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00:01:55This is the city of Los Angeles.
00:01:58One of the fastest growing communities in the United States today.
00:02:02A city that still reflects the charm and customs of its native past.
00:02:06A city of culture.
00:02:09Of advanced liberal education that keeps abreast of each new generation.
00:02:14A city of progress and tremendous engineering accomplishments.
00:02:18Los Angeles, city of the angels.
00:02:21But like any other city, it has its back alleys.
00:02:25Its world of saints and sinners.
00:02:28And the half world of dark shadows some of them dwell in.
00:02:32The darkest of these shadows is marijuana.
00:02:36In every large city there are men like Captain Hayes, chief of the narcotic division.
00:02:41His job is to combat and control this evil menace.
00:02:45His fight, a 24 hour one.
00:02:48His weapons, simple but effective.
00:02:51Patience and intelligence.
00:02:53Every case history tells the same story.
00:02:56A story that's a tragic pattern of men and women's lives.
00:03:00Cause, marijuana.
00:03:02This harmless looking cigarette is cloaked in many innocent disguises.
00:03:07But light the match, inhale the smoke,
00:03:10and it becomes an invitation to your own murder.
00:03:13This killer and the man who sells it has no respect for anybody.
00:03:18His victims are any lost soul.
00:03:20It matters not to whom the soul belongs.
00:03:23The seller's method of operation, simple.
00:03:26Keep the mind from thinking.
00:03:28The mind thinks, the world becomes a real thing.
00:03:32With troubles and problems without the answers.
00:03:35But he has the answer.
00:03:37Escape.
00:03:38Sell the dreams people want to dream.
00:03:41Keep them from waking up.
00:03:43Because once they do, you're out of business.
00:03:46Of course the rich can afford to pay more for their dreams.
00:03:50It's a profitable game.
00:03:52And when boredom sets in,
00:03:54heroin, cocaine, opium is always the next step.
00:03:59At higher prices.
00:04:01If you live that long, this man has no pride.
00:04:05To lay his hands on an extra dollar, he'll set this killer loose on anyone.
00:04:10Even your kids who go to high school.
00:04:13You may even know him.
00:04:15His name is Markie.
00:04:17Oh, Ricky, I'd like...
00:04:19You would?
00:04:25Change five pennies for a nickel, Pop?
00:04:43Be right back, baby.
00:04:49Hiya, Markie.
00:04:50Shut up, you crazy kid.
00:04:52How many times have I told you not to mention my name?
00:04:54Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry.
00:04:56Oh, you're getting good taste.
00:04:58Wish I was young again.
00:05:00Gonna cost you five bucks tonight.
00:05:02Five bucks?
00:05:03That's right.
00:05:04Weekend special.
00:05:06Three for five, just for you.
00:05:08But five dollars, that's all I got.
00:05:10Go tell your old man to double your allowance next week.
00:05:13No.
00:05:14Come on, dig.
00:05:15You want it or not?
00:05:16Haven't got all night.
00:05:17Okay, okay.
00:05:19Have fun.
00:05:41One more, one more.
00:05:43Hey, give her some.
00:05:46Here, have less.
00:05:51I'm on a great big purple cloud and it's real purple.
00:05:56Hey, you look funny.
00:05:58You've got purple hair.
00:06:00Let's go dance.
00:06:02Let's go.
00:06:06Ricky, look out.
00:06:07There's a car coming.
00:06:08Watch me give a shake.
00:06:16Oh, my baby.
00:06:18My baby.
00:06:30Well, the morgue did a big business.
00:06:32Three lives.
00:06:33One girl never to walk again, if she lives.
00:06:36Too bad it wasn't the guy who sold her.
00:06:38He'd have killed her.
00:06:40I don't know.
00:06:43Too bad it wasn't the guy who sold him those sticks.
00:06:46We'll get him, Mason.
00:06:47May take time.
00:06:48When we do, we'll throw the book at him.
00:06:54From all reports, this peddler isn't the ordinary run of the mill.
00:06:58He moves in all circles, from Beverly Hills and Bel Air to the nightclubs along the strip.
00:07:03From Hollywood and the Wilshire District all the way down to Skid Row.
00:07:07I'm assigning you and Ty in this case.
00:07:09You're going to work as a team.
00:07:11I want this deal handled strictly on the hush side.
00:07:14He'll pick up snow arrests.
00:07:16We can pull in the users anytime.
00:07:18We do it now, they may clam up.
00:07:20They talk, their supply is cut off.
00:07:22Our job is to find the main source of supply.
00:07:24Who sells it to the peddlers.
00:07:26How he rolls the stuff in and where he stores it.
00:07:29Looks like our vacation is over.
00:07:31It was so nice and quiet in the community, too.
00:07:34Somebody had to go get greedy and start a big push on the stuff again.
00:07:38But if we blow this deal, boys, all our vacations will be permanent.
00:07:42I better get some sleep.
00:07:44This may be our last chance.
00:07:46Boss was right.
00:07:48Sleep? That was for babies.
00:07:50I went home, dug out my old school books,
00:07:53loaded up my pockets with nickels for the jukebox,
00:07:56brushed up on my jive talk.
00:07:58Then I played a solo in that malt shop.
00:08:01Another drink, madam?
00:08:05Me?
00:08:06Oh, I joined the union to wear the uniform.
00:08:08If the customers hadn't been loyal patrons,
00:08:10I think I would have put the owner out of business.
00:08:13I was all hands, about six.
00:08:15The only trouble was, five of them didn't function.
00:08:30Say, Markie, can you let me have...
00:08:32Uh-uh, sweetheart.
00:08:34I crossed your name off my book, so I'm not in business for a while.
00:08:37I can pay you next week.
00:08:39See me then.
00:08:41But, Markie, I...
00:08:43We have only four more years before opening.
00:08:46Vite, vite, mes chers. We do not have all day.
00:08:48Address quickly, please.
00:08:50Hello, Hugo. Find any new talent lately?
00:08:53Big?
00:08:54You stay away from my girls.
00:08:56Hugo, you hurt my professional pride.
00:08:58You want them to have rhythm, don't you?
00:09:01Don't go short.
00:09:16Back in a minute, honey.
00:09:20Hello, Markie.
00:09:22I'm awful jumpy today.
00:09:24Are you holding?
00:09:27I've been telling you, Markie, she's a nice kid.
00:09:30She's only working here because she needs a dough.
00:09:33Markie, did you hear what I asked?
00:09:35I've had my eye on that for a long time.
00:09:38Lay off, Markie.
00:09:40She's the kind that works to help support her brother.
00:09:43Wants him to have a decent education.
00:09:45I...
00:09:47Rita, you sound as if I had the wrong ideas.
00:09:50I think education's a wonderful thing.
00:09:53I want to talk to her about it.
00:09:55I told you, she's a nice kid.
00:09:58So am I. I like nice kids.
00:10:01That's why I want to meet her.
00:10:04Arrange a party.
00:10:07Markie, I...
00:10:09Drink it tonight.
00:10:12All right.
00:10:14You're a real sensible girl, Rita.
00:10:17The kind that knows how to keep a good friend.
00:10:20She knows how to keep a good friend.
00:10:23Oh, Ann.
00:10:48I'm throwing a little party tonight.
00:10:50Nothing sensational.
00:10:52Bob's not coming over.
00:10:54Well, Bob's coming home from college.
00:10:56Summer vacation.
00:10:57He may be in tonight.
00:10:59We'll bring the party to you.
00:11:01Really welcome the kid home.
00:11:12Now you kiss me.
00:11:16Now you.
00:11:19I like yours better.
00:11:21Your mustache, it tickles.
00:11:25Tickle, tickle, tickle.
00:11:27Well, the lady really is alive.
00:11:29Had me worried for a while.
00:11:31Rita always gets fun out of things.
00:11:33Don't you?
00:11:35I guess maybe I'm too busy trying to make a living.
00:11:38I helped send my brother to college.
00:11:40Yeah, so I heard.
00:11:42What you need maybe is a little education yourself.
00:11:44Learn to relax.
00:11:46Put your hair down.
00:11:50You got a lot of class.
00:11:52Charm.
00:11:54With a guy like me, you might even go places.
00:11:56I know a lot of people.
00:11:58The right kind.
00:12:00You might even call me a sort of Santa Claus.
00:12:04I could turn your life into a nice, big, beautiful sleigh ride.
00:12:09Enough dough to put your brother through college twice.
00:12:13You make living sound attractive.
00:12:18Here, try one of mine.
00:12:22Go ahead, it won't hurt you.
00:12:33Here, have a drink.
00:12:39No, Markie.
00:12:42Maybe for somebody else.
00:12:44But not for me.
00:12:46Oh, what are you worried about?
00:12:48You're over 21.
00:12:50You got a mind of your own.
00:12:53I think you're the type that can take it or leave it.
00:13:01Hey, fellas, Ann's gonna join the club.
00:13:03Come on, we can't miss this.
00:13:05That's a good girl.
00:13:07Don't be a boy sport, Ann. It's fun. You'll love it.
00:13:10Well, maybe one puff won't hurt me.
00:13:13Sure, you know I wouldn't scare you wrong.
00:13:19Oh, no, baby, not like that. Here, try it.
00:13:22Show somebody else, stupid. Not her.
00:13:27Like this, honey.
00:13:33See? Now you try it.
00:13:37That's the way.
00:13:39One is like nothing beautiful.
00:13:41Try another.
00:14:07How am I doing?
00:14:09Fine. It's a real pleasure.
00:14:17Congratulations.
00:14:19Now you'll start living.
00:14:21I'm so happy.
00:14:23I'm so happy.
00:14:25I'm so happy.
00:14:27I'm so happy.
00:14:29I'm so happy.
00:14:31I'm so happy.
00:14:33I'm so happy.
00:14:35I'm so happy.
00:14:41My head is so light, it feels like it's floating.
00:14:44That's because your troubles are all gone.
00:14:47Try another puff.
00:14:49See how pretty the world looks then.
00:15:02You're so smart, Mikey.
00:15:04So smart.
00:15:06Music.
00:15:08Somebody play some music. I want to dance.
00:15:10Yeah, I'll buy a ticket.
00:15:31I want to dance, too.
00:15:34All that energy, beautiful.
00:15:36Let's not waste it dancing.
00:15:46Sis?
00:15:49Oh, sis?
00:16:04Come on, wake up.
00:16:06Give me another stick, Marky.
00:16:08Give me another stick.
00:16:10Come on, who are you?
00:16:12I am not Marky.
00:16:14Come on, get up.
00:16:16Now, get up.
00:16:18Now, wait a minute, Joe.
00:16:20I said get up.
00:16:22I'm Ann's brother. Anything else you want to know?
00:16:24I'm sorry.
00:16:30I'm sorry.
00:16:33What a night.
00:16:52Ann.
00:17:02Ann.
00:17:21Sis.
00:17:23Ann.
00:17:25No, Marky.
00:17:27No more. Makes my head spin.
00:17:30I can't breathe a habit.
00:17:34Sis.
00:17:36Wake up, sis. It's Bob.
00:17:40Bob.
00:17:42When did you get here?
00:17:44Oh, a little while ago.
00:17:46Well, why didn't you wake me up, silly?
00:17:48Well, I started to, but
00:17:50you were so sound asleep that I just didn't have the heart to.
00:17:54Oh, how about fixing me up some coffee, huh?
00:17:57Okay.
00:18:01Coffee coming up.
00:18:05Well,
00:18:07now that I'm awake, how about a kiss hello?
00:18:09Hi, sis.
00:18:11Sorry I couldn't get here in time for the party.
00:18:14Oh, it was nothing.
00:18:19Tell me all about school, Bob.
00:18:26You gonna bum one of your cigarettes?
00:18:28Help yourself.
00:18:31What's the matter?
00:18:33Something wrong?
00:18:37Bob, you didn't quit school, did you?
00:18:39No.
00:18:41But it's something I've been wanting to talk about.
00:18:44But why, Bob?
00:18:46Aren't you happy there?
00:18:48Are you in trouble?
00:18:50No.
00:18:52No, it's nothing like that.
00:18:58Sure, I want to go on with college.
00:19:01I even had a couple of my paintings on exhibition this semester.
00:19:05But look, I know how hard you work,
00:19:07and I know what it costs to keep me going.
00:19:09What, with the payments on the house and everything?
00:19:11Look, you've done so much for me already,
00:19:14it just isn't fair to keep taking away from yourself and giving me.
00:19:19Sis, I'm gonna get a job.
00:19:21You know the right people.
00:19:24Enough dough to put your brother through college twice.
00:19:29Put your brother through college twice.
00:19:32Know the right people.
00:19:34Listen to me, Bob.
00:19:36You're not giving up school.
00:19:38Not with your future.
00:19:40I never had a chance for one, but I'm seeing that you do.
00:19:43But the money.
00:19:46I... I can't let you do it.
00:19:49I've made up my mind.
00:19:51Everything will be taken care of.
00:19:55Ann, who is this Mr...
00:19:58Who?
00:20:02I'll go unpack.
00:20:11But who's Markie, and who was it I found on the couch in the living room when I came...
00:20:15Wait a minute, kid. Slow down.
00:20:17You're throwing questions at me like I was on a quiz show.
00:20:20I'm sorry. It's just that I was upset coming in like that.
00:20:23Why don't you relax, Bob?
00:20:25So Ann had a little party.
00:20:27I was there with a few friends.
00:20:29We even hung around waiting for you to come home.
00:20:32Maybe it's just as well I didn't.
00:20:38You picked yourself up a cute little imagination since you were home last.
00:20:42Ann works hard trying to put you through college.
00:20:45Figures you deserve it.
00:20:47Maybe someday you'll make it up to her.
00:20:49I'm thinking about quitting college.
00:20:52She can't be making more than $60 or $75 a week at the most.
00:20:58How can she do everything on that and live?
00:21:01Maybe I shouldn't tell you this because it's, well, sort of a surprise.
00:21:06But Ann did say something about a new act, a little specialty routine that's going into a club.
00:21:11It'll mean another $25 a week.
00:21:15Rita, who's Markie?
00:21:19A friend, kid. Just a friend.
00:21:35Stripes become you, Raymond.
00:21:37Must keep you from getting too lonesome for home.
00:21:40Your jokes are going to have you laughing yourself to death someday, friend.
00:21:50What gets you up so early in the morning, insomnia?
00:21:53Let's call it ambition.
00:21:56You shove weeds to those high school kids?
00:22:02A man's got to make a living these days, Jonathan.
00:22:05With me, a buck's a buck.
00:22:08Take you, for instance.
00:22:11A view overlooking the city.
00:22:14Custom-made furniture.
00:22:16Different soup three times a day.
00:22:19You're a big man, Jonathan. A big man.
00:22:23I was thinking maybe I might be your neighbor one of these days.
00:22:26You just have to learn to crawl before you can walk, Markie.
00:22:29Like you did?
00:22:30Listen, Markie.
00:22:31You pull another deal like this last one and the narcotic boys will be bucking on your tail like a pack of bloodhounds.
00:22:36That's my worry, not yours.
00:22:41When it comes to being in front of the gun, I am always there. Not you.
00:22:45So I appreciate your loyalty.
00:22:48That's why I trust you.
00:22:49But it's things like this that make it very difficult for the margin man, like myself.
00:22:53It's tougher to roll this stuff in. Prices go up.
00:22:55You're telling me that because of this caper in the news, it's going to cost me more dough?
00:23:00Let's say $25 a can for each case of fresh, ripely picked tomatoes.
00:23:06Talk like it was a chain store.
00:23:08I take the major risks.
00:23:10And it's only honest that I share in the profits.
00:23:13Well, what can I do?
00:23:15You got me over a case of tomatoes.
00:23:21Hello?
00:23:23Oh, yes, Miller.
00:23:25When?
00:23:29I had nearly 10 grand riding that shipment. Couldn't you do anything?
00:23:32All right, all right. Just keep out of sight. I'll contact you later.
00:23:36Trouble, maybe?
00:23:37Yeah.
00:23:38Miller was hijacked last night. Coming in from Arizona.
00:23:41Some other outfit must have gotten wind of it.
00:23:44Are you sure Miller wasn't the wind?
00:23:47I hear tell he'll hold hands with anybody that'll drop over 50 cents in his palm.
00:23:53Even the cops.
00:23:55I find out, I'll call you.
00:23:57Return the favor.
00:23:59Take it out and trade. At the old prices.
00:24:12Raymond, I want you to pay Miller a little visit.
00:24:15Be real sociable. Take him out for a narrowing.
00:25:41Oh, a little dragger there.
00:25:43Oh, my God.
00:25:48I'm tired of this.
00:25:51Oh, God.
00:25:54I'm gonna die.
00:25:56It feels as if I'm walking on air. See? Nothing to it.
00:26:00Oh, a little dragger there.
00:26:02Oh, my God.
00:26:05I'm tired of this.
00:26:07Oh, my God.
00:26:10Oh, my God.
00:26:15Is it Mark who's coming?
00:26:17He had a business meeting tonight.
00:26:18Male or female?
00:26:20Money.
00:26:27Oh, a little dragger.
00:26:35Say, that's beautiful.
00:26:39It's something I'd like to do my ballet to.
00:26:41My new concerto.
00:26:44Get in the mood and start from the beginning.
00:26:48I'm gonna die.
00:26:50I'm gonna die!
00:26:52Mateo, I'm gonna die!
00:26:55What's the matter with you?
00:26:56I'm gonna die. I know I'm gonna die.
00:26:59That's the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life.
00:27:04He thinks he's gonna die.
00:27:06That's a scream.
00:27:09Hey, before you leave this world, take a drag.
00:27:12It'll get you there faster.
00:27:19Now I'm in the mood.
00:27:22I wish to be left alone.
00:27:25Oh, my God!
00:27:38Oh, my God!
00:28:08Oh, my God!
00:28:38Oh, my God!
00:29:08Oh, my God!
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00:30:36Come on, let's get him over here.
00:30:40Big dope, if he was me, he could float through the hole.
00:30:43I'm gonna give him a drink, he'll be okay.
00:30:56I hope Hugo wasn't watching too closely. I was off beat.
00:31:00It's the longest rehearsal I've ever had.
00:31:03Another minute and I'd have dropped.
00:31:05And how about a lift? Have you got it with you?
00:31:09I wish I had, but Marky'll have something. He'll be outside.
00:31:13Maybe I should tell you, Marky isn't the easiest man in the world to resist.
00:31:19I know what I'm doing.
00:31:23Before you two go, see me in my office.
00:31:28Hi.
00:31:34You wanted to see us?
00:31:36Oui.
00:31:38For weeks now, you've both lumbered about like two elephants.
00:31:41The feet, they never left the floor.
00:31:44The bodies, statues, stones.
00:31:46The face, green masks.
00:31:48Grand guignol, lifeless.
00:31:50So I shall be brief.
00:31:52You're fired. Go pick up your checks at the cashier.
00:31:56Why, you...
00:31:57Please do not excite me.
00:31:59Let's not waste time telling him what he can do with his job. Come on.
00:32:04You go, Rita. I'll see you later.
00:32:11Hugo, I'd like to keep my job.
00:32:14No, absolutement no.
00:32:16But I help support my brother. I send him to college.
00:32:20Brother, mother, mortgage, farm, mink coat.
00:32:25Always something is being supported.
00:32:28Always somebody is sending somebody someplace.
00:32:32But the answer is still no.
00:32:34I know this man, Marky.
00:32:36I see what he does to people.
00:32:39I feel very sorry for you.
00:32:41Save your sympathy for somebody who needs it.
00:32:50Hi.
00:32:53You're through early today.
00:32:55I'm through, period.
00:32:57What do you mean?
00:32:58Oh, she said I lost one of a girl's best friends.
00:33:01Her job.
00:33:02So now you got a new one.
00:33:04Friend or job?
00:33:06Both, starting now.
00:33:09You're the boss, friend.
00:33:20Like your new job, beautiful?
00:33:22You'd make a girl like anything.
00:33:24Including you.
00:33:31Why don't you take care of the guests?
00:33:33All right.
00:33:39Quiet, everybody, quiet.
00:33:41Music, professor.
00:33:44All right, you generous people.
00:33:47All right, you generous people.
00:33:49You are here to enjoy yourselves.
00:33:51And I am here to see that you do.
00:33:53For your pleasure, tonight we have a special offering.
00:33:58Some people call it madness.
00:34:00Others, the devil.
00:34:02But if it is the devil, he's helped to send my baby brother to college.
00:34:07Hasn't he, Marky?
00:34:08Collect the dough, sweetheart.
00:34:10Never mind the speeches.
00:34:12Two dollars a stick, ladies and gentlemen.
00:34:14Two dollars.
00:34:17One for Marky.
00:34:19One for Annie's brother.
00:34:21Dig into your pocket for that big, beautiful, green stuff called money.
00:34:26Take it easy, Ann.
00:34:27The kid might walk in.
00:34:28Who's working their fingers to the bone?
00:34:30Annie, that's who.
00:34:31You'll be the first to cut up a touch with me.
00:34:33I will.
00:34:47Bobby, where have you been?
00:34:49Little boys shouldn't stay out so late.
00:34:54Bobby, you're rude.
00:34:55Now I know who Marky is.
00:34:59And what he is.
00:35:00And you, too.
00:35:02Blow, kid.
00:35:04Go buy yourself a double malted.
00:35:06Come back tomorrow.
00:35:17J.D.
00:35:41A clue.
00:35:42A lead to help crack a case can be a funny thing.
00:35:45can be a funny thing.
00:35:46Sometimes it doesn't even take much to find.
00:35:50Just someone with enough courage
00:35:51to bring it out in the open.
00:35:54Homicide listened to Hugo's story,
00:35:56then transferred it over to Captain Hayes
00:35:58in the narcotics division.
00:36:00It was a simple story, but with tragic implications.
00:36:04A story like so many others, from so many people,
00:36:08full of ifs.
00:36:09If only he hadn't been afraid.
00:36:12If only he'd turned Markey in.
00:36:14If only he'd listened to Ann and not fired her.
00:36:17If, if only Hugo could make a positive identification.
00:36:29You never know, when you least expect things to happen,
00:36:33they happen.
00:36:34From that minute on, Markey started living in a fishbowl.
00:36:38Lieutenants Mason and Tyne had a string on him
00:36:4024 hours a day.
00:36:42They got up with him in the morning,
00:36:44followed him around like bloodhounds,
00:36:46and put him to bed at night.
00:36:55And sometimes, they even went visiting.
00:37:02The boys wound up doing plenty of homework on Markey,
00:37:05and it wasn't long before they started adding
00:37:08to their program, subject Ann Lester.
00:37:12And we've been living with a guy for a week now, Captain.
00:37:15He's a smart boy.
00:37:16Never oversteps himself, never anything out in the open.
00:37:20He's been sticking to the old timers
00:37:22ever since that high school episode.
00:37:25We can pick them up anytime.
00:37:26What about his source of income?
00:37:28No score for us yet, Captain.
00:37:30We, um, accidentally got into his apartment.
00:37:33A strictly a mistake.
00:37:35The stuff he gets comes in cans,
00:37:37but unfortunately for us, he'd torn off the label.
00:37:40So all we can do is just sit back
00:37:42and wait till he needs some new stock.
00:37:43We'll keep breathing on him.
00:37:45We've got two things in our favor, time and patience.
00:37:48This Ann Lester girl, Captain,
00:37:51the one whose brother was a suicide.
00:37:52What about her?
00:37:54I've been checking with Alexander down at Homicide.
00:37:56There's a gimmick behind that deal somewhere.
00:37:59All through the coroner's inquest,
00:38:00she kept repeating, it's my fault, it's my fault.
00:38:02That's all I could get out of her.
00:38:04She's been on the habit-heavy ever since,
00:38:06with Markey's help.
00:38:07You pick him up if he passes out,
00:38:09you pick him up if he passes, it may blow the works.
00:38:11You don't, Markey'll have that girl turning cartwheels.
00:38:15She's young and attractive, Captain.
00:38:17You can't tell how much Markey's poured out
00:38:19his little old heart to her.
00:38:21All right, boys, put the bite on him.
00:38:23You got him, boss.
00:38:28Rita, come on.
00:38:29Relax, boys, I'll be with you in a minute.
00:38:32Relax, she says.
00:38:33I'm three years older since she went in to put on a hat.
00:38:36Friend, never rush a woman in any of it.
00:38:42Took you all this time to put that on?
00:38:44I had her curl my feathers.
00:38:46Like it?
00:38:46It's a present from you.
00:38:48You're welcome.
00:38:49Now if the fashion show is over, where are we going?
00:38:51I thought we'd see Anne.
00:38:52She's having a rough time.
00:38:54Blames herself for what happened.
00:38:56She's pretty bitter.
00:38:57Can we console her and cut up a touch too?
00:39:01Maybe.
00:39:02Hello?
00:39:03It's Anne, Markey.
00:39:04Oh, I've got the shakes bad.
00:39:07Rita's coming over, but it's you I want to see.
00:39:12Thanks, Markey.
00:39:35Get going.
00:39:44Turn right at the next intersection.
00:39:48What'd you do, get lost?
00:39:49Just keep your pants pressed under that wheel, bright boy.
00:39:54Look, friend, I'm a big boy now.
00:39:56I like to go riding with girls.
00:39:57I've got an appointment to keep.
00:39:59That's right.
00:40:00With Mr. Traynor.
00:40:02Well, in that case, how can I argue?
00:40:04So can I argue.
00:40:29Then my tire went flat, and I lost him.
00:40:32If Tang can pick me up, we'll move in on the girl's house.
00:40:35They may have been headed that way.
00:40:37Okay, boss. We'll keep in touch with you.
00:40:49You come along just like a trained seal, Mr. Trainor.
00:40:52What happens, Jonathan?
00:40:54Do I wind up in Santa Monica Bay like Miller?
00:40:57You worried, Markie?
00:40:58Yeah.
00:40:59I never learned to swim.
00:41:01You won't have to.
00:41:02There's no water where you're going.
00:41:05Arizona.
00:41:07Nice dry air in the desert.
00:41:09Good for the health.
00:41:11I want you to roll some stuff in.
00:41:13Only this time, I want to be the only one who knows where you're going.
00:41:16I guess nobody ever told you, Jonathan.
00:41:18I'm an orphan.
00:41:19Just curious about somebody's big sister, that's all.
00:41:22I wouldn't stay awake at night thinking about it.
00:41:25I've got other plans for the big sister.
00:41:28What do I do?
00:41:29Well, there's a little garage just beyond Ila Bend.
00:41:33When you get there, stop and have your tank filled with gas.
00:41:36You'll also have a slow leak in your spare tire.
00:41:38Have it changed.
00:41:39The serviceman will know what to do.
00:41:41That's pretty clever, Jonathan.
00:41:43When you get back, call me.
00:41:45I'll have Raymond meet you.
00:41:48How about that gas?
00:41:50Do I fill up with ethyl or regular?
00:42:18No, no, Markie plays better than you do.
00:42:21Say, I wonder where Markie is.
00:42:25That's him.
00:42:30Who are you?
00:42:31Narcotics squad.
00:42:40I'll take that one, chum.
00:42:47I'll help with the others.
00:42:52You're making a mistake.
00:42:54We just dropped in.
00:42:55You'll have a chance to explain it downtown.
00:42:58Where's Markie?
00:43:01I asked you where Markie is.
00:43:03I don't know anybody named Markie.
00:43:05Don't make it tough on yourself.
00:43:07Never heard of him.
00:43:09Why the cover-up?
00:43:12Like every room had a for-rent sign.
00:43:15Markie had more important places to go.
00:43:17What about the girl?
00:43:19Still cutting her baby teeth.
00:43:21Hasn't learned to talk yet.
00:43:23Okay, it's a nice sunny day.
00:43:25Let's all go get a little fresh air.
00:43:37Won't you sit down?
00:43:39Any law against standing?
00:43:41That's your privilege.
00:43:43This may take some time.
00:43:45I'm sure you'll find that more comfortable, Miss Lester.
00:43:48What am I, under a microscope or something?
00:43:51You know you will be turned over to the police
00:43:53and charged with violation of the narcotics law.
00:43:55So my name will be in the papers,
00:43:57the courtroom will be crowded,
00:43:58and when I get out of jail, no one will care.
00:44:00Miss Lester, why did your brother kill himself?
00:44:04That part of my life is my business.
00:44:07Keep out of it.
00:44:09But your future life isn't, Miss Lester.
00:44:11That's ours.
00:44:12Whether we stay in it or not depends on you.
00:44:14Believe me, we're only trying to help.
00:44:16I don't need anybody's help.
00:44:18I can take care of myself.
00:44:19None of us is infallible.
00:44:21We all make mistakes.
00:44:23The secret is carrying enough not to want to make another one.
00:44:26That means Markey.
00:44:28I told you before, I don't know anybody named Markey.
00:44:30We do, Miss Lester.
00:44:32Do you have any idea what sticking to a man like that will mean to you?
00:44:36The Markeys in this world aren't very human, Miss Lester.
00:44:40They use people to get what they want out of life,
00:44:43and when the people are no longer useful to them,
00:44:46they walk away from them.
00:44:48By then, it's too late.
00:44:50You're destroyed.
00:44:51Nothing like that will ever happen to me.
00:44:53That's an old story to us, Miss Lester.
00:44:56It happens without you even knowing it.
00:44:59They all start out the way you have.
00:45:01It seems fun.
00:45:02You get your kicks out of life.
00:45:03You forget your troubles.
00:45:04But the troubles are still there,
00:45:06so you try something else.
00:45:08Opium, maybe.
00:45:10And there's always a Markey around with a smile and a helping hand.
00:45:14Then he takes the stuff away from you because it costs money to get.
00:45:18But by that time, you can't stop.
00:45:21So you have to pay for it in many ways.
00:45:24I don't believe you.
00:45:38This girl was 23 when this picture was taken a year and a half ago.
00:45:42Would you like to meet her?
00:45:49Merton.
00:46:03Take another look.
00:46:04You wouldn't believe it was the same girl, would you?
00:46:08No.
00:46:14There's no hope for her anymore.
00:46:17You're just trying to frighten me.
00:46:22Have the car brought around.
00:46:25Maybe I can change your mind.
00:46:35Hello, Gladys.
00:46:38What do you want, copper?
00:46:40Just want you to meet someone.
00:46:41We've known Gladys a long time.
00:46:43Haven't we, Gladys?
00:46:45The feeling ain't mutual.
00:46:47Do me a favor, will you, Gladys?
00:46:49Show her your arm.
00:46:50What is this?
00:46:51A beauty contest?
00:46:53Come on, sweetheart.
00:46:54You should be used to it.
00:46:57Okay, boys.
00:46:58Take a good look.
00:47:00Enjoy yourselves.
00:47:02That's what happens when you take the needle.
00:47:04All right, let's go.
00:47:09Come on.
00:47:15This is where Gladys lived.
00:47:17It's what happens when you get down to boots and shoes.
00:47:20But every penny goes to fill a needle or syringe.
00:47:33Here's where Gladys will eventually wind up.
00:47:37Take a look.
00:47:38You're safe.
00:47:39They're always safe on the outside of a psychopathic ward.
00:47:42Go on, take a look.
00:48:07This is the end of the road, Miss Lester.
00:48:09When you get to this stage, there is no other world.
00:48:30This girl was lucky.
00:48:32She committed suicide.
00:48:34She, too, knew a Markie.
00:48:36Her name could have been Ann Lester.
00:48:38Could have, but it wasn't.
00:48:48Not much fun, was it, Miss Lester?
00:48:51You seem to think it was.
00:48:53What you saw was your future.
00:48:55We want to save you and all the others from one like it.
00:48:58Help us and you help them.
00:49:00Very touching.
00:49:02You're the man who supplies Markie.
00:49:04That's our only chance.
00:49:06If I ever get around to meeting him,
00:49:08I'll call you and introduce you.
00:49:10Too bad you didn't think of that two weeks ago.
00:49:12Your brother might be alive today.
00:49:14All right, the floor show's over.
00:49:16What are we waiting for?
00:49:19Send the matron in.
00:49:21Yes, sir.
00:49:25Take her away.
00:49:33She'll crack.
00:49:35Ann Lester, along with the others, pleaded guilty
00:49:38and was sentenced to 60 days in the Los Angeles County Jail.
00:49:41This was a new world.
00:49:43Strange, bewildering, a little frightening.
00:49:46The new look exchanged for a drab one.
00:49:50A number instead of a name.
00:49:52A picture to mark her for future identification.
00:50:02For the next 60 days, this was to be her home,
00:50:05her life, her future,
00:50:07or the end of it with nothing to keep her company
00:50:11but four bare walls, a window,
00:50:14and cold steel bars.
00:50:33Sixty days and every day the same.
00:50:39Up when darkness dies,
00:50:41to bed while it's still day,
00:50:43the same monotonous routine.
00:50:51The same thoughts, bitterness, remorse,
00:50:55the feeling she killed her brother
00:50:57but too ashamed to admit it even to her own self.
00:51:01So Bob is dead and you killed him.
00:51:05The only thing you ever really loved.
00:51:08You took and destroyed it.
00:51:10He was so young and you never gave him a chance to live.
00:51:14He's dead and you killed him.
00:51:16You killed him.
00:51:18Kid killer.
00:51:19You're a kid killer.
00:51:23Kid killer.
00:51:24Kid killer.
00:51:28Kid killer.
00:51:29Kid killer.
00:51:31Sixty days and sixty nights of the same thing
00:51:34eating its way into her heart and mind.
00:51:37Every face seeming to look at her the same way.
00:51:40Every voice accusing her of the same thing.
00:51:43Kid killer.
00:51:44Kid killer.
00:51:45Kid killer.
00:51:46Kid killer.
00:51:47Kid killer.
00:51:48Kid killer.
00:51:49Kid killer.
00:51:50Kid killer.
00:51:51Kid killer.
00:51:52Kid killer.
00:51:53Kid killer.
00:51:54Kid killer.
00:51:55Kid killer.
00:51:56Kid killer.
00:51:57Kid killer.
00:51:58Kid killer.
00:51:59Kid killer.
00:52:00Kid killer.
00:52:01Kid killer.
00:52:02Kid killer.
00:52:03Kid killer.
00:52:04Kid killer.
00:52:05Kid killer.
00:52:06Kid killer.
00:52:07Kid killer.
00:52:08No, no, it isn't true.
00:52:09It isn't true.
00:52:10What isn't true?
00:52:18You better calm down.
00:52:20You'll wind up in psycho.
00:52:29Kid killer.
00:52:34Kid killer.
00:52:47What do you got to lose if you can't put it in to his life?
00:52:55Kid killer.
00:52:56Kid killer.
00:52:57Kid killer.
00:52:58Kid killer.
00:52:59Kid killer.
00:53:00Kid killer.
00:53:01Director.
00:53:02Film director.
00:53:03What's his name?
00:53:04Adam.
00:53:05Adam.
00:53:06It's a curse.
00:53:07See Sarah?
00:53:08Sidney, what would have happened if I had been a little more brutal to you?
00:53:15Of course.
00:53:20Every day it was the same.
00:53:23And the nights, the nights became living nightmares.
00:53:27Kid killer.
00:53:29Kid killer.
00:53:31Kid killer.
00:53:33Kid killer.
00:53:35Kid killer.
00:53:36Kid killer.
00:53:38Kid killer.
00:53:40Kid killer.
00:53:42Kid killer.
00:53:44Kid killer.
00:53:46Kid killer.
00:54:13Kid killer.
00:54:24Let me out!
00:54:25Let me out!
00:54:36The mind can only stand so much conflict and turmoil within itself.
00:54:41Ann Lester was no different than anyone else.
00:54:43Transferred to the county jail hospital,
00:54:46she was given a chance to rest and receive proper treatment.
00:54:49Then, other things began to disturb her.
00:55:05You sure nobody's been here to see me?
00:55:07Nobody.
00:55:10Ann, I've seen lots of girls like yourself come and go.
00:55:14First, it's 60 days.
00:55:16Then it's six months in and six months out.
00:55:20If you add it up, it becomes half a lifetime.
00:55:30The Marquis in this world aren't very human, Miss Lester.
00:55:34They use people to get what they want out of life.
00:55:38A guy like me, who might even go places.
00:55:41I know a lot of people.
00:55:42Right?
00:55:44And when the people are no longer able to serve their purpose,
00:55:46the Marquis walk out on them.
00:55:49You might even call me a sort of Santa Claus.
00:55:52I could turn your life into a nice, big, beautiful sleigh ride.
00:55:57By that time, it's too late. You're destroyed.
00:56:07This should be a big day for you, Ann.
00:56:08What's so big about it?
00:56:10That after 50 days in the snake pit, you finally open the doors?
00:56:13Well, now that you're out, what are you going to do?
00:56:16Me? I'm going to the beauty shop and try to look my age again.
00:56:19Then I'm going to take a bath.
00:56:21Think the smell of this place will ever come off of me?
00:56:30Welcome home, beautiful.
00:56:32Hello, Marquis.
00:56:33Must have been a good girl getting those 10 days out.
00:56:36How else can a girl act in a snake pit like that?
00:56:39We have a lot to talk over. 50 whole days.
00:56:42And nights.
00:56:45That is a real noble thing you did, not talking.
00:56:48I appreciate it.
00:56:50And a friend I do business with appreciates it, too.
00:56:53I didn't do it for him, for you, for nobody else but little me.
00:56:57I've got lots of life to make up for.
00:57:00The only thing I'm interested in from now on is money.
00:57:04You learned a lot in 50 days.
00:57:06That isn't all I learned.
00:57:07I may even be able to get my hands on some of that money.
00:57:11Big money, Marquis.
00:57:13They do? Let you out at night to roam the streets?
00:57:16No.
00:57:18I decided to become real domestic.
00:57:21Stay at home every night.
00:57:23Meet lots of people.
00:57:25The profitable kind.
00:57:27That's very interesting.
00:57:29What's the pitch on this?
00:57:31Skip it. I'll work the angle myself.
00:57:33Compared to this deal,
00:57:35you're fooling with nickels and dimes.
00:57:38There's a certain party here from the East
00:57:41fronting for a big syndicate.
00:57:43At the moment, they're looking to tie into some of that stuff.
00:57:46But I don't think that's the real purpose.
00:57:49I think they're planning to open a branch office.
00:57:52That's a big mouthful.
00:57:54I got it from the mouth the words were put into.
00:57:57The gentleman's girlfriend.
00:57:59She became my roommate.
00:58:00I don't think my man in the front office is going to like that.
00:58:04He may not have anything to say about it.
00:58:07Maybe we should arrange an introduction.
00:58:10I said forget it.
00:58:12Simmer down, little girl.
00:58:14We're partners, remember?
00:58:17You could arrange for me to meet this party.
00:58:20Then I might convince him to do business with Traynor.
00:58:25From the way my roommate spoke,
00:58:27her friend was a good friend.
00:58:28From the way my roommate spoke,
00:58:30her friend was trained to take, not ask.
00:58:33You introduce me. We might all get in on the taking.
00:58:36I'll call her.
00:58:38She's got the influence.
00:58:44I don't usually talk business at this late hour,
00:58:47but who am I to turn a deaf ear to an honest deal?
00:58:51Since you are my guest, Mr. Gabriel,
00:58:53wouldn't you be more comfortable without your hat?
00:58:56I like it with my hat on.
00:58:58It keeps the draft out of my head.
00:59:00What's the proposition, Mr. Gabriel?
00:59:02Please, Markie.
00:59:04How do I know I can trust you two?
00:59:06Her, I know.
00:59:08She took a rap with a couple acquaintances of mine.
00:59:11The dolls I know don't give the nod unless it's on the level.
00:59:14I wouldn't have suggested coming here
00:59:16unless I knew the trick could be turned, Mr. Gabriel.
00:59:19Okay, sister, you say so.
00:59:22But you blow the deal and Mr. Romero won't like it.
00:59:25Romero?
00:59:26You heard the name right.
00:59:28We got no secrets.
00:59:30Everything open and above board,
00:59:32right on top of the table.
00:59:34Backed by cash on the line.
00:59:37The delivery of merchandise.
00:59:4175 grand.
00:59:46The cash isn't hot, Mr. Treanor.
00:59:48We keep it in the deep freeze.
00:59:50You can take it to any bank.
00:59:54I apologize for my thoughts, Mr. Treanor.
00:59:56Mr. Gabriel.
00:59:58That's all right, I understand.
01:00:00When you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
01:00:05Now, what about the stuff?
01:00:07I...
01:00:09Excuse me.
01:00:11Hello?
01:00:13Yes?
01:00:16Uh-huh.
01:00:18Well, this rather upsets me.
01:00:27Are you absolutely sure?
01:00:32All right.
01:00:35Forgive me.
01:00:38My butler and right-hand man, Ray,
01:00:40when he's back in town,
01:00:42he'll be back in no time.
01:00:44He'll be back in no time.
01:00:45My butler and right-hand man, Ray,
01:00:47when he's been down
01:00:49taking a little inventory at the warehouse.
01:00:51I was hoping to supply you without any delay,
01:00:53but now it seems I don't have
01:00:55that much stuff on hand at the moment.
01:00:57Give me 12 to 18 hours and I'll deliver.
01:00:59What do you say, Marty?
01:01:01Maybe sooner.
01:01:03Where do I pick up?
01:01:05Oh, I'll call you.
01:01:07We'll go together.
01:01:09I'll be waiting.
01:01:11See you around, baby.
01:01:13This deal works out.
01:01:15The boss may give you a nice present.
01:01:17Make it a mink coat.
01:01:20You roll the stuff in.
01:01:22This'll be in your pocket tomorrow.
01:01:29I want to see you alone.
01:01:32Wait out in the hall, beautiful.
01:01:34Some things are private. You don't mind.
01:01:36Just as long as they pay off.
01:01:43Tomorrow night, this time,
01:01:45we'll be celebrating.
01:01:47What's my cut?
01:01:49We split five grand.
01:01:51Six grand.
01:01:53Six grand.
01:01:55Six grand.
01:01:57Six grand.
01:01:59Six grand.
01:02:01Six grand.
01:02:03Six grand.
01:02:05Six grand.
01:02:07Six grand.
01:02:09Six grand.
01:02:10Six grand.
01:02:12It's gonna be lonesome driving all the way
01:02:14wherever you're going alone.
01:02:18You make it tough for a man to stay honest.
01:02:21Who's more important, the trainer or me?
01:02:23Who brought in the deal?
01:02:25And who's your partner?
01:02:28Mark, you should do a little more thinking about yourself.
01:02:31What's happened to your ambition?
01:02:33The things the trainer has and you want.
01:02:35What are you driving at?
01:02:37Your ambition.
01:02:38In my lack of conscience,
01:02:40we may get a few connections.
01:02:42Where are we going?
01:02:44Arizona.
01:02:48I think I've been underestimating your talents.
01:02:57Hello, Raymond.
01:03:00It's getting a bit chilly waiting around for you.
01:03:03You should have dropped dead from the moon.
01:03:05Yeah, now I remember.
01:03:06I was in Chicago about five years ago.
01:03:08I was on homicide.
01:03:10I picked you up just when you were about
01:03:12to give Big Sam a bath.
01:03:14It's up a concrete.
01:03:16I don't forget you, Mason.
01:03:18Please, Raymond, the name is Gabriel.
01:03:20Mr. Gabriel.
01:03:22You know, your boss and I have just made a deal.
01:03:24I'm about to take over his warehouse.
01:03:26Since I'm a stranger in town,
01:03:28maybe you'd better show the way.
01:03:33Just when I was leaving,
01:03:34these jerks drove in with two truckloads
01:03:36of canned tomatoes.
01:03:38But the real ones.
01:03:40Yeah, I'll be here all night
01:03:42unpacking and counting the stuff.
01:03:44Okay, trainer.
01:03:47Nicely done, Raymond.
01:03:49You missed your vocation.
01:03:51You should have been an actor.
01:03:53Then they do put on plays
01:03:55where you're going, don't they?
01:03:57Shall we start?
01:04:04All right.
01:04:35Nice cozy little place you got here.
01:04:37I'd say it has its good points.
01:04:39Raymond.
01:04:41Raymond.
01:04:43Raymond.
01:04:45Raymond.
01:04:47Raymond.
01:04:49Raymond.
01:04:51Raymond.
01:04:53Raymond.
01:04:55Raymond.
01:04:57Raymond.
01:04:59Raymond.
01:05:01Raymond.
01:05:02Raymond.
01:05:19My boss will never forgive me
01:05:21anything goes wrong with this setup.
01:05:23We all have to take our chances, Mr. Gabriel.
01:05:26What fun would there be in winning
01:05:28if we didn't?
01:05:33I thought I told you to leave her out of this.
01:05:35You're thinking for too many people, Jonathan.
01:05:38Whatever she's in, I'm in.
01:05:40We're partners on this deal.
01:05:42Settle your problems on your own time.
01:05:45I'm here for business.
01:05:47Hello?
01:05:49Yes.
01:05:51Go ahead, please.
01:05:53Hello?
01:05:55Yes, this is trainer.
01:06:02Thank you very much.
01:06:04I appreciate your calling.
01:06:08That was Mr. Romero, Mr. Gabriel.
01:06:10Only he doesn't know any Mr. Gabriel.
01:06:12What is this?
01:06:14Why don't you ask her?
01:06:16Was she the dreamed up Gabriel?
01:06:19That wasn't a very nice thing to do.
01:06:30Keep him covered.
01:06:32Yes, sir.
01:07:02Get him out of here.
01:07:04Come on.
01:07:32Thanks, Ann, for all your help.
01:07:34I don't think we'll have to worry
01:07:36about filling in this blank space
01:07:38with another picture of you.
01:07:40No, Captain.
01:07:42But it's you I have to thank
01:07:44and Lieutenants Mason and Time.
01:07:46It hasn't only been my fight alone,
01:07:48but everybody's.
01:08:02I love you.
01:08:04I love you.
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