The Roaring Twenties
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...and traffic in liquor
goes completely undercover...

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...to stay there for many long years.
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The word "speakeasy"
begins to appear in our language.

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And the forces of the underworld, who
best know how to operate outside the law...

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...are moving in on a new source of revenue,
the magnitude of which no man dare guess.

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Sixty cents.
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Say, will you do me a favor?
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Take these into Henderson's and collect
12 bucks. Ask for Panama Smith.

:20:34
- What's her name?
- Panama Smith.

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- I'm taking these across the street.
- Okay.

:20:38
- Meet you back here at the cab.
- Yeah.

:20:43
Hey, Panama, how about something
to go with this ginger ale?

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On the way.
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- You Panama Smith?
- That's me, brother.

:20:51
Package for you. Twelve bucks.
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Oh, yes. The meat.
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Come on.
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Hey, what are you trying to do?
Get us both tossed in the cooler?

:20:59
There's a law against that dry goods.
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I don't know what's in here,
and I don't care. Twelve bucks.

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Just a minute. Just a minute.
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You bootleggers are gonna learn
the law is being enforced.

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What are you talking about?
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You're under arrest
for violating the Volstead Act.

:21:14
I don't know anything about it.
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We know. You came in with a load of soda
water, and on the way it distilled into gin.

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And you were delivering it for a friend.
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- That's right.
- You can tell it to the judge.

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Come on. You too, Panama.
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- What for, snooper?
- For handling this laughing soup.

:21:28
- This means a padlock for you.
- But I'm not handling it. He had it.

:21:31
And now he has it. Besides, I didn't know
anything about it. Did I, buster?

:21:35
That's the way it was.
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I drive a guy in my cab, he asked me
to deliver that to a customer in here.

:21:40
I forget his name.
I asked if she knows him.

:21:42
You got me crying for both of you.
Now, come on.

:21:45
I delivered for a guy
who's waiting outside.

:21:47
This guy's on the up and up.
He's no bootlegger.

:21:49
- I never saw him before.
- You see him this time. That's enough.

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Now, get out of here.
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Hey, buster, who do you know?
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- I know a lawyer.
- It'd be better if you knew a judge.

:21:59
Panama Smith, in view of the evidence...

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