Swede There's nothin' I can do about it.
N Nick
I could tell you what they look like.
Swede I don't want to know what they're like. Thanks for comin'.
N Nick
Don't you want me to go and see the police?
Swede No. That wouldn't do any good.
N Nick
Isn't there something I could do?
Swede There ain't anything to do.
N Nick
Couldn't you get out of town?
Swede No. I'm through with all that runnin' around.
N Nick
Why do they wanna kill ya?
Swede I did something wrong - once. Thanks for comin'.
Swede Do you like the fights?
I'm afraid I've never seen one.
Swede No kiddin'.
I hate brutality, Mr. Andersen. The idea of two men beating each other to a pulp makes me ill.
L Lilly
I saw all Swede's fights.
How wonderful of you! I could never bear to see a man I really cared for being hurt. [Kitty is called away, and slinks off]
Swede She's beautiful.
[To Big Jim]
What'sa matter with you?...You're nervous. You're all in a sweat.
You keep your mouth shut if you don't want it slapped shut. You've been askin' for it lately.
Swede Hey!
Swede Yeah.
DD Dum Dum
Keep out of this, Swede. She's his girl.
Mind your own business, Swede. I can take care of myself. [To Big Jim] You touch me and you won't live 'till morning.
Swede Swell idea you guys had. Leave me holdin' the bag at the half-way house while you split up the dough, huh?...
The half-way house burnt down last night. That's why we came here.
Swede Somebody ought to have let me know.
You were told, you're here.
Swede Next time, play it straight.
I'm taking my life in my hands coming to you like this, but I just couldn't stand by, not after what you did for me that time in Philly.
Swede Forget that. Why are you here now?
Colfax thinks I'm on my way to New York. He's meeting me there tomorrow. But I just had to come to you, Swede, and tell you.
Swede Tell me what?
They're planning to double-cross you.
Swede Who is?
Colfax and the others. They don't intend for you ever to get a smell of the money from tomorrow's job.
Swede How do you know that?
Colfax sprung it tonight on Dum Dum and Blinky right after you left. First, he called you names and said dirty things about you. And then he sprung it. What if they were not to go to the half-way house after the robbery? You'd go there, but they'd be someplace else, and so would the money.
Swede What did Blinky and Dum Dum say?
They fell right in with the idea.
Swede Where are they gonna meet?
The farmhouse north of town on Polk Road, eleven miles out on the turnpike. Colfax hates you, Swede, so much so that Blinky and Dum Dum have caught it from him and they hate you too.
Swede Thanks for putting me wise, Kitty.
What are you gonna do? Swede - what are you gonna do?
Swede I'm gonna do them like they mean to do me.
Promise me one thing. You won't give me away. If Colfax ever found out what I did...
Swede Don't you worry.
You know why Colfax hates you? Because of me. He's no fool. He sees what's happened.
Swede Why did you ever go back to him, Kitty?
Maybe because I hate him. I'm poison, Swede, to myself and everybody around me. I'd be afraid to go with anyone I love for the harm I'd do them. I don't care harming him.
Swede [He pulls Kitty into his arms]
You're not meetin' him tomorrow.
All right, Swede. [They embrace and kiss passionately]
