An ambitious lawyer uses circumstantial evidence to help convict an innocent man then tries to make amends with his family.
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00:00:24The Lone Ranger
00:00:43The End
00:01:02Accordingly, for the crime of murder in the first degree, I sentence you, James Wallace, to be put to death
00:01:08by electrocution.
00:01:13Don't cry, Mama. Don't cry.
00:01:17During the week beginning Monday, April 6th, this sentence shall be carried out in the state's prison in the manner
00:01:24provided by law.
00:01:25And may God have mercy on your soul.
00:01:29My soul? You mean the district attorney's soul?
00:01:34That will do, Wallace.
00:01:35Your Honor, I ask that the prison be given a chance to have his say.
00:01:39Ta, that's for the newspapers.
00:01:42I'm just another headline for you.
00:01:44The 18th guy you've railroaded to the electric chair.
00:01:48Because you want the governor's chair.
00:01:51Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let him finish.
00:01:53Why don't you finish?
00:01:55Why don't you send her up, too?
00:01:57And the kid.
00:01:58They're as guilty as I am.
00:02:00That'd make 20 instead of 18.
00:02:02Take this man out of here.
00:02:03I didn't kill anybody.
00:02:05I didn't.
00:02:06I'm no murderer.
00:02:08You are.
00:02:09You are.
00:02:10Your hands are full of blood.
00:02:12You kill on wholesale.
00:02:15Go on.
00:02:16Run for governor.
00:02:28I submit to Your Honor whether or not I've conducted this trial in a proper manner.
00:02:32You have indeed, and I shall order it spread on the record.
00:02:34I thank Your Honor.
00:02:36Oh, and may I suggest that in fairness to the prisoner, his remarks also be included in the record?
00:02:41It is so ordered.
00:02:43Court's adjourned.
00:02:47Court's adjourned.
00:02:48Come on, Barry.
00:02:53Why don't you show me when that guy Burton is?
00:03:00Say, Bill, that was short and snappy.
00:03:04How about Wallace insisting he was innocent?
00:03:06What do you want him to do, confess?
00:03:07Mr. Burton, how does it feel to send a man to the chair?
00:03:10I can tell you in one word.
00:03:13Rotten.
00:03:14Just a minute, Mr. Burton.
00:03:15Wait a minute, boys.
00:03:16The folks won't know it's me unless I have a woman with me.
00:03:19Come here, Barry.
00:03:21So long, Mr. Burton.
00:03:22So long, boys.
00:03:23Come on.
00:03:23Come on.
00:03:24Come on.
00:03:35Congratulations, boss.
00:03:36Now the feather in your cap.
00:03:37Thanks, Cooper.
00:03:47Another feather in my cap.
00:03:50Yes.
00:03:51A horse feather.
00:03:53Huh?
00:03:55Didn't you hear what the judge said about me?
00:03:57My able and fearless presentation of the people's case?
00:04:00The people had no case.
00:04:02All they had was a very clever district attorney.
00:04:05If you'd been Wallace's lawyer, he'd be a free man today.
00:04:08He was convicted on circumstantial evidence, and you know it.
00:04:11What's the difference as long as he's guilty?
00:04:14You didn't prove he is.
00:04:15You just made the jury think so.
00:04:17No, man's guilty.
00:04:18I know you think he is.
00:04:21Maybe you're right.
00:04:22But it's all wrong.
00:04:24Why don't the people have a defense attorney as well as a prosecutor?
00:04:28Why don't you write a letter to the Times about it?
00:04:33Well, how about the papers for the Gorman trial?
00:04:35I'm late for an appointment now.
00:04:37I wouldn't need three guesses who it's with.
00:04:40No, smart girl like you wouldn't.
00:04:53Oh, Bill.
00:04:55Oh, hello.
00:04:56Hello, Tommy.
00:04:57What do you know?
00:04:58Plenty.
00:04:59Tramp, tramp, tramp.
00:05:01The boys are marching.
00:05:05Anybody in particular?
00:05:06Nick Quinn.
00:05:09Thanks, Tommy.
00:05:10You're welcome.
00:05:23Cigarette me, Nicky.
00:05:35Billy, darling.
00:05:41Just in time for lunch.
00:05:43Or breakfast.
00:05:44What time is it?
00:05:45That mug just woke me up.
00:05:47Oh, you know Nick Quinn, don't you?
00:05:49He wanted to see you.
00:05:51I was going to phone you at your office.
00:05:53Oh, wait a minute.
00:05:54I crave coffee.
00:05:57Room service.
00:05:59Mr. Burton, I, uh...
00:06:01I just dropped in to tell you that you've got a good big box of cigars coming.
00:06:07I made a lot of dough on that Wallace case.
00:06:09Before the jury went out, I laid eight to five he'd get the chair.
00:06:12Now it's in the bag.
00:06:21What will I order, hon?
00:06:24What'll I order, hon?
00:06:25Why don't you go on a cheese diet?
00:06:27It's good for rats.
00:06:30What's eating you?
00:06:31Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
00:06:34No, you did.
00:06:37Val, I think I'll fix you up a coat of arms.
00:06:40A chisel rampant.
00:06:42On a field of double crosses.
00:06:44Wait a minute, I'm not on the witness stand.
00:06:46Well, if I'm intruding people...
00:06:49Wait a minute.
00:06:51Come here.
00:06:58You're all right.
00:06:59You belong here.
00:07:01There's something I want to tell you about this, uh, this lady.
00:07:05It may relieve you to know that I'm not taking up my option on her.
00:07:09What's that got to do with me?
00:07:10You won't have to sneak in here anymore.
00:07:12Sneak in?
00:07:13I've been called a lot of things in this man's town, but never a sucker.
00:07:18Well, she's yours, Quinn, for better or worse.
00:07:22And she ought to make a swell running mate for you.
00:07:25A two-time gal for a small-time crook.
00:07:27Are you going to stand there and let that shyster say things like that about me?
00:07:30Sure he is.
00:07:31He's a stranger to the truth.
00:07:33But he can't help recognizing it now.
00:07:36You know, Quinn, you've done me a favor by picking her out of my hair.
00:07:40Now I'll do you a favor.
00:07:42I'll give you a tip.
00:07:44You stick to petty larceny.
00:07:45Because if you ever quit dealing from the bottom of the deck and get ambitious,
00:07:49you're liable to run into me in court someday.
00:07:52And if you ever do...
00:07:57Fui.
00:07:58I'm going to a Turkish bar.
00:08:07Who...
00:08:07Who told him?
00:08:11What's the difference?
00:08:12You aren't going to sue him for libel, are you?
00:08:46Oh, you get a hold of Burton?
00:08:48Oh, his office said he'd gone to the races.
00:08:50Well, if he hasn't got anything to say, we'll say it for him.
00:08:53You are, sir.
00:08:54Oh, thanks.
00:08:55Here.
00:08:56Here's an editorial that I just wrote.
00:08:59Listen to this.
00:09:00Does the city need an executioner for a district attorney?
00:09:06A persecutor for a prosecutor.
00:09:08Isn't this socking the guy pretty hard when he's down?
00:09:10Well, he socked Wallace pretty hard when he was down.
00:09:13Run it.
00:09:13Yes, sir.
00:09:15Oh, Robbie.
00:09:16I want you to meet Tommy Crowell of the Corporation Counsel's office.
00:09:20How do you do?
00:09:21How do you do?
00:09:22Of course, this isn't for publication just yet.
00:09:24But you're shaking hands with a future district attorney.
00:09:28How do you do?
00:09:52Come here, Barry.
00:09:53Bring your book.
00:10:13the bridge of size Barry I've sent a lot of people over that bridge with one-way tickets to the
00:10:23big
00:10:28house all right take a letter to his excellency the governor dear sir for reasons that are self-evident
00:10:40I can no longer function as district attorney
00:10:45from now on I'm going to devote myself to the defense of accused persons instead of to their
00:10:56prosecution please consider this my former resignation to take effect as soon as you can
00:11:00point my successor what's the matter something wrong with your ears yes I can't believe them
00:11:07just because a couple of newspapers and a few political oh it isn't this I don't care what
00:11:13they say there's only one critic I'm afraid of who myself I'm guilty
00:11:21of what murder oh you're nothing of the sort you thought Wallace was guilty so did everybody
00:11:31else you gave him a fair trial you even let him abuse you in open court you've got no right
00:11:37Barry you know I can't make you out when everyone's patting me on the back you tear into me
00:11:45and now that everyone's taking a poke at me it's different I was arguing on principle then
00:11:50and now now you're in a spot spot's the word
00:11:59X marks the spot
00:12:03X prosecuted
00:12:06write that letter
00:12:08where are you going to pay a bill
00:12:26and now let's go
00:12:48I'll take care of you.
00:12:51I'll take care of you.
00:12:59I'll take care of you.
00:13:08Is your mother in, Paul?
00:13:11Haven't you done enough to us? Get out of here! Get out of here!
00:13:15Who is it, Paul?
00:13:38Mrs. Wallace. Mrs. Wallace, I...
00:13:44I know what you're thinking. I don't blame you.
00:13:47You can't say anything to me that I haven't already said to myself.
00:13:55There's nothing to say.
00:13:57Now, please, Mrs. Wallace, just listen to me.
00:14:01I...
00:14:03I can't give you back your husband's life.
00:14:05And I can't give back to Paul his father.
00:14:08But I can try to give him those things his father wanted him to have.
00:14:11We don't want anything from you.
00:14:13Now, wait a minute, son. Listen.
00:14:16This afternoon, Mrs. Wallace, I made out my will.
00:14:19And I've left you and Paul everything I have.
00:14:22Now, in the meantime, all I've got is yours whenever you want it.
00:14:29That much I can do for you.
00:14:33Will you let me?
00:14:41Please.
00:14:43Please.
00:14:44Please let me help you.
00:14:45Don't take it, Mom.
00:14:47Don't.
00:14:48You're making her cry.
00:14:50Now, you get out of here.
00:14:52You get out of here.
00:14:54Oh.
00:14:55Don't cry, Mom.
00:14:58Don't cry.
00:14:59Don't cry.
00:15:27Don't cry.
00:16:19Come here, Bowery.
00:16:37Oh, boy, what a game.
00:16:39Barry, when I retire, I'm going to buy a couple of football teams and have them play for me night
00:16:43and day.
00:16:44Oh, you should have been with us this afternoon.
00:16:47I'm sorry, I have a law office on my hands.
00:16:49Somebody's got to stick around.
00:16:51Yeah, that's the trouble. Football games should be legal holidays.
00:16:54Barry, that kid was great this afternoon.
00:16:56Oh, great.
00:16:57I know, I know. I got it all on the radio.
00:17:00Yes, but that's not like being there and seeing it.
00:17:03What do they do with football heroes when they graduate?
00:17:06Well, I'm going to take this one into my office.
00:17:09His mother wants me to make a lawyer out of him.
00:17:12Seems a shame to make an ordinary lawyer out of a great football player.
00:17:16Maybe you're right.
00:17:19Come here, Barry. Come here.
00:17:25How old are you?
00:17:27That's a leading question.
00:17:29Inconfident, irrelevant, and immaterial.
00:17:33I'm somewhere between 20 and 30.
00:17:36Why don't you get married?
00:17:38What are you trying to do? Get rid of me?
00:17:40You know better than that.
00:17:42I'd like it if you meant that.
00:17:47Of course I mean it.
00:17:50Why'd you ask me that question?
00:17:52I don't know.
00:17:53Curiosity, I get.
00:17:55Well, if you must know,
00:17:57I don't believe in marriage.
00:17:59Oh, Miss Barry, please.
00:18:01What's the matter? You don't believe in it yourself.
00:18:04Oh, there's somebody waiting out there to see you.
00:18:07Who?
00:18:08Claims to be an old friend.
00:18:10Val Lorraine.
00:18:12Hmm?
00:18:14Mm-hmm.
00:18:16Well, I'm leaving.
00:18:17When Paul gets here, tell him I'll meet him at the club.
00:18:19Running out?
00:18:21Who, me?
00:18:23Certainly not.
00:18:24I'll see it.
00:18:27Oh, Barry.
00:18:35All right, Miss Lorraine.
00:18:49It's all right, Bill.
00:18:50Don't get up.
00:18:56Sit down.
00:19:01Mind if I smoke?
00:19:21What do you want, Val?
00:19:24Can't you imagine my dropping in to see you
00:19:26without wanting something?
00:19:27No.
00:19:28Bill,
00:19:30isn't there a statute of limitations on grudges?
00:19:33You handed me some pretty raw medicine when we quit,
00:19:36but I forgave you years ago.
00:19:40Why, I've been one of your greatest boosters.
00:19:42When you quit the district attorney's office
00:19:44and went in for private practice,
00:19:46I told everybody you'd be the greatest defense lawyer in town.
00:19:49And look what happened.
00:19:51These ten years, you've cleared
00:19:53twice as many men as you sent up before.
00:19:56I tell you, Bill,
00:19:57I'm proud and happy to...
00:19:58What did Nick send you up here for?
00:20:01Nick?
00:20:02Mm-hmm.
00:20:03What?
00:20:05Don't you know that Nick and I are through?
00:20:07Well, I haven't seen him for months.
00:20:11I've been going around with an awfully nice man
00:20:13from Grand Rapids.
00:20:14He's in the furniture business.
00:20:17We're going to be married in the spring.
00:20:20Well, what do you want me to do?
00:20:21Give the bride away?
00:20:23That's just what I don't want you to do, Bill.
00:20:25I'm crazy about this man.
00:20:28I want to marry and settle down.
00:20:30I want to have a home.
00:20:32Kids.
00:20:34Go on, Val.
00:20:35You're doing fine.
00:20:37Ho, ho, ho.
00:20:38All right, wise guy.
00:20:41If I can't appeal to your decency,
00:20:43maybe you'll talk business.
00:20:44That's better.
00:20:45When you talk business, you're not funny.
00:20:47What are you after?
00:20:49You're the attorney for that bunch of blue-nosed reformers
00:20:52who call themselves the Citizens Committee.
00:20:54Attorney?
00:20:55Well, I organize the committee.
00:20:57And we're just about ready to send to jail
00:20:59the crook who's been bribing the city officials
00:21:01on covering up the joints and gambling houses around town.
00:21:06You know about that, don't you?
00:21:08No.
00:21:09Well, you ought to,
00:21:11because it's your Mr. Quinn who's going to jail.
00:21:13Yes, and how did you do it?
00:21:14You got somebody to break into Nick's safe
00:21:16and steal all his records.
00:21:17Val.
00:21:19For a lady who's about to settle down
00:21:21and raise kids in Grand Rapids,
00:21:23you certainly have a surprising grasp on the facts.
00:21:26Listen, Bill.
00:21:27You always hated reformers.
00:21:30If you'll turn back those records,
00:21:32I'll guarantee you ten times as much dough
00:21:34as you can get from the committee.
00:21:35No, no, I'm not interested.
00:21:36I'm representing that committee without a fee.
00:21:38You mean nobody's going to pay you?
00:21:39Oh, yes, yes, Nick Quinn.
00:21:42Nick, how?
00:21:43By doing his bit in the big house.
00:21:45That's my pay.
00:21:47Bill, why don't you lay off Nick?
00:21:49He's willing to do the right thing.
00:21:52If he ever did the right thing,
00:21:53the shock would kill him.
00:21:56Billy.
00:21:56Billy, I used to mean something to you.
00:21:59For old times' sake, won't you,
00:22:01won't you do this for me?
00:22:05I thought Quinn didn't mean anything to you anymore.
00:22:07Well, he doesn't.
00:22:09But don't you see, I used to work with him.
00:22:11If he goes up the river,
00:22:12he'd squeal on me and I'd go too.
00:22:14Anyway,
00:22:16it ruined my chances to marry this man from Dubuque.
00:22:19Grand Rapids.
00:22:20Anyway, it wouldn't do to let you raise kids, Val.
00:22:23Well, one of them might turn out to be like you.
00:22:26All right, Bill.
00:22:28You think you've got us where you want us.
00:22:31Well, this is one case you're not going to win.
00:22:33And I'll tell you why.
00:22:34Because it's never coming up.
00:22:36And if it does, you won't be around to try it.
00:22:38You won't be alive to try it.
00:22:40Nick will see to that.
00:22:43Did you get everything, Barry?
00:22:44Including the exclamation marks.
00:22:48Okay, six copies.
00:23:03Thanks for dropping in, Miss Lorena.
00:23:08Good afternoon.
00:23:09Good afternoon.
00:23:15Office of William J. Burton.
00:23:17Good afternoon.
00:23:40How'd you make out, baby?
00:23:42Get off my bed, Quinn.
00:23:45Your bed?
00:23:46Yes, and take that hat off there.
00:23:47You know it's bad luck.
00:23:56What did you get?
00:23:58Bronx Cheer.
00:23:59Burton's waited ten years to get you into a courtroom.
00:24:02Try and stop him.
00:24:04You'll have to go somewhere
00:24:05if you want to get those records out of his safe.
00:24:08If you'd do something yourself
00:24:10instead of lying around here waiting for me...
00:24:12Lying around?
00:24:14Hey, I've been doing some thinking.
00:24:18It's all my fault, baby.
00:24:20I sent you to the wrong guy.
00:24:23Listen, Val.
00:24:24When we get out of this jam,
00:24:25you're going to write a book
00:24:26called The Men in My Life.
00:24:30And the last chapter will be about
00:24:31a good-looking young football hero.
00:24:34If they were going to slap me in the jaw
00:24:36with a 20-year stretch in prison,
00:24:37I wouldn't stand around kidding.
00:24:39I'm not kidding.
00:24:42Meet Mr. Paul Wallace.
00:24:47Star quarterback.
00:24:49All American.
00:24:50All set.
00:24:51All yours.
00:24:53Why, Burton thinks more of this kid
00:24:55than he would of his own son.
00:24:57I've always wanted to tackle
00:24:59a football hero.
00:25:00That a girl.
00:25:03Well, we've got two chances
00:25:05to get those records back.
00:25:07Paul Wallace and a guy called
00:25:08Mug Malone,
00:25:09Burton's chauffeur and bodyguard.
00:25:11You go for Paul,
00:25:13I go for Mug.
00:25:15I use money,
00:25:16you use...
00:25:17I'll use my own judgment.
00:25:45I use my own judgment.
00:25:52Mr. Burton,
00:25:53nice weather we're having today.
00:25:55Hmm?
00:25:55Oh, yes, yes.
00:25:57Tomorrow will be a nice day, too.
00:25:58Thank you, sir.
00:25:59You're welcome.
00:26:02Shh.
00:26:06Never mind.
00:26:07I'll go.
00:26:12Hello.
00:26:13How are you?
00:26:14Late again.
00:26:14Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:16You're always late, aren't you?
00:26:17Yeah, but it's an old habit of mine.
00:26:21Steak?
00:26:21No.
00:26:23Confill the fish?
00:26:24No.
00:26:26Corn, beef, and...
00:26:27Yes.
00:26:27Uh-oh.
00:26:34Hello, Mug.
00:26:36Hiya, Nick.
00:26:37Say,
00:26:38get a load of this.
00:26:40Now, take a card.
00:26:41Anyone at all.
00:26:49I bet I can tell you what card you picked.
00:26:51A hundred to ten says you can.
00:26:53It's a bet.
00:26:54Ace of spades.
00:27:00Never try to sell ice to an Eskimo.
00:27:04No.
00:27:05Keep your dough.
00:27:06I want to give you something.
00:27:09Well,
00:27:10step right into my office.
00:27:20I want to give you a chance.
00:27:23Why isn't Paul here?
00:27:24Another appointment, he says.
00:27:26Well,
00:27:28maybe he doesn't like the idea of having dinner with me.
00:27:31Oh,
00:27:32how can you say such a thing?
00:27:34After all you've done for us.
00:27:40Mug,
00:27:40how long have you been with Burton?
00:27:43Oh,
00:27:44about ten years.
00:27:46Before that,
00:27:47you were a safe blower, weren't you?
00:27:48Say,
00:27:48I didn't have to blow him.
00:27:49All I need is a little sandpaper.
00:27:50How would you like to make some easy money?
00:27:53Easy?
00:27:54How much?
00:27:56Five grand.
00:27:59What do you want rubbed out?
00:28:01Nothing like that.
00:28:02I want you to crack a safe for me.
00:28:05Burton's.
00:28:07And I don't want you to steal any money.
00:28:09I don't want you to steal anything.
00:28:10I just want you to get back something that belongs to me.
00:28:13I'd ought to be a cinch for you, Mug.
00:28:16Get into his office anytime you want to.
00:28:18Just what are you after?
00:28:19Just a few papers,
00:28:20that's all.
00:28:21Some stuff was stolen from me.
00:28:22Oh,
00:28:23I know.
00:28:23A lot of canceled checks and papers and things.
00:28:25Yeah,
00:28:25that's it.
00:28:26Five grand if you get them back.
00:28:56Why not?
00:28:57I've seen a lot of.
00:28:58Oh, really?
00:28:59Mm,
00:28:59somebody he called Val.
00:29:08Why,
00:29:09what's the matter?
00:29:10What?
00:29:11Oh,
00:29:11nothing.
00:29:12Nothing at all.
00:29:12Excuse me.
00:29:14Well,
00:29:14where are you going?
00:29:15To make a call.
00:29:39Bill,
00:29:39this is indeed a pleasure.
00:29:41Is Paul Wallace there?
00:29:44No,
00:29:45why?
00:29:46Never mind why.
00:29:47Just lay off him.
00:29:49Is that a request or an order?
00:29:51It's a tip.
00:29:53And you know I pay off.
00:29:57Your pal Nicky will find that out next week.
00:29:59Maybe we can make a deal.
00:30:02If you really want me to do what you're asking.
00:30:05I'm not asking.
00:30:06I'm telling you.
00:30:08Is that so?
00:30:09Well,
00:30:11hello.
00:30:30What's the matter,
00:30:31Val?
00:30:37You better go home,
00:30:38honey.
00:30:39Party's off.
00:30:39Why?
00:30:41I mustn't see you anymore.
00:30:44What are you talking about?
00:30:47I just had orders to stay away from you.
00:30:49Orders?
00:30:50Whose orders?
00:30:51Burton's.
00:30:52What right is he to give you any orders?
00:30:55He hasn't any right.
00:30:57But he has a lot of drag.
00:31:00He must have found out we cared for each other.
00:31:03Paul,
00:31:03I warned you not to tell him.
00:31:05I didn't.
00:31:05I never mentioned your name.
00:31:07But what's that got to do with it?
00:31:09Tell me.
00:31:09Paul,
00:31:10please.
00:31:10Tell me.
00:31:14Oh,
00:31:15please.
00:31:15Please,
00:31:16Val,
00:31:16tell me.
00:31:17Oh,
00:31:18I hoped I wouldn't have to,
00:31:19honey.
00:31:20I know what he means to you,
00:31:21but
00:31:22he's been after me ever since I met him.
00:31:25If you only knew how rotten he is.
00:31:27He murdered your father.
00:31:29And now he thinks it's okay
00:31:31because he paid for your education
00:31:32and gave you a job.
00:31:34That's what's called getting away with murder.
00:31:37He's a guy who thinks he can take whatever he wants,
00:31:39but,
00:31:39but not me.
00:31:41Oh,
00:31:41I'll die first.
00:31:42Oh,
00:31:43Val,
00:31:43please,
00:31:43honey.
00:31:49Paul,
00:31:50I'll die first.
00:31:51where are you going?
00:31:52No,
00:31:53don't go to Burton.
00:31:54Well,
00:31:55you'll only make things worse.
00:31:56He'll,
00:31:56he'll try to take you away from me,
00:31:58and I,
00:31:58oh,
00:31:59I couldn't stand that.
00:32:00He'll tell you lies about me.
00:32:01I wouldn't believe them.
00:32:03No,
00:32:03no,
00:32:03you mustn't,
00:32:04Paul.
00:32:05I haven't told you,
00:32:06but,
00:32:06well,
00:32:06he has something he can use against me,
00:32:08and he's already threatened to do it,
00:32:10and you,
00:32:11you don't want to hurt me,
00:32:12do you,
00:32:12Paul?
00:32:13Oh,
00:32:13darling,
00:32:14I'd do anything in the world
00:32:15to keep you from being hurt.
00:32:17You know that,
00:32:18don't you?
00:32:31Do sit down.
00:32:34Hey,
00:32:35for wearing out that rug.
00:32:39Ruth,
00:32:39when's he coming?
00:32:43You've been with Burton a long time,
00:32:45haven't you?
00:32:46You know more about him than anybody else.
00:32:47I know more about him than anybody else.
00:32:49than he does himself.
00:32:49Well,
00:32:50then maybe you could tell me something.
00:32:52Is he,
00:32:53is he interested in a girl
00:32:54by the name of Valeska Lorraine?
00:32:59I mean,
00:33:00has he paid her any special attention?
00:33:03Well,
00:33:03I don't think that comes under the heading
00:33:04of office business,
00:33:06Paul.
00:33:06Well,
00:33:06I,
00:33:06I wouldn't ask you unless I had a good reason.
00:33:09Well,
00:33:09maybe you better speak to him about it.
00:33:11Good morning,
00:33:11Barry.
00:33:12Hello,
00:33:13hello,
00:33:13hello,
00:33:14hello,
00:33:14Paul.
00:33:20We missed you at dinner last night.
00:33:25I understand you were out with a lady.
00:33:30Perhaps I'm not entirely correct.
00:33:33You were out with Val Lorraine.
00:33:35Does that constitute a felony or a misdemeanor?
00:33:38Oh,
00:33:39it isn't a crime.
00:33:40It's just a mistake.
00:33:41That's all.
00:33:45Now,
00:33:46don't get me wrong,
00:33:46Paul.
00:33:47I'm the last person in the world
00:33:49to expect you to be a hermit.
00:33:51But with two million assorted cuties floating around,
00:33:53why pick Val Lorraine?
00:33:54I take it that you object.
00:33:56Decidedly.
00:33:56Why?
00:33:58Well,
00:33:59you see,
00:33:59it happens that I know Val pretty well.
00:34:01Too well.
00:34:02Oh,
00:34:03I could tell you a lot of reasons
00:34:04to keep away from her.
00:34:06Is one of the reasons
00:34:07the fact that you're interested in her yourself?
00:34:09Whatever put that idea into your head.
00:34:11Why don't you answer it?
00:34:12Listen,
00:34:12Paul,
00:34:13I'm not in the habit of panning women
00:34:15except to their faces.
00:34:17But in this case,
00:34:18I think I can make an exception.
00:34:20Val Lorraine has just one interest in men,
00:34:22and that is to take them
00:34:23for everything they've got,
00:34:25including the gold in their teeth.
00:34:27She's no good.
00:34:28Why,
00:34:28you just...
00:34:29I knew you'd lie about her.
00:34:30I wouldn't believe you won a rose.
00:34:32Wait a minute, son.
00:34:32Don't call me, son,
00:34:33because you spent some money on me
00:34:35and you think you have a right
00:34:35to run my life.
00:34:36Oh, please.
00:34:36Well, you haven't.
00:34:37I don't want any more of your money.
00:34:38I'm sorry we ever took a cent of it.
00:34:40Please,
00:34:40let me tell you something, Paul.
00:34:41Let me tell you something.
00:34:42I'm going to marry Val Lorraine,
00:34:43and if you ever say anything like that
00:34:45against her to me
00:34:46or to anybody else,
00:34:47I'll...
00:35:43I don't want any more of your money.
00:36:04What do you want to do that for?
00:36:06You said there was something in it that implicated you.
00:36:10Well, couldn't you see that for yourself?
00:36:12I didn't open it.
00:36:14Oh, I don't care anything about your past, pal.
00:36:17Whatever it is, it's all over.
00:36:20Here, give me that.
00:36:21No, I want it.
00:36:23You have no idea how handy that envelope's going to be.
00:36:26What do you mean, pal?
00:36:28Oh, I'll tell you all about it after we've had a drink.
00:36:30Come on, take your coat off.
00:36:36Oh, you don't know how happy you've made me, Paulie boy.
00:36:51Oh, hello, Bill.
00:36:52I've been trying to get you for an hour.
00:36:55Listen, there's a friend of yours up here with me.
00:36:58A boob by the name of Paul Wallace.
00:37:00He's cluttering up my apartment.
00:37:03We'd better come up and get him.
00:37:05Oh, and be sure to bring your checkbook along.
00:37:10I'll tell you why.
00:37:11I've got those records you stole from Nick.
00:37:16Well, if you don't believe me, run over to your office and take a look in your safe.
00:37:21But you've got to know, Paul got them for me.
00:37:25Well, you can have them back if you want them.
00:37:29If you're not interested, Nicky is.
00:37:32You know me, the highest bidder.
00:37:55Paul.
00:38:01Paul.
00:39:21Huh?
00:39:22Paul.
00:39:23Paul.
00:39:23Paul.
00:39:24Huh?
00:39:24Oh, come on.
00:39:25Snap it.
00:39:26What's the matter?
00:39:27Paul.
00:39:28Pull yourself together.
00:39:29What's the matter?
00:39:30Oh, you've got to.
00:39:31You hear me?
00:39:31Oh, hello, hello.
00:39:32What happened?
00:39:34Oh, did she pass out too?
00:39:38She's dead.
00:39:48She's...
00:39:51She's dead, yeah.
00:39:56You probably left fingerprints enough already.
00:39:59Now, wait a minute. Come here. Sit down.
00:40:03She's dead.
00:40:06She's dead.
00:40:09She's dead.
00:40:11Quiet. Quiet, Paul.
00:40:13Did I?
00:40:14Did I?
00:40:15I don't know, did you?
00:40:17I don't remember.
00:40:18Hey, listen.
00:40:19Paul, you've got to remember. You hear me?
00:40:21You've got to. You've got to remember.
00:40:22Now, did you?
00:40:23Come on now.
00:40:25Yes.
00:40:25Yes.
00:40:27I...
00:40:28I heard what she said to you.
00:40:31I knew that she'd made a fool of me.
00:40:33Quiet, quiet.
00:40:33I asked her for the envelope.
00:40:35She wouldn't give it to me.
00:40:37I...
00:40:38Tell you, I was crazy.
00:40:39I grabbed her by the throat.
00:40:41All right, all right.
00:40:41All right, all right.
00:40:42All right, all right.
00:40:42Pull yourself together. Come on now.
00:40:45What'll we do?
00:40:47What'll we do?
00:40:48Tell me what'll we do?
00:40:50I'll pull yourself together.
00:40:50You've got it. You hear me?
00:40:52Now, keep quiet.
00:40:54You've got to get out of here.
00:41:09All right, come on. Get up. Get up. Stand up.
00:41:11Come on. Now, listen to me. Now, you listen to me, Paul.
00:41:14Get home as fast as you can.
00:41:16Don't let anybody see you.
00:41:17Don't talk to anyone.
00:41:19Not even your mother.
00:41:20Maybe the rest of me are here.
00:41:23Now, go on. Get out of here.
00:41:25Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
00:41:25Not that way. Come here.
00:41:27Out here.
00:41:28Can't put on these gloves.
00:41:31Huh?
00:41:32Fingerprints. Come on. Come on.
00:41:46Come on.
00:42:03Every morning with a smile
00:42:07Just singing and rolling along
00:42:11Peace in my soul
00:42:14I'll speak to you.
00:42:49It's all right, boy.
00:42:53Call the police.
00:42:59The number is Spring 73100.
00:43:04Yes. Spring 73100.
00:43:14Spring 73100.
00:43:23Spring 73100.
00:43:27Yes, sir.
00:43:32Bloodhound Burton. He always gets his man.
00:43:35How many was that you sent up to Boyne? 18?
00:43:37Hooray for 19.
00:43:39I got a stock market tip for you, Burton.
00:43:41Buy Edison Electric.
00:43:43Nah, sell it short.
00:43:45It's your turn now, Burton.
00:43:46I'll bet you're pretty blue.
00:43:48Blue?
00:43:49He'll turn yellow when he hits the chair.
00:43:51Shut up, you mugs.
00:43:54I know, I know, I know. It's gonna be hard.
00:43:57Burton is big game.
00:43:58Crowell is no different than any other district attorney.
00:44:01His body is in New York and his soul is in Albany.
00:44:04Crowell would rather send Burton up than any other six men.
00:44:08It's no easy order.
00:44:09I know. That's why we want the best defense we can get.
00:44:12That's why I sent for you.
00:44:14What will his defense be?
00:44:15I don't know.
00:44:16He hasn't said anything about it to anybody, not even me.
00:44:19But you'll, you'll take the case.
00:44:21I'd rather defend Bill Burton than any man I know.
00:44:24He's a prince.
00:44:25I'm telling you, he's a prince.
00:44:27And if he killed Valoraine, he deserves a medal.
00:44:30But with the district attorney seeing a chance to make a big reputation,
00:44:34there'll be plenty of tourists.
00:44:36But you'll take it.
00:44:38Naturally, I'll take it, only...
00:44:39Only what?
00:44:40My fee is $50,000.
00:44:42$25,000 as a retainer.
00:44:44Oh, well, Mr. Steiner, I...
00:44:46Now, let's understand each other.
00:44:49Steiner costs money.
00:44:50If it were anybody else, I'd ask $100,000.
00:44:54It isn't as if Bill didn't have the money.
00:44:56Everybody knows he's full of it.
00:44:58Of course, but $25,000 in advance.
00:45:01I'm a lawyer.
00:45:03Not a businessman.
00:45:05I told you my fee.
00:45:06Burton's a pal of mine.
00:45:08So is Steiner.
00:45:09And I have to think of him first.
00:45:12All right.
00:45:13You'll have your money.
00:45:15Splendid.
00:45:16It'll be a nunner and a privilege to handle the case.
00:45:20Goodbye.
00:45:21Goodbye, Mr. Steiner.
00:45:44Mr. Carter.
00:45:45Well, this is Ruth Barry.
00:45:47Mr. Burton's secretary.
00:45:49Yes, I thought you'd be interested to know that we've arranged to have Abe Steiner handle the defense.
00:45:53Yes, that's what I called you about.
00:45:55You see, Mr. Steiner wants a lot of money in advance, and it looks as if we're going to need
00:45:59a little help.
00:45:59I'd give my right arm for Bill.
00:46:02But you know what the market did to me.
00:46:05I'd give Bill my shirt.
00:46:07You know that, Ruth.
00:46:08But I've lost all my dough on Spanish play.
00:46:11Well, I'd mortgage my house for Bill tomorrow.
00:46:14But it's plastered to the roof now.
00:46:16How?
00:46:49answer my questions Malone wait a minute hey get a load of this now select any card don't be afraid
00:46:58any card at all it'll be the ace of spades Mr. Crowell but you've got to humor him the ace
00:47:03of
00:47:03spades how often have Burton been seen in Val Lorraine hey now wait a minute I got a better
00:47:09one I'd like to cut the cards like that answer my questions I don't know what you're talking
00:47:14about Mr. Crowell I never heard of the Lorraine murder I don't know nobody by the name of
00:47:20Burton we don't speak English besides that I'm deep and dumb see and find them more
00:47:36hey Bill
00:47:44well did you get Steiner I didn't have to he came to me he's dying to handle the case
00:47:50but I turned him down you turned him down you're going to have the greatest defense attorney any
00:47:57man ever had yeah William J Burton why if you even thought of having another lawyer I I'd never speak
00:48:06to you again well I wouldn't want that to happen Barry I wouldn't know what to do without you
00:48:15try and do without me you asked me once why I never got married yes you said you didn't approve
00:48:22of it that was a lie the real reason I never got married was because you didn't ask me
00:48:31oh you're a little sap don't you realize that you'd probably be a widow before the year was out
00:48:38that would be better than nothing Bill do you think I killed Valerie I don't know and I don't care
00:48:48but I do know this whatever's coming to you you'll take it standing up
00:48:55oh I almost forgot I I brought you something I got it right here
00:49:01come here Bill
00:49:28I don't know
00:49:36Hello, Mary. How's business? Pretty good. Expecting a big crowd today. Good. But I'm awfully sorry for poor Mr. Burton.
00:49:43He used to be such a good customer. Yes, give us an apple, Mary. Have an apple. Oh, thanks. Here
00:49:48you are. Thank you. Thank you.
00:49:51One, two, three, four, four, three, two, one, Oskaloosa, Mississippi. It's a long way to Tipperary. Oh boy, oh joy,
00:49:57where do we go from here? Now's the time for all good men to come to the aid of the
00:50:00party. How's it coming over? Huh? Okay. What's the idea? Don't the newspapers do a good enough job? I don't
00:50:09know. Ask the district attorney. It's his idea. Sure, election day's only two months off. If he can convict Burton,
00:50:15it'll be the biggest thing he ever pulled. Many a governor's been elected on less than that. We'd better get
00:50:19out of the newspaper game and take up
00:50:20the television. Hello, everybody. This is Boyd Gibbons speaking. I just got in from China. You're about to listen to
00:50:25the broadcast of a famous murder trial, the people against Burton. Hey, don't forget, courtesy of What's his cigarettes. The
00:50:31courtesy. A courtesy to what this cigarette. Hey, no, advertising.
00:50:48Hey, mom, which way you're betting point.
00:50:52What's the odds layer three to one?
00:50:55I'll take ten covered.
00:50:57Well, Pete, this seems like old times, huh?
00:51:00Only this time I'm on the other side of the fence.
00:51:04Sorry, Bill.
00:51:04Hmm?
00:51:06Okay, Pete.
00:51:11Cigar, Pete?
00:51:13Jack?
00:51:14Right.
00:51:41Yeah.
00:51:59He'll soon have a lily in his hand.
00:52:01Come here, Barry.
00:52:10Everybody rise.
00:52:12Everybody rise.
00:52:13Everybody rise.
00:52:14Hats off.
00:52:15Hats off.
00:52:26Be seated.
00:52:31Is the state ready, Mr. Cowell?
00:52:35Ready.
00:52:36And the defense?
00:52:40If it please the court, I'll conduct my own defense.
00:52:45Very well.
00:52:51For the first time in the history of this court, the proceedings of a murder trial are to be
00:52:55broadcast over the radio.
00:52:56I do not entirely approve of such an innovation, and I warn everybody present that I will not
00:53:02tolerate any undue demonstrations or departures from procedure.
00:53:06If there are any outbursts or disturbances of any kind, I will clear the court instantly.
00:53:13If that's understood, we will proceed with the case and call the jury panel.
00:53:22The people will definitely establish the fact that Burton had motive and opportunity.
00:53:28The people will prove that the defendant, Burton, and the murdered woman, Valeska Lorraine,
00:53:32had known each other for a great many years, and that their relationship during that period
00:53:39had not been entirely casual.
00:53:45We will prove that this association came to an end because the woman objected to the attentions
00:53:53and influence of this man, and that following the separation, he pursued and persecuted her
00:54:01with his attentions to a point where she was compelled to seek the protection of another man.
00:54:10Just a moment, Mr. Cowell.
00:54:12Officer, pull down those shades.
00:54:21I'm sorry, Mr. Cowell.
00:54:23And furthermore, the people will prove that the defendant, Burton, came to the apartment of Valeska Lorraine
00:54:30on the 19th question and dare willfully and cold-bloodedly murdered her as charged in the indictment.
00:54:41I congratulate Mr. Crowell on his eloquent statement of the people's case.
00:54:46And I know how he feels. I once wanted to be a candidate for governor myself.
00:54:52I congratulate Mr. Crowell on his idea of broadcasting the spectacle of a man on trial for his life, competing
00:55:00with Amos and Andy.
00:55:03Mr. Burton, you will please confine yourself to the facts.
00:55:07I will, Your Honor.
00:55:09As far as I'm concerned, the facts are very simple.
00:55:12I was forced to prepare my case in a cell.
00:55:14I can't croon songs.
00:55:17The radio scares me.
00:55:18I have no evidence, no witnesses, no defense, other than my profound belief that no innocent man can be convicted
00:55:28if he has an able lawyer to defend him.
00:55:33And with all due apologies, gentlemen, I think I have an able lawyer.
00:55:42Now, Dr. Strong, you performed the autopsy on the body of Valeska Lorraine.
00:55:47I did.
00:55:47And what did you find was the cause of death?
00:55:50Strangulation.
00:55:51Dr. Strong, the photographs which have been introduced in evidence were taken at your orders?
00:55:57They were.
00:55:58Including this enlargement of the dead woman's head?
00:56:00That's correct.
00:56:02Dr. Strong, in examining the body, did you find any marks?
00:56:07The throat was slightly discolored.
00:56:09Any other marks?
00:56:10There was a bruise on the lower jaw.
00:56:13Is that bruise shown in this photograph?
00:56:15It is.
00:56:16Dr. Strong, in your opinion, could that bruise have been caused by a blow from a man's fist?
00:56:24No.
00:56:25I should say it was caused by some hard object.
00:56:28Probably.
00:56:29Probably metal.
00:56:31Doctor.
00:56:33I now show you the state's exhibit B.
00:56:37A cane belonging to the defendant, Burton, found in his possession the night he was arrested,
00:56:42after he had murdered Valeska Lorraine.
00:56:45Mr. Crowell, I will not count it in such tactics.
00:56:47Mr. Burton has not yet been convicted of murder.
00:56:50If you care to object, I'll sustain it.
00:56:53No objections.
00:56:56Nevertheless, the jury will disregard the assumption of Mr. Burton's guilt.
00:56:59Proceed.
00:57:00Take a look at that cane, Doctor.
00:57:03Could the bruise on Mr. Lorraine's jaw have resulted from her being struck by this cane before she was strangled?
00:57:09Yes.
00:57:14Your witness?
00:57:16No question.
00:57:22I'll take five more.
00:57:24Three to one.
00:57:31Two to one.
00:57:32To your own knowledge, Mr. Quinn, how long was the defendant, Mr. Burton, acquainted with Valeska Lorraine?
00:57:39Ten or eleven years.
00:57:41And during these years, was she generally known as his, uh, as his?
00:57:48Yes.
00:57:50And during that time, was he, to your knowledge, a regular visitor at the deceased woman's apartment?
00:57:56Visitor?
00:57:58Boarder.
00:58:00Your Honor, I object!
00:58:01You should object, Miss Mary.
00:58:05No objection.
00:58:07How then?
00:58:08Did you know the defendant, Burton, at the time he organized and headed a certain reform committee?
00:58:14Yes, sir.
00:58:15And did he, at that time, continue his associations with Valeska Lorraine?
00:58:19Yes, sir.
00:58:21And all the time that Burton was concerning himself with gambling and speakeasies, and pretending to be a crusader against
00:58:28organized vice,
00:58:29he was the paramour of this notorious woman of the underworld?
00:58:33Yes, sir.
00:58:36That's all, Mr. Quinn.
00:58:37You're with us.
00:58:56You're with us.
00:58:58No questions.
00:59:02Jota won.
00:59:04Now, even money.
00:59:10Why didn't you question him?
00:59:14What are you going to do?
00:59:17Your name?
00:59:19Jefferson Q.
00:59:21Leffingwell.
00:59:23What does the Q stand for?
00:59:25I don't know, sir.
00:59:27I never did bother to ask.
00:59:31Now, are you on the elevator operator at the Rochester Arms Apartments?
00:59:35Yes, sir.
00:59:37I runs it.
00:59:38That is when I ain't messing around doing something else.
00:59:41And you knew, Miss Lorraine?
00:59:43Knew her?
00:59:45She's one of my best customers.
00:59:47Customers?
00:59:48Yes, sir.
00:59:49Mostly gin.
00:59:54Maybe I shouldn't have brought that up.
00:59:56No.
00:59:57On the night of April the 15th at 10.30 o'clock.
01:00:00Where were you?
01:00:02I ain't got the least idea.
01:00:05Wasn't that the time of your last visit to Miss Lorraine's apartment?
01:00:08Yes, sir.
01:00:09I surmise it was.
01:00:13Tell the jury exactly what you saw there.
01:00:18Well, folks.
01:00:19No, no.
01:00:22When I walked in that door, you could have blew me over with a feather.
01:00:27There was poor Miss Lorraine stretched out on the floor.
01:00:31And Mr. Burton just ramshackling the ditch.
01:00:35I'll never forget it as long as I live.
01:00:40Then Mr. Burton, he says to me, he says,
01:00:42boy, kind of nonchalant.
01:00:46Call up the police.
01:00:48He says the number is spring.
01:00:527-3-1-0-0-0-0-0.
01:01:04What odds are you giving a day?
01:01:06I ain't giving them.
01:01:07I'm taking them.
01:01:08How much do you want?
01:01:10A hundred to one.
01:01:13What are you going to do, Bill?
01:01:15Haven't you some defense?
01:01:18There's only one chance.
01:01:20I hate to do it, but I've got to.
01:01:22Everybody rise.
01:01:32Your Honor, please, I stated that I had no witnesses,
01:01:35but I find it necessary to call this one.
01:01:37My first and only witness.
01:01:39Paul Wallace.
01:01:40Paul Wallace.
01:01:53Did you, on the evening of April the 15th, open the safe in my office and steal certain papers and
01:01:59records?
01:02:01I did.
01:02:02What did you do with those papers and records?
01:02:05I...
01:02:05I took them to the apartment of Valeska Lorraine.
01:02:09Mm-hmm.
01:02:10Tell in your own words why you stole those papers.
01:02:14And what happened when you brought them to Miss Lorraine's apartment?
01:02:17What?
01:02:18Why?
01:02:18Go ahead.
01:02:20Paul, I...
01:02:21I was engaged to be married to Miss Lorraine.
01:02:25At...
01:02:26At least I thought I was.
01:02:27And then what happened?
01:02:29Tell the jury.
01:02:30She pleaded with me.
01:02:31I grabbed her by the throat.
01:02:32I don't know what happened.
01:02:33Then I tell you I don't remember.
01:02:35Imagine Burton trying to pin it on the kid.
01:02:37That's all, Paul.
01:02:39Your witness.
01:02:45Paul.
01:02:47What is your father's name?
01:02:51James Wallace.
01:02:53He was executed for the crime of murder ten years ago.
01:02:57Was he not?
01:03:00Executed for a crime he did not commit?
01:03:03Yes.
01:03:04Now, my boy, while you were unconscious from liquor, it was possible, was it not, for someone to enter the
01:03:09room, do away with Miss Lorraine, and leave you there to take the blame for the crime?
01:03:15That could have happened, couldn't it?
01:03:17Oh, you need have no fear, my boy.
01:03:20Your friends may betray you, but the state will safeguard your interests if you will tell the truth.
01:03:26I tell you, I don't know what happened.
01:03:28All that I can remember is that when I came to...
01:03:30Burton was there, wasn't he?
01:03:32And he made his magnificent gesture.
01:03:36Burton was there and he allowed you to leave, ostensibly to shoulder the crime.
01:03:42Fine.
01:03:44Excellent.
01:03:45Noble.
01:03:46A thrilling sacrifice.
01:03:48Knowing all the time how handy it would come when he was brought to trial for a crime.
01:03:56I don't have to ask you any more questions.
01:03:59I know what happened.
01:04:02You realize that this man who sent your father to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, is
01:04:08perfectly willing to send you to the electric chair for a crime you didn't commit?
01:04:12And now he's willing to sacrifice you to save his own skin.
01:04:18Sacrifice.
01:04:19I'm glad there are millions of people listening in to hear of such a sacrifice.
01:04:24Rudy Valley.
01:04:25I'm glad it's been carried over the invisible ether to all parts of the country, to the world.
01:04:32Maybe it'll reach another world.
01:04:33Maybe it will be heard by this poor boy's father, Jim Wallace, in a better world.
01:04:48Your honor, I object.
01:04:50What for?
01:04:52Tampering with the witness.
01:04:53Proceed, Mr. Prosecutor.
01:04:55And since the defendant does not object to your tactics, I do.
01:04:58Be good enough to confine yourself to questioning the witness.
01:05:01Your summation will come later.
01:05:03No more questions.
01:05:12Your honor, I put Paul Wallace on the stand for only one reason.
01:05:16Not to show how Valeska Lorraine was killed, but to show why she was killed.
01:05:21I'll prove that my purpose was not to implicate Paul, but to exonerate him.
01:05:25Your honor.
01:05:26There was only one way to establish the existence of those papers, and that was by putting Paul Wallace on
01:05:30that stand.
01:05:31Those papers are of vital importance to my case.
01:05:34I'll prove that later.
01:05:36Hugh Leffingwell, come on, get up on the stand.
01:05:40Miggie?
01:05:41Yes, you.
01:05:42Yes, sir.
01:05:48Go on, go on, get up there.
01:05:55What did you get that suit of clothes?
01:05:57Why, you see, I...
01:05:58With your profits of bootlegging?
01:06:00Oh, no, sir.
01:06:01I ain't no bootlegger.
01:06:03I just solicits for my brother.
01:06:05Why did you get that suit of clothes?
01:06:06I object.
01:06:07The question has nothing to do with the case.
01:06:08It has a great deal to do with it.
01:06:09I'll prove it.
01:06:10Hasn't it occurred to anyone, as rather strange, that the witness should appear so shabby the first two days of
01:06:16his testimony,
01:06:17then suddenly blossom out in the Harlem idea of what the well-dressed witness should wear?
01:06:24Where did you get that stick pin?
01:06:26Where did you pay for it?
01:06:28Just $300.
01:06:30Uh-huh.
01:06:33Where did you get the money, Jeff?
01:06:35The other day you told the jury that on the night Miss Lorraine was killed that you took me to
01:06:39her apartment in the elevator.
01:06:41Do you remember that?
01:06:42Yes.
01:06:43But you didn't say anything about taking Mr. Wallace up there that night, did you?
01:06:47Did you?
01:06:48No, sir.
01:06:48Why didn't you?
01:06:50Nobody asked.
01:06:51Well, I'm asking you now.
01:06:52You took him up there that night, didn't you?
01:06:55Yes, sir.
01:06:56Yeah.
01:06:57Did you take anybody else up there that night?
01:07:00No, sir.
01:07:01Do you know what perjury means?
01:07:02Perjury?
01:07:03No, sir.
01:07:04Well, I'll tell you.
01:07:06It means from one to ten years in state's prison.
01:07:10Well, you can't wear clothes like that.
01:07:12Well, I ain't gonna do no perjury for nobody.
01:07:15Mm-hmm.
01:07:18Did you take anyone besides Paul Wallace and myself up to Mr. Lorraine's apartment that night?
01:07:22Well, to tell you the truth, Mr. Burton, I don't exactly, I don't exactly remember.
01:07:27No?
01:07:27Well, I'll help you out.
01:07:31Quinn, stand up.
01:07:35Come on, get up here.
01:07:45Did you take him to that apartment the night Miss Lorraine was killed?
01:07:50I guess I did.
01:07:53I thought so.
01:07:56He came there very often, didn't he?
01:07:58Yes, sir.
01:07:59Him and Mr. Paul used to go up to see Miss Lorraine all the time.
01:08:02Together?
01:08:03Oh, no, sir.
01:08:05Mr. Nick, he always waited till Mr. Paul was gone before he'd come up.
01:08:09Uh-huh.
01:08:10That's all, Jeff.
01:08:17Get on that stand, Quinn.
01:08:27Did you pay Jeff some money to keep him from testifying that you went to Miss Lorraine's apartment the night
01:08:33she was killed?
01:08:34No.
01:08:36You went to that apartment to get those records that were stolen from my office, didn't you?
01:08:40No, sir.
01:08:41You knew those records involved you and would send you to the state penitentiary for a good many years, didn't
01:08:45you?
01:08:46I don't know anything about it.
01:08:47You heard the district attorney's theory of the murder?
01:08:49That somebody came up, strangled the woman and left the apartment, figuring that the blame would come to Paul Wallace?
01:08:55You know Mr. Crowell is right.
01:08:57You know that's exactly what happened, don't you?
01:09:01I don't know.
01:09:02I don't know what you're talking about.
01:09:05Your Honor, I ask that the witness be sworn in again.
01:09:08Your Honor, I object.
01:09:09This procedure is entirely irregular.
01:09:12Why do you wish the witness sworn a second time?
01:09:14Because this time I expect him to tell the truth.
01:09:16Where are the witnesses?
01:09:20Rise.
01:09:22Raise your right hand.
01:09:24You saw me swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth to help you, God?
01:09:27I do.
01:09:31Let me see that ring, Nick.
01:09:38Mark.
01:09:40Come here.
01:09:47Yes, boss.
01:09:51Dr. Strong, come here, please.
01:09:54Doctor, I want you to take a look at that bruise.
01:09:57It was made with this ring.
01:09:58It has the imprint of a Maltese cross.
01:10:01Now take a look at this photograph.
01:10:03It has the same imprint, has it not?
01:10:06Yes, it has.
01:10:07Your Honor, I offer this ring as evidence.
01:10:10There's the man who killed the Leska Lorraine.
01:10:15Broadcast that, Mr. Crowell.
01:10:16There's no doubt.
01:10:20There's no doubt.
01:10:24There's no doubt.
01:10:24Come here, Barry.
01:10:25Bring your book.
01:10:41Take a letter.
01:10:43Quicker Sham, Wilberforce, Witherspoon, and Wilkes.
01:10:45Gentlemen.
01:10:45In the case of Radzinski versus the August Nettie Mills.
01:10:49In accordance with the Connecticut Code regarding torts and the stoppages in Free Simple.
01:10:53There's no relief except through a writ of habeas corpus, except in extenuating circumstances involving trespass.
01:10:59Therefore, the deponent...
01:11:00That doesn't make sense.
01:11:01Who are you to tell me what to say?
01:11:03Didn't you?
01:11:07If this doesn't make sense, it's because I feel goofy this morning.
01:11:11I'm about to propose marriage to the grandest girl in the world.
01:11:16Name of Barry.
01:11:19What about it, honey?
01:11:21Will you take dictation forever?
01:11:23Yours very truly, William J. Burton.
01:11:28Per R.B.
01:11:29Come here, Barry.
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