Big Town After Dark (1947) CRIME THRILLER

[Music] [Applause] good morning steve right box call me back good morning laura what's this bilge i hear about you are selling a novel what novel oh every reporter has a novel in his trunk yeah if no one's out there's a good place for them i thought you'd be pleased i am pleased i congratulate you only i hate to see you waste your time riding tribe tripe look laura you're a newspaper woman and a good one that's phenomenal wait a minute steve that's the way you feel about it as of right now i'm not a newspaper woman what's that i'm through oh now just a second laura you can't do that and why not i have another novel in working the floral eye if it's a raise you want ten dollars a week no twenty dollars no steve i'm through hey well if your mind's made up you'll have to give me two weeks notice okay two weeks steve i oh good morning laura good morning peabody i hear you sold your novel congratulations thank you mr peabody great girl lorelei he's made a fine police reporter hasn't he he certainly has no sure misser uh that is the newspaper missile i miss her yeah she's giving me two weeks notice but you're not going to let her leave are you not if i can help it good and by the way steve uh did you ever meet my niece susan peabody no i don't believe so i brought her here from california a year ago been putting her through a journalism course at state college now she wants to quit school and take a job on the paper i have a full staff mr peabody just a minute after all steve i own this paper and according to the terms of our contract all hiring is in my hand i don't need a club reporter i'm not running a finishing school in journalism and if your niece wants a job on a newspaper let her try the chronicle i was hoping you'd see it that way well i'd much rather she stayed in college well why don't you tell us though well it's uh hard for me to say no to one of the family i'd rather you did it she's waiting outside there's anything i'm good at around the newspaper and saying no you'll need to be good steve susan's quite aggressive i'm afraid her folks haven't been too strict with her she needs discipline come in here steve my niece susan peabody how do you do it buddy what are you doing i'll leave you too to talk things over well nice to see you sit down sit down please thank you so you want to be a newspaper woman there's nothing i'd rather do well the journalism course at state is excellent but it's so slow and so expensive i hate being a burden on uncle amis i want to earn my own way and i want to earn it working on a newspaper a very commendable ambition miss peabody but i wonder if you know that there's more to being a reporter than sticking a press card in your hat and going to all the better fires you sound like uncle amis now listen mr wilson if i'm going to work for you we should have no secrets i'm in a terrible jam oh for the past six months i've been working on the lindbergh eagle cub reporter 16 a week andre it's a pretty tough town is it i really wouldn't know i only worked on campus news but i cut so many classes i flunked out of college oh that's bad does your uncle know not yet and if you'll give me a job i won't have to tell him please mr wilson i simply can't let him find out what's happened he'd be so disappointed and so dave what goals lorelei says she's quitting in two weeks lore like winning don't take any bets on it fletcher oh come in fletch come in um you want to meet your new police reporter [Music] funny thing you suppose those chronicle boys don't want me in the press room hello louie what's new the dick say hurry's ready to sing on the bank paper we're gonna check with the d.a oh thanks louie okay babe no charge see steve uh-huh you pleased about your novel of course he was pleased like you'd be pleased at losing a pot on four kings you didn't quarrel with them did you no i didn't cry like quit quit i thought you and steve were sort of don't exaggerate wally well if you're really quitting that's the best news i've heard since the mayor tripped over that cornerstone and broke his leg you couldn't mean you haven't enjoyed working with me well we haven't got anything against you goldilocks we don't want to dame on police anytime dames upset our style you know this press room used to be a nice rough dirty dump until you moved in lorelei now it's well it's like a tea room only ain't got any tea with any tea no tea wally when are you gonna quit two weeks you'll never make it nobody ever quit the newspaper right hildy johnson tried to quit and look what happened to him somebody stole his watch remember i remember hey somebody stole my watch i'll have louise need that thieving rat i'll chew him up and spit him off the 14th floor oh by the way for your office steve's i'm trying to get you thanks you're not all i was you gone things aren't gonna be the same around the old press room steve wilson please you mean you miss me i can't miss the toothache steve laura i've just sent over your replacement so soon two weeks is little enough time to learn to please speed so please cooperate with her i'll be glad to just the gag he says okay so a sock on the jaw just a gag why the sour face goldilocks won't the auditor okay your swindle sheet steve's sending over a new police report and i'm supposed to break him in use the face a nice holy touch don't you think yes like a gutter well i hope he plays poker bad poker that is well we'll find out oh yeah and phone the janitor harvey tell them to bring back our cuspadore hello there beautiful jake what are you doing in big town came over to make a little payoff of the bus doing anything later i'll be tied up all day and you know it maybe some other time then where you want it boys where it belongs right in the middle of the room your children yeah i'm susan peabody mr wilson sent how do you do me peabody amos peabody's my uncle miss peabody i want you to meet wally blake and harvey cushman of the chronic hello how did this susan as fine a pair of jackals has ever said a cub reporters through oh now you don't want to pay any attention to lorelei miss peabody or a couple of worms sure but as long as you don't try to step on us by uh that's box three i'll show you how to find the fire well well jake sebastian ain't you off the reservation how are things in linbury sucker still playing poker go get lost will you sure you know any good places to get lost in okay okay thank you what could you learn on a rag like that oh you'd be surprised the eagle officer is only a block from the winner's club oh one of those poker joints hello moore laura kilburn anything 21 hold the suspect no make on the license no that's at the police radio pay no attention to it so you play poker harvey susan i have a woman beating up a drunken brawl she may die and i float her at the mall someone might think they paid us to work in this job louie this is susan peabody our new police reporter susan louis sneed he happens to like you louie's the best news source in the city hall pleased to meet you did you say peabody miracle owns the illustrated press what we do about this long line better get upstairs boys the d.a dug up a hot leader that boil murder wait a minute boys susan's going with you how come one of steve wilson's brilliant plays leading with a queen rewrite please thinks i'll get jealous and change my mind about quitting hello mccabe i have a couple of yarns for the last run uh maple sealy 24 519 jamison place jameson place removed to the emergency with cut bruises and lacerations husband john b silly held in the city jail both drunk no no identification on the body that's all mccabe hmm interesting the world are you talking about am i talking again do you ever stop want to play a couple heads of cards you know i haven't got time to play cards i got a hunch it might be a good idea for you to start practicing here's my five i'm in i'll call full house king's on the roof no [Applause] a man down ambulance 14 run well little poker it ain't post office doc we just thought we'd kill a little time i made all you feelings sister heal me out boys have you been doing your first day on the beach how's she been doing he asked haven't had a bit of trouble everybody's been wondering that's good well i got home funny i thought she was having dinner with me well i guess you misunderstood 88 no make on the license uh you haven't had dinner yet have you no and i'm starving well let's go isn't this a bit irregular the managing editor taking the cup reporter after dinner miss peabody as far as i'm concerned you're not a cub reporter you're the boss's favorite niece i don't feel like that how can i lose you get her in a poker game doc you'll find out how you can lose 47 no make profit eh roger good wonderful i was crazy about that by yoni where'd you learn to play poker winners one of those poker joints in liberty it's quite a racket they've built up too bad too you shouldn't allow those clubs so close to college green too many kids get the poker fever and spend so much time drawing inside straight they flunk out of college i don't smoke it's really a shame those dives should be locked up well there's a bill in the legislature now bars private gambling clubs within 10 miles of the university however it's buried in committee suppose we got it out we how a crusade in the illustrated press pictures editorials sob stories uncle amish you know just loves a crusade yeah don't i know well don't you like crusade when they're news i'm old fashioned susan i've always believed a newspaper should publish news wouldn't it be used if we closed up those gambling clubs trouble is people who want to gamble find away clubs and no clubs listen mr wilson have you ever been in one of those joints then do me a favor go out to the women's club with me tonight get into a game and watch the people and then decide if they shouldn't be closed up all right i will maybe this is my lucky night come on marcus wait a minute big shot you didn't pay for that quickly go buy yourself a mint coke baby [Music] no life was never easy for mother and me even before dad died california is supposed to be the land of sunshine and gold when you can't eat the sunshine and the gold never seemed to stick to dad's fingers you see he was the black sheep of the family the one who wouldn't keep his nose to the grindstone i bet i'd have liked them oh i'm sure you would everybody like that everybody but uncle amos uncle has never had anything to do with him i never even saw my uncle till i came to big town he was just a legend a legend about a mean grasping old millionaire was i surprised when i met him for the first time oh peabody's alright well he's a darling look at all he's done for me brought me east paid my tuition rented me an apartment in college green gave me an allowance well there's the winners club [Music] [Music] this way please [Music] sure okay chuck she's at table 14 with that guy off the illustrated press good mark come in here what you've been doing all day she left her apartment in college green at nine drove her crate into big town and went to the press she was at the monk sent an o'hara huh coming right up she was at the press an hour then she went to the city hall stayed there until 7 30 tonight she got into a poker game the press room ah she would you want me mr larue there's a peasant at table 14 i want you to take care of check so at 7 30 wilson took her to dinner at the green lantern they left the lantern at nine and came on out here all right you know what to do i'll wait for you here [Music] i'm in all night that's going i think you had it i've had enough good evening look at your deal you come here often every night how you doing it's my third stack i guess it's not my night i'll have a new deal if you don't mind it's time to get off the top of the deck i don't take that from nobody you were dealing bottoms and i saw you why are you lying pikachu wait a minute wait a second let's go let go stick around deal with cards what's going on [Applause] holy monk why not get him on his feet i don't have a lesson huh i'll put him in a car and dump him in big town [Music] how'd you get in the egg the president you might have been killed steve how do you feel never mind that what's the story you were found unconscious on the 9th street causeway what happened oh i got out of line in someone else's territory the witness club one of those poker joints in memory what a day i'm cheating and where's susan did that you were out with you didn't waste any time did you never mind the sarcasm what time is it one o'clock call homer to see if you got it all right what's the phone number i don't know look it up in the book uh college green nurse with the phone in the hall first turn to the left thank you i'm nice where's my coat on the chair but if you want to play safe you'll stay in that bed the rest of the night thanks get me another cup of coffee one please did oh get out what you say there was no answer there was two mugs that big damn working for the house well i was framed taking peabody's knees to that kitchen what did you expect fans fan and awkward corsage on the house here thanks taking her my eyes she took me she's been living that practically for months she didn't learn pokemon journalism 7b you know what time did you say it was i think it's time you call the police okay let's go classroom yes 81 for martin gary a woman down yeah i see thanks well the dicks went out to the witness club with a couple of limbery bulls she wasn't there trainee never saw before you know when she went where or how what happened to a car some woman phoned in a stolen car report at 11 42 p.m you know my guess is no all units keep alert for a woman age 20 red hair 5 feet 2 weight 115 pounds believed to be in the hands of kidnappers they're not using your name well i asked them to keep it on the secret file no just building up a scandal she's all right shouldn't we phone mr peabody we've got to tell him steve if it is a snatch he'll have to pay the ransom stop talking like that try the number again wendy oh why don't you try i can't just say i'm so jittery i can't dial she's home for a girl who's supposed to be at work at 9 00 am that little number keeps late hours i'll quit it you want to take me home now or do you want to wait here and talk to her oh wait she's poor kid she may have been out looking for me maybe she's worried you hope i'll lay off will you what'd you say your number was now he can die rb14692 she was there just a minute ago do you suppose she has a party line and the other party's using it with peabody's influence but she use a party line when you got that busy signal before you just dial the wrong number that's all well what now louie don't you ever sleep not if i can help it what's bad for the kid huh what kid you don't have to play dumb chum dum chum i'm a poor i thought you had those dicks in your pocket don't blame the dicks they didn't tip me off i got other sources you don't have to worry anyhow i wouldn't give it to the chronicle professor whistlebee yeah you'll check the wheel for prince won't you thanks they fight for jalopy where in a vacant lot outside of big town well that's that snatch all right you think so louis cinch come morning that witness club mama put the pressure on peabody i wonder what the little philly will bring on the hoof well if i run into any angles i'll pass them on wait a minute louie come here come here sit down louie you pick up more debt around here than 17 street cleaners okay suppose the girl has been snatched we're going to need an intermediary huh go between louie go between what i'll quit stalling you know what i mean and you're elected hey look lorelei don't let him do this louie before we can put that girl in circulation we've got to know the score and you're the only one who can find it out please if you think for one second good friend louie why why we've been batting around in the city hall for a long time now it's been me for you and you for me you wouldn't let me down now would you louie oh baby you're killing me oh come on louie well okay but i see what i can do at a boy junior come on i'll get going well are you stalling any longer i'll have to call peabody [Music] press room lord i kill them thanks no prince on the steering wheel that wouldn't be susan well that cinches it i'll have to call i missed it i never should have given her that apartment in college green if she hadn't been living by herself going around with those college kids she'd never heard of the winners club i made a mistake bringing her here in the first place oh you're only trying to be kind yes but look what i've done to her the poor child they won't hurt her they'll only shake you down you better start worrying about yourself i do think i care about myself to have her back right now i'd gladly pay yeah bear well i'll wait it's louis snead steve we ought to get a squad of cops go out to the winner's club and round up the whole mile we've been over that before mr peabody we have no evidence we can't even call him the fbi until the kidnapping has actually been established yeah louie yeah right i got it thanks junior louise made contact with someone who's in touch with the mob what do they want me to do they want you in the southwest corner of fifth and grand at ten o'clock this morning you must be alone you just have time to make now wait a minute you're not gonna pay off are you i might why it's the wrong way to handle the snatch why if that mob shakes you down without any trouble leave my nieces in danger if i have to pay i'll pay i want that girl back unharmed miss whitley call the detective bureau tell captain murphy to have two of his best men meet me right away at fifth and grand northeast corner got it yes mr wilson second desk on the right mr peabody [Music] nice of you to come mr peabody i'm charles larue managing director of the winners club how much do you want how about that stock it's a block of 50 000 shares of common stock in the winners club power value one dollar per share i'll sell it par the stock is already made out in your name mr peabody make the check out to me charles larue i see you'd be very slow if you didn't i think you'll find this an excellent investment of course the stock has never paid a dividend maybe it never will but every investment has intangibles values which can't be wrecking the dollars [Music] right good morning mr rauru good morning deposit this to my account please there you go here's your stock mr peabody you'll find it a very good investment all right boys take them along what's all this about you'll find out at headquarters [Music] what's that stock in the winners club fifty thousand dollars worth i just bought it i've got mr peabody not good [Music] come on harley what's the wrap did you talk to kasia he told me the money had been legally deposited in larue's account for the last time harding i'd demand loudly allowed to phone my attorney here's a point there mr peabody of course however take him down and book him on an open charge then bring him back what the corporation commissioner has to say to win this club is a legitimate corporation larue had a legal right to sell that stock commissioner said if you want your money back you'll have to go to court i don't care about getting the money back i want susan back hiding speaking are you wilson hey yeah what ghosty oh i see how long will you be up there i'll call you louis they have a man in the da's office by the name of larue he just shook peabody down for fifty thousand dollars chuckleroo i was afraid of that goldilocks this whole caper smells and that babe with the innocent look what does steve wasn't want to go taking her out for when him and you maybe he only did it to make me jealous hungary maybe he didn't maybe he didn't but goldilocks if he's giving you the run around you're just a sweet sentimentalist well this whole caper smells forget it louie if anything goes wrong no one will blame you i know but darling i'm terribly sorry i'm late but my car was stolen last night and i had to spend the night with a girlfriend girlfriend yes mona lawrence and we got to talking over coffee and time just slipped by and include me out of this he wants you to call him right away oh is he all right you know there was some trouble after i heard i'll get steve on the phone for you yeah suppose he's mad at me oh dear i wonder if he'll fire me no i don't think he'll fire you he'll probably murder you steve wilson please hello steve oh i'm all right i spent a night with a girlfriend i'll never mind that i'm in the da's office on the 14th floor get up here right away and bring laura with you he wasn't supposed to come off the va's office right away he says it never mind what he says come on 14 please okay susan start talking about steve i think he's wonderful you didn't mind about his taking me out last night why should i murder well i thought maybe there was an understanding between you two i understanding between me and steve is that i'm quitting 13 days from today susan would you be interested in knowing that your night with mourner alarms cost mr peabody fifty thousand dollars how never mind well i don't see what i did that was wrong [Music] there was some trouble at the women's club and steve disappeared i waved a while and decided to go home my car was missing so i called the police and told him it was stolen then i took a bus and went to mama's weren't you at all worried about what happened to steve of course i was i kept calling his house and finally i called the office and the operator told me he'd come in and got out on the story i presume you know my niece sorry i've never had the pleasure on the contrary mr larue you cashed a check for me once remember i've cashed checks for so many people that's all the rule you're free now wait a minute this man just swindled me out of 50 000 you're not going to let him get away with it i didn't swindle you out of anything you brought some stock in my club sure i did but that was on the assumption that he had my niece you led me to be like well you got that out there mr peabody i never mentioned your niece well now look here this is nothing but an open and shut case of fraud and i'm going to take it easy mr peabody i'm sure your investment is going to pay off are you thrilled with me anytime you want to get a check cash drop in give me a minute now young lady just exactly what happened last night wait a minute that was a very clever trick but don't get the idea with screw with you that's just part payment on last night's account down and i spent most of the time telling her about my new job so there it is you should have phoned the office this morning instead of sitting around chatting with your friends i never seem to do anything right it wasn't your fault forget it it was my fault and i'll never forget it i've caused you nothing but trouble in the expense ever since i came here i'm gonna give up and go back to california you're doing nothing of the kind you wanted to be a reporter very well we'll make you a reporter i'll get back to the press room and go to work oh claim is you're a darling coming lorelei i'll always staying here you're on your own susan oh susan no one knows anything about this business so don't talk to wally or harvey of course not what was the idea of stopping me with larue the rule wasn't as smart as he thought when he sold you that stock we're going to use it to close up the winner's club yes and every other club in limburg that's a worthy ambition mr wilson and not an easy thing to do of course there's that bill before the legislature committee we'll take it out of committee will you cooperate harding absolutely good we'll use a full page spread with pictures lots of pictures we'll put on a good old-fashioned muckraking expose and what's more ap i'll get your money back lord i kill them sergeant anything thank you everything's quiet you sure you won't need me any longer you've had a hard day go home and rest you're so kind to me i do appreciate it forget it good night good night good night boys good night beautiful take it easy hiya scoop what's breaking saying to you assistant hey you guys that hawking story the dicks are holding out on you the dame sang two hours ago i had a hunch they'd try to pull a fast one on us come on wally i'm giving them the runaround the dame's still clammed up they'll murder you let me worry about that you know i've been thinking and little miss innocent saying on the level iraq with steve please louie i don't want to hear any more about her don't try to kid me goldilocks you're carrying a torch like the statue of liberty i didn't think it showed well it does are you going to be a sap and let that piece of no good fluff break you two apart i'm sure steve knows what he wants well it ain't what he wants and most of all i need what you want and between the both of us we're going to straighten them out about her she's palsy rosie with more wrong g's than a than a bail bond broker what am i saying you know jake sebastian should i top man at chuckleroo's mob yesterday right here in the city hall i seen him talking to her so so take that shake down say that chuckleroo had steve framed say he had susan's car stolen say he had her trailed out to her girlfriend's house say that he knew she'd be out of circulation until morning what i want to know is how he'd know she wouldn't check in here until after 10 this morning ah so you've been thinking about it too huh actually okay do something what should i do should i be bothered because her uncle is shaking down for fifty thousand dollars should i care if steve wilson is making a fool of himself over the girl don't give me that goldilocks you care all right and plenty all right i care so do i i was a go-between on that deal you know i was double crossed too okay louie i might do a little checking okay kid you go into your dance and i'll go into mine and tomorrow we'll compare notes right right when we get through with her they'll be putting a face where it belongs on on iodine bottles hello lindbergh eagle city desk please hello hanks floor like hilben fine i wanna check up on one of your new cub reporters susan peabody no she claims she worked for you oh i see thanks not more than half a column joe we're tight now and when we break that winners club story in the final okay then kill it i'll be ready any time you're within five minutes oh jimmy well i are you in on this winners club thing laura lies covering a political meeting tonight republic rats united very important ah you lucky girl steve i hate to mention this but i've been doing some checking on your new reporter and very interesting goldilocks but i can't go into it now i'm going after the winners quote we're going out to the winners club to play this thing right you need some human interest angles very well i'm your girl uh-uh that's out this job is too dangerous if it's dangerous for me it's twice as dangerous for you i'm going you're not i am you're not going to the winners club tonight winners club wait for it we bet mr wilson [Music] sure but not too loud not with monk and marcus breathing down she was right chuck they're here good bring them in after the trouble you caused last night wilson you and your friends aren't welcome here do you want to get out peacefully we're not leaving through or not keep out of this monk you too marcus remember i told mr peabody his investment would pay off well he's assigned a stock to me only a piece of this joint i have a legal right to enter it at any time so if you still want to put us out hop to it what do you say laurel so how much is 17 take away i don't know how about a shot of you and the boys oh no the boss don't like his picture took call mr wilson's cab one cab coming right up well thanks it was a successful evening we got some nice pictures give us a good spread wilson bad publicity is better than no publicity an aphorism mr larue which i hope to disprove come on partners come on o'brien well i i never expected it to be that easy no we're not home yet goldilocks [Music] keep going straight [Music] listen viola your cab is in the garage and the guy that stole it is in jail did it be jeff did they good i'll send in a bill i'll okay anything within reason how are we they're pretty good i'll have tomorrow when they're watched anything familiar about that girl what's on your mind that's cute and it costs plenty you can't fool a woman what you're trying to tell me is that the girl or susan peabody what you're not trying to tell me is how susan can afford an original paisley on the allowance that peabody gives her do you know how much he gives this no but i know people so you know peabody so i know that suit the girl is wearing what's approved only suddenly you've gone stone blind well all right you must love limbs you climb out on so many very well steve you asked for it here it is i checked with the phone company susan has a one-party live when i got that busy signal last night susan was home in her apartment you dial the wrong number okay pass that one the girl never worked for the linbre eagle well don't all would be reporters lie about their experience we'll skip that one too now see if you can knock this one out of the lot she never stayed with mona lawrence last night mona lawrence hardly knows her and hasn't seen her for weeks so she told the fib a fib steve she's not only a liar she's pure poison are you going to write that story on the witness club or shall i give it to a rewrite man you like that girl susan has a one-party line did you get that one she didn't work on the lindbergh eagle we've known all that since noon if we hadn't been so busy we've been able to do something about it well we're not too busy now hey this is pretty good wait a minute yeah that's fine [Music] excuse me a minute don't go yes oh hello oh no no you didn't get me out of bed i was wondering mind if i drop around for a while why not fine i'll be over in 20 minutes bye bye [Music] he was sweet to bring me home what's the matter no more of that why not let's stay healthy your boyfriend's beginning to get wise ever finds out about us so you're scared look i know him when he's jealous he'll blow his top oh i'm getting the brush off don't get sore i know i'll brush off when i get one and i won't forget it not for a minute now get out that's the way you feel sure goodbye baby oh shut up [Music] you have here i like it i plan to stay at the sorority house but uncle amos insists that i've taken apart now i'm glad i did yeah it's already sort of a crappy girl style you know what i mean i'd be pretty dumb if i didn't how'd you make out the winner's club story fine when that blast hits the captain it'll be all over but nailing on the padlocks did you get some good pictures now don't tell me i was there oh i wanted to see the fun so i went out and your cameraman started making wild shots and i had to duck i was afraid that uncle amos might be peed if he knew i was there again uncle amos is already people i know i'm sick sorry sure sure i also saw you lied to me about working on the linberry eagle you don't hold that against me do you no but you shouldn't have lied to me about uh staying with mona lawrence all right now tell me the truth what really happened last night well when i found out my car had been stolen i called up my boyfriend i didn't come out and pick me up he drove around for a long time then about 2 30 i came back here i needed a coat it was a cold night remember how long did you stay for just a few minutes then we went out again to a few late spots what did you call while you were here i didn't call anyone but my boyfriend did just who is his boyfriend you're talking about he's just a boy college boy of course he uh wouldn't be connected with that la roma buddy heavens no he's just an unsophisticated kid he gets mad whenever he finds out i've been gambling he's telling me again and again i should stay away from those places if he's that concerned he must think an awful lot of you he does he's rightfully jealous oh i wonder if if he should happen to come by tonight would you mind going down the fire escape yes i could just picture myself it wouldn't be the first time would have would that be your boyfriend he bores me it uh could be for me you know i suppose you told everyone in the office you were coming here no no just uh fletcher hello mr mo mr fletcher thanks yeah flights uh-huh all right tom i'll be right along bye your uncle's leaving for the capitol half an hour i want to see me before he goes sorry after rachel when oklahoma's password to herring the train seals bark tell me steve you also balanced the ball on your nose now stop pouting it was sweetie come and see me honey in the morning yeah see you in the morning and maybe uh tomorrow night fine i'll die bye for the gear razor seat they needed a smart private eye so they hired you huh some shamas what kind of a case you're on to get the goods on this two-time tomato her old man will pay off well keep your nose clean hello junior hi boy no no look hey what are you doing here hey take it easy that's my goodness come on give what are you hanging around here for i'm checking up on that peabody game who's paying your life oh come now don't be a cat let's keep her name out of this and if you want to know something you ought to be ashamed what you're doing to that girl all right louie have fun but i suppose you know you're playing with a dynamite what do you think you're playing with marbles uh-uh dice loaded i'll be seeing you hello baby [Music] oh really darling buttons are slow jake got you home all right i'm here you're not jealous of jake are you i'm jealous of everybody haven't i rightly after all you're my wife it's about time you started treating me like a wife what are you talking about jake it wasn't his idea to train me around all day yesterday oh baby you're just a kid that was a big deal that'll be sure it was set up right before i sat into it he picked a fine guy to follow me at the green lantern he was so obvious he almost hit the play i still don't see what was next you can't blame me for trying to protect myself i only blame you for not trusting me does that look like i don't trust you is it all here it's all there 50 000 bucks but don't get any ideas half of it's mine no darling all of it is okay uncle english penny pitching old skin flip now what do you think of your favorite meat a millionaire and he puts me up in a place like this he buys me a car a second-hand roadster he gives me a fur coat rabbit and jack rabbit is fast i get an allowance 30 bucks a week and you know how he lives i can guess you know how he dresses his daughter make no less okay starting tomorrow i wear mink you don't want to crowd your luck baby maybe i do want to crowd my luck when you have the cards you play them don't you okay so we've got the cards and we've only started we've got 50 000 priest and we take him for another fifty thousand and after that put some editor quit dreaming susan we got 50 g's and we were lucky have a smoke and cool off you know very well i don't smoke [Music] who's been up here who was up here jake jake huh my good friend jake so that's why you put on a fancy outfit that's not true i put this on for you jake only stayed a few minutes long enough to smoke a couple of cigarettes huh and long enough to make a couple of passes at me but you brushed off of course yes that i'd have to see i've been watching you too darling shut up [Music] marcus chuck jake there okay now look and get this straight as soon as jake comes in i want you and monk to take the car sorry to kept you waiting to see buddy i've had a little business look what the chronicle's running amos peabody publisher of the illustrated press has bought a block of common stock in the winners club it was revealed today the witness club is one of several private gambling clubs now operating in linbury that changes everything why in the light of that story our blast against the gambling clubs is not an expose it's a publicity stunt to build business for the winners club certainly look like that all right what does that make me appearing before the legislature and asking them to pass a law closing a club in which i own an interest they'll say that's a publicity stunt too well there's only one thing left to do run the whole story the shakedown exactly as it happened however that means dragging susan into it steve i'm afraid she's already in it well i'll have more i'll write the story right away when you go back from the capitol we'll see what we can do about your fifty thousand dollars we'll see what we can do about susan you're attacked he's waiting mr peabody well good luck with the legislature thanks laura there set him in all right what do you want steve the chronicle's ending a story on peabody's buying that stock so we've got to run the story on the shakedown the straight unbiased unvarnished story of what happened will you write it no tonight naturally we can't use it to follow up and look too fully wait a minute steve wilson wilson this is chuck leroux i understand you're running your big story on the winners club tomorrow morning now look wilson why don't you talk it over with me i realize all that wilson but what have you got to lose well boss here we are ordinary i'd be glad to come to your office to be perfectly frank wilson and i don't dare stick my face in the big time until some of this heat is off no i'm not at the club i'm in college green wilson doesn't know where you live debbie the address is 595 oak street apartment 402 i've got it i'll be right over did you hire louis to watch susan's apartment i certainly did not what's he doing there how would i know where are you going susan why the heathen it's cool you're humorously look steve you're only sticking your neck out for once for peabody's know that 50 000 bucks don't give me that you don't care about peabody's dough you have your mind on chuckleroo zoey beat you up last night and showed you up today why not forget it forget it are you kidding i'll get on that story send fletcher in here that's what steve wants you you want me steve yeah flat here's the play the rule of the team you just fall from susan's department here's the address soon i'm not surprised neither am i now look if you don't hear from me in 40 minutes i'll be out there with a car loaded oh that's no good we've got nothing on the roof yet get a couple of the boys in circulation i know just the pair and stand by for a call i'll be waiting not check goldilocks now listen kid but let's put down a friend for me and we willy winky in the third hill here i've been on wee willy winky in the third no no now look steve just went upstairs you better hurry out here right away lorelei there's something cooking i'm afraid it's too hot for me to handle okay i'll be waiting for you in the lobby up five you're five and up you five boys are you nuts take my money i'll stay how many two one card you i'll play these dealer takes three in a kitchen in wilson how are you what are they i believe you've met the boys mark marcus and jake sebastian it's your high boy hi this little game you're happy yeah postman's holiday mind if we finish his hand no go ahead cozy little case you've got here i like it take you open uh 20 20 more there's still time to kill that story isn't there wilson plenty of time i'm saving you for our final you guys are awful brave bitten into a pan hand i'll call and 50 better are you so proud of 50 more you sure you don't want to change your mind about it the story can't this isn't up to me it's up to peabody if it's persuasion you were looking for you should have invited him here you'll do yes i think you'll do very well what do you say monk it's 100 to you i'll call i mean what do you got four deuces dear jake look larue if there's something on your mind let's have it don't worry i got plenty on my mind you want a drink no race what will people say when they find out the managing editor of the illustrated press owns a piece of the winners club when they read the paper in the morning they'll find out just how the whole shakedown was engineered and they'll tell you that larue and his mom want to be run out of the state why don't you sit down here no nothing too rich for my blood table stakes as much as little as you like okay send what do his life make a hundred dollars your deal wilson hello it's sebastian's deal go ahead jake jake doesn't like the deal he doesn't even like to play poker jake just like to play with danes don't you jake yeah jake is a great boy with the babes he can make more passes and a leatherneck with a pair of crooked dice he has a particular yen for other guys wives you got a wife mr wilson well you're lucky i mean with jake around what are you getting here chuck just kidding jake oh boy just kidding you won't need a ride around here wilson isn't that kind of game just a big happy family huh okay you crossed me up very neatly wilson's running that shake down yarn i'm surprised peabody want to get his knees mixed up in a sordid story like that you don't know peabody he's a tough old guy i wonder if he's tough enough to take what i'm gonna dish him baby come in here mr wilson need mrs larue i've already met mrs larue found her very charming he's charming all right but not very smart no who planned this caper who dragged wilson out to the winners club and set the deal you live there well what do you mean i'm not smart sit down baby deal around nobody mind six hands nice game yeah the set is shy though that's better what do you mean i'm not smart put it on the line i'll stay would a smart girl knowing me very well play around with my best friend you spank yeah i mean me too look larue i don't know what you and your marital problems have to do with my running that story because what one card two cards look at it this way wilson how would ams peabody like but to be known at this kid here this green pea from the west came into town and made a sucker out of her uncle he will know everything about it till the paper hits the streets you'll know that if you tell him right now peabody left town ten minutes ago for the state capital get a bill for the legislature that'll close you up then you're the only person in town who can kill a story right wrong check check check bet 10. you don't seem to understand wilson there's a story breaking right here that'll back your winners club story right out of the newspaper mark marcus on your way you got your stories hey what ghoulship marcus why don't you tell the cops you and me and monk was playing poker here with jake and this guy wilson and the dame i mean your wife yeah then we got a call from the club trouble with a couple of the peasants me and you and monk hopped in the car and hightailed it out to lindberry leaving jake and this guy wilson in the game i mean your wife here alone in the apartment together okay on your way pull the car around in the alley and wait i'll be down the fire escape scram okay what are you doing half that dough is mine if you shut up you two-timing [ __ ] half that doe is mine i tell you don't you think you're gonna powder with it the money's half yours all right but where you're going baby it won't do you any good you can't phone the cops lorelei if there's nothing wrong up there that mob will sue your paper for a million bucks come along with me come along goldilocks leave everything to louie good let's take it get up in the back of that truck you guys in your gold mill that's a new mug ah come on neverland yet get in the truck come on get in get in drive the room back in the alley yeah then i'll get the boss's car and bring it around too [Music] you're acting like a fool if you've got the crazy idea i've been playing around with your wife wyatt chuck you're insane i like you about jakey chuck listen to me [Music] operator give me the police sit down don't try anything funny wilson police i want you to send the corner to 595 oak street apartment 402. i've just killed a man and a woman i'm gonna kill myself my name wilson steve wilson [Music] 306 304 are you sure you know where you're going sure i case this joint all night come on 27 595 street apartment 402 a shooting [Music] it's a nice setup larue but you'll never get away with it why should the police believe i killed these people you've been playing around with my wife so at jake when the boys and i left you here you and jake must have gone into an argument over susan you evidently blew your top i trust this gun is registered in your name it is but you can't have a suicide without powder burn let me take care of well his peabody's 50 000. steve she's still alive oh too bad look kelly i'm not interested in clinical details where'd she live okay kelly keep in touch well here we are where's betcher he's swearing out a complaint against monken marcus kidnapping conspiracy accessory before the fact hey they left one out parking in front of a fire hydrant yeah they booked them on that too that's better well what do you think of it a beautiful blast huh will it turn the track well to turn the trick i guarantee that within 30 days every poker club will be closed up tighter than a puritan flips how susan kelly just phoned from the general hospital they've given her transfusion they say she'll live good hey there mugs i'll need bond thanks for everything louie okay junior no charge well should we call it a night oh no louis now there's a character he's brash he's sharp his attack he's helped all the angles you know i think louis would make a pretty fine peace reporter but still i guess i already have a pretty i'm police reporter laura you're not really gonna leave me are you hey this building's on fire call me when the walls get hot

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Length: 69min 47sec (4187 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 06 2018