I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943) - full transcript

[orchestral music]

[music continues]

[alarm wailing]

[alarm wailing]

[dramatic music]

[gunshots]

[gunshots continue]

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- Can you make it, Eric?
- Yeah.

It's not far,
the empty house.

[music continues]



Eric, Eric.

Eric.

(male #1)
'Come on, Lane.'

[crickets chirping]

If you get him to a doctor,
he may have a chance.

Get rid of him.

[thud]

Hey, what is this?

It's too bad,
but his job is done.

- What kind of coppers are you?
- We're not.

[engine revving]

Get into these,
they'll fit you.

Your measurements have
been on display

in every post office
in the country.



Don't remind me of it.

Here.

Well, my appreciation
for your... impeccable taste.

Save it.

Here's something else for you
to wear. It's the right size.

What's that for?

You gonna meet somebody.

Eric said they were no
strings attached to this break.

This is no string.

Okay, I'm in.

[crickets chirping]

Alright, men.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

- Here he is, safe and sound.
- Good.

I'll go and change.

We're delighted to have
you with us.

I still haven't a glimmer
as to who "us" is?

'All I could get out
of the sphinx'

'was I was gonna see a man.
If he'd said a woman, I..'

I see you have
a sense of humor.

I like a sense of humor.

If there's anything you care
for... a drink perhaps?

No, no, thanks. Steady nerves
are my stock and trade.

- I wouldn't mind a cigar.
- Cigar? Sorry.

A neighbor dropped in.

Rare Havana.

Cigars are my
only vice. Mm.

That's a fine engraving job.

That's quite a compliment
coming from you.

Do you know
what this is?

Oh, yes, I can read it.

Thousand dollar interest
bearing gold bond. Why?

- Can you make 'em?
- With my eyes closed.

Bad imitation
of a thousand franc note.

You'll have to hand out dark
glasses to pass these.

I think it'll be simpler
to have better reproductions.

[clears throat]

That's why we got
the best engraver

in or outside of
captivity over here.

Oh, yes?

That's all.

I assure you, we're going to get
along very well. Very well.

- That depends.
- On what?

What do I get?

Thirty percent
of all we pass.

Thirty five percent.

It's a deal.

I see you also have
a sense for business.

You haven't done
so badly yourself.

[telephone ringing]

- Yes, sir?
- Lokin?

We'll be ready
to roll in a few minutes.

For now, goodbye
and good luck.

You mean we're
off again?

I was just beginning
to like this place.

This place must be forgotten..

'...completely.'

Why don't you pick
on someone your size?

Uh, Bergen.

[dramatic music]

[crickets chirping]

[music continues]

- Hi, neighbor.
- You talk too much. Come on.

[engine revving]

'Well, Gerard. Was it
worth the effort?'

Very much so, I think.

Very much so.

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[train whistle blowing]

[music continues]

Gave them everything, Chief.

Checked the railroad track
where we picked him up.

And it looks
as if Torgen Lane

finished his sentence faster
outside than inside.

Perhaps.
Fingerprints checked?

No, I should've said
we shoveled him up.

Not enough fingerprints
to make a blot.

Find any connection
with Eric Manding?

Just a hunch, that
when Manding blasted

into that post office
like an amateur

and then practically ran
into the patrol wagon.

He wanted to get into that
prison to get to Lane.

He did.

You can give the news
to the press now.

(man on radio)
'And now from Washington,
the nations capital'

'comes news that gasoline
and oil conservation'

'will soon be the order
of the day.'

Let's get some music.

'The body of Torgen Lane,
escaped convict'

'was found badly mangled,
yesterday morning'

'on the tracks of the Missouri
Western railroad.'

'It is evident that Lane was
cut down by the Missouri flyer.'

'Lane, the former notorious
counterfeiter, who... '

[radio turned off]

- It's me their talking about.
- That was you.

- Well, who's the guy that...
- Nobody you knew.

But I..

What do you fellas
use for a heart?

[scoffs]

I remember... brains.

Gerard may like a sense
of humor. I don't.

[instrumental music]

[upbeat music]

[indistinct chattering]

Hot dogs, huh?

Sea air.

Dirty kids.

Taking a walk without
bumping into a wall.

[music continues]

To think that I once knocked
out half a million dollars

of queer money
in a Park Avenue penthouse.

That's the first time
I was rich.

You won't be this time.

Hello, pal.

I know exactly how you feel.

Come on, Lane.

Well, what kind
of a place is this?

Still curious, huh?

No, it's not me,
it's the cat.

That's what killed the cat, bud.

- So, you've arrived?
- There he is, Martin.

You're Torgen Lane?

That's right.

My mascot.

You both seemed to have had
a very trying trip.

Oh, nothing that a saucer
of milk, a shower

and a little
shut-eye won't cure.

No, it was more like
a vacation for me.

We'll take care of all that.
Then your vacation will be over.

My work is my hobby,
Mr. Martin.

Mm.

One armed bandits, huh?

I see you fellas
even grabbed the nickels.

They count up. Now, let me
show you your workroom.

Ah, what junkyard did you
raid to get this stuff?

Well, give me the head of
a pen and a piece of paper

I'll turn out enough queer money
for you to balance the budget.

- I hope.
- Pleasant thought.

You'll find some extra
clothes in here.

A shower.

And you have
a very comfortable bed.

You mean, I'm gonna
live in here?

No, sir.

At least at the pen
I had a view

it wasn't much,
but it was a view.

- Who do you think you are?
- Now, just a minute, Bergen.

I think I understand
his feelings.

You realize of course,
that this is a hideout.

Hideout or not a man's
got to breathe.

Well, your quarters
are air conditioned.

Just relax and after a while
we'll go over your work.

You're gonna
be a very busy man.

[sighs]

Well, you're a strange baby.
Wha-what you're for?

Talking to myself.

Think I was still in the jug.

Sorry, pal,
I forgot you were here.

You're thin, pal,
we'll have to fatten you up.

No doorknob.

And cold rolled steel..

Me locked behind it.

A hideout..

So is a coffin.

Nine, ten.

Three paces larger
than my last hotel.

But no genuine partner.

What kinda deal
is this anyway?

[gunshots]

[clatters]

You shouldn't have
tried that, Lane.

Evidently not.

What was all that
shooting about?

I thought the... cops
were coming in here.

Shooting?

Oh, come along.

[gunshots continue]

[gunshots]

So, that's it.

Say, how about squandering
some of this out there?

As long as you're with me,
you'll be my guest

a discreet one I hope.

Don't worry about that. My days
of indiscretion are over.

I don't like the way he's
treating him with kid gloves.

- The gloves will come off.
- Hmm.

[indistinct chattering]

[slot machines clinking]

Well, is this where
I change guides?

No, just quarters.

There you are.
Your girl will love it.

'Gee, you made
me look rugged.'

Well, aren't you?

'If you'll return in 20 minutes,
your recording will be ready.'

20 minutes?
Gee, I've got lot to do.

Well, okay, sister.

Have a talking picture made,
send it home.

Not a bad idea.

Step right into
that booth, please.

How about you
sitting with me?

The last time I had
my picture taken by myself

it brought me bad luck.

- I'm sorry.
- And I'm heartbroken.

Well, Mr. Martin

I'm having some difficulty
with a few customers.

They're complaining about
waiting so long for the record.

- I don't see why...
- It's not your job to see.

Record is checked for accuracy.
We pride ourselves on that.

- Well, I don't see why I...
- Those are my final orders.

Oh, you still here?

- Mr. Martin, this man is...
- Is annoying me.

- Well, customer or no...
- He's not a customer.

He's learning
the arcade business.

Have a talking picture made.

Ah, just, uh, between us,
is she in this setup?

Your job with us is
confined to engraving.

- Hello, Mr. Martin.
- Two root beers.

[indistinct chattering]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

You're very deft.

Cigar?

(Lane)
'No charge.'

Of all the nerve!

(Lane)
'Rare museum piece.'

(kid #1)
'Read all about the great
victory. Read all about it..'

Hey, kid, paper.

That's the kind of news
I like to hear.

It's pretty good, isn't it?

- Paper, Mr. Martin?
- Sure, this is on me.

Thanks.

Read all about the great
victory. Read all about it.

The paper hanger is getting
pasted right in the puss.

Have a talking picture made?

Sure. Why do you
think I'm here?

You can go right in there
and have your record made first.

I ain't no Crawford Hugh, but my
ma thinks I'm a nightingale.

Don't bust that record.

Soon as possible,
I want to replace the girl.

She questions my orders
and I do not like that.

Yes, sir.

Well, thanks for answering
my earlier question.

Does she or does she not
belong to this setup, I mean.

- She does not, I presume.
- You're astute.

But you have more serious
work ahead of you.

Your first test
will be the gold bonds.

As soon as you finish the plate
I'll tell you the number to run.

Well, just a thought
before I start, Mr. Martin.

I got to acclimatize myself
to these surroundings nicely.

And I have no quarrel
with the feminine selection.

Well, I can't work
behind locked doors

in fact, I can't
work at all.

I'm afraid, you'll have to,
you've no alternative.

- Now, go to your room.
- Don't play Superman.

I'm just giving it
to you straight.

Prison walls suffocate me
and all my talents.

I have given you
your orders.

Who made you
Chief Killer-Diller?

I guess they did.

Well, majority rules with me.

As soon as the bonds
are completed

I'll assign him to making
the foreign money.

He'd better rush those bonds.
Listen to this.

(Lokin)
'"...their new type
synthetic high octane gas."'

'If that happens, we don't stand
a chance in grabbing the plant.'

That is Gerard's concern,
not yours.

They're almost here.
They'll contact us at three.

(Martin)
'At 2:45 you'll take your
positions. Everything's set.'

[thud]

(man on record)
'Hello, ma. Recognize me?
I mean my voice.'

'It's Timmy, how are you?'

'Funny it took a war to make
me a recording star.'

'I wished I could see you
before I go out again'

'but it doesn't look that way.'

'We're sailing Thursday
on the good old Sargosa.'

'When you'll be hearing this,
I'll be on my way to Australia.'

'Maybe If I'm lucky
I'll pick up'

'a couple of zeros on the way
and knock them down good.'

'I'm on the guns crew. Hugs and
kisses to you and the family.'

Bergen.

Listen to that record
and take care of it immediately.

(man on record)
'Hello, ma. Recognize me?
I mean my voice.'

'It's Timmy, how are you?'

'Funny it took a war
to make me a recording star.'

'I wished I could see you
before I go out again'

'but it doesn't look that way.'

'We're sailing Thursday
on the good old Sargosa.'

'When you'll be hearing this,
I'll be on my way to Australia.'

'Maybe, if I'm lucky..'

(Lane)
'Ah, my keeper.'

I'd, uh, rather
see a headwaiter

or am I on bread
and water too?

And what about pal?

Lane, I owe you
an explanation.

Our organization
is a large one.

Whenever a new man comes in

we naturally take every
precaution to be certain of him.

Now, that's understandable
up to a point

but it's not quiet
sharp enough.

I want the whole score
and I want it now.

When you finish your job here

what about South America?
How would you like that?

Brother, don't tempt me.

Now, I'd like to see
these tools in action.

I know you have quiet
a reputation to live up to.

Yes... haven't I?

And by the way,
here's a small rush job.

Would you duplicate this
and insert the name

of the steam ship,
Sargosa?

Sargosa?

A boat pass.
What's this for?

It's a method we have
of shipping the money.

Now, is there..

Is there anything else
you'd like to know?

That's something you can answer
more easily than I, Mr. Martin.

I'm glad you... understand
things so readily.

More going on
around here than a..

Three o'clock.
What three o'clock?

Sargosa, boat pass

oil refinery, all mixed
up with something.

Pal, for a fellow that's
supposed to be in on the know..

Instead of feeding him

I'd like to know when that
Sargosa pass will be ready.

There isn't much time
to get the stuff aboard.

I'll check on it.

Pretty good
for a jailbird. Come on.

Ah, you're at work.
That's good.

Oh, I see you've finally
brought me some food.

Well, that's good too.
Here, put it up here.

Boy, you sure
forgot to duck.

(Lane)
'Only a .45 could slug
a hole like that.'

That's an honorable wound.

- Lokin, you may go now.
- Yes, sir.

Well, you better
see a doctor.

Those are old wounds

that haven't healed
with bad medicine.

Now, don't smudge
that. It isn't dry.

My compliments.
Excellent piece of work.

You didn't need
an expert for that.

[door closes]

Honorable wound, huh?

Sargosa, boat pass.

Oil refinery.

Well, I take the blue ribbon.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[tools clattering]

Martin, it's 2:40.
Let's go.

Goodbye, pal.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[banging]

[creaking]

I heard something.

Nerves?

[instrumental music]

[waves swooshing]

[banging]

[intense music]

[music continues]

[waves swooshing]

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[sighs]

Don't do that, pal.

[music continues]

[papers rustling]

Oil refinery, huh?

[instrumental music]

[hissing]

[intense music]

[rattles]

[music continues]

This will hang 'em.

Private Fred Boat
in 361 battalion.

[murmuring]

We were fishing
and our dory sank.

How did it
happen to sink?

We capsized.

Greetings
and my compliments.

[dramatic music]

Eric, has he been transferred
from this district?

We're very proud of Eric.

Seaman first class,
USS Martin.

USS Martin.

That boat pass.

Operator?

(Lane)
'Operator.'

[clicking]

Operator.

This is..

[thud]

Hello. Hello?

What number did I call?
I'm sorry, never mind.

I should have shot him.

It wouldn't be easy to explain
a shot heard over the telephone.

- Take him away.
- Alright, you boys.

In here.

How do you manage to get
such wonderful coffee?

It's like when we first took
over the warehouses in Denmark.

They still have it here.

Take away their morning
cup of coffee

it's worse to these Americans
than sinking a battleship.

Good ham.

When we were in West Fairlee,
Eric could eat a whole ham

without getting
a stomach ache.

That was a long time ago.

[speaking in foreign language]

Soon it'll be we Germans
that shall eat

and the rest of the world
shall starve.

Oh, these are comrades.
Were you successful?

It was easy with the pass.

Only trouble I had was finding
enough stuff to fill the bag

after I'd taken out
the explosives.

That's how well we work here.

And to be doubly certain, Bergen
shortwaved the information

to the commandant
of your undersea craft.

So we were informed.

Ah, the Sargosa.

May she soon be on the bottom.

[groans]

You're a fortunate young man
for one so foolhardy.

If we didn't need you,
you're last breath

would've been
at that telephone.

Well, I presume
you've learned your lesson.

It will be sad to remove
artistic young engravers

as yourself
from active service.

Hart here was an authority
on work such as yours

adds his compliments to mine.

- Have you finished?
- Perhaps.

Well, then listen.

I'm not doing
your dirty work.

Don't forget I know
what's going on around here.

I know why you're running
that arcade.

I know that you steam-open
letters written by kids

to their families
to get information.

I know you use that recording
machine for the same thing.

And I know a couple
of other things too.

They all add up to the same.

You're a bunch of rotten spies
and saboteurs.

Are you playing the fool

or trying to play
a storybook hero?

No, I once read about a lad
by the name Benedict Arnold

as for the hero stuff,
you can count me out.

Right now I'm scared stiff.

- You're cracked.
- And so is the Liberty Bell.

But it'll still be here after
you rats are dead and buried.

Get to that bench.

And the answer is no.

I'm asking you again,
will you get to that bench?

And the answer
is still no.

Perhaps you can
persuade him.

[intense music]

[thwacking]

[thwacking continues]

Mr. Moen, brutality disturbs me.
Turn on the radio.

[thwacking]

[music on radio]

(man on radio)
'We interrupt this program
for a Navy Department

'communique just received.'

'The SS Sargosa, merchant ship
has been sunk.'

'Casualties are unknown
at this moment.'

'The Navy department
also announces'

'the sinking by air action
of a Japanese submarine'

'near the vicinity
of the disaster.'

'We now resume our program
of "Breakfast Music."'

[music continues]

Well, continue.

[thwacking continues]

Special delivery.

That's enough.

He's a very strong willed man.
Cut him down.

Perhaps you'd like to hear
a part of this letter.

"Following your orders,
I immediately went

"to the farm of Anna Lane,
Torgen Lane's mother

"in Willow Creek.

"I became a paying guest.
The first one she's ever had.

"I will not let her
out of my sight.

I await your
further instructions."

You're lying.

And I thought those atrocity
stories was a bunk.

I seem to remember an old
Anglo-Saxon proverb

to the effect that,
"All's fair in love and war."

The only difference is,
we practice it.

'Well, you've made
up your mind?'

To be perfectly bold about it,
we hold your mother hostage

for your good behavior.

You win.

But remember that a beating
couldn't do it.

In my philosophy,
the means are of no importance

it's only the results
that count.

You'll have the freedom
of the place, but never alone.

I'll assign Gordon here
to be with you constantly.

Any overt move
will jeopardize your mother

long before any act on your part
can help you or her.

You'll start on the
gold bonds immediately

there's no time to be lost.

- I'd like to keep this.
- Do. Look at her frequently.

And I thought I was
breaking to freedom.

'And the sap who broke me out
got his freedom alright.'

'Right in the garbage,
that's where they dumped him.'

Only decent thing
I ever did was a while back

when I wandered into a boomed
meeting by mistake.

That was one boomed meeting,
it didn't last very long.

Now, I'm doing this instead
of shooting guys like you.

Shut up or I'll kill you.

Just take it easy, butcher.

Remember, I'm an
honored guest here.

And speaking of butchers,
how many, uh, kids did you kill

'to get that Iron Cross
you told me about?'

You think I'm a fool, don't you?

Well, yes, I do.

When a kid like you
goes factious

it means somebody sold you
a bill of goods

because all you're doing is the
dirty work for the big shots.

I read somewhere that
Goring... a fat baboon

is the richest man
in Germany.

And what have you got?
Blood on your hands, that's all.

I'll not talk with you.

It's alright with me,
I'm used to talking to myself.

Though I've never seen you
laugh or smile, you know that?

Until victory, I cannot laugh.

Even if you did win, which you
won't, what would it do for you?

Take those ghosts
outta your head? No.

Stop it!

Well, that, uh,
that little ocean jump

didn't help
your nerves any, did it?

Now, we both could use
some fresh air.

Say, you haven't seen
the arcade as yet, have you?

You know I've had
no moment from you

I'm as much as a prisoner
here in this room as you are.

Come on. I'll show you
a bit of America.

Say, did you know
a boy named, Eric?

He looked
something like you.

He was my brother.

Your brother?

Right in the garbage,
that's where they buried him.

[knocking]

[keys jingling]

Where you going?

Just stretching our legs.
Me and my ball and chain.

- Watch him closely.
- I know that.

Now, boys,
don't fight over me.

[upbeat music]

[indistinct chattering]

[laughing]

Bet you never heard
laughter like that?

You see what I mean?

That's America.

[chattering continues]

- Hello.
- Hello.

Thanks for your Rembrandt.

Just to show you that you
haven't the corner on art.

Please.

Oh, don't mind him.
He's learning to be my shadow.

Shadow?

Another of the perambulating
mechanics around here, huh?

Yes, mechanic. Here.

(female #1)
'It's for memory.'

Not bad.

(Lane)
'Not bad.'

Just a sample of
what we raise here.

Nice?

(Lane)
'She reads too.'

We don't burn books
here, do we, Helen?

Naturally not.
This isn't Germany.

Perhaps we should
send one to your mother.

You haven't forgotten
her, have you?

How could anyone
forget a mother?

What would your mother want
with "Fundamentals of Welding?"

Welding?

Don't tell me you're learning
how to swing a hot rod?

I thought all welders
chewed tobacco.

If chewing tobacco would get
ships built faster, I'd do it.

[clinks]

Oh!

[music continues]

You're wanted.

Huh. You're a little late
with that news.

That's for him. He's a little
bashful when company's around.

'This is for your scrapbook
when nobody's around.'

I'm afraid my scrapbook
is too small.

The size of your head, you know.

What's that?

A very bad picture
of a very good guy.

Try putting it together.

It might teach you
how to improve your art.

I just checked the refinery.
And your analysis is correct.

Not only do we obtain
the formula for our own use

by controlling the plant, but we
also control the production

of high-octane.

It's a marvelous picture.

All those empty fuel tanks
waiting the new miracle fuel.

And so much difficulty
producing it.

This will give their War
Production Board a headache.

I will be your ally.

These will bring it to our side.

Ah, Lane, Hart here
tells me your plate of

the gold bond is excellent.
You can start running them now.

Incidentally, I've news
of your mother.

She feels splendid.

[laughing]
What these Americans
think of their money.

I love message written on it.

"Darling, flowers fade,
this won't.

Frame it until we
get together. Billy."

[laughing continues]

Yes, that is really a message.

Come on, watchdog.

I beg to be relieved of
this duty, Herr Kapitan.

- I can't stand it any longer.
- Still teasing you, eh?

Disregard. Empty words.

But I did not come here
for such duties.

You're insubordinate.

[thwacks]

[dramatic music]

Ja, Herr Kapitan.

[music continues]

Fine, kid.

Here we are,
two guys in a room.

Both a couple of rats.

I bet if we had to do it again,
we'd play a different tune.

Perhaps you. Not me.

Don't kid me, butcher.

Please don't call me butcher.

Well, that's up to you.

I'll stop when you've lost
that look in your eyes.

No, you did today, for just
a moment, when you saw Helen.

I'd have bet my shirts,
you couldn't look that human.

I'd have lost, wouldn't I?

- 'Like her, don't you?'
- Well, I..

- I have no interest in her.
- You're lying.

- And you know it.
- 'What do you mean?'

You're getting tired
of being played for a sap

by a little mustached mug that
thinks he's a God, aren't you?

'You're beginning to wonder
if your brain's been twisted'

with all the rot you've learned?
You wanna laugh, don't you, kid?

You wanna be able
to see that gal

out there without
being afraid, don't you?

Please..

Don't.

Okay, kid, I guess
we better turn in.

(Lane)
You wanna laugh. You wanna
go out with that girl.

Like her, don't you?

You're brain's twisted.
Blood on your hands.

[indistinct chattering]

What's the matter with you
moping around here

on your day off?
The water's wonderful.

Just studying.

Dreaming, I'd say.
You don't even know his name.

Oh, that isn't the only
mystery about it.

- Are you going in?
- To get dressed.

- It's getting late.
- I'll meet you after dinner.

Can't tonight. Still have
to study up on my electrodes.

- So romantic.
- Excuse me.

Fine.

Here's your next job.

Make all of these
you can run off.

Money from neutral
countries, huh?

Fight them
with phony money.

Buy quislings. Bring about
a false inflation.

Make it simple for your fascist
friends to move right in.

You fellas fight a war
with no holds barred.

There's only one way
to win a war.

Just wait until the chips
are in before you count up.

Why don't you shut up?

Let him make his little speeches
as long as he does our work.

Bergen's an animal.

It's close in here.

- The arcade?
- If you want.

You get our coats and
I'll straighten up here.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chattering]

Oh, it's her day off.
Should we go back?

You know..

Helen's like the girls in
Germany used to be long ago.

It was like that kind of a wind
that comes in from the ocean.

- It was good.
- A poet.

[chuckles]

Yes, and a musician.

My mother used to raise flowers
to pay for my lessons.

Well, someday
I'll play again.

After the war is won.

Maybe. If we win it.

[music continues]

[chattering continues]

Mendelssohn.

I haven't heard Mendelssohn
since the Reichstag fire.

Oh, it's forbidden.

Not here.
Nothing's forbidden here.

Chalk one up for us.

[instrumental music]

It's beautiful.

Look what Mendelssohn
brought out?

[music continues]

So you wouldn't let a day pass
without seeing me.

Your conceit is gonna explode
someday, right in your mirror.

No, I just dropped in
to tell Martin I'm leaving.

- Leaving?
- For Seattle.

My cousin just arranged a job
for me in her department

at a shipyard.

Men are having a tough job
keeping up with the women today.

We used to hold you
with a weekly paycheck.

What do we do now?

Well, maybe we won't have to
marry a male just for security.

Good old love will come back
into the picture.

Well, that calls
for a strong drink.

- Well..
- Three soda pops.

Squeeze a little lime in one.

How's that fair?
Breaking up a happy triangle.

A bad mathematician.

Seattle is a wonderful town.

You'd, uh,
you'd like it, Gordon.

Tell me, do you, uh,
like Mendelssohn?

I love it.

If you waltz to Mendelssohn,
you have a date tonight.

I waltz to Mendelssohn.

There you are, Gordon.
You have a date tonight.

Alright, John Alden.

Next time, you can
speak for yourself.

Oh, but I don't...

There's Mr. Martin.
I must see him.

It's a date on one condition.

That you leave
your shadow at home.

Bye.

[violin music]

[piano music]

[peppy music]

A note and now this.

Something's got to work.

If life plays true to form,
we'll hamstring those rats.

Sure hated to make that
sacrifice play though.

That Helen... is
quite a gal, pal.

Am I cupid or not?

Well... I don't know
what to say.

Except that... for the first time
in ten years

I've forgot
about the New Order.

And... about these hands.

Well, stain goes
deeper than that, kid.

What are you
gonna do about it?

What can I do? Martin's
given me my orders.

I have to meet
Bergen and I..

- Then we'd..
- Then what?

Blow up a plant and get yourself
another Iron Cross.

Listen, kid.

Get out of here.

Go up to Seattle.

You have papers.
So they're forged.

Get yourself a job.
You could sleep at night.

You wouldn't look at those hands
as if you hated them.

I did as you said. I told Martin
I wanted to wander through

a typical American town to
better understand the people.

[sighs]
Gee, wherever you go,
they smile.

You are right.

Tough smile.

- Won't be easy to defeat you.
- Forget about that.

Think about yourself, kid.

Think about that
lovely gal, Helen.

She likes you.

All she did was to
ask questions about you.

Why, sure. That was
to make you jealous.

I know women.

Now, look. I'll heel you
with plenty of dough.

You know the kind that crinkles.
It'll buy you your freedom.

All that holds me in here
are four walls.

You're tied up with something
that's a darned sight tougher

to break out off.
I'm giving you the key.

Why are you doing
all this for me?

Because I don't want to see you
wind up in the garbage.

Oh..

What about Bergen?
I-I have to meet him. I-I..

It's Bergen... or it's Helen?

You won't have to burn down
a city to get her.

Take your pick.

[taps]

Get some sleep.

Well..

How will I find her in Seattle?

You'll find her, alright. You
were born under a lucky star.

[slow-paced music]

[music continues]

Hundreds of little messengers.
Straight to the secret service.

Boy!

When the infrared hits you,
will they be surprised.

I hope.

And will they be surprised.

[music continues]

[dramatic music]

[train chugging]

There you are, sir.
Seattle, one-way.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[train chugging]

Being torpedoed wasn't so bad.
You expect that.

But when that submarine came up
and started throwing shells

into our life boat like we were
pigeons, that's something else.

That ain't war.
That's plain murder.

'One of these days I'll run into
one of those Nazis. I know.'

'I'd give my other arm
right now to meet them.'

'Butchers, that's what
they are.'

[dramatic music]

[slow-paced music]

[music continues]

[gunshot]

[dramatic music]

[glass shattering]

[explosions]

[music continues]

[woman screaming]

(Lane)
Butcher, butcher, butcher,
butcher, butcher, butcher.

Butcher, butcher, butcher.
You're a butcher.

You're a butcher.
You're a butcher.

[Gordon screams]

[train chugging]

[dramatic music]

[music intensifies]

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[telephone ringing]

Yes.

Will you please
mail it here, Western Utilities.

Utilities building,
San Francisco, thank you.

There, the most important
part has been accomplished.

But where is Gordon?
His absence is most inefficient.

[buzzing]

(woman on intercom)
'Mr. Domack, would you
please send... '

I'm not to be disturbed.

Gordon should be here.

It's that Martin. He belongs
on the Russian Front, not here.

He might have given him
another assignment.

Oh, that cant be.

Gordon and Lunt
were sent for this job.

Lunt was to hold back production

and Gordon was to breakdown the
formula and send it to Germany.

Why, he spent seven months
in the Dusseldorf refinery

just for that.

If he's not here
tomorrow morning

you return
to the arcade and..

Why not this moment? Why delay?

You never can tell.

It may be the FBI that's
kept Gordon from getting here.

By tomorrow
we might know something.

Ridiculous, the newspapers
would have have it.

- I tell you, it's that Martin.
- 'I don't agree.'

I'm certain, but I'm not
worried about the FBI.

Not worried at all.

Honest, I never
seen this pigeon.

Try again, that plane trip
across the country might have

made your brain weary.

I ain't got no mental rupture,
I tell you.

Torgen Lane sounds like a street
to me and nothing else.

I know this is
Torgen Lane's work.

Perhaps he's cutting
us long distance

knowing we can't get to him.

And I don't believe
in ghosts.

Use the infrared
on this paper.

This isn't American stock valve.

This paper is the same material
used in the German Reichsmark.

Maybe when racketeers die,
they go to Germany.

The infrared washed out
everything, but that.

'Cover every Joyland Arcade and
Willow Creek in the country.'

Call Bolling Field airport,
we're leaving for the coast.

There we go where the money was
passed, it'll lead to Lane.

[airplane droning]

We've netted every Joyland
Arcade and every Willow Creek.

But what are we looking for?

We'll know when
we find it.

[telephone ringing]

Rodt speaking.

Good work.

Anna Lane, Torgen Lane's
mother lives

at Willow Creek, California.
Contact Oakland.

Yes, sir.

It's 7:15.

I should be there by noon.

Your nerves are not
so good, Mr. Lane.

This isn't exactly a rescue.

Wait till you get
a dose of it.

That will never be.

- What are you doing here?
- Why didn't Gordon leave?

Everything's all ready for
us over at the refinery.

He did leave, I gave him
the instructions myself.

All I know is
he didn't show up.

Somebody's head'll fall.
Gerard's fit to be tied...

You're right.

Why don't you
broadcast our plans.

You're as upset as if you had to
spend another winter in Russia.

Shut up. Get Lokin.
He drove Gordon to the station.

Looks like trouble.
Gordon didn't show up.

Didn't show up?

I, drove him to
the San Francisco train myself.

- Well, tell it to Martin.
- 'Hey, mister.'

Where is Mr. Martin?

- Why?
- I found this in the trash.

Looks like it belongs
to one of your games.

And I know you cant
get parts anymore.

How about a reward?

There's something more important
at this moment than Gordon.

Thought you would
be interested in that.

A plate for American money.

I was right about him.

[clattering]

I'm top man here now.

I'm gonna introduce you to some
fellows with shining badges.

Our arrest means
you go back to prison

and the death
of your mother.

I thought of that. Don't move!

Sorry there wasn't
more sugar in that coffee.

Just like there aren't
any cartridges in that gun.

[clattering]

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[music continues]

Lunt, Bergen, go after him.

[music continues]

[water splashing]

[water splashing]

[splashing continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

(Helen)
Wait! What's happened?

Run. Get out of here.

Just a minute, you.

Let me go.
Help! Hel..

Operator, operator! What's
the matter with that call?

Willow Creek, 491.
It's urgent!

That's my mother.

- Oh, so she's in it too, huh?
- Give me the gun.

No. I got better idea.
Take 'em in there.

Come on, you.

Hello?

Yes, this is Hilda.

Are you alone?

Yes, I'm alone.

Take care of
the woman immediately.

The rest of your
instructions are the same.

I, I understand.

Operator. Operator!

'Please trace that call.'

(male #2)
'You're one of the Gestapo too?'

I'm a German of the New Order.
My allegiance is to my Fuhrer.

You, whom he will soon destroy,
will not make me talk.

You may kill me,
but I will not talk!

Said enough already.

I've got it. Joyland Arcade,
near Los Angeles.

This is the Los Angeles
operator.

Hold the wire.

Fine, thanks.

Well, my hunch was right.

They've spotted them
at the Joyland Arcade.

This is the hotspot.

Set the fuel. We'll wait
in the car, give us one minute.

Better hurry,
these fumes will seep out.

[siren wailing]

[siren wailing]

[dramatic music]

Where are you going?
You stay here with us.

I insist upon my rights,
take me to the police station.

Let's turn this place
inside out.

Take me outta here
or we'll all be blown up.

- What do you mean?
- Fuels.

- Where?
- In there.

- Where is it?
- In the closet.

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[gunshots]

They've made this place
into a blockbuster.

Smash that window.
Get those doors open.

[glass shattering]

[gunshots]

Calling all cars.
Check black sedan.

License number 9Q816.

Do not approach, but keep
us informed of it's route.

Notify all control men
and auxiliary policemen.

That is all.

Black sedan 9Q816.
Travelling east.

Just crossed Sycamore.

Moving toward Wilmington.

Moving toward Wilmington.

Start to converge.
Use extreme caution.

Converge with caution.

We need you, identification.
Officer, the handcuffs.

Oh, please,
do you have to?

Oh, I don't think
he'll need these.

Well, thanks.

Okay. They're driving into
the Harbert Oil Refinery.

There's our refinery.
Let's go.

You stay here
and wait for news.

I know you've been waiting, sir,
but it's impossible to interrupt.

Mr. Domack now.
It's his first board meeting.

And being the new chairman,
I hope you understand.

All I understand is,
you're gonna tell him

we're here, or we're
going in without you.

Oh, please just-just sit down,
I'll try.

(Domack)
You understand, gentlemen, that
having the majority interest

I'm in the position to make
the necessary personnel changes

to place this plant
on a complete war footing.

Excuse me.

Show them my private office.

If you'll excuse me for just
a moment. Unexpected visitors.

Uh, make yourselves comfortable.

We've been found out.
By now the arcade is in ruins.

- How?
- That counterfeiter.

There's no time to explain.
This place must go.

So he had more than
a sense of humor.

But why should I be suspected?

You know my standing
in the community.

- You've lost your head.
- You may lose yours.

I would not like to face the
Gestapo if this plant functions.

Well, what can I do?
What can we all do?

A blueprint of the plant.

The vital points are circled.
These are executive passes.

They'll get you through
the guards, into the main plant.

I'll dismiss the board.

We'll meet outside
the main gate in 20 minutes.

Check your watch, 4:08.

Right.

[car approaching]

You take care of this switch.

These on the end of the balcony
on the platform.

That'll open the pipelines.
I'll make for this tower.

You two must cover me.
See that I get there.

See, there it is,
the safety valve.

After I force it, we'll
have less than four minutes

to get out. And if we don't,
the plant is gone.

Study it carefully, so that you
each know exactly where to go.

It's most regrettable,
but an emergency has risen

which compels me to request
the adjournment of the meeting.

I'm sorry to interrupt
you, gentlemen.

- Which one is Mr. Domack?
- I am.

This plant is in
danger of sabotage.

Impossible.

No one can enter the plant
property without credentials.

I'll call the superintendent.

[phone dialing]

This man was at Gerard's.

He doesn't answer.
I'll go and get him.

I'd recognize
those cigars any place.

Cigars? Why,
these are Domack's.

They're his special brand.

- Stop him!
- Come back here!

Take your hands off of me..

- Put the cuff's on him.
- There's Martin and the rest.

Hey, Luther, get that man!

Let me go.
What are you trying to do?

[dramatic music]

[gunshots]

[gunshot]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[gunshot]

A-a-ah!

[intense music]

[aircraft engine sputtering]

I know how you feel.

Thought I'd hold the news,
but here it is.

'You'll soon get the opportunity
to be pitching yourself.'

'Some very important
people in Washington'

'have interested
themselves in your case.'

Thanks.

At first sight..

At second sight for me.

And I still love
waltzing to Mendelssohn.

- That is a date.
- I'll be waiting.

If you're even thinking
of standing me up

I'll break your neck.