:51:00
- Mac, would you put a head on that?
- You bet I will.
:51:04
The villain turns and says:
:51:05
"I'll tell who you are unless
you help me hold up this train."
:51:09
Think fast. It's due in 10 minutes.
You'll have the audience standing.
:51:14
I know, I know. The hero helps him.
Gets shot in the leg.
:51:18
- And the girl nurses him back to health.
- No. He gets shot in the arm, not the leg.
:51:24
- Do you know what happens?
- I won't be in the theater to find out.
:51:28
I will be on the street watching
a musical comedy.
:51:32
Before I put $ 10,000 into a show...
:51:34
...it must have songs, dances,
and a lot of girls.
:51:41
Women, women. Little rose petals.
:51:45
The big scene is where the hero saves
the girl from a burning forest fire.
:51:49
It won't be terribly expensive.
I know where I can get a cheap fire.
:51:53
You don't need much of a fire.
Just enough to burn that manuscript.
:51:57
- I've been looking all over town for you.
- What?
:52:00
We gotta go to Dietz & Goff
and sign papers.
:52:03
- Papers?
- What papers?
:52:05
- What papers?
- I see. You don't want to talk about it.
:52:08
- You haven't discussed our musical?
- Musical?
:52:11
- Remember what we promised.
- I haven't said a word.
:52:15
Good. Dietz said it was the best musical
he's read. Even allowed Goff to agree.
:52:20
When I told him about those 20 ponies
and 20 showgirls all coming...
:52:23
- Ponies and showgirls?
- Just a minute...
:52:26
...would you tell me what
you're talking about?
:52:29
- You got the check?
- Yes.
:52:31
- That's mine.
- No, no, no. We won't argue about it.
:52:35
- Glad to have met you.
- That's minor.
:52:37
- Come on. We can't keep Dietz waiting.
- You are a fine guy.
:52:41
You have girls up your sleeve, you have
ponies and showgirls and you don't tell me?
:52:47
- What's it about?
- We gave our word to Dietz.
:52:50
We haven't got time.
It's about Todd Sloan.
:52:52
- The famous jockey.
- Yeah. Come on.
:52:55
Jockey sounds swell.
Just my luck to miss out on it.