Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart. The film stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney.
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00:02:50We've had 12 more legitimate citizen complaints against you this month
00:02:56For assault and battery
00:02:58From who? Hoods, dusters, mugs, a lot of nickel rats
00:03:03You're a big disappointment to me Dixon
00:03:06You've just seen a man who started out at the same time you did
00:03:09Take a big step up in the Department
00:03:12Which is something you'll never do unless you get hold of yourself
00:03:14I know what to get hold of sir...a little more pull
00:03:17You've got to learn, Dixon, what's expected of a police officer and what isn't.
00:03:21Yes, sir. I'll try to learn not to hate hoods so much.
00:03:25You don't hate hoodlums. You like to beat them up. You get fun out of it.
00:03:29You like to read about yourself in the newspapers...
00:03:32as the tough cop who isn't afraid to wade in anywhere.
00:03:35Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them.
00:03:43Is that all, sir?
00:03:45I'm reducing your rank, Dixon. You're going back to second grade.
00:03:49Any more complaints against you for cruelty or roughhousing...
00:03:52and you'll be back in uniform, pounding a beat.
00:03:56It's no fun telling you this.
00:03:59You're a good man with a good brain.
00:04:02But you're no good to the department unless you learn to control yourself.
00:04:08All right, you can go now.
00:04:10Thank you, sir, for the advice.
00:04:15Thank you.
00:04:37Hey, Willie. Willie!
00:04:41How you feeling, Willie?
00:04:43Thanks.
00:04:45You think you better be in bed, Willie?
00:04:47Parole rules allow me to 12 o'clock. I got 20 minutes yet.
00:04:51How's Mr. Scalise, Willie?
00:04:53What are you trying to do, trap me?
00:04:55I ain't consorting with no questionable characters...
00:04:58and nobody can prove that I am.
00:05:00That's a nice boy. You better get to bed. It's good fun.
00:05:04Sure.
00:05:13Good night.
00:05:15Good night.
00:05:41Who is he?
00:05:44Six.
00:05:48It's my point. Come on, hit the hard way. Two fours.
00:05:52Seven, the loser.
00:05:54You're very lucky tonight, Mr. Morrison.
00:05:56Must be the little lady brought me luck.
00:05:59Your dice, Mr. Payne.
00:06:01Your dice, Mr. Morrison.
00:06:03Okay, I'll shoot 3,000.
00:06:05I'll take one.
00:06:07I'll take 500 of them.
00:06:09I'll take the rest. You're covered.
00:06:11Hello.
00:06:13Care to join our game, Mr. Bender?
00:06:15Sure, sure.
00:06:17How are things?
00:06:18Oh, fine.
00:06:20Pumped in a couple old friends of ours.
00:06:22Dixon and Klein.
00:06:24They asked about you.
00:06:26But I think they're too busy to drop in.
00:06:28Too bad.
00:06:30All right, come on, dice. Give it to me. A six right back.
00:06:33Here we go. Six.
00:06:35Hen.
00:06:37Mr. Morrison is from Texas.
00:06:39He's very rich.
00:06:41Here, you read off.
00:06:43Oh, that'll do it. Now you got lady luck riding with you, dice.
00:06:46This is it, a six. Give it to me.
00:06:49There it is, a six.
00:06:51I'm getting richer.
00:06:53Six is my lucky number.
00:06:55I'll shoot the whole 6,000.
00:06:58You taking any, gentlemen?
00:07:00A grand. Same here.
00:07:03Four open.
00:07:06You're covered, Mr. Morrison.
00:07:08I like your friends, Mr. Payne.
00:07:10Can't get better action than this in Amarillo.
00:07:12All right, dice. Now we're going for the big money.
00:07:15Cut.
00:07:17Well, what do you know? A seven.
00:07:19If you don't mind, I'd like to go home, Mr. Morrison.
00:07:21Morgan.
00:07:23Ken, you know I have to be at work at 8.30.
00:07:25Well, that's right. You can't keep a working girl up all hours.
00:07:28Then I'll take you home, Morgan.
00:07:30We'll all go together. I'll get your things.
00:07:32Here you are.
00:07:34Mr. Morrison?
00:07:36Yes, sir.
00:07:37You're a 19 grand into it.
00:07:41Well, that's all right. You'll get it back some other night.
00:07:44I ain't leaving town for a week.
00:07:48Tell him you changed your mind. You want to stay.
00:07:51No, Ken.
00:07:53I told you I could only stay until midnight.
00:07:55But you can't do this to me.
00:07:56I'm not doing anything to you.
00:07:58I brought him here.
00:08:04Oh.
00:08:07So that's it.
00:08:08Yes, that's it.
00:08:09And you're fouling me up again.
00:08:10That's all you ever do is foul me up.
00:08:12You're telling him to stay.
00:08:14No, I'm not.
00:08:15Why, you...
00:08:20Morgan.
00:08:22You heel.
00:08:3816th Precinct.
00:08:40Address, 43rd Street Hotel.
00:08:42372-C, West 43rd Street.
00:08:45Cars 6, 18, 6, 19, and 12 proceed immediately.
00:08:50That's us.
00:08:51Signal 30.
00:08:52Authorities.
00:08:535 o'clock.
00:08:547 p.m.
00:08:55Company of ATV dispatchers.
00:08:57That's us.
00:08:58Signal 30.
00:08:59Authorities.
00:09:005 o'clock.
00:09:017 p.m.
00:09:02Company of ATV dispatchers.
00:09:10Hello, Sergeant.
00:09:11Hi.
00:09:12Harley.
00:09:13Hi, Sarge.
00:09:14Hi.
00:09:17Dice joint, huh?
00:09:18Yeah.
00:09:19A floater.
00:09:20What's his name?
00:09:21Morrison.
00:09:22Big barracuda.
00:09:23He was DOA.
00:09:24Knife cut his heart in half.
00:09:25Nobody did it?
00:09:26Nobody saw it.
00:09:27There's a cut on his hand.
00:09:30Yeah, he hit somebody hard.
00:09:32Who runs this parlor?
00:09:33Tommy Scalise.
00:09:34He's in there.
00:09:35Oh, that's nice.
00:09:36A dream boy finally stepped into something, huh?
00:09:38I've been waiting quite a while.
00:09:45You should have gone home to bed, Willie, like you were told.
00:09:48You'd be asleep now.
00:09:50With no parole troubles.
00:09:51I live in this hotel.
00:09:53I just dropped in for a cigarette.
00:09:57How do you do, Mr. Scalise?
00:10:01Where did you hide the knife, dream boy?
00:10:03Go easy, Dixon.
00:10:04Keep your hands off me.
00:10:06Talk.
00:10:07Wise up, Mr. Dixon.
00:10:08You made a monkey of yourself two years ago trying to hang something on me.
00:10:12Who killed him?
00:10:13You or one of your playmates?
00:10:14You find a corpse and right away I'm a killer.
00:10:16You've been a killer for a long time.
00:10:18Have I?
00:10:20As I remember it, the jury found me innocent.
00:10:22And they weren't out more than 15 minutes.
00:10:24You're still a killer.
00:10:26What are you always trying to push me in the gutter for, Dixon?
00:10:29I got as much right on the sidewalk as you have.
00:10:31Don't talk to me about rights.
00:10:32You're a hood and a murderer.
00:10:34You're a pretty smart rat, Scalise, but this is your off night.
00:10:37What are you always jumping after me for, Dixon?
00:10:40Four years, jumping after me like I was somebody special.
00:10:42Why?
00:10:43That's right.
00:10:44Getting you is a special job of mine.
00:10:46I can't figure you out.
00:10:48Your father liked me and...
00:10:49Shut up.
00:10:51Hello, Lieutenant.
00:10:53Got anything, Dixon?
00:10:54I've been waiting to tell you what happened, Lieutenant.
00:10:57Take them outside.
00:10:58We'll question them later.
00:11:01Congratulations on your promotion, Lieutenant.
00:11:03Okay, okay, let's have it.
00:11:07Mr. Morrison was brought here by a fellow named Ken Payne.
00:11:11Sort of an acquaintance of mine.
00:11:14There was a girl with him.
00:11:15I didn't quite get her name.
00:11:17A Morgan something.
00:11:20Mr. Morrison wanted a little friendly play.
00:11:22How much did he win?
00:11:25He didn't win.
00:11:26He lost.
00:11:27You're lying, Scalise.
00:11:28Let's hear his story first, Dixon.
00:11:30He lost a grand or so, but he didn't care.
00:11:33He was making a play for this girl, showing his stuff.
00:11:36Payne was jealous.
00:11:38He hit the girl first, smacked her hard in the face, and she ran out.
00:11:42Then Morrison tackled Payne.
00:11:45Morrison pulled a gun,
00:11:47but Payne had him so he couldn't shoot, and they wrestled into the bedroom.
00:11:51Before I could call the cops, Payne came out.
00:11:54He didn't say anything, just left.
00:11:57Then Morrison came out and fell on the floor.
00:12:00He was dead when I got to him.
00:12:02What did you do with the knife?
00:12:04There wasn't any weapon.
00:12:06Payne must have taken it along.
00:12:07You're lying, Scalise.
00:12:08Let me handle it, Lieutenant.
00:12:09What is Payne's address?
00:12:11I don't know.
00:12:18K-Payne, 58 Pike Street, Chelsea 32099.
00:12:22Another telephone number, Murray Hill 59970.
00:12:24What's that?
00:12:25A pool room on 3rd Avenue.
00:12:28I'm sure you won't have any trouble picking him up.
00:12:30He was blind.
00:12:32All neat and ready with the fall guy, huh?
00:12:34Let me handle him.
00:12:35Go after Payne, Dixon.
00:12:41Go on, go on.
00:12:44Go on, go on.
00:13:01Keep the change.
00:13:13Keep the change.
00:13:44I-S-O-N.
00:13:46Yeah, Ted Morrison.
00:13:48Kenneth Payne called.
00:13:50Don't answer.
00:13:51Maybe he's in the bar, haven't paged.
00:13:54But I gotta talk to him, it's important.
00:13:57Trying to get Ted Morrison on the phone, huh?
00:14:02Who are you?
00:14:06Detective Dixon, 16th squad.
00:14:10Get out.
00:14:11I hear he's trying to win his money back.
00:14:13Don't give me that.
00:14:15He was cleaning up.
00:14:17How much?
00:14:18And he's gotta cut me in.
00:14:21After what you did to him?
00:14:23He started it.
00:14:25It's all among friends.
00:14:28Hello.
00:14:30What?
00:14:32He isn't.
00:14:34Well, look, Kenneth Payne wants him to call as soon as he comes in.
00:14:38Now, that's her.
00:14:42I said get out.
00:14:44I don't like cops.
00:14:46Ted Morrison is not gonna call you back, Payne.
00:14:50Nobody asked you.
00:14:52Somebody sunk a knife into Morrison.
00:14:54He's dead.
00:14:56Dead?
00:14:58You're lying.
00:15:00Scalise is trying to frame you, because you knifed him.
00:15:05Go home.
00:15:07Look, I'm trying to help you, Payne.
00:15:09Scalise and his boys are hanging a murder on you.
00:15:11They knocked him off to get their dough back after you left.
00:15:14Come on.
00:15:15You're on.
00:15:16No cop's gonna touch me.
00:15:18Stand up alone, then.
00:15:20I'll stand up when I want to.
00:15:24Get out of here.
00:15:27Get out!
00:15:40Oh!
00:15:50Okay, buddy.
00:15:52Come on, let's go.
00:16:03Come on.
00:16:09Come on.
00:16:39Come on.
00:17:05Hello?
00:17:06Hello, Mark.
00:17:08Hello, Paul.
00:17:09Did you find him?
00:17:11Mark?
00:17:12Mark?
00:17:14Hello?
00:17:16Hello?
00:17:17Operator, this is a bad connection.
00:17:18Get this line clear.
00:17:20Mark?
00:17:21Can you hear me?
00:17:23Yeah.
00:17:24I picked up some stuff on him.
00:17:25I thought you ought to hear.
00:17:26Go easy on him.
00:17:27He's a war hero.
00:17:29Got a hat full of medals and a lot of newspaper prints.
00:17:31When he first got out of the service,
00:17:33he wrote a syndicated column for a few months.
00:17:35I thought I'd tell you so you don't mess him up if you run into him.
00:17:38Gonna wait there for him?
00:17:43Yeah, I'll stick around in case he shows up.
00:17:45So long.
00:18:05Thanks.
00:18:24Will you send a cab to 58 Pike Street, please?
00:18:35Thank you.
00:19:05Thank you.
00:19:35Thank you.
00:19:50You call a cab?
00:19:51No, not me.
00:19:59Pennsylvania Station, please.
00:20:00Yes, sir.
00:20:05Thank you.
00:20:20A ticket to Pittsburgh.
00:20:22The first train out.
00:20:28$17.08.
00:20:35Thank you.
00:21:05Thank you.
00:21:07Thank you.
00:21:34Hello, Paul.
00:21:36Good.
00:21:37I just got here.
00:21:39See this?
00:21:41Slipped in and out after I was here.
00:21:44Probably watching you.
00:21:46Nice piece of luck for me.
00:21:49You can't be everywhere.
00:21:51Took all this stuff out of this closet kind of quick.
00:21:54This uniform and one shoe.
00:21:57There's another closet.
00:22:00Something in there.
00:22:02That's empty.
00:22:04Maybe somebody saw him get away.
00:22:06There's an old lady in the window downstairs.
00:22:30I'm from the police. We'd like to talk to you.
00:22:36What do you want?
00:22:38How long have you been sitting here?
00:22:40Since after dinner.
00:22:42I always sit here at night.
00:22:44Do you know Kenneth Payne?
00:22:46Oh, yes. I know him.
00:22:48Have you seen him tonight?
00:22:50Yes. He left in a taxi.
00:22:52When?
00:22:54I don't know.
00:22:57When you get old like me, you don't care what time it is.
00:23:00Approximately how long ago?
00:23:02About 20 minutes, I think.
00:23:05The taxi man woke me up.
00:23:07Everybody wakes me up tonight.
00:23:09Usually I can sleep here.
00:23:12I always sleep here since my husband died.
00:23:15It seems less lonely.
00:23:17Music helps me.
00:23:19Thank you, madam. Come on, Paul.
00:23:21That's all. Thank you.
00:23:27He's running for it, huh?
00:23:29We'll get him.
00:23:37You cover the yellow cab stand.
00:23:39See if you can pick up the driver.
00:23:41I'll cover all the independent garages.
00:23:43Okay.
00:23:56Come on.
00:24:26Come on.
00:24:57Payne!
00:24:59Open up! I know you're in there!
00:25:01Open up, you dirty rat!
00:25:03Open...
00:25:26Open...
00:25:56Open...
00:26:26Open...
00:26:56Open...
00:27:17Where's the lieutenant?
00:27:19Sign this. It's in there.
00:27:22Lieutenant.
00:27:24We got a break on this.
00:27:26One of the porters saw Payne stick it in a locker.
00:27:28Oh, good.
00:27:32Here's the cab driver's statement.
00:27:36Picked up a fare at 58 Pike Street around 1 10, is that right?
00:27:39That's right.
00:27:44You recognize this bag?
00:27:46Yeah, the guy was carrying it when he came out last night.
00:27:49I noticed the name...
00:27:51Kenneth something.
00:27:53Yeah, Kenneth Payne.
00:27:56He had a bandage under one eye, huh?
00:27:58Yeah, a piece of tape.
00:28:00Which eye?
00:28:02Under the...
00:28:04left eye, like this.
00:28:07Under the left eye.
00:28:09Thanks. You can go. We know where to get you.
00:28:15Looks like a good place to hide.
00:28:18Looks like we have a definite line on Payne, lieutenant.
00:28:20A ticket agent at Penn Station
00:28:22remembers selling him a ticket to Pittsburgh.
00:28:24Evidently trying to throw us off.
00:28:26He's probably holed up in town somewhere.
00:28:28No line on the girl yet, lieutenant.
00:28:30Keep calling, Benson.
00:28:32Scalise thinks she was either an actress or a model.
00:28:34Call the agencies on both
00:28:36as soon as they open in the morning.
00:28:38Okay.
00:28:40Call CB and have them teletype Payne's description to Pittsburgh.
00:28:43Dixon.
00:28:45Take yourself a rest. You too, Klein.
00:28:47Then get busy on the hotels.
00:28:49Communication, please.
00:28:51I'm going home for a couple of hours.
00:28:53Knock off, Casey, and then report back at 8.
00:28:57Good night, boys.
00:28:59Teletype the following description to Pittsburgh.
00:29:01Age about 36.
00:29:03Give me communication.
00:29:05Deflection dark, height 6'1",
00:29:07weight 180 pounds, hair dark, build average.
00:29:11You look beat, Mark. Don't you feel good?
00:29:15Come on.
00:29:45Come on.
00:30:12Hey, Mark. You awake?
00:30:15Yeah.
00:30:17We got a line on the girl.
00:30:25Her name is Morgan Taylor.
00:30:27Lives up in Washington Heights. I got her phone number.
00:30:29What is it?
00:30:311-2-3-5-0-9-8.
00:30:331-2-3-5-0-9-8.
00:30:46Hey.
00:30:55All right, all right.
00:30:57Wait a minute. I'll get that.
00:31:02Hello?
00:31:04Does Morgan Taylor live there?
00:31:06Yeah, she lives here.
00:31:08No, she ain't here now.
00:31:10She's gone to work.
00:31:12Who's calling?
00:31:14Never mind. I'll call her later.
00:31:16She's gone to work. Have you got her employment address?
00:31:18Here it is.
00:31:22Friedman & Lyons, 525 8th Avenue.
00:31:26Very nice.
00:31:28But too high style for my customers.
00:31:31Maybe we could make a little bolero, Oleg.
00:31:33Well, I'll sketch it.
00:31:35I'm not sure.
00:31:37I'll let you know when I send the order in.
00:31:39Thank you, Morgan.
00:31:41It's all right with me.
00:31:43We have more orders than we can fill on this number.
00:31:46Did they notice it?
00:31:48I don't think so.
00:31:50Come here. Let me see it in the light.
00:31:53Still shows a little.
00:31:55I better put some more pancake on it.
00:31:57You know, Morgan, it's your own fault.
00:31:59Hold that.
00:32:01You keep thinking of him as a glamour boy.
00:32:03You won't see him for what he is,
00:32:05which is definitely a jerk.
00:32:08So he won the war and freed the slaves.
00:32:10Does that entitle him to spend the rest of his life
00:32:12drinking barrels of whiskey
00:32:14and punching girls in the nose?
00:32:17Don't worry.
00:32:20I'm not going to see him anymore.
00:32:22You said that before.
00:32:24So he rolls his alcoholic eyes at you
00:32:26when you set yourself up for another left hook.
00:32:28You can't help him, Morgan.
00:32:30I guess you're right.
00:32:33There's someone to see you, Miss Taylor.
00:32:35I'll tell him to drop dead.
00:32:37It's important. Mr. Friedman said to come to the office right away.
00:32:40Thank you.
00:32:50Miss Taylor, this is Mr. Dixon and Mr. Klein.
00:32:52They are police detectives.
00:32:54How do you do?
00:32:56How do you do?
00:32:58Would you sit down, please, Miss Taylor?
00:33:01We'd like to ask you a few questions.
00:33:04What would you like to know?
00:33:06You were with Kenneth Payne last night?
00:33:08Yes.
00:33:10You were at a so-called floating crap game
00:33:12in the apartment of a man named Scalise
00:33:14at the 43rd Street Hotel, is that right?
00:33:16Yes.
00:33:18Have you been in touch with Payne this morning?
00:33:20No.
00:33:22Do you have any idea where he might be?
00:33:24No, I haven't.
00:33:26From what we hear, you're pretty well acquainted with Payne.
00:33:28Yes.
00:33:30How well? Could you tell us, please?
00:33:32I'm his wife.
00:33:34Is that so?
00:33:36You were living with your father, we understand.
00:33:38Ken and I separated three months ago.
00:33:40What happened at Scalise's
00:33:42while you were there?
00:33:46May I know why you're asking me all these questions?
00:33:48We'd rather tell you afterward if you don't mind.
00:33:54Well, Kenneth was drinking,
00:33:56and we had a quarrel.
00:33:58I understand he hit you.
00:34:02Yes.
00:34:04Did you see him hit Morrison?
00:34:06No, I didn't. I left.
00:34:08Where'd you go?
00:34:10Home.
00:34:12Take a taxi?
00:34:14No, I met my father at his stand
00:34:16a block from the hotel.
00:34:18He's a taxi driver.
00:34:20He drove me to the subway.
00:34:22Did you hear from Payne after you got home?
00:34:24Yes, he telephoned.
00:34:26What did he say?
00:34:28I don't know. I hung up.
00:34:30What time was that?
00:34:32Why didn't you start talking to him?
00:34:34Because my father went down to Ken's place
00:34:36after he dropped me.
00:34:38What for?
00:34:40Really? Is this necessary?
00:34:42We think so, Miss Taylor.
00:34:44Well, I didn't want to tell him anything.
00:34:46But I was crying, and he noticed the bruise.
00:34:48What'd he say?
00:34:50He was very angry. He told me before that...
00:34:52That what?
00:34:54Well, that if Ken ever hit me again,
00:34:56he'd beat his head off.
00:34:58Morrison was killed last night.
00:35:00Oh.
00:35:02At Scalise's place, shortly after you left.
00:35:06He was killed with a knife.
00:35:10And you're looking for Ken?
00:35:12Because you think he did it?
00:35:14When did your husband start getting jealous of Mr. Morrison?
00:35:16Jealous?
00:35:18That's silly.
00:35:20Mr. Morrison was somebody I hardly knew.
00:35:22You went out with him?
00:35:24No, Ken called me up and asked me out to dinner.
00:35:26You just said you were separated from your husband.
00:35:28Yes, but he kept insisting.
00:35:30And I felt sorry for him.
00:35:32When I got to the restaurant, he had Mr. Morrison with him.
00:35:34Then after dinner, Ken took us to this gambling place.
00:35:36And then I realized
00:35:38all he wanted to see me for
00:35:40was to use me as a sort of decoy
00:35:42to help get Mr. Morrison to go there.
00:35:46I was sinking pretty low, I thought.
00:35:50Poor Ken.
00:35:52He must be desperate for money.
00:35:54Why did Payne hit you?
00:35:56He didn't want me to go home.
00:35:58He didn't want Mr. Morrison to leave.
00:36:00Because Morrison was winning?
00:36:02Yes.
00:36:04How much was he ahead?
00:36:06A great deal.
00:36:08I think they said about $19,000.
00:36:10Thank you for the information.
00:36:12We won't bother you any longer.
00:36:20Hi.
00:36:22Well, hi.
00:36:24Hello, Ken.
00:36:26Hello, Morgan.
00:36:28Night-night, Mary. See you around.
00:36:30Night.
00:36:32Where's Taylor?
00:36:34Hello.
00:36:36Good evening. I'd like to talk to you.
00:36:38Have you found Ken?
00:36:40No.
00:36:42You think I know where he's hiding and need help.
00:36:44Where are you going now?
00:36:46Home.
00:36:48Would you mind if I came along?
00:36:50That's a nice way of putting it
00:36:52This is strictly off the record.
00:36:54Have you come to nab me as a gambling house habituate?
00:36:56I'm not.
00:36:58I've never been in one of those places before.
00:37:00Are you having dinner with anyone?
00:37:02You inviting me?
00:37:04Yes.
00:37:06I take that subway there.
00:37:08It'll take me a few minutes to change.
00:37:10That's good enough.
00:37:12Hey, Dad.
00:37:14You home?
00:37:16I'm cooking.
00:37:18Same?
00:37:20This is my father.
00:37:22Mr. Dixon.
00:37:24Mark Dixon.
00:37:26Glad to know you.
00:37:28You don't remember me, huh?
00:37:30I'm Jigs Taylor.
00:37:32I'm sorry. I don't recall.
00:37:34Excuse me. I'll get ready.
00:37:36Well, sit down. I'll tell you about it.
00:37:42It's 2 a.m.
00:37:44I'm cruising through Central Park.
00:37:46There's a blizzard.
00:37:48There's a blizzard going on.
00:37:50A detective jumps in my cab and says,
00:37:52Follow that black sedan.
00:37:54It's full of thieves.
00:37:56So I give her the gas.
00:37:58Here.
00:38:00Here's a diploma the mayor gave me.
00:38:04For aiding detective Mark Dixon
00:38:06In a time of danger.
00:38:08Oh, yes.
00:38:10Six years ago.
00:38:12Say, Dad, let's hear about how they opened fire
00:38:14And riddled your cab with bullets.
00:38:16Well, Mark can tell you himself.
00:38:18Can't you, Mark?
00:38:20Yes, there were a few shots fired, as I remember.
00:38:22A few shots?
00:38:24Dad always claimed it was a bigger battle than the Argonne.
00:38:26Well, that's the trouble with the new generation.
00:38:28No respect.
00:38:30How about a drink, Mark?
00:38:32No, thanks.
00:38:34On duty, huh?
00:38:36Suppose you're working on that Morrison killing.
00:38:38That's right.
00:38:40Cigarette?
00:38:42Thanks.
00:38:44Any other suspects besides Ken?
00:38:48That fellow Scalise, huh?
00:38:50I've heard about him.
00:38:52The department thinks he's clean on that job.
00:38:54He's been released on bail.
00:38:56On a gambling charge, only.
00:38:58But you got your own ideas, huh?
00:39:00In the first place,
00:39:02He lied about Morrison being a loser
00:39:04When the game broke up.
00:39:06Your daughter says he was about 19,000 ahead.
00:39:08It looks like a cinch he's the guy.
00:39:10I wouldn't tell a lot of people
00:39:12About going up to Payne's place last night
00:39:14To beat him up.
00:39:16I don't care how many people hear it.
00:39:18He's had it coming to him for some time.
00:39:20Oh, dad, please.
00:39:22Mr. Dixit isn't interested in my life story.
00:39:24I ask you, what would you do
00:39:26If you had a son-in-law like that?
00:39:28You know, it is a lucky thing
00:39:30I didn't find him in last night.
00:39:32But I...
00:39:34Oh, I forgot to ask you.
00:39:36I've been so excited over meeting you again.
00:39:38How about some chow?
00:39:40No, dad, we're going out.
00:39:42Well, we could talk over old times.
00:39:44I'll be seeing you, Mr. Taylor.
00:39:46Nice meeting you again.
00:39:48Well, at least I'm glad she's going out
00:39:50With somebody who ain't gonna land her up
00:39:52To her neck in crooks.
00:39:54You're horrible, dad.
00:39:56Good night.
00:39:58Good night, honey.
00:40:00Have fun, kids.
00:40:06Good evening, Mr. Detective.
00:40:08Hello, Martha.
00:40:10Good evening.
00:40:12How do you do?
00:40:14You know, I like places like this
00:40:16That specialize in good food
00:40:18Instead of headwaiters.
00:40:20It's the worst food in town.
00:40:22But don't worry,
00:40:24They usually serve a stomach-pump for the dessert.
00:40:26Who invited you to come to my restaurant, Mr. Detective?
00:40:28Not me.
00:40:30Martha's the head of a ring of burglars.
00:40:32My presence makes her nervous.
00:40:34Yeah, last night we got a whole basket full of diamonds.
00:40:36You want to see?
00:40:38Bring us two of your dangerous dinners, Martha.
00:40:40You know how much I've been offered to poison this man?
00:40:42Ten dollars.
00:40:44That's right. I'm holding out for 15.
00:40:46Two dinners. You want wine?
00:40:48Bring a small bottle.
00:40:50Same old cheapskate.
00:40:52She adores you, doesn't she?
00:40:54She ought to. I sent her husband up.
00:40:56Was he really a burglar?
00:40:58Wife beat her.
00:41:00She's wonderful.
00:41:02She's under wraps tonight on account of you.
00:41:04I mean...
00:41:06I imagine you bring your wife here.
00:41:08There's no such animal.
00:41:10My dad told me you were married.
00:41:12Your dad is not a reliable source of information.
00:41:14You're quite right.
00:41:16I never knew anybody who tells so many lies.
00:41:18He does it for fun, though.
00:41:20He's always driving kings and queens or movie stars
00:41:22and overhearing the most amazing conversations.
00:41:24Like your dad, huh?
00:41:26Crazy about him.
00:41:28I hope you come here often, young lady.
00:41:30For five years, this man sits in my restaurant
00:41:32frightening everybody away.
00:41:34A detective in the window.
00:41:36You can imagine how people want to come in.
00:41:38But now with a beautiful lady, he looks almost human.
00:41:40How's the soup?
00:41:42Horrible.
00:41:44It's very good.
00:41:46Thanks. Eat all you want.
00:41:48Have you been trying to get in touch with Payne?
00:41:50No.
00:41:52I don't quite know what to do.
00:41:54When were you married?
00:41:56After he came back from the war.
00:41:58But we knew each other before that.
00:42:00I heard this morning you were separated.
00:42:02Three months ago.
00:42:04Why?
00:42:06It's hard to say why you leave a man
00:42:08or why you stop loving him.
00:42:10I always blamed Ken.
00:42:12But I guess it was my fault, too.
00:42:14Not understanding what made him seem so mean and impossible.
00:42:16I guess the chief thing wrong with Ken
00:42:18was no job.
00:42:20Lots of pride.
00:42:22Too much pride.
00:42:24A man can usually find work
00:42:26if he wants to.
00:42:28You're worried about me feeling badly
00:42:30because he's going to be arrested, aren't you?
00:42:32Something like that.
00:42:34I think I'll stick by him
00:42:36if he is.
00:42:38He'll need me.
00:42:40I owe it to him.
00:42:42Still love him, huh?
00:42:44In spite of everything.
00:42:46No.
00:42:48It isn't love anymore.
00:42:50Mr. Detective! Telephone!
00:42:52Excuse me.
00:42:54That must be my partner.
00:42:56Probably wants to know what I'm eating.
00:43:02Dixon speaking.
00:43:04Been trying to get you for an hour, Mark.
00:43:06Big doings. We found Payne.
00:43:08Where did you find him?
00:43:10A river watchman reported
00:43:12to the 6th precinct down here
00:43:14that somebody slugged him last night.
00:43:16He just punched his clock at 3 a.m.
00:43:18He sent a couple of men over to talk to him,
00:43:20but they couldn't make head or tail of the slug.
00:43:22Nothing stolen, nothing missing.
00:43:24The man held something like a body.
00:43:26He started dragging the river and brought up Payne a half hour ago.
00:43:28Who's that? Mark.
00:43:30Mark?
00:43:32Thomas. We found Payne in the river
00:43:34with a skull crack. We'll meet you at his apartment
00:43:36in 15 minutes. Be there.
00:43:38Okay, Lieutenant.
00:43:42What's the matter?
00:43:44You look sick. Give me the check.
00:43:46You gotta leave the beautiful girl
00:43:48just when she's beginning to like you.
00:43:50That's what you get for being a detective.
00:43:52Always chasing the wrong people.
00:44:00Something happen?
00:44:02I've gotta go out on a job.
00:44:04Please, finish your dinner.
00:44:06It's really very nice. Best chicken and rice in town.
00:44:08I'm sorry you have to leave.
00:44:10Thanks. So long.
00:44:12Bye. Good night.
00:44:18You like him, huh?
00:44:20I think he's very nice.
00:44:22I'm glad.
00:44:24You know what that fella needs?
00:44:26A family.
00:44:28He's got nobody.
00:44:30All he thinks of day and night is his job.
00:44:32He grabs himself a dizzy blonde once in a while,
00:44:34but that's no life.
00:44:36A fella like him ought to be married
00:44:38to a beautiful girl.
00:44:40Have a home, kids, and...
00:44:42You're wasting your propaganda, Martha.
00:44:44I'm married.
00:44:46Wasn't a married woman.
00:44:48Wait till I see that dope again.
00:44:56You got it?
00:44:58It's blood all right. Quite fresh.
00:45:00I'd say not more than 24 hours.
00:45:02Get it to the lab right away. Okay.
00:45:04That clinches it. Payne was killed in his room.
00:45:06Somebody came in there and slugged him.
00:45:08He bumped his head on the floor when he fell.
00:45:10He had a silver plate in his head
00:45:12as a result of a shrapnel wound in the war.
00:45:14The fall must have killed him.
00:45:16I buy that, lieutenant.
00:45:18The killer tried to get the body out,
00:45:20but he was surprised by someone.
00:45:22Probably Dixon when he came through the front door.
00:45:26He ducked behind the staircase here and hid the body.
00:45:30That's the reason for the bloodstain on the wall.
00:45:32If it is Payne's blood.
00:45:34We'll get the lab report shortly.
00:45:36Now, we can establish
00:45:38the time of the killing is between...
00:45:4012.30, when Payne must have got here,
00:45:42and, uh...
00:45:443 a.m., when the killer knocked out
00:45:46the watchman on the pier.
00:45:50Hello, Dixon.
00:45:52You know Mr. Gilruth from the D.A.'s office.
00:45:54Sure. How are you? Hello.
00:45:56A lot of fancy footwork you did last night, Dixon.
00:45:58You and Mr. Payne.
00:46:00I couldn't be helped, lieutenant.
00:46:02I can't understand how you didn't see him.
00:46:04You came in here at 12.50.
00:46:06Cline talked to you on the phone.
00:46:08That's right.
00:46:10Payne came in and packed and got out at 1.10.
00:46:12That's when the taxi picked him up.
00:46:14So you must have practically passed each other.
00:46:16Well, he wasn't here, so I thought he might be doing some drinking.
00:46:18I had a look in a couple of bars.
00:46:20That's a queer way to figure
00:46:22a guy in the lamb is going to be sitting around bars.
00:46:24What time did Dixon come back here?
00:46:26About 1.50. And you left again right after that?
00:46:28That's right. We started chasing Payne.
00:46:30That's obvious.
00:46:32He lays a fake trail.
00:46:34He goes to the Pennsylvania station.
00:46:36And then he decides to come back and hide out in his own apartment.
00:46:38He figures the police have been there
00:46:40and he won't come looking again.
00:46:42What time did Jigs Taylor say he was here?
00:46:44About 2.15.
00:46:46That pretty well puts the finger on him, I'd say.
00:46:48Yeah, and he came down here crazy angry,
00:46:50according to his daughter, ready to knock Payne's block off.
00:46:52You're wasting your time on Taylor.
00:46:54How was that, Dixon? It looks completely definite.
00:46:56Motive? Opportunity?
00:46:58Scalise did it.
00:47:00I don't see that at all, Dixon.
00:47:02I'm telling you, Scalise knifed Morrison.
00:47:04And he was afraid Payne would go to the police with it.
00:47:06So he sent someone after him to finish him off.
00:47:08That doesn't stand up.
00:47:10Whoever killed Payne killed him by accident.
00:47:12He only meant to slug him.
00:47:14Scalise Hood would have taken no chances on a rumpus.
00:47:16He'd have knifed or shot him.
00:47:18Yes, Benson?
00:47:20We've got Jigs Taylor and his daughter outside.
00:47:22Bring them in, Harrington.
00:47:24Has he been talking? A mile a minute.
00:47:26You'd think he was going to a picnic.
00:47:28I think we can wrap the case up tonight
00:47:30with statements from both of them.
00:47:32I'm Lieutenant Thomas.
00:47:34How do you do?
00:47:36How do you do, Lieutenant?
00:47:42I was expecting this
00:47:44as I told the boys on the way down.
00:47:46The minute I heard Ken was murdered,
00:47:48I knew I was in for a going-over.
00:47:50I haven't been at the scene of the crime.
00:47:52You were all ready for us with your story, huh?
00:47:54Won't take long.
00:47:56Save you a lot of time.
00:47:58I'm going to have to go.
00:48:00Won't take long.
00:48:02Save you a lot of time.
00:48:04Give it to you without you having to pump me.
00:48:06Everything that happened.
00:48:08Came down here last night
00:48:10around 2.15.
00:48:12Looking for my son-in-law.
00:48:14You were pretty worked up, huh?
00:48:16I'll say.
00:48:18I told him last month if he ever laid a hand on Morgan again,
00:48:20I'd slap him silly.
00:48:22Go on.
00:48:24Go on. Let's have it all, Jigs.
00:48:26Well, that's all there was.
00:48:28The door was unlocked.
00:48:30I walk in, look around.
00:48:32Nobody home.
00:48:34So I walk out.
00:48:36With his body.
00:48:38Whose body?
00:48:40Payne's.
00:48:42That's sure smart figuring, Lieutenant.
00:48:44I tell you...
00:48:46Never mind the lies, Jigs.
00:48:48We've got every one of your moves.
00:48:50You took the body to the river,
00:48:52knocked out the watchman on the pier,
00:48:54and dropped Payne in the water.
00:48:56Oh, so I knocked out a watchman too, huh?
00:48:58That's fine.
00:49:00Okay, now let me tell you something.
00:49:02I didn't see Payne.
00:49:04If I had seen him, I'd have taken a poke at him.
00:49:06I ain't denying that.
00:49:08He deserved it.
00:49:10But I left this place two minutes after I got here.
00:49:12Then I picked up a fare.
00:49:14Three minutes later, on the corner.
00:49:16Congressman Rendles
00:49:18took him up to the Astor Hotel.
00:49:20Told me down there...
00:49:22Yes, sir.
00:49:24Sure, check.
00:49:26Check all you want.
00:49:28And what time do you claim you got to the Astor Hotel, Jigs?
00:49:30Well, 2.40.
00:49:32Anybody see you around there?
00:49:34Yeah, uh...
00:49:36Pat Rafferty
00:49:38and Jaime Burke.
00:49:40They're taxi drivers.
00:49:42Congressman doesn't answer in his room.
00:49:44Want me to run him down?
00:49:46No, no, we'll check later.
00:49:48The pier watchman was slugged at 3 a.m.,
00:49:50right?
00:49:52Mm-hmm, yes.
00:49:54I'd give Jigs Taylor 20 minutes,
00:49:56between 2.40 and 3 o'clock,
00:49:58to come back here from the Astor Hotel and do his stuff.
00:50:00He couldn't have come back here from the Astor,
00:50:02killed Payne, lugged the body out to the car,
00:50:04driven down to the pier
00:50:06and slugged the night watchman by 3 o'clock.
00:50:08Couldn't have done all that in 20 minutes.
00:50:10It looks like we're on the wrong man, Lieutenant,
00:50:12especially if the congressman backs up his story.
00:50:14It's not the wrong man.
00:50:16If Payne was already dead at 2.15
00:50:18and Taylor came and got the body at that time
00:50:20and stuck it in the back compartment of his car...
00:50:22Well, that's screwy.
00:50:24I told you I picked up Congressman Reynolds.
00:50:26Sure you did, but you were on the way to the river
00:50:28to dump Payne's body when Reynolds hailed you.
00:50:30He took him to the hotel.
00:50:3220 minutes was time enough
00:50:34to scoot back to the pier,
00:50:36slug the watchman at 3 a.m. and drop Payne's body.
00:50:38Payne was out of here at 1.10,
00:50:40according to the old lady downstairs.
00:50:42We're just wasting time, Lieutenant.
00:50:44I don't think so, Dixon.
00:50:48Bring them along.
00:51:00Did you see anybody coming out of that building
00:51:02carrying something over his shoulder,
00:51:04like a large bundle?
00:51:06I didn't see anything like that.
00:51:08I'll take over, Casey.
00:51:10She says she didn't notice anyone carrying it.
00:51:12I'm going to ask you a very important question, Dixon.
00:51:15Are you sure it was Kenneth Payne
00:51:17you saw leaving this house at 1.10?
00:51:19Of course I'm sure.
00:51:21I never heard so many foolish questions.
00:51:23I'm going to try a little experiment, Mrs. Treibown.
00:51:26Taylor, I want you to put on this raincoat and hat.
00:51:31What for?
00:51:33Put adhesive tape under his eyes, somebody,
00:51:35to match Payne's description.
00:51:37Oh, no, wait a second.
00:51:39What's all this for?
00:51:41Now, don't act dumb, Taylor.
00:51:43It won't get you anywhere.
00:51:45Last night you put on Payne's coat and hat
00:51:47and carried his bag out of here at 1.10.
00:51:50After you'd killed him and stuck his body away somewhere.
00:51:53You want to come clean now, Jigs?
00:51:55Oh, I told you the truth.
00:51:57Then put the coat on.
00:51:59Don't do it, Dad.
00:52:01They have no right to ask you to do that.
00:52:03No, I won't.
00:52:05I ain't going in front of these monkey shines.
00:52:07All right.
00:52:09Dixon, you're about his build.
00:52:11Put the hat and coat on.
00:52:13Oh, that's comic strip stuff, Lieutenant.
00:52:16The lady said she saw Payne leave here last night.
00:52:19Sure I did.
00:52:21I saw Mr. Payne out of the window.
00:52:23No, you saw a raincoat, a hat, and a bag.
00:52:26Go ahead, Dixon.
00:52:28Anybody got some adhesive tape?
00:52:30Here.
00:52:35Under the left eye.
00:52:37Mrs. Treibown?
00:52:39Did he walk straight to the car or did he look down at you?
00:52:42He looked down.
00:52:44Dixon, take the bag.
00:52:46Just walk to the car and look down once.
00:52:48Is this where you were sitting?
00:52:50No, I was standing here closing the window.
00:52:53A taxi driver had asked me if I'd called a cab.
00:52:56Are you sure you could recognize a face at that distance, Mrs. Treibown?
00:53:04I can tell that fellow isn't Mr. Payne.
00:53:07Can you distinguish his face in this light?
00:53:10No, but I can tell by something else.
00:53:13It isn't Mr. Payne.
00:53:15By what?
00:53:17He didn't wave at me.
00:53:19Did Mr. Payne always wave at you?
00:53:21Always. He went like this.
00:53:24What about last night? Did he wave at you last night?
00:53:29Do you remember?
00:53:32Yes, I remember.
00:53:34He didn't wave last night.
00:53:36You're right. It wasn't Mr. Payne.
00:53:39No, never.
00:53:41He would have waved.
00:53:43Thank you, Mrs. Treibown.
00:53:46That's it, boys. Take him to the station and book him.
00:53:49You're kidding.
00:53:50Nobody's kidding, Taylor.
00:53:52You thought you were pretty fancy walking off as Payne at 1.10.
00:53:56And you came and got the dead body at 2.15...
00:53:59and dropped Congressman Reynolds at the Astor at 2.40...
00:54:01and hurried it back to the pier.
00:54:03Well, that's screwy. I tell you, I...
00:54:05I'd like to talk to my father.
00:54:07Go ahead.
00:54:08May I talk to him alone?
00:54:10Can't be done. He's under arrest.
00:54:17Dad, please.
00:54:20Did you see Ken last night?
00:54:23So help me.
00:54:25I swear by your ma...
00:54:27I never saw him or laid a hand on him.
00:54:31I believe you.
00:54:36We take Miss Taylor home, Casey.
00:54:38We're knocking off for tonight.
00:54:40I'd rather go alone, if I may.
00:55:02I've been looking for you for an hour, Mark.
00:55:04Scotch and water, Bill.
00:55:07You gotta hand it to Thomas. He wrapped this one up quick.
00:55:10His first job, too. I didn't think he had it in him.
00:55:12Stop talking like an idiot.
00:55:14He bungled it.
00:55:16Oh, wait a minute, Mark. That ain't fair.
00:55:18Don't tell me what's fair. I know.
00:55:20Scalise did it.
00:55:22Scalise did both jobs.
00:55:24Morrison and Payne.
00:55:26You can't go against the facts, Mark.
00:55:28I bet Chick's Jailer confessed the whole job in a day or two.
00:55:31See you later.
00:55:32Where you going?
00:55:33I'm going to get it out of Scalise.
00:55:35Wait a minute, Mark. You're not on that end of it.
00:55:38You know the boss's orders. He's got a plan on Scalise.
00:55:41Let me go.
00:55:43Look, Mark, I'm gonna give it to you straight, like a friend.
00:55:46I don't like to see you made a monkey out by a girl with a pretty face.
00:55:49You got a record to protect.
00:55:52You're as dumb as Thomas.
00:55:57Come on, I'll drive you home.
00:55:58You're driving me nowhere, you dumb lug.
00:56:00You stick with your boss and his orders.
00:56:05You let me go, or I'll paste you.
00:56:30We're closed for the night.
00:56:32Is Scalise in here?
00:56:34I'll go and see.
00:56:35Don't bother.
00:56:49Get your clothes on, Scalise.
00:56:51When I'm ready, Mr. Dixon.
00:56:54Hey, cut that out.
00:56:56Okay, Steve.
00:56:58I warned you not to touch me.
00:57:00Why? You don't seem to be carrying a knife at the moment.
00:57:03We found the one you used on Morrison.
00:57:07That's a lie.
00:57:08Is it?
00:57:10It's always a pleasure to watch a cop foreflushing.
00:57:16I don't like rats to grin at me.
00:57:19That's too bad.
00:57:20Maybe I'd better show you my hand, dream boy.
00:57:28Tonight I'm not kidding, Scalise.
00:57:30You're going to talk.
00:57:32We found out Morrison had you for about 20 grand and wanted to leave.
00:57:37So you knifed him.
00:57:39Then you got worried about Kenneth Payne sobering up and telling about what happened.
00:57:43So you sent one of your mugs down to his place to knock him off.
00:57:47You trying to frame me for Payne?
00:57:50You killed Morrison, and you killed Payne.
00:57:53And I'm going to get a statement out of you.
00:57:57Outside, you lugs, he's going to talk.
00:57:59And talk to me alone.
00:58:02Come on, I said outside.
00:58:04Okay, Steve.
00:58:26Joe! Ernie!
00:58:57Better have a look out front for him.
00:58:59Yeah.
00:59:14Get your coats.
00:59:16I ought to finish the job.
00:59:18This guy's going to keep after me.
00:59:20Wouldn't be smart.
00:59:21Put on too much heat for a dead cop.
00:59:24They still out there?
00:59:25Both of them.
00:59:26I can't make up my mind.
00:59:28Don't.
00:59:30All right, have it your way.
00:59:32Let's go.
00:59:34Get the keys, Steve.
00:59:56Yes?
00:59:58Mark Dixon.
01:00:05If you don't mind, I'd like to talk to you, Miss Taylor.
01:00:08What's the matter?
01:00:10You're hurt.
01:00:14I'm not hurt.
01:00:16I'm not hurt.
01:00:18I'm not hurt.
01:00:20I'm not hurt.
01:00:22I'm not hurt.
01:00:25I could use a drink.
01:00:35Where the devil am I?
01:00:37I keep coming and going.
01:00:41I don't know why I came here.
01:00:47I'll go now.
01:00:49You can't leave like this.
01:00:55Why did I come here?
01:00:57I must have had something to do with it.
01:01:00I don't know.
01:01:02I don't know.
01:01:04I don't know.
01:01:06I don't know.
01:01:08Why did I come here?
01:01:10I must have had something on my mind.
01:01:13What happened to you?
01:01:16A run-in with Scalise and his pals.
01:01:19Shouldn't I call the police?
01:01:22Let's leave the police out of this.
01:01:25I made a big idiot out of myself tonight.
01:01:29Bigger than usual.
01:01:31Did I bungle this one?
01:01:33I'll fix your head. Come with me.
01:01:36Thanks.
01:01:51Here.
01:01:52Come and sit down.
01:01:57What did they hit you with?
01:01:59Various objects.
01:02:03Why did you fight with Scalise?
01:02:06Did it have anything to do with my dad?
01:02:09In a way, yes.
01:02:12You don't think dad did it.
01:02:14You don't think he's guilty, do you?
01:02:17What I think doesn't matter a row of nickels.
01:02:21The most important thing is that you need a lawyer.
01:02:24That's what I came here for.
01:02:26You need a big-time lawyer.
01:02:28Here, hold this.
01:02:30One that can't lose.
01:02:32But if dad's innocent...
01:02:33That doesn't always help.
01:02:36Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too.
01:02:41One false move and you're in a way ahead.
01:02:45How much money have you got, you and your father, for a lawyer?
01:02:49None.
01:02:51No savings?
01:02:53No.
01:02:55Payne got them, huh?
01:02:58Yes.
01:03:03Thanks for the facial.
01:03:06I feel a lot better now.
01:03:13He's going back to bed.
01:03:16I'll be back in the morning about 8.30.
01:03:18You wait here for me.
01:03:20You're not fooling me.
01:03:22You do believe dad didn't kill him?
01:03:25Your dad never touched him.
01:03:27Good night.
01:03:29Good night.
01:03:32Good night.
01:04:03I'm sorry to wake you up, Paul.
01:04:05I won't stay for the minute.
01:04:10I need some dough.
01:04:12You stuck his finger in your eye.
01:04:15I've got 700 in the bank.
01:04:18That leaves me 300 shy.
01:04:21It's for a lawyer.
01:04:23I thought you wouldn't mind kicking in.
01:04:26I want to get Norman Ackerman to handle the Taylor case.
01:04:30He never lost a murder verdict in his life.
01:04:33But you've got to slap down one grand, minimum.
01:04:41I'll be right with you.
01:04:46Who is it, Paul?
01:04:48Mark.
01:04:50He wants 300 bucks.
01:04:52For what?
01:04:54For a lawyer, for his girl.
01:04:56Since when has that gorilla head got a...
01:04:59Please, Shirley, don't argue.
01:05:01After the way he treated you,
01:05:03to have the nerve to come here and ask for money...
01:05:05I told you, no arguments, please.
01:05:07You told me you were never going to talk to him again.
01:05:13I don't know, Shirley.
01:05:16Sometimes you really get me sore with this kind of nagging.
01:05:20300 dollars.
01:05:22For a man you were going to punch in the jaw the next time you saw him.
01:05:26I...
01:05:57Take them to the Acme Loan this time.
01:06:00You'll get more.
01:06:03Who knows?
01:06:05I might even get to wear them someday.
01:06:12Yes?
01:06:14Detective Dixon is here with a young lady.
01:06:16Have him come in.
01:06:18Send off that cable, Mary. I'll call you later.
01:06:22Hello, Mark.
01:06:24Hello, Jerry.
01:06:26Well, what happened to you?
01:06:28I'm just fine.
01:06:30Oh, Mr. Morris, this is Miss Taylor.
01:06:32How do you do?
01:06:34How do you do, Miss Taylor? Sit down.
01:06:36Jerry, I understand Ackerman's out of town.
01:06:38When do you expect him back?
01:06:40He's in Washington. He's due back around 5 this afternoon.
01:06:42I'd like to make an appointment with him for Miss Taylor.
01:06:45Her father's involved in the Payne Morrison case.
01:06:47I read about it.
01:06:49I thought you were on it, Mark.
01:06:51I am. That's why I'm here.
01:06:53I like stiff competition.
01:06:55Here's your retainer for Miss Taylor's father.
01:06:57It's $1,000.
01:06:59I'll hold it.
01:07:00Come in around 5.30.
01:07:02Mr. Ackerman will see you, Miss Taylor.
01:07:05Thank you.
01:07:07Thank you very much.
01:07:11I never heard of anything so generous.
01:07:13But you just did.
01:07:16My partner kicked in, too.
01:07:19You're an amazing man.
01:07:21You know something?
01:07:23I could kiss you. Right here.
01:07:27Take a rain check on that.
01:07:29I'll give you an alibi for your boss.
01:07:31Tell him you're late because of police question.
01:07:34Mr. Friedman is dispensed with my services.
01:07:37I'm the notorious Miss Morgan Taylor.
01:07:39Rad for buyers.
01:07:41Might take their minds off Mr. Friedman's creations.
01:07:43I'd run him in.
01:07:45I bet you would.
01:07:48All right. Goodbye.
01:07:51There's a phone call for you, Mr. Detective.
01:07:53Do you want to answer it?
01:07:55No, I'm busy.
01:07:57That's what I thought. I told him you weren't here.
01:07:59It's wonderful the way he looks at you.
01:08:01He didn't even eat his ravioli.
01:08:03He just eats you up with his eyes because you're so beautiful.
01:08:05Cut it out.
01:08:07What's the matter? I'm trying to help you.
01:08:09You don't know how to make love, so I'm making love for you.
01:08:11Bye-bye, Martha.
01:08:13Bye.
01:08:19It's a wonderful day.
01:08:23No job.
01:08:25Everybody against me.
01:08:27My poor dad sitting in a cell.
01:08:29And it's a wonderful day.
01:08:31Isn't that amazing?
01:08:33Hey, Mark.
01:08:35Excuse me.
01:08:37Hello, Mark.
01:08:39What's up?
01:08:41Skippers. Two on the telephone.
01:08:43Come on.
01:08:45Mind going up to see Ackerman alone?
01:08:47Might be better at that.
01:08:49And wait for me at my hotel, 230A, East 54th.
01:08:51I'll be there, Mark.
01:08:53And thanks for everything.
01:08:59Let's go.
01:09:09You wanted to see me, Inspector?
01:09:11Come here, you.
01:09:15Is this one of the men
01:09:17who beat you up last night?
01:09:19That was...
01:09:21just a personal affair, sir.
01:09:23Your personal affairs seem to be getting in the way
01:09:25of the department, Dixon.
01:09:27Take this man out and hold him as a material witness.
01:09:35You had no business going after Scalise.
01:09:37You were asked not to.
01:09:39You were told to lay off by your superior.
01:09:41I thought I could get a statement out of him.
01:09:43Well, you didn't.
01:09:45And now you've driven Scalise to cover
01:09:47with your bull-headed tactics.
01:09:49It'll take us days to find him now.
01:09:51I'll find him.
01:09:53You'll find nobody.
01:09:55I'm not throwing you out of the department,
01:09:57like I should.
01:09:59But I'm inviting you to take one week
01:10:01of your annual vacation,
01:10:03beginning as of now.
01:10:05I don't want to see or hear of you for a week.
01:10:07I want you to go someplace
01:10:09and get hold of yourself.
01:10:11Yes, sir.
01:10:13Look at you,
01:10:15all bunged up like a barrel-house vag.
01:10:17First thing you better do is get your head fixed up,
01:10:19inside and out.
01:10:21That's all.
01:10:23Yes, sir.
01:10:29He's got a point.
01:10:31You shouldn't have let Scalise go
01:10:33when his job was cleaned up.
01:10:35It looked certain that Payne had done it, sir.
01:10:37Get on this fellow, Steve.
01:10:39I've got a hunch you'll sing if you keep on him.
01:10:41And try talking to him
01:10:43like Dixon would.
01:10:45Yes, sir.
01:10:47Sit down.
01:11:01Sit down.
01:11:03You are going to talk.
01:11:05You were in that crap game with Morrison.
01:11:07Yeah, but I didn't see nothing.
01:11:09Listen.
01:11:11I want straight answers,
01:11:13and I want them now.
01:11:16Hello.
01:11:18Did you see Ackerman?
01:11:20Yes.
01:11:30You're in crime. What happened?
01:11:32Mr. Ackerman doesn't want to take the case.
01:11:35He's too busy.
01:11:37There are other lawyers.
01:11:39I'll get in touch with Bill Cantwell.
01:11:44He's as good as Ackerman.
01:11:46It won't help.
01:11:50It's no different than it was.
01:11:52He felt all right this afternoon.
01:11:55I didn't realize how serious it was.
01:11:58But now I know.
01:12:00I thought because Dad was innocent,
01:12:02nothing could happen to him.
01:12:04But I was wrong.
01:12:06I thought because Dad was innocent,
01:12:08nothing could happen to him.
01:12:10But it will.
01:12:12It won't.
01:12:14It's already happened. He's in jail.
01:12:16They'll try him.
01:12:18And he didn't do anything.
01:12:20Somebody else did it,
01:12:22and he's got to pay for it.
01:12:24He won't be tried.
01:12:26Don't try and fool me.
01:12:28Ackerman didn't take the case
01:12:30because he was afraid of losing it.
01:12:32That means they might find him guilty.
01:12:34I'm not fooling you.
01:12:36Nothing's going to happen to your father.
01:12:40Why?
01:12:42You didn't sound so certain before.
01:12:45Now you're certain.
01:12:48Because he didn't kill Payne.
01:12:50Well, can you prove it?
01:12:52Yes.
01:12:53How?
01:12:56Mark, you know something you haven't told me.
01:13:00That's right.
01:13:02What?
01:13:04What is it?
01:13:07I'll tell you.
01:13:14Please.
01:13:19Oh, that's not fair,
01:13:21to stand there without telling me,
01:13:23even if you have to break some police rule,
01:13:26if you know something, Mark.
01:13:30I can't stand thinking how he feels.
01:13:35He's never done anything wrong.
01:13:37You don't know him.
01:13:39He's sweet.
01:13:41He's always felt that everybody was his friend.
01:13:43Now he's in jail, like a criminal.
01:13:48You don't know what it is to have your father in trouble.
01:13:53My father was a thief.
01:13:56What?
01:13:59He's dead now.
01:14:01He died when I was 17, trying to shoot his way out of jail.
01:14:05I worked all my life to try to be different from him.
01:14:12Mark.
01:14:14Don't.
01:14:29You better go home.
01:14:31Why, Mark?
01:14:33Because you're a sucker for wrong guys like Ken and me.
01:14:37You're not wrong.
01:14:40I trust you with my whole heart.
01:14:43I'm glad you told me about your father.
01:14:47You're not like him.
01:14:49I know him.
01:14:52Thanks.
01:14:54I figured out what to do.
01:14:56About your dad.
01:14:59What?
01:15:01Don't ask any questions.
01:15:03I've got to do things a certain way.
01:15:07You look tired. Get some sleep.
01:15:09Thanks.
01:15:11I'm not afraid anymore.
01:15:13Everything's going to be all right, isn't it?
01:15:15Sure. It'll turn out all right.
01:15:22Come on.
01:15:24I'll wait here for you.
01:15:29Okay, Mac.
01:15:31You ought to be more delegate, Mr. Dixon.
01:15:33I almost hit my head on the door.
01:15:35That's okay, Willie. The cab's insured.
01:15:37I wasn't doing nothing, Mr. Dixon.
01:15:39I was just standing there reading my paper, that's all.
01:15:41I'm not interested in what you were doing.
01:15:43You're up for parole violation Monday.
01:15:45I know.
01:15:47Three more years, isn't it?
01:15:49That's right.
01:15:51Would you like to duck that?
01:15:53No.
01:15:55Three more years, isn't it?
01:15:57That's right.
01:15:59Would you like to duck that?
01:16:01You can't do nothing, Mr. Dixon.
01:16:03I can say I sent you up to Scalise's hotel,
01:16:05using you for a stoolie.
01:16:07Yeah?
01:16:09Particularly if you prove it.
01:16:11Like how?
01:16:13Don't play dumb.
01:16:15You mean by squealing about the Morrison job?
01:16:17No. By telling me where Scalise is.
01:16:19You're going to tell me, Willie.
01:16:21You'll save yourself three years
01:16:23of a lot of trouble, bad trouble.
01:16:25Come on.
01:16:27What do you call this, good trouble?
01:16:29If you're asking for it, then you're going to get it.
01:16:31Wait, wait, wait.
01:16:33They'll kill me, Mr. Dixon.
01:16:35Where's Scalise?
01:16:37I've got to find out first.
01:16:39A telephone. Let me get to a telephone.
01:16:41Okay.
01:16:43Hey, Mac, pull up at that bar.
01:16:45Okay.
01:16:47Didn't change, Mac.
01:16:49Thank you, Mr. Dixon.
01:16:53Don't push me. They'll catch on.
01:16:59Get in that booth.
01:17:01I won't listen.
01:17:19Hello?
01:17:21Hello, this is Willie Bender.
01:17:23Who's this, Kramer?
01:17:25Listen, Kramer, I'm hanging here by your shoelace.
01:17:27What do you mean, what do I mean?
01:17:29Mark Dixon's on my neck.
01:17:31He's right outside the booth.
01:17:33No, no, he can't hear nothing.
01:17:35He wants to see Scalise.
01:17:37What's the idea of calling here?
01:17:39Ain't you got any brains in your head, stupid?
01:17:41That copper will grab this number.
01:17:43Who is it? Willie Bender.
01:17:45Dixon has glommed on to him.
01:17:47This is Scalise.
01:17:49Mr. Dixon alone?
01:17:51It's okay, Willie.
01:17:53Now, get this straight.
01:17:57I'd like to see Mr. Dixon,
01:17:59but all by himself.
01:18:01Now, here's the way I want you to work it.
01:18:03Get out a pencil and write this down,
01:18:05so if he's watching you,
01:18:07he'll know it's on the square.
01:18:09Hold it just a second.
01:18:13What is it?
01:18:15Tell him I'll meet him under the following conditions.
01:18:20Yeah.
01:18:23Yeah, yeah.
01:18:25Yeah.
01:18:27Okay, I got it.
01:18:29Yeah, yeah.
01:18:33What did Scalise say?
01:18:35Well, I wasn't conversing with Scalise.
01:18:37I was talking to Kramer,
01:18:39and he says he'll contact Scalise in an hour
01:18:41and that you should be in the East River Drive
01:18:43across the street from Bellevue at 3 a.m.,
01:18:45and if everything's okay, he'll pick you up there.
01:18:47And he says you've got to come alone.
01:18:49What else?
01:18:51That's all.
01:18:53Thanks.
01:18:55What about my parole? I'd done everything I could.
01:19:17Hello, Blue Star Service.
01:19:19Hello, Blue Star Service.
01:19:45Hello, Blue Star Service.
01:19:47Send a messenger to the Greystone Hotel.
01:19:49You know where it is.
01:19:51Have him wait in the lobby.
01:19:53The name is Dixon, Mark Dixon.
01:19:55Right away.
01:20:17Thank you.
01:20:37Inspector Nicholas Bowling.
01:20:39Yes, sir.
01:20:41I didn't have the guts to tell you this
01:20:43while I was alive
01:20:45I wanted to end up like Sandy Dixon's kid.
01:20:53That's what every hood in New York calls me.
01:20:56Sandy Dixon's kid.
01:20:59And even in that apartment behind my back.
01:21:05I wanted to end up as a cop.
01:21:08And that's what I'm going to do.
01:21:12I killed Kenneth Payne.
01:21:14It was an accident.
01:21:23I went in to pinch him.
01:21:26He slugged me and I hit back.
01:21:30How was I to know he had a silver plate in his head?
01:21:35But I covered it up like a mobster.
01:21:40Because I couldn't shake loose from what I was.
01:21:46Now I'm shaking loose.
01:21:51I'm going to get Scalise for you.
01:21:57He's a hood.
01:22:00He's a hood like my old man was.
01:22:06You won't have to worry about pinning the Morrison killing on him.
01:22:12You can pull him in for mine.
01:22:17And that will square things all around.
01:22:20That's your name. Mark Dixon.
01:22:30I'm going to get Scalise.
01:23:00I'm going to get Scalise.
01:23:30I'm going to get Scalise.
01:24:00I'm going to get Scalise.
01:24:30I'm going to get Scalise.
01:25:00I'm going to get Scalise.
01:25:30I'm going to get Scalise.
01:25:48Where's Scalise?
01:25:51Scalise ain't here. He left a message for you.
01:25:54What is the message?
01:25:57He's coming to see you under certain conditions.
01:26:00What conditions?
01:26:03He got to park your gun.
01:26:07Where is he?
01:26:10We got instructions. It's no go with the rod.
01:26:17Put it down here.
01:26:20Anything else?
01:26:23We got to frisk you.
01:26:27He's clean.
01:26:30Come on.
01:26:33It's okay.
01:26:46Sit down, Mr. Dixon.
01:26:50I told the boys you'd come alone.
01:26:53I told the boys you'd come alone.
01:26:56That's because I understand you, Mr. Dixon.
01:26:59What I don't understand is your reason for calling on me at this time.
01:27:04I said sit down.
01:27:07I never saw a man as full of hate as you.
01:27:10I consider it almost humorous the way you came hot-footing in after me alone.
01:27:14I'm in the clear on the Morrison job.
01:27:17The police are satisfied to let me alone.
01:27:20But you're still hot on my neck, as always.
01:27:23Sit down, Dixon. I'm not kidding.
01:27:30It don't add up, Dixon, you staying on my neck like this.
01:27:34Maybe you thought you could start me running by coming after me.
01:27:37Well, we're not running, Dixon.
01:27:40We're all fixed to leave tomorrow morning.
01:27:43Passports and order and everything.
01:27:46And I'm leaving you locked in here.
01:27:49It'll give us something to laugh about.
01:27:52You sitting here for a couple of days trying desperately to attract attention.
01:27:56It'll maybe give the department a laugh, too.
01:27:59Well, go ahead, Mr. Dixon. You came out here for something.
01:28:02Let's hear what it is.
01:28:05You've got something on your mind, the way you look, Mr. Dixon.
01:28:09I'm gonna give you some advice, and you'd better listen carefully.
01:28:13You start messing me up and you're gonna get it. Do you hear?
01:28:16You'll only throw one punch and they'll let you have it.
01:28:19I've given them instructions.
01:28:23Hold it. No more shooting.
01:28:25Why, he asked for it.
01:28:27Sure. Sure he asked for it.
01:28:29That's what he came here for, so we should rub him out.
01:28:32He's crazy.
01:28:34I saw when I looked in his eyes.
01:28:36Claim I get your stuff, fix him up.
01:28:38That's a fancy way of trying to frame somebody.
01:28:41Getting yourself knocked off.
01:28:43A guy's gotta be out of his head for that.
01:28:47I didn't know a guy could hate that much.
01:28:50Not even you.
01:28:52And all because your old man set me up in business.
01:28:56I got it added up now, Dixon.
01:28:59I should have figured it last night when you tried to hang the Payne job on me.
01:29:03You were the first cop to get to Payne's house.
01:29:05You found Payne and slugged him and killed him.
01:29:08And you took the body to the river, and you had to slug a night watchman.
01:29:11And you've been walking around ever since, half cop and half killer.
01:29:15The man who hates crooks.
01:29:17The law that works by itself.
01:29:20The cop who can't stand to see a killer loose.
01:29:23So what is he?
01:29:24A hood and a mobster, like his old man.
01:29:32It's interesting how blood will tell.
01:29:35Your old man would have been very proud of you to see how good you were.
01:29:39Your old man would have been very proud of you to see how you finally followed in his footsteps.
01:29:43You and me ought to get very friendly when you're on your feet again, Dixon.
01:29:47There are a lot of things a smart cop could do for me.
01:29:50They got Steve. They beat it out of him.
01:29:52He let go of the whole works of Bob Morrison.
01:29:54Come on.
01:29:55I haven't finished the bandage.
01:29:56Let up bleed. Come on.
01:30:09Get the elevator.
01:30:39Open the door. It's stuck.
01:30:59Press the emergency button.
01:31:01Power's off.
01:31:02It's stuck.
01:31:09That dirty copper.
01:31:16Can't change, can you?
01:31:18Always have to break orders.
01:31:19Always have to do things your way.
01:31:22This time I've got to hand it to you.
01:31:23You hit the nail right on the head.
01:31:25Thanks, Inspector.
01:31:29Mark.
01:31:32They're letting Dad out.
01:31:35I don't know what to say.
01:31:38But thanks.
01:31:39He didn't do it single-handed, Miss Taylor.
01:31:42The department contributed a small share toward establishing your father's innocence.
01:31:46Not that I'm not proud of you, Mark.
01:31:48I'm putting you back where you were.
01:31:50And recommending you for promotion.
01:31:52Oh, that's wonderful.
01:31:53There's your letter back.
01:31:54Since there was no report of your death, I didn't open it.
01:32:00You expected to die.
01:32:02I don't think Mr. Dixon knows what he expected.
01:32:04He was pretty sore at me when he wrote this.
01:32:06I think he's in a different mood now.
01:32:09Tear it up, Mark, and no hard feelings.
01:32:11And take a rest, till your arm heals.
01:32:15Dad's waiting, Mark.
01:32:18Will you come home with us?
01:32:20Sounds like a nice holiday for a change, Mark.
01:32:23Come on, you've earned it.
01:32:37I'd like you to open the letter, Inspector.
01:32:41You're sure?
01:32:42Yes, sir. Open it.
01:32:54What is it?
01:33:03Mark.
01:33:11That clears up both cases.
01:33:14You're under arrest, Mark.
01:33:18That clears up both cases.
01:33:21You're under arrest, Mark.
01:33:23No. What is it?
01:33:25Please tell me, Mark.
01:33:28Would you mind letting her read the letter, sir?
01:33:39Report to Lieutenant Thomas.
01:33:41I'll make the charge myself.
01:33:43Yes, sir.
01:33:48Mark.
01:33:53Goodbye, Morgan.
01:33:55No, Mark.
01:33:57They'll believe you. They must believe you.
01:34:00It was an accident, a mistake.
01:34:03Anybody can make a mistake.
01:34:07You mean you'll give Sandy Dixon's kid another chance?
01:34:11Yes, sir.
01:34:13You mean you'll give Sandy Dixon's kid another chance?
01:34:17Every chance in the world.
01:34:21That's enough to live for.
01:34:24So long, Morgan.
01:34:26So long, darling.
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