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00:01:23It must have broken Jonas' heart to have to write that word, mister.
00:01:27Well, you wouldn't say old Jo-Jo exactly likes Larry, would you?
00:01:30No, but I'd say he'd gladly eat one of Larry's eyes as he would a cherry.
00:01:34He picked a great time to get us out of bed.
00:01:36Yeah, me with tickets to the opening game.
00:01:38Oh, don't let that worry you.
00:01:40Larry'll never get here on time.
00:01:42And old Jo-Jo'll dynamite this building.
00:01:44Pardon me, am I in the right room?
00:01:46No, the morgue is downstairs.
00:01:49I was looking for Mr. Jonas.
00:01:50Oh, you want Mr. Jonas.
00:01:52Well, he's right through that door, son.
00:01:54Thank you, sir.
00:01:55That's all right.
00:01:57In the words of the immortal poet, I wonder who that lug is.
00:02:01What immortal poet?
00:02:03Shakespeare.
00:02:04What paper's he on?
00:02:05Why, Larry, you're almost on time.
00:02:07Mr. Doyle, you're a mister today, you know.
00:02:09You've cost me a very pleasant afternoon.
00:02:12Is Jonas going through with the presentation?
00:02:14Uh-huh.
00:02:15Yes, you lucky hound.
00:02:17There he is.
00:02:27Where is that Doyle?
00:02:29Well, here I am, chief.
00:02:30Oh, my dear boy.
00:02:32Congratulations.
00:02:34Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:02:35This is the secretary to the police commissioner.
00:02:37The new secretary.
00:02:39Congratulations, sir.
00:02:40Oh, thank you, Mr.
00:02:42Whistler.
00:02:43T. Fulton Whistler.
00:02:45Oh, thank you, Mr. Whittier.
00:02:47Whistler.
00:02:48When you're ready, Mr. Doyle.
00:02:51On behalf of the police commissioner,
00:02:53Mr. P. Blenheim Durkin.
00:02:55I thought it was just plain Pete Durkin.
00:02:57When did he start parting his name in the middle?
00:02:59Well, send me in a photographer.
00:03:00What?
00:03:01Of course, with glasses.
00:03:02What did you think, with a ham sandwich?
00:03:04On behalf of our commissioner,
00:03:06I'm here to thank Mr. Lawrence Doyle
00:03:08for his highly commendable work
00:03:10in solving the recent Pedroni case.
00:03:12I especially extol his zeal, efficiency,
00:03:15repertorial sagacity, and civic spirit.
00:03:18Mr. Doyle, though by proxy,
00:03:20the commissioner and the police department
00:03:22shake your hand.
00:03:24Well, thank you, Mr. Whittler.
00:03:26No, Whistler.
00:03:27Whistler.
00:03:28That's fine.
00:03:29Now then, you fellas take a look
00:03:30at a real newspaper man.
00:03:31I hear you want me, Chief.
00:03:32That was yesterday.
00:03:33I just got the message.
00:03:34Well, now you just get this one,
00:03:36get a flash of Doyle,
00:03:37then get your check and get out of this office.
00:03:39You're through.
00:03:40Oh, yes, Chief.
00:03:41Get it.
00:03:42Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:03:43Where's the gun?
00:03:44Oh, yes, the gift.
00:03:45Where is it?
00:03:46Oh, yes.
00:03:47The physical token of the commissioner's esteem.
00:03:50Larry, hold it.
00:03:51Hold the gun up high, Larry.
00:03:53That's it.
00:03:54Hold it.
00:03:59One more.
00:04:00One more.
00:04:01No, no, no, that's enough.
00:04:02Okay, Chief.
00:04:03Now, now, wait a minute.
00:04:04That's enough.
00:04:05Now get that back in here as fast as you can.
00:04:06Larry, hold it, kid.
00:04:07Thanks, kid.
00:04:08Go on, now.
00:04:09Put a rush on those.
00:04:10Okay, Chief.
00:04:11Hey, how about my jab?
00:04:13What's the matter with it?
00:04:14Nothing.
00:04:15I like it.
00:04:16Thanks, Chief.
00:04:17Now then, you guys hop to it.
00:04:19And now, Whalen, it's a nice addition.
00:04:20Give me a half column of that cut.
00:04:22Oh, my dear Mr. Whistler,
00:04:24do you have to leave?
00:04:25Oh, no, no.
00:04:27Oh, I see.
00:04:29Well, the recreation period is over,
00:04:30so I'll say, well, congratulations
00:04:33on your work in the trial murder case.
00:04:36Thank you, Mr. Whittier.
00:04:37No, Whistler.
00:04:38Whistler, Whistler.
00:04:40Oh, Whistler.
00:04:41Oh, yes, I've seen your mother's picture.
00:04:44My best wishes to the commissioner.
00:04:46Yes, sir.
00:04:50Goodbye.
00:04:52What are you doing standing there?
00:04:54I'm a good listener.
00:04:55Why don't you try being a good newspaper man?
00:04:58Now, the laniate, get out of here
00:05:00before the mayor walks and he presents me
00:05:01with a machine gun,
00:05:02because I tried using it.
00:05:04You know, Chief,
00:05:05I think everybody's wrong about you.
00:05:07You're all right.
00:05:08Yeah?
00:05:09Who wired you to that?
00:05:10You did, when you made that crack
00:05:12about me being a good newspaper man.
00:05:13It was just a crack.
00:05:15Oh.
00:05:16You didn't take it seriously, did you?
00:05:18No.
00:05:19Well, don't.
00:05:21I won't.
00:05:22That's fine.
00:05:23You're good when you're good, that's all.
00:05:25Well, this Upshaw case, okay.
00:05:27How about a couple of others?
00:05:29Well, I brought them in, didn't I?
00:05:30Don't forget I gave you the breaks.
00:05:32Oh, I see.
00:05:33Well, maybe you should have fired me.
00:05:34Maybe I should have.
00:05:36Maybe I will one of these days.
00:05:38Meanwhile, I'm trying to give you another break,
00:05:40Mr. Doyle.
00:05:42It's a honey, isn't it?
00:05:44Someday I'm going to use it.
00:05:45Got your man picked out?
00:05:47Yeah, I'm going to get me a managing editor.
00:05:49Wait a minute.
00:05:52No speeches with this.
00:05:54The boss handed me this to hand to you.
00:05:56Don't open it in here.
00:05:58A good story might hop out of it,
00:06:00and I'd have to get a good man to write it.
00:06:02Chief, when you grow up, people may get to like you.
00:06:11I got a hold of a pair of dice once from New Orleans.
00:06:14Doesn't mean a thing, fellas.
00:06:16I've got the key to 15 cities.
00:06:18I've got the day off.
00:06:19Oh, another present from Jojo?
00:06:21No, I'm taking it.
00:06:22Let's see the guy, huh?
00:06:25Oh, special 45.
00:06:27How much do you think we could get off?
00:06:29What do you mean, we?
00:06:31Do you think I'd hock this token of esteem
00:06:33from T. Whittier Whipple Tree?
00:06:35Hey, wait a minute.
00:06:36We always split, don't we?
00:06:38Ah, we don't have to.
00:06:39The Padroni case gave us this.
00:06:41What is it?
00:06:42I'm no authority.
00:06:44Well.
00:06:46It says on this little piece of paper
00:06:48that the government will redeem it for $50.
00:06:51That's an estate.
00:06:52No, it's a bonus.
00:06:53Part of the mystery case.
00:06:54And I got an idea that it's real.
00:06:56If so, let's do something about it.
00:06:57Well, now you're talking.
00:06:58What are we waiting for?
00:06:59Hey, wait a minute.
00:07:00Look, fellas.
00:07:01Can't we make it tomorrow?
00:07:02I've got a date.
00:07:03Now, tut-tut, Larry.
00:07:04You know, you mustn't be childish.
00:07:05Right this way, my boy.
00:07:06Never mind.
00:07:07We'll do it tomorrow.
00:07:08What can we do today?
00:07:09Oh, fellas.
00:07:10Ah.
00:07:11Here you go, Jim.
00:07:12Here they come.
00:07:13Bourbon and soda.
00:07:14This is mine.
00:07:15All right, boys.
00:07:16Stop breaking your arms.
00:07:17You're fumbling is well meant,
00:07:18as much as I'm the only one that has any dough.
00:07:19I'll buy it.
00:07:20There you are.
00:07:21Thank you very much.
00:07:22I'll take the next one.
00:07:23Gentlemen, if I may allude to you as such,
00:07:25I think a toast is in order.
00:07:26I agree.
00:07:27To Larry.
00:07:28To Larry.
00:07:29Hey, wizard of the fourth estate.
00:07:30Tracker down of vicious criminals.
00:07:32Thank you, gentlemen.
00:07:34But I espouse an even worthier personality.
00:07:36Oh, come, come, Larry me boy.
00:07:38Let's keep Superman out of this.
00:07:39Ah.
00:07:40This is not Superman, although he thinks he is.
00:07:42I refer to none other than L1A Jonas.
00:07:44Better known as Jojo the dogface boy.
00:07:47He is a phony gentleman.
00:07:49Likewise, a stinker of the first water.
00:07:52By your tone, young fella me lad,
00:07:54I take it you're not overly fond of our Mr. Jonas.
00:07:57You take it right, the big walrus.
00:07:59He's not a man.
00:08:00He's a robot with no soul.
00:08:02A leering misanthrope in whose breast
00:08:04the milk of humankind has soured long ago.
00:08:06Ah, I'm beginning to get the picture.
00:08:08He builds you up, then he tears you down with glee.
00:08:10But he's walked a long way.
00:08:11He's got a long way to go.
00:08:13He builds you up, then he tears you down with glee.
00:08:15But he's walked on me for the last time.
00:08:17I don't mind telling you, gentlemen,
00:08:19that I'm leaving that misbegotten weasel flat.
00:08:21Those are the best words I've heard in months, Joel.
00:08:24Oh, hello, Chief.
00:08:25Just talking about you.
00:08:26Yeah, I can see it's a mistake to let a newspaper
00:08:29man get a hold of $50 at one time.
00:08:31Oh, now listen, Chief.
00:08:32Larry was only.
00:08:33I may be old fashioned, but somehow I
00:08:35like to run a newspaper from a newspaper office.
00:08:38Yeah, but Chief.
00:08:39You three be in the office tomorrow morning on time,
00:08:41sober or else.
00:08:43And as for you, I'll show you I can run
00:08:46a newspaper without you.
00:08:48You mean I'm through?
00:08:50Yeah.
00:08:51Fired.
00:08:52And for the last time.
00:09:00Nice going, kid.
00:09:02You sure told him.
00:09:04Yeah, didn't I?
00:09:06Where?
00:09:12Star reporter rewarded for capturing Louis Padroni.
00:09:16I'd like to get my hands on that monkey.
00:09:19I'd give him a reward he'd never forget.
00:09:21Yeah, and he'd have it coming to him, too.
00:09:23He sure would.
00:09:24Ah, shut up.
00:09:25You make me sick, both of you.
00:09:27What's the matter?
00:09:28What'd we do?
00:09:29We was only sympathizing.
00:09:30Sympathizing?
00:09:31If you two monkeys had been on your toes,
00:09:33Doyle had never been able to pin this rap
00:09:35on me in the first place.
00:09:37Can we help it if he's smart?
00:09:38Yeah, that Doyle ain't no stooge.
00:09:40He knows plenty.
00:09:41He knows too much.
00:09:42If he ever gets on the witness stand at that trial,
00:09:44I'm cooked.
00:09:45You know that, don't you?
00:09:46Yeah.
00:09:47Looks bad, don't it?
00:09:49You're right at the peak of your career, too.
00:09:51My career's not over yet.
00:09:52Don't forget that.
00:09:53No?
00:09:54Because he's not going to testify at that trial.
00:09:56He ain't.
00:09:57No kidding.
00:09:58Boy, I tell you, the boss is foxy.
00:10:00Always got a quick one up his sleeve, ain't you, boss?
00:10:02What are you going to do?
00:10:03I'm not going to do anything.
00:10:04You are.
00:10:05We are?
00:10:06Like what?
00:10:07What do you think?
00:10:08Get him out of the way.
00:10:09You mean like the old days with all the trimmers?
00:10:11I don't care how you do it.
00:10:13Just fix it so he don't show up at that trial.
00:10:15Now, come on.
00:10:16Get going.
00:10:19Ain't you coming with us?
00:10:20Not this time.
00:10:21You mean you want us to do it alone?
00:10:23Yeah.
00:10:24I got to get out of town, pull a couple of quick jobs,
00:10:26get enough for the trial expenses.
00:10:28You're the boss.
00:10:34Yes, sir, boys.
00:10:36My heart goes out to you.
00:10:37You poor wage slaves languishing under the heel
00:10:39of old Joe Joe, the taskmaster, while I live the free life
00:10:43again, gambling on the green pastures,
00:10:46hearkening only to the call of Mother Nature.
00:10:48You want her on the phone, Mr. Doyle.
00:10:51Mother Nature.
00:10:53She seems a little previous.
00:10:55Oh, it's probably some gal calling me up for a date.
00:10:57Well, I'll be back in a flash with the blonde.
00:11:01Oh.
00:11:03Hello, Lowry.
00:11:04Oh.
00:11:05Hello, fellas.
00:11:06Hey, wait a minute.
00:11:07Where are we going?
00:11:08Not far.
00:11:09Well, I got a phone call.
00:11:10It'll keep.
00:11:13Hey, this sort of thing won't get you fellas anywhere.
00:11:16You know what the penalty is for kidnapping, don't you?
00:11:21This is a kidnapping, isn't it?
00:11:23We say it was.
00:11:25What do you mean?
00:11:26You're not going to knock me off, are you?
00:11:28Well, you wouldn't do that.
00:11:30What could you gain by it?
00:11:32What could you gain by it?
00:11:35Oh, now look, Goldie.
00:11:36You're a nice fella.
00:11:38Yeah, I like you too.
00:11:40Well, thanks.
00:11:41Well, let's be reasonable.
00:11:43I know I got your pal Padroni in a jam,
00:11:46but that's no reason for you two to be sore at me.
00:11:50All right, so you're sore.
00:11:52But why should you do his dirty work?
00:11:54This ain't dirty work.
00:11:55We think it's fun.
00:11:57Fun?
00:11:58What's fun about knocking off a nice guy that never did anything in his life to you?
00:12:02What kind of fellas are you?
00:12:04You talk too much.
00:12:12Aren't you going pretty fast?
00:12:14You might get a ticket.
00:12:15If we do, you can square it.
00:12:17Yeah, they tell me you reporters have a way with the cops.
00:12:21You think not?
00:12:23Did you read the record today?
00:12:25Yeah, what about it?
00:12:26What about it?
00:12:27Didn't you see what the police commissioner thinks of me?
00:12:30He practically gave me the keys to the jail, that's all.
00:12:33That's why I'm their pal.
00:12:35I know every cop on the beat by his first name.
00:12:38And you can't kill a cop's pal and get away with it.
00:12:41They never rest until they strap you in the electric chair.
00:12:44You're pretty sure of that, ain't you?
00:12:46Yeah, why shouldn't I be?
00:12:48You know what's happened to every other guy who knocked off a newspaper man?
00:12:51Well, they'll grab you the same way.
00:12:54You can't play with the star reporter of the record.
00:12:57It's suicide.
00:12:59Golly, why'd you want to go and do that for?
00:13:01Couldn't you wait till he was out of town?
00:13:03They don't like the way he was running off.
00:13:06You know, there might be something to what he says.
00:13:08You mean about the reporters and the cops and all of that?
00:13:10Yeah.
00:13:12That's what I was thinking.
00:13:14Just like you said, them reporters has got a way with the cops.
00:13:16Yeah.
00:13:18You know, Petroni didn't say nothing about killing this monkey.
00:13:22He just had to get rid of him, didn't he?
00:13:24That's right.
00:13:25That's all he said.
00:13:27What do we do with him, ship him out of town?
00:13:29Yeah, why not?
00:13:31Let's see how much dough he's holding.
00:13:38$39.
00:13:39That ought to do it.
00:13:41Head to the depot.
00:13:49He's got a snootful, hasn't he?
00:13:51Wouldn't he be more comfortable if you just shipped him in a box?
00:13:54Are you trying to be funny?
00:13:55He wants a one-way ticket.
00:13:58Where to?
00:14:02Springfield.
00:14:03Springfield?
00:14:04Or Springfield, Massachusetts?
00:14:06Illinois?
00:14:07Ohio?
00:14:08North Carolina?
00:14:09Wisconsin or Alabama?
00:14:11Which is the cheapest?
00:14:12Cheapest.
00:14:13Now, we have the Rock Island to Springfield, Illinois.
00:14:16The V&O to Springfield, Ohio.
00:14:18And the Pennsylvania...
00:14:19Never mind.
00:14:20Make it St. Louis.
00:14:21It's less complicated.
00:14:23St. Louis?
00:14:24You said...
00:14:26St. Louis.
00:14:27Yes, sir.
00:14:28St. Louis.
00:14:33Well, here we are, gentlemen.
00:14:35Compartment A.
00:14:37Man, that's what I call being done up down.
00:14:40Yeah, he's been drinking a little.
00:14:42Yes, sir.
00:14:43Quite a little.
00:14:44I ain't been in that shape since the night of my last marriage.
00:14:47Man, what a night.
00:14:49Is that this gentleman's trouble?
00:14:51Yeah.
00:14:52Yeah, he's going to St. Louis to get married.
00:14:54Oh, man.
00:14:56I don't blame him for getting himself immersed.
00:14:59I never will forget my first wife.
00:15:01Man, what a woman.
00:15:02You know what that woman done?
00:15:04All right, George.
00:15:05Some other time when we can stay longer.
00:15:06Yes.
00:15:07Here you go.
00:15:08See that he gets off where he's supposed to.
00:15:09Yes, sir.
00:15:11Let's go.
00:15:12Pardon me, gentlemen.
00:15:13Can I brush you gentlemen off?
00:15:15No, we'll get off the regular way.
00:15:18Oh, man.
00:15:39Good morning, sir.
00:15:40Well, we're getting into St. Louis.
00:15:42St. Louis what?
00:15:44New Orleans.
00:15:45What for?
00:15:46What for what?
00:15:48Well, my ticket, red St. Louis?
00:15:51That's right.
00:15:52Hey, I don't get it.
00:15:53How did I get on this train?
00:15:54You was brung aboard last night in Chicago.
00:15:57And mister, when I says brung, you was really brung.
00:16:01Yes, sir.
00:16:02Oh, I was with somebody, huh?
00:16:04Yes, sir.
00:16:05The bridal party.
00:16:06The bridal party?
00:16:07Yes, sir.
00:16:08Surely you remember.
00:16:09Oh, I do.
00:16:10I draw a blank.
00:16:12Oh, I'm sorry, but you'll have to change this dollar.
00:16:15Oh, that's all right, sir.
00:16:16You fixed me up last night.
00:16:18I did?
00:16:19Oh, yeah.
00:16:20I give up.
00:16:21I suppose a little lady will be there to meet us.
00:16:24Little lady?
00:16:25Oh, you can't fool me.
00:16:26I knew it last night you was coming to St. Louis to get mad.
00:16:30Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
00:16:31I'm sorry.
00:16:32I'm sorry.
00:16:33I'm sorry.
00:16:34I'm sorry.
00:16:35I'm sorry.
00:16:36I'm sorry.
00:16:37I'm sorry.
00:16:38I'm sorry.
00:16:39I'm sorry.
00:16:40I'm sorry.
00:16:41Hop in.
00:17:07Twenty-five cents?
00:17:08That's what it adds up.
00:17:09Ten cents for coffee?
00:17:10It's never more than five.
00:17:11Well, it's 10 here.
00:17:12And the donuts, you can get them anywhere for a nickel.
00:17:15We get $0.05 straight, three for $0.15.
00:17:17I serve them, and you ate them.
00:17:19So the check's $0.25.
00:17:21Look, all I've got is a nickel and five pennies.
00:17:24Honest, that's all I've got.
00:17:25Well, I got to pay the difference for you
00:17:27if you niggle me out of it.
00:17:28Don't you believe me?
00:17:29With the gags they pull on me, I don't believe nobody.
00:17:33Waiter, another cup.
00:17:41Forget it.
00:17:42I can tell a lady when I see one.
00:17:44Oh, gee, thank you very much.
00:17:46That's all right.
00:18:11Going to Mrs. Alan Weston, 659 South Eden Street, Helena,
00:18:15Montana.
00:18:16I'm at Union Station, St. Louis.
00:18:18Need enough money for fare.
00:18:20Please send me that and what you can spare.
00:18:22Things are difficult. Signed, Ann.
00:18:25That's right.
00:18:26Tell her to collect, please.
00:18:27What's your name?
00:18:27Ann Weston.
00:18:28That's to my mother.
00:18:29I'm sorry.
00:18:30I'm sorry.
00:18:31I'm sorry.
00:18:32I'm sorry.
00:18:33I'm sorry.
00:18:33I'm sorry.
00:18:34I'm sorry.
00:18:35I'm sorry.
00:18:36I'm sorry.
00:18:37I'm sorry.
00:18:37I'm sorry.
00:18:38I'm sorry.
00:18:39That's to my mother.
00:18:40Any identification?
00:18:43Oh, no.
00:18:45Oh, I'm sorry.
00:18:46I can't send it.
00:18:48Oh, it is to my mother.
00:18:49But we don't know your mother.
00:18:51Oh, I see.
00:18:52Of course.
00:18:53Sorry.
00:18:54That's all right.
00:19:04Collect.
00:19:06Any identification?
00:19:07Yeah, my press card.
00:19:10L1A Jonas, managing editor, Chicago Records,
00:19:12Chicago, Illinois.
00:19:13Need $200 urgently.
00:19:15Prospect's good, but in a jam.
00:19:17Regards to you and the gang.
00:19:18Reply, Union Station, St. Louis.
00:19:20Larry Doyle.
00:19:24Isn't there something I can do for you?
00:19:26No, thank you.
00:19:27I'm not interested.
00:19:30Well, that's telling me.
00:19:31Hey, you big sap, come back here now.
00:19:34Thanks.
00:19:35When you see a driver like that,
00:19:36it makes you want to be a judge.
00:19:38Everything all right?
00:19:39With us, yes.
00:19:40But how come you let a driver like that get away?
00:19:42Well, I whistled, didn't I?
00:19:43Oh, everything's all right, officer.
00:19:44Everything isn't all right.
00:19:46That guy came around the corner.
00:19:47That driver didn't give me an argument.
00:19:49He went right on his way.
00:19:50Well, that's what burns me up.
00:19:51Do you and the lady want to get down to the station
00:19:53with me and make a complaint?
00:19:54Yes.
00:19:55Oh, no, officer.
00:19:56I'm not going to make a complaint.
00:19:57I'm not going to make a complaint.
00:19:58I'm not going to make a complaint.
00:19:59I'm not going to make a complaint.
00:20:00Oh, no, officer, no.
00:20:01Well, you can't let a guy like that get away, Mike.
00:20:03Don't you know that you can't win an argument with the wife?
00:20:07Yeah, but sometimes a good smack does them good, huh?
00:20:10Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:20:13Hey, wait a minute.
00:20:15I'm going to have to carry you across the next street.
00:20:17You might jump in front of another car.
00:20:18Look, I'm very grateful for what you did,
00:20:20but please leave me alone.
00:20:21Oh, you can't be trusted out alone.
00:20:23You can give that officer advice, but don't give me any.
00:20:25It was funny about that missus stuff, wasn't it?
00:20:27No.
00:20:27I think it was.
00:20:29You know, I was right about you needing a smack sometimes, too.
00:20:30Why, you!
00:20:31Hey, you're prettier than ever when you're mad.
00:20:33Either you leave me alone, or I'll call an officer
00:20:34and tell him you're annoying me.
00:20:36Would you do that?
00:20:37Yes.
00:20:37Yeah, I think you would.
00:20:39Well, OK, I'm sorry.
00:20:41So long, beautiful.
00:20:47Miss me?
00:20:48Oh!
00:20:50Yeah, I like your laugh.
00:20:51Is this going all day?
00:20:53Unless we find someplace to lie.
00:20:55What am I going to do with you?
00:20:57Now, look, you're not kidding me.
00:20:58You haven't any more place to go than a rabbit.
00:21:01Well, neither have I.
00:21:02But I'm not leaving you until I know you're all right.
00:21:04Oh, you don't have to worry about me.
00:21:05Oh, but I do.
00:21:07Ever since that car missed you and you
00:21:08threw yourself into my arms.
00:21:09Oh, I did not.
00:21:11Don't look that way to me.
00:21:12But you grabbed me.
00:21:13I couldn't help that.
00:21:14You didn't have to kiss me as a reward for grabbing you.
00:21:17I did what?
00:21:17Well, you just didn't think of it.
00:21:19It would have been a great idea.
00:21:21Oh, come on, now.
00:21:22You're up against it, aren't you?
00:21:24Well, so am I.
00:21:25But if you're willing to take a chance,
00:21:27I'll get us both out of this spot.
00:21:28Taxi!
00:21:29What do you mean, take a chance?
00:21:31Now, look, there are a lot of fellas in this world
00:21:33who know a nice girl when they see one.
00:21:35I'm one of those guys.
00:21:36I may be a little crude in my methods,
00:21:38but I come from a family with hearts of gold.
00:21:41Now, here are you and here am I.
00:21:43And we have one bag between us.
00:21:45Well, that bag will get us into a good hotel.
00:21:47I'll see that you get a good room, a good meal,
00:21:49and a good night's rest.
00:21:50I'll get some sleep myself because I
00:21:52won't be worrying about you.
00:21:53Now, what do you say?
00:21:55No.
00:21:56Oh, please, now, well, let me take the bag.
00:21:58Oh, goodness.
00:21:59Look what you've done with all my things.
00:22:01Oh, I, I'm sorry.
00:22:04Oh, a nice day, officer.
00:22:06Who says so?
00:22:08I do.
00:22:08I think it's a lovely day.
00:22:16Well, there's nothing like picking the best.
00:22:18Now, turn on that smile while I do the dickering.
00:22:20And if I'm not doing all right, laugh.
00:22:22That'll murder the clerk.
00:22:23It killed me.
00:22:24And no matter what I tell him, play straight for me.
00:22:27And we'll be all set, and we'll have some champagne
00:22:29and roast pheasant and, well, hamburger.
00:22:32And tomorrow's another day.
00:22:33You trust me, don't you?
00:22:34I trust you.
00:22:40How do you do, sir?
00:22:41How do you do?
00:22:41Just the two of you?
00:22:42Yes, that's right.
00:22:44I can give you a very nice room on the third floor,
00:22:46$10 a day, twin beds, tub, and shower.
00:22:49Oh, you're not talking my language.
00:22:50What did the president have?
00:22:51Oh, you mean the suite.
00:22:53Now you're talking.
00:22:55Play this straight.
00:22:57Uh, that suite you mentioned, you're
00:22:58sure it's the very best you have?
00:23:00Oh, yes, sir, the finest, the Regal Suite.
00:23:02Regal?
00:23:03Well, that's for us, nothing but the best, eh, little lady?
00:23:06This is Mr. Clark, our manager.
00:23:08Mr. and Mrs. Doyle.
00:23:09Oh, no, no, Mr. Larry Doyle and secretary.
00:23:12Oh, I see.
00:23:13Glad to have you with us, Mr. Doyle.
00:23:15I'm with the Chicago Record.
00:23:16They've sent me down here to cover the smoke abatement story,
00:23:18and Miss, uh, Vonna Vesic is assisting me.
00:23:22Of course.
00:23:23Now, I was just telling the clerk
00:23:24we want your best suite.
00:23:25Surely.
00:23:27And how much will that set me back?
00:23:28$35 a day.
00:23:30Oh, well, that's reasonable enough.
00:23:32I'll take it.
00:23:34Now, we only had this one bag with us.
00:23:35Some friends of ours thought it would
00:23:37be funny to steal our others.
00:23:38Practical jokers, you know how newspaper men are.
00:23:42Uh, I'm afraid it upset the little lady,
00:23:45but comics will be comics.
00:23:47The stuff will be along on the next train.
00:23:49We'll take care of it.
00:23:50Oh, thank you.
00:23:51Are you ready, Miss Vonna Vesic?
00:23:52Oh, let me do the honors.
00:23:53If you don't mind, I'll show you the suite.
00:23:55Oh, thank you.
00:23:56Now, there you see a real hotel man.
00:23:58Oh, I'm expecting a wire.
00:24:00Would you call the railroad station office
00:24:01and have it sent out over here?
00:24:02Yes, sir.
00:24:16You like this?
00:24:17Oh, yes, it'll do.
00:24:18Don't you think?
00:24:19Don't hesitate to ask for anything you want.
00:24:21I won't.
00:24:21Good day.
00:24:22Good day.
00:24:25Well, did I or did I not put that on?
00:24:28You did.
00:24:29I told you I would.
00:24:30You told me I could trust you.
00:24:31I believed you.
00:24:32Well, this is the way to do it.
00:24:33Make them think we're important people.
00:24:34I prefer nice people.
00:24:36Well, we are, and I think we'll be very comfortable here.
00:24:38Now, wait a minute.
00:24:39I played straight and I kept my part of the bargain.
00:24:41If you don't mind, I think I'll be going.
00:24:42Well, you can't do that.
00:24:44I wasn't fooling.
00:24:44I meant everything I said.
00:24:46I'm sorry, Miss Vonna Vesic.
00:24:47I wasn't fooling.
00:24:48I meant everything I said.
00:24:49Well, I thought you'd understand.
00:24:51I told you there'd be no.
00:24:55Come here.
00:25:00There's your room.
00:25:01There's mine.
00:25:13I don't think I've ever been so hungry in my life.
00:25:15Yeah, I noticed that in the station dining room.
00:25:16You looked all in.
00:25:17I was all in.
00:25:18I was pretty miserable.
00:25:20I'll tell you something.
00:25:21You know, I couldn't pay my bill.
00:25:22I don't know what I would have done if it
00:25:23hadn't been for the waiter.
00:25:24He trusted me for $0.15.
00:25:25Yeah, he was all right.
00:25:27You'd never have guessed it, though, by looking at his pan.
00:25:28I'm going to see that he gets that $0.15.
00:25:30Oh, no, I'll take care of that.
00:25:31Oh, no, you won't.
00:25:32I'll do it.
00:25:33I'm your business manager.
00:25:34All right.
00:25:36Now, here's the idea.
00:25:37We've really got nothing to worry about.
00:25:38I wired my old paper for $200.
00:25:40That's what I sent in the station.
00:25:42And it'll be here by tomorrow at the latest.
00:25:44I'm really expecting it before that.
00:25:46Then we pay this bill, and we're on our way.
00:25:47How's that, Ann?
00:25:50How'd you know my name was Ann?
00:25:51Did I hear that?
00:25:52Oh, now, isn't that funny?
00:25:55I'll tell you how I knew it.
00:25:56You look like an Ann.
00:25:58Well, guess what do Ann's look like?
00:26:00Just like you.
00:26:04Yes?
00:26:08Thank you very much.
00:26:11This telegram just came in from Mr. Doyle.
00:26:14I'll take this up myself.
00:26:32It's a cinch, I tell you.
00:26:34Larry Doyle doesn't mean anything to you, naturally,
00:26:36but any good newspaper knows me.
00:26:38So tomorrow I'd-
00:26:39There you are.
00:26:41Well, maybe something's happened already.
00:26:46Oh.
00:26:55Good news?
00:26:56Oh, terrific.
00:26:58Just a laugh, another one of those comedy
00:26:59wires from those pranksters I was telling you about.
00:27:01Remember?
00:27:03Do you mind stepping into the hall for a minute?
00:27:06That was a pretty good line of talk you gave me, young fellow.
00:27:08I don't know what your game is and don't care,
00:27:10but it's all over as far as this hotel is concerned.
00:27:12Now get your secretary and get out.
00:27:15Why, don't tell me you believe this crazy telegram?
00:27:19Why, it's just a gag.
00:27:21Just a practical joke from a bunch of pals of mine.
00:27:25Great bunch of kidders, those boys.
00:27:26Yes, sir.
00:27:27Terrific.
00:27:28Just the same, you're still getting out.
00:27:30I'm not getting out.
00:27:35Oh, now come now, you look like an understanding man.
00:27:37You must have a secretary.
00:27:39How would you feel if they threw you two out of this hotel?
00:27:42That's beside the point.
00:27:44Well, you're going to look awfully silly
00:27:46when the Hotel Managers Association finds out
00:27:48that you were duped out of your best suite for a night.
00:27:51Oh, come on now, give me 24 hours.
00:27:53I'll have everything straightened out by then.
00:27:55Well, all right, I'll give you just 24 hours.
00:27:58But that's all.
00:27:59Not a second more.
00:28:06What do you want?
00:28:07Oh, he's a joker too.
00:28:08He wanted me to invest money in a new chain of hotels.
00:28:11What's in the wire?
00:28:13Oh, it's just a gag.
00:28:14It's kind of funny too, but it's a little, uh, well,
00:28:16you can't read it to a girl.
00:28:28Here's a good laugh for you boys from Larry Doyle
00:28:30from St. Louis.
00:28:31He's flat and in a jam.
00:28:32Why, that'd be for $200.
00:28:38Well, what are you going to do, Chief?
00:28:39Oh, I've already done that.
00:28:40Why, I've got nothing doing.
00:28:41I've never even heard of him.
00:28:42Yeah, but he's in a jam.
00:28:43He needn't yell to me.
00:28:45I'm through with him.
00:28:46Just thought you boys might be interested, that's all.
00:28:55Well, you can take it from me, the kid's in a jam.
00:28:57How much money you got?
00:28:58I got about three bucks myself.
00:29:00He's two bucks.
00:29:01Good.
00:29:02I haven't got any dough, but I've got an idea.
00:29:06Babies, be good to me tonight.
00:29:10Well, Larry, come on, fella.
00:29:13Well, Philemon was fine last night.
00:29:16What do we have for breakfast?
00:29:20You're not even listening to me.
00:29:22I've got it.
00:29:23Look.
00:29:27He's been letting off for several months,
00:29:29but now he's back, and he always works the same.
00:29:31He pulls off a job, then he calls up the district attorney
00:29:34and the newspapers and laughs at them.
00:29:36Now he's pulled his most sensational job,
00:29:37and he's laughing at the police.
00:29:39This is where I go to work.
00:29:41Why, this will be duck soup for me.
00:29:44Won't you give me a little kiss just for good luck?
00:29:48Well, I just thought I'd ask.
00:29:49Now you hold your breath till I get back.
00:29:51I'm going over to the world news office.
00:29:56Stopping in St. Louis have closed several big deals
00:30:00with more coming up.
00:30:02Trust you took care of that matter as I instructed.
00:30:06Padroni.
00:30:07Did we take care of that matter like he instructed?
00:30:10Yeah.
00:30:11I liked that sort of look on that smart reporter's
00:30:14pan when he woke up in St. Louis.
00:30:16St. Louis?
00:30:18Suffering cats, that's where the boss is.
00:30:21St. Louis.
00:30:23If them two of them meets up, the boss will murder us.
00:30:25You're telling me.
00:30:26We got to grab a plane down there, but quick.
00:30:31Get this, Marvin.
00:30:33I just told the district attorney where he stands.
00:30:35Now I'm telling you.
00:30:36You're editing this paper.
00:30:37Do something.
00:30:38We're doing everything we can, sir.
00:30:40I've got everybody out covering the case, but as usual,
00:30:43he left no clues.
00:30:44I don't care about clues.
00:30:46Either you get that bandit, or I get a new managing editor.
00:30:53Publisher's got you on the carpet, huh?
00:30:55Oh, what a brilliant piece of luck I am for you.
00:30:58Who are you?
00:30:59Just the best little newspaper man
00:31:00either side of the Rockies, that's all.
00:31:02Get out of here.
00:31:03You want to find that bandit?
00:31:04Yes.
00:31:05Well, I'm the original bandit catcher.
00:31:07My name, Larry Doyle, the one and only.
00:31:09Oh, you've heard of me, Chicago Record?
00:31:12Oh, I know what you're thinking.
00:31:14You think I'm a lot of baloney.
00:31:15I do.
00:31:16That I'm a fake, a bluff.
00:31:18Well, I'll show you.
00:31:19Got my press card right here.
00:31:21Someplace I got.
00:31:23Oh, I left it on the counter of the grocery store.
00:31:27I left it on the counter of the girl on the counter.
00:31:29Now, get out of here.
00:31:31Oh, so you're trying to kick me out, huh?
00:31:33Well, you'd be kicking the best newspaper
00:31:35man you ever kicked at.
00:31:36And not only that, but you'd be missing
00:31:37the opportunity of your life.
00:31:38But I'm not going to let you.
00:31:39I'm going to call up my boss and have him identify me.
00:31:42Charge is reversed.
00:31:44Oh, he'll pay for it.
00:31:46Well, get me Jonas, the Chicago Record.
00:31:49Get Hart for me.
00:31:50I don't care where you've looked.
00:31:51Get him.
00:31:52Charge is reversed.
00:31:54I look in every gin mill, juke joint, dance hall,
00:31:57the river, or any place.
00:31:58And when you find him, tell him to get down to headquarters
00:32:00and see if he can pick up anything on that stick-up man.
00:32:03Hello?
00:32:04Hello, Chief?
00:32:05Larry Doyle.
00:32:07Well, I'm talking to Marvin at the St. Louis World News.
00:32:11Well, a big story has just popped,
00:32:12and I'm telling him I'm the boy to handle it.
00:32:16But he won't believe I'm Larry Doyle.
00:32:18Isn't that a laugh?
00:32:20Tell him about me, will you?
00:32:22Sure, I'll fix it for you.
00:32:24Put Marvin on.
00:32:25OK, there you are.
00:32:26He'll tell you.
00:32:27This is Marvin talking.
00:32:29Give me the lowdown.
00:32:30Why, he's a fake.
00:32:32If I were you, I'd turn him over to police.
00:32:34He's lying, because the real Larry Doyle is sitting here
00:32:38in my office right now.
00:32:39Thanks.
00:32:41Well, he told you, didn't he?
00:32:42Yeah, he sure did.
00:32:43That's my boss.
00:32:45Your boss says you're a fake and a liar.
00:32:47The real Larry Doyle is sitting in Jonas' office right now.
00:32:50You're kidding.
00:32:51Now, get out of here before I call the cops.
00:32:52That's what Jonas suggested too.
00:32:54Honestly, I'm Larry Doyle.
00:32:55Well, get out of here before you tell me you're Damon Reinhart.
00:32:58Here's one editor you can't put anything over on.
00:33:00Yes?
00:33:03That call was $3, Mr. Marvin.
00:33:05What?
00:33:06He can't do that to me.
00:33:07Now, listen, look out and look after that bill, will you?
00:33:19Was everything all right?
00:33:20Is everything all right?
00:33:21Honey, we're all set.
00:33:23I talked to Marvin, the managing editor of the World
00:33:25News for less than a minute.
00:33:26I told him who I was, and he put me right on the payroll.
00:33:28Oh, Larry, I'm so happy.
00:33:29Thanks.
00:33:31Yeah, I'm riding on top of the world again.
00:33:34Riding on top of the world.
00:33:37Hey, look, you don't have to lie to me.
00:33:42Yeah, I lost out.
00:33:44My old boss let me down.
00:33:45You see, I called him and told him that they didn't
00:33:47believe I was Larry Doyle.
00:33:49Well, he said he'd fix it.
00:33:50He did.
00:33:51He said I wasn't Larry Doyle.
00:33:55It's kind of funny, I guess.
00:33:56It's a shame.
00:33:58It's just a shame.
00:34:00Oh, it's all in the brakes.
00:34:02I'm not licked.
00:34:02I'll show them.
00:34:03I'll show that Jonas.
00:34:25That's the gang.
00:34:27Didn't I tell you something would break?
00:34:29Where to now?
00:34:30Well, first off, I'm going to give that hotel manager
00:34:32a piece of my mind.
00:34:33Then prepare to lead the full life we celebrate.
00:34:35Uh, uh.
00:34:46I want words with you, my good man.
00:34:48Words concerning payment of your bill, I hope.
00:34:51Precisely.
00:34:52If this alleged hotel can scrape up enough money
00:34:53to cash a sizable money order.
00:34:56Why, of course, Mr. Doyle.
00:34:59Uh, take care of this for Mr. Doyle.
00:35:01He's paying his bill.
00:35:02Yes, sir.
00:35:03That, my benighted Boniface, is a gross understatement.
00:35:06I am not alone paying my bill.
00:35:07I am checking out.
00:35:09Checking out?
00:35:10But that's impossible.
00:35:11I mean, this is the best hotel in town.
00:35:13Why should you want to leave?
00:35:15You dare to ask me a question like that?
00:35:18I'm not going to leave.
00:35:19I'm not going to leave.
00:35:20Why should you ask me a question like that?
00:35:22Well, I, I, what's wrong if the service
00:35:25isn't satisfactory, Mr. Doyle?
00:35:26The service is abominable.
00:35:27The food is atrocious.
00:35:29The beds are like slabs in the morgue.
00:35:30And the help is ridiculous.
00:35:32Meaning you, my moon-faced friend.
00:35:34I don't know what to say.
00:35:36We've never had a complaint like that before.
00:35:38I'm probably the first customer in the hotel
00:35:40who ever had a vocabulary.
00:35:42But there must be something I can do to make it up to you,
00:35:44Mr. Doyle, anything you ask.
00:35:45But please, Mr. Doyle, don't leave us.
00:35:48Well, I don't know.
00:35:50All right, I tell you what I'll do.
00:35:52I will give you exactly 24 hours.
00:35:55And if the service hasn't improved by then, how would I
00:35:57go?
00:35:58Thank you, Mr. Doyle.
00:36:00Here's your change, Mr. Doyle.
00:36:01Oh, yes, of course.
00:36:02Good day, sir.
00:36:04How large was that money order?
00:36:06$50.
00:36:08Only $50?
00:36:10And I let him sell me that bill of goods.
00:36:1224 hours.
00:36:14I must be losing my mind.
00:36:20Office.
00:36:21Hello, are there any messages for me?
00:36:24Who is this, please?
00:36:25This is Mr. Doyle's secretary, Miss Pernovesic.
00:36:30No, no messages, Miss Pernovesic.
00:36:45The bill is paid, the manager's doing a lot of borrowing,
00:36:47we'll have credit for a couple of days,
00:36:49you're a wonderful kid, and we're broke again.
00:36:50Oh, Larry, you shouldn't have done it.
00:36:53Would you rather I hadn't?
00:36:54No.
00:36:56Now, let's see, money, money, money, money.
00:36:58Where are we going to get some more money?
00:37:04Oh, no, Larry, no.
00:37:07You know a good hock shop?
00:37:09I don't know.
00:37:10I don't know a good hock shop.
00:37:12You know a good hock shop?
00:37:14Oh.
00:37:16Yes, of course I do, one that has all I've got.
00:37:18Well, put on your hat and lead the way.
00:37:20I'll bring up the artillery.
00:37:21OK, partner.
00:37:24This is the last one of him.
00:37:25He ain't here, he ain't nowhere.
00:37:27Good evening.
00:37:28Hi.
00:37:29You got a guy named Larry Doyle stopping here?
00:37:30Yes, we have.
00:37:32Well, where can we find him?
00:37:33Well, he just left with a young lady.
00:37:35What young lady?
00:37:36With his?
00:37:37Don't say it.
00:37:39Why do you think of that?
00:37:41That guy did get married.
00:37:42Yeah, just like.
00:37:44Hey, what are we, psychic?
00:37:45If you hurry, you might be able to catch them.
00:37:47Thanks.
00:38:01Hey, that's them over there.
00:38:08Yeah.
00:38:09Yeah, that's them.
00:38:13I'll limo.
00:38:20No, Soap, a cop had to go and barge through.
00:38:31What's the matter with you?
00:38:32A kid could hit that target.
00:38:33Go ahead.
00:38:35I can't do it, Goldie.
00:38:36His wife got in the way.
00:38:38You don't want me shooting no babe, do you?
00:38:41Pull that trigger, will you?
00:38:42What's a babe?
00:38:43They're a dime a dozen.
00:38:45Yeah, but this one's different.
00:38:47This one's a looker.
00:38:48Yeah?
00:38:49Take a gander for yourself.
00:38:51Boy, what a pip.
00:38:54Yeah.
00:38:55She ain't bad.
00:38:57She ain't bad at all.
00:39:00You're telling me.
00:39:02You know, some guys has all the luck.
00:39:05Now, why can't I line up a doll like that?
00:39:09Stick to business.
00:39:10While you go ahead, pull that trigger.
00:39:13I can't do it, Goldie.
00:39:16With them newlyweds and all, it ain't ethical.
00:39:18Suppose May was only married this morning.
00:39:22Jeepers, what a tragedy.
00:39:24Look, it's either him or us.
00:39:26If we don't get Doyle for doing it,
00:39:27he'll get us as sure as you're born.
00:39:30All right.
00:39:32But my heart ain't in it.
00:39:36Boy, what a shot.
00:39:38Hold it.
00:39:39Wait a minute.
00:39:45Now, look what you went and done.
00:39:47They've gone inside.
00:39:48Yeah.
00:39:49That's what's bothering me.
00:39:50You know whose joint that is, don't you?
00:39:52No.
00:39:53That's Nate's joint.
00:39:54He's one of the biggest fences in the business.
00:39:56So what?
00:39:58There must be something up.
00:39:59Otherwise, what'd they want to see Nate for?
00:40:02We better forget this bump off for the time being
00:40:04and find out what this is all about.
00:40:07Yes?
00:40:09How much?
00:40:12How much you want?
00:40:14$50?
00:40:16$15.
00:40:17$40.
00:40:19$20, best I can do.
00:40:21Oh, I wouldn't take less than $35.
00:40:23I wouldn't give more than $25.
00:40:26It's a deal.
00:40:34Put down your name and address right there.
00:40:59Well, we're rich again.
00:41:01Hey, where's a good gambling house?
00:41:02With my luck, I ought to be able to run
00:41:03this into a bankroll.
00:41:04Well, the 13 Club, but we're not going there.
00:41:06Why not?
00:41:07Well, it's rough.
00:41:08Well, serve good food, don't they?
00:41:09I suppose they do.
00:41:10That's what I want.
00:41:11Do you mind?
00:41:12No.
00:41:13After a steak or two, I think better.
00:41:14I'm thinking pretty well right now.
00:41:15Yeah, but you ought to see me after a good meal.
00:41:17Ideas just pop.
00:41:18Well, I guess you've heard it.
00:41:19Go on.
00:41:31Hello, Nate.
00:41:32Hi, Nate.
00:41:33Hello, boys.
00:41:35What are you doing in this neck of the woods?
00:41:37On the lamb?
00:41:38Nah, just sizing up a few things.
00:41:39That mug with the bag that was just in here, what do you want?
00:41:42Oh, nothing much.
00:41:43Just a bird down on his uppers.
00:41:45Popped his gap.
00:41:46Yeah, do you mind if we take a gander at it?
00:41:47Yeah.
00:41:48Yeah, help yourself.
00:41:50What's this mug to you?
00:41:52Front of bars.
00:41:53What do you think of that?
00:41:55That's the Rob the Chicago Police Commission gave him.
00:41:56Ain't that ironic?
00:41:57You know who liked that for a souvenir?
00:41:59No, who?
00:42:00The boss.
00:42:01Yeah, he'd rather have this than a medal.
00:42:03How much, Nate?
00:42:04Well, since you and me is friends, Goldie, take it.
00:42:07$40.
00:42:08$25.
00:42:09Now, Goldie, in times like these,
00:42:11I can't afford a loss.
00:42:12But for you, $35.
00:42:14$30.
00:42:15Only because I like you.
00:42:16$35.
00:42:17$32.50.
00:42:18OK, OK, so I don't pay the rent this month.
00:42:21Who cares?
00:42:21Take it, $34.
00:42:24Sold.
00:42:26Hey, by the way, Nate, have you seen
00:42:27Louis Fadroni around lately?
00:42:28Why?
00:42:29Oh, no reason.
00:42:30You know, old pals.
00:42:31We'd like to look him up.
00:42:32Uh-huh.
00:42:33Well, I ain't seen him.
00:42:35But some of the boys say he might be stopping
00:42:38at the Midwestern Hotel.
00:42:39Midwestern, huh?
00:42:41Thanks, Nate.
00:42:53Who is it?
00:42:53It's us, boss.
00:42:54Goldie and I.
00:42:58Hiya, boss.
00:43:01What are you two doing here?
00:43:03Well, you see, it's like this.
00:43:06When we got your telegrams.
00:43:07Never mind that.
00:43:08Did you get rid of Doyle?
00:43:10Well, in a way, yes.
00:43:12What do you mean, in a way?
00:43:13Well, we got to thinking.
00:43:14You know, it ain't healthy to knock off a report
00:43:16of the power of the press and all that sort of stuff.
00:43:18That's right.
00:43:19All I want to know is, did you get rid of him or didn't you?
00:43:21Well, we got rid of him, but, yeah,
00:43:24well, how was we to know you was coming to St. Louis?
00:43:26What's that got to do with it?
00:43:27Well, I don't know.
00:43:28Well, you didn't say nothing about croaking the guy.
00:43:30So we stuck him in a train and shipped him out of town.
00:43:34Oh, well, that's OK.
00:43:37You boys had me worried for a minute.
00:43:39With him out of the way, I'm a cinch for an acquittal.
00:43:42Now all I got to do is pull one more job
00:43:43and get enough for the trial expenses and then.
00:43:45You don't understand.
00:43:46No, he's here.
00:43:47We shipped him here to St. Louis.
00:43:49You what?
00:43:50Oh, wait a minute, boss.
00:43:51Don't get sore.
00:43:52We didn't know you was here.
00:43:54Oh, you stupid fool.
00:43:56Wait, we got a plan, boss.
00:43:58Look, what's the idea?
00:43:59This is the gun that was given to Larry Doyle
00:44:01by the Chicago Police Commission.
00:44:03Get it?
00:44:05Yeah, you pull a job and then you plant the gun, see?
00:44:06And the cops find the gun.
00:44:08And who's the guy?
00:44:09You?
00:44:10No, Larry Doyle.
00:44:13Boys, I think you've got something.
00:44:15Doyle could never testify in Chicago.
00:44:17If he's on the spot here in St. Louis, now could he?
00:44:19Boss, you're a smart man.
00:44:22Well, he's a smart man.
00:44:23You're a smart man.
00:44:25Why, it's a cinch.
00:44:27What a spot.
00:44:29Goldie, you come with me.
00:44:30Knox, you stay here.
00:44:50This is the deadest place I've ever been in.
00:44:52You're right.
00:45:14Here's my story, dropped right into my lap.
00:45:16Go on down the street and get in a taxi
00:45:18and wait for me at the hotel.
00:45:19Oh, no, I'm going with you.
00:45:20You are not.
00:45:21Now do as I tell you.
00:45:22Well, don't take any risks.
00:45:24Well, me, don't be silly.
00:45:25Now go on.
00:45:26Good luck on your story.
00:45:51Take this and be sure to meet me tomorrow at 5.30.
00:46:18Take this and be sure to meet me tomorrow at 5.30.
00:46:33Calling all cars.
00:46:34Attention all cars.
00:46:36A hold up at the 13 Club.
00:46:37Two officers shot.
00:46:39Bandit got away in sedan, headed west from the 13 Club.
00:46:41Bring him in.
00:46:42That's all.
00:46:43Bronson.
00:46:48A hold up at the 13 Club.
00:46:49Two officers shot.
00:46:49Bring him in.
00:46:50That's all.
00:46:51Bring him in.
00:46:52That's all.
00:46:52Bring him in.
00:46:53Let's get him.
00:47:10Man and bandit car seen turning south on 8th Street.
00:47:15Oh, are you all right?
00:47:16Have I got a story?
00:47:17Keep your eyes open, Bronson.
00:47:19Of all the crazy things to do, Lurie,
00:47:20they might have killed you.
00:47:22But they didn't.
00:47:26But this story, I'm going down to the news office
00:47:28and make Marvin eat crow.
00:47:30Oh, how about a little, uh, furlock?
00:47:35Help?
00:47:36Oh, no.
00:47:37You're not getting away again.
00:47:39Oh, but you've got to stay here and guard the money.
00:47:41But I can't trust you out alone.
00:47:42Now, you hide the money somewhere, and I'll get my hat.
00:47:47Yes, this is Marvin talking.
00:47:49Why?
00:47:50I thought you'd like to know.
00:47:51I just knocked off the 13 Club.
00:47:54You what?
00:47:56See if you can't trace that call on the other wire.
00:47:58Hurry.
00:47:59You're wasting your time.
00:48:00You can't trace it.
00:48:06Can't you hurry?
00:48:07Can't you hear me?
00:48:09How would you like your hold up, man, this time?
00:48:13I haven't got enough on my hands.
00:48:15I can't see your dance again.
00:48:17Now, you've got a partner.
00:48:18I'm no dancer.
00:48:19I'm bringing you the biggest story of the year,
00:48:21if you're smart enough to grab it.
00:48:22Why, he's a better newspaper man than anyone
00:48:23you've got on this paper.
00:48:24Quit it.
00:48:25He's a nut.
00:48:26Now, get out of here, both of you.
00:48:27All right, I'm going to the dispatch.
00:48:28They'll know a story when they hear one.
00:48:29Then you'll lose your job.
00:48:31A feature story signed by Larry Doyle
00:48:33will bust this town wide open.
00:48:34But you're not Doyle.
00:48:36All right, suppose I'm not.
00:48:38I can turn up the stick-up artist.
00:48:40Lots of people have fallen down trying to do that.
00:48:43But they haven't seen him.
00:48:44I have.
00:48:45I'd believe anything if I could believe that.
00:48:47But I tell you, I have seen him.
00:48:49I could spot him out of 100 men.
00:48:51Prove it.
00:48:52Oh, I will.
00:48:53But I'll have to be on salary first.
00:48:55All right, I'll take the chance.
00:48:57How much?
00:48:58Never mind, Ann.
00:48:59Oh, darling, we're not giving things away.
00:49:00All right, all right.
00:49:02$60 a week.
00:49:03Get that bandit, and you get a bonus.
00:49:04It's a bet.
00:49:05I'll get the district attorney on the wire.
00:49:07Tell him to take his staff over to 13 Club.
00:49:09We'll be there as soon as he is.
00:49:11Get me Johnson, the district attorney, and hurry.
00:49:14If you're stringing me, your wife will take you home in a basket.
00:49:17Oh, but I'm not.
00:49:18You get the district attorney and make a reputation for yourself.
00:49:20Come on, Ann.
00:49:22Hello, Johnson?
00:49:23This is Marvin talking.
00:49:25I got a hot tip on the 13 Club stick-up.
00:49:27One of my best men is on his way over.
00:49:29Meet him there.
00:49:30This is hot.
00:49:31You will?
00:49:32Right away?
00:49:34Good.
00:49:35His name?
00:49:37Doyle.
00:49:38Larry Doyle.
00:49:41I hope.
00:49:43Well, this much we know.
00:49:46Officer O'Brien was wounded by the trigger man in the car,
00:49:49and he was killed by O'Brien.
00:49:51The bullet found in the trigger man's body convinces us of that.
00:49:54Right?
00:49:55Right.
00:49:56Now, officer, you picked up Detective Riley?
00:49:58Yes.
00:49:59Well, how did you find him?
00:50:00Which way was he lying?
00:50:01Well, he didn't fall down.
00:50:02He was hanging on to that lamppost.
00:50:04Uh-huh.
00:50:05Well, the hospital surgeon found a bullet, didn't they?
00:50:06Yes, a .45.
00:50:08If Riley was found by that lamppost,
00:50:10he must have been shot from right about here.
00:50:12Sure, by the man in the car.
00:50:13No, no.
00:50:14The man in the car had a .32.
00:50:16We know that because his gun was found beside his body.
00:50:18Now, suppose the bandit starts out of the club with the money.
00:50:23He stops, sees Riley coming, and fires.
00:50:26Then he goes over to the car, hands the money to someone,
00:50:30and they drive out.
00:50:32Now, suppose to cover up, he starts back into the club,
00:50:36but he still has the gun, and it's hot.
00:50:38What would he do?
00:50:39Throw it away.
00:50:40Yes, but where?
00:50:41Let's look for it, men.
00:50:47Here it is.
00:50:48Ah, what did I tell you?
00:50:49Give it to me.
00:50:52No doubt about it.
00:50:53It's a .45.
00:50:54No matter how clever they are, they always leave one clue.
00:50:57Well, you have your gun and your bullet.
00:50:59And the fingerprints.
00:51:01Now, gentlemen, all you have to do is find the owner of that gun,
00:51:04and you have your stick up, men.
00:51:06Well, let's go, men.
00:51:07No time to lose.
00:51:09Larry, that was your gun.
00:51:17Has Mr. Doyle come in yet?
00:51:18Yes, sir.
00:51:19He just went upstairs.
00:51:21You know, the more I think of it, the more exasperated I get
00:51:23for letting him put something over on me.
00:51:25A money order for $50, indeed.
00:51:27The way he talked, you'd think he was a millionaire.
00:51:30I'm going to throw him out.
00:51:32On second thought, you'd better come with me.
00:51:49Aren't we going to throw him out?
00:51:51Oh, no, emphatically not.
00:51:54I'm afraid we misjudged Mr. Doyle.
00:52:03$26,000 in cash, and me holding the bag.
00:52:07I discovered the stick up gun, and it's my own.
00:52:10What a story.
00:52:11What a spot.
00:52:12Larry, nobody knows about the money but us,
00:52:14and as far as the gun's concerned,
00:52:16well, the fingerprints would have to be those of the stick up men, not yours.
00:52:19That's right.
00:52:20Honey, you think of everything.
00:52:22Now, Larry, there's nothing we can do tonight, is there?
00:52:24Well, there certainly is.
00:52:25We're going down to that pawn shop and find out who got the gun.
00:52:27But it's been closed for hours, you know that.
00:52:29Yeah.
00:52:31Well, there's nothing we can do but wait till morning.
00:52:53What is it?
00:52:55It's about this case.
00:52:58Sit down, please.
00:53:01I'm a pawnbroker near that gambling place where the policeman was shot.
00:53:06Go on.
00:53:08I see by the paper about the gun, the number, and so on.
00:53:14Anyhow, just before it happened,
00:53:17a young fellow comes in to sell me that same gun.
00:53:21That is interesting.
00:53:22What happened?
00:53:23I wouldn't buy it.
00:53:25Why not?
00:53:26Because he ain't got no identification.
00:53:29I get suspicious.
00:53:31So I take the number of the gun and his name and address.
00:53:36Here.
00:53:39Larry Doyle.
00:53:42Did he have a girl with him?
00:53:43Yeah.
00:53:45Well, there's no kidding about it.
00:53:46We've got a real job cut out for us.
00:53:48Oh, you'll win, Larry.
00:53:49Oh, you're a honey.
00:53:50Well, let's go.
00:53:51Oh, is the money safe?
00:53:52Oh, sure.
00:53:53I've got it locked up in the closet.
00:53:54Good.
00:53:55Come on.
00:54:00Yes?
00:54:01Larry Doyle?
00:54:02That's right.
00:54:03Hey, what is this?
00:54:04I am from headquarters.
00:54:05The district attorney would like to see you.
00:54:07Oh, fine.
00:54:08Well, I tell you what I'll do.
00:54:09I'll run on over to the newspaper office and then be right over.
00:54:12No, you better come now.
00:54:13Well, you run along, Larry.
00:54:14I'll wait here for you.
00:54:15No, the district attorney says you ought to come along, too.
00:54:17Well, you didn't really think I was going to stay here, did you?
00:54:19No, ma'am.
00:54:28Convinced as I am of your analysis of the crime last night,
00:54:31still I'd like to make sure of a few minor details.
00:54:35Though they may not seem so important to you,
00:54:37I'd like to check up on a few of my own deductions.
00:54:41Now, as I recall, your deductions were that Officer O'Brien
00:54:45was wounded by the trigger man in the car
00:54:47and he was killed by Officer O'Brien.
00:54:50The bullets found make us positively certain of that, right?
00:54:53Right.
00:54:54Now then, one thing you overlooked yesterday
00:54:58is something that we now know.
00:55:01Another man drove the car away.
00:55:04Find that man and you find the gunman.
00:55:08Isn't that a reasonable supposition?
00:55:11Yes, I suppose so.
00:55:13Well, check me if you find me going wrong.
00:55:16Doyle, it isn't possible, is it,
00:55:19that for the sake of a good story you would withhold something
00:55:22that might be construed not as deductions but as evidence?
00:55:27Well, a good newspaper man never reveals the source of his information.
00:55:30Oh, I'm not quarreling with your ethics, but I have my end of it, too.
00:55:34You appreciate that, don't you?
00:55:36Yes.
00:55:37All right.
00:55:38Well, now, for the sake of my own deductions,
00:55:40tell me something of your movements yesterday.
00:55:43Where were you between 1 o'clock and approximately 1.30?
00:55:47Oh, well, let's see.
00:55:50You interviewed Marvin of the World News at 1.20.
00:55:54About that.
00:55:57Where were you before you went to the World News?
00:56:00You left the hotel at 1.05 and you had gone in there at 1 o'clock.
00:56:04That we know.
00:56:07Now, I suppose this all seems irrelevant to you,
00:56:10but it has its merits, at least I think so.
00:56:16Where were you last night between 9 o'clock and, say, 12.20?
00:56:22We went several places.
00:56:24Oh, yes, we went to...
00:56:26Happened to drop in at the 13 Club?
00:56:28Yes.
00:56:29About what time?
00:56:31Oh, cut this out, will you?
00:56:34You have charge of the cloakroom at the 13 Club?
00:56:36Yes.
00:56:37Do you recognize this lady and gentleman?
00:56:41I do.
00:56:42Where did you see them last?
00:56:44At the 13 Club.
00:56:45I gave the gentleman his hat.
00:56:47Was the lady with him?
00:56:48Yes, sir.
00:56:49Did the gentleman say anything?
00:56:51He remarked to the lady that he thought our joint was a dead one,
00:56:55but it ain't so dead if you've got the dough.
00:56:57Did the lady say anything?
00:56:59She agreed with him.
00:57:00What time was this?
00:57:02Oh, about 12.20.
00:57:06That's all.
00:57:09Hey, boss, the district attorney has Doyle down in his office.
00:57:12All right, he knows how to get out.
00:57:14Not today.
00:57:15The DA is putting the screws on him.
00:57:16What for?
00:57:17I suppose to grab our story.
00:57:19Yeah?
00:57:20I'll take care of that.
00:57:22Who does he think he is?
00:57:24The holdup occurred almost at the same time.
00:57:26Well, I suppose it did.
00:57:36Doyle, the fingerprints on this steering wheel
00:57:39and those of yours we found in the hotel room are identical.
00:57:42Are you accusing me of...
00:57:45I am.
00:57:46Are you going to talk?
00:57:47Yes.
00:57:48Larry, tell him everything that happened.
00:57:50All right, the evidence you have is right,
00:57:53but I only did what any newspaper man would do in the same spot.
00:57:56We don't even know that you are a newspaper man,
00:57:58but we do know that you're not Larry Doyle.
00:58:01What are you trying to do, Johnson?
00:58:03Run my office.
00:58:04Then lay off my paper.
00:58:06What's the deal, Larry?
00:58:07I'm charged with the 13 Club stake-up.
00:58:09Have you gone crazy?
00:58:11No, I'm getting smart.
00:58:12First, who is he?
00:58:13What do you mean, who is he?
00:58:15Well, it certainly isn't Larry Doyle.
00:58:17Who said so?
00:58:18You did.
00:58:19You kicked him out once when Chicago said he was a fake.
00:58:22I don't care who he is.
00:58:23I don't care who he is.
00:58:24I don't care who he is.
00:58:25I don't care who he is.
00:58:26I don't care who he is.
00:58:27What do we do?
00:58:28Get Chicago!
00:58:29Get Jonas again.
00:58:31That's an idea.
00:58:32That's an idea.
00:58:33Get me Jonas, Chicago record.
00:58:35Get me Jonas, Chicago record.
00:58:36Remember, this was your own idea.
00:58:38Just get him.
00:58:39You're not thinking so fast today.
00:58:41Cut the jokes, Johnson.
00:58:42Cut the jokes, Johnson.
00:58:43They're not funny.
00:58:44They're not funny.
00:58:45This call will be.
00:58:46This call will be.
00:58:47Hello, Jonas, the record?
00:58:48Hello, Jonas, the record?
00:58:49This is Johnson, DA in St. Louis.
00:58:50This is Johnson, DA in St. Louis.
00:58:51What do you want?
00:58:52An identification?
00:58:53Yes.
00:58:54Yes.
00:58:55An identification.
00:58:57Yeah.
00:58:59Hello, Jonas.
00:59:00This is Marvin again, World News.
00:59:02It's about Larry Doyle.
00:59:03Yeah, let me talk to him.
00:59:05Hello, Chief.
00:59:06Look, I'm in a spot.
00:59:07And if you let me down this time, I'm through.
00:59:10Chief, I've got a great story, but it's kicked back on me.
00:59:12And my only out is to prove that I'm Larry Doyle.
00:59:14Now put Johnson on.
00:59:16Yeah.
00:59:18Johnson talking.
00:59:20Well, that's Doyle, Larry Doyle.
00:59:22He's a great boy.
00:59:23And you fellas stop kidding down there.
00:59:26Goodbye.
00:59:30Now, are you satisfied?
00:59:32Well, I'm satisfied he's Doyle.
00:59:34But I'm also satisfied that I'm holding him.
00:59:37Come on.
00:59:38Let me in on this.
00:59:39Well, here it is.
00:59:40And beside all this evidence, Doyle was
00:59:42the man who drove that car.
00:59:43It's part of the story.
00:59:45Are you right, Larry?
00:59:46Yes, but you've got to stick by me.
00:59:48That's good enough for me.
00:59:49We'll crack this story wide open.
00:59:51Let's go.
00:59:52Oh, no.
00:59:53He stays here.
00:59:54You to hold up my paper?
00:59:55Yes.
00:59:56I have my job to handle too.
00:59:57But I'm guaranteeing him.
00:59:59Just give me a little time.
01:00:00I'll crack this case.
01:00:01No.
01:00:02You won't take my guarantee?
01:00:04No.
01:00:05I see.
01:00:06Maybe I don't pack the wallet.
01:00:08Then we'll get someone who can.
01:00:10If the managing editor can't talk sense to you,
01:00:12maybe the owner can.
01:00:14I'll play with you.
01:00:16Now you keep your men out of this.
01:00:18Doyle gets a free hand.
01:00:19Are we set?
01:00:20I guess so.
01:00:21Huh?
01:00:22Yes.
01:00:23Come on, kids.
01:00:25Larry, when the man threw the bag into the car,
01:00:27what was it he said?
01:00:28He said, here, take this.
01:00:29And be sure and meet me tomorrow at 530.
01:00:31But he didn't say where.
01:00:32No.
01:00:33But the first thing we've got to do
01:00:34is get down to that pawn shop.
01:00:36And no dicks are going to stop us this time.
01:00:41Look.
01:00:42There's your 530.
01:00:52I'll redeem this.
01:00:57What's the matter?
01:00:58Can't you read your own writing?
01:00:59It's all blurred.
01:01:01Get the gun.
01:01:03My boy Johnny handles these things.
01:01:06He'll be back in half an hour.
01:01:08Get the gun or I have to come over the counter and get it.
01:01:11Maybe it's in the safe.
01:01:13I'll see.
01:01:16We'll all see.
01:01:18Oh, I forgot.
01:01:20Johnny's got the combination.
01:01:21Come on.
01:01:22Quit stalling.
01:01:23I'm not.
01:01:24No?
01:01:25No getting tough.
01:01:26I haven't got it.
01:01:27Of course you haven't.
01:01:28Who'd you sell it to?
01:01:29I can't remember.
01:01:32Oh.
01:01:33Open the door.
01:01:35You'd better hurry.
01:01:36I think someone's coming.
01:01:37Oh.
01:01:38You stay here and I'll get rid of him.
01:01:40Well, fancy meeting you here.
01:01:44Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
01:01:47Why don't you go along first?
01:01:58Where are you going?
01:01:59I'm going to take a look around the room.
01:02:00You wait here.
01:02:01I'll go with you.
01:02:02Johnny, I don't know much about killing.
01:02:05Yeah?
01:02:06Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
01:02:08Well, I meet lots of people.
01:02:10This, uh, is a pawn shop, isn't it?
01:02:13That's right.
01:02:13What can I do for you?
01:02:15I'd like to see something in revolvers.
01:02:17Anything special?
01:02:18Yeah, a police special, 45.
01:02:22I'm sorry, but we don't seem to have one in stock.
01:02:25The district attorney has.
01:02:27Oh, really?
01:02:28That's what the papers say.
01:02:31What have you got in bags?
01:02:32Bags?
01:02:33Yeah, you know, bags.
01:02:35With money in it.
01:02:36Oh, come on, Doyle, get smart.
01:02:38Maybe the district attorney has that, too.
01:02:41Well, that's too bad.
01:02:43Come on out here.
01:02:45Come on, get moving.
01:02:48We're going to call on Nate.
01:02:51You know, Doyle, I'm going to give you
01:02:53another headline story.
01:02:54But this time, you won't be able to write it.
01:02:57Now, I'm telling you.
01:02:59Well, Scooper, they're right.
01:03:00Larry Doyle, the one and only.
01:03:04Yeah, but I'm in a jam.
01:03:07What is it now?
01:03:08Well, after all these nice things happen,
01:03:10then comes the earthquake.
01:03:12What is it?
01:03:13Tell me, what is it?
01:03:14Well, just this.
01:03:15They mentioned Mrs. Larry Doyle.
01:03:17She's in a jam.
01:03:18She's in a jam.
01:03:19She's in a jam.
01:03:20She's in a jam.
01:03:21She's in a jam.
01:03:22She's in a jam.
01:03:23She's in a jam.
01:03:24She's in a jam.
01:03:25She's in a jam.
01:03:26She's in a jam.
01:03:27She's in a jam.
01:03:28Well, there's Mrs. Larry Doyle in those articles.
01:03:30Oh, is that all that's bothering you?
01:03:31Is that all?
01:03:32We're not married.
01:03:33So?
01:03:34Well, don't you understand?
01:03:35It means that I'll have to marry you.
01:03:37Oh, wouldn't that be awful?
01:03:40Um, how about a little, uh, for luck?
01:03:58You