• 5 years ago
Not Rated | 30min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, TV Series | Episode aired 2 June 1955

Two cops transporting prisoner Cookie decide on a layover in the city of Westover, temporarily placing Cookie in the local jail while they freshen up elsewhere. Cookie devises a plot to snooker the locals into releasing him.

Director: William A. Seiter

Writers: Stanley Niss

Stars: David Niven, Don Haggerty, William F. Leicester
Transcript
00:00Singer Four Star Playhouse presents Charles Boyer, Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino.
01:00Who gets the eggs?
01:18Me, please.
01:20Anything else for you?
01:21No.
01:22How about some nice pie?
01:23No, thank you.
01:24I'd like a bit more coffee, please.
01:26And some ketchup.
01:33What time is it?
01:36Quarter to six.
01:39Don't blame me.
01:40What if I did bring up the subject?
01:42We should have laid over the night down there.
01:44So who was to decide whether we did or we didn't?
01:46Not me.
01:47All I did was suggest it was a better idea to keep going during the night time instead of laying over.
01:51I didn't decide.
01:53If we don't stop to feed his face anymore, maybe we can make it to the big town by 10, 11 o'clock.
01:58I don't know if I live that long.
02:01If you're feeling sleepy, I'd be only too happy to take a spell at the wheel.
02:03Is that a fair proposition?
02:07Tell me something, my dear.
02:08Yeah?
02:09Do you ever get up to the city?
02:11Oh, once in a while.
02:13I've got a sister in Granite Heights.
02:15Hey, that's quite a coincidence.
02:16I have a sister there myself.
02:17That makes us perfect for each other.
02:19Come on, finish up, cookie.
02:21Hey, we could bat around together.
02:22I could show you some of the spots.
02:24I'll bet you say that to all the girls.
02:29Not bad.
02:30Not bad at all, considering the time and the place.
02:33What are you knocking yourself out for, cookie?
02:35I can dream, can't I?
02:37Dream on your own time, will you?
02:39You know something?
02:40You fellas are okay.
02:42If anybody told me that, I wouldn't have believed it.
02:44Let's get out of here.
02:46Say, hi.
02:47How far is it to Westover?
02:48What's in Westover?
02:49I don't know.
02:50Half hour, 45 minutes.
02:51I've got a friend there.
02:52Helped him out last year.
02:54He said anytime I'm in Westover, the town's mine.
02:57We could stop and freshen up.
02:59What do you want to freshen up for?
03:01The only reason we started driving at 11 o'clock at night
03:03was because we all wanted to get back?
03:05Right or wrong?
03:06He has a point there.
03:07I'll have to admit that.
03:08Sure, you'll have to admit that.
03:10Well, what's he care?
03:11He slept in the back of the car all the way.
03:13And he'll sleep all the way into town.
03:14I didn't notice that you were exactly riddled with insomnia.
03:17We could stop, have a nice, leisurely breakfast,
03:20and maybe I'd catch an hour or two on my back.
03:23Yeah?
03:25I could use a shake, too.
03:27Is it a deal?
03:28Oh, let's keep going.
03:29Yeah, it's a deal.
03:34Hey, have a little consideration, can't you?
03:37There's a lady's present.
03:38Look, as a favor, I'm trying to make a little time of this girl.
03:42What's the rush?
03:43I told you, I want to see this friend of mine in Westover.
03:45He's a lieutenant in charge of burglary.
03:47I think he said he gets to the office early.
03:49It's unusual, but hardly worth a special trip.
03:51I mean, to see a lieutenant who gets to his office early.
03:53Oh.
03:59The most spectacular pinch I ever made.
04:01Cut his mother-in-law to ribbons.
04:04To ribbons.
04:20Yes, ma'am.
04:24Yes, ma'am.
04:27Be with you in a minute.
04:30Yes, ma'am.
04:32What makes you think it was a cat burglar?
04:35Oh. Oh, I see.
04:37Well, the officers will be out there in a minute.
04:39You stay there and wait for them.
04:40All right, ma'am. Goodbye.
04:42Goodbye.
04:44Goodbye.
04:45Goodbye.
04:46Goodbye.
04:47Goodbye.
04:48Goodbye.
04:50Yeah?
04:51Lieutenant Keogh around?
04:52Who wants him?
04:54Detective Francis Thompson.
04:55Safe and loft squad in Metropolitan Police Department.
04:58Nice meeting you.
04:59My partner. Hi, Silverman.
05:02How you doing?
05:03At the moment, I could be better.
05:05What do we got there?
05:06We picked him up down south. We're on our way back with him.
05:09Lieutenant, go ahead.
05:10Thanks.
05:18Frank, for crying out loud.
05:21What are you doing in Westover?
05:22We're just passing through.
05:23I didn't know if you'd be in your office at 6.30 in the morning.
05:256.30? I'm here at 6.
05:27You know how burglary squawks are.
05:29There wasn't somebody down here to handle all the overnight.
05:32When would we get our head out of water?
05:33I should have remembered how you got me up at the crack of dawn
05:36every morning for a week when we were working on that last deal.
05:39This is my partner. Hi, Silverman.
05:41Lieutenant Keogh.
05:42Hi. Well, what's this you're on?
05:44This guy?
05:45Oh, this is Cookie Cookson.
05:48We picked him up last night.
05:50They had him in jail on investigation.
05:52Made him from prints that we wanted him in the big town for 11 safe jobs.
05:56Eleven, huh?
05:58Yeah.
06:00You wouldn't think much of this boy to look at him.
06:02I've been on the safe and loft squad for 12 years.
06:05This is the best safe ripper in the east.
06:07You take a certified .350, peel the face off,
06:09knock out the combination, be inside in 20 minutes.
06:12Well, 18 and a half on a good day.
06:14Yeah, but the only thing is he don't know when enough is enough.
06:16Did you ever see one that did?
06:18Last night we figured it'd be a good idea to drive on back,
06:21but Frank and me could hold our heads up.
06:23He's the only one that got any sleep.
06:25Well, I'm glad you stopped.
06:28This is a nice cafe across the street.
06:30We could go have some ham and eggs.
06:32Yeah, and I could get some of this beard chopped off.
06:34Barber's right next door. What do you say?
06:36It's okay with me, but what about him?
06:39Oh, please, don't concern yourself about me.
06:41Ham and eggs, shaves, anything.
06:43Don't worry about this guy.
06:45Lieutenant.
06:48Yeah, Lieutenant?
06:50Put this guy on ice a couple hours.
06:52Okay. Come on.
06:55Hey, now, wait a minute.
06:57Let's stop all this wasting of time.
06:59Let's get back to the...
07:01Yoo-hoo!
07:15Empty out your pockets and give me your tie and belt.
07:20What's your name?
07:22Cookie Cookson.
07:24Oh, your actual first name.
07:26Are you going to put it down there?
07:28Yeah.
07:30Cecil, but don't hold it against me.
07:32I was in no position to argue when they hung it on me.
07:34Your last name, C-O-O-K-S-O-N?
07:37That's right, Liz.
07:39Age?
07:4137.
07:42What's the beef, Lieutenant?
07:44No local beef, Sergeant.
07:46He's in route north with two officers
07:48who've got business with Lieutenant Kiel.
07:50Business? Some business.
07:52The tie and the belt.
07:54Can I keep the belt?
07:56Things have been a bit rough lately
07:58and I've lost a few pounds.
08:00You'll get it back.
08:02What's the matter? You're frightened
08:04I'm going to hang myself up with a necktie
08:06or dig my way out with a comb?
08:08Here's a receipt for your property.
08:10How long is he going to be with us?
08:12In the tank?
08:14Like every place else.
08:16We have a housing situation.
08:18We had a big night last night.
08:20There's no private accommodations.
08:22Look, if there's one thing I cannot abide
08:24it's people who drink too much.
08:26Oh, don't throw me in there with the alcoholics.
08:28It's the best I can do.
08:30He doesn't have any reservations.
08:32Another custom for the tank.
08:34Gotcha.
08:43Oh, this is an outrage.
08:45You can't throw me in here with all these rummies.
08:47I'm a respectable safe man.
08:49You can't do this to me.
08:52Maybe you can.
09:13How you doing, friend?
09:15I'm doing fine, thank you.
09:17I'm in no mood for idle chit-chat.
09:19How about a smoke?
09:21Can you spare a smoke?
09:26Thanks, friend.
09:28You're welcome.
09:30You're welcome.
09:32You're welcome.
09:34You're welcome.
09:36You're welcome.
09:38You're welcome.
09:40You're welcome.
09:42You're welcome.
09:48Here you are.
09:56Thanks, friend.
09:58Oh, say, friend, do you mind?
10:00I want to catch a little kip.
10:02I had a rough night last night.
10:04Well, I want to get out of here.
10:06I want to go home.
10:08You ain't the only one, McGee.
10:10No, not McGee.
10:12Johnson, Center City.
10:14I'm glad to know you, Johnson.
10:16I want to go home.
10:18Look, tell it to the keeper, will you?
10:20Don't bother me with it.
10:22I did tell it to the keeper.
10:24He said I had to tell it to the judge.
10:26Well, why don't you tell it to the judge?
10:28Look, I got problems of my own.
10:30Do you mind?
10:32I want to go home.
10:34Oh, look.
10:36Look, sleep it off, will you, pal?
10:38Lie down, please.
10:42I want to go home.
11:12What time is it, anyway?
11:14Court don't open until nine o'clock.
11:16You don't have to worry about the time until then.
11:18It won't kill you to tell me the time, will it?
11:22Seven, a little after.
11:24You fellows have to get up early to get to work.
11:27That's the job.
11:29The whole crew have to be in at seven,
11:31or some of you privileged?
11:33The whole crew gets in.
11:35Look, don't talk to me.
11:37Talk to the judge.
11:39He'll give you all the conversation you want.
11:40All right.
12:04Tell me something, will you?
12:06What?
12:08You know this resort pretty well.
12:10You been in and out of here a few times?
12:12Oh, a few times.
12:14Many, many times.
12:16In and out, in and out.
12:18Many times.
12:20Tell me, what kind of a judge do they have here?
12:23Oh, he's tough.
12:25Real tough.
12:2730 days, that's all he knows.
12:2930 days.
12:31That's probably all I'll get.
12:33I only got out a week ago.
12:35All I had was two beers.
12:37Well, he doesn't...
12:38doesn't always throw the book at you, does he?
12:40Oh, some mornings he's feeling pretty good,
12:43and then he's soft.
12:45Where's the courtroom?
12:47Upstairs.
12:49Two flights upstairs.
12:51Hey, who takes us drunks over there?
12:53Drunks?
12:55Well, us.
12:57Who takes us up there, anyway?
12:59A cop and another cop.
13:01Five at a time we go.
13:03Five at a time, up you go.
13:05Do they watch us very carefully?
13:06I mean, the whole thing seems trifle lax.
13:08Who's going to run away?
13:10Not me.
13:12Three square meals a day, and the price is right.
13:15Oh, yeah, thank you very much.
13:22Hi, friend.
13:24I can't sleep.
13:26I want to go home.
13:29Hey, didn't you tell me your name was Johnson?
13:32You got a cigarette?
13:34Sure.
13:37You're from Center City, huh?
13:39That's right.
13:41Johnson, Center City.
13:43What are you doing here?
13:45Just visiting in Westover?
13:47Hardware convention.
13:49I'm in the hardware business.
13:52You know, it's a small world.
13:54It's a strange coincidence,
13:56but my name also happens to be Johnson.
13:58My name is Johnson, too.
14:00Yeah, you told me.
14:02What's your first name?
14:04Fred.
14:06And yours?
14:08Freddie.
14:10Mine's William.
14:12William?
14:14Yeah, I don't suppose we're related in any way,
14:16but it's just great to meet another Johnson.
14:18Very heartwarming.
14:20I want to go home.
14:22I ain't never been in jail before in my life.
14:24Well, confidentially,
14:26it's not the sort of thing one ever gets really used to.
14:28It isn't?
14:30Well, so they tell me, the men in the know.
14:32I just pass it along for what it's worth.
14:34All right, all right, everybody on your feet.
14:36Come on, everybody, get up.
14:38The judge wants to see you in five minutes.
14:40Get up on your feet.
14:42Come on, Fred.
14:44The judge wants to see you.
14:46Rise and shine, up.
14:48Have you got another cigarette?
14:50Yeah.
14:52Listen, here's the thing.
14:54I'm an old customer around here, see?
14:56Now, they may want to take me up there
14:58in a different batch from you,
15:00because you're a beginner,
15:01but I'm a professional.
15:03Yeah, we all want to go home.
15:05We will, too, I hope.
15:07All right, we'll go to the courtroom five at a time.
15:09When I call the names,
15:11step up here and fall in line.
15:13Parsons.
15:15Miller.
15:17Miller!
15:19Wysensky.
15:21McSally.
15:23And Johnson.
15:25Yeah, that's me, pal.
15:27You'll be up later.
15:29All right, we'll go up to court
15:32Understand?
15:35Hey, friend, wait a minute.
15:37I got to ask you something.
15:39You wouldn't leave me without another cigarette, would you?
15:41Look, I smoked too much.
15:43You take the whole pack, huh?
15:45Thanks.
15:47You're a real friend, friend.
15:49Good luck with the judge.
15:51All right, let's go.
15:53Straight into the elevator.
16:02You.
16:04Me?
16:06Yeah.
16:08Go to that door and stop.
16:10The rest of you fall in line behind him.
16:32Parsons, Miller, Wysensky, McSally, and Johnson.
16:38Not yet.
16:43I'll tell you when to go out.
16:49Did they pick you up again?
16:51I only had two beers, Sergeant.
16:54I hope that judge slaps you in the workhouse for 90 days.
16:57That'll boil you out if nothing else will.
16:58I didn't hurt nobody, Sergeant.
17:00Okay.
17:13Come on, keep moving.
17:19You on your homework, Lieutenant?
17:21How's it going, Joe?
17:23Okay.
17:25You know, we had a deal turned out tonight.
17:26You know, we had a deal turned out something like that a while back.
17:28Remember it, huh?
17:30Yeah.
17:32This informant comes in to me and he tells me about this bird
17:34that's supposed to be knocking the knobs off the safe all over...
17:36Hey, listen, Frank, it's after 9 o'clock.
17:38We'd better be collecting Cookie and starting out.
17:40Yeah, I guess maybe you're right.
17:42Well, thanks for everything, Lieutenant.
17:44Oh, come on, sit down.
17:46There's plenty left here.
17:48We'd better be headed back.
17:50Our captain will think we really went AWOL, right?
17:52Yeah, not to mention the fact that Cookie's probably
17:54tearing his hair out in your jail.
17:56It's a long trip, Lieutenant.
17:58We'd better be hitting the road.
18:00How long is a cup of coffee going to take?
18:02I guess it wouldn't take too long.
18:04The other three didn't.
18:16It is the duty of the court not only to protect society,
18:18but to protect men like you from yourselves.
18:21This is your sixth offense on this charge.
18:23There's only one way to keep you off the street.
18:26I sentence you to 30 days in the workhouse.
18:35Thomas McSally.
18:37Thomas McSally.
18:39Thomas McSally.
18:50Thomas McSally, your charge.
18:51Thomas McSally, your charge for being drunk and disorderly.
18:53How do you plead?
18:55Guilty.
18:58This is getting to be your second home.
19:01All I had was two beers, Your Honor.
19:04The report of the police officer says that you were
19:06mooching on the street in an intoxicated condition.
19:09And that you had a bottle of cologne.
19:11A half-empty bottle of cologne in your pocket.
19:14All I had was two beers, Your Honor.
19:18And what was the cologne for?
19:19Well, that's for my hair.
19:23Silence.
19:25Silence.
19:27Any further demonstration will be regarded
19:29as deliberate contempt of court.
19:31And as such, severely dealt with.
19:34Do you know how many times you've been arrested?
19:36No, I don't, Your Honor.
19:39This makes the 11th trip.
19:41All I had was two beers, Your Honor.
19:45Well, those two beers are going to cost you your life.
19:49And they're going to cost you a month apiece.
19:51I sentence you to 60 days in the workhouse.
20:04He really gave it to you, huh?
20:07Fred Johnson.
20:10Fred Johnson.
20:12Fred Johnson to the bar.
20:14Oops, sorry.
20:16Present, Your Honor.
20:19Fred Johnson, you're charged
20:21with being drunk and disorderly.
20:23How do you plead?
20:25Guilty, I guess.
20:27Don't you know?
20:29Guilty, Your Honor.
20:31You should know better.
20:33You're a businessman in Center City.
20:35The report of the arresting officer
20:37says that you were drunk in Commerce Street.
20:39And that while in that condition,
20:41you harangued a crowd about the corruption
20:43among our municipal officials.
20:48He reports that when he tried to stop you,
20:50you demanded to be arrested
20:53so that you might appear in court
20:55before a dishonest judge.
20:58Silence!
21:01Is this true?
21:03Here I am, Your Honor.
21:05Is the arresting officer in court?
21:07The arresting officer is Patrolman Leonard, Your Honor.
21:10He has another case in traffic court at the moment.
21:12Oh.
21:14If Your Honor wants, I can send word for him to appear.
21:16No.
21:18Since the defendant has entered a plea of guilty,
21:20that won't be necessary.
21:26I want you to know, Mr. Johnson,
21:28that Westover is a hospitable town.
21:30We welcome visitors with open arms,
21:32just as we welcomed your convention
21:34of hardware dealers.
21:36But hospitable as we are,
21:38we expect our visitors to behave themselves.
21:41We don't expect them to get drunk
21:43and disorderly.
21:45And insult the judiciary.
21:47No, of course not, Your Honor.
21:49It was a slight miscalculation, really.
21:51I had this headache, and I took a little something for it.
21:53Then I had this fruit drink.
21:55It's an old-fashioned fruit punch.
21:57It had pieces of fruit in it
21:59and a tired-looking cherry on a toothpick.
22:02This sort of an offense cannot be condoned by this court.
22:05I must impose the mandatory sentence
22:08of 10 days in the workhouse.
22:15Mr. Johnson, we here in Westover
22:18open our gates to visitors, as I have told you.
22:21You came all the way from Center City
22:24to enjoy a meeting with your business associates.
22:27I want you to go back to Center City
22:30and tell everyone what a warm-hearted city Westover is.
22:34Sentence is suspended.
22:37That's all, Mr. Johnson. You are free to go.
22:40Oh, thank you very much, sir.
22:43I'll spread the word in Center City.
22:47Mr. Johnson.
22:49Mr. Johnson!
22:51Stop that man! Stop him!
22:58Officer Grady, give Officer Brown a hand there!
23:14I'd almost made a monkey out of you.
23:17Almost, yeah.
23:20I'll bet there'll be some changes
23:22in the rules and regulations around here.
23:24Rules are changed already.
23:26No more felony suspects in the tank.
23:29Now, you see,
23:31I can amount to something.
23:33I can accomplish something.
23:35Prison reform.
23:37Prison reform.
23:39Prison reform.
23:40I can accomplish something.
23:42Prison reform, in a way.
23:44It's getting late.
23:46We'd better hit the road.
23:48How do you feel?
23:50I feel okay, I suppose.
23:52All I needed was another ten seconds
23:55and I'd have been out in the street.
23:59Say, who got wise to me, anyway?
24:02Nobody.
24:04What do you mean, nobody?
24:06You outboxed yourself, Cookie.
24:08Who are you kidding?
24:10Somebody made me, they were yelling.
24:12The only thing they were yelling was
24:14that you forgot your property.
24:16You mean this?
24:18No, Johnson's property.
24:20And you know what was in it?
24:22Besides the belt and necktie, I mean.
24:25300 some odd dollars in cash.
24:29They wanted to give it to you, that's all.
24:31That's the only reason they were yelling.
24:40I'm sorry.
24:42I'm sorry.
24:44I'm sorry.
24:46I'm sorry.
24:48I'm sorry.
24:50I'm sorry.
24:52I'm sorry.
24:54I'm sorry.
24:56I'm sorry.
24:58I'm sorry.
25:00I'm sorry.
25:02I'm sorry.
25:04I'm sorry.
25:06I'm sorry.
25:08I'm sorry.
25:10I'm sorry.
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25:14I'm sorry.
25:16I'm sorry.