WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense. 00:12.000 --> 00:28.120 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Alibi Me, a suspense play starring Mr. Mickey Rooney. 00:28.120 --> 00:30.120 A showdown, this time it's a showdown. 00:30.120 --> 00:32.120 No more even Stevens. 00:32.120 --> 00:34.120 A showdown, I took all I'm gonna take from him. 00:34.120 --> 00:38.120 It's tough enough to hustle a buck even without interference from Julie, without aggravation from Julie. 00:38.120 --> 00:40.120 This time it's a showdown with me and him. 00:40.120 --> 00:42.120 For real. 00:42.120 --> 00:44.120 Julie! 00:44.120 --> 00:45.120 Listen to me. 00:45.120 --> 00:47.120 No manners, no knock on the door. 00:47.120 --> 00:49.120 No could I come in, no good afternoon. 00:49.120 --> 00:51.120 No manners, no class. 00:51.120 --> 00:53.120 Always on the muscle, huh? 00:53.120 --> 00:54.120 I wanna talk to you, Julie. 00:54.120 --> 00:57.120 Not so loud, a little more relaxative with the voice. 00:57.120 --> 00:59.120 There ain't no candy store in Brownsville. 00:59.120 --> 01:00.120 What's the big idea? 01:00.120 --> 01:01.120 Didn't you hear what I said? 01:01.120 --> 01:05.120 You ain't on no street corner, you're in a high class office. 01:05.120 --> 01:08.120 Upstairs at dance school, underneath a music professor. 01:08.120 --> 01:09.120 You hear him? 01:09.120 --> 01:10.120 Yeah, I hear him. 01:10.120 --> 01:11.120 So keep it quiet. 01:11.120 --> 01:12.120 Keep it class. 01:12.120 --> 01:13.120 I wanna know what's the big idea, you hear me? 01:13.120 --> 01:15.120 I just came from Pitkin Avenue. 01:15.120 --> 01:17.120 There ain't a candy store, there ain't a pool room. 01:17.120 --> 01:20.120 There ain't a bar that'll handle my punch boards anymore, not one. 01:20.120 --> 01:22.120 We now take from Julie, they said. 01:22.120 --> 01:23.120 They said correct. 01:23.120 --> 01:24.120 But that's my territory, Julie. 01:24.120 --> 01:26.120 I built up that punch board business there. 01:26.120 --> 01:28.120 Oh, I watched, you'd hustle good. 01:28.120 --> 01:31.120 You built it up real nice for me. 01:31.120 --> 01:32.120 And I appreciate it. 01:32.120 --> 01:35.120 I already sent you the biggest lollipop I could find. 01:35.120 --> 01:39.120 The biggest lollipop in town for the town's biggest sucker. 01:39.120 --> 01:40.120 Julie, I'm warning you. 01:40.120 --> 01:41.120 You're warning me what? 01:41.120 --> 01:42.120 What? 01:42.120 --> 01:43.120 What'll you do? 01:43.120 --> 01:45.120 Give me a double whammy like in the Funnies? 01:45.120 --> 01:49.120 Oh, ever since we were kids, you hate me, I hate you. 01:49.120 --> 01:53.120 And it's like a kind of mutual life insurance for both of us, huh? 01:53.120 --> 01:56.120 There's not a cop on the force that don't know how we feel about each other. 01:56.120 --> 01:59.120 You're forgetting what Larkin said those years ago. 01:59.120 --> 02:03.120 If ever one of you punks get knocked off, he says my first suspect will be the other. 02:03.120 --> 02:05.120 So what are you warning me? 02:05.120 --> 02:06.120 Grow up, Georgie, grow up. 02:06.120 --> 02:08.120 I'm not gonna let you get away with it. 02:08.120 --> 02:10.120 That punch board business is mine, I need it, see. 02:10.120 --> 02:11.120 I need the dough, too. 02:11.120 --> 02:12.120 You need the dough. 02:12.120 --> 02:14.120 Well, I'll tell you what. 02:14.120 --> 02:16.120 This is just your speed, here. 02:16.120 --> 02:19.120 Here's a half a buck, run down, get me a corned beef sandwich, and keep the change. 02:19.120 --> 02:21.120 Here, catch. 02:21.120 --> 02:23.120 Julie, Julie, I'm... 02:23.120 --> 02:25.120 Look at the face on him. 02:25.120 --> 02:27.120 If looks could kill, huh, kid? 02:27.120 --> 02:29.120 Eh, go away now, huh? 02:29.120 --> 02:30.120 I got a million one things on my mind. 02:30.120 --> 02:32.120 I need you standing there like a hole in the head. 02:32.120 --> 02:35.120 Larkin, six o'clock, I gotta report to Larkin on my parole. 02:35.120 --> 02:36.120 What? 02:36.120 --> 02:38.120 Georgie, Georgie, put down that phone. 02:38.120 --> 02:40.120 They'll know you've done it. 02:40.120 --> 02:41.120 Georgie, Larkin, oh, no! 02:41.120 --> 02:42.120 Hey, Bill! 02:46.120 --> 02:47.120 It's done. 02:47.120 --> 02:50.120 I put my hand on the big vein in his neck. 02:50.120 --> 02:52.120 Can't feel nothing. 02:52.120 --> 02:54.120 Not a flutter. 02:55.120 --> 02:56.120 He's dead. 03:00.120 --> 03:05.120 In just a moment, Mr. Mickey Rooney, in the first act of alibi me. 03:05.120 --> 03:06.120 Hi, Harlow. 03:06.120 --> 03:08.120 Got any New Year's resolutions? 03:08.120 --> 03:09.120 Sure have, Hap. 03:09.120 --> 03:11.120 First, I'm going to get away fast. 03:11.120 --> 03:12.120 Goodbye. 03:12.120 --> 03:14.120 No, no, no, Hap. 03:14.120 --> 03:15.120 Get my car ready. 03:15.120 --> 03:20.120 No, no, no, Hap. 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Who'll alibi for me? 05:44.120 --> 05:45.120 Leo! 05:45.120 --> 05:47.120 He's the one! 05:47.120 --> 05:50.120 He'll alibi me! Leo! 05:57.120 --> 05:59.120 Leo's behind the bar. 05:59.120 --> 06:01.120 I put myself down at one end where I'm all alone. 06:01.120 --> 06:02.120 Leo sees me, gives me a big grin. 06:02.120 --> 06:04.120 I feel relaxed for the first time since I've done it. 06:04.120 --> 06:06.120 I wink and I give him a nod, he comes home and we shake. 06:06.120 --> 06:09.120 Georgie, Georgie, Lord, I love you boy. 06:09.120 --> 06:11.120 You're a cyclist, all right. 06:11.120 --> 06:14.120 Yeah, what'll you have, sir? Just name it, it's in the house. 06:14.120 --> 06:16.120 Give me a scotch, will you, Leo? 06:16.120 --> 06:18.120 We've known each other for a long time, huh? 06:18.120 --> 06:21.120 I hate to think of the years that's passed since we met. 06:21.120 --> 06:24.120 I'm getting old, Georgie, old. 06:24.120 --> 06:28.120 Not too old to remember a couple of favors I've done for you, huh? 06:28.120 --> 06:30.120 Georgie, boy, none of ours will live to be a hundred. 06:30.120 --> 06:33.120 Yeah, see, in the old bunch, what I say, Georgie, I say, 06:33.120 --> 06:35.120 you can have me right arm up to there any time. 06:35.120 --> 06:36.120 Yeah, what you say? 06:36.120 --> 06:37.120 Drink hard, you son. 06:37.120 --> 06:39.120 Well, here's the... 06:42.120 --> 06:43.120 Thanks, I... 06:43.120 --> 06:46.120 Leo, I want you to do something for me. 06:46.120 --> 06:48.120 Well, I'm a little short right now. 06:48.120 --> 06:50.120 I had a gallstone cut out last summer. 06:50.120 --> 06:55.120 It ain't money, Leo, it's just, well, in case you should be asked, 06:55.120 --> 06:58.120 I've been sitting here since half past three. 06:58.120 --> 07:00.120 Yeah? Why? 07:00.120 --> 07:01.120 What's the difference why? 07:01.120 --> 07:03.120 Anybody especially want me to say it to? 07:03.120 --> 07:04.120 What, are you going to do it or not? 07:04.120 --> 07:07.120 Look, Georgie, I've got a right to know what I'm getting into. 07:07.120 --> 07:10.120 You want me for an alibi? I want to know why. 07:10.120 --> 07:11.120 Well, I'll make a production out of it. 07:11.120 --> 07:13.120 Chances are you might not even be asked, but if you are, 07:13.120 --> 07:16.120 I've just been sitting here since half past three, see, okay? 07:16.120 --> 07:20.120 Well, Lieutenant Larkin may be one of the ones who might ask. 07:20.120 --> 07:22.120 Could be. What makes you think of him? 07:22.120 --> 07:25.120 I just seen him going to Andy's place across the street. 07:25.120 --> 07:26.120 He's on the prowl. 07:26.120 --> 07:28.120 Just now? 07:28.120 --> 07:31.120 Leo, you got to do this for me. You've got to. 07:31.120 --> 07:33.120 Not in your life. I ain't alibying you. 07:33.120 --> 07:35.120 Not with Larkin in the picture. 07:35.120 --> 07:36.120 You ain't the guy to forget favor, are you? 07:36.120 --> 07:39.120 Look, you want money, I'll find money. 07:39.120 --> 07:41.120 I don't know where, but I'll find it. You want food, I'll feed you. 07:41.120 --> 07:43.120 You want clothes, I'll clothe you. Just say the word. 07:43.120 --> 07:44.120 No, Leo, it's not... 07:44.120 --> 07:48.120 No alibi, George. No alibi. Excuse me, I got custom. 07:54.120 --> 07:57.120 I feel like taking the bottle and smashing it over his head. 07:57.120 --> 08:00.120 Leo, Leo, just wait till he eats off of me this once. 08:00.120 --> 08:03.120 There'll come a day, Leo, when I remind you what you just said to me. 08:03.120 --> 08:05.120 Georgie, Georgie, take a hold of yourself. 08:05.120 --> 08:08.120 It's 25 past four. You've got only 95 minutes. 08:08.120 --> 08:10.120 Left till six o'clock. 08:10.120 --> 08:14.120 When Julie don't show, Larkin goes looking first for Julie and for you. 08:14.120 --> 08:17.120 I got to get ready for Larkin when he finds me. 08:17.120 --> 08:19.120 It's got to be a good alibi. He won't settle for less. 08:19.120 --> 08:21.120 Think, Georgie, think. 08:21.120 --> 08:23.120 What do you know? Will your friends try to remember me? 08:23.120 --> 08:25.120 Well, you don't even have to have any friends. 08:25.120 --> 08:28.120 I mean, anybody you can pressure will do. 08:29.120 --> 08:31.120 Put down that bottle. 08:31.120 --> 08:34.120 Put it down before you drop it and everybody turns around and looks at you. 08:34.120 --> 08:36.120 Forget the drink and get out of here. 08:36.120 --> 08:39.120 Not the front door, stupid. Larkin's across the street. 08:39.120 --> 08:41.120 When I get your pussy, he knows something's wrong. 08:41.120 --> 08:43.120 The back way. Out the back way. 08:47.120 --> 08:49.120 Hair feels good. I'm hot all over. 08:49.120 --> 08:52.120 I can feel sweat running down my legs. It's like an electric current. 08:52.120 --> 08:55.120 It's juicing through my body. An electric... 08:56.120 --> 08:59.120 Georgie, breathe deep. Take good, deep breaths. 08:59.120 --> 09:01.120 Oh, that's good. That feels better. Now it's gone. 09:01.120 --> 09:03.120 Finland's gone like it was never there. 09:03.120 --> 09:05.120 That's you like, Georgie. That's you, Moxie. 09:05.120 --> 09:07.120 You got brains. You know, like you get an alibi. 09:07.120 --> 09:10.120 You'll have it all set before six, then let Larkin come. 09:10.120 --> 09:13.120 You can laugh at his face. Sure. What time is it? Five minutes more. 09:13.120 --> 09:15.120 Georgie, think. Stop right where you are. Think. 09:16.120 --> 09:19.120 Who? Who? Who? 09:22.120 --> 09:23.120 Aha. 09:24.120 --> 09:26.120 You see, it works. 09:27.120 --> 09:30.120 The second thought and everything comes to you. 09:30.120 --> 09:32.120 Joni. That's who Joni. 09:32.120 --> 09:34.120 She'll be your alibi. 09:42.120 --> 09:43.120 Oh, Georgie, you're such a dope. 09:43.120 --> 09:45.120 Wasting all that time worrying, aggravating yourself. 09:45.120 --> 09:47.120 And all you had to do was come over to the apartment, one, two, three. 09:47.120 --> 09:49.120 You're a piece of mind. She's crazy about you. 09:49.120 --> 09:52.120 Always has been, ever since that day up at Bear Mountain. 09:52.120 --> 09:57.120 Which apartment was hers, EFG? No, J. J. Yeah, J for Joni, huh? 09:57.120 --> 09:59.120 Let her be in. Please let her be in. 09:59.120 --> 10:01.120 I'll never ask nothing again. Just let her be in. 10:01.120 --> 10:03.120 Well, look what the count. 10:05.120 --> 10:07.120 Kiss her, Georgie. Kiss her. Kiss her hard. That's right. 10:07.120 --> 10:10.120 That's it. Now pick her up in your arms, carry her in the living room. 10:10.120 --> 10:13.120 Set her down on your lap. Good, good. You ought to be in the movies. 10:14.120 --> 10:15.120 Oh, Joni. 10:15.120 --> 10:18.120 I don't know how I managed to stay away so long, baby. 10:18.120 --> 10:20.120 I shouldn't talk to you. I really shouldn't. 10:20.120 --> 10:23.120 It's more than two months. You want to know why? 10:23.120 --> 10:27.120 You began to mean too much to me, kid. 10:27.120 --> 10:29.120 She'll stay away from her, I says to myself. 10:29.120 --> 10:32.120 Just don't ever see her. She'll wear off. I was wrong, Joni. 10:32.120 --> 10:34.120 You mean much more to me than ever, though. 10:34.120 --> 10:36.120 I couldn't hold out no longer. That's why I'm here. 10:36.120 --> 10:41.120 Oh, Georgie, baby, don't ever stay away again, no matter what the reason. 10:41.120 --> 10:44.120 Don't ever stay away from me. Shhh. I'm back for good. 10:44.120 --> 10:47.120 Honest? You mean that? Oh, sure. Look at me and the answer. 10:47.120 --> 10:50.120 You get it, huh? Take a good look. Oh, Georgie. 10:50.120 --> 10:52.120 See? Satisfied, huh? Oh, it's just that I'm not going to be there. 10:52.120 --> 10:54.120 Oh, it's been terrible without you. 10:54.120 --> 10:57.120 All the time singing the blues, not feeling like going out or seeing anybody. 10:57.120 --> 10:59.120 Just slopping around the apartment and listening to the radio. 10:59.120 --> 11:01.120 I thought I'd go crazy. Yeah, that's over and done with, honey. 11:01.120 --> 11:03.120 Happy times are back now. You know what? 11:03.120 --> 11:05.120 We're going to celebrate tonight. Yeah. 11:05.120 --> 11:07.120 Put on a fancy smuggle, stepping, dinner a show, dancing after. 11:07.120 --> 11:09.120 How does that sound? Mmm. 11:09.120 --> 11:12.120 I got a new number I've been dying to wear. Good, good, good. 11:12.120 --> 11:17.120 Anybody here today? No. Not so. 11:17.120 --> 11:20.120 I was all alone. Feeling just awful. Until you came. 11:20.120 --> 11:22.120 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joni, look, in case anybody asks you that... 11:22.120 --> 11:24.120 Anybody's... Not that anybody's going to... 11:24.120 --> 11:26.120 I mean, but in case they should, do me a favor, huh? 11:26.120 --> 11:29.120 Will you tell them I was here with you all day? 11:29.120 --> 11:31.120 I'll tell the world you were here with me from the rooftop. 11:31.120 --> 11:33.120 I don't care who knows it. Will you do that, honey? 11:33.120 --> 11:35.120 I love you, Georgie. Oh, baby, I love you, too. 11:35.120 --> 11:38.120 I just love you and I'll love you. Ah, you... 11:38.120 --> 11:41.120 Well, look, Joni, in case anybody wants you to be definite, 11:41.120 --> 11:44.120 will you say I was here since, oh, since half past three 11:44.120 --> 11:46.120 and stick to it no matter what? Half past three? 11:46.120 --> 11:50.120 Oh, Sam. What? Huh? Just a minute. 11:50.120 --> 11:52.120 Wait a sec. What are you trying to get me to do? 11:52.120 --> 11:54.120 Relax, now relax, honey. What are you sitting up for? 11:54.120 --> 11:57.120 No. No, Georgie. What's the matter? What's the matter? 11:57.120 --> 11:59.120 What's the matter? Plenty. Huh? Plenty's the matter. 11:59.120 --> 12:02.120 You dirty, no-good, miserable piece of humanity. 12:02.120 --> 12:04.120 Joni, listen to me. I'm beginning to get it. 12:04.120 --> 12:06.120 I know I'm not the smartest girl ever lived, 12:06.120 --> 12:08.120 but how smart do you have to be to get this picture? 12:08.120 --> 12:10.120 You ought to be... You staying away 12:10.120 --> 12:12.120 because I was getting to be a habit, huh? 12:12.120 --> 12:14.120 Look, please stop, honey. You can't live without me. 12:14.120 --> 12:16.120 Isn't that the way it went? You want me. 12:16.120 --> 12:18.120 You want to spend the afternoon here. 12:18.120 --> 12:20.120 Well, isn't that just too touching for words? 12:20.120 --> 12:22.120 Trying to sucker me to give yourself an alibi. 12:22.120 --> 12:24.120 Now, Joni, stop yelling. Listen to me. 12:24.120 --> 12:26.120 What I said was true. I need you. I'm a thank you. 12:26.120 --> 12:28.120 Sure you do, to give you an alibi. That's why you came here. 12:28.120 --> 12:30.120 Just so I'll say you were here with me since half past three. 12:30.120 --> 12:32.120 You want to use me. What have you been up to, Georgie? 12:32.120 --> 12:34.120 Huh? I mean... What have you done since 3.30 12:34.120 --> 12:36.120 that makes you need me like that? No, don't tell me. 12:36.120 --> 12:39.120 Because it's no good. I don't care what you've done. 12:39.120 --> 12:41.120 I don't care what's done to you either. Huh? 12:41.120 --> 12:43.120 An arrest, jail, the electric chair, I don't care. 12:43.120 --> 12:45.120 You get no alibi from me, Mr. Wiseguy. 12:45.120 --> 12:48.120 Now pick yourself up out of that chair and get out of here. 12:53.120 --> 12:55.120 Don't slugger, Georgie. You got no time for that now. 12:55.120 --> 12:58.120 Lady, but not now. The main thing now is that alibi. 12:58.120 --> 13:00.120 You wasted enough time with her now. You'll have to work fast. 13:00.120 --> 13:02.120 You wasted a whole half hour. And what did you get for it? 13:02.120 --> 13:04.120 Nothing. 13:05.120 --> 13:07.120 Only 65 minutes left. Get that eight-much. 13:07.120 --> 13:09.120 That's a complete show on the newsreel theater. 13:09.120 --> 13:11.120 It's a five-course dinner at the Little Romanian. 13:11.120 --> 13:13.120 You'll have 65 minutes. 13:13.120 --> 13:16.120 You'll find Juliet Sixer a few minutes after, and then... 13:17.120 --> 13:19.120 Close it, Georgie, close it. 13:19.120 --> 13:22.120 Larkin on the prowl. He mustn't see you. 13:22.120 --> 13:24.120 He doesn't let him see you, Larkin. 13:24.120 --> 13:27.120 He'll put two and two together. He'll talk to Joni. 13:27.120 --> 13:30.120 He'll learn you're trying to set an alibi down to the cellar, kid. 13:30.120 --> 13:32.120 Try the backyard. 13:32.120 --> 13:34.120 Wait a minute. No, no. No, no panic. Think. 13:34.120 --> 13:37.120 Fool alibi. Good airtight ironclad. 13:37.120 --> 13:40.120 Cement foundation alibis. Where do you get one? Think hard. 13:40.120 --> 13:42.120 Who's left? 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I see nobody. Nobody sees me. 16:04.120 --> 16:07.120 And a quick dash from the corridor to Timmy's room and I just... 16:07.120 --> 16:10.120 Georgie. Oh, Georgie, it's good to see you. 16:10.120 --> 16:13.120 Hi, Timmy. You're looking 100% sorry. 16:13.120 --> 16:17.120 I didn't have time to bring candy or flowers. How you doing, kid? 16:17.120 --> 16:20.120 Oh, knock wood, not bad at all. Pull up a chair, Georgie, sit down. 16:20.120 --> 16:23.120 You know something? You look sicker than me. 16:23.120 --> 16:26.120 Eh, how you feeling, Tim? 16:26.120 --> 16:28.120 Oh, not bad. You know how it is with what I got. 16:28.120 --> 16:30.120 The worst part's lying here in the hospital. 16:30.120 --> 16:33.120 I'm a guy who always likes to be in action, you know. 16:33.120 --> 16:35.120 But I'm alive and I'm not kicking. 16:35.120 --> 16:37.120 The doctor say it was a miracle. Yeah, sure. 16:37.120 --> 16:39.120 Well, how are things with you, kid? 16:39.120 --> 16:43.120 Tim, I'm leveling with you, see? I come up by the stairs. 16:43.120 --> 16:45.120 I didn't want no one to see me. 16:45.120 --> 16:47.120 Yeah? In a spot, Georgie? 16:47.120 --> 16:50.120 I need an alibi for this afternoon, see? Since half past three. 16:50.120 --> 16:54.120 You got it, Georgie. I'm in this private room. Nobody comes near it. 16:54.120 --> 16:57.120 The nurses and orderlies don't come unless I give out a yell. 16:57.120 --> 17:01.120 And I can have visitors any time I like, but no one was here all day, not even my wife. 17:01.120 --> 17:04.120 Timmy, I'll... I'll never forget you for this. 17:04.120 --> 17:07.120 Georgie, you got one of the oldest alibis in the world. 17:07.120 --> 17:10.120 What's that? You were sitting up with a sick friend. 17:10.120 --> 17:12.120 Anybody does that, send him to me. 17:12.120 --> 17:16.120 Georgie, you never know who's your friend until you're in a jam, huh? 17:16.120 --> 17:21.120 Yeah, wait, wait. I'll have a nurse come in so she can see you, then you take the elevator down, 17:21.120 --> 17:23.120 ask some dumb questions so he'll remember you. 17:23.120 --> 17:25.120 Do things at all, kid. Do them right. 17:25.120 --> 17:28.120 Yeah, you don't miss a trick, do you, huh? Thanks again, Tim. 17:28.120 --> 17:30.120 I'll ring for a... 17:30.120 --> 17:35.120 Georgie. Georgie. My ticker. 17:35.120 --> 17:39.120 What is it? What is it? You want something? You want a drink of water? 17:39.120 --> 17:42.120 I don't... I don't feel so good. 17:42.120 --> 17:44.120 Timmy. Timmy. 17:44.120 --> 17:47.120 Don't worry. Don't worry about an alibi. 17:47.120 --> 17:52.120 Timmy, don't die now. Timmy, don't answer me, please. 17:55.120 --> 18:01.120 He's dead. My alibi is dead. 18:08.120 --> 18:12.120 Stop moving, Georgie. No point hanging around. You can't do nothing for him. 18:12.120 --> 18:15.120 And he can't do nothing for you. And if you don't find that alibi fast, 18:15.120 --> 18:17.120 you'll be seeing him maybe sooner than you think. 18:17.120 --> 18:20.120 I leave the hospital the way I came in, going through the lobby. I look at the clock. 18:20.120 --> 18:23.120 45 minutes left. It's a quarter after five. 18:23.120 --> 18:27.120 45 minutes left. 45 minus 10 seconds. 18:27.120 --> 18:32.120 20, 30, 40, 50... 44 minutes left. 18:32.120 --> 18:36.120 Hurry, Georgie. Hurry! 18:36.120 --> 18:39.120 I'm... I'm sunk. 18:39.120 --> 18:41.120 It's five or six and I'm sunk. 18:41.120 --> 18:43.120 And in ten minutes, maybe Larkin will be here. 18:43.120 --> 18:45.120 I got nothing. Nothing in the way of an alibi. 18:45.120 --> 18:47.120 I tried and now I'm tired of trying. 18:47.120 --> 18:50.120 What's the use? Washed out. I got no alibi. 18:50.120 --> 18:53.120 So I come home. 18:53.120 --> 18:56.120 I'm walking upstairs, see? And I hear a sound. 18:56.120 --> 19:02.120 My landlady. My landlady. Mrs. Edinger is nailing down linoleum in the hallway. 19:02.120 --> 19:06.120 Mrs. Edinger, yeah. How does that song go? 19:06.120 --> 19:11.120 Castles in Spain, for you to win the payback in your old backyard, sure. 19:11.120 --> 19:15.120 Yeah, Mrs. Edinger. Here, honey, let me do that for you. 19:15.120 --> 19:16.120 Give me that hammer. 19:16.120 --> 19:20.120 Oh, it's you, Georgie. Thanks, but never mind. 19:20.120 --> 19:21.120 You just come in? 19:21.120 --> 19:24.120 Yeah, yeah, but if anyone asks you, especially Larkin, 19:24.120 --> 19:29.120 you tell them I was in all afternoon. Understand? 19:29.120 --> 19:32.120 Larkin? Lieutenant Larkin? 19:32.120 --> 19:33.120 Yeah, yeah, that's him. 19:33.120 --> 19:38.120 Oh, I couldn't do that, Georgie. I won't lie to that cop. Don't count on it. 19:38.120 --> 19:42.120 I do count on it. I do. And you do, too. Don't shake your head. 19:42.120 --> 19:46.120 No, I say you'll do it. You'll tell Larkin. I'm in my room all day. 19:46.120 --> 19:48.120 No, no, Georgie. 19:48.120 --> 19:53.120 Mrs. Edinger, you don't tell Larkin I'm in all day and I'll tell him about Charlotte. 19:53.120 --> 19:55.120 I don't have any idea what you mean. 19:55.120 --> 20:01.120 Fair fact. Not even one. At least, Georgie, I don't want no trouble. I'm honest. 20:01.120 --> 20:03.120 I work hard to keep my kids honest. 20:03.120 --> 20:08.120 You keep your kids honest, huh? So honest that Charlotte lifts a fur jacket right out of the department store. 20:08.120 --> 20:11.120 I made a give-it-back. I marched her into the store myself. 20:11.120 --> 20:13.120 We gave it back to the manager. 20:13.120 --> 20:16.120 Sure, I know, I know, but a crime's a crime where the store prosecutes you. 20:16.120 --> 20:22.120 You couldn't. She's only 15. You wouldn't tell her life would be ruined, Georgie. 20:22.120 --> 20:28.120 No, no, no, Mrs. Edinger, what's to cry? 20:28.120 --> 20:33.120 Am I going to tell on Charlotte? Of course not. I'll keep my mouth shut just like you want. 20:33.120 --> 20:37.120 And you'll open your mouth just like I want and everything will be fine. 20:37.120 --> 20:41.120 If Larkin asks you, I wasn't out of my room all afternoon. 20:41.120 --> 20:43.120 Agree? 20:43.120 --> 20:46.120 You won't tell him about Charlotte? 20:46.120 --> 20:51.120 Not a word. I take a note. Look, I swear. 20:51.120 --> 20:58.120 All right, Georgie. All right. But not a word about Charlotte. 20:58.120 --> 21:04.120 My memory is terrible. As long as yours is good. 21:08.120 --> 21:12.120 And there's my alibi. Safe seal to deliver. 21:12.120 --> 21:22.120 Ha ha ha! The best alibi in the world. 21:22.120 --> 21:27.120 Quarter past six. Won't be long now, but watch yourself when Larkin is here, kiddo. 21:27.120 --> 21:32.120 Just the right attitude, remember. Not too anxious, not too casual. Just right, you know. 21:32.120 --> 21:35.120 Yeah? Who is it? 21:35.120 --> 21:38.120 Open up, Georgie. It's me, Larkin. 21:38.120 --> 21:43.120 Who is it? Oh, well, what a surprise. 21:43.120 --> 21:46.120 And to what do I owe this great pleasure? 21:46.120 --> 21:51.120 Remember I once told you, Georgie, if anything happened to Julie or to you, my first pick-up would be the other one. 21:51.120 --> 21:55.120 Yeah, I remember. So what? 21:55.120 --> 22:01.120 Oh, you mean Julie is... He's been... 22:01.120 --> 22:03.120 He's been made dead. 22:03.120 --> 22:06.120 No, kid. No. What do you know? 22:06.120 --> 22:11.120 And you come over to me with your shoulder to cry on, huh? 22:11.120 --> 22:12.120 You're not surprised? 22:12.120 --> 22:15.120 I'm not the only guy who hated Julie, you know. 22:15.120 --> 22:18.120 Let me know who did it when you find out. I'll contribute a sawbuck to his defense. 22:18.120 --> 22:20.120 Save your money, Georgie. You might need it. 22:20.120 --> 22:21.120 How come? 22:21.120 --> 22:24.120 Remember I told you at the same time you better have a good alibi, 22:24.120 --> 22:28.120 because once I got you down to headquarters, I'd prove you did it. 22:28.120 --> 22:30.120 That word seems to strike a bell. 22:30.120 --> 22:32.120 I'll give, Georgie. Where were you today? 22:32.120 --> 22:33.120 I was nowhere. 22:33.120 --> 22:34.120 Oh, that a fact. 22:34.120 --> 22:36.120 It's a fact. I was right here all afternoon. 22:36.120 --> 22:37.120 Can you prove it? 22:37.120 --> 22:39.120 It ain't easy to prove. You were somewhere alone all day. 22:39.120 --> 22:41.120 Can you prove you were here? 22:41.120 --> 22:44.120 Well, I didn't see anybody except... Oh, yeah. 22:44.120 --> 22:49.120 Yeah, Mrs... Mrs. Edinger, my landlady. 22:49.120 --> 22:51.120 Yeah, all right. Let's hear her version. 22:51.120 --> 22:54.120 Mrs. Edinger! Hey, Mrs. Edinger! 22:54.120 --> 22:55.120 What is it? 22:55.120 --> 22:57.120 Come on up here a minute, will you? 22:57.120 --> 22:58.120 Now? 22:57.120 --> 22:59.120 Yeah, right now. 22:59.120 --> 23:04.120 All right, I'm coming. 23:04.120 --> 23:06.120 Always something. 23:06.120 --> 23:08.120 Come up here, they want me down there. 23:08.120 --> 23:09.120 Yeah. 23:09.120 --> 23:11.120 Down there, they want me up here, Georgie. 23:11.120 --> 23:12.120 All right, all right. 23:12.120 --> 23:14.120 If it's a complaint, I don't want to hear. 23:14.120 --> 23:16.120 Tell me tomorrow. Today I can't take another one. 23:16.120 --> 23:18.120 This is Lieutenant Larkin. He wants to ask you... 23:18.120 --> 23:21.120 Sit down, Mrs. Edinger. You must be tired. I won't keep you long. 23:21.120 --> 23:22.120 Were you in all day? 23:22.120 --> 23:23.120 The whole day. 23:23.120 --> 23:26.120 Was Georgie in all day? 23:26.120 --> 23:28.120 Georgie? Miss Georgie? 23:28.120 --> 23:29.120 How many you got in the place? 23:29.120 --> 23:30.120 Yes, sure, he was in. 23:30.120 --> 23:32.120 You're positive? 23:32.120 --> 23:34.120 I'm positive, I'm positive. 23:34.120 --> 23:35.120 What makes you so positive? 23:35.120 --> 23:38.120 What makes me so positive? I cleaned his room. 23:38.120 --> 23:39.120 That's what makes me so positive. 23:39.120 --> 23:41.120 Yeah, that's what you cleaned it. 23:41.120 --> 23:43.120 And I pressed a suit for him later. 23:43.120 --> 23:45.120 That's what makes me so positive. 23:45.120 --> 23:48.120 And when I was sweeping the hall, his door was open and I saw him. 23:48.120 --> 23:52.120 And when I was downstairs, he yelled down to me a couple of times. 23:52.120 --> 23:58.120 You're prepared to swear to that in a court of law? 23:58.120 --> 24:02.120 Go ahead, Mrs. Edinger, swear by your daughter's head. 24:02.120 --> 24:05.120 I swear. I swear it. 24:05.120 --> 24:07.120 All right, all right. Thank you. You can go. 24:07.120 --> 24:10.120 I worked hard all day, oh, man. 24:10.120 --> 24:12.120 I worked the best I could, I worked the best I could. 24:12.120 --> 24:14.120 Well, that's it then, Georgie. 24:14.120 --> 24:15.120 Meaning? 24:15.120 --> 24:19.120 Meaning your alibi stinks, as far as I'm personally concerned. 24:19.120 --> 24:22.120 But for the record, it lets you off the hook. 24:22.120 --> 24:23.120 Hate that, don't you? 24:23.120 --> 24:25.120 You'd like to hang the big one on me, wouldn't you? 24:25.120 --> 24:27.120 I'll see you around, Georgie. Keep your nose clean. 24:27.120 --> 24:28.120 Yeah, sure thing. 24:28.120 --> 24:30.120 Lennox, Mr. George Lennox. 24:30.120 --> 24:32.120 That's me, kid. 24:32.120 --> 24:33.120 I got a package for you. 24:33.120 --> 24:35.120 Blue arrow delivery service sign here. 24:35.120 --> 24:38.120 Yeah, good. Who's it from? 24:38.120 --> 24:41.120 Mr. Moore, Mr. Julie Moore. 24:41.120 --> 24:45.120 Open it, Georgie. I want to see. 24:45.120 --> 24:49.120 Yeah, open it up and see. 24:51.120 --> 24:55.120 It's Molly, Pop. 24:55.120 --> 24:58.120 I've never seen such a big one. 24:58.120 --> 25:01.120 That's your opinion. Beat it. Will you get out of here? 25:01.120 --> 25:03.120 Look, kid, go on, beat it. What are you waiting for? 25:03.120 --> 25:05.120 What do you think he's waiting for, Georgie? Stake the kid. 25:05.120 --> 25:07.120 You stake him. What am I to meant? You stake him. Go ahead. 25:07.120 --> 25:10.120 Okay, cheapskate, okay. Keep your lousy tip. 25:10.120 --> 25:12.120 Fine thing I'm here twice this morning 25:12.120 --> 25:14.120 and three times this afternoon and you're not in. 25:14.120 --> 25:17.120 Five times up and down them stairs and not even a nickel tip. 25:17.120 --> 25:20.120 Shut up, shut up. Shut up. 25:20.120 --> 25:22.120 Hey, thanks, man. Shut up. 25:22.120 --> 25:23.120 Oh, fuck, thanks. 25:23.120 --> 25:25.120 No mention of it, kid. You deserve it. You earned it. 25:25.120 --> 25:27.120 Shut up. Thanks. 25:27.120 --> 25:30.120 Oh, I almost forgot. There's a message that goes with it. 25:30.120 --> 25:33.120 To the biggest sucker in town. 25:33.120 --> 25:35.120 That's all there is to the message. 25:35.120 --> 25:55.120 It's enough. Get your hat and coat, Georgie. 25:55.120 --> 26:02.120 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 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