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00:01:00David Harrison is expected to resign from the law firm today.
00:01:15He will assume his duties as assistant prosecutor tomorrow.
00:01:19Think you'll like working in a prosecutor's office?
00:01:23I don't know if I'm going to.
00:01:25Didn't he say nothing about taking you with him?
00:01:29Ain't that just like a man for you?
00:01:34You slay for him, you do all his thinking for him
00:01:37until he gets a reputation and a new job.
00:01:39Then what happens?
00:01:41He drops you.
00:01:43I've worked for him too long anyway.
00:01:45Change will do me good.
00:01:47Don't tell me.
00:01:50You're just saying that because you can take it on the chin.
00:01:54Oh, look, Maisie, let's drop it.
00:01:58I've got a lot of work to do.
00:02:00Oh, you don't have to get sore, Linda.
00:02:02But I got eyes.
00:02:04The way you pampered your boss,
00:02:06and then to be cast off with no notice or nothing,
00:02:09disgusting and discouraging.
00:02:12Didn't even say he'd miss you, I'll bet.
00:02:14Oh, why should he miss me?
00:02:16Secretary's only a secretary.
00:02:18You're a dime a dozen.
00:02:20Yeah?
00:02:21He don't take that dime a dozen kind of them ritzy places
00:02:23you two been dancing at.
00:02:25Well, that doesn't make us Siamese twins.
00:02:27He's free to go his way.
00:02:33Good morning, Mr. Harrison.
00:02:34Good morning.
00:02:35Good morning, Linda.
00:02:36Nice picture of you in the paper.
00:02:37Yeah.
00:02:38The district attorney's been phoning you all morning.
00:02:40Tell him I'm not working for him yet.
00:02:41Not until tomorrow.
00:02:43Well, then it is true.
00:02:44This is your last day here.
00:02:46Practically my last hour.
00:02:47Oh, you can help me pack my personal belongings.
00:02:50Yes, I've already started.
00:02:52Yeah, she's way ahead of you.
00:02:54Oh, Maisie.
00:02:56You shouldn't have said that.
00:02:57Well, somebody's got to tell him.
00:03:10Uh, what about my certificate?
00:03:12Oh, sorry.
00:03:13A lawyer can't very well practice law without his certificate.
00:03:17We had a lot more fun putting it up than taking it down.
00:03:20Remember, you hung it up there for luck.
00:03:22Too bad you can't hang it up in my new office.
00:03:24Is it?
00:03:25Would you miss me?
00:03:26Why, of course.
00:03:27You're more than efficient.
00:03:28You're practically my right arm.
00:03:30Of course, you probably wouldn't understand this new job,
00:03:32but most lawyers have to be specialists.
00:03:34Anyway, they're going to supply me with one,
00:03:36so I couldn't have you even if I wanted to.
00:03:38Which you don't.
00:03:39Oh, I wouldn't say that.
00:03:40You're OK, and besides, you're good to look at.
00:03:45Don't pack that thing.
00:03:48Ten to one, they'll give me some old chromo
00:03:50full of wisdom and with false hair.
00:03:52The dime-a-dozen variety.
00:03:53Right.
00:03:54You know the type.
00:03:55Mr. Harrison, you're due in court in 20 minutes.
00:03:58Now, Mr. Harrison, you mustn't go out without your overcoat.
00:04:00You can't afford to catch cold until after the trial.
00:04:03I've said that again and again.
00:04:05Does that make me the dime-a-dozen one?
00:04:07Well, hardly.
00:04:08Oh, you've bossed me, but you have a way with it.
00:04:11You're a nice person, though.
00:04:12I wonder how you're going to get on with my successor here.
00:04:15You going to make him keep his feet off the desk,
00:04:17stop running his fingers through his hair,
00:04:19be sure that he eats his meals regularly,
00:04:21and goes to the dentist.
00:04:22Oh, stop it.
00:04:23I'm happy about your new position,
00:04:25but I'm not exactly bursting with joy
00:04:27about breaking in a new boss.
00:04:28I could give you a good letter of recommendation
00:04:30to some other firm, in case you didn't want to stay here.
00:04:32Oh, you needn't bother.
00:04:33I'll get along.
00:04:34If you're through with me now,
00:04:35I'll send the rest of your things over to your new office.
00:04:40I hope to be remembered as part of your office fixtures.
00:04:43Oh, now, now, wait a minute.
00:04:45Don't do me an injustice.
00:04:46I wanted you to have something to remember me by,
00:04:48so I stopped at the florist this morning.
00:04:50You mean the same one we stopped at that night?
00:04:53Yes, the one where you liked that pin.
00:04:57Why, it's exactly like the other one.
00:05:00It's the same pin.
00:05:01But the other pin was broken.
00:05:03The man meant, uh, at least he told me he meant it.
00:05:07Here, I'll get it fixed.
00:05:09Oh, no.
00:05:10Not this pin.
00:05:11I wouldn't want to change for anything.
00:05:12Well, you just hold it right there,
00:05:14and I'll see if I can't fix it right.
00:05:19Here.
00:05:20How's that?
00:05:21David!
00:05:23What beautiful!
00:05:25Well, you never even hinted you cared.
00:05:27Why, you're crazy.
00:05:28Who said I did?
00:05:29Oh, you're crazy yourself.
00:05:31Oh, no.
00:05:32I just had to have a better job in order to support you.
00:05:34Support me in the manner in which I'm accustomed?
00:05:37No, you should see the manner, David.
00:05:39My people are poor.
00:05:40Oh, so poor.
00:05:41And you're the main supporter.
00:05:44You do your own hair, your mother takes in washing,
00:05:46and you're just a nobody with a terrible past.
00:05:48And, uh, so what?
00:05:50Do I lose a secretary and get a one?
00:06:08Mom, Dad, Linda's here in a taxi.
00:06:11A taxi?
00:06:12Why, a taxi.
00:06:13Something must have happened.
00:06:14Now, don't get all excited.
00:06:15She took a taxi once before when she was late for supper.
00:06:20Open the door.
00:06:21Open the door.
00:06:23Hello, everybody.
00:06:24A taxi.
00:06:25Well, what bank did you rob?
00:06:27Oh, such a thing to say.
00:06:28Well, answer your father.
00:06:29Uh-huh.
00:06:31I lost my job.
00:06:34Da-da-da da.
00:06:36Da-da-da da.
00:06:47What's so funny about losing your job?
00:06:49No job, no work.
00:06:50Nothing to do to live long day.
00:06:52Nothing to do but loaf and play.
00:06:54Oh, here, Jerry.
00:06:55You muddered the coat, son.
00:06:56And that's what you did.
00:06:57You gave me a good berth.
00:06:58Did I?
00:06:59Here, mother, the coat. You want it.
00:07:00Oh, sorry.
00:07:02Here, mother.
00:07:03Oh, Linda.
00:07:05Where'd you get the money?
00:07:06Savings account, my sweet.
00:07:08For you, Dad.
00:07:09That's to knock the girlfriend cold with.
00:07:11And how.
00:07:12This is for me.
00:07:13Well, where are you going to wear that?
00:07:15Oh, when I have breakfast in bed.
00:07:17Say, what's the matter?
00:07:18Have you lost your mind?
00:07:19Yes, my mind, my heart, my independence.
00:07:22They belong to my husband.
00:07:23Your husband?
00:07:24Uh-huh.
00:07:26Well, didn't you think I'd ever get one?
00:07:27I'm engaged.
00:07:28Or, uh, do I make myself clear?
00:07:31Linda.
00:07:33Well, who?
00:07:35For the love of mom's apoplexy, Linda, open up.
00:07:37Who are you going to marry?
00:07:38David Harrison.
00:07:40Your boss?
00:07:40My ex-boss.
00:07:41He's quitting his job, too.
00:07:43Oh, he's coming here to live.
00:07:45What, a governor in this house?
00:07:46Not so fast, Linda.
00:07:48In order to be governor, he has to be elected.
00:07:50You know, people vote, election, and all that stuff.
00:07:52Oh, yes, he heard about that.
00:07:54So he's going to be district attorney first.
00:07:56Now, just when is he going to be district attorney?
00:07:58Oh, well, first he's going to be just an assistant
00:08:00to the district attorney for a couple of weeks.
00:08:02Listen, Dizzy, uh, are you sure he's got that assistant job?
00:08:07Oh, yes, he starts tomorrow.
00:08:08That's definite?
00:08:09That's definite.
00:08:11Then I can keep the bathroom.
00:08:15Darling, are you sure you love him?
00:08:18Oh, mother.
00:08:23Come on, darling.
00:08:23Where, mother?
00:08:24Out of the White House.
00:08:25Meet your supper.
00:08:26Oh, I can't.
00:08:27David is taking me out to dinner.
00:08:28Supper.
00:08:29Dinner.
00:08:30Don't be lowbrow, dad.
00:08:32David coming here tonight?
00:08:34Yes.
00:08:35Oh, he'll be here any minute.
00:08:39Well, don't look so scared.
00:08:41I want my family to make a good impression on him.
00:08:43This is the first time he's seen you.
00:08:45Mother, take off that apron and fix up your hair a little.
00:08:48Jerry, how about putting on your Sunday suit?
00:08:50This is it.
00:08:51Oh, dad, don't third degree him.
00:08:53He's not going to kidnap me.
00:08:54He's going to marry me.
00:08:56What's this politics?
00:08:57Oh, for heaven's sakes, don't bring that up.
00:08:59And mother, don't cry when you meet him.
00:09:01Come on now, look your best.
00:09:03Are you sure you got him?
00:09:05Dad.
00:09:07Oh, there he is.
00:09:08I'll have to let him in.
00:09:09Hurry now.
00:09:10Change your clothes and clean up the room, will you?
00:09:12Oh, come on.
00:09:25Tony.
00:09:26Tony, that's right.
00:09:27Tony Baxter.
00:09:28Two years off for good behavior.
00:09:30Oh, no, don't.
00:09:31What's the matter?
00:09:33Oh, I ain't running away from any cops.
00:09:36I'm free.
00:09:37Out on parole.
00:09:38Everything's Jake.
00:09:39Oh, please, Tony, go away.
00:09:40Why?
00:09:41Well, I'm expecting somebody.
00:09:43Well, I won't bite him.
00:09:45We got things to talk about.
00:09:46Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow.
00:09:47Tomorrow?
00:09:49Listen, I've been waiting four years to see you.
00:09:51And here I am, now, tonight.
00:09:54Not tomorrow.
00:09:56Well, look who's here.
00:10:04Ain't it nice that we can all be together again?
00:10:07Look who's growing up.
00:10:09Well, Jerry, you ought to be glad to see me.
00:10:12Hiya, Baxter.
00:10:14Oh, so it's Baxter now.
00:10:16What's the matter with calling me Tony?
00:10:20Hello, Tony.
00:10:21That's better.
00:10:23Old man, Wilson.
00:10:24Still fooling them, huh?
00:10:26Still hanging on a cane.
00:10:28Hello, Mother Wilson.
00:10:30Mother Wilson, you get out of this house.
00:10:35Oh, so that's the way it is, huh?
00:10:39Close that door.
00:10:41I said close the door.
00:10:44Now, let's get this thing straight.
00:10:47Come on in here.
00:10:48I got things to say.
00:10:56Well, come on in.
00:11:00You know, I'm the same guy who used to be welcome here.
00:11:05So you don't mind if I come in?
00:11:09No, I don't mind.
00:11:11So you don't want no part of me, huh?
00:11:16All right, get this.
00:11:18I got in a jam.
00:11:20I did my stretch.
00:11:22Now I'm free, purified.
00:11:26I'm figuring on continuing where we left off.
00:11:29If there are any objections, I'll get them from Linda.
00:11:32I don't need a grandstand.
00:11:41Please go, Tony.
00:11:42Now.
00:11:43I promise I'll see you tomorrow.
00:11:45Don't you plead with him, Linda.
00:11:47He has no claim on you, and he doesn't
00:11:48dare force his attentions.
00:11:50I'll call the police.
00:11:51No need for you to exert yourself, Mother.
00:11:54Let Jerry do it.
00:11:57Well, kid, what do you say?
00:12:00Is it the cops, or don't you want to see him?
00:12:04You can't scare anyone.
00:12:07Go on, beat it, Junior.
00:12:09All of you.
00:12:17Please do, Mother.
00:12:18I'll talk to him.
00:12:20There's time before David comes.
00:12:29Who's this you're expecting?
00:12:31The man I'm going to marry.
00:12:33Oh.
00:12:35While I'm doing time, some guy steals my girl.
00:12:38I never was your girl, Tony.
00:12:41No?
00:12:42Well, we played at it, didn't we, sweetheart?
00:12:44We were going to tie the knot once,
00:12:46except for a little bad luck.
00:12:48The bad luck was your arrest as a thief, a bandit.
00:12:50Take it easy.
00:12:51The good luck was when I found out how you made your money,
00:12:53how you could afford to take me to those expensive places.
00:12:56Money is money.
00:12:58If we'd have been married before you got wise,
00:13:00you'd have loved me just the same.
00:13:02I'd have hated you and despised myself.
00:13:06Hey, that's a nice piece of ice.
00:13:08Who's the new boyfriend?
00:13:10A lawyer I've worked for.
00:13:12A lawyer?
00:13:13A mouthpiece.
00:13:15Well, well.
00:13:17And I don't stack up against that kind, huh?
00:13:19Come here.
00:13:21What do I have to do, match him for dough?
00:13:23Well, he isn't rich, but what he has, he's earned honestly.
00:13:25Honest money.
00:13:26A lawyer who gets his money honestly.
00:13:28Now, ain't that something?
00:13:29Listen to me.
00:13:30I had two lawyers.
00:13:31They were going to keep me out of jail.
00:13:33Did they ask me if my money was honest?
00:13:35And when the judge found me guilty and sent me up as a criminal,
00:13:37did those lawyers give me back my crooked money?
00:13:39Don't be a sap.
00:13:41They tried to get all of it.
00:13:43But they didn't get it.
00:13:44I've got a nice little role hid away.
00:13:46Enough to take care of us for the rest of our lives.
00:13:48And baby, I'm going to marry you.
00:13:56Jerry, come here.
00:13:58I said come out here.
00:14:00Come here.
00:14:01You tell Linda that I got plenty of dough and you can prove it.
00:14:04I said tell her.
00:14:06Speak up.
00:14:07Tell Linda I got plenty of dough.
00:14:08Well, you're wrong, Tony.
00:14:09If you mean money for the stolen jewelry
00:14:11you gave Jerry to keep for you while you were in prison,
00:14:13there is none.
00:14:14The jewelry is back where it came from.
00:14:16I made Jerry give it back.
00:14:18We gave it to the police.
00:14:20You gave it to the police?
00:14:23My stuff?
00:14:25Oh, Tony!
00:14:26Get up!
00:14:27Tony!
00:14:28Tony!
00:14:29Tony, get out of here!
00:14:30All right, get out of my sight.
00:14:32Don't let me ever see you again.
00:14:33Beat it!
00:14:34Come on, Jerry.
00:14:35All right, all right.
00:14:37The police know that jewelry was stolen?
00:14:39No, they don't know that.
00:14:42I suppose you gave the kid a gold medal for being a good boy.
00:14:47I thought I was coming home to a pile of dough.
00:14:51All tucked away for me.
00:14:54Broken.
00:14:55Nobody loves me.
00:14:57Now, ain't that too bad?
00:14:59Mother, Dad, please go.
00:15:01Dad, go, please.
00:15:02Leave us alone, will you?
00:15:03Oh, Dad.
00:15:12Don't you see, Tony?
00:15:13Everything's changed.
00:15:15We're content and happy now.
00:15:18Do you want to spoil all that?
00:15:22Can't you give us a break and leave us alone?
00:15:27If you ever really cared about me, you wouldn't hurt us now.
00:15:33I don't figure I'm doing you any favors by giving you up to a lawyer.
00:15:37He'll double-cross you sooner or later.
00:15:40If I wanted to hurt you, I'd spill on that kid.
00:15:42He'd get a trip up to the big house for handling hot ice.
00:15:45Now, that ain't my way.
00:15:46I don't want to scare you into nothing.
00:15:49You reformed your kid brother.
00:15:51OK.
00:15:52I'm going to give you a chance to reform me.
00:15:55Yeah.
00:15:56After you get through seeing your beau tonight, you come to me.
00:16:01We'll figure out something.
00:16:03I want a deal for time.
00:16:05Time to show you that I'm on the level.
00:16:08And you'll give me that time too, baby.
00:16:13I'm at the Arcadia Cottages.
00:16:15Out the boulevard till you come to the stadium.
00:16:18Turn left one block more and you'll see the name.
00:16:21The Arcadia.
00:16:23I'll be there.
00:16:25What time will you be there?
00:16:27An hour, maybe.
00:16:28What do you mean, maybe?
00:16:30I mean, I'll be there in about an hour.
00:16:32Well, if you're not there in an hour, I'll be here to get you.
00:16:36Maybe I ought to meet Davey at that.
00:16:54Dawn?
00:16:55Yes.
00:16:56Well, thank goodness.
00:16:57Linda.
00:16:58You're never going to feel safe while he's out of jail.
00:17:01Why can't we call the police?
00:17:03Because they'd ask us about Jerry.
00:17:05My Jerry didn't steal that jewelry.
00:17:07Or his.
00:17:08Or his.
00:17:09Or his.
00:17:10Or his.
00:17:11Or his.
00:17:12Or his.
00:17:13Or his.
00:17:14Or his.
00:17:15Or his.
00:17:16Or his.
00:17:17Or his.
00:17:18Or his.
00:17:19Or his.
00:17:20Or his.
00:17:21Or his.
00:17:22Or his.
00:17:23What do you mean he didn't steal that jewelry?
00:17:25Oh, no, Mom.
00:17:26He was just keeping it for Baxter.
00:17:28And you made him take it back?
00:17:30Yes, yes.
00:17:31I'll tell you all about that.
00:17:32But now we've got to face David.
00:17:34Help me think of some excuse.
00:17:36I can't go out to dinner with him.
00:17:38But why?
00:17:39Why?
00:17:40I'm too upset.
00:17:42Give me a hand, ...
00:17:43Alright, darling, ...
00:17:44darely.
00:17:52I'm sorry to be late, darling, but I had some last-minute business to take care of.
00:18:22Well, I've had my troubles, too, telling Mother and Dad about a new son-in-law is special news.
00:18:27They're so excited, they're jittery.
00:18:29Well, not half as jittery as I am.
00:18:52Hey, Tony! It's me, Sniff.
00:19:04What do you want?
00:19:06Ain't that a question, now? I suppose you don't remember something.
00:19:09What about?
00:19:11I don't want no trouble, Tony, but I got a share in that dough you hid out.
00:19:14Oh, you got a share in nothing. Same as I have. Nothing.
00:19:19I want my dough. I got to have it. I want my split.
00:19:21I've been waiting for it for years, ever since you were put away.
00:19:24Well, you're out of luck.
00:19:26No, you don't. I want my cut.
00:19:28I told you there ain't no dough, now beat it.
00:19:30Take your hands off me, you scum.
00:19:32Look what's calling me scum.
00:19:49I'm sorry.
00:19:51I'm sorry.
00:19:53I'm sorry.
00:19:55I'm sorry.
00:19:57I'm sorry.
00:19:59I'm sorry.
00:20:01I'm sorry.
00:20:03I'm sorry.
00:20:05I'm sorry.
00:20:07I'm sorry.
00:20:09I'm sorry.
00:20:11I'm sorry.
00:20:13I'm sorry.
00:20:15I'm sorry.
00:20:17I'm sorry.
00:20:48Oh, excuse me.
00:20:50I was just drinking my supper.
00:20:52Something I can do for you?
00:20:54I'm expecting a lady.
00:20:56I want you to send her up to my cottage.
00:20:58Oh, you live here, huh?
00:21:00That's right. Number three, remember?
00:21:04Oh, yeah, sure. I remember you now.
00:21:06You come in this afternoon.
00:21:08Oh, yeah, sure.
00:21:10Oh, yeah, sure.
00:21:12Oh, yeah, sure.
00:21:14Oh, yeah, sure.
00:21:16You come in this afternoon.
00:21:18You got a register?
00:21:20I already registered.
00:21:22Don't make any difference.
00:21:24You got a register for the lady.
00:21:26That's my wife. That's all.
00:21:28Regulations.
00:21:30You got a register for your wife.
00:21:38How long you know her?
00:21:40Listen, you old sponge.
00:21:42All you got to do is see that that lady finds me.
00:21:46Look, buddy.
00:21:48Would you like to have a little bourbon?
00:21:50No.
00:21:52No, it won't hurt your speck.
00:21:54Number eleven.
00:21:56Number three.
00:21:58Hey, buddy.
00:22:00How many times do I have to tell you?
00:22:02No.
00:22:04Okay, buddy.
00:22:16Okay, buddy.
00:22:46Okay, buddy.
00:23:16Jerry.
00:23:18Sis, you all right?
00:23:20Of course. Why did you follow me?
00:23:22Where's Tony?
00:23:24Please, Jerry, I'm going to talk to him alone.
00:23:26No, you're not. I am.
00:23:28Jerry, you can't do this.
00:23:30Give it to me and go home.
00:23:32No, I won't. Not unless you go with me.
00:23:34I heard him make you come here.
00:23:36Give it to me.
00:23:38No, I won't.
00:23:46Look.
00:23:48Jerry, it's Tony.
00:23:50We couldn't have...
00:23:52Go on. Go on.
00:23:54I won't go without you.
00:23:56Do as I say.
00:23:58Hurry.
00:24:00Go on.
00:24:02Go on.
00:24:04Go on.
00:24:06Go on.
00:24:08Go on.
00:24:10Go on.
00:24:12Go on.
00:24:14Go on.
00:24:16Go on.
00:24:18Go on.
00:24:44Tony.
00:24:46Are you badly hurt?
00:24:48Take it easy.
00:24:50Get a pillow.
00:24:58There you are.
00:25:00Somebody was a pretty good shot.
00:25:02Do you know who it was?
00:25:04Don't you know?
00:25:06You don't think I did it?
00:25:08I don't know.
00:25:10Might have been a good idea.
00:25:12Tony, you've got to believe me.
00:25:14Get out of here before you're caught.
00:25:16All right, I'll call a doctor.
00:25:18Call a doctor, but don't call him from here.
00:25:20All right, go on. Beat it. You're wasting time.
00:25:38Yeah. Yeah, I got that.
00:25:40Yeah, hold the phone a minute, will you?
00:25:42Check these numbers.
00:25:44All right, call those numbers again.
00:25:46Take it easy there, will you?
00:25:48All right.
00:25:50J.
00:25:5242.
00:25:54N.
00:25:5627.
00:25:587.
00:26:004.
00:26:02Yeah, that's all. No, I got that. Don't need any more.
00:26:04That's all.
00:26:06Well, the whole thing ties up tight.
00:26:08New assistant prosecutor has an open and shut case for his first.
00:26:12Which one of you gentlemen is Murphy?
00:26:14I am.
00:26:16And you're the new assistant prosecutor.
00:26:18Glad to know you, Mr. Harrison.
00:26:22This is Joe Wallace. He's on the case with me.
00:26:24How do you do, Joe?
00:26:26Come inside.
00:26:34What do you got there? Exhibit A?
00:26:36That's right.
00:26:38The gun we picked up for the shooting took place.
00:26:40He tells me you've got this case all sewed up.
00:26:42Well, pretty tight.
00:26:44We'll leave something for you to do.
00:26:46Can't close these things without a court trial.
00:26:48That's your job.
00:26:50All right, let's add this one up.
00:26:52Let's see, the fellow was shot. His name's Baxter. Tony Baxter.
00:26:54That's right.
00:26:56Had a bad reputation, eh? Yeah, first day out of jail.
00:26:58And somebody waiting for him with a grudge.
00:27:00And a gun. Traced it back to the owner.
00:27:02Found everything but the bullet.
00:27:04One shot fired.
00:27:06Can't find the lead slug.
00:27:08The operation showed it passed right through the shoulder.
00:27:10Doctor said it didn't do much damage.
00:27:12We'll need that bullet to tie back to that gun.
00:27:14You say you traced the gun?
00:27:16Yeah, to an old lame fellow named Wilson.
00:27:18Wilson?
00:27:20What's his first name?
00:27:22Frank Wilson.
00:27:24Runs a second-hand jewelry shop down on 3rd Street.
00:27:26He didn't do the shooting.
00:27:28He's in the clear.
00:27:30And he had a license to carry firearms in his shop.
00:27:32We covered all that.
00:27:34Well, have you any idea who did the shooting?
00:27:36Well, he has a son.
00:27:38Kid named Jerry.
00:27:40Did you arrest her brother?
00:27:42Brother?
00:27:44Whose brother?
00:27:46Well, I mean the boy, the son.
00:27:48Oh, you know the family.
00:27:50Well, yes.
00:27:52Enough so we want to make sure not to make any mistake.
00:27:54No mistake about this.
00:27:56We're going over there now to pick him up.
00:27:58You want us to bring him here, or will you talk to him down at the jail?
00:28:00No, I'll go along with you now.
00:28:02If it is necessary.
00:28:04Well, I want to make sure that we're not wrong.
00:28:12Well, why do you insist on remaining here?
00:28:14We told you that Jerry isn't here.
00:28:16We don't know where he is.
00:28:18Maybe he's down at Father Stewart.
00:28:20No, lady, we talked to your husband.
00:28:22Your son didn't go to work this morning.
00:28:24But, David, why won't you let me bring Jerry down to your office for questioning?
00:28:26But, Linda, you've just said you don't know where he is.
00:28:28Well, I might find him.
00:28:30Excuse me, Mr. Harrison.
00:28:32Now, look, miss.
00:28:34Please don't be personal.
00:28:36These jobs are always tough when you know the people.
00:28:38Now, we're going to stay here and see if your brother does come home.
00:28:42Well, can't you send a policeman away?
00:28:44Won't you treat us like criminals by searching our home?
00:28:54He's nowhere in the house.
00:28:56All right, Joe.
00:29:02Oh.
00:29:06Okay, Joe.
00:29:08All right.
00:29:10In here.
00:29:18Jerry!
00:29:20I picked him up on the corner.
00:29:22Jerry Wilson?
00:29:24Yes, sir.
00:29:26Answer a few questions, will you, son?
00:29:28Yes, sir.
00:29:30Answer a few questions, will you, son?
00:29:32You don't have to if you don't want to.
00:29:34Well, that's right.
00:29:36I might help you.
00:29:38You know this gun?
00:29:42I think I've seen it somewhere.
00:29:44Where?
00:29:46Maybe at my father's store.
00:29:48Did you have it last night?
00:29:50No.
00:29:52What would you say if I told you your fingerprints were on it?
00:29:56Well, I help my father at the store.
00:29:58We often handle guns there.
00:30:00So it's like that.
00:30:02Where were you last night?
00:30:04Here.
00:30:06All night?
00:30:08Yes, in and out.
00:30:10Did you get as far as the Arcadia cottages?
00:30:14Where's that?
00:30:16Know a man named Baxter?
00:30:18I met him.
00:30:20Did you shoot him?
00:30:22No.
00:30:24Did you ever belong to his gang?
00:30:26Baxter was sharp with a .38.
00:30:30That's a .32.
00:30:32Is it?
00:30:36You're under arrest, kid.
00:30:38Come on, let's go.
00:30:48I can come down and see him, can't I?
00:30:50Of course.
00:30:52Come on, kid.
00:30:54Come on.
00:31:06Linda?
00:31:08It might help matters if you and I could talk this over.
00:31:10Can you throw any light on it?
00:31:12Would I let my brother be arrested
00:31:14if I knew anything to prevent it?
00:31:16Did you know this fellow Baxter?
00:31:20Jerry knows him. I may have met him.
00:31:22If you'll excuse me now, I must take care of Mother.
00:31:28Oh, Mother, don't.
00:31:44Mother, are you all right?
00:31:52Yeah.
00:32:02Hey, wait a minute.
00:32:04Put that coffee back. I may want some more.
00:32:08Let's get this thing in high.
00:32:16That's okay.
00:32:18Hey, what was that I had for dessert?
00:32:20Pudding. Raisins and nuts.
00:32:22That's what I mean.
00:32:26Open the door.
00:32:28Who is it?
00:32:30Tell him it's Sniffy.
00:32:32Sniffy?
00:32:34Let him in.
00:32:42Nothing?
00:32:48You don't look so good, Sniffy.
00:32:50I'm all right.
00:32:52You just think you're all right.
00:33:00This ain't a bad place, either.
00:33:02Good food,
00:33:04better beds than you get in jail.
00:33:06You'll like it.
00:33:08Hop in.
00:33:14Out with it. What's on your mind?
00:33:16Nothing.
00:33:18Heard you were shot, that's all.
00:33:22Something you want to tell me about?
00:33:24I don't know nothing, Tony.
00:33:26Honest, I don't.
00:33:28How'd you know I was shot?
00:33:30I read in the papers.
00:33:32Yeah.
00:33:34I read in the papers.
00:33:36Honest, I did.
00:33:38You're lying, Sniffy.
00:33:40You never read a newspaper in your life.
00:33:42You know, Sniffy,
00:33:44you ought to be careful.
00:33:46If you take one more trip up the river,
00:33:48they're going to start calling you showboat.
00:33:52I'll be out of here in a couple of days.
00:33:56I'll be looking for you.
00:34:00I'll beat it.
00:34:12I'll beat it.
00:34:42I'll beat it.
00:35:02Some more stuff in the Baxter case.
00:35:04Not much here.
00:35:06You knew it was a girl that phoned for the doctor?
00:35:08Yeah.
00:35:10He said it was his wife.
00:35:12It's an old gardenia we found in the room where he was shot.
00:35:14Looks like somebody stepped on it.
00:35:16Won't help any.
00:35:18Here's a pin he's broken off.
00:35:20Since it wasn't Baxter
00:35:22that wore it,
00:35:24it must have belonged to the same girl.
00:35:26I tried to find that broken piece of the pin,
00:35:28but no luck.
00:35:30Anything else?
00:35:32No, that'll be all.
00:36:00What can I tell a lawyer?
00:36:02He'll only ask a lot of questions,
00:36:04and I don't dare answer them.
00:36:06You can't go to trial without a lawyer, Jerry.
00:36:08I've been doing a lot of thinking.
00:36:10They got it on me on account of that gun.
00:36:12I can't explain that.
00:36:14Not unless I say I was there,
00:36:16went there to shoot him,
00:36:18and somebody else beat me to it.
00:36:20They won't believe that.
00:36:22I'm your only witness.
00:36:24Yeah.
00:36:26You can't say anything.
00:36:28David will think I was trying to save your honor or something.
00:36:30Where will that leave you with him?
00:36:32I don't know.
00:36:34If only I could tell him everything.
00:36:38You've got to promise to keep your name out of this, Linda.
00:36:41No matter what happens.
00:36:43Promise?
00:36:53Mr. Harris, the prosecutor's office to see you.
00:36:55Come on, miss.
00:36:57That's all right. I'll talk to both of them.
00:36:59Yes, sir.
00:37:01Hello, Linda.
00:37:03Hello, son.
00:37:05Now, I'm the prosecutor on this case,
00:37:07so I can't give you very much advice.
00:37:09Has he a lawyer?
00:37:11No, he hasn't.
00:37:13Sit down.
00:37:19Your brother's in pretty serious difficulty.
00:37:21Now, it's my job to find him guilty.
00:37:23I'm going to have to ask him a couple of questions.
00:37:26You still don't have to answer any without advice of counsel, Jerry.
00:37:29That's right, isn't it?
00:37:31That's right.
00:37:33Now, I just want to ask you this.
00:37:35There was a woman at the scene of the shooting.
00:37:37We know that because she called the doctor.
00:37:39Do you happen to know any of Baxter's women friends?
00:37:42How would I know?
00:37:44Oh, I didn't think you would.
00:37:47Linda, why don't you go up and call on Frank Billings?
00:37:49He's a good lawyer, and I'm sure he'd be glad to help you out.
00:37:51Yes, I will.
00:37:53I'll go now.
00:37:55Bye, Jerry.
00:37:56Bye, sis.
00:37:57Officer.
00:37:58Officer.
00:38:06Goodbye, and thanks for your advice.
00:38:08Goodbye, Linda.
00:38:14You sure you don't remember anything about that woman?
00:38:19You'll have to stand trial.
00:38:36What?
00:38:37Say that again.
00:38:40I don't know why that should be of any interest.
00:38:44Oh, yes.
00:38:48Oh, that'll be all for now.
00:38:52You didn't tell me all the facts.
00:38:54It doesn't look so good.
00:38:57Linda, I'll take your brother's case, but on one condition.
00:39:01Well, I'll try and pay you as soon as I can.
00:39:03I didn't mean that.
00:39:05If David suggests that I take your brother's case,
00:39:07he must have his reasons.
00:39:09Only you've got to help.
00:39:11Well, what can I do?
00:39:14First thing is to go and see the man who was shot.
00:39:31Well, is it necessary that I see him?
00:39:34You're the only one whom he might talk to.
00:39:37Well, how can he help?
00:39:40Have you forgotten all the logic and reasoning you learned in this office?
00:39:43Now, you know that the circumstantial evidence against your brother is strong.
00:39:46So strong that I might even believe that he's killing myself.
00:39:50It's only because you tell me otherwise, Linda.
00:39:53Now, if your brother didn't shoot Baxter,
00:39:55then Baxter might tell you who did.
00:39:59All right. I'll try.
00:40:08Is he going to get your brother out of jail?
00:40:10I don't know.
00:40:12Linda, is Mr. Harrison really going to prosecute your brother?
00:40:16Yes.
00:40:18I can't believe it.
00:40:20After all you've meant to him.
00:40:22Goodbye, Nancy.
00:40:29Well, what do you know?
00:40:31You can never tell about a man.
00:40:46So the man you were going to marry is now prosecuting your brother.
00:40:50Well, that's a perfect setup for me.
00:40:53So you won't tell who really shot you?
00:40:56No. Why should I?
00:40:58Well, you know that Jerry didn't do it.
00:41:00And I know he didn't.
00:41:02What's that got to do with it?
00:41:03The cops don't know it.
00:41:05And your boyfriend, the prosecutor, doesn't know it.
00:41:07But you do.
00:41:08You knew it last night when you tried to put the blame on me.
00:41:11Sure, I know it and you know it.
00:41:13But we're not running this show.
00:41:15The mug you want to marry is running this.
00:41:18Let's see how he handles it.
00:41:20Isn't there anything I can do to make you help me?
00:41:23Yeah.
00:41:25Marry me.
00:41:27Don't.
00:41:37What's so tough about marrying me?
00:41:40No worse than marrying that lawyer.
00:41:45Get wise to yourself, Linda.
00:41:47He's the kind of a guy that'll drag you through a mess.
00:41:50He'll drop you like a hot potato.
00:41:53Get it out of your head. You haven't got a chance.
00:41:59I could have that chance, Tony.
00:42:01Please give it to me.
00:42:06Step on that, will you, baby?
00:42:10What's the matter with you?
00:42:12We used to have some swell times together.
00:42:14Remember when we were going to run away and get married?
00:42:16I had a marriage license already.
00:42:18It's all forgotten.
00:42:20Bring it back to life.
00:42:22Never.
00:42:24Mr. Harrison to see you.
00:42:27No.
00:42:29Show him in.
00:42:31Go with me, Tony.
00:42:33Go.
00:42:35Go.
00:42:41Oh, how do you do?
00:42:43And you're Baxter.
00:42:45Yes, I am.
00:42:47I only came to see if he couldn't identify his assailant.
00:42:53Did he?
00:42:55No.
00:42:57Did he say he recognized your brother?
00:42:59Don't answer that.
00:43:01Look, mister, this ain't a courtroom.
00:43:03Don't try to work over my visitors.
00:43:05Oh, I didn't know that you were such good friends.
00:43:07I didn't say we were.
00:43:09I'm sorry.
00:43:11I didn't mean to.
00:43:13I'm sorry.
00:43:16I'm sorry I couldn't be more help to you.
00:43:19I might remember something later.
00:43:30How's your memory about the girl that you were with that night?
00:43:33Was I with a girl?
00:43:35I'm not guessing.
00:43:37Let me see.
00:43:39I meet so many people.
00:43:42Look, fella, my brain's a little cloudy.
00:43:45It may not clear up until right after you've convicted her brother.
00:43:53Do you object to me personally,
00:43:55or is it that you just don't like to answer questions?
00:44:00I'm just allergic to lawyers.
00:44:03I was just saying that you'd convict your own mother
00:44:06if you thought it would help you.
00:44:11And when you're taking those bounds to that grandstand,
00:44:15I'll get a big kick out of cutting you down
00:44:17and making a yapping monkey out of you.
00:44:20Is that your only reason for holding out?
00:44:25I don't know.
00:44:27Is it?
00:44:29I don't know.
00:44:31Is it?
00:44:33So you think I'd convict my mother?
00:44:36That's what I was telling the lady.
00:44:38Who, uh, Miss Wilson?
00:44:40Yeah, Miss Wilson.
00:44:43I was sympathizing with her.
00:44:46Strange that you'd sympathize with a girl whose brother just shot you.
00:44:50Did he?
00:44:52I'm asking you, then.
00:44:54If I could only get my memory working.
00:45:00Still in a daze.
00:45:04Is that unusual?
00:45:07You wouldn't try to be funny, would you, mister?
00:45:10Not any funnier than your answers.
00:45:13If you want any more information,
00:45:16don't hesitate to call on me.
00:45:19Thanks for nothing.
00:45:29Thanks for nothing.
00:45:59Thanks for nothing.
00:46:29Hurrah!
00:46:49Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!
00:46:52This court is now in session.
00:46:54Honorable J. William Johnston, Judge presiding.
00:47:10Proceed with the case.
00:47:15Well, uh, Mr. Jerry Wilson, please resume the stand.
00:47:24You're being sworn in. Not necessary to take the oath again, only necessary to remember
00:47:33it. Yes, sir.
00:47:36Now, before the recess, you stated you had merely a speaking acquaintance with Mr.
00:47:40Baxter. Have you refreshed your memory enough to recall just how well you knew him?
00:47:45I knew him pretty well.
00:47:47How long did you know him?
00:47:50A couple of years, off and on.
00:47:52When was this?
00:47:53About four years ago.
00:47:56Up to the time he went to prison?
00:47:59Yes, about that time.
00:48:01During those two years' acquaintanceship, Mr. Baxter came to your home with me.
00:48:07Yes, sir.
00:48:07Frequently?
00:48:09Yes, sir. Pretty often.
00:48:11Many times, wouldn't you say?
00:48:13I object.
00:48:15The witness has already answered.
00:48:19Overruled.
00:48:23Read the question.
00:48:25Many times, wouldn't you say?
00:48:28Pretty often, I guess.
00:48:29Did he come just to visit you?
00:48:32To visit all of us.
00:48:33Whom do you mean by all of us?
00:48:36Mother, father, and me.
00:48:39Anyone else?
00:48:41My sister.
00:48:44Was he accepted as a suitor for your sister's hand?
00:48:47I object.
00:48:48The question is vague.
00:48:50Accepted by whom? The family, the defendant, or the neighbors?
00:48:55Sustained.
00:48:56Did you look upon Mr. Baxter as a suitor for your sister?
00:49:00Yes, sir.
00:49:01Did you approve of him?
00:49:04No.
00:49:05Not altogether, no, sir.
00:49:06You strongly disapproved, didn't you?
00:49:09As a matter of fact, you disliked him so much that you found it expedient...
00:49:12I object.
00:49:14I can object, too.
00:49:15Perhaps you didn't know that.
00:49:18Don't bait the witness.
00:49:20Lead him into some commitment which may establish motivation.
00:49:24Sorry, Your Honor.
00:49:26Have you seen Mr. Baxter since his return from prison?
00:49:30Once.
00:49:31When was that?
00:49:32I don't remember the date.
00:49:33You saw him the very night he was shot, didn't you?
00:49:36I object on the grounds that the question is leading.
00:49:39Overruled.
00:49:42You may answer.
00:49:44I saw him that night.
00:49:45Where?
00:49:47At our house.
00:49:48Did he state the nature of his visit?
00:49:52He said he came to see my sister.
00:49:54Did you object to Mr. Baxter renewing his attentions to your sister at that time?
00:49:59I object, Your Honor.
00:50:02Reframe your question.
00:50:04Did you still disapprove of Mr. Baxter at that time?
00:50:08Yes, sir.
00:50:09Did you tell him so?
00:50:12No, sir.
00:50:14Did anyone within your hearing tell him he was not welcome?
00:50:17Yes, sir.
00:50:19Did your sister tell him that?
00:50:22Yes, sir.
00:50:24Was there a quarrel?
00:50:26I don't remember.
00:50:29That'll be all.
00:50:37You didn't quarrel with Mr. Baxter?
00:50:39No, sir.
00:50:40You didn't threaten him?
00:50:41No, sir.
00:50:42You didn't order him out?
00:50:44No, sir.
00:50:45And you didn't shoot him?
00:50:48No, sir.
00:50:49No further questions.
00:50:51You're excused.
00:50:54Any more witnesses?
00:50:55One, Your Honor.
00:50:58Will Miss Linda Wilson please take the stand?
00:51:10Raise your right hand, please.
00:51:15Do you solemnly swear the testimony that you are about to give
00:51:18before this court is the truth, the whole truth,
00:51:21and nothing but the truth, so help you?
00:51:23I do.
00:51:27State your name.
00:51:28Linda Wilson.
00:51:38Are you the sister of the defendant?
00:51:40Yes.
00:51:41You've just heard your brother's testimony.
00:51:44Are you the sister referred to by him?
00:51:47Yes.
00:51:48Is it true then that at one time you were courted by a Mr. Baxter?
00:51:52Yes.
00:51:53Is he in this courtroom?
00:51:55Yes.
00:51:56Will you please point him out?
00:52:02Were you ever engaged to Marion?
00:52:09It was hasty.
00:52:10It was just an infatuation.
00:52:11Just answer yes or no, please.
00:52:14Yes, we were engaged.
00:52:16Did you marry him?
00:52:18No.
00:52:19What, if anything, prevented that marriage?
00:52:22His arrest and conviction of a crime.
00:52:25What kind of a crime?
00:52:27Robbery.
00:52:28Up to then, you were unaware of how he made a living?
00:52:31Oh, yes.
00:52:32What effect did his arrest have upon you?
00:52:35I stopped caring for him.
00:52:37Did you break off your engagement?
00:52:40Yes.
00:52:44Did you communicate with him during his term in prison?
00:52:47No.
00:52:48Did you see him after his release?
00:52:51Yes.
00:52:52The night he was shot.
00:52:54Where?
00:52:55At my home.
00:52:56Who was present?
00:52:58My parents and my brother.
00:53:07Did Mr. Baxter call upon you and your family at that time for any specific purpose?
00:53:12Well, he wanted to renew our friendship.
00:53:16Did he still want to marry you?
00:53:18Yes.
00:53:19What did you say to that?
00:53:21Oh, I refused him.
00:53:24I told him that I loved someone else.
00:53:27Someone whom I intended to marry.
00:53:29I told him that I'd ceased even to think of him long ago.
00:53:32How did he accept your decision?
00:53:34He wasn't pleased.
00:53:35Was he angry?
00:53:37Somewhat.
00:53:38Did he threaten you?
00:53:39Not exactly.
00:53:40Did he insist upon renewing his attentions to you?
00:53:43Well, he asked if he might have more time.
00:53:46Time? Time for what?
00:53:49Time to prove himself, I guess.
00:53:51What did you say to that?
00:53:52I...
00:53:54I only agreed to see him at some future date.
00:53:58That very evening, wasn't it?
00:54:01Yes.
00:54:02Did you consent to meet Mr. Baxter at his place, the Arcadia Cottages?
00:54:07The Arcadia Cottages?
00:54:11Yes, I did.
00:54:13Did you fear it?
00:54:16Somewhat.
00:54:17Did you keep that appointment?
00:54:20Yes.
00:54:21Did you take your brother with you?
00:54:22Oh, no, no.
00:54:23No, he came later.
00:54:25So you went alone to meet this man whom you feared?
00:54:28Yes.
00:54:29And registered with him as man and wife?
00:54:30That's not true.
00:54:31Didn't you know that you were registered as Mrs. John Doe?
00:54:33No, I didn't know that.
00:54:36Sorry.
00:54:38Did you meet your brother at the Arcadia Cottages?
00:54:41He came later.
00:54:43And when he found you in the cottage with Baxter, he shot him?
00:54:46Oh, no, no.
00:54:56Where did you meet your brother?
00:54:57Well, away from the cottage.
00:55:00Did you talk with him?
00:55:02Yes.
00:55:03What was said?
00:55:04He tried to get me not to see Mr. Baxter.
00:55:06I explained to him that we were only going to talk things over.
00:55:10I was only going to convince him that I could never mean anything to him.
00:55:14But I loved the man I was going to marry.
00:55:18Did your brother have a gun with him?
00:55:20Yes, but I stopped him.
00:55:21Stopped him? Stopped him from what?
00:55:23Oh, he struggled.
00:55:24I took the gun away from him and then I dropped it.
00:55:26It fell somewhere.
00:55:27Was the gun discharged? Was it fired?
00:55:29Well, I don't know.
00:55:30We heard a shot.
00:55:31We heard a shot.
00:55:32I don't know.
00:55:32I don't think so.
00:55:33And this was not in the cottage?
00:55:35Oh, no.
00:55:37Did you later call a doctor?
00:55:38Well, yes, after we found Mr. Baxter wounded.
00:55:40Oh, you found him.
00:55:42Well, yes, it's the truth.
00:55:44You found him shot?
00:55:45Yes.
00:55:46You heard a shot and knew that Mr. Baxter had been hit?
00:55:50Well, not just then. A few moments later.
00:55:52Your brother had a gun outside the Arcadia Cottages.
00:55:54He fired a shot from it and yet he did not shoot the man whose advances towards you he resented.
00:55:59The man he disliked.
00:56:00The man he resented.
00:56:01The man he disliked, detested, feared.
00:56:03Oh, stop it. You're torturing me.
00:56:05He was right.
00:56:06You're hard. You're cruel.
00:56:08He was right.
00:56:09Who's he?
00:56:10Me.
00:56:12Why don't you let her alone?
00:56:17Let go of me. I got a right to be here.
00:56:18I'm the guy they're talking about.
00:56:20Hold her at the top.
00:56:21Release him.
00:56:23Come here.
00:56:25What's the matter with getting me up there to answer your funny questions?
00:56:28Harrison, do you know anything about this?
00:56:30No, Your Honor.
00:56:31Up to now, he has refused to testify in the case.
00:56:35Won't you question him now?
00:56:36If it pleases Your Honor.
00:56:38No objection?
00:56:39I'd welcome it, Your Honor.
00:56:41You're excused.
00:56:44Put your new witness on the stand.
00:56:46Take the stand.
00:56:51You'll be sworn first.
00:56:52Hold up your right hand.
00:56:55You swear the testimony you're about to give before this court to be the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help you...
00:56:59Yeah, I do.
00:57:00State your name.
00:57:02Tony Baxter.
00:57:09If you have any information bearing on this case, why have you withheld it?
00:57:14I wanted her to get a slant of this big shot doing his stuff.
00:57:18I wanted to give him plenty of rope so he'd be sure to hang himself, but good.
00:57:24Come on, mister, ask me some questions.
00:57:26Can you name your assailant?
00:57:30There he is.
00:57:33Grab that guy!
00:57:35Look out!
00:57:41It's all right.
00:57:42I'll get him.
00:57:43Order!
00:57:44Order!
00:57:45Order at the court!
00:57:46Sit down, sit down.
00:57:47Bring that man here.
00:57:49This ought to prove that you've been barking up the wrong tree.
00:57:54You heard what he said.
00:57:55What about it?
00:57:56Yeah, I shot him.
00:57:57I'll do it again too.
00:58:01Take him out of here.
00:58:02Come on, let's go.
00:58:03You'll be sworn first.
00:58:08I'll do it again.
00:58:09You heard what he said. What about it?
00:58:11Yeah, I shot him. I'll do it again too.
00:58:16Take him out of here.
00:58:22And that makes a yapping monkey out of you.
00:58:32Mr. Billings, Mr. Harrison.
00:58:35This case just about finished itself with this new evidence.
00:58:39You two had better pick up the pieces and present it to me in the morning.
00:58:46Court will recess until tomorrow morning.
00:58:54Congratulations, Jerry.
00:58:55Thanks.
00:58:56I'm glad, Jerry.
00:58:58Jerry, is he free?
00:59:00He will be tomorrow.
00:59:20I thought you'd like to have this as a little souvenir.
00:59:23It's the bullet slug that was shot through your shoulder.
00:59:27What did you hold it out for?
00:59:29Why didn't you just bring it?
00:59:30I didn't know what gun it came out of.
00:59:32I had to wait for you to snap out of your daze and make a yapping monkey out of me.
00:59:40Always at the head of your class, ain't ya?
00:59:49Linda.
00:59:51I'm sorry I had to treat you so rough.
00:59:53But we had to smoke out Baxter.
01:00:01My pen.
01:00:03You knew.
01:00:06And you had it mended.
01:00:08And you had it mended.
01:00:09Mm-hmm.