1 00:00:26,150 --> 00:00:27,260 Good evening. 2 00:00:27,290 --> 00:00:28,660 (SHRILL HUMMING) 3 00:00:30,860 --> 00:00:33,130 Some of our late viewers tuning in. 4 00:00:34,330 --> 00:00:36,970 One of the commonest questions 5 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,440 that people ask of a producer of mystery motion pictures is, 6 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:45,410 "Which is written first, the words or the music?" 7 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,980 In our case, the background music always comes first. 8 00:00:50,010 --> 00:00:51,450 After it is written, 9 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,720 we sprinkle the score liberally with sound effects, 10 00:00:55,750 --> 00:00:58,390 and then hire an author to write appropriate scenes 11 00:00:58,420 --> 00:01:00,820 to accompany the music, 12 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:04,660 quiet scenes to coincide with the somber passages, 13 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:07,100 and scenes of violence to synchronize 14 00:01:07,130 --> 00:01:09,060 with the noisier sections. 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,740 Finally, we garnish this potpourri with a title 16 00:01:13,770 --> 00:01:17,070 composed of from one to four words, 17 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:20,940 selected because they are eye-catching and provocative. 18 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:23,450 And we arrange them in a manner designed 19 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,080 to titillate and confuse. 20 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,720 Let me show you what one of our stories sounds like 21 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:30,790 before it is written. 22 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,690 (TAPPING BATON) 23 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:36,190 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 24 00:01:36,220 --> 00:01:38,660 (GUN FIRING) 25 00:01:38,690 --> 00:01:40,760 (ALARM RINGING) 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,360 (GUN FIRING) 27 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:44,370 (SIREN WAILING) 28 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:45,800 (TIRES SCREECHING) 29 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:49,840 (MACHINE GUN FIRING) 30 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,180 (EXPLOSIONS) 31 00:01:58,610 --> 00:02:01,050 How fortissimo can you get? 32 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,490 I trust this has been educational. 33 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,820 I deliberately cut that number short 34 00:02:05,850 --> 00:02:08,060 because it was the music for tonight's story, 35 00:02:08,090 --> 00:02:09,620 "Alibi Me," 36 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:12,890 and I didn't want you to know how it comes out. 37 00:02:12,930 --> 00:02:14,730 If you haven't already guessed, 38 00:02:16,060 --> 00:02:17,730 here is the way it begins. 39 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:36,920 (PIANO PLAYING) 40 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,860 No knock on the door? 41 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,930 No "Can I come in please?" 42 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Just no class. 43 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:52,530 I want a showdown! 44 00:02:52,570 --> 00:02:54,970 (SHUSHING) Now hold it down. 45 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,640 This ain't no candy store. 46 00:02:56,670 --> 00:02:58,470 You're in a high-class office. 47 00:02:58,510 --> 00:03:01,410 Upstairs is a music professor, 48 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,280 and downstairs, some legitimate businessmen. 49 00:03:04,310 --> 00:03:06,450 So keep it down! 50 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,720 You got some explaining to do, Lucky. 51 00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:10,850 Me, I don't explain nothing. 52 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:12,320 It's tough enough to hustle a buck 53 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:14,460 without you always interfering. 54 00:03:14,490 --> 00:03:17,490 Here, sit down. 55 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:18,960 Have yourself a nice salami sandwich. 56 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,560 No? You mind if I go on eating? 57 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:26,070 Look what you made me do. 58 00:03:26,070 --> 00:03:27,070 That's bad luck. 59 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,070 Boy, I sure hate to spill salt. 60 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:32,410 Look, I've just come from Pitkin Avenue. 61 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,840 There ain't a store down there that'll handle my machines no more. 62 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,980 "All our pinball machines we take from Lucky," they say. 63 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,750 They say correct. 64 00:03:40,780 --> 00:03:43,720 But from Pitkin Avenue to Wadsworth is my territory. 65 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:46,190 I built up the percentages there, you know that. 66 00:03:46,220 --> 00:03:48,590 When Blackie Hersch got bumped off, he said I should take over. 67 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:50,360 You built it up real nice for me. 68 00:03:50,390 --> 00:03:51,630 And I appreciate it. 69 00:03:52,990 --> 00:03:54,560 Now put the rod away. 70 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,830 You look goofy holding a rod on me. 71 00:03:56,870 --> 00:03:58,530 You ain't gonna use it, so put it away. 72 00:03:58,570 --> 00:03:59,930 Lucky, I'm warning you... 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,610 Georgie, I can't kill you and you can't kill me, 74 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,140 and we know why. 75 00:04:05,170 --> 00:04:06,040 Here. 76 00:04:07,710 --> 00:04:10,150 Get a gander of that face on the front page. 77 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:11,450 Go on, look at it. 78 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,520 Imagine a cop like Larkin getting to be a lieutenant. 79 00:04:19,550 --> 00:04:21,220 Larkin's sure come up in the world. 80 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:23,460 Larkin ain't got nothing to do with us. 81 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:25,060 Don't be a fool. 82 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:27,400 Larkin's got everything to do with us. 83 00:04:27,430 --> 00:04:30,270 He's sort of an insurance policy between you and me. 84 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:31,330 What do you mean? 85 00:04:31,370 --> 00:04:32,800 You got a bad memory. 86 00:04:32,830 --> 00:04:34,870 Even when we were kids, Georgie, 87 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:38,370 you hated me and I hated you. 88 00:04:38,410 --> 00:04:40,410 And every cop in the neighborhood knew it, 89 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:41,940 especially Larkin. 90 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:43,880 Don't ever forget what Larkin told us. 91 00:04:45,650 --> 00:04:48,280 "If one of you punks gets knocked off, 92 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,120 "the one that's left alive had better have a good alibi." 93 00:04:52,450 --> 00:04:55,520 That's why I say, put the gun away. 94 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:56,960 You ain't gonna need it. 95 00:04:56,990 --> 00:04:59,760 I ain't letting you take away my business. 96 00:04:59,790 --> 00:05:02,100 Hersch gave me that concession and I need the dough. 97 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:07,140 (LAUGHS) 98 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:08,570 You need dough? 99 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,670 Go work a cheap con game on East Broadway. 100 00:05:11,710 --> 00:05:14,810 Oh, if you should happen to get hungry, 101 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,180 here's a half a buck. 102 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:19,710 (COIN CLATTERING) 103 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:22,880 You can drop in any place and get yourself a nice salami sandwich. 104 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,490 And keep the change. 105 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,790 Lucky, you better stop ragging me. 106 00:05:26,820 --> 00:05:28,960 Go away, will you please? 107 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:30,890 I got a million things on my mind. 108 00:05:33,190 --> 00:05:34,600 Well, it's almost 4:00. 109 00:05:35,330 --> 00:05:37,730 You know, at 6:00 110 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:40,500 I got to report to Larkin for my parole. 111 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,910 If you were to squeeze that trigger, I'd be missed terribly. 112 00:05:45,940 --> 00:05:48,080 I ain't going to let you make a sucker out of me. 113 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,410 I already have. 114 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,880 Just today, 115 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:55,480 I sent you the biggest lollipop in town. 116 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,790 A present from me to you. 117 00:05:57,820 --> 00:06:00,590 The biggest lollipop in town 118 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:03,160 for the town's biggest sucker. 119 00:06:04,460 --> 00:06:05,630 (GUN FIRING) 120 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:32,720 LUCKY: "If ever one of you punks gets knocked off, 121 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:36,490 "the one who's left alive had better have a good alibi." 122 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:45,230 Hey, Uncle Leo. 123 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:46,530 Eh? 124 00:06:46,570 --> 00:06:48,800 You and me, we... 125 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,510 We've been through some pretty rough things together, huh? 126 00:06:50,540 --> 00:06:51,970 (GRUNTS IN AGREEMENT) 127 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:55,540 And a couple of times, you needed my help real bad, remember? 128 00:06:55,580 --> 00:06:58,950 Georgie, if I live to be 100, I no gonna forget. 129 00:06:58,980 --> 00:07:00,780 You know what I say to the family? 130 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:04,520 I say, "Georgie, he can have my right arm, up to here." 131 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:07,060 Any time. You ask them. 132 00:07:07,090 --> 00:07:08,120 Well, salute. 133 00:07:13,530 --> 00:07:14,760 Well... 134 00:07:15,530 --> 00:07:18,570 Uncle Leo, I... 135 00:07:19,570 --> 00:07:21,470 I need your help real bad now. 136 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:23,300 Oh, sure. 137 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:26,370 Only, I'm a little broke, you know. 138 00:07:26,410 --> 00:07:29,040 I had my gallstone out last summer and the business... 139 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,910 No, no, no, no, no. It ain't money. 140 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:33,820 Come here. 141 00:07:38,050 --> 00:07:39,890 What? What? What? What? Sit down. Sit down. 142 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:45,530 Look, in case anybody should ask, 143 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,260 you tell them I was here since 3:30 this afternoon, okay? 144 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:51,130 3:30? Why? 145 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:54,240 What's the difference why? You do me this little family favor, huh? 146 00:07:54,270 --> 00:07:56,640 I don't know, Georgie, you worry me. 147 00:07:56,670 --> 00:07:58,540 You gonna do it or not? 148 00:07:58,570 --> 00:08:01,840 Look, if I gonna alibi you, I wanna know what for, family or no family. 149 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,350 Don't make a production out of it. 150 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:04,750 They probably won't even ask you. 151 00:08:04,780 --> 00:08:07,220 But if they do, you just tell them I was here since 3:30, okay? 152 00:08:07,250 --> 00:08:09,520 You're in trouble with them hoodlums again. 153 00:08:09,550 --> 00:08:12,290 Your friend Lucky and the guy who they bumped off, Blackie Hersch. 154 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,560 I told you, you run around with them, you know what you're gonna get. 155 00:08:14,590 --> 00:08:16,520 Uncle Leo, you just got to do me this favor. You got to! 156 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,930 Not on you life. I ain't gonna alibi you. 157 00:08:19,030 --> 00:08:20,100 Why not? 158 00:08:20,130 --> 00:08:21,230 One guess. 159 00:08:21,260 --> 00:08:22,630 His name is Larkin. 160 00:08:24,130 --> 00:08:25,930 So you don't forget a favor, huh? 161 00:08:26,030 --> 00:08:28,140 Your right arm up to here, huh? Boy, some uncle. 162 00:08:28,170 --> 00:08:29,940 Look, look, look, you need money? 163 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,070 I gonna find money for you. I don't know where, but I find it. 164 00:08:32,110 --> 00:08:33,740 You need food? I feed you. 165 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:35,940 You need clothes? The best flannel, I get it for you. 166 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,680 But no alibi, Georgie. 167 00:08:38,710 --> 00:08:40,220 Now, you excuse me, I got customers. 168 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:51,230 Now get out of here, you little punk. 169 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:53,900 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 170 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,160 Just a minute. 171 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:08,380 Well, for Pete's sake, look what the cat drug in. 172 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:16,120 Goldie, I missed you so much. 173 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:20,020 It's been a long time, kid. 174 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:23,220 Such a long time. 175 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,740 I shouldn't touch you. 176 00:09:35,770 --> 00:09:37,110 I shouldn't even talk to you. 177 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:39,610 It's been two months. 178 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,910 You wanna know why? 179 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,410 Because you begin to mean too much to me, kid. 180 00:09:47,950 --> 00:09:50,420 "Don't see her no more," I says to myself. 181 00:09:50,450 --> 00:09:52,390 "Just stay away from her. 182 00:09:52,420 --> 00:09:53,460 "She'll wear off." 183 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,690 You said that, honest? 184 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,700 You mean more to me now than ever, Goldie. 185 00:10:02,730 --> 00:10:05,230 I couldn't stay away no longer. That's why I had to come back. 186 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:12,670 Oh, Georgie, don't ever stay away again. 187 00:10:12,710 --> 00:10:15,280 No matter what the reason, don't ever stay away from me. 188 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,650 (SHUSHING) I'm back now for good. 189 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:19,680 Do you mean that? Honest? 190 00:10:19,710 --> 00:10:21,280 Take a look at my face and see. 191 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,880 I mean it. Take a good look. 192 00:10:26,820 --> 00:10:28,620 Oh, Georgie. See? 193 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:29,960 You satisfied? 194 00:10:32,390 --> 00:10:34,130 Oh Georgie, 195 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,100 it's just been awful without you. 196 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,000 Not feeling like going out or seeing anybody, 197 00:10:41,470 --> 00:10:44,740 just sitting around the apartment and watching TV. 198 00:10:46,370 --> 00:10:47,610 I thought I'd go crazy. 199 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,410 Well, that's all over now. 200 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:50,280 The good times are back. 201 00:10:51,510 --> 00:10:53,280 You know what I feel like doing? 202 00:10:53,310 --> 00:10:55,820 I feel like celebrating, tonight. 203 00:10:55,850 --> 00:10:58,650 Look, why don't you get into your finest and we'll go out stepping, huh? 204 00:10:58,690 --> 00:11:01,420 We'll go... Dinner, we'll go to a show, we'll go dancing afterwards. 205 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:02,490 Huh? How does that sound to you? 206 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,260 Oh, Georgie. 207 00:11:04,290 --> 00:11:06,230 I've got a new number I've been dying to wear. 208 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:07,930 Good. 209 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:16,300 Goldie. 210 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,540 Has... 211 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:24,980 Has anybody been here today? 212 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,250 No. Not a soul. I was all alone. 213 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,150 Feeling just awful until you came. 214 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:34,160 Well, in case anybody should ask you, you know, not that they will, 215 00:11:34,190 --> 00:11:36,860 but in case anybody does, would you do me a favor? 216 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:42,360 Would you tell them I was here with you all day? 217 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:45,330 Oh, Georgie, 218 00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:48,900 I'll tell the world you were here! 219 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,210 From the rooftops. 220 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,110 I don't care who knows it. Georgie, I love you. 221 00:11:55,740 --> 00:11:57,280 I just love you! 222 00:11:59,910 --> 00:12:01,620 Love you! 223 00:12:01,650 --> 00:12:04,250 Georgie, please get comfortable. 224 00:12:27,310 --> 00:12:28,480 Viola? 225 00:12:32,310 --> 00:12:34,520 So you can't live without me? 226 00:12:34,550 --> 00:12:36,550 Goldie, now listen to me, I... 227 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:38,850 You stayed away because I was getting to be a habit. 228 00:12:38,890 --> 00:12:41,260 Isn't that the way it went? 229 00:12:41,290 --> 00:12:44,560 You want me? You want to spend the afternoon here? 230 00:12:44,590 --> 00:12:47,900 Well, isn't that just too touching for words. 231 00:12:47,930 --> 00:12:49,800 I meant what I said, honest... You're a liar! 232 00:12:49,830 --> 00:12:52,100 You're trying to sucker me into giving yourself an alibi! 233 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:54,300 Will you please stop yelling and listen to me? 234 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,740 What I said is true, I need you... 235 00:12:55,770 --> 00:12:58,110 Sure you need me! Sure! 236 00:12:58,110 --> 00:12:59,910 To give yourself an alibi. 237 00:12:59,940 --> 00:13:01,510 That's why you came here. 238 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:04,050 Just so I'll say that you were here with me. 239 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,150 Now, Goldie I... 240 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:06,210 You want to use me. 241 00:13:09,350 --> 00:13:12,120 What have you been up to? 242 00:13:12,150 --> 00:13:14,720 What have you done today that makes you need me like that? 243 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,060 Nothing. I was out to see... 244 00:13:16,090 --> 00:13:17,560 No, don't tell me. I don't care! 245 00:13:17,590 --> 00:13:19,190 I don't care what you've done. 246 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:20,300 I don't care what you've done 247 00:13:20,330 --> 00:13:22,300 and I don't care what's done to you. 248 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:27,500 An arrest, jail, the electric chair, I don't care! 249 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,070 You get no alibi from me, Mr. Wise Guy. 250 00:13:30,070 --> 00:13:31,410 Now get out of here! 251 00:14:04,270 --> 00:14:07,040 Georgie. Good to see you. 252 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,280 Hiya, Timmy. 253 00:14:10,310 --> 00:14:13,420 Sorry I didn't have a chance to get you some flowers or some candy. 254 00:14:14,450 --> 00:14:15,420 How you doing? 255 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:17,420 Pull up a chair. 256 00:14:22,460 --> 00:14:24,060 How you feeling, for real, Tim? 257 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:26,430 Not bad. 258 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:28,060 Doctor says it was a miracle. 259 00:14:29,060 --> 00:14:30,300 How are things with you? 260 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,640 I'll level with you, Timmy. 261 00:14:35,670 --> 00:14:38,070 I come up by the stairs. I didn't want no one to see me. 262 00:14:38,070 --> 00:14:39,270 Yeah? 263 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,140 In a spot, Georgie? 264 00:14:42,210 --> 00:14:43,310 Need a favor? 265 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:47,720 You've come to the right man. 266 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:51,320 Favors have been my business for the past 30 years. 267 00:14:51,350 --> 00:14:54,160 Oh, some fellows call it ward heeling. 268 00:14:54,190 --> 00:14:55,960 With me, it's a business. 269 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:57,630 I... 270 00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:59,890 I need an alibi for the afternoon. 271 00:14:59,930 --> 00:15:01,160 Since 3:00, Timmy. 272 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,600 You got it. 273 00:15:03,630 --> 00:15:06,700 I've got this private room. No one comes here. 274 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:10,470 Nurses and orderlies, they don't come unless I give a yell. 275 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,910 I can have visitors any time I want. 276 00:15:13,940 --> 00:15:16,280 No one's been here all afternoon. 277 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:17,550 Not even my wife. 278 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:21,580 I'll never forget you for this, Tim. 279 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:24,350 You'll pay me back some day. 280 00:15:27,290 --> 00:15:29,490 You look better already. 281 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,160 When you walked in, I was going to let you have the bed. 282 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,500 Yeah. Yeah. 283 00:15:35,530 --> 00:15:38,070 So I've been here since 3:00, huh? 284 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,070 We... 285 00:15:40,070 --> 00:15:42,070 We played gin all afternoon, okay? 286 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:45,210 Sure. Okay. 287 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,080 Oh, look, I'll get the nurse in so she can see you, 288 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,680 and you take the elevator down. 289 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,620 And, oh, 290 00:15:53,650 --> 00:15:56,990 ask some dumb questions so she'll remember you. 291 00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:58,990 I'll ring for her now. 292 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:01,320 There's some cards in the drawer over there. 293 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,060 Deal a hand out on the bed. 294 00:16:03,090 --> 00:16:04,130 Sure. 295 00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:13,800 (GROANING) 296 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,840 Tim! 297 00:16:17,870 --> 00:16:19,470 Georgie! It's the ticker, Georgie. 298 00:16:19,510 --> 00:16:21,380 You want something, Timmy? 299 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:23,680 Water. 300 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,150 Here... 301 00:16:29,650 --> 00:16:32,150 Tim? 302 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:35,160 Oh, don't die now, Timmy! Timmy, you can't die now! Come on, Timmy! Please! 303 00:16:35,190 --> 00:16:37,060 Don't die now. You can't die now. Timmy, come on, please! 304 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:38,590 Say something to me, Tim. 305 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:02,320 Hello, Mrs. Salvatore. 306 00:17:02,350 --> 00:17:03,450 Hello. 307 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,590 Hey, let me do that. Give me that hammer, Mrs. Salvatore. 308 00:17:08,620 --> 00:17:10,860 It ain't right a nice woman like you should be doing this. 309 00:17:10,890 --> 00:17:13,900 Oh, thanks, Georgie. I'm gonna brain that Casey kid, 310 00:17:13,930 --> 00:17:16,200 if he keeps tearing this linoleum. 311 00:17:16,230 --> 00:17:18,830 I ain't got money to spend buying a new linoleum. 312 00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:20,570 Sure, sure. I don't blame you. 313 00:17:21,370 --> 00:17:23,610 Did you just come in? 314 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,040 Yeah. Yeah, I've just come in, but in case anybody asks, 315 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,040 especially Larkin, 316 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,380 you tell them I've been in my room all day, huh? 317 00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:33,350 Larkin? Lieutenant Larkin? The cop? 318 00:17:33,380 --> 00:17:34,620 Yeah, yeah, Larkin, the cop. 319 00:17:34,650 --> 00:17:36,150 Oh, I couldn't do that Georgie. 320 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,290 I wouldn't lie to that cop. Don't count on it. 321 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,520 I do count on it, though. And you'll do it, too. 322 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,530 Don't shake your head. I say you'll do it. 323 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,430 You tell Larkin I've been in my room all day, understand? 324 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:47,900 Oh, no. 325 00:17:47,930 --> 00:17:50,070 You don't tell him I'm in all day, 326 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:52,370 and I'll tell him about your daughter, Maria. 327 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,910 I don't have any idea what you mean. 328 00:17:57,940 --> 00:17:59,340 Is that a fact? 329 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:00,640 No idea at all, huh? 330 00:18:01,910 --> 00:18:02,680 No. 331 00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:09,550 Wait! 332 00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:17,630 How did you know, Georgie? Tell me, how did you find out? 333 00:18:17,660 --> 00:18:19,430 What difference does it make? 334 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,230 I keep my eyes and ears open, that's how I found out. 335 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,800 Now are you going to alibi me? 336 00:18:25,830 --> 00:18:27,900 I don't want any trouble. 337 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,440 I'm honest and I work hard to keep my kids honest. 338 00:18:30,470 --> 00:18:32,770 Yeah, sure you keep your kids honest. 339 00:18:32,810 --> 00:18:36,280 So honest that your daughter yanks a fur coat right out of a department store, huh? 340 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:37,810 I made her bring it back. 341 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:39,610 I marched her into the store myself. 342 00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:40,480 We gave it back to the manager... 343 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:41,880 Sure, sure, I know. 344 00:18:42,780 --> 00:18:44,050 But a crime's a crime, 345 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,360 whether the store makes trouble or not. 346 00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:51,090 Georgie, you couldn't! 347 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,360 Why, she's only 15. 348 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,530 Her whole life would be ruined. 349 00:18:58,070 --> 00:19:00,400 She would... 350 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,610 Oh, now, come on, Mrs. Salvatore, what's to cry? 351 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,740 Am I gonna tell on Maria? No, of course not. 352 00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:09,780 Oh, please don't tell anyone. Please! 353 00:19:09,810 --> 00:19:12,780 I'll keep my mouth shut, just like you want. 354 00:19:12,810 --> 00:19:16,520 And you open your mouth just like I want and everything will be fine. 355 00:19:16,550 --> 00:19:20,020 Now, if Larkin asks you, I was in my room all day. Agreed? 356 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:22,360 And you won't tell him about Maria? 357 00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:23,890 I won't say a word. 358 00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:25,690 I swear. Look, I'll take an oath. 359 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:31,730 All right, Georgie. All right! 360 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:33,770 But not a word about Maria. 361 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,570 My memory is terrible, just so long as yours is good. 362 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:48,550 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 363 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,520 Yeah? 364 00:19:51,550 --> 00:19:53,690 LARKIN: Open up. It's me, Larkin. 365 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,830 Well, well, what a surprise. 366 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,440 I'll bet. 367 00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:10,770 And to what do I owe this great pleasure? 368 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,810 To your friend, Lucky. 369 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:14,740 Oh? 370 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:19,480 Anything happen to Lucky? He's been... 371 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:21,120 He's been made dead. 372 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:23,820 No kidding? 373 00:20:25,150 --> 00:20:27,320 Well, what do you know? 374 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,790 Yeah. Tough. 375 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,430 And you've come to give me your shoulder to cry on, huh? 376 00:20:33,460 --> 00:20:35,630 You're not surprised? 377 00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:38,600 Look, I'm not the only guy in the world who hated Lucky. 378 00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:42,070 But when you find out who did it, let me know. 379 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:45,210 I'll contribute a sawbuck to his defense. 380 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,510 Save your money, Georgie. You might need it. 381 00:20:47,540 --> 00:20:49,210 Yeah? How come? 382 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,050 Remember I told you, 383 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,080 if ever one of you punks gets knocked off, 384 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:58,620 the one who's left alive better have a good alibi? 385 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,890 Yeah, the words ring a bell. 386 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,230 Come on, give, Georgie. Where were you today? 387 00:21:06,260 --> 00:21:07,260 I was nowhere. 388 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:08,460 Is that a fact? 389 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:09,900 Yeah, that's a fact. 390 00:21:09,930 --> 00:21:11,530 I was right here, alone in my room all day. 391 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:13,230 Can you prove that? 392 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:15,300 It ain't easy to prove you've been alone somewhere all day. 393 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,970 No? 394 00:21:17,070 --> 00:21:18,840 No, besides, I didn't see anybody... 395 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,180 Oh, yeah, 396 00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:24,180 I saw my landlady, Mrs. Salvatore. 397 00:21:24,210 --> 00:21:25,150 Yeah? Yeah. 398 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,950 Mrs. Salvatore? Hey, Mrs. Salvatore? 399 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:31,290 MRS. SALVATORE: What is it? 400 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,720 Come on in here, will you? 401 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:33,920 All right. 402 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:37,390 Come on. Come on. 403 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,330 This is my landlady, Mrs. Salvatore. Lieutenant Larkin. 404 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,730 Yeah, yeah. Hello. 405 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:45,130 Hello. 406 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:47,800 Sit down, Mrs. Salvatore. You must be tired. 407 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,240 I won't keep you long. 408 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:54,540 Were you in all day? 409 00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:56,110 Yeah, the whole day. 410 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:57,750 Was Georgie in all day, too? 411 00:21:58,510 --> 00:22:00,650 Georgie? This Georgie? 412 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:05,090 How many Georgies have you got in the place? 413 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,690 Yeah. He was in. 414 00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:11,290 Are you positive? 415 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,400 (STAMMERING) I'm positive. Sure, I'm positive. 416 00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:15,630 What makes you so positive? 417 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:17,600 What makes me so positive? 418 00:22:17,630 --> 00:22:20,270 I cleaned the room. That's what makes me so positive. 419 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:22,370 And, I pressed a suit for him later. 420 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,240 That's what makes me so positive. 421 00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:27,380 Oh, and when I was cleaning the hall, 422 00:22:27,410 --> 00:22:29,440 the door was open and I saw him. 423 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,180 And when I was downstairs, 424 00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:32,980 he yelled to me a couple of times. 425 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:36,150 Will you swear to this in a court of law? 426 00:22:38,550 --> 00:22:39,350 I'll swear. 427 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:43,760 All right. Thank you. You can go. 428 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,240 Well, that's it then, Georgie. 429 00:22:55,270 --> 00:22:56,540 Meaning? 430 00:22:56,570 --> 00:22:59,110 Meaning, your alibi smells as far as I'm concerned. 431 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,040 But for the record, it lets you off the hook. 432 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,280 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 433 00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:05,410 Yeah? BOY: A Mr. George Minelli. 434 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,880 You George Minelli? Yeah. 435 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,890 Got a package for you. Rapid Delivery Service. Just sign there. 436 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,090 Who's it from? 437 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,260 Well, a Mr. Moore. Lucky Moore. 438 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,700 Open it, Georgie. This I want to see. 439 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:35,340 Well, what do you know! A lollipop. 440 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:37,410 Gee, I've never seen such a big one. 441 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:39,250 So you've never seen such a big lollipop before. Now get out of here. 442 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,620 What are you waiting around here for? 443 00:23:40,650 --> 00:23:42,880 What do you think he's waiting for? Tip the kid. 444 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,590 What do you mean, "Tip the kid"? What do you think I am, the mint? 445 00:23:44,620 --> 00:23:46,090 Okay, cheapskate. 446 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,760 Ain't it always the way? 447 00:23:48,790 --> 00:23:51,530 Five times I come up and down them stairs, 448 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,100 twice this morning and three times this afternoon. 449 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,530 Not even a nickel tip. 450 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:56,560 Wait a minute! 451 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,130 Come here, kid. 452 00:23:58,170 --> 00:24:00,600 You say you were here twice this morning 453 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,270 and three times this afternoon? 454 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:03,910 Sure. 455 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:05,070 This guy wasn't even in. 456 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,340 Oh, I almost forgot. 457 00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:11,950 There's a message goes with the lollipop. 458 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:14,780 To the biggest sucker in town. 459 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,460 Well, that was a surprise. 460 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:32,630 The pistol shot Georgie used to kill Lucky 461 00:24:32,670 --> 00:24:34,800 wasn't in the original score. 462 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,840 But that's what happens when the musician 463 00:24:36,870 --> 00:24:40,540 who plays the revolver is allowed to improvise. 464 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:44,110 Naturally, Georgie was given life imprisonment, 465 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:48,680 while the offending musician got off with a 10-year sentence. 466 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,090 Next time, we plan to bring you more music and sound effects 467 00:24:53,090 --> 00:24:54,960 and another story to accompany them.