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hwp (PA) Lucky Arrow breaking on top.
Purple Shadow is second.
(narrator) At exactly 3:45 on that Saturday
afternoon in the last week of September,
Marvin Unger was perhaps the only one
of the 100,000 people at the track
who felt no thrill at
the running of the fifth race.
He was disinterested in horse racing and
held a lifelong contempt for gambling.
Nevertheless, he had a five-dollar win bet
on every horse in the fifth race.
He knew this unique system of betting
would more than likely result in a loss.
But he didnt care. After all, he thought,
what would the loss of dollars mean
in comparison to the vast sum
of money ultimately at stake?
- Bottle of ginger ale, please.
- Yes, sir. Comin right up.
Favourite broke bad.
Could be anybodys race.
Could be.
Hes in the five-dollar win,
next to the five-dollar place.
- Quite a crowd you got.
- Yeah.
(PA) Passing the quarter pole, it is
Lucky Arrow and Purple Shadow
with Stopwatch on the outside, third.
At the head of the stretch, it is
Purple Shadow leading by a length.
Lucky Arrow is second by three quarters.
Stopwatch, coming up on the outside,
is third by a length and a quarter.
Then Southern Star, Vain Effort, Stanley
Gabe, Third Row and Lovers Dilemma.
It is Lucky Arrow... hes lost it by
a head. Purple Shadow by a head,
and Stopwatch moving
fast on the outside.
Its Lucky Arrow, Purple Shadow
and Stopwatch neck and neck.
Its Lucky Arrow, Purple
Shadow and Stopwatch...
(crowd roars)
Purple Shadow second by a head,
Lucky Arrow third by a length
and Southern Star finished fourth.
(narrator) Waiting for the race
to become official, he began to feel
he had as much effect on
the outcome of the operation
as a piece of a jumbled jigsaw puzzle
has to its predetermined final design.
Adding the missing
fragments of the puzzle
would reveal whether the picture
was as he guessed it would be.
(PA) The result of the fifth
race is now declared official.
dollars.
(narrator) An hour earlier that same
afternoon, in another part of the city,
Patrolman First Class Randy Kennan had
some personal business to attend to.
Hiya, Tiny. Whats the good word?
Same as always. Havin a ball.
Ill see you later.
Good evening, Randy.
Howve things been?
Whats the use of kicking, Leo?
You wouldnt believe it anyway.
I supposed they were very well.
After all, a man drives a new car,
- lives in a fine apartment...
- So I like to live good. Any objections?
None at all.
If you dont overlook your obligation to
me. I trust it was purely an oversight.
Im sure a man in your position wouldnt
deliberately antagonise his creditors.
I aint got it, Leo. I know I should have it,
and Im as anxious to pay you off as
you are to have me, but I just aint got it.
Well, we all get a little
cramped now and then.
Suppose we make it a thousand. Ill
rewrite the balance as a new loan.
- Give you a fiscal breather. Fresh start.
- Leo, Im broke. Get me? Flat broke.
Right now I dont have a thousand cents.
If you can wait a coupla weeks...
Might be arranged.
With the proper collateral, of course.
You mean "Where is the dough
comin from?" I cant tell you.
But its a plenty sweet deal and Ill
be able to pay out like a slot machine.
- Two weeks, you said. No longer?
- Maybe even less than that.
You know I wouldnt pull a thing
like this on you. I couldnt afford to.
Im glad you said that. I was going to point
out as much, but since you relieve me
- of the unpleasant necessity...
- Its a deal, then?
I pay you the within two weeks?
Plus $ a total of .
The extra interest, of course.
I trust thatll be satisfactory.
- I couldnt say no.
- Thank you, Randy.
I was sure youd see it my way.
Take good care of yourself.
Ill take care of myself, mister.
Thats my specialty.
At pm that same day, Johnny Clay,
perhaps the most important thread in the
unfinished fabric, furthered its design.
None of these men are criminals in
the usual sense. Theyve all got jobs,
they all live seemingly normal, decent
lives, but they got their problems
and theyve all got a little larceny in em.
Take my pal unger, for instance,
the guy who owns this apartment.
Hes putting up the money to operate with
and hes letting me stay here.
Hes a book-keeper. Been with
the same company for ten years.
You know, Fay, the mistake I made
before was shooting for peanuts.
Five years have taught me
one thing, if nothing else.
If you take a chance,
be sure the rewards worth the risk.
They can put you away just as fast
for a ten-dollar heist as for a million.
You dont have to sell it to me. You know
Ill go along with anything you say.
I always have, you know,
ever since we were kids.
Ive always believed you,
everything youve ever told me.
Those five years you been away, I know
they must have been terrible for you.
I mean... being locked up
must be a terrible thing.
You know something?
This may sound funny, but...
waiting for you all those years
and staying by myself,
it was like... not that you were locked in,
but I was locked out.
Look at me. First time were together
in five
