The Case of Officer Hallibrand (1955)

[Music] [Music] now [Music] most of the city is asleep the Roar of traffic is long since faded out at the police station it's the dog watch the hours drag on but under the board calm there is tension and deadly dull routine now would you blow up this balloon please what for just tell me that what for it's a routine test I tell you far you think I'm drunk well yes you do but I'm not see that's just the reason I'm not going to blow up your old balloon I'm not going to blow up anybody's balloon then would you sign this form that you refuse oh no oh no you don't not going to sign any for hey Dolph I'm a little past my ship I'll handle this go on check out thanks goodbye old SE Scout buddy buddy buddy would you walk this line out here please try it why should I walk a line I wasn't walking I was driving help yourself thank you how's everything going oh big deal very big drun wrong side of the street no lights said he only had two beard I know prominent citizen taxpayer friend of the captain oh sure Cen ta I know I know right yeah his rights what about the rights of some guy he might have killed driving that way give you any trouble oh you know drunk I just wish I had somebody working with me all it takes is more cops and money yeah so how's it with you guys oh just pushing pins 11th and ridge Helen Maple just pins yeah just pins pins on a map nobody ever thinks of them as people people that are facing a fine or maybe a stretch in the tank or people may be hurt or dead oh I'll take it easy peak don't let me get you well I'm out there 8 hours a day and to me those pins are people people that get all f up funny what do you mean what's funny about it I mean every year we get better roads better traffic controls federal laws some of the best brains in this country are going all out to make driving safer sure and look at the cars what's been done to make them safer the last few years you name it they got it well there's one thing it could still stand a lot of improvement yeah yeah the nut that holds the steering wheel that ain't funny either funny of course it isn't funny look at the map every one of those pins is somebody or what we got plenty of pins yeah we got lots of pins look at them every one of them could be somebody you or I know tomorrow they'll be on the map why don't you name them put faces on those pins Pete don't let it get you that drunk of yours will be in safety Court bright and early tomorrow till then forget your a cop go on go home car 23 car 23 come into the station you know what Pete said kind of gets me I mean about the faces on those [Music] pins this is Juneberry Circle there have never been any pins on Juneberry Circle and probably never will be but that doesn't necessarily go for everybody that lives there the type of person you instinctively called JT in a half hour or so he hit his office but he's not the kind of guy to wait till then before getting the wheels turning no sir not JT he dictates even while he drives fre to take a letter to Bowen as follows de [Music] B oh yeah if Billingsley calls again tell him I'm not in tell them anything you want to fra that guy's been tesing me JT is a very sharp fellow he looks out for himself and others would better do the same nobody better get in his [Music] way out on the highway Morton Trotter traveling man it's a fine day for driving he couldn't ask for better the smooth road ahead made for speed the speed at 60 but if you're covering a territory time is money time is everything even if you get caught breaking the limit you're still money ahead yes Morton trucker a man in a hurry and Morton has a long long way to go today out on the edge of Town meet Pat Niblick cabie he's been one for more than 20 years that's a lot of driving but rarely over 30 and he's proud that he's never had a ticket you figuring to work today what sure thing pick up enough for a couple of extra days vacation oh Pat I wish you wouldn't you've been working on your old car almost every night vacations cost money Martha but you need the rest I'll get plenty of that starting tomorrow that coffee was just what I needed I'm all right now don't you worry about me but I do after all these years bye mother see you tonight goodbye darling and do be careful Pat nibbling a careful driver but tired now meet alvir coffee a Charming Hostess delightful companion as gay and carefree as a bird after I've dropped you at the office I'm going to pick up ruy puit oh we have the most wonderful day planned chopping well I have a list as long as my arm no it's longer and then on the way home light Al oh yes Alvar you ought to pay more attention to your driving no bill you're not going to start that again it isn't as though anything that ever happened of course I don't claim to be the least bit mechanical but I do dve slowly and why does the are blowing at me green light iron oh yes of course [Music] goodbye alvir see you [Music] tonight this is Wally Bateson a swell Guy full of fun a good word for everybody there isn't a nicer fellow on two [Music] feet but on Wheels he's a different man why you Wally Bateson driver angry driver Wally has plenty of time it's just a well that's the way Wally [Music] is come on come on go someplace well [Music] n there that's the way Wally is impatient with every other driver on the road an angry [Music] driver and now officer hrand getting ready to go on duty why can't they keep you on the regular shift or at least you ought to stop putting in your own time like last night well there just aren't enough cops to go around honey sometimes I wish you weren't a cop I'm not thinking just of myself but how about the kids there's so many other jobs you could have better jobs isn't fair to them or me oh no look honey we've been through this before I'm a cop you knew that when you married me honey come on now smile oh look you can do better than that okay I'm sorry Peter I don't want a NE it's just that I know I know bye hey there she is oh boy are you getting baked now look you'll be a good girl today I'll bring a big surprise tonight okay I will okay bye bye daddy and Peter try to get home [Music] early meanwhile JT Bullock drives his car and runs his business from behind the wheel I'll handle the other end of the deal I hope that's clear Freda baram was right one born every minute maybe [Music] two on the highway Morton Trotter has stopped for gas in a hurry of course oh we all said yes sir tank full oil fine lights and turn signals okay by the way your left front TIR is a little thin on the outside oh no not now I got to hurry take only a minute to put on your spare hey what is this a Car Clinic no sir but we like to know our customers will be back alive and in town the impatient Wally baton still driving with a chip on his [Music] shoulder go right ahead Mister you're in more of a hurry than I am you want to make something of it not me it's a Courtesy Cab stupid Old Goat I don't know what gets into some people when they get behind a wheel they get all worked up and when you're driving that ain't [Music] good elvir coffee again the kind of driver that gives thousands of sensible careful women drivers a bad name why is blowing at me I haven't done anything wrong it's ridiculous I oh my I I must have done something wrong yes ma'am left turn from a right lane with the right turn signal may have your license oh but nothing happened why do you have to give me a ticket so long oh but you see I already have two and and you if you gave me another I might lose my license might I sorry it's out of my hands oh but I wouldn't be able to drive anymore nothing I can do about that well I should think you'd do a lot more good chasing burglar and murders and poor defenses motorists I bet you're proud of yourself you might be interested knowing ma'am that auto accidents cause more personal injury property damage and death than all fire crimes fine well I think you're mean what would you do if you arrested someone that was really guilty oh I wouldn't know about that ma'am you see all of the people I arrest are [Music] innocent the idea I've got a good mind to report him by now JT's deal on that property is shaping up nicely good for him pick them up meanwhile PA can stand tell him we can do business now yes sir JT I'll get him to come right over oh no not here got that not at the office I'll be at my home out on the highway Morton Trotter has a passenger coming home from school huh sure glad to give you lift all the way I bet you're in a hurry too well you picked the right man then because I'm really traveling [Music] bill will be furious simply Furious another traffic ticket and all these things oh you know how it is with the stuffy ideas I know what when he gets home I'll have martinis all ready just for us too and I'll be wearing that new fire look out oh oh dear Ruthie you get out and look I'm afraid to and so one of those pins a pin with the pretty silly face of Elvira [Music] coffee along the middle of the afternoon you can usually find Pat Niblick at his stand on outside the hotel Hey Driver station please I've got 10 minutes to make my train hell no Mister that's an 11-minute run you wouldn't want me to risk piling you up in order to cut a minute off of that would you okay okay but get going all right besides I know ways that we can dodge the heavy traffic instead of fighting it well matter of fact they run every half hour anyway that's right you just relax and enjoy the ride you live a lot [Music] longer talk G now I've seen everything driving a car and shaving just driving isn't enough for some people [Music] another pin for the map a pin with the face of a little [Music] boy all cars and contacts especially car 22 be on lookout for hit and run car light colored sedan make unknown license ending in probably broken headlight car 22 got it [Music] these cars nowadays will do 80 without even working hard you're doing 85 you're not scared are you in a few years they'll do 100 120 that power isn't for Speed Mister it's Reserve power for passing for an added margin of safety that's why they put it there well they got it and I'm the boy that can use it feel that motor taken Mr thanks for the ride but how about stopping I think I'll take a bus relax son I got you this far haven't I I'm scared I admit it take it easy I know what I'm doing look steady isn't it speeds old stuff to me look out see what I mean good reflexes a real driver's up to any emergency that your Carson well of course that's that's my car why you had an accident lately no no of course not look can't this wait I'm busy I've got an important deal this is important too a car with a license ending in 284 was involved in a hit run accident this afternoon huh a lot of people have licenses ending in 284 that's right but not many of them would have a broken headlight that matches the glass picked up at the scene of the accident a broken headlight and the lab might find some traces of cloth on your car do cloth that's right cloth that matches the clothes of a kid who's in the critical Ward at St Francis Hospital right now oh no well I don't know anything about it that may be sir but you better come along with me it's dark now it's the time when people are hurrying home and for pet it's about the end of the day and the beginning of a vacation rest lots of sleep sweet [Music] sleep [Music] [Music] you hurt let me give you a hand I'm all right what happened I must fall sleep imagine me fallen asleep at the wheel there goes a perfectly good vacation that's another pin with the face and the name of Pat Niblick Tire driver hi W been working overtime yeah I had some things to clean up you go my way well yeah but well I'll drop you off oh no thanks all the same I'll take the bus hey yeah wait a minute but why the brush off it isn't a brush off Wally well what is it look Wally there about Sk8 million cars in this country and you want to fight them all and that's a fight you can't win and me I'm chicken I'll see you tomorrow [Music] she that light was red you have to know how to make those lights figure them Clos you can make three four in a row but you got to take them fast sometimes you got to cut into them on the [Music] yellow car 22 calling headquarters go ahead 22 anything new on that little boy in St Francis Hospital no further information okay I finished matour I'm coming in now [Music] okay R22 calling headquarters two tone San heading north on Fourth I'm in Pursuit [Music] that look like a police car back there maybe and maybe not and if it is maybe he isn't after us and if he is he may not catch [Music] us nuts say I got this made [Music] right you you can't do that for [Music] me I bet that was a Smash Up back there sure happens all the time got to be on the ball oh nuts we're stuck on this [Music] light hey you said you lived across town I do but I intend to get there in one [Music] piece more pins more pins with names and [Music] [Music] faces here's Pete's gear you think a few hours ago it was active duty equipment now Police property slightly used go on the frame killed in the lineup yeah I know Captain went out to see the family C no nothing it's almost as if Pete had it figured yeah those pins with the names and faces but how could he tell like this one alvarro third violation 30 minutes later she piles her car up in an empty Street doing 20 M an hour silly accident the only driver just pling careless and lucky so lucky and that guy that hit the kid claiming it's the school's fault for not fencing the grounds too selfish to think about anybody else breaking the law and the Golden Rule well he'll have 6 months in the can to think real hard and that cabie driving a hanck 20 years without so much as a parking ticket the day before his vacation he climbs a tree report said he went to sleep at the wheel how tired can you get dead tired in the car tired enough to die he was lucky too how do you figure the guy who ran into hellbrand in his statement he says a guy blew a horn at him and he lost his head crazy driver the kind that blows his top at anybody that drives the way he does well he'll have plenty of time to cool down but what about the other guy who plowed into Pete he had plenty of time to steer out of the way but no he gets panicky freezes at the wheel and boom but how about albrand he doesn't count just a cop doing his duty to some he counted like his family to them he counted real big was like he knew it was coming that business with the pins yeah but he didn't have it figured either there's still one pin left the guy who got away what's his name give him a face yeah you got by this time but your PIN is right here waiting for you and a lot of others just like you who gotten by so far you can give it a name sure your name and your faith here want [Music] one