You Can't Get Away with Murder

Synopsis: Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Director(s): Lewis Seiler

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop, John Litel


IMDB:: 6.3

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: APPROVED
Year:: 1939
: 79 min
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Hi, Jane.
Woman:
so I says to him,
"Listen Mr. Schwab,
I've been in Jen's
furnishing for 3 years,"
I says, "and there
ain't nothing
You can tell me
about BVD's."
Oh, hey! There's
your boyfriend.
So long, Madge.
See you in the morning.
Good night, Peg.
Hello, Fred.
Been waiting long?
No, just rolled up.
Well, what's new
in the luggage shop, eh?
Oh, I don't let's
talk about it.
Every time
I sell a trunk
I want to
stow away in it.
Ha ha!
The heat's got you.
No.
I just want to go
some place, anywhere.
Good!
That suits me
perfectly.
Why, Fred...
get in, I've got some
great news for you.
Well?
How do you like
baked beans?
All right, why?
And codfish cakes?
Not tonight,
please.
No, for breakfast.
Breakfast?
The next
50 years.
What are you
trying to say?
We're gonna live
in Boston, darling.
Boston?
Fred burke, have you
lost your mind?
Just my job.
Fred!
Old man Haynes
is opening
A new branch
in Boston, darling,
And I'm it!
300 a month,
manager!
And no brass buttons.
Fred, when?
A couple
of months.
Maybe sooner.
Aw, you big ape!
Why didn't you
phone me?
Boston!
And we'll have
a little apartment.
Oh no!
We're getting
a house.
And a lawn
with trees.
We're gonna live
in style, lady.
With a car
and a couple of dogs.
What's the matter?
Madge:
the third night
this week.
I never know where he is
or what he's doing.
Oh, Johnnie's
all right.
He's probably
looking for a job.
He hasn't looked
for a job in weeks.
Been running around
with that Wilson fellow.
Frank Wilson?
There's a candidate
for the pen if there
ever was one.
Johnnie's only 19, Fred.
He looks up to
Frank Wilson
as sort of a hero.
He picked
a swell model.
Well, what can
you expect
From a kid that's
grown up in this
neighborhood?
Poverty,
cheapness, gangs.
That's all
he's ever known.
Look Madge, you've
done all you could
for the kid.
Now it's my turn.
As soon as
we're married
And this Boston
job's settled
I've got plans
for Johnnie.
Boy,
Bet you the gang
back at Kellys
Would turn green
if they knew
You let me in
on this.
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey, hold it
down, kid.
Wouldn't be so
sweet if the cops
Caught up to us
and found out
This is a hot car.
Yeah, I guess
I'm a little nervous.
Hey, remember
this was your idea
of coming along.
Ain't getting cold feet
on me, are you?
Didn't I cop
this car for you
by myself?
I guess you gotta
have nerve for that.
Yeah, you did
all right.
'Course I don't blame you
for being a little shaky
Your first time out.
But don't let
that worry you,
The percentage
is all in our favor.
Percentage?
Sure.
The odds is 4 to 1
that when a guy goes out
On a job like this
he ain't gonna be picked up.
And if he is,
It's 2 to 1
he won't be convicted.
Gee, I didn't
know that.
Yeah, that's
the real dope.
Read it in
the newspapers,
Government's
own figures.
Hey listen, kid,
the only time a guy
Goes to the bandbox
is when he don't
use his head.
Look at me.
I never done
a day in my life.
Yeah, and Madge always
giving me that stuff
About "crime don't pay."
Who said anything
about crime?
This is a business.
You mean like
a regular job?
Just as regular
as anything else.
Hey, don't you think
them wall street guys
Ain't got their hands
in everybody's pocket?
Yeah, I bet you
they have.
Sure they have.
They're smart,
but I'm smarter.
I pay income tax.
Gee, Frank,
no kidding!
Bet I do.
You don't think
I'm gonna let
Them federal dicks get
anything on me, do you?
I'm clean.
Yeah, you're
plenty smart.
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