All language subtitles for THE PAY OFF

Oh. Anything doing?

Everything's pretty quiet.

Yeah. Jeez, kind of cold, ain't it?

About time for long coats.

Yeah, I'll say.

Oh, good evening, officer.

Evening? Why it's almost morning.

It is? What time is it?

12:30.

Say, don't you know it's against the law

to be sleeping and spooning
around here in the park?

We didn't mean to break any law, officer.

And you, young woman,
you should be home in bed

instead of lolling on this guy's shoulder.

Weren't you ever in love?

Yeah.

That's why I'm paying alimony.

He's got a nerve.

I got a notion
to make him eat that wisecrack.

Shh!

Oh, gosh, the money.

Oh, is it there all right?

Oh!

Yeah, it's there.

Gosh, I should never have gone to sleep
with all that money in my pocket.

$230 takes a long time to save.

Do you think $230
is enough to get married on?

Sure. Some people get married on nothing.

It doesn't seem possible
that tomorrow at this time,

I'll be Mrs. Thomas Jonathan brown.

- Yeah.
- Oh, squeeze me.

When you're my wife, Nancy,
you better quit working

as soon as I get a raise.

Oh, I got a better idea.

Couldn't you get me a job
at that apartment house where you work?

Then we could be together.

- Doing what?
- Why, at the switchboard.

Well, I might arrange it.

He likes me.

He told me yesterday
I was the best assistant he ever had.

Oh, that'd be grand.

It's one of the swellest
apartment hotels in town.

- Isn't it?
- Is it?

And among our tenants are some of
the biggest financial men of New York.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Why, there's one apartment
on the tenth floor,

a man named frank smiley.

Well, I was in there one night
fixing the radiator,

and they just finished playing poker.

And I saw one fella
give another one $980 in cash

and a check for 7,200.

Where do they get so much money?

I wish I knew.

Here we've both been working hard
every day for six months,

and all we have is $230.

Well, we're lucky to have that.

That's right too.

Oh, Tommy, I love you so much.

If anything happened to you,
I'd jump in the river.

I couldn't stand the thought
of any other fella having you.

Honey, there's something about you
that's different.

Well, squeeze me.

Stick 'em up.

Stick 'em up and be quick about it,
you want to keep all your parts together.

Oh, you're kidding me.

- Come across!
- Let him have the money, Tommy.

He might kill you.

Oh, now we can't get married, Tommy.

Oh, stay single. You're a lot better off.

And you're money ahead.

And now not a yip
out of either one of you.

Hold your hands up until I'm out of sight,

if you want to keep
that schoolboy complexion.

Tommy, squeeze me.

You think I want to get shot?

You can put your hands down now.
He's gone.

Oh, Tommy, you certainly were brave.

- Why, you even kidded with him.
- I thought he was fooling.

Oh, Tommy, what are we going to do?

We're going to get married
just as we planned.

I've got an idea.

You come with me.

Say, listen, as sure as my name
is frank smiley,

if you treat them square
they'll be square with you.

Oh, now I know why you gave us
such a good dinner, frank.

He's in the market
for some jewelry, cheap.

Ha! Now, Emory, you got me wrong.

I just wanted to give you folks
a nice, good, home-cooked dinner.

And for every raisin in the pudding,

you expect a carat"s worth
of diamonds for a nickel, huh?

Say, you know I'm giving you
more than the value

for this stuff than you're giving me.

Then why don't you get it
at a regular place?

Oh, I want to give you boys a chance.

This is Emory you're talking to.

Well, come on,
let's sit down and finish the rubber.

Rocky's been detained a few minutes.

- He's on his way upstairs now.
- Good, I hope gene gets here.

I want to get some sleep tonight.

My deal.

Can't get any sleep
in this man's town in the daytime.

I guess I'm not a night-lifer.

Well, you won't get any sleep
tonight either.

We've got a date at the club later.

We always have a date somewhere.

- Hello, Lola.
- Mr. mosby.

- Everybody here?
- Yes, sir.

- Hello, everybody.
- Hello, rocky.

- Hello, rocky.
- Hello, darling.

Who were you expecting? You.

You'd better be.

Gene here yet? =no.

Why didn't you come to dinner tonight,
rocky?

Sorry I couldn't make it, frank.

Say, where is gene? It's nearly 1:00.

He's out stepping with some high hats.
He phoned he'd be late.

I wonder what gene wants to see me
about tonight, rocky.

How should I know?

You ought to. You're his right hand.

Listen, I'm both his hands,
only he doesn't know it.

Someday I'll tell him,
and he'll get a surprise.

Oh. So will you, maybe.

Now, don't do anything right away.

I think maybe gene
has a business proposition

he wants to talk over with me tonight.

Don't be a silly old boy.
You know I love you.

- Do you?
- Well, don't you know it?

- You sure?
- Don't you know it?

Gene ought to see that.

He'd love rocky more than ever.

Oh, gene doesn't care.

When a gentleman is finished with a lady,

if he is a gentleman,
he'll provide a successor.

Huh, Frankie?

Yes, that sometimes reduces
the pain of separation.

Oh, and the cost.

I wouldn't be surprised if gene
gave us all the air one of these days.

- Whose play?
- It's yours.

I think gene is getting ready
to quit the game.

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

He couldn't be such a success
if he didn't like it a little bit.

Well, come on, now.
What's your play, Emory?

You know,
I think gene likes to think of himself

as some sort of a modern Robin hood.

Did you ever notice
he never pulls a job against a man

who isn't known to be crooked himself?

I wonder where he gets all... oh, pardon.

That romantic stuff.

When you're in a racket,
you're in a racket.

Gene has too many scruples
for his own good.

I heard take he was a brigadier general
and I was a buck private.

Well, aren't you?

Gene's the brains of this outfit.

Yeah, well, listen,
I can plan the breaks as well as he can.

And anytime he wants to take a long trip,

little me is all ready
to take charge of this outfit.

Listen, how can I think how to play
when you're all talking like that?

Why don't you play marbles, then?

The talk wouldn't annoy you.

Hello, gene. Come in.

Hello, frank.

Well, there you are.

Sorry I'm late, frank.

Don't let me disturb you, rocky.

You didn't disturb me.
I got up to get a light.

- How are you, dotty?
- Sleepy, thanks.

Is this gonna be a long session?

Not long. Why don't you run home to bed.

Well, boys, I've got something
that's awfully good news.

Something you'll like, frank.
Yeah?

I've decided that our friend,
colman, the jeweler,

should part with some
of his ill-gotten gains.

Colman? Colman?

Gene, if you clean out colman,

I promise to pay full value for the stuff.

Now, I promise.

Why is colman's stuff so valuable?

His jewelry's no better
than anyone else's.

But he ran me out of business once
by paying the boys ten to 15% more.

He broke me.

Boys, I'll give you 20% more
for colman's stuff.

Well, we'll make that concession.
Let him have it.

Oh, genie, you don't know
what you're doing for me.

I've waited 25 years
to see colman cleaned out.

He's been getting away with murder
for years.

It's a bargain, frank.

A bargain? Sure, it's a bargain.

He's a dirty crook.

When do we pull the trick?

Oh, sometime next week.

I'll give you the layout in a few days.

I'll tell you what, boys,
I've got something special

I'll open for this occasion to celebrate.

- Come on, rocky.
- But, frank, we can't.

- Why not?
- We've got a date at the royal.

I'm not going to the club.

Tell Pete I'll be there later.

I want to stick around and see
what else gene has on his chest.

- Good-bye.
- Good night.

- Good night, everybody.
- Good night.

You haven't changed your mind
about wanting to see me, have you?

No. What's the matter?

Isn't rocky all you expected him to be?

Oh, yes, yes, but I just hoped
that you'd miss me, gene.

Well, I haven't.

You like rocky, you picked him,
now you, uh, be happy.

Not butting in on anything, I hope.

Not at all.

Say, we're not going to have
any trouble over dot, are we?

Trouble?

Why should we?

Well, you're sensible.
I thought you might be jealous.

- Of you?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, jealousy implies equality.

Oh, so you don't think I'm your equal, eh?

Not in the least, socially.

But that needn't interfere
with our business relations.

If you knew as much as I do, you'd
be running this outfit instead of me.

Maybe I will be, sooner than you think.

Oh, be quiet, rocky.

Oh, he doesn't know
what he's saying, gene.

Oh, don't 1?
Well, let me tell you something.

You're either
for your swell society friends,

or you're for us.

The gang don't like it.
They're getting fed up on you.

How would you know where there was

a million dollars' worth
of jewelry lying around

or a half a million dollars'
worth of bonds

if I wasn't mixing with a little class?

We've got our own crowd to find that out.

What are we paying finders for?

Dot, margy, and Emory,
and a couple of dozen others?

And keeping up that royal club.

An idea of yours that costs us plenty.

For what?

So you can plant your ritzy friends.

Our payroll's big enough
to crack a safe for.

You can't be in this racket
and have a code of ethics.

I never got an invitation
to the queen's reception,

but I know my business.

We want a leader
with a couple of guns in his hands.

Like you?

Well, the gang like me,
and that's good enough.

Well, let me tell you something.

I don't go in for murder,
if that's what you mean.

And while I'm running this outfit,
you'll lay off the gunplay.

Now we make a little poker, eh?
What do you say?

You know, you trimmed me good last time.

All right, I'll let you
win your money back, frank.

Come on, rocky. You don't mind, dot?

No.

No, I've got something exciting to do.

What?

I'm going into your room and take a nap.

Well, who's going to be banker?

Let frank be banker. It's his house.

Somebody else can be banker.

Every time I'm banker,
I lay out more money than I take in.

Oh, go on, frank. Don't be a piker.

All right, but I want cash in advance.

No more checks.

Mr. smiley, are you insinuating?

I'm not insinuating nothing.

But I had a little trouble
with a certain check two weeks ago.

I thought we were
going to play for fun.

Sure we are. We're going to play
for buttons, aren't we, frank?

Come on, now. What's everybody doing?

Somebody doing something?

Pass. Pass. Pass.

I raise it $50.

What do you mean, you raise it?

Nobody's opened yet.

You mean to say
that nobody's opened the first pot?

Oh, now, look close. Look close.
Somebody must have openers.

- No.
- Oh, all right.

I said I'd never open
on two little pair again, but I will.

I'll make it easy for you fellas.

I open it for two buttons.

Stick 'em up!

And be quick about it if you want
to keep all your parts together.

Now, you guys all stand up
and keep your hands in the air.

Well, I'm tired sitting anyway.

Now, stand over there and face the wall.
Quick.

Come in, honey.

Go frisk them. Huh?

See if they got any guns
and take them away from them.

- Frisk them.
- Oh, frisk them.

- He hasn't got any.
- Well, go onto the next one.

Go on, honey, don't be afraid.

You guys try to get funny and I'll shoot.
I'm desperate and I mean it.

I wouldn't get funny, mister.

- Can I help you...
- Put your hands up!

- What'll I do with them?
- Bring them to me.

Gee, you guys must be soldiers.

Soldiers?

Hey, you big stiff, step out here.

- You mean me, buddy?
- Put your hands in the air.

Come on. Be quick about it if you want
to keep all your parts together.

Go through his pockets, honey,
and get his roll.

Oh, he's got a lot.

Just peel off $230
and put the rest back.

Keep looking at the wall if you want
to keep all your parts together.

He's got $410.

Just peel off 230 and put the rest back.

- That's all we want.
- Thanks!

Now put ours in my coat pocket.

Don't you think we'd better
take it all for our trouble?

No. Now, you big stiff,
you go over and face the wall

with the rest of them guys.

We got all we want this evening. Go on.

Bring the guns along, honey.
We'll leave them outside.

Now, not a move or a sound
out of you guys for five minutes

if you want to keep
those schoolboy complexions.

Come on...

Now, careful.

- Put on that light, frank.
- Sure.

Now, just a second.
Let's see who these birds are.

If you don't mind?

Not at all. I'm glad to get rid of it.

- Well, they're just a couple of kids.
- Highway robbers.

Honest, mister,
we're not professional crooks.

Why, you surprise me.

I'm going to notify the police.

Don't call the cops.
I want to tell you something.

This guy here is a thief,
and he stuck me up in the park...

Oh, don't give me that!

Go on, frank, call the cops.

Just a minute, frank.
Wait a minute.

Before you call them let her get away,
because it's all my fault.

I got her into this.
I don't care what you do to me,

- but let her go...
- Now take it easy, son.

Frank, will you tend to those guns?

Sure.

And have you the villainous-looking weapon
that desperado held us up with?

Now, I'm going to let you go, young lady,
but don't try any fast ones on us.

- No, sir.
- All right.

You stay right here
while I operate on this big Bertha.

There's nothing in it.

So there isn't. Heh.

You got to hand it to them.
They got nerve.

I'll say they have.

- What are we going to do with them?
- Hand them over to the cops.

The professional crooks in this town
are getting too much competition.

What was the idea, son, only taking 230?

Well, because that was
all he took from me,

and I just want to get my money back,
that's all.

That guy's a thief, I tell you.

- No!
- Yeah.

Say, give a look.

This kid works here in the house.

Yes, I remember.
Came up one night to fix the radiator.

- Why, the nerve of that kid.
- Do you work in the building?

Sure, I do.

Tommy was only taking his own money,
'cause that man took it from him.

Oh, tell that to the cops
and give them a big laugh.

Just a minute.

What was the idea,
sticking up those kids for their money?

Well, I was walking over here
tonight through the park...

And I heard the kid
talking about getting married,

and he saved up 230 bucks
to go on a honeymoon

and tie the knot.

I thought I'd take it away from them,
that was all.

It was just a gag.

Just naturally mean.

That's me, gene.

Well, I'm glad to see
you're getting onto yourself.

Frank, you mind if I see these kids alone?

- No, not a bit. Come on, Emory.
- Oh, sure.

- Perfectly all right.
- Come on, rocky.

He's the freshest kid I ever knew.

Say, gene. Hmm?

Those kids almost pulled off
a pretty neat job tonight.

They showed promise.
Why not make friends with them?

You're all right, kid, but you've got
a little dirt on your shoulder.

Go on, rocky.

Well, you two bandits must
have had a strenuous evening,

holding up four men.

You tired?

Sit down.

Mister, you're not going
to turn us over the cops.

Well, that all depends. How old are you?

Twenty.

How old are you?

Eighteen.

I suppose you've known
each other for years.

You're old friends.

Well, we were going
to get married tomorrow.

Well, don't your parents object
to your getting married so young?

Well, you see, my folks live in Ohio,
and I work at gimbels.

You don't commute?

Oh, no.

How much money do you earn at gimbels?

Fourteen dollars a week.

My job pays me 50 a month
with my room and tips.

You have a position.

Where are your parents?

Oh, I haven't got any. Not for years.

No? =no.

My old man married a widow
in danbury, Connecticut,

and he don't care anymore.

I see.

Well, you're both sort of, uh,
orphans, aren't you?

Well, so am I.

We're kind of in the same boat.

You won't have us arrested,
will you, mister?

- You won't have us arrested?
- Now, now.

You committed a very serious
offense coming in here tonight.

Holding up four men with a revolver.

That's highway robbery.
That means 15 years in prison.

Oh, you wouldn't send us
to prison for that...

Wait a minute. I like you.

I like you both.

How would you like to work for me?

Oh, we'd like it, wouldn't we, Nancy?

Well, I'd like to help you, and I...

I could pay you much more than
you'd earn in your present jobs.

- What do you say?
- Well, what do we have to do?

Well, I'll find out that when I
see what you're best fitted for.

In the meantime, you'll go home
with me tonight. I live alone.

It'd be nice to have you.

Sort of like a family.

What do you say?

Well, I... I guess it'll be all right.

What do you say, boss?

Oh, I say sure.

But before I go anyplace,
I have to stop by Mrs. Dillon's.

- Mrs. Dillon?
- I'll have to get my clothes.

Oh, well, don't worry about that.

I'll send for those.

Now in the meantime,

I'll say good night to my host
and then we'll go.

He's awful nice, isn't he?

- Yeah, isn't he?
- I think so.

For miss Nancy Porter.

Mousey, are these all for me?

Sure. The whole blessed lot.

Gee, Nancy, you look swell.

Isn't gene wonderful to buy us
all these new clothes?

Well, he certainly has good taste.

Everything he bought us
I'd have picked out myself.

I can't help but think of those
poor girls down at gimbels.

Well, this life may be all right
for a woman,

but a week of it's got me
kind of restless.

I wish he'd put me to work.

He will, as soon as he finds out
what we're to do.

You don't think it'll be something
we can't do, do you, Nancy?

I think he's going to let us
choose a profession and study it.

What would you like to be, Tommy?

Well, I wouldn't like to be a gambler.

- Tommy, you don't mean...
- I don't know what I mean,

but I got suspicions.

Oh, Tommy, you're crazy.

I don't want you to mention
those suspicions of yours again.

Gene is nice. He's been wonderful to us.

Oh, it's "gene" now, is it?

Oh, you're jealous and ungrateful,
Tommy brown.

I admire Mr. fenmore, and I respect him.

You're just like all women. You're weak.

I hope you're not going
to let a few fine clothes

make a demimonde out of you.

Why, Tommy brown,
don't you call me a demimonde.

Well, maybe you're not... yet.

But I'm a man,
and I know how these things start.

Oh, you know I'm not a demimonde.

Yes, honey.

Well, then squeeze me.

I know gene's a good man.

You know, a woman can tell
whether a man's all right or not

with her intuition.

All right.

If your intuition says so, maybe he is.

Oh, mousey.

Has Mr. fenmore any more socks
with holes in them?

I don't think so.

But I didn't look in his wastebasket
yet this morning.

Oh, does he throw them away
when they get holes?

Sure.

And a good thing it is for me
that he does.

Well, here I am,
back in the bosom of my family.

- How are you, Tommy?
- I'm all right, Mr. fenmore.

How's the little girl been this morning?

I've never been so happy in my life.

I'm glad to hear it.

What are you doing with my shirt?

- Sewing on the buttons.
- Well, now that's sweet of you.

- She's a darling, isn't she, Tommy?
- Yeah.

You know, I never had anyone
sew on my buttons.

How'd you keep up your pants?
Sew them on yourself?

My tailor does that.

But I like to have Nancy do it.

I love to do it.

Yeah, well, just for that
I'm going to give you a present.

Oh, gene!

- Another present.
- Mm-hmm.

Something every day.

Well, it isn't...

I've had this for a long time.

I don't often come across
a piece that I really like,

but when I do, I keep it
for an occasion just such as this.

I hope you like bracelets.

Oh, it's diamonds!

Is it real?

Oh, genuinely, Tommy.

Oh, gene!

They're beautiful.

Tommy, isn't it lovely?

Oh, I never dreamed
of having such a thing.

Oh, thank you.

Yeah, it is nice of Mr. fenmore.

Yes. Of course, I could tell you
it belonged to my mother,

but it didn't.

And you may call me gene too, Tommy.

Thanks.

Oh, gene, why are you so good to us?

Well, just because I'm selfish,
and it gives me great pleasure

to see you so happy and beautiful.

The car's waiting downstairs for the kids.

They'll be right down.
Wait, I'll get your coat.

Won't you come with us?

Not today, dear.

Oh, gene, how can I ever
thank you for everything?

Just by being
the lovely little thing that you are.

Being my little Pearl.

It makes a new man of me.

I'll always try to be.

Coming, Nancy?

Yes, Tommy.

There you are, dear.

Done.

- Good-bye, gene.
- Good-bye.

Tell Eddie not to drive too fast.

All right. Good-bye.

Good-bye.

So you've fallen for the little girl, eh?

I see it coming
the first day she was here.

You see a lot, don't you?

Well, I see that she's more
than half in love with you too.

Not in love at all.

She's just dazzled by a little luxury.

Ah, don't kid yourself, chief.

I'm not.

She's in love with that boy.
She's in love with Tommy.

She may not be as sure as she was
a couple of weeks ago, but I know.

You're awful simple sometimes
for a guy with brains.

Maybe.

But for once in my life,
I'm thinking of someone else.

I'd like to see that kid happy.

You could make a girl happy if you tried.

You know, it's my opinion
you can't fight love.

It always licks you.

Now, don't you give up that kid
if you really want her.

And don't get on too high ground
with women, chief.

It doesn't pay.

I had a chance once
when I was a young bucko.

I passed it up because I thought
I wasn't good enough for her.

You're not sorry, are you?

You bet I'm sorry.

Made a bum out of me.

And later, she married a copper.

That was worth sacrificing
myself for, I'll tell the world.

I wish I could get out of this racket.

Aye, you've been wishing that a long time,
chief, but you can't do it.

Why, they'd never let you go running
around the streets with all you know.

Don't I know it?

But you got out and you're still
drawing your breath.

Yes. I got out because they
all think I'm too old-fashioned

with my methods.

But I'm safe,

because they think
I didn't want to get out.

But I take good care never to be seen

with any very respectable folks.

Running around with respectable people
is liable to arouse suspicion.

Sure, it does.

Why, your own gang
is kind of suspicious of you,

playing around with a lot of swells.

Well, I'm going to give them
a good eyeful tonight.

I'm taking a rich banker and his party
down to the club.

They've heard that it's a hangout
for underworld characters.

You don't say so.

Well, I just breeze in

and give you and your richy friends
the once-over.

Yeah, do that. Do that, mousey.

And we'll have a lot of laughs.

When I see you there,
it'll be funny, won't it?

Tell me, are all these people
underworld characters?

I doubt it. They don't look
intelligent enough to be crooks to me.

You'd never take gene
for the sort of person he is

to look at him, would you?

Why don't you look at somebody else
for a change?

- I think you're still stuck on that guy.
- Oh, don't be stupid.

He's head over heels in love
with that girl, Nancy.

Yeah, well, at least she's got a brain
that turns over occasionally.

That Tommy's a prize sap
if I ever saw one.

He's a prize sap
if he thinks he can keep his girl

with gene wanting her.

Well, it's about time
for the gathering of the clan.

Yeah.

Our brigadier general knows it too.

He's getting ready to send
his slumming party home.

Come on, Emory, let's go.

We'll meet you outside.

All right.

- Hello, frank.
- Hello, rocky.

- Hello, rocky.
- Hello, spat.

- Spat.
- Rocky, where's gene?

He's outside,
saying good-bye to some friends.

He'll be in in a minute.

- Cigarette?
- No.

I wish he'd hurry. I'll be late.

He'll be right in.

I sort of expected to see
a holdup or a shooting,

or something awful in this terrible place,
Mr. fenmore.

Oh, I guess it's a dull night.

But I know it's one of the toughest places
in New York,

because I have it straight
from someone who knows.

Well, I told the ladies that.

I wouldn't let them wear
their real jewels.

I made them take them off
before starting out.

Very wise.

This jewelry we have on is real woolworth.

Yes, I noticed that.

But I hope you didn't leave
your good things around

for some porch climber to pick-up.

Oh, no, I always keep mine
in a sewing basket in my bedroom.

How original.

I hope you have as clever
a hiding place for your things.

Oh, I always toss mine in an old hat box
in the top of my closet.

A hat box. How perfectly naive.

Such a nuisance
going to the safe so often.

But who'd ever think of a hat box?
Nobody would ever suspect that.

Il must remember that...

- Good night.
- Thank you so much.

- Can we drop you somewhere?
- Thank you, no. I'm walking home.

- Good night.
- Good night, Mr. fenmore.

Eliza, thank you.
Good night, Mrs. feldman.

- Good night, old man.
- Good night, Mr. fenmore.

- Glad you came along.
- Thank you.

- Good night.
- Good night, gene.

I want to thank you
for a very interesting evening.

- Flattered.
- Drop into the bank tomorrow.

- I'll come in in the morning.
- Good-bye.

Good night.

This is the first time
I've had you out, sister.

What do you think of the joint?

- Hello, boys.
- Hello, gene.

- Have you got the things I asked for?
- Here they are, chief.

Now, boys, you've been
a little active lately.

Headquarters is getting annoyed.

Well, that's too bad.

This colman thing is sort of tricky.

My opinion, it would be wise
to quiet down for a while.

He'll be in business next year.

- Next year.
- That's a long way off.

How do we eat in the meantime?

- We'll get by all right.
- We don't want to lay off, gene.

This colman job's a pipe. What are you
so leery about?

It's a pipe, I'm telling you.

Nasty job, right off Broadway.
It'll take a lot of planning.

I could crack that dump
with my hands tied.

You're wonderful, rocky.

You must be. You admit it.

Pretty soft of you to sit there
and plan these things.

We're the boys that have to do them.

My planning has been
pretty successful up till now.

Now don't quarrel, boys.

The money's waiting for you
as soon as you deliver the stuff.

Attaboy, Frankie.

And there's a tray of special stones

that colman always keeps in his safe.

He only shows it to certain customers.

Get me those,
and I'll pay you 20,000 more.

Well, boys, you know
your business better than I do,

so I'll be going.

Don't go through the restaurant, frank.

- Go the other way, if you don't mind.
- All right. Good night, boys.

- Good night.
- So long, frank.

And, rocky, don't forget
to get that Pearl ring.

Because I've sold it already.

Okay, frank.

- So long, frank.
- Good night, frank.

Say, I've got an idea how to get
that tray of special shiners

out of colman's safe. How?

Send somebody down there
that no one would ever suspect.

Who have we got that no one would suspect?

The kids, Tommy and Nancy.

No.

Those kids are not in this game.

They're straight, and I'm going
to keep them that way.

Oh, so you're going to keep little mama
pure for your own purposes, eh?

What do you mean by that?

Well, everybody knows
you're stuck on the girl.

That's why you don't want
to pull this colman job.

She's probably not used
to a gangster sweetheart.

And you're going to go straight.

Now, look here,

maybe this organization
is getting too small

to hold you and me.

Maybe one of us had better plan
on getting out.

Well, then maybe it'd better be you.

If you're too yellow to go through
with this colman job,

I'll do it myself.

I didn't say
I wouldn't go through with it.

I said it was wiser to lay off.

If you boys are set on doing it now...

Yes. Come on, gene, let's do it
and get it over with.

You know what you want to do
better than I do.

Let me tell you, it's tricky.

But if you pull it clean,
we get away with it.

And no bloodshed, you understand?

Say, gene, you going
to be here for a while?

I'll be here for an hour or two.

Good. I want to see you before you leave.

- All right.
- I'll be back. So long, fellas.

- So long, rocky.
- So long, rocky.

You sure now that you got
what I asked for?

Absolutely, chief.

It certainly was a beautiful show
we saw tonight, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was swell.

The leading lady was just like you,
only not so pretty.

Well, I'm going to bed.

Oh, don't go.
Gene might come home any minute.

Why don't you wait up a while longer?

Oh, he never gets in
before the crack of dawn.

I hear him every night.

He may change his way of living
now he's got a family.

You mean us?

Oh, there he is now.

He doesn't ring the bell.
He uses his latchkey.

Hello, kiddie. Is gene here yet?

No, he isn't.

Well, I guess
I'll come in and wait for him.

You're just the lad I'm looking for.

What do you want of me?

You know, I feel I owe you something.

You know, I guess that was kind
of a mean trick I played on you,

pretending to hold you up
and take your money.

Pretending? You took it.

Yeah, but I knew who you were
all the time.

Why, I was going to give it
back to you the next day.

Oh, did you recognize me?

Why, of course. Just as you recognized me.

But just to show you
how much I like you kids,

I've got the boys, you know,
gene's friends.

Well, they're going to chip in
and buy you and Nancy

a swell present.

Oh, Mr. rocky!

We know you kids want to be married,
and you haven't got much money.

Have you got an engagement ring?

No. We were just going to have
a wedding ring for a while.

Oh, well, you've got to have
an engagement ring.

We're going to give you $2,000.

That'll buy a nice,
big diamond engagement ring,

and a wedding ring besides.

Oh, did you hear that, Tommy?

Gee, rocky, I had you all wrong.

It's great of you and the boys
to do this for us.

Oh, it's nothing at all. We owe it to you.

At least I do.

Now, I've got an idea.

Do you know where colman"s
jewelry shop is, just off Broadway?

Yeah, I know colman's.

Well, he'll give you rock-bottom prices.

You go in there, oh,
anytime tomorrow afternoon.

I'll drive you by if you like.
I'll be going down there.

Oh, thanks.

You meet me downstairs.

Now, don't say a word
to gene about this, will you?

Oh, no.

We'll surprise him, eh?

- All right.
- Good.

Then we're pals?

Sure. Sure.

It's awfully nice of you
to do this for us, rocky.

Oh, it's nothing at all.

It's almost closing time.

You go in and ask to see
some diamond wedding rings

and some diamond engagement rings.

Don't buy the first ones
he shows you, will you?

They'll be the bum ones.

Oh, we'll only buy
the best blue-eyed stuff.

That's it.

Well, here.

Here's some money.
Don't lose it, will you?

No, we won't.

I'm sorry I can't go with you,
but I'll see you later.

All right, fine.

Is there something I can show you, madam?

We're looking for
an engagement ring and a wedding ring.

Oh, I see.

Well, now here's
some very lovely things that we have.

How do you do?

I am Mr. colman.
Is there anything I can do for you?

We're looking for
an engagement ring and a wedding ring.

Oh, I see.

These are very pretty.

I have some very,
very nice ones over here.

Be just one second.
I'll bring them right over.

What do you think of this one?

Stick 'em up!

Ha! There's a laugh.

They got a picture of lefty moon.

He's been dead five years.

Here's a bit of information.

"Sam wiseman, the clerk,
proved himself a hero

in a desperate struggle
with two of the robbers.”

Too bad you had to plug colman, rocky.

Oh, he's an old guy. He's seen everything.

You've got to hand it to gene.

He planned this layout like a general.

Listen, anybody can plan them.
But we're the guys that pull them.

Listen. "Two young people,

miss Nancy Porter and Mr. Thomas brown

who were at the store
at the time of the holdup,

are being held
at the district attorney's office

as material witnesses."

I hope those kids don't tip off anything.

I wonder where gene is.

Hello? Hello? Who is this, please?

Stop playing those jabs, gene.

This is dot.

This isn't gene. This is rocky.

Hello, dot.

Say, come right over here
to gene's, will you?

All right, I'll wait for you.

Well, mousey, aren't you going
to congratulate the boys?

What for?

No trick to it.

No art in it.

Just machine work.

If that's young blood,

I'm glad I've got hardening
of the arteries.

Too safe for any romance.

Safe, my eye.

Well, at that, it's the first real job

I've seen pulled off in 16 years.

Too bad you had to use your gat, rocky.

Forget it!

Colman's dead.

What's the big idea, chief?

I told you, I didn't want any butchery.

Now, you boys get out of here.
I want to talk to rocky alone.

Well, what are you going to do
when a guy starts squawking?

Stand there and wait for the cops?

You bumped colman off.

I did.

- You yellow, white-livered...
- Oh, cut it!

He starts to holler,
I told him to shut up.

- He reached for a gat, so I...
- He didn't reach for a gat.

Well, he lowered his hands,
and this baby isn't taking any chances.

Didn't my instructions
mean anything to you?

What kind of a business do you think
you're in? It's the game, isn't it?

You're yellow, rocky.

Well, I wasn't going to let 75 grand slip
away from me for a worm like colman...

Now, wait a minute. Something else
I want to talk over with you.

What did you mean by sending Nancy and
Tommy in as decoys when I told you not to?

It didn't hurt 'em. We wanted somebody
who wouldn't be recognized.

You picked the one person
I didn't want mixed up in this business,

after I told you not to.

You didn't need any decoys.

You just wanted to hit at me
where you knew it would hurt the most.

Now, I've stood for you for a long time,
but this is the end.

Why, you dirty, low-down,
yellow, white-livered...

Enough! You're not going
to talk about me again!

Give me that gun. Look here, rocky...

Make a sap out of me?

There's trouble. Come on.

He's dead.

What did you do that for, gene?

Hello. Hello, mousey.

- Hello, everybody.
- Hello, dot.

What I hear,
it's been a very successful job.

Oh, now, don't be downhearted,
gene, because colman got shot.

Remember, it's all in the game.

Yes, I guess getting shot is in the game.

Sure.

Oh, uh, where's rocky?

You!

You killed him, you dirty bully.

You were jealous of him
because he took me away from you.

And what's more, you were afraid he was
going to take the gang away from you too.

You knew rocky had your number
and he was going to show you what right.

You and your mastermind.

Ha!

You and your orders of no shooting.

You crawling hypocrite.

You used a gat, all right,

and you killed the only boy
I ever really loved.

You can't get away with that!
I'll make you pay and pay good!

Il can do it too. You know I can do it.

I'll have you plugged for this.

So help me,
I'll have you plugged for this!

Come on, dot...

All right, Frankie.

He can't get away with it!

Rocky was one of the gang.
You'd no right to give it to him.

You'll have to answer
to the gang for this.

You get the boys together
and I'll be there at the club tonight.

On your word?

I'll be there at 1:00. My word.

All right.

- What are they gonna do to you?
- I want you kids to go upstairs.

- We want to have a talk.
- Not now. Later.

I didn't want you mixed up
in that job today.

Oh, I know, but what are they
going to do to you?

They mustn't. They can't.

Would it mean so much to you?

Oh, gene, I don't want anything
to happen to you.

I feel as if you needed me.

Oh, I'd do anything to help you.

You can help me most
by going upstairs now.

All right, gene.

Oh, whatever you are,
you'll always be wonderful to me.

They're going to try you, eh?

They ain't going to bump you off
like they did petey?

Well, I hope not.

Why don't you make a getaway, gene?

I'll go with you.

I'm ashamed of you, mousey.

Ah, you did the right thing
in bumping that butcher off.

But you'll have a hard time
making the gang believe it.

They liked rocky, so they did.

Well, I'll have to worry about that.

What about the kid?

Bring her down there tonight.

Bring them both down.

I'll beat this, mousey.

I've got to beat it now.

Hello.

Hi.

What's this meeting for?

I was keeping an important date
when I got your sos.

This is the most important date
you've had for a long time.

We're trying gene
for the killing of rocky.

Listen here, mousey.
What did you bring those kids here for?

The boss's orders.

Sit down.

Well, it's 1:00 and he isn't here yet.

Yeah. Had time to catch an outgoing train.

Yes, you would say that.

After all gene did for you
and a lot of other guys...

- Now, listen here, mousey...
- Oh, pipe down.

Don't you guys get nervous.

Gene'll be here, all right, all right.

See that guy over there?

Pokey gunn.

Spent six months digging
his way out of sing sing.

And by a miscalculation,
came up in the warden's office.

Yeah?

How are you?

I'm all right. How are you?

They're taking him for a ride tonight.

Thank you.

Well, I'm sorry I'm late.

Sit down, gene. Let's get to business.

No objection to my standing, is there?

Gene, we're going to give you
a fair trial.

But if the gang decide against you,
I guess you know what that means.

- I know.
- Rocky was the most popular

and useful member of this gang.

You had no right to shoot him down
in cold blood

just because you had a grudge against him.

Why don't you give him a dose
of his own medicine?

Show him how a chunk of cold lead feels.

- Gene!
- Now, just a minute.

You haven't given me a chance to talk.

Yeah, well, why should you speak?

You shot him, didn't you?

Wait a minute.

Well, let's hear
what you have to say, gene.

Well, in opening...

I just want to say that after
looking this crowd over...

New York is comparatively safe tonight.

Now, let me remind you...

That since I've been
the head of this organization,

there's only been one man sent up.

Think that over.

And before I took hold of you
and organized you,

if you don't mind my saying so,
what were you?

Or possibly you've forgotten.

Well, may I inquire what that has to do
with what we're here for?

It just has this to do with it.

My leadership has been competent.
I may even say brilliant.

And I'll tell you why.

I've always insisted when you go on a job,

you come away with full hands
but clean ones.

Not smeared with blood.

Rocky knew
that I was absolutely against killing,

yet he did it uselessly,
just because he was a butcher.

I've tried to make you use your brains.

Anybody can use a gat and burn for it.

We've always been successful
because we respected human life

and thought faster than the other fella.

And most of that fast thinking
has been on my part.

This nightclub is my idea.

I organized it, operated it,
and showed a clean profit

besides giving us a safe meeting place.

But lately, as you all know,

I wanted to quit the game entirely.

There's something
came into my life that...

Well, as the fiction writers put it,
something made me want to go straight.

Oh, don't listen to him.

He'll try to talk you into
believing rocky was a traitor.

He was. He was always a killer.

When I called him for disobeying orders,
he pulled a gat on me.

Why, don't you realize
that when he shot colman,

he put you all in the shadow of the chair?

You're lying. I was there.

You shot him down cold like a dog.

Ah, shut up. You wasn't there.

Steady, mouse. Now, just a minute.

I think we're getting away
from the main issue,

which is, why did I shoot rocky?

Yes, why did you shoot him?

I shot him in self-defense.

You don't believe that, do you?

Watch that door...

Put on the lights. There's the switch.

- No one here.
- Don"t let them get away.

Go after them, boys. Buster!

Go get them, boys, and report
back to me on the outside.

What's the big idea?

Policemen.

Just a moment.

You ladies and gentlemen
leave this restaurant

as quietly as possible.

- You boys clear out too.
- Yes.

Well, there's nobody here we want.

The rest of the boys come in the back.
They're looking around upstairs.

- Nobody here at all, sir.
- They're not, huh?

Well, I'm going to look for myself.

Hello.

What are you doing here?

We didn't do anything.
We were just here watching the...

Wait a minute!

Can you beat that?

They're the two kids
we picked up at colman's place.

- Something wrong here.
- Mm-hmm.

Take them downtown.

Well, I know we're on the right track now.

And if I can get that guy rocky mosby...

Here, boys. Take these two birds downtown.

All right, chief.

You wouldn't think
a couple of kids like that

would be mixed up with a bunch of gunmen.

Well, they start young these days.

Some gang, all right.

They might as well be deaf and dumb
for all you can get out of them.

Can't somebody get something
out of those two kids?

Nothing any of them says is worth a hoot.

I want to land this bird fenmore
for murder, and nothing less.

I thought I could make
the old guy cough up...

Uh, what's his name?

- The mouse.
- Yeah.

But he wouldn't spill.

He was cagier than any of them.

Well, bill's had the boy in there,
trying to make him talk.

They know the truth,
if we can get it out of them.

Well, all they'll admit is

that they were at colman"s
before the holdup,

and they insist that they were
looking for wedding rings,

and nobody sent them.

Bring that boy in here.

Sit down over there.

I can't stand it! I can't stand it!

I've told you everything I know!

Well, well, now, now.

You've got something you can
tell the district attorney, haven't you?

You ready to tell me
who sent you to colman's?

His name was rocky.

That's the only name we knew.

That's the fella we found dead
in fenmore's apartment, isn't it?

Yes. You know gene fenmore?

No.

You know who killed colman?

Yes, it was rocky.

And who killed rocky?

Oh, I don't know!

Yes, you do too.

It was gene fenmore.

Your girlfriend there just said so.

No, I didn't. Don't believe him, Tommy.

This rocky was a member
of gene fenmore's gang.

- Wasn't he?
- I don't know.

Say, who took you to the club last night?

Tommy...

You didn't happen to see gene fenmore
while you were there, did you?

No.

Then you wouldn't know him if you saw him.

No, no! I don't know him.

You do know that you're implicated
in the colman murder, don't you?

You're accessories.

An accessory pays the penalty
just the same as a murderer.

We didn't have anything
to do with it, I tell you.

I know you tell me,
but I don't believe you.

I didn't believe you when I had
you down here after the holdup,

and I don't believe you now.

Now, listen here, you kids.

If you want to come clean with me and
tell me who planned the colman holdup,

and the names of rocky's pals,

well, I'll promise to let you off easy.

Why, maybe I can get you off altogether.

All I know is rocky gave us money
to buy an engagement and a wedding ring.

Oh, take them out of here!

Come on. Go ahead.

You're a couple of saps.

Going to the electric chair
to protect a cheap crook

who will only be caught
sooner or later anyway.

Go on, take them out!

- Did you get everything they said?
- Everything.

Good. Hurry and get it out
and get their signatures.

- We got him, inspector.
- Where'd you find him?

In his apartment, taking a bath.

- Any signs about the place?
- No, sir. No sign.

He's a cool guy.

He never batted an eye
when we told him he was wanted for murder.

- Bring him in.
- Yes, sir.

How do you do, Eugene?

Why so formal? Call me gene.

Thanks.

You know, eventually, I always meet the
distinguished members of your profession.

Thanks for the compliment.

Just a moment.

Fenmore, I wonder if you happen
to know these two youngsters.

No, I don't.

You're quite sure?
You'd better take a closer look.

Positive.

Tommy, this is the gentleman
I referred to, Mr. fenmore.

Look at him. Look at him!

That's him. Did you ever see him before?

No.

Never? =no.

Young lady,
perhaps you know this gentleman.

No, sir.

Now, I want you two
to fix your eyes on one another,

and perhaps you'll recall
having met before.

All right, take them out.

Sit down, Mr. fenmore.

Thanks.

Just a minute.

You know,
when two important men get together,

the things they say
might startle the world.

I just want to see if there are any
stenographers or dictaphones tucked away.

Yeah, very prudent of you.

Yes, important men must be cautious.

Would you mind taking those off?

I'd like to have a free hand
in the conversation.

Charlie, we're going to have
a nice little private talk.

- Sit down.
- Thanks.

You know, I never saw you before tonight.

Yeah?

Thought you were funny,
pulling that stunt on me, huh?

You mean tonight at the club?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Well, I've got you, fenmore.

I'm going to send you to the chair.

Yeah?

Well, that's a nice prospect.
How are you going to do it?

I've got the goods on you.

If you had the goods on me,
you wouldn't be talking to me now.

- You planned the colman holdup.
- What makes you think so?

It was so clever, gene,
it took a brain like yours to plan it.

If that's the goods you have on me, I
think you'll have to have something else.

You know, fenmore,

while you've been running around
with a lot of nice people,

I've known all along
that you were the leader

of the worst band of gorillas in the city.

I've been throwing lassos at you
for some time.

I caught an arm. I caught a leg.

But what I wanted was your neck.

Somehow, these gorillas of yours
wouldn't commit murder.

But this time, they did.

And so, you see,
I've at last got your neck.

What are you driving at?

I want you to sign a confession
that you planned the colman holdup.

Oh, is that all? =that's all.

Just a scratch of the pen, gene.

Just a scratch of the pen.
Send myself to the chair.

Well, that is simple, isn't it?

You know, gene,
the real tragedy is not rocky or colman,

but these two young people.

You mean the young people
I saw here tonight?

Yeah. What about them?

Oh, quit stalling.
You know all about them.

But I don't.

They're just as guilty of murder as your
pal rocky, who did the actual shooting.

And I'm going to convict them.

Well, what jury would convict
those two kids?

Well, the girl might get off
with a stretch.

But the boy's going to the chair
with you and the rest of the gangsters

we nabbed tonight,
just as sure as shooting.

Do you know Dorothy Palmer?

Who?

Dorothy Palmer.

=-no. - No?

No.

Well, she was your girl once.

And she was pretty fond
of your friend, rocky.

We found his body tonight
in your apartment, after the raid.

You killed him, didn't you?

Well, if I did,
I certainly don't remember it.

Well, don't worry.

The police department's already
given you a vote of thanks for that.

But I'm going to convict you
for the murder of colman too.

Well, how are you going to do it?
What's your evidence?

Carloads.

Supplied by three star witnesses
who have turned state's evidence.

- You don't mind if I don't believe you?
- No, it's all right.

I'm going to prove it to you.

Just a moment.

One of the state's star witnesses,
your former sweetheart.

I don't know the lady.

You don't know me, gene?

Ha, don't make me laugh.

Now, listen, I helped land you,
and I'm glad of it.

And unless you have me bumped off,

I'll be reading what you ate for
your last meal in sing sing, you good...

Oh, miss Palmer, miss Palmer.
Please, that's enough. Thank you.

Well, good-bye, gene.

And when you see him,
give my love to rocky.

Well, is that enough?

Well, you played it all right,
but one Ace won't beat me.

All right, I'll play a trump Ace.

The kids have already admitted
that rocky sent them on the job,

and that rocky killed colman.

They've signed a confession.

Do you mean to say those kids
have confessed to being accessories?

Read it.

Maybe they didn't know what they were
doing when they went to colman's.

Well, it'll be pretty hard
to make a jury believe that.

Could I see them a minute? Sure.

Did you sign that confession?

- Yes.
- Yes, we signed it.

I'll leave you folks alone
to talk it over.

- You got us into this. Get us out of it.
- Shh. The man is a stranger to us.

We've never seen him before.

- I'm very sorry.
- Words won't do us any good.

Get us out of this, won't you?
I'll try.

All you have to do is tell them
we were innocent.

Tell them rocky put up a job on us.

Yes, gene, all you have to say is
you knew rocky sent us into that store

without telling us
there was going to be a holdup.

That wouldn't incriminate you any,
would it?

Why, certainly not.

Oh, gene,
they mustn't do anything to Tommy.

If they did, I couldn't live without him.

A little statement
I've prepared for you, gene.

Read it.

What'd you go to all that trouble for?
You know I won't sign it.

You won't sign it, huh?

Not unless you're able to offer me
something very attractive.

And what do you want?

I want to see you alone.

Well, what is it?

I want the absolute, unconditional freedom
of those two youngsters.

They're not even
to be mentioned in the case.

They're going up, and so are you.

Oh, yes, I am.

I'll fight this till doomsday.

Jimmies and guns
aren't the only weapons I have.

A lot of good lawyers in this town will
keep me out of jail for 100,000 bucks.

Maybe you're right,
but I'll take a chance on it.

I tell you what I'll do with you,
Mr. district attorney.

I'll admit everything and take the rap
if you let those kids go.

All right.

I'll give you a letter
that'll guarantee their freedom,

that they're innocent victims,

if you'll sign that.

I'll sign it when I get your guarantee.

Okay.

Do you mind if I go in there
and see the kids?

Well, it's all right. Charlie.

Don't worry. It'll be all right, Nancy.

Just a minute.

You always have good pens here.

Charlie, I want you to witness that.

Have you got mousey here?

Yes, he's just outside.

- Do you mind if I see him?
- Hmm.

Put that in the vault
and tell mousey to come in here.

Well, there's your freedom, kid.

You youngsters go on home now.

I'm going to keep an eye on you.
I might need you.

You're not to leave the city,
you understand?

Yes, sir.

Good-bye, gene.

Good-bye, Tommy.

Good-bye, gene.

Good-bye, Nancy.

Everything's all right now, isn't it?

Yes, of course it's all right.

Nothing will happen to you?

No, nothing's going to happen to me.

He knows you didn't have
anything to do with it, doesn't he?

Why, of course he knows
I have nothing to do with it.

Now, you go on home,
and I'll call you up later at the house.

All right. Good-bye, gene.

Good-bye, Nancy.

I want you to do me a favor, mousey.

Anything, chief.

I want you to look after
those kids for me.

Understand?

Sure, chief. But how can 1?

You're going out of here.

I'll fix it all up with my lawyer
this morning.

But I want to know
that they're well taken care of.

Aren't you going out too?

Not as soon as you are.

I know I can depend on you, mousey.

And it'll make me feel better
if she's all right.

I got you, boy.

You can count on me...

Till they carry me out.

You're a pretty regular fella, gene.

Too bad you couldn't have done something
better than lead a bunch of crooks.

You know, I've been connected with the
police department for a number of years,

and I've seen the best of them
come and go.

And you can't get away with it.

It's always a losing game.

Well, at least you owe my profession
a debt of gratitude.

If it wasn't for men like me,

there wouldn't be any necessity
for men like you.