Time Table 1956 ★★★½ Crime/Film-noir {CC}

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A well done and suspenseful film,"Time Table" is a 1956 American film noir crime film produced and directed by Mark Stevens, who also stars as the lead character. The film includes early appearances by Jack Klugman and Felicia Farr. Other cast members include King Calder and Marianne Stewart.   Storyline:  As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. The fake doctor, Paul Bruckner, leaves the train with his fake "patient" and the "patient's wife", who is really Bruckner's wife Linda. The insurance company puts its best investigator, Charlie Norman, on the case to work with the railroad's investigator, Joe Armstrong. The men are friends and Joe is upset that Charlie and his wife, Ruth, will have to postpone their Mexico vacation. Charlie's concern goes beyond the spoiled vacation as he was the brains behind the holdup, who had fallen in love with Linda several months earlier while investigating a claim Bruckner had filed against his insurance company. At first, Joe is unable to find anything out about the flawless timetable planning for the robbery other than what Charlie wants him to find out.   Credits:  Mark Stevens as Charlie Norman  King Calder as Joe Armstrong  Felicia Farr as Linda Brucker  Marianne Stewart as Ruth Norman  Wesley Addy as Dr. Paul Brucker  Alan Reed as Al Wolfe  Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Lt. Castro (as Rudolpho Hoyos)  Jack Klugman as Frankie Page  John Marley as Bobik  Rest of cast listed alphabetically  Robert Anderson as Sheriff Jack of Winston (uncredited)  Raymond Bailey as Sam Hendricks (uncredited)  Art Balinger as Jail Officer (uncredited)  Howard Culver as Pete the detective (uncredited)  Roy Glenn as Train Porter (uncredited)  William Kendis as Eddie, baggage handler (uncredited)  John Maxwell as Train Conductor (uncredited)  Anna Navarro as Mexican Bar Fly (uncredited)   Soundtrack:  Salud, Felicidad y Amor  Music by Walter Scharf  Lyrics by Jack Brooks

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00:05:08Is that what you need, Doc?

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00:14:02real pro. Blew her open like a penny balloon. Liquid nitro? No. What did they use? Shape

00:14:08charge? Yeah. That's a new one. Shape charge, the stuff the army's been fooling around with. That's

00:14:13it. How's it work? Well, in simple terms, it's an explosive molded into the shape of a cone so

00:14:19that the force of the explosion is directed. Like a blowtorch. Oh, I get it. In other words,

00:14:24they just blew out that hinge in the lock, huh? But how'd they set it off? Well, either an electric

00:14:30battery or detonator, we found pieces of wire. What's this? A muffler, probably. It's just

00:14:38a bed pad. We'll know more when we get it down to the lab. Uh-huh. Yeah, that's where they

00:14:45found them. Dead to the world. We're ready to go with the witnesses. You want to question

00:14:50them now? Oh, sure. Where are they? In the other car. Okay, Charlie. Let's go. Well, I knew

00:14:59he was a doctor on account of the telegram. Well, I guess he just looked like anybody.

00:15:06You know, kind of, uh, average. It was just like a sting. All of a sudden, here. We had

00:15:17a baggage check. I found a suitcase right away. Yes, sir. I'm positive she was a blonde.

00:15:22A blonde. That tells us a lot. Anything? Nothing. No prints, nothing. Brand new bed pad, never

00:15:46been washed. You can buy those in any store. Wires or just wires? Dime store stuff. Everything

00:15:50wiped clean. Well, they don't seem to have overlooked a thing. There's got to be something. There

00:15:56always is. Sure. You know where to look for it. Winston, let's check on that ambulance.

00:16:20The ambulance men were playing cards, you know, just killing time. About 12.30, these two

00:16:25guys come in armed. They worked fast and quiet. Up with your hands and turned to the wall.

00:16:30Then they conks them on the head. Uh, Petey, send Bill out to get some cold lemonade, will

00:16:34you? Right, Jack. Like a well-rehearsed troop of actors, they thought of everything. No chance

00:16:40of a slip-up. The wire came, they had the ambulance, and they were ready. Wasn't that a long

00:16:45shot? Couldn't the station master have called direct to the hospital for an ambulance?

00:16:50That wouldn't have made any difference, Joe. I checked there isn't another ambulance

00:16:54within 65 miles of here. Yeah. Someone masterminded this pretty carefully. They case this town

00:17:02inside a nut. Maybe we can get a lead that way. Oh, I doubt it. There's too many tourists

00:17:09in Winston this time of the year. They all ask questions. A couple more nosing around wouldn't

00:17:13cause much of a stir. How about the missing ambulance? Not so much as a nibble so far.

00:17:18Every department in the state's looking for it. Got roadblocks, posses, even got a helicopter

00:17:24from Phoenix. Yeah. They wouldn't get very far with an ambulance on the main highway.

00:17:30That's right, they couldn't. They would attract too much attention. That's what I told them.

00:17:34I said they wouldn't go far in that ambulance. They'd ditch it and ditch it close. I'll bet

00:17:40it's not far from town. It'll show up. It better. There isn't much else we can do until

00:17:45it does. Sure is. What? We can eat. See you, Jack. So long.

00:18:02What's the matter with you? Nerves, I guess. Take it easy, kid. We haven't even started

00:18:10yet. Ben?

00:18:14Bend this hole for hours and haven't figured an escape hatch yet. Here's something to occupy

00:18:18your mind. Listen to this. Porter delivers wire to compartment B, 9.50 p.m. Woman calls

00:18:24conductor, 12.30 a.m. Wire dispatched to Winston, 12.55 a.m. In Winston, 12.30 a.m. Ambulance,

00:18:32men knocked out. Sometime between 12.30 a.m. and 1.30, robbery occurs. Train pulls into

00:18:38Winston, 140. Ambulance waiting. 1.50 a.m. Ambulance drives off. It's open. Train pulls out.

00:18:47Reads like a freight dispatcher's timetable. Everything in place, no loose ends, no leads

00:18:53so far.

00:18:55Sounds like the beginning of a perfect crime. Must have been something to watch.

00:19:00Save your admiration, Charlie. I've been a cop for a long time. I've seen some good jobs

00:19:05and bad jobs, but I've never seen a perfect one. That's always a first-time job. No, no,

00:19:11there's no such thing as a perfect crime. Just a lucky one. But their luck will run out.

00:19:18Well, it's not going to run out tonight. I think I'll go back to the hotel and call Ruth

00:19:21until we're going to be stuck here for a while. Okay.

00:19:28Make that wheat toast. Right. He with you in a minute. Wheat toast and two coffees, Jimmy.

00:19:38Coffee? No. Wait a minute. Checking the ambulance reports as they came in. And? A highway patrol

00:19:44helicopter spotted 20 miles out of town. I told you. The first break. Maybe their luck's beginning

00:19:49to run out. Finish the coffee. Let's get out there. Brother, what a good night's sleep can do.

00:20:13Look, Joe, we're wasting time. Well, maybe they slipped. They've been too careful. Let's forget

00:20:16about the ambulance and find out where they went. I've been trying to find out. It's not where they

00:20:21went that's bothering me. It's how. One thing's for sure, they didn't drive. Well, how do you

00:20:24know? The ground. It's too dry. Dry as powder. No other tracks. Just the ambulance. Yeah, but how?

00:20:30I don't know. Maybe there's your answer, Joe. We got the copter over in the field.

00:21:03Anything? Blood. And plenty of it. See what I mean, Charlie? The luck's beginning to run out.

00:21:17Why is it so much hotter here in Riverside than L.A.?

00:21:25What do you make of the blood? Don't know. Nobody was hurt in the robbery. Maybe somebody was

00:21:32too greedy. Could have been an accident. Maybe. But it doesn't matter either way.

00:21:40What do you mean by that? It's unimportant who was hurt or how. The important thing is it wasn't

00:21:45on the timetable. And that's what's going to trap them, Charlie. Everything was too well-timed.

00:21:50No leeway. And if they went off schedule once... Just once.

00:22:06Huh? Joe. Huh? What? Oh, it's you. Oh, my neck. What? The C.A.A. report. The copter

00:22:17belonged to a guy named Al Wolfe. He runs a charter service in Burbank. Peter. I doubt it.

00:22:21What? He reported it missing four weeks ago. Oh. Well, let's go have a talk with him anyway.

00:22:29We may get something. Yeah. Free ride around the airport.

00:22:47Hey, Mack. Hey.

00:22:59Wolf around? Yeah, he's around. Will you get him for us? Yeah, sure. Hey, Wolfie! Yeah? Hi. How many planes

00:23:19can I sell you guys? We're checking on the guy who chartered your copter about four weeks

00:23:24ago? Oh, yeah. Well, it's like I told the C.A.A. The guy looked perfectly all right. He had

00:23:31a license, a legit reason, and cash, lots of cash. How was I supposed to know? He's a phony.

00:23:40You know, times ain't so good right now. A hundred buck a day jobs don't come along every

00:23:44day in the week. The reason he gave you, what was it? He said he was flying up to Nevada,

00:23:51something to do with uranium. He was going to look over a claim, I think he said. And you

00:23:56believed him? Oh, look, buddy, I told you. He had a lot of cash, paid me for six days.

00:24:01He could have said he was going to the moon. Remember what he looked like? Sure. Sure. He was

00:24:08a nice-looking guy, a very pleasant personality. That order you can remember? Well, he was

00:24:17a big guy, and like I said, a very pleasant personality. I would have thought he was a

00:24:24phony. Thank you very much, Mr. Wolf. We'll be in touch with you. Hey, but what about my

00:24:28copter? Sorry, but we'll have to hang on to it for a while. It's been impounded as evidence,

00:24:33but we'll get it back to you as soon as possible. Look, I need it now. I can rent it

00:24:36to a movie

00:24:37company. They're making a flying picture. Now it's on the Mega Western.

00:24:44Are you sure you don't want to lie down for a while, honey? You look beat. Ruthie, I already

00:24:48told you I've got work to do. If I lie down, it piles up. I'll get buried under it. But

00:24:52it can

00:24:52wait for an hour, can't it? Oh, darling, you shouldn't drive yourself like this. It isn't

00:24:57worth it. You've just got to relax. Got to relax? Let me rub your forehead. Let me get

00:25:02your slippers. Ruthie, what do you know about this? Why don't you just leave me alone?

00:25:08You mustn't fly off like that. All right, so I won't fly off. You won't make anything

00:25:15happen sooner by beating yourself. You know what Joe says. You've just got to have patience.

00:25:21Yeah, I know what Joe says. And patience is fine for a guy like Joe. It goes with his

00:25:25two-pants suit, his washable necktie, and his 49 car. For me, patience is poison.

00:25:31Charlie. Charlie, can't I help? What could you do? You've never tested me, Charlie. Let's

00:25:44not begin now. Hello? I'll be there in a half hour. I'm sorry, baby. I've got to go. Charlie.

00:26:07What went wrong? What happened? Who got hurt? Charlie. Which one? Lombard. How? His own gun. He

00:26:12tripped getting in the plane. You stupid fool. The getaway was timed. I'm hoping fast, Charlie.

00:26:16It was an accident. An accident. I'll take that back now. We don't want any more accidents.

00:26:21What was he carrying a gun for? All he had to do was play sick and lie on a stretcher.

00:26:25Yeah, and I did. I had a timetable. For months, I studied the east and the westbound

00:26:31trains. I rode the coaches like a candy butcher. I memorized the baggage car. I studied the

00:26:37crew movements, the compartment layout. I rehearsed every move with you and Paul over

00:26:40and over and over. What could we do? We had to stay with Lombard. We couldn't just let

00:26:43him die. You wouldn't have wanted that, would you? Would you, Charlie?

00:26:50No, of course not. How bad is he? Not good. Let me have it straight. Will Lombard pull

00:26:56through? Well, Paul keeps telling us... Is Paul taking care of him now? Yes, he's doing

00:27:00everything he can. Paul's still a good doctor, Charlie, as good as one I married him. He

00:27:04hasn't had a drink in four days. He better not. Where are they? In Chatsworth. Wolf took

00:27:08us to a place. He hasn't. Wolf, you're full of surprises, aren't you? Wolf's part of the

00:27:14job was over when he landed that helicopter. I told Paul to pay everyone off and split

00:27:17up. Oh, he's had to go somewhere. So Wolf steps into the picture. Wolf doesn't know about

00:27:21you. He still thinks Paul's landed. I still don't like it. Now that Wolf knows we all run

00:27:26a risk. What else could we do? Why did you switch the schedule? You were supposed to be

00:27:30in Mexico City. What are you doing here? You were the mastermind. Shut up, Linda. You'd

00:27:35every minute ticked off for each of us. You'd followed your own timetable. You'd have been

00:27:38there. I'm telling you to shut up. Well, why didn't you leave? Why didn't you carry out

00:27:41your end? I couldn't, you little fool. I couldn't. You mean you wouldn't. You thought Paul and I

00:27:45double-crossed you, didn't you? Didn't you? I'm on the case, Linda. The company assigned

00:27:55me to recover the money. You? I could roll with that one. I thought you were in Mexico

00:28:01City, but when I called the hotel from Winston, you weren't there either. I nearly went out

00:28:04of my mind. I didn't know what had gone wrong. All I knew was I had to get them back

00:28:08to L.A.

00:28:08if I had to lead them here by the hand. We found the plane. Blood. I nearly went crazy.

00:28:19Whose blood? Which one? It could have been yours. I'm sorry. I'm frightened. I'm starting to be

00:28:25frightened of, Linda. What I know I can handle. Are you sure? I'm positive. There's nothing

00:28:32to be frightened of. Aren't you ever afraid? Why should I be? My job is to catch myself.

00:28:39From here on, I control everything. I know what they're looking for. I can stop them from

00:28:42finding it. Sometimes you scare me. There's nothing to be frightened of, Linda. It just takes

00:28:49more time. That's what going off schedule means. More time. Till they run themselves ragged

00:28:53and give up. But what about Paul? Maybe he won't whine away. Well, it doesn't matter

00:28:56what he wants. He'll do what I tell him. He has the money. Tell him I want to see him

00:29:02tomorrow here with the money. Here? All right, Linda. There's nothing to be frightened of.

00:29:18Charlie. I love you, Linda.

00:29:31Oh,

00:29:33Charlie.

00:29:49took your time I had to be careful wasn't sure this was a place and I heard the music little

00:29:55Linda's favorite song health happiness the money it's all there the key yeah very nice

00:30:09no it belongs to a friend of mine what about Lombard how is he dead your friend isn't an

00:30:16enemy of alcohol is number I didn't have a chance I did everything I could Charlie short of transfusions

00:30:22wonder drugs and prayer I was a very good surgeon you know until what about that drink what you do

00:30:47with

00:30:47the body wolf's getting rid of it don't worry Charlie he knows what he's doing a very good

00:30:53amateur undertaker very expensive too that was a funeral that wouldn't wait he wanted Lombard

00:31:02sheriff for doing the job did you give it to him sure why not what's fifteen thousand dollars there's

00:31:08plenty of go around what about the ambulance boys pay them off too oh yes first night our country by

00:31:18now just as you plan you did a great job Paul the only lead was the copter I planned on

00:31:23that I'm strong

00:31:25swallowed both story hole I'm strong railroads prize cop we're a team Linda told me about that has great

00:31:35possibilities for a man with iron nerve poor wolf if he knew who you really are he swallowed you for

00:31:46a cop

00:31:47don't be too amused I gotta be head and tail on the same coin the beans changing our plans our

00:31:54plans

00:31:57I hardly see Charlie how your personal complications affect me I was in this for one thing the money now

00:32:04I've got it and I intend to enjoy it just how you think you're doing that going to Mexico just

00:32:13like

00:32:13you plan we won't go together that's all how far do you think you'd get you're a fool Paul Charlie

00:32:21only meant I know what you meant don't even think of it we lost our chance for a quick getaway

00:32:25Lombard's

00:32:26bungling fix that it's too late now do you understand I could make it Charlie I know I could without

00:32:31anybody to give you orders be a cop every two feet you couldn't slip a bag of popcorn past them

00:32:36they'd pick you up in five minutes what are we going to do Charlie what do you want us to

00:32:44do hold up and wait we got all the

00:32:47time in the world when can we go when I tell you and how I tell you Paul you're great

00:32:53you're just great as long as you're

00:32:54following orders but the next time you get an original idea remember when we first ran into each other you

00:32:59were trying to beat the

00:33:00company with a claim that any 10 year old kid could have seen through yes I remember Charlie you pulled

00:33:04me out of that hole I suppose you can pull us out of this one what's next get clear of

00:33:12Wolf's place

00:33:12and Wolf move into a motel don't spend more than one night keep moving south check with me every day

00:33:17let me know where you are and wait all right well get started don't you want to counter

00:33:29it I trust you Paul sure you do we trust each other

00:33:43I'll have to tell Linda to be more careful with her lipsticks

00:33:50or will you tell her

00:33:54and she said that she'd talk to you on the phone

00:34:04women oh by the way Charlie you wouldn't have liked her blonde very unexciting

00:34:16what's the matter Joe you run out of notebooks

00:34:28what you can see you can remember

00:34:31my old man taught me this trick

00:34:34what was he a football coach

00:34:37no just a cracker barrel philosopher and sheriff of Hainesburg Missouri

00:34:43when he was on a case he'd write everything down on a blackboard

00:34:48ever solve anything that way

00:34:51never missed one

00:34:54he'd sit in front of it for hours studying the cold facts

00:34:58when they'd sunk in

00:35:01he'd erase them

00:35:04then he'd start thinking about people

00:35:06that's okay if you know who you're thinking about

00:35:08but this isn't a case of who stole farmer brown's cow

00:35:15what's the doctor for

00:35:18nothing's turned up on any stolen medical supplies

00:35:21no illegal drug sales

00:35:23anyway that guy knew what he was doing when he came to giving a hypo

00:35:26just a possibility that's all

00:35:30a lot of doctors in the country Joe

00:35:35yeah I know

00:35:37you planning on checking all of them

00:35:38if I have to

00:35:44what happens when you get to the end of that line

00:35:47what about all the retired medics

00:35:50and those that have been barred from practice

00:35:52look

00:35:53we'll be checking a lot of things within the next few weeks

00:35:56most of it won't mean much but

00:35:58every now and then something may jide

00:36:01when it does

00:36:02we'll write it down

00:36:04keep your eye on that blackboard Charlie

00:36:06when we erase the facts

00:36:08we've got our case

00:36:16I'll get it Ruthie

00:36:22Norman speaking

00:36:23oh Charlie

00:36:23Joe

00:36:24can you meet me downtown

00:36:25Lake and Heights Station

00:36:28yeah what for

00:36:28I think we got the bum who drove the car from Riverside

00:36:33okay

00:37:00I miss a grab with you Joe

00:37:04thanks

00:37:13let's try it again Frankie

00:37:15oh give me a break will you

00:37:17I drove a car that's all

00:37:18I didn't have anything to do with the robbery

00:37:20I didn't even know there was a robbery

00:37:21until I read in the papers

00:37:25stop picking long shots Frankie

00:37:27your luck ran out

00:37:35he's here

00:37:36okay

00:37:45it's true you've got to believe me

00:37:46some guy came up to me

00:37:47what guy

00:37:48I don't know his name

00:37:49just a guy

00:37:51said he'd see me hanging around LA

00:37:53looking for a hungry buck

00:37:55wonder to know if I'd like to make some quick dough

00:37:58and you said sure

00:37:59what else could I say

00:38:01hey I was down to eating beans

00:38:04all he wanted me to do

00:38:05was send a wire to some character on the train

00:38:06and then drive a car out to a field in Riverside

00:38:09that's all

00:38:10a perfectly honest job

00:38:11I thought it was legitimate

00:38:13what did he say

00:38:14what did he say he'd pay you

00:38:15huh

00:38:15dollar an hour

00:38:16what did he pay you

00:38:23$5,000

00:38:27it's quite a day's pay

00:38:28no one

00:38:30I did it

00:38:31I was in that field when he told me to be

00:38:33could have knocked me over

00:38:34when that copter came in

00:38:36they tell you what they'd been up to

00:38:37no

00:38:37honest

00:38:38they are

00:38:38honest

00:38:39no

00:38:39see nobody said anything

00:38:40all the way into San Badu

00:38:41nobody said nothing

00:38:43only this guy moaning and bleeding

00:38:44nobody said anything

00:38:45it gave me the creeps

00:38:46come on Frankie

00:38:48that's a long drive

00:38:49I just told you

00:38:50nobody said nothing

00:38:51there was just this guy

00:38:54what was it Frankie

00:38:56what did you just remember

00:38:57well

00:38:59it was his dame

00:39:00see

00:39:00what about the dame

00:39:03well this guy's moaning

00:39:04must have gotten on her nerves

00:39:05cause she said a couple of things

00:39:06till one of the guys shut her up

00:39:08what'd she say

00:39:09I don't know

00:39:10see it sounded kind of foreign

00:39:11like

00:39:13nom breeze

00:39:14or

00:39:15nom

00:39:16or it's nom something

00:39:18nom de de Dios

00:39:19how's that sound

00:39:20yeah that's it

00:39:22anything else you can remember

00:39:24no

00:39:24nothing

00:39:25that's all it was

00:39:26see I drove the cop back to San

00:39:27but dude the guy paid me off

00:39:28he told me to scrap

00:39:29who paid you

00:39:31jeez

00:39:32I don't know

00:39:33it was dark

00:39:34I couldn't see anything

00:39:35I hung around San Bedou

00:39:37a couple of days

00:39:37and then I got restless

00:39:38see I'm always getting restless

00:39:39moving around

00:39:51will you come in please

00:39:54hi

00:40:00ever seen this man before Frankie

00:40:04recognize him

00:40:08take your time

00:40:29is that all

00:40:31that's all Mr. Wolf

00:40:32thanks for coming down

00:40:33thank you

00:40:43thank you

00:41:03What do you want?

00:41:05I'd just like word with you, if you don't mind.

00:41:07Why don't you guys leave me alone?

00:41:11I don't like people busting in here, cops or no cops.

00:41:14I'm not a cop, I'm an insurance investigator.

00:41:18Well, I don't need any, mister.

00:41:28It's a cozy place you've got here.

00:41:31Do you mind? I'm superstitious.

00:41:36You know, if I thought you were going to case my couch,

00:41:38I'd have had soft lights and sweet music.

00:41:43Now, I'd just like you to answer a couple of questions.

00:41:46Now, look, mister, why don't you go back to your insurance boss

00:41:49and tell him that you drew a blank?

00:41:51I already told you and that other guy, the cop, everything I know.

00:41:55I'm fresh out of answers.

00:41:58Maybe you aren't, maybe you aren't.

00:42:00What does that mean?

00:42:02Frankie Page, he seemed to know you.

00:42:05But it turned out he didn't, after all.

00:42:07You were there.

00:42:10Yeah.

00:42:11A couple of nights in jail, though, may refresh his memory.

00:42:19All right.

00:42:21You've got something on your mind.

00:42:24What is it?

00:42:24Did you kill Harry Lombard?

00:42:29No.

00:42:29When's the last time you saw him?

00:42:31Three years ago.

00:42:32You're lying, Wolf.

00:42:33Did you ever see Frankie Page before?

00:42:34No.

00:42:35Wolf, you're too sharp a poker player to run a bluff in a game like this.

00:42:37What's that supposed to mean?

00:42:39Frankie Page, you may remember.

00:42:40He may talk.

00:42:42It could mean 20 years.

00:42:44Count them, Wolf, 20.

00:42:46Lay off me, will you?

00:42:47You kill Harry Lombard and bury his body in Chatsworth?

00:42:49Leave me alone.

00:42:50You own a ranch in Chatsworth, don't you?

00:42:52Is it a crime to own real estate?

00:42:53No.

00:42:55Just so long as you don't use it as a private cemetery.

00:42:58I told you, I don't own nothing.

00:43:00Not even Paul Bruckner?

00:43:03No.

00:43:04No.

00:43:05Come clean, Wolf.

00:43:06You've been tailed since the first day of this case.

00:43:08Every move, every phone call, everybody you saw.

00:43:10Why'd you kill Harry Lombard?

00:43:11I didn't kill him.

00:43:12It was an accident.

00:43:12His gun went off and then Bruckner...

00:43:14Oh, you do know Bruckner.

00:43:18You.

00:43:18You and Bruckner, you planned this whole thing, didn't you?

00:43:20No.

00:43:21No, it was Bruckner.

00:43:22He just came to me and asked me if I wanted to make some dough.

00:43:24How do you know you weren't Simon Pure?

00:43:26Well, somebody told him I used to fly wetbacks up from Mexico.

00:43:28Who told him?

00:43:29I don't know.

00:43:30Maybe his dame.

00:43:30I don't know.

00:43:31It was a long time ago.

00:43:32I just thought I was going to pick up some wetbacks near Winston.

00:43:35I don't know nothing about the robbery.

00:43:43The D.A. wouldn't buy that if you were blind, drunk, Wolf.

00:43:4720 years.

00:43:48Wait a minute.

00:43:50Wait a minute.

00:43:57Okay.

00:43:59I was in on it.

00:44:00I knew what I was doing, but I didn't plan it.

00:44:02It was Bruckner.

00:44:03Bruckner was the brains.

00:44:04He's heading up.

00:44:05That's who you were protecting.

00:44:06Sure.

00:44:07Sure.

00:44:08But no more.

00:44:10You'll lead us to him?

00:44:13What's in it for me?

00:44:17Wolf, there's the time to wheel and the time to deal.

00:44:20This isn't your turn.

00:44:26Okay.

00:44:33They ran out on me.

00:44:34Him and his wife.

00:44:36They got all the dough.

00:44:36I didn't get nothing.

00:44:37A couple of grand.

00:44:38Nothing.

00:44:39You know where they are now?

00:44:40Yeah, I know where they are.

00:44:43They were staying at my place in Chatsworth, and they left sudden, so I followed them.

00:44:47They were at a motel in Culver City.

00:44:50I'll write down the address for you.

00:44:52You're remembering better all the time.

00:44:56Something else you don't know.

00:44:58That day, he made no blind.

00:45:00Go on.

00:45:01And, uh, Bruckner.

00:45:04Bruckner took a bum rap as a medic.

00:45:07This gets better all the time.

00:45:10And you will talk to the DA.

00:45:13Why not?

00:45:14They ran out on me, didn't they?

00:45:16Sure, I'll talk.

00:45:18I'll tell them everything.

00:45:21That's what I had to find out.

00:45:45I'll tell them everything.

00:45:52THE END

00:46:28THE END

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00:46:46Papers are giving us a bad time.

00:46:48Have you read this one?

00:46:50Yeah, I, uh, I read it over a cold cup of coffee.

00:46:54That isn't all that's cold.

00:46:56We've got a dead-end case.

00:46:58It's too bad.

00:47:01Wolf would have broken sooner or later.

00:47:03He broke, all right, right down the middle.

00:47:05Yeah.

00:47:07No thanks.

00:47:09I never thought he was the type.

00:47:11In fact, I still don't.

00:47:13Maybe.

00:47:14What do you mean, maybe?

00:47:15You saw him, he was cocky, a tough little guy.

00:47:18You'd never figure him to do the Dutch.

00:47:20Maybe he wasn't as tough as we figured.

00:47:22Yeah.

00:47:31Wolf had $65,000 buried in that hangar.

00:47:36You'd have thought he'd have had one big fling.

00:47:39Not shoot himself in a crummy room.

00:47:44Well, you never can tell what a conscience will do to a man.

00:47:47And even destroy him.

00:47:48Yeah.

00:47:49And a case.

00:47:52I think I'll call Hendricks and have him take me off the case.

00:47:56Let's see if we get a couple weeks in in Mexico before the...

00:48:00summer's over.

00:48:01You might as well.

00:48:02Before you're too old to cross the border.

00:48:04As of now, we're nowhere.

00:48:07That's what Ruth and I need.

00:48:09New places, new faces.

00:48:13Well, Joe, don't say it hasn't been fun.

00:48:16Yeah, just one big party.

00:48:19Bring me back some jumping beans.

00:48:21I'll do that.

00:48:23So long.

00:48:26Hello, Armstrong.

00:48:28Just a minute, shall we?

00:48:31Yeah?

00:48:33Yeah.

00:48:35Okay.

00:48:41That was the DA's office.

00:48:44What'd they have to say?

00:48:46From now on, we play it my old man's way.

00:48:50From here in, we're dealing with people.

00:48:54What do you mean by that?

00:48:57We've got Mr. Big.

00:48:58Old Doc Sloan.

00:49:09He panicked during a routine customs inspection at Tier 1 of this morning.

00:49:14Tried to drive through the barrier.

00:49:16They shot him.

00:49:18And?

00:49:20He's dead.

00:49:24Is there anyone with him?

00:49:26Yeah.

00:49:27The woman.

00:49:28But she got away.

00:49:30They found $200,000 on him.

00:49:33She must have the rest.

00:49:40Well, Charlie, looks like you're going to Mexico after all.

00:49:43Do you have another way I'd plan?

00:49:44Look, uh, why don't you call Hendricks before we leave?

00:49:48Once we get the woman, you've recovered the bulk of the money.

00:49:50Your job's over.

00:49:51So?

00:49:53So you and Ruth could take off from Tier 1.

00:49:56Not a bad idea.

00:49:58She could pack and meet me down there Saturday.

00:50:00Even if we don't pick up the woman right away,

00:50:02it'll give you and Ruth a chance to brush up on your Spanish.

00:50:06And that's not counting the money.

00:50:08What money?

00:50:10Well, the money you'd save on plane tickets.

00:50:12No tax in Mexico.

00:50:14You'd save 60 bucks.

00:50:16Oh, sure.

00:50:19I forgot about that.

00:50:21Every little bit helps, Charlie.

00:50:24Good idea.

00:50:25I think I'll call Hendricks.

00:50:26He'll probably go for it.

00:50:27Right, you do that.

00:50:28Then go home and pack a clean shirt.

00:50:30I'll pick you up in a couple of hours, huh?

00:50:35Come on!

00:50:37Come on!

00:50:38Come on!

00:50:41Come on!

00:50:52Come on!

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00:54:47Salud, felicidad, amor, de esto depende el vivir.

00:55:04Reír, cantar, es un placer amar.

00:55:09Vivir así, te puedes encontrar.

00:55:19Yes, señor.

00:55:21Where's Bobby?

00:55:22He's out.

00:55:25I'll wait.

00:55:27Suit yourself.

00:55:28Drink.

00:55:29Soft, thanks.

00:55:31I'll have a drink, señor.

00:55:33Is it all right?

00:55:34Is it all right, Lingolito?

00:55:36Sure, give her a drink.

00:55:37Gracias.

00:55:39Buen nada.

00:55:48If you're a big girl, give her a drink.

00:55:50You heard what he said, mozo.

00:55:52Give me scotch.

00:56:14You're nice, Lingolito.

00:56:16I want to drink with you.

00:56:20I don't drink.

00:56:22Is that because you're good?

00:56:25How particular, honey?

00:56:27You are good.

00:56:29A good little angler with pretty brown eyes and lots of American dollars.

00:56:35Where's Bobby?

00:56:37Where's Bobby?

00:56:37Didn't you hear the mozo?

00:56:38He's not in.

00:56:40Dance with me.

00:56:42Where is he?

00:56:43Dance with me.

00:56:46You dance with me, I'll tell you.

00:56:50No, I, uh, I think I'll sit this one out.

00:56:57With Bobby in his office?

00:57:00With Bobby in his office.

00:57:02With Bobby in his office.

00:57:30Who are you?

00:57:35What do you want?

00:57:36I'm looking for a woman, Bobby.

00:57:42So few women in Tier 1 of you must look for one in my office.

00:57:51Get out.

00:57:53There's a particular kind of a woman, Bobby.

00:57:55What kind of woman is that?

00:57:57The kind that Al Wolfe would have brought you.

00:57:59The kind that needed help.

00:58:00Like Lombard needed help.

00:58:02Only he doesn't need it anymore.

00:58:09Lombard.

00:58:12114, Cali, Rosarito, Del Flores, Tijuana.

00:58:22How about that woman, Bobby?

00:58:25How did...

00:58:25I've known about you and Al Wolfe for a long time.

00:58:27Playing your high-class wetback game.

00:58:30A lot of people could use a passport away out of the country.

00:58:34Life can be cruel, Bobby.

00:58:36But it paid.

00:58:37At Bart Wolfe, an airport in your club.

00:58:41You're crazy.

00:58:42I haven't got much time.

00:58:44Where's the woman?

00:58:46Are you police?

00:58:47I wouldn't be playing around if I were.

00:58:50Where is she, Balik?

00:58:54I'll take you to her.

00:59:03First, I make a phone call.

00:59:10You're not very bright, Bobby.

00:59:13Very well.

00:59:15She's here, safe.

00:59:17Her husband arranged for two Argentine passports.

00:59:20After the border of Viasco, I took her in.

00:59:22You still have the passports?

00:59:24Yes.

00:59:25They're beautiful.

00:59:27And away out of Mexico?

00:59:28Also beautiful.

00:59:29But it will cost money.

00:59:31How much?

00:59:32$20,000.

00:59:34But it is foolproof.

00:59:36I'd send my own mother that way.

00:59:38You probably have.

00:59:39I'll be using those passports.

00:59:42You?

00:59:43For yourself?

00:59:44I want them tomorrow night.

00:59:47Money?

00:59:48Half tomorrow night.

00:59:48Half when you get us in the Buenos Aires.

00:59:50Don't argue, Balik.

00:59:51I'm not in the mood.

00:59:53Now take me to her.

01:00:09Hello, Linda.

01:00:33You thought I'd left you.

01:00:36You think I wanted to go with Paul?

01:00:40Charlie threatened to tell the police.

01:00:44Money gave him a feeling of power.

01:00:47Dreams of a new life.

01:00:49Me.

01:00:53But he didn't make it.

01:00:57But we will, Linda.

01:01:00Everything will be all right.

01:01:02My share of the money will be handed me tomorrow.

01:01:04In 24 hours, we'll be halfway to Argentina.

01:01:08We'll be together, Linda.

01:01:12Charlie, the two of us.

01:01:14Charlie, the two of us.

01:01:21Charlie.

01:01:21Yeah?

01:01:22I was just going to look for you.

01:01:24Oh, what's that?

01:01:25We just got a call from Cabot.

01:01:28Leighton Prince.

01:01:29We've got an ID on Sloan.

01:01:31Oh.

01:01:31Old Doc Sloan.

01:01:33His real name was Paul Bruckner.

01:01:35Lived in San Francisco.

01:01:37Married to a Mexican girl named Linda.

01:01:39He was legitimate, too.

01:01:41Until he was kicked out from malpractice.

01:01:43You're creeping up on him.

01:01:45Once you've got a man's right name,

01:01:47he quits being a shadow.

01:01:49What's the next step?

01:01:51We dig into Bruckner's life in San Francisco.

01:01:54What tonsils he took out.

01:01:56What babies he delivered.

01:01:58How he lost his license.

01:02:02Are you all for coffee, Joe?

01:02:03Me?

01:02:04Oh, thanks.

01:02:05I'm still excited enough.

01:02:06Besides, I had to drink you a beer, too, last night.

01:02:10Last night?

01:02:14I went right to my room.

01:02:17Say I'd better get going.

01:02:18I've got to meet Ruth at the border.

01:02:19What does she do?

01:02:21Five o'clock.

01:02:21I'll go with you.

01:02:22That's all right, Joe.

01:02:22I can manage.

01:02:23Thanks.

01:02:23Sure, you can.

01:02:25But I don't want to miss seeing Ruth's face

01:02:27when she finally gets to Mexico.

01:02:51Here, here, here.

01:02:51Wait a minute, let me help you.

01:02:57Looks like you're going away for 10 years.

01:02:59Yes, it looks like it, doesn't it?

01:03:28Shall we unpack now?

01:03:30No, I ain't.

01:03:31No, I ain't.

01:03:31Why don't we be left here at dinner?

01:03:34Whenever you say, Charlie, I'm tired.

01:03:37Very tired.

01:03:39Yeah.

01:03:39Why don't you take a nap for an hour or so?

01:03:41Well, what'll you be doing?

01:03:44Why?

01:03:46Why?

01:03:51I thought you deserved that job for Mexico City.

01:03:56I changed my mind.

01:04:01I think I'll do it now.

01:04:03Well, I was going to surprise you to take along your fishing gear, put it in there.

01:04:10So I had a key made and I opened the case.

01:04:16It used to be a surprise, a joke.

01:04:22Something to laugh about.

01:04:36What'd you do with the money?

01:04:40I made it to Mr. Hendricks.

01:04:41No return address.

01:04:45You crazy fool, you know what you've done, do you?

01:04:51Charlie, why'd you do it?

01:04:52Why?

01:04:53Why?

01:04:55What does it matter?

01:04:56I killed a man to protect that money.

01:05:01Then you'll have to kill me, won't you, Charlie?

01:05:06What do you want from me?

01:05:10A few hours.

01:05:12Just a few hours.

01:05:17I was willing to give you my whole life.

01:05:19What's the few hours?

01:05:29Charlie, don't turn away from me.

01:05:32Let me catch you.

01:05:33Let me talk to you.

01:05:37Nothing to say.

01:05:38But there's so much to say.

01:05:41Charlie, please, at least tell me what we were going to do.

01:05:48We weren't going to do anything.

01:05:52I was going to leave you.

01:05:56But I loved you, Charlie.

01:06:00Wasn't that enough?

01:06:04Once it was.

01:06:07Why did I fail you?

01:06:11I didn't fail you.

01:06:12People change room.

01:06:15Oh, Charlie.

01:06:18We had so much, Charlie.

01:06:21Why?

01:06:22Why?

01:06:25The house becomes a prison, a job, a trap.

01:06:31What did you want?

01:06:33A new kind of life.

01:06:34The kind that $200,000 could have bought me.

01:06:40Alone?

01:06:44Alone.

01:06:48But you can't have that now.

01:06:53No, you fixed that.

01:06:57Charlie, if you went to them, if you said I did it, I'm sorry you're getting the money back.

01:07:03Charlie, I'd wait.

01:07:05I'd have the strength.

01:07:06I'd have the patience.

01:07:06I'd wait no matter how long.

01:07:08There isn't time enough in all eternity, Ruth.

01:07:10I'd killed a man.

01:07:11You couldn't wait for me.

01:07:22Goodbye, Ruthie.

01:07:27That's the way you want it alone.

01:07:30And goodbye.

01:07:36Goodbye, Charlie.

01:07:54Hey, Charlie, wait a minute.

01:07:56We got some more on Bruckner.

01:07:59What?

01:08:00Lieutenant Castro checked it for me.

01:08:02A hunch, but he paid off.

01:08:04Bruckner was married here in Tijuana seven years ago to a singer in a club named Linda Alvarez.

01:08:10Where was that club?

01:08:11In Agua Caliente, but they went out of business.

01:08:13Did she sing anyplace else?

01:08:16Perhaps.

01:08:16It won't take long to find out.

01:08:18There are a few secrets in Tijuana.

01:08:20Well, I've got to go.

01:08:21I've got to get some things for Ruth.

01:08:22No.

01:08:24No.

01:08:24None until you have a drink with me.

01:08:26Or did you have too much to drink last night?

01:08:29One of my men saw the car parked right next to Bobbix last night.

01:08:33Police cars attract an awful lot of attention in that district.

01:08:38I stopped for a drink on my way back from the airport.

01:08:41It wasn't the drink you stopped for.

01:08:43You probably heard about the dancer they have there.

01:08:46She's pretty nice, huh?

01:08:47Yeah.

01:08:48Yeah, she's right.

01:08:52I've got to run.

01:08:53I'll see you later.

01:08:54A very impatient man.

01:08:58Bobbix is hardly the place for a tourist.

01:08:59Or is your friend trying to combine business with pleasure?

01:09:05Maybe.

01:09:15Who is it?

01:09:17It's Joe, Ruth.

01:09:18Can I come in?

01:09:19Oh, wait a minute.

01:09:23Wait a minute.

01:09:30Come in.

01:09:47Anything wrong?

01:09:50Oh, no.

01:09:51Of course not.

01:09:52Why?

01:09:57Oh, I don't know.

01:09:58You and Charlie, you both seem a bit edgy.

01:10:00Sure everything's all right.

01:10:01I just told you.

01:10:02Everything is fine.

01:10:05Why shouldn't it be?

01:10:14Ruth.

01:10:16I've known you a long time.

01:10:19You don't lie very well.

01:10:22What do you mean?

01:10:23Is Charlie in any trouble?

01:10:26Why don't you stop being a cop?

01:10:28You make a case out of everything.

01:10:29Ruth, you're making one out of this.

01:10:30Well, there's no trouble.

01:10:32There's a few words between husband and wife.

01:10:39Sometimes Charlie flies off.

01:10:42Just had a little argument, that's all.

01:10:46How can anybody argue with you?

01:10:48Or maybe I'm just prejudiced.

01:10:51Who knows better than you?

01:10:53Charlie's been under a lot of strain.

01:10:54Sure, every case is an ulcer.

01:10:57But in this one,

01:10:58the way our Charlie's been riding himself.

01:11:02Maybe.

01:11:04It interfered with his holiday.

01:11:06He promised it to himself and to me.

01:11:12A real fiesta.

01:11:14The way a kid looks forward to a birthday party.

01:11:20He's just overworked.

01:11:21He's been edgy for months.

01:11:23Ever since Hendrick sent him up to San Francisco.

01:11:34Well, I hadn't read them.

01:11:35I expected to on the plane.

01:11:37It's a long trip to Mexico City.

01:11:44Yeah.

01:11:45Long trip.

01:11:48All of six hours.

01:11:54Enough reading for a year.

01:12:07Operator.

01:12:09I want to speak to Mr. Sam Hendricks.

01:12:12Victoria 9-4-9-0-1.

01:12:18Burbank, California.

01:12:22That's right.

01:12:24Go right away?

01:12:26Good.

01:12:32Hello, Hendricks?

01:12:33Armstrong.

01:12:35Yeah, from Tijuana.

01:12:38Oh, fine, fine.

01:12:40Look, Hendricks,

01:12:41Charlie was on a case several months ago

01:12:43up in San Francisco.

01:12:45Can you give me any dope on it?

01:12:48I'll explain later.

01:12:52Yes, I'll wait.

01:12:54You know, people on a plane are choosy.

01:12:57They like to read things that are bright.

01:13:00Take their mind off the possibility of a crash.

01:13:04Uh, repeat that.

01:13:07A phony accident claim.

01:13:10Eight months ago, huh?

01:13:12Yeah.

01:13:15Dr. Paul Bruckner, huh?

01:13:25Mm-hmm.

01:13:26Mm-hmm.

01:13:31Take their mind off the crash.

01:13:38I'm sorry, Ruth.

01:13:52It was all planned.

01:13:54I changed my mind.

01:13:56I don't want to go to Buenos Aires direct.

01:13:58I want to go to Acapulco by boat.

01:14:00I'll pay you more for the passports.

01:14:02How much more?

01:14:05$5,000.

01:14:07$5,000.

01:14:08$25,000.

01:14:10Payable now.

01:14:11You get everything.

01:14:12Passports, bus certificates, everything.

01:14:15What about Passage South?

01:14:17Si Alfredo Rodriguez.

01:14:19Casa del Norte, Rosarito Beach.

01:14:22You tell him Bubbik sent him a fisherman.

01:14:24You will understand.

01:14:26What will he charge?

01:14:28What does it matter?

01:14:29A few hundred dollars, maybe five, six hundred.

01:14:31Who knows?

01:14:32It's cheap.

01:14:34Now, you got the money?

01:14:38If you've got the passports.

01:14:41I'll tell you.

01:14:43You tell me.

01:14:45Children.

01:14:52Money.

01:15:03Leave the money, Bubbik.

01:15:17Charlie.

01:15:18Wait a minute, Dad.

01:15:18Come on.

01:15:54Get the car.

01:15:54We can't make it.

01:16:01Take that car and block out the other side of the street.

01:16:04Da la vuelta a la manzana y cierreles el paso.

01:16:06Y llama a la jefatura que traigan más coches.

01:16:09Don't break the car.

01:16:10I'll be.

01:16:12No.

01:16:32You don't break the car.

01:16:34You don't break the car.

01:16:35I'll be.

01:16:36You can't make it.

01:16:37Sorry about食べ物.

01:16:54Come on!

01:17:31Come on!

01:17:38Come on!

01:17:39Come on!

01:17:40Come on!

01:18:09Come on!

01:18:31Come on!

01:18:32Come on!

01:18:33Come on!

01:18:34Come on!

01:18:35Come on!

01:18:39Come on!

01:18:47Come on!

01:18:48Come on!

01:18:50Come on!

01:18:57Come on!

01:19:07Come on, Jack...

01:19:15Joe.

01:19:27This wasn't on the timetable, either.

01:19:39This wasn't on the timetable, either.

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