Whistle Stop (1946) is an American film noir crime drama directed by Léonide Moguy, starring George Raft and Ava Gardner. Based on the 1941 novel by Maritta M. Wolff, the story follows Mary, who returns to her small hometown — the “whistle stop” — after years away. Her arrival reignites tensions with her former lover Kenny, a jealous, down‑on‑his‑luck gambler. When Mary becomes involved with nightclub owner Lew Lentz, jealousy spirals into a dangerous plot involving robbery, betrayal, and murder. The film blends romantic tension with gritty noir atmosphere, shadowy cinematography, and morally conflicted characters.
Film Details
Year: 1946
Genre: Film Noir / Crime / Drama
Director: Léonide Moguy
Screenplay: Philip Yordan
Based on: Whistle Stop (1941 novel) by Maritta M. Wolff
Produced by: Seymour Nebenzal
Starring: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Edited by: Gregg C. Tallas
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Studio: Nero Films
Distributed by: United Artists
Release Date: January 25, 1946
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
#WhistleStop1946 #FilmNoir #AvaGardner #GeorgeRaft #ClassicCrimeDrama #UnitedArtists #1940sCinema #NoirMovies #VictorMcLaglen #TomConway
Film Details
Year: 1946
Genre: Film Noir / Crime / Drama
Director: Léonide Moguy
Screenplay: Philip Yordan
Based on: Whistle Stop (1941 novel) by Maritta M. Wolff
Produced by: Seymour Nebenzal
Starring: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Edited by: Gregg C. Tallas
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Studio: Nero Films
Distributed by: United Artists
Release Date: January 25, 1946
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
#WhistleStop1946 #FilmNoir #AvaGardner #GeorgeRaft #ClassicCrimeDrama #UnitedArtists #1940sCinema #NoirMovies #VictorMcLaglen #TomConway
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00:00:00I
00:01:56Thanks.
00:01:57So long, Cam.
00:01:58Be seeing you.
00:01:58So long.
00:02:28Let's go.
00:02:40Hello, Molly.
00:02:41Mary.
00:02:42Great day in the morning.
00:02:44When did you get back?
00:02:45Just now.
00:02:46I saw Sam at the whistle stop.
00:02:48He didn't seem to know me.
00:02:49And no wonder.
00:02:50You look like a million.
00:02:52Is it mink?
00:02:52It better be.
00:02:54Sit down, Mary, and I'll fix you some breakfast.
00:02:55Only coffee, Molly.
00:02:57You're just like Mike Kenny.
00:02:58You never eat anything in the morning.
00:03:00Gee, it's a surprise to see you.
00:03:01What brings you back from Chicago?
00:03:04Money.
00:03:05Money?
00:03:06Money?
00:03:06You look like you're rolling in it.
00:03:08Don't let this code fool you, Molly.
00:03:11A mink can cover a lot of things.
00:03:13I came back to sell the house.
00:03:15We do owe you some rent, don't we?
00:03:17Well, I never wrote to ask you because I never needed it till now.
00:03:19You sure didn't.
00:03:22Did you lose your job?
00:03:24No.
00:03:25I gave it up.
00:03:27Oh.
00:03:30Molly, can I stay here for a couple of days?
00:03:32Of course.
00:03:33It's your house.
00:03:34I'll have Kenny moved out of your room in a jiffy.
00:03:36Oh, no, no.
00:03:37Don't wake him up.
00:03:37It's too early.
00:03:38Well, he's here right now.
00:03:41He hasn't left town, has he?
00:03:43Oh, no.
00:03:44You know Kenny's always up to Ashbury looking around.
00:03:48Looking for what?
00:03:50Well, you know Kenny, he's always on the go.
00:03:54Right now, I bet he's working on a big deal.
00:04:03I'll take three.
00:04:07Give me two.
00:04:08How many?
00:04:10I'll take three.
00:04:13I'll take five.
00:04:18One dime.
00:04:19My mom.
00:04:22Raise your nickel.
00:04:28That sounds like the train from Chicago.
00:04:32Expecting someone?
00:04:34He's not expecting no one.
00:04:38I'll see you.
00:04:41Queen.
00:04:43Kings.
00:04:44Kings.
00:04:47And three juices.
00:04:50You haven't won a pot all night, Barker.
00:04:53The cards are against me.
00:04:55I don't know.
00:04:56You did pretty good when you brought your own deck.
00:04:58You're not doing so good yourself.
00:05:00With cards or anything else.
00:05:03Meaning what?
00:05:05Lou got a letter from an old friend of yours.
00:05:09No one cares.
00:05:10Last time I was in Chicago, Lou had me look her up.
00:05:13She's doing all right for herself.
00:05:15Shut up.
00:05:15You ought to see the hotel she's living in.
00:05:18Strictly class.
00:05:18Yes.
00:05:19Yeah.
00:05:19Who would ever think a little Mary would wind up wearing mink?
00:05:24Get your hand out of here.
00:05:26Come on.
00:05:26Get it out.
00:05:29Get it out.
00:05:31Wind up keeping that big trap of yours shut.
00:05:33You hear me?
00:05:37Forget it, Kenny.
00:05:38She's no good for you.
00:05:41That's what I like about you.
00:05:43You've got nerve.
00:05:45Plenty of nerve.
00:05:48Good morning, Mr. Lenz.
00:05:50Hi, Al.
00:05:59What happened to you?
00:06:01His tongue slipped.
00:06:07You left the bar in a mess.
00:06:10Go and clean it up.
00:06:13That ain't my job.
00:06:14I'm a bartender.
00:06:16Not a boss, boy.
00:06:18Sometimes I'm not too sure.
00:06:37Been shooting off your mouth again, huh?
00:06:40Oh, he hit me when I wasn't looking.
00:06:42Forget it.
00:06:43One of these days is going to swing and miss.
00:06:46Shave?
00:06:47Yeah.
00:06:56Thanks, bub.
00:07:01Hiya, Mom.
00:07:02Now, you listen to me, Kenny.
00:07:03I've been telling you, you've got to stop this day and out all night.
00:07:05And I haven't been talking just to hear myself either.
00:07:11Mom, you're getting fat.
00:07:12Guess what?
00:07:13I'm not good at guessing anymore.
00:07:15Mary's back.
00:07:20Coffee on the stove.
00:07:21Be sure you eat some hot oatmeal.
00:07:34Mary.
00:07:37Canning.
00:07:43Hiya, beautiful.
00:07:46Hiya, handsome.
00:07:50Gee, I missed you.
00:07:51Oh, it's been so long.
00:08:02Where did you get this?
00:08:05It's a present.
00:08:06From who?
00:08:08Oh, he owns a department store.
00:08:09We almost got married.
00:08:18To lovely Mary from George.
00:08:22Did that come with the coat?
00:08:24No.
00:08:25There's more than one department store in Chicago.
00:08:29And no big stores in Ashbury.
00:08:30What did you come back here for?
00:08:34Maybe I came back to you, you chump.
00:08:36You sure it wasn't somebody else?
00:08:38You wrote to Lou Lentz.
00:08:40I answered his letter.
00:08:41That's more than I got from you.
00:08:43You never got anything from me.
00:08:45Go ahead and say it.
00:08:46I never ask anything from anybody.
00:09:05Love.
00:09:06With love.
00:09:07Loving me yours.
00:09:15With all my love, Fran.
00:09:18Something special, huh?
00:09:21I suppose you've been pretty busy since I've been gone.
00:09:25And I'm gonna be kept busy.
00:09:29Are you?
00:09:45How to use yourensible house?
00:09:46Well, Molly, if you open a restaurant in Chicago, you'd slay them.
00:09:48Why?
00:09:49You're not only the best cook, but you're getting to be the best looking girl in Ashbury.
00:09:53Uh-uh. Watch out, Mom. That's gonna cost you an extra dollar.
00:09:55Eh, you know, Mary.
00:09:5630 years ago, I'd have slayed him in Chicago without cooking.
00:10:02Hi, Ernie.
00:10:03You remember Mary, don't you, Ernie?
00:10:05Hi, Ernie.
00:10:06Get some of my apple pie.
00:10:08Thanks, Molly.
00:10:08I couldn't eat another bite.
00:10:09I just had dinner.
00:10:11Just take a little piece, sir.
00:10:14He didn't leave the plate.
00:10:15I don't know what he means.
00:10:17Come in.
00:10:18What a boy.
00:10:20Hi, folks.
00:10:22It's for you, Mary.
00:10:24From Lou Lentz.
00:10:25Where shall I put it?
00:10:28Oh, gee.
00:10:29Hey, red roses.
00:10:33They're nice, huh?
00:10:41Well, so long.
00:10:46You know, Kenny, I've been thinking about putting in some of those wild strawberries.
00:10:50This year, they make such nice sauce.
00:10:53How about picking me some, huh?
00:10:55Let Josie do it.
00:10:56I am not going to spend my day out picking berries.
00:10:59What are you doing that's so important?
00:11:01That's no way to talk, Josie.
00:11:03Well, no one ever says anything about him doing a single lick of work.
00:11:06No, he can go to Ashbury every night and spend the money you're giving drinking and chasing around.
00:11:10She's right.
00:11:11You ought to quit that kind of monkey business.
00:11:13We ain't that sort of a family.
00:11:14No son of a...
00:11:15What do you expect Kenny to do, sitting around here waiting for a job to come to him?
00:11:18Oh, sure.
00:11:18The best time to start looking for a job is 8 o'clock at night.
00:11:21And if you do a good job of looking, you can't get home till morning.
00:11:23And the best place for looking is every beer joint and pool hall on Main Street.
00:11:26That's telling him.
00:11:27You shut up, Sam Beach.
00:11:28If it wasn't for Ernie giving you back your job, you'd still be sick.
00:11:31Never you mind, son.
00:11:32Don't pay no attention to your father and Josie.
00:11:35They're just blowing off steam.
00:11:37Come on, Ernie, let's go.
00:11:39If you're going to town, Ernie, you can give me a lift.
00:11:41Okay, Kenny.
00:11:42Why, Kenny, I thought you were going to stay home tonight.
00:11:46I've got a date.
00:11:53Wait a minute, Ernie.
00:11:54I'll go with you.
00:12:04Thanks, Ernie.
00:12:05Bye.
00:12:05Thanks, Ernie.
00:12:11Where are you going?
00:12:12Not where you're going.
00:12:14Really?
00:12:24Frank, here you drink.
00:12:26No, not where you're going, oh, no.
00:12:40Okay.
00:12:41You shouldn't have come in here.
00:12:43Forget it.
00:12:44Give me a drink.
00:12:45If you're only asking for trouble, let me worry about that.
00:12:56Hello, Lou.
00:12:58Thanks for the roses.
00:13:00I've been expecting you.
00:13:03Why are you sitting in the dark?
00:13:06I hadn't noticed it was so late.
00:13:12Your hair shines in the light.
00:13:16Bitter, you don't wear a ribbon now.
00:13:19That's what struck me the first time I ever saw you.
00:13:22You haven't changed a bit in two years, Lou.
00:13:25Have you?
00:13:27I came back.
00:13:32Why, Mary?
00:13:36To sell the house.
00:13:38That's why?
00:13:40Why was he a little homesick?
00:13:43How could anyone be homesick for this town?
00:13:46Still can't get him out of your blood, huh?
00:13:48I couldn't, Chicago.
00:13:52I wanted to see what he was like again.
00:13:55I did.
00:13:58He'll never change.
00:14:00I could have told you that two years ago.
00:14:03Wouldn't have helped two years ago.
00:14:05I hate his guts.
00:14:08The arrogant way he walks around like he owns the town.
00:14:10But he hasn't got the price of yesterday's newspaper.
00:14:18He's got the nerve to come in here tonight.
00:14:18Come here.
00:14:23Just look at that.
00:14:24He knows the way I feel about him yet he has the nerve to come in here tonight.
00:14:38Still love me, friend?
00:14:42What's the matter? Aren't you glad to see me?
00:14:44You didn't come to see me.
00:14:47Thought we had a date for last night.
00:14:51Remember?
00:15:04Hello, Gitlo.
00:15:06Hello.
00:15:07You can talk better than that.
00:15:10Hello, Mary.
00:15:19Give me 50.
00:15:22Give me 50.
00:15:50Let's go.
00:15:52Might as well.
00:16:05Let's go.
00:16:06Well, she's back.
00:16:09You remember Kenny?
00:16:24Listen to me, Kenny.
00:16:25I tell you, there's nothing for us here.
00:16:28Chicago's a big city.
00:16:29We can make out there.
00:16:32What'll I do in Chicago?
00:16:33Dig ditches?
00:16:34Well, what are you doing here?
00:16:35Playing cards all the time.
00:16:37This town, your friends, your family, they're all poison for you, Kenny.
00:16:41At least there you'll have a chance.
00:16:43You'll meet new people.
00:16:45Something will turn up.
00:16:46I know it will.
00:16:47There are too many Lou lenses there.
00:16:50Somebody mention me?
00:16:53This is a private party.
00:16:55I just thought I could do something for you, Sonny.
00:16:58Yeah, you can give me a cigarette.
00:17:04Anything else?
00:17:06Now you can light it.
00:17:14Now you've got all you want.
00:17:16You better go.
00:17:17I don't want you hanging around here.
00:17:20The next time won't be so sociable.
00:17:23If you said that with a smile, it would sound better.
00:17:27Let's go.
00:17:29Go where?
00:17:30I'll take you to your house and swing you on the hammock.
00:17:33Oh, that's very funny.
00:17:37Lou, you asked me to go to the Wilton Club.
00:17:39Does the offer still go?
00:17:40Sure.
00:17:41Take your hand off her.
00:17:43Make up your mind if you're going with him or me.
00:17:46Now mine's made up.
00:17:48Now beat it, Sonny.
00:18:08Let's go.
00:18:09Kenny!
00:18:10Kenny!
00:18:11Stop it!
00:18:13Kenny!
00:18:15I'm through, Kenny.
00:18:16I'm through wasting my life trying to change you.
00:18:18I'm leaving this town for good.
00:18:20I'm in it.
00:18:32You're still alive!
00:18:32Kenny, you're out.
00:18:33Kenny, you're out.
00:18:34Is that okay?
00:18:42Why am I getting out here?
00:18:48I'm in it.
00:18:49I'm in it.
00:18:49I'm in it.
00:18:50You're out there, boy.
00:18:50Come on, snap out of it, Kenneth.
00:18:54Let's go to the Cat and Vittle and have a drink.
00:18:56Just the two of us.
00:19:33I thought you went to town.
00:19:35Got a cigarette?
00:19:38What's the matter?
00:19:39Couldn't you find no excitement?
00:19:43Listen to that rooster crow.
00:19:46Keeps it up all night long.
00:19:48Can't even hear the train with him.
00:19:55Let's go.
00:19:56My cold coming out again.
00:19:58And my back.
00:20:00It's killing me.
00:20:02Go on home, Pop. I'll take over.
00:20:05Thanks, Henny.
00:20:08You'll find a sandwich in that box.
00:20:16Answer that, will you?
00:20:32No, let's go.
00:20:32I don't know.
00:20:34You have a phone call.
00:20:34You can't hear the Serdar.
00:20:39You don't have a phone call.
00:20:39You can't hear the phone call.
00:20:39You know, I don't know who's the friend.
00:20:39I don't know.
00:20:39I don't know who's the friend.
00:20:40I know it.
00:20:50I didn't know who's the friend's house.
00:20:54How are you, Kenny?
00:20:55How are you, Gitlow?
00:20:57How about a game of casino?
00:20:59Uh, I don't feel like it.
00:21:01Ah, just a couple of hands.
00:21:04I can never sleep until daylight.
00:21:15You know, I like it in here.
00:21:18The train's passing by down here.
00:21:20Cars up there, full of light.
00:21:23Yet we're always alone.
00:21:27I feel safe, too.
00:21:29You know...
00:21:31Working in the nightclub and living in the hotel...
00:21:35He's always around.
00:21:36Always watching me.
00:21:38Just because they once got in a jam.
00:21:42The police don't know what he does.
00:21:44He never says nothing.
00:21:46But I know he's only waiting for me to make one wrong move.
00:21:50Lou's a mean guy that way.
00:21:53You gonna take ten of diamonds?
00:21:59I sure was surprised to see Mary.
00:22:02Only I figured she would be coming back to you.
00:22:06Of course, after Chicago.
00:22:08It would be kinda hard on her to come down to your way of living.
00:22:13Especially with an important guy like Lou nuts about her.
00:22:18Did you see him take that fifty bucks?
00:22:21Why, he'd spend that like we would fifty cents.
00:22:26You know, that makes a big impression on a girl.
00:22:31Did you throw that deuce?
00:22:34Yes.
00:22:35Perhaps if it wasn't for Lou, I'd be happy.
00:22:39It would be better for you, too.
00:22:41We both wouldn't have a thing to worry about.
00:22:46The card is sticky, aren't they?
00:22:47I'll have to get a new deck.
00:22:51I never told you how I got into trouble, did I?
00:22:55I lost my nerve.
00:22:57That's what I like about you, Kenny.
00:22:59You've got plenty of nerve.
00:23:03Well, it's three weeks to the Ashbury annual fair.
00:23:07June the first.
00:23:10That's a big day for Lou.
00:23:13He makes plenty of money out of those concessions.
00:23:17Last year, he made over fifteen thousand dollars.
00:23:22I know, because I drove him to the train.
00:23:26And when the show closes, he takes the money to a bank in Detroit.
00:23:33And the train for Detroit has to be flagged from here, see?
00:23:38Now, if the guy in the signal box...
00:23:41would have forget to flag the train,
00:23:43Lou wouldn't get back to Detroit, would he?
00:23:46Get me?
00:23:48Hold your cards up, I can see him.
00:23:51Oh, it can be easy done.
00:23:54All I have to do is, I drive Lou up here.
00:23:58Your old man's rheumatism's bothering him again.
00:24:01That's why you're here, see?
00:24:03Now I can wait a few minutes.
00:24:05That's all a guy with nerve needs.
00:24:08Then I drive the car up.
00:24:09I know a good place to get rid of him.
00:24:11And as far as anyone knows,
00:24:13Lou never comes back from Detroit.
00:24:17Forgive me.
00:24:36Listen.
00:24:38I've got a car I've got, you live before.
00:24:40Mom, Mom.
00:24:44Sorry about, Mom.
00:25:10Let's go.
00:25:20Once again, someone new came in view.
00:25:38Someone who wasn't there.
00:25:44Why, Dorothy, good to have you here.
00:25:45I'll be home one night.
00:25:47Hi, you beautiful.
00:25:51Good.
00:25:53Swell.
00:25:54Hi, folks.
00:25:55Josie, Ernie's here.
00:25:57Hi, honey, Mom.
00:25:58Terrible.
00:25:59Oh, just terrible.
00:26:02How do I look?
00:26:04Like a million.
00:26:06Don't stay too late, sugar, huh?
00:26:08Bye, woman.
00:26:09Good night.
00:26:09Good night.
00:26:12Where did Josie get the new dress?
00:26:14Oh, Mary bought it for her.
00:26:16Yeah, where did Mary get the money?
00:26:34What are you doing home tonight?
00:26:40Lou had to drive to Mayfield.
00:26:49Ken.
00:26:51Let's go outside.
00:26:53Sure.
00:27:05Ken.
00:27:13Sit down.
00:27:23Have you got a cigarette?
00:27:25Sure.
00:27:30Thanks.
00:27:33What happened to George?
00:27:34Well, he's in the bottom drawer.
00:27:36That's a good place for him.
00:27:42Ken.
00:27:44You see a lot of Gitlow, don't you?
00:27:46Now and then.
00:27:47What do you know about him?
00:27:49He's a good guy.
00:27:51Buys me drinks.
00:27:52Rotten drinks, but he's a good guy.
00:27:54Once Gitlow got in a lot of trouble.
00:27:57Lou got him out.
00:28:00Gitlow wouldn't be around today if it hadn't.
00:28:03Maybe he's got something on Lou.
00:28:05That guy that brought the red roses.
00:28:07Lou don't keep him around for laughs either.
00:28:10Ken.
00:28:11Go easy with Gitlow, will you?
00:28:14Are you telling me this or Lou?
00:28:16I'm telling you.
00:28:19Why do you keep seeing Lou?
00:28:23What about me, Mary?
00:28:27What about us?
00:28:29Us, Ken.
00:28:31This is all there is for us.
00:28:43You think you can get anything you want that way, don't you?
00:28:46There are some things a guy don't give up without a fight.
00:28:48You're wrong, Kenny.
00:28:49You've got the wrong plan on everything.
00:28:51You're hurting everyone.
00:28:52Your father, your mother, your sisters.
00:28:55Me?
00:28:56You're so wrong, Kenny.
00:29:01You've always told me that.
00:29:02No matter what I do, what I feel, I'm always wrong.
00:29:07Maybe you're right, Mary.
00:29:10But I'll be right, too.
00:29:29I'll take those, Midge.
00:29:31Sure, Kenny.
00:29:36Guess who it is.
00:29:40Well, Kenny, we're all set for the big fair.
00:29:44And we're going to start right on schedule.
00:29:46Only two more days.
00:29:49Now, this one's going to be better than last year.
00:29:51Lou signed on a whole carnival.
00:29:54Yes, sir.
00:29:56This fair's going to make someone a rich guy.
00:30:02That's good beer.
00:30:03And that's my beer.
00:30:05Hello, honey.
00:30:06Sit down.
00:30:11Come on.
00:30:11Take care of my boy, will you?
00:30:13He's got lots on his mind.
00:30:18Poor Tommy Kenny.
00:30:21You like attention, huh?
00:30:23I'd like a little more from you.
00:30:33Lately, you do seem to have a lot on your mind.
00:30:37A lot of Mary.
00:30:39What about Mary?
00:30:41The whole town's laughing at you.
00:30:43You, trying to compete with Lou Lance.
00:30:46You know you don't stand a chance.
00:30:57Why don't you quit beating yourself down, Kenny?
00:31:01Why don't you quit beating yourself down, Kenny?
00:31:05Once again.
00:31:08Just once again.
00:31:10Remember how.
00:31:14Remember when.
00:31:16We all started.
00:31:19And then we started.
00:31:22Unfortunately.
00:31:22We all nationalists were gone.
00:31:24Once again.
00:31:30You're home.
00:31:32Here as I read it.
00:31:36Where are you ?
00:31:39Let us see.
00:31:41Tell me why
00:31:44We are far apart.
00:31:49When you'll hear it by hand.
00:32:22Oh, let's not play games, Kenny.
00:32:24Where do you think you're going?
00:32:25You know where, and you can't hold me by closing a suitcase.
00:32:29Stay a little while longer.
00:32:30That's all I'm asking you.
00:32:32Let's stop kidding each other, Kenny.
00:32:34The sooner I leave, the better.
00:32:36Will it be better?
00:32:38What have I got with you?
00:32:53You get what you give.
00:32:56When I needed you most, you walked out on me.
00:32:59Now you're walking out again.
00:33:01I never promised you anything before.
00:33:04But I'm making your promise now.
00:33:07Wait.
00:33:08We'll go together.
00:33:12Go where?
00:33:14Anywhere.
00:33:18It's a long walk to anywhere.
00:33:25This time we'll ride.
00:33:46This time you go.
00:33:47Hey, what are you doing today?
00:33:56How cheap does it?
00:33:57I hear, Mom.
00:33:58Have a snack.
00:34:05Hello, Kenny.
00:34:07Go ahead, Kenny.
00:34:08Show them what you can do.
00:34:11There we go.
00:34:15Ah, it's easy to knock over clay pigeons.
00:34:20I bet you can't hit that light up there.
00:34:25Daniel Boone, that's me.
00:34:27What do you want to lose, Al?
00:34:28I bet you 50 cents.
00:34:31Ben.
00:34:49It's against the law to shoot. Electric bulbs.
00:34:58Is your money out?
00:35:01What's the matter? You lose your nerve?
00:35:13Where have you been?
00:35:14Slow through here without you.
00:35:16How do you feel now?
00:35:17Oh, I feel wonderful.
00:35:20Well, have another.
00:35:22I've got to work, Sam.
00:35:24We'll have another.
00:35:25It'll keep you awake.
00:35:26That's right.
00:35:27I've got to keep awake.
00:35:32You're so good to me.
00:35:35Sam.
00:35:36Oh, let's go to the whistle stop.
00:35:39Oh, this is terrible.
00:35:42Now, Ernie will have to take over the whistle stop.
00:35:44You'll ruin her a whole evening.
00:35:46Ma.
00:35:50Here she comes.
00:35:53Sam, you ought to be a thief.
00:35:55Where did he get the money?
00:35:56Gitlow's been buying him drinks.
00:35:58Gitlow.
00:35:59I didn't know he had to work, did I?
00:36:01Oh, so.
00:36:02You didn't know that he had to work.
00:36:03You didn't tell him, huh?
00:36:05Well, all I've got to say is you keep your big nose out of other people's affairs.
00:36:08You go on, run along, children.
00:36:10Can you take over the whistle stop?
00:36:14Come on, Ernie.
00:36:15Let's go to dad.
00:36:15Make sure you're there by 1115.
00:36:18You come on home and sleep at home.
00:36:20You couldn't come home.
00:36:21Mommy, you're so pretty.
00:36:23Oh, yes, am I.
00:36:24Yes, I am, am I.
00:36:25Well, I'm going to stay here and dance.
00:36:26You've got to go home and sleep.
00:36:33Gitlow's getting very generous with the Beech family.
00:36:36He's a good guy.
00:36:39Looks like you're it tonight.
00:36:42Can't be helped.
00:36:43Couldn't it?
00:36:46Someone has to take over.
00:36:49Naturally, it would be you.
00:36:56Come on, let's go watch the kids.
00:36:57Back to your partner.
00:36:58Right, left, right.
00:36:59Here you go.
00:37:00Over the old men's wagon.
00:37:01Hide your hook in the actual track.
00:37:03Meet your partner.
00:37:04Combinating.
00:37:05We're on the old track.
00:37:05Here you come straight.
00:37:06Call.
00:37:07Turn and answer.
00:37:08Cross out.
00:37:08In your mouth.
00:37:10Stop that hill, but stay in the race.
00:37:12The other way back.
00:37:13There you come to your place.
00:37:14Swing that girl across the hall.
00:37:17Now bring your own.
00:37:18And you're not alone.
00:37:20Now, the left with your own.
00:37:22Left hand.
00:37:22He's back to your partner.
00:37:23Right, left.
00:37:24Red.
00:37:24If people like it.
00:37:25Keep them straight.
00:37:26And bring them through.
00:37:27Be fine.
00:37:27You keep them high.
00:37:29And bring them forward.
00:37:30Keep them in that alley.
00:37:31Go.
00:37:37Here's how it is.
00:37:41Johnny, would you like to dance?
00:37:43Sure.
00:38:00Well, you can dance first.
00:38:00You don't have to dance first.
00:38:01Go.
00:38:03Go.
00:38:16Oh, my God.
00:38:51Oh, my God.
00:39:19What are you following me for?
00:39:20I only want to speak to you for a second.
00:39:23I'm in a hurry.
00:39:24What do you want?
00:39:25I'll meet the cat and fiddle later.
00:39:27Will you meet me there?
00:39:28Oh, get lost, will you?
00:39:29All right.
00:39:30When Mary tells you the same thing, don't come crawling back to me.
00:39:33Oh, my God.
00:40:00Oh, my God.
00:40:12Oh, my God.
00:40:24Oh, my God.
00:40:49Get back, folks.
00:40:50Please, stand back.
00:40:52Uh, carousel?
00:40:54Shooting gallery?
00:40:56Good business, huh?
00:41:00Yeah?
00:41:01Yeah?
00:41:02Uh, so long.
00:41:09Uh, you ready, Lou?
00:41:11Oh, it's a hurry.
00:41:14You don't want to miss your train, do you?
00:41:16Sit down.
00:41:20Sit down.
00:41:21Will you sit down?
00:41:28Sit down.
00:41:31What's the matter?
00:41:47Come on, let's go.
00:41:49Come on, let's go.
00:42:02Come on.
00:42:02Well, it was here a while ago.
00:42:03I suppose you left the keys in it again.
00:42:05Now who will steal your car?
00:42:07Oh, no.
00:42:08It just went off by itself.
00:42:10Looking for your car, Lou?
00:42:11Mary took it.
00:42:12Come on, we'll take the station with you.
00:42:14Did you hear Fran had an accident?
00:42:17Too bad.
00:42:38Come on.
00:42:40Well, get in.
00:42:41Come on.
00:42:50If you didn't have to leave the fair, I could have walked.
00:42:53Molly was worried you'd be late.
00:42:55I still got enough time.
00:42:58What's the matter?
00:43:00Don't you want me to drive you down?
00:43:01What gave you that idea?
00:43:04Somebody who had enough time, you certainly left in an awful hurry.
00:43:07Come on.
00:43:07Come on.
00:43:18How come you're so quiet tonight?
00:43:20Though I haven't got nothing to say.
00:43:23I've never stopped your gaping before.
00:43:26Give me a light.
00:43:33Hold still.
00:44:19I'm a very worried for them.
00:44:24Well, here you are, just in time.
00:44:27Thanks.
00:44:29Wait, Kenny.
00:44:32What for?
00:44:33There's something I want to tell you.
00:44:36Later.
00:44:37Later, maybe too late.
00:44:55I'll be back on the afternoon train. See you.
00:44:57Have a good trip.
00:45:36Take care.
00:45:36What are you doing here?
00:45:39Where's...
00:45:40Where's, uh...
00:45:41Well, it's just as I expected.
00:45:43The father's drunk and the son's probably getting drunk.
00:45:45It's a fine family I'm marrying into.
00:45:50You'd better flag the train, Ernie.
00:46:03It's a great night this turnout will be.
00:46:09I asked you a question, Gitlow.
00:46:13What are you doing here?
00:46:21I thought Kenny was here.
00:46:25I keep him company sometimes.
00:46:28I play a little cards.
00:46:31Where are the cards?
00:46:35The cards.
00:47:00What are you doing here?
00:47:03Come on, Lou, let's go.
00:47:07This wouldn't have been your lucky night anyway.
00:47:28What are you doing? What's the idea?
00:47:30You can get out now.
00:47:33Now?
00:47:34Kenny, what was going on between you and Gitlow tonight?
00:47:38I don't know.
00:47:38You seem to figure it out for yourself.
00:47:42I'm hoping I was wrong.
00:48:14I don't know.
00:48:15This time we'll ride, huh?
00:48:16Mary, I can...
00:48:18Get out!
00:48:18Get out!
00:48:45Well, only one more month till the big moment, huh, Ernie?
00:48:48Yeah.
00:48:49I'm counting the days.
00:48:50Oh, Ernie.
00:48:51Gee whiz, honey, it's our wedding, not a funeral.
00:48:53Same difference.
00:48:56Do you think I should invite little Lentz, Ma?
00:48:58I don't know why you're sure.
00:49:00Just because Mary moved over to his hotel
00:49:01is no reason why he has to go every place she goes.
00:49:03You don't go nowhere without him since the fairs.
00:49:07Hey, Kenny.
00:49:09Kenny, come in.
00:49:10Just help her.
00:49:24I saw Fran at the hospital today.
00:49:27Is she any better?
00:49:29Well, the doctor says she won't pull through.
00:49:32It's a tough break for the kid.
00:49:35She would love to see you, Kenny.
00:49:38All right, all right.
00:49:41You're going to be real nice to her, aren't you?
00:49:43Well, you didn't think I was going to go and fight with her, did you?
00:49:45Well, I don't know what to expect from me after the way you treated Mary.
00:49:48Oh, bottle it.
00:49:49Well, there isn't anything Fran wouldn't have done for you, Kenny,
00:49:51and you know it.
00:49:52Oh, why don't you stop?
00:49:56Come on, Joseph.
00:49:58Kenny.
00:50:03You mustn't stay long.
00:50:05She's a very sick girl.
00:50:24Hi, Jimmy.
00:50:27I'm afraid.
00:50:34I'm afraid you weren't coming.
00:50:41I never would have had the nerve to ask you.
00:50:45Josie hadn't told me how you thought about me.
00:50:50It makes it kind of hard now.
00:50:54Taking all the fun we could have together.
00:50:59I know I won't pull through.
00:51:03But I'm not scared.
00:51:07I'm happy.
00:51:08Because I got you.
00:51:10Heaven, you care about me.
00:51:13I'll still be living.
00:51:15All the wild you are.
00:51:19Yeah, sure.
00:51:22I want you to be happy, darling.
00:51:26After a while,
00:51:29marry some nice girl and settle down.
00:51:33I want you, Kenny.
00:51:36Honest.
00:51:39Don't talk like that, Fran.
00:51:41You'll be out of here in a couple of weeks and we'll...
00:51:44We'll...
00:51:49Don't take it so hard, Kenny.
00:51:54It'll work out all right.
00:51:58Look at me, Kenny.
00:52:01Look at me, Kenny.
00:52:07Should've known Josie lied.
00:52:12Sorry, Kenny.
00:52:16Mustn't let Josie know she...
00:52:19She was striving.
00:52:24Awful something.
00:52:32I'm sorry too, Fran.
00:52:36I wish it had been different.
00:52:41I'm sorry for everything.
00:52:45Look at yourself.
00:52:47You're all broken up.
00:52:49I never thought a woman could do this to you.
00:52:52How does it feel, Kenny?
00:52:54How does it feel to love someone who doesn't give a darn about you?
00:52:58It hurts, doesn't it?
00:52:59It hurts, doesn't it, Kenny?
00:53:02Take it easy, Fran.
00:53:03All the while I loved you, I was half scared too.
00:53:07I can see now you're nothing to be afraid of.
00:53:10Nothing good will ever happen to you because you're no good.
00:53:14Go on, beat it.
00:53:15Go on, beat it.
00:53:16Beat it.
00:53:17Go on down to your gin mill and fill yourself with a rock gun.
00:53:21Go on, beat it.
00:53:23Beat it.
00:53:25Beat it.
00:53:32Beat it.
00:53:50Beat it.
00:53:51Beat it.
00:53:52You're all broken up.
00:53:53Look at yourself.
00:53:54Look at yourself.
00:53:57We're all broken up.
00:54:00We're all broken up.
00:54:03We're all broken up.
00:54:05We're all broken up.
00:54:07We're all broken up.
00:54:21Where are the boys, Al?
00:54:22Nobody showed up tonight.
00:54:24I hear your sister's getting married, Kenny.
00:54:27Hey, Kenny, you ought to see the trowel I caught this morning
00:54:30down at Miller's Brook.
00:54:31It was that big and that way to...
00:54:32Hurry up, will you?
00:54:33Tonight's my birthday.
00:54:35You want it artistic, don't you?
00:54:36Of course.
00:54:37Then don't rush me.
00:54:38Hey, Kenny, lay off there, will you?
00:54:46Thanks, Joe.
00:54:52Hiya, Kenny.
00:55:00I've never been to Pittsburgh.
00:55:02Give me a double.
00:55:03Coming up.
00:55:05How come you're drinking alone on a Saturday night?
00:55:08I'm getting exclusive.
00:55:10Haven't you heard?
00:55:16Give me another one.
00:55:27Good night.
00:55:29I'm going to be over here.
00:55:33I'm out.
00:55:34Good night.
00:55:37Okay.
00:55:44I'm sorry.
00:55:45Good night.
00:55:45Good night.
00:55:48Get out.
00:55:48Good night.
00:55:48Good night.
00:55:49Good night.
00:55:52Good night.
00:55:56Why don't you break down and go see her, Kenny?
00:56:00It's not a bad idea.
00:56:09We'll call it Midget Village.
00:56:11We'll get midgets from all over the world.
00:56:13Little midgets.
00:56:14Why, I'm telling you, Lou, it's the greatest idea since Noah's Ark.
00:56:17You can do better than that.
00:56:19Why, I'm telling you, Lou, we'll make a fortune.
00:56:21We'll go all over the world.
00:56:23But I have another idea.
00:56:24We'll go to South Africa and we'll buy it, we'll...
00:56:29Well, what are we celebrating?
00:56:31Remember?
00:56:32This is a private party.
00:56:34Well, tonight I'm buying.
00:56:36What do you have?
00:56:37Oh, get back. I don't want to smell the liquor on you.
00:56:43You like the smell of this, don't you?
00:56:46Good old green cabbage buys everything, doesn't it, Lou?
00:56:52You must be plenty drunk to get the nerve to walk in here again.
00:56:56You know, I don't think he likes me.
00:57:00I don't like you.
00:57:01I don't like anything about you.
00:57:06I'm going to tear you apart for that.
00:57:08Don't, Kenny.
00:57:09Please go home.
00:57:10Get him out of here.
00:57:11Don't you touch him.
00:57:13What are you trying to do here?
00:57:14Take it easy now.
00:57:15Be a good boy, Kenny, and go home.
00:57:20He isn't that drunk.
00:57:22I know he isn't.
00:57:24Let's finish our drinks.
00:57:28I think you'd better drink alone.
00:57:39I still got no use for the guy.
00:57:41But now that he's working and all set,
00:57:43we're bound to run into each other.
00:57:45Why not live in peace?
00:57:48You really mean that, Lou?
00:57:50Sure.
00:57:51I never made a bug holding a grudge.
00:57:53Oh, that's swell, Lou.
00:57:56Why?
00:57:57Kenny ain't such a bad guy.
00:57:58You got him all wrong.
00:58:01Why, he'd be just tickled to death to shake hands on that.
00:58:04We'll get together soon.
00:58:05You better go down and open up.
00:58:07Sure.
00:58:08Anything you say, just give me the word.
00:58:32Josie!
00:58:33Josie!
00:58:34Josie!
00:58:34The man says Kenny's going to have Patrick's waiting there at the church.
00:58:37I'm coming.
00:58:38I'm coming.
00:58:39Hurry, hurry.
00:58:40The clock's in here.
00:58:42Where's Kenny?
00:58:43Kenny!
00:58:43Oh, your apron, Mom.
00:58:45Go ahead.
00:58:46I was going to pick me up.
00:58:47Well, make sure you're not late, huh?
00:58:48I won't be.
00:58:49You'll even be late for your own wedding.
00:58:51I'll be worth waiting for.
00:58:57Oh, let me go, you wolf.
00:59:01You look swell, Mary.
00:59:04Where did you win that?
00:59:07Oh, I borrowed it from a waiter at the Wilson Club.
00:59:10Oh, I hope the ceremony don't take too long.
00:59:12Yeah.
00:59:17Hello.
00:59:19Who?
00:59:22Get those for you.
00:59:24For me?
00:59:30Yeah.
00:59:31Oh.
00:59:33Uh-huh.
00:59:35What now?
00:59:37Well, we're on our way to church.
00:59:40I don't know, but I'll try.
00:59:49Hey, Ken.
00:59:50I had a talk with Lou the other day.
00:59:52Yeah?
00:59:53How is the old bachelor?
00:59:54He wants that you should be friends.
00:59:57Lou and me?
00:59:58That'd be a gruesome twosome.
01:00:01Now, no kidding.
01:00:01I think it's a good idea for all of us.
01:00:04Mary would like it, too.
01:00:06Come on.
01:00:17Well, what are we stopping here for?
01:00:18Well, he's waiting for us upstairs.
01:00:20Well, we'll be late for the wedding.
01:00:21Oh, it won't take a minute.
01:00:23Now, do it for me, Kenny.
01:00:25All you have to do is to shake hands.
01:00:29All right.
01:00:29But only one shake.
01:00:31Right.
01:00:50You're holding it to have one more this morning.
01:01:01Well...
01:01:25I'll give you three guesses.
01:01:25My gun!
01:01:26I'll get you to at the fair!
01:01:28How did he get here?
01:01:29I'll give you three guesses.
01:01:31I'll give you three guesses.
01:01:31I'm sorry.
01:01:39We've got to get out of here.
01:01:40What for?
01:01:41For you, Nutt.
01:01:42They'll pit it onto us.
01:01:43Come on.
01:02:06Looks like Kidlow is off on another street.
01:02:39I think we lost them.
01:02:47Oh, they don't give a better a break.
01:03:05Did they get you?
01:03:07Yeah.
01:03:09Let's head for the river road.
01:03:37Oh, they must have got the tank.
01:03:39Get off the road.
01:04:02Where'd they get you?
01:04:03In the arm.
01:04:04What are we going to do?
01:04:06Well, the roads are hot.
01:04:07We can't move till night.
01:04:09Good.
01:04:17I think we'd better be moving, Kenny.
01:04:20Where to?
01:04:23Your guess is as good as mine.
01:04:26Well, what's the use?
01:04:34That's the eastbound freight.
01:04:36Can you make it?
01:04:39We can't stay here.
01:04:42Come on, let's go.
01:05:27Kenny, wake up, wake up.
01:05:28Cut it out.
01:05:46End of the street.
01:05:47Where are we?
01:05:49We're near Detroit.
01:05:51I got a friend here that keeps the roadhouse.
01:05:53I hope she's still in business.
01:05:56Keep helping pick up your arm.
01:05:59And we've got to make a jump for it, see?
01:06:01Now, try and land on your right side.
01:06:05You still dizzy?
01:06:06Yeah.
01:06:07All right.
01:06:08Well, now, take it easy.
01:06:31See who it is.
01:06:32Yes, ma'am.
01:06:42Hello, Estelle.
01:06:44Who's your friend?
01:06:45Oh, we just arrived this morning.
01:06:47What's the matter with him?
01:06:48Oh, he's sick.
01:06:50I don't want any trouble around here.
01:06:52Maybe he's got the wrong kind of friends.
01:06:54How can I tell?
01:06:55Oh, but he's with me, ain't he?
01:06:57That's just what I'm afraid of.
01:06:59Well, all right, let's get him to bed.
01:07:09Bring him in here.
01:07:16You've got to have a doctor.
01:07:20Don't you suppose I can see he's got to have a doctor?
01:07:25Might be a prohibition.
01:07:34You were pretty smart getting me to run away.
01:07:37I'm going to fix you and then Lou.
01:07:39What did I do?
01:07:41What did you do?
01:07:42You had it all figured out.
01:07:44First the whistle stopped.
01:07:46Now this.
01:07:48How much did Lou pay you to get rid of me?
01:07:50Oh, you don't think I was in on this, do you?
01:07:52I don't think I know.
01:07:55What if I had this string pick?
01:08:12I didn't do it, Mary.
01:08:15I couldn't.
01:08:17I couldn't.
01:08:19I couldn't.
01:08:20I couldn't, Mary.
01:08:22I didn't do it.
01:08:25Honestly.
01:08:28I didn't do it, Mary.
01:08:31Yeah.
01:08:33Mm-hmm.
01:08:36A friend of mine.
01:08:40Okay.
01:08:42You know where it is.
01:08:47What's the matter with him?
01:08:49Oh, he slipped in the bathtub.
01:08:52Yeah.
01:08:54Step on it, Doc.
01:09:00I'll put you upstairs.
01:09:02Oh, there's no rush.
01:09:03I won't be back for a while.
01:09:06You're not running out on him, are you?
01:09:08You know I wouldn't do a thing like that, Estelle.
01:09:11Do you, uh, need any money?
01:09:14No.
01:09:15Just luck.
01:09:32Uh, where you been all day?
01:09:37Oh, I had to see a lot of people.
01:09:38I'd like supper in the store for you.
01:09:40Thanks.
01:09:43Mary.
01:09:47I can't stand it no longer.
01:09:48Where is Kenny?
01:09:49You must know what's happened to him, and you gotta tell me.
01:09:54Well, Molly.
01:09:56Kenny's gotten to just about the worst trouble he's ever been in.
01:10:01I knew it.
01:10:02I had a feeling all the time.
01:10:05What did the police want here?
01:10:08Where is Kenny?
01:10:09Did he get hurt?
01:10:10What did he do, Mary?
01:10:13He didn't do anything.
01:10:15He must have gotten panicky and ran away, so it's just as bad.
01:10:19But you must remember, Molly.
01:10:20Kenny didn't do it.
01:10:22Do what?
01:10:23Do what?
01:10:25Hold up the flamingo room.
01:10:34That wasn't Kenny that Al was talking about.
01:10:37The fellow that the police shot and chased up to the forest.
01:10:40That wasn't Kenny, Walter.
01:10:45I went to the police.
01:10:47They don't believe he did it.
01:10:49They told me it would be so easy to clear him if we could only get him back.
01:10:53We gotta find him.
01:10:54We got to.
01:10:55We can get Lou to help.
01:10:56Lou's got money and everything.
01:10:58Don't call him on the telephone.
01:11:01Lou's done enough already.
01:11:04You'd better go to bed.
01:11:06We can't do anything until morning anyway.
01:11:10I know why Kenny's in this mess.
01:11:14Everybody's always been jealous of him because he's more of a man than any of them ever will be.
01:11:18I'm not bragging because he's mine.
01:11:21He won't let them put him in jail for something he didn't do.
01:11:24I'll kill the world he won't.
01:11:53Come, I'm sorry.
01:12:00I'll take you to the next door.
01:12:03Where is he?
01:12:05Near Detroit.
01:12:07How is he?
01:12:08Oh, he'll be alright.
01:12:10I left him with a friend of mine in a road house.
01:12:13The old bohemian.
01:12:15Route 21.
01:12:17You know who put the finger on us, don't you?
01:12:20Yo.
01:12:22Does Kenny?
01:12:24Oh, he did it in a kind of a daze.
01:12:26But when he comes out of it, he'll...
01:12:28He's got to use his head.
01:12:29He can clear himself.
01:12:31I'm going back with you.
01:12:34I'm not going back.
01:12:36I just stopped by to give him the word.
01:12:39So long, Mary.
01:12:42Get both.
01:12:43You can't leave us now.
01:12:44You got him, Mrs. You've got to get him out.
01:12:47But Ken is my friend.
01:12:49I never meant it no wrong.
01:12:51You never did him any good.
01:12:54And now you're running out on him when he needs you most.
01:12:58Get low, the good guy.
01:13:00Always buying Kenny's ring.
01:13:02Always looking after Kenny.
01:13:05All right.
01:13:07Run away.
01:13:09Run, you...
01:13:10You coward!
01:13:25Come on, Mr. In kick.
01:13:30Hey, everybody.
01:13:30I have got the help.
01:13:31You right?
01:13:32Oh, my God.
01:13:34We don't get outside.
01:13:38Well, let's get outside.
01:14:01Oh, my God.
01:14:36Oh, my God.
01:14:51Oh, my God.
01:15:09Oh, my God.
01:15:25Oh, my God.
01:15:45Oh, my God.
01:16:03Oh, my God.
01:16:22Oh, my God.
01:16:25Oh, my God.
01:16:47Oh, my God.
01:17:05Oh, my God.
01:17:20Oh, my God.
01:17:47Oh, my God.
01:18:00Oh, my God.
01:18:23Oh, my God.
01:18:26Oh, my God.
01:18:27Oh, my God.
01:18:28Oh, my God.
01:18:32Hurry up!
01:19:07Certainly got to hand it to you.
01:19:09Anyone else would be flat on his back for days with that arm.
01:19:12Where's Gitlow?
01:19:14He'll be back.
01:19:16Where'd he go?
01:19:17He didn't say.
01:19:19You better get to bed.
01:19:22How can I get a lift to Ashbury?
01:19:24At six in the morning.
01:19:28Who's the girl?
01:19:30Oh, don't think it's only you, fella.
01:19:33This woman stuff ends up with a kick in the teeth for everybody.
01:19:38You don't know Mary?
01:19:41Mary, Betty, Jane.
01:19:43A man can love any woman.
01:19:48I know.
01:19:50But it's always her.
01:20:13So, son, it's always her that he doesn't listen to.
01:20:13But God.
01:20:13You're that man, you're my one of the ones that I want.
01:20:14But he is not even a apostle.
01:20:19I mean the queen of Herod wrote here.
01:20:20We look at it that stable father of God.
01:20:24Here's who has a little and his Vale.
01:20:24Who has此 dove over Spatio?
01:20:28psychologist!
01:20:28He liked him.
01:20:28I've been up.
01:20:39How are you, handsome?
01:20:42How are you, beautiful?
01:21:05How are you, handsome?
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