Kansas City Confidential Page #5

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You know,

I think I'll get myself some gum.

Yeah. I got you.

See you.

Hi!

- Hi!

- How did you make out?

A few more hands

and your father would break me.

Well, don't say I didn't warn you.

That's all right.

I'll get even tomorrow night.

Now, that's one thing

I don't understand about men.

What's that?

Well, you work hard all year and

do nothing but talk about your vacation.

Then, when it comes,

you sit indoors and play cards.

Yeah. It doesn't figure, does it?

A lot of things don't figure.

Like for instance?

Well, for instance, what you do all year?

I save up to play cards.

I guess I should have brought along a

deck of cards instead of a swimming suit.

I'd say you did the right thing.

You can swim too?

Like you play cards.

I'll tell you what. I'll meet you

at the pool tomorrow morning.

- You teach me and I'll teach you.

- That's a deal.

Thanks.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Do you always bring a book along

when you have a date?

Well, it depends on the date.

Let's see.

Civil Code of the State of Missouri,

Rules and Procedure?

- Translation?

- I'm cramming for the bar exams.

No cracks, please.

Don't tell me you're opposed

to the higher education of the female?

No, it's just that you don't look like

a lawyer to me.

Well, I've found that people rarely look

like what they are.

Now, take yourself, for instance.

To look at you, I'd say

you were probably a fisherman.

Instead, you're probably a salesman?

Would you like it if I were a salesman?

Now, look, I'm the one that's supposed

to get the answers by cross-examination.

I've always heard that the best witnesses

are the ones who want to answer.

Thanks for the advice.

I got some more for you, and for free, too.

Always arrange to have your cases

tried in front of all-male juries.

You can't lose, kid.

Hey, you're beginning to sound

promising again.

I left my cigarettes up at the cabin.

I'll be right back.

Mr. Harris.

Milkman?

Iceman?

Good morning, Mr. Foster.

Hello. How about some cards tonight?

I can't. I got a dinner date with a lawyer.

She may never get to be one

if she's kept from her studies.

Well, she has to eat sometime.

- Why don't you join us?

- I'd like to.

Good. I'll see you then.

Get up.

You hear what he said, palsie?

Smart boy didn't hear you.

What's the matter, palsie,

your ears stuffed?

I think he hears you now.

See?

He's cooperating.

Ain't you, palsie?

What is this?

Smart boy, here, wants to know

what is this?

What's your line, Mister?

He knows.

You make me for a sucker, palsie?

I don't like that.

You're crazy.

I'll pinpoint it for you, chum.

Pete Harris and me did

a deuce together at Joliet.

That makes you a phony.

And now we're going to take

a nice quiet walk.

And when we get to the right place

you're gonna tell us the story of your life.

I don't move.

Yeah, make a noise.

Bring the cops in on you.

Smart boy wants it done quiet.

Come in.

Pardon me. I didn't know you had visitors.

That's all right. Come on in.

Miss Foster, you know Mr. Romano?

Mr. Kane.

I've seen Mr. Romano around.

How do you do, Mr. Kane?

Hello.

They were trying to talk me

into taking a walk with them.

I explained we had a date.

- I don't mind.

- I told them you wouldn't.

Just a couple of nature-lovers.

We were chatting about it

when you knocked.

Well, it must have been

a very warm discussion.

I just dropped in to return this to you.

Thanks.

I hardly missed it.

I only carry it in case of snakes.

We'll be seeing you, Harris.

Yeah.

Hey, Tony, I know a sure cure

for a nose-bleed.

A cold knife in the middle of the back!

Nice guys, playful.

Don't bother making up any stories for me.

I thought the law said a man

was innocent until proven guilty.

That's right.

Considering the circumstantial evidence,

if you were my attorney,

how would you advise me to answer?

I'd tell you not to answer at all,

unless you could answer honestly.

It might incriminate you.

Now you're giving me some good advice.

Thanks.

And for free.

Seor Kane,

I have been looking for you.

I have a letter for you.

She smells like a business one.

Buenos tardes, my customers,

buenos tardes.

Seor Romano, a letter for you.

This one...

She also smells like a business one.

A letter for you, Seor Harris.

- Thanks.

- You're very welcome.

Excuse me.

Mail from home.

It'll wait.

I expect you to get in

some solid study tonight.

Well, isn't that nice of you.

How's that, Mr. Foster?

Thanks for that and the dinner.

Don't forget.

I may ask questions tomorrow.

Well, I'll look forward to it.

Good night.

Tony, you're not even looking at

how pretty they are.

And only 11 American dollars.

Everything around here is 11 bucks.

Tony, you like?

Charge it with the rest.

- Tony?

- See you later.

- I see you got your invitation, Tony.

- Yeah.

How about your friend out there?

He get his too?

Let's go ask him.

Pumpkin, it isn't often

I butt into your affairs,

but I'm gonna make like a father.

You sound serious.

Where you're concerned

I'm always serious.

I want you to forget that fellow.

But you don't know anything

about him, Dad.

Neither do you.

Right in there...

- Drop the gun in the well, Kane.

- Do as he tells you.

In the well.

- Do it!

- The gun, Kane.

Don't! Don't!

Go on. Drop it!

Drop it.

Don't shoot!

Drop it. In the well.

Do what he tells you.

- Don't shoot!

- In the well.

Do it. Get rid of it.

All right, you two knuckle-heads,

now you're gonna listen to me,

unless you want to join the guns

in the well.

I got my invitation to the party.

I take Pete Harris' share.

You gave Harris the double-shuffle.

You got it wrong, pal.

The cops paid him off in full,

like gambling.

A man puts up his bet.

He's entitled to be paid off if he wins.

Harris lost.

What did you put up?

A possible 20 years in stir.

You're looking at the guy

who was framed for the job.

That's why I'm cutting myself in

whether you like it or not.

You're smart, you'll play along with me.

You're not, it goes rough on everybody.

You talk awfully green for a smart guy.

What happens when Mr. Big sees you?

Let's wait till we get to that, huh?

Now you two boys make like friends.

Go to sleep. Go on!

And in case you get any ideas

about visiting me later, forget it.

I sleep light.

What are you doing here?

Simple. I came looking for you.

It's a matter of principle, Mr. Harris.

I just don't like anybody running

out on me twice in the same day.

I see. Well, you see, after I got the letter...

I told you, you didn't have make up

any stories for me.

That's right, you did.

Look, Pete, I know I may be butting

into something I shouldn't,

but that's the way I am.

Even when I was a kid,

I was always the one asking questions.

I bet you even cross-examined

your nurse, huh?

You know, if I were smart, I'd find myself

another date and forget all about you.

Only I can't help feeling you're in trouble.

I liked it better this afternoon

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