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01:09Thank you and good evening.
01:11You all heard the saying, there's no business like show business,
01:14no biz like show biz, according to the trade papers.
01:19Well, one of the traditions of show business is that all comedians want to play Hamlet.
01:24The funnier the clown, the more tragic are his acting aspirations.
01:29Well now, tonight we are not going to do Hamlet,
01:31but we do have the pleasure of presenting one of America's great comedians,
01:34Mr. Red Skelton, in his dramatic debut on television.
01:41We ask just one thing, as this is serious drama,
01:44please, please try to keep from laughing.
01:50And now ladies and gentlemen, Red Skelton, starring in Public Pigeon No. 1,
01:54co-starring Ann Rutherford, tonight on Climax.
02:11This was a night that would go down in the annals of crime.
02:15One man defying the power of law and order to keep him confined.
02:19Was he mad dog, or was he genius?
02:26At a casual glance, Rusty Morgan was typical of the great American middle class.
02:31Industrious, good humored, and like most of us, moderately superstitious.
02:41Help!
02:44Now look what you've done. I'm sorry, Mr. Godfrey.
02:51Why did I ever listen to you, Edith? The man is a nincompoop.
02:54He's not a nincompoop, Mr. Avery. He's gentle and kind and wonderful inside.
03:00There's your coffee, Mr. Godfrey. Just as good as yesterday's.
03:02Matter of fact, it is yesterday's.
03:06You know, Rusty, it's awfully hard to stay mad at you.
03:09I wish you'd tell that to my girl.
03:11Hey, Rusty, why don't you and Edith get married?
03:13What, and break up a beautiful friendship?
03:16No, we're sort of at a deadlock, you know.
03:19I don't believe in long engagements, and she doesn't believe in short bank accounts.
03:25Money troubles, huh?
03:27Yeah, but I've been working on it.
03:29As a matter of fact, I think I've hit the jackpot.
03:31Really?
03:32Yes.
03:33How?
03:34Uranium.
03:35Uranium?
03:36Uranium.
03:40Edith doesn't know about it.
03:41I used our entire savings to swing the deal.
03:44Fifteen hundred dollars.
03:46Oh, hi.
03:47How about a donut to kill the taste of the coffee, huh?
03:53Miserable.
03:55Uranium, huh?
03:56Uranium.
03:57Rusty, I wish you all the luck in the world.
03:59Oh, thank you.
04:00Can I have my check, ma'am?
04:01First, let me get you a cigar.
04:02No, I'll get it.
04:03No, I've got an in with the cashier.
04:07You make these nickel covers so thick you can't break them.
04:10Here, let me do it for you.
04:11Rusty, you and I have to have a talk.
04:13Talk? Another talk? That's all we do is talk.
04:15When are we going to get down to business?
04:17Darling, we're on our way.
04:18We have fifteen hundred dollars, another five.
04:20Well, I didn't mean that kind of business.
04:22Another five? That means another year.
04:25How many good years do you think we've got left?
04:27But that's why we have to be so careful, oh darling.
04:30You can't afford to lose this job, not when we're so close.
04:33You're always saying that slow and steady does it.
04:36We've been going steady now for five years, and that's too darn slow for me.
04:39Well, we would have been married four years ago
04:41if you hadn't invested in that air conditioning company.
04:44Oh, have a vacation in your own home.
04:46Bottled air from famous resorts, oh.
04:50Well, the world just wasn't ready for us all.
04:53Let's not argue.
04:55Oh, I'm not arguing, Rusty.
04:57I love you and I want to get married just as much as you do.
05:00But every time you get your hands on a little money,
05:02you just don't seem able to hold on to it.
05:04Oh, now that's not true.
05:08I'm sorry, Edith.
05:10You couldn't help it.
05:12Edith, this is going to be our year.
05:15I think I really got it late.
05:17How?
05:18Well, I'm saving it for a shock, I mean surprise.
05:22Well, is this the way you spend your working day?
05:25No, this is the way we spend our evenings.
05:27Oh!
05:28Oh!
05:32Oh!
05:35Precious little thing, isn't it?
05:37Here.
05:38Thank you, Rusty.
05:40Good morning, everybody.
05:41Hiya there, Lieutenant Wheeling.
05:42Hello, Rusty.
05:43Rusty.
05:44Yes.
05:45What did you say the name of that company was?
05:47White Eagle Mines, Class A.
05:51What's going to happen, Lieutenant?
05:53You didn't pick up your tip.
05:54Oh, it'll be there when I want it.
05:56Where can a dime go these days?
05:59Oh, just give me a glass of milk, Rusty.
06:01Glass of milk, huh?
06:03Anything new down at headquarters, Lieutenant?
06:05Don't you ever read the newspapers?
06:07Well, I tried to, but it's pretty hard to read upside down, you know.
06:10Oh, here, here.
06:12No.
06:18There's a $10,000 reward for the capture of those electronic swindlers, but we'll get them.
06:23Yeah.
06:24Lieutenant, have you heard anything about a stock called White Eagle Mines?
06:29Have I ever heard about it?
06:30That one's a pip.
06:31Oh, you don't say.
06:32That's not even worth the paper it's written on.
06:34No.
06:37Well, I'm sorry.
06:38That milk is awful fresh today.
06:40I'm sorry.
06:41Are you sure about those stocks?
06:43Those dirty swindlers.
06:45How much reward did you say, Lieutenant?
06:47Did you say $10,000?
06:48It's all right, mister.
06:50Don't worry about it at all.
06:52It's pretty hard to keep food down in this restaurant, you know.
06:55Everybody complain.
06:57You're fired.
06:59Fired?
07:01Well, aren't you going to give me some kind of notice?
07:03That's notice enough.
07:09Rope on both sides.
07:16When things go good, I...
07:19I'll see you around, Lieutenant.
07:21All right.
07:26That'll come in handy now.
07:33Oh, Rusty.
07:35Well, it had to happen.
07:36It always does.
07:38I'm sorry, Edith.
07:42Maybe it's for the best, though.
07:44The best?
07:45How could you say that?
07:47Well, I had to force myself.
07:52Yes, sir.
07:53The entire issue's been solved.
07:55Hey, Harvey.
07:56You sure there ain't any more of that White Eagle Mines?
07:58Not until we print more.
08:00We've got plenty of...
08:02Honey Bluff Preferred.
08:04Honey Bluff.
08:05Honey Bluff?
08:06What kind of cockamamie name is that?
08:09Just got a confidential wire.
08:11Honey Bluff Preferred.
08:14Okay, pal.
08:15You talk it over with your wife.
08:17Say, honey.
08:18Say, honey.
08:19How come they're still buying?
08:21That item in the paper would have discouraged me.
08:24That's because you're smart, Rita.
08:26Our customers can't read.
08:28Oh.
08:36Good morning, good morning.
08:39I represent the United Merchandise Company.
08:42We sell a complete line of household goods,
08:44toilet articles, and novelty items.
08:46We don't want any.
08:47We don't want any.
08:48Well, maybe you'd be interested in our newly patented Moth Killer.
08:52This is one of the greatest little items that's come out in the last...
08:56Oh, that's a fishing rod.
08:57Wrong item.
08:59Mighty handy little item, though, if you're bothered with fish.
09:04Now, if you'll just give me your attention for a few minutes,
09:06I'm going to show you some of the most interesting articles
09:09that you've seen in a long time.
09:11These things haven't been around very long.
09:13And we've got...
09:18That's another thing.
09:19Our newly developed hair remover.
09:21Need I say more?
09:22Yeah.
09:24Start talking.
09:25All right, stand back.
09:26This entire building is surrounded by a squad of policemen.
09:29Yes, sir.
09:30You swindlers have sold your last block of White Eagle Mine stock.
09:33And I'm the sucker that bought it.
09:39Y2 calling 4X.
09:41Y2 calling 4X.
09:42Stand by.
09:43You're not playing with kids.
09:48Let me show you I really mean business.
09:50Don't shoot.
09:51We'll give you back your money.
09:52You bet you will.
09:53And a $10,000 bonus to boot.
09:55All right, now just keep your hands up.
09:57We're going down to the police headquarters.
09:58Be nice little boys.
09:59Nothing's going to happen.
10:01Why did you do that?
10:07Hey, what is this?
10:09Can't you forget the background?
10:11We're in a clean business now.
10:13I just can't let him run loose.
10:15If he can spot our mug photos at headquarters, we'd be through.
10:19No, I'm not going to let him run loose.
10:21Not with this town only half-tapped for suckers.
10:29All right.
10:30All right, what happened?
10:35Now there.
10:36How do you feel, my boy?
10:37Lumpy, thank you.
10:38I'm sorry, Mr. Lacey, I had to do that.
10:40Oh, don't apologize.
10:41The ashtrays probably need emptying anyhow.
10:44It sure is heavy.
10:46My name is Boser.
10:47Federal Bureau of Investigation.
10:49What?
10:50This is my partner, Frantis.
10:51Also a member of the Bureau.
10:53Federal Bureau...
10:54You mean you're FBI men?
10:56Surprised?
10:57Well, sure.
10:58You sure don't look like FBI men.
11:00That is, he don't...
11:01Well, I mean, he doesn't look like FBI men.
11:03Well, I mean, he doesn't look like FBI men.
11:05Well, I mean, he doesn't look like FBI men.
11:07That is, he don't...
11:08Well, I mean, who's she?
11:11Oh, Rita's one of us.
11:12We're all undercover men.
11:15Oh, what?
11:16Undercover men.
11:18Undercover men?
11:22Congratulations, sir.
11:23A corking disguise.
11:28No, no, no.
11:29Rita's one of us.
11:31I meant to imply she's been underground.
11:34Underground for a year.
11:36Really?
11:37Underground for a year.
11:38Remarkably good condition, considering...
11:42Well, that's how we operate.
11:44We work ourselves into a racket to reach the higher-ups.
11:46Oh, sort of unsung heroes, huh?
11:48Exactly, like yourself.
11:49A citizen risking his life to fight crime.
11:51Who, me?
11:52No, all I want's my money back.
11:54You sure had us fooled from the way in which you operated.
11:56We were sure you were a government investigator of some sort, like ourselves.
11:59Me?
12:00Oh.
12:01Hey, Harvey, I got a great idea.
12:03We need help.
12:05Why can't Morgan work with us?
12:07No, no, no.
12:08It wouldn't be fair to ask that of him.
12:10Yeah, but with a $10,000 reward, maybe he wouldn't mind.
12:14$10,000?
12:15Maybe he wouldn't mind.
12:18Are you a citizen?
12:19Am I a citizen?
12:21I must be.
12:22I don't know the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
12:25Have you ever done any government work?
12:26Can you take a beating without any yapping?
12:27Oh, sure.
12:28Can you hold out under pressure, even from the police?
12:30Can you keep your mouth shut?
12:31Well, I...
12:32Shut up!
12:36Excellent.
12:38Very good.
12:39Very good.
12:42Remove your hat.
12:43You're not going to hit me with that ashtray again.
12:44No.
12:45Repeat after me.
12:47Repeat after me.
12:48I solemnly pledge...
12:50Really?
12:52I solemnly pledge...
12:53I solemnly pledge...
12:54To uphold the principles of the Bureau.
12:55To uphold the principles of the Bureau.
12:57Through rain and sleet.
12:58Through rain and sleet.
12:59Till death do us part.
13:00Till death do...
13:02Are you sure we're not getting married?
13:06Till death do us part.
13:07Till death do us part.
13:08Congratulations, my boy.
13:09Congratulations, my boy.
13:10Oh, thank you.
13:12Congratulations.
13:13Thanks a lot there, bud.
13:14Wow.
13:16Big gun, huh?
13:18Wait till I tell Edith about this.
13:21Mum's the word.
13:22Oh, yeah.
13:23I forgot.
13:24That was the way it started.
13:32From the point of view of his fiancée,
13:34Rusty Morgan's actions were very strange.
13:38For days now,
13:39she had hardly seen him.
13:41And when she did,
13:42he hardly said a word.
13:53How are you, baby?
13:55Hiya, Lieutenant.
13:57What's the latest scam down at the racket squad?
14:00Anyone for tennis?
14:05Rusty, what's gotten into you?
14:08Lose the Seamus
14:09and meet me at the other end of the counter.
14:11I'll be wearing a red rose.
14:21I think he said I should get rid of you.
14:23You are a Seamus, aren't you?
14:25Well, if that's what he calls a policeman,
14:27yes, I am.
14:29I'll be around.
14:30Thanks.
14:31At least when I...
14:32Yes, I am.
14:33Uh, I'll be around if you need any help.
14:37A little service, my good man.
14:39Well, I see that you find it's difficult
14:41to replace good health.
14:42I could replace you
14:43with one visit to a booby hat.
14:45Now, now,
14:46remember the customer's always right,
14:47or am I wrong?
14:49Thank you very much.
14:50Now, if you don't mind,
14:51fish the dish rag out of the urn
14:53and wring me out a cup of coffee,
14:54would you?
15:02Well, good heavens.
15:04Serving it half and half now, huh?
15:05Half in a cup and half in a sump, sir.
15:08How do you like it
15:09when the shoe's on the other foot?
15:11Well, it's a little soggy right now,
15:12but delicious.
15:19Rusty!
15:22Where have you been?
15:24Look, baby, you gotta do me a favor.
15:26Oh, sure, anything.
15:27I want you to go to my apartment
15:28and pack my bag.
15:29Pack your bag?
15:30Yeah.
15:31Put in one shirt, that'll be enough.
15:32The other one's in the laundry anyhow.
15:34Well, where are you going?
15:35I want to be ready just in case.
15:37In case what?
15:38In case the shirt I'm wearing gets dirty.
15:42I want you to pack my underwear,
15:43my dark glasses,
15:45my yo-yo trophy,
15:48and you know the argyle sock
15:49that you knitted for me?
15:51Throw that in the bag too.
15:52You can never tell when you'll find
15:53one that matches and I'll have a pair.
15:58Rusty, you're acting so mysterious.
15:59What's the matter with you?
16:00What's happened?
16:01It's almost as if
16:02you've been avoiding me lately.
16:04Let's just say
16:05that destiny's keeping us apart.
16:07But I don't want to be apart from you.
16:09Our destiny is together.
16:11Someday you'll understand all of this
16:12and you'll be very proud of me.
16:14But I'm proud of you now.
16:16Oh, Edith,
16:18I love you very much,
16:20regardless of what happens.
16:22What are you talking about?
16:23What can happen?
16:24Goodbye, baby.
16:25Goodbye?
16:26But what about the suitcase?
16:28Where will I find you?
16:29Well, meet me tomorrow,
16:306th and Main, 11 o'clock.
16:32I'll be wearing a red rose,
16:34slightly wilted.
16:43Information gathered
16:44at that meeting between
16:45Rusty Morgan and Edith Enders
16:47later was to become significant.
16:49For now, the net was tightening.
16:51The Bunko Squad
16:52was ready to spring the trap.
16:54But the question remained.
16:56Was Morgan playing a cat and mouse game?
16:59And who was the mouse?
17:07Now, this is the new issue
17:09of the White Eagle Mind, sir.
17:11I have a whole bag of it.
17:13Really going to hold on to it.
17:15You might say I'm holding the bag.
17:19Hot.
17:20I know people that wouldn't touch it
17:21with a 10-foot pole.
17:2310,000 shares?
17:25Yes, sir, I'll put you down.
17:27Hey, Morgan.
17:28Did you deliver that satchel
17:29of dough to Mr. Bosa like I said?
17:31Not yet.
17:33Not yet? Why not?
17:34Well, my girl followed me
17:35and I had to duck into a bank.
17:37Get to the point.
17:39Well, you didn't want her to catch me
17:40with all that money, did you?
17:41Of course not.
17:42We don't want anybody asking any questions.
17:43Well, that's what I figured
17:44when I saw her waiting outside the bank.
17:46So?
17:47So I put the money
17:48in my safety deposit box.
17:50In your safety deposit box?
17:53Hello?
17:54Investment Opportunities Incorporated.
17:57Mr. Haverstraw?
17:59Oh, yes.
18:00I believe you called earlier.
18:03It's a raid.
18:04The Bunko Squad.
18:05Let's get out of here.
18:06I'm glad you could take time out
18:08to answer my message,
18:09Mr. Haverstraw.
18:10Things are really moving
18:11in the uranium field.
18:15Haven't you heard?
18:16They're splitting the atom.
18:17Two for one.
18:20Gonna be one of the biggest
18:21booms in history.
18:22Really going to mushroom.
18:25Mr. Haverstraw,
18:26take it from me,
18:27you can't go wrong
18:28with the White Eagle Mine stocks.
18:30But move fast.
18:31While you're hesitating,
18:32those Geiger counters
18:33are out counting Geigers.
18:37Hold on a minute,
18:38would you please?
18:39Hi, Lieutenant.
18:40What?
18:41Huh?
18:42Uh, Mr. Haverstraw,
18:44I'm sorry,
18:45I won't be able to deliver
18:46those uranium stocks
18:47that the government
18:48has moved in with controls.
19:18Nothing.
19:19Nothing?
19:20Not even a glimmer of information.
19:22But you know he's innocent.
19:24Do I?
19:25Well, you said yourself
19:26you liked Rusty,
19:27that you always considered him
19:28your friend.
19:29Well, maybe I'm just stupid.
19:30Oh, Lieutenant, please.
19:31Oh, sure, I like him.
19:32Rusty can be a bright spot
19:33in anybody's day,
19:34when he's not goofing off.
19:36But this Jekyll and Hyde thing
19:37he's pulling has got me winging.
19:39Jekyll and Hyde?
19:40Well, is he guilty or isn't he?
19:41With that naive manner
19:42of his oppose,
19:43he was conversing
19:44with your friend,
19:46He was conversing
19:47with uranium stocks, I know,
19:48because he mentioned them to me.
19:50On top of that,
19:51I catch him with his hand
19:52in the cookie jar.
19:53He's not guilty.
19:54There must be some explanation.
19:56There just must be.
19:57We've been begging to explain
19:58for the past 24 hours.
20:00He's dummied up
20:01like a hardened criminal.
20:02We can't even pry a word out of him.
20:04Not a single solitary word.
20:16Oh!
20:24Oh!
20:34Oh!
20:45Clear Havana.
20:47Want one?
20:48Will you talk?
20:50Talk!
20:51Now, look, Morgan,
20:52you weren't in this thing alone,
20:53and by gosh,
20:54you're certainly
20:55not the brains of it.
20:56Ah, maybe we're being
20:57a little too hard
20:58on him, ain't you so?
20:59Now, this poor guy
21:00hasn't had a thing
21:01to eat since yesterday.
21:03Are you hungry, Morgan?
21:05Oh, now, Ryan,
21:07how could we be so cruel?
21:09And us with a high-class
21:10catered meal
21:11right here in this room,
21:12just ready to be eaten.
21:14Well!
21:15Look at that!
21:16Steak
21:17smothered in mushrooms
21:20and roast turkey.
21:22Roast turkey
21:23with cranberry sauce.
21:26And baked potatoes
21:28with butter oozing
21:30out through the sides.
21:31Yummy, yummy, yummy.
21:38Now, Morgan,
21:39would you care
21:40to take potluck with us?
21:43All right.
21:47Show him the mug.
21:48Okay.
21:50All right, Morgan.
21:51Now, we're gonna run
21:52through the file.
21:53If you see a face,
21:54you'll recognize,
21:55sing out.
21:56All right.
22:00Denver Dan Jorgensen.
22:02Now, Morgan,
22:03if you've ever worked with him
22:04or even just met him,
22:05say so.
22:07All right, next.
22:09Jim 14 Carrad Harrison.
22:13Anything?
22:15All right, next.
22:18Ah, this face
22:19do anything to you, Morgan?
22:21It's known as
22:22George the Gouge
22:23alias Fred the Gouge
22:24alias Fred the Gimlet.
22:27Are you with it, Morgan?
22:29Morgan!
22:32All right, Ryan,
22:33knock it off.
22:38All right.
22:48All right, now, Morgan,
22:50give out.
23:01Let me out of here.
23:02I've had it.
23:03Me too.
23:04I'm getting out of here myself.
23:08All right.
23:38All right.
23:53Oh, come on.
23:54Cheer up, fellas.
23:55We're eating, aren't we?
23:56Yeah, hamburgers.
23:57Well, you got $20,000.
24:00Yeah, $20,000
24:02in Rusty Morgan's
24:03safe deposit box.
24:04So ask him for the key.
24:06Useless without
24:07the power of attorney.
24:10There's only one solution.
24:12Get Morgan out of jail.
24:14I'll bust out?
24:15Yeah, but suppose
24:16he gets knocked off.
24:17We lose all our dough.
24:18The chance we'll have to take.
24:26Excuse me.
24:27I'm visiting Rusty Morgan.
24:29He's supposed to be here,
24:30but I don't see him.
24:31He's probably in the laundry room.
24:33That's where he works.
24:34The laundry room?
24:35Oh, don't worry, miss.
24:36He loves it.
24:37We can't get him out of there.
24:49Hey, Weasel.
24:50Yeah?
24:51You know that guy
24:52that tried to escape the other day?
24:53What about him?
24:54I don't think he made it.
25:07For you.
25:09Want me to sign for it?
25:10Just wait a minute.
25:12Get rid of it.
25:13Read it and get rid of it.
25:17We're breaking you out.
25:19When you're over the wall,
25:20meet us at the
25:21Frolics Burlesque Theater.
25:23Be ready for contact
25:24by the grapevine.
25:25The boys.
25:29Sergeant.
25:30Laundry room.
25:31Yes, sir.
25:33Morgan!
25:37Morgan, it's real.
25:39They always call you
25:40when you're eating.
25:47Let's go, Morgan!
25:53Investment Opportunities
25:54Incorporated.
25:55I mean, uh...
25:57Morgan, please.
25:58What are you doing down there?
25:59You've got a visitor.
26:01I've got a visitor?
26:03Yes, sir.
26:04I've got a visitor?
26:06You sure you've got
26:07the right number?
26:08This is 245-837-50.
26:12Come on, Morgan.
26:13Visiting hours will be over soon.
26:14Oh, okay.
26:16Take all the calls for me,
26:17will you, soldier?
26:20Hey, Rodney,
26:21what's with all the starch?
26:22Well, I put starch
26:23in the warden's pajamas.
26:24I've been doing it
26:25for all the boys.
26:26I sleep like a log.
26:35They told me
26:36you didn't want to see me.
26:38That's right.
26:39Why?
26:40Well, I thought
26:41you might ask questions.
26:42Well, suppose I do.
26:44Well, I might answer them.
26:46Well, why shouldn't you?
26:48Well, you see,
26:49now you are asking questions.
26:50Well, what did you
26:51expect me to do?
26:52Well, there's another one.
26:53Oh, Rusty,
26:54do you suppose I'm made of stone?
26:56Well, now,
26:57there's another question.
26:58And one more.
26:59Just one more.
27:00Do you expect me
27:01to go on having faith
27:02in you?
27:03Do you expect me to go on
27:04having faith in you
27:05the rest of my life?
27:07Oh, Edith.
27:09I know it's an awful lot
27:10to ask.
27:11But I figured
27:12you'd understand.
27:14Because, well,
27:15you love me
27:16and I love you.
27:17I'm beginning to doubt it.
27:18Edith.
27:19Well, look at you.
27:20Look at what's happened.
27:21I don't even seem
27:22to know you anymore.
27:24Oh, Edith,
27:25don't talk like that.
27:26I will talk like that.
27:28Look,
27:29you're supposed to trust me.
27:30You're supposed to
27:31trust somebody you love.
27:32I'm supposed to trust you.
27:33But do you trust me?
27:34No.
27:35Well, I'd like to, honey,
27:36but,
27:37well, I can't.
27:38Look,
27:39I'm going to say
27:40some more to you.
27:41Rusty,
27:42you're in trouble.
27:43Whom should you confide in
27:44when you're in trouble?
27:45Someone you love
27:46and someone who loves you.
27:47But you won't even talk to me.
27:48That's what I'm trying
27:49to tell you.
27:50I'd like to,
27:51but I can't.
27:52And this is what I
27:53waited five years for.
27:54Well, I'm not going
27:55to wait another five years
27:56outside of jail.
27:57Goodbye, Rusty.
27:58Edith.
28:00I'll talk.
28:02I'll tell you as much as I can.
28:03All right.
28:06I'm a G-man.
28:07A what?
28:12I'm an FBI man.
28:14Selling phony stocks?
28:15No,
28:16that's the way we operate.
28:17Underground.
28:18We get in with the racket
28:19so we can meet the higher-ups.
28:21When did this happen?
28:23The day I got fired.
28:24You see,
28:25I bought some uranium stocks
28:27and,
28:28oh, by the way,
28:29have you been to our bank lately?
28:30No.
28:31Well, don't bother.
28:34You bought uranium stocks
28:35with our $1,500?
28:38I bought it from an FBI man.
28:41It's like a government bond.
28:42They stand in back of it,
28:43the government does.
28:45So that's it.
28:47Oh, Rusty,
28:48they made a sucker out of you
28:49and they're still doing it.
28:50Now, I knew you'd say that,
28:51but it's not true.
28:52All right, now,
28:53who are these, these FBI men?
28:54What are their names?
28:56Well, I can't tell you.
28:57Rusty, believe me,
28:58it's your only hope.
29:00What are their names?
29:02Tell me their names, Rusty!
29:04Guard.
29:06Guard,
29:07see that I'm not disturbed
29:08on Mondays anymore.
29:09My washing is piling up.
29:18Two days passed
29:19before Morgan's fiancé
29:20was able to see her friend,
29:21Lieutenant Qualen.
29:23In that time,
29:24she had come to a painful conclusion.
29:26Rusty was either crazy
29:27or very naive.
29:29Close to tears,
29:30Edith Enders
29:31poured out the story
29:32of her meeting
29:33with her fiancé.
29:34Lieutenant Qualen
29:35received the information
29:36with considerable surprise.
29:38G-Man!
29:42He was all for calling
29:43the prison psychiatrist
29:44immediately.
29:45He always suspected,
29:46he said,
29:47that Rusty Morgan
29:48was slightly daffy.
29:49But Edith stopped him.
29:51Talking with impassioned conviction,
29:52she pleaded the other side.
29:54Gradually,
29:55she convinced the lieutenant
29:56that Morgan
29:57was merely the dupe
29:58of the conmen
29:59who were still at large.
30:01And out of this conviction,
30:02there emerged,
30:03at length,
30:04a desperate plan.
30:07Help a prisoner escape?
30:09Gentlemen,
30:10do you realize
30:11what you're asking?
30:12I understand your reasoning,
30:14but suppose he did not lead you
30:16to the other members
30:17of his gang.
30:18Suppose all this
30:19came to naught.
30:20Then the reputation
30:21of my institution
30:23would suffer.
30:25Gentlemen,
30:26I must have time to think.
30:31Think, Mr. Warden.
30:33Think of the years
30:34you've spent presiding
30:35over your domain,
30:36building it into
30:37the splendid institution it is.
30:39Think of the golf dates
30:41you've broken,
30:42of your beautiful daughter
30:43about to get married
30:45to a fine young man.
30:47Think of your wife.
30:54Gentlemen,
30:55I have thought.
30:56I will do it.
31:07Oh, Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:08Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:09Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:10Bigger-O-Ha,
31:11Bigger-O-Ha,
31:12Bigger-O-He,
31:13Bigger...
31:15Hey,
31:16what are you doing?
31:17Oh, get a rake
31:18and I'll kill it for you.
31:22Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:23Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:24Bigger-O-Ha,
31:25Bigger-O-He,
31:26Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:27Bigger-O-Ha...
31:31What do you got?
31:32A knife.
31:34Where did you get it?
31:35Made it out of a spoon.
31:36Took me 20 years.
31:38Where'd you get the spoon?
31:40I stole it out of the mezz hall.
31:43Well, why didn't you steal a knife?
31:46You know,
31:47I never thought of that.
31:54Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:55Bigger-O, Bigger-O,
31:56Bigger-O-He,
31:57Bigger-O-Ha,
31:58Bigger-O-Ha,
31:59Bigger...
32:01Bigger-O, Bigger-O...
32:02Hey, this way, right here.
32:04I'll be with you in a minute.
32:10Stop!
32:11Well, make up your mind.
32:12What are you,
32:13animal or vegetable?
32:16I'm the contact.
32:17You're the contact?
32:18Oh, this is what they mean
32:19by the grapevine, huh?
32:20Look.
32:22Break is set
32:23for 8 o'clock tonight.
32:24Break is set
32:25for 8 o'clock tonight.
32:26Get hold of the keys
32:27to cell block B.
32:28Get the keys to cell block...
32:29Well, how do I do that?
32:30Look out!
32:32Bigger-O, Bigger-O...
32:33What's new, Morgan?
32:34Oh, smoggy as ever.
32:41Hey, Officer Harrigan.
32:43You dropped your keys.
32:45Thanks.
32:46Mustn't lose these keys.
32:47These are the keys
32:48to cell block B.
32:49Oh?
32:50You ought to be more careful.
32:52Cell block B.
32:59Hey, Harrigan.
33:00You dropped your...
33:01Cell block B?
33:04Dropped what?
33:05Oh, you dropped a little weight.
33:06You look better now.
33:07You look better.
33:08Cell block...
33:10Where'd they go?
33:11Oh!
33:15I...
33:16I got the keys.
33:17I got the keys.
33:18Tell the boys
33:19that I'll break out
33:20through the hospital.
33:21On second thought,
33:22I'll break out
33:23through the laundry.
33:24That way,
33:25I can make a clean escape.
33:39It was a time
33:40when each moment
33:41seemed like an eternity.
33:42Outside,
33:43an unsuspecting citizenry
33:45finished its dinner
33:46and tucked its children in bed.
33:48Little knowing
33:49that in another world,
33:50a world of violence,
33:52a world of sudden death,
33:54a tiger stalked
33:55the vaulted corridor
33:57of cell block B.
34:18Kennedy, cell block B.
34:19What's happening?
34:20He ought to be out
34:21in the courtyard by now.
34:22Had a little trouble, sir.
34:23He forgot his hat
34:24and went back to get it.
34:28Put his shirt back
34:29and walked in the cell door
34:30and well, then he ran
34:31into the lights.
34:32All right, all right.
34:33Never mind.
34:34Fire at North Tower.
34:36Any sign of him yet?
34:37Frisbee saw him
34:38going through the infirmary.
34:40He was looking for a band-aid.
34:44Well, when he comes out,
34:46help him over the wall
34:47for his safety
34:48and don't hurt him.
34:49Do you understand?
34:50Yes, sir.
34:51The entire prison staff
34:52has been alerted.
34:53I think he's coming out
34:54of the infirmary now.
35:12Oh!
35:18Oh!
35:43Oh!
35:48Oh!
35:56Well, well,
35:57what's going on now?
35:58There seems to be
35:59a slight delay
36:00at the infirmary window.
36:01He's working on it.
36:17He's working on it.
36:47Oh!
37:18Oh!
37:23Oh!
37:29Oh!
37:34What is it?
37:35How did this happen?
37:36He pulled the switch.
37:37He did it himself.
37:40Well, make a show
37:41of trying to catch him,
37:42but don't hurt him
37:43and don't catch him either.
37:45I won't catch him either!
38:10Where is he?
38:11There he is!
38:12Where?
38:13Right over there!
38:14Oh my God!
38:44He's just reaching the top of the tower now.
39:04Don't move!
39:20I got you covered.
39:21Tell him to lay off, or you're both dead ducks.
39:23Lay off, man, he's got us covered!
39:28Well, where is he?
39:32Is he over the wall?
39:33Yeah, he's over.
39:35No, no, he's coming back for his hat again.
39:40Okay, okay, Walt, he's over.
39:43Put Quailen's call through.
39:47Hello, Lieutenant Quailen. He's out.
39:50But for Pete's sakes, don't lose him.
39:52He's dangerous.
39:57Now then, Walt.
39:59Huh?
40:00He's in the city.
40:01Huh?
40:02Well, did he make any phone calls from his apartment?
40:05I see.
40:06He changed his clothes, then he ate a bowl of cornflakes.
40:11Well, stay with him and keep me informed.
40:13Right.
40:14You know, if your hunch is right, he'll lead us straight to the brains of this outfit now.
40:18I'm right. I know I'm right.
40:20Oh, boy.
40:30Frolicks Burlesque Theater?
40:32Is Mr. Bozer there?
40:35Oh, he has to be.
40:37Well, do you have a Mr. Frannis?
40:40Frannis.
40:41F-R- Please don't hang up.
40:43Look, do you have a Miss Rita DeLacy there?
40:47Oh, would you kindly put her on, please?
40:50Hello?
40:51Who?
40:52Morgan?
40:54Morgan?
40:56How did you get out?
40:58I didn't spring you, I had nothing to do with it.
41:01Wait a second, I get the picture now.
41:03Listen close, kid.
41:05It's a trap.
41:06A police trap, you understand?
41:08They're probably on your tail right now.
41:10Shake them.
41:11Don't contact me until you've brushed them.
41:13When you're absolutely sure, meet me here.
41:15I'll wait for you, got it?
41:16Oh, no!
41:18What happened?
41:19He got away.
41:20They lost him.
41:21Oh, no!
41:25Here he comes.
41:26Shut the door.
41:28Duck those faceboards, you crummy shyster, and get out those papers.
41:33Not the tip sheets, the power of attorney.
41:36Okay, got him.
41:38Come on.
41:40Entrez.
41:43Hi.
41:45Morgan reporting, sir.
41:46Where have you been?
41:47Been out in front watching the show.
41:48Hey, they got a comedian in the show that rides a phony horse,
41:50and he got a gun.
41:51Funniest thing you've ever seen.
41:52Did you get rid of the cops?
41:53I mean for sure.
41:54Even the shamers?
41:55Yeah.
41:56That was a cinch.
41:57I fell down through a manhole, and I crawled two blocks.
41:59I got a gun.
42:00I got a gun.
42:01I got a gun.
42:02I got a gun.
42:03I got a gun.
42:04I got a gun.
42:05I got a gun.
42:06I got a gun.
42:07I got a gun.
42:08I fell down through a manhole, and I crawled two blocks through a sewer.
42:10Then they lost my cent.
42:13Wish I could lose it.
42:16Morgan, I want you to meet Mr. Stanford, a lawyer.
42:18Oh, a lawyer.
42:19Glad to know you.
42:22Had a tough time passing the bar, didn't he?
42:26It's shaving lotion.
42:28Shaving lotion.
42:29Well, what do you drink for your hair?
42:32Let's not waste time.
42:33Mr. Stanford, the papers.
42:34You'll have to sign over a power of attorney to enable us to enter your safe deposit box.
42:38Oh.
42:39You're too hot to go near it, you know.
42:40Oh, yeah.
42:41I understand.
42:42Oh, Mr. Lacey.
42:43Hmm?
42:44I saw you in the show.
42:45You know, for an undercover man, you don't keep very much undercover.
42:53There's no ink.
42:56Look out.
42:57Watch what you're doing.
42:58Hey, wait a minute.
43:00That's no way to treat an old man.
43:02Oh, thank you, my boy.
43:03But they're treating you far worse.
43:05Why, you drunk and shy.
43:06Shut up, Frankie.
43:07Yeah, you see what I mean?
43:08I'm not the only one loaded.
43:10Put that gun away.
43:11Get out of here.
43:12We're wasting time.
43:13How do we know he really gave the cops a slip?
43:14What's he stalling for?
43:15Wait a minute.
43:16This looks suspicious, mighty suspicious.
43:18I don't believe you guys are FBI men after all.
43:22Yeah, it's like Edith said.
43:24You're making me the fall guy.
43:26Well, you can get yourself another pigeon, boy.
43:28Shut up, suckers.
43:29Sit down and talk.
43:30Sit down, boy.
43:31Shut up, suckers.
43:32Sit down and sign on the dotted line and hurry it up.
43:34Well, do you mind if I read it first?
43:35You know, you can't be too careful what you sign these days.
43:39I'm going to try and do as Mr. Brandis suggests.
43:41He's got a nervous trigger finger.
43:43He might put a dotted line across your chest.
43:45Oh.
43:46Yeah.
43:47I'll sign.
43:48Don't do it, son.
43:49Hey, what's with you anyhow?
43:51That's to show you we mean business.
43:53Now the next one's on your head.
43:55Well, I never did have much of a head for business.
44:01There it is.
44:03Who is it?
44:04Mr. Lacey.
44:05Ready.
44:06Well, I'm on.
44:08Well, you're on.
44:09I'm on.
44:10Hey, what kind of a signature is this?
44:12Is something wrong?
44:13Peter Rabbit?
44:14Oh, yeah.
44:15You see, that's the nickname I had when I was a little boy on the count of the way I used to walk.
44:18Sorry, but hippity hop, hippity hop.
44:22Hey, stop it.
44:24Not with a gun.
44:25We want him alive.
44:26Yeah.
44:30Oh.
45:01Yeah.
45:02I checked with the doorman.
45:03He's still in the theater.
45:04I think we better forget the money.
45:05What?
45:06I must impress upon you we're in rather a precarious position.
45:09Should Morgan escape, he would most certainly put the finger on us.
45:11He won't escape.
45:13Yeah, possibly not.
45:14For once the law is on our side, he's a convict on the lam.
45:17This time you have my permission to use that eager gun of yours.
45:20Shoot to kill.
45:21It'll be a pleasure.
45:23Hey, Buster.
45:24Did you see a red-headed fellow around here?
45:26Oh, you mean a crazy British rouge?
45:28A tall, short, fat, skinny man?
45:30Tall, short, fat, skinny?
45:31I told you he was crazy.
45:33Get yourself out of here.
45:34Oh, this is my corner.
45:36I get off here.
45:37Oh, this must be the place.
45:41See you later, darling.
45:42Bye-bye.
45:43Bye-bye.
45:44Bye-bye.
45:45Bye-bye.
45:46Bye-bye.
45:47Bye-bye.
45:48Bye-bye.
45:49Bye-bye.
45:50Bye-bye.
45:52Hey, you're on, John.
45:53No, I'm not.
45:54Oh, yes, I am.
46:13Hey, you forgot your cat pistol.
46:15Oh.
46:21Oh.
46:51Oh.
47:16No.
47:17Hey, wait a minute.
47:18That isn't Johnny.
47:19That must be him.
47:21I can't do it now.
47:22Them dames are in the way.
47:23Patience.
47:24We got him.
47:25He can't stay out there forever.
47:52Ahem.
48:05Hey, here come the police.
48:06Get rid of the gun.
48:12You sure you know the routine?
48:13This must be the place.
48:14Oh.
48:15Oh, there are only a couple of bullets.
48:16Come.
48:17Get the gun.
48:18Get the gun.
48:19Never mind the gun.
48:20I got it.
48:21All right.
48:22Down to headquarters.
48:23You got an awful lot of explaining to do.
48:28I knew I'd get you guys.
48:29Not only for hitting a little old man for what you've done to a lot of other people,
48:32and you too, buster.
48:33Come on.
48:34That disguise didn't fool me a bit.
48:41Thus closed one of the most baffling cases in the history of recorded crime.
48:46Little remains to be told.
48:48That's it, gentlemen.
48:49So we close the books on one of the most baffling cases in the history of recorded crime.
48:54Well, tell us what little remains to be told.
48:57Well, you'll have to ask Mr. Rusty Morgan.
49:01Mr. Morgan?
49:02Hmm?
49:03Mr. Morgan?
49:04Yes?
49:05What do you intend to do now that you have the $10,000 reward?
49:07Well, I'm going to put it in my safety deposit box.
49:09In Edith's name.
49:10Mrs. Rusty Morgan.
49:13Thus ends one of the longest engagements in the recorded history of recorded matrimony.
49:23But the burning question remains.
49:25Is money truly the key to happiness?
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