hang up.
00:37:48I've got to talk to you.
00:37:48No, thanks.
00:37:49I thought I made myself pretty clear.
00:37:50Please, Betty, this is important.
00:37:53Okay, so talk.
00:37:54Not on the phone.
00:37:56Can you meet me somewhere?
00:37:58Why?
00:38:00Money, Betty.
00:38:02Lots of money.
00:38:03Money to buy you everything you've ever wanted.
00:38:05Are you there, Betty?
00:38:10Look, is this a gag?
00:38:12I hope to die if it is.
00:38:14Where do you want me to meet you?
00:38:16Joe's Diner, 7th and Adams.
00:38:19Okay.
00:38:20Goodbye.
00:38:20Goodbye.
00:38:21Goodbye.
00:38:21Bye.
00:38:22Bye.
00:38:23Bye.
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00:38:43Bye.
00:38:45Would you like some coffee?
00:38:59No, let's just get to the point.
00:39:05I'm going to get some money, Betty.
00:39:07Oh, really?
00:39:09How much?
00:39:11Lots.
00:39:12Enough to buy you all the diamonds and mink coats in the whole world.
00:39:18Your boss make you president of the company or something?
00:39:21No, but I'm getting it, I swear it.
00:39:24Look, did you get me all the way down here just to talk?
00:39:28Now, where are you getting this fortune?
00:39:42I'm stealing it.
00:39:50You're what?
00:39:52Oh, look, cut it out, will you?
00:39:55You haven't even got the nerve to lie.
00:39:57I mean it, Betty, I'm stealing a million dollars.
00:40:02Look, you shouldn't joke about these things, Mark.
00:40:04I'm not joking.
00:40:05I found out where there's going to be a million dollars cash,
00:40:07and I've worked out a plan to steal it.
00:40:11You're really serious, aren't you?
00:40:16You'd really do that for me?
00:40:21Betty.
00:40:26I'm in love with you.
00:40:29Can you get away with it?
00:40:30I know I can.
00:40:32I've got the best safe cracker in the business lined up to do it with me.
00:40:34When?
00:40:35Saturday night at the warehouse.
00:40:37We'll have to split with the other guys,
00:40:38but there'll be over half a million for us.
00:40:45I could have everything I've ever dreamed of.
00:40:50I could finally spit in his face.
00:40:56You're crazy.
00:40:57You're crazy.
00:41:00You're out of your mind.
00:41:05Oh, am I?
00:41:07Listen, mister, I'm giving you a break.
00:41:09You haven't got coming.
00:41:10A break?
00:41:11Asking me to heist a million bucks from guys who'll be armed to the teeth?
00:41:14So who says you can't carry a gun yourself?
00:41:18I never have.
00:41:20Look, I've copped radios, hubcaps, stuff like that,
00:41:23but I'm no big-time operator.
00:41:26So what are you, then?
00:41:27All you have to do is grab them when they come out with the money.
00:41:35Look, you can get Larry and Bert to help you.
00:41:37You don't have to tell them how much it is.
00:41:41Look, aren't I worth it?
00:41:44I don't know.
00:41:45Oh, let me clue you, Buster.
00:41:47I'm getting out of this dump one way or the other.
00:41:50Now, if you want me to go with Marv, that's okay.
00:41:52But I'm giving you the chance to take me.
00:42:08You wouldn't go with him.
00:42:10No, not really.
00:42:13Wouldn't I?
00:42:15For half a million bucks, I'd go with anyone.
00:42:19Even if you didn't love him?
00:42:20Now, what's love got to do with it?
00:42:29I don't know.
00:42:38Look, Finn.
00:42:42I want you.
00:42:42I really do.
00:42:46I've wanted you for years, and you know it.
00:42:48But I want something else, too.
00:42:53And maybe more than I want you, even.
00:42:55And if I can have them both, that's great.
00:42:58But if I have to choose...
00:43:02Will you do it?
00:43:23Okay.
00:43:23Okay.
00:43:23Package here for Mr. Matthews.
00:43:35Okay, I'll see if he gets it.
00:43:42Okay, buddy.
00:43:43Thanks.
00:43:43Hey, kid.
00:43:55Is that for me?
00:43:57Yes, sir, it is.
00:43:57Bring it in here, huh?
00:43:58Okay.
00:43:59What are you eating, Bob?
00:44:13Beans?
00:44:13What are you eating, Bob?
00:44:27Beans?
00:44:28All we got in the house.
00:44:29You want a bite?
00:44:29No, you finish it.
00:44:31You gone out?
00:44:32Uh-huh.
00:44:33Well, don't you have some homework?
00:44:34Up at Saturday night, remember?
00:44:36School finished Friday.
00:44:38Oh, sure, yeah.
00:44:39I keep forgetting.
00:44:41You got a date?
00:44:43Yeah, sort of.
00:44:45Marv.
00:44:45Hmm?
00:44:46Did you get your check?
00:44:48Pop, I don't get paid until the 15th.
00:44:49You know that.
00:44:50Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:44:53It's just that Mrs. Fisher's coming up for the rent tonight,
00:44:55and I was wondering...
00:44:56You blew your job, didn't you?
00:45:07What happened, Pop?
00:45:11He reconsidered.
00:45:12Said he guessed it was too old.
00:45:14I know what to do, boy.
00:45:16Everywhere I turn, same thing happens.
00:45:28Pop, everything's going to be all right.
00:45:31It ain't fair to you, kid.
00:45:33No, it's true.
00:45:34I'm a burden.
00:45:35If I weren't around, you could do anything you want.
00:45:37Live your life the way you want to go to college.
00:45:38Look, Pop.
00:45:39I don't want you talking like that anymore, you understand?
00:45:42Marv.
00:45:44Listen.
00:45:47I want you to know one thing.
00:45:50No matter what happens,
00:45:53I want you to know I tried to be a good father to you.
00:45:57Really, I tried.
00:46:01You're the best father a kid ever had.
00:46:04Maybe I don't earn your shirts too good, but...
00:46:07Pop.
00:46:09Yeah?
00:46:13Everything's going to be all right, Pop.
00:46:15Sure, sure.
00:46:17You okay?
00:46:18Sure.
00:46:20No more booze.
00:46:21Oh, no.
00:46:22Now, look, get going.
00:46:22You'll be late.
00:46:23Have a good time tonight, kid.
00:46:25Stay out of trouble, huh?
00:46:28Sure, Pop.
00:46:29Remember what I said, Pop.
00:46:38Everything's going to be all right.
00:46:39Sure, I'll remember.
00:46:40Remember.
00:46:40Sure.
00:46:57I'll remember.
00:47:00Jim.
00:47:11That's five in a row.
00:47:12Are you cheating?
00:47:14Honor, Sam.
00:47:15Remember, honor.
00:47:16Oh, yeah, sure.
00:47:19How much you owe me?
00:47:21About six, thou.
00:47:23Peanuts.
00:47:24Hello, son.
00:47:42Hi, Harry.
00:47:45Who's Willie?
00:47:47He's killing me.
00:47:49Did you fix these cars?
00:47:50I told you repeatedly, Samuel.
00:47:52I am a thief, not a crook.
00:47:56Everything in the same?
00:47:57Mm-hmm.
00:48:00To the seventh.
00:48:01Come on.
00:48:15Gin.
00:48:20I can't win for losing.
00:48:22Figure it up.
00:48:29Well, you fellas have any plans
00:48:31what you're going to do
00:48:31with your share of the money, eh?
00:48:33You bet.
00:48:34That sister usually has some good things
00:48:36coming for a long time.
00:48:38You know, I figure anybody
00:48:39that's six with me all these years
00:48:40has got to get a break.
00:48:43You're not so bad, Sam.
00:48:45How about you, Marvin?
00:48:47Me?
00:48:47Oh, I'm going to get married,
00:48:51go to school.
00:48:52College?
00:48:53Mm-hmm.
00:48:54You know, I've always had
00:48:55a lust for education myself.
00:48:57I wonder if they'd let me in somewhere.
00:49:00That is, if I had enough money.
00:49:02Sure, you could teach the kids
00:49:03that are at the professor's desk
00:49:05and steal the exams.
00:49:07You're snide, Sam,
00:49:08but you are my flesh and blood.
00:49:10Let's play a little hearts.
00:49:11Try some time to kill.
00:49:12Okay, but let's keep the stakes low.
00:49:14I don't trust him,
00:49:16and you're too smart.
00:49:18High card deals.
00:49:24You guys stand a shock?
00:49:26Anything, Pops, lay it on me.
00:49:29We're going to get ourselves
00:49:3150,000 bucks tonight.
00:49:34What are you smoking?
00:49:36I'm serious.
00:49:38Dead serious.
00:49:39We can get it.
00:49:44You guys got the guts.
00:49:46That kind of dough I got guts
00:49:48I ain't even used yet.
00:49:49What's the scam?
00:49:52Okay, now you guys hear me,
00:49:54and hear me good.
00:49:56Now, you guys ain't going to believe
00:49:58half of this.
00:49:59None of it, maybe.
00:50:00But it's all true.
00:50:02Now, there's going to be
00:50:03a safe robbery tonight.
00:50:05Not more than three blocks from here.
00:50:07Now, I know who's pulling it,
00:50:09and I know what we've got to do.
00:50:11All we do is wait for them
00:50:13to come out with the loot,
00:50:14and then we grab it.
00:50:16It's so easy, it scares me.
00:50:18Who?
00:50:18Who's doing it?
00:50:20Who told you?
00:50:23Marv Grant.
00:50:24Oh, come on, Vince.
00:50:25Quit putting this out.
00:50:25I'm telling you.
00:50:26You mean all we've got to do
00:50:30is walk up
00:50:31and take it?
00:50:34That's right.
00:50:39With these.
00:50:43Why can't I attract real dames
00:50:44like I attract
00:50:45this lousy queen of spades?
00:50:50It's always a quarter off.
00:50:51Let's get going.
00:50:52No.
00:50:53I don't want to leave
00:50:54until exactly 10.45.
00:50:56Why can't we leave now?
00:50:58Why do you have to cut it so fine?
00:50:59Look, I've timed the ride
00:51:00a dozen times.
00:51:01It takes exactly 11 minutes
00:51:02to get from here to the warehouse.
00:51:08Besides, I don't want to arrive
00:51:09at the ferry boat
00:51:09until exactly 10.52.
00:51:12I don't want to be
00:51:12hanging around the barrier.
00:51:15Very well.
00:51:26Okay, let's go.
00:51:48Good luck.
00:51:55I don't want to leave now.
00:52:11It's almost 10.51.
00:52:36Relax, we'll make it.
00:52:41What is it?
00:52:59Looks like an accident.
00:53:00What do we do?
00:53:02It's the only direct street to the ferry.
00:53:04We'll have the detour.
00:53:05Hurry up.
00:53:11We're dead.
00:53:31There's another ferry in two minutes.
00:53:35All you can do is wait.
00:53:38And pray.
00:53:39What time is it?
00:53:51It's 10.58.
00:53:53We'll never make it.
00:53:54We've got to.
00:53:56Come on.
00:54:09Kill your lights.
00:54:29We missed 11.04.
00:54:30We may have missed him.
00:54:33Come on.
00:54:34They're never late, especially tonight.
00:54:47What do we do now?
00:54:50Oh, no.
00:54:52Accident.
00:54:53Stupid accident.
00:54:55Listen.
00:54:55Johnson, is that you, Biff?
00:55:04Yeah.
00:55:08Sorry, I'm late, Pete.
00:55:09There was an accident.
00:55:12That's fine.
00:55:12You, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you, Biff, you
00:55:42Broke off.
00:55:49All of it's still on lock.
00:55:50Come on, it's seven after.
00:55:51We haven't got much time.
00:55:55This might do it.
00:56:09Well?
00:56:10We're in luck.
00:56:12This one's easy.
00:56:13It's 1108.
00:56:15Keep your fingers crossed.
00:56:18Mr. Grant?
00:56:20Are you there?
00:56:28It's Mrs. Fisher.
00:56:29It's over here.
00:56:30This one's over here.
00:56:36Let's go.
00:56:36It's over here.
00:56:36The End
00:57:06Got it
00:57:27Look at it
00:57:30A million bucks
00:57:31It's beautiful
00:57:33Don't we have much time
00:57:35Come on
00:57:53Come on Harry
00:58:00Okay that's far enough
00:58:29Vince
00:58:31Give me that case
00:58:32Hurry it up
00:58:32Vince look the cops will be here any minute
00:58:34You can have some
00:58:35Shut up and give me that money
00:58:37Crazy Vince
00:58:46You didn't have to do that
00:58:47Come on let's go Larry
00:58:49The last of the great gentlemen
00:58:55Didn't even have a gun
00:59:02Vince
00:59:05Vince come on don't just stand there
00:59:09You made me kill this
00:59:13Come on
00:59:13Come on
00:59:14Vince
00:59:17No Vince
00:59:20There they are
00:59:32A million bucks
00:59:43Forget the money
00:59:45Let's get out of here
00:59:46I am loaded down with snow
00:59:48Remember
00:59:49Why?
01:00:10Why?
01:00:10I don't know Harry I'm sorry
01:00:16Bob
01:00:19Forgive me
01:00:21Oh, my God.
01:00:51Oh, my God.
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