Verna: This is great, but where do we go after the second feature?Cody: You""re staying put.I""m the only one goin"" anyplace.Ma: Where, Cody?Cody: To give myself up.Ma: What are you talking about? You haven""t a chance.Four dead - it""ll be the gas chamber for sure.Cody: You don""t think I""m dumb enough to give myself up to the T-men, do ya?Verna: What""s the difference? You walk into the cops andtheyturn ya over.They introduce themselves.[The contrast between he artificially-coiffed, cool-green dressed, glove-wearing blonde and the earthy, dark-haired woman is striking." They would work together - and she suggested - because she knew "all the right places" - that they would start that evening with a date at the grand opening of the Metro Club." The peace-loving Yellow Man watches helplessly when two gamblers feud over their game.The other part of the story is intercut here, with an introduction to "the home of Lucy and Battling Burrows...or did they? (the music turns discordant)Five years pass - each individual year recedes into he frame - 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942.