They Made Me a Criminal Page #9

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


IT'S JACK!

ALL RIGHT, JACK!

ALL RIGHT, JACK!

COME ON, JACK!

JACK!

JACK.

HERE WE ARE! OVER HERE! THE FOURTH ROW!

HA HA!

JACK WILL SHOW:

THAT BIG GORILLA.

OH, I DON'T KNOW,

GRAMMY. HE'S AWFUL TOUGH.

WELL, SO IS JACK. DIDN' IT TRAIN HIM MYSELF?

LAY IT INTO HIM JACK!

LAND HIM...

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

OH, JACK WILL KNOCK

HIS EARS BACK FOR HIM.

HA!

YOU BETTER DO ALL

YOUR YELLING NOW!

IT'LL BE OVER

IN A MINUTE!

I'LL GIVE YOU

THE BACK OF ME HAND!

HEY, JOHNNIE.

Phelan:

HEY, JOHNNIE.

HEY, THERE'S A GUY DOWN

THERE CALLING YOU, KID.

YEAH?

HOW ARE YOU, JOHNNIE?

KNOW HIM?

NAH. NEVER SEEN HIM

BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

QUIET! QUIET, PLEASE!

THE LAST CHALLENGER

TO MEET THE WILD BULL...

JACK DORNEY!

COME ON, BOYS.

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON. COME ON.

YOU FELLAS WILL FIGHT THE STATE

MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY RULES.

NO LOW BLOWS,

NO HOLDING AND HITTING.

SHAKE HANDS NOW:

AND COME OUT FIGHTING.

COME ON,

JOHNNIE.

HIT HIM, JACK!

HIT HIM!

DON'T LET HIM HIT YOU!

HIM HIM!

PIPE DOWN!

PIPE DOWN, YOURSELF.

GET LOST,

WILL YOU?

RUTCHEK IS WORKING DORNEY

ACROSS THE RING.

HE RIPS A TERRIFIC RIGH TO DORNEY'S HEAR AND DRIVES DORNEY

UP AGAINST THE ROPES.

"JACK WILL KNOCK

HIS EARS BACK."

HA!

THAT'S IT, JACK!

CUT HIM! CUT HIM, JACK!

CUT HIM WHERE HE

CAN'T TAKE IT!

IN THE BREADBASKET!

IN THE BREADBASKET!

YOUR LEFT! YOUR LEFT!

SOME MORE LEFTS!

COME ON. FIGHT.

DON'T LET THAT GORILLA

DO THAT TO YOU, JACK!

HIT HIM BACK!

HIT HIM BACK!

I BEG:

YOUR PARDON.

COMING AROUND THE CORNER.

THE BULL IS RIGHT AFTER HIM.

HE JABS WITH HIS LEFT.

HE SENDS DORNEY'S HEAD BACK.

HE LANDS A TERRIFIC RIGH TO DORNEY'S JAW,

COMES THROUGH:

WITH A LEFT TO THE JAW,

AND ANOTHER HARD RIGH TO THE HEART.

AND DORNEY IS DOWN.

ON YOUR FEET,

JACKIE, ME BOY!

ON YOUR FEET!

OH, HE MUS HAVE SLIPPED.

OVER A RIGHT HOOK

TO THE JAW.

HA!

JACK, GET UP!

PLEASE GET UP, JACK!

7, 8,

SOCK HIM! SOCK HIM!

MOW HIM DOWN!

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

TIME.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

YOU GETTING SOFT?

FINISH HIM UP THIS

TIME, KID. FINISH HIM.

YOU CAN BET THIS ROUND.

HE AIN'T BEGUN THE FIGHT.

YOU WAIT.

I'M WAITING.

EH, PUT A ZIPPER

ON THE TRAP, WILL YOU?

NOW GET HIM!

THERE GOES THE BULL AGAIN.

HE'S GOT DORNEY

BACKED INTO A CORNER.

RIPS LEFTS AND RIGHTS

TO THE BODY.

LIFTS DORNEY OFF HIS FEE WITH A TERRIFIC RIGHT UPPERCUT.

THERE HE GOES. DORNEY IS DOWN

FROM A TERRIFIC RIGHT TO THE JAW.

GET UP, JACKIE!

GET UP!

DO YOU HEAR ME?

DIDN'T I HEAR SOMEONE SAY

SHE TRAINED THAT PALOOKA?

HA!

6, 7.

HE'S UP! HE'S UP!

BUT NOT FOR LONG.

GO AFTER HIM:

WITH YOUR LEFT, YOU...

OH. I'M...

JACK, I COULD MAKE A

GREAT FIGHTER OUT OF YOU

IF THAT GUY:

DON'T KILL YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN

I'LL NEED A MANAGER OR NOT.

THIS IS ONLY COSTING US 1,500 BUCKS.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S HAY, YOU DOPE?

WELL, THE BELL

SAVED HIM.

"THE BELL

SAVED HIM."

IF YOU HAD TAKEN HIM IN THE FIRST ROUND,

THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO BELLS.

HOW'D YOU LIKE

TO FIGHT?

THIS GOES:

ONE MORE ROUND,

YOU'LL PAY, SWEETHEART, NOT ME.

AH!

JACK! YOU'RE

STANDING AROUND!

BUT HE FALLS:

ALL RIGHT.

YOU AIN'T GONNA LE THAT BIG PALOOKA LICK YOU,

ARE YOU, JOHNNIE?

COME ON.

QUIT STALLING.

STICK OUT THAT RIGH AND SIC THAT LEFT.

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE,

SOUTHPAW.

YOU AIN'T FOOLING ME.

Referee:

6... 7...

8... 9...

SOUTHPAW, HUH?

YEAH!

WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

AW, PIPE DOWN.

SAY THAT AGAIN.

PIPE DOWN.

GOOD BOY, JACK.

YOU DID IT.

GO ON, KID.

BEAT IT.

AW, COME ON. BEAT IT YOURSELF, WISE GUY.

ATTABOY, JACK.

ATTABOY.

WE GOT THE DOUGH NOW.

YOU CAN QUIT.

NOT YET.

YEAH, BUT YOU'RE ALL

CUT UP, JACK,

AND WE DON'T NEED

ANY MORE DOUGH.

WE STILL NEED SOME MORE.

GO ON. SCRAM. SCRAM.

BUT, JACK,

YOU'RE ALL...

KID IS HARD:

WITH HIS LEFT.

HERE. TAKE A WHIFF

OF THIS.

Man:
COME ON!

GET UP, JACK,

GET UP.

PLEASE GET UP!

5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10!

WHAT YOU THINK, DOC?

WELL, HE TOOK A PRETTY BAD BEATING,

BUHE'LL COME OU OF IT ALL RIGHT.

JACK. JACK.

JACK, ARE YOU

ALL RIGHT?

HOW IS HE,

DOCTOR?

JUST ABOU THE SAME.

OH, JACK!

GET UP, DO YOU HEAR? GET UP!

DID YOU TRY VINEGAR?

WE'VE DONE

ALL WE CAN FOR HIM.

WELL, YOU AIN' GOING TO DO MUCH

WITH THAT SILLY LITTLE

TIN EAR TRUMPET, YOU KNOW?

Peggy:
OH, JACK!

COME OUT OF IT, PLEASE!

OH, JACKIE.

JACKIE, COME OUT OF IT.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN. OH, HE DID I ALL FOR US.

HE WENT OU AND GOT HIMSELF KILLED

JUST FOR US.

OH, JACKIE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, DEAR.

WE GOT THE MONEY.

OH, MY HEAD.

GO AHEAD, JOHNNIE.

JACK'S THE NAME.

WHO'S HE?

OH, HE'S JUS A FRIEND OF MINE.

OH, BOY.

YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT.

YOU KNOW YOU DID.

WHAT A FIGHT!

YEAH, SO I SAYS,

"WHO'S GOT A BETTER RIGH IN THERE BUT HIS BROTHER?"

HOW YOU FEELING,

JACK?

I FEEL FINE.

THERE.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

JUST A LITTLE WINDED,

THAT'S ALL.

GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE

WITH THAT GORILLA,

AND HE'D TAKE HIM,

WOULDN'T YOU, JACK?

I, UH,

I GOT TO GO NOW.

GO?

I MEAN, UH,

I GOT TO GET DRESSED.

COME ON NOW, BOYS. COME

ON. GET OUT OF HERE.

SEE YOU:

AT THE RANCH, JACK.

GO ON! GO ON! GO ON!

I'LL WAI OUTSIDE FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GO ON. I'LL CALL YOU.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

COME ON. GET DRESSED.

I'LL BE RIGH WITH YOU, PHELAN.

JACK, ARE YOU

ALL RIGHT NOW?

YEAH. I'M FINE.

I'M FINE.

WILL YOU WAI JUST A SECOND, PHELAN?

I GOT TO TELL:

PEGGY SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT.

MAKE IT SNAPPY.

COME ON. I WANT TO TALK

TO YOU, PEGGY.

NO KIDDING. HE'S BOOKED A COUPLE

OF FIGHTS FOR ME BACK EAST.

HE'S MY MANAGER.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS

TO IT. HONEST.

YOU'RE LYING TO ME,

AREN'T YOU, JACK?

NO, NO.

HE'S LYING TO ME, ISN' HE? TELL ME THE TRUTH.

NO. HONEST, I'M NOT. HE'S

MY MANAGER, AREN'T YOU?

SURE,

I'M HIS MANAGER.

YOU SEE, HE'S GONNA

TAKE ME BACK EAST,

AND HE'S GOT A LO OF BOUTS LINED UP FOR ME.

I'M GONNA PICK UP

SOME EASY CASH,

THEN I'M GONNA

COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

HONEST, I AM.

IN ABOU 10 YEARS.

UH, HE'S JUST CLOWNING,

THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL HE EVER DOES.

ANYTHING FOR A GAG.

MAYBE IF HE BEHAVES HIMSELF REAL GOOD,

YOU'LL SEE HIM

SOONER.

YOU KNOW, HE WANTS ME TO

GO ON A BARNSTORMING TOUR.

YOU KNOW, ONE-NIGHT STANDS

AND THINGS LIKE THAT?

BUT NONE OF THA FOR ME.

I'M COMING

RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

I'M GOING WITH YOU.

NO, NO. YOU CAN'T.

YES.

YOU CAN'T BECAUSE...

BECAUSE, WELL,

THIS IS A STAG. HUH?

WE'RE GOING STAG,

AREN'T WE, PHELAN?

HUH? YEAH. NO WOMEN.

THERE'S SOMETHING

WRONG, JACK.

WHAT IS IT?

TELL ME, PLEASE.

NO. THERE ISN' ANYTHING WRONG.

I'M COMING

RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

I SWEAR I AM.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE

DONE ANYTHING WRONG, HONEY.

I'M STICKING

WITH YOU.

YOU GOT TO STICK WITH

GRANDMA AND THE KIDS.

COME ON, SON.

WE GOT TO GET GOING.

I WON'T GO TO THE

STATION WITH YOU, JACK...

IF YOU'LL JUST KISS ME

ONCE AND THEN GO QUICKL

BECAUSE:

IF YOU DON'T,

I'M GONNA MAKE

AN AWFUL MESS OF IT.

TAKE ME WITH YOU, JACK.

TAKE ME WITH YOU, JACK!

YOU KNOW, PHELAN, YOU WOULD

HAVE MADE A GREAT DETECTIVE

IF YOU HAD:

STARTED SOONER.

WELL, I'M NO COMPLAINING.

DON'T KNOW WHY

TODAY I'M NOT.

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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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