Railroaded! Page #4

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
78 Views


listen to this you are not permitted to

kill a woman who has injured you but

nothing forbids you to reflect that she

is growing older every minute you are

avenged 1440 times a day that's pretty

good a Wilma click the book you love

best ducky and I'll see it's put in your

coffin

how's Roulette going this evening they

in the laws the nine hundred and took

the pills came around okay

good give it back a hundred for carfare

I could go to the coast for that don't

want any squalls you find Clara Calhoun

yet no I'm opening a new book a spot in

brainy Heights and I could use captain

she's a good operator Samara gate mouth

she give you the brush name is joke you

petrify me grow up Sonny Boy

you can't settle everything with a gun

you know some people you gotta get along

with thought she was your baby face.

Jaclyn I don't like Dame's talking to me

like that Wilma's not a dame when was a

lady.

Archie Wilma

five Calhoun for me Duke I want to open

next Monday okay she'll probably show up

in time for the child

you

where you're going Senate date with a

dish certain things give me the creeps

like snakes and lizards and Duke Martin

dukes an artist better cut and

occasionally I I need an artist

or see your noggin I was just thinking I

call you miss Rosa Ryan

mr. Martin

what do you have to drink I don't think

I care yes you would bring the lady in

Manhattan si Senor Martin Thank You mr.

Martin

dance I didn't come here to dance you

said you wanted to swap out

you're beautiful enough

beautiful

then while you aspirin interrupt

- beautiful to have a brother in the.

Spotty's in what do you know about my

brother how do you know about it

I read the papers

I also have other sources I also don't

like questions even when someone is

pretty issue I'm sorry I didn't

you know I don't think your brother's

guilty my personal opinion is down I

just don't think he's the guy everybody

else seems to think he is get mom and me

and me makes three you know in this

business you own this place

manager

you know in this racket to meet a lot of

characters some are good some are bad

some are right guys some are wrong okay

you learn what they want you to learn

sometimes you learn what they don't want

you to

character pulls a job a lot of the guys

may know about it but the cops may never

know about it goes around the grapevine

see it never gets upstairs

yes I think I do and you've no idea

where miss Calhoun went no I haven't sir

she left no forwarding address she said

that the hold of her distressed her so

terribly she had to go away for a rest

she left this box here with me and said

she come back for it later

now mrs. Atkins you won't say a word to

anyone about my having been here oh no

sir not a word to anyone

you know landlady's have to keep secrets

too sometimes

mr. Martin is here but he's busy now sir

yeah too busy

cigarette not right now thanks

got a tip on a holdup oh please counter.

Durrant Gophers

good target practice

living a hole in the ground very scared

I was hiding out okay

go for pokes his head out from nibble a

grass make one little step from it a

shadow fall gone

okay same with this deal everything I

tell you keep it very quiet if you don't

no gopher I will mr. Martin I'm sorry

sir but I can't seat you without

reservation

there's my reservation

hello dude hi well mr. Ferguson

I see you know mr. Martin yeah our

tracks cross from time to time several

years ago that was our things these days

on a cloud what do you mean nothing

mind if I sit up.

Thanks I'm sorry I miss Ryan but

business before pleasure

you know it's too bad that you can't

arrange a 48-hour day

friend of yours who disappeared yeah I

got a lot of friends Clara

Calhoun yeah I got to find her she's a

witness in her brother's trial yeah

where is she there's a cop for you

conversation means a lot of questions

how should I know I gave her the brush

about six months ago what if I say

you're wrong that's your pitch tangle

with the cops once and they never forget

it they never let you forget it I think

you're right mr. Martin oh sure

everybody's good inside we haven't got

anything else to do so we go out and

find people to frame it's true he dug up

our yard and searched our house to find

something to hang Steve with his scarf

his truck he did everything he could to

put Steve right where he is now why

don't you leave me alone haven't you

done enough harm I had no idea you were

here I came here to see your friend now

you want me to take you home what oh

well I should say not I'm enjoying

myself here why don't you leave the lady

alone she's my guest go peddle your

troubles to the fire department what are

you up to Martin you see

okay Rosie if you need any rat poison in

a hurry let me know

how do you like that guy gnome well I

ought to he makes his living searching

our house kind of goes for you huh

does he de menthe you please I don't

like that word

alright gal maybe he does that's his

business I'll take that cigarette now so

you hate cops huh you bet I do

maybe you do and maybe you don't

ain't sure look what do you want me to

do what and shoot one to prove it to you

take it easy butch that would only

annoyed him he said something about

Clara Calhoun was he right did she

disappear can't you talk without asking

questions sorry should I know

about that tip I think I'll leave that

up to you that's the way it's got to be

waiter

thanks a lot Duke and call me minute you

find out anything we got a date for

tomorrow night we sure have

hey wait a minute you better give me a

phone number glads don't 8001 800

do your best not to do for you baby

anything.

Oh Ricky's scared

good actually put on tonight it wasn't

exactly that oh well partly

I saw Duke hated you and I had to keep

his confidence are you dreaming this

kind never trust anybody not even

themselves he trusts me

yeah you don't know much about this guy

there's your pal

nice record

now will you stop playing with dynamite

if he ever turns promised he'd help

Steve how's it gonna help Steve if we

find you in a ditch some night look

Rosie I don't want anything to happen to

you I'd do anything to help Steve

anything I don't care what happens to me

oh I guess that puts us on opposite

sides of the fence haven't we always

been maybe so I had some news for you

tonight but under the circumstances I

guess it had better wait good night

Rosie

good night

she evidently held a purse in front of

her the last gesture of protection

bullet went through it through her did

you get the slide now no bullet no

laundry marks on her clothing no labels

how'd you get such a quick

identification FBI

she worked in a defense plant during the

war her ankles were deeply creased piece

of wire around one of them she was

weighted and thrown in the river

fisherman's anchor broke the wire and up

she came not much evidence to go on no

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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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