Force of Evil Page #5

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To the office tomorrow

for that job,

I'll try again.

You'll never

see me there.

I still

have that ruby, Doris.

You got $35 a week

working for Leo.

I'll get you 100,

And Ill bet you a barrelful

of roses you'll be there.

Joe.

Who are you?

It's our bookkeeper,

Mr. Johnson.

It's Mr. Bauer.

This is a fine time

to be getting in.

From now on,

get here on time.

Leo:

the rest of you,

If you don't want

to cooperate, leave now.

All right.

Combination supplies

the financing

On the following terms-

The capital we advance

to pay off 776

Is to be a prior lien

on the business itself

With regular 6% interest

and a $5,000 bonus

For making the loan.

It's to be paid off

by the week, so much a week,

As much as

the business can handle.

And each banker gets

a drawing account

Of 75 a week

till the debt's paid off,

Then 1/3 of the profits.

Is that clear?

You're

a bookkeeper now

For a big organization,

Mr. Bauer.

Mr. Richards,

I won't waste time.

I've got bad news for you.

I'm getting

used to it.

Mr. Morse, I got to

speak to you right away.

Excuse me.

Now, Bauer,

what's the trouble?

Just like Doris,

Mr. Morse-I'm quitting.

I just wanted

to tell you

So you could get somebody

else for tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

This place

makes me sick.

You've got eyes, Freddy.

You can see for yourself Im

not alone in business anymore.

Mr. Morse, what did you

put me into?

I didn't put you

into anything.

They put me!

Did you put me

into this

Without my knowing

or saying?

Did you do a thing

like this to me?

You came to work

in a racket

Because you wanted

the extra money.

Now you'll

get a raise.

You're working

for a big corporation

Instead of

a little man.

You're bookkeeper

for 13 banks instead of one.

You're getting ahead

in the world.

I don't want it!

I'm not your slave!

Wait a minute.

Leo, what's

the trouble?

He wants to quit.

If he quits, how will

I handle the merger?

All right, you go in

and write off

The rest

of those gravestones.

I'll talk to Bauer.

I'll tell you

the truth, Joe,

I don't

have the stomach

For this kind

of business.

What do you mean,

"this kind of business"?

Every organization has to rely

On its people when it

needs them. Go ahead.

Mr. Bauer, will you

come in here a moment?

Mr. Bauer...

Id like to straighten out

Whatever trouble there

seems to be here if I can.

There's no trouble.

I just want to quit.

Is that fair?

Maybe it isn't,

but that's what I want to do.

Why go out of your way to

make trouble for yourself?

What do you mean?

Well, we're reorganizing

the whole business now.

We need every man's

loyalty at this time.

You can't make me stay.

You can't.

How can you make me?

What are you

going to do?

I want to be friends

with all you people.

I'm looking ahead

to where we can work

On a nice,

friendly basis.

I don't believe

in an employer

Who has to say to

his people, "you've got to."

I like an employer

whose people do things

By themselves because

they like to,

Because they're

loyal to the business.

If I go now

and walk out of here,

How are you gonna stop me?

How, if I say I won't stay

and walk out of here,

How are you

gonna stop me?

The combination

will stop you, Bauer-

Stop you dead...

in your tracks.

You see, Mr. Bauer,

Im just trying to help.

What do you say?

Now, if you have

any more trouble,

Just let me know,

and Ill try

To straighten

it out for you.

That's my job.

Good night,

everybody.

Good night.

I think Im going to

quit this job.

I don't like working

in a place

Run by gangsters

And where

they have police raids.

See this nickel?

It belongs

to Tucker,

And so do we.

Well, Im going to quit,

just the same.

It frightens me

to work here.

What are you

talking about?

We can't quit.

They won't let us.

You heard them.

They said they'd

kill me if I quit.

They said they'd kill you,

Mr. Bauer.

You're the head

bookkeeper here.

They need you.

They don't need us.

Maybe we'll all be

without a job soon.

I read in the papers

where hall said

He's going to raid

these banks out of business.

And he could, too,

If he knew where

all the banks were

And where they moved

each time.

Are you coming,

Mr. Bauer?

No. I have

a few things to do yet.

Good night.

Hello? I want

Mr. Hall's office.

Hello?

I want to report

A policy bank-

A numbers bank.

I want you to

raid them right away,

Tomorrow when they

open for business.

And when they open again,

I want you to raid them again.

Wherever they open,

Ill tell you where.

I want them raided

out of business.

Never mind who I am.

If you raid this bank,

I'll tell you where

the others are, too.

And if they move,

I'll tell you

where they move to.

The address

is 1721 Edgecombe.

I can't talk anymore now.

Just a minute there.

I want

to talk to you.

You're Bauer.

Who are you?

I'm Wally.

I got a proposition

for you, Bauer-

A chance to make

a little money for yourself

On the Q.T.,

under the rose.

I'm not interested

in any propositions.

Just a minute.

I'm doing a job

for bill Ficco.

He used to be

Tucker's partner

In the beer days.

What's that

got to do with me?

Ficco's going into

the numbers business.

He needs

a little information,

And Im trying

to help.

He wants a list

of Tucker's banks,

The bankers,

the collectors,

The controllers.

He wants to arrange a

meeting with Leo Morse

To discuss the matter.

Why don't you

ask Mr. Morse?

He'd be afraid to

get together with Ficco

On account of Tucker.

We're the competition.

But if you could get

Leo Morse

To some quiet place,

we'd be there.

That's all you

have to do.

Just get him there,

and we'll do the rest.

I don't want to have

anything to do with gangsters.

What do you mean,

gangsters?

It's business.

Good night,

Mr. Wheelock.

Good night.

Good night, Mary.

Good night.

Hey! What is this,

a parade?

I guess so.

Good night.

Take the rest

of the day off.

Mr. Morse, there's someone

waiting to see you

In the office.

Want that ruby,

don't you?

Wheelock:
Joe,

may I see you a moment?

Excuse me.

Mrs. Tucker's

been waiting to see you

For over a half-Hour.

Good night,

Mr. Morse.

Mrs. Tucker?

What does she want?

You, apparently.

She wouldn't take

a substitute.

Handsome woman.

Have you, uh,

seen hall?

Yes. We're talking.

Well, what's it

look like, Hobe?

I don't know, Joe.

Just talking.

Fine. Good night.

Good night.

Wait for me, Doris.

I won't be long.

What's on

your mind, Edna?

I couldn't telephone,

so I came down in person.

Telephone

about what?

Telephone you

about the telephone.

What about the telephone?

Your prosecutor

friend hall

Has tapped

Bens telephone.

Ben has to expect

those things.

Hall is in the business,

And Ben Tucker

is his stock in trade.

That's why

Ben sent me.

So are you.

I'm an attorney.

Legally, Im in

a fiduciary relationship

With your husband.

Is your telephone

with hall?

Well, you tell Ben he has

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