The night watchman at a bank on the corner. He is a friend of ’s and lends him the gun that uses to protect from when she finds him in the hallway of the building, trying to assault her daughter. Johnny and Burt have an arrangement in which Johnny agrees to watch the bank while Burt runs home to check on his much younger wife, whom he believes has lovers over at their apartment when Burt is working. When he returns home, he never finds his wife with a man; she is always sound asleep. One day, however, Burt’s fears come true when his wife leaves him for an Italian man closer to her own age.