Re-synced by Mohamed Elqusbi , LIBYA
To me, a dollar was a dollar in any language.
It was my first night in the Argentine...
and I didnīt know much about the local citizens.
But I knew about American sailors...
and I knew Iīd better get out of there.
Put your hands up.
Up.
Get going.
A cane like that can come in handy.
It is a most faithful, obedient friend.
It is silent when I wish to be silent. It talks when I wish to talk.
- Thatīs your idea of a friend? - That is my idea of a friend.
- You must lead a gay life. - I lead the life I like to lead.
Youīre a lucky man.
I make my own luck.
- Why are you in this neighborhood? - To save your life.
He wouldnīt have killed me if Iīd given him the money.
But you wouldnīt have given him the money.
I donīt think I would.
- How did you get it? - Get what?
The money you would have died for.
- Gambling. - Iīll leave you here.
- Thanks. - Pleasure.
- Iīll do the same for you sometime. - Save my life?
Give you a cigarette.
With your luck, why donīt you go where thereīs some real gambling?
I thought it was illegal in Buenos Aires.
- Oh, it is. - Oh, I see.Just like home.
Thereīs a casino about half hour the other side of town.
- Hereīs the key. - Thanks.
- But donīt go. - Why not?
They wonīt let you use your own dice.
Well, I didnīt think it showed.
A man who makes his own luck, as I do, recognizes anotherīs.
In any event, they wonīt let you in without a tie.
The spot is not on your nose, yet.
Whoīs he?
A loafer.
Would you like a fine perfume suitable for nobility?
No, thanks.
We have a talcum powder as soft as rose feel.
No, thanks.
- Towel? - Yeah.
Thank you.
Hey.
Whoīs she?
A harpy.
How would you classify me?
A peasant.
Three red.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Number two. A thousand pesos.
No more bets.
Number two, black.
Number two.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Two chips.
A thousand pesos, sir.
Cut.
What?
The playerīs allowed to cut anytime.
Of course.
A thousand pesos.
Cut.
As usual, I made my own luck.
And I knew just when to stop letting it ride.
Hey, bud. The director wants to see ya.
Is Brooklyn across the river here too?
- Hey. - Thanks, peasant.
- Where is he? - Donīt worry, bub. Heīll be here.
Howīd you like a thousand pesos apiece?
You donīt buy your way out of this, bub. Youīre in trouble.
Oh, now wait a minute.
All right, Casey, Huerta.
Well, well. The little man with the sharp friend.
I told you not to bring your own dice.
Well, well, again.
You really had me fooled last night. I thought you were somebody.
I didnīt think youīd just be the manager of a gambling joint.
My name is Ballin Mundson.
Mineīs Johnny Farrell.
And Iīm not the manager. I own the joint.
And I donīt like to be cheated.
- There isnīt a dice table in the house. - Nobody wins that much honestly.
- I had a lucky streak. - A very deft way of cutting cards.
It took me years to learn.
You ought to be in jail, but I suppose I owe you an obligation...
since I saved your life.
You ought to be more careful about those things.
Now get out of here. Donīt come back.
You know youīre being very stupid.
Probably.
Youīd simply have me gambling on the wrong side.
Itīd be better if you had me on your side.
I donīt like my people to cheat.
I cheat with my own money, sure.
But with your money, I wouldnīt have to cheat.
Think it over.
You know, I think I will. How much time do you give me?
Oh, thereīs no hurry. You can take a minute or two.
Excuse me while youīre making up your mind.
Not you.
You really shouldnīt hit a man when he has his hands behind his back.
You see? This way youīll have two friends.
Youīve no idea how faithful and obedient I can be. For a nice salary.
This I must be sure of... that there is no woman anywhere.
- Thereīs no woman anywhere. - Gambling and women do not mix.
Those are the very words I use myself.
- Now shall we quit talking about it? - There was one once.
Get this, Mr. Mundson. I was born last night when you met me in that alley.
That way Iīm no past and all future. See? And I like it that way.
He let me ease myself right to the top.
At first I just watched the play and the checkoffs.
By the way, about that time the war ended.
Great news. I thought we ought to celebrate too.
Oh, yes, of course.
Well?
I have to take a trip,Johnny.
I may be gone for a while, and youīre in charge of the casino.
- Youīve been promoted. - Faithful service.
- Do I get a raise? - No. Fair enough?
- Fair enough. - You get five percent of the profits.
Iīll take seven and a half.
Youīre sharp,Johnny. Almost as sharp as my other little friend.
- But not quite so obedient. - No?
My other little friend would kill for me,Johnny.
Well, thatīs what friends are for.
To us,Johnny.
- To the three of us. - Three of us.
It makes me laugh now, to think back.
Me so sure it was just the three of us.
I soon found out, all right.
I remember it was late one afternoon.
I was getting ready for the Saturday night crowd.
Funny Iīd remember what day it was, isnīt it?
- Isnīt it enough? - For a peasant.
Mr. Farrell, Mr. Mundson called. Just got back.
Like you to come over to his house.
Thank you. After all, I run the place.
He calls me ĻMr. Farrell.Ļ Isnīt that better?
Youīd think a bell wouldīve rung or Iīd have had some instinctive warning.
But I didnīt. I just...
walked right into it.
Senor Mundson will be down in a moment, Senor Farrell.
Thanks. Itīs great having him back, isnīt it?
I hope it will be the same, Senor Farrell.
Is that you?
- Hello, Ballin. - Come on up here.
- Well, what are you crying about? - I feel great,Johnny.
- You look foolish. - Iīll tell you why.
- Whereīs the canary? - How did you know?
- How did I know what? - So you donīt know. Come.
This is where the canary is.
Quite a surprise to hear a woman singing in my house, eh,Johnny?
Thatīs quite a...
surprise.
Gilda, are you decent?
Me?
Sure. Iīm decent.
This is Johnny Farrell.
This is Gilda.
So this is Johnny Farrell. Iīve heard a lot about you.
Really? I havenīt heard a word about you.
- Why, Ballin! - I wanted to keep it as a surprise.
- Was it a surprise, Mr. Farrell? - It certainly was.
- You should have seen his face. - Did you tell him what Iīm doing here?
No. I wanted to save that as a surprise too.
- Hang onto your hat. - Gilda is my wife.
Mrs. Ballin Mundson, Mr. Farrell. Is that all right?
Congratulations.
You donīt congratulate the bride. You congratulate the husband.
Really? What are you supposed to say to the bride?
You wish her good luck.
Good luck.
Thank you. My husband tells me youīre a great believer in luck.
- We make our own luck,Johnny and I. - Iīll have to try that sometime.
Iīll try it right now.
Tell him to come to dinner with us tonight, Ballin.
Itīs an order.
Come along. Weīll let Gilda get dressed.
Look your best, my beautiful. This will be the casinoīs first glimpse of you.
Iīll look my very best.
I want all the hired help to approve of me.
- Glad to have met you, Mr. Farrell. - His name is Johnny.
Oh, Iīm sorry.Johnny is such a hard name to remember...
and so easy to forget.
There. See you later, Mr. Farrell.
Thatīs right, Mrs. Mundson.
- Iīll see Johnny downstairs. - Iīll see him at the casino.
For some reason, she doesnīt like you.
Really? What makes you think that?
- I know my wife. - You do?
Why would she form an instant antagonism like that?
- Maybe itīs chemical. - Sheīll get over it.
Sure. When did you meet her?
The day I left for the interior.
- When did you get married? - The day after that.
- Quick. - When Iīm on something I...
You buy it quick.
- Do you know anything about her at all? - Itīs an odd coincidence.
Listen to this. She told me she was born the night she met me.
All three of us with no pasts. Just futures.
Isnīt that interesting?
- I think itīs fascinating. - Whatīs the matter with you?
I thought we agreed that women and gambling didnīt mix.
My wife does not come under the category of women.
- I couldīve made a mistake. - You did.
Donīt make it again.
It starts already.
Whatīs this?
Tact.
Would you come up and help me into this thing, like a darling?
- See you at the casino. - In about an hour.
It was all I could do to walk away.
I wanted to go back up in that room and hit her.
What scared me was I wanted to hit him too.
I wanted to go back and see them together with me not watching.
I wanted to know.
I can never get a zipper to close.
Maybe that stands for something. What do you think?
I think you were very rude to him.
- To whom? -Johnny.
Was I? Oh, dear.
Thatīs one of the things youīll have to teach me. Good manners.
I want you to like him.
- Youīre sure about that? - What do you mean?
Heīs a very attractive man...
if you like the type.
Heīs a boy.
Boys have the darnedest way of growing up, almost when youīre not looking.
But Iīll be looking.
- Your shoes. - About time.
Do you wish me to put them on your feet?
- For how much? - The charge is slight...
because I find this always a revealing vantage point.
The wormīs eye view...
is so often the true one.
Quite a philosopher, arenīt you?
One hears rumors.
Really?
In my department comes all the gossip.
Really.
One hears she is very beautiful.
And very young and American.
You are also young and American.
It will be interesting to watch.
Maybe you should be fired right out on your ear.
Mr. Mundson says to tell you heīs... Theyīre here!
- Thanks. - Say, have you seen her?
Cut that!
- Whatīd I do? - You whistled. I heard you.
After all, she is Mrs. Mundson.
So mind your manners, see?
Yes. It will be interesting to watch.
Number eight, black.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Number two.
No more bets.
Number two, black.
Two black is the winner.
Number two, black.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Take over.
- Friend of yours? - No, Mr. Farrell.
- Going into business for yourself? - Orders, Mr. Farrell.
Not my orders.
Iīve been looking for you.
Gambling is illegal in Argentina, right?
- It isnīt right, but itīs true. - That the reason for the payoff?
Payoff?
- Naturally thatīs the reason. - Why doesnīt it show on the books?
- Why doesnīt it come out of my cut? - Youīre in my complete confidence.
- You may ask any questions you wish. - I just asked one.
Now letīs have dinner.
I was forced to leave Gilda alone when I looked for you...
and Gildaīs much too beautiful to be left alone.
- Youīve changed the subject. - Iīve changed the subject.
I found him, Gilda. Very elusive chap, our Johnny. Sit down.
Good evening, Mr. Farrell. Youīre looking very beautiful.
Good evening, Mrs. Mundson.
Canīt you return the compliment?
- Youīre looking very beautiful. - Why, thank you.
If thereīs anything I love, itīs a spontaneous compliment like that.
And because youīre so nice, Iīm going to show you something.
My husband gave it to me for a coming home present.
- Is it cute? - 50,000 pesos, and itīs cute.
- Isnīt she fabulous? - Fabulous.
Wait. Letīs drink to us.
To the three of us.
Whatīs the matter?
- I get confused. - Confused? Why?
Well, just a few weeks ago we drank a toast to the three of us.
Well, who was the third one then? Should I be jealous?
-Hardly, darling.Just a friend of mine. -A him or a her?
Thatīs a very interesting question. What do you think?
- A her. - Oh!
Why that conclusion?
Because it looks like one thing...
and right in front of your eyes it becomes another thing.
Well, you havenīt much faith in the stability of women, then, have you?
Thatīs right.
One wonders what woman brought him to this pretty pass. Doesnīt one?
One does.
Letīs hate her. Shall we, Ballin?
Letīs. Shall we,Johnny?
Letīs. Now, that Iīll drink to.
Pardon me for a moment.
- Anything I can do? - No. Iīll be right back.
Now, isnīt this something?
Itīs a small world in Argentina, isnīt it?
Isnīt it? Why did you marry him?
My husbandīs a very attractive man.
You donīt love him.
What was that word again?
You married him for his money.
That happened to come with him.
Oh, thatīs a great way to make a living.
That wouldnīt be the big pot calling the kettle black, would it?
I was down and out. He picked me up, put me on my feet.
Now, isnīt that an amazing coincidence?
Thatīs practically the story of my life. Hello.
Good evening, senorita.
Senor, I am Capitan Delgado. I would like to dance with your lady.
- The answer is no. - The answer is yes.
- Iīd love it. - But the young man...
The young man would love it too. But he canīt afford it.
- Women can be extremely annoying. - Youīre in again.
Mauricio Miguel Obregon. At your service.
So thatīs your name.
Hey, look. Iīve been watching you for weeks now.
- That makes us even. - You donīt gamble.
You donīt drink. What are you hanging around here for?
The atmosphere has always interested me.
Now it positively fascinates me.
- You could be a professional dancer. - I am. I mean, I was.
Thatīs against our union rules.
I always observe the rules and regulations.
- How is it that I have never seen you? - I didnīt dance here.
- Oh, where? - America.
This is notAmerica?
I mean New York.
- Your young man, is he too... - Heīs not my young man.
The expression on his face says that he wishes he were.
The rules and regulations, remember?
The rules are very changeable, my lady.
They change with the weather.
- Everything all right? - Quite all right.
Who are the two Krauts? Iīve seen them before.
- Messenger boys. - Whose?
I just wanted to know if youīre in trouble.
Apparently Iīm in serious trouble. My wife seems to be missing.
Sheīs dancing.
You shouldnīt have allowed it.
She wanted to dance with the guy. What do you want me to do? Sheīs not my...
Sheīs your wife.
- Go get her. - Now, wait a minute. Sheīs your...
Thatīs exactly the reason.
A husband always looks ridiculous...
dragging his wife from another manīs arms.
- Iīll get her, Ballin. - Thank you.
Pardon me, but your husband is showing.
Oh. Thank you. Perhaps again sometime.
Until that sometime I shall only miserably exist, senora.
I always say thereīs something about Latin men.
For one thing, they can dance. For another thing...
- Whatīs your telephone number? - Oh, itīs...
Never mind. Iīll give you mine. Cujo 3-0-1 -7.
What did you say to him?
I just told him if a man answers, hang up. Wasnīt that all right?
You canīt talk to men here the way you would at home. They donīt understand it.
- Understand what? - They think you mean it.
Mean what?
Doesnīt it bother you at all that youīre married?
What I want to know is, does it bother you?
Iīm beginning to think Iīve misjudged your Johnny.
- Oh? - He can be quite sweet. So protective.
Johnny takes care of all the things that belong to me.
He runs the joint.
Hear that? Youīre to take care of me because I belong to the boss.
How will you like that?
I do all kinds of odd jobs.
Iīll bet this is the oddest job you ever had.
Now, then, before we were interrupted...
I believe we were about to drink a toast, so...
disaster to the wench who did wrong by our Johnny.
No, Gilda? You wonīt drink to that?
Why not? Disaster to the wench.
She had what it took to say it...
but I knew it scared her.
I knew it would haunt her.
Anyone as superstitious as Gilda, out loud, asking for disaster.
- Youīre still dressed. - Yes.
- Anything wrong? - Everythingīs wonderful.
- But I told you zippers throw me. - May I help?
Thank you.
Youīll have a maid in the morning.
- Will she be old and ugly? - If those are your orders.
I think thatīs good business to surround yourself...
with ugly women and beautiful men.
Yes.
You knew him before.
Who?
You knew him before.
Donīt lie to me.
Iīm telling you the truth. I didnīt know him.
I donīt think Iīve ever known him.
I see.
Youīre a child, Gilda. A beautiful, greedy child.
And it amuses me to feed you beautiful things...
because you eat with such a good appetite.
But I shouldnīt make any mistakes.
You shouldnīt.
If youīre worried about Johnny Farrell...
donīt be.
- I hate him. - And he hates you.
Thatīs very apparent.
But hate can be a very exciting emotion.
Very exciting.
Havenīt you noticed that?
- You make it sound... - There is a heat that one can feel.
Didnīt you feel it tonight?
I did.
It warmed me.
Hate is the only thing that has ever warmed me.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
No more bets.
- Number 13 black. - Thatīs me!
You mean this has been going on for years, and I didnīt know about it?
One is not always so lucky.
I am.
You should watch out. The superstitious have an old saying.
Lucky at cards, unlucky at love. Itīs a good thing Iīm not.
- Not what? - Superstitious.
- Keep it for me. - Yes, Mrs. Mundson.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Number two.
No more bets.
- Got a light? - Yes, Mrs. Mundson.
It is so crowded and yet so lonely. Isnīt it?
- How did you know? - You smoke too much. Iīve noticed.
Only frustrated people smoke too much...
and only lonely people are frustrated.
Well, arenīt you cute?
Cute! Me?
Awfully cute. I think Iīm gonna like you.
- Oh, Iīm sorry! - Nothing personal, I hope.
No. I was just tossing away my frustration.
And it landed right on me.
- Maybe that means something? - It does.
Weīre gonna have a drink together.
No, I...
On the other hand, Iīd love to.
Now weīll see.
See what?
Whether you are a gentleman, as you say, or a peasant, as I say.
The beautiful one is at the bar.
Sheīll probably have trouble.
Really?
- What kind of trouble? - A man.
Heīs very good-looking.
Your source of income is in his office.
He will probably have trouble.
- What kind of trouble? - Also a man. Not so good-looking.
Now we know.
You are what I said.
Any losses that you incurred in business were reimbursed across casino tables.
Regularly and very generously.
But in spite of orders, you sell tungsten wire to the Bendolan Company.
But Mr. Bendolan canīt manufacture electric light globes...
without tungsten wire for filaments.
- He canīt continue in business... - We donīt wish him to continue.
Isnīt that clear?
But heīs the only outlet for my product in this territory.
If I donīt sell to him, I canīt continue in business.
- Donīt you understand that? - Perfectly.
And that doesnīt matter to you, does it?
On the contrary, I sympathize with you deeply.
Life is very difficult for the defenseless ones in the world.
Yes. As you say.
Thank you, Mr. Mundson.
I thought we were in the gambling business.
Leave me alone.
I never heard of a game played with electric light globes.
Letīs join Gilda for a drink, shall we?
Sure.
Hey. Better let me case the joint first.
- Case the joint? - See if the coast is clear.
I didnīt like the look on the defenseless oneīs face.
- That mouse! - I didnīt like the look on his face.
All right. Gilda was right.
You are protective.
Thatīs me all over. Give me five minutes.
- Maybe you didnīt notice Iīm dancing. - You were dancing.
- Hey, whatīs the idea? - Oh, youīll get used to it.
Iīve never been able to finish a dance in here yet.
When Ballin comes down, I want you sitting in a booth alone.
Youīre sure itīs Ballin who objects to my having friends?
I want to know, who is this guy?
Johnny Farrell. He runs the joint.
This is Gabe Evans, all the way from New York. Isnīt he pretty?
Just darling. Now get him out of here.
But I like him. If he leaves, I go with him.
Thatīs all right with me too.
Whatīs keeping you?
Not a thing. Letīs go where we can have some fun.
- Like I said? - Exactly like you said.
Didnīt hear about me, Gabe?
If Iīd been a ranch, they wouldīve named me the Bar Nothinī.
- The coast is clear, I take it? - Very clear.
Look, Iīm a big boy now. You can tell me things.
Gilda warned me that youīd grow up. By the way, where is she?
- Gilda? - Yes.
She was bored. Thereīs an American picture in town. She went to see it.
- Alone? - Who would she go with?
She doesnīt know anybody down here.
Youīd know more about that than I would, wouldnīt you?
Bad form, to make a scene in public. The ocean would have been quieter.
- Only fools ruin themselves gambling. - Gambling?
What else?
- Come on home. - What happened to him?
Come on.
Did he kill himself?
Yes.
When a man becomes weak enough to accept a bribe, he is already a dying man.
- Didnīt bother you, did it? - That he killed himself? No.
But it did bother me that back there, you were afraid.
Oh, no. I was amazed.
I realize that something could happen to me.
Thatīs why Iīm going to tell you something.
Come in.
Over here,Johnny.
Remember this,Johnny.
Remember this too.
Could you do it now by yourself?
Yes.
Eight left, twenty-four right...
two left...
seventeen right.
Youīre the only one who knows the combination.
If anything should ever happen to me, there are papers in there.
Signatures and instructions how to carry on.
Thanks for not letting me down.
Youīre not just the owner of a gambling joint, eh?
You know what a cartel is?
I think so. A trust. A monopoly of some kind, isnīt it?
An international monopoly.
Big business, huh? Monopoly in what?
Tungsten. That doesnīt impress you.
I donīt know much about it. I mean, I donīt know...
if itīs worth getting shot at for the pleasure of monopolizing it.
A man who controls a strategic material...
can control the world.
Oh, now, the worldīs a pretty big place.
Made up of stupid little people.
Well...
if anybody can do it, Iīd lay eight to five youīre the baby who can.
And youīd win.
Letīs go downstairs and have a drink.
With you and Gilda on my side... You are on my side?
- I told you that. - And Gilda?
- What do you mean? - Women are funny little creatures.
I donīt know much about them.
Odd things are important to them.
Really?
I bought her. Just as I bought you.
She knows that, doesnīt she?
Thatīs just it.
Money doesnīt mean very much to Gilda.
If she should become restless...
Iīm mad about her.
Mad.
What do you think of that?
Why, I think itīs great. Because she is on your side.
Iīd lay eight to five on that too.
And Iīd win.
Well, Iīd better be getting back to the joint.
Know what? I have the funniest feeling weīre not alone.
Maybe weīre haunted. Maybe if we go inside itīll go away.
Besides being pretty, youīre positively intelligent.
Come on.
I have the funniest feeling somebody said something.
Maybe the lady forgot to tell you. Her husband lives here.
For a long, long time Iīve taken husbands little by little...
in small doses, so that now Iīve developed a complete immunity to them.
Youīre through for the evening, son.
Scram.
Ah, so he runs this joint too, does he?
- I said scram. - For two cents, Iīd...
Youīd what?
Thatīs great, hitting a man when heīs drunk.
He shouldnīt get drunk on my time.
- On your time? - I thought that was settled.
I take care of everything that belongs to the boss.
Whatīs his is yours?
You went to a picture show tonight. Alone.
Really.
Would you like to know whether I enjoyed it?
Thatīs your story. Thatīs what I told Ballin.
Thatīs what youīre gonna tell him.
Making me deceive my husband.
I got some news for you, Gilda.
He didnīt just buy something.
- Heīs in love with you. - Is that so hard to understand?
- And youīre not gonna... - Iīve got news for you.
Iīm going to do exactly what I please, when I please.
I was true to one man once, and look what happened.
- I made up my mind then... - This isnīt about us. Itīs about him.
Really?
- You donīt say so. - And get this straight.
I donīt care what you do.
But Iīm gonna see to it that it looks all right to him.
From now on, you go anywhere with anyone you please...
but Iīm gonna take you there and pick you up and bring you home.
Get that?
Exactly the way Iīd take and pick up his laundry.
Shame on you,Johnny.
Any psychiatrist could tell your thought associations are very revealing.
What are you talking about?
Any psychiatrist would tell you that means something.
- Did you hear what I said? - Sure. Youīre going to pick me up.
All to protect Ballin.
Who do you think youīre kidding?
I hated her so I couldnīt get her out of my mind for a minute.
She was in the air I breathed...
and the food I ate.
At first I thought I was Just dreaming it.
Iīd been hearing her voice in my sleep for nights anyway.
Then I realized...
When Mrs. OīLearyīs cow
Kicked the lantern
In Chicago town
They say that started the fire
That burned Chicago down
Thatīs the story that went around
But hereīs the real lowdown
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Mame kissed a fire from out of town
That kiss burned Chicago down
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Remember the blizzard back in Manhattan
In 1886
They say that traffic was tied up
And folks were in a fix
Thatīs the story that went around
But hereīs the real lowdown
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Mame gave a chump such an ice-cold no
For seven days they shoveled snow
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the...
Oh, good morning.
Howvery pretty you look in your nightgown.
- What are you doing here? - Singing to my friend.
- Isnīt that all right? - How long you been here?
- How long? - Five verses.
- What are you doing here? - Listening. I just finished my work.
Did you hear about that poor little cow got blamed for...
Get out of here. Get back to your washroom where you belong.
Put a beggar on horseback, huh, Uncle Pio?
Well, hereīs the laundry, waiting to be picked up.
Where have you been?
Swimming.
I bet you donīt believe me.
I bet Ballin wonīt either, unless youīre there to back me up.
You went swimming with me.
Didnīt we have a good time?
- Swimming. - Thatīs what it says here.
Whereīs your bathing suit?
Under this.
- Wanna see? - Iīll get dressed.
I hate to drag you out this time of the morning...
but itīs your idea, you know.
Why donīt you make it easy on yourself, and let him find out about me?
Or are you afraid of what he might do to me?
- I am. - What?
Afraid.
You?
Oh,Johnny, I wish Iīd never...
Never what?
Getting married on the rebound is so stupid.
Rebound from what?
You.
Because you donīt know a man...
youīve only known one day.
He doesnīt know you either.
That way you start even.
All fair and even.
Would it interest you to know how much I hate you?
Very much.
I hate you so much that...
I would destroy myself to take you down with me.
Now Iīve warned you.
Now, thatīs all fair and even.
All fair and even.
Would it interest you that I know why youīre here at 5:00 in the morning?
I told you, Iīm the laundry. Iīm simply obeying instructions.
Now whoīs kidding who?
Now that youīve delivered me, donīt you want a receipt from the man?
Youīre up.
- Yes. - Late to bed, early to rise...
Let Gilda talk,Johnny.
I thought I could sneak out and get back without waking you.
We went swimming. You were asleep.
- Yes. - All of a sudden, I had to go swimming.
It was so hot.
- You werenīt worried, were you? - Yes.
Iīm terribly sorry.
- Is that whatīs making you so nervous? - Nervous?
No. I...
Well, a terrible thing happened to me. No wonder Iīm nervous.
What happened to you?
I lost that beautiful clip you gave me. The one that cost so much.
Is that all?
Well, isnīt that enough to make a person nervous?
A clip can be replaced.
Thanks for being so nice about it.
Iīm terribly sorry.
A clip can be replaced.
You see, I thought I had lost you.
Me?
- Not a chance. - And that couldnīt be replaced.
Shall we have a drink before I start to cry?
You see,Johnny doesnīt think that would be a tragedy, if you lost me.
Statistics show that there are more women in the world than anything else.
Except insects.
On that charming observation, I shall walk out.
Just to change my clothes. I want to have breakfast with you.
Oh, by the way...
I want to mention that Johnny is a terrific swimmer.
This morning he outdistanced me beautifully.
But someday thereīll be a return match...
and then look out, Johnny Farrell.
Yeah?
Youīll have to teach me how.
- How to what? - Swim. What else?
Sure.
Anytime.
Apparently youīre very good at it.
Pretty good.
Did you teach Gilda how to swim?
I taught her everything she knows.
Does that satisfy you?
Wait a minute, fellows. Letīs take that trombone part over...
and make it a little cleaner.
Julio!
You canīt tell me where to put nothing!
These are things which the merrymakers add to their costumes.
I wonder if you care to make a choice.
You have a great sense of humor, havenīt you?
Which one would you suggest?
I would suggest, whatever you wear...
you start out as this and end up as this.
Really.
How did you figure that out?
Tonight it is the beautiful oneīs party all the way.
She has changed the decorations...
she has changed the orchestra.
It isnīt too much to think that she will change...
I warned you once. You didnīt seem to hear me.
- Now youīre through. - Through? With what?
The casino. Your job.
Youīre fired.
You are mistaken.
I will be here after you are gone...
Mr. Peasant.
You asked me one time...
what a great philosopher like me is doing in the washroom.
- Now I will tell you. - Go on.
Because to my department comes all the gossip, and that way...
Heīs not here. No one is here, you see.
Maybe we should have had that ĻprivateĻ sign printed in German too.
Or maybe you canīt speak Spanish, but I assure you, it does say ĻprivateĻ
Thatīs right.
We intend to see Mr. Mundson.
Heīs been avoiding us.
Didnīt you hear? Mr. Mundson is allergic to messenger boys.
The American Indian, as always...
walks into something that does not concern him.
Thatīs an old American custom.
Mr. Mundson is having an invited party tonight. You are uninvited.
Tell the old man to go away.
No. You go away.
We intend to see Mr. Mundson.
You said that before. I said...
Get him on the telephone. Please.
Why didnīt you say what you wanted?
Mr. Mundson. This is Mr. Farrell.
Some people wish to add these to their costumes.
In my collection I have two lovely heads of pigs, if you...
No sale, Uncle Pio. Theyīlljust use...
their own faces.
Oh, Ballin?
Thereīre a couple of nice kids here with German accents.
I think theyīd like to make an appointment with you.
By the way, one of them has a gun in my back.
Tell them...
Tell them to come here in an hour.
And Johnny...
you come now, will you?
Immediately.
Listen, Maria. Carnival.
Yes, little one. Carnival.
What does it mean, Maria, exactly?
Carnival is the last three days preceding the Lent...
which in Roman Catholic countries...
is giving up to feasting and merrymaking.
Then come the fasting and the penance.
In other words, make hay while the sun shines.
You have a strange language, little one.
Oh, I mean...
three days of sowing wild oats...
and then comes the harvest.
You know, Maria...
I have the funniest feeling.
Donīt tell anybody, but...
Iīm most awfully superstitious.
Donīt tell anybody.
I have the funniest feeling that...
this is it.
It?
I mean...
that for me too, itīs Carnival, Maria.
Gilda.
- Yes, Ballin? - May I come in?
Of course.
Iīm going to be delayed. Johnny will take you to the party.
- Whatīs the matter? - With me?
Youīre very excited about something tonight, my beautiful.
Perhaps itīs in the air.
Perhaps you shouldnīt have opened the window.
Close it.
There. See how quiet it is now.
See how easily one can shut away excitement?
Just by closing a window.
Remember that, Gilda.
I want to have a look at you...
in your costume before you go.
I see youīre going to carry a whip.
Have you warned Johnny, so he can also arm himself?
Nobody could ever dance like you,Johnny.
When a person dances with you...
itīs like theyīre a part of you,Johnny.
- Itīs like... - You havenīt improved any.
You always did talk your head off all the time you were dancing.
You used to say, ĻFor Peteīs sake, Gilda, one thing at a time.Ļ
Then you used to say, ĻTalk or dance...
but donīt do both things at the same time.Ļ
- You used to say... - I still say it.
I have to keep talking,Johnny.
As long as I have my arms around you I have to keep talking, or...
I might forget to dance.
What do you think youīre trying to do?
Iīm not even trying very hard, but...
Iīm doing it.
Doing what?
- Push my hat back,Johnny. - Itīs all right.
Push it back.
Youīre out of practice, arenīt you? Dancing, I mean.
I could help you get in practice again,Johnny.
Dancing, I mean.
Good evening, Mr. Farrell.
- Thank you. - Obregon.
- Iīm in again, as you put it. - Oh, yeah.
Practically Ļold homeĻ week. Weīre all here.
Yes, we are all here, Mr. Farrell.
I would suggest that you see that Mrs. Mundson goes home.
- You would suggest? - Thereīs gonna be trouble.
I suggest that you see that sheīs out of here before the unmasking at 12:00.
You know, you sound like a very bad melodrama.
Excuse me.
- What are you trying to do? - Oh,Johnny.
And hereīs the comedy relief. Now the drama is complete.
- Is that a crack? - What do you want?
I got a letter for you.
She said she was sorry she didnīt get to say good-bye.
No bad news, I hope.
-Johnny, she left... - Whatīs that to you?
Nothing, believe me.
But you sure act sore about it. Youīd think that...
Get back on the door, and from now on, check everybody that comes in here.
Okay, okay.
But she didnīt come in. She went out.
Lose something, Mr. Farrell?
Hello, Ballin. I didnīt know youīd arrived.
- But obviously I did arrive. - Obviously.
Whereīs Gilda,Johnny?
Sheīs around somewhere. Itīs hard to keep track of anyone in this mob.
Find her for me,Johnny.
Sure. I wonīt guarantee how long itīs gonna take.
Iīll wait.
Iīm a great one for waiting,Johnny.
Take your mask off. Itīs time to unmask.
It might be a good idea for us to go home, Ballin.
Why? Because a man drank too much?
It was one of the messenger boys, and he didnīt drink too much, Ballin.
He was murdered.
Good. Saves us the trouble.
Did you keep your appointment with them?
No, I missed them.
Did you find Gilda?
Find her. Take her home.
No, Iīll stick with you.
Thereīs an old chemin de fer.
You play for the full stake, or you pass the shoe.
You canīt rule the world by passing the shoe,Johnny.
- I still think we oughta go home. - Do as I tell you. Take Gilda home.
I told you once, I expect my little friends to be obedient,Johnny.
- Speaking of little friends... - Donīt.
Wait for me at home,Johnny.
I may need both of my little friends tonight.
Okay, Ballin.
This is Mr. Mundson speaking.
Call the flying field. Tell them to proceed as instructed.
Is that clear? Proceed as instructed.
Ballin was wrong, wasnīt he?
About what?
He said you can shut out excitement by just closing a door.
You canīt, can you?
I donīt know what youīre talking about.
I was just mentioning how...
quiet it was in the house.
There isnīt anybody here but us, you know.
Everybodyīs celebrating Carnival.
What about it?
I was just mentioning it.
Good night,Johnny.
I couldnīt get it out of my head...
what she said about nobody being in the house but us.
I thought of Ballin back in the casino, fighting for his life...
and this little...
I knewthat all his plans, all his dreams of greatness...
would be wrecked because of what she was doing to him.
I knew he wasnīt strong enough to throw her out.
I knew it was up to me. I had to get rid of her for him.
Get your clothes on. Youīre getting out of here.
Are we,Johnny?
Are we?
Not Ļwe.Ļ
You!
You do hate me, donīt you,Johnny?
I donīt think you have any idea how much.
Hate is a very exciting emotion.
Havenīt you noticed?
Very exciting.
I hate you too,Johnny.
I hate you so much that...
I think Iīm going to die from it.
Darling.
I think Iīm going to die from it.
You left it open when you came in.
Ballin!
Africaīs more than 2,000 miles away.
I donīt think heīll make it.
I donīt think he intends to try.
- You managed it. - Naturally.
- The seaplane is waiting? - Yes, sir.
You run into some trouble, boss?
An unfortunate murder.
The detective, Obregon, knows that I did it.
Iīll stay away as long as necessary, and then Iīll go back...
and attend to something.
In the will we found, Ballin had left everything to Gilda...
with me as sole executor.
I finally had them in my hands...
the little pieces of paper that Ballin said would let a man rule the world.
At first I was puzzled, because it didnīt seem like much.
A tungsten mine, a few patents...
a dozen or so small corporations joined together to form one organization...
with Mundson at the head.
But then I sawthe potential power of such a group...
saw how it could grow and spread...
and gobble up anyone who dared stand alone against it.
You have all come a long way to find out what is gonna happen...
to your association.
Iīve told you.
Now you can return, having found out that nothing has changed. Nothing.
Iīll carry on where Mr. Mundson left off.
- Anything else, gentlemen? -Just one thing.
It seems to me that no one man should be at the head of our organization.
- I think it would be better... - You heard the will.
Iīm the sole executor. Itīs gonna be business as usual.
But Mrs. Mundson is the sole legatee.
Mrs. Mundson is in no condition right now to see anyone.
Her husbandīs death has hit her very hard.
Sheīs asked me to represent her with the stockholders.
However, we need be in no hurry to leave.
Thereīs a chance that she may recover.
Not a chance in the world.
You see, Mrs. Mundson is marrying me this afternoon.
Look,Johnny. Itīs stopped raining. Maybe that means something.
- You havenīt gotten over it, have you? - Gotten over what?
Being superstitious. Come on.
Where,Johnny? Not back to the house.
What kind of a guy do you think I am?
I donīt think anybody really knows that but me,Johnny.
Not even you.
All of my clothes are here.
Even my perfume.
- You think of everything, donīt you? - Everything.
Weīre right back where we started, arenīt we, darling?
Right back where...
Right back where we started.
Johnny, that isnīt even decent.
What was that word again, Gilda?
Decent.
I said, decent.
Thatīs what I thought you said.
That sounded funny coming out of you, Gilda.
She didnīt knowthen what was happening to her.
She didnīt knowthen that what she heard...
was the door closing on her own cage.
She hadnīt been faithful to him when he was alive...
but she was gonna be faithful to him nowthat he was dead.
What are you doing, coming to work tonight?
I believe in my duties and my job and all that...
Good. Because you got one, a new one.
From now on, youīre to stick with Mrs. Mundson.
Mrs.... Mrs. Farrell.
Wherever she goes, youīre to be there.
Sheīs not to talk to anyone, and no oneīs to talk to her. Get that?
Gee,Johnny. Is she in danger or something?
You will be, I guarantee, if you donīt do exactly as I told you.
Oh, sure, sure.
You were interestingly quiet this afternoon.
What I have to say, I have to say to you and not the others.
Iīm flattered.
Would you like to know how Mundson came to be the head of the cartel?
Youīve seen that the patents are German, havenīt you?
- They were originally. - Exactly.
- They belong to my principals. - Not anymore.
Three years ago, when it began to seem...
thatArgentina might find it necessary to declare war against us...
we made an arrangement with Mundson.
We allowed him to buy our patents.
Good idea. The casino makes a nice front.
We even advanced him the money with which to buy them from us.
Well, you couldnīt have picked a nicer man.
We had an agreement with Mundson...
that at the end of the war he would turn our property back to us.
- I didnīt find any agreement. - It was a gentlemanīs agreement.
I see. And Mr. Mundson wasnīt a gentleman.
He was a madman, Mr. Farrell.
He thought he could rule the world, alone.
I know. We had quite a discussion about it.
She still didnīt believe I wasnīt coming back.
Every night she got all dressed up...
and waited.
But a girl like Gilda couldnīt stand not knowing the why of things.
So she decided to swallow her pride and come to see me.
That was wonderful.
Yes?
Hello.
Remember me?
Iīm Gilda, your wife.
Remember?
You havenīt been around lately.
I thought maybe you were an amnesia victim or something.
Got a light?
You donīt look so hot. Do you know that?
Youīre losing weight.
This vacuum Iīm living in.
- Mind giving me a reason? - Not at all.
Youīve had such a full life up to now...
I thought a little peace and quiet would do you good.
- Give you time to think. - Think about what?
Would it be too corny to say your sins?
- Yes, it would. - Well, I said it.
Youīre cockeyed,Johnny, all cockeyed.
I figured thatīs what the deal was.
Youīre getting even with me for something.
Weīre great people for getting even, arenīt we,Johnny?
- Are we? - Arenīt we?
Didnīt I get even with you for walking out on me, by marrying Ballin?
Thatīs just great. The manīs dead and...
And Iīm glad. What do you think of that?
He was insane,Johnny.
- I was afraid all the time. - You acted like it.
Johnny, thereīs never been anybody but you and me.
All those things I did were...
just to make you jealous,Johnny.
Thereīs never been anybody but you and me.
Not anybody?
Not anybody.
What about your husband?
If you can forget him so easily, you could forget the others too.
- But there werenīt any others! - Admit them.
When you admit them and tell me who they were.
You wouldnīt think one woman could marry two insane men in one lifetime...
now would you?
She wasnīt scared yet...
because she didnīt quite realize yet.
Right now she was just plain mad, and she was hitting back.
I want you to try and locate a Mr. Gabe Evans for me.
Try all the hotels in the city, but locate him.
She couldnīt find him...
so she just reached out for anyone.
They werenīt hard to find for a girl like Gilda.
The waiter told him he had a telephone call.
One of my men grabbed him outside.
He never came back.
She found somebody else, of course.
But wherever she went, whatever she did...
It finally got to her that Buenos Aires was her own private prison.
Thatīs when she decided to run away.
She went to Montevideo, got a job singing in a nightclub...
started divorce proceedings and met a man.
Amado mio
Love me forever
And let forever
Begin tonight
Amado mio
When weīre together
Iīm in a dream world
Of sweet delight
Many times Iīve whispered
Amado mio
It was just a phrase that I heard in plays
I was acting a part
But now when I whisper
Amado mio
Canīt you tell I care by the feeling there
For it comes from my heart
My one endeavor
My love My darling
Will be to hold you
And hold you tight
Amado mio
Love me forever
And let forever
Begin
Tonight
Amado mio
Love me forever
And let forever
Begin
Tonight
ĻLet forever be tonight.Ļ Is that a date, Gilda?
I canīt make any forever dates, Tom. I havenīt even got my divorce yet.
- I havenīt any right to. - I donīt want you to.
- Want me to what? - Get a divorce.
You donīt?
A divorce you get in Montevideo, without your husbandīs consent...
will never stand up in Argentina.
I donīt want to go back to Argentina ever.
- So what difference does it... - Or at home.
You may want to go home sometime, darling.
Wherever you go for the rest of your life, youīll be tied to him.
Youīll never be free.
Then it didnīt do any good to run away.
No good at all.
Never does any good to run away, Gilda.
Go back to Buenos Aires.
And get an annulment.
You told me your husband left you immediately after the ceremony.
Thereīs nothing to it.
And Iīll be with you, darling, right by your side every minute.
Iīm a very good lawyer, you know.
Iīve more money than I know what to do with.
Iīm very much in love with you.
Thatīs kind of a terrific combination, donīt you think?
Thatīs kind of a terrific combination.
The plane leaves at 2:00. At 2:00 the next day youīll be free.
Darling, utterly free.
I didnīt think Iīd ever trust a man again as long as I lived...
but here I go again.
Thanks, Tom.
Tom, this is the Hotel Centenario.
Isnīt it all right? I was told itīs a good hotel.
Why, I think itīs wonderful. Just wonderful.
- Iīll do it. - Your bags will be up any minute, sir.
Thank you, sir.
The light switch is here somewhere, if my memory doesnīt fail me.
Okay, Langford.
Iīll do it anyway.
Iīll get an annulment. I donīt need anybodyīs...
Didnīt Langford tell you? Thereīs no such thing as annulment in Argentina.
Then Iīll get it anyway! I will! Iīll get an annulment!
I will! I will! Iīll get it! Iīll get it!
Oh,Johnny, please let me go.
I canīt stand it anymore.
I donīt want anything from you.
But please...
just let me go.
That was a nice touch, bringing you back here.
Let me tell you about that night.
I donīt want to hear about that night.
Canīt you understand? I donīt want to hear about that night.
- I was waiting for you, Mr. Farrell. - Find anything interesting?
What are you stalling for?
Why donīt you close the joint up if it bothers you so much?
Why do you think weīve allowed the casino to stay open?
Because a smart cop doesnīt arrest the purse snatcher...
if the little thief will lead him to the bigger crime.
I donīt know what youīre talking about.
We know youīre the head of a tungsten monopoly, Mr. Farrell.
What we want to know is the names of the participants.
I still donīt know what youīre talking about.
Iīll wait.
Youīre breaking up in little pieces right in front of my eyes, you know.
Am I wearing you down, I hope?
- You. - Well, something is.
Really?
Well, Iīll have to take a look sometime.
I hadnīt not...
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco
Back in nineteen-six
They said that old Mother Nature
Was up to her old tricks
Thatīs the story that went around
But hereīs the real lowdown
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
One night she started to shim and shake
That brought on the Frisco quake
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
They once had a shootinī up in the Klondike
When they got Dan McGrew
Folks were puttinīthe blame on
The lady known as Lou
Thatīs the story that went around
But hereīs the real lowdown
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Mame did a dance called the hootchie-coo
Thatīs the thing that slew McGrew
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
More!
Iīm not very good at zippers.
But maybe if I had some help.
- Iīll help you. - I am an expert.
Blow, you guys. I hate to do this, but you know,Johnny.
- Leave me alone. - Come on.
What do you mean by...
Now they all know what I am, and that should make you happy,Johnny.
Itīs no use just you knowing it,Johnny.
Now they all know that the mighty Johnny Farrell got taken...
and that he married a...
The German has been arrested. He will give us the information we want.
Now all we want from you are the patents and the agreements with signatures.
Let me tell you why we must know...
who these signers are, Mr. Farrell.
So they can be prosecuted legally for breaking the antitrust laws.
You didnīt hear a word of it, did you?
All you can think of is the way Gilda looked at you when you struck her.
You two kids love each other pretty terribly, donīt you?
I hate her.
Thatīs what I mean.
Itīs the most curious love-hate pattern...
Iīve ever had the privilege of witnessing.
And as long as youīre as sick in the head as you are about her...
youīre not able to think about anything clearly.
All right, Mr. Farrell.
Youīre under arrest for illegally operating a gambling casino.
Iīm gonna let you stay here under protective custody.
Send for me when you canīt stand it anymore.
I intend to have those signatures.
I can out-wait you, Mr. Farrell.
You see, I have the law on my side.
Itīs a very comfortable feeling.
Itīs something you ought to try sometime.
Eight left, twenty-four right, two left, seventeen right.
- You got that? - Iīve got it.
Thatīs the combination to the safe.
Thereīs everything in there you want, and nothing in there that I want.
No. Thatīs at the casino, waiting.
When you finally sent for me, I sent for Gilda.
Sheīs going home, you know.
Home? Clear home?
The least you could do is say good-bye and wish her luck.
She makes her own luck.
How dumb can a man be?
Do me a favor and get out of here before you realize what a heel youīve been.
I couldnīt bear it to see you break down and feel like a human being.
Iīm a very sensitive man, for a cop.
Gilda didnīt do any of those things youīve been losing sleep over.
Not any of them.
It was just an act, every bit of it.
And Iīll give you credit. You were a great audience, Mr. Farrell.
Would you like, perhaps, a tiny drink of ambrosia...
suitable only for a goddess?
No, thank you.
Mr. Obregon told me that the place has been taken over by the government.
Donīt think about it.
A cigarette, perhaps?
Blended of the finest tobaccos...
from the most romantic places of the world.
No, thank you.
It all looks lonely, doesnīt it?
All dead things end up lonely, little one.
I know that, donīt I?
You can keep your silly epigrams to yourself, canīt you?
Uncle Pio.
I hear youīre going home.
I came to say good-bye.
I want to go with you, Gilda.
Please take me.
I know I did everything wrong.
Isnīt it wonderful?
Nobody has to apologize...
because...
we were both such stinkers, werenīt we?
Isnīt it wonderful?
Wonderful.
I didnīt intend to come back so soon, but I want my wife.
You thought I died that night, didnīt you?
Iīd murdered a man and wanted simply to disappear for a while, thatīs all.
I came to the house that night to get Gilda, to take her with me.
But I found her occupied...
with you,Johnny.
I had neither the time nor the inclination for an emotional scene.
By the time the harbor police reached the plane wreckage...
I was gone, of course, in the launch I had waiting.
You didnīt see me parachute out, did you?
You werenīt seeing very clearly that night anyway, were you?
Emotion is so apt to cloud the brain, isnīt it?
I intended to kill you with this,Johnny.
I thought it amusing to have one of my little friends kill the other.
But now it wonīt do...
because I have to kill Gilda, too.
I told you Iīd be looking...
Better get out of here, Uncle Pio, quick!
You know, Iīm a great cop, Mr. Farrell.
Iīm certainly a pushover for a love story.
I know the combination of the safe, and I donīt know where the safe is.
The safe. Where is it?
Itīs in his room on the wall, back of the desk.
Thanks. Say, havenīt I seen that cane somewhere before?
You have.
You shouldnīt leave things like that laying around where I can get them.
Heīs lying, like the gentleman I always said he was.
- Mr. Policeman, it was I... - Keep your mouth shut.
You two can quit being noble anytime you like...
because a man can only die once, and Mundson committed suicide months ago.
Besides, didnīt you ever hear of a thing called justifiable homicide?
Johnny, letīs go, hmm?
Letīs go home.
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