:05:07
Hello. Like a room.
:05:10
- We're all filled up.
- Have you any idea where I could...
:05:13
This is 1945, mister.
There's been a war on.
:05:17
It ended a couple of months ago, didn't it?
:05:19
Yeah, but the OPA lingers on.
:05:23
- You don't know about the OPA?
- No, you tell me.
:05:27
Well, for establishments
with less than 50 rooms...
:05:29
the hotelkeeper's got to report regularly...
:05:32
about tenants and registration.
There are penalties imposed.
:05:42
- You seem to have lots of vacancies.
- Well, as I said...
:05:47
They're every one of them locked up.
:05:50
Some are showrooms...
:05:53
for feed salesmen, cattle buyers.
:05:56
The rest, they're spoken for.
:05:58
Rented to cowboys, ranch hands
for when they come into town.
:06:01
They pay by the month.
:06:02
We provide for their every wish
and comfort.
:06:05
- Do you understand?
- No, not exactly.
:06:08
But while I'm pondering it,
why don't you get a room ready for me?
:06:12
That will be a good one.
:06:18
I'd like to have a bath. Where is it?
:06:21
- At the head of the stairs.
- Thank you.
:06:29
I don't know why you're so interested,
but the name is Macreedy.
:06:34
- It's all in the ledger.
- You look like you need a hand.
:06:54
John J. Macreedy, Los Angeles.
:06:56
I want to know everything he does, Pete.
Phone calls, mail...
:06:59
In the meantime?