"Good morning." "Union National Bank." "Just a minute." "TELLER 1:" "Come on, come on, Oscar." "What are we waiting for?" "What's the matter?" "Can't you find it?" "Sneak up on it, boy." "Oscar, come on." "Say, if it had lipstick on it, he'd find it." "(ALL LAUGHING)" "Almonds to you." "Almonds." "Not almonds." "(MEN CHATTERING)" "CHARLIE:" "9:00 and all is lousy." "Yeah, I've spent half my life waiting for these time clocks to open." "Say, where's Matt?" "Probably upstairs thinkin' up that daily joke." "That guy kills me with his wisecracks." "Say, when he comes in, let's put on frozen faces." "Yeah, let's smile." "Smile at him." "Shh!" "Nix it." "Here he comes." "(WHISTLING)" "How you doin', slaves?" "Hello, Matt." "How are you, Matt?" "(LEVER RATTLING)" "Say, did you fellows ever hear the story of the pawnbroker with the glass eye?" "No, Matt." "What is the story about the pawnbroker with his glass eye?" "Well, I'll tell you." "A fellow went into this shop to pawn his watch." "The pawnbroker said, "I'll give you $50 for it" ""if you can tell me which is my glass eye."" "The fellow says, "All right," ""I'll do that." ""It's the right one."" "The pawnbroker says, "That's correct." ""And how did you know it was the right one?"" "The fellow says, "Well," ""it's got more sympathy than the other."" "(CHUCKLING)" "Sympathy." "You know, the right one had more sympathy than the other." "What's the matter?" "Can't you get this thing open?" "Six reasons why banks fail." "(MEN LAUGHING)" "I love your jokes, Matt." "So entertaining." "MATT:" "Let me get to the point of this story." "Very funny man." "Great audience, you guys." "(ALL CHATTERING)" "MATT:" "Come on, white collars." "The day's started." "(ALL CONTINUE CHATTERING)" "MATT:" "You're carrying too much money on you, Hank." "Better turn some in tonight." "Okay, Matt." "How are you fixed?" "I'm okay, Matt." "You got enough?" "TELLER:" "I'll be all right." "Say, Matt, I'll need some money for those Manville payrolls." "How much?" "About $24,000." "It was more than that last week." "Yeah." "Well, here's $25,000." "Say, do me a favor, will you, Charlie?" "Yeah." "Let me have $10." "$10?" "Say, if I had $10, I'd quit." "Charlie." "CHARLIE:" "Yeah?" "I'll pay you back on Saturday." "On the level, I will." "Now, give me $10, will you?" "I got to get it back in my account." "If Helen finds out, why..." ""Baby, I can't give you anything but love."" "Now, listen, Charlie, I'll give you an IOU." "I'll give you a note, a mortgage..." "It's a matter of life and death." "Whose death?" "It'll be yours if you don't kick in with that $10." "Say, pal, did you ever hear of a depression?" "Oh, nerts!" "Come over and see us sometime." "I'm not asking you to pay off the French war debt," "I'm only asking you for $10." "That mug reminds me of the guy with his second dollar." "Yeah?" "What did he do with his first one?" "He bought himself a pocketbook." "(CHUCKLES)" "Hello, Helen." "Matt, come here." "What?" "Come here." "Hey, look out." "Somebody's liable to see us." "Oh, is that so?" "Uh-oh." "Look who's here." "(WHISPERING) Hey, Jim." "Psst." "Uh-oh." "Five ill winds." "And blowing no good for the old man, either." "The four-and-a-half horsemen." "What are they doing here?" "There's no board meeting today." "Search me." "Mr. Dickson in yet?" "Not yet, Mr. Clark." "Tell him we're waiting for him in the board room." "Yes, sir." "And tell him not to delay." "Yes, sir." "Looks like trouble for your boss." "Takes more than two tons of directors to make trouble for my boss." "Says you." "CLARK:" "I've sent for the cashier, gentlemen." "He has a list of the loans that Dickson made last month." "As I told you at breakfast, it's time we did something about it." "Mr. Clark's right." "Dickson will ruin this bank if we don't stop him." "Looks to me like we're in hot water already." "Gentlemen, I was just wondering..." "I think you're panic-stricken about nothing." "Dickson's all right." "Oh, is he?" "We carry more unsecured paper than any other institution in the city." "We're fools to tolerate it." "That's what I say." "And the only way to end it is to get Dickson out." "O'BRIEN:" "Don't make me laugh, Schultz." "Dickson doesn't have to go but he must agree to this merger with the New York Trust." "What good will that do?" "CLARK:" "What good will that do?" "It'll take control away from him." "We'll put someone else in charge, call in all doubtful loans and be on safe ground again." "That's what good it'll do." "It just occurred to me..." "You're wasting your time." "Dickson will never stand for it." "He will if I have anything to say about it." "Oh, come in, Cluett." "Here's the list." "Yes, thank you." "Anything else?" "No, nothing." "Look at this." "Just look at this." "It's outrageous." "Henry Moore: $36,000." "Manny Goldberg: $8,500." "Tony Consero: $55,000." "Joseph McDonald: $18,000." "Alvin Jones:" "$66,000 to a hotel that's on its last legs." "People can get loans here who couldn't borrow five cents anywhere else." "And on what?" ""Hunches," he calls it." "Someday he'll get a hunch and give the bank away." "He's almost done that already." "Our chief teller, Matt Brown is an example of that." "Breaks into Dickson's house, holds him up, and next day gets a job in the bank." "Well, as far as I'm concerned..." "A boy who should be in jail, handling the bank's cash." "What did you do with it?" "With what?" "The $10." "Hmm, $10." "Yeah." "A friend of mine..." "Yeah, really, his mother was terribly sick and she was dying, would you believe it?" "No." "What?" "You think I'm lying, huh?" "Yes." "All right, I'm lying." "Don't forget you called me a liar." "Oh, Matt." "Honey, why don't we get married?" "Then you can handle it all." "Say, Matt, Matt, did you hear the news?" "No." "Well, pardon me." "All the big shots are in a huddle and it looks like Dickson's out on his ear." "You're kidding." "I'm not kidding." "Everyone's talking about it." "Ask her." "I haven't heard about it." "Everybody's talking about it." "If that's on the level, there goes my assistant cashier's job." "Well, I just thought I'd drop by and cheer you up a bit." "I'll be seein' you, Matt, in the bread line." "That ham" " That ham I had this morning..." "Gentlemen, let's get organized before Dickson gets here." "Schultz, can I count on you?" "Absolutely." "What about you, Ames?" "That's how I feel about it." "Ives, how about you?" "Well, the way I look at it..." "All right." "O'Brien?" "You've got an awful fight on your hands." "That's all I've got to say." "Gentlemen, I think that it's time that we do fight." "Hello, Gardiner." "Good morning." "You're on time this morning." "It's about time." "Good morning, Mr. Dickson." "John, how's your wife this morning?" "Much better this morning, thank you." "Got a handkerchief?" "Oh, excuse me." "Wait a minute." "How do you feel this morning?" "I'm feeling fine this morning." "Well, that makes it unanimous." "I feel all right, too." "Thank you." "Oh, Carter!" "Yes, sir?" "You know the rules about smoking." "Thank you, sir." "Oh, Matt." "WOMAN:" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Hello, Tom." "Here again?" "What do you want?" "The same as anybody wants from you, money, money, money." "I told you I'm not interested in that deal." "But I want to know why." "Wait a minute." "Where's your uniform?" "I haven't any." "You haven't got a uniform?" "No, sir." "You ought to have a uniform." "How much does one cost?" "Why, I don't know." "Tell Mr. Sampson I sent you." "Gotta have a uniform." "I never had trouble getting credit from you before." "When I was broke, you gave me all I wanted." "Now I come to you with a swell deal..." "I don't like your crowd." "You can have all the credit you want." "For that deal, not a cent." "But listen, Tom..." "Good morning, Mrs. Pembroke." "Get my letter?" "Yes, thank you." "Hello, Helen." "Good morning." "You're becoming more beautiful every day." "What're we going to do about it?" "I don't know." "Guess we'll just have to sacrifice the bank, that's all." "(LAUGHS)" "When are you and Matt going to get married?" "Well, I..." "Stalling, eh?" "Anything new?" "Well, the directors are waiting for you in the boardroom." "Directors, eh?" "Hmm." "Long faces?" "Longer." "(CHUCKLING)" "And I haven't got any new stories" "(RINGING) for them this morning, either." "Mr. Dickson." "Mrs. Pembroke." "I spoke to Mr. Schaffer at the Guaranty." "He'll take care of your mortgage." "Mrs. Dickson's on the phone." "Uh, you'd better hurry over there." "He's waiting for you." "Hello, dear." "Yeah." "Where are you?" "Sure." "Well, come on down, right away." "Mmm-hmm." "Yes, of course I remember." "It's tonight." "(LAUGHING)" "See what a social hound I'm becoming?" "All right." "Goodbye, dear." "But, Mr. Dickson, I thought you were taking care of the mortgage." "I only want $10,000, the property is worth $60,000." "Mr. Schaffer will take care of you." "He'll give you $15,000 or $20,000." "Better hurry, now." "Goodbye." "Good luck to you." "If Mrs. Dickson comes in, tell her to see Cluett if she needs any money." "What's the idea of turning her down?" "Sounded like a safe investment." "She's a widow." "I don't like to take mortgages from widows." "Well, why not?" "If she can't pay, I'll have to foreclose, won't I?" "Yeah, sure." ""Yeah, sure."" "Oh, make that uniform blue." "Yes, sir." "Well, one, two, three, four, five." "Seven more and you'd have a jury." "Well, it's a nice morning, gentlemen." "How about two foursomes of golf, huh?" "Oh, I say, that would..." "You know I--I found out something about hitting a golf ball." "You gotta hit it with the left hand, from the inside out." "It's the only way..." "We'd like to have a little of your very valuable time here at the bank this morning, if you don't mind." "Oh, you would, eh?" "All right." "If it's more important than golf, go ahead." "What's on your mind?" "The check is no good." "What?" "The check is no good." "The man has no account here." "Holy mackerel!" "I've been robbed." "I'm sorry, madam." "So am I. And don't call me madam." "Yes, ma'am, you can deposit your money here." "Is it safe?" "Absolutely." "It's his life insurance money, you know." "That's all right." "You come with me and I'll show you where to deposit your money." "There he is." "(ADDING MACHINE CLICKING)" "CLUETT:" "Good morning." "Good morning, gentlemen." "Who do you want to see?" "You." "Yeah, we want to talk to you about a big deal." "Oh, yes?" "Well, uh, come right this way." "Hey, Pat, come here." "Look!" "That's Dude Finlay." "I've seen his picture in the papers." "I wonder what he's doing with Mr. Cluett." "Gee, I'm scared." "He's one of the toughest gangsters in town." "Now, gentlemen, you're only wasting your time." "There'll be no merger." "Why should I turn this bank over to anybody else?" "I've worked 25 years night and day to build it up and now you ask me to dump it into somebody's lap." "Nothing doing." "You could make a handsome profit on your stock." "I'm not interested in profits." "I'm interested in the bank." "In the depositors..." "They're my friends." "They look to me for protection, I won't walk out on them." "How are you protecting your depositors?" "By making a lot of idiotic loans?" "Take it easy, Clark." "My dear friends..." "It's all right." "Let him go ahead." "Let him speak his piece." "I like it." "Go on." "All right, I'll speak my piece." "Dickson, you've got to change your policy." "What's the matter with my policy?" "How many losses has this bank taken in the last 25 years?" "I'll tell you, not a single one." "What's wrong with that kind of banking?" "CLARK:" "Pure luck." "Conditions have changed." "These are precarious times." "Banks today have got to be careful." "And you've been more liberal than ever." "Yes, and I'll continue to be liberal." "The trouble with this country is there's too much hoarded cash." "Idle money is no good to industry." "Where's all the money today?" "In the banks, vaults, socks, old tin cans buried in the ground." "I tell you, we've got to get the money in circulation before you'll get this country back to prosperity." "Well, who are we going to give it to?" "Men like Jones?" "Last week you made him an extra loan of $50,000." "Is that intelligent banking?" "Can't pay his bills." "How do you expect him to pay us?" "That's a fair question, Schultz." "Now let's see how bad a risk Jones is." "What's his history?" "He's been a successful businessman for 35 years." "Two years ago, business started falling off." "Today, Jones needs money." "And if he doesn't get it, he goes into bankruptcy and throws 900 men out of work." "Answer: unemployment." "It also means his creditors aren't paid." "They're in trouble." "They go to the banks and are turned down." "More bankruptcies." "It's a vicious circle, my friends, and the only place to cure it is right here at the source." "Help Jones and you help the whole circle." "When Jones comes to me, I ask myself two questions, first, is he honest?" "Yes." "Second, is he as good a businessman as he was before?" "And the answer is, he's better." "He is not only older and wiser, but his present trouble has taught him precaution." "In my estimation, gentlemen, Jones is no risk." "Neither are the thousands of other Joneses throughout the country." "It's they who made this nation the richest in the world and it's up to the banks to give 'em a break." "Disraeli said, "Security is the prosperity of a nation."" "Disraeli didn't say anything of the kind." "He should have." "It's as true now as it was then." "But let's get the right kind of security." "Not stocks and bonds that zigzag up and down." "Not collateral on paper, but character." "Character." "That's your idea." "It's Alexander Hamilton's idea." "The finest banking mind this country has ever known." "Those were his exact words, gentlemen." ""Character." It's the only thing you can bank on and it's the only thing that'll pull this country out of the doldrums." "You know what we do to weichers, Cluett, don't you?" "I know." "I know, Dude." "I must have been crazy." "I lost my head completely." "That's your funeral." "We've got $50,000 coming to us." "I haven't got it." "Then what did you want to gamble for?" "If you'd have beat us out of $50,000, you'd have been paid, wouldn't you?" "Well, we want our dough." "I'm sorry, Dude, but I..." "That don't do us any good." "After all, you can't take blood from a stone." "We can take blood from anything if it's coming to us." "Perhaps if you'll wait a little while," "I might be able..." "GANGSTER:" "We've waited long enough." "Nix." "Lay off." "Now what's the use of gettin' excited, Cluett?" "It ought to be easy for you to lay your mitts on that kind of dough." "There's plenty of it in this bank laying' around loose." "Good Heavens, man!" "You're not suggesting that I..." "Why not?" "I couldn't do that." "You don't have to do nothin'." "What do you mean?" "All you gotta do is fix a few things for us and we'll do the rest, see?" "No." "No, I couldn't." "I couldn't do anything like it." "All right." "Good morning, Helen." "Good morning, Mrs. Dickson." "Is, uh, that busy husband of mine busy?" "He's at a board meeting." "Board meeting?" "Oh." "That means hours, I suppose." "I'm afraid so." "Helen, did you ever try competing with a bank?" "No." "Take my word for it, and don't try it." "It's useless." "If it were some other woman, I could handle her, but, after all, you can't scratch a bank's eyes out, now, can you?" "(CHUCKLING) Hardly." "Oh, well, I guess the only other thing for me to do is go out and buy myself a few sticks of dynamite." "When he comes out, you tell him I'll be back." "He hasn't gotten rid of me." "All right." "Dude." "Dude, there's not any chance of my becoming involved in this, is there?" "You?" "No, you'll be all right so long as you establish an alibi for tonight." "Well, I, I know, but..." "Be sure to be with somebody responsible in case any questions are asked." "Understand?" "But, Dude, listen." "Couldn't we make this some other time?" "Listen, buddy, you're getting by pretty easy." "Quit squawking'." "(DOOR CLOSING)" "PHYLLIS:" "Uh-oh!" "Oh." "Hello, Phyllis." "This won't do." "Not during business hours." "I, uh," "I needed a..." "You want one?" "Oh, heavens, no!" "Do you mind putting up with me until the financial genius gets through genius-ing?" "No." "No." "Of course not, not at all." "Oh, here." "Why, what is the matter with you?" "You're trembling." "Am I?" "Why, I don't know any reason why I should be unless, of course, it's you." "Me?" "Being alone with you has always done this to me." "You know that." "For a celebrated bounder, that is an awful admission." "Besides, I didn't know that any female could do this to you." "Well, you can." "You always could." "Liar." "You're just suffering from lack of sleep." "Here, here, here, now." "Now, don't you go to work on me, too." "I'm getting tired of this." "Besides, it's-- it's beginning to affect your looks." "The running around." "Not the work." "You better start reforming, Cyril." "If I thought you were the slightest bit interested, I would." "Not bad, not bad at all." "Do you know something?" "I've always been curious about your line." "Line?" "Or whatever it is that makes you such a riot with women." "Come on, Cyril." "Try a little of it out on me." "I haven't had any first-class blarney thrown at me since the day I was married." "But, you see, it isn't blarney where you're concerned." "Now, let me see." "What comes next?" "Oh, yes, I know." ""What are you doing tonight, Phyllis?"" "Tonight?" "Doesn't that come next?" "Yes, yes, it does." "What are you doing tonight, Phyllis?" "See, we're getting along famously." "Most of the depositors I know personally." "I've seen them grow up in the community." "I knew their parents before them." "I know, that's all very well, but you're taking too many chances." "In these times, a bank should keep liquid in case of emergency." "I know what you mean." "You want me to hang on to our cash." "Well, I don't believe in it." "The law demands that I carry a certain legal reserve, and I do." "The rest of our money is out working, to help industry and business." "Meanwhile, you're jeopardizing the safety of the bank." "Well, we won't stand for it." "You'll have to stand for it." "Oh, but my dear friends..." "You're forcing us to take action against you, Dickson." "Go ahead, take all the action you want." "I'm running this bank my way." "Get that clear!" "Gentlemen, you'll notice that Mr. Dickson refuses to consider our wishes." "He refuses an offer to merge with the New York Trust." "The only thing that'll put this bank on safe ground." "He insists upon running a bank on so flimsy a thing as--as faith." "You said it, Clark." "That's the only thing that means anything to me." "Before I take a man into this bank and extend credit to anyone," "I satisfy myself on one thing, do I believe in him?" "So far, my judgment's been right, 100 percent." "100 percent!" "When I start going wrong, you won't have to take any action." "I'll turn the bank over to you, and then you can merge all you want to." "I won't be the fellow to run it then." "Good day, gentlemen." "Helen, tell Matt I want to see him." "Yes, sir." "And after dinner we could go..." "Uh-oh!" "No, I think I've done enough experimenting for one day." "Congratulations, Cyril." "You've convinced me that you're a philanderer of the very first order." "I shall recommend you highly." "Please don't laugh at me, Phyllis." "I must see you tonight." "Tonight?" "Oh, never." "Tonight I have reserved for a very special occasion." "Believe it or not, it's our wedding anniversary." "Tom doesn't probably even remember it." "But then, they never do, do they?" "No..." "But I've planned a party for him a real old-fashioned surprise party:" "caps, bells, whistles, and everything." "I'm really terribly excited about it." "I've been planning it for months." "Well..." "Well, what?" "Well, aren't you going to invite me?" "You?" "Oh, no can do." "It's all set." "Just a few of Tom's closest friends." "Now, Phyllis, if you don't invite me, I'm coming anyway." "Don't be silly, Cyril." "These are respectable people." "They'd probably bore you to death." "No, they won't, not when you're there." "Oh, please, come on, be a sport." "Please ask me." "Why are you so anxious?" "Don't you know?" "No." "I want to be near you." "What?" "I've been crazy about you for years." "Now wait a minute." "I've always loved you, long before you married Tom." "Why, Cyril, you're insane." "No, no, no, I'm not." "I deliberately avoided you." "I was afraid of making a fool of myself." "But I won't stand it any longer." "(WHISTLING)" "Please forgive me, Phyllis." "I lost my head for a moment, but I couldn't help it." "Please stop apologizing." "You're making it far too important." "Hi, Matt." "Matt, where have you been?" "Mr. Dickson wants to see you right away." "Hurry up." "Say, I just heard the merger isn't going through." "Isn't that grand?" "Yeah, swell." "Well, Matt, get ready for the big moment." "Starting tomorrow, you become assistant cashier." "How's that?" "It's all right." "Thanks." "What's more, keep up the good work, and who knows, someday you'll be the fellow sitting behind that desk." "Not a bad thought, eh?" "What's the matter?" "You don't seem very excited about it." "Sure, I think it's swell." "Come on, show a little enthusiasm." "What's the matter?" "You sick, or something?" "Go on, fake it, even if it isn't real." "Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Dickson." "It's just kind of sudden, that's all." "Sure, I'm excited." "I think it's great." "Only..." "Well, you've done so much for me already," "I'll never be able to thank you enough." "Oh, forget it." "You came through, didn't you?" "That's all I wanted." "Lot of them didn't think you would." "You don't know how much satisfaction it's been to me." "It's been swell." "Well, when are you and Helen going to get married?" "Well, I..." "I suppose you want me to fix that up for you, too?" "Well, look who's here." "Hello, darling." "Hello, darling." "Well, well, if this isn't a red-letter day for Tom Dickson." "First I trample on the board of directors, then I promote Matt to assistant cashier, and now, to complete the day," "I have a visit from my sweet, lovely, gorgeous wife." "What a man!" "What a man!" "It's amazing that your sweet, lovely, gorgeous wife can ever get to see you." "Hmm, that has the earmarks..." "Are you still here?" "Go on, go to work." "What do you think I pay you for?" "What happened?" "What did he say?" "Did you get the job?" "Yeah." "What's the matter, Matt?" "I thought you'd be thrilled to death." "Come here." "A few minutes ago I was in Cluett's office, and Mrs. Dickson was there." "Well?" "Well, he was making love to her." "Oh, Matt, you must be mistaken." "I tell you, I saw them." "In--In Cluett's office?" "Yes, right in his office, the rat." "(PHONE RINGING) I'd like to take a crack at that guy." "Wait a minute." "Don't go away." "Yes, George." "Yeah, sure." "Oh, that's, that's for tonight, eh?" "Yes, certainly I'll be there." "Yes." "We'll go down together and have dinner in Philadelphia." "That's right." "Uh-huh." "Just as soon as the bank closes." "Right." "Bye." "HELEN:" "Sir?" "I'm going to Philadelphia when the bank closes." "Make the arrangements, will you?" "(BUZZING) HELEN:" "Yes, sir." "What's the matter, dear?" "What have I done now?" "Nothing." "Tom, I thought you were going out with me tonight." "Oh, I did have a date with you tonight, didn't I?" "Yes." "I'm terribly sorry." "I'd forgotten all about it." "I'm so sorry, dear." "You simply cannot go to Philadelphia tonight, that's all there is to it." "I've got to go." "It's an important..." "I don't care if it's important or not." "You said you were going out with me." "If you hadn't promised so faithfully," "I wouldn't have planned the whole thing." "It's not so terribly important." "We can go to the theater anytime." "The theater?" "That's what it was you planned, wasn't it?" "Oh, yes, of course." "Well, you can take some of the girls." "Take Mildred, or Gwen." "The girls." "Did it ever occur to you I might go out and find myself an attractive young man?" "Ho, ho, ho." ""Ho, ho, ho," yourself." "I wouldn't laugh if I were you." "You may not suspect it, but I'm still attractive to some." "Now, listen, don't you go around being attractive to anybody but me." "Don't you forget that I'm still the headman around here, too." "We're gonna change those tickets for tomorrow night." "And you and I are going out together." "How's that?" "Tomorrow night?" "Yes." "(INTERCOM BUZZING)" "Yes?" "MAN:" "Mr. Gardiner's here." "Oh, yes." "That's that lawyer." "Let him have $9,000." "I'll step you around this town like you've never been stepped before." "We'll have dinner at the St. Regis, go to a nice snappy show, then to a nightclub, sit and listen to the soft music, and who knows?" "Aha." "I might break down and dance with you." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "All right." "That's good." "And I'll postpone the whole thing until tomorrow night." "Are you happy now?" "No." "Poor kid, you have been neglected, haven't you?" "Oh, I don't care, darling." "I love you anyway." "(INTERCOM BUZZING)" "Yes?" "HELEN:" "Mr. Sampson." "All right." "Send him in." "Well, Sampson, what is it?" "Here's the data on the Clyde deal." "Oh, good." "I'll take this with me." "Tell Clyde I'll see him tomorrow." "I'm sick and tired of this delay." "I'm afraid he's been stalling." "Exactly." "This deal should have been closed weeks ago." "Tell him to keep tomorrow open." "He says he can't in the daytime." "How about his nights?" "Too busy running around?" "Tell him to come sign this thing tomorrow night, or I'll call this whole deal off." "I'm sick of these people dilly-dallying, people who can't make up their minds..." "Everybody in?" "I guess so." "Where's Charlie?" "Charlie's upstairs, sore as a pup." "He's out 14 cents and he can't find it." "(BOXES RUMBLING)" "MAN 1:" "Good night." "MAN 2:" "Good night." "MAN 3:" "Good night." "MAN 4:" "Good night." "What's keeping you?" "Oh, Charlie, again." "Say, Matt, you haven't done anything about what you saw today, have you?" "Oh, Cluett?" "No, not yet." "But I'd like to take a crack at that stiff-necked horse collar." "Oh, now don't be silly." "Can you imagine that guy?" "He was kissing her." "Oh, now you've got me worried, dear." "Promise me you won't butt in." "Okay, honey." "But just the same, I'd like to take a crack at that..." "Shh." "I'll wait for you upstairs." "All right, dear." "Where you been?" "Where do you think I've been?" "I took the baby for a stroll in the park." "(CHUCKLES)" "What's the matter, Charlie?" "I'm 14 cents out and it took me half an hour to find the mistake." "And me with a date, too." "I remember once when your accounts checked..." "Yeah." "Listen, wise guy," "I'm setting friend time clock for exactly 9:00, so no squawks out of you guys in the morning." "Say, don't annoy me." "I got troubles of my own." "Are the, uh, payrolls ready for tomorrow?" "Yes, sir." "Let me see your cashbook, will you?" "Now?" "Yes, now." "All right, sir." "That's all right." "But it seems to me you're carrying too much cash." "(WHIRRING)" "(LOCKING)" "(CLANGING)" "(RAIN PATTERING)" "Driver." "Yes?" "Have you the correct time?" "12:05." "12:05." "Fine." "What's this?" "My apartment." "I knew I couldn't trust you." "Well, you told me you were taking me home." "Come on up for just a few minutes." "We'll have just one drink and then we'll go." "I know the answer to that one." "I think you'd better take me home." "What's the matter?" "Afraid papa will spank?" "No, I'm afraid papa isn't that much interested." "He's too busy rushing off to Philadelphia to make stuffy old speeches at stuffy old bankers' meetings." "Too busy closing big, important..." "I think I will have a drink." "Good for you." "Come on." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "There ought to be a Congressional medal for men like you." "America's comfort to misunderstood wives." "I never thought I'd find myself in that crowd." "Well, you're not so badly off." "There's something worse than being a misunderstood wife." "What is that, Mr. Bones?" "A misunderstood bachelor." "And now, fair woman, I have you in my power." "I'm not afraid of you." "You haven't got a mustache." "I'll grow a mustache by the time you get out of here." "(SHOUTING)" "*(PIANO PLAYING)" "Why, Matt." "What are you doing here?" "Well, uh, the butler said I could stay." "I told him it was important." "Oh, yes?" "He's not here." "He left at 9:00." "He said you gave him the night off." "What do you want?" "Well, I," "I thought I'd like to have a little talk with you." "I'm listening." "It's funny, now that I'm here," "I don't know just how to go about it." "You see, I kind of expected to find you here alone." "Do you mind stepping outside?" "We can..." "Anything you have to say, say it in the morning." "Oh, no, Mr. Cluett." "If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not wait." "It's about you and Mrs. Dickson." "About me..." "Matt, what are you talking about?" "I know I got a lot of nerve butting in, but I just couldn't help it." "I wanted to stop you from doing something they'll be sorry for." "I'm not interested in what you think." "You've no right to do it to him." "Why don't you think it over?" "It'll only get you in trouble." "I'm not interested in your opinion." "Then maybe you'll understand, Mrs. Dickson." "Oh, gee, he's crazy about you." "Nobody knows it better than you." "If he ever found out, it'd kill him." "Matt, you're mistaken about the whole thing." "There isn't anything wrong." "Mr. Cluett and I simply..." "Phyllis, you don't have to explain." "You mind your own business." "This is my business." "Mr. Dickson's been like a father to me." "What's he done to you to deserve this?" "That'll be just about enough." "Now, you get out of here." "Well, I guess I have said enough." "I'm just wasting my breath talking to you." "You're right for the first time." "Now, get out." "I'm appealing to you, Mrs. Dickson." "Think what you're doing to him." "You're passing up the whitest man on earth for a dirty, no-good... (SCREAMS)" "Cyril." "Now, get out of here." "Wait a minute, Matt." "I'll go with you." "But, Phyllis, but you needn't go on account of this idiot." "You better carry that around with you all the time." "You're going to need it." "(GUN FIRING)" "(GUN FIRING)" "DETECTIVE:" "What do you say, Doc?" "Oh, I'd say about eight or nine hours." "Well, you'd better call the coroner." "Say, fellas, I was the first one to see him." "I was coming down the steps and there was the watchman lying dead right at my feet." "You could've knocked me over with a pin." "Do you see that clock?" "Right there, that's where the bullet hit it." "Well, when I saw that, you could've knocked me over with a pin." "Was there much blood?" "Blood?" "Come on over, fellows, I'll show you." "DETECTIVE:" "Get back." "Get on back." "I don't want nothing touched down here till we get through." "(ALL CHATTERING)" "Oscar, what was the matter?" "Say, listen, I was the first one to see it." "I was coming down the steps and there was the watchman lying dead right at my feet." "No kidding?" "No kiddin'." "When I saw that, you could've knocked me over with a pin." "Where's Matt?" "Matt?" "He'll have a tough time thinking up a wisecrack for this one." "The detective's got Matt upstairs in Sampson's office." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Say, did Matt do it?" "I don't know, don't look at me." "He was acting kind of funny yesterday, didn't you notice?" "Yeah, I noticed that." "You could've knocked me over with a pin." "INSPECTOR:" "Come on, tell the truth." "What'd you do with the money?" "I didn't do it." "I've told you all I know." "You turned off the burglar alarm, you set the time clock, came back at 12:00 and emptied the boxes." "I wasn't anywhere near here!" "Sit down." "When the watchman surprised you, you shot him." "Where's the gun?" "I haven't got a gun." "But you used to carry one." "Pardon me, but I'd like to use my office for a while." "You use some other office." "MAN:" "Come on, open up." "(PEOPLE KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "DICKSON:" "Good morning." "What's the matter here?" "MAN:" "Gonna open this bank today?" "DICKSON:" "Of course." "Come on, open this door." "DOORMAN:" "Shall we let the people come in?" "DICKSON:" "Of course, let them in." "You're late now." "DICKSON:" "Hurry up." "Open the rest of the doors." "Mr. Dickson, they're going to arrest Matt." "They think he did it." "Where is he now?" "In Mr. Sampson's office." "Don't you worry about it." "Then you did it and you did it alone." "What's the matter?" "What's going on here?" "This is ridiculous." "You can't hold this boy on a vague suspicion." "I'm afraid I must, Mr. Dickson." "Why pick on him?" "It's an inside job, that's a cinch." "Whoever did it had a pretty good picture of the layout." "Now Brown here is in charge of the vaults, isn't he?" "Yes." "The burglar alarm was turned off." "The time clock was set for 12:00." "What more do you want?" "Somebody else could've done it." "He admits setting it himself." "I did, for 9:00 this morning." "Then who changed it?" "I don't know!" "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "What time did you say this thing happened?" "The clock opposite the vault was stopped by a bullet at 12:09." "All right." "If the boy proves an alibi, he's all right, isn't he?" "If he can do it, yes." "Why, certainly he can." "Matt, all you got to do is tell them where you were last night between 12:00 and 12:30 and everything will be all right." "I already told him, I was home." "There you are." "That's what he says." "I got a man from headquarters checking up on it now." "Good." "Nothing to worry about." "As soon as the report comes in, you'll be released." "And listen, don't talk so loud." "Take it easy." "Coast a little." "What do you think?" "There, there was that watchman, that poor watchman lying on the floor right in front of me." "Oh, you could've knocked me over with a pin." "You don't say." "Dead?" "Dead." "He was lifeless." "You know, I was the first one to see him." "I was coming down the steps, and there was the watchman, lying on the floor right in front of me, dead." "Well, you could've knocked me over..." "Yeah, I could've knocked you over with a pin." "Yeah, you could've knocked..." "Hello?" "Almonds to you, almonds." "Say, listen, I just heard something that'll make your head swim." "Listen to this:" "the bank was robbed last night." "Yeah, over $100,000." "Well, who did it?" "I don't know who did it, but the chief teller's in an awful jam." "Call me up later." "I'm going to call up Lou now." "Hello, Lou?" "Did you hear what happened over at the Union National Bank?" "Wait a minute, Lou." "(BUTTONS CLICKING)" "Hello." "Yes, sir, I'm trying to get them." "(BUTTONS CLICKING)" "Yes, Lou, listen." "It was robbed of over $200,000." "Can you beat that?" "Stole over $250,000." "Can you beat that?" "(WHISTLING) You can't laugh that off." "I thought the Union National was pretty solid." "I did, too." "But half a million is a lot of money." "I wouldn't be surprised if they had to close their doors." "Oh, good gracious." "Sam, are you sure about that?" "Yes, sir." "The messenger boy just told me, that--that Mr. Dickson took all the money himself." "And it was more than a million dollars." "More than a million dollars?" "Cross my heart." "A-And I sure hopes that man gets a long time in jail, too." "(LAUGHS)" "Never mind my shoes, Sam." "Well, I always said the Union National was a phony bank." "Union National?" "You have money in that bank, too?" "Yes." "Something wrong?" "Mon Dieu!" "Mon Dieu!" "Run, run." "You're telling me!" "You are a poor man." "I tell you, I got it from the best authority." "Dickson got away with several million dollars." "That's the end of the Union National Bank." "That's the trouble nowadays." "You don't know who to trust." "Is there something wrong with Union National Bank?" "Brother, that ain't the half of it." "If you got any money in there, you can just kiss it goodbye." "No, you're kidding." "No, I'm not." "Holy smoke." "Got any friends?" "You better call them up, too." "That's a good idea." "I have friends of my own." "Can you imagine that?" "What bank did you say that was?" "Union National Bank." "They're broke." "Haven't got a dime." "Jack, go to the Union National Bank and take your money out." "Don't ask me how I know." "I tell you it's on the rocks." "You'd better tell your friends, too." "Better give your men some time off to get their money out." "Tell Mrs. Hardy to tell everyone in the apartment house." "All right." "I'll get it or bust a few noses." "Holy smoke." "I'll get right down there if I have to fly." "Run down there and get your money at once." "(SPEAKING YIDDISH)" "(SPEAKING CHINESE)" "Hello, dear." "Have you heard the news?" "Oh, please hurry." "Just now." "Union National is sunk." "We should have put it in the vault." "(SPEAKING YIDDISH)" "Call the Kincaids and tell them." "I don't know what's wrong." "I wouldn't trust anybody." "Everybody's taking their money out." "Union National's broke." "Holy John Julius Priest." "(SPEAKING YIDDISH)" "Our money's all gone." "It hasn't a chance." "Okay, honey, I'll go right down." "You better hurry up, too." "If you don't hurry..." "Don't lose a moment." "What'll we do?" "I'm going right down." "Why take any chances?" "Mother just told me." "That dirty dog." "I just heard it." "...cutting you off." "Bank's broke." "Don't." "Hurry up." "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "Closing your account?" "Yes, sir." "I'm closing my account." "I wouldn't leave a nickel in this bank." "It's getting so a guy's money ain't safe unless it's in his sock." "They're all a bunch of crooks." "You said it." "Did I know that the bank was gonna go mechuleh?" "What am I, a fortune teller, or something?" "WOMAN:" "Oh, my goodness!" "Oh, my goodness!" "Oh, my goodness!" "Oh, my goodness!" "What's the matter, lady?" "Oh, mister, I gotta." "I gotta." "Well, they only sign slips here." "Give me your pen, please." "Sure." "Could you loan me that pen of yours?" "I'm in an awful hurry." "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "I'll need some more money." "All the depositors are withdrawing." "I know, I know." "I'll get you some." "All I know is the bank's been robbed and a murder's been committed." "The way I see it, Brown here looks guilty." "He didn't have any more to do with it than you did." "Maybe." "But I'm taking no chances." "Why, kid's got a record." "So have you, so have I, so has everybody." "What difference does that make?" "You can't go around pinning crimes on people because..." "Mr. Dickson, can I see you for a minute?" "No, I'm busy." "But it's important." "Looks like there's a run on the bank." "What, a run?" "The lobby's half-filled now." "What are you talking about?" "Look." "They've been coming in steadily all morning." "I've called for some extra police." "Send down to the vaults." "Have our reserve cash sent up right away." "We haven't much on hand." "I hope we don't have to close." "Our reputation wouldn't be worth a nickel after that." "It's just a flurry." "They've heard about the robbery and panicked." "Get our available securities and have them turned into cash." "Wait." "Have my personal stuff turned into cash, too." "Tell the boys anyone caught arguing with a depositor will be fired on the spot." "We want to talk to you." "About?" "We'll discuss that in the boardroom." "Mr. Dickson, we got a check on Brown's alibi." "You want to hear it?" "All right." "Be with you in a minute, Clark." "No need to worry, son." "All you got to do is answer the questions, they ask you." "That's all." "So you were home last night?" "Yes." "What time did you get there?" "About 11:00." "11:00?" "Yeah." "Are you sure of that?" "Yes." "INSPECTOR:" "All right, Kelly." "Do you know this young man, Mrs. Halligan?" "Sure I do." "He has the best room in me house, the one with the fancy wallpaper." "Did you happen to be awake when he came in last night?" "Uh, yes, sir." "I was having me hot mustard bath." "What time was it?" "For the rheumatism, you know." "What time was it, Mrs. Halligan?" "It was late, I know." "The Dooley sisters was already in." "They work at the show, you know." "What time was it?" "Huh?" "What time did Matt Brown get in?" "Oh, now let me see." "Half an hour after the Dooley sisters, and the Dooley..." "I don't care about the Dooley sisters." "What time did he get in?" "That's just what I'm trying to tell you, sir." "It was half an hour after the Dooley sisters." "Was it 12:00?" "No, it wasn't 12:00 'cause the Dooley..." "Was it 1:00?" "Yes, I guess it was 1:00, 'cause..." "It couldn't have been earlier?" "No, it wasn't earlier because..." "Yes, I know." "Because the Dooley sisters weren't in yet." "No, 'cause me clock struck 4:00 and when it strikes 4:00, it's 1:00." "There you are." "She doesn't know what she's talking about." "Who don't know?" "Listen here, young man, nobody ever called me a liar yet and got away with it." "That's all, Mrs. Halligan." "Thanks." "For two nickels I'd knock his block off." "I never told a lie in me life." "Is this true, Matt?" "Of course it's true, and he knows it." "If you don't tell the truth, I can't help you." "Where were you last night?" "She was right." "I didn't get in till after 1:00." "But I wasn't here, Mr. Dickson, honest." "Then where were you?" "Wait a minute." "You realize you're being charged with murder." "It's serious, son." "Come on, I know you didn't do it, but--but you got to make them believe it." "Come on, tell me the truth." "Where were you last night?" "I can't tell you." "Listen, if I get them out of the room, will you tell me?" "No, I won't." "You're protecting somebody." "No, I'm not." "Yes, you are." "It doesn't matter who it is." "It can't be as important as this." "Now, come on, tell me." "Where were you last night?" "Come on, don't be a fool." "Matt, you trust me, don't you?" "(CAR HONKING)" "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "What a day, Mayme." "Everybody's coming in to draw their money out." "Gee, Mayme, I wonder what started it." "Where's our protection?" "That's what I'd like to know." "How do we know who we're giving our money to?" "We're a lot of suckers, that's what we are." "Outrageous." "Positively outrageous." "It's worse than that, lady." "It's lousy." "It's his life insurance money, you know." "But the policeman told me it was all right." "I hope so." "Oh, so do I." "Come on, what are you fellows gaping at?" "Come on, sit down, go to work." "Go on, hurry up." "Come on here." "Pay these people their money." "What's the matter?" "Can't you see this line waiting?" "Go ahead." "Hurry up." "(MAN SHOUTING)" "All right, don't argue with him." "Give it to him." "Go on, it's all right." "It's enough, too." "You got any money here?" "I don't know, sir." "Sure, you're all right, you've got plenty of money." "Now whose window is this?" "TELLER:" "Matt's." "Oscar, come here, take this one." "Bring up some money here." "Come on, folks." "Stand in line here." "Where have you been?" "Checking up on this account." "Never mind that." "Go on." "Pay them what they want." "Hurry up." "Snap into it." "Look at them, Mr. Dickson." "They're going crazy." "Did you cash the securities?" "Yes." "Mine, too?" "Yes, but when the cash runs out, they'll mob us." "The fools, they're making it worse for themselves." "Somebody starts a rumor and they lose their heads." "What'll we do?" "I'll talk to them." "Tell the boys to stall as much as possible and not to pay attention." "Tell them to verify every signature." "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "Take your time, folks." "Don't get excited." "Everybody stay in line." "You'll all be taken care of." "Don't worry about anything." "MAN:" "Where's my money?" "Now, listen, everybody." "Listen, listen to me." "I want you to know your money is safe." "This bank is in excellent condition." "If you've heard any report to the contrary, it's based on malicious rumor." "Yeah, maybe." "Ah, that's a lot of hooey." "(ALL SHOUTING)" "You'll get your money." "We want it now." "We don't want no speeches." "(ALL SHOUTING)" "Listen to me, now." "It takes time." "I've got seven paying tellers working just as fast as they can." "If you'll all calm down," "I'll make arrangements to keep the doors open till 4:00 this afternoon and you'll all be paid today." "(ALL CONTINUE SHOUTING)" "We can't keep open until 4:00." "We haven't cash enough to last an hour." "Don't you think I know it?" "They're still waiting for you, Dickson." "Gentlemen, we got about one more hour to go." "That means we'll be forced to shut the doors." "I've worked 25 years, night and day, to keep this bank alive." "You've all made money, but will you help?" "What do you mean?" "Among you, you have at least a million dollars in city banks." "Get that money here and I'll stop this run in five minutes." "Sounds simple, but why should we jeopardize our personal fortunes?" "I have everything I own in it." "It's your bank as well, isn't it?" "Is it?" "Since when?" "The way you've ignored us, you wouldn't think so." "You wouldn't listen to us." "Your depositors were the first ones to pounce on you." "If they're your friends, why don't you get them to help?" "They've gone crazy." "You can't reason with a mob." "You can't reason with anyone else when you're in a jam." "We pleaded with you to keep liquid but you didn't." "You preached about faith and other rubbish." "Now you want our help." "You want us to throw cash into a bank that you'll break." "There's one way you can get it:" "option your stock to us and resign." "So that's it, eh?" "You've waited long for this, haven't you?" "Well, I won't resign, now or ever." "You have no choice." "No?" "I'll shut the bank first." "You can't do that." "I can't?" "Wait and see." "If that run isn't over in the next hour, I'll shut the doors." "That means the bank examiners will step in tomorrow." "We'll be forced to liquidate." "I'll insist upon it." "The depositors will be paid 100 cents on the dollar." "What's left, you gentlemen can have, but I'll guarantee there won't be enough left to pay your next month's garage bill." "Mr. Dickson!" "Get all the big bills in the place." "Get them changed." "Get only ones and fives." "Give them to the tellers." "Tell them to take their time." "Stall." "Count and re-count the money." "I hate to do this, but I need time to get help." "I think I know where I can get real cash." "Snap into it, Sampson." "We'll lick this thing yet." "Come in, Helen." "Bring your book." "I want some numbers." "Gotta get some action." "Get Parker at the Union, Read at the Exchange," "Winslow and old man Harris at the Home Mortgage." "Snap into it, Helen, just as quick as you can." "Yes, sir." "That's a mob and they're going crazy." "You know, this run isn't doing the reputation of this bank any good." "My dear friends..." "How much longer is this Dickson going to hold out?" "You know Dickson." "He'll shut the doors before he gives up control." "Let him." "I'm sick and tired of hearing about him." "Let him run the bank." "I don't want any part of it." "My dear friends..." "Oh, shut up!" "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "Stall, stall!" "Is, uh, this your signature?" "Certainly it's my signature." "You've seen it often enough." "I'm sorry, but I'll have to verify it." "Hello, Parker." "Listen." "Listen, I gotta have $1 million in cash, and I've got to have it quick." "What?" "No, no, no, tomorrow is no good." "I need it now." "Of course it's safe." "The bank's in excellent condition." "You know that." "Police car outside?" "Yes, sir." "Okay." "Come on, son." "Let's go." "Oh, my love." "(HELEN SOBBING) Don't cry, honey." "Everything's gonna be all right." "Sorry, sister." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(PEOPLE SHOUTING)" "What'd you find out, Mike?" "I've been tailing' the cashier like you told me." "You're right about him." "There's something screwy." "Never mind all that." "What did you find out?" "He left here an hour ago and went down to Dude Finlay's joint." "Dude Finlay's?" "Yes, sir." "He stayed about half an hour, and then came right back here." "He's in his office now." "That's when I must have seen that guy." "Did you say Dude Finlay?" "Yes, why?" "Why, he was in the bank yesterday." "He was here?" "He came to see Mr. Cluett." "Are you sure?" "Yes, sir." "Who was with him?" "Two other men." "They all went in Mr. Cluett's office." "Now we're beginning to get somewhere." "Kelly, you stay here with Brown." "Tim, you and Mike come with me." "We're going down to Cluett's office." "(PEOPLE SHOUTING)" "Oh, Kelly, call me up in Cluett's office in about five minutes." "What'll I say?" "I don't care what you say." "Sing Mother Machree if you want to, but call me up." "Quiet down, please." "Take it easy, folks." "Everything'll be all right." "But you said it was safe." "It's his life insurance money." "Oh, please, I'll go to the old ladies' home if you don't do something." "Yes, yes." "Take it easy." "Be quiet." "Everything'll be all right." "Open up here, folks." "All right, folks, please." "Good heavens, man, you're taking no chances." "No, I'm perfectly willing to sign everything over to you." "What more do you want?" "I need action." "I got to have it within the next half-hour." "Yes, sure, sure, yeah." "The board of directors turned me down, but you know why." "Listen, listen, Read..." "Listen, Read, it--it..." "It wouldn't mean a drop in the bucket to you." "I see." "Uh-huh." "All right, ask me for a favor sometime, will you?" "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "I hope you don't mind me asking you a few questions, Mr. Cluett." "Why, of course, yes." "Just what would you like to know, Inspector?" "Where were you at 12:00 last night?" "That's very simple." "I was home." "That is simple, isn't it?" "I assume you can prove that, if necessary." "Oh, yes, yes, of course." "There was someone with me." "A lady." "(LAUGHS)" "Looks like you're going to have no trouble at all." "What was the lady's name, Mr. Cluett?" "If you don't mind, Inspector I'd rather not say, that is, unless it becomes absolutely essential." "You see, she's married." "Oh." "You understand." "(LAUGHS) Why, of course." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Pardon." "Hello." "Who?" "Yes, yes, he's here." "It's for you, Inspector." "Thanks." "Somebody must be in good humor." "He was humming Mother Machree." "It's one of the boys from headquarters." "He always sings Mother Machree whenever he's got good news." "Looks like this case will be settled in no time." "Yeah, Kelly." "Huh?" "Dude Finlay?" "Where you got him?" "I ain't got nobody here." "I'm with Brown." "Didn't you tell me to call you up in five minutes?" "Sure." "Take him right down to headquarters." "Yeah." "What?" "You don't mean Cyril Cluett, the cashier?" "Yeah?" "Well." "Did Dude Finlay tell you that?" "What?" "Dude Finlay?" "Sure, I got him here." "You know, for a minute, I didn't catch on." "Yeah." "Yeah, we got him right here now." "Huh?" "Yeah." "Okay, Kelly." "Good work." "Looks like a..." "Get him!" "POLICEMAN:" "There he goes!" "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "He must be here." "There's only one door." "All right." "Find him." "What's that noise?" "Sounded like a locker." "A locker, eh?" "Well, search every one of them." "He must be in one." "Stand back, Inspector, or I'll shoot you." "Drop that gun." "INSPECTOR:" "All right, Jack." "All right." "INSPECTOR:" "Don't be a fool, Cluett." "This is only going to make it worse for you." "Stand back, Inspector." "Let me out of here or I'll shoot you." "(GUN FIRES)" "INSPECTOR:" "Let me see it, let me see it!" "It's only his finger." "Get me a towel." "Now, take it easy, buddy." "Take it easy." "All we want to do is talk to you." "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "(PEOPLE SHOUTING)" "You can't do a thing?" "You're up to your neck?" "(SIGHS)" "All right." "You were right, Mr. Dickson." "Brown didn't have anything to do with it." "Here's your man." "Well, you must be crazy." "I've known this man for years." "He's just confessed." "He's been mixed up with the toughest gangsters in town." "Confessed?" "Cluett, in heavens' name!" "What's got into you?" "I don't know." "It's all been like a crazy nightmare." "You're not a thief." "How did you get mixed up with these people?" "Gambling." "I owed them a lot of money." "Last week I lost over $50,000." "$50,000." "But I didn't kill that man last night." "Honest I didn't." "Yesterday they came to collect it." "I begged them to wait." "I wanted time to think, but they wouldn't listen to me." "They threatened to kill me if I didn't pay it." "I was desperate." "I didn't know what to do." "Then they suggested I help them rob the bank." "All I had to do was to turn off the alarm and fix the time clock." "It all sounded so easy." "It seemed like a way out." "But I didn't know anybody was going to be killed." "Why were you down at Finlay's this morning?" "I went to there to get my keys back." "Why didn't you come to me?" "I'd have helped you out." "You know that." "I was crazy, I tell you, Mr. Dickson." "I didn't know what I was doing." "I wandered around in a daze." "All I could think of was that they were going to kill me." "But you'll stand by me, won't you, Mr. Dickson?" "You--You won't go back on me now, will you?" "I'll die if they send me to prison." "Don't forget there's a dead watchman downstairs." "I didn't kill him." "I had nothing to do with that." "I was home in my apartment last night, I can prove it." "Claims he was there with a married woman." "Doesn't want to mention her name." "He won't believe me, Mr. Dickson." "But it's the truth, honest." "I was in my apartment last night." "Ask your wife." "She..." "My wife?" "What's she got to do with you?" "No wonder he didn't want to mention her name." "What was my wife doing in your apartment?" "Nothing, nothing, Mr. Dickson." "Don't pay attention to me." "I don't know..." "You just mentioned her name." "What was she doing there?" "What was she doing in your apartment?" "Well, she just came up for a drink." "Just for a few..." "You're lying!" "Don't worry, Mr. Dickson." "We'll find out if he's telling the truth." "We'll have a man check up on it right away." "No one check up on anybody." "I'll do all the checking up." "Wait a minute." "Helen." "HELEN:" "Sir?" "Get Mrs. Dickson on the phone." "(INTERCOM BUZZES)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "Listen, dear." "I want to ask you something." "I know it's a silly thing for me to ask you, but I want you to tell me the truth." "Where were you last night?" "Last night?" "Um..." "Why, uh, last night..." "Listen, dear." "Now, tell me the truth about this." "Were you in Cluett's apartment?" "In, uh, Cluett's apartment?" "Well, uh, dear, you see, I..." "I..." "She wasn't to blame, Mr. Dickson." "It wasn't her fault, honest it wasn't." "I begged her to come up." "She didn't..." "Get out!" "Get out!" "All right." "Let's go." "Clark, you're insane to wait any longer." "Let's get some money here and stop this run." "If we close, our stock won't be worth a nickel." "My dear friends..." "I'll lay you 10-to-1 Dickson won't give in." "Maybe they're right, Clark." "All right." "I'll go and have a talk with him." "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "Oh, Dickson." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "Dickson, I, I'd like to talk with you about the bank." "The bank?" "All right, do anything you want with it." "Now, now you're talking sense." "We'll draw up an option on your stock." "Say, uh, $80 a share." "How's that?" "$80?" "That's fine." "Anything you say." "Good, good." "I'll draw it up at once." "You want the rest of those numbers, Mr. Dickson?" "Numbers?" "No, never mind." "(DOOR OPENS)" "What's he doing, honey?" "Is he getting any help?" "Oh, something's happened." "He isn't trying any more." "They must've turned him down." "He's called some of the biggest people in town." "Sure, they'd turn him down." "He ought to have known that." "I'll talk to him." "We haven't got much time left, Mr. Dickson." "We got to do something or it'll be too late." "Where were you last night?" "You're not giving up, are you?" "Were you in Cluett's apartment?" "I'll explain later." "You're losing your bank." "You know what that means?" "Was Mrs. Dickson there?" "Don't let them lick you." "Even if some big shots turned you down, you've got the most friends in this town." "Little guys, guys who are in business because of you." "All you got to do is..." "Wait a minute." "Answer my question." "Was Mrs. Dickson there?" "(STAMMERS)" "She was, wasn't she?" "How long has this been going on?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "All I know is you're losing your bank..." "All right, that's all." "Please, Matt." "Did you talk to him?" "Yeah." "I got an idea." "Come on." "Let's get to a telephone." "A 30-day option on 10,000 shares of stock in this company now registered in the name of Thomas A. Dickson." "Get that to me in triplicate just as fast as you can." "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen." "There's no more money." "You'll have to go to the next window." "MAN:" "No more money?" "(ALL SHOUTING)" "MAN:" "What do you mean, there's no more money?" "Go to the next window." "They'll pay you... (GASPING)" "(STAMPEDING)" "That's all there is." "(ALL SHOUTING)" "Are you sure he's in here?" "Yes, ma'am, he must be." "He hasn't come out." "Tom." "Tom!" "Tom!" "I've got to get in there." "Can't you find me a key?" "Yes, I think there's one right here in the drawer." "Tom." "Tom." "Oh, Tom, darling." "I came to explain about last night." "Cyril Cluett doesn't mean anything to me, Tom." "I went out with him last night simply because..." "Well, dear, I--I" " I'd begun to feel that I didn't have any part in your life, that I was an outsider." "Tom, all we did..." "All we did was to go to the theater and then we went back to his apartment afterwards for a drink." "That's all it was." "I didn't do anything wrong, Tom." "I couldn't do anything wrong." "I love you too much, you know that." "Oh, Tom." "(ALL SHOUTING)" "TELLER:" "Here, here." "Dickson's in a jam." "The run's getting worse." "The big guys have the screws on." "He came through for you 100 times." "If friends don't help him, who will?" "Matt, look!" "There's Mr. Jones!" "Any bank that Tom Dickson has anything to do with is all right." "I'm putting my money in here." "Why should you be afraid?" "(PEOPLE CLAMORING)" "Tom Dickson is all right." "He's perfectly square." "I'm putting my money in this bank." "I know what I'm doing." "Open up." "I want to put some money in here." "I don't want to take any out." "Certainly, Mr. Jones." "Certainly." "Charlie!" "They're starting to come in already." "Yeah." "Well, listen." "Don't waste any time." "Get all the money you can, and bring it here." "Step on it." "Who's this?" "Hello, Mr. Dunkirk?" "Williams." "Mr. Williams..." "I'll speak to both of them." "Dickson's in a jam." "The run's getting worse." "Those big guys got the screws on him." "You two have to help him." "If friends don't help him, who will?" "He came through for you 100 times." "They're starting to come in already." "Get all the money you can and bring it down here right away." "Both of you, step on it!" "If it's all right for me, it's all right for everybody." "(ALL SHOUTING)" "I'm going to make a deposit." "What's the matter with you?" "I want to make a deposit." "$4,600 for Rico Mazzetti." "He's the best man in the world." "You know, no matter what you think about me, there's something far more important:" "those people down there." "The bank, Tom, you can't give that up." "Mr. Dickson!" "Come here a minute." "Look at this." "Something wonderful has happened." "People are making deposits." "You won't believe it until you see it." "You've got to come out." "MAN 1:" "Tom Dickson is a friend of mine." "I'll put money in his bank anytime." "Anybody who takes money out of this bank is crazy." "I'm going to put a lot of money in here." "MAN 2:" "I've got some money to deposit." "MAN 3:" "I haven't got much, but here it is." "WOMAN:" "I'd give Tom Dickson all my money anytime!" "You pawnbrokers, come out here and look at this." "We've been waiting..." "You know what you can do with that." "Look at this:" "a demonstration of faith worth more than all the collateral in the world." "Come on, Clark, it'll do your heart good." "They're shoving their hard-earned money across the counter with a 10-to-1 chance against them." "If you want to stay with this bank, get real money over here now." "That's enough for me." "I'm ashamed of myself." "I'll have $100,000 here in five minutes." "Now you're talking, Ames?" "I'm sold." "Schultz?" "This is your bank, and I'm with you." "Ives?" "My dear friends, that's what I've been trying to say all afternoon." "Go ahead and say it." "Clark, you can do twice as much as any of them." "How about you?" "I don't agree with you, but if everyone is going crazy, I'll go crazy, too." "SCHULTZ:" "This is Ben Schultz." "Send $100,000 cash to the Union National now." "Send all your available cash to the Union National." "Currency." "Small denominations." "In 10s and 20s." "Yeah." "Say, I want $150,000 over here right away." "I am in my right mind." "No, no, no, not $150." "Say, listen, you guys, $150,000!" "Yes!" "(SIRENS BLARING)" "(PEOPLE SHOUTING)" "That's the trouble with people nowadays." "They hear a crazy rumor, and right away they lose their heads." "Not me." "You didn't see me drawing my money out, did you?" "Good morning." "Union National Bank." "Just a minute." "CHARLIE:" "9:00 and all is lousy." "TELLER:" "Where's Matt?" "10-to-1 he'll have a crack about the run yesterday." "It's a cinch bet." "I wouldn't take it." "If he pulls a gag about the run, we'll murder the guy." "Shh." "(LOCK CLICKING)" "Well, I suppose you guys had a good run for your money... (ALL EXCLAIM)" "(ALL LAUGHING)" "Good morning, Mr. Gardiner." "Good morning." "Good morning, Mr. Dickson." "My wife is much better this morning." "Well, that's too bad." "Mine's all right, too." "Carter!" "TELLER:" "Morning, Mr. Dickson." "Morning." "TELLERS:" "Morning, Mr. Dickson." "Ah, well, well." "Got your uniform, eh?" "Yes, sir." "Looks good." "How much did it cost?" "I don't know." "Mr. Sampson bought it for me." "Well, I guess I'll have to see Sampson myself." "(LAUGHS)" "Good morning, Helen." "Good morning." "Say, I know what's the matter with you." "Matt!" "I want you both to take the day off." "Go downtown, get a license, and get married right away." "Well, I..." "I don't want to hear it." "If you don't get married, I'm gonna fire the both of you." "Helen, while you're downtown, stop in and make reservations for the bridal suite on the Berengaria, sailing next week." "Gee, thanks..." "No, no, no, no." "No." "It's not for you." "You're only going to get married." "Mrs. Dickson and I are going on the honeymoon." "Come on, slave."