Loan Shark (1952)

George Eldredge: Mr. Howell

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• [Joe Gargen can be seen waiting to enter the office of F.L. Rennick. After a few seconds, the door opens and Rennick appears] 

  F.L. Rennick : Come in, please.

  [Joe enters the office as Rennick looks at his secretary] 

  F.L. Rennick : No calls for a few minutes, Ann.

  [Rennick enters his office as he closes the door behind him] 

  F.L. Rennick : [shakes Gargen's hand]  Glad to meet you.

  Joe Gargen : Likewise.

  [sitting in a nearby chair is a man in a suit. This is Mr. Howell] 

  F.L. Rennick : This is Mr. Howell, the union representative.

  [Howell stands up] 

  F.L. Rennick : Joe Gargen.

  Mr. Howell : [shake's Gargen's hand]  How are you, Gargen?

  Joe Gargen : Hiya, Mr. Howell.

  F.L. Rennick : Sit down, Gargen.

  [Gargen sits down in another chair] 

  F.L. Rennick : Ann has told me all about you. Where you came from, the work you've done, it fits what I've got in mind.

  Joe Gargen : [confused]  I don't follow you.

  F.L. Rennick : You came from a tough neighborhood. Then you knocked around the country at different jobs. Truck driver, boss of a railway section gang, bouncer at a bar, manager of a gambling club at Las Vegas.

  Joe Gargen : There's nothing much you don't know, except my last job for the state.

  F.L. Rennick : I know about that, too. And it might even be a help.

  Joe Gargen : I don't get you.

  F.L. Rennick : This tire plant's a vital industry, Gargen. And we have a big problem. We've got to hold our workers, and we've got to keep employee morale up.

  Joe Gargen : Yes, I guess you're right.

  F.L. Rennick : We're having real trouble right now. A lot of our men are involved with loan sharks.

  Joe Gargen : Well, what has that got to do with me and a job, Mr. Rennick?

  F.L. Rennick : There may be some of our employees working for these money vultures, Gargen. I want to know who they are. Mr. Howell and the union officials do, too.

  Mr. Howell : You bet we do. Our people are suffering because a few rats may be among them. If there are, we want to know it.

  F.L. Rennick : Maybe you could discover who's behind this loan shark outfit. If we could learn that, we'd find a way to break them.

  Joe Gargen : [stands up]  I'm sorry, that's out of my line. I just wanted an ordinary job. So long, gentlemen.

  [Gargen turns and exits the office]