Private Detective 62 Page #4

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he's trying to do to you.

Don...

Is this true?

I can't believe it

Yes, Janet, I am a private detective.

Well... why are you spying on me?

Haven't you anything to say?

I'm afraid not.

Oh.

That's number five. Say, how many

can you stand anyway?

How many have you got?

Hey, zig boy...

M'am?

Did anyone ever tell you

you have the nicest eyes?

Yes... the wrong people always do.

Hey, come here, what's the matter

with you?

You're sorry.

Say, I've been in every speak in town

looking for you.

It's too bad. You should have

come here first.

What in the world have you

been doing?

Say, listen, if you don't go to work

on this Reynolds dame,

we're going to be up the crick.

We gotta give our client a little action

for his 10 grand...

or it's gonna be just too bad.

For whom?

For both of us.

For you maybe, but not for me.

What do you mean, you're my partner.

You've got your tenses slightly mixed.

I was your partner.

Hey, what's the idea?

Well, I'm through.

Do you get me?

I'm finished, washed up.

Furthermore, from now on I want you

to lay off that Reynolds girl.

You're crazy!

What do you mean lay off?

That dame means dough,

You lay off or you won't have

any use for dough.

Why... what's up

- What are you doing here?

- Waiting for you.

What have you done about

that Reynolds girl?

Oh, I had tough luck.

The man I had on the job quit.

Why, what's happened?

What's happened? I'm in a spot,

that's what happened.

I told you you gotta work fast

and now look.

Why, what's wrong?

She just phoned me she was going

to Europe tomorrow night.

- Europe?

- And she wants her dough.

Now, you, you were gonna fix everything.

Now is the payoff and nothing's been paid.

- She's going to Europe?

- You heard me, Europe. Tomorrow night.

And that ain't all. She's coming

to the office tonight at 11:30 to collect.

- Now what are we gonna do?

- Well, what's the rush about Europe?

You ask me riddles.

I'm asking you.

If I don't pay up and it gets around that

I'm welshing I'm gonna lose my clientele.

You had a month to get something

on that dame and what do you do?

Nothing, nothing!

And I set you up, didn't I?

I put you here with this fancy furniture...

and the soft racket and now

you pull a flop on me.

Hold on, wait a minute...

Who's pulling a flop?

I got it. I got an idea.

I got a whale of an idea.

You say she'll be at your office

at 11:
30?

- Yeah.

- That's great!

Now all you got to do is put off

paying until tomorrow.

Now listen to this...

You be down at the joint

in half an hour...

It's exactly 9:
00 now.

I'm telling you, I don't keep

that much cash here.

There you are.

There ain't over 8 grand there altogether

so how can I pay you fifty on the spot?

I telephoned Sam this afternoon.

That should have been

plenty of time.

I'm sailing tomorrow night.

And I'm sailing with my money.

Of course, of course, sure you are,

Miss Reynolds.

Only it ain't reasonable to expect

to just walk in...

and find that much money laying

around in the safe.

It isn't that I haven't got the dough,

it's just that I don't keep it

all here, that's all.

Suppose there's a raid, what happens?

Think of my dough, don't you understand?

All right, I'll be reasonable.

I sail tomorrow night.

It's your move.

Okay. Now look.

You come to this address tomorrow

at 2:
00, say..

Mind that doesn't get around.

I pay you off, you take your dough,

and that's that.

Two o'clock tomorrow.

Two o'clock.

I'll... we'll be there.

And now I'm going to see if I can't

take you for a few thousand more.

- Wish you luck.

- Thank you.

All down.

24, red, even number.

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

All down.

24 black, even number.

You know?

I see everything in this room

but the thing I'm most interested in.

- Yeah, what's that?

- Your safe.

I'm sailing tonight as I told you.

And while I don't want

to seem unsociable...

Oh, I see.

Doesn't a pretty woman ever think

of anything but money?

Certainly.

Sometimes she thinks of the things

it will buy.

- Well?

- Well what?

Well, what about the payment?

Oh.

Wait a minute.

Anybody come here with you?

No. At least if they did I didn't see them

get out of the cab.

Good.

I keep my bargains.

Yeah? So do I..

Hold your horses a minute

and I'll show you.

Look.

Aren't you tricky.

Yeah, anytime they put anything over

on Tony Bandor.

Why do you suppose I asked

if anybody was here with you?

Foxy.

- Well, here you are.

- Thank you.

- How about a little receipt?

- Certainly.

I don't mean that kind of receipt.

Oh, so it's going to be that

kind of a party, is it?

Sorry, Tony, but I gamble

for my money.

I came here to be paid,

not pawed.

Listen, baby, do you think Tony Bandor's

going to put out 50 grand for nothing?

Now listen to me! I came here

to be paid, do you hear me?

And if you do so much

as lay a hand on me...

- Well, that's what I brought this for.

- Oh, yeah?

Tony, stop!

I'll shoot!

If you take another step,

I'll shoot!

You haven't got nerve enough.

Yeah, Hogan speaking.

Hello, Danny? I just wanted to tell you

that it worked.

Yeah.

I am now a ghost.

Now listen, I'm all packed, see?

Now what do I gotta do?

All I got to do is go to Chei,

isn't it?

Hello, hello?

Going away, Mr. Free?

- You wanna help me pack?

- Sure enough.

How long are you going

to be gone?

- From now on.

- You mean you're quitting?

Yes.

I don't blame you, I guess.

But when you walk out of here

a bit of decency goes with you.

Thanks, Amy.

Sure wish I could go with you.

Say, working around here I'm even

beginning to look like a burglar.

When I get settled somewhere

would you like to work for me?

For nothing.

Well, the price is right.

I don't know how it happened.

- Who's in there?

- Some dame.

That's right. She asked for you

when she came in.

- For me?

- Yes.

Don... I'm in terrible trouble.

Miss Reynolds just shot Tony Bandor.

Shot Bandor?

I had to.

I went to his place...

He was going to pay me off and...

said that he didn't have that much

money at the club.

So he told me to come to his house

at 2 o'clock today.

Then he went to the safe

and took out the money...

and when I reached for it

he went for me.

I had to shoot him.

Oh, Don, now what'll happen?

The usual thing, probably, unless

we can think of some way out.

Newspaper stories, jail.

After all, Bandor was a big-shot

racketeer.

The police ought to write her a letter

of thanks for getting him out of the way.

Remember Miss Reynolds did not

go to the club.

She went to his house, alone.

To er...

collect a gambling debt.

Even a hand-picked jury would be a little

slow on sympathy in a case like this.

I came right here to see you.

And as you weren't here, I've been giving

Miss Reynolds some advice.

I don't think Miss Reynolds needs

your advice.

Janet, will you come here with me?

Hold on, just a minute,

you can't do that.

I was handling this case.

Was is right.

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