Johnny Allegro1949

Morgan Vallin:
Hello, Glenda.

Glenda Chapman:
Morgan.

Morgan Vallin:
Welcome home. [For the first time, he sees there's another man in the room]

Glenda Chapman:
Morgan, this is...

Morgan Vallin:
How chummy! You brought a friend with you. How hospitable.

Glenda Chapman:
I was just going to explain that.

Morgan Vallin:
Why trouble to explain? It's so touchingly natural.

Glenda Chapman:
This is Johnny Allegro.

Morgan Vallin:
You actually know his name! I'm Morgan Vallin. Always glad to meet any of Glenda's friends, though she doesn't usually bring them with her.

Glenda Chapman:
I had to bring him here, Morgan. He killed a detective for me so I could get here.

Morgan Vallin:
How adventurous! How romantic!

Glenda Chapman:
Morgan, don't be foolish.

Morgan Vallin:
Forgive me, Johnny whatever your name is. I want to thank you for any assistance you may have given my little wife.

Johnny Allegro:
Wife?

Morgan Vallin:
She forgot to tell you, of course. She usually does. Or were you afraid he might not have come here with you?

Glenda Chapman:
I told you why I brought him here. He had no other getaway. This is Johnny Rock. They want him for escaping a stretch at Sing Sing.

Morgan Vallin:
And what have you told him?

Glenda Chapman:
Nothing. He doesn't even know where he is.

Morgan Vallin:
And how did that minute mind of yours conclude that anyone could be of service to me with his pictures in all the papers, with a number across the front of them?

Johnny Allegro:
They took those a long time ago. I've changed a lot since then.

Morgan Vallin:
But your type never changes. Just looking at you makes one think of alley fighting, tommy guns.

Johnny Allegro:
Is that bad?

Morgan Vallin:
It's not for me. You see all this? [He gestures around the room at the paintings, sculptures, and mounted animal heads]

Johnny Allegro:
Nice museum.

Morgan Vallin:
You would call it that. But it's my library, my concert hall, my trophy room. Here I have the best the world has to offer, and I don't intend to let anything jeopardize it. I can permit only people around me of whose methods I am sure.