Drama (1947) 64 minutes ~ Black & White
Alternate Title: Police Reporter
Gangster Dixie Logan is framed by crooked DA Lawrence Dale. His wife secures a job as Dale's assistant, the better to find the proof of the DA's dishonesty. She gets help from Reporter Mitchell, who falls in love with her.
Director: William Berke
Writer: Edwin V. Westrate
Stars: Russell Wade, Luana Walters and Edmund MacDonald
Alternate Title: Police Reporter
Gangster Dixie Logan is framed by crooked DA Lawrence Dale. His wife secures a job as Dale's assistant, the better to find the proof of the DA's dishonesty. She gets help from Reporter Mitchell, who falls in love with her.
Director: William Berke
Writer: Edwin V. Westrate
Stars: Russell Wade, Luana Walters and Edmund MacDonald
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00:02:08Holy smoke, it's the new district attorney.
00:02:10Yeah, and his wife.
00:02:12What could they be doing riding in the same car with an escaped killer like Dixie Logan?
00:02:16I don't know.
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00:02:24Tired to talk a little?
00:02:27Why?
00:02:30Why don't you ask Larry?
00:02:34Why?
00:02:38Marion.
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00:03:03Here he comes.
00:03:05Good evening, Mr. Forsythe. What did Marion Dale have to say?
00:03:07Nothing. She's unable to talk.
00:03:10Her condition is very critical.
00:03:12Does she know her husband's dead?
00:03:14Not yet.
00:03:15Funny enough, it's going to be tough on her.
00:03:17They were crazy about each other.
00:03:18Yes, they were.
00:03:19Tell us, what gives on the district attorney spot now?
00:03:22I shall continue as district attorney until my successor is named.
00:03:26That's all I can say now, so if you'll excuse me.
00:03:30Thanks, Mr. Forsythe.
00:03:31Good night.
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00:03:47Your car's back here, John.
00:03:52All right, Mitch.
00:03:56Shouldn't drive a duck like that.
00:03:58Looks bad at a time like this.
00:04:00What do you want?
00:04:01Joe, the lowdown.
00:04:03I gave the press an interview.
00:04:05I want an exclusive.
00:04:07I haven't anything to say that you can't read in the other papers in the morning?
00:04:10Now, now, John. I've got an angle that they don't know about.
00:04:13You have?
00:04:14This is for you and me.
00:04:15What is it?
00:04:25This happened some time ago.
00:04:27I dropped into your office to say hello.
00:04:29Nothing special.
00:04:31Nobody was in the reception room, so I strolled over to the desk.
00:04:35Saw the papers on it.
00:04:37I can read upside down, and I like to keep in practice on papers that might give me a good story.
00:04:42So I leaned over for a good look, but my arm hit the ashtray and knocked it over.
00:04:48Grabbing for it, I struck the key that opened the intercom.
00:04:52It needs a little harping on.
00:04:53Not at my expense.
00:04:55Your angle on this is...
00:04:56It's important to me.
00:04:57My health may keep me inactive, but I'm still conscious of my position and reputation.
00:05:01As I am of mine.
00:05:02Your ambitions, you mean?
00:05:03If I have to curb them, I can. Don't make it necessary.
00:05:08If I have to crush you in this Logan matter, I will.
00:05:11I'm warning you, it's at your risk.
00:05:15I'll take the chance.
00:05:16I won't let you.
00:05:18I'll stop you at any cost.
00:05:21Hi, sugar.
00:05:22Good morning, Mitch.
00:05:23What are you doing here?
00:05:24Waiting for you to make it a twosome.
00:05:26I played a hunch you'd be in here where I could pour out my heart to you.
00:05:29That's assuming you have a heart.
00:05:30You're right, I haven't.
00:05:31I gave it to you.
00:05:32Is that what you call it?
00:05:33Oh, let's stop playing around, honey.
00:05:35How about you and me taking in the sights again tonight?
00:05:37I'm sorry.
00:05:38Some other time.
00:05:39I have something better on for tonight.
00:05:41The district attorney?
00:05:42No, just an assistant.
00:05:44But maybe he will be district attorney.
00:05:46Not bad.
00:05:48And with you, he might make it.
00:05:53What you're intimating is preposterous.
00:05:56Still, there it is.
00:05:59You wouldn't care to tell me what Larry meant.
00:06:02None of it meant anything.
00:06:04It was one of the very few arguments I ever had with him.
00:06:07Should there have been more?
00:06:08Stop it, Mitch.
00:06:10Larry was going to take over your job as district attorney tomorrow.
00:06:13But he gets killed tonight.
00:06:16You know, nothing about this adds up.
00:06:20Good night, John.
00:06:51Hi, Mitch.
00:06:53Hi, hon.
00:06:55Better?
00:06:56A little.
00:06:58Pretty bad mess, wasn't it?
00:07:00Too bad.
00:07:02What happened?
00:07:04Long story.
00:07:06Going to tell?
00:07:08Uh-uh.
00:07:10Too long.
00:07:12The whole town's yelling for the lowdown.
00:07:14They sure are.
00:07:17The whole town's yelling for the lowdown.
00:07:20They could ask Larry.
00:07:22Or could they?
00:07:24No.
00:07:25You see...
00:07:26You mean he's dead?
00:07:29Yes, he is, honey.
00:07:32I knew it had to be that way.
00:07:35And Dixie Logan?
00:07:39He's dead, too.
00:07:43So there's just you now.
00:07:45You'll have to tell.
00:07:47Maybe later.
00:07:49Just to you.
00:07:51Exclusive.
00:07:53You always were exclusive, honey.
00:08:01I'll help you sleep.
00:08:12There's so little time.
00:08:15And so much to tell.
00:08:18It started that day we...
00:08:21We met at the courthouse.
00:08:30Somebody wants something from the assistant VA.
00:08:33They call him Lucky Larry.
00:08:34Now I know why.
00:08:35Why?
00:08:36He's going to see you.
00:08:37Know him?
00:08:38No.
00:08:39He's not bad.
00:08:40I hope not.
00:08:41Maybe I can help.
00:08:42Who are you?
00:08:43George Mitchell.
00:08:44Mitch to my friends.
00:08:45You can call me Mitch.
00:08:47Oh, of the Tribune.
00:08:48Flattering and right.
00:08:49Sees all, knows all.
00:08:50Except your problem.
00:08:51I'm going to ask him for a job.
00:08:53I hear he needs a new secretary.
00:08:55He does.
00:08:56And he's got one.
00:08:57What's your name?
00:08:58Marion Langdon.
00:08:59Oh, beautiful.
00:09:00Beautiful.
00:09:01But shouldn't be changed to Langdon, I mean.
00:09:03Come with me, honey.
00:09:06Marion, may I present your new boss,
00:09:08the Honorable Lawrence Dale.
00:09:10Larry, you lucky person, this is your new secretary,
00:09:12Miss Marion Langdon.
00:09:13How do you do?
00:09:16You may be right at that.
00:09:17I'm always right.
00:09:18Well, that's all for now.
00:09:19I'm taking her to dinner.
00:09:20She'll report to work at 9 AM tomorrow.
00:09:22Then you can work out the financial details.
00:09:24But Mr. Mitchell.
00:09:25I said Mitch to my friends.
00:09:27Oh, that's all right.
00:09:28I'll keep the job open till morning.
00:09:29Thank you, Mr. Dale.
00:09:30You'll be calling him Larry in a week.
00:10:10Larry.
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00:11:12I hope Mr. Dale doesn't...
00:11:13Forget it.
00:11:14Larry wouldn't dare not give you the job.
00:11:17The powerful Mr. Mitch.
00:11:19No beautiful.
00:11:20The powerful Tribune.
00:11:21For which I work and which Larry Dale wants on his side.
00:11:24By way of my column when he runs for district attorney.
00:11:27Is he going to?
00:11:28Well, he's got that look in his eye.
00:11:30John Forsythe's health just about bars him from trying again.
00:11:34Can he win?
00:11:35Maybe.
00:11:37Look, hon, you're top shelf. You could get a job anyplace.
00:11:41Why'd you pick on Larry Dale?
00:11:43Or did you see his picture in the papers?
00:11:46Yes, I saw it.
00:11:48And that profile made you come running?
00:11:50No, not his looks. What he did.
00:11:53You mean the Dixie Logan case?
00:11:55Yes.
00:11:56Well, that was his best show so far.
00:11:58Tell me more.
00:12:00I was there and I'd worked for lawyers.
00:12:03I wanted to see the Logan trial because I wanted to know more about court procedure and...
00:12:12I will prove beyond a question of a doubt
00:12:14the guilt of this ruthless, soulless criminal
00:12:17known as Dixie Logan.
00:12:22And I saw it was the defendant, Dixie Logan.
00:12:28Thank you, Mr. Collins.
00:12:30You're sure, Mr. Foreman?
00:12:32Positive.
00:12:33The man was Dixie Logan.
00:12:35You're a liar.
00:12:45Foreman and Collins lied and you know it because you paid them to lie.
00:12:49Your Honor, I must...
00:12:50You're trying to railroad me with perjured witnesses because you know I'm not guilty.
00:12:55Dixie Logan came here recently to carry on his career of crime.
00:13:01There is no room in this city for murderous crooks like Logan.
00:13:06The only room we have is in the state penitentiary.
00:13:10I ask you to bring in the verdict that will send him there.
00:13:15We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged.
00:13:19And so, I sentence you to the state penitentiary to serve 20 years of hard labor.
00:13:30I won't be gone 20 years, Dale.
00:13:33I'll be back for you.
00:13:36And I'll pay you what I owe you, in full.
00:13:41I knew then I wanted Mr. Dale for my next boss.
00:13:44So, when I heard he needed a new secretary, yes, I went for him.
00:13:49He's brilliant. He's going places.
00:13:51An opinion shared enthusiastically by Mr. Dale.
00:13:54But not by you.
00:13:55Oh, I like Larry.
00:13:56He's made a good record as far as he's gone.
00:14:00Now, there's a nice guy.
00:14:02Gus Millet.
00:14:05He thinks he really owns this town, or ought to.
00:14:09One of the big shots of our underworld here.
00:14:12Probably the biggest.
00:14:14Very interesting.
00:14:29Dale.
00:14:47Hello, Mr. Millet.
00:14:48Hello.
00:14:50Dale in?
00:14:51He'll be back shortly.
00:14:53I'll wait.
00:14:59I'll wait.
00:15:29I'll wait.
00:15:45Won't wait.
00:15:46I'll wait here.
00:15:47All right, Mr. Millet.
00:16:00Sorry I was delayed.
00:16:02When did you get home?
00:16:03I wanted to finish this brief.
00:16:04Nonsense.
00:16:05I don't forget we're going to the theater tonight.
00:16:07Is there any message?
00:16:08Oh, Mr. Millet was here.
00:16:10Millet.
00:16:12What did he want?
00:16:13No message, except to tell you that he was here.
00:16:15I see.
00:16:17Well, I'll pick you up in a second.
00:16:19All right, Larry.
00:16:20Hello.
00:16:21I thought you had gone.
00:16:22I will be in a minute.
00:16:23Is it cool outside?
00:16:25No, warm.
00:16:26Is it all right if I start in there?
00:16:28It's a good place to begin.
00:16:30Yeah.
00:16:31Things always need cleaning up around a courthouse.
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00:18:16I'm warning you.
00:18:17I'm warning you.
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00:18:20Hold him.
00:18:21What do you want?
00:18:22What do you want?
00:18:23You've been a bad boy.
00:18:25What do you want?
00:18:27You've been a bad boy.
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00:18:59Straight, Elevator.
00:19:00Yeah, Charlie, we've got it all fixed for you.
00:19:03You first.
00:19:04Aaaaaaah!
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00:19:21What about this?
00:19:23I spotted him when I was in your office.
00:19:25He was one of Dixie Logan's men,
00:19:27so I had the boys take care of him.
00:19:28But you can't do these things right at my front door.
00:19:31Why don't you get him on the outside?
00:19:33We can't take chances.
00:19:35Like I said, he was one of Logan's men.
00:19:37And you know why he was there.
00:19:39If he got you, he got us.
00:19:41We wouldn't like that.
00:19:43How'd he ever get to be a courthouse janitor anyway?
00:19:45How would I know that?
00:19:47I don't run the employment office.
00:19:48Maybe you better watch it.
00:19:50The blue noses are beginning to yell about the crime wave.
00:19:54They're always trying to ace a stool pigeon into a spot
00:19:56where they can get the lowdown.
00:19:59How about that girl in your office?
00:20:01Marion?
00:20:03Yeah.
00:20:04The one you're so crazy about.
00:20:06Am I?
00:20:07Well, ain't you?
00:20:08You're always going out with her.
00:20:10Maybe I have good reasons for that.
00:20:12Believe me, my emotions are completely under control.
00:20:16I don't trust her.
00:20:19She's absolutely honest and on the level.
00:20:21I'm sure of that.
00:20:22That's what bothers me.
00:20:24She looks nosy to me.
00:20:26She's been with me for six months now,
00:20:28and I haven't seen a sign of anything.
00:20:30That doesn't mean anything.
00:20:32I don't trust her.
00:20:33Play safe.
00:20:35Fire her.
00:20:36Yeah, before she does find out something.
00:20:39It's good insurance.
00:20:41Fire her?
00:20:42Well, that's ridiculous.
00:20:43Don't you ever have a hunch?
00:20:46I have.
00:20:47What gets you gets us.
00:20:49Don't forget that.
00:20:50And we want to see her fired.
00:21:22Well, I'm going to have to get back to work.
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00:24:16There's a lot of things to do since this Dixie Logan escape.
00:24:18Any trace of him yet?
00:24:20No, the police must be blind.
00:24:22He won't come here, will he?
00:24:24He'd be insane if he did.
00:24:26I'm sure he won't.
00:24:28No, he threatened you. You're not afraid, are you?
00:24:30Of course not.
00:24:32All criminals threaten their prosecutors.
00:24:34It never means a thing.
00:24:36I'll take a letter, will you?
00:24:38On second thought, never mind.
00:24:40I've got to see Mr. Forsyte. He's leaving this morning.
00:24:42I know. How long will he be gone?
00:24:44He says until he's entirely well.
00:24:46Two months, maybe three or more.
00:24:48This is your big chance, Larry.
00:24:50I know.
00:24:52I'll buzz you later, Mary.
00:24:54All right.
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00:25:59I want to dictate that letter.
00:26:01I lost mine over a while ago.
00:26:03Impossible!
00:26:05Not in this case.
00:26:07The private secretary eventually knows
00:26:09all her employer's secrets anyway.
00:26:11Why not this one?
00:26:13I need your help.
00:26:15What kind of help, Larry?
00:26:17I'll have to write this letter by hand later,
00:26:19but I want to see it first.
00:26:21How it sounds.
00:26:23Then I want you to tell me what you think of it.
00:26:25Of course.
00:26:27Well, here goes.
00:26:29My dearest,
00:26:31I trust this will not come
00:26:33as too great a surprise to you.
00:26:37I'm sure you've known
00:26:39of my deep feeling for you
00:26:41from the moment we met.
00:26:45I know now that I could never get along
00:26:47or be happy with anyone else.
00:26:51Sometimes of late,
00:26:53I've even dared to hope.
00:26:57I'm sure we could make a wonderful team
00:26:59throughout our lives.
00:27:03So, very humbly,
00:27:05very hopefully,
00:27:07with all the love in my heart,
00:27:11I'm asking you to marry me.
00:27:15And there it is, Marion.
00:27:17How's it sound?
00:27:19It's...
00:27:21It's very beautiful, Larry.
00:27:23She...
00:27:25Thank you. I hope you like it.
00:27:27Please address that to Miss Marion Langdon,
00:27:29County Courthouse.
00:27:33Will you marry me?
00:27:35Oh, Larry, I thought you'd never ask me.
00:27:41You will, then?
00:27:43Right away?
00:27:45Why do we wait?
00:27:47This is a three-day estate, but you can get a license tomorrow.
00:27:49Let's see. This is Tuesday.
00:27:51We can be married by Friday.
00:27:53Friday will be fine. That'll give me plenty of time.
00:27:57Okay.
00:28:17Let her have it the second she steps out of that door.
00:28:21Judge Conroy, is he in?
00:28:23Oh, yes. Come in.
00:28:27Marion!
00:28:29Marion Langdon. Doggone, it's good to see you.
00:28:31Been over a year.
00:28:33Known her since she was a chick.
00:28:35I told you, he'd always been a very close friend of the family.
00:28:37Close? I'm practically a relative.
00:28:39Now, young lady, what are you up to?
00:28:41Joe, this is Lawrence Dale.
00:28:43Not the next district attorney.
00:28:45We think so. He's also my fiancé.
00:28:47We want to be married.
00:28:49By you. I told him it would have to be you.
00:28:51Better not be anybody else.
00:28:53Well, what are we waiting for?
00:28:55You got the license, young fella?
00:28:57Here we are, sir.
00:28:59You're getting the finest girl in the world, Mr. Dale.
00:29:01I know that you are.
00:29:03We'll need a witness.
00:29:05Clem!
00:29:07Yes?
00:29:09Clem, you be the witness.
00:29:11This is Clem Sparks, my deputy.
00:29:13Are you young people just...
00:29:15Please join hands.
00:29:17That's right.
00:29:19Now, by the power invested in me...
00:29:21You ought to be coming out of there now.
00:29:23Wedding's a lot easier to get into than out of.
00:29:25Dale's getting out of this one quick.
00:29:27Thanks very much.
00:29:29I don't have to wish you luck, Mr. Dale.
00:29:31You've already got it.
00:29:33Yes, I know. Thank you again, Judge.
00:29:35Goodbye, Joe. Come and see us.
00:29:37I sure will, Marion. I sure will.
00:29:39You first, my dear.
00:29:41That is always first.
00:29:43I'll hold you to that.
00:29:45You hit Marion?
00:29:47Marion?
00:29:51You all right?
00:29:53Yes, I'm okay, but it was close.
00:29:55I wonder who could have done it.
00:29:57Somebody gunning for me, of course.
00:29:59You mean you have enemies like that?
00:30:01Every man in my kind of position has enemies.
00:30:03Anyone you could pin this on?
00:30:05I think so.
00:30:07I believe it was Dixie Logan.
00:30:09He'll be kind of hard to run down.
00:30:11I'll get him.
00:30:13Oh, keep this quiet, will you, Judge?
00:30:15There's not much we can do anyway.
00:30:17Did you get a good look at that car, Clem?
00:30:19No, they got away too fast.
00:30:21Well, folks that heard it will think it was a backfire anyway.
00:30:23We'll keep mum about it.
00:30:25Thank you, Judge.
00:30:27Thanks again, Joe, and don't worry about it.
00:30:29Lots of luck to you.
00:30:31Thank you. Good night.
00:30:33It was Dixie Logan.
00:30:35I'm sure of that.
00:30:37I'll get him.
00:30:39I don't think it was Dixie Logan, and I don't think they were trying to get you.
00:30:41What do you mean?
00:30:43Well, I'm not very hard to distinguish from you,
00:30:45and there was plenty of white coming through that door.
00:30:47Only one shot was fired at me.
00:30:49If they had wanted you,
00:30:51they would have waited until you came out
00:30:53and fired again as often as necessary.
00:30:55No.
00:30:57Why should anyone gun for you?
00:30:59I don't know, do you?
00:31:01No, but I will.
00:31:03I promise you that.
00:31:05It was someone who knew exactly where we were,
00:31:07why, and when.
00:31:09Does that help any?
00:31:11It will.
00:31:17Well,
00:31:19home at last. Safe.
00:31:21Try to forget about it, dear.
00:31:23Let's not have any shadows now.
00:31:25After all, tonight is our wedding night.
00:31:27Yes, so it is.
00:31:29We can make it a honeymoon anyway, right?
00:31:31No, Larry, we can't.
00:31:33Why not?
00:31:35I don't intend a honeymoon with you, now or anytime.
00:31:37I know exactly why you married me,
00:31:39and it wasn't love.
00:31:41What do you think was the reason I married you?
00:31:43That lovely old law.
00:31:45A wife can't testify against her husband.
00:31:47Why should I do that?
00:31:49Something convinced you
00:31:51that I knew too much,
00:31:53and I do.
00:31:55And you were afraid of what I might do about it.
00:31:57Are you trying to tell me that you did this deliberately?
00:31:59Very.
00:32:01If I could find the well-covered tracks of your crookedness,
00:32:03what makes you think I couldn't see through your marriage offer?
00:32:05You must have had a better reason than that.
00:32:07If you have any evidence...
00:32:09I have, and you're sure of it.
00:32:11But why didn't you use it then to break me,
00:32:13instead of putting yourself in a spot where you can't say a word?
00:32:15Maybe I want you to be the next district attorney.
00:32:17What do you know?
00:32:19For one thing, I know your setup with Miller, Carter, and Blake,
00:32:21and how you keep the law away from them
00:32:23and smash anyone who tries to muscle in.
00:32:25You didn't learn all that through your dictaphone.
00:32:27What dictaphone?
00:32:29Don't be coy with me.
00:32:31The one running from my bookcase into your office closet.
00:32:33My closet?
00:32:35I covered it and traced it.
00:32:37I found the receiver in the pocket of your top coat hanging in that closet.
00:32:39You what?
00:32:41I found it in your top coat pocket.
00:32:43I don't know what you're talking about.
00:32:45I put nothing in my pocket.
00:32:47Well, who else would?
00:32:49Someone else on your trail, maybe.
00:32:51I haven't touched that coat in weeks.
00:32:53It must have been old Charlie the janitor.
00:32:55Dixie Logan's man.
00:32:57He was in that office.
00:32:59And he's dead.
00:33:01Maybe you're saved again.
00:33:03Who else knows what you know?
00:33:05Nobody yet.
00:33:07How much do you know about that attempt to kill me tonight?
00:33:09Absolutely nothing.
00:33:11It would be very unfortunate for you
00:33:13if I should suddenly die or disappear.
00:33:15I've made arrangements.
00:33:17I tell you, I had nothing to do with it.
00:33:19But you know who did.
00:33:21Well, I can guess.
00:33:23So can I. I don't like so many people around ready to shoot me.
00:33:25That's why I married you.
00:33:27What?
00:33:29We're going to get rid of them.
00:33:31Your pals.
00:33:33And give you a record that'll make you district attorney
00:33:35while we're at it.
00:33:37Who's we?
00:33:39You and I.
00:33:41You're as crooked as a mountain road,
00:33:43but you're the best prosecutor around.
00:33:45So, while John Forsyte is away,
00:33:47you're going to wipe out Miller and the others
00:33:49and break their grip on this town.
00:33:51Just like that, huh?
00:33:53You're very stupid, Larry.
00:33:55They think they control you and can smash you at will.
00:33:57Get smart. Smash them first.
00:33:59Why did you pick me for the job if I'm so crooked?
00:34:01Because being crooked,
00:34:03you know them better than anyone else.
00:34:05As of tonight, you're going straight.
00:34:07I'm staying on at the office just to make sure that you do.
00:34:09You must be out of your mind.
00:34:11No, I'm making sense,
00:34:13and you know it.
00:34:15Anyway, that's the way it's going to be.
00:34:17What makes you think
00:34:19I'll go for this crazy cleanup scheme?
00:34:21You can't help yourself.
00:34:23You can't force me to do anything, remember?
00:34:25Let's say persuade them.
00:34:27Uh-uh.
00:34:29Not under that lovely old law.
00:34:31You can't testify against me.
00:34:33Yes, I know.
00:34:35And, um...
00:34:37Oh, I forgot to tell you.
00:34:39Some of my best evidence doesn't need me as a witness.
00:34:41It's in a very safe place.
00:34:43This'll do as my room. I'm tired.
00:34:45Your room?
00:34:47If you think I'm going to let you get away with this nonsense...
00:34:49You'll have to earn that right.
00:34:5743 burglaries,
00:34:5938 car thefts,
00:35:0126 hold-ups,
00:35:0314 assaults for the worst single day of crime
00:35:05in the city's history.
00:35:07Has law enforcement collapsed
00:35:09because John Forsythe is unable to be here
00:35:11to hold the reins?
00:35:13Is it possible that his young assistant,
00:35:15whose record promised so much,
00:35:17is, after all, unequal to his task?
00:35:19The police are on their way
00:35:21to arrest John Forsythe.
00:35:23I'm afraid so.
00:35:25Is it possible that his young assistant
00:35:27is unequal to his task?
00:35:29The police alone cannot halt this crime orgy.
00:35:31The Office of District Attorney
00:35:33has more potent weapons.
00:35:35Is Lawrence Dale going to use them?
00:35:37This wave of crime and terror must stop.
00:35:39This unbridled lawlessness
00:35:41is menacing our institutions,
00:35:43our homes, our children,
00:35:45our very lives.
00:35:47Ladies, as responsible citizens
00:35:49of this community,
00:35:51I call upon you to help me
00:35:53take the pressure we can to bear
00:35:55upon the District Attorney's Office
00:35:57that this disgrace may be wiped out.
00:36:05That doesn't cure anything.
00:36:07I told you they'd cross you and break loose.
00:36:09Told me, told me, told me.
00:36:11Why, lovebirds, congratulations and stuff.
00:36:13Say, for the love of my, can't a guy take a vacation
00:36:15without everything blowing up,
00:36:17weddings, crime waves?
00:36:19And what are you doing here in your work clothes?
00:36:21Working. Why?
00:36:23I'm staying on to help Larry until after elections.
00:36:25He certainly needs you.
00:36:27Anything on tap to cure the discontent?
00:36:29Yes, I'm issuing a statement today.
00:36:31But this office is launching a sweeping investigation
00:36:33into organized crime here.
00:36:35And we won't stop until we wipe out every gang in the city.
00:36:37Good boy. Tell me more.
00:36:39I'm serious about this, Mitch,
00:36:41and I'm not pulling any punches.
00:36:43But I'll tell you more later.
00:36:45Did you give Larry that hypo?
00:36:47He runs this office.
00:36:49That's loyalty.
00:36:51Too bad we can't have any more of those lunches.
00:36:53Who says we can't?
00:36:55You mean that?
00:36:57Wait till I get my hat.
00:36:59That's the best offer I've had today.
00:37:09I had to have this lunch with you today.
00:37:11So did I.
00:37:15But it'll have to be the last one.
00:37:17Why?
00:37:19I can't take it.
00:37:21I only hope that you're happy
00:37:23and we'll get everything that you want.
00:37:25Nobody ever does.
00:37:33Hello?
00:37:35Dale speaking.
00:37:37Colin's informing,
00:37:39but I thought...
00:37:41Why are you calling me?
00:37:43Where are you staying?
00:37:45Oh, just a second.
00:37:49Yes, now what was that?
00:37:51237 Oak Street,
00:37:53apartment 2C.
00:37:55All right, don't budge from there.
00:37:57I'll meet you right in front of your place
00:37:59at 11.30 tonight.
00:38:01The two perjured witnesses.
00:38:03How much did you hear?
00:38:05Hear? All of it.
00:38:07A bad hangover, Larry.
00:38:09Well, they can't touch me.
00:38:11You hope, but you know better.
00:38:13It might be a good idea to send them to Mexico
00:38:15until after the election.
00:38:17Then after you're in and the three payoff boys
00:38:19are wiped out, you won't have to worry
00:38:21about what Collins and Foreman say.
00:38:37Hello, Miller.
00:38:39You've got a job on your hands.
00:39:09Hello?
00:39:11Hello?
00:39:13Hello?
00:39:15Hello?
00:39:17Hello?
00:39:19Hello?
00:39:21Hello?
00:39:23Hello?
00:39:25Hello?
00:39:27Hello?
00:39:29Hello?
00:39:31Hello?
00:39:33Hello?
00:39:35Hello?
00:39:37Hello?
00:39:39Hello?
00:39:41Hello?
00:39:43Hello?
00:39:45Hello?
00:39:47Hello?
00:39:49Hello?
00:39:51Hello?
00:39:53Hello?
00:39:55Hello?
00:39:57Hello?
00:39:59Hello?
00:40:01Hello?
00:40:03Hello?
00:40:05Hello?
00:40:17Who's there?
00:40:18You know who, open up.
00:40:20Must be the DA.
00:40:22He said he'd meet us downstairs.
00:40:27Dixie, Lo, shut up.
00:40:29What do you want?
00:40:31What are you gonna do?
00:40:32Make you live if you're smart.
00:40:33I don't want a murder rap, I just want to get rid of the one I got.
00:40:39Sit down over there.
00:40:42All right, all right, let's go.
00:40:48Who hired you to lie against me?
00:40:54Well, who's going to talk, you or this?
00:40:57It was Miller.
00:40:59Who put up the dough?
00:41:01Miller and Carter and Blake.
00:41:03What did Dale have to do with it?
00:41:05Nothing, I... we don't know.
00:41:07Miller made us go to Dale, tell him we had evidence on you.
00:41:10Who cooked up the evidence?
00:41:12Miller and the other two.
00:41:14Wasn't Dale?
00:41:15No, he just coached us.
00:41:16You're lying.
00:41:17No, we ain't. Honest.
00:41:19How much did you get?
00:41:21They pitched in a thousand bucks apiece.
00:41:23They promised to send us a thousand bucks more, but they didn't, that's why we came back.
00:41:26You suckers.
00:41:27You think they'll pay us?
00:41:29Well, they better pay or we'll talk.
00:41:31You think they'll let you loose to talk?
00:41:33Your boy's broke.
00:41:35Yeah.
00:41:38Write down what you just told me.
00:41:41That everything you testified to was a lie,
00:41:43who hired you,
00:41:45how much they paid you, and sign it.
00:41:47Yeah, but we...
00:41:48It's no healthier for me around here than for you.
00:41:51Work fast and I'll see if you get enough dough to get out of town.
00:41:54You better move fast or you won't get out alive.
00:41:56That Miller's no chump.
00:42:03What's up?
00:42:05Collins and Foreman are back in town.
00:42:07No kidding.
00:42:08Have they tried to get in touch with you?
00:42:10No, not yet.
00:42:12They telephoned me, said they had to see me.
00:42:14I figured they'd be around.
00:42:16Why?
00:42:18Hungry, I guess.
00:42:20Didn't you send them the rest of that money?
00:42:21No.
00:42:22Why not?
00:42:23I wanted them to come back.
00:42:24You fool.
00:42:25They're dangerous.
00:42:27I'm glad you finally figured that out.
00:42:29You were the fool when you wouldn't let us finish the job after the trial.
00:42:31And stink things up?
00:42:33No, you thought you were in the clear because of the way we handled it.
00:42:35Well, you're not.
00:42:37They sing, and so do we.
00:42:39Where are you then?
00:42:41We haven't got time to waste talking about that now.
00:42:43Where are they?
00:42:44Oak Street.
00:42:46237-O, Department 2-C.
00:42:48They're going to meet me out in front of 1130 Sharp.
00:42:50That's all I want to know.
00:42:52And don't let your boys mess this up.
00:42:54Did they ever?
00:43:02Here's mine.
00:43:04Stay where you are.
00:43:21How'd you find us?
00:43:23The boys have been watching for you for months.
00:43:25Told you you were suckers.
00:43:32Now get out of town.
00:43:59Who is it?
00:44:01Who are you?
00:44:03A friend of yours.
00:44:05I think.
00:44:07Come in.
00:44:09George Mitchell of the Tribune.
00:44:11Yes, saw you before.
00:44:13Talk fast.
00:44:15I overheard everything.
00:44:17Did, huh?
00:44:19Go ahead, I haven't got any spare time.
00:44:21Why aren't you going now?
00:44:23That's why.
00:44:32Not your killers?
00:44:34Don't be crazy, I wanted them alive.
00:44:36For a while anyway.
00:44:38On account of those...
00:44:40Confessions?
00:44:42Yeah.
00:44:44Maybe they had any good in them.
00:44:53You wouldn't use that.
00:44:55Don't count on that.
00:44:57My friend, I am.
00:44:59I'm turning you in.
00:45:01That's very friendly.
00:45:03It's better than you getting knocked off
00:45:05before you clear yourself.
00:45:07The orders out on you are shoot to kill.
00:45:09But those confessions will get you
00:45:11a new trial and acquittal.
00:45:13I'm not going to use them until I get
00:45:15something on Dale,
00:45:17that stinking pale graft of the railroad.
00:45:19Forget it and give me those confessions.
00:45:21Want to try taking them?
00:45:23Look, use your head on you,
00:45:25they're forgeries and the guys are dead.
00:45:27They'll believe me and I'll testify
00:45:29they're bona fide.
00:45:31Want me to watch you?
00:45:33I'm easy to find.
00:45:35And hurry, they'll be here in a minute.
00:45:37You don't want that?
00:45:39No, it wouldn't look good for you.
00:45:41I'm taking you uptown.
00:45:43Maybe you've got something.
00:45:45Let's go.
00:46:01Let's go.
00:46:31Let's go.
00:47:01I told you, no killings.
00:47:03And I told you it was Dixie Logan's men.
00:47:05Logan, Logan.
00:47:07How could they find out
00:47:09where Collins and Foreman were?
00:47:11Find them and ask them.
00:47:13No, Larry.
00:47:15It was cold-blooded murder
00:47:17and you didn't tell me.
00:47:19I told you, it was Dixie Logan's men.
00:47:21I told you, it was Dixie Logan's men.
00:47:23Logan, Logan.
00:47:25How could they find out
00:47:27where Collins and Foreman were?
00:47:29Find them and ask them.
00:47:31You arranged it.
00:47:33Hello, Marian.
00:47:35Hello, Mitch.
00:47:37Hiya, Mitch.
00:47:39Hi, Larry.
00:47:41Another mess, huh?
00:47:43Oh, not so much.
00:47:45Open and shut case.
00:47:47It was Dixie Logan or his men.
00:47:49No, it wasn't.
00:47:51What makes you think that?
00:47:53I don't think.
00:47:55I know.
00:47:57Oh, the time Collins and Foreman
00:47:59were being knocked off
00:48:01with Dixie Logan.
00:48:03What?
00:48:05Well, how could you?
00:48:07Well, it was easy.
00:48:09First he'd say something,
00:48:11then I'd say something.
00:48:13Well, where'd you see him?
00:48:15Why didn't you report this?
00:48:17I'm reporting now.
00:48:19Why didn't you turn him in?
00:48:21His gun was in the way.
00:48:23Where was this, Mitch?
00:48:25Said a lot of nasty things about you.
00:48:27That doesn't make any difference.
00:48:29Where'd you see him?
00:48:31Because he thought if they were dead
00:48:33their confessions were no good.
00:48:35Confessions?
00:48:37Yeah, that they'd lied on the witness stand.
00:48:39And I suppose Logan
00:48:41claimed that the phony confessions accused me.
00:48:43No, they didn't.
00:48:45How'd you know that?
00:48:47They looked very legitimate.
00:48:50Whom did they accuse?
00:48:52Carter, Miller, and Blake.
00:48:57It's gonna make a great story, Mitch.
00:48:59Sure will.
00:49:01No, I wanted to get your angle.
00:49:05Well, if what you say is true,
00:49:07why doesn't Logan turn himself in
00:49:09and use these confessions to clear himself?
00:49:11He's a strange guy.
00:49:13You'll have to ask him.
00:49:15He said he'd use them when he was ready.
00:49:17Mitch, will you hold up this yard
00:49:19in the interest of the public welfare?
00:49:21Depends on how convincing you make it.
00:49:23You've given me my first direct lead.
00:49:25I'll prove who heads this crime organization
00:49:27and who's trying to run the city.
00:49:29But I want the chance to run your lead
00:49:31without tipping anyone off.
00:49:33If you print this story now,
00:49:35it may ruin everything.
00:49:37But if you play ball with me and wait,
00:49:39I promise you I'll break that organization.
00:49:41Well, for a bigger exclusive,
00:49:43I'll postpone this one.
00:49:45Might be in the public welfare.
00:49:47So I'll be a good citizen.
00:49:49For a while.
00:49:51You won't regret it, Mitch.
00:50:00How stupid do you think I am?
00:50:02Want me to answer that question?
00:50:04Mitch sent you in here.
00:50:06Mitch is the reason for your locked doors,
00:50:08your partners, and this whole thing.
00:50:10But your moves aren't very bright.
00:50:12That last one, having him come in here
00:50:14with that phony story.
00:50:16Trying to scare me, huh?
00:50:18With what? The truth?
00:50:26Imagine his thinking you and I
00:50:29were working together.
00:50:31From that day on,
00:50:33things began to move.
00:50:35Larry knew he was cornered.
00:50:38His only way was the double-double cross.
00:50:42Play crook against crook.
00:50:45Make them get each other out of the way.
00:50:48He sold Miller the idea
00:50:51of double-crossing Carter and Blake.
00:50:55Are you willing to gamble for big stakes?
00:50:57Yeah.
00:50:59Doing what?
00:51:01You and I working alone.
00:51:03If we work together,
00:51:05we can take this entire town over
00:51:07before anybody knows it.
00:51:09How would you like to work along with me?
00:51:11What's on your mind?
00:51:13I figure on double-crossing Carter and Miller,
00:51:16taking over this town for ourselves.
00:51:19Sounds interesting.
00:51:21How would you like to take over
00:51:23this town alone with me?
00:51:25How?
00:51:27Carter and Blake.
00:51:29They'll leave the town wide open for us.
00:51:31No, I don't know.
00:51:33Double-crossing is pretty risky business.
00:51:35It's foolproof.
00:51:37When he was all set,
00:51:39Larry put on a big show.
00:51:41It was all so rotten and crooked.
00:51:44But it still looked good.
00:51:53But they were most afraid of what you knew.
00:51:55They were sure they could handle
00:51:57Dixie Logan and those confessions
00:51:59if they caught him.
00:52:01But you were known to be honest,
00:52:04so you had to go.
00:52:06Larry gave the job to Miller
00:52:08with orders to go slow
00:52:10until he could make it look like an accident
00:52:12because plain murder of a newspaper man
00:52:15would be poison.
00:52:26It all looked like a real clean-up.
00:52:29The election was a cinch,
00:52:31but everything else was piling up.
00:52:34We knew the whole thing was phony
00:52:36and just how Larry would live up to his promise
00:52:39to the boys and get them out
00:52:41after being sentenced.
00:52:43But we didn't know how.
00:52:45We didn't know how.
00:52:47We didn't know how.
00:52:49We didn't know how.
00:52:51We didn't know how.
00:52:53We didn't know how.
00:52:55The truth was more than even I could figure out.
00:52:59But the first answer came
00:53:01when Blake went on trial.
00:53:23Mitch, I want you to run
00:53:25this case tomorrow.
00:53:27With the evidence we've got,
00:53:29I'll indict Miller and send him up for life.
00:53:31We'll run it tomorrow in the first edition.
00:53:33Look, why don't you come up to my place tonight
00:53:35and we'll talk it over.
00:53:37Oh, I'm sorry, Larry.
00:53:39I have to go to a press club dinner tonight.
00:53:41I'll be seeing you.
00:53:55Mitch is going to run that story tomorrow
00:53:57unless we can stop him.
00:53:59No, he wouldn't listen to me.
00:54:01So you stop him.
00:54:03Now, he's going to a press club dinner.
00:54:05It's possible that you might get him
00:54:07before he gets there.
00:54:09That's right.
00:54:25Come on.
00:54:51I want to make sure you recognize me.
00:54:53What?
00:54:55Since you brought us along,
00:54:57I think we ought to get acquainted.
00:54:59My name's George Mitchell.
00:55:01What about it?
00:55:03I often wonder myself.
00:55:09You all right?
00:55:11Yes, thanks to you, but...
00:55:13Nick, stay away from there.
00:55:15We got a lamb.
00:55:17Say, what is this anyway?
00:55:19I thought you guys were laying for me.
00:55:21Laying for you?
00:55:23We've been saving your life for a long time.
00:55:25Who's on my trail?
00:55:27Someone that won't be any longer.
00:55:29Well, thanks a lot, fellas.
00:55:31I suppose I'll be seeing you around.
00:55:33For a while.
00:55:35Yeah, if you look fast enough.
00:55:37Say, would you do me a favor
00:55:39and pass the word on to the boss
00:55:41that I appreciate all this?
00:55:43Forget it.
00:55:45See you.
00:55:47Yeah.
00:55:49Harry and Slim.
00:55:51They're both dead.
00:55:53What?
00:55:55Well, how'd it happen?
00:55:57Who did it?
00:55:59That's what I'm calling you to find out.
00:56:01I don't understand.
00:56:03I think you do.
00:56:05It was well planned, Dale.
00:56:07What are you driving at?
00:56:09You weren't giving me a bum steer, were you?
00:56:11You know better than that.
00:56:13I'm not sure.
00:56:14But I know a lot of things
00:56:16you don't even suspect I know.
00:56:18I'll be seeing you, Dale.
00:56:23Hi.
00:56:25Where's Larry?
00:56:27Making plans for tomorrow?
00:56:29Yes.
00:56:31Well, Larry goes in as district attorney tomorrow.
00:56:33It's going to be a big day.
00:56:35I guess so.
00:56:37What?
00:56:39I mean, yes, of course it is.
00:56:41No thrill?
00:56:42No thrill of the spirit today.
00:56:44What's wrong, Mary?
00:56:46It's just that I
00:56:48thought I could do something which I couldn't.
00:56:50Is it Larry?
00:56:52No.
00:56:54I'm glad you came in today, Mitch.
00:56:56So am I, but
00:56:58you'd rather I left now?
00:57:00Maybe it would be best.
00:57:02Please forgive me.
00:57:04For what?
00:57:06See you in the big office tomorrow.
00:57:13Where are you going?
00:57:15I'm leaving.
00:57:17Leaving?
00:57:19I'll make it short, Larry. My job's finished.
00:57:21Well, what does that mean?
00:57:23What you've been asking for.
00:57:25You're not going to become district attorney tomorrow.
00:57:27Oh, no? Why not?
00:57:29Today I mailed every bit of evidence I have
00:57:31against you to John Forsythe.
00:57:33So you crossed me, huh?
00:57:35No. You crossed yourself as well as everybody else,
00:57:37including me.
00:57:39I warned you if you didn't play it on the level,
00:57:40I've done everything you demanded of me.
00:57:42Have you?
00:57:44Deals. Deals with every crook you knew.
00:57:46Lying, killing, cheating.
00:57:48You had Collins and Foreman killed,
00:57:50and you tried to have Mitch killed.
00:57:52Mitch who did everything he could for you
00:57:54because he believed you were on the level.
00:57:56But I'm stopping you.
00:57:58As my wife,
00:58:00you won't mind sharing the distress you're bringing on us.
00:58:03You brought it on yourself.
00:58:05And no, I won't be sharing it.
00:58:07There are ways of stopping a mail on you.
00:58:08I'm not very soft, Larry.
00:58:10You think you're going to...
00:58:12Hold it, Larry.
00:58:14You better make up the lover's quarrel
00:58:16while you have time.
00:58:18What do you want?
00:58:20You, Larry. I want to talk to you.
00:58:22You won't need that gun.
00:58:24I will, in just a minute.
00:58:26For what?
00:58:28Anybody who crosses me is always sorry
00:58:30as long as he lives.
00:58:32But I haven't crossed...
00:58:34But how hard you tried.
00:58:36You really had me fooled for a while.
00:58:38I'm trying to wipe us out.
00:58:40Playing one of us against the other.
00:58:42You're crazy.
00:58:44Am I? Maybe I was, but not anymore.
00:58:46It won't do you any good to kill us, Miller.
00:58:48But it'll make me feel awfully good.
00:58:50Especially you.
00:58:54You're the cause of this whole blow-up.
00:58:57I don't know what your game was
00:58:59or what you expected to gain by it,
00:59:01but it didn't pay off.
00:59:03Oh, yes, it did.
00:59:09Dixie Logan.
00:59:11Yes, Mr. Dale.
00:59:13Or how could it?
00:59:15Marion and I.
00:59:17You aren't married now. You never were.
00:59:19What do you mean?
00:59:21Marion was on the spot when you asked her to marry you.
00:59:23But she saw a chance to help me,
00:59:25so we arranged a phony marriage.
00:59:27After all, she didn't want to be a bigamist.
00:59:30A psychomaniac, a supermoral Marion Langdon.
00:59:34I'm not a bigamist.
00:59:35No, Larry, I never was.
00:59:37I loved Dixie.
00:59:39I was married to him for three years
00:59:41before you framed him.
00:59:43I never knew he was mixed up in any crimes,
00:59:45but I did know that he couldn't have committed
00:59:47the job you sent him up for.
00:59:49That's why I came in, determined to find proof
00:59:51to free him and break you.
00:59:53Which was swell for my set-up.
00:59:55Now I have a very fine idea.
00:59:57You're going to be district attorney
00:59:59and keep everybody out of my way.
01:00:01And I'm going to get rid of you.
01:00:02I'm going to be district attorney
01:00:04and keep everybody out of my way.
01:00:06I'm taking this town over.
01:00:08Take it or leave it.
01:00:10I'd be very glad to play ball with you,
01:00:12but I'm afraid you're a little bit late.
01:00:16Yeah? Why?
01:00:19Marion mailed John Forsythe
01:00:21all the evidence she had against me.
01:00:24Looks like I'm not going to be district attorney.
01:00:28I may even take over that cell
01:00:30that you had at the state penitentiary.
01:00:33You little fool.
01:00:35Why'd you send in the evidence before you told me?
01:00:38I did it because it cleared you,
01:00:40but now I'm sorry.
01:00:42Even if you were framed, I know now that you're rotten.
01:00:46Answer it.
01:00:53Hello?
01:00:55Oh, yes, Chief.
01:00:57Listen fast.
01:00:59We just got a line on Dixie Logan
01:01:00heading your way and gunning for you.
01:01:02The squad car is on its way up.
01:01:04Should be there in a few minutes.
01:01:06Play it safe.
01:01:08Get your wife and yourself out of the house if you can
01:01:10without being seen.
01:01:12Leave the door open.
01:01:14Okay, thanks, Chief.
01:01:16Somebody tipped the police.
01:01:18They're coming up here to get you.
01:01:20Talk fast.
01:01:22If I stop the mail at Forsythe, are you in as DA?
01:01:24You ready to talk business?
01:01:26Certainly.
01:01:28But she's going to cause us trouble.
01:01:30Let's go.
01:02:00There's Logan now.
01:02:23That's all there is, Mitch.
01:02:25You know the rest better than I do.
01:02:27I'm going to get you out of here.
01:02:29You know the rest better than I do.
01:02:32Mitch?
01:02:34What a story.
01:02:36You wouldn't believe it, John.
01:02:38Yes, I would.
01:02:40She sent this to me.
01:02:42Used to be your exclusive.
01:02:49Confirms everything she said.
01:02:51What a scoop.
01:02:55And to think that I can never print it.
01:02:59I thought you'd say that.
01:03:01I'll just burn these.
01:03:03All right, John.
01:03:06Goodbye, Marion.
01:03:12Don't worry, honey.
01:03:14Everything's going to be all right.
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