Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) | The Rise and Fall of a Crime Legend

Added: 2026-06-03

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[00:00:04]It's gasoline!

[00:00:06]Look, mister, I never saw you before, I never did anything to you.

[00:00:10]Oh, no, please.

[00:00:12]I never did anything to anybody to deserve this.

[00:00:15]Help, help me, oh, I'm burning!

[00:00:17]Stop, oh, stop it!

[00:00:19]Stop it!

[00:01:37]Nothing is accomplished by prayer alone.

[00:01:40]We need two things to build the Sunday School annex.

[00:01:43]The Lord's blessing, and your contributions.

[00:01:47]The Lord has done his part.

[00:01:50]Now, let us see you do yours.

[00:01:55]While Deacon Thatcher and his assistants pass the collection trays, we will be honored by Master Herman Barker, who will render "Rock of Ages" on his violin.

[00:03:22]Hello, Ma, how did you like our little surprise?

[00:03:24]I was never so disgusted in my life.

[00:03:27]It sounded like a cat gargling razor blades.

[00:03:29]I thought Herman played very well.

[00:03:31]I did, I didn't miss a note.

[00:03:33]You didn't miss showing this town we're raising a weakling.

[00:03:36]I was against wasting money on fiddle lessons.

[00:03:39]-We need it for other things. -Music will give him character.

[00:03:42]It's making a sissy out of him, and nothing disgusts me more than a sissy.

[00:03:45]I ain't a sissy, Ma.

[00:03:48]-I can clobber any kid my size around. -Did you ever clobber anyone?

[00:03:52]No, but I could if I wanted to.

[00:03:56]Herman isn't a sissy.

[00:03:57]-He's strong as the others. -Lies!

[00:03:59]Show him, boys.

[00:04:07]-Where did you get these? -Out of the collection plate.

[00:04:10]Without anyone being the wiser.

[00:04:12]That took guts.

[00:04:14]-How long has this been going on? -A couple of weeks.

[00:04:17]It was their own idea, I thought it was kind of cute.

[00:04:20]-Pretty slick, hey, Pop. -Last week, we got over a dollar.

[00:04:23]What kind of a mother are you, letting your sons steal from church?

[00:04:28]Not letting them, George, encouraging them!

[00:04:30]It's going to stop.

[00:04:32]No, it's going to continue, because I've decided that's the only way they'll ever have anything.

[00:04:37]-What can you give them? -An education.

[00:04:40]An education, you had one, what good did it do you?

[00:04:42]-I live a decent life. -A decent life?

[00:04:45]You call patched pants, darned stockings, and this run-down fleabag, a decent life?

[00:04:50]Well, we're in a depression, things will get better.

[00:04:53]You bet they will, because I'm teaching my kids to take what they want.

[00:04:56]I rather they were fiddle players than crooks.

[00:04:59]Fiddle players!

[00:05:02]Ma!

[00:05:03]They'll be fiddle players over my dead body!

[00:05:07]Go practice on that.

[00:05:11]Pop, look what she's done.

[00:05:15]You'll let her get away with that?

[00:05:16]Katie.

[00:05:18]He's just like you, a sissy that won't fight back.

[00:05:21]There's one thing that's worth anything in this world.

[00:05:24]That's guts!

[00:05:26]I'm going to teach my kids to show plenty of it.

[00:05:43]Lloyd, get over by that box office and whistle if you see anybody coming.

[00:05:47]Got you.

[00:05:49]Herman, you get the money.

[00:05:52]-How come I got to swipe the money? -Because that's the way Ma planned it.

[00:05:57]If you don't do what she says, she'll beat the tar out of you.

[00:06:00]I don't care, I don't want to do it.

[00:06:03]All right then, I'll do it.

[00:06:05]You do my job.

[00:06:07]Let's get going.

[00:06:15]Oh, the moon shines bright tonight on pretty red wing.

[00:06:20]Oh, the moon shines bright on pretty red wing.

[00:06:28]Charlie, will you stop kicking around and hit the hay?

[00:06:30]-We got to pull out of here tomorrow. -Yes, sir.

[00:06:33]Reach right up there in that old sky and get me a whole handful of that moon.

[00:06:38]Yes, sir, I'm loaded with moonshine.

[00:06:40]Will you shut up and go to bed, or I'll can you right here on the spot.

[00:06:44]Oh, the moon shines bright on pretty red wing.

[00:06:49]Bright on pretty red wing.

[00:07:16]Charlie!

[00:07:18]Charlie, turn off that merry-go-round.

[00:07:36]Hey, you little crook, come back here with that dough.

[00:08:46]I'll show you, you little crook.

[00:08:48]Where are you taking me?

[00:08:50]To jail, maybe the sheriff can get it out of you who that other kid was.

[00:08:54]Gee, you think Herman will blab?

[00:08:56]He's kind of chicken.

[00:08:57]I don't know, we better get home and tell Ma.

[00:08:59]Yes.

[00:09:09]Honey, why is it we're always at each other's throats?

[00:09:15]I don't know.

[00:09:18]I guess we just think differently.

[00:09:25]We didn't use to.

[00:09:27]I know.

[00:09:30]We're something special.

[00:09:36]-What's that? -It must be the boys coming home.

[00:09:38]Coming home at this hour in the morning?

[00:09:41]Katie, what's going on here?

[00:09:43]Tomorrow's a school day.

[00:09:44]Why don't you leave my boys to me?

[00:09:52]We got the loot, Ma.

[00:09:54]Sir Carney caught Herman.

[00:09:55]We were lucky, we didn't get caught.

[00:10:01]What Carney, what loot?

[00:10:02]-Where did you get the cash box? -Will you shut up and let me handle this?

[00:10:05]-Where's Herman now? -The sheriff dragged him to jail.

[00:10:08]-You mean Herman let himself get caught? -Carney was too fast for him.

[00:10:12]The sheriff's got him now.

[00:10:15]A lousy 56 bucks!

[00:10:18]Chicken feed!

[00:10:19]Did you know about this, Ma?

[00:10:20]Of course, I knew about it, I cased the setup and helped them plan it.

[00:10:26]For the love of heaven, what are you making out of our boys?

[00:10:29]I ain't got time to argue with you.

[00:10:31]I got to get to the sheriff's office and get Herman out.

[00:10:34]That's stealing.

[00:10:35]As sure as there's a God in heaven, you'll be struck down for what you're teaching our sons.

[00:10:41]Oh, shut up.

[00:10:43]You're not going to town in that getup.

[00:10:45]What else would a worried mother wear when she reports her kidnapped son to the police?

[00:10:55]Pop, can we go on and watch the fun?

[00:10:59]-You boys get to bed. -Oh, come on, Pop, let's catch the fun.

[00:11:03]Get to bed.

[00:11:11]Should've ask Ma.

[00:11:13]She wears the pants in our family.

[00:11:17]It's all a mistake, Ma.

[00:11:19]This guy says I was in on a heist.

[00:11:22]A heist?

[00:11:23]What is that?

[00:11:24]Well, you know, Ma, stealing.

[00:11:27]My goodness, I hope you don't think my boys have been stealing.

[00:11:31]That's right, lady.

[00:11:33]Where are your other boys, Mrs. Barker?

[00:11:35]Why, they're home in bed, of course.

[00:11:37]-They've been there all night? -Well, certainly they have.

[00:11:40]They're growing boys, and I insist that they get to bed every night at 8:30.

[00:11:45]I don't know what got Herman wandering around so late at night like this.

[00:11:49]-How'd you know he'd be here? -Well, I didn't know.

[00:11:53]I went into his room to see if he was covered up.

[00:11:55]He's had the sniffles, you know, and he was gone.

[00:11:59]Not having a phone and not knowing which way to turn, I came running down here to see if you could help me.

[00:12:05]Look, Sheriff, I'm out 150 bucks, and I want you to do something about it.

[00:12:10]My goodness, it don't seem like that carnival took in that much business.

[00:12:13]-How would you know, lady? -That'll be enough, you two.

[00:12:18]Mrs. Barker, it seems like your boy is mixed up in the theft of this man's money.

[00:12:22]Well, I don't see how that could be.

[00:12:25]I've always raised my sons to be honest and God-fearing.

[00:12:30]They go to church every Sunday.

[00:12:31]I'm not interested in whether they go to church or not, Mrs. Barker.

[00:12:36]The fact is your boys are under suspicion for several other robberies around here.

[00:12:40]-That's a lie! -That's a fact, Mrs. Barker.

[00:12:44]If I hear they're mixed up in anything else around, I'll run you and your brood right out of town.

[00:12:50]Talk about police persecution.

[00:12:52]-You're nothing more than… -That'll be all!

[00:12:55]Now, take your brat and get out of here.

[00:12:57]-You'll prosecute this little crook? -On the evidence you've given me?

[00:13:01]What about this kid starting up my merry-go-round?

[00:13:05]Oh, by the way, my good man, here's a quarter for my boy's ride.

[00:13:11]I don't want you to think I'm ungrateful.

[00:13:15]Come along, sweetheart.

[00:13:25]What did I do, Ma, what did I do?

[00:13:27]You numbskull, you got caught, that's what you did!

[00:13:30]Doc was to start the merry-go-round, and you were to take the money.

[00:13:33]I was scared, Ma.

[00:13:34]-Next time, don't try to change my plans. -I won't, Ma, honest.

[00:13:38]Don't get caught, understand?

[00:13:40]Don't get caught!

[00:13:43]Don't worry, Ma.

[00:13:44]I won't ever again.

[00:13:53]Better not let Ma catch you with that fiddle.

[00:13:56]She said I could have it.

[00:13:58]She even said I could have a new one.

[00:14:00]Yes, if you got enough guts to steal the money to get it.

[00:14:04]All right, boys, time for school.

[00:14:07]-Oh, Ma, we got to go to school? -Of course, you do.

[00:14:10]-You could write the principal we're sick. -Let him think my kids are sickly?

[00:14:14]You could write that Grandma was dead.

[00:14:16]Grandma was buried ten years ago.

[00:14:22]So what?

[00:14:23]We could dig her up and have another funeral.

[00:14:26]That ain't funny.

[00:14:28]This story in the newspaper isn't very funny either.

[00:14:34]Thieves broke into the office of the Wilder Carnival last night and made off with over $300.

[00:14:40]A cheapskate!

[00:14:41]Herman Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Barker… You're famous!

[00:14:47]There it is in black and white for the whole town to see.

[00:14:49]Well, what's wrong with that?

[00:14:51]It says here they didn't have enough evidence.

[00:14:54]That sheriff can't pin anything on my boys.

[00:14:56]Herman is innocent.

[00:15:03]I've had enough of this!

[00:15:06]I'm going to give you boys a whipping that's long overdue.

[00:15:09]I'll show you who's head of this house.

[00:15:22]Katie, we're going to have an understanding right now.

[00:15:25]You bet we are!

[00:15:26]We're going to decide which way our boys are going.

[00:15:29]I've already decided.

[00:15:31]The way you're leading, they'll wind up in prison.

[00:15:33]Not my boys.

[00:15:36]If I have to choose between dying in prison or dying in a poor house, there's not much choice between them.

[00:15:49]Katie, what makes you so hard?

[00:15:53]What makes you so dead set against law and order?

[00:15:56]It's not the law I hate.

[00:15:58]Living my whole life and growing old and dying and never having anything or seeing anything or being anything.

[00:16:07]There are millions like us.

[00:16:09]No, I neither it.

[00:16:11]I grew up in a family of ten kids, wormy corn pone, watered gravy.

[00:16:17]Katie, the Bible says man does not live by bread alone but by… Stop it!

[00:16:22]That's why I was always so scrawny.

[00:16:24]Too much Bible and too little beef.

[00:16:28]Too many psalms and too little sowbelly.

[00:16:33]I was the sick of the litter.

[00:16:36]When I did get any dresses, it was faded from washing and worn from wearing with frizzly hems from too much letting down.

[00:16:46]My toes played this little piggy through every cheap pair of cotton stockings I ever had.

[00:16:55]George, did you ever wear bloomers?

[00:16:59]Katie, we're talking about the boys.

[00:17:02]I'm talking about bloomers, my bloomers!

[00:17:13]My playmates used to love to shove me down on the playground so my dress would fly up, and you could see old homestead flower written across my bottom.

[00:17:27]A girl doesn't forget those things.

[00:17:35]Katie, the soul can rise above any pain or shame.

[00:17:40]Oh, you mealy mouther.

[00:17:44]What good's a soul without a body to carry it around in?

[00:17:48]The body needs food, and food takes money.

[00:17:52]How much money do you bring into this house?

[00:18:01]Jobs are scarce.

[00:18:03]The boys can steal more in one week than you can make in a month.

[00:18:10]Money isn't everything.

[00:18:13]Every time you do get a few bucks ahead, you spend it on some stupid thing, like a book or a dog or fiddle lessons.

[00:18:22]There's nothing disgraceful about being poor.

[00:18:24]Some of our greatest Americans came from poverty.

[00:18:27]Take Abraham Lincoln.

[00:18:28]If I ever take a Lincoln, it won't be an Abraham.

[00:18:31]It'll be a 16-cylinder job that'll take me out of this place at ninety per.

[00:18:40]You wanted an understanding, well, you're going to get it.

[00:18:43]We don't need your chicken feed, and we don't need you.

[00:18:48]Why don't you beat it?

[00:18:50]Why don't you take your things and get out of here?

[00:19:00]Pop, take me with you, please.

[00:19:07]Son, I'll send for you.

[00:19:13]Now, you say the Chinaman keeps his money here on the floor of the laundry?

[00:19:20]Yes, Ma, it's in the barrel.

[00:19:22]-Barrel? -Yes.

[00:19:24]You should hear him, every time we go in there, he says: [Chinese spoken audio] Me go back to China.

[00:19:35]Oh, I got news for that Chinaman.

[00:19:37]He ain't going nowhere.

[00:19:39]Now, let's be serious.

[00:19:59]Well, boys, I… Boys, say goodbye to your father.

[00:20:04]We'll be seeing you.

[00:20:05]Have a good trip.

[00:20:07]Don't take any wooden nickels.

[00:20:23]You're just running us out of town because we're poor.

[00:20:26]I'm running you out of town because you robbed the Chinaman, but I can't prove it.

[00:20:30]Why, you're worse than a Bolsheviki.

[00:20:33]Just wait till I write my congressman about you, denying the rights of an honest citizen.

[00:20:39]A poor widow woman at that.

[00:20:42]Where will we go?

[00:20:43]I don't know, but the further, the better.

[00:20:46]Don't you come back because if you do, I'll put you and your whole brood in jail.

[00:20:51]Sticks and stones may break our bones.

[00:20:55]Names will never hurt us.

[00:21:10]And so we drove into a future unprejudiced against childish pranks.

[00:21:15]Years passed and my boys grew into fine young men.

[00:21:22]How was our rehearsal, Ma?

[00:21:23]Lloyd, it was lousy.

[00:21:26]-Ma, we're going to do the job tomorrow? -No, Doc, we're too rusty.

[00:21:29]We're going to rehearse it a few more times.

[00:21:33]-Oh, Ma, look, I'm tired of rehearsing. -Herman, you need it the most.

[00:21:43]As the armored car reaches this point, I come tearing out of here like I'm out of control.

[00:21:48]-I cut in ahead of him… -The guards kill you with gunfire.

[00:21:52]Now, who'd shoot an innocent old lady all alone in her car?

[00:21:56]-Before they recover from their surprise… -Herman cuts in behind and blocks them.

[00:22:00]I jump out and shoot tear gas through that side port.

[00:22:03]When that front guard opens up, I let him have it.

[00:22:05]Fine.

[00:22:06]Herman?

[00:22:08]Well, I come down the other side, when the driver gets out… Go on.

[00:22:16]Well, I knock him out.

[00:22:19]You kill him, Herman.

[00:22:21]Don't chicken out.

[00:22:24]Don't you worry about Herman.

[00:22:26]He may be squeamish, but he always does his part.

[00:22:29]Lloyd?

[00:22:30]I stay in the second car and drop the guard when he unbuttons the rear door.

[00:22:34]What if he doesn't open up, Doc?

[00:22:36]I grab the guard's keys, unlock the rear door, swing it open, and jump back.

[00:22:40]-I spray the inside with a full clip. -Us boys grab the money.

[00:22:44]We make our getaway as planned and rehearsed.

[00:23:57]Shoot him, Herman!

[00:23:58]Shoot him, Herman.

[00:24:08]No!

[00:24:13]No, oh.

[00:24:26]Hello, Central.

[00:24:27]There's a hold-up, machine guns and everything.

[00:24:30]Right out there.

[00:24:35]Council and then Madison.

[00:24:44]Herman, give us a hand!

[00:24:47]Give them a hand!

[00:24:49]I can't, Ma, I'm shaking like a leaf.

[00:24:51]I said give them a hand!

[00:26:31]There's the oil barrel.

[00:26:32]Hand me that machine gun.

[00:27:05]-You drunk again, Arthur? -A gentleman does not get drunk.

[00:27:10]He becomes inebriated.

[00:27:12]You're scum.

[00:27:14]Ma, when will you get rid of this booze hound?

[00:27:16]Oh, he's harmless.

[00:27:18]Besides, I'm married to him.

[00:27:20]Until death do us part.

[00:27:23]Hey, don't go giving me ideas.

[00:27:26]Boys.

[00:27:29]What do you want?

[00:27:31]I was wondering if I might have my portion of that ransom.

[00:27:35]Oh, yes.

[00:27:36]Here's half a sawbuck.

[00:27:39]Go back down to the speakeasy and finish getting fried.

[00:27:42]Well, at least the tavern keeper is an articulate conversationalist.

[00:27:46]Yes.

[00:27:48]Make sure you don't say anything you shouldn't.

[00:27:50]That is art unless you want to wake up stone dead someday.

[00:27:53]Oh, my lips are sealed.

[00:27:59]Look, Ma, you're pretty smart, but that old coot will get us in a jam one day.

[00:28:03]Just wait and see.

[00:28:04]Well, if I'm wrong about him, I'll get rid of him.

[00:28:07]Well, how much do you think we got?

[00:28:08]About 15,000.

[00:28:11]-You said we'd get about twice that much. -Oh, stop crying.

[00:28:15]We got plenty to get Fred out of the house.

[00:28:17]Get me an envelope.

[00:28:18]Hurry!

[00:28:27]You'll not send ten grand through the mail, are you?

[00:28:29]Of course not, Herman's taking it.

[00:28:33]Why me?

[00:28:34]Well, Doc might spend it on dames.

[00:28:37]Lloyd might throw a party, and you haven't got the nerve to do anything less than I tell you.

[00:28:42]Look, Ma, ten grand makes Fred a little expensive and leaves us short, don't it?

[00:28:47]Don't fret.

[00:28:48]This is chicken feed to what we're going to get.

[00:28:50]-You're planning a big one, Ma? -Yep.

[00:28:53]I'll tell you about it when I get good and ready.

[00:28:56]Now I got to write Fred and let him know he's getting sprung.

[00:29:36]You'd rather play with a mouse than read a letter from home?

[00:29:39]It ain't a mouse, it's a hamster.

[00:29:41]Read the letter.

[00:29:43]It might be good news.

[00:29:50]-How do you get ship? -Connections.

[00:29:53]Put it away.

[00:29:57]Read the letter.

[00:30:04]Al, I'm getting sprung.

[00:30:07]Ma's already put up the money.

[00:30:10]I wish I had a Ma like that.

[00:30:12]She's throwing a big blowout for me when I get home.

[00:30:15]I'll be there.

[00:30:18]Stop dreaming, you got two years to go.

[00:30:20]Not Alvin Karpis, they shorten your hitch for digging coal.

[00:30:23]Now, the coal you could dig, I could stick in my ear.

[00:30:26]I got organization.

[00:30:28]The lifers are digging for me.

[00:30:30]They're not going anywhere.

[00:30:32]I slip them candy, cigarettes, money.

[00:30:38]Al, Ma'd like you.

[00:30:41]You got brains.

[00:30:43]Yes, Fred, but more important than brains… Guts!

[00:30:56]What did you do that for?

[00:30:58]Everything squeals when it dies.

[00:31:01]Pigs, calves, people.

[00:31:06]I never heard a hamster squeal.

[00:31:10]Yes.

[00:31:12]Like I said… Ma'll like you real good.

[00:31:20]Ma, what's Machine Gun Kelly doing coming here anyway?

[00:31:25]Well, it seems Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson did a good job, so Kelly wants me to plan a kidnap.

[00:31:31]A kidnap?

[00:31:33]That's crazy, Ma.

[00:31:34]The FBI will ring us out like dishrags.

[00:31:36]Oh, we don't handle the body.

[00:31:38]Kelly takes that risk.

[00:31:41]Well, that's different.

[00:31:45]Hey, you.

[00:31:46]You suppose he'll bring that girlfriend with him?

[00:31:48]You lay off her.

[00:31:49]She's ten cents a yard material.

[00:31:52]-Beautiful. -But stupid.

[00:31:53]-But beautiful. -But stupid, now, lay off her!

[00:31:56]No dames!

[00:32:06]Honey, why give our good money to an old bag?

[00:32:08]I've already planned the deal.

[00:32:10]-Ma's the best in the business. -I'm as smart as Ma Barker.

[00:32:14]The trouble with you is, when you look at me, all you think of is this.

[00:32:19]You never take time to find out what's up here.

[00:32:24]Yes, well… Let's see what Ma's price is.

[00:32:34]I hear she has body by Fisher.

[00:32:36]Man!

[00:32:37]Any fisherman knows he'll get stuck if he fools around with the hooks.

[00:32:49]Come in.

[00:32:50]Hi.

[00:32:51]-Hi, Ma. -Hello, Kelly.

[00:32:54]Oh, this is my girlfriend, Lou.

[00:32:56]Oh, well, pleased to meet you.

[00:32:59]Come on in.

[00:33:00]This is my boy, Doc, he's quite a ladies' man.

[00:33:04]Lou, honey, let's get lost while Ma and Kelly talk business.

[00:33:09]Oh, Kelly, no wonder you like to take Lou with you wherever you go.

[00:33:14]-Well, I don't get you, Ma. -She leaves real easy.

[00:33:19]You're much older than I thought.

[00:33:20]May I call you Grandma?

[00:33:25]I ain't a grandma yet.

[00:33:27]I keep my boys away from the likes of you.

[00:33:33]Hey, Lou, honey, Ma sure topped you that time.

[00:33:36]Appears to me like Lou is the kind of girl who's always getting topped.

[00:33:44]Well, let's get down to business.

[00:33:47]You want to plan a kidnap with a man named Jackson?

[00:33:51]-How did you know that? -Never mind.

[00:33:53]You ain't got a dime.

[00:33:55]Well, he certainly has, he's a millionaire.

[00:33:58]His home is mortgaged.

[00:33:59]His car ain't paid for.

[00:34:01]He gets 20,000 a year, and his wife's jewels are all in hock.

[00:34:05]I don't believe it.

[00:34:06]Oh, honey, just because you had a few dates with him while his wife was out of town… That's a lie.

[00:34:14]She was there all the time.

[00:34:16]Yes, some girlfriend you got, Kelly.

[00:34:20]Ma, it was part of casing the job.

[00:34:23]I'll plan your job with fatter fish.

[00:34:28]-How much? -Fifty grand.

[00:34:30]Why, you old battleaxe?

[00:34:31]-We wouldn't give you… -Oh, sweet child.

[00:34:34]You say that again and I'll rattle your tonsils till that mink turns into the rabbit it is.

[00:34:39]I got no time for cheats or phony blondes.

[00:34:47]Come and sit by my side if you love me.

[00:34:52]Do not hasten to bid me I do.

[00:34:58]Just remember the Red River Valley.

[00:35:02]Valley, valley!

[00:35:04]Have a cowboy who'll love you so true.

[00:35:28]Well, Baby Face, I didn't know you knew Fred.

[00:35:30]Well, he and I were classmates at Kansas State.

[00:35:34]Did you get the dough we sent?

[00:35:35]Sure, how do you think I'm paying for this party?

[00:35:37]Machine Gun Kelly should've talked to you before he snatched Jackson.

[00:35:40]Oh, what happened?

[00:35:43]The guy didn't have a grind dime.

[00:35:45]-What did you do with the skinny fish? -They had to throw him back.

[00:35:49]Say, who all is here tonight?

[00:35:51]Well, there's Volney Davis, Big Vicks, and Homer Van Meter.

[00:35:58]Excuse me, I want to talk to somebody.

[00:36:02]I guess you heard we took a leaf from your book.

[00:36:05]Not my book, it ain't written yet, but when it is, it won't have a stupid chapter like that Jackson job you pulled.

[00:36:12]-Can't a girl make one mistake? -Like breathing?

[00:36:15]Honey, I'll still be around when you're worm bait.

[00:36:18]They'll have awful tough chewing.

[00:36:21]Honey, I hope you won't feel out of place here tonight.

[00:36:25]-Well, no, why should I? -I reckon you've never met any big shots.

[00:36:28]-Oh, I've been around. -Yes, in circles.

[00:37:10]Here is the story about Little Joe Carew and all the things he'd done for his girl named Lou.

[00:37:17]When Lou said, Joe, I want diamonds galore, he rounded up the gang and robbed a jewelry store.

[00:37:25]Then Lou said, Joe, I want a coat of sable.

[00:37:29]Something fancy with a genuine label.

[00:37:33]Little Joe's luck was bad that day.

[00:37:36]He killed a cop to make his getaway.

[00:37:40]Little Joe was captured and landed in jail.

[00:37:43]He waited for Lou to put up his bail, but Lou's fickle fancy had taken a turn.

[00:37:50]To her new boyfriend, she said let him burn.

[00:37:54]In his lonely cell he said, I got to make a break.

[00:37:58]I'm going stir-crazy, I've had all that I can take.

[00:38:02]One thing I got to do before I die is make her pay for having another guy.

[00:38:09]Joe made his escape with a smuggled-in saw.

[00:38:13]Just one step ahead of the law.

[00:38:16]When he caught up to Lou, he had murder in his eye.

[00:38:20]Tearfully, she pleaded, I'm too young to die.

[00:38:24]His smile was cold and deadly as he shot his girlfriend.

[00:38:27]That's the last time you trifle on Little Joe Carew.

[00:38:31]I know I'll get the hot seat, but one thing I got to say, the lesson that I've learned in life is crime don't pay.

[00:38:48]Now, how about Lloyd?

[00:38:57]Here's the rest of the story about Little Joe Carew.

[00:39:00]On trial for life for killing his girlfriend, Lou.

[00:39:04]The judge said, Little Joe, you're public enemy number one.

[00:39:08]Now you'll have to pay and pay for what you've done.

[00:39:12]Little Joe protested, sir, I'm not to blame.

[00:39:16]The way she treated me was a low-down shame.

[00:39:19]Judge pounded with his gavel, said look me in the eye.

[00:39:23]Tearfully, Joe pleaded, I don't want to die.

[00:39:26]The judge was cold and solemn as he looked at Joe Carew.

[00:39:30]I send you to die for killing your girlfriend, Lou.

[00:39:34]Maybe she'll be waiting at the pearly gates.

[00:39:38]Take him to the hot seat and chalk it up to fate.

[00:39:41]So ends the story about Little Joe Carew.

[00:39:45]He's left this world to meet his girlfriend, Lou.

[00:39:59]All right, bud, don't muss the fur.

[00:40:02]You know, I'm kind of stuck on that fur.

[00:40:05]If I've to work you over, you're going to become mighty unstuck.

[00:40:08]Listen, you'd better take it easy, fella.

[00:40:11]Big as you are, you've got a long way to fall.

[00:40:15]Look, friend, nobody puts the rush on Machine Gun Kelly's girl.

[00:40:18]Now, Kelly, you want to shoot it out with John Dillinger?

[00:40:21]You better go outside.

[00:40:22]Don't you go messing around with my new furniture.

[00:40:29]-Dillinger? -You heard the name?

[00:40:32]Boy, yes, who hasn't?

[00:40:34]Say, you know what I was saying about my baby doll, a lot of guys make passes at her.

[00:40:42]I bet she don't drop a single one.

[00:40:47]Hey, that's a good one, John.

[00:40:49]Huh, baby?

[00:40:58]Well, that was close.

[00:41:00]Why would Ma go and stop it?

[00:41:02]I would like to see what would happen, a little action.

[00:41:08]You've had enough.

[00:41:11]Of everything.

[00:41:15]So have you.

[00:41:16]Watch it.

[00:41:18]Hi.

[00:41:20]I'll lay you ten to five that Dillinger could take him without mussing a hair.

[00:41:24]Al!

[00:41:30]-You made it. -I told you I would.

[00:41:34]Ma, this is Al Karpis.

[00:41:37]-Hi, Ma. -Well, Al Karpis, I'm glad to see you.

[00:41:41]Fred's told me about you, and if it's half as good as he says, you're okay in my book.

[00:41:46]What did he tell you, I was a fine, upstanding citizen?

[00:41:50]Ma, imagine this guy.

[00:41:51]When we were in prison, he organizes a Boy Scout troop to help him shovel coal.

[00:41:55]-Al? -Yes, yes.

[00:41:57]They did their good turn.

[00:42:00]-Have you located yet, Al? -No, not yet.

[00:42:03]Why don't you come in with us?

[00:42:05]-Huh, Ma? -Sure, Al, we'd be glad to have you.

[00:42:08]Yes.

[00:42:10]-Where are your boys, Ma? -Oh, well, that's Lloyd over there.

[00:42:13]Doc and Herman are out on business.

[00:42:16]They should've been back a long time ago.

[00:42:19]Fred, go get Al a drink.

[00:42:41]-Step on it, kid, will you? -I am.

[00:42:43]Floorboard it!

[00:42:53]-What do we do if they catch us? -Forget it, Herman, hurry up, will you?

[00:43:22]Doc, Doc?

[00:43:24]Doc!

[00:43:26]-Yes. -Dig out.

[00:43:28]-You okay, Herman? -Yes.

[00:43:29]-Yes, dig out, I'm behind you. -Come on, I'll help you.

[00:43:32]No, go on, I'll be right behind you.

[00:43:56]Don't get caught!

[00:43:59]Don't get caught!

[00:44:30]Ma.

[00:44:34]Where's Herman?

[00:44:39]Cops get him?

[00:44:42]Is he hurt?

[00:44:44]Not anymore, Ma.

[00:44:46]He shot himself.

[00:44:49]-Oh, no. -Right… Right through the head.

[00:44:55]Why did he do a stupid thing like that?

[00:45:00]It was my fault.

[00:45:02]I always told him don't get caught.

[00:45:08]He wasn't as strong as my other boys.

[00:45:11]Oh, my boy.

[00:45:14]My boy.

[00:45:22]When can I see him?

[00:45:24]Most likely tomorrow.

[00:45:28]We'll take him back home.

[00:45:31]Ma, the sheriff told us never to come back.

[00:45:34]He'd better show no objections to a mother going back home to bury her own!

[00:45:50]He is like a man who built a house and laid the foundation upon a rock, and when the flood rose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it.

[00:46:02]It was founded upon a rock.

[00:46:05]But he that heareth and doeth not is like a man that built a house upon the earth.

[00:46:10]Against which the stream did beat, and immediately, it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

[00:46:19]To thy keeping, we commit the soul of Herman Barker.

[00:46:23]From dust thou art made, and to dust thou shalt return, Amen.

[00:46:29]Katie.

[00:46:32]This didn't have to happen.

[00:46:36]I know.

[00:46:39]If only you'd been a better father.

[00:47:17]Hello.

[00:47:19]Oh, who told you?

[00:47:23]I see.

[00:47:25]No, we're leaving right now.

[00:47:29]Thanks a lot.

[00:47:32]Boys, get Arthur's bags and load everything back in the car.

[00:47:35]Why, who was that, Ma?

[00:47:37]Big Vicks said someone shot his mouth at the speakeasy.

[00:47:39]The cops know it was you with Herman.

[00:47:41]-Oh, bourbon breath? -Who else?

[00:47:44]Let me carve him, Ma.

[00:47:47]Not here.

[00:47:49]We'll stop for a little picnic between here and Saint Paul.

[00:47:52]-Saint Paul, not the big one, Ma? -Get those things loaded in there.

[00:47:55]I'll talk about it later.

[00:47:58]Yes, all right.

[00:47:59]Arthur, I'm going to enjoy hearing you squeal.

[00:48:05]Yes, come on.

[00:48:16]Ma, you're the best cook that ever lived.

[00:48:18]Your turkey cooks moist, never dry.

[00:48:21]Yes, Ma, she's pretty good on the cooking gooses too.

[00:48:25]She even baked you a pie.

[00:48:27]Al, Ma's won prizes at the county fair.

[00:48:31]Not only for baking, for cooking too.

[00:48:35]-Karpis, have a piece of pie. -No, thanks, I've had mine.

[00:48:41]Fred.

[00:48:45]Lloyd.

[00:48:51]Doc.

[00:49:02]Why be so stingy with it?

[00:49:04]So you'll have time to eat.

[00:49:07]The others are larger.

[00:49:09]They'll be around longer.

[00:49:12]They didn't shoot off their mouths at the bar.

[00:49:15]-Ma, I didn't… -Now, don't you go trying to deny it!

[00:49:19]I told Al and the boys that if you shot off your mouth at that bar and got us in Dutch, I would finish you.

[00:49:25]I would do something about it, now finish your pie.

[00:49:27]Oh, no, Ma.

[00:49:30]You wouldn't do anything foolish.

[00:49:33]Not to me.

[00:49:34]Well, after all, I'm your husband.

[00:49:39]I'm just about to divorce you.

[00:49:42]The quick way.

[00:49:45]Well… I consider it a favor if you let me do it.

[00:49:51]Let's draw straws.

[00:49:53]By right, it's my job, I'm the oldest.

[00:49:56]Don't seem right you doing it, him being your own flesh and blood.

[00:49:59]Not ours, Al.

[00:50:01]Ma found and married this guy about five years ago.

[00:50:04]Wait a minute, I got a better idea.

[00:50:06]Doc, give me that gun.

[00:50:19]Russian roulette.

[00:50:21]Ma, you are the slickest ever.

[00:50:25]Al, even money gets it before the third shot.

[00:50:29]You got a $10 bet, Fred.

[00:50:32]No, Ma, no!

[00:50:47]I'll help you.

[00:50:48]Oh God, this is murder.

[00:50:58]You're pretty weak, old man.

[00:51:02]Let me help you.

[00:51:15]Better luck next time.

[00:51:22]No!

[00:51:48]You owe me ten bucks.

[00:51:51]It wasn't worth it.

[00:51:54]Why not?

[00:51:55]Didn't have much chance to squeal.

[00:52:03]Nelson, you tell Davidson and Van Meter to do exactly what I planned.

[00:52:14]Where do we bring your cut?

[00:52:15]Listen, you show up around here, and I'll kill you.

[00:52:18]You don't bring it, you send it!

[00:52:20]Wrap the amount I said in white paper and mail it to me.

[00:52:23]If we bring it up?

[00:52:24]You do it exactly like I planned it.

[00:52:26]My jobs always come off.

[00:52:34]Babies in this business.

[00:52:40]Karpis, Nelson, and the others moved into the Sioux Falls Bank right on schedule.

[00:52:47]They took their places right on schedule.

[00:52:54]The vault was opened.

[00:52:57]Right on schedule.

[00:52:58]Shooting the cop was not on the schedule.

[00:53:08]Everything's under control here, take your time.

[00:53:11]They collected $50,000 and made their getaway right on schedule.

[00:53:16]I was very proud of them.

[00:53:26]It was nice of you to select our bank, Mrs. Henderson.

[00:53:30]Well, after Mr. Stilwell at the bank in Saint Louis recommended you so highly, I just couldn't think of going to another bank.

[00:53:40]Since my dear dead departed husband… Drink this, Mrs. Henderson.

[00:53:55]We've all suffered the loss of a loved one.

[00:53:59]Thank you.

[00:54:03]I do hope I like Saint Paul.

[00:54:07]Of course, living with my sister has its drawbacks.

[00:54:10]Their homes way out near the Hamlin School.

[00:54:15]My daughter attends Hamlin School.

[00:54:20]-What a lovely child. -Thank you.

[00:54:24]Now… How can we serve you?

[00:54:29]I would like to liquidate my holdings in Saint Louis and invest here in Saint Paul.

[00:54:35]I see, well, our real estate department should be of service.

[00:54:38]Meanwhile, I'd like to have a safety deposit box.

[00:54:42]I'll have my secretary arrange that.

[00:54:45]Oh.

[00:54:47]You've been so kind.

[00:54:51]If there's anything you want, Mrs. Henderson, I hope you'll think of our bank.

[00:54:56]I will.

[00:54:57]Indeed I will.

[00:55:10]Hi, boys, here it is.

[00:55:14]-This is the surprise you'll spring, Ma? -Nope.

[00:55:23]It's the commercial State Bank.

[00:55:25]You're going off your rocker, it's the toughest bank to crack.

[00:55:28]He's right, be lucky to get a handful of nickels out of that joint.

[00:55:31]Yes, how about a boat, huh?

[00:55:33]Who said anything about money?

[00:55:37]Well, what are we going to do, swipe the pins and blotters?

[00:55:41]No!

[00:55:43]We're going to snatch the president.

[00:55:47]That's a federal rap, Ma, you want the FBI on our tail?

[00:55:50]Ain't I always told you it takes guts to make a bundle?

[00:55:56]Like how much, Ma?

[00:55:58]Two hundred thousand.

[00:56:00]That's a lot of scratch, Ma, it'll be red hot.

[00:56:02]Yes, I've been craving for some cool cabbage in Chicago, Miami, and Reno.

[00:56:07]We'll write you from Alcatraz.

[00:56:09]Now, listen to me, Karpis, listen to me!

[00:56:12]On Monday morning at 10:15, you and Doc will leave this place.

[00:56:18]You will drive to the Hamlin School at the corner of 6th and Washington.

[00:56:22]And pick up our diplomas.

[00:56:27]You will park on 6th Street near the east entrance.

[00:56:30]Within three minutes, Khortney will arrive.

[00:56:33]-You hope. -He will!

[00:56:35]Because I'll call him and tell him his girl is sick at school, and he's to come and get her.

[00:56:41]He's going to ask… How sick is she?

[00:56:44]Nothing serious, just an upset stomach, but we thought it best if she was home in bed.

[00:56:52]Have you called Mrs. Khortney?

[00:56:53]We tried to, but your phone is out of order.

[00:56:57]I see.

[00:56:59]I'll come and pick her up right away.

[00:57:01]Thank you.

[00:57:02]Miss Chase, I'll be back within an hour.

[00:57:45]You must get a grip on yourself, Mrs. Khortney.

[00:57:48]If they harm him.

[00:57:49]They won't, if you follow instructions explicitly.

[00:57:52]That's why you must take this phone call with as much calm as possible.

[00:57:57]It's after nine o'clock.

[00:57:59]I can't go through with it.

[00:58:02]I'll do something stupid and fail him.

[00:58:04]I thought when the FBI came in, they would handle everything.

[00:58:08]We must have your cooperation, Mrs. Khortney.

[00:58:22]Now, you'll be fine.

[00:58:30]Hello, yes.

[00:58:33]This is Mrs. Khortney.

[00:58:34]Now, listen carefully, because I don't want to repeat myself.

[00:58:38]Put the money in a small package and take it to the end of the Fox Street wharf.

[00:58:44]Yes, is my husband all right?

[00:58:47]Don't worry about him.

[00:58:49]Just have the money ready.

[00:58:51]When I get to the wharf, what shall I do?

[00:58:53]A speedboat will come by.

[00:58:56]A man will call your name.

[00:58:58]Give him the money.

[00:59:00]Yes, I will.

[00:59:02]Please don't hurt him.

[00:59:04]We… I need him so… You can have him.

[00:59:10]We're honorable people, Mrs. Khortney.

[00:59:13]You keep your word, we'll keep ours.

[00:59:24]Relax, Ma, worrying won't help.

[00:59:26]According to the schedule, they're two hours overdue.

[00:59:29]-They had a flat, they'll be here. -It don't take two hours to fix a flat.

[00:59:33]Besides, they had three spare tires, just in case.

[00:59:37]Listen, Ma.

[00:59:39]That ain't our car, I can tell by the sound.

[00:59:43]Hurry, you go in the house, you know what to do.

[01:00:07]Well, Kelly and Lou.

[01:00:20]Hi, Ma.

[01:00:24]-Lemonade? -Thanks, Ma.

[01:00:35]You here all alone?

[01:00:38]Sure looks like it, don't it?

[01:00:40]How did you know where to find us?

[01:00:42]We heard some rumors and we put two and two together.

[01:00:45]Let's cut out the hearts and flowers.

[01:00:48]Ma, we knew this was your job.

[01:00:49]We know how you work.

[01:00:52]All right, boys.

[01:01:01]Lou, are you pulling another Jackson boner?

[01:01:04]I bubbled that, but this time I've got you outsmarted.

[01:01:07]Oh my, it does look bad, don't it?

[01:01:11]What's your proposition?

[01:01:14]We kind of figured to take Khortney off your hands, Ma.

[01:01:17]-Are you offering any cash? -Of course, we are.

[01:01:21]-Lou figured we'd pay about… -Not one red cent.

[01:01:24]-Honey, you said fifty grand. -That was before we found Ma alone.

[01:01:28]I never heard of such a thing, trying to steal another mob's kidnap.

[01:01:33]Why, it ain't honest.

[01:01:35]You're in no spot to refuse, Ma.

[01:01:38]Do you want to gamble on that?

[01:01:40]Can you beat four of a kind?

[01:01:42]-Depends on how big they are. -I'd call them aces.

[01:01:45]Oh, honey, you've never been known to be very bright.

[01:01:48]They look more like jokers to me.

[01:01:50]You're slipping, Ma.

[01:01:52]A joker is still an ace.

[01:01:54]Not in Texas poker.

[01:01:55]We strip out the joker.

[01:01:57]That's just what I'm going to do with your fat hand.

[01:02:01]Fred?

[01:02:07]-That's a pretty low card, Ma. -Maybe I better draw another.

[01:02:12]Karpis!

[01:02:20]You better draw your limit and fast.

[01:02:22]I'm losing patience.

[01:02:24]Baby Face Nelson.

[01:02:31]If Fred and Karpis and Baby Face and me ain't enough, then I got a wild card.

[01:02:35]A real wild card.

[01:02:39]Johnny Dillinger.

[01:02:46]Fives beat fours.

[01:02:49]I'd say Ma has the best hand.

[01:02:53]After this, folks will be calling you Pop Gun Kelly.

[01:02:57]Yes, they sure will, Ma.

[01:02:59]Like I always said, you're the best in the business.

[01:03:02]I'll bet you do, Kelly.

[01:03:04]Boys, put up your hardware.

[01:03:06]You mean lay down their hardware, don't you?

[01:03:11]Well, I guess we can't do business, so we'll be on our way.

[01:03:14]Now, is that any way for a guest to act?

[01:03:18]You're staying for dinner.

[01:03:21]Fred, pick up those boys' guns.

[01:03:24]They're getting right dusty laying there on the ground.

[01:03:37]Why did you do that?

[01:03:38]I saw it move, and I didn't want it to bite you.

[01:03:57]What's he doing here?

[01:03:58]Kelly heard that we kidnapped somebody.

[01:04:00]I declare I don't know how those rumors get around.

[01:04:03]Kidnapped?

[01:04:05]Now, that's a laugh.

[01:04:07]-Did you get the lettuce as I told you? -Yes, it's in the back seat.

[01:04:10]Good, take the car around in the back.

[01:04:13]Put the lettuce in the icebox.

[01:04:16]We'll have some for supper.

[01:04:23]Darling, these are the nice men I told you about.

[01:04:25]-Avery, sir. -Mr. Avery.

[01:04:27]-Baxter. -Mr. Baxter.

[01:04:30]I know you've had a harrowing experience, so I'll be as brief as possible.

[01:04:34]Thank you, I am very tired.

[01:04:40]Do you have any idea who your abductors were?

[01:04:44]I was blindfolded the whole time.

[01:04:46]They only talked in whispers in my presence.

[01:04:48]Can you tell us where they took you?

[01:04:50]No, I can't.

[01:04:52]Can you estimate how long you traveled?

[01:04:55]It was hours.

[01:04:57]Four, five, eight?

[01:05:01]Well, I'd say roughly about eight hours.

[01:05:03]Do you recall any unusual sounds?

[01:05:06]No, just the incessant whir of the tires on the highway.

[01:05:11]We'd been traveling for about six hours, the sound changed.

[01:05:14]Changed, to what?

[01:05:16]The way tires sound when you're driving on wet pavement.

[01:05:19]Rain within a radius of 300 miles, we'll check on that.

[01:05:24]Can you tell us when they stopped for gas?

[01:05:27]They didn't.

[01:05:35]That is, not at a filling station.

[01:05:38]Just before we hit the wet pavement they turned off on a side road, poured gas into the tank from a metal container.

[01:05:46]I could hear them toss the can to the roadside.

[01:05:48]Very good, Mr. Khortney.

[01:05:51]I was placed in a cellar, or a basement, I think, it was very damp.

[01:05:55]I could hear cows, ducks, chickens, a lot of hammering.

[01:06:00]Oh, I could hear a railroad train several times a day.

[01:06:03]How far away was the sound?

[01:06:06]It seemed to be about two miles away.

[01:06:09]This gives us something concrete to work on.

[01:06:11]Thank you very much, Mr. Khortney.

[01:06:13]If we need any information, we'll be in touch.

[01:06:16]Thank you.

[01:06:18]Thank you, sir.

[01:06:19]-Good night. -Good night.

[01:06:21]-Good night. -Good night.

[01:06:23]Darling, were they rough with you?

[01:06:25]No, they treated me well, I had water and cigars.

[01:06:28]Did they feed you, are you hungry?

[01:06:31]That's the only part of the whole thing I enjoyed.

[01:06:34]-Enjoyed? -The meals.

[01:06:37]That cook served the best food I've ever tasted.

[01:06:39]Wish I had one of those cherry pies right now.

[01:06:43]Well, this is the only place it rained that day.

[01:06:49]I want the area covered, we'll use as many men as necessary.

[01:06:54]Find the road where that car pulled off to put in gas.

[01:06:57]There, we should find that empty gas can.

[01:07:37]I've been reading about you in the paper.

[01:07:40]Yes, it's a good picture too.

[01:07:43]Then you know we're in real trouble.

[01:07:45]You get your tools because you got a little operation to do.

[01:07:48]What operation?

[01:07:50]You'll find out soon enough, maybe plastic surgery.

[01:07:53]I haven't done any plastic surgery for years.

[01:07:56]You're going to do one now.

[01:07:58]Maybe you'll get that diploma back, get your tools.

[01:08:00]No, wait, look, my hands.

[01:08:02]-Take something for them. -Do it fast, will you?

[01:08:04]When Ma gets here, she won't like it if you botch this job.

[01:08:07]Now get your tools.

[01:08:28]Oh, doc, you're getting to be a real rum pot.

[01:08:31]Look, Ma, you better get somebody else, my nerves are shot.

[01:08:34]-Besides, I never specialized in surgery. -All right, doc.

[01:08:39]Take a good big drink.

[01:08:44]Now, don't get polluted.

[01:08:47]I love my boy.

[01:08:50]If you don't do a good job, I'll give you the same operation.

[01:08:53]Without ether.

[01:08:55]This is no time for jokes.

[01:08:57]I haven't told a joke in 20 years.

[01:09:00]Ma.

[01:09:03]Ma, is this going to hurt?

[01:09:04]No, son, no, he'll just put you to sleep, and when you come to, it'll all be over.

[01:09:24]I don't mind about the fingerprints, but do I have to change the face?

[01:09:30]Every post office in this country has a picture of your face.

[01:09:34]Now, don't you worry, son, don't you worry.

[01:09:37]Your Ma will take care of you, just like she always does.

[01:09:47]You're a butcher.

[01:09:49]You're hurting my boy.

[01:09:50]-Give me another slug. -You've had enough.

[01:10:05]You kind of deep.

[01:10:06]You want to take over?

[01:10:11]Old doc Guelffe, saw bones to the underworld.

[01:10:17]Now you stop that, you're hurting my boy.

[01:10:20]Give me some more ether.

[01:10:21]You know, Ma, that's pretty funny, I've used it all.

[01:10:28]Oh, stop that, you're hurting him.

[01:10:31]Well, let it hurt, you talk about your boys having guts.

[01:10:34]Well, let it hurt.

[01:10:40]Oh, doc.

[01:10:53]Oh, hey, doc said to take it easy.

[01:10:55]Am I hurting my own son?

[01:10:58]No, Ma, you're doing fine.

[01:10:59]If I like what that doc did, I'll have him make me look like Valentino.

[01:11:03]Oh, my fingers.

[01:11:04]Oh, I'm sorry, son, I'll take it easy.

[01:11:13]What's wrong, Ma?

[01:11:16]What did he do to me?

[01:11:17]He did do nothing.

[01:11:19]Not a thing!

[01:11:21]You mean I look just like I did?

[01:11:24]All that pain.

[01:11:26]He let you suffer all those weeks for nothing.

[01:11:29]That dirty stinking butcher!

[01:11:35]No, please.

[01:11:36]I never did anything to anybody to deserve… Oh, it's Ma, it's Ma Barker.

[01:11:41]Oh, please, mister, I'll get lost.

[01:11:43]Anything, oh, no, no!

[01:11:45]Help, help me, I'm burning!

[01:11:48]Oh, stop it, stop!

[01:11:51]Help, help!

[01:11:54]No, no!

[01:12:01]How could they be sure this was Dr. Guelffe?

[01:12:04]Well, his wallet wasn't burned, and the initials on the back of his watch.

[01:12:08]It's pretty conclusive.

[01:12:10]How do you interpret this?

[01:12:13]Gangland vendetta.

[01:12:15]If his medical services were so valuable to the underworld, why would they rub him out?

[01:12:21]Maybe he was on the skids.

[01:12:23]Or parrot fever, yakking too much.

[01:12:27]It could've been the Barker gang.

[01:12:30]They went to Dr. Guelffe for a face lifting.

[01:12:33]Rubbed him out so there'd be no witnesses.

[01:12:36]Do you think the Barker gang would engage in this thing?

[01:12:39]Why not?

[01:12:41]-This is the work of animals. -They're all animals when on the run.

[01:12:45]There's a chance some members may have had their features altered, so we won't be able to recognize them.

[01:12:50]Well, they may alter their features, but they very seldom change their habits.

[01:12:54]Sooner or later, one of them will tip his hand.

[01:13:05]-Yes? -Nelson.

[01:13:09]-Hi, Nelson. -Hi, Kelly.

[01:13:12]-Where's Dillinger and Van Meter? -They couldn't make it.

[01:13:18]-Want a drink? -Yes.

[01:13:21]-Where's Lou? -Taking a bath.

[01:13:24]She'll be out in a second.

[01:13:31]-What's on your mind? -The biggest kidnap in history.

[01:13:37]You'll have to go some to beat the Barker job.

[01:13:39]You figure a quarter of a million dollars will beat it?

[01:13:42]It might if it comes off, who set it up?

[01:13:45]-We did. -You're kidding.

[01:13:46]After that Jackson goof, you couldn't cop a bag of marbles at a dime store.

[01:13:50]We try to get Ma to mastermind the job, but she wants 50Gs.

[01:13:53]-It's worth it. -In advance.

[01:13:57]I've got a better idea.

[01:13:59]I'll get Doc Barker.

[01:14:00]Yes, and he's just as smart as Ma.

[01:14:03]-And a lot cheaper. -The G heat's on him, you can't get him.

[01:14:07]I'll get him.

[01:14:09]Yes, maybe you will at that.

[01:14:12]I'll get even with Ma Barker in the bargain.

[01:14:21]Honey.

[01:14:25]Will you help us?

[01:14:27]Honey, I'm still hot from that Khortney job.

[01:14:30]Oh, think of the fun we could have.

[01:14:33]Are you kidding?

[01:14:35]You know Kelly would never go for this arrangement and Ma, she would skin me alive.

[01:14:42]Hook me.

[01:14:51]Honey, it's so hot.

[01:14:55]Can I tell Kelly you're in?

[01:14:58]All the way.

[01:15:01]I've had my eye on you for a long time, Doc.

[01:15:12]Zip me.

[01:15:21]Don't leave.

[01:15:23]I'm just going to call Kelly.

[01:15:28]Well, don't you tell him that I agree.

[01:15:30]I'll tell him you'll give him an answer next week.

[01:15:34]I'll be right back.

[01:16:00]Did you forget your nickel?

[01:16:02]You don't have to knock.

[01:16:08]We've always been told it was the right thing to do.

[01:16:11]I thought you were somebody else.

[01:16:13]Obviously.

[01:16:14]At this point, we usually frisk for concealed weapons, but I think we can waive the procedure this time.

[01:16:21]You've been entertaining, Doc?

[01:16:23]Doc, what's Doc?

[01:16:25]My name is Austin Bennett.

[01:16:26]Well, at least the initials are the same.

[01:16:28]Stretch out and be comfortable.

[01:16:30]Wasn't that Machine Gun Kelly's girl who just left?

[01:16:34]Now look, you guys, you can't barge in here with your guns drawn and call me false names and accuse me of playing around with Lou.

[01:16:41]Oh, is that her name?

[01:16:43]We didn't know.

[01:16:44]Look, who'd you guys mistake me for anyway, huh?

[01:16:48]Hasn't anyone ever confused you with Doc Barker, the notorious robber and kidnapper?

[01:16:54]Doc Barker?

[01:16:56]No, I never heard of that guy, I'm sorry.

[01:16:58]-Now, can I get dressed? -It's too hot.

[01:17:01]Stay comfortable.

[01:17:02]Look, you got a search warrant?

[01:17:05]It's illegal to read somebody's private mail.

[01:17:07]If you'd care to dress and come to headquarters with us to press charges.

[01:17:10]Well, I ought to, just on principle.

[01:17:14]Listen to this.

[01:17:16]You'd get a kick out of Ma.

[01:17:17]She spends all her time feeding old Joe, the alligator.

[01:17:21]This is as good as a map.

[01:17:23]Where is the envelope?

[01:17:25]There wasn't no envelope.

[01:17:27]Fred's rich now, he sent that by taxi.

[01:17:29]All the way from Florida?

[01:17:32]Montana.

[01:17:34]What's a Florida alligator doing in Montana?

[01:17:36]Maybe he fell in love with a buffalo.

[01:17:38]You guys are wasting your time.

[01:17:40]I'll get dressed, either you book me or let me go.

[01:17:42]All right, get dressed.

[01:17:45]We'll take you with us, Doc.

[01:17:47]Thanks.

[01:17:50]I'll leave Lou a note.

[01:17:52]Yes, you do that.

[01:17:53]In the meantime, I'll get out a general bulletin to all alligator farms and tourist courts to look out for an alligator named Joe.

[01:18:01]Yes, boy, you guys sure throw the taxpayer's money around, don't you?

[01:18:05]True, Doc, true.

[01:18:07]Why, even right now, I'm planning to spend some on a train trip to Florida.

[01:18:12]Because I got a strong hunch I'll find me a Barker named Fred, an alligator named Joe, and a werewolf named Ma.

[01:18:25]We'd worked hard, so the stockholders declared a dividend, split the 200,000, and scattered.

[01:18:31]Fred and I chose Florida.

[01:18:34]It's so lovely in winter.

[01:18:51]How was your walk?

[01:18:53]Lousy.

[01:18:55]What's the matter with you, son, you've been moody for days.

[01:18:58]Ma.

[01:19:00]You always wanted to be somebody and have a lot of money.

[01:19:03]Okay, you got both.

[01:19:05]Why don't we quit?

[01:19:07]I always kind of hoped to retire.

[01:19:10]It might be fun at that.

[01:19:13]Traveling first class, living good.

[01:19:17]Giving my grandkids a ride on my foot.

[01:19:20]Let's do it, Ma.

[01:19:22]It's my call to Doc.

[01:19:32]Hello?

[01:19:34]Oh, yes, operator.

[01:19:37]What?

[01:19:39]He checked out.

[01:19:40]When?

[01:19:42]A week ago?

[01:19:44]Did he leave any message?

[01:19:46]Any forwarding address?

[01:19:48]I see.

[01:19:51]Thank you.

[01:19:53]Fred!

[01:19:59]Fred, they got him, the stinking cops.

[01:20:02]Oh, you know Doc, it's some dame.

[01:20:04]It's not, they got him.

[01:20:06]Otherwise, he would have given me a message.

[01:20:08]Get in there and get packing!

[01:20:15]That's the place.

[01:20:16]Well, let's move in.

[01:20:18]Against the Barkers, you move by inches on your belly.

[01:20:21]We'll wait, we got a car load of agents coming.

[01:20:24]You can't make a reputation that way.

[01:20:26]No, newspaper publicity wouldn't hurt, come next election.

[01:20:29]Hey.

[01:20:30]-They're loading suitcases into the car. -Yes, damn!

[01:20:37]Sheriff, you cover that shack over there.

[01:20:41]Your deputy can work his way into those weeds out front.

[01:20:45]Avery and I will take the side in the back.

[01:20:47]Give us five minutes.

[01:20:48]Suppose they move out before you get into position.

[01:20:51]The closest men take them but don't trust them.

[01:20:54]Stay low and shoot straight.

[01:21:10]-Car loaded? -Not quite.

[01:21:11]Get moving, I smell cops.

[01:21:15]Ma, I'm tired of running.

[01:21:17]It's run for safety or walk to the hot seat.

[01:21:20]Either way, we keep moving.

[01:21:22]Fred, Ma Barker?

[01:21:25]We're officers of the Department of Justice.

[01:21:28]We want you to come out one at a time.

[01:21:31]Unless you come out, we'll use tear gas to force you out.

[01:21:35]-Get us out. -My fingers are still sore.

[01:21:38]-Ma, we don't have a chance. -Oh, yes, we have.

[01:21:42]Son, it's either we shoot our way out of here or rot in prison.

[01:21:48]You hear us, Ma?

[01:21:49]You can't surround a house with one man.

[01:21:52]Sound off, men.

[01:21:54]Here, yoo-hoo!

[01:21:56]-Ready? -Okay, chief.

[01:21:57]-Ready? -Ready.

[01:21:59]In place!

[01:22:02]Real tricky.

[01:22:04]Four men trying to sound like eight.

[01:22:06]Four to two, we haven't got a chance, I'll quit.

[01:22:08]Now, wait a minute.

[01:22:11]There's one man out in front in the weeds.

[01:22:14]Another one outside here in the shed.

[01:22:20]I got an idea how to make these odds even.

[01:22:24]They're up to something.

[01:22:26]We should've split one and one with the local law.

[01:22:28]Those boys don't know how tricky Ma can be.

[01:22:30]Too late to do anything about that now.

[01:22:41]Boys.

[01:22:42]You wouldn't shoot an old woman, would you?

[01:22:45]Put up your hands!

[01:22:49]Fred's got a gun at my back.

[01:22:51]Imagine that my own flesh and blood using me for a shield.

[01:22:56]Drop it, Fred.

[01:23:00]Looks like they got us.

[01:23:04]We got the Barkers!

[01:23:18]If that means what I think it does, the odds are even now.

[01:23:21]-Make a run for it. -Ma, it's all over, it's all over.

[01:23:24]Not by a damn sight, it's two to two!

[01:23:31]-I'll work around and cover the front. -Let's make a sieve out of this place.

[01:23:37]Ma, I got to quit.

[01:23:42]Get back to that window while I change this clip.

[01:23:52]Ma, please give up, if we surrender, at least we'll be alive.

[01:23:55]You gutless punk, you're as yellow as your old man!

[01:24:08]We're going to get killed.

[01:24:10]Stop shaking and start shooting.

[01:24:19]Ma, I'm quitting.

[01:24:22]Stop your blubbering, or I'll drill you myself.

[01:24:25]You don't know what you're saying, you've gone crazy.

[01:24:27]I got to see my son dead than know that one of them was a coward.

[01:25:07]Fred?

[01:25:13]Son?

[01:25:39]Fred.

[01:25:43]Oh, Fred.

[01:25:48]Oh, Fred, they was against us, they was always against us.

[01:25:54]Don't you see, we had to fight.

[01:25:58]Now I'm going to go out and fight in the whole damn war, whole system.

[01:26:07]I'll kill you, you butchers!

[01:26:11]I'll kill you!

[01:27:15]If you didn't know the witch, you'd swear she was just somebody's sweet old grandmother.

[01:27:21]Yes, like the wolf in Red Riding Hood.

[01:27:25]Epitaphs of the turbulent 30s.

[01:27:29]Suicide to avoid capture, Herman Barker.

[01:27:32]Killed resisting arrest, Ma Barker, Fred Barker.

[01:27:36]Killed trying to escape Alcatraz, Doc Barker.

[01:27:40]Murdered by a jealous girlfriend, Lloyd Barker.

[01:27:44]Sentenced to life imprisonment, Alvin Karpis, Machine Gun Kelly.

[01:27:49]For as a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit, neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

[01:27:58]None left his mark.

[01:28:00]Each left his stain.