Railroaded! Page #5

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


she had a record no record she was a

witness in the O'Hara case I guess

somebody didn't like her attitude

you

put that thing away

hi nerves kid nerves bad Duke you don't

love me no more do you yeah yeah I love

you why do you say that you give me a

bad time cracking up drinking like a

fish people give me a bad time I got an

easier way of taking care of them Duke

where's Marie people shouldn't scream

dog I can't sit here I'm going nuts

he's some decent clothes for like a

nurse are you gonna barn shoot your

mouth off looking at these four walls I

keep thinking about that poor kid being

framed maybe you'd rather I took the rap

no Duke no you said it'd be easy you

said we get the money and go to Florida

look the kids as good as in the gas

chamber I got his nosy sister right

where I want her in Ferguson running

around in circles like a bloodhound

you got just one job to do pull yourself

together for the trial so you don't go

to pieces on the stand baby I'll take

you out of here soon we'll go away

together the South America just you and

me and a wad of dough you'd like that

wouldn't you yeah I got just one big

killing to do first.

Jaclyn's got a bad Saturday night habit

the dough from the bookie shops in the

take from the gambling at the club

accounts in his office every Saturday

night happy guy thirty forty grand gets

on my mind think what that would mean in.

South America

how do tell you don't like this big idea

I'd only mean more trouble

you don't like this big idea okay Duke

yeah food no liquor I got to get back to

the club

don't call me there no more

oh look what you're doing joining my

cake it isn't for you anyway sometimes

people put guns in cakes.

Oh stupid who could eat a cake with a

gun in it okay lady hello mom

hi Rosa collecting father going Steve if

you think of anything new just have the

jailer call me Stevie are you all right

sure what did he want

I was giving me that old business about

being on my side I think he is deep not

to trickly use they play up to you and

try to find out things to use against

you I know but this time I I think he's

really on our side and he's the only one

around here who is since you aren't

falling for that cop are you

micki here's the dopey one on cleric

calhoun that's what she's living now oh

thanks Jeff that's swell look what's the

idea all this homework don't you ever

have any fun.

Kel who told her story she'll call it in

court I don't believe her story why did

she move to a hideout for the poor kids

just shy

she hates publicity yeah I know that's

what she told her landlady I don't

believe that either nuke mark never

shown up with his new address nobody's

ever seen him what makes you think that

she's mixed up with Duke no Dame keeps a

framed picture of a guy like she's

carrying a torch for him that's a set of

what she taught you to what she knows

about him you don't think they trust

each other do you know it's my guess

they both know Steve Ryan didn't kill

O'Hara now's the time to turn the heat

on.

That's so Elementary yeah 7:40 marine

Avenue right

so you gave her the brush-off six months

ago

gave who the brush-off Clara Calhoun

make up with her again you're still

working on that pitch this is where she

lives you've been here before I was glad

to know she's still alive if we find her

in the river like we did Marie will know

to get in touch with

hi driver let's go

okay hold it driver

yeah just a gay pull out will you.

Dook

how did that copper find out you was

here what copper I don't give me that

met him coming out of the building what

did you tell him I didn't see anyone

there was no copper here haven't you

learned not to lie to me okay sweetie

I'm not lying I don't know who you're

talking about Mickey Ferguson the guy in

the O'Hara case why did he come here if

it wasn't to see you he didn't see me

how did he know he was here if he didn't

tip him off

oh I could have tailed you couldn't he

nobody tells me tonight maybe but some

other time I don't know how he found out

but I know I didn't tell him nothing

I know I know you're telling the truth

okay believe me I wouldn't cross you but

I proved that had I shown how much I

loved you

don't give me that love stuff well what

if he does know where I am I got a show

off at the trial don't I yeah what can

you do about that I don't know yet and I

make up my mind you'll hear from me

what are you on how much you caused me

enough trouble get out of here you

better listen to me first I don't want

to hear anything you have to say what a

crust you've got look I'm sorry if I got

you in bad with Duke but it's my guess

all you ever got from that guy is

trouble if you stick to him that's all

you'll ever get til the payoff comes and

that won't be pretty

why don't you mind your own business I

think you've been lying about the guy

who shot O'Hara

but I'd rather hear you lie some more at

the trial or not to show off at all what

do you mean you can call me anytime you

want to I'm in the phone book call you

you don't get me at the apartment you

might try this number Gladstone 800 one

key but

oh they they found Murray in the river

she'd been shot.

I saw her at the morgue.

I hate to see that happened to you

why don't you tell me this

always got the egos ancient when those

monkeys got a home

hey you were the fingers go home so mark

and I haven't finished playing the

requests Oh home sorry kids after

closing

okay wino

tella lady I takes the truck from the

alley picks up Kowalski name Monika's.

Cowie he has the Navy scarfs

we go to Clara's joint backdoor Howie

has the shotgun made at Dixon 38 we go

in Clara's countin the dough we throw

down our guns on her and the other one

named Murray.

Howie checks the front I take the bookie

dough Marie screams I hear a shot gun go

off poke my head around there's a copper

at the front door

he shoots Cowie I plugged the cop then

we make the getaway how he's hurt bad I

ditch him and the truck in front of a

duck's home

gun I pitched out in the drink

though the dough I spent he's the one Oh

Duke this is wonderful

sounds great darling you don't know what

this means to me call the police the DEA

right away wait a minute baby this is

gonna cost you a little dough why oh

I'll get it on my insurance 300 bucks

took a lot of time and effort to dig him

up okay okay but call the police take it

easy baby here's the pitch

meet me here tomorrow night late we pick

up wine oh go down to the daily star and

you turn them in the papers got a great

Sunday morning spread accused kids

sister finds the real killer sets her

brother free and makes a sucker out of

the cops yes but why can't we call them

now take it easy butch a few things I

have to think over first and keep this

to yourself

oh no gopher remember yeah in my car

around front I'll Drive you home

Duke I don't want nothing to go haywire

and the cops pin this on me for real how

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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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