Passed | 1h 4min | Drama, Sport | 24 November 1942 (USA)
Sherry Baker, owner of a sports service (a bookie)is very successful and is highly respected by gamblers in New York City. Ricky Sloan, owner of the Panthers professional football team, is in love with her. Jimmy Carson, a six-year-old boy, comes into Sherry's office to place a bet for his mother, who dies shortly after sending Jimmy to place her bet. Sherry reluctantly takes the kid home with her and, after a short while, decides to adopt him. But the court does not approve of Sherry's business, as it is more than somewhat illegal.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: George Wallace Sayre, Rusty McCullough
Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Buster Crabbe, Paul Bryar
Sherry Baker, owner of a sports service (a bookie)is very successful and is highly respected by gamblers in New York City. Ricky Sloan, owner of the Panthers professional football team, is in love with her. Jimmy Carson, a six-year-old boy, comes into Sherry's office to place a bet for his mother, who dies shortly after sending Jimmy to place her bet. Sherry reluctantly takes the kid home with her and, after a short while, decides to adopt him. But the court does not approve of Sherry's business, as it is more than somewhat illegal.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: George Wallace Sayre, Rusty McCullough
Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Buster Crabbe, Paul Bryar
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00:18:13Come on.
00:18:21There. That finishes it.
00:18:23Every horse is handicapped.
00:18:25Have Rosie take this to the printers the minute he gets back.
00:18:27Wait a minute.
00:18:28Are you sure the odds on March Slave is okay?
00:18:31What's wrong with him?
00:18:33Seems a little long to me offhand.
00:18:35I don't figure odds offhand.
00:18:37You'll check the weight figures and the speed figures
00:18:39and the prices of the races he's been in.
00:18:41You'll hit an average of 81.
00:18:43The top horse using the same system of calculation
00:18:45gets a figure of 137.
00:18:47If 56 points under the favorite doesn't call for a quotation of 101,
00:18:50I'll eat all these sheets.
00:18:52Well, I guess you're right.
00:18:56I guess I shouldn't argue with a mathematical wizard like you.
00:18:59I wish your father had lived to see you toss figures around like that.
00:19:04He wouldn't have approved, being a college professor.
00:19:07You know how he was.
00:19:09Yeah.
00:19:11Remember how he insisted everything was real?
00:19:14Then almost proved it by working out a handicapping system.
00:19:17And he never bet a horse.
00:19:19That's right.
00:19:21He made me promise I'd never bet before he'd show me the system.
00:19:24Well, you haven't done so bad with our betting.
00:19:26You know, making the odds for the chumps.
00:19:29Yes, Cuddles.
00:19:31We've done all right.
00:19:33Why?
00:19:34Why do you call me Cuddles?
00:19:36Because you're a nice, fatherly old man.
00:19:39With a shoulder I can cuddle on when the world gets too annoying.
00:19:43Old?
00:19:44What do you mean old?
00:19:46Let me hear you howl.
00:19:47Go ahead, howl.
00:19:48A wolf.
00:19:49Now cut it out, will you?
00:19:50I'm no wolf.
00:19:51That's what I said.
00:19:52You're a nice old man, Cuddles.
00:19:55Say, speaking of wolves, why don't you get out more?
00:19:58What, again?
00:19:59Yes, again.
00:20:00Get out and meet some young fellows.
00:20:02You know a lot of them.
00:20:04Why, you stand so close to these cold figures,
00:20:07you can't tell whether you're a machine or a woman.
00:20:16What is this, a kiddie parade?
00:20:18Sherry, something's come up.
00:20:19I've got to talk to you and Chris.
00:20:20What did you bring him back for?
00:20:21That's what I want to talk to you about.
00:20:23Well, can't it wait, Rosie?
00:20:24No, Sherry, it's important.
00:20:26Now look, pal, you wait here.
00:20:28We've got to talk this over.
00:20:29OK.
00:20:35The little fellow's old lady's dead.
00:20:37Dead?
00:20:38Yeah.
00:20:39There was a lot of excitement at the flat
00:20:40when I got the kid home on account of her being dead.
00:20:42So I told the landlady I'd take her back here
00:20:44and take care of the kid.
00:20:45But why?
00:20:47Well, the kid thinks his mom's a slave, Sherry.
00:20:49I didn't have the heart to tell him.
00:20:51You mean he doesn't know his mother's dead?
00:20:53No.
00:20:54I figured we could tell him later after we stayed
00:20:56at your place a couple of days.
00:20:57My place?
00:20:58Yeah.
00:20:59You've got a big apartment with an extra bedroom.
00:21:01Are you suggesting I take that little boy in to live with me?
00:21:04Why not?
00:21:05You'll love him after you get to know him.
00:21:07I'm not going to get to know him.
00:21:09You've got to do something about this, Cuddles.
00:21:11What can I do?
00:21:12I don't know anything about kids.
00:21:14Well, something has to be done.
00:21:16Where's his father?
00:21:17Why doesn't his father take care of him?
00:21:18Well, according to the landlady, his father's dead too.
00:21:21And he ain't got any family that she knows of.
00:21:23Say, we could take him to an orphanage.
00:21:25That's it.
00:21:26Take him to an orphanage.
00:21:27Oh, Sherry, you can't do that.
00:21:29Why not?
00:21:30He's an orphan, isn't he?
00:21:31Yeah, but a place like that ain't so cozy
00:21:33for a kid that's just lost his mom.
00:21:35The other kids, it'd be a cinch to tell
00:21:37him she ain't just sleeping.
00:21:38Oh, why don't you take him in for a couple of days, Sherry?
00:21:41Until we sort of get things squared around, huh?
00:21:43I won't.
00:21:44What are you two trying to sell me?
00:21:46I don't know anything about kids.
00:21:48Oh, but you'll catch on.
00:21:50That comes natural to a woman.
00:21:51Not to me, it doesn't.
00:21:53If you think I'm going to have my very pleasant routine
00:21:55upset by a strange kid around the house, you're crazy.
00:21:58I don't like them.
00:21:59That means you don't like me, doesn't it?
00:22:05Now, look, there's nothing personal about this.
00:22:08What's your name?
00:22:09My name is Jimmy Carson.
00:22:11OK, Jimmy.
00:22:12As I was saying, there's nothing personal
00:22:13about this thing at all.
00:22:15Then you do like me?
00:22:17Well, you see, it's this way.
00:22:19We, um, that is, uh, I...
00:22:25Oh, Chris, you tell him how it is.
00:22:27Yeah, sure, I'll tell him.
00:22:28Sure, she likes you a lot, Jimmy.
00:22:30She's, she's crazy about you.
00:22:32That's why she's going to take you in to live with her
00:22:34while your mother's away.
00:22:36Chris!
00:22:37Yeah, she's got a great big place, pal.
00:22:40And she's going to get you that wagon you were talking about.
00:22:42Now, you two listen to me.
00:22:43Are you really going to buy me that wagon?
00:22:46Sure she is.
00:22:47It's already being delivered to her place.
00:22:49Chris, that isn't true.
00:22:50No, it will be when I get on the phone and order it.
00:22:53Chris.
00:22:54Why don't you give up, Sherry?
00:22:55It'll only be for a couple of days.
00:22:57All right.
00:22:59But I'm calling my lawyer tomorrow.
00:23:01He'll make arrangements about the orphanage
00:23:03in a nice legal way.
00:23:05I know what an orphanage is.
00:23:07It's where they put kids when their fathers and mothers are dead.
00:23:13Gee, I'm glad I'm not in one.
00:23:17If my mother was dead instead of sleeping,
00:23:20they might put me in an orphanage, mightn't they?
00:23:26Yes.
00:23:27They might.
00:23:30All right.
00:23:31I'll take you to my apartment.
00:23:33Oh, I just happened to think.
00:23:34I've got a dinner date with Ricky Sloan.
00:23:36What am I going to do?
00:23:38Well, that's all right.
00:23:39Have Ricky over to your place for dinner.
00:23:41The kid will add a domestic touch.
00:23:43And Ricky might even propose.
00:23:45Hmm.
00:23:46Enjoying yourselves, aren't you?
00:23:47Well, suppose you take a share in this little enterprise.
00:23:50How old are you, Jimmy?
00:23:52Six.
00:23:53Six.
00:23:54Now, get this.
00:23:55You two are going shopping.
00:23:56I want a complete outfit of clothing for a boy six years old.
00:23:59And I want it brought to my apartment right away.
00:24:01Yes, ma'am.
00:24:02Hey, what are we going to buy?
00:24:03Figure that out for yourselves.
00:24:05You're both little boys.
00:24:06Come on, Jimmy, while I get my coat and hat.
00:24:10Look, you buy the clothes.
00:24:12I'll get the wagon.
00:24:13Oh, no, you don't.
00:24:14You'll earn on this, too.
00:24:15Why, it's no job at all.
00:24:16Oh, no?
00:24:17I suppose you know what to buy him.
00:24:19Well, sure.
00:24:20Yeah, what?
00:24:21Well, it's very simple.
00:24:22Yeah.
00:24:23Well, you start out with those three-cornered things,
00:24:25you know, the pants.
00:24:26Oh, no.
00:24:27And you go out in there.
00:24:28Gee, wouldn't it be great if Shelly
00:24:30took on the kid to keeps?
00:24:32Yeah, but I'm quoting 50 to 1 odds against it.
00:24:35Hello?
00:24:38Yeah?
00:24:40Out of the money?
00:24:41Are you kidding?
00:24:44OK.
00:24:46You can raise those odds, Chris.
00:24:48The kid ain't lucky.
00:24:50Then, Eddie, give me just one hour.
00:25:07Hello, Ricky.
00:25:08This is Sherry.
00:25:10I wonder if you'd mind having dinner at my apartment
00:25:12tonight, just the two of us.
00:25:14Would I?
00:25:15That's the best idea you've had since I've known you.
00:25:17I'll be right over.
00:25:18Well, there's no need to hurry.
00:25:19We won't be going out anywhere.
00:25:21Goodbye.
00:25:36Hey, I thought you were going to finish your bath
00:25:38while I phoned.
00:25:39I was.
00:25:40But I was having so much fun, I forgot.
00:25:45Are you mad at me, Sherry?
00:25:47I will be if you don't hurry.
00:25:50Now, come on.
00:25:51Out of there.
00:25:53There we go.
00:25:56Ah.
00:25:57Whoa.
00:26:08Gee, Sherry, you're pretty.
00:26:10Do you think I'm pretty?
00:26:12Well, you're clean.
00:26:14How come I have to take a bath on Thursday?
00:26:17Mommy only bathes me on Saturdays.
00:26:20Well, we'll have to talk that over with your mommy.
00:26:23Come on, let me dry your feet.
00:26:29What's that for?
00:26:31Your hair is so pretty, I like to touch it.
00:26:36Listen, you six-year-old Casanova,
00:26:38turn off the charm, will you?
00:26:40What's a Casanova?
00:26:41Oh, you'll find out about 15 years from now.
00:26:45There.
00:26:46Now, as soon as I get your new pajamas on,
00:26:48you'll be all ready for bed.
00:26:58That's enough, young man.
00:27:00I'm exhausted.
00:27:01Just once more.
00:27:03All right, once more, but this is the last.
00:27:11Oh, that's enough.
00:27:13Now, into bed with you, young man.
00:27:15Do I have to say my prayers?
00:27:17Well, of course you have to say your prayers.
00:27:24Now I lay me down to sleep.
00:27:30Go on.
00:27:31I forgot.
00:27:33I pray.
00:27:35I pray my soul.
00:27:37I pray the Lord.
00:27:39I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
00:27:45If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord,
00:27:50I pray the Lord my soul to take.
00:27:54Wait a minute.
00:27:55Haven't you forgotten something?
00:27:56Amen.
00:27:57Bless Mommy, Sherry, Rosie, and Chris.
00:28:05Jimmy, suppose your mommy doesn't
00:28:07come back for a long time.
00:28:09She always came back when she went away before.
00:28:13Well, until she does, would you like to live with me?
00:28:18I sure would.
00:28:20Do you, Sherry?
00:28:21Can I?
00:28:22We'll see tomorrow.
00:28:25Now go right to sleep.
00:28:28Good night, Jimmy.
00:28:29Good night, Sherry.
00:28:37Good night, Jimmy.
00:28:38Good night.
00:28:39Good night.
00:28:40Good night.
00:28:41Good night, Sherry.
00:29:02Oh, hello, Ricky.
00:29:04You got here in a hurry after all.
00:29:05Oh, not so much in a hurry, Sherry.
00:29:06Ricky, something wonderful has happened.
00:29:08Something I never believed could happen.
00:29:10Yeah?
00:29:11There's a boy in my room.
00:29:12In bed, sleeping.
00:29:14A boy?
00:29:15How old?
00:29:16Six.
00:29:17Oh.
00:29:19Oh, Ricky, you don't know.
00:29:20You can't possibly know what's happened to me.
00:29:22Maybe...
00:29:23Maybe only a woman understands
00:29:25how much it means to have someone need her.
00:29:27Oh, Sherry, I've tried to convince you
00:29:29about three years now that I need you.
00:29:31Oh, I know, but you're different.
00:29:33You can take care of yourself.
00:29:35This little guy's so helpless.
00:29:38You got it bad, haven't you, honey?
00:29:40Where'd you find the boy?
00:29:42His mother died this afternoon.
00:29:43He hasn't a soul in the world to take care of him.
00:29:46I'm going to see my lawyer tomorrow about adopting him.
00:29:48Adopting him?
00:29:49Yes.
00:29:51What's wrong with that?
00:29:52Oh, nothing.
00:29:54I think it just seems kind of funny
00:29:55that a single girl would be adopting a little boy.
00:29:59I can give him everything he needs.
00:30:02Well, can't I?
00:30:03Yes, yes, of course you can.
00:30:05You'd be the luckiest kid in the world if you adopt him.
00:30:07There's no if about it.
00:30:09I've made up my mind.
00:30:10Well, then that settles it.
00:30:11The great Sherry Baker has spoken.
00:30:14You know, honey, I could make it a lot easier for you
00:30:16if you really want to adopt this boy.
00:30:18You could? How?
00:30:19Marry me.
00:30:21Oh, I know you've never considered me
00:30:22from that angle before, but I'd make a wonderful father.
00:30:25No, thanks, Ricky.
00:30:27You're grand company, but, uh,
00:30:29our tempers don't seem to match.
00:30:32You know, at times, you think I'm a nitwit, like today,
00:30:37when I picked your team to wind up in the cellar.
00:30:39You certainly were a nitwit.
00:30:44Time will tell.
00:30:45Our little wager's up.
00:30:47Yes, sir, Sherry, time will certainly tell.
00:30:50I suppose you know that I signed Tommy Marvin today.
00:30:54Tommy Marvin?
00:30:57Outstanding All-American last year.
00:30:59Signed Eddie Donnelly, too,
00:31:00the greatest forward passer in the country.
00:31:03But why didn't you tell me?
00:31:05Well, that's not my technique
00:31:06with women who know all the answers.
00:31:08Tell them nothing.
00:31:09You know, I'm going to get a big kick
00:31:11out of collecting $10,000 from you
00:31:13when my team wins the championship.
00:31:15May whittle you down to my size.
00:31:18Oh, come on, honey, let's forget the whole thing.
00:31:19When do we eat?
00:31:20As soon as I get dressed.
00:31:22I'm having dinner set up,
00:31:23and I hope it gives you indigestion.
00:31:26Oh, dear.
00:31:36Hello, there.
00:31:39Hello.
00:31:43Are you Casanova?
00:31:46No, no, you got me wrong, pal.
00:31:48I'm your future father, but your future mother
00:31:50doesn't know about it yet.
00:31:51My name's Ricky.
00:31:52What's yours?
00:31:53Hiya, Jimmy.
00:31:54Sit down, won't you?
00:31:55I'm going to live with Sherry till mommy gets back.
00:31:58Yeah, I heard about that.
00:32:00Three of us will be very happy, don't you think?
00:32:03Are you moving in, too?
00:32:05Yeah, yeah, very soon.
00:32:06Now, only, only Sherry doesn't know about it.
00:32:08We'll keep it a secret.
00:32:09What do you say?
00:32:10OK, Ricky.
00:32:11That's the boy, Jimmy.
00:32:16Of all the crazy, idiotic things,
00:32:18this is the craziest.
00:32:20I didn't come here for a lecture.
00:32:21You'll get one and like it.
00:32:23After which, you'll do exactly as I say.
00:32:25That's why I pay you a fat yearly retainer.
00:32:28Now, Sherry, listen to me.
00:32:29Let me explain this whole thing to you.
00:32:32Go ahead.
00:32:33Adopting a child is a serious undertaking.
00:32:36The laws of this state are strict.
00:32:39Now, in the first place, you're single.
00:32:41In the second place, the business you're in.
00:32:43What's the matter with my business?
00:32:45And what's wrong with being single?
00:32:46Now, don't get me wrong.
00:32:48Even if she does copy all the laws of this state,
00:32:50all she wants is to tie me to the business I've been involved in.
00:32:54That doesn't matter.
00:32:56What's all the matter with my business?
00:32:57And what's wrong with being single?
00:32:58Now, don't get on your high horse.
00:33:00There's nothing to matter with your business of being single.
00:33:03Personally, I think it's a blessing.
00:33:05But courts see things differently.
00:33:08What the court sees is your business.
00:33:10I know a little boy lost his mother.
00:33:12I'm going to make it my business to adopt him.
00:33:15we get into court if we get that far please don't carry
00:33:20a chip on your shoulder this
00:33:36is
00:33:37a rather unusual case was bigger it is not the young unmarried woman seeks to adopt
00:33:42a child what is your occupation I can see you don't read the sports pages your honor
00:33:48only during the baseball season there's one team in which I am particularly
00:33:52interested ask me anything you want to know about baseball ninety five percent of
00:33:56my prediction so far this year have been correct are you the sherry baker who
00:34:00forecast sporting events guilty your honor that may add further complications to
00:34:06your application for adoption why should it you're associated with certain gambling
00:34:11interests on my client has no connection with gamblers your honor she represents
00:34:16let us say sportsmen in certain transactions operating
00:34:19a commission house placing large bets throughout the country but I don't gamble
00:34:24myself I don't carry on any bookmaking people merely place commissions with me
00:34:29because I make the odds in reality I'm
00:34:32a broker just as respectable as any stock firm in Wall Street I fail to see the
00:34:36similarity in operation or respectability but there is
00:34:41a similarity my selections are exactly like
00:34:44a market letter issued by a member of the stock exchange except instead of stocks I
00:34:49deal in horse races and football games and things like that technically I suppose
00:34:54you're right I take it you have no objection if representatives of this court
00:34:58investigate your private life and your business my client welcomes any investigation
00:35:04of
00:35:04a character your honor very well I will grant you temporary custody of the boy
00:35:09pending the report of our investigators thank you your honor.
00:35:22There it is sherry baker sports service sounds like
00:35:27a funny business for
00:35:28a woman to be in.
00:35:45Well please nine young man do you know anything about the business conducted by
00:35:49Miss Sherry Baker do I I say I do Lady Miss Sherry is
00:35:54the best horse handicapper in the whole land. Handicapper I wasn't aware that
00:36:00horses suffered from handicaps do you mean she trains backward horses no
00:36:06ma'am make sure this figures out the weather's it's going to be. The odds they
00:36:12ought to pay at the track I suppose people bet on the information she supplied
00:36:19now are you cooking with gas Miss Sherry picks them and
00:36:23a smart horse player that's a she's sure is
00:36:26a wonderful lady.
00:36:35All this is right down the hall nine oh three.
00:36:48Five.
00:36:59I've got
00:36:59a very good thing that I don't want. To.
00:37:09Friend show you ladies in the wrong place that you're going to share a bankers
00:37:12place to be. That's right now don't tell me you girls are looking for information
00:37:16on the ponies because if you are I'll give you
00:37:18a very good thing if you look like and put your bet at the same time thanks I'm
00:37:22not looking for that sort of information come medicine.
00:37:31I thought I wanted to play so bad Oh I don't you want. To show the close game
00:37:37that they want to play any close kids a great picture yeah. Hey it's
00:37:41a close play.
00:38:00Remember how we rehearse this I don't want no slip up so you know I can I get
00:38:03ready. Why do I have to get all dressed up at this time of night
00:38:11carry us to kill the cat was kept here somehow the most personal habits why.
00:38:19Stop asking questions I'm going to farm you out to
00:38:21a quiz program. There you're
00:38:25a very handsome young man how about a kiss I won't you want that red stuff.
00:38:33All right.
00:38:41Hey hey hey hey hey caught you in the act what's the idea of making love to my
00:38:45girl Jimmy. OK so with you I'll share. Anything to say about this not
00:38:53a thing Jimmy and I'll decide your future for you won't we Jimmy.
00:39:01Are you forgetting our agreement Oh I forgot it's
00:39:06what Rick is going to be. Taking a lot for granted planning my future I'm sure not
00:39:11at all Jimmy and I'll decide what's best for you if you don't mind I'll decide
00:39:15what's best for me what what's holding you people up you know you're upsetting
00:39:19an important schedule let's go come on Jimmy I'll show you why you're all dressed
00:39:24up. Are you done that's so hot don't crowd her she's like
00:39:31a yearling Philly facing
00:39:33a barrier for the first time. Happy
00:39:42birthday pal Jimmy happy birthday to me you you happy birthday
00:39:48pal Jimmy happy birthday to you.
00:39:51Hey. We want to keep it
00:40:00a surprise as
00:40:01a military. It is a small guy when you open these place these are special that's
00:40:05from Chelsea and me.
00:40:06I'm going to teach everything I know that won't take long that's bad the kid
00:40:22will be punched on before his next birthday.
00:40:28It's my little present. It's
00:40:32a bank book with fifty dollars to start you on your way to prosperity. Here Jimmy
00:40:38is another fifty make it
00:40:40a three figure to count. If I only knew where mommy was
00:40:49I'd send all this money to work she never had this much.
00:40:58You're
00:40:58a great guy. Who almost got. Something else
00:41:06but it is it can I open it now go ahead.
00:41:15Here at all.
00:41:28I. Love.
00:41:37Come on let's put it on see how it looks.
00:41:38It's.
00:41:47All right.
00:41:53I don't know.
00:42:08I don't know. I don't know what I want to do three
00:42:16four.
00:42:23Oh fine Jimmy but don't you think you've had enough excitement for one evening.
00:42:31I'll finish. She got was lucky for him to fill rank.
00:42:39You ain't got nothing to worry about he didn't even lay
00:42:41a glove on you didn't lay
00:42:42a glove on me I'm going to keep your eye on the referee because somebody's been
00:42:45my brains out I'll go on you can take him to where you're going to get
00:42:48a long list of guys.
00:42:53Round three OK round three come on.
00:43:08To. Come on come on.
00:43:17You're looking for me Sherry Baker I'm Sherry.
00:43:20Going to come in.
00:43:32To four six eight ten I'm getting
00:43:34a short count what is the winner a new. I hope I didn't hurt you you didn't hurt me
00:43:41not how I've been hurt before Hey can I have
00:43:42a return bow. That's the idea hey clearly sign them up I'm going to sign them up
00:43:47I'm the train right the man.
00:43:55He can write that you are a little boy yes. That is he's in my custody
00:44:03and who are those people. Whether they're friends of Jimmy you see it's his birthday
00:44:09we've seen quite enough we're investigators from the juvenile call.
00:44:17It's.
00:44:37Real quick you lost your closest friend. Could be right.
00:44:47In. She
00:44:56ain't got
00:44:56a chance in the world Hey what makes you so sure she won't get away with that well
00:45:01you've got to do the say she will I'm late to five and I'm taking fifty dollars
00:45:05whether that well you've got yourself
00:45:06a bet jump is a scratchy with
00:45:08a morning line all tracks points well good enough is Sherry quoting any price on
00:45:13getting that kid listen clearly no cracks about that kid see that's poison yeah
00:45:18well maybe you'd like to put some money on the line if she gets away with it I mean
00:45:21you're betting against Sherry right here in
00:45:22a wrong office but why not she ain't got a chance in the world to keep in that kid
00:45:27the only thing that Sherry knows how to mother is
00:45:28a bankroll. Charming fellow. Always. What was that crack
00:45:36I look for what wait
00:45:37a minute Rosie I it's just here in the past you say that's what I want to know now
00:45:41Rosie when it don't get excited. Anybody else want to
00:45:48open this trap about Sherry to me.
00:45:58And I think. We're going to see
00:46:03a judge going to tell me I'm
00:46:04a lady. But you are a lady the very nicest lady I ever knew
00:46:11thanks Jimmy you're
00:46:13a gentleman. Listen fella I want to talk to you man to man OK shoot.
00:46:22You may hear a few things said about me today that won't be so nice if anybody
00:46:27says anything bad about you I'm going to poke them in the know. I'm afraid this is
00:46:34something a poke in the nose won't help. But I want you to understand. Whatever
00:46:39happens today doesn't change things between us. I love you Jimmy.
00:46:45I'll always love you I love you too Sherry. OK here we go.
00:46:52You know.
00:47:01Your Honor I know that the term betting commission is sounds bad but what my
00:47:05client is doing is
00:47:06a legitimate business in every sense of the word our reputation is impeccable I can
00:47:12bring dozens of character witnesses here to prove it I don't want to be necessary
00:47:16Mr Bickel in cases such as this the court has no choice only facts can be
00:47:21considered I've studied the report of our investigators carefully. I'm afraid that
00:47:28Miss Baker doesn't quite measure up. Your Honor what do you mean measure up I mean
00:47:34that the business you're in and the home environment do not meet the requirements
00:47:39for adoption I suppose it's not enough that the boy wants to stay with me that I
00:47:43love him and I'm prepared to give him every advantage you and your investigators
00:47:48and your stupid requirements. Why don't you ask the boy what he wants. Your Honor
00:47:54my client is a bit upset that is
00:47:56a parent. You will take charge of the boy in this mural I'll draw up his commitment
00:48:02to an orphanage immediately. Jimmy.
00:48:12Your Honor may I say goodbye to the boy somewhere where we can be alone. I'll try
00:48:18to make him understand you may use my study. Thank you.
00:48:36Well Jimmy. This is where we split up.
00:48:40Where am I going. Oh it isn't
00:48:43a bad place to be other boys to play with. Come and see you.
00:48:50I heard the man say I was going to an orphanage. That means my mommy isn't coming
00:48:57back ever doesn't it. Oh Jimmy.
00:49:09I'm not going to get
00:49:33away with it Chris. What are you going to do I'll tell you what I'm going to do I'm
00:49:38going to give up this business I'm going to move to
00:49:40a nice quiet suburb and prove to those narrow minded Puritans that I'm
00:49:43a fit person to take care of Jimmy. Why don't you quit daydreaming come down to
00:49:48earth if you think I'm daydreaming Chris you're crazy this business is yours as of
00:49:52now. Let me tell you something what you say is just the bunk so you're going to give
00:49:57up the business you're going to move to the suburbs you think that will clean the
00:50:01slate knock down opinion and prejudices. Now you're way off form Jerry your pick
00:50:07doesn't even figure because no matter where you go or what you do you'll still be
00:50:11Jerry Baker no public opinion handicaps people on past performances the same as
00:50:16horses you haven't got
00:50:18a chance this is one time I'm throwing past performances right out the window.
00:50:27Certainly you're not serious Ricky but I am serious yet what do you want
00:50:32a mascot for your football team no no nothing like that I just want to adopt
00:50:36a child with the court consider such
00:50:39an application from me well I don't see why not you have
00:50:43a good standing in the community you would be in
00:50:46a position to give a child certain advantages there's only one thing against you as
00:50:50I see it you're still single aren't you yes judge I'm still single that's the only
00:50:57objection knowing you like I do but look here I think what's this all about what
00:51:03are you up to. I'll tell you later judge thanks very much.
00:51:07I. Don't ask questions we're going on
00:51:33a little trip don't even bother to get your head not so fast where we go listen I
00:51:38told you not to ask questions come on Ricky's got
00:51:40a great idea show you on it there's no kidding it's
00:51:42a big look I don't go for mystery suppose you declare me and that's what we're
00:51:45trying to do you want to get Jimmy back don't you of course I do well then don't
00:51:49waste conversation come on what do we wait. By virtue of the powers invested in me
00:51:54but the state I now pronounce you man and wife. Gentlemen please give
00:52:02the groom a chance to kiss the bride. For Pete's sake kiss her what are you waiting
00:52:08for. That'll be two dollars unless of course you want the special embossed
00:52:14certificate in which case it will be fine. Shoot the work squire I'm in a spending
00:52:19mood come on Ricky let's go Rosie pay the man will you.
00:52:32Say you want to wreck it. You are now
00:52:36a proud father thanks yet by the way who is this girl you married she's right
00:52:41outside I'll bring her in. Darling. I'm not
00:52:46a judge. Sherry Baker no no not Sherry Baker judge Mrs Ricky Sloan there's no
00:52:53Sherry Baker anymore now she's even disposed of
00:52:56a business and I can vouch for her character we've been fighting since you were
00:52:59a pig tail this is highly irregular what's irregular about it judge I love her and
00:53:03she loves me we both love the boy she's got rid of her business now she's
00:53:06a respectable married woman and I'll guarantee to keep them both out of trouble now
00:53:10you think of one good objection that's it. For the life of me I can't think of one
00:53:16a hard judge you're
00:53:17a darling young lady you're forgetting the court's dignity Oh but the court isn't
00:53:22in session there that'll keep you from being lopsided goodbye judge thanks very much
00:53:27I guess.
00:53:40This order is official I know judge Morris a signature I can't understand neither
00:53:46can I I'll report plainly set forth that this woman is not
00:53:50a fit person not just a minute if you two ladies make
00:53:53a nasty crack about my wife I'll sue you for slander and make it stick but you have
00:53:57to go around looking for something bad and everybody why don't you try to find
00:54:00something good. A little fingers worth
00:54:02a room full of women like you. Let's get out of here.
00:54:14We've been
00:54:14a great part of it and I'm not going to do it but I'm not going to show you those
00:54:18all the way. I make it sweet as soon as they come in
00:54:23a door I went to get it got ready to go. Here comes the bride here comes
00:54:28the bride here comes the bride.
00:54:36Here comes the bride here comes the bride here comes
00:54:41the bride.
00:54:46I. Thank
00:54:54you that was great I heard not yet we got
00:54:57a swell way to get it all planned out but more yardage top house. Sure you can go
00:55:03well that's awfully nice of you boys but I'm afraid it's out we've already had
00:55:06a wedding dinner you mean just
00:55:07a tree without the mob that's right Rosie see I mean now where we had to do it out
00:55:12a quick figure and get Jimmy back again everything's OK now but we don't want
00:55:16anything to happen like what happened to Jimmy's birthday party remember you mean
00:55:20those two girls might try to start something again they might we don't want to take
00:55:23any chances besides it's Jimmy's bedtime Well I guess it takes all kinds of people
00:55:28make all kinds of people. But not good food go hungry.
00:55:38Your grand family good luck to the three of you tonight that you mean. Good night
00:55:43very much. Off to bed with you young man I don't want to go to bed I'm not sleepy
00:55:50now listen smarty pants curiosity I know you're not going to kill the cat because
00:55:57the cat was curious about the mouses and personal life OK I'll go to bed
00:56:04night Ricky good night sir I'll be right back OK.
00:56:13I'm.
00:56:21Jen. And I bet you this time.
00:56:37When I play another I don't believe so I'm
00:56:39a little tired and so am I. Getting late. To get
00:56:45a kind of late isn't it. Don't you think you better run along.
00:56:53I said don't you think it's about time for you to go home. You kidding.
00:57:00Now wait a minute Sherry don't joke with me I'm not joking Ricky. Was awfully nice
00:57:06of you to marry me so I could get Jimmy back I appreciate it. You're pretty cute
00:57:12aren't you. Just sensible sensible I got another word for it
00:57:19selfish I'm not selfish and you know oh yes you are listen you married me just to
00:57:24get that boy back again now you try to ball to me OK baby I'm going to take it on
00:57:28a long end run you know I was silly enough to love you to think that you love me I
00:57:32thought you'd realize that I was crazy about that boy to try to make
00:57:35a good father to him but Ricky I thought you never mind what you thought you're
00:57:40just like the Sherry Baker people say you are smart hard as nails always figuring
00:57:44the odds in your favor OK sweetheart you made
00:57:46a good bet you got what you wanted I hope you're very happy with the whole thing.
00:57:55Ricky.
00:58:35The.
00:59:05The.
00:59:35The.
00:59:53Hello hello I want to talk to Captain Riley in the Bureau of Missing Persons.
00:59:57Yeah. Oh hello hello Captain Riley say if you heard anything about Jimmy Carson
01:00:03yet. OK but you let me know right away when you're in it won't you.
01:00:11Yeah thanks. Try Ricky again you give me the phone I'll call it.
01:00:27It's
01:00:36no way you don't think Ricky took the kid do you don't know what to think.
01:00:40I. Think.
01:00:51Hey Mr What can I do for you young man I want to take my money out of your
01:00:57bed. Oh I'm sorry you can't do that without the consent of your mother or father
01:01:03well it's my money isn't it sure it's
01:01:07a bank rule why don't you bring your parents with you Oh no I couldn't do that
01:01:12why because I'm
01:01:14a can of their mad at each other that's why I'm going back where I belong all
01:01:21well on second thought maybe I better give your money do you wait here and I'll get
01:01:26it for.
01:01:37You.
01:01:54Now I was just long. As Hendricks at the bank. The friend of yours in here trying
01:02:01to
01:02:01a little banking business I thought you ought to know about it was that it's
01:02:05a little boy you open the account for you want to draw all this money out you
01:02:09didn't let him have it did you of course not that's why I called you but he seems
01:02:14to have quite
01:02:14a load on his mind such a little fellow says he's going back where he belongs
01:02:19doesn't hold him there I'll be right over. What's the idea of scaring Sherry like
01:02:24this Jimmy. I was just in the way when I heard you to
01:02:31fight last night you heard it. And afterwards
01:02:37Sherry came into my room and she was crying she loves you Ricky she didn't send
01:02:44she doesn't care thing about me you don't know much about women do you what are you
01:02:50talking about a woman never cries over
01:02:53a man she isn't crazy about even I know that I
01:03:00wonder I wonder too when you're going to get away from that window so we can get
01:03:04some business I'm sorry ma'am come on Jim let's get out of here. No
01:03:11word yet. All right. Hello Sherry.
01:03:20Can they hold Jim so glad you're back where have you been this
01:03:26long to a man that knows nothing at all about women. He's outside waiting for me
01:03:33to see if it's OK for him to come in he thinks you don't love him.
01:03:44When you're waiting for.
01:03:56Me. I want to cook and. How about
01:04:03a game of gin let me I know I can beat you.
01:04:25The.