Not Rated | 1h 17min | Crime, Drama | 18 May 1949 (USA)
The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping pill racket.
Director: W. Merle Connell
Writers: Danny Arnold, Richard S. McMahan
Stars: Lita Grey, Will Charles, William Thomason
The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping pill racket.
Director: W. Merle Connell
Writers: Danny Arnold, Richard S. McMahan
Stars: Lita Grey, Will Charles, William Thomason
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00:01:30I don't know Inspector. Now this latest arrest, Frankie Clinton, I had a talk with him and he didn't seem any too helpful.
00:01:37Thirty-four years I've been on the force, Your Honor, and I don't mind telling you I've seen everything.
00:01:42Tough guys, hoodlums, gunmen. But this is the first time I've run across anything like this.
00:01:49Looks like the whole new generation has suddenly gone berserk.
00:01:53It's not too hard to understand, Inspector. These youngsters are just the products of their environment.
00:01:59Oh, I know some of these kids came from privileged families, but that doesn't entirely constitute environment.
00:02:05It's not only where you live, it's how you live. The teenagers of the new generation grew up in a time of nerves.
00:02:13Newspapers screaming headlines of race riots, revolution, earthquake. Back of it all, speed.
00:02:20Everyone rushing nowhere to get nowhere, and for no reason. It's a fast life, Inspector.
00:02:27A whirlpool of speed and confusion, and all these kids are caught right in the middle of it.
00:02:31Well, maybe you've got something there, man.
00:02:34Sergeant Kerrigan to see you, Your Honor.
00:02:38Must be the man I sent for.
00:02:43Come in, Kerrigan.
00:02:44Hello, Chief.
00:02:46I want you to meet the judge.
00:02:48Judge Ballantyne?
00:02:49May I present Detective Sergeant Dave Kerrigan, one of our more promising plainclothes men.
00:02:54How do you do, ma'am, Your Honor?
00:02:56How do you do, Sergeant? Won't you please sit down, gentlemen?
00:03:01Now, you've been highly recommended, Sergeant, by the Inspector. He says you're a very capable officer.
00:03:07Good man to learn from, ma'am. I didn't teach him to be so modest.
00:03:12I suppose you're acquainted with our little problem, Sergeant.
00:03:15Just enough to know it's not so little, Your Honor.
00:03:17Then I presume you know that the juvenile delinquency rate has jumped tremendously.
00:03:22I have some information for you to start on, Kerrigan.
00:03:26This is a list of similar burglaries in the last year.
00:03:30Look it over, see if you find anything significant.
00:03:34High school kids, hopped up.
00:03:36That's right, high school kids, hopped up.
00:03:39Hot rod races, burglary, vandalism, arson.
00:03:44You name it and we've had it.
00:03:46All done by kids.
00:03:48Kids so hopped up they couldn't tell you what they'd done.
00:03:51Somebody's been supplying these kids with the stuff at a price.
00:03:55What a lousy racket that is.
00:03:57It's more than that, Sergeant.
00:03:59Somebody's making addicts out of these kids and for one purpose.
00:04:03To get them to do his dirty work and exchange him more pills.
00:04:06Your job is to find out who that is.
00:04:09Okay, Chief, I guess that means get out and dig.
00:04:11That's right.
00:04:12You know the routine.
00:04:13Question Frankie's friends, his neighbors, anyone you can.
00:04:17Keep moving.
00:04:18Run down every clue.
00:04:20You know, my fiancée has a kid brother in high school.
00:04:23They used to live in Frankie's neighborhood and moved away when their mother died.
00:04:27Maybe I could pick up something from him.
00:04:29Yes, we know.
00:04:30That's one of the things I had in mind.
00:04:33I don't like to bring you a personal life,
00:04:35but Bob Winter may be just the contact we need to crack this thing wide open.
00:04:39I'm sure Miss Winter will understand, sir.
00:04:42After all, these kids are the future of this city.
00:04:44We'll have to get rid of any threat to them.
00:04:46Have a talk with Clinton.
00:04:48Here's a transcript of a recorded interview we had in the judge's offices.
00:04:52Take it and see if you can find out more about it.
00:04:55Okay, Chief.
00:04:57See you later, Your Honor.
00:04:58Good luck to you, Sergeant.
00:05:03Inspector, somehow all of this has a familiar smell.
00:05:08You have an idea, Your Honor?
00:05:10You remember Umberto Scali?
00:05:13Some years ago when I was first appointed,
00:05:16I sentenced him to the penitentiary for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
00:05:21He'd given benzadrine to a 17-year-old and the boy had held up a gas station.
00:05:25Scali, he's out.
00:05:28He's a mogul on the north side of town.
00:05:31Legitimate enough, caters to a fat society, dames.
00:05:34Exercising, and that's tough.
00:05:42Three, four, down, up, down, up.
00:05:50One, two, three, four, down, up, down, up.
00:06:00Look at those cows, Tony.
00:06:01Wouldn't I kid you?
00:06:03You shouldn't kick, boss.
00:06:05Those blimps really line your pockets.
00:06:07You're right about that.
00:06:08At ten bucks per treatment, I got no complaints.
00:06:11I still have to laugh, though.
00:06:13Look at them.
00:06:14Down, up, right, up, left, up, right.
00:06:20Well-trained elephants, eh, Tony?
00:06:22Flip them a pill, run them around, and they're ready to drop
00:06:24and send them on their way at ten bucks per capi.
00:06:28Boss, what about those pills?
00:06:29What are they anyway?
00:06:30Are they any good?
00:06:31Sure they're good.
00:06:33Here, take a look.
00:06:36They're nitro-phenol tablets, and they'll burn a light off these girlies
00:06:39without the exercise, as far as that goes.
00:06:43Little money makers.
00:06:44Hey, boss, will they hurt any?
00:06:46You know, I was thinking maybe I ought to try a couple.
00:06:48I'm getting a bit of a spare tire here.
00:06:50Those things, Tony, they'll knock you over like that if you got a bum heart.
00:06:54Oh, I see.
00:06:55Well, let the dames keep them, then.
00:06:56Now, these fellows have got you into this.
00:06:59They aren't your friends.
00:07:00I don't see any of them trying to help you.
00:07:02Why don't you tell us who they are?
00:07:04I don't want to write on nobody.
00:07:05That's the underworld code, Frankie.
00:07:08If you want to get this mess cleared up, you'll have to show us that you want to be
00:07:10on the side of law and order.
00:07:12I guess so.
00:07:13What do I have to do?
00:07:15Just give us answers to our questions.
00:07:18Now, the boy that was with you,
00:07:19what was his name?
00:07:20Smith.
00:07:21Fred Smith.
00:07:23How long have you known him?
00:07:24Not very long.
00:07:26Where did you get acquainted with him?
00:07:28I was playing pool.
00:07:29He wanted to play me a game of pool.
00:07:31Did anyone else know him?
00:07:33I don't know.
00:07:35The night you were arrested, the doctor said you had taken something.
00:07:39What was that?
00:07:40I don't know.
00:07:41Come on, Frankie, you better tell me.
00:07:43A Benny.
00:07:45A Benny?
00:07:46You mean a Benzedrine tablet?
00:07:47Yeah.
00:07:48Where did you get it?
00:07:49He gave it to me.
00:07:51You mean Fred Smith gave it to you?
00:07:52Yeah.
00:07:53Where did he get it, did he tell you?
00:07:55No, I don't know.
00:07:58Frankie, if you could tell us who's behind these robberies that have been going on,
00:08:03who's supplying kids like yourself with Benny's and Goofy's and T-U-U's them,
00:08:08if you could tell us that, I...
00:08:09All right, honest, I don't know.
00:08:12You must have some idea.
00:08:13No, honest, Sarge, I tell you, but I don't know.
00:08:17All right, Frankie.
00:08:19You think it over for a while.
00:08:20I'll talk to you later.
00:08:22Okay.
00:08:23Come along, Frank.
00:08:31I think he knows more than he's telling.
00:08:33Looks like we gotta find out the hard way.
00:08:36Well, Kerrigan, get out here for payments.
00:08:38Good luck.
00:08:39I know.
00:08:40Take care of my feet.
00:08:41Okay, Chief.
00:08:45Hello.
00:08:46Has Clinton Kid been released yet?
00:08:48Not yet, Mr. Scali.
00:08:50He's hot as a firecracker.
00:08:52If you ask me, we'd better stay away from him for a while.
00:08:54I'm not asking you.
00:08:56Sometimes you say something that has little sense in it.
00:08:59Clinton is hot, and so are the rest of the kids he hangs around with.
00:09:02We gotta take our chances.
00:09:03I gotta have some more stuff.
00:09:15Get your hands in the air.
00:09:16The jig's up.
00:09:17It's the law.
00:09:18Hello, honey.
00:09:20And to what suspicious occurrence do I owe the honor of your company?
00:09:24Just a routine check-up.
00:09:26Thought I might catch you with one of my rivals.
00:09:28Terribly sorry you missed him.
00:09:29He just left along with the other six.
00:09:31I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:09:33Oh, you.
00:09:34Really, honey, how come you're off so early?
00:09:37Got the day off to count my blessings.
00:09:39How do you mean?
00:09:41I've been put on a new assignment.
00:09:43Been transferred from the burglary detail to the narcotics division.
00:09:47It's this way, Ollie.
00:09:48Frankie's hot and so are the kids, right?
00:09:50Yeah.
00:09:51OK.
00:09:52All we gotta do, then, is break in someone else.
00:09:54Oh, we ain't got no time.
00:09:55I gotta have the stuff right away.
00:09:58But maybe we ought to take it a little easy for a while.
00:10:01Right, Mr. Scali.
00:10:02And I've already started on some new contacts.
00:10:05Yeah?
00:10:05With who?
00:10:07A fellow by the name of Bob Winter.
00:10:09A good guy, and he don't talk.
00:10:13Hi, sis.
00:10:14Hello, dear.
00:10:14What's cooking?
00:10:16Hello, dear.
00:10:16How's school?
00:10:19Ah, you know, it's the same old grind.
00:10:21How you doing, Tom?
00:10:22Did you get the congressional medal yet?
00:10:23Not yet, but I'm working on it.
00:10:25In a hurry now, Bob.
00:10:26I'd like to talk to you.
00:10:27Yeah, I gotta get my trunks.
00:10:29I got a swimming date with Marge.
00:10:31Why, what's up?
00:10:32I'm on a new assignment.
00:10:33On the narcotics detail now.
00:10:34Narcotics squad?
00:10:36Say, slip me some pennies if you find any lying around, will you?
00:10:38Bob, be serious for a moment.
00:10:40OK, sis.
00:10:42Now, what can I do for you, Hawkshaw?
00:10:44Do you know Frankie Clinton?
00:10:45Sure.
00:10:46Sure, I know Frankie.
00:10:48And you read that he was arrested last week
00:10:49on a burglary charge?
00:10:51Yeah, so?
00:10:53When was the last time you saw Frankie, Bob?
00:10:56Oh, about two months ago, I guess.
00:10:58Why?
00:11:00Well, there's a drive-on against juvenile delinquency,
00:11:02and the department thinks that you can help us.
00:11:04Me?
00:11:05Well, I don't know how, but if there's anything
00:11:07you want to know, I'll try to tell you.
00:11:10Swell, I knew you would, Bob.
00:11:11Now, this has nothing to do with you.
00:11:13But the inspector knows that you were
00:11:14friends with Frankie Clinton.
00:11:16He thinks that possibly you might know something
00:11:18about the rest of the kids in that gang and their activities.
00:11:20I'm afraid I can't give you much help there, Dave.
00:11:23Like I say, I haven't seen any of the gang
00:11:24for a couple of months, and I never
00:11:26did mix in any of their activities, as you call it.
00:11:29What about Frankie Holmes?
00:11:30Does he know anything about me?
00:11:31No, not a thing, Mr. Scali.
00:11:33You see, he's never been up to the house.
00:11:35And all he knows is that a guy by the name of Simmons
00:11:37is paying him.
00:11:39You sure about this?
00:11:40Well, if he knows anything and spells for it.
00:11:43This Judge Ballantyne, snoop and dame.
00:11:47She'd love to get something on me,
00:11:49not to put me away for 20 years.
00:11:51I don't want her to get that information, Holmes.
00:11:54Ballantyne.
00:11:57Ballantyne.
00:11:58Say, Margie Ballantyne, the girlfriend of this guy
00:12:01I was telling you about, Bob Winter.
00:12:03Why, that's the judge's daughter.
00:12:04They go together.
00:12:05The judge's daughter?
00:12:07Say, what kind of a mess you trying to get me into?
00:12:10Suppose this Winter kid talks to her
00:12:11and she squeals to her mama.
00:12:12Then what?
00:12:14Winter won't talk, Mr. Scali.
00:12:16Besides, if you've got the judge's daughter,
00:12:19well, you can keep an eye on her.
00:12:22Hello, everybody.
00:12:23Oh, excuse me, Jerry.
00:12:25I thought you were in here with Bob.
00:12:27Come on, Margie.
00:12:28Bob will be right out.
00:12:28Oh, don't get up.
00:12:29Margie, this is Dave Kerrigan.
00:12:31Dave, this is Margie Ballantyne, Bob's girl.
00:12:33How do you do?
00:12:34Oh, I've heard lots about you from Jerry, Sergeant Kerrigan.
00:12:38I guess you're the best detective since Sherlock Holmes.
00:12:40Don't pay any attention to Jerry, Margie.
00:12:42She thinks if she can get a job as my press agent,
00:12:44she'll get 10% of my salary.
00:12:4610%?
00:12:47Better wind up with more than that.
00:12:50Is that you, Marge?
00:12:51In the flesh.
00:12:51Be right out, chick.
00:12:53I'm trying on my new French bathing suit.
00:12:54Bob Winters, if you wear that suit, I won't go with you.
00:12:56Only kidding, babe.
00:12:59Ballantyne, Margie Ballantyne.
00:13:00Say, you're not in a relation to Judge Ballantyne, are you?
00:13:03Yes, sir.
00:13:04Daughter, according to the 14th section,
00:13:06I'm going to go 192 to the marital coach.
00:13:08Well, well, I just spent a very charming morning
00:13:10with your mother.
00:13:11Oh, what'd you get, Bob?
00:13:12Life at a chair.
00:13:14She and Bob are both alive.
00:13:15David's on a new case, Marge.
00:13:18It's all connected with narcotics.
00:13:20It's about the juvenile problem, Marge.
00:13:22Oh yes, mother's been telling me about that.
00:13:25Well, it's about time.
00:13:27That's a woman for you, Dave.
00:13:28You never wait less than an hour for them
00:13:30and they complain about two minutes.
00:13:31It's been 14 minutes and 28 seconds, to be exact.
00:13:34Is that so?
00:13:35Yes.
00:13:36Go on, you two, there's your transportation.
00:13:39See you later, you two.
00:13:40Bye, Jerry.
00:13:41Bye.
00:13:41Bye, Dave, nice to have met you.
00:13:42Goodbye.
00:13:45Where do they swim?
00:13:46One of Bob's friends, a fellow by the name of Hal Holmes,
00:13:49has an uncle who is quite wealthy.
00:13:51He has a big home on Magnolia
00:13:53with a beautiful swimming pool.
00:13:54Kids have been going up there lately.
00:13:57His uncle, Mr. Stevens, is away
00:13:58most of the time on business.
00:13:59Sounds like a good deal.
00:14:01Bob known him long, Holmes, I mean.
00:14:03Not too long.
00:14:05They met in a cafeteria where Holmes was working.
00:14:08Working in a cafeteria with rich relatives?
00:14:10Well, he seemed like a pretty independent kid.
00:14:13Must be.
00:14:14Is he a nice kid?
00:14:16Oh, he's all right, I suppose.
00:14:18Still, there's something about him.
00:14:21Oh, I don't know, I guess I either like someone or I don't.
00:14:25Is that so?
00:14:27How do you feel about me?
00:14:28Hmm.
00:14:46Here comes Bob and his girls.
00:14:48Which one's the Valentine kid?
00:14:49That dish in the white suit.
00:14:51Well.
00:14:59Oh, I'd say.
00:15:00Hi, Bob.
00:15:00How are you doing, Andy?
00:15:02Well, I think you know Margie Valentine.
00:15:03This is Andy's sister, Frances.
00:15:05Hello.
00:15:06Well, make yourselves comfortable.
00:15:09And if there's anything you want, just holler.
00:15:11This sure is a keen place.
00:15:13Is this your house, Hal?
00:15:14No, not exactly.
00:15:16It belongs to my uncle, Mr. Stevens,
00:15:17but he's away most of the time
00:15:19and I have the run of the place.
00:15:21Uncle always said that any friend of mine
00:15:22is always welcome.
00:15:24Well, you know, this is really fine.
00:15:26Okay, last one in is a sissy.
00:15:28Come on, Marge.
00:15:29Right behind you.
00:15:30Come on.
00:15:30No, I'm going ahead, Marge.
00:15:31I'm gonna talk to Hal in a minute.
00:15:33Good kid.
00:15:34Yeah, she sure is.
00:15:37Say, Hal, there's something I gotta tell you.
00:15:39Sure, what is it, fella?
00:15:40Well, I read in the papers the other day
00:15:41where Frankie Clinton was arrested and-
00:15:43Frankie Clinton?
00:15:45Frankie Clinton, I'm not sure I know the name.
00:15:49Oh, yeah, the kid that was picked up
00:15:50for robbing that warehouse.
00:15:52Frankie Clinton.
00:15:53Frankie Clinton.
00:15:54Frankie Clinton.
00:15:54The kid that was picked up for robbing that warehouse.
00:15:56Why, what about him?
00:15:57Well, I know Frankie.
00:15:58Haven't seen him for quite a while, though.
00:16:01But you know that Marge's mother is juvenile court judge
00:16:03and that she started some kind of a drive
00:16:05against juvenile delinquency.
00:16:06Yeah?
00:16:07Well, somehow or other, the police department
00:16:09found out that Jerry and I, well, Jerry's my sister,
00:16:12came from the same neighborhood that Frankie did
00:16:14and that I know him.
00:16:16Well, you see, Jerry's boyfriend is a detective.
00:16:19A detective?
00:16:20Yeah.
00:16:21Well, anyway, he came around this morning
00:16:22to ask me if I could give him a line
00:16:24on some of Frankie's friends.
00:16:25What did you tell him?
00:16:27I didn't tell him anything.
00:16:28I had nothing to tell him.
00:16:29Good.
00:16:30Well, you've got nothing to worry about anyway.
00:16:32You're not mixed up with anything like that, are you?
00:16:34No, but, well, I was just wondering
00:16:38about those Bennys and things we've been fooling around with.
00:16:41Well, I know we only took a few
00:16:42at a couple of parties for some laughs,
00:16:44but don't you think it's kind of dangerous now
00:16:46if they're cracking down on all the younger kids?
00:16:48Dangerous?
00:16:49Heck no.
00:16:51Well, we only do that for a little fun.
00:16:53Besides, you're here in my uncle's house
00:16:55with all the privacy in the world.
00:16:57Why, no one could find out about anything we do here.
00:17:00And suppose they do?
00:17:01We're just having a little fun, that's all.
00:17:03Yeah, I guess maybe you're right,
00:17:06but I thought I ought to tell you just in case.
00:17:07Well, I'm glad you did, Bob.
00:17:09At least it'll get it off your mind.
00:17:10You got nothing to worry about, though,
00:17:12but I'm glad you did.
00:17:13Well, I guess I'll go in for a swim now.
00:17:14You coming in?
00:17:15No, no, you go ahead.
00:17:16I gotta take care of a few things for my uncle,
00:17:18then I'll join you.
00:17:19Okay, then I'll see you later.
00:17:20Sure, go on.
00:17:22Yes, sir, you don't know how glad I am
00:17:24that you said something.
00:17:46Hello, Mr. Scali?
00:17:48This is Hal Holmes.
00:17:50Yeah.
00:17:53A detective, for the love of...
00:17:55The next thing you'll tell me is that his kid cousin
00:17:57is Attorney General of the United States.
00:17:59What kind of a double-cross is this?
00:18:03Nothing to worry about.
00:18:04You're beginning to sound like a broken record.
00:18:07Listen to me, Holmes, we've held off as long as we can.
00:18:09I've got to have some more stuff right away.
00:18:11Start lining up some of these kids.
00:18:14The exercises I'm giving these fat dames
00:18:15wouldn't reduce a fever.
00:18:17Besides, I got messages from three of the joints.
00:18:19They haven't got any more stuff either.
00:18:21Now, start lining up some of those Bobby Soxers
00:18:23and line them up fast.
00:18:25And don't tell me I got nothing to worry about.
00:18:44Say, Ruby, what's this about Mr. America?
00:18:46Is he really gonna be working here?
00:18:48Yeah, the boss hired him a couple of days ago.
00:18:51Boy, with that hunk of man outside,
00:18:52we'll be pulling in more chumps than we can handle.
00:18:55You're not kidding.
00:18:56I'd walk a couple of blocks to that myself.
00:18:58Uh-huh, he's just gorgeous.
00:19:01Yeah?
00:19:02Well, listen, if I catch any of you female wolves
00:19:05swooning around that guy,
00:19:06I'll throw you out of here on your beautiful...
00:19:08Yes, ma'am.
00:19:09Okay.
00:19:10He's just another man.
00:19:12But what a man.
00:19:13Yeah?
00:19:14Well, listen, you chicks work here,
00:19:17and so help me, you'll work.
00:19:18If any of you decide you'd rather stand around
00:19:20and admire Mr. America, just let me know.
00:19:23And I'll see that Mr. Scali has some new bait
00:19:26for his chubby customers.
00:19:27I don't get it, Ruby.
00:19:28How come Mr. America's been on this racket?
00:19:30He isn't.
00:19:31I'm glad you reminded me.
00:19:33Don't let him know anything about the dinitrophenols.
00:19:36He's a nice, clean, upstanding American boy,
00:19:38and Mr. Scali wants him kept that way.
00:19:41If he should see you giving one of the girls a pill,
00:19:43just tell him it's vitamins or something.
00:19:47All right.
00:20:01Holmes, you up yet?
00:20:03You mean your nephew, boss?
00:20:04Nephew?
00:20:05I hope that punk knows what he's doing.
00:20:07Well, you can ask him.
00:20:08Here he comes now.
00:20:10Hello, Holmes.
00:20:11Sit down.
00:20:12Talk to you in a minute.
00:20:14Our latest attraction is due to arrive this morning.
00:20:16Be nice to him.
00:20:18He ought to pull in a few more of our fat friends.
00:20:20Mr. America, huh?
00:20:21You gonna cut him in on the play, boss?
00:20:23Yeah, not him.
00:20:24He's got ideals.
00:20:25Hey, ain't that kind of dangerous?
00:20:26No.
00:20:27What he don't know, don't hurt him.
00:20:29He don't know what it's all about,
00:20:30and see that he stays that way.
00:20:32We'll use him as a sugar coating on the pill.
00:20:34Keep him out front where he belongs.
00:20:35I bet he ain't so much.
00:20:38I got muscles right here, boss.
00:20:39I'll make that punk with you.
00:20:40One of these days, pug, you're gonna be.
00:20:44Pug, you're gonna run into somebody
00:20:44who'll break those fingers of yours.
00:20:45Okay, maybe you're right, boss.
00:20:47But I bet this ain't the guy.
00:20:48Why, I got muscles.
00:20:49You've got muscles you've never used yet.
00:20:51All right, all right.
00:20:52Get out on the floor and put your muscles to work.
00:20:54When Eiferman comes in, show him where to dress
00:20:56and then give him a locker.
00:20:57Then send him in here.
00:20:58I wanna see what I've bought.
00:21:00Okay, boss.
00:21:01And don't worry about your sugar coating.
00:21:04I'll take real good care of him.
00:21:06Yeah, I'll take care of him real good.
00:21:10What a guy.
00:21:11Smart as a whip, huh, boss?
00:21:13He's a good boy, Tony.
00:21:14Does what he's told.
00:21:15Keeps his mouth shut.
00:21:17He's right about those muscles, though.
00:21:18He's pretty tough.
00:21:20But he hadn't better hurt Mr. America's hands.
00:21:21I got use for him.
00:21:22Oh, sure, boss.
00:21:23We got use for him.
00:21:26I mean, you've got use for him.
00:21:29What's new with the kids?
00:21:29I think we may be able to do a little business
00:21:31tonight, Mr. Scali.
00:21:33I'm planning a little party for one of the girls.
00:21:34It's her birthday or something.
00:21:36All the kids will be there.
00:21:37I'll need a few goofies to pass out
00:21:39and then I think we can start moving.
00:21:40These things are important, Holmes.
00:21:42Be careful, don't go too fast.
00:21:44We can't afford any slip-ups.
00:21:47Is Kid Winter gonna be there tonight?
00:21:48Oh, yeah, he and his girlfriend and a couple of...
00:21:50His girlfriend?
00:21:51You mean Valentine's Kid?
00:21:52Yeah, that's right, Mark.
00:21:56What's eating you?
00:21:58I was just thinking, boss,
00:21:59what Judge Valentine would say
00:22:00if she knew her daughter was playing around
00:22:02in your backyard.
00:22:06You know, that may be funnier than you think, Denardi.
00:22:10I wonder what the judge would say.
00:22:13Gee, boss, I didn't think it was that funny.
00:22:16Oh, it is, Tony, it is.
00:22:19You know, I was just entertaining
00:22:20a most satisfying thought.
00:22:22Yes, you're very satisfying.
00:22:24What's that, Mr. Scali?
00:22:26That Valentine has been after something on me
00:22:27for months, hasn't she?
00:22:29Yeah, I guess that's right.
00:22:30Yes, indeed.
00:22:32Tell me, how do you come along with your photography, Tony?
00:22:35You got your camera?
00:22:36Me, boss?
00:22:37Oh, sure, I got seven of them.
00:22:38I got a graphic, a Leica, a contact,
00:22:42a Mercury, a...
00:22:43Help the judge along.
00:22:44Yes, sir.
00:22:45I think we're going to see
00:22:46that Judge Rosalind Valentine
00:22:47gets the evidence she's been looking for.
00:22:51Tony, tell me,
00:22:52is D.C. Gallant the old schmuck kid?
00:22:55Look, here's what I want you to do.
00:23:00Hiya, Ruby.
00:23:01Hi.
00:23:02Has our Mr. America shown up yet?
00:23:04Not so far.
00:23:05Why?
00:23:06I'm supposed to be his nursemaid.
00:23:08Oh, boss's orders, eh?
00:23:11Well, you better do it.
00:23:12Mr. Scali usually means what he says.
00:23:15Hey, you're a dame.
00:23:16What's he got that I haven't got?
00:23:17I got muscles.
00:23:18Yeah, but he's got a public.
00:23:27Better go carry his bags.
00:23:29He's waiting for somebody
00:23:30to roll out the red carpet.
00:23:31I'll roll him out.
00:23:36What do you want here, punk?
00:23:38I believe I'm supposed to work here.
00:23:41Are you Mr. America?
00:23:43So they say.
00:23:44Call me George, though, huh?
00:23:45George Eichmann.
00:23:46Sure, George.
00:23:47Call me punk.
00:23:48Put it here.
00:23:49Strong man, huh?
00:23:53So they say.
00:23:54What's your opinion, punk?
00:23:55Yeah.
00:23:56Sure, George.
00:23:57All right.
00:23:58Put it here.
00:23:59I mean, what do you got in the bags?
00:24:00Oh, just some stuff
00:24:01I used to keep in shape with.
00:24:02I'll help you with one of them.
00:24:03That'd be fine.
00:24:05Try this one.
00:24:07Take this one here.
00:24:09It'll get the work.
00:24:35OK.
00:24:55You rocky, Kent Shade?
00:24:56Yeah.
00:25:00You know, Frankie Clinton
00:25:01is in pretty serious trouble.
00:25:03We're trying to help him
00:25:04them all we can. You're
00:25:06a pretty good friend of Frank is you can help him a lot if you want to do you.
00:25:12Maybe you youngsters don't realize it but the policy of the department is to stay on
00:25:16your side especially when we know someone higher up is a real cause of you're
00:25:20getting into trouble. Yeah I'd like to help him if I could but I don't know
00:25:25nothing about it I haven't seen Frankie much lately. You know a lot of people
00:25:29that Frank you know you I guess. You just tell me if any of these people mean
00:25:34anything to you.
00:25:38Fred Smith no I never heard of him. Then around the pool hall on the street once
00:25:45a while. I've heard of Fred Smith around there no I never did.
00:25:53Bob Winter Yeah I know him used to live in our neighborhood but he's all right
00:25:57he's a nice fellow you know I got no trouble. OK.
00:26:03I don't hold on. I don't know.
00:26:10Seems like it he we're going to get the jury or something I think so well I've seen
00:26:14him around but I never had anything to do with him. What did it look like. I don't
00:26:20know kind of nice dresser. Tall. Not very tall short kind of medium I guess kind
00:26:29of husky. You say you. Never had nothing to do with it why was that
00:26:36didn't you like him or what no. I never knew him very well.
00:26:42Hasn't Holmes got
00:26:45a knuckle. Big shot. Yes I mean. I think. It's
00:26:52a word Magnolia travels around. Sure doesn't Steve know Simmons.
00:26:59And Umberto Scali. No I never heard of him. Sure now this is important to Frank no
00:27:05honest I never heard of him. All right son you've got more than you think you can
00:27:13always clean up your own.
00:27:18That cross thing is looking worse every day Mr Scali What do you think we ought to
00:27:21do to keep it away from it for
00:27:23a week or so I suggested that to her but she insists upon sticking around until
00:27:29she's down to one hundred and fifty. I've been working with her every day and he's
00:27:33liable to get why. I don't know I don't think I'll give her
00:27:37a benzene or something to give her
00:27:38a lift. I'll reduce your dose you know she seems to have picked up some
00:27:44sort of
00:27:45an itch and it's a woman's sweatshirt she's been wearing you're a clean one.
00:27:50And.
00:28:03You do I miss McKenzie you're new aren't you.
00:28:13Tell the truth I'm
00:28:14a little shop worn but I'm new around here I presume you want to take
00:28:18a reducing treatment well honey if you think I need it my husband seems to think
00:28:23I'm losing my youthful figure. Well I've been died that way but if you wait when
00:28:27you got married. Drift well only two hundred and forty oh and what do you weigh
00:28:33now I don't know when I take off my girdle I can't even see the scale.
00:28:38What's your name. What's your last name. Tessie Tessie yeah Tessie T.S.S.E.
00:28:46Oh I thought it was your first name no it's my last name well what is your first
00:28:49name I told you Tessie Tessie yeah Tessie T.S.S.I.E. Now wait a minute let's get
00:28:56this straight is your name Tessie Tessie which name both names yeah Tessie Tessie
00:29:01Tessie Tessie Tessie T.S.S.E. What's the T for Tallulah ain't T.S.S.E.
00:29:07Tessie's enough. Tessie T.S.S.I.E.
00:29:22Oh Mr. Denardy.
00:29:28Oh Mr. Denardy I'd like you to meet Mrs. Tessie Mr. Denardy. How do you do Mrs.
00:29:33Tessie. Is Tessie your first name or your last name. Please let's don't go into that again just call me Tessie.
00:29:39All right but you're the best prospect we've ever had around here. Thank you.
00:29:44He's cute. Tony will you help me fill out a card. Sure. Now Mrs. Tessie may we just have your measurements.
00:29:52How do you want them honey in inches or feet. It's no joke the last gym I went to I had to use a navigator.
00:30:01All right Tony now that we've had our little joke shall we continue.
00:30:12Mrs. Tessie would you just hold that right there please.
00:30:19No honey you just stand still.
00:30:26Fifty one.
00:30:31Forty seven.
00:30:35Forty seven.
00:30:37That's it. Thank you.
00:31:01When you add them up it sure comes to a hell of a figure.
00:31:06Sixty four. Sixty four.
00:31:07Now have you got those Tony. Check. OK let's just check them.
00:31:11Bust fifty one. Roger.
00:31:13Waist forty seven. Roger.
00:31:15Hip sixty four. Roger.
00:31:17Roger's almost as big as I am.
00:31:21Man what a feed. That steak was out of this world honey.
00:31:24Which one. What do you mean which one. Did I have more than one.
00:31:28You have three Sergeant Kerrigan. And if you don't mind my saying so I can understand where you put it.
00:31:33Trade secret. I learned it at the police academy.
00:31:36How to put away a nice juicy T-bone in one easy meal.
00:31:39My favorite subject. I majored in it.
00:31:41Did they also teach you what to do after you put it away.
00:31:44It seems to me I remember one of the courses.
00:31:46How to wash the dinner dishes in one easy thing.
00:31:51If I remember correctly I flunked that one.
00:31:53Well I just took it up at the Board of Education and we decided to give you another chance.
00:31:57Examination is right through here.
00:32:00Yes ma'am. All I can say is. Yes.
00:32:03Your word is my command.
00:32:07If you don't mind my saying so I can understand where you put it.
00:32:10Trade secret. I learned it at the police academy.
00:32:13It was a wonderful dinner Mrs. Valentine. Thanks very much.
00:32:16Not at all. Come again soon Bob.
00:32:18I will. Thanks.
00:32:19Goodbye mom.
00:32:20Goodbye dear. Have a good time.
00:32:28Oh he's cute alright but.
00:32:30Oh what a wolf.
00:32:32Why? What did he do?
00:32:34Ask me sometime when I'm not so sober.
00:32:39Hi kids.
00:32:40Good to see you all.
00:32:41Everybody sober?
00:32:42So far.
00:32:45Oh gee Howard.
00:32:47Just wonderful of you to give this party for me.
00:32:50Oh that's okay honey.
00:32:51Uncle Bert left me the key to the cellar.
00:32:53We're stocked up for this party.
00:32:55Oh you're my dream man.
00:33:01Yeah Tony.
00:33:02Kids just got here.
00:33:04Yeah she's all set loaded and ready to go.
00:33:07Okay goodbye.
00:33:10Hey Nick's on the benches with Margie around.
00:33:12Sure pal.
00:33:13What do you have girls?
00:33:14Oh straight bourbon.
00:33:15Coke high.
00:33:16Thanks Hal. I don't think I'll have anything right now.
00:33:19Pass me two.
00:33:20Oh come on kids. How about a short one?
00:33:23Well yeah this is my birthday remember?
00:33:26Yeah Margie you've never been a wet blanket.
00:33:29Let's drink to Grace.
00:33:31Alright just a short one with a Coke.
00:33:33Well me too then but not too short.
00:33:36Cheers.
00:33:52Margie.
00:33:53Oh thank you.
00:33:54You're welcome.
00:33:55Frances.
00:33:56Oh thank you.
00:33:57Cheers mate.
00:33:58Any happy return?
00:34:00Oh thanks.
00:34:02Sergeant you said on the phone you found out a couple of things.
00:34:04Yes your honor.
00:34:05Anything important?
00:34:07It might be.
00:34:09I haven't been able to tie anything together yet.
00:34:11I'm afraid it's going to take a little time to crack this case.
00:34:14Come on your coffee will get cold.
00:34:17Give me a little too Jerry.
00:34:19Alright.
00:34:21Well what have you found out so far?
00:34:23I had a list of names of everyone I thought could possibly be a link in the case.
00:34:28I've asked about all of them.
00:34:30Here are the results.
00:34:36Fred Smith.
00:34:38Obviously a phony.
00:34:40No reaction anywhere.
00:34:42Bob Winter.
00:34:43You don't suspect Bob.
00:34:45I don't get excited.
00:34:46Of course I don't.
00:34:47I just use Bob's name as a sort of bait.
00:34:50I'm afraid Jerry isn't too familiar with police methods your honor.
00:34:53Well he never explains anything to me Mrs. Ballantyne.
00:34:56How am I supposed to know anything about it?
00:34:58Well to continue.
00:35:00Humberto Scali.
00:35:02As I said before no one knew him.
00:35:04Andy and Francis Williams.
00:35:06Friends of Bob's in the clear.
00:35:07Yes I know the Williams children.
00:35:09Al Holmes.
00:35:11Al Holmes.
00:35:12I don't seem to remember that name.
00:35:14That's the boy who's uncle owns the pool.
00:35:16They went swimming there tonight.
00:35:18Oh yes was he in the clear?
00:35:19Well to tell you the truth your honor I don't know.
00:35:22Reactions I got to his name weren't what I expected.
00:35:26One kid I spoke to said he knew him then changed his mind.
00:35:31Another said he had heard of him but never had anything to do with him.
00:35:35Another stalled around and finally admitted meeting him at a pool hall.
00:35:39Well it's possible that those boys wouldn't know him too well.
00:35:41He's new around here isn't he?
00:35:43That's what I understand.
00:35:45But doesn't it seem funny to you that a boy whose uncle gives him the complete run of his estate
00:35:50should be living in a tiny apartment in a cheap section of town?
00:35:54And Bob says they met while Holmes was working in a cafeteria.
00:35:58Why should Holmes have to take a job like that?
00:36:00When you put it that way it doesn't sound too good.
00:36:02Have you checked with headquarters?
00:36:04Not yet but I can if you think I'd do some good.
00:36:06Well I think you should.
00:36:08Frankly with Margie and those other children up there I'm a little worried.
00:36:12I think you'll have to call downtown.
00:36:14Right.
00:36:20Oh this is going to be fun.
00:36:22Oh here we go.
00:36:24Edward come up here.
00:36:26Not too high.
00:36:30Don't spin her around.
00:36:32Oh they're fresh.
00:36:34Okay here we go.
00:36:36Waggle.
00:36:40Oh!
00:36:54Oh!
00:36:56Oh!
00:36:58Oh!
00:37:04Oh!
00:37:06Oh!
00:37:08Here we go.
00:37:10Oh!
00:37:12Here we go.
00:37:14Here we go.
00:37:16Oh!
00:37:18Oh!
00:37:20There we go.
00:37:22Ethel bring our coat.
00:37:24Jerry I think I've stumbled on something.
00:37:28We'll go downtown.
00:37:30I'll explain at the office.
00:37:32Here we go.
00:37:34Here we go.
00:37:36Here we go.
00:37:38Come on get it.
00:37:44Yeah she's got it.
00:37:46Oh!
00:37:50Oh!
00:38:08Oh!
00:38:10Oh!
00:38:12Oh!
00:38:14Oh!
00:38:30He's it.
00:38:32You're it.
00:38:36I feel like a rat who's been half eaten bro.
00:38:40Oh!
00:38:42Oh it's cold.
00:38:52Hot?
00:38:54Yeah.
00:38:56Here honey get out of this nice warm shower.
00:38:58Oh good.
00:39:04Here have a drink of this.
00:39:06This will warm you up.
00:39:08Okay thanks.
00:39:12Oh!
00:39:14What is it?
00:39:16Half and half spiked.
00:39:18What's that?
00:39:20For medicine honey.
00:39:22You need it.
00:39:28If I'm not mistaken it'll be right here.
00:39:38Here it is.
00:39:40Now this is a record of the interview
00:39:42with a boy whose testimony led to the arrest
00:39:44and conviction of Umberto Scali five years ago.
00:39:46I believe I mentioned the case to you before sergeant.
00:39:48You know the filling station holder.
00:39:50Yeah I remember now.
00:39:52The kid had taken Benzedrine.
00:39:54I don't think we have to play the record.
00:39:56Because I think what we want is down near the end.
00:40:00And if you will help us find that person
00:40:02we can help you to get probation.
00:40:04What do you want me to do?
00:40:06Tell us who drove that car.
00:40:08A guy by the name of Smith.
00:40:10Fred Smith.
00:40:12Alright.
00:40:14Where can we find him?
00:40:16I don't know.
00:40:18At his uncle's house maybe.
00:40:20Where does his uncle live?
00:40:221247.
00:40:24What's his uncle's name?
00:40:26Simmons.
00:40:28Simmons eh?
00:40:30What did he do?
00:40:32I don't know.
00:40:34I knew I was right.
00:40:36You know who Simmons turned out to be?
00:40:38I can make a pretty good guess.
00:40:40Right. Umberto Scali.
00:40:42And he was arrested the very same day.
00:40:44How about Smith? Who was he?
00:40:46He was never found.
00:40:48I can make another guess.
00:40:50You think that Smith and Hal Holmes are the same?
00:40:52You make a pretty good detective yourself your honor.
00:40:54Sherry do you have that Magnolia Street address?
00:40:56Well I have it.
00:40:58I have it. Marcy gave it to me.
00:41:04Hello? Sergeant Carrigan.
00:41:06The narcotics detail.
00:41:08Have a squad car downstairs right away. Check.
00:41:10Don't worry about the kids.
00:41:12I'll send them all home.
00:41:14Sherry you can judge Valentine by car. I'll see you all later.
00:41:16Come on. Come on.
00:41:18Look out. Look out.
00:41:20Stay together.
00:41:22Stay together.
00:41:24Ha ha ha ha.
00:41:26Ha ha ha ha.
00:41:28That's so funny.
00:41:30Give me a towel or something.
00:41:32You gotta come out like yours.
00:41:34You gotta come out like yours.
00:41:36Fellas please. Give me a towel or something.
00:41:38You gotta come out like yours.
00:41:40You gotta come out like yours.
00:41:42Please. Please.
00:41:44Come on fellas. Give her a towel or something.
00:41:46Nothing doing.
00:41:48Wait a minute gang. Wait a minute.
00:41:50I'll tell you what.
00:41:52Then Marge can come out and still be a good sport.
00:41:54Yeah.
00:41:55OK?
00:41:56Well, all right.
00:41:57But all the lights have to be out.
00:42:00OK.
00:42:12There's a limit to formation.
00:42:13That wasn't fun.
00:42:14Take it easy.
00:42:15Come on.
00:42:16Oh, I didn't take no picture.
00:42:18I just shot off a bulb, see?
00:42:20Just for laughs.
00:42:21I wouldn't take no picture of your girl.
00:42:23Gee, you got me all wrong, kid.
00:42:25You may think it's funny, but I don't.
00:42:26How do I know you didn't take a picture of Marge?
00:42:28Oh, I wouldn't kid you.
00:42:29I wouldn't do a trick like that to Hal's friends.
00:42:32Gee, I like your kids.
00:42:33Look, look.
00:42:34I'll give you the film out of the camera.
00:42:36Gee, I really like your kids.
00:42:38Here, take the film.
00:42:40Oh, I still think he's a bum gay.
00:42:43Oh, Tony's a good guy, Bob.
00:42:45Come on, take it easy here.
00:42:46He didn't mean any harm.
00:42:47Sure, OK.
00:42:48Come on, get a drink.
00:42:49Come on.
00:42:50Just a minute, you.
00:42:52Are you Holmes?
00:42:53Why, yes, I am.
00:42:54I don't believe we've missed, though.
00:42:56What if you're a friend of Bob's?
00:42:57Well, you're very welcome.
00:42:58Won't you join our party?
00:42:59I don't think so, Holmes.
00:43:00I think I'd much rather have you join mine.
00:43:02You're under arrest.
00:43:03I'm holding you on suspicion.
00:43:05Suspicion of what?
00:43:06Contributing to the delinquency of minors.
00:43:08How's that for a start?
00:43:10Delinquency?
00:43:11Why, there must be some mistake.
00:43:12This is a private residence.
00:43:13We're having a private little party.
00:43:15Private residence, huh?
00:43:17Whose?
00:43:18My uncle, Mr. Stevens.
00:43:19But he's away on business.
00:43:21Stevens, huh?
00:43:22Wouldn't be Scali, would it, Holmes?
00:43:24Humberto Scali?
00:43:28Bob, you take Margie home.
00:43:30Come on, Holmes.
00:43:39Some cop showed up and arrested our Holmes.
00:43:45Terrible.
00:43:50I don't know what my mother will say.
00:43:54Well, I don't know why they do things like that to people.
00:44:00Marge, come on.
00:44:01We're going home.
00:44:02All right.
00:44:03Oh, my dress is all wet.
00:44:04What will I wear?
00:44:05Here, take this jacket.
00:44:06All right.
00:44:10My dress.
00:44:13Oh, my pocketbook.
00:44:16Goodbye.
00:44:20Hello.
00:44:21Scali there?
00:44:22Let me talk to him.
00:44:26Hello.
00:44:27Boss?
00:44:28Yeah, the cops busted up the party.
00:44:30They got Holmes.
00:44:31Don't worry about it.
00:44:32They got nothing on Holmes.
00:44:34That is, as long as he keeps his mouth shut.
00:44:37Had a feeling something like this would happen.
00:44:41Don't worry about her.
00:44:43I got a little surprise for her.
00:44:49Well, we're beginning to make some progress.
00:45:08It's a cinch.
00:45:09Holmes is the elusive Fred Smith.
00:45:12But we'll have to find some way of proving it.
00:45:15Scali is Stevens, all right.
00:45:18But we haven't anything on him.
00:45:20If we could just prove that Holmes is the contact man in all these cases,
00:45:25we'd have Scali just where we want him.
00:45:29Won't Frankie Clinton identify Hal Holmes?
00:45:32No, not yet.
00:45:34Frankie's afraid to talk.
00:45:36If we could tie up the rest of it, bring Holmes and Scali to trial,
00:45:41Frankie would probably get over his fright and loosen up.
00:45:45There's evidence we need, Your Honor.
00:45:47Evidence?
00:45:48Did I hear my name mentioned?
00:45:49What in the name of...
00:45:50You have more nerve than I imagined, Mr. Scali.
00:45:53I'm here to see you on business, Judge Valentine.
00:45:56Alone.
00:45:57Inspector!
00:45:59I'll see Mr. Scali alone.
00:46:02I'll be just outside if you want me.
00:46:09Well, we're alone.
00:46:11Judge Valentine, you know, I've got to hand it to you.
00:46:14You've done very well in the five years since we last met.
00:46:17Yes, sir, I've got to hand it to you.
00:46:19I thought you said you were here on business.
00:46:25Last night, the police arrested a friend of mine.
00:46:28I was under the impression that he was your nephew.
00:46:31Hal Holmes is not my nephew.
00:46:33Well, you admit you own the house and that you're Mr. Stevens.
00:46:36The house is mine, but...
00:46:39I'm afraid I've never heard of this Mr. Stevens.
00:46:42I understand that your daughter attended a little party at my house last night.
00:46:46Sorry I wasn't there to meet her.
00:46:47Mr. Scali!
00:46:49You're going a little too far.
00:46:51I'm in a position to go as far as I like.
00:46:54Evidence is what you've been looking for, isn't it?
00:46:57Okay.
00:46:59Here's your evidence.
00:47:00Exhibit A.
00:47:01Use it.
00:47:05I think we understand each other.
00:47:07I think we understand each other, Your Honor.
00:47:16A ball of low-down sneaking.
00:47:19The gall of him to come marching in here like that,
00:47:21knowing we can't touch him.
00:47:23Just wait till I...
00:47:24Inspector, I wonder if you could see
00:47:27if Dave Kerrigan would come over to my office.
00:47:31I'd like to see him as soon as possible.
00:47:34Yes, ma'am.
00:47:35I'll have him sent over right away.
00:47:48I'm afraid you got to that party a little too late last night, Sergeant.
00:47:52Too late?
00:47:53I don't understand.
00:47:55Mr. Scali was here this morning,
00:47:56and he made me a very one-sided proposition.
00:47:58I wish I could have been here to see you pin his ears back.
00:48:01Sergeant?
00:48:02Dave, as a mother,
00:48:04I'm really ashamed to have to show you this.
00:48:07But under the circumstances, I have no alternative.
00:48:10Mr. Scali brought this picture to me this morning
00:48:13to tie my hands.
00:48:15I have no doubt that he thought that rather than expose my daughter,
00:48:18that I wouldn't press this investigation.
00:48:21He was partly right.
00:48:22I'll have to resign.
00:48:24Resign? But Judge Ballantyne...
00:48:26If this picture ever got in the wrong hands,
00:48:29my work here would be entirely wasted.
00:48:31And I still believe in that theory, Sergeant.
00:48:34Whatever Margie did last night,
00:48:36or whatever caused her to do what she did,
00:48:39I'm sure it was my fault, not hers.
00:48:41I don't believe it.
00:48:42It's a frame.
00:48:43The whole thing. Believe me, Your Honor.
00:48:45I'm afraid there's nothing I can do.
00:48:47Mrs. Ballantyne,
00:48:49before you do anything,
00:48:51promise me that you'll give me 48 hours,
00:48:53just two days, to prove this whole thing is a dirty frame.
00:48:57There's a negative to that picture someplace,
00:48:59but Scali hasn't got any aces.
00:49:01I'll find that negative.
00:49:02How can you possibly find it?
00:49:04Just promise me you won't do anything for 48 hours.
00:49:07All right, I promise, Sergeant.
00:49:15Hello, Dave.
00:49:18Hello, Dave.
00:49:19Hello, Bob, Jerry.
00:49:21Look, I'm sorry about last night.
00:49:24I didn't think anything like that would happen.
00:49:26Tell me, what did happen, Bob?
00:49:28Well, we were playing blind man's bluff around the pool.
00:49:31Margie fell in and couldn't find her bathing suit after she got out.
00:49:35She put a towel around her,
00:49:36and someone knocked her back in the water without the towel.
00:49:39When we put the lights out so she could climb out,
00:49:41this joker set off the flashbulb.
00:49:43That's just what I had figured.
00:49:45It was a frame.
00:49:46They pulled the old gypsy switch on you.
00:49:48They had another camera with a real film in it.
00:49:51Bob, that picture's going to cause a lot of trouble
00:49:53unless we can find that negative.
00:49:55You can help me, if you will.
00:49:57Darn right I will.
00:49:58Just let me get my hands on that guy.
00:50:00Now, that's not what I had in mind.
00:50:02There must be something I can do, too.
00:50:05There is. Make us some coffee.
00:50:08Bob, Judge Valentine is going to be forced to resign.
00:50:12You're a smart girl.
00:50:14Come on over. I have a little present for you.
00:50:16Okay.
00:50:20Come in.
00:50:22Hey, there's a kid out here by the name of Winters.
00:50:25He said he wants to see you.
00:50:26Winter?
00:50:28It's a valentine kid's boyfriend.
00:50:30Wonder what he wants.
00:50:34What'll I tell him?
00:50:35Ask Winter to come in, Pug. I'll talk to him.
00:50:38Okay.
00:50:39Say, come on in, kid.
00:50:42Thanks.
00:50:43Come in, Mr. Winter.
00:50:45Sit down.
00:50:46Thank you, sir.
00:50:48Now then, what can I do for you?
00:50:50Well, I'm a friend of Hal Holmes.
00:50:52Hal Holmes.
00:50:54Hal Holmes.
00:50:56I don't believe I know the name.
00:50:58He told me to ask for Mr. Simmons.
00:51:00And mention Fred Smith.
00:51:02I see.
00:51:07Just what did this Mr. Holmes have in mind when he sent you to see me?
00:51:11He said I could get a job.
00:51:13What sort of a job?
00:51:14Well, he said that with the contacts I have, I'd make a good field man for you.
00:51:17Kind of a traveling salesman.
00:51:19I suppose he told you what he's selling?
00:51:21Yeah, sure. I know all about the goofies.
00:51:23You're a smart boy, Mr. Winter.
00:51:26You seem to know quite a few things.
00:51:29I've heard about your contacts, too.
00:51:31I imagine they would be very useful.
00:51:33Just what I thought.
00:51:34I imagine the judge would love to know all about my business.
00:51:37And your sister's boyfriend, that detective.
00:51:39He'd like to know, too, wouldn't he?
00:51:41Come on, Winter. Who put you up to this?
00:51:43Oh, lay off. Lay off, will you?
00:51:45What do I care what some judge or a flatfoot want to know?
00:51:48What do I care?
00:51:49Al just said I could make some dough, that's all.
00:51:51You got somebody else with a job that knows all the kids? Go ahead.
00:51:54I can take a hint.
00:51:55Now, wait a minute.
00:51:57I'm sorry.
00:51:58Sit down.
00:52:04Okay, I'll give you a try.
00:52:06You may be taking on more than you bargained for.
00:52:08Al's job wasn't easy.
00:52:10But you'll be able to pick up a few extra bucks here and there.
00:52:13Well, thanks, Mr. Scali.
00:52:15Sorry I had to push you around, but...
00:52:17Now you understand, you can't be too careful.
00:52:19Sure, that's okay, boss.
00:52:20Okay, Winter.
00:52:25Come back this evening and meet the rest of the boys.
00:52:27Okay, boss. See you later.
00:52:33He puts on a very convincing act.
00:52:35I want to know what his angle is.
00:52:37Don't let him out of your sight, Pug.
00:52:38I'll stick to him like we were Siamese twins.
00:52:48Father!
00:53:04Calling all cars, calling all cars.
00:53:07Hello, Miss Ballantyne.
00:53:09Hello, Sergeant Olsen.
00:53:10Where's my mother?
00:53:11She left for court about a half hour ago, Margie.
00:53:14Is there anything I can do?
00:53:15Oh, no. I was just looking for some ste...
00:53:18Hello?
00:53:19Hello, Margie. Anything wrong?
00:53:21That's all right. See you later.
00:53:24All right, Margie. Goodbye.
00:53:26Goodbye.
00:53:36All right, ladies. Spread out a little.
00:53:38And spread your elbows. We'll have more room to work with.
00:53:41That's it. Get comfortable.
00:53:42All right. We'll start our exercises today.
00:53:48Say there, Miss. Come on in here.
00:53:49Get your gym clothes on. We can start working.
00:53:51But I...
00:53:53Come on, now. You're holding up the class.
00:54:06I'm going to show you, ladies, an exercise that'll streamline your hip.
00:54:09And as soon as this young lady gets in line here, we'll start with our exercise.
00:54:15Our first exercise is a toe-touching exercise.
00:54:18Are you ready?
00:54:19One.
00:54:20Two.
00:54:21One.
00:54:22This is over.
00:54:23Bend over.
00:54:24One.
00:54:25Two.
00:54:26That's fine.
00:54:30Miss Tessie.
00:54:32Yes?
00:54:33Is that your first name or your last name?
00:54:35What difference does it make? Take your choice.
00:54:37Miss Riley.
00:54:38Yes?
00:54:40Mrs. Cross.
00:54:41Yes?
00:54:44Miss Anderson.
00:54:45Yes?
00:54:47Miss Goldberg.
00:54:48Yes?
00:54:50Let's see.
00:54:51I don't believe I have your name, Miss...
00:54:53I was trying to tell you I wasn't part of the class.
00:54:55I'm looking for a job.
00:54:57Oh, I'm sorry. I thought...
00:55:02I guess you're not here to reduce, are you?
00:55:04No.
00:55:05I guess you're not here to reduce, are you?
00:55:07No, I'm not.
00:55:08I want to speak to Mr. Scali.
00:55:10Golly, I'm awfully sorry.
00:55:11Look, if you'd like, I'll go see if Mr. Scali's in his office.
00:55:14Oh, would you? Thank you very much.
00:55:16You're very welcome.
00:55:23Come in.
00:55:29There's a young lady to see you, Mr. Scali.
00:55:31Well, ask the young lady to come in, please, George.
00:55:36Sis?
00:55:39Sis!
00:55:44Dear Bob and Dave, if you two can play detectives, so can I.
00:55:48I've gone to the gym to get that negative.
00:55:50Oh, sis.
00:55:55Hello, police headquarters?
00:55:57Let me speak to Sergeant Carroll.
00:55:58So, Miss Somers, you want to be a physical instructor, say?
00:56:01Oh, very much.
00:56:02I love to work in gymnasiums.
00:56:04Well, you certainly came prepared.
00:56:06You're a very beautiful girl.
00:56:08Thank you, sir.
00:56:09I know I just love to work here.
00:56:11For you.
00:56:12My pleasure, I assure you, Miss Somers.
00:56:15I think we'll be able to find a place for you.
00:56:17Thank you very much, Mr. Scali.
00:56:20Here.
00:56:23You, uh, just fill out this form.
00:56:26Name, address, whatever other information to ask for.
00:56:29Pardon me a second.
00:56:30Be right back.
00:56:35Hello?
00:56:36Yeah, it's me, Tony.
00:56:37This is Fudd.
00:56:38Yeah, yeah, I followed him.
00:56:40Sure, he's working with the cops.
00:56:42And that ain't all.
00:57:04So, charming Miss Somers is really Bob Winter's sister, huh?
00:57:28Yeah, it's a shame.
00:57:29She looks like a nice girl, too.
00:57:31She'll be a nice girl when I'm through with her.
00:57:34Let's take care of Miss Winter before a clever little brother arrives.
00:57:37He's able to bring cops, and that means trouble.
00:57:40But, uh, of course, if Miss Winter can't be found,
00:57:43they can't prove she was there, can they?
00:57:45Say, that's right.
00:58:01Well, Miss Somers.
00:58:03Find what you were looking for?
00:58:05Oh, I was...
00:58:06Well, that is...
00:58:07I was just looking for an eraser.
00:58:09Did you find an eraser?
00:58:12No, I didn't.
00:58:14I'm sorry I made such a mess of everything.
00:58:16I didn't mean to.
00:58:18I'll clean it all up.
00:58:19Oh, I wouldn't think of having you do that.
00:58:22If you didn't find an eraser, what did you find, Miss Somers?
00:58:26Nothing.
00:58:27I didn't find anything.
00:58:28Oh, come now.
00:58:29You must have found something.
00:58:31I leave so many things lying around.
00:58:34Some pictures, perhaps.
00:58:36Taken here and there.
00:58:38Or a negative.
00:58:40Yes, a negative.
00:58:42Isn't that what you were looking for?
00:58:45What spy!
00:58:48Wait!
00:58:49Iverman, you!
00:58:52Let go of me!
00:58:53No!
00:58:54No!
00:59:01No!
00:59:07Good work, Tony.
00:59:09Get some rope and take care of these two.
00:59:12We got some work to do.
00:59:14Okay, boss.
00:59:20Oh, hello, dear.
00:59:21I didn't hear you come in.
00:59:22I guess I was kind of quiet.
00:59:24You had dinner?
00:59:26Had a hamburger.
00:59:28Getting to be a steady diet with you.
00:59:30We have a vegetable or two left in the world, you know.
00:59:33I guess I forgot.
00:59:35Anything new happen today?
00:59:37No.
00:59:42I'm tired out.
00:59:44Something's always popping in my department.
00:59:47I don't know what's come over you children.
00:59:49My court's in session long before the other magistrates are even awake.
00:59:54What's the matter, Margie?
00:59:57What's the matter?
00:59:58You know what the matter is.
01:00:00You don't have to pretend any longer, Mother.
01:00:03I want a picture.
01:00:05Oh, that's it.
01:00:07I went to see you at the office.
01:00:09I found a picture in the drawer.
01:00:11I wasn't snooping.
01:00:12I was just looking for some stamps.
01:00:14How did that picture...
01:00:15Margie, what has happened?
01:00:17Oh, no, I can't remember.
01:00:19All I know is that it happened at the party at Mr. Stevens' house.
01:00:23Somebody gave me a Coke.
01:00:25Everybody began to laugh, and they all ran around the pool.
01:00:27And I don't know, it's all kind of hazy.
01:00:30Well, that's the very thing I've been fighting.
01:00:32That's the thing I've been preaching to every family in hometown.
01:00:37Maybe that's the trouble.
01:00:40I haven't been devoting enough time to just being a mother.
01:00:43Oh, Mother, it isn't your fault.
01:00:45It's mine.
01:00:46Don't blame yourself.
01:00:47You've been a wonderful mother.
01:00:49Nobody could be any better.
01:00:51Me.
01:00:52I thought it was smart to run around.
01:00:55I thought it was just being a good sport and having fun.
01:00:59I thought...
01:01:00Oh, I don't know what I thought.
01:01:03You've been a grandmother.
01:01:05It's just that I've let you down, that's all.
01:01:08That's right.
01:01:09Margie Ballantyne, daughter of one of the most successful citizens,
01:01:14Judge Rosalind Ballantyne,
01:01:16has been proclaimed juvenile delinquent number one.
01:01:20It'll make wonderful reading, won't it, Mother?
01:01:22Oh, Margie, please don't.
01:01:23Oh, it will. I know it will.
01:01:26I'll be a public figure.
01:01:28I'll be famous, won't I?
01:01:31Well, won't I?
01:01:33Say something. Say anything.
01:01:35Call me a tramp. Call me cheap.
01:01:38Call me anything you like.
01:01:40You'll probably be right.
01:01:42You'll probably be right.
01:01:51Margie!
01:02:17Margie, may I come in?
01:02:21No, please, Mother.
01:02:23I'd rather you didn't see me like this.
01:02:26Won't you please let me talk to you, Margie?
01:02:30Not now, Mother. I'm all right.
01:02:32I'll be out in a little while.
01:02:34All right, dear.
01:02:46Mother, Mother, I'm sorry.
01:02:50Dear God, please forgive me.
01:03:09Is her pulse stronger?
01:03:11A little.
01:03:12Don't you think you ought to get some rest?
01:03:15No, thanks, Nurse. I'll be all right.
01:03:17I'd rather stay.
01:03:19All right.
01:03:49So when I got the emergency call on the car radio, I came right over.
01:04:14What's the score, Doc? How's the kid?
01:04:16Well, she'll come out of it all right.
01:04:18She's had a pretty close call.
01:04:20She's still in a coma, but...
01:04:21Oh, here you are, Doctor.
01:04:22Oh, Miss Cutler, this is Sergeant Carroll.
01:04:24How do you do?
01:04:27Hmm.
01:04:28Pulse is much stronger. Respiration's better.
01:04:31These kids have tremendous rallying power.
01:04:34Well, that's a great relief.
01:04:35Is the judge here?
01:04:36She's with her daughter now.
01:04:38Well, I won't disturb her then.
01:04:40Uh, just exactly, what did she take?
01:04:43Some form of hypnotic or barbiturate.
01:04:46What form it was, we really don't know.
01:04:48It doesn't make much difference.
01:04:49They all act about the same way.
01:04:51But judging from her condition,
01:04:53I'd say it was either nebutal or seconal.
01:04:56Is there anything else, Doctor?
01:04:58I don't think so.
01:05:00Continue with the saline and the glucose intravenously
01:05:03and also the benzadrine.
01:05:05Ten cc should be enough.
01:05:07If there's any respiratory change, call me.
01:05:09Yes, Doctor.
01:05:10Nice to have met you, Sergeant.
01:05:13You're giving her benzadrine.
01:05:14Is that used in treatment, too?
01:05:15Oh, yes.
01:05:16In cases like this, there's a tremendous depression.
01:05:19It takes a powerful stimulant to counteract it.
01:05:23I see.
01:05:25Yes, if drugs like this were used for medical purposes only
01:05:29and properly prescribed,
01:05:31we wouldn't have cases like this.
01:05:34I've heard of people committing suicide
01:05:36when these pills were obtained through a doctor's prescription.
01:05:39Well, that's true.
01:05:40But the physician is not always at fault.
01:05:43I know that some doctors will prescribe 100 tablets
01:05:46to save writing out a new prescription.
01:05:49I know that some druggists sell it illegally
01:05:51and that in some states a prescription is not even required.
01:05:56The solution lies in public education.
01:05:59And until such a time as uniform state laws are introduced
01:06:03governing the sale of such hypnotics,
01:06:06cases like this will be as common as ever.
01:06:08I've got to agree with you there, Doc.
01:06:10You say these cases are common.
01:06:12Yes, drug poisoning is very common to a doctor.
01:06:15Take this case for example.
01:06:17It's a woman.
01:06:18Brought her in here just a little while ago.
01:06:20A DOA case.
01:06:22Dead on arrival, huh?
01:06:24Mrs. Amanda Cross, a granulocytosis.
01:06:29It's just another form of drug poisoning.
01:06:32She was filled with dinitrophenol.
01:06:34Dinitrophenol, that's a weight reducer, isn't it?
01:06:37It has been used as such.
01:06:39But any poison is a weight reducer,
01:06:41although no reputable physician would prescribe one.
01:06:44Excuse me, Doctor.
01:06:45Sergeant Headquarters is calling you.
01:06:47Where, what about?
01:06:48Over the radio, Bob Winters.
01:06:49He says it's a matter of life or death.
01:06:50Holy mackerel, I forget all about the kids.
01:06:52Come on.
01:07:04All right, we're clearing out.
01:07:06Go get the stuff out of the locker.
01:07:12Now it's for you two.
01:07:15Hey!
01:07:41Hey!
01:08:11Hey!
01:08:42Hey!
01:09:03Guess that cleans up everything, Dave.
01:09:05Shut up.
01:09:07I'm glad you don't have to.
01:09:08You better be on your way.
01:09:13Well, I guess we'd better take a little trip downtown.
01:09:15All right, boys, on your feet.
01:09:17Come on.
01:09:18On your way.
01:09:21I come up to him and I dazzle him with footwork.
01:09:23I'm giving him the business, see?
01:09:24And I smother him with cleverness.
01:09:25And just when I let him know that he's not fooling around
01:09:27with anybody who doesn't know the art of pugilistics,
01:09:29I come up to him and I say,
01:09:30Scali, this is what you get for playing rough with my friends.
01:09:34And not only that,
01:09:35this is what you're going to get for getting gay with Chuck Goldman.
01:09:37And not only that...
01:09:38Chuck, what happened?
01:09:39What happened?
01:09:40One, two, he knocks me cold.
01:09:45Well, I'm glad it's all over.
01:09:47I hear the city has turned the gymnasium over to your children.
01:09:50That's right, and the inspector told me
01:09:52that the city council has also appropriated funds
01:09:54to turn Scali's house into a teenager club.
01:09:56Seems Mr. Scali won't have use for it anymore.
01:10:00There's going to be a gym program, too.
01:10:02It'd be a wonderful thing for every city
01:10:04to set up a program like this.
01:10:06These clubs would be a first-line defense
01:10:08against juvenile delinquency of every kind.
01:10:11Not only that,
01:10:12but it'd give the underprivileged kids a chance at some fun, too.
01:10:15Frankie Clinton, he's on probation.
01:10:17A club like that would give him a chance
01:10:19to meet the right kind of people for a change.
01:10:21I saw Frankie yesterday.
01:10:23He wants to start a class in automobile mechanics.
01:10:26Hey, I could start a dancing class.
01:10:28Hey, you know, I got a great idea.
01:10:30I'll teach boxing.
01:10:31What's the matter? I said something wrong?
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