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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Short filmTranscript
00:00Come on, boys. Come on, come on.
00:03Come with your hands. Stick them up, all of you.
00:06All right, boys, put them up, no rubs.
00:08Up on your feet.
00:10Line up here.
00:13Turn around.
00:18Frisk them.
00:19What's that?
00:20Go through their rear pockets and look for guns.
00:30Looks like an arsenal.
00:44Side pocket.
00:55Take his money and give me $136.
01:06You'll pardon me for butting in on a private affair, but why the $136?
01:11Well, you see, we were going to get married tomorrow,
01:14then those two men held us up and took it all.
01:17That's how much it was.
01:18Come on, stop talking. Let me have the money.
01:21I got the boy.
01:22I got the girl.
01:23You would.
01:25Well, I know this boy. He works here.
01:27Call the police.
01:28Wait a minute, Frankie.
01:29You can turn me in, but let her go.
01:30She didn't have anything to do with it.
01:31I did so.
01:32If you turn him over to the police, I go, too.
01:34Give me the money, kid.
01:36You know, you've both committed a very serious offense.
01:39You can get 15 years in prison for this.
01:4115 years?
01:42Yes.
01:43Your best years, too.
01:45Or you'll be old when you get out.
01:47I'd be 33, middle-aged.
01:50I like that.
01:52Well, of course it's my duty to turn you over.
01:54But we're not criminals.
01:55We were just trying to get our own money back.
01:56That man said he'd kill us if we told him.
02:00Sit down over there, kid.
02:02You, too.
02:03Oh, Chief, let's turn him over to the cops.
02:04I'll handle this.
02:06Right now, I want to hear more about that stick-up.
02:09But, Chief, you ain't going to believe those kids, are you?
02:11We never stuck up nobody.
02:13Wait a minute.
02:15I'm not afraid of you, G.
02:17Sure we stuck up the kids.
02:19We got this bunch of buffalos into letting you keep all the dough
02:22and give us coffee and cake money.
02:24Well, I needed more.
02:25The kids were handy.
02:27I keep you all on an allowance so you won't spurge all over town
02:29and give yourselves away.
02:31How many times have I told you to lay off small fry?
02:34Why take chances for a couple of bucks?
02:36Chances are in my line.
02:39They're all a lot of crooks.
02:41He's positively psychic.
02:43Well, never mind what we are, young fella.
02:46You just stuck up a private apartment.
02:48Yeah, they got laws against that.
02:50But maybe you can help me.
02:52If you want to do me a little favor, would you rather go to jail?
02:55It's up to you, kid.
02:57We'll do anything if you let us go.
02:59How about you?
03:02All right, it's a deal.
03:03We'll talk about the favor later.
03:05But remember, if you break your word, it's jail for both of you.
03:09Now can we go home?
03:12Surely.
03:13My home.
03:15Oh, I know you now.
03:17You're Daddy Long Bay.
03:19Maybe.
03:20Come along, kids.
03:21See you at the meeting, boys.
03:25Well, good night, and I'm very glad to have met you all.
03:30Yeah.