00:00:27 27 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT NEW YORK CITY 1957. 1950s
MOVING VAN |
00:00:31 31 |
PEOPLE IN LOBBY OF MIDTOWN HOTEL.
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00:00:40 40 |
GUEST PICKS UP TELEPHONE ASKS OPERATOR TO CONNECT
HIS CALL. PEOPLE TALK ON THE PHONE |
00:01:46 106 |
OSBORNE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BUSINESSMAN SITS ON
DESK TALKS TO FEMALE EXECUTIVE. INTERRUPTED BY SECRETARY |
00:02:45 165 |
GUESTS EXIT HOTEL ELEVATOR. MAN WITH BRIEFCASE
ASSISTANT MANAGER STOPS GUEST, INSISTS HE PAY HIS BILL. MAN SWINDLES ASSISTANT WITH DOUBLE TALK PUTS HAT ON, LEAVES |
00:03:47 227 |
NEW YORK CITY STREET. CHAUFFER POLISHES CAR
MAN HIRES CAR. INTERIOR OF CAR WHILE DRIVING |
00:05:09 309 |
CAR PULLS UP TO CURB IN TAXI STAND. MAN SWINDLES
TAXI DRIVER OUT OF A FARE |
00:05:58 358 |
FEMALE EXECUTIVE ON TELEPHONE. HANGS UP, TALKS
TO BUSINESSMAN. INTERRUPTED BY SECRETARY. MAN SEEN IN FOR APPOINTMENT. TALKING IN OFFICE |
00:11:34 694 |
MAN ASKS WOMAN FOR DINNER DATE. WOMAN GETS INTO
CAB. DRIVES AWAY |
00:12:51 771 |
CAB PULLS INTO CAR DEALERSHIP. MAN AND DRIVER
GET OUT, TALK TO CAR SALESMAN. MAN SWINDLES CAR DEALER INTO BUYING HIS CAR |
00:14:11 851 |
COUPLE HAVING DINNER IN RESTAURANT. WAITER SERVES
MAN LIGHTS WOMAN'S CIGARETTE FOR HER WITH A LIGHTER. SMOKING IN RESTAURANT. |
00:14:57 897 |
MAN IMPRESSED WITH HOTEL SUITE TERRACE OVERLOOKING
THE CITY. POV LOOKING DOWN AT CITY STREET FROM SKYSCRAPER. MAN STEPS BACK, DIZZY. GULPS FROM FRIGHT. FEAR OF HEIGHTS. MEN GO BACK INSIDE HOTEL SUITE, MAN CALLS FRONT DESK |
00:16:15 975 |
MESSENGER ARRIVES IN HOTEL SUITE, GUEST GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS, GIVES MESSENGER A TIP. MESSENGER IMPRESSED WITH THE SIZE OF HIS TIP |
00:17:05 1025 |
MAITRE D', HOST SHOWS DINERS TO THEIR TABLE
DINING IN RESTAURANT |
00:17:30 1050 |
MAN LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH, PICKS UP TELEPHONE
RECEIVER, MAKES PHONE CALL. MAITRE D' INTERRUPTS COUPLE DINING, MAN GIVEN TELEPHONE AT HIS DINNER TABLE. |
00:19:25 1165 |
COUPLE DINING IN RESTAURANT MAKE A TOAST, TOUCH
GLASSES, DRINKING A TOAST |
00:19:33 1173 |
BUSINESSMAN SITS ON EDGE OF DESK IN FEMALE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE. DRINKING COFFEE IN PAPER CUPS. 1950s THERMOS. BUSINESSMAN MAKES PHONE CALL TO HOTEL SUITE. WOMAN PICKS UP ANOTHER PHONE, LISTENS IN ON CONVERSATION |
00:20:47 1247 |
COUPLE HAVING DINNER IN RESTAURANT. MAN CHANGED
HIS WILL FOR WOMAN |
00:21:21 1281 |
SAME WOMAN MEETS ANOTHER MAN IN ANOTHER
RESTAURANT, SHOWS HIM COPY OF THE WILL. |
00:21:47 1307 |
HOTEL WAITER SETS UP BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE ON
ICE ON THE TERRACE. MAN GIVES CHAUFFER A TUXEDO, MAKES HIM PUT IN ON OVER HIS CHAUFFER UNIFORM MAN WEARING TWO SUITS. |
00:22:49 1369 |
KNOCK ON DOOR, MAN INSTRUCTS: "COME IN, DEAR"
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN GORGEOUS GOWN ENTERS, SEES MAN ON THE TERRACE WITH HIS BACK TO HER, GOES TO PUSH MAN OFF TERRACE, MAN HIDING IN THE SHADOWS TAKES A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER CAUGHT IN THE ACT |
00:23:47 1427 |
CU INCRIMINATING PHOTO. EVERYONE CELEBRATES
SUCCESSFUL SWINDLE. |
00:25:18 1518 |
MEN SIT IN BACK SEAT OF CAR TRAVELING THROUGH
NEW YORK CITY |
00:26:47 1607 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: MODERN DAY ROBIN HOOD WHOSE SPECIALTY WAS SWINDLING SWINDLERS. WITH ALAN MOWBRAY, FRANK JENKS, HILLARY BROOKE, PHYLLIS AVERY. FEMALE EXECUTIVE
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