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Synopsis: Criminal Ace Connors agrees to return to New York and stand trial for stealing $500,000 worth of bonds so he can serve a light five-year sentence and enjoy his loot (safely stowed away in the cover of a cook book) when he gets out. Detective Bob Simms is tasked with escorting Connors back to New York. With five days for the cross-country trip, Connors plans for stops in Texas and New Orleans to have a few final days of fun before he goes to prison. Ricki Woodner, a con artist who met Connors at his hotel, is persuaded by Fly Feletti (a bitter colleague of Connors) to get close to Connors and take the bonds. She joins Connors and Simms on the train and Ricki and Ace start falling for each other. Feletti wants the bonds and keeps an eye on Ricki to make sure she doesn't double-cross him. After a romantic detour into Mexico, Ace, Ricki, and Simms head to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras celebration, with Feletti close behind.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1946
93 min
33 Views


Hello, pirate.

I told you you could twist him

around your finger

like a pretzel.

He was easy.

I'll change my things,

then we go to the hotel

and get the bonds.

[music continues]

Excuse me, please.

Sure.

[music continues]

Hey, beautiful, are you ready?

You ready, beautiful?

Hey, Ricki!

[music continues]

Monsieur!

[shouting]

Monsieur. Monsieur!

[singing in French]

Oh, hello, Ace.

Kind of forgot our

midnight toast, didn't you?

Had me worried for a while.

Then, I remembered where

you left your clothes.

I figured you couldn't get

very far in that outfit.

Where's the princess?

Isn't she with you?

Why don't you shut up?

So the honeymoon's over, eh?

Well, we'll be on our way to

New York in the morning anyway.

(Ace)

'I won't.'

- You're crazy?

- Maybe.

As you said just now,

the honeymoon's over.

- I'm not going back with you.

- No?

No, something more

important's come up.

And I gotta get going

pretty quick to get it done.

You can't get

away with this, Ace.

Get back, you won't get

hurt if you behave.

- Give me my gun.

- Don't be a fool.

This means just as much

to me as it does to you.

I'm gonna take you back with me

or get carried out myself.

Don't try it, Bob!

You haven't a chance.

Maybe not.

Don't come any closer.

Okay, Ace, drop it.

Get your hands up, both of you.

Get over there.

Now, I'm sure I've met you

some place before.

Could be.

His name is Feletti. He wants

grow up to be a bond hijacker.

There's one lot of bonds I want.

Where are they?

- You wanna know?

- I'm asking you.

You mean our girlfriend

stood you up?

Skip the comedy, Ace.

I want those bonds now.

You're still playing

way over your head, Fly.

If I don't get those bonds,

you'll never live to use them.

This man's my prisoner, Feletti.

You're gonna have him

when I'm through. In a coffin!

(Bob)

'He's no good to me that way.'

'Don't get ambitious, copper.'

Don't try anything, Bob.

He isn't kidding.

[gunshot]

[crash]

Hold it!

Where are the bonds?

- I haven't got them.

- Get 'em.

You were in a hurry to go

someplace when I came in.

I'll keep you company.

Get going.

[people clamoring]

Don't Ace. Don't try it.

Wow! Oh! Alright.

Go ahead.

[folk music]

[cheering]

[gunshot]

I didn't shoot to miss, Ace.

Get going.

I don't know whether I'd rather

have those bonds or kill you.

[carnival music continues]

Ace!

[people singing]

[music continues]

Duck, Ace.

[gunshots]

Okay, Ace. Put 'em on.

I got five bullets left in this.

Told you, I had something

more important to do.

[ship whistle blowing]

Okay, Bob. I guess

it doesn't matter now.

Let's go.

[train chugging]

(Ricki)

'Hello.'

What happened to you, Ricki?

You missed a lot of fun.

Yes, I know. I read about it.

- How are you, Bob?

- Oh, I'm alright, thanks.

I think you wanted Bob

to have this.

Oh, yes.

Bob, I've a little

present for you.

After all, we won't need it.

All we'll need is

the breast of a lark.

Few ortalans

and a bag of prunes.

- Ricki, show the gentleman.

- Oh, wait. Just a moment.

Do either of you

recognize these?

But... when? Where?

Ricki, remember I once told you

that I'd wait for the one moment

when Ace would lose his poise?

Mm-Hmm.

In Mexico, Ace.

You know, Bob. I always wished

we might have teamed up.

- What a conman you'd have made.

- Oh, you really think so?

Oh, yes, with that brilliant

mind and that dumb act.

Brooklyn Bridge would have

changed hands a thousand times.

(male #3)

'All aboard.'

Well, ah...

I'll think about you.

- Where you going now?

- Hot Springs.

Some unfinished business.

Good luck.

(male #3)

'Board'

[bell ringing]

[orchestral music]

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Ethel Hill

Ethel Hill (April 6, 1898, Sacramento, California – May 17, 1954, Hollywood, California) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933). Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio." Perhaps her best known film is The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple. Hill bought the Thoroughbred race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner High Quest, as a foal "with her $1500 life savings". He went on to win 10 of 28 starts, including the 1944 Arlington Handicap. He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts leading up to the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap, which he proceeded to win in a photo finish. He retired to stud afterward. more…

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