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Eddie what is your pay baptism force cup coffee sugar by second time
Oh that reminds me
Number please
My number is prospect seven one one nine. What's yours? Oh, it's you again
Nobody else. This is Delaney's little boy Eddie in one of your devoted fans
Billy he's going good tonight
Why mr.. I don't know what to say have I really got the voice with a smile you got the voice with a kiss a
Very pretty speech mr. Say look I'm supposed to play a record for you
Okay, you pick it out anything at all as long as it's Irish
Hey you there, I'm looking for a fugitive. I'll give you the description is young for about six foot tall wearing a brown suit
The stolen egg died. He has a fast line of foolish talk and a thirst for strong drink
Hopper
Is your dad still the better man or isn't he huh?
Billy actually it'll pop my foot slip
Sit down son a job at George and keep your thumb on it. Well, tell me what are you doing in this part of town here?
You don't mean to say that you've finally got a case. Have I got a case?
Oh, well, come on. Come on. What's on your mind? Are you going to tell me now or do I have to take you over me me?
Yeah, but get ready for a surprise. Nothing you could do would surprise me a little more respect if you please
You happen to be looking at a lieutenant. What?
Did they really let you in meet first lieutenant Edward Delaney United States Army?
I got the official out of this morning giving me three days to pack up my dad's and kiss the girls goodbye
Well, well, this is the proud father I am today
You know, I hope the army lacks of sense in that head of yours
Though I can't see what possible use they'd have for a third rate private detective. Is that so?
Well, they want me to take charge of something called g2
That happens to be army intelligence in case you don't know g2
They'll have you doing kp inside of a week
Oh, I say dad have you got a nickel?
Yeah, sure I have
Because I don't waste mine in jukeboxes
You know if you got such a case on that
Young girl's voice. Why don't you get up gumption enough to meet her huh too much risk?
I fell in love with the long-distance operator once she turned out to be a retired lady wrestler
That's good. Well, I got to be getting back to work since that you get home early now so long dad
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Scoring boys have any problem no. I was suite for taking candy with my baby you never knew any babies
Yes, they sometimes can put up quite as poor, but these guys don't wait. I checked them
Put a little picnic, let him do rough.
We're just like the old days, Marty.
Come on.
It's a copper.
I thought that was taken care of.
It was, Marty. Honest.
He's down the other end of the beat.
This must be his serge.
Let me do the talking.
What's going on here?
Oh, just a little business transaction, officer.
I'm thinking of buying this old warehouse.
Any objection?
I thought you'd retired from business, Mr. Marty Clark.
You know, I think I'll take a look at it.
Any objections?
I don't know what could be keeping them.
Those trucks should have been here an hour ago.
Maybe the boys stopped for a cup of coffee.
Or a quick one, Mr. Underwood.
Those drivers aren't that stupid.
I wouldn't stop anywhere.
I'll put a kind of a load there hauling.
You don't want me to call the other way, a house again?
Get better, Ayers.
What happened?
I don't know, Mr. I picked up these guys
and sneaked out of a drugstore.
They said you'd pay the fare to $1.65.
Ayers.
Thank you.
Well?
In one minute, we was driving along.
Yeah, come on, come on.
I can't remember.
These men better get to a hospital.
Take care of them, Joe.
Well, I'm telling you, that's what happened.
Yes, trucks and all.
A fine partner you are.
I took you in so we'd have some protection
and now the robber's gone.
Listen, you must have ways of finding out.
Unless, unless you already know what happened,
this couldn't be the double cross, could it?
Or could it?
All right.
How can I report the trucks missing?
I'd have federal men checking on me in an hour.
Remember, it's a federal offense to move tires,
even your own tires after they're frozen.
Okay, see what you can do about it.
Two truck drivers get slugged and then disappear.
Call me back then.
Okay.
Well, Bill?
Now, take it easy, Eddie.
I know everything you're going to say before you start.
We don't like cop killers.
And nobody's going to get away with that stuff in this town.
Well, have you got a lead, anything at all?
It's a little early yet.
Just as a matter of routine, we rounded up about a half a dozen of the bad boys last night
and gave them a going over.
No, so far, no dice.
Nothing else?
Yes, there's one other thing.
I received a report last night that two truck drivers were slugged.
I don't know how it all fits in,
but after getting first dated to drugstore,
they beat her before the ambulance arrived.
That sounds like the old days, 18th Amendment.
His gang war is a tough.
You see, Eddie, nobody had a grudge against your old man.
He must have walked into something.
Yeah, and I get hold of the guy you walked into.
Oh, don't get hotheaded and start taking things into your own hands.
Okay, okay, but I'm not going to sit still.
Naturally.
But maybe a private dick like you could uncover a lot of things that we wouldn't get.
Now, let's work together on it, huh?
Okay.
Oh, wait a minute.
These are the things from your dad's locker.
I thought maybe you'd like to have them.
Thanks, Bill.
Come in, Lieutenant, or is it Captain by now?
Sit down.
Thanks.
Business pretty quiet, huh, Marty?
Oh, it's been nice and quiet until now.
Ever read the papers?
Oh, just the funnies.
I'm crazy about Superman.
Did you see him last week?
There was a killing down on Front Street last night.
What's that got to do with me?
When they repealed the 18th Amendment, I went legit.
You know that.
Sure, I know that.
You can't help it if some of the bad boys still hang out in your cafe, can you?
Go on, watch the beef.
Another thing happened.
Two guys were beaten up and didn't wait for the ambulance or the police follow up.
Now, they wouldn't be friends of yours, would they?
Of course not.
You don't know where they might be hiding out.
Uh-huh.
Who's supposed to be a safe dock in town now?
I wouldn't know.
Look, I'm running a nice respect for business here, and I don't expect to be pushed around.
What was pushing?
All I want to do is have a nice little talk with the two guys who were beaten up.
That's all.
We'll pick them up someday.
But in the meantime, Marty, if you hear anything...
Oh, sure, sure.
Being legit, I don't mind giving the law an order to when I know anything.
Only I, uh, I don't right now.
Okay.
Come inside, boys.
Mr. Delaney, you keep strange office hours.
Well, the joint's about closed up.
So I see, so I see.
My name is Underwood of John Jay Underwood Distributors.
Well, it's nice meeting you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got...
Mr. Delaney, I've come to you on a very important matter.
Important? To you or to me?
Well, to me mostly, but possibly also to you.
Your name has been suggested to me as a private detective who, uh, knows his way around.
I could probably find out who shot Lincoln.
I look, Mr. Underwood.
I've only got two days before I'm due to put on a uniform and I...
Well, a few days might be time enough.
The job I have in mind will pay, well, say, uh, $1,000.
Why that kind of money?
I have my reasons.
This particular job is extremely confidential.
So what? That's for the police?
Yes, perhaps.
But I would like to put a private investigator on it, you understand?
You see, last night somebody slugged two of my drivers and stole the trucks.
What was in the load?
Load? Oh, the trucks were empty.
All I want you to do is to find out who was behind the job.
It's possible that I'm facing some sort of a trade war.
You see, my competitors...
Now, if this were 1930 and you were in the Alky Racket...
I'm in the warehouse and trucking business.
Sometimes I buy and sell job lots of furniture, automobile supplies and so forth.
Will you take the case?
I might.
Because there's just a chance that this case might have something to do with another one I'm working on.
Save it, Mr. Underwood.
All I want is a chance to talk to those two drivers.
Where are they?
They're in a little private hospital on Marlin Street.
I thought it best to keep them undercover.
Okay.
I'll take a run up there. Dip them off. I'm coming.
Just mention my name.
What are you doing?
It's after hours. What do you want?
You got a couple of patients here. Mr. Underwood sent me.
Yeah, it's those two drivers. They're not allowed to have any visitors.
Look here, this is important.
And now we have Sbessie. Eddie, this is for you.
Hello. Yeah, sure.
Eddie, this one for you too.
Yeah?
That is Delaney.
What do you see about those license plates?
Oh, that was worth trying anyway.
Wait a minute. Something else just struck me.
How would you like to meet me at Marty's Spot Cafe out in West River Street?
Anything you say.
Well, this is a lead that might blow the whole thing wide open.
We'll reach outside the place in half an hour. Right.
Hi.
Oh, how are you, Bill?
I don't know why I let you know all these things, Eddie, when you hold out on me.
But here it is.
Those two truck drivers were bumped off less than an hour after I was in this joint,
asking some questions of Marty Clark. He runs it.
See, is that the money Clark used to be in the booze racket years ago?
It did very well out of two.
When prohibition came along, Marty was in the clear.
You see, he was one gangster who kept his income tax paid up.
All right. What's that got to do with me?
Well, it just struck me that everything about this whole affair,
the shooting of your old man and all that,
is right off the front pages of ten years ago.
Hoodlum stuff.
The kind of thing Marty used to be very good at.
Yeah, but listen here, you...
Hey, wait a minute. I've seen that heat before. Come on.
That's the car that was parked outside the hospital.
That's not the number.
Yeah, they changed the plates. They couldn't change those.
Now, what more do you want?
It was Marty Clark, all right?
I wouldn't be surprised if those holes didn't come from my old man's gun.
Looks like they're right.
Yeah.
Now, wait a minute.
This is no time playing hero go bustin' in that joint.
The place is full of Hoodlums.
Besides, dealing with a guy like Clark, you need a warrant.
Otherwise, he'd be out on the writ.
Now, I'll run down the city hall and get one of me back in an hour.
Yeah, but suppose he's got connections downtown.
Somebody might tip him off.
You're right. He doesn't know you.
Why don't you go inside and keep an eye on him till I get back with the boys?
Yeah, right.
Now, remember, you're just watching him.
I know how you feel, but don't take the law into your own hands. You get it?
Sure. Sure, I get it.
That's not a curiosity. Could you point out Marty Clark to me?
He's had a run right now, but that's his table in the corner.
The one where a little Miss Muffet's sitting.
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Hey, where's your telephone?
Hey, where's the phone?
Over there.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I want to talk to Mr. Underwood, Mr. John Underwood.
Hello, this is Eddie Delaney speaking.
Yes?
I've got that information you wanted.
Is that offer of a thousand bucks retainer still hold?
Why?
Why, yours, yours, Delaney.
You wanted the name of the man behind the hijacking of your trucks.
The empty ones you told me about.
It's the same guy that engineered what happened to your drivers this afternoon.
Yes, yes.
The name is Clark.
Marty Clark.
Operates the one spot cafe on West River Street.
Marty Clark?
That's right.
And that cleans us up, Mr. Underwood.
And I could check in the mail tomorrow.
Marty Clark.
Aren't you made a mistake?
I don't get any ideas.
You take what I hand over, see?
If you don't like this pay off, maybe I'll have to get myself a couple of other boys.
Hold it.
Maybe we could work for somebody else.
Maybe we're in an offer recently.
Yeah, maybe Mr. Marty Clark has forgot we was witness to the shooting of a cop the other night.
Witness?
You were accessories before, during and after the fact.
You can't talk, you can't quit, you can't get out of this until I say so.
And I'm not going to say so.
I'll take the dough, that's all you get.
Okay, Marty.
That's the way you want it to be.
Yeah, that's the way I want it to be.
What'll it be, boys? Same as usual?
Yeah, they double.
Okay, did he?
Until I get an orchestra lined up, you just hang around here and mix with the customers.
But remember, you're my girl.
How does that sound?
Sounds wonderful.
Here you are, Mr.
Said Marty Clark over there?
Yes, sir, and that's Marty Clark in person.
In person, huh?
Come on, let's dance, I want to show you off.
Look, Mr. Underwood, I didn't say anything about coming down here.
I think you said on the phone that our association was ended.
I told you you'd have your check in the mail tomorrow.
The check's no good to me unless your life decided.
Marty Clark's bad medicine.
Oh, customers.
I'll be right back.
Table two, I'm alone.
You?
Are you Marty Clark?
I am.
But I have a few minutes of your time.
This is a busy night.
My card?
John J. Underwood, huh?
Have you a place where people talk a little more privately?
I said I was busy.
This is a matter of business, very important business,
in regard to some otto tires.
Well, I'll try and come back later, but I don't think you and I
have any business to talk over, Mr. Underwood.
Have a drink on the house.
Hello there.
We ought to know each other if you're going to be around.
I'm Bonnie.
Oh, yes.
You're the check room girl.
That's right.
And you, you're Marty's new dish.
I don't know what business that is of yours.
Later on, after Marty gets an orchestra,
you're going to play the accordion or sing or do card tricks.
Meanwhile, you'll mix with the customers.
That's Marty's routine.
His work so often he never has to change it.
Honey, I was getting lonesome for you.
Oh, why all the chill?
Then I saw it just because I left you alone for a few minutes,
are you?
Come on, what you need is another dance.
Number please, office.
Yes, we have a direct wire to about 37 night spots in town.
Oh, yes, certainly, right away.
Billy, it's a blackout.
Something's going wrong with the air raid sirens
and they want us to notify everybody.
A blackout?
Oh.
Oh!
Blackout, everybody.
Turn off the lights.
There's a blackout.
Yes, they asked us to notify them.
What?
They asked us to notify them.
Attention, please turn your lights out.
What?
What do you mean?
The chief warden just called me.
It's a blackout, everybody.
It's a blackout.
Blackout?
Don't get excited.
They're not excited, folks.
It's nothing to get excited about.
You're safer here than you are out in the street.
Now just take your seats and stay calm.
Oh, Louis, get those lights off.
Okay, Marty.
Hello, sister.
You listening?
Yes.
Keep this thing grinding.
Okay, here they come.
Come on, baby, let's start them dancing.
What is this?
What is this? What's the matter with you?
I guess it's just that I'm allergic to wolves.
He's been shot!
He's been murdered!
Let me get out of the car!
Call the police!
Who did it?
Can't we have some lights?
Stand back, everybody!
Don't touch him!
Help! Police!
Hey, Herman! Herman!
There's no blackout! Turn down those lights!
You took your time about getting here.
What's going on down at the station? A pinnacle game?
Sorry, Lieutenant. We were held up.
Somebody turned in a phony aerate alarm.
Help! Police!
Somebody shot the boss!
All right, folks.
Break it up. Break it up.
Come on. Stand back, everybody.
Walk her back to your tables.
Riley, you watch the door.
Three holes through his chest.
You did a pretty good job, Delaney.
Cut it out. That isn't funny.
All right, I'm waiting. What happened?
Well, somebody said there was a blackout.
Yeah, it was a girl on a jukebox.
You know the voice with the smile.
All the lights were turned out.
Marty told everybody to take it easy,
then started dancing with that girl over there.
They had some kind of an argument and stopped dancing.
She walked off the floor and left him.
Somebody let him have it.
Hey, wait a minute.
Are you talking about me?
We didn't have any argument.
I was just tired of dancing. That's all.
And I'm tired of hanging around here.
All right, if you've got tired, sister, sit down.
Check on that jukebox angle later.
See if the girl was in on it.
But Linda wasn't. She couldn't.
Linda wasn't. She couldn't.
So that's her name, is it?
Now, look, Eddie, I'm not saying I blame you for this,
but in the eyes of the Lord still murder.
I warned you before you came in here
not to take the law in your own hands.
I'm telling you again, I didn't rub him out.
I was just an innocent bystander.
Hey, Lieutenant, look at what I found.
Now, we're getting somewhere.
Check on this at headquarters.
It's an SNW6-34-3000.
You don't have to check on it. Bill, that's my old man's gun.
I'd like to thank the guy that shot Marty Clark with it.
That's the way it should be.
Don't give me that stuff.
You're the only one who would have your old man's gun.
Why me?
Because it was turned over to you along with the rest of that stuff,
and you know it.
I never opened that bundle you gave me.
I don't see how. You better make it good.
That bundle of my father's stuff is still in my office.
Nobody could have got hold of it.
Excuse me, Lieutenant, how much longer are you going to keep us here?
Can't you just make the arrest and get it over with?
I think you're right about that, mister.
You can all go now, but leave your name and address at the door.
All right, folks, come on. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
You're under arrest, Eddie.
Are you out of your head?
Anybody here could have done it.
Come on, Eddie. I hate to do this.
I don't try anything funny.
Use some sense, Eddie. This won't get you anywhere.
Hello, radio room?
This is Lieutenant Decker, Detective Division.
I want you to send out a general broadcast.
Wanted for homicide.
Edward Delaney, height six feet, weighs about 160 pounds.
How could I have been in on it?
I haven't even met this Delaney. Have I, Billy?
Sure. I mean, no.
But he knows you.
Only over the wire.
On this kind of a job, you get to know people just by their voices.
Sometimes we amuse ourselves by trying to figure out what kind of a person goes with a voice.
Then you're willing to swear it wasn't Delaney that called you and ordered that phony blackout?
Of course. It was an entirely different kind of voice.
Well, you'd know it if you heard it again.
I most certainly would.
Okay. You can go back to your work.
But remember, you're a material witness to this thing.
You seem to be in the clear.
We're keeping our eye on you, so don't try and leave town.
Come on.
Those cops can make you feel guilty just by looking at you.
You lend a ward?
Why, I don't know.
Uh, no. Of course.
Cut it out. This is official.
All right, sister.
What was that routine about a blackout?
You want to talk or do you want to come down to headquarters with me?
Come on. Come on. What about it?
Well, gee, Mr. I...
You sure gave him a bop of the gook.
But he's wanted for murder, isn't he?
All right, Mr. Delaney, stand up and know Chris.
Linda, shall I call the cops?
Linda?
So you're Linda.
A voice with a kiss.
Say, you know, you got the face to go with it, too.
Hey, did you bop me with this?
I'm holding you for the police, Billy.
Oh, come on. Come on.
I had nothing to do with that murder.
But if I don't find out who did, I'm cooked.
The policeman says they have a perfect case against you
and they seem to think we were accomplices.
Oh, now if you just...
I guess this will prove we're not if we turn you over to them.
Maybe they have to reward.
Okay.
Okay.
Here's your lunch.
Oh.
Cut it out, will you, darling?
Now, look.
You're in this just as much as I am.
I'm going to use you to set that blackout and they're trying to use me for a patsy.
Gosh, I don't want to get mixed up in anything like this.
Which are mixed up in it.
The cops will probably come here again.
Don't say anything about recognizing that voice.
But I've already told the police.
Oh. Well, don't say any more about it.
If that killer finds out you'd recognize his voice,
you'll really be on the spot.
Oh, Eddie, what am I going to do?
There, there, dream girl.
Just sit tight and trust Eddie.
Where's the phone?
It's in there, Mr. Delaney.
Yes, yes.
Mr. Underwood, this is Eddie Delaney.
Delaney, where are you?
How soon can you get out here?
Twenty minutes, why?
Listen, Delaney, I'd like to hire you to protect me as a sort of a bodyguard.
Bodyguard, eh?
Well, I'm a little hot to appear in public just now,
but I'd like to hear what you have to say.
Be there in twenty minutes.
Here goes for solving the quickest case of my career.
See you later.
I'll say this for him, he's different.
And how he's different.
Mr. Underwood?
Hey, Mr. Underwood.
John Underwood speaking.
Oh, Mr. Underwood, you don't know me,
but this is Bonnie, the hatch-hack girl at the spot.
Yes.
Listen, Mr. Underwood, I know who killed Marty Clark.
A guy get out of town and need a couple of hundred dollars.
My dear young lady, you'll have to be more definite than that.
Listen to me, you don't know what a spot you're in.
Where are you?
What can I call you back?
Well, can I come to your place and talk to you?
Oh, it's a little crowded right now.
I didn't touch your thing. I closed you immediately.
Never mind that now.
Go on, search the house, boys.
Riley, you come with me.
There he is.
Hello? Who is this?
You know who this is, Mr. Underwood.
Are you stalling me?
This is the police.
She was talking to somebody.
Somebody in here.
I'll call the coroner.
You look around the garden.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
I'll call the coroner.
You look around the garden.
Well, good night, honey.
Sure you'll be all right.
Yes, I guess so.
Sure.
I wish I could stay with you.
But you know Ma,
she'd be sure I was up to something.
Never mind.
Thanks, Billy.
Good night.
Good night.
Don't touch it.
Nothing's going to happen to you if you're smart.
But you've got to pack your things
and get out of town tonight.
This is no gag.
I mean what I say.
Get out of town and stay out.
Your voice.
You're the one who co-
Oh, you had a ring on my voice, huh?
Well, that makes it something else again.
Hey.
Linda, are you home?
Linda, wake up.
Linda!
Linda!
Linda!
Linda!
Linda!
Oh, Annie.
The window.
It wasn't a nightmare, was it?
There was a man.
There was no nightmare.
There are marks where he jimmied the window.
And I thought you were the killer.
Well, never mind what you thought.
We're both in the same boat now.
You and I are the two people the killer's got to worry about.
That means we've got to get him before he gets us.
Look at you.
What happened?
Oh, I walked into a little trouble at Underwood's.
He's dead.
But I got a tip that may help.
Oh, Eddie, I'm scared.
Don't be scared, honey.
I'll practice my guard duty for you tonight.
Hey, uh, have you got a cup of coffee on you?
Oh, sure.
I'll get it right away.
Do you take cream and sugar?
Oh, good morning.
Hurry up.
Hurry up.
Oh. Good morning.
You'll make a wonderful garb when you get in the army.
Must it doze off?
It dozed for about nine hours.
It's almost one o'clock in the afternoon.
Oh, I took the key out of your pocket,
got the address from your driver's license,
and went to your place and got them.
I'm sort of a girl scout at heart.
Say, by the way, how did you find this place?
Well, that's a fine question to ask a detective.
Phone book.
Ah, thanks, beam girl.
It's bad enough to be a fugitive without looking like a tramp.
Oh, another thing.
There was somebody at your apartment.
Oh, you mean the police?
No.
Don't tell me you found a dead body in my apartment.
It's not very dead.
It was a blonde.
A blonde?
Maybe she was from the draft board.
She'd been waiting for you all night.
When I came to get your clothes,
she left without saying anything.
Wait a minute.
That must be Bonnie, the check room girl at the spot.
She called up underwood and tried to make a deal.
She knows something, and she's trying to peddle it.
I've got to get hold of her.
Just relax.
You're not going anywhere.
You change your clothes and have some breakfast.
You can dress in there.
Bacon and eggs in 10 minutes.
OK, dream girl, you're the boss.
Can I make a phone call first?
Sure.
Hello, is this the spot cafe?
This is the records room, police headquarters.
One of your employees gave us an incomplete address
last night.
The name is Bonnie Baskham.
It's the cops.
That's where she lives, the Crescent Apartments
on Hastings Drive.
The phone number is Beachwood 2-1-2-1.
OK, thanks.
He said thanks.
Then it's no cop.
That's right.
Say, who'd want Bonnie's address anyway?
I don't like this.
And what's more, our new boss ain't going to like this.
I think I'll just let him know.
And now for little Bonnie.
I'm going with you.
Wait a minute.
Somebody might be watching your apartment.
I'll make a phone call first.
Yes?
Hello, this is Eddie Delaney speaking.
Can you talk?
Can I talk?
I've been trying to find you for hours.
Mr. Delaney, would it be worth $200 to you
to know who killed Marty Clark?
The answer is yes.
Well, don't come here.
I'm being watched.
But I'll try to get away.
Meet me on L near the library in 15 minutes.
15 minutes?
Well, it's all fixed if you had $200.
You flatter me, Mr.
Never mind.
She'll have to take a check.
You wait right here and keep your door locked.
Hey, wait a minute.
I'm not waiting anywhere.
Eddie Delaney, you can't go driving around the street
in broad daylight.
There's a general alarm out for you.
Well, I'll have to take that chance.
You're taking enough chances as it is.
Come on, I have an idea.
Women's drivers.
If you want to be a backseat driver, get in the backseat.
Keep your head down.
There's a traffic cop on this corner.
There she is.
Hello, Bonnie.
Here.
Eddie!
Get going, quick.
Oh, Eddie.
There they are now, kid.
Take it easy.
What are we going to do?
The law says we're supposed to report a dead body to the police.
They'll find it soon enough.
Gosh, the way she fell forward.
I know one thing.
You're leaving town right now.
I'm getting off here.
Keep on driving straight ahead.
Oh, but Eddie.
That killer's out to mow down anybody who gets in this way.
You've had your warning.
All right.
But will you kiss me goodbye?
That's all I wanted to know.
I'm not going anywhere without you.
Oh, but look, honey.
Are you with me?
You know I can't.
All right, then turn yourself over to the police.
It won't take them long to find out you haven't killed anybody.
Maybe.
But don't forget I've got a commission on the army.
Uncle Sam won't take me if I'm up to my neck in a murder.
Murder?
Three murders.
Then you just have to break the case in spite of everything.
And I'm sticking until you do.
What's next on the program?
Well, I was thinking about the only thing left for me, for us,
is to work over those boys at Marty Clark's.
Eddie, Delaney, sometimes I wonder which one of us is the detective.
You might as well walk into police headquarters as into the spot café.
Yeah, I know it, but.
But nothing.
Just stick around and watch.
What's the name of Clark's henchman?
It's what?
The only one I know is Dizzy, a big guy with a flat nose.
Dizzy.
Okay, Mr. Delaney, I'll show you how it's done.
Your number, please.
Billy, listen, I won't be able to get in tonight.
Can you carry on?
Why, sure, honey.
What are you up to?
Are you romantic?
Yes, in reverse.
Thanks a lot.
Play a record.
So long, Dizzy.
I'll see you later.
Could I trouble you for a match?
Well, sure, sister.
No trouble at all.
You knew around here, didn't you?
I've just got in town.
Is this place always this quiet?
Well, I, uh, made a little fracas in here last night.
Some bad publicity.
If you're wanting to do it in town, I know some gay spots.
Oh, I don't usually go out with strange men, but.
I'm a dependable type.
Let's go.
Well, there's a catch to it.
We'll have to go in my car and I have a flat tire.
Well, listen, well, I don't know about tire.
I'll change it for you.
Well, is that flat tire, baby?
Oh, it's right behind you.
Hey, what are you doing?
What?
What are you giving me?
What are you doing?
Stop talking, Dizzy.
Why should I talk?
Why does he got sorry, Mr. Wiseguy?
I got enough authority to take you down to the federal building.
The government just commissioned me in that.
Are you a fed up?
No, I'm not.
I'm not.
I'm not.
I'm not.
I'm not.
You commissioned me in that.
Are you a fed?
Wait a minute.
Let me make a deal.
I thought I seen you down at the spot.
I told the boys you guys had come snooping around.
What are you gonna hold me for?
For the murder of Marty Clark, maybe.
I don't have to do with that.
I was Marty's friend.
Wait a minute.
You ain't the fool in me.
You guys ain't interested in a little too big murder case.
How about making that deal?
I'll sing, and sing plenty.
All I ask is a chance to get out of town.
got a town. Go ahead and say that rubber was frozen tires at
John J. Andrews. It's all down to old brewery and friends to
what a cop got bumped. How do you know how do I know I was there.
No matter what you say I'm not going to let you go to that place
alone. We have to go through that again. There's no danger and it
can't help me you'll only be in the way look honey if I see one
thing out of line I'll call the cops quick will you promise to do
that sure pull up by that drugstore let me take the car.
Look honey stay right here until I come for you have a soda or
something whatever you do stay under the bright lights.
Please headquarters please. Detector division Lieutenant
Decker speaking. Yeah what and he's gone down to that place on
Front Street alone. You have every right to be the way he's
crazy quite a thing alone. For.
Well, you please hurry, driver.
Lady, this is a hat, not a P-38.
Well, you please hurry, driver.
Lady, this is a hat, not a P-38.
Don't move.
Bill, what are you doing here?
We've been watching this place ever since your old man was killed.
What are you doing here?
Look, Bill, I think I've cracked that case in a lot more.
You have?
Yeah, come here.
You see that?
Tires.
They were frozen, but they're hot now.
There's a fortune here.
Makes bootlegging booze look like a kid's marble game.
Got the whole thing figured out, Bill.
Underwood tried to move the rubber so he could sell it at the black market or somewhere.
Marty hijacked him.
Underwood came to me because he couldn't go to the cops.
He must have rubbed Marty out.
Then he got it too, and so did Marty's girl.
That was probably done by some of Clark's boys in revenge.
Sounds pretty good, Eddie.
Good is perfect.
My old man caught a move in the stuff and they drilled him.
Look, Bill, all you have to do is to stake some men out here.
Whoever's behind the whole thing has got to come back here to get the rubber moving.
Looks like a hellish.
There's only one thing that bothers me.
How Underwood dared to move this stuff?
He must have it in with somebody higher up.
That figures, doesn't it?
Are there any other marks in these crates?
I don't know. I was just looking them over when I heard you coming.
Eddie, look out!
He's the one, Eddie.
I recognize his voice.
He's the man who ordered the blackout.
Oh, the man higher up?
Sure.
You saw a chance to get back at Marty for hijacking your partner's rubber.
You tried to pin it under me.
You called Linda and ordered that phony blackout.
Then you came back through Marty's office and plugged him.
Now, wait a minute, Delaney.
Maybe we can pick something up here.
Why you...
Drop that gun, Delaney.
Is the kind of pals that expect of a crooked cop?
Shut up, you.
Put him in a car. Let's get going.
Wait a minute, Dicker.
She had nothing to do with it.
Oh, no. She's going to forget the whole thing.
Get going.
Don't leave that door!
McEvoy speaking.
Trying on a riot call.
Front street brewery.
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All right. Pull him out.
Amy, let's go.
Oh, no!
Why should I live there?
All right, take him away.
Seven arrested.
Credit for the breaking of the case
was given by police and federal agents to E.J. Delaney,
local private detective, now a commissioned officer
in the United States Army, who at the same time
avenged the gangland murder of his father, Timothy Delaney,
Veteran police officer killed Therese Daddy.
Number, please.
Play no one else but you.
Thank you.
What?
Wow.
Get a load of the man.
If you're going to see me off, we better get going.
My train leaves in 20 minutes, and I've
got to pick up my uniform.
What?
Ain't she going?
I mean, you've got to let him get away?
Well, we talked the whole thing over and decided to wait.
Eddie thought it would tie me down
to have a husband in the service.
Hey, it was you.
Linda thought it would be too much responsibility for me
to face a new job with a wife waiting back home.
Well, of all the dopes, you thought, she thought,
this is no time to put a romance like yours in cold storage.
Go on, go with them.
There must be a preacher in Washington.
What do you say, Linda?
It's a military secret, but I'll tell you on the train.
Well, come on then.
Bye, Billy.
Goodbye, honey, goodbye.
Your number, please.
Listen, sister, I dropped in, and Nicole and I
want to hear it down Mexico Way.
Oh, yeah?
Well, never mind what you want.
You're going to hear the wedding march.
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