Quicksand (1950) is a tense film noir directed by Irving Pichel, starring Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, and Jeanne Cagney.
The story follows Dan Brady, a young mechanic whose impulsive decision to “borrow” money sets off a chain of disastrous events. Each attempt to cover his tracks drags him deeper into crime, deceit, and desperation — like sinking into quicksand. With Rooney’s surprising turn in a darker role and Lorre’s sinister presence, Quicksand is a gripping tale of downfall and noir fatalism.
Film Details
Title: Quicksand
Year: 1950
Genre: Film Noir / Crime / Thriller
Director: Irving Pichel
Starring:
Mickey Rooney as Dan Brady
Jeanne Cagney as Vera Novak
Peter Lorre as Nick Dramoshag
Barbara Bates
Runtime: Approx. 79 minutes
Studio: United Artists
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
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The story follows Dan Brady, a young mechanic whose impulsive decision to “borrow” money sets off a chain of disastrous events. Each attempt to cover his tracks drags him deeper into crime, deceit, and desperation — like sinking into quicksand. With Rooney’s surprising turn in a darker role and Lorre’s sinister presence, Quicksand is a gripping tale of downfall and noir fatalism.
Film Details
Title: Quicksand
Year: 1950
Genre: Film Noir / Crime / Thriller
Director: Irving Pichel
Starring:
Mickey Rooney as Dan Brady
Jeanne Cagney as Vera Novak
Peter Lorre as Nick Dramoshag
Barbara Bates
Runtime: Approx. 79 minutes
Studio: United Artists
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
#Quicksand1950 #MickeyRooney #JeanneCagney #PeterLorre #FilmNoir #CrimeSpiral #1950sCinema #PettyTheftNoir #SantaMonicaPier #BlackAndWhiteFilm
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00:02:30How'd you know?
00:02:31We've heard the story a dozen times.
00:02:33A couple of dozen times.
00:02:35Hey, we better be getting back or old man Mackey will blow a fuse.
00:02:38Right. Here. That's for you.
00:02:43Hey.
00:02:51Some babe.
00:02:53Some babe.
00:02:58Yeah.
00:03:01Yeah.
00:03:14See you later, fellas.
00:03:16A little work to do.
00:03:23You new here, honey?
00:03:2665 out of a dollar.
00:03:28Time you get off tonight.
00:03:326.30?
00:03:337?
00:03:35Don't forget your change.
00:03:38I happen to have my autograph book here with me.
00:03:40Name and address.
00:03:42I'm afraid you've made a mistake.
00:03:45I don't come with the merchants much.
00:03:47Oh, now, don't be like that.
00:03:49I think you're wonderful.
00:03:51Anything wrong in that?
00:03:52No, but...
00:03:53Well, then how about you and me tonight, huh?
00:03:56I work tonight.
00:03:57Till when?
00:03:59Till 9.30.
00:04:01Do you like, uh...
00:04:02Do you like red nickels in his outfit?
00:04:04Yeah, I think they're great.
00:04:05They're playing over at the music bar on the pier.
00:04:07I thought he'd pick you up after 9.30 and...
00:04:09We'd go over and give them a listen, okay?
00:04:13Okay.
00:04:15See you tonight.
00:04:2275 out of 1.
00:04:25Hey, Chuck.
00:04:27I just remembered something.
00:04:32Remembered what?
00:04:33It's five days until payday and I'm flat busted.
00:04:36How are you holding?
00:04:38I'm fractured.
00:04:39Me too.
00:04:41Well, I gotta figure out some way to get some Gitas,
00:04:43or how else am I gonna take that gorgeous creature out to the music bar?
00:04:47Why don't you ask old man Mackey for it in advance?
00:04:49Oh, that old guy, he wouldn't give you the sweat off his glasses.
00:04:53Yeah.
00:04:53He's sure a mean old buzzard.
00:04:56Hey, buzzard, I'm glad you said that.
00:04:58Buzz Larson owes me 20 bucks.
00:04:59Why don't you call him up down at the dock?
00:05:01My friend, you have just read my mind.
00:05:20Hello, is Buzz Larson there, please?
00:05:23Oh, hello, Buzz.
00:05:24Hi, boy, this is Danny.
00:05:27Listen, uh,
00:05:29would you let me have that 20 bucks you owe me?
00:05:32Oh.
00:05:33That's swell.
00:05:34Believe me, you're a lifesaver.
00:05:37I'll be down tonight and pick it up.
00:05:40Huh?
00:05:41Tomorrow?
00:05:42Oh, wait a minute.
00:05:43Boy, I...
00:05:45I need it right away.
00:05:49You don't get paid until tomorrow.
00:05:52Well,
00:05:54I understand, sure.
00:05:57Okay, all right, thanks anyway, kid.
00:06:00Bye.
00:06:02Who left that light on in the washroom?
00:06:05Not me.
00:06:06Well, it was one of you fellas.
00:06:07You're all alike.
00:06:07You don't care what you do with my money.
00:06:09You think I own stock in the power company?
00:06:23Well, she said to me,
00:06:25I want to speak with the supervisor.
00:06:26So I said,
00:06:27one moment, please.
00:06:29And then I said,
00:06:31yes,
00:06:32this is the supervisor speaking.
00:06:35Helen Colgan,
00:06:36are you listening to me?
00:06:37Yeah.
00:06:38I don't think you've heard one word.
00:06:40You just seem to be walking around in a dream lately.
00:06:43Oh,
00:06:44Millie,
00:06:45I think I'll say goodbye to you here.
00:06:46There's,
00:06:46there's some things I have to get.
00:06:48What things?
00:06:49Where?
00:06:50Oh,
00:06:51just a thing.
00:06:52Over on State Street.
00:06:54I know where you're going, Helen.
00:06:55And you're making a big mistake.
00:06:57If he wants to see you,
00:06:58he knows your telephone number.
00:07:00I know,
00:07:01but I,
00:07:01but nothing.
00:07:02You're making a fool of yourself.
00:07:04I suppose I am.
00:07:06Goodbye.
00:07:13Well,
00:07:13when you need it,
00:07:14uh,
00:07:15fast sometimes,
00:07:16you,
00:07:16you haven't got time.
00:07:17A lighter.
00:07:18What?
00:07:18A standard lighter.
00:07:20Yeah.
00:07:20Okay.
00:07:20No,
00:07:21no,
00:07:21not you,
00:07:21Red.
00:07:23Yeah,
00:07:24sure.
00:07:25Well,
00:07:25if you haven't got it,
00:07:26you can't lend it,
00:07:27can you?
00:07:28Yeah.
00:07:29All right.
00:07:31Thanks a lot.
00:07:31Bye.
00:07:32Did you reach Buzz?
00:07:33Yeah,
00:07:33I called him,
00:07:34Ray Pearson,
00:07:34Jimmy Cook,
00:07:35all of them.
00:07:35None of them had it.
00:07:36Too bad.
00:07:36Dollar three.
00:07:37Exact change.
00:07:39There you go.
00:07:58Nobody checks my cash
00:07:59except this once-a-week bookkeeper,
00:08:01and he don't come around
00:08:01until Thursday.
00:08:02I could put it back
00:08:03before Thursday.
00:08:04I could put it back tomorrow.
00:08:05as soon as I get
00:08:06that 20 bucks
00:08:07from Buzz.
00:08:33Ben.
00:08:35I could put it back before Thursday.
00:08:37I could put it back before Thursday.
00:08:37Hello, Danny. This is a surprise.
00:08:40Yeah. How's every little thing?
00:08:43Just fine.
00:08:44That's good.
00:08:45Well, I'll see you later, huh?
00:08:48Have you been dancing lately?
00:08:49Yeah, I went last Saturday.
00:08:53Do you ever go hiking anymore?
00:08:55Once in a while.
00:08:57Do you remember the Sunday we hiked up Pioneer Canyon?
00:08:59Yeah.
00:09:00Didn't we have fun?
00:09:01Yeah, lots of fun.
00:09:05Well, Danny, will you give me a ring sometime?
00:09:07Sure, I'll give you a ring. We'll get together real soon.
00:09:11I'll see you later. I'll give you a ring soon.
00:09:45Taxi lady?
00:09:47Where's your meter?
00:09:50I'll figure out the fare as we go along.
00:09:54You might overcharge me.
00:09:56I might at that.
00:09:58Hop in, honey.
00:10:01Where'd you like to go?
00:10:03Uh...
00:10:04Let's go downtown.
00:10:05Window shopping.
00:10:06How dull can you get?
00:10:09Well, that's what I want to do.
00:10:12We can, uh...
00:10:13We can do something else later.
00:10:17You have a deal, honey.
00:10:33It's still here.
00:10:35Nice-looking coat.
00:10:36Thought they'd suck you at least a thousand bucks for a coat like that.
00:10:39Are you kidding?
00:10:40Why, that's mink.
00:10:42It's a bargain at two thousand.
00:10:45Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in your life?
00:10:48Well, it's not bad.
00:10:49Are you thinking on buying it?
00:10:52I want that coat.
00:10:54And I'm gonna get it.
00:10:56For two thousand dollars?
00:10:58For whatever it takes.
00:11:00Say, wait a minute.
00:11:01You...
00:11:02You really do want it, don't you?
00:11:04You bet I do.
00:11:12Are you kidding?
00:11:14Wait a minute, where are they?
00:11:15Huh?
00:11:15Ah, they're blue.
00:11:17Uh-uh.
00:11:17Brown.
00:11:18Ah, but there's blues in your big brown eyes.
00:11:21Oh, you sing, too.
00:11:23Only for you, honey.
00:11:25Shall we go?
00:11:31Closed Mondays.
00:11:32How do you like that?
00:11:34Are you sure you didn't happen to know it was closed when you invited me?
00:11:37Oh, wait a minute.
00:11:38Would I do a thing like that?
00:11:39I'll take any place you want to go.
00:11:41Name it, you can have it.
00:11:44All right.
00:11:46All right.
00:11:48I know a place where I'd like to go.
00:12:03I'll do it.
00:12:03You silly monster.
00:12:05Get out of here!
00:12:06Cut that, you silly monster!
00:12:08You hear me?
00:12:09I'll save you all the trouble of growing up, you man.
00:12:13What's the matter?
00:12:17Cut that out. You want to break the machine?
00:12:19Hello, Nick.
00:12:22Oh, it's you.
00:12:24Give me a nickel, Danny. I'll show you how to beat this game.
00:12:37Wait a minute.
00:12:42One ball.
00:12:44Hey, Nick! Pay me!
00:12:45I hit the jackpot.
00:12:47Here.
00:12:54That's all for you.
00:12:56Hey, wait a minute.
00:13:00Go ahead, honey. Play it as much as you want.
00:13:03Take it easy, Danny.
00:13:04I can handle Nick myself.
00:13:08I used to work here.
00:13:10Didn't I, Nick?
00:13:11Yeah.
00:13:13To come back, huh?
00:13:16Still in the window, Nick.
00:13:18I saw it yesterday.
00:13:19Are you crazy?
00:13:20Who do you think I am? A millionaire?
00:13:23What's going on here?
00:13:26Oh, let's skip it.
00:13:27Come on, we'll have our pictures taken.
00:13:29Come on.
00:13:32See you later, Nick.
00:13:34Who goes first?
00:13:35We both go.
00:13:49What do you want?
00:13:50Give me half a buck's worth of nickels.
00:13:53Okay, Admiral.
00:14:05Now what do you want?
00:14:06There's only nine nickels there, buddy.
00:14:07Yeah.
00:14:09Who is cheating who?
00:14:11What?
00:14:11Look, you got your nickel, haven't you?
00:14:14Hit the road.
00:14:27Why, hello, Nick.
00:14:28Look, I've got rules in this house.
00:14:30That goes for you, too.
00:14:32If you want to pull that kind of stuff, go somewhere else.
00:14:35Come on, beat it. Beat it.
00:14:42Come on, Vera, let's get out of this crummy joint.
00:14:52Goodbye, Nick.
00:15:31See that big star right there?
00:15:33Yeah.
00:15:35That's Beetlejurs.
00:15:37Who?
00:15:39Beetlejurs.
00:15:40Beetlejurs, Dave used to call it.
00:15:42Dave?
00:15:44Who's Dave?
00:15:46Oh, fella I used to know.
00:15:48He taught me the names of all the stars.
00:15:50You know, I never saw a star until I was 16.
00:15:53How come?
00:15:58I was raised in Steel Town, West Virginia,
00:16:00and you couldn't see the sky for the smoke.
00:16:02So I ran away.
00:16:04Funny, I ran away from home, too.
00:16:06That was a long, long time ago.
00:16:11I, uh...
00:16:12What did you do after you ran away from home?
00:16:14Oh, I was a car hop for a while.
00:16:16Waitress in a beer joint.
00:16:18Clerked in a five and ten.
00:16:20Cashiered in a coffee shop.
00:16:23It's not what you run away to, it's what you run away from.
00:16:25I ran away from a farm and the belt the old man used to whip me with.
00:16:29That old man was sure free without the belt.
00:16:31Oh, I ran away from a lot of things.
00:16:34Mom getting drunk all the time and never having any decent clothes to wear and...
00:16:39And the boarders.
00:16:40Especially those boarders.
00:16:42They wouldn't leave me alone.
00:16:44Must have been tough.
00:16:47I learned to handle them after a while.
00:16:51Think you could handle me?
00:16:53Sure.
00:16:58I can handle you easy.
00:17:01Yeah?
00:17:11Hello, is Buzz there?
00:17:14He what?
00:17:17Took a fishing party. When will he be back?
00:17:21No...
00:17:21No, no, no, never mind. I'll...
00:17:24All right, I'll call him later.
00:17:25Bye.
00:17:34The bookkeeper.
00:17:35What's he doing here two days ahead of time?
00:17:37If he finds out, I'm sure he'll tell the old man.
00:17:40The old man's mean enough to send a guy to jail just for laughs.
00:17:43I gotta get 20 bucks in a hurry.
00:17:49How about that salary loan outfit?
00:17:52The one that's always yakking on the radio.
00:17:53Walk in with an honest face, walk out with a pocket full of dough.
00:17:59Eh, I must have walked in with the wrong face.
00:18:02Couple of days to check my references.
00:18:04I haven't got any references and I haven't got a couple of days.
00:18:14But with a lot of days.
00:18:20It just goes for you to bullshit.
00:18:22No, I know.
00:18:24I don't want to see.
00:18:24What's that list?
00:18:30I doubt it.
00:18:30I'm sorry for that.
00:18:31I'm sorry, sir.
00:18:32I mean, I don't want to hear that.
00:18:32I'm sorry.
00:18:40Is this a little one?
00:18:46Can I have it for a dollar down, like it says in the window?
00:18:49As soon as we check up on your credit.
00:18:52Credit?
00:18:52Oh.
00:18:54I can't wait that long.
00:18:55Oh, wait a minute.
00:18:56You got a charge account in town?
00:18:59No.
00:19:01Yes, yes, I have.
00:19:02At the hub.
00:19:03At the hub where I buy my clothes.
00:19:05I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:19:06I'll call that credit manager, and if he says you're okay, you can take the watch right with you.
00:19:11Okay?
00:19:11Now, there, let's get it on and show you what it looks like.
00:19:19How much could you let me have on this ticker?
00:19:27$30 do you any good?
00:19:29$30 will be fine.
00:19:39Any better than last week?
00:19:40I don't know yet, Mr. Mackey.
00:19:42I'll let you know.
00:19:43Well, about that other matter.
00:19:45See if you can't find a way to make it a business deduction.
00:19:47I'll think about it, Mr. Mackey.
00:19:59Hi, George.
00:20:01Hi, Dan.
00:20:02You're, uh, here kind of early this week, aren't you?
00:20:05The old man sent for me.
00:20:07The old man sent for me, had some tax reports for me to get out.
00:20:09Oh.
00:20:11And I figured as long as I was here, I'd get my Thursday work done.
00:20:17Say, Dan, I just checked the register, and it's $20 short.
00:20:24Well, maybe you could have made a mistake or something.
00:20:27No, I checked it twice.
00:20:30Well, you know, sometimes the money gets stuck in the money sack down there.
00:20:41Yeah, yeah, here it is.
00:20:43See?
00:20:45But I looked in the money sack.
00:20:48Just didn't look good enough.
00:21:03Can I do anything for you, sir?
00:21:05You're down, Brady.
00:21:06Yeah.
00:21:12I'm Moriarty.
00:21:14California Investigation Service.
00:21:17You bought a watch yesterday at Jay's Jewelers, didn't you?
00:21:21Yeah, yeah, I did.
00:21:22And took it straight to Uncle John's and hocked it.
00:21:25Well, what if I did?
00:21:27Don't play dumb.
00:21:28Why would you buy a watch for $100 and hock it the same day for $30?
00:21:33Well, I...
00:21:33Because you don't intend to pay the $100, that's why.
00:21:36Now, wait a minute.
00:21:36Don't holler before you're hurt, pal.
00:21:38I signed up to pay that thing $10 a month, and when the month's up, I'll pay him the $10.
00:21:41Oh, no, you won't.
00:21:43Because Jay Jewelers don't think you're going to be here when the month's up.
00:21:45They think you're going to skip town.
00:21:48So you'll pay up now, or Jay's going to swear out a warrant.
00:21:52Warrant?
00:21:53Warrant for what?
00:21:54I'll give it to you in words of one syllable, my friend.
00:21:58When you buy something on the installment plan, you sign what they call a conditional sales contract.
00:22:02Yeah?
00:22:03This contract says that the watch, the radio, or the easy chair don't belong to you until you make your
00:22:08last payment.
00:22:09It says that if you sell, mortgage, or hock, something you don't own yet, you're guilty of larceny.
00:22:16And a $100 watch is grand larceny.
00:22:19That's three years in the penitentiary in this state.
00:22:22Oh, you...
00:22:24You're kidding me, aren't you?
00:22:25Kidding?
00:22:25Me?
00:22:27Not in your life.
00:22:29You signed a contract like this, didn't you?
00:22:32Yeah, I did.
00:22:33Read what it says right there.
00:22:37Debt is payable.
00:22:38Within 24 hours, our charges will be bought.
00:22:43Well, look, I, uh, I can't get a hold of a hundred bucks, something just like that, right away.
00:22:48Well, you better dig it up somewhere.
00:22:56Because if you don't pay up by noon tomorrow, a little man's going to call on you with a big
00:23:00warrant.
00:23:09That's all, brother.
00:23:10Until noon tomorrow.
00:23:20Hey, Chuck.
00:23:21Yeah?
00:23:22What does a guy do when he...
00:23:25when he needs lots of dough?
00:23:27Me?
00:23:27I usually honk my watch.
00:23:33It's a great idea.
00:23:41Maybe I can get some dough on my jalopy.
00:23:43I wonder how much they'll give me for it.
00:23:53Ah, no dice.
00:23:54What good is 300 bucks?
00:23:56I still owe the finance company 350.
00:24:12If I had passed eight, I'd tried everything I could think of, and I still hadn't raised a hundred dollars.
00:24:16I hadn't raised a buck and a quarter.
00:24:19So I threw in the towel and headed for Phil's place to knock off a couple of beers.
00:24:35The longer I sat on that silly stool, the more I felt like slugging somebody.
00:24:39I could have socked old man Mackey for being so tight.
00:24:42Or the guy in the jewelry store for sending Moriarty after me.
00:24:45But the fellow standing next to me at the bar, because he had money in his pocket and I didn't.
00:24:51I'm going to say how are you, Phil, Nick?
00:24:54360, shorty.
00:24:56Okay.
00:24:56I've got to get home before the old lady chaps my ears off.
00:25:01Haven't you got something smaller?
00:25:02This one's a 50.
00:25:03Oh, this is?
00:25:04How's this one?
00:25:06It's another 50.
00:25:07Here, let me look.
00:25:09There's a five right there on top.
00:25:12Oh, this one?
00:25:13Yeah.
00:25:15Just keep it safe.
00:25:16I've got to get home before the old lady slaps me down.
00:25:22Who?
00:25:24Your wife.
00:25:25Oh, yeah.
00:25:26Yeah, the old lady.
00:25:28Good night, fellasie.
00:25:29So long, shorty.
00:25:30How's the joker like that rate all that dough?
00:25:32Shorty, he runs the bingo game.
00:25:34Do the suckers keep him happy?
00:25:36Another beer, Danny?
00:25:38No.
00:25:40It's all fine.
00:25:48Hi, Romy.
00:25:49How was things?
00:25:50Oh, sorry.
00:25:51How's the day?
00:25:52Okay.
00:25:58Oh, you're a nice boy.
00:25:59Let me tell you a fortune.
00:26:01Maybe you've got feet.
00:26:02Wonderly.
00:26:03Maybe a little over you.
00:26:04Oh, don't fall on your fence, you jerk.
00:26:09I've been a mule, her name is hell.
00:26:13Fifty miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:18Work here in the middle.
00:26:21Oh, come on.
00:26:22Fifty miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:33He's a good old worker and a good old pal.
00:26:44Fifty miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:50Fifty miles on the Erie Canal.
00:26:51He's a good old worker and a good old pal.
00:26:56Fifty miles on the Erie Canal.
00:27:02Oh, dearie Canal.
00:27:03All right, reach.
00:27:04Reach.
00:27:05Come on.
00:27:05I'm not kidding you.
00:27:06Let's go.
00:27:09All right.
00:27:09Come on.
00:27:09In the back.
00:27:10Down on the floor.
00:27:10Hurry up.
00:27:10Let's go.
00:27:12Help!
00:27:13Help!
00:27:15Help!
00:27:19Help!
00:27:19Help!
00:27:20Help!
00:27:23Help!
00:27:24Help!
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00:27:29Help!
00:27:29Help!
00:27:29Help!
00:27:29Help!
00:27:30Help!
00:27:32Oh, my God.
00:27:45Come on.
00:27:46Oh, my God.
00:27:48Oh, my God.
00:27:48Oh, my God.
00:28:00It's time to see you.
00:28:00Hiya, chum. Long time, no see.
00:28:03Hiya, Millie.
00:28:04Oh, gee, Dad's wonderful to see you.
00:28:06Oh, what are we waiting for, huh?
00:28:08What's your hurry tonight? I never saw you run after anybody before.
00:28:12Oh, Millie, please.
00:28:14Say, take it easy. What's the rush?
00:28:16Nobody's chasing us.
00:28:21We've got all night, haven't we?
00:28:23Sure we have.
00:28:24Maybe you've got all night.
00:28:26Me and Helen, we've only got five minutes till the last show.
00:28:30Uh, Lodger's a general.
00:28:32Millie, I almost forgot. I've already seen this picture.
00:28:35I saw it when it was downtown at the Palace.
00:28:37But you said...
00:28:38Oh, I got it.
00:28:41You wouldn't mind if I went alone, would you?
00:28:43No, I wouldn't mind.
00:28:44I didn't think so.
00:28:45Goodbye, then. Bye.
00:28:48Gee, Dad, this is like old times.
00:28:51Yeah.
00:28:52Let's go on the roller coaster and the chutes and the dipper.
00:28:55Let's go on everything.
00:28:57All right.
00:29:05My knees were really shaking back there.
00:29:06I thought the cops had bust out of that alley any minute.
00:29:09Yeah, but now I'm in the clear.
00:29:11With heavy dough in my pocket.
00:29:12I can pay off that jewelry store and have enough left over to show Vera the biggest time she ever
00:29:16had.
00:29:18Vera.
00:29:19I've got a date with her tonight.
00:29:21I promised to meet her at Nick's place.
00:29:31What time is it?
00:29:32It's 25 to 10.
00:29:35Holy smoke.
00:29:35I promised to meet a guy a half hour ago.
00:29:38I'm kind of late.
00:29:39I'm sorry, kid.
00:29:39Can I walk you to the bus or something?
00:29:42You don't have to, Dan.
00:29:44I can get home by myself.
00:29:46I'll give you a ring and we'll get together sometime soon.
00:29:50I'll see you later, sir.
00:29:59Don't come back.
00:30:00I want my $50.
00:30:02Do me a favor, will you?
00:30:04Drop dead.
00:30:08Take your dirty hands off of me!
00:30:10Take your hands off of me!
00:30:12Don't you hear me!
00:30:14I don't like to be pushed around.
00:30:17I just don't...
00:30:18I got it!
00:30:19I got it!
00:30:20Get it!
00:30:20Get it!
00:30:21Get it!
00:30:21I'm sure you're...
00:30:33What's all this about $50?
00:30:35It wasn't a loan. It was a present.
00:30:38I don't want you taking $50 from a guy like this ever.
00:30:42Let's get out of here.
00:30:59Mother, I'm sure you're nervous.
00:30:59Let's go, Lord.
00:31:07Of course you're nervous.
00:31:08He's going to be running carefully.
00:31:09My fellow Americano-ministrator...
00:31:09I am not a woman.
00:31:09I am not a woman.
00:31:09I am not a woman.
00:31:09I am not that woman.
00:31:10I am not a woman.
00:31:11I have a woman.
00:31:11I am not a woman.
00:31:16We are in love.
00:31:24Wait, wait, two more of these.
00:31:29When are you going to tell me what we're celebrating?
00:31:31You're supposed to be celebrating something?
00:31:33Oh, got to be.
00:31:34Last night you were spending dollar bills and tonight it's 50s.
00:31:39I won it in a crap game.
00:31:42Sure it wasn't bingo.
00:31:44Two champagne cocktails.
00:31:48What do you mean bingo?
00:31:50Just thought you might have won it from Shorty McCabe.
00:31:55I'll give you that idea.
00:31:58Maybe it was Evelyn.
00:32:01Evelyn? Who's Evelyn?
00:32:04Bookkeeper in the movie house.
00:32:06She saw Shorty lose it in the auto park.
00:32:10What do you know about this?
00:32:14She just came into Nick's place to phone the cops.
00:32:16Cops? What'd she say?
00:32:18Vera, a long time no see. How about a dance?
00:32:21No thanks.
00:32:21Your boyfriend won't mind.
00:32:23No thanks.
00:32:24Can I buy you both a drink?
00:32:25No.
00:32:26Isn't there anything I can do for you?
00:32:27Yeah, blow.
00:32:29You hurt her.
00:32:35What'd she say?
00:32:36Danny.
00:32:40She said she saw the guy who did it with a handkerchief around his face.
00:32:45He took Shorty for his bankroll.
00:32:50Didn't he?
00:32:53How do I know?
00:32:56Just thought you might have heard about it.
00:33:00Anyhow, if it was me, and I'd won any $50 bills,
00:33:04I wouldn't go spending them around the pier.
00:33:07Yeah?
00:33:08Why not?
00:33:10Because everyone around here knows that Shorty carries $50s.
00:33:17Look, I don't know any guy named Shorty,
00:33:20and I won this dough in a crap game, see?
00:33:23Oh, now, sure you did.
00:33:24Sure you did, Danny.
00:33:26Let's spend some of it, huh?
00:33:28Yeah.
00:33:29That's more like it.
00:33:33Only,
00:33:35it won't spend the $50s.
00:33:37Louie.
00:33:42No.
00:33:44No, we won't spend the $50s.
00:33:56Maybe $100.
00:33:57There's $100.
00:33:58Here's your dough.
00:34:01There's your contract.
00:34:03So long, Brady.
00:34:04So long.
00:34:12Back A Motor.
00:34:14Who?
00:34:16This is him speaking.
00:34:20How'd I like to what?
00:34:23How'd you like to take a big jump off the pier?
00:34:25No, I don't like to take a jump off the pier.
00:34:28But you better come and see me or else.
00:34:31Or else what?
00:34:32Or else something is going to happen.
00:34:34To you.
00:34:36To you, Danny boy.
00:35:04What's on your mind, and it better be good.
00:35:05Oh, it's very good.
00:35:07You know, last night a prizefighter, a big prizefighter, he left something here.
00:35:12I picked it up.
00:35:13Picked it up where you left it.
00:35:15It's got a knot in it.
00:35:16You know, like, like you use for a mask or something.
00:35:19I don't know what you're talking about.
00:35:21No?
00:35:21No.
00:35:22But I'll take it just for luck.
00:35:23Sure, sure.
00:35:24You keep my handkerchief.
00:35:26I keep your handkerchief.
00:35:28Same knot.
00:35:29Only your handkerchief got blood on it.
00:35:32So what?
00:35:34Did you ever hear anybody say money talks?
00:35:38$50 bills.
00:35:39They talk very loud.
00:35:41Big bills.
00:35:42What do they say?
00:35:44It says, Shorty McCabe.
00:35:45Shorty McCabe.
00:35:47Yeah, that's what it says.
00:35:48Shorty McCabe.
00:35:49What's your angle?
00:35:50What are you trying to tell me?
00:35:52I'm telling you about a holdup.
00:35:54You see, Evelyn from the picture show, she...
00:35:57She saw the man get robbed.
00:35:59And she got a very good look at the guy who did it.
00:36:02She thinks you can identify him very easy.
00:36:05Nice girl.
00:36:06You want me to call you?
00:36:07Wait a minute.
00:36:08Put it down.
00:36:10If you're so sure that I was mixed up in this thing, why don't you call the cops?
00:36:13Cops?
00:36:14Oh, no.
00:36:16I'm a businessman.
00:36:17See, Danny boy, I...
00:36:18I think I can do business with you very nice.
00:36:21What kind of business do you think you could do with me?
00:36:24Automobile business.
00:36:25You get me a new car and...
00:36:27And I don't know nothing.
00:36:29Just nothing.
00:36:31A new car?
00:36:33I couldn't get a new car if I wanted to.
00:36:36Well, you can get a new car.
00:36:37Same way you got the $50 bill.
00:36:41Are you nuts?
00:36:42Nuts?
00:36:43Me?
00:36:45No, I don't think so.
00:36:50Davis.
00:36:51Yes?
00:36:54Here are the plates for the green sedan.
00:36:56See that it's ready for delivery in the morning.
00:36:59Yeah.
00:37:00Oh, and Davis.
00:37:01Look, let me catch you putting in 10 gallons of gas this time.
00:37:05Six is plenty.
00:37:07Yes, sir.
00:37:10There goes the last new car we'll have this month.
00:37:14I've got to get it tonight or blow town tomorrow.
00:37:17Even if I blow town, they'll probably catch up with me.
00:37:20Oh, boy, am I in a mess.
00:37:23Hey, Dan.
00:37:24Dan, I, uh...
00:37:26I was just thinking if, uh...
00:37:27I'm not going to take Helen out anymore, I...
00:37:29I thought maybe I'd give her a call sometime.
00:37:32Yeah, sure.
00:37:34Why don't you do that, Jack?
00:37:45Yeah, sure.
00:38:05Thanks, sir.
00:38:33Let's go.
00:38:39Hey, uh, hey, fella.
00:38:42This thing is stuck back here.
00:38:46Let's hear what it is.
00:38:48What's happening?
00:38:51It's the, uh, green sedan, the second in California Street.
00:38:54It's got license plates.
00:38:55Well, it's fine.
00:38:57Well, I promised you I know nothing.
00:38:59Absolutely nothing.
00:39:00Wait. What's the matter?
00:39:01I want the handkerchief.
00:39:03Yeah.
00:39:04Okay.
00:39:07You let go of this, and I'll let go of this.
00:39:08You let go of it, and I'll let go of it.
00:39:09Okay.
00:39:11What are you gonna do with the car?
00:39:13That's none of your business, Danny, boy.
00:39:15Well, I'll tell you, I...
00:39:17I sold it to a gambler friend of mine.
00:39:19He's driving it home to Nevada.
00:39:21Say that he does.
00:39:22I don't want it around town here.
00:39:23It's a lot to get me in the gym.
00:39:24Don't worry.
00:39:25He's going home tonight.
00:39:26No slip-ups.
00:39:27Okay.
00:39:28Okay.
00:39:29Come on.
00:39:30Let's go in.
00:39:31It's right.
00:39:31Let's take him down here.
00:39:54Come a sailey.
00:39:57I know who took that green sedan.
00:40:03You do?
00:40:05Yes. I can tell the police about it right this minute.
00:40:08But I don't know whether that would help me get back the car or not.
00:40:11Do you understand?
00:40:14No, I... I don't.
00:40:17I'm not interested in sending anybody to jail, Brady.
00:40:20I'm interested in getting back that car.
00:40:25I don't know why you're telling me all this, Mr. Mackey.
00:40:28Oh, yes, you do.
00:40:29An employee of this firm stole that sedan.
00:40:32And I happen to know who it is because it was seen.
00:40:37If you're trying to pin this thing on me, Mr. Mackey...
00:40:40Now, don't try to run any bluffs, Brady.
00:40:41How many times do I have to tell you that?
00:40:43You don't have to tell me anything.
00:40:44All you have to do is to get that car down here,
00:40:46parked out in front before I get down tomorrow.
00:40:50What if I haven't got it? What if I don't know where it is?
00:40:53But you did have it and you do know where it is.
00:40:55Well, I don't anymore!
00:40:59If you can't return the car, you'll have to pay for it.
00:41:03Three thousand dollars.
00:41:06Three thousand dollars?
00:41:08What?
00:41:09I'd only list for 1950.
00:41:11You don't think I'd sell to you at least?
00:41:12Three thousand dollars.
00:41:13Where would a guy like me get any dough like that?
00:41:15Almost everybody's got a family someplace.
00:41:18They're going to a lot of trouble to keep a man out of jail.
00:41:21Not much.
00:41:23Now, look.
00:41:23I'll give you 24 hours, Brady.
00:41:26I want the money or I want the automobile.
00:41:29Now, let me give you some warning.
00:41:31Don't you try to leave town.
00:41:46Three thousand dollars.
00:41:48It might as well have been three million.
00:41:50I tried to remember who could have seen me in the green sedan.
00:41:53Nobody'd known I had it except Nick.
00:41:55Nick!
00:41:56Maybe that was who told the old man.
00:41:58Nick hated me.
00:41:59He'd cut my throat for a nickel.
00:42:04Hey!
00:42:05What's the matter with you tonight?
00:42:07You look like you lost your last friend.
00:42:10How'd you like to go to Texas, honey?
00:42:12Right now, right away.
00:42:13Are you kidding?
00:42:14I'm on the level.
00:42:16Uh-huh.
00:42:18What's the matter with California?
00:42:20Weather getting too warm?
00:42:26I'll tell you about it later.
00:42:30So, I'm in a worse jam than ever.
00:42:32My boss is gonna throw me in the brig
00:42:34if I don't get a hold of three thousand bucks or else.
00:42:37Where am I gonna get a hold of three thousand bucks?
00:42:41I know where there's three or four thousand dollars.
00:42:45Yeah, in the First National Bank.
00:42:47No, not in any bank.
00:42:49But we can get at it.
00:42:50We can get at it easy.
00:42:52All you have to do is to break a little catch lock
00:42:54on a rickety old door.
00:42:56You could pry it open with your fingernails.
00:42:58Not with my fingernails.
00:43:00I'm in too deep already.
00:43:13This is the end of the month.
00:43:15That's when Nick keeps the money overnight.
00:43:17Nick?
00:43:18You mean Nick at the Penny Arcade?
00:43:19Uh-huh.
00:43:21There'll be thousands of dollars there tonight.
00:43:25What would Nick be doing with that kind of deal?
00:43:28He charges people for cashing checks.
00:43:30Today's a big payday.
00:43:32A lot of them will bring their checks in in the morning
00:43:34before the banks open.
00:43:36And he doesn't even have a safe.
00:43:38He hides it.
00:43:41I know where.
00:43:47It was Nick who got me into all this.
00:43:48Let Nick get you out.
00:43:51Then you won't have to go to Texas.
00:43:53You can stay here.
00:43:55With me.
00:43:57Wait a minute.
00:43:58What's the matter?
00:44:01Someone watching us from the house.
00:44:08It's only old Snoop.
00:44:10Who?
00:44:10The landlady.
00:44:12She's always looking for trouble.
00:44:14You know, I had a news program on the air the other night
00:44:16and she busted in and tried to tell me I had a man in my room.
00:44:21She's still watching us.
00:44:25Well, let's give her something to watch.
00:44:33Stay out here and look out for the watchman.
00:44:35If I see him coming, I'll honk the horn.
00:44:37Floor three times so I'll know it's you.
00:44:39All right, Danny.
00:44:41Good luck.
00:45:02Good luck.
00:45:20Bye-bye.
00:45:20Let me see you.
00:45:25Good luck.
00:45:31We're back.
00:45:41The windlass are going to go incredible.
00:48:31Let's get out of here, quick!
00:48:44Did you get the money?
00:48:44Yeah.
00:48:45I heard shooting.
00:48:46What happened?
00:48:46The night watchman saw me.
00:48:48Well, you took a big chance tonight and you got away with it.
00:48:51You ought to be tickled to death.
00:48:53Well, I'm not.
00:48:54I feel like I'm being shoved into a corner and if I don't get out soon, it'll be too late.
00:48:57Maybe it's too late already.
00:48:59But you can stop worrying.
00:49:00You're out right now.
00:49:01You've got the money in your pocket to pay your way out.
00:49:03Yeah.
00:49:04Yeah, that's right.
00:49:05I've got the money.
00:49:06That'll square everything.
00:49:07All right.
00:49:08I wonder how much there is.
00:49:10Feels like a lot.
00:49:12Let's take it up to my room and count it.
00:49:15All right.
00:49:33Pull down those shades.
00:49:44Five hundred in each of these packages.
00:49:46Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
00:49:51That's $3,500.
00:49:54Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten.
00:50:02That's thirty-six hundred and ten dollars.
00:50:04Yeah, that's a lot of dough.
00:50:06That's more money than I could make in a year working every day.
00:50:11That's the coppers.
00:50:16Just like I thought.
00:50:18What's the big idea?
00:50:18Who said you can come in?
00:50:20I have rules in this house.
00:50:21This is a clean, respectable place.
00:50:23Well, you've got no right in here.
00:50:24Now, get out.
00:50:25I don't allow no men in the rooms.
00:50:27Not in my house.
00:50:29And I am not leaving until he goes.
00:50:34You're leaving right now.
00:50:36Maybe you'd rather I'd call the cops.
00:50:38Why, you old bad-lackers!
00:50:39I've got it out, will you?
00:50:40We don't want any trouble, especially now.
00:50:42Yeah, but...
00:50:42Maybe I ought to go.
00:50:45You think you can take care of everything all right?
00:50:48Oh.
00:50:49Yeah, sure, Danny.
00:50:50Don't worry.
00:50:52I can take care of everything.
00:50:55I'll call you in the morning.
00:51:01I don't want any of your kind around here.
00:51:04When your rent's up, you can move out.
00:51:07Scram!
00:51:10Hello.
00:51:11Is Vera Novak there?
00:51:12Hey, you're going to wait that thing out today.
00:51:14Oh, this is her...
00:51:14Why don't you forget about it?
00:51:16She just...
00:51:16Wait a minute, will you please?
00:51:17Will you do me a favor and shut up, please?
00:51:19Sorry!
00:51:20Oh, this is her day off.
00:51:21She wouldn't be at the restaurant.
00:51:22Look, when she comes in,
00:51:23would you tell her to call Dan Brady at Mackey Motor?
00:51:25It's very important.
00:51:26As soon as she comes in.
00:51:26All right.
00:51:32Well, Brady.
00:51:33Well?
00:51:34I didn't see that green sedan
00:51:35when I came down this morning.
00:51:37No, you didn't, did you?
00:51:38Does that mean you can't get it back?
00:51:40Do you mean anything you want it to me?
00:51:41Well, then I assume you intend to pay for the car instead.
00:51:44Oh, do you?
00:51:45How long will it take you to get the money?
00:51:48I've got it already.
00:51:50Yeah?
00:51:50Yeah.
00:51:51Fine.
00:51:52Why don't you come right into the office?
00:51:53Well, I haven't got it on me.
00:51:54I have to pick it up tonight after work.
00:51:57I can bring it in the morning.
00:51:58Why wait till tomorrow?
00:52:00I'll come right back after dinner tonight.
00:52:01You can see me in the office then.
00:52:04Well, it might be,
00:52:06it might be 10 o'clock or so.
00:52:08It's all right, Brady.
00:52:09It's perfectly all right.
00:52:11See you tonight.
00:52:17Mackey Motor.
00:52:18Hello, Vera.
00:52:19Where have you been?
00:52:22Did you take care of everything all right?
00:52:26Good.
00:52:28Well, that's swell, baby.
00:52:29Look, I'll, uh,
00:52:30I'll be over and see you tonight
00:52:31as soon as I get off work,
00:52:32right after 6 o'clock.
00:52:34Goodbye.
00:52:34All right.
00:52:50Is that you, Danny?
00:52:51Yeah.
00:52:52Coming right in.
00:53:02Isn't it beautiful, Danny?
00:53:05Oh, Danny.
00:53:07Danny.
00:53:07I might never have had it
00:53:09if it hadn't been for you.
00:53:10Where'd you get the coat?
00:53:11I bought it.
00:53:12Bought it with what?
00:53:13With my share of the money.
00:53:16Here's your end.
00:53:18$1,800.
00:53:20You took half that door
00:53:21and bought a coat with it?
00:53:21Not just a coat, Danny.
00:53:23A mink coat.
00:53:24You sold me out.
00:53:25Oh, now, just a minute.
00:53:27Who told you where the money was?
00:53:28Who told you how to get it?
00:53:29Isn't that worth half?
00:53:30I can't use half.
00:53:31I need 3,000.
00:53:32Oh, don't be a chump.
00:53:33Nobody expects to get
00:53:34everything you ask for.
00:53:35Make him an offer.
00:53:37That's what I did.
00:53:37What you did?
00:53:38Sure.
00:53:39This coat cost $2,000.
00:53:41I told the furrier
00:53:42$1,800 was all I had
00:53:43and he could take it
00:53:44or leave it.
00:53:45He took it.
00:53:47Offer this to the old man.
00:53:49Tell him it's all
00:53:49you could raise.
00:53:50I bet anything he takes it.
00:54:28Well, Brady, I'm glad you're
00:54:30doing the sensible thing.
00:54:39There's only 1,800 here.
00:54:41That's right.
00:54:41Where's the rest of it?
00:54:43I couldn't dig it up.
00:54:44Take it or leave it.
00:54:48I'll take it.
00:55:00Get me the police station.
00:55:02What's the idea?
00:55:03I told you I'd forget about
00:55:04the whole thing for $3,000
00:55:06but not for 1,800.
00:55:09Now, if you've got the rest
00:55:10of it on you, you'd better
00:55:11pay me now before it's too late.
00:55:13Why, you dirty...
00:55:14Come on.
00:55:15Get away with me.
00:55:17Get tight.
00:55:19Get tight.
00:55:20I'll take it.
00:55:22I'll take it.
00:55:23I'll take it.
00:55:23I'll take it.
00:55:24I'll take it.
00:55:26Yes.
00:55:38I'll take it.
00:55:46I'll take it.
00:55:50I'll take it.
00:56:03I chiefs on the position
00:56:04fired me.
00:56:49Dan. Hey, Danny boy. Hi, Chuck. Hi, Ellen.
00:56:53Hey, Danny, I missed your quitting time tonight. I wanted to say goodbye.
00:56:56Goodbye? Yeah, I quit today. I'm through with that screwball, Maggie.
00:57:00I told you what he tried to pull on me, didn't I? No, no, you didn't.
00:57:02Well, you remember the night the sedan disappeared?
00:57:04Well, the next morning, he called me in his office and tried to tell me I swiped it.
00:57:08He said what?
00:57:09Like I'm telling you, he said I stole the car.
00:57:11Gave me a lot of hooey about somebody seeing me drive away.
00:57:15Wait a minute. I'm all mixed up. Let me get this thing straight.
00:57:16He said that he saw you drive that car away.
00:57:18And that ain't all. Yesterday, he called me in his office,
00:57:20and he had some screwy idea I should get 3,000 bucks for my old man to pay for the
00:57:24sedan.
00:57:24Now, how nuts can a guy get?
00:57:26He didn't know anything at all. He was just fishing around,
00:57:28putting the pressure on everybody, hoping something would turn up.
00:57:29Yeah, I should have let him have one talking to me like that.
00:57:32Some of these days, that old man is going to get his neck in a sling.
00:57:37Neck in a sling?
00:57:41Yeah.
00:57:42Yeah, he had it coming, though, didn't he?
00:57:44I was trying to outsmart everybody, but he got too smart.
00:57:47Yeah, he got so smart, he got his neck in a sling.
00:57:54Oh, daddy, daddy, what is it? What's the matter?
00:58:01I have a date here. I'm late already.
00:58:15Come in.
00:58:17Well, how'd it go?
00:58:18Did he take the money?
00:58:19Yeah, yeah, he took it.
00:58:20I told you he would.
00:58:21Pack your things, we got to get out of here.
00:58:23What are you talking about?
00:58:24He tried to call the cops, I had to stop him.
00:58:26Stop him?
00:58:28How?
00:58:29Never mind, pack your things.
00:58:30Stop clowning, Danny, how?
00:58:32I'm not clowning, he tried to call the cops.
00:58:33I had to take the phone away from him.
00:58:34He pulled a gun on me, I strangled him.
00:58:38On the level?
00:58:39On the level.
00:58:40Look, they won't find him until in the morning.
00:58:41By that time, we'll be halfway to Texas, baby.
00:58:43You'll be halfway to Texas, not me.
00:58:45But the cops will be after us.
00:58:47They won't be after me.
00:58:48I don't have to run away.
00:58:50Look, we're in this thing together.
00:58:51You told me to offer him the dough.
00:58:52I didn't tell you to kill him.
00:58:54And I wasn't there when it happened.
00:58:56So why should I stick my neck out now?
00:58:58What kind of a dame are you?
00:58:59The kind that watches out for herself.
00:59:02If I didn't, who would?
00:59:04Well, you don't care about anybody else, do you?
00:59:07Why, sure I do.
00:59:10Why, I wouldn't want to see anything happen to you, Danny.
00:59:14I certainly wouldn't want to see the cops catch you.
00:59:17Don't you think you'd better get started to Texas?
00:59:20I'll, uh, I'll kiss you goodbye if you want me to.
00:59:24Well, I would dirty my lips.
00:59:33One more flight.
00:59:48Miss Novak, some gentlemen to see you.
00:59:58You're Vera Novak?
01:00:00So what if I am?
01:00:02I've got something for you.
01:00:03Yeah?
01:00:04What is it?
01:00:05A search warrant.
01:00:11See what she's got in her purse, Smitty.
01:00:23You won't find him in there.
01:00:26I won't find who in there?
01:00:27You know who.
01:00:28Dan Brady.
01:00:30Oh, yeah.
01:00:30Dan Brady.
01:00:32Where will I find him?
01:00:33He's getting out of the state as fast as he can drive.
01:00:35Why aren't you getting out, too?
01:00:36I didn't have any part of it.
01:00:38I didn't even know him.
01:00:39You didn't know who?
01:00:43Say, are you trying to make me look like a fool?
01:00:45Mackie, of course.
01:00:47Mackie?
01:00:47Which Mackie is that?
01:00:48Oh, the one that ran the automobile agency.
01:00:51Ran?
01:00:52Well, he can't keep on running it now that he's dead, can he?
01:00:55Dead?
01:00:56Who's dead?
01:00:57Mackie, of course.
01:00:58Brady killed him.
01:00:58The girl didn't have any part of it.
01:01:00Where did it happen?
01:01:02You know where.
01:01:03At the automobile...
01:01:06Say.
01:01:07Are you trying to kid me?
01:01:09Sure.
01:01:11Maybe it's the other way around.
01:01:12Maybe you're trying to kid me.
01:01:14Why did you start spilling the minute I came in the door?
01:01:17Maybe it's because you wanted me to think your boyfriend had gone when he hadn't.
01:01:25How do I know he isn't still here?
01:01:30Why didn't you look under the couch?
01:01:32I don't suppose he'd be that near.
01:01:37Well, I didn't think he'd be that close.
01:01:44Smitty.
01:01:46Watch it.
01:01:57Where does a dame like you get a coat like this?
01:01:59I bought that coat with my own money. You take your dirty hands off it.
01:02:02I'll bet you did.
01:02:03I can prove it. I got a receipt.
01:02:06Here. Here.
01:02:11Alaska Furriers, 917 Main Street.
01:02:13Received of Vera Novak $1,800.
01:02:16Well, looks like Nick had the right hunch, Schmidt.
01:02:19Nick?
01:02:19What do you suppose brought us here?
01:02:21Last night somebody stole $3,600 of Nick's money and today you paid $1,800 for a fur coat.
01:02:26Looks like you and your boyfriend split Nick's bankroll right down the middle.
01:02:29I don't know what you're talking about. Give me back my coat.
01:02:32Don't worry about your coat, sister. We'll take it right with us.
01:02:34Bring her along, Schmidt. We'll check on Mackie on the way down to the station.
01:02:40Served you right, your hussy.
01:02:41You're up dead.
01:03:11I was like, oh, let's go back!
01:03:14I've got to get out of here, Susan.
01:03:15What is it, dear? Was it the hold-up in the auto park?
01:03:18What do you know about that hold-up?
01:03:19I saw you hiding in the alley that night.
01:03:21The night that Millie and I walked by.
01:03:23I couldn't see your features, but I knew that it was you.
01:03:26But then I thought maybe I was imagining things.
01:03:28You know how it is when you love someone.
01:03:30You think you see them 50 times a day.
01:03:32But a minute later you called my name and I turned around
01:03:34and there you were at the head of the alley.
01:03:37Then we heard about the hold-up in the auto park
01:03:39and I saw the look on your face.
01:03:41Is that all?
01:03:42That's all.
01:03:43Well, why don't you get out? Let me get started.
01:03:45I saw the police come out of the house with her.
01:03:47Are they after you two?
01:03:48What if they are? What business is yours?
01:03:50That I can help you.
01:03:51I can tell them you're with me all evening
01:03:52and you'll have an alibi.
01:03:54I don't get it. Why do you want to help me?
01:03:56When things were going my way,
01:03:56all I ever gave you was a run-around.
01:03:58Now that I'm in a jam, why...
01:03:59Why don't you get smart and stay away from me?
01:04:01I've been away from you too long and it isn't any good.
01:04:04Don't you think I know I'm dumb to throw myself
01:04:06at a guy that doesn't want me?
01:04:07Don't you think I know I'm a fool to stand on a street corner
01:04:10for an hour just waiting for you to come out of a door?
01:04:12I know all that, but I can't help it.
01:04:14I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, Ted.
01:04:18I'll drive you home.
01:04:23It's less than a week since Helen waited for me outside the garage.
01:04:27Have you been dancing lately, she said,
01:04:28and all I had to do was say,
01:04:29swell idea, let's go out tonight.
01:04:31If I'd have said that,
01:04:32I thought I wouldn't be running away from the cops tonight,
01:04:34with a murder hanging over my head.
01:04:43No, Dad, no.
01:04:48Hey, buddy, pull over to the curb.
01:05:07Let's take a look at your driver's license.
01:05:13Brady.
01:05:15Is that your name?
01:05:16Yes, sir.
01:05:18He went through a boulevard stop back there.
01:05:22Will you sign this?
01:05:25Yes.
01:05:31Take it easy.
01:05:34Yeah.
01:05:38Helen, you kept me from making an awful mistake.
01:05:40If you'll only take me with you, I can help you.
01:05:42I know I can.
01:05:42Let me lay it on the line.
01:05:45I'm gonna have to keep running.
01:05:46I'm gonna have to keep running all my life,
01:05:47because when they catch up with me,
01:05:48they're gonna hang me.
01:05:50For murder, I...
01:05:53I killed a man tonight.
01:05:55Start the con,
01:05:56then tell me how it happened.
01:06:01Telling her about it wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be.
01:06:04And it was Helen who came up with the idea of Mexico.
01:06:07We decided to head for an inland town like Hermosillo,
01:06:09where not many tourists come.
01:06:11A man could be safe for 50 years in a place like that.
01:06:16What's that?
01:06:18That's goodbye to Mexico.
01:06:31Oh, it's the main bearing.
01:06:33It'll take a couple of days to fix.
01:06:35Well, then we'll have to hitchhike.
01:06:36And get there by morning, we'd never make it.
01:06:37We have to make it.
01:06:41Oh, Helen, I've had the right girl all the time
01:06:43and was too dumb to know about it.
01:06:44If we ever get out of this thing...
01:06:46We're gonna get out of it.
01:06:47Yeah, but how?
01:06:49I've got an idea.
01:06:51Now, this is the baby that's gonna get us there.
01:06:52Well, what are you gonna do with that?
01:06:54Get us a lift, honey.
01:06:55A lift straight through to Mexico.
01:06:56Come on.
01:06:57Careful.
01:07:15Get in quick.
01:07:16Don't try any funny stuff.
01:07:17I don't wanna hurt you.
01:07:18All right.
01:07:19When the signal changes get going, turn south on the highway.
01:07:21Keep her under 50 and don't go through any red lights.
01:07:23You understand me?
01:07:40Can you ask me?
01:07:41May I ask where we're going?
01:07:43Just keep driving, you'll find out.
01:07:48I suppose you know what you're getting into.
01:07:51This isn't car theft. It's kidnapping.
01:07:54No one ask you. I don't want your advice.
01:07:55You hear me?
01:07:56Well, I happen to be a lawyer.
01:07:59Maybe you can keep your mouth shut, too.
01:08:00No, Dan. Let him talk. He might be able to help.
01:08:03She's right.
01:08:05Whatever it is you're running away from, this is worse.
01:08:08Kidnapping is a capital offense.
01:08:10They can hang you for it.
01:08:13What's the difference?
01:08:16You're going to hang me anyway.
01:08:19I just killed a man.
01:08:24How about the girl?
01:08:25You leave her out of it. She had nothing to do with it.
01:08:26Do you understand me?
01:08:28I believe that.
01:08:29But will the police?
01:08:32Look, son.
01:08:33I can see this girl means something to you.
01:08:36Why don't you tell me what happened?
01:08:38For her sake, she needs a lawyer sooner or later.
01:08:45Maybe you're right.
01:08:48If you're sure you could keep her in the clear.
01:08:51If she's innocent, you tell me the whole story.
01:08:54And it's the truth.
01:08:57Truth?
01:09:00I don't know where to begin.
01:09:02Start at the beginning.
01:09:06The guy was a lawyer.
01:09:08And maybe he could help Helen.
01:09:09So I told him the whole story.
01:09:11I told him about sticking up Shorty in the auto parking,
01:09:13about breaking into the Penny Arcade in the middle of the night.
01:09:15I told him about Beer and Nick and old man Mackie.
01:09:18I told him everything that had happened.
01:09:20From the very beginning to the end.
01:09:24I see.
01:09:26Now the first thing you want to know is where the girl stands.
01:09:29That's right.
01:09:31She's in the clear.
01:09:32They can't touch her.
01:09:34Oh, but how about Dan?
01:09:35You said maybe it wouldn't be murder.
01:09:36It might be manslaughter.
01:09:37Oh, it's murder, all right.
01:09:40I might be able to get him off with second degree.
01:09:43They'd have a hard time proving premeditation.
01:09:46Second degree?
01:09:47That'd mean life, wouldn't it?
01:09:48It could.
01:09:51I'd rather they hung me.
01:09:53There's one discrepancy in your story.
01:09:55It's worth checking up on,
01:09:57because if we get the right answer,
01:09:59murder's out.
01:10:00Manslaughter, too.
01:10:02What do you mean?
01:10:03How do you know he's dead?
01:10:06Well, he's dead.
01:10:07That's all.
01:10:08His head fell over on the desk like he was dead.
01:10:11It would do that if he were unconscious.
01:10:14Did you feel his pulse?
01:10:15Or listen for a heartbeat?
01:10:17No, I didn't.
01:10:19Men don't die easily.
01:10:21They take a lot of killing.
01:10:24I can imagine Mackey sitting at a police station right now,
01:10:27telling the desk man what a narrow escape he had.
01:10:31If he only was alive, Helen, if he only was alive,
01:10:34I'd give myself up to the first cop that came along.
01:10:38He's in an all-night restaurant.
01:10:39Why don't I use their phone to find out how Mackey is?
01:10:43Why don't you keep on driving, too?
01:10:44I'll tell you how Mackey is.
01:10:45He's dead.
01:10:46That's what, he's dead.
01:10:46Oh, but Dan, maybe he isn't.
01:10:48No, he is.
01:10:48I know he is.
01:10:49Listen, you, I didn't want to kill anybody.
01:10:51I don't want to kill you now,
01:10:52but if you try any more funny stuff,
01:10:55I'll blow a hole right through you.
01:10:58What day is this, Helen?
01:10:59It's Saturday.
01:11:01No, it isn't.
01:11:01It's Sunday morning.
01:11:03We still have a couple of hours before daylight.
01:11:06We can still make it.
01:11:08Turn this car around.
01:11:20Where are we going now?
01:11:22Remember Buzz Larson?
01:11:23Yeah.
01:11:23He's taking a fishing party way down past San Diego this morning.
01:11:25If we can get to the pier in time, I can go with him.
01:11:27To Mexico?
01:11:28Way past the Mexican border.
01:11:29Step on it, will you?
01:11:42I hope the boat is still here.
01:11:45Yeah.
01:11:45Yeah, there it is.
01:11:47Down there.
01:11:48We made it.
01:11:55We'd better hurry.
01:11:56I'd better hurry, not you.
01:11:57I'm going with you, Dan.
01:11:58I've got...
01:11:58There's no harbor below San Diego.
01:11:59I'll have to swim in from the sea.
01:12:01But I'm going with you, Dan.
01:12:02You've taken too many chances already.
01:12:03I've got to go on by myself from here on.
01:12:05I'll send for you as soon as I get a job.
01:12:06You know that, don't you, baby?
01:12:07Oh, yes, but...
01:12:08Oh, Dan, don't go.
01:12:09I'm so afraid.
01:12:10There's nothing to be afraid of.
01:12:13Hey, wait a minute.
01:12:14Maybe there is.
01:12:15How are we going to keep this guy from going to the cops
01:12:16till after the boat pulls out of the harbor?
01:12:17I'll keep him away.
01:12:18Give me the gun.
01:12:20I wouldn't do that if I were you.
01:12:21Why not?
01:12:22I told you the girl was in the clear.
01:12:24She won't be if she takes that gun.
01:12:26After that, she'll be an accessory.
01:12:27Oh, don't listen to him, Dan.
01:12:29You've got to get away from here.
01:12:29No, he's right.
01:12:30You've got to be kept out of this.
01:12:31That's all that's important now.
01:12:32Would you take my word for something?
01:12:34I might.
01:12:34As a citizen, I have to notify the police.
01:12:37But as a friend, I don't have to hurry.
01:12:42Thanks.
01:12:48Would you do me another favor?
01:12:49If I can.
01:12:50Don't wait until the boat pulls out of the harbor.
01:12:52Leave now.
01:12:52I'll get her out of here right away.
01:12:54Thanks.
01:13:17And you haven't seen Brady since noon Monday.
01:13:20No, I haven't.
01:13:21And you haven't heard from him either?
01:13:22No.
01:13:23Wait a minute.
01:13:24I just remembered.
01:13:25He phoned me Monday afternoon.
01:13:26For any particular reason?
01:13:28Yeah.
01:13:29I owed him 20 bucks.
01:13:30He said he needed it.
01:13:31There's a news broadcast at 6 o'clock.
01:13:34I want to hear it before I talk to the authorities.
01:13:36They're guarding every airport, every bus depot, and every railroad station in a determined effort
01:13:40to prevent the killer's escape.
01:13:42At 4 o'clock this morning, officers threw roadblocks across both state highways and are
01:13:47now stopping all outbound cars.
01:13:49But at last reports, McDonald was still at large.
01:13:51McDonald?
01:13:52Meanwhile, police officers Truxton and Chandler are dead.
01:13:55And Deputy Sheriff Alan P. Janus was taken to the emergency hospital with two bullets in
01:13:59his thigh.
01:14:00I'll get it a little louder.
01:14:02Closer to home, Beach City authorities are seeking garage mechanic Daniel Brady, 26,
01:14:06an employee of the Mackey Motor Company.
01:14:09Late yesterday evening, watchman Michael J. O'Brien, while making his regular nightly rounds,
01:14:13discovered the unconscious body of Oren Mackey, president of the automobile agency, lying
01:14:17in his office.
01:14:18Mackey regained consciousness at St. Mark's Hospital shortly after midnight and named Brady
01:14:22as his assailant.
01:14:23I bet he's alive.
01:14:25Tom, you want to watch yourself before we run into that kid.
01:14:28It's dangerous.
01:14:30What's dangerous about him?
01:14:31He's got Mackey's gun.
01:14:38Hey, Buzz!
01:14:40Buzz!
01:14:41Wait a minute!
01:14:42I'm coming!
01:14:43Who's that fellow there?
01:14:45That might be our boy.
01:14:47Let's take a look at him.
01:15:09You there!
01:15:10Stop!
01:15:15You there!
01:15:15Hey, Brady!
01:15:16Watch yourself.
01:15:19Buzz!
01:15:20Wait a minute!
01:15:22Wait a minute!
01:16:04Watch yourself. He's shooting.
01:16:06I'll go after him and stay on top.
01:16:33I heard shooting.
01:16:47Did you see him?
01:16:48No, he didn't come through here.
01:16:50Did you see him?
01:16:51Did you see him?
01:16:52Look, what's that?
01:16:59I'm coming, Dan.
01:17:00It's all right. You didn't kill him, Dan.
01:17:04Hey, what's going on?
01:17:06What happened?
01:17:07They shot a cop.
01:17:08I heard about him on the radio.
01:17:09Heard about who?
01:17:10Oh, the guy that killed a couple of cops.
01:17:12There's McDonald.
01:17:14What's going on, then?
01:17:15I don't know. They shot somebody.
01:17:16Yeah, here he is.
01:17:17He ain't very big, is he?
01:17:18McDonald.
01:17:19I'm out.
01:17:19Stand back, folks.
01:17:20Give him room.
01:17:21There's the guy that got shot right there.
01:17:26Now, where'd you say your automobile was?
01:17:28On the pier, right over there.
01:17:29Fine.
01:17:29I'll put him in the car and I'll drive him straight to the hospital.
01:17:31That's all right with you?
01:17:32Certainly.
01:17:33Save much time instead of waiting for the ambulance.
01:17:36I wouldn't have shot you.
01:17:37I thought you had a gun.
01:17:38What'd you do with it?
01:17:38I dropped it.
01:17:40What do you think they're going to give me?
01:17:41Have you ever been in trouble before?
01:17:43No, no one never.
01:17:44Well, I think we can rule out the watch and the $20 bill.
01:17:48They'll probably charge you with the holdup, stealing the car and breaking you to the penny arcade.
01:17:52That could add up to anything from one to ten years.
01:17:56But since you're a first offender, my guess is that it'll be nearer one than ten.
01:18:01Whatever it is, I'll take it.
01:18:03Whenever it is, I'll be waiting for you, Dan.
01:18:06If you want me to.
01:18:07You're a great gal, Helen.
01:18:09I love you, Dan.
01:18:11That goes both ways.
01:18:35I do.
01:18:46Thank you, Dan.
01:18:47To see you in the next few days.
01:18:47Just your pauses come next time...
01:18:47Uh-oh.
01:19:00Use your 영 Giving Later.
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