- 6/3/2025
The Wrong Road is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, and Lionel Atwill.
A young unmarried couple (Cromwell and Mack), whose plans for their life together have not turned out as expected, decide to steal $100,000 from the bank where the boyfriend works, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their prison sentences.
All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator (Atwill), who has a soft spot for the couple and would like to see them go straight, and the boyfriend's old cellmate, who wants a cut of the money.
A young unmarried couple (Cromwell and Mack), whose plans for their life together have not turned out as expected, decide to steal $100,000 from the bank where the boyfriend works, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their prison sentences.
All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator (Atwill), who has a soft spot for the couple and would like to see them go straight, and the boyfriend's old cellmate, who wants a cut of the money.
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01:30It feels like... like the last night in the world.
01:35Are you afraid?
01:36No, not when I think of how much it's going to mean to us.
01:41You've done.
01:42Well, it's funny, but...
01:59But I keep thinking of our last dance at college.
02:03I bought my last new dinner gun for it.
02:06It still looks good.
02:08And why shouldn't it?
02:09I've only worn it twice in the last two years.
02:13Cigarette?
02:13Mm-hmm.
02:15Daddy went broke, but he didn't tell me.
02:18He kept up my allowance until commencement.
02:20He was grand people, Ruth.
02:22Mm.
02:23But what a shock when I got home.
02:25Oh, I was a selfish little fool not to have realized...
02:28How could you have known anything was wrong?
02:30I thought I was bouncing from college to the junior league.
02:33Ruth Holden.
02:34Prominent society girl and all that sort of thing.
02:37I thought I was stepping into 10,000 a year as an engineer.
02:40And look at me.
02:41Working for beans in a bank.
02:43I've been there three years, and for what?
02:47To be fired.
02:48Given two weeks' notice so somebody's pet relative could step in on the job.
02:52Remember the night of that last dance?
02:54We were all talking about what we were going to do.
02:56Sure, I remember.
02:58Pat Brennan said he wasn't going to work.
03:00He was going to steal half a million dollars.
03:02He said two years in the pen would be no worse than five years at college.
03:05Who wouldn't be glad to serve a few years in prison to secure independence?
03:09Without hurting anyone, Chuckie.
03:10Waiter.
03:11Yes, sir.
03:12Very good, sir.
03:27Jimmy, what are you up to?
03:29What did you order?
03:30Just a little something you'll like.
03:35They'll come in as pretty hard, Ruth.
03:37They won't let up for days.
03:40I won't break.
03:41You mustn't even bed.
03:43I'm not afraid of anything.
03:46Except a separation.
03:49Jimmy, you won't stop loving me.
03:54What funny thoughts go through your little head.
03:57Of course I won't.
03:58Well, it's the only way out for us.
04:00Marriage on $25 a week.
04:02Children.
04:03Red handsome doing my own washing.
04:06I could do it, I suppose, but I'd hate it.
04:09I wasn't brought up that way.
04:10And neither were you.
04:11There were certain things we were taught to look on as our right.
04:14And we're going to get them.
04:15We're going to get them.
04:16And we'll keep our shins up while we're paying.
04:20Jim and champagne.
04:22And the very best fish.
04:23But you can't pay for it.
04:30Silly.
04:31Of course I can.
04:32It's only a small deal.
04:34After tonight, we won't need any money for a couple of years.
04:51And then we'll have plenty.
04:52Jimmy.
04:53Suppose it isn't a couple of years.
04:56Suppose it's ten.
04:57Well, suppose it is.
04:59I'd only be 33.
05:01How many men have fortunes at that age?
05:05Come on, darling.
05:07Here's to us.
05:07What's the matter, Jimmy?
05:30Nothing.
05:31I'm kind of sick.
05:32No, I'm all right.
05:32Come on.
05:33Come on.
05:34Come on.
05:35Come on.
05:36Come on.
05:37Good morning, Miss Hawley.
05:52Good morning.
05:52Well, that's that.
06:12Now let's see if the thing still works.
06:14I've always loved that melody.
06:35You should.
06:35It's a $100,000 tune.
06:37Why not be frank with him?
06:41And add a P.S. that there's a $100,000 sealed in a fireproof container inside that old music box.
06:47And please take care of it.
06:49Oh, I'm afraid even Uncle Billy wouldn't understand that.
06:52I'm afraid.
06:52I'm afraid.
06:58Do you want to dance?
07:00Dance, Jimmy.
07:00We'll be dancing to a different tune tomorrow.
07:13Any regrets?
07:14No, Jimmy.
07:16No regrets.
07:33Strange it should stop playing that way.
07:36Suppose something goes wrong and your uncle has it fixed.
07:39Oh, you don't have to worry about that, Jimmy.
07:41When Uncle Billy gets that letter, he'll put the music box away in his safe and he'll never let it out.
07:47They'll get me in the morning.
07:49I won't deny anything.
07:51And then they'll check back on every move I've made and they'll land on you.
07:55And I won't deny anything.
07:57Good girl.
08:01Hey, I've only got ten minutes to make the express office.
08:05Is the letter ready?
08:06Almost. All but my signature.
08:07Well, step on it.
08:10Come on.
08:16Come on.
08:18Yes?
08:41Casey reporting with those two from the bank.
08:43Good.
08:44Send them right in.
08:45Yes, sir.
08:48Sit down.
08:53Make yourselves comfortable.
08:55You can talk better if you sit down.
08:57Go ahead.
08:58What's there to talk about?
08:59We admit we took the money, so let's get it over with.
09:01$100,000.
09:03What did you do with it?
09:04Try and find out.
09:06Oh, so there is something to talk about after all.
09:09It is my job to get that money back.
09:11All of it.
09:13Sit down.
09:18Smoke.
09:19Thanks.
09:20I've got my own.
09:21Why not smoke mine?
09:22Why should we be under obligation to you?
09:24Well, you are already to the tune of $100,000.
09:26So a few cigarettes shouldn't bother your conscience.
09:33Now, you kids are too smart to go through with this.
09:35Even if you win, you lose the things that money can't buy back.
09:39Honor.
09:40Self-respect.
09:41Why not turn it over to me, Jimmy?
09:42We'll call the whole thing square.
09:44I'll even get you another job.
09:46But not in a bank.
09:47Put the irons on, Chief.
09:49You're wasting your time.
09:51College kids, aren't you?
09:52What if we are?
09:53Things ran wrong when you went out of school.
09:57A lot of your sweat ideas went up in smoke.
09:59Nothing in here but a long, steep road.
10:02So you finally decided to take a short cut and grab over $100,000 and only do a few years in prison.
10:07Without hurting anyone.
10:09That is, any individual.
10:11Well, the lady speaks at last.
10:14Yes, without hurting anyone.
10:16Except yourselves.
10:18How much of that money do you figure out keeping when you get out of prison?
10:20All of it.
10:21Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
10:22Oh, no, there's many angles you haven't thought about.
10:25Here.
10:26I'll show you.
10:31Move a bit.
10:32Let me sit between you.
10:34That's right.
10:37Now.
10:38You steal $100,000.
10:41You hide it.
10:42And you do ten years in prison.
10:45Yes.
10:46Ten years.
10:47Now, look.
10:48You finally get out and you get your $100,000.
10:50But it's what we call hot money.
10:53What's that?
10:54He means he can trace it through the serial numbers on the bills.
10:57You can't bank it.
10:59You run a risk keeping it on you.
11:00So you have to take it to a fence.
11:02Sell it at about 40 cents in the dollar.
11:05That leaves you $40,000.
11:07$2,000 apiece a year for ten stagnant years in prison.
11:15Ten of the very best years of your lives.
11:18Now, can't you see it's not worth the price you'll have to pay?
11:22Prison does things to you.
11:24Mr. Roberts, I still say you're wasting your time.
11:29All right, Casey.
11:33Take him along, Casey.
11:36Sorry you wouldn't let me help you.
11:38The DA's pretty tough on smart kids like you.
11:41Well, I'll be seeing you.
11:44You have shown, even in your confessions and pleas of guilt,
11:49a brazen contempt for the law.
11:51Therefore, I have no alternative
11:52but to impose upon you both an exemplary sentence.
11:56You are to serve an indeterminate period
11:58of not less than one year,
12:01nor more than ten,
12:02in the state prison.
12:03It is furthermore recommended by the court
12:05that no parole ever be granted you.
12:09Oh, Jimmy.
12:11Why don't you turn, Ian?
12:37I'm not sleepy.
12:38Anyway, thinking about your boyfriend
12:41doesn't do you any good.
12:47Come on, tell me, honey.
12:49What did you and your boyfriend do with that money?
12:53Wouldn't you like to know?
12:56I'll find out in time.
12:58Maybe you don't know it,
12:59but you talk in your sleep.
13:11How'd you like to see your girlfriend sometime?
13:28Are you kidding?
13:29I don't kid.
13:30Ever.
13:31Messengers for the captain of the yard
13:34are sometimes sent over to the women's prison.
13:36Are they?
13:39I can fix you up with that job if you want.
13:42Next, kid.
13:43Way to do it for you.
13:45I know just how you feel.
13:46Do you know Ruth Holden?
13:54Ruth?
13:55Yeah, sure.
13:56Give her this note.
13:57What's going on here?
13:59What are you doing?
14:00Oh, nothing.
14:01Report to the matron's office at once.
14:03Yes, ma'am.
14:06Well?
14:06It wasn't our fault, Mrs. Cummings.
14:09He spoke to us.
14:10Get on with your work.
14:22Darling, I come over here every day at 10
14:25to deliver the mail to the matron's office.
14:27Try and see me.
14:28I love you, Jimmy.
14:32Gee, that's sweet.
14:39I love you.
14:41Sweetheart.
14:42I love you.
14:43Yoo-hoo.
14:44Woo-hoo.
14:46Shut your traps, you mugs.
14:49Come on, 9843.
14:51That romantic touch of yours
14:52is going to cost you plenty.
14:53Come on.
14:53Come on.
14:57It's tough he had to lose
14:58eight weeks' good conduct time
14:59just for that.
15:01Gee, it's wonderful to have a man
15:03think that much of you.
15:09Why do you keep staring at me like that for?
15:30Just thinking about you.
15:31That's all.
15:32What about me?
15:33Well, I'm getting out of here pretty soon.
15:36I could do a lot for you on the outside.
15:38Nobody can do anything for me.
15:40You don't understand the angles, kid.
15:42Then skip it, if you say so.
15:44You know, when you get out of here,
15:45the cops are going to be following you.
15:48After that dough,
15:49you're going to be needing help.
15:51Plenty of help.
15:52Yeah.
15:53Well, what'd you do with that dough?
15:57I sent it to a man named Dave Beerman in Chicago.
16:00Dave Beerman.
16:02Chicago?
16:03How do you spell it?
16:05B-E-E-R-M-A-N?
16:07No.
16:09B-I-E-R-M-A-N.
16:11Oh, yeah.
16:11Dave Beerman.
16:12Yeah, sure.
16:14Damn.
16:14Damn.
16:21The judge himself opposed any parole,
16:23and these two haven't shown any desire to mend their ways.
16:26Their prison conduct has been pretty good, but...
16:29Listen, Roberts.
16:29Are you interested in them or in your money?
16:32In both.
16:33Because you can't divide the two.
16:35If you do, you won't have either.
16:37You see, I've never looked upon these kids as criminals.
16:41They simply got off on the wrong foot.
16:42They took quite a step with it.
16:44Why keep them in prison?
16:46That's what they want, to solve their conscience.
16:48They feel they're earning that money.
16:50Let them out, and...
16:51You upset their apple cart.
16:54Gentlemen, that's why I feel that freedom on parole,
16:58with its restrictions as to conduct,
17:00would affect their cure.
17:01In what way, Mr. Roberts?
17:02Well, if you grant them parole,
17:04under special conditions,
17:06I'm certain they will lead me to the money.
17:08But I'm also certain
17:09that they're handed over to me voluntarily.
17:12What special conditions?
17:14Gentlemen,
17:14I have here a few suggestions.
17:21You'd better study this.
17:23To get a parole,
17:24you'll have to know these rules.
17:25Forwards and backwards.
17:26Thank you so much.
17:26Thank you so much.
17:56Hello, beautiful.
18:08Jimmy,
18:09you do still love me, don't you?
18:11Oh, Dory,
18:12there wasn't a minute I wasn't thinking of you.
18:19What is it?
18:21Lipstick.
18:26Well, what now?
18:33We're going straight to Uncle Bill's
18:35and get our money and clear out of the country.
18:37Jimmy,
18:38don't look like that.
18:40You've changed.
18:42I'm not as soft as I used to be.
18:46You've toughened up a little yourself.
18:53There, that's better.
18:54I'm not as soft as I used to be.
18:56I'm not as soft as I used to be.
18:57I'm not as soft as I used to be.
18:58Look,
18:58here comes the answer to a lot of things.
19:02Well, hello.
19:04I heard about your parole.
19:06Congratulations.
19:09Do you mind?
19:09It's pretty nice to be free again, huh?
19:17What are you going to do now?
19:18We're going to sell Eclipse vacuum cleaners,
19:20if it's any news to you.
19:22Oh, sure, I knew that.
19:23I mean,
19:24what are you going to do with your lives?
19:26It's tough that you can't get married.
19:29You're still that way about each other.
19:31We still are.
19:33You'll be on parole for eight years.
19:37That's a long time to have to wait to get married.
19:39Go on, copper.
19:41Have a good time.
19:42We're wise to you.
19:44We know it's no accident that we got that parole,
19:46and it's no accident you're on this boat.
19:49Right, Jimmy.
19:50I'm still working for international surety,
19:53but I'm still determined to get back that money.
19:55We earned that money,
19:56and we're going to keep it.
19:58There's this to remember.
20:00No matter where you go,
20:02we'll pick you up and bring you back.
20:04We have agents all over the world.
20:06What's the point of all this, Mr. Roberts?
20:08The point is,
20:09there might be a pardon for you to give back that money.
20:12A pardon would restore your citizenship.
20:14You could get married.
20:15No.
20:17All right.
20:19Good luck.
20:21I've been seeing you.
20:23Now, let's keep in mind the aims and ideals of the company.
20:26An eclipse vacuum cleaner in every American home.
20:29Yes, Mr. McClendon.
20:30Yes, sir.
20:31And remember the two Ps,
20:33politeness and persistency.
20:36Politeness and persistency.
20:38With the emphasis on the persistency.
20:41Persistency.
20:42It's no easy job.
20:43You'll have a lot of competition.
20:45Now, come and look at this map.
20:46Every salesman is a pinhead.
20:52Competition doesn't worry us in the least.
20:54That's the spirit, my lad.
20:56Now, whereabouts would you like to work?
20:58Here in the city?
20:59You mean we can start in any place we like?
21:01Anywhere in the state, you can pick your own district.
21:04How about District 16?
21:06You couldn't have picked a better one.
21:07Right there.
21:09Well, now, good luck to you both.
21:11And when you get there, remember the two Ps.
21:15Politeness and persistency.
21:17Very good.
21:18Looks like he's moved.
21:36Oh, what's the matter with us?
21:38One little setback and we act like we're sunk.
21:40All we have to do is go to the bank and find out where he's moved.
21:44Well, it's just around the corner.
21:45Let's go.
21:46Let's go.
21:47Good morning.
21:51May I help you?
21:52Why, yes.
21:53We stopped in to inquire about Uncle Bill Bradley.
21:55Has he moved to something?
21:57Poor old Uncle Bill passed away some weeks ago.
22:00He was a fine, upright man.
22:03And the character that...
22:04What happened to his effects?
22:06Uncle Bill was a poor businessman.
22:08And all of his stock and personal belongings were claimed by his creditors.
22:13They sold them to an auctioneer down in the city.
22:17Oh.
22:17Who were the auctioneers?
22:19What?
22:19Isn't that the limit?
22:23I'll be hanged if I can think of it now.
22:26Funny thing is, my wife's down there attending that sale right now.
22:30Sale?
22:31What sale?
22:32Well, the auction sale, of course.
22:34Today?
22:35Yes.
22:36Today, at two o'clock.
22:38What sort of a name was it?
22:40German?
22:41English?
22:41French?
22:42Irish?
22:43Irish.
22:44That's it.
22:45Here.
22:51Here we are.
22:54Auctioneers.
22:54Oh, of course.
22:56Here it is.
22:58Ophirna.
22:59Dan Ophirna.
23:017247 Wilton Boulevard.
23:04Ophirna.
23:057247 Wilton Boulevard.
23:06Come on.
23:07Thanks.
23:08Thanks.
23:10Sixty is bid.
23:12Going at sixty.
23:13Sixty once.
23:15Sixty twice.
23:17Third and final call.
23:20Sold to Mr. Holbrook for a sixty dollar.
23:24And now, ladies and gentlemen, if there's any other article on display here that you would like put up, all you have to do is name it.
23:32This music box, please.
23:33Splendid.
23:34Eddie.
23:35Music box.
23:47Friends, I must ask you to give your particular attention to this rare old music box.
23:53A fine example of what is today a lost art.
23:58Isn't it beautiful?
24:17How much, Alderman?
24:19We've only got twenty-three sixty.
24:21Oh, make me an offer.
24:23Who'll make an offer of fifty dollars?
24:25Fifty dollars.
24:26What do I hear?
24:27Five dollars.
24:30Did I hear a right, sir?
24:33Did you really offer five dollars?
24:36Friends, please.
24:38Now, I know you come here for Bart, but there are limits.
24:42And five dollars for this rare old music box is way, way beyond the limits.
24:51Ten dollars.
24:51Well, that's a little better.
24:53I'll accept the bid as an opener.
24:54I've got ten.
24:56Who'll make it five more?
24:58Offer ten, asking fifteen.
25:00Who'll give me fifteen?
25:02Fifteen.
25:03Fifteen is the bid.
25:04Who'll make it twenty?
25:05Do I hear twenty?
25:07Twenty.
25:08Twenty is the bid.
25:11Do I hear twenty-five?
25:13Twenty-one.
25:15Ladies and gentlemen, I'm surprised that I don't get any more bidding.
25:18Come on, now.
25:19Who'll make it thirty?
25:20Thirty.
25:21Ah, that's better.
25:23Thirty is the bid.
25:24Now, who'll raise it to thirty-five?
25:26Thirty-five.
25:28Forty.
25:30Forty-five.
25:31I'm bid forty-five.
25:33Now, let me hear fifty.
25:35Fifty.
25:36We can't let it get away.
25:37We'll borrow forty dollars on the car.
25:39Fifty's the bid.
25:41Anyone go sixty?
25:42Fifty-five.
25:44Sixty.
25:45Sixty.
25:46Now, let's have sixty-five.
25:48Sixty-five.
25:49Mr. O'Ferrna, open it up.
25:51Let's have a look at the works.
25:52The gentleman wants to see the works.
25:54Eddie.
25:54Yes, sir.
25:55Get a screwdriver.
25:56Yes.
25:57Seventy-five.
25:58Eighty-five.
25:59I'm bid eighty-five.
26:01Skip the screwdriver, boy.
26:02No time for nonsense.
26:03Eighty-five's the bid.
26:04Will anyone make it ninety?
26:06Does anyone make it ninety?
26:08Eighty-five once.
26:11Eighty-five twice.
26:12Ninety.
26:13Jimmy, you can't.
26:15We've got to.
26:16Ninety.
26:17Ninety.
26:18Let's make it an even hundred.
26:19Now, who'll say the word?
26:20One hundred.
26:21One hundred bid.
26:23An even hundred.
26:24Any more?
26:26One hundred once.
26:28One hundred twice.
26:30Third and last call.
26:34Sold to Mr. Victor J. Holbrook for one hundred dollars.
26:38Hello, is Mr. Holbrook in?
26:56Mr. Caldwell.
26:58No, Caldwell.
26:59See as in cat.
27:01That's right.
27:03Suppose he won't see us.
27:04He's got to.
27:05He's just got to.
27:06Hello, Mr. Holbrook.
27:08I'm the fellow who bid against you for that music box this afternoon.
27:12Oh, thank you, Mr. Holbrook.
27:14Come on, honey.
27:15The pearly gates are wide open.
27:16It is men like you that add tang and savor to this business.
27:19I've been dallying with the most excellent notion.
27:22The International Society of Auction Fans.
27:25Oh, that's a great idea, Mr. Holbrook.
27:28As I was saying about that music box.
27:30Ah, that inevitable music box.
27:32How gallantly you resisted me.
27:34One touch I loved.
27:36A sheer stroke of genius.
27:37The way you disposed of that, uh, Botinsky.
27:40That, let's have a look at the works fellow.
27:43Mr. Holbrook, may I ask you a question?
27:45Delighted, Miss Holbrook.
27:46Your charm is only exceeded by your modesty.
27:49Will you sell us the music box?
27:52You mean, you actually wanted that extraordinary object?
27:55We bid every dollar we had on it.
27:58I'm terribly sorry.
27:59I thought you were just fellow sportsmen.
28:02If I'd known you really wanted the thing, I wouldn't have bid a single dollar.
28:05We'd be very glad to buy it from you.
28:07I say, this is ghastly.
28:08You see, I have so many of those wretched things that tinkle,
28:11that I sent the music box to an antemone in Sunnydale.
28:13And the Anne in Sunnydale.
28:15Sunnydale?
28:16Oh, that isn't so far away.
28:17Would you mind telling us her name?
28:19Certainly, Mrs. Martha Foster, Sunnydale.
28:21She's a perfectly ripping old dodo.
28:23I say, I feel absolutely wonky with embarrassment.
28:26Won't you please accept one of my trophies?
28:29No, thank you.
28:30It was the music box.
28:32Such a dismal object.
28:33Please accept this trinket.
28:35It's supposed to have been the pen that Benedict Arnold used
28:37when he sold out his country, and his soul, for a mere $100,000.
28:40It's your bedtime now, Mr. Holbrook.
28:47Oh.
28:50There we are.
28:51Call me, Pinky.
28:52All right, Pinky, come along.
29:01What now?
29:03Well, don't look at me that way.
29:05I'm not to blame.
29:06Who's blaming you?
29:07Well, come on.
29:08We can't stand here squawking all night.
29:10Why did you have to stop me bidding?
29:40We could have put a deposit on it and raised money somehow.
29:43Don't be silly.
29:45That maniac wouldn't have stopped bidding at $10,000.
29:49Well, I suppose it was my fault that Uncle Billy died.
29:51Well, it was your idea to send him the money.
29:54Well, you didn't see anything wrong with it at the time.
29:58Oh, I'm sorry.
30:10Please don't cry.
30:12That's better.
30:15What a heel I am.
30:17A couple of bad breaks and I take it out on you.
30:19You're not a heel.
30:21Darling, we earned that money.
30:24And nothing's going to stop our getting it.
30:26Come on now, heads up, sweetie.
30:29It just hurts me so when you talk that way.
30:32We'll never quarrel again.
30:33Ever.
30:34Well, our next stop's Sunnydale.
30:39Good old Sunnydale.
30:41I think I've got a map in my room.
30:42We better find out where it is.
30:43What is it?
30:57How's it, partner?
31:00Come on in.
31:07What's the matter?
31:08Cat got your tongue?
31:09Hello, Blackie.
31:11Ruth, this is Blackie Clayton.
31:13What's on your mind?
31:15Uh, just heard you saying something about you might go to Sunnydale.
31:19Quite a trip.
31:21Okay for money?
31:22We'll make it, thanks.
31:24Hmm.
31:24I could use some cash.
31:26In fact, I could use plenty.
31:28I was just thinking maybe you might need a partner.
31:31No partners.
31:32That's too bad.
31:34Because I already decided different.
31:37Uh, by the way,
31:38I got a little something here might interest you.
31:41A little item I cut out of the paper.
31:44What is it?
31:46Read it.
31:47I'll buy you.
31:50Dave Beerman.
31:52Chicago.
31:53Remember telling me you sent him that dough to keep for you?
31:57Friend of yours or something.
31:59That's just the name I made up.
32:01Oh.
32:02Was it?
32:04That guy's dead.
32:06Somebody cut his throat.
32:09Where's that money?
32:11Get wise to yourself, Jimmy.
32:12Quit stalling me.
32:14Now, I've declared myself in for a third.
32:15And I'd advise you to like it.
32:19Well, how about it?
32:21The answer is still no.
32:23He's asking for trouble, kid.
32:25Got to talk to him.
32:26Hello, Mr. Roberts.
32:45Ruth, it's Mr. Roberts.
32:47Come right in, Mr. Roberts.
32:49Let me take your hat.
32:50Thanks, Jimmy.
32:51How are you, Ruth?
32:52Oh, fine, thank you.
32:54Oh, gee.
32:55Gee, we're awfully glad to see you.
32:59Oh, thanks.
33:03Well, how's the vacuum cleaner business?
33:05Oh, fine.
33:05Okay.
33:06Made in sales?
33:07Well, not exactly, but we have prospects.
33:09Well, I hope they're good prospects.
33:11You see, you've violated your parole coming down here.
33:13That's why I dropped in.
33:15Thought maybe you may have misunderstood the rules.
33:17Oh, but I thought we had permission to go anywhere in the state.
33:20As long as you keep working, Ruth.
33:21Oh, well, just sit down, Mr. Roberts.
33:24Oh, thanks.
33:25I'd like to say a moment.
33:27Now, when are you kids going to hand over that money?
33:34Have you taken a good look in the mirror lately?
33:37Why, yes.
33:38Why?
33:39That money's doing things to you.
33:42It's beginning to show in your faces.
33:44Little hard lines that weren't there before.
33:48Bitternesses.
33:50Go take a good look.
33:51What?
33:52You'd be surprised what a few facials would do.
33:55If you were to spend all of that money on facials, it wouldn't clean you up inside.
34:00That's the idea.
34:02It's doing things to you.
34:04You're not happy.
34:07Well, I guess I'll be drifting.
34:08Oh, please don't go yet.
34:10Oh, I've said about enough.
34:12Take it over.
34:13Take it over.
34:14Thanks.
34:19I hate to see you kids losing those things that money can't buy back.
34:23Better get back to your district as quick as you can.
34:25That's a tip.
34:26Well, you see, yeah.
34:32Why didn't you talk?
34:34I wanted to keep him here.
34:36Oh, Jimmy, I'm afraid of that man.
34:39There's something about him.
34:40Take it easy.
34:46He's gone.
34:51And so is our money.
34:53The keys to the car.
34:54Yep, they're gone, too.
35:01Read it and weep.
35:02See you in Sunnydale, Blackie.
35:04Come on.
35:17Why don't you stop him?
35:18Yell to Roberts.
35:20That didn't mean the police.
35:22We can't do it.
35:24Well, if you hadn't been so smart, we'd still have that money.
35:35Let me keep the money, Jimmy.
35:38Give me that watch.
35:39Oh, please don't.
35:40Bobby gave it to me.
35:42It's the most precious thing.
35:43So precious, it'll get us about five bucks in a hawk shop and money isn't even worth a nickel.
35:47We have to hit the road to Sunnydale and we've got to eat on the way.
35:51Oh, no.
35:52Everything has gone wrong.
35:53Let's go to Roberts and end it.
35:55You're not going to see Roberts.
35:56You're sticking with me whether you like it or not.
36:07Jimmy, Roberts was right.
36:10I want to quit.
36:10I have an awful feeling that we're rushing blindly through the darkness to some horrible end.
36:16And I've got a feeling you've turned yellow.
36:19Oh, please don't say that, Jimmy.
36:20That isn't you.
36:22Listen.
36:23You can get off at the first stop.
36:24I'm sick of you and your whining ways.
36:26I should have known better than to go in on a deal like this with you.
36:30Half the men in prison are there because of a woman.
36:32Yes, and all the women are there because of a man.
36:37Oh, please, Jimmy.
36:39Please, won't you understand?
36:41We were there because of each other.
36:42Because we loved each other and we still do.
36:45Of course we do.
36:46We'll be all right as soon as we get our fingers on that money.
36:49Oh, no, Jimmy.
36:50We've just been kidding ourselves.
36:52When we get to Sunnydale, Blackie will be waiting for us.
36:55And maybe Roberts.
36:56Oh, I'm afraid of Blackie.
36:57I have a feeling that he's going to try and kill you or that you're going to try and kill him.
37:03Why don't you get some sleep?
37:05In the daylight, everything will look different.
37:06No, Jimmy.
37:09It'll never look any different.
37:27Come on, snap out of it.
37:29You're getting off here.
37:30We're all getting off here.
37:32Come on.
37:33Come on, you two.
37:36Well, stealing rides.
37:51All right.
37:55This girl with you?
37:57Well, yes, you see.
37:59What's the idea?
38:01Well, we were on our way here to Sunnydale and somebody stole our car and all our money.
38:06You know anybody here?
38:08To tell the truth, we were planning to report to you.
38:12You see, we're parole prisoners.
38:17Nice day, isn't it?
38:19Oh, yes.
38:20It's wonderful.
38:21I'll keep these tickets for you if you don't mind.
38:24You can pick them up on your way out of here.
38:30Unusual paroles.
38:33I guess you've had enough advice about anything from me.
38:36Well, luck to you.
38:38Let me know when you find a place to stay.
38:40Can you tell us where Mrs. Foster's place is?
38:43I sure can.
38:45When you walk out of here, you go straight down to the bridge.
38:49And you turn to your left.
38:51You'll see a narrow road with an arrow pointing to the Foster guest farm.
38:57Thank you very much.
38:58Goodbye.
38:59Goodbye.
39:05Long distance, please.
39:06Oh, it's beautiful.
39:26Listen.
39:31Jimmy.
39:34What are you going to do?
39:35There's no time for cinnamon.
39:36It's in there.
39:37All we have to do is grab it and get out.
39:39Remember what we once said, without hurting anyone.
39:44Good morning.
39:45Well, good morning.
39:46Are you Mrs. Foster?
39:47Yes, child.
39:49Were you aiming to stay here?
39:50Well, yes.
39:51Come right on in.
39:55I found it.
39:56Where?
39:57In the living room.
39:58Come on.
39:58Oh, but Jimmy.
39:59She went outside and there's nobody else in the house.
40:01Hurry.
40:01Hurry.
40:05But I'm afraid.
40:12Oh, what's there to be afraid of?
40:14Come on.
40:23Give me the police department, please.
40:26Let me talk to the chief.
40:27There's Miss Foster.
40:28Hello, Ira.
40:29There's Mama.
40:30Yes, they came.
40:32Why?
40:34You don't say.
40:36Listen, dear.
40:36Bring home about four extra pork chops for dinner.
40:39That's right.
40:42Well, I bet you folks are upstairs resting.
40:44Feeling better?
40:45Oh, much better, thank you.
40:47We thought perhaps we could help you.
40:49Oh, there's nothing much to do now.
40:52You can help get dinner and then tidy up afterwards.
40:54By the way, there's some apple pie and a pitcher of cream in the cooler.
40:59In case you're interested.
41:01Oh, thank you.
41:03Now go right on in there and help yourself.
41:10Well, here's another thing.
41:12Don't let anybody talk to you about the good old days.
41:15What good old days?
41:16Ira.
41:17Folks used to get up at daybreak, milk the cows and feed the chickens and chop wood, chore as they call it.
41:22Well, I remember when...
41:24Ira.
41:24Well...
41:25Anybody like another piece of pie?
41:27Oh, not for me, thanks.
41:28I'm right up to here.
41:29Jimmy?
41:30Well...
41:31Spoken like a man.
41:32Now, what was I saying?
41:35Nothing much, dear.
41:36You were just getting yourself warmed up.
41:38Sometimes you get so busy talking, you forget what you were going to say.
41:40Well, what was I going to say?
41:42You were going to tell the children the folks coming over tonight might make good vacuum cleaner prospects.
41:47Exactly.
41:48I was just leading up to it.
41:50Arr, you beat all.
41:51Now, what was I going to say?
41:54That bell.
41:55Every time it rings, I almost jump out of my skin.
41:57Sit still, Mama.
41:58I'll go.
42:05Coming.
42:07Coming.
42:13Chief Foster?
42:15I'm Mike Roberts.
42:15Well, well, Mr. Roberts, I'm glad to meet you.
42:18You got here sooner than I expected.
42:20We're out in the kitchen just finishing supper.
42:22Did you say something about supper?
42:24Well, I'll guarantee to fill you up if you don't mind taking potluck.
42:27Well, now, I hope I'm not going to put you folks with any undue trouble.
42:30Oh, no trouble at all, Mr. Roberts.
42:32Mama, I want you to meet Mr. Roberts.
42:34Mrs. Foster.
42:34It's mighty nice to know you, Mr. Roberts.
42:36The pleasure's mine.
42:37Mr. Roberts is down here to attend to a little business.
42:39It may take a couple of days.
42:40He's going to stay with us.
42:41Well, how nice.
42:43I told Mr. Roberts you'd pick some supper for him in a very few minutes.
42:45I should say, Mr. Roberts, this is Miss Holden, Mr. Caldwell.
42:49Always glad to meet old Fred.
42:51Oh, that's my heart.
42:52You know that.
42:53Oh, yes.
42:54Sit down.
42:55I'll have some supper warmed up for you in a jiffy.
42:57Thanks.
42:58And while you're fixing it, I think I'll have a talk with these two youngsters here.
43:02I think I have something outside that might interest you.
43:05Come on.
43:05I'm a hungry man.
43:06Don't forget to call me.
43:11You sent for him?
43:12Yep.
43:13They seem like such nice young folks.
43:16What'd you go to prison for?
43:18For stealing $100,000.
43:20Oh!
43:21Land sakes!
43:23What would a buddy do with that much money?
43:29Well, how did you...
43:31The man who was driving it tried to rob a store this afternoon.
43:34Yeah?
43:34A couple of highway patrolmen happened to be passing.
43:37The thief got away.
43:38They left your car outside.
43:39Well, you don't think that we...
43:41Why didn't you tell me that Blackie Clayton stole your car?
43:45Well, how did you know?
43:47It's my business to know things, Jimmy.
43:49Blackie was your cellmate.
43:51Blackie's trying to get a cutting on that money.
43:52The closer you get to that money, Jimmy, the tougher it's going to get.
43:56Blackie on your trail.
43:58The police after you.
43:59I wouldn't be in your shoes for all the tea in China.
44:04Why don't you talk some sense into his head?
44:06Why don't you mind your own business?
44:08That's exactly what I am doing.
44:10I'm trying to save you kids from being picked up for violation of your parole.
44:13Not so easy, either.
44:15But there's still a way out for you.
44:17Give up the money and get to work.
44:19Jimmy, please.
44:20The vacuum cleaners are still in the car.
44:22Although why Blackie didn't sell them, I don't know.
44:24But that's your good luck.
44:25Mr. Roberts!
44:26Coming!
44:27Now, sink it over.
44:29Hi, sister.
44:53Take it easy, kid.
44:54Nobody's going to hurt you.
44:56How's tricks?
44:57Very well, thank you.
44:58Why, thank me.
45:00Cigarette?
45:02No.
45:03What's on your mind?
45:04Oh, a little matter of $100,000.
45:07It's here somewheres, and I happen to want it.
45:09All of it.
45:10Aren't you getting a trifle ambitious all of a sudden?
45:13Yeah, in a small way.
45:15I'm in a tight spot right now, and I'm tired of fooling.
45:18Suppose it came to a matter of choice.
45:20Jimmy of the $100,000.
45:21What would you say then?
45:22Jimmy, of course.
45:24Well, it's your choice.
45:25There's no accounting for taste.
45:27I'll meet you out there back of the orchard about midnight.
45:32Okay?
45:33Okay.
45:35You're a smart kid, sister, so let's not have any tricks.
45:39And keep your mouth shut.
45:40Yeah.
45:41Understand?
45:41Hey, what's the idea of all the gloom?
45:59How do you feel?
46:04Well, I feel all right.
46:07Jimmy, do you remember when I went out on the back porch to enter the strainer?
46:11Well, sure.
46:12What?
46:13Blackie was out there.
46:14What did he say?
46:16He threatened to kill you unless I gave him the money.
46:19All of it.
46:20You said he'd be out there tonight.
46:22Oh, that's just a lot of talk.
46:24He's only trying to scare you.
46:25No, he wasn't, Jimmy.
46:26He meant it.
46:28What good is that money going to do if anything should happen to you?
46:31No, nothing's going to happen.
46:33Jimmy.
46:34Jimmy, please, let's find Roberts now.
46:37Roberts gone to a movie.
46:38We're going to leave with that money right now.
46:41Come on, get your things together.
46:42Come on, get your things together.
47:12Oh, we're not like that.
47:15Oh, Ruth, I love you.
47:16I love us together.
47:18I want us to be married and happy.
47:20If we don't go through with this now, we'll hate each other one way or another.
47:25We've got to finish like we began.
47:27Together.
47:29All right, Jimmy.
47:31I'll get the money.
47:33You go down to the car.
47:34I'll get it.
47:36Don't you trust me?
47:38We'll get it together, then.
47:39I said, don't you trust me.
47:41Why, of course I do.
47:42Oh, please, Jimmy.
47:44Please let me get the money.
47:45I want to prove to you that we will go on together, like you said.
47:50Whether it's life, death, or prison, we'll be together.
47:57That's right.
47:58Together.
47:59I thought you'd never get here.
48:13I almost bumped into the foresters.
48:15I told them we'd be right back.
48:18You slide in, Fred.
48:19What is it, Blackie?
48:26I don't know.
48:26Gee, that was a narrow squeak.
48:46I love you.
49:04It must be black and clean.
49:23They must have the money.
49:34Oh, it's not worth it.
50:04All right, Jimmy.
50:30Let's have it.
50:31You'll have to kill me first.
50:32That can be done, too.
50:33Come on, come on.
50:34We're wasting time.
50:35Jimmy, please let him...
50:35No.
50:36Wait.
50:37It's over there under that tree.
50:39Thanks, kid.
50:41Stand back.
50:45And Kate back.
51:03Shall we go?
51:15In a moment, when I get through telling you what I think of all this.
51:18I've listened to you for the last two years.
51:21I've done everything you've asked.
51:23But now this ends it.
51:24A moment ago, until I stepped in, it was your life or his.
51:27Well, what I have to say now concerns our lives.
51:29And I'm stepping in again.
51:31Jimmy, we're giving up this money.
51:33Wait a minute.
51:33Oh, I've waited long enough.
51:35I know what you're going to say.
51:36But it's our money.
51:37But that isn't the point at all.
51:39Well, even if we get away, we'll be hunted.
51:41We'll never know a moment of real peace.
51:43We'll always be on the run.
51:45Oh, Jimmy.
51:46I don't want to be on the run.
51:48I want to stand still.
51:49I want to marry you and stop running.
51:52Oh, Jimmy.
51:53Let's stand still.
51:55Let's go back and give the money to Roberts and...
51:57and laugh again.
52:06Well, here I am and you kids can start laughing right now.
52:14Better than the facial, huh?
52:17Here's the money, Mr. Roberts.
52:19Thanks, Jimmy.
52:21Don't thank me.
52:21I've never been so glad to get rid of anything in my life.
52:24I'm glad to get the money back, of course.
52:25But that's not why I thanked you.
52:27You see, I've always believed in you kids from the very start.
52:31And you've lived up to my belief.
52:32That's why I said thanks.
52:34Thank you for believing in us.
52:36You know, the reason we took that money
52:38is because we didn't believe in ourselves.
52:40But no more.
52:41We're all through with shortcuts.
52:43They're too tough.
52:44From now on, we'll earn our happiness.
52:47Together?
52:49Always.
52:49Always.
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