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00:01:12Good morning, Steve.
00:01:13Right, Fox, call me back.
00:01:15Good morning, Laura.
00:01:18What's this bilge I hear about you selling a novel?
00:01:21What novel?
00:01:22Oh, every reporter has a novel in his trunk.
00:01:24Yeah, from the ones I've read, there's a good place for them.
00:01:27I thought you'd be pleased.
00:01:28I am pleased.
00:01:29I congratulate you.
00:01:30Only I hate to see you waste your time writing tripe.
00:01:33Tripe?
00:01:34Look, Laura, you're a newspaper woman and a good one.
00:01:36That's phenomenal.
00:01:37Now, wait a minute, Steve.
00:01:39If that's the way you feel about it, as of right now,
00:01:41I'm not a newspaper woman.
00:01:43What's that?
00:01:44I'm through.
00:01:45Oh, now, just a second, Laura.
00:01:47You can't do that.
00:01:48And why not?
00:01:49I have another novel in work.
00:01:50Look, Laura, if it's a raise you want, $10 a week.
00:01:53No.
00:01:54$20?
00:01:55No.
00:01:56$20?
00:01:57No, Steve.
00:01:58I'm through.
00:01:59Very well.
00:02:00If your mind's made up, you'll have to give me
00:02:02two weeks' notice.
00:02:04OK.
00:02:05Two weeks.
00:02:07Steve, if I...
00:02:08Oh, good morning, Laura Lye.
00:02:10Good morning, Mr. Peabody.
00:02:11I hear you sold your novel.
00:02:12Congratulations.
00:02:13Thank you, Mr. Peabody.
00:02:19Great girl, Laura Lye.
00:02:20She's made a fine police reporter, hasn't she?
00:02:23She certainly has now.
00:02:24She'll miss it.
00:02:25That is the newspaper will miss it.
00:02:26Miss her?
00:02:27Yes, she's given me two weeks' notice.
00:02:29But you're not going to let her leave, are you?
00:02:31Not if I can help it.
00:02:32Good.
00:02:33And by the way, Steve, did you ever
00:02:35meet my niece, Susan Peabody?
00:02:37No, I don't believe so.
00:02:38I brought her here from California a year ago.
00:02:40Been putting her through a journalism course
00:02:42at State College.
00:02:43Now she wants to quit school and take a job on the paper.
00:02:46I have a full staff, Mr. Peabody.
00:02:48Oh, just a minute.
00:02:49After all, Steve, I own this paper and...
00:02:52According to the terms of our contract,
00:02:54all hiring is in my hands.
00:02:56I don't need a cub reporter.
00:02:57I'm not running a finishing school in journalism.
00:02:59And if your niece wants a job on the newspaper,
00:03:01let her try the Chronicle.
00:03:02I was hoping you'd see it that way.
00:03:04Well...
00:03:05I'd much rather she stayed in college.
00:03:07Well, why don't you tell us, though?
00:03:09Well, it's hard for me to say no to one of the family.
00:03:12I'd rather you did it.
00:03:13She's waiting outside.
00:03:15If there's anything I'm good at around the newspaper
00:03:17it's saying no.
00:03:18You'll need to be good, Steve.
00:03:20Susan's quite aggressive.
00:03:21I'm afraid her folks haven't been too strict with her.
00:03:23She needs discipline.
00:03:27Come in, dear.
00:03:31Steve, my niece, Susan Peabody.
00:03:33How do you do, Mr. Peabody?
00:03:34How do you do, Mr. Wilson?
00:03:35I'll leave you two to talk things over.
00:03:38Well, it's nice to see you.
00:03:41Sit down, sit down, please.
00:03:45So, you want to be a newspaper woman, hmm?
00:03:48There's nothing I'd rather do.
00:03:50Well, the journalism course at State is excellent.
00:03:52But it's so slow and so expensive.
00:03:54I hate being a burden on Uncle Amos.
00:03:56I want to earn my own way
00:03:57and I want to earn it working on a newspaper.
00:03:59A very commendable ambition, Miss Peabody.
00:04:02But I wonder if you know
00:04:03that there's more to being a reporter
00:04:04than sticking a press card in your hat
00:04:06and going to all the better fires.
00:04:09You sound like Uncle Amos.
00:04:10Now listen, Mr. Wilson,
00:04:11if I'm going to work for you
00:04:13we should have no secrets.
00:04:15I'm in a terrible jam.
00:04:17Oh?
00:04:18For the past six months
00:04:19I've been working on the Lindbury Eagle,
00:04:21cub reporter, $16 a week.
00:04:23Lindbury?
00:04:24It's a pretty tough town.
00:04:25Is it?
00:04:26I really wouldn't know.
00:04:27I only worked on campus news.
00:04:28But I cut so many classes
00:04:30I flunked out of college.
00:04:32Oh, that's bad.
00:04:33Does your uncle know?
00:04:34Not yet.
00:04:35And if you'll give me a job
00:04:36I won't have to tell him.
00:04:37Please, Mr. Wilson.
00:04:38I simply can't let him find out what's happened.
00:04:40He'd be so disappointed and so happy.
00:04:42Gee, what goes?
00:04:43Lorelei says she's quitting in two weeks.
00:04:45Lorelei quitting?
00:04:46Don't take any bets on her, Fletcher.
00:04:49Oh, come in, Fletch.
00:04:50Come in.
00:04:52You'll want to meet your new police reporter.
00:05:02Hey, I can feel one better!
00:05:06What do you think?
00:05:07You suppose those Chronicle boys
00:05:08don't want me in the press room?
00:05:09Hello, Louie.
00:05:10What's new?
00:05:11The dicks say Hurrick's ready
00:05:12to sing on the bankkeeper.
00:05:13I've been to check with the DA.
00:05:14Oh, thanks, Louie.
00:05:15Okay, babe, no charge.
00:05:20See Steve?
00:05:21Uh-huh.
00:05:22Pleased about your novel?
00:05:23Of course he was pleased.
00:05:24Like you'd be pleased at losing a pot on Four Kings.
00:05:26You didn't quarrel with him, did you?
00:05:28No, I didn't quarrel.
00:05:29I quit.
00:05:30Quit?
00:05:31I thought you and Steve were sort of...
00:05:32Don't exaggerate, Wally.
00:05:34Oh, if you're really quitting,
00:05:36that's the best news I've heard
00:05:37since the mayor tripped over that cornerstone
00:05:39and broke his leg.
00:05:40You couldn't mean you haven't enjoyed working with me.
00:05:42Oh, we haven't got anything to do with each other.
00:05:44We haven't got anything against you Goldilocks.
00:05:46We don't want a dame on police.
00:05:48Any dame.
00:05:49Dames upset our style.
00:05:51You know, this press room used to be
00:05:52a nice, rough, dirty dump
00:05:54until you moved in, Lorelei.
00:05:55Now it's...
00:05:56Now it's like a tea room,
00:05:58only we ain't got any tea.
00:06:00You got any tea, Harvey?
00:06:05No tea, Wally.
00:06:08When are you gonna quit?
00:06:09Two weeks.
00:06:10You'll never make it.
00:06:11Nobody ever quits a newspaper writer.
00:06:13Hillary Johnson tried to quit.
00:06:15And look what happened to him.
00:06:16Somebody stole his watch.
00:06:18Remember?
00:06:19I remember.
00:06:22Hey!
00:06:23Somebody stole my watch.
00:06:25Oh, that Louie Sneed.
00:06:27That thieving rat.
00:06:29I'll chew him up and spit him off the 14th floor.
00:06:35Oh, by the way, call your office.
00:06:36Steve's been trying to get you.
00:06:37Thanks.
00:06:39You know, Lorelei, with you gone,
00:06:40things aren't gonna be the same
00:06:41around the old press room.
00:06:43Steve Wilson, please.
00:06:45You mean you miss me?
00:06:47Mm-hmm.
00:06:48Like I'd miss a toothache.
00:06:50Steve Lorelei.
00:06:51I've just sent over your replacement.
00:06:53So soon?
00:06:55Two weeks is little enough time
00:06:56to learn to play speed,
00:06:57so please cooperate, will you?
00:06:59I'll be glad to.
00:07:09Just a gag, he says.
00:07:10Okay, so a sock on the jaw.
00:07:13Just a gag.
00:07:16Why the sour face, Goldilocks?
00:07:18Won't the auditor okay your swindle sheet?
00:07:21Steve's sending over a new police reporter,
00:07:22and I'm supposed to break him in.
00:07:25He's the face that I saw him touch,
00:07:27don't you think?
00:07:28Yes, like a gutter.
00:07:30Well, I hope he plays poker.
00:07:33Bad poker, that is.
00:07:34Well, we'll find out.
00:07:36Oh, yeah, and phone the janitor, Harvey.
00:07:38Tell him to bring back our cuspidor.
00:07:40All right.
00:08:10Hello there, beautiful.
00:08:12Jake, what are you doing in Big Town?
00:08:14Came over to make a little payoff for the bus.
00:08:16Doing anything later?
00:08:17I'll be tied up all day, and you know it.
00:08:19Maybe some other time, then.
00:08:22Where do you want it, boys?
00:08:23Where it belongs,
00:08:24right in the middle of the room.
00:08:28Mr. Kilburn?
00:08:30Yes, I'm Susan Peabody.
00:08:32Mr. Wilson sent me over to tell the police.
00:08:34How do you do?
00:08:35I'm Susan Peabody,
00:08:36and I'm here to see Mr. Wilson.
00:08:38I'm Susan Peabody.
00:08:39Mr. Wilson sent me over to tell the police.
00:08:41How do you do, Miss Peabody?
00:08:43Amos Peabody's my uncle.
00:08:46Miss Peabody, I want you to meet Wally Blake
00:08:48and Harvey Cushman of the Chronicle.
00:08:49Hello.
00:08:51How do you do, Susan?
00:08:52As fine a pair of jackals
00:08:53as ever stood a cub reporter's throat.
00:08:56Oh, now, you don't want to pay any attention
00:08:57to Lorelei, Miss Peabody.
00:08:59Or a couple of worms, sure,
00:09:00but as long as you don't try to step on us, I, uh...
00:09:06That's box three.
00:09:07I'll show you how to find the fire.
00:09:13Tearoom.
00:09:18Well, well, Jake Sebastian,
00:09:19ain't you off the reservation?
00:09:21How are things in Linbury?
00:09:22Sucker still playing poker?
00:09:24Go get lost, will you?
00:09:25Sure, you know any good places to get lost in?
00:09:28Okay, okay.
00:09:33What could you learn on a rag like that?
00:09:35Oh, you'd be surprised.
00:09:36The office is only a block from the women's club.
00:09:38Oh, one of those poker joints.
00:09:40Hello, Morgue? Lorelei Kilburn.
00:09:41Anything?
00:09:42Twenty-one.
00:09:43Hold the suspect.
00:09:44No make on the license.
00:09:46No, that's just the police radio.
00:09:47Pay no attention to it.
00:09:48So you play poker?
00:09:50Harvey?
00:09:51Susan, I had a woman beaten up in a drunken brawl.
00:09:53She may die in a floater at the morgue.
00:09:55Someone might think they paid us to work in this job.
00:09:58Louie?
00:09:59This is Susan Peabody, our new police reporter.
00:10:02Susan, Louie Sneed.
00:10:04If he happens to like you,
00:10:05Louie's the best news source in the city hall.
00:10:07Pleased to meet you.
00:10:08Did you say Peabody?
00:10:09My uncle owns the Illustrated Press.
00:10:10What do we do about this law?
00:10:11Better get upstairs, boys.
00:10:12The D.A. dug up a hot lead on that Boyle murder.
00:10:17Wait a minute, boys.
00:10:18Susan's going with you.
00:10:25How come?
00:10:26One of Steve Wilson's brilliant plays,
00:10:27Leading with a Queen.
00:10:28Rewrite, please.
00:10:29Thinks I'll get jealous and change my mind about quitting.
00:10:32Hello, McCabe?
00:10:33I have a couple of yarns for the last run.
00:10:35Uh, Mabel Steely, 24 of 519 Jamison Place.
00:10:39Jamison Place.
00:10:40We moved to the emergency with fractured bruises
00:10:42and lacerations.
00:10:43Husband, John B. Steely, held in the city jail.
00:10:45Both drunk.
00:10:46No, no identification on the body.
00:10:48That's all, McCabe.
00:10:50Hmm.
00:10:51Interesting.
00:10:52What in the world are you talking about?
00:10:54Am I talking again?
00:10:55You ever stop?
00:10:56Want to play a couple of hands of cards?
00:10:58You know I haven't got time to play cards.
00:11:00I got a hunch it might be a good idea
00:11:02if we get a start practicing.
00:11:05Here's my 5.
00:11:06I'm in.
00:11:07I'll call.
00:11:09Full house.
00:11:10King's on the roof.
00:11:11Oh.
00:11:15Your deal, McGonagall.
00:11:1642.
00:11:1710th and 0.
00:11:18A man down.
00:11:19Ambulance.
00:11:2014.
00:11:21Run.
00:11:24Well, a little poker?
00:11:26It ain't post office, Doc.
00:11:27We just thought we'd kill a little time.
00:11:29Time ain't all you can get, mister.
00:11:31What's up, boys?
00:11:32How have you been doing your first day on the beach?
00:11:34How's she been doing here yet?
00:11:36Haven't had a bit of trouble.
00:11:38Everybody's been wonderful to me.
00:11:39That's good.
00:11:40Well, like a home?
00:11:41Mm-hmm.
00:11:42Funny, I thought she was having dinner with me.
00:11:44Well, I guess she misunderstood.
00:11:4688.
00:11:47No make on the license.
00:11:48Uh, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?
00:11:50No, and I'm starving.
00:11:51Well, let's go.
00:11:52Isn't this a bit irregular, the managing editor
00:11:54taking the cub reporter out to dinner?
00:11:56Miss Peabody, as far as I'm concerned,
00:11:58you're not a cub reporter.
00:11:59You're the boss's favorite niece.
00:12:01On a deal like that, how can I lose?
00:12:03You get her in a poker game, Doc,
00:12:04you'll find out how you can lose.
00:12:0947.
00:12:10No make.
00:12:12Profit, eh?
00:12:13Roger.
00:12:18Good?
00:12:19Mm, wonderful.
00:12:20Crazy what I saw by Ernie.
00:12:23Where'd you learn to play poker?
00:12:24Winner's club.
00:12:26One of those poker joints in Linbury?
00:12:28It's quite a racket they've built up.
00:12:30Too bad, too.
00:12:31They shouldn't allow those clubs so close to College Green.
00:12:34Too many kids get the poker fever
00:12:35and spend so much time going to inside straights
00:12:37they flunk out of college.
00:12:38Cigarette?
00:12:39No thanks, I don't flunk.
00:12:41It's really a shame.
00:12:42Those dives should be locked up.
00:12:44Well, there's a bill in the legislature now
00:12:46bars private gambling clubs
00:12:47within 10 miles of a university.
00:12:49However, it's buried in committee.
00:12:51Suppose we got it out.
00:12:53We?
00:12:54How?
00:12:55A crusade in the illustrated press.
00:12:56Pictures, editorials, sob stories.
00:12:58Uncle Amos, you know, just loves a crusade.
00:13:00Yeah, don't I know.
00:13:02Well, don't you like crusades?
00:13:04When they're news.
00:13:06I'm old-fashioned, Susan.
00:13:07I've always believed a newspaper should publish news.
00:13:10Wouldn't it be news if we closed up those gambling clubs?
00:13:13Trouble is, people don't want to gamble
00:13:14to find a way, clubs are no clubs.
00:13:16Listen, Mr. Wilson.
00:13:17Have you ever been in one of those joints?
00:13:19Then do me a favor.
00:13:21Go out to the winner's club with me tonight.
00:13:23Get into a game and watch the people.
00:13:25And then decide if they shouldn't be closed up.
00:13:29All right, I will.
00:13:31Maybe this is my lucky night.
00:13:55Come on, Marcus.
00:13:56Wait a minute, big shot.
00:13:57You didn't pick it up for good.
00:14:01Go buy yourself a mint Coke, baby.
00:14:20No, life was never easy for Mother and me.
00:14:22Even before Dad died.
00:14:24California's supposed to be the land of sunshine and gold.
00:14:27But you can't eat the sunshine,
00:14:29and the gold never seemed to stick to Dad's fingers.
00:14:31You see, he was the black sheep of the family.
00:14:33The one who wouldn't keep his nose to the grindstone.
00:14:36I bet I'd have liked him.
00:14:38Oh, I'm sure you would.
00:14:39Everybody liked Dad.
00:14:40Everybody but Uncle Amos.
00:14:42Uncle Amos never had anything to do with him.
00:14:44I never even saw my uncle till I came to Big Town.
00:14:46He was just a legend.
00:14:48A legend about a mean, grasping old millionaire.
00:14:51Was I surprised when I met him for the first time.
00:14:54Oh, Peabody's all right.
00:14:55Why, he's a darling.
00:14:56Look at all he's done for me.
00:14:57Brought me East, paid my tuition,
00:14:59rented me an apartment in College Green,
00:15:01gave me an allowance.
00:15:05Well, there's the Winner's Club.
00:15:24This way, please.
00:15:31That'll be a dollar for each chair.
00:15:33All right.
00:15:38You're welcome.
00:15:39Paper.
00:15:40Thanks, Max.
00:15:41Sure.
00:15:43I'll be back.
00:15:44I'll be back.
00:15:45I'll be back.
00:15:46I'll be back.
00:15:47I'll be back.
00:15:48I'll be back.
00:15:49I'll be back.
00:15:50I'll be back.
00:15:51I'll be back.
00:15:52I'll be back.
00:15:53I'll be back.
00:15:54I'll be back.
00:15:59Okay, Chuck.
00:16:00She's at table 14 with that guy off the Illustrated Press.
00:16:04Good.
00:16:06Mark, come in here.
00:16:08What's she been doing all day?
00:16:09She left her apartment in College Green at nine,
00:16:12drove her crate into Big Town and went to the press.
00:16:14She was at the...
00:16:18Mark's asking O'Hara.
00:16:20O'Hara, come on right up.
00:16:22Then she went to the City Hall, stayed there until 7.30 tonight.
00:16:25She got into a poker game, the best one.
00:16:28Ah, she would.
00:16:29You want me, Mr. LaRue?
00:16:31There's a peasant at table 14 I want you to take care of.
00:16:34Check.
00:16:37So?
00:16:38At 7.30, Wilson took her to dinner at the Green Lantern.
00:16:41He left the Lantern at 9 and came on out here.
00:16:45All right, you know what to do. I'll wait for you here.
00:16:49How far?
00:16:51I'm out.
00:16:52I'll stay. I'm in.
00:16:55Five more.
00:17:01Cool. I don't see it.
00:17:03I'm in.
00:17:04All right.
00:17:06Let's go in and take your head out.
00:17:10I've had enough.
00:17:16Good evening. Let me get your deal.
00:17:19You come here often?
00:17:21Every night.
00:17:22How are you doing?
00:17:23It's my third stack. Guess it's not my night.
00:17:29I'll have a new deal if you don't mind.
00:17:31Next time, deal off the top of the deck.
00:17:32I don't take that from nobody.
00:17:34You were dealing bottoms and I saw you.
00:17:36Why, you lying pike or two!
00:17:39Wait a minute! Wait a minute! What is this?
00:17:41Let go! Let go!
00:17:42Stick around.
00:17:44Deal the cards.
00:17:46What's going on?
00:17:47Let go! Let go!
00:17:55All right, Mark.
00:17:57Why not?
00:17:58Get him on his feet. I'll handle this.
00:18:17Oh!
00:18:26Now put him in a car and dump him in Big Town.
00:18:39How'd you get in the act?
00:18:40Pressman got flash and Harvey phoned me.
00:18:43You might have been killed, Steve. How do you feel?
00:18:46Don't ask me that. What's the story?
00:18:48You were found unconscious on the 9th Street causeway.
00:18:51What happened?
00:18:53Oh, I got out of line in someone else's territory.
00:18:56The Winners Club, one of those poker joints from Limbery.
00:18:59Caught a dame cheating and...
00:19:02Where's Susan?
00:19:04Susan?
00:19:06Is that who you were out with?
00:19:07You didn't waste any time, did you?
00:19:09Never mind the sarcasm. What time is it?
00:19:12One o'clock.
00:19:13Call her home and see if she got in all right.
00:19:15What's her phone number?
00:19:16I don't know. Look it up in the book. College Green.
00:19:19Nurse, where's the phone?
00:19:20In the hall. First turn to the left.
00:19:26Nurse, where's my coat?
00:19:28On the chair.
00:19:30But if you want to play safe, you'll stay in that bed the rest of the night.
00:19:32Thanks. Get me another cup of coffee, will you please?
00:19:45Did you get her what she said?
00:19:47There was no answer.
00:19:49There was two mugs.
00:19:51That big dame working for the house.
00:19:54Marla, I was framed.
00:19:56Taking Peabody's niece to that clip joint, what did you expect?
00:19:59Fanfare and an awkward corsage on the house?
00:20:02Here.
00:20:03Thanks. Taking her by the eye, she took me.
00:20:06She's been living there practically for months.
00:20:08She doesn't mind poker games.
00:20:10I don't.
00:20:13What time did you say it was?
00:20:15I think it's time you called the police.
00:20:17Okay, let's go.
00:20:25Press Room.
00:20:27Yes, Sergeant?
00:20:2981, Vermont and Gary. A woman down.
00:20:32Yeah.
00:20:34I see. Thanks.
00:20:36Yeah.
00:20:38I see. Thanks.
00:20:42Well, the dicks went out to the women's club with a couple of limbery bulls.
00:20:45She wasn't there. Claimed they never saw her before.
00:20:47Didn't know when she went, where, or how.
00:20:50What happened to her car?
00:20:51Some woman phoned in a stolen car report at 11.42 p.m.
00:20:54Prison?
00:20:55No, my guess is no.
00:20:56All units, keep alert for a woman age 20, red hair, 5 feet 2, weight 115 pounds,
00:21:02believed to be in the hands of kidnappers.
00:21:05She's not using her name.
00:21:07No, I asked them to keep it on a secret file.
00:21:09Mary is building up a scandal if she's all right.
00:21:13Shouldn't we phone Mr. Peabody?
00:21:15We've got to tell him, Steve.
00:21:17If it is a snatch, he'll have to pay the ransom.
00:21:19Stop talking like that.
00:21:21What?
00:21:23Try the number again, will you?
00:21:25Oh, why don't you try?
00:21:26Can't you see I'm so jittery I can't dial?
00:21:28She's home.
00:21:30For a girl who's supposed to be at work at 9 a.m., that little number keeps late hours.
00:21:33Oh, quit it.
00:21:35You want to take me home now, or do you want to wait here and talk to her?
00:21:38No, I'll wait.
00:21:40Poor kid.
00:21:41She may have been out looking for me.
00:21:42Maybe she's worried.
00:21:43You hope.
00:21:44No, lay off, will you?
00:21:45What did you say your number was?
00:21:47Now he can dial.
00:21:49R-V-1-4-6-9-2.
00:21:52She was there just a minute ago.
00:21:54Do you suppose she has a power line?
00:21:56No, no.
00:21:59I'm sure of it.
00:22:11It looks like she's trying to use the toilet.
00:22:14Let's go and see if she has it.
00:22:16But she hasn't answered the phone.
00:22:18No, she hasn't.
00:22:20Do you suppose she has a party line and the other party's using it?
00:22:23With Peabody's influence, did she use a party line?
00:22:26When you got that busy signal before, you just dialed the wrong number, that's all.
00:22:30Well, what now?
00:22:37Louie, don't you ever sleep.
00:22:39Not if I can help it.
00:22:41Looks bad for the kid, huh?
00:22:44What kid?
00:22:46You don't have to play dumb chum.
00:22:47Dumb chum? I'm a poet, huh?
00:22:49I thought you had those dicks in your pocket.
00:22:51Don't blame the dicks, they didn't tip me off.
00:22:53I got other sources.
00:22:55You don't have to worry anyhow, I wouldn't give it to the Chronicle.
00:22:59Restroom, Wilkinsby.
00:23:02Yeah.
00:23:03You'll check the wheel for Prince, won't you?
00:23:06Thanks, Hyde.
00:23:08Did you find her jalopy?
00:23:09Where?
00:23:10In a vacant lot outside of Big Town.
00:23:14Well, that's that.
00:23:16I'll snatch her, all right.
00:23:20You think so, Louie?
00:23:21Cinch.
00:23:23Come morning, that Winters Club mob will put the pressure on Peabody.
00:23:27Wonder what the little filly will bring on the hoof.
00:23:31Well, if I run into any angles, I'll pass them on.
00:23:33Wait a minute, Louie.
00:23:34Come here, come here.
00:23:35Sit down, sit down.
00:23:37Louie, you pick up more dirt around here than 17 street cleaners.
00:23:41Okay, suppose the girl has been snatched.
00:23:44We're going to need an intermediary.
00:23:46Go between, Louie.
00:23:47Go between what?
00:23:48Oh, quit stalling, you know what I mean, and you're elected.
00:23:50Hey, look, Lorelei, don't let him do this.
00:23:52Louie, before we can put that girl in circulation, we've got to know the score,
00:23:55and you're the only one who can find it out.
00:23:57Please, if you think for one second that I...
00:23:59We've been good friends, Louie.
00:24:00Why, we've been batting around this city hall for a long time now.
00:24:03It's been me for you and you for me.
00:24:06You wouldn't let me down now, would you, Louie?
00:24:09Oh, baby, you're killing me.
00:24:10Oh, come on, Louie.
00:24:13Well, okay, but I'll see what I can do.
00:24:19Attaboy, Junior.
00:24:20Come on, now, get going.
00:24:23Well, no use stalling any longer.
00:24:25I'll have to call Peabody.
00:24:29Press Room, Lorelai Kilburn.
00:24:31Thanks.
00:24:33No prints on the steering wheel.
00:24:35Well, that wouldn't be Susan.
00:24:38Well, that cinches it.
00:24:40I'll have to call.
00:24:42I missed it.
00:24:44I never should have given her that apartment in College Green.
00:24:47If she hadn't been living by herself, going around with those college kids,
00:24:50she'd never have heard of the Winners Club.
00:24:52I made a mistake bringing her here in the first place.
00:24:55Oh, you were only trying to be kind.
00:24:57Yes, but look what I've done to her.
00:24:58The poor child.
00:24:59They won't hurt her.
00:25:00They'll only shake you down.
00:25:01You'd better start worrying about yourself.
00:25:03Do you think I care about myself?
00:25:04To have her back right now, I'd gladly pay...
00:25:10Yeah, very well, I'll wait.
00:25:11It's Louie Sneed.
00:25:12Steve, we ought to get a squad of cops,
00:25:14go out to the Winners Club, and round up the whole mob.
00:25:17We've been over that before, Mr. Peabody.
00:25:19We have no evidence.
00:25:20We can't even call in the FBI until the kidnapping has actually been established.
00:25:24Yeah, Louie.
00:25:25Uh-huh.
00:25:28Yeah.
00:25:31Right, I got it.
00:25:32Thanks, Junior.
00:25:35Louie's made contact with someone who's in touch with the mob.
00:25:37What do they want me to do?
00:25:39They want you in the southwest corner of 5th and Grand at 10 o'clock this morning.
00:25:42You must be alone.
00:25:43I just have time to make...
00:25:44No, no, wait a minute.
00:25:45You're not going to pay off, are you?
00:25:46I might.
00:25:47Why?
00:25:48It's the wrong way to handle a snatch.
00:25:49Why, if that mob shakes you down without any trouble...
00:25:51Steve, my niece is in danger.
00:25:52If I have to pay, I'll pay.
00:25:54I want that girl back unharmed.
00:26:02Miss Whitley, call the Detective Bureau.
00:26:04Tell Captain Murphy to have two of his best men meet me right away at 5th and Grand,
00:26:07northeast corner.
00:26:08Got it?
00:26:09Yes, Mr. Wilson.
00:26:21Second desk on the right, Mr. Peabody.
00:26:41Nice of you to come, Mr. Peabody.
00:26:43I'm Charles LaRue, Managing Director of the Winner's Club.
00:26:46How much do you want?
00:26:48About that stock.
00:26:50It's a block of 50,000 shares of common stock in the Winner's Club.
00:26:54Par value, $1 per share.
00:26:56I'll sell it par.
00:26:59The stock is already made out in your name, Mr. Peabody.
00:27:02Make the check after me, Charles LaRue.
00:27:04I see.
00:27:08You'd be very slow if you didn't.
00:27:14I think you'll find this an excellent investment.
00:27:18Of course, this stock has never paid a dividend.
00:27:20Maybe it never will.
00:27:22But every investment has intangibles,
00:27:24values which can't be reckoned with dollars and cents.
00:27:27Right.
00:27:37Good morning, Mr. LaRue.
00:27:38Good morning.
00:27:51Deposit this to my account, please.
00:27:55There you are, George.
00:27:56Here's your stock, Mr. Peabody.
00:27:58You'll find it a very good investment.
00:28:02All right, boys, take a look.
00:28:05What's all this about?
00:28:06You'll find out at headquarters.
00:28:12What's that?
00:28:14Stock in the Winner's Club, $50,000 worth.
00:28:18I just bought it.
00:28:20Not good, Mr. Peabody.
00:28:22Not good.
00:28:28Come on, Harding, what's the rap?
00:28:30Did you talk to Cashier?
00:28:32He told me the money had been legally deposited in LaRue's account.
00:28:37For the last time, Harding, I demand that I be allowed to phone my attorney.
00:28:42He has a point there, Mr. Peabody, of course.
00:28:44However...
00:28:48Take him down and book him on an open charge.
00:28:50Then bring him back.
00:28:57What does the corporation commissioner have to say?
00:29:00The Winner's Club is a legitimate corporation.
00:29:02LaRue had a legal right to sell that stock.
00:29:05The commissioner said if you want your money back, you'll have to go to court.
00:29:07I don't care about getting the money back.
00:29:09I want Susan back.
00:29:13Harding speaking.
00:29:14For you, Wilson.
00:29:18Yeah?
00:29:19What goes, Steve?
00:29:22Oh, I see.
00:29:24How long will you be up there?
00:29:25I'll call you.
00:29:27Louie, they have a man in the DA's office by the name of LaRue.
00:29:29He just took Peabody down for $50,000.
00:29:32Chuck LaRue.
00:29:34I was afraid of that.
00:29:36Goldilocks, this whole thing smells.
00:29:40And that girl with the innocent look.
00:29:42What does Steve Wilson want to take her out for when he and you...
00:29:44Maybe he only did it to make me jealous, huh, Louie?
00:29:47Maybe he didn't, maybe he didn't.
00:29:48But Goldilocks, if he's giving you the runaround...
00:29:50Louie, you're just a sweet sentimentalist.
00:29:53Well, this whole thing smells.
00:29:56Forget it, Louie.
00:29:57If anything goes wrong, no one will blame you.
00:29:59I know, but...
00:30:05Darling, I'm terribly sorry I'm late.
00:30:07But my car was stolen last night and I had to spend the night with a girlfriend.
00:30:10Girlfriend?
00:30:11Yes, Mona Lawrence.
00:30:12And we got to talking over coffee and time just slipped by and...
00:30:16Include me out of this.
00:30:17Steve wants you to call him right away.
00:30:19Oh, is he all right?
00:30:20You know, there was some trouble last night.
00:30:21So I heard.
00:30:22I'll get Steve on the phone for you.
00:30:23Gee, I suppose he's mad at me.
00:30:25Oh, dear.
00:30:26I wonder if he'll fire me.
00:30:27No, I don't think he'll fire you.
00:30:28He'll probably murder you.
00:30:30Steve Wilson, please.
00:30:33Hello, Steve?
00:30:35Oh, I'm all right.
00:30:36I spent the night with a girlfriend.
00:30:37Oh, never mind that.
00:30:38I'm in the DA's office on the 14th floor.
00:30:40Get up here right away.
00:30:41And bring Lorelei with you.
00:30:45He wants us both to come up to the DA's office right away.
00:30:47He says it's...
00:30:48Never mind what he says.
00:30:49Come on.
00:31:0314, please.
00:31:08Okay, Susan.
00:31:09Start talking.
00:31:10About Steve?
00:31:11Oh, I think he's wonderful.
00:31:12You didn't mind about his taking me out last night, did you?
00:31:14Why should I mind?
00:31:15Well, I thought maybe there was an understanding between you two.
00:31:17Your understanding between me and Steve is that I'm quitting 13 days from today.
00:31:23Susan, would you be interested in knowing that your night with Mona Lawrence cost Mr. Peabody $50,000?
00:31:29How?
00:31:30Never mind.
00:31:32Well, I don't see what I did that was wrong.
00:31:40There was some trouble at the women's club and Steve disappeared.
00:31:43I waited a while and decided to go home.
00:31:45My car was missing so I called the police and told them it was stolen.
00:31:48Then I took a bus and went to Mona's.
00:31:50Weren't you at all worried about what happened to Steve?
00:31:52Of course I was.
00:31:53I kept calling his house and finally I called the office and the operator told me he'd come in and gone out on a story.
00:32:06I presume you know my niece.
00:32:10Sorry, I've never had the pleasure.
00:32:12On the contrary, Mr. LaRue.
00:32:13You cashed a check for me once, remember?
00:32:15I've cashed checks for so many people.
00:32:18That's all, LaRue.
00:32:19You're free.
00:32:20Now, wait a minute.
00:32:21This man just swindled me out of $50,000.
00:32:23You're not going to let him get away with it.
00:32:25I didn't swindle you out of anything.
00:32:27You bought some stock in my club.
00:32:29Sure I did.
00:32:30But that was on the assumption that he had my niece.
00:32:32You led me to believe...
00:32:33I don't know where you got that idea, Mr. Peabody.
00:32:35I never mentioned your niece.
00:32:37Now look here.
00:32:38This is nothing but an open and shut case of fraud and I'm going to...
00:32:41Take it easy, Mr. Peabody.
00:32:43I'm sure your investment is going to pay off.
00:32:47Are you through with me?
00:32:55Anytime you want to get a check cash, drop in.
00:33:01Excuse me a minute.
00:33:07Now, young lady, just exactly what happened last night?
00:33:12Wait a minute, LaRue.
00:33:18That was a very clever trick.
00:33:20But don't get the idea we're through with you.
00:33:25That's just part payment on last night's account.
00:33:28Down.
00:33:31And I spent most of the time telling her about my new job.
00:33:33So, there it is.
00:33:35You should have phoned the office this morning instead of sitting around chatting with your friends.
00:33:39I never seem to do anything right.
00:33:41It wasn't your fault.
00:33:42Forget it.
00:33:43It was my fault.
00:33:44I'll never forget it.
00:33:45I've caused you nothing but trouble and expense ever since I came here.
00:33:47I'm going to give up and go back to California.
00:33:49You're doing nothing of the kind.
00:33:50You wanted to be a reporter?
00:33:51Very well, we'll make you a reporter.
00:33:53Now, get back to the press room and go to work.
00:33:55Oh, Uncle Amos, you're a darling.
00:33:57Coming, Lorelei?
00:33:58No, Lorelei's staying here.
00:33:59You're on your own, Susan.
00:34:01Oh, Susan.
00:34:02No one knows anything about this business, so don't talk to Wally or Harvey.
00:34:05Of course not.
00:34:09What was the idea of stopping me with LaRue?
00:34:11LaRue wasn't as smart as he thought when he sold you that stock.
00:34:14We're going to use it to close up the Winners Club.
00:34:16Yes, and every other club in Linbury.
00:34:18That's a worthy ambition, Mr. Wilson.
00:34:20And not an easy thing to do.
00:34:22Of course, there's that bill before the legislature.
00:34:24Bury it in committee.
00:34:25We'll dig it out of committee.
00:34:27Will you cooperate, Harding?
00:34:28Absolutely.
00:34:29Good.
00:34:30We'll use a full-page spread with pictures.
00:34:32Lots of pictures.
00:34:33We'll put on a good, old-fashioned, muck-raking expose.
00:34:36And what's more, AP, I'll get your money back.
00:34:41Lorelei Kilburn, Sergeant.
00:34:43Anything?
00:34:47Everything's quiet.
00:34:48You sure you won't need me any longer?
00:34:50You've had a hard day.
00:34:51Go home and rest.
00:34:52You're so kind to me, Lorelei.
00:34:54I do appreciate it.
00:34:55Forget it.
00:34:56Good night.
00:34:57Good night, Lorelei.
00:34:58Good night, boys.
00:34:59Take it easy, Shin.
00:35:00Hiya, Scoop.
00:35:01What's breaking?
00:35:03Same to you, sister.
00:35:05Hey, you guys, that Hawkins story.
00:35:07The dicks are holding out on you.
00:35:08The dames sang two hours ago.
00:35:10I had a hunch they'd try to pull a fast one on us.
00:35:12Come on, Wally.
00:35:19I'm giving them the runaround.
00:35:21The dames still clammed up.
00:35:23They'll murder you.
00:35:25Let me worry about that.
00:35:27You know, I've been thinking.
00:35:28And?
00:35:29Little Miss Innocence ain't on the level.
00:35:31Her act with Steve.
00:35:32Please, Louie.
00:35:33I don't want to hear any more about her or...
00:35:34Don't try to kid me, Goldilocks.
00:35:36You're carrying a torch like the Statue of Liberty.
00:35:38I didn't think it showed.
00:35:39Well, it does.
00:35:40Are you going to be a sap and let that piece of no good fluff
00:35:42break you two apart?
00:35:43I'm sure Steve knows what he wants.
00:35:45Well, it ain't what he wants.
00:35:46And most of all, it ain't what you want.
00:35:49And between the both of us, we're going
00:35:50to straighten them out about her.
00:35:52She's palsy-walsy with more wrong G's
00:35:54than a bail bond broker.
00:35:56What am I saying?
00:35:59You know Jake Sebastian?
00:36:00Should I?
00:36:01Top man at Chuck LaRue's mob.
00:36:03Yesterday, right here in the city hall,
00:36:05I seen him talking to her.
00:36:06So?
00:36:07So.
00:36:08Take that shake down.
00:36:10Say that Chuck LaRue had Steve framed.
00:36:14Say he had Susan's car stolen.
00:36:17Say he had her trailed out to her girlfriend's house.
00:36:20Say that he knew she'd be out of circulation until morning.
00:36:23What I want to know is...
00:36:24How he knows she wouldn't check in here
00:36:25until after 10 this morning.
00:36:27Ah, so you've been thinking about it too, huh?
00:36:29Naturally.
00:36:31OK, do something.
00:36:33What should I do?
00:36:34Should I be bothered because her uncle
00:36:35is shaking down for $50,000?
00:36:37Should I care if Steve Wilson is making a fool
00:36:39of himself over the girl?
00:36:42Don't give me that Goldilocks.
00:36:47You care all right and plenty.
00:36:48All right, I care.
00:36:50So do I.
00:36:51I was a go-between on that deal, you know.
00:36:53I was double-crossed too.
00:36:56OK, Louie.
00:36:57I might do a little checking.
00:36:59OK, kid.
00:37:00You go into your datch, and I'll go into mine.
00:37:02And tomorrow we'll compare notes, right?
00:37:04Right.
00:37:05When we get through with her, they'll
00:37:06be putting her face where it belongs on iodine bottles.
00:37:15Hello, Lindbury Eagle?
00:37:16City desk, please.
00:37:18Hello, Hank?
00:37:19Lorelei Kilburn.
00:37:20Fine.
00:37:21I want to check up on one of your new cub reporters,
00:37:23Susan Peabody.
00:37:26No.
00:37:27She claims she worked for you.
00:37:30Oh, I see.
00:37:31Thanks.
00:37:36Not more than half a column, Joe.
00:37:37We're tight now.
00:37:38And when we break that Winters Club story in the final.
00:37:42OK, then kill it.
00:37:43I'll be ready any time.
00:37:44Be with you in five minutes.
00:37:48Hello, Jimmy.
00:37:49Lorelei?
00:37:50Are you in on this Winters Club thing?
00:37:52Lorelei's covering a political meeting tonight.
00:37:54Republicans united.
00:37:56Very important.
00:37:57Ah, you lucky girl.
00:38:02Steve, I hate to mention this, but I've been doing some
00:38:05checking on your new reporter.
00:38:07Very interesting, Goldilocks, but I can't go into it now.
00:38:09I'm going out to the Winters Club.
00:38:11We're going out to the Winters Club.
00:38:13To play this thing right, you need some human interest angles.
00:38:15Very well.
00:38:16I'm your girl.
00:38:17Uh-uh, that's out.
00:38:18This job is too dangerous.
00:38:19It's dangerous for me.
00:38:20It's twice as dangerous for you.
00:38:22I'm going.
00:38:23You're not.
00:38:24I am.
00:38:25You're not going to the Winters Club tonight.
00:38:45Winters Club.
00:38:49You bet, Mr. Wilson.
00:38:54Sure, but not too loud.
00:38:56Not with Monk and Marcus breathing down his neck.
00:39:02He was right, Chuck.
00:39:03They're here.
00:39:04Good.
00:39:05Bring them in.
00:39:16After the trouble you caused last night, Wilson,
00:39:18you and your friends aren't welcome here.
00:39:20Do you want to get out peacefully?
00:39:21We're not leaving, LaRue.
00:39:23Oh, no?
00:39:24Keep out of this, Monk.
00:39:25You too, Marcus.
00:39:26Remember I told Mr. Peabody his investment would pay off?
00:39:29Well, he's assigned the stock to me.
00:39:32Only a piece of this joint, I have a legal right
00:39:34to enter it at any time.
00:39:36So if you still want to put us out, hop to it.
00:39:41What do you say, LaRue?
00:39:48I don't know about that.
00:40:19How much does 17 take away 8?
00:40:21I don't know.
00:40:23LaRue, how about a shot of you and the boys?
00:40:25Oh, no.
00:40:26The boss don't like his picture took.
00:40:28Call Mr. Wilson's cab.
00:40:29One cab.
00:40:30Coming right up.
00:40:31Well, thanks.
00:40:32It was a successful evening.
00:40:33We got some nice pictures.
00:40:35Give us a good spread, Wilson.
00:40:37Bad publicity is better than no publicity.
00:40:39An aphorism, Mr. LaRue, which I like.
00:40:41Well, that's what I like.
00:40:42I like it.
00:40:43I like it.
00:40:44I like it.
00:40:45I like it.
00:40:46I like it.
00:40:47An aphorism, Mr. LaRue, which I hope to disprove.
00:40:50Come on, Lord.
00:40:51I...
00:40:54Partners.
00:40:55Come on, O'Brien.
00:41:00Get the car.
00:41:18Well, I...
00:41:19I never expected it to be that easy.
00:41:21Well, we're not home yet, Goldie Locks.
00:41:24Keep going, Bob.
00:41:25Straight into victory.
00:41:54Listen, Byler, your cab is in the garage,
00:41:56and the guy that stole it is in jail.
00:41:58They didn't beat you up, did they?
00:42:00Good.
00:42:01I'll send in a bill.
00:42:02I'll okay anything within reason.
00:42:04How are they?
00:42:05They're pretty good.
00:42:06I'll have them all in their watch, too.
00:42:12Well, I...
00:42:13I...
00:42:14I...
00:42:15I...
00:42:16I...
00:42:17I...
00:42:18I...
00:42:19I...
00:42:20I...
00:42:22Anything familiar about that girl?
00:42:24What's on your mind?
00:42:26That suit.
00:42:27The bon-ton shop.
00:42:28There are hundreds like it in Big Town.
00:42:30Uh-uh.
00:42:31It's an original.
00:42:32Came from Paisley's, and it costs plenty.
00:42:34You can't fool a woman.
00:42:35What you're trying to tell me is that the girl is Susan Peabody.
00:42:38What you're not trying to tell me is how Susan can afford an original Paisley
00:42:42on the allowance that Peabody gives her.
00:42:45Do you know how much he gives her?
00:42:47No, but I know Peabody.
00:42:49No, but I know Peabody.
00:42:50So you know Peabody.
00:42:51So I know that suit and the girl that's wearing it.
00:42:53That's a proof.
00:42:54Nonsense.
00:42:55Only suddenly, you've gone stone blind.
00:42:58Well, Laura, you must love limbs.
00:43:00You climb out on so many.
00:43:02Very well, Steve, you asked for it.
00:43:04Here it is.
00:43:05I checked where the phone comes.
00:43:06Susan has a one-party line.
00:43:08When I got that busy signal last night, Susan was home in her apartment.
00:43:11You dialed the wrong number.
00:43:13Okay, pass that one.
00:43:14The girl never worked for the Linbury Eagle.
00:43:16Well, don't all would-be reporters lie about their experience.
00:43:19Skip that one, too.
00:43:21Now, see if you can knock this one out of the lot.
00:43:24She never stayed with Mona Lawrence last night.
00:43:26Mona Lawrence hardly knows her and hasn't seen her for weeks.
00:43:29So she told a fib.
00:43:30A fib?
00:43:31Steve, she's not only a liar, she's pure poison.
00:43:33Are you going to write that story on the Windows Club
00:43:35or shall I give it to a rewrite man?
00:43:42Give me a light, that girl.
00:43:45Susan has a one-party line.
00:43:48Skip that one.
00:43:50She didn't work on the Linbury Eagle.
00:43:53She didn't stay with Mona Lawrence last night.
00:43:56Does she think we've been asleep?
00:43:58We've known all that since noon.
00:43:59If we hadn't been so busy, we'd have been able to do something about it.
00:44:02Well, we're not too busy now.
00:44:05Hey, this is pretty good.
00:44:07Look at this.
00:44:08Yeah, that's fine.
00:44:16Excuse me a minute, darling.
00:44:17Don't go.
00:44:18Yes?
00:44:20Oh, hello.
00:44:22Oh, no.
00:44:23No, you didn't get me out of bed.
00:44:25I was wondering.
00:44:27Mind if I drop around for a while?
00:44:29Why not?
00:44:30Fine.
00:44:32I'll be over in 20 minutes.
00:44:34Bye.
00:44:35Bye, darling.
00:44:39He was sweet to bring me home.
00:44:43What's the matter?
00:44:45No more of that.
00:44:46Why not?
00:44:47Let's stay healthy.
00:44:48Your boyfriend's beginning to get wise.
00:44:50He never finds out about us.
00:44:52So you're scared.
00:44:53Look, I know him when he's jealous.
00:44:55He'll blow his top.
00:44:56Oh, so I'm getting a brush-off.
00:44:58Don't get sore.
00:44:59I know a brush-off when I get one.
00:45:01And I won't forget it, not for a minute.
00:45:03Now, get out.
00:45:05That's the way you are.
00:45:07I'm sorry.
00:45:09Now, get out.
00:45:11That's the way you feel?
00:45:12Sure.
00:45:16Good night, baby.
00:45:18Oh, shut up.
00:45:39Oh, shut up.
00:46:09Oh, shut up.
00:46:40It was nice of you to come and see me.
00:46:42Nice of you to let me.
00:46:45Well, quite a little place you have here.
00:46:48I like it.
00:46:49I planned to stay at the sorority house,
00:46:51but Uncle Amos insisted that I take an apartment.
00:46:54Now I'm glad I did.
00:46:55Yeah.
00:46:56Sorority's sort of a cramper girl style,
00:46:59if you know what I mean.
00:47:01I'd be pretty dumb if I didn't.
00:47:03How'd you make out at the winner's club story?
00:47:05Fine.
00:47:06When that blast hits the capitol,
00:47:07it'll be all over but nailing on the padlock.
00:47:09Did you get some good pictures?
00:47:12Now, don't tell me.
00:47:13I was there.
00:47:14Oh.
00:47:15I wanted to see the fun, so I went out.
00:47:17Then your cameraman started making wild shots,
00:47:19and I had to duck.
00:47:20I was afraid that Uncle Amos might be peed
00:47:22if he knew I was there again.
00:47:23Uncle Amos is already peed.
00:47:25I know.
00:47:26I'm sorry.
00:47:27Fine.
00:47:28Sure, sure.
00:47:29I'm also sorry you lied to me about working
00:47:31on the Limbery Eagle.
00:47:33You lied to me?
00:47:34About working on the Limbery Eagle?
00:47:36You don't hold that against me, do you?
00:47:38No, but you shouldn't have lied to me
00:47:40about staying with Mona Lawrence.
00:47:42All right, now.
00:47:44Tell me the truth.
00:47:45What really happened last night?
00:47:47Well, when I found out my car had been stolen,
00:47:49I called up my boyfriend.
00:47:50I had him come out and pick me up.
00:47:52We drove around for a long time.
00:47:53Then about 2.30, I came back here.
00:47:55I needed a coat.
00:47:56It was a cold night, remember?
00:47:58How long did you stay?
00:47:59Oh, just a few minutes.
00:48:00Then we went out again to a few late spots.
00:48:03What did you call while you were here?
00:48:04Oh, I didn't call anyone.
00:48:06But my boyfriend did.
00:48:09Just who is this boyfriend you're talking about?
00:48:12He's just a boy.
00:48:13College boy?
00:48:14Of course.
00:48:15He, uh, wouldn't be connected with that La Rue,
00:48:18my old buddy.
00:48:19Heavens, no.
00:48:20He's just an unsophisticated kid.
00:48:22He gets mad whenever he finds out I've been gambling.
00:48:24He's told me again and again I should
00:48:26stay away from those places.
00:48:27Well, if he's that concerned, he must
00:48:28think an awful lot of you.
00:48:29He does.
00:48:30He's frightfully jealous of me.
00:48:31Oh?
00:48:32I wonder if, if he should happen to come by tonight,
00:48:37would you mind going down the fire escape?
00:48:39Yes, I could just picture myself.
00:48:43It wouldn't be the first time, would it?
00:48:46Would, uh, that be your boyfriend?
00:48:50He bores me.
00:48:52It, uh, could be for me, you know.
00:48:55I suppose you told everyone in the office
00:48:56you were coming here.
00:48:57No, no, just, uh, Fletcher.
00:49:02Hello?
00:49:04Just a moment, Mr. Fletcher.
00:49:06Thanks.
00:49:08Yeah, Fletch.
00:49:09Uh-huh.
00:49:10All right.
00:49:11Tell him I'll be right along.
00:49:12Bye.
00:49:13Your uncle's leaving for the capital in half an hour.
00:49:15He wants to see me before he goes.
00:49:17Sorry, I have to rush home.
00:49:19When Uncle Hammond talks with the Harry,
00:49:21the plane seals bark.
00:49:22Tell me, Steve, do you also balance the ball on your nose?
00:49:25Now, stop pouting.
00:49:28It was sweet of you to come and see me.
00:49:33Bye, honey.
00:49:35See you in the morning.
00:49:39Yeah, see you in the morning, and maybe, uh, tomorrow night.
00:49:45Bye now, darling.
00:49:47Bye.
00:50:03Well, the Greer agency, they needed a smart private eye, so they hired you.
00:50:08Huh.
00:50:09Something's shameless.
00:50:10What kind of a case are you on?
00:50:16To get the goods on this two-timing tomato,
00:50:18her old man will pay off.
00:50:20Well, keep your nose clean.
00:50:23I'll get the goods.
00:50:24I'll get the goods.
00:50:25I'll get the goods.
00:50:26I'll get the goods.
00:50:27I'll get the goods.
00:50:28I'll get the goods.
00:50:29I'll get the goods.
00:50:30I'll get the goods.
00:50:31Keep your nose clean.
00:50:34Hello, Junior.
00:50:35Hiya, boy.
00:50:39No, no, look.
00:50:40Hey, what are you doing here?
00:50:41Hey, take it easy.
00:50:42That's my good suit.
00:50:43Come on, Jim.
00:50:44What are you hanging around here for?
00:50:45I'm checking up on that Peabody dame.
00:50:46Who's paying your lawyer?
00:50:47Oh, come now.
00:50:49Don't be a cat.
00:50:50Let's keep her name out of this.
00:50:52And if you want to know something, you ought to be ashamed what you're doing to that girl.
00:50:55All right, Louie, have fun.
00:50:57But I suppose you know you're playing with dynamite.
00:50:59What do you think you're playing with, marbles?
00:51:01Uh-uh, dice.
00:51:02A load of dice.
00:51:04I'll be seeing you.
00:51:12Hello, baby.
00:51:18You're home early, darling.
00:51:20Business was slow.
00:51:23Jake got you home all right?
00:51:24I'm here.
00:51:26You're not jealous of Jake, are you?
00:51:28I'm jealous of everybody.
00:51:30Chuck, quit it.
00:51:31Haven't I a right to be?
00:51:32After all, you're my wife.
00:51:34It's about time you started treating me like a wife.
00:51:36What are you talking about?
00:51:37Jake.
00:51:38It wasn't his idea to trail me around all day yesterday.
00:51:41Oh, baby, you're just a kid.
00:51:42That was a big deal.
00:51:44I had to be sure it was set up right before I sat into it.
00:51:46He picked a fine guy to follow me.
00:51:48At the Green Lantern, he was so obvious, he almost skipped the play.
00:51:50I still don't see what was necessary.
00:51:52You can't blame me for trying to protect myself.
00:51:54I only blame you for not trusting me.
00:51:59Does that look like I don't trust you?
00:52:04Is it all here?
00:52:06It's all there.
00:52:07$50,000.
00:52:08If I don't get any ideas, half of it's mine.
00:52:11No, darling.
00:52:12All of it is ours.
00:52:21OK, Uncle Amos.
00:52:23Penny-pitching old skimflip.
00:52:25OK, Uncle Amos.
00:52:26Penny-pitching old skimflip.
00:52:28Now, what do you think your favorite needs?
00:52:30A millionaire, and he puts me up in a place like this.
00:52:33He buys me a car, a second-hand roadster.
00:52:35He gives me a fur coat, rabbit, and jackrabbit at best.
00:52:39I get an allowance, $30 a week.
00:52:41And you know how he lives?
00:52:42I can guess.
00:52:43You know how he dresses his daughters?
00:52:45Mink, no less.
00:52:46OK?
00:52:47Starting tomorrow, I wear mink.
00:52:49You don't want to crowd your luck, baby.
00:52:51Maybe I do want to crowd my luck.
00:52:53When you have the cards, you play them, don't you?
00:52:55OK, so he's got the cards.
00:52:57And we've only started.
00:52:58We've got $50,000.
00:53:00Pretty soon, we take him for another $50,000, and after that?
00:53:04What's the matter, Chuck?
00:53:07Quit dreaming, Susan.
00:53:09We got 50 G's, and we were lucky.
00:53:13Ever smoke and cool off?
00:53:14You know very well I don't smoke.
00:53:17Who's been up here?
00:53:19Stop it!
00:53:20Stop it!
00:53:22Who was up here?
00:53:25Jake.
00:53:26Jake, huh?
00:53:27My good friend, Jake.
00:53:30So that's why you put on a fancy outfit.
00:53:32That's not true.
00:53:33I put this on for you.
00:53:34Jake only stayed a few minutes.
00:53:36Long enough to smoke a couple of cigarettes, huh?
00:53:38And long enough to make a couple of passes at me.
00:53:40But you brushed off.
00:53:43That I'd have to see.
00:53:44I've been watching you two.
00:53:45Darling.
00:53:46Shut up!
00:54:01Hello, Marcus.
00:54:02Chuck.
00:54:04Jake there?
00:54:07OK, now look, and get this straight.
00:54:09As soon as Jake comes in, I want you and Monk to take the car.
00:54:12Sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Peabody.
00:54:14I've had a little business.
00:54:16Look what the Chronicle's running.
00:54:20Amos Peabody, publisher of the Illustrated Press,
00:54:22has bought a block of common stock in the Winner's Club.
00:54:24It was revealed today.
00:54:25The Winner's Club is one of several private gambling
00:54:27clubs now operating in Linbury.
00:54:29That changes everything.
00:54:31Why?
00:54:32In the light of that story, our blasted car
00:54:35That changes everything.
00:54:36Why?
00:54:37In the light of that story, our blasted car
00:54:39against the gambling clubs is not an expose.
00:54:41It's a publicity stunt to build business for the Winner's Club.
00:54:44It certainly looks like that, all right.
00:54:46And what does that make me?
00:54:47Appearing before the legislature and asking them to pass a law
00:54:50closing a club in which I own an interest.
00:54:52They'll say that's a publicity stunt, too.
00:54:54Well, there's only one thing left to do.
00:54:56Run the whole story of the shakedown exactly as it happened.
00:55:00However, that means dragging Susan into it.
00:55:02Steve, I'm afraid she's already in it.
00:55:05Well, I'll have Maul.
00:55:06I'll write the story right away.
00:55:07When you get back from the Capitol,
00:55:08we'll see what we can do about your $50,000.
00:55:10We'll see what we can do about Susan.
00:55:12Your taxi's waiting, Mr. Peabody.
00:55:14Well, good luck with the legislature.
00:55:16Thanks.
00:55:17Maul, right there.
00:55:18Set her in, will you?
00:55:20All right.
00:55:26What do you want, Steve?
00:55:27The Chronicle's ending a story on Peabody's buying that stock.
00:55:30So we've got to run the story on the shakedown.
00:55:32The straight, unbiased, unvarnished story of what happened.
00:55:35Will you write it?
00:55:36Now?
00:55:37Tonight?
00:55:38Naturally.
00:55:39We can't use it as a follow-up.
00:55:40It'll look too phony.
00:55:41Wait a minute.
00:55:42Steve Wilson.
00:55:43Wilson, this is Chuck LeRoux.
00:55:45I understand you're running your big story on the Winners Club
00:55:48tomorrow morning.
00:55:49Now, look, Wilson.
00:55:51Why don't you talk it over with me?
00:55:56I realize all that, Wilson, but what have you got to lose?
00:56:00Well, boss, here we are.
00:56:04Ordinarily, I'd be glad to come to your office.
00:56:07To be perfectly frank, Wilson, I don't dare stick my face in the big time
00:56:11until some of this heat is off.
00:56:14No, I'm not at the club.
00:56:15I'm in College Green.
00:56:17Wilson doesn't know where you live, does he?
00:56:20The address is 595 Oak Street, apartment 402.
00:56:25I've got it.
00:56:26I'll be right over.
00:56:30Did you hire Louie to watch Susan's apartment?
00:56:32I certainly did not.
00:56:34What's he doing there?
00:56:35How would I know?
00:56:38Where are you going?
00:56:39Susan's.
00:56:40Why the heating?
00:56:41It's a cold night.
00:56:42You're humorless, Lee.
00:56:44Look, Steve, you're only sticking your neck out for what?
00:56:47For Peabody's dough and the $50,000.
00:56:49Don't give me that.
00:56:50You don't care about Peabody's dough.
00:56:51You have your mind on Chuck LeRoux.
00:56:53So he beat you up last night and showed you up today.
00:56:55Why not forget it?
00:56:56Forget it?
00:56:57Are you kidding?
00:56:59Now get on that story.
00:57:00Send Fletcher in here.
00:57:07Fletcher, Steve wants you.
00:57:13You want me, Steve?
00:57:14Yeah, Fletcher, here's the play.
00:57:15LeRoux wants to see me.
00:57:16He just phoned from Susan's apartment.
00:57:17Here's the address.
00:57:18Susan's, eh?
00:57:19Well, I'm not surprised.
00:57:20Neither am I.
00:57:21Now look, if you don't hear from me in 40 minutes,
00:57:23I'll be out there with a carload of cash.
00:57:24No, that's no good.
00:57:25If you've got nothing on LeRoux yet,
00:57:26get a couple of the boys from Circulation.
00:57:27I know just the pair.
00:57:28And stand by for a call.
00:57:29I'll be waiting.
00:57:35Now check Goldilocks.
00:57:36Now listen, kid.
00:57:41Put down a fin for me on Wee Willie Winkie
00:57:43in the third at Hialeah.
00:57:44A fin on Wee Willie Winkie in the third at...
00:57:50No, no.
00:57:51Now look, Steve just went upstairs.
00:57:53You better hurry out here right away, Lorelei.
00:57:55There's something cooking and I'm afraid
00:57:56it's too hot for me to handle.
00:57:57OK.
00:57:58I'll be waiting for you in the lobby.
00:58:02Up five.
00:58:03You're five?
00:58:04And up you five, boss.
00:58:06Are you nuts?
00:58:08Ain't my money.
00:58:10I'll stay.
00:58:13How many?
00:58:14Two.
00:58:16One card.
00:58:17You?
00:58:18I'll play these.
00:58:20Dealer takes three.
00:58:26In the kitchen.
00:58:36Come in, Wilson.
00:58:37How are you?
00:58:38Fine, thanks.
00:58:41I believe you've met the boys, Monk, Marcus,
00:58:43and Jake Sebastian.
00:58:44Sure.
00:58:45Hi, boys.
00:58:46Hi, Wilson.
00:58:47Little game you having?
00:58:48Yeah, postman's holiday.
00:58:49Mind if we finish this hand?
00:58:50Yeah, go ahead.
00:58:53Well, cozy little place you've got here.
00:58:55I like it.
00:58:56Jake, you open.
00:58:58Uh, 20.
00:59:0220 more.
00:59:05There's still time to kill that story, isn't there, Wilson?
00:59:08Plenty of time.
00:59:10I'm saving it for our final.
00:59:12You guys are awful brave betting into a pent hand.
00:59:14I'll call.
00:59:17And 50 better.
00:59:19What are you so proud of?
00:59:2250 more.
00:59:25You sure you don't want to change your mind about it?
00:59:28The story?
00:59:30Can't.
00:59:31It isn't up to me.
00:59:33It's up to Peabody.
00:59:34If it's persuasion you were looking for,
00:59:36you should have invited him here.
00:59:38You'll do.
00:59:40Yes, I think you'll do very well.
00:59:42What do you say, Monk?
00:59:43It's 100 to you.
00:59:44I'll call.
00:59:46I mean, what do you got?
00:59:49Four deuces.
00:59:52Deal, Jake.
00:59:53Look, LaRue, if there's something on your mind, let's have it.
00:59:56Oh, boy, I got plenty on my mind.
00:59:59You want a drink?
01:00:00No, thanks.
01:00:03What will people say when they find out the managing editor of the Illustrated Press
01:00:06owns a piece of the Winner's Club?
01:00:08When they read the paper in the morning,
01:00:10they'll find out just how the whole shakedown was engineered.
01:00:13And they'll say that LaRue and his mom ought to be run out of the state.
01:00:17Why don't you sit in here?
01:00:19No, thanks.
01:00:20Too rich for my blood.
01:00:22You can make mistakes as much as little as you like.
01:00:25Okay, send his wife.
01:00:28What do you have?
01:00:29I think $100.
01:00:35Good deal, Wilson.
01:00:36Oh, no, it's Sebastian's deal.
01:00:37Go ahead, Jake.
01:00:39Jake doesn't like to deal.
01:00:41He doesn't even like to play poker.
01:00:44Jake just likes to play with Danes, don't you, Jake?
01:00:48Yeah, Jake is a great boy with the babes.
01:00:50He can make more passes than a leatherneck with a pair of crooked dice.
01:00:58He has a particular yen for other guys' wives.
01:01:02You got a wife, Mr. Wilson?
01:01:04Well, you're lucky.
01:01:06I mean, with Jake around.
01:01:08What are you, gang headshot?
01:01:10Just kidding, Jake, old boy.
01:01:12Just kidding.
01:01:19You won't need a ride around here, Wilson.
01:01:21It isn't that kind of game.
01:01:22Just a big happy family, huh?
01:01:24Okay.
01:01:27You crossed me up very neatly, Wilson, running that shakedown yarn.
01:01:31I'm surprised Peabody would want to get his knees mixed up in a sordid story like that.
01:01:35You don't know Peabody.
01:01:37He's a tough old guy.
01:01:39I wonder if he's tough enough to take what I'm going to dish him.
01:01:42Baby, come in here.
01:01:49Mr. Wilson, meet Mrs. LaRue.
01:01:55I've already met Mrs. LaRue.
01:01:58Found her very charming.
01:02:00She's charming, all right, but not very smart.
01:02:03No?
01:02:04Who planned this caper?
01:02:05Who dragged Wilson out to the winner's club and set the deal?
01:02:08You did, dear.
01:02:09Well, what do you mean I'm not smart?
01:02:11Sit down, baby.
01:02:13Deal her in.
01:02:14Nobody minds?
01:02:17Six hands.
01:02:18Nice game.
01:02:19Yeah, the set is shy, though.
01:02:21That's better.
01:02:34Check.
01:02:36Open for five.
01:02:37What do you mean I'm not smart?
01:02:39Put it on the line.
01:02:40I'll stay.
01:02:42Would a smart girl knowing me very well play around with my best friend?
01:02:47You staying?
01:02:49Yeah, Lou.
01:02:51Me too.
01:02:53Look, LaRue, I don't know what you and your marital problems have to do with my running that story.
01:02:58Card?
01:02:59One.
01:03:03One card.
01:03:05Two cards.
01:03:07Look at it this way, Wilson.
01:03:11How would Amos Peabody like for it to be known that this kid here, this green pea from the west,
01:03:16came into town and made a sucker out of her uncle?
01:03:18He won't know anything about it until the paper hits the streets.
01:03:22He'll know it if you tell him right now.
01:03:25Peabody left town ten minutes ago for the state capitol.
01:03:28Get a bill through the legislature, that'll close you up.
01:03:32Then you're the only person in town who can kill the story.
01:03:35Why?
01:03:36Wrong.
01:03:37Check.
01:03:38Check.
01:03:39Check.
01:03:40Bet ten.
01:03:45You don't seem to understand, Wilson.
01:03:47There's a story breaking right here that'll back your winner's club story right out of the newspaper.
01:03:54Monk, Marcus, on your way.
01:03:55You got your stories?
01:03:56Hey, what goes?
01:03:57Sit down.
01:04:00Marcus, why don't you tell the cops?
01:04:02You and me and Monk was playing poker here with Jake and this guy, Wilson, and the dame, I mean your wife.
01:04:07Yeah, then we got a call from the club.
01:04:09We got in trouble with a couple of the peasants.
01:04:11Me and you and Monk hopped in a car and hiked here without the Linberry.
01:04:15Really?
01:04:16Jake and this guy, Wilson, and the dame, I mean your wife, here alone in the apartment together.
01:04:20Okay, on your way.
01:04:21Pull the car around in the alley and wait.
01:04:23I'll be down at Firescape.
01:04:24Scram.
01:04:25Okay.
01:04:29What are you doing?
01:04:30Half that dough is mine.
01:04:31Shut up, you two-timing tramp.
01:04:34Half that dough is mine, I tell you.
01:04:35Don't you think you're going to powder with it?
01:04:37Half yours are, but where you're going, baby, it won't do you any good.
01:04:42You can't phone the cops, Lorelei.
01:04:44If there's nothing wrong up there, that mob will sue your paper for a million bucks.
01:04:47Come along with me.
01:04:48But, Louie.
01:04:49Come along, Goldilocks.
01:04:50Leave everything to Louie.
01:05:00Hold it, Monk.
01:05:01Who's that?
01:05:06That ain't good.
01:05:08Let's take it.
01:05:10Yeah.
01:05:15Get up the back of that truck, you guys.
01:05:16In you go.
01:05:17Mel, listen to you, Monk.
01:05:18Ah, come on.
01:05:19Get in the truck.
01:05:20Come on.
01:05:21Get in.
01:05:22Get in.
01:05:26Drive it around back in the alley.
01:05:27Yeah.
01:05:28Take the boss' car and bring it around, too.
01:05:50You're scaring me like a fool.
01:05:51If you've got the crazy idea, I've been playing around with your wife.
01:05:53Quiet.
01:05:54Chuck, you're insane.
01:05:55I lied to you about Jackie.
01:05:57Chuck, listen to me.
01:05:58Chuck, please.
01:06:23Operator, give me the police.
01:06:25Sit down.
01:06:26Don't try anything funny, Wilson.
01:06:31Police?
01:06:33I want you to send a coroner to 595 Oak Street, apartment 402.
01:06:39I've just killed a man and a woman.
01:06:41I'm going to kill myself.
01:06:44My name?
01:06:46Wilson.
01:06:48Steve Wilson.
01:06:56306, 304.
01:06:59Are you sure you know where you're going?
01:07:01Sure.
01:07:02I cased this joint all night.
01:07:03Come on.
01:07:1527, 595 Oak Street, apartment 402.
01:07:20A shooting.
01:07:23Good.
01:07:25The police have traced the call back.
01:07:27Well, what are you waiting for?
01:07:29I want to hear a proud guy.
01:07:33There it is.
01:07:35It's a nice setup, LaRue, but you'll never get away with it.
01:07:39Why should the police believe I killed these people?
01:07:41You've been playing around with my wife.
01:07:43So has Jake.
01:07:45When the boys and I left, you said you were going to kill me.
01:07:48You evidently blew your top.
01:07:50I trust this gun is registered in your name.
01:07:53It is.
01:07:55But you can't have a suicide without Powder Bird.
01:07:58Let me take care of Powder Bird.
01:08:09Don't touch the gun, LaRue.
01:08:10His prints are on it.
01:08:20Well, his P-Body's 50,000.
01:08:22Steve, she's still alive.
01:08:24Oh, too bad.
01:08:28Look, Kelly, I'm not interested in clinical trials.
01:08:30I'm interested in finding out the truth.
01:08:33Well, here we are.
01:08:35Where's Butcher?
01:08:36He's wearing out a complaint against Monk and Marcus.
01:08:38Kidnapping, conspiracy, accessory before the fact.
01:08:40Hey, the lift went off.
01:08:41Park it in front of the fire hydrant.
01:08:42Yeah, they booked him on that, too.
01:08:43Ain't better.
01:08:44Well, what do you think of it?
01:08:45A beautiful blast, huh?
01:08:46Will it turn the trick?
01:08:47Will it turn the trick?
01:08:48I guarantee that within 30 days, every poker club will be
01:08:50closed up tighter than a Puritan's lips.
01:08:52How's Susan?
01:08:53She's fine.
01:08:54How about you?
01:08:55She's fine.
01:08:56How about you?
01:08:57She's fine.
01:08:58How about you?
01:08:59She's fine.
01:09:00Tighter than a Puritan's lips.
01:09:01How's Susan?
01:09:02Kelly just phoned from the general hospital.
01:09:03They've given her transfusion.
01:09:04They say she'll live.
01:09:05Good.
01:09:06Hey, them monks don't need bronze.
01:09:07Thanks for everything, Louie.
01:09:09OK, Junior, no charge.
01:09:11Well, should we call it a night?
01:09:14Oh, now, Louie, see, now there's the character.
01:09:16He's brash.
01:09:17He's sharp as a tack.
01:09:18He's kept all the angles.
01:09:20You know, I think Louie would make a pretty fine police
01:09:23reporter.
01:09:25But still, I guess I already have a pretty fine police
01:09:28reporter.
01:09:30Well, all right.
01:09:31You're not really going to leave me, are you?
01:09:33Well, I...
01:09:36Are you?
01:09:37Oh, Steve, you pig-line.
01:09:39Hey, this building's on fire.
01:09:41It's only when the walls get hot.