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00:04:12Waiting for the race to become official, he began to feel as if he had as much effect
00:04:18on the final outcome of the operation as a single piece of a jumbled jigsaw puzzle has
00:04:22to its predetermined final design.
00:04:25Only the addition of the missing fragments of the puzzle would reveal whether the picture
00:04:28was as he guessed it would be.
00:04:33The result of the fifth race is now declared official.
00:04:42About an hour earlier, that same Saturday afternoon in September, in another part of
00:05:05the city, Patrolman First Class Randy Kennan had some personal business to attend to.
00:05:09Hiya, Tony, what's a good word?
00:05:12Same as always, having a ball.
00:05:15See you later.
00:05:21Good evening, Randy.
00:05:23Our thing's been.
00:05:24What's the use of kicking, Leo?
00:05:26You wouldn't believe it anyway.
00:05:28Oh, I suppose they will very well.
00:05:31After all, a man drives a new car, lives in a fine apartment.
00:05:35So, I like to live good.
00:05:36You got any objections?
00:05:37None at all.
00:05:38As long as you don't overlook your obligation to me.
00:05:42I trust it was purely an oversight.
00:05:45I'm sure a man in your position wouldn't deliberately antagonize this credit.
00:05:50I ain't got it, Leo.
00:05:51I know I should have it.
00:05:53Then I'm as anxious to pay off as you are to have me.
00:05:55But I just ain't got it.
00:05:57Well, we all get a little cramped now and then.
00:06:01Suppose we make it a thousand.
00:06:03I'll rewrite the balance.
00:06:04It's a new loan.
00:06:05You'll be a fiscal breather.
00:06:06Fresh start.
00:06:06Listen, Leo.
00:06:08I'm broke, Kidney.
00:06:09Flat broke.
00:06:10Right now, I couldn't give you a thousand cents.
00:06:13But if you can wait a couple of weeks...
00:06:14Might be arranged.
00:06:16With a proper collateral course.
00:06:18You mean, where's the dough coming from?
00:06:19I can't tell you, Leo.
00:06:20All I can tell you is, it's a plenty sweet deal.
00:06:23I'll be able to pay you off like a slot machine.
00:06:26In two weeks, you said no longer.
00:06:28Maybe even less than that.
00:06:29You know I wouldn't pull a thing like this.
00:06:31I knew I couldn't afford to.
00:06:34I'm glad you said that, Randy.
00:06:36I was going to point out as much myself.
00:06:38But since you relieved me of the unpleasant necessity...
00:06:41It's a deal, then.
00:06:42I pay you the $2,600 within the next two weeks.
00:06:44Plus $400, a total of $3,000.
00:06:47The extra interest, of course.
00:06:49I trust that'll be satisfactory.
00:06:51I can say no.
00:06:53Thank you, Randy.
00:06:55I was sure you'd see it my way.
00:06:57Take good care of yourself.
00:07:00I'll take care of myself, mister.
00:07:02That's my specialty.
00:07:05At 7 p.m. that same day...
00:07:07Johnny Clay, perhaps the most important thread...
00:07:10in the unfinished fabric, furthered its design.
00:07:13None of these men are criminals in the usual sense.
00:07:15They've all got jobs.
00:07:16They all live seemingly normal, decent lives.
00:07:19But they've got their problems...
00:07:22and they've all got a little larceny in them.
00:07:24Now, you take my pal Unger, for instance...
00:07:26the guy who owns this apartment.
00:07:28He's putting up the money to operate with...
00:07:29and he's letting me stay here.
00:07:32He's a bookkeeper.
00:07:34Been with the same company for 10 years.
00:07:36You know, Faye, the biggest mistake I made before...
00:07:39was shooting for peanuts.
00:07:40Five years have taught me one thing, if nothing else.
00:07:43Anytime you take a chance...
00:07:45you'd better be sure the rewards are worth a risk...
00:07:46because they can put you away just as fast...
00:07:48for a $10 heist as they can for a million-dollar job.
00:07:50You don't have to sell it to me, Johnny.
00:07:52You know I'll go along with anything you say.
00:07:55I always have, you know, even since we were kids.
00:07:58I've always believed you.
00:08:00Everything you've ever told me.
00:08:03Those five years you've been away, I...
00:08:05I know they must have been terrible for you.
00:08:07Well, I mean, being locked up must be a terrible thing.
00:08:14You know something?
00:08:16This may sound funny, but...
00:08:19waiting for you all those years and staying by myself,
00:08:23it was like...
00:08:24not that you were locked in, but I was locked out.
00:08:29Well, look at me.
00:08:31First time we've been together in five years,
00:08:33and I'm making speeches.
00:08:34No, no, everything is going to be all right, I promise you.
00:08:38Make sure you're right about it, Johnny.
00:08:40I'm no good for anybody else.
00:08:42I'm not pretty, and I'm not very smart,
00:08:44so please don't leave me alone anymore.
00:08:47No, nothing is going to happen.
00:08:49Not this time.
00:08:51Well, I guess I'd better leave you be now.
00:08:54I know you've got a lot of work to do.
00:08:58When will I see you again?
00:09:00Saturday night.
00:09:01We'll be on the plane together.
00:09:02Look, Faye.
00:09:03Until it's all over, I want you to stay out of the way, huh?
00:09:07If there's anything I can do to help.
00:09:09No, nothing.
00:09:10You just make the plane reservations,
00:09:12and remember to tell them at the office that you're leaving.
00:09:13Tell them you're getting married.
00:09:15I don't want to say goodbye.
00:09:21Oh, hello, Myra.
00:09:21We were just talking about you.
00:09:23Hi, Johnny.
00:09:24Hi, Miss Faye.
00:09:25Hello.
00:09:25I hope there's something nice.
00:09:27Oh, yes.
00:09:28Johnny was telling me about what a wonderful friend you were.
00:09:31Faye was just leaving, weren't you, baby?
00:09:32Oh, don't rush off on my account.
00:09:34No, she's late for an appointment.
00:09:35That's right.
00:09:37You'll be sure to call me, won't you, Johnny?
00:09:38Yeah.
00:09:39Yeah, I'll do just what I told you, Edward.
00:09:44It's nice to see you again, Mr. Unger.
00:09:47Take care of Johnny.
00:09:48Oh, there's nothing I wouldn't do for Johnny.
00:09:50I'll see you.
00:09:51A half an hour earlier, at approximately 6.30, Mike O'Reilly, the track bartender, came home.
00:10:00Ruthie, I'm home.
00:10:01A half an hour later, at approximately 6.30, Mike O'Reilly, the track bartender, came home.
00:10:15I'll see you again, Mr. Unger.
00:10:20At 7.15 that same night, George Petey, the track cashier, arrived at his apartment.
00:10:44Hello.
00:10:50Feeling okay?
00:10:52Fine.
00:10:53I've been kind of sick today.
00:10:54I keep getting pains in my stomach.
00:10:55Maybe you've got a hole in it, George.
00:10:56Do you suppose you have?
00:10:57A hole in it?
00:10:58How would I get a hole in my stomach?
00:10:59How would you get one in your head?
00:11:01Don't fix me a drink, George.
00:11:02I think I'm developing some pains myself.
00:11:03Sherry, can't I ever say anything at all without you joking me about it?
00:11:06Hurry up with that drink, George.
00:11:07The pains are getting worse.
00:11:08I saw something kind of nice coming home on the train tonight.
00:11:10Something, well, kind of sweet.
00:11:11A candy bar, George?
00:11:12No, not a candy bar, don't it?
00:11:15It was people.
00:11:17This couple sitting just in front of me, George.
00:11:19I'm not going to drink, George.
00:11:20I'm not going to drink, George.
00:11:21I think I'm developing some pains myself.
00:11:23Sherry, can't I ever say anything at all without you joking me about it?
00:11:25Hurry up with that drink, George.
00:11:26The pains are getting worse.
00:11:27I saw something kind of nice coming home on the train tonight.
00:11:29Something, well, but kind of sweet.
00:11:31It was people.
00:11:34This couple sitting just in front of me.
00:11:38Oh, they weren't young exactly.
00:11:40I guess the woman was about your age.
00:11:42A little senile, you mean, with one foot and a big toe in the grave?
00:11:46You want to hear this or not?
00:11:48Do you or not, Sherry?
00:11:49I can't wait.
00:11:50Go ahead and throw me, George.
00:11:52Well, anyway, like I say, they were sitting just in front of me,
00:11:54and I could hear what they were saying.
00:11:56Well, part of it.
00:11:57They weren't young exactly, and they weren't really old.
00:11:59She was about my age, you said, and not anymore.
00:12:02Maybe she was when you started telling this story, but not now.
00:12:05Anyway, she was calling him Papa, and he was calling her Mama.
00:12:08And the climax to this exciting story, the moral, the punchline, George.
00:12:12Forget it, Sherry.
00:12:14Just thought I'd tell you about it, but I might have known.
00:12:17Oh, I know.
00:12:18You want to bet I know?
00:12:19I'll give you seven to five.
00:12:20Cut it out, will you, Sherry?
00:12:22I'm tired.
00:12:23I don't feel so good.
00:12:24You want me to call you Papa, isn't that it, George?
00:12:28And you want to call me Mom?
00:12:29You know all the answers.
00:12:30Go right ahead.
00:12:31Of course, it may be the last word you ever say,
00:12:33but I'll try to kill you as painful.
00:12:34I've got to go out tonight.
00:12:35I don't suppose there's anything for dinner.
00:12:37Of course there is, darling.
00:12:38There are all sorts of things.
00:12:40We have steak and asparagus and potatoes.
00:12:43I don't smell nothing.
00:12:44Well, that figures, because you're too far away from it.
00:12:47Too far away from it?
00:12:48Certainly.
00:12:49You don't think I had it all cooked, do you?
00:12:50It's all down in the shopping center.
00:12:51Tell me something, will you, Sherry?
00:12:54Just tell me one thing.
00:12:57Why did you ever marry me anyway?
00:13:00Oh, George, when a man has to ask his wife that,
00:13:02well, he just hadn't met her, that's all.
00:13:05Why talk about it?
00:13:06Maybe it's all to the good in the long run.
00:13:08After all, if people didn't have headaches,
00:13:10what would happen to the aspirin industry?
00:13:12You used to love me.
00:13:13You said you did anyway.
00:13:14I seem to recall you made a memorable statement, too.
00:13:17Something about hitting it rich
00:13:19and having an apartment on Park Avenue
00:13:21and a different car for every day of the week.
00:13:23Not that I really care about such things, understand,
00:13:26as long as I have a big, handsome, intelligent brute like you.
00:13:29It would make a difference, wouldn't it?
00:13:30If I had money, I mean.
00:13:32How would you define money, George?
00:13:34Now, if you're thinking of giving me
00:13:35your collection of Roosevelt diamonds...
00:13:37I mean big money.
00:13:38Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
00:13:40You really don't feel well, do you?
00:13:42Are you sure that pain's in your stomach?
00:13:43I'm gonna have it, Sherry.
00:13:45Hundreds of thousands.
00:13:46Maybe a half a million.
00:13:48Of course you are, darling.
00:13:50Did you put the right address on the envelope
00:13:51when you sent it to the North Pole?
00:13:53Go ahead and laugh.
00:13:54Wait and see.
00:13:56Maybe you won't be laughing so hard in a few days.
00:13:59You're really serious.
00:14:01You really think you're gonna have a lot of money?
00:14:03I don't think nothing.
00:14:04I know it.
00:14:05You've never been a liar, George.
00:14:07You don't have enough imagination to lie.
00:14:09So what makes you think or know
00:14:11that you're gonna have several hundred thousand dollars?
00:14:13Because I do.
00:14:14I just can't talk about it, that's all.
00:14:15Not even to me, your little sheriff.
00:14:17I shouldn't have even mentioned I was going to have it.
00:14:19It's not that I mind.
00:14:20I know I can trust you.
00:14:21But if these other guys ever...
00:14:22These other guys?
00:14:24I can't talk about it, Sherry.
00:14:25I just can't.
00:14:27These other guys?
00:14:28Is that why you're going out tonight to meet with her?
00:14:30They got nothing to do with that.
00:14:31I just gotta go uptown for a little while.
00:14:34I see.
00:14:35Well, you go right ahead, George.
00:14:37If you wanna act that way, I certainly won't try to stop you.
00:14:39Sherry.
00:14:40Now, Sherry, honey, don't be sore at me.
00:14:42Well, after all, one woman's been married for five years,
00:14:45and her own husband doesn't trust her.
00:14:47Why, you think more of them than you do of me.
00:14:49What right have you got to say a thing like that?
00:14:51You know I'm crazy about you.
00:14:53I'd do anything in the world for you.
00:14:55Honey, you're the one I'm doing it for.
00:14:57If I didn't love you so much...
00:14:58Look, I don't want you to do anything for me.
00:15:00I don't even wanna talk to you anymore.
00:15:01You go up and see your fellow, whatever you wanna do.
00:15:03Sherry.
00:15:04But don't you be surprised if I'm not here when you get home.
00:15:07Don't you all be surprised.
00:15:08You'd better be here, you hear me, Sherry?
00:15:10You will be, won't you?
00:15:12You wouldn't do anything foolish, would you?
00:15:14I certainly wouldn't want to, but as long as you don't trust me
00:15:17or have the slightest bit of faith in me.
00:15:19Sherry, if I ever found you with another man...
00:15:22But why?
00:15:23You have no use for me, or you say you do,
00:15:25but when it comes to a showdown or proving it,
00:15:27you say one thing and then you do the opposite.
00:15:30Well, I could tell you a little bit about it, I guess.
00:15:35Well, most of it.
00:15:37But you have to promise to keep quiet.
00:15:39Why, of course, darling.
00:15:41Just a second.
00:15:46Well.
00:15:47Hello.
00:15:48Hello.
00:15:49How'd you get away from George tonight?
00:15:51He had to go somewhere.
00:15:52That's a break.
00:15:53I'm glad you called me.
00:15:55Come on.
00:15:58Something wrong, baby?
00:15:59No, nothing's wrong.
00:16:02Can I get you a drink?
00:16:03No, I don't think so.
00:16:06Come on, now.
00:16:07It's not my baby.
00:16:09Val, I called you last night.
00:16:11Oh, yeah?
00:16:12There was no answer.
00:16:13Hmm, I guess I stepped out.
00:16:15I called you four times.
00:16:16Honey, I guess I was out somewhere.
00:16:18Oh, what'd you do?
00:16:19I don't know.
00:16:20I guess I was goofing off at a movie or something.
00:16:23Val, why are you doing this to me?
00:16:25I don't know what you mean.
00:16:27I think you do.
00:16:29Oh, look, Mrs. Petey.
00:16:31What I do is my own business.
00:16:33I never tried to beat you down, did I?
00:16:35I never asked you how you got your kicks before you met me, did I?
00:16:38That hurt, Val.
00:16:39You didn't used to talk to me like that.
00:16:41I'm sorry, baby, but don't bug me.
00:16:43I could live my life a certain way.
00:16:45I can't stand it when the walls start closing in.
00:16:48But you know how crazy I am about you.
00:16:50And I'm crazy about you, too, sweetheart.
00:16:52I've given you sufficient proof of that.
00:16:55I know.
00:16:56It's just that lately every time I call you...
00:16:58So I step out once in a while.
00:17:00Look, you got yourself a husband.
00:17:01A guy will spend every last nickel on you.
00:17:03Won't ask you any questions when you come home from an afternoon movie at 9 at night.
00:17:07Don't be greedy.
00:17:08I'm not greedy, Val.
00:17:09I'm in love with you.
00:17:10And if that's being greedy, Val,
00:17:12I'm the biggest glutton that ever walked with you.
00:17:14Don't make it sound so ominous.
00:17:15It's not like you're gonna eat me alive.
00:17:17I may just do that.
00:17:22Darling, what are the two things in life you're most interested in?
00:17:25What?
00:17:26Money and women.
00:17:27Oh, that's a nice way to put me down.
00:17:29That about sums it up, doesn't it?
00:17:31We'll let it stand.
00:17:33I imagine what you really meant to say was money and woman.
00:17:36We're gonna have money, Val.
00:17:38More money than you ever dreamed of.
00:17:39Maybe even millions.
00:17:40Oh, yeah?
00:17:41How?
00:17:42George, that's how.
00:17:44He stumbled onto something big.
00:17:46That meatball?
00:17:47A meatball with gravy, Val.
00:17:49You know he works at the track.
00:17:50Well, somehow, and don't ask me how, but he's got connected with a mob.
00:17:54They're gonna rob the track offices for the day's receipts.
00:17:57You mean he seriously told you that he and some mob are gonna knock over the racetrack?
00:18:01And you can believe him, Val, cause George may be a fool, but he's not a liar.
00:18:04The guy's crazy.
00:18:05That's never been done before.
00:18:06I know.
00:18:07I told him that.
00:18:08But he says the job's all set up and it's gonna be done.
00:18:10And if I'd just sit tight, I'd be up to my girls in the cash just like that.
00:18:14Well, let's suppose this is all true.
00:18:17How do I fit in?
00:18:19Well, you know I've been gonna leave George.
00:18:22I guess you know why, too.
00:18:24Well, you've been saying that for a long, long time, Sherry.
00:18:28But everything's changed now.
00:18:30I was gonna tell him tonight.
00:18:32George may be very rich very soon.
00:18:34Hmm.
00:18:35That's all he needs, isn't it?
00:18:36It'll still be George.
00:18:38So you think, uh, let's say George and his boys pull his job and George gets his cut?
00:18:44Maybe I could take it away from him, eh?
00:18:47I think you could.
00:18:50What about the others?
00:18:52Any idea who they are?
00:18:53Only this.
00:18:54I went through his clothes while he was showering.
00:18:56I'm quite sure George went there tonight.
00:18:59Hmm.
00:19:01Kiddo, I think we got something here.
00:19:04You know, if this is true, this is a lot bigger than you think.
00:19:07You're interested in taking Georgie's cut?
00:19:09Well, I got news for you.
00:19:10Georgie's cut's gonna be peanuts compared to this whole thing.
00:19:13We gotta find out more about the overall plan.
00:19:16You think he'll tell you any more?
00:19:18Not a chance.
00:19:19I could see he was scared stiff because he talked as much as he did.
00:19:22I don't get it, Johnny.
00:19:23About these two other guys.
00:19:27You mean there's gonna be two other guys in on the deal?
00:19:30And we ain't gonna know who they are?
00:19:32That's right.
00:19:33You don't know who they are and they don't know who you are.
00:19:35That makes sense to you, doesn't it?
00:19:36Well, yes, I guess so.
00:19:38But it makes sense to me, all right.
00:19:40How come we need them, though, Johnny?
00:19:41What are they gonna do?
00:19:42Oh, one of them's for the job with a rifle.
00:19:44None of you boys can handle that even if you were willing to.
00:19:46And the other one starts the fight in the bar.
00:19:48These other fellas, how much are they cutting in for?
00:19:50Not that I mind.
00:19:51Anything you do is okay, but...
00:19:52These men are not gonna be in on the basic scheme.
00:19:54They're getting paid to perform certain definite duties
00:19:56at a certain definite time.
00:19:58And they're not cutting in on the take.
00:20:00They'll be paid a flat price to do a straight job.
00:20:02Well, if they don't know anything about the basic plan,
00:20:04about the job, then why are they doing it?
00:20:06It's simple.
00:20:07These boys are straight hoods.
00:20:08They get paid in advance.
00:20:09Five grand for the one with the rifle
00:20:10and $2,500 for the other.
00:20:11Well, where's this money coming from?
00:20:13That's where Marvin comes in.
00:20:15He's getting the $7,500 for us,
00:20:16and he gets it back off the top.
00:20:18I wish I could do more, Johnny.
00:20:20It's almost not right for me to get as much as everybody else.
00:20:23After all, all I do is...
00:20:24Your money counts for plenty, Marv.
00:20:26You don't hear any of them complaining, do you?
00:20:28Sure.
00:20:29You're okay in our book, Marv.
00:20:30But look, Johnny, if these two hoods get paid in advance,
00:20:33how do you know they're gonna do their jobs?
00:20:35I'll vouch for them.
00:20:36These guys are pros.
00:20:38They can't afford to weasel out on a deal.
00:20:39If they did, they'd be washed up.
00:20:41Okay?
00:20:42Okay.
00:20:43Any other questions?
00:20:45Well, let's take a look at this, then.
00:20:47This is a rough drawing of the track as I remember it.
00:20:52Brandy, you'll have to get me an A1 street map of the whole district.
00:20:55George, Mike, I want you to go over this thing with me,
00:20:59inch by inch.
00:21:00Bring it completely up to date.
00:21:02Add or subtract the slightest change,
00:21:04even if it's something as small as the placing of a hot dog stand.
00:21:07Now, give or take a few thousand,
00:21:10I figure the loot on this deal at two million.
00:21:14There should be that much in the track offices.
00:21:17That includes profits on the power of mutual betting,
00:21:19the breakage money, taxes from the mutual machines,
00:21:22receipts from the concessions, and the money from ticket sales.
00:21:25None of this money is allowed to accumulate at any one point around the track,
00:21:29except for money to make change with and the mutual clerks pay off money
00:21:32while it all goes into the office.
00:21:34And out of the entire take,
00:21:36only a few thousand dollars is put in the office safe to cover emergencies.
00:21:39The rest is out in the open, held for pick-up by armored car.
00:21:43That car arrives about five o'clock.
00:21:45It parks directly in front of the main entrance to the clubhouse.
00:21:48Two men stay in it.
00:21:49One at the wheel,
00:21:50the other at a machine gun and the turret.
00:21:52Two others enter the office to collect the dough.
00:21:54Now, they're armed, of course,
00:21:55and so are the track detectives who cover them from the car to the office and back.
00:21:58Now, once the armored car arrives, a stick-up is out of the question.
00:22:28What do you think?
00:22:29You guys, any of you ever see this woman before?
00:22:31It's Sherry, my wife.
00:22:32Why, you.
00:22:33You've been talking.
00:22:34Now you spilled to her.
00:22:35I didn't ask.
00:22:36What, do you think I'm crazy?
00:22:37I wouldn't jerk you, clown.
00:22:38Come on, clown.
00:22:39Sing us a chorus from Pagliaggi.
00:22:40You better talk, George.
00:22:41Come clean.
00:22:42Either you talk or we'll get it out of her.
00:22:43Please.
00:22:44You wouldn't do anything to her, Johnny, please.
00:22:45I don't want it.
00:22:46But if you won't talk, George,
00:22:47I'll get it out of her.
00:22:48You better talk, George.
00:22:49Come clean.
00:22:50Either you talk or we'll get it out of her.
00:22:51Please.
00:22:52You wouldn't do anything to her, Johnny, please.
00:22:53If you won't talk, if you won't tell us what you told her.
00:22:56I didn't tell her nothing.
00:22:57Honest, I didn't.
00:22:58Why would I do a thing like that, Johnny?
00:22:59Sure, she wouldn't.
00:23:00She's just a building inspector, is it?
00:23:01She just stopped outside the door to measure the keyhole.
00:23:04Why, you.
00:23:05Let's have it, George.
00:23:06We're gonna get it out of one of you.
00:23:07If you didn't tell her anything,
00:23:08why was she around here snooping?
00:23:10She must have found the address in my pocket.
00:23:12Sure, that's what it was.
00:23:13Thought I was two-timing her, you know.
00:23:15Running around with another.
00:23:16You know.
00:23:17If you didn't tell her anything,
00:23:18why was she around here snooping?
00:23:19She must have found the address in my pocket.
00:23:20Sure, that's what it was.
00:23:23Of course.
00:23:24She's just checking up on me, John.
00:23:31I didn't tell her nothing.
00:23:32Honest, I didn't.
00:23:33You'll let her go, won't you?
00:23:36You won't hurt her, John.
00:23:37Randy, Mike.
00:23:38Take him home to his apartment
00:23:40and stick with him until I phone you.
00:23:41No, I'm not leaving.
00:23:42Sorry.
00:23:43You're leaving, all right.
00:23:44Now, how are you going, Sly?
00:23:46No.
00:23:47Come on, George.
00:23:48Let's go.
00:23:49What are you going to do now, Johnny?
00:23:56I don't think I'll have to kill her.
00:23:58Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that's all.
00:24:01Marv, why don't you take yourself a walk for an hour or so?
00:24:04Yeah, yeah.
00:24:05Yeah, I'll be.
00:24:06I'll be back in a couple of hours.
00:24:07I'll be back in a couple of hours.
00:24:37I'll be back in a while.
00:24:38Yeah?
00:24:39One, two.
00:24:40One, two.
00:24:41One, two.
00:24:42One, three.
00:24:43One, two.
00:24:44The other one.
00:24:45Two.
00:24:46The other ones.
00:24:47One, three.
00:24:48One, two.
00:24:49All right, sister.
00:24:51That's a mighty pretty head you've got on your shoulders.
00:24:52Do you want to keep it there, or do you want to start carrying it around in your hands?
00:24:58Well, maybe we could compromise and put it on your shoulder.
00:25:00I think that'd be nice, don't you?
00:25:01What were you doing outside that door?
00:25:02Doing?
00:25:03I was listening, naturally.
00:25:05Trying to, I should say.
00:25:06Oh, you admit it. You admit you were out there snooping.
00:25:08Yes, wasn't that naughty of me, but I'm afraid I was.
00:25:11I found an address in George's pocket.
00:25:13I thought he might be playing around with another woman, so I came over here.
00:25:16And you'd care if he was playing another dame?
00:25:18That would bother you.
00:25:22You don't understand me, Johnny.
00:25:24You don't know me very well.
00:25:26I know you like a book.
00:25:28You're a no-good, nosy little tramp.
00:25:30You'd sell out your own mother for a piece of fudge, but you're smart along with it.
00:25:33Smart enough to know when to sell and when to sit tight, and you know you better sit tight in this case.
00:25:37I do.
00:25:38You heard me.
00:25:39You like money.
00:25:40You got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart.
00:25:43So play it smart.
00:25:44Stay in character and you'll have money.
00:25:46Plenty of it George will have, and he'll blow it all on you.
00:25:48Probably buy himself a five-cent cigar.
00:25:50You don't know me very well, Johnny.
00:25:52I wouldn't think of letting George throw his money away on cigars.
00:25:56Isn't there a big if in there somewhere?
00:25:59Yeah, there's a couple of them.
00:26:01If you're smart, if you keep your trap shut and don't nose around anymore, you'll have money.
00:26:05You'll be loaded with a capital L.
00:26:07But if you don't, there'll be nothing.
00:26:08We'll forget the whole thing.
00:26:09Nothing will happen and you won't have a penny.
00:26:10I wouldn't like that.
00:26:12Frail as I am, I'd much prefer to be loaded.
00:26:14I think we understand each other.
00:26:16Now, beat it.
00:26:18Those guys, fine friends they turned out to be.
00:26:22Slapping me around, calling me dirty names.
00:26:25I thought that rotten Randy had caved the side of my head in.
00:26:28Poor George.
00:26:29You all right now, aren't you, darling?
00:26:31Doggone it, Sherry.
00:26:32You shouldn't have come over there tonight.
00:26:33It's a wonder we both didn't get killed.
00:26:35I don't think there was much danger of that.
00:26:37After all, if they'd killed you, it couldn't be a robbery.
00:26:39If they'd done anything to harm me or seriously offend you, I said...
00:26:43They have offended me.
00:26:44They've offended me plenty.
00:26:45Oh, George, don't be such an old bear.
00:26:47They have and I'm not gonna forget it in a hurry.
00:26:50Well, what else could they have done?
00:26:52I thought they acted quite reasonably.
00:26:54Well, anyway...
00:26:56What?
00:26:58What did Johnny do to you?
00:27:00Do?
00:27:01I already told you.
00:27:02Just asked me some questions and made sure it was all right for me to leave.
00:27:06Sherry, did...
00:27:08Did Johnny try anything?
00:27:10Why, George, what a terrible thing for you to ask.
00:27:12I was pretty sure that you...
00:27:13I don't think you'd better say anymore.
00:27:14Then why did you come over there tonight, Sherry?
00:27:17It wasn't for the reason you said.
00:27:18It was for the reason you said, George.
00:27:20You said it yourself.
00:27:21I was just trying to make an alibi for you.
00:27:23I was afraid those guys would kill you.
00:27:25You know that I wouldn't look at another woman.
00:27:27There wouldn't be any women chasing after a guy like me.
00:27:30Oh, let's drop it, George.
00:27:31You put words in my mouth and then you say they're not true.
00:27:34I told you exactly what happened.
00:27:37Oh, dear.
00:27:39Everything's all right with you and your pals now.
00:27:42You're gonna have lots and lots of money and...
00:27:44I've been thinking it over, Sherry.
00:27:45I can hardly wait.
00:27:47How soon will it be, George?
00:27:48What day?
00:27:49It ain't going to be, Sherry.
00:27:50I'm dropping out.
00:27:51You're dropping out?
00:27:53Oh, you don't mean it.
00:27:54You can't mean it.
00:27:55I'm afraid, Sherry.
00:27:57This business tonight, it kind of opened my eyes.
00:28:00It made me realize the kind of guys I was getting mixed up with.
00:28:03Before, all I thought of was the money.
00:28:06Well, you just keep on thinking about that, George,
00:28:08and you'll think how disappointed I'd be if you didn't get that money.
00:28:11I'm afraid I'd feel like you didn't really love me.
00:28:14I don't see how I could feel any other way.
00:28:17Why?
00:28:18Why should I have to do a thing like that to prove to you that I love you?
00:28:21George, what are you gonna do?
00:28:23I want to know right now.
00:28:25All you've ever done is talk about loving me.
00:28:27That's all I've had for the last five years is talk.
00:28:30Now that you have a chance to do something and to...
00:28:33all those things you promised, buy me things.
00:28:36Well, what are you gonna do, George?
00:28:38You know, there ain't a thing in the world I wouldn't do for you.
00:28:41Then you'll do this for me, won't you?
00:28:44I guess so.
00:28:50You'd be perfect, George. You have no idea how perfect.
00:28:53I won't have long to wait.
00:28:55Well, I will be within the next few days, won't I?
00:28:58Well, when will it be, George?
00:29:00You've got your own way, Sherry.
00:29:02You wanted me to go ahead with the deal, so I'm going.
00:29:04Now, leave me alone, will you?
00:29:06I'm sorry, darling.
00:29:08Of course, we won't even talk about it. You don't want to.
00:29:11You really love me, Sherry?
00:29:13Of course.
00:29:15You'll always love me?
00:29:17Always and always.
00:29:27Three days later, at 10.15 on a Tuesday morning,
00:29:30Johnny Clay began the final preparations.
00:29:36You want somebody to play with?
00:29:38Uh, no, no thanks. I'm just looking for a friend.
00:29:41Oh, you, Patzer. You missed the move.
00:29:45Knight to knight five, one takes knight.
00:29:47Rook takes rook, into rook four check.
00:29:49King to bishop one.
00:29:50Go away. Bother someone else.
00:29:51You don't know what you're talking.
00:29:52He couldn't do that.
00:29:53You don't know what you're talking.
00:29:54Shut up, Patzer. Make a move.
00:29:56He's right. I could have won your rook.
00:29:58Move, Patzer.
00:30:00Look, stop talking or I'll call Fisher.
00:30:02I can't think with all this noise.
00:30:04Good game, Maurice.
00:30:06Johnny Clay, my old friend. How are you?
00:30:08Good to see you, Maurice. It's been a long time, huh?
00:30:10How long have you been out?
00:30:11Oh, not very long.
00:30:12It was very difficult, no?
00:30:14Yeah.
00:30:16Very difficult.
00:30:18You have messy buddies, Johnny.
00:30:20You have not yet learned that in this life we have to be like everyone else.
00:30:24The perfect mediocrity. No better, no worse.
00:30:27Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable.
00:30:34You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses.
00:30:40They are admired and fear of worship, but there is always present under language to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.
00:30:49Yeah. Like the man said, life is like a glass of tea, huh?
00:30:55Oh, Johnny, my friend. You never were very bright, but I love you anyway.
00:31:01How, uh, how's life been treating you, Maurice?
00:31:05About the same as always, Johnny.
00:31:07When I need some money, I go out and rest.
00:31:10But mostly I'm up here wasting my time playing chess.
00:31:14But, you know, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I didn't have this place to come to.
00:31:19Maurice, could you use $2,500?
00:31:22It's such a pleasant ring to the, uh, quite musical. What is it for?
00:31:28They're taking care of a half a dozen private dicks. Race track cops.
00:31:31I want you to start a fight with a bartender at the track. The track cops will try to break it up.
00:31:35You keep them busy for as long as you can. Make them drag you out of the place.
00:31:38No gunplay. Strictly a muscle job.
00:31:40Would it be out of order for me to ask for what it is that you are willing to pay such a price to see me demonstrate my talents?
00:31:46I would imagine it is for more than just your own personal entertainment.
00:31:51$2,500 is a lot of dole, Maurice. Part of it's for not asking questions.
00:31:55That sounds not unreasonable. Still, I will probably go to jail. And jails I found unpleasant.
00:32:01Food is very bad. Companies poor. Pets are too small.
00:32:06Ah, it'll only be a disorderly conduct charge. Maybe 60 days. Nothing worse.
00:32:10And if a man has little money to spread around in the right places, he can be quite comfortable for his stay.
00:32:14I do not quite understand, Johnny. For what you want me to do, you could get any hoodlum for $100.
00:32:20I don't want any hoodlum. I want a guy like you. Someone who's absolutely dependable.
00:32:24Who knows he's being well paid to take a risk and won't squawk if the going gets rough.
00:32:28I was thinking if perhaps we can't work out some other arrangement.
00:32:32$2,500, I like very much. But suppose I were willing to forgo part of it and take a share in your enterprise instead. No?
00:32:42No. It's not mine to share up. Very well, Johnny. Now, since there will be certain details to work out.
00:32:48Yeah. I'll buy a cup of coffee.
00:32:51It's beautiful, isn't it? Yeah, that's exactly what I wanted.
00:33:00Yeah, Pops, you could take care of a whole room full of people with that gun.
00:33:03Maybe not kill them all, but then they wouldn't be good for anything afterwards.
00:33:06I knew you'd take care of it for me, Nicky. Say, how long you had this place?
00:33:10Almost a year. Yeah, and it's picturesque enough, but there can't be much profit in it.
00:33:15There isn't. But then there isn't much trouble neither. What are you thinking about?
00:33:20A job. Your kind of a job. A job with a rifle.
00:33:23What kind of money, Pops? $5,000.
00:33:26Who do I have to kill? A horse.
00:33:29A horse? A four-legged horse.
00:33:32And for that, I could find some of it. Well, for that, Andy.
00:33:34I figured that'd be a gimmick.
00:33:37Well, a gimmick isn't as tough as you may think.
00:33:39You shoot the horse, and if by any chance anything goes wrong, you don't squawk.
00:33:43And all I got to do is bump off a horse.
00:33:45Well, it's a special kind of a horse, Nick.
00:33:47Well?
00:33:48For certain reasons, including your own protection in case anything happens,
00:33:50I'm not going to give you the whole story. Just your part of it.
00:33:53Next Saturday, the $100,000 handicap is being run.
00:33:56In the seventh race, that's the big race of the season, there's a certain horse running.
00:33:59He's one of the best three-year-olds to come along in the last ten years.
00:34:02He's a big money winner, and he won't pay even money,
00:34:04because half the people out there are going to be down on him.
00:34:06All right. There's a parking lot less than 300 feet from the northwest corner of the track.
00:34:10From a car parked in the southeast corner of that lot,
00:34:12you get a perfect view of the horses as they come around the far corner
00:34:15and start into the stretch.
00:34:16A man sitting in a car, parked in that spot,
00:34:18using a high-powered rifle with a telescopic sight,
00:34:21should be able to bring down any given horse with a single shot.
00:34:23And a man with your eye would hardly need a telescopic sight.
00:34:26Well, that horse is worth a quarter million bucks,
00:34:28and you know the crowd would go completely nuts.
00:34:30So what? Let him go nuts.
00:34:31You can do it, Nick. You can do it easy.
00:34:33And you shouldn't have too much trouble getting away in the confusion.
00:34:35Red Lightning will undoubtedly be leading in the stretch,
00:34:37because that's the way he runs.
00:34:38So he goes down, and a couple of other horses pile up on top of him.
00:34:41There'll be plenty of confusion, I can guarantee you that.
00:34:43Yeah.
00:34:44And there's one more thing.
00:34:45Suppose by accident you do get picked up.
00:34:47What have you done?
00:34:48You shot a horse.
00:34:49It isn't first-degree murder.
00:34:50In fact, it isn't even murder.
00:34:51In fact, I don't know what it is.
00:34:52But the chances are the best they could get you on would be
00:34:54inciting a riot, or shooting horses out of season,
00:34:56or something like that.
00:34:57Well, you put it down.
00:34:58Could you make it sound real simple, you know, Pops?
00:35:00Five thousand bucks for rubbing out a horse.
00:35:02Okay, Pops, how do I get it?
00:35:05$2,500 a day, $2,500 a day after the raise.
00:35:07Okay, crazy.
00:35:08Now tell me something.
00:35:09What's your angle, John?
00:35:11They'll probably call the raise off, huh?
00:35:13And they won't pay off any of the bets.
00:35:15Come on.
00:35:16Maybe.
00:35:17But what my angle is, is my business.
00:35:18And, Nicky, five thousand bucks is a lot of dough,
00:35:20and that's what I'm paying it for,
00:35:21so nobody has to know my business.
00:35:23All right, Jack.
00:35:24I've got no trouble with it.
00:35:25I'm with you.
00:35:42I'm looking for Joe Piano.
00:35:43Who's looking for Joe?
00:35:44Patsy sent me.
00:35:45Patsy who?
00:35:46Patsy Janelli.
00:35:47And where did you see Patsy?
00:35:48Alcatraz.
00:35:49We roomed together.
00:35:50My name happened to...
00:35:51Don't tell me who you are.
00:35:52What can I do for you?
00:35:53I want a place to stay for about a week.
00:35:55I won't be in there very much.
00:35:56I don't want it cleaned,
00:35:57and I don't want anybody else in it except myself.
00:35:59I think I can accommodate you.
00:36:00So how's the boy?
00:36:02He's fine.
00:36:03He's doing it on his ear.
00:36:04He's the best pitcher they got up there,
00:36:05and he told me to tell you not to worry about it.
00:36:07Yeah, he's doing the book, you know.
00:36:09He wanted plenty.
00:36:10Well, he's a tough kid.
00:36:11Maybe he'll get a break.
00:36:12Yeah, I know.
00:36:13Let's hope.
00:36:16Hey, well, I got another one.
00:36:17You don't have to worry about
00:36:18leaving anything in here.
00:36:19It'll be safe.
00:36:20I'm always over here.
00:36:21There'll be no maid service.
00:36:22Want to leave anything in there?
00:36:23Just this and another bag next week.
00:36:25Don't you worry.
00:36:26Nobody will disturb them.
00:36:27All right, what'll it be?
00:36:28Oh, no.
00:36:29No charge.
00:36:30You said Fatsy sent me.
00:36:31Sure he sent me,
00:36:32but he's a friend of mine,
00:36:33and I'd feel better if I paid.
00:36:34It's kind of a business arrangement.
00:36:35I can afford it.
00:36:36Okay, then it'll be $10 a week.
00:36:38I'll send her the money in the butts to the boy.
00:36:41Yeah.
00:36:42Thank you very much.
00:36:43Have a nice time.
00:36:44eh.
00:36:45Have a nice time, eh.
00:36:47Let's go.
00:37:17Four days later, at 7.30 a.m., Sherry Petey was wide awake.
00:37:39Gosh, honey, did I wake you up? I'm sorry. I just got to sleep somehow.
00:37:44Can I get you anything? Would you like some more coffee?
00:37:46No, I guess not. Nice of you to offer, though.
00:37:50I don't know. I'm just nervous and restless. I'll be all right. Go on back to bed, will you?
00:37:54No, I won't. Even if I don't get up to get my husband's breakfast, the least I can do is sit with him while he has his coffee.
00:38:01Now, Sherry, you sure you feel all right? I'm sorry. I didn't mean that the way it sounded.
00:38:06I deserved it.
00:38:09I know. I've been irritable and moody lately, and I haven't acted like I should.
00:38:13It's just I can't stand living like this. It's a crummy apartment and a hamburger for dinner.
00:38:17Oh, you haven't been so bad, baby.
00:38:19Yes, I have.
00:38:20But things are going to be different, you'll see.
00:38:23We get all that money and have so many nice things. I'll stop thinking about myself so much.
00:38:28Your problems will be my problems.
00:38:31Whenever you're worried about something like now, for instance, is it the robbery? Is that what you're worrying about?
00:38:35Yeah, I guess it is a little.
00:38:37I have no reason to. I know it's going to be all right.
00:38:40Oh, it's natural. You'd be a little upset at a time like this.
00:38:45Today, isn't it?
00:38:46Huh? What makes you think that? Just because I couldn't sleep, it doesn't mean that I...
00:38:51Oh, I know why, George. He can't fool me.
00:38:54I'm right, aren't I, darling? Today is the day we get all that money.
00:38:56No, you ain't. It isn't today.
00:38:59If you don't stop pestering me, trying to find out something you have no reason to know, there ain't going to be no money.
00:39:04Well, George, how can you...
00:39:05I'm in it, Sherry. Now, I'm getting fed up.
00:39:08You heard what Johnny told you to stop butting in. Mind your own business. He'd call this whole thing off.
00:39:12And he told me something else, too, which I neglected to tell you, that if I did butt in, as you and he choose to call it, that he'd break my neck.
00:39:19Well, maybe he had reason to. He wanted to make you understand that he means business.
00:39:25Well, all I've got to say is you've certainly changed your tune since he and his friend slapped you around.
00:39:30Well, I was pretty sore about that, but after all, what could they do?
00:39:33You said yourself they acted pretty reasonable. We had no reason to hold a grudge.
00:39:36But I'm not going to argue with you, George.
00:39:38If you let people beat you up and then take their side against your own wife, I...
00:39:41But you did, Sherry. You said, look, I wanted to quit.
00:39:44You wouldn't let me. You said I had no reason to.
00:39:47Anyway, Johnny didn't lay a hand on me. None of the guys did but Randy.
00:39:51I was going to tell you something about your dear friend Johnny,
00:39:54but since you feel about him like you do, I take his word against mine.
00:39:59What about him? What were you going to tell me?
00:40:02Let's stop the conversation right there.
00:40:05What were you going to tell me, Sherry?
00:40:06I don't think I can tell you when you feel like you do about him.
00:40:12Not having any faith in me and keeping secrets.
00:40:15We won't have any secrets.
00:40:17What happened?
00:40:19Well, I tried to tell you about this the other night,
00:40:22but he was so upset, and every time I tried to say anything, you cut me off.
00:40:27Sherry, what are you trying to tell me?
00:40:30I tried to stop him. I pleaded and I struggled.
00:40:33I struggled.
00:40:36It doesn't matter, does it, darling?
00:40:39Anything that really matters is how I feel about you now, isn't it?
00:40:44It is today, isn't it?
00:40:50Earlier that morning at 5 a.m., Red Lightning was fed only a half portion of feed
00:40:55in preparation for the seventh race that afternoon, the $100,000 Lansdowne Stakes.
00:41:00At 7 a.m. that morning, Johnny Clay began what might be the last day of his life.
00:41:09Yeah, all right.
00:41:10What time is it?
00:41:15It's early yet. It's only 7. You better go back to sleep after I leave.
00:41:18I just wanted to say goodbye, until tonight, that is.
00:41:24Everything's all set. It should go perfectly, but if it doesn't, if anything goes wrong,
00:41:27why, just don't talk about this with anyone.
00:41:29You'll be in the clear for everything except being short on your books,
00:41:31and I don't think they'll be too rough.
00:41:32No. I'm not worried about that.
00:41:35Matter of fact, I'm not worried about anything.
00:41:36I just wish there was something more I could do to help.
00:41:38Yeah, you've done your part. I only hope we can do ours as well.
00:41:43We, uh, we'll probably never see each other again after we split the money and break up tonight,
00:41:47but in my book, you'll always be a stand-up guy.
00:41:52Johnny, I... I don't know how to say this, and I don't even know if I have the right,
00:41:57but I've always thought maybe you're like my own kid.
00:42:01Yeah, you can say anything you want.
00:42:03You've had a lot of rough breaks, and maybe you've made a few mistakes, but...
00:42:07after today, the good Lord willing, you'll be a new man, a rich man.
00:42:14And that can make a lot of difference.
00:42:16You've got a lot of life ahead of you, a lot of people to meet,
00:42:20people of quality and substance.
00:42:24When do you get now?
00:42:25Wouldn't it be great if we could just go away, the two of us,
00:42:28and let the old world take a couple of turns,
00:42:31and have a chance to take stock of things?
00:42:34It's... it can be pretty serious and terrible,
00:42:38particularly if it's not the right person.
00:42:41Getting married, I mean.
00:42:44You better go back to sleep.
00:42:46The seventh race starts about 4.30 if you want to catch it on the radio.
00:42:51I'll be back here about 7 o'clock.
00:42:56Keep away from the track.
00:42:58Go to a movie or something.
00:42:59See you later.
00:43:00It was exactly 7 a.m. when he got to the airport.
00:43:11The wait is okay, Mr. Preston. Is that all the baggage?
00:43:14Well, I'll have one more with me tonight.
00:43:16I, um, I can keep it with me in the cabin, can't I?
00:43:18Yes, sir, but be sure and check in here at the counter prior to flight time.
00:43:21Flight 465 leaves at 9 p.m. tonight.
00:43:24Thank you for flying American, sir.
00:43:30Stopping first at a florist, he arrived at the motel at 8.15.
00:43:33He was on schedule.
00:43:36Good morning, my friend.
00:43:38Good morning, Joe.
00:43:39Now, look, this afternoon a friend of mine is stopping by and leaving a bundle for me, huh?
00:43:42He's a cop.
00:43:43A cop?
00:43:43Yeah, yeah.
00:43:44He's, uh, drives a prowl car.
00:43:46A funny kind of a friend to have.
00:43:48Well, he's a funny kind of a cop.
00:43:49Now, you let him in, huh?
00:43:50You'll leave this bundle for me about 6.30.
00:43:52I'll be by right after that and pick it up, and that's the last you'll see of me.
00:43:54Would you come in for a drink?
00:43:56Well, I'd like to, but I've got a lot to do today, and if I did that way, everything would be all fouled up.
00:43:59I understand.
00:44:00I'll see you tonight.
00:44:01Yeah.
00:44:01So long.
00:44:01Take care yourself.
00:44:19You reach the bus station.
00:44:49You reach the bus station at 8.45.
00:45:19It was 9.20 when he arrived at Mike's apartment.
00:45:21So far, everything had gone off according to plan.
00:45:33Mike O'Reilly was ready at 11.15.
00:45:35What goes on here?
00:45:37This is no way to get your strength back.
00:45:39Oh, very good, Mike, but I guess I'm just not hungry.
00:45:43Really, I couldn't eat another bite.
00:45:45Another?
00:45:46You haven't eaten anything yet.
00:45:47Well, I'll take something after a while.
00:45:49After I've had my medicine, I'll have more appetite then.
00:45:53That's a promise.
00:45:54No tricks now.
00:45:55It's a promise.
00:45:56You better go along now, Mike, or you'll be late for work.
00:45:59Yeah, I guess I will.
00:46:01Ruthie, things are going to get much better for us.
00:46:05I know.
00:46:05I know, dear.
00:46:07I know I've made a lot of promises in the past, but this time it's not just talk.
00:46:12We're going to be rich and soon.
00:46:14You're going to have a fine house and doctors that'll make you well again.
00:46:17Of course, dear.
00:46:18But you'd better go along, Mike, or you'll be late.
00:46:21Yeah.
00:46:26Well, Mike.
00:46:27Yes?
00:46:28On your way home tonight, would you bring me some magazines?
00:46:30Of course.
00:46:32But, uh, Ruthie, I'm going to be a little late.
00:46:35Probably about ten.
00:46:37Some of the fellas and me are having a little get-together.
00:46:39I understand.
00:46:41Don't you drink too much beer, Mike.
00:46:43Remember how it always leaves you the next day.
00:46:45Don't worry about that.
00:46:47I won't be doing any drinking tonight.
00:46:50I called Mother.
00:46:53She'll be over this afternoon to fix your dinner.
00:46:55Thank you, dear.
00:46:58Goodbye.
00:46:59Don't forget to eat your breakfast.
00:47:20He reached the bus station at 11.29.
00:47:26What am I doing?
00:47:56At 12.10, as it was his custom, he arrived at the track.
00:48:16Well, what have we got here? Who's the girlfriend, Mike?
00:48:18That's how you spend your money.
00:48:19Blowing your money on dames.
00:48:20I know a man like you that ought to know better.
00:48:23I ain't like you guys.
00:48:25These posies are for my wife.
00:48:27Besides, where do you guys get off calling me an old man?
00:48:31You'll buy your pods after you get to work, Mike.
00:48:33A lot of work on you before you get home.
00:48:35Well, it can't be helped.
00:48:37After work, the shops will all be closed.
00:48:39Why don't you take them out and put them in the water?
00:48:41Or probably the clubhouse steward would put them in the refrigerator for you.
00:48:44Why don't you do that?
00:48:45Well, perhaps I should, but...
00:48:48Well, it's getting kind of late now.
00:48:50Look, I'm all dressed. Why don't I do it for you?
00:48:51No.
00:48:52What's the matter, Mike? I was just trying to do your favor.
00:48:55Those flowers are going in my locker.
00:48:57Then I'll know where they are.
00:48:59Okay, Mike. Suit yourself.
00:49:01I'm sorry, Bill. I appreciate your offer.
00:49:03After work, you know how it is.
00:49:06Everybody will be in a hurry to get away and...
00:49:08I'll know where you are.
00:49:21I'll know where you are.
00:49:23I'll know where you are.
00:49:24It's my baby leading by a length.
00:49:54Concentrator is second by three quarters of length.
00:49:57Second ending moving up fast on the outside is third and the trumpet king.
00:50:02It is my baby concentrator and second ending.
00:50:06It is second ending concentrator and the trumpet king.
00:50:09It is second ending in front and down to the wire.
00:50:12It's second ending the winner by a length.
00:50:15Concentrator second by two.
00:50:17Trumpet king third and my baby.
00:50:19The result of the first race now appears on the totalizator board.
00:50:25Be sure to hold all tickets until the result of the race is declared official.
00:50:31After the first race, Mike was very busy.
00:50:33Give me a double bourbon, please.
00:50:48Don't you think you've had enough, pal?
00:50:50Your attention, please.
00:50:57The horses are now on the track for the second race at six furlong.
00:51:01At exactly 3.32 that same afternoon,
00:51:04Officer Randy Kennan set in motion his phase of the operation.
00:51:10Hello, Fred. This is Randy.
00:51:13Listen, pal. Will you check with the dispatchers' office
00:51:15and see if they've been getting me loud and clear?
00:51:17Here, I think my set's a little on the bank.
00:51:19Sure.
00:51:25What?
00:51:26He says it's okay.
00:51:28Well, that's funny. It keeps going dead.
00:51:31Now, I don't think it's one of the two,
00:51:33so I'll keep fooling around with it.
00:51:34Give my regards to your missus.
00:51:35By the way, when's the big day supposed to be?
00:51:39Well, don't worry about it.
00:51:40The sixth one is always the hardest.
00:51:47Officer!
00:51:56Officer!
00:51:59Oh, thank heaven, hurry!
00:52:00Come quick!
00:52:01They're killing each other!
00:52:02I always knew they...
00:52:03He had timed the trip to the track
00:52:10on half a dozen different occasions,
00:52:11and he knew at just what point he should be
00:52:13and precisely what time.
00:52:15He knew the entire success of the plan
00:52:16depended on his accuracy
00:52:18in arriving at the track
00:52:19at exactly the correct moment.
00:52:20A minute or two early was allowable,
00:52:22but ten seconds late would be fatal.
00:52:26Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
00:52:28The horses are now on the track
00:52:30for the seventh race.
00:52:32The $100,000 pallet
00:52:34lands down stakes at one mile.
00:52:36They're off and running.
00:53:04At the start, it is Red Lightning
00:53:07breaking on top.
00:53:08Early streak is second.
00:53:09I'm hoping is third.
00:53:10White Fire is fourth.
00:53:12Earlier that afternoon,
00:53:14at 2.30,
00:53:14Maurice was at the chess club.
00:53:16He was to be at the track
00:53:17in position at 4 o'clock
00:53:18just before the start
00:53:19of the seventh race.
00:53:24Fisher,
00:53:25I'll be back here tonight
00:53:27about 6.30.
00:53:28If I'm not,
00:53:29I'd like you to do something for me.
00:53:31Sure, Maurice.
00:53:32What is it?
00:53:32I'd like you to call this number
00:53:34and ask for Mr. Stillman
00:53:36and tell him
00:53:36Maurice requires his services.
00:53:39Sounds pretty mysterious.
00:53:40What's it all about?
00:53:42There are some things
00:53:43my dear Fisher,
00:53:44which do not bear much looking into.
00:53:46You have undoubtedly heard
00:53:47of the Siberian godheader
00:53:48who tried to discover
00:53:49the true nature of the sun.
00:53:51He stared up at the heavenly body
00:53:53until it made him blind.
00:53:55There are many things of this sort,
00:53:57including love and death
00:53:58and my business for today.
00:53:59Please remember to make that call
00:54:00if I'm not back at 6.30.
00:54:02Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
00:54:06The horses are now on the track
00:54:08for the seventh race.
00:54:10The $100,000 added
00:54:11Lansdowne Stakes
00:54:13at one mile.
00:54:15Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
00:54:18The horses are now on the track
00:54:19for the seventh race.
00:54:22The $100,000 added Lansdowne Stakes
00:54:25at one mile.
00:54:26The horses are approaching the starting gate
00:54:54for the seventh race.
00:54:55The horses are approaching the starting gate
00:54:59for the seventh race.
00:55:03The horses are at the gate.
00:55:07The horses are at the gate.
00:55:09The horses are at the gate.
00:55:24Hey, what's the matter with you?
00:55:54Oh!
00:56:24Oh, come on.
00:56:54It was exactly 4.23 when they dragged Maurice out.
00:57:04At 11.40 that morning, Nicky left his farm.
00:57:20He arrived at the track at 12.30.
00:57:24I don't like the trouble.
00:57:26You're not troubling me.
00:57:27I said there's no parking here, there's no parking, and that's that.
00:57:31Look, Mac, I'm a paraplegic, and I wanted to get in this lot to watch your graces for my car.
00:57:36That ain't my problem, mister.
00:57:38My leg's bummed, too, but nobody's feeling sorry for me.
00:57:42I know what you mean, buddy.
00:57:45I know what you mean, buddy.
00:57:48I know what you mean, buddy.
00:57:51I know what you mean, buddy.
00:57:54Get that in the war?
00:57:56Battle of the Bulge.
00:57:58Say, look, I noticed a lot of extra trouble for you.
00:58:01I want you to take it.
00:58:02No, no, no, skip it, skip it.
00:58:03I want you to take it.
00:58:05Now, go on, give it.
00:58:08It's all right.
00:58:10Thanks a lot, mister.
00:58:11I'm sorry, I...
00:58:12It's okay, forget it.
00:58:13Say, will you take down that fence, I like to get settled down before the first race starts.
00:58:18Okay?
00:58:19Sure, mister.
00:58:48Your attention please. The horses are now on the track for the second race at six furlongs.
00:58:57I had this laying around, mister. I thought you might like to have it.
00:59:00Oh, thanks. That's very kind of you.
00:59:02No trouble at all. If you need anything else, just hop.
00:59:05I doubt if I need anything. I'm getting along just fine.
00:59:09For thanks anyway.
00:59:10Well, who you betting on, mister? Anything look good to you?
00:59:13Red Lightning. Huh?
00:59:15Red Lightning on the seventh.
00:59:17You say you're betting on him, huh?
00:59:19Yeah, I got a little bet down on him.
00:59:21Well, I guess I'd better be getting back to work.
00:59:24Yeah, well, thanks for bringing me to the program.
00:59:26No trouble at all. You sure there's nothing else I can do for you?
00:59:29No, nothing at all. If I think of anything, I'll give you a yell.
00:59:47No trouble at all.
00:59:48No trouble at all.
00:59:57Your attention, ladies and gentlemen. The horses are now on the track for the seventh race.
01:00:03The $100,000 added Lansdowne Stakes at one mile.
01:00:08The horses are approaching the starting gate for the seventh race.
01:00:18No trouble at all.
01:00:19C'mon, sir.
01:00:20I didn't know what you're going to get up this morning.
01:00:21Sure is a nice day, ain't it?
01:00:22Yeah.
01:00:23Yes, sir. I didn't think it would be when I first got up this morning, but it turned out real fine.
01:00:25Sure is a nice day, ain't it?
01:00:33Yes, sir. I didn't figure it would be when I first got up this morning,
01:00:36but it turned out real fine.
01:00:38Kind of funny when you stop to look at it.
01:00:40Well, it's almost the same as it always is this time of year,
01:00:43but I sure appreciate the way you're treating me, mister.
01:00:48It's not so much the money.
01:00:49Of course, I appreciate that, too, but it's more the way...
01:00:51No, sir. I don't reckon I'll ever do it.
01:00:55You get it?
01:00:56I brought you some luck, mister.
01:00:58You bet in this race, I figure you might need it.
01:01:00Oh, now, look, keep your junk and leave me alone, will ya?
01:01:03Some... something wrong?
01:01:05You're wrong, nigga.
01:01:07Now, be a nice guy and go on about your business.
01:01:11Sure, boss.
01:01:13Sorry to bother you.
01:01:15My mistake.
01:01:25I'm hoping it's second to buy three quarters of a length.
01:01:38Little Arnie is next, Seymour's darling and bestseller.
01:01:42Moving down the back stretch, it's Red Lightning by a length and a quarter.
01:01:46I'm hoping it's second to buy three quarters of a length.
01:01:49Little Arnie is third to buy a length and a quarter, and Seymour's darling.
01:01:54Passing the half-mile post, it is Red Lightning by a length and a quarter.
01:01:58I'm hoping it's second to buy a half-length.
01:02:00Seymour's darling is third, and Little Arnie moving past on the outside.
01:02:05Into the far turn, it is Red Lightning in front by a length and a quarter.
01:02:10Little Arnie is second by half-length.
01:02:12And the horse is down, it is Red Lightning.
01:02:16Red Lightning at the head of the stretch, it is, I'm hoping, taking the lead to buy a half-length.
01:02:22Little Arnie drives on the other way.
01:02:25It's up!
01:02:26It's up!
01:02:27It's up!
01:02:28It's up!
01:02:29It's up!
01:02:30It's up!
01:02:31It's Little Arnie.
01:02:32It's up!
01:02:33Down to the wire.
01:02:34It is.
01:02:35Little Arnie going steadily, holding it.
01:02:37Mickey was dead at 424.
01:02:40At 2.15 that afternoon, Johnny Clay was still in the city.
01:02:44He knew exactly how long it would take him to drive to the track, park his car, and walk
01:02:48to the grandstand.
01:02:49He planned to arrive just before the start of the seventh race.
01:02:55Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
01:02:57The horses are now on the track for the seventh race.
01:03:00For the seventh race, the $100,000 Adams lands downstate at one mile.
01:03:14The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:16The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:17The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:18The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:19The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:20The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:21The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:22The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:23The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:24The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:25The horses are now on the track for the eighth race.
01:03:26The horses are now on the track race.
01:03:27The horses are now on the track race.
01:03:28The horses are now on the track race.
01:03:29The horses are now on the track race.
01:03:30The horses are now on the track race.
01:03:31The horses are now on the track race.
01:04:02The horses are approaching the starting gate for the seventh race.
01:04:26Hey, I've had some service this stupid-looking Irish pig.
01:04:32Come on, I'm caught up.
01:04:38Yes, sir. Right away.
01:04:40There's a riot now, sirs. Come on.
01:05:02They're off. Band running.
01:05:15At the start, it is Red Lightning breaking on top.
01:05:17Early streak is second. I'm hoping is third.
01:05:20White Fire is fourth.
01:05:22Little Arnie is next.
01:05:23Seymour's darling and bestseller.
01:05:26Moving down the back stretch, it's Red Lightning by a length and a quarter.
01:05:29I'm hoping is second by three quarters of a length.
01:05:32Little Arnie is third by a length and a quarter.
01:05:35And Seymour's darling.
01:05:37Passing the half-mile post, it is Red Lightning by a length and a quarter.
01:05:41I'm hoping is second by a length and a quarter.
01:05:44Seymour's darling is third.
01:05:46And Little Arnie moving past on the outside.
01:05:49Into the far turn.
01:05:50It is Red Lightning in front by a length and a quarter.
01:05:53Little Arnie is second by half a length.
01:05:56I'm hoping is third.
01:05:57And the horse is down.
01:05:59It is Red Lightning.
01:06:01At the head of the stretch, it is, I'm hoping, taking the lead by a half a length.
01:06:06Little Arnie driving on the outside.
01:06:08Second by three quarters.
01:06:09Seymour's darling is third.
01:06:11And early streak.
01:06:12It is Little Arnie and Seymour's darling.
01:06:15It's Little Arnie in front.
01:06:17Down to the wire.
01:06:18It is Little Arnie going steadily, holding it and winning it by three quarters of a length.
01:06:25I'm hoping is second by three quarters of a length.
01:06:28Seymour's darling is third to fire at.
01:06:31And White Fighter finish fourth.
01:06:36Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
01:06:38Be sure to hold all tickets.
01:06:40These stewards are conducting an inquiry into the running of the seventh race.
01:06:45And we'll view the motion picture.
01:06:46All right, give your hands off all of you.
01:07:06Now, one move out of any one of you and I'm going to start firing.
01:07:09You.
01:07:11Fill that bag up just as fast as you know how.
01:07:13You, take that gun out of the holster.
01:07:18Be awful, awful careful how you're doing.
01:07:27Now, drop it.
01:07:29Kick it over here.
01:07:33All right, turn around and face the wall.
01:07:34All right, now the money in the safe.
01:07:51Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
01:07:53We have received no exact information concerning the spill of red lightning in the seventh race.
01:08:00However, jockey Danny Freed appears to be unhurt.
01:08:05Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
01:08:07We have received no exact information concerning the spill of red lightning in the seventh race.
01:08:14However, jockey Danny Freed appears to be unhurt.
01:08:17All right, all right, that's enough.
01:08:45Now, put the bag here in the middle of the floor.
01:08:50Get back over there.
01:08:53Now, I'm going to open this door.
01:08:55I want you to go through it and go into the locker room.
01:08:58And close the door after you.
01:08:59I'm going to start firing through that door 15 seconds after you close the door.
01:09:04Let's go.
01:09:04I'm going to open this door.
01:09:34I'm going to open this door.
01:10:04We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special news bulletin.
01:10:27In one of the most daring and methodically executed hold-ups in criminal history,
01:10:30a lone bandit wearing a rubber mask today took an estimated $2 million stuffed into a large duffel bag
01:10:35from the offices of the Lansdowne racetrack.
01:10:38The robbery occurred during the running of the seventh race and was apparently timed to coincide
01:10:42with a shooting of red lightning, just as the horse, valued at a quarter of a million dollars,
01:10:46was leading the pack at the far turn.
01:10:48The jockey, Danny Freed, escaped with minor injuries.
01:10:51The man identified as Nicky Arano, who allegedly shot the prize thoroughbred,
01:10:54was himself fatally wounded by track police as he attempted to shoot his way out of the track parking lot.
01:10:59At this time, the most baffling mystery that still plagues the authorities
01:11:03is just how the bandit managed to successfully get away from the track
01:11:06with a bulky duffel bag containing the money.
01:11:09A painstaking search of the track grounds is being conducted
01:11:11on the theory that the money may still be hidden there.
01:11:14And now we take you back to our regularly scheduled program.
01:11:18No one saw the duffel bag come out of the window.
01:11:25Ah, that part of it worked okay.
01:11:27Light it right on my feet.
01:11:29I reported my radio out of order before I went out to the track.
01:11:34But the captain ain't buying it.
01:11:35He's convinced I was holed up somewhere drunk.
01:11:38And if the captain's convinced, there ain't nobody that can unconvince him.
01:11:43Besides, no one's gonna think anything of seeing a cop at the racetrack.
01:11:47I mean, they won't get any funny ideas about it.
01:11:50Tie it in with the robbery.
01:11:51Anyway, if they do, won't cut any ice.
01:11:55Captain knows I was drunk.
01:11:59And he ain't a man you're gonna argue with.
01:12:00So I guess I'll just have to break down, admit it, and take my punishment.
01:12:06Yeah.
01:12:06That would be terrible, wouldn't it, Randy?
01:12:08A 30-day suspension.
01:12:11It's 7.15.
01:12:12Don't worry, he'll get here.
01:12:15He had to pick up the dough at the motel where I dropped it.
01:12:18There was a funny little guy named Joe Piano there.
01:12:21He runs the place, I guess.
01:12:23Sure hope Johnny knows how to pick his friends.
01:12:25I need another drink.
01:12:26Why ain't he here?
01:12:31Everything else runs on the timetable till it comes to paying us our shares.
01:12:35And the timetable breaks down.
01:12:38He's supposed to be here at 7.
01:12:45I think I get to the elevator.
01:12:46That'll be Johnny.
01:12:47Yeah.
01:12:54All right, everybody.
01:12:55Where is this?
01:12:56It'll be a massacre if you don't keep those mitts up.
01:12:59Now, where's Johnny?
01:12:59What time's he do?
01:13:02Look, I've been sitting out in that car since 4 o'clock listening to that radio.
01:13:05I heard some pretty interesting things.
01:13:07Grandpa, tell me when time's Johnny getting here.
01:13:10Somebody give you a bum stare, buddy.
01:13:12Look around.
01:13:14Can't believe you were tipped, huh?
01:13:16What if I had a certain little lady here?
01:13:19Hey, where's the jerk?
01:13:20Where's George?
01:13:20The jerk's right!
01:13:21The jerk is about to go to home.
01:13:23Yes, sir.
01:13:23He's about to work.
01:13:23BANG! BANG!
01:13:25BANG!
01:13:52Forty minutes before, at 6.25,
01:13:54Johnny reached the motel.
01:13:56Due to heavy traffic around the track,
01:13:57he was 15 minutes behind schedule.
01:14:04Yeah, what is it?
01:14:07Oh, it's, uh, it's just a mistake. I'm sorry.
01:14:24Johnny arrived at the meeting place at 7.29, still 15 minutes late.
01:14:38It had been prearranged and agreed to by all that in the event of an emergency before the split,
01:14:53the money was to be saved by whoever had possession of it at that time,
01:14:56without any consideration of the fate of the others.
01:14:58The money to be divided in safety at a later date.
01:15:01After what he had seen, and not knowing the cause or the circumstances of the others,
01:15:05Johnny had no choice but to save himself and the money.
01:15:17Ten minutes later, he bought the largest suitcase he could find.
01:15:19OTHER
01:15:27OTHER
01:15:31Let's go.
01:16:01Let's go.
01:16:31Let's go.
01:16:33I'm back here, pal, darling.
01:16:38How'd it go, dear?
01:16:43Watch out, dear. Watch out.
01:16:45What?
01:16:47Why? Why did you do it?
01:16:51To do what, dearest? I don't know what you're talking about.
01:16:53I was just getting some clothes ready to go to the cleaners.
01:16:55I...
01:16:57Hurry now.
01:16:59So you had to be stupid.
01:17:01You couldn't even play it smart with a gun pointed at you.
01:17:05Come on.
01:17:06Well, you better get smart fast and get out of here while you can still walk.
01:17:10Your friend, Val, is that his name?
01:17:14Yes, and you better get out of here before he gets here.
01:17:17I'm sick, Sherry. I...
01:17:21Call an ambulance.
01:17:24The door's behind you. Take a cab.
01:17:30I love you, Sherry.
01:17:33George.
01:17:34George, you better go on and go. You look terrible.
01:17:36George, you better go on and go. You look terrible.
01:17:40I really forgot.
01:17:41It isn't fair.
01:17:43I've never had anybody but you.
01:17:48Not a real husband.
01:17:51Not even...
01:17:55Just a bad joke without a punchline.
01:18:06Big fur.
01:18:13American Airlines announces the arrival of flight 808 DC-7 service from Chicago.
01:18:32American Airlines announces the arrival of flight 808 DC-7 service from Chicago.
01:18:43American Airlines.
01:18:53The bastard and I are so excited.
01:18:55We haven't seen Daddy Sweetums for such a long, long time.
01:18:59Would a nice man let us wait outside so we can look at the airplanes?
01:19:03Why, certainly. You can stand outside on the boarding ramp.
01:19:05We'll be announcing the arrival of your husband's flight very shortly.
01:19:08He's a Sweetums man, isn't him.
01:19:11Let's hurry up real fast and see Daddy come off the airplane.
01:19:16Good evening.
01:19:17Good evening.
01:19:18Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Preston.
01:19:20Nine o'clock flight for Boston.
01:19:21Uh-huh.
01:19:24We'll be announcing the on-time departure of this flight very shortly, sir.
01:19:28Do you have any other baggage?
01:19:30No, it was already checked through this morning.
01:19:32Oh, say, I want to carry that bag with me on the plane, please.
01:19:34Oh, I'm sorry, sir. It's much too large. He'll have to go check through his baggage.
01:19:37Oh, now, uh, let's, uh, let's be a little reasonable, huh?
01:19:42You can't tell me that the two of us traveling together are not entitled to one piece of luggage between us.
01:19:46Sir, we have no objection to one small bag or even two small bags.
01:19:49Well, we don't have anything else. It's already been checked through.
01:19:51I see.
01:19:53Even though it's getting very close to flight time, I think we can locate the rest of your luggage.
01:19:57You could transfer some of the contents from this one to a smaller one.
01:19:59No, sorry. That won't work at all.
01:20:01Now, look, uh, let me talk to your supervisor, huh?
01:20:04All right. I'll be very happy to call him.
01:20:06Mr. Grimes?
01:20:08Mr. Grimes?
01:20:09Could you come down this way, please?
01:20:13Good evening, sir. I want you to call him.
01:20:14Good evening.
01:20:15My wife and I are going through to Boston.
01:20:17The rest of our luggage has already been checked through, and I want to take this bag with me in the cabin, please.
01:20:20I'm afraid it exceeds the maximum cabin size for flight requirements.
01:20:23Yes, it does look quite a bit too large for a passenger compartment.
01:20:26Sir, those are our flight regulations, which are designed for your comfort and safety.
01:20:30Well, I can't make the trip without it.
01:20:31You, uh, really can't, hmm?
01:20:33Absolutely not.
01:20:34Well, in that case, I think we can.
01:20:36How about it, Brown? I know it's past cancellation time, but under the circumstances, I think we might stretch a point, don't you?
01:20:41We'll give you full rebate on your ticket, sir.
01:20:43Wait a minute. I don't want a rebate.
01:20:46Sir, I don't know what else to suggest.
01:20:49It's very close to flight time. There are other passengers waiting.
01:20:52Perhaps the gentleman's worried about the contents of the bag. Is that it? We'd be very happy to insure it.
01:20:55More than happy. We'd be delighted.
01:20:57Now, if you'd just give me its estimated value and tell me what's in it.
01:20:59No, there's nothing in it. I mean, uh, just personal items, things like that.
01:21:04All right. All right. Check it through.
01:21:07Thank you, sir. I'm sure you'll find this service to your complete satisfaction.
01:21:11Report. The New Englander DC-7 service to Boston at Gate 8.
01:21:41No, no, no, Sebastian. Mustn't frighten for the airplane. He's going to forget that night's airplane someday.
01:21:53Be happy.
01:22:08Hey! Hey! El Azaz Lynch. Come back here!
01:22:12Get out of here!
01:22:42No, no, no, no, no!
01:22:44No, no, no, no, no!
01:22:56Mr. President, believe they not seem boarding?
01:22:58Huh?
01:23:00Graff speaking.
01:23:02What?
01:23:04Oh, well, you're not serious.
01:23:06Right out on the runway?
01:23:08Yes, sir, right away.
01:23:10Yes, sir, right away.
01:23:18Will passenger Preston,
01:23:20please report to the American Airlines ticket counter.
01:23:24Will passenger Preston,
01:23:26please report to the American Airlines ticket counter.
01:23:30Taxi!
01:23:40Johnny, you've got to run.
01:23:42Yeah.
01:23:44What's the difference?
01:23:46Johnny, you've got to run.
01:23:48Yeah.
01:23:50What's the difference?
01:23:52Johnny, you've got to run.
01:23:54Yeah.
01:23:56What's the difference?
01:23:58What's the difference?
01:24:00What's the difference?
01:24:02Oh, boy.
01:24:04What's the difference?
01:24:06There's no need.
01:24:08Oh, boy, you're in range.
01:24:10Oh, boy.
01:24:12It's all right.
01:24:14Oh, boy, you're not dead.
01:24:16I'm not dead.
01:24:17I'm not dead.
01:24:18I'm not dead.
01:24:19I'm not dead.
01:24:20I'm dead.