They Made Me a Criminal Page #10

Synopsis: Johnnie is a boxer. The same evening he won the world championship, he is charged for the murder of a reporter and is taken for dead. Running away from New York, he ends up in a ranch in Arizona, run by an old lady as a work farm for delinquent teenagers. He falls in love with Peggy and became the teenagers' hero. But there is that New York Detective, Phelan, that does not believe he is dead and is chasing him... An unlikely scenario, but not a so bad film.
Director(s): Busby Berkeley
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.1
APPROVED
Year:
1939
92 min
116 Views


SURE, SURE.

WHEN YOU GET BACK

TO TOWN,

THE MAYOR WILL PROBABLY

GIVE YOU A RIDE DOWN BROADWAY

WITH CONFETTI:

AND EVERYTHING.

YOU'LL PROBABLY

BE A BIG SHO IN HEADQUARTERS

FROM NOW ON.

YOU SAID IT.

SAY, KID, WE GOT TO

TRAVEL TOGETHER FOR 3 DAYS.

CAN I DEPEND ON YOU?

DON'T WORRY. I WON' GIVE YOU ANY TROUBLE.

OK. COME ON.

SIT DOWN.

HELLO, JACK.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

"HELLO?"

GO ON HOME.

GOING AWAY?

NOW GO ON.

BEAT IT, KID.

WE DON'T NEED YOU

AROUND HERE.

WHO'S TALKING

TO YOU?

HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COME WITH YOU?

I TOLD YOU,

GO HOME.

YEAH, BUT YOU SHOULD TAKE ME WITH YOU.

I YOU:

TO GO HOME!

MR. PHELAN AND I

HAVE GOT A DEAL ON,

AND IT'S KIND OF PRIVATE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU

WITH ME, BUT I... I CAN'T.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

AIN'T IT SO?

THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW GO ON AWAY, KID.

YOU SEE,

YOU GOT TO GO BACK

AND GET THA GAS STATION STARTED.

YOU KNOW,

IT WAS YOUR IDEA.

THAT KID KIND OF

THINKS YOU'RE THE WORKS.

YEAH.

HE'S A GOOD KID.

WELL, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME, SEE?

I'M A COP.

I GOT TO DO MY DUTY.

I KNOW.

WHETHER I LIKE I OR NOT.

I'M NOT SAYING

YOU DON'T.

I'LL GIVE YOU

ONE TIP.

WHAT?

MAGEE WAS SLUGGED

WITH A RIGHT HAND.

YEAH?

YEAH.

IF YOU GET YOURSELF

A GOOD LAWYER,

YOU MIGH CLEAR THAT UP,

YOU BEING A SOUTHPAW

AND ALL THAT.

IF I GET A GOOD LAWYER.

WELL, NOT THAT IT'S

ANY BUSINESS OF MINE.

HERE SHE IS NOW.

WELL, LET'S GO.

THAT'S

A SWELL-LOOKING DAME

YOU'RE LEAVING

BEHIND, KID.

I FEEL KIND OF SORRY

FOR HER.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

THAT GUY I SENT OUT,

THE GUY THEY BURNED?

HE HAD A WIFE.

WHEN THAT DAME SAID

GOOD-BYE TO YOU,

SHE LOOKED:

JUST LIKE HER.

HER MOUTH:

ALL TWISTED UP LIKE

FROM THE HUR INSIDE.

THAT OLD LADY:

AND ALL THE KIDS.

THEY SURE THINK YOU'RE THE

WHITE-HAIRED BOY, DON'T THEY?

LOOK, PHELAN.

I'M GOING BACK

AND TAKE WHATEVER

IS COMING TO ME,

BUT THIS SORT OF STUFF

AIN'T INCLUDED, SEE?

OH, I WAS JUST THINKING

A SMART GUY LIKE YOU...

IF YOU HADN'T LAID YOURSELF WIDE OPEN

FOR A DAME:

AND THEM KIDS,

I'D NEVER

HAVE FOUND YOU.

YOU'RE A TERRIBLE

SUCKER.

YOU'RE TELLING ME?

BUT I'D DO I AGAIN, SEE?

NOW, WILL YOU PLEASE

LAY OFF OF ME?

WELL, I MADE ONE

MISTAKE IN MY LIFE.

SAY, MAYBE

I'M MAKING ANOTHER.

MAYBE I GO THE WRONG GUY.

MAYBE...

YEAH. MAYBE YOU HAVE,

WISE GUY.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

Man:
ALL ABOARD.

GO ON, KID. BEAT IT!

AND, SAY, KEEP THAT KISSER

OF YOURS OUT OF THE CAMERA.

YOU NEVER:

PHOTOGRAPH GOOD!

SO LONG, DORNEY!

SO LONG!

SUCKER.

TOMMY!

YOU DARN FOOL KID.

WHERE DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE GOING?

WITH YOU.

THEN COME ON.

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Sig Herzig

Sig Herzig (July 25, 1897 – March 12, 1985) was an American screenwriter and playwright. more…

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