The Lady Who Took Command (1950)

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The Lady Who Took Command (1950) is a classic comedy featuring romance, military life, unexpected situations, and plenty of vintage charm. The story follows a determined woman who finds herself surrounded by a world traditionally dominated by men, leading to a series of amusing conflicts, surprises, and unforgettable encounters.   Set against the backdrop of postwar America, this 1950 classic blends comedy and romance with a fascinating look at changing roles and relationships. With its vintage atmosphere, colorful characters, and classic Hollywood style, the film offers an entertaining trip back to the golden era of cinema.   If you enjoy classic comedy movies, vintage Hollywood, romantic comedies, old movies, and forgotten films from the 1950s, The Lady Who Took Command (1950) is a fun classic to discover.   Watch The Lady Who Took Command (1950) and enjoy a charming journey into classic Hollywood comedy.

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00:00:19You and I can share the moonlit hours

00:00:26Everything that's wonderful is ours

00:00:32Spring that brings the rainbow-colored flowers

00:00:38Everything that's wonderful is ours

00:00:43A tender love, a dream, a heart to cling to

00:00:49Someone to sing to

00:00:52This love I bring to you is ours to share

00:00:59For everything that's wonderful is yours

00:01:04And mine

00:01:13Oh, this is the end

00:01:18You're cock-eyed, pal

00:01:19This is only the beginning

00:01:21Come on, cheer up

00:01:23And I'll prove to you that every cloud has a silver lining

00:01:26Let's go back about a hundred years ago

00:01:28When a lot of folks, including my grandpa and grandma

00:01:31Started west

00:01:33You know, if they hadn't made that trip

00:01:35The Admiral's path and mine might never have crossed

00:01:39Then in 1876, General Custer made a stand

00:01:42My grandpa stood alongside him

00:01:44Well, for a little while anyway

00:01:48And if the Indians hadn't won that battle

00:01:50Grandma would have gone back east

00:01:51And the Admiral and I would never have tangled

00:01:55San Francisco, 1906

00:01:58Yes, sir, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good

00:02:02It took an earthquake and a fire to keep my mother and dad in California

00:02:06So that someday, I might get to meet the Admiral

00:02:11Comes 1917

00:02:12And our boys shove off for France

00:02:16My dad went along with them

00:02:18To fight the war to end all wars

00:02:21Then comes victory

00:02:22And they come back loaded with souvenirs and memories

00:02:28Yes, sir, it was fate about the Admiral and I

00:02:31Comes 1945

00:02:35The big war is over

00:02:36And the lady with the light says

00:02:39Welcome home

00:02:40To Uncle Sam's ten million nephews

00:02:44Welcome home to stateside

00:02:47Ten million homesick happy GIs

00:02:50My pals and I are among them

00:02:53The shooting has stopped

00:02:54But the shouting is still going on

00:02:56We're home

00:02:57Back to rationed gas

00:02:59Synthetic rubber

00:03:00And meat shortages

00:03:01But it doesn't take long

00:03:03For the country to appear normal once more

00:03:05From the east coast

00:03:06To the west coast

00:03:07But it does take some of us servicemen

00:03:10A little longer to get readjusted

00:03:12So in recognition of this problem

00:03:14Our uncle organizes the 52-20 club

00:03:17Which means that a veteran can draw

00:03:1920 bucks a week for 52 weeks

00:03:21Sort of a basic training for civilian life

00:03:24Well, the four of us are making our weekly call

00:03:26Following our regular schedule

00:03:28When into our lives comes trouble

00:03:32Pardon me, little lady

00:03:33But you're in the wrong line

00:03:34This line's for this

00:03:37Oh, are you a horse doctor?

00:03:41Social security for unemployed comics

00:03:43Is right over there

00:03:44I was an ensign in the waves

00:03:46Oh, well, well, branch, branch

00:03:48Uh-uh, sorry, Admiral

00:03:50No smoking in here

00:03:51Oh, you police the area, too

00:03:53That's right, that's right

00:03:54And, uh, you're holding up the line

00:03:57Next

00:04:02Jean Madison

00:04:03You won't be seeing me anymore

00:04:04I'm leaving town

00:04:05You worked in the past seven days?

00:04:07No

00:04:07Refused employment?

00:04:08No

00:04:08Able and available?

00:04:09Yes

00:04:10Sign here

00:04:14Here you are

00:04:15Here

00:04:16Your duffel bag, Admiral

00:04:18Or is it Mr. and the Navy?

00:04:19It's Miss

00:04:20As in hit or miss

00:04:23Next

00:04:32Jimmy Stevens

00:04:32Hi, Ethel, how are you?

00:04:34Ethel, I've been worried about you

00:04:35Yeah, why?

00:04:36I was afraid you might have been trapped

00:04:37into getting a job

00:04:38Oh, me, no

00:04:39Is your company still intact?

00:04:40All present accounted for, front and center men

00:04:42Nope

00:04:42Eddie Hoff

00:04:43How's it going, Eddie?

00:04:44Swell, Ethel

00:04:44I'll have a Benelli

00:04:45And I ain't working

00:04:46Yes, I'm sure you haven't, Ollie

00:04:48Michael O'Hallohan

00:04:48Something tells me you're Irish

00:04:51Well

00:04:52Have you worked in the past seven days?

00:04:54No

00:04:55Have you refused employment?

00:04:56No

00:04:56Able and available?

00:04:57We're trying, Ethel

00:04:58Exhibit A, Eddie

00:05:00Look at this classified ad

00:05:01At Liberty

00:05:02Combat crew

00:05:03Four specialists

00:05:05Eager and willing to drop bombs

00:05:07Write box 109

00:05:09Give references

00:05:10Do you mean to say no one's answered that?

00:05:12Nope

00:05:12Haven't had a nibble in three months

00:05:13I just can't understand it

00:05:15So, uh, make with the checks, Ethel

00:05:17Well

00:05:18There's one question I have to ask you first

00:05:20Huh?

00:05:21Yes, what's this?

00:05:22Something new?

00:05:23Will all four of you marry me?

00:05:25Oh, Ethel

00:05:25You're a sense

00:05:26Just name the day, baby

00:05:27See you next week

00:05:28Yeah, I'll see you, baby

00:05:29Hey, don't forget those

00:05:30Bye, Ethel

00:05:31Here we have a look

00:05:33Hello

00:05:34Eth, Eth

00:05:38Uh-uh

00:05:40Admiral

00:05:40This time you're really in the wrong mind

00:05:42Why?

00:05:43It says they cash checks

00:05:44But they bleed you for 10 cents

00:05:45But Jimmy can save you that dang

00:05:47I'm in a hurry

00:05:48I have to make an important phone call

00:05:49Which brings the cost of your phone call to 15 cents

00:05:5110 cents to get the nickel

00:05:52And a nickel for the nickel to call

00:05:54Of course, if you're so rich

00:05:55Of course I'm not

00:05:56But any place to charge you for service

00:05:58Oh, no

00:05:58Jimmy's got an angle

00:05:59Yeah, that's fun too

00:06:00Oh, I suppose they pay you

00:06:01For the honor of cashing your check

00:06:03That's right

00:06:03A big round quarter for each check

00:06:06This I want to see

00:06:07Fall in

00:06:08Come on

00:06:19Ah, here we are

00:06:20What?

00:06:21I want you to meet my banker

00:06:22Charming fellow

00:06:23Came up the hard way

00:06:23Used a rope ladder

00:06:35It's been a pleasure to serve you, Mrs. Fenevasse

00:06:38Good morning

00:06:39Oh, no

00:06:40I knew I should have gone on sick leave today

00:06:42I hope I'm not disturbing you, my good man

00:06:44My name is James

00:06:45Don't tell me

00:06:45I still have your own signature cards

00:06:48And you're opening four new accounts with $20 checks

00:06:51Five new accounts

00:06:52Five?

00:06:53What are you doing?

00:06:54Recruiting?

00:06:55Now, if you'll just fill out your personal history

00:06:56For the First National's information

00:06:58My hat

00:06:59And yours

00:07:00And mine

00:07:01Name

00:07:03Jean

00:07:05Madison

00:07:07Age

00:07:07Rachel

00:07:10Sex

00:07:10Female

00:07:13Married a single

00:07:14Single

00:07:17Engaged

00:07:18Wow

00:07:19A genuine diamond

00:07:21And you was worrying about a dime

00:07:23No, I wasn't

00:07:24He was

00:07:25And besides

00:07:27Henry's ring doesn't represent money to me

00:07:29Henry, huh?

00:07:31Mm-hmm

00:07:32We're going to be married

00:07:34Uh-huh

00:07:35It figures

00:07:36Your checks, please

00:07:37And we will avoid the usual bookkeeping

00:07:39There we are, Admiral

00:07:42There

00:07:43Oh, wait a minute

00:07:44Where are the piggy banks that go with the new accounts?

00:07:46What's the First National trying to do?

00:07:47Cheetahs?

00:07:48Sure

00:07:48We've got a sign set

00:07:49That's better

00:07:51That's better

00:07:52Oh, oh, excuse me

00:07:53You wouldn't want this one

00:07:54The paint is microscopically scratched

00:07:57Oh

00:07:59That's better

00:08:00And now

00:08:01You'll want to close your accounts, I presume

00:08:03Nice presuming

00:08:04Five twenties will do it

00:08:05Do you mind if they're wrinkled this time?

00:08:07No, no

00:08:08Not at all

00:08:08Thank you, Admiral

00:08:10Thank you and

00:08:11Good morning

00:08:12Come on

00:08:13Wait a minute

00:08:15Where's the twenty-five cent dividend?

00:08:17Oh, patience, Admiral

00:08:18Patience

00:08:18Come on

00:08:19But I still need a nickel for the phone call

00:08:21Now, why spend a nickel for a phone call?

00:08:23I can get it for your wholesale

00:08:24Oh

00:08:27Hiya, Benny

00:08:27How are you?

00:08:28Jimmy

00:08:30I've been waiting for you

00:08:31I sold out last week's bags already yesterday

00:08:33Look, nothing

00:08:35Well, you're in business again

00:08:36Five today

00:08:37Five quarters, my benign friend

00:08:39Five?

00:08:39Is this what you call inflation?

00:08:41No, no

00:08:42It's, shall we say

00:08:43An unusual day, Benny

00:08:44And it's an unusual demand

00:08:46You've filled up for pigs with the neighborhood kids

00:08:48Yeah

00:08:48Nothing but banks they want all of a sudden

00:08:51How do you do it?

00:08:52Oh, I just tell them

00:08:53If they work hard and save their money

00:08:54They'll grow up and retire and live like us

00:08:56Oh, what a philosophy this man lives by

00:08:58Yeah, ain't he terrific

00:08:59I must say you're ambitious

00:09:01You think so?

00:09:02Most men would accept their $20 a week and relax

00:09:04But not you

00:09:05You go out and make another quarter

00:09:07And one for you

00:09:09I still need a nickel for the phone

00:09:11Uh-uh

00:09:12You know, you'd like cigars with dollar bills if I'd let you

00:09:14Benny

00:09:15Hmm?

00:09:16Socrates once said

00:09:17He is not only idle who does nothing

00:09:19He is also idle who might be better employed

00:09:21I ain't idle all day

00:09:22I ain't idle

00:09:23No, no

00:09:24But your phone is

00:09:26Do you realize, Benny

00:09:27That somewhere someone is waiting for their phone to ring

00:09:30They sit and wait and wait and nothing happens

00:09:32Just silence

00:09:33And there's your phone sitting there

00:09:36I do

00:09:36Never thought of it that way

00:09:38Well, come on

00:09:38Let's spread some happiness around us

00:09:40Oh, but I wouldn't want to

00:09:41No, go ahead lady, please

00:09:43We got to spread joy

00:09:45But no long distance joy

00:09:46Keep the joy local

00:09:51I'm sorry, do you mind?

00:09:53Oh, it's quite all right

00:09:54Benny, Benny

00:09:55She means she'd like some privacy

00:09:56Come on

00:09:57Oh

00:10:03Hello

00:10:04Is this Mr. Marlowe's secretary?

00:10:06Well, yes, it's me again

00:10:08I'm sorry to bother you, but

00:10:11Well, I had to check out the Carton Hotel today

00:10:13And I'll have to go back to Walla Walla

00:10:15Poor kid's broke

00:10:18What?

00:10:20You say you've heard from Henry

00:10:22Well, isn't that wonderful they've heard from Henry

00:10:25Well, it's a small world

00:10:27Oh, excuse me

00:10:29I was just talking to some crazy people who've been wonderful to me

00:10:31Oh, where did Henry?

00:10:32I mean, Mr. Marlowe said he wanted me to meet him

00:10:38What?

00:10:41Oh, but there must be some mistakes

00:10:45Well, I've been waiting here for him for two weeks

00:10:53Well, didn't he even ask about me?

00:10:59Didn't he even mention my name?

00:11:04Oh, didn't he even say where he is?

00:11:11He stood up, huh?

00:11:12Yeah

00:11:12Jimmy, there's no joy there

00:11:14Maybe she got the wrong number

00:11:18When he does get back

00:11:20Tell him I've gone to Walla Walla

00:11:24Of course they have telephones in Walla Walla

00:11:35Hey, the doll's crying

00:11:36Poor kid, it's kind of tough when you're in love

00:11:38When things go wrong

00:11:40Gee, it does something to me when I see a girl cry

00:11:43I'd like to get my hands on that dirty stinker just once

00:11:45What kind of a guy would brush off a nice kid like that?

00:11:48Here she comes

00:11:49Holly, get the limousine and pick us up

00:11:51Roger

00:11:56Excuse me

00:12:02Hi

00:12:04Hi

00:12:08You boys have been very kind

00:12:14Thanks a lot

00:12:17Bye

00:12:20Look, is it all right if I find this Henry character

00:12:22And mess him up just a little bit, huh?

00:12:24Oh, then you overheard

00:12:26We couldn't help listening here

00:12:27Well, that's all right

00:12:28You mustn't think I'm upset

00:12:30Sure, we understand

00:12:31Look, we'll drop you off at the airport, the depot

00:12:34Or, uh, or the camel barns

00:12:35Whichever way you get to Walla Walla

00:12:37Well, it's the bus station

00:12:38But my bus doesn't leave until 5 o'clock

00:12:39Not so far?

00:12:41Hey, she can spend the rest of the day with us

00:12:43Watch us work, huh?

00:12:43Sure

00:12:44Work?

00:12:44Are you drawing money from the government because you're not working?

00:12:47Oh, we wouldn't work for money

00:12:48No, that would not be legal

00:12:49We're working out the payment on this

00:12:51Come on, how about it?

00:12:55Well, they didn't really want that

00:12:56Sure we do

00:12:57Hey, here comes our limousine

00:13:00Taxi? Taxi, mister?

00:13:01Allow me

00:13:04That belongs to you?

00:13:05No, no, we just use it to get around to our appointments

00:13:07Set it for the takeoff

00:13:08Right here

00:13:09Sure, man

00:13:10Up you go

00:13:12Contact, darling

00:13:20Why don't you look where you're going, you stupid

00:13:22Oh, sure

00:13:23Wait a minute

00:13:24A taxi

00:13:25Follow that truck

00:13:39Well, music and everything, huh?

00:13:43Eddie hasn't played that song for a long time

00:13:45Ah

00:13:46I guess you made him take a Lois

00:13:48Lois?

00:13:49Yeah, the girl Eddie's in love with

00:13:51Oh, he's in love too

00:13:53Yeah, but she don't even know he's alive

00:13:55You see what we...

00:13:56Stop writing a book, Mike

00:13:57Hey, Admiral, tell us about Henry, where'd you meet him?

00:14:00Pearl Harbor

00:14:01Army or Navy?

00:14:02I meet you ourselves

00:14:03Oh, Henry's wonderful

00:14:06He's charming and talented and ambitious

00:14:10And overconfident

00:14:11Let a girl like you run around loose

00:14:13I'm not loose

00:14:14He's busy in Paris putting a show together

00:14:17In Paris, eh?

00:14:18I got busy in Paris once

00:14:19Just tomatoes

00:14:20Okay, Ollie, okay

00:14:23Approaching the target

00:14:24And ready for the run, man

00:14:26Here we go

00:14:27Bombs away

00:14:29Yes, folks

00:14:29Whoever you like the music

00:14:31You can't go wrong

00:14:31If you go to Wright's music store

00:14:33House of Happy Harmony

00:14:34Ha, ha, ha

00:14:36And some radio photograph combinations

00:14:38Lightweight portable radios

00:14:39And records to suit your every move

00:14:42Go Wright to Wright

00:14:43Where the price is right

00:14:44The records are right

00:14:45And Wright is right

00:14:46You'll be right if you go to Wright

00:14:48Ha, ha, ha

00:14:49Is that right?

00:14:51That's right

00:14:51What a gift I get

00:14:54How long do you poor grown men

00:14:56Didn't have to do that

00:14:56For this silly little radio

00:14:58A year

00:14:59A whole year?

00:15:00Yeah, but that also

00:15:01Includes a broken down piano

00:15:02And our den

00:15:03Don't forget

00:15:03Oh, I'll try hard to remember

00:15:05And more important

00:15:06It provides us with

00:15:07Five gallons of gas per day

00:15:09And wheels

00:15:11I'm so glad that you boys

00:15:12Don't have to depend

00:15:13Upon a common streetcar

00:15:15Oh, no, no

00:15:15They cost money

00:15:16Okay, Ollie

00:15:17Full throttle

00:15:18Proceed to rendezvous

00:15:19Roger

00:15:31Hey, Clarence, how are you?

00:15:33Thank you, sir

00:15:34Ah, there we go

00:15:35How do you like the place?

00:15:41Yes, sir?

00:15:43Well, how do I get in?

00:15:44You apply to the board for membership

00:15:46Which I understand requires you to pass a blood test

00:15:49If the results are favorable

00:15:51You are then permitted to pay $5,000 to get in

00:15:55Where can I get in?

00:15:56Where can I invest five cents in a phone call?

00:15:58The public phone is over there

00:16:00Thanks

00:16:07I don't know what they're doing, Mr. Pettigrew

00:16:09They won't let me in

00:16:12Yes, sir, Mr. Pettigrew

00:16:13The same ones I called you about this morning

00:16:17You can depend on me, Mr. Pettigrew

00:16:19Yes, sir

00:16:30There has to be a catch to this somewhere

00:16:32How can you afford it?

00:16:34We can't afford it, it's free

00:16:37I should have guessed

00:16:39Yeah, you see, once a week

00:16:40Mike relieves the lifeguard

00:16:41We take over

00:16:42Well, here's our lunch

00:16:47Hey, Jimmy, what about lunch for the Admiral?

00:16:49The secretary said you sold me joint for one cabana

00:16:52Four free admissions, four cold lunches

00:16:54And four cokes, and that's all

00:16:55Buy another box lunch

00:16:57Buy one?

00:16:58Are you trying to give Jimmy ulcers?

00:17:00I like your spirit, Admiral

00:17:01You can share our lunch

00:17:03I'll share yours

00:17:04I'm not going to take the food out of Mike's mouth

00:17:06He's the one that does the work

00:17:07Well, it's not much work

00:17:09As a matter of fact, I can't even swim

00:17:10Can't swim?

00:17:12I can't even float

00:17:13I've got a lot of wings, he can float

00:17:15But this isn't funny

00:17:16All those people feel safe

00:17:17Because they think you're safe

00:17:18Shhh, the secretary might hear you

00:17:21I hope he does

00:17:21Before somebody starts drowning

00:17:23Shhh, pipe down, Admiral

00:17:24Now nobody's drowning

00:17:25And even if they were, we've got Ollie

00:17:27I personally have seen Ollie

00:17:29Pull five tired G.I.s out of the English Channel

00:17:32Then why isn't he the like

00:17:34Oh, Admiral, Admiral

00:17:35You just don't understand selling, my dear young girl

00:17:38Now take a look at Mike

00:17:41And then take a look at Ollie

00:17:46It's coming from over there

00:17:51Where's the telephone?

00:17:54Funny, it's never run here before

00:17:57Hey, maybe the secretary heard the Admiral sound at all

00:18:00Well, aren't you going to answer it?

00:18:02I guess so

00:18:04Something tells me I'm making a mistake

00:18:07Well, here goes

00:18:10Hello?

00:18:13I made a mistake

00:18:14The state employment service

00:18:16How did they trace us here?

00:18:17Jobs

00:18:19Who?

00:18:21Peter Pettigrew, the jukebox king

00:18:23Well, what does he want with a combat crew?

00:18:26Have you boys been putting slugs in his machine?

00:18:28Well, all right, tell them we'll be right down there

00:18:30It looks like they got us

00:18:31What do we do?

00:18:32Now, calm down, men, calm down

00:18:35Don't worry, I'll discourage them

00:18:36But maybe they're good jobs

00:18:38Well, what difference does that make?

00:18:40You mean you don't want any jobs at all?

00:18:41We can't afford to work

00:18:43Mike, you better go with me

00:18:44I may need protection

00:18:45Any man who offers us a job can't be trusted

00:18:47Jimmy, remember what your old pal Socrates said

00:18:50He is not only I'm with...

00:18:51Yes, but don't forget he died sane

00:18:52Now, you fellas can see how to the bus, can't you?

00:18:55Yeah, sure, Jimmy

00:18:56Well, kiss Walla Walla for me

00:19:01Hey, that was good

00:19:04Kiss Henry for me

00:19:05Kiss Henry for me

00:19:08Oh, how could such a nice fellow be so...

00:19:13Useless and irresponsible

00:19:30Uh-uh, looks like a rough landing, Mike

00:19:32Yeah, you got it? The same as Operation X-2

00:19:34Use them in a drawer, they're fired

00:19:35I'll hold them off as long as I can

00:19:37But if I need your help, I'll give you the signal

00:19:38And I'll come in full throttle

00:19:39Roger

00:19:44Yes?

00:19:44My name is James Stevens

00:19:45Oh, yes, go right in, won't you?

00:19:47Thank you

00:19:54You know, you look just like a detective

00:20:05Mr. Stevens

00:20:05That's right

00:20:08I presume you've heard of me, I'm Peter Pettigrew, the jukebox king

00:20:11Shall I kneel?

00:20:12No, you may sit down

00:20:14Oh, thank you

00:20:14Have a cigar?

00:20:15Don't mind if I do

00:20:17You know, there's an ugly rumor circulating around that you're in need of some hired help

00:20:21It is not a rumor, Mr. Stevens, and your assumed uncouth attitude does not upset me in the least

00:20:26Thank you

00:20:27Where's the rest of your crew?

00:20:28I take care of them

00:20:29You certainly do

00:20:30I have a report on you

00:20:32When a man of your capabilities does so much work to avoid work, he must have a good reason

00:20:37A darn good reason

00:20:38Such as?

00:20:39Well, you see, these three guys were with me when I...

00:20:44Well...

00:20:45Look, it's none of your business

00:20:46Now, what do you want with a combat crew?

00:20:48I want you to prevent a young lady from leaving town

00:20:50A girl named Jean Madison

00:20:52The Admiral?

00:20:53And you need a combat crew to help you?

00:20:55Have you seen this little girl? She gives up to hear on me

00:20:58My detectives say to hear

00:20:59You see, I've had you trailed ever since this morning when you first got mixed up with her

00:21:03We just got unmixed, she's leaving town

00:21:05No, she isn't

00:21:06You're going to keep her here

00:21:07Pettigrew, you're too late

00:21:09The Admiral, uh, Jean...

00:21:10I mean, Miss Madison

00:21:11Intends to marry a guy named Henry

00:21:13Sorry

00:21:13And I intend to see that she does

00:21:14Just as soon as my detectives deliver Henry Marlowe tomorrow

00:21:17Look, I don't like this whole thing with detectives

00:21:19And I don't want any part of a plot that might hurt that little kid

00:21:22So count me out

00:21:23And I have no alternative but to put you to work

00:21:26Work?

00:21:27Did you say work?

00:21:29I did

00:21:30I have a spot in my organization where I could wedge in a combat crew if necessary

00:21:34But the Constitution states clearly

00:21:36Permit me to do the same

00:21:37All you have to do to remain unemployed is to keep this young lady with you for 24 hours

00:21:41But according to the GI Bill of Rights...

00:21:43That'll get you nowhere

00:21:44According to my watch, you have 17 minutes and 30 seconds to take this young lady off the bus or

00:21:48go to work

00:21:50He ain't kidding!

00:21:51Let's take off!

00:21:58Goodbye Admiral, it's been swell knowing you

00:22:00Yeah, good luck

00:22:00Hey Eddie, Eddie, Olly, Olly!

00:22:02The Admiral, the Admiral!

00:22:04Where is she?

00:22:04Go for us!

00:22:05What's that?

00:22:06What's the point?

00:22:07Come on Admiral, you're not going to wallow up

00:22:08What?

00:22:09Well something very important is happening

00:22:10You're just not going to wallow up

00:22:11Hey, hey, you can't put your woman around like that

00:22:13Unless she's your wife

00:22:14Or go drive your bus

00:22:15What is this?

00:22:16Do you realize you've ruined my nylons?

00:22:18Well there's something much more important than nylons

00:22:20Nothing is more important than nylons

00:22:22Money can't buy them

00:22:23Besides, this is one of the last three sins I saved for Henry

00:22:25Henry?

00:22:26Yes, that's it

00:22:27What?

00:22:28Henry!

00:22:28Henry what?

00:22:29Well, Henry's coming home tomorrow by playing

00:22:32How do you know?

00:22:33Well, it was a miracle

00:22:34We happened by the purist accident to be in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel

00:22:38And you were paid

00:22:39You know

00:22:40Call for Phil

00:22:40I mean

00:22:42Overseas call for Jean Madison

00:22:43Overseas call for Jean Madison

00:22:45And you answered it?

00:22:46Sure, I thought maybe we could give you the message

00:22:48Oh, how nice of it

00:22:49Thank you

00:22:50And it was Henry and you talked to him?

00:22:52Yes, he was very upset

00:22:52I told him what had happened

00:22:53And he couldn't imagine what had become of his letters

00:22:56You see, I told you it was a mistake

00:22:58Sure

00:22:59What did he say?

00:23:00What did he say?

00:23:01Well, he said

00:23:01He said to tell you that he loved you

00:23:05And that he kept you a picture in his heart every minute of every day

00:23:09And that he remembered the way your eyes sparkled

00:23:11And that wonderful little bubble when you laugh

00:23:14And your cute little turned up nose

00:23:19No one but Henry would think of saying those things

00:23:22No

00:23:23Jimmy would

00:23:25You and Henry certainly seemed to have hit it off

00:23:27You bet we did

00:23:28And he made me promise to keep you right with us until he got here

00:23:30Well, I couldn't do that

00:23:31Well, you don't want me to go back on my promise to Henry, do you?

00:23:34You wouldn't have enough room

00:23:35I'd crouch

00:23:36Well, I think we can manage to squeeze her in

00:23:38Don't you think so, fella?

00:23:40Sure, sure

00:23:40Come on, Admiral

00:23:41Come on

00:23:50Welcome to our cozy little cottage

00:23:52Surely you don't live here

00:23:54Uh-huh

00:23:55They could build bombers in that

00:23:57They did

00:23:58Left runner, Ollie

00:24:10Behold, Red's table

00:24:12It's amazing

00:24:13You've made quite a little home out of this tremendous money

00:24:16We call this room the Pirates, then

00:24:17The way you boys operate, I said their name was appropriate

00:24:21Great

00:24:22Lovely

00:24:25This coffee table, what is it?

00:24:27Just a couple of turret blisters

00:24:29And that lovesy

00:24:31Yeah, that was a two-man life raft

00:24:33Yeah, get a load of that lamp

00:24:34That's just a control wheel with a blister top

00:24:36Sure, all this stuff is just salvage, war surplus, second hand

00:24:39I can hardly believe my eyes, it's incredible

00:24:42Not with a man of taste and ingenuity

00:24:44Eddie here can take all the vows for this

00:24:46Why, Eddie, you're wonderful

00:24:48You can make real money as an interior decorator

00:24:51Do you think so?

00:24:51Why, of course

00:24:53All you have to do is go out and get yourself a job

00:24:55Uh-uh

00:24:55Stop trying to poison the minds of my men

00:24:57He has talent and I think it should be put to use

00:25:01Observe our unhappy faces before we learn the secret of successful living

00:25:05Well, that's Mike

00:25:07Yeah, prior to his engagement with the Bronco Kid

00:25:10You must have done a lot of fighting, Mike

00:25:12Fourteen fights, fourteen knockouts

00:25:14What a wonderful record

00:25:17Yeah, but I got tired of being knocked out

00:25:20Ross is bad for the complexion

00:25:22Pipe the character pushing the hack

00:25:25Oh, hello, Ollie

00:25:27Yeah, I used to operate in the Bronx

00:25:28I drove a taxi

00:25:29Yeah, until Jimmy showed me how to live without working

00:25:32Thank you, my boy

00:25:36Well, what do we have here?

00:25:37Well, that's Jimmy before the war when he had his own employment agency

00:25:42Employment agency?

00:25:43Oh, no

00:25:44Well, at least you approve of other people working

00:25:48Yes, but that was before the war

00:25:49Oh, yeah

00:25:51Well, I see we have our old friend Socrates with us, too

00:25:54Oh, yeah

00:25:56And as he once said

00:25:57Yes, I know, I was there when he said it

00:25:59Oh, was she?

00:26:02Isn't this Eddie?

00:26:03Yeah, that's me

00:26:05Oh, hi, Eddie

00:26:07What a lovely girl

00:26:08Yes, she was

00:26:10Was?

00:26:11I mean, she is lovely

00:26:13Well, isn't she?

00:26:14Admiral, you've got a big night ahead of you

00:26:16Wouldn't you like to freshen up?

00:26:17Well, if you have a powder room

00:26:19Powder room?

00:26:20Powder room?

00:26:21Powder room?

00:26:22Oh!

00:26:22Right this way

00:26:25Here we go

00:26:32Good heaven

00:26:35May I make my choice?

00:26:37Oh, sure

00:26:39You know

00:26:41Funny, but

00:26:42Back home there

00:26:44Nine of us in the family

00:26:45Oh, really?

00:26:47Only one bacon

00:26:48Oh, that's tough

00:26:51Well, don't forget, shine up real pretty

00:26:53Because we're dining at the Egyptian room tonight

00:26:56Oh, the Egyptian room

00:26:57Yes

00:26:57Do we dress?

00:26:59Oh, of course

00:27:07Well

00:27:08Well

00:27:08I never expected anything as elegant

00:27:11Oh, it's nothing really

00:27:12We've come here all the time

00:27:13We have an inn with the head waiter

00:27:15We call this joint the Egyptian room

00:27:17Because out there looks like the Sahara out there

00:27:19Eddie painted the mural to fit, see?

00:27:21I told you, he was talented

00:27:24Chicken's good, huh?

00:27:26Frankly, I seem to be getting all the tough pieces

00:27:30This one looks better

00:27:31Uh-huh

00:27:32It's all tough

00:27:36This chicken has been cooking four days

00:27:39Four days?

00:27:40On a spit

00:27:41A spit?

00:27:42In a rotisserie window

00:27:43Now, the only thing is

00:27:44This chicken's been on the fire for five days

00:27:47Wait a minute

00:27:47You mean this is five day chicken?

00:27:49Yeah

00:27:49But our contract with Pierre reads that he only cooked the chicken for four days

00:27:53What happened?

00:27:53Yeah, well, he took off an extra 30 cents from our usual 50% discount

00:27:57Oh, why didn't you say so?

00:27:59Thank you, 30 cents

00:28:01You know, this poor bird's been going round and round on a spit for five days without getting anywhere

00:28:07Reminds me of some charming young men I met recently

00:28:09If you worked hard as hard at doing something useful as you do at staying unemployed, well

00:28:14Admiral?

00:28:15That's a very unoriginal thought

00:28:17And it reminds me of a very obnoxious man I met somewhere recently

00:28:20Oh, uh, Jimmy, where are we going to bunk the Admiral tonight?

00:28:22But I can't sleep here

00:28:24Why not?

00:28:24It's just the barracks

00:28:25Yeah, and you were away

00:28:26We'll sling a hammock for you, Admiral, all the comforts of the Navy

00:28:29You boys don't look anything like my former roommate

00:28:32But aren't you forgetting?

00:28:34Henry

00:28:34Henry made me promise to keep you here

00:28:36Oh, but he doesn't even know you

00:28:38Well, that's true, but, um, well, he trusted me the moment he heard the honest ring of my voice

00:28:44I, I, I think it's the start of a great friendship between Henry and me

00:28:47And, uh, besides, uh, Henry was going to call you here tomorrow

00:28:52You, you don't want to miss Henry's call, do you?

00:28:54Oh, no, but I...

00:28:55Well, don't worry, Admiral, I'll protect you

00:28:57I'll even sleep in front of your door

00:28:59Yeah, and I'll sleep in front of him

00:29:00And I'll hit you with the chicken

00:29:02I'd rather you threw a chair

00:29:04I'm going to have a chair

00:29:04I'll watch the chair

00:29:04I'll see you

00:29:05I'll see you

00:29:07I'll see you

00:29:10I'll see you

00:29:31Hey, what do you think you're going to do?

00:29:34Well, I kind of figured that the Admiral, on account of the hammer,

00:29:36could like another pillow, maybe.

00:29:38Anyhow, what are you doing?

00:29:39I figured she might be a little cold.

00:29:41What about you, Eddie?

00:29:43What did you figure?

00:29:44I just thought she might be thirsty.

00:29:46You know, you boy scouts are going to run out of good deeds.

00:29:49You better save some for tomorrow.

00:29:50Back to quarters.

00:29:54Yes, sir, Captain.

00:30:14I'm sorry.

00:30:15Oh, who's there?

00:30:16Oh, no, no, no, don't come in.

00:30:18You...

00:30:18Pipe down, I will.

00:30:21What are you trying to do, wake everybody up?

00:30:23Certainly. What do you think you're doing?

00:30:24I'm just making my rounds.

00:30:26Don't tell me you're a night watchman too.

00:30:28Sure. How do you think we get a place like this rent-free?

00:30:31Oh, don't you ever want to do anything worthwhile?

00:30:35Don't you have any ambition?

00:30:37Ambition?

00:30:38Oh, you mean to rise in the world?

00:30:42Yes, of course.

00:30:43And be rich and famous?

00:30:44You could, you know.

00:30:45And have everybody admire me because I have a big office in a 20-story building?

00:30:50Wouldn't it be wonderful, a big office in a 20-story building?

00:30:53No.

00:30:54Have you ever looked down from up there?

00:30:56People look like mice.

00:30:57And if you go 10 stories higher, they look like ass.

00:31:00I want people to look like people.

00:31:02You don't take anything seriously, do you?

00:31:05Why are you afraid?

00:31:07What?

00:31:09She must have hurt you very much.

00:31:12What are you talking about?

00:31:13Oh, don't try to hide it from me.

00:31:16Only a woman could have made you so bitter.

00:31:20Oh.

00:31:21I didn't think anyone would ever guess my secret.

00:31:25I guessed her.

00:31:27Well, you must have studied psychiatry in the waves, huh?

00:31:32No.

00:31:33No, it's just that a woman feels those kind of things.

00:31:38What's her name?

00:31:39Her name?

00:31:42Cynthia.

00:31:45Cynthia.

00:31:47Is it all over?

00:31:51Please, I'd rather not talk about it just now.

00:31:53Oh, I understand, but don't let it get you down.

00:31:58No.

00:31:58One of these days, the right girl will come along.

00:32:02Do you think so?

00:32:02Of course, she will.

00:32:07Of course, she will.

00:32:08That Henry is a lucky guy, isn't he?

00:32:10And if you want to be bright and shiny for him tomorrow,

00:32:13you just better get some shut-eye, that's all right.

00:32:19Bon voyage.

00:32:21Bon voyage.

00:32:22Bon voyage.

00:32:28Bon voyage.

00:32:29Pleasant dreams.

00:32:37Cynthia.

00:32:40What a silly name.

00:33:13What's on the program date, Jimmy?

00:33:14Well, we have several important things to comfort.

00:33:16Good morning.

00:33:17Well, good morning, Andrew.

00:33:19Your breakfast awaits you.

00:33:20Yes, that's very nice of you.

00:33:22Great morning.

00:33:22Toast, cereal, and how would you like your eggs?

00:33:24Well, uh, uh, boiled, huh?

00:33:26Three minutes, I presume.

00:33:28Oh, it really doesn't matter.

00:33:29Of course it matters.

00:33:31Just because you eat chicken that's overcooked,

00:33:32there's no reason why you can't have your eggs timed to perfection.

00:33:35Isn't she wonderful?

00:33:36Now I ask you, you know, this Henry's a real lucky fellow.

00:33:43Isn't this strange?

00:33:45I gotta try this jam.

00:33:46It's raspberry, isn't it?

00:33:47Uh-huh.

00:33:48Uh-uh.

00:33:50All right, well, a lot better than you, isn't it?

00:33:51You better spin it in the army.

00:33:54Gotta have some of that jam.

00:33:55I think it's strawberry.

00:33:56Uh-uh.

00:33:57That's right.

00:33:57Uh-uh.

00:34:03That's funny.

00:34:04They're as hard as rocks.

00:34:05There must be something wrong with the time device.

00:34:07No, there's nothing wrong with the egg cook, Admiral.

00:34:09You see, we get our eggs from...

00:34:10Oh, no, no, don't tell me.

00:34:11Let me guess.

00:34:12Uh, uh, these are all Easter eggs with the color wash towel.

00:34:17That's pretty good, though.

00:34:18No, we get our eggs from Joe Venuta.

00:34:19Joe has a bar where he sells beer.

00:34:21They're also hard-boiled eggs for the customers.

00:34:23And he likes to serve fresh hard-boiled eggs every day.

00:34:25Oh, and you get what's left over for one-third off.

00:34:28Fifty percent.

00:34:29What do you think we are, philanthropists?

00:34:30Well, wouldn't you rather have fresh eggs?

00:34:32Well, of course there wouldn't.

00:34:33Wouldn't we rather have fresh eggs?

00:34:34Well, you can get them by working, you know.

00:34:36Oh, I tried that idea once.

00:34:38I came up with a dishwashing job, but Jimmy said...

00:34:40Jimmy said no.

00:34:41Ah, no, that's it.

00:34:42Throw away all your principles and follow Jimmy.

00:34:45Whenever you get a useful idea, just throw it away and make Jimmy happy.

00:34:49Look, Admiral, today Henry will be flying home from Paris.

00:34:51You'll get married and live happily ever after on your philosophy.

00:34:54And we'll continue happily on our philosophy.

00:34:56And never the twain shall meet him.

00:34:58Uh-huh.

00:34:59That's probably your half of the twain right now.

00:35:03Stevens, employment agent.

00:35:05Mr. Pettigrew?

00:35:07What's wrong?

00:35:09Oh, no.

00:35:11Hold everything.

00:35:11I'll be right down.

00:35:15Mike, we've got to go see a man about a job.

00:35:17A job?

00:35:18Yeah, if we don't see about it, we may have to take it.

00:35:20So, come on.

00:35:25But I tell you, Stevens, it's not my fault.

00:35:27I had Henry in the palm of my hand ready for a 10 o'clock delivery.

00:35:30And now, he's gone.

00:35:32Gone where?

00:35:33With Shirley, of course.

00:35:35What'd you do?

00:35:35Nothing.

00:35:38What's the matter with him?

00:35:39I don't know.

00:35:39He's having a pit, I guess.

00:35:41Looks like a new dance.

00:35:42No, it's my sack, Willie.

00:35:44I could always slip something when I think of Shirley.

00:35:46Oh, unravel him, Mike.

00:35:47He can catch you.

00:35:47Come on, Mike's an expert on this.

00:35:49Don't worry about it.

00:35:49Just don't.

00:35:50Just lie down here.

00:35:51Just relax.

00:35:56There.

00:35:57How do you feel now?

00:35:58Oh, it's much better.

00:35:59It takes my doctor an hour to do that.

00:36:00Now, forget about that.

00:36:01Now, who's this Shirley you're talking about?

00:36:04She's the most terrible, unscrupulous, fascinating woman I've ever met.

00:36:09I've had to divorce her twice.

00:36:10And each divorce settlement cost me a fortune.

00:36:13Now, she's rich.

00:36:14And I, I need money desperately, urgently to expand my business.

00:36:17Hey, you know what you ought to do?

00:36:19You ought to remarry her for your money.

00:36:21You're very clever, aren't you?

00:36:22That was my plan.

00:36:23She's my only liquid asset.

00:36:25Oh.

00:36:26Oh, you mean she's willing to remarry you?

00:36:28Of course.

00:36:29We have a horrible fascination for each other.

00:36:31She was coming back to marry me.

00:36:33It was all arranged.

00:36:34But then, she met Henry on the boat.

00:36:37Hey, this Henry character must be a Prince Charlie on wheels, huh?

00:36:40Oh, he's a dope.

00:36:41How can he slough off a nice kid like the Admiral?

00:36:43Well, he isn't trying to slough her off.

00:36:44He doesn't even know she's in town.

00:36:46He loves her madly.

00:36:48I lose more nickels that way.

00:36:51Oh, my Shirley's so beautifully wicked.

00:36:54She's been bribing Henry's secretary, and Henry thinks that the girl you're holding has jilted him.

00:36:58She's pretty smart, but don't worry.

00:36:59We'll outfox her.

00:37:00No one has ever outfoxed Shirley.

00:37:02Ah, we're a cinch.

00:37:04All we got to do is bring the Admiral and Henry together, and our problems are over.

00:37:07But we can't find Henry.

00:37:08We can't find him.

00:37:09Shirley has smuggled him underground.

00:37:10I have 25 detectives working 24 hours a day trying to track them down without a single clue.

00:37:16Now, you've got to hold her another day.

00:37:18Oh, no, she's a menace.

00:37:20She keeps on putting ideas about work in the minds of my men.

00:37:23Ah, she's a labor agitator.

00:37:25No dice.

00:37:26Come on, Mike.

00:37:26I'll have you on the slave market in the morning.

00:37:29Get me the State Employment Bureau.

00:37:30Why, you...

00:37:31Violence will get you nowhere.

00:37:32Give me that phone.

00:37:33Operator, change that number to, uh...

00:37:34Hampstead 7, 4693.

00:37:36What are you going to do?

00:37:37I'm not going to whistle Dixie.

00:37:40Hello, Miss Madison.

00:37:42This is Air Francaise speaking.

00:37:44I use the En Anglais, the French Air Transport Company.

00:37:48Excuse one moment, please, Miss Madison.

00:37:50You speak French?

00:37:51Yes, we'll speak.

00:37:52Hey, Mike, do an airplane.

00:37:53Excuse the interruption, Miss Madison.

00:37:55What we have for you is a message from Monsieur Malheur.

00:37:58Monsieur Malheur has missed the plane of today and will be on the plane of tomorrow.

00:38:02That is all.

00:38:03Hello.

00:38:04Ah, merci.

00:38:05Merci.

00:38:06Ah, come on, you love you.

00:38:10Viva la France!

00:38:11Viva la France!

00:38:20Well, holding a wait for anyone I know?

00:38:22She's going back to Walla Walla.

00:38:23What?

00:38:24No.

00:38:25No, you can't do that to us.

00:38:26I mean to Henry.

00:38:27Has she heard from Henry?

00:38:28Well, of course she heard from Henry.

00:38:30He's in love with her.

00:38:30He thinks of every minute of the day.

00:38:31It's not his fault that he's been to let...

00:38:34Wait a minute.

00:38:36How did you know he was delayed?

00:38:38Well, it's in your attitude.

00:38:40But what about my word, my bond, my promise to Henry?

00:38:42Oh, poor old Henry.

00:38:44How do you like that?

00:38:45She waits and waits around and when she's sure he's coming, she's gone.

00:38:48Isn't that like a woman?

00:38:50All right.

00:38:51I'm being difficult and hard to get.

00:38:53But Henry's got to understand that I need his respect.

00:38:56That I can't be left on corners.

00:38:57Left on corners?

00:38:58You say this after the full round of life we've shown you?

00:39:02Oh, Jimmy, it has been fun and you've been very nice.

00:39:06Look, Admiral, if there's anything we haven't done that you'd like us to do, just name it.

00:39:10Well, I would like to take the five o'clock bus back to Walla Walla.

00:39:13Well, you can think of something tougher than that.

00:39:15Sure, ask for the moon.

00:39:17Jimmy will get it for you.

00:39:18Anything.

00:39:18Sure.

00:39:19You certainly do have confident followers.

00:39:21I wonder what they think if you fail.

00:39:22Oh, that's impossible with Jimmy, Admiral.

00:39:24Is it?

00:39:28Well, there's one more thing I'd like to do before I catch my bus.

00:39:31Anything.

00:39:33This may sound funny, but I was in the Navy for two years.

00:39:37Yes.

00:39:39And I never got offshore.

00:39:41Oh, one outboard motor coming up.

00:39:43Oh, no.

00:39:44Oh, no, a big boat.

00:39:45A yacht.

00:39:47I want to take a ride on a seagoing yacht.

00:39:51Well, I...

00:39:53I...

00:39:56You're a crystal ball, magician.

00:40:23Ah, this is the life that's so fair, does something for the soul.

00:40:26Hey, Jimmy.

00:40:28Hiya, mates.

00:40:29Hi, Skipper.

00:40:30Oh, you'll find everything up for it.

00:40:32Just make yourselves at home, mates.

00:40:34Boom.

00:40:36Well, how's she striking, Mr. Stevens?

00:40:37Well, it's an ice craft.

00:40:38It's an ice craft.

00:40:39Build a select timber, deluxe and ever respect.

00:40:42Call it teak-tacks, twin scroll.

00:40:44Even the catfish.

00:40:45And I'll personally guarantee you that you'll turn up an honest 18 knots.

00:40:48I know, but 70,000 is a lot of money.

00:40:51Even for me.

00:40:56Why, Mr. Stevens, that's less than a thousand dollars a foot.

00:41:00You know, when you break it down to feed it, it really doesn't seem to be quite so much, does

00:41:04it?

00:41:09Your, uh, friends seem to be enjoying it.

00:41:12Oh, yes, yes.

00:41:13They love to see it.

00:41:15Matter of fact, I'm buying it for them.

00:41:17Oh, yes, Kirk.

00:41:23Gladwell, how do you like life on the briny deep?

00:41:25It's wonderful.

00:41:27But how do you relax?

00:41:28Just sit down.

00:41:30See?

00:41:31I keep wondering when the sheriff comes in.

00:41:34Oh, Jimmy makes the sheriffs hide their badges.

00:41:38Mike.

00:41:39Yeah?

00:41:40Do you like me well enough to tell me the truth about something?

00:41:43Sure.

00:41:46Did you ever know Cynthia?

00:41:49Who told you?

00:41:50Jimmy.

00:41:51He did?

00:41:53Gee, that's funny.

00:41:54Jimmy never talks about Cynthia no more.

00:41:56Was she beautiful?

00:41:58Well, I'll say she was.

00:41:59Cynthia really had style.

00:42:01What'd she look like?

00:42:02Well, she had a clean nose for one thing.

00:42:05Well, I should hope so.

00:42:07But, you know, her props were a little large for her size.

00:42:10Well, that doesn't sound so beautiful.

00:42:12Oh, but you should have seen the load she could carry.

00:42:14Wow.

00:42:15Oh, is that good?

00:42:17Good.

00:42:18Do you like them to do that?

00:42:19Well, that depends on how much damage you want to do.

00:42:22Well, that's something I wouldn't know anything about.

00:42:25But you know something?

00:42:26She was just a little tail heavy.

00:42:29Oh, she was.

00:42:30Yeah, but you should have seen her beat.

00:42:34Narrow and round.

00:42:36Oh, that Cynthia was really trim.

00:42:39You seem to have known Cynthia fairly well.

00:42:42Well, I should.

00:42:43I listened to her sing over a thousand times.

00:42:45Oh, Cynthia sings.

00:42:46Oh, not anymore she does.

00:42:48Not since she dropped the four of us.

00:42:49The four of you?

00:42:50Sure.

00:42:51Coming back across the channel.

00:42:52Her motor's conked out, and she dumped us in the drink.

00:42:57Great joke.

00:42:59Bad girl, that Cynthia, wasn't she?

00:43:01I suppose you think it was funny to enlist my siblings.

00:43:04I didn't enlist them.

00:43:04They volunteered.

00:43:06I want to go home, if you please.

00:43:07Getting a little rough for you?

00:43:08Of course not.

00:43:09I have to catch the five o'clock bus to Walla Walla.

00:43:11Oh, now, come on.

00:43:12You've taken me on your last joyride, Mr. Stevens.

00:43:15Aye, aye, Admiral.

00:43:15The ship is at your command.

00:43:18Would you like to peel her out, Mr. Stevens?

00:43:20Oh, that's a good idea.

00:43:22I think I'd like to try her in a tight turn.

00:43:24Do you mind, Captain?

00:43:25Mr. Stevens is obviously a yachtsman.

00:43:27Thank you, sir.

00:43:28He can take it, sir.

00:43:29Well, we'll soon find out.

00:43:40Well, of course.

00:43:49This is the line, eh?

00:43:52She certainly is.

00:43:54Yes, sir.

00:43:56Now, what do you say?

00:43:57I'd say, Mr. Stevens.

00:43:58I'd say she was in perfect shape, Captain.

00:44:03Fire on this car.

00:44:04Yes, sir.

00:44:15Mike, sick bay duty.

00:44:19She's rough for the young lady.

00:44:21Things are rough all over, Captain.

00:44:24And there's going to be a lot rough for me.

00:44:36She moved.

00:44:37Give me that.

00:44:41It's poison.

00:44:43Where am I?

00:44:44You're not on the poop deck, admiral.

00:44:50And how's our little wave feeling?

00:44:52Oh, don't mention that word to me.

00:44:55What time is it?

00:44:56It's, um, little after six.

00:44:59After six?

00:45:00Oh, I missed my bus again.

00:45:02Oh, what's one more day?

00:45:03Nothing to you.

00:45:05Oh, you're wrong.

00:45:05It means everything to us.

00:45:08You know, I got a funny feeling I'm going round and round.

00:45:15Maybe I'm on a merry-go-round.

00:45:17Well, uh, climb on down, admiral, and put on your prettiest dress,

00:45:20because tonight we got a special treat for you.

00:45:24Yeah, a legitimate stage show.

00:45:26Legitimate?

00:45:27Yeah, legitimate.

00:45:28What's the matter?

00:45:28Can't you steal the theater?

00:45:45Well, here we are.

00:45:47Just on time.

00:45:48It seems awfully late to me.

00:45:49Oh, these curtains are never prompt, you know.

00:45:52Well, the least we could do is go in and sit down.

00:45:54But it ain't fashionable to be early.

00:45:55Get your programs, folks.

00:45:58There you are, admiral.

00:46:03Swing time.

00:46:05Well, that's playing over there.

00:46:07That's right.

00:46:08Yeah, it was a very good show, too.

00:46:10Curtain, Curtain going up.

00:46:12Ah, they're going in.

00:46:13Oh, is he going with us?

00:46:14Nah, it says it needs to be watchmen.

00:46:16Come on, let's go.

00:46:18Yeah, smoke this.

00:46:19Well, I don't feel like that.

00:46:20Well, smoke it, come on.

00:46:21No smoking in the lobby, please.

00:46:24No smoking.

00:46:24Oh, so sorry.

00:46:26Well, I, uh, I hope the second act is winning.

00:46:28The first, come, dear.

00:46:29Oh, just a minute.

00:46:31I didn't see the first act.

00:46:33Sleeps through everything.

00:46:34Come on, dear.

00:46:37Come on.

00:46:38Come on.

00:46:48We are?

00:46:49Legitimate.

00:46:49This is humiliating.

00:46:50Shh, where's your sense of adventure?

00:46:52Lock seats.

00:46:53Well, suppose they're taken.

00:46:53We're safe.

00:46:54Very few people can afford us.

00:46:55But I...

00:46:56Shh, sit down.

00:46:56Relax.

00:46:59No, no, it's a program.

00:47:01It is taken.

00:47:06Ah, gee.

00:47:07Huh?

00:47:08Oh, uh, good evening.

00:47:22Excuse me.

00:47:23Does that say swing time?

00:47:24Yes, it does.

00:47:27I'm in the wrong theater.

00:47:28Listen.

00:47:30This is for you.

00:47:32It's poison.

00:47:33I hope he takes a drink of it.

00:47:35Oh, come on.

00:47:36Smile.

00:47:37Enjoy.

00:47:42There's Henry.

00:47:43Where?

00:47:43He's not in Paris at all.

00:47:44He's with a girl.

00:47:46A gorgeous girl.

00:47:48Oh, maybe it's a guy with a head like Henry's looking from the top.

00:47:51Don't you think I know Henry's top when I see him?

00:47:53Oh, I couldn't recognize my own top from up here.

00:47:55No, I saw his face when he looked up at the balcony.

00:47:58It is Henry.

00:48:01So he's out of town, Missy.

00:48:06Oh!

00:48:07Oh!

00:48:08Wow, I don't have time for you.

00:48:11Pardon me, please, pardon me.

00:48:12Take over, fellas.

00:48:13Take it home.

00:48:14I'll look after this.

00:48:17The second act starts with a bang, doesn't it?

00:48:21They're taking him away now, Pettigrew.

00:48:24Sure, it's Henry.

00:48:24Gene said so.

00:48:26And besides, I saw the top of his head from the box,

00:48:28and it's the same one that's on the stretcher.

00:48:30Get those gumshoes of yours down at the hospital

00:48:32and hog-tie Henry.

00:48:33We're holding the girl.

00:48:35Don't argue with me, Peter.

00:48:37You want that double-entry love life of yours to collapse?

00:48:46Gee, what a rough deal for the Admiral.

00:48:49Yeah, she must be heartbroken.

00:48:50Yeah.

00:48:51Look, why don't we tell her the truth?

00:48:53Oh, no, that'll make her feel worse.

00:48:55I got it.

00:48:56We'll tell her I was the hospital,

00:48:57and it ain't Henry at all.

00:48:58Sure.

00:48:59Anybody can have a top of her head.

00:49:00Yeah, we'll tell her the top of the head

00:49:02she seen belongs to Mayor Sheboygan.

00:49:03Why don't you tell her Henry flew back to Paris?

00:49:05No, I don't.

00:49:07Oh, Admiral.

00:49:08Good morning, Admiral.

00:49:09Would you like your hard-boiled eggs three minutes, Admiral?

00:49:11I have the water ready.

00:49:12No, thank you.

00:49:13How about some coffee?

00:49:14Yeah.

00:49:15All right.

00:49:15Maybe it'll help me wash down a few more of your lies.

00:49:17Oh, they weren't meant to be vicious lies, Admiral.

00:49:20We were just trying to ease...

00:49:21Ease what?

00:49:21The whole thing's very simple.

00:49:24Henry's just changed his mind, that's all.

00:49:26And for your information, I've changed mine.

00:49:28It's just as simple as that.

00:49:30Now, wait.

00:49:30Don't you think you should hear Henry's side of it?

00:49:32I'll get you some orange juice.

00:49:34It's not his fault.

00:49:35He must figure you gave him the gate.

00:49:36Sure, he doesn't even know you're in town.

00:49:38Yeah, that Pettigrew Dave's been keeping him away from you.

00:49:41Who's she?

00:49:42Only the ex-wife and the guy that's going to put us to work

00:49:43if we don't keep you here.

00:49:46Pettigrew.

00:49:49Pettigrew, the jukebox key.

00:49:54So, that's it.

00:49:55The only reason you've been nice to me

00:49:58is because you didn't want to go back to work.

00:50:03No, wait a minute, Admiral.

00:50:08Don't go.

00:50:08We like you.

00:50:09Honest we do.

00:50:10Yeah, sure we do.

00:50:12And all the time I thought you were trying to help me.

00:50:14Well, you did.

00:50:15You helped me show me what a fool I've been.

00:50:17And then I hope you're happy.

00:50:19Very, very happy.

00:50:20Very, very happy.

00:50:21That's the spirit.

00:50:22Those are the words I like to hear.

00:50:23Admiral, I've got good news for you.

00:50:25I just had a call from the hospital.

00:50:26I know.

00:50:26It wasn't Henry at all.

00:50:27No?

00:50:28No.

00:50:28It was the mayor of the...

00:50:29Cheboygan?

00:50:30Cheboygan.

00:50:30Oh, well, uh, uh, who told you that?

00:50:33I received a mysterious phone call.

00:50:35Oh.

00:50:35Oh, you did?

00:50:36Well, uh, uh, what'd they say?

00:50:39Allo?

00:50:40This Miss Madison?

00:50:41Ah, you have just made a bad mistake.

00:50:43You almost killed your own man.

00:50:45Ah, you should have killed Jimmy Stevens.

00:50:48The cheap, lying, connivy, faker!

00:50:52Oh!

00:50:53Oh!

00:50:53Hold that line, Admiral.

00:50:55Listen, you're just nervous and upset.

00:50:56I'm not nervous.

00:50:57I'm not upset.

00:50:57In fact, I've never been any more calm in my life.

00:51:00Yes, but when Henry gets...

00:51:01Ah, he'll find me in Walla Walla.

00:51:03Oh, where's my bag?

00:51:05No, no, Admiral, you can't leave now.

00:51:06Oh, yes, I can.

00:51:07And what's more, I will.

00:51:09Ow!

00:51:10Admiral, listen, please.

00:51:12Oh, shut up!

00:51:13I hope that Mr. Pettigrew gives you the...

00:51:15the baby I've shipped in the salt mines.

00:51:18Oh, the poor kid.

00:51:20Well, who tipped it as if I didn't know?

00:51:22Me and my big mouth.

00:51:23Yeah, you and your big mouth.

00:51:24Well, it's back to work for us.

00:51:26No, no, no, I'll think of something.

00:51:27I should never believe another thing we said.

00:51:29No, no, but you'll believe Henry.

00:51:31And the hospital says Henry's taking nourishment.

00:51:32Yeah, well, she's taking the bus.

00:51:34Well, we'll take the nourishment and Henry

00:51:35and put them both in the bus with her.

00:51:37Come on, let's go!

00:51:48Call for Dr. Hyatt.

00:51:50This is it.

00:51:51Tell us, room, please.

00:51:53Oh, sorry, sorry.

00:51:54Now, remember, the first sign of an argument from Henry,

00:51:56we will snatch the corpus delecta.

00:51:58Right.

00:51:58Does that mean we've got to kill him?

00:52:01He ain't even ambulatory.

00:52:02He's going to be.

00:52:04Are you ready?

00:52:04Yeah.

00:52:05Let's go.

00:52:06Oh!

00:52:09Wait a minute.

00:52:10This isn't Henry.

00:52:11Any fool can see that.

00:52:12What happened to him?

00:52:13It's my sacroiliac.

00:52:14Shirley has done it again.

00:52:15Mike, straighten him out.

00:52:16I can't talk to a pretzel.

00:52:17Any decent woman would have waited until we were married again

00:52:20before carrying on like this.

00:52:21Oh!

00:52:23Now, now, where's Henry?

00:52:24I wish I knew.

00:52:25Shirley's smuggling him out of here.

00:52:26With all these people around here, that's impossible.

00:52:28Mike Shirley takes anything she wants.

00:52:31Look how she took me.

00:52:33Read this note she left.

00:52:36What kind of woman is your ex-wife?

00:52:39Completely unscrupulous.

00:52:40I can believe that.

00:52:41Why, she says here that Henry loves Jean,

00:52:42that he's mad about her.

00:52:43Gee, the Admiral feel a lot better if she knew about that.

00:52:45And she's going to know about it.

00:52:46This note is all we need to convince her.

00:52:48Yeah, but she's on a bus already.

00:52:49En route.

00:52:50Wait a minute.

00:52:51Are you telling me you let that girl get away?

00:52:53I'll have you punching a time clock in the morning.

00:52:55No, no, not that.

00:52:56Come on.

00:52:56Wait a minute.

00:52:57Who knows the road to Walla Walla?

00:53:00Oh.

00:53:01I do?

00:53:01I was born in Walla Walla.

00:53:03What are we waiting for?

00:53:04Come on.

00:53:05Oh, oh, oh.

00:53:16Attention, old bus drivers.

00:53:18Attention, be on the lookout for one Jean Madison, age 22, single, female.

00:53:25She is a beautiful girl on the way to Walla Walla.

00:53:28When last seen, she was wearing a tan beret with buttons and a brown suit.

00:53:33She is known to favor the seat immediately behind the bus driver.

00:53:37She is wearing nylon stockings and she has beautiful blue eyes and wavy brown hair.

00:53:44But attention, all bus drivers, attention.

00:53:47As a means of positive identification, you will recognize her by a mole above her left knee.

00:53:54That is all.

00:53:56Watch the road.

00:53:57I don't want no trouble, lady.

00:53:58I think you're hot.

00:54:00Hot?

00:54:01Oh, I'm boiled.

00:54:05Hey, to stop.

00:54:16Oh, Admiral, Admiral, are you a lucky girl?

00:54:19How dare you?

00:54:20Well, I've got great news for you, Admiral.

00:54:22It's almost outrageous thing.

00:54:23Come on, come on.

00:54:24Here, calm down, calm down.

00:54:25Here, you see this?

00:54:26Don't say another word until you've read this.

00:54:28Oh, I...

00:54:29Here you are.

00:54:29The greatest news you've ever had in your life.

00:54:31I don't see how you boys keep out of jail.

00:54:33Stop talking and start reading.

00:54:34You're the most impotable, idiotic people that I have ever...

00:54:38Now, aren't you ashamed for those thoughts you've had about Henry?

00:54:42Poor Henry.

00:54:44That's what I've been saying.

00:54:45Poor old Henry.

00:54:48I owe you boys an apology.

00:54:50You weren't lying.

00:54:52No.

00:54:53You were thinking of my happiness.

00:54:54Certainly.

00:54:55Admiral, the pursuit of happiness is practically a profession with us.

00:54:58That's a racket.

00:54:59Now, would you like to climb aboard a cloud?

00:55:02There we go.

00:55:03Oh.

00:55:04What's the matter now?

00:55:05My last pair of nylons, they're ruined.

00:55:08And I wanted to look nice for Henry.

00:55:10If Henry's mind is on nylons when he sees you, then Henry's out of us, Mark.

00:55:14Go on.

00:55:19Switch on.

00:55:20Flaps up.

00:55:22Energize number one.

00:55:23Check metaphor, President.

00:55:24Energize number two.

00:55:25Ready for the takeoff?

00:55:27Check.

00:55:27Contact.

00:55:28Contact.

00:55:46Addie, where have you been all evening?

00:55:48I'm glad you're up.

00:55:49Surprise.

00:55:49What on earth?

00:55:52What on earth?

00:55:53Nylon.

00:55:53Six pairs.

00:55:54Wonderful.

00:55:56Oh, Addie, this kind of thing means so much to a woman.

00:55:59Thanks.

00:55:59They're not just from me.

00:56:00They're from all of us.

00:56:01Oh, where'd you get them at this hour?

00:56:03The black market has a swing shift now.

00:56:06Kiss Jimmy, too.

00:56:07It was his watch that paid for them.

00:56:09I would.

00:56:10If he were here, I really would.

00:56:12Well?

00:56:16What are you waiting for?

00:56:30Jimmy, you shouldn't have done it.

00:56:32You're so wrong.

00:56:34I should have done it a long time ago.

00:56:38I'll finish your rounds for you.

00:56:40Huh?

00:56:41Give me your clock.

00:56:42I'll finish the rounds for you.

00:56:43Oh, never mind, Addie.

00:56:44You don't have to.

00:56:45Oh, yeah.

00:56:58You and I...

00:57:01Oh, don't stop it.

00:57:08You and I could while away the hour, everything that's wonderful is ours.

00:57:28I guess you didn't know what you were letting yourself in for when you saved me the price of that

00:57:31phone call.

00:57:32No, I certainly didn't.

00:57:33Who would have thought a little girl from Walla Walla could have played such havoc with two lives?

00:57:39Two lives?

00:57:41Addie Groose and mine.

00:57:45I wonder where Henry is tonight.

00:57:48I don't know.

00:57:49I'll bet you wherever he is, he's cursing his luck that he's there and not here.

00:57:53Oh, I hope that bottle didn't hurt him very much.

00:57:57I don't think so.

00:57:57From what I've heard of Henry, he probably can take it.

00:58:00Oh, he can.

00:58:01He's very strong and...

00:58:03And...

00:58:04Charming.

00:58:04Oh, yes.

00:58:05Yes, charming exceptionally.

00:58:07And he's tall and his shoulders are wide and he's tall and he has hair and...

00:58:14And teeth.

00:58:14And teeth and he's very good looking and...

00:58:18Oh, only sort of way and...

00:58:22In fact, he's a little bit like you.

00:58:26Except he likes to work.

00:58:29Oh, yes, he loves to work.

00:58:30He's very ambitious and he's tall and...

00:58:35Oh, did I?

00:58:39Oh, Henry.

00:58:42Henry.

00:58:48Oh, Henry.

00:59:03Everything that's wonderful is...

00:59:09Good morning.

00:59:11Good morning.

00:59:12How do you like my new nylon?

00:59:15Oh, they're beautiful.

00:59:17Just beautiful.

00:59:20Admiral, you better go home.

00:59:23Do you think so, Jimmy?

00:59:24Oh, I'm sure of it.

00:59:25For a girl of your qualities to be hanging around, waiting for a man is ridiculous.

00:59:33Is it, Jimmy?

00:59:35Yes, yes.

00:59:36You see, we have to remember that you're engaged to Henry.

00:59:40Oh, yes.

00:59:41Well, it's just that I...

00:59:44Oh, well, it isn't.

00:59:46Isn't it, Jimmy?

00:59:48No.

00:59:49No, Admiral, you better go home.

00:59:51I'll find Henry Foy and I'll gift wrap him.

00:59:53I'll send him to you airmail special delivery.

00:59:55But you better go home.

00:59:56Hey, Jimmy.

00:59:57Jimmy, we got trouble.

00:59:58What's the matter?

00:59:59What happened?

00:59:59Well, it's bad.

01:00:00It's Eddie.

01:00:01I'm sorry, Jimmy.

01:00:02Nothing could be that bad, fellas.

01:00:04We're all in this together, aren't we?

01:00:05Yeah.

01:00:05Well, whatever it is, good or bad, we multiply by four, don't we?

01:00:08Sure.

01:00:08Well, okay.

01:00:09Come on, speak up.

01:00:11I've got a job.

01:00:13Oh, that's wonderful.

01:00:16Where is it this time?

01:00:17China, Burma, India?

01:00:19Kansas City.

01:00:20I'm so happy for you, Eddie.

01:00:22I'll bet you are.

01:00:24Have you told Lois?

01:00:25I've been sending sketches to this firm

01:00:27and they've offered to take me on as a decorator.

01:00:29Kansas City, huh?

01:00:30Well, I suppose that's far enough away

01:00:32for someone who wants to run out.

01:00:33Jimmy, are you telling him not to take this job?

01:00:35Look, you keep at it.

01:00:36I will not.

01:00:37Eddie, don't pay any attention to him.

01:00:38You take the job.

01:00:39I'd need $100 for train fare and I...

01:00:41$100, huh?

01:00:42Well, we don't have it.

01:00:43And even if we had it, you wouldn't get it.

01:00:45I don't understand this horrible obsession

01:00:47you have against work.

01:00:48Well, there are a lot of things you don't understand.

01:00:50And if you want to make speeches,

01:00:51you better go find somebody who's interested.

01:00:53Go find Henry.

01:00:54Don't think I won't.

01:00:56At least he has principles.

01:00:58He's not a chiseling gold brick.

01:01:00He's a man you can depend upon.

01:01:03He's...

01:01:04Oh, you're impossible.

01:01:06Here they are.

01:01:08Well, Mr. Stevens,

01:01:09I imagine you'll be very happy to...

01:01:11Is this the girl?

01:01:12That's her.

01:01:13Not much of her, is there?

01:01:15Rather attractive, though.

01:01:16All we'll have to do is wave her under Henry's nose.

01:01:18You're not going to wave me under anybody's nose.

01:01:20I'm going home.

01:01:21You can't do that.

01:01:22My detectives have found your Henry.

01:01:23They've discovered where Shirley is hiding him.

01:01:25Where?

01:01:26In my wedding present.

01:01:27In what?

01:01:27My country home.

01:01:28My own house.

01:01:29Take her, men.

01:01:30Take your hands off me!

01:01:31No!

01:01:31Oh!

01:01:32What's the matter?

01:01:32Didn't you hear them?

01:01:33They've snared your Henry for you.

01:01:34You're charming, wonderful Henry.

01:01:35You're a man of principle and ambition.

01:01:37Henry's waiting to lift you right out of our hair.

01:01:39And this time,

01:01:40I'm going to see that he does.

01:01:42Pull it against after them.

01:01:44At last.

01:01:45And this time, by the time, by the time, by the time.

01:02:03You're going to have a go of the book for the book for the book for the book.

01:02:04Everybody's talking about graffiti, the book for the book for the book.

01:02:12There's no choice of graffiti and a book for the book for the book.

01:02:14Oh, Shirley, it's so good to see you. I've missed you terribly.

01:02:17I know you've missed me.

01:02:18You felt it?

01:02:19I know it. You see, I've had my detectives following your detectives.

01:02:22I told you, she's never been outfoxed.

01:02:24Say, where's this Henry character?

01:02:26Yes, where is he?

01:02:26Uh, shall we go in?

01:02:28Yeah, let's go.

01:02:29Come on, your Henry's waiting.

01:02:31Mr. Bimble has some news for you.

01:02:33Bimble? Who's Bimble?

01:02:34Bimble!

01:02:36Oh, there you are.

01:02:38Well, you should know Mr. Bimble. He's one of your best detectives.

01:02:41Go on, Mr. Bimble. Tell him.

01:02:43Oh, you tell him.

01:02:45Oh, for heaven's sakes, tell me.

01:02:47Well, Henry ain't here no more.

01:02:48What?

01:02:49She sneaked him out from under our very noses.

01:02:52Now, wait a minute, lady. This may seem funny to you.

01:02:54Who's she?

01:02:55Oh, that's right. You haven't met.

01:02:57Well, step into the center of the ring.

01:02:58Admiral, meet your competition.

01:03:00So, you're Henry's wonderful little way from Walla Walla.

01:03:04Ah, left hook.

01:03:05Yes. I understand you're known as Peter Pettigrew's folly.

01:03:09Oh, right cross.

01:03:10Very clever, darling. Very clever.

01:03:12That's fine, girls. Now, break clean and come out fighting.

01:03:16Why don't you leave Henry alone?

01:03:18I read the letter and you admitted yourself he didn't love you.

01:03:21Oh, let's not be naive, darling.

01:03:23With all of Henry's charms, why should a little thing like love stand in the way?

01:03:26And besides, I've got your Henry hanging on the ropes.

01:03:30On the ropes?

01:03:30Oh, he can't be very much good to you that way, can he?

01:03:33Now, just as well face it, darling. You're outclassed.

01:03:36Outclassed.

01:03:37Outclassed.

01:03:38Classed.

01:03:39Now, why don't you be a good little girl and go home?

01:03:42I will be a good little girl.

01:03:45But I'm not going home!

01:03:46Well, you're not going to hang around us and mess up our lives.

01:03:49Oh, I wouldn't dream of it.

01:03:50You incompetent idiot. You're spoiling everything.

01:03:52Wait a minute, wait a minute. We kept our part of the bargain with you.

01:03:54If you want the Admiral to stick around here waiting for Henry, why don't you keep her?

01:03:57Oh, you are.

01:03:58I never thought of that.

01:03:59Well, we have plenty of rooms here. Six servants, 22 detectives.

01:04:03But don't worry about me. I'll be staying downtown.

01:04:05But poetic justice.

01:04:06Well, it's okay, then. Everything's settled.

01:04:08Thank you very much, and I promise you, you'll never forgive me.

01:04:10Come on, fellas.

01:04:11Where's Shirley? Where's Shirley?

01:04:12Shirley's gone.

01:04:13Smith, tell my wife. Don't let her out of your sight.

01:04:15She'll lead you to Henry. Now, go.

01:04:17Wait a minute. I can't go.

01:04:18Why not?

01:04:19I'm not Smith. My name is Jones.

01:04:20All right, Jones. Watson Jones.

01:04:23My dear Watson, don't look now, but Shirley's drifting down the driveway.

01:04:27Yeah.

01:04:28What?

01:04:29She'll never get away from me, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:04:32Oh, there she goes.

01:04:34Hmm?

01:04:35Ah! Ah!

01:04:36Relax, Mr. Pettigrew. I'll head her off.

01:04:39You can depend on me, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:04:42Oh, I've got her flat.

01:04:44Use my car.

01:04:45Hurry, hurry, hurry.

01:04:46Oh, no. Look, she's flat me, too.

01:04:49Oh, that Shirley's the most exact...

01:04:51Oh, my sacquiliac. Mike, Mike, help me.

01:04:53No, you don't. From now on, you keep them in gear.

01:04:55Come on, fellas.

01:04:56But, Jimmy, Jimmy!

01:04:58What's the matter now?

01:04:59My clothes are at your house.

01:05:01Well, they're too small for us. We'll send them to you. Come on.

01:05:04Relax, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:05:05Be brave, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:05:08Come on, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:05:33Oh, very elegant. You know, maids and butlers.

01:05:36And soft-boiled eggs?

01:05:38Sounds swell.

01:05:40Oh, I don't know. I'm sort of spoiled after being with you fellas.

01:05:43You know, it doesn't seem fun anymore when people pay for things.

01:05:48Where are the boys?

01:05:49They went to the six-day bicycle races.

01:05:51Good heavens, they're gonna be gone for six days?

01:05:54No, they only bought tickets for the opening night.

01:05:56Bought? You mean Jimmy paid to get in?

01:05:59Yeah, Jimmy's slipping. He isn't the same lately.

01:06:03I guess you know why, Admiral.

01:06:06Oh, I wouldn't say he's changed that much.

01:06:08I noticed he wouldn't let you take that job.

01:06:11Well, it wouldn't have been much good without Lois anyway.

01:06:14That's easy. Take her with you.

01:06:16You don't understand, Admiral.

01:06:18Well, she lives here in town, doesn't she?

01:06:20Yeah, in Bel Air. But I don't see Lois anymore.

01:06:25Not since...

01:06:25Oh, she met someone else while you were overseas.

01:06:28No, you see, I...

01:06:31I...

01:06:32I have to make the rounds now, Admiral. See you later.

01:06:34Well, Eddie, was it Lois that broke it off?

01:06:37No, it wasn't Lois.

01:06:39Well...

01:06:39Well, did you break it off?

01:06:41Don't be silly.

01:06:42Then it's Jimmy.

01:06:43It's this life he's making you leave.

01:06:45Of course you couldn't marry a girl into this.

01:06:47It wasn't Jimmy's fault. It's mine.

01:06:49He has nothing to do with it.

01:06:50You just protect him.

01:06:52Look, Admiral.

01:06:53Stop doing me, Jimmy, will you?

01:06:55If you're going to think that, I...

01:06:56I'd better straighten you out.

01:06:58You see, I got scared when I found out how rich Lois was.

01:07:02That night she let me take her home from the officer's dance.

01:07:05I never saw such a big house.

01:07:07When you're in love, money isn't really important.

01:07:10It wasn't Lois.

01:07:11It was her folks I was scared of.

01:07:13So I lied.

01:07:14Then when I shipped overseas, I put my lies into writing.

01:07:17I even began to believe in myself.

01:07:20I promised Lois the moon on a silver platter.

01:07:23And suddenly I realized I couldn't live up to my lies when I came home.

01:07:27I lied myself into a deep hole when I couldn't get out.

01:07:31So when our plane crashed, Lois was notified that I was killed in action.

01:07:35It was the answer to my prayers.

01:07:37That poor girl thinks you're dead.

01:07:40It's better that way.

01:07:44Oh, Eddie.

01:07:46You...

01:07:47You adorable fool.

01:07:50Your troubles are over.

01:07:51I'm gonna go out and find Lois and tell her the truth.

01:07:53No, you're not.

01:07:54You keep out of this.

01:07:56Jimmy's right.

01:07:56You're not happy unless you're meddling in other people's affairs.

01:07:59Mind your own business.

01:08:03Eddie, why don't you take the job?

01:08:05You make good at it.

01:08:06I haven't even got the hundred dollars.

01:08:08We'll get the hundred dollars.

01:08:12After all, a hundred dollars isn't so...

01:08:16tough to raise?

01:08:17Is it, Mike?

01:08:23You've got to win this money, Mike.

01:08:25You've got to for Eddie's sake.

01:08:26Ah, for Eddie, I'll murder this problem.

01:08:28Here they are.

01:08:30Come on, Mike.

01:08:30Get your clothes on.

01:08:31Wait a minute.

01:08:32You leave him alone.

01:08:33Hurry up.

01:08:33Let's get out of here.

01:08:34He's earning his first honors dollar since he got mixed up with me.

01:08:36He doesn't need a dollar.

01:08:37But it's important.

01:08:39It isn't for Mike.

01:08:39It's for...

01:08:40It's for me.

01:08:41I need the money.

01:08:42Is it important enough to send him to the cemetery?

01:08:44Oh, don't be such an optimist.

01:08:46It's only a friendly boxing match.

01:08:48Yeah, well, a friendly tap in the head can kill him.

01:08:50Kill him?

01:08:51He's got an infranial fracture, a tin plate to you.

01:08:53Yeah, he got it in a plane crash.

01:08:55And I crashed the plane.

01:08:56Mike, why didn't you tell me?

01:08:58Please, Jimmy, I can take this.

01:08:59Come on, Mike.

01:09:00Let her get her own money.

01:09:01Come on.

01:09:01Are you crazy?

01:09:02Okay, kid, you're on next.

01:09:03Well, I got news for you, bud.

01:09:04Mike ain't fighting tonight.

01:09:05Oh, no?

01:09:07Look, Jack, I don't know who you are, but I operate this joint.

01:09:10I better explain my house policy now.

01:09:12I fix fights, pull fights, do everything with fights except canceling.

01:09:15Yeah, well, tonight you're changing your house policy.

01:09:17Mm-mm.

01:09:18I got six characters on a pension waiting outside to see that nobody except a guy in trunks heading

01:09:22for the ring leaves this room in the next few minutes.

01:09:25Wait a minute, Mr. Boober.

01:09:28Mike, I got you into this and I'll get you on.

01:09:35Jimmy, Jimmy will fight in your place.

01:09:37But Jimmy don't know how to fight.

01:09:39I'm a lousy fighter.

01:09:41Well...

01:09:42Oh, they're worse.

01:09:43All right, then, I'll fight in your place.

01:09:46Look, sister, drop around on Monday nights when I have lady wrestling.

01:09:49Tonight I need somebody with hair on his chest.

01:09:52Why don't you get Henry to fight for it?

01:09:55Don't think he wouldn't.

01:09:56He wouldn't mind fighting.

01:09:57He wouldn't be a coward.

01:09:59Oh, shut up.

01:09:59How much does the loser get?

01:10:00Nothing.

01:10:01Nothing?

01:10:02According to the State Boxing Commission, you've got to come up with...

01:10:04Look, fish joints run strictly according to Marty Groover, and the loser gets nothing.

01:10:10You guys figure it out.

01:10:11I got a hot crowd out there yelling for blood.

01:10:13And one of you better be in that ring in five minutes.

01:10:26Well, who's got the most blood?

01:10:38I want you to fight a nice, clean baggy.

01:10:42I want no low blows.

01:10:43No thumb in the eyes.

01:10:44No healing.

01:10:45No rabbit punching.

01:10:47And no kidney punching.

01:10:48You both understand that?

01:10:50Shake hands and come out and fight.

01:10:59Come on, I don't like that.

01:11:01Come out fighting.

01:11:02It's not too late, Jimmy.

01:11:02We can still make a run.

01:11:03That Corporal Kelly's a killer.

01:11:05He's got muscles in his ears.

01:11:08Don't worry, fellas.

01:11:09I'm not going to fight this guy.

01:11:10I'm going to talk him into splitting the purse.

01:11:1310 seconds.

01:11:14Clear the ring.

01:11:15Clear the ring?

01:11:15No, no, not sure.

01:11:16Oh.

01:11:18Good.

01:11:45I don't know.

01:11:51Get it.

01:11:52Well, listen, Corporal.

01:11:54Let's play his smirk.

01:11:56I'll take it easy with you and we'll split the purse fifty-fifth.

01:11:58All right.

01:11:59Come on.

01:11:59Break it up, you guys.

01:11:59Come on.

01:12:01Okay?

01:12:02Okay.

01:12:06Now...

01:12:09One...

01:12:10Two...

01:12:11Three...

01:12:13Four...

01:12:14Five...

01:12:15I'm willing to give you a break.

01:12:16Where's your man?

01:12:21Oh, no, I'd rather do business with you.

01:12:22Listen.

01:12:28I'm telling you, Lieutenant, I'm willing to give you a break.

01:12:31I'll make it 60-40.

01:12:43Hey, anybody.

01:12:44I'll bet a buck he doesn't last a round.

01:12:49I'll take that, then.

01:12:52Three, two, five, six.

01:12:59Hey, what's that?

01:13:06Somebody rang the bell.

01:13:07I didn't do it.

01:13:08Don't be nice if he can get back in the mic.

01:13:11Hey, man.

01:13:14The count went to nine, Jimmy.

01:13:16Yeah?

01:13:18Well, what happened to two, four, six, and eight?

01:13:20Well, tonight they're only using odd numbers.

01:13:22Oh.

01:13:25Hey, what's the matter with that guy?

01:13:27You know, I made him a wonderful offer.

01:13:30He must be hard of hearing, huh?

01:13:36I'm sorry.

01:13:38And you?

01:13:40Wait a minute, Mike.

01:13:42I got you into this, and I'll get you out of it.

01:13:46Jimmy can fight in your place.

01:13:50Why, you?

01:13:52Ten seconds.

01:13:55Jimmy.

01:14:11Come on.

01:14:12Come on.

01:14:17Come on.

01:14:18Come on.

01:14:20Come on.

01:14:22Come on.

01:14:25Come on.

01:14:26Come on.

01:14:27Come on.

01:14:28Now, listen, Captain.

01:14:30I've been carrying you up to now.

01:14:31But I warn you.

01:14:32I won't accept anything less than 70-30.

01:14:36That's 30 for me.

01:14:45This won't last long.

01:14:47Better get the next round ready.

01:14:48Okay, Marty.

01:14:48Oh, wait a minute.

01:14:53Better get the ambulance ready.

01:15:00Even Joe Lewis would stay cold on that one.

01:15:03Two.

01:15:03Three.

01:15:05Four.

01:15:07Five.

01:15:08Six.

01:15:10Three.

01:15:12Five.

01:15:13Five.

01:15:15Five.

01:15:16Five.

01:15:17What's the sense of you and me knocking each other around for a two big promoter, huh?

01:15:21I'm telling you, I don't want to open up on you.

01:15:23I'm glad I hurt you.

01:15:35Stop the fight, Mike.

01:15:36You'll kill him.

01:15:37Stop it.

01:15:38I better get the truck ready.

01:15:39Stop it.

01:15:40You understand?

01:15:40This'll stop it.

01:15:42Stop the fight.

01:15:43Four.

01:15:44Five.

01:15:46Six.

01:15:47Thanks very much.

01:15:48Seven.

01:15:49Eight.

01:15:50Eight.

01:15:53Where is?

01:15:54There he is.

01:15:54Right there.

01:15:55There he is.

01:15:55Oh.

01:15:57Ah.

01:15:58That's it.

01:16:00Uh.

01:16:12One.

01:16:13Two.

01:16:14Three.

01:16:15Four.

01:16:17One.

01:16:19Two.

01:16:23The guys in the bleachers don't know it, but they'd just seen one of the gamest guys that ever walked

01:16:27into a ring.

01:16:29I'm so sorry, Jimmy.

01:16:34Oh, it's you.

01:16:35I'm terribly sorry.

01:16:37It's okay.

01:16:38Now go figure some other way to get your money, but count me out.

01:16:41Please, Jimmy, it wasn't for me. It was for Eddie.

01:16:45For Eddie?

01:16:46So he could take that job and I could tell Loyce the truth.

01:16:49You could tell Loyce. Well, what good would that do?

01:16:52It would solve Eddie's problem.

01:16:54Oh, what do you think I've been trying to do all these months?

01:16:57Why do you think I wouldn't let Eddie take a job a million miles away from here?

01:17:00Don't you think I could have told Loyce?

01:17:02Then why didn't you?

01:17:03Oh, because it's not as simple as that.

01:17:06Eddie killed himself when he let Loyce think he was dead.

01:17:09Why did he do it?

01:17:10Because he was afraid. That's why, just plain afraid.

01:17:13Killed his courage and his confidence, everything that a man lives by.

01:17:16Why? Well, he'll never be able to breathe again until he has guts enough to forget about

01:17:20Lois' money and go see her himself.

01:17:22That's why I've been keeping him with me all these months.

01:17:24So I could prove to him that happiness doesn't depend on money.

01:17:30Jimmy's right.

01:17:34I'm sorry you had to get your brains knocked out to beat some sense into my head, but you did.

01:17:41Thanks, Jimmy.

01:17:44Wait a minute. Where are you going?

01:17:46What do you think?

01:17:48Eddie. Oh, Eddie.

01:17:51Wait a minute, will you?

01:17:55I guess I'd better warn you.

01:17:57Maybe Loyce still loves you and maybe she doesn't.

01:18:00Maybe she's falling for another guy.

01:18:02Isn't it about time I found out?

01:18:04Yeah.

01:18:06Yeah.

01:18:08You know, you're the first one in the class to graduate.

01:18:13Good luck, kid.

01:18:14You're on your own.

01:18:24Jimmy, I didn't know.

01:18:26Oh, shut up.

01:18:27You know, I wish you were a man.

01:18:28I wish you were Henry for a minute so I could knock your meddling brains out.

01:18:31Now go on.

01:18:32Get out of here.

01:18:32Leave me alone.

01:18:35I'll stick with him.

01:18:53I wouldn't have asked you to fight if I'd known about...

01:18:56About the tin plate?

01:18:58That's nothing.

01:19:00I was lucky.

01:19:01You know, the guy that really got hurt when Cynthia Christ was Jimmy.

01:19:05He was hurt.

01:19:07Yeah, you see, he's got a scar that the doctors can't see.

01:19:12Something here, inside of him.

01:19:15And he keeps blaming himself for the crash.

01:19:19You mean a guilt complex.

01:19:22Well, I don't know what you'd call it.

01:19:25Well, Jimmy knows I'll never be able to go back to fighting again.

01:19:30Well, on account of Denton and Noggin, Miss Freddie and Holly.

01:19:35I don't know why, but he figures he's got to look out for us guys.

01:19:40How long can this go on?

01:19:42Just as long as Jimmy needs us.

01:19:46If I know Jimmy, he'll stick by you boys just as long as he thinks you need him.

01:19:53Yeah.

01:19:55Oh, Mike.

01:19:57There must be an answer somewhere.

01:20:03Yep, here she is, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:20:05Hello, hello, my dear.

01:20:05I'm practically solvent.

01:20:07Shirley is agreed to marry me.

01:20:08Well, come on.

01:20:08What are we waiting for?

01:20:09We're waiting for Jimmy.

01:20:10Where is he?

01:20:11Where is who?

01:20:13What in the world have you been up to?

01:20:15Oh, I was playing hopscotch and dropped my bean bag.

01:20:17At a time like this, Shirley's at my house waiting for me and Henry will be there any minute.

01:20:21I can't take any chances.

01:20:22This girl has to be there to grab Henry when he arrives.

01:20:24Well, take her and go.

01:20:25I won't go.

01:20:27Jimmy.

01:20:27You've been influencing this girl.

01:20:29I've been influencing her?

01:20:30Oh, I'm a desperate man, Stevens.

01:20:32Time is running out.

01:20:33And I promise you, you're going to work unless you have this girl ready, willing, and waiting for Henry.

01:20:37Oh, yeah?

01:20:38Well, she's going to be ready, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:20:41Oh, no, I won't.

01:20:41And she's going to be willing, Mr. Pettigrew, because this time I'm going to wrap her right around Henry's neck.

01:20:47Keep on going.

01:20:48My car's out there.

01:20:51Hurry, Clarence.

01:20:52Clarence, hurry.

01:20:55As long as we can get Miss Madison there before Henry arrives, we're safe.

01:20:58A mere sight of that Adonis might change Shirley's mind again.

01:21:01Adonis, huh?

01:21:02What if Henry's early?

01:21:03Oh, there goes my sacrilyac again.

01:21:06Let's stop the car and I'll throw him back in the gear.

01:21:08Hold it, Mike.

01:21:08Why should you straighten him out?

01:21:10Everybody's getting something out of this but us.

01:21:12How can you let the poor man suffer like that?

01:21:15Why do you care about anyone else suffering?

01:21:18You're getting your Henry, aren't you?

01:21:20That's all you want, isn't it?

01:21:22Well, isn't it?

01:21:24You know, I've been thinking, Jimmy, you're right.

01:21:25What do we get out of there?

01:21:26Sure.

01:21:27Please stop arguing and state your terms.

01:21:30Okay.

01:21:31You set us up in business.

01:21:33First class helping for you.

01:21:34Why, that's a great idea.

01:21:36I can handle the front and Mike can handle the back.

01:21:38Sure.

01:21:38All right, all right, it's a deal.

01:21:39Now, will you handle my bank?

01:21:41Fellas, you're in business the smart way on an OPM basis.

01:21:44OPM?

01:21:45Sure.

01:21:45Other people's money.

01:21:46Hey, congratulations.

01:21:48Here's your diplomas.

01:21:49You've graduated too.

01:21:50Hey, Jimmy, that leaves you on your own.

01:21:52Yeah, what about you?

01:21:53On my own?

01:21:54Are you kidding?

01:21:55Hey, there's a whole world full of people waiting for my talent.

01:21:59All I need is a new face.

01:22:02Well, we're coming to your house, Mr. Pettigrew.

01:22:03Do you want I should carry in and give you the full treatment?

01:22:05Oh, my heavens, Noel, fix me up out here.

01:22:07Shirley would never marry a pretzel.

01:22:16Come on.

01:22:22Jimmy, if you'd only...

01:22:24If you'd let me...

01:22:25I'll...

01:22:26Oh, there you are.

01:22:27Yes, she's ready, willing, and able.

01:22:29It isn't that you win, you understand.

01:22:31It's only that I default.

01:22:32Oh, no.

01:22:33You're not giving Henry up.

01:22:34Oh, I know when I'm beaten.

01:22:36Well, come on.

01:22:37Where is this Henry?

01:22:38He should be here any minute now.

01:22:39I wish you all the luck in the world with him.

01:22:41You'll need it.

01:22:43Why?

01:22:43Is there anything wrong with him?

01:22:44He's almost perfect.

01:22:45Almost?

01:22:46Well, he's so fastidious and so completely impeccable.

01:22:49He wants everyone around him to be exactly the same way.

01:22:52If a woman has an eyelash out of place, he goes into a tantrum.

01:22:54My nerves are completely frayed.

01:22:57So you're welcome to him, darling.

01:23:00Say thanks to the lady.

01:23:01Oh, after Henry, Peter will be so comfortable.

01:23:04Like an old bathrobe.

01:23:07By the way, where is Peter?

01:23:08Peter?

01:23:09Oh, Peter's out in the car.

01:23:11Yes, he's being reconditioned for you.

01:23:15Reconditioned?

01:23:15Hmm?

01:23:16Well, what an unexpected pleasure.

01:23:22Henry's coming up the driveway now, so...

01:23:24You're pretty up, little one.

01:23:34Oh, Jimmy, there isn't much time.

01:23:37I want to explain.

01:23:38All right, now, all right.

01:23:39Calm down.

01:23:39I know, I know.

01:23:40You've been waiting for this moment for a long time, huh?

01:23:44All of my life.

01:23:45Uh-huh.

01:23:46And now that you've got the fish on the hook,

01:23:48you don't want to reel them in.

01:23:50You want to play with them for a while, huh?

01:23:51Oh, for a smart man, you're so, so...

01:23:55Who's that?

01:23:59It's Henry.

01:24:01Oh, Jimmy.

01:24:01Jimmy, wait.

01:24:06Uh...

01:24:06How do I look for you?

01:24:09You look great.

01:24:10Uh, Jimmy!

01:24:11Jimmy!

01:24:14Uh...

01:24:16Are you sure?

01:24:19Well, now, your care is a little must.

01:24:22Uh, maybe I'd better...

01:24:24Harder up a little bit.

01:24:24Oh, that's right.

01:24:25Your face is a little shiny.

01:24:27It's so nervous.

01:24:34Here, here, give me that.

01:24:35You're much too nervous.

01:24:40You know, this Henry is a perfectionist.

01:24:42He's impeccable, fastidious.

01:24:45One hair out of place, and one eyelash out of place,

01:24:48and Henry's on his roller skates.

01:24:50There.

01:24:51Is that all the time?

01:24:52I think so.

01:24:53Sure.

01:24:54Oh!

01:24:54How did I miss that?

01:24:55Nose is shiny.

01:24:57Oh!

01:24:59Oh!

01:25:00Oh!

01:25:00Well, I guess you two will want to be alone, huh?

01:25:07Well, how do I get out of here?

01:25:10Well, you...

01:25:11You can go through the den.

01:25:14There's a side door there.

01:25:16Side door.

01:25:30You're a smart man, you're so...

01:25:32So...

01:25:34How do I look for you?

01:25:39It's Henry.

01:25:41Henry!

01:25:54My...

01:25:54Admiral!

01:25:56Well...

01:25:57Where's Henry?

01:25:58I...

01:25:59Well, I thought that he...

01:26:00He won't come in?

01:26:02Why not?

01:26:05No...

01:26:06I locked the door.

01:26:09You did?

01:26:16Then.

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