Barney McGill was a charity swindler who worked his act with two props - the telephone to call the suckers, and a pretty blonde to collect the money. McGill ranged all over the country with his racket, averaging as high as $25,000 in a single year, most of the time from contributions under $5. But occasionally, Barney came across an unusually gullible sucker - and for this emergency, there was a special routine...