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Jail Bait (1954) is a classic American film noir crime drama directed by legendary cult filmmaker Ed Wood.
The story follows a troubled young man who becomes involved in crime after falling in with the wrong crowd. As police close in, tension rises in this dark and suspenseful tale of identity, betrayal, and moral consequences.
Shot in atmospheric black and white, Jail Bait delivers sharp dialogue, moody cinematography, and the gritty essence of 1950s crime cinema. A must-watch for fans of vintage noir and classic underground filmmaking.
Enjoy this restored classic and experience the raw energy of 1950s independent film.
The story follows a troubled young man who becomes involved in crime after falling in with the wrong crowd. As police close in, tension rises in this dark and suspenseful tale of identity, betrayal, and moral consequences.
Shot in atmospheric black and white, Jail Bait delivers sharp dialogue, moody cinematography, and the gritty essence of 1950s crime cinema. A must-watch for fans of vintage noir and classic underground filmmaking.
Enjoy this restored classic and experience the raw energy of 1950s independent film.
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00:01:53Let's go, bud.
00:01:59Take your hands off me.
00:02:01Move on.
00:02:02Move on.
00:02:03Move on.
00:02:20Miss Gregor?
00:02:21That's right.
00:02:23I'm Inspector Johns. This is Detective Lieutenant Lawrence.
00:02:26How are you doing?
00:02:27I hope I'm happy to know you.
00:02:29You put up the bail for your brother?
00:02:31Yes.
00:02:36Of course, you realize, Miss Gregor, that if your brother fails to show up for trial, you will forfeit the
00:02:41bail money.
00:02:42Inspector, Don is no criminal.
00:02:44Well, that'll be established later. He was carrying a gun.
00:02:46There are much worse crimes.
00:02:48Carrying a gun can be a dangerous business.
00:02:50So can building a skyscraper.
00:02:53Your brother had no license to carry that gun, Miss Gregor. It's against the law.
00:03:25How about my gun?
00:03:28I think we'll hold on to that for a little while.
00:03:31You have no right to keep my property.
00:03:33We've got all the rights right now.
00:03:35Now, go on, get out of here before I have you put back in the cell.
00:03:39Don, there's been enough trouble.
00:03:41Let's go.
00:03:42Let's go home.
00:04:12I wish I could have held on to him a little longer.
00:04:15I think you're wrong about him, Inspector.
00:04:17No, he's mixed up with Brady all right.
00:04:19I stake my passion on that.
00:04:21It's too bad, too, his father being what he is.
00:04:24How can a great doctor have such a jerk for a son?
00:04:27The sins of a father?
00:04:28No, Dr. Gregor's a great man, both in his personal life and his business life.
00:04:32Sounds like a man I'd like to meet.
00:04:35You probably will, next time we pick up Don Gregor.
00:05:08Don Gregor
00:05:38Don Gregor
00:05:59One to you.
00:06:11Go ahead and say it, but change the words this time.
00:06:13The old record's getting a bit worn.
00:06:15Do you want me to repeat it for you, word for word?
00:06:30Listen, sis, I'm over 21. I know what I'm doing.
00:06:34You'll know what you're doing.
00:06:35I wonder if you even realize what you're doing.
00:06:38I wonder if you realize how proud Father would be of you if he knew.
00:06:42Oh, not that routine again.
00:06:43Do you know what it would do to him?
00:06:59The Father doesn't know, and you won't tell him.
00:07:08No, I won't tell him.
00:07:11But he'll find out sooner or later.
00:07:14Probably later.
00:07:32Why are you taking that gun?
00:07:34Why, I might be walking down a dark street, and then robber might jump at me.
00:07:38I want to be protected.
00:07:39I just paid a thousand dollars bail because you carried one of those things tonight.
00:07:43Well, sisters, I was very sisterly on you.
00:07:48I know that gun is jailbait.
00:07:57Don?
00:08:07I won't go bail for you again.
00:08:10Maybe you won't have to.
00:08:11I have other friends you know.
00:08:12Well, by that you mean Vic Brady.
00:08:16Maybe.
00:08:19Well, good evening, Don.
00:08:21Good night, Dad.
00:08:24Well, you were certainly in a rush.
00:08:28Don is all mixed up.
00:08:30He'll be all right.
00:08:31He had an engagement.
00:08:33Yeah, with Vic Brady.
00:08:44Myron, my dear, how would you like to fix me a little refreshment, huh?
00:08:49Sure, Dad.
00:08:49Ah, thank you.
00:09:09How did you know?
00:09:10Well, although I've never even met the gentleman, but Inspector John, he seems like a fan of mine.
00:09:17This afternoon we had a long telephone conversation earlier in the day.
00:09:22Well, here's a good drink for a parched throat.
00:09:26Mmm.
00:09:29You know, I had to perform a very difficult operation this morning.
00:09:34The victim of an automobile accident.
00:09:37You know that I had to remodel that patient's entire face.
00:09:41And it was strenuous and very, very complicated.
00:09:45Plastic surgery at times seems to me to be very, very complicated.
00:09:52Father, Don is...
00:09:53The inspector thinks that Don is headed for serious trouble.
00:09:56But don't worry about that, because he'll all straighten himself out nicely.
00:09:59Don isn't really a bad boy.
00:10:01A little wild, perhaps, yes.
00:10:02Maybe I gave him too much in his youth.
00:10:05That plus the lack of a mother's attention.
00:10:10God rest her dear soul.
00:10:13But Don isn't really a bad boy.
00:10:16Vic Brady is a hardened criminal.
00:10:18Yes, I know.
00:10:21He'll be the one to lead Don into that serious trouble that Inspector John was talking about.
00:10:26Perhaps.
00:10:30Perhaps not.
00:10:32Here we go.
00:11:17whiskey and soda well i see you got out of that scrape all right no thanks to you you left
00:11:22me
00:11:22holding the bag i was kind of gunning too close to the spot so what nobody saw us pull the
00:11:27job
00:11:28besides carrying a rod first offense ain't a tough rap to beat i was lucky this time where's my cut
00:11:37not bad for a night's work huh oh the dough's good
00:11:43you got rid of that stuff fast it's the way i work fast
00:11:49they took my picture and fingerprints so what they've had my picture in the file so long it's
00:11:55getting moldy if anybody sees me they can identify me pretty quick now so you'll just have to be real
00:12:01careful like me
00:12:05you carrying a rod now sure slip it to me quick what don't argue do like i say
00:12:23you aren't very particular about the kind of customers you serve are you jimmy
00:12:27since we're off duty officially i guess a beer wouldn't hurt eh bob sounds good to me you know
00:12:32this uh fella's face looks sort of familiar to me lay off me yeah like we might have met him
00:12:37recently
00:12:38what are you guys picking on me for you're raising your voice
00:12:41cops all alike yeah like crooks they're all alike how are you to your grave yeah i don't try to
00:12:46keep
00:12:46you from getting to your grave too early why are you following me what makes you think you're so
00:12:52important we want to follow you your presence is enough oh did you hear that bob you know i would
00:12:57have sworn that the license for this bar says that the public is invited oh jimmy come on with those
00:13:02beers will you yeah here we are you see just a quick beer before going home to a well-earned
00:13:09night's
00:13:09rest why don't you beat it leave me alone i'm not doing anything
00:13:15too bad your father's such a fine man
00:13:18he'll leave my father out of this yeah he's really a great guy i wish he could be left out
00:13:22of it
00:13:22i'm not responsible for bringing him in on this you are you know you're a really pretty low character
00:13:32all right let him go go on get out of here
00:13:42you two go on get moving
00:13:51that's no way to talk to a cop boy you got a lot to learn he made me sore he
00:13:57was out to get you sore
00:13:58now forget the cop come on we got work to do i'll get him if it's the last thing i
00:14:03ever do i said
00:14:04forget the cop let's go where to what do you mean where to just that where to the monterey theater
00:14:13the payroll remember yeah i forgot look maybe we ought to call it off this time you ain't gonna
00:14:22chicken out on me are you no it isn't that that cop has me riled i might get trigger happy
00:14:29so maybe
00:14:30you'll have to get trigger happy witnesses can identify pictures and the cops have both our mugs
00:14:37i'm not gone oh yes you are there's 20 grand in that payroll and i want my cut you'll go
00:14:43or i'll
00:14:44fix you but good with the cops come on get going maybe we should have balled them uh brady's an
00:14:50old
00:14:50hand at being tailed i don't think it would have done much good when do you see the doctor tomorrow
00:14:55morning at his office i'd like to agree that you will be
00:15:39but dad he's out there somewhere with a gun oh i know i should have called the inspector and told
00:15:46him but i i just couldn't make up my mind to do it i just can't see don doing anything
00:15:52wrong
00:15:52i just can't make up my mind to believe it where have i failed you haven't failed dad words my
00:16:02daughter
00:16:03just words the proof is in the fact
00:16:13that was billy green spending an evening in maggie murphy's home and now two quiet people cotton
00:16:19what's that chick you know cotton i'm making a picture called the lion tamer the lion tamer
00:16:25there ain't but one kind of line i'll mess with what kind's that oh that's a dandelion
00:16:34now all i want you to do is meet me at the zoo in the morning at nine o'clock
00:16:39yeah with the rest of
00:16:40the monkey with the rest of the monkey i'll bring my ground for with me i want to get a
00:16:45moving picture
00:16:46of you in the lion's cage well if you ever do get a picture of me in a lion's cage
00:16:51you'll be moving
00:16:52all right oh cotton the lion can't hurt you he can't hurt me i know what he can make me
00:16:59hurt myself
00:17:00why the lion's tame he'll eat right off your hand eat off your hand and over your leg too i
00:17:07know them
00:17:07cats oh but you don't understand cotton the lion was raised on milk raised on milk i was too but
00:17:16i
00:17:16eat pork chops now why he can't bite you now how come he can't bite me he hasn't got a
00:17:22tooth in his
00:17:23head i know but he can gun me to death i don't want to gnawing on you now all i
00:17:29want to do is snap
00:17:30you as you enter the lion's cage you just want to snap me as i enter yes well you better
00:17:36snap me as i
00:17:37enter cause you will never be able to focus me when i start out cause i'm alabama bound
00:18:02so
00:18:12so
00:18:14so
00:18:14so
00:18:23The End
00:18:51The End
00:19:18All right, now listen carefully and there won't be any slip-up.
00:19:21The only one in there is a night watchman, and he probably knows the safe combination.
00:19:25The payroll for a whole chain of theaters is in that safe.
00:19:28Calm down. Nerves can blow the whole show.
00:19:32Shoot first if I give the signal and ask questions later.
00:19:36All right, Brady. Let's get this over with.
00:19:38Check your gun first.
00:19:45Okay.
00:19:47Okay. Let's go.
00:20:13Come on, Doc.
00:20:14Take your way, Doc.
00:20:20just be a good boy and you won't get hurt keep your eye on him while i get it this
00:20:27safe
00:20:29now wait a minute you can save us a lot of time and trouble if you know the combination
00:20:35what safe what combination i don't know what you're talking about you don't uh i think different
00:20:41fights you fellas better get out of here while you can you're an awful dumb cop this might sound
00:20:50corny pop but i mean it it's your life or the money in that safe i don't know the combination
00:20:58you know pop there's always somebody trying to make my job a little tougher for me that safe's
00:21:05going to be open whether you open it or i have to use some juice on it your only choice
00:21:09is whether
00:21:09or not you're around to see it open doesn't make any difference to me one way or the other whether
00:21:14you live another day it's all up to you if you're smart you'll find out that combination before i count
00:21:22three one two okay you win
00:22:18what makes you think you can get away with this let us worry about that but
00:22:22what makes you think you can get away with this let us worry about that but
00:22:24i'm through tonight mac i'll be on my
00:22:27oh
00:22:27oh
00:22:29oh
00:22:29oh
00:22:30oh
00:22:31oh
00:22:31oh
00:22:57i think i got her but we haven't got time to hang around and find out every cop in town
00:23:01will be in
00:23:01here in a minute
00:23:07come on get a move on i said get a move on
00:23:10i said get a move on
00:23:31i said get a move on
00:23:46i said get a move on
00:25:28Put her down here.
00:25:47Did you call the inspector?
00:25:48Oh, yeah.
00:25:51Messy things, these shootings.
00:25:53Stick around a couple of more years.
00:25:55A bullet makes things real rosy compared to other methods.
00:25:58Yeah, I guess you're right.
00:25:59But this is bad enough.
00:26:01You think she'll live?
00:26:02Oh, sure.
00:26:03The bullet hit her high and passed right on through.
00:26:05In a couple of days, she won't even remember the pain.
00:26:07Well, you should have been a doctor, not a cop.
00:26:20You two, come with me.
00:26:30Take her away.
00:26:31Take her away.
00:26:33Doctor?
00:26:38Sorry to get you up, inspector.
00:26:40Well, that's all right.
00:26:41My job doesn't seem important to a lot of people, but it's important to me.
00:26:45What's it all about?
00:26:47Robbery, attempted murder, and murder.
00:26:52How is she, Doc?
00:26:54Painted.
00:26:54Just a flesh wound.
00:26:55More shock than anything.
00:26:57When can we talk to her?
00:26:59I suggest you wait until morning.
00:27:01She'll be up and around by then.
00:27:03More than I can say for the old boy back there.
00:27:06Dead?
00:27:07Couldn't be any deader.
00:27:09She saw the man, though.
00:27:10How do you know?
00:27:12She came to for a moment.
00:27:13Mumbled it.
00:27:14See you later.
00:27:15Thanks, Doc.
00:27:16Where's the body, McCall?
00:27:18Back there.
00:27:27Right in there, inspector.
00:27:33Get these people out of here.
00:27:34All right.
00:27:43Louie, did you get a good shot?
00:27:46Fine.
00:27:47Take it to the office for the sunrise edition.
00:27:55Inspector playing hard to get these days?
00:27:58He's got a tough, thankless job on his hands.
00:28:00His publicity can get tough, too.
00:28:02Meaning?
00:28:03Meaning.
00:28:03I'm a newspaper woman.
00:28:05I'm here to cover a story.
00:28:07My people have a right to know this story.
00:28:10So, tell it to them.
00:28:11How can I tell it to them when the inspector won't let me in the room or even talk to
00:28:15him?
00:28:16Now, maybe you could help me.
00:28:18Yeah, maybe I could.
00:28:19But the inspector said no story.
00:28:21At least not for now.
00:28:22But, honey.
00:28:24Please, lady.
00:28:25Oh.
00:28:27I'm on duty.
00:28:33Well, it looks like they got what they came after.
00:28:36Yeah.
00:28:36Maybe they got more than they came after.
00:28:39I don't get you, inspector.
00:28:41Who is the girl?
00:28:43She's the secretary to the chain manager.
00:28:45She was checking the payroll list and knocking out some letters.
00:28:49That's why she was here so late tonight.
00:28:51The list had to be ready by morning for the payroll.
00:28:54She came in to check out with a night watchman and the boom was lowered on her.
00:29:00Clean through the heart.
00:29:01Poor old Mac.
00:29:02Oh, you know him?
00:29:03Yeah, he was on the force for 30 years.
00:29:05Retired last year.
00:29:07Had a little bored with nothing to do, so he took a job as a night watchman.
00:29:11Then that makes our holder boys cop killers.
00:29:14That's right.
00:29:15Cop killers.
00:29:46Just a minute.
00:29:47I'm coming.
00:29:59So what's with him?
00:30:00He shot his first cop.
00:30:02You're joking.
00:30:03Does he look like I'm joking?
00:30:05Honey, that's bad business, cop killing.
00:30:07So what?
00:30:08They bleed like anybody else.
00:30:09Yeah, I know, honey, but...
00:30:10No buts about it.
00:30:11It's done and that's that.
00:30:13Besides, there's a chance I was recognized.
00:30:16Some dumb dame had to still be in the place.
00:30:18I think I got her.
00:30:19You think?
00:30:20That's what I said.
00:30:21Why didn't you make sure?
00:30:22Make sure.
00:30:23Make sure?
00:30:24With this idiot standing over a cop's corpse and his gun still smoking
00:30:28and the sirens blaring.
00:30:29Any minute the place would be loaded with cops.
00:30:32You sound as crazy as he is.
00:30:33He wants to give himself up.
00:30:35He what?
00:30:36What do I have to do?
00:30:36Repeat myself all night?
00:30:38I said he...
00:30:38Oh, yeah, I heard you.
00:30:40I heard you the first time.
00:30:41Now stop gibbering.
00:30:42I gotta think.
00:30:43What are you going to do about it?
00:30:45Shut up.
00:30:46What do you think it is I want to think about?
00:30:50Vic!
00:30:51Vic, he's gone!
00:30:59He got away.
00:31:00I can see that.
00:31:01I gotta get him before I can spill his story.
00:31:03You stay here.
00:31:05Stay here, he says.
00:31:07Where does he suppose I'd go dressed in this?
00:31:35Are you sure these are the two men?
00:31:38Yes, sir.
00:31:39Could you identify the men if you saw them again?
00:31:41Of course.
00:31:43Did you see the man who actually shot Mac?
00:31:45Yes, I did.
00:31:47Well, which one of these men did the shooting?
00:31:50This is the man.
00:31:52Don Gregor.
00:31:54I must ask you again.
00:31:56Did you actually see this man shoot Mac?
00:31:59Yes, sir.
00:31:59The other one was too busy shooting at me.
00:32:02Thanks for your help, Miss Willis.
00:32:04I'm only too glad to have been of any help at all.
00:32:06I wasn't very brave.
00:32:08I fainted early in the game.
00:32:10Bob, will you see that Miss Willis gets safely home?
00:32:12Why, sure thing.
00:32:14Well, Miss Willis, I may have to call on you again later.
00:32:16Of course.
00:32:17I understand.
00:32:17Miss Willis, I might not be here.
00:32:46Hello, Don.
00:32:49Is Dad in Dorothy?
00:32:50Yes.
00:32:52You suppose I could see him right away?
00:32:53It's very important.
00:32:55Well, I think that can be arranged.
00:32:57We don't see you very much anymore, Don.
00:33:00I've been rather... busy.
00:33:09Your son to see you, Dr. Gregor.
00:33:14Go right in.
00:33:26Come in, Don.
00:33:27Come in.
00:33:35What is it, son?
00:33:38I'm in trouble, Dad.
00:33:41You want to tell me about it?
00:33:43Has it to do with that gun business last night?
00:33:48You know about that?
00:33:49Oh, yes.
00:33:50But I thought you'd get around to telling me about it yourself.
00:33:54Sooner or later.
00:33:59I...
00:34:02I wish it had been sooner.
00:34:06I'm in bad trouble.
00:34:08Well, the carrying of the gun can be taken care of.
00:34:12I'll vouch for you.
00:34:17It goes deeper now.
00:34:21I don't quite understand.
00:34:24I...
00:34:27I walked all last night.
00:34:30And until tonight.
00:34:35I couldn't think straight.
00:34:38It wasn't until night came again that my brain cleared.
00:34:43Funny thing about remembering.
00:34:46You never remember the right things until it's too late.
00:34:51I lived my whole life in the last 24 hours.
00:34:55No, don't stop me, Dad.
00:34:58The life I relived wasn't very pleasant.
00:35:02Anyway, not for me.
00:35:06You insist.
00:35:08What I've done to you.
00:35:11But it's all over now.
00:35:15I...
00:35:17I...
00:35:18Killed a man last night.
00:35:23Why did you kill?
00:35:26I don't know.
00:35:28I don't know.
00:35:29The gun was in my hand.
00:35:31I pulled the trigger and the man was falling.
00:35:35Do you know who the man was?
00:35:37The night watchman.
00:35:39Dick Brady and I held up the Monterey Theater chain.
00:35:43A girl saw us.
00:35:45In the excitement, the night watchman went for his gun.
00:35:49After that, it was either him or me.
00:35:52Better it had been you.
00:35:56Now what will you do?
00:35:57I don't know.
00:36:00Brady wants to kill me.
00:36:02That I'm sure.
00:36:05Maybe that would be best.
00:36:07It would be best if you turned yourself over to the police.
00:36:10And told of this Brady.
00:36:13I thought of that too.
00:36:15But Dad.
00:36:17It was I did the shooting.
00:36:19Not Vic.
00:36:22No matter what you've done, you're still my son.
00:36:26And if you'll turn yourself over to the police,
00:36:29I'll stand by you.
00:36:32But if you don't,
00:36:34I'll do everything in my power to see that you're apprehended.
00:36:44I'll do it.
00:36:44Yes, Miss Lytel.
00:36:46Inspector Johns and Lieutenant Lawrence to see you, Doctor.
00:36:49Oh, yes.
00:36:50Tell them...
00:36:52Tell them just a minute, please.
00:36:55The police are outside now.
00:36:59Dad, don't turn me in now, please.
00:37:01You've got to help me.
00:37:03I'll go to them myself.
00:37:04They help me later.
00:37:06But if they take me here,
00:37:08please help me, Dad.
00:37:10Do you promise to turn yourself in if I don't do so now?
00:37:14Yes, Dad, I promise.
00:37:16Get into that back hall.
00:37:19I'll call you when they're gone.
00:37:20Come on.
00:37:36Miss Lytel,
00:37:38will you tell the inspector to come in, please?
00:37:45You may go right in, gentlemen.
00:37:46Thank you, Miss.
00:37:47You'd better stay here, McCall.
00:37:54Sure thing, Inspector.
00:37:56It's nice to meet you at last, Inspector.
00:37:59Won't you be seated, gentlemen?
00:38:01Thank you, Doctor.
00:38:02I'm sorry this meeting couldn't be under different circumstances.
00:38:06Life is life.
00:38:08Many things are not of our choosing.
00:38:11But we must face that which has ordained us.
00:38:14Destiny is a strange and mysterious thing, my dear Inspector.
00:38:20You hear about my son?
00:38:21Yes, I am.
00:38:22He's killed a man.
00:38:24Oh, then you know it.
00:38:25Don has told me.
00:38:26He was here?
00:38:27Yes.
00:38:28Where is he now?
00:38:29He will be with you soon.
00:38:31He has promised to turn himself over to you.
00:38:34And I have promised to do all I can to help him.
00:38:37Of course you know that your son shot and killed a policeman.
00:38:41Yes.
00:38:42Sorry it had to happen, Doctor.
00:38:46If you have nothing further to discuss with me,
00:38:49I'm afraid the strain has been a bit too much.
00:38:53Of course. I understand.
00:38:55Goodbye, Doctor.
00:39:01Let's go, McCall.
00:39:02Thank you, Miss.
00:39:13They're gone. Come on out, Don.
00:39:18I never thought carrying a gun would lead to this.
00:39:21Honest, Dad.
00:39:22You must remember your promise.
00:39:25I always thought I was tough.
00:39:29I'll remember the promise.
00:39:32I couldn't go on living with myself knowing what I've done.
00:39:37Goodbye, Dad.
00:39:40And...
00:39:41Thanks.
00:39:42You better go out the back door down into the alley.
00:39:44The darkness of the night will hide you.
00:39:47For a while.
00:40:18You better go out the стороны.
00:40:18You better walk it.
00:40:19It's very easy.
00:40:19No, no.
00:40:19It's very easy to meet you.
00:40:19I'll go out the stairs to the side.
00:40:19You better walk it.
00:40:27Give me a chance to see you.
00:40:30Hold it.
00:40:55Where did you find him?
00:40:56His father's office.
00:40:58What now?
00:40:59When I know, I'll tell you.
00:41:02You're a fool.
00:41:05Maybe we're both fools.
00:41:0823 grand.
00:41:10That's how much of a fool I am.
00:41:14I'm getting out of here, Brady.
00:41:16You won't stop me.
00:41:17I'm going to give myself up and I advise you to do the same.
00:41:21They know it was us.
00:41:24Stand by for your regular nightly coverage of world news.
00:41:30We're cop killers.
00:41:32They don't like that.
00:41:33You killed that cop.
00:41:36Get that.
00:41:37You pulled the trigger.
00:41:39Not me.
00:41:40You're the cop killer.
00:41:44The inspector was at my father's office while I was hiding there.
00:41:49He knows it was you and me.
00:41:52You didn't get that girl.
00:41:55She identified us.
00:41:59Guns and gunmen headline tonight's news.
00:42:03The city-wide hunt continued for the two men who shot and killed Paul McKenna, night watchman of the Monterey
00:42:08theater chain.
00:42:09McKenna was killed during a holdup which netted the killers nearly $25,000 in the 12 theater chain payroll money.
00:42:16The two men have been identified by eyewitnesses as being Vic Brady, a petty gangster,
00:42:20and Don Greger, son of the world-famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Greger.
00:42:24It has been established that Don Greger did the actual pulling of the trigger that sent McKenna, a retired police
00:42:29officer, to his death.
00:42:34You see?
00:42:36You're the cop killer.
00:42:38You won't go to the police.
00:42:40You'd burn.
00:42:43Maybe you're right.
00:42:46I've been in nothing but trouble most of my life.
00:42:50I don't know why I joined you.
00:42:53Money.
00:42:55My father would have been glad to give me anything I wanted.
00:42:59I don't know.
00:43:02Maybe for thrills.
00:43:06But I'm through hurting people, Vic.
00:43:11Too bad I have to talk against you.
00:43:13I don't want to.
00:43:15They have you dead to rights anyway.
00:43:19Don't you see, Vic?
00:43:22I've got to get this thing off my mind.
00:43:30Sure, Albert.
00:43:34I never thought it would lead to this.
00:43:40Don.
00:43:44You're not going anyplace.
00:44:04Those shots will bring the cops down here.
00:44:07Ah, it's time of night.
00:44:08People just think of a car backfiring.
00:44:11Maybe you shouldn't have done that.
00:44:13Maybe I should have let him go to the cops.
00:44:15Maybe I should have let him put my neck in the noose.
00:44:18Maybe I should give you what I just gave him.
00:44:20Oh, Vic, honey.
00:44:22I'm with you all the way.
00:44:24What are you going to do with him?
00:44:25Yeah, get rid of him, of course.
00:44:27Where?
00:44:28The river.
00:44:29Where else?
00:44:30Now?
00:44:31You're a dumb dame.
00:44:33Later tonight.
00:44:44Where are you going with him?
00:44:45Get him out of the way for the time being.
00:45:10I don't like dead men cluttering up my place.
00:45:13I want him out of here.
00:45:14You better shut that trap of yours or you'll be joining him.
00:45:20So you've closed this off.
00:45:22So what?
00:45:23They know you're in on a theater job.
00:45:25You're as good as caught right now and with an extra murder to your credit.
00:45:30Ah, quit needling me.
00:45:31You're just no good.
00:45:33For me, for yourself, or anybody else.
00:45:37That's it, Vic.
00:45:39Destroy everything and everybody.
00:45:41It's your style.
00:45:47Face it, Vic.
00:45:48You're as finished as the kid is.
00:45:50I wasn't in on your job.
00:45:52I'm not in trouble.
00:45:53Why should I stick around and take what's left?
00:45:56What is left?
00:45:57A has-been with a gun.
00:45:59A has-been?
00:46:01Baby, I've only just begun.
00:46:03I didn't set you up in all this luxury just to have you walk out on me.
00:46:06I pulled you out of that main street dive and made something out of you.
00:46:10No, you're not going to walk out on me.
00:46:12Try it and I swear you'll never walk out on anyone again.
00:46:15So if they do pick me up, it's only a robbery rap.
00:46:19I didn't kill that cop.
00:46:20Nobody will know about the kid there.
00:46:27That's better, baby.
00:46:29I knew you wouldn't walk out on me.
00:46:31Oh, Vic, honey, what are we going to do?
00:46:33I don't want you to go to jail.
00:46:34I ain't going to jail.
00:46:36How can you be so sure?
00:46:38Some will turn out.
00:46:39It always does.
00:46:41It's that your face is in their files.
00:46:45Vic.
00:46:46Vic, what is it?
00:46:47You hit it, baby.
00:46:48You hit the solution right on the head.
00:46:55My face.
00:47:13I couldn't find him anywhere.
00:47:17He didn't keep his promise to you.
00:47:19What?
00:47:20He must be going through.
00:47:22Don wouldn't lie to me about a thing like this.
00:47:24He left my office to give himself up.
00:47:27And unless he had been forcibly detained, he would have done so.
00:47:31I looked everywhere I ever heard him mention.
00:47:34No one had seen him today.
00:47:37If only I knew where Vic Brady left.
00:47:40He won't be showing his face around here, either.
00:47:43The inspector may take me.
00:47:44He knows that I helped Don this morning.
00:47:47And he wasn't happy about my actions.
00:47:49Maybe if I talk to the inspector.
00:47:51No, that's no good.
00:47:53Because as he said to me, I am an accessory after the fact.
00:47:57But, but your practice...
00:47:59It'll be ruined.
00:48:00He didn't.
00:48:01Oh, Don.
00:48:03Don.
00:48:04How could he do such a thing?
00:48:06My life means little to me now.
00:48:08It's Don that we must think of.
00:48:11He didn't think much of us.
00:48:13But we must think of him.
00:48:23Yes.
00:48:24Yes, this is Dr. Greger.
00:48:27Who?
00:48:29Yes, yes, I understand.
00:48:31I...
00:48:33But I must have assistance.
00:48:35This thing is a physical impossibility to do by myself.
00:48:39I...
00:48:40All right.
00:48:42Seven o'clock this evening.
00:48:44Yes.
00:48:46Yes, yes.
00:48:47Goodbye.
00:48:49Who was it, Father?
00:48:50That's Brady.
00:48:50He's got Don.
00:48:51He gave me an address.
00:48:53I have to be there at seven o'clock this evening.
00:48:55I'm going to call Inspector Johns right away.
00:48:57No.
00:48:58No, Brady says he'll kill Don if we notify the police.
00:49:01So this time we've got to play the game his way.
00:49:08Marilyn.
00:49:11Do you remember your nurse's training?
00:49:19Bob, why don't you do your shaving at home?
00:49:22Well, if I hold long enough to do it.
00:49:23Yeah, you got a point there.
00:49:25There he was, Inspector.
00:49:27Right in our hands.
00:49:27We didn't get him.
00:49:28And I think the doctor was only doing what he thought was right.
00:49:31You going to bring him in?
00:49:32Well, perhaps later.
00:49:33He's not the type to run out.
00:49:34Have you found out anything more about where Brady is staying?
00:49:37Yeah, he hasn't been back to his apartment in three days.
00:49:40I've got some men stationed around there and some others following up some new leads.
00:49:43He's covered his tracks pretty well.
00:49:45Well, what about the woman angle?
00:49:46If there is one, he's kept it pretty far in the background.
00:49:49It isn't going to be as easy as we think.
00:49:51Well, I didn't think it was going to be easy.
00:49:53Bob, since it's nighttime and technically you're off duty,
00:49:57why don't you hop in that new used car of yours and take a run out to the Gregor home?
00:50:01You know, she's a mighty pretty girl.
00:50:03Funny you mention it.
00:50:04I was just thinking about her.
00:50:05Mental telepathy.
00:50:06Go on, get out there and have a look around.
00:50:09You think he might be hiding out there?
00:50:10Oh, he's too smart for that, but he might try to contact them.
00:50:13I'm sure the doctor will tell you if he has.
00:50:15And as I said, she's a mighty pretty girl.
00:50:18Blondes have always been my weakness.
00:50:20Go on, get started.
00:50:22And Bob, being a pretty girl, don't take any chances.
00:50:25Don Gregor is a killer.
00:50:27Okay, Inspector.
00:51:17Hello, Mr. Gregor.
00:51:19Oh, Lieutenant Lund.
00:51:20I just thought I'd drop by.
00:51:22Have you heard from Don?
00:51:23We'd have called you if we had.
00:51:25Well, do you mind if I stop in a minute?
00:51:26As a matter of fact, I do mind.
00:51:28I have to go out and I'm already late.
00:51:30Well, that's too bad.
00:51:31I thought I could be of some health.
00:51:32Health.
00:51:33By involving my father in this.
00:51:35Miss Gregor, if you just stopped to realize,
00:51:38you'd see that it wasn't the police that's involving your father.
00:51:40Good night, Lieutenant Lawrence.
00:52:09Who was that?
00:52:10Oh, no one.
00:52:11No?
00:52:12Are we ready?
00:52:13Yes.
00:52:14Oh, I've forgotten my purse.
00:52:15You go ahead to the car, Father.
00:52:17I'll be right along.
00:52:18Right.
00:52:46I'll be right along.
00:52:50Oh, my God.
00:53:20Oh, my God.
00:53:55Oh, my God.
00:53:55Who is it?
00:53:56This is Dr. Grigor.
00:53:58Oh, come in.
00:54:07I thought I told you to come alone.
00:54:10My daughter is a nurse.
00:54:12I need her assistance.
00:54:14Okay.
00:54:15But I don't like my orders disobeyed.
00:54:18My daughter is just as concerned over the life of my son as I am.
00:54:22I need trained assistance.
00:54:24My daughter is that assistance.
00:54:26And if it's going to be done, she will help.
00:54:28If not, then your life is in your own hands.
00:54:31Oh, come on, Vic.
00:54:32Calm down.
00:54:33She's his sister.
00:54:34She's not going to do anything out of line.
00:54:36Yeah, maybe you're right.
00:54:38Sure I am.
00:54:39Shut up, you.
00:54:40Okay, Doc.
00:54:41What do we do?
00:54:42I'll show you.
00:54:43I'll show you.
00:54:45Take off your shirt.
00:54:47And your shoes.
00:54:49And stretch out on this couch.
00:54:59You know, this can be a very dangerous operation.
00:55:02Done in such a crude manner.
00:55:05Doc, I've got little chance this way.
00:55:07I got a better chance the other.
00:55:09You're going to give me a completely new face.
00:55:12With a new face, nobody could ever identify me as having been near that theater.
00:55:16It would be like a new life to me.
00:55:18So let's get going.
00:55:19What do I do?
00:55:21All right.
00:55:39What's that for?
00:55:40To put you to sleep.
00:55:42I'm ready for your tricks.
00:55:44Well, you couldn't withstand the pain or stay rigid as you must.
00:55:47If you were awake.
00:55:49Oh, Vick, honey.
00:55:50Do what the doctor says.
00:55:51Shut up, you.
00:55:54Okay.
00:55:55So I've got to go to sleep.
00:55:58Keep the gun on them.
00:55:59One false move and you let them have it.
00:56:01Get me?
00:56:02Yeah, yeah.
00:56:03Sure, Vick.
00:56:04You'll be all right.
00:56:05I'll see to that.
00:56:07You hear that, Doc?
00:56:08She'll do it, too.
00:56:10Further than that, you don't know where your son is.
00:56:13I do.
00:56:14If those that are holding him don't hear from me by morning, you'll never see him alive again.
00:56:20I understand.
00:56:22And I promise you that no harm will befall you if you will do as I tell you.
00:56:28And, Doc, don't forget, it's your son that's wanted for murder, not me.
00:56:35Let's get on with it.
00:56:37All right.
00:56:38Lie down.
00:56:39Just be careful, Doc.
00:56:54Keep track of his pulse while I'm gone.
00:56:57You're not going anyplace.
00:56:58I'm going to the kitchen to get some hot water.
00:57:01I guess that's okay.
00:57:02I assure you that it is quite necessary.
00:57:05Go ahead.
00:57:05I'll be right behind you.
00:57:06That won't be necessary.
00:57:07The telephone is in this room.
00:57:09I can go nowhere.
00:57:11I can do nothing.
00:57:12Okay.
00:57:13Go ahead.
00:57:47Why don't you put that gun down?
00:57:50My father isn't going to do anything.
00:57:52He loves his son too much.
00:57:55Vic told me not to take any chances.
00:57:57And that's just what I'm going to do.
00:58:00Where is your father?
00:58:01He's been gone long enough to get ten basins of water.
00:58:17My father knows what he's doing.
00:58:19That's more than I think you do.
00:58:22I'll overlook that remark because you're needed here.
00:58:24But when this thing is finished, I'm off what's the use.
00:58:28Why don't you relax?
00:58:30Relax?
00:58:31Listen you, I love that man.
00:58:33And I'm not taking any chances.
00:58:36Love.
00:58:37I don't think you know what love means.
00:58:40If you did, you wouldn't feel that way about a cheap gunman like Vic Brady.
00:58:45Cheap?
00:58:47Cheap?
00:58:48Take a look at this place, sweetheart.
00:58:50Does this stuff look cheap to you?
00:58:52There's not a cheap bone in his body.
00:59:16So where will it all end?
00:59:18What are you going to do in a couple of years when that pretty face is gone?
00:59:22I'll worry about that when the time comes.
00:59:24You'd better, because he won't.
00:59:27He doesn't strike me as the sweet and gentle type.
00:59:31Oh, he does get rough once in a while.
00:59:34I did leave him once.
00:59:35But you came back?
00:59:37On the first bus.
00:59:39Why?
00:59:40I told you.
00:59:41I'm in love with him.
00:59:43Take it or leave it.
00:59:44If I were you, I'd leave it.
00:59:52I had a hard time finding a basin.
01:00:00Be careful, Doc.
01:00:03I'll have to kill him while I have the chance.
01:00:05That's dangerous talk, Doc.
01:00:07Remember your son's life.
01:00:09Yes.
01:00:10My...
01:00:10My son's life.
01:00:18Now, will you bring me some clean sheets?
01:00:26There.
01:00:28It is done.
01:00:31Thank goodness I couldn't have taken much more of that.
01:00:35He made his face look like raw meat.
01:00:38It will heal in very short order.
01:00:41The dye will change the color of his hair.
01:00:43And he will be an entirely different man.
01:00:46By the time the healing is complete.
01:00:50Now, I suppose you'd like to carry out the balance of your orders?
01:00:55For instance?
01:00:56Tell us now that the surgery is finished.
01:00:59Nothing personal, Doc.
01:01:00It's Brady's orders.
01:01:02That isn't a very smart move.
01:01:04You know, infection can set in.
01:01:07And who would he go to if he didn't come to me?
01:01:10Well, my daughter and I are leaving now.
01:01:13He will awaken shortly.
01:01:15And when he does,
01:01:17I want you to be sure and tell him to come to my home in two weeks.
01:01:20At which time, we will remove the bandages.
01:01:25I will leave this solution with you,
01:01:27with which to bathe the bandages.
01:01:31You will merely follow instructions.
01:01:34You have my son, as you say.
01:01:36Our lips are sealed for the crime we have performed,
01:01:39as well as for his crimes.
01:01:41But someday you're going to get caught.
01:01:50Be sure and send him to come to my home in two weeks.
01:01:54His life will depend on it.
01:01:57I don't know.
01:01:59Vic said...
01:02:00Young woman, you have no choice.
01:02:03Come, Marilyn.
01:02:11You know, it's too quiet around here.
01:02:13Even the commissioner's been off my neck for a whole week.
01:02:16I wonder where those two could have gone.
01:02:18Nowadays, people don't just simply fade from the earth without leaving some trace.
01:02:23Two weeks is a long time.
01:02:24It's too long.
01:02:25I wonder where the doctor could have gone.
01:02:27His daughter said he's resting out of town.
01:02:30She said he'll be back today.
01:02:31I wonder if he found Don.
01:02:32I wonder if he's with him.
01:02:34You better get some doubts about that good doctor.
01:02:36No, not the way you think.
01:02:38But I do feel the two weeks is too long.
01:02:40Maybe we better get out to the Gregor house.
01:02:43I'm glad.
01:02:46Inspector Johns.
01:02:48Well, speak of the devil.
01:02:50Yes, doctor.
01:02:52Yes, we've missed you of late.
01:02:54Tonight?
01:02:55Why, yes, yes, we can get out there, doctor.
01:02:58All right, we'll see you later.
01:03:01Sit down, Bob.
01:03:03We'll get out to the Gregor house a little later.
01:03:06I wonder what the old boy wants.
01:03:11I don't like it.
01:03:12I tell you that doctor's got something up his sleeve.
01:03:15You've got to go.
01:03:16I don't need you to tell me that.
01:03:18What could he have planned?
01:03:20He knows we have Don.
01:03:22He doesn't know Don's already at the bottom of the river.
01:03:25He'd be too afraid to try anything.
01:03:27But if he does, how could he or anyone else ever prove you were Vic Brady?
01:03:31He could say that he did the operation that destroyed Vic Brady.
01:03:34How could he prove it?
01:03:37I don't know.
01:03:38Maybe you're right.
01:03:41It's foolproof.
01:03:42Why, with a new face nobody could ever tell I was Vic Brady.
01:03:48When these wrappings come off tonight, baby, we're gonna blow this town for good.
01:03:53South America, the foreign countries.
01:03:55I will live like kings.
01:03:57Anything you want for the rest of our lives.
01:04:03I hope he made me a real nice face.
01:04:07The one I used to have, I got used to it.
01:04:10I liked it.
01:04:12He wouldn't dare mess up that job.
01:04:14I'd kill him and he knows it.
01:04:15Sure, honey.
01:04:16Bet he did real good.
01:04:18I might even slip him a grand or two if he did a good job.
01:04:21That won't be necessary.
01:04:23He'll have a different kind of fee this time.
01:04:25Yeah, sure.
01:04:28Come on, get dressed.
01:04:29It's about time to pay a call on the kindly old doctor.
01:04:47Excuse me, Carolyn.
01:04:58On time, Doc?
01:04:59You appear to be a man who is usually on time.
01:05:03You got it right, Doc.
01:05:05Let's get these Christmas wrappings off and see the presents you gave me.
01:05:08Keep your eye on them, honey.
01:05:11When do you release Don?
01:05:13Don?
01:05:14Oh, yeah.
01:05:16Just as soon as we leave here.
01:05:19How sure can I be?
01:05:20Why, Doc, you got my word for it.
01:05:23Now let's get with it.
01:05:24And, Doc, for your sake, I hope you made a good job.
01:05:29I know I made a good job.
01:05:32Marilyn, will you please get me the shears?
01:05:37Will you sit over here, please?
01:05:51You soaked the bandages as I told you?
01:05:53Of course.
01:05:55Then there should be nothing wrong.
01:06:00Oh, I see we have some other guests for this evening's unveiling.
01:06:03The cops.
01:06:06What are you up to now, Brady?
01:06:07Hold it.
01:06:07Hey!
01:06:08Brady!
01:06:09Brady.
01:06:11You got the wrong man, Copper.
01:06:14I don't know on him, Brady.
01:06:16What are you up to now, Brady?
01:06:17Copper, you got a surprise coming.
01:06:20I don't know who you think I am.
01:06:22But the doc here will tell you I'm just another one of his patients.
01:06:26who's behind those bandages doctor yeah doc what's behind these bandages show them a doctor's duty
01:06:35sometimes must be shown in strange ways first he has a loyalty to his patients
01:06:41then he has his loyalty to the law and still another loyalty to his own family i don't know
01:06:49who you police officers think this gentleman is but he is my husband a law-abiding citizen
01:06:54i'll have you reported for this we know one thing no matter who he is he's no gentleman
01:07:00i've taken enough of these insults take these wrappings off doc
01:07:06did you bring the scissors madeline
01:07:10here they are father thank you
01:07:17cut the gap doc and get busy show these guys i'm not who they think i am
01:07:32this man is not who you think he is
01:07:39be careful with those scissors doc my face is still tender
01:07:44and in need of a shave too i'll bet
01:08:10there
01:08:12it is done
01:08:15you see inspector that is not vick brady the man you expected
01:08:24you're right doctor it's not the man we expected
01:08:29see what did i tell you let anybody say they saw this face at the scene of any holdup
01:08:34come on coppers take a good look see if you can identify me as vick brady
01:08:40well
01:08:42then i take over here
01:08:45come in miss willis
01:08:51can you identify this man
01:08:52yes inspector
01:08:55that's the man that killed matt what are you all crazy look at me again
01:09:02the mirror please
01:09:05perhaps you'd better uh take a look yourself
01:09:20first
01:09:20no no no no
01:09:23this is my son
01:09:26the man who killed the police
01:09:28No!
01:10:03Come on!
01:10:29Come on!
01:10:58Come on!
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