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A Stranger In Town
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00:01:10The Honorable Court is now adjourned until Thursday, the 10th day of December at 12 o'clock.
00:01:21Good afternoon.
00:01:22The front two and the spare are all right, but the left real one is causing me great anxiety.
00:01:30Switched mine. If I don't get another year out of them, I shall be very disappointed.
00:01:33You know, that grandson of mine is the most unusual infant.
00:01:36At five weeks, he holds up his head without support.
00:01:38Here, I'll show you a snapshot.
00:01:43Goodbye, Grant. Have a good vacation.
00:01:45Happy holiday, Josephus.
00:01:46Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.
00:01:52Mr. Justice?
00:01:54Well, could we have a word with you, Justice Grant? Just a few questions.
00:01:57I stopped answering questions when court recessed about three minutes ago.
00:02:03What do you know about that?
00:02:04Come in, come in. Here we go.
00:02:11Well, gentlemen, Justice Grant, we understand you declined to preside at the Danville investigation.
00:02:16There's some speculation as to your reasons.
00:02:18Well, there needn't be. I've had a long, hard year.
00:02:21I'm tired. I'm going hunting.
00:02:23Miss Gilbert, would you put this in my bag, please?
00:02:26The Gazette referred to you last week as a terrible-tempered Justice Grant.
00:02:29How do you feel about that?
00:02:31I'm flattered.
00:02:32And this, too, Miss Gilbert.
00:02:35Where are you going for your hunting?
00:02:36Well, there are plenty of ducks and no reporters.
00:02:40When are you leaving?
00:02:41A moment after you do.
00:02:45Good day, sir.
00:02:46Good day, sir.
00:02:46Good day, sir.
00:02:51Miss Gilbert, what is this nonsense?
00:02:56What does this resignation mean?
00:02:59I think it's obvious, sir.
00:03:01If it were obvious, I wouldn't ask the question, would I?
00:03:03Justice Grant, I've been with you for two years.
00:03:08And not once during that time do you express satisfaction with my work.
00:03:12Miss Gilbert, you can learn more law here in a week than you can anywhere else in a year.
00:03:17That's all that should interest you.
00:03:19I don't feel that I have to constantly remind you that you're a brilliant young woman
00:03:23and that you have a fine future.
00:03:25Now, if there isn't anything else, can I go?
00:03:33Oh, you wanted to look over the Hale and Twine opinion, sir.
00:03:36They won't be back from the print until next week.
00:03:37Oh, yes.
00:03:38They'll need some revision.
00:03:40But I don't want to hang around here.
00:03:44Perhaps I can bring them up to you at Crownport, sir.
00:03:46That'd be fine.
00:03:47No, no, no.
00:03:48You need a vacation, too.
00:03:50From me.
00:03:52I don't mind at all.
00:03:54Miss Gilbert, are you heaping coals of fire on my head?
00:03:58I wouldn't dream of it, sir.
00:04:03Oh, I'll wire you before I come.
00:04:06Miss Gilbert.
00:04:07Yes, sir?
00:04:08No one must know where I'm going.
00:04:10No one.
00:04:11I want to get away from courtrooms, investigations, lawyers, black robes, everything.
00:04:24Everything with ducks.
00:04:28Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful ducks.
00:04:32Hey, you!
00:04:44Wait a minute.
00:04:45I'm Warren Todds, game inspector.
00:04:53Let's see your license.
00:04:58Yeah, just like I thought.
00:05:00Stranger in town, ain't you?
00:05:01This license ain't legal.
00:05:03I just bought it yesterday at the state capitol.
00:05:05Yeah, I know, mister, but this is Crownport,
00:05:07and you gotta have a Crownport stamp on there.
00:05:09Well, I didn't know that. I'll get one tomorrow.
00:05:12Well, but it ain't gonna do you any good today.
00:05:13You know, I could haul you into court
00:05:16and let the judge slap a fine on you.
00:05:18But to say wear and tear on my tire,
00:05:20suppose I sell you one right here.
00:05:21It only cost you five bucks.
00:05:30You know, the five bucks is just for the stamp.
00:05:33I usually get a little something from my trouble, too.
00:05:37Well, you don't understand.
00:05:38I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:40Yeah, I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:42Come on.
00:05:42Well, look!
00:05:43Let me explain it to you!
00:05:44Your Honor, it's not as though my client
00:06:12were trying to evade his financial obligations.
00:06:15Tom Cooney has been a member of this community for many years,
00:06:18and in all that time,
00:06:19his honesty and his responsibility
00:06:21has never been questioned.
00:06:22Now, he intends to make good the payments on these plows,
00:06:26but he's been sick, unable to work.
00:06:28Now, if the court could just grant him an extension...
00:06:30The law doesn't recognize good intentions.
00:06:33I shouldn't have to remind you of that, Mr. Adams.
00:06:35You're supposed to be a lawyer.
00:06:37But, Your Honor, am I not justified in asking the court's indulgence in this case?
00:06:42If you take Tom Cooney's farm tools away from him,
00:06:44you take away his only means of earning a living.
00:06:47Mr. Adams, this is a court of law, not an employment agency.
00:06:51Tom Cooney signed an agreement with Vincent Blackston of the Crownport Auto and Supply Company.
00:06:56This agreement stated if he missed a payment on those plows,
00:06:59Mr. Blackston could take them back.
00:07:01Is that right, Mr. Cooney?
00:07:03Well, yes, Your Honor, but...
00:07:06All right, Counselor.
00:07:07Judgment against Thomas Cooney.
00:07:09But it...
00:07:10It was just one payment.
00:07:12If you'd give me a chance to...
00:07:14I don't care whether you say it's fair or not.
00:07:17It ain't.
00:07:18Get him out of here.
00:07:19Come on, Tom.
00:07:20This isn't going to help.
00:07:21I know it ain't going to help.
00:07:22Nothing's going to help in a town like this.
00:07:24Officer, come on.
00:07:25Thanks.
00:07:26Go on me.
00:07:26Come on.
00:07:27Looks like you just lost yourself another boat, sir.
00:07:29Come on.
00:07:30It ain't right.
00:07:32I know it ain't right.
00:07:33Crownport versus Joe Grant.
00:07:35Step up, Joe Grant.
00:07:44Name?
00:07:46Joe Grant.
00:07:48Shooting ducks without a Crownport permit.
00:07:51I didn't get a chance to shoot.
00:07:52You were going to.
00:07:54Of course I was, you fool.
00:07:55That's why I bought a state license.
00:07:57We also require a Crownport license, Mr. Grant.
00:08:00And ignorance of the law is no excuse.
00:08:04A hundred dollars or thirty days.
00:08:09Which one of you gentlemen do I pay?
00:08:11The clerk.
00:08:12The clerk.
00:08:13Should have bought it for me in the first place.
00:08:16Save yourself a lot of dough.
00:08:17I assume that this hundred dollars will permit me to resume my hunting without further interference.
00:08:24If your assumption is wrong, you still need a Crownport stamp.
00:08:27And an officer enforcing the law is not interfering, Mr. Grant.
00:08:31As the judge, I advise you to be careful of your words.
00:08:34Next case.
00:08:35Crownport versus Burton Lyon.
00:08:40Step up, Burton Lyon.
00:08:46Hi, Tom.
00:08:52I'm sorry it turned out that way.
00:08:55I guess that's the only way it could have turned out.
00:08:57No, I thought we had a chance, but I guess I should have known.
00:09:02What are you going to do now?
00:09:05Farm's no good to me without the tools to work it.
00:09:08Guess I'll lose it.
00:09:11The bank will start yelling for its money pretty soon.
00:09:14You know, Bill, sometimes there's just more than a man can stand.
00:09:19I've got to think of something to do.
00:09:22If I could only...
00:09:23Yeah, I know, Tom, I know.
00:09:25Look, why don't you come by the office later on?
00:09:27We'll talk about it, huh?
00:09:40Hello, boys.
00:09:48Shave, Homer.
00:09:49I hear poor Tom Cooney lost his case.
00:09:55Yeah.
00:09:56He'll probably lose his farm now, too.
00:09:58It's a shame.
00:10:01You know, Homer, that's what I like about the fellas around your shop.
00:10:04They enjoy the good things of life.
00:10:06Like a guy who can't meet his mortgage
00:10:07or a poor farmer getting rooked out of his plows.
00:10:10Maybe a Cooney had a real sharp lawyer.
00:10:12Maybe if we had a bank that'd extend an honest man credit
00:10:15or a judge that'd give him a break.
00:10:16A fork like that isn't going to get you any volts, Adams.
00:10:19If I could afford a 50-cent cigar, I could get yours.
00:10:31Just the shave.
00:10:32Sure, mister.
00:10:33Stranger in town?
00:10:35Yeah.
00:10:36Aiming to stay long?
00:10:38Long enough to get a shave.
00:10:41Great little town, isn't it, old-timer?
00:10:42Yeah, Judge Harkley really gave you a welcome, didn't he?
00:10:47And our constable, Orrin Todd, that's Homer's cousin.
00:10:51He's all law and order.
00:10:53Regular minute man, isn't he, Homer?
00:10:55Uh, how many minutes did it take before he tried to shake you down?
00:10:59It's a shame.
00:11:00Ever notice how a fellow who can't make a living in a town
00:11:02always tries to run it down?
00:11:04Hmm.
00:11:04You know, Mr. Grant, isn't it?
00:11:09Yeah.
00:11:09Uh, Mr. Grant, it might be fun to bust up one of the constable's little rackets.
00:11:13How about being a guinea pig?
00:11:14Let me turn this into a test case.
00:11:16Mister, there ain't a case this ambulance chaser wouldn't take.
00:11:19There was two bucks and a vote in it for him.
00:11:21How's it, boys?
00:11:22How's it, dear, Mr. Mayor?
00:11:24Uh, much of a wait, Homer?
00:11:26Wait a minute, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:27Hello there, my worthy opponent.
00:11:29I'm sorry about Tom Cooney.
00:11:31I hope he doesn't go to pieces over this.
00:11:33Well, he's really got something to go to pieces over it.
00:11:35You know, it's a funny thing about some fellows.
00:11:36The matter where you put them, everything goes wrong for them.
00:11:40Hiya, Tom.
00:11:40You looking for me?
00:11:41I'll be with you in a minute.
00:11:42Yeah.
00:11:43Look, Mr. Mayor, I...
00:11:44If there's anything I can do for you,
00:11:46if you're in need of a little ready cash or something...
00:11:48I don't want charity.
00:11:49I just want...
00:11:49But I can't change the law, Tom.
00:11:51You're the mayor.
00:11:52But I'm not a nursemaid to every man in town who can't take care of himself.
00:11:55All right, Cooney, that's enough.
00:11:58Now beat it.
00:11:59Keep your hands off.
00:12:00Let him alone, Bikeston.
00:12:04No, don't.
00:12:05This is all my fault.
00:12:25I wish you hadn't had to do that, Benny.
00:12:28Ah, he's had it coming to him for a long time.
00:12:32That boy is turning into an awful radical.
00:12:34You could tell that by the speech he made, except in the nomination.
00:12:38Well, that kind of talk is never going to make a mayor a crown for it.
00:12:41That's too bad.
00:12:42Nothing I'd like better than to see some bright young fellow come along
00:12:46who could take my place.
00:12:48But Bill Adams...
00:12:49Take a man to fill your shoes, Mr. Mayor.
00:13:02Now, Darrell dropped in this morning.
00:13:04Said to give you his regards.
00:13:11What's my bill?
00:13:13Just a shave?
00:13:14Yeah.
00:13:1450 cents.
00:13:15Hey, mister, I said 50 cents, not a quarter.
00:13:21Guess you made a mistake, friend.
00:13:25No.
00:13:27You made the mistake, friend.
00:13:32You picked the wrong customer that time, Homer.
00:13:36First fellow in ten years ever flipped a bash on me.
00:13:45Come on in, old-timer.
00:14:15Well, uh, you interested in boats?
00:14:20Yeah.
00:14:22That's a rather interesting model.
00:14:24She's the Columbia.
00:14:25A square-rigged four-master.
00:14:27Nice work.
00:14:29Oh, and here's a nice one.
00:14:32This is a Barquentine.
00:14:34Former square-rig, the other-mast four-and-aft-rig.
00:14:36Rather unusual.
00:14:37For sale?
00:14:39Oh, no, no, no.
00:14:40No, they're not that good.
00:14:41It's only a hobby, just for fun.
00:14:43Um, I see you're running for mayor.
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47Sort of a hobby, too, just for fun?
00:14:51No, not quite.
00:14:53Uh, Mayor Coniston, you saw him in the barbershop.
00:14:57Oh, he and his boys have been running this town for a long time.
00:15:00Make it pretty tough for anybody who comes up against them.
00:15:02Yes, I gather this much.
00:15:04Well, a lot of people have been getting tired of it.
00:15:06I haven't much time myself.
00:15:07The army's gonna grab me in a couple of months, but...
00:15:11I thought I might at least get the ball rolling and, for once, give him a fight.
00:15:14But not too much of a fight.
00:15:19Something you wanted to see me about, Mr. Grant?
00:15:21In the barbershop, Mr. Adams, you mentioned the fact that you might like to make a test case of my fine.
00:15:27Were you serious?
00:15:28Yes.
00:15:29Yes, I think you've got a case.
00:15:30You do?
00:15:31How would you go about it?
00:15:32Well, we'd, uh, of course, the law requires a stamp.
00:15:36I didn't have one.
00:15:37No, no, but I think I could work out an appeal.
00:15:40An appeal?
00:15:41On what grounds?
00:15:42Was the fine illegal?
00:15:44Oh, no, no.
00:15:44They had a right to fine you.
00:15:46The fact that I was unfamiliar with the law?
00:15:48Oh, no, that's no excuse, obviously.
00:15:51Obviously.
00:15:52Then what would you base your appeal on, Mr. Adams?
00:15:55The fact that it's Tuesday and the sun is shining?
00:15:59Look, I haven't had much time to give it thought, but I can figure out an angle.
00:16:03There must be one lying around somewhere.
00:16:05Oh, yes, I'm sure there is.
00:16:06In the meanwhile, you can always make a living as a carpenter.
00:16:11Hiya, Bill.
00:16:12Oh, you busy?
00:16:14No, Charlie, come on in.
00:16:16Mr. Grant, Charlie Craig, my campaign manager.
00:16:19How do you do, sir?
00:16:20Hi.
00:16:20Any new votes, Charlie?
00:16:21About enough to fill a dog's ear.
00:16:23Say, I just heard about Tom Cooney.
00:16:25Yeah, he's taking it pretty hard.
00:16:26I signed the same kind of note he did, so it don't look so good for that tractor of mine, either.
00:16:30You couldn't get me a couple weeks' postponement, could you?
00:16:32I'll try, Charlie, but there's no use appealing to Blackston, not with the way he's got his business set up.
00:16:37His hopping on my tail wouldn't burn me if I hadn't had so much trouble with that tractor.
00:16:41Every time I needed a spare part, I had to send for it myself.
00:16:44Blackston never carried them in stock.
00:16:46Did Blackston promise you such service?
00:16:49No, there's nothing in the contract about providing service.
00:16:53Has Blackston lived up to all his legal obligations as a seller of the tractor?
00:16:57Well, sir, you sound like a lawyer yourself, Mr. Grant.
00:17:01Yes, well, I was about 20 years ago.
00:17:04Well, maybe you could give Bill here a pointer or two.
00:17:07Anyway, I'm glad to have met you.
00:17:09Be seeing you, Mr. Mayor.
00:17:10I'm going out and see if I can't agitate a few votes for you.
00:17:13Well, Mr. Grant, since you have some knowledge of the law, you've probably decided there's nothing much I can do for you.
00:17:20Well, what about Craig?
00:17:22What are you going to do about him?
00:17:24What can I do for him?
00:17:25With Harkley on the bench, you saw what happened to Tom Cooney.
00:17:28You can't blame that on Judge Harkley.
00:17:30You went into that courtroom without a defense.
00:17:32That's why you got whipped.
00:17:33Well, then I guess I'll get whipped again.
00:17:35I guess you will.
00:17:37You're not much of a fighter, are you, Mr. Adams?
00:17:38Except in the barbershop brawls.
00:17:41Oh, stop it.
00:17:42You can't fight brass knuckles with spitballs.
00:17:44The trick in this town is either to play the game their way, and I haven't the stomach for that, or to be as smart as they are.
00:17:49The trick, Mr. Adams, is to be smarter.
00:17:55Well, does that wind up your business?
00:17:57Or are you going to stay and give me the first five lessons in how to win friends and influence judges?
00:18:01No, Mr. Adams, I'm not.
00:18:03Those lessons have been written, and very well written, in books like this and all the others.
00:18:09And somewhere in one of them, there's a lesson mentioning that in any transaction between a seller and a buyer,
00:18:14there are laws governing the behavior of both parties.
00:18:18But I doubt if you can keep afloat long enough to find it.
00:18:21You know, Mr. Adams, I've seen you in action now as a lawyer, as a candidate for mayor, and as a shipbuilder.
00:18:29And if you'll take my advice, you'll stick to shipbuilding.
00:18:32There's a great future in it for lawyers.
00:18:38Excuse me, sir, for breaking in like this, but I think I found it.
00:19:01Yes, yes, that covers it.
00:19:04He said you haven't practiced law for 20 years.
00:19:06Imagine remembering a thing like that.
00:19:09Have you had dinner, Mr. Adams?
00:19:12No, thanks.
00:19:12Not hungry.
00:19:13I think this will cover it.
00:19:15It should work, but I've been batted down by those guys so often, I guess I haven't too much confidence.
00:19:20How long have you lived in Crownport, Mr. Adams?
00:19:27Well, 28 years with time out for college and law school.
00:19:32Never established residence in any other state?
00:19:35No.
00:19:36You're sure of that?
00:19:38Well, of course.
00:19:39Well, we went to Mexico for a few months when I was seven, but...
00:19:46Did you file an income tax return for 1939 and 40?
00:19:51Well, sure.
00:19:52I didn't pay anything in 1940.
00:19:54I didn't earn enough, but I filed the return.
00:19:57And your figures were honest, correct, and would bear investigation?
00:20:01What?
00:20:02Why, of course they were.
00:20:03No, you're getting nervous, Mr. Adams.
00:20:05I'm not nervous.
00:20:06I'm really trying...
00:20:06Oh, yes, yes, yes, you are.
00:20:07You're flustered.
00:20:08You're raising your voice.
00:20:09Why shouldn't I raise my voice?
00:20:10You've as good as accused me of falsifying my income tax.
00:20:12I've accused you of nothing, Mr. Adams.
00:20:14Now, look, I don't know what you have on there, but I want to tell you...
00:20:16Take a look.
00:20:23It's, uh...
00:20:24It's an old trick that Justice Brandeis used to play.
00:20:30I, uh, I read about it in Collier's once.
00:20:32You see, it's an unfortunate fact, Mr. Adams, that every man, even you and I,
00:20:37has done something that he doesn't want anybody to know about.
00:20:41Now, if you can make him think that you're holding in your hand the skeleton in his closet...
00:20:46You've got him.
00:20:48Well, let's say at least you've got him squirming, nervous, worried, as you were.
00:20:53But if that man happens to have a really guilty conscience...
00:20:59Your full name is Vincent Z. Blackston?
00:21:10Yeah.
00:21:12Tell me, Mr. Blackston, what does the Z stand for?
00:21:17Do I have to answer that, Your Honor?
00:21:18What can be your objection? Surely you have nothing to hide.
00:21:21Well, the Z...
00:21:26Well, the Z stands for Zephyr.
00:21:30It's a family name.
00:21:32Zephyr?
00:21:33Uh, means a little wind, I believe.
00:21:41Quiet.
00:21:44Mr. Blackston, you're the owner and manager of the Crownport Audon Supplier Company?
00:21:47Yes.
00:21:48The, uh, the sole owner?
00:21:51Uh, well, sure, of course.
00:21:54No silent partners?
00:21:57No.
00:21:59Well, of course, sir, our people...
00:22:01Well, then you're not the sole owner.
00:22:03I didn't say that, I just said...
00:22:05Is that very strange to me, Mr. Blackston?
00:22:07You don't know whether you own your own business or not?
00:22:08I object.
00:22:09That question is irrelevant, immaterial, and calculated to confuse the witness.
00:22:14Objection sustained.
00:22:16Counselor will restrict himself to the facts bearing on this case.
00:22:20Mr. Blackston,
00:22:23your company sells most of the used cars and tractors in this town.
00:22:26Almost a monopoly, isn't it?
00:22:28I do the most business because I sell my stock at the lowest prices.
00:22:33That's not monopoly.
00:22:35That's...
00:22:37That's the American way of life.
00:22:41Now, tell me, Mr. Blackston,
00:22:43carry spare parts for your customers?
00:22:45Sure.
00:22:47Hmm.
00:22:48Do you have in stock at this moment
00:22:51piston rings for the 1938 tractors you sold in this town?
00:22:55Well, Mr. Blackston?
00:22:58Well, no, I don't.
00:22:59Oh, then you don't carry all the spare parts your customers might need.
00:23:02Well, I can always get them if I need them.
00:23:04Yes, but sometimes your customers have to wait.
00:23:06Sure, it takes two weeks.
00:23:09If I ain't got them,
00:23:11how can they have them?
00:23:13An intelligent answer, Mr. Blackston.
00:23:15And an honest one.
00:23:16One which will require the court
00:23:18to enter judgment against you in this case.
00:23:21Will Counselor explain that statement?
00:23:24Certainly, Your Honor.
00:23:28Motor Vehicle Laws, 1919, Chapter 174, Section 52.
00:23:33The sale of any automobile
00:23:34or any other automotive vehicle
00:23:36is void unless the dealer carries in stock
00:23:38at all times and on demand
00:23:41parts that may be needed
00:23:42to repair the particular make of vehicle.
00:23:44Will you let me see that reference?
00:23:54Counselor would seem to be correct.
00:24:02You put it over, Bill.
00:24:04Say, this will take care of Tom Cooney, too.
00:24:07You're telling me.
00:24:09What?
00:24:09Oh, I...
00:24:09Mr. Grant.
00:24:10Oh, there you go.
00:24:13Here you go.
00:24:13You're missing out.
00:24:15Here you go, Mr. Grant.
00:24:20Oh, Mr. Grant.
00:24:26Oh, I...
00:24:27I thought you were going hunting.
00:24:29Well, all the ducks are inside today.
00:24:31I see you winged a couple yourself.
00:24:33Oh, of course.
00:24:34It's nothing really big.
00:24:36Who am I kidding?
00:24:37I'm so tickled,
00:24:38I feel like a combination of Superman
00:24:39and a member of the Supreme Court.
00:24:43Really, I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Grant.
00:24:45Oh, no need to, my boy.
00:24:47First time I've enjoyed a courtroom in years.
00:24:49Hey, wait up.
00:24:49Hey.
00:24:50Thank you, fella.
00:24:51You know what this stuff is?
00:24:55No, Mr. Grant, he wouldn't.
00:24:57William, this is American money.
00:24:58Good old folding money.
00:25:00You know what you can do with this stuff?
00:25:01You can buy things that you need.
00:25:03You get it?
00:25:04What I don't get is where you got it.
00:25:06Well, seein' Blackson get trim,
00:25:07warm some hearts,
00:25:08and unloosin' a couple of purse strings.
00:25:10The boys have kicked in for your campaign fun.
00:25:12You know what we're gonna do with this beautiful stuff?
00:25:14We're gonna get some posters printed.
00:25:15Great big ones.
00:25:16The kind that'll look you right straight in the eye
00:25:18and follow you around.
00:25:19Why get frightened so Adams does win one rotten little case?
00:25:28Do you know what that case cost me?
00:25:30You can afford it.
00:25:32If it had happened to your hotel, Roscoe,
00:25:34you'd scream like a stuck pig.
00:25:36Stop it, stop it.
00:25:39Seriously, Jim,
00:25:40you don't see Adams as real competition.
00:25:43Well, as things stand now, no.
00:25:45But if a lot of people start thinking of Bill Adams
00:25:48as the people's champion,
00:25:50well, Jim,
00:25:52there was nothing else I could do.
00:25:55I can give you boys the edge
00:25:56when it's a question of interpretation,
00:25:58but not when the law's right there in black and white.
00:26:01Oh, I'm not blaming you, Judge.
00:26:03It's just something to start thinking about, that's all.
00:26:06You think we'll have trouble?
00:26:09Well, now look, boys.
00:26:10On second thought,
00:26:12we may be getting all steamed up for nothing.
00:26:16Yeah.
00:26:17But suppose he opens a lot of old cases like Tom Cooney's.
00:26:22I think you've got something there, Zephyr.
00:26:28We'll just have to show the boy that he's wrong.
00:26:30We'll just have to show the boy that he's wrong.
00:27:00Miss Gilbert?
00:27:10No.
00:27:15Miss Gilbert?
00:27:16Yes?
00:27:17Oh, that's better.
00:27:19That's much better.
00:27:20I'm Bill Adams.
00:27:21Mr. Grant asked me to meet you.
00:27:23Yes, I know.
00:27:24Here, let me take that.
00:27:26The car's over here.
00:27:27Oh, my God.
00:27:28Oh, my God.
00:27:29Oh, my God.
00:27:30Oh, my God.
00:27:31Oh, my God.
00:27:32Oh, my God.
00:27:33Oh, my God.
00:27:34Oh, my God.
00:27:35Oh, my God.
00:27:36Oh, my God.
00:27:37Oh, my God.
00:27:38Oh, my God.
00:27:39Oh, my God.
00:27:40Oh, my God.
00:27:41Oh, my God.
00:27:42Oh, my God.
00:27:43Oh, my God.
00:27:44Oh, my God.
00:27:45Oh, my God.
00:27:46Oh, my God.
00:27:47Oh, my God.
00:27:48Oh, my God.
00:27:49Oh, my God.
00:27:50Oh, my God.
00:27:51Oh, my God.
00:27:52Oh, my God.
00:27:53Oh, my God.
00:27:54Do you think we should try to scoop some of that up?
00:28:06No, I guess not, huh?
00:28:09Well, everything seems to be under control, but...
00:28:13Would it be all right with you if we went to your car now?
00:28:16The car? Oh, no!
00:28:17No, yes! Right here.
00:28:24I'm sorry to get off to such a bad start.
00:28:32I'm not always so clumsy.
00:28:35Oh, my hat!
00:28:39Don't worry. We'll get it.
00:28:54No!
00:29:04No!
00:29:05No!
00:29:07I'll see you next time.
00:29:37Uh, how long have you worked for Mr. Grant?
00:29:44Hmm?
00:29:45Two years.
00:29:48Quite a character, isn't he?
00:29:50Quite.
00:29:52You know, I was very surprised when he told me his secretary was coming down.
00:29:55I had an idea the old boy was retired.
00:29:58The old boy is far from retired.
00:30:01Where is he now, Mr. Adams?
00:30:03He went over to Wellbridge this morning to do some hunting.
00:30:05He ought to be back soon.
00:30:07Well, I was going to drive you around the town, but, uh, I guess you'll want to get cleaned up now.
00:30:16Yes, I think I will.
00:30:18Well, I'll take you straight to the hotel.
00:30:29You are running for mayor?
00:30:31Mm-hmm.
00:30:32Surprised?
00:30:33That's putting in very mild links to Adams.
00:30:36Well, make the most of it, lady, because that's likely to be the only surprise you'll get in this town.
00:30:40Who's the girl with Adams?
00:30:52Don't know.
00:30:53What difference does it make?
00:30:54I'd like a room, please, by the day.
00:30:59No baggage?
00:31:00Well, she's just here.
00:31:01I don't register women without baggage in my hotel.
00:31:05Henry, show this lady out.
00:31:07But you don't understand.
00:31:08Yes, I do.
00:31:09Why, you?
00:31:10Please, Mr. Adams, let me explain.
00:31:12I only got...
00:31:13Come on, sister.
00:31:14Beat it.
00:31:14Take your hands off her.
00:31:15Oh, yeah.
00:31:29Nice work, pal.
00:31:29I tell you, you can't do this.
00:31:42Look facts in the face, mister.
00:31:44Oh, but officer.
00:31:45Hey, officer!
00:31:47Hey, sergeant!
00:31:49Sergeant, I want to use that phone!
00:31:51Will you please keep quiet, your honor?
00:31:53Just trying to get us out of here, you know.
00:31:58Why didn't you think of that before you got us in?
00:32:01Look, I'm very sorry this happened, but it isn't my fault.
00:32:05I suppose I started the fight.
00:32:07You sure did all right once it got going.
00:32:10Ho, ho, ho!
00:32:11What a gal!
00:32:13And what a wallop!
00:32:15Yeah, Miss G, you're really some scrapper.
00:32:18Hey, Roscoe Swade asked me to call you, Judge.
00:32:24We've got Bill Adams in here with a dame, Salt and Battery.
00:32:27How long do you want us to hold him here?
00:32:29Oh, we'll just let them stew for a while, sergeant.
00:32:33Adams will probably want to get in touch with me.
00:32:36And I...
00:32:37Oh, he does, huh?
00:32:40Well, I'm out of town.
00:32:42You can't reach me anywhere.
00:32:44That's right.
00:32:45Overnight.
00:32:48Will you have the chef prepare a couple of these for tomorrow night's dinner?
00:32:59And I'll have my key, please.
00:33:00Yes, sir.
00:33:02What, uh, what room did you put Miss Gilbert in?
00:33:05Gilbert?
00:33:06Gilbert.
00:33:07There's no Miss Gilbert registered.
00:33:09Well, that's strange.
00:33:12Anything wrong, Mr. Grant?
00:33:13Why, yes, I was expecting my secretary today.
00:33:16Mr. Adams was to have met her.
00:33:18Your, your secretary?
00:33:20Yeah.
00:33:21Miss, uh, Miss Gilbert.
00:33:22Miss Lucy Gilbert.
00:33:23Have you heard from her?
00:33:23No.
00:33:24No, not exactly.
00:33:25Well, that is, she was here, but...
00:33:27Where is she?
00:33:28Well, Mr. Grant, you see, we, uh, we had a little trouble.
00:33:32Where is she?
00:33:34She's with Adams.
00:33:35In the county jail.
00:33:37Well, you get them out of there.
00:33:38And fast.
00:33:40Yes, sir.
00:33:40Yes, sir.
00:33:41Right away.
00:33:42Bertie, get me Judge Harkley.
00:33:44Quick.
00:33:45Yes, sir.
00:33:53Come in.
00:33:58Good evening, Mr. Grant.
00:34:01Well, good evening, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:02But, I'm sorry I couldn't meet you at the station.
00:34:09So am I, sir.
00:34:10However, Mr. Adams seems to have made your introduction to Crownport quite spectacular.
00:34:17Well, if it amuses you both, of course, it was quite worthwhile.
00:34:20I'm sorry.
00:34:21Sit down, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:23But, you, uh, you seem tired.
00:34:27What, what happened?
00:34:28Well, when I said the boys were, were playing with brass knuckles, I wasn't kidding.
00:34:33Look, I win a case from Blackston.
00:34:35That makes a good impression around town.
00:34:36So I walk into Swade's hotel.
00:34:39Roscoe says something, provokes a fight, and I land in jail.
00:34:41That's the way Crownports run, Mr. Grant.
00:34:43I hope the fact that Miss Gilbert was involved won't upset you.
00:34:47The fact that Miss Gilbert was involved upsets me a great deal.
00:34:51It strikes me that Swade Connison and company are just been a little too high-handed.
00:34:56Well, you can't fight the city hall, sir.
00:34:59As candidate for mayor, that's what you're doing, isn't it?
00:35:02Well, I suppose I am, but the boys are starting to play rough.
00:35:05Well, of course, if they play too rough, you can always go back to your ship building.
00:35:10Yes, I guess I could.
00:35:12But right now, I'm going to go home and get some sleep.
00:35:14Miss Gilbert and I have a date in court tomorrow.
00:35:16Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:35:18Don't hold me against Crownport.
00:35:20All right, sir.
00:35:30Your notes.
00:35:31Perhaps you'd like to go over them.
00:35:33I gather somehow that you're not very much drawn to Mr. Adams.
00:35:39My personal reactions to him aren't important, sir.
00:35:43Well, I wouldn't be too hasty.
00:35:45He attracts too much trouble.
00:35:47He certainly does.
00:35:49His whole approach is wrong.
00:35:51He shuts his eyes and wades in and slugs.
00:35:54But he has good stuff.
00:35:57Do you think it wise to get involved with his problems?
00:36:00After all, you are on your vacation.
00:36:02Oh, I'm not involved.
00:36:04I'm just trying to give the boy a push.
00:36:07Come in.
00:36:09May I turn your bed down, sir?
00:36:11Oh, yes.
00:36:12Yes, certainly.
00:36:14Good night, Mr. Grant.
00:36:15Good night.
00:36:17Oh?
00:36:18I'm all right.
00:36:23Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:36:24Kind of skimpy, isn't it?
00:36:36They just ain't long enough, none of them.
00:36:38I keep a-telling, Mr. Swade.
00:36:42Well, there, that'll have to do.
00:36:44Good night, sir.
00:36:45Hope you rest well.
00:37:12Wrong number.
00:37:27Mr. Adams, wake up. This is Mr. Grant.
00:37:30What?
00:37:32Wait a minute.
00:37:35Yeah?
00:37:38You want me to what?
00:37:40I said get any of your clothes, get two yardsticks.
00:37:44Yardsticks.
00:37:45Come right over here and register for the night at the hotel.
00:37:48I'll tell you all about it when you get here, but get here.
00:37:50Right.
00:38:00Hello, Roscoe.
00:38:02Give me a single room next to Mr. Grant's.
00:38:04I'll pay in advance.
00:38:104-13.
00:38:14What's the matter, Roscoe?
00:38:15You don't seem at all happy to see me.
00:38:17I, uh, brought my luggage, too.
00:38:25Why should he sleep here with yardsticks?
00:38:28He's got a place of his own.
00:38:29Hello?
00:38:34Hello?
00:38:35Get me Miss Gilbert's room, please.
00:38:37Where do we start?
00:38:38Why should he want to talk to her in the middle of the night?
00:38:45I don't know.
00:38:48It's Grant.
00:38:50Yes, Mr. Grant.
00:38:51Yes, sir.
00:38:54Right away.
00:38:56He wants a bellboy right away.
00:38:58He wants to send something to Miss Gilbert's room.
00:39:00They're up to something.
00:39:01I know they are.
00:39:06Henry.
00:39:13Take this yardstick to Miss Gilbert.
00:39:15Yes, sir.
00:39:15Oh, Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:39:17My compliments to Mr. Swade, I don't eat fruit.
00:39:21And he'sοΏ½οΏ½.
00:39:22Oh, my God.
00:39:22Earth.
00:39:32Oh, my God.
00:39:50Oh, my God.
00:39:51Thanks.
00:39:57Oh, wait a minute, miss.
00:39:59I've got a bowl of food for you.
00:40:01Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:40:03My compliments to Mr. Swade.
00:40:04Tell him I've lost my appetite.
00:40:19I couldn't see nothing.
00:40:20Then they blacked out the rooms.
00:40:25Number three.
00:40:27Now she's calling Grant.
00:40:33Yes, Miss Gilbert?
00:40:34Seven and a half.
00:40:36Same here.
00:40:37The other?
00:40:38Two and a half.
00:40:39That does it.
00:40:43Maybe it's a code.
00:40:47Oh, don't worry, Roscoe.
00:40:49I'll be back.
00:40:50It's a code.
00:40:52Let's go.
00:41:22Swade's Hotel, give me Mr. Grant's room.
00:41:28Mr. Grant, you were absolutely right.
00:41:30It's 9 and 2.
00:41:31Yeah, I'll be back in a minute.
00:41:33Oh, I think Mr. Swade's going to be a little sorry tomorrow
00:41:37that he's bringing those charges against us.
00:41:52Good afternoon, Miss Gilbert.
00:42:00Mr. Grant, you're looking very beautiful, Miss Gilbert.
00:42:02Really?
00:42:03I didn't sleep at all.
00:42:05Probably nervous exhaustion
00:42:06due to the unfortunate experience you underwent yesterday.
00:42:10Ever spent any time in jail, Mr. Swade?
00:42:14Ever been sued for false arrest, Mr. Swade?
00:42:16Miss Gilbert, I made up my mind
00:42:18to drop the complaint against you.
00:42:20Well, what about the complaint against Mr. Adams?
00:42:22He spent a few hours in jail, too.
00:42:24You've got nobody but yourself to thank.
00:42:26You started it hitting Henry.
00:42:27I'll forget you hit me.
00:42:29He didn't hit you.
00:42:30I did.
00:42:32Well, I'll forget that, too, but...
00:42:34But six hours in jail is something
00:42:36I won't forget, Mr. Swade.
00:42:38I think $5,000 damages
00:42:40would be about right, Counselor, don't you?
00:42:42Well, I had thought of ten, but...
00:42:44No, I think five is enough.
00:42:46Oh, don't worry, Mr. Swade.
00:42:48I'll see that the money goes to a good cause.
00:42:49I'll invest it in war bonds.
00:42:58Court is now in session.
00:43:00Judge Hartley presiding.
00:43:03Case of Swade versus Gilbert and Adams.
00:43:07You can thank Miss Gilbert for getting you off so easy.
00:43:35Thank you, Lucy.
00:43:37Oh, Roscoe.
00:43:42Just a minute, Roscoe.
00:43:43We're not quite through yet.
00:43:44Joe, serve the papers on Mr. Swade.
00:43:47Roscoe Swade?
00:43:49What are you talking about?
00:43:51I took it if I dropped my suit against you,
00:43:53you'd drop yours against me.
00:43:54Relax, Roscoe.
00:43:55This is another suit.
00:43:57Your Honor, I find that in the management of his hotel,
00:43:59Mr. Swade is in violation of several important laws.
00:44:02What are the charges?
00:44:04I brought the evidence with me, Your Honor.
00:44:12The hotel laws of this state, 1909, section 52.
00:44:15All sheets provided in all hotels, hostelries, inns, or lodging houses shall be a minimum of nine feet in length.
00:44:27Seven and a half feet, Your Honor.
00:44:28All pillowcases shall be a minimum of three feet.
00:44:33Two and a half feet, Your Honor.
00:44:35There should be a minimum distance between all twin beds of two feet.
00:44:39Now, the beds in my room at the Swade Hotel were scarcely half a foot apart, Your Honor.
00:44:43I couldn't bring them in evidence, but I have witnesses who can testify as to my veracity.
00:44:48Let me see this reference, certainly.
00:44:59You'll be sorry for this.
00:45:00You wait and see.
00:45:01Will the court warn the defendant the threats and intimidation are punishable by law?
00:45:05Quiet, Mr. Swade.
00:45:07And don't you tell me how to run my court.
00:45:10The law provides a fine of $50.
00:45:12For each offense.
00:45:14Are you prepared to face these charges at the present time?
00:45:20Yes.
00:45:21Do you plead guilty?
00:45:24Yes.
00:45:26And pay the clerk.
00:45:31Nice work, Counselor.
00:45:36Congratulations.
00:45:36Congratulations.
00:45:42Half-hour recess.
00:45:52Well, this couldn't by any chance be a little gift from Mr. Swade.
00:46:12I thought we might end our celebration in style.
00:46:16What vintage is that, miss?
00:46:18California, 1938.
00:46:20Here, I'll do it, miss.
00:46:24You can tell I'm an amateur.
00:46:26The bottle resents me.
00:46:29Well, it's hot anyway.
00:46:31To the next player of Crownport.
00:46:39Yes.
00:46:39Who's learned to use his head and his law books.
00:46:44Well, to my rooting section.
00:46:46I think you're on the right track, Counselor.
00:46:50You keep the Connisons busy on the little things, and they won't have time for the bigger ones.
00:46:55Neither will I.
00:46:57Well, I think I'd like to do a little hunting in the morning, if you can keep your life fairly quiet for one day.
00:47:04Well, I'll try.
00:47:05Lucy might keep an eye on me.
00:47:07That'd help.
00:47:07I'll be responsible for him, sir.
00:47:10Starting with breakfast.
00:47:13Well, I think Lucy would probably like some more coffee.
00:47:19Yes, I would.
00:47:21It'll just keep you awake.
00:47:24Well, good night.
00:47:25Good night.
00:47:25Good night, sir.
00:47:31More coffee?
00:47:37I suppose you're a wonderful dancer.
00:47:40Fair.
00:47:42I'm awful.
00:47:43Good.
00:47:43That'll make me feel superior.
00:47:45May I have this down since Adam's?
00:47:47Charmed.
00:47:52Hey, I'm not so bad, am I?
00:47:53You're fine.
00:47:56I guess the trouble was, I just never liked to dance before.
00:47:59Neither did I.
00:48:03You know, Lucy, Crownport's not such a bad little town.
00:48:07Well, it's got a lot of nice people in it.
00:48:09You've just seen the worst side of it.
00:48:11Like you.
00:48:13No, but what I mean, Lucy, is, well, can you see yourself living in a town like Crownport?
00:48:21No, pretty dull, I guess so.
00:48:24Very.
00:48:25Practically nothing's happened to me since I met you.
00:48:27Yeah.
00:48:28No, but seriously, sometimes I have home days of peace and quiet.
00:48:33Now, we've been together for several hours, and nothing very spectacular is happening.
00:48:37It's not near enough has happened.
00:48:39It's not near enough has happened.
00:48:55Let's get out of here now.
00:48:56Sure enough.
00:49:00Sorry.
00:49:02Sometimes we have old days of peace and quiet.
00:49:05Good night, Mr. Adams.
00:49:09Oh, that date for breakfast still stands.
00:49:13Good night, Bill.
00:49:14Good morning, Herman.
00:49:24Well, goodbye, Mr. Adams.
00:49:26Oh, no. Oh, no. Mr. Grant said you were to look after me today.
00:49:29And what he says goes. He's your boss, you know.
00:49:32Well, I've had breakfast with you.
00:49:33Oh, yes, but I need much more looking after the matter. Much more.
00:49:41What does it mean?
00:49:43Wait, Bill.
00:49:44Hey, I've been trying to find you. Look.
00:49:49Hey, what's going on here? What do you think you're doing?
00:49:51You're being evicted. Here's your notice.
00:49:54Come on, boys. Don't take all day.
00:49:56Okay, folks.
00:49:57Because of the lumber I keep around, the place has attracted termites.
00:50:01How do you like that?
00:50:02It's fantastic.
00:50:04Look, look, can't you just wait until I call Ridges and get this thing fixed up?
00:50:09Sure. You can call him at Swade's office, but it won't do you no good, pal.
00:50:12He signed the notice himself.
00:50:14Okay, fellas, lift it.
00:50:16Yeah, but at least you can leave my stuff here until I can get another office.
00:50:20Sorry.
00:50:21Orders.
00:50:23Well, what difference does it make to you?
00:50:25Where's your telephone?
00:50:34Hi, over there.
00:50:35Thanks.
00:50:41Listen, will they stop reading me the Constitution?
00:50:44I'm just following orders.
00:50:45Oh, I'm asking you to do it.
00:50:47Hello?
00:50:47Hello, is this the Andrews building?
00:50:49Give me the superintendent, please.
00:50:51Miss Gilbert!
00:50:53Miss Gilbert!
00:50:57I've been looking for you, Mr. Grant.
00:50:59They're evicting Bell.
00:51:00Evicting Bell?
00:51:01Well, what happened?
00:51:02Something about termites.
00:51:04Well, yeah, just drop my things at the hotel, will you?
00:51:08Now, tell me.
00:51:12Who's responsible for this?
00:51:14Seems that Roscoe Swade has a pal named Hart Ridges.
00:51:17Happens to be my landlord.
00:51:19Also happens to be one of Connison's boys.
00:51:21Oh, so Roscoe gives Hart a call, and here I am.
00:51:25Don't worry, though.
00:51:26I'll get another office.
00:51:27Hello?
00:51:27Hello?
00:51:28This is William Adams.
00:51:30Yes, I want to rent an office.
00:51:32What?
00:51:34Oh, no vacancies.
00:51:35Can't we do something, Mr. Grant?
00:51:37Well, I don't.
00:51:38Wait a minute.
00:51:39Be careful of those.
00:51:46No vacancies at all.
00:51:48I see.
00:51:49Not an office in town.
00:51:52Not even a loft.
00:51:53Oh, those boys think of everything.
00:51:55Connison?
00:51:57Are you sure?
00:51:58Who else?
00:51:58It's too clever for anybody else.
00:52:04Who's Bill Adams?
00:52:05Do you mean Mayor Adams?
00:52:08I'm Bill Adams.
00:52:09What do you want?
00:52:10Electric company.
00:52:11Got orders to discontinue service.
00:52:13Efficient, aren't they?
00:52:14You can find the box in the back.
00:52:16Okay, thanks.
00:52:17What's the matter, Mr. Mayor?
00:52:18Can't you pay your bills?
00:52:21You shut your mouth.
00:52:22I'll shut it for you.
00:52:23Oh, no, no, Tom.
00:52:24No, that's what they want us to do, so let's not do it.
00:52:27Why not use my sitting while we're at the temporary headquarters?
00:52:31Oh, well, it's awfully nice of you, Mr. Grant, but I couldn't do it.
00:52:35Why not, Bill?
00:52:36You're not going to let them put you out of business, are you?
00:52:43Where's Bill Adams?
00:52:44Oh, Mr. Mayor, you've got more company.
00:52:47Hey, Willie, bring out a couple more chairs.
00:52:49Hi, Madam, what do you want?
00:52:51Compliments over the mayor.
00:52:52He thought you might need some help.
00:52:53Well, you send my compliments right back to the mayor and tell him to...
00:52:58You tell Mayor Connison I'm staying right where I am, out on the street, and before I'm through, I'll have him out here with me.
00:53:04Ah, get a soapbox.
00:53:05You bet I'll get a soapbox.
00:53:07And if Connison wants to know what I mean, tell him to come down here and I'll try explaining it to him personally.
00:53:13Ladies and gentlemen, please, please, just give me a few minutes until I get my new office set up.
00:53:19William, you mean right here on the street?
00:53:21Sure, why not? We'll hang my shingle on that lamppost.
00:53:23Bill, let me get out of the junction.
00:53:25You won't be here two hours.
00:53:27I know that, sir.
00:53:28But this time, Connison's gone too far.
00:53:29He's giving me more publicity than I ever dreamed of.
00:53:31I may be here only an hour, but it'll be a good one.
00:53:34I'll get you an office now.
00:53:35Keep out of trouble.
00:53:37I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:53:38Oh, come on.
00:53:40Now, is this about right for the desk?
00:53:42Oh, no, I think it should be catty-coner.
00:53:44Okay, lady, you're the boss.
00:53:45Uh-oh.
00:53:46Here, let me take those.
00:53:48Watch this.
00:53:49Excuse me.
00:53:51Come on, come on.
00:53:52Come on, come on.
00:53:53Come on.
00:53:53Come on.
00:53:54Come on.
00:53:55Come on.
00:53:55Come on.
00:53:55Come on.
00:53:56Come on.
00:53:56Come on.
00:53:57Come on.
00:53:57Come on.
00:53:57Come on.
00:53:57Come on.
00:53:58Come on.
00:53:58Come on.
00:53:59Come on.
00:53:59Come on.
00:54:00Come on.
00:54:00Come on.
00:54:01Come on.
00:54:01Come on.
00:54:02Come on.
00:54:02Come on.
00:54:03Come on.
00:54:03Come on.
00:54:04Come on.
00:54:04Come on.
00:54:05Come on.
00:54:05Come on.
00:54:06Come on.
00:54:07Come on.
00:54:08Come on.
00:54:09Come on.
00:54:10Come on.
00:54:11Come on.
00:54:12Come on.
00:54:13Come on.
00:54:14Come on.
00:54:15Come on.
00:54:16Come on.
00:54:17Come on.
00:54:18Come on.
00:54:19I'll get you in front of me.
00:54:36You making volunteers?
00:54:38Thanks, Fran.
00:54:49We don't stop this.
00:55:13How is he, nurse?
00:55:14I hope he's coming along all right.
00:55:16Can we see him now?
00:55:17I think so.
00:55:18You fellas wait.
00:55:19We'll be right out.
00:55:20That'll do it, Mr. Grant.
00:55:21Oh, thank you.
00:55:22Well, where's Mr. Adams?
00:55:23How do you feel, Mr. Grant?
00:55:24Maybe you'd better take it easy for a while.
00:55:25No, no, no, I'm all right.
00:55:27Where are Mr. Adams and my secretary?
00:55:28Well, he's in jail and she's trying to get him out.
00:55:32Oh, Lucy.
00:55:34Did the doctor say he could get out?
00:55:35Oh, yes, I'm fine.
00:55:36Where's Bill?
00:55:37Still in jail.
00:55:39I've tried everything.
00:55:40They're holding him for a $15,000 bail, inciting to riot.
00:55:44This is outrageous.
00:55:45We'll have to find Judge Harkley.
00:55:47We've tried to.
00:55:48And he couldn't be found, as usual.
00:55:50You can find him at Connison's Rally, about an hour from now, up there on the platform,
00:55:54shooting his big mouth off.
00:55:55No, we'll find him before then.
00:55:57It's no use, Mr. Grant.
00:55:58They got us all sewed up.
00:55:59They always do.
00:56:00Yes, but they took one stitch too many this time.
00:56:03They always do that, too.
00:56:04Come on.
00:56:04Do you think you should?
00:56:12I've got to get the boy out of jail.
00:56:14I'm glad you feel that way, sir.
00:56:16Yes.
00:56:17Well, let's not keep Judge Harkley waiting, huh?
00:56:31I want to talk to you, Mr. Harkley.
00:56:33Sorry, I haven't any time to give you right now.
00:56:34I'm afraid you'll have to find time.
00:56:37Say here, you.
00:56:38Judge Harkley, acting on my rights as a citizen,
00:56:41I demand that you swear out warrants
00:56:42for the arrest of Ridges, Swade, Blackston, and Mayor Connison.
00:56:46You're crazy.
00:56:47On what charges?
00:56:48Conspiracy, abuse of public office, inciting to riot.
00:56:52I suggest that you come to the jail with us now
00:56:54and release Mr. Adams and sign those warrants.
00:56:57We'll need a couple more warrants, too, for some hoodlums.
00:57:00I have their names.
00:57:01You are crazy.
00:57:02You can't push away into my house in autumn.
00:57:04You're around.
00:57:05Do you realize I can have you arrested for disturbing the peace?
00:57:07All of you?
00:57:09Let's just postpone that, Judge.
00:57:11Ladies and gentlemen, will you excuse us for just a minute?
00:57:27Ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:30I have persuaded Judge Harkley to change his mind.
00:57:34He has kindly consented to release your candidate
00:57:36in time for the rally tonight.
00:57:37Oh, boy!
00:57:39Can I tell Bill how you got a house?
00:57:41No, that's not necessary.
00:57:43What's the deal, Mr. Grant?
00:57:44You know something about him?
00:57:45No, on the contrary.
00:57:47He knows something about me.
00:57:49Ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:58I mean, my friends.
00:57:59For a long time, I've been hoping a man would come along.
00:58:06A young man.
00:58:07Because, like I always say,
00:58:10the future of our great country belongs to the young folks
00:58:14who could take over
00:58:15and give us old folks
00:58:17a chance to sit back and take things easy.
00:58:20Well, this year I said to myself,
00:58:25Jim, maybe this Bill Adams is the fellow.
00:58:29But he dashed my hopes and prayers to the ground.
00:58:33I saw that he's not the man we've been waiting for.
00:58:37That he's nothing but an agitator,
00:58:39a troublemaker,
00:58:40stirring up neighbors against each other.
00:58:42Bill Adams, if you think you're going to break up this rally,
00:59:12you're crazy.
00:59:13Did you let him out?
00:59:14Uh, Mr. Mayor, I, uh...
00:59:17Well, Chief Perkins here,
00:59:18he's, uh...
00:59:20He's got a warrant for your arrest.
00:59:22And for the arrest of Blackston, Ridges, and Suede.
00:59:25Take your hands off me.
00:59:26Jim, I couldn't help it.
00:59:29Honestly, you'd just better come along.
00:59:35Attention, please.
00:59:37Quiet, quiet, everybody.
00:59:38My friend,
00:59:39I never thought he'd dare do this.
00:59:43But you can see for yourselves now
00:59:44to what lengths this radical will go
00:59:47to sabotage a peaceful meeting of the people.
00:59:51But I'm calling his bluff.
00:59:53I'm going to make him bring out the witnesses
00:59:56to prove this.
00:59:58As mayor of this town,
00:59:59I got a right to call a special hearing,
01:00:02and I do,
01:00:03so the issues will be clear
01:00:06when you go to the polls
01:00:07to vote tomorrow.
01:00:11You'll be sorry you ever started this.
01:00:19Better remain with us, Mr. Hartley.
01:00:21We wouldn't want you to prejudice
01:00:22the mayor's testimony.
01:00:25Anyplace there, folks.
01:00:27Now, I find a seat to sit down.
01:00:30Sit down.
01:00:30That Adam's work's just bluffing.
01:00:33He ain't got a thing on the mayor.
01:00:35No?
01:00:36All right, find a seat and sit down.
01:00:43Mr. Grant, I still don't understand.
01:00:45Mr. Grant, I'm not on trial here.
01:00:58Order.
01:00:58Order of this hearing will come to order.
01:01:05Judge Hartley.
01:01:07My friend.
01:01:08I'm not on trial here.
01:01:11Bill Adams has made accusations against me.
01:01:13He's had a warrant sworn out for my arrest.
01:01:16This is a hearing to show you
01:01:18that he has no proof of anything he says.
01:01:21But he's trying by a cheap trick
01:01:23to win an election
01:01:24he can't win by fair play.
01:01:26Judge Hartley.
01:01:27Mr. Mayor,
01:01:28you'll have to moderate your tone.
01:01:31This is very irregular.
01:01:33Step one, Sergeant,
01:01:33clear the aisle, please.
01:01:43Mr. Connison,
01:01:48it's true that you are not formally on trial here.
01:01:51You asked for this hearing,
01:01:53you demanded by what right we had you arrested.
01:01:55We're here to tell you
01:01:57and to accuse you
01:01:58of conspiring against men
01:02:00who honestly oppose you,
01:02:02of inciting a riot
01:02:03with reckless disregard for human safety,
01:02:05of abusing the office
01:02:06to which you have been elected
01:02:08by the people of this town.
01:02:10And these accusations
01:02:11we are prepared to prove.
01:02:12I hate to see the old boy
01:02:13get himself involved like this.
01:02:15Don't worry about the old boy now, darling.
01:02:19Mr. Mayor,
01:02:20Mr. Grant
01:02:22has obtained confessions from these men.
01:02:25They have told Mr. Grant
01:02:27that acting on your orders
01:02:29they started the riot this morning
01:02:31in order to make possible
01:02:32Mr. Adams' arrest.
01:02:33They have sworn to these facts.
01:02:36Because of this,
01:02:38Mr. Grant
01:02:39was able to demand a warrant
01:02:41for your arrest.
01:02:44Mr. Grant
01:02:45swore out a warrant
01:02:46for my arrest?
01:02:48A man who doesn't even live in our town.
01:02:51A meddling old fool
01:02:52who does nothing but shoot ducks
01:02:54and start trouble.
01:02:55Jim,
01:02:56don't say that.
01:02:57I'll say anything I please.
01:02:59I demand to know who this man is.
01:03:01Who is this Joe Grant?
01:03:03Jim,
01:03:04do yourself a favor.
01:03:05Don't ask.
01:03:07That's all right,
01:03:07Judge Harkley.
01:03:09Mr. Connison,
01:03:10it's not Joe Grant.
01:03:11It's John Josephus Grant.
01:03:14Where are you from, Grant?
01:03:15Washington, D.C.
01:03:17Jim,
01:03:17please,
01:03:18no more questions.
01:03:19Mr. Grant...
01:03:20Shut up!
01:03:22I'll ask all the questions I please.
01:03:24By what right?
01:03:26And what do you do,
01:03:27Mr. Grant?
01:03:28Mr. Connison,
01:03:29I am a judge,
01:03:31an associate justice
01:03:32of the Supreme Court
01:03:33of the United States.
01:03:41Mr. Connison,
01:03:42you have asked
01:03:43by what right
01:03:44I've interfered
01:03:45in this situation.
01:03:47Do you still want an answer?
01:03:49Mr. Grant,
01:03:49Mr. Grant,
01:03:50would you care to...
01:03:55No, no, no,
01:03:56thank you.
01:03:58Bill!
01:03:59Bill!
01:04:00Just throw some water
01:04:01on him,
01:04:01we'll see.
01:04:02He'll be all right.
01:04:02Your Honor,
01:04:11Mayor Connison,
01:04:13it's only right
01:04:14that you should know
01:04:15why I,
01:04:16a stranger,
01:04:17have become involved
01:04:18in your affairs.
01:04:19Believe me,
01:04:20it's not because
01:04:21I am a justice
01:04:22of the Supreme Court.
01:04:24It's because,
01:04:26like all of you here,
01:04:27I am a citizen
01:04:28of this country.
01:04:29That is no little honor.
01:04:34Men have fought revolutions,
01:04:36have died
01:04:37to be called citizens.
01:04:39And as citizens,
01:04:41we carry
01:04:42a burning responsibility.
01:04:44It means that
01:04:45when we elect men
01:04:47to public office,
01:04:48we cannot do it
01:04:49as lightly
01:04:49as we flip a coin.
01:04:52It means that
01:04:52after we've elected them,
01:04:53we can't sit back
01:04:54and say,
01:04:55our job is done.
01:04:57What they do now
01:04:58doesn't concern us.
01:05:00That philosophy
01:05:01of indifference
01:05:02is what the enemies
01:05:03of decent government
01:05:04want.
01:05:06If we allow them
01:05:06to have their way
01:05:07to grow strong
01:05:09and vicious,
01:05:10then the heroic struggle
01:05:12which welded
01:05:13thousands of lovely towns
01:05:15like this
01:05:15into a great nation
01:05:16means nothing.
01:05:18Then we're not citizens.
01:05:20We're traitors.
01:05:21The great liberties
01:05:25by which we live
01:05:26have been bought
01:05:27with blood.
01:05:29The kind of government
01:05:30we get
01:05:31is the kind of government
01:05:33we want.
01:05:34Government of the people,
01:05:35by the people,
01:05:36and for the people
01:05:37can mean any kind
01:05:38of government.
01:05:39It's our duty
01:05:39to make it mean
01:05:40only one kind,
01:05:42uncorrupted,
01:05:42free, united.
01:05:43I believe Mayor Connison
01:05:48that I've answered
01:05:49your question.
01:05:50Now, as soon as court
01:06:04adjourns,
01:06:04I'll meet you back
01:06:05here in my chambers.
01:06:06What's the matter,
01:06:07Mr. Justice?
01:06:08You seem nervous.
01:06:09Oh, no, no,
01:06:09not at all.
01:06:11How about you,
01:06:12Mayor Adams?
01:06:13Have you the ring?
01:06:13Do you know
01:06:18your lines, sir?
01:06:20Well, I ought to.
01:06:21I stayed up
01:06:21half the night
01:06:22learning them.
01:06:32Hello there, Grant.
01:06:34I'm glad to see you.
01:06:36You're looking fine,
01:06:37Zephyr.
01:06:37How was the hunting?
01:06:38Oh, best I ever had.
01:06:41Good morning,
01:06:41Your Honor.
01:06:43Good morning.
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