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02:09.440 --> 02:17.440 Let me talk to Joey Gault, I got a bet. 02:17.440 --> 02:18.440 He can't talk now. 02:18.440 --> 02:20.320 It's only going to take a minute. 02:20.320 --> 02:21.320 Why you want him for? 02:21.320 --> 02:22.320 I told you I want to make a bet. 02:22.320 --> 02:23.320 Just a minute. 02:23.320 --> 02:24.320 Hello? 02:24.320 --> 02:25.320 Joey, you know that horse Mosquito? 02:25.320 --> 02:26.320 Hold it mister, this ain't Joey Gault. 02:26.320 --> 02:29.320 Look, if I wanted to talk to everybody in town, I'd rent a subway. 02:29.320 --> 02:30.320 Let me talk to Gault. 02:30.320 --> 02:31.320 Who is this? 02:31.320 --> 02:32.320 Chris Draper. 02:32.320 --> 02:33.320 I want to give Joey a bet. 02:33.320 --> 02:34.320 He's not taking any more bets. 02:34.320 --> 02:35.320 What do you mean? 02:35.320 --> 02:36.320 I got the right thing at Jamaica. 02:36.320 --> 02:37.320 What do you mean he's not taking any more bets? 02:37.320 --> 02:38.320 I mean it the way it sounds Draper, Joey Gault isn't taking any more bets. 02:38.320 --> 02:39.320 I should have known that. 02:39.320 --> 02:40.320 I'm not going to let you get away with this. 02:40.320 --> 02:41.320 I'm going to get away with this. 02:41.320 --> 02:42.320 I'm going to get away with this. 02:42.320 --> 02:43.320 I'm going to get away with this. 02:43.320 --> 02:51.320 I'm going to get away with this. 02:51.320 --> 02:53.840 I should have known then, but I'm the kind of a guy that finds out about an earthquake 02:53.840 --> 02:55.320 when the repair squad arrives. 02:55.320 --> 02:58.120 If Joey Gault wouldn't take my bet, somebody would. 02:58.120 --> 03:03.880 It was almost 12, so I put on my coat and started for a bookie joint down on 45th. 03:03.880 --> 03:06.840 On the door I hung a sign that said, out to lunch, back at 1 o'clock. 03:06.840 --> 03:11.360 I always hated to walk out that door because I had to look at the sign across the hall. 03:11.360 --> 03:13.680 Laura Lee, licensed private detective. 03:13.680 --> 03:19.040 A dame that couldn't find a spoon of sugar in a candy factory. 03:19.040 --> 03:22.160 But she had the scratch and that's what counts. 03:22.160 --> 03:25.480 I walked down to 45th street and put my last hundred bucks on mosquito to win. 03:25.480 --> 03:30.160 It was raining, so I ducked into a drug store for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. 03:30.160 --> 03:32.480 After that I strolled up toward my place again. 03:32.480 --> 03:35.920 I stopped a couple of times, once in front of a bookstore. 03:35.920 --> 03:40.360 The window was full of books on how we had to have a peaceful world. 03:40.360 --> 03:43.120 Three of them were written by generals who would know peace if somebody lugged it in 03:43.120 --> 03:44.120 on a hunk of toast. 03:44.120 --> 03:49.480 It was about a quarter to 1 when I walked up to the door of my office. 03:49.480 --> 03:54.920 Somebody had made some changes and I got the fastest slow burn in history. 03:54.920 --> 03:58.180 My sign was gone, but there was another one that said, gone for one week. 03:58.180 --> 04:01.860 Please inquire at room 205, Ms. Laura Lee. 04:01.860 --> 04:06.000 I brished into my office and called the intercepting quick boys. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 Come on, come on. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 What's the matter? 04:09.000 --> 04:10.000 Don't you answer these things? 04:10.000 --> 04:11.800 Well, I only have two hands, Mr. Draper. 04:11.800 --> 04:14.000 I bet you got two heads to go with them. 04:14.000 --> 04:15.800 Look, nobody's called on this phone for a week. 04:15.800 --> 04:16.800 Haven't I been getting any calls? 04:16.800 --> 04:21.000 Of course, Mr. Draper, you had quite a few, but we switched them to Ms. Lee's office. 04:21.000 --> 04:22.000 Why? 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 According to your instructions. 04:23.000 --> 04:24.000 I see. 04:24.000 --> 04:25.000 When did I give them? 04:25.000 --> 04:26.000 Well, Ms. Lee told us. 04:26.000 --> 04:27.000 She said you were working together from now on. 04:27.000 --> 04:28.000 When did she say that? 04:28.000 --> 04:31.680 Oh, about a week ago when she brought up the check to pay your office rent. 04:31.680 --> 04:32.680 My rent. 04:32.680 --> 04:33.680 Yeah. 04:33.680 --> 04:34.680 Anything wrong, Mr. Draper? 04:34.680 --> 04:35.680 Not a thing, baby. 04:35.680 --> 04:36.680 Get a pad of paper. 04:36.680 --> 04:37.680 I've got a message for you. 04:37.680 --> 04:38.680 I'll allow it, Draper. 04:38.680 --> 04:39.680 Just a minute. 04:39.680 --> 04:40.680 Where's Pilsen? 04:40.680 --> 04:41.680 I... 04:41.680 --> 04:42.680 I held onto the phone and looked up from the desk. 04:42.680 --> 04:43.680 The room was full of muscle. 04:43.680 --> 04:50.560 A guy named Mike Farago, a collection boy for Joey Gough. 04:50.560 --> 04:51.560 I'd seen him around before. 04:51.560 --> 04:54.640 A broad guy with a smile like an undertaker. 04:54.640 --> 04:55.640 Where's Pilsen? 04:55.640 --> 04:56.640 Oh, hello. 04:56.640 --> 04:57.640 I just called your office. 04:57.640 --> 04:58.640 What happened over there? 04:58.640 --> 04:59.640 Look, don't make me keep repeating. 04:59.640 --> 05:00.640 Where's Pilsen? 05:00.640 --> 05:01.640 Hello? 05:01.640 --> 05:02.640 I don't know any Pilsen. 05:02.640 --> 05:03.640 You don't sound sure. 05:03.640 --> 05:04.640 I'm awful sure, Farago. 05:04.640 --> 05:05.640 I don't know any Pilsen. 05:05.640 --> 05:06.640 You're a nice guy, Draper. 05:06.640 --> 05:07.640 You shouldn't have made it tough. 05:07.640 --> 05:10.080 Now, wait a minute, put that away, it'll go off in my face. 05:10.080 --> 05:11.080 That's so you can see it. 05:11.080 --> 05:13.160 Now, look, you're trying to find a guy named Pilsen. 05:13.160 --> 05:14.160 I don't know him. 05:14.160 --> 05:15.160 I never heard of him. 05:15.160 --> 05:16.920 As far as I'm concerned, you just dreamed him up. 05:16.920 --> 05:18.480 The boss don't think that. 05:18.480 --> 05:19.480 Huh? 05:19.480 --> 05:22.200 Yeah, Pilsen just knocked off the boss. 05:22.200 --> 05:23.200 He killed Joey Gough? 05:23.200 --> 05:24.200 Uh-huh, that's right. 05:24.200 --> 05:27.600 He just walked in, took a gun out of his umbrella and shot Joe right in the ticker. 05:27.600 --> 05:28.600 It's a shame. 05:28.600 --> 05:30.600 Oh, I'm sorry for Joe. 05:30.600 --> 05:33.600 Well, I hope they let him make book up there. 05:33.600 --> 05:35.000 Everybody's got regrets. 05:35.000 --> 05:36.680 We got them about you, Draper. 05:36.680 --> 05:37.680 I don't know your boy, Farago. 05:37.680 --> 05:39.120 You had your trans, Draper. 05:39.120 --> 05:40.120 Now... 05:40.120 --> 05:41.120 Hello, Lieutenant. 05:41.120 --> 05:42.120 Lieutenant. 05:42.120 --> 05:43.120 Put down that phone. 05:43.120 --> 05:44.120 I got him on the wire, Mike. 05:44.120 --> 05:45.120 You should have asked him. 05:45.120 --> 05:46.120 Hello, Lieutenant, I got one of Gough's boys up here. 05:46.120 --> 05:47.120 All right, all right. 05:47.120 --> 05:48.120 He's pushing me around a little. 05:48.120 --> 05:49.120 If he pushes too hard, you know where to look. 05:49.120 --> 05:50.480 All right, you win this one, Draper. 05:50.480 --> 05:52.000 I'll be back when you're not so lucky. 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 I'm always lucky. 05:53.000 --> 05:54.000 I don't believe it. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 I've seen your mutual tickets. 05:55.000 --> 05:56.000 I'll be back. 05:56.000 --> 05:57.000 Goodbye. 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 Goodbye. 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 Goodbye. 05:59.000 --> 06:06.160 As soon as he walked out, I started hating her again. 06:06.160 --> 06:07.800 Laura Lee, girl detective. 06:07.800 --> 06:10.320 I knew now where the business was going. 06:10.320 --> 06:13.240 For weeks she'd been bypassing me on every client. 06:13.240 --> 06:15.240 I wanted to shoot her in the head. 06:15.240 --> 06:19.360 But I controlled myself and started across the wall to strangle her. 06:19.360 --> 06:21.960 Look, Laura, I want to talk to you. 06:21.960 --> 06:22.960 Watch out, Chris. 06:22.960 --> 06:23.960 He's got a gun. 06:23.960 --> 06:24.960 Watch out, will you? 06:24.960 --> 06:25.960 Oh, heavens to... 06:25.960 --> 06:26.960 Oh. 06:26.960 --> 06:27.960 You all right, Chris? 06:27.960 --> 06:28.960 Who is he? 06:28.960 --> 06:29.960 A client. 06:29.960 --> 06:30.960 One of mine? 06:30.960 --> 06:31.960 Oh, please, Chris. 06:31.960 --> 06:32.960 I didn't mean anything with those signs. 06:32.960 --> 06:33.960 I just wanted to show you, Chris, if you'd marry me. 06:33.960 --> 06:38.680 Things like this wouldn't happen, will you marry me? 06:38.680 --> 06:39.920 My dough, who is he? 06:39.920 --> 06:40.920 Who? 06:40.920 --> 06:41.920 This on the floor. 06:41.920 --> 06:42.920 He's not a cop, but who is he? 06:42.920 --> 06:43.920 I don't know. 06:43.920 --> 06:44.920 He gave me this ticket. 06:44.920 --> 06:45.920 Let me see it. 06:45.920 --> 06:49.240 Yeah, check stand, Grand Central Station. 06:49.240 --> 06:51.520 Don't tell me he wanted you to pick up a suitcase. 06:51.520 --> 06:52.520 How could you know that? 06:52.520 --> 06:54.160 Look, I spent my life in this jungle. 06:54.160 --> 06:55.600 I know a phony pitch when I see it. 06:55.600 --> 06:56.600 Oh, it's not a phony. 06:56.600 --> 06:57.600 He's a nice old man. 06:57.600 --> 06:58.600 Oh, right. 06:58.600 --> 06:59.600 He's a nice old man. 06:59.600 --> 07:00.920 If you don't mind being sharp. 07:00.920 --> 07:03.320 Well, he offered me $100 to pick up the suitcase. 07:03.320 --> 07:06.320 Look, for four bits, any red cap in town will do it. 07:06.320 --> 07:07.320 The guys are phony. 07:07.320 --> 07:08.960 Somebody was watching for the bag, you see. 07:08.960 --> 07:10.080 He couldn't use a red cap. 07:10.080 --> 07:12.920 I was going to pick it up and meet him at track 17 at 2 o'clock. 07:12.920 --> 07:13.920 Well, help me roll him over. 07:13.920 --> 07:17.520 You know, Christopher, he's really an important man. 07:17.520 --> 07:18.520 They don't wear ragged collars. 07:18.520 --> 07:19.520 Really important. 07:19.520 --> 07:20.520 Top's a night. 07:20.520 --> 07:21.520 There. 07:21.520 --> 07:22.520 Here's his wallet. 07:22.520 --> 07:23.520 Hey, you're right. 07:23.520 --> 07:24.520 He is an important man. 07:24.520 --> 07:25.520 Let me see it. 07:25.520 --> 07:26.520 Let me see. 07:26.520 --> 07:31.520 Frank Pilsen, age 47, cashier, Everwear Umbrella Company. 07:31.520 --> 07:32.520 Pilsen, yeah. 07:32.520 --> 07:35.280 Pilsen, you've got yourself a tough client, baby. 07:35.280 --> 07:36.280 This guy's one off a murder. 07:36.280 --> 07:37.280 Oh, he couldn't be. 07:37.280 --> 07:39.040 He shot up a bookie named Joey Gault. 07:39.040 --> 07:40.680 Oh, Christopher, there's some mistake. 07:40.680 --> 07:42.040 Joey doesn't think so. 07:42.040 --> 07:43.040 The police will find out. 07:43.040 --> 07:44.040 They'll understand. 07:44.040 --> 07:45.440 You'll have to make a bigger sale. 07:45.440 --> 07:46.440 All the hoods in town want him. 07:46.440 --> 07:47.800 Well, I just don't believe it. 07:47.800 --> 07:49.720 And I'm going to take the ticket and meet him with the suitcase. 07:49.720 --> 07:50.720 Now, give me that ticket. 07:50.720 --> 07:52.160 No, now you stay away from me, Chris. 07:52.160 --> 07:53.160 Now... 07:53.160 --> 07:54.160 You're not big enough, sweetheart. 07:54.160 --> 07:55.160 No. 07:55.160 --> 07:56.160 Let loose. 07:56.160 --> 07:57.160 Are you going to marry me, Chris? 07:57.160 --> 07:58.160 Not today. 07:58.160 --> 07:59.160 All right, Chris. 07:59.160 --> 08:00.160 I'm sorry, darling, but I'm a big girl now. 08:00.160 --> 08:12.600 I don't know where she learned that trick, but by the time I got to the elevator, it was 08:12.600 --> 08:13.600 on its way down. 08:13.600 --> 08:17.680 When I got to the street, she was near up near Seventh Avenue climbing into a cab. 08:17.680 --> 08:21.960 There was only one other cab in sight, but I couldn't do business there because Farago 08:21.960 --> 08:23.960 moved into it and started to follow Laura. 08:23.960 --> 08:27.920 If I was going to get there, I had to grab a cab down the street. 08:27.920 --> 08:32.240 I turned and ran right into a lieutenant from Homicide named Herbie Knapp, a guy that learned 08:32.240 --> 08:35.320 how to dress from books and how to talk from Damon Runyon. 08:35.320 --> 08:36.920 Ah, hello, Chris. 08:36.920 --> 08:37.920 How are the horses? 08:37.920 --> 08:38.920 Look, Herbie, I got to run. 08:38.920 --> 08:40.840 I asked you how the horses was. 08:40.840 --> 08:41.840 Mosquitoes win the first now. 08:41.840 --> 08:42.840 Let me get by, Herbie. 08:42.840 --> 08:43.840 I got to get a cab. 08:43.840 --> 08:44.840 Oh, just a minute. 08:44.840 --> 08:46.600 It's a shame, but you got to stay here. 08:46.600 --> 08:49.160 Likewise, it's a shame about Joey Galt. 08:49.160 --> 08:50.360 I don't have the time, Herbie. 08:50.360 --> 08:53.680 Somebody walks in about an hour ago and shoots him right on the price tag. 08:53.680 --> 08:54.920 Yeah, yeah, I heard about it. 08:54.920 --> 08:59.600 Yeah, you know, it's most uncharitable to kill a bookie, especially he is an honest 08:59.600 --> 09:00.600 bookie. 09:00.600 --> 09:01.600 Stay here. 09:01.600 --> 09:03.680 All right, I'm not going anywhere now. 09:03.680 --> 09:08.480 And all in sundry along Broadway, say Joey Galt is honest as the day is long and part 09:08.480 --> 09:09.480 of the night, too. 09:09.480 --> 09:11.720 He never welches. 09:11.720 --> 09:16.240 This comes about, probably, because no one ever has a winner with Joey, though. 09:16.240 --> 09:17.640 If you got a pitch, make it, Herbie. 09:17.640 --> 09:19.560 I'm asking you the whereabouts of Pilsen. 09:19.560 --> 09:20.560 Who? 09:20.560 --> 09:21.560 A citizen named Pilsen. 09:21.560 --> 09:23.920 He drops one of your circulars in Galt's place. 09:23.920 --> 09:25.120 That proves I got a printer's bill. 09:25.120 --> 09:26.120 It proves more. 09:26.120 --> 09:30.920 A few minutes after Joey dies, the phone rings and it's you, Chris, pretending you want a 09:30.920 --> 09:32.440 place of bet. 09:32.440 --> 09:35.400 I have put two and two together and I don't want four. 09:35.400 --> 09:36.400 I want Pilsen. 09:36.400 --> 09:38.160 All right, he's up in 205. 09:38.160 --> 09:39.280 You'll find him up there. 09:39.280 --> 09:40.520 We'll both find him, Chris. 09:40.520 --> 09:41.600 I got to go, Herbie. 09:41.600 --> 09:42.600 You go on up. 09:42.600 --> 09:43.880 Being a cop is no fun. 09:43.880 --> 09:45.600 Likewise, it's lonely. 09:45.600 --> 09:53.840 You come, too. 09:53.840 --> 09:58.560 I could see Herbie wasn't going to let me chase that cab, so I got him up to room 205. 09:58.560 --> 10:01.360 I opened the door to Laura's office. 10:01.360 --> 10:02.360 He's in here now. 10:02.360 --> 10:03.360 Check him and let me get... 10:03.360 --> 10:04.360 Hey. 10:04.360 --> 10:06.840 He is a wee fella, Chris. 10:06.840 --> 10:13.720 He is so wee, I do not see him. 10:13.720 --> 10:15.240 You know, I couldn't see him either. 10:15.240 --> 10:18.440 And why I couldn't see him was that he wasn't there. 10:18.440 --> 10:22.240 Lieutenant Knapp of Homicide looked at me and I looked at Lieutenant Knapp of Homicide. 10:22.240 --> 10:25.360 And at that moment, he looked better than I did. 10:25.360 --> 10:26.720 That was because I was gaining weight. 10:26.720 --> 10:31.640 In a couple of minutes, I expected to be heavier by 13 ounces, which is the standard weight 10:31.640 --> 10:41.520 of a pair of handcuffs. 10:41.520 --> 10:46.600 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Richard Conti in Win, Place, and Murder. 10:46.600 --> 11:00.480 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:00.480 --> 11:05.480 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 11:05.480 --> 11:11.240 You receive an extra dividend without cost every time you buy Roma Wine. 11:11.240 --> 11:15.960 That extra dividend is the fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 11:15.960 --> 11:19.440 You enjoy in all Roma California wines. 11:19.440 --> 11:24.920 That extra dividend of better taste is the reason why more Americans enjoy Roma than 11:24.920 --> 11:26.560 any other wine. 11:26.560 --> 11:32.680 Yes, Roma Wines taste better because Roma selects and presses California's choicest 11:32.680 --> 11:33.680 grapes. 11:33.680 --> 11:39.600 Then, with ancient skill and resources unmatched in America, Roma Master Ventners guide this 11:39.600 --> 11:44.320 grape treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 11:44.320 --> 11:48.520 These choice wines are placed with mellow Roma wines of years before. 11:48.520 --> 11:55.480 And from these reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, Roma later selects 11:55.480 --> 11:57.280 for your pleasure. 11:57.280 --> 12:02.360 Whether your favorite is Sherry, Port, or Muscatel, you'll find more real enjoyment 12:02.360 --> 12:03.360 with Roma. 12:03.360 --> 12:05.920 So, buy Roma tomorrow. 12:05.920 --> 12:12.320 That's our OMA, Roma Wine, your best buy in good taste. 12:12.320 --> 12:17.680 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood Soundstage Richard Conte as Chris Draper, 12:17.680 --> 12:23.520 with Wally Mayer as Mike Farago in Win, Place, and Murder, a tale well calculated to keep 12:23.520 --> 12:36.240 you in suspense. 12:36.240 --> 12:38.000 I felt embarrassed to say the least. 12:38.000 --> 12:41.880 Here I have invited Lieutenant Knapp up to meet somebody who is of mutual interest to 12:41.880 --> 12:42.880 both of us. 12:42.880 --> 12:44.880 Now, I had to pick up the check. 12:44.880 --> 12:45.880 Well? 12:45.880 --> 12:47.080 Well, he was here five minutes ago. 12:47.080 --> 12:51.120 Look, don't pull my leg on account of I will use it on your teeth. 12:51.120 --> 12:52.120 He was here five minutes ago. 12:52.120 --> 12:53.360 I hit him and I thought he was out. 12:53.360 --> 12:54.920 He must have gone down the fire escape. 12:54.920 --> 12:58.720 Oh, first you never hear of Pilsen, then you have him upstairs, and now he goes out the 12:58.720 --> 12:59.720 back way. 12:59.720 --> 13:01.040 Whose place is this? 13:01.040 --> 13:04.560 It's the girl's office, Miss Laura Lee, debutante detective. 13:04.560 --> 13:05.800 How come Pilsen was here? 13:05.800 --> 13:06.800 He came by mistake. 13:06.800 --> 13:09.360 Yeah, that's the way I'm taking you to the jug, bub. 13:09.360 --> 13:11.960 I have a brother-in-law who handles cases, Chief. 13:11.960 --> 13:13.520 Look, would I hide him on you, Herbie? 13:13.520 --> 13:14.840 I'm taking you downtown, Chris. 13:14.840 --> 13:15.840 Now, wait a minute, Herbie. 13:15.840 --> 13:18.360 Unless you pull Pilsen out of the woodwork. 13:18.360 --> 13:19.360 All right. 13:19.360 --> 13:21.360 He's over in my office. 13:21.360 --> 13:24.440 That's better. 13:24.440 --> 13:25.440 Across the hall here. 13:25.440 --> 13:29.560 Did he go down the fire escape on this side, too? 13:29.560 --> 13:32.440 No, he's over here in the closet. 13:32.440 --> 13:33.440 I had to lock him in. 13:33.440 --> 13:40.120 There, you can have all five feet of them. 13:40.120 --> 13:41.120 Where? 13:41.120 --> 13:42.120 I don't see no... 13:42.120 --> 13:43.120 In the back there. 13:43.120 --> 13:44.120 Oh, let me see. 13:44.120 --> 13:45.120 Sure. 13:45.120 --> 13:46.120 Look him over good. 13:46.120 --> 13:47.120 Wait, wait a minute, paper. 13:47.120 --> 13:48.120 Sorry, Herbie. 13:48.120 --> 13:49.120 Hey, hey, Chris, let me out of here. 13:49.120 --> 13:50.120 I told you I was in a hurry. 13:50.120 --> 13:51.120 I'll shoot the ball out. 13:51.120 --> 13:52.120 Bring all the tenants in. 13:52.120 --> 13:53.120 The police force had looked funny locked in the closet. 13:53.120 --> 13:54.120 I'll be back in an hour. 13:54.120 --> 13:55.120 Wait a minute. 13:55.120 --> 13:56.120 Wait a minute, Chris. 13:56.120 --> 13:57.120 Yeah, yeah. 13:57.120 --> 13:58.120 Look, Chris, that filling man, he's got a gun. 13:58.120 --> 13:59.120 He's got a gun. 13:59.120 --> 14:00.120 He's got a gun. 14:00.120 --> 14:01.120 He's got a gun. 14:01.120 --> 14:02.120 He's got a gun. 14:02.120 --> 14:03.120 He's got a gun. 14:03.120 --> 14:05.640 And that filling mosquito, she's running in the first. 14:05.640 --> 14:07.120 Like crazy, is the word. 14:07.120 --> 14:10.620 Yeah, look, if you keep me in here an hour, I will not get a bet down chum. 14:10.620 --> 14:11.980 Suppose she wins. 14:11.980 --> 14:13.440 She's a 58 to 1 shot too. 14:13.440 --> 14:17.400 But Chris, I will consider it a great favor if you put 20 skins on mosquito's nose. 14:17.400 --> 14:19.400 All right, I'll give it to Lou Golding. 14:19.400 --> 14:21.400 He works the corner, pass it under the door. 14:21.400 --> 14:22.860 Well, what if it sticks? 14:22.860 --> 14:26.600 If it's horse money, it's thin, pass it under. 14:26.600 --> 14:28.280 All right, you got it? 14:28.280 --> 14:29.280 Yeah. 14:29.280 --> 14:30.280 Be sure she wins. 14:30.280 --> 14:32.340 I'll tell her about your 20 bucks. 14:32.340 --> 14:34.340 Thanks, Chris. I won't forget you for this. 14:34.340 --> 14:35.840 Go easy, she may lose. 14:35.840 --> 14:36.840 That's what I mean. 14:45.340 --> 14:47.340 It looked like a good trick, but I knew it wasn't. 14:47.840 --> 14:52.340 If I didn't find Pilson, Herbie'd come out of that closet burning like horse radish in a floor furnace. 14:53.340 --> 14:55.340 And that give-and-take about horses didn't mean a thing, 14:55.340 --> 14:59.840 because he's the kind of a guy who could win the Grand National and put the kids to bed without supper. 14:59.840 --> 15:03.840 I had to get to Track 17 and I had to head off Laura somewhere in between. 15:04.840 --> 15:09.840 I walked to the corner and got down Herbie's bed, and then I cut down 44th Street to Grand Central. 15:10.840 --> 15:17.840 The station was jammed with Scarsdale Clubmen trying to look 36 for 46 hips, but I spotted Farago right away. 15:18.840 --> 15:22.840 We couldn't miss with his face. Most witch doctors were to turn it down. 15:23.340 --> 15:25.840 He was standing over by the telegraph window watching the check stand. 15:25.840 --> 15:34.340 Laura was there looking around nervously. Finally the guy behind the counter handed her a small black bag and she started for the Vanderbilt Avenue exit. 15:35.340 --> 15:38.340 Farago dropped the telegram blank and started after her. 15:38.840 --> 15:41.340 If he ever got to her, she'd be counting the bruises with a slide rule. 15:42.340 --> 15:45.340 So I cut across and bumped into Farago near the stairway. 15:46.340 --> 15:47.340 Watch out where you're going. 15:48.340 --> 15:50.340 It's too late to get on out, Farago. 15:50.340 --> 15:51.340 Get out of my way. 15:51.340 --> 15:52.340 I'll come around either way, mister. 15:52.340 --> 15:53.340 Okay, you wretch. 15:53.340 --> 15:56.340 Oh, come on, come on. Break it up, break it up. Come on. 15:57.340 --> 15:58.340 If you want to fight, get a matchmaker. 15:59.340 --> 16:00.340 You're a cop. He was bothering a lady. 16:00.340 --> 16:01.340 Where is she? 16:01.340 --> 16:02.340 Well, she's gone now. 16:02.340 --> 16:05.340 What did she do? Ride a deer? I just walked up. 16:06.340 --> 16:07.340 Were you bothering a lady? 16:07.340 --> 16:08.340 I don't know none. 16:08.340 --> 16:09.340 Oh, forget about it. 16:10.340 --> 16:11.340 Now both of you get out of here. 16:11.340 --> 16:14.340 Yeah, okay, okay. I'll tag you later, Julie. 16:15.340 --> 16:16.340 And you get moving too, fella. 16:16.340 --> 16:20.340 I'm sorry about this trouble. Here. Here, you want a cigar? 16:21.340 --> 16:22.340 Is it one of those nickel things? 16:22.340 --> 16:23.340 Yeah. 16:23.340 --> 16:26.340 Well, you keep it. I don't smoke nickel cigars. 16:26.340 --> 16:28.340 I didn't say you had to smoke it, officer. Just chew it. 16:35.340 --> 16:37.340 Farago was up the stairs and out the Vanderbilt exit. 16:37.340 --> 16:39.340 But I knew Laura had time to disappear on the crowd in Farago. 16:39.340 --> 16:41.340 I didn't know about Gate 17. 16:42.340 --> 16:45.340 I went over to the information desk and then walked back to the gate. 16:45.340 --> 16:46.340 I didn't see Laura at first. 16:47.340 --> 16:49.340 The crowd was starting to gather for the Chicago train. 16:49.340 --> 16:54.340 Laura was over on one side scared and hugging the wall so tight she could have hired out of a mural. 16:55.340 --> 16:56.340 Oh, Chris! 16:56.340 --> 16:57.340 Give me that bag. 16:57.340 --> 16:58.340 You get out of here, Christopher. 16:58.340 --> 17:00.340 Hand me the bag. I'm taking over from here. 17:00.340 --> 17:02.340 No, you go away, Chris. Now if you don't go away, I'll scream. 17:02.340 --> 17:04.340 If you stick around, you'll be screaming out of a hole in your throat. 17:04.340 --> 17:07.340 I told you up in the office. Homicide wants your boy. 17:07.340 --> 17:11.340 Oh, my stars, he didn't kill anybody. Chris, I don't want you to make a mistake. 17:11.340 --> 17:13.340 Look, baby, I like your knees, but not on my neck. 17:13.340 --> 17:15.340 I got homicide breathing hard. Now give me the bag. 17:15.340 --> 17:17.340 No, I'm not going to do it. Chris, you don't know. 17:17.340 --> 17:20.340 Chris, no, no. Hold it, hold it. Hold it, officer. 17:20.340 --> 17:22.340 Who are you saving this time, fella? 17:22.340 --> 17:23.340 Wait a minute, officer. 17:23.340 --> 17:26.340 You need a white horse. Is he bothering you, lady? 17:26.340 --> 17:27.340 Yes. 17:27.340 --> 17:29.340 I'm not bothering her. I know her. She works across the hall. 17:29.340 --> 17:32.340 Well, sometimes that helps. Goodbye, fella. 17:32.340 --> 17:34.340 I never saw this man before in all my born days. 17:34.340 --> 17:37.340 Look, don't get the wrong idea. This is important. 17:37.340 --> 17:39.340 On your way, fella. Stop bothering the lady. 17:39.340 --> 17:41.340 It's important, I tell you. It's a matter of life and death. 17:41.340 --> 17:47.340 That's the first time I ever heard a guy put it that way. 17:51.340 --> 17:54.340 The cop watched me as I walked off, and the way he stood at the gate, 17:54.340 --> 17:57.340 I knew I wasn't going to get to Laura with a shortwave radio. 17:57.340 --> 18:01.340 It was 1.45, and Pilsen had a few more minutes before he had the show. 18:01.340 --> 18:03.340 I took a chance and called his office. 18:03.340 --> 18:11.340 It looked as if I wasn't going to get there, because the girl on the board had locked her. 18:13.340 --> 18:16.340 Hello. Ever wear an umbrella? 18:16.340 --> 18:18.340 I want to talk to Mr. Pilsen. 18:18.340 --> 18:20.340 He's not here. He'll be back at two. 18:20.340 --> 18:21.340 Is he the cashier over there? 18:21.340 --> 18:22.340 Yeah. 18:22.340 --> 18:24.340 Well, how long have you been there? 18:24.340 --> 18:26.340 Who is this, please? 18:26.340 --> 18:29.340 Insurance company. We're just investigating a policy. 18:29.340 --> 18:34.340 Oh, yeah. But he's been here for 15 years. He was with the company at the start. 18:34.340 --> 18:36.340 How about his personal habits? 18:36.340 --> 18:37.340 I beg your pardon? 18:37.340 --> 18:40.340 His habits. The big two. Women and gambling. 18:40.340 --> 18:41.340 I don't think so. 18:41.340 --> 18:42.340 Are you sure? 18:42.340 --> 18:46.340 I don't think he gambled. He had to take a vote on the women. 18:46.340 --> 18:48.340 He's over 40. 18:48.340 --> 18:51.340 That don't change anything but the blood pressure. 18:51.340 --> 18:56.340 He gave a Mr. Galtz a reference. Do you know if he ever called up there? 18:56.340 --> 19:00.340 Why, yes, I think he does. At the brokerage house, isn't it? 19:00.340 --> 19:03.340 It used to be. Do you know if he went there today? 19:03.340 --> 19:07.340 I don't think so. He had to pick up the payroll during lunch hour. 19:07.340 --> 19:08.340 What payroll? 19:08.340 --> 19:10.340 He always picks it up on Friday. 19:10.340 --> 19:13.340 I didn't know about that. Would it be risky to insure him? 19:13.340 --> 19:19.340 Oh, my, no. He's been doing it for years. A small black bag. He does it every Friday. 19:19.340 --> 19:21.340 I see. How much is in the payroll? 19:21.340 --> 19:22.340 I don't know. 19:22.340 --> 19:23.340 Well, make a guess. 19:23.340 --> 19:26.340 Oh, 50,000. I'm not sure. It may be. 19:26.340 --> 19:27.340 That's right. 19:27.340 --> 19:28.340 What? 19:28.340 --> 19:29.340 Maybe. 19:36.340 --> 19:38.340 I was out of the woods on that one anyway. 19:38.340 --> 19:41.340 Pilsen had taken the payroll to square up with Joey Galtz. 19:41.340 --> 19:43.340 But why did Pilsen knock him off? 19:43.340 --> 19:46.340 And why did Joey Galtz let a five and dime run up a tab like that? 19:46.340 --> 19:51.340 They were big questions. And the answer walked right by the telephone booth. 19:51.340 --> 19:54.340 I was just coming out of the booth when Pilsen hurried around the corner. 19:54.340 --> 19:56.340 All I had to do was reach out from the yanker. 19:56.340 --> 19:57.340 Please. 19:57.340 --> 19:59.340 Come here, Pilsen. Get in that booth. 19:59.340 --> 20:00.340 No, no. You'll hurt me. 20:00.340 --> 20:01.340 Get in that booth. 20:01.340 --> 20:02.340 Please. 20:02.340 --> 20:03.340 Come on. 20:03.340 --> 20:05.340 Don't. Please. 20:05.340 --> 20:06.340 Now, sit in there and talk in a hurry. 20:06.340 --> 20:09.340 Don't hurt me. You can have the rest of the money. 20:09.340 --> 20:10.340 What money? 20:10.340 --> 20:11.340 The other 26,000. 20:11.340 --> 20:12.340 The payroll, though. 20:12.340 --> 20:15.340 I didn't want to take it, but he made me take it. Your friend made me take it. 20:15.340 --> 20:16.340 I don't have any. 20:16.340 --> 20:18.340 Farago. He made me take it. 20:18.340 --> 20:20.340 He's on another team. I'm Chris Draper. 20:20.340 --> 20:23.340 You're Mr. Draper, but Miss Laura Lee said that... 20:23.340 --> 20:25.340 Yeah, I know, I know. She said she was handling my cases. 20:25.340 --> 20:27.340 Why did you want to detect it? 20:27.340 --> 20:30.340 I was in trouble. I thought you could help me. 20:30.340 --> 20:31.340 I can't swear a murder rap. 20:31.340 --> 20:34.340 I just took the money. There's no murder. 20:34.340 --> 20:35.340 Galt's cold enough to prove it. 20:35.340 --> 20:36.340 Galt? 20:36.340 --> 20:37.340 And you're one of them murder. 20:37.340 --> 20:40.340 You've got to help me, Mr. Draper. 20:40.340 --> 20:41.340 You're tough enough by yourself. 20:41.340 --> 20:45.340 No, no. Mr. Galt was all right when I left. He and Farago were talking. 20:45.340 --> 20:46.340 Farago, huh? 20:46.340 --> 20:48.340 He's the one who fixed it up so I could go to Chicago. 20:48.340 --> 20:49.340 Why? 20:49.340 --> 20:52.340 He said I'd get in trouble unless I skipped. 20:52.340 --> 20:55.340 He said to take what was left of the payroll and skip. 20:55.340 --> 20:56.340 He said I had to do it. 20:56.340 --> 20:58.340 Or throw a lot of sevens before two o'clock. 20:58.340 --> 21:01.340 No, but I got scared. When Farago came down the stairs, 21:01.340 --> 21:04.340 he gave me the gun and he said to take care of myself. 21:04.340 --> 21:07.340 I got scared, and that's why I went to see you. 21:07.340 --> 21:09.340 He didn't like me. 21:09.340 --> 21:10.340 You're guessing. 21:10.340 --> 21:13.340 He wanted that money. I know. He kept asking where it was. 21:13.340 --> 21:14.340 I didn't tell him. 21:14.340 --> 21:16.340 Then I got away from him and I came to see you. 21:16.340 --> 21:18.340 You've got to help me, Mr. Draper. 21:18.340 --> 21:19.340 On that much story? 21:19.340 --> 21:21.340 Please, Mr. Draper. I didn't kill him. 21:21.340 --> 21:24.340 I wouldn't do that. You can ask anyone. 21:24.340 --> 21:26.340 Can I ask Joey Galt? 21:34.340 --> 21:36.340 I rushed Filton up to my office. 21:36.340 --> 21:39.340 Herbie was banging around the closet like a madman. 21:39.340 --> 21:41.340 Hey, let me out. Hey. 21:41.340 --> 21:43.340 All right, all right, all right. 21:43.340 --> 21:45.340 Quick, let me out of here. 21:45.340 --> 21:47.340 Come on out, Herbie. 21:47.340 --> 21:48.340 How was it? 21:48.340 --> 21:51.340 Humiliating. By the same token, it is distressing. 21:51.340 --> 21:52.340 Yeah. 21:52.340 --> 21:55.340 Likewise, it is distressing to throw you in the clink. 21:55.340 --> 21:57.340 You don't have to. Here's your boy, Pilsen. 21:57.340 --> 21:58.340 He goes to the clink, too. 21:58.340 --> 22:00.340 Tell him no, Mr. Draper. Tell him no. 22:00.340 --> 22:03.340 The drag Draper's got won't pull a flea over a silk thread. 22:03.340 --> 22:05.340 You go to the clink, Pilsen. 22:05.340 --> 22:06.340 He says he didn't do it. 22:06.340 --> 22:08.340 Christopher. Mr. Pilsen. 22:08.340 --> 22:10.340 Christopher, I want to talk to you. 22:10.340 --> 22:11.340 Now, wait a minute, Laura. 22:11.340 --> 22:13.340 What are you doing with Mr. Pilsen? 22:13.340 --> 22:15.340 Chris, I want to know what you are doing. 22:15.340 --> 22:17.340 Well, who is this Judy with a tooth loose tonsil? 22:17.340 --> 22:19.340 Now, wait a minute. Calm down, Laura. Give me that bag. 22:19.340 --> 22:20.340 No, I'm not going to do it. No. 22:20.340 --> 22:21.340 Give me that bag. 22:21.340 --> 22:22.340 No. 22:22.340 --> 22:23.340 Herbie, do me a favor. 22:23.340 --> 22:26.340 This afternoon, I would not do Bush a favor. 22:26.340 --> 22:28.340 Do me a favor and get in that closet with Pilsen. 22:28.340 --> 22:30.340 You miscounted the holes in my head. 22:30.340 --> 22:32.340 Look, it'll only be for a while. Please, Herbie, do me a favor. 22:32.340 --> 22:34.340 You can't lose anything now. 22:34.340 --> 22:37.340 That's it. Just stay in that closet. 22:37.340 --> 22:39.340 Chris, I got the only sunstroke in April. 22:39.340 --> 22:41.340 That's it, boy. All right, now. Get in there, Pilsen. 22:41.340 --> 22:42.340 When do I get out? 22:42.340 --> 22:43.340 I'll let you know. 22:43.340 --> 22:45.340 Christopher, I won't let you do that to Mr. Pilsen. 22:45.340 --> 22:47.340 Now, keep still and come over here by the desk. 22:47.340 --> 22:48.340 I'm not... 22:48.340 --> 22:49.340 Help me get this bag off. 22:49.340 --> 22:51.340 Oh, please. 22:52.340 --> 22:54.340 There. Now we'll have a look. 22:54.340 --> 22:55.340 Well, I... 22:55.340 --> 22:56.340 Oh! 22:56.340 --> 22:58.340 Chris, in the bag. 22:58.340 --> 23:02.340 Yeah, Pilsen's laundry. 26,000 green shirts. 23:02.340 --> 23:04.340 Here, help me put them on the table. 23:04.340 --> 23:06.340 How do you know there's 26,000? 23:06.340 --> 23:07.340 Just put the dough on the table. 23:07.340 --> 23:08.340 Well, I'm trying. 23:08.340 --> 23:11.340 Don't bother the counter. I'll have more time. 23:11.340 --> 23:14.340 Oh, hello, Farago. I was afraid you'd follow her. 23:14.340 --> 23:16.340 Just, uh, scoop it in the bag, Graper. 23:16.340 --> 23:19.340 Well, you don't need this. You got the rest of Pilsen's payroll. 23:19.340 --> 23:21.340 I'm just greedy. 23:21.340 --> 23:23.340 Put it in the bag. 23:23.340 --> 23:24.340 Pilsen doesn't get much out of this. 23:24.340 --> 23:25.340 He gets a lesson. 23:25.340 --> 23:27.340 Well, he was right, then. You were after that dough. 23:27.340 --> 23:30.340 You knocked off Gorton, took the dough, Pilsen paid him. 23:30.340 --> 23:32.340 And I want the rest of that payroll. 23:32.340 --> 23:34.340 Chris, I was right. Mr. Pilsen didn't do it. 23:34.340 --> 23:36.340 That's right. Farago palmed off the murder gun on him. 23:36.340 --> 23:39.340 Oh, I won't let him take the money. Give me that bag. 23:39.340 --> 23:41.340 Wait a minute, lady. 23:41.340 --> 23:45.340 All right, lady. Get down on the floor and pick it up. 23:45.340 --> 23:47.340 While you're down there, say a prayer for me, too. 23:47.340 --> 23:49.340 Get it all over the... prayers. 23:49.340 --> 23:51.340 What do you mean? 23:51.340 --> 23:54.340 He's hot now. His only chance is to knock us off. 23:54.340 --> 23:58.340 That's right. Now hand me the bag. Thanks. 23:58.340 --> 24:01.340 It's the only way, Farago, but it's a big mistake. 24:01.340 --> 24:03.340 As I was saying to Lieutenant Knapp... 24:03.340 --> 24:05.340 I'll worry about that, Draper. 24:05.340 --> 24:08.340 I'm sorry about you, lady. I got regrets, but I'll get over them. 24:08.340 --> 24:11.340 Now use your head, Farago. If Herbie were here... 24:11.340 --> 24:13.340 Sorry. Pick an angel, Draper. 24:13.340 --> 24:17.340 Farago, I don't want to fast-talk you, but there's a copper in that closet. 24:17.340 --> 24:18.340 Don't kid me. 24:18.340 --> 24:20.340 If you'll step out of there, he'll put you away for good. 24:20.340 --> 24:22.340 I wasn't born yesterday. 24:22.340 --> 24:24.340 But you'll die today, mister. 24:31.340 --> 24:33.340 Draper. 24:33.340 --> 24:41.340 You're a bum horse player, but you hit it on the nose this time. 24:43.340 --> 24:45.340 He looks pretty, Herbie. 24:45.340 --> 24:49.340 Yeah, all such characters get sleepy along about this time. 24:49.340 --> 24:52.340 If you roll him, you'll find the 20 grand he killed Galtforth. 24:53.340 --> 24:55.340 I guess that answers everything? 24:55.340 --> 24:57.340 Yeah, except one thing. 24:57.340 --> 24:58.340 What? 24:58.340 --> 25:00.340 How a mosquito makes out in the first race. 25:00.340 --> 25:03.340 Oh, I forgot all about it. Give me that phone. 25:04.340 --> 25:07.340 Switchboard. Get me Lou Golding's place. 25:07.340 --> 25:09.340 If she's due this time, I know it, Herbie. 25:09.340 --> 25:11.340 In such cases, I say heaven bless you. 25:11.340 --> 25:14.340 Hello, how about the first of Jamaica? How'd they finish? 25:14.340 --> 25:16.340 She won, Herbie. She came in and paid 58 to 1. 25:16.340 --> 25:18.340 How do you like that? How do you like that for a horse? 25:18.340 --> 25:21.340 58 to 1? I had $20 on the schnoz. I got that. 25:21.340 --> 25:23.340 Think of it, Laura. A hundred skins is 58 to 1. 25:23.340 --> 25:26.340 Oh, my stars, it's $5,000. 25:26.340 --> 25:28.340 It's more than that. It's enough to get married on. 25:28.340 --> 25:31.340 You've got to do it now, Chris. You've just got to marry me now. 25:31.340 --> 25:32.340 Well, okay, I accept. 25:32.340 --> 25:34.340 Oh, Chris, darling, you're the most wonderful. 25:34.340 --> 25:35.340 Come here, baby. 25:35.340 --> 25:37.340 What do you think of her, Herbie? Isn't she a knockout? 25:37.340 --> 25:39.340 To be sure, yeah. 25:39.340 --> 25:41.340 Isn't she the most beautiful thing you ever saw? 25:41.340 --> 25:42.340 In my born days. 25:42.340 --> 25:46.340 Of course she is. I tell you, Herbie, there'll never be another filly-like mosquito. 25:46.340 --> 25:58.340 Oh, Christopher, darling. 25:58.340 --> 26:00.340 But there's always a kicker along Broadway. 26:00.340 --> 26:03.340 That price of 58 to 1 was too big. 26:03.340 --> 26:06.340 Lou Golding couldn't stand the belt. 26:06.340 --> 26:09.340 When Herbie and I went around to collect, they said he'd skipped town. 26:09.340 --> 26:11.340 Now I'm broke. 26:11.340 --> 26:15.340 And Laura, top heavy with dough, won't let me out of that marriage deal. 26:15.340 --> 26:18.340 She even claims Herbie for a witness. 26:18.340 --> 26:21.340 I could get a smart lawyer and wriggle out. 26:21.340 --> 26:24.340 But I got a sure thing at Hialeah next Tuesday. 26:24.340 --> 26:26.340 So I need a hundred bucks. 26:26.340 --> 26:29.340 Laura says she'll give it to me if I marry her. 26:29.340 --> 26:32.340 I don't know. 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