Bring it in
here tonight.
Happy
boy.
Where's the
morning Post
Post?
Just
a
moment,
please.
Hello. Oh,
hi, Skinny
Ruth.
Hello.
How
are
you? Tell me he's the Lord of the University. And yes, he's in, in a bad humor.
Somebody must have stolen the crown jewel. Shall we announce you?
Oh, no, no, I'll blow my own walls.
He's in rose.
You better wait here. I'll be back in 10 minutes.
Even 10 minutes is a long time to be away from you.
What did you say?
It's gone?
Oh,
go ahead.
I just said to you 10 minutes is a long time to be away from you.
I heard you the first time. I like it. That's why I asked you to say it again.
I can stand being spoiled. The gentleman.
I'm going in to see did very little spoiling. I'd like to spoil him just once. Sure.
You don't want me to go in with you. No, I can handle it. Things get rough.
Remember, I'm here, I'll come running.
Hello. Welcome back,
Iris. How's advice to the love lawn? Fine. My cat just had kittens again. Their own,
still
around
you. All right.
A little more around the chin boys.
What do you want? Your ex wife is here? Do you want to see her?
Well,
hello, Hildy.
Hello.
Hi.
Oh, hello, Lou. How's the big slot machine king? Oh, I ain't doing that no more.
I'm retired.
You know what I mean?
It's
war.
I'm busy.
I,
I thought you ought to know that the governor didn't sign that reprieve
and tomorrow morning, Earl Williams dies and makes a sucker out of it.
Well, what are you gonna do?
Get the governor on the phone. I can't, why not? Can't locate him out fishing.
How many places to fish are there? Well, at least two. The Atlantic and Pacific.
All right, that sympathizer, doesn't it?
Get him on the phone and tell him what quiet Duffy he's thinking.
Tell him if you're a reprieve, Williams will support him for senator.
Tell him the Morning Post will be behind him. Hook line and sinker.
But you can't do it. Why not? Because we've been a democratic paper for over 20 years.
All right, after we get the reprieve, we'll be democratic again. Go on, Tuffy.
Get going. Remember the Morning Post expects every city editor to do his duty.
You
get out of here. Ok. Boy,
this
is,
yeah.
Well,
I see. You're still at it
the first time I ever double cross the governor. What can I do for you?
Would you mind if I sat down
there's been a lamp burning in the window for you, honey, here.
Oh, I jumped out that window a long time ago.
Oh, may I have one of those?
Yeah.
And the match.
Thank you.
Well, well,
how long is it?
How long is what, you know, what,
how long is it since we've seen each other?
Oh, well, let's see.
I spent six weeks in Reno then, Bermuda. About four months. I guess
it
seems like yesterday to me.
Maybe it was yesterday. Hildy. Been seeing me in your dreams.
No, no, mama doesn't dream about you anymore. W you wouldn't know the old girl now.
Yes, I would. I'd know you any time, any
place
anywhere
you're repeating yourself all the best of the
speech you made the night you proposed.
I know that you still remember. Of course, I remember it.
If I didn't remember it, I wouldn't have divorced you.
Yeah. So I wish you hadn't done that
here either. Then what divorce me
makes if I lose all faith in himself gives him
a,
almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
Oh, now, look, Junior, that's what divorces are for nonsense.
You've got an old fashioned idea.
Divorce is something that lasts forever till death.
Do us part why divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays. Hildy.
Just a few words, Mama over you by a judge.
We've got something between us. Nothing can change.
Hm. Well, I suppose you're right in a way, won't you?
I'm right.
I am fond of you, you know, and a girl,
I often wish you weren't such a stinker.
Latin. I suppose you must come up and meet my mother.
She,
why on earth did you promise not to fight the divorce and
do everything you possibly could to gum up the whole works?
Well, I meant to let you go Hilde. But you know how it is.
You never miss the water till the well runs dry. Big fat lums.
Like you hiring an airplane to ride Hilde. Don't be hasty. Remember my dimple.
Walter
delayed our divorce 20 minutes while the judge went out to watch it.
Well,
I don't want to brag but I've still got the dimple and in the same place look Hildy.
I only acted like any husband who didn't want to see his home broken up. What home?
What home? Don't you remember the home? I promised you. I do.
That was the one we would have right after the honeymoon.
That honeymoon? Oh, was it my fault?
Did I know that coal mine was gonna have another cave in.
I intended to be with you on our honeymoon. Hildy. Honest idea.
All I know is that instead of two weeks in Atlantic City with my bridegroom,
I spent two weeks Nicole lying with John Krupski.
You don't deny that? Do you Walter? Deny it? I'm proud of it.
We beat the whole country on that story. I suppose we did.
That isn't what I got married for.
What is the good? Look.
Now, look,
what I came up here to tell you is that you must
stop phoning me a dozen times a day sending me 20 telegrams.
I write a beautiful telegram, don't I? Everybody says that.
Are you gonna listen to what I have to say?
Look, what's the use of fighting here there? I'll tell you what you do.
You come back to work on the paper.
If you find you can't get along in a friendly fashion, we'll get married again.
What?
I haven't any hard feelings.
Oh,
you're wonderful in a loathsome sort of way. Now, will you please be quiet?
Just long enough for me to tell you what I came up here to say
I have a lunch date already.
I cannot break it.
You take your hands on me. What are you playing osteopath
temper?
Oh,
listen, Walter. You are no longer my husband and no longer my boss.
And you're not going to be my boss. What's that supposed to mean? Just what I say?
You mean? You're not coming back to work on the paper?
All right, Mr Burns for the first time today.
Got a better offer. Better. Got a better. All right. Go on, take it.
Work for somebody else. That's the gratitude I get when
you
came
here five years ago, a little college girl from a school of journalism.
I took a doll faced hick. Well, it wouldn't take me if I hadn't been doll faced.
Oh, I should. I told him be a novelty to have a face around here, man.
Look at, but I was shuddering.
Listen,
I made a great reporter out of you hilly but you won't
be half as good on any other paper and you know it,
we're
American.
Listen, Walter, please.
The paper's gonna have to get along without me.
So, are you
just didn't work out? Walton?
Well, it would have worked out if you'd been satisfied with
just being editor and reporter, but not you, you had to marry me spoil everything.
I wasn't,
I suppose I proposed to you.
Well, you practically did making Google Eyes at me for two years until I broke down.
Oh, Walter.
And I still claim I was tight the night I proposed to you.
If you'd have been a gentleman, you've forgotten all about it, but not you,
you're losing your eye. You used to be able to pitch better than that. Hello? Yeah.
What
sweetie?
Well, what can I do for you?
Wait a minute. I'm not Sweeney. I'm Duffy. Listen, sweetie. You can't do that to me.
Not today of all days. What's the matter with you? Are you loony
jumping Jehoshaphat now. Listen, sweetie. This is no time.
Oh, all right. I suppose so. Yes. If you have to, you have to.
He had to, how do you like that? Everything happens to me?
365 days in a year and this has to be the day.
What's the matter? Walla Sweeney dead.
He might just as well be the only man on the paper
that can write and he picks the day to have a baby.
Well, he didn't do it on purpose, did he?
I don't care whether he did or not, he's supposed to be covering the O Williams case.
And where is he walking up and down in the hospital?
Is there no sense of honor in this country? Well, haven't you got anybody else? No,
no, there's nobody else on the paper that can write.
This will break me
and let
Billy.
No,
you're
gonna
get
out of
here.
Don't be
busy,
please.
This will bring us back together again. Just the way we used to
be. But I'm afraid of any time, any place anyway. Don't mock me.
This is bigger than anything that ever happened to us. Don't do it for me.
Do it for the paper grams. Then golly,
if you won't do it for love, how about money?
Forget the other offer. I'll raise you 25 bucks.
You great big bumble headed
35 bucks an hour. Send more.
Are you gonna listen? Good Graef. How much is that other paper gonna pay you?
There isn't any other paper? Oh, well, in that case, I raise it off.
You go back to your old,
how do you like that? Trying to
back me
here?
It's a ring. Take a good look. At it. You know what it is? It's an engagement ring.
I tried to do it right away. But
you would start reminiscing.
I'm getting married. Walter and I'm also getting as far away from the
newspaper business as I can get.
I'm through
you
all. You want a hilly but you can't quit the newspaper business. Oh, why not?
I know you're Hildy. I know what quitting would mean to you. What would it mean?
But kill you.
You can't tell me that Walter
Burn says I can't, you're a newspaper
man. That's why I'm quitting.
I want to go someplace where I can be a woman. You mean be a trader, a trader, a trader to
trade to journalism? You're a journalist,
a
journalist.
What does that mean?
Peeking through keyholes chasing up the fire engines,
waking people up in the middle of the night to
ask them if Hitler is going to start another war,
stealing pictures of old ladies
and all about reporters. Walter,
a
lot of Dan but Insys
running around without a nickel in their pockets. And for what?
So, I mean, it hired girls
wise will know what's going on. Why I,
oh, what's the use?
Well, you, you wouldn't know what it means to
want to be respectable and live a halfway normal life.
The
point is I,
I'm through,
where'd you meet this man?
Bermuda
Rich, huh?
Not what you call rich makes
5000 a year.
What's his line? He's in the insurance business.
Insurance business.
Well, that's a good honest business, isn't it?
Oh, his honest is also so adventurous. It's romantic. Listen to ha
I can't picture you being surrounded by policies, policies. The remind I
can and I like it. What's more
besides he forgets the office when he's with me.
He doesn't treat me like an errand boy,
Walter. He
treats me like a woman.
It does. Does it? How did I treat you like a water buffalo?
I don't know from water buffaloes, but I do know about him.
He's kind and he's sweet and he's considerate. He wants a home and Children.
Sounds more like a guy I ought to marry. What's his name?
Uh, Baldwin Bruce, Baldwin. Baldwin. Baldwin. I
knew what Baldwin was a horse thief in Mississippi. He couldn't be the same fellow.
You're now talking about the man I'm marrying tomorrow
tomorrow
as soon as that.
Mhm.
Well, the last time I got up when I came up here to tell you,
I guess there's any more to the story.
It's a long water.
It's a long heading
and better luck to you next time.
Oh, here they,
uh,
well, it
is
kind of took the wind out of my sails.
Look, honey.
I just want to wish you everything I couldn't give you.
Well, thank you, Walter,
this other fellow.
Well, I'm sorry, I didn't get a chance to see him.
I'm more or less particular about whom my wife marries.
Where is he?
Oh, he's right on the job waiting for me out there.
Do you mind if I meet him?
Oh, no,
it wouldn't do any good. Really? Oh, no, you're not afraid. Are you afraid?
Of course not? Well, come on, let's see, this paragon. Is he as good as you say?
Oh, he's better. What does he want with you? Oh,
now you got me.
Oh, I am sorry,
I suppose Bruce, what's his
name? Paul?
I suppose he
opens doors for you. He
does. And what is with the lady? He takes his hat off. Oh, I am sorry.
When he walks with a lady, he waits for her. Oh, well, in that case,
allow me.
Well, I can see right away. My wife picked out the right husband for herself.
How do you do, sir? It must be some mistake.
I'm already married,
already married.
Oh, Hildy, you should have told me.
Congratulations again, Mr Baldwin. Oh,
no,
my name.
Excuse
me
will. You aren't terribly busy. Just leave your card with the boy. What did you say?
Mr Baldwin?
My name is Burns some other time. I'm busy with Mr Bruce Baldwin here.
I didn't hear what you said.
I
was
going
to
change my
name.
Now. Look, what is it with you?
I
can't you see that?
Oh, you're Bruce Baldwin. Yes. Well, who is he? Who are you? My name's Pete Davis.
Well, Mr Davis, is this any concern? Of yours? No.
Well, from now on, I thank you to keep your nose out of my affairs
and that doesn't happen again. That's all Mr Baldwin.
I'm terribly sorry about this mistake. This is indeed a pleasure.
Oh, that's right, isn't it? Well,
Bruce, you see, I thought you don't mind if I call you Bruce. Do you? After all?
We're practically related. Oh, not at all. You see, my wife. That is your wife.
I mean hilly.
Oh, hilly. You know, you led me to expect you were marrying a much older man.
Oh, really? What did I
say? Oh,
don't worry about it. I realize you, you didn't mean old in years.
You always carry an umbrella. Bruise. Well, it looked a little cloudy this morning.
That's all right. Rubber too. I hope
boy, a man ought to be prepared for any emergency.
Well, Walter, I think we'd better be running along. Yes,
we'd better be going. Where are we going?
I'm taking you two to lunch, didn't you tell him? Hilde? No, she didn't.
Well, I guess he just wanted to surprise you, Bruce after you,
after you Hildy.
Wasting your time. Walter won't do a bit of good. No. No, I'm glad to do it.
Glad to do it.
Well, hello, Gus.
Well, don't tell me it's you hil. It's none other. How have things been?
Well, I can't complain. I can't, I'm hungry. Get me a roast beef sandwich
on white,
on white bread.
Over there, Bruce.
Right
here. You
Hildy?
Oh, I'll have the same. I guess
you, sir?
Yes, that's all right for me.
Bring some mustard too guys. Yes, sir.
Ah, well, well, well,
so, uh, you two are gonna get mad, huh?
How does it feel, Bruce feels awful good. Yes, sir. You're
getting a great little girl for yourself. I realize that
things have been different for me ever since I met Hildy.
I've never met anyone quite like her before. Everybody else I've ever known.
Well, you could always tell ahead of time what they were gonna say or do,
but Hilde is not like that.
You can't tell that about her.
That's nice. Yeah.
Well,
you're getting something else too, Bruce. You're getting a great newspaper, man.
You know, all kids, Walda,
one of the best I ever knew. Sorry to see her go darn. Sorry. HD.
I'd like to believe you meant that I do. Mina.
Listen, if you ever want to come back to the news
business, which I won.
Oh, well, in spite of everything. If I ever do, there's only one man I'd work for
you bet your life, I'd kill you if you ever worked for anybody else.
Now, you hear that, Bruce? That's my diploma. It must be quite a business of its
hilly. Are you sure you want to quit now, Bruce? What do you mean?
Well, I mean, if there's any doubt about it or if there's anything that
No,
this is your chance to have a home and to be,
like you said, a human being and I'm gonna make it, take that chance. Certainly.
Why I wouldn't let her stay.
No, no, she deserves all this happiness, Bruce. All the things I couldn't give her.
Yeah. All she ever wanted was a home. Well, I'll certainly try to give her one.
I know you will. B ruth,
where are you gonna live? Albany.
Albany got a family up there
or just my mother? Just,
oh, you're gonna live with your mother? Well, just for the first year.
Oh, well, that will be nice. Yes. Yes. A home with mother
in Albany too.
Mighty nice little town. Albany. They've got the state capital there, you know?
Yeah, I know. Yeah. Well, we were there. We
listen. Will you ever forget the night you brought the governor back to the hotel?
You see,
I wasn't taking a bath while I came walking out with that.
Uh, she didn't know I was in town.
Well, uh, uh, Bruce, uh, how is business out there any better?
Well, Albany's a mighty good insurance town.
Most people there take it out pretty early in life. Yeah. And I can see why they would.
Statistics show that most of our policies, Bruce,
I've got a Feeny Ile to have taken out a little insurance
because that really doesn't matter.
Now that Hildy and I have, uh, well, you know, we've, uh,
does it
what does it, what do you think?
Still at that?
It might have been a good idea if we, if I had taken out little insurance,
I honestly feel that I
figure I'm in one business that really helps people. Of
course, we don't help you much while you're alive. But
afterward that's what counts.
I
don't get
it
nice going. I am so sorry. Gus, my foot must have slipped. Oh,
that's all right.
What would you like to drink? Coffee? Gus, shall I put some rum in the coffee?
It's a nasty day. Oh, me too, Gus, please. And you sir? Not for me. Thanks. Come
on, Bruce. Heaven. No, I have a lot to do this afternoon.
I have to buy the tickets and check the baggage. Do it tomorrow.
There's plenty of time we're leaving today at four.
Taking the sleep for Albany.
Oh, you were,
you're leaving today at four?
It's only two hours. It doesn't give as much time as that.
I've got a lot to do. I want to get
off.
Look
at
that
all down over my front. That's nothing new here. No,
never mind. Ok.
Do something about this.
Call me to the telephone as
soon as I get back to the table. Sure,
thanks guys. That's fine.
Thanks.
I'm terribly sorry about that. That's silly.
Listen, Bruce, I uh let me get that straight. I must have misunderstood you.
You mean you're taking the sleep at the day and then getting married tomorrow? Oh,
It's not like that. What is it like? Oh, poor walter. He'll toss and turn all night.
Perhaps we better tell him mother's coming along too. Mother,
your mother kicked the bucket on my mother. My mother.
Oh, your, well, that relieves my mind.
It was cruel to let you suffer that way. Isn't
the sweet always wanting to protect me.
Well, I admit I wasn't much of a husband but you can always count on me.
I think she'll need you very much. Mr Burns. I aim to do most of the protecting myself.
Mr Burns
telephone for me. Yes.
That's strange.
Uh, pardon me?
You know, h he's not such a bad fellow. No, he should make some girl real happy,
slap happy.
He's not the man for you. I can see that, but
I sort of like him.
He's got a lot of charm when he comes by it. Naturally. His grandfather was a snake.
Hello. Hello? Hey, Duffy.
Listen.
Is there any way we can stop the four o'clock train to Albany from leaving town?
We might dynamite it,
can we?
Oh, well, maybe we couldn't.
Oh, now get this,
get hold of Sweeney and send him out of town on a two weeks vacation right away.
All right. Keep your shirt on. Hilda's coming back.
No, she doesn't know it yet, but I promise you she's staying here
and listen, tell Louie to stick around the office. I may need him. Goodbye.
This is bad business. What's the matter? Walter, the Earl Williams case.
Yes, I've been reading about that.
It's pretty bad. What is the lowdown on it? Oh, simple, honey, poor little dope.
Who lost his job and went berserk and shot a
cop and was coming after him to quiet him down.
Now they're gonna hang him tomorrow. Your paper.
You've been taking his side, haven't you?
Well, if he was out of his mind when he did it, why doesn't the state just put him away?
Because it happened to be a colored policeman. You know what that means? Hildy.
The colored vote is very important in this town,
especially with an election coming up.
He'd
hang his own grandmother to be re elected.
I should think you could just show that the man wasn't responsible.
That's not so easy.
Maybe it isn't so hard either. Why,
what do you mean Hildy?
Well, don't they have to have another expert examine him before they hang him? Sure.
A bird named
Egelhoff
is gonna do it.
Well, he'll say the same as all the rest. Suppose he does. Well, what's your scheme?
Look, Waller.
You get the interview with Earl Williams, print
Egelhoff
A's statement
and right alongside of it, you know, double column, run your interview
as he's sane interview shows. He's goofing. Y
you can do it. You could save that poor devil's life. You could,
you're going away. I forgot.
How long would the interview.
Take about an hour for the interview, another hour to write it. That's about
a, we could take the six train if it would save a man's life. No, Bruce.
If you want to save Earl williams' life, you write the interview yourself.
You're still a good reporter.
You know, I can't write that kind of thing. It takes a woman's touch and he
get poetic.
Get Sweeney. He's the best man who've got on the paper for that soft sister stuff.
Poor Sweeney
stuff. He just told me his wife finally had twins.
Isn't that terrible?
Sweeney went out to celebrate. Now, we can't find him anymore.
So Sweeney has twins and Earl Williams gets hanged tomorrow. Now,
look, it, isn't you argue with her? You argue with her.
Otherwise you're going on a honeymoon with blood on your hands.
How can you have any happiness after that? All through the years?
You'll remember that a man went to the gap
because she was too selfish to wait two hours.
I tell you Bruce Earl William's face had come
between you on the train tonight and let the preachers
on all the rest of your life.
You
are
in
there.
I just remembered Sweeney was only married four months ago.
Ok.
All right.
Here you went on late then. Mr Sweeney didn't have twins.
No, indeed. The twins were Walters. All his. Oh, it was nothing.
Well, come on. Let's forget it.
Yeah, we'll start all over again. Now I'll offer you two a business property.
You're not interested. Well, you'll be interested. Now you're a smart young man,
Bruce. I
know
from
talking to him.
Now, look, Bruce,
you persuade Hilde to do the story and you can
write out a nice fat insurance policy for me.
What do you say? Oh, no, no, no. Come on.
I wouldn't use my wife for business purpose. Wait a minute, Bruce Walter.
How big a policy? 0, 75,000.
The commission on $100,000 policy around $1000. But he, what's wrong with $1000?
I couldn't, we could use that money, Bruce.
How long would it take to get him examined?
I could get a company doctor here in 20 minutes, but I
don't
like.
All right, Bruce,
suppose you have Mr Burns examined over in his office and
see what they'll allow on that old caucus of his.
If his, hey, I'm better than I ever was.
There's never anything to brag about now.
Look, Bruce, I'll go back and change and dress and after you get the check,
you phone me.
I'll be in the press room at the criminal courts building.
A
w by the way, I think you better make that a certified check. What do you think?
I am a crook? Yes. No, certified check. No. Sorry. Get me. It'll be certified.
I want my fingerprints. No, thanks. I've still got those
guys. How much do I owe you.
Thank you dear
Bruce. Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. It's all right. How much money you got with you?
You know, everything we have $500 give me
the
500
but I have to buy the ticket. I'll buy the tickets.
I should believe me, dear. I know what I'm doing here. Get you in a grap games.
I don't gamble. I know a lot of people that never did anything. Lynette Boder
Burns, please, dear. All
right. But remember it's everything we have and
Bruce,
you gonna change a 10? I just see what I mean. Don't you, Bruce?
I just gave everything I had to
lie. All I've got left. I was calling him. Not me. Sign it.
Oh, all right.
For the waiter.
Come on, Bruce.
I'm looking for a dime.
I'm in,
I'll stay
right.
Wilcox 3, 400. Come in
two.
So you take that one of your birds. Well, you ain't doing anything, Ernie.
I'll take two
and one's
a big,
what's the matter with you guys? Crippled or something?
Press
room, huh?
Wait a minute.
Hello, Serge Mchugh. Talking. Hold the line. What what?
Hello?
No, I told you. This is the room in the criminal courts building.
Oh, Jake New lead on the hanging. This alien is from New York. Dr
Max J Eagle
Hofer.
Eagle
Hofer.
Yeah,
he's going to interview Williams in about half an hour in the sheriff's office.
Must be about the 10th alienist they've put on Williams.
If he wasn't crazy, we've already would be.
By the time 10 of those babies got through psychoanalyzing impact. Give me the desk.
Is this guy Eagle
Hofer any good? Figure it out for yourself.
He's the guy they sent to Washington to interview the brain trust.
I mean, he said they were sane.
Remember here's the situation on the eve of the hanging, I'll pick up a little fudge.
Uh This is Murphy more slop on the hanging.
A devil guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings,
railroad terminals and elevated stations to prepare
for the expected general uprising of radical.
At the hour of execution.
The sheriff has just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the
city from the red army which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.
Trouble is when the real red minute shows up, the sheriff will still be crying wolf.
What do you got?
Is that good? Sure looks good from here. Well, Hillary,
get back.
Hi.
Hi, Hildy. Glad to see you.
Where'd you get the hat?
I paid
for that.
It just a far
appear. I'm going into business for myself.
I'm getting married tomorrow.
Are we invited to the wedding?
Well, I might use you for a bridesmaid. Roy. Oh, how are you m
are you getting married for
he? None of you be
fo
are you Hildy fooling?
Look what I've got in here.
Three tickets to Albany. On the six
train tonight. What do you mean? Three
for me and my beau and hats off. Boys. His sweet darling mom. Oh,
that's,
it's gonna be all right. I'm gonna settle down.
I'm through with the newspaper business. Can you picture Hildy singing lullabies
and hanging out dipping
lies over the back fence. I
grab bag of zoo. She gets tired of beating your rug. I
gonna be
your rugs. I don't
this third in Jefferson, isn't it? Where that central school is?
School this time of day? Why you care? You quit? You said you were real?
I just thought it might be a good fire. That's all.
And was that just practicing for the Williams party in the morning?
Miss a night hanging. He
not
tell
him the
down.
Hey, keep quiet down there.
I didn't expect this to get any work done. Oh, shut up.
Very little respect for the press around here.
Did anybody phone me?
Nothing? I know of. Our agent will say
hi.
Did, does Walter know you're gonna marry? Just had lunch with him?
Does he know you're quipping?
Yes, I told him any more questions
you
in.
I haven't got time. I have to do a yawn on Williams.
Did he know what he was doing when he fired that gun?
If you ask us no, if you ask the state alienist, the answer is yes. Who is he?
What does he do? He was a bookkeeper.
He starts it at $20 a week and after 14 years, he gradually works himself up to 1750.
No, mccluskey company goes out of business and Williams loses his job. Die him over.
Can't get another. No, I'm in,
I'm in.
So he starts hanging around the park listening to a lot of soapbox spell binders,
making phony speeches and begins to believing and make some of his own
up. A dime.
I
mean,
anything else Doc? No, that'll be about all Mr
Burns everything. Ok.
You have nothing to worry about. Good. Good.
How are you doing, Bruce? There's just one more thing, Mr Burns. Yes.
Well, Mr Burns Mr B.
Right. Doc, thanks very much. Hey, Doc,
who's a beneficiary?
Uh,
excuse me. Excuse me. That is in case of your death. Who do we pay the money to
Hildy? Of course.
Oh, I don't know.
That'd make me feel pretty funny.
Oh, now, why shouldn't I make Hilde my, uh, whatever it was, you know,
I feel I should take care of her
but you will take care of her. Bruce.
Say if that doctor is right. I'm good for a long time. Yeah.
Look, Bruce,
this is a debt of honor with me.
I was a bad husband of Hilde.
She could have cleaned a lot of Amon if she wanted to,
but she wouldn't take any.
She had it coming to her, but she was too independent. Well, I'm independent too.
I know you are Bruce. I know you are.
But look, now, you just figure it this way.
I'm good for, well, we'll say at least 25 years yet.
Well,
by that time you'll probably have made enough
so the money won't mean anything to you.
But suppose you haven't made good Bruce.
What about Hilde, old age? Think of Hilde?
Uh,
I can see her now.
White haired
lavender and old lace.
Can't you see her Bruce? Yes. Yes, I can. She's old, isn't she?
Now, Bruce?
Don't you think that Hilda's entitled to spend
her last remaining years without worries of money?
Of course, you do Bruce. And of course, if you put it that way
and remember
I love her too.
Yes. I'm beginning to realize that
and the beauty of it is
she'll never have to know until I passed on.
Oh, well,
maybe she'll think kindly of me
after I'm gone.
Gee.
Uh,
make me feel like a heel coming between you. No, no, Bruce.
You didn't come between us.
It was all over for her before you came on the scene for me. Hey, water,
it'll never be. What do you want? Can I see you a minute, please?
Excuse me, Bruce.
Get it. You get it, you get it.
Where is it? Come on
certified
water. That's for $2500.
Well, Rose here, we are certified and everything. Cert fine.
Gosh,
I'm afraid
he will feel ashamed to think she hasn't trusted you,
but you'll know someday. Oh, yeah.
Oh, Bruce, you promised to phone her as soon as you got the check. Yes. Yes, of course.
Get me. Hildy Johnson press room, criminal Courts building.
Uh, sit down Bruce.
The operator will get it for you. Thank you.
Excuse me? Without
the
Hello?
Yes, I'll wait. Thank you.
Start hollering
Ard.
Thank you
Johnson speaking.
Oh, hello, Bruce.
I got
a diamond. What about
me? We've been playing for an hour.
Hello, Bruce.
Did you get the check? Is it certified? Certified and everything?
I would write my pocket
in your pocket. That's fine.
Wait a minute. Maybe it isn't so fine, Bruce. Where are you? I'm at Mr Bynes office.
Is he there?
Well, now, uh, look, Bruce,
I don't want you to carry that check around in your pocket.
Well, because,
yes, yes, I know all that. But, uh,
Bruce, uh,
there's an old newspaper superstition that the first big check you get,
you put in the lining of your hat,
in your hat.
It brings good luck. I've been a reporter for 20 years. I never heard that before.
Neither did I, I know it sounds silly dear. But do it for me, please.
Yes. Yes. Right now. All right. Just a minute.
There you are. I've done it. Anything else?
Oh, yes.
All right.
Uh huh.
Yes. Yes, I'll tell him goodbye.
Everything. All right, Bruce. Oh, yes.
Hildy said to tell you she'll get right to work fine. Well, I must be going now. Oh,
Bruce. You don't want to forget this. My rain.
Thanks.
Oh, you don't mind if I don't show you out, do you?
Thanks for everything. Excuse me? What did you say?
I said thanks for everything nonsense. Don't thank me. I should. Thank you.
So
on, so
on
tr
locally.
Hello, Hilly. What are you doing around here
with
Earl Williams
Service? No more interviews.
Sheriff's orders besides doctors coming over. Can't do it, sir. Is this your money?
Why don't think you
bucks?
Yeah, I guess maybe
that's what I thought. Come on. I'm in a hurry. Hey, Joe. Open up here
now.
He don't.
Laurel.
Well,
my name's Johnson.
Do you mind if I talk to you for a few minutes? No, I haven't. Anything else to do.
So, you see, I couldn't plead insanity because I'm just as sane as anybody else.
You didn't mean to kill that policeman?
Well, of course not, it's against everything I've ever stood for.
They know it was an accident.
I'm not guilty. It's, it's just the world.
I see what you mean.
Sorry about the lipstick girl. Look after you lost your job. What did you do?
I tried to find another job. I mean, how did you spend your time?
Oh, I used to sit around the park anyplace. Oh, I don't smoke when you're in the park.
Uh, did you hear any of those speeches? You mean those fellows that talk too much.
Yeah.
Well, I didn't pay any attention. You see, I was,
they said,
yes.
Well, that, is there anything you remember anything in particular?
Well, there was one fella. He, what did he talk about?
He talked about production for use,
production for use. Yes. He said everything should be made. Use of,
makes quite a bit of sense, doesn't it? Yes, I like him. He was a good speaker.
Uh,
when you found yourself with that gun in your hand and that policeman coming at you.
What did you think about? I don't know it. You just thought of something.
Well, could it have been a protection for use? I don't know.
I, what's a gun for Earl?
A gun
to shoot? Of course.
Oh,
maybe that's why I used it.
Me. Seems reasonable.
Yes. Yes, it is.
But you see, I've never had a gun in my hand before
and that's what a gun's for, isn't it?
Maybe, maybe that's why. Sure it is. Yes.
That's what I thought of production for use. It's simple, isn't
it?
Very simple? There's nothing crazy about that. Is there? No, nothing at all?
You'll write about that in your paper, won't you bet I will. Who sent you the roses?
Miss Molly Molloy?
She's a wonderful person.
Yes, she's beautiful, isn't she? Time's up Hildy. All right.
I guess that's all I like talking to you.
Goodbye, MS Johnson
Viral.
Good luck.
Three landladies. Boy.
Well, didn't you? Right.
I wonder what the pro's gonna do without Hildy, do you suppose? Walter Renslow?
Let her go. I
don't know
what he did to Bill Fenton when he wanted to go to Hollywood,
had him thrown in jail for arson forgery.
Was that it?
Yeah. Give me some change.
Hey, Mac
Stairway. Sam,
would you mind turning on some lights? Sure. You
can't see anything in this.
Who's this guy who he's gonna marry? I don't know, Bruce something.
I give the marriage six months
because she won't be able to stay away with the paper any longer than that.
Did you see her when that bell went off?
Not that it must be pretty nice to be able to walk out of a place and quit.
Yeah, I had a publicity job offered to me last year. Should have taken it.
So I'd like a job on the side with a desk and a stenographer.
I wouldn't mind a nice big blonde with big brown eyes. I'll bet you 10 to 1.
I don't last six months.
She's just like a,
we wouldn't be sticking around waiting for that guy.
Well, well, Miss Molly Malloy,
Molly.
Molly has tricks.
I've been looking for your tramps
call on Williams. He's right across the courtyard.
I better hurry up a nice bunch of roses you sent to Earl.
What do you want done with them tomorrow morning? A
lot of wise guys, ain't you? You're breaking up the game, Molly. What do you want?
I came to,
I came to tell you what I think of you. All of you dip your shirt off.
If you was worth breaking my nails on, I'd tear your face wide open.
What do you swore about? Sweetheart? Was about a swell story we gave you.
What do you want?
The crumbs have been making a fool out of me long enough.
I never said I love Earl Williams and was willing to marry him on the gallows.
You made that up.
What about my being a soul mate and having a love nest with him?
You did you have been sticking around that cuckoo
ever since they threw him in the death house?
That's a lie. Everybody knows you're a girl. I
met Mr Williams just once in my life. How
many two when he was wandering around in the rain
without his hat and coat on like a sick dog?
The day before the shooting, Jimmy won.
I went up to him like any human being would. And I asked him, what was the matter?
And he told me about being fired after being on the same job for 14 years.
And I brought him up to my room because it was warm there. I'll put it on a phonograph.
Oh,
listen to me, please.
I tell you, he just sat there talking to me all night.
He never once laid a hand on me
and, and in the morning he went away
and I never saw him again till that day of the trial.
I
was his witness and what a witness.
That's why you're persecuting me because they're on William Street and me and
not like an animal
is the press room. We're busy. Why don't you go see your boyfriend?
Yeah, he's got a nice room. You won't have it long. He left a call for 7 a.m.
That's a wonder. Bowl of lightning. Don't come down and strike you on
there.
What's that?
They're fixing up a pain in the neck for your boyfriend.
Shame on you.
A poor little fellow that never met nobody. No, him
sitting there this minute with the angel of death beside him. A new
joke.
Come
on, Molly. Let's get out of
here.
A
human.
I know they're newspaper.
All they've been doing is lying.
All they've been doing is writing lies.
Why would they listen to me?
Why was he listening to
me?
Yeah,
I know.
Oh,
Hildy Johnson.
Hang on. She'll be back in a minute.
You guys won't play any more cards
in
that. That's the
use. I can't win anyway.
Gentlemen of the press.
Yeah.
E,
oh, I'm
sorry.
Hello?
Oh, hello, Bruce.
Huh?
Where are you?
You're where?
Well, how did that happen?
Never mind. Never mind. I'll be right down.
Oh, I'm sorry, please.
Oh,
hi, Chef,
my chin, my back.
What's going on around here, Bruce was in trouble? I
RS
to defend cub man, forgets hanky mama goes to wipe nose. I still give out marriage.
Six months. I don't know what you fellas are talking about. What do you want, Pete?
Oh,
I've got the tickets for the hanging here, boys. Hey,
what,
Pete? Why can't you hang this guy at five
instead of seven?
Sure. It won't hurt you and we can make the city edition.
Oh, well, now that's kind of raw Roy.
After all, I can't hang a man in his sleep just to please the newspaper.
But you can reprieve him twice over the hangings three days before election.
Can't you? You can run on a law and order ticket. You can do that.
All right, honest voices. I had absolutely nothing to do with those reprieves.
Yeah. How do we know there won't be another reprieve tonight.
What if this Eagle Hopper finds Williams insane?
Well, he won't find him insane because he isn't. He's just as sane as I am banner
and I'll be serious.
Boy, after all, this is a hanging and it's gonna go according to schedule seven
in the morning and not a minute earlier after all. There's such a thing being a man.
All right, pinky. Why do you want a favor? And please don't call me pinky
because I got a name. See, and it's Peter B. Hartwell. What's a B for?
But I'm innocent. I didn't do anything. I never stole a watch in my life.
I know you didn't Bruce. I know you didn't. All right, Mike. Come on, let him out.
I can't Hilde.
He's accused of stealing a watch and they found the watch on him, but I never stole it.
Bruce.
And who accused him? Diamond Lo the biggest crook in? I know it's all good.
Don't Hilty me? You're gonna let him out or aren't you? No, I never
Bruce, please. All right, you're not.
Well, perhaps you better read the post in the morning.
I can't imagine who'd do a thing like that. To me. I can't think of any enemies. I have.
I'm sure you haven't any. Have you got the check? Oh, yes, I have it right here.
That's a funny superstition you, newspaper people have. Yes. Isn't it
about being arrested? At first?
I thought maybe Walter Burns might have something to do with it. But
then of course I realized he couldn't have,
why?
Well, he's a very nice fellow, Hildy. Oh, yes. I found that out.
What's the matter?
I've lost my wallet.
Yes.
Well, Bruce, never mind. I have the money. You better give me the check too.
And that picture of us and from, you don't bother Bruce,
you'll find lots of things missing.
No, Bruce, dear. You wait here. I'm not taking any more chances.
I'll be down in three minutes for taking the next train.
And so into this little tortured mind came the idea that
that gun had been produced for use and use it.
He did.
But the state has a production for use plan too.
It has a gallows and at 7 a.m. unless a miracle occurs,
that gallows will be used to separate the soul of Earl Williams from his body.
And out of Molly Malloy's life will go. The one kindly soul she ever knew.
That's as far as she got.
But I ask you guys, can that girl write an interview?
She'll doodle somebody else comes along.
I don't think it's very ethical reading other people's stuff.
Where do you get that ethics stuff? You're the only one who'll swipe any of it.
I still say that anybody that can write like that ain't gonna give it up permanent.
It just so sucks for a guy in the insurance business.
Now I give that marriage three months and I'm laying 3 to 1.
Any takers, I'll take that bet
it's getting so a girl can't leave the room
without being discussed by a bunch of old ladies.
Hello? Post.
Get me Walter Burns. Will you, please? I don't get sore early.
We were only saying a swell reporter like you wouldn't quit. So
this is
Json.
Oh, I can quit. All right. Without a single quiver, I'm gonna live like a human being.
Not like you jumps.
Is that you Walter? Oh, I've got some news for you.
Yes. Yes, I got the interview. All right. But I've got some more important news.
Yeah. Perhaps you better get a pencil and take it down
already.
Now get this you double crossing chimpanzee.
There ain't gonna be any interview and there ain't gonna be any story.
And that's what if I check, if yours is leaving with me in 20 minutes,
I wouldn't cover the burning a room for you if they were just lighting it up.
And if I ever lay my two eyes on you again,
I'm gonna walk right up to you and hammer on that monkey skull of yours.
It rings like a Chinese gong.
Oh, so you don't know why I'm angry with you.
Well, perhaps you better get Louis to tell you the story of his watch.
And there's just one other little thing I want you to listen to.
Did you hear that?
That's the story I just wrote.
Yes. Yes. I know we had a bargain. I just said I'd write it.
I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up.
It's all in little pieces now. Walter. And I hope to do the same for you someday.
And that my friends is my farewell to the newspaper game.
I'm gonna be a woman, not a news getting machine.
I'm gonna have babies and take care of them and give
them cod lib oil and watch their teeth grow and,
and oh dear. If I ever see one of them look at a newspaper again, I'm gonna bring them.
Where's my hat?
Hello?
Hello? Oh,
Mr Burns. Yes. She's still here
and another thing I want to.
There it is my.
Oh, there it is.
Hello, doctor. Sorry to be late. That's quite all right.
These boys from the newspapers, they take up so much of my time.
You know, they wanted me to hang Williams at their convenience. Oh, hello.
Newspapers. What they did to me in Chicago, I
believe always after me for interviews. Yes, me too. Of course.
I did rather promise to make them some sort of statement when I finished here.
You don't mind, do you? Well, that's hardly ethical doctor.
You see all statements are supposed to come from me. I see.
Well, what do you say to giving them some sort of joint injury?
You, I can discuss some of the psychological aspects of the case and you,
you mean we'd have our pictures taken together?
Yes. Yes,
of course. I don't take a very good picture. Oh, that doesn't matter. Doctor.
The publicity is the main thing.
Doctor. I'm getting awful tired. Can I go back to jail again?
Oh,
I'm awfully sorry. I forgot you were there. No, Mr Williams.
We have some further questions for you.
Do you mind extinguishing the light? Please
help
what we have to do over here.
No, let me see.
Yeah,
Mr Williams,
you know, of course that you're going to be executed. Now.
Who do you feel is responsible for that?
I am innocent.
It wasn't my fault. Send us a postcard that
do good bye.
Let me
see you again.
Next time you see me,
I should be riding in a Rolls Royce giving interviews on success.
How
long you
w slaves
when you're crawling off fire escapes and getting kicked out of
front doors and eating Christmas dinners and one arm joints.
Don't forget your pal Hildy Johnson.
Now, when the road beyond on BS
and the
look down it's a jailbreak.
What's the matter what happened?
Hey, watch while you're aiming where you are?
Who got away? Who was it?
Who?
Hello? Hello. Hello. Hurry up, hurry up this important. Give me the
Earl Williams just escaped Dale.
Right. Don't know yet. Call you back. Williams took the powder
over the wall. I don't know anything yet. Call you back.
Well, Post gave me all the burns quick. Tell you John
WW
hilly.
We have just escaped from the county jail.
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Don't worry, I'm on the job.
Come here. I want to talk to you,
Mr Denny.
Give me a rewrite
you
here.
Hello, Gil. Here's the situation. Now
you ready?
Williams was taken over to the sheriff's private office to be examined by this
professor Eagle Hofer and in a few minutes he shot his way out.
No, nobody knows where he got the gun.
He went upstairs with the infirmary and got out through the skylight.
He must have slid down the rain pipe through the street. No, nobody knows where he got
what they do. They won't talk. Hello, sweetheart.
Give me the Desk Crime Commission offers $10,000 reward for Williams
talking. No clue yet as to William's whereabouts. Oh, no, no.
Here's a little feature though. There's been an accident about a tear bomb.
Yeah, tear bomb, tear bomb, criminals cry for.
Oh, look, this
went off unexpectedly in the hands of Sheriff Hartwell bombing squad.
What went over the following deputies were rushed to the hospital fine, framed you.
Their names are Mervyn D Wilkerson, the mayor's brother in law.
After all, I've done for you, Howard Shuster,
the sheriff's uncle on his mother's side.
Hello, Jim.
Sidelights on Sheriff Hartwell s Manhunt William Mansfield,
the sheriff's landlord and Lester Winthrop who married the sheriff's niece.
You'll remember the very homely day
back, Mrs William R.
Age 55 scrub lady while scrubbing the eighth floor of the Commerce Building
was shot in the left leg by one of Sheriff Harwell deputies.
Look, I know
there goes another scrub lady.
It was only a flesh woman that took her to the hospital. Call you back.
Mchugh speaking. Give me the desk.
I
hope on how he escaped. Maybe the sheriff let him out. So Williams could vote for him.
A man
description of Earl Williams was seen boarding us outbound.
Are you back?
Oh,
but you're gone? I thought so too.
Getting water of brains quick.
Walter
Walter, listen,
I've got the whole story on how Williams got that gun escape and I got it exclusive.
Yeah. Yeah, that's right. And it's a pip,
it cost me 450 bucks to tear it out of Cooley. Never mind. Now, what's the story?
Well, just a minute and I'll give you the story.
But I'm telling you first,
I had to give him all the money I had on me and it wasn't exactly mine.
Well, it was Bruce's money and I want it back.
Bruce's money.
Sure. Sure, sure. You'll get it. Now. What's the story?
I'll send the money right down to you. I swear it on my mother's grave. All right.
Here's the,
wait a minute, your mother's alive. My grandmother's grave.
Don't be technical Haley. What's the story?
Well, you get that money down here.
All right. All right. Here's your story.
The jailbreak of your dreams. It seems this expert
Dr Eagle Hofer,
the profound thinker from New York was giving Williams
a final stand to test in the sheriff's office,
you know, sticking a lot of pins in him so that he could get his reflexes.
Well,
he decided to reenact the crime exactly as it was
taking place in order to study williams' powers of coordinating.
Well, I'm coming to it,
of course,
he had to have a gun to reenact the crime with and who do you suppose applied it?
Peter B. Hartwell B for brains.
No kidding.
I tell you. I'm not kidding. I'm not good enough to make this one up.
Well,
the sheriff gave his gun to the professor and the professor gave it
to Earl and Earl shot the professor right in the classified ads.
No ads
made it perfect.
If the sheriff had enrolled a red carpet and loan Williams an umbrella,
it couldn't have been more ideal.
Who? Oh,
no, no. Edgel
Hofer wasn't badly hurt.
They took him to the county hospital where they're awfully afraid he'll recover.
Oh, that's great work here.
I'll stop worrying about the money. I'll see you get it in 15 minutes.
Well, I better get it in 15 minutes.
Bruce is downstairs waiting in a taxicab for me and we're in a hurry. Hold on a minute.
Hey, Ben,
come here.
There's a guy waiting in a taxi in front of the criminal courts building.
His name is Bruce Baldwin. What does he look like?
It looks like that fellow in the movies, you know, Ralph Bellamy call him.
Can you handle it?
I've never fought on you yet. Have I
come on? Get going. You only got about two minutes? All right.
Yes, dear.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting. How much was it again?
$450 for just a second.
Louis.
I need $450 worth of counterfeit money. You can't carry that much
boss. No, just a 450 counterfeit. Where can I get it? I got that on me
says, well, take it over to Hildy.
Hello.
It's coming right over. Yeah, I'm sending it over with Louie.
Thanks for your story dear. And good luck on your honeymoon. No.
No, never mind the thanks. Just see that money gets you.
Oh, hi. Are you still here? No, I'm in Niagara Falls. Mchugh speaking,
Nemo.
I got a good feature for you on the man hunt ready.
Mrs Phoebe De. We,
a 61.5 South State Street College gave birth
to a Pican Indian patrol wagon with Sheriff Hart's
special rifle squad. I can use nurses.
Phoebe was walking along the street when
that's fine.
Yeah.
So they coached you in the patrol wagon. Started a race with a start
when the Pican he was born,
the rifle squad examined him carefully to see if it was e Williams.
Well, and he knew he was hiding somewhere.
Here's
a
payoff.
They named the kid Peter Hart,
the
wolf and
the
sheriff.
They all,
I thought you were downstairs.
You
ever born on
a man?
What?
Here's another
arrested again? What
this time?
Well, they call it
mashing.
No, I didn't
h
I was sitting right in the taxi where you left me and the
young lady seemed to have a dizzy spell and I just,
huh?
Well, uh, she's kind of, uh,
ah,
yeah, she's a blonde.
Yes, very blonde.
I never mind. I know how it happened. Just a minute.
Get me Wall of Burns. Hildy
John
Bruce. Where are you? 27 precinct? Hold on a minute. Will you?
What are you?
Well, it was there a minute ago
but
I
can
double crossing. Hello? No, not you, Bruce. I can't get there right away.
About 20 minutes.
But you see, I have to wait here for the,
uh,
I'll tell you when I see you.
If
I
get my two hands again on that wall of
anything I can do to help.
Got
64 cents. Welcome to it.
Thanks. You better buy an annuity.
What's that? Eo
No, I can't give you an official statement.
No, wait a minute, here's the mayor. Maybe he'll give us one. How about a statement?
Mayor? Don't pester me now, please. I've got a lot on my mind. I won't say anything
ever seen Sheriff Hartwell.
It's hard to tell you only you see there's so many cockroaches around here.
Whoa Wait a minute, wait a minute. How about a statement, John? Sure.
We go to press in 20 minutes. I can't help that. I have nothing to say. Not at this time.
Just a moment, please. What do you know about the escape? How did he get out?
Where'd you get the gun? Wait a minute, boys. Not so fast.
Well, give us a statement on the election.
Then what effect will all this have on the voters
whatsoever?
How can an unavoidable misfortune like this have any
influence on the upright citizens of our fair city?
Mr Mayor, please. Is there a red menace? Or a,
how did Williams get out of that rubber jail yard?
You understand the Gaff when you picked out somebody to be responsible?
Is there any truth in the report that you're on Stalin's payroll? Yeah.
The senator claims you sleep in red underwear. Never
mind the
joke. Don't forget I'm the
mayor to come
here.
I
want
to get away
to
get the,
your honor. Any statement on the red uprising tomorrow?
What red uprising? There'll be no red uprising.
The governor says the situation calls for the militia. Give me rewrite.
You can quote me as saying anything. The governor says the tissue of lies.
Jake, here's a red hot statement from the governor.
He claims the mayor and the sheriff have shown themselves to
be a couple of eight year olds playing with fire.
You can quote him as follows.
It is a lucky thing for the city that next Tuesday
is election day as the citizens will thus be saved,
the expense of impeaching the mayor and the sheriff.
So I'll call you back. I still have seen mayor.
Excuse me, boys. I've got so much
who engineered this
red?
No. Who was it? You me? No, just a minute. I'll tell you, I've got him located.
Who Williams. Where, where is he out on center street where he used to live?
I just got a tip. Why didn't you say? So? The rifle squad's just going on
if you
please.
I got so much to do. Now, see here, Fred
through, through,
mean to me and I'm scratching your name on the ticket next to
a,
I'm running Sherman in your place. The
rest with Fred.
I Williams is the red and you know it,
but there are a lot of Communistic sympathizers around and I thought
that if I got a slogan like that I could buy,
I know it, but that's got nothing to do with this case.
Do you realize there are 200,000 votes at stake?
And if Earl Williams don't hang, we're gonna lose him. We're going to hang him. Come
in. He can't get away. What do you mean? He can't get away. He did get away, didn't he?
What do you want?
What do you want? Are you sheriff Hartwell? I'm here. What is it?
You're a hard man to find sheriff. I have a message here from the cover. He's,
it was a reprieve for Earl Williams. For who Earl williams' reprieve.
And you said there wasn't gonna be a reprieve,
frightens me to think of what I'd like to do to you.
Who else were there when he gave you this? Nobody, he was out fishing.
Get the governor on the phone. No, he's not there. He's out duck shooting on
the
Red
Rock, the fishing, duck shooting a guy who's done nothing for the last 40 years.
But play P knuckle gets elected governor and right away, she's a Tarzan.
Read that insane. He says, well, he knows very well. Williams isn't insane.
Well, I never met the man. Pure P,
it's an attempt to ruin his dementia prick.
We've got to think fast. What are we going to tell them
through? And they stay on account of you, Fred. It's an afterthought.
Tell him I want your resignation now. Hello?
Yes. Yes. This is Hardwell.
What,
where,
where
holy,
hold the wire.
They've got,
they've got Williams, they've got him surrounded the rifle squad,
have out of his house.
Tell him to
hold the
whole idea.
The wire cover up that
up. Now,
listen,
you never arrived with this. Yes, I did. Don't you remember?
I came through that door and I thought he was the sheriff.
I mean,
what's your salary? $40 don't cut me off. I like to make $350 a month.
That's almost $100 a week. No, I couldn't afford that. Who me?
Who do you think they need a fellow? Like you in the City Sealer's office in the
city Sealer's? You mean I should work?
Wait a minute. I'm
in, my wife. Wouldn't want me to do that. Why not?
Well, you see, my wife lives in the country with
family.
Elijah can bring her in here. We'll pay all the expenses,
I don't think for heaven's sakes. Why not?
Well, I got two kids going to school and if they change towns they lose a grade,
they're not.
I want to skip a grade and I'll guarantee you that they'll graduate with.
Highest hold your horses.
Are you afraid? What do you say?
Puts me in a kind of peculiar hole? No, it doesn't.
I remember you never delivered this. Yes, I did. No, you didn't.
You got caught in the traffic or something? No, I came around
pretend you did now get out of here and don't let anybody shade.
Yes. But how do I know that? Come and see me in my office tomorrow. What's your name?
Patty Bone. What's yours? Petty Bone.
Not really. No, no, no, no. All you've got to do is to lay low and keep your mouth.
Well, I'm tired anyhow. Here. Go to this address. Nice homey place.
They'll take good care of. You. Just tell him French sent you.
Here's $50 on a car. Will you wait on?
I'll tell you in one minute. You forgot to tell me what a city.
Is
it hard? No, no, easy.
Well, that's good because my health is my wife. I will fix that too. My wife.
Fix anything. Go ahead, Fred,
Fred. You're still on the phone.
All right. Tell him to shoot to kill what you heard what I said.
But the reprieve, Fred to
do
as I tell you. All right. Hello Olson. Shoot to kill. That's the orders.
Pass the word to live. $500 reward, $500 to the man who does it. All right.
I'll be right over.
Hi, Hildy.
You double crossing hyena. I'd like to,
don't give me that innocent stuff. What did you pull on Mr Baldwin this time?
Oh, me and you? And that albino of yours? You talking about evangeline? None other.
She ain't no albino. She'll do. The one comes from
right here in this country. She tries anything else. You'll have to stay right here.
And
you too. And it won't be on a phony charge either. Did you bring that money?
Oh, yeah. 400 bucks.
450.
All right. You can't blame a guy for trying.
You better give me a receipt. I'll give you a scar. I got plenty of them
and I'll take Mr Baldwin's wallet too. Mr Baldwin's. What? His purse? Come on.
Come on,
Louis.
All right, Hilby,
I'll do it for you because I like you.
But you better tell that financier to be more careful in these hard times.
You know what I
mean? Sure.
Carry your brass knuckles too. I don't talk that way. Hildy here.
I'll take that, I'll take her to the station. Wait a minute, wait a minute.
You'll take it over to the station.
All right,
you'll take it to the 27th precinct and tell the cops how this all happened.
That
H he BS
and have me in, out the dress.
That's not a bad idea.
Louie.
Hello, operator Hilly Johnson. Will you get me
drop that phone?
Never mind.
You're not gonna tell anybody where I am.
Put that gun down. Earl,
you don't want to shoot me out. I'm your friend. Remember?
I'm gonna write the story on your production for you. Oh, yes.
That's right. Production for you.
You don't want to hurt your friend. Don't move.
Maybe you're my friend and maybe you're not, but don't come any nearer.
You can't trust anybody in this crazy world.
I don't blame her
if I were you, I wouldn't trust anybody. Don't do that. Put her back, put her back.
You know, if you try any tricks, I'll shoot you. I can do it right from here.
Sure. You could.
Uh,
you don't wanna do that.
You don't want to kill anybody.
No, you're right.
I don't want to kill anybody.
That's
what
I thought. Wait a minute. Where are you going?
I was just gonna close the door so nobody'd see you. No, you weren't.
You were gonna get somebody. But I don't want that. All I want is to be left alone.
Yes, you will. You'll get them after me again. I won't let you do that. I,
I
get so tired. All
I'm awful tired. I couldn't go through.
You're here.
I don't care.
I'm not afraid to die.
I was telling the fellow that when he handed me the gun,
waking me up in the middle of the night, talking to me about things.
They don't understand.
I wish,
I wish they'd take me back.
Pay
me.
They will
keep quiet.
I couldn't go through another day like this. I
think I could
get me wall of burns quick.
Tell him I need him.
Hello. Hello.
But Bruce, please.
I know I said to be down 20 years but something terrific has happened.
Hold on, Walter Hildy. Come over here right away. Wait, Bruce. Just a second.
I'll explain everything. Walter get this. I've got Earl Williams here.
Get right in the press room on it. On the level. Hurry. I need you. Right, Bruce.
Next thing the world is happening. I've captured Earl Williams.
You know the murder.
Stay down there. Oh,
wait a minute.
Listen, Bruce, I'll be down.
But as soon as I hand him over the paper, I'll be right down Bruce.
I can't Bruce, don't you realize it?
Who is it? It's me, Molly Malloy. Open the door.
What do you want, Molly? I gotta find.
Where is everybody? They're not here. They've all gone.
Oh, please tell me where they've gone. Please tell me Molly. I don't know.
And I'm awfully busy. My
running wrong. Look, they got him surrounded. They're gonna shoot him.
Not like a dog. I'm looking for you too. If you're Marshall, get out of here.
I don't care. You've gotta tell me you've got, I ain't afraid of.
I'll tell you where they are there. They're down to center street, center and forth.
Oh, that's where he used to. Molly.
Don't go. Come in Molly
here.
Hello, Molly. How did you get in here down the pipe?
I didn't mean to shoot him.
Really? I didn't
you believe me? Don't you Molly? I believe you.
Thanks for the roses.
They were beautiful,
sir, Mr
I,
I'm not,
I
want to get him
out of
here.
Crazy. You wouldn't get halfway down that hall without being seen,
but they'll find, you know what? I know it.
I'm trying to think before those reporters come back.
Let him take me. What
does it mean?
Hey, who locked the door
now? It's too late now. It is. No, it isn't. Earl. Get in this desk. Come
on.
Come on,
don't
tell
me
to go.
All right. All right, I'm coming.
What are you trying to do? Kick the
exclusive, ain't you? After all, we got some phone calls to him.
Hey, what's she doing? Run down and get some smelling salts.
What's the
man, what happened?
Came up here and had hysterics got pretty sick. How you feel? I don't feel so good.
Get you some water. I'll
do anything for it. No, no, you don't look so sick to me.
You didn't bump into Williams, did you? Ain't you funny? Where is he?
Let me alone, will you. Ok? Give me the
no harm in
him.
Hello, Jim?
False alarm. They surrounded the house.
All right, but they forgot to tell Williams and he wasn't there.
Halloween going on outside the whole police force standing on a zero. Hello. Hi.
I thought you were gone. I'm waiting for some money from Wall.
What a chase. Give me
on Williams
talking.
Any news
boys?
Yeah,
I've never been so tired in my life. Where Melrose Station?
All right. Connect me. Hello, Molly. How are you? Hold on a minute.
Hey, fellas, this looks good. Yeah, call you back. An old lady just called Detective
Buren claims Williams is hiding under her Piazza. Tell her to stand up.
We looked every other plane. Did you want to go out on it? I have to stick around.
I'll cover this in for you. I spent a dollar and 40 on taxicabs already.
Let's not do any more. Going out. Never mind.
Sarge, tear it up and say who pull the shades down? I did.
They were throwing those lights around.
You know,
I got a hunch. Williams ain't where they've been looking for him.
He
might be right here in this building somewhere.
Sure, sure are hanging around like a duck in a shooting gallery.
Is that skylight he get out of? But how did he reach the ground?
I'm pretending there ain't in here
to this roof. It's only about 4 ft. Yeah.
Once he got to the roof,
he gets slide down a drainpipe and come in any one of these windows on this side,
the story's gonna walk right in the window.
Mastermind's at work. Why don't you boys go home?
Maybe Williams will come and call on you.
Wouldn't it be funny if he's in this building somewhere?
Why not search the building? Everybody take a floor.
I'm not gonna wander all
over a
great bunch of reporters.
You are the biggest story in two years and you're all too lazy to go out
Haley. If I know you, you seem
anxious to get rid of us. You trying to scoop us or something.
My own
been given the story on how Williams got the gun.
Did you smuggle that gun into Williams Molly? Oh no, I didn't do nothing.
I'm playing Molly.
Let
the girl alone. She said will
Mrs Baldwin
mother, don't you mother?
Me playing cat and mouse with my poor boy, keeping him locked up,
making us miss two trains and you're supposed to be married tomorrow.
I'll be with you in five minutes. You don't have to go with me at all.
Just give me Bruce's money. You can stay here forever. As far as I'm concerned.
You are that murder? You caught?
Which one of these men is it? They all look like murderers to me. Wait a
minute.
What murder did you
talking
about?
I'm quoting my son and he has never lied to somebody
in
the
first
place. I never said anything like this. Yes, you did. I didn't.
I said I was trying to find the
murder.
Got
all ball up. Can't you see that?
Nobody?
Let me
go.
I
know
where
I
stop
it?
What are you asking her for? She don't know where he is.
I'm the only one that knows
with him. Try and find out. Come
on, Molly. Talk talk. Now you want me to talk?
Oh, is that funny? You wouldn't listen to me before? Not even for a minute.
Then now you want me to talk. Don't tell him anything. Molly. Let me alone.
I know what I'm saying.
This
Shelley, why didn't you listen to me? Why come
shut that out? You'll keep your
hand.
What do you want to know for?
So you can write some more lies so you can sell some more paper. Remind dad? All right.
All right. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you a story.
I'll give you a wonderful story. Only this time it'll be true.
You'll never find him out.
Get the angry at somebody,
get an angry at somebody.
She's dead.
Well, she isn't killed. She's moving,
didn't you see that? Where is he? She jumped out the
window?
Where
is he
isn't dead?
Come to
where have you got William?
He's in the desk.
She didn't kill us.
How are you doing? Let me out. I can't stand it. Keep quiet. You're sitting pretty.
What do you think?
Who are
you? What are you doing? Who is she? This is Mr Baldwin Bruce's mother.
What are you doing? Shut up. I
shut up. You're doing something wrong
out of
here. Wait a
minute.
Yes.
Take
the Lady over to Polog.
Mike's, my name's Louis
Puso.
Lock her up and see if she doesn't talk to him. You can't do
this.
Why don't I tell him?
Tell him it's a case of DT, don't worry, mother, this is only temporary
mama let go of me.
Where do you think you're going?
I'm going after mugg and I'm gonna get Bruce out of jail. W
why did you have to do this to me?
Get Bruce out of jail.
How can you worry about a man who's resting in a nice quiet police station?
Well, this is going on Hildy. This is war. You can't deserve me. Now,
get off that trapeze. You've got your story right over there on the desk.
Go on smear it all over the front page. Jo Williams captured by the morning post.
I covered your story for you and I got in a fine mess doing it. Now I'm getting out.
You're drooling idiot. What do you mean?
I just, what I said there are 365 days in a year. One can get mad.
How many times you got a murder? I locked up in a desk once in a lifetime here.
What do you got the city by the seat of the pan?
I
know. I know. You know, you know, you've got the brain of a pancake.
This isn't just a story you're covering, it's a revolution.
This is the greatest yarn in journalism since
Livingstone discovered Stanley the other way around.
Oh, well, don't get technical at a time like this.
You realize what you've done, honey,
you've taken a city that's been graft ridden for 40 years under
the same old gang and with this yarn you're kicking them out,
they're giving us a chance to have the same kind of government.
New York's having under the guardia. Listen, honey,
if I didn't have your best interests at heart,
you think I'll waste my time arguing with you.
You done something big here, you stepped up into a new class.
We'll make such monkeys out of those ward healers.
Next Tuesday, nobody will vote for him. Not even their wives.
I suppose it may certainly we'll crucify that mob.
We keep Williams undercover until morning so
the Post can break the story exclusive.
Then we let the governor in on the capture, share the glory with him.
I get it.
You kicked over the whole city hall like an a because
you got the man Hardwell backed up against the war.
You put one administration after another one in. This isn't just a newspaper story.
Hildy. It's a career
and you stand there belly
aching about whether you catch an eight or a nine.
I never
figured a
doll face.
That's why he
be the white haired boy.
There'd be any
streets after you. Hildy Johnson street. There'll be statues of you in the park.
The movies will be after you. The radio by tomorrow morning.
I'll bet you there's a Hildy Johnson cigar. I can see the Bill boys.
Now, I said light up with Hildy Johnson
that
we got a lot to do. You're talking, we can't leave Williams in here.
We'll take him over to my private office, which is our phone, that one I'm in.
How are you gonna take him to see him
if he's inside the desk? We carry the desk over. You can't move that desk.
It's crawling with cops outside.
We lowered out the window with pulleys. Now, quit stalling.
Get the typewriter over here. Come on, stop finding out a lead. What
do you want all the ways you guys? Hello? Give me Duffy.
Can I call him here? A bird
of prey? Call him anything you like?
How about the time he had his house painted by the fire department? Give him the word.
Hello, Duffy. Get set. We got the biggest story in years.
Earl Williams captured by the morning post exclusive. Yeah.
And I want you to tear out the whole front page.
That's why I sent the whole front page out.
Never mind the European War. We got something a whole lot bigger than Ed.
He's
writing the lead. I'll give it to you soon. She's finished. And listen. Duffy
get a hold of Butch o'connor.
Time to come up here right away with half a dozen of his wrestlers. Yeah.
Butch o'connor.
What? Well, I got a desk. I
want
never mind
what the deuce do you want? No,
no, never mind that Chinese earthquake for heaven's
bill. I just want to ask you one question.
How did you get out of jail? Well, not through any Hilton.
Listen, buddy, you can't come
in here with
you.
I had to wire Albany for $100 so I could get out on bail.
I don't care if there's a million days.
I don't know what they're gonna think up there in Albany
they had to send the money to the police station.
Pete's say, h they come all the way for that story.
Everything to the,
where's mother? She said she was coming up,
she left. No, I can't hear you. Duffy. Where'd she go out someplace? Don't know.
Junk. The Polish Corridor Tildy. Tell me where my mother was going.
She couldn't say, oh, never mind that Mrs.
Did she get the money from you? No, no, she left in a hurry.
I'll take that money.
All right,
Bruce right there. I
can handle things around here and I'll take that certified check.
I'll give it to you, Bruce.
Here, here's the tickets and you'll find your money in the wallet.
My wallet, this is my wallet.
Say there's something funny going on.
What are you doing? Just wanted to look at
it.
Hi,
I'm, I'm taking the nine o'clock train.
Did you hear what I said? I said I'm taking the nine o'clock
train. Oh, Bruce, I put it in here.
Hey,
let her alone. Will you, buddy? Will you do me a favor, Bruce?
I just want
you to
answer me one question.
You don't want to come with me. I need that. Tell
me
you don't, do you? No. Take all those Miss America pictures off.
Please tell me, please tell me the truth. Oh,
if you'll ever love
me now, look here, my good man. You shut up, burns.
You're doing all this to her.
I know that she wanted to get away from you and everything you stand for.
But you're too,
you caught her and changed her mind. Hank Hitler and stick him on the funny page.
Now, let me ask you
for a man like him. No, I am not. But Bruce, can't you see that something's happened?
Wait, I'll tell you everything. Tell him, you'll tell him nothing.
He's a spy, a fool. I'm not a spy. Come on hill, you're coming with me. Right?
Give me just a second. Can you don't? You see this is the biggest thing in my life.
I see. I'll keep,
I'm like something in the ice box, aren't I? Yeah, you just don't love it. That is
because you won't listen.
You say I don't love you now, you know that isn't the point at
what
point
is that you never intended to be decent and live like a human being?
All right. All right.
I'm trying to concentrate just like him and all the rest.
That's what I am. Fun.
Fun. No, no. Leave the rooster story alone. That's human intern.
Did you get a hold of a bunch of
understanding.
Wait just a minute. There's only one question. I, no,
the
mayor's first wife. What was her name? You mean? The one with the ward on it?
Fanny. What did you say?
Nothing?
I don't think you ever love me at all.
Oh, never mind that you're not bringing for the advertising.
Change your mind. I'm leaving on the nine
train. Hold on, hold on.
I
am. Instead of trying to change me to something else. I'm no suburban bridge player.
I'm a newspaper man.
That's no stuff.
Keep it coming. You fast and you can't get back in there. You mock turtle
Duffy. Did he tell
his gang to take a taxi as a man of life and death? Good. Stay on this wire.
Push is on his way over. All we got to do is hold up for 15 minutes.
The boys will be back to coming in here to phone.
I'll handle
him.
Now the moon's out.
Three taps is me. Don't forget how you doing. Got enough air
that better.
The city pretty.
How's it coming?
Oh, all right. I guess
Bruce
Booth?
Oh, he
is? He coming back here?
He's coming back, didn't you hear him? What have you got so far? Let me hear
while hundreds of sheriff Harwell paid gunman stops for the
city shooting innocent bystanders spreading their reign of terror.
Earl Williams was lurking less than 25 minute.
Wait a minute. Aren't you gonna mention the post? Doesn't the paper get any quick?
I did that right there in the second paragraph.
Who's gonna read the second paragraph?
Listen, honey, for 10 years,
I'll be telling you how to write a newspaper story this morning.
I'm sorry.
What's the idea of locking his door?
Who's that
Benzinger?
That's his desk.
What did you say his name was?
Haven't you any better sense than it? Hello? Hello, Mr Burns.
Well, quite an honor having you come over here. Hello, Ben again. Oh,
you know, my,
excuse me, I just want to get my,
you know, it's quite a coincidence seeing you tonight, isn't it Hilda? Yes. Yes.
How do you mean?
As a matter of fact, I was talking to our Mr Duffy about you just this afternoon?
Really? Well, nothing got
on the contrary.
On the contrary, there was one story you had in the paper this morning.
Oh, did you, uh, did you care for the poem? Mr Burns? The poem. The poem was great.
I like the ending especially and all is well outside his cell,
but in his heart he hears the hangman calling and
the gallows falling and his white haired mother's tears,
heartbreaking. That's fine. How'd you like to come and work for me? What?
Yes, we can use a man like you all we got now a lot of low brows like Johnson here.
Are you serious, Mr, be
serious? Wait a minute.
Listen, Duffy Duffy, I'm sending you Mr Benzinger over to see Benzinger.
Oh, yeah, Mervyn, isn't it? Yeah.
No, Roy Roy V certainly Roy V Benzinger, the poet.
Well, of course, you wouldn't know.
You probably never heard of Shakespeare either.
Now,
look, I want you to put Mr Benzinger on the staff right away.
How much getting on the Tribune Roy 75. I'll give you 100 the byline.
Now you give him everything he wants. You understand? Ok.
Look, Roy, I
want you to hustle and write me a story from the point of view of the escaped man.
He hides cowering, afraid of every sound of every light he hears footsteps.
His heart is going like that and all the time they're closing in,
get the sense of the animal at bay.
Sort of Jack London style. Exactly.
I'll just get my rhyming diggs. Doesn't have to rhyme. Doesn't have to rhyme.
Oh, well,
I'm deeply grateful Mr Burns.
It's very, 00, if you should have an opening for a war correspondent,
I parlay a little French.
You know, I'll keep you in mind
a
captain,
his white hair. Mother's
tear. That's a
tough.
Now, listen, that fellow Benzinger is on his way over to see you right now.
Handle him with kid gloves. Put him to work, writing poetry.
No, no, we don't want him just call him along until the extra's out.
Then tell him his poetry. Smells and kick him. Downstairs
Crossing Squad.
You said it, that'll teach him a lesson.
He won't quit his paper without giving notice.
I mean, you me never cross anybody. Wait a minute.
Just remembered Bruce isn't coming back here,
said he was taking the nine
train. Oh, well, in that case, he's gone by now. Come on, honey.
Like a frozen Robin. Get on with the story.
We ought to have
all
the time
gets
here. You have messed up my life. What am I going to do?
The window's too small. We have to carry the desk out of the building
right now. Come
on.
I am falling for your line. I got name streets
after
you've had a nice rest and I'll get back to work. Not going
back
to
rush.
Who is it? It's me boss. It's Louis
Louis
A,
he
was going 65 miles an hour. You know what I mean? Take that mush out of him.
The old lady telling you
we run smack into a police patrol. You know what I mean? We busted it in half. She hurt.
Where is she telling me? You imagine bumping into a load of cops?
They come rolling out like oranges. How did you do it?
Me when I come to her, I was running down
dirty. You weren't, you was I, you were in the taxicab.
The driver got knocked cold Butterfingers
I gave an old Dane to take something, you hand her over to the cops. What do you mean?
I handed her
the cops was on the wrong side of the street. No, everything's fine.
She's probably squawking her head off in the police.
I don't think she's squawking much. You know what I mean? Don't tell me.
Was she killed?
Hey, was she, did you know, you say, listen,
me with a gun on the hip and a kidnapped old lady on my hands.
I'm gonna stick around asking questions from a lot of cops. You know what I mean?
Did, did? Oh, this is the end. Oh,
it's fatality. What will be, will be. What am I gonna say to Bruce?
What can I tell him?
Look, honey, if he really loves you, you won't have to tell him anything.
Snap out of it.
Would you rather have had the old dame dragging the whole police force in here?
I killed her. I'm responsible.
What am I gonna do? How can I ever face Bruce again? Look at
me.
I am looking at you. You murderer.
Now, if it was my own grandmother, I'd carry on, you know, I would for the paper.
Where did it happen?
Weston and 30 ft.
I
got
we can do more here now. Be calm.
Listen.
Hello,
hello
me.
4, 557. Who?
Well, butch, where are you? Hello, Mission hospital receive phone, please.
What are you doing there? Haven't you even started.
Hildy Johnson. Was there an old lady brought in from the,
it's Sebastian butch. Listen, it's a matter of life and death.
Nobody, I
can't hear
morning I
69. Speak up. A
what?
Well, you can't stop for a day now. Community hospital. Give me the receiving. I
don't
care if you,
but your whole lives are at stake. You gonna let a woman come between us. After all.
We've been through Max
H Johnson. Was there an old lady brought in there in an auto smash up. But
I'd put my arm in fire for you up to here. Now. You can't double cross me.
Well, look around, will you please?
All right. Put her on, I'll talk to her.
Oh, good evening madam.
Now, listen, you, Tencent glamor girl. You can't keep, put you away from his duty.
What's that?
You'll say that again. I'll come over there and kick you in the teeth.
Hey, what kind of language is that?
Now? Look here. You,
she hung up. What did I say?
Duffy?
I like that. Most of them
with
something.
Shut up in
front of
it's Cooper
Duff.
Well, where is Duffy?
Dia
beat us? I ought to know better than to hire anybody with a disease.
Give me Olympia 21.
Yes.
But
it's up to you. Anything you say beat it up.
Get a hold of some guys who do you want anybody with hair on his chest?
Get them off the street, get them anywhere, offer them anything.
Only get them, we gotta get that desk out of here. Is it important? Is it important?
Listen, lou, you're the best friend I got. I like you too. All right then.
Don't fail me. Get enough people to move that desk.
Now, come on, I'm relying on you on me
to shite off my back. OK? Don't bump into anything
that
d I to
flop on me as shows you
again at the hospital.
It, he's not begging. Five minutes. We carry it out alone. Do anything you want.
There's a million ways we can start a fire.
Have the firemen take it out in the confusion. I don't give a darn what you do.
Come here, see if we can lift it. Oh,
what?
Nobody. Oh,
never mind. Are you gonna help me? No, I'm not. You want me to straighten my back?
I'm gonna find Mrs Baldwin.
Now, look here Johnson.
Hey, you,
you mean me? Yes. You, what do you mean by breaking in here like this?
You can't bluff me. Burns. I don't care who you are. What paper you read?
Let go.
Please look.
Something's happened to my mother
going out to get Williams. You had the door
and Molly were in here talking. I know where he is.
Oh, look, I don't know anything really. And there's been an accident, Johnson.
There's something very, very peculiar going on here.
Now, see here Johnson, the moment, Hardwell.
If you have any accusations to make, make the, in the proper manner,
otherwise I'll have to ask you to get out.
You'll ask me to what?
Get out.
Oh, you will. You keep that door close and don't let anybody in or out.
Now, we'll see about this. Come on,
piggy. Give him the third degree
I'm talking. You got Williams. Yes.
Now, look here Johnson. I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
Are you going to talk or aren't you? What do you want me to say?
What do you know about William? What do you know about Williams?
And now we're getting
all right boys. Take her out of here. I
don't you
dare touch me or
she's
got,
oh no, you don't want
it.
All right. Burns. I'll take that gun.
Where did you get this gun? I've got a right to carry a gun.
If I want to not this gun, I can explain that hard.
Well, when Hildy told me she was going to interview Earl Williams,
I thought it would be dangerous.
So I gave her a gun to defend herself. Oh, you did? Well, that's very interesting.
But this happens to be the gun that Williams used to shoot his way out with. Good man.
Are you trying to make me out a liar?
I ought to know my own gun.
Oh,
so that's where we
got the gun. He
got it from Williams. Where is Earl Williams? What have you got him?
You, I came up the wrong tree, Harwell, I'll give you three minutes to tell me,
where do
he went over to the hospital to call on Professor Egelhoff
with a bag of marshmallows? Where is he asked the mastermind, what he's doing here?
Speak up, speak up. What do you know about this, my dear fellow?
Where is the Morning Post? Does not obstruct justice or hide criminals?
You ought to know that Johnson you're under arrest
and you two burns who is under arrest?
Listen, you insignificant square toed pimple headed spy.
Do you realize what you're doing? I'll show you what I'm doing burns.
You're obstructing justice. And so is the Morning Post,
I'm going to see that you're fined $10,000.
You'll see nothing of the kind and I'm
going to begin by impounding the post property.
Is this your desk? No. Yes.
What are you afraid of Hill? Aren't they gonna move this desk out of
here?
Go
ahead and try.
All right, I will, I'm warning you,
you move this desk out of this building and I'll put you behind bars.
You do it too. Is that so I see the Roosevelt hears about it. All right.
Tell him, come on, boys,
confiscate
this
your last chance. This is a federal offense and you fellas will be accessible.
Will take a chance on that. Go ahead, boys. All right.
Open up this door,
mother,
mother, I am glad to see you. All right. I mean,
that's the man that did it right there.
What's the idea here? This lady claims she's been kidnapped?
They dragged me all the way down the stairs.
Just
a minute.
Did this man have anything to do with it? Well, he was in charge of the whole thing.
He told them to kidnap me. Excuse me, madam. Are you referring to me? You know you did.
What about this? Burns kidnapping I
trying to frame me. Huh? I never saw this woman before in my life. What a thing to say.
I was standing right here when that girl jumped out of the window. Call the mayor.
Get him over here right away.
Look here man and be honest,
if you were out joyriding plaster that got into some scrape.
Why don't you admit it? Instead of accusing innocent people? You ruffian?
How dare you talk about that?
Just a little crazy mother. And I can tell you something more.
I can tell you why they did it.
They had some kind of a murderer in here and they were hiding
here.
You're
a
liar and you know it.
What was that? He's in there? Give me the desk, give me a home.
What a break. Stand back. Everybody.
He might
get your guns out. He's harmless.
Don't take any chance to shoot right through the deck.
Anybody you've got has gone
dear or
on your gray head.
Jake. Hang on.
Call Duffy. No, you don't. You want to see a S
in a minute now, everybody, all the wire a right at the center.
All right, Carl Frank, what did you get on each end of the day? Coming up?
We got you covered. Williams have it in a minute.
Don't try to move any time now, I'll count three.
It's hot one ready for an emergency two any second now. Free up with it.
I got you. Williams. Go ahead. Shoot me. Come on
here, Earl
Williams just kept him in the press room in the criminal courts building,
hiding in a desk.
Come on on you
boys
don't try any funny stuff. Williams was unconscious when they opened the desk.
Williams put up a desperate puzzle but the police overpowered.
He offered no resistance.
I'd shoot out with the cops when his gun
wasn't we break through a whole cordon of police
a
good morning. Put me there. Turn Williams over to the sheriff.
Put the cops on these people.
All of us not receive what the sheriff led to Williams capture. Hold on
the sheriff was tracing a mysterious telephone card
which gave boy William was hiding there.
Where's the old lady? Where'd she go?
She went
back. Call me back.
Mhm. Mhm.
Give me the warden's office quick. Well, you're gonna wish you'd never been born.
Oh, am I?
Hello, Fred. Well, fine work, Pete. You're certain it delivered the goods.
I'm proud of you. Look kind of natural. Don't
for sorrow. Aiding an escaped criminal and a little charge of kidnapping it.
What's that? To me?
That's the jail. It must be somebody there.
Well, it looks like about 10 years a piece for you.
Two birds does it whenever you think you've got the morning post licked.
It's time for you to get out of town. Whistling in the dark.
Well, that a gonna help you this time you're through, listen,
the last man who said that to me was Archie Lee just a week before he cut his.
We've been in worse chance than this. Haven't? We held a, no,
you forget the power that always watches over the morning post
is not with you. Now, this is Hartwell.
I've caught him.
Yes, Williams single handed.
We'll proceed to the hanging per schedule. You're gonna be in office exactly.
Two days more. We're gonna start pulling your
attorney's
office. I'll tell you what you'll be doing.
You'll be
on
making grooms in the state penitentiary. Hello, Joe. This is Hartman.
I want you to come over to my office right away.
Yes,
I just captured a couple of important birds and I want you to take the confession.
Don't be good. Lebowitz.
All the liars in the world are gonna help you.
Now, listen, you're talking to the morning post. Oh, power of the press.
Ha ha. Listen, bigger men than you have found out what the power of the press is.
President King. Here's a reprieve.
You
check it out of here. You can't bribe me. My wife's
here. You, oh, no, I won't. Here's the reprieve.
I don't want to be a city. See,
my wife throw him out, Frank. I
doubt
it. Just a minute. Wait a minute. Who's trying to bribe you? They wouldn't take this.
He's in shape. What did I tell you? An unseen power?
What do you mean by coming in here with a cock and bull story like that? Frame up.
He's an impostor. Arrest him
just a minute trying to hang an innocent man to win an election. That's murder.
That's a lie. I never saw him before. If I was to tell my wife your name, the petit
bone. Joe Pettibone. When did you deliver this first Mr Pettibone?
Talk to they started right in bribing you. Who's they? Those them?
That's absurd on the face of it.
He's talking like a child
out of the mouth of bait. I behave
insane drunk or something.
Why if this unfortunate man, Williams has really been reprieved?
I'm personally tickled to death, aren't you?
People go on, you'd hang your own to be re elected.
That's a horrible thing to say about anybody, Miss Johnson. Oh, you've
taken a look at their water.
You're an intelligent man. Never mind that. Let's have your story. Mr Pettibone.
19 years ago, I married Mrs Pettibone. Skip all that. She was Mrs
Petone.
She was one of the, I mean, Jones Sheriff.
This document is authentic and Earl Williams has
been reprieved and our commonwealth has been saved.
The painful necessity of shedding blood.
Get off the soap box. Save that for the Tribune
Pete handcuffs off.
I'm amazed that you're doing a thing like this
water.
You don't know how badly I feel. No excuse at all for Pete to fly off the handle.
I was only doing my duty. Nothing personal. That's all right.
What did you say your name was? Petty.
Yes. Here's a picture of my wife, a fine looking woman.
You haven't seen her yet? She's all right.
Oh, well, she's good enough for me if I was to tell my
perfectly Mr Pettibone.
And as long as I'm mayor to be about three more hours,
I'd say long enough for us to get our
special edition asking for your recall and your arrest.
You, you little boys ought to get about 10 years a piece. I think.
Don't make any hasty decisions. Mr Burns, you might run into a thumping Big Libel.
So you're going to run into the governor. Why?
My old friend, the governor and I understand each other perfectly. Yes.
And so do I, so do you watch you? Who do,
can I Mr Pettibone if you'll come along with us,
we'll take you over to the warden's office and deliver this reprieve.
Come on, Pete vows to tell me why you won't have to
wait till those two future jailbirds. Read the morning post
squeeze though.
That's the worst jam we've been in, in a long time. What? Well, where is he? Get him?
Remember the time we stole old lady Haggerty's stomach off the coroner's position.
Marvis. Any time you need this guy, he's never there. We prove she'd been poisoned.
That didn't.
Yeah,
he had to hide out for a week. Do you remember that?
So, I tell that
that's where, I mean, how we, we could have gone to jail for that too. You know that?
Oh,
yes, maybe you're right.
It's a bad business. Well, you're gonna be better off.
So you better get going
where I
go.
But a bruise of course.
But you know, he's gone. He took the knife, just send him a wire.
He'll be waiting at the station when you get into Albany. Go on.
Look, why doesn't that guy have a phone
put in there?
Maybe going,
keep going.
What is that with you?
Wait a minute.
Look, honey. Can't you understand?
I'm trying to do something noble for once in my life. Now.
Get out of here before I change my
m
tough enough. Now. Just a minute.
Send the fellow a wi he'll be waiting when you get in. Come on, who'll write the story?
I'll do it myself. I won't be half as good as you can do it once a day.
My story, I'd kind of like to think that it at
last.
It
w the same old act, isn't it?
Try to push me out of here thinking I'll be stupid enough to want to stay.
I know I deserve that hay.
Wait a minute, Duffy.
But this is one time you're wrong.
Look, honey,
when you walk out that door, a part of me will go right with you.
But a whole new world is gonna work now for you.
I made fun of Bruce and Albany and all that kind of thing. You know why
I was jealous. I was sore because he could offer you the kind of life I can't give you.
That's what you want, honey.
I, uh, I could stay and do the story and take the train in the morning.
Just make that
much. Come
on. Come on.
Goodbye dear and good luck.
Oh, Duffy.
Hello.
Now this is how we go so far.
Uh, just a minute.
Hello. Who
you? Auntie Johnson? No, she just left. I'm still here.
I can take it.
Hang on a minute.
Hilda Johnson speaking
the fourth precinct police station.
I'll put him on
Bruce. I thought you were on your way to Albany.
What for,
for having counterfeit money?
Counterfeit money? Hold on a minute. Duffy.
Where did you get it?
I gave it to you.
All right. I'll
try and do something about.
Yeah.
Hey.
Oh, honey,
honey, don't, don't cry, please.
Oh, come on. I didn't mean to make you cry, honey. What's the matter with you?
You never cried before.
Tildy. I thought you were really sending me away with Bruise.
I didn't know he had him locked up.
I thought
you were on the level pool once. I think you were just
standing by and letting me go off with him. Not doing a thing about it.
Oh, come on, honey. Why do you think I was a chump?
I thought you didn't love me.
What were you thinking with?
I don't know.
Well, what is daddy there gawking for?
We have to get him out of jail.
Set Louis down with some honest money and
send him back to Albany where he belongs. Sure. Sure.
Everything's changed. Tell her
to stand by. We're coming over to the office.
No, don't worry about the story. Haley's gonna ride it
cause she's not quitting. She never intended to. We're gonna get married.
Oh,
can we go on a honey
this time?
Hey, Duffy,
you're gonna be made as you get this.
No, no, not permanently. Just for the two weeks. We're away on the honeymoon.
Oh,
what? I don't know where we're going. Where are we going?
Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls. Du
Two
weeks older
you burned it.
But
what
strike,
what strike?
Where
Albany?
Well, I know he's on the way. Duffy, but I can ask you. He did.
Yeah. Ok. Duffy.
Well, isn't that a quiz there? We've got Albany. I wonder if Bruce can put us up, Jake.
Why don't you carry that in? Your hand.