Beyond the Prison Walls (1950)

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Beyond the Prison Walls (1950) is a classic drama filled with crime, struggle, redemption, and the difficult journey of starting life again. After years behind prison walls, a man faces a world that has changed while trying to escape the mistakes of his past. But freedom does not always mean an easy life, and the shadows of the past can follow a person long after the prison doors have opened.   With its vintage atmosphere, emotional storytelling, and classic crime-drama elements, Beyond the Prison Walls (1950) offers a compelling look at life after imprisonment, second chances, and the struggle to find a new path.   If you enjoy classic Hollywood movies, vintage crime dramas, black-and-white films, forgotten classics, and stories about redemption and second chances, this 1950 classic is worth watching.   Watch Beyond the Prison Walls (1950) and discover a dramatic journey from confinement toward freedom.

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00:00:23This is Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, where the Continental Congress signed the

00:00:28Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. This is Philadelphia, seen from a vantage point which

00:00:37few Philadelphians care to visit. For just 45 years after the birth of American freedom, the founding

00:00:43fathers of the city chose a site in a district known as Cherry Hill, and there they built a prison

00:00:50modeled on the lines of a medieval fortress. Its grim walls have stood since 1821, and within the

00:00:58many men have paid the price of crime. Its records are rich with strange stories, but none more

00:01:06strange than the one we're about to tell.

00:01:43Mr. Paul, the warden wants 3725. 3725.

00:02:04The warden wants you, Larry. What goes on? He's probably going to give me the weekend in town.

00:02:09Get over there in the dump and good luck.

00:02:18Hi, Larry.

00:02:19Where's he taking you?

00:02:20The warden's office.

00:02:21Good-bye, baby.

00:02:23What's he going to get, Max?

00:02:24Weekend in town.

00:02:25Bring me a couple of pints, Larry.

00:02:27Bring me a couple of tomatoes.

00:02:28Me too, brother. How I miss my vegetables.

00:02:30Don't look under the bag.

00:02:30Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!

00:02:33Come on!ven in town!

00:02:33Hey!

00:02:36Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! crimson!

00:02:473725.

00:02:47Okay. How are you, Larry?

00:02:50I'm okay, sir.

00:02:51Sit down. I've got some news for you.

00:02:56your petition to the pardon board has been acted on favorably i can't tell you when you're going

00:03:03to get out of here but yet as soon as that pardon comes down from harrisburg you'll be released

00:03:12you mean you mean you're not really going to turn me loose well don't you want to go yes sir

00:03:19it's just it's kind of a shock having to leave home after all these years

00:03:25none of my family are living i don't know a soul on the outside

00:03:30i don't even know yet what i'm going to do you will adjust yourself in time

00:03:37congratulations thank you sir that's all larry

00:03:40yes sir hey larry yes what's on your mind i hear you're going out soon

00:03:55how long you been inside 15 years 14 when i came here

00:04:01i beat up a guard reformatory and he died

00:04:05it was an accident

00:04:11what's it like out there the only thing i know is the sound

00:04:16keeps getting louder every year yeah that's the traffic

00:04:21freezes the guts in the guy who just flush out a star

00:04:26world is full of slap-happy jerks seem to have a yen to kill

00:04:31old things been stepped up considerable since the salt of your way

00:04:35everybody's got the jitters buck ain't worth a buck anymore

00:04:39i haven't touched a buck for so long i wouldn't know what it felt like

00:04:43it still feels good

00:04:47i'm like a guy that sprouted wings

00:04:50crazy to try them

00:04:55i'm scared stiff

00:04:57some guys get so stirred bugs

00:04:59they can't stand it they want to come back in and can't all be bad outside i'll tell the

00:05:08world it ain't hey look you know anything about dames

00:05:13only what i've heard boy have you got a lot to learn

00:05:18there ain't nothing in all the world like a dame

00:05:21it can be sweet and wonderful

00:05:24and it can tear your heart out

00:05:28somewhere

00:05:30there's a right one for every guy

00:05:34sure is tough finding her

00:05:37you're being born all over again kid

00:05:40only this time

00:05:43you're a man

00:05:46you're a man

00:05:46getting kinda

00:05:49sleepy

00:06:06you have six hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty cents on the books

00:06:09that right

00:06:10that's right

00:06:12quite a bankroll

00:06:13well it took me fifteen years to earn it

00:06:16so long nelson

00:06:17don't come back

00:06:18not if i can help it

00:06:29this will introduce you to dr flitcher

00:06:31from the philadelphia general hospital

00:06:34you've had a good training here larry

00:06:36and i'm asking to put you to work as assistant in the hospital laboratory

00:06:39well if you know i'm a concept

00:06:41well that'll be all right with fletcher but be sure to place this in his hands

00:06:44i get you

00:06:55good morning

00:06:58good morning

00:07:16It seems like a new world you're going back to, Larry.

00:07:19For a good many years, your living has been regimented.

00:07:21Every move thought out in advance.

00:07:24But when you go through these gates, you're on your own.

00:07:31It's your life, my boy. Good luck.

00:07:35Thank you, sir.

00:08:02Thank you, sir.

00:08:35Good help.

00:08:36Hey, push him.

00:08:37Oh, he's going to start something.

00:08:38Come on!

00:08:39Get back.

00:08:40Get back.

00:08:41Get back.

00:08:41Give him a little, give him a little.

00:08:43Give him a little.

00:09:07Right there!

00:09:11Yeah!

00:09:17Oh, I'm good, boy!

00:09:18You're already there!

00:09:19A little more!

00:09:19Go ahead, boy!

00:09:21Speaker 2, 1, 2-1, 2-1.

00:09:31Speaker 2, 1, 1, 2-1, 3-1

00:09:41Hey, don't you know better than the cross against the signal Oh Connie that caps a dead giveaway go ahead

00:09:49color

00:10:21Oh

00:10:24What do you want to do follow up the game mind your own business you big drip

00:10:48Oh

00:11:11Oh

00:11:50What do you have brother

00:11:53Well a pop if you want a straw with it

00:12:16Hello

00:12:19You look lonesome

00:12:22So am I

00:12:25Buy him a lady a drink mister

00:12:28What's that you got

00:12:29Soda pop

00:12:32I'll use a fair chaser

00:12:36Tea you're good looking

00:13:03What's the matter

00:13:08First time I ever tasted it

00:13:12Hey you on the level with that line

00:13:15Where you been all your life

00:13:18I've been away

00:13:20Oh

00:13:22Stranger in town

00:13:25Drink up Bella and let's live a little

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00:29:51Do you know how?

00:29:52Yes, ma'am.

00:29:56I'll be back in a little while, Mr. Stoker, and see that you're made comfortable for the night. Be careful.

00:30:12Mr. Stoker's your new name, huh?

00:30:16What are you doing here?

00:30:18I work here. Been here for a week now.

00:30:21On the lam?

00:30:22Uh-uh. I got a pardon.

00:30:26Well, how come you picked this place?

00:30:28Oh, I needed a spot.

00:30:31They turned me loose. I was scared.

00:30:33Went too fast for me, the outside.

00:30:35I didn't know how to talk or how to act.

00:30:40And they run on time here.

00:30:42I can do time.

00:30:43I feel safe.

00:30:45Been reading about you, Jack.

00:30:47The million-dollar bandit.

00:30:49There's a 20 grand reward on my head.

00:30:52You've been reading about that, too.

00:30:55I suppose you'd be calling copper.

00:30:58If they catch up with me, I'll burn.

00:31:00You'll burn, all right, but I won't be the cause of it.

00:31:04I've got to get well and get out of this place.

00:31:08Have I got a chance, Larry?

00:31:10You've got just about the same chance you gave those three guards in the armored car.

00:31:14You're stir bugs, kid.

00:31:16It's the same talk all the croakers give me.

00:31:19What do you want me to do, lie to you?

00:31:21Three years ago, when we had you in the hospital at the pen,

00:31:23the x-ray showed that your right lung was spotted and your left was affected.

00:31:27What are you beefing about?

00:31:28How many crooks like you get a chance to die in bed?

00:31:31That I'm not dying.

00:31:34I can't die. I won't.

00:31:37I've got a million soldered away.

00:31:39A lot of good that's gonna do you.

00:31:43Anything else I can do for you?

00:31:44Not right now.

00:31:48Have a good night.

00:32:11Hello.

00:32:12Hello.

00:32:15What are you doing?

00:32:17Just trying to figure things out.

00:32:19That's a big order.

00:32:22You stick too close to this place.

00:32:25I'll admit there isn't much to do of an evening just to run down to the village.

00:32:29Have you been there?

00:32:31No.

00:32:32I'm on my way there now.

00:32:34Would you like to take a little ride?

00:32:37I know it's reverse English on a pickup, but you look so lonesome.

00:32:41So am I.

00:32:44Believe me, my intentions are honorable.

00:32:57You like to be alone, don't you?

00:33:02The more I see of this outside, the world I mean, the more I realize what a wonderful place it

00:33:09was meant to be.

00:33:11Why do people push each other around and snap and snarl and fight to get there first?

00:33:16Was it that bad?

00:33:18Was it that bad?

00:33:18I hadn't noticed.

00:33:20What are you doing about it?

00:33:22Just keep it out of the way.

00:33:23You ducking it, eh?

00:33:25Does that fix anything?

00:33:27Larry, you'll never know contentment until you've found understanding of the people around you.

00:33:32Also, you've got to make them understand you.

00:33:34I'm afraid I can't do that.

00:33:36I don't think you're trying very hard.

00:33:40Hear that?

00:33:41Uh-huh.

00:33:42You know what it is?

00:33:44Huh?

00:33:45A mockingbird.

00:33:47It's tough going for him, too, but he does his best.

00:33:51All night long, he sings his heart out to keep up his mate's courage as he sits on her eggs.

00:33:56I don't know anybody sitting on eggs, and I can't sing.

00:34:01You know, that's the first time I ever heard you laugh.

00:34:03You ought to try it more often.

00:34:06I'm sorry.

00:34:07I didn't mean to lecture you.

00:34:09I didn't mind.

00:34:12I kinda liked it.

00:34:21Thanks.

00:34:21It was a nice ride, but I think I'll walk back.

00:34:24But I don't want you to walk back.

00:34:26All right, Joe.

00:34:29It's such a warm night.

00:34:30Can't we go in for a little while and have something cool to drink?

00:34:33It's my idea, so we'll go Dutch.

00:34:35Well, I've got money, but I...

00:34:37Oh, please.

00:34:38We may find some laughs in here.

00:34:57Take your order, folks.

00:35:02Uh...

00:35:03Two horses next.

00:35:11What's the horses next?

00:35:13Ginger ale. We've left them for you.

00:35:14Oh.

00:35:15Hiya, shipmate. Steppin' out.

00:35:17I'll buy you a drink.

00:35:20Wait till I dock the Queen Mary.

00:35:25Two horses next.

00:35:34Well, look who's here.

00:35:36You know Ann.

00:35:37Sure. Hiya, Miss Taylor.

00:35:38Hello.

00:35:38Mr. Nelson, Mr. Cheney.

00:35:40Pleasure.

00:35:41Hiya.

00:35:41Why don't you come over to our table.

00:35:42No, thanks.

00:35:43We're not staying long.

00:35:45Okay.

00:35:46Just trying to be polite.

00:35:48Fair.

00:35:50My character.

00:35:56Who's Cheney?

00:35:57Somebody Charlotte met here one night.

00:35:59I believe he's from New York.

00:36:06Wouldn't you like to dance?

00:36:08I've never danced in my life.

00:36:10I'll show you the steps.

00:36:12Come on.

00:36:13It'll be fun.

00:36:14Take a chance.

00:36:24I'm not much good at this sort of thing, am I?

00:36:26You just follow me and you'll be all right.

00:36:28Relax.

00:36:29Loosen up.

00:36:32Hold me a little closer and it'll be easier.

00:36:38There.

00:36:39Isn't that much better?

00:36:42Yeah.

00:36:43Much better.

00:36:49How did Nelson come to date you tonight?

00:36:52He didn't.

00:36:53I dated him.

00:36:54Oh?

00:36:55Well, was he interesting?

00:36:57I'm afraid you'd have found it a dull evening.

00:37:00You know something?

00:37:01I don't think he knows anything about women.

00:37:05Hmm.

00:37:09Maybe he needs somebody to teach him.

00:37:16I've been looking for you, Miss Maynard.

00:37:18Gus Wormser said you wanted me.

00:37:19I don't want you.

00:37:20But Mr. Stoker does.

00:37:22Mr. Stoker?

00:37:23Yes.

00:37:24Number 37.

00:37:26Did you know him before you came here?

00:37:28I never even heard of the guy.

00:37:30Well, he's been asking for you.

00:37:32You better go see what he wants.

00:37:33Yes.

00:37:35I will.

00:37:50What's on your mind, Stoker?

00:37:53You're a solid guy, Larry.

00:37:56You didn't turn me in.

00:37:59What do you want?

00:38:01I need your help.

00:38:03There's nothing I can do to help you.

00:38:04I had to have somebody to work me into this joint.

00:38:08So I took a chance on my ex-wife.

00:38:12Celia's a smart dame.

00:38:15And she's safe.

00:38:16As long as she collects a grand a week.

00:38:20But I'm afraid to have her come here.

00:38:23She might be followed.

00:38:25I have to have somebody to take the money to her.

00:38:28There'll be plenty in it for you.

00:38:31I don't want any part of it.

00:38:32Larry, I got a million bucks.

00:38:35The stuff people lie and cheat and kill and die for.

00:38:40I'll cut you in on a piece of it.

00:38:42What would I do with it?

00:38:44You'd spend it.

00:38:45Just like I'm gonna do.

00:38:47It's what I'm living for.

00:38:49It's why I've gotta live.

00:38:52Write your own ticket.

00:38:54I can give you the world, kid.

00:38:57Lay it at your feet.

00:39:02Look.

00:39:04Doc says they're gonna operate.

00:39:07Pneumothorax.

00:39:08What's that?

00:39:10It'll collapse your lung.

00:39:11You'll be pretty sick for a while.

00:39:13You won't be able to move around.

00:39:14That's just the point, see.

00:39:17That's why I've gotta have somebody to contact Celia.

00:39:21Think it over.

00:39:23Will ya?

00:39:25Your name is Stoker.

00:39:27I never saw you before.

00:39:29I don't even know you're here.

00:39:39Larry?

00:39:41Yes, Doctor?

00:39:42You're a great disappointment.

00:39:45Make some mistakes, sir?

00:39:46No, that's just the trouble.

00:39:48When I hired you at Starvation Wages,

00:39:50I expected to get a drifter who'd gum up the works.

00:39:54Instead, you've reorganized the lab.

00:39:56You keep me straight on my notes.

00:39:58You work like a dog from early morn to late at night.

00:40:01I can't get you a raise and you're breaking my heart.

00:40:03Get out of here, will ya?

00:40:05Get yourself some sun.

00:40:06Buy a beer.

00:40:07Find yourself a girl.

00:40:09Dr. Debo would like to discuss number 37's place with you, Doctor.

00:40:13Oh, would he?

00:40:14Well, in that case, I'll go up and see him.

00:40:21Hi.

00:40:23Hi.

00:40:36You're a strange guy.

00:40:38You know, in this little place, everybody knows everything about everybody else.

00:40:41But nobody knows anything about you.

00:40:44There's nothing to know.

00:40:47How old are you?

00:40:49Thirty.

00:40:50Ever been married?

00:40:52No.

00:40:54Got a girl?

00:40:57No.

00:40:58You must have had plenty.

00:41:01I never had a girl.

00:41:02Oh, stop.

00:41:03That's the truth, Charlotte.

00:41:05Brother, you've either discovered a wonderful new line, or else you're a man that every woman should meet just once

00:41:10in her life.

00:41:20Would you be my girl?

00:41:27You're sweet, Larry.

00:41:29But I'm afraid it wouldn't work.

00:41:31Why not?

00:41:32I might get serious about you.

00:41:35And I can't afford that.

00:41:38Larry, the men I go with have cars and money to spend.

00:41:44Is money so important?

00:41:46It is to me.

00:41:48You see, all my life I've wanted nice things and never had them.

00:41:51Never had money enough.

00:41:53Don't get enough now.

00:41:55But when I finish here, I'll have a nursing background that'll land me a job with some swank doctor in

00:42:00a big town.

00:42:02With a start like that, I can do all right by myself.

00:42:07Suppose...

00:42:07Suppose I had money.

00:42:11Why suggest an impossibility?

00:42:13I said suppose I had money.

00:42:16You got hands like I had.

00:42:19Girl wouldn't have much chance if you really got sore.

00:42:22Come on, answer me.

00:42:24All right.

00:42:26Suppose you did have it.

00:42:28Would you go out with me then?

00:42:31That's an exciting thought.

00:42:37But I'm too practical to dream.

00:42:40I'm sorry, Larry.

00:42:43I don't want to start something I can't finish.

00:42:59I'm sorry, Larry.

00:43:00Okay, Jack. It's a deal.

00:43:02Good boy.

00:43:04Close the blinds.

00:43:06Give me that leather bag there.

00:43:33There's an even 30 grand here.

00:43:36This isn't hot stuff.

00:43:38This is safe.

00:43:39At all the last and I can handle things myself.

00:43:44Here's Celia's address in Philly and her note.

00:43:47She gets a grand a week.

00:43:49There's one due now.

00:43:51I see that she gets paid off.

00:43:53Don't tell her they're gonna operate.

00:43:56Tell her I'm gonna live.

00:43:58See?

00:44:01Good enough, Jack.

00:44:02I'll take care of it.

00:44:33I'll take care of it.

00:44:36Miss Bentner?

00:44:37Yes.

00:44:38Celia Bentner?

00:44:39Yes.

00:44:41I'm Larry Nelson.

00:44:42Oh, come in, Mr. Nelson.

00:44:48I'm a friend of your ex-husband, Jack Bernard.

00:44:51So you said on the phone.

00:44:53But I'm afraid that's no recommendation.

00:44:56I haven't seen Jack in five years.

00:44:58If I never see him again, that'll be too soon.

00:45:01You don't have to play it smart with me.

00:45:04You recognize his handwriting, don't you?

00:45:06So he gave you a letter of introduction.

00:45:10I see.

00:45:16Oh, yes.

00:45:18Same old scroll.

00:45:20A bit more shaky than it used to be.

00:45:24You do fit the description, though I must say it hardly does you justice.

00:45:30Is this all you have to prove your identity?

00:45:32Not quite.

00:45:35I've got this.

00:45:36How very nice.

00:45:38Thank you, Mr. Nelson.

00:45:41Well, I think I'd better be...

00:45:42Now, now.

00:45:44Sit down.

00:45:50How long have you known Jack?

00:45:52Just since he's been at the sanatorium.

00:45:54Mm-hmm.

00:45:56I've never known him to trust a stranger like this.

00:45:59Though I must say I don't blame him.

00:46:02Is he going to die?

00:46:04Any TB patient has a chance to recover, providing he has the proper environment and the proper frame of mind.

00:46:12And usually it takes a long time.

00:46:15It takes courage as well.

00:46:18He's got the guts he'll pull through.

00:46:21I'll be back next week.

00:46:22Don't go dashing off like that.

00:46:25I look forward to seeing you again.

00:46:28You know, if you and I could see eye to eye, it might be profitable for both of us.

00:46:37You know what I mean?

00:46:40I think I do.

00:46:42Interested?

00:46:58Did you recognize him?

00:47:01Yeah, that's the same guy I met at the tavern at Jewel Lake.

00:47:04A chump.

00:47:05You know, I don't go for that line he gave you.

00:47:07Jack must have known him before the sanatorium.

00:47:09Of course he did.

00:47:10One of the guys in that armored car's stick-up was never identified.

00:47:14He escaped with Jack when their hideout was raided and dropped out of sight.

00:47:19I'll bet that's who Nelson is.

00:47:21Could be.

00:47:23Tail him, Red.

00:47:24Stay with it.

00:47:25Find out what you can.

00:47:32So I says to this guy,

00:47:35Well, blow me down.

00:47:37Well, what's the matter?

00:47:38Get a load of my boy.

00:47:41Pretty sharp, huh?

00:47:42Yes.

00:47:44Well, where are you going?

00:47:46To a masquerade?

00:47:47I got something I want to show you.

00:47:48Come on outside.

00:47:50Not you, Gus.

00:47:53I'll be right back.

00:47:54Don't be too sure of that.

00:47:57Looks like his ship came in.

00:47:59Maybe he struck oil.

00:48:01You've had a little vacation, haven't you?

00:48:03Yeah, Doc.

00:48:04Give me some time off.

00:48:05You've been gone two days.

00:48:06Yeah.

00:48:07Well, where have you been?

00:48:11Philadelphia.

00:48:12What for?

00:48:13For you.

00:48:14For me.

00:48:18This is mine.

00:48:22Yours.

00:48:27Say, what kind of a game is this?

00:48:29Oh, I own it.

00:48:30I've got it out of sale.

00:48:30You see?

00:48:36Come on.

00:48:37Come on.

00:48:37Get in.

00:48:38You better drive.

00:48:39I'm a little bit rusty.

00:48:57Say, tell me something.

00:48:59Why did you show up here looking like a scarecrow and take that job in the lab?

00:49:03What are you, Larry?

00:49:05A crook?

00:49:08I'm not a crook.

00:49:11Nobody's after me.

00:49:12Well, then, why did you get the money for all this?

00:49:14Well, why didn't you use it before?

00:49:18I just found out what money can buy.

00:49:21Now, don't ask me any more questions.

00:49:22You'll have to take me as I am.

00:49:25I'll take you.

00:49:38Well, beautiful, isn't it?

00:49:44Yes, wonderful.

00:49:50Larry.

00:49:54It is real platinum, isn't it?

00:49:57That's what the man said.

00:49:59Real stones, too.

00:50:00Oh, it must have cost a great deal.

00:50:03It didn't break me.

00:50:04There's plenty more where that came from.

00:50:10I've been rotten to you, haven't I?

00:50:16Just to know that this is mine.

00:50:18Oh, Larry, you couldn't understand.

00:50:21It's just a shiny piece of junk to me, but that's what you want.

00:50:25Oh, it is.

00:50:27It is.

00:50:27I love it.

00:50:35Didn't anybody ever tell you that the boy is supposed to do the kissing?

00:50:38Not the girl.

00:50:51So they operated on Jack.

00:50:53You know about that?

00:50:54Of course.

00:50:55I have a way of keeping myself informed.

00:50:58Don't you think I have any interest in the poor sick, darling?

00:51:02When's he going to die?

00:51:03I hate to disappoint you, but I think maybe he's going to beat this rap.

00:51:07You mean death or the law?

00:51:09Maybe both.

00:51:10That remains to be seen.

00:51:13Oh, you're always in such a hurry, Mr. Nelson.

00:51:18Aren't you ready to talk business yet?

00:51:21Not with you.

00:51:22What a pity.

00:51:24Goodbye.

00:51:34There he is.

00:51:40Bye.

00:51:41Bye.

00:51:45Bye.

00:51:48Bye.

00:51:51Bye.

00:51:52I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

00:51:53I'm sorry.

00:52:21Nelson, you want to save yourself a lot of trouble.

00:52:24You're going to tell us the truth.

00:52:28We believe you were in on that armored car holdup.

00:52:32That you escaped with Jack Bernard when the gang's hideout was raided and the rest of the boys were killed.

00:52:38The loot from the armored car stick up. Roughly a million dollars.

00:52:43Never been recovered.

00:52:44You expect us to believe that you don't know where it's hidden?

00:52:48You go right ahead and believe whatever you want to believe.

00:52:51I don't know anything about it and I care less.

00:53:03Has it ever occurred to you that the sense of touch is an amazing thing?

00:53:13Apparently, there are delicate nerves which extend to our fingertips.

00:53:18For that reason, the tissue under our fingernails is extremely sensitive.

00:53:25Have you ever had a splinter thrust under your nail accidentally?

00:53:31Do you remember how it felt?

00:53:37You don't have to prove anything to us, Nelson.

00:53:40We know you can take it.

00:53:43Don't you think it's a little stupid when you can stop it simply by telling us what we want to

00:53:48know?

00:53:50Come on, get it over.

00:53:52No matter how great your endurance, every mind has its breaking point.

00:54:11Hold it.

00:54:12He's no good to us dead.

00:54:13You don't mind?

00:54:14Yeah.

00:54:15I'm glad you showed up, Larry.

00:54:36the nights are endless and i can't sleep what happened to you i ran into a little trouble

00:54:43right after i left celia's apartment three of her friends were laying for me they knocked me out

00:54:47and took me to a house somewhere up in the hills i couldn't see them they held a light in

00:54:51my eyes

00:54:51all the time i was there only one of them talked guy that worked on me with a surgical knife

00:54:58garth i know him i thought the payoff might keep celia straight but she wants it all

00:55:06so she crossed me and hooked up with garth you see what it means don't you larry they're getting

00:55:11ready to move in what'd you tell them what could i tell them i don't know any more about it

00:55:15than they

00:55:15do say tell me this jack who was your friend that was on the armored car heist with you who

00:55:20escaped

00:55:21when your hideout was raided his name was dubois and where is he now dead he caught a slug in

00:55:27the

00:55:27chest during the raid that's who they think i am it's going to be great if the coppers get the

00:55:31same idea well i could clear you couldn't i we're in this together larry i've got an idea it might

00:55:38be

00:55:38worthwhile for me to steer clear of you and your pals i'm kind of getting used to this outside

00:55:43maybe in time i'll even like it sure you like it you like it now you got yourself a dame

00:55:50lined up

00:55:51dames cost money where you gonna get it if you don't get it from me

00:55:56i meant what i said jack here's what's left of your money what i spent i earned but i don't

00:56:03want

00:56:03any more of it anything i can do for you now is wish you luck it's not that easy can

00:56:10you prove

00:56:11where you were the date of that armored car heist i don't think so dubois is at the bottom of

00:56:17a river

00:56:18where you'll never be found all the others were killed in the raid i'm the only man alive who knows

00:56:25who

00:56:25dubois was your only alibi you can't pull out now you've gone too far

00:56:34i'll take my chances on that

00:56:45hello hello larry what have you been doing to yourself i had a little accident i'm all right

00:56:51but you're hurt you'll need dressings i've got everything i need right here i know how to use

00:56:55them better than you sit down sit down larry my goodness what a mess you in a fight

00:57:04not exactly you have a bad bump here the scalp is lacerated but there's no break indicated

00:57:13that head is solid ivory what'd you do to your hand

00:57:16i got caught in a buzzsaw

00:57:19larry what on earth happened to you all right none of my business just forget about it will you

00:57:27of course

00:57:30i haven't seen much of you lately no but charlotte has hasn't she

00:57:37i don't blame you she's very attractive

00:57:42ann is it true that all girls are crazy about money no it isn't true it's natural for any girl

00:57:49to want the most she can get out of life when she's in love she forgets about such things

00:57:57that's a beautiful watch you gave charlotte she promised me she wouldn't tell who gave it to her

00:58:02she's proud of it that's all oh yeah but shouldn't a girl keep her promise

00:58:08larry there are all kinds of women in the world you probably know as much about them as i do

00:58:12they didn't have them around where i was you knew your mother didn't you i didn't know her very long

00:58:18i cut my teeth on life in the streets at 10 i was one of a dozen little stinkers around

00:58:23the gang

00:58:24reform schools couldn't hold me i broke out of one after the other

00:58:28finally when i was 15 they buried me in the toughest joint in the state

00:58:33one day i was working on a high wall a guard that hated me slapped me down

00:58:39i hit him he fell off and was killed i was only a kid but they called it murder and

00:58:45sent me away for

00:58:45life a few months ago they pardoned me but i was 15 years away from the world

00:58:55i never meant to tell this to anybody on the outside why have i told you it was good for

00:59:01you to tell

00:59:02somebody well you'll be all right now if you need more help just call on me i'm always around

00:59:12man thanks

00:59:16i may not see you after tonight i'm getting out of here

00:59:19larry what are you running away from i'm in a jam

00:59:23wouldn't you like to tell me about it

00:59:27i suppose you read about jack bernard who held up an armored car and got away with a million

00:59:30yes he's here here a patient in the sanatorium

00:59:33did you report it to the police no don't you think you should i can't

00:59:38there's another member of the gang who was never identified they're hunting him too

00:59:42larry you're not no no no he's dead but the police don't know that only bernard knows it

00:59:46and if i turn against him he'll swear i'm that guy but you can prove i can't prove anything at

00:59:50the time of the hold up i was tramping it on the road bernard's the only man alive who can

00:59:54clear me

00:59:55you've got to go to the police you've got to you wouldn't believe me my record alone would convict me

01:00:00you don't know what it's like inside i used to be afraid of freedom now i can't do without it

01:00:09larry you'll never be free until you learn to accept your responsibilities

01:00:16get by hand

01:00:21yes

01:00:22no no no no no no no no no no no no minute

01:00:31yes

01:00:32yes

01:00:50Hi, Charlotte.

01:00:51What are you doing here?

01:00:52I want to see Mr. Stoker.

01:00:55Stoker?

01:00:56But there's a strict order. He's to have no visitors.

01:00:58Sure, I know. That's why I came straight to you.

01:01:00I've got to see him tonight. It's urgent.

01:01:03Give me ten minutes.

01:01:04Why, I wouldn't dare let you go to his room.

01:01:06Who's going to find out about it?

01:01:08Do you want me to get fired?

01:01:11I've got good news for him.

01:01:13Look, want to see a pretty picture?

01:01:16A C-note.

01:01:18That's what it's worth to me if I talk to him tonight.

01:01:20Come on, be a smart kid. What harm can it do?

01:01:23But if you excite him...

01:01:24Why should I excite him? I want to help him get well.

01:01:35Ten minutes?

01:01:35That's all I need. When I go, I'll duck out the back way.

01:02:08Red.

01:02:09Good old Jack.

01:02:11What do you want?

01:02:12As if you didn't know. You're going bye-bye, fella.

01:02:15No, wait a minute, Red. You can't take me out of here. It'll kill me.

01:02:17You're breaking my heart.

01:02:19No, no, Red. Wait!

01:02:21When you're proud of you, I'll put you to sleep with a broken jaw.

01:02:53No, I'll put you to sleep with a broken jaw.

01:02:56Let's go.

01:03:39Larry, what are you doing here? Where are you going?

01:03:42Stoker's room.

01:03:42What for?

01:03:43I want to talk to him.

01:03:44But you can't go in now. He's asleep.

01:03:46I've got to see him.

01:03:47You know it's against Orvis to go in there.

01:03:49Larry, please.

01:03:50What's the matter with you?

01:03:55What happened in there?

01:03:57Where's Stoker?

01:03:58I don't know.

01:03:59The last time I looked, he was asleep.

01:04:01He couldn't have got out of here by himself.

01:04:03Not that way.

01:04:05Who was in here?

01:04:07Nobody.

01:04:08Don't give me that.

01:04:09Somebody was in here.

01:04:09That's why you tried to keep me out of here just now.

01:04:11Who was it?

01:04:12Who was it?

01:04:14Oh, it was Chaney.

01:04:15He said he was an old friend of Mr. Stoker's.

01:04:17I didn't dream he meant any harm.

01:04:19Why should I?

01:04:20Chaney.

01:04:25Chaney.

01:04:26So that's it.

01:04:32How long have you known that guy?

01:04:34About a month or six weeks.

01:04:36When he showed up here about the same time Stoker was brought in.

01:04:39Yes, just about.

01:04:41How well did you know him?

01:04:42What did he have on you?

01:04:44Nothing.

01:04:44I went out with him, that's all.

01:04:46No nurse in her right mind to do a thing like you did tonight unless you was made to do

01:04:49it.

01:04:50Did he threaten you with something?

01:04:51No.

01:04:52Did he hold a gun on you?

01:04:52Of course not.

01:04:55Then what did he give you?

01:04:57Nothing.

01:04:58Are you trying to say that I take a...

01:05:00Don't waste your breath on lies.

01:05:01I know you a lot better than you think I do.

01:05:04What did he give you?

01:05:05Come on, spill it.

01:05:07Spill it!

01:05:08A hundred dollars.

01:05:11So for a stinking hundred dollars, you throw your patient's life away.

01:05:35Where's Ann?

01:05:36Somewhere on this floor.

01:05:37Why?

01:05:37Now get her.

01:05:38What for?

01:05:39I said get her.

01:06:05Stoker's been kidnapped.

01:06:06Stoker?

01:06:06And I think I know where he's been taken.

01:06:08What did he say on that note?

01:06:09I've only been there once before, but I'm sure I can find the place again.

01:06:11I've got to find it.

01:06:12I've got to keep him alive.

01:06:14I need your help, Ann.

01:06:15Of course, anything.

01:06:16Get in your car and take this to the nearest police station.

01:06:18Tell him to keep it safe.

01:06:19Tell him to come to a log cottage in the hills back of there.

01:06:21It's on a road overlooking a lake.

01:06:22It's a summer place, closed for the season.

01:06:25That's all I know.

01:06:26Let me do it.

01:06:27Go ahead, Ann.

01:06:27I'll do my best.

01:06:30Why did you drag her into this?

01:06:32Because I know I can trust her.

01:06:35Don't report this until morning.

01:06:37I may have him back before then.

01:06:40Have a good time on your hundred bucks.

01:07:08I'll do my best.

01:07:41I'll do my best.

01:08:06I'll do my best.

01:08:12I'll do my best.

01:08:30Hold it, Nelson.

01:08:31Don't move.

01:08:32Take it easy.

01:08:33I came in to make a deal with you boys.

01:08:37Well, we're listening.

01:08:40I want Stoker.

01:08:45You mean you want Jack Bernard?

01:08:48What do you got to trade with?

01:08:50I'll tell you when I see him.

01:08:52We're always hospitable.

01:08:54Come upstairs.

01:08:55I'll take you to him.

01:09:02Jack.

01:09:03Jack.

01:09:06How is he?

01:09:07I don't know.

01:09:07I've tried everything, but I can't do either.

01:09:13Perhaps we played a little too rough with Jack.

01:09:22Nelson, you know about these things.

01:09:24See what you think.

01:09:45He's dead.

01:09:48It sort of complicates things, doesn't it?

01:09:51Not too much.

01:09:52We still have you.

01:10:01Hey, what's the idea?

01:10:02Take it easy.

01:10:03Where is everybody?

01:10:04Upstairs.

01:10:05Nelson's here.

01:10:06That's swell.

01:10:07Go on.

01:10:07Get up there.

01:10:09Get anything out of Jack?

01:10:10Not a word.

01:10:11He's dead.

01:10:12Dead.

01:10:19Who is this?

01:10:20Why did you bring her here?

01:10:22Wait a minute.

01:10:22Wait.

01:10:23After you guys got away,

01:10:24I saw Nelson find a note

01:10:26that Jack had hidden in a picture frame.

01:10:27Then he sent for this nurse,

01:10:29gave her the note,

01:10:30and told her to head for the nearest police station.

01:10:31Only I couldn't find the note,

01:10:33so I brought her along.

01:10:34I'll find it.

01:10:35It won't do you any good to search me.

01:10:37I haven't got it on me.

01:10:38What did you do with it?

01:10:39You think I'll tell you that?

01:10:41Search her anyway.

01:10:42If you don't find it,

01:10:43maybe I can make her talk.

01:10:45Nelson will tell you

01:10:46I'm pretty good at that sort of thing.

01:10:48I'll do the talking.

01:10:51You were right.

01:10:52My name's not Nelson.

01:10:54It's Du Bois.

01:10:56I was with Jack on the armored car heist,

01:10:57and both of us escaped

01:10:58when our hideout was raided,

01:10:59only I was never identified with the coppers.

01:11:02Miss Taylor knows all about it.

01:11:04The sanatorium,

01:11:05I could only get to Jack at night,

01:11:07and she helped me.

01:11:08She was to go with me

01:11:09after the final cut was made.

01:11:10What about Charlotte?

01:11:12Well, you know what she is.

01:11:13I didn't dare trust the dame.

01:11:14And the note?

01:11:16There's a claim check in it

01:11:17for a locker trunk

01:11:18at a storage place in Philadelphia.

01:11:20Buckness.

01:11:21Is it cash from the armored car

01:11:23in that trunk?

01:11:24Yes.

01:11:26Ann was supposed to wait for me in Philly.

01:11:28I had to do what I could for Jack.

01:11:29I owed him that much.

01:11:32Well,

01:11:33what did you do with the note?

01:11:35Well, come on, come on, tell him.

01:11:37Tell him, can't you see we're stuck?

01:11:39I pushed it down back of the seat in my car.

01:11:42It's still there.

01:11:43Where is your car?

01:11:44In the parking lot of the sanatorium.

01:11:46Might not be safe for us to go back there now.

01:11:48It'll be safe for me.

01:11:49I can get it for you.

01:11:50Buckness is open 24 hours a day.

01:11:51I could bring it back tonight.

01:11:53All right.

01:11:54We'll play it that way.

01:11:55We'll keep Miss Taylor here.

01:11:57Chaney and Latzer will go with you.

01:11:59Don't let him out of your sight.

01:12:02Wait a minute.

01:12:03There's a key on a chain around Jack's neck.

01:12:05Must be the key to the trunk.

01:12:17That's funny.

01:12:19What's the matter?

01:12:20Face is wet with perspiration.

01:12:23Wasn't that way when he died?

01:12:25I don't remember.

01:12:29Miss Taylor, you're a nurse.

01:12:32Would you say this man is dead?

01:12:45Yes.

01:12:46Quite dead.

01:12:49What about the key?

01:12:50I'll keep that.

01:12:52Let Du Bois claim the trunk.

01:12:53You stay with him every minute.

01:12:54And don't get any ideas about not coming back with it.

01:12:58Don't think I'm bowing out on this deal.

01:13:00I want an equal cut with the rest of you.

01:13:01Don't worry.

01:13:02You'll get your cut.

01:13:03Both of you.

01:13:05Okay.

01:13:05Come on.

01:13:09Come on.

01:13:33Well, you caught me napping.

01:13:36Uh, what do you want?

01:13:38A trunk.

01:13:40A trunk?

01:13:42Huh?

01:13:43How long has you been here?

01:13:45I don't know.

01:13:46Maybe, maybe 30 days.

01:13:4830 days.

01:13:50Uh, I hope I can find it.

01:13:55So does he.

01:14:15Can't you be a little more careful?

01:14:16Oh, of that piece of junk?

01:14:18Huh.

01:14:18If it was mine, I'd burn it up.

01:14:20Sign here, sir, and that'll be $3.

01:14:23Be sure to write in the name that's on the claim check.

01:14:26Then sign your own, please.

01:14:32Getting a guy out at this time of night for a dime's worth of dirty underwear.

01:14:37Thank you, sir, and good night.

01:14:45You guys must be going someplace.

01:14:47Yeah.

01:14:48What do you got in there?

01:14:49A dead body?

01:14:49Seven dead bodies.

01:14:51Midgets.

01:14:52Okay, fellas.

01:15:16Here they come.

01:15:26Everything all right?

01:15:27No trouble at all.

01:15:30Seven dead bodies.

01:15:32What are you talking about?

01:15:33That's what he said was in there.

01:15:35That's what it represents, doesn't it?

01:15:37Three guards that died in the armored car.

01:15:39Three of the mob that were killed in the raid.

01:15:40And tonight, Jack Bernard.

01:15:44Let's finish this and get out of here.

01:15:46Not until we find out what's in the trunk.

01:15:48This guy might have been stringing us.

01:15:51We'll find out.

01:15:56There's your inheritance, Celia.

01:16:01Think it's all there?

01:16:02How can he tell?

01:16:04According to the figures on the tags,

01:16:06it looks like the original hall is intact.

01:16:08Well, we can count it, can't we?

01:16:11Crazy to get your fingers in it, aren't you?

01:16:13I can take a shower bath in the stuff.

01:16:16We'll go into that later.

01:16:18Right now, we'd better hit the road.

01:16:20Don't forget, we have some unfinished business.

01:16:23That's right.

01:16:24We've got to settle with our partners.

01:16:27We promised you an even cut, didn't we?

01:16:30You said I'd get what you all get,

01:16:31and that's just the way it's going to work out.

01:16:33He means we'll be caught.

01:16:35You are caught.

01:16:36This stuff's got you right now.

01:16:38There's plenty there and more,

01:16:39but not one of you is satisfied with an even share.

01:16:42Each and every one of you is figuring how he can get it all.

01:16:44We'll be there.

01:16:49Let's go.

01:16:52Let's go.

01:16:56Let's go.

01:17:15Come on.

01:17:23Contact the ranger station to report this fire.

01:17:26Get those people.

01:17:27That's him.

01:17:28That's the man.

01:17:30Larry, you can't go back in there.

01:17:32You can't.

01:17:32I've got to.

01:17:32I've got to get Stoker.

01:17:33Hold it.

01:17:34You're under arrest, but so are you.

01:17:39No, don't.

01:17:40There's a man alive in there, Jack Bernard.

01:18:03So you did call, copper.

01:18:05Jack, you've got to clear me.

01:18:07Tell them.

01:18:08Tell them who I am.

01:18:09Sure I will.

01:18:12He's Du Bois.

01:18:14The only guy left who was with me in the armored car stick-up.

01:18:19Write that in your book and use it to fry him.

01:18:22No, don't do this.

01:18:25You've got minutes to leave.

01:18:27Seconds.

01:18:28Don't take him with you.

01:18:32Please.

01:18:34Please.

01:18:38Okay, this guy's clean.

01:18:40You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:18:44Under a pier.

01:18:46Foot of Pine Street.

01:18:49With the weight to keep him there.

01:18:54I always was a sucker for a day.

01:19:29You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:33You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:38You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:44You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:45You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:46You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:47You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:49You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:50You'll find Du Bois in the river.

01:19:52You'll find Du Bois in the river.

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