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(upbeat music)

(bus engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- No, no, no, don't.

Don't.

(dramatic music)

- Stoolie.

(police sirens blaring)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

- Is he still alive?

- Yeah, we got a description of a man with a knife.

- Nevermind who got him, he had information

he was bringing down to me.

(people speaking indistinctly)

It's Mike, Callie.

What did you want to tell me.

- Doc got wind I was talking to the cops?

Sent two guys after me.

- We'll get them.

What about the information, did you get it?

You're dying Callie, not much time left.

What did you find out about the shipment?

(police sirens blaring)

- It's coming from New York.

- How, how are they bringing it in?

(police sirens blaring)

You were going to find out for me.

- Couldn't.

Plans were changed at the last minute.

They got a cop helping.

(police sirens blaring)

- What cop?

(speaks in foreign language)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Give me a hand.

- The cop, Callie, who is he?

The one that's helping 'em?

- Narcotics Squad, New York.

- His name, give me his name.

Quick Callie.

- Miller.

(speaks in foreign language)

- Miller.

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(car engine revving)

(upbeat music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- [Dispatch]) Miller, Miller, Officer Miller report in.

Officer Miller, Car 12, report in.

- Car 12, Miller reporting.

- [Dispatch] Thank you.

- Roger.

(car horns honking)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(car engines revving)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Run for it, you guys.

(people speaking indistinctly)

(car horn honking)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(door knocking)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- It's that cop again.

- Let him in.

- Why'd you come back, Miller?

- Well I thought I'd wait around

'til the messenger got here.

- It's not that hot out to make it sweat.

- Get over there.

- What's the idea cop?

- You named it Menig, cop.

I'd almost forgotten what I was.

Only everything's all right now.

- I gave you 10 grand to look the other way.

- You've got it back.

You pull a double cross on me and I'll spill my guts.

You took a payoff.

Your word against mine.

You tried only I said no.

That's why I'm taking you in myself.

- You're crazy.

- Yeah, crazy.

Crazy to let you talk me into this deal.

All I had to do was walk outta here with that blood money

and I knew. You spoil people, Menig.

You're no good.

Get back.

We're gonna take a little trip

as soon as that messenger gets here.

(people speaking indistinctly)

(dramatic music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(car horns honking)

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- 10 grand's more than you make in three years.

Be smart.

I'll make it 20, Miller, 20.

- Shut up.

Shut up.

- You're gonna retire soon.

Gimme his gun.

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The dough, get it.

Wait in the car.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(door knocking)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(dramatic music)

(door knocking)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Christine.

- [Jess] Hello Chris.

- Oh, hi Jess.

- What's new with the lady cop today?

- Jujitsu, learned all about it.

- That oughta come in handy, keeping house.

- You come peacefully or do I have to take you?

- All right, all right.

(colleagues whistling)

(all laughing)

You know one night you're gonna walk out of that building

all tired and fed up with it.

You'll tell me you're through with the idea

of wanting to be a cop.

- Please, Jess.

- I know, same old pitch every night.

- I'm not giving up my uniform for an apron.

- You've got a right to think of yourself too, Chris.

Your father doesn't expect.

- That's why I've gotta help him.

He could have retired last year

if he hadn't piled up all those debts

to send me to fancy schools.

- It goes deeper than that, Chris.

You are doing it because Hank wanted a son to follow him.

- Don't fight me, Jess.

I feel good and I want to stay that way.

- Look, if it's money, I know an associate law professor.

- I don't wanna talk about it.

- All right, Chris, some other time, huh?

- There's so much I've gotta do first.

I have to have time to work things out.

- Well, while you working it out, you have to eat.

How about dinner and a show?

- I'd love it.

But I gotta go home and change first.

- All right, come on, I'll take you in myself, sister.

(both laughing)

(train engine revving)

(baby crying)

Something wrong Chris.

- Lieutenant Kirby.

(car engine revving)

Something's happened.

- Chris, your father had an accident.

- No.

- No pictures.

(guns firing)

- Beginning to shape up now, it's their final week.

(guns firing)

There she is.

See you in my office later.

- You've got a hang fire.

- Thanks, I can handle it.

- Sure.

Only next time that happens,

you hold your gun down to the ground

in case of a delayed fire.

(gun firing)

Otherwise you're liable get hurt.

- What's the matter, what happened?

- Nothing.

(bell ringing)

- All right girls, let's go, let's go.

We've got work to do.

Come on, let's go.

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Come in, Chris.

This is Lieutenant Michael Trent

of the Los Angeles Police Department.

- We've met.

- He wants to talk to you in private.

- Sit down, Miss. Miller.

- Cigarette?

- No thanks.

- A couple of months ago I was handling a narcotics case.

One of those very tricky jobs, you know,

never know what to expect.

You may be able to help me.

- You've got the wrong Miller.

It's my father who was on the narcotics squad, he's dead.

- About that case.

I wasn't getting anywhere until some informer talked.

One of the names he mentioned was Hank Miller.

It isn't going to be easy to hear the rest.

- Suppose you get to the point, Lieutenant.

- All right.

Your father made a deal with that gang.

- You're a liar.

- From what I could piece together,

he found out their purpose in New York.

He was closing in on them when they propositioned him.

- He was murdered trying to stop them.

Do you understand?

Trying to stop them.

Only you'd rather believe some gutter rat.

- That gutter rat had no reason to lie, he was dying.

- Nobody will believe you.

Hank Miller died on his job.

- All right, Miss. Miller, all right.

I thought somebody had to tell you.

For the time being, it'll be just between us.

- You couldn't wait, could you?

Down there in the firing range, sizing me up.

- I had an idea you could stand the truth.

You want to help Hank then help me.

I need facts.

Anything to get at them and help his case.

Facts, who he met, his record, his bank account, facts.

- Leave me alone.

- Did he need money for anything special?

Did he?

Was he in debt?

Why would he take the chance?

Why?

- All, his life, he was on the level.

- It has to be a pretty strong habit.

I guess Hank didn't figure on it

when he slipped for a minute.

- One thing I could count on was Hank.

He never had much.

Had to die to get the insurance.

He was so lonely all the time.

Who killed him, Lieutenant?

- I don't know for sure.

- Aren't you gonna find him?

- I might.

When I break my own case.

That comes first.

- Then let me help you.

They wouldn't suspect a woman,

they'd let me get closer to them.

- That's an idea.

- I can find him.

- It takes experience.

- Whatever it takes, Lieutenant,

I've got to do what he couldn't those last few minutes.

- You'd be looking for one man.

I'd want them all.

I couldn't risk it.

- Don't bother.

I know my way home.

- So you're going through with it?

- Yeah.

I'm more convinced the ever

it'll take a woman to break this case.

- Get in touch with L.A?

- Yeah, they're with me.

- Addie Lunt and Molly O'Toole.

Both good, no attachments.

How about Chris Miller for the job?

- Too anxious.

- Yeah, she's that all right.

I just left her.

She gave you the idea, didn't she?

- Yeah.

- Well, why not use her?

- That's not a woman, that's a machine gun.

- It's your case, Mike.

I may be talking out of turn.

I think you ought to give her a crack at it.

- No, the woman's at the cops angle.

- All right, I'm not as tough as you are.

- Just careful.

A lot of things I have to do I don't like.

Sure she has the looks, it'll take more than enough.

But so have they.

- Rookies.

She lived with a cop all her life.

Knew his job inside out.

I could have graduated her in a week.

And another thing she has, the others will never have.

- Yeah, no time for fun,

no time to enjoy the couple of hours outta uniform.

- You looking to break a case or someone to reform?

That girl has a personal reason for wanting to help you.

- What did she tell you?

- Everything.

Took nerves, Mike.

I could have suspended her from the academy.

How about it?

Want me to put these back in file?

- All right, Sadie, you win.

Send you back a finished cop too.

Oh, get it to sign a release and pack.

- Already packed.

(gentle music)

(airplane engine roaring)

(gentle music)

(car engine revving)

(birds chirping)

(gentle upbeat music)

- $1.70 please.

I'll help you into the office with these.

(gentle upbeat music)

This leads to the bungalow next door.

But you can keep it locked on your side.

- Thank you.

- Anything you want, just sing out.

(gentle upbeat music)

(door knocking)

- Yes?

- Mike Trent.

Now how was the trip?

- Full of surprises.

- You tired?

- Little.

- Okay, I'll be back first thing in the morning,

we'll start then.

- I'm ready now.

- Okay, here's the picture so far,

somewhere in New York, there's a big consignment of drugs,

assembled and waiting to be sent here.

Now they came in by ship plane or even truck

and we have no way of knowing.

- How does the treasury Department figure in it?

- Well, they're trying to intercept it and route,

but we can't count on it.

Now it takes a big outfit to handle a shipment like that.

And we know the one.

It's the gang that killed your father.

Only we want the syndicate first, understand?

- Perfectly.

- Okay, come on, I'll get you some coffee.

We've done some preliminary work in the gang.

Even got some movies to get you acquainted with the members.

Oh, here, try it black.

That's the blind for the ring we're out to break.

These pictures were shot from a stakeout across the street.

Doc Holmes, front man, a discredited doctor,

but his boss out here,

he takes orders from someone higher up.

Pat Gibson, Holmes's nurse.

One of his weakness is the ladies.

That's why I liked your idea

of bringing a woman into the case.

Doc's hatchet man, Collar, ex football pro,

broke his neck in the game.

He's a killer, should be dealt with as such.

That's Tully, a male nurse,

likes seeing people in pain.

He's the go-between for the gang and the small fry.

One of the small fry from a long skid row.

This one's called The Moocher.

Babe Snell, Moocher's ex-girlfriend.

She'll figure in later with The Moocher.

That's that.

- Which one killed my father?

- I don't know.

And I wouldn't tell you if I did.

We get them all, we get the one.

Want some coffee?

- [Christine] Yes, thanks.

- You're about to get a brush up course on narcotics.

- Possession of narcotics,

under the Harrison Act, in order to get them

on a pure felony, you'd have to have,

you have to prove actual sale.

- Good, you're still with me.

- All except where I fit in.

- You're gonna be a buyer.

That means you're going to have to work your way

into Holmes' confidence, find out who's top man.

- They're a little particular

about who trades with them, aren't they?

- Yeah, very.

That's why you're gonna have to take on a new identity.

There you are, try one out for size.

If it's wrong, blame the police academy,

they furnished the measurements.

- I like my own clothes better.

- There's a reason for these, I'll explain later.

Oh, and keep the mink stone off the floor, it's only rented.

You ever been in Chicago?

- No.

- Well from now on the answer is yes.

That's why the clothes have Chicago labels,

it's your hometown.

You grew up on Milwaukee Avenue.

You work for Lizzie Crow.

- What's my new name?

- Sal Willis.

Everything you know about the rackets, Liz taught you.

Liz was a big wheel in Chicago until she fell for a bad guy.

After that, she went to pieces, took the habit,

and fell out with the gang.

We saved her neck and put her through a cure.

- Where is she now?

- We've got her in a rest home.

Far as the gang know, she died in a fire.

All right, ever been to Chicago?

- It's my hometown.

I was raised on Milwaukee Avenue.

I'm a second Lizzy Crow.

- Good.

- But his Holmes gonna believe it?

- That's up to you.

We're going to see Liz tomorrow.

Get her background down pat, warm into her confidence.

Get her to talk.

Yeah, that's right, get it to a reveal

all those little details that can't be embedded.

It's not gonna be so easy.

(people speaking indistinctly)

Hello Liz, I brought you something.

- What's in it?

- Candy.

- I don't like candy.

- A friend of mine, Liz, Chris Miller.

- Hello Liz.

- You aren't gonna come busting in like this?

You don't own me.

- All right, Liz, I'll beat it.

Let you two girls have a talk.

- You can get out too.

Go on.

- I came a long way to see you, Liz.

- I got nothing to say to you.

- I brought you something too.

I thought you'd like it.

- He's got no right busting in, me looking like this.

What's he think I am?

I used to have my hair done every night.

Had nails as red as anything, long.

Pretty close, like you.

One of these days I'll be walking outta here.

- What about those pretty clothes, Liz,

what colors did you like best?

- Red, green tailored,

gloves to match.

I had shoes and gloves for every outfit.

See for yourself.

I sure was one for looks.

- I can fix your hair the same way, Liz, if you want me to.

- Yeah.

Say, you're all right.

- What else do you like, Liz?

And can you get me a couple of lockets, Mike,

you know, the kind you wear around your neck.

- What for?

- For Liz's picture.

And if I could have them made really beautiful.

- Suppose you'd try that again,

only this time nice and easy.

- We were pals, Liz and me.

I always wear her picture around my neck.

- You shouldn't have taken it, she might resent you.

- Not a chance.

- I'll ask the photo lab to help us out.

But we'll have to get it back to her,

first thing in the morning.

That's all she has left.

(gentle music)

- You gotta have an angle.

You wouldn't be doing all this for nothing.

- I like doing it, Liz.

(gentle music)

- Nobody give me a present in a long time.

- How about Jigs?

He used to give you presents.

- Jigs?

- You loved him, Liz.

- I never loved him, even when he got it,

I never even cried.

- Oh sure you didn't, lotsa nights.

- What you do it for?

Why'd you have to remind me?

- All right, Liz, forget it.

(gentle music)

Let's talk about other things

like the time you ran The Racket in Chicago.

- I wanna talk about Jigs.

Sure, he's made me cry lots of times.

Big shot.

I had the whole town right in my hands

and one guy who couldn't see me for dirt, wrecks me.

(Liz laughing)

Get outta here.

(dramatic music)

Get outta here, go on.

- Jigs, Jigs, where'd she meet him?

- I don't remember.

- A dance, Lon Turk gave it.

- I never heard that name.

- Well, you should have by this time.

- It's no good, Mike, I can't do it.

- Sure you can.

You're doing a swell job with Liz,

giving her sympathy and understanding.

- Sympathy.

I hate her.

She reminds me of everything that's rotten,

everything I wanna step on.

- That's just what she's helping us to do, Chris.

- What's happening to me, Mike?

- I don't know.

I guess you're filled with hate.

It crowds everything else out of your mind.

Christine.

- Yes, Mike.

- Where did Liz come from?

(both laughing)

- We come from a small town, nine of us, girls.

All girls.

(both laughing)

- Where'd you go to school?

- Oh, in Sedgwick.

I sure gave those teachers a rough time.

- There you are.

- Gee, they look swell.

- Whatever happened to Lon Turk?

- Him?

Oh he joined up with Nick Melzer.

Got it in the back with a shiv and deep.

(both laughing)

- Who got Lon Turk?

- Vido Luncio, he stepped over the boundary.

- When was Lizzie arrested first?

- March '40.

- Charge?

- Possession of narcotics.

- How long did she serve?

- She didn't, no evidence, released by Judge Boone.

- Second arrest?

- September, same year, same charge, same result.

Only it was Judge Henick this time.

- It rained that day.

- It rained that day.

And Jigs picked her up in his gray sedan.

- Right.

Not a bad sandwich, huh?

What sort of narcotic do you like best?

- Never touch it.

Wouldn't be in the business if I did.

- All right Chris, time to make it all pay off.

Now your next step is getting introduced to the gang.

That's where The Moocher figures in,

remember the pictures?

- Small fry. - Right.

Now you get to meet him through Babe Snell,

lives at 828 South Alvarado Street.

- 828 South Alvarado Street.

- Right.

She's an old flame of The Moochers, a wino.

Anyone that looks like money is her friend.

That's you, lots of money, flash.

Get to know her

and through her get to know The Moocher.

He's your in with the gang.

This is as far as I can go with you, Chris.

You're on your own.

Remember to call in once a day if you can.

- Mutual 6552.

- If I'm not there, I'll get the message.

Case of an emergency, this will be our contact place.

Don't be too anxious, Chris.

- Sal's the name, Sal Willis.

- Right Sal.

Good luck.

(gentle music)

(car engines revving)

(car horns honking)

(telephone ringing)

(gentle upbeat music)

(telephone ringing)

- [Babe] Hello.

Who?

Oh, just a minute.

Miss. Willis.

(door knocking)

Miss. Willis.

(door knocking)

Oh, Chicago's calling you honey.

- Thanks.

Hello.

That you Phil?

No nothing yet.

Look, I've been here for five days now.

I'm not gonna hang around this town much longer.

Maybe I should get back to Chicago.

All right, I may have some.

Right.

Bye.

(gentle upbeat music)

♪ 'Til I die ♪

(door knocking)

Thanks for calling me Miss?

- Babe, Babe Snell.

- Sal's the name.

- Pleased to meet you.

- These phone calls are getting to be a habit.

- I don't mind.

- It's nice of you to say.

Let me know if I can return the favor.

(dramatic music)

You're a little mixed up, aren't you?

- I'll pay you back.

- Sure you will, right now.

- I need the money, bad.

You're not calling the cops.

- Relax.

I don't get along with cops.

- I've been trying to find work.

I'd pay it back.

- All right Babe, maybe we can do business.

- How?

- I've got a proposition,

I want your friend Moocher to deliver.

Too bad, I was gonna make him some money.

- I don't know anyone by that name.

- I hear different on the street.

I hear we're in the same business.

- How do I know you're not trouble?

- Let him decide.

- All right.

Why don't you go to him yourself?

He doesn't know me.

You can save time.

You'd be doing him a favor.

- We haven't hit it off lately.

- This would fix it, babe.

Deal like this would make him right with his friends.

- I can't.

- Sure you can.

You'd be doing him a favor.

He'd appreciate you making some real money for him,

showing him the way you feel.

- You'll take care of us?

- As soon as you picks a meeting.

- Okay?

- Make it your place Babe.

(dramatic music)

(car engines revving)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(car engines revving)

(dramatic music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

4 But once in a while ♪

♪ You hug me and smile ♪

♪ But I can see me in your eyes I

(gentle upbeat music)

- Shut it off.

- You liked it once Mooch.

- Kenny says you wanna see me.

How many times I have to tell you you're outta bounds.

- I don't wanna get you no trouble Mooch.

I wanna help.

I got a deal for you.

A friend of mine, just in from Chicago.

- What friend?

- Sal Willis.

- Never heard of her.

- She's buying big, all she can get.

- What did you tell her?

- I told her I had a friend could help.

- Did you give her my name?

Did you?

Please don't.

- Did you? - Don't?

- Did you give him my name?

(Babe crying)

You're through.

Don't be coming to me for handouts anymore.

I'm passing the word along the rest of the street.

- Oh you wouldn't do that to me, Mooch, please no.

I loved you Mooch, I was only trying to help.

- You're dead.

- Please, please.

- Let go.

(glass breaking)

(Babe screaming)

(dramatic music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- In here quick.

You'll never get by that crowd.

(dramatic music)

Out this way.

- What's in it for you?

- I'm the one looking to connect with your friends.

She tried selling 'em on the idea but couldn't.

Next thing I heard was the splinter of glass then a scream.

- Well, there goes that angle.

- Not quite.

You forget I helped him get away.

- He'll wonder why. Might even connect you with the cops.

- We can always pick him up.

Right now, we need.

- Mooch is out, we'll have to dig up another angle.

Meanwhile, sit tight and do nothing.

- I did him a good turn.

- Forget him. You got him into a jam.

As far as you're concerned, you're poison to him.

(dramatic music)

- You were told to stay away from Babe.

- She went looking for me.

- Oh, is that why you went to her place?

- She had a deal she wanted to talk up.

- A deal?

- Some buyer from Chicago, live next door to her.

Go ahead Tully.

- Since when does a two bit crumb talk for us?

- I was only trying to help.

- You were only trying to make trouble.

Maybe if we keep you hungry for a while, huh?

- You'd wanna do that Tully?

- Oh, you're getting off easy.

Why the Doc were here, you'd get your neck broken instead.

(dramatic music)

Now get out.

(dramatic music)

(fire raging)

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

(fire raging)

(dramatic music)

(fire raging)

- What's the idea of following me?

- You never came back.

- Beat it.

(dramatic music)

I wouldn't wanna smear that pretty mouth.

- You got me wrong, Mooch.

- You put me in a spot, you and that dame.

- I helped you get away.

- Yeah, I'll send you a thank you card, now I'll beat it.

- Moocher, the name fits.

Go on beg for handouts.

(dramatic music)

(fire raging)

(dramatic music)

(fire raging)

I am trying to make you some money.

There will be more, lots more.

All you have to do is introduce me to your friends.

All right, then go back to your penny ante rackets.

(fire raging)

- What's my deal?

- 500.

- Penny ante?

- A grand.

- Double.

- All right it's a deal.

- I'll let you know.

(fire raging)

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

(birds chirping)

- May I help you?

- I'm Sal Willis.

I have an appointment with Dr. Holmes.

- If you'll wait, I'll tell him you're here.

- All right Mrs. Lewis, I'll see you sometime next week.

- Good day, Doctor.

- How many times do I have to tell you

to wear a clean uniform.

- For these crumbs?

They are patients.

- Trouble with you, Doc, you're still remembering.

- They are some things.

- Sal Willis is out there.

- Send her in.

Sit down Miss. Willis.

A patient of mine tells me you're looking for a doctor.

- I came all the way from Chicago for the right one.

- And you think I'm the right one?

- That's what my friend tells me.

- I'm flattered Miss. Willis

and sorry to put you to all that trouble for nothing.

Your plane leaves in two hours.

- Why all the cat and mouse?

You had your mind made up before I came here.

- Just inquisitive.

Besides, I wanted to put you on that plane myself.

- You're making a mistake.

- I make lots of 'em.

- Suppose I won't go.

- Then he'll take you.

- What about my luggage?

- You can stop by for it.

- Water or soda?

- That won't do you any good.

- All right.

But I'm entitled to some explanation.

- Oh, we don't know you Miss. Willis.

- Then check.

- I did, just after Moocher came to us.

Nobody in Chicago ever heard of you.

We only do business with established clientele.

- Know her?

- I can't say I do.

- That's Lizzie Crow.

Established.

- I've heard of her.

But you are not Lizzie Crow.

- I was as close to her as anyone ever was.

- Strange, no one in Chicago knew it.

- Lots of strange things, Lizzie did,

ask anyone who knew her.

For one thing she kind of fancied me,

kept me in the background all the time.

She didn't want me to get hurt.

- Ah, you add up too easily.

As if you were trying to prove something.

- I'm trying to prove I bring a bonafide offer to buy.

All you wanna do is get rid of this stuff

and that's what I'm here for.

- A friend of mine knew her.

You mind my showing it to him?

- Not if I can hang around to get it back.

- As a matter of fact, I insist you stay

and I'll have that drink you couldn't sell me.

- I can use one myself.

(typewriter keys clacking)

- Well?

- No word from her yet.

(typewriter keys clacking)

- All right, I'll relieve you.

(telephone ringing)

- Yeah.

Just a minute.

- Where have you been?

I'll be right down.

Take over again, Robbie, will you?

I told you to lay off Moocher.

- I did, for a week, and nothing happened.

- So you take over the show?

- What difference does it make, how we get results?

- Did it ever occur to you that you might have

wrecked our whole plan?

- Oh Mike. - That there were

other people involved.

- I thought being a cop meant taking chances.

- It means taking orders first.

Suppose they wanted to beat the truth out of you.

Usually to drag the rest of us in a trap.

How would we know?

- I wasn't thinking right. - You can't afford not to.

This time you were lucky.

Next time it might be different.

Oh, all right, it's a break anyway.

How you gonna handle it?

- According to blueprint,

work my way into the Doc's confidence

and then let him fix the deal with the big boss.

- Looks like he's coming back again.

- Well that was the idea, wasn't it?

- Yeah.

See you keep us posted at this time.

(birds chirping)

- Well, maybe I do think too much.

Anyway, I come up here when it really gets bad.

This is one place I won't share with my business associates.

- You must trust me an awful lot.

- I do.

- I think I know what you mean, Doc.

- Do you?

- Everybody has something to run to

when the going gets rough.

For me, it used to be Lizzie Crow, when she was alive.

- I was hoping you could trust me too.

I'm gonna tell you something, I never told anybody before.

I have a son.

- Never figured you for that, Doc.

- Nobody does.

It's the way I want it.

I've had him hidden away in school, most of his life.

Does it begin to make sense to you,

why I take the chances I do?

- No.

What happens when he finds out?

How do you think he'll feel

when they come and tell him the truth about his father?

- Nobody tells him.

Every reason for living isn't that boy

and what he thinks of me.

There's nothing I wouldn't do to protect him, nothing.

(birds chirping)

- Okay.

He doesn't find out.

- He's gonna be the doctor I wanted to be.

- I'm for you.

- All the way?

- What do you think?

- I think you're getting ready to ask me

why our deal hasn't been yet.

- That's right, Doc.

Your friends had time enough

to find out if the locket's 14 karat.

- I didn't want you to go, that's why I stalled.

I hoped you'd get to like this place.

- I wouldn't be here if I didn't.

- I need you Sal.

It's been a long time since I had anybody I could talk to

or believe in.

- Maybe that's why I didn't press you

to clench the deal 'til now.

Maybe I feel the same way about things.

I'll tell you after the deal's out of the way.

(birds chirping)

- All right, I think I can get the boss to play ball.

(birds chirping)

(gentle upbeat music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(gentle upbeat music)

- Jai alai is one of the oldest sports, Miss. Willis.

Means merry festival.

Most dangerous game in the world.

- That's what it says in the program.

- On the red.

Like betting Miss. Willis?

- When the odds are right.

(crowd cheering)

- I make the odds.

(crowd cheering)

Why don't you take a walk over to the dressing rooms, Doc,

I hear Chavez was hurt in practice yesterday.

And take your time.

Where'd you stay in Chicago, Sal.

- On the Drive, 326 South Maryland.

- Block and a half from the old Casa Moreno.

Had a friend who ran that place.

- You're talking about Jigs.

That goes back a long time.

- You knew him?

- Anyone who knew Lizzie Crow knew about him.

- You didn't know me.

- How could I?

You never did any business with her.

Jigs took care of things.

'Til he was found in an alley one night.

- You've got a good memory.

- When I need it.

- Bet it on 10 in the next play off.

(crowd cheering)

Lon Turk says he never heard of you.

He knew Liz.

- That's a good trick.

He's dead.

- Pneumonia.

- Double pneumonia.

Two knife wounds.

- How'd that happen?

- You could ask Vido Luncio, if he was alive.

- Who's backing you?

- I forget.

- Girl with your memory?

- We don't ask you where you get this stuff

as long as you supply it big.

(crowd cheering)

- Look at that dummy, he missed the ball.

(people speaking indistinctly)

There's a lot of it back East.

- There's a lot of water in it too.

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Suppose I could get some, price might be steep.

- We'll manage.

- How would you work the deal?

- Any way you want it, as long as it's fast.

- Whenever Doc gives the word, it's okay with me.

(people speaking indistinctly)

(crowd cheering)

Looks like the bet paid off.

(crowd cheering)

- Chris.

(birds chirping)

I knew it was you.

- How'd you find me, Jess?

- Those waivers you sent to the probate court

on Hanks estate, one of them had your address on it.

What is it, Chris, what's wrong?

- I can't talk about it. You've gotta leave right away.

- I don't intend to.

- Don't be a fool, Jess, you're on danger.

- I've been a fool up now to let you have your own way.

- What is it, some sort of police work you're doing,

is that why you can't tell me?

They told me you quit the academy.

- Can't you see Jess?

I'm trying to make you understand.

It's over between us.

- I don't believe you.

- Every word of it.

You're hanging onto a world that's gone.

Forget it.

- Forget it?

All right, I'll forget it for now.

But I'll be around again tomorrow and every day after that

until you come to your senses.

(birds chirping)

I'm at the Alton Hotel if you want me.

(birds chirping)

- [Christine] I'll do your call for 2000 when it's set.

Now get outta here.

- I got an idea, there ain't gonna be a deal.

You're a stoolie or a cop.

- Look, chiseler.

- And I don't like you calling me names.

Don't like you, you put the skids under me

the day you showed up.

I want five grand or I tell Doc.

- You're crazy.

- Not that crazy, I can't put a couple of things together.

That guy you had here this afternoon,

I followed him all the way over to the Alton Hotel.

- So what?

- So I saw him come out again with a couple of cops.

- Could have been one of my backers from Chicago.

Why cops?

- I gotta tell him if it's pardon.

Look, as far as I'm concerned,

I don't care what happens to Doc and his boys,

especially Tully.

- That's the way they feel about you.

I hear talk and you don't rate.

All right, I'll help you get out of town,

I'll give you the money.

- No.

- I'll need time, where will you be?

- Lenny's Cafe.

Two hours is all I'm waiting.

- I'll be there.

How do I know you'll keep your mouth shut?

- You don't.

Five grand by five o'clock.

And don't try anything funny or I will spill my guts.

(birds chirping)

- Just sit tight, we'll take care of it.

No, no, we've got him here, he won't bother you again.

- She can't wait to get me out.

- Robbie.

- [Robbie] Yes, Mike.

- Pick up Moocher, Lenny's Cafe, five o'clock.

- [Robbie] Okay, Mike.

- These boys will escort you down of the train.

- Nevermind.

- It's for your own safety.

- All right then.

Sooner I get outta here the better.

As far as I'm concerned, there never was amy Chris Miller.

- That's right, just Sal Willis.

And remember it.

- Sal Willis, huh?

Sounds cheap enough.

- You've been shooting off your mouth plenty and I let you.

You're not in love with that girl.

If you were nothing she did, would matter, nothing.

You're just looking for a way out.

All right, I'll give you one.

She's been on her own right along.

She's lied, she's cheated,

she's done anything to get facts for us.

Only it doesn't matter to me.

- Why, you're in love with her yourself.

Funny way to treat a woman you love.

- That's right, Jess, funny way.

- You'll keep an eye on her, Lieutenant?

- Sure, Jess.

(car engines revving)

- Where's Doc?

- Relax.

You're liable to take off.

- Listen, I gotta see him.

- Moocher.

- [Doc] All right, send him in.

- I came as quick as I could, Doc.

- Oh, what's wrong?

- Everything.

She took your Doc.

- Who took me?

- Sal.

- You're not making sense. - She's in with the cops.

I'm telling the truth.

I followed a guy, came out of her place,

all the way over to the cops. - When?

- This afternoon.

- What took you so long coming here?

- The cops were looking for me.

- What were you doing there?

- Just taking a walk, Doc, taking a walk.

- I'll ask you again.

What were you doing hanging around her place?

- I went for my commission.

I only wanted what was coming to me, Doc,

just what was coming to me.

- Who else knows about it?

- No one.

Doc, you gotta keep Tully from laying his hands on me.

You gotta help me, Doc.

- Sure.

Yeah sure, I'll help you.

Now the first thing we gotta do is quiet your nerves.

(dramatic music)

What will it do for the cops

to pick you up in this condition.

You might say the wrong thing.

Go ahead, it's only Brandy,

it'll calm you.

(dramatic music)

That's better.

(dramatic music)

We'll protect you.

We'll see that police don't make you talk.

(dramatic music)

He's had a bad shock.

Sleep will do him good, Collar, lots of sleep, understand?

(dramatic music)

Hello Sal.

The deal's all set.

Come right over for details.

(dramatic music)

(police sirens blaring)

(car engine revving)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- What happened? - I don't know,

I didn't hear it. - All right folks,

stand back please.

Come on stand back.

Let me through to him, stand back.

Robbie.

His neck's broken.

They may have found out what he was up to.

Get a hold of Chris and tell her not to move

until we get there.

- Right.

- You know what I have to do now?

- You're not smart, Doc.

Suppose you do shut me up, what about the police?

- They'll never find your own body.

No deal, no case, nothing, not one thing

to use against us. - Except your son.

- You let me talk myself into a trap.

Getting at me through my son.

Well I'll kill you first.

- You'll be killing the boy too.

Wanna know how it'll feel when they tell him.

I know,

because it happened to me.

I'm Hank Miller's daughter.

That's right.

The man your gang murdered.

How do you think I felt when they came and told me,

my father was part of your crooked racket?

How do you think your son's gonna feel?

Like the whole world crashing.

You've got to tell him yourself.

- I'd rather be dead.

- Sure.

Quit him now let him drown.

- What choice have I got?

Either way the boys ruined.

- No, not if you help us.

Don't you see, Doc?

You can give him the one chance by helping us.

We'll take care of the boy.

- How do I know you'll protect him?

How can I be sure?

- I promise it.

- All right.

- What about the deal?

- It's set, tonight at 9:30.

- That gives me an hour, where?

- Here

Menig's on his way here with this stuff now.

- I'll have the money ready.

(gentle music)

Which one killed my father?

- Menig.

(dramatic music)

- I let him touch me and I didn't know it.

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

- Lieutenant Trent's orders,

make it look like you called me.

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- When are you going to learn to take orders?

- When they bring results.

- You're not going in there again.

- Nobody's stopping me, nobody.

- I'm stopping you.

- We made a deal and I took your word for it.

- It didn't call for me to send you into a trap.

- It's my job.

- And my conscience.

- Don't you understand, Mike?

I know who did it.

I know who killed Hank.

You stop me now and I'll never catch up with myself, never.

- And if it didn't work out, what then?

They'd kill you, Chris.

- I've gotta take that chance.

- I don't want you to.

(gentle music)

It happens I love you.

(gentle music)

- That gives me every reason to live, Mike.

But you gotta let me go through with it.

It's my one chance to make up for Hank.

Otherwise I'd go on being restless.

Please, Mike.

(gentle music)

- Kind of sudden about Moocher, wasn't it Doc.

- Everything in this business is sudden.

The cops found him.

- Too bad you didn't take my advice and do it long ago.

- I wasn't sure long ago.

- You want me to mail that letter, Doc?

- Thanks, I can do with a walk.

Don't worry about Moocher.

- What's this about Moocher?

- He got in the way and threatened to talk

unless we took care of him.

So I obliged.

- How do you know he didn't talk?

- I never let him out of sight after he came here.

- Maybe we better call the deal off.

- What for?

- Because the cops will be looking for someone

who saw Moocher last.

That's what for.

- Whatever you say, Reed.

Only she'll be here with the cash at 9:30

and the stuff's been hanging around too long as it is.

- Why not a switch in plans.

- Everything's set to go off here.

- 'I' buy Tully's idea.

Maybe you better see it that way too, okay.

Tully stays here.

Collar comes with me.

When the girl comes,

I want you to bring her to the other place.

- Check to see the stuff is all there

before you give him the okay.

We'll be watching from up here.

If everything goes off right,

you should be out in about 10 minutes.

There are two exits from the building, both covered.

Murph will be waiting close by in his cab.

Hail him and get out of there.

After that we'll raid.

All right, Chris, here's your payoff.

All in small bills and marked.

We want to catch them with that money in their possession.

And we want Menig in one piece.

You hear me Chris?

We want him alive so he can give us names.

All right Murph, get going.

I'll see you Chris.

(gentle music)

Good luck.

(dramatic music)

- Ah, you're right on time.

All right, follow him, Sal.

There has been a change in plans.

(dramatic music)

Lock up, Pat.

(dramatic music)

- Coming Doc?

- Coming.

(dramatic music)

Just an extra precaution.

(dramatic music)

- Mike the 10 minutes are up.

How much longer are we waiting?

- I want her out of there first.

(dramatic music)

There's Chris now.

(dramatic music)

- This cab's taken, Miss.

- I've got to get to the doctor.

- There's a clinic right there.

- They're all gone, I work there myself.

- Okay, step in.

- All right, let's go.

(dramatic music)

- Find anything?

- They didn't use the fire exit.

- Murph never showed at headquarters with the girl.

- Here's the gimmick.

It leads on to the next street.

- There's a radio in Murph's cab contact him.

- We tried, he doesn't answer.

- Come on.

(car engine revving)

- 19, calling X10, 19 calling X10.

Come in X10, come in X10.

- Let me out at the next corner.

(car engine revving)

(car horn honking)

(car engine revving)

- She just went in.

- [Mike]Keep outta sight until we get there.

Don't tip them unless you have to.

- Good.

- Well, it's all yours.

Try the bottle.

- Okay.

(door knocking)

- [Pat] It's Pat, open up.

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Take a look at this Tully.

- Let me explain, Reed.

- What for?

It's all in the letter.

(gun firing)

Tully.

(dramatic music)

Cover the front door.

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

- Service entrance around the side.

- Give us time to go through.

Take the front door with Mark.

Come on, Robbie.

(dramatic music)

- There they are.

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(guns firing)

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

- [Mike] Christine, Chris.

(gun firing)

Chris where are you?

- Look at it brave guy.

- It's Hank Miller's.

- Don't Chris.

(dramatic music)

Pile him up with the rest.

(gentle music)

(Chris crying)

(gentle music)

- It would've been so easy, Mike.

- It took more this way.

(gentle music)

Go ahead,

why don't you cry it out?

- Cops don't cry.

(gentle music)

- Women do.

(gentle music)