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00:01Then he ended with, uh, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you must save this unfortunate boy.
00:11Just because the district attorney has proven he has done wrong once does not mean he has lost his soul whole.
00:19Whole soul, he yelled as quickly as he could, but the damage had been done.
00:24Then Dad got up and in his inimitable dry way remarked,
00:28our worthy colleague seems to think he is running a golf school.
00:34And from the way the truth has been knocked about by his witnesses, I'm forced to agree.
00:38However, I am afraid that since eloquence is the only thing that could possibly save Pedro Despier from justice,
00:45my worthy colleague, the attorney for the defense, has flubbed his drive and lost his soul whole.
00:52Well, it was all over then but the shouting.
00:58Mr. Pedro Despier was convicted in a couple of hours.
01:01Much to the credit of my honored father and the next governor of the state,
01:06Mr. John Manson Clay.
01:07John Manson Clay.
01:17More coffee, Jack?
01:19No thanks.
01:20Cordial, free walk.
01:21I want to speak to John about Lem Wheeler tonight and I prefer having a clear head.
01:26And offer a more logical argument than the last time.
01:29You'll come to see it my way yet.
01:31Maybe.
01:32But it'll take a lot of talk.
01:34Lem Wheeler's a friend of yours and of mine.
01:37But that stock deal of his was crooked and he ought to be sent up.
01:40There are some hundreds of old men and women who saw their entire life savings flying through the window.
01:46No.
01:47Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, that's all I hear around this place.
01:51And now you, Jack Keane, of all people bringing up that subject.
01:56After the perfectly beautiful dinner I fed you.
02:00Forgive me.
02:01I wanted to speak to John about Lem, but that was really why I came tonight.
02:05Oh really?
02:06I thought of his eyes.
02:08No.
02:09Although you're the reason for my never having married, I came tonight to talk with John.
02:13All right.
02:16Talk to him.
02:20Oh Bob.
02:21Yes.
02:23Would you entertain your old mother?
02:25Why I'd love to.
02:36Say Jack.
02:38If you're going to go into a conference with Dad over old Lem Wheeler you'd better hurry.
02:41Because he's taking Mother Theatre tonight, you know.
02:44No, I didn't know it.
02:46Yes, a big night.
02:48We thought perhaps you'd go with us.
02:50Sorry, I can't.
02:51I have an engagement.
02:53Ah, Flossie of the Tollies, huh?
02:55No, Tilly of the Toilers.
02:57A meeting of the Labour Committee at the New Amsterdam Club.
03:00I think he's lying.
03:02Probably.
03:03You know them brunettes ain't to be trusted.
03:04Oh, and be kind.
03:05They do say that Tilly.
03:06Be kind, dear lady.
03:07What?
03:09That there's a certain well-known actress.
03:11There are many well-known actresses.
03:13Oh, but not as well-known as this one.
03:15Around 68 Washington Square.
03:17Uh-oh.
03:18To me that had all earmarks of a nasty crack.
03:22It's the office, Mr. Clay.
03:24It's Mr. Wordsley.
03:26Oh, art again?
03:28All right.
03:29All right.
03:30All right.
03:31I'll attend to it.
03:33Yes.
03:34I'll be right down.
03:36And there you are.
03:39Meaning no theater?
03:41I guess you don't even have to ask me.
03:42It's the Nate extradition case.
03:44I'll be right down.
03:47And there you are.
03:50Meaning no theater?
03:51I guess you don't even have to ask me.
03:54It's the Nate extradition case.
03:56You forgive me?
03:58Oh, I suppose so.
04:00But I'm getting a bit fed up.
04:02Poor abused mater.
04:03Listen, fair one.
04:04We let the lady of my heart go hang.
04:05And you and I'll hit all the high spots
04:06and let the lawyers and law go hang.
04:09Not tonight, little one.
04:10You're much too young.
04:12But then, if Losario Jack were to volunteer...
04:15What would happen to the labor situation
04:16at the Keene Company Steelwork?
04:17Or Tilly the Toiler.
04:19We can all go to places.
04:20But then, if Losario Jack were to volunteer...
04:21What would happen to the labor situation
04:22at the Keene Company Steelwork?
04:23Or Tilly the Toiler.
04:24We can all go to places.
04:26I'm going to stay home and read Boccaccio.
04:29I'm sorry.
04:30She's four-flushing.
04:31But the only Italian she knows is C.C. and Michelangelo.
04:34And maybe the fruit man down at the corner.
04:39Is he late?
04:40Fair four o'clock.
04:42May not get home till morning.
04:44I'll drop you, Dad.
04:45I'm going over to Peg.
04:46All right.
04:47Will you let me off at my club?
04:48I'll sit in the rumble.
04:49Oh, come inside with us.
04:50We've lots of room.
04:54I'm sorry I have an engagement.
04:55It really is important.
04:56Oh, I dare say.
04:57Goodbye, Jack.
04:59I'm sorry, Jack.
05:00I'm sorry, Jack.
05:01I can't go into Lem's case with you tonight.
05:02Would you mind dropping down to the office in the morning?
05:03Anywhere you say.
05:04But I would like to go over his case with you.
05:05Can you come loaded for bare?
05:06I will.
05:08Good night again.
05:09I'll do your work at you.
05:11I'll do it.
05:12Not really.
05:13There's some fun work at all.
05:14I can go over to Lem's case.
05:15If you haven't had an engagement, we'll have an engagement.
05:16It really is important.
05:17Oh, I dare say.
05:18Goodbye, Jack.
05:20I'm sorry, Jack.
05:21I can't go into Lem's case with you tonight.
05:23Would you mind dropping down to the office in the morning?
05:25Anywhere you say.
05:26Anywhere, you say, but I would like to go over his case with you.
05:30Well, you come loaded for bear.
05:31I will.
05:33Good night, Esther.
05:34Good night, Jack.
05:36I'll see you in the morning, darling.
05:39Bye, Mom.
05:41I won't be late.
05:42Right.
05:56Any messages, Drucker?
06:16Yes, sir.
06:17Miss Weston phoned.
06:18She said she'd be able to keep that appointment with you after all.
06:21She said you would understand.
06:22Very well.
06:23I won't need you any more tonight, Drucker.
06:26You understand?
06:27Perfectly, sir.
06:30You're very adequate.
06:32The first duty of a gentleman's man is always to remember, to forget.
06:38That'll be all.
06:40Be here in time for breakfast in the morning.
06:42At ten.
06:43Yes, sir.
06:43Good night, sir.
06:44Good night.
06:53Good night.
07:12Good night.
07:44I told you never to come here without letting me know first.
07:48Why, give me a key, my love.
07:50Suppose someone had been here when you opened that door.
07:54Tilly the toilet, for instance?
07:55Don't be a fool.
07:57Oh, I am somewhat of a fool, aren't I?
08:01But not fool enough to swallow that story about the business meeting.
08:07Not after all that gossip I picked up.
08:14Esther, listen to me.
08:22Ah, don't lie, Jack.
08:24You lie very badly.
08:26To me, anyway.
08:27But I tell you, I...
08:28I know you're expecting someone.
08:30A business associate.
08:32A tall man with long black whiskers.
08:36Or are they red?
08:38Tilly is his name.
08:40At times, you're exasperating.
08:42Oh, you should know, my love.
08:44You've seen me in all my moods and tenses.
08:46The present one is not at all becoming.
08:48Oh, I know.
08:49It's my dress.
08:50I'll slip into something more restful.
08:52I'll slip into these.
09:14You've always liked them.
09:16Esther, I want you to go home.
09:19What for?
09:20Well, didn't you hear John say that he wouldn't be home until the small wee hours?
09:25Oh, if anybody should drop in here, you can introduce me as your cousin Annabelle from Minneapolis.
09:33Does Tilly know that you have a cousin Annabelle from Minneapolis?
09:37Don't be ridiculous.
09:38Oh, don't let's quarrel.
09:40I have no idea of leaving here until I've seen Tilly.
09:43I've heard so much about her.
09:46I want to meet her.
09:48You're acting like a perfect fool.
09:49Oh, but I always was.
09:52Principally about you, my dear.
09:54You'll not get away with it.
09:56I won't be hounded.
09:57Phoning someone?
10:17There.
10:17There.
10:29There'll be no phoning.
10:32Anybody who wants to call, will call in person.
10:35You're quite capable, aren't you?
10:41I'm capable.
10:43Capable of most anything.
10:46And make no mistake about that, Jack.
10:48You're positive there's no other way out.
11:02I must go to Washington.
11:04Uh, yes, sir.
11:05You know those District of Columbia rulings.
11:07Nate's case is slated for tomorrow morning.
11:09And if it comes up, you'll never get him up there.
11:12I'm afraid you're right.
11:13Well, there's no one in the office can handle the extradition.
11:16I'm sorry, Chief, but I'm afraid you're going to have to hop the next train.
11:20All right, Simon LeGree.
11:24Jack's not at the club.
11:25They say he just dropped in for a moment and left.
11:27Try his apartment, would you, Bob?
11:30Oh, uh, Wordsley.
11:31Yes, sir.
11:35I'll, uh, take care of the Sarah Mann's case and look into the Lem Wheeler matter further.
11:40I don't want to be rough on him, but make sure that things are as bad as they seem.
11:45He's an old friend, and while I'll prosecute,
11:48I don't want to persecute him.
11:51I understand, sir.
11:53All right, thank you.
11:56They can't get Jack's apartment.
11:58They say his phone's out of order.
11:59That's too bad.
12:01He doesn't live far from Peg.
12:03I'll drop over and tell him if you want me to.
12:05Will you do that, Bob?
12:07Tell him about this Washington matter, and I'll see him the day after tomorrow.
12:11And, uh, break the sad news to your mother.
12:14That won't be so hot.
12:15You know, you were supposed to go to that musical tomorrow night.
12:19She sort of had her heart set on it.
12:21Well, you'll have to unset it.
12:24Well, okay, Governor.
12:25Take care of yourself and bring home the bacon.
12:28I'll get Nate extradited if it can be done, but I don't know.
12:32So long, Steve.
12:33Bye, Bob.
12:34Oh, uh, what about your clothes?
12:36I got a bag pack.
12:36I'll change on the train.
12:38I'll see you in a couple of days.
12:42So long, Governor.
12:46Great boy, Bob.
12:49Yes.
12:50Has he passed the state bar examination yet?
12:52Yes, he has.
12:54Well, if he's anything like his father, he'll make a great lawyer.
12:57Are you telling me?
13:04Couldn't expect it to go on forever.
13:07It just isn't in the cards.
13:09And besides, you have a husband.
13:12Darn decent chap.
13:15I've felt pretty low down at times.
13:17And what about your son?
13:19What if Bob should find out?
13:21Bob is not my son.
13:27What?
13:28He's John's son by his first wife.
13:31She died when he was born.
13:34We were married a few months later.
13:37On a rebound, I suppose you call it.
13:40John had some foolish idea about his son having a real mother's influence.
13:46Brought him up to think that I was his mother.
13:48A mother's influence, eh?
13:52So don't borrow lies to me about my duty to my family.
13:56It's a bit sick.
13:58Very well.
13:59If you'd prefer my being frank, we're through.
14:02I'm sick and tired of the whole mess.
14:04I never gave you a vow of constancy.
14:07And besides, there is someone else.
14:10How's that for simplicity?
14:13Most concise.
14:16Clearly and ably expressed.
14:19It would do credit to John.
14:22I was always noted for my clarity.
14:40Where are you going?
14:42I don't know.
14:43Somewhere, anywhere for a while.
14:45I don't know.
14:46Where are you going?
14:46Nosario flees.
14:49Out of the city and out of her life.
14:53Exactly that.
14:54Let's make it more like a French novel, Jack.
15:24Mother, what in the world are you doing here?
15:53Hello, Bob.
15:55Where's Jack?
16:00He's not here.
16:02Well, how did you get in then?
16:04Well, I...
16:23Mother!
16:25No.
16:26I thought it was like that.
16:30Well, this is yours.
16:39What's it doing here?
16:46What was there between you and Jack?
16:49Answer me!
16:50Tell me!
16:53All right, Bob.
16:54I'll tell you.
16:58I loved him.
17:00And he said we were all through.
17:02That he was going away and I...
17:04Killed him.
17:07Oh, Mother.
17:09Why, think of poor Dad.
17:11Oh, you won't tell him.
17:13You won't give me up.
17:14No, no.
17:15Of course not.
17:16But you've got to get out of here right away.
17:18That's it.
17:19I've got to go.
17:20Wait a minute.
17:21Did anyone see you come up here?
17:23No.
17:24The elevator man?
17:25I didn't use the elevator.
17:26I never did.
17:27Oh, Bob.
17:28Let me go.
17:29Wait.
17:30We've got to get all of your things out of here.
17:31Everything.
17:32Oh, I never thought of that.
17:33We've got to get them out of here right away.
17:35Can you remember them all?
17:36I think so.
17:37Good.
17:38Put them in the bag.
17:53You've got everything?
17:54I think so.
17:55You mustn't think.
17:56You've got to be sure.
17:57Yes, I'm sure.
17:58Oh, come on, Bob.
17:59Let's go.
18:00Wait a minute.
18:01You can't go out the front way.
18:02Isn't there a service entrance?
18:03Yes, through the kitchen.
18:04This way.
18:05Here, now.
18:06Good.
18:07Good.
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19:23Why, uh, Mr. Clay.
19:40Hello, Druggins.
19:42What's happening, sir?
19:43Why, uh, Mr. Keene just stepped out.
19:46He, uh, was just playing a little joke on him.
19:49A joke? Oh, I see.
19:52He asked me if I saw you to tell you he wouldn't need you anymore this evening.
19:56Yes. He told me so himself.
19:59He must have forgotten, sir.
20:02Excuse me.
20:03A joke, eh?
20:16A joke, eh?
20:33Well, don't you think you've carried it rather far, Mr. Clay?
20:35Oh, Sam, and you two gentlemen.
20:58Come in here, please.
20:59What is it, Leo?
21:03Will you please look in the bedroom?
21:04You killed him, sir.
21:19Did I?
21:21Leo, have you phoned with the police?
21:23No.
21:24The phone is smashed.
21:27You'd better run down to the corner and see if you can find one.
21:29How did it happen?
21:33I don't know, sir.
21:34I came in and found Mr. Clay
21:36messing up the furniture.
21:38He said he was playing a joke
21:39on Mr. Keene.
21:41A joke?
21:42Yes, sir.
21:43Then I went into the bedroom
21:44and I found Mr. Keene
21:46lying on the floor,
21:48dead.
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22:19Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Clay?
22:33Hello, wordplay.
22:34Hello, dear.
22:35Hello, John.
22:36Sit down, dear.
22:38Oh, hello, Miss Harper.
22:40Hello.
22:45Hello, Daddy Clay.
22:47Hello, Peg.
22:50Did you see Bob?
22:52He wouldn't see me.
22:54Sent me out a note, though.
22:57He wants me to break our engagement.
23:00Said the notoriety must be killing me.
23:04And?
23:07What do you think, Daddy Clay?
23:11Good girl.
23:14Perhaps he'll explain to you.
23:16He hasn't yet.
23:19I don't understand it.
23:21Perhaps he can't explain.
23:24What do you mean, Mrs. Clay?
23:26We're all adults.
23:28I see no reason for beating around the bush.
23:32What could have been his motive?
23:35You mean there was another girl?
23:37I didn't say that, Peg.
23:40You know, even if he told me that himself, I don't think I'd believe him.
23:46Bob should consider his father.
23:48As district attorney, it's his duty to prosecute.
23:51Yes.
23:54But I've resigned.
23:56You're going to take up his case yourself?
23:59Defend him?
24:00Of course I am.
24:02He's my boy.
24:04I know him.
24:05This morning, I'll get the truth and the whole truth from him.
24:08As soon as he knows he's not talking to the district attorney, he'll tell me everything.
24:13His tongue was tied before, eh, Mother?
24:17Yes.
24:18Yes, of course.
24:19Well, excuse me, Mr. Clay.
24:21Bob is outside.
24:22Have him brought in, Steve.
24:24Yes, sir.
24:24I think you two better clear out.
24:27Bob and I have some business to transact.
24:29Oh, but I think we should stay.
24:30I think we should hear what Bob has to say.
24:33No, dear.
24:33I think Bob would rather talk to me alone.
24:36All right.
24:49Hello, Peg.
24:50First time I ever remember you having to be dragged anywhere to meet me.
24:54Well, aren't you going to kiss me?
25:05Listen, Bob.
25:06You haven't told anyone yet whether you did or did not kill Jack.
25:10The papers have built up quite a case.
25:12But they're only the papers.
25:14I want you to know, dear, that whether you did or did not, nothing is different between us.
25:21It's like you, Peg, to say that.
25:24You're that kind.
25:26Thanks.
25:29I guess you'd better go now.
25:33Come on, Peg.
25:41I'm afraid you're in for a good grilling with your father.
25:46Don't worry, Mother.
25:46I'm not afraid of Dad.
26:05Good morning, Mr. District Attorney.
26:06I'll be dead, son.
26:12All right, son.
26:13Good morning, Dad.
26:16Sit down, Bob.
26:20Thanks.
26:24Now then.
26:27Open up.
26:28To whom?
26:29To whom?
26:30You or the District Attorney?
26:32I'm no longer the District Attorney.
26:35I don't understand.
26:36I resigned this morning.
26:38But you...
26:39You didn't think that I'd find myself in the position of prosecuting you, did you?
26:44Oh, Dad.
26:45You must remember, my boy, you're a clay.
26:48Clays always stick together.
26:51But your prospects, the governorship...
26:54What in thunder have my prospects got to do in this mess?
26:57We must consider you, reality.
27:00My prospects don't hold any weight in that balance.
27:05I see.
27:05That makes it just a little bit tougher.
27:11Just the other way.
27:12It simplifies everything.
27:14I'm not a half-bad lawyer defending you.
27:16I'll make some of these boys around here sit up.
27:20Now then, first of all...
27:23Did you or did you not kill Jack Keane?
27:29You know the evidence.
27:30What do you think?
27:32I think you did.
27:35Well, then.
27:38That's only the beginning.
27:41Why did you kill him?
27:45Come on.
27:47Answer my question.
27:50If I did kill Jack Keane,
27:52the motive was something I can't discuss.
27:55Not even with you, Dad.
27:58What?
27:59I'm sorry, Dad.
28:02That's the way it is.
28:03I never heard of such a thing.
28:05How in blazes do you expect me to defend you?
28:08I don't know, I'm sure.
28:11I told you it was going to be tough.
28:13Son, you're a man.
28:24Perhaps that would be a good defense.
28:26But...
28:27Don't you...
28:28I'm sorry, Dad.
28:29Outside of your mother,
28:42you're the only thing on earth that I care about.
28:45I've held you on my knee.
28:48I've nursed you when you were ill.
28:51One time you nearly passed out with typhoid.
28:55I prayed a little then.
28:58We've been hunting and fishing together and we've had a lot of fun.
29:01Lot's of times I've been mighty proud of you.
29:06Bob,
29:07whatever your motives were for killing Jack,
29:11tell me.
29:12No matter how low down and shameful you think they were,
29:17trust me.
29:19Tell me.
29:20I have nothing to say, sir.
29:26But why?
29:27In heaven's name, why?
29:31Bob.
29:33It's I.
29:35Your old man.
29:37Surely there's nothing you can't tell me.
29:39You know that.
29:40You're trying me too far, son.
29:55How can I defend you if you don't confide in me?
29:58I don't know.
29:59Perhaps it would be better if you didn't.
30:07Bob,
30:08you listen to me.
30:09I told you I'd resign,
30:11but I was no longer district attorney.
30:13Well, that is true.
30:14But that letter has not yet gone to the governor.
30:16If you don't confide in me,
30:19if you don't let me help you,
30:20if you don't tell me the truth,
30:21you'll find me on the other side of the fence.
30:23I'll get that letter back from Wordsley.
30:25I'll prosecute you.
30:26I'll send you to prison.
30:27All right.
30:28Go ahead.
30:29Send me to prison.
30:33Pastor.
30:34Peg.
30:35Wordsley.
30:36Come in here, please.
30:39Bob has seen fit not to confide in me.
30:45He will tell me nothing.
30:47I've informed him that unless he does,
30:49I'll withdraw my letter of resignation
30:51and prosecute him as any stranger would.
30:53I'll let the law take its course
30:56and protect the interests of the state.
30:58But I...
31:05Bob,
31:06please say something.
31:08Tell your father.
31:10I...
31:11I can't, Peg.
31:16Wordsley?
31:17Yes, sir.
31:18Hold up that letter of resignation
31:19and send Bob back where he belongs.
31:22Yes, sir.
31:22The defendant will approach the bar for sentence.
31:43The defendant will approach the bar for sentence.
31:47Have you any legal cause to show
31:57why sentence should not now be pronounced?
31:59None, Your Honor.
32:01Robert Clay,
32:03you have been duly tried by jury
32:06and found guilty of the crime of murder
32:08in the second degree.
32:10You having shown no legal cause
32:13why sentence should not be pronounced,
32:15I now sentence you
32:17for the crime of which you stand convicted.
32:22You are remanded to the custody of the sheriff
32:26to be by him delivered
32:28to the warden of a state penitentiary
32:31there to be confined
32:33for the rest of your natural life.
32:36I'm sorry, Bob.
32:55It's all right, Mother.
32:58Just what I expected.
33:00It's all right, Mother.
33:06Good-bye.
33:17Well,
33:18good-bye, Peg.
33:21Oh, Bob.
33:23Come on, Dad.
33:33I got what was coming to me.
33:37You did exactly right.
33:39I got what was coming to me.
33:39You did exactly right.
34:03Oh, Mrs. Clay.
34:10You wouldn't, by any chance,
34:12happen to be home
34:13about three o'clock this afternoon,
34:15would you?
34:16I'd like to see you.
34:17Something very important.
34:20What for?
34:21Oh, several things.
34:24How about it?
34:26I don't know what you're talking about.
34:28Of course I won't be home at three.
34:30Very well.
34:31Much better for me, then.
34:33I'll be home at three.
34:35Mr. Keene's apartment.
34:37I haven't closed it up yet.
34:39You'd better come down to see me.
34:44You see, I haven't told all that I know.
34:48Just who really killed Keene, for instance.
34:52I'll expect you at three.
35:12What is it?
35:13What were you talking about in court?
35:15Yeah.
35:16A bit curious, eh?
35:18Naturally.
35:19My son has been sent to prison.
35:22Sad.
35:23Your husband's son, you mean.
35:26How did you know that?
35:28Oh, that isn't all that I know, Mrs. Clay.
35:31Why, you didn't think for a moment
35:32that that affair you had with Mr. Keene
35:35was kept from me, did you?
35:37I don't know what you're talking about.
35:39Oh, yes, you do.
35:40Now, let's not beat around the bush.
35:42Here's the whole thing in a nutshell.
35:44I was here the night
35:45that you so nonchalantly put a bullet
35:47into the back of Mr. Keene's handsome
35:49but rather dumb head.
35:51That's a lie.
35:52No, it isn't.
35:53Now, sit down,
35:54and I'll tell you how it happened.
36:00I was here when your boy came in
36:02and watched from the pantry closet
36:04as he let you out the back way.
36:06Then I slipped out after you.
36:08Hmm, came up the front.
36:09The rest, you know,
36:11you heard me tell it on the witness stand.
36:12Now, how is that
36:14for an interesting anecdote?
36:18What do you expect again?
36:20Hmm, what do you suppose?
36:22Money.
36:23Maybe.
36:29You are a fool.
36:32How do you expect them
36:33to believe such a crazy story?
36:36You told a different one on the stand.
36:38You perjured yourself.
36:43There's a penalty for that.
36:47You have no substantiation for the story.
36:49You just relate it to me.
36:54Oh, haven't I?
36:55No.
36:56I have all the letters
36:58that you wrote to Mr. Keene.
37:01If they won't believe my unsupported word,
37:03they will certainly believe them.
37:06Won't they?
37:07All right.
37:16What do you want me to do?
37:18That's better.
37:19Now we're getting together.
37:31All right, Eddie.
37:34Yes, sir.
37:35Thanks to you, Warden.
37:37Criminal procedure, eh?
37:41You're graduating the law, didn't you?
37:43Yes, sir.
37:44I have a degree.
37:45I'm afraid it won't do me much good in here, though.
37:48Well, you never can tell.
37:49Stick right at it,
37:50and maybe you'll find some technicality.
37:52It'll take you right out of here.
37:53I thought all the technicalities
37:55were expigated,
37:56along with lockpicking and faith-blowing.
37:58Say, I don't like this one.
38:10What's the matter with it?
38:11Well, read that.
38:15Stone walls do not a prison make,
38:17nor iron bars a cage.
38:20Oh, yeah?
38:21Come on.
38:29You've just got to buck up.
38:31He is alive and well.
38:34You'd have made a fine lawyer, Peg.
38:36And a better husband, Danny Clay.
38:40And a better husband, Danny Clay.
39:41Hey, young woman.
39:43You're spending altogether too much time here
39:46trying to buck me up.
39:48Oh, nonsense.
39:49Why, I'm a social butterfly.
39:51I'm even going out amongst them tonight.
39:54I think that's what Bob would like.
39:56Yes, I think he would.
39:59Do you find much eyebrow lifting?
40:02Hmm, some.
40:03But it doesn't bother me.
40:04Oh, hello, Peg.
40:12Oh, hello, Mrs. Clay.
40:14Hello, dear.
40:15Are you going out?
40:16Why, why, yes.
40:19Oh, Rose called.
40:20She wants me to go over to the Gainsborough Galleries with her
40:23to look over Steve White's paintings.
40:26Why, I thought that exhibit closed last Thursday.
40:29John, you're getting old.
40:30It's next week.
40:32Oh.
40:32Well, perhaps you're right.
40:35May I drop you?
40:36The car's outside.
40:38No, thank you.
40:39You're going downtown, and I'm going uptown.
40:42Goodbye, John.
40:42Don't wait up for me.
40:43Good night, Daddy Clay.
40:49Good night, Peg.
40:51Thanks for coming in.
40:53What do you mean, thanks?
40:54Well, we don't talk about things, except when you're here.
41:00Well, probably the subject is too close to Mrs. Clay, too.
41:03You know what I mean.
41:05Hmm, probably.
41:07Well, have a good time tonight out amongst them.
41:10I'll try.
41:11Good night.
41:12Good night.
41:13Would you tell Mrs. Allen that Miss Harper is waiting?
41:38Yes, ma'am.
41:39Good night.
41:40Good night.
41:41Good night.
41:42Good night.
41:43Good night.
41:44Good night.
41:45Good night.
41:46Good night.
41:47Good night.
41:48Good night.
41:49Good night.
41:50Good night.
41:51Good night.
41:52Good night.
41:53Good night.
41:54Good night.
41:55Good night.
41:56Good night.
41:57Good night.
41:58Good night.
41:59Good night.
42:00Good night.
42:01Good night.
42:02Good night.
42:03Good night.
42:04Good night.
42:05Good night.
42:06Good night.
42:07So, let's go.
42:37Well, here we are, once more in a little old rendezvous.
42:58Get the letters, please.
42:59Oh, now, wait a minute.
43:00Don't rush me.
43:01Let me get you a scotch and soda.
43:03I don't care for anything to drink.
43:04Well, you're getting awfully unsociable all of a sudden.
43:07You had one the last time you came.
43:09That was the last time.
43:12And this is the last time, too, eh?
43:15Yes.
43:16All right.
43:34You know, I'm going to miss these little tay-to-tays.
44:02They've been most enjoyable.
44:06John, please.
44:08Bring me the letters.
44:09Let's get it over with.
44:10All right, all right.
44:12But don't be impetuous.
44:13It's gotten you into trouble at odd times.
44:17Sit down.
44:18Now, don't worry, my dear.
44:31You're going to get your precious letters all right.
44:34And I'll be good, too.
44:36But you must admit that you're a bit of a temptation.
44:40So you can hardly blame me for making up to you under the circumstances.
44:48No, I suppose not.
44:50It's all my own fault.
44:53And ladies that kill their sweeties and have their sons go to jail for them shouldn't be so particular.
45:00You know Bob isn't my son.
45:04Yes, I know.
45:05But he certainly acted like one, taking the blame and keeping his mouth shut, didn't he?
45:09Oh, I suppose so.
45:11Get me the letters.
45:12All right.
45:14Yours to command.
45:15Now, there you go.
45:31Impetuous as ever.
45:34There's a little matter of $5,000 to be attended to first.
45:39All right.
45:45Here it is.
45:46Thanks.
45:48Do you mind if I count it?
45:50Oh, no.
45:54Big pardon, sir.
45:56What is it, Charles?
45:57Miss Harper on the wire, sir.
45:59Oh, thanks.
46:08Hello, Peg.
46:10Daddy Clay, listen.
46:12I just found out something.
46:13Bob didn't kill Jack Keene.
46:16What are you talking about, Peggy?
46:19What are you up to?
46:21Look.
46:22Come to Washington Square.
46:23To Jack Keene's apartment.
46:25Hurry just as fast as you can.
46:36$5,000 green dollars.
46:39Guaranteed to be legal tender by our great and glorious country.
46:43I thank you.
46:45Now the letters.
46:46Now, don't rush.
46:47You're going to get yourself into trouble rushing things someday.
46:50Suppose I told you that in looking over my accounts,
46:53I find that $5,000 isn't enough for my needs.
46:57We made a bargain.
46:59I paid it.
47:00I went through a great deal of trouble to get the money.
47:03So hand them over, please.
47:05You haven't answered my question.
47:08Do you really want me to?
47:10Uh-huh.
47:11If you go back on your bargain,
47:13I'd simply take the letters.
47:16I've rather a nasty temper when I'm aroused.
47:20Here they are.
47:22I was only fooling.
47:24Thanks.
47:24I'll count them and make sure they're all here.
47:34Oh, Mrs. Allen isn't quite easy.
47:35She wants you to come up.
47:36Oh, thanks.
47:38Has anyone come out in the last few minutes?
47:40Come out?
47:41What do you mean?
47:42Any of the tenants of the building.
47:43Why, no.
47:45Oh, uh, Mr. Wilcox just went out.
47:47No one else?
47:48No.
47:49Thanks.
47:50Oh, never mind.
47:51I'm waiting for someone.
47:58All right, Juggers.
48:00They seem to be all here.
48:02Light a fire for me.
48:04You're going to get rid of them without delay, huh?
48:06They've been in existence too long as it is.
48:08What is it, Clay?
48:19Oh, Daddy Clay.
48:20Bob, it's innocent.
48:24It's too bad.
48:25You didn't do that some time ago.
48:29It would have been much cheaper.
48:31Well, better late than never.
48:33Never.
48:38Yes, sir.
49:00What did you want?
49:05Master, what are you doing here?
49:07Tell me, what are you doing here?
49:10Why, I...
49:10What are those?
49:12Give them to me.
49:12Oh, please, please.
49:13Let me see them.
49:26I see.
49:28You and Jack Keane, huh?
49:31And because of this, you killed him.
49:35I don't know what you mean.
49:36Don't try to lie, Esther.
49:38Peg was here.
49:39She heard you and drug it.
49:40She knows the whole truth.
49:42And Bob knew it too.
49:44To save you, he took the blame.
49:46But we know the truth at last.
49:48Before it's too late.
49:50What are you going to do?
49:52Do?
49:53What do you suppose?
49:56John, I'm your wife.
49:59For you.
50:00For this.
50:01I sent my boy, the thing I love best on earth, to prison.
50:06Oh, you've got to listen.
50:07Listen to what?
50:08What can you explain with all we know?
50:11Give me those letters.
50:12Give them to you?
50:14Yes, give them to me.
50:15No one's going to see them, you understand?
50:17No one's going to see them.
50:21Give me that gun.
50:22Daddy Clay!
50:43She deserved it.
50:46If anyone ever deserved it, she did.
50:48You remember the testimony that Miss Harper gave, don't you?
51:08Yes.
51:09She told you it was your wife that killed John Keene, not your son.
51:15Yes.
51:16It was an answer to a telephone call from Miss Harper that you went to Keene's apartment, wasn't it?
51:21Yes.
51:22And when you found your wife there, and she refused to give you those letters,
51:26you killed her, didn't you?
51:28No, I did not.
51:30I had no intention of harming her.
51:33It was an accident.
51:37Now, Miss Harper, from where you stood, could you see what took place in the bedroom?
51:41No, sir.
51:42And you did see the deceased stagger and fall to the floor?
51:46Yes, sir.
51:47What did you say when the defendant appeared from behind the curtain, revolver in hand?
51:53I said, Daddy Clay, she's dead.
51:56What did he say?
51:58Come on, answer.
52:00He said, if anyone deserved it, she did.
52:03What he meant was that he thought she deserved killing, wasn't it?
52:09I object.
52:10The prosecution is leading the witness.
52:12Objection sustained.
52:14That's all.
52:15Your witness.
52:16No cross-examination.
52:17They got the old boy dead to rights.
52:23Witnesses, the best motive in the world and everything.
52:29Dad, we've got but one chance.
52:32That's encouraging.
52:33What is it?
52:34Let me sum up.
52:36You?
52:37Take a chance on me, will you?
52:40Anytime.
52:41Anytime.
52:42Go ahead.
52:44Thanks.
52:47The state rests, Your Honor.
52:51The defense rests, Your Honor.
52:53How long will you gentlemen require for arguments?
52:56The defense is ready to present its case, Your Honor.
52:58I can sum up in a few minutes.
53:00Very well.
53:00You may proceed.
53:08Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
53:11this is my first address.
53:13I'm just a fledgling lawyer,
53:14but a duly accredited member of the Bar.
53:18And as such,
53:19privileged to speak,
53:21to plead with you
53:22for the life of the defendant.
53:25My father.
53:27You all know him.
53:30You know him as the district attorney of the county.
53:33A fearless prosecutor.
53:34You know him as a citizen.
53:40The political party of which he is a member
53:42has named him its prospective candidate for governor.
53:47And I know him as a father.
53:51Now, I'm not going to bore you with the details of my early childhood.
53:56Needless to say, it was very happy.
53:58School, college, hunting and fishing trips with the defendant.
54:02Wherein I learned to know him
54:05for the man he is.
54:08And he loved me.
54:12I was more to him
54:14than his modest wealth.
54:17His fame.
54:18His hopes.
54:19Then, ladies and gentlemen,
54:24a murder was committed.
54:26My father's wife was false to him.
54:28She chose another.
54:29A man about town.
54:31And when he tired of her,
54:32she killed him.
54:33Shot him to death.
54:37It so happened I learned of her crime
54:38and was able to save her from her just deserts.
54:41Oh, I take no credit for assuming her crime.
54:45I thought she was my mother.
54:47And I knew that the knowledge of it
54:49would break the heart of the man I love.
54:52My life was in no danger.
54:55I knew that the state could not prove
54:57premeditation on my part
54:58and that the worst that would happen to me
55:00would be a prison sentence.
55:02But
55:02if my mother were brought to trial,
55:06it would mean her life.
55:08My father prosecuted me.
55:11With breaking heart,
55:13he demanded of twelve jurors
55:14that they condemn me.
55:16The thing he loved best in the world.
55:20He won and I was condemned.
55:22You who have sons
55:25may know his feelings
55:27as I was led away.
55:30Then came the night
55:31the world tumbled about him in chaos.
55:33He learned the truth.
55:35The woman he had cherished was false.
55:38She had not only defiled his honor,
55:40his home,
55:41but
55:41she had permitted him
55:43to send his own son to prison for life
55:46for the thing she had done.
55:49I don't know whether John Clay
55:50killed that woman or not.
55:52I don't care.
55:54I only know
55:55that God reached down from his heaven
55:57and wiped from the face of the earth
55:59the supreme blot
56:01on all honor,
56:03truth,
56:04and love.
56:07Ladies and gentlemen,
56:09there is a law that transcends law
56:12and it is up to you to decide
56:15whether John Clay shall be punished
56:19or not.
56:20I told you he'd make a fine lawyer.
56:32I want to impress upon the witness
56:39the seriousness of this case.
56:41I want the truth
56:43and nothing but the truth.
56:44Do you understand?
56:46You realize that this young man's happiness
56:49is at stake, don't you?
56:50I do.
56:51You've known him for a long time, haven't you?
56:54Yes, I have.
56:55And on numerous occasions
56:57you have told him
56:58that you loved him, haven't you?
57:00I have.
57:01And in spite of the fact
57:02that you know
57:03that his character
57:04is not above reproach,
57:07you still feel the same way.
57:09I do.
57:10Very well.
57:13The witness is yours.
57:15We admit the truth
57:16that the testimony is given.
57:18There will be no cross-examination.
57:25Oh, Dan.
57:38Oh,
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