All language subtitles for Panic in the Streets (1950) 720p.BRrip_EN

(SINGING) You may be
good for something
but you ain't no good for me

You may be
good for something
but you ain't no good for me

You better pack your things
Get out and let me be

You never give me nothing
but a low down pack of lies

MAN 1: Hey, you.
Come on. Let's go.

MAN 2: Come on. Let's go.
You're holding up the game!

MAN 3: Sit down and play.

(SPEAKING ARMENIAN)

Over here.

Here look.

Can't play no more.

Sit down.

I'm sick.
What's the matter with you?

You can't quit now.

Got to quit.

Cold. Cold. I'm sick.

You wasn't too sick
to walk off the boat
and win 190 bucks

the first night you
were in the country,
was he, Blackie?

You brung him, Poldi.
You better tell him.

What's the matter with you?
(SPEAKS ARMENIAN)

There'll be trouble, huh?

Sick. Got a headache. Bad.

No. Look...

Look, buddy,
Blackie don't like it.

Blackie don't like nobody
to walk out of a game.

I'll talk to him, Blackie.
I'll get him back.

No, no, no!

I want that money.

All right.
Let's get it.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)

(SHOTS FIRING)

Need an ambulance?

Not anymore.

Drowned?

No, he's shot twice.

Must have crawled
on this site.

Recognize him?

No,
he ain't from around here.
Some kind of foreigner.

Foreigner, huh?

Yeah, something
like that.

Call the meat wagon,
will you?

Come on, folks,
let's get moving over here.
Break it up.

Let's go.
Let's go, now.
Hustle up.

Hey, Matt,
standing in that water
ain't good for a cold.

What is?

Eddie.
How's it going, man?

The trouble with that
little old boy is he
just don't realize

the honeymoon is over.

So I says to him,
"Man, if you wanna
sell me a car,

"you're gonna have to
really sell it to me."

Then I'm just sitting back
and watching. Yes, sir.

That's telling him, boy.
You're working too
hard again, Jerry.

Thank you.
Will you be able to
make it for lunch?

Well, I got a date
with a couple of bullets
out of this guy's chest.

May take 30 or 40 minutes,
but, yeah, I guess
I can make it.

Don't waste any time,
'cause I'm real hungry.

Where do you want to go?

I said where do
you want to eat?
I don't know.

That place down
the street's okay.

I kind of like
their spaghetti.

Yeah, that's him.

I figured we might
try Rendezvous again.

You interested in food
or talking to that waitress?

No, you don't pin
that on me, Kleber.

You're the guy
she really went for.

Maybe, but I don't know
how she ever saw me

the way you kept sticking
your elbow in my face.

Okay, okay. You win.

We'll try the spaghetti.
Okay?

Hey, Kleber. Okay?

Maybe not.

This may take a little
longer than I thought.

All right.
I'll wait for you.

That the foreigner
they just brought in,
Kleber?

Yeah. Better stay
away from him.

Got to tag him.
I said stay
away from him.

What's the matter?
I've got to tag him.

Look, stay away from him.

Get out.
Just stay out of here.

What's wrong?
You're acting like...

Just stay out.
What's the matter with you?

(CHATTERING)

You're holding
the brush wrong, Pop.

Oh?

Yeah, and you got
too much paint on it.

Mmm-hmm.

How's that?
Better.

Thank you.
Mr. Redfield says

that's the worst
thing you can do

to get too much
paint on the brush.

Is that right?
Mmm-hmm.

Why don't you let
me do it for you?

Okay.

You better take it easy, now.
You don't wanna get paint
all over those pants.

Hiya, Tommy.

Hi, Mr. Redfield.

Teaching your
pop how to paint?

Sure.

Hello, Doctor.
How are you?

Great boy
you have there.

Thank you.
Thank you.

See you Saturday,
Mr. Redfield.

Sure. Sure.
Anytime you like.

If things get dull,
just drop right on over,
hear? Bye.

Who's that?

Mr. Redfield.
He's a painter.

Yeah, so I gathered.

He lives in the big house
down on the corner.

You ought to see it, Pop.
It's full of all
kinds of stuff,

and he has electric trains
and everything.

Must be great.
Hey, you know what

I think is the matter
with this stuff?

What?
It's too thick.

No.
It's too thick.
Look at it.

I'm gonna thin it.
Find the turpentine.

Electric trains yet.

NANCY: Clint?

Clint, telephone.
Not here.

It's Gafney
from the office.

Tell him I went to Alaska.

He's waiting, Clint.

Bosh.

What's your problem?
Pop, can I have a quarter?

What happened to
your allowance?

It's for the movies, Pop.
All the kids are going.

Uh-uh. No.

Come on, Pop.

Now, look, old boy,
you're supposed to
get 50 cents a week.

Pop, money just goes.
You know how it is.

Yeah, I've got
a pretty good idea.

Well...

Take it.
You're a pest.

Thanks, Pop.
I knew you would.

CLINT: Yeah, I knew it too.

The first day I've
had off in six weeks.

I just about get used to it
when the phone rings.

What am I
supposed to be,
anyhow?

The only one in that office
that knows what to do?

Tell Gafney.
He called, not me.

I should have had
it disconnected.

Paul? I thought I told you
I was gonna take
the whole day off.

Yeah.

What do you mean
there's something
funny about him?

Yeah?

Well, all right.
I'll come down.

Hold everybody there
that had any contact
with the body

in case it is something.

No, I'd rather
you stayed there.

Yeah, I know.
It's all right.
I'll see you.

Serious?

No, it's always
a crisis with those boys

when they can't
diagnose something.

I don't suppose that
cleaner remembered
to bring back my...

Well, what happened to him
all of a sudden?

Go ahead and change.
I'll bring it in.

Hey, Mom,
isn't lunch ready yet?
I'm hungry.

You and your father.

Yippee!

CLINT: And Al Jerio asked
me to go hunting today
with him down in the bayous.

I know. I know.
What's the rush?

Got to meet the kids.
We're going to a movie.

Movie? What are you planning
to use for money?

I got it.

Nope, I told him
just gonna stay home,
lie around all day.

Not gonna shave.
Just slop around.

Old clothes.
Drink a couple...

TOMMY: Oh, Mom!

Now what?
Take a little nap
in the afternoon.

Have an early dinner.
Just take the whole day off.

Relax. You know
what I mean?

Did you give Tommy
a quarter for the movies?

Well, yeah.

Weren't you the one
that decided we'd give him
a regular allowance

to teach him
about money?

Well, yeah,
I did, honey,
but you see...

Look, he may be
an only child,

but I'm not gonna
have him act like one.
Here.

I gave you the answer
to that one two years ago.

Yeah.
Yeah.

I'm getting tired of always
being the heavy in the piece.

Okay, okay.

Incidentally,
since you're being
so free with your money...

What?

Holy smoke.
The bill from Whitfield's.

Uh-huh.
The same one.

What happened
to your allowance?

You're kidding,
of course.

$42, and I'm fresh out.

Again?

Still.
And you've been promising
to pay it, Clint.

It's getting embarrassing,
really.

I'm afraid to go
down to the store.

What, for $42?
Let them wait.

I never saw the day
old Massa Whitfield

broke his neck
getting anything
over here.

$42. Listen,
one of these days,

we'll walk into that
store and pay cash.

One of what days?

Well, one of these days.

Uh-huh.

When one of those
oil companies decides

that they can't lay
a pipeline in Arabia

without the services
of Dr. Clinton Reed.

All right.

The man with the
high forehead and
the disposition of an old...

Honey?

Hey, Clint.
What?

I like high foreheads.

Yeah, I'll bet you do.

Well, it happens.
Don't think it doesn't.

They've taken a lot of guys
from the department.

Bill Mosely works
for an industrial
chemical company.

I know they have, honey.

Well, it could
happen to me, too,

just like having
that other baby.

One of these days, huh?

You're a fresh dame.

Pretty, though. Hmm?

You just about get by.
I got to get out of here.

Hey.
What?

Try and get in early
if you can, won't you?

Yeah, I'll try.

Honey?
Mmm-hmm?

Why don't you let Tommy
have this quarter?

Why don't you
get out of here?

Bye.
Bye.

She took the quarter.

Yeah.

Well, that's life,
huh, sport?

Well, I got
to get to work.
NANCY: Tommy, dear.

Don't sit through
it more than twice,
will you, dear?

What do you make
of that tissue, Ben?

I don't know,
but I don't like it.

This one's a specimen
of his sputum,

and here's one
of the bullets
Kleber recovered.

Yeah, let me
see that slide.

It's practically
pure culture.

Get them away
from that body.

Okay, fellas.
That's all. Let's go.

Just wait outside
for a minute, will you,
fellas, with the others?

Any way to
pull these shades?

Sure, Doc.

Can you get
this man cremated?

Well, I suppose I can.

I don't want
any supposing, Ben.

I want him
cremated right now.

Set it up, will you?

Kleber.
Yes, sir.

I want everything
that's touched him
burned or sterilized.

Do you understand me?
Sure, Doc.

Paul, get those slides
into a sterilizer
right away, will you?

Right. Say,
they sent over the serum
and the streptomycin.

Good.

Hey, Kleber,
what's going on
around here?

Any report
on who killed
this man, Sergeant?

No.
Any leads?

No, sir.
I don't think so.

Well, do you know,
or don't you?

This is important.
Well, sure, Doc.

Has anyone been able
to identify the body?

No, sir. Nobody.
We sent the fingerprints
off to the FBI,

but we haven't heard
anything from them yet.

Have you got everybody here
who had anything
to do with the body?

Yeah. The fingerprint men,
photographers,
patrolmen who found him.

Nearly everybody.

What do you mean,
"nearly"?

There's Billy Hall.
He...
Get him.

Now?
Yes, now. Right away.

Sure, Doc.
Call Billy Hall. Have him
come down right away.

MAN: Now?
Yeah, right now.

Thanks.
Will you have these people
line up, please?

Let's form a line, fellows.
You ready, Paul?

Come on.
Shake it up here.
Press a line here.

This is Dr. Reed
from Government
Health Service.

This will only
take a minute.

As a precautionary measure,
we're going to
inoculate all of you,

so if you'll just
take your coats off,
roll up your sleeves.

Hurry it up, Paul.
They'll start
asking questions.

Kleber, would you
mind helping out?

Okay, Doc.

And thanks.
That was a fine job.
You did just the right thing.

I appreciate it.
Well, thank you, Doctor.

Give them each two CCs.

I fixed it to
have him cremated.

Swell.
Help Kleber down at the end,
will you, Ben?

Start down at
the other end.
Here's the alcohol.

All right.
Let's get this over
with quickly, please.

Give me the
first one, Paul.

What's in them things, Doc?

Nothing.
Just a little serum.

Serum for what?

I told you.
Precautionary measures.

Yeah. Precautionary,
but for what?
For what?

Well, it's possible
the dead man may have

had some
communicable disease.

I don't have to take
one of those shots.

I can quarantine
you for 10 days.

Hold still,
or this is going to hurt.

CLINT: Aside from
isolated cases...
Okay, I'll see you, Murph.

In the past 20 years,
there's been at least
one major outbreak.

In November of 1924
in Los Angeles, California,

a woman died of
what was thought
to be pneumonia.

Thirty-two people had
had contact with her,
and within four days,

before the disease
could be correctly
diagnosed and contained,

twenty-six of
them had died,

and they died suddenly,
violently and horribly.

The disease was finally found
to be pneumonic plague.

Pneumonic plague is
the pulmonary
form of bubonic,

the Black Death
of the Middle Ages,

and its death incidence
is practically 100%.

Who'd you say he was?

I'm Dr. Reed
of the United States
Public Health Service,

and one of the jobs
of my department

is to keep plague
out of this country.

Sit down. Sit down.
Don't let me interrupt you.

Speak to somebody about it,
will you, please?
Come on, Mary.

Has Dr. Reed
filled you in on this?
Are you finished, Doctor?

Well there's not
much more, Mr. Mayor.

Bubonic plague,
as you probably know,
is spread by the rat flea,

which is why we watch
all ships and ports.

Pneumonic, on the contrary,
can be spread
like a common cold

on the breath, sneezes,
or sputum of its victims.

Very interesting,
but I don't quite see why
we were called into this.

Because this morning,
right here in the city,

your police found
the body of a man

who was infected
with this disease.

Well, Dan, what about it?

Our reports show
the man died with
two bullet wounds.

He did.
Heart and lungs.

Death was
probably instantaneous.
Right, Tom?

Yes, sir.
We had a police surgeon...

Regardless of what
the police surgeon said,

he would have died
within 12 hours.

But what he did die of
was two bullet holes.

He had pneumonic plague.

But he died of...
Drop it, Tom.

Dr. Mackey?

As you know,
Mr. Mayor,
I wasn't there.

Ben was there when
the body was brought in,
but I can go now and check.

I had the body destroyed.

You had it destroyed?

It was the prime
source of contamination.
I had Ben cremate it.

I see. What else
have you done, Mackey?
Why, I...

Everyone who came in
contact with the body
has been inoculated,

everyone we know of...
That's right.

With serum
and streptomycin.

And now, I think
they ought to be
isolated.

We can have them watched.
We know who they are,
all but one,

the man who killed him.

Or men.
TOM: Mr. Mayor,
this man was shot.

The killer wasn't
within 10 feet of him.
I can prove it.

Was he shot on
that riverbank,
Captain?

Of course not.

He was dumped off
the Canal Street Pier
about 5:00, 5:30.

How did he get to
the Canal Street Pier?

How do I know?
Somebody must have...

The point is that
whoever dumped him there

may very well be
walking around

with incipient plague
at this moment.

Now wait a moment.

No. We've got to work
on the supposition
the doctor's right.

Dan, looks like your job.

All right, sir.
I'll do what I can.

But after all,
we don't know the identity
of the dead man.

We have no possible idea
of the motivation.

And you haven't
got much time,
Mr. Quinn.

Also, we haven't
got the body.

Did you empty
out his pockets?

I had everything burned.
Great.

If the killer
is incubating
pneumonic plague,

he can start spreading it
within 48 hours.

Forty-eight hours?
Yes. We have 48 hours.

Shortly after that,
you'll have the makings
of an epidemic.

Commissioner,
what's the use of
kidding ourselves?

We can't turn up
an unknown killer
in two days.

He's absolutely right,
Mr. Mayor.

The police department
can't be held responsible
for this.

Now, if you want to believe
the doctor here...

I'm sorry, sir,
but frankly,
I honestly don't.

But if you want
to believe him,

there's only one
way to handle this.

Give the story to the press.
You get on the radio...

CLINT: And have everybody
who was in contact with
the dead man leave town?

You can't give it
to the press!

I may be an alarmist,
I may be entirely wrong
about the whole matter,

but I've seen
this disease work.

And I'm telling you
if it ever gets loose,

it can spread over
the entire country,

and the result will be
more horrible than any
of you can imagine.

And the key to
the whole thing lies

right here, now,
in the next 48 hours.

You can take me at my word.
Whatever you like.

What can we do?

Find this man.

Dan, put your
best men on it.

Yes, sir. Tom,
you work with
the doctor.

Anything else you need,
ask for it.

Mackey.
Thank you.

We'll give him all
the assistance possible.
That's it, gentlemen.

All right, Tom.
Make your arrangements
with the doctor here.

I'll be on call
waiting for a report.

Take any emergency action
you feel necessary.

Annapolis man?

No.

Why?

No reason.

Hope I wasn't too rough.

On me?

No.
No, I meant
the rest of them.

I still have a feeling
they don't believe me.

I just know how
serious this can be.

I was trying to put
it across to them.

Mmm-hmm.

Now I'd start worrying
about what you're gonna do

when we don't turn
up with your boy.

Just a minute, Captain.

Hi, Cap.
Hello, Josh.

If this is the attitude
you're gonna start out with,
we're not going to get far.

Mr. Reed,
I was assigned to this.

I'll do the best I can.

But let's not get
the idea that I'm
a sailor in your navy.

Now, wait a minute...
Hello, Warren.
I've been looking for you.

You found me,
and you're interrupting me.

Heard you had a meeting.

Little pitchers.

Had Mackey and
the Board of Health in too.
What's the score?

Some complaints
about your newspaper.

We figure we ought
to fumigate it.

Now you know you
can't hide anything.

When it breaks,
I'll spell your
name wrong.

That's what I told them.
We just ought
to fumigate you.

You boys worry me
when you take
off on your own.

No sense in our
both worrying.
Goodbye, Neff.

Now wait a second, Warren.

Goodbye, Neff.

Where are you going,
Mr. Reed?

I don't know.
That depends on you.

Listen, Doctor,
I've got a job to do,
just a routine sort of thing,

like rounding up
every possible suspect.

I'm supposed to be
pretty good at my job,

so why don't I call you
if I need you?

Are you implying
you'd like to get
rid of me, Captain?

No, but...

Then I'll go with you.

Come on.

COP 1: What do you call that?

Hi, Johnny.
Hello, Mr. Neff.
Good seeing you.

You call that
a concealed weapon?

You think you can
hold me on this?

Where were you
with it last night?
Last night?

Why, I was home
shucking oysters.

What goes on
here, Charlie?

Who knows?

Your wife says
you didn't come
home all night.

She didn't come
home all night.

She don't know what
she's talking about.

I tell you,
I got a right
to a lawyer.

You can't just haul me
in without a lawyer.

Why don't you shut up?

COP 2: You meet a lot of guys.
You ever see this one?

What kind of a crack is that?

So I hang around
the Roost once in a while.

Does that make me
an information bureau?

Listen, buddy, I happen
to be a personal friend
of Charley Sweeney, see?

And he ain't
gonna like this.

Or maybe Charley Sweeney
can tell me where you was
at last night.

Why don't you call
him and find out?

He'll have me out of here
in 20 minutes.

Well, for 20 minutes,
you'll tell me where
you was at last night.

You can't do this to me.
I'm a citizen,
and I got rights.

Raymond Fitch,
laundry attendant.
1943, petty larceny. 30 days.

1945, petty larceny. 90 days.
Shall I go any further?

No, forget it.

Mind if I smoke?
Trying to get away
from cigarettes.

Put it out.
You ever see this guy?

No, I never seen this guy.

Well, look.

I mean,
I've never seen this guy.

What are you
asking me for?

A kisser like that,
you see it,
you remember it, huh?

Where were you
last night all night?

Last night? Last night.

Oh, yeah. I went to
see my mother-in-law.

She was
wrestling semifinals...

Where were you?

I was only kidding.
Actually, me and my wife
went to see a movie.

Where were you, fat boy?

What's the matter?
You don't believe me?

I think you're
a constitutional liar.

Lot of people have
told me the same thing.
I don't mind.

Of course,
the body was burned, sir,
so we don't have too much.

The boys who did examine him,
say he may be an Armenian,

Czech, or mixed blood.

Approximate age,
42, height, 5'9",
weight, 143.

Suit made in Haifa,
shoes in Buenos Aires.

You ought to notify
the immigration
authorities immediately.

Get rid of him.
All right. Let's go.

Keep going, Scott.

Mobile, Tampa,
and other Gulf ports have
no record of him, sir.

Anything else?
Let's see.

The FBI has
no record on him.

Our lab found traces of fish,
rust-resistant paint,
and salt in his clothes.

The fish traces
could be shrimp.

Well, it's certainly positive
he came in off a boat.

Unless he walked
through a fish market,
bought four pounds of shrimp,

and brushed against
a freshly painted
fire escape.

I suppose those are all
the photographs we have?

Those are
the only ones, sir.

The emergency shifts
are coming in now, sir.

Okay.

Captain, the boys
are sort of wondering

why they have to
take these shots.

They've been wondering,
have they?

Where do they think they are,
in a summer camp?

Because the Commissioner
said so, that's why.

That's what I told them.
Yes, sir.

What's the matter?
They afraid of
a little needle?

They been wondering.

Roll up your sleeve.
What do you mean?

What do you think
you're gonna do?
Roll up your sleeve.

Why should I take
one of those things?

Because
the Commissioner said so,
and I told the Commissioner.

Roll it up.

Anything funny, Scott?

No, sir. No, sir.

Oh, brother.
This I've got to see.

What's the matter?
You guys ain't got
enough work to do?

Yes, sir.
Plenty of it, Captain.

Well, get on it!

Yeah. How about that?

Well, you can't say
you're not getting action.

There's half
the two-bit criminals in town.
More of them coming through.

I wish you
sounded more confident
of getting information.

Information?
We'll get plenty of it

about pickpockets,
sneak-thieves,
wife-beaters.

But about your murderer?
Not a chance.

If it isn't gonna work,
what are you doing it for?

I'm doing it because
the Commissioner told me to.

And I'm doing it this way,
because it's the only way
you let me.

But why I'm doing it,
I don't know.

How can I make
you believe...
Believe it?

Why shouldn't I
believe you, Doctor?

You're a smart fellow,
a college man.

You probably wouldn't make
something out of nothing
just to be important.

Mister,
what are we here for?
I ought to be home.

You know,
my mother always told me

if you look deep
enough in anybody,

you'd always find some good,
but I don't know.

With apologies
to your mother,

that's the second
mistake she made.

I should have seen
that one coming.

Do you drink coffee,
Captain?
Yeah.

Come on. I'll buy you a cup.
I'm busy.

I want to buy you a cup.
I'm busy.

Come on. Let's see if
you can drag that load
across the street.

Let's go.

(UPBEAT JAZZ PLAYING)

Look, Captain,
do you have a family?
Are you married?

No. My wife died
eight years ago.

I'm sorry.
The doc I got said
she had neuralgia.

She didn't.
It was a brain tumor.

You don't think much of me
as a doctor either, do you?

Keep asking questions, Doc,
you finally get answers.

No.

You mind if I ask why?

Government job
in civil service.
30 years, a pension.

What do you make?

I think it runs
about the same
as a police captain.

Thanks, lady.

See that?

Probably phoned his lawyer
to sue us for false arrest.

Look, Warren, the reason
I asked if you have
a family was that...

Well, I thought if
you had some children,

you might realize
the seriousness of this.

I haven't got any kids.

Well, thousands
of people do.

And think what
could happen to them...

I'll think
anything you like,

but I'll still say
I'm doing everything
I can.

Look, this man
came off a boat.

He was obviously smuggled
into the country.

We've checked every boat,
we've combed the waterfront,

and we're hauling in every
man who could possibly know
anything about it.

From what I've seen,
they may not want to
talk to the police.

Maybe they don't.
Maybe they want to
talk to their mothers.

Maybe they want
to talk to you.
What can I do about it?

Offer a reward.
Promise immunity
for information.

And get a couple more
experts from Washington
to help me out.

Well, you could use them.
You'll never see the day.

Look, do you mind
if I do something
on my own?

Yes, I do.

Well,
what am I supposed to do?
Just sit here and watch?

Listen, Captain,
I'm taking a chance
you may be right.

You can take a chance
I know what I'm doing
and let me do it!

As a matter of fact,
you'd help us both out

if you went home
and went to bed.

Okay, I'm not gonna
argue anymore.

And I'm not gonna
wait until the facts

penetrate that
thick skull of yours.

There just isn't
that much time.
There's for the coffee.

Hiya, honey.
You look great.

You got that stuff
all packed, Angie?

My suits and
them two sweaters?

I got them.
What are they after
you for this time?

Angie,
why do you want to talk
like that for?

I told you it's just a trip.
Blackie says...

Blackie, Blackie!
He runs you around
like a dog on a leash!

He's my boss,
ain't he?
He's a big goon!

He pays me every week.

Then he's a bigger boob
than you been saying he was!

Why don't you stand
up to him sometime?
Why don't you tell him off?

Angie, will you shut up?
What are you hanging
around outside for?

Why don't you get inside?

And be alone
with that big ape?

Do you think I've
lost my buttons?

Blackie?

Blackie?
Hurry up!

Blackie?

I wasn't long, was I?
I packed everything
like you told me.

Can I bring your stuff
down for you, Blackie?

Who's that with you?
Just Angie.

Is she coming?

She's my wife.
What am I gonna
do with her?

First, tell her to get away
from them machines.

Angie, will you
get away from there?

Blackie don't like
nobody fooling with
them washing machines.

ANGIE: Too late.
They're falling apart now.

Anything I don't like is
a smart-cracking dame.

Hey, get away
from there!

Yes, you.

What do you want me to do,
just stand here?

Will you tell her
what she's supposed to do?

Relax, will you, Angie?
We'll be leaving in a minute.
Huh, Blackie?

You should have
stayed single.

Well, you know how it is.
She was working as...

Where's Poldi?
I told you to bring Poldi.

I know you did, Blackie.

I went right over there,
I told him what you said,
but he don't want to go.

He don't want to go?
Why don't he want to go?
What's the matter with him?

I don't know, Blackie.
He was getting
dressed to go out.

He said he was
taking this dame out.
He said he didn't want to go.

I told him all about
what was happening.

Where does he get
the dough to go out?

He never had a quarter.
You ever know Poldi
when he had a quarter?

Well, that's right.
He's always borrowing
from somebody.

So where does
he get the dough?

Why is he all of a sudden
taking a dame out?

You know,
I got a hunch about him.

He could stay here,
Blackie.

Yeah, I got a hunch
about him.

But, look, Blackie.

Let's get going.
I tell you, they're
picking everybody up.

They ain't gonna
pick me up.

You see them machines?
That's business.

Legitimate, even.
They ain't gonna pick up
a legitimate businessman.

They're picking
up legitimates.

They picked me up.
They're picking
everybody up.

That's just it. Why?

Why are they picking
everybody up, Fitch? Why?

I don't know, Blackie,
but let's get moving.

You don't know?

You got
a high-school education.
You're a smart fellow.

You don't know?
Figure it out.

This guy Kochak
is just a floater.

He comes in off a boat,
gets very unsocial,

even pulls a knife that
he's gonna use on Poldi.

So they turn
the town upside-down
for one crumb.

They got every cop in town
huffing and puffing

trying to find out
who he is.

Why are they doing that?

Blackie, I don't know.

Then I'll figure
it out for you.

I got a hunch he brung
something in, see?

I got a hunch
he brung something in,
and they're looking for it.

Only, he ain't got it.
And you know why?

His friend Poldi's got it.

Poldi? Do you think
he would do something
like that?

He was his cousin,
wasn't he?

I told you I had
a hunch about that guy,
and I was right.

But Poldi's a nice guy.
He wouldn't do nothing.

He's trying to
put something over
on me, Fitch.

I saved his life,
and that's how
he repays me.

You know, Fitch,
there's one thing
I don't like.

You know what it is?
Sure, Blackie, sure.

Somebody trying to put
something over on you.

No, I never liked it.

You find Poldi.
I want to see him.

No, Blackie! No!

Let's get out of town!
I'm scared, I tell you!

They'll pick me up again.
Angie, will you stop
with that?

They picked you up once.
They ain't gonna do it again.

Blackie, I don't know
where Poldi went!

I don't know where
to look for him!

I'm gonna get out of town.

Look.

I just told you
I don't like nobody putting
anything over on me.

Particularly you, Fitch!

Poldi ain't leaving town,
and you ain't
leaving neither!

Okay, Blackie. Sure.

Get your hands off him,
you big ape!

Angie, stay away from him!

I'll get him.
I'll find him.

Thank you, Fitch.

I swear I will.

Come on, Angie. Let's go.

What am I gonna do
with them suitcases
I packed?

Unpack them.
Come on, Angie.
Hurry up.

Fitch.

I hope you're not planning
on leaving town anyway.

I wouldn't do that.
Where would you go?

Yeah, that's right.
Where would I go?

Is this the seaman's
hiring hall?
Yeah, this is it.

They're trolling
the ships now.

Thanks a lot.

MAN ON MIC:
On the Joseph Martin,
Fitzgerald Steamship Company,

a Liberty Ship, going to Rio,
sailing at 7:00
in the morning.

Two ABs.

We have 11:25 and 11:27.

They're going.
They're going.
They're gone.

Do this guy a favor.

Thank you.

On the steamship Pelican,
Louisiana Steamship Company,

a C2 going to Yokohama,
sailing at noon.
Two oilers.

Say, fellow, do you mind
if I make an announcement?
Just take a second.

I have 11:28 and 11:29.

They're going.
They're going.
They're gone.

Grab the mike
a minute, Leo?

That's swell.
Thanks very much.

Could I have your
attention, please?

Could I have your attention?
This is very important.

I have some pictures
of a man here.

I'll pass them
out right away.

Would you take
care of those, please?
Would you mind, sir?

Thank you.

Now, please take
a good look at him.

I'll pay $50 to anyone
who can tell me anything
at all about him.

Anything.
I'm not from the police,

so you can't get
into any trouble.

I just want the information,
and I'm willing to pay for it.

Thank you very much.

Thanks an awful lot.

Thank you, sir.
Okay, buddy.

Okay. Anybody
that's ever seen this man
speak right up, will you?

I never saw him before.

I never saw him, either.

Anybody that can
tell me anything at all?
How about it?

I've never seen him before.

I've never seen him, Mac.

I've never seen him.

You got the dough
on you, Johnny?

Can you tell me anything?

I can tell you you're
taking a terrific chance

flashing that kind of dough
around this mob.

Shipping is tough.

You can say that again.
(MEN LAUGHING)

I'm serious about this.
Any information at all.

Even if you just think
you've ever seen him.

What's this fellow
done, lad?

Nothing.
There's no trouble.

Let me give you
a bit of advice.

These fellows are not liable
to talk around here.

What do you mean?

He's liable to
be a seaman too.

That's right, bud.

I got you.

Thanks.

No trouble at all.

Look,
if anybody knows
anything about him,

I'll be at Frank's Place
right next door
here until 7:00.

You can ask any
questions you want to.

You can give me
the information
if you want to do that, okay?

You buy the coffee, mate?

I'll buy your breakfast,
your lunch,
and your dinner

if you can find me anybody
who knows this man.

MAN ON MIC: We have three
Liberties coming out
of the boneyard.

We'll need three full crews.

...steamship company,
sailing Friday.

One boatswain
and two ordinaries.

On the boatswain,
we have 11:25.
It's going.

(UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO)

MAN 1: Throw
that sugar down,
will you?

MAN 2: Come on with
those eggs, Frank.

I got to make
the 7:00 bus,
you hear?

FRANK: I'm coming.
I'm coming.

That's the one.
That's the one.

Can I speak to you?

Sure. Go right ahead.

Are you the man
who's looking
for someone?

Yeah, as a matter of fact,
I was.

Someone looking for $50?

That's right.

Well, he said for
you to come with me.
Will you?

"He" said? Who's he?

Are you coming?

Yeah.

It's cold down here
by the water.

Yeah.

Now, what was it
you wanted to know?

I want to know if your friend
has ever seen this man.

Why?

Because obviously,
I want to find out
about him.

He do something wrong?
No, he did nothing wrong.

Nobody's gonna get
into any trouble.
Have you ever seen him?

No. No, I never seen him.
Come on. Come on.

Then where is
this friend of yours?

He wanted to know
why you were looking.

He did, huh?

Well, if he wants
to know so badly,

let him come
and ask me. I'm...

What are you doing here?
Where'd you come from?

Cut it out.

Who are you, a cop?

I'm with the
Public Health Service.
I'm a doctor.

A doctor?
That's right.
I'm a doctor.

I want to know
who this man is,

how he got into
the country, what ship
he was smuggled off.

That's a lot of
wanting for 50 bucks.

That's all you're gonna get.
Take it or leave it.

Charlie, I told you
not to drink anymore.

I told you yesterday
to keep away from me.

Did you bring this
man into the country?
No.

Because if you did,
there's a good chance

you're gonna die
in about four days.

Who are you trying to kid?

Nobody.
I'm trying to save you.

You're a sailor.
Did you ever hear
of plague?

Plague?

This man died of it
yesterday morning.

He's making it up.
I'm not making it up.

No, I don't think he...
Trying to frame me!

I ain't never
seen this guy.

I ain't been out
of port in 10 days,
and I can prove it.

Okay.

If you didn't bring him in
or have any contact with him,

then you've got
nothing to worry about.

No, wait!
Let him go!

No, I won't!
Get out of here!

You told me yourself,
Charlie, that the man

was sick when you
brought him here.

Why, you stupid little fool.
Take it easy.

Charlie, please.
He's a doctor.

He ought to know
what he's doing.

This is $50.
This is anti-plague serum.

Charlie?

Now, roll up your sleeve
and start talking.
Hold this, will you?

I got him off a tramp
out in the Gulf.

I don't know his name,
and I know nothing about him.

I swung the whole deal
with one of the mates.

What ship?
I don't know.

You know.
It was night.
I couldn't see.

What ship?
Give him the shot,
Doc, please.

What's the name
of that ship?

I said I don't know.

Look, sailor,
this is the only
hypodermic I've got,

and it breaks
very easily.

Now, start talking,
or you're gonna
get into trouble.

Charlie!
All right.

It was the Nile Queen.
Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.
All right. Hold still.
Roll up your sleeve.

Now hold still.

Bring them aboard.
I'm going to finish
my breakfast.

Aye, aye, sir.

Couldn't he have been aboard
without your knowledge,
Captain?

No, he couldn't.
This is a waste of
your time and mine.

The sooner you
go over the side,

the sooner I can
get underway again.

Pass the word to
the engine room
to stand by to get underway.

Have any luck?
Nothing.

Did he tell you anything?
He told me nothing.

Let's go. You've cost me
two hours delay already
with this heaving to.

Look, Captain,
the man I spoke to

was positive the ship
was the Nile Queen.

For the last time,
I'm telling you,

I never saw the man
in my life.

Anyone who says
he was smuggled in
off my ship is a liar.

A man exposed to
pneumonic plague
doesn't lie.

I say he did.
All right, Captain.

Is he gonna
call me a liar too?

I'm calling you a fool!

Okay, I'll get off your ship,
but if that man was aboard,

you and most of
your crew will be dead

before you're
halfway to Santiago!

I'll worry about that!

Take it easy!
Take it easy!

We're in
international waters.

This man is
master of this vessel.

We have no authority here.

Come on. Let's go.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

What did you find out?

Well, from the tracings
on those beams,

Clint, I can guarantee
150 to 170 rats
on this ship.

What did I tell you?

You men hear that? Rats!
And they might be
carrying plague!

Hey, what's going on
down there?

Boatswain, get those
men out of there,
all of them!

Get back to work!

All right, boys.
Let's start moving.

No, we want to hear
what he's saying.
Yeah, we want to hear.

Never mind
what he's saying.
Get moving.

Don't shove me!

(MEN CLAMORING)

Mr. Anson,
break out the weapons,
mister, and stand by.

Stop bluffing, Captain!
You've got plague
on this ship.

You're inciting
my men to mutiny.

Now get off of here
before I take action
against you!

Your men know
it's true!

Wasn't there
another man onboard
who died just last week?

I'm the master here,
and for the last time
I'm telling you...

Doc!

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

One of your cooks
is down with fever.

That's just
the first one,
Captain.

Now what are you
gonna do about it?

What do you want
me to do?

Right now,
I want to inoculate
every man onboard.

After that, you'll put
about and quarantine
your ship under my men.

What about the stowaways?
I didn't have anything
to do with them.

It wouldn't make
much difference
if you were dead.

Get the equipment, Paul.
All right.

All right.
Let's get started.

Sail maker.
Sail maker, yes.

You're sure these
two men got on at Oran?

They must have.

It's the only place
they could've.

What about the other man?
Did anybody see his body
after he died?

Well, he's the sail maker.
He sewed him up.
He might have.

No, I just dumped
him over the side.
Great.

Secondary infection
from the man who died.

Sure, it's the
only possible way.

Okay, you can move along.
Think we have enough
on this fellow?

Yes, sir.
Okay. That'll be
all for you.

Now, you come on
and sit down here.

Did you ever see
these two men who were
in the chain locker?

He see them every day.

You see them every day?
How come?

He cabin boy.
He bring them food.

Okay, let him talk
for himself now.

You brought them
their food every day?

Yes, sir.
Did they ever
say anything?

Sure.
"Food stinks.
Goodbye."

(CHUCKLES)

This boy
just kills you,
doesn't he?

Now, did they...
Are you the cook?

Yes, sir.
Go away.

Did they ever talk
about anything else?

No, sir.
Only one time
they tell me

to tell cook to
make shish kebab.

Shish kebab.
They want shish kebab.

(LAUGHING)
Shut up.

I like shish kebab.

Yes, I'm sure,
and if I knew what
shish kebab was,

maybe we'd be on
the trail of something.

It's lamb on a skewer.

Some of the Greek
and Armenian restaurants
around town serve it.

To tell you the truth,
I'm rather fond of it myself.

That's it.
They call me
dirty names.

They say when
they go ashore...

They go ashore?

They know a place.

What's the name
of the place?

Did they say
the name of the place?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

He doesn't know.
Just a restaurant.

Okay, run along.

Well, I thought maybe
we had something there.

Yeah.
It might be a little
something at that.

Now you ask me
the questions?

I suppose we're apt to
wind up at a policeman's
benefit, but I'll have to.

Where's the owner
of this joint?

Over here.

(SPEAKING GREEK)

What is it?

You the proprietor?
Yes.

John Mefaris?
Yes, sir.

You serve Greek food?

Anything you like,
gentlemen.

We're from the
Public Health Service.

I run clean place.
I passed inspection
last month.

No, we're just trying
to identify a man.
That's all.

You know this man?
Has he ever come
in your place?

What you want him for
if you don't mind
my asking you?

I'm asking you.
Do you recognize him?

He's not across the street.
You won't get
into any trouble.

We just want
some information.

I ain't worried.

He had an infection,
a contagious disease.

We want to find
out who he was,

where he went,
the people he saw.

Sure, sure. I don't know.
So many people come
here all the time.

Maybe my wife.
I'll ask her.

Yeah.

I got a feeling
this is gonna
be very helpful.

You know this is hopeless,
don't you, Doc?

This is about
the 15th joint
we've been in.

It's 11 by actual count.
What can you suggest?

Look, we run the whole story
in tonight's paper.
His picture, everything.

I'll block every
road leaving town,

cover the bus stations,
and...

No, huh?

You're getting it.
Slowly.

They sure make
them stubborn up
where you come from.

That's right.

It's the man
that fellow, Poldi,
brought in the other night.

Yes. Kochak.

The one that ate
like a field hand.

What about him?
They asked me
if I know him.

For pity sakes,
go and tell them and
stop fussing at me.

It's the Board of Health.
They say he's sick.

That Board of Health
was here last month.

We've paid for our license,
though I don't know
how we did it.

But they say
he's sick, bad sick.

So am I sick.

But this is contagious.

Contagious?
Then you tell them to go
and mind their own business.

We don't know
nothing about it.

Don't stand there.
Go and tell them.

But the law.
We've got to obey the law.

We've never seen him.

I don't know.
I don't like it.

John, I got a headache
that's fit to kill me.

If you don't go out there,
and tell them

that we don't know
nothing about this,

and get them
out of this place,
I'm gonna do it myself.

Stop all this nonsense.
Go on and tell them!

Okay, Rita, okay.
I'll tell them.
I'll tell them.

She doesn't know
anything either.

Why don't you
leave the picture?
He may come sometime.

I don't think he'll be
around for a while.

They're there now, Blackie.
In the back.

They found Poldi, huh?

Yes. I tipped him off
where to go.

Did you take care
of that other matter, Pat?

I stayed all night.
Watched the house.
What happened?

She came home early.
Not a peep out of her.

Good.
Here you are, Pat.
No. No, thanks.

No, Blackie. No, no.

God bless you, Blackie.
God bless you.

Hey! You get away from there.
This is my beat. Get away.

Paper, sir?

Blackie, I found him.
See? I found him.

Pat told me how
you found him.
What's that smell in here?

Have you been
trying something
on your hair again?

No, Blackie.
I ain't put nothing on it.

Touched that yet?
No, Blackie.

Hiya, Blackie.

Hello, Poldi.
What's the matter?

I'm sick.
Don't feel so good.

You felt good enough
to stay out last night
and run me all over town.

You gave him
a little bit of trouble,
huh, Poldi?

Who's this?
My kid brother, Vincent.

Let's lose him.

I told you,
I don't feel good.
I need somebody with me.

We're with you, Poldi.
Blow out of here, kid.

Who asked you, Curly?

Hit the road
before I...

Don't be objectionable,
Fitch.

Nice to know you, Vince.

Thanks, Blackie.

You want to do
Blackie a favor, kid?

Yeah, I guess so.

Run out and get me
a scratch sheet.

Maybe I got something
I can put a couple of
bucks on for you.

Thanks, Blackie.

You don't feel good,
huh, Poldi?

I got a pretty good doctor.
Maybe he can take
a look at you.

I'll be all right.
I've just got a cold
in my head.

I ought to be in bed.

Ah...

Ah? What?
Ah. You're always bellyaching,
that's what.

Nobody asked you.
Leave him alone, Fitch.

Maybe he's got
a touch of swamp fever
or something.

Look, Poldi,
I wouldn't have
had him bother you.

I only wanted to ask...

About Kochak?
I never should have

brung him that night.
I'm sorry, Blackie.

But you got your dough
and everything, so...

I wasn't thinking
about him, Poldi.

But now that you
bring it up, tell me...

He was nothing. Honest.

He was nothing,
just enough to have

every cop in town
looking for him.

They're grabbing
every guy in sight,

whether he's got
a record or not.

Yeah. They even picked up
the master criminal here.

(CHUCKLES)

Why do you suppose
they're doing that, Poldi?

I don't know, Blackie.
It's like I told Fitch,
he was a cousin of mine.

But I don't know
nothing else about him.

Some cousin.

He might have killed you
if I hadn't been there.

Yeah, a fine cousin.
I thank you, Blackie,

but he didn't bring nothing
into the country.

I mean... He was...

What made you
say that, Poldi?

I don't know, Blackie.

I just thought
that maybe the cops
or maybe you thought that...

I got to get out of here
and get some water.

Sit down, Poldi.
Here's some water.

What made you say that?

I don't know, Blackie.
I just thought that
you figured that...

Why would I figure that?

I don't know.
But there was nothing.
Nothing at all.

Can't you believe me?
Why should he?

Don't talk like that, Fitch.
All Poldi said was he
didn't bring nothing in.

Poldi ought to know.
The guy was his cousin.

He was going to stay
with you, wasn't he, Poldi?
He left his stuff with you.

I don't know where
he was gonna stay.

Sit down, Poldi.

I'm talking to you.
It ain't polite
to get up when...

I thought there
was something funny
about that shirt.

"La Pere, Lisbon."

When was you
in Lisbon last?

You lied to Blackie, Poldi.

He don't like to be lied to.
You know what I mean, Poldi?
He don't like it.

He just had
a couple of shirts.

You can have
them all, Blackie.

That's what I smelled.
What have you got on?

Nothing.
I ain't got nothing on.
You're lying again.

Perfume.

Dough to go out last night.
I'm disappointed in you.

I treated you like a friend,
and look at you.

I ain't lying.
Honest, I ain't.

See why I'm
always right, Fitch?
Because I never trust nobody.

You make an exception,
and...

You remember how it was
when we took Poldi in?
Share and share alike?

Yeah, that's right, Blackie.
What's yours is mine.

Only friend Poldi
doesn't believe that.

He's like everybody else,
just out for himself.

No, no, no. That isn't true.
I wouldn't do nothing...

What am I going to
do with you, Poldi?

What would you do if you
was in my shoes, and a friend
double-crossed you?

How would you...

Hi, Poldi.
Hi, handsome.

Blackie, can I see
you for just a minute?

Sure, baby.
Anything wrong?

No, nothing.

What's the matter with you?
Why don't you tell him?

I don't know nothing,
I tell you.

Blackie, honey,
I've just got
to have $100.

Sure, honey,
if you really...

I'll be with you
in a minute, kid.

Thought that dame
gave him the brush.

FITCH: Out in the street!

You see, Fitch?
Didn't I tell you he's
been holding out on us?

Blackie, I didn't mean
to let him get away.

That's all right, Fitch.
Don't get sweaty.

Where's he gonna go
that we can't find him?

Come on.

MAN ON RADIO:
Car 17, car 17, car...

He was tied up right off
the end of the dock
here this morning.

Car 12. Captain Warren.
Captain Warren.

Emergency. Woman sick.
124 Governor Nichols.

High fever case.

Captain Warren.
Captain Warren.
Please acknowledge.

The woman called him Charlie.
Doesn't that mean anything?

Not to me, mister.
Now I got a nephew
named Charlie...

I'm sure he's
a nice fellow.

That's great.

I don't know.
That was my last idea.

MAN: Captain Warren!

What?

There's a call.

What is it?

It's a woman.
Sick. Fever case.
It's an emergency call.

WOMAN: What's going on here?

Not now, lady.

The boys in the patrol car
are picking up the husband,
Captain.

They'll have him here
in a few minutes.

I wish that doctor
had called sooner.

I'll have to quarantine
the whole apartment.
Gafney will inoculate.

Call in and tell Monahan
I want a detail here
right away.

Cover the entrance yourself.
Nobody in or out
but the husband.

Yes, sir.

No chance of a mistake?

No, you couldn't miss it.

Paul, I want all
that bedding burned
after you get her out.

That door.
Yes, sir.

What about
the death certificate?
It's got to be filed.

The doctor put down
a tentative diagnosis

of pneumonia
with complications.

That'll do for now.
How about the body?

I'll have the Board of
Health take care of it.

What happened?
What you do here?

Clear these people
out of here.

Where's my wife?

Rita?

Where is she?

What you do?

Let me see my wife.
I can't let you
go in there.

What you do to her?

Your wife is dead.

Dead?

Dead. Rita?

She can't be. You lie.

She's dead, mister.

This afternoon, Doc,
she said she just
don't feel good.

I'm sorry.
She...

Remember me, Mefaris?

We showed you
a picture of a man
and asked if you knew him.

You lied to us.
Who was he?
I don't know. I don't know.

If you'd told us the truth,
there's a chance your wife
might not have died.

Who is he?
I don't know!
I don't know.

Look, Mefaris,
I want to know
about this man.

He had the disease
that killed your wife.
Now who is he?

His disease killed my wife?

Yes. Now who is he?
Who is he? Who is he?

Kochak.
His name was Kochak.
I don't know him.

Poldi brought him
the other night.
Okay, who is Poldi?

Rita served him.
Who's Poldi?
Where does he live?

Where does he live?

Gloria Hotel, I guess.

(SIREN WAILING)

Come on.
There's nothing you can do
for him. Let's go.

The ambulance
is outside now.

Ben.

Yes, sir?
Have them work
with Gafney.

This place is
quarantined.

Get the address of
Mefaris' restaurant.
Quarantine that.

Then try and get
a list of everybody
who's been in there

in the past three days.
Yes, sir.

I wonder how many people
have been in there.

It's getting
pretty rugged.

Look, you stay here
and take charge,
will you, Ben?

Send for any help
you need.
Right.

Nobody in or out. Nobody!
Right.

Come on.
Gloria Hotel.
Let's go!

(SIREN WAILS)

(TIRES SCREECH)

Gloria Hotel, huh?
Right.

Thanks.

Nobody in or out.
Nobody. Come on.

What do you want?
I'm looking for
a fellow named Poldi.

He's not up in his room.
Where is his room?

All right.
Follow me.

Never mind
why I want him.
I want him!

I swear to you, Captain,

if I know
the guy has a record,
I never take him in.

I run a clean
establishment.

Yeah, I know. Nothing
but retired millionaires
and honeymooners.

No, Cap.
You know I wouldn't
have nobody in here...

Look,
we pulled three hoodlums
out of here last month.

Now who knew this man?

Nobody, Cap.
Honest, nobody.

The guy just comes in
for a room, and I...
Well, just a minute.

Just a minute.
I just do remember.

He just does remember.

A couple of guys were
looking for him today.

Who were they?

No... I don't know,
honest. I don't know.
You got to believe me.

Why? Come on.
Let's get out of here.

You're gonna get
both of us in trouble,

so why don't you
be a nice fellow?

Why don't you take
your big hands off me
and knock off?

I'm warning you, Neff.
You hear me?

I hear you.
That's the trouble.

I can't seem
to tune you out.

All right, that's enough.

Neff, I didn't know
you lived here too.

I'm ready for your statement
on this story now, Doctor.

What story is that,
Neff?

Cut it out.

You think I've been
walking around
with my head in a bag?

You and the Public Health
Service turning this
town upside down?

A murdered hoodlum,
a ship in quarantine,
and now, a woman dead.

An idiot could
figure it out.

You qualify.
What do you figure?

I figure the guy had
smallpox, or cholera,
or something like that.

And I want to know
why this story wasn't
released to the press.

Listen, you...
Wait a minute, Warren.

Now look, Neff,
it isn't smallpox,
and it isn't cholera.

It's plague,
pneumonic plague.

Plague?

That's why
we can't let you
have the story.

You can't let me have it.
That's right.

With a chance
of an epidemic?

I knew you guys
were crazy, but...

Wait a minute, Neff.
Wait a minute.

Wait for what?
Somebody else to die?
Not much.

You've already wasted
a day and a half.

I'm sorry,
but I can't let
you print this story.

You can't let me print it.
Since when have you been
making the rules?

I represent the
Public Health Service.

Well, I represent
the public,

and they've got
a right to know
what's going on,

and no two-bit
civil servant...

Regardless of your opinion,
I've got to do
what I think is best.

Did you do what
you thought was best for
that woman who just died?

If the doctor had known
what was going on,

couldn't he have saved her?
Couldn't he?

I don't know.
You don't know.

And because you don't know,
you don't want
anybody else to know.

Well, there's a chance
we could contain...

You bet there is!

And don't think
for a minute

that everybody in
this town isn't going
to get it.

Drop it. If your editor's
got the story, let him
go ahead and print it.

Well,
my editor doesn't have it,
but he's going to get it.

He doesn't have it, eh?
What do you know?

Take him.
A pleasure.

Wait a minute.
What do you think
you're trying to pull?

He speaks to no one.
What's the charge, Warren?

Loitering,
public nuisance,
anything you like.

You're crazy! I'll have
your badge for this, Warren!
You know I can do it.

It's getting
stuffy in this joint.
Take him out!

You'll be walking
a beat if you're lucky!
Now!

If I'd been busted
by every newspaperman
that tried to get my bars,

I'd be mopping floors
in the Hall of Justice
years ago. Come on.

Can that reporter
really make trouble
for him?

Trouble? Where you
been living, mister?

If that newspaper wanted
to put the pressure on him,

he'd be lucky if he could
get a job mopping floors.

Let's go, Bill.

Clint?
I thought I heard you.

Don't come any closer, honey.
You better stay right there.

Another contagion case, huh?

Yep.

And another uniform
to be decontaminated.

Some fun, huh?

You didn't catch it
yourself, did you?
You look a little beat.

Yeah, I look
so good normally.

I didn't pay it.

You can pay it tomorrow.

No, I can't pay it tomorrow,
and I can't pay
it the next day.

I spent the money.
Now, will you please
just forget about that bill?

When I get the dough,
I'll pay it.

Just stop
pestering me
about it.

Clint, honey,
I didn't say anything.

Yeah, I know.

Whenever you're tired,
you always seem to think
I'm scolding you.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

And I wasn't.

I know. I know.
You're right.

What happened?

I gave it to somebody.

Clint, I wasn't...
I wasn't talking
about the money.

Well, anyway,
I spent it on something
for the department.

You can put in a voucher
or whatever they call them.

(SCOFFS)

As far as I know,
nobody's yet
figured out a way

to get money back
from the US government,
quickly, that is.

I'll make up
the cot for you.

No, I've got to go
right out again, honey.

Go right out?

Look, be a good kid
and make me some coffee,
will you?

How about some nice,
hot soup?

Just coffee, Nancy.

But, Clint, you need...
Coffee!

Nancy, I told you,
I can't sleep.

I gotta take a shower
and get out of here.

Did you sleep last night?

Last night?

Yeah. Sure.
Guess I must have.

I didn't call you, did I?

That's all right.

I didn't think.

It's a plague case,
pneumonic.

Plague?
Here in New Orleans?

Yeah, a woman
died of it tonight.

Whoever's carrying it is
still wandering around.

Well, at least
they have you.

You've been through it.
You know how to handle it.

Now look, hon.
Let's not be
little Miss Sunshine.

NANCY: All right, all right.

We went through it in...

Why don't you lie down
just for an hour or two?

Gafney's waiting
for me at the office.

He hasn't had
any sleep either.

Gafney can wait.
He's younger
than you are.

Baby, Methuselah's younger
than I am tonight.

What's eating you anyway?

Nothing.

Come on.
I'm all right.
I'm just out of gas.

I'm tired,
and I'm fed up.

Well, if you won't
lie down, at least sit.

You're making me
tired standing.

Stick around, honey.

I've got to get the coffee.

I'm just afraid
if I sit down,

the next thing,
I'll lie down.

If I lie down,
sure as there are worms
in little green apples,

I'll fall asleep.

And if I fall asleep,
I'm dead.

Now you're cooking.

Just don't let me
fall asleep, will you?

I'll watch you.

You know, today
I took a perfectly
nice guy, a cop,

not the smartest
guy in the world,
but who is?

So I push him around,
make a lot of
smart cracks about him,

and tell him
off all day long,

and he winds up proving
he's four times the man
I'll ever be.

I don't believe it.

Why do I do that?

Hmm?

You're tired now, Clint.

All right, so I'm tired.
But you know what I mean.

Yeah, I guess I do.

Yeah, I do the same
thing to you, don't I?

Yes, you do.
Well?

Well, Clint,
you're not a kid anymore,

and you ought to
stop thinking like one.

What do you mean?

Well, like those jobs
you're always talking about,

Arabian pipelines,
or expeditions to Chile

as medical advisor,
or...

You know.

Yeah, what you
want to say is

that I'm a bust now
and to forget about them.

That's what you mean,
isn't it?

That's exactly
what I don't mean.

You might get
an offer like that tomorrow,
and you'd be perfect for it.

But that's a chance,
and it's in the future.

You can't spend
the rest of your life...

You know,
you're a pretty lucky guy
right this minute.

Lucky?

Holy smoke.

You are.

You've done
exactly what you planned
you were going to do

when you were
a junior in medical school.

How many people
can say that?

I don't know.

But I do know
I've got exactly $38
in the savings account.

So, every once in a while,
you get a guilty feeling

that you've been missing out,
or that you owe
something to...

To me, or to Tommy,
or somebody or other.

Then you take it out
on whoever happens
to be around.

Mostly, I'm around.

So?

So stop feeling
sorry for yourself.

Yes, ma'am.

And don't get
smart with me.

If there's a plague here,
you're the most
important guy in town,

and not only to me.

Yes, ma'am.

So?

So that's all.

Well, how long you been
cooking that one up?

You'd be surprised.

Housework leaves
a lot of time
for thinking.

Some of it I thought
up a few weeks ago.

About the time I decided

that Tommy wasn't gonna be
an only child anymore.

You decided what?

You heard me.

Well, for Pete's sake.

Do you mind?

You son of a gun.

You said yourself that
it was bad for Tommy
to be an only child.

Well, what do you know?

And, Clint,
aside from Tommy...

You gotta stay
away from me, honey.

Aside from Tommy,

I have no intention
of being too old to
enjoy my grandchildren.

How do you like that?

Don't worry about
the money, Clint.
We'll work it out.

I'm not worried.

This is nice.

I guess the reason
I did it was

because I knew you
really wanted it.

I like you, Clint.

It's only fair that you get
some of the things you want.

I guess that's
the real reason.

Clint?

(PHONE RINGING)

Hey!

What's up?
I don't know,
but it ain't good.

Well, what's going on?
I said I don't know.

They just told me to get you
and bring you over here.

Here.

Sorry I had to
call you here,

but my office
and my home are
crawling with reporters.

Now, I find
you've arrested one.

What's the matter
with you, Warren?
Have you lost your mind?

If the desk sergeant
hadn't made a mistake,
he'd be there still.

Yeah, I know.

What imbecility prompted...

He did it on
my authority,
Mr. Mayor.

Your authority?
Yes, sir.

What authority is that?

You're an adviser here,
Doctor, a guest,

and you can oblige me
by confining your authority
to your own duties.

Where's Mackey?
We can't fool around
with this any longer.

I told him to get
over here right away.

He should be here
any minute now.

MAYOR: All I want is
a simple statement of fact.

That shouldn't
take him too long.

Mr. Mayor, we already
got a line on one of
the dead man's friends.

His name is Poldi.
Have you made
any arrests yet?

No, sir.
When will you?

Well, it's hard
to go out...
Well, I'm sorry.

We can't wait
that long for you.

Sorry about the delay.

Yeah.

Have you got it with you?
Yes, sir.

Best I could do on
such short notice.
How are you, Doctor?

About the same.

That's all I wanted.

I had Mackey
make up a statement,

a complete explanation
of the facts as they stand.

Before I give it
to Neff here,

I want a confirmation
from you that the disease
can be contained,

and there's no
reason for panic.

Our only chance
for full cooperation,

Clint, is to
inform the public.

You agree?

No. The minute
he prints it,

the men we're looking for
will leave the city.

Now, I told you once,
and I'll tell you again.

Anyone leaving here
with plague endangers
the entire country.

The entire country
hasn't got it. We have.

A woman died
here last night.

This problem lies right here
in our own community.

Community?
What community?

Do you think
you're living in
the Middle Ages?

Come now.
Anybody that leaves here

can be in any
city in the country
within 10 hours.

I could leave here today,
and I could be in
Africa tomorrow.

And whatever disease
I had would go right with me.

I know that.
Then think of it

when you're talking
about communities!

We're all in a community,
the same one!

Give me a cigarette.

Take the pack.

Can I go now?
All right.

There are about
four more hours before
the morning edition.

Then I'm wasting
my time here.

Do what you can, Tom.

I couldn't hold Neff.

Strangely enough,
I find myself in complete
agreement with you,

but I couldn't hold him.

He can color a story
any way he wants.

Yes, he can.

But that's his privilege.
I won't take it
away from him.

And I won't say it
isn't better that way.

What is it, Bob?
Mind if I take off now, sir?

All right,
but I want to be on the radio
in the morning at 9:00.

I'll be here by then, sir.
I'm not going to lie to you.

I'm taking the kids upriver
to their grandmother's.

Oh.

I'll be in your
office by 8:30,
but I got to do it.

All right.

Well, here we go.

Don't get any wrong ideas.

He'll be there
in the morning,
and he'll stay there.

Yeah, sure he will.
And kids are kids.

Nevertheless, here we go.

You want some coffee?

No, I don't think so.

To tell you the truth,
I'm scared to death.

I want to call Washington
and start getting
some help in here.

Well, Dan,
I seem to remember you

as the guy that talked me
into running for this office.

I was hoping
you'd forget that.

Goodbye, Father.
Goodbye, Father.

If you need me,
Mama, send Vince.
I'll be right over.

Thank you, Father.

This is Poldi's mother.
Hello.

This is Blackie,
his best friend.
He wants to help him.

Yes, I heard he was sick,
but I can't find him, Mama.

He's not in his room.
I was worried about him.

No, no, he's home.
Always when he's sick,
he comes home.

But he's dying
this time.

No, no, Mama.
He's not gonna die.
I'm not gonna let him.

I'm gonna send for
a doctor for him.

But the neighbors,
already they have
sent for somebody.

Yes, but, Mama,
this is my doctor.
He's the best.

He'll make Poldi well.
You'll see.

Now, you tell Vince
to go and get him.

You see that
Vince gets the doc.

Say, where did Fitch say
he was going?

He went to breakfast.

He didn't go to breakfast.
I've been looking for him.

Now, find him
and bring him over.

You hurry up.
God bless you, Blackie.
God bless you.

That's great, Poldi.
Drink it up.
It'll do you good.

I'm gonna take care of you.

It's just you
and me, huh, Poldi?

Just you and me.
We're gonna...

Hiya, Blackie.
I was just gonna get you.

I was gonna get you,
only Poldi was so sick,

I didn't want to leave him.
Shouldn't have done it.

Shouldn't have done it.

He says we shouldn't
have done it. He says...

What'll we do, Blackie?

Shouldn't have done it.
Shouldn't have...

Take it easy.
Take it easy.

Do what he says.
Shouldn't have done it!

I'm sorry, Poldi,
but there's nothing we can
do about that anymore.

The first thing we got to do
is get you well.

You hear me, Poldi?
We got to get you well.

I sent Vince for a doctor.
Vince is gonna bring him here.
He's gonna get you well.

Ain't gonna get well.
Sure you're gonna get well.

I'm gonna die.
You ain't gonna die.

I want to confess, please.
You'll confess later.

Get me a priest!
You don't need a priest.

You need a doctor.
I'm getting you one.
You're gonna get well.

Will you stop, Poldi?
Stop aggravating him,
will you, Poldi?

What's this?

I don't know, Blackie.
I didn't see it
when I come in.

Let's get out of here.
Let him confess
everything to the priest?

I'm gonna get out of here!
You're not going anyplace!

Not till Poldi tells us.

Blackie, you ain't gonna...

I ain't gonna what?

All right, Poldi,
let's get this straight now,
just between us.

What did Kochak bring in?

Take it easy.
Don't know.
I don't know. It's just...

I don't know.
You know.

You talked to him
in that lingo, Poldi.

I don't know nothing.

Where is it, Poldi?

It must be lying
around someplace.

It must be worth a fortune
the way they're looking
for who killed him.

I got the connections, Poldi.
I can move that stuff.

We'll split it,
me and you.

I want a priest, please.

What did you do
with it, Poldi?

Please, I want a priest.
Kochak, three aces...

He's getting delirious.
He ain't delirious.

He's hysterical!
He ain't hysterical!

Where's the stuff, Poldi?
Where's the stuff?

Your brother Vince,
Poldi, is a nice kid.

You don't want him
to grow up here.

If you had some dough,
you could buy him

and your old lady
a place in the country.

Country's good for kids.
Makes them healthy.

Be good for you too, Poldi.
You gotta get well.

You're sick, Poldi,
very, very sick,

and you ain't gonna
get well in this dump.

I got a doc coming.
He's a specialist,
but he's gonna cost dough,

a lot of dough.

Now,
where's the stuff, Poldi?
What did you do with it?

What did Kochak bring?

All right,
all right, all right!

We're gonna be friends,
Poldi.

NURSE: What's going on here?

How did you people
get in this room?

Get off that bed.

Who sent for you?

Let's get out of here.
What are you
doing here anyway?

Are you members
of the family?

We're his best friends.

Well, clear out of here.
Don't do that.

This man's got to be taken
to a hospital immediately.

He ain't going
to no hospital.

It just happens
I've already
reported the case.

An ambulance is
on its way over.

Well, you can
just send it back,

because he ain't
going to no hospital.

His family have
already agreed
to hospitalization.

I brung the doc.

Good morning, all.
How is he, miss?

He's a very sick man.
High fever, Doctor.

Oh.

Hot, very hot.

Fine.

Rapid pulse. Respiration
difficult and uneven.

I phoned the hospital
for an ambulance.
They're on their way.

He's gonna stay here.
That's why we got the doc.

Now tell her, Doc.
But if the nurse says,
we...

Vince, you don't want
Poldi lying around some
charity ward, do you,

with some intern
working on him?

I had an aunt once
went to the hospital.
She never come out.

Now that's all right, son.
We'll take care of him.

Probably just a touch
of malarial fever.

We'll have him
on his feet in...

Doctor, his respiration.
He can barely breathe.

It's probably some
pulmonary complications.

Now there's
no need to excite
the family members.

Yes, sir. I'm sorry.
But don't you
think a hospital...

You know these people.

Very superstitious.
Well, yes, but...

And if you
take the patient
without permission...

All right, Doctor.

We can't force
treatment on you,

but if you'll take
my advice, young man,
you'll get your brother...

Doc?
That will be all.
Thank you, Nurse.

Just escort the
young lady downstairs,
will you, son?

Shouldn't have done it.
Shouldn't have done it.

This man's
in very bad shape.

Just fix him up
so he can talk.
Give him a shot of something.

It's gonna take
more than a shot
to make him talk.

Well, whatever it is,
give it to him.

He needs an oxygen tent.

He'd be better off
going to a hospital.

He ain't going
to no hospital.

You better fix
him up now, Doc.

I tell you he needs
an oxygen tent.

Send out for some.

Unfortunately,
I am persona non grata

in most of the
medical supply houses.

What?

Now look,
it's important for Poldi
to talk to us, Doc.

Very important.
You understand me?

Well, there's
a little private place
that I have access to.

It's rather
an expensive
proposition.

Never mind that.
We'll take care of that.

How do we get
him out of here?

Well, if you can
lift that mattress

and get him down to my car,
we'll take care
of him right now.

All right, let's go.

It's on
the third floor, Doctor,
up those stairs.

Right.
Thanks for reporting it.

I think you'd better
wait down here.

All right, hold it.
Out of the way, bub!

We got a sick man here!
I'm a doctor.

I want to take
a look at him.
We got our own doctor.

Get out of the way.
Isn't his name Poldi?

Put him down.
I want to see.

Get out of the way!

(SCREAMING)

I think his neck's broken.

(SIREN WAILING)

Hey, Officer!
They've stolen my truck!
They've stolen my truck!

Okay.
All right, all right!

Hey, Officer...
They just killed Poldi!

What?
Danny, Gafney!

Quarantine the whole place!

They've stolen my truck!

(HORN HONKING)

Captain Warren
to headquarters.
Signal 50, coffee warehouse.

Captain Warren
to headquarters.

Signal 50,
coffee warehouse.
Come on, Reed.

Look, you two guys
go over that way.

Cover the roof
of the building.

You go out and
raise hell for help.
Whoa, there. Come on.

Stay right down
here and post yourself.
Block the inside.

(SIREN WAILING)

(GUNSHOT)

(SHOTS FIRING)

Come on!

They kicked in the skylight
and got through.

Put a line up
around here right away.

Right away.
Now get going.

Hi, Tom.
Got the emergency
squads working.

The riot trucks
are coming in.

Hiya, Blackie! Well, well.
Look what drifted back.

Hiya, Pete.

Where you been
hiding, fella?

Ain't seen you
in a dog's age.
I've been around.

Yeah, a lot of the boys
been asking for you.

You figuring on
coming back to
work here?

No, not me.
Had enough of this stuff.

Say, when's that
fruit boat sailing?

The Honduras?

Late this afternoon.
She's unloaded already.

Say, you ain't figuring
on signing on, are you?

She's got a full crew.

Well, I'll try her anyway.
Take it easy, Pete.

Yeah, Blackie. Be good.
If you can't be good,
be careful.

COP: Get them, get them!

Hold those guys, Pete!

They mean you, Blackie.

Get them, get them!
Hold them, Pete!

Don't start no trouble
now, Blackie. I...

(MEN SHOUTING)

We'll start at opposite ends
of the building and work...

Captain,
they just shot a watchman
in the warehouse.

That's it. Let's go.
Start issuing rifles,
submachine guns.

Get going.
We can't have those
men shot, Captain.

They're no good
to us dead.

No shooting?
What are we supposed
to do, play tag?

Who is this guy anyway?
Come on, Danny.

Let me give you
a rundown on this.

I don't need no rundown.
These are armed hoodlums.

I've got one man dead

and two wounded already.
I know.

Blackie,
I can't go any further.
We can't get out of here.

We got to quit.

You ain't quitting, Fitch.
I'm getting on
that fruit boat.

Okay,
if that's the way it is,
starve them out or use gas,

but I ain't
taking responsibility.
Gas?

With a half
a million dollars' worth
of coffee? Are you...

Where's Reed? Reed?

You two men!
Listen to me. I've got
something to tell you.

Keep going,
down by that manhole.
Keep going.

Poldi had plague!

I can't... I can't...

Shut up!

CLINT: Do you hear me?
Poldi had plague!

Listen, Poldi had plague!

I'm a doctor.
I can cure you.
It's your only chance.

Blackie, he had plague.
Look how he looked.

You touched him.
I touched him too.
Maybe he's right.

Maybe we got
the plague.
Shut up.

I'm a doctor,
and I can cure you.
It's your only chance.

Come out now and surrender,
and I promise nothing will
happen to you.

It's got to be here.
Get these sacks off.

Reed!

Where's the other man?

(MUMBLING)

All right, come on.
Get out of there.

Come on. Move it!

(SHOUTS)

Get off. Get off!

(GUN FIRES)

I give up!
I give up!

I'll tell you anything!

It's just a flesh wound.

Al, Bushway,
get him out of here.

Come on!

Where's the other one?
Went around those straits.

Come on, fat boy,
on your feet.
You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.
Let's go.

(SIRENS WAILING)

COP: Captain, Captain!

Captain, there he is!
Hold it. Hold it.
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.

He ain't going no place.

All right, Leo. All right.

Now we gotta
fish him out.

Hey, I almost forgot
to tell you.

They found that
case of perfume

under the sink in
Poldi's tenement.

No Customs stamps.

Perfume?
Yeah.

Is it worth anything?
About 200 or 300 bucks.

Why, do you want a bottle?
No, thanks. Not today.

MAN ON RADIO:
Car 17, car 17.

Thirty-seven at
23rd and Katina.
Dog barking.

Back to the
grind again, huh?

A barking dog.
They got a lot
to worry about

sending a squad car
out...

What are you getting
so tough about?

I don't know.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

So long, Clint.
Keep me in mind,
will you?

Right, Captain. So long.

Hello there, Doctor.

Hello there, Redfield.
How are you?

All right.
Good.

Say, Tommy tells me
you haven't been around
in a couple of days.

You ought to spend
some time with that boy.
He's a great kid.

Yeah.
Well, been kind of busy.

Your own son
comes first, you know.

I'll get to work on it.

Say, by the way,
ought not leave
this out either.

Wood rots, you know.

Thanks.

Okay.

MAN ON RADIO: In a wild
chase during which
one man was killed

and the other captured.

As a result, Dr. Mackey
of the Board of Health

has been able to issue
a bulletin

that all contacts have been
found and inoculated.

Sounds like Mackey's got
things under control.

He's a good man.
Turn it off.

Hi, honey.
Hi. Anything new
around here?

Not a thing.

What's that?

Just a bill
from the cleaners.

Uniforms.

Thought I forgot,
didn't you?

What a mushy dame.

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