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Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and is directed by Bryan Foy. Filmed in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system, it is the first all-talking full-length feature film. It was released by Warner Bros., who had introduced the first feature-length film with synchronized sound, Don Juan, in 1926; and the first with spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer, in 1927. The film cost $23,000 to produce (a "B" picture), and grossed over $1 million. The enthusiasm with which audiences greeted the talkies was so great that by the end of 1929, Hollywood was producing sound films exclusively.
Eddie (Cullen Landis) a kid from Upstate New York, is conned into fronting for a speakeasy on Broadway. Throughout the con there is an inevitable chorus-girl with a heart of gold (Helene Costello), a cop-killing gangster boss (Wheeler Oakman) and his downtrodden ex-girlfriend (Eugene Brockwell).
Plot: This brisk crime story tells “a story that might have been torn out of last night’s newspaper,” an approach that would shortly become Warner Bros. studio’s signature style. Small-town yokels Eddie (Cullen Landis) and Gene (Eugene Pallette) get suckered by a pair of bootleggers into buying a Manhattan barbershop that is really a speakeasy. While Eddie reconnects with his hometown honey turned chorus girl, Kitty (Helene Costello), the boys get framed by a gangster for the murder of a cop. Who also has the hots for Kitty.
Eddie (Cullen Landis) a kid from Upstate New York, is conned into fronting for a speakeasy on Broadway. Throughout the con there is an inevitable chorus-girl with a heart of gold (Helene Costello), a cop-killing gangster boss (Wheeler Oakman) and his downtrodden ex-girlfriend (Eugene Brockwell).
Plot: This brisk crime story tells “a story that might have been torn out of last night’s newspaper,” an approach that would shortly become Warner Bros. studio’s signature style. Small-town yokels Eddie (Cullen Landis) and Gene (Eugene Pallette) get suckered by a pair of bootleggers into buying a Manhattan barbershop that is really a speakeasy. While Eddie reconnects with his hometown honey turned chorus girl, Kitty (Helene Costello), the boys get framed by a gangster for the murder of a cop. Who also has the hots for Kitty.
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03:33SINCE THEY BUILT
03:34THAT BIG HOTEL
03:35OVER THERE
03:36ACROSS THE STREET
03:37WELL YOUR HOTEL'S
03:38NOT EVEN MAKING
03:39EXPENSES
03:40WHY DON'T
03:41SHAVE A CUSTOMER
03:42IN THERE
03:43FOR HOURS AT A TIME
03:44MOST THE HICKS
03:45IN THIS TOWN
03:46WOULD LIKE TO CUT
03:47THEIR OWN HAIR
03:49WELL I'M SICK
03:51OF THIS BURG TOO
03:53NOW LISTEN
03:54I'VE BEEN TO NEW YORK
03:55ENOUGH TO KNOW
03:56THAT I BELONG
03:57SOMEPLACE
03:58WHERE I CAN DO SOMETHING
03:59DO YOU KNOW
04:00THAT I'M THE BEST BARBER
04:01IN THIS TOWN
04:03YES
04:04NOW YOU TAKE
04:05THOSE TWO FELLOWS
04:06IN ROOM 21
04:07THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING
04:08TO US ABOUT GOING
04:09IN BUSINESS WITH THEM
04:10THEY'VE GOT ONE
04:11OF THE BEST BARBER SHOPS
04:12IN NEW YORK CITY
04:16WHAT ARE WE GOING
04:17TO DO ABOUT THAT
04:18ARE WE GOING IN
04:19PARTNERS WITH THEM
04:20I DON'T KNOW
04:22I'VE TOLD MOTHER
04:23ABOUT THE PROPOSITION
04:24WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT
04:26THREE NIGHTS ALREADY
04:27WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO HER
04:29AGAIN
04:30I'VE GOT SOME MONEY
04:31SAVED UP
04:32WHY THEY'LL TAKE US IN
04:33FOR $5,000
04:36ALL RIGHT
04:37I'LL DO IT
04:38YOU STICK AROUND HERE
04:40I'LL GO UP AND HAVE
04:41ANOTHER TALK WITH MOTHER
04:43THIS NINE O'CLOCK TOWN
04:44IS GETTING ON MY NERVES
04:45OKAY
04:46NOW LISTEN
04:47I'LL TURN TO THE OFFICE
04:48AND YOU HURRY BACK
04:49JUST SEE AS YOU CAN GET
04:50HERE WILL YOU
04:51ALL RIGHT
04:52OKAY NOW
04:57HOW ARE YOU
05:06NOW
05:07NEVER MIND THAT
05:08MR. STUFF
05:09JUST CALL ME
05:11JEAN
05:12ALL RIGHT
05:15LET ME HAVE A BLANK CHECK
05:16WILL YOU
05:17WHY
05:19SURE
05:20NEVER MIND THAT
05:21CHECK DAN
05:22GIVE IT TO ME TOMORROW
05:23GIVE IT TO ME TOMORROW
05:25THIS FELLA'S PRETTY LUCKY
05:27BEAT ME FOR $400 AT RUMMY AGAIN
05:32$400 FOR RUMMY
05:34HE TOOK ME FOR $600 YESTERDAY
05:37GEE WHIS
05:39MANY'S THE TIME HE TOOK ME FOR
05:42PLATTY
05:43BUT HEAN
05:44WE JUST CAME DOWN TO SAY GOODBYE
05:46WE'RE LEAVING FOR NEW YORK IN THE MORNING
05:48YEAH
05:49YOU ARE
05:50YES
05:51GOT TO GET BACK TO THE BIG TOWN
05:53ON SOME BUSINESS
05:55TOMORROW
05:56HUH
05:58WELL
05:59WHAT ABOUT THAT PROPOSITION
06:01WE WERE TALKING OVER
06:02DON'T WE GET IN ON THAT
06:04I'M AFRAID IT'S TOO MUCH FOR YOU
06:07JEAN
06:08I THINK YOU BETTER LET IT GO
06:10OH NO I
06:11I THINK WE CAN ARRANGE IT
06:12YOU SEE EDDIE'S UP STAIRS
06:14TALKING IT OVER WITH HIS MOTHER
06:15RIGHT NOW
06:16YEAH
06:21MOTHER DEAR
06:23I KNOW IT'S A GOOD PROPOSITION
06:25AND IF YOU'LL GIVE ME THE MONEY
06:27I'M POSITIVE THAT I WON'T FAIL
06:29MOTHER DEAR
06:32I'M WILLING TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING
06:36ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
06:40BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO RISK IT
06:44YOU KNOW THIS HOTEL HASN'T BEEN DOING SO WELL LATELY
06:49THAT'S JUST THE REASON I WANT TO GO MOM
06:52I'M POSITIVE I'LL MAKE A SUCCESS OF IT
06:55YOU'LL SEE
06:57OH PLEASE
07:01WHEN CHILDREN LEAVE HOME
07:03THEY FORGET
07:05NOW TAKE KITTY LEWIS FOR INSTANT
07:09SHE HASN'T WRITTEN TO YOU HAS SHE
07:12ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT OVERANXIOUS TO BE WHERE SHE IS
07:19ARE YOU
07:23NATURALLY I WANT TO BE NEAR HER MOTHER
07:25YOU DON'T BLAME ME DO YOU
07:28NO
07:30I DON'T BLAME YOU
07:32SHE'S A DEAR SWEET GIRL
07:35AND I KNOW YOU LOVE HER
07:37NOW LISTEN MOM
07:40GIVE ME THE MONEY PLEASE
07:42I'LL JUST WORK MY HEAD OFF TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF EVERYTHING
07:46AND I'LL FIX IT SO YOU CAN TAKE THINGS EASY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
07:50HELLO WHO IS IT
08:00OH WAIT A MINUTE JEAN
08:02THOSE TWO MEN ARE GOING TO LEAVE IN THE MORNING
08:04YOU SEE THEY DIDN'T SAY A WORD ABOUT IT
08:06NOW I'VE GOT TO SEE THEM BEFORE THEY LEAVE
08:08WHERE ARE THEY?
08:09WELL THEY'RE DOWN IN THE LOBBY
08:11OH MOTHER LET ME TAKE THE MONEY WON'T YOU?
08:13I'M SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
08:15WELL
08:16WHY NOT HAVE THE GENTLEMEN COME UP HERE?
08:18ALL RIGHT
08:19NOW HELLO JEAN
08:20HAVE THE GENTLEMEN COME UP TO OUR ROOMS WILL YOU?
08:23AND LISTEN
08:24YOU COME UP TOO
08:25RIGHT
08:27I KNOW YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO DO SOMETHING BIG
08:34BUT I'LL LOAN YOU THE MONEY IN A MOMENT
08:40BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT
08:44AND YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO FAIL
08:46OH DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT ME FAILING MOTHER
08:48I'M JUST SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME OUT GREAT
08:57COME IN GENTLEMEN
09:00COME IN GENTLEMEN
09:02HEY THERE MOTHER MORGAN
09:05MOTHER
09:06YOU KNOW THESE TWO GENTLEMEN
09:07MR. DIXON
09:08AND MR. JACKSON
09:09HOW DO YOU DO?
09:10WHAT DO YOU DO?
09:11I THINK I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU
09:13YOU'RE THE GENTLEMEN IN ROOM 21 AREN'T YOU?
09:15YES WE ARE
09:1621
09:17MY SON'S BEEN TELLING ME OF THE WONDERFUL PROPOSITION
09:20YEAH
09:21IT'S A WONDERFUL PROPOSITION MISSES MORGAN
09:23AND I THINK A YOUNG FELLOW LIKE EDDIE
09:26WILL DO GREAT
09:28ABSOLUTELY
09:29YOU SEE HE MEANS TWO FELLOWS LIKE ME AND EDDIE MISS MORGAN
09:33I SEE
09:35WELL I
09:36I THINK YOU'RE BOTH
09:39VERY NICE BOY
09:41THANK YOU
09:42AND I TRUST YOU
09:44INCLICIT
09:46OH THEY'RE LOVELY FELLOWS MISS MORGAN
09:47I'VE TALKED TO THEM SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE
09:56I'VE BEEN HERE
09:57I'VE BEEN HERE
09:58I'VE BEEN HERE
09:59I'VE BEEN HERE
10:00I'VE BEEN HERE
10:01I'VE BEEN HERE
10:02I'VE BEEN HERE
10:03I'VE BEEN HERE
10:04I'VE BEEN HERE
10:06I'VE BEEN HERE
10:08I'VE BEEN HERE
10:10I'VE BEEN HERE
10:11I'VE BEEN HERE
10:12I'VE BEEN HERE
10:13I'VE BEEN HERE
10:15The Bowery, one dollar, come on folks, everybody ride, see the Lower East Side and the Chinese
10:35Well, where'll we go?
10:44I tell you, let's go upstairs to the Royal Cafe, all flight with something
10:49Okay, baby, I got the best tickets tonight for all the big show hits and downs
10:54Theater tickets, this is where we sell them inside, step right in
10:58Theater tickets, this is where we sell them, get on the best...
11:05Pardon me, officer, but could you tell me where the other side of the street is?
11:11Why, it's right over there
11:13That's strange, the fellow over there told me it was over here
11:19Go on, run along now before I...
11:35Go on, run along now before I...
11:39Go on, run along now
11:41Get to me, be on the Bowery
11:43Go on, run along now
11:45Go on, run along now
11:47Go on, run along now
11:49I run along now
11:51At this point, the last time IUC's Santa Rosa
11:53Go on, run along now
11:55Go on, run along now
11:57Go on, run along now
11:59Look out!
12:01Don't tell your right name!
12:15Come on!
12:17Don't tell your right name!
12:29Don't tell your right name!
12:31We have to go!
12:33I've got to go!
12:35Listen to the story!
12:37I've got to go!
12:39I've got to go!
12:41Put it down!
12:43Push it up!
12:47I've got to go!
12:49I've got to go!
12:51And I can't say you!
12:53I can't say you!
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14:14He's murdering.
14:19Oh, Eddie.
14:20Eddie.
14:23What's the matter?
14:24Oh, another bootleg murder.
14:26Officer Thomas Kerwin killed in the bootleg war.
14:29That's just another reason that I want to get out of this place and this racket.
14:32If I'd have known six months ago what I know now, I wouldn't be here.
14:36Yeah.
14:38We're a couple of smart fellows.
14:40Well, we thought we were buying a respectable barber shop
14:43and get hooked into a speakeasy and a warehouse for bottle goods.
14:47Yeah.
14:48About the only thing I ever shave around this joint is labels off of bottles.
14:53It's a good thing for us they didn't try to sell us Central Park or Coney Island.
14:58Yeah.
14:59We're a couple of smart fellows.
15:02Hey, listen, Gene.
15:04If I didn't have my mother's money tied up in this thing, I'd quit right now.
15:09And believe me, as soon as I get even, I'm through.
15:12Well, you and me both.
15:15But you see, we got tricked into this thing, Eddie.
15:17And we got to go through with it.
15:19See, we were tricked by a couple of fine gentlemen.
15:23Yeah.
15:25We went into it too quickly.
15:32There comes those two fine gentlemen now.
15:35Look out.
15:36They don't steal your watch.
15:38And how are the little town Soriel brothers today?
15:41Great.
15:42And all I ask is to get one of you birds in that chair for about a minute.
15:47Oh, there's no use getting sore about it.
15:50What do you expect us to do?
15:51Kiss you?
15:52With the deal you handed out?
15:53Well, you've got no kick coming.
15:54We split with you.
15:55I don't want that kind of money.
15:56No.
15:57And what we bought was a regular barber shop.
15:58Not a speakeasy.
15:59Well, here's your chance to have a regular shop.
16:00Did you see the night's paper?
16:01Yes, I did.
16:02Well, you know, that's enough for Dan and me.
16:03You know, this town is going to be so hot from now on.
16:04You won't be able to live in it.
16:05So this joint is yours.
16:06It's in your name anyway.
16:07Well, so long Eddie.
16:08See you in church.
16:09Come on, Jake.
16:10No.
16:11No.
16:12No.
16:13No.
16:14No.
16:15No.
16:16No.
16:17No.
16:18No.
16:19No.
16:20No.
16:21No.
16:22No.
16:23No.
16:24No.
16:25No.
16:26No.
16:27No.
16:28No.
16:29No.
16:30No.
16:31Come on, Jake.
16:32Now, wait a minute Dan.
16:33Aren't you going to say goodbye to the best little barber in the country?
16:37Ha ha.
16:43I hope you two guys spend your old age in jail.
16:49Now's a nose edge.
16:54Hello.
16:56Oh, hello Kitty.
16:58All right, honey.
16:59I'll drive over and get you in the car.
17:01I'll meet you in front of the apartment.
17:03You have plenty of time for the show.
17:05All right.
17:11That is Kitty.
17:13I'm going over and see her. I don't know what time I'll be back.
17:17Well, at least you got somebody decent to go and talk to.
17:23I'll see you later.
17:25All right.
17:27Watch yourself, Eddie.
17:29One other bootleg murder.
17:41You see, that's why I want you to quit that business.
17:45Sooner or later the cops are going to find out that your barber shop is only a speakeasy.
17:51There are so many other things you can do, Eddie.
17:54Oh, I know it, darling.
17:56And I am going to quit.
17:58And when I do, you quit that nightclub, too.
18:02Oh, you're right.
18:04I don't want to work there any longer than I have to.
18:06Oh, you know, Hawk Miller's always hanging around me.
18:10Hawk Miller?
18:12Hawk Miller likes me.
18:14He's my friend.
18:16And besides, he knows that you're my girl.
18:20You don't know Hawk like I do.
18:24It's me like...
18:26Oh, don't you be silly.
18:28He has a girl of his own, Molly.
18:30She's been his girl for years.
18:32All right.
18:34But just remember that I told you.
18:36Now, he's all right, honey.
18:38Besides, I don't want to have any trouble with him.
18:42I expect to sell him all my stuff.
18:44But I want to get out of there as soon as possible.
18:48You know, it gets pretty rough.
18:50Fight, you know, and everything.
18:52I get almost afraid sometimes.
18:54Well, don't you be afraid of anybody, honey.
18:56Here.
18:58Look.
19:00I've had that for years.
19:02My father gave it to me to practice with when I was a kid.
19:04And if anybody annoys you,
19:06you just fire it in the air a couple of times,
19:08and that'll scare them away.
19:10Cute, isn't it?
19:12You come along, honey.
19:14It's getting late.
19:16I'm sorry.
19:18I'm sorry.
19:19I'm sorry.
19:20I'm sorry.
19:21I'm sorry.
19:22I'm sorry.
19:23I'm sorry.
19:24I'm sorry.
19:25I'm sorry.
19:26I'm sorry.
19:27I'm sorry.
19:28I'm sorry.
19:29You've got to get over to the cafe and do your stuff.
19:32All right.
19:34Let's go.
19:35I'll be glad to get it over with.
19:37Gee, I hate that place.
19:59Hey, Bob.
20:09I want you to be very careful who you let in here tonight.
20:14Make sure that everybody has a card.
20:16Don't worry, Hoff.
20:17Leave it to me.
20:18No.
20:19No.
20:20No.
20:21No.
20:22No.
20:23No.
20:24No.
20:25No.
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21:08No.
21:09And now, folks, now, folks, we're going to have the Dancing Pirate.
21:25And believe me, boys, take it from me, they'll take it from you.
21:39Come in.
21:55Well, it ain't nobody else.
22:01Now what do you want?
22:03Well, I want a lot of things.
22:05But most of all, I want you.
22:10Don't you ever get bored looking at me, Eddie?
22:14Well, I get bored looking at anyone else but you.
22:18In fact, I don't like anyone looking at you.
22:21You know, I believe you're jealous.
22:24You believe I'm jealous?
22:26And why shouldn't I be of the prettiest girl in the world?
22:31You know, someday, I'm going to have a nightclub all of my own.
22:38With no one in it to watch you but me.
22:42Oh, no.
22:44You promised that we were all finished with nightclubs.
22:47Didn't you, Eddie?
22:49That's right, I did.
22:51Well, that's settled.
22:52Now run along here.
22:53Because I have to dress.
22:54How about a little kiss?
22:58Now I'll run out and get my ringside seat.
23:03I'll be seeing you.
23:08Now I'll be seeing you.
23:38Now, folks, now comes that horrible moment in every nightclub
23:58when the master of ceremonies feels a song coming on,
24:01and this is that horrible moment.
24:03You know that terrible time and the girl,
24:05she leans over to rest court and she says,
24:08Daddy, give that boy two dollars.
24:10Well, well, here it is.
24:17Can't answer.
24:18I long see the gold sun are sinking in the golden west.
24:23That's the time I really get to thinking that I'm heaven blessed.
24:28Long see the shadows rising, that means I've had my rest.
24:33And when I wake up in the early dawning, that's the time I love the best.
24:38All morning glory, tell them stories at dawn's.
24:43And every day they wake up lazy at dawn's.
24:48Now, when the evening shadow creepers, the first time you feel like sleepers,
24:54Mr. Rooster, wake you up at dawn's.
24:58They love us sweeter, like some pleader at dawn's.
25:01Dawn's.
25:02Dawn's.
25:03I'm not true, I love him too.
25:05Dawn's.
25:06Dawn's.
25:07Dawn's.
25:08Why, mammy's.
25:09I'm correct you while you're yawning.
25:12And all your little trouble turning a bubble that don't in.
25:17They go, go, go, go, go, go.
25:19Say, lo, no, dot-dee-oh.
25:20sO-do-do-dee-oh.
25:21SO-do-do-dee-oh, no,anh-doh-dee-oh.
25:24SO-do-do-dee-oh.
25:25knows, know, Oh my rokles.
25:26SO-do-do-dee-oh.
25:27SO-do-do-deeoh.
25:28With a, even shadow creepers, that time you feel like sleepers.
25:33Send a rooster, wake you up at, sO-do-dee-oh-dOhB.
25:38Say, lo, do, do déo.
25:39sO-do-dee-oh.
25:40SO-do-do-dee-oh.
25:41Don's.
25:42þO-do-dee-oh.
25:47It's why your mammies are fresh here
25:50While you're yawnin'
25:52And all your little problems
25:54Turnin' above that darnin'
26:17Hey, here comes the hawk
26:25I'd better sit down
26:47Say, listen, hawk
26:49I don't think we'd better take any chance with this stuff
26:53You know it's old century, don't you?
26:56You don't think?
26:58You know we're not gonna take any chances when a cop has been bumped off
27:02Well, I didn't bump him off
27:05Don't blame it on me
27:07Shut up
27:08Who asked you?
27:10He was killed, wasn't he?
27:12Sure, he was killed
27:14Well, somebody's gonna take the rap
27:16The only evidence they have is those 12 cases of old century
27:24And it's right here in this joint
27:26We were a bunch of saps to bring it here
27:29We gotta get rid of it
27:31That's just what I'm going to do
27:36And I want you to handle it for me, Tommy
27:38What? Me?
27:40You must think I got marshmallows for brains, hawk
27:43Why, you poor crumb
27:46You're scared
27:48You're afraid to take a chance
27:50Why don't you take it?
27:53You take it, Sam
27:55This guy's got a streak of yellow a yard wide
27:58Me?
28:00No, I don't know, not me
28:02Why don't you take it?
28:04Take it
28:05Take it yourself
28:06You know, when it comes right down to it
28:07You...
28:09You killed the cops, you know
28:10We didn't have anything to do with it
28:11Did we?
28:12Shut up, will ya?
28:14Will you pin those lips together
28:15And quit making those cracks
28:16About who bumped him off?
28:17Well
28:23We'll get you guys a couple of megaphones
28:34Hey, it's Eddie Morgan outside
28:39Does that give you babies any ideas?
28:42No, but it might give you an idea
28:46Yeah? Why?
28:50Well
28:51You know, Eddie runs that joint over on 46th street
28:54You know that
28:55And he's got a chicken that ain't so bad either
28:58Maybe you could kill two birds with one stone
29:01Why, what do you mean, Tommy?
29:05Now, you don't think for a minute that I would frame any, do you?
29:09No
29:10No, no
29:11You wouldn't frame anybody, Hawks
29:13No
29:14Not you
29:15It's a mistake
29:18Well, there's an idea there
29:20If they find the goods here
29:22It'll go pretty hard with you, Hawks
29:25Yeah, they won't go so easy for you two guys either
29:28Now listen
29:29If they grab Eddie
29:33We can help him if we're on the outside, can't we?
29:35Sure, we could do that
29:36Yeah
29:37You're always a great guy for fixing things, Hawks
29:41Supposing you do it
29:43Yeah, you better leave it to me
29:44Yeah
29:46We'll leave it to you
29:47We'll leave it right to you
29:49You guys make a sneak
29:50I think I got an idea
29:51Yeah
29:57But don't leave town
29:59Don't leave town
30:01Why not?
30:03Well, it might look bad
30:06Well, all right, we'll just hang around the joint, huh?
30:09If you see Eddie Morgan out there, tell him I want to see him
30:11All right
30:22Hey, Eddie
30:28The Hawk wants you in the office
30:31I'll see him a little bit later
30:33Look, Eddie, you better go in now
30:35He wants to see you right away
30:37All right
30:39All right
30:51Hello, Hawk, did you want to see me?
31:07Yeah, hi Eddie
31:08Come on inside
31:13What's on you there?
31:15Oh, nothing in particular
31:17How's everything over the shop?
31:20All right?
31:22Just fair
31:23You know how it is
31:27I'll tell you what I want to see about Eddie
31:31I just got a tip from headquarters that I might be raided
31:35By federal men
31:39And I was wondering if you wouldn't mind a few cases for me for a few hours
31:44Till it flows over
31:45Why certainly
31:48Why not?
31:49Where is it?
31:50Right here
31:52There are only a few cases
31:54Where's your car?
31:55Right outside
31:56Good
32:03Oh, I see
32:06I'll take it over right now
32:08That's a good idea
32:09Take it out the back way
32:10Halfway
32:14Here's the key
32:16I certainly appreciate this, Eddie
32:20Anytime at all, Hawk
32:24Thanks
32:40Come on, Mr. Miller
32:41Come on, Mr. Miller
32:48Wait a minute, Kitty
32:50I want to see you for a minute
32:52But please, Mr. Miller, I have to hurry
32:54Why the Mr. stuff, Kitty?
32:55Why you're the coldest proposition I ever met?
32:58Why the icicles?
33:00You ought to know that high hat stuff will never get you anyplace with me
33:01But I'm not trying to high hat you, Mr. Miller
33:02But I have to make another number
33:03Wait a minute, Kitty
33:04I want to tip you off to something
33:05Wait a minute, Kitty
33:06I want to see you for a minute
33:07Wait a minute, Kitty
33:08I want to see you for a minute
33:09But please, Mr. Miller
33:10I have to hurry
33:11Why the Mr. stuff, Kitty
33:12Why the Mr. stuff, Kitty?
33:13Why you're the coldest proposition I ever met?
33:14Why the icicles?
33:15You ought to know that high hat stuff will never get you anyplace with me
33:20But I'm not trying to high hat you, Mr. Miller
33:22But I have to make another number
33:25Wait a minute, Kitty
33:28I want to tip you off to something
33:31You're running around with that sap Eddie Morgan and wasting your time
33:36What can he do for you?
33:38A piking boot figure
33:41Who was it that took you out of the chorus, huh?
33:45Me, wasn't it?
33:47Who was it that gave you a chance to lead numbers?
33:50Me!
33:52Why, I can set you in a big show
33:55Get you anything
33:57And you run around with a bologna like that, Sim
34:01Come on inside and sit down, huh?
34:04Oh, I can't, I have to hurry
34:05Will you be back?
34:08I'll try
34:14Wait a minute, Hawk
34:18You're a hound for chicken, aren't you?
34:25Well, what do you want?
34:28Nothing much
34:30Only this
34:32That kid don't want any part of you
34:35Hey, you mind your own business, will you?
34:37I'll take care of that kid
34:39So I see
34:42But I'm warning you to stay off
34:45Yeah? Why?
34:47Oh
34:49I'm just warning you, that's all
34:51You might get indigestion from too much chicken
34:56Well, if I get indigestion
34:58It won't be from an old hen
35:01Wait a minute
35:02You didn't say that when you wanted the money to run this joint
35:09You didn't say that when you wanted me to stick by you through all the tough times
35:13Oh, save that gab, will you?
35:15Why don't you get yourself a tambourine and go out on the corner and pedal your blues?
35:19You be careful that you're not singing the blues, Hawk
35:23You think you can pick any chicken you want and throw me back in the deck
35:27But you can't do it
35:29It ain't lucky
35:30Who said so?
35:32I said so
35:34Yeah? Well, you said too much
35:36Now you understand?
35:37We're through
35:39I'm sick and tired of you sitting around this joint day in and day out
35:43Staring and watching every move I make
35:46Now you beat it
35:48I have important business to attend to
35:51So have I
36:00I think it's a little secret
36:01I just want to know
36:16Hey!
36:18Here comes two cops
36:19Good luck.
36:49Hello, boys.
36:56How are you?
36:59Sit down.
37:02Have a cigar.
37:15Well, what's on your mind, boys?
37:24Well, Andy.
37:26You heard about Tam Kerwin being bumped off the car.
37:30I certainly did.
37:32There's an extra route about it.
37:37Did you land the guy that did it?
37:39No, but we're well, Hawk.
37:42Well, I hope so.
37:45It's pretty tough when a cop is bumped off.
37:50They're my best friend.
37:52Yes, and it's going to be tough on the guy who did it.
37:57Well, I hope you get the dirty rat.
38:01Got any ideas?
38:02No.
38:03Have you?
38:06Me?
38:07Why, what ideas would I have about a job like that?
38:13I was thinking you might know something.
38:16And if you do know, it would be a good idea to talk.
38:21Well, I ain't got nothing to say.
38:24Well, I have.
38:25This killing was a bootleg job, and it concerns liquor.
38:30Until we know who killed that cop, we're going to close every joint.
38:34Yes.
38:35This one first.
38:37Gee, that's pretty tough, boys.
38:40Well, I'd like to help you.
38:43You got any clues?
38:45Nothing much.
38:46The stuff they was after was old century.
38:51I haven't seen any before this job in two years.
38:56Old century.
38:59Yes.
39:00There was a few cases missing.
39:03The ones that did the job took some of the stuff.
39:08See any around?
39:29Well, boys, what's the matter?
39:40Surely you don't think that I would have any stuff like that lying around, do you?
39:43That or any other stuff.
39:45We're not thinking anything, Hawk.
39:47But it's about time you began thinking.
39:50You probably could tell us plenty.
39:53So open your trap and say something.
39:59Guys, you know I'm not a fool, don't you?
40:06You know I've always been on the up and up, don't you?
40:10Why, I wouldn't hurt a pal for the world.
40:15But when it comes to killing a cop, I'm against you.
40:21Well, well, come on.
40:23You say the guy that did the job got away with some cases of murder?
40:28Yes, yes.
40:29Well, I might be able to help you.
40:31I think I got a clue.
40:32Where?
40:33Who?
40:34I can't say just now, but...
40:37You know where the White Way Barbershop is, don't you?
40:39Over on 46th Street.
40:40Right.
40:41Well, you'll be there at 10 o'clock,
40:43and I might show you something interesting.
40:44Get me?
40:45The White Way Barbershop is,
40:46the White Way Barbershop is, don't you?
40:48Over on 46th Street.
40:49Right.
40:50Well, you'll be there at 10 o'clock,
40:52and I might show you something interesting.
40:54Get me?
40:56The White Way Barbershop at 10 o'clock, huh?
40:57Right.
40:58The White Way Barbershop at 10 o'clock, huh?
40:59Right.
41:00The White Way Barbershop at 10 o'clock, huh?
41:01Nice.
41:02The White Way Barbershop at 10 o'clock, huh?
41:03Right.
41:07The White Way Barbershop at 10 o'clock, huh?
41:16Right.
41:47Hey, the cops were just here.
42:04Yeah, I know they were. We saw them.
42:06What do they want?
42:08Crosby knows something.
42:11He does?
42:13Yes.
42:15Sit down.
42:17Now, we've got to cover ourselves up.
42:26I've planted the stuff in Eddie's shop.
42:28Yeah?
42:29And the Dicks will be there at 10 o'clock.
42:32Uh-huh.
42:33But they must not find Eddie.
42:41What do you want us to do?
42:42I want you guys to make him disappear.
42:48Disappear?
42:50Certainly.
42:52If they don't find him, it will cinch everything for us.
42:57Don't you understand?
43:00What do you mean?
43:01Take him for a ride.
43:09Oh.
43:10424 Bryant.
43:32No operator.
43:33424.
43:34Yes.
43:38Hello?
43:39Hello, is Eddie there?
43:40Bring him to the phone quick.
43:41This is Kitty.
43:43Yes.
43:48Hello, Eddie?
43:49Listen.
43:49The hawk framed you.
43:52Oh, I'm telling you, he did.
43:53I heard him.
43:54Yes.
43:55Crosby and Collins are coming down to the...
43:57The hopper shop at 10 o'clock.
43:59Yes.
44:00Oh, listen to me, Eddie, please.
44:01Eddie, please.
44:27Hello, Gene.
44:30Hello, hawk.
44:42Where's Eddie?
44:44Well, he was here a while ago.
44:47He went out with a couple of guys.
44:51A couple of guys, eh?
44:53Yeah.
44:54Two of them.
44:57Well, I think I'll stick around a while.
45:04All right, hawk.
45:06Make yourself at home.
45:09Have you left that new police gazette yet?
45:13Get a load of that third page.
45:23Not bad, eh?
45:27I don't know.
45:44Hello, Eddie.
45:44Hello, hawk.
45:45Did you get the stuff down all right?
45:48Certainly.
45:49Everything's Jake.
45:50Why?
45:53Oh, nothing.
45:56I just want to make sure that you have it, that's all.
45:58That ain't all, Hawk.
46:02You thought you'd put something over on me, didn't you?
46:06Why, what do you mean?
46:09Why, you're all excited about nothing.
46:12You ought to know me better than that old pal.
46:14Haven't I always been on the up and up with you?
46:18Why, I can't understand what you mean.
46:22I mean just this.
46:24You tried to frame me.
46:26You knew the cops were looking for old century.
46:29That's the reason you wanted me to plant it in this joint.
46:32Now, don't get excited, don't get excited.
46:35Why, somebody must be kidding you.
46:38Yeah?
46:45Well, that may be so.
46:50It may not be so.
46:53But I protected myself.
46:55You what?
46:58You got the stuff, didn't you?
47:00I told you, yes.
47:01But when the cops get here...
47:07Cops?
47:09Now, who said anything about cops?
47:12They don't try to pull that on me.
47:15You know the dicks will be here at 10 o'clock.
47:17Oh, you're crazy.
47:20Yeah, well, maybe I am and maybe I'm not.
47:23That doesn't make any difference.
47:26I am just crazy enough to know...
47:29that you're the guy...
47:31that bumped off that cop.
47:36Why, you poor chump.
47:38You're hooked.
47:40Yes, and you're hooked good.
47:42Because when the dicks get here and find the stuff,
47:44they'll grab you.
47:46And I'll grab Kitty.
47:48Don't make me laugh.
47:50They'll take nobody but you.
47:52Because Kitty quit your joint tonight.
47:55And I dumped the stuff in the river.
47:57What do you think of that?
47:58Why, you can't get away with that stuff, will you?
48:00I haven't got a chance.
48:22What's happened, Eddie?
48:23Somebody shot the hog.
48:24Who did it?
48:25I don't know, it came from back there.
48:26Listen, we've got to get him out of here.
48:28I'll, I tell you, I'll put him in my car
48:30and dump him along the road something.
48:32All right.
48:33Pick him up.
48:34All right.
48:43Give me a hand, Eddie.
48:45It's too late.
48:46What do I do?
48:47I don't know.
48:48Here, put him in that chair.
48:51Got him?
49:04Listen.
49:05Stall as long as you can.
49:06I've got to make a getaway.
49:07Okay.
49:22See you, sir.
49:25See you, continue.
49:26What?
49:30Okay.
49:31My name is Mr.
49:32Now?
49:33Yes, sir.
49:35But you have to wait.
49:37I just started on this gentleman.
49:40All right.
49:41I'll wait.
49:42See, he wants a massage too.
49:43I'll wait.
49:44All right.
49:45All right.
49:50Yes, sir.
49:53That was certainly a great game.
49:56Made two runs in the ninth inning.
49:59Made the score two to one.
50:03Great game tomorrow, too.
50:08That's all right, old man.
50:10Go ahead and sleep.
50:12I'll wake you up when I'm through, will you?
50:15It's the first time to be, will you?
50:17No, no, no.
50:19Let's go ahead.
50:23I'll do it again.
50:25Let's go.
50:29Bye, bye.
50:31We'll do it again tomorrow.
50:33Let's go.
50:37We'll see you then.
50:39Bye.
50:40Bye.
50:42Bye.
50:45It's Hawk Miller.
50:57He's dead.
50:58What is it?
50:59What is this?
51:01I don't know.
51:02That's what they all say.
51:03You better speak up and save yourself a lot of grief.
51:07How did it happen?
51:09All I know, Eddie and me were in here talking,
51:12and the Hawk came in.
51:13There was a lot of conversation about old century.
51:17And then the Hawk makes a crack about Eddie's dame, Kitty.
51:21And the Hawk goes for his rod, and then he gets shot.
51:25By Eddie?
51:26Oh, I don't know who done it, but it wasn't Eddie.
51:29Eddie Morgan did it, and you know he did it.
51:31Where is he?
51:32I don't know.
51:33Where is he?
51:36Oh, he went out that door.
51:38Collins, take charge.
51:40I'll grab this guy, Eddie, before he knows where he stands.
51:44Listen, Chief, honest to God, I don't know.
51:46Oh, listen, listen, listen.
51:48I wasn't in on the play.
51:49I don't know nothing.
51:50What are you sporking about?
51:51Everything will be all right.
51:52I know.
51:52Calm yourself.
51:53Oh, no.
51:54Oh, no.
51:54Oh, no.
51:55Oh, no.
51:56Oh, no.
51:57Oh, no.
51:58Oh, no.
51:59Oh, no.
52:00Oh, no.
52:01Oh, no.
52:02Oh, no.
52:03Oh, no.
52:04Oh, no.
52:05Oh, no.
52:06Oh, no.
52:07Oh, no.
52:08Oh, no.
52:09Oh, no.
52:10Oh, no.
52:11Oh, no.
52:12Oh, no.
52:14Kitty, we've got to get out of here now, quickly.
52:32Pack up the things and let's go.
52:34I know.
52:35Hawk Miller.
52:36How do you know?
52:44Don't you hurry.
53:01You're not going anywhere.
53:05Well, Eddie, it looks like I caught up with you, don't it?
53:09What do you want with me, Mr. Crosby?
53:11I haven't done nothing.
53:12Of course you have.
53:13You must take me for an awful boob.
53:17I just left your barbershop.
53:20Hawk Miller is dead.
53:23He was killed with this.
53:31Come on.
53:33Let's go.
53:34Oh, no.
53:36Don't take him.
53:37He didn't do it.
53:38Honest, he didn't do it.
53:39No?
53:41Then who did?
53:42Keep quiet, Kitty.
53:46She doesn't have to say anything.
53:48Neither do you.
53:50I've got proof enough to send you to the chair.
53:54Come on.
53:56Both of you.
53:56Wait a minute, Crosby.
54:14You've got the wrong people.
54:17What do you mean?
54:18I mean, they've got nothing to do with the killing of Crosby.
54:24I mean, they've got nothing to do with the killing of Crosby.
54:26How do you know?
54:28Well, I guess I'm the one person who ought to know, because I did it.
54:35You?
54:36You?
54:37I don't believe it.
54:39He was your man, wasn't he?
54:42Yes.
54:43He was my man.
54:45Yes.
54:46He was my man.
54:47Yes.
54:48He was my man.
54:52But no, I...
54:53I loved him.
54:55But I couldn't stand his loving somebody else.
54:59When he told me he was through with me, I...
55:02I made up my mind he was through with all women.
55:06So when Kitty here was doing a number, I went to a dressing room and took a gun and followed him to the barber shop.
55:24Then...
55:26Then I heard him tell Eddie he was going to kill him and take his girl.
55:31Oh, Eddie.
55:33I...
55:34I must have gone mad.
55:36I was jealous.
55:37I was crazy.
55:38I...
55:39I killed him.
55:47He was no good.
55:50But I loved him.
55:56Well...
55:58He's gone now.
55:59So I can tell you without trouble crossing him.
56:07He was the one who killed the...
56:09policeman.
56:12Tom Merton.
56:14He did?
56:15He did.
56:19Well...
56:20That's all.
56:24Come on, let's get it over.
56:25Well...
56:28I'm not afraid.
56:32I've lived.
56:34And I've lost.
56:37And I've lost.
56:38And I've lost.
56:45Molly...
56:47You're all right.
56:49You've certainly saved these kids.
56:51You both will take my tip to get out of this city.
57:01Don't you see how close you've been to tragedy?
57:04Get out.
57:06Take a train to the country where there's trees and flowers and mountains.
57:10Leave the roaring forties to roar without.
57:17You're right, Mr. Crosby.
57:20We're going to leave the first chance we get.
57:22We've made our minds.
57:26We want to do right for each other.
57:29And everyone else.
57:31There's no luck in anything else.
57:35Right.
57:36Come on, Molly.
57:44I don't think it's going to be so tough for you.
57:46There was a reward for the killer, dead or alive.
57:50Besides, you've saved the state a lot of expense.
57:54The cost of an electrocution.
57:58I'm going to see that you get a break.
58:00And I don't think you've got much to worry about.
58:21Don't forget the train of the country.
58:23Let's go.
58:24There, what is going on?
58:30A train.
58:35Honey,
58:37we'll fly.
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