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so

how do you do man well what can i do for

you

well i wonder if i might see the

managing editor mr wheeler what's your

name

my name is lee v breckenridge lee

what do you want me to wear about about

a job

a job on the paper sorry you can't see

mr wheeler there are no vacancies all

the stuff

what would you see ma'am i got a letter

to mr wheeler

i got it right here

author thank you for managing editor

have you been doing newspaper work

that's right this

what department editorial any special

lines

no they're just general reporting and

you want a job on the press is that

right

yes sir that's right i suppose you know

there are no

vacancies on the staff well i imagine

that's the way it would be

we have over 300 applications on our

waiting list

college men old-timers youngsters girls

all types lots of them

offered to work for the paper without

salary well i couldn't do that

well if you did you'd probably be worth

just what we pay you

we call the press the world's best

newspaper

and i think we have a right to do so

in making you a representative of this

paper

i'm assuming a great responsibility

now charlie davis tells me

that you're entitled to a chance at the

big league well i'm going to give you

your chance

oh thank you very much i'm mighty

grateful

your reporters card will admit you to

scenes and places

barge of the ordinary citizen you'll be

subject to

certain temptations if you've been on

the newspaper before

and i'm sure that he will not abuse your

position

oh no sir one thing more before i take

you to the city editor

uh you will have no further contact with

me

but i'll keep my eye on it let's step

outside

this is mr lee of the savannah

constitution he's been doing general

reporting put him to work

all right if you say so we're full

staffed as it is

find something for him good luck uh

carter will take care of you

thank you mr wheeler

did the chief talk salary with you i

know then you'll get 39 a week to start

four dollars are that's for car you want

to start now yes sir

and pull off your coat and get to work

louie

show this man crosby's old desk in the

corner i'll send you over some rear i

can put you on the payroll starting

today

well thank you very much i'm mighty

grateful to you

where you are

hey how do you open that thing anyhow

you don't hold your feet right

my peeps yeah crosstalk

oh see you're kind of helpless aren't

you guessing

come here breezy like a good egg and

open this thing will you

sure

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what no rabbit looks like we had to hold

a rummage sale

yeah mighty great with you for helping

me out my name's lee

i'm charlie russell and this is miss

marcia collins queen of the saab sisters

and the best looking gal in the

newspaper business

say you're lucky to land a desk next

door yeah that's what i thought

pay no attention to breezy and sometimes

it goes away

well keep your mind on your work here

and remember i saw her first

good luck kid thanks just starting

yeah i just got in from savannah well

good luck to you

oh thanks a lot

copy papers that's what you're looking

for

i'm afraid i'm kind of a big newton they

keep it in a big drawer over by the

bulletin board

where's that never mind helpless i'll

send a boy for it apparently

run fix some coffee paper like a good

boy all right

so you're a great big help to me oh sure

just a campfire girl is all

this community is in bad shape indeed

when gangsters can perpetrate

murder in broad daylight and get away

with it but there's one power

in this town with sufficient courage to

do what is right and that power is the

press

the press is going to break up the

criminal gangs that infest this city and

drive them out

the press is going to expose every

corrupt official preying on the

community

the press cannot be fought intimidated

or silenced

it's going to be war a crusade if you

like

a crusade to destroy gang rule

from now on you're more than reporters

you're crusaders and you're going to

bear down on the underworld with all the

power of the press

we're going to make a fight of it

you can get your assignments from the

city editor

well so we're going to water just like

the wheel it means business how do

things

well here's one old crusader to a couple

of others

thanks thank you

hello

you getting ready for the big opening

what opening

well this is a stinks club isn't it no

this is a private home

must be a pretty big family what do you

mean big family

well i just saw a lot of trucks

unloading case goods in the alley

say listen you better beat it

what do you want i'd like to see mr

hayes who are you

a reporter from the press

oh yeah this is a swell joint here there

you go

sorry this guy out there getting a knife

and i follow what watching those boost

trucks unloading in the alley

these are all looking for information

what's his racket

he said he's a reporter reporter yes so

what is this another headache how do i

know well you're supposed to know you

said he wanted to see somebody

all right send him in

hey what is all this now now don't get

yourself

all steamed up here have a cigarette

what do you want

are you mr hayes yeah

well my name is lee breckenridge lee i'm

from the press

yeah well what do you want

well i wonder if if i could get a

statement from you see i got to write a

piece for the paper and i thought i

ought to see you before i handed

it in oh i see

well how about your credentials

all right

i want your paper send you down here for

somebody phoned in a tip said you were

going to open a casino

a casino well somebody's giving you

a bum steer this is just a private club

there's nothing that would interest your

paper but when are you gonna open up

none of your easy

well what difference does it make to you

well i'm supposed to hand in a story

well there's nothing to hand in well

that's what i want to find out

now just what are the purposes of this

club

social just social nothing else

it's a private club for social

entertainment

well have you got permission from the

city council to run

nasi here young fella i told you there

was nothing to write about

i don't want anything about my club and

your paper

do you get me yeah not just a minute

uh how long have you been on the paper

about two weeks is all you haven't been

in town long have you

no i just got up from savannah how much

you get on the paper

35 a week now tell me how many members

you got in this club

this is your first assignment isn't it

just about

as i was saying how many members you got

in this club how much to forget it

what do you mean how much to forget your

assignment

i couldn't do that i'm working for the

press

well name your price there isn't any

a thousand to forget it sorry two

thousand

not interested now see here you young

i want to see you a minute away excuse

me will you

sit down don't go away

what do you want to fool with that punk

for he's nothing but a green kid just

breaking in he don't know what it's all

about

well if he won't talk price we're sunk

you've got to fix it oh

rub him out be ridiculous

you can't kill a reporter why the papers

have turned this bird upside down

and then we'd all be right out of town

but what are we gonna do

we'll go back in and raise the ante a

little i've never seen the chump yet

that didn't have his price

oh all right

well what's the where'd he go where's

that punk reporter

i was just going in to tell him he said

he wouldn't wait

he wouldn't wait and you let him go

well i would give him

she's probably busy and doesn't want to

be annoyed oh i drop up here and annoy

her all the time she likes it

here she comes now come on let's get her

a little bit huh

say lady we're from the press we've been

sent up here to investigate conditions

you look more like the guest men to me

have you any credentials

right here missus here ma'am

they're on a big crusade you see and

we've been sent up here to investigate

conditions

condition we ain't got no condition

come around later in the week maybe

we'll have some empty

say if you don't let us in we'll expose

you no matter who it hurts

even if it strikes at the very roots of

our government

oh well if that's the case maybe you

better come right in

yes madam we have every reason to

believe that your department is lousy

with graft corruption malfeasance

negligence and red ants

no red hands here all right i'll hold

the girl while you investigate

conditions

find any conditions crusader no

conditions just a few mice is all

oh this looks suspicious

could this be a condition

oh watermelon genuine

northern spine wow don't you have an

apple greasy

no thanks i never eat apples

so he wasn't the old man worked up

yesterday though he sure wasn't enough

wrong i wanted this to go right out and

dust off the town

this is war war to the finish will be

casualties but that's to be expected

oh sure a few of you will get bumped off

but uh

i'll be right behind you yeah a long

ways behind

say by the way breezy what are they

assigning you to do

come on now break down and tell us

there's no sense to it

one day there's a murder in the middle

of town and the next day the chief

assigns made to the department of sewers

there's no sense that i don't know what

they expect me to do about it

but look the commissioner spends 30

million dollars of the city's money for

a sewage disposal plant and a darn thing

don't work

and they expect me to look into it i'm

going to keep my nose out of it

i should think you would what did you

draw helpless

well mr carter gave me an address is all

said somebody phoned in a tip

told me to go around and find out what

it was all about what a dress did he

give you

628 riverside

628 riverside oh what the

what the world did they send you down

there for what's the matter with it

what's the matter with or that's larry

hayes district

i wouldn't stick my nose in there for

all of t in china

sure why not

why not listen that place is run by

gunmen and protected by gorillas

they'll boil you in oil and serve you

for breakfast if you get fresh down

there

i think it's perfectly wicked what's

wicked sending a baby like that into a

hornet's nest

you calling me a baby so far as this

town is concerned you are just a baby

why they'd eat you alive if you so much

to stick your head in that place

i wouldn't go exploring around there for

anything would you breezy

not at these prices why not

well in the first place it's not

properly a reported business it's a

police job

well what about the crusade oh that's

all a lot of baloney just a circulation

stimulant sell more papers that way

or you'll get used to when you've been

on the sheet as long as we have

well what would you do about it if it

was your assignment oh just come in and

say things are pretty bad all right but

you've got no way of proving anything

they don't dare print anything unless i

know it's the absolute lowdown

well suppose you get the absolute low

down

you mean that you got the low down on

that place got enough anyhow

well even then i wouldn't spill it well

why not

well it just isn't healthy that song

they play rough down around there bumped

you off for 50 bucks

you mean to say you don't turn in

stories just because you might get hurt

well or else you want to live longer oh

by the way marshall speaking of life and

death you got any ginger ale

sure in the box ginger ale all you got

well there's a bottle in the left-hand

cover drawer

but it's for emergencies my life's just

one long

series of emergencies

this town is no place for a nice sudden

boy like you

but what about yourself you're the

nicest girl i've seen up north

or in the south for that matter thanks

but i'm used to it don't you see and

besides they don't send you paper girls

out on assignments like yours

well i don't want to fall down on my

first assignment

i don't take any chances it isn't worth

it really it isn't

you might get into trouble

would it make any difference to you if i

did

oh greg how can you ask me that

question

well

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very

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you can't arrest me

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i'll take care of you guys i'll teach

you

and that goes for you too come on

come on boys

so

good night ben sorry i can't take you

home i got to get back to the shop

oh that's all right bye bye

sure

then

you going my way any objection

no i'm glad to have company that's what

we thought

have we met somewhere before oh don't

you remember us

i'm sorry you will the next time

hey andy yeah should just stand for me

okay hey cuddle me with the old man will

you joe

i want to run up to the hospital and see

how that big crusaders coming along

he must have getting kind of lonesome by

now maybe i can hand him a few laughs

the doctor says he can go home in a day

or so if he promises to be careful

his ribs are healing fine isn't that

wonderful

oh marshall you shouldn't have done that

that must be

awfully expensive well that's nothing

did my flowers come

oh yes there they are gee you're sweet

it seems to me like i'm always thanking

you for something oh be yourself

come in

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there you are oh you're freezing oh i

i thought you'd be alone well fancy

seeing you here marshy

your little gadget i brought along to a

museum

body or uncle

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there you are kid how you feeling today

oh marshall did you bring in those

grapes they look delicious

do you mind if i try one help yourself

my my aren't they good though the

genuine belgian hot house

they're going to that break out in the

day or so yeah that's great

back to front again huh well maybe

you'll be more careful next time

tell me how's the crusade coming along

you're the only casualty the rest of us

are all too cagey we don't stick out our

necks

busy leave those grapes alone i got them

for beg not you

you're much too good for them besides

you're spoiling them

send breezy away keep eating all your

greatness all right all right i'm going

i'm going

you don't have to knock me down with no

hip anyhow i gotta get back to the

office

besides anybody can see that you two

want to be alone

what chance is a strong man like me got

against an envelope who appeals to the

maternal instincts of a woman oh get out

of here all right i'm leaving i'm

leaving

and if you're ever in siberia don't

think of going to a hotel just

make your home my home come on breezy

bye i'll be seeing you

oh there's a grand fella yes poor old

breezy

martial

where have you been coming here and

bringing me things

don't you know well is it because you're

just playing nice or because you're

sorry for me or what

well must i break down and tell well

then i'm to take it for granted you're

just

crazy for me of course really

you mean that then you do care

oh that's grand because i'm crazy about

you

well then marcia

do you think you could like me enough to

marry me

well i mean of course after i get out of

here and get straightened out and get

some money in the bank

you're only just dying i know but i

think i can move along pretty fast

i got off to a good start until i have

my ribs busted

and if i can just keep on shooting in

stories like that about the sphinx club

of course you can you're going right at

the top

well then couldn't we sort of plan right

now

are you sure you want to want to

oh my [ __ ]

i'm sorry it's nine o'clock

i was just leaving

good night i'll come around and

see you again tomorrow good night marcia

thanks a million for the grapes bye

mighty sweet girl i say yes indeed

she brought me some grapes too yeah

could i have some now

i think so

just a pal

hey heads up boys here comes desperate

ambrose in

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michael hello brett it's nice to see you

here again

it won't be long now well you're getting

quite a reception

looks to me like the boys are giving me

the old razz

oh

mr carter

oh you're back where you've been

if i've been laid up there i'm not fired

well it wasn't much of a fight at least

not on my part

yup nope

well you got buck to help you and manny

somehow

so you got the worst of it huh maybe

after this you'll keep out of street for

all

well i wouldn't never mind here's

another job for you right down your

alley

another big expose hello

oh say i've been trying to get you yeah

that thing won't work joe

nope you better come in we'll try a new

angle

but mr carter said but why i'd like to

talk to you about something

i owe a tower what do you see

i got a bill from the hospital and i was

wondering if the people couldn't help me

out on it

because i'm a little short what take

care of your bills

what do you mean well you know it's on

account of the crusade and everything

yeah say you give me a pain in the eye

quit your stalling and go to work i have

time to argue with you

what if your deaths got to do with the

crusade well i think i got beaten up on

account of that story i wrote

what makes you think so well i don't see

any other reason for it

have you got any proof any evidence

where's the connection well sir i don't

suppose i can't prove it

yeah speaking sure

certainly why did you do that in the

first place

so you expect us to pay huh say if we

ever started anything like that every

cockeyed reporter in this shop would

expect to sustain his expenses every

time he got into a brawl

i can't authorize any such expenditure

the accounting department wouldn't let

it go through anyhow

you've got to take care of that yourself

well so i'm afraid it'll take quite a

while

well that's your problem hello

say where you've been what do you think

you're working for a newspaper or a

college yearbook

no no

what's up i wonder if there's any

prospect of getting a little raised

right yes it is say lee

how long have you been here about six

weeks since

six weeks

yes speaking that's good

i'll hop over to the city hall and see

if you can get a statement from the

coroner

six weeks six weeks good heaven boy

don't you know there are people here on

the staff been here six months they

haven't asked for a raise

well i wasn't asking for it on account

of how long i've been here sir

just what were the grounds for your

application

yeah listen you'll i told you to get a

picture

now don't come back to this shop without

a picture

you're on the count of my word sir i

thought maybe i deserve to raise on

account of my word

your work we put you on the staff and

give you an

exceptional opportunity and you

immediately hit us for a raise

did we give you a byline people work

here for years and never get their names

on their stuff i appreciate that sir

but it's mighty hard to manage on 35 a

week well the others seem able to do it

then you don't think so i'm entitled to

a raise even if i thought so i couldn't

authorize it well mr carter what are the

chances of my getting an advance

advance advance in the name of heaven

boy are you going to start that advanced

business on me already i'm sorry

i didn't see any harm in action i won't

bother you again

a breath

oh

what's wrong nothing where are you going

i'll see you a little later i'm going

for a walk

i've got to figure out how to take care

of some bills

yes sir i wonder if i might see mr

blanco

what name breckenridge lee from the

press

mr lee from the press to see you

go right in well thanks much obliged

are you ready to talk business eh that's

right

sit down and i thought you'd come around

you know this town is every man for

himself nobody's going to hand you

anything

yeah i found that out yup now let me see

that new assignment

i thought so let me show you how this

works

hello hey get me quesada

hello hello that's you joe and this is

louie

how's everything all set to go eh

yeah say uh joe i've got some bad news

for you

yeah pretty bad somebody tipped off the

press about your place

yeah they're sending a reporter down

there yeah

you know the one that broke that sphinx

club story

it's like the curtains unless we can fix

it

no no no you can't do that joe not a

reporter

you can't kill a reporter

all right but it'll cost you plenty

up a little joe up a little higher now

this is a tough one to square

look what happened to larry hayes yeah

all right

i'll call you back

there you are well what is it 20 grand

20 000 20 000 for protection from the

press

and you working for 35 a week a smart

kid like you

well suppose some other reporter got

hold of that story listen

no other reporter is gonna break that

story besides the other papers aren't

interested

it's your sheet that's making all the

trouble yeah well suppose some other

reporter for my own paper got that story

that's up to you

you have to corner that end of it

of that last story of yours they'll

probably keep you right on police

reporting

all right don't let anybody else muscle

in understand

yeah i understand all right you'll have

to keep on a job night and day

i'll keep you wise after everything

that's going on see i'll give you stuff

that no other reporter in the world can

get hold of

i'll be making the best informed police

reporter in the town

thank you listen we're in a sweet spot

there's no reason why we shouldn't team

up we can be pretty useful to each other

you're the fearless reporter see and

there are a thousand places in this town

at any other level

every time you show up they'll want to

pay off they'll call me

and i'll soak them plenty

yeah well suppose they don't want to pay

off and run a story close them up

they're gonna do it every once in a

while anyway to keep up your reputation

i suppose that figure is less expensive

to bump me off

they've never yet bumped off a reporter

in this town now look

i'll keep tipping you off and you keep

doing your stuff and we'll shake this

town down for a couple of minutes

thing for you to worry about is keeping

your job on the paper that's important

we can't operate unless you keep your

connection with the press

i get you a couple of million eh

a couple of million a couple of million

i'll do the collecting and we'll split

why you got five grand coming already

five yeah oh

well do we play ball

yep we play ball all right

you'll hear from me later thanks

have you got a match buddy

fine

hello

what's the chance of breaking in here

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so

yes

come in

oh hello marsha i couldn't stand it any

longer

i had to come and see you before

marcia what's the matter what's happened

to you

what's happened to you nothing but

you're different

you've changed but you hardly even talk

to me anymore

you've been avoiding me for weeks well

i've been busy

that's not it something that spoiled

everything between us

i thought we were gonna be married now

what is it marcia

it's terrible to think of what this town

has done to you you were so nice when

you first came here

so fine so decent

or if you'd only stayed that way well

i'm just the same honey

oh no you've changed

changed how

don't pretend to me brett you're not on

the level anymore

and while you're working on a newspaper

you ought to play the game

i am playing the game doesn't the press

get the best police news in town for 35

bucks

a week isn't my department the best

informed and the best run in the city

am i supposed to believe you're living

on your salary

well i've been making money in the

market

well you may be in the market but you're

mixed up in a lot of other things too

what do you mean a lot of other things

stop pretending look at your clothes

your jewelry

the way you live i know about you

the others down at the office may not

that i do i know what you're doing

well whatever what of it

why don't you know that it's wrong

well right or wrong it's the only thing

i can do

i tried the other way taking orders

doing what i was told to do

and look what happened i got beaten up

and i had to foot the bills nobody takes

care of you in this town

you've got to watch out for yourself i

found that out yes

but you don't have to do what you're

doing now but what else can i do

i'm not going to be a sucker and sit

around the rest of my life on 35 a week

and take it on the chin besides i

tried asking for money it doesn't work

you've got to make them pay zebra that's

a tough attitude to take

well this town is no place for softness

if i don't fight back i might as well go

back down south and sit under a

chinkapin tree and

forget i ever tried to get anywhere in

the big city

so that's what the big city's done to

you

didn't some old guy once say when in

rome

do as the romans do now

you're right rome was a quaker village

in comparison to this place

why don't you call it all off start all

over again

why can't you be like you were when you

first came

why don't you quit while it's still time

i can't quit now pull out before it's

too late

i can't turn back i've got to go on for

a while

do it for your own sake for my sake

i'm not ready

it's a one-way street

and you'll get what they all get

i'm taking my chances

and it's no use talking to you i'm

afraid not

not yet then please go

please go i don't want to talk to you

anymore

very well marcia if that's the way you

want it

good night

goodbye good night

it makes a very nice coat mr lee

well i think you can raise that left

shoulder a little maybe

very important i don't know you tell him

who's that louis blanco

yes come on in

smart eh very smart

what seems to be the matter getting

smart eh

oh you like the coat

that'll be enough for today come back

tomorrow about the same time

very well

well what's all this smart business i've

just seen reversal

whatever you stand there and say

whatever to me

say listen what kind of a game is this

i collected that's all i see

i thought i'd try that end of it for a

while you did

eh well well i was tired of getting the

short in

what do you mean there

what about the clancy deal how much did

you get

all right 20 grand

30. i said 20. i gotta cut on 20 but you

got 30.

now it's my turn

hey you're moving pretty fast aren't you

yeah just a little boy trying to get

along in the big city

don't stub your toe little boy

i won't i'm just getting even

getting even that isn't who put you in

this record

you did louie but where would you be

without me

oh i guess there are others somebody

might fill your shoes

supposing something would happen to you

nothing's gonna happen to me no

but a double crossing is very unhealthy

in this town

you feel well i feel fine

what a chiseler you turned out to be

collecting that money

i used to let you push me around when i

was dependent on you alone

but those times are gone forever i can

run my own racket just as well without

you

help yourself to a cigar

hello speaking oh hello chief

yes i'm coming in today but i've been

busy writing down a story

i know but there hasn't been much doing

your man pretty mad because i haven't

handed in a piece lately

no no don't do that no i'm coming in to

clear up my desk

besides i think i got a hold of a real

yarn

all right goodbye

what's this big story you're running

down oh

that maybe you know something about it

the waverly deal waverly

who told you

never mind say listen take my advice lay

off that deal

why should i lay off who told him he

could open up without my okay

who told it do you think number one has

to get your permission

well he'd better unless he wants me to

run a story in the press

that'll blow the lid right off this town

make so much noise they'll hear it in

washington

well i gotta be going down the office

but that's dynamite one word in that

paper and you're as good as dead

say louis didn't you tell me that they

couldn't kill a reporter

say listen let's talk this thing over

sorry

i gotta go to work

oh by the way louie

it's a little short but i'm just evening

things up

here's your split

say what the are you dirty never mind

louie

just make yourself at home you'll find

some smell insults in the bathroom

hello park1296

hello can i go speaking yeah the number

one talk

oh yeah i'll wait

i am marsha where are you going i'm

going home

have a cup of coffee with me oh no

thanks will you please

come on come on

sit down

what do you have marsha well i'll just

have some coffee i'll have something

else

nothing all right we'll just bring some

donuts and coffee

say marsha what are you gonna break down

and marry me

my breezy what's the matter with me

why can't you go for me aren't i your

ideal type or what

wait not breathing well tell me why

don't i get anywhere with you

come on be a good egg give a follow the

load down

am i such a banana oh breezy

it isn't anything you have or do that's

wrong with you

i guess it's what you don't do what i

don't do

you don't try very hard breezy say

marsha

if i pulled up my socks and made a noble

effort

turned out to be a bouncing little ball

of fire and pulled a big story and got a

raise

would you go for me well why don't you

make a noble effort anyhow breezy

you are to yourself you could write

rings around anybody down at the shop if

you'd only just try

go ahead and see what happens will you

please

my marsha i'd tear this town wide open

to make a hit with you

oh hello louie i've been waiting for you

oh yeah what for number one wants to see

you

number one yeah

well i'm sorry i'm busy tonight tell him

i'll see him later no no not

later now

we've got a car waiting for you

all right let's go

okay

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that a match buddy

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wow

come on

is that him yeah

you better wait out here blanco okay

have a cigar no thanks

i sent for you

well here i am i wanted to have a little

talk with you

yeah i know all about you what you did

to larry hayes

and plenty of other guys around this

town

well you know something about me

how i operate

sure i wanted to give you a little

advice

yes layoff

what do you mean lay all

well i think you'll have to clarify that

idea a little bit

i don't seem to get it straight

i understand you're gonna spill

something in your paper about a place

i'm opening up

what place is that never mind i'm

opening up

and i don't want trouble

no i shouldn't think you would no rage

or any monkey business

see yeah i understand

and i don't want no interference from

your paper do you get me

is that all you have to tell me ain't

that enough

it doesn't mean a thing to me you mean

the choice i mean

that if you want to open up that place

you'd better talk turkey

i was waiting for that well what do you

want

what's it worth for you to open up 10

grand

sorry all right i'll make a 20.

20. say what are you opening a 5 and 10

store i hear that you've got three

million dollars tied up in waverly it's

only your business what i got tied up

and waverly

all right that's quite all right with me

i'm glad they've had this little talk

with you

hey

yes sir come here

how much

well i should say about a hundred grand

a hundred

grams well that's chicken seed to a man

like you

a man who stands to lose as much as you

do

say listen chump

oh no you're not talking to any chump

you're talking to a representative of

the press

a hundred grand you lousy double

crossing little

a hundred grand

you know the press is the world's best

newspaper

six hundred thousand daily circulation

and a million on sunday

quite a few people read the press and

believe in it

i suppose they started in the read and

kept on reading

that your little enterprise at waverly

was contrary to the public interest

a menace to society that waverly should

be wiped off the map

things might be a little more difficult

for you around here

will you take 50 the press is right in

the middle of a big crusade

i know all about that

suppose the press were to turn the

spotlight on you and the federal

government were to step in

could you get out for 50 grand 75 on the

line right now

it would cost you 10 times that much if

they padlocked waverly for one week

however you know your own racket better

than i do

all right 100 g's

you sold something i hope you can

deliver

don't worry nothing about you will get

in the press

unless i write it you've taken on a big

deal kid

because if your paper ever double

crosses me

you know where they'll find you don't

you

i know

at the bottom of a drainage canal

hey listen the chief gone yes let me

through it

now uh hey listen chief if i got a big

story yeah what's it all about

get a load of this number one's opening

up a city of ice he's brought up a whole

township

nightclub saloons casinos beer flats boy

what a layout a regular little kingdom

of crime where's this place supposed to

be

over in the west end the place called

waverly and what a place

talk about your martyr carlos where'd

you get your information never mind

never mind but i got the load down and

i'm ready to shoot the words well i

ought to call lee and check with him

why call lee he don't know anything

about it well it's his department and i

ought to check with him

miss baker call lee breckenridge lee

tell him to get here right away it's

very important listen let me get started

on the story anyhow

all right go to it

who's there

come in well it's rather late isn't it

i want to talk to you marcia if you

listen to me

i'm terribly sorry about the other night

i was rude and i'm sorry for what i said

there's only a difference of opinion i

know that's what i thought at the time

but it's more than that i found out that

you mean more to me than all the rest of

it

i want to square myself with you

let's sit down can't we

sit down

the last time i tried to explain things

to you i'm afraid i didn't make myself

clear

and i've just got to make you understand

i want to understand

you think that i'm associated with

racketeers don't you

well isn't it true

not that way i don't work

for them i work against them

and i despise them as much as you do

then why do you have anything to do with

them but can't you understand

this town is rotten from top to bottom

the racketeers terrorize the public

and well i i terrorize the racketeers

they're afraid of the press and to them

i'm the press

and so i make them pay

with that kind of money no don't worry

about that money

any money you take away from those

babies is earned

i've taken my chances for it you have

taken a terrible risk

you see marsha in this blood splash

town it's kill or be killed

i can't help but admire your courage but

they'll get you before you're through

i've been in this town long enough to

know well they haven't killed a reporter

yet

yes but that's not saying they won't why

don't you give it up

why don't you quit

why do you want me to quit

well

well because because if you did

i might feel differently toward you

do you mean that you'd marry me marsha

yes rick if it would mean reclaiming you

i'd do almost anything for you then

give it up

well all right i will

in a little while in a little while

now yes now tonight before it's too late

don't you see something something might

happen to you any minute

if you'll go away and take me with you

i'll marry you tomorrow

do you mean that yes

oh honey where we go where do you want

to go

oh let's get on a boat any boat

go a long way from here and

never come there all right we'll do that

i'll tell you what we'll do you pack

your things and first thing tomorrow

morning i'll go down to the bank and

draw out everything and by this time

tomorrow night we'll be a long way from

here

oh right where are your trunks honey

well you got a lot to do now stay here

and help you

oh no [ __ ] i can do that myself

oh darling please

please don't send me away let me stay

here with you

all right oh mr carter

yeah i can't locate mr lee well keep

trying

you're gonna be proud of me gal you're

gonna be proud if i live long enough

there it is chief read it and wait it

swell

i didn't know i had it in me uh-huh

hey boy this is chief breezy

if that don't knock him for raw nash

cans i'm a [ __ ]

allowed the uh say this is where'd you

get all this dope

santa claus told me well what do you say

well i don't know it's a whale of a yarn

but i can't get hold of lee

well what of it has sleep bought this

paper

is he the big i am around here do we

have to ask lee if we can blow our nose

you're going to miss out on the most

sensational story of the year because

you can't find lee

or for the love of mud men are two

reasons don't get all steamed up

will you wait a minute mr speaker did

you get hold of lee

no sir well

all right why don't you guys stay home

where we can reach you

well what are you gonna do are you gonna

let those dummies on the storm

chronicles scoop you and get the story

out first oh i don't know the presses

have already started

hello maguire i have to make up a new

front page

stop the press i don't give a go

all right how's that you're not such a

bad guy after all

so

where's my [ __ ] she's sleeping

hey what's the big idea what are you

doing in here

pipe down breezy you'll wake her up well

i want to know what you're doing in here

marsha and i are going away going away

but for her we're gonna be married

you're gonna marry marsha that's right

what a swell break i get

here i come up here to show marsha a big

story i wrote for and i find you here

you wrote for her sure she told me that

if i

pull my socks up and peel off a big

story and get someplace on a newspaper

gameway well i'll

make a difference well that's a tough

break breezy

i'm sorry i really am

she's a great girl you telling me

here's my story all over the front page

swellest yarn i ever wrote now it

doesn't mean a thing

look at that

well some guys have all the luck

it's a whale of a yarn isn't it it

certainly is

a great story it ought to bring

results i wish the pete had been able to

get hold of you last night and made you

do all that work

yes i wish so too

gee you're a lucky stiff

i guess i ought to be a good sport and

congratulate you and all that hui

but i can't get over what a tough break

i get

oh nuts come on down to tony's and get a

drink

come on no thanks breezy i've got a lot

to do

well listen you'll be good to marsha

here

and if you ever drop her i'll catch her

on the first

bounce all right breezy

i'll tell her

well i'll be seeing you

so

so

hello hello

hello hello

say your prayers kid

what's that

the fingers on me say listen

listen to me a wrath you don't dare kill

a reporter

oh

oh what is it what's wrong

there's nothing there's nothing honey

but that car what does it mean

that doesn't mean a thing it's just a

trick that's all oh break i'm so

frightened

is someone threatening to kill you who

me

why no one's going to kill me honey now

listen

you go and get dressed i got to go down

to the bank

don't go huh don't go out now stay here

oh i stay here don't go out now wait

until night

wait until it's dark maybe you can get

away then

or get away from what oh you know what

oh they'll get your shoulder but listen

no one's gonna touch me

not me oh frank frank please

please don't go out into the street oh

vic please but honey listen

i got to go down to the bank we can't

get away unless i do

i've got to go now listen you'll go and

get dressed come back

please i won't be long i'll be right

back

goodbye honey

bye

sorry father it wasn't your

fault my son

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eh

what a laugh

there goes a great guy marshy

he was one fellow money couldn't touch

couldn't scare him they couldn't buy

them off

they knew too much

so they killed them

here's another pity

yes really

it's terrible

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