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1:01 The Morning Post

1. 1:01 (chattering)
2. 1:05 MAN: Wait a minute. Copyboy!
3. 1:09 -Make it snappy and hurry back. -Where's the rest of this story?
4. 1:12 -Morning Post. -Morning Post.
5. 1:14 -City desk? Just a moment. I'll connect you. -Just a moment, please.
6. 1:16 If anybody asks for me, I'm down at the courthouse.
7. 1:19 -Morning Post. -Elevator! Going down!
8. 1:26 -Hello, Hildy. -Oh, hi, Skinny.
9. 1:29 -Hello, Ruth. Hello, Maisie. -Hello, Hildy!
10. 1:32 -Tell me, is the lord of the universe in? -Yes, he's in.
11. 1:35 -In a bad humor. -Somebody must have stolen the crown jewels.
12. 1:37 -Shall we announce you? -Oh, no, no, I'll blow my own horn.
13. 1:40 He's in, Bruce. You'd better wait here. I'll be back in ten minutes.
14. 1:43 Even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.
15. 1:47 -What did you say? -Huh?
16. 1:50 -Well ̶ -Go on.
17. 1:52 -Uh ̶ (chuckles) -Well, go ahead.
18. 1:55 I just said even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.
19. 1:59 I heard you the first time. I like it. That's why I asked you to say it again.
20. 2:03 I can stand being spoiled a little. The gentleman I'm going in to see did very little spoiling.
21. 2:07 I'd like to spoil him just once. Sure you don't want me to go in with you?
22. 2:10 -No, I can handle it. -If things get rough, remember I'm here.
23. 2:12 I'll come a-runnin', partner.
24. 2:15 -Well, hello, Jim. -Well, hello, Hildy.
25. 2:17 -How are you? -Hi, Hildy! Welcome back!
26. 2:19 -Hello, Hildy. How ya been? -Hi, Hildy.
27. 2:23 Oh, hello, Beatrice. How's "Advice to the Lovelorn"?
28. 2:26 -Fine. My cat just had kittens again. -It's your own fault.
29. 2:28 -Hello, Hildy. Glad to see you back. -Glad to see you.
30. 2:30 -Hi, Tim. Mildred, he still around? -Oh, hello, Hildy.
31. 2:34 -(buzzing) -MAN: A little more around the chin, boss.
32. 2:38 -What do ya want? -Your ex-wife is here. Do you want to see her?
33. 2:42 Well... Well, hello, Hildy.
34. 2:45 -Hello, Walter. -Hi, Hildy.
35. 2:48 Oh, hello, Louie. How's the fixed slot machine king?
36. 2:50 Oh, I ain't doin' that no more. I'm retired. Ya know what I mean?
37. 2:54 -Say, Walter ̶ Hello, Hildy. -I'm busy, Duffy.
38. 2:56 -Get going. I'm busy. -I thought you ought to know
39. 2:58 -the governor didn't sign that reprieve. -What?
40. 3:00 Tomorrow morning Earl Williams dies and makes a sucker out of us.
41. 3:04 -Well, what are you gonna do? -Get the governor on the phone.
42. 3:06 -I can't. -Why not?
43. 3:08 -Can't locate him. He's out fishing. -How many places to fish are there?
44. 3:11 At least two ̶ the Atlantic and Pacific.
45. 3:13 -All right. That simplifies it, doesn't it? -Oh, yeah.
46. 3:15 -Get him on the phone. -And tell him what?
47. 3:17 HILDY: Quiet, Duffy, he's thinking.
48. 3:19 Tell him if he'll reprieve Earl Williams, we'll support him for senator.
49. 3:22 -What? -The Morning Post will be behind him hook, line and sinker.
50. 3:25 -You can't do that! -Why not?
51. 3:26 Because we've been a Democratic paper for over 20 years.
52. 3:29 All right, after we get the reprieve, we'll be Democratic again.
53. 3:32 -Oh, Walter ̶ -Go on, Duffy! Get going!
54. 3:34 Remember, the Morning Post expects every city editor to do his duty.
55. 3:37 -You too, Louie. Get outta here. -Okay, boss.
56. 3:41 -(Hildy chuckles) -WALTER: Mmm.
57. 3:44 Well, Walter, I see you're still at it.
58. 3:46 Yeah. First time I ever double-crossed a governor. What can I do for you?
59. 3:50 Would you mind if I sat down?
60. 3:52 There's been a lamp burning in the window for you, honey. Here.
61. 3:55 Oh, I jumped out that window a long time ago, Walter.
62. 3:58 (Walter chuckles)
63. 4:02 Oh, may I have one of those?
64. 4:05 Thank you.
65. 4:08 And a match.
66. 4:11 Thank you.
67. 4:16 -Well, well, how long is it? -How long is what?
68. 4:20 You know what. How long is it since we've seen each other?
69. 4:24 Oh, well, let's see.
70. 4:26 I spent six weeks in Reno, then Bermuda ̶
71. 4:29 Oh, about four months, I guess. Seems like yesterday to me.
72. 4:33 Maybe it was yesterday, Hildy.
73. 4:35 Been seeing me in your dreams?
74. 4:37 No, no, Mama doesn't dream about you anymore.
75. 4:39 -You wouldn't know the old girl now. -Ah, yes, I would.
76. 4:41 -I'd know you anytime, anyplace ̶ -Anyplace, anywhere.
77. 4:45 You're repeating yourself, Walter. That's the speech you made the night you proposed.
78. 4:48 -I notice you still remember it. -Of course I remember it.
79. 4:51 If I didn't, I wouldn't have divorced you.
80. 4:53 -Sort of wish you hadn't done that, Hildy. -Done what?
81. 4:55 Divorced me. It makes a fellow lose all faith in himself.
82. 4:58 Gives him a ̶ almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
83. 5:01 Oh, now look, Junior, that's what divorces are for.
84. 5:04 Nonsense. You've got an old-fashioned idea
85. 5:06 divorce is something that lasts forever, till death do us part.
86. 5:08 Why, divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays, Hildy.
87. 5:11 Just a few words mumbled over you by a judge.
88. 5:14 We've got something between us nothing can change.
89. 5:17 -Mmm, well, I suppose you're right in a way. -Sure, I'm right.
90. 5:21 -I am fond of you, you know. -That-a-girl.
91. 5:24 -I often wish you weren't such a stinker. -Eh ̶
92. 5:27 Latin, I suppose. You must meet my mother. She'd like that phrase.
93. 5:30 Then why did you promise not to fight the divorce
94. 5:33 and do everything you possibly could to gum up the whole works?
95. 5:35 I meant to let you go, but you know how it is.
96. 5:38 You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
97. 5:40 Oh, a big, fat lummox like you hiring an airplane
98. 5:43 to write, "Hildy, don't be hasty. Remember my dimple. Walter."
99. 5:47 Delayed our divorce 20 minutes while the judge went out to watch it.
100. 5:50 I don't want to brag, but I've still got the dimple, and in the same place.
101. 5:54 Look, Hildy, I only acted like any husband that didn't want to see his home broken up.
102. 5:58 -What home? -Don't you remember the home I promised you?
103. 6:00 Sure, I do. That was the one we were to have right after the honeymoon.
104. 6:04 (laughs) That honeymoon.
105. 6:06 Was it my fault? Did I know that coal mine was gonna have another cave-in?
106. 6:10 I intended to be with you on our honeymoon, Hildy. Honest, I did.
107. 6:13 All I know is that instead of two weeks in Atlantic City with my bridegroom,
108. 6:16 I spent two weeks in a coal mine with John Kruptzky.
109. 6:19 -You don't deny that, do you, Walter? -Deny it? I'm proud of it!
110. 6:22 -We beat the whole country on that story. -Suppose we did?
111. 6:24 That isn't what I got married for!
112. 6:26 Oh, what is the good of ̶ Look ̶ Now look, Walter.
113. 6:29 What I came up here to tell you
114. 6:31 is that you must stop phoning me a dozen times a day, sending me 20 telegrams ̶
115. 6:35 I write a beautiful telegram, don't I? Everybody says so.
116. 6:37 -Are you going to listen to what I have to say? -Look, what's the use of fighting, Hildy?
117. 6:41 I tell you what ̶ come back to work on the paper.
118. 6:43 If we find we can't get along in a friendly fashion, we'll get married again.
119. 6:47 -What? -Certainly. I haven't any hard feelings.
120. 6:50 Oh, Walter, you're wonderful in a loathsome sort of way.
121. 6:53 Now please be quiet long enough for me to tell you what I came to say.
122. 6:56 -We'll have some lunch ̶ -I have a lunch date already.
123. 6:58 -Well, break it. -I cannot break it.
124. 7:00 -Take your hands off me! What are you playing, osteopath? -Temper, temper.
125. 7:04 Oh, listen, Walter, you are no longer my husband and no longer my boss.
126. 7:08 -And you're not going to be my boss. -What's that supposed to mean?
127. 7:11 -Just what I say. -You're not coming back to the paper?
128. 7:14 You are right, Mr. Burns, for the first time today.
129. 7:16 -Uh-huh. Got a better offer, huh? -You bet I've got a better offer.
130. 7:20 All right, go on. Take it. Work for somebody else.
131. 7:22 -That's the gratitude I get! -Stop hamming.
132. 7:24 What were you five years ago? A college girl from a school of journalism. A doll-faced hick!
133. 7:28 You wouldn't take me if I hadn't been doll-faced.
134. 7:30 I thought it'd be a novelty ̶ a face around here a man could look at without shuddering.
135. 7:34 -Listen, Walter ̶ -I made a great reporter out of you, Hildy.
136. 7:36 But you won't be half as good on any other paper. We're a team!
137. 7:38 -(imitating auctioneer) -You need me, I need you, the paper needs both of us!
138. 7:41 -Sold, American! -Oh, all right, go ahead.
139. 7:43 -Listen, Walter, please. -Mm-hmm.
140. 7:45 The paper's gonna have to get along without me. So are you.
141. 7:49 Just didn't work out, Walter.
142. 7:50 Well, it would've worked out if you'd been satisfied with just being editor and reporter.
143. 7:54 But not you. You had to marry me, spoil everything.
144. 7:57 I wasn't satisfi ̶
145. 7:58 -I suppose I proposed to you? -Well, you practically did.
146. 8:01 Making goo-goo eyes at me for two years until I broke down. "Oh, Walter."
147. 8:05 I still claim I was tight the night I proposed.
148. 8:07 If you'd have been a gentleman, you'd have forgotten about it.
149. 8:09 -Why, you ̶ -You're losing your eye.
150. 8:11 You used to pitch better than that.
151. 8:12 Hello. Yeah. What?
152. 8:14 Sweeney? What can I do for you?
153. 8:16 What? Wait a minute. I'm not Sweeney. I'm Duffy.
154. 8:19 Listen, Sweeney, you can't do that to me! Not today of all days!
155. 8:23 What's the matter with you? Are you loony?
156. 8:26 Jumping Jehoshaphat! Now listen, Sweeney, this is no time ̶
157. 8:31 Oh, all right, I suppose so.
158. 8:33 Yes, if you have to, you have to.
159. 8:36 -He had to. -Everything happens to me.
160. 8:38 365 days in the year, and this has to be the day.
161. 8:42 -What's the matter, Walter? -Sweeney.
162. 8:43 -Dead? -He might just as well be.
163. 8:45 The only man on the paper that can write, and he picks today to have a baby!
164. 8:48 He didn't do it on purpose, did he?
165. 8:50 I don't care! He's supposed to be covering the Earl Williams case. And where is he?
166. 8:53 Walking up and down in a hospital. Is there no sense of honor in this country?
167. 8:56 -Haven't you got anybody else? -No.
168. 8:59 No, there's nobody else on the paper that can write.
169. 9:01 This will break me.
170. 9:02 Unless ̶ Hildy.
171. 9:05 -No. Not a chance. Don't bother me. -You gotta help me just this once.
172. 9:08 -Get outta here, Duffy. I'm busy! Now look ̶ -Save your breath.
173. 9:11 This will bring us back together, the way we used to be.
174. 9:13 That's what I'm afraid of ̶ "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere!"
175. 9:15 This is bigger than anything that ever happened to us! Don't do it for me. Do it for the paper.
176. 9:19 -Scram, Svengali. -If you won't do it for love, how about money?
177. 9:22 Forget the other offer. I'll raise you 25 bucks a week.
178. 9:24 -Listen to me, you bumble-headed baboon. -Thirty-five bucks and not a cent more.
179. 9:27 -Walter, are you gonna listen? -Good grief!
180. 9:29 -How much is that other paper gonna pay you? -There isn't any other paper.
181. 9:32 Oh. Well, in that case, the raise is off. You go back to your old salary.
182. 9:35 -Trying to blackjack me ̶ -I want to show you something.
183. 9:37 -I'm busy. -It's a ring. Take a good look.
184. 9:39 You know what it is? It's an engagement ring.
185. 9:44 Engagement ring?
186. 9:46 Uh-huh.
187. 9:49 I tried to tell you right away, but you would start reminiscing.
188. 9:54 I'm getting married, Walter,
189. 9:55 and I'm also getting as far away from the newspaper business as I can get.
190. 9:59 -What? -(chuckles) I am through.
191. 10:02 Get married all you want, but you can't quit the newspaper business.
192. 10:04 -Oh, why not? -I know what quitting would mean to you.
193. 10:08 -What would it mean? -It would kill you!
194. 10:10 -You can't sell me that, Walter Burns. -Who says I can't?
195. 10:12 -You're a newspaperman. -That's why I'm quitting.
196. 10:14 -I want to go someplace where I can be a woman. -You mean be a traitor.
197. 10:17 -A traitor to what? -A traitor to journalism.
198. 10:19 -You're a journalist, Hildy! -A journalist? Now, what does that mean?
199. 10:23 Peeking through keyholes? Chasing after fire engines?
200. 10:26 Waking people up to ask them if Hitler's gonna start another war?
201. 10:29 Stealing pictures off old ladies?
202. 10:31 I know all about reporters, Walter.
203. 10:33 A lot of daffy buttinskies running around without a nickel in their pockets
204. 10:35 so a million hired girls and motormen's wives will know what's going on.
205. 10:38 Why, I ̶
206. 10:40 Oh, what's the use?
207. 10:42 Walter, you wouldn't know what it means to... well, to want to be respectable
208. 10:46 and live a halfway normal life.
209. 10:50 The point is, I ̶ I'm through.
210. 10:54 Where'd you meet this man?
211. 10:56 -Bermuda. -Rich, huh?
212. 10:58 He's not what you call rich. Makes about 5,000 a year.
213. 11:02 -What's his line? -He's in the insurance business.
214. 11:05 -Insurance business? -Uh-huh.
215. 11:07 -That's a good, honest business, isn't it? -Oh, certainly, it's honest.
216. 11:10 It's also adventurous. It's romantic.
217. 11:12 Listen, Hildy, I can't picture you being surrounded by policies.
218. 11:15 Well, I can, and I like it, what's more.
219. 11:18 Besides, he forgets the office when he's with me.
220. 11:21 He doesn't treat me like an errand boy either. He treats me like a woman.
221. 11:24 He does, does he? Mm-hmm. How did I treat you? Like a water buffalo?
222. 11:28 I don't know from water buffaloes, but I do know about him.
223. 11:31 -He's kind and sweet and considerate. -(mocking, high-pitched) Mm-hmm.
224. 11:33 -He wants a home and children. -(chuckles)
225. 11:35 Sounds more like a guy I ought to marry. What's his name?
226. 11:38 Uh, Baldwin. Bruce Baldwin.
227. 11:41 Baldwin, Baldwin. Oh, I knew a Baldwin once.
228. 11:43 A horse thief in Mississippi. Couldn't be the same fellow, could it?
229. 11:45 You're now talking about the man I'm marrying tomorrow.
230. 11:50 Tomorrow? As soon as that?
231. 11:52 Mm-hmm.
232. 11:57 Well, at last I got out what I came up here to tell you.
233. 12:02 Guess there isn't any more to the story.
234. 12:05 -So long, Walter. -So long, Hildy.
235. 12:08 -And better luck to you next time. -Thanks.
236. 12:12 -Oh, Hildy. -Huh?
237. 12:14 Uh... well, you kind of took the wind out of my sails.
238. 12:20 Look, honey, I just want to wish you everything I couldn't give you.
239. 12:24 Thank you, Walter.
240. 12:26 This other fellow ̶ Well, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see him.
241. 12:30 I'm more or less particular about whom my wife marries.
242. 12:34 -Where is he? -He's right on the job, waiting for me out there.
243. 12:38 Oh. Do you mind if I meet him?
244. 12:40 Oh, no, Walter. It wouldn't do any good, really.
245. 12:42 -You're not afraid, are you? -Afraid? Of course not.
246. 12:45 Well, then, come on. Let's see this paragon.
247. 12:48 -Is he as good as you say? -Why, he's better.
248. 12:50 -Then what does he want with you? -Oh, now you got me.
249. 12:52 Back in an hour, Mildred.
250. 12:54 Oh! Oh, I am sorry, Hildy.

12:56 Walter meets Bruce

1. 12:57 -I suppose Bruce ̶ What's his name? -Baldwin.
2. 12:59 -I suppose he opens doors for you. -He does.
3. 13:00 -When he's with a lady, he takes his hat off. -Oh, I am sorry.
4. 13:04 And when he walks with a lady, he waits for her.
5. 13:06 Oh, well, in that case ̶
6. 13:10 Allow me.
7. 13:14 Well, I can see right away my wife picked out the right husband for herself.
8. 13:18 -How do you do, sir? -Must be some mistake. I'm already married.
9. 13:22 Already married? (clicks tongue)
10. 13:25 Oh, Hildy, you should've told me. Congratulations again, Mr. Baldwin.
11. 13:28 -No, my name is ̶ -Mr. Burns.
12. 13:30 Excuse me. I'm terribly busy. Just leave your card. What did you say?
13. 13:33 -Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns. -My name is ̶
14. 13:35 Some other time. I'm busy with Mr. Bruce Baldwin here.
15. 13:37 -I didn't hear what you said. -I was going to say that my name ̶
16. 13:40 -Look, what is it with you? -I'm Bruce Baldwin.
17. 13:43 -Oh, you're Bruce Baldwin. -Yes.
18. 13:45 -Well, who is he? Who are you? -My name's Pete Davis.
19. 13:48 -Mr. Davis, is this any concern of yours? -No.
20. 13:51 From now on I'll thank you to keep your nose out of my affairs.
21. 13:54 And don't let it happen again.
22. 13:56 Mr. Baldwin, I'm sorry about this mistake. This is indeed a pleasure.
23. 14:00 Oh, that's wrong, isn't it?
24. 14:02 Well, Bruce ̶ You don't mind if I call you Bruce?
25. 14:04 -After all, we're practically related. -No, not at all.
26. 14:07 You see, my wife ̶ That is, your wife ̶ I mean, Hildy ̶
27. 14:10 Hildy, you led me to expect you were marrying a much older man.
28. 14:13 Oh, really? What did I say that led you to expect such ̶
29. 14:15 Don't worry about it. I realize you didn't mean old in years.
30. 14:18 (chuckles)
31. 14:20 -You always carry an umbrella, Bruce? -Well, it looked a little cloudy this morning.
32. 14:24 That's right. Rubbers too, I hope.
33. 14:27 Attaboy. A man ought to be prepared for any emergency.
34. 14:29 -I think we'd better be running along. -Yes, we'd better be going.
35. 14:32 -Where are we going? -I'm taking you two to lunch. Didn't you tell him?
36. 14:35 -No, she didn't. -I guess she wanted to surprise you.
37. 14:39 After you. After you, Hildy.
38. 14:41 You're wasting your time. It won't do a bit of good.
39. 14:44 No, I'm glad to do it. Glad to do it.
40. 14:50 Well, hello, Gus.
41. 14:52 -Don't tell me it's you, Hildy. -It's none other. How have things been?
42. 14:55 -I can't complain. -I can. I'm hungry.
43. 14:57 Get me a roast beef sandwich. Rare on white ̶ Oh.
44. 14:59 -Sorry. -On white bread. Over there, Bruce.

14:59 Lunch at Gus's

1. 15:01 -You, Hildy? -I'll have the same, I guess.
2. 15:04 -You, sir? -Yes, that's all right for me.
3. 15:07 -Bring some mustard too, Gus. -Yes, sir.
4. 15:10 Ah, well, well, well.
5. 15:12 -So, you two are gonna get married, huh? -(Bruce chuckles)
6. 15:15 -Well, how's it feel, Bruce? -Feels awful good. Yes, sir.
7. 15:18 -You're getting a great little girl. -I realize that.
8. 15:21 Things have been different for me ever since I met Hildy. I've never met anyone like her.
9. 15:25 Everybody else I've ever known,
10. 15:28 well, you could always tell ahead of time what they were gonna say or do.
11. 15:32 But Hildy's not like that. You can't tell that about her.
12. 15:36 -That's nice. -Yes. You're getting something else too.
13. 15:38 -You're getting a great newspaperman. -No orchids, Walter.
14. 15:41 One of the best I ever knew. Sorry to see her go. Darn sorry, Hildy.
15. 15:45 -I'd like to believe you meant that. -I do mean it.
16. 15:48 If you ever want to come back to the newspaper business ̶
17. 15:50 Which I won't.
18. 15:52 Ah, well, in spite of everything, if I ever do, there's only one man I'd work for.
19. 15:56 -I'd kill you if you ever worked for anybody else. -Hear that, Bruce? That's my diploma.
20. 15:59 It must be quite a business if it's ̶
21. 16:02 -Hildy, are you sure you want to quit? -What do you mean?
22. 16:06 I mean, if there's any doubt about it, or if there's anything that ̶
23. 16:09 No. This is your chance to have a home and to be, like you said, a human being.
24. 16:14 -And I'm going to make you take that chance. -Certainly. Why, I wouldn't let her stay.
25. 16:19 No, she deserves all this happiness, Bruce, all the things I couldn't give her.
26. 16:23 -Yeah, all she ever wanted was a home. -I'll certainly try to give her one.
27. 16:27 -I know you will. Where you gonna live? -Albany.
28. 16:30 -Albany, huh? Got a family up there? -Just my mother.
29. 16:33 Just your mother, huh? Mmm. You're gonna live with your mother?
30. 16:36 Well, just for the first year.
31. 16:38 Oh, well, that will be nice. Yes, yes.
32. 16:41 A home with Mother. In Albany too.
33. 16:44 Mighty nice town, Albany. They've got the state capitol there.
34. 16:47 Yeah, I know. We were there once.
35. 16:54 Listen, will you ever forget the night you brought the governor back to the hotel?
36. 16:58 You see, I was in taking a bath. I came walking out without ̶
37. 17:01 (clears throat)
38. 17:04 She didn't know I was in town.
39. 17:06 Well, uh, Bruce, how is business up there? Any better?
40. 17:10 Well, Albany's a mighty good insurance town.
41. 17:12 -Most people there take it out early in life. -Yeah, well, I can see why they would.
42. 17:16 Statistics show that most of our policies̶
43. 17:18 You know, I've got a feeling I ought to have taken out a little insurance.
44. 17:22 Course, that really doesn't matter now that Hildy and I have, uh ̶
45. 17:25 Well, you know, we've, uh ̶ pfft. Does it? Or does it? What do you think?
46. 17:29 Still, it might've been a good idea if we ̶ if I had.
47. 17:33 Well, I honestly feel that way. I figure I'm in one business that really helps people.
48. 17:38 Course, we don't help you much while you're alive, but afterward.
49. 17:41 -That's what counts. -Sure.
50. 17:42 (Hildy's foot bangs against table)
51. 17:44 -I don't get it. -Ouch!
52. 17:47 -Nice going. -I'm so sorry, Gus. My foot must've slipped.
53. 17:50 Oh. That's all right. What would you like to drink?
54. 17:53 -Coffee, Gus. -Shall I put rum in? It's a nasty day.
55. 17:56 -Sure. -Me too, Gus, please.
56. 17:57 -And you, sir? -Not for me, thanks.
57. 17:59 -Go on, Bruce. -No, I have a lot to do this afternoon.
58. 18:02 -I have to buy the tickets, check the baggage. -Do it tomorrow. There's plenty of time.
59. 18:05 But we're leaving today at 4:00. Taking the sleeper for Albany.
60. 18:09 Oh. You, uh ̶
61. 18:11 You're leaving today at 4:00, huh?
62. 18:13 -Mm-hmm. -Say, that's only two hours.
63. 18:15 -Doesn't give us much time. -No, and I've got a lot to do ̶
64. 18:19 Look at that! Isn't that silly? All down over my front.
65. 18:22 -That's nothing new. Here. -Never mind. Hey, Gus.
66. 18:25 Gus, do something about this, will you?
67. 18:27 (whispering) Call me to the telephone as soon as I get back to the table.
68. 18:30 -Sure. -(normal voice) Thanks, Gus.
69. 18:31 That's fine. Thanks, it's fine.
70. 18:33 (clears throat) I'm terribly sorry about that. Silly, wasn't it?
71. 18:36 Listen, Bruce, let me get that straight. I must've misunderstood you.
72. 18:40 You're taking the sleeper today and then getting married tomorrow?
73. 18:43 -Oh, well, it's not like that. -Well, what is it like?
74. 18:47 Oh, poor Walter. He'll toss and turn all night.
75. 18:49 Perhaps we'd better tell him Mother's coming along too.
76. 18:52 -Mother? Your mother kicked the bucket ̶ -No, my mother. My mother.
77. 18:55 Oh, your m ̶ Well, that relieves my mind.
78. 18:58 It was cruel of us to let you suffer that way.
79. 19:00 Isn't Walter sweet? Always wanting to protect me.
80. 19:03 Well, I admit I wasn't much of a husband. But you can always count on me, Hildy.
81. 19:06 I don't think she'll need you, Mr. Burns. I aim to do most of the protecting myself.
82. 19:10 Mr. Burns, telephone.
83. 19:12 -For me? -Yes, sir.
84. 19:14 That's strange. Uh, pardon me.
85. 19:19 Hildy, he's not such a bad fellow.
86. 19:21 No. He should make some girl real happy.
87. 19:24 -Mm-hmm. -(whispering) Slaphappy.
88. 19:26 He's not the man for you. I can see that. But I sort of like him.
89. 19:29 He's got a lot of charm.
90. 19:31 Well, he comes by it naturally. His grandfather was a snake.
91. 19:36 Hello? Hello? Hey, Duffy, listen.
92. 19:39 Is there any way we can stop the 4:00 train to Albany from leaving town?
93. 19:42 -We might dynamite it. -Could we?
94. 19:45 Oh, well, maybe we couldn't. All right, now get this.
95. 19:48 Get ahold of Sweeney and send him out of town on a two-weeks vacation.
96. 19:52 All right, keep your shirt on. Hildy's coming back.
97. 19:55 She doesn't know it yet, but I promise you she's staying here.
98. 19:58 Tell Louie to stick around the office. I may need him. Good-bye.
99. 20:03 Thanks, Gus.
100. 20:05 -This is bad business. -What's the matter, Walter?
101. 20:07 -Oh, the Earl Williams case. -I've been reading about that.
102. 20:10 -It's pretty bad. -What is the lowdown on it?
103. 20:12 Simple, honey. Poor little dope who lost his job and went berserk.
104. 20:16 Shot a cop who was coming to quiet him down. They're gonna hang him tomorrow.
105. 20:19 -What a shame. -Your paper ̶
106. 20:20 -You've been taking his side, haven't you? -Mm-hmm.
107. 20:23 If he was out of his mind, why doesn't the state just put him away?
108. 20:26 It happened to be a colored policeman. You know what that means, Hildy.
109. 20:29 Mm-hmm. The colored vote's very important in this town.
110. 20:32 Especially with an election coming up three or four days.
111. 20:34 That mayor, he'd hang his own grandmother to be reelected.
112. 20:37 I should think you could just show that the man wasn't responsible.
113. 20:39 -That's not so easy. -Mmm, maybe it isn't so hard either.
114. 20:43 What do you mean, Hildy?
115. 20:45 Don't they have to have another expert examine him before they hang him?
116. 20:48 Sure. A bird named Egelhoffer is gonna do it. He'll say the same as the rest.
117. 20:51 -Suppose he does? -What's your scheme, Hildy?
118. 20:54 Look, you get the interview with Earl Williams, print Egelhoffer's statement.
119. 20:58 And right alongside of it, you know, double column, run your interview.
120. 21:02 Alienist says he's sane. Interview shows he's goofy.
121. 21:04 Hildy, you could do it! You could save that poor devil's life.
122. 21:07 -Uh-uh-uh. No. -You could ̶ Oh, yeah.
123. 21:10 -You're going away. I forgot. -That's right.
124. 21:11 -How long would the interview take? -An hour. Another to write it. That's all.
125. 21:16 We could take the 6:00 train if it'd save a man's life.
126. 21:19 No, Bruce.
127. 21:20 If you want to save Earl Williams' life, you write the interview yourself.
128. 21:24 -You're still a good reporter. -You know I can't write that kind of thing.
129. 21:26 -It takes a woman's touch, that heart ̶ -Don't get poetic.
130. 21:30 Get Sweeney. He's the best man on the paper for that sob-sister stuff.
131. 21:33 Poor Sweeney. Duffy just told me his wife finally had twins. Isn't that terrible?
132. 21:38 Sweeney went out to celebrate, and now we can't find him anymore.
133. 21:41 So, Sweeney has twins, Earl Williams gets hanged tomorrow.
134. 21:43 -Now, Walter, look ̶ -You argue with her.
135. 21:46 Otherwise you're going on a honeymoon with blood on your hands.
136. 21:49 How can you have happiness after that?
137. 21:50 All through the years you'll remember that a man went to the gallows
138. 21:53 because she was too selfish to wait two hours.
139. 21:56 Earl Williams' face will come between you on the train tonight
140. 21:58 and at the preacher's tomorrow and all the rest of your lives.
141. 22:01 -Stop, Walter! The whole place'll hear you. -Stop what?
142. 22:03 -What an act. -Huh? Huh?
143. 22:05 I just remembered Sweeney was only married four months ago.
144. 22:09 (Walter snickers, laughs)
145. 22:13 All right, Hildy, you win. I'm licked.
146. 22:15 -Then Mrs. Sweeney didn't have twins. -(Hildy chuckles)
147. 22:18 -No, indeed. The twins were Walter's. All his. -Oh, it was nothing.
148. 22:23 Well, let's forget it. We'll start all over again.
149. 22:26 -I'll offer you two a business proposition. -We're not interested.
150. 22:29 -You'll be interested. You're a smart young man. -Don't listen. I know him from way back.
151. 22:33 Excuse me, will you? I'm talking to him. Now look, Bruce.
152. 22:36 Persuade Hildy to do the story and you can write out a fat insurance policy for me.
153. 22:40 Oh, no. I wouldn't use my wife for business purposes.
154. 22:43 Wait a minute, Bruce.
155. 22:45 -Walter, how big a policy? -Oh, $25,000.
156. 22:47 -What? -$50,000.
157. 22:48 -What's the commission on a $100,000 policy? -Around $1,000. But, Hildy ̶
158. 22:52 What's wrong with $1,000? We could use that money.
159. 22:55 -How long would it take to get him examined? -I could get a doctor here in 20 minutes.
160. 22:59 -Well, get him. -You keep out of this.
161. 23:01 All right, Bruce, suppose you have Mr. Burns examined over in his office
162. 23:04 and see what they'll allow on that old carcass of his.
163. 23:07 -Say, I'm better than I ever was. -It was never anything to brag about.
164. 23:11 Now look, Bruce, I'll go back and change. After you get the check, you phone me.
165. 23:15 I'll be in the press room at the criminal courts building.
166. 23:18 Walter, by the way, I think you'd better make that a certified check.
167. 23:22 -What do you think I am, a crook? -Yes. No certified check, no story. Get me?
168. 23:25 -It'll be certified. Want my fingerprints? -No. I've still got those.
169. 23:29 Gus, how much do I owe you?
170. 23:32 -Thank you, dear. Oh, Bruce ̶ -Oh, I'm sorry.
171. 23:36 -How much money have you got with you? -Everything we have ̶ $500.
172. 23:39 -Give me the $500. -I have to buy the tickets.
173. 23:41 I'll buy the tickets. I know what I'm doing.
174. 23:43 -He'll get you in a crap game or ̶ -I don't gamble.
175. 23:46 I know a lot of people that never did anything till they met Walter Burns.
176. 23:50 All right, but remember, it's everything we have.
177. 23:52 -I know. -WALTER: Oh, Bruce.
178. 23:54 -You got change of ten? -I just ̶
179. 23:55 -See what I mean, don't you, Bruce? -I just gave everything I had to Hildy.
180. 23:59 -All I've got left is ̶ -Come on, Hildy.

24:00 The press room

1. 24:00 -Not me. Sign it. -Oh, all right.
2. 24:05 For the waiter.
3. 24:07 -(Bruce laughs) -Come on, Bruce. Really.
4. 24:13 -I'll open for a dime. -I'm in.
5. 24:15 -I'll stay. -Wilcox 3-400.
6. 24:18 -(phone ringing) -I'm in. Two.
7. 24:20 Take that, one of you birds. You ain't doing anything, Ernie.
8. 24:23 -I'll take two. -And one for the dealer.
9. 24:25 What's the matter with you guys? Crippled or something?
10. 24:29 Press room. Huh? Wait a minute.
11. 24:32 Hello, Sarge. McCue talking. Hold the line, will ya.
12. 24:34 What? No, I told you this is the press room in the criminal courts building.
13. 24:38 Jake, new lead on the hanging.
14. 24:40 This alienist from New York, Dr. Max J. Egelhoffer ̶
15. 24:43 Egelhoffer. Yeah.
16. 24:45 He's going to interview Williams in about half an hour in the sheriff's office.
17. 24:48 Must be about the tenth alienist they've put on Williams.
18. 24:50 If he wasn't crazy before, he would be by the time ten of those babies got through.
19. 24:54 Give me the desk.
20. 24:55 -Is this guy Egelhoffer any good? -Figure it out for yourself.
21. 24:58 He's the guy they sent to Washington to interview the brain trust.
22. 25:01 He said they were sane.
23. 25:03 -Here's the situation on the eve of the hanging. -I'll pick up a little fudge.
24. 25:07 This is Murphy. More slop on the hanging.
25. 25:09 A double guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings,
26. 25:12 railroad terminals and elevated stations
27. 25:14 to prepare for the expected general uprising of radicals ̶
28. 25:17 -Ready? -at the hour of execution.
29. 25:18 The sheriff has just put 200 more relatives on the payroll
30. 25:21 to protect the city from the red army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.
31. 25:25 Trouble is, when the real red menace shows, the sheriff will still be cryin' wolf.
32. 25:30 -What do ya got? -Is that good?
33. 25:32 -HILDY: Sure looks good from here. -Hildy, when did you get back?
34. 25:35 -Hi, Ernie. -Hiya, Hildy. Glad to see ya.
35. 25:38 -Where'd you get the hat? -I paid 12 bucks for that hat.
36. 25:40 -Going back to work? -It's just a farewell appearance.
37. 25:43 -I'm going into business for myself. -What doin'?
38. 25:45 -I'm getting married tomorrow. -What? Again?
39. 25:48 -She'll never learn. -Are we invited to the wedding?
40. 25:50 -I might use you for a bridesmaid, Roy. -Uh-oh.
41. 25:53 -How are you, Murphy? -What are you gettin' married for, Hildy?
42. 25:56 -None of your business. -You ain't foolin' us, are you, Hildy?
43. 26:00 Look what I've got in here. Three tickets to Albany on the 6:00 train tonight.
44. 26:04 -What do you mean, three? -For me and my beau.
45. 26:06 -And hats off, boys, his sweet darling mom. -Oh, that's nice.
46. 26:10 -What kind of marriage is that? -It's gonna be all right. I'm gonna settle down.
47. 26:14 I'm through with the newspaper business.
48. 26:16 Can you picture Hildy singing lullabies and hanging out didies?
49. 26:19 -Swapping lies over the back fence. -Sour grapes.
50. 26:21 She'll be back soon as she gets tired of beating rugs.
51. 26:23 -I'm not gonna beat any rugs. -(bell ringing)
52. 26:25 Hey, that's Third and Jefferson. Isn't that where Central School is?
53. 26:28 -No school this time of day. -What do you care? You quit.
54. 26:32 Just thought it might be a good fire, that's all.
55. 26:34 -(thuds) -What's that?
56. 26:36 Just practicing for the Williams party in the morning.
57. 26:39 -Gonna miss a nice hanging, Hildy. -Not interested.
58. 26:42 Tell 'em to pipe down.
59. 26:48 Hey, keep quiet down there! How do you expect us to get any work done?
60. 26:52 Aw, shut up!
61. 26:55 Very little respect for the press around here.
62. 26:58 -Did anybody phone me? -Not that I know of.
63. 27:01 -Say, does Walter know you're gettin' married? -Just had lunch with him.
64. 27:05 -Does he know you're quittin'? -Yes, I told him. Any more questions?
65. 27:08 -Shall I deal you in? -I haven't got time.
66. 27:10 I have to do a yarn on Williams.
67. 27:12 Did he know what he was doing when he fired that gun?
68. 27:14 If you ask us, no. If you ask the state alienist, yes.
69. 27:18 -Who is he? What's he do? -He was a bookkeeper.
70. 27:20 He starts at $20 a week and after 14 years he gradually works himself up to 17.50.
71. 27:24 -Got more gum? -No.
72. 27:25 McClosky company goes out of business, and Williams loses his job.
73. 27:28 -Can't get another? -No.
74. 27:30 I'm in.

27:31 Insurance for Bruce

1. 27:31 So he starts hanging around the park,
2. 27:33 listening to soapbox spellbinders making phony speeches and begins to believe 'em.
3. 27:37 And makes some of his own.
4. 27:39 -Up a dime. -I'm in.
5. 27:42 -(exhales sharply) Anything else, Doc? -No, that'll be about all, Mr. Burns.
6. 27:42 -(exhales sharply) Anything else, Doc? -No, that'll be about all, Mr. Burns.
7. 27:46 -Everything okay? -You have nothing to worry about.
8. 27:49 Good, good. How you doing, Bruce?
9. 27:51 -Uh, there's just one more thing. -Good day, Mr. Burns, Mr. Baldwin.
10. 27:54 -Good-bye, Doc. Thanks very much. -Good day, Doc.
11. 27:57 -Who's the beneficiary? -Uh, excuse me? Excuse me?
12. 28:00 That is, in case of your death, who do we pay the money to?
13. 28:03 Why, Hildy, of course!
14. 28:05 Aw, I don't know. That'd make me feel pretty funny.
15. 28:08 Oh, now, why shouldn't I make Hildy my, uh, whatever it was?
16. 28:12 -I feel I should take care of her. -But you will take care of her, Bruce.
17. 28:17 Say, if that doctor's right, I'm good for a long time, yes?
18. 28:20 Look, Bruce, this is a debt of honor with me.
19. 28:23 I was a bad husband to Hildy.
20. 28:26 She could've claimed a lot of alimony if she'd wanted to, but she wouldn't take any.
21. 28:29 She had it coming to her, but she was too independent.
22. 28:32 -Well, I'm independent too. -I know you are, Bruce. I know you are.
23. 28:35 But look, you just figure it this way.
24. 28:37 I'm good for, well, we'll say at least 25 years yet.
25. 28:41 By that time, you'll probably have made enough so that the money won't mean anything to you.
26. 28:45 But suppose you haven't made good, Bruce.
27. 28:47 What about Hildy's old age? Think of Hildy.
28. 28:50 Ah, I can see her now.
29. 28:53 White haired. Lavender and old lace.
30. 28:56 -Can't you see her, Bruce? -Yes. Yes, I can.
31. 28:59 She's old, isn't she?
32. 29:01 Now, Bruce, don't you think that Hildy's entitled
33. 29:04 to spend her last remaining years without worries of money?
34. 29:08 -Of course you do, Bruce. -Of course, if you put it that way.
35. 29:12 WALTER: And remember, I love her too.
36. 29:16 Yes, I'm beginning to realize that.
37. 29:19 And the beauty of it is, she'll never have to know until I've passed on.
38. 29:24 WALTER: Oh, well, maybe she'll think kindly of me
39. 29:27 after I'm gone.
40. 29:34 Gee.
41. 29:36 (blowing nose)
42. 29:40 You make me feel like a heel comin' between ya.
43. 29:43 No, Bruce, you didn't come between us.
44. 29:46 It was all over for her before you came on the scene. For me ̶
45. 29:49 -Hey, Walter. -It'll never be. What do you want?
46. 29:52 Can I see you a minute, please?
47. 29:55 Excuse me, Bruce.
48. 29:58 -Did you get it? -Yeah.
49. 30:00 -Where is it? Come on. -There.
50. 30:02 -Certified? -Sure. But, Walter, that's for $2,500.
51. 30:07 -Bruce, here we are, certified and everything. -Certified.
52. 30:12 Gosh, I'm afraid Hildy will feel ashamed to think she hasn't trusted you.
53. 30:17 -But she'll know someday. -Ah, yes.
54. 30:19 Bruce, you promised to phone her as soon as you got the check.
55. 30:22 Oh, yes, yes. Of course.
56. 30:24 Get me Hildy Johnson, press room, criminal courts building.
57. 30:27 -Sit down. The operator will get her for you. -Thank you.
58. 30:32 -Excuse me, will you? -Yes.
59. 30:34 Hello? Yes, I'll wait. Thank you.
60. 30:37 (ringing)
61. 30:39 Start hollerin'.
62. 30:40 -Hildegarde. -Thank you.
63. 30:43 Hildy Johnson speaking. Oh, hello, Bruce.
64. 30:46 -I've got a dime left. -We've been playing for an hour!
65. 30:49 Take it easy, will you?
66. 30:51 Hello, Bruce. Did you get the check? Is it certified?
67. 30:55 Certified and everything. I have it right in my pocket.
68. 30:58 Oh, in your pocket. That's fine.
69. 31:00 Wait. Maybe it isn't so fine. Bruce, where are you?
70. 31:02 -I'm in Mr. Burns' office. -Is he there?
71. 31:06 Look, Bruce, I don't want you to carry that check in your pocket.
72. 31:10 Well, because ̶ Yes, yes, I know all that, but, uh ̶
73. 31:14 Bruce, there's an old newspaper superstition
74. 31:17 that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat.
75. 31:21 In your hat! It brings good luck.
76. 31:25 -I've never heard that before. -Neither did I.
77. 31:27 It sounds silly, but do it for me, please. Yes, yes, right now.
78. 31:31 (chuckling) All right. Just a minute.
79. 31:43 There you are. I've done it. Anything else?
80. 31:47 Oh, yes. All right. Uh-huh.
81. 31:52 -Yes, yes, I'll tell him. Good-bye. -Everything all right?
82. 31:56 -Hildy said to tell you she'll get right to work. -Fine.
83. 31:58 -Well, I must be going now. -All right.
84. 32:01 -Oh, Bruce, don't forget this. It might rain. -Oh, thanks.
85. 32:04 -You don't mind if I don't show you out? -No. Thanks for everything.

32:07 Interviewing Earl Williams

1. 32:08 -Excuse me, what'd you say? -I said, thanks for everything.
2. 32:11 Nonsense. Don't thank me. I should thank you.
3. 32:14 -So long. -So long.
4. 32:29 -Hello, Cooley. -Hello, Hildy. What are you doing here?
5. 32:32 -I want an interview with Earl Williams. -Mm-mmm. No more interviews.
6. 32:35 -Why not? -Sheriff's orders.
7. 32:37 Besides, the doctor's coming over. Can't do it.
8. 32:39 Say, is this your money?
9. 32:41 -I don't think it is ̶ -Twenty bucks.
10. 32:42 -Yeah, I guess maybe it is. -That's what I thought. Come on.
11. 32:45 Hey, Joe, open up here.
12. 32:47 -Now, Hildy, don't be ̶ -I won't be long.
13. 32:55 -Hello, Earl. -Hello.
14. 32:57 My name's Johnson. Mind if I talk to you for a few minutes?
15. 33:00 -No. I haven't anything else to do. -I guess that's right.
16. 33:07 So, you see, I couldn't plead insanity because I'm just as sane as anybody else.
17. 33:11 -You didn't mean to kill that policeman, huh? -Why, of course not.
18. 33:14 It's against everything I've ever stood for.
19. 33:16 They know it was an accident. I'm not guilty.
20. 33:19 It's... It's just the world.
21. 33:22 I see what you mean. Sorry about the lipstick, Earl.
22. 33:26 Look, after you lost your job, what did you do?
23. 33:29 -I tried to find another job. -I mean, how did you spend your time?
24. 33:33 I used to sit around the park, anyplace. Oh, I don't smoke.
25. 33:37 When you were in the park, did you hear any of those speeches?
26. 33:40 -You mean those fellas that talk too much? -Yeah.
27. 33:43 Well, I didn't pay any attention.
28. 33:45 -Did you hear anything they said? -Yes.
29. 33:48 Well, is there anything you remember? Anything in particular?
30. 33:51 -There was one fella ̶ -What did he talk about?
31. 33:54 -He talked about production for use. -Production for use.
32. 33:57 Yes, he said everything should be made use of.
33. 34:01 -Makes quite a bit of sense. -Yes. He was a good speaker.
34. 34:05 When you found yourself with that gun and that policeman coming at you,
35. 34:10 -what did you think about? -I don't know exactly.
36. 34:12 You must've thought of something. Could it have been "production for use"?
37. 34:15 -I don't know. I... -What's a gun for, Earl?
38. 34:19 -A gun? -Mmm.
39. 34:20 -Why, to shoot, of course. -Oh.
40. 34:23 -And maybe that's why you used it. -Maybe.
41. 34:26 -Seems reasonable. -Yes. Yes, it is.
42. 34:29 I've never had a gun in my hand before.
43. 34:32 That's what a gun's for, isn't it? M-Maybe that's why.
44. 34:35 -Sure, it is. -Yes, that's what I thought of.
45. 34:38 Production for use.
46. 34:39 -It's simple, isn't it? -Very simple.
47. 34:42 -There's nothing crazy about that, is there? -No, nothing at all.
48. 34:44 -You'll write about that in your paper, won't you? -You bet I will.
49. 34:47 -Who sent you the roses? -Miss Mollie Malloy. She's a wonderful person.
50. 34:51 -That her picture? -Yes. She's beautiful, isn't she?
51. 34:54 -COOLEY: Time's up, Hildy. -Oh, all right.
52. 34:57 -I guess that's all. -I like talking to you.
53. 35:01 Good-bye, Miss Johnson.

35:02 Molly Malloy

1. 35:03 Good-bye, Earl.
2. 35:05 Good luck.
3. 35:10 -Three landladies, boys. -You did well, didn't ya?
4. 35:10 -Three landladies, boys. -You did well, didn't ya?
5. 35:12 I wonder what the Post's gonna do without Hildy.
6. 35:15 Do you suppose Walter Burns will ever let her go?
7. 35:17 Remember what he did to Bill Fenton when he wanted to go to Hollywood.
8. 35:20 -Had him thrown in jail for arson. -Forgery.
9. 35:22 -Was that it? -Yeah.
10. 35:23 -Gimme some change. -Hey, Mac.
11. 35:26 -Hey, Stairway Sam. -Huh?
12. 35:28 -Would you mind turning on some lights? -Sure.
13. 35:30 So dark you can't see anything in this place.
14. 35:32 -Who's this guy Hildy's gonna marry? -I don't know. Bruce something.
15. 35:36 -I give the marriage six months. -Why?
16. 35:38 Because she won't be able to stay away from the paper.
17. 35:40 Did you see her when that bell went off?
18. 35:42 At that, it must be pretty nice to be able to walk out and quit.
19. 35:47 I had a publicity job offered to me last year. Should've taken it.
20. 35:50 That's what I'd like ̶ a job on the side.
21. 35:52 With a desk and a stenographer. I wouldn't mind a nice, big blonde.
22. 35:56 -With big brown eyes. -I'll bet 10-to-1 it don't last six months.
23. 36:00 She's just like us, and we wouldn't be stickin' around, waitin' for that guy ̶
24. 36:03 -Well, well, Miss Mollie Malloy. -Hello, Mollie.
25. 36:06 -Hi, Mollie. How's tricks? -I've been lookin' for you tramps.
26. 36:09 -Come to pay a call on Williams? -He's right across the courtyard.
27. 36:12 -You'd better hurry up. -Nice roses you sent to Earl.
28. 36:14 What do you want done with 'em tomorrow morning?
29. 36:16 -A lot of wise guys, ain't you? -You're breaking up the game, Mollie.
30. 36:19 -What do you want? -I came to ̶
31. 36:23 -I came to tell ya what I think of all of ya. -Keep your shirt on.
32. 36:26 If you was worth breakin' my nails on, I'd tear your face wide open.
33. 36:29 What are you sore about? Wasn't that a swell story we gave ya?
34. 36:33 You crumbs have been making a fool outta me long enough.
35. 36:37 I never said I loved Earl Williams and was willing to marry him on the gallows.
36. 36:40 You made that up.
37. 36:42 -And about my havin' a love nest with him. -You did, didn't you?
38. 36:45 You've been sticking around that cuckoo ever since they threw him in the death house.
39. 36:48 -That's a lie! -Everybody knows you're his girlfriend.
40. 36:51 I met Mr. Williams just once in my life.
41. 36:53 -How many? -Two.
42. 36:54 When he was wandering around in the rain without his hat and coat on, like a sick dog.
43. 36:58 -The day before the shootin'. -Give me one.
44. 37:00 I went up to him like any human being would and I asked him what was the matter.
45. 37:04 And ̶ And he told me about bein' fired after bein' on the same job for 14 years.
46. 37:08 -Who bets? -Bet 20 cents.
47. 37:10 I brought him up to my room because it was warm there.
48. 37:13 MURPHY: Oh, put it on a phonograph.
49. 37:15 MOLLIE: Aw, listen to me, please!
50. 37:17 I tell ya he just sat there talkin' to me all night.
51. 37:21 He never once laid a hand on me.
52. 37:24 And in the morning he went away, and I never saw him again till that day at the trial.
53. 37:29 -MOLLIE: Sure I was his witness! -WILSON: And what a witness.
54. 37:31 That's why you're persecutin' me!
55. 37:33 Because Earl Williams treated me decent and not like an animal, and I said so!
56. 37:37 -This is the press room. We're busy! -Go see your boyfriend.
57. 37:40 -Yeah, he's got a nice room. -He won't have it long. He left a call for 7:00 AM.
58. 37:43 (gasps) It's a wonder a bolt of lightning don't come down and strike you all dead!
59. 37:47 (trap door slams)
60. 37:59 What's that?
61. 38:00 They're fixin' up a pain in the neck for your boyfriend.
62. 38:04 Shame on ya. Shame on ya!
63. 38:07 (sobs) A poor little fella that never meant nobody no harm,
64. 38:11 sittin' there this minute with the angel of death beside him, and you crack a joke?
65. 38:14 All right, get outta here.
66. 38:16 -Take your hands off of me! -Come on, Mollie, let's get outta here.
67. 38:19 -They ain't human. -I know. They're newspapermen.
68. 38:21 All they've been doin' is lyin'. All they've been doin' is writin' lies!
69. 38:24 -I know, Mollie. -Why won't they listen to me?
70. 38:28 MOLLIE: Why won't they listen to me?
71. 38:42 (rings)
72. 38:47 Hello? Who? Hildy Johnson?
73. 38:51 Hang on. She'll be back in a minute.
74. 38:57 -You guys wanna play any more cards? -No.
75. 39:00 What's the use? I can't win anyway.
76. 39:19 Gentlemen of the press.
77. 39:23 Hildy, phone for ya.
78. 39:28 Hello?
79. 39:29 Oh, hello, Bruce.
80. 39:32 What? Where are you?
81. 39:35 You're where?
82. 39:37 Well, how did that happen? Never mind, never mind. I'll be right down.
83. 39:44 Oh! I'm sorry! Sorry!
84. 39:46 -Ooh! Ow! -Hiya, Sheriff. How ya doin'?
85. 39:49 My shin! My back! What's going on around here?
86. 39:52 -Bruce was in trouble. -Lioness rushes to defend cub.
87. 39:55 -But ̶ -Man forgets hankie. Mama goes to wipe nose.
88. 39:58 -I still give that marriage six months. -I don't know what you fellas are talking about.
89. 40:02 -What do you want, Pete? -Oh, uh, uh ̶
90. 40:05 I've got the tickets for the hanging here, boys.
91. 40:08 -Pete? -Huh? What?
92. 40:09 Pete, why can't you hang this guy at 5:00 instead of 7:00?
93. 40:13 It won't hurt you, and we can make the city edition.
94. 40:15 That's kinda raw, Roy.
95. 40:17 After all, I can't hang a man in his sleep just to please a newspaper.
96. 40:20 No, but you can reprieve him twice so the hanging's three days before election.
97. 40:24 You can run on a law-and-order ticket. You can do that.
98. 40:26 Honest, boys, I had absolutely nothing to do with those reprieves.
99. 40:29 Yeah? How do we know there won't be another reprieve tonight?
100. 40:31 What if this Egelhoffer finds Williams insane?
101. 40:34 He won't find him insane because he isn't.
102. 40:36 -He's just as sane as I am. -(together) Saner!
103. 40:38 -(all chuckling) -Now, be serious, boys.
104. 40:40 After all, this is a hanging, and it's gonna go according to schedule.
105. 40:44 7:00 in the morning and not a minute earlier.
106. 40:46 After all, there's such a thing as being humane, you know.
107. 40:49 All right, Pinky, wait till you want a favor.
108. 40:51 -And please don't call me Pinky! -Why not?
109. 40:54 Because I got a name, see, and it's Peter B. Hartwell.
110. 40:56 -What's the "B" for? -Bull.
111. 40:59 But I'm innocent. I didn't do anything. I never stole a watch in my life.
112. 41:03 I know you didn't, Bruce. All right, Mike. Let him out.
113. 41:05 I can't, Hildy. He's accused of stealing a watch, and they found the watch on him.
114. 41:08 -But I never stole ̶ -Please, Bruce. And who accused him?
115. 41:11 -Diamond Louie, the biggest crook in town. -I know. It's no good, Hildy.
116. 41:13 -Don't "Hildy" me. Are you gonna let him out? -No.
117. 41:15 -I never stole ̶ -Bruce, please.
118. 41:17 All right, you're not. Well, perhaps you'd better read the Post in the morning.
119. 41:20 I can't imagine who'd do a thing like that to me.
120. 41:22 -I can't think of any enemies I have. -I'm sure you haven't any, Br ̶
121. 41:25 -Have you got the check? -Oh, yes. I have it right here.
122. 41:29 That's a funny superstition you newspaper people have.
123. 41:32 Yes, isn't it?
124. 41:34 About being arrested, at first I thought Walter Burns might have something to do with it.
125. 41:38 But then, of course, I realized he couldn't have.
126. 41:41 -Why? -Well, he's a very nice fellow, Hildy.
127. 41:43 -Oh! -Oh, yes. I found that out.
128. 41:46 -What's the matter? -I've lost my wallet!
129. 41:49 Yes, well, Bruce, never mind. I have the money. You'd better give me the check too.
130. 41:53 -And that picture of us in Bermuda ̶ -Don't bother, Bruce.
131. 41:56 You'll find lots of things missing.
132. 42:01 No, Bruce dear, you wait here. I'm not taking any more chances.
133. 42:04 I'll be down in three minutes. We're taking the next train.
134. 42:06 Oh, sorry.
135. 42:09 "And so into this little tortured mind
136. 42:11 came the idea that that gun had been produced for use.
137. 42:14 And use it he did.
138. 42:16 But the state has a production-for-use plan too. It has a gallows.
139. 42:21 And at 7:00 AM, unless a miracle occurs,
140. 42:23 that gallows will be used to separate the soul of Earl Williams from his body.
141. 42:27 And out of Mollie Malloy's life will go the one kindly soul she ever knew."
142. 42:33 -That's as far as she got. -(soft whistle)
143. 42:35 -I ask you guys, can that girl write an interview? -She'll do till somebody else comes along.
144. 42:39 I don't think it's very ethical, reading other people's stuff.
145. 42:42 Where do you get that ethics stuff? You're the only one who'll swipe any of it.
146. 42:46 I still say that anybody that can write like that ain't gonna give it up permanently
147. 42:49 to sew socks for a guy in the insurance business.
148. 42:52 Now I give that marriage three months, and I'm laying 3-to-1. Any takers?
149. 42:55 HILDY: I'll take that bet.
150. 42:57 It's getting so a girl can't leave the room without being discussed by a bunch of old ladies.

42:58 Hildy quits

1. 43:00 Hello, Post, get me Walter Burns, will you, please?
2. 43:03 Don't get sore, Hildy. We were only saying a swell reporter like you wouldn't quit so easy.
3. 43:08 This is Hildy Johnson.
4. 43:09 I can quit, all right, without a single quiver.
5. 43:12 I'm gonna live like a human being, not like you chumps.
6. 43:14 Is that you, Walter? Oh, I've got some news for you.
7. 43:17 Yes, I got the interview, all right, but I've got some more important news.
8. 43:20 Perhaps you'd better get a pencil and take it down. All ready?
9. 43:24 Now get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.
10. 43:27 There ain't gonna be any interview, and there ain't gonna be any story.
11. 43:29 And that certified check of yours is leaving with me in 20 minutes.
12. 43:31 I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you if they were just lighting it up.
13. 43:34 If I ever lay my two eyes on you again, I'm gonna walk right up to you
14. 43:37 and hammer on that monkey skull of yours till it rings like a Chinese gong.
15. 43:40 Oh, so you don't know why I'm angry with you?
16. 43:42 Perhaps you'd better get Louie to tell you the story of his watch.
17. 43:45 There's just one other thing I want you to listen to.
18. 43:49 Hear that? That's the story I just wrote.
19. 43:52 Yes, I know we had a bargain. I said I'd write it. I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up.
20. 43:57 It's all in little pieces now, Walter, and I hope to do the same for you someday.
21. 44:00 And that, my friends, is my farewell to the newspaper game.
22. 44:03 I'm gonna be a woman, not a news-getting machine.
23. 44:05 I'm gonna have babies, take care of 'em, give 'em cod-liver oil
24. 44:07 and watch their teeth grow and... and...
25. 44:09 -If I ever see one of 'em look at a newspaper, I'm gonna brain 'em. -(ringing)
26. 44:12 -Where's my hat? -Hello? Hello?
27. 44:15 -Oh, Mr. Burns? Yes, she's still here. -Give me that!
28. 44:20 And another thing I wanna ̶ Oh!
29. 44:22 Ooh, you ̶
30. 44:23 Where is my ̶ Oh, there it is.
31. 44:25 -Hello, Doctor. Sorry to be late. -That's quite all right.
32. 44:28 These boys from the newspapers, they take up so much of my time.
33. 44:31 They wanted me to hang Williams at their convenience.
34. 44:33 -Oh, hello, Earl. -Hello.
35. 44:35 These newspapers, what they did to me in Chicago.
36. 44:38 -Always after me for interviews. -Yes, me too.
37. 44:40 Of course, I did rather promise to make them some sort of statement when I finished here.
38. 44:43 -You don't mind, do you? -Well, that's hardly ethical, Doctor.
39. 44:46 -Oh? -All statements are supposed to come from me.
40. 44:48 Well, what do you say to giving them some sort of joint interview?
41. 44:51 I can discuss some of the psychological aspects of the case and you ̶
42. 44:54 -We'd have our pictures taken together? -Yes, yes, shaking hands.
43. 44:58 Of course, I don't take a very good picture.
44. 45:00 That doesn't matter, Doctor. The publicity is the main thing.
45. 45:02 Doctor, I'm getting awful tired. Can't I go back to jail again?
46. 45:06 I'm sorry. I forgot you were there. No, we've some further questions for you.
47. 45:11 -Sheriff, do you mind extinguishing the lights? -Of course, Doctor.
48. 45:13 That'll help us with what we have to do over here.
49. 45:15 Now, let me see.
50. 45:18 Mr. Williams, you know, of course, that you're going to be executed.
51. 45:22 Now, who do you feel is responsible for that?
52. 45:25 I'm innocent. It wasn't my fault.
53. 45:28 -Well, Murph. -Send us a postcard.
54. 45:29 -That I'll do. -So long, "Yonson."
55. 45:31 When'll we see ya again, "Yonson"?
56. 45:33 Next time you see me, I shall be riding in a Rolls-Royce, giving interviews on success.
57. 45:37 -Good-bye! -So long, you wage-slaves.
58. 45:39 When you're crawling up fire escapes and getting kicked out of front doors
59. 45:42 and eating Christmas dinners in one-arm joints, don't forget your pal, Hildy Johnson.
60. 45:46 -We won't. -When the road beyond unfolds ̶

45:48 The escape

1. 45:49 (gunfire)
2. 45:53 (alarm ringing)
3. 45:55 -(gunfire continues) -Look out! It's a jailbreak!
4. 46:01 -What's the matter? What happened? -(gunfire)
5. 46:05 Hey, watch where you're aimin', will ya?
6. 46:07 MAN: Block the gate! He'll try the gate!
7. 46:09 -Who got away? Who was it? -Earl Williams!
8. 46:11 (excited chattering)
9. 46:15 -Hello. Hurry up. This is important. -Give me the desk.
10. 46:18 -Flash. Earl Williams just escaped. -Jailbreak. -Don't know yet.
11. 46:20 -Call you back. -Williams took a powder. -Went over the wall.
12. 46:21 -I don't know anything yet! -Call ya back.
13. 46:23 -(gunfire continues) -(siren wailing)
14. 46:29 Hello, Post, get me Walter Burns quick. It's Hildy Johnson.
15. 46:33 Walter? Walter, Hildy. Earl Williams just escaped from the county jail.
16. 46:36 Yeah, yeah. Yeah! Don't worry. I'm on the job.
17. 46:43 (sirens continue wailing)
18. 46:55 Hey, Cooley! Wait!
19. 47:00 Hey ̶
20. 47:02 Hey! Wait a minute!
21. 47:23 Cooley! I wanna talk to you.
22. 47:25 (phone ringing)
23. 47:25 (phone ringing)
24. 47:31 (phones ringing)
25. 47:34 -This is Endicott. Give me rewrite. -(ringing)
26. 47:37 He ain't here. Hello, Gil? Here's the situation now. You ready?
27. 47:41 Williams was taken over to the sheriff's private office
28. 47:43 to be examined by this Professor Egelhoffer.
29. 47:46 In a few minutes he shot his way out. Nobody knows where he got the gun.
30. 47:49 He went upstairs to the infirmary and got out through the skylight.
31. 47:52 He must have slid down the rain pipe to the street. Nobody knows where he got it.
32. 47:55 -If they do, they won't talk. -Hello, sweetheart. Give me the desk.
33. 47:57 Crime commission offers $10,000 reward for Williams' capture.
34. 47:59 No clue yet as to Williams' whereabouts. No, no.
35. 48:02 Here's a little feature though. There's been an accident about a tear bomb.
36. 48:05 Yeah, tear bomb, tear bomb. Criminals cry for it.
37. 48:07 I don't know.
38. 48:09 This tear bomb went off unexpectedly in the hands of Sheriff Hartwell's bombing squad.
39. 48:12 What went off?
40. 48:13 The following deputies were rushed to the hospital.
41. 48:15 Fine friend you are.
42. 48:16 Their names are Merwyn D. Wilkerson, the mayor's brother-in-law.
43. 48:19 -After all I've done for you. -Howard Schuster, the sheriff's uncle.
44. 48:22 -On his mother's side. -WILSON: Hello, Jim?
45. 48:23 Sidelights on Sheriff Hartwell's manhunt.
46. 48:25 William Mansfield, the sheriff's landlord, and Lester Winthrop,
47. 48:28 who married the sheriff's niece.
48. 48:30 You remember, the very homely dame. Call ya back.
49. 48:32 Mrs. William Rice, age 55, scrub lady, while scrubbing the eighth floor,
50. 48:35 was shot in the left leg by one of Sheriff Hartwell's deputies.
51. 48:37 -Look, I'm not ̶ -(gunfire)
52. 48:39 -There goes another scrub lady! -It was only a flesh wound.
53. 48:42 -They took her to the hospital. -McCue speaking. Give me the desk.
54. 48:45 Mac, any dope on how he escaped?
55. 48:46 Maybe the sheriff let him out so Williams could vote for him.
56. 48:49 A man answering the description of Earl Williams was seen boarding ̶
57. 48:51 -(gunfire) -Call ya back!
58. 48:54 -Thought you'd gone. -I thought so too.
59. 48:57 Get me Walter Burns, quick.
60. 49:01 Walter, Walter, listen.
61. 49:04 I've got the whole story on how Williams got that gun and escaped.
62. 49:06 And I got it exclusive. Yeah. That's right, and it's a pip.
63. 49:10 It cost me 450 bucks to tear it out of Cooley.
64. 49:13 Never mind that. What's the story?
65. 49:14 Just a minute, and I'll give you the story.
66. 49:16 I had to give him all the money I had, and it wasn't exactly mine.
67. 49:19 It's Bruce's money, and I want it back.
68. 49:22 Bruce's money? Sure, sure, sure, you'll get it. Now, what's the story?
69. 49:26 I'll send the money right down to you. I swear it on my mother's grave.
70. 49:29 All right, here's the ̶ Wait a minute. Your mother's alive.
71. 49:33 My grandmother's grave. Don't be technical. What's the story?
72. 49:35 You get that money down here. All right, here's your story.
73. 49:39 The jailbreak of your dreams.
74. 49:41 It seems this expert Dr. Egelhoffer, the profound thinker from New York,
75. 49:44 was giving Williams a final sanity test in the sheriff's office.
76. 49:47 You know, sticking a lot of pins in him so he could get his reflexes.
77. 49:50 He decided to reenact the crime exactly as it had taken place
78. 49:53 in order to study Williams's powers of coordination.
79. 49:56 I'm coming to it. Of course, he had to have a gun to reenact the crime with.
80. 50:00 Who do you suppose supplied it? Peter B. Hartwell ̶ "B" for brains.
81. 50:04 (snorts, laughing) No kidding!
82. 50:08 I tell you, I'm not kidding. I'm not good enough to make this one up.
83. 50:11 The sheriff gave his gun to the professor. The professor gave it to Earl.
84. 50:14 Earl shot the professor right in the classified ads.
85. 50:16 No, ads. Ain't it perfect?
86. 50:19 If the sheriff had unrolled a red carpet and loaned Williams an umbrella,
87. 50:22 it couldn't have been more ideal.
88. 50:24 Who? Oh, no, no. Egelhoffer wasn't badly hurt.
89. 50:26 They took him to the county hospital where they're awfully afraid he'll recover.
90. 50:29 Oh, that's great work, Hildy. Huh?
91. 50:31 Stop worrying about the money. I'll see you get it in 15 minutes.
92. 50:34 I'd better get it in 15 minutes. Bruce is waiting in a taxicab for me.
93. 50:37 -We're in a hurry. -Hold on a minute. Hey, come here.
94. 50:41 There's a guy waiting in a taxi in front of the criminal courts building.
95. 50:44 -His name is Bruce Baldwin. -What does he look like?
96. 50:46 He looks like that fellow in the movies. You know, Ralph Bellamy.
97. 50:49 -Oh, him? -Can you handle it?
98. 50:50 I've never flopped on ya yet, have I?
99. 50:53 Come on. Get going. You only got about two minutes. Hurry.
100. 50:56 Yes, dear. Sorry to keep you waiting. How much was it again?
101. 50:58 $450? Just a second.
102. 51:01 Louie, I need $450 worth of counterfeit money.
103. 51:05 Can't carry that much.
104. 51:06 Just the 450 counterfeit. Where can I get it?
105. 51:09 -Oh, I got that on me. -Quite a coincidence. Take it over to Hildy.
106. 51:12 Hello. It's coming right over. I'm sending it over with Louie.
107. 51:14 Thanks for your story, dear, and good luck on your honeymoon.
108. 51:17 No, no, never mind the thanks. Just see that money gets here.
109. 51:23 -Hello, Hildy. You still here? -No, I'm in Niagara Falls.
110. 51:26 McCue speaking. Emil, I got a good feature for you on the manhunt.
111. 51:30 Ready? Mrs. Phoebe DeWolfe, 861 1/2 South State Street, colored,
112. 51:34 gave birth to a pickaninny in a patrol wagon
113. 51:36 with Sheriff Hartwell's special rifle squad acting as nurses.
114. 51:39 Phoebe was walking along the street when ̶ That's right. Yeah.
115. 51:42 So they coaxed her into the patrol wagon and started a race with the stork.
116. 51:45 When the pickaninny was born, the rifle squad examined him to see if it was Earl Williams.
117. 51:49 Well, they knew he was hiding somewhere.
118. 51:51 -(phone rings) -Here's the payoff.
119. 51:53 -They named the kid Peter Hartwell DeWolfe. -Press room.

51:53 Bruce in trouble again

1. 51:57 Bruce! I thought you were downstairs in the ̶
2. 52:00 What? Arrested again? What for this time?
3. 52:04 Oh, well, they called it mashing.
4. 52:09 No! I didn't, Hildy.
5. 52:11 I was sitting right in the taxi where you left me.
6. 52:14 The young lady seemed to have a dizzy spell and I just ̶
7. 52:19 Huh?
8. 52:21 Well, uh, she's kind of, uh ̶
9. 52:24 Huh?
10. 52:26 Yes, she's a blonde. Yes, very blonde.
11. 52:30 Never mind. I know how it happened. Just a minute.
12. 52:33 Get me Walter Burns. Hildy Johnson.
13. 52:36 Bruce, where are ya? 27th Precinct? Hold on a minute, will ya?
14. 52:39 Walter, you ̶ Well, he was there a minute ago.
15. 52:43 But, I ̶ (mimicking) Sorry, I can't locate him, Miss Johnson.
16. 52:47 Why, that double-crossing ̶ Hello ̶ No, not you.
17. 52:49 Bruce, I can't get there right away. How about 20 minutes?
18. 52:53 You see, I have to wait here for the ̶ Uh, I'll tell you when I see you.
19. 52:57 If I ever get my two hands again on that Walter Burns ̶

52:59 The mayor and Mr. Pettibone

1. 52:59 -Hold on a minute. Anything I can do to help? -How much money you got?
2. 53:02 -$1.80. -Sixty-four cents.
3. 53:03 -Welcome to it. -Thanks. You'd better buy an annuity.
4. 53:06 What's that, Emil? No, I can't give you an official statement.
5. 53:10 No. Wait a minute. Here's the mayor. Maybe he'll give us one.
6. 53:12 -How 'bout a statement, Mayor? -Don't pester me now.
7. 53:14 -I've got a lot on my mind. -His Honor won't say anything.
8. 53:17 -Have you seen Sheriff Hartwell? -It's hard to tell.
9. 53:19 There's so many cockroaches around here ̶
10. 53:21 Wait a minute. How about a statement, Your Honor?
11. 53:23 -Sure, we go to press in 20 minutes. -I have nothing to say. Not at this time.
12. 53:26 Just a moment, please. What do you know about the escape?
13. 53:29 How'd he get out? Where'd he get the gun?
14. 53:30 -Wait a minute, boys. Not so fast. -Give us a statement on the election then.
15. 53:33 -What effect will this have on the voters? -None whatsoever.
16. 53:36 How can an unavoidable misfortune like this have any influence
17. 53:39 on the upright citizens of our fair city?
18. 53:41 -Baloney. -Look, Mr. Mayor, please.
19. 53:43 Is there a red menace or ain't there?
20. 53:45 How did Williams get out of that rubber jail?
21. 53:47 Have you learned to stand the gaff, or have you picked somebody to be responsible?
22. 53:50 Is there any truth in the report you're on Stalin's payroll?
23. 53:53 Yeah, the senator claims you sleep in red underwear.
24. 53:55 Never mind the jokes. Don't forget I'm the mayor. Hartwell, I wanna see you!
25. 54:00 How'd he get away? Where'd he get the gun?
26. 54:03 Hi, Your Honor. Any statement on the red uprising tomorrow?
27. 54:05 -What red uprising? -There'll be no red uprising.
28. 54:08 The governor says the situation calls for the militia.
29. 54:10 -Get me rewrite. -You can quote me.
30. 54:12 Anything the governor says is a tissue of lies.
31. 54:15 Hello, Jake. Here's a red-hot statement from the governor.
32. 54:17 He claims the mayor and sheriff have shown themselves
33. 54:20 to be a couple of eight-year-olds playing with fire, yeah.
34. 54:24 You can quote him as follows ̶
35. 54:26 "It is a lucky thing for the city that next Tuesday is election day,
36. 54:30 as the citizens will thus be saved the expense of impeaching the mayor and the sheriff."
37. 54:34 That's all. Call ya back. Nice to have seen ya, Mayor.
38. 54:37 -Excuse me, boys, I've got so much to do. -Quit stalling, Pinky!
39. 54:40 -Who engineered this? -Was it the Reds?
40. 54:42 -No! -Who was it? You?
41. 54:43 -Me? No! I've got him located. -Williams?
42. 54:46 -Where? -Where he used to live. I just got a tip.
43. 54:49 -Why didn't you say so? -The rifle squad is just going out.
44. 54:51 -Get me outta here! -Catch them if you hurry. Please.
45. 54:54 -Pete, I wanna talk to you. -I have got so much to do.
46. 54:57 -Now, see here, Fred. -Pete, you're through.
47. 54:59 -You mean I'm through? -I'm scratching your name off the ticket.
48. 55:03 I'm running Sherman in your place.
49. 55:05 "Reform the Reds with a rope." Williams isn't a Red, and you know it.
50. 55:08 There are a lot of communistic sympathizers around.
51. 55:10 I thought if I got a slogan like that, I could ̶
52. 55:12 I know it, but that's got nothing to do with this case.
53. 55:15 -(knocking) -There are 200,000 votes at stake.
54. 55:17 If Earl Williams don't hang, we're gonna lose 'em.
55. 55:19 We're going to hang him. Come in! He can't get away.
56. 55:22 What do you mean? He did get away!
57. 55:25 -What do you want? -I ̶ Uh ̶
58. 55:27 -What do you want? -Are you Sheriff Hartwell?
59. 55:29 I'm he. What is it?
60. 55:31 You're a hard man to find, Sheriff. I have a message here from the governor.
61. 55:34 -What's from the governor? -It was a reprieve for Earl Williams.
62. 55:37 -For who? -Earl Williams' reprieve.
63. 55:39 -You said there wasn't gonna be a reprieve. -I didn't know about this.
64. 55:41 It frightens me to think of what I'd like to do to you.
65. 55:44 -Who else was there when he gave you this? -Nobody. He was out fishing.
66. 55:46 -Get the governor on the phone. -He's not there. He's out duck shooting.
67. 55:50 -Bought a red hat. -Duck shooting.
68. 55:52 A guy who's done nothing for the last 40 years but play pinochle
69. 55:55 gets elected governor and thinks he's a Tarzan.
70. 55:57 Read that! "Insane," he says! He knows Williams isn't insane.
71. 56:01 -I never met the man. -Ah! Pure politics.
72. 56:03 It's an attempt to ruin us. We gotta think fast.
73. 56:06 -What are we gonna tell the reporters? -The party's through on account of you.
74. 56:09 -Oh, Fred! -Tell 'em I want your resignation now.
75. 56:13 Hello? Yes. Yes, this is Hartwell.
76. 56:15 What? Where? Where?
77. 56:18 -Holy Moses! Hold the wire! -What is it?
78. 56:19 They've got him. They've got Williams surrounded at his house!
79. 56:23 -Tell them to hold the phone. -I did. Hold the wire!
80. 56:26 -Cover up that transmitter! -Cover up ̶
81. 56:28 -Listen. You never arrived with this. -Yes, I did. Remember?
82. 56:31 -I came through that door. -How much money do you make?
83. 56:35 -Huh? -What's your salary?
84. 56:36 -Forty dollars a week. -How'd you like to make $350 a month?
85. 56:39 -Almost $100 a week. -No, I couldn't afford ̶ Who, me?
86. 56:42 Who do you think? They need a fellow like you in the city sealer's office.
87. 56:46 -In the what? -City sealer's.
88. 56:47 -I should work ̶ -Wait a minute! I'm in conference!
89. 56:49 -My wife wouldn't want me to do that. -Why not?
90. 56:52 -My wife lives in the country with my family. -That's all right.
91. 56:54 Bring her in here. We'll pay all the expenses.
92. 56:57 -No, I don't think so. -For heaven's sakes, why not?
93. 57:00 I got two kids going to school. If they change towns, they lose a grade.
94. 57:03 No, they won't. They'll skip a grade.
95. 57:05 I'll guarantee ya they'll graduate with highest honors.
96. 57:08 Hold your horses! Hurry up, Fred.
97. 57:10 What do you say?
98. 57:11 -Puts me in a kind of peculiar hole. -No, it doesn't.
99. 57:14 -Remember, you never delivered this. -Yes, I did.
100. 57:16 -No, you got caught in the traffic. -No, I came ̶
101. 57:18 Pretend you did. Get out. Don't let anybody see ya.
102. 57:21 -Wait a minute. -But how do I know ̶
103. 57:23 Come in and see me tomorrow. What's your name?
104. 57:26 -Pettibone. What's yours? -Pettibone?
105. 57:27 -Really? -No.
106. 57:29 All you've got to do is lay low and keep your mouth shut.
107. 57:31 -I'm tired anyhow. -Go to this address.
108. 57:33 Homey place. They'll take good care of ya. Tell 'em Fred sent ya.
109. 57:36 -Here's $50 on account. -Will ya wait, Olsen? I'll tell ya in one minute.
110. 57:39 -You forgot to tell me what a city sealer does. -I'll explain tomorrow.
111. 57:42 -Is it hard? -No, no, easy. Very easy.
112. 57:44 That's good, because my health isn't ̶ My wife ̶
113. 57:46 -We'll fix that too. -My wife?
114. 57:48 -Yeah, fix anything. Go ahead. -Fred, they're still on the phone.
115. 57:52 -All right, tell 'em to shoot to kill. -What?
116. 57:54 -You heard what I said. -But the reprieve, Fred.
117. 57:56 -Do as I tell ya. -Hello, Olsen? Shoot to kill.
118. 57:59 -That's the orders. Pass the word along. -$500 reward.
119. 58:02 $500 to the man who does it. I'll be right over.
120. 58:07 Hi, Hildy.
121. 58:09 -You double-crossing hyena, I'd like to ̶ -What's the matter?
122. 58:11 Don't give me that innocent stuff. What did you pull on Mr. Baldwin this time?
123. 58:14 -Who, me? -You and that albino of yours.
124. 58:16 -You talkin' about Evangeline? -None other.
125. 58:17 She ain't no albino. She was born right here in this country.
126. 58:20 She tries anything else, she'll have to stay here in this country.
127. 58:23 And you, too, and it won't be on a phony charge either.
128. 58:25 -Did you bring that money? -Oh, yeah.
129. 58:26 -400 bucks. -450.
130. 58:30 All right. You can't blame a guy for tryin'.
131. 58:33 -Better give me a receipt. -I'll give you a scar.
132. 58:35 -I got plenty of them. -Oh, and I'll take Mr. Baldwin's wallet too.
133. 58:38 -Mr. Baldwin's what? -His purse. Come on. Come on, Louie.
134. 58:41 All right, Hildy. I'll do it for you because I like you.
135. 58:44 But you better tell that financier to be more careful in these hard times.
136. 58:47 Sure, sure. Want him to carry your brass knuckles too?
137. 58:50 Don't talk that way. Here, I'll take that. I'll take it to the station.
138. 58:54 Wait a minute. You'll take it over to the station, all right.

58:56 A man at the window

1. 58:56 You'll take it to the 27th Precinct and tell the cops how this all happened.
2. 58:59 Burns would have me in Alcatraz in an hour.
3. 59:01 -That's not a bad idea. -Here, catch.
4. 59:02 Louie!
5. 59:12 Hello, Operator. Hildy Johnson. Will you get me ̶
6. 59:15 Drop that phone.
7. 59:17 Never mind.
8. 59:19 You're not gonna tell anybody where I am.
9. 59:25 Put that gun down, Earl.
10. 59:30 You don't want to shoot me, Earl. I'm your friend, remember?
11. 59:32 I'm gonna write the story on you and production for use.
12. 59:35 Oh, yes. That's right. Production for use.
13. 59:38 -You don't want to hurt your friend ̶ -Don't move!
14. 59:40 Maybe you're my friend and maybe you're not, but don't come any nearer.
15. 59:43 -You can't trust anybody in this crazy world. -(phone ringing)
16. 59:47 I don't blame you, Earl. If I were you, I wouldn't trust anybody either.
17. 59:50 Don't do that. Put it back! Put it back!
18. 59:52 If you try any tricks, I'll shoot you. I can do it right from here.
19. 59:57 S-Sure you could, Earl.
20. 59:59 But you don't want to do that. You don't want to kill anybody.
21. 1:00:02 No, you're right. I don't want to kill anybody.
22. 1:00:06 -That's what I thought. -Wait a minute. Where are you going?
23. 1:00:09 I was just going to close the door so nobody'd see you.
24. 1:00:11 No, you weren't. You were gonna get somebody.
25. 1:00:14 But I don't want that. All I want is to be left alone.
26. 1:00:16 -I won't get anybody. -Yes, you will. You'll get 'em after me again.
27. 1:00:19 -I won't let you do that! -(shade rattling)
28. 1:00:22 -(gun clicking) -Give me that.
29. 1:00:24 I guess I fired all the shells. Oh, I'm awful tired.
30. 1:00:28 -I couldn't go through ̶ -That shot. They'll know you're here!
31. 1:00:30 -I don't care. I'm not afraid to die. -Stop it.
32. 1:00:34 I was telling the fella that when he handed me the gun.
33. 1:00:36 -Be quiet. -Waking me up in the middle of the night.
34. 1:00:38 Talking to me about things they don't understand.
35. 1:00:40 -Shut up. -I wish they'd take me back and hang me.
36. 1:00:44 They will if you don't keep quiet.
37. 1:00:46 -I couldn't go through another day like this. -Maybe you think I could.
38. 1:00:50 -Get me Walter Burns, quick! -(phone ringing)
39. 1:00:52 Tell him I need him.
40. 1:00:55 Hello, hello.
41. 1:00:56 Bruce, I know I said I'd be down in 20 minutes, but something terrific has happened. Hold on.
42. 1:01:00 Walter, come over here! Bruce, just a second. I'll explain everything.
43. 1:01:03 Walter, I got Earl Williams right in the press room. Hurry! I need you. Right.
44. 1:01:07 I've captured Earl Williams. You know, the murderer!
45. 1:01:10 -(knocking) -Stay down, Earl. Wait a minute!
46. 1:01:12 Bruce, as soon as I hand him over to the paper, I'll be right down.
47. 1:01:16 -Bruce, I can't! Don't you realize ̶ -(pounding on door)
48. 1:01:18 -Come on! Let me in! -Who is it?
49. 1:01:20 It's me, Mollie Malloy. Open the door!
50. 1:01:24 -What do you want, Mollie? -I gotta find ̶
51. 1:01:26 -Where is everybody? -They're not here. They've all gone.
52. 1:01:28 -Please tell me where they've gone. -I don't know. I'm busy.
53. 1:01:31 -Do you mind running along? -They got him surrounded.
54. 1:01:33 -They're gonna shoot him down like a dog. -They're lookin' for you too. Get out.
55. 1:01:36 I don't care! You gotta tell me. I ain't afraid ̶
56. 1:01:39 All right, I'll tell ya. They're down at Center and Fourth.
57. 1:01:42 -Oh, that's where he used to ̶ -EARL: Mollie. Mollie, don't go.
58. 1:01:45 Oh, come in, Mollie. Draw up a chair.
59. 1:01:50 -Hello, Mollie. -How did you get in here?
60. 1:01:52 Down the pipe. I didn't mean to shoot him. Really I didn't.
61. 1:01:56 -I know. -HILDY (whispering): Shh. Be quiet.
62. 1:01:58 -You believe me, don't you, Mollie? -Sure, I believe you.
63. 1:02:01 Thanks for the roses. They were beautiful.
64. 1:02:04 That's all right, Mr. Williams.
65. 1:02:08 Oh, for heaven's sake. Don't you even dare. Be quiet.
66. 1:02:10 -I want to get him out of here. -Are you crazy?

1:02:12 Into the desk

1. 1:02:13 You wouldn't get halfway down that hall without being seen.
2. 1:02:15 -But they'll find him. -I know it.
3. 1:02:16 I'm trying to think before those reporters come back.
4. 1:02:18 Let 'em take me. What difference does it make?
5. 1:02:20 -No, I'll never let 'em. -(doorknob rattling)
6. 1:02:22 Hey, who locked the door?
7. 1:02:24 -(pounding) -It's too late.
8. 1:02:26 -No, it isn't. Earl, get in this desk. -What's the use?
9. 1:02:29 Come on. Get in.
10. 1:02:35 -Open up! -Pull yourself together. All right.
11. 1:02:38 -(crying) -Sit down.
12. 1:02:40 -(pounding continues) -All right, all right. I'm coming.
13. 1:02:45 -Are you tryin' to kick the building down? -Gettin' exclusive. We got phone calls to ̶
14. 1:02:49 -What's she doin' up here? -Get some smelling salts.
15. 1:02:51 -What's the matter? -Came up here and had hysterics.
16. 1:02:54 -Looks pretty sick. -How you feel, kid?
17. 1:02:55 -I don't feel so good. -Get you some water?
18. 1:02:58 -I'll get it. -Do anything for you?
19. 1:02:59 -No. -You don't look sick to me.
20. 1:03:01 -You didn't bump into Williams, did you? -Ain't you funny.
21. 1:03:03 -Yeah? Where is he? -Let me alone, will ya?
22. 1:03:05 -Okay. Give me the desk. -No harm in askin'.
23. 1:03:07 Hello, Jim? False alarm.
24. 1:03:10 They surrounded the house, but they forgot to tell Williams, and he wasn't there.
25. 1:03:13 Some Halloween going on outside. The whole police force standing on its ear.
26. 1:03:16 -Hildy, I thought you were gone. -Been waitin' for money from Walter.
27. 1:03:19 What a chase. Give me Emil.
28. 1:03:21 -(chattering) -Any news, boys?
29. 1:03:23 Yeah, I've never been so tired in my life.
30. 1:03:26 Where? Melrose Station? All right, connect me. Hello, Mollie, how are ya?
31. 1:03:29 -Hey, fellas, this looks good. -Call you back.
32. 1:03:32 An old lady just called the detective bureau, claims Williams is hiding under her piazza.
33. 1:03:35 -Tell her to stand up. -We looked every other place.
34. 1:03:37 -Don't you want to go out on it? -I have to stick around. I'll cover this end.
35. 1:03:40 -I spent $1.40 on taxicabs already. -Let's not do any more goin' out.
36. 1:03:43 -Never mind, Sarge. Tear it up. -Who pulled the shades down?
37. 1:03:46 I did. They were throwing those lights around.
38. 1:03:52 ♪♪ (whistling)
39. 1:03:54 You know, I got a hunch Williams ain't anywhere they been lookin' for him.
40. 1:03:58 He might be right here in this building somewhere.
41. 1:04:01 HILDY: Sure, hanging around like a duck in a shooting gallery.
42. 1:04:04 There's that skylight to get out of. But how did he reach the ground?
43. 1:04:07 -I'm pretending there ain't any Earl Williams. -He could jump over to this roof.
44. 1:04:10 It's only about four feet.
45. 1:04:11 Once he got to the roof, he could slide down a drainpipe.
46. 1:04:14 And come in any one of these windows on this side.
47. 1:04:16 The story's gonna walk right in the window ̶
48. 1:04:18 Masterminds at work. You boys go home. Maybe Williams will call on you.
49. 1:04:21 Wouldn't it be funny if he's in this building?
50. 1:04:23 Why not search the building? Everybody take a floor.
51. 1:04:26 -I'm not gonna wander all over. -A great bunch of reporters you are.
52. 1:04:29 The biggest story in two years, and you're too lazy to go out.
53. 1:04:32 If I know you, you seem pretty anxious to get rid of us. You trying to scoop us?
54. 1:04:36 Are you crazy? On my own time?
55. 1:04:37 Maybe Mollie's given her the story on how Williams got the gun.
56. 1:04:39 -Did you smuggle that gun in to Williams? -I didn't do nothin'.
57. 1:04:42 -Come clean, Mollie. -HILDY: Let the girl alone.
58. 1:04:44 Well?
59. 1:04:46 -Mrs. Baldwin. Mother ̶ -Don't you "Mother" me.
60. 1:04:49 Playing cat-and-mouse with my poor boy, keeping him locked up.
61. 1:04:52 Making us miss two trains, and you supposed to be married tomorrow.
62. 1:04:54 -I'll be with you in five minutes. -You don't have to go at all.
63. 1:04:57 Give me Bruce's money. You can stay here forever, as far as I'm concerned.
64. 1:05:00 -You and that murderer you caught. -What's that? What murderer?
65. 1:05:03 Which one of these men is it? They all look like murderers.
66. 1:05:06 -What murderer did you catch? -I don't know what she's talking about.
67. 1:05:08 -I never said any such thing. -I'm quoting my son.
68. 1:05:11 -And he has never lied to me. -That's ridiculous.
69. 1:05:14 -I never said anything like that! -Yes, you did.
70. 1:05:16 No, I said I was trying to find the murderer. She's got it all balled up.
71. 1:05:21 -Who you holdin' out on? -Nobody. Let me go.
72. 1:05:24 -I don't know where he is. -Stop it. Stop it!
73. 1:05:26 What are you askin' her for? She don't know where he is.
74. 1:05:29 I'm the only one that knows.
75. 1:05:31 -Where is Williams? -Try and find out.
76. 1:05:33 -Come on, Mollie. Talk. -Talk? Now you want me to talk?
77. 1:05:35 -Sure. -Ain't that funny.
78. 1:05:37 You wouldn't listen before, not for a minute, and now you want me to talk.
79. 1:05:41 -HILDY: Don't tell 'em anything, Mollie. -I know what I'm doing.
80. 1:05:43 -Stay out of this, Hildy. -Why didn't you listen to me?
81. 1:05:46 -Cut that out! -Keep your hands off me.
82. 1:05:48 What do you want to know for? So you can write more lies.
83. 1:05:51 -So you can sell more papers. -Never mind that.
84. 1:05:53 All right, I'll give you a story, a wonderful story!
85. 1:05:57 Only this time it'll be true! You'll never find him now!
86. 1:06:00 -(shouting) -(screaming)
87. 1:06:02 Get the ambulance, somebody. Get an ambulance, somebody.

1:06:02 Walter takes over

1. 1:06:09 -She's dead. -No, she isn't killed. She's moving!
2. 1:06:16 -Darling, did you see that? -Where is he?
3. 1:06:17 -She jumped out the window. -Where is he?
4. 1:06:19 -She isn't dead. -Hildy, where have you got Williams?
5. 1:06:22 He's in the desk. Can't believe she didn't kill herself.
6. 1:06:25 -How you doin'? -Get me out. I can't stand it.
7. 1:06:27 -Keep quiet. You're sitting pretty. -What's in there?
8. 1:06:29 -Who are you? Who is she? -This is Mrs. Baldwin, Bruce's mother.
9. 1:06:32 -What are you doing? -Shut up!
10. 1:06:33 -I won't! You're doing something wrong. -Take her out of here.
11. 1:06:36 Fine. Louie, take the lady over to Polack Mike's.
12. 1:06:39 -My name's Louie Poluso. -(screaming)
13. 1:06:42 Knock her out. See that she doesn't talk to anyone.
14. 1:06:44 -You can't do this. -What do I tell 'em?
15. 1:06:46 -Tell 'em it's a case of dt's. -Don't worry, Mother. This is only temporary!
16. 1:06:50 -Walter, let go of me. -Where do you think you're going?
17. 1:06:53 I'm going after Mother, and I'm going to get Bruce out of jail.
18. 1:06:55 -Why did you have to do this to me? -Get Bruce out of jail?
19. 1:06:59 How can you worry about a man who's resting in a nice, quiet police station?
20. 1:07:02 -This is war. You can't desert me now. -Get off that trapeze.
21. 1:07:05 You've got your story in the desk. Smear it all over the front page.
22. 1:07:08 "Earl Williams captured by the Morning Post."
23. 1:07:10 I covered your story and got in a mess. Now I'm gettin' out.
24. 1:07:13 -You drooling idiot. What do you mean? -Just what I said.
25. 1:07:15 There are 365 days in a year one can get married.
26. 1:07:18 How many times you got a murderer locked up in a desk? Once in a lifetime.
27. 1:07:21 -You got the city by the seat of the pants. -Sure, I know.
28. 1:07:24 You've got the brain of a pancake. This isn't just a story you're covering.
29. 1:07:27 It's a revolution.
30. 1:07:28 This is the greatest yarn in journalism since Livingston discovered Stanley.
31. 1:07:31 -It's the other way around. -Don't get technical at a time like this.
32. 1:07:35 You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years under the same old gang.
33. 1:07:39 With this yarn, you're kicking 'em out, giving us a chance
34. 1:07:41 to have the kind of government New York's having under La Guardia.
35. 1:07:44 If I didn't have your best interest at heart, you think I'd waste time arguing?
36. 1:07:48 You done something big. You stepped up into a new class.
37. 1:07:50 Huh?
38. 1:07:52 We'll make monkeys out of those ward heelers. Nobody'll vote for them, not even their wives.
39. 1:07:56 -Expose 'em, eh? -We'll crucify that mob.
40. 1:07:58 We'll keep Williams undercover until morning so the Post can break the story exclusive.
41. 1:08:01 -We'll let the governor in on the capture. -I get it.
42. 1:08:04 You've kicked over City Hall like an apple cart.
43. 1:08:06 You got the mayor and Hartwell backed up against a wall.
44. 1:08:08 You've put one administration out and another one in.
45. 1:08:10 This isn't just a newspaper story, it's a career.
46. 1:08:13 And you stand there bellyaching about whether you catch an 8:00 or 9:00 train.
47. 1:08:17 -Walter, I never figured it that way. -You're still a doll-faced hick, that's why.
48. 1:08:19 -We'd be the white-haired boys. -They'd be naming streets after you.
49. 1:08:22 There'll be statues of you in the park. The movies'll be after you, the radio.
50. 1:08:25 By tomorrow morning a Hildy Johnson cigar. I can see the billboards.
51. 1:08:29 -"Light up with Hildy Johnson." -Stop that acting. We've got a lot to do.
52. 1:08:32 -Now you're talking. -We can't leave Williams in here.
53. 1:08:34 We'll take him to my private office. Which is our phone?
54. 1:08:36 -On the end. How you gonna take him? -We'll carry the desk over.
55. 1:08:40 You can't move that desk. It's crawling with cops outside.
56. 1:08:43 We'll lower it out the window with pulleys. Get the typewriter. Start pounding out a lead.
57. 1:08:46 -How much do you want? -All the words you got. Hello! Give me Duffy.
58. 1:08:50 -Can I call the mayor a bird of prey? -Call him anything you like.
59. 1:08:53 How about the time he had his house painted by the fire department?
60. 1:08:55 The works. Hello, Duffy? Get set. We got the biggest story in years.
61. 1:08:59 "Earl Williams captured by The Morning Post, exclusive!
62. 1:09:01 Yeah! And I want you to tear out the whole front page.
63. 1:09:04 I said the whole front page out.
64. 1:09:06 Never mind the European war. We got something bigger than that.
65. 1:09:09 Hildy Johnson's writing the lead. I'll give it to you as soon as she's finished.
66. 1:09:12 Get hold of Butch O'Connor. Tell him to come up with half a dozen of his wrestlers.
67. 1:09:16 Butch O'Connor. I've got a desk I want moved.
68. 1:09:18 -Never mind what ̶ -Hildy!
69. 1:09:20 -What the deuce do you want? -Hello, Bruce.
70. 1:09:22 Never mind the Chinese earthquake.
71. 1:09:24 -I want to ask one question. -How did you get out of jail?
72. 1:09:27 -Not through any help of yours. -You can't come in here. We're busy.
73. 1:09:30 I'm not talking to you. I had to wire Albany for $100 so I could get out on bail.
74. 1:09:34 -I don't care if there's a million dead. -I don't know what they're gonna think.
75. 1:09:37 They had to send the money to the police station.
76. 1:09:40 -We're waiting for that story. -We'll explain everything to them, Bruce.
77. 1:09:42 -Where's Mother? She was coming here. -She left.
78. 1:09:45 -I can't hear you, Duffy. -Where'd she go?
79. 1:09:46 -Out someplace. -No, no, junk the Polish corridor.
80. 1:09:49 -Tell me where my mother was going. -She couldn't say.
81. 1:09:52 -This is more important. -Did she get the money from you?
82. 1:09:54 -No, she left in a hurry. -I'll take that money.
83. 1:09:57 -It's right there in my purse. -I can handle things around here.
84. 1:10:00 -I'll take that certified check too. -I'll give it to you. Here are the tickets.
85. 1:10:03 -You'll find your money in the wallet. -My wallet? This is my wallet!
86. 1:10:06 Say, there's something funny going on. What are you doing?
87. 1:10:10 Just wanted to look at it.
88. 1:10:12 -Hildy, I'm taking ̶ -WALTER: What'd you say?
89. 1:10:14 -Hildy, I'm taking the 9:00 train. -Sure, sure.
90. 1:10:18 Did you hear what I said? I'm taking the 9:00 train.
91. 1:10:20 The 9:00 train. Oh, Bruce, I put it in here.
92. 1:10:24 Hey, let her alone, will you, buddy?
93. 1:10:27 -Do me a favor, Bruce? -Just answer me one question.
94. 1:10:29 -You don't want to come with me, do you? -I need that!
95. 1:10:32 -You don't, do you? -No!
96. 1:10:34 Take those Miss America pictures off page six.
97. 1:10:37 Hildy, tell me the truth.
98. 1:10:38 -Did you ever love me, Hildy? -Now look here, my good man!
99. 1:10:41 -You shut up, Burns! -How can I do anything with this racket?
100. 1:10:44 You're doin' this to her.
101. 1:10:46 She wanted to get away from you and everything you stand for,
102. 1:10:48 but you caught her and changed her mind.
103. 1:10:50 Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page. Let me ask you ̶
104. 1:10:53 Are you giving up everything for a man like him?
105. 1:10:55 No, I am not, but something's happened. I'll tell you everything ̶
106. 1:10:58 You'll tell him nothing! He's a spy!
107. 1:11:00 I am not a spy. Hildy, you're coming with me now!
108. 1:11:03 Give me a second. This is the biggest thing in my life!
109. 1:11:06 I see. I'll keep. I'm like something in the icebox.
110. 1:11:09 -Yeah. -You don't love me.
111. 1:11:11 That isn't true. Just because you won't listen, you say I don't love you.
112. 1:11:14 That isn't the point at all.
113. 1:11:15 The point is you never intended to live like a human being.
114. 1:11:18 -All right! -Sebastian jumping!
115. 1:11:21 -I'm trying to concentrate! -I see what's going on now.
116. 1:11:23 -You're just like him and all the rest. -HILDY: Sure, sure. That's what I am.
117. 1:11:26 What? No, leave the rooster story alone. That's human interest.
118. 1:11:30 -You get hold of Butch O'Connor? -If you had any sympathy or understanding ̶
119. 1:11:33 -I understand, all right. -Wait.
120. 1:11:35 There's only one question I want to know.
121. 1:11:37 Walter, the mayor's first wife ̶ What was her name?
122. 1:11:39 The one with the wart on her? Fanny. What, Duffy?
123. 1:11:41 -I don't think you ever loved me at all. -Never mind that!
124. 1:11:44 You're not working for the advertising department.
125. 1:11:46 If you change your mind, I'm leaving on the 9:00 train.
126. 1:11:49 If you want me, Bruce, you gotta take me as I am.

1:11:51 Writing the story

1. 1:11:52 I'm no suburban bridge player. I'm a newspaperman.
2. 1:11:55 That's the stuff, Hildy. Keep it coming. Get back in there, you mock turtle.
3. 1:12:01 Duffy, did you tell Butch and his gang to take a taxi as a matter of life and death?
4. 1:12:05 Stay on this wire. Butch is on his way. We gotta hold out for 15 minutes.
5. 1:12:09 -The boys'll be coming in here to phone. -I'll handle 'em.
6. 1:12:13 Ah, now the moon's out.
7. 1:12:18 (three knocks)
8. 1:12:19 Fine, three taps is me. Don't forget. Got enough air?
9. 1:12:22 -Not very much. -That better? You're sitting pretty.
10. 1:12:26 -How's it coming, honey? -All right, I guess. Where's Bruce?
11. 1:12:29 -Oh, he went out. -Is he coming back?
12. 1:12:31 Certainly. Didn't you hear him? What have you got so far?
13. 1:12:34 "While hundreds of Sheriff Hartwell's paid gunmen stalked through the city,
14. 1:12:36 shooting innocent bystanders, spreading their reign of terror,
15. 1:12:39 -Earl Williams was lurking less than 20 yards ̶ " -Aren't you gonna mention the Post?
16. 1:12:42 -Doesn't the paper get credit? -I did that in the second paragraph.
17. 1:12:45 Who's gonna read the second paragraph?
18. 1:12:46 For ten years I've been tellin' you how to write a story, and that's what I get?
19. 1:12:53 What's the idea of locking this door?
20. 1:12:55 -Who's that? -Bensinger. That's his desk.
21. 1:12:58 -Open the door, will ya? -(pounding)
22. 1:13:00 -What'd you say his name was? -Bensinger, of The Tribune.
23. 1:13:03 -Tribune, huh? -Who's in there?
24. 1:13:06 Haven't you any better sense ̶ Uh, hello. Hello, Mr. Burns.
25. 1:13:10 Well, quite an honor having you come over here.
26. 1:13:12 -Hello, Bensinger. -Oh, you know my ̶
27. 1:13:14 -(chuckling) -Excuse me, I just want to get my ̶
28. 1:13:17 It's quite a coincidence seeing you tonight. Isn't it, Hildy?
29. 1:13:20 -Yes. -How do you mean?
30. 1:13:21 I was talking to our Mr. Duffy about you this afternoon.
31. 1:13:24 -Really. Nothing detrimental, I hope. -On the contrary.
32. 1:13:28 That was one swell story you had in the paper this morning.
33. 1:13:30 -Did you care for the poem, Mr. Burns? -Uh, the poem?
34. 1:13:34 -The poem was great. -I like the ending especially.
35. 1:13:37 "And all is well outside his cell,
36. 1:13:39 but in his heart, he hears the hangman calling and the gallows falling
37. 1:13:43 and his white-haired mother's tears."
38. 1:13:45 -Heartbreaking? -Uh-huh.
39. 1:13:47 -That's fine. How'd you like to work for me? -What?
40. 1:13:49 We can use a man like you. We got a lot of lowbrows like Johnson here.
41. 1:13:53 -Are you serious, Mr. Burns? -Serious? Wait a minute.
42. 1:13:56 Duffy, I'm sending a Mr. Bunsinger over to see you.
43. 1:13:59 -Bensinger. -Mervyn, isn't it?
44. 1:14:01 -Yeah. No, Roy. Roy V. -Certainly.
45. 1:14:03 Roy V. Bensinger, the poet.
46. 1:14:05 Of course you wouldn't know. You probably never heard of Shakespeare either.
47. 1:14:10 (slaps back)
48. 1:14:11 I want you to put Mr. Bensinger on the staff right away.
49. 1:14:13 -How much you getting on The Tribune? -Ah, 75.
50. 1:14:15 I'll give you 100 and a byline. You give him everything he wants, understand?
51. 1:14:19 Okay. Look.
52. 1:14:20 I want you to write me a story from the point of view of the escaped man.
53. 1:14:24 He hides, cowering, afraid of every sound, of every light.
54. 1:14:26 He hears footsteps. His heart is going like that. They're closing in.
55. 1:14:29 -Get the sense of the animal at bay. -Sort of a Jack London style?
56. 1:14:32 -Exactly. -I'll get my rhyming dictionary.
57. 1:14:34 It doesn't have to rhyme.
58. 1:14:36 -Well, I'm deeply grateful, Mr. Burns. -Good.
59. 1:14:39 Oh! If you should have an opening for a war correspondent,
60. 1:14:42 I parler a little French.
61. 1:14:44 -I'll keep you in mind. -Au revoir, mon capitaine.
62. 1:14:47 Bonjour.
63. 1:14:51 (laughs) "His white-haired mother's tears."
64. 1:14:53 That's the stuff, isn't it?
65. 1:14:55 Listen, Bensinger is on his way to see you. Handle him with kid gloves.
66. 1:14:59 Put him to work writing poetry.
67. 1:15:00 No, we don't want him. Just stall him until the extra's out.
68. 1:15:03 Then tell him his poetry smells and kick him downstairs.
69. 1:15:06 Double-crossing swine.
70. 1:15:07 You said it. He won't quit his paper without giving notice after this.
71. 1:15:10 I mean you. You'd double-cross anybody.
72. 1:15:12 Wait a minute. I just remembered.
73. 1:15:14 Bruce isn't coming back here. He's taking the 9:00 train.
74. 1:15:17 In that case, he's gone.
75. 1:15:19 Don't sit there like a frozen robin. Get on with the story.
76. 1:15:22 We ought to have our plans finished by the time Butch gets here.
77. 1:15:25 How you have messed up my life. What am I going to do?
78. 1:15:28 The window's too small. We'll have to carry the desk out.
79. 1:15:31 I oughta be on that train right now. What a sap I am, falling for your line.
80. 1:15:34 They're gonna name streets after me. Johnson Street.
81. 1:15:37 -Get back to work. -I'm not going back to work.
82. 1:15:39 (doorknob rattling)
83. 1:15:41 -Who is it? -It's me, boss. It's Louie.
84. 1:15:43 Louie.
85. 1:15:46 -Holy smokes! What's the matter with you? -Where's Mrs. Baldwin?
86. 1:15:48 -What happened? -You been in a fight?
87. 1:15:50 Down Western Avenue, we was going 65 miles an hour.
88. 1:15:52 -Take that mush out of your mouth. -Where's the old lady?
89. 1:15:55 We run smack into a police patrol, busted it in half.
90. 1:15:58 -Was she hurt? -Where is she?
91. 1:16:00 Imagine bumping into a load of cops. They come rolling out like oranges.
92. 1:16:03 -What did you do with her? -Search me.
93. 1:16:04 When I come to, I was running down 34th Street.
94. 1:16:06 -You were with her? -Was I?
95. 1:16:08 -You were in the taxicab. -The driver got knocked cold.
96. 1:16:10 Butterfingers! I give you an old dame to take somewhere and you hand her over to the cops.
97. 1:16:14 What do you mean, I handed her? The cops was on the wrong side of the street.
98. 1:16:17 She's probably squawking her head off in a police station.
99. 1:16:20 I don't think she's squawking much. You know what I mean?
100. 1:16:22 -Was she killed? -Was she? Did you notice?
101. 1:16:25 Me with a gun on the hip and a kidnapped old lady on my hands.
102. 1:16:28 I'm gonna stick around asking questions from cops? You know what I mean?
103. 1:16:31 Dead. Oh, this is the end.
104. 1:16:34 It's fate, Hildy. What will be will be.
105. 1:16:37 What am I gonna say to Bruce? What can I tell him?
106. 1:16:40 If he really loves you, you won't have to tell him anything.
107. 1:16:43 Would you rather have had the old dame dragging the whole police force in here?
108. 1:16:46 I killed her. I'm responsible.
109. 1:16:48 How can I ever face Bruce again?
110. 1:16:51 Look at me, Hildy.
111. 1:16:52 I am looking at you, you murderer.
112. 1:16:54 If it was my own grandmother, I'd carry on for the paper.
113. 1:16:58 Louie, where did it happen?
114. 1:16:59 -Western and 34th. -I gotta get out of here.
115. 1:17:02 We can do more here. Now be calm.
116. 1:17:05 -Listen ̶ -(phone ringing)
117. 1:17:08 -Hello? Hello? -Maine 4557.
118. 1:17:11 Who? Well, Butch, where are you?
119. 1:17:13 -Mission Hospital? Receiving room, please. -What are you doing there?
120. 1:17:16 Haven't you even started?
121. 1:17:17 Was there an old lady brought in from an auto smashup?
122. 1:17:20 Oh, for H. Sebastian! It's a matter of life and death.
123. 1:17:22 -Nobody? -I can't hear.
124. 1:17:24 -Morningside 2469. -They got who? Speak up. A what?
125. 1:17:28 -You can't stop for a dame now. -Community hospital. Receiving room, please.
126. 1:17:31 I don't care if you've been after her for six years. Our lives are at stake!
127. 1:17:34 Are you gonna let a woman come between us after all we've been through?
128. 1:17:37 -Was an old lady brought in there? -Butch.
129. 1:17:40 I'd put my arm in fire for you up to here. You can't double-cross me!
130. 1:17:44 -Look around, will you? -Put her on. I'll talk to her.
131. 1:17:47 Good evening, madam. Listen, you ten-cent glamour girl.
132. 1:17:51 You can't keep Butch away from his duty. What's that?
133. 1:17:53 You say that again, I'll come over and kick you in the teeth!
134. 1:17:57 Say, what kind of language is that? Now, look here ̶
135. 1:18:00 (whimpers) She hung up. What did I say?
136. 1:18:04 Duffy. How do you like that, mousing around with some big ̶
137. 1:18:07 -Duffy! -Will you shut up? I'm tryin' to hear!
138. 1:18:09 -That's cooperation. Duffy! -Nobody?
139. 1:18:12 Well, where is Duffy? (whines)
140. 1:18:15 Diabetes. I ought to know better than to hire anybody with a disease.
141. 1:18:19 -Give me Olympia 218. -Louie.
142. 1:18:21 -Yes, boss. -Louie, it's up to you.
143. 1:18:23 -Anything you say, boss. -Beat it out. Get ahold of some guys.
144. 1:18:26 -Who do you want? -Anybody with hair on his chest.
145. 1:18:28 Get 'em anywhere. Offer 'em anything. We got to get that desk out of here.
146. 1:18:31 -Is it important? -Louie, you're the best friend I got.
147. 1:18:34 I like you too.
148. 1:18:35 Then don't fail me. Get enough people to move that desk.
149. 1:18:38 -You know me, boss. The shirt off my back. -Okay, don't bump into anything.
150. 1:18:42 That dumb immigrant will flop on me as sure as you're born.
151. 1:18:45 Try again at the hospital.
152. 1:18:46 If he's not back in five minutes, we'll carry it out alone.
153. 1:18:49 -Do anything you want. -We can start a fire.
154. 1:18:51 -Have the firemen take it out. -I don't give a darn what you do.
155. 1:18:54 -See if we can lift it. -What? Nobody? Oh, never mind!
156. 1:18:58 -Are you gonna help me? -No, I'm not.
157. 1:18:59 -You want me to strain my back? -I'm going to find Mrs. Baldwin.

1:19:01 The sheriff's raid

1. 1:19:02 I'm going down to the morgue and find her.
2. 1:19:05 -We wanna talk a minute. -What is this?
3. 1:19:08 -Get your hands off me! -Now look here, Johnson.
4. 1:19:10 -Hey, you! -You mean me?
5. 1:19:12 Yes, you. What do you mean by breaking in here like this, hmm?
6. 1:19:16 You can't bluff me, Burns. I don't care who you are or what paper you're editor of.
7. 1:19:20 -Let go of me, will you? -Hang onto her.
8. 1:19:22 -Something's happened to my mother-in-law. -May be going out to get Williams.
9. 1:19:25 -She had the door locked. -She and Mollie were in here talking.
10. 1:19:28 I don't know anything, and there's been an accident.
11. 1:19:30 Johnson, there's something very peculiar going on here.
12. 1:19:33 -Now, see here, Johnson. -Just a moment, Hartwell.
13. 1:19:35 If you have any accusations to make, make them in the proper manner.
14. 1:19:38 -Otherwise I'll have to ask you to get out. -You'll ask me to what?
15. 1:19:41 Get out.
16. 1:19:43 Oh, you will? Keep that door closed and don't let anybody in or out.
17. 1:19:47 -We'll see about this. -Pinky, give him the third degree.
18. 1:19:49 -Get 'em talkin', you got Williams, -I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
19. 1:19:53 -Are you going to talk? -What do you want me to say?
20. 1:19:55 -What do you know about Williams? -What do you know about Williams?
21. 1:19:58 Now we're getting somewh ̶ Take her out of here.
22. 1:20:01 -I've got ways of making her talk. -Don't you dare touch me or ̶
23. 1:20:04 -She's got a gun! -Grab it!
24. 1:20:06 -No, you don't! Walter! -All right, Burns. I'll take that gun.
25. 1:20:11 -Where did you get this gun? -I've got a right to carry a gun.
26. 1:20:14 -Not this gun. -I can explain that.
27. 1:20:16 When Hildy told me she was going to interview Williams, I gave her a gun.
28. 1:20:20 That's very interesting.
29. 1:20:21 This happens to be the gun that Williams used to shoot his way out with!
30. 1:20:25 -Are you trying to make me out a liar? -I ought to know my own gun ̶
31. 1:20:28 -Oh! So that's where Williams got the gun. -Hildy got it from Williams.
32. 1:20:32 -Where is Earl Williams? -You're barking up the wrong tree, Hartwell.
33. 1:20:35 I'll give you three minutes to tell me where he is!
34. 1:20:37 He went to the hospital to call on Egelhoffer with a bag of marshmallows.
35. 1:20:41 Where is he? Ask the mastermind what he's doing here.
36. 1:20:44 Speak up. What do you know about this?
37. 1:20:46 My dear fellow, the Morning Post does not obstruct justice or hide criminals.
38. 1:20:50 -You oughta know that. -You're under arrest.
39. 1:20:53 -And you too! -Who's under arrest?
40. 1:20:55 Listen, you insignificant, square-toed, pimple-headed spy!
41. 1:20:59 -You realize what you're doing? -I'll show you what I'm doing!
42. 1:21:01 You're obstructing justice, and so is the Morning Post!
43. 1:21:04 -I'm going to see that you're fined $10,000! -You'll see nothing of the kind.
44. 1:21:07 I'm going to begin by impounding the Post's property.
45. 1:21:09 -Is this your desk? -No!
46. 1:21:11 Yes! What are you afraid of, Hildy? I dare you to move this desk out!
47. 1:21:14 -Try it. -I will!
48. 1:21:16 You move this desk out, I'll put you behind bars!
49. 1:21:19 -He can do it too. -Is that so?
50. 1:21:21 -I'll see that Roosevelt hears about it. -Tell him. Come on, boys!
51. 1:21:24 -Confiscate this desk. -This is your last chance.
52. 1:21:26 This is a federal offense, and you fellas will be accessories.
53. 1:21:28 -We'll take a chance. Go ahead, boys! -All right.
54. 1:21:31 -(pounding on door) -Open up this door!
55. 1:21:34 Mother, I am glad to see you. Are you all right?
56. 1:21:37 That's the man that did it, right there.
57. 1:21:41 -What's the idea here? -This lady claims she's been kidnapped.
58. 1:21:45 -They dragged me down the stairs. -Just a minute.
59. 1:21:48 -Did this man have anything to do with it? -He was in charge of the whole thing!
60. 1:21:51 -He told them to kidnap me. -Excuse me, madam.
61. 1:21:53 -Are you referring to me? -You know you did.
62. 1:21:56 -What about this, Burns? Kidnapping, huh? -Trying to frame me, huh?
63. 1:21:59 I never saw this woman before in my life.
64. 1:22:02 What a thing to say. I was standing here when that girl jumped out the window.
65. 1:22:06 -Call the mayor! Get him here. -Look here, madam. Be honest.
66. 1:22:09 If you were joyriding, plastered, or got into some scrape,
67. 1:22:12 why don't you admit it instead of accusing innocent people?
68. 1:22:15 You ruffian! How dare you talk like that to me!
69. 1:22:18 -He's just crazy, Mother. -I can tell you something more.
70. 1:22:20 I can tell you why they did it.
71. 1:22:22 They had a murderer in here, and they were hiding him!
72. 1:22:26 -In here? -You're a cockeyed liar, and you know it!
73. 1:22:31 -(knocks three times) -What was that?
74. 1:22:33 -He's in there. -Give me the desk.
75. 1:22:35 -Give me the phone. What a break. -Stand back, everybody. Get your guns out.
76. 1:22:38 -He's harmless. -Shoot right through the desk.
77. 1:22:41 He can't hurt anybody. You've got his gun.
78. 1:22:42 -Oh, dear! -Go on, you gray-haired old weasel!
79. 1:22:44 Let me out of here!
80. 1:22:46 Mother! I've been looking all over for you.
81. 1:22:49 -What's happened? -Hello, Jake? Hang on.
82. 1:22:51 -Hildy, call Duffy! -No, you don't!
83. 1:22:52 -You want to see us scooped? -Everybody, aim right at the center.
84. 1:22:55 -That's murder. -One of you get on each end of the desk.
85. 1:22:59 -Comin' up. -We got you covered, Williams!
86. 1:23:00 -Have it in a minute. -Don't try to move. -Anytime now.
87. 1:23:02 -I'll count three. -It's hot!
88. 1:23:04 -Ready for an emergency. -One. Two.
89. 1:23:06 -Any second now. -Three! Up with it!
90. 1:23:08 -I got you, Williams! -Go ahead, shoot me.
91. 1:23:11 Earl Williams just captured in the press room in the criminal courts building hiding in a desk.
92. 1:23:14 -On your feet. -Don't try any funny stuff.
93. 1:23:17 Williams was unconscious when they opened the desk.
94. 1:23:19 Williams put up a struggle, but the police overpowered him.
95. 1:23:21 He tried to shoot it out, but his gun wouldn't work.
96. 1:23:23 Tried to break through a cordon of police.
97. 1:23:25 Duffy, the Post just turned Williams over to the sheriff!
98. 1:23:27 -Put the cuffs on these people. -More later.
99. 1:23:29 An anonymous note led to Williams' capture. Hold on!
100. 1:23:33 The sheriff was tracing a telephone call which gave away Williams' hiding place.
101. 1:23:36 -Where's the old lady? -She went out!
102. 1:23:38 -Out? -Call me back. I'll call you back!
103. 1:23:45 ♪♪ (humming)
104. 1:23:49 Give me the warden's office, quick.
105. 1:23:51 Hartwell, you're gonna wish you'd never been born!
106. 1:23:53 Oh, am I?
107. 1:23:54 -Hello, Fred. -Well, fine work, Pete.
108. 1:23:57 You certainly delivered the goods. I'm proud of you.
109. 1:23:59 -Look natural, don't they? -A sight for sore eyes.
110. 1:24:00 Aiding an escaped criminal and a little charge of kidnapping.
111. 1:24:03 What's that? That's the jail. There must be somebody there.
112. 1:24:06 Looks like about 10 years apiece for you two birds.
113. 1:24:08 Does it?
114. 1:24:09 Whenever you think you've got the Morning Post licked,
115. 1:24:11 it's time for you to get out of town.
116. 1:24:13 Whistling in the dark. That ain't gonna help you this time. You're through.
117. 1:24:16 The last man who said that was Archie Leach, just a week before he cut his throat.
118. 1:24:19 Is that so?
119. 1:24:20 We've been in worse jams than this, haven't we, Hildy?
120. 1:24:22 No.
121. 1:24:23 You forget the power that always watches over the Morning Post.
122. 1:24:26 -Your luck's not with you now. -This is Hartwell.
123. 1:24:29 I've caught him. Yes, Williams.
124. 1:24:31 Single-handed. We'll proceed with the hanging per schedule.
125. 1:24:34 You're gonna be in office exactly two days more.
126. 1:24:36 Then we're gonna pull your nose out of that feed bag.
127. 1:24:38 -I'll tell you what you'll be doing. -What?
128. 1:24:40 -Well, go on. -Making brooms in the state penitentiary!

1:24:41 Mr. Pettibone returns

1. 1:24:43 Joe, this is Hartwell. Come over to my office right away.
2. 1:24:46 I captured a couple of important birds. I want you to take their confessions.
3. 1:24:49 Duffy, get Liebowitz!
4. 1:24:50 All the lawyers in the world aren't gonna help you now.
5. 1:24:53 You're talking to the Morning Post!
6. 1:24:55 MAYOR: Oh, power of the press. (laughing)
7. 1:24:57 WALTER: Bigger men than you have found out what the power of the press is!
8. 1:25:00 -Presidents. Kings! -Here's the reprieve.
9. 1:25:03 -Say, you ̶ Get out of here. -You can't bribe me. My wife ̶
10. 1:25:06 -Get out of here! -Oh, no, I won't! Here's the reprieve.
11. 1:25:09 -What? -I don't want to be a city sealer.
12. 1:25:12 -Who is this man? -Throw him out.
13. 1:25:14 Just a minute. Who's trying to bribe you?
14. 1:25:16 -They wouldn't take this. -He's insane.
15. 1:25:18 What did I tell ya? An unseen power!
16. 1:25:20 What do you mean by coming here with a cock-and-bull story like that?
17. 1:25:23 -SHERIFF: He's an impostor! -Arrest him.
18. 1:25:25 Trying to hang an innocent man to win an election.
19. 1:25:27 -That's murder. -Never saw him before.
20. 1:25:29 -If I was to tell my wife ̶ -What's your name?
21. 1:25:32 -Joe Pettibone. -When did you deliver this first?
22. 1:25:34 -Who'd you talk to? -They started right in bribing me.
23. 1:25:36 -Who's they? -Those. Them.
24. 1:25:38 That's absurd! He's talking like a child.
25. 1:25:41 -Out of the mouths of babes! -Hi, babe.
26. 1:25:43 He's insane. Drunk.
27. 1:25:45 If this unfortunate man has really been reprieved, I'm tickled to death.
28. 1:25:49 -Aren't you, Pete? -You'd hang your own mother to be reelected.
29. 1:25:52 -That's a horrible thing to say about anybody. -Oh, you're marvelous.
30. 1:25:55 -Look here, Walter. You're an intelligent man. -Never mind that.
31. 1:25:59 Now let's have your story, Mr. Pettibone.
32. 1:26:01 -Nineteen years ago, I married Mrs. Pettibone. -Skip all that.
33. 1:26:04 -Only she wasn't Mrs. Pettibone then. -I mean ̶
34. 1:26:07 Sheriff, this document is authentic. Earl Williams has been reprieved.
35. 1:26:11 And our commonwealth has been saved the painful necessity of shedding blood.
36. 1:26:14 You said it. Get off the soapbox. Save that for the Tribune.
37. 1:26:17 Pete, take those handcuffs off my friends.
38. 1:26:20 -I'm amazed at you, doing a thing like that. -Isn't he awful?
39. 1:26:23 -You don't know how badly I feel. -No.
40. 1:26:25 -No excuse for Pete to fly off the handle. -I was only doing my duty. Nothing personal.
41. 1:26:28 -That's all right. -What'd you say your name was?
42. 1:26:30 Pettibone. Here's a picture of my wife.
43. 1:26:33 -A fine-looking woman. -You haven't seen her yet.
44. 1:26:35 She's all right.
45. 1:26:37 She's good enough for me! If I was to tell my wife ̶ Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!
46. 1:26:40 I understand perfectly, Mr. Pettibone. As long as I'm mayor ̶
47. 1:26:43 Which ought to be about three more hours.
48. 1:26:45 Just long enough for us to get our special edition, asking for your recall.
49. 1:26:48 And your arrest. You boys ought to get about 10 years apiece.
50. 1:26:52 Don't make any hasty decisions, Mr. Burns.
51. 1:26:54 You might run into a big libel suit!
52. 1:26:56 You're going to run into the governor.
53. 1:26:58 My old friend, the governor, and I understand each other perfectly.
54. 1:27:01 -Yes, and so do I. -So do you what, you hoodoo?
55. 1:27:04 Mr. Pettibone, if you'll come with us, we'll take you to the warden's office
56. 1:27:07 and deliver this reprieve.
57. 1:27:09 -Come along, Pete. -If I was to tell my wife ̶
58. 1:27:11 -You won't have to. -PETTIBONE: Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
59. 1:27:14 Wait till those two future jailbirds read the Morning Post tomorrow.
60. 1:27:16 -A tight squeeze though. -Give me Duffy.
61. 1:27:18 That's the worst jam we've been in in a long time.
62. 1:27:21 Where is he? Get him.
63. 1:27:22 Remember the time we stole old lady Haggerty's stomach off the coroner's physician?
64. 1:27:26 -Anytime you need this guy, he's never there. -We proved she'd been poisoned.
65. 1:27:30 We had to hide out for a week. Remember that?
66. 1:27:34 The Shoreland Hotel. That's where ̶ I mean, how we ̶
67. 1:27:37 We could've gone to jail for that too. You know that.
68. 1:27:40 Yes, you're right, Hildy. It's a bad business.
69. 1:27:42 You're gonna be better off. You'd better get going.
70. 1:27:45 -Where would I go? -To Bruce, of course.
71. 1:27:48 But you know he's gone. He took the 9:00 train.
72. 1:27:51 Send him a wire. He'll be waiting in the station when you get into Albany.
73. 1:27:54 -Why doesn't that guy have a phone in there? -I got it so messed up.
74. 1:27:58 -Get going, Hildy. -"Get going"? What is that with you?
75. 1:28:02 Wait a minute. Can't you understand?
76. 1:28:05 I'm trying to do something noble for once in my life. Get out of here.
77. 1:28:09 Walter, just a minute.
78. 1:28:11 -Send the fellow a wire. He'll be waiting. -Who'll write the story?
79. 1:28:14 I'll do it myself. Won't be half as good as you can do it.
80. 1:28:17 It's my story. I'd like to think ̶
81. 1:28:19 -Oh, at last! -I get it, Walter. The same old act.
82. 1:28:22 Trying to push me out, thinking I'll be stupid enough to want to stay.
83. 1:28:25 I know I deserved that. Wait a minute, Duffy.
84. 1:28:28 But this is one time you're wrong.
85. 1:28:29 Honey, when you walk out that door, part of me will go with you.
86. 1:28:33 But a whole new world's gonna open up for you.
87. 1:28:35 -I made fun of Bruce. You know why? -Why?
88. 1:28:39 I was jealous.
89. 1:28:40 I was sore because he could offer you the kind of life I can't give you.
90. 1:28:44 That's what you want, honey.
91. 1:28:46 I could stay and do the story and take the train in the morning.
92. 1:28:49 No, forget it. Come on, come on.
93. 1:28:50 Good-bye, dear, and good luck.

1:28:53 Together again

1. 1:28:56 Duffy. This is how it goes so far.
2. 1:28:59 -(phone ringing) -Oh, just a minute.
3. 1:29:02 Hello. Who? Hildy Johnson?
4. 1:29:05 -No, she just left. -I'm still here. I can take it.
5. 1:29:08 Hang on a minute.
6. 1:29:11 Hildy Johnson speaking.
7. 1:29:14 The Fourth Precinct Police Station?
8. 1:29:17 Well, put him on.
9. 1:29:19 Bruce, I thought you were on your way to Albany.
10. 1:29:21 -What for? -For having counterfeit money.
11. 1:29:25 -Counterfeit money? -(clears throat) Hold on a minute, Duffy.
12. 1:29:28 Where did you get it?
13. 1:29:30 I gave it to you?
14. 1:29:32 Oh, all right. I'll try and do something about it.
15. 1:29:37 (crying)
16. 1:29:42 (sobbing)
17. 1:29:47 Oh, honey.
18. 1:29:49 Honey, don't ̶ don't cry, please.
19. 1:29:51 Come on. I didn't mean to make you cry. What's the matter with you?
20. 1:29:54 You never cried before. Hildy.
21. 1:29:56 I thought you were really sending me away with Bruce.
22. 1:30:02 I didn't know you had him locked up.
23. 1:30:05 I thought... you were on the level for once,
24. 1:30:08 that you were just standing by and letting me go off with him
25. 1:30:12 and not doing a thing about it.
26. 1:30:14 Aw, come on, honey. What do you think I was, a chump?
27. 1:30:17 And I thought you didn't love me.
28. 1:30:19 -What were you thinking with? -I don't know.
29. 1:30:23 Well, what are you standing there gawking for?
30. 1:30:26 We have to get him out of jail.
31. 1:30:29 Send Louie down with some honest money
32. 1:30:31 and send him back to Albany where he belongs.
33. 1:30:33 Sure, sure.
34. 1:30:35 Duffy, everything's changed. Tell Louie to stand by. We're coming to the office.
35. 1:30:39 Don't worry about the story. Hildy's gonna write it.
36. 1:30:41 Of course she's not quitting. We're gonna get married.
37. 1:30:44 -Oh! Can we go on a honeymoon this time? -Sure.
38. 1:30:48 Duffy, you can be managing editor. No, no, not permanently.
39. 1:30:52 Just for the two weeks we're away on our honeymoon.
40. 1:30:54 -What? -I don't know where. Where are we going?
41. 1:30:57 -Niagara Falls. -Niagara Falls, Duffy!
42. 1:30:59 -Two whole weeks, Walter? -Sure. You've earned it!
43. 1:31:02 What? What?
44. 1:31:04 Strike? What strike?
45. 1:31:07 Where? Albany?
46. 1:31:09 -I know it's on the way, but I can't ask Hildy ̶ -We'll honeymoon in Albany.

1:31:11 The end

1. 1:31:13 Okay, Duffy. (weak laugh)
2. 1:31:15 Isn't that a coincidence? We're going to Albany. I wonder if Bruce can put us up.
3. 1:31:19 Say, why don't you carry that in your hand?