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(dramatic orchestra music)

(upbeat patriotic music)

(crowds cheering)

(upbeat band music)

Look at him strut.

Sure he struts, it's the Third Ward where he was born

and brought up.

He wasn't hatched out in the sun like you.

The only thing that stands between him

and a busted jaw is them two little silver bars.

Come sunset he's not gonna be wearin' 'em no more.

You gonna bust his jaw, Hamhead?

Right.

(laughing) He'll murder ya.

I've known him since he was four years old.

I'm wonderin' how you got them stripes.

(crowds cheering) (upbeat band music)

Here they come, Mr. Brady, Matt's Company.

Oh here they come, Miss Reynolds, here they come!

All right, smarten up back there.

Known him since he was four, huh?

Yeah, we were both raised in this ward,

played hooky from the same schools.

Both still after the same girl.

You're gonna get her, Sarge.

"Cause when i get through with that face of his

she ain't even gonna be able to recognize it.

(crowds cheering)

That baby brother of yours has changed, Tim.

It looks a lot older, don't you think?

That he does, he looks like a man.

Matt!

Company halt!

(crowds cheering)

I'll say hello to Elsie for you, Bob.

(crowds cheering)

Looks like you're going to have a new sister-in-law.

He would be very lucky.

Elsie Reynolds is a fine girl.

Yeah.

How've you been, baby?

Oh Matt.

(crowds cheering)

Eyes front!

I'll see ya tonight, 'bout 8:30, your place, huh?

Yes.

I've got an idea about you and me.

We'll talk it over.

I've got an idea too.

Great turnout, Tim.

See you later.

I wasn't sure you'd recognize me.

Stand hut!

Ernie.

Do you want me, Mr. Brady?

Will you do me a favor?

Run down to City Hall and tell the boys

to go easy on 'em tonight.

You've only been out of the service two weeks yourself.

You know how it was.

Okay, Mr. Brady.

Company, march!

(crowd cheering)

(upbeat piano music) (lively chatter)

(people cheering) (all talking simultaneously)

Tim, I got a date.

Hold it a minute, Matt.

She'll wait.

Now they're putting on men next Tuesday.

You give Harrigan that and he'll fix you up.

Thank you, Mr. Brady.

I don't know-

- Ah, forget it.

[Man] Thank you.

[Tim] Ah, just the one thing.

Keep that boy, Johnny, of yours out of trouble

or next time it won't be just the county jail.

[Man] It will be all right.

He will be all right, Mr. Brady, don't you worry.

If he don't i'm gonna beat him every day.

Thank you, goodnight.

The biggest asset any town can have is transportation.

Now we have three major railroads here.

We put up a union station i can guarantee

two more within the year.

That's why this ward is going to vote for a union station.

Third Ward's all working people.

They never take a train anywhere, they can't afford to.

That's right.

That's why you're wrong, Matt.

How are you ever gonna step into my shoes

if you won't learn?

Who said anything about stepping into your shoes?

Me, a politician? Nah.

Oh, Matt, Matt, must it always be like this?

I thought maybe things might be different.

I'd hope that you and i.

Well, Bob Herrick, welcome home, son.

I saw you down there today.

That was a smart looking outfit.

Hold it a minute, Matt.

What're you gonna do now, son?

Guess i'll go back to law school if i can afford it.

And if i don't hurry, I'll be the oldest living student.

When are we gonna break this up?

I'm glad to hear that, son.

I'd always hoped Matt might go to college

but i guess he figures there isn't

anything left for him to learn.

Get off my back, Tim.

I've wet-nursed you ever since you were a punk kid.

I fought your fights for you, kept you outta trouble.

Now you come strutting back here with two tin bars

on your shoulder and telling me what you're gonna do

and what you're not gonna do.

You're gonna do exactly as i tell you.

(laughing) Looks like you've made it from captain

to private in nothing flat. (Laughing)

(hand smacking)

(people yelling) (fists smacking)

The way Matt's laying 'em in you'd think it was my jaw

he was slugging. (furniture clattering)

(people yelling) (fists smacking)

Someday somebody's gonna whip him

and he won't know what to do.

You didn't wanna see Matt lose your own saloon, did ya?

I'd sooner see him lose here and now

then later in a courtroom.

(people yelling) (fists smacking)

Want me to break it up, Tim?

No, let it go to a finish.

(glass clattering) (people yelling)

I been waitin' two years for this.

Haha!

Boy oh boy oh boy.

I think there's room for just one more, Captain.

(fist smacking) (people laughing)

(fists smacking) (people yelling)

You boys hadn't oughta be scuffling indoors.

You'll see me tomorrow.

I wanna have a talk with you.

(upbeat piano music)

I wonder where i developed these glass knuckles

all of a sudden?

Huh, same place i developed this glass jaw.

Tim was kinda sore, wasn't he?

He'll get over it.

He always does.

With Tim he thinks he's my old man instead of my brother.

I can't go for it, that's all.

Tim ever make much money?

Ah, he's not interested in money.

If the man wanted to he could make a fortune

out of this Third Ward.

It's the key to the city.

The guy that controls it controls the city

and the state.

You have a very great future ahead of you in this town.

You crazy?

This is small time.

You think i wanna spend the rest of my life here?

Why not?

What a better place?

There's no limit to the amount of dough you could make here.

Tim's got it all set up for ya.

It's ready made, I tell you, ready made.

I don't want anything already made.

I'll make my own.

Go to a place like Chicago.

Marry Elsie and.

Why you dirty, double crossing.

What's the matter, Matt?

You knew i had a date an hour and a half ago,

you've been letting me sit here and hang myself.

(laughing) I've been helping you hang yourself.

Look, you gotta go with me.

You gotta tell her why i'm late, it's your fault.

Remember i told you i had a date.

Come on.

It's only a few blocks from here.

(knuckles rapping) Elsie.

Elsie!

[Elsie] Go away!

I've gotta see ya, Elsie.

Look, something happened, something i couldn't help.

Open the door.

[Elsie] Tim said you'd probably show up drunk.

Ah, let's go Matt, we can square it with her tomorrow.

I don't wanna square it tomorrow.

I wanna square it right now.

Elsie, I'm giving you a one more chance.

You're gonna open up?

Then i'll break the door down.

I'll tear it right off the hinges.

Wait a minute, you can't do that.

She's a school teacher, you'll get her in trouble.

(dramatic orchestra music) (glass shattering)

You know why i came over here tonight.

To ask you to marry me.

You think i'm going to hang around beggin' ya?

You oughta have your head examined!

(dramatic orchestra music)

- How much? - Five cents.

(cash register ringing)

I'll pay too, if you please.

That'll be two bits.

[Lorry] Out of a dollar.

These are a dime apiece.

What?

Well, well, I didn't even know you had a punch board.

I haven't got enough money to pay for those.

You'd had it all right if you won the prize.

Okay sister, the cop'll be around any minute.

But listen, I-

- Take your hands off her.

The little fellow who just left punched 'em.

You told him he owed you a nickel so you lose, fat head.

No look it here, you.

Who are you callin' fat head?

- How many? - 61.

(fist smacking)

(Matt sighing heavily)

(soft orchestra music)

You win, honey.

Let's get outta this cockroach trap.

(bell on door ringing)

What's your name?

Lorry Reed.

- You headed some place? - No.

- Wanna come along with me. - No.

- Why not, if you work here? - What?

Well this is where you work, ain't it?

Of course i don't.

Look at me, I'm not pretty enough.

You're crazy.

You're a very pretty girl.

You must be drunk, go on home and leave me alone.

Don't tell me i'm drunk.

Nobody tells me i'm drunk.

I'm sober and you're pretty, understand me?

You know, that's a lie.

I'll show you if it's a lie or not.

You think i'd marry a girl who wasn't pretty, do you?

Well I'm gonna get married tonight.

I'm gonna marry you.

Oh no, no!

Yes, yes, yes.

Look, look, I know you must be a very nice man,

but you can't marry me.

You don't even know who i am and i don't know who you are.

I'm Matt Brady, that's enough.

What do you want, a pedigree?

Oh, I remember in the parade today, Captain Matt Brady.

Oh, you're alderman Brady's brother.

Well, you see you can't marry-

- Listen, nobody tells me what I can or cannot do, only me.

We're gonna get married right away.

But you, you, you can't get a license

at this time of night.

They'll open up for me.

But i don't wanna marry you!

Why not?

What have you got to lose?

(dramatic orchestra music)

No, no.

No, you, you'll wake up in the morning

and you'll hate me for the rest of your life.

(soft orchestra music)

[Lorry Voiceover] - No, no.

No, you, you'll wake up in the morning

and you'll hate me for the rest of your life.

(dramatic orchestra music)

She's that bad, huh?

Wait till you see her, a beat up little ally cat.

What about Elsie?

Well somebody's gotta tell her.

I, I thought maybe you would.

Mmm, all right.

Just tell her I'm sorry.

Tell her i didn't mean what i said last night.

Well Matt, do you think that's such a good idea?

Why not?

Well ah, I mean letting her know you're sorry.

After all, you're married to somebody else now.

Wouldn't it be better for Elsie

if she didn't even know you were sorry?

Maybe you're right.

Look, you, you're gonna meet this dame sometime.

Why don't you come on over to the hotel?

Maybe we'll all have lunch or something.

No, no, I like, I got to tell Elsie this.

The sooner i tell her, the better off she'll be.

I think maybe she and i better have lunch today.

(pensive orchestra music)

That's the right way to do it.

Do you know who i am?

Yeah.

Please come over here.

(dramatic orchestra music)

I, I tried to stop you.

I, I suppose i could've stopped you if i tried hard enough.

Forget it.

It's done. (Knocking on door)

Who is it?

[Tim] Let me in there!

(dramatic orchestra music)

(door slamming)

So this is the woman, huh?

This is my wife, Tim.

Your wife, heaven help her.

And if this is your doing, you got exactly what you deserve.

Suppose you talk to me.

It's my marriage, my business.

Any time you were in trouble it's my business.

This is just another jam you're in

so now let's be reasonable and let me handle this.

[Matt] Tim, stop handling my life.

You'll be divorced in two weeks.

You know it.

There's never going to be a divorce.

Understand?

What about Elsie?

You're an old man, I don't wanna have to hit you

so get out.

Get out!

I could kill you, Tim!

You almost have, Matt.

I guess i didn't handle things very well.

What i was really trying to stop was your killing yourself.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(Matt sighing heavily)

Who is Elsie?

(Matt sighing)

Nobody that matters anymore.

(soft orchestra music)

I'll let you out.

I'll let you out today

but if you don't go today,

I'm gonna keep you for the rest of my life.

That's the way it is. (knocking on door)

Come in.

Are you Matt Brady?

Yeah.

You gotta come down to the lobby.

Your brother just dropped dead.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(upbeat orchestra music)

As Governor, I am deeply honored to introduce to you

a man who, when duty called, unselfishly put aside

his own plans and ambitions to assume the burden of

civic responsibility from the hands of his fallen brother.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Matt Brady.

(audience applauding)

- Wonderful, Matt. - Thank you, Governor.

Oh i do wish Mrs. Brady had been able to come.

I've been so looking forward to meeting her.

Thank you, ma'am, let's hope she feels better soon.

It seems she's never well enough

to be seen anywhere with him.

I appreciate the lift, Mr. Brady.

What's this Ernie?

I didn't know you were in trouble.

Well i, I didn't wanna bother you but the bankers

wouldn't hold still any longer.

How're you gonna live?

I still own that piece of the farm

and i can still plow up pretty straight furrow.

You've got a lot of relatives

down in the Hollister section, haven't ya?

I've got more relatives than money.

But they all vote and they got friends.

How'd you like to be put up for

district commissioner down there?

What'dya say?

Why Mr. Brady, I.

It would just about save my life, that's all.

Come down to the office, I'll fix it up.

- Bye Mr. Brady. - So long.

- Thanks. - Hmm.

Thanks again.

Maybe that was a mistake, Matt.

How come?

I've known Ernie Jackson ever since he was a kid.

He's a little guy but he's full of guts.

He'll be a good Commissioner but he won't play ball

and he won't take orders if he don't like 'em.

That'll be a new experience for us.

(dice rattling)

[Craps Caller] Nine's the bind, roll the dice.

How 'bout some action?

[Craps Caller] And the seven's up, the dice to the lockup.

Place your bets.

Come on, man, keep the game movin'.

Get behind the eight.

(pounding on door)

All right you guys, hold it right where you are.

(door slamming)

Come on, get over here.

(gun firing)

(hand smacking)

Johnny, your folks are good people.

They've done a lot of good work in the precinct.

That's why i'm gonna get you out of this jam.

But if i ever hear of you taking a shot at a cop again,

I'm gonna make it a point to drop by your place

and give you a going over you won't forget.

This'll be the last time, Mr. Brady.

Make sure of it.

(door buzzing)

Get those charges against Johnny here dropped.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Brady.

I won't forget this.

I wonder if be in line for me to make

a little contribution to the club.

When i want a contribution from your outfit,

I'll tell you.

Sure, Mr. Brady.

You mind if i give you a real good tip?

On a horse? Never bet 'em.

This would be an awful good time to begin then, Mr. Brady.

Primrose in the fourth out west.

I got information.

Thanks again, Mr. Brady.

I don't see why you turned down this contribution.

There are four others besides Mazia

trying to take over the rackets in this town.

When we see who turns up top dog

that'll be the guy we talk to.

There's an old friend of yours waiting.

Who?

Bob Herrick.

Well why didn't you say so? Send him in.

Wait a minute.

Call a bookie. Put 500 on that Primrose.

(laughing) Bob, you old son of a gun.

How are you, Matt?

Gosh, it's good to see you. Lookin' great.

Gained a little weight, haven't you?

Oh, a little.

Hey, what's this?

This is my Phi Beta Kappa key.

It's an honor society.

I can't take all the credit though.

That's one of the advantages of marrying a school teacher.

Elsie tutored me.

You and Elsie, huh?

And Matt, you didn't waste your money.

Don't ever let her know.

Here, sit down, sit down.

Well, I got myself, a lawyer now.

A lawyer i can trust.

You ready to open up shop?

Whenever you say the word.

I ah, understand things have been going pretty good.

I got the city in the bag.

Another couple of years i'll have most of the state.

Is it paying off?

What do you think?

Enough for two?

Enough for everybody.

You even talk different now.

You talk like an Easterner.

(Bob laughing) (phone ringing)

Oh, excuse me.

Hello?

Oh Millard, yes, I've been waiting for him to call back.

Put him on.

Hello Mr. Millard.

Yes, I know who you are.

I know all about your cement business,

perhaps more than you do, Mr. Millard.

For instance, I know you're going out of business

unless something is done.

So i've decided to make things a lot easier for you.

I'm going to be half owner.

That's right, 50% of the stock.

Why?

Because it's my town.

If i say we don't need any new streets paved,

they don't get paved, that's all.

That'll be fine, Mr. Millard.

No.

I'll have my attorney draw them up.

Goodbye.

Well Bob, your first job is already waiting for you.

It sounds like you just ah, made a deal.

I've been layin' for that guy.

Millard Cement Company Incorporated.

You draw up the papers, change the name to.

The Brady Millard Cement Company.

Take apart for yourself to 10%.

Anything you say, boss.

And Bob, about Elsie.

Yes?

It's better if she doesn't know anything about this

or any of our business.

Sure, Matt, sure.

A lawyer never confides in his wife anyway.

It isn't ethical.

It's better if she doesn't know

you're part of the organization.

Things like that, well, they're important to Elsie

so it's up to us to keep her happy.

Fine, fine.

Say, why don't you and Elsie come to the house

for dinner tonight?

It's a great idea.

You and I have got a lot of things to catch up on.

- See you later. - Right.

That Primrose nag came in and paid 52 bucks.

Ooh, you should have heard the bookie.

He's really weeping.

Says you slipped him one.

Must've been fixed in concrete.

He does, huh?

Well get a new bookie.

Oh, let him squawk, Mr. Brady, he's a loser.

Barney Square, he won't take a run out

no matter how much you bet.

What do you know?

$13,000.

(pleasant orchestra music)

[Matt] Lorry!

Yes?

[Matt] Come in here!

What is it?

Oh.

I brought you something.

It's on the mantle.

It's a present.

Well thank you.

Well aren't you gonna look at it?

Go ahead.

(soft orchestra music)

Open it up.

Here.

Why Matt!

I've never seen anything like that before in my life.

[Matt] That stuff costs more than a hundred grand.

But, but why, Matt?

What'd ya do it for?

- Here, try it on. - Of course.

What's the matter, don't you like them?

Oh, they're beautiful.

I just never go out any place where i could wear them.

Wear 'em around the house.

Wear 'em tonight.

Put on that new dress you got, the filmy one,

and fix your face up nice.

Put some lipstick on and plenty of that stuff

around the eyes, you know.

Why?

We're having company for dinner.

Who?

My old friend, Bob Herrick, and his wife, Elsie.

What's wrong?

Oh nothing, nothing, except that i'm surprised.

This is the first time we've ever had people in to dinner.

Well don't you like having people in?

Of course i do.

I've always wanted to have people in.

Hmm, maybe we will from now on.

But will, will she be wearing so much too?

I don't know.

Well i mean, if she doesn't,

I'll feel kind of out of place.

Look, if Elsie doesn't wear diamonds

it's because she hasn't got diamonds.

You got 'em so you wear 'em.

All right, Matt.

All you gotta do is make yourself as pretty as you can.

(fingers snapping)

Have a good cigar.

Oh, no thanks, I never quite got used to them.

That's too bad.

Fella makes them up for me in Havana.

Buck a throw.

Tim always said a man was never licked

if he had a good cigar between his teeth.

What happens if he doesn't have a cigar?

(chuckling) How about some brandy?

That i know i can handle.

You two go ahead.

Lorry and i will join you in a minute.

Course every town it's got its reformers.

In this one we got a lawyer named Stanley Millard,

him and a few preachers.

Of course they're not gonna get any place.

- Millard? - Mmm-hmm.

You heard of him.

Got a brother in the cement business.

Oh yes, yes, I believe i have.

I'm all for reform, mind you.

Except when it's bad for business.

(Bob laughing)

Here.

Oh thank you.

This is the real stuff.

60 years old.

- Here you are. - Thank you.

None of that bathtub gin that everybody's drinkin'.

How do you like Lorry's new diamonds?

I've been looking at them all evening.

I, I don't feel quite right in them.

I'd like them better if you wore some too but.

(laughing) How do you like that?

Over a hundred thousand dollars worth of rocks

and she's complaining.

You'd wear them if they were yours, wouldn't you, Elsie?

Well, since Bob is just starting out in business,

I don't think it's anything i'm gonna have to

worry about for a long time.

Well, we can fix that.

Who takes care of the dough in this family?

She does.

Here's a little something to get started on.

Matt, what is this? I don't understand.

Go count it and you'll catch on quick.

It should be about 20,000 there.

You people are going to get started right.

You'll need a swell suite of offices some place

and you'll need a nice house

down in the Bishop's Road district some place.

You've gotta have the best.

Now do you understand, Elsie?

(dramatic orchestra music)

(knocking on door) - Yeah?

(pensive orchestra music)

I told you the first day, if you didn't go then,

I'd never let you go.

I've changed my mind.

Why?

I want a divorce.

A divorce?

Because i just can't go on living without

some understanding, some feeling i needed.

You're in love with Elsie, Matt.

And she's in love with you.

You're crazy.

I want a divorce so you and Elsie can be together.

Elsie's a married woman.

Not a happily married woman.

There's more between you two than there is

between her and her husband.

You're talking about my best friend's wife.

If you won't divorce me for your own good, Matt,

divorce me for my sake.

I have to get away from you.

I can't live without love.

You seem to be doing all right.

Don't make fun of me, Matt.

If you won't give me a divorce I'll have to hire an attorney

and divorce you.

I'm not gonna have a divorce.

Every cheap reformer in this town's gunning for me.

My private life is going to stay clean.

Why don't you tell the real truth?

You told your brother that you'd never divorce me.

You killed him and you're still fighting his ghost.

(hand smacking) (Lorry gasping)

Who do you think you are?

You've never asked before.

My father was a bum.

I never even saw him.

My mother richer than i was.

I'm your wife and you'd be wise to try to get to know me

because i'm stronger than you'll ever be.

If you ever take one step to a lawyer

or ever say that again

I'll have you committed to an insane asylum.

(dramatic orchestra music)

How does Elsie like the new house?

Oh, she likes it fine.

Of course she's a little concerned about

how i'm gonna be able to pay for it.

You didn't tell her anything, did you?

No, no, as we agreed, I just told her i'd

scrape the money up somehow.

Well what are you worried about?

What else is on your mind?

Well a while back the fire insurance companies

raised their rates.

The state objected and impounded the additional premiums.

Now that frozen money, 12 million of it,

the companies want it back.

They appealed to me as insurance commissioner.

Well are they entitled to it?

Through the courts it'd take them years.

Um, how could we?

Uh, uh.

It's too hot.

It's all a matter of public record.

Oh, well give 'em the dough.

They got their money and tied up.

They're entitled to it.

Always remember, Bob, it's hard enough to be a businessman

without having to fight the government too.

(car engine rumbling)

All right, Roy, let's have it.

Only the next time you wanna talk to me

suppose you come to my office.

This is my brother, Matt, Stanley Millard.

From what you've been saying about me in the newspapers,

we won't shake hands.

I don't want any of my dirt to come up on you.

What are you doing here?

My brother wants to sell his interest

in the cement business.

Oh, is that true, Roy?

Why?

Because i'm going to ruin you, Mr. Brady.

Oh.

And you don't want to ruin brother along with me.

That's approximately correct.

You look happy about this, Roy.

Don't worry, someone will always take care of you.

What have you got against me, Mr. Millard?

Aside from the fact that i made this

brother of yours a rich man.

Just that you were a thief and a thug.

We have more speakeasies in this city than schools,

more gambling dives than churches,

and more murders per capita than any city in the country.

What else?

My daughter isn't safe after nightfall

in the streets of the town she was born in.

I'm going to see to it that she is safe.

I'm all for daughters and safe streets,

especially if they're well-paved.

How are you gonna do all this?

I'm gonna prove to the world that you've been voting

20,000 tombstones in the Third Ward.

It seems kind of disrespectful to the dead,

but okay with me.

What else?

The decent people of this city are finally united.

We are organizing to put through a managerial

form of government and to sweep all those ghost votes

of your machine back into the cemetery.

Fine, I'm all for it.

Put me down for $1,000.

Your contribution will be rejected, Mr. Brady.

Dirty money again, huh?

Well let's get back to the cement business.

How much of my dirty money is it gonna cost

to buy your brother out of this joint?

Well, I'm sure we'll arrive at a fair price.

We'll have to negotiate.

You mean sit around and bargain?

I don't do business that way.

Take a piece of paper and put down a figure.

That'll be the price.

You mean that, Mr. Brady?

I mean everything i say.

I think you'll find out a fair price.

You've got yourself a deal.

You'll get a check in the mail this afternoon.

Now take this well-bred little weasel and get out of here.

I've been wanting his piece for over two years.

I didn't dare make the first move.

But Matt, you let him make his own figure?

Ha, I made him make his own figure.

With the election coming up he couldn't ask

for too much Brady money.

Haha, how do you like that?

$200,000 less than it's worth.

Hello, Lucy, give me Barney.

You better get those papers made up this afternoon

before they change their mind and make it a cashier's check.

Right.

Hey Barney, put 2,000 on Alistair in the second.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(explosion booming)

I believe we have around 67,000 votes.

67,023 to be exact. (men all laughing)

Well it was a great campaign, Mr. Masterson.

Thank you, Mr. Attorney General.

Would you gentleman care for some coffee?

- Swell, Ernie. - I'd like mine black, please.

- No sugar. - No sugar.

You know, Matt's had the Governor back in there

for over 15 minutes.

By now he should have that paving contract

in his back pocket.

You just make out a list of any appointments you'd like

and i'll see that they're made.

That's very kind of you, Governor.

I'd like you to meet some of my boys.

This is Tom Masterson, my new city manager.

It's a pleasure, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Governor.

And this is the smartest attorney in the whole

United States and the best friend i ever had, Bob Herrick.

It's an honor, Mr. Governor.

[Governor] Any friend of Mr. Brady's is a friend of mine.

- Here. - Oh, thanks.

This is Ernie Jackson, Hollister County Commissioner.

Ernie doesn't know it yet but he's the next congressman

in this district, even though he built a courthouse

without using one drop of Brady Cement.

That's how honest he is. (all laughing)

Well you certainly have my support, Congressman.

Thank you.

Let me take that for you.

I hope i can measure up to the responsibility.

There's no doubt about it.

Governor, there's some news photographers downstairs.

I thought if anyone didn't want to be seen.

Mr. Brady, I think i'd better.

I understand, beat it.

Congressman show the Governor the back door.

Yeah.

That's what i said.

15,000 on the nose, Matchless in the sixth.

What's the matter, Barney, afraid you won't get paid?

Okay then.

I thought you said Bob would be right over.

He will be.

He should be here any minute.

Tall up.

Why do you gamble so heavily?

What else is there to do?

There are other things in this world besides

trying to prove that no one can beat you.

What is this, an uplift meeting.

Hello, Bob.

Hi, Matt.

Matt has the crazy idea that nobody can beat him.

He hasn't been yet.

Not gonna be either.

Trouble is, with me, I'm always winning

and somebody else walks off with the prize.

You know that Bob.

It was always me and Elsie right from the beginning.

Then i got drunk and blew the whole thing.

Matt, we're all grown up now.

That's just a part of the past.

If you'd only open your eyes sometime.

If you'd only look at Lorry you'd see a woman who loves you,

a woman you want to love.

It's getting chilly, dear.

I think you'd better get your robe.

(pensive orchestra music)

Oh, ah, I was with the board of governors

at the country club this afternoon.

You were a black balled.

Black balled.

Who black balled me?

Apparently there were six or seven of them.

I'm sorry, Matt, I did the best i could.

I should've gone to college.

Didn't blackball you, only me.

I wouldn't care for myself.

I wouldn't be caught drunk with a bunch of fourflushers.

I wanted some place Lorry could go.

I'll fix that.

Get me Central 1100.

If they don't like me now they're certainly

not gonna like me two weeks from now.

Let me speak to Tom Masterson, Brady speaking.

Tom, you know Prospect Creek that runs through

the country club district?

We're gonna turn it into a sewage disposal.

Save the taxpayers a lot of money.

You heard me.

Right.

How do you like that?

You'll have some complaints.

When the complaints reached the protest stage,

I want it condemned.

I'll build a four lane cement highway

right over the top of it.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Who is it?

[Bob] Hello, hello, Matt.

This is Bob, listen, I'm downtown at the brokers.

The stock market's gone to pieces.

Matt, don't you hear me?

The bottom's dropped out of everything, Matt.

Keep your pants on, Bob, I hear ya.

Just tell me what's happening.

[Bob] I don't know, Matt, nobody knows.

The ticker's way behind, everybody's dumping at any price.

Shut up.

Get some facts and call me back.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(cup clanking)

[Radio Announcer] Please stand by.

Worst day in the history of Wall Street.

The greatest fortunes in the country are being swept away

in the pandemonium on the stock exchange floor

where brokers try to sell at any price with no takers.

The stock ticker is hours behind the sale.

(phone ringing)

Prices are tumbling, tumbling.

Officials of our network are trying to contact

the president of the stock exchange for his interpretation.

Hello Bob.

Oh, Barney.

You're in a jam, what do you think i'm in?

Quit belly-achin', I didn't say i didn't owe you the money.

You'll get it anytime, any place.

Wednesday? Yeah, okay.

[Radio Announcer] Government authority has estimated

12,000 shares will be dumped in the market

before this day's trading is over.

This is disaster, a major disaster.

(phone ringing)

(dramatic orchestra music)

I heard.

I'm in trouble.

It's good to hear you say that.

And no, Matt, I'm not glad about it.

It's just that i'm glad you're telling me.

Maybe i could help.

I know it's hard for you, Matt,

but i could help with you're in trouble.

Maybe you and i could help each other.

Yeah,

maybe we could.

No man should be alone when he's in trouble.

(romantic orchestra music)

Lots of husbands kiss their wives.

Oh, don't be afraid, Matt.

Kiss me.

(dramatic orchestra music)

What are we kidding ourselves for?

(Lorry gasping)

You're trying to make a fool out of me.

(dramatic orchestra music)

I've never put very much value on myself

but at least i'm able to see that it's you that's no good.

And i'm beginning to understand that i do have value,

if only because you have none at all.

If you should die alone in this room

in the middle of the night, there's not one creature

in the whole world that could honestly say

that anything had been lost.

(dramatic orchestra music)

Everybody wiped out.

The bank won't loan 30 cents on a $5 bill.

That's includes you and me.

Yeah, I really got caught.

I owe a half a million dollars.

Quit pacing back and forth and sit down.

They're here, Mr. Brady.

Send them in.

I think i found a little piece of ready cash.

You know Mr. Herrick, don't you, Johnny?

Yeah, I know him.

This is Morrie Lazetti, he's one of my best boys.

You have a friend, I have a friend.

I trust my friends.

Likewise, Mr. Brady.

Sit down, gentlemen.

You've been doin' all right for yourself,

haven't you, Johnny?

I make out.

The organization is gonna need money, lots of money.

Well, you see, things that are a little different

than they used to be, Mr. Brady.

You want money?

What do we get?

Up to now you've been operating in only four wards.

I intend to open up the rest of the city.

Plus the county, plus the state, real wide open.

How much of the take does the

organization need, Mr. Brady?

You get 25% of the total.

Deal.

There are two things i don't want you to forget.

First is, don't cross me, what I give, I can take away.

The second is, there's only room for one man at the top.

You wanna know my plans?

I certainly don't.

Better that way anyhow.

Anything else?

Yeah.

I want $200,000 in cash here first thing tomorrow morning.

You got it.

In order for me to do a nice operation,

I need something from you.

I okay all police appointments.

Wherever i open up, I have to deal with the cop on the beat.

If he knows that i can hire him or fire him.

I get it, but if you're going to be unofficial

chief of police, you gotta keep order in the city.

I'd be a chump not to.

And if any of your boys kicks over the traces too far,

you turn them in without batting an eye.

Don't worry about it.

Johnny, I think we're going to get along all right.

I predict it, Mr. Brady.

See you, Mr. Herrick.

I don't like it, Matt.

I don't like it at all.

That man's got to mean nothing but trouble.

Of course.

Right now he means money and that's what we need.

(upbeat band music)

I tell you, boys, we don't deal until we get what we want.

They need our delegates.

We need the Central Valley Dam project.

It's a fair trade.

Mr. Bentley's outside and he wants to talk to you.

Well, what do you know?

That's the first time the Central Committee's come to me.

Well Earl, come in, come in.

- Hi Earl

- How are you? - Nice to see ya.

Thank you, thank you.

(men all talking)

Thank you, thank you.

Well, gentlemen, as far as i can tell

the next time around should do it.

Looks like a landslide.

[Man] What about California?

In the bag, right behind Texas.

Any idea how your delegation is going?

Well now, maybe with a little more butter we, ah.

You got a match, George?

Thanks.

We're gonna hold out.

Well, it's too bad you can't be with us.

We've just pledged New York, Illinois,

Pennsylvania and Ohio.

I was hoping we could make it unanimous.

Now just a minute, Earl, we wouldn't want the boys

to think that we're being hard-headed.

Give us a chance to talk to Matt.

I'm sure he feels like we all do.

We only want what's good for the country.

Thank you, gentlemen.

I'll see you on the convention floor.

I was born in the wrong part of the country.

I should've gone to Chicago and i wouldn't have had to

change sides to save our scrawny hides.

I'd have named a candidate myself.

Might've had my own president.

(jazz band music)

Got a minute, Matt?

Sure.

Um, the Governor's going to have to appoint somebody

to fill that vacant seat in the Senate this week, isn't he?

Probably tomorrow.

Matt, I want that job.

I hope you're not serious, Bob.

Of course i'm serious.

You're due for a disappointment, fella.

You're not a politician, you're a lawyer, a darn good one.

But I need a man whose run for office before, been elected.

Built up strong support in his home district.

Knows his way around Washington.

You just don't fill the bill.

They'd laugh at me.

Well who does fill that bill?

- Ernie Jackson. - Ernie?

Okay, Matt, you're the boss.

Say boss, I gotta talk to you.

Come on upstairs and you stay down here.

Yeah.

We're in trouble.

Morrie Lazetti was arrested last night

in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Go on.

He's the only one, besides you and me,

who knows about the way the money goes between us.

You said he wouldn't talk.

I ain't sure now.

There's an old narcotics rap hanging over him.

I'm sorry.

What's done is done.

Now here's what goes.

The G-Man have taken Morrie to Washington to ring him out.

He's passing through town this afternoon at 3:00

and makes a change of trains here.

Don't tell me any more about it.

Handle it.

I'll handle it all right.

And that gunsel, Stitch you got downstairs.

Yeah.

Leave him out of it.

Mr. Brady, he's a good boy.

He's a killer, G-Men don't carry guns.

I don't want any blood.

Just take Lazetti, that's all that's necessary, understand?

Sure, boss, sure.

It's my mistake to trust the guy.

I'll take care of it.

See ya.

(train chugging) (train bell ringing)

[Station Announcer] Train on track five for Millville,

Grayport, Freemont and East Union, leaving at 2:40.

Train on track five for Millville, Grayport, Freemont

and East Union, leaving at 2:40.

What'll it be?

And coffee.

[Station Announcer] Chicago Express now leaving

on track three.

East Lansing and Chicago.

Say, Mrs. B, that train from Hot Springs on time?

As far as i know it is.

(machine whirring)

[Station Announcer] Memphis Express, now arriving.

E platform, lower level, from Memphis, Little Rock

and Hot Springs.

(train chugging) (train bell ringing)

(people talking)

(machine whirring)

Hold it.

Give him the keys, we'll take Lazetti.

(hand smacking)

Duck outta there!

(machine whirring) (gun firing rapidly)

(people screaming)

(gun firing rapidly)

(people yelling)

(sirens blaring)

It's bad, Mr. Brady, I know it.

(hand smacking)

You know what you've done, don't you?

Boys had their orders.

One of them got trigger happy.

Then it started.

48 hours, Johnny.

Now look, Mr. Brady.

48 hours, it's them or you.

Where do you want 'em?

Turn 'em over to Hillary here.

He'll give 'em to the feds.

Don't we back 'em up at all?

We back 'em right into the electric chair.

It's a bad idea not to stand behind your own men.

It's a worse idea to kill anyone in my brother's station.

(pensive orchestra music)

Call me later if you hear anything.

I'll pick you up in the morning.

Okay.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

(pensive orchestra music)

(phone ringing)

Hello?

[Elsie] Hello, Matt?

Oh hello, Elsie.

[Elsie] I'd like to speak to Bob for a minute please.

Well was he coming over here?

[Elsie] Well i thought he was with you.

He didn't come home.

Matt, isn't Bob with you?

Oh, hello Elsie.

He had to attend a big Bar Association meeting downtown.

He told me to call you but i forgot.

Oh well, it wasn't important.

Sorry to have bothered you.

No bother at all.

Goodnight, Elsie.

[Elsie] Goodnight, Matt.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Hello, who is this?

Hello, Mr. Brady.

I got a message from Johnny Mazia.

Put him on the phone.

I can't do that, Mr. Brady, he ain't here.

He said to tell you he's got to talk to you.

[Matt] I wanna talk to him, put him on.

Like i said, he ain't here.

Then where is he?

[Man On Phone] He's lost, Mr. Brady,

on account of the heat.

He only said to tell you he's gotta talk to you.

You tell him to get over here right away.

Your house is too public.

He said for you to go to your office at the cement works.

He'll get in touch with you there.

Now you're gonna go, just like i tell ya.

Okay.

By yourself, Mr. Brady.

[Matt] By myself.

[Johnny] I'm going to have a nice talk with your boss.

If it comes out all right,

you ain't got a thing to worry about.

Evening, Mr. Brady.

Chief Hillary in?

Go right in, he's there.

Come in.

You're just in time, Mr. Brady, to hear this.

You and your entire corrupt administration

have come to the end of the line.

I warned you before that the decent citizens

have had enough.

We've discussed it with Chief Hillary

and he has volunteered the use of the police force

to restore law and order to the city at once.

Is that true, George?

That's the way it's going to be.

Matt, things might be rough till we get the job done.

Better let me detail a couple of men to go along with you

in case of trouble.

Give 'em to him.

He's gonna need 'em.

Excuse me, Mr. Brady.

I guess i'll have to take this here.

Someday someone's gonna put your head in a jar, Stitch.

Where's Mazia?

Upstairs waiting for you.

Sit down, Mr. Brady.

I want Bob Herrick and i want him without a hair

on his head harmed.

That's a very sweet deal.

What do you want?

Take the heat off my boys.

I don't deliver anybody to the feds.

Okay, what else?

More pie than i've been gettin'.

- How much? -75%.

You got it.

Including the games and the slot machines

and the liquid stock.

Okay.

And protection.

All you want.

You're doin' all this for a pal, huh?

That's right.

(Johnny laughing)

And i had you figured for a smart guy.

You're a chump.

I'd of settled for 50%.

I didn't want to take a chance because of Bob.

You understand, Matt,

this makes the whole setup different.

Don't try to double cross me.

I'm the boss now.

When do i get Bob?

Not before i find out if you're spinning me a fairy tale.

Hold it, Matt.

That's the way it's gonna be.

(machines whirring)

(gun firing)

(gun firing)

Halt!

(gun firing)

(guns firing)

(machines whirring)

(guns firing)

(Johnny screaming)

I understand, Ernie.

I don't want you to do anything to impede justice.

All i want you to do is find out what they're really after.

The thing that i won't do is interfere with an

investigation is being carried on by the federal government.

Well thanks anyway, Ernie.

Goodbye.

I'll say this much, the Brady machine

sure elected an honest senator.

(dramatic orchestra music)

Matt's got a DP.

Why isn't Bob Herrick gonna defend you, Matt?

Because he's my chief witness for the defense, that's why.

Jim Bacon for the AP.

What else you got to say, Matt?

I got plenty to say.

The boys and Washington started this name calling.

By the time this trial is over we'll all know

who's a liar and who isn't.

And not only that, gentlemen, when Mr. Brady is acquitted,

which he's going to be, we're going to start throwing around

a few lawsuits ourselves.

- Thanks, Matt. - All right, boys.

- All right. - See ya, Matt.

See ya later. (Men murmuring)

What do you think it really looks like, Matt?

The law's just on a fishing expedition.

When Bob gets on the stand and tangles with that

bluenose windbag, the case will collapse

like a hot air balloon.

Be seated.

It has been stipulated between counsel,

both for the prosecution and the defense,

that the usual opening argument to the jury will be weighed.

It is so ordered.

Prosecution will please proceed.

Call your first witness.

Your Honor.

I don't see Bob Herrick yet.

I wish to call his first witness for the prosecution,

Mr. Robert Herrick.

(audience murmuring) (gavel pounding)

Order please.

What're they trying to pull?

He's our witness.

Your Honor, I object.

Shut up, Bob knows what he was doing.

Do you swear to tell the whole truth,

nothing but truth, so help you God?

I do.

Please be seated.

State your full name.

Robert Clay Herrick.

Your address, sir.

Seven Bishop's Road.

And you are, at present, district commissioner insurance.

I am.

Please describe how you attained that position.

I object, Your Honor,

on the grounds the question is irrelevant.

Objection sustained.

Counsel will proceed.

And now, Mr. Herrick, have you, in the course of the

past three months, had meetings with me

and representatives of the department of justice?

I have.

[Prosecuting Attorney] What was discussed?

The release of certain impounded insurance funds.

[Prosecuting Attorney] You released them?

They were turned back to the insurance companies

by my office.

[Prosecuting Attorney] For what reason?

In return for a fee of $1,200,000.

This was a fee to you, a public officer?

- No sir. - Then who got it?

[Bob] It was paid over to the defendant, Matt Brady.

(audience murmuring) (gavel pounding)

(dramatic orchestra music)

That's not true, Bob, I don't know anything

about a fee from the insurance company.

If there was a fee, I ain't never got a dime of it.

You know that, Bob.

What are you doing to me?

What're you doing to me?

Why, why?

Why, Bob?

What are you doing to me?

(dramatic orchestra music)

(door closing)

(gentle orchestra music)

I heard the news.

I couldn't believe that Bob-

- Don't blame Bob too much.

He tried to warn me.

He lied, but he could've told the truth about

a dozen other things and the answer would've been the same.

I've been heading this direction for a long time.

Whatever was wrong in Bob was wrong in me first.

I'm very sorry, Matt.

I'm truly sorry.

You didn't have to put up the bail.

It wouldn't have made any difference.

I'm leaving.

You've got a life to live.

Oh no, it isn't that, Matt.

I'd stay forever if i thought it would do any good.

But during all of our years together

it's been living in the same house with a man

that can't even remember your name.

Nobody, not even an animal, can live in complete loneliness.

I was never a beautiful woman,

but baby, I'm the most beautiful woman you ever knew,

inside.

Look at me, Matt.

(dramatic orchestra music)

[Chauffer] Shall i pick up the bags, ma'am?

Yes.

Bob was never your friend.

Elsie was never your love.

And i was never your wife.

The world was never your home.

Goodbye, Matt.

(dramatic orchestra music)

(pleasant orchestra music)