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The Crooked Web (1955) is a classic film noir crime thriller filled with mystery, deception, and unexpected twists. The story follows a dangerous web of secrets and criminal schemes where trust is fragile and hidden motives can change everything. Featuring the atmosphere of classic 1950s Hollywood cinema, this vintage crime film is a great choice for fans of old Hollywood mysteries, suspenseful stories, and classic noir movies.
Enjoy this classic 1955 crime thriller and discover the intrigue, suspense, and drama of vintage cinema.
Enjoy this classic 1955 crime thriller and discover the intrigue, suspense, and drama of vintage cinema.
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00:00:03The End
00:00:41THE END
00:01:12Oh, hello, Angelo. Stan Fabian.
00:01:16Yeah, look, I want, uh, 50 across on Lady Gentry in the third,
00:01:20and I want $100 to show on Speedy Kid in the fifth.
00:01:25Okay, I'll call you later. Right.
00:01:39Hey, Ed, what's holding up that stack?
00:01:41I only got two hands, you know.
00:01:42Well, shake it up. Some horn-happy creep just pulled in.
00:01:47Let him honk.
00:01:49If it isn't long shot stand.
00:01:50How come you're not at the track on a nice quiet day like this,
00:01:53playing a favorite?
00:01:54Why should I be? I got a sure thing right here.
00:02:01Ah, why don't you?
00:02:06Hi, Joanie.
00:02:07What are you doing here?
00:02:08On my way to Chicago.
00:02:09Pick up a stack.
00:02:10Well, don't let me keep you.
00:02:12Hey, wait a minute. I'm thirsty.
00:02:14Stan, hand me the waffles, will you?
00:02:16Sure.
00:02:30Something I can do for you?
00:02:31I just dropped in to see my sister.
00:02:34She work here?
00:02:35Yeah. Joan Daniel.
00:02:37You're not Frank, are you?
00:02:38That's right.
00:02:39Why don't you say so? I'm Stan Fabian.
00:02:41Well, glad to know you.
00:02:42I'm glad to know you, too.
00:02:44Heard all about you.
00:02:45Oh, from Joanie?
00:02:46Yeah.
00:02:47She, uh, told us she was working for a very nice guy.
00:02:50Order, Stan.
00:02:51Okay.
00:02:52Some surprise, huh, honey?
00:02:53Yeah, Frank is full of surprises.
00:02:57Always kidding, that kid.
00:02:59When'd you get in town?
00:03:00Just now. I feel like I'm still riding.
00:03:02Like something to drink?
00:03:04Okay. Root beer'd be fine.
00:03:06Right.
00:03:07How about something to eat?
00:03:09I had lunch in Santa Barbara.
00:03:11Tell me, how are all the folks up in Portland?
00:03:14Okay.
00:03:15Sounds like Joanie told you all about us.
00:03:18I just gave him the whole rundown.
00:03:20128 out of five.
00:03:24Here you are, honey.
00:03:28Plan on staying a while?
00:03:29No, I'm going on to Chicago.
00:03:31That is, if.
00:03:32If is right.
00:03:33If you think I'm going to give you any money for this crazy deal of yours,
00:03:36you're wasting your time.
00:03:37You talk too much, big mouth.
00:03:39What the?
00:03:40It's all right, Stan.
00:03:41I just want him to know how things stand.
00:03:43Well, just don't pop off in front of strangers.
00:03:45It's none of their business.
00:03:46I'm not exactly a stranger.
00:03:48Joanie and I are pretty good friends.
00:03:50That's nice work, if you can get it.
00:03:52And it looks like you are.
00:03:54You.
00:03:56Don't you think you're getting a little out of line?
00:03:57Okay.
00:03:58So I'm sorry.
00:03:59I shouldn't have said it.
00:04:00Why don't you give that mind of yours an airing?
00:04:02Oh, that's all right, honey.
00:04:04I guess a brother's got a right to worry about his sister.
00:04:07Who cares?
00:04:08I can take care of myself.
00:04:10What do you say we all have dinner down at the barn tonight, okay?
00:04:12No, I don't want to barge in.
00:04:14You're not barging in.
00:04:15Be my guest.
00:04:17Ah, come on, honey.
00:04:18You know the slogan of this place.
00:04:19Service with a smile.
00:04:20Let me see your smile on that pretty little kisser.
00:04:24Atta girl.
00:04:27Just a natural-born umpire.
00:04:29Come on, Frank.
00:04:29We'll get you cleaned up.
00:04:42So, by the time that I got out of the army, I was a pretty good cook.
00:04:45I had a couple of thousand dollars saved up, and I put it in the beehive.
00:04:48Kind of tough at first, doing all the cooking.
00:04:50Can we talk about something else besides the driving?
00:04:53You're enough of that place wrassling trays all day.
00:04:57You wouldn't have to wrassle trays if you'd listen to reason.
00:05:01I mean the kind of reason that goes on the third finger in the left hand.
00:05:06Doesn't sound like a bad proposition to me, Joanie.
00:05:09Well, if I don't mind placing second to a horse.
00:05:12Made long shots, Dan.
00:05:14On top of the world today, and a hock tomorrow.
00:05:17No, sir.
00:05:18When I get married, I want to have some security.
00:05:21I want a home and a family.
00:05:23The only ponies I want to hear about are the Shetlands for the kids.
00:05:28I'll quit tomorrow.
00:05:29I'll put it in writing.
00:05:30Where?
00:05:30On the back of a scratch sheet?
00:05:34Hey, Joanie, better take it a little easy.
00:05:37Who sent for you?
00:05:38Oh, come on, honey.
00:05:39Come on now.
00:05:42Frank, tell me.
00:05:43This deal in Chicago takes a little capital, hmm?
00:05:46Well, yeah.
00:05:48How much?
00:05:48Three thousand.
00:05:49A mere bag of shelves.
00:05:51Three thousand, huh?
00:05:54Well, don't look at me.
00:05:56If you want to loan him the money, it's your funeral.
00:05:58Just don't blame me.
00:06:00Tell him what it's about.
00:06:02The big goose chase.
00:06:04All right, all right.
00:06:05There you go, spouting off again.
00:06:06Psh.
00:06:07Some umpire, huh?
00:06:09Oh, I'm sorry, Stan.
00:06:12Sorry I lost up your evening.
00:06:14You couldn't loss up our evening.
00:06:16Could he, honey?
00:06:18Like to finish this dance?
00:06:20That's the best idea I've heard tonight.
00:06:22All right.
00:07:16This, uh, hit her, uh, all of a sudden.
00:07:19Well, that's a Daniel for you. Baseball drinkers. Three drinks, and they're out.
00:07:28I think I'd better take her home.
00:07:31I, you want to go to the Rainbow Room.
00:07:47Hey. I'm okay.
00:07:50I'll wait here. See you tomorrow, Julie.
00:07:53Who cares? Come on, Stan. Let's go to the Rainbow Room.
00:07:57Okay, sweetheart. We'll go to the Rainbow Room. Come on.
00:08:00Come on.
00:08:12I guess you can tell I'm pretty nuts about that kid, huh?
00:08:15Well, all I can say is keep punching, pal.
00:08:18Punching?
00:08:20I've been knocking myself out.
00:08:22I got a rule, you know, never fool around with any of the carhops. It's a business.
00:08:27And along comes Joanie, and out goes the rule.
00:08:31Oh, boy, she's a real doll.
00:08:34All she ever wanted was work, nothing else.
00:08:37Yeah, she's all work and no play. Always has been, that kid.
00:08:41She's out for one thing. Security.
00:08:44Security.
00:08:46With some girls, that's a mink coat and a million dollars.
00:08:48And with others, it's three squares a day and a roof over your head. You figure it.
00:08:56Joanie told me about your deal.
00:08:58What deal?
00:08:59I don't get sore.
00:09:01Maybe she was loaded.
00:09:05Maybe she was making the whole thing up.
00:09:07Yeah, maybe she was.
00:09:13What did she tell you?
00:09:14Oh, I don't know.
00:09:15Something about, uh, some gold knickknacks that you liberated from some chateau while you were in the army.
00:09:21Rather what a few drinks will do.
00:09:24Are worth about, uh, $200,000.
00:09:27What else did she tell you?
00:09:29Oh, that you had a partner, a buddy in Chicago that you were meeting on the 1st.
00:09:34God damn imagination.
00:09:36That's why you needed the dough, because you and his partner were supposed to each put up $3,000 to
00:09:41finance the trip.
00:09:43Well, that Joanie should be a writer.
00:09:46You know what's still there?
00:09:48I don't know anything.
00:09:49Suppose I'm willing to invest $3,000 to find out.
00:09:52Look, save your dough. That won't help you any with Joanie.
00:09:55No.
00:09:57She'll wind up marrying you, all right.
00:09:58She may not show it, but she likes you a lot.
00:10:02Well, she's not the only reason that I'm interested.
00:10:04$200,000 is a lot of scratch.
00:10:07Even half of it isn't bad.
00:10:10Look, the deal is between the other guy and me, just the two of us.
00:10:13So forget it, huh?
00:10:26Sleep on it, will you, Frank? I'll see you in the morning.
00:10:29Good night.
00:10:29All right.
00:10:41Who is it?
00:10:43Joanie?
00:10:46Don.
00:10:56How long has it been?
00:10:58A million years.
00:11:00Seems longer to me.
00:11:02Thank heaven you're here.
00:11:11The coffee.
00:11:19You know, you do a mighty cute drunk.
00:11:21That was practically no act.
00:11:24How are we doing?
00:11:27I think we've got him hooked.
00:11:30I hope so.
00:11:31I don't know how much longer I can hold him off.
00:11:34Yeah, he certainly took his time saying good night to you tonight.
00:11:38He takes his sweet time every night.
00:11:41That's the trouble.
00:11:43You just keep sparring, buddy.
00:11:45He may be bigger than you are, but you've got the speed.
00:11:49Just thought I'd stand by and let you know how things were going.
00:11:52Tomorrow's our big day.
00:11:54It's going to be a busy little beer.
00:12:03Thought any more about what we were talking about last night?
00:12:06Yeah, I have.
00:12:09Have you looked at a calendar lately?
00:12:13Haven't got much time left, have you?
00:12:16What's with Joanie this morning?
00:12:18It's half past nine already.
00:12:19Oh, she'll be here.
00:12:23Good old Liv.
00:12:24He's the best short order man there is.
00:12:26I had to give him a piece of the joint to keep him.
00:12:28Yeah?
00:12:28I'm sorry I'm late, Stan.
00:12:30Oh, that's all right, honey.
00:12:31How do you feel?
00:12:32Like my head stuck on with scotch tape.
00:12:34Why don't you take the day off?
00:12:36I'll be all right after I have a cup of coffee.
00:12:38Sure.
00:12:38Okay.
00:12:45She works real hard, that kid.
00:12:47Always has, all her life.
00:12:50Maybe she deserves a break.
00:12:53Stan, how would you like to take Joanie to Europe on your honeymoon?
00:12:59Are you kidding?
00:13:00No.
00:13:01She's always dreamed about traveling and seeing the world.
00:13:05No, she used to flip every time I'd tell her about some of the places I'd seen overseas.
00:13:10Well, I think she might go for the European trip, but the honeymoon, I don't know.
00:13:16Well, you can sell her once she knows you're in on the deal.
00:13:20What about your partner?
00:13:22Well, if he won't cut you in, I'll split my half with you.
00:13:28Tell you what I'll do.
00:13:30If Joanie goes for it, you got a deal.
00:13:34But you got to sell her.
00:13:40Well, if it ain't the queen bee, what brings you to the hive this morning?
00:13:45It's a great day for making honey, honey.
00:13:50Well, here I am.
00:13:51Where is everybody?
00:13:52Oh, they'll be back.
00:13:53Maybe I ought to take off the slacks and put on a bikini bathing suit.
00:13:56Yeah, if you did that, honey, we'd have to beat them off with a stick.
00:13:59Joanie, how'd you like to take a little trip to Europe?
00:14:02With you?
00:14:03And Stan.
00:14:05I told you Frankie was full of surprises.
00:14:08What's the angle this time?
00:14:10Stan's in on the deal.
00:14:12You just can't resist a long shot, can you?
00:14:15Honey, I haven't said yes yet.
00:14:17Well, go ahead, Frankie.
00:14:18Tell us all about it.
00:14:19Well, you and Stan could make it a honeymoon.
00:14:23A honeymoon?
00:14:24Me and Stan.
00:14:25Listen, Cupid, what makes you think I'm ready for a honeymoon?
00:14:28You're always talking about security.
00:14:30A hundred thousand bucks is a lot of security.
00:14:35How do you feel about it, Stan?
00:14:38You know the way I feel about you.
00:14:39You just say the word and we go.
00:14:43I'll tell you what.
00:14:44Suppose we start the honeymoon after we have the money.
00:14:47Miss Daniel, turn in your uniform.
00:14:49But what about the place?
00:14:50Who's going to run it?
00:14:51Ed can run it with his brother Randy in a couple of carhops.
00:14:54I still don't know.
00:14:57Come on.
00:14:59What do you say, honey?
00:14:59Shall I go down and get us our passport?
00:15:02I don't know.
00:15:03You're coming at me awful fast.
00:15:05What do you say, honey?
00:15:08Stan.
00:15:36Here you come, sweetheart.
00:15:37Come on, wake up.
00:15:38You've got to make a good impression on your brother's buddy.
00:15:41Okay?
00:15:45Ray, this is my kid sister, Joni, and her husband-to-be, Stan Fabian.
00:15:49Ray Torres.
00:15:50I don't get this.
00:15:51Well, I'll explain everything.
00:15:53Come on, get in.
00:15:54I think we ought to have a little talk first.
00:15:57Well, we'll talk on the way.
00:15:59Come on.
00:16:00Let's go.
00:16:08Where to?
00:16:09Tell him, Ray.
00:16:11Straight ahead to the outer drive.
00:16:16So Stan here offered to put up my end of the dough and make it a honeymoon for him and
00:16:20Joni.
00:16:21That wasn't our deal.
00:16:22You know that.
00:16:24Yeah, but I figured, you know, something should come up that we needed more dough.
00:16:27Stan could put it up for both of us.
00:16:29It's worth it just for the insurance.
00:16:31I don't need insurance.
00:16:33Okay, so I'll cut him in for half of mine.
00:16:35You ain't cutting him in on nothing.
00:16:37Where do you get off telling him about this in the first place?
00:16:39This was a two-way deal just between you and me.
00:16:42You've got a lot of guts trying to cut your family in.
00:16:44Now, wait a minute.
00:16:45If I'm willing to split my half with Stan, that's no skin off you.
00:16:48It's going to be the way we set it up or nothing.
00:16:51What do you mean?
00:16:52Or nothing?
00:16:53I go single-o.
00:16:56That isn't very practical under the circumstances.
00:17:00Under what circumstances?
00:17:01Well, you see, there are several of us that know about this now.
00:17:05Yeah, I can take care of that, too.
00:17:06All right, chum.
00:17:07Take me back to the hotel.
00:17:10What was that?
00:17:11My silencer.
00:17:12Keep driving.
00:17:13Are you nuts?
00:17:14Shut up.
00:17:15All right, pull over to the side.
00:17:17Frank, what are you doing?
00:17:18Shut up.
00:17:29Slow down.
00:17:29Do you want a cop on her tail?
00:17:32I didn't figure on anything like this.
00:17:35Kill them.
00:17:36You killed them.
00:17:37Now, pull yourself together.
00:17:38You didn't give me any choice.
00:17:45Now,
00:17:47All in the family.
00:18:01Where are we?
00:18:04Ohio, someplace.
00:18:07Looks like a town up there ahead.
00:18:09Why don't we stop?
00:18:10Joanie's all knocked out.
00:18:11The further we get from Chicago, the better.
00:18:13Here's an early morning bullet.
00:18:15The body of Ramon Torrey, Chicago-used car salesman,
00:18:18was found floating in Lake Michigan outside of Chicago early this morning.
00:18:22Police are looking for two men and a girl in a light-colored convertible,
00:18:25which is believed to be the killer's car.
00:18:27Police ruled out robbery as the motive for the crime
00:18:29when they discovered $3,200 in the victim's wallet.
00:18:33Lionel Boyd, clerk of the Monarch Hotel...
00:18:36What are we going to do?
00:18:37Just take it easy.
00:18:39One thing, they haven't got the make of the car.
00:18:42I don't like that two-man-and-a-girl business.
00:18:44Maybe we ought to split up.
00:18:46Yeah, you take a plane to New York.
00:18:47Joanie and I will meet you there.
00:18:49Good idea.
00:18:50Only we do it the other way.
00:18:50You take the plane.
00:18:51Joanie goes with me.
00:18:53I want to go with Stan.
00:18:54We do it my way.
00:18:55If we're picked up, we're brother and sister.
00:18:57Legit.
00:18:58I want to go home.
00:18:59Nobody's going back home.
00:19:00We're all in this together.
00:19:02Charlie, these suckers not to go through with it now.
00:19:05It's over $100,000 apiece.
00:19:08Frankie's right.
00:19:08Honey, we'd be suckers to quit now.
00:19:11Everything's going to be all right.
00:19:14There's a gas station.
00:19:15Why don't you pull up?
00:19:25I'll take a cab to the airport.
00:19:32Here.
00:19:34I'll bring the rest of the stuff with us.
00:19:38Better give me some dough for expenses.
00:19:41When you get to New York, check into the Caxton Hotel and wait for us.
00:19:44We'll get there as fast as we can.
00:19:46It's $200.
00:19:47I'll do it.
00:19:53Remember, the Caxton Hotel on West 39th Street.
00:19:56Bye, Doc.
00:19:57Please wait for us, Stan.
00:19:58Bye.
00:20:01Wait for us, Stan.
00:20:06Oh, take it easy, darling.
00:20:08Don't overdo it.
00:20:09That was quite a shock to Stan.
00:20:11Hmm.
00:20:11Wait till he gets the big shock.
00:20:22Two boat tickets.
00:20:25Built from the Monaco Hotel.
00:20:26Paid in full.
00:20:29Passport.
00:20:31And 3,200 smack-a-roos.
00:20:37Sure ain't to part with all that scratch, Mr. Jackson.
00:20:39It felt kind of good just carrying it around, you know?
00:20:43Well, you keep it then, Ray.
00:20:44Mr. Atherton would want you to for doing such a good job.
00:20:48Oh, well, thank him for me.
00:20:50That's wonderful.
00:20:51You can send them in now, Miss Swanson.
00:20:53Before you go, there's a good friend of yours here who would like to say hello.
00:20:58Frank!
00:21:00Hiya, Ray.
00:21:00How do you feel?
00:21:01Well, if you'd waited till we got a few yards down the road, I wouldn't have had to take that
00:21:04bath.
00:21:05I couldn't see the water.
00:21:06Oh, sure.
00:21:07Anyway, it was Saturday night.
00:21:08At these prices, I'd get waterlogged.
00:21:11Don't forget now, for the time being, stay out of New York and Frankfurt, Germany.
00:21:14Don't worry about it.
00:21:16I'm going to Vegas.
00:21:18By the way, how'd our shortwave broadcast come through?
00:21:21Oh, he got the message.
00:21:22He couldn't wait to take off for New York.
00:21:24So far, everything's going right on schedule.
00:21:26Well, let's hope it continues.
00:21:28We're close to the end now, and Mr. Atherton is getting very anxious.
00:21:32How about you, Miss Morrow?
00:21:33Everything all right?
00:21:35Now that Frank's into it, I feel much safer.
00:21:37This past year hasn't been too easy.
00:21:40I can imagine.
00:21:41Well, without her, we never would have made it.
00:21:43She's got him to a point now where he'll do almost anything she asks him to.
00:21:47That remains to be seen, Frank.
00:21:50Yes, Jackson?
00:21:51We're ready now, Mr. Atherton.
00:21:53Fine. Bring him in.
00:21:56Mr. Durling will be along any moment now, gentlemen.
00:21:58I'll have him fill you in on the background.
00:22:00Dirling's been on this case for a long time.
00:22:03He knows every aspect of it.
00:22:09Joanie, wonderful.
00:22:11Frank.
00:22:11R.B., good to see you again.
00:22:12Frank, you know the boys.
00:22:14Hi, boys.
00:22:16This is Herr Koenig, Frank.
00:22:18Just arrived from Berlin.
00:22:20Herr Koenig?
00:22:21Sehr lange niem.
00:22:23Miss Morrow and my attorney, Tom Jackson.
00:22:25Herr Koenig, of the German police.
00:22:28Now, I want you to tell them the story.
00:22:30Mr. Durling, here, gentlemen, was an eyewitness.
00:22:33The whole picture, sir?
00:22:35From beginning to end.
00:22:36I want all of you men to have every single detail on this case.
00:22:40If the boys here know what we're working for, it'll help them do a better job.
00:22:44Yes, sir.
00:22:46Well, gentlemen, our story goes back to November 6th, 1945, after the occupation of Berlin.
00:22:52The division quartermaster received a tip that there was a quantity of stolen supplies in a bombed-out bakery near
00:22:59Neustadt.
00:23:00He notified battalion headquarters, and they sent an MP lieutenant, Mr. Atherton's son, with a detail of us to investigate.
00:23:14It didn't look like anything was alive in the whole town.
00:23:23MPs!
00:23:26All right, get moving.
00:23:28Get everything you can hold on to.
00:23:29Go out the back way.
00:23:30I'll keep them off.
00:23:42Get moving!
00:23:42And I told you!
00:23:44We'll never make it!
00:23:45We'll never make it!
00:23:46Cover me.
00:23:58Tear gas!
00:23:59Drop the tear gas!
00:24:02Get outside!
00:24:03We'll never make it!
00:24:11You'll never make it!
00:24:12Get out of here!
00:24:27To all appearances, it was a one-man operation.
00:24:34Colonel Riegel had been assigned to the case.
00:24:37He established that the bullet had been fired from an M1 rifle.
00:24:40But more important, when Riegel discovered powder burns around the wound,
00:24:44he concluded that the dead GI had been shot from behind and at close range.
00:24:49A thorough investigation was ordered.
00:24:51Several arrests were made, but all suspects were finally released.
00:24:56Apparently, up a blind alley, a new strategy was decided upon to uncover the killer.
00:25:01The man they called Packrat.
00:25:03All weapons in the outfit were ordered to be turned in for survey and new ones issued.
00:25:08Then, each of these weapons were fired into a ballistics recovery box.
00:25:12Each bullet was carefully retrieved from the cotton and tagged with the number of the weapon that had fired it.
00:25:18The slugs were flown to the States for ballistics tests.
00:25:22It was a long, painstaking operation.
00:25:28They hoped to find the bullet of killer Packrat among the first tests.
00:25:32Finally, after two weeks, Operation Haystack was over.
00:25:36Rifle number M1-26891 was issued to Fabian, Stanley E., Sergeant, Cook, 189, 4th Battalion.
00:25:45They were all set to lower the boom when they got a bad break.
00:25:49Packrat's Dan had been returned to the States and honorably discharged.
00:25:53The Army was powerless to prosecute him for his crime.
00:25:57That's the story, gentlemen.
00:26:00For ten years, we've been planning and waiting for the right moment to move.
00:26:03Now it's here.
00:26:04Last year, Miss Morrow succeeded in getting a job working for this Fabian fellow.
00:26:08She has his complete confidence.
00:26:11Now Frank, who has been planning everything, has moved in.
00:26:14The rest is up to you.
00:26:16Each one of you will be thoroughly briefed on the part that you're going to play.
00:26:20Any questions, gentlemen?
00:26:21Herr Koenig, you got any problems?
00:26:23Problem?
00:26:24No problem.
00:26:26All you've got to do is bring this fellow Fabian to Germany and give us the proof we must have.
00:26:32The deutsche Polizei will do the rest.
00:26:34No problems.
00:26:36All right, then.
00:26:37Let's get to work.
00:26:38Mr. Jackson.
00:26:39This way, gentlemen.
00:26:41And good luck to you all.
00:26:47Joanie, you've done a remarkable job.
00:26:49Won't be long now.
00:26:51You too, Frank.
00:26:52And you know, after this is over with, I have some plans for you two that I think you're going
00:26:57to like.
00:26:58We have a few plans of our own.
00:27:00Well, that's fine.
00:27:01But don't forget, the honeymoon's on me.
00:27:04Now, Frank, I've arranged to take over the Von Reimer estate in Frankfort.
00:27:08On the 18th of this month.
00:27:09We'll have a 90-day lease.
00:27:11Oh, that'll be plenty.
00:27:12I've also arranged with my bank for you to have unlimited funds.
00:27:15Anything you need will be at your disposal.
00:27:17Well, thank you.
00:27:21Well, that's it, I guess.
00:27:31But you know, after we've finished with this, it still won't bring back my son to me, will it?
00:27:39He meant a great deal to me.
00:27:41All this, everything I own, everything I possess, was for my son.
00:27:56Well, Godspeed, both of you.
00:27:58We'll do our best, Herbie.
00:28:25Come in.
00:28:28Dan.
00:28:29Dan.
00:28:30Joanie.
00:28:31Come on, Joanie.
00:28:34How'd you get here so fast?
00:28:35We left the car in Akron and took a plane.
00:28:38You did what?
00:28:38We got stopped in Toledo and again in Cleveland.
00:28:41Yeah, I figured the crate was getting too hot.
00:28:43I was sure the cop could hear my heart pounding.
00:28:46I was so scared.
00:28:47Never should have let you out of my sight.
00:28:48I'm all right now.
00:28:49And look how much sooner we're together.
00:28:51That's the best reason for my money.
00:28:55Come on, come on.
00:28:56Let's get squared away.
00:28:57You've got plenty of time for that.
00:29:00Oh, Frank, relax.
00:29:02Look, there's a freighter leaving Thursday for England.
00:29:04We can get on it.
00:29:05A freighter?
00:29:07I thought we were going on something like the Queen Mary or the Ile de France.
00:29:10Oh, honey, I don't like it too much either.
00:29:12But you just wait until we get our hands on that big dough.
00:29:15I promise you we'll come back on the biggest tub of float.
00:29:19And first class.
00:29:36Not bad for a freighter, huh?
00:29:39Yeah, I had pictured freight all over the place.
00:29:42And I pictured myself rooming with a tractor or something.
00:29:46I never knew an ocean voyage could be so relaxing.
00:29:49Why, Slim Durling!
00:29:53You've got me mixed up with somebody else.
00:29:56Always the clown, huh?
00:29:58Say, who do you think's beating me over in England?
00:30:00Doc Mason and Charlie Holt.
00:30:02Boy, what a small boat.
00:30:05Look, fella, you've got me mixed up with somebody.
00:30:07Oh, come off the rim, Slim Durling.
00:30:09I'd know that face of yours if I saw it in a bear cave.
00:30:12Well, maybe so, but I don't know yours.
00:30:15What's the matter with you, Slim?
00:30:17We spent two years together in the same outfit.
00:30:20Angelo Salerno.
00:30:22Hey, remember Maria?
00:30:25Salerno, huh?
00:30:26Look, fella, I'm Frank Daniel, and you're becoming a pest.
00:30:30Well, if you're not Slim Durling...
00:30:33I'll take one of those.
00:30:38Oh, uh, a wife, huh?
00:30:42This happens to be my sister.
00:30:45And if you ever run into that friend of yours,
00:30:47tell him I'm sorry for him if he looks like Frank.
00:30:51Well, I, uh, I guess I could be wrong, but, uh...
00:30:56I never saw anything like it.
00:30:59Oh, this happens to me all the time.
00:31:01I've been taken for everybody from Cary Grant to Gandhi.
00:31:03You should only look like Cary Grant.
00:31:06And I don't see why you got so annoyed.
00:31:08You practically insulted the man.
00:31:10What am I supposed to do?
00:31:11Stand here and start yakking with the guy?
00:31:13This is no time to start conversation.
00:31:17How about a turn around the deck?
00:31:19I want to stay here and get some sun.
00:31:21Stan?
00:31:22Ha, ha, no.
00:31:23I want to stay right here.
00:31:24See you later.
00:31:28You better stay there.
00:31:33Toot your horns, Dad.
00:31:35I could use some curb service.
00:31:37Good idea, baby.
00:31:38I want to see him wait on you.
00:31:58Let's go.
00:32:02Hi.
00:32:03Where is he?
00:32:05Isn't some Penny Annie poker game?
00:32:09Hey, Slim.
00:32:11Slim, look, don't you remember Maria?
00:32:14Shall I know?
00:32:15Stay away from me, will you?
00:32:27Oh, I hate to do that to the poor guy.
00:32:30He's going out of his mind.
00:32:32Every time he sees me, he makes a beeline for the bar again.
00:32:36Hey, Slim, what about Maria?
00:32:39What about Salerno?
00:32:41That was another case.
00:32:43A case of what?
00:32:45Battle fatigue.
00:32:46Tell me about her.
00:32:52You leave me alone.
00:32:54I got a right to talk to anybody I want to, see?
00:32:56You always said you talk too much.
00:32:58The next time you open your yap, I'll...
00:33:00Go!
00:33:03You keep your hands off her.
00:33:04She's gonna jam us up with that mouth of hers.
00:33:07Coming out of the bar and here she is yakking with some old dame.
00:33:10Telling her we're going to Frankfurt, Germany to pick up an inheritance.
00:33:14Naming places, putting on the dog.
00:33:16You just keep your hands off her, you understand?
00:33:20Honey, you gotta be careful about talking to people, huh?
00:33:22Ma, I'll take it down to your cabin.
00:33:24I'll be all right.
00:33:25Why don't you go back to your game?
00:33:26Oh, that game is all over.
00:33:28I didn't want to play anymore, so we cut high card for the whole works.
00:33:31Sixty cents.
00:33:32Come on.
00:33:39Take care of your jaw, Frankie.
00:33:40Yeah.
00:34:00Hey, there he is.
00:34:02Oh, God.
00:34:03Yeah.
00:34:03Hey, Don.
00:34:04Down here.
00:34:05Come on.
00:34:06Hiya, boy.
00:34:11What's keeping her?
00:34:13Take it easy.
00:34:13Take it easy.
00:34:14You know girls and their makeup and stuff.
00:34:18Hey, how are ya?
00:34:19Good to see ya.
00:34:21What happened to your hair?
00:34:22Never mind.
00:34:23No cracks, huh?
00:34:24I mean, boy, you got fat.
00:34:25Well, what are you gonna do?
00:34:26Let's go, huh?
00:34:27Now, wait a minute.
00:34:28Wait a minute.
00:34:29I want you fellas to see who's on this boat.
00:34:32Well, someone we know?
00:34:33Someone we know.
00:34:34Slim Dirling.
00:34:35You're kidding.
00:34:35No kidding.
00:34:36It's the doggonest thing I ever saw.
00:34:38He insists he isn't Slim.
00:34:39I'm telling you, the guy drove me crazy.
00:34:41Maybe he just looks like Slim.
00:34:43Oh, no.
00:34:43It is Slim.
00:34:44He's traveling with his sister and her boyfriend.
00:34:47He doesn't have a sister.
00:34:48I spent a weekend with his family just before we went overseas.
00:34:51Okay, okay, okay.
00:34:52We'll wait till he gets off and then you tell me if it's Slim or not.
00:34:56Oh, why do we have to be the last ones off?
00:34:59She'll be here.
00:35:03Where is he?
00:35:04He'll be down in a minute.
00:35:06Not me.
00:35:07Don Gillan.
00:35:08Yeah, I'm Gillan.
00:35:09Scotland Yard.
00:35:10Scotland Yard.
00:35:11What is it?
00:35:11You'll come to me to the customs office, please.
00:35:14Customs?
00:35:14The port officer wants to question yourself.
00:35:18Can you gentlemen identify Mr. Gillan?
00:35:20Oh, sure we can.
00:35:21Well, this is a fine order you do.
00:35:22Oh, don't worry about it, Don.
00:35:23We'll find out what this is all about.
00:35:27I left my robe out and I had to repack everything.
00:35:30Well, let's go, shall we?
00:35:58Will you have the bags taken up as soon as they come in, please?
00:36:02All right, what's the next move?
00:36:04Well, the first thing we ought to do is buy a car.
00:36:06What do you mean buy a car?
00:36:07You're pretty sporty with my dough.
00:36:09What's the matter with the rented one?
00:36:10Well, why rent one?
00:36:11We can buy one so cheap.
00:36:12Besides, we're going to need it.
00:36:13Come on, I'll show you.
00:36:14Wait a minute.
00:36:15How are we going upstairs for us?
00:36:17I'd like to freshen up.
00:36:18We can freshen up later.
00:36:20There's a car lot right down the street.
00:36:21They have all kinds of them cheap.
00:36:23Come on.
00:36:24Aren't you even going to send a cable to Ed and let him know where you're staying?
00:36:27Sure, sure.
00:36:27Just as soon as we see the sights.
00:36:39That's the time I drove over this old road.
00:36:42Can you speed it up a little?
00:36:43You got the whole highway to yourself.
00:36:45Going slow on this baby's a habit with me.
00:36:48You can still remember during the war.
00:36:50Mind every inch of the way you had to go slow.
00:36:52Cut out the war stories, will you?
00:36:54How far is it to this Von Reimer estate?
00:36:56Relax.
00:36:57We're almost there.
00:36:59Did you ever see any action, Stan?
00:37:01Yeah, I saw a lot of action.
00:37:02I'm a big hero.
00:37:03Now, will you get us to this place and stop the talking?
00:37:06And I second the motion.
00:37:09We ought to be there by now, shouldn't we?
00:37:12We're here.
00:37:27We ought to be here.
00:37:33We're here.
00:37:41We're here.
00:37:42It's me.
00:37:42This one.
00:37:42We're here.
00:37:43This one.
00:37:43This one.
00:37:43This one.
00:38:09Let me have a flashlight.
00:38:43Let me have a flashlight.
00:38:45Johann von Geckler.
00:38:50Here, hold it steady.
00:38:56I don't like this.
00:38:58It's like robbing a grave.
00:39:00This is a special kind of a grave.
00:39:10You hear that?
00:39:11Hold this.
00:39:12I don't like this.
00:39:13I don't like this.
00:39:20I don't like this.
00:39:48Wow.
00:39:54The end of the goose chase.
00:39:57Look at this, honey.
00:40:03Go ahead, will you?
00:40:09Somebody's coming.
00:40:12Help me.
00:40:13Help me.
00:40:14Come on.
00:40:14Come on.
00:40:16Cover it up.
00:40:16Cover it up.
00:40:21Put that away.
00:40:23Put it away.
00:40:24Help me.
00:40:39What are you doing here?
00:40:41We're tourists, Americanisch.
00:40:43Meine Frau is interested in writings on tombstones.
00:40:47It's a hobby.
00:40:47Verboten.
00:40:49The Verräimer estate is open to the public only in the day.
00:40:52I'm sorry.
00:40:53We didn't know.
00:40:54I guess we'd better go.
00:40:56Well, good night.
00:40:57All right.
00:40:59You ashamed of the tourists, who sniffle here rum.
00:41:03That, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that's, that, that, that's, that's, that's, that's not.
00:41:13Boy, that was close.
00:41:26Well, at least we got a piece of it.
00:41:29Is this really gold?
00:41:32Solid.
00:41:34Say, uh, you came up with a little surprise yourself tonight, Stan, with that gun.
00:41:40I don't like guns.
00:41:42How do we get that box?
00:41:43Don't worry. We'll get it.
00:41:45This is just a preview.
00:41:47I'm for going in and letting those guards have it.
00:41:50We knock off one of those guys and we never would make the frontier.
00:41:54Just let me handle this. We've got plenty of time.
00:41:56Besides, we've got to have this stuff melted down yet.
00:41:58You got a man to do the casting?
00:42:00Yeah, an old guy named Schmidt.
00:42:02He's got a little foundry over on the Boomerstrasse.
00:42:05Used to cast gold monkey wrenches for refugees.
00:42:09Take a run out there tomorrow.
00:42:25Looks good, eh?
00:42:27Perfect.
00:42:28Solid gold.
00:42:33Some of the paint chips off this, what the gold show through.
00:42:36Oh, not paint.
00:42:38Lead.
00:42:39Makes it look like steel, no?
00:42:42How much?
00:42:44200 marks.
00:42:46No, no, no.
00:42:46I mean for the whole thing.
00:42:47200 pounds, maybe more.
00:42:50$5,000 marks.
00:42:52$5,000?
00:42:52We'll give you $750.
00:42:54$750?
00:42:55You must freak the impossible.
00:42:57$750 American dollars.
00:43:02$800 and no questions.
00:43:05It's a deal.
00:43:07When will you bring it?
00:43:09A couple of days.
00:43:11Thank you very much.
00:43:12Oh, no, no, no.
00:43:12Not finished yet.
00:43:14And now I must age it.
00:43:24And now I age it.
00:43:26Where did you dig him up?
00:43:29Oh, I go way back with him.
00:43:31Besides casting gold monkey wrenches for refugees, he used to have another racket.
00:43:36Casting phony medals for GIs.
00:43:38Anything from a Purple Heart to a DSC.
00:43:41He helped many a guy click with a dame.
00:43:44Yeah, he used to turn out a pretty good half-buck piece, too, till they finally put the heat on
00:43:48him.
00:43:50You gonna take another crack of that box tonight?
00:43:52No, I think we better give it a breather.
00:43:53If those guards spot us again, they might get a little suspicious.
00:43:58I still think we ought to barge right in.
00:44:00Wait a minute.
00:44:01I've got it.
00:44:02Those guards must have a night off.
00:44:04We can find out when.
00:44:06Then we go out there and tell the new guards that we're a couple of occupation authorities on a security
00:44:11checkup.
00:44:12Give them some official fast lip, and they give us the run of the place.
00:44:15Uh-huh.
00:44:16It'll work.
00:44:18Frank, will you step on it?
00:44:19I promise Joanie I'll take her to Baden-Auheim for a swim.
00:44:22Oh, she'll like it out there.
00:44:24It's pretty nice.
00:44:26Now, as a matter of fact, I think I'd like to go for a swim myself.
00:44:45Hey, Frankie!
00:44:48Come on in!
00:44:50I'll be right with you.
00:44:59I'll be right with you.
00:44:59Hi, Joanie.
00:45:02Hi, Stan.
00:45:02I've been looking for you.
00:45:04How'd things go today?
00:45:05Oh, fine.
00:45:06Fine.
00:45:10You know, after this, I never could go back to the Beehive again.
00:45:17There's something wrong, Stan.
00:45:18What is it?
00:45:20I don't know.
00:45:21I don't know.
00:45:21I, I, I can't figure Frank.
00:45:24What's to figure?
00:45:26We could have gotten that box last night easy.
00:45:30Sure, until those men came along.
00:45:33Lucky they didn't find out what we were after.
00:45:35You've just got to have patience.
00:45:39I got all the patience in the world.
00:45:43Then what's bothering you?
00:45:45It doesn't add up.
00:45:48Frank's a guy that,
00:45:50he dives in and he gets things done.
00:45:52Remember Chicago?
00:45:53Wish I could forget it.
00:45:54Well, last night when I wanted to handle those guys,
00:45:56suddenly he chickened out.
00:45:59I still don't know what you're driving at.
00:46:01Well, I'll tell you.
00:46:04I don't think he wanted to get that box last night.
00:46:08Why?
00:46:08Why not?
00:46:10I'm thinking that he's got an idea that he can get it without us.
00:46:15Maybe we'll beat him to it.
00:46:21Oh, boy, is that ever terrific!
00:46:23How about a dip, Joanie?
00:46:27Oh, that's cold!
00:46:29Be my guest to a case of pneumonia.
00:46:31It'll be warm as soon as you get in.
00:46:33You go on, darling.
00:46:34I'll sit this out.
00:46:34Okay.
00:46:39Careful!
00:46:40Ah!
00:46:43Now he need a periscope to see us.
00:46:48I've got a flash for you.
00:46:50A boy's getting ready to throw you a sharp curve.
00:46:53Oh.
00:46:55I wondered when he'd get around to that.
00:46:57He thinks you might be figuring on the same thing.
00:47:00Did he say when he plans to pull this?
00:47:03You came up before you had a chance to.
00:47:07One of by land, two of by sea.
00:47:10How did it go with the foundry?
00:47:15That stuff in the box certainly looked real.
00:47:17Is it?
00:47:19Courtesy of Richard B. Atherton.
00:47:21Listen, I've got to go see Keeney.
00:47:23Can you take care of Stan for the rest of the day?
00:47:27I don't know.
00:47:28It was quite a tussle last night.
00:47:30He's practically at the knocking me in the head stage.
00:47:33Remember what I told you.
00:47:34Just keep sparring.
00:47:36He may be bigger, but you've got the speed.
00:47:39He's either getting faster or I'm getting slower.
00:47:42One of these nights, I may have to hang up my gloves.
00:47:45And I'll talk like that.
00:47:47Not even kidding.
00:47:52What's going on here?
00:47:55A couple of beach athletes kicked sand in her eye.
00:47:58Jerks.
00:48:01How's it now?
00:48:02All right.
00:48:04Guess your eyes are just too big, dollface.
00:48:06Don't he say the sweetest things.
00:48:08How about getting dressed and starting back?
00:48:10Not yet.
00:48:12Well, we've got to find out what night those guys are off.
00:48:15I don't want to go now, Stan.
00:48:16See, I'm just beginning to enjoy it here.
00:48:20Can't Frankie go by himself?
00:48:23Maybe it'd be better if you went on alone, Frankie.
00:48:25Joni and I'll join you later.
00:48:26Well, all right.
00:48:27I'll grab the autorail back to Frankfurt.
00:48:30I'll meet you tonight, and we'll all have dinner together.
00:48:33Why don't you make it after dinner?
00:48:34Joni and I'll eat on the way in.
00:48:36I'm going to try one of those beer gardens we passed.
00:48:39It's so, uh, picturesque.
00:48:42Okay.
00:48:43Have fun.
00:48:44Now, you be sure and wait for us, Frankie.
00:48:51This is alive, huh, hon?
00:48:54It sure beats car-hopping by a long shot.
00:48:56Well, no more pounding the hot pavements for my girl.
00:48:59Makes me warm just thinking about it.
00:49:02Think I'll take that through him now.
00:49:10It can't be, yeah, Koenig.
00:49:12Everything depends on it.
00:49:14The success of our whole plan.
00:49:15How is it about, uh...
00:49:17Sure, sure. Help yourself.
00:49:19But it's true, as I told you.
00:49:21And nothing we can do about it.
00:49:23Already the American Air Force has taken over the von Reimer estate.
00:49:27And tomorrow, there will be a guard all around the place.
00:49:33You know, alles verboten.
00:49:36There must be a way, some way to beat this.
00:49:49Remember, the best-lead plans of bison men go away sometimes.
00:49:55By whom, poet Robert Burns, English?
00:50:00Scotch.
00:50:02Oh, ja, großartig.
00:50:05But there's also some good news, too.
00:50:10I have the badge for you.
00:50:14See?
00:50:15Deutsche Geheime Kriminalpolizei.
00:50:18Secret police of Germany.
00:50:21Wunderbar, was?
00:50:23That will get you in where you are not supposed to be and out, too.
00:50:28Thanks, sir, Keeney.
00:50:30Oh, don't take it so hard.
00:50:33Everything will be fine.
00:50:36You will think of something.
00:50:38Here.
00:50:39No, thanks, sir.
00:50:40Oh.
00:50:41Prost!
00:50:51It's going to be a great night.
00:50:53Great night.
00:50:55Sure, great.
00:50:57Why are we driving so slow?
00:50:58We'll be late to meet Frank.
00:51:00Well, that's kind of the idea.
00:51:04It's going to be a great night for grave robbing.
00:51:07What do you mean?
00:51:09Oh, baby, it's all there, just waiting for us.
00:51:13I could never help you lift that box.
00:51:15Baby, you don't have to lift a finger.
00:51:18And another thing.
00:51:21Like you said, Frank could have the same idea.
00:51:25Maybe I ought to phone him and make sure he's at the hotel.
00:51:27Good girl.
00:51:33Hotel Frederick.
00:51:35Herr Daniel, please, 402.
00:51:39This is his sister.
00:51:39It's very important.
00:51:42You've got to connect me, please.
00:51:45Please, I don't understand.
00:51:47Please speak English.
00:51:48I think he said Frank, isn't it?
00:51:50That's right.
00:51:52Hello.
00:51:53I want to speak to Herr Daniel.
00:51:54Is he in?
00:51:59Okay, thank you.
00:52:02Well, he says he doesn't want to be disturbed and orders our orders.
00:52:07I guess maybe he's doing a little entertaining.
00:52:08Come on.
00:52:15At least we know where he is.
00:52:17I'm scared to death, Stan.
00:52:19Oh, come on, honey.
00:52:20Settle down.
00:52:22This is perfect timing, Ophelia.
00:52:24What if those men out there see us?
00:52:25They're sure to find out what we're after.
00:52:28I got the answer for that one, too.
00:52:30Such a gamble.
00:52:32Now, like you always say,
00:52:35meet long shot Stan.
00:53:03Go ahead and shoot.
00:53:08Let's go.
00:53:50Let's go.
00:54:07There's your hunt, Stan.
00:54:09Nice night for it, isn't it?
00:54:11Frank, please.
00:54:12Shut up, Joni.
00:54:13Put out that light.
00:54:16Just go right ahead with what you were doing.
00:54:19You keep on digging,
00:54:21and Joni keeps holding the bag.
00:54:32What a bunny in it, Joni holding the bag.
00:54:38Just keep on digging the...
00:54:44Someone's coming.
00:54:45Don't give me that.
00:54:46Look.
00:54:50Come on, let's get out of here.
00:54:51Back to the car, quick.
00:54:53Come on.
00:55:05Hold it, Stan.
00:55:06You drive.
00:55:07I'll get in the back.
00:55:22It looks like some of them have been turning around in their graves, huh?
00:55:28Come on.
00:55:36Well?
00:55:37What are you waiting for?
00:55:38Why don't you get it over with?
00:55:39Don't give me any ideas.
00:55:41Look, coming out here tonight was my idea.
00:55:43Stan didn't want any part of it.
00:55:45I made him do it.
00:55:46Oh, don't be so noble.
00:55:47Nobody's being noble.
00:55:50And while we're on it, what were you doing out there?
00:55:52Taking the air?
00:55:54It's just playing a hunch.
00:55:55You never had a right hunch in your life.
00:55:58Just don't take it out on Stan.
00:56:00He's been on the level all the way.
00:56:04Is she telling the truth, Stan?
00:56:07You heard her.
00:56:09Well, that kind of changes the picture.
00:56:13Don't blame Joni, Frank.
00:56:14She's a kid that never had anything.
00:56:16You know that better than anybody else.
00:56:18She saw that stuff in the box and it threw her.
00:56:21You don't have to alibi for me.
00:56:23I'm not alibying for you, honey.
00:56:25I'm just trying to make Frank see how a thing like that could happen.
00:56:28Okay, okay.
00:56:29If that's the way it is, I'll buy it.
00:56:31No more funny stuff, understand?
00:56:34Okay, Frank.
00:56:37Well, don't forget it ever happened, huh?
00:56:43You want to know something, Joni?
00:56:44You were right.
00:56:45I did have the same idea.
00:56:47I said runs in the family.
00:56:53Now, that's the way it ought to be with a brother and sister.
00:57:06Joni?
00:57:07Yes?
00:57:07Am I ready to go?
00:57:09In a minute.
00:57:10Okay, I'll meet you down in the lobby.
00:57:12All right.
00:57:16Frank?
00:57:26Frank?
00:57:32Hey, Frank.
00:57:34Oh, hi, Stan.
00:57:36How do you feel?
00:57:36Oh, pretty good.
00:57:37I think I'll be a little better after I get something to eat.
00:57:40What about you?
00:57:41Frank.
00:57:41Be with you in a minute.
00:57:43Okay.
00:57:45You tell me that those guards are going to be off on Friday night?
00:57:48Yeah.
00:57:48Two other guys are replacing them.
00:57:53Joni, about ready?
00:58:06Hey, where do you see what I got?
00:58:09Take a look at my wallet.
00:58:11I think it's there in the dressing.
00:58:14Got it?
00:58:20I went over to Schmitz to have him make up some phony official badge, and he had that.
00:58:27He's making one up for you, too.
00:58:31I don't know if it looks like the McCoy or not, but it'll do to flash on those guards.
00:58:36Now, look, when we get out there Friday night, we just tell the new guys we're on a security check,
00:58:40see?
00:58:40And if they hang around, we just tell them to blow.
00:58:43Simple?
00:58:45That sounds all right.
00:58:46Why, we can take the stuff out right in front of them if we have to.
00:58:50Rather, we're home.
00:58:52Am I worried?
00:58:54And if they do give us any trouble, we just let them have it.
00:58:59Okay.
00:59:01I gotta go.
00:59:02I told Joni I meet her downstairs.
00:59:04Now, wait for me.
00:59:04I won't be long.
00:59:19Hold on to your heart, my love.
00:59:25When we're far apart, my love, don't listen to anyone who'd kiss and run over you.
00:59:43Oh, my love, don't listen to anyone who'd kiss and run over you.
01:00:14Well, wait till she finishes her song.
01:00:18Oh, my love, don't listen to anyone who'd kiss and run over you.
01:00:31Oh, my love, don't listen to anyone who'd kiss and run over you.
01:00:46Don't look now, Frank.
01:00:47There's a soldier sitting behind us that's been staring at you ever since we came in.
01:00:57Don't look now, Frank.
01:00:59Wait a minute.
01:01:02Hi, Jake!
01:01:03Frankie!
01:01:05Well, I'm a son of a gun.
01:01:07Are you still here?
01:01:07You know, I thought this joint felt wanted.
01:01:09What are you doing to Frankfurt?
01:01:10Oh, strictly a tourist this time.
01:01:12Still living off the taxpayers, huh?
01:01:14What else?
01:01:15Come on, I want you to meet the family.
01:01:17The family?
01:01:18You didn't take the dive, did you?
01:01:19No, no, no.
01:01:21Joni, I want you to meet a page out of my past.
01:01:24Mike Jankiewicz.
01:01:25My kid sister, Joni.
01:01:26You remember me telling you about her?
01:01:28Well, uh, ten years is a long time ago.
01:01:31How are you, Miss, uh...
01:01:32Daniel.
01:01:33Daniel.
01:01:34Well, sit down, you big lug.
01:01:36Say, uh, you must be pretty handy with the German now, huh?
01:01:40I'm old, but lousy.
01:01:43Oh, this is Stan Fabian.
01:01:45Stan, shake hands with Jank.
01:01:46Howdy.
01:01:46Hi, Stan.
01:01:47Sit down, sir.
01:01:48Well, tell me, Jank, what are you doing now?
01:01:50Well, I've got the Rhine-Main re-enlistment office at headquarters.
01:01:54Re-enlistment?
01:01:54Oh, leave it to that boy, Jank, to get a soft touch.
01:01:57Well, you look like you're doing all right yourself.
01:01:59Taking in Europe as a tourist?
01:02:01Oh, strictly as a guest.
01:02:02You see, Stan and Joni are getting married, and I'm a witness.
01:02:05All expenses paid.
01:02:07Ham sandwich at the banquet, huh?
01:02:09That's right.
01:02:11Well, listen, what does that guy do for excitement around here, huh?
01:02:14Well, you certainly come to the right party.
01:02:16Young man, let me point out a few of the benefits of re-enlisting.
01:02:20Strictly as a civilian, bud.
01:02:21Yeah, there goes my commission.
01:02:24Well, I'd better be getting back to the table before the Fraulein thinks I'm sticking with the tab.
01:02:28See you later?
01:02:28None.
01:02:29I knew you, you big apple knocker.
01:02:31Yes, plenty of good old touches to cup, huh?
01:02:33Oh, a million of them.
01:02:34See you later?
01:02:34Right.
01:02:37Oh, what a character, that guy.
01:02:39You know, if we'd have had a couple thousand more like him, we'd have lost the war.
01:02:42Honestly, that guy has more angles for turning a fast buck.
01:02:45Uh-huh, fine.
01:02:47Uh, can we go?
01:02:48Yeah.
01:02:48Come on.
01:03:13It is a perfect duplication.
01:03:16You will notice I polished the edges to take off the newness.
01:03:22Hey, Schmidt, you're a real artist.
01:03:24Yeah, that looks real all right.
01:03:25How much?
01:03:26Oh, it is very risky.
01:03:28Oh, never mind the build-up.
01:03:30How much?
01:03:31400 marks.
01:03:35Okay.
01:03:40Now, these are the tools from the car we bought.
01:03:46A simke, eh?
01:03:48I will have the molds ready when you get here.
01:03:50Oh, he may bring it late tonight.
01:03:51Is that all right?
01:03:52Oh, at night is better.
01:03:54Au revoir.
01:03:55Au revoir.
01:03:56Au revoir.
01:03:59Au revoir.
01:04:01Au revoir.
01:04:01Now, the guards hang out in this tech room in the stable back of the chateau.
01:04:04We just walk in, flash our badges, and tell them we're investigating a black market operation.
01:04:10Suppose they follow us to the cemetery.
01:04:13Well, we just tell them to scram.
01:04:15And suppose they don't?
01:04:17Then, I follow your suggestion.
01:04:23What's with this fence?
01:04:25We on the right road?
01:04:27Sure we are.
01:04:29Wait a minute.
01:04:34I don't get it.
01:04:35This can't be the right road.
01:04:36Well, there's only the one road.
01:04:39What do you suppose it means?
01:04:41Maybe, maybe it's just temporary.
01:04:42Sit tight and I'll find out.
01:04:54Hi.
01:04:55Isn't this the, uh, von Reimer estate?
01:04:57Yes, sir.
01:04:58This fence is something new, isn't it?
01:05:00Yes, sir.
01:05:00The Air Force has taken a place over as an experimental base.
01:05:03Oh.
01:05:04When, when did that happen?
01:05:05Since last Wednesday, sir.
01:05:07Any, uh, chance of, you know, going through the place?
01:05:10We're Americans.
01:05:10Sorry, sir.
01:05:11Not unless you get a permit signed by the commanding officer in Frankfurt.
01:05:14But I doubt if you'll get one, sir.
01:05:21Well, thanks.
01:05:22Thanks very much.
01:05:32All right, genius.
01:05:33Got an answer for that one?
01:05:35Don't worry.
01:05:35We'll get in there somewhere.
01:05:36All right, and get our brains splattered all over the graveyard.
01:05:38A lot of good that's going to do us.
01:05:47Tim.
01:05:57We're kind of wearing a tight squeeze, but I'm not giving up.
01:06:00Not by a long shot.
01:06:02Too much invested.
01:06:04In long years, I've been sweating this thing out.
01:06:09I'm going to get that stuff and nothing's going to stop me. Nothing.
01:06:14How about Joanie? How's she gonna take this?
01:06:17Just don't tell her. Say, we went out there and the same guys were on duty.
01:06:22They never changed the guards.
01:06:25I'll go out there tomorrow and take a look at the layout.
01:06:29I'll come up with some idea.
01:06:31I'm sick of your ideas.
01:06:35I gotta get my hands on that box.
01:06:38Everything depends on it. Everything.
01:06:51What's the matter, Stan?
01:06:53The way you're acting, you'd think the whole thing was a flop.
01:06:56If the car turned off this week, they'll be off next.
01:06:59Frank will have the information.
01:07:02Yeah, I'm just, uh...
01:07:04I'm just a little anxious, honey, that's all.
01:07:06It isn't as if we didn't know the gold was there.
01:07:09We saw it.
01:07:14What a lovely place for a honeymoon.
01:07:16Look.
01:07:19Picturesque.
01:07:24Badgasty.
01:07:25What a name.
01:07:27Yeah.
01:07:28He's Frank, honey.
01:07:31Well?
01:07:32Good news.
01:07:33But I'm afraid it's gonna take a little time.
01:07:35First of all, you couldn't get into that place if you were Eisenhower.
01:07:39What do you mean?
01:07:40Funny, I didn't want to tell you, but the Air Force has taken over the Von Reimer estate.
01:07:43They put a wire fence around that like it was a POW can.
01:07:46Oh, no.
01:07:48They're putting up a lot of barracks and stuff, but so far they haven't gotten into the cemetery at all.
01:07:53Well, I know.
01:07:53What's the good news?
01:07:55Well, I got an idea on the way back.
01:07:57Remember my friend Jankiewicz, the sergeant we met at Bootsy's?
01:08:00You mean you let him in on it?
01:08:01Let him in on nothing.
01:08:03Remember he was kidding us about that re-enlistment pitch.
01:08:05Well, I found out they're doing some ground experiments on saber jet turbines out there.
01:08:10Well, I worked on turbines at North American in L.A. last year.
01:08:13Now, with Jank being in recruiting and with him knowing that I want to stay over here for a while,
01:08:17it wouldn't throw him too much if I told him I wanted to enlist in the Air Force again.
01:08:22You think he could get you assigned to this new base?
01:08:25Well, with my experience on the saber and Jank's drag, I think of a cinch.
01:08:29How are you gonna get the stuff out?
01:08:31Well, smuggle it out a couple of pieces at a time.
01:08:34Shouldn't take too long.
01:08:36Frank, maybe you got something.
01:08:38What do you do, Frank? You stay in the Army?
01:08:40Are you kidding?
01:08:41Once I've liberated the stuff, it's over the hill and onto the Riviera.
01:08:45That's desertion.
01:08:45Oh, isn't that terrible? After what happened in Chicago.
01:08:50Don't have to worry about Frank, baby.
01:08:52I'll go up and see Jank this afternoon.
01:08:54You better go with me, Stan. I might need a witness for identification or something.
01:08:58Why, shall we wait till this afternoon? Why don't we go now?
01:09:00Right.
01:09:01Fine.
01:09:03Isn't this a little beyond the call of duty?
01:09:05Don't worry. I've got it all figured out.
01:09:21You know, there's sure one for the books, Frank.
01:09:23Well, Joanie decided she wanted to go home after the wedding and Stan here with the ring in his nose
01:09:28is okay.
01:09:30So I figured, uh, what's wrong with signing for Hitch and letting Uncle Sam pay the freight?
01:09:35They, uh, still give guys leave, don't they?
01:09:37Why, sure.
01:09:38And having connections with the right people, you can always wangle a little extra.
01:09:42That's what I figured, Sarge.
01:09:44Sign right there, Frank.
01:09:45Okay.
01:09:46Well, Stan, see you in three years.
01:09:49Well, all you gotta do now is take a physical, raise your right hand and you're in.
01:09:53Come on.
01:09:54Come on.
01:09:58Well, strip down to the waist. I'll be back in a few minutes.
01:10:01I, uh, noticed they made an experimental base out of the old Von Reimer estate out there.
01:10:06Yeah, just set it up a few days ago.
01:10:08You know, Cenk, uh, that'd be pretty good duty out there.
01:10:11Oh, I don't claim to be an aeronautical engineer, but, uh, I do know what makes the little wheels go
01:10:16around,
01:10:17and, uh, I've had some experience on turbos, too.
01:10:20You probably could use a guy like you. Might even get your rating.
01:10:22Hey.
01:10:23Oh, Doc, I got a live one for you.
01:10:25Oh, how ya, Doc?
01:10:26How ya?
01:10:26Well, Cenk, you got your quota for the week, I see.
01:10:28No trouble at all, sir. He just walked in here all by himself.
01:10:31Doesn't look as though there's anything wrong with you. Have a chair.
01:10:50Kinda brings back memories.
01:10:52You know, if I wasn't getting married, I'd...
01:10:54Oh, we've got married men in the service, too.
01:10:56Blood pressure normal.
01:10:58He doesn't know Joanie.
01:10:59Heh. She'd wrap a propeller around his skull.
01:11:02Take a deep breath.
01:11:05I don't know, Doc. Once again.
01:11:13Is there anything wrong, Doc?
01:11:17I'm afraid you're not going to make it, young man.
01:11:20What do you mean?
01:11:21Now, go easy, Doc. As long as he can walk, you know.
01:11:24You've got a pronounced heart murmur.
01:11:27Doc, I've never had anything wrong with me in my life.
01:11:30Have you had a cardiogram taken recently?
01:11:34No, but...
01:11:35There's nothing to worry about.
01:11:37There's lots of people walking around with heart murmurs.
01:11:39But as for getting in the armed services,
01:11:41no medical examiner will ever pass you.
01:11:44I'm sorry, Mr. Daniel.
01:12:04And what about all the dough you've got invested?
01:12:06You want to protect it, don't you?
01:12:08About the money I spent, forget it. I'm not enlisting.
01:12:11Oh, it's all right if I go ahead and enlist.
01:12:13But with you, it's different, huh?
01:12:16I said forget it.
01:12:17Is that you, Frankie?
01:12:19Don't you suggest it in front of Johnny.
01:12:23Wait till you see what I bought.
01:12:29Is there something wrong?
01:12:36I didn't pass the physical.
01:12:39You didn't what?
01:12:41He's got a bad heart.
01:12:45But you never told us about it.
01:12:47I never knew it myself.
01:12:52Looks like the show's over, Johnny.
01:12:57But it can't be.
01:12:59I'm afraid it is.
01:13:04But it doesn't have to be.
01:13:07What's the matter with you enlisting?
01:13:10Well, why not?
01:13:11Is there something wrong with you two?
01:13:13It wouldn't work out, honey.
01:13:15Even if I signed up, I couldn't get stationed out there.
01:13:18I don't know anything about jets or turbines.
01:13:20But you were a cook in the army.
01:13:21They still eat, don't they?
01:13:22It wouldn't work.
01:13:24But you could try Stan, couldn't you?
01:13:26Joanie, Stan just doesn't want to enlist.
01:13:29He doesn't want to.
01:13:32Why not, Stan?
01:13:33Don't press me, honey, will you?
01:13:34I've got reasons.
01:13:36You've got reasons?
01:13:38What kind of reasons?
01:13:39Joanie, there's no sense arguing.
01:13:41Oh, yes, there is.
01:13:42He's got reasons not to do it.
01:13:44What's the matter with the reason to do it?
01:13:46Me!
01:13:47Honey, we'd better call it a day.
01:13:49There's...
01:13:50We've hit too many rocks.
01:13:51The whole deal is jinxed.
01:13:52It just...
01:13:54It just isn't supposed to be.
01:13:55Oh, it isn't, huh?
01:13:57I told you from the start this was nothing but a goose chase,
01:13:59and I didn't want any part of it.
01:14:02You're the jinx, Frank.
01:14:03You've always been the jinx,
01:14:04and now it's caught up with you.
01:14:05Oh, Joanie, please.
01:14:07You and your honeymoon.
01:14:08We were going back on the best tub afloat.
01:14:11Well, I've got plans now.
01:14:12And all I want from you is my ticket back home.
01:14:15And I'm sailing alone.
01:14:18Joanie!
01:14:19Joanie!
01:14:22Joanie, I want to talk to you.
01:14:23I don't want to talk to you.
01:14:25Just give me my ticket.
01:14:26I want to go home.
01:14:29Honey, you'll get home all right and with me.
01:14:31Things are going to be all right.
01:14:32And you'll have your security.
01:14:33I promise you.
01:14:34You promise?
01:14:35You promise what?
01:14:36A life in that hash house?
01:14:38Jumping at auto horns?
01:14:39Hearing you say everything's going to be all right, baby?
01:14:42What about my honeymoon?
01:14:43What about my security?
01:14:44Shut up, Joanie!
01:14:46No matter how you talk, I'm not going to enlist.
01:14:48Honey, you know that I'm nuts about you.
01:14:50I'd do anything for you.
01:14:51Anything in the world.
01:14:51You'll know that.
01:14:52If you really loved me...
01:14:54Oh, Joanie...
01:14:55Don't touch me.
01:14:56I thought you had class.
01:14:58Why, you're nothing!
01:15:04You're wrong.
01:15:05You're wrong, baby.
01:15:07I'm something.
01:15:09I'm gonna tell you something.
01:15:11Nobody knows this.
01:15:13When I was in that army, I killed a couple of guys.
01:15:15One of them was an empty officer.
01:15:17That's why I can't enlist.
01:15:18If I go back in, they'll never make for good.
01:15:20We've waited ten years to hear you say that, Stan.
01:15:23Ten long years.
01:15:26All right, Herr Koenig.
01:15:27You can take him now.
01:15:32Confession is good for the soul, Herr Fabian, eh?
01:15:34No?
01:15:35Deutsche Kriminalpolizei.
01:15:37You're under arrest for the murder of Lieutenant Atherton.
01:15:46You know something?
01:15:48If you had enlisted, they couldn't have touched you.
01:15:52Up, Finn.
01:16:06I guess I had it coming.
01:16:15This is a beautiful tray, Mr. Atherton.
01:16:17Looks like steel, no?
01:16:19Solid gold.
01:16:20It's a souvenir wedding present to both of you.
01:16:25Joni's my wedding present.
01:16:28Isn't she beautiful?
01:16:30Yeah.
01:16:31Like, eh, like the Lady of the Lake
01:16:34by the writer Walter Scott.
01:16:37English.
01:16:37Scotch.
01:16:38Scotch?
01:16:39Wunderbar.
01:16:42Yeah.
01:16:43To the bride and to the groom.
01:16:46Hoch sollen sie leben.
01:16:50Americans from the home,
01:16:54and her father.
01:16:56Actually, got him.
01:16:56Absolutely, got saved for it.
01:16:58The bride and to the bride here!
01:17:00Spirituality is a miracle and has been zd behum at the price
01:17:00You
