## 🎬 Big News (1929) Full Movie – Pre-Code Mystery-Comedy Film
**Big News** is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery-comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Pathé Exchange. Starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard (billed as "Carol Lombard"), it's an early sound film that blends elements of newspaper drama, crime, and marital strife with comedic undertones.[3445]
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## 📖 Plot Summary
The story revolves around Steve Banks (Robert Armstrong), a newspaper reporter known for his hard-drinking habits, which are starting to jeopardize his career. His wife, Margaret Banks (Carole Lombard), also a reporter for a rival paper, warns him that she will divorce him if he doesn't clean up his act and stop letting alcohol compromise his work.
Despite the warnings, Steve becomes entangled in a dangerous story involving drug dealers, even after his editor fires him. The plot thickens when his editor is murdered, and Steve, due to his turbulent circumstances and persistent involvement with the criminal underworld, finds himself accused of the killing. Now, he must not only clear his name but also confront his personal demons to solve the murder and save his marriage.
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## 🎥 Style & Legacy
* **Early Sound Film:** As an "all-talkie" film from 1929, *Big News* is part of the exciting early era of sound cinema. It captures the rapid technological shift in filmmaking, moving away from silent pictures.
* **Pre-Code Era:** The film's "pre-Code" status means it was made before the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934. This allowed for more mature themes, grittier realism, and moral ambiguities, such as a protagonist struggling with alcoholism and themes of marital discord and crime.
* **Newspaper Drama:** It exemplifies the popular "newspaper picture" genre of the era, showcasing fast-paced dialogue, cynical reporters, and a world of crime and corruption.
* **Carole Lombard's Early Role:** This film provides an early glimpse of Carole Lombard's talent before she became a major screwball comedy star. She is credited here as "Carol Lombard."
* **Preservation:** While not widely available, a 16mm reduction print of the film exists, preserving this piece of cinematic history.
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#BigNews #1929Film #FullMovie #PreCode #MysteryComedy #GregoryLaCava #RobertArmstrong #CaroleLombard #EarlySoundFilm #NewspaperDrama
**Big News** is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery-comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Pathé Exchange. Starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard (billed as "Carol Lombard"), it's an early sound film that blends elements of newspaper drama, crime, and marital strife with comedic undertones.[3445]
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## 📖 Plot Summary
The story revolves around Steve Banks (Robert Armstrong), a newspaper reporter known for his hard-drinking habits, which are starting to jeopardize his career. His wife, Margaret Banks (Carole Lombard), also a reporter for a rival paper, warns him that she will divorce him if he doesn't clean up his act and stop letting alcohol compromise his work.
Despite the warnings, Steve becomes entangled in a dangerous story involving drug dealers, even after his editor fires him. The plot thickens when his editor is murdered, and Steve, due to his turbulent circumstances and persistent involvement with the criminal underworld, finds himself accused of the killing. Now, he must not only clear his name but also confront his personal demons to solve the murder and save his marriage.
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## 🎥 Style & Legacy
* **Early Sound Film:** As an "all-talkie" film from 1929, *Big News* is part of the exciting early era of sound cinema. It captures the rapid technological shift in filmmaking, moving away from silent pictures.
* **Pre-Code Era:** The film's "pre-Code" status means it was made before the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934. This allowed for more mature themes, grittier realism, and moral ambiguities, such as a protagonist struggling with alcoholism and themes of marital discord and crime.
* **Newspaper Drama:** It exemplifies the popular "newspaper picture" genre of the era, showcasing fast-paced dialogue, cynical reporters, and a world of crime and corruption.
* **Carole Lombard's Early Role:** This film provides an early glimpse of Carole Lombard's talent before she became a major screwball comedy star. She is credited here as "Carol Lombard."
* **Preservation:** While not widely available, a 16mm reduction print of the film exists, preserving this piece of cinematic history.
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#BigNews #1929Film #FullMovie #PreCode #MysteryComedy #GregoryLaCava #RobertArmstrong #CaroleLombard #EarlySoundFilm #NewspaperDrama
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00:00:07The End
00:00:37The End
00:01:19Dr. Reed, where's it, sir?
00:01:22I'm the first one here this morning, sir.
00:01:24Hmm.
00:01:37Here, what are you doing here?
00:01:42Oh, what kind of...
00:01:46What do you mean, Banks, sleeping in Mr. Addison's office?
00:01:50Get out of here.
00:01:54Imagine waking up and seeing you first thing in the morning.
00:02:02What a way to start a day.
00:02:05Banks?
00:02:06Now, let me tell you something else.
00:02:08If you don't have some blankets and a pillow put in this office, I'm going to quit working here.
00:02:13Banks, you're a disgrace to the newspaper profession.
00:02:16It isn't a profession.
00:02:18It's a game.
00:02:19Now, run along, because I don't want to play with you.
00:02:22The same thing after every payday.
00:02:24Drunk and disorderly.
00:02:27You know, Hesel, you're not really as bad as you seem.
00:02:33Nobody could be that bad.
00:02:35Here.
00:02:36Have a little drink.
00:02:38Might put new life in an old body.
00:02:41That'll cost you your job.
00:02:43Pahoy.
00:02:49I'll see that you're fired from this paper as soon as Mr. Addison arrives.
00:02:52Pahoy.
00:02:53Listen, Hesel.
00:02:54There are 1,790 newspapers in the United States.
00:02:58And I've only worked on 16 of them.
00:03:02Tomorrow, you'll be free to connect with your 17th.
00:03:05Yeah?
00:03:06Well, if the old man does fire me, I promise to come in your office and kiss you goodbye.
00:03:11But aren't you afraid that he might have you fired?
00:03:15That's a little scheme of mine to get you my job.
00:03:18But you've got to promise never to be late.
00:03:25Morning, pal.
00:03:26Hello.
00:03:27Hello, Steve.
00:03:29Ain't you a little early this morning?
00:03:30I wasn't here first, except for Frank Marrowell.
00:03:33Boy, is she raining.
00:03:36Well, either that or you've been taking a bath with your clothes on.
00:03:42Watch your step.
00:03:44Boy, it sure raining out today.
00:03:46That makes the rumor official.
00:03:48Right.
00:03:48Hey, Swint.
00:03:49Wait a minute.
00:03:50I'm paid to go up and down, not wait.
00:03:53Well, you ain't paid so much.
00:03:54You have to get technical about it.
00:03:56Here.
00:03:57Get this full of java.
00:03:58And don't get any rain in it.
00:04:00Hey, what do you want to get for running all your errands?
00:04:03Didn't I give you two passes for her first sin last night?
00:04:06Yeah, it was a rotten show.
00:04:08Yeah, that's why I give you the passes.
00:04:10All right.
00:04:11That.
00:04:19Boy, I'm tired out myself.
00:04:21I passed the night with the baby.
00:04:23Whose baby?
00:04:24My wife's.
00:04:29What a day, what a day.
00:04:31Don't tell me it's raining outside.
00:04:33Even no one ever saw this much rain.
00:04:35Yeah, well, I think I'll drink a little of it for breakfast.
00:04:38Then there won't be so much.
00:04:39Morning, Chief.
00:04:41Morning, Chief.
00:04:41What a day, what a day.
00:04:43And how?
00:04:45Do you know anything about this Ferretti gal and the dope they found in their apartment?
00:04:49Ferretti?
00:04:51Ferretti.
00:04:51Here's the story of the morning hallows by your wife.
00:04:54Looks like she beat you to it.
00:04:57The Rose Ferretti, queen of the underworld, stood off the police department last night
00:05:01while she demolished the insides of her apartment on 340 on 4th Street.
00:05:04The arresting officer Thomas O'Ryan said she was under the influence of the addicts.
00:05:08How cute.
00:05:09Why were you while all this was going on?
00:05:12I'm trying to remember.
00:05:14Let me see.
00:05:15I remember hearing that we're going to raid the Ferretti gal's apartment.
00:05:19And?
00:05:20So I went to Joe Reno's speakeasy.
00:05:24That geography don't make sense.
00:05:26Well, you see, I had a sneaking hunch that Reno knows more about this narcotic ring in his telly.
00:05:32I remember having a lot for drinks in Reno's bar varnish, and I remember asking a lot of questions.
00:05:38Then I landed outside on my ear.
00:05:41What's Reno got to do with this Ferretti, kitty?
00:05:44Now, that's what I didn't find out.
00:05:46Now, give me a rehash and make it snappy.
00:05:48All right.
00:05:51Say, I wonder if the district attorney knows anything about this racket.
00:05:57I think I'll wake him up and find out.
00:05:59Oh, good morning, Mr. Reno.
00:06:01Well, how are you?
00:06:03How's the restaurant business these days?
00:06:06Well, Hensel, the restaurant business is all right, but I'm thinking of taking my advertising out of the express.
00:06:12One of your drunken reporters, a fellow by the name of Banks, came in my place last night and insulted
00:06:18Alderman Jungmire by asking him a lot of impertinent questions.
00:06:22He was also very insulting to me when I asked him to leave and made a lot of drunken threats.
00:06:28Oh, we've had several complaints about Banks.
00:06:31I'll see that he's fired at once.
00:06:33That's fine.
00:06:39That'll cool Banks off all right.
00:06:42Did Harris fall?
00:06:44No.
00:06:46Yes, I know, Mr. Muller.
00:06:47I'm awfully sorry I woke you up.
00:06:49But you're the district attorney, aren't you?
00:06:51And if you're the district attorney, you ought to know something about these narcotic deaths.
00:06:55Or maybe you're trying to hide something.
00:07:00Hey, you want to get an earful of what he's saying to that one.
00:07:03He's yelling like an opera singer.
00:07:07Why, Mr. Muller, I have never heard such language coming from a public official.
00:07:11You should be ashamed, Mr. Muller.
00:07:14Now, let me tell you something else.
00:07:15I once knew a district attorney who was hung because he refused to give information to the newspapers.
00:07:23What's that?
00:07:24You'll have me fired.
00:07:26I'm afraid you're a little late.
00:07:27There's a couple of bids in ahead of yours.
00:07:32Well, I guess he doesn't know anything.
00:07:33I know something, Banks.
00:07:36Look around the cashier and get your money right now.
00:07:38Are you in again?
00:07:39What's the idea?
00:07:40The idea is that you've settled one of our big advertisers.
00:07:43And I've taken the responsibility of discharging him at once.
00:07:46That's a big responsibility.
00:07:47Now, wait a minute, Hansel.
00:07:49As long as I'm city editor, I'll hire and fire my own staff.
00:07:52There, you see, Smarty?
00:07:53He spends all his time fighting.
00:07:55Well, how about General Grant?
00:07:57I'm not warning you, Hansel.
00:07:59I'm telling you.
00:08:00Get out of my department and stay out.
00:08:02Don't hit him in the head, Art.
00:08:04You'll bust your knuckles.
00:08:07Someday I'll step on him and squash him.
00:08:09You know what I can't understand is how the cockroach exterminator
00:08:12ever missed that guy last time he was in the building.
00:08:16Well, I'll say one thing for you.
00:08:18You don't make my life a better, Rosa.
00:08:22Good morning, the loudspeakers of Newspaper Land.
00:08:25Good morning.
00:08:27Good afternoon.
00:08:28I couldn't find a cat.
00:08:30You mean you couldn't find one to fit you.
00:08:33You know we're still getting out an afternoon newspaper, even if it's raining.
00:08:38Imagine me giving advice to the loved one on a day like this.
00:08:42Now, Vera, you're not going to tell me it's raining outside.
00:08:45No.
00:08:46Oh, I sprinkle myself every morning.
00:08:50It keeps me fresh.
00:08:52Oh, is that what does it?
00:08:54You won't be so fresh when you find out what Fanny Claus left in the hall for you.
00:09:00Holy smoke.
00:09:00Not the wife.
00:09:02In person.
00:09:04Now, there's something to think about.
00:09:06It is if I know my women.
00:09:09Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:09:10He, he, he.
00:09:12Ha, ha, ha, ho.
00:09:14Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:09:29Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:09:31for? Why, certainly, dear. Should we go inside? I can tell you all I've got to say, right here. Gee,
00:09:36that's
00:09:37a swell hat you've got on, dear. Is that a new one? Steve, let's come to the point. Why, what's
00:09:41the
00:09:41matter, dear? What have I done? Where were you last night? Where was I last night? I, well, didn't you
00:09:49get my message? What message? Well, my message. I, I told Hoffman to call you and, wait a minute,
00:09:57I'll get that guy out here. Never mind, I know where you were. You and Dick Thomas were
00:10:02probably having a drinking bout somewhere. Well, yes, we did have a couple. Where did
00:10:06drinking get him? There isn't a newspaper in this town that'll hire him back, and you're
00:10:11getting just like him. Well, now, Dick and I were working. We were working on, on that
00:10:17Peretti case. And by the way, dear, that was a swell story you had in the Morning Herald.
00:10:22So you were working on the Peretti case, eh? Uh-huh. Well, you weren't with the ratings
00:10:27party. You weren't at the jail when they brought her in. You must have covered that
00:10:31case by remote control. Now, there's more to that case than appears on the surface.
00:10:35You think so, do you? Well, where do you suppose she gets her dope? I suppose you know all about
00:10:39it.
00:10:39No, but I got a pretty good hunch. Oh, you're always having hunches about something,
00:10:44and now it's dope. Dope peddlers hiding under cradles, mothers crying for it, fathers yelling
00:10:51about it. With your wild imagination, you'll probably have me mixed up in this thing. All right.
00:10:57All right. All right. But where do you suppose these narcotics get their laughing powder?
00:11:00From China? By carrier pigeon? The trouble with you is you get all your ideas out of a bottle.
00:11:06Don't you suppose that the district attorney and the police department know what's going on?
00:11:10Well, there are a lot of saps. Well, that isn't what I came here to talk about anyway.
00:11:15Well, I don't see why you should be sore at me. I'll tell you why. For two years, I've been
00:11:21trying
00:11:21to make a home for us. And last night, he was coming home to his favorite dish, liver and onion.
00:11:29I'll get Hoffman just a minute. He should have called. And his faithful little wife sits like a
00:11:33dumbbell at 11 o'clock, entertaining herself with a plate of cold liver. Well, Marge, I tried to get word
00:11:38to you.
00:11:38Well, if it was the first time, I wouldn't say anything. It's been going on for two years, and I'm
00:11:44through this time.
00:11:44Well, now, Marge, you don't mean that. Why not? If I'm going to be a widow, I might as well
00:11:50make it official.
00:11:51But you know this newspaper game just as well as I do. I've got to make a living, ain't I?
00:11:55You're always blaming something besides yourself. You're always making promises and breaking them.
00:12:02And I'm always forgiving you. Oh, last night, I thought it all over. I said to myself,
00:12:10What's the use? Steve, I want a divorce.
00:12:19Well, good morning. Good morning.
00:12:22I don't suppose you young married people see enough of each other evenings, but you have to be
00:12:26fooling in dark hallways in the morning.
00:12:31O'Neal! O'Neal!
00:12:33O'Neal! Say, where's O'Neal?
00:12:36Yes, sir. Oh, how about that story? Where is it?
00:12:40I, ah, well, say, Miss Wilson here yet? Miss Wilson?
00:12:45Yes, sir. Miss Wilson?
00:12:47How about, uh, Hoover's speech?
00:12:49Does the tenant ratify that Grimes bill?
00:12:51Say, who covered that Sibley fire?
00:12:53How about Banks? Did he get his story?
00:12:55Wasn't drunk again last night, was he?
00:12:57Well, when's this come in? Just now, sir.
00:12:59Oh, Miss Wilson? Miss Wilson?
00:13:01Yes, sir. Don't yell, don't yell, doggone it.
00:13:03I'm not deaf. Take a note to Barkley.
00:13:05My dear Barkley, hereafter, I want the composing room kept open an hour after we go to press.
00:13:09Your men are not allowed if I fail. You'll get me a proof on that just as quick as you
00:13:12can, will you?
00:13:13Yes, sir.
00:13:13Your men are not allowed to climb and have to jump at their clothes and run away every time they
00:13:16hear a bell ring.
00:13:23Well, Marge, I guess you're right.
00:13:26I guess you got it coming to you.
00:13:29There's no other man, is there?
00:13:30No, sir. No, thanks. I think I'll stick to newspapering for a while.
00:13:34Oh, that's all right.
00:13:37Oh, have you got a good lawyer?
00:13:39What difference does that make?
00:13:41Well, you don't have to get sore.
00:13:42I just happen to know a guy that's pretty good, that's all.
00:13:45There's no rush about that.
00:13:47I just wanted to let you know where I stood.
00:13:50Well, how about grounds? You got to have grounds.
00:13:53What's the matter with non-support? I wouldn't be telling any fibs about that.
00:13:59How about mental cruelty?
00:14:01Mental cruelty is in life. What's the difference?
00:14:05All right, we'll make it mental cruel.
00:14:11Oh, I don't blame you, Marge.
00:14:13I guess I am kind of a bum at that.
00:14:16You're not really a bum.
00:14:18You're just irresponsible.
00:14:20You'd be one of the best newspaper men in this town
00:14:22if you'd only quit drinking.
00:14:25Maybe so.
00:14:26I was talking to Dr. McCoy yesterday.
00:14:28He said drinking is a mental habit.
00:14:30He says you actually get more stimulation out of tea.
00:14:33Yeah, and then you turn into a Chinaman and open a laundry.
00:14:37Watch this step.
00:14:41Oh, say, how about the laundry?
00:14:43I mean my clothes and things.
00:14:45How am I going to get them?
00:14:46Oh, let me know when you come in.
00:14:48I'll have them all packed for you.
00:14:50Oh, I'd rather not go up.
00:14:52Couldn't you send them to me?
00:14:53Yes, I can do that.
00:14:55I'll have the janitor bring them.
00:14:58Goodbye, Steve.
00:15:00So long, kid.
00:15:14The boss wants you.
00:15:16O'Neal?
00:15:17No, Mr. Addison.
00:15:18He's pretty sore about something.
00:15:20Do tell.
00:15:22Hensel's been in there with him.
00:15:29Well, well, well.
00:15:32Here comes the lion with the lamb's hair cut.
00:15:36My dear Miss Thumbtacks, my wife does not understand me.
00:15:40What shall I do?
00:15:41Reach for a lucky.
00:15:43You didn't start reaching soon enough.
00:15:45Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:15:46Hey, puppy.
00:15:51You old cattle tale.
00:15:53Hey, Vance, come in here and show us.
00:15:55We're not going to make it a certain way.
00:15:57That are not founded on facts.
00:15:59Hold on, boys.
00:16:00They're going around the curve.
00:16:02Howdy, boys.
00:16:03The welfare of the people of the city.
00:16:05This editorial will be headed on the heading of the fair question to Mayor Bartlett.
00:16:14John, John, gas heaters.
00:16:16Oh, what are they trying to do?
00:16:17Freeze me to death in my own office.
00:16:20All right.
00:16:26There's a station here.
00:16:28I guess.
00:16:30Well, sir.
00:16:31Just fair.
00:16:33I beg your pardon?
00:16:34Accept it.
00:16:36Say, you'll have to talk a lot of this.
00:16:38There's no way you've been here.
00:16:40Where were you last night?
00:16:42I'll bite.
00:16:42Where was I?
00:16:43What?
00:16:44Don't ask riddles.
00:16:45You bet you're wrong, the griddle.
00:16:48You got drunk.
00:16:49You went to Reno's Cafe.
00:16:50You insulted all of them in Youngmire.
00:16:51You took face with Reno when he asked you to leave.
00:16:53Say, what kind of a name you're trying to give this paper?
00:16:56You're trying to ruin our circulation?
00:16:58You want me to answer those all at once, or do you want separate answers?
00:17:01What's that?
00:17:01Oh, what difference does it make?
00:17:04I'm sick of this bum racket anyhow.
00:17:07It isn't even a racket.
00:17:08It's a disease that gets in your blood and rings you out like an old mop.
00:17:13What are newspapers good for anyhow?
00:17:16Two-minute scandal for a lot of dumb Polacks that can't even read English.
00:17:20And what are they good for after that?
00:17:22Something to put under carpets.
00:17:23Plugs for rat holes.
00:17:24Wrapping paper for bootleggers.
00:17:26Bed quilts for bums in the park and a lot of other things.
00:17:31So, that's the way you feel about it, is it, you young whippersnapper?
00:17:34That's the way I feel about it, you old flapdoodle.
00:17:37Why, Banks, I...
00:17:40I used to think you had something in here.
00:17:42But I see I was mistaken.
00:17:45You're a quitter.
00:17:46You're a yeller.
00:17:48And worst of all, you're not even a good newspaper man.
00:17:52Who says I'm not?
00:17:53Throwing mud at the honorable profession of journalism.
00:17:56And why?
00:17:56Just because you fell down on a news story.
00:17:58You can't talk to me like that.
00:18:00I've forgotten more about news than you'll ever know.
00:18:02Send out on an assignment.
00:18:03And what happens?
00:18:05Drunk and disorderly in a cheap speaking...
00:18:07But where do you suppose news comes from?
00:18:08The old lady's home?
00:18:09Oh, Bob, your wife's a better newspaper man than you are.
00:18:12Why, you wrinkled old squash.
00:18:14I was after a real story last night, but it's just as well I didn't get it.
00:18:17You wouldn't dare print it if I had.
00:18:19You can't intimidate me.
00:18:21I'll print anything that's found it on facts.
00:18:24You wouldn't know a fact if it walked in here and threw its arms around you.
00:18:26No, I know a good newspaper man when I see one.
00:18:29I'll show you who's a good newspaper man.
00:18:31I'll put a story on your desk someday that'll turn this town upside down.
00:18:34Ah, get out of here before I lose my temper.
00:18:36Well, I'm a newspaper man, huh?
00:18:38Why, what are you talking about?
00:18:39You're an insult to the profession.
00:18:41Yes, I suppose so.
00:18:42Well, you can take this paper.
00:18:43I worked on better papers than this, you know.
00:18:44I don't have to sit around here.
00:18:45Why, you can't talk to me like that.
00:18:46No, I don't have to talk to you like that.
00:18:47Get out of here.
00:18:48Who's winning, Daniel or the Lions?
00:18:53Can you eat those words, you old buzzard?
00:18:55Get out, you're all firing.
00:18:57Don't you come back.
00:18:58What happened?
00:18:58You ought to quit the newspaper game and publish bedtime stories for weak-minded children.
00:19:02What's up?
00:19:05Brilliant young reporter thrown out on ear.
00:19:07Wife and family destitute.
00:19:08Quiet.
00:19:09I believe that's what I understood him to say.
00:19:12That's the third time this month.
00:19:14Well, maybe I can catch it up again.
00:19:16Well, if you can do it this time, you'll get the first prize in patchwork.
00:19:19O'Neal!
00:19:20Hang on.
00:19:20O'Neal!
00:19:21I'll come out with you.
00:19:22O'Neal!
00:19:27Oh, big boy.
00:19:28Hello, Tiny.
00:19:29Hi, Joe.
00:19:30Hello, Bright Eyes.
00:19:31Oh, left foot.
00:19:32Hey, Nick.
00:19:34Hey, are you going to write up that Parity case?
00:19:35There is a rumor to the contrary.
00:19:37I want you to get my name spelled right.
00:19:39It's Ryan, R-Y-A-N.
00:19:42The Herald here spells it O'Ryan, and I'm kind of burned up about it.
00:19:46Oh, what are a couple of O's among friends?
00:19:48Well, the O'Ryans wear a lot of dizzy orange.
00:19:51I'm a cork man myself.
00:19:53Who's people loose?
00:19:56It'll take a lot of torpedoes to sink you, big girl.
00:20:00Hey, I'll tell you a compass to my successor.
00:20:03He spells beautifully.
00:20:04Him?
00:20:04Thanks.
00:20:05Okay, Brightwood.
00:20:08Lay off the puppy.
00:20:09Okay, O'Ryan.
00:20:12Ryan.
00:20:14Someday, it'll be just too bad.
00:20:18Did you get the gate, Steve?
00:20:20Me?
00:20:21No.
00:20:21The place was just getting too crowded, so I quit to make more room for Vera.
00:20:25Well, it won't take much to fill the hole and you'll leave.
00:20:28Right.
00:20:29That's why I recommended Pell for my job.
00:20:31Yeah, well, if I had your job, I'd do more writing and less talking.
00:20:34There, I guess that puts me in my place, huh?
00:20:38Hey.
00:20:40Who's got my jackknife?
00:20:42Don't look at me.
00:20:43I gave it back to you.
00:20:45Well, you can't lose this.
00:20:47This is a wedding present for my loving wife.
00:20:50You always are losing it.
00:20:51Why don't you pass my ball and chain to it?
00:20:55Well, goodbye, little Booker Cup.
00:20:57I hope you'll miss me.
00:20:58I'll probably have Spill.
00:21:01Listen, if you start to waste away, save me the slow motion movie rights, will you?
00:21:09Well, so long, everybody.
00:21:11So long, Steve.
00:21:12Bye-bye.
00:21:13A long time before you get another newspaper man like me around here.
00:21:16I hope that's true.
00:21:18Yeah, I hate to see him go.
00:21:20He's a good message, slob.
00:21:34Hello, Dick.
00:21:37Well, what happened to you last night?
00:21:41It's the last time I'll ever sleep under that garibaldy statue.
00:21:49Why?
00:21:50Why do pigeons have to build their necks on statues?
00:21:58And why art thou so blue this lovely morning?
00:22:03I've got my troubles.
00:22:05Domestic or professional?
00:22:08Both.
00:22:09Good.
00:22:10Then there's nothing to interfere with art thinking.
00:22:14Oh, I don't blame Margie.
00:22:16I guess I am kind of a tramp.
00:22:18But that old dried-up alligator in there burns me up.
00:22:21Oh, and I'll keep this thought pure.
00:22:24He knows I could never quit newspapering.
00:22:26So the old crow cans me twice a month just to rub it in.
00:22:31Journalism is but a faceless stuff.
00:22:35Bum newspaper man, am I?
00:22:37I'll throw a story in his face someday that'll make his ears rattle.
00:22:41Anger does not become thy placid brow.
00:22:45Well, do you blame me for being sore?
00:22:46In another couple of days, I'd have had Reno's mob all wrapped up and delivered.
00:22:50I have a noble idea.
00:22:52Well, let's hear it.
00:22:54If pleasure be thy vent, let us return to the scene of last night's rubble.
00:23:00But ain't it a little soon after what happened at Reno's yesterday?
00:23:03Oh, wreck not the dead yesterday.
00:23:08Wreck only the beautiful tomorrows.
00:23:12Well, I feel like wrecking something.
00:23:14Let's go.
00:23:15Well, that's the way.
00:23:16Sweet Adoline, my Adoline.
00:23:37Well, what are you going to do about this guy, Banks?
00:23:39I'm telling you, he's nothing to worry about.
00:23:41He's just a harmless drunk.
00:23:43He's smarter than you think he is.
00:23:44He's not so smart.
00:23:46I had him canned this morning.
00:23:48He said you know who he is.
00:23:49You're okay.
00:23:50Okay, Pete.
00:23:51You can't shut that guy up by cannon him.
00:23:54What good is a newspaper man without a newspaper?
00:23:57We've got to think of ourselves, Joe.
00:23:59You ain't the only one in this racket.
00:24:00I'll handle this.
00:24:01You ain't going to let him come in here again, are you?
00:24:03Why not?
00:24:04He amuses me.
00:24:06That's where you fellows are all wrong.
00:24:09As my dear old grandmother used to say to me,
00:24:11you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
00:24:16Yeah?
00:24:17You take my tip and you'll use a fly swatter.
00:24:20Listen, if that loud mouth already Dave starts squawking,
00:24:24we'll all be getting our meals to iron bars.
00:24:26Go.
00:24:27Be right with you.
00:24:28Now, if you were smart, little boy,
00:24:31you'd pay more attention to your grandmother's.
00:24:55Where is my bitter friend, Mr. Reno?
00:24:57Oh, he's out picking up the plates you threw at him last night.
00:25:01I do hope he isn't upset.
00:25:03Oh, no.
00:25:04He enjoyed it.
00:25:06It helps business.
00:25:08Need we delay further, my good man?
00:25:12No, you will have to wait till Joe comes back.
00:25:17Procrastination is the feat of fish.
00:25:21As I was saying to George,
00:25:24I never seen a newspaper guy yet
00:25:26that wasn't a lousy, back-biting, yellow dog at heart.
00:25:32In a short time,
00:25:34the knuckle party was in full progress.
00:25:38I hope that neither you guys are newspaper men?
00:25:42No, indeed.
00:25:43Ex-newspapermen.
00:25:45I'm glad to hear it.
00:25:46I wouldn't want to hurt anybody's feelings.
00:25:49Oh, don't bother about us.
00:25:50So I says to him,
00:25:52all these newspaper guys,
00:25:54they're just a lot of no-good bums.
00:25:57Wouldn't have more spying than a jackrabbit.
00:26:01And you couldn't get one of them to fight
00:26:05if you spit in his eye.
00:26:07As I was saying, Deke,
00:26:09you take the fine, upstanding type of thug
00:26:12that peddles dope to school children and penny candy.
00:26:15Well, I once knew a newspaper guy
00:26:17that got drunk enough to talk nasty to a real man.
00:26:21There wasn't enough left of him to cremate decently.
00:26:25As I was saying when you were so politely interrupted,
00:26:31it's a shame to hang so many innocent murderers.
00:26:38Rat traps would be much cheaper.
00:26:41Just so.
00:26:43You know, I very recently heard of the sad case
00:26:45of two benevolent and persecuted hopslingers
00:26:48who were punished by being put in a barrel with a skunk.
00:26:52Fortunately, the skunk died.
00:26:54He was probably bored to death by their repartee.
00:27:01Well, well.
00:27:03This is an unexpected pleasure.
00:27:06Well, if it isn't our genial host.
00:27:10Next to my respectable restaurant?
00:27:12Of course not.
00:27:13Speakeasies take root in strange...
00:27:15But that isn't why I came to see you.
00:27:18I suppose you wish to discuss your favorite topic.
00:27:20Narcotics?
00:27:21No.
00:27:22So I'm afraid our friendly little war is over.
00:27:26You distressed me.
00:27:27What has happened?
00:27:28I'm celebrating my dismissal
00:27:30from the ancient and honorable institution of muck-slinging.
00:27:33Need we delay the celebration and pleasure?
00:27:36Oh, I'm sorry.
00:27:38Pete!
00:27:39Some of our very best.
00:27:44I thought maybe you'd heard, Joe.
00:27:46I'm surprised.
00:27:47I heard you were such a good newspaper man, too.
00:27:51I knew too much.
00:27:52It was beginning to hurt advertising.
00:27:55Oh, it's a pity.
00:27:56You know, you'd make a great publicity man
00:27:57for restaurants and speakeasies.
00:28:01But it changed the whole seller.
00:28:03Woo!
00:28:04Oh, that's a very nice offer, Joe,
00:28:05but I'm taking a sea trip to drown the troubles.
00:28:08I'll miss you.
00:28:10Terribly.
00:28:12Yeah, it's too bad to interrupt our little war.
00:28:14We were having such a good time, huh?
00:28:17I believe if you had your way,
00:28:19you'd make a criminal out of me in no time.
00:28:22Yep.
00:28:23In another couple of days, I'd have had the goods on you, Joe.
00:28:26Really?
00:28:27What a pity to lose your job on a threshold of success.
00:28:32That Peretti girl's confession would have been a sensation.
00:28:37What was the name?
00:28:41Peretti.
00:28:45Rose Peretti.
00:28:47You know.
00:28:49Oh, yes.
00:28:50I believe I did read something about that in the paper.
00:28:56You're not trying to connect me with that, too.
00:29:00You should have read the confession I got from her this morning.
00:29:03But I handed you a great kick.
00:29:08Have you got it with you?
00:29:13I left it in an old man Addison's desk.
00:29:15Oh, but don't worry about it, Joe.
00:29:17He won't know what it is if he sees it.
00:29:19He'll probably throw it in the wastebasket.
00:29:21It's a shame to throw one of your romances in the wastebasket.
00:29:24Well, it's his own fault.
00:29:26He shouldn't have canned me.
00:29:28Well, I've got to go down and get my passports.
00:29:30Well, how about a little farewell drink with an old enemy?
00:29:34Well, if you don't mind, Joe, I think I'll have some of my own.
00:29:38I can't handle that pre-war stuff of yours.
00:29:47Well, happy days.
00:29:53I'll send you a postcard from China.
00:29:56Over the river.
00:29:59Aren't you going to help me pack, Dick?
00:30:01I want to take just one sock and a little on fun, all right.
00:30:05Oh, that's all right.
00:30:06I don't like that guy's look.
00:30:08Anyhow, he's about getting down right there.
00:30:12He's got a good thing.
00:30:14Well, do you know any more smart cracks?
00:30:18Are you going to let him walk out here after what he said about that Peretti confession?
00:30:21He never got any confession.
00:30:23He was just bluffing.
00:30:25Oh, yeah?
00:30:28All right, I guess they're getting off my neck.
00:30:30Ellis is like, don't tell me.
00:30:32I can lick my way a while, the bars.
00:30:35Hey, do you notice anything funny?
00:30:38You mean no stupid?
00:30:40You see Reno's face when I mentioned that Peretti confession?
00:30:43Well, who wants to look at his face?
00:30:45He's worried.
00:30:47He thinks I got a statement from the Peretti girl involving him.
00:30:50Well, haven't you got it?
00:30:52No.
00:30:54But I'm going to get it.
00:30:56I'll break a leg trying.
00:30:58I'll see you later.
00:31:03If you don't bump that guy off pretty soon, I'm going to do it for you.
00:31:06Why be rough when you don't have to?
00:31:09I know.
00:31:10Your grandmother's going to get you into a lot of trouble someday.
00:31:13Supposing this Peretti dame did make a squawk.
00:31:16What then?
00:31:17How can she?
00:31:19I've got it fixed so she can't see anyone at the jail.
00:31:21Suppose they let her out.
00:31:23Then we'll send her on a little trip so this thing blows over.
00:31:35Hello?
00:31:37Hello, Steven?
00:31:40When?
00:31:42This morning?
00:31:44What time?
00:31:46And why didn't we do something about it?
00:31:48You're a fine, shite lawyer.
00:31:51Where did she go?
00:31:52What's up?
00:31:56They let Peretti off this morning.
00:31:58The first case.
00:31:59Where is she now?
00:32:01You find her and keep her quiet.
00:32:03Until I get back.
00:32:04If she's done any squawking, you know what to do.
00:32:07Where are you going?
00:32:08I'm going to call on this Bird Addison.
00:32:10Just in case.
00:32:11What about this guy, Banks?
00:32:13Get a hold of me.
00:32:14And use your own judgment.
00:32:16Oh, Sharky, meet me in front of the express office.
00:32:18Yes, sir.
00:32:19That guy and his grandmother make me sick.
00:32:21Let's go.
00:32:28Oh, boy.
00:32:30What a scandal piece of tarot is.
00:32:33Here's a headline of just the brown birthing.
00:32:36What is it?
00:32:37Husband raised love names.
00:32:40Find mates with strange birds.
00:32:43Well, read it.
00:32:45What was going on?
00:32:46Why must one be born so young?
00:32:50Why, the lovebirds were sitting on the piano cooing hymns to each other.
00:32:56Doesn't that make a cute picture?
00:32:58Oh, quit kidding.
00:33:00What happened?
00:33:00Did the husband shoot the other guy?
00:33:02Of course not.
00:33:04What a horrible idea.
00:33:06He joined in the chorus.
00:33:08And after a hearty lunch of birdseed, they all flew away to Never Never Land.
00:33:15Read it, sir.
00:33:16Miss Wilson.
00:33:17Miss Wilson.
00:33:18Miss.
00:33:19Say, are you still working here?
00:33:21One never knows.
00:33:22From day to day.
00:33:25No, but, no.
00:33:26Why, certainly I want you to be gay.
00:33:28But you're not going to be gay on my time.
00:33:31You're going to type right in there.
00:33:32Why don't you write on it?
00:33:33Say, what do you think this is?
00:33:35This is a newspaper office, not a summer resort.
00:33:37Go on, Mr. Miss Wilson.
00:33:39You got my body up and give me a chance?
00:33:40I was just going, sir.
00:33:42Well, hurry up.
00:33:43What are you trying to do?
00:33:44Starve me to death?
00:33:46Mr. Adams, sir.
00:33:47Oh, Mr. Adams.
00:33:47Well, what do you want?
00:33:49I don't know.
00:33:50What do you want?
00:33:51I'm busy.
00:33:52Have you got a few minutes to spare?
00:33:53No, I haven't.
00:33:54I'm not made of minutes.
00:33:56Well, this is very important.
00:33:57One of our big advertisers is very anxious to meet you.
00:33:59Say, I'm not entertaining advertisers.
00:34:01I'm running a newspaper.
00:34:02The first thing I know, you'll want me to be given keys here.
00:34:05Oh, yes, this man here.
00:34:06O'Neal.
00:34:06O'Neal.
00:34:07Say, look at here.
00:34:09Bring him in tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or next year.
00:34:11I'm busy.
00:34:12Say, what's the matter with this paper?
00:34:14Why were you late with that Mahoney story?
00:34:16Well, sir, we're a little short-handed today.
00:34:18Short-winded?
00:34:19Who short-winded?
00:34:20I said we're short-handed.
00:34:22Oh.
00:34:23I said.
00:34:23Oh.
00:34:25Banks, eh?
00:34:26I don't suppose we can run a paper without Banks, is that it?
00:34:30Call me an old flap-doodle, did he?
00:34:32Well, he can't run me.
00:34:34I want him kept out of this office.
00:34:35I've already given orders, sir.
00:34:37Orders?
00:34:37You don't have to give any orders.
00:34:39I'll give the orders around here.
00:34:40He can't scare me.
00:34:42When I get too old to fight my own battles, I'll roll over and die.
00:34:46Doggone it.
00:34:47Don't ever think you can walk me.
00:34:49Lovely disposition.
00:34:51Well, that's it.
00:34:58Did you arrange it?
00:35:00Oh, yes, yes.
00:35:02He's very nice to meet you.
00:35:04Well, that's fine.
00:35:05Shall we go right in?
00:35:06Oh, uh, just a few minutes.
00:35:08You see, uh, you see, he's rather hard to get at.
00:35:13Oh, I see.
00:35:14Well, I thought that being a big advertiser and...
00:35:18Oh, of course, of course.
00:35:20He's very nice to meet you, but, uh...
00:35:23I think someday next week it'll be better.
00:35:25Well, I'm unusually anxious to meet him today.
00:35:28I don't get down this way often.
00:35:29Oh, I understand perfectly.
00:35:31I'll go in to see him again in a few minutes.
00:35:33Now, uh, in the meantime,
00:35:35let us talk over your new advertising campaign, eh?
00:35:38Oh, yes, yes.
00:35:39Now, as I understand it,
00:35:41you want, uh, a full page on, on Saturday.
00:35:46Yes, yes, to be sure.
00:35:49That's fine.
00:35:51Now, the heading will read,
00:35:53Reno's Restaurant Incorporated.
00:35:57All the food that fits to eat.
00:36:02Now, we can run this in bowl tight
00:36:04and close in a very nice border.
00:36:08Of course, you'll want a border, won't you?
00:36:10Yes, of course.
00:36:11We should have a border.
00:36:13Get this out right away
00:36:14and I'll see the old man
00:36:15as to whether he wants
00:36:16a two or three column spread.
00:36:18Right on.
00:36:19Hello, Margie.
00:36:20Hello, Ross.
00:36:22Thanks, Snappy.
00:36:25May I have that Webster wire
00:36:26as soon as it comes in?
00:36:27Okay.
00:36:29Well.
00:36:31Moving in?
00:36:32Well, no, not exactly.
00:36:34Is he here?
00:36:35Steve.
00:36:36Why didn't you hear what happened?
00:36:38Happened?
00:36:38I hope nothing's happened to Steve.
00:36:40Well, not as serious as that.
00:36:42He's just quit the newspaper business
00:36:43again for a change.
00:36:45It's paid for a cut, you see?
00:36:47You know, you're a genius
00:36:48at this sort of thing, Mr. Hensel.
00:36:49Well, you know,
00:36:50I've been at this a very long time.
00:36:53Excuse me.
00:36:56Hello.
00:36:59Hensel speaking.
00:37:01The press room?
00:37:03Say, what's the idea
00:37:04of ringing me on an outside phone?
00:37:06What have we got
00:37:07our office phones for?
00:37:10Hello?
00:37:12Hello?
00:37:14Well, they'd call me
00:37:15on an outside wire.
00:37:17That is hard, isn't it?
00:37:18Well, the office phones
00:37:19must be out of order.
00:37:20Oh.
00:37:21Just run your eye over that.
00:37:22I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:37:23Certainly.
00:37:24Don't hurry.
00:37:24I've got lots of time.
00:37:54I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:37:58And so last night
00:38:00I decided that Steve and I
00:38:01had a part.
00:38:02Sure.
00:38:03I see your side of it.
00:38:05Naturally, it looks very much
00:38:06to me as though
00:38:07Steve didn't care anymore.
00:38:09Doesn't it look that way to you?
00:38:10Sure.
00:38:11I think you're doing
00:38:12the right thing.
00:38:13You don't think maybe
00:38:14I was a little hasty?
00:38:15Not at all.
00:38:16I think you're a glutton
00:38:17for punishment.
00:38:19I wouldn't hurt Steve
00:38:20for the world.
00:38:22Do you know
00:38:23where I can find him?
00:38:25He moves around
00:38:26too fast for me.
00:38:27You might as well
00:38:28try to find
00:38:28the lost car.
00:38:31Steve!
00:38:34What the...
00:38:38Oh, hello, Marge.
00:38:40I didn't expect
00:38:40to see you here.
00:38:41I came because
00:38:42I...
00:38:43I brought the suitcase.
00:38:45Oh, thanks.
00:38:46Get off.
00:38:47Say, is that fossilized
00:38:48old baboon
00:38:49in his office?
00:38:50Now, don't go in there, Steve.
00:38:51Where do you cool off?
00:38:52I want to see this baby
00:38:52while I'm red hot.
00:38:53Steve,
00:38:54you've been drinking.
00:38:56Please be careful.
00:38:57Well, what's that to you?
00:38:58We're all washed up,
00:39:00aren't we?
00:39:00Steve, don't be a fat.
00:39:02Give me a chance.
00:39:02Say, who's doing
00:39:03all this yelling out here?
00:39:05So,
00:39:06you're going to your back
00:39:07again.
00:39:07Are you very happy
00:39:08with that?
00:39:08Steve!
00:39:10You're...
00:39:10You're drunk.
00:39:11Now, you'll think
00:39:12I'm drunk
00:39:12by the time I get through
00:39:13as you get into that office.
00:39:14So, I'm a bum reporter,
00:39:16am I?
00:39:16You can't scare me.
00:39:17I'm a rotten newspaper man,
00:39:18am I?
00:39:19You can't work here anymore.
00:39:20Who wants to work
00:39:21in this dump?
00:39:22I got a story here
00:39:23that's going to turn
00:39:23this town upside down.
00:39:25Ah, you haven't got
00:39:26any story of drunk again.
00:39:27Yeah, punch drunk.
00:39:28I met a couple
00:39:29of Reno's men outside.
00:39:30Say, you can think
00:39:31of all alibis
00:39:32in any sauce
00:39:33I ever met.
00:39:33Yeah, well,
00:39:34what do you think
00:39:34about this, dog, Garnier?
00:39:36What is it?
00:39:36It's a confession
00:39:37from Rose Peretti.
00:39:38A confession?
00:39:39A confe...
00:39:40Where'd you get it?
00:39:41Who wrote this?
00:39:42Who's in this house?
00:39:43Well, what do you know?
00:39:44Now, there's a story
00:39:45there that'll make
00:39:46your hair curl.
00:39:47It involves Reno
00:39:47and this whole
00:39:48rotten gang.
00:39:49And it doesn't
00:39:49stop there, either.
00:39:51Oh, what a story!
00:39:52What a story!
00:39:53Banks,
00:39:54always knew
00:39:54you had it in here.
00:39:55Wait till I publish this.
00:39:57You're not gonna publish it.
00:39:58Oh, now, Banks,
00:39:59don't talk like that.
00:40:01I'm not working
00:40:01for you anymore.
00:40:02You've fired me.
00:40:03Give me an extra question.
00:40:04Doggone you
00:40:04before I lose my temper.
00:40:05You'll try and get it.
00:40:06I scooped the whole town
00:40:07on this story
00:40:07in my own time.
00:40:08And I'm gonna have
00:40:09it published, too.
00:40:10But not on your punk sheet.
00:40:11I'm gonna sell this
00:40:12to a decent newspaper.
00:40:13Sam!
00:40:14Steve, wait a minute.
00:40:15Say, look here.
00:40:16Look, wait a minute.
00:40:16I'm gonna give you
00:40:17a $10 raise.
00:40:18I'll make an all run
00:40:19on the cashier right now.
00:40:20Make it $25.
00:40:22Say, doggone you,
00:40:23you'll ruin me.
00:40:24I'm not made of money.
00:40:25All right, I'll see you later.
00:40:26I'm running right over
00:40:27to the Herald office.
00:40:28Oh, wait a minute.
00:40:28Wait a minute.
00:40:29Don't go.
00:40:30Don't go.
00:40:30I'll give him
00:40:31but it's a doggone outrage.
00:40:35There.
00:40:36Give me that confession.
00:40:37I suppose I'm still
00:40:37a bum newspaper man?
00:40:39Who said you were?
00:40:40I did, but you're gonna
00:40:40take it back right now.
00:40:41You're the best newspaper man
00:40:43in this town.
00:40:44The trouble with me
00:40:44is I talk too darn much.
00:40:46Now, give me that confession.
00:40:47Well, it's all right this time,
00:40:48but don't you ever
00:40:48let it happen again.
00:40:49No, here, Steve.
00:40:50Go out and get yourself
00:40:51a clean shirt.
00:40:52You look like a bum.
00:40:52All right, then hurry on back.
00:40:54We've got a lot of work to do.
00:40:55Say, I think I'll go out
00:40:56this other way.
00:40:56Those thugs of Reno's
00:40:57might still feel playful.
00:41:00Hey, another thing.
00:41:01Don't you get drunk?
00:41:03No, not too drunk.
00:41:04If you come back here
00:41:05and drunk, you're fired.
00:41:06Hello.
00:41:10Yes, confession of
00:41:11a freddy girl
00:41:12exposed his big dope brain.
00:41:14Hey, Steve!
00:41:16Say, what's the district
00:41:17attorney's number?
00:41:17Hempstead, 3,000.
00:41:19All right, get out of here.
00:41:20Hello, Hempstead, 3,000.
00:41:22Yeah, hurry, hurry.
00:41:24Hello.
00:41:25Hello, Hempstead.
00:41:27Well, are they still at it?
00:41:29He's been in there a long time.
00:41:31Do you think everything's all right?
00:41:32Well, they've quit yelling
00:41:33at each other.
00:41:34That's something.
00:41:36I never saw Steve so violent.
00:41:38And I feel maybe
00:41:39that I'm responsible.
00:41:40Oh, he'll be all right
00:41:41as soon as he gets it
00:41:42out of his system.
00:41:43They're too quiet
00:41:44all of a sudden
00:41:45he sees me.
00:41:47Supposing you've just
00:41:48put your head in the door, huh?
00:41:50Not me, lady.
00:41:52Not me.
00:41:53I know those birds
00:41:54too well to interfere
00:41:55in their family quarrels.
00:41:57They have these fights
00:41:58about twice a week
00:41:59just to prove
00:41:59they're not effeminate.
00:42:00But they always wind up
00:42:02in each other's arms
00:42:03singing Mother McCree.
00:42:04Even so,
00:42:05I can't help worrying
00:42:06about Steve.
00:42:08He's such a kid.
00:42:10You know, Margie,
00:42:11I think you were
00:42:12Miss Cass.
00:42:13You should have been
00:42:14his mother.
00:42:25Back so soon?
00:42:26Well, I've been
00:42:27all over this building
00:42:28trying to find out
00:42:28who called me on the phone.
00:42:29Nobody seems to know
00:42:30anything about it.
00:42:31Probably someone
00:42:32just kidding.
00:42:33Well, if I find out
00:42:34who it was,
00:42:35I'll teach him a lesson.
00:42:36I won't have any jokers
00:42:37about this office.
00:42:39Well?
00:42:40You got any idea?
00:42:43Say,
00:42:44I wonder...
00:42:45I don't understand.
00:42:48A strange thing happened.
00:42:50This fellow Banks
00:42:51is quite a practical joker,
00:42:52isn't he?
00:42:53He's worse than that.
00:42:54Why?
00:42:55Oh,
00:42:56no reason.
00:42:58I just thought
00:42:58perhaps he might have
00:42:59called you on the phone.
00:43:00I saw him come out
00:43:01of Addison's office
00:43:02just before you returned.
00:43:04Well, I can't imagine
00:43:05him being in there.
00:43:06I assure you
00:43:07he was fired this morning.
00:43:09They were having
00:43:09a violent argument
00:43:10and Banks used
00:43:11a lot of cuss words.
00:43:12It was very threatening.
00:43:14But he's that way
00:43:15with everybody.
00:43:15In fact,
00:43:16he threatened me again
00:43:18when he came out
00:43:18of the office.
00:43:19Well, I'm going to put
00:43:19a stop.
00:43:20Oh, don't bother.
00:43:21I realized
00:43:22he'd been drinking.
00:43:23Well, he must be
00:43:24kept out of here.
00:43:24I want to see
00:43:25just what Banks
00:43:26said to you.
00:43:27Oh, some other time.
00:43:28It's nothing.
00:43:29Let's go over the copy.
00:43:30I, uh,
00:43:31I just remember
00:43:32an appointment.
00:43:33As you like.
00:43:34I want you to know
00:43:35how I feel.
00:43:36I understand perfectly.
00:43:39Now about the border.
00:43:43He doesn't look
00:43:44very happy.
00:43:45He's probably
00:43:45had his name
00:43:46spelled wrong again.
00:43:47There's somebody
00:43:48in this joint
00:43:48that thinks they're funny.
00:43:50It's a funny business,
00:43:51big boy.
00:43:52Right down,
00:43:52Hustle.
00:43:54Listen, Larish.
00:43:57If you don't keep
00:43:58them principal pushers
00:43:59of yours under control,
00:44:00I'm going to
00:44:00start something.
00:44:01What's the matter?
00:44:03What's the matter?
00:44:05Look at that.
00:44:07Is that funny?
00:44:11What do you call that?
00:44:13It's concrete.
00:44:15Shut up.
00:44:18This knife came
00:44:19from one of those windows
00:44:20and hit me
00:44:21right on the conch.
00:44:22Did it bend the blade?
00:44:25Did she do it?
00:44:26Not me.
00:44:28I always get my man.
00:44:30Someday.
00:44:32Now listen, Larish.
00:44:33I'm a cop.
00:44:35I ain't no target.
00:44:36Let me see that knife.
00:44:41That's funny
00:44:41that this is Steve's knife.
00:44:43So that's who it was, eh?
00:44:45Where is he?
00:44:47He's inside.
00:44:48But he wouldn't throw
00:44:49a knife at you, Ryan.
00:44:50Not much.
00:44:51Cut that.
00:44:53No.
00:44:54It probably jumps
00:44:55out the window.
00:44:56Well, I'll wait for him.
00:44:58And you'd better get
00:44:59prepared to be a widow.
00:45:01Well, fun is fun
00:45:03and all that.
00:45:03Just kidding and calling
00:45:04me names is bad enough
00:45:06that when it comes
00:45:06to throwing knives
00:45:07at officers,
00:45:08that ain't gonna be funny
00:45:10this season.
00:45:11You know,
00:45:12I've been on this
00:45:12force for 25 years.
00:45:14Look!
00:45:16Look!
00:45:18What happened to Jack?
00:45:19You want your friend?
00:45:21Get her over to the window.
00:45:22Get back, Evan!
00:45:23Get some water.
00:45:23The room's broken.
00:45:24Open up that window.
00:45:26Put out the cigarette.
00:45:27Mira!
00:45:28Mira!
00:45:29Sounded like a woman's voice.
00:45:36Open that window, quick!
00:45:45Something must have happened.
00:45:46I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:45:48Go to the gas.
00:45:49Get out of those fingers, fellas.
00:45:50Open up those fingers.
00:45:56How is he?
00:45:57Is his heart beating?
00:46:03He's gone all right.
00:46:05The gas didn't mean he's dead.
00:46:08He's dead all right.
00:46:09Somebody stand for the coroner.
00:46:11Hurry up, one of you boys, quick.
00:46:12This looks serious.
00:46:20This ain't no place for you,
00:46:22Mrs. Banks.
00:46:23He's gone all right, boys.
00:46:28Well, what are you all
00:46:29standing around here for?
00:46:30You know, we've got a newspaper
00:46:31to get out.
00:46:31Let's have a story.
00:46:33Huffman,
00:46:33covering civic activity.
00:46:34Right away.
00:46:35You take his home line.
00:46:36Write it up well.
00:46:37Take the newspaper
00:46:37end of it, you.
00:46:38Come on here.
00:46:39Let's get to work.
00:46:40Anybody think you
00:46:40were sleeping up here?
00:46:42Come on now.
00:46:46Well, I don't understand
00:46:48how this gas
00:46:49threw out
00:46:49with them windows thrown.
00:46:51Neither do I.
00:46:54Wait a minute.
00:46:58Come here, Ryan.
00:46:59Why?
00:47:00This wasn't an accident.
00:47:02The old man has been murdered.
00:47:03Murdered?
00:47:04That tube's been cut.
00:47:05What makes you think
00:47:06he was murdered?
00:47:10He's been cut all right.
00:47:11Cleaned through
00:47:12and with a knife.
00:47:15He wasn't cut with a knife.
00:47:17It's why it's all rotten.
00:47:18It must have come loose.
00:47:20So that's where
00:47:21the knife came from.
00:47:26Sorry, Mrs. Banks,
00:47:27but I've got to do my duty.
00:47:30He didn't do it.
00:47:31He didn't do it.
00:47:32He couldn't do anything like that.
00:47:34Brace up, kid.
00:47:36Hello, Joe.
00:47:37Ryan.
00:47:38Hey, get a hold of Steve's bank.
00:47:40Newspaper reporter.
00:47:41They're all the boys known.
00:47:43Don't let him get away.
00:47:44He's wanted for murder.
00:47:46He didn't do it.
00:47:47No, he didn't do it.
00:47:48He didn't do it.
00:47:49I know.
00:47:53Oh, this is terrible.
00:47:54He's been murdered.
00:47:56Murdered?
00:47:58Do they suspect anyone?
00:48:00Thanks, of course.
00:48:00They cut the gas tube.
00:48:01They're looking for him now.
00:48:04Hello.
00:48:04Hello.
00:48:05Get me Mr. Morris.
00:48:07Hello, Sergeant.
00:48:08What's up?
00:48:08Say, don't let anyone
00:48:09leave this building
00:48:10until the coroner gets here.
00:48:12Okay, Sergeant.
00:48:13Watch that door.
00:48:14I'll hear you.
00:48:19Call me as soon as you get him.
00:48:21Yes.
00:48:23Really, Mr. Hensel,
00:48:25I can't afford
00:48:26to get mixed up in this.
00:48:27I suppose it's all right
00:48:29if I leave?
00:48:30Certainly.
00:48:30No doubt they'll
00:48:31want your testimony
00:48:32at the trial.
00:48:33I can always be reached.
00:48:41Let me see.
00:48:42The elevators are down
00:48:43this way?
00:48:45Yeah, but you ain't
00:48:46going to use them.
00:48:47Why not?
00:48:48Nobody leaves the building
00:48:49until further order.
00:48:50I'll vouch for him, officer.
00:48:52Vouch your head off.
00:48:53Nobody leaves the building.
00:48:58I understand it.
00:49:00Just a matter of form.
00:49:02Hey, shut up!
00:49:03Quit shoving!
00:49:04I'll give you a good
00:49:04sock in the nose.
00:49:05Ah, shut up!
00:49:09Here he is, Sergeant.
00:49:10I caught him
00:49:11sneaking out of
00:49:11a barber shop.
00:49:12Hey, Flatfoot.
00:49:13And a guy
00:49:14got his hair cut
00:49:14from this town
00:49:15without having
00:49:15a spine yank loose
00:49:17by one of your
00:49:17big beef rustlers?
00:49:18The next hair cut
00:49:19you get won't
00:49:20cost you a cent.
00:49:22Well, what's the idea
00:49:23of all the bulls?
00:49:25Well, what's happened,
00:49:26Art?
00:49:26What's up?
00:49:28Oh, not Margie.
00:49:29Nothing's happened.
00:49:30Quit stalling.
00:49:31Quit kidding.
00:49:32Let me in on this.
00:49:33Oh, you don't
00:49:34remember nothing, eh?
00:49:36I suppose it's
00:49:37that bum booze
00:49:38you've been drinking.
00:49:43Maybe this will
00:49:44refresh new memory.
00:49:48The old man.
00:49:52He ain't dead, is he?
00:49:53He's dead, all right.
00:49:56Well, I only left him
00:49:57just a little while ago.
00:50:01Well, that's the way
00:50:02he wanted to go.
00:50:03With his boots on.
00:50:05Why did you kill him?
00:50:07He wasn't murdered,
00:50:08was he?
00:50:09Oh, I suppose
00:50:10he want to croak
00:50:10the old man.
00:50:13Well, you don't
00:50:14think I did it, do you?
00:50:14Are you going to complain?
00:50:15Don't talk, Steve.
00:50:16They don't know a thing.
00:50:18Margie.
00:50:22You don't think so, too.
00:50:25Margie.
00:50:28Margie!
00:50:29You couldn't hurt anybody,
00:50:31Steve.
00:50:31You couldn't hurt a
00:50:32flying meanest.
00:50:44Well, I...
00:50:45I guess it don't look
00:50:46very good for me, huh?
00:51:01All right, Ryan.
00:51:02I'm ready to talk.
00:51:04But I'd like to talk
00:51:05to you alone.
00:51:07All right, get inside.
00:51:10Stick around and watch this door,
00:51:11and you take care of
00:51:12all of those other doors.
00:51:13Okay, Sergeant.
00:51:17Hey, quit that racket.
00:51:19How can I work?
00:51:20Have you gone through his desk?
00:51:22Maybe he's got some guns
00:51:23or something around here.
00:51:25Oh, shut up and go back.
00:51:27Right over there.
00:51:30Oh, here's someone now.
00:51:32Where's the officer in charge?
00:51:34He's inside.
00:51:35Are you from the
00:51:36district attorney's office?
00:51:37Well, the district attorney
00:51:38couldn't come, Felt.
00:51:39Felt is my name.
00:51:41Fourth deputy.
00:51:42Yes, Mr. Felt.
00:51:43How long ago was the body
00:51:45discovered?
00:51:45Half an hour.
00:51:47That's strange.
00:51:48Oh, yes.
00:51:49Why, Addison telephoned
00:51:50the office a half hour ago.
00:51:51Said he had an important message
00:51:53for the district attorney.
00:51:55Did you discover the body?
00:51:56Me?
00:51:57Why, no.
00:51:57I...
00:51:58Who did?
00:51:58The secretary.
00:51:59And where is he?
00:52:00She's here.
00:52:01She's fainted.
00:52:02Fainted?
00:52:02Well, hold her.
00:52:03There's a gentleman in my office
00:52:04who has some very important testimonies.
00:52:05Well, hold him.
00:52:06Has the coroner arrived yet?
00:52:08Well, here he is now.
00:52:10Oh, I'm in charge here.
00:52:11The body is just in charge.
00:52:14Oh, Ryan.
00:52:15Oh, are you, uh,
00:52:16Officer Mariah?
00:52:18Ryan, who are you?
00:52:20Felt, the district attorney's office.
00:52:22This is a very important case.
00:52:24You better send for the district attorney.
00:52:25I'm in charge here.
00:52:27Have you any, uh, suspect?
00:52:29Hint.
00:52:30Is he under arrest?
00:52:31Not yet.
00:52:32I've been doing a little investigating.
00:52:33Well, I'll do the investigating.
00:52:35He's got to be charged with something, ain't he?
00:52:37He's charged with the murder of Mr. Addison.
00:52:39I'll do the charging.
00:52:40Detain him as a material witness.
00:52:42You're detained.
00:52:43So I hear.
00:52:44Guard him carefully
00:52:45and see that no one leaves this building.
00:52:48Oh, shut up.
00:52:50I see.
00:52:51Won't you let me help?
00:52:52You'll keep out of this.
00:52:53You'll get me in trouble.
00:52:54Steve, you are in trouble.
00:52:56Don't use of a terrible crime.
00:52:57What do you care?
00:52:58You're all through with me.
00:53:00You don't understand, Steve.
00:53:03I only want to help you.
00:53:06Godwell, don't you understand me, Steve?
00:53:09I love you.
00:53:10You mean that?
00:53:11No one must talk to the prisoner.
00:53:13The prisoner must be held incommunicado.
00:53:16In where?
00:53:17He mustn't talk to anyone.
00:53:20Oh, he's seated, madam.
00:53:21You are not to leave the building.
00:53:22Okay, good.
00:53:23Let me handle it.
00:53:24Be careful.
00:53:25He died of expiation.
00:53:26The gas tube was cut with a pair of scissors.
00:53:29Any other evidence?
00:53:31There's a knife someone threw out the window.
00:53:33Hmm.
00:53:34The gas tube was cut with this knife.
00:53:36Is this your knife?
00:53:38Yes, it is, but...
00:53:38Never mind.
00:53:39Just one thing I'd like to know.
00:53:40Anything you say may be used against you.
00:53:42Who was in that room with the old man after I locked him?
00:53:44You're the last to leave that office banked.
00:53:46You know it.
00:53:46We have a witness here to prove it.
00:53:48A witness?
00:53:48A witness.
00:53:50Bring the witness in.
00:54:03Bank your cards for the deathly crime.
00:54:05Are you ready to make a statement?
00:54:06Yes, he's done anything.
00:54:07Quiet.
00:54:09Well, I may make a statement later.
00:54:11Thanks to warn you, the evidence is against you.
00:54:14You're notorious for getting into drunken brawls
00:54:16and abusing people while under the influence of intoxicating beverages.
00:54:19Are we having a trial right here, or is this just a rehearsal?
00:54:21You were discharged by the dead man this morning.
00:54:23Came back here to his office, picking revenge.
00:54:26You threatened him.
00:54:27There was a struggle.
00:54:28The old man was struck to the floor,
00:54:29and as he laid there, got some progress.
00:54:31You cut the gas tube with a thin knife,
00:54:33threw the knife out of the window, and attempted to escape.
00:54:35Stop.
00:54:35You have the only right to stop there.
00:54:36And I warn you.
00:54:37I'm not afraid of you.
00:54:39You have no right to accuse him of something he didn't do.
00:54:41The gas tube was cut all right.
00:54:43I guess I ought to know.
00:54:44I cut it myself.
00:54:45Margie.
00:54:46She didn't do anything of the kind.
00:54:48She's saying doesn't protect me.
00:54:49Just a minute.
00:54:50He's irresponsible, Mr. Phelps.
00:54:51Don't pay any attention to him.
00:54:52I know what I did.
00:54:53Keep out of this, Margie.
00:54:54I know what I'm doing.
00:54:54Quiet.
00:54:54Why did you cut that gas tube?
00:54:57I'll tell you why.
00:54:58I saw right away that Mr. Addison had died of heart failure or something.
00:55:02And I reached down and subbed the gas tube me because I thought I'd make a sensational story for my
00:55:07paper.
00:55:07Well, she's not telling him truth.
00:55:08I am.
00:55:09I know what I did.
00:55:09Mrs. Banks, I must hold you as an accessory after the fact.
00:55:12No.
00:55:14The deceased did not die of acetyation.
00:55:18He died of a blow on the head.
00:55:23Hold that for evidence.
00:55:24It may have fingerprints on it.
00:55:26Yes, sir.
00:55:26Right in here, please.
00:55:34That's all I wanted to know.
00:55:37There's your witness, Mr. Phelps.
00:55:40Would you mind stepping this way?
00:55:42Wait a minute.
00:55:44Certainly not.
00:55:48Well, well, Joe.
00:55:49I knew you'd been here, but I thought you'd made your getaway.
00:55:52I warn you, this is a serious matter for you.
00:55:54It was serious until the mastermind dropped in.
00:55:56Quiet.
00:55:57This isn't the first time he's abused, Mr. Reno.
00:55:59No, and it won't be the last.
00:56:00Mr. Phelps, I'm ready to make you a statement, but I want to write it out in my own way.
00:56:05Watch him.
00:56:05I don't want any tricks.
00:56:07Don't start anything.
00:56:08Not much.
00:56:10Mr. Reno.
00:56:12Where did you first come in contact with the prisoner?
00:56:16I'd rather not say.
00:56:17Well, go ahead and tell him, Joe.
00:56:18I'll hand him all a good laugh.
00:56:19Quiet.
00:56:20Quiet.
00:56:21It's your duty, Mr. Reno.
00:56:22He's a citizen.
00:56:23And what a citizen?
00:56:24Quiet.
00:56:25Go on.
00:56:25I first met this person when he came in my restaurant.
00:56:29Speakeasy, Joe.
00:56:31He was always drunk and always abusive.
00:56:33And some of my customers have come to consider him mentally unbalanced.
00:56:37That's the first true thing you've said so far.
00:56:39That's important.
00:56:41You, uh, you say the prisoner showed signs of insanity?
00:56:45Well, I have to be nuts to eat in Reno's restaurant.
00:56:47Keep the, keep the prisoner quiet.
00:56:50Shut up.
00:56:50Sure.
00:56:51Did I cut the gas pipe first, Joe, or after?
00:56:53Quiet.
00:56:54Go on.
00:56:55Well, this afternoon I called on my friend, Mr. Hensel, to discuss some advertising.
00:57:00That's right.
00:57:01Through the door of Addison's office, I heard Banks threaten Mr. Addison.
00:57:06This was followed by sounds of a scuffle.
00:57:09Soon Banks emerged from the office, threw something out of the hall window, and hurriedly left the building.
00:57:14Wait a minute.
00:57:15Was Hensel in the office sometimes?
00:57:17Attagirl, Margie.
00:57:18I am conducting this investigation.
00:57:20Will you ask?
00:57:21Were, uh, were you in the office at the time?
00:57:25Why, no, I, uh.
00:57:27You probably got a phone call.
00:57:28Did you get a telephone call?
00:57:29Joe, I'm surprised at you.
00:57:31That telephone gag's got whiskers.
00:57:32I'm asking the question.
00:57:34Uh, did you get a telephone call?
00:57:37Well, yes.
00:57:39I was called into the press room.
00:57:40And while you arrived at your office, Reno slipped across the hall and murdered the old man in cold blood.
00:57:46I don't mind, Mr. Hensel.
00:57:48Is that all you wish of me?
00:57:50Uh, yes.
00:57:50Thank you for your testimony, Mr. Hensel.
00:57:52That'll be all.
00:57:53Now let that guy get away.
00:57:54He won't stop till he reaches Siberia.
00:57:56You can always reach me at this address, Mr. Phelps.
00:58:00Better stick around, Mr. Reno.
00:58:02I am conducting this investigation, Sergeant.
00:58:04You may go, Mr. Reno.
00:58:05You can go if they like, but I won't be responsible if my cops get a little rough with them.
00:58:10I'll stay, Mr. Phelps.
00:58:12If it pleases the officer.
00:58:14Are you trying to make a fool of me in front of all these people?
00:58:17I should say now, you're doing pretty well all by yourself.
00:58:21I demand his arrest for the murder of Mr. Hensel.
00:58:23Mr. Phelps, I said I was ready to make a statement, and here it is.
00:58:26Here, huh?
00:58:26Get this on the press and ready to roll.
00:58:28If we ever got scooped on a murder in our own office, the old man would never forgive us.
00:58:32What's on that paper?
00:58:32I'll tell you what's on it.
00:58:33It's the story of a rotten gang of dope peddlers headed by Joe Reno that's had this town by the
00:58:38throat for months.
00:58:38That's a strong statement.
00:58:40Reposterous.
00:58:41I don't mind.
00:58:41I've been working on Joe for a long while.
00:58:44The old man and I were going to spring it in today's edition.
00:58:46We had a confession from Rose Peretti spilling Reno's beans.
00:58:49Reno wanted that confession, and he murdered the old man to get it.
00:58:52That failed the fabrication of a lunatic.
00:58:54The facts of you to support the charges.
00:58:56Where is this confession?
00:58:57It was on Addison's desk, but Reno destroyed it, of course.
00:59:00But the Perny gal will be here any minute now.
00:59:02Maybe Joe would like to hear the story from her own lips.
00:59:04Wait a minute.
00:59:05I've got bad news.
00:59:07Rose Peretti was found dead half an hour ago.
00:59:17So, you covered that too, did you, Joe?
00:59:21You're smarter than I thought you were.
00:59:23What?
00:59:23Who is this Peretti girl?
00:59:25Don't you read the papers?
00:59:26She was one of Joe's narcotic customers.
00:59:28If this wasn't so tragic, it'd be amusing.
00:59:30Just a minute.
00:59:31Just a minute.
00:59:32Who sent for this woman?
00:59:33Wait a minute.
00:59:34Why?
00:59:34It's a serious thing to keep important evidence from the district attorney's office.
00:59:37I tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen.
00:59:39Reno, I'd like to ask you one question.
00:59:42Did you know this Peretti girl?
00:59:45If you have any doubt about my character, Mr. Phelps,
00:59:48I'd be very happy if you look into my records.
00:59:51Spring it, Jake.
00:59:53Here's a record of Mr. Reno's that you might like to hear.
00:59:56When Ryan and I went into Watterson's office, the dictaphone was still running.
01:00:00Maybe there's something on that record that Joe would like to hear.
01:00:02This has gone quite far enough.
01:00:04I refuse to listen to any further accusations.
01:00:09Excuse me, I'm sorry I lost my temper.
01:00:12You bad boy, now you see what you've done?
01:00:15Of course, there was nothing on the record.
01:00:17Of course not.
01:00:18That one was a blank.
01:00:20We thought you might get clumsy, Joe, so we saved the real record till last.
01:00:24What is this going on about?
01:00:26You'll know soon enough.
01:00:27There's a whole lot on here that will be of interest to a jury.
01:00:30Joe, bring me that UP loudspeaker.
01:00:33Oh, and this ought to be good loudspeaker now.
01:00:37What have you done, Nick?
01:00:38I don't know.
01:00:42Hey, Mark, how do you spell our six-creation?
01:00:45How do I know?
01:00:46Go get a dictionary.
01:00:47Well, you don't either get sore about it.
01:00:48Well, now then, Mr. Phelps, see if you can recognize this voice.
01:00:56Hello.
01:00:56Where did you go?
01:00:57I'm pretty sure it was a great show for you.
01:00:58Steve, wait a minute.
01:01:00What's the district's head in, Uncle?
01:01:01Have you step three thousand?
01:01:02All right, get out of here.
01:01:03Hello, have you step three thousand?
01:01:06Yeah, hurry up.
01:01:07Oh, hello.
01:01:08Hello, district's head in, Uncle?
01:01:10What's the matter?
01:01:11You want to sleep down there?
01:01:12Let me talk to district attorney.
01:01:14Hello?
01:01:15Hello, business matters with the express.
01:01:24Are you satisfied, Mr. Phelps?
01:01:26Why, there's nothing intimidating here.
01:01:29Ryan, I demanded you arrest me.
01:01:30Wait a minute.
01:01:31Listen.
01:01:32Get out of here and close that door.
01:01:34What do you mean something into my office like this?
01:01:36I mean business.
01:01:38Give me that paper.
01:01:39Get out of here.
01:01:40Give me that confession.
01:01:42Get out of here before I...
01:01:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:01:46There's something to yell about.
01:01:48With the compliments of Joe Reno.
01:01:51Joe Reno?
01:01:52Why, that's ridiculous.
01:01:54That isn't my voice.
01:01:56You're not going to frame me.
01:01:57Hey, hey, hey, come on.
01:01:59Come and get me.
01:02:00Come and get me.
01:02:00You won't get far.
01:02:01You want to see about that?
01:02:02But before I go, I'm going to percorate a certain lousy reporter.
01:02:05Steve, what the heck?
01:02:06My first blow.
01:02:08Steve, are you hurt?
01:02:09I don't know.
01:02:10Do you see any holes?
01:02:11Oh, I was so frightened.
01:02:12I know I've heard so many harps before.
01:02:14All right, you'll have to break my arm.
01:02:17My goodness, he was on his way to Sunday school.
01:02:20Take him away, Bill.
01:02:21So long, old playmate.
01:02:23I'll see you in the electric chair.
01:02:25You're a smart boy.
01:02:28My grandmother would have liked you.
01:02:30You never can tell.
01:02:34Well, over the river.
01:02:36Skip the gutter.
01:02:37Come on, let's go.
01:02:39Steve, you're wonderful.
01:02:40Not bad at that.
01:02:41Max, you've been a great help to me in this case.
01:02:45I don't know why I suspected you.
01:02:47Look, I knew a smart man like you would see through the whole thing.
01:02:51You?
01:02:52No.
01:02:54I'll probably have to have you transferred.
01:02:57Don't take it so serious.
01:02:59It was good practice, wasn't it?
01:03:03Sister, give me a front-hand spread on that.
01:03:05Vera, change your story around to suit the facts and make it snappy.
01:03:10Come on, come on.
01:03:12Say, will you quit digging up new facts?
01:03:14I haven't had any lunch.
01:03:15I'll send you in a bale of hay.
01:03:17Oh.
01:03:20City desk.
01:03:21Margaret Bay sticking.
01:03:22Hold on to that Edison story.
01:03:23Wait till you hear this one.
01:03:25And listen.
01:03:26I want you to spell my name right.
01:03:29If you don't, I'm going to make you eat all them extras one at a time.
01:03:35Okay, Flatfoot.
01:03:39Someday.
01:03:42Reno!
01:03:43Reno!
01:03:44Joe Reno!
01:03:45R-E-N-O!
01:03:46Reno!
01:03:48Thanks.
01:03:49I'm sorry I misunderstood you.
01:03:51Anything I can do for you?
01:03:54Yes.
01:03:58Here.
01:04:01Get this raise foot through before I lose it.
01:04:06Sergeant, anything else I can do for you?
01:04:09Yes.
01:04:09But I wouldn't ask you to do anything like that.
01:04:13Always kidding.
01:04:14Yeah.
01:04:19Dave, you must be cautious.
01:04:22You know, I don't feel so good.
01:04:28I think I'll have a little shot.
01:04:36Haven't got time.
01:04:37See you later.
01:04:56Steve, is that necessary?
01:04:59Have a little shot yourself.
01:05:04Why, Steve, it's Steve.
01:05:05I can take it and leave it alone.
01:05:08Gee, Steve, that's marvelous.
01:05:10It wasn't bad after the first couple of times.
01:05:17Oh, where have you been?
01:05:19I've been looking all over for you.
01:05:23Listen, I found a new joint where one may tip this boy's boat.
01:05:32Well, I don't know, Dick.
01:05:35I may not be able to join you.
01:05:37There's a big plate of liver and onions left over from last night.
01:05:41I'm withy.
01:05:42I'm not a bad cook, really.
01:05:45I...
01:05:46You get out of here.
01:05:53What are you trying to do, break up a man's home?
01:05:56Home?
01:05:58Home.
01:06:01Home.
01:06:02Home.
01:06:05Home.
01:06:07Home.
01:06:08Home.
01:06:12Home.
01:06:12Home.
01:06:15Home.
01:06:15Home.
01:06:15Home.
01:06:16Home.
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