Shadowed Genius

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Shadowed Genius – A Mind Brilliant Yet Dangerous  Step into the dark corridors of a brilliant mind twisted by ambition, obsession, and the burden of genius. Shadowed Genius is a gripping tale of intellect gone astray, where the line between sanity and madness blurs. As secrets unravel and consequences unfold, witness the chilling cost of intelligence misused.  Perfect for fans of classic psychological thrillers, vintage drama, and timeless suspense.   Public domain film  Restored for digital viewing  Curated for classic cinema lovers

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00:00:00The End

00:00:30The End

00:01:00Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I present to you

00:01:21The greatest mind-reading and thought-transpicion act that has ever appeared before the public

00:01:27Now don't you worry, Mother, everything's going to be all right

00:01:30Max, stick to the old tricks just as your dad did, remember?

00:01:32Fools are seen well, angels care to set

00:01:34Yes, but nothing venture nothing, have Topsy

00:01:36Now will you please put that table on to the other side of the stage?

00:01:38I've asked you twice, put it on the blue mark, will you?

00:01:40Yes?

00:01:41Can you tell me what it is?

00:01:42It is a lipstick, darling

00:01:43Well, how do I look?

00:01:44You look lovely, my sweet

00:01:45Do you think you can remember everything?

00:01:47Well, that's good coming from you anyway

00:01:48Will you please go away?

00:01:50Mr. McPherson, please go away

00:01:51I am doing a journey introducing to you

00:01:54The Great Maxima

00:01:57I will introduce to you Mademoiselle René

00:02:04Who will come down amongst you

00:02:06I ask you to test the miraculous powers of this marvellous pair

00:02:12And to see for yourselves the most perfect example of telepathetic communication the world has ever known

00:02:19Ladies and gentlemen

00:02:24All the best tricks, like all the best things in life

00:02:28Are simple, though sometimes hard to explain

00:02:31I do not profess to be a superman

00:02:34The powers I possess are possessed more or less by you all

00:02:39Mademoiselle René is among you

00:02:42She will ask you to pass her any small, personal article

00:02:48The waves of thought emanating from her will come across the footlights to me

00:02:53To put it simply, it will be as if Mademoiselle René were my own electric battery

00:02:59Motivating the force which gives me the power to retransmit to you

00:03:05My knowledge of what is in her mind

00:03:08And by the hidden mysteries of the powers of thought

00:03:12I will describe the object she is holding

00:03:15Any articles, ladies and gentlemen

00:03:24Any personal articles

00:03:25You, sir

00:03:26What about you?

00:03:27No, really?

00:03:28You, miss

00:03:29Perhaps you have something

00:03:30Yes, the young lady has something

00:03:33Thank you

00:03:35Thank you very much

00:03:36Are you ready?

00:03:37Absolutely, mademoiselle

00:03:38I have a very charming thing here

00:03:41Can you tell me what it is?

00:03:43It is

00:03:44A lipstick

00:03:47Got the first one right everywhere

00:03:49Oh, that's beautiful

00:03:51May I thank you very much

00:03:53I should like you to tell me what I have now

00:03:59What you have now

00:04:00Is a tie pin

00:04:03Is it all right?

00:04:07Yes, but there's many a slip toots for cup and the lip

00:04:09Miss

00:04:10Ask him to tell you what this is

00:04:13Any personal articles, ladies and gentlemen

00:04:16Anything you prove

00:04:18The breast has once been unusual

00:04:20Oh, I'm sure you'd like to date now for you to tell you what this is

00:04:23Oh, yes

00:04:23What have I this time?

00:04:26That, mademoiselle, is a watch

00:04:28A wristwatch

00:04:30There you are

00:04:31A wristwatch

00:04:31And now

00:04:34Mademoiselle Renée will repeat her performance

00:04:37For the benefit of the ladies and gentlemen

00:04:40In the dresser

00:04:41Yeah, that's all very well

00:04:43But what about this?

00:04:44What?

00:04:46Thank you, ladies and gentlemen

00:04:48I suppose she knows her way

00:05:12How do I get up to the circle?

00:05:18Around the front

00:05:19Ticket office facing

00:05:20I don't want a ticket

00:05:21I'm part of the show

00:05:22You mean you're one of the artists?

00:05:24Yes, can't you see my makeup?

00:05:25Artists aren't allowed in front without permission

00:05:28I've got permission

00:05:29And the stage is waiting

00:05:30Well, you'll have to ask the manager

00:05:32At the ticket office

00:05:33Why can't I go through this?

00:05:34Because it doesn't lead to the search

00:05:36Well, will you please tell me how I can get up to the circle?

00:05:39Mademoiselle Renée up there yet?

00:05:41No, she's not here

00:05:42She's left here

00:05:43Where's your bell's up to?

00:05:50Hey, what have I got here?

00:05:53I've got

00:05:54I've got

00:05:55What have I got here?

00:05:59What have I got here?

00:06:29What have I got here?

00:06:59Called himself a mind reader

00:07:01What have I got here?

00:07:05It's a letter

00:07:05What's it about?

00:07:11From your wife

00:07:12Well, that's where you're wrong

00:07:14About

00:07:16Your wife

00:07:18What did he say?

00:07:19He said it was about your wife

00:07:21That's right

00:07:24It's from a hospital

00:07:26That letter

00:07:30Is two days old

00:07:32You'd better go to your wife

00:07:36Don't tell me she's worse

00:07:41Excuse me, ma'am

00:07:50This isn't the act they rehearsed

00:07:57I know what it is

00:08:00And you

00:08:04I see

00:08:08A railway journey

00:08:11I see

00:08:15I see

00:08:19I see

00:08:21Ring down

00:08:23Max

00:08:26I won't ride it

00:08:31I don't

00:08:43What's the matter?

00:08:48I

00:08:49Oh, my God.

00:09:01You ready?

00:09:03No.

00:09:05But...

00:09:07Oh, Meg.

00:09:09What happened to you?

00:09:11I don't know.

00:09:15I don't know.

00:09:17I know. My father had a gift to see.

00:09:34Take your seats, please, for the first dinner service.

00:09:38First dinner service, please, take your seats.

00:09:42Well, it may have been real clairvoyance.

00:09:48But how can you be sure?

00:09:50Anyway, I think it's dangerous.

00:09:53No matter, my sweet.

00:09:55It only happened once.

00:09:57It hasn't happened since.

00:09:59It may never happen again.

00:10:01Well, it does.

00:10:04We'll make our fortunes.

00:10:06These things come and go. No one knows why.

00:10:09Perhaps there was someone in the Thetamax in sympathy with him.

00:10:12Sort of, um...

00:10:14Sort of...

00:10:15You know, like you say in the act,

00:10:17sort of battery to your wireless receiver.

00:10:19That's it.

00:10:21Now I'll be a clairvoyance.

00:10:23This being an English railway,

00:10:25the menu will be marty-suit,

00:10:27roast beef,

00:10:28apple tart,

00:10:29cheese and biscuits,

00:10:30coffee,

00:10:31cook and sex.

00:10:32Ha ha!

00:10:33Now, Mr. Proffitt,

00:10:34you show your skill.

00:10:36What about blue boy for the 2.30 tomorrow?

00:10:39I'm supposed to be a clairvoyant,

00:10:41not a tipster.

00:10:42Oh, not much good foreseeing the future

00:10:44if you can't double the dough.

00:10:46Never count your chickens before they're hatched.

00:10:49Talking of chickens,

00:10:50what about this one?

00:10:52I've seen that girl before.

00:11:05That girl?

00:11:07Yes.

00:11:08I don't have...

00:11:11That girl.

00:11:16A journey.

00:11:21There's nothing.

00:11:22There is nothing.

00:11:25I have to go.

00:11:27That girl for me.

00:11:28It is nothing.

00:11:29Now, not to be a failure.

00:11:32You can't be a failure.

00:11:33It is nothing.

00:11:34No.

00:11:35You've got to go.

00:11:36I've got to go.

00:11:37Twitter, Mr. Proffitt,

00:11:38What about that?

00:11:39Will you see some of theennials?

00:11:40What about that?

00:11:41I'm just messing around.

00:11:42I'm just messing around.

00:11:43I'm just messing around.

00:11:44Good morning, sir.

00:11:45Good morning, sir.

00:11:46How about that?

00:11:47You're out.

00:11:48How about that?

00:11:49What about that?

00:11:50If this train will not get to a station, it will be an accident.

00:11:54An accident?

00:11:56What do you mean?

00:11:57Oh, darling, don't worry.

00:11:58Excuse me, sir.

00:11:59This is a very serious kind of a joke, isn't it?

00:12:03Oh.

00:12:04If it's advertisement you're after, you'll get all you want in the police court.

00:12:08There's a penalty of five pounds for this sort of thing.

00:12:11I'd probably have to get off this train.

00:12:13What for?

00:12:13I've told you once.

00:12:14Excuse me, George.

00:12:15Now, ladies and gentlemen, do take your seats.

00:12:18Mother, Simon.

00:12:20I don't know why we're doing this thing.

00:12:30Now, come along, everybody.

00:12:35Get aboard again, please.

00:12:36You don't seem to realize we've stopped in a tunnel.

00:12:39I tell you to warn the rest of the passengers to get off the train.

00:12:41Are you coming aboard?

00:12:43No, I'm not.

00:12:44Very well, you're staying here on your own responsibility.

00:12:47Are you the land?

00:12:48Get these people out of the tunnel, will you?

00:12:51Why'd you let them off the train?

00:12:52Now, don't argue.

00:12:53Look after these people.

00:12:56Now, stand clear, please.

00:13:02Stand clear there, please.

00:13:04Let's get out of this.

00:13:21Come on, then, before the next train comes through.

00:13:23Hey, what are you doing on the train?

00:13:40I've just gone off the train.

00:13:41You mean the train?

00:13:42Yes.

00:13:43He stopped it.

00:13:44There's been a smash.

00:14:06I've closed the section.

00:14:10Excuse me.

00:14:11Can I use the phone?

00:14:12No, no.

00:14:13I want to speak to my father.

00:14:14Oh, use that one, then.

00:14:15Can you see the smash?

00:14:16Hello.

00:14:17Is it bad?

00:14:18Hello.

00:14:19Oh, yes.

00:14:19Can you give me a London number?

00:14:22How many are them?

00:14:23Fleet 9,000.

00:14:25Yes, the Daily Sun.

00:14:27Here, none of your newspaper stuff here.

00:14:28I thought you wanted to speak to your father.

00:14:29I do.

00:14:30He's the owner of the paper.

00:14:33Oh, Christine, dear.

00:14:35How are you?

00:14:38Wait a moment.

00:14:44Hello.

00:14:45Simon, hold your front page.

00:14:47You'll probably have to set it up again.

00:14:59Excuse me, please.

00:15:08At last.

00:15:09They've let my door down.

00:15:10All the big boxes in the variety business are waiting for you.

00:15:13Let them wait.

00:15:13But JJ, Bimeter's amongst them.

00:15:15I once waited five hours for Mr. Bimeter, and then he slipped out the back door.

00:15:18And now he's waiting at your front door.

00:15:20I'm in no mood for business today.

00:15:22Mrs. Jones, show Mr. Bimeter him.

00:15:24And what have I here?

00:15:25A baggage.

00:15:26Don't drop me.

00:15:27I'm not insured.

00:15:27I want both business.

00:15:29Madam, your bath is ready.

00:15:30No, let us wait.

00:15:30Well, not only go, and quickly, too.

00:15:32Farewell.

00:15:33I don't mean Mr. Bimeter.

00:15:34Oh, my goodness.

00:15:39Good morning.

00:15:43May I present my wife?

00:15:46How do you do?

00:15:48I was just on my way to the bath.

00:15:52Excuse me.

00:15:55Good morning.

00:15:57You've probably heard of me.

00:15:58I'm James J.

00:15:59Bimeter.

00:16:00The evening, Mr. Bimeter.

00:16:01Quite.

00:16:03Would you come in?

00:16:05My partner.

00:16:07How are you, sir?

00:16:08My lady mother of the Duchess.

00:16:09How do you do?

00:16:10How do you do?

00:16:13Won't you sit down?

00:16:15I happened to be in Manchester when I received a call from Mr. Coburn.

00:16:22Which Mr. Coburn?

00:16:24The Mr. Coburn.

00:16:26Well, to come straight to business, Mr. Coburn was impressed by your, shall we say, performance

00:16:32in prophesying the Manchester train accident.

00:16:35He's going to give you £100 a week for four weeks at the London Paladrome.

00:16:38How much?

00:16:39£100.

00:16:40He didn't say a hundred.

00:16:41He did.

00:16:42But it isn't enough.

00:16:43What?

00:16:43What are you saying, Max?

00:16:44Max?

00:16:44You may thank Mr. Coburn for the offer, but I am not in the market.

00:16:48You mean to say you ought to give more?

00:16:49I mean that the effort of true clairvoyance is infinite liberty.

00:16:55You're getting £30 a week at present.

00:16:57I want £300.

00:16:58Good morning.

00:16:59Good morning.

00:17:01Ah, Mr. Sam Leopold.

00:17:04Leopold can't pay more than Mr. Coburn.

00:17:06We'll see.

00:17:06Simon, show Mr. Leopold in.

00:17:08Just a moment.

00:17:09I'll make it £150.

00:17:11Uh, good morning.

00:17:13£200.

00:17:15Will you walk into my parlour, said the spider to the fly?

00:17:18You're not worth a penny more.

00:17:19Mr. Dick Crowe.

00:17:20Simon, show Mr. Crowe in two.

00:17:22I'll make it £250.

00:17:24£300.

00:17:24You're loony.

00:17:25It's money for jam.

00:17:26£250?

00:17:27£300.

00:17:27It can't be done.

00:17:28You're sure?

00:17:29Certain.

00:17:30We'll see.

00:17:30Where are you going?

00:17:31To get a second opinion.

00:17:32My opinion's the only one you want.

00:17:33Let me tell you, Mr. Mc...

00:17:34You tell him, not me.

00:17:37Anything the matter with him?

00:17:40Ah, gentlemen.

00:17:42I am offered £250 a week.

00:17:44Any advance on £250?

00:17:46Going.

00:17:47A swollen head.

00:17:48That's what's the matter with him.

00:17:50£300.

00:17:51Who does he think he is?

00:17:52I've been in this business for 25...

00:17:54What, you still here?

00:17:55Well, did you see them?

00:17:56All of them.

00:17:57What are they offered?

00:17:59£250?

00:18:01£300?

00:18:02That's what you have.

00:18:05£300.

00:18:06I don't believe it.

00:18:07Will you pay?

00:18:08No, I won't.

00:18:10Good morning.

00:18:10Now, who's the £300 merchant?

00:18:14There wasn't one.

00:18:16I was bluffing.

00:18:17I thought he'd fall for it.

00:18:18Well, that's torn it.

00:18:20Well, of all the...

00:18:21Shh!

00:18:26Well, I think we might be able to fix it.

00:18:28£300?

00:18:28£300.

00:18:29And expenses.

00:18:30And expenses.

00:18:31Good morning.

00:18:32Good morning.

00:18:32Aye, aye.

00:18:34What about a contract?

00:18:35My word is my bond.

00:18:36Well, what about a bid on account?

00:18:37Oh, all right.

00:18:39There you are.

00:18:40There's a £10 note.

00:18:43Well, now, get it straight here.

00:18:45All right, then.

00:18:46One more.

00:18:47Has Mr. Benedict gone?

00:18:49My darling, we're a success.

00:18:51We go to the London palidrome at £300 a week.

00:18:54And you can go and buy any personal article...

00:18:57with rings on your fingers and bells on your toes.

00:19:03Mr. Max is a flop.

00:19:04You're bound to admit it.

00:19:06Why, he's keeping people out of the theatre.

00:19:08All this week, he hasn't told the audience a single thing.

00:19:10What Mr. Coburn wants is prophecy.

00:19:12Mr. Max is doing his best.

00:19:14Well, Mr. Coburn says his best is bad.

00:19:16What Mr. Coburn wants is prophecy.

00:19:18Mr. Max can't turn him out like sausages.

00:19:20Well, Mr. Coburn says he's got it.

00:19:21He's a clairvoyant, not a pork butcher.

00:19:23Well, anyhow, Mr. Coburn wants results.

00:19:25Prophecies by Saturday, or you're through.

00:19:27Is that what Mr. Coburn says?

00:19:28His very words.

00:19:30What Mr. Coburn wants is...

00:19:32Prophecies!

00:19:34I prophesy a murder in a minute.

00:19:36Good morning.

00:19:46Darling, I don't think we shall be at the paladrome after this week.

00:19:51Well...

00:19:51Now, don't say I told you so.

00:19:53Why in the way to keep quiet?

00:19:54Well, I suppose we've got to Saturday.

00:19:57Something may come to me.

00:19:59If only my mind weren't this awful blank.

00:20:01You know, the more I try to see things, the emptier it gets.

00:20:04Then all those people out front every night wanting me to tell them who's going to win the boat race,

00:20:08or how many kittens the cat's going to have.

00:20:10I know how you feel.

00:20:12I think you ought to give it up.

00:20:13Yes, I do.

00:20:14I've been watching you.

00:20:16This constant effort, it's making you ill.

00:20:18Oh, I'm all right.

00:20:21Sweet.

00:20:22Can't we go back to the old house?

00:20:24Well, ten pounds a week and lodgings for the night.

00:20:26We were happy then.

00:20:27Aren't you happy now?

00:20:30I've been happier.

00:20:31Well, don't you like this sort of life?

00:20:35I like it if you do.

00:20:38Hi.

00:20:39Sweet, what's the matter?

00:20:41Well, I...

00:20:41I haven't seen very much of you lately, have I?

00:20:44Well, isn't that a pleasant change?

00:20:45I mean, I suppose it ought to be, but you've become a habit.

00:20:50Bad habit, darling.

00:20:52Well, good women always marry the wrong men.

00:20:56You'd pass in the crowd.

00:20:58But you know, man.

00:21:00You don't even need me in the act anymore.

00:21:05Rene.

00:21:07What's worrying you?

00:21:13Hello?

00:21:15Miss Sean?

00:21:18See me?

00:21:21All right.

00:21:21Shut up.

00:21:23Christine, Sean.

00:21:24Hmm, nice girl there.

00:21:25Lovely head.

00:21:27Oh, thank you.

00:21:28Come in.

00:21:30Good morning, darling.

00:21:31Hello, Topsy.

00:21:32Good morning.

00:21:32Morning, Simon.

00:21:33Good morning.

00:21:34Hello, Simple.

00:21:35How do you feel?

00:21:36Like yesterday's beer.

00:21:39You hear, Bimitico?

00:21:40I think the entire hotel did.

00:21:42Says what Mr. Coburn wants is prophecies.

00:21:45Well, that's not unreasonable.

00:21:47Max, my dear.

00:21:48I'm very worried about you.

00:21:50This clairvoyant business nearly killed your granddad.

00:21:53Oh, no, Topsy.

00:21:54I adore you, but you are an old pessimist.

00:21:57After all, Coburn's only human.

00:21:59One or two prophecies a week could keep him quiet.

00:22:02Simon, I cannot switch it on to order.

00:22:04I know, but don't you think you could help yourself out a bit?

00:22:09Well, what will you have?

00:22:10Performing elephants?

00:22:11A bearded lady?

00:22:13Now, you know what I mean.

00:22:15Use your imagination.

00:22:17You mean fake.

00:22:19Come in.

00:22:21Sean, it's here, sir.

00:22:22All right, I'm coming.

00:22:23Where's my coat?

00:22:24Here, it is.

00:22:25Thank you, sweetie.

00:22:27Is Sean?

00:22:28Yes, Christine, Sean.

00:22:29She's an early bird.

00:22:30The street's not aired yet.

00:22:31Wait a minute, Max.

00:22:32Here you are.

00:22:37I'd like you to look your best for your public.

00:22:44Hello.

00:22:45Good night to see you.

00:22:51What's the matter?

00:22:53Do I look different or something?

00:22:55No, you're just the same.

00:22:56Well, how are you, anyway?

00:22:58Terrible.

00:22:58Too early to be anything else.

00:23:00Well, you look a little worried.

00:23:02What's the matter?

00:23:03You don't miss much, do you?

00:23:07Sit down.

00:23:07I'll tend you.

00:23:08I wonder what she wants to see you for.

00:23:10I don't know.

00:23:11Something about the new street, Bryce Burns.

00:23:13You're all right.

00:23:14I'd be down a boost.

00:23:16Do you know Coburn?

00:23:17The villain of the beast.

00:23:18Well, he and Father dined together last night.

00:23:22Oh, he was horrible about you.

00:23:24Did he use the word Charlotte?

00:23:26Do you think I'm there?

00:23:28Do you think I'd be here if I did?

00:23:30Well, he may have been right.

00:23:32It was a bit of good, that one.

00:23:33I do hope it's not what you see.

00:23:35So do I.

00:23:36I've had enough shots for one day.

00:23:38What we need is some advertising.

00:23:40But your gifts are real ones.

00:23:43So real.

00:23:44I'm no good to Coburn.

00:23:48Good morning, Miss Charles.

00:23:49Good morning.

00:23:50Oh, Max, you forgot your handkerchief.

00:23:54How are you?

00:23:55Very well, thank you.

00:23:58You're sent by handkerchief.

00:23:59Marked very urgent.

00:24:01It's from Coburn.

00:24:05I know what that is.

00:24:08What Pimitha said?

00:24:10Yes.

00:24:10From Saturday?

00:24:11From now.

00:24:12Oh, dear.

00:24:13There you are.

00:24:14Is there any answer, sir?

00:24:15What?

00:24:16Uh, no.

00:24:18I wish you'd selfie the window of the derby, sir.

00:24:21Or Tollicus.

00:24:24What did you tell that, Paige?

00:24:27Paige?

00:24:28What do you mean?

00:24:29He asked you for the derby winner.

00:24:31You told him something.

00:24:33Oi.

00:24:33Paige.

00:24:35Paige.

00:24:37Here.

00:24:37Oi.

00:24:38Oi.

00:24:39Here.

00:24:41What did Mr. Maximus say?

00:24:43What horse?

00:24:43He said, Autonicus, sir.

00:24:45But there ain't none such animal.

00:24:47There is.

00:24:47I remember the name.

00:24:49Here.

00:24:49Where's the begging?

00:24:51It is.

00:24:52Get it in.

00:24:53Three to one.

00:24:54Danny.

00:24:54Five to one.

00:24:55Faithful Charles.

00:24:55Six to...

00:24:56It's not here.

00:24:57It is.

00:24:58It is.

00:24:58Look.

00:24:58Autonicus.

00:24:59A hundred to one.

00:25:03Autonicus.

00:25:04That's right.

00:25:06That's right.

00:25:08Autonicus will win the derby.

00:25:12Autonicus.

00:25:12Autonicus couldn't win the derby if he had ten legs and they fed him on dynamite.

00:25:16Autonicus.

00:25:18Not a horse.

00:25:18He's a joke.

00:25:19A joke or not, he'll win.

00:25:21You'll pardon me.

00:25:22This is my job.

00:25:23I've had twenty years' experience over turf.

00:25:24It's not a matter of experience, Mr. Brooks.

00:25:26I know, and you know, it's all more superstitious.

00:25:28All we've got to decide is whether we can afford to let the paper carry the story or not.

00:25:32But, sir, we'd be a laughing stock.

00:25:34Not when Autonicus wins.

00:25:36Danny, Maximus was right about the trade.

00:25:38Autonicus can't win.

00:25:39They're only running him in the hope you fall dead to save expense of shooting him.

00:25:42Can't we run it in question form?

00:25:45Can't seer foretell derby winner.

00:25:47Then whatever happens, we're all right.

00:25:49I'm opposed to it.

00:25:50It's news.

00:25:51And it's safe, sir.

00:25:52We'll be backing a loser.

00:25:55I'll take a chance.

00:25:56You win, my dear.

00:25:57Or I'll get the paper out.

00:25:59Hello, everybody.

00:26:00It's a brilliant scene down here at Epsom.

00:26:03The downs are crowded as usual,

00:26:04and the interest in this year's derby is greater than ever

00:26:07because of the sensational prophecy made by the great Maximus.

00:26:10I think this must be a record attendance.

00:26:14Rage just started.

00:26:15A really perfect collection of three-year-olds.

00:26:18Here comes Jenny Lynn, yesterday's favorite.

00:26:19She looks in fine condition.

00:26:21And Hesperus.

00:26:22There's Tiger Man.

00:26:23I like the look of him.

00:26:24Hello, and here comes Autonicus,

00:26:26the horse tipped to win by Maximus.

00:26:27It seems incredible that one man should have that influence.

00:26:30In a moment, I'll speak to you himself.

00:26:32Jenny Lynn's the obvious bet for today.

00:26:34On form, there's nothing to touch her.

00:26:36Though Tiger Man has certainly shown real promise recently.

00:26:38Yes, yes, I know my little piece on the way down.

00:26:40But I say I can't see what's happened to my wife.

00:26:42The last time I saw this horse run was at Newbury.

00:26:45He finished strongly on a mile and a quarter.

00:26:47As for Autonicus,

00:26:49despite Mr. Maximus's assurances,

00:26:50I'm afraid I can't see him finishing the course.

00:26:52Still, as they say, the derby's always a gamble.

00:26:59They're going over to the start now.

00:27:00I think we've just got time.

00:27:02Here's Mr. Maximus.

00:27:02Now, they're lining up at the starting gate.

00:27:06They're under starter's orders.

00:27:08They're moving up.

00:27:10I can't say much because they're almost ready to stop.

00:27:14As regards, Autonicus,

00:27:16well, it just came to me.

00:27:18And, well, that's that.

00:27:21Events may prove I'm wrong,

00:27:23but I think I'm right.

00:27:25Well, that's all.

00:27:27Goodbye.

00:27:27Thank you, Mr. Maximus.

00:27:29Now, they're lining up at the starting gate.

00:27:32They're under starter's orders.

00:27:35They're moving up.

00:27:36They're moving up.

00:27:37Any moment now.

00:27:39Come on!

00:27:39A perfect start.

00:27:42It's coming to you for the moment.

00:27:44They're all bunched up.

00:27:46I can't see Jenny Lind,

00:27:48Faithful Charles,

00:27:49Tiger Man,

00:27:50and Hesperus in front.

00:27:52Autonicus seems to be boxed in.

00:27:54He'll never make it

00:27:54unless he gets away from the rails.

00:27:56They're coming up from the gorse bushes,

00:27:57and I can see them better.

00:27:59It's Jenny Lind in the lead.

00:28:00She's setting a tremendous pace.

00:28:01She'll never keep it up.

00:28:03Faithful Charles for length behind.

00:28:05Tiger Man's well-placed

00:28:06and going strongly.

00:28:07Hesperus is there.

00:28:08It's a terrific race.

00:28:10They're coming down to Tatum's corner.

00:28:11Jenny Lind still leading by an eighth.

00:28:14Tiger Man's coming up.

00:28:15He's part faithful, Charles.

00:28:16They're on the corner now.

00:28:17Jenny Lind still leading.

00:28:18What a magnificent city.

00:28:20But it's uphill now,

00:28:21and Tiger Man's closing the gap.

00:28:22Just a second.

00:28:23There's Hesperus right on the rails.

00:28:25Have a look at Autonicus.

00:28:27Autonicus is coming away on the outside.

00:28:29Straight.

00:28:30You're vacant yet?

00:28:31No, he can't do it.

00:28:33It's Tiger Man's race.

00:28:35He's here on the field.

00:28:36How do you want on Tiger Man?

00:28:37Tiger Man will win it.

00:28:39Tiger Man.

00:28:40Tiger Man.

00:28:41Tiger Man wins.

00:28:47Max was wrong.

00:28:50Yet at the first three past the post.

00:28:51Tiger Man, Autonicus, Jenny Lind.

00:28:55That puts us among the old so rad.

00:28:58Wait a minute.

00:28:59There's an objection.

00:29:00Yes.

00:29:03The red flag's going up.

00:29:09And there goes the green flag.

00:29:11Objection sustained.

00:29:13Autonicus.

00:29:14Autonicus wins the derby.

00:29:15Taxi.

00:29:16Oh, what a day.

00:29:16I thought we'd never get home at all.

00:29:27Is Mr. Maximus back here?

00:29:28Yes, madam.

00:29:29He returned about 6.30.

00:29:306.30.

00:29:31Oh, he'll be waiting for us.

00:29:33Well, I've got a thirst I wouldn't sell for a thousand.

00:29:35Taxi, please.

00:29:36Yep.

00:29:36Oh, hello.

00:29:44How's it?

00:29:49Good evening.

00:29:51Did you enjoy the derby?

00:29:53Oh, yes.

00:29:55Every word of it.

00:29:56Can I offer you anything?

00:29:58Oh, thank you.

00:29:59Mr. Maximus gave me a cocktail.

00:30:03He's just changing.

00:30:04He really ought to hurry.

00:30:07Oh.

00:30:10Oh, I'll tell him.

00:30:16Oh, hello, darling.

00:30:17Thank heavens you've come to heaven with us, Connor, will you?

00:30:20Oh, come on, sweet.

00:30:21You're going out here?

00:30:22Yes, I'm off to the derby banquet.

00:30:24Is Christine short?

00:30:25Good Lord, no.

00:30:25I'm going with her father.

00:30:26It's a stag party.

00:30:27I says we've been moving today.

00:30:29Yes, I get something, dear.

00:30:30Sir, which may be the most marvelous offer.

00:30:32He wants a bit of a newspaper profit on his daily son.

00:30:34I say, did you see the race?

00:30:35Where were you?

00:30:36In the car.

00:30:36He's offering the most wonderful money.

00:30:38Well, have you accepted?

00:30:39Oh, my darling, what do you think?

00:30:42Well, I'm starting tomorrow, you know, looking for the future and all that.

00:30:45I like old Southwood.

00:30:47You seem to like his daughter, too.

00:30:48Well, she's been rather a brick, you know, and she's waiting now to take me across in the car.

00:30:52That's sweet of it.

00:30:53I say, darling, what's the matter with you?

00:30:55Oh, nothing.

00:30:56Oh, no, come on, sunshine.

00:30:57What is worrying you?

00:30:58Well, I thought we might have been together this evening.

00:31:02Yes, I know, but you see, I've got to go to the banquet.

00:31:05After all, it was arranged by...

00:31:06By Christine's father.

00:31:07Yes, darling, I'd take you if I could, but it's a stag party.

00:31:10And after all, now, you must realize that from a business point of view...

00:31:14Here's your jacket.

00:31:15Thank you, darling.

00:31:15Now, don't be hurt.

00:31:16After all, now, just think what it's leading to.

00:31:19Our future.

00:31:20I'm wondering what it's going to be like.

00:31:21What?

00:31:21Yes, it's time we start...

00:31:22Coming!

00:31:23We?

00:31:24Darling, you're being rather silly and petulant.

00:31:32Here's your coat.

00:31:33Thank you, darling.

00:31:35I say, you're not upset because she's taken me across, are you?

00:31:38Should I be?

00:31:39Oh, no, no, no, darling.

00:31:42Darling, now let's meet afterwards and have food together.

00:31:45Just the two of us.

00:31:46Do you really think you can eat two meals in one evening?

00:31:49Darling, you're being rather childish.

00:31:50Am I?

00:31:51Yes.

00:31:52It's only because I love you rather a lot.

00:31:55Next.

00:31:58Well, goodbye, sweetie.

00:32:00Oh, well, here's your hat.

00:32:01Oh, um, thanks.

00:32:03Bye-bye.

00:32:15Your grace, my lords and gentlemen, I pray, darling, for your chairman, the Lord...

00:32:21Southwood.

00:32:25Your grace, my lords and gentlemen, you may smoke.

00:32:30Your grace, my lords and gentlemen, you may smoke.

00:32:43I hope you'll agree with me that we've had a very pleasant day, particularly me.

00:32:57Well, really, monsieur...

00:32:58It's all right, I've only come to petrified up.

00:33:00Isn't he speaking now?

00:33:00Yes.

00:33:00I expect I'll be at least a night.

00:33:01Why don't mind waking?

00:33:02If the committee knew there was a lady in the club, they would think it was the end of the world.

00:33:09My lord chairman, your grace, for lords and gentlemen, praise surveillance for Mr. Maximus.

00:33:16uh yes i expect i'll be at least i don't mind waiting

00:33:25if the committee knew there was a lady in the club they would think it was the end of the world

00:33:31my lord chairman your grace for lords and gentlemen praise silence for mr

00:33:47and my lord chairman your grace my lords and uh uh the gentlemen but first of all i would like to

00:33:57express my indebtedness to lord southwood and to all those who have helped me looking into the future

00:34:06i see trouble terrible trouble for myself i'm sorry you all are relieved

00:34:13if i dare to foretell the winner of another race i shall most certainly be assassinated by the

00:34:20bookmakers if my prophecy is wrong then i shall have the public themselves on my heels

00:34:33has the guard on the mantel to trade

00:34:37hello this is christine sean oh it's so exciting here your husband's absolutely the lion of the

00:34:42evening and such a brilliant speech

00:34:47hello i want you to think that i have not conscious

00:34:48hello

00:34:53it will mean a greater public what's the matter didn't you get max christine sean

00:34:58it's impossible yes it's a stag party that's what i thought

00:35:03i want you to think that's what you're driving at you heard you haven't got cloth ears anything i can

00:35:14do what are you doing i'm going what do you mean going i'm leaving oh but why my dear why isn't it

00:35:25perfectly honest but you don't realize what you're doing i can't let you go and it's no no mother don't

00:35:32where will you go what will you do oh no please please i've told you i'm gone

00:35:39what are you doing riding a bicycle hello

00:35:58hello hello hello give me a line please

00:36:11hello

00:36:14oh i see um just wait a moment

00:36:17we live in a frightening in many ways a very cruel world and if i can alleviate by even the smallest

00:36:28fraction the burden of my fellow men then i shall feel that my life and this gift with which it is so

00:36:37curiously bound has not been entirely wasted

00:36:51why hello christine i didn't know they're loud ladies in here they don't excuse me will you thank you

00:37:09hello oh hello mama

00:37:11go away why is she going away oh no no no she's making a mistake you must talk to her

00:37:27no no no no no no i i can't come at the moment but you would you must talk to her i'll get back as soon as i can

00:37:34yes yes hurry stop her

00:37:41yes

00:37:44next what's the matter

00:37:50hello hello

00:37:59of course she she rang off what was it

00:38:04i thought i thought i saw so what my mother next christine

00:38:25oh no

00:38:30oh no it couldn't it it couldn't

00:38:38i must go back to this banquet business

00:38:40oh

00:38:52ready

00:38:57ready

00:39:03open the door

00:39:10open the door

00:39:32open the door

00:39:34what's the matter madam

00:39:54silly of me i fell downstairs shall we fetch a doctor no no what happened are you hurt

00:40:05he just fell

00:40:09where do you think you're going i'm coming back with you

00:40:16that's right

00:40:23i want to talk to you about max

00:40:25oh oh don't hello hello get me mr maximus please yes you know where he is

00:40:37bernie bernie

00:40:42i must say something to you quickly no no not i must i must

00:40:47it's about max that gift is bad it's no good he must

00:40:56have a call

00:41:01yes

00:41:04it's christine

00:41:08she's what i said before she's the power

00:41:11he must give it up he must give her up tell him tell him

00:41:21i'll tell him ringing unhappiness to her both darling

00:41:24let's say one sees very clearly in the face

00:41:40oh

00:41:57Oh, Max, you think you're so unbearable.

00:42:00You couldn't even see your mother's death.

00:42:03I did see it.

00:42:05Or almost did.

00:42:08Just after she telephoned to me.

00:42:12But I put it away from me.

00:42:16Christine was beside me.

00:42:17Christine.

00:42:20What your mother said was true.

00:42:22Oh, it's Christine's presence that gives you the power to see.

00:42:29Why, you've no gift at all when she's not with you.

00:42:32I feel she's very close tonight.

00:42:36Max.

00:42:37But it's as if there was a bond between us.

00:42:41A queer sort of sympathy.

00:42:46It's stronger than I am.

00:42:50Is it stronger?

00:42:52Than your love for me.

00:42:53Oh, please, God, I hope not.

00:42:55Oh, Max.

00:42:57This thing's becoming a man in you with your heart.

00:42:59You've got to break this bond.

00:43:01Not for my sake, but for the sake of your sanity.

00:43:03I can't break it.

00:43:04It's going on.

00:43:05I know it.

00:43:06Weakness isn't going to help.

00:43:08Oh, Max, I'm fighting a battle for your mind,

00:43:10and I've got to win it.

00:43:12We've got to go back to the old life.

00:43:14Benny.

00:43:16Don't you realize what's happening to me?

00:43:19I can't go back.

00:43:20If you'll only use your strength of will.

00:43:22What strength of will?

00:43:24Against.

00:43:26Against.

00:43:28What?

00:43:31I love you more than anything else in the world.

00:43:33but if you'll go on with it,

00:43:37then I will leave you.

00:43:40But it may be a gift from God.

00:43:44Or the devil.

00:43:45Oh.

00:43:45It's getting late.

00:44:00You two ought to be going back.

00:44:02Yeah.

00:44:03Come on.

00:44:04Do you mind if I stay here a bit?

00:44:07I'd like to do some thinking.

00:44:09I like.

00:44:10Don't worry.

00:44:11Don't be too long.

00:44:14I won't.

00:44:16Hi, Hector.

00:44:17I meant what I said, you know.

00:44:37You always do.

00:44:39You will give it up?

00:44:43I never argue with a lady.

00:44:44Don't catch cold, dear.

00:44:50I won't.

00:44:59I won't.

00:45:11I won't.

00:45:12I won't.

00:45:12Hello. This is the Humber shaft.

00:45:34Daily Sun.

00:45:36Is that Mr. Carter?

00:45:38Yes, Carter speaking.

00:45:40Hello, Carter.

00:45:41Listen here.

00:45:43Yes, they're right in the bow's rear.

00:45:45Yes, under the river.

00:45:47Can you hear the drill?

00:45:50It's definitely here.

00:45:52What are you talking about?

00:45:58There, that's the plane faster now.

00:45:59It's going up to the stern.

00:46:00I'm going up the bridge.

00:46:15This will definitely...

00:46:22Hey, hang on your wrist, I'll start it again and slow the charges.

00:46:29This will definitely...

00:46:33Hey, hang on your wrist, I'll start it again and slow the charges.

00:46:38We all right here? Yes. Just keep well back.

00:46:45Now!

00:46:50Don't tell me you didn't hear that one, Carter.

00:46:53Now, look here, Carter, what are you doing?

00:46:56I'm not going to do it.

00:46:59I'm not going to do it.

00:47:01I'm not going to do it.

00:47:03I'm not going to do it.

00:47:05I'm not going to do it.

00:47:07Now, look here, Carter, what about this column?

00:47:09Yes, I've got this.

00:47:10You can run it in the first edition.

00:47:12I'm not sure.

00:47:13This Derby promises to take up a lot of space.

00:47:15I'll find out when you make it.

00:47:16Okay.

00:47:17Goodbye.

00:47:21Clear!

00:47:26I tell you, I'm definite. I'm not going on with it.

00:47:28Listen, if you don't mind, I'd rather not discuss it.

00:47:30I'm grateful, sir, for the offer you've made me,

00:47:32but I'm definitely not accepting it.

00:47:34But, Max!

00:47:35Now, Christy, don't you try to persuade me.

00:47:37Quite a subtle change in your point of view.

00:47:39I have my reasons.

00:47:41Well, of course, if you feel like that, I...

00:47:43What is it, Carter?

00:47:44Oh, excuse me. Sorry, it's Dixon.

00:47:45We've kept that column open for him,

00:47:47and I've got it hanging on the phone now from the Humber Shaft.

00:47:49Oh, yes.

00:47:50You want me to run that Humber Shaft story, sir?

00:47:52Humber Shaft?

00:47:53What do you think?

00:47:54Well, as far as that goes, I can hold the stuff over to Wednesday.

00:47:56That's queer.

00:47:57You see this Humber Shaft?

00:47:58The man was talking to me about the Humber Shaft.

00:48:00Max!

00:48:01The Humber Shaft!

00:48:03There's going to be a disaster.

00:48:05The water sweeping in will carry the men away.

00:48:07Mr. Max!

00:48:08I tell you, I'm right.

00:48:09You've got to warn them.

00:48:10What do you mean?

00:48:11Did I say I wouldn't go on?

00:48:12I must go on.

00:48:13Here's your first prophecy.

00:48:14The Humber Shaft will be destroyed.

00:48:16Splash it across your front page.

00:48:18Give it all the space you can.

00:48:20You're crazy!

00:48:21Save the poor devils while there's time.

00:48:22What do you think I am?

00:48:23I'd run myself in for the biggest libel accident of the census.

00:48:26I was right about the train, wasn't I?

00:48:27But there are millions of pounds involved.

00:48:29There are hundreds of lives involved.

00:48:31He's right, Father.

00:48:32You've got to run it.

00:48:33I will not.

00:48:34Then I'll go elsewhere.

00:48:35No other people will run it either.

00:48:37You mean no one will warn the men?

00:48:38Go down Fleet Street and see.

00:48:40I'm not going down Fleet Street.

00:48:41I'm going up to the Humber.

00:48:42Now!

00:48:47Max!

00:48:48Yeah?

00:48:49My car's outside.

00:48:50Can I take you?

00:48:51Yes, he's here, arrived about an hour ago.

00:48:54Crazy isn't the word for it.

00:48:55He's been telling the manager that the tunnel's going to blow up or something.

00:48:58Yeah, and the new spread to the workings and the men came streaming up like flies.

00:49:02Yeah, he's talking to them now.

00:49:04I tell you, if you go down today, half of you will never come up alive.

00:49:08You've got to believe me.

00:49:09Do you think I came all this way just to fool you?

00:49:12There's going to be a disaster.

00:49:13Nothing can prevent it.

00:49:15Don't you take any notice of him.

00:49:16The man's crazy.

00:49:17You want to be caught like so many rats?

00:49:19The Daily Sun wouldn't publish my warnings.

00:49:21Your own managers refused to listen to me.

00:49:23They said I was talking superstitious nonsense.

00:49:26But it isn't nonsense.

00:49:27Was I right about the Manchester Express?

00:49:29Yes!

00:49:30Was I wrong about the Derby?

00:49:32No!

00:49:33Can any one of you look me in the eyes and tell me I'm wrong now?

00:49:36You're mad!

00:49:37Get back to your work!

00:49:38All of you!

00:49:39I came up here to warn you.

00:49:40To save you from the terror which I know is coming.

00:49:43I implore you.

00:49:44I beseech you.

00:49:45For the sake of your wives, your mothers and your sons.

00:49:48Don't go on the night shift!

00:49:52All of you!

00:49:53Are you all not mad?

00:49:54Where are you going?

00:49:55Are you going to throw yourself out of work for the sake of a dark day trickster?

00:49:59Aye!

00:50:00Out of work!

00:50:01That's what I said!

00:50:06There's the signal for the night shift.

00:50:08The train's waiting to take you down.

00:50:09Get to your work!

00:50:10All of you!

00:50:11The man who refuses is through!

00:50:14It's through!

00:50:15And you can take it or leave it!

00:50:17Well?

00:50:18Are you going down?

00:50:19Aye, they'll go down.

00:50:20Well, what are you waiting for?

00:50:21The shaft's perfectly safe!

00:50:22Safe as your own houses!

00:50:23Get back to work!

00:50:24Every one of you!

00:50:25The train's waiting to take you down!

00:50:47Yes!

00:50:48They're going down again!

00:50:50Yeah, I'll ring through later!

00:51:12Those poor devils!

00:51:17You're not to blame!

00:51:18Whatever happens!

00:51:19Why couldn't I convince them?

00:51:21No, Reni was right!

00:51:22I shouldn't have gone on with it!

00:51:24She wasn't right!

00:51:25You've got something that belongs to the world!

00:51:27You've got to go on!

00:51:28You believe that?

00:51:29I know it!

00:51:31Perhaps it's woman's intuition!

00:51:34Or perhaps it's just because I love you!

00:51:44Why do you look like that?

00:51:47Because you love me!

00:51:50Is that wrong?

00:51:55I don't know!

00:51:58That...

00:51:59I love you!

00:52:03I'm sorry!

00:52:06Oh, I'm sorry!

00:52:07I'm sorry!

00:52:14Well, are you satisfied now?

00:52:16No!

00:52:17It's on your own head, McGregor!

00:52:37Well, they seem to be getting on with it!

00:52:38Come on!

00:52:39Come on!

00:52:40Come on!

00:52:41Come on!

00:52:42Some of them aren't so happy!

00:52:43I'll be glad when this ship's over!

00:52:44Ah, snap out of it!

00:52:45You're okay for now!

00:52:46Find that dungeon!

00:52:47You sure you're all right?

00:52:48I'm all right!

00:52:49Are you ready?

00:52:50No!

00:52:51No!

00:52:52No!

00:52:53No!

00:52:54No!

00:52:55No!

00:52:56No!

00:52:57Wait!

00:52:59No!

00:53:01No!

00:53:03No!

00:53:05Yes,

00:53:16no!

00:53:17No, no!

00:54:51He can't murder our people and get away with it.

00:55:22This terrible tragedy in the Humber shaft was brought about by panic, panic which is directly traceable to the so-called prophecy of the prisoner of the bar.

00:55:33The very nature of the prisoner's activities made it vital that he should keep his name before the public.

00:55:39He chose a very terrible means of achieving that object.

00:55:43Two hundred bodies have been recovered.

00:55:47A hundred and ten are still lying in that shop, young man.

00:55:51The deaths of these men must be laid at the door of one man only, the prisoner.

00:55:58I call my first witness, Miss Christine Shawne.

00:56:05Miss Christine Shawne.

00:56:07Miss Christine Shawne.

00:56:08I swear by almighty God, if the evidence that I give this court should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

00:56:18You are Miss Christine Shawne?

00:56:20Yes.

00:56:21And you are attending here on St. Penine?

00:56:23Yes.

00:56:24I understand that you were present when the prisoner, as he alleges, foresaw the disaster.

00:56:28I was with him when the clairvoyant state came on him.

00:56:31Well, would you like to call it, then?

00:56:33The prisoner just lost his post on the Daily Sun.

00:56:35He'd just resigned it.

00:56:36Well, I suppose he might do that.

00:56:37He had resigned it.

00:56:38Quite, quite.

00:56:39We don't think we can quarrel about a word.

00:56:40At any rate, at this juncture, the prisoner was out of employment.

00:56:45Yes.

00:56:46And so he promptly made a prophecy, which was bound to attract public attention.

00:56:50That's not why he made it.

00:56:51You don't think it was?

00:56:53You drove the prisoner up to the humbound?

00:56:55Yes.

00:56:56You were there when he told the workers there would be a disaster?

00:57:00Yes.

00:57:01The workers were alarmed.

00:57:02One might almost say they were in a state of panic.

00:57:08What have they got to do with it?

00:57:09Were they alarmed?

00:57:10Of course they were alarmed.

00:57:12His prophecy has come true.

00:57:14Exactly.

00:57:16Then do you not think, from what you saw, that the worker's alarm was calculated to bring about a state of tension,

00:57:22hardly conducive to safety?

00:57:28I don't understand.

00:57:29Come, come, Miss Shawlin.

00:57:32You're trying to force me to speak against him.

00:57:35I am asking you if you don't believe that the accident was due to the prisoner's prophecy.

00:57:40I wasn't in the shaft. How am I to know?

00:57:42Answer the question, Miss Shawlin.

00:57:44I can't answer.

00:57:46You are here to give evidence.

00:57:48I didn't want to come.

00:57:49Why not?

00:57:50Was it because you thought your evidence would hurt the prisoner's case?

00:57:54I didn't think about it at all.

00:57:56Well, perhaps you will be good enough to think now.

00:57:58You were present, I understand, when the accused prophesied the Manchester Express disaster.

00:58:03Yes.

00:58:04Are you aware that had the prisoner not stopped the train, it would have cleared the points, and the collision would have been avoided?

00:58:16Miss Shawlin?

00:58:17I didn't know that.

00:58:18Well, I tell you to now as a fact.

00:58:20Do you still believe the prisoner is a genuine clairvoyant?

00:58:23He foretold the derby winner.

00:58:26He's not the first person to bring off a hundred to one chance.

00:58:30How do you know this wasn't merely a lucky coincidence?

00:58:32Why do you ask me that?

00:58:34How can any of us know what is the truth?

00:58:36Then you agree with me.

00:58:37You are not sure that the gift is genuine.

00:58:39That's not what I said.

00:58:42But...

00:58:43Thank you, Miss Shawlin.

00:58:44That is all.

00:58:49I have no questions to ask this witness.

00:58:52Call Arthur Watts.

00:58:53Arthur Watts?

00:58:55Arthur Watts.

00:59:02Nick.

00:59:03I don't believe.

00:59:05I let him down.

00:59:09I let him down.

00:59:15They told me you were going to leave him.

00:59:17I haven't left him.

00:59:19No...

00:59:23You love him, don't you?

00:59:26Yes.

00:59:28I wanted to take him away from you.

00:59:29You can help. I hate to say this to you, but I've got to make you understand. You see, the gift only comes when you're near him. It's got to stop. It's got to. You mustn't see him again.

00:59:50You are telling us that it was panic caused the disaster? Yes. Panic. And that but for this man's prophecy, your fellow workers would have been alive today. As God is my judge, I believe they would.

01:00:07I do love him so. Yes, we both love him. But it's his happiness I'm thinking of. It's this thing going on. I believe you're going mad. Oh, don't you understand? It's up to you.

01:00:23I'll never see him again. I promise. No, but after today. And that, members of the jury, concludes the case for the prosecution.

01:00:42Members of the jury, my clients, innocent men. Many times throughout history, men have stood, much as my client stands now, pilloried by mankind for no greater sin.

01:00:53And the possession of the possession of a gift which the world has failed to understand. Knowing the strength of my case, I propose to call two witnesses only, my client himself and his wife, Renée. I call Mrs. Maximus.

01:01:12Mrs. Maximus, please. Thank you.

01:01:23Of course I believe in my husband's power. I didn't want him to use it. But he felt if he did use it, he could help people.

01:01:31Did you believe it was genuine?

01:01:33It is genuine. I only wish it weren't.

01:01:36I see. And has it always been genuine?

01:01:39Yes. Always.

01:01:40So that right back in those old days, when the great Maximus and your sister were somewhat in just a musical term, earning a somewhat indifferent salary, even then you believed that your husband was a genuine terrior?

01:01:54No, not then.

01:01:55He was not genuine.

01:01:58Well, you see, I mean...

01:01:59Was he or was he not?

01:02:02That's not a fair question.

01:02:03It is a perfectly fair question. Answer me directly.

01:02:06Was your husband a charlatan or not?

01:02:14Our act was a professional routine.

01:02:16A fake routine?

01:02:18Yes, of course it was. It had to be, don't you think?

01:02:20You have admitted that your husband was a professional trickster. Thank you.

01:02:24Oh, no, but the gift there's different. The one was fake, the other was not.

01:02:28I don't wish to detain you any further.

01:02:30But I must explain.

01:02:31This way, if you...

01:02:36This way, Miss, please.

01:02:47Mr. Maximus, please.

01:02:48Mr. Maximus.

01:02:49I swear by Almighty God, that the evidence which I give this court should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

01:03:02Mr. Maximus, I have only a few questions.

01:03:08Why did you foretell the Humbershop disaster?

01:03:10Because I foresaw it.

01:03:11You must tell what you see.

01:03:14I must tell what I see.

01:03:16You believed you could have saved these men's lives?

01:03:18I could have saved them.

01:03:20You were not prompted by any thought of gain.

01:03:23I was not.

01:03:24Tell the court.

01:03:25Is this gift genuine or is it not?

01:03:28It is genuine.

01:03:30God help me.

01:03:33That is all.

01:03:34I find your statement most interesting, Mr. Maximus.

01:03:38So you really believe in this clairvoyant business yourself?

01:03:41Of course I believe in it.

01:03:42Quite.

01:03:43It's a gift, isn't it?

01:03:44I think that's what you call it.

01:03:45You have the affrontery to assert that you can foretell the future.

01:03:49You claim omnipotence.

01:03:50You have a gift from God himself.

01:03:52I never said that.

01:03:53Well, then perhaps it's from the other source.

01:03:56Is that it?

01:03:56Perhaps you'll tell us it's a gift from the devil?

01:04:03Somebody else once suggested that.

01:04:07If this gift is genuine, why not demonstrate it here?

01:04:11It's simple enough.

01:04:12Give us a taste of your quality, Maximus.

01:04:15Prove that you are genuine and my case falls to the ground.

01:04:18Prophesy, Maximus.

01:04:20Put on your act.

01:04:21Demonstrate your art.

01:04:22Tell the jury what will be their verdict.

01:04:26Prophesy, Maximus.

01:04:29Prophesy.

01:04:31Prophesy.

01:04:32But I can't.

01:04:33I can't, To Order.

01:04:34But you can for money.

01:04:35But I can't see.

01:04:38Of course you can.

01:04:39And I'll tell you why.

01:04:40Because you're a charlatan and a faker.

01:04:42If you're not, why did your wife threaten to leave?

01:04:50Why did your wife threaten to leave?

01:04:54I see the men.

01:05:11Ah, that's better.

01:05:13No members of the jury watch him perform.

01:05:17A hundred and ten...

01:05:19living men.

01:05:20They're tapping their way out, by the eastern shaft.

01:05:27The eastern shaft.

01:05:30They're weak.

01:05:32They're famished.

01:05:34But they're alive.

01:05:36They're tapping their way out.

01:05:39They're at the surface.

01:05:41Soon.

01:05:43News will come.

01:05:45News.

01:05:47Soon.

01:05:50News.

01:05:53News.

01:05:56News.

01:05:59News.

01:06:07News.

01:06:12News.

01:06:16I am given to understand that what you have just told us is the truth.

01:06:31These men are free and alive.

01:06:35In these circumstances, I have no option but to suggest to the foreman of the jury

01:06:39that if you'll excuse me, the Lord, we, the jury, are agreed.

01:06:44Our verdict is not guilty.

01:07:07Come on, step up, draw in closer,

01:07:11and be entertained by the greatest clairvoyant and mind reader America has ever seen.

01:07:16Why, he's only a taste of what you're going to see inside, folks,

01:07:18and all for a dime ten cents, the tenth part of a dollar.

01:07:23Come on, put him to the test.

01:07:24Call him anything you like.

01:07:25And remember, it's fifty dollars to the one that can say how he does it.

01:07:29Fifty dollars.

01:07:30Come on, let's say fifty dollars to you if you can tell us how he does it.

01:07:33It'd be a shame to take the money.

01:07:35Ah, you don't know what you're missing, mister.

01:07:36Come on, let's go get a hot dog.

01:07:41Thank you much.

01:07:41Step up, ladies and gentlemen.

01:07:44Step up, it's all free.

01:07:46See for you now.

01:07:47This is great.

01:07:48It's great.

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