Law of the Underworld (1938)
Passed | 1h 1min | Crime, Drama | 6 May 1938 (USA)
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Director: Lew Landers
Writers: Bert Granet (screen play), Edmund L. Hartmann (screen play)
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
Passed | 1h 1min | Crime, Drama | 6 May 1938 (USA)
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Director: Lew Landers
Writers: Bert Granet (screen play), Edmund L. Hartmann (screen play)
Stars: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
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00:01:35Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Thomas Brown.
00:01:38How long do you need, Tommy?
00:01:40Eleven hours and twenty-three minutes.
00:01:43Then you won't be Annabelle Porter anymore.
00:01:46Tommy.
00:01:47What?
00:01:47Tommy, I just thought maybe when you took your handkerchief out on the subway...
00:01:54A hundred and thirty-six dollars.
00:01:56We spent four at Coney.
00:01:58Are you happy?
00:01:59Oh, yes.
00:02:00Don't mind us.
00:02:02We'll wait.
00:02:03What do you want?
00:02:05Could you spare a poor man a hundred and thirty-six bucks for a cup of coffee?
00:02:09Oh, we haven't any money.
00:02:10We were in the booth next to you in the chop sewer joint.
00:02:13Tommy, call a policeman.
00:02:15Good.
00:02:16You can call for your ambulance.
00:02:18Oh, give us a break.
00:02:20We're getting married on that money.
00:02:21Maybe the girl is marrying you for the dough.
00:02:24Now you can find out.
00:02:25Tommy, look.
00:02:28If you're smart, you keep your trap shut.
00:02:34It's getting pretty late.
00:02:36I wouldn't hang around here too long.
00:02:38That's what I was telling these kids.
00:02:40All right.
00:02:44I'll be lighting a cigarette.
00:02:46In case he looks back.
00:02:48Get the dough.
00:02:49Say, if the boss ever finds out about this...
00:02:51He won't.
00:02:53Hey, wait a minute.
00:02:54I know you.
00:02:56I've seen you around the apartment house where I work.
00:02:59Listen, kid.
00:03:01Maybe you do know me.
00:03:03But you wouldn't want to be a widower before you got married.
00:03:07Why don't you fight like a man?
00:03:09How?
00:03:10Like this.
00:03:12Oh, Tommy.
00:03:14Tommy, you're hurt.
00:03:15No, he didn't hurt me.
00:03:17If he hadn't had a gun, I'd have...
00:03:20Be every cent we had in the world.
00:03:23Now we can't get married.
00:03:25Look, maybe we went to the police.
00:03:27No, Tommy, no.
00:03:28Those men would do something horrible to us.
00:03:31I'm not going to let them get away with it.
00:03:33What can you do?
00:03:35Wait and see.
00:03:42I sure hope the boss never finds out about this.
00:03:44He has.
00:03:45We need it some dosage, Link.
00:03:59Hi, Rocky.
00:04:00Hi, Bill.
00:04:01Hi, Frank.
00:04:02Is Jean here yet?
00:04:04No, we're waiting.
00:04:05She said something was up.
00:04:07It's about time.
00:04:14Hi, kid.
00:04:15Hello.
00:04:16How about a drink later on?
00:04:18I've got to talk to you.
00:04:20I'm going out with the boss.
00:04:24You're falling for that guard.
00:04:26I'm going to keep this up, and then it'll be for both of us.
00:04:32You're carrying the torch, huh?
00:04:34Sure.
00:04:35Diamond studded, and he supplies the coal.
00:04:38You're wasting your time, Rocky.
00:04:40She's loyal to every dime the boss has got.
00:04:47Hey, the boys have knocked.
00:04:57Pat!
00:04:58Ah, pick up the lock again.
00:05:00All was just for fun.
00:05:02Someday I'll shoot right through that door.
00:05:04That'll be funny.
00:05:06Hey, here's something that ain't so funny.
00:05:09The DA don't live here anymore.
00:05:11He was a nice guy, but he couldn't take it.
00:05:14So they got a substitute pitcher.
00:05:21He wears clothes nice, don't you think?
00:05:23He looks like he just got his diploma.
00:05:25We'll take that away from him.
00:05:29You fellows must wonder what prompted me to assume this attitude of civic virtue.
00:05:34Now, this may sound strange,
00:05:36but I believe that crime can be wiped out by men who owe no political patronage
00:05:40and don't have to repay any bribes.
00:05:44Now, you're all outstanding men in your profession.
00:05:47Your attitude toward crime must be that of a normal citizen.
00:05:50You resent it, and therefore you wouldn't hesitate to prosecute it.
00:05:55I know what I'm letting you in for.
00:05:57You may get shot in the back.
00:05:59Plenty of trouble.
00:06:00But what do you say we run all these rats into the East River?
00:06:03I have a big practice. If I leave it, I'll lose it.
00:06:06How about your wife and kids?
00:06:08Ah, I can't put them in danger. After all, I have too much at stake.
00:06:11I'll take the job.
00:06:13How about you?
00:06:15You go hunting every year.
00:06:17How about some real game?
00:06:19Well, a duck never shoots back.
00:06:21But you can count me in.
00:06:22You know, I'm tired of paying 18 cents for 15-cent artichokes.
00:06:27Just a minute.
00:06:28If I give up 50,000 a year on Palm Beach for 3,000 and obscurity,
00:06:32just what are we looking for?
00:06:34The men who direct crime out of bullet range.
00:06:36The top men.
00:06:38Gene.
00:06:39How about chasing criminals instead of polo balls?
00:06:44Well, gentlemen, you have my unqualified moral support.
00:06:47I'll write checks, I'll coin slogans, I'll even make speeches.
00:06:51But when it comes to telling public enemies face to face what I think of them,
00:06:54I'm, uh, I'm scared.
00:06:56Gene, you're kidding.
00:06:57No, not this time, Warren.
00:06:59You see, funerals depress me.
00:07:01Particularly my own.
00:07:03Well, I'm right for an engagement. Thanks for a lovely dinner, Warren.
00:07:06Gene, we need men like you.
00:07:08You'll be in the office with us one of these days.
00:07:11Well, it'll be a purely social visit, Warren.
00:07:13Good night, gentlemen.
00:07:15Good night.
00:07:16He's the only one of us that has any sense.
00:07:22Hello, Betsy.
00:07:23Hello, Bob.
00:07:24Hello, Gene.
00:07:25Hello, Gene.
00:07:26Hello, darling.
00:07:27You're late. I was getting worried.
00:07:28What's this I hear about a new DA?
00:07:30I just left him.
00:07:31What?
00:07:32What?
00:07:33Say that again.
00:07:34I got an alibi.
00:07:35I just left Warren Rogers' apartment.
00:07:37Ah, he looks like a sap.
00:07:39Well, you're wrong, boys.
00:07:41He's plenty smart.
00:07:42He's got a good heart.
00:07:43He's got a good heart.
00:07:44He's got a good heart.
00:07:45He's got a good heart.
00:07:46He's got a good heart.
00:07:47He's got a good heart.
00:07:48He's got a good heart.
00:07:49He's got a good heart.
00:07:50He's plenty smart, and he's plenty tough.
00:07:53But we're going to be just a little tougher.
00:07:55We make one wrong move...
00:07:57Is that all you wanted to tell us?
00:07:59Well, no, Frankie.
00:08:00As a matter of fact, I asked the boys to meet me here
00:08:02to see if you could dispose of $150,000 worth of jewels.
00:08:05I know a warehouse we could knock over
00:08:07with a million bucks in furs.
00:08:09Rocky, our next job will be
00:08:10Morton's Fifth Avenue Jewelry Store.
00:08:12Well, I got this fur thing all lined up.
00:08:15Get rid of one watchman,
00:08:16and the whole place is clear.
00:08:18I could use some furs.
00:08:19Rocky, we're not doing any job requiring butchering.
00:08:22I'm running this like a big business
00:08:24with a minimum of risk.
00:08:26You're not thugs anymore.
00:08:28You're gentlemen.
00:08:30Gene, you'd look real nice in a scout suit.
00:08:34That'll be enough from you.
00:08:36We'll meet day after tomorrow
00:08:37and make all the arrangements.
00:08:39All right, you're the boss.
00:08:41But why do you have to mix with a cocktail
00:08:43and pull a crowd all night long?
00:08:45Ain't we good enough for you?
00:08:46Well, I'll tell you what we'll do, Rocky.
00:08:48I'll loaf around here all night,
00:08:49and you can mingle in society
00:08:50and find out where the big money is.
00:08:53The best people will welcome you
00:08:55with open handcuffs.
00:09:00Good night, Dorothy.
00:09:01Sorry I can't take you along.
00:09:02So am I.
00:09:03Business.
00:09:07Come on, boys.
00:09:08Come on.
00:09:09Come with your hands.
00:09:11Stick them up, all of you.
00:09:12All right, boys, put them up.
00:09:13No rush.
00:09:14Up on your feet.
00:09:15Line up here.
00:09:18Now turn around.
00:09:23Frisk them.
00:09:24What's that?
00:09:25Go through their rear pockets and look for guns.
00:09:46Looks like an arsenal.
00:09:48Side pocket.
00:09:57Oh, thank you.
00:09:59Take his money.
00:10:00Give me $136.
00:10:10You'll pardon me for butting in on a private affair,
00:10:12but why the $136?
00:10:16Well, you see, we were going to get married tomorrow,
00:10:18and then those two men held us up and took it all.
00:10:21That's how much it was.
00:10:22Come on, stop talking.
00:10:23Let me have the money.
00:10:25Oh!
00:10:26I got the boy.
00:10:27I got the girl.
00:10:28You would.
00:10:29Well, I know this boy.
00:10:30He works here.
00:10:32Call the police.
00:10:33Wait a minute, Frankie.
00:10:34You can turn me in, but let her go.
00:10:35She didn't have anything to do with it.
00:10:36I did so.
00:10:37If you turn him over to the police, I go too.
00:10:39Give me the money, kid.
00:10:41You know, you've both committed a very serious offense.
00:10:44You can get 15 years in prison for this.
00:10:4615 years?
00:10:47Yes.
00:10:48Your best years, too.
00:10:50But you'll be old when you get out.
00:10:52I'd be 33, middle-aged.
00:10:55I like that.
00:10:57Well, of course, it's my duty to turn you over.
00:10:59But we're not criminals.
00:11:00We're just trying to get our own money back.
00:11:01That man said he'd kill us if we told him.
00:11:05Sit down over there, kid.
00:11:07You too.
00:11:08Chief, let's turn him over to the cops.
00:11:10I'll handle this.
00:11:12Right now, I want to hear more about that stick-up.
00:11:14But, Chief, you ain't going to believe those kids, are you?
00:11:17We never stuck up nobody.
00:11:18Wait a minute.
00:11:21I'm not afraid of you, Gene.
00:11:23Sure, we stuck up the kids.
00:11:25We got this bunch buffaloes into letting you keep all the dough
00:11:28and give us coffee and kick money.
00:11:30Well, I needed more.
00:11:31The kids were handy.
00:11:32I keep you all on an allowance so you won't spurge all over town
00:11:35and give yourselves away.
00:11:36How many times have I told you to lay off small fry?
00:11:40Might take chances for a couple of bucks.
00:11:42Chances are in my line.
00:11:45They're all a lot of crooks.
00:11:47He's positively psychic.
00:11:49Well, never mind what we are, young fella.
00:11:52You just stuck up a private apartment.
00:11:54Yeah, they got laws against that.
00:11:56But maybe you can help me.
00:11:58If you want to do me a little favor, would you rather go to jail?
00:12:01It's up to you, kid.
00:12:03We'll do anything if you let us go.
00:12:05How about you?
00:12:08All right, it's a deal.
00:12:09We'll talk about the favor later.
00:12:11But remember, if you break your word, it's jail for both of you.
00:12:15Now can we go home?
00:12:18Surely.
00:12:19My home.
00:12:21Oh, I know you now.
00:12:23You're Daddy, aren't they?
00:12:25Maybe.
00:12:26Come along, kids.
00:12:27See you at the meeting, boys.
00:12:31Well, good night, and I'm very glad to have met you all.
00:12:36Yeah.
00:12:43I don't care what you say.
00:12:45He's been nice to us.
00:12:46Yeah, but there's something funny.
00:12:48When you hold his eye up, he isn't supposed to give you presents for it.
00:12:51You have no faith in people.
00:12:53Why, anyone could tell Gene was a gentleman just by looking at him.
00:12:57That is, anyone except you.
00:12:59Yeah, and if we'd have gone home the other night like I wanted to, we'd be married by now.
00:13:04But no, you had to walk in Central Park.
00:13:07I suppose I knew we were going to be robbed.
00:13:10Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:12Oh, you should be.
00:13:14Just think, if anyone had told us that we'd be living in a place like this and wearing clothes like these.
00:13:19We'd have thought they were goofy.
00:13:21But you know, I still can't see what this guy wants from us.
00:13:25I tell you, I don't like this setup.
00:13:27People don't put themselves out for no reason at all.
00:13:29Hello, kids.
00:13:30Ready to go?
00:13:31Good evening, Mr. Fillmore.
00:13:33Well, don't we look pretty.
00:13:35What's on your mind?
00:13:37Well, Mr. Fillmore, it isn't that we don't appreciate everything you've done for us,
00:13:42but, well, Tommy's been wondering why you're doing this.
00:13:45Don't get me wrong, Mr. Fillmore, but we've just been wondering what we have to do to earn all this.
00:13:50Well, we'll arrange all about that later, Tommy.
00:13:53Right now, we're going to a nightclub.
00:13:55Come on, get your things.
00:13:56Did you hear that, Tommy?
00:13:57We're going to a nightclub.
00:13:59I'd be delighted if I knew what he was up to.
00:14:01Look, Annabelle, let's get out of here while we can.
00:14:03Not until I see what the inside of a nightclub looks like.
00:14:08As I stood before you, my heart seemed to dance
00:14:14And I prayed you would call me your own
00:14:21When I look in your eyes, I am thrilled to the sky
00:14:28I feel like a queen on a throne
00:14:34The first time I saw you, I knew at a glance
00:14:41I was meant to be yours, yours alone
00:14:59You left at a meeting.
00:15:01Not here.
00:15:02How long do I have to keep this up?
00:15:04Seeing you behind his back, pretending I'm the chump.
00:15:07Be sensible.
00:15:08Why should I throw away a goldfish when I've got him hooked?
00:15:11Because I will always be hiding and running.
00:15:14That's why.
00:15:15Nothing.
00:15:20Hello, Barry.
00:15:23Sit down.
00:15:25Sit down.
00:15:33Good evening, Mr. Fillmore.
00:15:34Hello, Frank.
00:15:35Table for three?
00:15:36No, just two.
00:15:37Make yourselves at home, kids.
00:15:38See you later.
00:15:47I suppose you're not playing me for a chump.
00:15:49Be quiet.
00:15:50You want those kids squealing?
00:15:52Hello, Rocket.
00:15:53Hello, Squirt.
00:15:55Hey, you better be careful what you call her.
00:15:57I know what's going on.
00:15:59I'm sorry, kid.
00:16:01Let's forget everything.
00:16:05You're hurting him.
00:16:06That's just to help you forget.
00:16:09How many times have I told you to let the kid alone?
00:16:12I was just trying to teach him a new grip.
00:16:15No, he's lying.
00:16:16He was trying to...
00:16:17It won't happen again.
00:16:18Why don't you two kids get out on the floor and have a dance?
00:16:21Come on, Rocky.
00:16:22I want to see you.
00:16:35Why did you bring those kids here for?
00:16:37I've got a job for them.
00:16:44I think you're just playing big shots.
00:16:46You're going soft.
00:16:47When I go soft, Rocky, I'll quit.
00:16:49When I go soft, Rocky, I'll quit.
00:16:51And you can take my place.
00:16:52Come here, boys.
00:16:55Here's an enlargement from a candid camera shot of Morton's store.
00:16:58I want you to memorize every detail of it.
00:17:00This is Edward Larkin, the salesman.
00:17:03Morton's an old man.
00:17:04You won't have any trouble with him, but keep your eye on Larkin.
00:17:07The store opens at 9 in the morning,
00:17:09but they seldom have any customers before 9, 10.
00:17:12Anybody should come in, you know, line them up against the back wall.
00:17:15We're wasting time.
00:17:16I can't get in and I can't get out.
00:17:18Sure you can, Rocky.
00:17:19We all know that.
00:17:21But my way, you see, nobody gets hurt.
00:17:23Personally, I prefer jail for robbery than the chair for murder.
00:17:27How about you, boys?
00:17:28Give it.
00:17:29Now, you all know what to do.
00:17:31Exact time.
00:17:33Memorize your instructions and then distort them.
00:17:35Car's in good shape?
00:17:36In every detail.
00:17:37How about yours, Larry?
00:17:38All set.
00:17:39Fine.
00:17:40Oh, Bill.
00:17:41Two minutes after 9, you and Johnny start a fight in front of the store.
00:17:45I don't want a wrestling match, understand?
00:17:46Give me a fight.
00:17:49Set your watches.
00:17:52It's three minutes after 12.
00:17:56The job will start promptly at 9.
00:17:58Should be over by 9, 7.
00:18:01Any questions?
00:18:02How about protection?
00:18:03Who's carrying the machine gun?
00:18:05There won't be any machine guns.
00:18:07If you pull a trigger on this job, Rocky, you won't get a cent out of it.
00:18:10It's easy to say.
00:18:11Nobody will be shooting at you.
00:18:13I'm the one that's pulling this job.
00:18:15All you do is sit behind a desk.
00:18:19And give the orders.
00:18:21Maybe to those kids.
00:18:23But not to me.
00:18:25Rocky, you're really getting annoying.
00:18:27Speaking of those kids, go get them.
00:18:29All the kids.
00:18:31I said you go get them.
00:18:34You're right about him, Annabelle.
00:18:36Gene's a swell guy.
00:18:38Oh, I'm so glad you like him.
00:18:40Now we can really have some fun.
00:19:03Gene wants to see you two before you tear yourselves to pieces.
00:19:33It's all right, Annabelle.
00:19:47Relax.
00:19:49Now I asked you kids to do me a little favor.
00:19:51Do you remember?
00:19:52That's why I bought you the new clothes.
00:19:54So that you could go into an expensive jewelry shop tomorrow and not look out of place.
00:19:57We're not going to do anything crooked.
00:19:58Now wait a minute, Tommy.
00:19:59Wait a minute.
00:20:00What I want you to do is to ask to see some diamond rings.
00:20:03You won't like anything you see.
00:20:05And the salesman will put several trays out on the counter.
00:20:07What for?
00:20:09The $2,000 I promised you.
00:20:10Oh, yes, but when I...
00:20:12for sticking us up at Frankie's place.
00:20:37Gee, I'm so scared.
00:20:39You're scared?
00:20:41Wait, I'll faint.
00:20:47Look, maybe couldn't we run away?
00:20:51You know, they'd find us.
00:20:54Listen, maybe...
00:20:56Just act natural.
00:20:57Nobody will know we're part of the gang.
00:21:14Good morning.
00:21:15May I help you?
00:21:16We'd like to get some wedding rings.
00:21:17Wedding rings?
00:21:18No, engagement rings.
00:21:20What for?
00:21:21Let's sit over here.
00:21:40Well, the kids should be in there by now.
00:21:43And then?
00:22:13What do you mean I owe you $10 less to pay me?
00:22:15Listen, wise guy, I paid you once for that.
00:22:16You can't get away with this.
00:22:17Oh, you're a dirty liar.
00:22:18You're too small to talk to me like that.
00:22:20Oh, yeah?
00:22:34Wait.
00:22:41Wait a minute.
00:22:42What's going on here?
00:22:52Help!
00:22:54Take shots, Mr. Morton!
00:23:08Well, the job's over.
00:23:11Everything planned in advance for a minimum of danger.
00:23:14You know, Dorothy, my father was a swell businessman.
00:23:16He'd been very proud of me.
00:23:17Sure he would.
00:23:18You handled the swell.
00:23:20Well, set up a spool proof.
00:23:23I've got all I need now.
00:23:25So what happened?
00:23:27What do you think?
00:23:29We're going to be married and give it all up.
00:23:31Get out of here.
00:23:33I've seen that swell.
00:23:37I was afraid you were through on account of how you took those kids in your apartment
00:23:41and gave me the cold shoulder.
00:23:46I just didn't want to involve them in a gang, that's all.
00:23:48I needed them for a job, and they did it.
00:23:51Reports should be coming in.
00:24:00As soon as everything is finished, Dorothy, I want you to go out and buy yourself a bushel full of clothes.
00:24:04Attention!
00:24:05Newsflash!
00:24:06Armed bandits broke into Morton's famous jewelry store on 5th Avenue
00:24:08and escaped with over $100,000 worth of jewelry.
00:24:10Wrong.
00:24:11$150,000 worth.
00:24:12When Morton lowered his hand slightly, one of the bandits shot him down in cold blood.
00:24:17Edward Larkin, the salesman, ran out to summon aid and was also shot at by the escaping thugs.
00:24:22His condition is reported critical.
00:24:24Rocky.
00:24:26Wait here for me, Dorothy.
00:24:27We may have to move first.
00:24:42Hello, Bill.
00:24:43Have you talked to Rocky?
00:24:45Yeah, just a minute.
00:24:46Rocky, this is Dorothy for you.
00:24:49I wonder what kind of mind.
00:24:53Hello, Dorothy.
00:24:56What?
00:24:59So you heard our plans, huh?
00:25:02Well, don't worry about me.
00:25:03I've had plans for a long time.
00:25:06I'll be waiting for you.
00:25:12None of my business, but if Gene ever finds out about you and Dorothy...
00:25:15Finds out what?
00:25:19You're right.
00:25:20None of your business.
00:25:23I'm going out.
00:25:24Gene said for us not to leave this room.
00:25:26Yeah.
00:25:55Come on, let's go.
00:26:24We did what you told us.
00:26:25Now we want to get away.
00:26:26We never wanted to get mixed up in this robbery and killing.
00:26:29All right, come on inside.
00:26:30I'll attend to you later.
00:26:51Gene?
00:27:10Get out of the way, kid.
00:27:11They're in the business now, like the rest of us.
00:27:14You can watch me elect a new boss.
00:27:16Still ambitious, Rocky?
00:27:18Yeah.
00:27:19I like to tell people what to do.
00:27:21I hate to be told.
00:27:23I tried to tell you you need a gun in this business.
00:27:26People respect you more.
00:27:29All right, go ahead and shoot.
00:27:30Get it over with.
00:27:32I'd like to see you squirm first.
00:27:36Got something to say that might make you wriggle a little?
00:27:39Stealing cheese out of my icebox, Rocky?
00:27:41Funny guy, ain't you?
00:27:43Well, have a good laugh.
00:27:46While you were mixing with the best people, I was taking out Dorothy.
00:27:50I suspect she loves you.
00:27:53You're a liar.
00:27:54Can't you cop on us when you come back to haunt me?
00:28:02Thanks, kid.
00:28:04All right, stay where you are, Rocky.
00:28:06All right, boss.
00:28:08Now it's your chance to shoot.
00:28:12You won't.
00:28:14I ain't afraid of you.
00:28:16You never scared me.
00:28:18That's why I took your girl away.
00:28:20That's why the gang wants me to tell them what to do.
00:28:23Tommy, take Annabelle in the back room.
00:28:25Stick around, kid.
00:28:26I'm going to take that gun away from him in a minute.
00:28:28All right, do what I tell you.
00:28:31Rocky, you've been getting out of line lately.
00:28:34You're becoming a liability to the gang.
00:28:37I got a letter from Mrs. Winters this morning.
00:28:39So what?
00:28:40She called us a bunch of yellow rats.
00:28:42When her husband went to prison, we promised to keep her going and send her money.
00:28:45She never got a cent.
00:28:46What did you do with that money, Rocky?
00:28:49The boys would like to know about that.
00:28:51Yeah.
00:28:53But you ain't going to tell them.
00:28:55You ain't going to tell them nothing.
00:28:58Why don't you shoot, you big shot?
00:29:00There we are, Rocky.
00:29:02You don't know how to fire a gun, do you, Gene?
00:29:06Well, I'll show you.
00:29:28Rocky.
00:29:29He was a rat.
00:29:36The boys will get you for this.
00:29:42Then everything he said about you two was true, huh?
00:29:47Figure it out for yourself.
00:29:53Gene killed Rocky.
00:29:55Gene!
00:29:56Where's the money from Frankie?
00:29:57Batsy didn't bring it back yet.
00:29:58Bill, you and Johnny cover up Rocky and put him in a truck in the garage.
00:30:01You know what to do.
00:30:02You can't get away with killing Rocky.
00:30:04He tried to kill me.
00:30:05That isn't true.
00:30:06It is. We saw him.
00:30:07You're not going to believe those kids.
00:30:08That's up to the boys to decide.
00:30:10Why waste time?
00:30:11Everybody be here tonight.
00:30:13You'll get a chance to talk.
00:30:19I hope you die slowly.
00:30:23Thanks.
00:30:25I appreciate tributes from my loyal friends.
00:30:29Hey, listen.
00:30:30Rocky said we were part of the gang.
00:30:32Well, we don't want to be.
00:30:33We'd rather go to jail.
00:30:35How could you do that?
00:30:36You're not like the rest of them.
00:30:37I can do without the heroics, kids.
00:30:39I wanted you to do me a little favor, and you did it.
00:30:42I owe you $2,000.
00:30:47We don't want any part of it.
00:30:49Well, maybe you're right.
00:30:51How much did Rocky take from you?
00:30:53$136.
00:30:56There you are.
00:30:57Now, beat it while you still can.
00:30:58You don't belong around this place.
00:30:59Come on, let's get out of here.
00:31:00But couldn't you run away before they try you?
00:31:04Sure, I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:31:05I'll hide in my attic.
00:31:06That'll fool them.
00:31:07Go on.
00:31:08Get out, will you?
00:31:09Stop worrying about me.
00:31:13Goodbye.
00:31:18Goodbye.
00:31:19Goodbye.
00:31:20Goodbye.
00:31:21Goodbye.
00:31:22Goodbye.
00:31:23Goodbye.
00:31:25Goodbye, kids.
00:31:35Hey, I just seen him wrapping up the remains.
00:31:37Yeah, there's liable to be some more wrapping up before the night's over.
00:31:40Yeah, they ought to give you a medal.
00:31:42What did he use, a mousetrap?
00:31:44The boys don't think it's so funny.
00:31:46Well, you got my vote.
00:31:48Thanks.
00:31:49Hey, here's something I'll hand you, Laird.
00:31:51Look, it's Lefty Mooney.
00:31:53The cops are after him for sticking up Morton.
00:31:56He's been dead for three years.
00:31:58His mob washed him up for killing a member.
00:32:12Well, ten minutes after three.
00:32:14He said he'd be here by three.
00:32:16If he don't show up, it's up to one of us to take care of him.
00:32:19He's had plenty of time to catch a train since then.
00:32:22Gene wouldn't run out.
00:32:24I don't know what you fellas think about it,
00:32:26but I think that when Gene got Rocky, he got the best member the gang ever had.
00:32:29Wait a minute, Bill.
00:32:31Don't try Gene before he gets here.
00:32:33What's the matter, Larry?
00:32:35Did he hire you for his lawyer?
00:32:37No.
00:32:38Gene rates a fair trial.
00:32:40Hello, boys.
00:32:41Sorry I'm late.
00:32:42I apologize.
00:32:48Well, why the silence?
00:32:50Gene, we're going to give you a fair trial.
00:32:53The boys decide against you.
00:32:55I guess you know what that means.
00:32:58Yes.
00:33:00Rocky was the most popular and the most valuable member of the gang.
00:33:04You had no right to shoot Rocky just because you had a grudge against him.
00:33:06Now, wait a minute, fellas.
00:33:08Give me a chance to talk.
00:33:09What for?
00:33:10You killed him, didn't you?
00:33:11Oh, shut up, will you?
00:33:12And give him a chance to talk.
00:33:13That's it.
00:33:14Go on outside and wait.
00:33:18Where's he going?
00:33:19He's going to pick up the money from the Morton's yard.
00:33:21I thought maybe you fellas wouldn't want any intruders.
00:33:24What's all this talk about?
00:33:26Why don't we get through with it?
00:33:27Now, wait a minute, Dorothy.
00:33:29Look at yourselves, boys.
00:33:31What were you before I took over?
00:33:33Just a bunch of petty thieves.
00:33:35You fellas realize that this past year our receipts have been more than a million dollars?
00:33:39All I got was 15 grand.
00:33:40Well, you're not the whole organization.
00:33:42You're simply a wheel in the machine.
00:33:44Yeah, well, I'm a pretty big wheel.
00:33:45Besides that, I pay out a lot of money for your protection.
00:33:48Well, we're the ones that risk our necks for it.
00:33:50What's the risk the way I run things?
00:33:52What do you care?
00:33:53You've got a nice apartment.
00:33:54I made that for my connections.
00:33:56Have you any idea what that cost me?
00:34:00May I inquire, Mr. Fillmore, what all this has got to do with your shooting of Rocky?
00:34:04It has this to do with it.
00:34:06Under my leadership, you've all kept out of trouble.
00:34:09If I was right in one thing, I've been right in another.
00:34:11Rocky disobeyed my orders.
00:34:13He ended up by pulling a gun on me.
00:34:16Fortunately, I beat him to it.
00:34:19I was there.
00:34:21He shot Rocky down cold.
00:34:23He didn't give him a chance.
00:34:25You were jealous of him.
00:34:26Dorothy, you're lying.
00:34:27Just because you're the boss here, it doesn't mean you didn't have to live up to the rules.
00:34:30He didn't think of that when he shot Rocky.
00:34:33Well, what are you going to do?
00:34:36Why don't you give him the same treatment he gave Rocky?
00:34:40Well, that's enough for me, boys.
00:34:44Let's get going.
00:34:45I would just kick him out of the gang and let it go at that.
00:34:48He didn't give Rocky a chance.
00:34:51Well, frankly, I'm against it.
00:34:54But I guess I'm outvoted.
00:34:57Well, gentlemen, after looking over this gang, all I can say is that New York is reasonably safe tonight.
00:35:05I'm not going to crawl.
00:35:07I'm not going to crawl.
00:35:09It's clear to me that I'm the difference here between a well-regulated business organization and a gang of thugs.
00:35:15We got along all right before you came in.
00:35:17And we'll get along after you're gone.
00:35:20Won't we, boys?
00:35:33Come on, let's get going.
00:35:36Hiya, guys.
00:35:38I brought the treasury.
00:35:42What's the matter? Did I miss something?
00:35:44Well, you missed all the speeches, Batsy, but you're in time for the fireworks.
00:35:47Is that so?
00:35:48I brought along a few friends to see the fun.
00:35:50I didn't have any subpoenas, but I rounded up some witnesses.
00:35:53Come on in.
00:35:54I thought I told you kids to stay away from here.
00:35:56Yeah, but Batsy here said it'd help if we told him about Rocky trying to shoot you.
00:35:59You coached him well, Batsy.
00:36:02Is that Gene's poor old mother?
00:36:04Oh, I forgot to introduce you.
00:36:06Fellas, this is Mrs. Winters, Billy's wife.
00:36:10Yeah, Mrs. Billy Winters.
00:36:14I guess I look a lot different than I did when Billy and me was running around together.
00:36:19TB.
00:36:21When you ain't eating regular, Billy was in the wrong business,
00:36:24but he didn't realize that when he'd be sent to prison, I'd be left behind like this.
00:36:29Yeah, but how can that be?
00:36:31We've been sending you dough regular.
00:36:33By way of Rocky.
00:36:35He was a nice boy.
00:36:36He kept the money himself.
00:36:38Don't you believe her.
00:36:39It's a frame-up.
00:36:41Did you know about this?
00:36:43He'd show me a letter from her.
00:36:45I really didn't think you guys would care about a thing like that.
00:36:49Trip's off.
00:36:52That's what you think.
00:36:53Oh, you don't give me that kind of thing.
00:36:56You know I hate guns.
00:36:59Read it.
00:37:06Sweet kid, that one.
00:37:13Hello.
00:37:15I want to speak to Mr. Warren Rogers.
00:37:17No, I've got to talk to Mr. Rogers personally.
00:37:22Hello.
00:37:23Mr. Rogers?
00:37:24Never mind who this is.
00:37:27Raid the Club Sultan now.
00:37:28You'll pick up the entire gang that knocked over Morton this morning.
00:37:32Won't you come down to my office?
00:37:34No, but you can come to my apartment.
00:37:37You can bring me plenty of protection.
00:37:41Yes, I have your number.
00:37:43We'll be right there.
00:37:47Yes, sir?
00:37:48Raid the Club Sultan.
00:37:49Bring in everybody that you can pick up there.
00:37:53This may be another one of those crackpots, but we can't miss any bets.
00:37:58This is the first time I've cooked since I was at Leavenworth.
00:38:00Just let me help you.
00:38:01Women weren't allowed in our kitchen at Leavenworth.
00:38:03What is it, a college or a penitentiary?
00:38:06You kids don't have to worry about Leavenworth.
00:38:08You're getting out of the racket right now.
00:38:20All right, boys, break it in.
00:38:23It's a raid.
00:38:24Watch yourselves, kids.
00:38:29Steve!
00:38:30Steve!
00:38:31Where are you?
00:38:32Hurry up.
00:38:42All right, search the side rooms.
00:38:46Hey.
00:38:47Come on, come on, on your feet.
00:38:50We didn't do anything.
00:38:52Honest, we were just sitting here eating, and you burst in.
00:38:55Oh, we don't know anything.
00:38:56Yeah, sure, the place has been closed for an hour, and you're just sitting here eating.
00:38:59Nobody up here.
00:39:00Looks like a wild goose chase.
00:39:01The rest of them got out the back way.
00:39:02Well, we'll take these kids in anyway.
00:39:04You can't hold us.
00:39:05It's good, isn't it?
00:39:06Takes 20 cops to bring in a couple of kids.
00:39:08Yeah, we'll see what Rogers can make of this.
00:39:10Come on, come on.
00:39:15All right, come on.
00:39:16Get him out of here.
00:39:17Hurry.
00:39:22I can't let the kids take the rap for this.
00:39:25They can thank Dorothy.
00:39:27Don't you worry about her.
00:39:28I'll take care of her.
00:39:30Watch yourself back there.
00:39:31See you later.
00:40:00You're sure the raid went off all right?
00:40:18The place was completely surrounded.
00:40:20And your boys will have a little surprise for you when you get back to the station.
00:40:23An old friend of yours named Gene Fillmore will be there.
00:40:26Fillmore?
00:40:28Gene Fillmore?
00:40:30What's he got to do with it?
00:40:32He's what the newspapers mean when they talk about a crime wave.
00:40:36How much protection are you going to give me?
00:40:38All that's necessary.
00:40:40Hello?
00:40:41Yes.
00:40:42It's for you.
00:40:45Hello.
00:40:47Rogers speaking.
00:40:50Nobody else?
00:40:52Are you sure?
00:40:54All right, I'll be down in a few minutes.
00:40:57All they picked up in that raid was a couple of kids.
00:41:01Now what's all this about Gene Fillmore?
00:41:04I'll tell you what's true.
00:41:05He's the man you want.
00:41:06He hired those two kids for the Morton robbery.
00:41:08Let's check on that one.
00:41:10We'll see you later.
00:41:39I'm a detective.
00:41:40I shouldn't say it, but I'm bewildered.
00:41:43I can't believe that Gene had anything to do with this.
00:41:46The more I think of it, the more preposterous it seems.
00:41:49What could I possibly accuse him of?
00:41:52Maybe this is exhibit A.
00:42:03Gene's signature, all right.
00:42:05No, I'm not so bewildered.
00:42:08Why don't we go over to Gene's?
00:42:10No, I want to talk to those two kids first.
00:42:13You boys wait for the car.
00:42:15Let's go.
00:42:23Here they are.
00:42:24They've had their breakfast and everything they want.
00:42:26Sit down, Annabelle.
00:42:27You too, Tommy.
00:42:35Cigarette.
00:42:36No, thanks.
00:42:46Well, there's no use beating about the bush.
00:42:50You two kids are in a bad spot.
00:42:53Oh, why can't you let us go home?
00:42:55What do you want from us?
00:42:58We know about your part in the Morton robbery.
00:43:01What we want is evidence against Gene Fillmore.
00:43:04We don't know what you're talking about.
00:43:05You've got no right to keep us here.
00:43:07Did you ever hear of a girl by the name of Dorothy Palmer?
00:43:12No, sir.
00:43:15Well, she told me all about you.
00:43:17She lied.
00:43:18She was making up things because we don't know her.
00:43:22Did you know that everyone connected with the Morton robbery is guilty of murder?
00:43:27We don't know a thing.
00:43:30Now, you tell me about Gene Fillmore.
00:43:33And in return, I'll ask the prosecuting attorney not to demand the limit for you.
00:43:39Mr. Rogers, you must have made some mistake.
00:43:41We've never been in Morton's jewelry store.
00:43:43No, you see, we were going to go get married, and to celebrate, we went to a nightclub.
00:43:50And the man let us stay late.
00:43:52Then the police came in, and that's all we know.
00:43:59You were at the nightclub with the rest of the gang and Gene Fillmore.
00:44:05We never heard of any Gene Fillmore.
00:44:07If he's the man you're after, why don't you arrest him and leave us alone?
00:44:10Because if we arrest him now, we'll never be able to make it stick.
00:44:14That's why I want you to.
00:44:16I want to build up a case against Gene Fillmore so that no jury on earth will fail to send him to the electric chair.
00:44:24Oh, it must be a case of mistaken identity.
00:44:28Yes, that's possible.
00:44:34You'll find out about that right now.
00:44:38Come along.
00:44:47I'm going to take them over to the hospital.
00:44:50I'm going now, Mr. Rogers.
00:44:57How is he?
00:44:58A little better today, but he mustn't get too excited.
00:45:01Hello, Mr. Rogers.
00:45:02Have you caught them yet?
00:45:05Miss Larkin, can you identify these two people?
00:45:11They're the ones.
00:45:12They got me to put the trays on the counter.
00:45:14Then they changed their minds and left shortly before the others entered.
00:45:17Oh, look at it, mister, look at it.
00:45:19We're not the ones.
00:45:21I swear to you, sir.
00:45:30Gene Fillmore hired you, didn't he?
00:45:32No.
00:45:33Who did?
00:45:34What's the use of denying it?
00:45:35Larkin identified you.
00:45:36I told you a million times we wanted to buy a ring and the prices were too high for it.
00:45:38Well, that's the best store in town.
00:45:39If you couldn't afford it, why'd you go there?
00:45:41Annabelle wanted to look.
00:45:42Why did you ask for a diamond ring?
00:45:43Wouldn't you buy a plain ring?
00:45:45We weren't buying, we were asking.
00:45:46Tommy, I've given you every chance, but you're making it tougher and tougher for yourself.
00:45:50You've got a fine sense of loyalty, but it's misguided.
00:45:53You've got to look to the law to help you now.
00:45:55Kid, we call this the singing room because sooner or later everybody sings in here.
00:45:59I tell you, I don't know a thing.
00:46:01Please let me go.
00:46:02I want to see Annabelle.
00:46:03What are you doing to her?
00:46:05Tell us who hired you or you'll stay here forever.
00:46:08I've got to see Annabelle.
00:46:12Bring her in.
00:46:17Bring her in.
00:46:19Oh, Tommy.
00:46:22I'll let you two talk it over.
00:46:24You'll be all alone and there'll be no dictographs.
00:46:32Oh, Tommy.
00:46:34They're listening to every word we say.
00:46:37No matter what they do, we can't talk.
00:46:39If we talk, they've got us.
00:46:40But Mr. Larkin identified us.
00:46:42They can't put any connection with the gang unless we talk.
00:46:50Now, how about it?
00:46:51We can't tell what we don't know, can we?
00:46:53You don't leave me any choice.
00:46:55The rest is up to you.
00:46:57What are you going to do?
00:46:59Make sure that Tommy tells us what we want to know.
00:47:02Oh, Tommy.
00:47:03It's all right, honey.
00:47:05All right, sit down.
00:47:07All right, boys.
00:47:18I've told all I know.
00:47:19Please.
00:47:20Please don't.
00:47:24Wait outside, boss.
00:47:25All right.
00:47:29We'll wait here till Tommy talks.
00:47:59I can't stand it.
00:48:12I can't stand it anymore.
00:48:14Are you ready to tell the truth?
00:48:16I have told you the truth.
00:48:22I've got plenty of time.
00:48:23But they may be hurting Tommy.
00:48:26Okay.
00:48:30He hasn't broken yet.
00:48:32But he will.
00:48:35All right, don't let up.
00:48:36Keep pounding those questions.
00:48:41Don't.
00:48:42Don't beat him anymore, please.
00:48:44Please, I'll tell you.
00:48:46We were hired to go into Morton's and we were part of the gang.
00:48:51Get a stenographer.
00:48:57The gang hired you to go into Morton's jewelry store, didn't they?
00:48:59Yes, sir.
00:49:00How much were you paid?
00:49:01We wouldn't take any money.
00:49:03Then why did you do it?
00:49:05He forced us to.
00:49:07Who did?
00:49:14They said you confessed.
00:49:16I couldn't stand it anymore.
00:49:18But we agreed not to talk.
00:49:20Tommy, I couldn't help it.
00:49:22I'm asking you to testify that Gene Fillmore hired you.
00:49:25We don't know any Gene Fillmore.
00:49:27It was...
00:49:28It was Rocky who hired us.
00:49:30Rocky did.
00:49:31You realize you're shielding a criminal?
00:49:34You want me to start all over again?
00:49:35Never mind.
00:49:36Do what you want.
00:49:37We won't say any more.
00:49:38Take him back to the cell.
00:49:45They've got courage.
00:49:47Too bad it's wasted.
00:49:53Good afternoon, Mr. Rodgers.
00:49:55Good afternoon, Phillips.
00:49:57Mr. Fillmore giving a party?
00:49:59A farewell party.
00:50:00Didn't you know that Mr. Fillmore was going to Europe?
00:50:03I had an idea he might.
00:50:09Hello, Warren.
00:50:10Glad you dropped in.
00:50:11I've been trying to get you.
00:50:12Phillips tells me you're going to Europe.
00:50:14Isn't this rather sudden?
00:50:16Yes, I'm taking a little holiday from a vacation.
00:50:19Do you mind if I talk to you a minute, Gene?
00:50:21Not at all.
00:50:22What's it all about?
00:50:23Want me to bring you back something from England?
00:50:25No.
00:50:26I want to talk to you about Dorothy Palmer.
00:50:29What's that all about?
00:50:31You know her pretty well, don't you?
00:50:33Well, I've heard of her.
00:50:34She's a nightclub singer, I believe.
00:50:35Got a good voice.
00:50:38You know her better than that.
00:50:40You gave her a check for $1,000.
00:50:45Why all the mystery, Warren?
00:50:47Plus, I gave her a check.
00:50:50She was killed last night.
00:50:53And you're involved.
00:50:55Really?
00:50:57What do you want me to do?
00:50:59I think you'd better come down to my office.
00:51:01It won't take long, Warren.
00:51:03Remember, I don't want to miss my boat.
00:51:05I hope you don't.
00:51:08I have to go out for a few moments, folks.
00:51:10Get on with the party.
00:51:11I'll be right back.
00:51:17There you are.
00:51:18Thanks.
00:51:25You sure you want to have a drink before we go?
00:51:27No, thanks.
00:51:32Oh, Phillips, if I'm not back by 6, send my things to the doctor.
00:51:35After you.
00:51:40It's ridiculous, Warren.
00:51:41Sounds as if she was trying to blackmail me.
00:51:44It goes deeper than that, Gene.
00:51:46She said that you were the head of the Morton gang.
00:51:49What?
00:51:52Oh, I get it now.
00:51:53You and my foolish friends have planned all this to make me miss my boat.
00:51:57It's a gag.
00:52:05This is no gag, Gene.
00:52:07Well, it's all right.
00:52:08I have a permit for that.
00:52:09I was taking it to the boat.
00:52:12Maybe so.
00:52:15Mr. Rogers has brought in Gene Fillmore.
00:52:20Mr. Rogers, Tommy and Annabelle have just signed a confession
00:52:22admitting that Gene Fillmore is the head of the gang.
00:52:24We did not.
00:52:25We never said a word about you.
00:52:27If you didn't know Gene, how'd you pick him out so quickly?
00:52:32Frankly, I don't know what this is all about.
00:52:35Who are these children?
00:52:36Yours?
00:52:38Take them into the next room.
00:52:46No use stalling, Gene.
00:52:48We've got you.
00:52:49Got me?
00:52:50On what grounds?
00:52:52I'm afraid you're headed for the chair.
00:52:55Now, that's rude of you, Warren.
00:52:57How would you like it if I invited you to my home and talked to you like that?
00:53:01I wouldn't like it.
00:53:02But this is not my home.
00:53:03It's my place of business.
00:53:04Oh.
00:53:05You have a very nice place of business.
00:53:07It's a pleasure to be a guest.
00:53:09You never thought you'd be honored with an invitation, did you?
00:53:12Never.
00:53:13I'm getting on in the world.
00:53:15Oh, thank you.
00:53:17Business is business, Gene.
00:53:19Unfortunately, friendship cuts no ice.
00:53:22Oh, then I take it we're no longer friends, huh?
00:53:25Now listen, Warren.
00:53:26If you had anything on me, you wouldn't be talking to me right now.
00:53:29You were back at the Morton job.
00:53:31Really?
00:53:32Well, what makes you think so?
00:53:33This may sound like flattery, but it was such an ingenious job,
00:53:38it would take a mind like yours to conceive it.
00:53:41Well, I'm surprised that you weren't.
00:53:43The courts call that imagination, not evidence.
00:53:46Gene, I wasn't even sure myself until those kids picked you up.
00:53:49Dorothy Palmer told us about them and Rocky and the Morton job.
00:53:52It all fits in with your European trip and the gun.
00:53:56Now, if this is a frame-up, my lawyers are too clever for that.
00:53:59It's pretty convincing evidence.
00:54:01It's the testimony of a dead woman against mine.
00:54:04You know, Warren, frankly, I'm conceited enough to think I'll be believed.
00:54:08We've also got this.
00:54:10A sworn confession from those kids saying that they were part of the Morton gang.
00:54:16You mean those kids confessed to murder?
00:54:20You read it.
00:54:27Well, this doesn't involve me at all.
00:54:30That's a very cheap trick, Warren.
00:54:32No, I'm just being honest with you.
00:54:34I'll admit we could have pushed that kid a lot further,
00:54:36but he never would have willingly implicated you.
00:54:39But it's just a question of time.
00:54:43What are you after?
00:54:45You.
00:54:47You'll never get me, Gene.
00:54:50Let's forget for a minute which side of the fence we're on.
00:54:53The real tragedy of this is not Dorothy Palmer or the Morton store.
00:54:57It's those two youngsters in there.
00:55:00What's the matter with them?
00:55:01You know.
00:55:02No, no, I don't.
00:55:04Those two kids are just as guilty of murder as the gunman who did the actual shooting.
00:55:09Well, what jury would convict those kids?
00:55:14Maybe the girl will get off with a stretch,
00:55:17but the boy will go to the chair with you.
00:55:21Remember the night I said I'd stop the crime wave?
00:55:23Yes, yes, I recall it vaguely.
00:55:26And for the sake of a political plumb,
00:55:28you don't care who you walk into the death house as long as you walk into City Hall.
00:55:31You know me better than that.
00:55:33I've been fair with you.
00:55:35Can't you see that we've got you?
00:55:38Well, not from the cards you've shown me so far, Warren.
00:55:41They're all abuses.
00:55:45Warren, may I see you alone?
00:55:48Come right in.
00:55:50Wait in the next room, will you, Gene?
00:55:51Yes, will you hurry it up?
00:55:52My post sales at 12.
00:56:02You got us into this, now get us out of here.
00:56:04This man's a stranger.
00:56:05He can't help us.
00:56:06This man is...
00:56:24Gene, we never told on you.
00:56:26We won't keep quiet.
00:56:27You sent us to the store and said we wouldn't get into trouble,
00:56:29and now, now we're allowed to go to the chair.
00:56:31I'm sorry, kids.
00:56:32I'm sorry? Words don't help anything.
00:56:34Gene, get us out of this.
00:56:35Do you want us to die?
00:56:37No.
00:56:39Well, then tell them you sent us.
00:56:41Tell them you made us go.
00:56:42Gene, if you'd only tell them that you sent us to the jewelry store,
00:56:45we could go free.
00:56:47Stop it, will you?
00:56:49Why should I worry about your problems?
00:56:50I've got plenty of my own.
00:56:52You've got to help us out.
00:56:54We don't want to die.
00:56:56Neither do I.
00:56:58Maybe if I get out, I can hire lawyers to help fight for you.
00:57:01But we signed a confession.
00:57:02What good will it do you if I die, too?
00:57:05And I thought you were such a nice person.
00:57:08Look, we want to live and get married and work and be happy.
00:57:13Don't you think I know that?
00:57:15Don't you think I'm going crazy thinking about you kids?
00:57:19They'll never convict Annabelle.
00:57:21The most you'll get will be a couple of years in prison.
00:57:24I don't want to live without Tommy.
00:57:27Gene, Gene, if you'd only tell them what really happened.
00:57:32And send myself to the chair?
00:57:37Gene, in case you've changed your mind,
00:57:39here's a confession all ready to sign.
00:57:43Why should I want?
00:57:45You think I'm crazy?
00:57:47I've got these kids.
00:57:49They haven't a chance.
00:57:54Well, how am I signing that help then?
00:57:56I might go easy.
00:58:00That isn't enough.
00:58:03What do you want?
00:58:05I want the unconditional release of Tommy and Annabelle.
00:58:21I'm in the district attorney.
00:58:25Hello, this is Warren Rogers.
00:58:27Gene Fillmore is willing to confess in exchange for the freedom of the kids.
00:58:33Yes, I know their whole history and I recommend it.
00:58:40Here are the two confessions.
00:58:42Sign yours and you can get her up there.
00:58:50Did I do all this?
00:58:53You should have been at the head of your trade.
00:59:00I always had such good pens.
00:59:17Gene, it's too bad a man with your brains went wrong.
00:59:20You're a big shot in legitimate business.
00:59:25I counted on a different sort of retirement from office.
00:59:29Are we free?
00:59:31That's right.
00:59:32I'm sorry, Gene.
00:59:34Sorry about you.
00:59:35Oh, that's all right, Tommy.
00:59:36It's my own fault.
00:59:37I got soft-hearted.
00:59:39Is there anything we can do?
00:59:40No, thank you, Annabelle.
00:59:41Mr. Rogers will make me very comfortable.
00:59:46Here's a little present from me to you.
00:59:49I'll get out of here, both of you, and don't ever come back.
00:59:53Oh, goodbye, Gene.
00:59:57So long.
00:59:58So long, kids.
01:00:20Come on, Gene.
01:00:22Oh, just a minute, will you?
01:00:23I want to watch the kids go out.