Character Relationship Map: Do Your Duty

Characters

• Tim Maloney (played by Charles Murray) — supporting

  Tim is a cheerful New York police sergeant devoted to his family and proud of his daughter Mary Ellen. After a promotion to lieutenant, he is framed by Ritzy Dalton's gang and demoted when the setup m...

• Andy McIntosh (played by Lucien Littlefield) — supporting

  Andy is Tim Maloney's loyal Scottish tailor and friend, making the uniform for Tim's hoped-for promotion. While delivering clothes, he overhears Ritzy Dalton's gang discussing a jewelry heist, but the...

• Ritzy Dalton (played by Ed Brady) — supporting

  Ritzy is a slick, dangerous racketeer whose gang plans a robbery in Tim Maloney's precinct. He arranges a trap that lures Tim into an apartment, where Tim is knocked unconscious and made to look as if...

• Dude Jackson (played by Blue Washington) — supporting

  Dude is one of Ritzy Dalton's henchmen and is involved in the gang's plotting. Dalton's group first carries out a robbery after Tim is lured into an apartment and framed as having been drinking. The g...

• Danny Sheehan Jr (played by Charles Delaney) — supporting

  Danny is a young patrolman serving under his father, Captain Dan Sheehan, and is engaged to Tim Maloney's daughter, Mary Ellen. He receives a promotion to sergeant at a celebration where Tim is also h...

• Captain Dan Sheehan (played by George C. Pearce) — supporting

  Captain Dan Sheehan commands Danny Sheehan Jr, his son, who is a young patrolman. At a celebration for Danny's promotion to sergeant, the captain proudly commends him. Danny is engaged to Tim Maloney'...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ritzy Dalton → Dude Jackson (Power Gang Leader And Henchman) — Dalton directs Dude within the criminal operation.

  Dude Jackson is explicitly described as one of Ritzy Dalton's henchmen.

• Tim Maloney → Captain Dan Sheehan (Professional Police Colleagues) — They are connected through police command and station ceremonies.

  Tim and Captain Dan Sheehan participate in the police promotion celebration, where the captain commends Danny and Tim receives his new rank.

• Captain Dan Sheehan → Danny Sheehan Jr (Family Father) — A father-son relationship shaped by shared police service.

  The plot explicitly identifies Captain Dan Sheehan as Danny Sheehan Jr.'s father.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Andy McIntosh → Dude Jackson (Conflict Captured Witness) — Andy is endangered by the criminal group Dude serves.

  Andy is discovered and imprisoned by Dalton's gang after overhearing the robbery discussion in the apartment.

• Andy McIntosh → Ritzy Dalton (Conflict Witness And Threat) — Andy becomes a direct obstacle to Dalton's plan.

  Andy overhears Dalton discussing the jewelry heist, is discovered, and is locked inside a closet.

• Tim Maloney → Dude Jackson (Conflict Police And Criminal Opponents) — Dude belongs to the criminal force opposed by Tim.

  Dude is one of Dalton's henchmen, while Tim is the police officer who helps defeat the gang and prevent the robbery.

• Tim Maloney → Ritzy Dalton (Conflict Primary Adversaries) — Dalton's scheme causes Tim's public disgrace and demotion.

  Dalton lures Tim into an apartment, has him knocked unconscious, and frames him for drunkenness.

• Tim Maloney → Danny Sheehan Jr (Alliance Police Colleagues) — Their professional connection becomes part of the station's shared celebrations.

  Both Tim and Danny serve on the New York police force, and Tim celebrates Danny's promotion.

• Tim Maloney → Andy McIntosh (Social Loyal Friend) — Andy provides personal loyalty and crucial support to Tim.

  Andy is described as Tim's loyal Scottish friend and later helps expose the gang's plan.

Story Analysis

A disgraced police officer overcomes a criminal frame-up, restores his honor, and returns to a joyful station ceremony.

Plot Progression

1. A Badge Full Of Hope — Tim enjoys a contented life on the police force while promotion approaches for him and Danny. Andy prepares Tim's lieutenant uniform, and the station celebrates Danny's advancement.
2. The Whiskey Frame — Dalton lures Tim into an apartment and arranges a false appearance of drunkenness. The successful robbery and public disgrace reduce Tim from lieutenant to patrolman.
3. Shame Before The Wedding — Tim hides the truth and cannot bear to attend the station wedding preparations. He leaves while the celebration continues without him.
4. The Tailor Hears Too Much — Andy delivers clothes to an apartment and overhears Dalton and the gang planning a jewelry heist. The gang discovers Andy and locks him in a closet.
5. Duty Restored — Tim follows his hunch to the apartment, rescues Andy, and helps defeat Dalton's gang before the robbery. His name is cleared, and he returns to the station in time for the wedding.