Marked Woman Page #7

Maybe they'll help you find her.

Listen, Vanning, all I know is that kid sister

of mine came back here again last night...

...and nobody's seen her since.

And get this straight:

If I find out that you or anybody else

has laid a finger on her...

You'll what?

I'll get you.

Even if I have to crawl back

from my grave to do it.

Her sister, eh? That's bad.

- Who do you think tipped her?

- Who do you think?

Emmy Lou. Go over there and grab that

ditzy blond before she shoots off her face.

I know she went back to the party,

and I can prove it.

Emmy Lou is just covering up

for Vanning.

He just tried to pawn

the same story off on me.

And you know that Vanning doesn't start

ducking around corners for nothing.

That's what's driving me crazy.

- And that's why...

- All right, now. Take it easy.

You reported her disappearance

to the missing persons bureau?

Yes.

Then there's nothing I can do about it.

I'm sorry, but that's out of my department.

Did they cut your heart up

into departments too?

That kid's my sister. Any one of a million

things could have happened to her.

- What do you expect me to do about it?

- Arrest Vanning.

- Will you testify against him?

- Yes.

Like you did last time?

You'll pardon me, but I don't believe

a word you're saying.

You think I'm pretty low, don't you?

Now, what do you expect me to think?

I meet a lot of people in this job.

Some of them I feel sorry for because they...

They just can't help themselves.

They don't know any better.

They're the misfits of the world.

But you're not that kind.

You know what's right

and you know what's wrong.

You know better,

but won't do anything.

You choose to think that you can

get through the world by outsmarting it.

Well, I've learned that those kind of people

generally end up by outsmarting themselves.

And that's exactly

what's going to happen to you.

And I won't feel a bit sorry about it,

because, lady, you've got it coming to you.

Thanks for telling me.

The coroner's reports.

Oh, Mary, will you come here

a moment, please?

Sit down.

They found your sister.

Where?

In the river, dead.

It isn't true.

It isn't true.

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, no.

No, you don't have to be sorry for me.

You were right.

I had it coming to me.

Oh, but why did it have to happen to her?

Why did it have to happen to her?

All right. Now, let's go back.

You say that Emmy Lou looked as though

something terrible had happened to her?

Did she say anything?

- Well, when she came...

- She didn't say a thing.

I told you before, she went into

the bedroom and didn't say a word.

I suppose you didn't

hear her say anything?

Well, I was kind of tired

and I wasn't paying much attention.

Oh, why don't you all stop stalling?

You know you heard

every word she said.

I said we didn't hear a thing.

Not a thing.

I suppose you girls realize that Emmy Lou

is the key witness to this whole business.

Now, you know as well as I do

who murdered Betty.

For years we've waited for Vanning

to make one false move, and this is it.

And... Oh, what's the use?

- I thought they were your friends.

- So did I.

If they're not, I don't have to handle them

with kid gloves any longer.

Let's understand each other.

I've given you a chance to come

on the right side, you turned it down.

Now, when I get Vanning, which I will...

...I'm gonna get everybody connected

with him, and that means all of you.

- Mary.

- Get away from me.

- Mary, you got this all wrong.

- Get away from me.

I know you got us down,

but what else could we do?

You know the law

isn't for people like us.

Then what is?

That's another thing

I've been trying to figure out.

Well, I'm sick of figuring things out.

Sure, we know all that.

We know how hard it's hit you.

We know what you'd like to do about it.

So would we.

We're in a spot.

Remember, once, I wanted to quit this.

You told me there was nothing else

we could turn to.

That we didn't know any other way

of making a living.

Well, you're right, Mary, we don't.

But if we go to Graham now...

...we're gonna really find out

just how tough it can be for us.

That is, if we're lucky enough

to be alive that long.

Oh, you can understand that,

can't you, Mary?

I only understand

that Betty was my sister...

...that Vanning killed her, and that

you won't help me do anything about it.

Mary, there's nothing we or anybody else

can do to bring her back.

We can get Vanning, make him pay for it,

put him where he belongs.

So what?

So somebody else will take his place.

There will always be somebody else.

Sure, as long as they are gals in the world

like us who are afraid of guys like that.

I said that once

to a guy I was crazy about.

He worked for Vanning

and got into a jam.

I thought I saw a chance for us to get out

of this racket without being afraid.

I told him. He listened to me.

They killed him.

I was crazy about him, Mary,

just like you were about Betty.

Oh, what's the use?

It all adds up to the same thing

if you wanna live.

You took the words

right out of my mouth.

What did you tell that DA?

- Did she say anything?

- Nothing.

- Did any of you?

- No.

Why did you go to the law?

Why did you kill my sister?

- Answer me.

- You answer me.

- Why did you kill my sister?

- I don't know what you're talking about.

Maybe Emmy Lou does.

Where is she?

- What did you do with her?

- You listen to me.

You lay off that guy Graham,

understand?

You got any beefs, you come to me,

I'll straighten them out.

Not this one. You can't.

You heard what I said.

Stay away from that guy.

- And that goes for all of you.

- Not for me, it doesn't.

I'll tell him, and plenty more.

You'll tell him nothing.

All right, get out of here.

Charlie.

- Johnny.

- Shut up, or you'll get the same.

Go ahead, Charlie.

No, no.

Oh, please. Please don't.

Remember, if anybody asks any questions,

you came home and found her that way.

Mary. Mary.

All right, break it in.

All right, keep your seats, everybody.

This is a raid.

Put that stuff down and

stay where you are.

All right, here you are.

Break that in.

You better get up there

and search that floor.

- Take those girls and line them up here.

- There's not enough room.

Yeah, I know Graham is working fast,

but we got to beat him to it.

Tell Williams to put up all the bail

they want. The sky's the limit.

Okay. Keep me posted.

Better think fast, Gordon.

It don't look like

that DA is fooling this time.

Either Graham is trying to put

on a show to shut up the newspapers...

...or he's got something on you

we don't know about.

Nobody's ever got anything on me

I don't know about.

Yeah.

Okay, I'll tell him.

Graham is on his way here.

He's after that girl.

He wants to sweat it out of her.

And if he does, you'll fry.

- Get her out of here, fast.

- Take it easy, Gordon.

Nobody's going to get a chance

to sweat her.

Charlie.

In a series of raids, police are swooping

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