:57:00
- What for?
- A simple matter of abduction.
:57:04
It's 'agin the law', l've been told.
:57:06
You mean,
that society reporter?
:57:08
No, l mean
those three society reporters.
:57:12
Three of 'em?
:57:13
Sure. A couple more
got horning around.
:57:16
We had to put 'em in the bag.
Don't ya read the papers?
:57:20
Take a peek at the headlines.
:57:22
See if your japanese dialect
will get you out of this one.
:57:27
Forget it. They're still in
Rodney Kent's storeroom?
:57:30
Yeah.
:57:31
- Bugs Malone still with them?
- Yeah.
:57:33
Well, forget it.
I'll square that later.
:57:36
What l'm most interested in
is that reception.
:57:39
Look, judge. You go to Annie
and tell her it's all off.
:57:43
- What?
- Sure...
:57:45
l guess l'm a
sentimental old fool
:57:47
but don't ask me to deliberately
:57:49
break that
poor old woman's heart.
:57:51
Stop it. You're breaking mine.
:57:53
Where are you
gonna get the people?
:57:56
You gotta have a lot of
high-class people, don't ya?
:57:59
That, my dear Dude,
is very simple.
:58:02
It may surprise you to know
that in my own senile way,
:58:05
l've found the solution.
:58:07
Look, in reality l am
judge Henry G. Blake,
:58:10
exponent of pool,
penny-ante pool, if you wish.
:58:13
Yeah, go on.
:58:14
But to Count Romero, l am
E. Worthington Manville,
:58:18
- a celebrated statesman.
- Yeah.
:58:21
Now, is there any reason
why Louie the Lug
:58:23
couldn't be
the Ambassador to Turkey?
:58:26
What?
:58:26
Or wouldn't the Weasel
make an excellent...
:58:29
- Secretary of War?
The Weasel?
:58:32
If Missouri Martin was introduced
to me as a New York society leader,
:58:36
- l wouldn't doubt it.
- Well, l would.
:58:39
And those girls in her club?
:58:41
There you have two dozen of
:58:43
the finest debutantes in town.
:58:46
You're off your nut!
:58:48
Open their kissers and
the roof would fall on 'em.
:58:52
That's the trick.
:58:54
They won't open their kissers,
:58:55
except for a few
introductory speeches
:58:59
which l'll dash off for them.