1 00:00:13,420 --> 00:00:14,770 BERT LEONARD: Ladies and gentlemen, 2 00:00:14,810 --> 00:00:17,510 you are about to see the Naked City. 3 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,040 I'm Bert Leonard, the producer. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,080 As you see, we're flying over an island. 5 00:00:23,130 --> 00:00:26,430 A city, a particular city. 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,650 And this is a story of a number of people, 7 00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:34,750 It was not photographed in a studio. 8 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:37,400 Quite the contrary. 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,670 The actors played out their roles in Times Square, the Public Baths on Allen Street, 10 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:44,840 and around the Orphanage of St. Francis in Lower Manhattan. 11 00:00:46,930 --> 00:00:51,500 Gio Bartolo is a fisherman. A sidewalk fisherman. 12 00:00:51,550 --> 00:00:55,200 A man who can retrieve dropped coins from the bottom of subway gratings 13 00:00:55,250 --> 00:00:57,030 more efficiently than anyone else in the business. 14 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,990 Once, grate fishing was a primitive art, 15 00:01:02,030 --> 00:01:05,910 just something that bums dabbled with for beer money. 16 00:01:05,950 --> 00:01:09,220 Gio has made it an exact science, and he earns a living by it. 17 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:18,490 If Jocko sees us taking drops before 6:00, he'll pound our ears right down to our ankles. 18 00:01:18,530 --> 00:01:21,580 [IN AN ITALIAN ACCENT] Whatever Jocko knows about fishing, I taught him. 19 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:24,360 Since he was a little boy, I taught him. 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,970 -But... -That's all right, Shellshock. Don't worry. 21 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:31,240 Look, you work the one street, okay? 22 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,330 -Yeah, okay! -Okay! 23 00:01:33,370 --> 00:01:34,550 If you say so, okay. 24 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:06,100 All right. You know better, Bobbo. Tell him, Laddie. 25 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:11,150 It's 3:00, Gio. We take the grates till 6:00, you take 'em after 6:00. That's it. 26 00:02:11,190 --> 00:02:14,890 Now, you've been warned before, Bobbo. Laddie, whatcha say? 27 00:02:14,930 --> 00:02:16,850 I say he's been warned before. 28 00:02:19,070 --> 00:02:20,160 Let's make it out of here. 29 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,950 [GRUNTING] 30 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,300 Hey, hold it! 31 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,400 It's a family affair, officer. No call for a gun. 32 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,180 Well, I'm making it the sergeant's affair, see, and I figure it calls for a gun. 33 00:02:47,230 --> 00:02:48,530 Pick up the old man! 34 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:51,800 And he'd better be breathing. 35 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,490 [GIO SPEAKING ITALIAN] 36 00:02:54,540 --> 00:02:55,710 All right, come out of there with your hands high! 37 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,170 If your father would've put you on a carpet when you were a kid, 38 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:23,260 I wouldn't have to put you on a police blotter now. 39 00:03:23,310 --> 00:03:25,440 So why don't you arrest my old man? 40 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,830 Fill out this complaint, Gio. 41 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,970 No, no, no, no. I don't want no trouble. 42 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:34,010 I'm swearing out a complaint against this one. 43 00:03:34,060 --> 00:03:36,490 Nobody gets his skull cracked on my beat. 44 00:03:36,540 --> 00:03:39,670 Not unless you crack it yourself, eh, Murray? 45 00:03:39,710 --> 00:03:42,110 I guess you figure you got nothing to lose, except a little time off the streets. 46 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:48,030 Now, you three, clear out. I mean clear out, see? 47 00:04:07,570 --> 00:04:09,660 What'd you do to 'em, Gio? 48 00:04:11,530 --> 00:04:14,100 I was pulling the drops in the afternoon. 49 00:04:14,140 --> 00:04:16,050 You were fishing in the afternoon? 50 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:21,320 Look, lieutenant, I know I don't got the right, but I got reasons. 51 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,720 All right, Gio, but if Jocko gets you in a corner, don't be too proud to yell for help. 52 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:02,010 We just docked about an hour ago, and I come right away. 53 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:06,800 Bet you caught loads. All kinds, I bet! Tuna, sea bass, whitefish. 54 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:09,800 Yeah, it was pretty good, pretty good. 55 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:12,330 Do you think I'll be any good when I go, Gio? 56 00:05:12,370 --> 00:05:16,110 Good? My kid, you gonna be the best in the fleet! 57 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,160 -I asked the sister to get me some books. -Uh huh? 58 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,900 And I learned all about the Grand Banks, and Gloucester, 59 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:24,950 and I even got a book on knots. 60 00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:26,910 -Oh, that's good. -Look, Gio! See? 61 00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:28,390 A bowline on a bight! 62 00:05:28,430 --> 00:05:30,000 [EXCLAIMING IN ITALIAN] 63 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,260 That's nice, eh? 64 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:36,050 You know, that's much better than our first mate can make. 65 00:05:36,090 --> 00:05:41,840 How was Mr. Shellshock this trip, Gio? Is he still mean as ever to the crew? 66 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,100 No, no, he was much better, but he's still strong and tough like anything. 67 00:05:46,140 --> 00:05:50,370 And he's not afraid of nothing. Man, whale, mackerel, shark, nothing! 68 00:05:54,070 --> 00:05:57,760 Look, Paulie, I gonna go now and talk to Mother Superior again. 69 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:02,420 Maybe she doesn't know how important you are, Gio. 70 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:04,420 Do you really tell her how important you are? 71 00:06:04,470 --> 00:06:07,080 Well, sure I tell her. 72 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Maybe if you tell her again, she'll break the rules. 73 00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:14,480 Oh, Paulie, one does not pray for Mother Superior to break the rules. 74 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:19,260 Stretch a little bit, maybe, but not to break the rules. Look, I gonna go now. 75 00:06:19,310 --> 00:06:21,530 You keep on practicing with the knots, okay? 76 00:06:21,570 --> 00:06:23,050 Okay, Gio. 77 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,020 No, Gio, you may not see Mother today. She's very busy, and besides, 78 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,890 she told you herself, it's pointless. 79 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:41,070 But who else wants the boy? How long he was here? How long? 80 00:06:41,110 --> 00:06:43,850 Who knows better than you? 81 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:50,120 Six years. Six years, and nobody wants him. Six years he don't even come close. 82 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,650 SISTER: There was that family last year. They almost took him. 83 00:06:52,690 --> 00:06:55,130 You forget about them. 84 00:06:55,170 --> 00:06:59,910 Oh, sure, that does Paulie a lot of good, that family last year that almost took him. 85 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:05,400 One little chance in six years, why? Because he's not pretty. 86 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,140 Because he's not strong enough to pull up the devil grass on some rich man's lawn 87 00:07:09,180 --> 00:07:12,450 in Long Island. What about me? 88 00:07:13,710 --> 00:07:15,190 I love him. 89 00:07:16,190 --> 00:07:18,580 I love Paulie. 90 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:20,460 I'm sorry, Gio, it's not enough. 91 00:07:22,460 --> 00:07:23,760 I told him there was no point in... 92 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,420 Please, please Mother. Please. 93 00:07:26,770 --> 00:07:28,510 Very well. Come in. 94 00:07:28,550 --> 00:07:29,290 Thank you. 95 00:07:39,740 --> 00:07:42,130 GIO: Look, I just want to... MOTHER SUPERIOR: Gio. 96 00:07:42,170 --> 00:07:44,480 You must stop all this. It's not good for the boy. 97 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:51,920 His head is spinning with dreams you've put there. Sea voyages, high adventure. 98 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:57,490 You can't go on lying to him. About yourself, Gio. 99 00:08:02,630 --> 00:08:07,240 You're right, Mother. I'm gonna stop lying. 100 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:11,810 But tell me something, it's the will of God I don't have Paulie? 101 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:15,340 What God wills, Gio, will be. 102 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:23,870 The adoption board meet tomorrow, no? 103 00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:25,700 Yes. Why do you mention it? 104 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:27,960 Let me talk to them. 105 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,790 Absolutely not! They'd think I was quite out of my mind to authorize such an appearance. 106 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:34,830 Just a chance, Mother, just a chance. 107 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:40,620 Apparently, Gio, there's no other way to discourage you. 108 00:08:40,670 --> 00:08:43,580 Frankly, I've been trying to spare hurting you. 109 00:08:43,630 --> 00:08:45,540 Just a chance, that's all. 110 00:08:47,630 --> 00:08:49,460 Will you promise to abide by their decision? 111 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:50,240 For him... 112 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:52,110 [SPEAKING ITALIAN] 113 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,160 What do you mean, abide? 114 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,550 Do what they say. Agree to what they tell you. 115 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,730 Well, sure! I promise anything, anything they say! 116 00:09:04,170 --> 00:09:08,170 Very well. The hearing's at 1:00. Here. 117 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:10,570 GIO: Thank you. 118 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,660 Thank you very much. Thank you! 119 00:09:21,140 --> 00:09:23,930 BERT: When there's been a good fight card the previous night, 120 00:09:23,970 --> 00:09:28,630 a fast worker like Gio can fish all the way from two dollars up to five, 121 00:09:28,670 --> 00:09:32,370 working north on 8th Avenue from 47th. 122 00:09:32,410 --> 00:09:35,900 Hey, can you imagine what it'd be like to fish up a silver dollar? 123 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:40,200 I never seen a whole dollar in silver. 124 00:09:40,250 --> 00:09:43,340 A western guy showed me one once from Denver. 125 00:09:43,380 --> 00:09:46,380 He says everybody in Denver got silver dollars! 126 00:09:46,430 --> 00:09:49,780 That's a fisherman's paradise, no? 127 00:09:49,820 --> 00:09:53,390 You know, maybe someday you and me and little Paulie, we take a trip there, huh? 128 00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:57,870 You think you'll ever get the kid? 129 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,880 Well, sure. You think no? 130 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,010 Well, it's a couple of years now, you can't say they're begging you to take him. 131 00:10:06,970 --> 00:10:13,500 Don't worry. They're gonna give him to me. And the hearing is today, 1:00. 132 00:10:13,540 --> 00:10:16,890 Hey, you sure you tell the lieutenant I want to see him early this morning? 133 00:10:16,940 --> 00:10:21,380 He said he'd look you up. He's okay. He says so, he will. 134 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:24,290 Yeah, but maybe he don't know where we work so early. 135 00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:26,290 Cops know everything. 136 00:10:26,340 --> 00:10:27,510 That's right! 137 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,820 Hiya, fishermen. How's luck? 138 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:34,080 Bad. All bad. 139 00:10:35,910 --> 00:10:41,700 We wanna see you, Bobbo. Just you and us, family style. 140 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:44,700 Do you know what they hung on Ernie just because he tapped you on the head? 141 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:46,270 Laddie, tell him. 142 00:10:47,270 --> 00:10:48,140 LADDIE: Six months. 143 00:10:48,190 --> 00:10:50,540 Yeah. 144 00:10:50,580 --> 00:10:53,840 Hey now, how about that? Six months for trying to beat a little sense into that 145 00:10:53,890 --> 00:10:56,670 hard head of yours. Come on now, Bobbo, get up. 146 00:10:58,060 --> 00:11:00,760 You leave Gio alone! 147 00:11:00,810 --> 00:11:03,680 You wanna cut a piece of his troubles, big brain? 148 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,420 -You touch Shellshock... -Whoa, whoa, easy! 149 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:06,730 You won't do that, Bobbo. 150 00:11:06,770 --> 00:11:07,160 -Yes I... -Tell him, Laddie. 151 00:11:08,770 --> 00:11:10,160 -No, Bobbo, don't... -Yes! 152 00:11:10,210 --> 00:11:10,950 Hey, look! 153 00:11:16,210 --> 00:11:19,830 Well, uh, uh, we been having a nice run on the Lex side of Grand Central. 154 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,000 See you 'round. 155 00:11:30,580 --> 00:11:33,270 There goes a lad should carry his own bondsman with him. 156 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,970 The only thing he doesn't know about assassination is how to spell it. 157 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:41,060 Lieutenant, what I don't tell you yesterday when you ask why I fish in the afternoon 158 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:44,890 and not just at night, a double shift, you know. I'm saving my money. 159 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:48,380 I can support Paulie all year 'round now. 160 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:50,200 Thought you gave all that up, Gio. 161 00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:54,430 I want you to stand up for me, 1:00 this afternoon, you no forget! 162 00:11:54,470 --> 00:11:57,470 Mother Superior says I can go before the board and ask for Paulie! 163 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,650 Mother Superior said that? 164 00:11:59,690 --> 00:12:03,390 Oh, they listen to you! And you tell them Gio's a good man. 165 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:07,180 All right, Gio. Remember, she only said you could ask. 166 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:08,350 But the board... 167 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,960 Now, remember that today, okay? 168 00:12:11,010 --> 00:12:17,100 Oh, man, the board, they smart people. Doctors, lawyers and priests. 169 00:12:17,140 --> 00:12:19,890 And when I talk to them, they gonna understand. I'm no worried. 170 00:12:46,910 --> 00:12:50,570 Gentlemen, this is Mr. Bartolo. 171 00:12:50,610 --> 00:12:53,920 CHAIR: I think we can handle this pretty quickly. Where do you live, Mr. Bartolo? 172 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,490 I, I live at the Barnwell Hotel at 23rd Street. 173 00:12:57,530 --> 00:13:00,400 Well, when I have a good night at the grates. 174 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:04,760 If I have a bad night, I sleep at the Mission House. 175 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,630 CHAIR: The rooms at the Barnwell are 50 cents a night, is that right? 176 00:13:08,670 --> 00:13:10,890 That's right, that's right. They gone up, they used to be 40 cents. 177 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:14,900 CHAIR: Hardly the place for a child, would you say? 178 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:18,030 Oh, no! That's no place for boy. No, no, no. 179 00:13:18,070 --> 00:13:20,120 A boy gotta have a place of his own. 180 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:27,390 The Barnwell Hotel, they don't even give you a towel with your room! 181 00:13:28,910 --> 00:13:30,130 It's no place for boy. 182 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,270 Why do you want to adopt this particular boy out of all the boys in the world? 183 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,970 All my life, I want a little boy of my own. 184 00:13:46,930 --> 00:13:51,190 Years ago, I had a wife, but she died. 185 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,850 When it was time for our baby to come, she died with the baby. 186 00:13:54,810 --> 00:13:56,500 Was the will of God. 187 00:13:57,810 --> 00:14:00,680 And then, each day was just, 188 00:14:01,940 --> 00:14:02,860 another day. 189 00:14:05,950 --> 00:14:08,690 I, I don't know what happened to all the years. 190 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:14,960 But three years ago, I came to try the grates. 191 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,660 One day I was walking down the street here by the orphanage, 192 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:22,530 and I look, and I see this little boy by the fence. He was looking out. 193 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,790 All of the other boys was playing, but not this boy. 194 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,450 He was just sitting by the fence, look through the fence. And I got a funny thought. 195 00:14:33,370 --> 00:14:38,720 I said to myself, "Gio, this little boy is just like, 196 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,900 "like a penny at the bottom of the grate. You gotta fish him out." 197 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,080 CHAIR: Mr. Bartolo, how would you propose to support a child on your income? 198 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,650 I want to show you something. Mother, I gotta surprise for you. Look inside, please. 199 00:14:56,820 --> 00:15:00,000 Nineteen hundred dollars. 200 00:15:00,050 --> 00:15:03,350 Tell me, how many people in the world got $1,900 saved up, eh? 201 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:05,270 CHAIR: Not many. 202 00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:08,270 That's right! 203 00:15:08,310 --> 00:15:15,280 This, I pledge for Paulie. For his education. I want you to take and set up a fund. 204 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,150 And when he's ready, he go to the best college. 205 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,500 In the meantime, I work every day, and save up more money for him. 206 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:27,250 We're all aware of how much you love the boy, Gio. 207 00:15:27,290 --> 00:15:30,730 But we, we don't see how you can spend the proper time with him. 208 00:15:30,770 --> 00:15:37,210 [STAMMERING] Look, I go to work at 6:00 in the night, 209 00:15:37,260 --> 00:15:41,570 and I work until pretty late, no? So all day long I can spend with Paulie. 210 00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:45,960 I make his breakfast, I take him to school, I bring him his lunch, 211 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,350 and when school is over, I pick him up, and I take him back, 212 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,920 and I spend the whole afternoon! 213 00:15:50,970 --> 00:15:53,620 And I help him study what he learned that day. 214 00:15:58,410 --> 00:16:01,890 How many hours do other fathers spend with their kids? Not too many. 215 00:16:01,930 --> 00:16:05,500 And why? Because they're too busy. 216 00:16:05,550 --> 00:16:08,370 They all, they go to the office and they work all day, 217 00:16:08,420 --> 00:16:11,600 and when they get through with the office, they rush home. I see them! 218 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,860 They rush, tired, bent over, and when they get home, 219 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:18,040 they gotta no time for the poor kids. 220 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,480 They just gotta time for drink, something to eat, the newspaper, the slippers, 221 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,480 that's all, and then they gotta go to sleep. But not me! 222 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,740 Not Gio! 223 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:34,660 I spend every day to teach Paulie how to hold his head up. 224 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:41,450 And to find something good for every day in his life. 225 00:16:41,490 --> 00:16:44,410 What about nights, Mr. Bartolo? Who'll stay with him then? 226 00:16:44,450 --> 00:16:46,280 My friend, Shellshock! 227 00:16:49,980 --> 00:16:55,940 Mr. Bartolo, frankly, all of us are moved by your plea, but, 228 00:16:55,990 --> 00:16:59,030 sentiment alone cannot change the balance in a decision of public responsibility. 229 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:03,600 It's my unpleasant duty to tell you that 230 00:17:03,650 --> 00:17:05,170 we cannot possibly consider your application. 231 00:17:07,910 --> 00:17:09,830 You may not have the boy. 232 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:15,830 I'm sorry. 233 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:31,890 Thank you. 234 00:17:44,170 --> 00:17:44,950 [CLEARS THROAT] 235 00:17:46,210 --> 00:17:47,730 May I say something? 236 00:17:54,090 --> 00:17:55,700 PAULIE: They said no. 237 00:17:58,350 --> 00:18:00,310 It's no good, Paulie. 238 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:06,750 In there, I told them I was honest man, but I not been honest with you. 239 00:18:09,410 --> 00:18:11,930 Everything I said about the Grand Banks, the fishing fleet, 240 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,630 the storm on the Atlantic, it's not true. It's not true. 241 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,600 Look, you see that man there? That's Shellshock. 242 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:30,260 He's no big, strong first mate, he's just my friend. 243 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,220 And I'm afraid of boats. Even if I get a little rowboat in Central Park, I get sick. 244 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,790 I'm just a bum, Paulie. 245 00:18:49,450 --> 00:18:53,500 [WEEPING] I'm a sidewalk fisherman, that's all. 246 00:18:53,540 --> 00:18:57,060 I fish for pennies, nickels, dimes, sometimes if I'm lucky, quarters. 247 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,510 But you're still a fisherman, Gio. What do I care what you fish for? 248 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,300 Honest, Gio, I don't care. I don't care, I don't care! 249 00:19:21,390 --> 00:19:22,830 I'll go now. 250 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:25,180 When are you coming back, Gio? 251 00:19:27,050 --> 00:19:29,880 I never gonna lie to you again, Paulie. Never. 252 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:36,970 I'll come back. 253 00:19:38,630 --> 00:19:39,930 I'll come back. 254 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:13,320 BERT: In the Naked City, there are such ordered steps in the lives of every man 255 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,230 that even dying has become routine, and, of course, bathing. 256 00:20:18,060 --> 00:20:20,500 To men who sleep wherever they can, 257 00:20:20,540 --> 00:20:24,280 whose luggage consists of yesterday's newspaper wrapped around a razor blade and 258 00:20:24,330 --> 00:20:30,030 a bar of soap and a toothbrush, to men like Shellshock and Gio, 259 00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:34,990 the Public Bath on Allen Street is a place to go at a certain time each week. 260 00:20:35,030 --> 00:20:39,170 A place of refuge and repair. As though the plunging water of the free shower 261 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:42,080 could even wash away despair. 262 00:20:43,390 --> 00:20:44,780 Gio? 263 00:20:54,270 --> 00:20:56,450 [WHISTLING] 264 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:04,280 Gio? 265 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:13,160 How's about that, now? A clean bum! 266 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,120 How's that read, that sign they got down at the Mission? 267 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,640 "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." 268 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,340 Yeah, yeah, that's it. Ain't that an old proverb? 269 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:24,910 Sounds like an old proverb to me if you say so, Jocko. 270 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,350 And so how's about you, big brain, what you say it sounds like? 271 00:21:27,390 --> 00:21:28,690 Gio! 272 00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:42,490 Hey, Gio. 273 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,890 [GIO CRYING IN PAIN] 274 00:21:54,420 --> 00:21:55,900 Feel all clean now, right Laddie? 275 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:57,160 Real clean. 276 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:06,690 They did it, they killed Gio! 277 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,830 They all got knives, them boys. They all got knives, you hear? 278 00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:15,180 They'll kill you like they killed Gio! 279 00:22:15,220 --> 00:22:17,480 Nobody's gonna get killed, now will you stop with it already? 280 00:22:17,530 --> 00:22:19,570 -You run this place? -Yes, sir. 281 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:21,360 -Call the precinct. -Yes, sir, I will. 282 00:22:29,020 --> 00:22:31,890 Uh, the officer, he's inside there! 283 00:22:40,810 --> 00:22:44,380 Three of them back in there. Supposed to have knives. 284 00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:46,340 Frank, see what they done to that old man. 285 00:22:47,290 --> 00:22:48,990 Come with me. 286 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,220 Jocko, we know you're in there. 287 00:22:59,610 --> 00:23:02,400 Now, why not make it easy for us, okay? 288 00:23:43,220 --> 00:23:44,960 I guess we're not supposed to do that, huh? 289 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,570 I ain't good public relations. 290 00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:55,930 Gio, I've been looking for you. 291 00:23:55,970 --> 00:24:00,800 Gio, the board at the St. Francis Orphanage is a group of fine, learned men. 292 00:24:00,850 --> 00:24:04,500 Men like yourself, I'd say. So, after you left, they took another look at things, 293 00:24:04,550 --> 00:24:09,380 and I had a word or two with them. That offer you made for Paulie's education? 294 00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:12,640 They like it, Gio. They like it so well, they've accepted. 295 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,300 Accept? 296 00:24:15,340 --> 00:24:18,170 And a trust fund's been set up so that when the time comes, the lad may go to college. 297 00:24:19,910 --> 00:24:22,430 College? 298 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,440 And something else was decided. Every Sunday, after Mass, 299 00:24:27,350 --> 00:24:30,620 they'll let Paulie visit with you outside the orphanage. 300 00:24:30,660 --> 00:24:32,400 And you don't have to bring him back till 6:00. 301 00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:34,880 6:00. 302 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,140 You start this Sunday, if you wish. 303 00:24:38,190 --> 00:24:41,890 I'll go tell Paulie! I'll get my clothes. 304 00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:12,530 BERT: Each person finds his own meaning in the Naked City. 305 00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:17,440 A police lieutenant, a young detective, an orphan boy, 306 00:25:17,490 --> 00:25:21,670 even a sidewalk fisherman. He does what he can about it, and what he must. 307 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,020 There are eight million stories in the Naked City. 308 00:25:31,070 --> 00:25:32,240 This has been one of them.