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Tension at Suddenly – A Classic Crime Thriller Unfolds

In the peaceful town of Suddenly, everything changes in an instant. A group of ruthless assassins plans a high-profile hit, turning an ordinary day into a heart-pounding showdown. As time ticks away, tension rises, and every second counts.

Tension at Suddenly is a gripping 1954 classic starring Frank Sinatra in one of his most intense roles, delivering suspense, drama, and raw emotion in a tightly packed thriller.

🎥 Public Domain Classic
📽️ Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
🎞️ Starring: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden

Transcript
00:00:00officer can you tell me the way to three rivers about two miles to the first main intersection
00:00:15then turn left it's about 60 miles thanks what town is this suddenly suddenly what no no that's
00:00:23the name it's a funny name for a town uh-huh hangover from the old days that's the way things
00:00:29used to happen here suddenly i see road agents gamblers gunfighters well i think it things have
00:00:36changed uh-huh things happen so slow now the town council is figuring to change the name to
00:00:41gradually thanks officer pleasure come back
00:00:59so
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00:01:48hello there pitch hi todd where's your mother we've been shopping i gotta put this up in the
00:02:12carl wanna come yeah sure
00:02:18todd uh-huh well no i guess not she wouldn't let me who's she mom of course well and you better say
00:02:29mom page it's kind of not polite to say she like that especially about your mother well anyway she
00:02:34wouldn't
00:02:36you know i bet i can guess what's on your mind bet you can well now let's see you want an ice cream
00:02:43soda not a bad idea but that's not it you want to go to the movies no it's a war picture mama
00:02:49let me see war pictures boy oh boy this is tougher than i thought i got it you want that baseball bat
00:02:58no but you're awful warm
00:03:03is that it sure that's it ain't it a beauty but shucks it's no use mom wouldn't let me have it
00:03:11she doesn't like guns i know it's because of my father being killed in the war
00:03:17look pitch if you have the gun what would you do with it stick up a filling station stick up a filling
00:03:22station heck no i'm a sheriff and i catch all those road agents and cattle rustlers just like you
00:03:27but what about mom well i think we can talk her into it what would you want her to be a peace
00:03:33officer and all we got lots of time mom's still in the market getting groceries let's go
00:03:49i'll help i've got it oh thanks todd hello hi can i give you a lift up the house thanks
00:04:03anyway but i have the car with me going to church tomorrow yes i'll pick you up about a quarter to
00:04:08eleven huh you never give up do you ellen i know how you feel believe me i do and i've tried to
00:04:15understand but i haven't asked you to understand that's because i'm in love with you todd you
00:04:23you shouldn't say that to me why not it's true don't todd
00:04:30ellen you can't go on being a widow forever it's been over three years since pete died
00:04:35don't you understand no one can take pete's place i'm not trying to take pete's place i'm
00:04:40trying to make a place of my own you've been wonderful todd and and i'm grateful really i
00:04:45am but i can't help how i feel ellen you've got to stop doing this to yourself because you're doing
00:04:53it to pitch too as well as to me you're digging a big black pit and shoving all of us down into it
00:04:58leave me alone todd please
00:04:59i can't help it todd you know i can't stand seeing him play with a gun but the boys gotta
00:05:20learn sometime the guns aren't necessarily bad depends on who uses them todd carries one doesn't
00:05:25any yes well then just take it off pitch ah gee
00:05:34that's three dollars please
00:05:38thank you
00:05:41ellen
00:05:44i know you don't want the boy to see war pictures but it seems teaching children the art of death and
00:05:48destruction the cruelties the tortures he's got to know that these things exist then he can fight
00:05:53against them when it's his turn you can't wrap the boy in cellophane i can try as long as possible
00:06:00look when a house is on fire everybody has to help put it out because the next time it might be your house
00:06:05church tomorrow ellen no todd i can't go with you well i can't go on asking you and been turned down
00:06:24in the meantime
00:06:35Bebop, going over to Tilly's for a cup of java.
00:06:55You can handle things.
00:06:56It's a quiet day.
00:06:57It's been a quiet day in this bird for the last 50 years.
00:07:04You?
00:07:05Good night, Sheriff.
00:07:16What's the word?
00:07:17Get out of here.
00:07:17Get the sheriff.
00:07:18Tell him to get over here fast.
00:07:19It's an emergency.
00:07:31Hey, take it easy, Pappy.
00:07:3225-mile speed limit.
00:07:33Where's the sheriff?
00:07:34Try the office.
00:07:36Hey, what's the...
00:07:37Where's Todd?
00:07:39Catch your breath.
00:07:40It's an emergency.
00:07:41Ed Hawkins has got to see him right away.
00:07:43What happened?
00:07:43I don't know.
00:07:44Something came over the wire.
00:07:46Ed wouldn't even show me.
00:07:47Yeah, that's funny.
00:07:48Well, there's Todd now.
00:07:49I don't know.
00:07:50I don't know.
00:07:50I don't know.
00:07:50I don't know.
00:07:51I don't know.
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00:07:54I don't know.
00:07:55I don't know.
00:07:55I don't know.
00:07:56I don't know.
00:07:56I don't know.
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00:07:58I don't know.
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00:07:59I don't know.
00:08:00I don't know.
00:08:00I don't know.
00:08:01I don't know.
00:08:01I don't know.
00:08:02I don't know.
00:08:02The End
00:08:32Hello Ed
00:08:34Thanks, get out of here
00:08:36Oh wait a second, I want to know what it's about
00:08:38It's top secret, get out of here
00:08:40For peace sake Ed, I run my pants off
00:08:42Hello
00:08:42Ah, shucks
00:08:44What the word?
00:08:48Listen to this, I haven't finished typing it yet
00:08:50Sheriff Todd Shaw, Suddenly California Confidential Code Hangover
00:08:55Special train number 1019
00:08:58Carrying the President of the United States
00:09:00Will arrive suddenly 5 p.m. today
00:09:03President will detrain and drive to White Springs Ranch
00:09:06Will require adequate transportation
00:09:09Appreciate cooperation, your staff
00:09:11With Secret Service Operatives
00:09:13Arriving 115, Connie Acting Chief
00:09:16U.S. Secret Service
00:09:18No mistakes, huh?
00:09:20Only in typing
00:09:215 p.m.
00:09:23Yeah
00:09:24Now, can I use your phone?
00:09:27Upself
00:09:28Uh, give me State Police Headquarters at Weatherby
00:09:31What's that code word again?
00:09:33Hangover
00:09:34Hangover
00:09:34Hello
00:09:37This is Todd Shaw down to Suddenly
00:09:39I want to speak to Captain Aaron
00:09:40There's number 20, the 66 crossing
00:09:43Hello, Captain Aaron
00:09:45It's Todd Shaw
00:09:46Say, look
00:09:47I've got a message here
00:09:48The code word is Hangover
00:09:50Now, I'm gonna need five of your cars
00:09:52Two men to a car
00:09:53And one Thompson gun to each car
00:09:54And you
00:09:55Oh, you did, huh?
00:09:58Swell
00:09:59Right
00:10:00Thanks
00:10:01They got the same message there
00:10:03And says the show on the road already
00:10:05Gee, those state cops don't fool around, do they?
00:10:07No, they don't
00:10:08Say, uh
00:10:09You didn't spill us, did you?
00:10:11It says confidential
00:10:13Let's just keep it that way
00:10:15I'll run over to Kaplan's garage
00:10:16I'll be back in a minute
00:10:17Hello, Sheriff, I'll be right with you
00:10:29That's not soon enough, Iz
00:10:30So?
00:10:31I want the big black Cadillac at 4.30
00:10:33The limousine?
00:10:34Yeah, park it at the station, backed in
00:10:36Somebody getting married, like the Sheriff?
00:10:39Don't be funny, this is police business
00:10:41Don't tell anyone
00:10:42I don't get it
00:10:43You're not supposed to
00:10:444.30, yeah?
00:10:45No slip-ups
00:11:15Mr. Kearney
00:11:17That's right
00:11:18My name's Shaw
00:11:19You got my message?
00:11:21What message?
00:11:22Hangover
00:11:23May I see your credentials?
00:11:30Mrs. Wilson
00:11:31Hi
00:11:32Haggerty
00:11:33Shultz and Kelly
00:11:35Glad to make your acquaintance
00:11:37Yeah, I got your message
00:11:38You're a careful man, Sheriff
00:11:40Not always
00:11:41This seemed like a good time to be, though
00:11:43We always have to be
00:11:45May I see your credentials?
00:11:47I, uh...
00:11:49I've got a limousine ordered for 4.30
00:11:52It'll be parked right here
00:11:53Good
00:11:54State police have five cars on the road from Weatherby
00:11:56Excellent
00:11:58I guess that's about it
00:11:59Not quite
00:12:00You can still be of help to us
00:12:02We'll have to check all of those stores facing the station
00:12:06Mr. Kearney, I know every proprietor in this town
00:12:08You can take my word for...
00:12:09I can't take your word for anything
00:12:10I'm sure they're okay
00:12:11Just routine
00:12:12All right, boys
00:12:13We'll pack a limousine between the tracks when the special arrives
00:12:17Pretty rough in there
00:12:18Maybe
00:12:19Easier to cover
00:12:20All state police cars and go in there, too
00:12:21All right
00:12:22Oh, uh...
00:12:23Who lives up there on the hill?
00:12:24Pop Benson
00:12:25His grandson and his daughter-in-law
00:12:26We'll check it
00:12:28Mr. Kearney
00:12:29If there's one place in this town doesn't need checking, it's that one
00:12:31Pop Benson used to be in the sacred service himself
00:12:32For...
00:12:33Uh...
00:12:34We'll check it
00:12:35Mr. Kearney
00:12:36If there's one place in this town doesn't need checking, it's that one
00:12:38Pop Benson used to be in the sacred service himself
00:12:40For...
00:12:41A bad ticket retired him
00:12:42Pop Benson?
00:12:43You don't mean Peter Benson
00:12:44That's right
00:12:45Well...
00:12:46I'll be a monkey's uncle
00:12:47What do you mean?
00:12:48Oh, Pete Benson used to be my old boss
00:12:49No...
00:12:50How do you like that, huh?
00:12:51Therefore, Mr. Shaw, he'll be the last one in the world to object
00:12:53Ha ha...
00:12:54Pete?
00:12:55What do you mean?
00:12:56Ha ha...
00:12:57Well, Pete Benson used to be my old boss
00:12:58No...
00:12:59How do you like that, huh?
00:13:00Therefore, Mr. Shaw, he'll be the last one in the world to object
00:13:03Ha ha...
00:13:04Pete?
00:13:05How do you like that, huh?
00:13:06He'll be the last one in the world to object
00:13:08Ha ha...
00:13:09Pete Benson, for heaven's sake
00:13:15Probably a rectifier
00:13:17Probably a tube
00:13:18Would you please call Judd and have him come up and fix that thing before you wreck it?
00:13:22Wreck it?
00:13:23Wreck it?
00:13:24Look, I'll have you understand I built a television transmitter in 38
00:13:27Before you even knew what television was
00:13:29Yes, but did it work?
00:13:30I don't know
00:13:31I never did get to finish the receiver
00:13:33Well, this is a receiver and I do wish you'd call Judd
00:13:35I don't want to bother you, besides there's time and a half on Saturday
00:13:38Well, that'd be cheaper than what it'll cost when you get through diddling with it
00:13:41Oh, now, Ellen, stop taking it out on me just cause you and Todd had a fight
00:13:47You haven't touched your cake
00:13:49Don't want it
00:13:50Pitch, darling, I made it especially for you
00:13:53You made it cause you wouldn't let me wear my gun
00:13:55Drink your milk, darling
00:13:57Sissy
00:13:58What?
00:13:59That's what the guys call me
00:14:01Well, I don't care what they call you, I'm your mother and I think I know what's best for you
00:14:06Pidge
00:14:12Pidge, you shouldn't walk out when I'm talking to you
00:14:14I thought you were finished
00:14:16Well, the boy's just disappointed, that's all, Ellen
00:14:18Dad, please stop interfering
00:14:20First you cancel him out on the hike with Cub Scouts
00:14:24And the next thing
00:14:25Pidge, go to your room
00:14:27I'll have this old set pregnant in a minute, son, and you and me will watch the ball game
00:14:32Dad, I've had this for the last time
00:14:35Ellen, you're a grown-up girl
00:14:37You've got a problem you haven't worked out
00:14:39That's no reason why Pidge would have your problem
00:14:41I've only done what I thought was right, Dad
00:14:44I read about an experiment once
00:14:48Kept germs away from a kid
00:14:50Raised him pure and scientifically
00:14:53First time he got out in the rough, he caught cold and died in pneumonia
00:14:56What does that have to do with Pidge?
00:14:57The kid hadn't been exposed, he had no immunity
00:15:00There's cruelty and hatred and tyranny in the world, you can't make believe they aren't there
00:15:04And Pidge is going to learn what is the law and what isn't the law so he can defend it
00:15:08Defend it?
00:15:09So he can become a soldier and go out and be murdered like his father was?
00:15:13My son was killed in the performance of his duty, Ellen
00:15:18Duty?
00:15:19Being blown to bits on some god-forsaken battlefield thousands of miles from where he was born, you call that duty?
00:15:25Yes, Ellen
00:15:27Well, is that what you'd like for Pidge? Would that make you happy?
00:15:30If Pete could hear you now, I think he'd be ashamed of you
00:15:34How can you say a terrible thing like that?
00:15:38When the old boys wrote those words, life, liberty and the man
00:15:41The old boys wrote those words, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
00:15:44They sounded mighty nice
00:15:46But they wouldn't have been worth a plugged nickel if somebody hadn't made them stick
00:15:52Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! The window! Look out the window! Golly!
00:15:56What is it?
00:15:57Coming down the mountain from Wetherby
00:15:59The whole raft of state troopers! See ya!
00:16:02See ya!
00:16:17Sure cut it fine
00:16:18You couldn't possibly be surprised with all those sirens blasting
00:16:21I try to beat them
00:16:23State troopers, right on time
00:16:26Yeah, they're good
00:16:27The best
00:16:28All right, Pa, I'll follow them in
00:16:29Okay
00:16:30Well, there are two routes to the White Springs Ranch
00:16:34You can go over the mountains here
00:16:36Or you can drop down to the main highway, go on into three rivers
00:16:39And the ranch is about twenty miles farther on
00:16:41We'll stick to the main highway
00:16:43Too much chance of an ambush in those mountains
00:16:46Yes, Haggerty?
00:16:47We could use the roof watch in those stores, Chief
00:16:49Beside the street check
00:16:50Look, Mr. Kearney
00:16:52Every proprietor in this town has been here at least five years
00:16:55I know them, I know their kids
00:16:56Oh, it isn't that, Sheriff
00:16:58It's the stranger that might use one of those stores for cover
00:17:01I'd like them to lock up at ten minutes to five
00:17:04Stay locked up until ten minutes after five
00:17:06Oh, and put a man on the roof, too
00:17:08All right, Burke, give him the word
00:17:10No one, including the proprietors
00:17:12That'll remain in those stores in locking time
00:17:15Anyone seen inside after ten minutes or five
00:17:17Might be shot on sight
00:17:19Like the man says, it's important
00:17:21Yes, sir
00:17:23Tell Wilson to keep the station clear
00:17:25Schultz will take over troopers and block off traffic approaches
00:17:27With 4.30 on
00:17:28That's right
00:17:29Now, there's another hazard, sir
00:17:30A house up in the hill
00:17:32Yeah, I know
00:17:33I'll check that one myself
00:17:35Yes, sir
00:17:37And Todd, what the Hades is going on in this bird?
00:17:42Did some galoot make a uranium strike?
00:17:44No, not exactly
00:17:46Now look, Slim, you take over here and I'll catch up with you later
00:17:49From 4.30 on, I want all pedestrian traffic kept off Main Street between Oak and Alder
00:17:54The state boys will help you
00:17:56If anybody in town squawks, why you smooth things over
00:17:59They know you and this is all going to seem a little strange to them
00:18:01I'm confused myself
00:18:03Never have seen so many cops
00:18:04What goes on?
00:18:06Ah, this is Mr. Kearney
00:18:08Special Agent in the Treasury Department
00:18:09Secret Service
00:18:11Kearney?
00:18:12Slim Adams, one of my deputies
00:18:13How do you do?
00:18:15Secret Service?
00:18:16I get it
00:18:17They're shipping the National Debt through here in gold bars
00:18:21Just don't worry about it, you'll find out later
00:18:24Alright, come on
00:18:25Let's go and check that car you hired
00:18:27Get him, got him off!
00:18:44Now, hello, Bill, you better put that gun away before your mom sees it
00:18:47You, Tanya, hide
00:18:53Dad, I do wish you'd call Judd and let him come up and fix that
00:18:56Shucks, Ellen
00:18:58I knew Ohm's Law before they even passed it
00:19:00Well, I don't want Pitch to miss the ball game after missing the movie and everything
00:19:03Alright, boy
00:19:04Come on, get ready to plug this set in while I hold this screw down and we'll see what happens
00:19:08Okay
00:19:09Dad, are you sure you know what you're doing?
00:19:12Ellen, please
00:19:13Why, no, but it says on the back of that that they're 5,000 volts and that's dangerous
00:19:17Ellen, will you please stop being a woman?
00:19:22Ready, boy? Plug in
00:19:24Dad, Dad, are you alright?
00:19:30Well, I guess I'm alright because you scared the pants off me, that's all
00:19:33Golly, look at this!
00:19:35I guess maybe you'd better call Judd, huh?
00:19:37Oh, honestly
00:19:38That was a close call, boy
00:19:40How much is 5,000 volts?
00:19:43Enough
00:19:44To kill you?
00:19:45Well, it'll probably pick you up and toss you across the room
00:19:48That is, unless you were standing in a puddle of water and then you'd be grounded
00:19:51And if you were grounded, it'd kill you dead on a doornail
00:19:54Well, it hurt
00:19:55Like blazes
00:19:56You stay away from that set now and stay away from those wall plugs
00:19:59Don't monkey with electricity unless you know what you're doing
00:20:03Why did you, Grandpa?
00:20:05You got me there, boy
00:20:07I'll get it
00:20:09Judd says he'll be up in a little while
00:20:11I'm sorry
00:20:12Honestly
00:20:14Yes?
00:20:15Mrs. Benson?
00:20:16That's right
00:20:17Is your husband at home?
00:20:20My husband?
00:20:21No, I'm a widow
00:20:22What I should have asked was, are you the owner of this house?
00:20:25No, I'm not
00:20:27It belongs to my father-in-law
00:20:28What is it you want?
00:20:29I'm John Barron, Special Agent
00:20:31Federal Bureau of Investigation
00:20:33These are my men
00:20:34Do you suppose I could have a few words with Mr. Benson?
00:20:37Well, just a moment, won't you come in?
00:20:40Dad!
00:20:43Oh, how are you, gents?
00:20:44John Barron, Special Agent
00:20:46For heaven's sake, FBI
00:20:49May we come in?
00:20:50Why, sure, sure
00:20:51Come right in
00:20:52Come right in
00:20:53Make yourself at home
00:20:54Thanks
00:20:55Not at all
00:20:56I get quite a kick out of this
00:20:57Used to be with the Treasury Department myself
00:20:58Really?
00:20:59Back in the old days
00:21:00Collective internal revenue, eh?
00:21:02Tax collector?
00:21:03Not on your life
00:21:04Secret Service
00:21:05You don't say
00:21:06Grandpa was President Coolidge's bodyguard
00:21:08You don't say
00:21:09Yep
00:21:10Back in 1928
00:21:11Youngest retirement in the service
00:21:13Count him a heart
00:21:14Not heart, trouble you understand
00:21:15An accident on one of Cal's fishing trips
00:21:17A hunter
00:21:18Got the slug right here
00:21:20Say, that's a nasty one
00:21:22How come you're still alive?
00:21:24I don't know
00:21:25Lodged in my heart
00:21:26They took it out
00:21:27Had to take it easy
00:21:28So they retired me
00:21:29You're lucky
00:21:30Lucky you're still
00:21:31If it hadn't hit me
00:21:32I'm gonna be in the secret service someday
00:21:33Thought you was gonna be a sheriff like Todd
00:21:35Squirts like you are supposed to grow up and be president
00:21:37Name is Pidge, Mr. Barron
00:21:39Glad to meet you, Pidge
00:21:40I ain't a squirt
00:21:41Mr. Barron
00:21:42What did you want to see us about?
00:21:44Is something wrong?
00:21:45Nothing wrong yet, Mrs. Benson
00:21:46But there might be
00:21:47We're just checking
00:21:48On us?
00:21:49On the house
00:21:50Do you mind if we have a look around?
00:21:51Help yourself
00:21:52But what I want to know
00:21:53We're gonna have a look around
00:21:54With or without your permission, Mr. Benson
00:21:56It's an emergency
00:21:57Check it
00:21:58There must be something the matter
00:22:09Anyone else live here besides you three?
00:22:11No
00:22:14Anyone been by here today?
00:22:16No
00:22:17Just the usual routine
00:22:18Willie Harris left the milk
00:22:19What's this all about, Mr. Barron?
00:22:20Just being careful
00:22:22I'll explain later
00:22:25Two bedrooms, one bathroom
00:22:27All clear
00:22:28One here
00:22:29Just like they said
00:22:34Kitchen, back pantry
00:22:35Back door
00:22:36Stairs go downhill to garage
00:22:37Under kitchen
00:22:38Cellar door and hall
00:22:39Clear
00:22:40Car in the garage
00:22:43Look at this for a setup
00:22:49I'm sorry folks, but I'm afraid
00:22:50We're gonna have to hang around for a while
00:22:51Why?
00:22:52What's the matter?
00:22:53Don't be alarmed, there's nothing wrong
00:22:54Well, of course there's something wrong
00:22:55The FBI doesn't pay us a visit for the heck of it
00:22:57Well, I won't stay
00:22:58I'll take picture
00:22:59No, ma'am
00:23:00Nobody leaves the house until we do
00:23:02Why not? What's happened?
00:23:04Look, just go about your business
00:23:05Like it was any other Saturday afternoon
00:23:06Read your papers
00:23:08Look at your TV
00:23:09Anything you want
00:23:11But nobody leaves the house
00:23:15Something fishy about all this
00:23:16It's official business
00:23:18What sort of official business?
00:23:19Mr. Benson is a former agent of the Secret Service
00:23:22You should understand
00:23:23Either I'm getting old and stupid
00:23:25Or else I'm
00:23:26At 5 p.m. this afternoon
00:23:27The President of the United States arrives in town on a special
00:23:30What?
00:23:31Golly!
00:23:32The President?
00:23:33Well, that's different
00:23:35You mean to say the President's gonna get off the train here?
00:23:38That's right
00:23:39Golly, Gramps, you gotta go down and see it
00:23:40We just gotta
00:23:41The President?
00:23:42The President?
00:23:43Why, that's the greatest thing ever happened to this town
00:23:45We go down and see it, Gramps, can we?
00:23:46Sorry, kid
00:23:47No
00:23:50Betty, bring in the gear
00:23:51Put the car out back
00:23:52Bart, you see the back door is locked tight
00:23:54And check the cellar to be sure
00:23:59I still don't understand
00:24:00Mr. Benson
00:24:01It should be obvious to you
00:24:03That if anybody wanted to kill the President
00:24:04He could do a beautiful job of it
00:24:06Right from this window of yours
00:24:08With the love of Mike
00:24:09That may be true
00:24:10But you don't think that Ellie and me
00:24:11Of course not
00:24:12But we have to remain here to protect you and the President
00:24:14From somebody else who might
00:24:16Oh
00:24:34Kearney
00:24:35Yeah?
00:24:36Is this all routine?
00:24:37Seems to me to be kind of overboard
00:24:38I mean all this checking and everything
00:24:39As though you expected this town to
00:24:41Sheriff
00:24:42Have you noticed any strangers in town during the past week?
00:24:46No
00:24:47Are you sure?
00:24:48Sure I'm sure
00:24:49I know everybody in this burg
00:24:50The only strangers we get are tourists
00:24:52You know, we get them all the time
00:24:54Stopping for gas, if I to eat, that's all
00:24:56We want to know from either you or your deputies
00:24:58The minute any stranger doesn't keep going through
00:25:00Then this isn't routine
00:25:02No, it isn't
00:25:03No, it isn't
00:25:04Can you tell me?
00:25:05The Los Angeles police picked up a small-time stool pigeon
00:25:08Night before last
00:25:09Shot through the lungs and left for death
00:25:11Spiley bitters
00:25:12Before he died, he told them something was up
00:25:14What do you mean something was up?
00:25:16What do you mean something was up?
00:25:17An assassination attempt
00:25:18Well, can you believe that?
00:25:20In our business, we can't afford not to
00:25:22I mean the tip of a dying stool pigeon
00:25:24The stoolie seemed very proud of being an American before he kicked off
00:25:28Meaning, crime is crime, but this is something else again
00:25:33Right
00:25:34So, we can't take any chances
00:25:35Let's go
00:25:41Can we see the present, Grandpa?
00:25:43Can we, Mom?
00:25:45No, Pidge, we have to stay here
00:25:46You can watch him from here
00:25:47But I want to get up close
00:25:49Well, use your telescope, boy
00:25:50Bring him right up the eye
00:25:51Ah
00:25:52Sorry, Pidge, no dice
00:25:55Back door locked
00:25:56How about the phone in the kitchen?
00:25:57Want me to yank it?
00:25:58No, we don't change the pattern at all
00:26:00Give Benny a hand
00:26:06Mr. Baron, something I don't understand
00:26:08I was in the service myself
00:26:10So you told me
00:26:11And though we made every precautionary check
00:26:13We never went to extremes like this
00:26:14Unless
00:26:15Unless you were tipped that there was to be an attempted assassination
00:26:18You don't mean it
00:26:19I mean it
00:26:20But you're FBI
00:26:21Secret Service is responsible for the safety of the president
00:26:24We're using everybody this trip, Mr. Benson
00:26:26Have a look down there
00:26:28State troopers
00:26:30Your local law enforcement agencies and us
00:26:33You don't know if old Dan Carney is down there, do you?
00:26:36He and I worked together in the old days
00:26:37He's chief of the presidential staff now
00:26:40That's confidential information
00:26:42This is a terrible thing
00:26:45That's your worry, Mr. Benson?
00:26:47Of course it's my worry
00:26:48I'm an American, ain't I?
00:26:49It's everybody's worry
00:26:50All right
00:26:52Somebody's driving up to the house
00:26:53Who is it?
00:26:57It's time
00:26:58He's the sheriff, Mr. Baron
00:27:00There's someone with him
00:27:01Who's with him?
00:27:02Well, I don't know
00:27:03I've never seen him before
00:27:04Well, for the love of Mike
00:27:06What?
00:27:07Well, it isn't old Dan Carney
00:27:09Grazing an old shirt
00:27:10And red in the face as ever
00:27:14Hi, Pop
00:27:15Got an old friend of yours here
00:27:16Dan, you dirty old Irishman
00:27:17Dan Carney
00:27:18Oh, Pop, how are you?
00:27:19It's great to see you
00:27:20Hey, why aren't you dead?
00:27:21Oh, old buzzers like me live forever
00:27:23Hey, old Hawkeye
00:27:24You're getting bald
00:27:25Well, just what do you expect after 25 years?
00:27:27Come on in
00:27:28Come on in
00:27:29Make yourself to home
00:27:30This is my daughter-in-law
00:27:31How do you do?
00:27:32Yes, my grandson, Pidge
00:27:33Hiya, Pidge
00:27:34Pidge, this is Mr. Carney
00:27:35Secret Service
00:27:36He guards the president
00:27:37By Mr. Baron?
00:27:38Who?
00:27:39Baron
00:27:40Oh, you didn't know
00:27:41You boys got here ahead of you
00:27:49Shut up!
00:28:02One sound from the kid, Pop
00:28:04And he's dead
00:28:29The train muffled it
00:28:32Get rid of him
00:28:35Put him in the cellar
00:28:36You better take the rug with you
00:28:37It's a giveaway
00:28:44You got the message, brave boy?
00:28:46Mom!
00:28:47Mom!
00:28:48Pidge
00:28:49You gotta be still
00:28:50No noise
00:28:53You stink!
00:28:54Pidge, shut up!
00:28:56Guts
00:28:57He's only eight
00:28:59Lots of guts
00:29:02Mom!
00:29:05No trouble with you
00:29:06You're all busted up
00:29:16All right
00:29:18Take care of her
00:29:20You got it now
00:29:21Let's be practical
00:29:23I don't want any more shooting around here
00:29:25I want it nice and quiet and cozy
00:29:28Now get her up and bring her around
00:29:29And explain to her that one phony
00:29:31And she's got a kid with his throat cut
00:29:34Doesn't make much noise that way
00:29:37The same goes for you too
00:29:39Anybody steps out of line
00:29:41The boy
00:29:43That's simple enough
00:29:44Ellen
00:29:47Ellen
00:29:48Ellen
00:29:49Listen to me
00:29:50Ellen
00:29:51Pay attention
00:29:52Now listen to me and don't look like that
00:29:54Everybody is all right
00:29:56You've got to get a hold of yourself
00:29:58No matter what happens, you've got to hang on
00:30:01If you scream or make one false move, you'll murder the boy
00:30:04You understand? You'll murder Pidge
00:30:06Did you hear him, lady?
00:30:12Yes
00:30:14Yes
00:30:16Good
00:30:17Now we're all on the court
00:30:19All right, all right
00:30:20Inside
00:30:21We'll get a long time to wait
00:30:22Relax
00:30:26Move the kitchen table in front of the window
00:30:29All right, sit down, sit down
00:30:31Look at your TV
00:30:32They ain't working
00:30:34Well, work him over then
00:30:35Fix him up
00:30:36Don't sit there waiting to blow your car
00:30:37Keep yourselves occupied
00:30:38I've got to think
00:30:51Todd, Todd, are you badly hurt?
00:30:53Bullet hit the bone and broke it, I guess
00:30:54He's bled a lot
00:30:55We need a doctor, look at his face
00:30:59Tell her, Pop
00:31:00You're the doctor, Ellen
00:31:01We can't have no doctor
00:31:02We can't set a broken arm
00:31:05Tough
00:31:07Can you?
00:31:08Me?
00:31:09Straighten his fracture
00:31:12You couldn't take it
00:31:14You straighten it
00:31:17Hold on, brave boy
00:31:18Don't worry, boy
00:31:30Tie it up
00:31:34May we take him into the bedroom?
00:31:36Sure
00:31:37But the boy stays here
00:31:48And leave the door open
00:31:49And leave the door open
00:31:54All right, let's go to work
00:31:55Go to work
00:31:56So once you go, I'll see the door open
00:32:02Pop, we've got to do something
00:32:04I know, I know, but what, what?
00:32:05Pop, we've got to do something.
00:32:18Yeah, I know, I know, but what, what?
00:32:19They cut Pidge.
00:32:21No, none of us count.
00:32:22Not even Pidge.
00:32:23We haven't got a chance.
00:32:24As long as we're alive, we've got a chance.
00:32:25We've got to find a flaw in his plan.
00:32:28We'll think of something.
00:32:30Pop, haven't you got a gun?
00:32:32Gun?
00:32:35Yeah, right into the drawer.
00:32:37My gun.
00:32:44Is it loaded?
00:32:45No.
00:32:48I hid the cartridge on the counter Pidge.
00:32:51You're a dirty, lousy gangster.
00:32:54Leave him alone, Benny.
00:32:56Do you hear what he said?
00:32:56Yeah, I heard what he said.
00:32:58He'd be looking at too much television.
00:32:59He ain't a bad squirt.
00:33:00Just tell him to shut up.
00:33:02Sure, sure.
00:33:05This thing's metal.
00:33:07Steel top, chrome legs.
00:33:10I figured wood.
00:33:12No difference.
00:33:13Use the bracket.
00:33:13Screw him to the leg and then to the floor.
00:33:15That way the table won't dance.
00:33:16You're a coward.
00:33:17You're a bunch of cowards.
00:33:19And you're getting too fresh.
00:33:21So button it.
00:33:25Johnny, why all the trouble?
00:33:26Big deal.
00:33:27This is a lot of work.
00:33:28Do it, Benny.
00:33:28But Johnny, I don't see why we...
00:33:30I said just do it, Benny.
00:33:33Once you get the gun anchored, you've got a solid base.
00:33:35You'll see when we get to it.
00:33:38This gun's got a heavy recoil.
00:33:39It won't stand still.
00:33:42And we've got just three seconds to nail the president.
00:33:45And I don't want the table to shimmy when we get to it.
00:33:50Oh, a Tommy gun would do just as good.
00:33:52The Tommy gun stinks.
00:33:53No accuracy.
00:33:54No punch.
00:33:55Might as well use a revolver.
00:33:58This is the gun.
00:33:59When I was in the army.
00:34:02So I wasn't in the army.
00:34:04Tighter.
00:34:04Tighter.
00:34:07Pop, you find those cartridges yet?
00:34:09Not yet.
00:34:10This is quite a gun, Benny.
00:34:12Quite a gun.
00:34:13I did a lot of chopping in the war with a baby like this.
00:34:17A lot of chopping.
00:34:22You're wrong about me, Pidge.
00:34:24Being a coward.
00:34:26Last war, I got a silver star.
00:34:29North of the casino.
00:34:31Pocket of resistance.
00:34:33I killed 27 men.
00:34:35All by myself.
00:34:37I won a silver star.
00:34:38Metal.
00:34:39I stole it.
00:34:45They're hurting Pidge.
00:34:47All right, take it easy.
00:34:47Take it easy.
00:34:48Get up in the shot.
00:34:49Johnny, take it easy.
00:34:53Johnny, relax.
00:34:54For the love of Mike, what's a silver star?
00:34:56I won it.
00:34:59Okay, Johnny.
00:35:03Okay, you won it.
00:35:11I got him.
00:35:13They've been there a long time.
00:35:15Yeah, get him back in here.
00:35:20What are you all trying to pull?
00:35:21All of you, inside.
00:35:28Come on, come on.
00:35:35Feeling better?
00:35:36Yeah.
00:35:36You're lucky.
00:35:37He didn't mean the wing, he meant to blow your brains out.
00:35:40He's a bad shot.
00:35:41Yeah, but I'm not.
00:35:42So maybe you better sit down and stay there.
00:35:45That way he'll be safer for everybody.
00:35:46You've got that duty look in your eye.
00:35:49I've seen it up on the line.
00:35:50The line?
00:35:51You up on the line?
00:35:52Some other time.
00:35:53Down.
00:36:01Bart, you fool!
00:36:02His car's out front.
00:36:04Put it in the garage, quick.
00:36:07I have to think of everything.
00:36:09Oh, great.
00:36:10Just great.
00:36:11Might as well advertise.
00:36:12There's a close one.
00:36:22Hop in here.
00:36:32See what time it is?
00:36:35All right, suppose you tell me what happens in this house on a Saturday afternoon between 4 and 5.
00:36:39Pattern.
00:36:42Smart guy.
00:36:44Sure.
00:36:45And we don't break that pattern.
00:36:47We're here for a reason, and if we break it, we might blow the deal, you know?
00:36:50Mario slings the paper over the fence around 4.30 or so.
00:36:54Delivery boy.
00:36:56Does he come in?
00:36:58Anyone else?
00:36:59Cy Hammer went up the mountain hunting jackrabbits.
00:37:02He'll be buying his way back.
00:37:04Will he stop?
00:37:05Not unless he's got something to brag about.
00:37:09Anybody else?
00:37:09Nobody.
00:37:10Nobody.
00:37:12Anybody know that you and the other guy were coming up here?
00:37:15That's an interesting question.
00:37:18What's the interesting answer?
00:37:20You guess.
00:37:20Tell him, Todd.
00:37:23Sheriff, if you think I have any qualms about killing this kid, you couldn't be more wrong.
00:37:27The thing about killing him or you or her or him is that I wouldn't be getting paid for it.
00:37:36And I don't like giving anything away for free.
00:37:39Neither do I.
00:37:41Including information.
00:37:42Your guts are showing all over the place, brave boy.
00:37:46No, no.
00:37:48Not me.
00:37:48I'm scared.
00:37:50You see, the way I figure it, Baron, I'm a dead man anyway.
00:37:53So's the boy.
00:37:54So's Ellen.
00:37:54So's Pop.
00:37:55It's just a question an hour later.
00:37:58And if it gives the president a bit of an edge, why, then we get it now.
00:38:00They won't hurt us.
00:38:01They won't hurt Pidge.
00:38:02He said so.
00:38:02Because it's convenient, Ellen.
00:38:05You think these crumbs would kill the president and then take off, leaving us behind to identify them?
00:38:09You said you wouldn't hurt Pidge.
00:38:11Sure, sure.
00:38:11And I meant it.
00:38:13Don't listen to this guy.
00:38:15He's just being brave with your kid's life.
00:38:17I know guys like that in the army.
00:38:19We're just doing a job, that's all.
00:38:21Identifying us is not involved.
00:38:24By 7 o'clock tonight, we'll be out of the country and you'll never see us again.
00:38:27Tell him, Todd.
00:38:28Tell him.
00:38:28Never mind, lady.
00:38:30We'll just assume that they knew he was coming up here.
00:38:33So that if somebody else comes up to check on him, you can tell him the sheriff and his friend were here, but they had to go someplace else.
00:38:39That's all.
00:38:40I have to go to the bathroom.
00:38:46Go with him, Bart.
00:38:50I don't need any help.
00:38:51Come on, come on.
00:38:54Okay, table's screwed down.
00:38:56All right.
00:38:57Get the tripod up there.
00:38:58Drill a hole in each leg.
00:38:59Build the tripod to the table.
00:39:00Put it center in front of the window.
00:39:02I thought I told you to sit down.
00:39:05Just stretching my legs.
00:39:07You're a very careful man.
00:39:10That's right.
00:39:11Planned on everything, huh?
00:39:12Sheriff, the first man they shoot to the moon in a rocket will take pains, too.
00:39:16Of course, that's never been done before.
00:39:17Neither is this.
00:39:18Doesn't I worry you?
00:39:21I haven't got time to worry.
00:39:22I just make my plans and carry them on.
00:39:24That's what John Wilkes Booth thought, too.
00:39:28Booth?
00:39:28I'm no actor.
00:39:31Busting my leg on a stage so I can yell down with the tyrants.
00:39:34If Booth wasn't such a ham, he might have made it.
00:39:38He got pretty far at that, though.
00:39:40The guy who killed Garfield didn't make it, either.
00:39:43Him?
00:39:43He didn't plan anything.
00:39:45Just took a lucky shot.
00:39:46Strictly left-handed, just like McKinley.
00:39:48And Zangara got the cheer for his try at Roosevelt.
00:39:51He had to try it in a crowd.
00:39:56I hate crowds.
00:39:58So nobody ever made it.
00:40:01Up till here.
00:40:03I'm just a guy making a living.
00:40:06And I think you've stretched long enough, as you were.
00:40:15Bart, take over Benny's work.
00:40:17Okay.
00:40:17Benny.
00:40:18Yeah, Johnny.
00:40:19Go downtown and see what's going on down there,
00:40:22especially the station plan.
00:40:23Leave the car here.
00:40:25Why me?
00:40:26Because Wheeler can fly a plane, and you can't.
00:40:29Well, but me, I'm expendable, huh?
00:40:31No, I just don't want anything to happen to Wheeler.
00:40:33Well, why can't I take the car?
00:40:34Because if they nail you, Benny,
00:40:35we need the car to get to the plane.
00:40:37Johnny, that place is called with...
00:40:38You're getting paid, ain't you?
00:40:40Yeah?
00:40:41You can't say you ain't getting enough.
00:40:44I'll be back.
00:40:46Johnny.
00:40:49Look, nice and steady, just like you wanted it.
00:41:00Open the curtain.
00:41:08Trap.
00:41:10Big, beautiful, booby trap.
00:41:13You can't do this.
00:41:14You can't do it.
00:41:15You're wrong, lady.
00:41:24Take a look.
00:41:29Come on.
00:41:30Take a look.
00:41:31I can do it, and I'm going to do it.
00:41:49But you're an American citizen.
00:41:51Sure.
00:41:53And one minute after five,
00:41:54I'm going to be a very rich American citizen.
00:41:56You'll never get away with it.
00:41:57Shut up.
00:42:01I got a stomachache.
00:42:02Take a pill.
00:42:04Maybe the old man's right, Johnny.
00:42:05It's a terrible thing.
00:42:06A terrible thing.
00:42:07Turn it off, will you?
00:42:08Just another man.
00:42:08A man.
00:42:09But the president.
00:42:13Yeah.
00:42:14Yeah.
00:42:14I've never killed a president before.
00:42:20Who's that?
00:42:21And it's Judd Kelly.
00:42:22Television set went on the blink.
00:42:24Ellen sent for him to come and fix it,
00:42:25so the boy could watch the ball game.
00:42:26Why don't you tell me?
00:42:27Well, we simply forgot, that's all.
00:42:29He's a harmless boy, Baron.
00:42:31Don't hurt him.
00:42:32Okay.
00:42:33But if you cross me, I...
00:42:34He won't.
00:42:34He won't.
00:42:37All right, Pop.
00:42:38You got the ball.
00:42:42Let him in, but watch it.
00:42:45Ellen, we got to keep this man talking.
00:42:48Why?
00:42:49Why, because that's his weakness.
00:42:51Sooner or later, he'll drop his guard.
00:42:53We've got to find a way to get Pop's gun.
00:42:55Hi, Pop.
00:42:55What's new?
00:42:56Hello, Judd.
00:42:57Think I'd better get up and fix your rig
00:42:58before you electrocuted yourself.
00:43:00Come on in.
00:43:02Todd, what happened to you?
00:43:04Ask him.
00:43:05Same thing will happen to you
00:43:06unless you do exactly as you told.
00:43:09You're kidding.
00:43:11Is that real?
00:43:12It's real, all right.
00:43:14What's your name?
00:43:15Judd Kelly.
00:43:15What are you doing here?
00:43:16I came to fix the television set.
00:43:19What's up?
00:43:20All right, Bart.
00:43:20Case.
00:43:22I don't have any dough,
00:43:23if that's what you want.
00:43:25What is this, sir?
00:43:26A stick-up?
00:43:27Yeah, that's right.
00:43:28It's a stick-up.
00:43:30You'll never get away with it.
00:43:31Go over and sit down, buster.
00:43:33Take your luggage with you.
00:43:34You, too.
00:43:35Down.
00:43:40I don't dig it.
00:43:41Did they rob the bank?
00:43:43What's the gun for?
00:43:44What's going on?
00:43:46Where's your store?
00:43:47Main Street.
00:43:47Who runs it?
00:43:48Just me.
00:43:49All alone?
00:43:50Do you have to point that gun at me?
00:43:52Alone?
00:43:52Answer him.
00:43:53Yeah.
00:43:54You locked up when you left?
00:43:56Nobody knows you were coming here.
00:43:57That's right.
00:43:58Just a service called.
00:44:00That gun makes me nervous, mister.
00:44:02I'm not going to be a hero.
00:44:04You can put the gun away.
00:44:06Sure.
00:44:08But I'm telling you, buster, like the others.
00:44:10One pass and the kid gets it.
00:44:15That's right.
00:44:16He gets it.
00:44:17So you see, his life depends on you.
00:44:19Got it?
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:23Wilson?
00:44:25Carney back yet?
00:44:26No.
00:44:26He's certainly been gone a long time.
00:44:44Maybe we ought to load the gun now, to be sure, huh?
00:44:47No.
00:44:47That's just what the sheriff would like.
00:44:50Forget about me.
00:44:51I've had it.
00:44:52Don't con me, sheriff.
00:44:54The minute this gun was loaded, one of you brave boys
00:44:56might decide to go for the ride just to fire it.
00:44:59And if you fired it, that might alert a few state cops down there
00:45:01and the game would be over, wouldn't it?
00:45:04You got any food in the house?
00:45:06Of course I have.
00:45:08I'm going to grab a bite, Bart.
00:45:09Watch him.
00:45:10Bring me a little glass of milk, will you, Johnny?
00:45:11My elf is murdering me.
00:45:13Just watch him, Bart.
00:45:14Watch him.
00:45:18I don't dig it.
00:45:19Will somebody tell me what's going on?
00:45:21Sit down.
00:45:22Be quiet.
00:45:23Have you any feelings at all?
00:45:46No, I haven't, lady.
00:45:48They were taken out of me by experts.
00:45:49Feelings are a trap.
00:45:54Show me a guy with feelings, and I'll show you a sucker.
00:45:58It's a weakness.
00:45:59Makes you think of something besides yourself.
00:46:03If I had any feelings left in me at all, it'd be for me.
00:46:07Just me.
00:46:08Don't you ever think of your mother, your father?
00:46:10Think of him?
00:46:13I used to think of him a great deal.
00:46:15My mother wasn't married.
00:46:20My old man was a dipsel.
00:46:23They left me in a home.
00:46:25A home.
00:46:31You stink!
00:46:33Johnny!
00:46:34Pidge, come back here!
00:46:37Hey, kid, hold it!
00:46:38Pidge!
00:46:38Pidge!
00:46:39Get him.
00:46:40Stick him up or I'll blast you.
00:46:42Nice going, Bart.
00:46:45It's only a cap pistol.
00:46:46I gave it to him myself.
00:46:47Darn you, don't, John?
00:46:49Darn you!
00:46:53I ought to beat his brains out, the little...
00:46:55What's so funny?
00:46:56You should have seen your face.
00:46:58A cap pistol.
00:46:59Go ahead, lab yourself sick.
00:47:00That's a pretty good model, isn't it?
00:47:02They make it real today, don't they?
00:47:03Hey, Pidge, blow his brains out.
00:47:05A couple of big, bold, bad men getting scared to death by a six-bit cap pistol.
00:47:11I ought to beat that kid.
00:47:13I'm not sure that he couldn't take you.
00:47:15Go put some milk on your ulcer and bring me a piece of the cake.
00:47:18Yeah, I need some milk.
00:47:20Pain's pretty bad.
00:47:21Where's Benny?
00:47:21Why don't we hear from Benny?
00:47:26Sit.
00:47:27Sit.
00:47:28If this isn't a stick-up, what is it?
00:47:35Did you come up here to fix the television set, Junior?
00:47:37Yeah.
00:47:38Well, then fix the television set.
00:47:40Todd, what's going on?
00:47:41They're planning to assassinate the president, Judd.
00:47:44Which president?
00:47:45The president of the United States.
00:47:46He arrives here this afternoon.
00:47:48You're kidding.
00:47:51No.
00:47:52No, you're not kidding.
00:47:54The president?
00:47:57Kill the president?
00:47:58They can't.
00:48:00They couldn't do a thing like that.
00:48:02They're stinking traitors.
00:48:03They're Benedict Arnolds.
00:48:05Are you guys crazy?
00:48:06You can't do a thing like that.
00:48:08Sit down, reckless.
00:48:09Don't you realize what that means?
00:48:11That's assassination.
00:48:13He's your president, too.
00:48:15Make a deal with you, boy.
00:48:16We kill you instead of the president.
00:48:18That's even, Stephen.
00:48:19Okay with you?
00:48:22Thought not.
00:48:23Anybody else want to take the heat off the president?
00:48:25How about you, Sheriff?
00:48:26It's a bad joke, Baron.
00:48:28Anybody else want to volunteer?
00:48:30They're commies.
00:48:31They're enemy agents.
00:48:35All right, who is behind it, Baron?
00:48:39I haven't the slightest idea.
00:48:41What's in it for you?
00:48:42You're curious, aren't you, Sheriff?
00:48:45What, I last?
00:48:47I like you, Sheriff.
00:48:48You've got guts.
00:48:49You must have been a good soldier.
00:48:51I got back.
00:48:52I want a silver star.
00:48:54That's pretty good.
00:48:55Killed 27 Jerrys all by myself.
00:48:57You're a born killer, that's all.
00:48:59Yeah.
00:49:00Some guys liked it.
00:49:01I know a couple.
00:49:02Hard to match up, isn't it, Baron?
00:49:04Just when you get real good at something, you're a murderer.
00:49:07Yeah, over there you can knock over a whole platoon.
00:49:10Or a guy invents a bomb and kills 100,000 people just like that.
00:49:12And maybe he gets more medals.
00:49:14Here, you put a slug in a double-crossing squirt that isn't even worth burying and you have to take the gas.
00:49:20Baron, why do you hate the president so?
00:49:22I got no feeling against the president.
00:49:24I'm just earning a living.
00:49:26By treason.
00:49:27Ace those craps.
00:49:28Don't give me that politics, Jazz.
00:49:29It's not my racket.
00:49:30I don't even know who's paying me and I don't want to know.
00:49:32What's the difference?
00:49:33Didn't it occur to you why they want you to do it?
00:49:36Certainly it did.
00:49:37But that makes them suckers, not me.
00:49:38I'm the guy who's getting it made.
00:49:40Listen, Sheriff, a man can stand for so much and no more.
00:49:44Why, before the war, I drifted and drifted and ran.
00:49:47Always lost in a great big crowd.
00:49:50I hated that crowd.
00:49:52I used to dream about the crowd once in a while.
00:49:55I used to see all those faces scratching and shoving and biting.
00:50:00And then the mist would clear and somehow all those faces would be me.
00:50:06All me and all nothing.
00:50:09But the war changed everything, eh, Baron?
00:50:13I'm no traitor, Sheriff.
00:50:15I want a silver star.
00:50:18And learned how to kill.
00:50:20Yeah.
00:50:23Maybe I did.
00:50:26Maybe that changed everything.
00:50:28Maybe people began to know who I was.
00:50:30after the show i hooked up with an outfit for good dough the fingers said where and how much
00:50:37and johnny baron did the job you think anybody else could handle this job you think benny wheeler
00:50:44could do without talking too much johnny there's nobody else can do this job because they got too
00:50:48much feeling and feeling's no good i got nothing against the president sheriff
00:50:55he's just worth a half a million bucks to me tax free
00:50:59making my own laws about the taxes too pop the guy is goofy shut up judd
00:51:07listen to him buster and don't ever say that again ever
00:51:12you heard him jud
00:51:17uh half a million dollars huh
00:51:23yeah that's a lot of scratch sheriff man could retire on that amount of scratch
00:51:29how do you know it'll ever be paid half of it's been paid and the rest
00:51:33i'll get it i wouldn't be sure it's not just a man it's the president that's what's so funny
00:51:41the laugh is on the guys who're paying the freight all this loot and they don't even know what
00:51:47they're doing a half a million clams for absolutely nothing because tonight at five o'clock i kill
00:51:54the president one second after five there's a new president what changes nothing what are they paying
00:52:01for nothing otherwise i wouldn't have taken a job sheriff you'd have taken it you think so yeah why
00:52:10all right take it easy come on lady
00:52:20do as you're told and everything will be fine answer straight clean and plain
00:52:28answer it
00:52:29hello
00:52:33miss benson let me speak to the chief
00:52:36penny yeah train's on time the car will be waiting in front of the station like you figured
00:52:43facing you fine get back as soon as you can and don't be followed check
00:52:47there's the big boy's car now
00:53:13lovely target hey hold it mister
00:53:17yes officer what is it what's your name fred fred fred wittaker what are you doing in town
00:53:28just passing through where's your car i don't have one i hitchhiked in from three rivers waiting
00:53:34for the train now figured i'd take the train out to l.a what train
00:53:37the five o'clock the five o'clock now that's right strange
00:53:42why officer because we don't have any five o'clock train that stops here mister
00:53:46except today and that happens to be a special that you don't know about except that you do
00:53:53must be some mistake you made it oh now look officer i i got identification
00:54:03i can prove who i am i got my driver's license right here
00:54:08come on
00:54:13gunfire
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00:54:52Hold it! Don't shoot him!
00:55:01Hold it! Don't shoot him!
00:55:07Hold it! Don't shoot him!
00:55:10I told you not to kill him. Not to kill him? After he...
00:55:12He was our only link. Come on.
00:55:20So long, Benny.
00:55:22You think they got him?
00:55:23I only hope he's dead.
00:55:25Why?
00:55:26I hope he's dead.
00:55:27Why?
00:55:28I don't know.
00:55:29I don't know.
00:55:30I don't know.
00:55:31I don't know.
00:55:32I don't know.
00:55:33I don't know.
00:55:34I don't know.
00:55:35I don't know.
00:55:36I don't know.
00:55:37I don't know.
00:55:38You got him?
00:55:39I only hope he's dead.
00:55:40Haggerty.
00:55:41Yes, sir.
00:55:42We got him.
00:55:43Dead, unfortunately.
00:55:44Wasn't Kearney's last checkpoint the house on the hill?
00:55:47That's right.
00:55:48But he and the sheriff are gonna check the White Springs ranch route, too.
00:55:50We haven't been able to reach them.
00:55:51Well, take two troopers and backtrack him.
00:55:53Start with the house on the hill.
00:55:54We've got to find Kearney.
00:55:55Right.
00:55:59Now, we got trouble.
00:56:01Everybody except Mrs. Benson down the cellar.
00:56:03What are you gonna do?
00:56:04Nothing, I hope.
00:56:05Move.
00:56:08Anybody gets brave, kill them all.
00:56:10You can only hang once.
00:56:24Hey, stay up there.
00:56:29Now look, get a grip on yourself.
00:56:30I want you to look relaxed.
00:56:32If you don't pull this off, everybody is dead.
00:56:34Do you understand?
00:56:35All of us, dead.
00:56:36So be yourself.
00:56:37I don't know what you mean.
00:56:38They'll come up here to check whether Kearney and the sheriff were here,
00:56:41and I want you to go out front.
00:56:42I don't want them in the house.
00:56:43I can't.
00:56:44I don't know how.
00:56:45I don't know what to say.
00:56:46Just go out and water the flowers.
00:56:47Do anything you like, but keep busy.
00:56:51Lipstick and rouge, quick.
00:56:54Now listen to me carefully.
00:56:56They'll come up to check whether Kearney and the sheriff were here.
00:56:59Certainly they were here.
00:57:00They came up to check the house.
00:57:02For the three o'clock they left here.
00:57:04They went out on the White Springs Ranch Road.
00:57:06They took Pop and the kid with them.
00:57:08And that's the last you saw of them.
00:57:10You got it?
00:57:11You got it?
00:57:12Yes, yes.
00:57:13You look like a ghost.
00:57:15Step on.
00:57:20Pull it off, lady, or everybody is dead.
00:57:22Everybody.
00:57:31He's getting rattled, Pop.
00:57:32How do you mean?
00:57:33He didn't expect Benning to get shot.
00:57:35Got nothing in mind?
00:57:37Maybe.
00:57:38Now listen.
00:57:39Shut up, you guys.
00:57:43Mrs. Benson?
00:57:46Yes.
00:57:47My name's Haggerty.
00:57:48Then you must be one of Mr. Kearney's men.
00:57:50That's right.
00:57:51Has he been here?
00:57:52I haven't seen him since they left.
00:57:53They came up here about three o'clock to check the house, they said.
00:57:56I don't know why.
00:57:57Who is they?
00:57:58Why, Mr. Kearney and Sheriff Shaw.
00:58:00Then they said they had to check the White Springs Ranch Road.
00:58:03Is your father-in-law, Mr. Benson, here?
00:58:06Well, no.
00:58:08No, he isn't.
00:58:09You see, he used to be Mr. Kearney's chief.
00:58:12Yes, I know.
00:58:14So Mr. Kearney took him along, my little boy, too.
00:58:17Then you're alone?
00:58:20Yes.
00:58:21And you haven't heard from them since they left?
00:58:23No, no, I haven't.
00:58:25Something's wrong.
00:58:26I know something's wrong.
00:58:28No, no, Mrs. Benson, nothing's wrong.
00:58:30We're, uh, we're just checking, that's all.
00:58:33But if you see or hear from them before I do,
00:58:35please have them check the detail down at the railroad station.
00:58:37It's very important.
00:58:38Thanks.
00:58:39All right, lady.
00:58:40Inside.
00:58:41Come on, come on.
00:58:42Very nice.
00:58:43Very nice job.
00:58:44Congratulations.
00:58:45You don't like me, do you?
00:58:46You're an animal.
00:58:47I don't like you either.
00:58:48Animals kill each other to live.
00:58:49That's what you're doing.
00:58:50How do you like your roast beef?
00:58:52Medium rare, well done.
00:58:53You're an animal.
00:58:54I don't like you either.
00:58:55Animals kill each other to live.
00:58:56That's what you're doing.
00:58:57How do you like your roast beef?
00:58:59Medium rare, well done.
00:59:00Nice. Very nice job. Congratulations.
00:59:05You don't like me, do you?
00:59:09You're an animal.
00:59:11I don't like you either.
00:59:13Animals kill each other to live. That's what you're doing.
00:59:16How do you like your roast beef? Medium rare or well done?
00:59:25All right, Bart. Run them in. It's clear.
00:59:30I wish you were dead.
00:59:34You haven't got the guts.
00:59:37Just give me a chance.
00:59:41Here's your chance.
00:59:45Go ahead, take it.
00:59:48But remember the squirt in the cellar.
01:00:01That's right.
01:00:04Think of the president first.
01:00:07Let's not think of ourselves.
01:00:10I didn't give you a whole chance, but you didn't even take a half a chance.
01:00:14Yes.
01:00:25Everything okay, Johnny?
01:00:27Sure, everything's fine.
01:00:29She played her part real good.
01:00:31It should be a television.
01:00:33You.
01:00:35Didn't I tell you to fix the television set?
01:00:37You told me to set.
01:00:38Get your stuff and fix it.
01:00:39It'll keep you from getting patriotic.
01:00:41I don't do something. I'll blow my top just sitting here.
01:00:44Fix the set and shut your mouth.
01:00:45I don't like what you say anyway.
01:00:47Now fix it. We still got time.
01:00:54All yours.
01:01:02Open it.
01:01:16About 200 yards.
01:01:21Baron, isn't that a German rifle?
01:01:23Yeah. You know it?
01:01:25I know it.
01:01:26Where were you during the war?
01:01:28All the way from the Kasserine Pass.
01:01:30I went to Silver Star. Where were you?
01:01:32Normandy to the L by way of the Bowes.
01:01:34Did you get up into Germany?
01:01:36No.
01:01:37Bet you were one of those big shot guys, huh?
01:01:39With the gold bar on the shoulder.
01:01:40No. No. I was a corporal. How about you?
01:01:43Corporal? I made sergeant.
01:01:45You didn't like officers.
01:01:47Officers. Big shots.
01:01:49Yes, sir. No, sir. Salute, sir.
01:01:51Big shots.
01:01:53You don't like big shots.
01:01:55Not when you're bigger, Sheriff.
01:01:56I killed more juries than any five officers put together.
01:02:00I did some pretty good chopping in the war.
01:02:03Pretty good.
01:02:04Like I said before, you're a born killer, that's all.
01:02:07Yeah. They taught me how, and I liked it.
01:02:10My CEO used to stand there and shake like a leaf while I chopped.
01:02:14If more guys like me had command...
01:02:15Tell me one thing, Baron.
01:02:17How come you miss Germany?
01:02:19They sent me home. My tour was finished.
01:02:20Your tour?
01:02:22In the infantry? Are you kidding?
01:02:24Why you finish your tour in the infantry when they plant you in a box?
01:02:27Tour. That was for the Air Corps.
01:02:29Turn it off.
01:02:30Yeah. You probably went over the hill.
01:02:31I said turn it off.
01:02:33You know, Baron. You got the yard look.
01:02:35You look yard bird to me.
01:02:37I'm telling you, Sheriff. Turn it off.
01:02:38Big shot with the yard birds, huh?
01:02:40Come on now, tell me. Where were your court-martialed?
01:02:43What was it for? Rape?
01:02:45No, no. Not rape. Killing. That's what you like. Killing.
01:02:47Maybe he's shooting down unarmed PWs, huh?
01:02:49Sit down and shut up.
01:02:51But, by golly, you got away with it, so...
01:02:56I got it. Section 8.
01:02:58You went out on a Section 8.
01:03:00Section 8. Psycho in charge of killing, huh?
01:03:03You know, I knew guys like you. Killing was sweet.
01:03:06Rather kill a man than love a girl.
01:03:08A real kick. The thrill with the guts.
01:03:10Stop it, Todd. Stop it.
01:03:11Or maybe you didn't like your CO.
01:03:12Maybe you shot him in the back. Is that it?
01:03:15Maybe you kill...
01:03:18Like I said...
01:03:21Shut up!
01:03:29Todd...
01:03:31Todd, darling, it's hopeless.
01:03:33Oh.
01:03:34It's not 5 o'clock yet.
01:03:38Want to keep your chops shut?
01:03:40Yeah.
01:03:42Hurts, huh?
01:03:43It hurts.
01:03:45I like to keep kicking as long as you keep shooting your face off.
01:03:47I know.
01:03:49Pop, you were right. You blew the power tube.
01:03:52I have one here.
01:03:54We're perking in a second.
01:03:55You know, I was thinking, Judd.
01:03:57If you were to clamp the main plate lead to a good ground like that table there,
01:04:01we'd get a better picture.
01:04:02A lot of lines in it now.
01:04:05Clamp the main plate lead to the table.
01:04:08Cut the static lines.
01:04:10Expert.
01:04:11First he wrecks the set and then he tells the kid how to fix it.
01:04:14Main plate lead?
01:04:15That's right, Judd.
01:04:16All it needs is a high potential ground.
01:04:17We're a long way from the broadcasting station.
01:04:19What are you guys yapping about?
01:04:20Technical talk, mister.
01:04:21I'm no radio man.
01:04:22Battleship, New York.
01:04:23World War I.
01:04:24Brad beat the German single-handed.
01:04:25Not exactly, son, but I was there as cap of flow when the German fleet surrendered.
01:04:26All right, all right. Stop the bullying.
01:04:27And fix that set, will you?
01:04:28Yes, sir.
01:04:29Oh!
01:04:30Dad!
01:04:31Dad, what is it?
01:04:32Paid, man.
01:04:33What hit him?
01:04:34It's his heart.
01:04:35He has a bad heart.
01:04:36Pidge, my pal.
01:04:37My pal.
01:04:38I'm sorry.
01:04:39I'm sorry.
01:04:40I'm sorry.
01:04:41I'm sorry.
01:04:42I'm sorry.
01:04:43I'm sorry.
01:04:44I'm sorry.
01:04:45I'm sorry.
01:04:46I'm sorry.
01:04:47I'm sorry.
01:04:48I'm sorry.
01:04:49I'm sorry.
01:04:50I'm sorry.
01:04:51I'm sorry.
01:04:52I'm sorry.
01:04:53I'm sorry.
01:04:54Paige, my pal's top drawer of the bureau.
01:04:56I'll get him.
01:04:57You stay put.
01:04:58The kid will get him.
01:05:24Pidge, put down that gun and get some water for your grandfather.
01:05:29But, Mom, listen.
01:05:30You heard me, Pidge.
01:05:32Oh, gee.
01:05:39You know what I think, Pop?
01:05:41I got a feeling your heart attacks a phony.
01:05:43Pain's bad.
01:05:44I'm wondering, if you're trying to pull something, you better watch it.
01:05:47Baron, I've been thinking.
01:05:49You've been thinking you'd like to take a crack at this rifle.
01:05:51Do you think I want to get myself killed?
01:05:53Yes.
01:05:54Frankly, Sheriff, I don't think you'd mind getting yourself killed.
01:05:57Nobody wants to die.
01:05:59Do we have to talk about it?
01:06:00Why don't you shut up?
01:06:01No guts.
01:06:02Nerves.
01:06:03That's all it gets on my nerves.
01:06:04Now, why would I want to get myself killed?
01:06:06Because it's five minutes to five.
01:06:08And a shot might bring the state troopers storming all over the joint
01:06:11before the president arrives.
01:06:13But, Sheriff, I can put you away in two seconds by twisting your arm again.
01:06:17That way is no noise.
01:06:18So don't go winning any post-mortem medals.
01:06:21I wouldn't enjoy winning a post-mortem medal any more than you're going to enjoy that post-mortem money.
01:06:25What'd you say?
01:06:26What'd he say?
01:06:27I said nobody ever made it.
01:06:29And you won't either.
01:06:32You don't think so?
01:06:34So you got a plane.
01:06:36You'll never reach it ahead of the police.
01:06:38And if you do, you'll never make it to the border.
01:06:40You ever hear of the jet fighter?
01:06:42You know how many airstrips there are between here and the border?
01:06:45You know a fella could get an education just listening to this guy?
01:06:48But maybe he's right, Johnny.
01:06:49Look.
01:06:50You said half the money had already been paid.
01:06:52A smart guy would hit the road right now.
01:06:54Fly out of here.
01:06:55Skip the president.
01:06:56Spend the money in South America.
01:06:57Alive.
01:06:58He's right, Johnny.
01:07:00Why take the risk?
01:07:02We can land now.
01:07:03We can make it.
01:07:04We don't have to fool with this thing.
01:07:05It's too big, Johnny.
01:07:07There's something wrong with it.
01:07:08Chicken.
01:07:09Chicken?
01:07:10All right, they'll call it chicken.
01:07:11Who wants to be rich and dead?
01:07:13They'll get us.
01:07:14They never miss yet, Johnny.
01:07:15The guy's right.
01:07:16You've got the loot.
01:07:17Let's take off and get out of here for good.
01:07:18Once we're across the border...
01:07:19Face those traps.
01:07:20So Benny wasn't chicken.
01:07:21They didn't waste any time on him.
01:07:22I tell you, we haven't got a chance.
01:07:24Turn it off, Bart.
01:07:26You're embarrassing me in front of the sheriff.
01:07:31But Johnny, even if we swing it, he's the president.
01:07:33They'll never give up.
01:07:34And you don't figure that the guys that are paying off are just going to let you fly away,
01:07:38do you?
01:07:39They'll be after you just like the Secret Service.
01:07:41I thought of that too, Sheriff.
01:07:44It might be an internationally embarrassing situation if the feds happen to catch up with us first.
01:07:49So, Bart, you've just got to realize that everybody's going to be on your tail from 5 o'clock until the day you die.
01:07:56There's a hole in your argument, Sheriff.
01:07:58What is it?
01:07:59We're already wanted for murder, so you can only take the gas once.
01:08:02They'll get us, Johnny.
01:08:06They won't get us, Bart.
01:08:08Not us.
01:08:09You sure, Johnny?
01:08:12You leave it to me.
01:08:13You're sick, man.
01:08:18You're sick.
01:08:19I don't like that.
01:08:22Don't play God just because you've got a gun.
01:08:27But you see, Sheriff, that's the way it is.
01:08:29When you've got a gun, you are a sort of God.
01:08:32If you had the gun, I'd be the chump and you'd be the God.
01:08:36The gun gives you the power of life and death.
01:08:40It's a funny sort of feeling to have control of life and death.
01:08:42You must have had it during the war.
01:08:45You could miss a man if you had a mind, too.
01:08:49Or you could kill him dead in his tracks.
01:08:52And that made you kind of God.
01:08:53And I liked it.
01:08:55Without the gun or nothing.
01:08:59And I never had anything before I got one.
01:09:02The first time I got one on my hands and killed a man, I got some self-respect.
01:09:07I was somebody.
01:09:10Like this kid over here.
01:09:12If that pistol was a real gun and I didn't have a gun, he'd be a kind of a God, too.
01:09:17And if I wanted my life, I'd worship the ground he walks on.
01:09:21And I'd pay him the half a million dollars for my life.
01:09:25Because life is all I have.
01:09:27But the squirt doesn't have the gun. I have. And I can loose the lightning.
01:09:33And I can loose the lightning.
01:09:41The scores all tied up. Five and five.
01:09:44No noise. Just pictures.
01:09:54Butterfingers.
01:09:55They're gonna have that pennant two years in a row.
01:09:58Now we pause quickly for our station identification.
01:10:01You're wrong about guarding the gun, Sheriff.
01:10:04Without the gun, you would never have spit at me.
01:10:07You would never have even noticed me.
01:10:09But because of the gun, you'll remember me as long as you live.
01:10:12Where is it now?
01:10:15Blowing for the 66 crossing. Outside town.
01:10:18All right. Nobody moves. This is it. You. Over there.
01:10:22Johnny. Let me see once.
01:10:24We're gonna do it, Bart. This is my meat. We're gonna do it.
01:10:26Just to see.
01:10:28Ah!
01:10:30Ah!
01:10:32Ah!
01:10:34Ah!
01:10:36Ah!
01:10:38Ah!
01:10:40Ah!
01:10:42Ah!
01:10:44Ah!
01:10:46Ah!
01:10:48Ah!
01:10:49Return fire!
01:11:19Open the fire!
01:11:29Open the fire!
01:11:50Here!
01:12:17It didn't stop.
01:12:19It didn't stop!
01:12:25It didn't stop!
01:12:27It didn't stop!
01:12:41No.
01:12:44Don't.
01:12:46No.
01:12:48Please, no.
01:12:51No.
01:12:53No.
01:12:54No.
01:12:55No.
01:13:00No.
01:13:01No.
01:13:02No.
01:13:03No.
01:13:04No.
01:13:05No.
01:13:06No.
01:13:07No.
01:13:08No.
01:13:09No.
01:13:10No.
01:13:11No.
01:13:12No.
01:13:13No.
01:13:14No.
01:13:16No.
01:13:17No.
01:13:18No.
01:13:19No.
01:13:20Mr. Fishing, huh?
01:13:21I'm afraid so.
01:13:22Someday those guys are going to stop taking you for amateurs, huh, Mr. Wilson?
01:13:25I hope not.
01:13:26Well, thanks again, Mr. Benson.
01:13:28No, no.
01:13:29You too, young man.
01:13:30Oh, that's all right.
01:13:32Someday I'm going to be a bodyguard just like you.
01:13:35Nonsense boy, you're going to grow up to be president, and presidents have bodyguards.
01:13:39And grandpops?
01:13:40And grandpops, especially grandpops.
01:13:50Ellen.
01:13:59How's Judd?
01:14:01He didn't make it.
01:14:03And Slim?
01:14:05Critical, but they think he'll be all right.
01:14:08I guess somebody had to make the mistake.
01:14:11What?
01:14:13Something Dad said this morning about principles.
01:14:17Get in, Todd.
01:14:18I'll drive you home.
01:14:20Oh, thanks.
01:14:21I've got to go over to the office.
01:14:25Can I pick you up for church tomorrow?
01:14:33Yeah.
01:14:34That'd be swell.
01:14:47Say, officer.
01:14:48Yeah?
01:14:49Could you tell me the way to Three Rivers?
01:14:50Uh, you go down to the first intersection, you turn left, it's about 60 miles.
01:14:54Thanks.
01:14:55What's this town?
01:14:56Suddenly.
01:14:57Suddenly what?
01:14:58No, that's the name.
01:14:59That's a funny name for a town.
01:15:02Oh, I don't know.
01:15:04I don't know about that.
01:15:06Oh, I don't know.
01:15:07I don't know about that.
01:15:36I don't know.
01:15:37Oh, I don't know.
01:15:38Oh, i don't know.
01:15:39I don't know.
01:15:40I don't know.
01:15:41Oh, in the way I'm happy.
01:15:42I don't know.
01:15:43Bye.
01:15:44Then there was more out of the rough fucking day in the middle there.
01:15:45But we could stικ let alone the Apollo Prime raus.
01:15:46There's the 1996 overサvip NEXI and Bayouyea-livioner.
01:15:48It's about 90 years ago or this day.
01:15:50Oh yeah.
01:15:51Oh yeah.
01:15:52E tee he he that seemed impossible for him.
01:15:54I don't know.
01:15:55Ah yeah.
01:15:56That was a great view.