Railroaded!

Synopsis: Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend, mob collector Duke Martin, to stage a robbery of the day's take. But the caper turns violent; a cop and Duke's partner are shot; and Duke arranges for innocent Steve Ryan, owner of the car they stole, to be framed. At first homicide detective Mickey Ferguson thinks Steve is guilty, despite his attraction to Steve's sister Rosie. And the suave but ruthless Duke won't hesitate to keep it that way with more of his perfumed bullets...
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: Eagle-Lion
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
APPROVED
Year:
1947
72 min
82 Views


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Clara I positively feel like a new woman

how do you like it like it honey I just

hope you get home safely

okay time to get your money up on the

eight to ten for an Halle Berry we're

closing up oh Claire I just pick me a

shoe shop dearie you could lose your dog

just as easy tomorrow

I thought the customer was always right

Claire since when

and I got a right to a date once in a

while after all I run this deal as a

convenience to people like you and

believe me it's a headache all right

Claire good night good night

count the take for the week yeah yeah

well most 5,000 good race either close

the front door tight will you

no noise understand no noise

get back from it

Kowalski listen this is the docs house

I'm gonna leave you here see we'll have

to turn you in but don't worry I'll pull

strings and get yours how are you listen

you don't say anything see just this guy

that was madly on the job is the same

guy that owns the truck

Steve Ryan Steve Ryan you understand

your sticker

if you don't I'll get to you yeah that's

because

that's all right just the way it

happened

yeah okay now about the laundry truck

what color was it

gray the two guys one was dark the other

had sandy hair you sure right

no no they're they both had dark hair

how do you know I don't know I was there

like a fish most of the time which one

had sandy hair the one who shot the cop

and you say they both had black hair

both dark seems you were a little upset

you're sure one of them had sandy hair

what do you think I do for a living

captain every day of my life

first thing I do is look at a person's

hair the one who shot the cop had sandy

hair Mickey will you

okay mind reader you didn't know either

one of them nobody has ever seen before.

Kylie no you still huh got some more

dope on that O'Hara thing the truck was

gray one of the men had sandy hair

broadcast all cars car 15 car 15 at the

doctor's home 771 Ellen would a gunshot

suspect

you remember anything else know what

that's all endcaps not quite everybody

in town seems to think betting on the

bank tails is good clean fun except us

we got a different viewpoint because

we've read about a city ordinance that

says no to that sort of entertainment.

Jim take these ladies down to Bunco

sergeant Keating I suppose you think

iron bars can hold me they worked out

pretty good so far all cars additional

on the beauty shop robbery

the truck was grazed one of the suspects

has sandy hair that is all all right

make each job baby now I've got some

extradition stuff to work out you know

there may be something in this the

regulation Navy scarf initials and all

take a while honey surplus stores over

three million guys in the Navy including

me still was a pretty good Navy shotgun

do a lot of damage with a thing like

this that's enough VI matter isn't

O'Hara we were rookies kneel ninth

precinct yeah he broke me in but on the

waterfront had a heart as big as a house

could be FBI but O'Hara was one of us

you're not kidding

take this stuff down to the lab get a

receipt for it chub you better work with

him and check that gunshot call there

may be something in it.

Oh Ferguson I don't have to tell you to

plug hard on this no Mack you don't have

to tell me that

is too bad yes it is too bad you had a

nice trade worked up a good spot thing

like a holdup ruins it

I hate to lose it yes I hate to lose it

women should be struck regularly like

gongs

that's from Oscar Wilde boom give it

back to him

okay Calhoun here it is you're out on

bail I'll fix the gambling rap that's a

cinch but you're going to be a witness

at a murder trial I don't want any

publicity if they cross-examine you

about your place it's your own you're an

independent operator you never heard of

Jacqueline Ainsworth I can't afford to

have my other spots jeopardized and the

club here I worked hard to get this set

up okay Jacqueline in the meantime what

happens to me take a rest baby your

comes your sort of warm right now anyway

I'll be looking for a new spot for you

what's your side it is like every night

I'm coming along to collect the tape

see a lot of cops around on prowl cars

he was just after the holdup so I keep

on going good you did right Duke

gonna take me home sure

see you later boss jaclyn ain't so smart

he never takes any reps given time he's

crowding us luck looking to out of this.

Jam I want you to lay off the bottle

you're gonna have to use your head

I got sense enough to know that you

better have police calls were okay

gaming one was sandy-haired

remind me to give you an out so that for

your birthday

read the dope said they were both

black-haired oh don't worry I beat her

down the cops believe me.

Marie huh second mistake for tonight

screaming and that cop folks is Pig

nosing should have been an easy heist.

Ainsworth didn't know a thing could have

knocked off several of his joints don't

I didn't think it would be like this I

didn't think anybody get killed I didn't

plan it this way either that Kowalski

kid should have plugged him got soft

figured he'd go any minute somebody

found him and called a doc well any

better stick to a story about that

friend of his he's trying to frame Duke

or me I'm holding on to your share for a

while too don't you trust me I like you

if that's what you mean

ah.

That's the house that's where Steve Ryan

lives and then right at the end of the

picture the cops got gee I felt sorry

for him good picture on ya I cried and

everything but they had no right to do

that

it's because they had the law on their

side maybe some guys need it going over

good evening oh I thought the Ryan's

still live dear I still do you're not.

Rosie are you I never thought you'd turn

out to be so well do you remember me the

moment I opened the door that you were a

cop I am for detective now who is it.

Vickie Ferguson used to live up in the

next block homicide squad very pretty

but I'm not interested it's just

procedure procedure Steve here Steve if

you don't mind I'll just step inside

come in join the family thanks oh well

hello Steve hello Mickey llamas ran

Mickey it's been a long time yeah a long

time I'm here on a little business Steve

raise your arms

this the guy yeah what's this all about

what you doing that Steve worked in my

shop out in the garage from when to when

after I got through work about seven

till after nine when did you leave work

while I was late had trouble with the

truck and I parked it behind the laundry

little after six just like always I

walked home booked in my shop that's all

what's the deal were you here tonight

when he was in the shop we were at the

show

you ever see this before oh yeah it's my.

Navy scarf I Stansell doubt myself

here's what the paint rent under the

stencil where'd you get it I always kept

it in the truck

good actor Andy hey what's the score you

better get your coat on Steve we've got

a little running around to do I'd like

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John C. Higgins

John C. Higgins (April 28, 1908 – July 2, 1995) was an American screenwriter. During the 1930s and early 1940s, the Winnipeg, Canada-born scribe worked on mostly complex murder mystery films, including the Spencer Tracy film Murder Man (1935). During the late 1940s, Higgins continued to pen thrillers, including semidocumentary-style films, including director Anthony Mann's He Walked By Night, Raw Deal, T-Men and Border Incident. Higgins also wrote horror films like the Basil Rathbone starrer The Black Sleep (1956) and Higgins last film Daughters of Satan (1972). Higgins also wrote the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and the adventure film Impasse (1969). more…

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