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02:24:26 0.71 |
LONG ROLLING TITLE CARD: "AMONG THE MANY EVILS AGAINST WHICH SOCIETY STRUGGLES, ON OF THE MOST VICIOUS IS THE TRAFFIC IN DOPE... IN EVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THE MENACE DEVELOPES ALL THE FORCES WHICH SOCIETY CAN MOBILIZE, INCLUDING SOCIAL AGENCIES, DOCTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND GOVERNMENT TO BAND TOGETHER TO STAMP IT OUT....
WITHOUT SUCH ACTIVITY THE DOPE EVIL WOULD RUN RAMPART. YET IT HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT ONE OTHER POWERFUL FORCE IS NECESSARY BEFORE THE STRUGGLE CAN BE COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL. THAT FORCE IS AN AROUSED AND EDUCATED PUBLIC AWARENESS. IT IS THE HOPE OF AIDING IN DEVELOPING SUCH AWARENESS THAT THIS PICTURE HAS BEEN PRODUCED. WHAT HAPPENED TO JANE BRADFORD MAY HAPPEN TO ANYONE. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE "JANE BRADFORDS" UNTIL YOU, MR.CITIZEN, CO-OPERATE WITH THE FORCES NOW FIGHTING THE DOPE EVIL TO FOREVER STAMP IT OUT IN OUR LAND. THE MANAGEMENT |
02:25:56 90.78 |
TITLE CARD: THE COCAINE FIENDS, LOIS JANUARY, NOEL MADISON. DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A O'CONNOR.
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02:26:20 114.11 |
TITLE CARDS WITH CREDITS
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02:26:41 135.86 |
TWO MEN DRIVING TRUCK, 1930S, MS OF THEM IN FRONT SEAT, CUTS TO TRUCK ON THE ROAD, GANSGTERS
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02:27:03 157.55 |
MAN AND WOMAN BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HIDE IN RESTAURANT. MAN ORDERS FRIED CHICKEN
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02:27:51 205.71 |
1930S CARS PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD
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02:27:57 211.93 |
MAN WITH SHOTGUN GETS OUT OF CAR, GANGSTERS FRISK MAN AND SEARCH CAR, DETECTIVES LOOKING FOR DRUG PUSHER
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02:28:33 247.67 |
MAN IN RESTAURANT BOOTH FLIRTS WITH WAITRESS
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02:28:59 273.21 |
1930S CAR PULLS OVER PASSES ROADSIDE RESTAURANTS
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02:29:11 285.23 |
WAITRESS BRINGS PLATE TO TABLE, STOPS AND LOOKS OUT WINDOW, HIDES THE CUSTOMER IN THE BACK
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02:29:26 300.24 |
DETECTIVES ORDER BEER AT THE COUNTER OF RESTAURANT
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02:29:35 308.99 |
GANGSTER HIDES IN KITCHEN, HOLDS OUT GUN
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02:29:48 322.97 |
DETECTIVES WEARING HATS SIT AT COUNTER AND TALK ABOUT WAITRESS
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02:30:09 343.1 |
GANGSTER IN KITCHEN WITH GUN, WAITRESS BRINGS OUT BEERS ON A TRAY
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02:30:14 348.25 |
DETECTIVES AT COUNTER TALK ABOUT THE MAN THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR, DRUG PEDDLER, THEY GET UP AND LEAVE A TIP AND COMPLIMENT, GANGSTER COMES OUT OF HIDING
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02:30:58 392.22 |
MS, GANGSTER HOLDS WAITRESS' HAND AND THANKS HER
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02:31:09 403.33 |
CU OF PRETTY GIRL TALKING
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02:31:19 413.66 |
NERVOUS CRIMINAL LOOKS BEHIND HIM
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02:31:25 419.12 |
GANGSTER TRIES TO GET GIRL TO MOVE TO THE CITY, GIVES HER DRUGS
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02:32:02 456.24 |
MS OF MAN
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02:32:10 464.44 |
MS OF PRETTY GIRL RUBBING HER NOSE, JUST SNORTED COCAINE, STARTS SMILING
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02:32:23 477.37 |
COUPLE ARE STARTLED BY MAN WHO ENTERS RESTAURANT, ACCOMPLICE, MAN SAYS GOOD BYE TO GIRL
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02:32:53 507.61 |
MAN AND GIRL ARE PARKING UNDER TREE IN CONVERTIBLE CAR, HE TRIES TO CONVINCE HER TO GO TO THE CITY WITH HIM, GIVES HER "HEADACHE POWDER", MORE COCAINE
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02:33:42 556.47 |
CU OF SMILING GIRL AT NIGHT, SHE AGREES TO MARRY HIM, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS
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02:33:56 570.98 |
COUPLE KISSES
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02:34:02 576.13 |
LIGHTS OF THE BIG CITY, POV MOVING CAR
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02:34:13 587.91 |
COUPLE IN FRONT SEAT OF CAR, DRIVING. WOMAN IS EXCITED
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02:34:28 602.2 |
1930S CAR PULLS UP IN DARK ALLEY
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02:34:36 610.82 |
LECHEROUS MAN ESCORTS GIRL TO BUILDING, CAR HAS SUICIDE DOORS
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02:35:03 637.67 |
WOMAN SITS BY FIRE AND READS LETTER FROM DAUGHTER WHO RAN AWAY WITH MAN, CU OF NOTE
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02:35:23 657.47 |
SIGN FOR US MAIL TRUCK, RFD # 5
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02:35:28 662.2 |
WOMAN WAITS ALONG SIDE OF ROAD FOR MAIL TRUCK, ASKS MAILMAN IF THERE IS MAIL, NO MAIL
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02:35:54 688.23 |
YOUNG GIRL IS WEEPING, OLD WOMAN LAUGHS AT HER, GIRL WANTS TO GO HOME
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02:36:40 734.04 |
MS OF PRETTY GIRL, REACTION WHEN SHE IS TOLD THE HEADACHE POWDERS ARE DOPE, GASPS AT THE MENTION OF COCAINE
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02:36:54 748.58 |
GANGSTER WALKS IN AND INTERRUPTS THE CONVERSATION, GIRL GRABS HIM AND PLEADS. SHE LEARNS THE TRUTH AND SAYS "I HATE YOU", MELODRAMATIC. PUSHER GIVES HER MORE COCAINE, SHE'S ADDICITED
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02:37:32 786.94 |
WOMAN AT ROAD TALKS TO MAILMAN AND LOOKS AT HER MAIL
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02:37:54 808.27 |
1930S ROADSIDE
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02:37:59 813.78 |
WOMAN AND MAIL DELIVERER, THEY SHAKE THEIR HEADS, "THAT GIRL OUGHT A' BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF"
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02:38:44 858.82 |
GANGSTER ON TELEPHONE, TALKING TO THE BOSS. GIRL IN A ROBE GETS UPSET AT THE NEWS, OLD CONSOLE RADIO IN ROOM, 1930S INTERIORS
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02:40:18 952.27 |
1930S ROADSIDE RESTAURANT
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02:40:25 959.98 |
CAR HOP GOES OUT TO TAKE ORDER, PRETTY BLOND IN COSTUME, COUPLE ORDERS
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02:40:38 972.69 |
COUPLE TALK IN CAR, MAN ACCUSES GIRL OF "QUESTING" ALWAYS LOOKING OVER MEN AND BOYS
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02:41:16 1010.51 |
PRETTY BLOND CAR HOP IS PASSED SOMETHING BY MAN IN CAR
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02:41:33 1027.05 |
MAN AND WOMAN IN DIFFERENT CARS WINK AT EACH OTHER. MAN WARNS BLONDE ABOUT MAN'S MOBSTER CONNECTIONS
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02:42:18 1072.13 |
1930S CAR PULLS AWAY
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02:42:20 1074.6 |
CAR HOPS IN UNIFORM TALK, SIGN FOR ITALIAN SPAGHETTI DINNER 50 CENTS
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02:42:36 1090.09 |
CAR HOPS TALK ABOUT THEIR TIPS AND MAKE A DATE, SHE TAKES OUT COCAINE HIDDEN IN HER STOCKING, VERY RISQUE
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02:43:37 1151.32 |
MS OF DUMBFOUNDED STRAIGHT GUY
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02:43:43 1157.66 |
1930S CAR PULLS UP AT LARGE SCHOOL BUILDING
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02:43:49 1163.78 |
COUPLE IN CAR, MAN TALKS ABOUT HIS KID DRUG COSTUMERS
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02:44:03 1177.34 |
LAUGHING CAR HOPS AFTER DOING COCAINE, TALK ABOUT "MAKING WHOOPEE TONIGHT", THEY MAKE DATE
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02:44:16 1190.31 |
DARK STREETS AT NIGHT
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02:44:30 1204.79 |
ELEGANT NIGHTCLUB WITH STATUES AND COUPLES DANCING AND DINING, ORCHESTRA PLAYING
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02:44:59 1233.26 |
COUPLE ON A DATE,LOTS OF SMILING "IT SURE IS SWELL", THEY TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
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02:45:24 1258.43 |
MUSIC ENDS, DANCER APPLAUD
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02:45:26 1260.98 |
VIEW INTO THE NIGHTCLUB FROM THE OUTSIDE
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02:45:32 1266.74 |
NIGHTCLUB INT, DINING AND DANCING, NIGHTLIFE 1930S
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02:45:48 1282.88 |
MS OF YOUNG COUPLE DANCING
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02:45:56 1290.74 |
SINGER SINGING THROUGH MEGAPHONE, 1930S SOUND
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02:46:01 1295 |
COUPLE SIT AT TABLE AND WATCH WOMAN DANCING AND CRYING
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02:46:30 1324.11 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOTS OF COUPLES DANCING
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02:46:41 1335.65 |
EXT OF NIGHTCLUB
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02:46:44 1338.36 |
COUPLE ON A DATE DRINKING
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02:46:47 1341.18 |
GUESTS APPLAUD ORCHESTRA
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02:46:49 1343.34 |
COUPLE ON A DATE IN RESTAURANT / NIGHTCLUB, OBNOXIOUS DRUNK APPROACHES TABLE AND ASKS WOMAN TO DANCE, THEY ARE JOINED BY STARLET
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02:47:31 1385.28 |
GANGSTER DRUG DEALER SITS ALONE AT A TABLE, SMOKING, LOOKS ANGRY
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02:47:46 1400.93 |
STARLET IS APPROACHED BY GANGSTER TO DANCE, GANGSTER'S WIFE GETS MAD AND THE WAITERS THROW HER OUT
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02:48:20 1434.3 |
WOMAN IS RECOGNIZED BY HER BROTHER (CAR HOP ON A DATE), SHE YELLS AT HIM AND MAKES BELIEVE SHE DOESN'T KNOW HIM, ANGRY
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02:48:36 1450.54 |
MS OF DEJECTED MAN
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02:48:44 1458.07 |
GANGSTER IS SPURNED BY ANOTHER MAN
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02:48:54 1468.72 |
GANGSTER STANDS ALONE
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02:49:05 1479.5 |
COUPLE ON A DATE TALK ABOUT HIS SISTER, WHO ENDED UP WITH A GANGSTER. GANGSTER TELLS THEM TO GET OUT. THEY GET THE CHECK FOR CHAMPAGNE, GIN FIZZES AND 4 HIGHBALLS, UNDER 10 DOLLARS
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02:49:37 1511.8 |
GIRL SLIPS HIM MONEY UNDER THE TABLE SO HE CAN PAY THE LARGE BILL
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02:49:57 1531.07 |
COUPLE ON A DATE LEAVE, STARLET OFFERS THEM A RIDE
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02:50:35 1569.26 |
BLONDE STARLET ASLEEP IN BED, WAKES UP AND STRETCHES, KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND SHE GETS OUT OF BED
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02:51:02 1596.24 |
HER FATHER ENTERS AND LOOKS VERY DISAPPOINTED
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02:51:17 1611.42 |
STARLET LOOKS IN HER MIRROR AS HER FATHER LECTURES HER ABOUT THE DAD RAT - A DIVE BAR
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02:52:06 1660.19 |
MS OF OLD MAN TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSINESS IS BAD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, DEPRESSION ERA
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02:52:13 1667.08 |
MS OF BLONDE AS SHE TURNS
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02:52:19 1673.97 |
MS OF OLD MAN, FATHER IS DEJECTED AND HANGS HIS HEAD
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02:52:27 1681.26 |
DAUGHTER TEASES HER FATHER, HE LEAVES AND SHE TURNS AND LOOKS THOUGHTFUL
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02:53:05 1719.5 |
TWIN BARRELS ROADSIDE RESTAURANT, 1930 ROADSIDE KITSCH
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02:53:16 1730.8 |
CAR HOPS MEET AT WORK IN UNIFORMS, THEY SNORT MORE COCAINE BEHIND RESTAURANT
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02:53:38 1752.41 |
1930S CAR PULLS UP AND HONKS, CAR HOP RUNS UP AND TALKS TO DRIVER. GUY COMES BACK FROM DOING DRUGS, RUBS HIS NOSE AND ACTS PERKY
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02:53:57 1771.56 |
MS OF CAR HOPS IN UNIFORMS, USING DRUG LINGO -"SLEIGH RIDE, SNOWBIRDS",
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02:54:25 1799.21 |
COUPLES DANCING IN HOUSE PARTY, ROUGH CROWD, FLIRTING AND ARGUING, OLD MAN PLAYS PIANO
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02:55:03 1837.33 |
WOMAN WAITS FOR MAILMAN, NO LETTER FROM HER SON EITHER
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02:55:46 1880.32 |
CAR HOP WITH TRAY TALKS TO HER BOSS, SHE GETS FIRED, NOT PLEASED WITH HER CONDUCT, WALKS AWAY DEJECTED, SAD
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02:56:39 1933.94 |
COUPLE TALK ABOUT GETTING FIRED
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02:56:47 1941.94 |
WOMAN WASHES UP IN BASIN IN ROOM, MAN AT THE DOOR IS SOAKED FROM THE RAIN, SHE PULLS HIM IN
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02:57:09 1963.56 |
COUPLE TALK ABOUT NOT GETTING WORK, TOUGH TIMES, SHE GIVES HIM A CUP OF COFFEE, THEY KISS AND CAMERA PANS OVER TO ENAMEL COFFEE POT ON STOVE BOILING OVER
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02:58:06 2020.52 |
MAN GETS UP FROM BED, IS ANGRY WITH GIRLFRIEND AS SHE GETS HOME WITH BAG OF DOUGHNUTS, YELLS AT HER
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02:58:39 2053.52 |
LAND LADY ENTERS ROOM AND THREATENS TO THROW THEM OUT, MAN IS SCRATCHING HIS ARM, SHE GIVES THEM ONE MORE DAY, CALLS HIM POT HEAD
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02:59:12 2086.71 |
MS OF COUPLE ON THE BRINK, DARK SHADOWS UNDER THEIR EYES, MAN REPEATS "POT HEAD", WOMAN LEAVES TO GET DOPE, GOING TO SELL HERSELF, TURNS TO PROSTITUTION
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03:00:18 2152.28 |
WOMAN WALKING THE STREET
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03:00:23 2157.22 |
WOMAN COMES HOME WITH DRUGS FOR MAN ON BED TOSSING AND TURNING
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03:00:45 2179.38 |
MAN ASLEEP WAKES AND SEE THE PACKAGE OF COCAINE AND HIS EYES OPEN WIDE, ADDICT, HE FEELS BAD BUT TAKES IT
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03:01:14 2208.12 |
DARK ALLEY, WOMAN WALKING ALONE, MAN PASSES DEAD RAT CAFE, SLEEZEY PART OF TOWN
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03:02:07 2261.12 |
GROUP OF PARTIERS GET OUT OF TAXI, MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, BLONDE STARLET IN FUR COAT RECOGNIZES SEES THE POOR GIRL IN THE SHADOWS AND GIVES HER SOMETHING
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03:03:19 2333.7 |
INT OF THE DEAD RAT BAR, MEN AND WOMEN DRINKING
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03:03:49 2363.1 |
BAND PLAYS JAZZ, COUPLE GETS UP TO DANCE
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03:04:12 2386.8 |
MAN WATCHES COUPLE DANCE AND CALLS FOR SOMEONE, SNEAKY
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03:04:46 2420.97 |
DOPE FIEND IN SINGLE ROOM, PACING THE FLOOR, GIRLFRIEND ENTERS AND LAYS DOWN ON THE BED AND WHISPERS SOMETHING IN HIS EAR, HE GETS ANGRY AND PUTS ON HIS COAT. GIRL GIVES HIM MONEY AND HE LEAVES
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03:06:18 2512.96 |
DISTRAUGHT GIRL IN SINGLE ROOM, WITH COFFEE POT ON STOVE, PREGNANT, DESPERATE. STOPS AND LOOKS AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR, USES RAG TO BLOCK THE SPACE UNDER THE DOOR. PREPARING TO KILL HERSELF WITH GAS, TURNS OFF THE LIGHT AND LAYS DOWN IN THE DARK
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03:08:29 2643.64 |
INSIDE THE DEAD RAT, MAN INTRODUCES MS, DEAD RATS PAINTED ON THE WALLS
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03:08:58 2672.69 |
MC INTRODUCES GIRL SINGING "ALL I WANT IS YOU", EVERYONE CLAPS, GIRL COMES OUT AND SINGS AND FLIRTS WITH THE OLD MEN
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03:10:05 2739.44 |
GROUP OF FRIENDS AT TABLE LAUGHING, HAVING FUN, NIGHTCLUB, 1930S, RAGTIME PLAYING, GIRL SINGING AND FLIRTING WITH MEN
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03:10:48 2782.6 |
NIGHTCLUB INTERIOR, SONG ENDS, APPLAUSE
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03:10:54 2788.2 |
MEN, GANGSTER TYPES, SIT AT TABLE WITH CHECKERED TABLECLOTH, TALK ABOUT THE BIG BOSS AND TO BOOZE AND DOPE RACKET, SCHEMING, ORGANIZED CRIME
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03:11:46 2840.02 |
WOMAN IN FLOP HOUSE, COOKING UP DRUGS, ADDICT TELLS HER TO HURRY UP, ANXIOUS
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03:12:01 2855.88 |
NIGHTCLUB, MC INTRODUCES SINGING WAITER
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03:12:18 2872.69 |
HOWSY MONGA LA ??
(live)
SINGING WAITER CHARACTER SINGS SONG
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03:13:55 2969.75 |
MS IN NIGHTCLUB
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03:14:07 2981.8 |
COUPLES IN NIGHTCLUB LAUGHING AND DRINKING, HAVING FUN 1930S
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03:14:25 2999.6 |
GANGSTERS MAKE HAND SIGNALS, TOUGH GUYS FIGHT OVER CIGARETTE GIRL
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03:15:09 3043 |
WOMAN GETS HYSTERICAL, HER FRIEND IS MISSING, KIDNAPPED BY GANGSTERS
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03:15:36 3070.51 |
DRUG ADDICTS IN DARK OPIUM DEN, CHINESE MAN, FLASHING BUDDHA, WOMAN ENTERS AND GOES DOWN STAIRS TO SEE MAN PASSED OUT ON DRUGS
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03:16:39 3133.34 |
MS OF MAN ON DRUGS, OPENS HIS EYES
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03:16:49 3143.66 |
MS OF WOMAN, "I'M....A GANGSTER'S DISCARDED MOLL", i'M A HOPHEAD", SHE PLEADS WITH HER BROTHER AND DRAGS HIM OUT
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03:18:21 3235.12 |
GIRL PLEADS WITH GANGSTER TO GET IN TO CLUB, DEAD RAT CAFE
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03:18:56 3270.94 |
OLD WOMAN TALKS TO POLICE OFFICER ABOUT DEAD GIRL ON BED
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03:19:10 3284.23 |
MS OF MAN ENTERING DOORWAY
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03:19:16 3290.3 |
INT OF FLOPHOUSE ROOM, POLICEMAN FILLS OUTS FORM, LANDLADY WITH SHAWL SHAKES HER HEAD ND LEAVES, SADNESS.
MAN SNEAKS IN ROOM AFTER COP LEAVES AND LOOKS AT DEAD GIRL AND BREAKS DOWN |
03:20:07 3341 |
CRYING BLONDE PLEADS FOR HER RELEASE, OLD WOMAN SMOKING OPENS DOOR TO HEROINE, SHE TAKES GUN OUT OF PURSE AND ASKS FOR KEY AND UNLOCKS DOOR
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03:21:48 3442.37 |
WOMAN LOCKS DOOR IN DARK HALLWAY AND MAKES PHONE CALL TO THE POLICE, SNEAKING AROUND, LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER
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03:22:12 3466.4 |
OLD LADY CALLS FOR HELP, GANGSTER ENTERS ROOM, CUT TO HALLWAY, GUN SHOT
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03:22:40 3494 |
MAN DROPS DEAD, FATHER ENTERS ROOM TO SAVE GIRL AND DETECTIVES ENTER
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03:22:56 3510.31 |
MS OF SAD GANGSTER'S MOLL, "I DID IT"
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03:23:03 3517.81 |
DETECTIVE ACCUSES OLD MAN, GIRLS TRY TO PROTECT HIM, "YOU'RE CRAZY COPPER",
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03:24:12 3586.42 |
STARLET PLEADS WITH HER FATHER
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03:24:18 3592.51 |
INT OF ROOM WITH DETECTIVES AND WOMEN, COPS ARREST OLD WOMAN
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03:24:26 3600.85 |
MS OF DAUGHTER ACCUSING HER FATHER OF BEING A RACKETEER, FATHER ACCUSES HER OF THROWING MONEY AWAY. PAN OVER TO PRETTY BLONDE AND DETECTIVE, SHE BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS
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03:25:01 3635 |
1930S CAR AT NIGHT, BLONDE AND DETECTIVE INSIDE
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03:25:06 3639.99 |
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