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THAN AT THE BOTTOM?

HOW LONG CAN A GUY LAS IN THAT PLACE?

I NEVER KNEW ANYONE WHO WANTED

TO TRY FOR THE RECORD.

LOOK, JOE,

YOU COULD STILL GET A BREAK.

AFTER YOU'VE SERVED

SIX MONTHS,

IT'S UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD

AS TO HOW LONG YOU STAY IN HERE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I COME UP BEFORE THE BOARD

FOR SENTENCE TOMORROW.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

PONTI TOLD ME.

ARE YOU PALLING AROUND

WITH PONTI NOW?

HE PASSED ME A NOTE.

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THAT GUY.

WHEN HE HANDS YOU A FAVOR

WITH ONE HAND,

HE KNIFES YOU WITH THE OTHER.

NEVER MIND THAT.

THE IMPORTANT THING

IS JOE'S SENTENCE.

WHY, HE COULD BE OUT OF HERE

IN A LITTLE WHILE

IF THEY'D TAKE IT EASY

ON HIM.

WHAT'S THE USUAL SENTENCE?

THE USUAL DOESN'T MATTER.

THE LAW SAYS:

ONE TO TEN YEARS.

WELL, TWO YEARS

IS BETWEEN ONE AND TEN.

SO'S NINE.

MAYBE YOU'LL GET A BREAK.

LIKE YOU DID, HUH?

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN

THAT WAY.

SURE, JOE.

YOU'VE ALREADY DONE

SIX MONTHS.

SIX MONTHS.

I SPENT FOUR YEARS

IN THE ARMY -

DIDN'T SEEM HALF AS LONG

AS SIX MONTHS IN HERE.

THE CASE OF JOE HUFFORD.

MANSLAUGHTER.

YES, I WENT OVER THIS CASE

LAST NIGHT.

THERE WERE CERTAIN

EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

I FELT THAT, TOO.

THE BOY HE KILLED

WAS OLD JOHN MITCHELL'S SON.

WELL, IT LOOKS

PRETTY RUN-OF-THE-MILL.

I THOUGHT FIVE YEARS.

THAT MAKES HIM ELIGIBLE

FOR PAROLE IN THREE.

FIVE YEARS.

151 OKAY...

152 OKAY...

153 OKAY...

154 OKAY...

155 OKAY.

FROM YOUR FATHER, JOE?

NO, IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE

HE'S STAYING WITH.

HOW IS HE?

NOT SO GOOD.

HE HASN'T BEEN OUTTA BED

FOR THREE WEEKS.

ARE YOU REALLY GONNA TRY

TO BREAK OUTTA HERE?

SURE.

WHEN?

I WAS TALKIN'

TO PONTI TODAY.

WE FIGURE A WEEK

FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY.

YOU GOIN' AHEAD WITH PONTI

AFTER EVERYTHING I TOLD YOU?

YOU NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING.

YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE HIM.

I'LL TELL YOU PLENTY

OF THINGS.

I'VE KNOWN THAT RA FOR 15 YEARS.

WE DID TIME ONCE BEFORE

TOGETHER.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT.

DO YOU KNOW:

HOW HE GOT OUT?

HE SAID HE BUSTED OUT.

THAT'S A HOWL.

HE WAS IN ON A BREAK, SURE.

BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME,

THERE WAS 20 GUARDS

WITH MACHINE GUNS

WAITIN' FOR THEM.

THEY WENT DOWN:

LIKE LEAD SOLDIERS.

HOW DID PONTI GET AWAY?

THROUGH THE WARDEN'S OFFICE

WITH A PAROLE IN HIS HAND.

HE SQUEALED.

THAT WAS THE GENERAL IMPRESSION

AT THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT, HE'S OUT.

THANKS, MALLOBY.

HOW 'BOUT ME BEIN' IN?

YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE ELSE.

YOU'RE UP FOR PAROLE

IN A FEW MONTHS.

WHAT GOOD IS THAT GONNA DO

IF MY FATHER DIES FIRST?

YOU'LL BE BACK HERE

FOR LIFE:

IF YOU TRY A CRAZY STUN LIKE THAT.

I'VE GOTTA SEE HIM.

HOW ABOUT IT, MAPES?

Look out!

WHAT'D YOU DO LAST NIGHT,

MAPES?

OH, NOTHIN' MUCH.

CALLED UP A COUPLE GIRLS,

WENT OUT TO DINNER.

THEN WE HAD A FEW DRINKS

AT THE MACAMBO.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WE WERE MAKIN' THE ROUNDS, TOO,

WEREN'T WE, JOE?

YEAH.

WHO'D YOU HAVE WITH YOU?

WHO CAN REMEMBER NAMES?

THEY WERE ALL SOCIETY GIRLS

FROM PASADENA.

NEXT TIME, GIVE ME A CALL.

I'LL BE GLAD TO GO ALONG.

THESE GIRLS WAN CHARACTER REFERENCES.

MALLOBY,

SOMETIMES I THINK YOU FORGE WHICH SIDE OF THE BARS

YOU'RE ON.

NO, DOUGLAS,

THAT'S SOMETHING I NEVER FORGET.

KEEP IT QUIET IN HERE.

I THINK:

HE'S KIND OF AFRAID OF YOU.

I DON'T BLAME HIM.

YOU'LL NEVER GET HIM.

HE WATCHES YOU EVERY SECOND.

THERE'LL BE ONE OR TWO

WHEN HE FORGETS...

JUST LIKE I FORGO OUT ON PAROLE ONE DAY...

ONE LOUSY DAY.

DOUGLAS SEES ME HAVIN' A BEER

WITH AN OLD FRIEND.

HE REPORTS ME BECAUSE

THE OLD FRIEND IS AN EX-CON.

BACK FOR 12 YEARS -

12 YEARS

FOR ONE LITTLE BEER.

LET'S PLAY SOME CARDS.

HOW ABOU MY TAKING PONTI'S PLACE?

LEAVE HIM OUT OF IT, MAPES.

I MEAN IT.

NOW, LOOK -

YOU HEARD ME, MAPES.

SURE.

YOU IN ON THE BREAK, JOE?

DON'T YOU KNOW, PONTI?

WELL, I THOUGH YOU KNEW EVERYTHING.

WE'RE ALL SET FOR FRIDAY.

The guns are

in the laundry room.

WHY FRIDAY?

I THOUGH WE WERE GOIN' WEDNESDAY.

PONTI'S OUT.

HE KNOWS ABOUT WEDNESDAY.

YOU SURE HE DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH

ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE?

HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT CHANGE

YOUR MIND.

NOT A CHANCE.

YOU BEEN SPREADING

SOME RUMORS ABOUT ME?

YEAH.

WELL,

WHY DON'T YOU LAY OFF?

BECAUSE YOU'D SET FIRE

TO YOUR SISTER FOR A DIME.

LOOK OUT.

SO I SAYS:

TO THIS PREACHER,

REVEREND, I'LL BE GLAD

TO ORGANIZE A CHOIR FOR YOU,

BUT WHAT'S OUR ANGLE

ON THE DEAL?

COME ON, GET UP.

KEEP MOVIN'.

YOU'RE LIKE A BUNCH OF OLD WOMEN

WHEN YOU GET SOME NEWS.

WHO'S GOT ANY NEWS?

DON'T TELL ME YOU AIN'T HEARD

WE'RE GETTIN' A NEW WARDEN.

WHEN?

THIS WEEK.

AND GUESS WHO HE IS -

YOUR OLD FRIEND GEORGE KNOWLAND.

WHO SENT HIM UP?

PROBABLY:

OLD JOHN MITCHELL.

KNOWLAND WAS GETTIN' TOO BIG

IN STATE POLITICS,

AND BEING WARDEN

IS A ONE-WAY TRIP TO NOPLACE.

COME ON, BREAK IT UP.

YEAH, MOVE ON.

WATCH YOUR STEP, MALLOBY.

WE'RE NOT ALL A BUNCH OF FOOLS

AROUND HERE.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A TALK WITH YOU

ABOUT THAT SOMETIME, CAPTAIN.

ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO.

GET BACK TO IT.

I SAID GO BACK TO WORK!

COME ON.

GET BACK TO WORK.

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

DID HE START IT?

HE SURE DID.

THROW HIM IN SOLITARY

AND DON'T BE TOO EASY ON HIM.

START THE MACHINES.

AND GET BACK TO WORK.

STALEY, NUMBER FOUR.

HUFFORD, NUMBER THREE.

SOLITARY.

NO, HE DIDN'T.

HOLD IT.

HERE HE IS NOW.

YOU'RE WANTED

IN THE WARDEN'S OFFICE, CAPTAIN.

HAVING ANY TROUBLE

WITH HUFFORD?

NO.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO.

YES.

NOW, JUST STOP WORRYING.

Man:
THIS IS

WHERE YOUR CLERICAL WORK IS DONE

AND YOUR FILES ARE KEPT.

IT'S QUITE HANDY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK,

KAY?

WELL, IT'S THE BIGGEST OFFICE

YOU'VE EVER HAD.

YOU'LL FIND I VERY COMFORTABLE, GEORGE -

CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH

EVERYTHING UNDER YOUR CONTROL.

THIS BRIDGE IS AN ADDITION.

WHERE'S IT GO?

THAT LEADS:

TO YOUR LIVING QUARTERS.

OF COURSE, THERE'S A GOOD LOCK

ON THE OTHER DOOR.

VERY CONVENIENT.

HELLO, DOUGLAS.

HOW DO YOU DO,

MR. MACKAY?

YOUR NEW BOSS,

GEORGE KNOWLAND.

HAPPY TO KNOW YOU,

DOUGLAS.

DOUGLAS IS THE BEST YARD CAPTAIN

IN THE PRISON BUSINESS.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO RELY

ON YOU A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

HEAR YOU HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE

THIS MORNING.

ONE OF THE YOUNGER,

TOUGHER ONES -

WE TOOK CARE OF HIM.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU MEE MY DAUGHTER.

THIS IS KAY.

HELLO.

THIS IS OUR HOUSEKEEPER,

MISS LORRY.

PERHAPS:

YOU CAN TELL US, MR. DOUGLAS.

JUST HOW SAFE:

WILL WE BE HERE?

WHY, MA'AM,

THERE'S NO PLACE SAFER.

THE WALLS ARE 8 FEET THICK,

AND YOU'VE GOT GUARDS

ALL AROUND.

I'M SURE WE'LL MANAGE

ALL RIGHT, MARTHA.

AND JUST THINK, MISS LORRY -

YOU HAVE BETTER HELP

THAN YOU COULD HIRE

AT AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.

BRING THEM IN, DOUGLAS.

AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS,

TO END UP IN A PRISON...

ALL RIGHT.

IN HERE.

HOW OFTEN DOES YOUR PAROLE BOARD

MEET, MACKAY?

TWICE A WEEK.

YOUR HOUSEHOLD STAFF,

GEORGE.

THIS IS MELREAU,

YOUR COOK.

HE USED TO BE HEAD CHEF A THE RICHMOND PLAZA IN NEW YORK.

WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR,

MELREAU?

I POISONED MY WIFE.

OH!

I TRUS YOU HAVE OTHER HOBBIES NOW?

YES, SIR.

THIS IS GRANT -

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