🚓 Gang Bullets (1938) delivers an intense pre-noir crime saga where justice clashes with corruption in the streets. A straight-arrow District Attorney goes head-to-head with ruthless gangsters and a rigged system — in a battle that could cost him everything.
📽️ Plot Summary:
District Attorney Lawrence Dale (Robert Kent) takes a stand against organized crime—but soon finds himself the target of both crooked politicians and a cunning crime boss. As bullets fly and tensions rise, Dale must choose between duty and survival in this hard-hitting classic.
🕰️ Year Released: 1938
🎭 Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
🎬 Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
🎞️ Starring: Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Charles Trowbridge
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Bold themes of justice vs. corruption
✔️ Early example of the American gangster film
✔️ Sharp dialogue & suspenseful courtroom drama
✔️ Public domain gem for classic crime lovers
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⚖️🚨 Justice takes aim at corruption in the explosive 1938 classic — Gang Bullets!
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📽️ Plot Summary:
District Attorney Lawrence Dale (Robert Kent) takes a stand against organized crime—but soon finds himself the target of both crooked politicians and a cunning crime boss. As bullets fly and tensions rise, Dale must choose between duty and survival in this hard-hitting classic.
🕰️ Year Released: 1938
🎭 Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
🎬 Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
🎞️ Starring: Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Charles Trowbridge
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ Bold themes of justice vs. corruption
✔️ Early example of the American gangster film
✔️ Sharp dialogue & suspenseful courtroom drama
✔️ Public domain gem for classic crime lovers
🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more gangster classics, vintage noir, and action-packed public domain cinema!
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⚖️🚨 Justice takes aim at corruption in the explosive 1938 classic — Gang Bullets!
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00:30Oh, my God.
01:00Oh, my God.
01:30All right, unload.
01:42Let's take a walk.
01:43Wait a minute.
01:44You got me all wrong.
01:45Honest you have, Red.
01:46I didn't squeal.
01:48Come on, fellas.
01:49Give me a break, will you?
01:50Let me run for it, just for old times.
01:53Oh, listen, fellas.
01:54Give me the same chance I'd give you.
01:56I'm Trent.
01:57I wouldn't shoot you.
01:58Wait a minute.
01:58But you've been in the same spot we're in.
02:00We got orders from Big Bill.
02:02And if we don't follow him, bring us out here.
02:04Now get going.
02:05Wait a minute.
02:05I got a wife and kids.
02:06You know what you can do?
02:07You can tell Big Bill I got away or something.
02:09Oh, shut up and quit your blubbering.
02:11Come on.
02:11Come on.
02:11Come on.
02:18You newspaper guys give me a pain.
02:21Certainly I know Big Bill Anderson is back at this.
02:24I can't arrest a person just because I think he's a murderer.
02:27You fellas can print rumors.
02:30I have to charge.
02:37We just picked up Big Bill Anderson and had him look at Trent's dead body,
02:41hoping he'd lose his nerve and crack.
02:43Nothing doing.
02:44We'll have to catch that in the act.
02:46That's not so easy, so long as he has others do his killings.
02:50Meantime, what'll I do with him?
02:51You mean you're still holding him?
02:53On what charges?
02:55None.
02:56I knew that tricky lawyer of his corpus to release him,
02:59so I've got him outside.
03:00Talk to him?
03:02Yes, maybe you've hit on an idea.
03:13This town's going to be a lot better off without you, Anderson.
03:16That gag won't work.
03:17You can't run me out of town.
03:19Not for the lawyer I've got.
03:21I can't do much for you in 20 minutes.
03:24Craig, take him down to the midnight train and put him aboard.
03:29Just so you don't run into that very special legal advisor of his,
03:33go out the back way.
03:35I'm getting in touch with every chief of police for the next thousand miles
03:38to see that you don't get off that train.
03:42Come on.
03:42I hope you got me a drawing room.
03:49Chief Reardon brought Big Bill Anderson to see him.
04:12To see me?
04:14Why, he was told not to let him get off the train.
04:16That's what started the trouble.
04:17Big Bill had other ideas.
04:18So the chief loaded him into a police car.
04:21They're outside now.
04:21Sure.
04:23That's one way for Reardon to get rid of his own...
04:25Load them on my shoulders.
04:27I can't chase Anderson out of town.
04:29Not until Reardon gets something on him.
04:31All right, send him in.
04:38Tell him to bring Anderson in.
04:50Hi, Wayne.
04:51Hello, Chief.
04:52Without an introduction, I'm guessing he's your district attorney.
04:55Sit down.
04:56Thanks.
04:57I will.
04:59I've heard a lot about you, Anderson.
05:01If any details are missing, I'll be glad to furnish them.
05:03We've got enough to hold you.
05:05You wouldn't try that.
05:07I know a thing or two about law.
05:10Specialized on habeas corpus.
05:13I know my legal onions.
05:15Maybe you overlook some of the small stuff.
05:17Ah, an assistant process.
05:19I could jail you as a vagrant.
05:21Not employed, no visible means of support.
05:23I've had a bank account in this town for some time.
05:26And other business interests.
05:28People like you don't stay around here very long.
05:32Yep, I've noticed your town's dead.
05:34No wonder they have to advertise and plead with people to come here.
05:38You, uh, don't cooperate.
05:40We'll cooperate.
05:41How?
05:41By breaking your own laws?
05:44You stretched one when your chief tossed me into that car without a warrant.
05:47Kidnapping.
05:50Federal offense.
05:52Maybe the pro men have to know you're here.
05:54I'd like to take a look into your income tax.
05:56Paid in full.
05:58Certified by the collector.
06:00How about locking them up for investigation?
06:02I've retained one of your very highly respected lawyers.
06:05If you try that.
06:06Mr. Horace Meade.
06:10You know him?
06:10Yeah.
06:11But I'm wondering if he knows who you are.
06:13From the size of his fee, I imagine he thinks I'm Captain Kidd.
06:20Oh, yes.
06:21There's another thing.
06:23I've always been interested in our Constitution.
06:26They must have been thinking of me when they added that Bill of Human Rights.
06:29Article 4.
06:31The right of people to be secure in their person.
06:34Article 5.
06:36No person should be held for a crime unless on indictment of a grand jury.
06:40Article 6.
06:41In all criminal prosecution, the accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation.
06:47To be confronted with the witnesses against him.
06:50And to have counsel for his defense.
06:53There you are, gentlemen.
06:55That's a Bill of Human Rights.
06:56It's never meant to protect human rights.
06:58And to think that some of our best citizens use it to hide their skullduggery.
07:03Anderson, it won't be healthy for you to operate here.
07:05I think I'm going to like your city.
07:07Well, if you're through, gentlemen, I'll move on to an important conference.
07:12It's been nice meeting you.
07:20All right, Haley.
07:21I'll pin something on him.
07:29If you can, you'll get a medal pinned on you.
07:31When I get the evidence, it's up for you fellas to make it stick.
07:33That'll be a pleasure.
07:35So long.
07:36I want some of the boys to stay close to them.
07:38Mr. Attorney Wayne is not enforcing the laws.
08:07He cannot or will not, which?
08:10That'll make people think we haven't even tried to get Big Bill.
08:13Instead of bawling us out, why don't they print why we fail?
08:15Why don't they put the blame where it belongs?
08:17Can't expect us to fight crime and the kind of laws we have to work with.
08:21That's like hunting tigers with bean shooters.
08:24You'd think criminals made these laws to protect themselves.
08:26John, when these laws were made, they fitted the occasion.
08:29They draped justice in shining armor and gave her a sharp sword
08:32to defend the oppressed and innocent against the abuse of power.
08:35The trouble is times have changed, and criminals have changed.
08:40A sword is pretty weak against modern weapons.
08:44The Magna Carta was something to shout about in those days
08:47when a tyrant could kill a man just because he didn't like the way his hair was parted.
08:51But the boys who wrote that code
08:53knew that the modern criminal would twist it
08:55to get a lot of protection for himself.
08:58Just remember, the accused is innocent until we prove him guilty.
09:01Yeah, try telling that to the fellow that prints this stuff.
09:06Why does he have to pick on a time like this to start blasting
09:08just when I'm getting married?
09:09If it isn't one thing to stop us, it's a half dozen others.
09:12Well, this time we are getting married.
09:13Not when a thing like this is going on.
09:15I can smell more headlines coming our way.
09:18District attorney and assistant in cahoots with racketeers.
09:21And in the society column,
09:23assistant district attorney to marry daughter of district attorney.
09:27Not to my daughter.
09:30Citizens might start throwing eggs at the wedding.
09:32And Collins here, a thousand of those gambling machines.
09:35Yeah, and a lot of good those one-armed bandits are doing me.
09:38I had to go to work myself so I could pay storage on them.
09:41Oil them up.
09:43You're back in business.
09:44Hmm, those machines will be glad to be back working again.
09:47But I hope they don't forget themselves and start dropping the jackpots.
09:52How you got them regulated?
09:53We keep 70%.
09:55Change it.
09:56Give the sucker 70% the first week.
09:59Let them know you're back in business.
10:02We'll take it away from them later.
10:04You fellows must remember one thing.
10:06It pays to advertise.
10:09You think put over every successful business.
10:11Advertiser ads.
10:12But you can't get people talking about us.
10:14Let them win.
10:1550.
10:16They'll brag it as 100.
10:17The next one said is 1,000.
10:20Everyone that hears about us is a new sucker.
10:23They'll be mortgaging their homes for us to make easy money.
10:26The same thing goes for the bookies, Hank.
10:29And sweepstakes and other rackets.
10:32Pick your suckers.
10:34Cut in the right people.
10:35Yeah.
10:36But don't figure on cutting in our noble district attorney.
10:39The politician has one weak spot.
10:42Load your gun with votes and shoot him through the ballot box.
10:45You leave things to me.
10:48When I get through with this half-baked hamlet,
10:51it'll be a live city.
10:53Not familiar to me?
11:13I remember her.
11:20She's the girl I said goodbye to this morning.
11:23She must be my daughter.
11:24What a fine day this has been for me.
11:28Do you realize I've been waiting at the jeweler's shop for two hours for you to show up?
11:32And this is the day we were selecting my wedding ring.
11:34But darling...
11:35Darling.
11:36I warned you not to marry a man in public office,
11:38or you go through the same things your mother did.
11:40And if you don't want to face that,
11:41now's the time to make up your mind whether you want him.
11:48Certainly I want him.
12:05Why do the newspapers print trash like that?
12:07Why don't they jump on the police for not getting the evidence?
12:09Newspapers don't bother with those details.
12:11They won't be satisfied till we put Anderson in jail,
12:14then they'll take the bows.
12:15Well, if the police would get some real evidence
12:17instead of those half-baked ones,
12:18I wouldn't care who took the bows.
12:20Anderson's shrewd.
12:21He won't come out in front unless he's busted out.
12:24But everybody knows Big Bill's behind all the rackets.
12:26We've got plenty of evidence,
12:27but we can't tie it up to him.
12:29That fellow's smart.
12:31All it takes is a man just a little smarter.
12:39Here's a couple of beauties from the federal men.
12:42Just got them from Washington.
12:43I told you I'd pin something on Big Bill.
12:45Just take a look at those mugs.
12:47A couple of daisies.
12:48Two of the town's best racketeers.
12:50Hank Newell and Joe Armstrong.
12:51Hank and Joe are just small fry.
12:54The fellow we're after is Big Bill Anderson.
12:55This trail ought to lead us right up to Anderson's door.
12:58Pick them up and bring them into my office tonight.
13:00Okay.
13:01Okay.
13:01And I'm telling the truth when I spill
13:06that all the clip joints and gambling dives
13:08run by me on Randall Street
13:10are owned by Big Bill Anderson.
13:12I turn all the money over to Big Bill.
13:15He pays me a split in the profits
13:16for being his front and getting arrested
13:18when police raid his places.
13:20Now sign it.
13:23He'll kill me for this.
13:31Do you solemnly swear that all the facts
13:37contained in this confession of the truth
13:38that were made voluntarily by you
13:40without any coercion on the part of the police
13:42or district attorney?
13:45Yeah.
13:46That confession will keep Big Bill
13:48from harming anybody.
13:49You don't know Anderson.
13:50Putting him in jail ain't doing me any good.
13:52All he's got to do is pass the word.
13:54A guy like that goes to jail.
13:56He's through giving orders.
13:57Without a leader, his crowd will fall to pieces.
13:59Until we get Anderson indicted,
14:00the safest place for him is in jail.
14:02Book him as a material witness and lock him up.
14:06We've talked to that other fellow now.
14:10Hayley, bring in your other prisoner.
14:17Hope we can get the same out of Armstrong.
14:24Wait outside, Hayley.
14:26Sit down, Armstrong.
14:27Say, what's he picking me up on the street
14:28and rushing me up here?
14:29I ain't done nothing.
14:30We're going to give you a chance to do something.
14:32Come clean.
14:34Turn state's evidence against Big Bill Anderson.
14:37I'll see you get protection.
14:39Protection?
14:40Protection never helped a guy when he's full of bullets.
14:42Anderson's washed up in this town.
14:44He's through.
14:45Oh, yeah?
14:45It's okay if you want to kid yourself.
14:47But I'm not talking, not unless I'm a lawyer.
14:49Armstrong, there's a lot of locked doors
14:50between you and Horace Meade.
14:52He's not coming up here.
14:54Get ready to take down Armstrong's confession.
14:56Say, you can throw that thing away.
14:58I ain't going to sign, see?
14:59Get me that record on Armstrong.
15:09Joe Armstrong, alias Roger Strong, alias Roger Clayton,
15:13alias Bob Clemens, alias Joe Callahan.
15:15Pickpocket thief, confidence man, serve time at Joliet, Huntsville, Lansing.
15:21Parole from Canyon City after serving five years of a ten-year sentence.
15:25Conditions of parole, not to leave the state,
15:28not to engage in selling liquor or gambling.
15:30And here's a pretty good picture of you.
15:33If you want to deny your identity,
15:35I'll show you some fingerprints from Washington came in today.
15:38I've got a pretty complete record of your life from the cradle up.
15:42Canyon City is just one of several prisons that'll take you back.
15:46You violated your parole by operating those liquor and gambling joints.
15:50I only work there.
15:50I don't operate them.
15:51You'll have to prove that you don't own them
15:53or go back and save your time.
15:55Want to do that
15:55or swear that Big Bill Anderson owns the rackets?
16:04Okay, I'll squawk.
16:05Big Bill owns all the joints.
16:07I only work for them.
16:08All right.
16:09Just tell it to the stenographer.
16:25Take a good look.
16:37There's your $20,000 squealers.
16:40Failing out material witnesses comes high.
16:43They cost $10,000 apiece of your money.
16:45I'll get my money's worth out of them.
16:48At the same time,
16:48I'll teach the rest of my outfit
16:49of what happens to guys who shoot off their mouths.
16:52I'd like to be there tomorrow morning
16:54when that district attorney
16:55finds the bodies of his two prized witnesses
16:57on his lawn.
17:00And that'd be handing him
17:01just the chance he's looking for.
17:03To charge you murder.
17:04Double murder.
17:05And he could make it stick this time.
17:07You're forgetting.
17:08These two monkeys sign confessions
17:09that tie you in a knot.
17:11And those confessions are in the hands of the DA.
17:13All right.
17:14Then you tell me what to do.
17:15I've got to prove the DA forced these fellows to sign.
17:19You know, third degree.
17:21Police brutality.
17:23Yeah.
17:26Look at them.
17:27Not a mark on them.
17:31And this is as good a place as any.
17:34Boys, make it look like the cops did a bang-up job.
17:45I wasn't doing a thing.
17:47The cops grabbed me and run me up to DA's office.
17:50And when I wouldn't sign the paper they handed me,
17:52they started slugging me and beating me up.
17:55They'd beat me to death if I didn't sign.
17:57They broke three of my ribs.
17:59That's all, Mr. Newell.
18:13Mr. Armstrong.
18:17What's your story?
18:18Well, I'd have signed anything.
18:20And you would, too.
18:21The way they beat me up.
18:22Broke my arm.
18:23There's an x-ray and a statement from the doctor.
18:25Took turns of slugging me.
18:27And all the time the district attorney kept egging them on.
18:30Gentlemen, that's what cops do to a respectable citizen
18:32who won't help them frame an innocent man.
18:35Then you deny the truth of your signed confession
18:37against Big Bill Anderson.
18:39I signed to keep him from killing me.
18:42Mr. Armstrong, you're dismissed from further service
18:44before this jury.
18:45And you, Mr. Newell.
18:51As long as I am foreman of this grand jury,
18:54I will not consider any evidence
18:56which might have been obtained by such brutality.
18:59Gentlemen, I move that no indictment
19:02be voted against Lieutenant Anderson.
19:08This makes a monkey out of the district attorney.
19:15He wouldn't try to outsmart him to have it framed.
19:17I wanted to hang wherever he can see it.
19:18Give the suckers confidence in me.
19:20Show him what's running his town.
19:22Just one more little job for you can turn in.
19:25You know, I promised Hank and Joe
19:27if they testified right,
19:28they'd never have another thing to worry him.
19:32Now you always see
19:33that they don't ever worry again.
19:38Have you seen this?
19:53Who hasn't?
19:54The Star Tribune is after your scalp.
19:57I think it also mentions yours.
19:59The publisher of the Star Tribune
20:01has received an open letter
20:02from this modern juniors
20:03demanding the district attorney
20:04and the chief of police resign.
20:06And right here, the writer says
20:08he has definite proof
20:08connecting you with the activities
20:10of Big Bill Anderson.
20:11If juniors has any real proof
20:13of connivance between public office
20:14and private crime,
20:15the Star Tribune will gladly print it
20:17for the betterment of the law-abiding element
20:18of this community.
20:19Well, who is this juniors?
20:20Why don't he sign his own name?
20:22Obviously, he's imitating
20:23that mysterious English juniors
20:24who more than a century ago
20:25drove a corrupt government from office.
20:27Well, what's that got to do with us?
20:29He thinks we're corrupt.
20:35Yes?
20:35Good to see you.
20:36All right.
20:38Talk of the devil.
20:39There's the man that fronts for juniors.
20:41Better stick around.
20:42You can't hide from a newspaper man.
20:47Hello, Mike.
20:48Hello, Jim.
20:49Wayne?
20:50Sit down, Jim.
20:50No, it won't take a minute.
20:51Sorry I had to feed you a bitter pill.
20:53I swallowed it,
20:54but Mike here gagged on it.
20:55When you keep on printing that kind of stuff,
20:57we'll both be out of office.
20:58That's my purpose.
20:59Right out on your ear.
21:00The two can play at that game, you know.
21:02But you won't land on your ear,
21:03and I ought to sue you
21:04for saying I'm tied up with him as a crook.
21:06If that junior's letter isn't libel,
21:07I don't know anything about law.
21:09Sure it's libel.
21:10But you can't drum up a jury
21:11who won't think you are conniving with Big Bill.
21:13I might accept that challenge
21:14and haul you into court.
21:15Okay.
21:16There's only two reasons
21:17why he's not in jail.
21:18Either you're in cahoots with him
21:19or you're unfit to hold office.
21:21Take your choice.
21:23Pretty good psychology, Jim.
21:24You bet it is.
21:25And listen to me, young fellow.
21:27I run a newspaper
21:27to keep this town informed
21:29what's going on.
21:30Libel laws or no libel laws.
21:32And if you think Junior's first letter
21:34gives a young pup like you
21:35the right to sue an old war horse,
21:37read Junior's second letter.
21:39It came this afternoon.
21:41You'll find it on the front page
21:42of the night edition.
21:55Sorry if I kept you waiting.
21:59That's all right.
22:00I took advantage of the time
22:01to read this latest attack, Junior's.
22:03Yes, I read it too.
22:04I was wondering whether
22:05I should wear my new gown tonight.
22:06People might say
22:07Anderson's craft paid for it.
22:08Very nice it is, too.
22:11It's a good thing my suit isn't newer.
22:12They'd be cracking out with Taylor
22:13by Big Bill Anderson.
22:15We're taking a taxi tonight.
22:16I didn't have the courage
22:17to drive my new car.
22:19I've been months
22:19saving for the down payment.
22:21You know, these Junior's letters
22:22may not hurt Big Bill
22:23and make a wallflower out of me.
22:24Well, that's swell
22:25and I'll have all the dances with you.
22:26Oh, seriously, John.
22:28Maybe we'd better not go.
22:30I'm not going to let
22:31a lot of silly gossip
22:32spoil a pleasant evening for us.
22:34Sure would like to get my hands
22:35on the fellow that's writing
22:36all these Junior's letters.
22:37Haven't you been able
22:37to get any idea who it is?
22:39No, but who knows
22:39what he's writing about?
22:42Are you inferring
22:43that there's a truth
22:43in them about Father?
22:44I know he should discuss
22:45that this evening.
22:46That means you do think it.
22:48I'm worried about the whole
22:49father doesn't seem
22:49to want my advice.
22:51Well, he did get along
22:51pretty well without you
22:52before he was his assistant.
22:54It's my opinion
22:54Father knows what he's doing.
22:56I suppose he does,
22:57but I think he'd get better
22:57and quicker results
22:58if he were more ruthless.
23:00Aha.
23:00I suppose you tried
23:01to tell him that
23:02and then he told you something.
23:04That's the trouble.
23:05He just ignored me.
23:06I think Father
23:07used very good judgment
23:08and I'll do the same thing
23:09before this evening
23:10ends up in a quarrel.
23:11there.
23:19It's my lawyer.
23:20I've got to see him alone.
23:21I'll talk to you later.
23:30What's the idea
23:31that you must see me tonight,
23:32maid?
23:32I've got some important papers
23:33for you to sign.
23:35They're all ready
23:35for your signature.
23:37It's for your own protection
23:38so no one else
23:39can ever claim ownership.
23:40I never sign anything.
23:42The boys running the joints
23:43know who owns them.
23:45They know who to pay
23:46the dough to.
23:47But if ever you want
23:47to turn them into quick cash
23:48the way things stand,
23:50you couldn't prove ownership.
23:51That's the way I want it.
23:53Nobody can ever tie me up
23:54with these rackets.
23:55But unless I put them
23:56in your name
23:57I could claim I own them.
24:00But you wouldn't try that,
24:01Mead.
24:03Oh, no.
24:03Of course not.
24:04You know I wouldn't try that.
24:06No one or anybody else
24:07when they're dealing with me.
24:09Now, run along.
24:11Don't come here bothering me.
24:12I'll tell you when I want you.
24:14But I'm your lawyer.
24:15You're paying me
24:16to give you advice.
24:17That's where you're wrong.
24:18I'm paying you
24:19to do what I tell you.
24:21All right.
24:22But I'm warning you.
24:24Anything can happen
24:25to your business.
24:26You've seen those letters
24:27in the newspaper,
24:28those juniors letters.
24:29One of these days
24:30he's going to throw
24:31a monkey wrench
24:31into your game.
24:33Say,
24:34where he's tossing
24:35his monkey wrench
24:35suits me fine.
24:37When he says I'm too smart
24:38for the district attorney
24:39he's tooting my horn.
24:42Find out who this
24:42juniors guy is
24:43and send him in.
24:45I'll put him on my payroll.
24:48Stop worrying.
24:50All right.
24:50It's your funeral.
25:00All right, boys.
25:01You can come in now.
25:07Now let's get on to business.
25:09I sent for you fellas
25:10because this town's right.
25:11You've worked for me
25:12in other towns.
25:13You know how I operate.
25:15Somebody muscling in
25:15on the gambit?
25:16No, I've got that
25:17under control.
25:18But there's some shops here
25:19that need protection.
25:21I see.
25:22How bad do they need it?
25:23With me protecting them,
25:24they can raise their prices
25:26and still make as much profit
25:27as they do now.
25:28When do we start
25:29signing them up?
25:30Right away.
25:31Collins has a list
25:32of the ones we've picked.
25:34Maybe you'd better make
25:35an example out of
25:36the first few.
25:37That'll convince the others
25:39they need my protection.
25:41We understand.
25:43All right, boys.
25:44Go to work.
25:50Sign this.
25:52What is it?
25:53It's a membership
25:54in the New Protective Association.
25:58Hurry up.
25:59You don't have to read it.
26:00But I don't want it.
26:01I don't need protection.
26:02Not that kind.
26:03I won't sign it.
26:04I won't sign it.
26:04You'd be surprised
26:11to know how high
26:12this could blow
26:12one of these joints.
26:15Put your name on that.
26:25How do you like
26:26your new price list?
26:28Why, I'm making
26:29a good profit now.
26:30From now on,
26:31you're charging more.
26:32And the extra dough
26:34goes to us
26:34for protecting you.
26:36Oh.
26:37I heard about you, fellas.
26:39Well, I don't need
26:40your protection
26:41and I won't pay it.
26:42No?
26:44Maybe you'd better
26:45spray those clothes
26:46back there in the shop.
26:47Now, wait a minute.
26:48Shut up.
27:02There's a cop
27:03nosing around
27:04over there.
27:05I'm going to see
27:05if he's got his eye
27:06on us.
27:08Lancey talking.
27:11There the fellas
27:11we're after, all right.
27:13There's two waiting
27:14in the car
27:14and two in the shop.
27:18Rush this squad
27:19to take them in.
27:20I'm going to them
27:20right now.
27:21trouble.
27:33Let's get out of here.
27:51Now it's hit.
27:57Step on it.
28:07Mike,
28:07they plugged me.
28:11The license number
28:12is 2-3-3-7-3.
28:19This 14, 16, 18
28:23go to 7th Avenue
28:25and Holly Street.
28:26A man shot.
28:27Fugitives escaped
28:28in dark sedan,
28:29license plates 2 or 3.
28:32All could be on the lookout
28:33for these men.
28:34These bandits
28:35are desperate and dangerous.
28:37They're only armed
28:37to resist arrest.
28:39One man is believed
28:40wounded and may seek
28:41medical attention.
28:42All doctors and hospitals
28:43have been warned
28:44to be on the lookout.
28:45Fugitive car
28:46seen turning off
28:4748th Street
28:48International Avenue.
28:50That's all.
28:51That's our street.
28:52I'm going out
28:52and file a police car.
28:54Billy,
28:54come back to your lessons.
28:56Oh, gee, Mom.
28:57Can't I go just a minute?
28:58There's been a man's shot.
28:59You stay here with me.
29:00Those police reports
29:01make me nervous
29:02when I'm here alone.
29:03Oh, Mom,
29:04there's to be nervous about.
29:05I'm here.
29:06I wouldn't let anybody hurt you.
29:09Come on.
29:09This is a perfect hideout.
29:11Let's go here.
29:12I'd like to see
29:18how the cops catch him.
29:19You wait till your father
29:20comes home
29:20and he'll tell you
29:21all about it.
29:28There's your father now.
29:29He's forgotten his key again.
29:31Let him in, Billy.
29:36Who are you?
29:37What do you want?
29:37Shut up.
29:39Bring him in.
29:40Keep quiet
29:45and you won't be hurt.
29:46Put him over there, Tom.
29:50Anybody else in this house?
29:51No, but my father's coming home.
29:52You better not be here.
29:54You get me some water
29:55and some iodine
29:56and lots of towels.
29:58Tom,
29:59hang on to him
29:59just in case.
30:01Where is it?
30:02Upstairs.
30:02Oh, come on.
30:02Let's get it.
30:04Sit down.
30:09Don't look at me, lady.
30:10Keep your eyes on the floor.
30:34Here we are, Red.
30:35I know who you fellas are.
30:41You killed a man.
30:42Keep your mouth shut.
30:46Get over there
30:46with the old lady
30:47and keep quiet.
30:47That's all I can do for him.
30:59He won't live long anyway.
31:01He's just about done for.
31:04Lady,
31:05looks like you're going to have a funeral
31:06in your house.
31:07Why don't you men go away
31:09and leave us alone?
31:11We'd like nothing better, lady,
31:13but it just so happens
31:14that there's a million cops outside.
31:16And if we did leave,
31:16you'd start hollering police
31:17right away.
31:18Attention all cars
31:19surrounding the bandit area.
31:21The police net
31:22is now a complete chain
31:23around the National Avenue District.
31:25It is certain
31:26the fugitives
31:26are inside the net.
31:28All police
31:29will leave their cars
31:30and begin closing in.
31:31Remember,
31:32these men are fully armed.
31:34Take no chances.
31:35That is all.
31:37We've got to get out of here, Red.
31:38What about Al?
31:39Oh, he won't live long anyway.
31:40We can't take him with us.
31:43Hey, Al.
31:47He was always one jump
31:49ahead of the cops.
31:50He must have croaked
31:51when they heard
31:51those police reports.
31:52Attention all police
31:53in the bandit area.
31:55The bandits are holed up
31:56at 1423 National Avenue.
31:59They are in the home
32:00of William Jones,
32:01holding his wife
32:01and boy prisoners.
32:03Close in on that house.
32:05That is all.
32:05Get out and start the car.
32:07I'll bring the old lady
32:08so they won't shoot at us.
32:11Come on.
32:14Hurry up.
32:23...terrorized the community
32:24in a series of raids
32:25on merchants
32:26were calling the police
32:27round up tonight,
32:28which resulted in killing
32:29two of the bandits
32:30as they were desperately
32:31trying to escape
32:32from the home
32:33of William Jones.
32:34The third bandit
32:35was found dead
32:36inside the house
32:37where they had held
32:38Mrs. Jones
32:38and her 12-year-old boy
32:40William prisoners.
32:41The boy narrowly
32:43escaped death
32:43while protecting his mother.
32:45Read further details
32:46in the latest edition
32:47of the Star Tribune.
32:49You were pretty smart,
32:51Collins.
32:51They didn't use their heads.
32:53Run down
32:54and get me a copy
32:54of the Star Tribune.
32:55Okay.
32:57That kills off
32:58Red, Tom, and Al.
33:00It serves them right
33:00if they're dumb enough
33:01to get caught.
33:03Now I have to line up
33:03three more boys
33:04to handle their work.
33:05It was a mistake
33:06holding up in that house.
33:07Oh, who cares?
33:08You and I didn't do it.
33:09I know.
33:11But they'll get the public
33:11up in arms
33:12and that isn't going
33:13to be so...
33:13Sure it is.
33:15That makes the public
33:16criticize the district attorney.
33:18The more they jump on him,
33:19the sicker he...
33:21and the quicker
33:22he lead out of my hand.
33:26You seen the Star Tribune
33:28this afternoon?
33:29Certainly raking us over.
33:30You can't even say
33:30we're responsible
33:31for this reign of terror.
33:33Yes, Jim Wallace warned me.
33:35He said the public temper
33:36was so hot
33:37I ought to resign.
33:38Well, it wasn't so long ago
33:39he was just as anxious
33:40to have you run
33:40for re-election.
33:42Well, when rats
33:42won't sail with a ship,
33:44good sailors should have
33:45sense enough to desert.
33:46Not me.
33:46Not with you
33:47on the bridge giving orders.
33:48I'm not quitting.
33:49I didn't think you would.
33:52But we've got to work fast.
33:53With Jim Wallace
33:54withdrawing his newspaper support,
33:55I won't be in office
33:56after next election.
33:58With you out of office,
33:59Anderson and his outfit
34:00will milk this town dry.
34:02Say, you give me an idea.
34:04If he's going to do it then,
34:05why not now?
34:07With Big Bill Anderson's support,
34:09I might be re-elected.
34:12You don't mean that.
34:13Well, why not?
34:14I can't lick him.
34:15He's got a staff
34:16of crooked lawyers
34:17to show him
34:18holes in the law
34:18for his rats
34:19to jump through.
34:20If you let me go out
34:21in my way,
34:21I'll get him.
34:22That's just a fire
34:23of youthful confidence.
34:24You haven't been kicked around
34:25much by a lot
34:26of ungrateful citizens.
34:27Well, you know
34:28what's kicking up
34:28all the row.
34:29It's those juniors letters
34:30your friend Wallace prints.
34:31Yeah.
34:31Well, he even said
34:32you have secret meetings
34:33with the other...
34:33As a matter of fact,
34:34I have an appointment
34:34with Big Bill Anderson
34:35tonight.
34:36That's swell.
34:38Get him up here.
34:39I'll fill this office
34:39with dictographs
34:40and make records
34:40of every word he says.
34:42You've been reading
34:43cheap detective magazines.
34:44You know he won't come here.
34:46He won't talk to me anywhere
34:47except in his own place.
34:49Well, you shouldn't be seen
34:50entering Anderson's place.
34:51Then the public
34:52would believe the newspapers.
34:53They believe it now.
34:54Can't be worse.
34:56Besides,
34:56I'm anxious
34:57to hear his proposition.
34:57I have these cigars
35:07made special for me.
35:08They cost $4 apiece.
35:10If I didn't keep them
35:10out of sight,
35:11these monkeys of mine
35:12would start chewing them.
35:13Here, take a handful.
35:14Fill up your pockets.
35:15No, thanks.
35:15They're too rich for my blood.
35:16I gave up smoking
35:17some time ago.
35:18Oh, that's too bad.
35:20If you ever take it up again,
35:22I'll have a flock
35:22of them made up for you.
35:23Put a monogram on them, too.
35:33How do you like that?
35:35Smells like good tobacco.
35:36But what else can they put
35:37in them to cost $4?
35:39Nothing.
35:40I'd just like to know
35:40I'm smoking a $4 cigar.
35:42That's like a woman
35:43braiding a $10 orchid.
35:45Yeah, that's right.
35:46I never thought
35:47about that before.
35:50I've got to hurry.
35:51They're expecting me
35:52to visit some of my places
35:53tonight.
35:54So let's cut out the gab
35:55and get on to cases, Wayne.
35:56Seems mean.
35:57What's on your mind?
35:58Well,
36:00you won't be
36:00district attorney very long.
36:02You can't be re-elected.
36:03So,
36:04what do you want
36:06to do about it?
36:07What can I do about it?
36:09It'd be silly
36:10for you to leave
36:10office a poor man.
36:13That's something
36:14I can't help.
36:15Well, maybe I can.
36:17What's the use
36:17of wasting words?
36:19I'll come right out with it.
36:20You could be worth
36:21$10,000 a month
36:22to me
36:23for the rest
36:23of your term
36:23in office.
36:25That won't be long.
36:27Then what about me
36:27all the rest of my life?
36:29I'll make you
36:30chief of my staff
36:31of lawyers.
36:32What do you say?
36:35That's a tempting offer
36:36to a poor man.
36:38I expect you to accept.
36:40So here's your first
36:41payment on account.
36:44Now that we're partners,
36:46what have I got to do
36:47to earn this?
36:48Nothing.
36:49Absolutely nothing.
36:51Just sit tight
36:52and don't interfere
36:53in anything I do.
36:57What if the police
36:58department should present
36:59me with evidence
37:00which might force my hand?
37:02That won't happen.
37:03If it does,
37:05you call me.
37:06I'll arrange a meeting
37:07for you with my lawyers.
37:09You fellas can figure
37:10a way to kill it.
37:16Good night, Wayne.
37:17Good night.
37:19I'll give you a ring
37:20every now and then.
37:20What's all the excitement
37:31about?
37:31Where have you been
37:32all evening?
37:32You'll find out
37:33soon enough.
37:33Is your father coming?
37:34Yes, I called him.
37:35He'll be right down.
37:36The way you called me,
37:37I thought the house
37:38was on fire.
37:39It's better than that.
37:39This will set the town
37:40on fire.
37:42This afternoon,
37:42you accused me of reading
37:43too many chief detective
37:44magazines.
37:45It did me a lot of good.
37:46I've got a record here
37:46to prove it.
37:47It features our
37:48eminent district attorney,
37:49Wayne, and tough mug
37:51Big Bill Anderson.
37:53You mean you took
37:54Victor Graff records
37:55of my visit to Anderson?
37:56I sure did.
37:57Well, didn't you hear it?
37:58No, not yet.
37:59Hope it works.
38:00Oh, so do I.
38:02And, Father,
38:02maybe this is the end
38:03of your troubles
38:03with Anderson and his gang.
38:06I don't know how much
38:06I got, but here she goes.
38:11I've got to hurry.
38:13You're expecting me
38:13to visit some of my
38:14places tonight.
38:15So let's cut out the gap
38:16and get on the cases, Wayne.
38:17Excuse me.
38:18What's on your mind?
38:19Well, you won't be
38:21district attorney long.
38:23You can't be re-elected.
38:24So, what do you want
38:26to do about it?
38:27What can I do about it?
38:29Me.
38:29Silly to leave the office
38:30a poor man.
38:31That's something
38:32I can't help.
38:33Well, maybe you can.
38:35What's the use of
38:35wasting words?
38:36I'll come right out with it.
38:38You could be worth
38:39$10,000 a month to me
38:40for the rest of your
38:41term in office.
38:42That won't be long.
38:43Then what about me
38:44all the rest of my life?
38:44I'll make you chief
38:46of my staff of the lawyers.
38:48What do you say?
38:49That's a tempting offer
38:50to a poor man.
38:52I expect you to accept.
38:54So here's your first
38:55payment on account.
38:58Now that we're partners,
39:00what have I got to do
39:01to end this?
39:02Nothing.
39:03Absolutely nothing.
39:05Just sit tight
39:06and don't interfere
39:06in anything I do.
39:08I think you'd better
39:09shut that off.
39:11But what if the police
39:12department should present
39:13me with evidence?
39:19You knew what was
39:20on that record?
39:21Patricia, I swear
39:22I didn't hear it.
39:23I'm as surprised as you are.
39:24I didn't know your father
39:25was taking money.
39:26But now that you know,
39:27what's your next scheme?
39:28Oh, I'm not scheming, dear.
39:30I wish I hadn't heard it.
39:31But now that you have
39:32heard it?
39:35There's only one thing
39:36I can do.
39:37Advise you to resign
39:38and turn state's evidence.
39:40That way we may be able
39:41to save you from prison.
39:43I see I've taught you
39:44too well.
39:47Good night, Patricia.
39:54Won't you try to see it
39:55my way?
39:55Try to understand.
39:57I mean, there's something
39:57I can't pretend not to know.
39:59I heard it.
39:59You heard it.
40:00His own voice.
40:00Why, the evidence
40:01is right there.
40:06Miss Wayne.
40:18Patricia Wayne.
40:20What a surprise.
40:22I'm glad you know who I am.
40:23I've known who you are
40:24for some time.
40:26In fact, I've always
40:27wanted to meet you.
40:28You may change your mind
40:29when you hear the reason
40:29for my visit.
40:31You name anything you want.
40:32It's yours.
40:35Will you have a copy of first?
40:36No.
40:37It's late.
40:37I've been waiting for you
40:38more than an hour.
40:39Say, if I had known
40:40anybody like you were here,
40:42I wouldn't have wasted time
40:43where I was.
40:45By the way,
40:46how'd you manage to get in
40:47here without me?
40:48I took advantage
40:49of a very good lesson
40:49in bribery.
40:50So I thought I might
40:51try it myself
40:52to get into your room.
40:55That's the one on me.
40:57I never thought of it
40:57working on my outfit.
40:59Won't you sit down?
41:01I'd rather stand.
41:02I want you to take back
41:03this money you gave my father.
41:06He asked you to do this?
41:07No.
41:08I got it without him knowing.
41:10This would cause
41:10an autograph record
41:11was made of everything.
41:13Yeah?
41:13Who did that?
41:14Father's assistant,
41:15John Carter.
41:16Well,
41:18then that's no trouble.
41:20Isn't he the boy
41:20you're going to marry?
41:22Yes, but that wouldn't
41:22stop him.
41:23You should have seen him
41:24after I destroyed the record.
41:26After you destroyed
41:27the record?
41:29That's perfect.
41:30Then there is no record.
41:33You're a smart girl.
41:35But you don't know
41:35John Carter.
41:37I don't have to.
41:38Let your father handle him.
41:39That's the deal I made.
41:41The father refuses to interfere,
41:42even if it sends
41:43both of you to prison.
41:44Is that so?
41:45Well, you tell your father
41:47wouldn't be so bad
41:47for me in jail.
41:49I have a lot of
41:49old friends up there.
41:51They'd be glad to see me.
41:53But when he goes,
41:55he'll only meet
41:55all his old enemies.
41:57All the boys he
41:58convicted
41:59will be waiting for him.
42:02That wouldn't be
42:03so good for him.
42:04Oh, won't you please
42:05listen to me,
42:06Mr. Anderson?
42:06You have enough money.
42:08Why don't you go away
42:09and leave this town
42:10and let my father alone?
42:12You're attempting...
42:13That's a very pretty speech.
42:16I didn't make any mistake
42:17when I put your old man
42:18on my payroll.
42:20I should have put you
42:20on it, too.
42:23I'm in a great spot.
42:25Now it's up to you
42:26to use that same pretty speech
42:27on John Carter.
42:29He's the right fellow
42:29to hear it.
42:31He won't refuse you.
42:34Now do we understand
42:35each other?
42:36Yes.
42:37I think we do.
42:57Hello.
42:58John, I've been trying
42:59to reach you everywhere.
43:00I can't go to sleep
43:01until we settle this.
43:03Why must you act
43:04in such a hurry?
43:05Won't you wait
43:05a few days or a week
43:06and give father a chance
43:07to do something about it?
43:09Oh, please don't
43:09do anything now.
43:11Darling, I'd give
43:11my right arm
43:12to delay this.
43:13I've been walking
43:14the streets for hours
43:15wondering what I could do.
43:16I even thought
43:17of resigning,
43:17but it's too late
43:18for that now.
43:19The newspaper
43:19has it already.
43:20This juniors letter
43:21tells everything.
43:22I'm forced to take action.
43:24Listen to this.
43:25Proof of a secret meeting
43:27between District Attorney
43:28Wayne and Big Bill Anderson,
43:30notorious underworld boss,
43:31was recorded
43:32on a dictograph record
43:33last night
43:34by John Carter.
43:35It proves beyond question
43:36the District Attorney
43:37secretly is conniving
43:38with a man
43:39whom he should prosecute.
43:41After obtaining
43:41the records,
43:42Carter took the proof
43:43to the home
43:44of the District Attorney.
43:45That sounds as if
43:46I was never out
43:46of the fellow's sight.
43:47And listen to this.
43:49It will be interesting
43:50to watch what action
43:51the Assistant District
43:52Attorney will take
43:53with such damaging proof
43:54against his chief.
43:56Carter is engaged
43:57to marry Wayne's daughter,
43:58Patricia.
43:59This may influence
44:00him to withhold
44:01the information
44:01and proving corruption
44:02in the District Attorney's office.
44:07Patricia!
44:08Patricia!
44:08Patricia!
44:26Do you someone swear
44:26to tell the truth,
44:27the whole truth,
44:27nothing but the truth?
44:28I do.
44:29State your name.
44:29Patricia Wayne.
44:32How does it look?
44:33This preliminary hearing
44:34will wash it up.
44:35He'll levies to a jury.
44:47Are you the daughter
44:48of the defendant,
44:49Dexter Wayne?
44:50Yes.
44:51Were you present
44:52with your father
44:53and myself
44:54in your home
44:55the night I played
44:56a certain dictograph record?
44:57I was.
44:58Did you recognize
44:59your father's voice
45:00on that record?
45:01I had never heard
45:02his voice on the record.
45:03But it sounded like
45:04his voice, didn't it?
45:05Well, I don't know.
45:06It sounded like
45:07two men talking.
45:08Did you recognize
45:08the other man's voice?
45:10Well, it was all so confusing.
45:11I couldn't tell.
45:12Did you ever have
45:15occasion to hear
45:16the voice of
45:17the defendant Anderson
45:19before that night?
45:20No.
45:21But you have heard it
45:22since, haven't you?
45:23Yes.
45:24Where?
45:25Here in this courtroom.
45:27Anywhere else?
45:29Please answer my question.
45:30Where else have you
45:31heard Anderson's voice?
45:33In his home.
45:35When?
45:36After you played
45:37the record
45:37that same night.
45:38Why did you go
45:39to his home?
45:40I asked him
45:41to leave this town.
45:42Why?
45:43I was afraid
45:43he'd cause trouble
45:44for my father.
45:45What kind of trouble?
45:46Well, I don't know.
45:47Just trouble.
45:48There were rumors
45:49that Anderson
45:49was paying my father
45:50not to prosecute him.
45:52Prosecute him for what?
45:53I don't know.
45:54But you knew
45:54that your father
45:55had been bribed
45:56by Anderson.
45:57I object, Your Honor.
45:58On the ground
45:59that it caused
45:59for a conclusion
46:00by the witness.
46:01Objection sustained.
46:07What did Anderson
46:08say to you
46:08the night you
46:09visited his home?
46:10He felt certain
46:11that you would not
46:11file charges
46:12against my father.
46:13Why did he seem
46:14so certain?
46:15Because at that time
46:16you and I were engaged
46:17and he thought
46:18you might be
46:19considerate of me.
46:21I must ask you
46:22to answer some questions
46:23about that dictograph record.
46:25Where did it come from?
46:27I don't know.
46:27You brought it
46:28to my home.
46:29Please tell the court
46:30what you heard
46:31on that record.
46:32I can't remember.
46:33I guess I was
46:34too excited.
46:35Perhaps I can
46:36refresh your memory.
46:38Didn't you hear
46:39one man refer
46:40to the other
46:40as District Attorney Wayne
46:41and agree to pay him
46:43$10,000 each month?
46:44Well, it's also hate.
46:45But didn't you
46:46stop that record
46:46because you recognized
46:47your father's voice
46:48and didn't you destroy it
46:49for the same reason?
46:50I won't answer that.
46:51I just couldn't.
46:52You have no right
46:53to ask me such questions.
46:55I insist you do answer.
46:58I must warn you,
46:59Miss Wayne,
46:59you are testifying
47:00under oath.
47:02You know what that means,
47:02don't you?
47:03Yes, I know.
47:05I'm waiting
47:06for your answer.
47:07Please don't ask me
47:08that again.
47:09I'm sorry,
47:09but I can't answer it.
47:11Young woman,
47:13your refusal
47:13to answer a question
47:14from the witness stand
47:15constitutes contempt
47:16of court.
47:18Unless you do answer
47:19without further hesitation.
47:21Your Honor,
47:22I do refuse
47:22to answer that question.
47:25The bailiff
47:26will remove the witness
47:27from the courtroom
47:27and place her
47:28in the custody
47:29of the sheriff
47:29to be held
47:30in the county jail
47:31until further orders.
47:32If Your Honor,
47:33please,
47:33I crave the indulgence
47:34of the court.
47:36I am a lawyer
47:41still licensed
47:42to practice
47:42in the courts
47:43of this state.
47:44This is most unusual
47:45for a defendant
47:46to interrupt
47:47the court's proceedings
47:48when he's already
47:49adequately represented
47:50by counsel.
47:51Then I am forced
47:52to serve notice
47:52on my counsel.
47:53He is discharged
47:54forthwith.
47:56Your Honor,
47:57you can understand
47:58my feelings
47:58toward the witness.
47:59I beg the court
48:00to let me
48:01put the question
48:01to my daughter.
48:03The court has
48:03no objections.
48:05If the prosecution
48:05concurs.
48:07Proceed.
48:12Patricia,
48:12you and I
48:14have been more
48:14than just
48:15father and daughter.
48:17Ever since we lost
48:17your mother,
48:18we've been pals.
48:19We've always
48:20gone to each
48:20of them.
48:22I've always encouraged
48:23you to tell the truth
48:24and you never lie
48:25to me about anything.
48:26I wouldn't want
48:27you to speak
48:28an untruth
48:28or be evasive
48:29even though you
48:30thought it would
48:30help me.
48:31I know,
48:32Father.
48:33Now, dear,
48:33I want you to
48:34answer the question
48:35put to you
48:35by the acting
48:36district attorney.
48:38Didn't you
48:39stop the record
48:39because you
48:40recognized your
48:41father's voice
48:41and didn't you
48:42destroy it
48:43for the same
48:43reason?
48:46Yes.
48:48I knew it would
48:48be used as
48:49evidence against
48:49you.
48:50When I talked
48:51to Anderson
48:51in his home,
48:53he told me
48:53that if John
48:54sent you to
48:54prison,
48:55he would be
48:55putting you
48:55at the mercy
48:56of every criminal
48:57you had ever
48:57convicted and sent
48:58there.
48:58he said
48:59that they
48:59would murder
49:00you.
49:02Thank you,
49:03Patricia.
49:05Witness
49:05excused,
49:06and is all
49:07your honor.
49:10On the
49:11testimony of
49:11the acting
49:12district attorney,
49:13John Carter
49:13and Patricia
49:14Wayne,
49:15I order the
49:16defendants,
49:16William Anderson
49:17and Dexter
49:18Wayne,
49:18held for the
49:19fall term
49:20of the grand
49:20jury.
49:21Bail is set
49:22at $10,000
49:23for each
49:23defendant.
49:25Now adjourned.
49:28Sit tight.
49:36Don't move
49:36away from
49:37here.
49:37I'll be
49:37back and
49:38I'll need
49:38you.
49:42You better
49:43put up
49:43that veil
49:43in a hurry.
49:44And don't
49:44forget to
49:45cover me.
49:46You're
49:46forgetting I'm
49:46no longer
49:47your attorney.
49:47That was
49:48a dumb
49:48stunt,
49:48forcing your
49:49daughter to
49:49test I...
49:50I thought
49:50that was
49:51too clever
49:51for you.
49:52The
49:52prosecuting
49:52attorney
49:53had already
49:53put the
49:53hooks into
49:54us.
49:54You
49:54didn't
49:55want her
49:55as a
49:55further
49:55witness
49:56against
49:56us,
49:56did
49:56you?
49:57Since
49:58when are
49:58you
49:58telling
49:58me
49:58how
49:58to
49:59spend
49:59my
49:59money?
50:01Why
50:01waste
50:01time?
50:02Put up
50:02a bond
50:03to cover
50:03him
50:03too.
50:04And
50:05before
50:05your
50:05receipt
50:05is
50:05bail.
50:07They
50:07might
50:07sing
50:07another
50:08tune.
50:11Here are
50:11certified checks
50:12to cover
50:12bail for both
50:13defendants.
50:14Give me
50:14receipts and
50:14I'll be running
50:15along.
50:15Don't be
50:16in such
50:16a hurry.
50:16You may
50:16be wasting
50:17those
50:17checks.
50:18You know
50:18this little
50:19case today
50:19was just
50:19the start.
50:20You
50:21might run
50:21out of
50:21money
50:21before
50:22I
50:22get
50:22through
50:22with
50:22you.
50:23Some
50:24of
50:24big
50:24bills
50:28here's
50:30one that
50:30should
50:30demand
50:31another
50:31$10,000
50:32bail.
50:33Here's
50:33one that's
50:33good for
50:34at least
50:34$20,000.
50:36And
50:36here's
50:36one for
50:37murder.
50:38Now
50:38when would
50:39you
50:39gentlemen
50:39like to
50:40begin
50:40matching
50:40your
50:41bail
50:41money
50:41against
50:42my
50:42warrants?
50:43I have
50:43plenty
50:44more
50:44coming
50:44up.
50:45Those
50:46things
50:46are not
50:46worth
50:46the
50:46paper
50:47they're
50:47written
50:47on.
50:48No
50:48evidence
50:48to
50:49support
50:49them.
50:50Call
50:50to
50:50throw
50:50them
50:50out
50:51faster
50:51they
50:51came
50:51to
50:51trial.
50:52Yeah
50:52but
50:52they
50:52demand
50:53bail
50:53until
50:53they
50:53do
50:53come
50:54to
50:54trial.
50:54This
50:54is
50:54just
50:55a
50:55crazy
50:55scheme
50:55to
50:56try
50:56and
50:56keep
50:56my
50:56client
50:57in
50:57jail.
50:57Certainly
50:58it
50:58is.
50:58And
50:58it's
50:58watertight.
51:00This
51:00time
51:00Big Bill
51:01Anderson
51:01goes
51:01to
51:01jail.
51:03Come on.
51:10There
51:10isn't enough
51:11money in the
51:11mint to
51:12match those
51:12warrants.
51:13Are
51:13you
51:13suggesting
51:13I
51:14go
51:14to
51:14jail?
51:14You
51:14have
51:15to
51:15till
51:15I
51:15can
51:15blast
51:16this
51:16scheme
51:16of
51:16his.
51:17Is
51:17that
51:17so?
51:17Well
51:18they'll
51:18never
51:18catch
51:18Big
51:18Bill
51:18where
51:18that
51:19can
51:19happen.
51:19Hang
51:20on to
51:20that
51:20bail
51:20money.
51:21Don't
51:21put a
51:21penny
51:21for
51:21him
51:21either.
51:25I
51:25wish
51:26I
51:27could
51:27change
51:27places
51:27with
51:27you.
51:29I
51:29wouldn't
51:29be
51:29as
51:29proud
51:30of
51:30you
51:30then
51:30as
51:30I
51:30am
51:30now.
51:34I've
51:35been
51:35waiting
51:35for
51:35just
51:36such
51:36a
51:36thing
51:36as
51:36this.
51:37Go
51:37on.
51:38Tell
51:38him
51:38he
51:38wins
51:38the
51:39first
51:39round.
51:48this is a
52:13very
52:13important
52:13letter
52:13for
52:13John.
52:14Give
52:14it to
52:15him
52:15the
52:15moment
52:15I
52:15leave
52:15this
52:15room.
52:16But
52:16remember
52:16not
52:17until
52:17they
52:17take
52:17me
52:18out
52:18of
52:18here.
52:18I
52:19don't
52:19lose
52:19your
52:19nerve.
52:25Well
52:25where
52:25is
52:25your
52:26jail?
52:26Right
52:26this
52:27way.
52:28Let's
52:28go.
52:44I
52:44don't
52:45expect
52:45forgiveness
52:45for
52:46something
52:46I
52:46had
52:46to
52:47do.
52:47and
52:48I
52:48want
52:48you
52:48to
52:48know
52:49I
52:49'll
52:49help
52:49all
52:50I
52:50can.
52:51John,
52:52Father
52:52was
52:53very
52:53anxious
52:53I
52:53hand
52:54you
52:54this
52:54the
52:54minute
52:54he
52:54left
52:54the
52:54room.
52:55and
52:55and
53:12and
53:13and
53:13and
53:13just
53:13playing in
53:14with
53:14Anderson
53:14to trap
53:15him.
53:18Calling all
53:18cars.
53:19Attention all
53:20cars for
53:20big Bill
53:21Anderson and
53:21former disc
53:22attorney Wayne
53:23who escaped
53:23from the
53:23police.
53:24The prisoners
53:25separated in two
53:26different automobiles
53:27and headed north
53:27making for open
53:28country.
53:29Patrol all
53:30highways.
53:30Stop all
53:31suspicious cars.
53:32Take no chances
53:33with these men.
53:34They're heavily armed
53:34and dangerous.
53:35Report to police
53:36headquarters.
53:37That is all.
53:42I didn't expect
53:43to be separated
53:43from Anderson.
53:44Why didn't you keep
53:45us together?
53:45Say,
53:46I'm an expert
53:47at this getaway business.
53:48Now you stop
53:49asking fool questions.
53:50But suppose
53:50something happened
53:51to him.
53:51Suppose he
53:52doesn't get here.
53:53Suppose you
53:53stop supposing.
53:55Nothing ever
53:55goes wrong
53:56with things
53:56when big Bill
53:56plans him.
53:57He'll be here
53:58right on the dot.
54:04He made it.
54:05He's here now.
54:12Any trouble,
54:12boss?
54:13No.
54:14Your little pal
54:15here was nervous.
54:15He scared stiff
54:16he wouldn't make it.
54:17Does the pilot
54:18have the plane ready?
54:18You bet.
54:19He's itching to take off.
54:20Now just a moment,
54:21Anderson.
54:21I thought you and I
54:22agreed we'd stay here
54:23overnight until the
54:24chase died down.
54:25It's too dangerous
54:26to leave now.
54:26We're leaving without
54:27you.
54:28But what about our
54:29plan for me to go
54:29abroad with you?
54:31That is all right
54:31at the time to get
54:32you this far.
54:33You're too much
54:34trouble to carry
54:34around.
54:35I'm not dragging
54:36any anchors with me.
54:37If that's something
54:38all worked out for you,
54:40it wouldn't be good
54:40for my health to let
54:41you stick around.
54:44Give me that bag.
54:48These little bombs
54:50have been very handy
54:51in our business
54:51to help convince
54:53people they should
54:53see things our way.
54:55We won't need them
54:55anymore where we're
54:56going.
54:57I was afraid I'd have
54:57to use the last of them
54:58this afternoon on the
54:59cops.
55:00That wouldn't have
55:00left any for you.
55:02I never did like
55:03prosecuting attorneys.
55:04They were always
55:05getting in my way.
55:06But an ex-prosecuting
55:07attorney who knows
55:08too much is something
55:10I just couldn't stand
55:11having around.
55:11When you pull the
55:13firing pin back,
55:15you hold it tight
55:16with your finger.
55:17Because the moment
55:18it's released,
55:19it snaps back and
55:20explodes in two seconds.
55:21Now I'm turning this
55:23over to my expert
55:24to handle.
55:25After we've left.
55:27He knows just how
55:28to use it without
55:28leaving a piece of
55:29you big enough
55:30for the police
55:30to identify.
55:32Here you are.
55:34Hey, look out
55:35that'll go off.
55:36Sure it will.
55:37That's what I'm
55:37banking on.
55:39Any of you
55:40take a shot at me?
55:41And we'll all
55:42be blown up.
55:43Isn't that right,
55:44Anderson?
55:46Now you fellas
55:47pile your guns
55:48on that table.
55:53You.
55:57You too, Anderson?
55:58I don't have any.
55:59Then stand over
56:00there with the others.
56:04This gives me
56:05an airtight case
56:06against you, Anderson.
56:07You and all
56:08your outfit.
56:09Now I suggest
56:10when you fellas
56:10walk out,
56:11you keep your
56:11hands up
56:12in plain sight.
56:14And you can
56:14start now.
56:23All right, come on.
56:27Get the cops on all of them.
56:31Hurry up,
56:31move along.
56:34I'll take charge of him.
56:35I've been waiting
56:36for this for a long time.
56:38Come on.
56:44Say, you were great.
56:45I never guessed
56:45it was you.
56:46Let go of me
56:47or you'll kill us both.
56:48What is that thing?
56:49It's a live bomb
56:50I used on them.
56:51I can't let go of it
56:52or it'll explode.
56:54What'll I do with it?
57:01Over here,
57:02throw it out this window.
57:03Let's go of it.
57:13Did Chief Reardon
57:14get all of them?
57:15You bet.
57:15Every one, thanks to you.
57:17We grabbed that lawyer,
57:17Meade, too.
57:18That's, well,
57:19this time you have them
57:20on conspiracy
57:21to commit murder,
57:22kidnapping,
57:23obstructing justice,
57:24and, uh,
57:25oh, you add up
57:25all the other charges.
57:26How did Patricia take it?
57:28I don't know.
57:29It's all too fast.
57:30You come home with me.
57:32I'll try to square things
57:32for both of us.
57:33I'll try to go of it.
57:36Sorry.
57:37I'll try to carry it out.
57:38I'll try to carry it out.
57:42I'll try to carry it out.
57:44I'll try to carry it out.
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