The Doorway To Hell 1930 ★★★ pre-Code Drama [Lew Ayres, James Cagney]

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The Doorway to Hell is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney in his second film role. The film was based on the story "A Handful of Clouds", written by Rowland Brown. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films. It was marketed with the tagline "The picture Gangland defied Hollywood to make!   Storyline:  Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other. WIth the success of his leadership, Louie prospers, marries Doris and retires to Florida to write his autobiography and play golf. In his absence the gang warfare flares, but he does not return as he wants to give a respectable image of life to his wife, younger brother and his Florida neighbors. While letters and telegrams from Mileaway will not influence his decision, events will.   Credits:  Lew Ayres as Louie Ricarno  Charles Judels as Florist (scenes deleted)  Dorothy Mathews as Doris  Leon Janney as Jackie  Robert Elliott as O'Grady  James Cagney as Mileaway  Kenneth Thomson as Capt. of Academy  Jerry Mandy as Gangster  Noel Madison as Rocco  Eddie Kane as Dr. Morton   Tom Wilson as Gangster  Dwight Frye as Monk  Edwin Argus as Midget  Rest Of Cast:  Fred Argus as Machine Gunner (uncredited)  Marie Astaire as Kitty the Fortune Teller (uncredited)  Elmer Ballard as Tommy - Louie's Chauffeur (uncredited)  Joe Bordeaux as Joe - Gangster (uncredited)  Clark Burroughs as Nigger Mike (uncredited)  Nick Copeland as The Midget's Henchman (uncredited)  Bernard Granville as Dr. J.W. Johnson  Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)  Ruth Hall as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)  Eddie Hart as Tansey (uncredited)  Al Hill as Jimmy Kirk - Gangster (uncredited)  Thomas E. Jackson as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)  John Kelly as Whitey Eckhart (uncredited)  Gus Leonard as Shop Owner (uncredited)  Larry McGrath as Detective (uncredited)  Collette Merton as Jane uncredited)  Eddie Moran as Hymie - a Gangster  George Rosener as Slick (uncredited)  Cliff Saum as Poolroom Proprietor (uncredited)  Tony Stabenau as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)  Jack Wise as Delivery Waiter (uncredited)

Transcript

00:00:54Oh, yeah?

00:00:56Where is he?

00:00:57Downstairs in the car.

00:01:00Okay.

00:01:01Oh, Jaime.

00:01:02Mile away will take my place.

00:01:04Oh.

00:01:05Hey, Sparta.

00:01:05You can't rack this up, will you?

00:01:14Hey, give me my violin case, will you?

00:01:22Three.

00:01:25Where are you going, Monk?

00:01:27I'm going out to teach a guy a lesson.

00:01:42Hey, I see a ton of dough in these cards for you, Jane.

00:01:46And look, look at that.

00:01:47Your wish card facing the ten of diamonds.

00:01:52That must be some of the boys now.

00:01:54See if it is.

00:01:55Look.

00:01:55Look, right there.

00:01:56Don't tell me anymore.

00:01:57Oh, wait till I come back.

00:02:07Hello, Jane.

00:02:08Is Whitey in?

00:02:09Sure.

00:02:10Tell him I want to see him a minute, will you?

00:02:12It's important.

00:02:13He'll be down in just a minute.

00:02:28Come on, honey.

00:02:29He wants to see you a moment.

00:02:30Says it's very important.

00:02:31Come on, honey.

00:02:32Tell me what's going to happen next.

00:02:39Say, Jane.

00:02:40Has Whitey been double-crossing anybody lately?

00:02:43No.

00:02:43Well, I don't know.

00:02:45These cards read awful funny.

00:02:49Hello, Monk.

00:02:53Wait a minute.

00:02:54Wait a minute.

00:02:55Don't put me on the...

00:03:24Take the bureau.

00:03:26Who?

00:03:29Brady?

00:03:31Just a minute.

00:03:33See you, Chief.

00:03:41Hello.

00:03:43Yeah.

00:03:47Yeah.

00:03:48Send him right in.

00:03:51You boys let me have this room alone for a while.

00:03:56Cassidy, you wait outside and take any reports that might come in on Recarna.

00:04:01All right, Chief.

00:04:07I beg your pardon.

00:04:12Hello, Louie.

00:04:16Here I am with all the answers.

00:04:19Come on in.

00:04:27How are you feeling?

00:04:29Great.

00:04:30How's the wife and kids?

00:04:31Fine, thanks.

00:04:32Had them out of the beach Sunday.

00:04:34Say, there's a couple of great kids.

00:04:37Take a chair, Louie.

00:04:43Sit down.

00:04:51Aren't we polite?

00:04:53Your manners have improved since the first time I met you.

00:04:57Would you have a cigarette?

00:04:59No, thanks.

00:05:00I don't smoke that brand.

00:05:04What do you know about that surprise party on the south side?

00:05:09What do you mean?

00:05:11Whitey Eckert had his front porch must up last night.

00:05:15Hmm.

00:05:16Drunk?

00:05:19What do you know about that deal?

00:05:24I only know that Whitey Eckert wasn't much good.

00:05:30Too bad.

00:05:34What's too bad?

00:05:36It's too bad to see a swell kid like you in this racket.

00:05:40Why don't you get out of it while the brakes are in your favor?

00:05:44The best you'll get is the worst of it.

00:05:46Why be a sap?

00:05:49If you don't stop lecturing me, Pat, I'm not going to come up here anymore.

00:05:53Why don't you get smart?

00:05:57How can I get smart when you've got all the brains?

00:06:01Okay.

00:06:02You've been doing a little thinking for me, now let me do some for you.

00:06:07If you would clean out Rocco's gang...

00:06:09Yeah?

00:06:11And not be too tough on your friends...

00:06:13Yeah?

00:06:15I could give you enough of these things to paper a nursery.

00:06:18Let me take a peek at that roll.

00:06:23Getting smart at last, huh?

00:06:25No, I just want to see the serial numbers.

00:06:29Listen to me, you copper-hearted mug.

00:06:31I'm no thief.

00:06:32My racket is beer and you know it.

00:06:33I'm in a legitimate business, I am.

00:06:35Sure you are.

00:06:37You're just selling that nice, creamy beer to the poor working man.

00:06:41With a few murders on the side for his entertainment.

00:06:45What are you trying to do, get me sore so I'll spill something?

00:06:48What have you got to spill?

00:06:54You'll get a chance to read that when I write the history of my life at 3.50 a copy.

00:06:59Don't write the last chapter till the night you go to the chair.

00:07:02It'll be more realistic.

00:07:04So you think the chair will be the blow-off for me?

00:07:07It's a cinch.

00:07:09How do you think you like the hot seat?

00:07:11I don't think I'll mind, sweetheart, if I can have you sitting on my lap.

00:07:19Who killed Whitey Ecker?

00:07:25Oh, don't make me laugh.

00:07:41Hello, Midget.

00:07:42Oh, hello, Marlowe.

00:07:43How's every little thing?

00:07:45Well, yes and no.

00:07:46Hey, all the boys in there are the same squawk lately.

00:07:49I guess that's why Louie's calling that big meeting tonight.

00:07:51You tell Louie I can't be there.

00:07:53I got another day.

00:07:54Well, that's your headache.

00:07:55Only remember, Louie don't fall so strong with those alibis.

00:07:59I'll see you there, sweetheart.

00:08:07Listen, by the way, listen, what's the idea of Louie calling this meeting?

00:08:10Now, listen, Jaime, the best way to find out is to be there.

00:08:13Oh, I'll be there, all right.

00:08:14But did Louie say anything else?

00:08:16Oh, yeah.

00:08:17Leave your cannon at home.

00:08:18He's going to put me in the spot, is he?

00:08:20No, no.

00:08:21This is a business meeting.

00:08:23What kind of business?

00:08:24That's certain business.

00:08:31What's going on the other side of the water?

00:08:32I went over there.

00:08:33Hello, Rocco.

00:08:35I just thought I'd drop in and tell you about...

00:08:36Yeah, I know all about that.

00:08:38Say, who does this Louie Ricarno think he is, anyway?

00:08:41We won't go into that.

00:08:42I'm just telling you what he told me to tell you.

00:08:44Yeah, well, you tell Ricarno from me that I'm boss in this end of town.

00:08:47And if he wants to see me, he can come here.

00:08:50Something's liable to happen if you don't show up.

00:08:52Something's liable to happen if I do show up.

00:08:55Well, don't bring any hardware.

00:08:56I never carry a gun.

00:08:58I got friends.

00:09:01Wasn't that a lovely funeral they gave Whitey Eckert the other day?

00:09:05All his friends were there.

00:09:07If you know what I mean.

00:09:21We're close for the night.

00:09:23Nobody here.

00:09:28Now, there's a lot of you mugs I never met before.

00:09:31So I thought it was about time we got together.

00:09:34Seeing that I've been taking the rap for all the suckers you guys been pushing around the country lately.

00:09:39Of course, most of you guys knew me when I was a kid in short pants.

00:09:42A runner for a tough mob of south side cannons.

00:09:46A punk who knew how to keep his mouth shut.

00:09:48When we want history, we read books.

00:09:50Maybe you're right at that.

00:09:51I'll get down to cases.

00:09:53Now, we're all in one racket or another.

00:09:55And lately, there's been a lot of double crossing going on.

00:09:58One mob crashing into another mob's territory.

00:10:01We're in big business.

00:10:02The only thing wrong with it is that it needs organizing.

00:10:06And it needs a boss.

00:10:09I'm taking over both jobs.

00:10:13I'm going to lay this town out in zones.

00:10:15I'll give each mob what I think is coming to them and not one inch more.

00:10:19Get that.

00:10:20Each gang will kick into me and I'll take care of everything.

00:10:24Hey, wait a minute.

00:10:26How much we got to pay you?

00:10:27I haven't made up my mind yet.

00:10:29This is only our first meeting.

00:10:30Let me ask one question.

00:10:32If we pay you this money for organization,

00:10:34what are we going to do if some mob crashes another guy's territory and hijacks the works?

00:10:40Same as was done with me last week.

00:10:44What do we always do with rats?

00:10:47Are you, uh, taking care of that too?

00:10:50I'm putting the beer racket on a big business basis and that covers everything.

00:10:54This ain't no business meeting.

00:10:55It's a shakedown.

00:10:57Is that your idea?

00:10:59Why, it ain't even as good as a shakedown.

00:11:01It's just a new twist on the old-fashioned badger game.

00:11:05Well, I'm trying to make you fellas see what's good for yourselves.

00:11:08Well, I'm not giving a dime of my dough to nobody.

00:11:11That's me all over.

00:11:14I'm big enough to run my own business.

00:11:17Well, it's funny, but I don't think you are.

00:11:25You think you can show me where I ain't?

00:11:29If you'll take that cigarette out of your mouth,

00:11:32I think I may be able to make you see things my way.

00:11:35What's the cigarette got to do with it?

00:11:39I just don't want to burn out your other lamp, that's all.

00:11:49Well, it's no use you getting sore over nothing.

00:11:53I'm willing to do whatever the other boys think is right.

00:11:57That's great.

00:12:01What do you think?

00:12:03Sure, sure.

00:12:06Louie's got a great idea.

00:12:08Let's all get together, boys.

00:12:10What do you say, huh?

00:12:11What a fine lot of yellow mutts you are.

00:12:13I didn't get that last crack.

00:12:16Didn't you?

00:12:18Do you mind letting me have it again?

00:12:20I'll put it in writing if you like.

00:12:29I wouldn't think of putting you in all that trouble.

00:12:31No?

00:12:32Well, get this.

00:12:33I run my own business, do you hear?

00:12:35I don't need no punk like you telling me nothing.

00:12:37Why?

00:12:38Because I'm just as big as you are and bigger.

00:12:41When one man's going to run this town, I'll be him, see?

00:12:44Now, you tell them up here I'm right.

00:12:45Go on, tell them.

00:12:47Tell them.

00:12:49It's pretty hot in here, isn't it?

00:12:50Yeah, and it's going to be hotter.

00:12:52Maybe you're right.

00:12:55Open that window, will you, a mile away?

00:13:01How do you like it, sucker?

00:13:03I ought to give you a little of that heat just for luck.

00:13:07Come on, put that toy away.

00:13:08It's too small.

00:13:11You fellas heard what I said at the opening of this meeting.

00:13:13And what I said then goes just as it lays.

00:13:16And any mug that don't think so

00:13:19will be treated to the swellest funeral that ever stopped traffic.

00:13:44I got it.

00:14:02Well, it just goes to show you what organization would do.

00:14:19We don't look so bad at that, do we?

00:14:22I think we'll get by.

00:14:25Doris, I love you.

00:14:28What?

00:14:29I love you, don't you understand?

00:14:31I want you to marry me.

00:14:33That's funny.

00:14:34I didn't know you were going to marry any time.

00:14:36I wasn't until I met you.

00:14:38Are you kidding?

00:14:39Do I ever kid?

00:14:41I wish you did once in a while.

00:14:44What do you mean?

00:14:46Oh, I don't know.

00:14:47Gee, I'm stuck on that tune that way.

00:14:50I think it's great, don't you?

00:14:52Oh, I'm nuts about you, baby.

00:15:00Say, I found this in my room.

00:15:03What's the gag?

00:15:04It's a secret.

00:15:05Ah-ha, you've been holding out on me.

00:15:08Well, I might as well tell you now.

00:15:10You'll have to find out sooner or later.

00:15:12Doris, I've got a kid brother.

00:15:14Oh, quit your kiddin'.

00:15:16That's on the level.

00:15:16How about it?

00:15:17Yeah, he's not kidding.

00:15:18He goes to a military academy over in Fairfield.

00:15:21He's the cutest kid you ever saw.

00:15:23You'd be nuts about him, Doris.

00:15:24Oh, yeah?

00:15:25All his teachers tell me he's a perfect little gentleman,

00:15:28the head of every racket in his class.

00:15:30I'm going to send him to West Point when he grows up.

00:15:33What are you going to make him a soldier for?

00:15:37Because war is a grand racket.

00:15:40You know, I was just thinking,

00:15:42if I'd been born a couple of hundred years ago,

00:15:45I might have been as big a man as Napoleon.

00:15:56I'm not going to...

00:15:57Don't let him!

00:15:58Don't let him!

00:16:12Don't let him!

00:16:17Wait a minute now, and I'll show it to you.

00:16:19I'll bet when you see it, you'll say it's the finest sword that ever was made.

00:16:25Gee, it certainly has a peach.

00:16:27I told you so, didn't I?

00:16:29Take a good look at it.

00:16:31Gosh, it certainly is peach.

00:16:34I'll bet there's not an officer in the academy.

00:16:36I mean, the grown-up ones, too.

00:16:38There's a finer sword than this old baby.

00:16:40I can hardly wait until I get to be an officer, so I can wear it.

00:16:43Oh, you'll get to be an officer quick enough.

00:16:45Believe me, I never saw such a fellow as you are for trying to get ahead.

00:16:49I wish I could be that way.

00:16:51Maybe if you knew the things I do, you could get ahead, too.

00:16:55What things?

00:16:57I can hardly remember much of it myself.

00:16:59I was such a little kid at the time.

00:17:02I only knew there always seemed to be lots of trouble in our house.

00:17:05Lots of times there wasn't much to eat, either.

00:17:08So now while I've got the chance, I want to make good.

00:17:10For the sake of my brother, Louie, who's going to all this trouble to give me an education.

00:17:15What about your father and mother?

00:17:18They're dead.

00:17:19Oh, so your big brother, Louie, gave you this sword?

00:17:22Yeah.

00:17:23He's taken care of me ever since I was a little tot.

00:17:25Gee, it must be great to have a big brother like that.

00:17:29He must be terribly rich.

00:17:32I guess he is.

00:17:33But you see, we never talk about money in our family.

00:17:36Let me see that sword again.

00:17:37Isn't that a pip?

00:17:39Oh, boy.

00:17:59Do you know where you're going on your honeymoon?

00:18:01He hasn't mentioned it.

00:18:03But don't worry, I'll keep in touch with you.

00:18:06Say, did he tell you yet he's really quitting the racket?

00:18:08No.

00:18:10I guess he's saving that for the blow-off.

00:18:14He's certainly getting a great break.

00:18:19What are you squawking about?

00:18:25Oh, you won't forget me, will you?

00:18:29Not a chance.

00:18:32Kiss me, honey, and wish me luck.

00:18:48Hello, kids.

00:18:49Well, it's just about that time.

00:18:51When are you coming back, Lou?

00:18:53Never.

00:18:55What?

00:18:56I'm quitting the racket for good.

00:18:57I'm going to be the one guy that gave it up while he was still healthy.

00:19:00That's what Doris' love has done for me.

00:19:03Well, I can hardly believe it.

00:19:06Mile away from now on, you're going to be the big boss.

00:19:09But do you think you're doing wise?

00:19:11What do you mean, wise?

00:19:12Oh, quitting the racket just when it's all set and running pretty.

00:19:16Darling, I love you enough to give up anything.

00:19:18And I want to get you as far away from this hoodlum life as possible.

00:19:22I know, Lou, but don't you think that you're going to miss it a whole lot?

00:19:27Oh, I've got money enough to buy anything to take its place.

00:19:31Money can buy anything.

00:19:33Loyalty, friendship, a man's life.

00:19:37You know, sometimes I even think I'm buying your love.

00:19:40Oh, I didn't mean it that way, honey.

00:19:43Honest, I didn't.

00:19:44You couldn't buy Doris' love.

00:19:46Now, well, I know that.

00:19:59All right, boys, make it snappy.

00:20:01A little news for you fellas.

00:20:02I've only got a little while to let you have it.

00:20:04Since our last meeting, everything's been running smooth and rosy.

00:20:07You'll admit that.

00:20:08I put the beer racket on a business basis like I promised you.

00:20:11And I'm quitting the game.

00:20:13From now on, Milo way will be the big boss.

00:20:15What's the idea?

00:20:17Well, I've got the racket organized,

00:20:18and I've decided you boys can get along without me now.

00:20:21Where are you going?

00:20:24What business is that of yours?

00:20:26I was only thinking that if something should come up where I could get in touch with you.

00:20:30Sure.

00:20:30That ain't no way to do.

00:20:31You got everything running smooth, and now you want to give the mobs the work.

00:20:34That ain't right, Louie.

00:20:35Are you trying to tell me where to head in at?

00:20:37Well, yeah.

00:20:38You see, I mean, no.

00:20:40Well, I was only thinking...

00:20:42Don't do that.

00:20:43It isn't good for you.

00:20:44Heini is only trying to show you

00:20:45where you're throwing away your pretty sweet sure thing for a gambler's chance.

00:20:49Why don't you let the big boss alone?

00:20:51He knows his own business a bit.

00:20:53Thanks, Rocko.

00:20:54I knew you'd be glad to know I was quitting the racket.

00:20:56Listen.

00:20:57That's the way I drew my cards,

00:20:59and that's the way I'll play my hand.

00:21:01You boys got anything else to say?

00:21:03Well, yeah.

00:21:04Well, I've got $150,000 invested in that brewery over on the west side,

00:21:07and I've got a right to know what you're going to do.

00:21:19What's the matter?

00:21:22I was just wondering how it would feel

00:21:24to be shot in a stomach as big and as fat as yours.

00:21:39All right, Tommy.

00:21:40This is where I wanted you to stop.

00:21:46What do you find so interesting out there?

00:21:49This is probably the last time I'll ever see this street.

00:21:51I want to take a good look at it.

00:21:54Why?

00:21:57See that little room up on the fifth floor of that dump?

00:22:00Yeah.

00:22:01That's where I was born.

00:22:03They ought to put a tablet on that building.

00:22:06You're right at that.

00:22:08That corner over there, I used to sell newspapers.

00:22:11My old man was a bartender in a saloon that stood on that spot.

00:22:16Very interesting.

00:22:19Take a look at that little shack over there.

00:22:22Well?

00:22:24I should have burnt that to the ground long ago.

00:22:26I wonder why I didn't.

00:22:28Why are you so sore at that place?

00:22:30I had another brother beside Jackie and a little sister, too.

00:22:34They both died of typhoid.

00:22:36What's that got to do with the shack?

00:22:39We used to buy our milk there.

00:22:42Oh.

00:22:44Life's a cheap in a neighborhood like this.

00:22:47Dad, go ahead, get out of it.

00:22:49What's that?

00:22:49Oh, I'm sorry, officer.

00:22:51We were just going over old times.

00:22:53What are you trying to do?

00:22:54Kid me?

00:22:54Are you looking for trouble?

00:22:56Oh, thanks.

00:22:57I've had some.

00:22:58All right.

00:22:58Get out of here.

00:22:59You'll have some more.

00:23:00I'm terribly sorry, officer.

00:23:02All right, Tommy.

00:23:15I'm sorry, Tommy.

00:23:17Oh, boy.

00:23:18Gee, it's good to see you again, Lou.

00:23:19I thought you were never coming.

00:23:20See, what's been keeping you?

00:23:23Oh, I beg your pardon.

00:23:24Oh, Jackie, I want you to meet Mrs. Lamar.

00:23:28What?

00:23:30Doris, this is my little brother.

00:23:31How do you do, Jackie?

00:23:32How do you do?

00:23:34What do you mean?

00:23:36You're married?

00:23:37Nothing else.

00:23:38And she's going to be my sister?

00:23:39She is your sister.

00:23:41Well, I'll be doggone.

00:23:43Aren't you going to kiss her?

00:23:45Am I going to kiss her?

00:23:47Oh, boy.

00:23:53That means I've got to report to Jim.

00:23:55But I told the major you were coming,

00:23:56and he said I might have you for dinner if I wished.

00:23:59Will you stay?

00:24:00If you want to.

00:24:02Sure.

00:24:03Great.

00:24:04I'll tell the major you'll be there.

00:24:05Now, don't forget, I'm dependent on you.

00:24:08Go along.

00:24:09See you later.

00:24:30Will you sit here, Mr. Lamar?

00:24:31Mr. Lamar?

00:24:35Jackie?

00:24:37Gentlemen, we have the honor to have with us tonight, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar.

00:24:40Mr. Lamar is the brother of Cadet Sergeant Lamar.

00:24:43Resident.

00:24:52I'm certainly getting a great kick out of this.

00:24:55Look at those little fellas.

00:24:59And to think that any one of them might someday be as great as Napoleon.

00:25:03You know, I have great hopes for Jackie.

00:25:06Well, you see, Mr. Lamar, we're not so much interested in making them Napoleons as we are in making them

00:25:10good citizens.

00:25:12Oh, but war is a grand racket.

00:25:16Oh, don't misunderstand me.

00:25:18I mean, of course, that war is a big business.

00:25:20Yes, it's big.

00:25:22But it's cruel and profitless.

00:25:25Would you like some coffee, Mrs. Lamar?

00:25:41I can't answer everybody at once.

00:25:43Well, you've got to get Louie to come back.

00:25:44That's what I say.

00:25:45I was hijacked last night for any 20 barrels.

00:25:48Oh, stop your squawking, will you?

00:25:50Well, 20 barrels is 20 barrels.

00:25:52Who's going to make them good?

00:25:53That's what I want to know.

00:25:54Listen, if you feel so tough about it, why don't you go out and put the slug on somebody else?

00:25:58Well, that ain't the idea.

00:26:00We agreed to Louie's proposition.

00:26:01We pay him for protection.

00:26:03And now he gives us the breeze.

00:26:05Yeah, you mean he turned rat.

00:26:06That's what you mean.

00:26:07Why, you dirty greaseball.

00:26:09You wouldn't have the guts to pull out if Louie was within 20 miles of here.

00:26:12But why can't you get Louie to come back?

00:26:14Because he's through with the racket.

00:26:16I've sent him telegrams and letters and everything else.

00:26:19I'm telling you not a chance of getting him back.

00:26:20Who's going to make good that 150 grand that I got invested in that west side brewery of mine?

00:26:24I'm in danger of losing it altogether.

00:26:26Speaking of danger, you better keep your hoods out of Rocco's territory.

00:26:30Because we won't take your beer, we'll take your brewery.

00:26:34I don't butt in on nobody's rights.

00:26:36Well, lay off.

00:26:37That's all.

00:26:37Why did Louie quit the racket in the first place?

00:26:40For two reasons.

00:26:42He's stuck on doors and doesn't want to get him mixed up in anything screwy.

00:26:45And that goes to that kid brother of his in that military school down in Fairfield.

00:26:49I didn't know he had a kid brother.

00:26:51There's a lot of things you don't know.

00:26:53Well, I know this.

00:26:55Louie belongs back here.

00:26:57And I'm going to find a way to...

00:26:59Well, if you don't watch your step,

00:27:01you're going to find a way to treat yourself to a handful of clouds.

00:27:05What do you mean a handful of clouds?

00:27:08I mean the kind that comes out of the end of a .38 automatic.

00:27:15I mean the kind that comes out of the end of the day.

00:27:41I mean the knockouts are in the store.

00:28:02Oh, hello.

00:28:03Send them right away.

00:28:05I hope it's machear.

00:28:08I hope it's ready.

00:28:10I hope it's ready.

00:28:12Let's go.

00:28:57Gentlemen, this is Radio WQAM, Miami, Florida.

00:29:02We are signing off for 15 minutes and we'll be back on the air again at 8.30.

00:29:13Darling, are you absolutely sure you don't want to go to the club with me this morning?

00:29:16No, thanks.

00:29:17I'm going for a swim.

00:29:18Looks like I'll have to go alone then.

00:29:20Goodbye, dear.

00:29:26Goodbye.

00:29:48Goodbye.

00:29:52What happened, Louis?

00:29:56Nothing, darling.

00:29:57Just a tire from Akron made a hole in one.

00:30:01Just a flat tire.

00:30:02See you later.

00:30:14Hello?

00:30:15Who?

00:30:17Where?

00:30:18Oh, yes, of course.

00:30:20Put the party on.

00:30:23Hello, darling.

00:30:24Yes, I'm alone.

00:30:26Positive?

00:30:28How are you, sugar?

00:30:29Oh, gee, it's good to hear your voice again.

00:30:32How are you getting on?

00:30:34Oh, for a time I thought I could stand it.

00:30:36But honest, dear, he's here not to be an awful dud.

00:30:40Dud?

00:30:40How?

00:30:41You'd never know him.

00:30:43He's nothing like he used to be.

00:30:45He's just not the same Louis, that's all.

00:30:48You know, I feel as though I'd married an ex-champion or something.

00:30:52What's happened to him?

00:30:53Well, he spends about five hours a day writing the history of his life.

00:30:59That's a hot one.

00:31:00You wouldn't think so if you were in my spot.

00:31:03Well, listen, honey.

00:31:04I've got a job for you.

00:31:05What?

00:31:07It's up to you to get Louis back to town.

00:31:09Oh, I wish I could.

00:31:11Everything's busted wide open.

00:31:12The mobs are double-crossing each other.

00:31:14And the cops are banging down harder than they ever did before.

00:31:16The boys aren't knocking them off one at a time now.

00:31:19They lined them up in rows and mowed them down with a flock of machine guns.

00:31:22There's only one guy who can put us straight, and that's Louis.

00:31:26I wish he'd take me back there, if only for one thing.

00:31:32I'm a fine golfer.

00:31:35I forgot my pet, Niblick.

00:31:38Here's the way now.

00:31:39You can tell him yourself.

00:31:40Who is it?

00:31:41My little one.

00:31:44Hello, punch drunk.

00:31:46How's everything?

00:31:46Not so hot.

00:31:48What do you mean, not so hot?

00:31:49Did you get any of my letters?

00:31:51Well, I got them all, I guess.

00:31:53Well, the mobs are busting each other wide open again.

00:31:55I know.

00:31:56That's what you've been writing me, and that's what I've been reading in the newspapers.

00:31:59I think you ought to come back here for a while anyhow, Louis.

00:32:03Not a chance.

00:32:04When I left that town, I had everything running smoother than a cash register.

00:32:07If the mobs have gummed up the works, that's not my fault.

00:32:10But you don't know how tough it's getting around here.

00:32:13Some of the mobs are making cracks about going down there and bringing you back.

00:32:17Well, get this straight.

00:32:18You tell that mob of double-crossers if they think they can take me to come down here and

00:32:22try it.

00:32:22Tell them that the first one that chose his face down here will get a load of Florida

00:32:25sunshine inside and out.

00:32:27Now, you tell them.

00:32:30Louis, you shouldn't have lost your temper that way.

00:32:32My little way's right.

00:32:34We belong back there.

00:32:35And anyway, I'm sick of this place.

00:32:37Oh, you're sick of it, huh?

00:32:39What have you got to be sick of?

00:32:40Are you one of them, too?

00:32:41Have you got so much hoodlum in you that it won't come out?

00:32:43Well, I'm through with the game.

00:32:45I told you that, and I'm through.

00:32:52Do you think we'd better take that chance?

00:32:55Well, what chance are we taking?

00:32:56We ain't going to hurt the kid, are we?

00:32:58Better not.

00:32:59I don't know what Louis would do if something should happen to his brother.

00:33:02But it's the only way we got to bring in Louis back to town.

00:33:05But we're taking a terrible chance.

00:33:07Well, we ain't going to harm the kid, I tell you.

00:33:09We'll just bring him here for a little while.

00:33:11Now, when Louis hears that his brother has disappeared, he'll come back fast.

00:33:15And then we'll turn the kid loose.

00:33:17See?

00:33:19Now, you shouldn't beat him at stuff.

00:33:21Why?

00:33:22How do you expect to win the 100-yard dash Saturday and fill up on ice cream?

00:33:25Oh, a little dish won't hurt me.

00:33:27You bet if I were on the track team, I wouldn't break training.

00:33:31Hey, Jackie, there's a man outside who wants to see you.

00:33:33Where?

00:33:34Right over there in that car.

00:33:37Me?

00:33:38Yeah.

00:33:51Hello, Captain.

00:33:52Hello.

00:33:53Are you Jackie Lamar?

00:33:55Yes, sir.

00:33:56Someone inside to see you.

00:34:02Hello, Jackie.

00:34:04Hello.

00:34:04Your brother Louis sent me to get you.

00:34:06Louis?

00:34:07Sure.

00:34:07He just got back from Florida.

00:34:09He ain't feeling so good.

00:34:10He wants to see you.

00:34:11Come on.

00:34:11Get in the car.

00:34:13Well, I'd rather wait until I hear my brother personally.

00:34:15Oh, no.

00:34:16Jackie, don't see that place.

00:34:17Come on.

00:34:18We want to take her to see your brother.

00:34:19Come on, Jackie.

00:34:20Come on.

00:34:20Let's go.

00:34:21Let's go.

00:34:24Let's go.

00:34:26Let's go.

00:34:49Well, I want you boys to look at these very carefully and see if you can find the pictures

00:34:56of the two men that tried to kidnap little Jackie.

00:35:01That's one of them.

00:35:05Look carefully.

00:35:07Are you sure?

00:35:09Yes, sir.

00:35:09Positive?

00:35:10Yes, sir.

00:35:11That's the fat one.

00:35:12And I remember he had a scar on his chin.

00:35:15There's one of them.

00:35:18This one?

00:35:19Yes, sir.

00:35:20You're quite sure?

00:35:22I'm positive.

00:35:24Well, that's fine, boys.

00:35:26Thank you very much.

00:35:27You may go, boy.

00:35:31Hey, sir, I want to thank you for your cooperation.

00:35:35I think everything's going to be all right.

00:35:38I hope so.

00:35:49Darling, what's that Latin word they put at the end of books?

00:35:56Thanks.

00:35:56Hinnis?

00:35:57That's it.

00:35:59F-I-N-I-S.

00:36:02You don't mean to say you're actually through with that thing.

00:36:11There it is.

00:36:15There's a guy coming to read it soon.

00:36:21Telegram for Mr. Lamar, lady.

00:36:23Sign here.

00:36:26So this concludes the life of a gangster

00:36:29and begins the life of a man.

00:36:31Finished.

00:36:32Gee, that's swell.

00:36:33Oh, I know.

00:36:34Thanks, honey.

00:36:39Here we go.

00:36:40What are you doing?

00:37:07What is it?

00:37:14Oh, Louie, we'd better go home right away.

00:37:24Hello?

00:37:26Yes.

00:37:28Oh, I don't think...

00:37:32Well, just a minute.

00:37:34I hate to bother you, Lou, but the man from the Atlas Publishing Company wants to know

00:37:38when he can read your book.

00:37:41Tell him it's not done yet.

00:37:53Good afternoon.

00:37:57Good afternoon.

00:37:59Good afternoon.

00:38:00My name is Louie Lamar.

00:38:04I have a picture of my little brother.

00:38:07He met up with an automobile accident and he's pretty badly cut up.

00:38:12Do you think you can make him look like that again?

00:38:15He's a fine looking boy.

00:38:17I'll have to see him first.

00:38:19Where is he?

00:38:22He's...

00:38:23He's down at Morse Brothers' undertaking parlors.

00:38:29Go.

00:38:34Ready?

00:38:36Aim.

00:38:38What?

00:38:42Ready?

00:38:45Aim.

00:38:46What?

00:38:51Ready?

00:38:53Aim.

00:38:54What?

00:38:55Get that.

00:38:56Keep firing.

00:38:59Set.

00:39:00Может.

00:39:00THE END

00:39:33THE END

00:40:02THE END

00:40:03Any luck?

00:40:03Yeah

00:40:05Why not who did it?

00:40:07Yeah

00:40:10Who did it?

00:40:34Hello

00:40:35Is Rocco there?

00:40:38Rocco?

00:40:40He didn't do it

00:40:43Is that you, Rocco?

00:40:46This is Louie Ricarno

00:40:50Say, have you seen anything of Gimpy or the midget lately?

00:40:57That's great

00:40:59Listen

00:41:00I want you to have Gimpy in front of your place tonight at nine o'clock

00:41:06Never mind what's the idea

00:41:09You have him in front of your place tonight at nine o'clock

00:41:35That was Louie

00:41:36What does he want?

00:41:37He wants me to have you standing outside this place tonight at nine o'clock

00:41:40Did you put me on the spot?

00:41:41Not if I know it

00:41:42You can't dirty up my front steps that way

00:41:44You're on the level with that, ain't you, Rocco?

00:41:46Sure

00:41:46It's time somebody told that guy where he headed in

00:41:48Are you with us, ain't you?

00:41:50Sure

00:42:05Hello, kid

00:42:11Where's Louie?

00:42:13Why?

00:42:14Where's Louie?

00:42:17In his room

00:42:25Hey, Pat

00:42:26Did you find the two guys who knocked you up his kid brother?

00:42:30How did you know there was two of them?

00:42:32Rats never travel alone

00:42:35I know who they are

00:42:37I'm just getting enough evidence together to make a pinch

00:42:41I'm giving him plenty of time to frame an alibi

00:42:45There won't be any alibi

00:43:02Tough break, Louie

00:43:05Hello, Pat

00:43:08I just came up to offer my condolences

00:43:12And to tell you not to be in front of Rocco's smoke shop at nine o'clock tonight

00:43:20You've got good stool pigeons, I'll say that for you

00:43:23Very good

00:43:26Only don't be in front of Rocco's place tonight

00:43:32Goodbye, Pat

00:43:37So long

00:43:39Good-bye-bye

00:43:41Very good

00:43:57Very good

00:44:01Very good

00:44:07Great

00:44:09Thank you

00:44:14THE END

00:44:43I got one of them anyway

00:45:07Here's to Gympie

00:45:09And the look on his face when he took it

00:45:12I guess he knows the answer to it all by this time

00:45:18I almost forgot something important

00:45:22What's Margoni's phone number?

00:45:25Lakeside, 4311

00:45:29I want to send some flowers to Gympie

00:45:34Some nice yellow ones

00:45:36The yellow are the better

00:45:39Oh, busy signal

00:45:43I guess the boys are keeping him working overtime

00:45:49Let's see who that is

00:45:50We'll get him out of the way

00:46:02Mama

00:46:04That man's here again

00:46:07Come on in, Grady, and have a drink

00:46:19Thanks

00:46:21That was a sweet piece of work last night

00:46:24What do you mean?

00:46:27I hope you're not thinking of leaving town again, Louie

00:46:30Because I'm just beginning to take an interest in you all over again

00:46:35Hmm

00:46:37Well, in that case

00:46:38I guess we'll stick around a little while yet

00:47:08There's a great voice, Pat

00:47:10Just listen to that bird sing

00:47:14Call that good?

00:47:18Why, we got three boys over the jug can sing better than that

00:47:23They're just waiting to pick up a good baritone

00:47:27Quit your fooling

00:47:29I never fooled them

00:47:33And I heard you couldn't be bought either

00:47:36Well, being on the level's the only luxury I can afford

00:47:41Sucker

00:47:42Oh, you haven't seen my two kids lately, have you?

00:47:49You're right, Pat

00:47:51Money doesn't always mean happiness

00:47:56Yet

00:48:00If I hadn't had money, I'd never met Doris

00:48:02I can say that much

00:48:03And she's the happiest girl in the world

00:48:07Anybody could see that

00:48:17Oh, that bird sure had a voice

00:48:37Well, everything's all right, boss

00:48:38We got him framed

00:48:40Good

00:48:43By the way, you take Doris to dinner, will you?

00:48:44I've got the midget steaked out for tonight

00:48:47What?

00:48:48Surprised, huh?

00:48:49Wait a minute

00:48:50You gonna need any help?

00:48:52No

00:48:53I'm saving that big-bellied boy all for myself

00:48:56Where do we meet you?

00:48:57Usual place

00:49:12I don't feel like going to a show tonight

00:49:16Well, where do you want to go, then?

00:49:19I don't know

00:49:21Where do you want to go?

00:49:25I could think of a thousand places

00:49:26If you weren't married to Louie

00:49:47Now where do you want to go?

00:50:05He's coming out, Louie

00:50:06Just turn the corner

00:50:09Hey, Joe

00:50:10Bring out that music

00:50:18Hey, Joe

00:51:10Wait a minute.

00:51:12That's the train over there.

00:51:14Union cleaners?

00:51:15Sure, that's where Meyer phoned and said he'd pay off at.

00:51:18Eh, you guys wait here.

00:51:20I'll be back in a minute.

00:51:22Okay.

00:51:42I'll be back.

00:52:09I'll be back.

00:52:10I'll be back.

00:52:11I'll be back.

00:52:18I'll be back.

00:52:33I'll be back.

00:52:39I'll be back.

00:52:43I'll be back.

00:53:15I'll be back.

00:53:59I'll be back.

00:54:15I'll be back.

00:54:18I'll be back.

00:54:20I'll be back.

00:54:59I'll be back.

00:55:27I'll be back.

00:55:45I'll be back.

00:56:02I'll be back.

00:56:28I'll be back.

00:56:49I'll be back.

00:57:09I'll be back.

00:57:35I'll be back.

00:57:40I'll be back.

00:58:17I'll be back.

00:58:22I'll be back.

00:58:39I'll be back.

00:58:46I'll be back.

00:58:54I'll be back.

00:59:03I'll be back.

00:59:06I'll be back.

00:59:11I'll be back.

00:59:45I'll be back.

00:59:46I'll be back.

01:00:03I'll be back.

01:00:06I'll be back.

01:00:07I'll be back.

01:00:17I'll be back.

01:00:22I'll be back.

01:00:24I'll be back.

01:00:29I'll be back.

01:01:06Hey, what's the idea of?

01:01:09Well, I'm terribly sick.

01:01:11Can't you get a doctor to come over here?

01:01:13I can't do that, but I can take you across a yard to the hospital.

01:01:16Will you do that, please?

01:01:18I can't stand this pain much longer.

01:01:21Sir.

01:01:26Come on.

01:01:46Don't do that, kid.

01:01:52Don't do that.

01:01:55Let's get in the chest.

01:01:56Move down.

01:01:56All right.

01:01:57Get back, get back, get back.

01:01:59Let's go.

01:02:01Let's go.

01:02:04Come on.

01:02:11Go on.

01:02:14Go on.

01:02:14Come on.

01:02:15Go on.

01:02:30What are you doing?

01:02:32I'm waiting for you.

01:02:33I'm not waiting.

01:02:36Don't make a move or try to give anybody the high sign or you're liable to be bumped.

01:02:51I'm waiting for you.

01:02:53I'm waiting for you.

01:03:01I'm waiting for you.

01:04:48What's all this smoke about a jailbreak?

01:04:50Well, Lua Ricarno busted out of jail last night.

01:04:52And boy, talk about excitement.

01:04:55Why, even the gangs are at war.

01:04:56Why, the midget and Rocco's gang knocked off nine of Ricarno's mob.

01:05:09Hey, sport, I can't change this.

01:05:11That's a tent spot.

01:05:15Huh?

01:05:16Oh, yeah.

01:05:18You better run across the street to the delicatessen store and get it changed.

01:05:21Okay.

01:05:25Don't forget to come back.

01:05:26Hey, I'm honest.

01:05:27I am.

01:05:29Sure you are.

01:05:30I know that.

01:05:32Oh, kid.

01:05:34When you get over there, get me some groceries, will you?

01:05:36Sure.

01:05:37Get me some delicatessen stuff and some bread and a carton of sweet capril cigarettes.

01:05:44Can you remember that?

01:05:45Yeah, I got a good memory.

01:06:34Who is it?

01:06:35Routary.

01:06:39Routary.

01:06:40Routary.

01:06:49Hey, I met a guy down there who says he thinks he might know you.

01:06:53Who's that?

01:06:55Pat Grady.

01:06:57Where'd you see him?

01:06:58Don't forget, the delicatessen.

01:07:01He's known me ever since I was a kid.

01:07:04What'd he say?

01:07:05Says he might be up to see you later on.

01:07:09You better beat it, kid.

01:07:14Here's your change, mister.

01:07:15That's all right.

01:07:16You can keep it.

01:07:17Oh, gee, thanks.

01:07:18Well, I'll drop around tomorrow and see if there's anything I can do.

01:07:22Hey, kid.

01:07:26Did you ever have a big brother?

01:07:28I got one.

01:07:30Gee, he's a swell guy.

01:07:32I'll bet he is.

01:07:35Come on back tomorrow.

01:08:06Hey, kid.

01:08:08Hey, kid.

01:08:10Hey, kid.

01:08:13Hey, kid.

01:08:21Come in, Grady.

01:08:27I don't move.

01:08:31I didn't pack it, kid.

01:08:34I won't need it.

01:08:36What brought you here?

01:08:37That kid you sent for the groceries.

01:08:40We had reason to think you were in this neighborhood.

01:08:44I got talking to the kid.

01:08:46When he asked for your brand of cigarettes, I pegged you.

01:08:51I thought maybe you came up to thank me for helping you get rid of Midget or Gimpy.

01:08:55Not exactly.

01:08:57But I was thinking of stopping in a butcher shop and getting you a nice new set of brains.

01:09:03You needn't put yourself to the expense.

01:09:05Mine were good enough to make me over a million bucks.

01:09:08And a few enemies.

01:09:10Why don't you come clean?

01:09:14What did you come up here for?

01:09:19Say goodbye.

01:09:20Where are you going?

01:09:22No place.

01:09:24But you are.

01:09:25What do you mean?

01:09:26I mean that Rocco and what you left of Midget's gang are waiting for you outside with a handful of

01:09:33clouds.

01:09:51I don't see any of them.

01:09:53You probably never will.

01:09:57I'll get out.

01:09:59I always have.

01:10:06Like you got out of jail.

01:10:08Money can do anything.

01:10:10Sure.

01:10:12But there isn't enough money in the world to get you off the spot you're on right now.

01:10:18You got me out of jail, didn't it?

01:10:20Did it?

01:10:23I suppose I bought my way out with pants buttons.

01:10:26The fixing to get you out of jail was done by Midget's and Rocco's mobs.

01:10:31So they could get the kick of bumping you off themselves.

01:10:35What are you trying to hand me?

01:10:37I'm trying to set you straight for once in your life.

01:10:41You were safe in jail.

01:10:44Now it's just too bad.

01:10:58Why don't you take me back, Pastor?

01:11:01What would be the use?

01:11:03We know you're guilty.

01:11:06But we couldn't get a conviction.

01:11:09You're a menace to society.

01:11:12And this is the easiest way of getting rid of you.

01:11:21Oh, I see.

01:11:24So Rocco's finally put you on his payroll.

01:11:34You don't believe that.

01:11:38Do you, Louie?

01:11:44No, Pat.

01:11:53Can't you come back tomorrow?

01:11:55Gets plenty lonesome around here sometimes.

01:11:58I can't tomorrow.

01:11:59I'm taking the kids to the beach.

01:12:03Say,

01:12:04I want to ask you a question.

01:12:07When you busted out of the jail,

01:12:09why didn't you get in your car?

01:12:11I had it spotted,

01:12:13and so did Rocco's mob.

01:12:15My driver was smoking a big cigar.

01:12:18When he began to puff real hard,

01:12:20that was the signal for plenty of trouble.

01:12:23Oh.

01:12:25Rocco must have figured it out that way,

01:12:27because the driver was found on the west side

01:12:30with his eyes wide open looking at the stars.

01:12:34Tommy.

01:12:38He was an all right guy.

01:12:43Is there any message you want to send to anybody?

01:12:50If you see Miloway,

01:12:51tell him to look out for my wife when he gets out.

01:12:55I imagine he'd do that anyway.

01:12:57Sure he would.

01:12:59It's worth living to have a pal like that.

01:13:07Just another mug that tried to break out of his racket

01:13:10and couldn't.

01:13:11Well,

01:13:13so long, kid.

01:13:15So long.

01:13:17I'll see you in about

01:13:1930 or 40 years.

01:13:29Oh, Pat.

01:13:31Yeah?

01:13:32When you pass that butcher shop,

01:13:35stop in and buy yourself a heart.

01:13:42I don't know.

01:13:44I'm not.

01:14:33Come in.

01:14:41What do you want?

01:14:42Well, I'm from a little restaurant around the corner, and some fellas there sent you this dinner.

01:14:51Now, wasn't that nicer?

01:14:54Set it down over there, will you?

01:15:01Is there anything else?

01:15:02Yeah, they told me to tell you that this was your last supper, and it was all paid for.

01:15:08Well, what do you know about that?

01:15:13Well, you tell the boys this.

01:15:15Tell them that I'm sorry, but I'm dining out tonight.

01:15:18Can you remember that?

01:15:19Sure, I'll do that.

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