Public Reel

The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)

No renewal found Free in the US since 1 January 1979, on the registry's reading: registration LP263 of 1950 by Roxbury Productions, Inc was not renewed in the volumes searched. Record.

An unemployment-office encounter turns military comradeship into romantic competition in a comedy whose online circulation carries a less straightforward rights history.

The meeting place in The Admiral Was a Lady is an unemployment office, an unlikely harbour for a service comedy.11 Jean Madison, a former WAVE ensign played by Wanda Hendrix, encounters a group of former airmen who take her under their collective protection.610 They promptly fall in love with her.11 The arrangement contains its own contradiction: the men’s solidarity as protectors cannot survive unchanged when courtship makes them competitors. It also gives the military language of the title a civilian setting in which to sound faintly absurd. An admiral commands; these veterans are looking for work. Jean’s presence offers the group a new organising purpose. Seeking her affection is not quite the undertaking they have volunteered for.

Albert S. Rogell directed the film for Roxbury Productions.12 The working title was Once Over Lightly, a phrase that promises casual attention rather than command.2 It suggests a less martial way of presenting the same material. A working title alone cannot establish how the project developed. The difference nevertheless shows how readily this premise could be framed without a reference to military life. The released title chooses the mismatch between authority and romance.

The material draws its comic possibilities from the survival of service identities after service has ended. Jean is not simply a civilian woman introduced into an otherwise military story. Her own naval background makes her a counterpart to the airmen without making her a member of their group. That distinction matters to the premise: the men’s offer of protection need not mean that she requires instruction in managing male company. Their solidarity is useful until their affections divide it. Read this way, the comedy concerns an attempt to run romance through habits of collective action. The title gives Jean the superior rank, at least figuratively. It places the men in the awkward position of volunteering for a task on which they cannot all succeed.

The film’s present circulation raises a separate question about the labels under which it reaches viewers. The Internet Archive holds the copy used here, catalogued under Roxbury Productions.13 Its subject tags retain the premise’s mixture of romance and service identity.13 A Wikimedia Commons file description directs readers to an Archive download.14 It also describes the film as being in the public domain.14 That description records how the film is presented to people finding and reusing it. It does not document how its copyright term ended. The supplied sources do not establish that its rights history caused its online availability. A copyright entry records Roxbury Productions’ claim to the film.5 The question for the registry therefore concerns what happened after registration, not whether anyone claimed the film in the first place.

The record: Registration LP263 by Roxbury Productions, Inc is dated 4 August 1950.5 The registry found no renewal in the renewal volumes for 1977 to 1979, nor in the Copyright Office's records from 1978 on; on that reading the term ended on 31 December 1978 and the film has been free in the US since 1 January 1979. This is the registry’s stated reading, not a renewal history substantiated by the sources gathered here. Its conclusion depends on the reported renewal search. The labels attached to circulating copies cannot supply the missing support. Nor does the record settle whether every version now offered online contains only material covered by that conclusion.

Written 6 September 2026 by gpt-6-astra from the registry record, the atlas's own evidence and the sources below, gathered by Qwen/Qwen3.8-Max with web search and questioned by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro. Numbered notes are the sources; a claim marked unverified has no source yet; times open the atlas at that second. How these are made and checked.

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admiral_Was_a_Lady
  2. catalog.afi.com https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26202-THE-ADMIRALWASALADY?sid=4f336d89-2ce5-4135-af8f-256d...
  3. catalog.afi.com https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=All&searchText=Douby%27s%20opponent&sortType...
  4. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Artists_films
  5. gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59656/pg59656-images.html
  6. catalog.afi.com https://catalog.afi.com/Person/153925-Wanda-Hendrix
  7. catalog.afi.com https://catalog.afi.com/Person/54919-Fred-Essler
  8. catalog.afi.com https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/150182
  9. svenskfilmdatabas.se https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=film&itemid=47786
  10. amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Admiral-Was-Lady-Edmond-OBrien/dp/B0BZMD625H
  11. rottentomatoes.com https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/admiral_was_a_lady
  12. scribd.com https://www.scribd.com/document/353232174/Mpaa-Film-Numbers-52000
  13. archive.org https://archive.org/details/TheAdmiralWasaLadyEdmondOBrien1950mooorip
  14. commons.wikimedia.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Erdman_(1950)_The_Admiral_Was_a_Lady.jpg
  15. imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042182/
  16. yumpu.com https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/26759859/boxoffice-11041950

Inside the film

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Measurements: colour film on its keyframes (443 of 443 shots judged colour), average shot 11.7s long, a frontal face detected in 43% of keyframes. Shots are detected automatically and each is represented by its midpoint frame.

Transcript

Machine transcription of the Archive copy's audio with Whisper large-v3-turbo (temperature 0); the model heard it as en. 1157 segments kept, 143 dropped as the kind of hallucination the model produces over music and silence. Each timestamp links to the Archive's player at that second. This has not been checked against the film and can be wrong.

  1. 0:30 Spring that brings the rainbow-colored flowers, everything that's wonderful is ours. A tender love, a dream of love to cling to, someone to sing to, this love I bring to you.
  2. 1:00 The call is yours and mine.
  3. 1:12 Oh, this is the end.
  4. 1:16 You're cockeyed, pal. This is only the beginning.
  5. 1:19 Come on, cheer up. And I'll prove to you that every cloud has a silver lining. Let's go back about a hundred years ago, when a lot of folks, including my grandpa and grandma, started west. You know, if they hadn't made that trip, the Admiral's path and mine might never have crossed. Then, in 1876, General Custer made a stand. My grandpa stood alongside of him. Well, for a little while, anyway. And if the Indians hadn't won that battle,
  6. 1:49 then the Admiral and I would never have tangled. San Francisco, 1906. Yes, sir, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good. It took an earthquake and a fire to keep my mother and dad in California so that someday I might get to meet the Admiral. Comes 1917, and our boys shove off for France.
  7. 2:14 I dad went along with them to fight the war to end all wars.
  8. 2:19 Then comes victory, and they come back loaded with souvenirs and memories.
  9. 2:27 Yes, sir, it was fate about the Adler and I. Comes 1945, the big war is over, and the lady with the light says, Welcome home to Uncle Sam's ten million nephews. Welcome home to stateside.
  10. 2:49 My pals and I are among them. The shooting has stopped, but the shouting is still going on. We're home. Back to rationed gas, synthetic rubber, and meat shortages. But it doesn't take long for the country to appear normal once more, from the East Coast to the West Coast. But it does take some of us servicemen a little longer to get readjusted. So, in recognition of this problem, our uncle organizes the 5220 Club, which means that a veteran can draw 20 bucks a week for 52 weeks.
  11. 3:20 Sort of a basic training for civilian life. Well, the four of us are making our weekly call following our regular schedule when into our lives comes...
  12. 3:28 Bravo.
  13. 3:30 Pardon me, little lady, but you're in the wrong line.
  14. 3:33 This line is for this.
  15. 3:34 Oh, are you a horse doctor?
  16. 3:39 Social Security for unemployed comics is right over there.
  17. 3:43 I was an ensign in the waves. Oh, well, well, branch, branch.
  18. 3:47 Uh-uh.
  19. 3:47 Sorry, Admiral.
  20. 3:48 No smoking in here.
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  1. 3:50 Oh, you police the area, too. That's right. That's right. And you're holding up the line.
  2. 3:55 Next.
  3. 4:00 Jane Madison. You won't be seeing me anymore. I'm leaving town. You worked in the past seven days? No.
  4. 4:05 Refused employment? Able and available?
  5. 4:08 - Bye, Nia.
  6. 4:13 - You know what? - Yes.
  7. 4:14 You're a duffel bag, Admiral.
  8. 4:16 Or is it Mr. and the Navy? Mr.
  9. 4:17 It's me.
  10. 4:18 As in "hit her, miss."
  11. 4:29 Jimmy Stevens.
  12. 4:31 Hi, Ethel. How are you? Well, I've been worried about you. Yeah, why? I was afraid you might have been trapped into getting a job. We know. Is your company still intact? All present accounted for. Front and center, men.
  13. 4:40 Eddie Hop. How's it going, Eddie? Swell, Ethel.
  14. 4:42 I'll have a Benelli, and I ain't working. Yes, I'm sure you haven't, Ollie. Michael, have a hand.
  15. 4:47 Something tells me you're Irish.
  16. 4:50 Have you worked in the past seven days? Nope.
  17. 4:52 Have you refused employment? No. Able and available? No.
  18. 4:55 We're trying, Ethel. Exhibit A, Eddie.
  19. 4:58 Look at this classified ad.
  20. 4:59 At Liberty.
  21. 5:00 combat crews.
  22. 5:02 Four specialists.
  23. 5:03 eager and willing to drop bombs.
  24. 5:06 Write box 109, give references. Do you mean to say no one's answered that? Nope. Haven't had a nibble in three months. I just can't understand it.
  25. 5:13 So, uh, make with the check, Settle.
  26. 5:15 Well, there's one question I have to ask you first.
  27. 5:18 Huh? What's this? Something new? Will all four of you marry me? Oh, Andrew, you're a saint. It's just name the day, baby. See you next week. I'll see you, baby. Don't forget those. Bye.
  28. 5:30 We have a look at the weight. Hello. Let's go.
  29. 5:35 Uh-oh.
  30. 5:37 Admiral.
  31. 5:38 This time you're really in the wrong mind. Why? It's a cash check. But they bleed you for ten cents. Jimmy can save you that dime.
  32. 5:45 I'm in a hurry. I have to make an important phone call. Which brings the cost of your phone call to 15 cents.
  33. 5:49 Ten cents to get the nickel.
  34. 5:51 And a nickel for the nickel to call. Of course, if you're so rich. Of course I'm not, but any place to charge you for service. Oh, no. Jimmy's got an angle. Yeah, that's fun, too. Oh, I suppose they pay you for the honor of cashing your check. That's right. A big round quarter for each check. This I want to see. Paulie, come on.
  35. 6:13 Yes.
  36. 6:17 Ah, here we are.
  37. 6:19 I want you to meet my banker. Charming fellow came up the hard way. Used a rope last. Oh, yes.
  38. 6:33 It's been a pleasure to serve you, Mrs.
  39. 6:35 Good morning. Oh!
  40. 6:37 No, I knew I should have gone on sick leave today. I hope I'm not disturbing you, my good man. My name is James. Don't tell me I still have your own
  41. 6:45 signature cards.
  42. 6:46 And you're opening four new accounts with $20 checks. Five, dear.
  43. 6:50 Five!
  44. 6:51 What are you doing, recruiting?
  45. 6:53 Now if you just fill out your personal history for the First Nationals information,
  46. 6:56 I had.
  47. 6:58 And yours. And mine.
  48. 7:00 Name?
  49. 7:01 Jean.
  50. 7:03 Mattis.
  51. 7:05 H.
  52. 7:06 Right here.
  53. 7:08 Next.
  54. 7:09 Female?
  55. 7:11 Neither single...
  56. 7:12 Singa!
  57. 7:15 Engaged.
  58. 7:16 Wow!
  59. 7:17 A genuine diamond.
  60. 7:19 And you was worrying about a dime.
  61. 7:21 I wasn't. He wasn't.
  62. 7:23 Besides,
  63. 7:25 Henry's ring doesn't represent money to me.
  64. 7:27 Henry, huh?
  65. 7:29 Mm-hmm.
  66. 7:31 We're going to be married.
  67. 7:32 Uh-huh.
  68. 7:33 It figures. Your checks, please, and we will avoid the usual bookkeeping. There we are, Andrew. Andrew.
  69. 7:41 Oh, wait a minute.
  70. 7:42 Where are the piggy banks that go with the new accounts? What's the First National trying to do, Cheetah? Sure, I've got a sign, sir.
  71. 7:47 That's better. Fire them.
  72. 7:49 that.
  73. 7:50 Oh, excuse me.
  74. 7:51 You wouldn't want this one.
  75. 7:53 The paint is microscopically scratched.
  76. 7:56 No.
  77. 7:57 That's better. And now you'll want to close your accounts, I presume. Nice presuming. Five twenties will do it.
  78. 8:04 Do you mind if they're wrinkle this time? No, no, not at all. Thank you.
  79. 8:10 Good morning. Come on. Wait a minute. Where's the 25 cents dividend? Oh, patience, Admiral, patience.
  80. 8:16 Come on. But I still need a nickel for the phone call. Now, why spend a nickel for a phone call? I can get it for your wholesale. Well, I'll see you.
  81. 8:22 Oh.
  82. 8:25 Hiya, Benny. How are you? Jimmy! I've been waiting for you. I sold out last week's bags already yesterday. Yes.
  83. 8:32 No, nothing. Well, you're in business again. Five today. Five quarters, my benign friend. Five?
  84. 8:38 Is this what you call it, please? No, no, it's, shall we say, an unusual day.
  85. 8:42 And it's an unusual demand you've built up for pigs with the neighborhood kids.
  86. 8:46 Nothing but banks they want all of a sudden.
  87. 8:49 How do you do it? Oh, I just tell them if they work hard and save their money, they'll grow up and retire and live like us. What a philosophy this man lives by. Yeah, ain't he terrific? I must say you're ambitious. You think so? Most men would accept their $20 a week and relax, but not you. You go out and make another quarter. And one for you.
  88. 9:07 I...
  89. 9:08 - You still need a nickel for the phone. - Uh-uh. You know, you'd like cigars with dollar bills if I'd let you.
  90. 9:12 Benny, um...
  91. 9:14 Socrates once said he is not only idle who does nothing, he is also idle who might be better employed. I ain't idle all day. I ain't idle. No, no, but...
  92. 9:22 Your phone is.
  93. 9:24 Do you realize, Benny, that somewhere someone is waiting for their phone to ring?
  94. 9:28 They sit and wait and...
  95. 9:29 Nothing happens.
  96. 9:31 Just silence.
  97. 9:32 And there's your phone sitting there.
  98. 9:34 - I don't.
  99. 9:34 Never thought of it that way. Well, come on. Let's spread some happiness around us. Oh, but I wouldn't want to imagine.
  100. 9:39 No, go ahead, lady, please. We've got to spread joy. But no long distance, joy. Keep the joy local.
  101. 9:49 I'm sorry. Do you mind? Oh, it's quite all right. Benny, Benny. She means she'd like some privacy. Come on.
  102. 9:55 - No.
  103. 10:01 Hello.
  104. 10:02 Is this Mr. Marlowe's secretary?
  105. 10:04 Oh, yes, it's me again. I'm sorry it would bother you, but...
  106. 10:09 Well, I had to check out the Carton Hotel today, and I'll have to go back to Walla Walla.
  107. 10:16 What?
  108. 10:18 You say you've hurt Van Henry.
  109. 10:21 Isn't that wonderful they've heard from Henry? Well, it's a small world.
  110. 10:26 Oh, excuse me. I was just talking to some crazy people who've been wonderful to me. Where did Henry... I mean, Mr. Marliss said he wanted me to meet him.
  111. 10:36 What?
  112. 10:39 Oh, there might be something.
  113. 10:40 What a mistake.
  114. 10:43 But I've been waiting here for him for two weeks.
  115. 10:46 Come on.
  116. 10:52 Didn't he even ask about it?
  117. 10:57 Didn't he even mention my name?
  118. 11:03 Didn't he even say where he is?
  119. 11:08 Stood up, huh?
  120. 11:10 Jimmy, there's no joy there. Maybe she got the wrong number.
  121. 11:16 When he does get back...
  122. 11:18 Kelly might've gone to Walla Walla.
  123. 11:20 Of course they have telephones in Walla Walla.
  124. 11:33 Hey, the doll's crying.
  125. 11:35 kind of tough when you're in love with
  126. 11:36 Things go wrong.
  127. 11:38 Gee, it does something.
  128. 11:41 I'd like to get my hands on that dirty stinker just once. What kind of a guy would brush off a nice kid like that?
  129. 11:46 Here she comes. Ollie, get the limousine and pick us up. Roger.
  130. 11:54 Excuse me.
  131. 11:57 Oh, my God.
  132. 12:00 Hi.
  133. 12:02 hide.
  134. 12:07 You boys have been very kind.
  135. 12:12 Thanks a lot.
  136. 12:18 Look, is it all right if I find this Henry character and must him up just a little bit, huh?
  137. 12:22 Oh, then he overheard. We couldn't help listening.
  138. 12:25 Oh, that's all right.
  139. 12:26 You might think I'm upset.
  140. 12:27 that.
  141. 12:28 Sure, we understand.
  142. 12:30 Look.
  143. 12:30 We'll drop you off at the airport, the depot, or the camel barns, whichever way you get to Walla Walla.
  144. 12:35 Well, it's the bus station, but my bus doesn't even go by the car. Not so far...
  145. 12:38 Hey!
  146. 12:39 She can spend the rest of the day with us. Watch this work.
  147. 12:43 You're drawing money from the government because you're not working. Oh, we wouldn't work for money. No, that would not be legal. We're working out the payment on this.
  148. 12:49 Come on, how about it?
  149. 12:53 Well, they didn't mean what they did. Sure, we do. Hey, here comes our limousine. Taxi! Taxi, mister!
  150. 12:59 Allow me.
  151. 13:01 Yes.
  152. 13:02 That belongs to...
  153. 13:03 Did you? No, no, we just...
  154. 13:04 to get around to our apportion.
  155. 13:05 Ready for the takeoff. Roger, man. Roger.
  156. 13:08 Up you go! Contact, darling!
  157. 13:12 Why don't you look where you're going, you stupid Josh? Wait a minute. The taxi. Follow that truck.
  158. 13:37 Well, music and everything.
  159. 13:40 And he hasn't played that song for a long time.
  160. 13:44 I guess you made him take a Lois.
  161. 13:46 No, it's a girl that he's in love with. Oh, he's in love, too. Yeah, but she don't even know he's alive. You see, when we start writing a book, Mike.
  162. 13:55 Admiral, tell us about Henry. Where did you meet him? - Earl Harbin. - Army and Nate.
  163. 14:00 USL.
  164. 14:02 Oh.
  165. 14:03 Henry's wonderful. He's charming and talented and ambitious. Overconfident. Let a girl like you run around loose. I'm not loose.
  166. 14:12 He's busy in Paris putting a show together.
  167. 14:15 Faris, eh?
  168. 14:16 I got busy in Paris once. Just tomatoes. Okay, Ali, okay.
  169. 14:21 Approaching the target. Get ready for the run, madam. Yeah.
  170. 14:25 Here we go. Bombs away.
  171. 14:27 Yes, folks, however you like the music, you can't go wrong if you go to Rake's Music Store, House of Happy Harmony, ha, ha, ha, and some radio photograph combinations, lightweight portable radios, and records to suit your every move.
  172. 14:40 Go right to right. When advice is right, the records are right, and right is right. You'll be right and you'll go to right.
  173. 14:48 Is that right? That's right. What a gift I get.
  174. 14:52 How long do you four grown men have to do that for
  175. 14:55 silly little radio.
  176. 14:56 A year?
  177. 14:57 A hole in it? Yeah, but that also includes a broken down piano in our den, though, for sure.
  178. 15:02 Oh, I'll try hard to remember. More importantly,
  179. 15:05 five gallons of gas today.
  180. 15:09 I'm so glad that you boys don't have to depend upon a commons,
  181. 15:12 Oh, no, no. They cost money.
  182. 15:14 Okay, Ollie, full throttle.
  183. 15:16 Proceed to rendezvous.
  184. 15:17 Roger.
  185. 15:29 Hey, Clarence, how are you? Thank you, sir. There we go. How do you like this, please?
  186. 15:39 Yes, sir.
  187. 15:41 Well, how do I get in?
  188. 15:42 You apply to the board for membership, which I understand requires you to pass a blood test. If the results are favorable, you are then permitted to pay $5,000.
  189. 15:53 Where can I invest five cents in a phone call?
  190. 15:56 public phone is over there
  191. 16:02 Go!
  192. 16:05 I don't know what they're doing, Mr. Petty Blue. They won't let me in.
  193. 16:10 Yes, sir, Mr. Pettigrew. The same ones I called you about this morning.
  194. 16:15 You can depend on me, Mr. Pettigrew, yes, sir.
  195. 16:24 There has to be a catch to this somewhere. How can you afford it? We can't afford it. It's free. I shouldn't have guessed. Yeah, you see, once a week, Mike, it relieves the lifeguard. We take over. Well, here's our lunch.
  196. 16:45 Hey Jimmy, what about lunch for the admin? The secretary said you sold me to him for one cabana, four free admissions, four cold lunches and four cokes and that's all.
  197. 16:53 Buy another box lunch. Buy one? Are you trying to give Jimmy Ulster's?
  198. 16:58 I like your spirit, Admiral.
  199. 16:59 You can share our lunch. I'll share yours. I'm not going to take the food out of my mouth.
  200. 17:04 She's the one that does the work. - Oh, it's not much work. As a matter of fact, I can't even swim. - Can't swim? - I can't even float. I can't get water wings, he can float. - But this isn't funny. All those people feel safe because they think you can save him. - Shh, the secretary might heal. - I hope he does, but we're somebody starts drowning. - Shh, pipe down, Apple, now nobody's drowning.
  201. 17:24 And even if they were, we've got Ollie. I personally have seen Ollie pull five tired G.I.s out of being this chap. Then why isn't he the like... Oh, Admiral, Admiral, you just don't understand selling, my dear young girl. Now take a look at Mike.
  202. 17:38 And then take a look at Ollie.
  203. 17:41 Come on.
  204. 17:44 It's coming from over there.
  205. 17:49 Where's the telephone? Funny, it was never around here before. Hey, maybe the secretary heard the admiral sound at all. Well, aren't you going to answer it? I guess so. Something tells me I'm making a mistake.
  206. 18:05 Well, here goes.
  207. 18:08 Hello?
  208. 18:11 I made a mistake. The state employment service, how did they trace us here? Jobs.
  209. 18:17 Who? Peter Pettigrew, the jukebox king.
  210. 18:22 What does he want with a combat crew? Have you guys been putting slug for these machines?
  211. 18:26 Well, all right. Tell him we'll be right down there.
  212. 18:28 It looks like they got us. What do we do? Now, calm down, men. Calm down. Don't worry. I'll discourage them.
  213. 18:35 Well, maybe they're good, Joe. Well, what difference does that make?
  214. 18:37 You mean you don't want any jobs at all? We can't afford to work.
  215. 18:41 Mike, you better go with me. I may need protection. Any man who offers us a job can't be trusted. Jimmy. Jimmy.
  216. 18:46 Remember what your old pal, Socrates,
  217. 18:48 He is not only I, we... Yes, but don't forget he died, saying...
  218. 18:51 Now, you fellas can see Heather the bus, can't you? Yeah, sure, sir. Well...
  219. 18:54 Kiss Walla Walla for me.
  220. 18:59 Hey, that was good.
  221. 19:00 Kiss everything.
  222. 19:05 How could such a nice fellow be so useless and irresponsible?
  223. 19:28 Uh-uh. Looks like a rough landing, Mike. Yeah. You got it the same as Operation X-2. Use them in a drawer that fire. I'll hold them off as long as I can, but if I need your help, I'll give you the signal. And I'll come in full throttle.
  224. 19:37 Roger. Roger.
  225. 19:42 Yes? My name is Jane Stevens. Oh, yes. Go right in, won't you? Thank you.
  226. 19:52 You know, you look just like a detective.
  227. 19:57 You know, you look just like a detective.
  228. 20:03 Mr. Stevens? That's right.
  229. 20:06 I presume you've heard of me. I'm Peter Pettigrew, the jukebox king.
  230. 20:09 Shall I kneel?
  231. 20:11 No, you may sit down.
  232. 20:15 You know, there's an ugly rumor circulating around that you're in need of some hired help. It is not a rumor, Mr. Stephens, and your assumed uncouth attitude does not upset me in the least.
  233. 20:24 Where's the rent of your crew?
  234. 20:26 I take care of them.
  235. 20:27 You certainly do. I have a report on you.
  236. 20:30 When a man of your capabilities does so much work to avoid work,
  237. 20:34 He must have a good reason. A darn good reason.
  238. 20:36 Such as?
  239. 20:37 Well...
  240. 20:38 You see, these three guys were with me when I...
  241. 20:41 Well...
  242. 20:43 Look, it's none of your business. Now, what do you want with a combat crew?
  243. 20:46 I want you to prevent a young lady from leaving town, a girl named Jean Madison.
  244. 20:50 The admiral?
  245. 20:52 And you need a combat crew to help you? Have you seen this little girl? She comes up to hear on me. My detectives say to hear.
  246. 20:58 You see, I've had you trailed ever since this morning when you first got mixed up with her.
  247. 21:01 We just got unmixed. She's leaving town.
  248. 21:03 No, she isn't.
  249. 21:04 You're going to keep her here.
  250. 21:05 Pettigrew, you're too late.
  251. 21:07 The Admiral, uh, Jean, I mean Miss Madison,
  252. 21:09 intends to marry a guy named Henry. Sorry. And I intend to see that she does, just as soon as my detectives deliver Henry Marlowe tomorrow. Look, I don't like this old thing with detectives, and I don't want any part of a plot that might hurt that little kid, so...
  253. 21:20 Count me out.
  254. 21:21 And I have no alternative but to put you to work.
  255. 21:24 Work! Work! Did you say work? I did.
  256. 21:28 I have a spot in my organization where I could wedge in a combat crew if necessary.
  257. 21:32 But the Constitution states clearly... Permit me to do the same. All you have to do to remain unemployed is to keep this young lady with you for 24 hours. But according to the G.I. Bill of Rights... That'll get you nowhere. According to my watch, you have 17 minutes and 30 seconds...
  258. 21:44 take this young lady off the bus or go to work.
  259. 21:48 Here, Kevin. Let's take off!
  260. 21:56 Goodbye, Admiral. It's been swell knowing you. Yeah, good luck. Hey, Eddie, Eddie, Olly, Olly! The Admiral, the Admiral! Where is she? What's that? What's going on? Come on, I know you're not going to wallow on. What? Well, something very important, Captain. You're just not going to wallow on. Hey, hey, you can't put your woman around like that! Unless she's your wife. I'll go drive your bus. What is this? Do you realize you've ruined my nylons? Well, there's something much more important than nylons. Nothing is more important than nylons. Money can't buy them.
  261. 22:21 This is one of the last three days I saved for Henry. Henry? Henry?
  262. 22:24 Yes, that's it. What? Henry. Henry what? Well, Henry's coming home tomorrow by playing.
  263. 22:30 How do you know? Well, it was a miracle.
  264. 22:32 We happened by the purest accident
  265. 22:34 to be in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel, and you were paced, you know, uh...
  266. 22:38 Call for Phyllis. I mean, overseas call for Jean Madison. Overseas call for Jean Madison. And you answered it? Sure. I thought maybe we could give you the message.
  267. 22:46 Oh, how nice.
  268. 22:47 And it was Henry and you talked to him. Yes, he was very upset. I told him what had happened and he couldn't imagine what had become of his letters.
  269. 22:54 You see, I told you it was a mistake.
  270. 22:56 take. Sure. What'd he say? What'd he say? Well, he said, he said, uh,
  271. 23:01 He said to tell you that he loved you. And that he kept your picture in his heart every minute of every day. And that he remembered the way your eyes sparkled and that...
  272. 23:10 wonderful little bubble when you laugh and
  273. 23:14 You little...
  274. 23:14 turned up nose
  275. 23:15 Wow.
  276. 23:16 No one but Henry would...
  277. 23:19 saying those
  278. 23:21 Jimmy Wood.
  279. 23:23 You and Henry certainly seemed to have hit it off. You bet we did. And he made me promise to keep you right with us until he got here. Well, you don't want me to go back on my promise to Henry, do you? You wouldn't have enough room. I'd apologize. Well, I think we can manage to squeeze her in. Don't you think so, fellas? Come on, Admiral. Come on.
  280. 23:48 Welcome to our cozy little cottage.
  281. 23:50 - Girl, you don't live here. - Uh-huh.
  282. 23:53 They could build bombers in that. They did.
  283. 23:57 Left runner, Ollie.
  284. 24:08 Behold!
  285. 24:09 Rest Haven.
  286. 24:09 It's vain!
  287. 24:11 You've made quite a little home out of this. We call this room the Pirates. The way you boys operate, I'd say the name is appropriate. Grace?
  288. 24:20 - You're lucky.
  289. 24:23 Coffee table, what is it? Just a couple of turret blisters
  290. 24:27 And a love sea.
  291. 24:29 Yeah, that was a two-man life raft. Yeah, get a load of that lamp.
  292. 24:32 That's just a control wheel with a blister top.
  293. 24:34 Sure, all this stuff's just salvage, war surplus, second hand. I can hardly believe my eyes.
  294. 24:39 Incredible.
  295. 24:40 Not with a man of taste and ingenuity. Eddie here can take all the vows for this.
  296. 24:44 Why, Eddie, you're wonderful.
  297. 24:46 You can make real money as a material decorator. Do you think so?
  298. 24:50 Why, of course. All you have to do is go out and get yourself a job. Uh-uh.
  299. 24:53 Stop trying to poison the minds of my men.
  300. 24:56 He has talent, and I think it should be put to use.
  301. 24:58 observe her unhappy faces.
  302. 25:01 before we learned the secret of successful living.
  303. 25:04 Well, it's Mike.
  304. 25:05 Yeah. Prior to his engagement with the Bronco kid...
  305. 25:08 You must have done a lot of fighting, Mike.
  306. 25:10 Fourteen fights, fourteen knockouts. What a wonderful record.
  307. 25:16 Yeah, but I got tired of being knocked out. Ross is bad for the complexion. Fight the carriage or push in the hat.
  308. 25:23 Oh, hello, Ollie.
  309. 25:25 Yeah, I used to operate in the Bronx.
  310. 25:27 I can go because...
  311. 25:28 Yeah, until Jimmy showed me how to live without working. Thank you, my boy.
  312. 25:34 What do we have here? Well, that's Jimmy before the war when he had his own employment agency.
  313. 25:39 Employment agency?
  314. 25:41 Oh, no.
  315. 25:42 win.
  316. 25:44 Well, at least you approve of other people working.
  317. 25:46 Yes, but that was before the war.
  318. 25:49 Well, I see we have our old friend Socrates with us.
  319. 25:52 Yeah.
  320. 25:54 And as he once said...
  321. 25:55 Yes, I know. I was there when he said it.
  322. 25:57 Oh.
  323. 25:58 Was she?
  324. 26:00 Is Miss Eddie? Yeah, that's me.
  325. 26:03 Why, Eddie...
  326. 26:05 What a lovely girl.
  327. 26:06 Yes, she was.
  328. 26:08 Why?
  329. 26:10 I mean...
  330. 26:10 She is lovely.
  331. 26:11 Admiral, you've got a big night ahead of you. Wouldn't you like to freshen up?
  332. 26:15 Well, if you have a powder room. A powder room?
  333. 26:18 powdery.
  334. 26:19 Oh!
  335. 26:21 Right this way.
  336. 26:23 There we go.
  337. 26:29 Good heavens!
  338. 26:32 Uh...
  339. 26:33 May I?
  340. 26:34 - You had him my choice?
  341. 26:35 Sure.
  342. 26:37 I cannot...
  343. 26:38 Oh, my God.
  344. 26:39 Whatever.
  345. 26:41 Back home there.
  346. 26:42 nine of us in the family. Oh, really? Oh, there's one patient. Oh, that's tough.
  347. 26:49 Well, don't forget, shine up real pretty because we're dining at the Egyptian room.
  348. 26:54 Oh, the Egyptian room.
  349. 26:55 Do we dress?
  350. 26:57 Oh, of course.
  351. 26:58 Ha ha.
  352. 27:00 Well...
  353. 27:05 Well, I never expected anything as elegant as this. Oh, it's nothing really. We'll come here all the time. We have an end with a head waiter.
  354. 27:13 We call this joint the Egyptian group.
  355. 27:15 Because out there looks like the Sahara out there.
  356. 27:17 Had he painted the mural to fifth, see?
  357. 27:19 I told you he was talented.
  358. 27:22 Chicken's good, huh?
  359. 27:24 Frankly, I seem to be getting over the top of my head.
  360. 27:28 This one looks better.
  361. 27:30 It's all tough.
  362. 27:33 *Bell rings*
  363. 27:34 This chicken has been cooking four days.
  364. 27:37 Four days?
  365. 27:38 I'm a spit.
  366. 27:39 this.
  367. 27:40 In a rotisserie window. Now the only thing is this chicken's been on the fire for five days.
  368. 27:45 Wait a minute.
  369. 27:46 You mean this is five-day chicken? Yeah.
  370. 27:48 But our contract with Pierre reads that he only cooked the chicken for four days. What happened?
  371. 27:51 Yeah, well, he took off an extra 30 cents from our usual 50% discount. Oh, well, why didn't you?
  372. 27:56 Say so.
  373. 27:57 Thank you, 30 cents.
  374. 27:59 You know, this poor bird's been going around and around on her...
  375. 28:03 five days without getting it.
  376. 28:05 Reminds me of some charming young men I met recently.
  377. 28:08 If you worked half as hard at doing something useful as you do at staying unemployed, well... Admiral?
  378. 28:13 That's a very unoriginal thought, and it reminds me of a very obnoxious man I met somewhere recently.
  379. 28:18 Oh, uh, Jimmy, where are we gonna bunk the Admiral tonight?
  380. 28:20 But I can't sleep here. Why not? It's just a barracks. Yeah, and you were away. We'll swing a hammock for you, Admiral. All the comforts have been eating.
  381. 28:28 Anything like my former roommate.
  382. 28:30 But aren't you forgetting?
  383. 28:32 Henry!
  384. 28:32 Henry made me promise to keep you here.
  385. 28:35 but he doesn't even know you.
  386. 28:36 Well, that's true, but...
  387. 28:38 Well, he trusted me the moment he heard the honest ring of my voice.
  388. 28:42 I think it's the start of a great friendship between Henry and me.
  389. 28:46 And besides...
  390. 28:48 Henry was going to call you here tomorrow. You don't want to miss Henry's call, do you?
  391. 28:52 No, but I... Don't worry, Admiral. I'll protect you.
  392. 28:55 I'll even sleep in front of your door.
  393. 28:57 Yeah, and I'll sit in front of him, and I'll hit you with the chicken. I'd rather you threw a chair.
  394. 29:29 Hey.
  395. 29:30 What do you think, Yurko? Well, I kind of figured that the Admiral on account of the hammer could like another pillow, maybe.
  396. 29:36 Anyhow, what are you doing?
  397. 29:37 I figured she might be a little cold.
  398. 29:39 What about you, Eddie?
  399. 29:41 What did you think? I just thought you might be thirsty. You know, you boy scouts are going to run out of good deeds. You better save some for tomorrow. Bad luck.
  400. 29:49 the quarters. Yes, sir, Captain.
  401. 30:12 Oh, who's that? No, no, no. Come in, you...
  402. 30:16 Pipe down, I will.
  403. 30:19 What are you trying to do, wake everybody up? Certainly. What do you think you're doing?
  404. 30:23 Making my rounds.
  405. 30:24 Well, they'll tell me you're night watchman, too. Sure. How do you think we get a place like this rent-free?
  406. 30:29 Oh, don't you ever want to do anything.
  407. 30:33 Could you have any ambition?
  408. 30:35 Ambition?
  409. 30:36 Oh, uh...
  410. 30:37 You mean to rise in the world?
  411. 30:40 Yes, of course.
  412. 30:41 and be rich and famous you could you know and have everybody admire me because I have
  413. 30:45 Big office in a 20-story building.
  414. 30:48 Wouldn't it be wonderful, a big office?
  415. 30:50 in a 20-story building.
  416. 30:51 No.
  417. 30:53 Have you ever looked down from up there? People look like mice.
  418. 30:55 And if you go ten stories high, they look like ants.
  419. 30:58 I want people who look like people.
  420. 31:00 You don't take anything seriously.
  421. 31:03 Why are you afraid?
  422. 31:05 What?
  423. 31:07 She must have hurt you very much.
  424. 31:09 Yeah.
  425. 31:10 What are you talking about? Don't try to hide it from me.
  426. 31:13 Only a woman could have made you so bitter.
  427. 31:19 I didn't think anyone would ever...
  428. 31:21 Guess my seat.
  429. 31:23 I guess.
  430. 31:26 All right.
  431. 31:26 You must have studied psychiatry in the waves, huh?
  432. 31:29 No.
  433. 31:31 No, it's just that a woman feels those kind of things.
  434. 31:36 What's her name?
  435. 31:37 I mean?
  436. 31:40 Cynthia.
  437. 31:43 - Anthony.
  438. 31:45 Please.
  439. 31:46 All over?
  440. 31:48 These are...
  441. 31:49 I'd rather not talk about it just now. Oh, I am.
  442. 31:52 And the girl.
  443. 31:54 Don't let it get you down. One of these days, the right girl will...
  444. 32:00 Do you think so? Of course, Sheila.
  445. 32:06 Say, that Henry's a lucky fellow, isn't he?
  446. 32:08 And if you want to be bright and shiny for him tomorrow, well, you just better get some shut-eye. That's right.
  447. 32:16 Bon voyage, Anne.
  448. 32:19 Bon voyage.
  449. 32:25 Oh, my God.
  450. 32:35 Ciencias.
  451. 32:38 What a silly name.
  452. 33:11 What's on the program today, Jimmy? Well, we have several important things. Good morning.
  453. 33:15 Well, good morning, Admiral. Your breakfast to wait, sir. Yes, that's very nice of it.
  454. 33:20 Toast, cereal, and how would you like your eggs?
  455. 33:22 Well,
  456. 33:23 Boiled. Three minutes, I'll be back.
  457. 33:26 Oh, it really doesn't matter. Of course it matters.
  458. 33:29 Just because you eat chicken that's overcooked, there's no reason why you can't have your eggs timed to perfection. Isn't she wonderful? Now I ask her. You know, this Henry's a real Latin salad.
  459. 33:40 Right now.
  460. 33:40 Yes, sir.
  461. 33:42 - Oh, terrific. I gotta try this jam. - That's razzler, isn't it?
  462. 33:46 Uh-uh.
  463. 33:47 All right, well, I've been in the army, isn't it? You better spend it in the army.
  464. 33:51 - What kind of... - Gotta have some of that jam. I think a strawberry.
  465. 33:55 Uh-uh.
  466. 34:01 That's funny. They're as hard as rocks. There must be something wrong with the time device. No, there's nothing wrong with the egg cook, Admiral. You see, we get our eggs and... Oh, no, no. Don't tell me. Let me guess. Um...
  467. 34:10 Uh...
  468. 34:12 These are all Easter eggs with it, with a color wash towel. That's pretty good, though. Now, we get our eggs from Joe Benuda. Joe has a bar where he sells beer. They're also hard-boiled eggs for the customer.
  469. 34:21 And he likes to serve fresh hard-boiled eggs every day. Oh, and you get what's left over for one-third off. 50%. What do you think we are, Philanthropy?
  470. 34:28 Well, wouldn't you rather have fresh eggs? Well, of course. Wouldn't we rather have fresh eggs? You can get them by working, you know. Well, I tried that idea once.
  471. 34:36 I came up with a dish washing job, but Jimmy said... Jimmy said no.
  472. 34:39 I know, that's it. Throw away all your principles and follow Jimmy.
  473. 34:43 Whenever you get a useful idea, just throw it away and make Jimmy happy. Look, Admiral, today Henry will be flying home from Paris, you'll get married and live happily ever after on your philosophy.
  474. 34:52 And we'll continue happily on our philosophy.
  475. 34:54 And never the twain shall meet you. Uh-huh. That's probably your half of the twain right now.
  476. 35:01 Stevens employment...
  477. 35:03 Mr. Pettigrew?
  478. 35:05 What's wrong?
  479. 35:07 Oh, no.
  480. 35:08 Hold everything. I'll be right down.
  481. 35:12 Mike.
  482. 35:14 We got to go see a man about a job. A job? Yeah, if we don't see about it, we may have to take it so...
  483. 35:19 Come on.
  484. 35:23 But I tell you, Stevens, it's not my fault. I had Henry in the palm of my hand, ready for a 10 o'clock delivery. And now--
  485. 35:29 He's gone.
  486. 35:30 Gone where?
  487. 35:30 With Shirley, of course. What'd you do? Knock her.
  488. 35:36 What's the matter with her? I don't know. He's having a fit, I guess. Looks like a new dance. No, it's my sack, Willie. I could always slip something I think of Shirley. Oh, unravel the mic. He can fix it. Come on, nice and extra. Don't worry about it. Just don't. Quiet down here. Watch it now. It's your leg.
  489. 35:54 There. How do you feel, Larry?
  490. 35:57 It's my doctor and I'll do it.
  491. 35:58 Now, forget about that. Now, who's this Shirley you're talking about?
  492. 36:02 She's the most terrible...
  493. 36:03 unscrupulous, fascinating woman I've ever met.
  494. 36:07 I've had to divorce her twice, and each divorce settlement cost me a fortune.
  495. 36:11 Now she's rich and I...
  496. 36:13 I need money desperately, urgently, to expand my business. Hey, you know what you ought to do? You ought to remarry her for your money. You're very clever, aren't you?
  497. 36:20 That was my plan. She's my only liquid asset.
  498. 36:23 Oh.
  499. 36:24 You mean she's willing to remarry.
  500. 36:26 Of course.
  501. 36:27 We have a horrible fascination for each other.
  502. 36:30 She was coming back to marry me. It was all over Houston.
  503. 36:32 Then...
  504. 36:33 She met Henry on the boat.
  505. 36:35 Hey, this Henry character must be a Prince Charlie on wheels. Oh, he's a dope. How could he slough off a nice kid like the Admiral? Well, he isn't trying to slough her off. He doesn't even know she's in town. He loves her madly.
  506. 36:47 There's more nickels that way.
  507. 36:49 Oh, my Shirley's so beautifully wicked.
  508. 36:52 She's been bribing Henry's secretary, and Henry thinks that the girl you're holding is jilted him.
  509. 36:56 She's pretty smart, but don't worry. We'll outfox her.
  510. 36:58 No one has ever outfoxed Shirley. Ah, where is Cinch? All we got to do is bring the Admiral and Henry together and our problems are over. But we can't find Henry. We can't find him. Shirley has smuggled him underground. I have 25 detectives working 24 hours a day trying to track them down without a single clue.
  511. 37:14 You've got to hold her another day.
  512. 37:16 Oh, no, she's a menace.
  513. 37:18 She keeps on putting ideas about work in the minds of my men.
  514. 37:21 Ah, I...
  515. 37:22 She's a labor agitator.
  516. 37:23 No dice. Come on, Mike. I'll have you on the slave market in the morning.
  517. 37:27 Get me the State Employment Bureau.
  518. 37:28 Why, you violence will get you nowhere. Give me that phone. Operator, change that number to Hampstead 74693. What are you going to do?
  519. 37:35 I'm not gonna whistle Dixie.
  520. 37:37 Hello, Miss Madison?
  521. 37:40 This is Herr Francais speaking.
  522. 37:42 I used to say, unangry...
  523. 37:43 The French Air Transport Company. Excuse one moment, please, Miss Madison.
  524. 37:48 You speak French? Yes, we'll speak. Hey, Mike, do an airplane. Excuse the interruption, Mr. Messe. What we have for you is a message from Monsieur Malheur. Monsieur Malheur has missed the plane of today and will be on the plane of tomorrow. That is all. Hello. Merci.
  525. 38:03 - Let's see. - Let's see.
  526. 38:04 Ah, come on, you love.
  527. 38:08 - Leave it to France! Leave it to France!
  528. 38:18 Well...
  529. 38:18 Holding a wait for anyone I know, she's going back to Walla Walla.
  530. 38:22 No.
  531. 38:23 No, you can't do that to us. I mean to Henry.
  532. 38:25 Has she heard from Henry? Well, of course she heard from Henry. He's in love with her. He thinks of every minute of the day. It's not his fault that he's been to let...
  533. 38:32 Wait a minute.
  534. 38:34 How did you know he was?
  535. 38:36 Well, it's in your attitude. But what about my word, my bond, my promise to Henry? Oh.
  536. 38:41 Poor old Henry.
  537. 38:42 How do you like that? She waits and waits around and when she's sure he's coming?
  538. 38:45 She's gone. Isn't that like a woman?
  539. 38:47 All right, I'm being difficult and hard to get.
  540. 38:51 But Henry's got to understand that I need his return.
  541. 38:54 That I can't be left on corners. Left on corners?
  542. 38:56 You say this after the full rounded life we've shown you?
  543. 39:01 Jimmy, it has been fun, and you've been very nice. Look, Admiral...
  544. 39:05 If there's anything we haven't done that you'd like us to do, just...
  545. 39:07 Name it.
  546. 39:08 Well, I would like to take the 5 o'clock bus back to Walla Walla.
  547. 39:11 You can think of something tougher than that. Sure, ask for the moon. Jenny will get it for you. Annie! Sure. You certainly do have confidence followers.
  548. 39:18 I wonder what they think if you fail. Oh, that's impossible with Jimmy, Admiral.
  549. 39:22 Mm-hmm.
  550. 39:25 Well...
  551. 39:26 There's one more thing I'd like to do before I catch my bus. Anything.
  552. 39:31 This may sound funny, but...
  553. 39:33 I was in the Navy for two years. Yes.
  554. 39:37 And I never got off shore. Oh, one outboard motor coming up. Oh, no. Oh, no. A big boat. A yacht. I want to take a ride on a seagoing yacht. Well, uh...
  555. 39:49 I...
  556. 39:51 I...
  557. 39:53 I
  558. 39:54 You're a crystal ball magician.
  559. 40:21 Ah, this is the life that's so fair. Does something for the soul. Hey, Jimmy. Hi, Nates. Hi, Skipper. Oh, you'll find everything up for it. Just make yourselves at home, Nates.
  560. 40:32 Boom. Well, now she's druggy, Mr. Stevens. Well, it's a nice craft. It's a nice craft. Build a select timber, deluxe and ever respect. Call it teak-taks, windscrew, even the cap-fit. And I'll personally guarantee you that you'll turn up an honest 18 knots. I know, but $70,000 is a lot of money. Even for me.
  561. 40:51 Why, Mr. Stevens, that's less than a thousand dollars a foot. You know, when you break it down to feed it, it really doesn't seem to be quite so much, does it?
  562. 41:07 Your friends seem to be enjoying it. Oh, yes, yes, they love to see. Matter of fact, I'm buying it for them. Oh, yes.
  563. 41:21 Gladwell, how do you like life on the briny deep? That's wonderful. But how do you relax? Just sit down. See? I keep wondering when the sheriff comes in. Oh, Jimmy makes the sheriffs hide their badges.
  564. 41:36 Mike. Yeah? Do you like me well enough to tell me the truth about something? Sure.
  565. 41:44 Did you ever know Cynthia?
  566. 41:47 Who told you? Jimmy. He did?
  567. 41:51 Gee, that's funny. Jimmy never talks about Cynthia no more. Was she beautiful? Well, I'll say she was. Cynthia really had style. What'd she look like? Well, she had a clean nose for one thing. Well, I should hope so. But you know, her props were a little large for her size. Well, that doesn't sound so beautiful. Oh, but you should have seen the load she could carry. Wow! Oh, is that good? Good? Would you like them to do that? Well, that depends on how much damage you want to do.
  568. 42:21 Well, that's something I wouldn't know anything about. But you know something? She was just a little tail heavy. Oh, she was. Yeah. But you should have seen her be. Narrow and round. Oh, that Cynthia was really trim.
  569. 42:37 You seem to have known Cynthia fairly well. Well, I should. I listened to her sing over a thousand times. Oh, Cynthia sings? Oh, not anymore she does. Not since she dropped the four of us. The four of you? Sure. Coming back across the channel.
  570. 42:51 She's honked out and she dumped us in the drink.
  571. 42:55 Great joke.
  572. 42:57 Bad girl, that Cynthia, wasn't she? I suppose you think it was funny to enlist my siblings. I didn't enlist them. They volunteered. I want to go home with you, please. Getting a little rough for you? Of course not. I have to catch the 5 o'clock bus to Walla Walla. Oh, now, come on. You've taken me on your last joyride, Mr. Stevens. Aye, aye, Admiral. The ship is at your command.
  573. 43:16 Would you like to feel around, Mr. Stevens?
  574. 43:21 try her in a tight turn. Do you mind, Captain? Sir Stevens is obviously a yachtsman. Thank you, sir. He can take it, sir. Well, we'll soon find out.
  575. 43:51 He certainly is. Yes, sir. Now, what do you say? I'd say, didn't you? I'd say he was in perfect shape, Captain.
  576. 44:01 I hope it's time. Hey!
  577. 44:13 Mike, sick made to leave.
  578. 44:17 She's rough for the young lady.
  579. 44:21 And they're gonna be alive!
  580. 44:34 Cibold!
  581. 44:35 Give me that.
  582. 44:40 Poisoned.
  583. 44:41 Where am I? You're not on the poop deck, Admiral.
  584. 44:46 Oh.
  585. 44:48 And how's our little wave feeling?
  586. 44:50 Oh, don't mention that word to me.
  587. 44:53 What time is it?
  588. 44:55 A little after six. After six?
  589. 44:58 Oh, I missed my bus again. Oh, what's one more day?
  590. 45:01 Nothing to you. Oh, you're wrong.
  591. 45:03 It means everything to us.
  592. 45:06 You know?
  593. 45:07 I got a funny feeling I'm going round and round...
  594. 45:13 Maybe I'm on a merry-go-round. Well, climb on down, Admiral, and put on your prettiest dress because...
  595. 45:19 Tonight?
  596. 45:20 We got a special treat for you. Yeah, a legitimate stage show.
  597. 45:23 - Legitimate? - Yeah, legitimate.
  598. 45:26 What's the matter? Can't you steal the theater?
  599. 45:43 Well, here we are. Just on time. Seems awfully late to me. Oh, these curtains will never prompt, you know.
  600. 45:49 Well, the least we could do was go in and sit down. But it ain't fashionable to be early. Get your programs, folks.
  601. 45:55 There you are, Admiral.
  602. 46:00 It's springtime.
  603. 46:03 Well, that's playing over there. That's right. Yeah, it was a very good show, too. Hurt, Hurt's going up. Oh, they're going in. What, is he going with it? Nah, it's just nice to be watchful.
  604. 46:14 Come on, let's go.
  605. 46:16 Smoke this. I don't feel like that. Smoke it. Come on. Don't smoke into the lobby, please. Don't smoke into the lobby. Oh, so sorry. Well, I hope the second act is better than the first. Come, dear. Just a minute. I didn't see the first act. Sleeps through everything. Come on, dear.
  606. 46:44 Oh, here we are. - Good German, this is humiliating. - Shh, where's your sense of adventure? Locked seats. We're supposed to take them. We're safe. Very few people could afford the ice. - Shh, sit down. - Relax.
  607. 46:57 The program, it is taken. - No, no. - No, no.
  608. 47:00 Oh, good evening.
  609. 47:20 Excuse me, does that say swing time? Yes, it does. I'm in the wrong theater. Wait a minute. This is for you.
  610. 47:30 It's poison. I hope he takes the drink of it. Oh, come on. Smile. Enjoy. There's Henry. Where? He's not embarrassed at all. He's with a girl. A gorgeous girl. Oh, maybe it's a guy with a head like Henry's looking from the top. Don't you think I know Henry's top when I see it? Oh, I couldn't recognize my own top from up here. No, I saw his face when he looked up at the balcony. It is Henry.
  611. 48:00 Oh, Missy.
  612. 48:06 Wow, I don't have time.
  613. 48:10 Take over, fellas. Take it home.
  614. 48:16 The second act starts with a bang, doesn't it?
  615. 48:18 Come here!
  616. 48:20 Take him away now, Pettigrew.
  617. 48:21 Sure, it's Henry. Gene said so.
  618. 48:23 And besides, I saw the top of his head from the box, and it's the same one that's on the stretcher.
  619. 48:28 Get those gumshoes of yours down to the hospital and hog tie Henry. We're holding the girl.
  620. 48:33 Don't argue with me, Peter. You want that double-entry love life of yours to collapse?
  621. 48:45 Gee, what a rough deal for the Admiral. Yeah, she must be heartbroken.
  622. 48:48 Yeah.
  623. 48:49 Look.
  624. 48:50 Why don't we tell her the truth?
  625. 48:51 Oh, no, that'll make her feel worse. I got it.
  626. 48:54 We'll tell her I was the hospital and it ain't Henry at all. Sure.
  627. 48:57 Anybody can have a top of a head. Yeah, we tell her the top of the head she seemed long to me or she'll boy yet
  628. 49:01 Why don't you tell her Henry flew back to Paris?
  629. 49:03 No, I don't...
  630. 49:05 Admiral! Good morning, Admiral. Would you like your hard-boiled eggs three minutes, Admiral? I have the water ready.
  631. 49:11 How about some coffee?
  632. 49:12 All right. Maybe it'll help me wash down a few more of your logs.
  633. 49:16 They weren't meant to be vicious lies, Admiral.
  634. 49:18 We were just trying to ease... Ease what?
  635. 49:20 The whole thing's very simple.
  636. 49:22 Henry's just changed his mind, that's all.
  637. 49:24 And for your information,
  638. 49:25 I've changed mine. It's just as simple as that. Now, wait. Don't you think you should hear Henry's side of it?
  639. 49:30 I'll get you some orange juice. It's not his fault. He must figure you gave him the gate.
  640. 49:34 Sure, he doesn't even know you're in town. Yeah, that pedigree Dave's been keeping him away from you.
  641. 49:39 Who's she? Only the ex-wife and the guy that's going to put us to work if we don't keep you here.
  642. 49:44 What the hell is it?
  643. 49:46 Paddy grows a chipbox, kid.
  644. 49:51 So that's...
  645. 49:53 The only reason you've been nice to me is because you didn't want to go back to work.
  646. 49:59 Oh, phew.
  647. 50:01 Whoa.
  648. 50:04 No, wait a minute, Admiral. Don't go. We like you. Honest, we do. Yeah, sure we do.
  649. 50:10 All the time I thought you were trying to help me.
  650. 50:12 Well, you did.
  651. 50:13 You helped me show me what a fool I've been, and I hope you're happy. Very, very happy. Very, very happy. That's the spirit. Those are the words I like to hear. Admiral, I've got good news for you. I just had a call from the hospital. I know. It wasn't Henry at all. No? No. It was the mayor of the... Sheboygan? Sheboygan.
  652. 50:28 Oh, well, uh, who told you that? I received a mysterious phone call. Oh.
  653. 50:33 Oh, you did? Well, uh, what'd they say?
  654. 50:37 Hello?
  655. 50:37 This Miss Madison?
  656. 50:39 You have just made a bad mistake.
  657. 50:41 You almost killed your own man.
  658. 50:43 Ah, you should have killed Jimmy Stevens. The cheap, lying, connivy, faker! Oh! Oh! Hold that line, Admiral. Listen, you're just nervous and upset. I'm not nervous. I'm not upset. In fact, I've never been any more calm in my life. Yes, but when Henry gets... Oh, he'll find me a walla walla.
  659. 51:01 Oh, where's my bag? No, no, Admiral, you can't leave now. Oh, yes, I can. And what's more, I will. Oh! Admiral, listen, please. Oh, shut up!
  660. 51:11 I owe that Mr. Pettigrew gives you the...
  661. 51:13 The graveyard shook in the salt mines.
  662. 51:16 Uh...
  663. 51:17 The poor kid. Well, who tipped it? As if I didn't know. Me and my big mouth. Yeah, you and your big mouth. Well, it's back to work for us. No, no, no. I'll think of something. I should never believe another thing we said. No, no. But you'll believe Henry.
  664. 51:29 And the hospital says Henry's taking nourishment.
  665. 51:30 Yeah, well, she's taking the bus. Well, we'll take the nourishment and Henry and put them both in the bus with her. Come on, let's go!
  666. 51:46 Call for Dr. Hyatt.
  667. 51:51 Oh, sorry, sorry.
  668. 51:52 - I remember.
  669. 51:53 The first sign of an argument from Henry, then you will snatch the corpus delecta. Right. Does that mean we've got to kill him?
  670. 51:59 He ain't even ambulatory, he's gonna be.
  671. 52:02 You ready? Yeah. Let's go.
  672. 52:07 Wait a minute. This isn't Henry. Any fool can see that. What happened to him? It's my sacroiliac. Shirley has done it again. Mike, straighten him out. I can't talk to a presser.
  673. 52:15 Any decent woman? Would have waited until we were married again. Before carrying on like this. Oh, oh, oh.
  674. 52:21 Now, now, where's Henry? I wish I knew. Shirley's smuggled him out of here. With all these people around here, that's impossible.
  675. 52:26 My Shirley takes anything she wants.
  676. 52:29 Look how she took me.
  677. 52:31 Read this note she left.
  678. 52:34 What kind of woman is your ex-wife?
  679. 52:36 completely unscrupulous.
  680. 52:38 I can believe that. Why, she says here that Henry loves Jean, that he's mad about her. Gee, the Admiral feel a lot better if she knew about that. She's going to know about it. This note is all we need to convince her.
  681. 52:46 Yeah, but she's on a bus already, en route.
  682. 52:48 Wait a minute.
  683. 52:49 Are you telling me you let that girl get away? I'll have you punching a time clock in the morning. No, no, not that. Come on.
  684. 52:54 Wait a minute.
  685. 52:55 Who knows the road to Alawara?
  686. 52:59 I do! I was born in Walla Walla! Well, what are we waiting for? Come on!
  687. 53:14 Attention all bus drivers, attention! Be on the lookout for one King Madison.
  688. 53:20 Age 22, single, female. She is a beautiful girl on the way to Walla Walla.
  689. 53:26 When last scene she was wearing a tan beret with buttons and a brown suit. She is known to favor the seat immediately behind the bus driver.
  690. 53:36 She is wearing nylon stockings and she has beautiful blue eyes and wavy brown hair. Attention, all bus drivers, attention. As a means of positive identification, you will recognize her by a mole above her left knee.
  691. 53:52 That is all. Watch for Rogues.
  692. 53:55 I don't want no trouble, lady. I think you're hot.
  693. 53:58 Hot! Oh, I'm boiled!
  694. 54:02 Hey, there's something. Hey.
  695. 54:13 Oh, Admiral! Admiral, are you a lucky girl? How dare you? Well, I've got great news for you, Admiral. I'm so much out. Read this thing I'm going to put... Here, calm down, calm down. Here, you see this? Don't say another word until you've read this. Here you are, the greatest news you've ever had in your life. I don't see how you want to keep out of jail. Stop talking and start reading. You're the most impossible, idiotic people that I have.
  696. 54:37 now.
  697. 54:37 Aren't you ashamed for those thoughts you've had about Henry?
  698. 54:40 Poor Henry.
  699. 54:42 That's what I've been saying. Poor old Henry.
  700. 54:46 I owe you boys an apology.
  701. 54:49 You won't lie. No. You were thinking of my happiness. Certainly. Admiral, the pursuit of happiness is practically a profession with us. That's a racket. Now, would you like to climb aboard a cloud? Thank you. There we go.
  702. 55:02 What's the matter now? My last pair of nylons, they're ruined.
  703. 55:06 And I wanted Joe to look nice to Henry.
  704. 55:08 If Henry's mind is on nylons when he sees you, then Henry's out of his mind.
  705. 55:12 All right.
  706. 55:13 I'm going to go.
  707. 55:17 Switch arm! Flaps up!
  708. 55:20 Energize number one. Check that up, President. Ready for the takeoff? Check. Contact. Contact.
  709. 55:44 Oh, hello, Annie. Where have you been all these years?
  710. 55:46 I'm glad you're up.
  711. 55:47 Surprised.
  712. 55:48 What on earth?
  713. 55:50 Nylon. Six pairs.
  714. 55:52 Wonderful.
  715. 55:54 Eddie, this kind of thing means so much to a woman. Thanks. They're not just from me. They're from all of us.
  716. 55:59 Where'd you get them at this hour?
  717. 56:01 The black market has a swing shift now.
  718. 56:03 Oh, yes.
  719. 56:04 Kissed Jimmy too. It was his wife's that paid for them.
  720. 56:07 I would if he were here. I really would.
  721. 56:10 Well...
  722. 56:12 Uh-huh.
  723. 56:14 What are you waiting for?
  724. 56:18 Yes.
  725. 56:28 Jimmy, you shouldn't have done it.
  726. 56:30 You're so wrong.
  727. 56:32 I should have done it a long time ago.
  728. 56:36 I'll finish your rounds for you.
  729. 56:39 Give me your clock. I'll finish the rounds for you.
  730. 56:41 Oh, never mind, Eddie. You don't have to.
  731. 56:43 Oh, my God.
  732. 56:52 I
  733. 56:55 You and I
  734. 57:01 Oh, don't stop.
  735. 57:07 You and I
  736. 57:11 could while away the hour
  737. 57:16 Everything that's
  738. 57:19 Wonderful is all
  739. 57:23 Amen.
  740. 57:25 I guess you didn't know what you were letting yourself in for when you were...
  741. 57:28 the price of that phone call.
  742. 57:30 No, I...
  743. 57:31 I certainly did.
  744. 57:32 - What a little bit.
  745. 57:33 Walla, walla.
  746. 57:34 Could have played such a habit.
  747. 57:36 too late.
  748. 57:38 Two lives?
  749. 57:44 I wonder where Henry is tonight.
  750. 57:46 I don't know.
  751. 57:47 I'll bet you wherever he is, he's...
  752. 57:48 Cursing his luck that he's there.
  753. 57:50 - Get out of here.
  754. 57:51 Amen.
  755. 57:52 I hope that bottle didn't hurt him very much.
  756. 57:55 From what I've heard of Henry, he probably can take it.
  757. 57:58 Oh, he can.
  758. 57:59 He's very strong, isn't he?
  759. 58:02 - Sure. - Oh, yes.
  760. 58:03 Yes, charming exceptionally.
  761. 58:05 And he tall and his shoulders are wide and...
  762. 58:09 It's all and...
  763. 58:11 And his hair and...
  764. 58:13 And he's very good looking and...
  765. 58:18 only thought away, and, uh...
  766. 58:20 Yeah.
  767. 58:21 In fact...
  768. 58:23 I don't know if they'd like you. Exactly.
  769. 58:26 He likes to.
  770. 58:26 Oh, yes, he loves to work.
  771. 58:29 He's very ambitious. And he's tall and... Simple.
  772. 58:35 Oh, did I?
  773. 58:37 Come on.
  774. 58:39 Henry, um...
  775. 58:40 And I...
  776. 58:46 Oh, and I...
  777. 59:02 Everything that's wonderful
  778. 59:07 Good morning.
  779. 59:10 Good morning.
  780. 59:11 How do you like my new nylon?
  781. 59:14 Beautiful.
  782. 59:16 Beautiful.
  783. 59:17 Yeah.
  784. 59:18 Admiral, you better go home.
  785. 59:20 Eh...
  786. 59:21 Do you think so, Jimmy? Oh, I'm sure of it. For a...
  787. 59:24 Girl of yours.
  788. 59:25 qualities to be hanging around.
  789. 59:28 Waiting for a man is...
  790. 59:30 ridiculous
  791. 59:31 Is it Jimmy?
  792. 59:33 Yes, yes.
  793. 59:35 You see...
  794. 59:35 We have to remember that you're engaged to Henry. Oh, yes.
  795. 59:39 Well, it's...
  796. 59:40 just that I...
  797. 59:42 How will it?
  798. 59:43 No, it isn't.
  799. 59:44 Isn't it, Jimmy?
  800. 59:46 No. No, Admiral, you better go home.
  801. 59:49 I'll find Henry Foy and I'll gift wrap him. I'll send him to you. Air mail special delivery, but you better go home.
  802. 59:54 Hey, Jimmy!
  803. 59:55 Jimmy we got trouble
  804. 59:56 What's the matter? What happened? Well, it's bad.
  805. 59:58 It's Eddie.
  806. 59:59 I'm sorry.
  807. 1:00:00 Nothing could be that bad, fellas. We're all in this together, aren't we? Yeah. Well, whatever it is, good or bad, we multiply by four, don't we? Sure. Well, okay, come on, speak up.
  808. 1:00:09 I've got a job.
  809. 1:00:11 Oh, that's wonderful.
  810. 1:00:14 Where is it this time? China, Burma, India?
  811. 1:00:16 Kansas City
  812. 1:00:18 I'm so happy for you, Amy.
  813. 1:00:20 I'll bet you are.
  814. 1:00:22 Have you told Lois?
  815. 1:00:23 I've been sending sketches to this firm and they've offered to take me on as a decorator. Kansas City, huh?
  816. 1:00:28 And I suppose that's far enough away for someone who wants to run out. Jimmy, are you telling him not to take this job? Look, you keep at it. I will not.
  817. 1:00:35 Daddy, don't pay any attention to him. You take the job. I need $100 for train fare and... $100, huh? Well, we don't have it. And even if we had it, you wouldn't get it.
  818. 1:00:43 I don't understand this horrible obsession you have against work. Well, there are a lot of things you don't understand. And if you want to make speeches, you better go find somebody who's interested.
  819. 1:00:51 Go find Henry. Don't think I won't.
  820. 1:00:54 At least he has principles. He's not a chiseling gold brick. He's a man you can depend upon. He's...
  821. 1:01:02 Oh, you're impossible.
  822. 1:01:04 Here they are!
  823. 1:01:06 Well, Mr. Stevens, I imagine you'd be very happy to...
  824. 1:01:09 Is this the girl?
  825. 1:01:10 That's her.
  826. 1:01:12 Not much of it, is there? Rather attractive, though. All we'll have to do is wave it under Henry's nose.
  827. 1:01:16 You're not going to wave me under anybody's nose. I'm going home. You can't do that. My detectives have found your Henry. They've discovered where Shirley is hiding him. Where?
  828. 1:01:24 In my wedding present. In what? My country home. My own house. Take them in. Take your hand, Doctor. No. Oh. What's the matter? Didn't you hear them? They snared your Henry for you. You're charming, wonderful Henry. You're a man of principle and ambition. Henry's waiting to lift you right out of our hair. And this time, I'm going to see that he does. Paul, it's after them. At last.
  829. 1:02:01 Quiet, we want to surprise them.
  830. 1:02:07 surprise he heard darling I thought you'd never get here oh surely it's so good to see you I've missed you terribly I know you've missed
  831. 1:02:16 You felt it?
  832. 1:02:17 I know it. You see, I've had my detectors following your detectors.
  833. 1:02:20 I told you she's never been outfoxed. Say, where's this Henry character? Yes, where is he? Shall we go in? Yeah, let's go. Go on.
  834. 1:02:27 Come on, your Henry's waiting. Mr. Bimble has the news for you. Bimble? Who's Bimble? Bimble!
  835. 1:02:34 Oh, there you are.
  836. 1:02:36 Why, you should know Mr. Dimble. He's one of your best detectives.
  837. 1:02:39 Go on, Mr. Bimble, tell him.
  838. 1:02:42 Oh, you tell him. Oh, for heaven's sakes, tell me.
  839. 1:02:45 Well, Henry ain't here no more. What? She sneaked him out from under our very noses.
  840. 1:02:50 Now, wait a minute, lady. This may seem funny to you. Oh, she is.
  841. 1:02:53 Oh, that's right. You haven't met. Well...
  842. 1:02:55 Step into the center of the ring. Admiral, meet your competition.
  843. 1:02:58 So, you're Henry's wonderful little way from Walla Walla. Ah, that's her.
  844. 1:03:04 I understand you're known as Peter Pettigrew's folly. Ha, ha, right cross. Very clever, darling, very clever. That's fine, girls. Now, break clean and, uh...
  845. 1:03:12 Come out fighting.
  846. 1:03:14 Why don't you leave Henry alone? I read the letter and you admitted yourself he didn't love you. Oh, let's not be naive, darling. With all of Henry's charms, why should a little thing like love stand in the way?
  847. 1:03:24 And besides...
  848. 1:03:26 I've got your Henry hanging on the ropes. On the ropes? Oh, he can't be very much good to you that way, can he? Now, just as well face it, darling. You're outclassed.
  849. 1:03:34 Outclass.
  850. 1:03:35 Outclassed.
  851. 1:03:36 Class.
  852. 1:03:37 Now, why don't you be a good little girl and go home? I will be a good little girl. But I'm not going home! You're not going to hang around us and mess up our lives. Oh, I wouldn't dream of it. You incompetent idiot. Wait a minute. We kept our part of the bargain with you.
  853. 1:03:52 If you want the Admiral to stick around here waiting for Henry,
  854. 1:03:54 Why don't you keep her?
  855. 1:03:55 I never thought of that.
  856. 1:03:58 We have plenty of rooms here, six servants, 22 detectives. Don't worry about me. I'll be staying downtown.
  857. 1:04:03 What, poetic justice? Well, it's okay, then. Everything's settled.
  858. 1:04:06 Thank you very much, and I promise you, you'll never forgive me.
  859. 1:04:08 Come on, fellas. Wait, where's Shelley? Where's Shelley? Shelley's gone. Smith. Tell my wife. Don't let her out of your sight. She'll lead you to Henry. Now go. Wait a minute. I can't go. Why not? I'm not Smith. My name is Jones. All right, Jones. Jones.
  860. 1:04:19 Watson Jones. My dear Watson, don't look now, but Sherry's drifting down the driveway. Yes.
  861. 1:04:26 What? She'll never get away from me, Mr. Pettigrew. Oh, there she goes. After her, after her. Relax, Mr. Pettigrew. I'll have her off. You can depend on me, Mr. Pettigrew. Oh, I've got her flat. Use my car. Hurry, hurry. Oh, no, look. She's flat to me, too. Oh, that surely's the most exact. Oh, my sacroiliac. My, my, help me. No, you don't. From now on, you keep him in gear. Come on, fellas. But Jimmy, Jimmy.
  862. 1:04:55 What's the matter now? My clothes are at your house. Well, they're too small for us. We'll send them to you. Come on. Relax, Mr. Petty Drew. Be brave, Mr. Petty Drew.
  863. 1:05:22 - Eddie. - Why, Gene, it's good to see you.
  864. 1:05:26 I noticed you drew KP duty tonight. Yeah. Well, count me in. How are you, Admiral? How are things at the Pettigrew house? Oh, very elegant, you know. Oh.
  865. 1:05:33 Me, butler. And soft-boiled eggs. Sounds swell. Oh, I don't know.
  866. 1:05:39 I'm sort of spoiled after being with you fellas.
  867. 1:05:41 You know...
  868. 1:05:42 It doesn't seem fun anymore when people pay for things.
  869. 1:05:46 Where are the boys? They went to the six-day bicycle races.
  870. 1:05:49 Good heavens, they're going to be gone for six days.
  871. 1:05:51 Now they only bought tickets for the opening night.
  872. 1:05:54 Bought? You mean Jimmy paid to get in?
  873. 1:05:57 Yeah, Jimmy's slipping.
  874. 1:05:59 the same lately.
  875. 1:06:01 I guess you know why, Admiral.
  876. 1:06:03 Oh, I wouldn't say he's changed that much.
  877. 1:06:06 I noticed he wouldn't let you take that job.
  878. 1:06:09 Well, it wouldn't have been much good without Lois anyway. That's easy. Take her with you.
  879. 1:06:15 You don't understand, Admiral. Well, she lives here in town, doesn't she?
  880. 1:06:18 Jan, Bel Air.
  881. 1:06:20 Right.
  882. 1:06:21 I don't see Lois anymore.
  883. 1:06:23 That's it. Oh.
  884. 1:06:24 She met someone else while you were overseas.
  885. 1:06:26 No, you see, I...
  886. 1:06:29 I have to make the rounds now. See you later. Well, Eddie, was that Lois that broke it off? No, it wasn't Lois.
  887. 1:06:36 Well, did you break your... Don't be silly.
  888. 1:06:40 Then it's Jimmy. It's this life he's making you leave. Of course you couldn't marry a girl into this. It wasn't Jimmy's fault. It's mine. He has nothing to do with it. You just protect him.
  889. 1:06:50 Look, Admiral.
  890. 1:06:51 Stop him, Jimmy, will you?
  891. 1:06:53 If you're going to think that, I...
  892. 1:06:54 I'd better straighten you out.
  893. 1:06:56 You see, I got scared when I found out how rich Lois was. That night she let me take her home from the officer's dance.
  894. 1:07:03 I never saw such a big house.
  895. 1:07:05 When you're in love, money isn't really important. It wasn't, Lawrence.
  896. 1:07:09 It was your folks I was scared of.
  897. 1:07:11 So I lied.
  898. 1:07:12 Then when I shipped overseas, I put my lies into writing.
  899. 1:07:15 I even began to believe them myself.
  900. 1:07:18 I promised Lois the moon on a silver platter.
  901. 1:07:21 And suddenly I realized I couldn't live up to my lies when I came home.
  902. 1:07:25 I lied myself into a deep hole when I...
  903. 1:07:27 Couldn't get out.
  904. 1:07:29 So when our plane crashed,
  905. 1:07:31 The watch was notified that I was killed in action.
  906. 1:07:33 It was the answer to my prayers. That poor girl thinks you did.
  907. 1:07:39 It's better that way.
  908. 1:07:41 Oh.
  909. 1:07:43 - Abby.
  910. 1:07:44 Amen.
  911. 1:07:45 You adorable fool.
  912. 1:07:48 Your troubles are over. I'm going to go out and find Lloyd and tell her the truth. No, you're not. You keep out of this.
  913. 1:07:54 Jimmy's right, you're not happy unless you're meddling in other people's affairs.
  914. 1:07:57 Mind your own business.
  915. 1:08:01 Eddie, why don't you take the job? You make good at it. I haven't even got the $100.
  916. 1:08:06 We'll get the hundred dollars.
  917. 1:08:10 After all, a hundred dollars isn't so...
  918. 1:08:14 Tough to race?
  919. 1:08:15 Is it, Mike?
  920. 1:08:21 You've got to win this money, Mike. You've got to for Eddie's.
  921. 1:08:24 I'm afraid I'll murder this problem. Here they are. Come on, Mike. Get your clothes on. Wait a minute. You leave him alone. Hurry up. Let's get out of here. He's earning his first honest dollar since he got mixed up with me. He doesn't need a dollar. But it's important. It isn't for Mike. It's for...
  922. 1:08:38 It's for me. I need the money.
  923. 1:08:40 Is it important enough to send him to the cemetery? Oh, no.
  924. 1:08:43 Don't be such an optimist. It's only a friendly boxing match. Yeah, well, a friendly tap in the head can kill him.
  925. 1:08:48 -Kill him? -He's got an infranial fracture, a tin plate to you.
  926. 1:08:51 Yeah, he got it in a plane crash. And I crashed the plane. Mike, why didn't you tell me? Please, Jimmy, I can take this. Come on, Mike, let her get her own money. Come on. Are you crazy? Oh, can't get him out next. Well, I got news for you, bud. Mike ain't fighting tonight. No?
  927. 1:09:05 Look, Jack, I don't know who you are, but I operate this joint. I better explain my house policy. Now, I fix fights, pull fights, do everything with fights, except cancel. Yeah, well, tonight you're changing your house policy. Mm-mm.
  928. 1:09:16 I got six characters on a pension waiting outside to see that nobody except a guy in trunks heading for the rain leaves this room in the next few minutes. Wait a minute, Mr. Boobie.
  929. 1:09:25 Yeah.
  930. 1:09:26 Mike, I got you into this and I'll get you one.
  931. 1:09:32 Jimmy
  932. 1:09:33 Jimmy, you're fighting your place.
  933. 1:09:35 But Jimmy don't know how to fight. I'm a lousy fighter.
  934. 1:09:39 Well...
  935. 1:09:39 Oh, they're worse.
  936. 1:09:41 All right, then. I'll fight in your place.
  937. 1:09:44 Look, sister, drop around on Monday nights when I have a lady wrestling. Tonight I need somebody with hair on his chest.
  938. 1:09:50 Why don't you get Henry to fight for it? Don't think he wouldn't. He wouldn't mind fighting. He wouldn't be a coward. Oh, shut up. How much does the loser get? Nothing.
  939. 1:09:59 Nothing.
  940. 1:10:00 According to the State Boxing Commission, you've got to come up with... No, piss joints run strictly according to Marty Gruber, and the loser gets nothing.
  941. 1:10:08 You guys figure it out. I've got a hot crowd out there yelling for blood. And one of you better be in that ring in five minutes.
  942. 1:10:22 Well, who's got the most blood?
  943. 1:10:36 I want you to fight a nice, clean fight. I don't want no low blows, no thum in the eye, no healing, no rat punchin', and no kidney punchin'.
  944. 1:10:46 You both understand that? Check answer. Come on, fight.
  945. 1:10:57 Come on, I don't like this. Come on, I'm frightened. It's not too late, Jimmy. We can still make a run. That Corporal Kelly's a killer. He's got muscles in his ears.
  946. 1:11:06 Now, don't worry, fellas. I'm not going to frighten this guy. I'm going to talk him into splitting the purse. Come on, Jimmy. Clear the ring. Clear the ring? No, no, not you. Oh, no.
  947. 1:11:16 Huh?
  948. 1:11:47 Listen, corporal, let's play this far. I'll take it easy with you and we'll split the first 55th. All right, come on, break it up, you guys. Come on.
  949. 1:11:59 Okay? Okay. Come on.
  950. 1:12:06 One, two, three, four, five. Now listen, Lieutenant, I'm willing to give you a break. Here's your man.
  951. 1:12:18 Oh, no, I'd rather do business with you.
  952. 1:12:26 I'm telling you, Lieutenant, I'm willing to give you a break. I'll make it 60-40.
  953. 1:12:40 Hey, anybody. I bet a bucky doesn't last a round.
  954. 1:12:47 I'll take that. Three, four, five, ten.
  955. 1:13:02 Hey, what's that? Somebody rang the bell. I didn't do it. Don't be nice, man. Get back in the back.
  956. 1:13:12 Gee, the count went to nine, Jimmy. Yeah?
  957. 1:13:17 six and eight well tonight they're only using hot numbers oh hey what's the matter with that guy no I made him a wonderful offer he must be hard of here
  958. 1:13:39 Wait a minute, Mike. I got you into that, and I'll get you out of it. Jimmy can fight in your face. Why, no. Ten seconds.
  959. 1:14:09 Come on.
  960. 1:14:43 This won't last long. Better get the next round ready. Okay, Marty? Oh, wait a minute.
  961. 1:14:51 Better get the ambulance ready.
  962. 1:14:58 Even Joe Lewis would stay cold on that.
  963. 1:15:15 What's the sense of you and me? Not going to shut around for a two-bit promoter, huh? I'm telling you, I don't want to open up on you. Why will I hurt you?
  964. 1:15:33 Stop the fight, Mike. You're killing me. Stop it. I'd better get the truck ready. Stop it, you understand?
  965. 1:16:09 One, two, three, four...
  966. 1:16:16 Oh.
  967. 1:16:19 Oh.
  968. 1:16:21 The guys in the bleachers don't know it, but they just seem one of the gamest guys that ever walked into a ring.
  969. 1:16:27 I'm so sorry, Jimmy.
  970. 1:16:32 Oh, it's you. I'm terribly sorry.
  971. 1:16:35 It's okay.
  972. 1:16:36 Now go figure some other way to get your money, but count me out. Please, Jimmy, it wasn't for me. It was for Eddie.
  973. 1:16:43 Ready.
  974. 1:16:44 So he could take that job and I could tell Lois the truth.
  975. 1:16:47 You could tell, Lillard.
  976. 1:16:48 What good would that do?
  977. 1:16:50 could solve that is problem.
  978. 1:16:52 Oh, what do you think I've been trying to do all these months?
  979. 1:16:55 Why do you think I wouldn't let Eddie take a job a million miles away from here?
  980. 1:16:59 Don't you think I could have told Lois? Then why didn't you?
  981. 1:17:01 Because it's not as simple as that.
  982. 1:17:04 Eddie killed himself when he let Lois think he was dead.
  983. 1:17:07 Do it.
  984. 1:17:08 Because he was afraid, that's why. Just plain afraid.
  985. 1:17:11 Killed his courage and his confidence, everything that a man lives by.
  986. 1:17:15 He'll never be able to breathe again until he has guts enough to forget about Lois's money and go see her himself.
  987. 1:17:20 That's why I've been keeping them with me all these months.
  988. 1:17:22 So I could prove to him that happiness doesn't depend on money.
  989. 1:17:28 Jimmy's right.
  990. 1:17:32 I'm sorry you had to get your brains knocked out.
  991. 1:17:35 It beats some sense into my head.
  992. 1:17:37 - I don't know if you did.
  993. 1:17:39 Thanks, Jimmy.
  994. 1:17:42 Wait a minute. Where are you going? Where do you think?
  995. 1:17:46 Eddie. Oh, Eddie.
  996. 1:17:49 Wait a minute, will ya?
  997. 1:17:53 I guess I'd better warn you.
  998. 1:17:55 Maybe Lois still loves her and maybe she doesn't.
  999. 1:17:58 Maybe she's falling for another guy.
  1000. 1:18:00 Isn't it about time I found out?
  1001. 1:18:02 Yeah.
  1002. 1:18:07 You know, you're the first one in the class to graduate.
  1003. 1:18:11 Good luck, kid.
  1004. 1:18:12 You're on your own.
  1005. 1:18:17 Oh!
  1006. 1:18:22 Jimmy, I didn't know. Oh, shut up.
  1007. 1:18:25 You know, I wish you were a man. I wish you were Henry for a minute so I could knock your meddling brains out. Now go on. Get out of here. Leave me alone.
  1008. 1:18:33 I'll stick with him.
  1009. 1:18:51 - Hi.
  1010. 1:18:52 I wouldn't have asked you to fight if I'd known about it. About the tin plate?
  1011. 1:18:56 That's nothing.
  1012. 1:18:58 I was lucky.
  1013. 1:18:59 You know, the guy that really got hurt when Cynthia Christ was Jimmy.
  1014. 1:19:04 He was hurt.
  1015. 1:19:05 Yeah, he's got a scar that the doctors can't see.
  1016. 1:19:10 Something here.
  1017. 1:19:11 Inside of them.
  1018. 1:19:14 He keeps blaming himself for that.
  1019. 1:19:15 - The crash.
  1020. 1:19:18 You mean a guilt complex.
  1021. 1:19:20 I don't know what you'd call it.
  1022. 1:19:23 Jimmy knows I'll never be able to go back to fighting again and...
  1023. 1:19:28 Well, on the count of...
  1024. 1:19:30 Denton a noggin. That's Freddie and Hollywood.
  1025. 1:19:33 I don't know why, but he...
  1026. 1:19:35 Figures he's got to look out for us guys.
  1027. 1:19:38 How long can this go on?
  1028. 1:19:40 Just as long as Jimmy needs us.
  1029. 1:19:44 If I know Jimmy...
  1030. 1:19:46 He'll stick by you boys just as long as he thinks you need him.
  1031. 1:19:53 Oh, my.
  1032. 1:19:55 There must be an answer somewhere.
  1033. 1:20:01 Yep, here she is, Mr. Pettigrew. Hello, hello, my dear. I'm practically solvent. Shirley has agreed to marry me.
  1034. 1:20:05 Well, come along. What are we waiting for? We're waiting for Jimmy. Where is he? Where's Lou?
  1035. 1:20:11 What in the world have you been up to?
  1036. 1:20:12 Oh, I was playing hopscotch and dropped my bean bag. At a time like this?
  1037. 1:20:16 surely that my house waiting for me and be there any minute
  1038. 1:20:19 I can't take any chances. This girl has to be there to grab Henry when he arrives. Well, take her and go. I won't go. I won't.
  1039. 1:20:24 You've been influencing this girl.
  1040. 1:20:26 I've been influencing her. Oh.
  1041. 1:20:28 I'm a desperate man, Stevens. Time is running out. And I promise you, you're going to work unless you have this girl ready, willing, and waiting for Henry. Oh, yeah?
  1042. 1:20:36 Well, she's going to be ready, Mr. Pettigrew. Oh, no, I won't. And she's going to be willing, Mr. Pettigrew. No, Eddie, excuse me, Eddie. Because this time I'm going to wrap her right around Henry Smith. Keep on going. My car's out there.
  1043. 1:20:48 Hurry, Clarence.
  1044. 1:20:50 Clarence, hurry!
  1045. 1:20:53 As long as we can get Miss Madison there before Henry arrives, we're safe.
  1046. 1:20:56 Sight of that autonomous might change Shirley's mind again. Adonis, huh?
  1047. 1:21:00 What is Henry's early? Oh, there goes my sacroiliac again. Let's stop the car and I'll throw him back in the gear. Hold it, Mike.
  1048. 1:21:06 Why should you straighten him out? Everybody's getting something out of this but us.
  1049. 1:21:10 How can you let the poor man suffer like that?
  1050. 1:21:13 Why do you care about anyone else suffering?
  1051. 1:21:16 You're getting your Henry, aren't you?
  1052. 1:21:18 That's all you want, isn't it?
  1053. 1:21:20 Well, isn't it?
  1054. 1:21:21 You know, I've been thinking, Jimmy, you're right. What do we get out of here? Will you please stop arguing and state your terms?
  1055. 1:21:28 Okay.
  1056. 1:21:29 You set us up in business.
  1057. 1:21:30 First-class health employees.
  1058. 1:21:32 Why, that's a great idea. I can handle the front and Mike can handle the back. Sure. All right, all right, it's a deal. Now will you handle my back? Tell us you're in business the smart way on an OPM basis.
  1059. 1:21:42 4 p.m.? Sure, other people's money. Hey, congratulations.
  1060. 1:21:45 Here's your diplomas. You've graduated, too.
  1061. 1:21:47 Hey, Jimmy, that leaves you on your own.
  1062. 1:21:49 Yeah, what about you?
  1063. 1:21:51 On my own? Are you kidding?
  1064. 1:21:52 I'm sorry.
  1065. 1:21:53 There's a whole world full of people waiting for my talent.
  1066. 1:21:57 All I need is a new...
  1067. 1:21:58 face.
  1068. 1:21:59 Well, we're coming to your house, Mr. Pettigrew. Do you want I should carry in and give you the full treatment? Heavens no. Fix me up out here. Oh, my God.
  1069. 1:22:05 Shirley would never marry her.
  1070. 1:22:06 A pencil.
  1071. 1:22:14 Clark!
  1072. 1:22:16 Come on.
  1073. 1:22:18 Ow.
  1074. 1:22:20 Jimmy, if you don't need... If you let me...
  1075. 1:22:23 Oh, there you are. Yes, she's ready, willing, and able.
  1076. 1:22:27 It isn't that you win, you understand. It's only that I default.
  1077. 1:22:30 Oh, no, you're not giving Henry up. Oh, I know what I'm beating.
  1078. 1:22:34 Well, come on. Where is this Henry? He should be here any minute now.
  1079. 1:22:37 I wish you all the luck in the world with him. You'll need it.
  1080. 1:22:40 Why, is there anything wrong with him? He's almost perfect.
  1081. 1:22:43 Almost?
  1082. 1:22:44 So fastidious and so completely impeccable.
  1083. 1:22:47 He wants everyone around him to be exactly the same way.
  1084. 1:22:50 The woman has an eyelash out of place. She goes into a tantrum.
  1085. 1:22:52 My nerves are completely frayed.
  1086. 1:22:55 So you're welcome to him, darling.
  1087. 1:22:59 Oh, after Henry, Peter will be so calm.
  1088. 1:23:02 Like an old bathroom. By the way, where is Peter? Peter? Oh, Peter's out in the car. Oh, what a...
  1089. 1:23:09 Yes, he's being reconditioned for you. - Reconditioned? - Hmm?
  1090. 1:23:14 Good girl, what an unexpected pleasure.
  1091. 1:23:17 Henry's coming up the driveway now, so pretty up, little one.
  1092. 1:23:29 Oh
  1093. 1:23:31 Oh, Jimmy, this...
  1094. 1:23:32 There isn't much time, and I...
  1095. 1:23:35 All right, now, all right. Calm down. I know, I know. You've been waiting for this moment for a long time, huh?
  1096. 1:23:42 All of my life.
  1097. 1:23:43 And now that you've got the fish on the hook,
  1098. 1:23:46 You don't want to reel him in? You want to play with him for a while, huh? For a smart man, you're so smart.
  1099. 1:23:53 Who is this?
  1100. 1:23:56 It's Henry. Oh, Jimmy. Jimmy, wait. Come on.
  1101. 1:24:05 How do I look to you?
  1102. 1:24:07 - But great.
  1103. 1:24:08 Jimmy! Jimmy!
  1104. 1:24:12 - I'll be.
  1105. 1:24:13 Are you sure?
  1106. 1:24:16 Now your care is a little...
  1107. 1:24:19 Mars.
  1108. 1:24:20 - I think I've got a hot rock. - That's right. Your face is a little shiny.
  1109. 1:24:31 Here, here, give me that. You're much too...
  1110. 1:24:38 You know, this Henry is a...
  1111. 1:24:39 He's a perfectionist.
  1112. 1:24:41 impeccable, fastidious, one hair out of place and...
  1113. 1:24:45 When I last shot a place...
  1114. 1:24:47 Henry's on his roller skates.
  1115. 1:24:48 There. That one's good. I think so. Sure. Oh, how did I miss that? Nose is shiny.
  1116. 1:24:56 Well, I guess you two will want to be alone, huh?
  1117. 1:25:05 How do I get out of here?
  1118. 1:25:08 Here.
  1119. 1:25:09 You can go through the day and then...
  1120. 1:25:11 There's a side door there.
  1121. 1:25:14 I don't.
  1122. 1:25:20 Good voyage.
  1123. 1:25:27 Come on.
  1124. 1:25:28 You're a smart man, you're so...
  1125. 1:25:32 How are you?
  1126. 1:25:35 It's Henry.
  1127. 1:25:40 Amen.
  1128. 1:25:42 I
  1129. 1:25:51 Why?
  1130. 1:25:52 Admiral.
  1131. 1:25:55 Where's Henry? I...
  1132. 1:25:57 Well, I thought that he...
  1133. 1:25:58 He won't come in.
  1134. 1:26:00 Why not?
  1135. 1:26:02 - Hi.
  1136. 1:26:04 I locked the door.
  1137. 1:26:06 It did.

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