The Choppers | Full Movie | Leigh Jason | Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman - video Dailymotion

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THE CHOPPERS  | Crime, Drama | 1961 |   Plot:  Cruiser (Arch Hall, Jr.) is a punk with a taste for crime. His gang of hot rodding thugs, including Torch, Flip and Snoop, specialize in stripping cars in record time.The rampaging teens make quick work of any vehicles unfortunate enough to stop on their stretch of the highway. Using a chicken transport truck as a cover, they make off with their stolen loot undetected. Moose (Bruno VeSota), a crooked junk yard owner, provides ready cash for their illicit goods. A tenacious insurance investigator teams up with the police, determined to put an end to the crime-spree. As the noose tightens on the out-of-control teens, bullets fly with tragic results.   Crew:   • Directed by: Leigh Jason  • Written by: Arch Hall Sr.  • Starring: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman  • Produced by: M.B. Collins, Arch Hall Sr.  • Music by: Al Pellegrini  • Cinematography: Clark Ramsey  • Edited by: Jack Ogilvie   About TRENDEST MOVIES - ENGLISH:   Welcome to TRENDEST MOVIES - ENGLISH, your ultimate destination for an expansive collection of movies across all genres. From timeless classics to modern-day blockbusters, we bring you the best of cinema. Dive into our vast library, where you’ll find everything from thrilling action movies to heartwarming dramas, iconic comedies, and unforgettable sci-fi adventures. Stay tuned as we continue to expand our collection, offering something for every movie lover.   Subscribe now: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_MOVIES_ENGLISH   #TrendestMovies #EnglishCinema #ClassicHits    Follow Trendest Media:   • YouTube:  1) TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_INFOTAINMENT  2) TRENDEST KIDS: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_KIDS   • Instagram:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.instagram.com/trendestinfotainment/   • Facebook:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.facebook.com/TrendestInfotainment/    COPYRIGHT   We hold the proper licenses for all movies published on YouTube. For any questions, please contact: mail@trendest.in   AYA Media Private Limited & TRENDEST Media Private Limited are companies registered under the laws of India and located in the state of Kerala, India.

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00:00:00That day when I walked out of the chief's office at City Hall, I didn't feel so good.

00:00:22You see, I'm a reporter. Jim Bradford's my name. I broadcast on radio and television,

00:00:28and I cover a lot of stories. But this one scared me a little. Our greatest national

00:00:34resource was in danger. I wasn't thinking about oil or water or things like that. I

00:00:41was, well, thinking about kids, yours and mine. Youngsters are the future. Well, I know

00:00:49that school and church and government officials work hard to preserve this resource, not to

00:00:54mention all the efforts of mothers and fathers. But this story, it made me think. It was the

00:01:01story of five boys, ages 16 to 18.

00:01:24The story of five boys, ages 16 to 18.

00:01:54Boys who steal hubcaps and gasoline may become young men who dismantle entire automobiles

00:02:11or rob banks or enter the rackets. A kid with a doting parent can get too much too early.

00:02:19It can lead to a craving for more excitement than any teenager can handle. This is Jack

00:02:25Cruiser Bryant. His family is wealthy. He has never known his father. His mother spends

00:02:31most of her time in Las Vegas, Palm Springs, or New York. The choppers call him Torch.

00:02:40He's made a buck any way he could since he was six. He has seven brothers and sisters

00:02:45and a father with a fondness for spirits and can't afford a large family. Torch loves

00:02:50convertibles, pretty girls, and ready cash. This is Tony the Snooper Pinelli. He can strip

00:02:57the valuables off a car in less time than some people can comb their hair. His story

00:03:02is of too many stepfathers. Tony can make a radio out of wire and tin cans. With proper

00:03:08guidance, he might have been a first-class engineer. This is Ben Shore, powerful as a

00:03:15wrestler, a wonderful sense of humor, and the idle time to be a chopper. Still growing,

00:03:20his brain hasn't caught up with his biceps. Flip Johnson isn't sure if he's 16 or even

00:03:2719. He was left with an aunt and uncle who have a family of their own. His first theft

00:03:32was a peanut butter sandwich at school. Now he'll steal anything he can carry or load

00:03:37on a truck. Fast with a knife, he's convinced he can bluff his way out of any sort of trouble.

00:03:45Okay, come on, let's flip it. Here we go.

00:03:52Once more.

00:03:55Over she goes.

00:04:13Okay, cut it. That's all the time we got.

00:04:21Go, man, go!

00:04:51Sounds like these hens are allergic to smoke. Reminds me of my mother.

00:05:03They got the pip, that's why they'd squawk. Well, I sure hope it isn't contagious. I'd

00:05:08hate to break up with these chicks. Cruiser says they're the best investment we ever made.

00:05:21Hey, we're just in time. Is the pickup coming?

00:05:28Cruiser was right. He said we'd have to knock on it.

00:05:40What happens? What happens?

00:05:42I can't understand it. There they are now, after all, it's only a car. What about it,

00:05:48Mr. Snyder?

00:05:49The only thing to do is go back to the station and phone the police. Sure looks like the

00:05:53choppers have been here.

00:05:54The choppers?

00:05:55Yeah, it's a gang of thieves operating across the whole county.

00:05:58Well, what about the car? What can we do?

00:06:01Well, if I were you, good people, I'd forget it. It's a total wreck. Let the insurance

00:06:06company worry about it. We go back to the service station, I'll pick up the tow truck

00:06:10and we'll tow it in.

00:06:19Hiya, Moose. Gang of thieves?

00:06:21Yeah, gang of thieves.

00:06:22Gang of thieves.

00:06:23Gang of thieves.

00:06:24Gang of thieves.

00:06:25Gang of thieves.

00:06:26Gang of thieves.

00:06:27Gang of thieves.

00:06:28Gang of thieves.

00:06:29Gang of thieves.

00:06:30Gang of thieves.

00:06:31Gang of thieves.

00:06:32Gang of thieves.

00:06:33Gang of thieves.

00:06:34Gang of thieves.

00:06:35Gang of thieves.

00:06:36Gang of thieves.

00:06:37Gang of thieves.

00:06:38Gang of thieves.

00:06:39Gang of thieves.

00:06:40Gang of thieves.

00:06:41Gang of thieves.

00:06:42Gang of thieves.

00:06:43Gang of thieves.

00:06:44Gang of thieves.

00:06:45Gang of thieves.

00:06:46Gang of thieves.

00:06:47Gang of thieves.

00:06:48Hiya, Moose. Gang you there?

00:06:52In the yard.

00:06:55Don't get up.

00:07:00Punk.

00:07:06What's the matter, cowboy?

00:07:08Your chickens ain't getting enough exercise. I'm trying to make them happy.

00:07:12See, I told you. Looks to me like you're trying to drive them crazy.

00:07:15They ain't laid so much as one egg in a week.

00:07:17Neither have we. Five jobs, just like that.

00:07:20Well, he can count.

00:07:21Oh, the brain.

00:07:22Just once, why don't you show up on time so you can lift something?

00:07:26Oh, I just thought maybe there was something I could use on my heath.

00:07:29Just think, cowboy. Half an hour ago, this pile of junk was moving 60 miles an hour.

00:07:34You think this Squire John even knows he's been hit yet?

00:07:37Oh, he does now.

00:07:39I've been giving him ten minutes to weep over his wreck.

00:07:42He should be on the phone right now, crying his little heart out to the cops.

00:07:46Okay, goodbye.

00:07:48Well, it's the choppers again.

00:07:50They cut up a new car on 18 while some guy and his wife went after a can of gas.

00:07:55Speaking of wives, means I won't make it home tonight.

00:07:59Ah, poor Mary will understand.

00:08:01She was having friends then, too.

00:08:03Anytime I eat a sandwich, I can always tell where the hell my mother made it.

00:08:06Boy.

00:08:07Boy.

00:08:08I'd better call Tom Hart.

00:08:10After all, those insurance investigators are as anxious to grab those choppers as we are.

00:08:14Tom may want to ride along.

00:08:16She never puts anything on a sandwich that'll make it swallow easy.

00:08:19No butter, nothing.

00:08:21Ah, she probably just forgot.

00:08:23Forgot? Forgot my eyes. She wants to choke me to death.

00:08:28Hello, let me speak to Tom Hart, please.

00:08:31Hi, Tom, Frank Fleming. Car theft detail.

00:08:35Yeah, just got a call from out on number 18.

00:08:38The choppers pulled off another job.

00:08:41Thought you'd like to go along.

00:08:43All right, Frank, how about my picking you up on the way over?

00:08:46All right, about ten minutes, all right?

00:08:48All right.

00:08:50Well, that's it for today, beautiful.

00:08:53So, I suppose you forgot all about the steak dinner you promised me.

00:08:57Dinner? Schminner.

00:08:59We'll both be eating birdseed if Frank and I don't break up that chopper gang.

00:09:03Oh, I hate you.

00:09:05Oh, no, we can't do that.

00:09:07Tell you what, I'll feed you on the way, huh?

00:09:09On the way?

00:09:11I suppose I'll settle for another hamburger at Bill's Drive-In.

00:09:14Oh, now, beautiful, you know a big steak has too many calories.

00:09:18You're so thoughtful all of a sudden.

00:09:21Normal

00:09:28Entertain your friends, she said,

00:09:33For a fuller, richer life.

00:09:38I entertain my lawyer

00:09:43And my sweet and loving wife.

00:09:46A lot of money, boys. A lot of money.

00:09:53Yeah, it's ten cents on the dollar and you know it. You give us the same story every time.

00:09:58Grease this palm, big daddy-o. Peel off those cabbage leaves.

00:10:02Every time I see that loaf of bread, I flip.

00:10:05Some night, Moose, you go home with me.

00:10:08Like tonight, kid?

00:10:10Keep counting, Moose. He's just talking. And don't get shook.

00:10:15Eighty, eighty-five. That's the kind of music I like.

00:10:19The sweet whisper of them greenbacks kissing each other.

00:10:22Oh, man.

00:10:24Well, it's better than the cowboy singing those lullabies.

00:10:27You'd better like to hear him sing, or he stomps the means of fuzzes here.

00:10:31We're scared, silly.

00:10:34It's two hundred even.

00:10:37Mucho gracias.

00:10:39Split it up on the outside. You guys bother me.

00:10:43For you, Moose, anything.

00:10:46Let's cut out and grab some grub.

00:10:53Some guy will stick a shiv in you someday, Moose.

00:10:56Hoarding all that bread.

00:10:58That'll be the day, kid.

00:11:02Punks.

00:11:04You gotta admit, though, them kids really move.

00:11:07Yeah.

00:11:09Some day, somebody's gonna have to slow them down.

00:11:11They're getting a little too cocky.

00:11:13Somebody like the Moose?

00:11:16If you lose those parts, the junk detail will be here first thing in the morning.

00:11:20Don't worry, boss. Ain't they all right?

00:11:23Yeah.

00:11:25Well, I'm gonna have to go.

00:11:28See you in the morning.

00:11:30Don't worry, boss. Ain't they always?

00:11:33Yeah, always.

00:11:35See you in the morning.

00:11:43Entertain your lawyer

00:11:47Said my sweet and loving wife

00:11:54They hit hard and fast.

00:11:56What's in this outfit?

00:11:58Oh, no. These guys are artists with their torches.

00:12:00Come here. Look at this.

00:12:03It must have taken five or six of them to up in this baby.

00:12:06Well, it's worth the energy.

00:12:08Makes it easy to get at the goodies.

00:12:10The owner says he ran out of gas.

00:12:12But he's sure he filled it up in town.

00:12:14Well, I must have drained most of it.

00:12:16Just left enough to get out here.

00:12:19No, Tom. There's too much margin for error that way.

00:12:22They drain it completely dry...

00:12:24and then put enough back in to call their shots.

00:12:27Yeah, I guess you're right. It must have been that way, right?

00:12:30Come on. Are you gonna be here all day? It's getting late.

00:12:34There's no chance of picking up any tire marks on this stuff.

00:12:37It's way past supper time.

00:12:39Yeah, it's the choppers, all right.

00:12:41They're getting as regular as a TV show.

00:12:43Well, I'll put the junk detail on it the first thing in the morning.

00:12:46Meanwhile, you have your insurance agents give me all the numbers.

00:12:50And we'll pal these spots.

00:12:52Maybe one of these days we'll get a break.

00:12:54Look, I don't care where we eat. Let's just eat, okay?

00:12:57Did I hear you say something about being hungry?

00:13:00Oh!

00:13:02What's that?

00:13:03Feather. Chicken feather.

00:13:05Must be from one of your other chicks.

00:13:07Oh, cut it out.

00:13:08Fine thing. Not a single clue.

00:13:23Hiya, Susie. How about a kiss?

00:13:25Oh, she's beautiful in them pants.

00:13:28It's not that I like girls so much,

00:13:30but there's something about the way they're built.

00:13:32How about five cheeseburgers, cutie?

00:13:35I admit that I like girls, but girls don't like me.

00:13:39The cruiser keeps telling me to get contact lenses.

00:13:42Sure. They give your eyes that dreamy look.

00:13:47Let's all go.

00:13:49A dreamy look.

00:13:51Let's all go over to Susie's pad after midnight.

00:13:54I could go eat for you, baby.

00:13:56What would I do, baby?

00:13:58Kiss me.

00:14:01Hey, where's all the girls?

00:14:03You guys got anthrax or something?

00:14:05Get a load of that big smooch.

00:14:07Talk about tall in the saddle.

00:14:09Yeah, couple of fanatics.

00:14:11They go wall to wall.

00:14:13Get a load of the shimmers on that tank.

00:14:16It's a message, man. I got the message.

00:14:19Put your tools away. These aren't exactly business hours.

00:14:22I bet.

00:14:24The fanatics ought to be ashamed.

00:14:26Chomping up a big love nest right here in front of us young people.

00:14:29Things like that is a bad influence on Ben.

00:14:32Go on, snooper. Pick up a couple extra bucks.

00:14:35You shouldn't shake him all up like that, Ben.

00:14:38You know he'll do anything.

00:14:40Better keep my boy happy.

00:14:47Hello.

00:14:53You drinking?

00:14:55Only with my eyes.

00:14:57Here, keep the change.

00:14:59Thanks.

00:15:01Look, Flip's got a place case-nice for the chicks, maybe.

00:15:04Give me the layout, Flip.

00:15:06I'll cruise it and call in right after school.

00:15:10Get a load of that candy and cake.

00:15:13Wow.

00:15:15That's what I call genuine laugh and plaster.

00:15:18Well, thank you. Gosh, am I starved.

00:15:21It's pure allure, all right, but eyeball the fuzz.

00:15:25You better roll snooper in.

00:15:27That ain't fuzz.

00:15:29Cruiser calls it fuzz, that's good enough for me.

00:15:31He can spell it with K to Catalina.

00:15:33You square.

00:15:36You square, and with a joint out of your own fuzz.

00:15:39Fade.

00:15:43He served a lot faster inside.

00:15:45He'd be even faster if you went straight into the kitchen and served yourself, wouldn't it?

00:15:50You don't get merchandise like that in no supermarket.

00:15:53How does Fuzz rate that carriage, Grass?

00:15:55That reminds me. I got a date with Gypsy tonight. I'm cutting out.

00:15:59Yeah, we better get out of here, too. I don't like the clientele in this place. It's getting lousy.

00:16:04Hey, what's the action?

00:16:05We're getting out. You guys better do the same.

00:16:07That smoocher comes up for Ray, he's gonna start screaming for those hubcaps.

00:16:24Big men. Scared out by a little heave.

00:16:27Yeah.

00:16:29You know, I think this fuzzy little car is sick.

00:16:32Hot head. Might need an emergency operation.

00:16:35Oh, I agree.

00:16:37By all means, let's operate, Doctor.

00:16:40Scalpel?

00:16:43Scalpel, Doctor.

00:16:45What?

00:17:01What's the matter?

00:17:04I don't know. Won't start.

00:17:11Say, Tom, don't you have any hubcap?

00:17:13Hey, my battery's gone.

00:17:15Your radio's gone, too, darling.

00:17:17What?

00:17:18And your carburetor. You've been stripped, pal.

00:17:20Oh, no.

00:17:23Really, Tom?

00:17:25All right, all right. Now, don't you dare laugh.

00:17:28All right, you either.

00:17:30Excuse me, Tom, but it is kind of funny.

00:17:32I don't see anything funny.

00:17:37All right, all right.

00:17:44All right.

00:17:54Where you been, you lazy good-for-nothing?

00:17:57I've been waiting for you for hours.

00:17:59Hiya, Pop. What's the matter?

00:18:01We gotta get to the store. That's what's the matter.

00:18:04You know my truck's broke down.

00:18:06No sweat. I'll take Mom.

00:18:08Your mother's cooking supper. She can't get away.

00:18:12I'll go, then. No sweat. What you need?

00:18:15Well, as a matter of fact, she don't need nothing.

00:18:19I'm a little short, son, and I...

00:18:23You got any money on you?

00:18:25Sure I got money.

00:18:27Get in. You know they won't sell it to me.

00:18:29What's all the fuss about? If you're out of booze, why don't you just say so?

00:18:32That's a good voice, son. I knew you'd get it for me.

00:18:43Yes, sir.

00:18:45Oh, yes, sir.

00:18:47Right.

00:18:49Oh, yes, sir. I've had more police cooperation than I've ever had before in my life.

00:18:53The auto theft and junkyard boys are all over the place.

00:18:56They've given it the fine-tooth comb treatment.

00:18:58We'll come up with absolutely nothing, nothing.

00:19:01Well, we're up against a pretty smooth operation.

00:19:04The choppers chopped again yesterday on Route 18,

00:19:07dismantling a new automobile in broad daylight.

00:19:10Later that evening, investigators had their own car stripped while...

00:19:14Well, sir, I... I don't need any more help, sir.

00:19:18I just need a little more time, and I think I can come up with something.

00:19:22Oh, yes, sir.

00:19:24Yes, sir. Right.

00:19:28Look, beautiful, if you read that bit just one more time, I'm gonna fire you,

00:19:31and I've never been more sincere about anything before in my life.

00:19:35I'm sorry, Tom. Really, I am.

00:19:38Look, don't get so shook about it.

00:19:40Well, of course I'm shook.

00:19:43I'm one half as shook as Frank is, and the police department.

00:19:47They're laughing those poor guys out of City Hall.

00:19:50Chief of Police has even called a special meeting.

00:19:52Frank called me and asked me if I'd go with him.

00:19:54Ah, the poor guy feels like an idiot.

00:19:57Imagine how that makes you feel.

00:19:59Oh, thanks. Thanks.

00:20:02Look, beautiful, you aren't gonna let me use that little car of yours, aren't you,

00:20:06while mine's being fixed, huh?

00:20:08Well, sure.

00:20:09On one condition, though.

00:20:12I'd like something left for a souvenir.

00:20:14Maybe a couple of bolts or a wheel or, you know.

00:20:32Hey, cut it out.

00:20:34What's so interesting, genius?

00:20:36Get away, gypsy.

00:20:38Can't you see?

00:20:40I'm reading about a new kind of axle.

00:20:42Axle?

00:20:45How can you get all bugged about an axle?

00:20:48Oh, listen.

00:20:50With this little trick, I can get another 20, maybe 30 miles per hour,

00:20:55and with less RPM.

00:20:57Well, that's what I don't understand about men.

00:21:02Here we have a pool and a hi-fi,

00:21:05and you talk about axles and RPMs and all that junk.

00:21:09Well, this is what I don't understand about women.

00:21:12They're always nagging a guy.

00:21:15Oh, I didn't mean to. I don't want to nag.

00:21:18You see, well, that's why my pop walked out on Mom.

00:21:24Gee, I sure wish I'd have known my old man.

00:21:28He liked speed, too.

00:21:30Guess he was a really great flyer.

00:21:33He was the hottest pilot in his outfit.

00:21:35I bet he was cute, just like you.

00:21:40The Japs dived on him when he was drifting down in a parachute.

00:21:46Machine gun.

00:21:48Poor pop. He didn't have a chance.

00:21:54I bet I could beat you.

00:21:57Three laps, freestyle. Come on.

00:22:13Is this everything?

00:22:16I'm not keeping you awake, am I?

00:22:19Oh, no, officer. It's just that we do so little business here,

00:22:23I sort of got in the habit of taking a little nap in the sun once in a while.

00:22:28According to this legend, you don't do much business.

00:22:30You mean that's all there is?

00:22:32Absolutely, officer.

00:22:34Why, old moose wouldn't buy a Hershey bar without writing it down in that dirt book.

00:22:38Yeah, I'll bet.

00:22:40I can't afford to take any chances.

00:22:42Not if you want to stay in business.

00:22:46Did you find anything?

00:22:48What are you doing with that thing?

00:22:50It's protection. Never know when to get held up around here.

00:22:53There are thieves after my kind of merchandise, too, you understand.

00:22:56I understand this. Somebody around here is dealing in hot stuff.

00:22:59And we find a party, they're going to cool off up the river.

00:23:02And you better get rid of that can. It might get you in trouble.

00:23:04Give me that gun, Dennis.

00:23:06Drop it any time.

00:23:07Don't worry, we will.

00:23:17Stinking junk detail.

00:23:19I'd like to let them have both barrels.

00:23:22Boss, that stuff's piling up.

00:23:24It's all I can do to hide it.

00:23:26Them kids are bringing it in faster than we can get rid of it.

00:23:29Yeah.

00:23:31Maybe we ought to chop off a few of them choppers, huh?

00:23:34Yeah.

00:23:39Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

00:23:43Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

00:23:47Ah, knock it off, cowboy.

00:23:50Here, get some hot dogs.

00:24:12Come on, let's go!

00:24:43What's the dial saying?

00:24:45Seven hundred. There's a good spot up above here, so I'll keep you infilled.

00:24:48Got you. Take off.

00:24:50What a set of wheels.

00:24:52Come on, move it.

00:25:13This is J.B., in position testing.

00:25:27J.B., can you read me?

00:25:33Loud and clear, J.B., loud and clear.

00:25:36All clear. Proceed according as planned. I'm standing by. Roger and out.

00:25:43Woo! Woo! Woo!

00:25:49Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:26:13Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:26:31Ha-ha! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:26:43Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:26:54Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:27:00Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:27:13Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

00:27:22J.B. calling. Square-John has returned.

00:27:25I repeat, Square-John has returned ahead of calculated schedule. May involve P.D.

00:27:31I repeat. May involve P.D.

00:27:34P.D. will be blasting up here. P.D. Q, load up.

00:27:38up and leave the wheels JB calling quit dragging your tails expedite I repeat

00:27:45expedite

00:27:49there's a sound great don't eat just like TV

00:28:10mobile unit LT calling JB come in JB this is JB what's wrong will be in it

00:28:15you've stopped over we've got a flat tire estimated delay three minutes over

00:28:31our mobile unit mobile unit unidentified vehicle approaching from

00:28:34side bro

00:28:37I'm gonna trouble Oh retiree yeah Papa we don't need any help I should think

00:28:47not poor young huskies like you I told you pop we don't need no help well I

00:28:52didn't know for any I just like chicken what kind are they white ones do you

00:28:58want to sell them no I don't want to sell them now buzz off will you bust a

00:29:01block in a highway mobile unit bandits bandits cut out what are they layers no

00:29:13they're not layers and they're not for sale now burn out mister

00:29:16we love them chickens okay okay you don't have to get so hard about it what

00:29:20the matter with you

00:29:31Oh

00:29:38mobile unit mobile unit can you read me come in

00:29:45mobile unit of JB we had to get off the air for a while but we're moving on all

00:29:50as well over

00:29:54mobile unit there are bandits approaching I repeat bandits and you are

00:29:59on a dead-end Street reverse I repeat reverse if we reverse we'll be going

00:30:05right back to the cops who's in all that he's doing

00:30:13hey what's going on

00:30:20mobile unit mobile unit you turn the wrong way

00:30:26here they come we'll beat him to the corner

00:30:29give it if we turn right we're heading straight for him and if we turn left

00:30:32we're going back to the wreck

00:30:35JB JB can you see us which way do we turn left or right over turn left mobile

00:30:41unit I repeat turn left I can see you

00:30:55you

00:31:00let snooper give him the farmer routine get it

00:31:16hey what's going on let's keep it quiet

00:31:25you

00:31:35howdy officer was we going too fast we're looking for a stolen car have you

00:31:39seen anything with a blue car with a white top no sir but I've seen a green

00:31:44car with a white top it passed us back there in peace

00:31:47well that was a white car when it was a red top what was it a blue car or white

00:31:52car so I don't know but it was going that way

00:31:56I don't know it but it is coming this way

00:32:08all right let's start all over again

00:32:13I think he is he pretty hit you fellas darn I hate them smart Alex all right

00:32:24you guys can go thanks just the same just so I can't help you none

00:32:32there's nothing on the wheels and catch up with a cruiser just like this when

00:32:41just like that well they never do what do you think Tom well insurance rates

00:32:49are going up again the choppers who else this job was done by experts you say

00:33:01you say this was a hotshot call the car just been stolen huh yes sir the owner

00:33:06said not more than 10 minutes I let him go he was late for work how much time

00:33:10do you figure to do this well it's not a complete job I'd say at least 10

00:33:16minutes

00:33:19ten you want an introduction ten minutes huh that would put you in the

00:33:27choppers in this area about the same time did you see anybody nobody it

00:33:32could have done it did you see anybody who couldn't have done it was a kid in

00:33:35the hot rod he almost ran into us when we were talking to a truck driver but he

00:33:39came from the wrong direction get in a hot rod was he alone yes sir there isn't

00:33:43much traffic on this road

00:33:52Liz will you please wait for us in the car what did I do will you just please

00:33:57wait for us in the car big deal now if you don't mind let's get back to that

00:34:03truck driver just a couple of kids hauling poultry poultry what kind of

00:34:08chickens a whole mess of them in crates white chickens yeah I'm gonna think of

00:34:13it white what's this the last time the choppers hit Liz picked a chicken

00:34:20feather just like that off my sleeve

00:34:37hey cruiser I want to talk to you why not snooper says you had a close call

00:34:45today what's the matter you worried about us no kid I worry about me you

00:34:51guys have been pulling too many jobs lately I think you ought to lay off for

00:34:55a while you really think so moose yeah guys are getting too hot you got the

00:35:02junk detail coming here every day well that's your problem that's right the

00:35:08answer is we don't do no more business for a while here's the tally boss we're

00:35:13all my hundred and twenty-eight bucks hey Torch you wanna hear something funny

00:35:18the moose thinks we had a knockoff for a while that's a gasser what's the matter

00:35:23chubby we making too big a dent in your bankroll or something I'm just trying to

00:35:26tell you that for your own good you gotta get smart don't do no more jobs

00:35:31until I eat all so maybe we like it hot you better take your business someplace

00:35:36else what's so funny you are moose if you think you can shut us off you'll buy

00:35:44anything we bring in as long as we're in business one word to the junk detail and

00:35:49you're out of business well that's even funnier isn't it Torch listen fat stuff

00:35:57if we go down you go down and don't you forget it this whole operation was your

00:36:03idea we were just a bunch of punk kids stealing hubcaps for kicks but who

00:36:09showed us where that big money is and who rigged up the torches and showed us

00:36:14how to chop a car I never even knew what the word meant till you and I started

00:36:19having our little talks that's right cruiser and you know what else moose

00:36:24you'll even get an extra bolt for contributing to the delinquency of

00:36:28minors say the word boss the words a hundred and twenty what eight sure boys

00:36:37only let's make it a hundred and thirty shall we it's a nice round figure

00:36:43cowboy put that away after all like they say we're partners

00:36:52there it is green my favorite color ah you missus take me to your leader so

00:37:00long partner come on I've got one just like that cowboy

00:37:05someday I'll show to you

00:37:22why didn't you just lay down and let them walk all over you don't be as

00:37:33stupid as they are any trouble right now and we'd all end up in the junk but

00:37:38tomorrow that's gonna be a different story what's tomorrow gonna change by

00:37:45tomorrow I want everything those junk punks ever looked at out of here I want

00:37:49this yard picked clean dump the stuff at cut prices if you have to yeah but

00:37:54boss we lose dough I'll get it back I'll break in a new bunch of frats might

00:38:00even expand a bit and go in for the big stuff but I don't want nothing here

00:38:05that'll tie me in with the choppers we still got the truck and the chickens

00:38:10after they drive out of here from their next job I close the gate behind them

00:38:15they can yell copper all they want but they can't prove no I never know there

00:38:27was so many produce companies in this town that's a blank wall to Tom no I

00:38:32don't think so I think those chickens are the answer to our problem yeah you

00:38:37may be right I know we've been running around like a couple of chickens with

00:38:40their heads cut off well that's our job our job is to get those choppers I agree

00:38:48now here's what we're going to do so far the choppers have pulled all their jobs

00:38:59in this area that's because there's not too many houses and the service stations

00:39:03are far and few between now you know we don't have enough men to keep the whole

00:39:07area under surveillance but we do have enough to keep tabs on one road at a

00:39:11time stakeout huh yeah exactly so I'll put the bite on the cheek for a new car

00:39:16and we'll have it run out of gas right here then the driver will walk back to

00:39:22the service station and we'll be where we can see what happens and what happens

00:39:27if nothing happens well we go on to the next road and the next and the next all

00:39:33right I'm with you meantime I'm late for a date see ya later Frank wait don't do

00:39:44it how does mother make that if you're not used to little kittens out and put

00:39:48it down please well if you don't mind I'd like to risk a half of one anyway

00:39:51that's your funeral right well with all this work we got ahead of us tonight

00:39:54getting ready for the stakeout I'll never make it home on time I thought you

00:39:57want to take me on the kids the movies yeah I thought I was gonna take my wife

00:40:01and kids to a lot of places a lot of nights listen check the garage and see

00:40:07what kind of a car we can get for tomorrow

00:40:32hey think out of there I want in there if I were you buddy I do like the man

00:40:41says why should I I was here first well this is a democracy isn't it you better

00:40:47move well that's just that that guy had no right to pull his way around

00:40:53oh

00:40:59gee whiz it sure is a beautiful paint job probably got 50 coats of lacquer man

00:41:07you can't even scratch it Ben what's a big idea

00:41:14them aluminum hubcaps sure are soft look at that will you are you crazy oh is

00:41:21this your car of course it's my car what are your names me Geronimo he chief

00:41:29crazy horse we scuff thinks like you we are just a couple of small businessmen

00:41:35I'm not afraid of you right Norman please let's go you better listen to the

00:41:40cutie Norman yeah she is cute and she is oh come on Norman please let's go

00:41:51Oh

00:42:09yeah character for nerve you notice how he stole that tray what a thing to do

00:42:15get lost with your cruiser gypsy and I want to smooch a little well don't get

00:42:20any ideas about gypsy because you're with a lady now I'm sorry snooper but

00:42:26you're just not my type I bet if I had me some contact lenses I could look real

00:42:31dreamy I better call mom order me a hamburger without onions without

00:43:20Oh

00:43:50Oh

00:44:21hey get a load of that charmer

00:44:43how classic can we get thanks do you mind if I have a look you know it sort

00:44:50of reminds me of the car my brother used to drive nearly banked up the

00:44:53family nearly 5,000 bucks right here really I don't have a ride like this but

00:45:01I'm a lot better looking than him besides I'm free you want to see your

00:45:06muscles can I

00:45:11what will it do dollar fifty maybe more when I get my new axle six jugs cherry

00:45:21all the way when I go for a little moonlight and roses remember no contact

00:45:28lenses dear some other night it might be a real blast but right now I'm kind of

00:45:34busy so I'll talk to you later any time baby any time

00:45:43partner she can have my ranch and all my cattle yeah down boy down

00:45:54what in the world wonder that some of these kids don't freeze to death look I

00:46:07love I'm not knocking it but why Jack Brian one three two north Lafayette to

00:46:14Luca Woods well that's the registered owner of a hot rod that exactly fits the

00:46:19description of the one that almost ran down the two placement this afternoon

00:46:28come baby come on baby come on baby come on baby come on baby that's all I want

00:46:38come baby let's do the scene and the feet long gone from a bowling green

00:46:43monkeys in my I can do a handstand

00:46:55I got a cheery Chevy and a tank full of gas and the chronic hypertension for

00:47:00moving fast monkeys in my I can do a handstand

00:47:13I know a friend with a big connection live it up with a wide selection come

00:47:24baby got protection you got you got anything you want come baby let's do the

00:47:30scene and be long gone from a bowling green monkeys in my I can do a handstand

00:47:37money money and my old routine be long gone from a bowling be long gone from a

00:47:44bowling green to be long gone from a ball

00:47:48I got an important stop to make it still Charlie blue one Charlie blue one

00:48:05who the heck is Charlie blue one military secret

00:48:18they'd be going any minute now

00:48:26taking the chicks out for a little air

00:48:46any objections partner not at all partner

00:48:56lock the gate there'll be trouble when they come back and can't get in maybe we

00:49:07ought to tip off the cops and make sure they don't get back I mean think just a

00:49:12nighty I get the ideas you just locked that gate then maybe you ought to oil up

00:49:19that pea shooter of yours huh can I wear my holster I can draw faster why not

00:49:29come on lock that gate

00:49:36hi Jim should have known we couldn't hide from you you almost did I just about

00:50:01got lost coming up the back wait say meet Tom Hart National Car Theft Bureau

00:50:06Jim Bradford worldwide broadcasting well I listen to you every night thanks

00:50:11almost broadcast my beer no we'll just record now and put it on the air later

00:50:17uh-huh you know what's happening they filled me in down at headquarters

00:50:21sounded pretty interesting thanks you think we'll see any action well we think

00:50:27so take us get awful tiring but we have good reason to believe the kids will hit

00:50:32pretty soon think the choppers are kids then well pretty sure we don't all start

00:50:41talking here comes officer Martin ladies and gentlemen this is Jim Bradford your

00:50:46news reporter on a hilltop overlooking highway 18 east of the city this is a

00:50:52police department stakeout one of the many attempts of your police force to

00:50:56apprehend a gang of auto wreckers who've been given the name of the

00:50:59choppers because of the manner in which they operate right now I'm watching

00:51:03officer Frank Martin in plain clothes he's in the act of running out of gas on

00:51:07a deserted section of highway just as you and I've done at least once in our

00:51:12lives he's getting out of his car cursing himself for passing that last

00:51:16gas station now he looks about for help and there is none there never is there's

00:51:22nothing that he can do but start walking back to the nearest gas station now he's

00:51:27starting out to walk here on the hill there's nothing to do but just wait

00:51:33perhaps nothing will happen on the highway here below us today but of this

00:51:38we can be almost certain somewhere in the area today a gang of car strippers

00:51:42will strike and you and I will pay some of the bills and higher insurance

00:51:46premiums I understand that you're not fishing on this that you've really got

00:51:51a lead Frank this just for you just for me some kid with a $5,000 hot rod yeah

00:52:00five G's he's been known to be in the vicinity as the choppings he might be a

00:52:05lookout we've been tailing him and getting reports on him hey Frank car 13

00:52:10reports that Brian kid is heading right this way that's the one

00:52:17this is Fleming in car 9 tell car 13 to drop back and give the suspect room I

00:52:23repeat give him room

00:52:33JV calling mobile unit JV calling mobile unit standby I'm on target Charlie blue

00:52:38one I'll buzz it and let you know over and out never mind baby I might have a

00:52:48job to do

00:52:55here comes something

00:52:58I didn't stop it's not supposed to it's just a lookout he finds everything clear

00:53:09then the choppers come in and right away well how can he contact him we haven't

00:53:13figured that out yet

00:53:29what's going on around here look baby I told you I might have a job to do job

00:53:41well what kind of a job never mind

00:53:49there they are you were right Tom and so help me they're carrying a load of

00:53:53chickens chickens

00:53:58I

00:54:01Oh

00:54:18moving in it buzz emergency cut out

00:54:30That's it. Tell them to shut off the road.

00:54:49As Hennessey in car five, poultry truck with suspects headed your way. Roadblock per plan.

00:54:54I repeat, roadblock per plan.

00:55:10Hang on. We're gonna play chicken.

00:55:12That's Calloway in car nine to Lieutenant Fleming. We just got pushed off the road by the choppers. Caution.

00:55:43Seven and eight should have to chase them down this road here.

00:55:47You gonna have to use that?

00:55:49I hope not.

00:55:51I hope not too. I bet they're just kids.

00:55:54Yeah, probably.

00:56:04Roadblock!

00:56:12This car is seven to Lieutenant Fleming. The hot rods of the Bryan kids headed your way.

00:56:41There's a girl in the car, Lieutenant.

00:56:46The hot rod.

00:57:00Hey! Head for the big deal.

00:57:04Why go to the big deal when we can get fenced in there?

00:57:11It's part of the plan. Give us three minutes and we can have this truck chopped up into little pieces and no one can prove a thing.

00:57:17And what's Cruiser doing with Gypsy in this car?

00:57:35Stay in the car.

00:57:45Moose! The gate's locked!

00:57:47Hey, what are you doing? The cops are right on our tails!

00:57:50Moose!

00:57:51Out of here, you squirts! I don't know you!

00:58:05Looks like it's too late to run.

00:58:08Remember, you're in this too.

00:58:10Not me. I'm holding you for the cops. I'm a respectable citizen. I've seen my duty and I've done it.

00:58:18Why, you dirty fink! And you too, cowboy!

00:58:31Come on, Ben!

00:58:35Drop it, kid!

00:58:40Pick up Ben, too!

00:58:54Oh, come on! You can't make it!

00:59:05Don't leave me! I'm hurt!

00:59:07Nobody's leaving, Clint!

00:59:14I got the backhaul coming. I'll meet you when I get to Hons Way.

00:59:26Damn! Damn!

00:59:28Frank, what about the girl?

00:59:32Frank, what about the girl?

00:59:36She's all right. Let her alone.

00:59:44It's been a half hour already. What do you suppose they're waiting for?

00:59:48Who knows? Maybe the policeman's ball.

00:59:51How is he?

00:59:53I don't know. It's a little numb. Should it be?

00:59:57Boys in there! You choppers!

01:00:00This is Lieutenant Fleming speaking.

01:00:03Now you're surrounded and there's no escape.

01:00:06We don't want any more shooting. There's been enough already.

01:00:09So I'll give you just five minutes to come out of there with your hands up.

01:00:13Ladies and gentlemen, that was the voice of Lieutenant Frank Fleming speaking to the three boys who are trapped inside.

01:00:18Do you think they'll give themselves up, Lieutenant?

01:00:21I don't know. I sure hope so.

01:00:23And if they don't?

01:00:25Then we'll just have to take them the hard way.

01:00:27I see. Thank you, Lieutenant.

01:00:29For the benefit of those who've just tuned in, this is Jim Bradford...

01:00:32with another on-the-spot broadcast coming to you from the Big Deal junkyard...

01:00:36where three young car strippers have been cornered and are awaiting capture.

01:00:41Now...

01:00:43I've just been informed that the father of one of the boys trapped inside is here.

01:00:48I'll see if I can't get him to say something.

01:00:51Excuse me, sir.

01:00:54Well, that's all right. We won't bother about that.

01:00:56It ain't no bother.

01:00:57Did you tell everybody my boy Torch is in there?

01:01:00No, I didn't.

01:01:01Well, then how's anybody gonna know it's him?

01:01:04They got my boy Torch. Torch Lester in there.

01:01:07The smart cops think they got him.

01:01:10Please, Mr. Lester.

01:01:11What's the matter? This is a free country, ain't it?

01:01:14Can I talk?

01:01:15I want to tell the whole world something.

01:01:18Those cops ain't gonna take my boy Torch.

01:01:21There ain't enough cops in the whole world to take my boy Torch.

01:01:26You hear me?

01:01:28They ain't gonna take my boy Torch.

01:01:31Ladies and gentlemen, when you pick up your morning newspaper...

01:01:34and read about some youngster getting into trouble and wonder why...

01:01:38I think you've heard one good answer.

01:01:42Frank, they've found a couple of places where they can drop over the fence.

01:01:45And I found this in the kid's car.

01:01:47Well, what do you know? A rigged-up transmitter.

01:01:50Just think of what that kid might have been, huh?

01:01:53Yeah, too bad.

01:01:55Well, they have one minute left. I'd better tell them.

01:01:59You have one minute. One minute left.

01:02:03Now give yourselves up. Don't make us come in and get you.

01:02:06Listen to that fuzz. Next thing you know, they'll be crying.

01:02:09Yeah, they're all alike.

01:02:11They just want to get us out in the open so they can cut us down.

01:02:14Would they do that?

01:02:16Sure they would, but they're not gonna get a chance.

01:02:18This pile of iron's like a fort. We could stay here forever.

01:02:21Well, at least till we get hungry.

01:02:24Time's up.

01:02:28Well, looky here.

01:02:37How about that?

01:02:39You shooting?

01:02:40No.

01:02:42What? Something wrong with the cowboy's gun?

01:02:48There's nothing wrong with this. Here.

01:02:51Look.

01:02:53I think we ought to give up. We can't get out of here and you know it.

01:02:56So we take a couple of lousy cops with us.

01:02:58Well, what will that get us?

01:03:00The gas chamber.

01:03:01He's right, and I don't want to go out that way.

01:03:03So you're yellow.

01:03:04No, and I'm not stupid either.

01:03:06So we had a ball stealing hubcaps and then starting after the big stuff.

01:03:09But the ball's over. At least let's get out of this alive.

01:03:12Now who's stupid? I just killed a cop.

01:03:15And the law says you two help me.

01:03:18Chew on that.

01:03:20Wish I'd never seen moose.

01:03:22Wish I hadn't brought gypsy in this.

01:03:46We give up.

01:03:49We're coming out.

01:04:07Well, it's all over, ladies and gentlemen.

01:04:09What started with the gas chamber is over.

01:04:12Well, it's all over, ladies and gentlemen.

01:04:14What started with the theft of a pair of hubcaps

01:04:17has ended in the violent deaths of five persons.

01:04:20How do you feel, son?

01:04:21I ain't saying nothing till I get a mouthpiece.

01:04:25How about it?

01:04:26Port!

01:04:27Knock it off, Pop.

01:04:28Find someone else to buy you a booze.

01:04:31You got anything to say, son?

01:04:35Yeah.

01:04:37We had a ball.

01:04:40A real ball.

01:04:50That's the story of the Choppers.

01:04:52The three boys left alive face jail and disgrace.

01:04:55One probably imprisonment for life.

01:04:58This is Jim Bradford saying goodbye for now.

01:05:01This is Jim Bradford saying goodbye for now.

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