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00:00:30If it is too much, what is holding up the parade?
00:00:57Well, enough to save your business, waiting till John Randolph gets here.
00:01:01Well, he's got a lot of nerve, keeping all of us waiting for another reporter.
00:01:05Say, what is he, the star reporter?
00:01:07Well, he is around here, his paper made for him at District Attorney.
00:01:11His old man did that for him before he died.
00:01:13Say, even you could do it if it was dumped in your lap.
00:01:16Oh, well, his old man started the campaign, but give John credit, he finished it after his father was killed.
00:01:22I always did think it was a strange accident that killed old man Randolph.
00:01:25You don't suppose John could be having one of these strange accidents right now, I hope.
00:01:32Hello?
00:01:34No, he hasn't come in yet.
00:01:37Yes, Miss Barbara, I'll tell him.
00:01:39Oh, just a minute.
00:01:40He just came in the door.
00:01:41Hi, John.
00:01:42Hi.
00:01:42Hello.
00:01:43Mr. Randolph, there's a telephone call for you.
00:01:45Thanks, Molly.
00:01:47Hello.
00:01:48Oh, hello, Barbara.
00:01:50Yeah, I tried to get you ten minutes ago.
00:01:53No, I won't forget.
00:01:55All right, we'll be there on time.
00:01:57You bet.
00:01:58Goodbye, dear.
00:02:00If you're on time for that date, it'll be the first time in your life.
00:02:03Mother always told me, never keep a lady waiting.
00:02:06Why don't you marry the girl?
00:02:07Don't be so crude, you're talking about the District Attorney's daughter.
00:02:10Boys, I'll let you in on a little news.
00:02:12Tonight, at a private family dinner,
00:02:14the District Attorney will announce the engagement of his daughter, Barbara, to Mr. John Randolph,
00:02:19a rising young reporter who is so successfully operating the Star Tribune.
00:02:24Good evening, Your Majesty.
00:02:25Listen, Molly, why don't you give us some...
00:02:28Hello, John.
00:02:28Hello.
00:02:29You know Lane, our Chief Investigator?
00:02:31Sure.
00:02:32How are you?
00:02:32He's been telling me a story that'll interest you.
00:02:35I'm picking up a fellow tonight,
00:02:37a man who's going to prove that your father's death was not an accident.
00:02:40Good.
00:02:41I've always thought that Dad knew something that would make it too hot for a lot of people in this town.
00:02:44Yes, and on the day of the accident,
00:02:46he said he was about ready to print a story blowing the lid off the underworld
00:02:50and uncover some leading citizen.
00:02:52I have a good chance tonight to find out who that is.
00:02:55I hope so.
00:02:57Say, John, we'd better not keep those reporters waiting any longer.
00:03:00Oh, no.
00:03:01Will you come along and help me face them the first time?
00:03:03Sure thing.
00:03:07Gentlemen,
00:03:09I want you to meet our new District Attorney, Mr. Burnett.
00:03:11Hi, dear.
00:03:11Good to see you again.
00:03:12How do you do?
00:03:12How do you do, Burnett?
00:03:13Well, I remember some of these men.
00:03:16You're Hogan of the Hill, aren't you?
00:03:17Yes, Mr. Burnett.
00:03:18I worked with you on the Malcolm case last year.
00:03:20Yeah, that's right.
00:03:21I remember.
00:03:22I'm glad to see a man like you on the prosecutor's side of the fence.
00:03:25Yes, Wilkins here was one of the last to fall in line in supporting you.
00:03:28I waited to make sure he'd be elected.
00:03:31Smart boy.
00:03:32Well, I want to thank all you fellows for your support during this campaign.
00:03:36It was my first attempt at running for public office, and I hope my last.
00:03:40That is, if I make a good enough job of it this time.
00:03:43And don't waste any time glorifying me, boys.
00:03:45Just back me up when you think I'm right.
00:03:47Hey, get a good picture of a man who can say a thing like that and mean it.
00:03:50That's news.
00:03:51Hey, you stay in that picture.
00:03:53That's where you belong.
00:03:54Right with him where you've always been.
00:04:00That was a splendid dinner, Barbara.
00:04:02Yes, it was.
00:04:05John, I think your mother would like a favorite chair.
00:04:08Thank you, Barbara.
00:04:11You know, the minute those newspapers announced our engagement,
00:04:14the telephone started ringing.
00:04:16Hmm.
00:04:17You'd have to expect that.
00:04:20Helen McGregor's arranging a party for us this evening at her house.
00:04:25She's inviting all our friends.
00:04:29And then Friday evening, they're giving us an engagement party at the country club.
00:04:33And I'm warning you, I'm going to look pretty silly arriving alone.
00:04:36I know just how you feel, Barbara.
00:04:38My wedding guests were kept waiting while a special edition was run off,
00:04:42all about our tiger that escaped from the zoo.
00:04:46I'm glad Barbara realizes what she's up against,
00:04:48because Friday night, they're dedicating the new city hall.
00:04:51If I don't show up, they'll say I lack public spirit.
00:04:54You'll have to be there too.
00:04:56They'll expect to see our new district attorney.
00:04:58It begins to look as though I'll have to engage a professional escort.
00:05:02Dolly, I have an idea.
00:05:03After we're married, you can furnish the press room as living quarters.
00:05:06That way, I can run in and see you.
00:05:08Between murders.
00:05:10That's killing.
00:05:12Well, have you and John decided where you're going to spend your honeymoon?
00:05:16I tried to discuss it with him, but he was always too busy campaigning for you.
00:05:21And now, I suppose he'll be running his newspaper from your office.
00:05:24That's not a very interesting place to spend a honeymoon.
00:05:27It might be if you live up to your campaign promises.
00:05:29I know of one person who would have been happy to spend the next year in that office of yours.
00:05:34Julia, you're right.
00:05:35If your husband could only have lived to be with us tonight.
00:05:38It was his ambition to see me district attorney.
00:05:40And tonight, I'm proud that my son, whom he adopted as his own, has helped to carry out his wishes.
00:05:46I propose a toast to your husband.
00:05:48I loved him as a brother.
00:05:50To me, it's a sacred obligation to carry on his purpose.
00:05:53To your husband.
00:05:56I'm sorry Mr. Burnett left strict orders that he was not to be disturbed tonight.
00:05:59Can I ask him to call you?
00:06:03Oh.
00:06:04Oh, I see.
00:06:06Yes, sir.
00:06:07Yes, right away, sir.
00:06:12What is it, Mason?
00:06:13Mr. Burnett has wanted on the telephone.
00:06:16Oh, but didn't you tell him that he couldn't be disturbed tonight?
00:06:19Yes, Miss Barbara, but...
00:06:21It's your office, sir, and they said it was very urgent.
00:06:24Excuse me, Lord.
00:06:31This is Burnett.
00:06:34Oh, hello, Lane.
00:06:37What?
00:06:39Well, they must have found out you were meeting him.
00:06:43Do you know the fellow who did the shooting?
00:06:46Well, where have you got him?
00:06:49Get my hat and coat.
00:06:51All right, all right, I'll be right down.
00:06:52Don't let anyone get to him.
00:06:57John, this ought to be news.
00:06:59The man that Lane was meeting tonight was killed.
00:07:02They've arrested the fellow called Drake.
00:07:03Mason, get my things, please.
00:07:05Don't wait up for me, dear.
00:07:06All right, Dad.
00:07:07Darling, it's important that I get down to the office right away.
00:07:10Thanks, Mason.
00:07:12Oh, I forgot.
00:07:13Will you drive Mother home?
00:07:14Well, you run along.
00:07:15We'll take care of ourselves.
00:07:17I always prepare for something like this.
00:07:19So I ordered my own car for 10 o'clock.
00:07:21Good.
00:07:30Hello, Max.
00:07:32The district attorney's men just grabbed Draper for murder.
00:07:36You're sure it's Draper?
00:07:37Yeah, I saw him grab him.
00:07:50Capital 842-8.
00:07:53It's a bad time to have this happen.
00:07:55That new district attorney's going to eat this up.
00:07:58Hello, Sam?
00:08:00Sam.
00:08:01This is Mike.
00:08:02You hear where they hooked Draper for murder?
00:08:04Yeah.
00:08:05Joe, Joe Draper.
00:08:07Somebody better get a lawyer to him.
00:08:09That's not so good for us right now.
00:08:11Okay, I'll pass the word to Gil.
00:08:14Call Gil Blake.
00:08:15Tell him to wait for me.
00:08:16I'm coming right over.
00:08:19Yeah, I know all about that.
00:08:21But we're raising cash for Draper.
00:08:23I'm down for 500, and it'll cost you the same.
00:08:27That's right, $500.
00:08:29Gotta get him the best lawyer in town, and that's Whitaker.
00:08:32Yeah, but this is going to cost money.
00:08:35We're trying to get Whitaker to defend him.
00:08:38I can't represent a cheap crook like Draper.
00:08:42Now, forget about it.
00:08:42I'm going back to Gil.
00:08:44Wait a minute, Whitaker.
00:08:45This is one case you'll have to take.
00:08:48Draper's important to us.
00:08:49We raised $10,000 for you.
00:08:52Why does he mean that much to you?
00:08:54To stop that new district attorney before he gets started.
00:08:57And what other reason?
00:08:59Well, you remember the automobile accident that happened to old Randolph?
00:09:02What about it?
00:09:04Do you realize who Draper killed?
00:09:05Who cares?
00:09:06You're better.
00:09:07It was Henshaw.
00:09:09That's good riddance.
00:09:11Now somebody ought to get Draper.
00:09:13It's too late for that.
00:09:14He'll be safe in jail where he can squawk about us.
00:09:17We have to take care of him.
00:09:19So that's why you could collect $10,000 an hour.
00:09:22Yeah, and you ought to be paying part of it instead of getting it.
00:09:28All right.
00:09:29I'll get to work on it.
00:09:35City desk.
00:09:36This is Gordon.
00:09:38Oh, hello, Whitaker.
00:09:39What's on your mind?
00:09:41I'm taking on the Draper murder case.
00:09:44Yes, I have to.
00:09:47You'll find out.
00:09:49Now here's what I want you to do.
00:09:51Use your newspaper to play up Draper as an innocent victim.
00:09:54How can I do that?
00:09:56Young Randolph has taken it out of my hands.
00:09:58He's writing the murder story now, picturing the District Attorney as a saint.
00:10:02That's exactly what I don't want.
00:10:04You get busy and kill that.
00:10:07This is the time when you have to do it.
00:10:09And I don't want you to give me any excuses.
00:10:11Well, I'll do all I can.
00:10:14But you know the circumstances.
00:10:17Okay, goodbye.
00:10:18What's that? Something new on the Draper murder case?
00:10:19No, just a fellow who wants to have lunch with me tomorrow.
00:10:21Oh.
00:10:22Here. Spread that front page, first edition tomorrow.
00:10:25And put District Attorney Burnett's picture right smack in the middle.
00:10:27John, you better drop this stuff off of the front page and stop hammering at it.
00:10:31Your District Attorney has been elected, so forget it.
00:10:33And this new crime is like any other, just news for the day.
00:10:36That's where you're wrong, Gordon.
00:10:38Henshaw was killed just before the District Attorney went to question him.
00:10:41Now, that was no accident, any more than my father's death
00:10:43just when he was ready to print something that they were afraid of.
00:10:45If your father had information like that, he would have told me.
00:10:47We worked together for years.
00:10:49It took him a lifetime to build up this newspaper.
00:10:51I don't want to see you tear it down in a week.
00:10:53No, Gordon, I'm not going to.
00:10:55You're forgetting some of the training he gave you, and me, too.
00:10:57I know what he would have done, and that's what I'm going to do.
00:11:00You're making a mistake.
00:11:00Take my advice and scrap this stuff and treat Draper as a scapegoat.
00:11:04What else do you hope to get out of it?
00:11:05Here's what I hope to get.
00:11:06Henshaw was killed because he knew what my father knew.
00:11:09Now, Draper must know it, too.
00:11:10Now, if we can get Draper to face a death sentence,
00:11:12we might be able to get him to tell us what it is.
00:11:14Now, go ahead and print that.
00:11:17Isn't there a lawyer in the world to take your hide?
00:11:19You not only shoot a man, but you're dumb enough to tell about it.
00:11:24And to the district attorney.
00:11:27They grabbed me and hooked me up to his office.
00:11:29What else could I do?
00:11:30Why'd you have to sign that thing?
00:11:31Somebody should have broken your arm so you couldn't write.
00:11:33I'll tell you, I couldn't get out of it.
00:11:35I didn't know I'd have a lawyer like you.
00:11:37Well, you don't have me now.
00:11:38I'm through.
00:11:39Please, Mr. Whitaker, do me a favor.
00:11:41Please, Mr. Whitaker, do me a favor.
00:11:43Now, I'm through.
00:11:44Please, Mr. Whitaker, don't quit me now.
00:11:47I don't take cases I can't win.
00:11:49And with the Star Tribune making a little tin god of a district attorney, you're sunk.
00:11:54If I can tell you something, it'll shut that newspaper up.
00:11:57Will you stick with me?
00:11:58Don't be silly.
00:11:59What could you do?
00:12:01Shoot the editor or blow up the place?
00:12:05This is something you can do.
00:12:07And I'll tell you how.
00:12:08It better be good.
00:12:10Time out in two minutes, Mr. Whitaker.
00:12:12Okay.
00:12:15What is it?
00:12:16The Star Tribune is owned by Mrs. Julia Randolph and her son.
00:12:19Oh.
00:12:20Old Randolph, who was killed, accidentally, was her second husband.
00:12:24What of it?
00:12:25She's supposed to have lost her first husband over 25 years ago.
00:12:29A fellow named Charlie Benton.
00:12:31What does that add up to?
00:12:33They never found out what happened to Benton.
00:12:36He was declared legally dead.
00:12:38I suppose you're going to tell me she killed him.
00:12:41No.
00:12:42He didn't even die.
00:12:44Just disappeared.
00:12:46If he showed up now, they wouldn't want to print that in their own paper.
00:12:57Where is he now?
00:13:01I've been known as Draper ever since.
00:13:05All right.
00:13:07If you're not lying, that is something to work on.
00:13:11I'll stay on your case.
00:13:13Thanks, Mr. Whitaker.
00:13:15When I get out of here, I'll dig up plenty of dough for you.
00:13:17It's all been taken care of.
00:13:20Who paid it?
00:13:21No one there.
00:13:24If only one bird could raise enough cash to pay you,
00:13:28it's Sam Gray.
00:13:31Hey, why should he do that for me?
00:13:33Because you can do something for him.
00:13:35No matter what happens,
00:13:37you keep your mouth shut about that accident that happened to old man Randolph.
00:13:41So that's why they sent you to me.
00:13:43Didn't want to save me, just trying to save themselves.
00:13:46What's the deal on the other foot?
00:13:48You open your mouth and they're through with you.
00:13:51And if I do open my mouth, they'll be in here with me.
00:13:53And you too.
00:13:56Okay, Whitaker.
00:13:58That's the deal.
00:14:00You'll get me out of this alive.
00:14:02Time's up.
00:14:04I'll do what I can.
00:14:09I tried to get here before you arrived.
00:14:12I didn't mean to keep you waiting.
00:14:14Won't you sit down?
00:14:21I'm sorry I was so blunt over the telephone.
00:14:25But I knew you were the only person in the world
00:14:27that had any interest in Charlie Benton.
00:14:29I thought he was dead.
00:14:31No, he's very much alive.
00:14:33How do you know?
00:14:40And unless you and I do something about it,
00:14:43your own newspaper is going to be clamoring to have him hanged.
00:14:46But I can't do anything about that.
00:14:48My son runs a newspaper.
00:14:50And I couldn't ever let him know I was married to that man.
00:14:53My job is to save Draper's life.
00:14:56And I'm going to prove that he's not such a desperate character.
00:15:00You can testify to that.
00:15:02But that would destroy my son.
00:15:04All that scandal would tear down everything he'd planned.
00:15:07Now, let's get this straight, Mrs. Randolph.
00:15:10I'm not interested in your son.
00:15:12My job is to protect my client.
00:15:15What is it you want me to do?
00:15:17Your son used his staff tribune to elect a district attorney.
00:15:22Now, Burnett must owe enough to you and to him
00:15:25to do anything you ask.
00:15:27But what can I do?
00:15:29Burnett has a confession.
00:15:31Signed by Joe Draper.
00:15:34I want you to get it and bring it to me.
00:15:47Hi, Mother.
00:15:49I'll bring you down here.
00:15:51I thought I'd like to ride home with you, so I dismissed my car.
00:15:54Good. I'm glad.
00:15:56You haven't been down here since I took over Father's work.
00:15:58Seems so strange not seeing you here.
00:16:01It does to me, too.
00:16:03Hear the black being here tonight.
00:16:07Look. Tomorrow morning's headlines.
00:16:11Every criminal in town contributing to his defense fund.
00:16:14Because they're afraid that Burnett will get a conviction.
00:16:16John, is it so necessary that you must be the one
00:16:19to lead the pack in trying to hang this man?
00:16:21That's the newspaper's duty.
00:16:23Make the cooks realize that Burnett means business.
00:16:25Can't you do that without hanging him?
00:16:28Mother, you know that Father would have welcomed this chance.
00:16:30You just can't seem to realize that some people are bad.
00:16:33Why, this man Draper has already admitted his guilt.
00:16:35And Burnett has his signed confession.
00:16:38Oh, come on, Mother.
00:16:40You can't read your own newspaper anymore.
00:16:42What you need is a good night's sleep.
00:16:44That I was married to this criminal.
00:16:46I know, but Draper's lawyer is bound to drag that out at the trial.
00:16:49He promised not to if I'd come to you.
00:16:51You...
00:16:53Oh, sir.
00:16:55So that's his scheme.
00:16:57Yes. He said you had a signed confession
00:16:59and he wants you to give it up.
00:17:01Julia?
00:17:03It's a good thing I have that with you and John,
00:17:05but I can't and won't make a deal with criminals.
00:17:07Of course you can't.
00:17:09I shouldn't have asked.
00:17:11I was waiting for your answer to answer him.
00:17:13I'd like to prosecute him for threatening you.
00:17:15Oh, but that wouldn't...
00:17:17It would only hurt you.
00:17:21Now, you know, it would make you feel differently about Barbara Mary.
00:17:24How could I, Mother?
00:17:29Why don't you tell your son
00:17:31and have him use his influence with Burnett?
00:17:33Mr. Whittaker, if you force me to do that,
00:17:35then there's no longer any reason for keeping it a secret.
00:17:42I think you've done enough to help our case
00:17:45by just talking to Burnett.
00:17:47And I'm quite sure now
00:17:49that I can convince the district attorney myself.
00:17:53Send Clipper in here.
00:18:04I've got a quick job for you, Clipper.
00:18:06Oh, that's all right.
00:18:08Send Clipper in here.
00:18:20I've got a quick job for you, Clipper.
00:18:23I want you to go up to Burnett's house, and in his safe you'll find a paper signed by Draper.
00:18:27It's that murder confession of his.
00:18:30And don't grab anything else.
00:18:35How much for me?
00:18:36Fifty.
00:18:39Five hundred. Fifty.
00:18:42Now, and, uh, fifty when you get back.
00:19:09Mason!
00:19:12Yes, sir?
00:19:13Have you been in all day?
00:19:15Why, yes, sir.
00:19:16What time did my daughter leave?
00:19:18I should say about five o'clock, sir. She left with Mrs. Randolph.
00:19:23How long was Mrs. Randolph here?
00:19:25Possibly an hour, sir.
00:19:27Oh, now that I recall it, Miss Barbara sent me on an errand for me.
00:19:32I'm afraid she's gone.
00:19:34Oh, now that I recall it, Miss Barbara sent me on an errand for Mrs. Randolph.
00:19:39I should say I was gone about half an hour, sir.
00:19:43That'll be all, Mason.
00:19:45Yes, sir.
00:20:05Hello?
00:20:06Oh, hello, Billy.
00:20:08No, Barbara isn't here.
00:20:10Oh, Julia.
00:20:12Does Barbara know anything about that little matter we talked about today?
00:20:17Oh, I'm glad you didn't mention it to her.
00:20:21Well, have you spoken about it to anyone?
00:20:24Naturally not.
00:20:25Except, of course, I went back to Mr. Whittaker's office.
00:20:28Whittaker.
00:20:30Now, Julia, I want you to think carefully.
00:20:33Did you say anything to him about where I keep that document?
00:20:37I don't know. I might have.
00:20:40He insisted I tell him everything you said.
00:20:43Is anything wrong?
00:20:45Yes, Julia.
00:20:46It's gone.
00:20:48Someone's taken it out of my safe.
00:20:51No, no.
00:20:52No, there's nothing you can do about it.
00:20:55I think I know where it is.
00:20:58Yeah, I think I know where it is.
00:21:01Well, now, don't you worry about it.
00:21:03I left Whittaker in my office first thing in the morning.
00:21:06Yes.
00:21:07Well, good night, Julia.
00:21:12Why didn't you stay up there until you had a chance to get it?
00:21:15Not me.
00:21:16I hung around too long anyway.
00:21:18I was just trying to get in after Burnett came home.
00:21:21Tell you what I'll do, Clipper.
00:21:23You get it tonight and there's 200 in it for you.
00:21:28I don't like getting caught in a district attorney's house.
00:21:31You better get somebody else to pull this job.
00:21:34I got too much to lose.
00:21:36I know a fella could get that thing in two minutes.
00:21:39Sure, Joe Draper, but look where he landed.
00:21:42I'd get it myself if I was saving my own neck.
00:21:47There's no question who had that thing stolen from your safe.
00:21:50You'd better let me pick up Whittaker and get it out of him.
00:21:53If he ever had his hands on it, it's destroyed by this time.
00:21:56Yes, and with that gone, so are your chances to convict Draper.
00:21:59Yeah, Whittaker certainly blocked our case.
00:22:01Why, he's put me in the position of having to dicker with him.
00:22:04He's on his way here now.
00:22:05So, he's come through.
00:22:07Yeah, I'll have to make the best deal I can.
00:22:09Why, I'll be lucky if he lets Draper plead guilty to manslaughter.
00:22:12If he makes that offer, I'll be lucky.
00:22:14Yeah?
00:22:15Mr. Whittaker is here.
00:22:16Show him in.
00:22:18Good luck.
00:22:26I rather expected this invitation from you.
00:22:29It's the way I always handle my cases with your predecessors.
00:22:32It's so much better than waiting till we meet in court.
00:22:35Never mind the stalling, Critica.
00:22:37I've got to go.
00:22:39I've got to go.
00:22:42Never mind the stalling, Critica.
00:22:44You know I'd like nothing better than to put you in a sane jail with Draper.
00:22:48But you wouldn't try it.
00:22:50It might cause a great deal of trouble for some pretty good friends of yours.
00:22:53If I'm not mistaken, Randolph is part owner of the newspaper that put you in office.
00:22:58We'll keep her name out of this.
00:23:00Okay, that's agreeable with me.
00:23:02Now stop squirming and let's hear why you're sent for me.
00:23:06Well, I want to talk to you about Draper's trial.
00:23:10I'm willing to listen.
00:23:12I'm considering the advisability of reducing the charge from first degree murder.
00:23:17Now you're coming to your senses.
00:23:19But what do you want me to do?
00:23:21On condition that I never mention that signed confession,
00:23:25I want you to make him plead guilty to manslaughter.
00:23:28Why not?
00:23:30Then I can take him out on bail.
00:23:32Oh no, I wouldn't agree to that.
00:23:34He'd never show up for his trial.
00:23:36To make certain he's there, you must not take him out on bail.
00:23:41All right.
00:23:43It's the best you've been able to get anyway.
00:23:46If you hadn't been fool enough to sign it.
00:23:51I think you have no backbone. It's not like you.
00:23:53I had to do this. With Whitaker against me and without that, I couldn't get a murder conviction.
00:23:57This way I'm certain of getting Draper for manslaughter.
00:24:00You know what they're going to say when this gets out?
00:24:02They're going to say that you made a deal with Whitaker.
00:24:04It's like you're ruining everything we work for.
00:24:06You're making it very difficult, John.
00:24:08But you've got to give me some reason, some leg to say I can print it and try to justify what you're doing.
00:24:12I can't print a ridiculous excuse that you can't even keep a confession after you get it.
00:24:16Then I'm afraid I haven't got any other excuse.
00:24:19What I did was in the best interests of all.
00:24:22I want you to believe that and have faith in me.
00:24:24Faith? How can I?
00:24:26You've given an invitation to every hoodlum in town to commit murder and get away with it.
00:24:30It certainly looks as if you've sold out.
00:24:33If that's your interpretation, then I'm afraid it's the first time we've ever been on different sides of the fence.
00:24:38I'm afraid I can't do anything about that.
00:24:40You put yourself there.
00:24:43And if I can prove that you made this deal with Whitaker,
00:24:45I'll use the Star Tribune against you just as strongly as I used it for you.
00:25:04Well, did you get a denial?
00:25:05I just wasted a lot of time while the other paper scooped us.
00:25:08The story's true, all right, but ours will be different.
00:25:10What's the matter? Wouldn't he dance when you pull the strings?
00:25:12From now on, we're going to lead the parade in cracking down on Burnett.
00:25:15We're going to make public opinion force him our way.
00:25:17What about the stuff I wrote about him?
00:25:19Just what we want. Get it together and bring it in.
00:25:26That deal will save your life.
00:25:28I suppose I'm to congratulate you.
00:25:30Manslaughter.
00:25:31Whoever said you were a lawyer?
00:25:32Yes, I made a mistake.
00:25:33I should have left it first-degree murder,
00:25:35then I'd have had the pleasure of seeing them stretch your neck.
00:25:38Yeah, but you won't. He'll see to that.
00:25:40And I don't get put away for 20 years.
00:25:42And don't forget, you're hired to keep my mouth shut.
00:25:44Now get busy and get me out of here.
00:25:46If you had any sense, you'd see from that the D.A. is in enough trouble pulling that much for you.
00:25:50I'm not interested in his trouble.
00:25:52I got my own.
00:25:54Take it easy, Joe. We'll handle it some way.
00:25:56This will give us a little more time to work.
00:25:58Yeah.
00:25:59That's all right for you birds on the outside,
00:26:01but I'm the guy sitting in jail.
00:26:03Now what are you going to do about it?
00:26:05Keep your shirt on, Joe.
00:26:14Hello, Mason.
00:26:15Good morning.
00:26:17Hello, Barbara.
00:26:19You must wonder why I'd send for you at this time of day.
00:26:22No, I think I know why.
00:26:24After what happened between your father and me, I...
00:26:26Well, I knew you'd have to see it his way.
00:26:29What I can't understand is why you won't have more faith in him.
00:26:33Barbara, did he ask you to speak to me?
00:26:35No.
00:26:36But he did ask me not to let your quarrel with him interfere with our plans to get married.
00:26:42That makes it even harder for me to understand him.
00:26:45He doesn't seem to be himself at all.
00:26:47He's terribly worried.
00:26:48I don't see why I should be worried over prosecuting this man.
00:26:51Unless he was threatened, the way my father was.
00:26:53You know he'd never run away from anything like that.
00:26:56Doesn't it seem strange that every prosecutor should fail when he's up against Whitaker?
00:27:01Wouldn't it be better if you'd try to help father?
00:27:03If you keep this up, he'll have to resign.
00:27:05I don't want to attack your father. It's the last thing I'd ever do.
00:27:08But he's forcing me to do it.
00:27:09He believes he's as right as you think you are.
00:27:11But how can he when he knows he's dealing with the very men who must have planned my father's death?
00:27:15This is the very chance we were looking for, to convict a man like Draper.
00:27:18But he will send him to prison.
00:27:19Yes, but how? For manslaughter?
00:27:21The way your father's handling this case, he won't scare Draper.
00:27:24He won't scare Draper into saying anything we'd want to find out.
00:27:27Oh, John.
00:27:34Go.
00:27:35You're making it impossible.
00:27:37I had hoped that we could reach an understanding.
00:27:40But I won't go on this way.
00:27:55Is Whitaker in?
00:27:57What do you want to see him about?
00:27:59He asked me to come over here.
00:28:01What's your name?
00:28:02John Randolph.
00:28:03All right.
00:28:12Come on in.
00:28:20I thought I was to meet Whitaker.
00:28:22I thought I was to meet Whitaker.
00:28:24Oh, he won't be here tonight. Sit down.
00:28:26I had a phone call asking me to come over.
00:28:29But not to see him.
00:28:31How do you know?
00:28:32Because I'm the one who called.
00:28:33I asked if you could come over to Whitaker's office.
00:28:36Who are you?
00:28:37I'm Clipper.
00:28:38Why didn't you come to my office?
00:28:40I don't dare be seen talking to you.
00:28:42It wouldn't be so good for my health.
00:28:45What's on your mind?
00:28:49How much money you got on you?
00:28:51Why?
00:28:52I've got something you want to buy.
00:28:54Why me in particular?
00:28:56Because I figured I got four possible customers.
00:28:59One of them's Draper, but he's in jail and he's got no dough.
00:29:02The next is Whitaker, but he chisels.
00:29:05Then there's Burnett, the district attorney.
00:29:07But he'd know where I got it from.
00:29:09And I figured you wouldn't want him to have it anyway.
00:29:12Why do you think I'd want it?
00:29:14Because you're battling him.
00:29:16And with this, you can set him right in his ear.
00:29:18Okay, Clipper, what is it?
00:29:21Draper's signed confession.
00:29:24Let's see it.
00:29:26It's in your right hand coat pocket.
00:29:38I thought there might be a cop trailer, so I put it in a safe place.
00:29:43I've got about $200 with me.
00:29:47I'll take it.
00:29:56$210.
00:30:00And a check for $1,000.
00:30:04Is that all?
00:30:06That's all.
00:30:07Sold.
00:30:17How do you spell your name?
00:30:19C-A-S-H.
00:30:35Hey, wait a minute.
00:30:38Half is no good.
00:30:40That's right.
00:30:41But I can't do anything with my half either.
00:30:44That's your protection.
00:30:46Well, if you don't stop payment on this check in the morning,
00:30:48I'll see that you get the other half of this.
00:30:50All right.
00:30:51I'll be right behind you at the bank when you cash it.
00:30:53And I'll take the other half.
00:31:06And that little document shows we're right.
00:31:13I want you to get out a special edition.
00:31:15Say that we have the confession in our hands,
00:31:17and that it uncovers a plot between Whitaker and the district attorney.
00:31:20Wait a minute. You better lay off Whitaker.
00:31:22When you tackle him, you're up against the shrewdest lawyer in town.
00:31:24I know. That's the ringleader for every crook around here.
00:31:26But you can't get Whitaker without ruining your friend the DA.
00:31:28We're demanding Burnett's resignation.
00:31:30And then we're going to use this little confession
00:31:32to force a first-degree murder charge against Draper.
00:31:41That's a pretty cute trick.
00:31:43Making a deal with me,
00:31:45and then sidestepping it by passing the confession to Randolph.
00:31:48If I did that, do you think he'd be attacking me along with you?
00:31:51I thought all the time you had it stolen from my safe.
00:31:53If I thought you'd let it get away from you,
00:31:55I'd have handled young Randolph myself.
00:31:57Oh, you're too late for that now.
00:31:59He's told the public he has a signed confession.
00:32:01Well, that takes the whip out of your hands.
00:32:03Oh, you're on your own, Whitaker.
00:32:05Okay. The deal's off.
00:32:07And while Draper's still charged with manslaughter,
00:32:09I'm taking him out on bail.
00:32:11Wrong. That confession will yank him right back,
00:32:13and this time on first-degree murder.
00:32:15And when that happens, I'm dragging Mrs. Randolph into the trial
00:32:18and letting Draper face her.
00:32:20All right. You try that.
00:32:22And when you fail to save Draper,
00:32:24perhaps he'll be only too glad to help me blow the lid off the underworld.
00:32:27And that might uncover you.
00:32:29You hope.
00:32:42I'm John Randolph of the Star Tribune.
00:32:45Is that so?
00:32:48What do you got against me, kid?
00:32:50Nothing personally.
00:32:52You just happen to be a member of the outfit I'm trying to put out of business.
00:32:55So that's why you and your paper are picking on the DA
00:32:57for letting me off easy with a manslaughter charge.
00:32:59Certainly. You killed Henshaw.
00:33:01That's first-degree murder.
00:33:03You talk as though you knew all about it.
00:33:05I ought to. I'm the fellow who has your signed confession.
00:33:09Does Whitaker know this?
00:33:11He does if he can read.
00:33:13Then why isn't he down here?
00:33:15You might ask him, unless he's dropped you.
00:33:17Kid, you're chewing on a stick of dynamite.
00:33:19It might go off in your face.
00:33:21How do you suppose my attorney was able to make a deal?
00:33:24I don't know. That's what I'm asking you.
00:33:26If you want to be smart,
00:33:28you'll go over and get the answer to that from your friend Burnett.
00:33:31And for your own good,
00:33:33you'll keep that confession where nobody will ever find it.
00:33:36I'm going to use that confession to see that you get what's coming to you.
00:33:39Unless you tell me why you killed Henshaw.
00:33:42To keep him from killing me.
00:33:44Say, why are you so interested in Henshaw?
00:33:47Because the night you shot Henshaw,
00:33:49he was going to tell who staged the murder of my father.
00:33:52I don't know anything about that.
00:33:54You must. A barrel of money's been collected just to save you.
00:33:57Then if I knew anything like that, why would I tell you?
00:34:00Don't forget, I'm holding on to your confession.
00:34:04Are you trying to tell me that you'll make a deal?
00:34:07Might go easier with you.
00:34:09I've got things to tell that'll spin your head.
00:34:12If you think you can take it,
00:34:14just get Whitaker down here with you.
00:34:16Whitaker hasn't a chance in the world to save your neck. I have.
00:34:18So you better do business with me.
00:34:20What can you do for me?
00:34:22I might be able to save your life
00:34:24if you'll give me the evidence to convict the whole outfit.
00:34:26How do I know you can do that?
00:34:28Because that information would be worth it to everybody.
00:34:30What are you talking to him for?
00:34:32Did you see his paper today?
00:34:33What difference does that make?
00:34:35I just put a bail to get you out of here. Come on.
00:34:39Now get wise to yourself, kid.
00:34:41Shut up that newspaper of yours
00:34:43and keep your nose out of this case.
00:34:48We must stop John and his newspaper attack on your father.
00:34:51Oh, Dad won't think of that.
00:34:53He won't let you tell John that he's that criminal's son.
00:34:56But this man Whitaker knows I was married to Draper.
00:34:58He'll surely go after John and tell him.
00:35:01Oh, Father says it's too late for that
00:35:03because John's already announced he has Draper's confession.
00:35:06Even he can't take that back.
00:35:08But John is accusing your father of deliberately plotting to free a criminal.
00:35:12I want you to know that your father refused to do that, even for me.
00:35:16After the confession was stolen, he did the best he could without it.
00:35:20Yes, but nobody believes that now.
00:35:23And John would never trust giving it back to Dad unless we tell him everything.
00:35:26I'm not so sure he'd give it up even if we told him.
00:35:30If only we could get it in some way.
00:35:36Where do you think he has it?
00:35:38In his office, I suppose.
00:35:40Oh, you can't think of anything like that.
00:35:43Why not?
00:35:44If anybody sees me, I'm just looking for John.
00:35:46But he'd have it locked in his safe.
00:35:50But there must be some way you could find out how it's opened.
00:35:53I have some private papers in it.
00:35:56Well, let's see what we can do about it.
00:36:01They are working on a new warrant for Draper.
00:36:04And this time it'll be first-degree murder.
00:36:06Our job is to stop it before it gets half-started.
00:36:10Draper's old record shows that he was hooked for safe-cracking.
00:36:14And if he hasn't forgotten how it's done, it'll come in very handy tonight.
00:36:19Gordon's here to take you up to that newspaper office.
00:36:22And you're coming back with that confession that you signed.
00:36:27And if you don't get it, you'd better keep right on going.
00:37:28You'd better lock that.
00:37:49If anyone comes in, I've got you here on a news article.
00:37:52I'll watch outside.
00:37:54You'll find it on the third drawer of the safe on the left-hand side.
00:39:10Draper.
00:39:13Put that on the table.
00:39:19Say, I know you.
00:39:22I've seen pictures of you.
00:39:24Put your hands up or I'll shoot.
00:39:26You're Burnett's daughter.
00:39:28You wouldn't dare shoot me.
00:39:30I will if you don't give that to me.
00:39:32Then you know what it is.
00:39:34Yes.
00:39:36That's why you're here.
00:39:38Yes.
00:39:40So your old man can use it against me.
00:39:44Well, he's in too much trouble now for you to be handling a gun.
00:39:54Draper.
00:39:56If you go out that window, I will shoot.
00:40:01Miss Burnett.
00:40:03Barbara.
00:40:07I want you to reach into his right-hand coat pocket and get the gun.
00:40:11I want you to reach into his right-hand coat pocket and get that paper for me.
00:40:16Stay where you are, Gordon.
00:40:18She won't do any shooting.
00:40:20She knows I was married to Mrs. Randolph.
00:40:23That's why she wouldn't dare do anything.
00:40:26Now you can see why they didn't want anybody to know about me.
00:40:29Better let me take that gun, Miss Burnett.
00:40:31I'll handle him.
00:40:32I wouldn't trust you either.
00:40:34You're too of a kind. I heard you out there.
00:40:36And now, Mr. Gordon, are you going to get that paper for me?
00:40:39On one condition.
00:40:40That you never mention what went on here tonight.
00:40:43I can't tell that any more than you can.
00:40:45Just keep that gun on him.
00:40:47And shoot him if he makes a move.
00:40:58And now give it to me.
00:41:00I'll hang on to this, Miss Burnett, just to keep you quiet about me.
00:41:04Using that gun will only get your father into more trouble.
00:41:08And Draper, you can do anything you like about it.
00:41:14Gordon!
00:41:39Gordon!
00:42:05Just a minute, young lady.
00:42:07I heard gunshots.
00:42:09I don't know what that was.
00:42:11You come with me.
00:42:25I think I convinced those reporters that you wouldn't make any statement tonight.
00:42:29Did anybody find out that Draper's John's father?
00:42:32No.
00:42:33And I hope they don't.
00:42:35The person they're interested in right now is you.
00:42:38What did they say about me?
00:42:40They said that you were at the safe to get the confession, to protect me.
00:42:44And that you shot Gordon when he tried to stop you.
00:42:47And that puts me in the position of having to prosecute my own daughter.
00:42:51Doesn't anybody believe me that Draper shot Gordon?
00:42:54No, and to make matters worse, they positively identified John's gun.
00:42:58I saw Draper take it out of John's safe.
00:43:00I know, dear, but I can't make them believe that Draper was with you.
00:43:04We'll have to find him to prove it.
00:43:07His lawyer must know Draper was there.
00:43:09Oh, he probably sent him.
00:43:11If I could prove that, I'd have him up for murder, too.
00:43:15Oh, Dad, how am I ever going to explain all this to John?
00:43:18Oh, his mother's going to do that, dear.
00:43:20I had them meet in my office on the way down.
00:43:23Well, will you stay till they arrive?
00:43:26I won't leave you, dear.
00:43:29Barbara.
00:43:32He'll do anything you say.
00:43:34You explained why we're handling it this way?
00:43:37Did you tell him how Barbara happened to be there?
00:43:39I told him everything.
00:43:42Can't we get Barbara out of here on bail?
00:43:44We decided not to in the face of public reaction.
00:43:47Would it do any good if I... if I told that Draper was my father?
00:43:51There's no reason for that. It won't help any.
00:43:53The most important thing to do is to get Barbara out of here.
00:43:56It won't help any.
00:43:57The most important thing to do is to prove that Draper was in your office.
00:44:01Do you think you can ever find him?
00:44:02We have to.
00:44:03Now, John, somebody in their outfit must have given you that document.
00:44:08Would he help you?
00:44:09He would.
00:44:10I can only find him.
00:44:11He'd do anything for money. His name's Clipper.
00:44:13That's our first important move to make.
00:44:16I've had a dozen guys out trying to put the finger on Draper.
00:44:19I can't find anyone who even has an idea where he might be.
00:44:23I wish somebody could prove to me he was dead.
00:44:26But he'll show up when he needs money.
00:44:28He'll take more chances.
00:44:30And if he's picked up this time, he'll blab everything.
00:44:33And you know John Randolph will move heaven and earth to get that Burnett girl out of jail.
00:44:38I'm sure he will.
00:44:40I'm sure he will.
00:44:42And you know John Randolph will move heaven and earth to get that Burnett girl out of jail.
00:44:46So you better make sure we get to Draper before he does.
00:44:50There's only one person I know who could find him.
00:44:53That's Clipper.
00:44:54Yeah, but who's gonna find Clipper?
00:45:12What took you so long?
00:45:30I stopped by for these.
00:45:31There's your newspaper.
00:45:34Boy, they dish out plenty of money to get their hands on you.
00:45:38Yeah?
00:45:40I'm not so sure you wouldn't sell me off for the right price.
00:45:43You can thank me for bringing you here.
00:45:45They'd have picked you up at that other place.
00:45:48Now, I got an idea how we can both get some cash.
00:45:52How?
00:45:53That newspaper guy will call for plenty to get you.
00:45:56I collect, then give him the runaround.
00:46:01What's the matter with Whitaker coming up here with the cash?
00:46:03Oh, no.
00:46:05I steered clear of him when I heard he had a gun out for you.
00:46:08He don't like you running loose.
00:46:11This time he's making sure you don't blab.
00:46:14You're lying, Clipper.
00:46:17Okay.
00:46:19Take a chance if you want to.
00:46:21But you better let me collect for you.
00:46:23How do I know you'll come back?
00:46:25Because I need this place myself to lay low for a while.
00:46:28And I'm getting enough for both of us.
00:46:30Then when the time's right, we'll clear out of here together.
00:46:35You give me my share.
00:46:37I'll travel alone.
00:46:40All right, Draper.
00:46:43If that's the way you want it.
00:46:47And, Clipper, be sure you do come back.
00:47:02Hello.
00:47:03This is John Randolph speaking.
00:47:05This is Clipper.
00:47:07Yeah, I heard you were trying to find me.
00:47:10I know what you want and I can deliver them.
00:47:12And no checks this time.
00:47:14All cash.
00:47:15I understand.
00:47:16I'm ready for you.
00:47:17I figured on that.
00:47:18How long will it take you to get here?
00:47:20Oh, nothing doing.
00:47:22This time you're coming to me.
00:47:24It'll cost you five grand and bring it with you.
00:47:27Come alone and drive your own car.
00:47:29All right, certainly.
00:47:31What?
00:47:33No.
00:47:34All right.
00:47:35Yes, I can drive it in half an hour.
00:47:44Now, Clipper.
00:47:47I thought I was to meet you out at Strand and Wilson.
00:47:50Why? Have you got some cops out there waiting for me?
00:47:54I've done business with you before, haven't I?
00:47:56All right.
00:47:57What's the matter with this place?
00:47:59Nothing.
00:48:00Okay, then.
00:48:01Shut up.
00:48:02Well, I've got the money all right, but can you lay your hands on Draper?
00:48:05Why, certainly.
00:48:06I just left him.
00:48:08Are you going to waste time talking?
00:48:10There's an extra thousand in it if you'll take me to him.
00:48:12Oh, no.
00:48:13But I want that extra thousand.
00:48:16I'm not going to be with inside him when he finds out I told you.
00:48:19Okay.
00:48:25Now, how do I get there?
00:48:28Here's the directions to his front door.
00:48:33This is Franklin Boulevard.
00:48:35Yeah.
00:48:36Turn left at Benson Road.
00:48:38Follow the road to the bridge.
00:48:40Park your car and walk right up that lane.
00:48:43Yeah.
00:48:44Now, here's his place.
00:48:46Don't take a gun or he might misunderstand.
00:48:48And go alone.
00:48:49I bet you're finished.
00:48:53Oh, here's a key so he'll know I sent you.
00:48:55And be there tonight at 9.15 on the dot.
00:48:59Darling, I have to leave now.
00:49:01I must be there right on time.
00:49:03It's way up beyond Benson Road and it'll take me some time.
00:49:06He'll listen to him if Dad weren't here.
00:49:08No, he'd have to notify the police.
00:49:10Then I'd never get Fraper to admit he shot Gordon.
00:49:12I've got to do it by myself.
00:49:14And don't tell anybody where I've gone.
00:49:20Good night, darling.
00:49:22Good night.
00:49:24Good luck.
00:49:28Listen, Whittaker.
00:49:30I don't care what you say.
00:49:32Draper won't trust you any more than I will.
00:49:35I've got him where you can't find him.
00:49:37And it'll cost you money to keep his mouth shut.
00:49:39You and I'll make it worth plenty to you.
00:49:42And Draper will never bother either of us again.
00:49:46And then have you chisel on me?
00:49:49Oh, no.
00:49:50I've worked with you before.
00:49:52This time I'm dealing for Draper.
00:49:55How much does he want?
00:49:57Five thousand.
00:49:58In cash.
00:49:59You ever got your hands on five thousand,
00:50:01Draper'd never see you.
00:50:03Or the cash.
00:50:05That's the chance you're taking.
00:50:07It'll be worth a lot more than that to the district attorney to find him.
00:50:13Wait a minute, Clipper.
00:50:17We'll settle this thing.
00:50:20You're not going to the district attorney.
00:50:22You're not going to the district attorney.
00:50:24You're going to take me to Draper.
00:50:42Now open that door.
00:50:44You're going to drive me straight to his place.
00:51:12Is that you, Clipper?
00:51:15Yes.
00:51:21Clipper!
00:51:39What are you doing here?
00:51:40I want to talk to you.
00:51:45I came alone.
00:51:53Where'd you get that key?
00:51:55From Clipper.
00:51:57I paid him six thousand dollars.
00:51:59Then he's not coming back.
00:52:01You knew he was selling me out.
00:52:03You were a part of it.
00:52:05All right.
00:52:06You're going to take his place.
00:52:08Get in that room.
00:52:10I'm not going anywhere until I get what I came after.
00:52:12And after you hear what I have to say,
00:52:14I don't think you'll shoot me.
00:52:16What makes you so sure?
00:52:18I found out you're Charlie Benton,
00:52:20and that you were married to my mother.
00:52:22So you finally found out about that.
00:52:24Well, you're not telling me any news.
00:52:26No.
00:52:27I have something here to show you,
00:52:28if you'll let me reach my pocket.
00:52:30Go ahead.
00:52:33This birth certificate says that I'm John Benton.
00:52:37That means you're my father.
00:52:41Christened John Charles Benton.
00:52:48She gave you my name.
00:52:53You were born after I left.
00:52:56I didn't know about that.
00:53:01So you're my son.
00:53:03No wonder you had nerve to come up here tonight.
00:53:07You.
00:53:10You're all right.
00:53:15You can't be very proud of your old man.
00:53:18I never gave you anything to live up to.
00:53:23Listen, kid.
00:53:25With Clipper running loose,
00:53:26we ain't got much time.
00:53:28We got to get out of here.
00:53:30Now, what do you want me to do for you?
00:53:32I want you to help clear Barbara Burnett
00:53:33and get her out of jail.
00:53:34I can't do that.
00:53:35I got to think of myself.
00:53:37I can't do that.
00:53:38I got to think of myself.
00:53:39That'll make it tougher for me.
00:53:41She can't mean that much to you.
00:53:42Oh, but she does.
00:53:43We're going to be married.
00:53:44You've got to help me.
00:53:46She knows you're my son?
00:53:48Yes.
00:53:49She'd marry you anyway?
00:53:50Yes.
00:53:51We got her father in a lot of trouble
00:53:52trying to help Mother and me.
00:53:53Yeah, I fed that to Whitaker.
00:53:55Could have told her you were down in the jail,
00:53:56but they didn't want me to.
00:53:58Now that I...
00:54:01Now that I know you're my son,
00:54:03I got to get you out of this.
00:54:06Does Whitaker know I'm your father?
00:54:07No, we kept that away from him.
00:54:09Good.
00:54:10Don't ever let anybody know that.
00:54:14There's a chance to shut up Whitaker.
00:54:17You got to think for me.
00:54:18To write on it?
00:54:19Yes.
00:54:25Any girl,
00:54:26knowing who I am and who'd marry my son,
00:54:30is going to get my help.
00:54:33She must be all right.
00:54:35I'll clear,
00:54:37the same time I'll give you enough to put Whitaker in a box
00:54:40where he can't touch anybody.
00:54:49I wrote it like Randolph was your father.
00:54:53Not me.
00:54:55Thanks.
00:54:56I wouldn't have asked you to do that.
00:54:59You didn't have to.
00:55:01I know what's good for you.
00:55:02I wrote all about
00:55:04Whitaker planning it.
00:55:06And that square's Barbara's father.
00:55:08That's what I'm counting on.
00:55:11I know you'll use this
00:55:12to put it all in one.
00:55:14How can I prove you wrote it?
00:55:21My thumbprint.
00:55:25There's a record of that on file
00:55:28that'll prove it's me.
00:55:30That'll prove it's me.
00:55:35I'll go get my stuff together.
00:55:38You...
00:55:39You keep a look out at the window.
00:55:41Right.
00:55:59Hey, Whitaker's coming.
00:56:02Anybody with him?
00:56:03Yeah, Clipper.
00:56:05Go in that room.
00:56:06Hey.
00:56:29Hey, Draper.
00:56:32Okay, Whitaker.
00:56:33Put that gun down.
00:56:36Take it over here.
00:56:52If he came here to give me some dough,
00:56:54sell it out.
00:56:55I didn't bring any money.
00:56:57I thought not when I saw the gun.
00:56:59But you've got plenty.
00:57:01You sold me out for 6,000 bucks.
00:57:04I'll take it.
00:57:06I'll take it.
00:57:16John!
00:57:19So you collected from him, too.
00:57:21Here, take this.
00:57:23You'll need it against this guy, Whitaker.
00:57:25I'll leave him to you to handle.
00:57:28Get over there.
00:57:32How you came in.
00:57:34You and I'll settle this thing ourselves.
00:57:36Good luck, boy.
00:57:38Give my regards to the young lady.
00:57:40And to your mother.
00:57:42I'll be watching your papers to see when they hang Whitaker.
00:58:06He's gone. Take a look at the other one.
00:58:37Have him hold Whitaker.
00:58:45How did you get here?
00:58:46Robert told me.
00:58:48Here, hang on to that.
00:58:50It cooks his goose.
00:58:52Take him away.
00:58:53Clipper has a chance to live.
00:58:54We're taking him to the hospital right away.
00:58:57What's holding us up this time?
00:58:59Won't you ever teach this district attorney not to keep us waiting?
00:59:02Will we always have to wait for the smiling star reporter?
00:59:05You will.
00:59:06Because this time, he makes the news.
00:59:08He's expected here any minute now with something worthwhile waiting for.
00:59:14Hello?
00:59:15No, Mr. Burnett.
00:59:17He hasn't come yet.
00:59:18He'll be here any minute now.
00:59:20He'll be here any minute now.
00:59:22He'll be here any minute now.
00:59:23He'll be here any minute now.
00:59:24He'll be here any minute now.
00:59:25He hasn't come yet.
00:59:26Oh, here he is now.
00:59:29Hold everything, fellows.
00:59:30I think we're going to break some hot news.
00:59:33Hello, Mr.
00:59:34Go ahead, John. Tell them.
00:59:36Well, fellows, the district attorney wants me to announce
00:59:38that Whitaker has admitted his guilt and named the members of his outfit.
00:59:41Mr. Burnett will give you a written confirmation.
00:59:43Yes.
00:59:44And I believe my daughter has some news for you.
00:59:47I understand that reporters don't like to be kept waiting.
00:59:50But there was a special reason.
00:59:52On the way over from the jail, we stopped long enough to get married.
00:59:55What about a confirmation on that?
00:59:56This.
00:59:58Oh, hold it for a picture.