Alfred Hitchcock Presents s02e21 Episode Script

This is a police lineup.
Here desperate criminals who have been brought to bay appear before the detective force and are questioned by the chief detective.
Listen.
Take your hat off.
"Name, Hitchcock, Alfred.
"Height 5'6".
"Weight, prisoner refuses to make a statement.
" Here's his record.
"1940, picked up on Suspicion.
"1942, Spellbound.
"1944, Notorious.
"1956, The Man Who Knew Too Much.
" Anything to say, Hitchcock? Well, sir, I admit it ain't a good record.
But I'm trying to do better.
Better? You call this latest charge "doing better"? Appearing on television! I'm sorry, sir.
But my family was hungry.
Now, take him away.
Wait a minute, sir.
You've got the wrong man.
Didn't you want to see a sample of my work? Okay.
Here's what we found on him when we picked him up.
Hold it, kid! Put up your hands.
Come on down.
And when we caught him in the alley with it, Officer Rand turned it over to me.
It looked like a.
38 automatic.
But upon examination, it turned out to be a toy.
This could've been bought in a five-and-ten.
That's it.
He make a statement? No.
Wanna make one now? Yeah.
I didn't know it was loaded.
Okay.
Madden.
Put him away.
Come on, kid.
Come on.
I'm sorry.
Come here.
Smart punk.
Nope.
Dumb kid.
In.
Okay, fatso.
Hey.
Hey! How long they keep you in here? Depends on what you done.
If it's a felony, you go to the lineup in the morning.
Your rap a felony? Yeah.
What's yours? Sleeping one-off on a park bench? Get smart with me, kid, and I'll break your arm.
I'm just asking.
You wanna ask, ask.
Don't be a wise guy.
What's your squeal, stickup? Yeah.
And assault.
Hurt the guy bad? No, I just slugged him with a gun.
I just knocked him down, that's all.
Take a good look at the line in the morning.
Take a good, hard look.
See how you like it.
What do they do to you after the lineup? They take you down to get mugged and fingerprinted, and enter the criminal courts building for arraignment.
They take your picture? Yeah.
All the reporters gonna be there from the papers? You're all charged up, ain't you, kid? Oh, boy, I'd like to be at Cheske's if it makes the papers.
What's Cheske's? Oh, it's kind of a pool hall place, you know.
Guys hang out there.
They're all such big shots, they think.
They never cared for me much.
Once, it was my mother, you know.
Do this.
Don't do that.
She always treated me like a baby.
Once, when I was a kid, I cried because another kid had a nosebleed.
Boy, I was really something.
But you're not anymore, huh? Well, there's something I hope the papers don't say.
What? About the gun not being real.
I swiped it from a five-and-dime.
But it was good enough, wasn't it? Huh? It got you in here.
Yeah.
When do we go, after we eat? Soon after.
What'll they do to us? They shoot questions at you.
The bull that pinched you will be there.
Boy, he was the card.
Did you make a statement? No.
But they caught me as soon as I left the place.
They knew all about it.
First time? Yeah, I told you.
First time.
Then no matter how long you been at it, don't admit nothing else.
Tell them you did it, but you don't know why you did it, and you'll never do it again.
What are you? You're a chaplain or something? Listen, kid, get out of it while you can! It's no picnic and I'm a guy who knows! Let go! Hey, what's going on in here? Nothing.
Hey, you.
Now what I do about a shave? Rub in some milk from your cereal.
I'll send a cat in to lick it off.
Oh, he's a riot.
If they wanna see me with a beard on, it's okay with me.
Let's go.
Okay, let's get this show on the road.
Say, Johnny, you're the 14.
All right, let's line up against the wall now.
Let's go.
Skinner and Morgan.
Your lineup number is 22.
Twenty-two.
Skinner, you're 21.
Now, let's go to the head of the line.
That's a neat trick.
No talking.
All right, let's move ahead, come on.
All right, move right down.
Step back behind the white line and face front.
Number 21, step forward to the center.
Take the circle, please.
Suspicion of robbery.
How old are you? Forty-nine.
Where were you arrested? I don't remember, sir.
I've just been drinking a little.
Officer Bohlen, you want to refresh his memory a little? Tenth Avenue and 39th Street.
Were there any weapons found in connection with your arrest? No, sir.
Do you own a car? No, sir.
Do you have access to one? No, sir.
That's all.
Step back, please.
Next man, number 22, take the circle.
Suspicion of robbery and assault.
How old are you? I'm 20.
Where were you arrested? I don't know.
I got lost running.
and Second Avenue.
Were there any weapons found in connection with your arrest? Yeah, I had a gun.
Keep your face to the front, please.
It was a toy gun, wasn't it? It was good enough to keep that bull way behind me.
Do you own an automobile? No.
Do you have access to one? I guess I could get one, if I wanted to.
That's all.
Step back, please.
Go on, kid, step back in the line.
Next man.
That's you, Tyrone.
Do you own an automobile? No, sir.
Do you have access to one? No, sir.
Take off your hat, please.
Turn to the left, please.
To your left.
Now walk a few steps.
That's enough.
Put your hat back on.
Face the front.
That's all.
Step back, please.
Hold out 22.
Anyone else? 21 and 22, step forward, please.
All right, everybody, step right.
Come on, move along.
Fall in at the end of the line.
Hold them, Charlie.
Right, Chief.
Okay.
Hold 21 and 22.
That was the lineup.
Big deal.
I thought we got printed and mugged next.
What are we What are we in here for? Because they ain't through with us.
You mean we go back? We go back.
They picked me out special? Yeah.
You happy? Well, they didn't pick out those other guys.
What's your squeal? Look, bud, I don't know you and I don't want to.
So shove off, will you? What they got you on? Can't you tell by looking at him? I spotted you for a lush, didn't I? Didn't I? I am just asking for kicks.
You're having a ball, ain't you? Well, what are they gonna ask us this next time? The story of our lives.
More than the last time, huh? Yeah, a lot more.
You ain't gonna learn, are you? You wanna come back, don't you? If I do, I won't be looking like you.
This ain't gonna be such a bore.
Sure.
You know all about it, don't you? I been around a little.
Yeah, on park benches all over the country.
Now you're the kind of guy that's afraid of cops.
They don't scare me none.
I hate them.
Dumb jerks.
I hate them all.
All right, boys, on your feet.
They're about ready for you.
Okay.
Okay.
'Cause I'm ready for them.
Step behind the white line and face front.
Number 19, take the circle, please.
You wanna change anything you said before when you were out here? Like the part about whether or not you had a gun? When I picked him up, he was carrying a.
45 automatic.
What about then? So I was carrying a gun.
Where? In my pocket.
What were you doing with a gun? ASSISSl: I was just carrying it.
Why? Look, I got a permit for it.
That's all I'm telling you.
Well, if you've got a permit for it, we haven't been able to find it.
This is a Navy gun, isn't it? What? Yeah Come on, speak up! Yeah, yeah, it's a Navy gun.
Well, what were you doing with it? Why were you carrying it around? I don't know.
Well, you certainly must have a reason for carrying around a loaded.
45.
It was loaded, wasn't it? Yeah, it was loaded.
Look, I was just carrying.
I didn't shoot anybody, did I? I don't know.
Were you planning on shooting somebody? Yeah, sure.
Now you got it just right.
Who? Anybody, all right? Everybody, all right? I was I was planning on wholesale murder, all right? All right, not murder, maybe just a little larceny, huh? No, murder! I was gonna shoot the whole town! You happy now? Okay? Where did you get this gun? In the Navy.
Oh, so you admit stealing government property, is that it? ASSISSl: I found it.
All right.
Why did you leave the Navy? Don't you wanna tell us? I've got a photostatic copy of your discharge here.
What does it say? Come on, tell us.
What does it say? Dishonorable! Does that make everything okay, now? Any other questions? That's all.
Step back, please.
Number 21.
Nice going.
No talking, and face front.
Oh, so this is the man that appears to have the bad memory.
Officer Bohlen, you wanna tell him about it.
He threw a garbage can through the window of a clothing store.
I found him inside the place with a bundle of overcoats.
Is that right? I don't remember, sir.
Well, is it or isn't it? All I remember is waking up in the jail this morning, sir.
And you don't remember throwing anything through a window? No, sir.
And you don't remember taking those overcoats? No, sir.
But you did do it, didn't you? A detective found you inside the store with the coats in your arms.
I got only his word for that, sir.
His word is pretty good, isn't it? Considering the way he found you? Well, is his word good or isn't it? I just don't remember, sir.
You've been here before, haven't you? I don't remember, sir.
What do you do for a living? Oh, I'm unemployed, sir.
When's the last time you've worked? Huh? When's the last time you've worked? I don't remember, sir.
You don't remember much of anything, do you? I have a very bad memory, sir.
Well, it just so happens that I've got a copy of your record here.
Maybe this will jog your memory.
1948, assault and robbery.
1949, statutory offense.
1951, burglary.
1952, assault and robbery, again.
You're quite a guy, aren't you? If you say so, sir.
Not exactly a desirable citizen.
Why did you break into that store? I don't remember breaking into any store, sir.
Hey, what's this? Maybe I should've started looking back into the record a little further.
1938, homicide.
Sentenced to life imprisonment.
What happened there? I don't know what you mean, sir.
Well, how come you're on the loose? It was mistaken identity, sir.
The case was appealed.
And never retried? No, sir.
There was insufficient evidence, sir.
Well, this time there is sufficient evidence.
That makes you a four-time loser.
You know that, don't you? All I know is if you wanna get the police on you, all you gotta do is buy a cheap bottle of hooch and drink it quiet, minding your own business.
And that's all you did? That's all I did, sir.
I don't remember anything else.
All right, step back.
Next man.
Well, don't you want your hat? Number 22.
Take the circle, please.
Oh, this is your boy, Kelly.
I spotted him running out of a candy store.
He robbed and slugged the owner.
This your first offense, son? Don't you know? Well, we don't have a record on you, that's why I'm asking.
Yeah, it's my first offense.
You wanna tell us about it? What's there to tell? You know it all anyway.
Come on, just tell us your story.
What are you making a big federal case out of a lousy stickup for? Ain't you got nothing better to do with your time? We got plenty of time.
You're not going anywhere for a while.
Why don't you just tell us about it.
What's there to tell? There was a candy store that was stuck up, that's all.
You mean a candy store you stuck up, don't you? Well, that's for me to know and you to prove.
Oh, we know you did it.
Why? I ran out of butts.
Shut up.
Why did you do it? Look, I told you.
What more do you want? We wanna hear what you've got to say.
Why you picked this particular candy store? Okay, I'll tell you why.
I put slips in a hat and picked it.
Oh, you're much smarter than that.
Okay.
I picked it because this old crumb that runs it looks like he's a pushover.
Makes sense.
Look, I'm up here, so you can take a good look at me, okay.
Look, see me.
Take a good look.
Did you have a gun? Just a toy.
You pulled a stickup with a toy gun? Yeah, that's right.
How do you scare a man with a toy weapon? Well, I used a dirty look.
I got a real mean look when I use it.
So you did use a gun? Well, if I use my dirty look, it wouldn't have made much sense to use a toy gun, now, would it? Didn't you tell that old man to open up that cash register, or you'd give him the barrel of that gun over his head? Is that what you said, or isn't it? I didn't make a tape recording of what I said.
But you did force him to open that cash register while you were holding the gun on him, now, didn't you? I suppose And how much money did you get? I don't know.
Your cops took it.
Can't they count? $12.
Is that right? Yeah.
I cleaned out that register, and I blew, period.
You mean, you cleaned out the register and hit that old man, don't you? I never hit nobody in my life.
Why did you hit him? I didn't.
Where did you hit him? I told you, I didn't hit him.
He started yelling, that's why you hit him, isn't it? I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, we know, you hit him.
We just wanna know why.
Maybe somebody else hit him after I left.
Oh, you were picked up just as you were leaving the store.
Now why did you hit him? I told you, I didn't hit him.
Right after you robbed that old man, he was taken to the hospital with a gash in his scalp.
Now, what about that? You save your questions for the trial.
I'm not gonna say another word.
You already had your money, why did you have to hit him? Were you afraid? Is that it? Were you afraid? Afraid of what? An old man? Afraid he'd tell who held him up? Afraid he'd start yelling? What were you afraid of? I wasn't afraid of nothing.
I told that old crumb to keep his mouth shut.
Now, he should have listened to me.
Then he did start yelling? You ask him! We're asking you.
All right then, he yelled.
I just came in there.
And I cleaned out the register and I took 12 lousy bucks.
He should have listened to me.
Then what did you do? I told him to shut up.
But he He wouldn't.
He just kept yelling and yelling.
He shouldn't have yelled! You ask him, if I ever did him any harm before that! Go ahead, ask him! I I never even touched him before that, before he opened his mouth.
Now, you go and ask him! Go to the hospital and ask him! We can't ask him, Steve.
Why? Why can't you ask him? He died this morning.
His skull was fractured.
I didn't mean him to die.
What? What did you say? I didn't mean for him to die.
Speak up, I can't hear you.
He says, "He didn't mean for him to die.
" Well, just the same, he did, didn't he? All right, step back.
Well, step back.
You're through.
You've picked a good one for your first time, didn't you, kid? Number 17, take the circle, please.
Occasionally, in our series, we touch on a subject that is far too real to be made the butt of my usual flippant remarks.
Tonight's story of juvenile delinquency is certainly a case in point.
And we have presented it with a hope that it might, in some small way, throw a little light on what has become a serious national problem.