Railroaded! Page #6

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


chamber Oh satisfy me and O'Hara

now

let's start at the beginning and go all

over this what about the money the truck

the gun

so just when you want to keep your head

you start pickling it

okay I get it you thinking about that

guy don't think about it cops ain't

people good kid

Kowalski kicked off and the cops are

sold on Ryan

they made a pretzel Adam we're fat if

you keep your head stick to your

identification look at your chasin kites

all over the place

we'll be out there get rid of them

hello are you miss Calhoun don't believe

I've had the honor I'm Steve Ryan's

sister

I believe you identified him at the

police station oh yeah guess I did see

your picture in the paper

I came here to talk to you and to your

friend Miss Weston oh she's not here

well no where can I find her

it's got a new job good operator Murray.

Carlton Hotel she said both bandits had

black hair she was sure of it

well Murray's never sure about anything

sorry she passed out but are you sure oh

I think so

then you're not yes I am I saw him I

know him anywhere I know you're wrong my

brother wouldn't do a thing like that

maybe somebody that looked like him but

not my brother you callin me a liar what

do you want to do convict an innocent

boy you're making a big mistake miss

Calhoun but you haven't got the courage

to admit it listen I know what I'm doing

I saw his face plain and he's the one

then you are a liar oh you get out of

here you keep your hands off with you

here.

I still say you're a liar

you have to tell her what a fine re you

have to fight weather get our suspicions

up she probably figured you're trying to

cover up something now I'll have to

sidetrack you I didn't give anything

shut up pack some things you're going to

hide out for a while

what about the trial you'll be on hand

hurry up be ready when I get back Phil

who are you going on a straight not.

Murray

and the DA wants that gun he says he's

got a circle almost clean around the kid

and he only needs the gun to close it I

can't find the gun we've tossed the Ryan

house thoroughly we dug up the backyard

we took a garage apart there's no gun

unless you want me to call never a

vacant lot in town and drag the river

we'll get it out of Ryan yeah he sticks

to his story you can't shake him you

can't prove anything he says it's true

but he never buries it I I don't know

Mike I'm beginning to think we've got

the wrong suspect lesson boy it's it's

elementary the scarf

the truck is pals dying declaration

that's worth several witnesses in any

court and Clara Calhoun she's pretty

positive yeah she's a little too

positive oh now get this straight Mickey

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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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