Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ "THE DOPE!" (Film Noir.)

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ "The Dope..." (Film Noir.)



WE GOT YA NUMBER, DOPEY! DON'T GO FAR!!! Meantime, in the "REAL-GUYS" Bar another GAMBLING FRACAS, fisticuffs, the occasional BLADE...and the "Belle du Nuit", Miss WANDA, makin' her escape; clearly-BUSTED on makin' a Dime, stepped outside, UN-ruffling her ruffled Satin garbs and encountering THE DOPE to a background of mayhem and greeting, she said: "Mister Dope? I guess it's just U and Me," adding, "Gotta a Cigarette?"

The DOPE - outta Culver City - "missin'" a button or 2, shuttered OUT of the REAL-GUYS bar, apparently, owing $100 on a Bar Tab and Boogaloo  Wagers the REAL GUYS knew, on the flip of a card, he was about to lose? And No ESCAPE, no Taxis outside, No frickin' BUS, no Pony Express? No chance for GETTIN OUT from UNDER; "Just poppin' out for a breath of air?"...And leaving Deadbeat Credit Cards... and yet, to meet Miss Wanda?


At the DOPE's Apartment things started HOTTING UP; after the SEX (Miss WANDA?)  and Techno music? THREE REAL GUYS busted through windows and doors; WANDA, belle de Nuit, but scammin' GUILTY, had, apparently,  took off with the REAL GUYS Poker Ante? A DIAMOND NECKLACE for Godsake! And MEAN LEVIS, bullets flyin' everywhere? JEEZE!  And the DOPE? ...Sensing DOOM?, -skipped the bed, thru the window, ending up with his Moss Bros Suit, wristwatch and, by happenstance, one DIAMOND NECKLACE?

WANDA, not bullet proof, took LEAD, dyin' later at City General, made a Will.


There was SOME kind of Car Chase; old Pontiac chasing the Chevrolet 54. The DOPE had hitch-hiked till a Lucille Ball-ride put her metal to the pedal and, somehow, it turned out alright? She dropped him off in Santa Monica cos she couldn't spell Santa Barbara? (Don't ask?)

PICO and Santa  Monica were a NO-NO, yet the DOPE walked them all night except for one stop at Barny's Beanery...for Tequila; with REAL GUYS on his tracks?

DRAGNET? The Dope was a good Citizen. Showed up at West Hollywood Precinct dangling a DIAMOND NECKLACE. Chief Detective said: "Treat him with KID GLOVES!" (They beat him uP twice?) But don't get to close? He had dinner at Barney' s Beanery?"...Next morning, a sun over San Bernadino, still a MOON over Sunset (BLVD), after the Interrogation the DOPE, Scot free, dangling a DIAMOND NECKLACE. "It's YOURS!" bellowed the COP. "Wanda WILLED it to ya!", he was set free.

The DOPE, holding a Diamond Necklace but also a plastic, drained coffee cup stood outside the COP-HOUSE, a trifle bewildered, then marched right back INSIDE to see if he could get a coffee-free-re-fill...



c2017/davedelacroix/LORD BORGO/Sciacca-Sicily.