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A Stranger In Town 1967
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00:00:00THE END
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00:01:13The Honorable Court is now adjourned until Thursday, the 10th day of December at 12 o'clock.
00:01:21Good afternoon.
00:01:25The front two and the spare are all right, but the left rear 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.
00:01:39Good job.
00:01:43Goodbye, Grant. Have a good vacation.
00:01:45Happy holiday, Josephus.
00:01:46Thank you, gentlemen.
00:01:53Mr. Justice?
00:01:54Well?
00:01:55Could 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?
00:02:12Justice 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. I'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.
00:02:33And 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.
00:02:54Miss Gilbert, what is this nonsense?
00:02:57What 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?
00:03:06Justice Grant, I've been with you for two years.
00:03:08And not once during that time have you expressed 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 and that you have
00:03:24a fine future.
00:03:30Now, 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 printer 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.
00:03:55Miss Gilbert, are you heaping coals of fire on my head?
00:03:58I wouldn't dream of it, sir.
00:04:02Oh, I'll wire you before I come.
00:04:06Right, Miss Gilbert?
00:04:07Yes, sir?
00:04:08No one must know where I'm going.
00:04:09No one.
00:04:10I want to get away from courtrooms, investigations, lawyers, black robes, everything.
00:04:23Everything but ducks.
00:04:28Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful ducks.
00:04:43Hey, you!
00:04:44Wait a minute.
00:04:50I'm Warren Todd, the aim 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.
00:05:03Well, I just bought it yesterday at the state capitol.
00:05:05Yeah, I know, mister, but this is Crownport, and you've got to have a Crownport stamp on there.
00:05:09Well, I didn't know that.
00:05:10I'll get one tomorrow.
00:05:12Well, but it ain't going to do you any good today.
00:05:14You know, I could haul you into court and let the judge slap a fine on you.
00:05:18But to say, wear and tear on my tire, suppose 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 a trouble, too.
00:05:37Well, you don't understand.
00:05:38I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:40Yeah.
00:05:40I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:42Come on.
00:05:43Well, look.
00:05:43Let me explain it to you.
00:06:10Your Honor, it's not as though my client were trying
00:06:12to 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, his honesty and his responsibility has 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?
00:06:41If 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
00:06:54of 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 was just one payment.
00:07:12If you'd give me a chance to...
00:07:15I 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 for going 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.
00:07:31I know it ain't right.
00:07:33Crownport versus Joe Grant.
00:07:35Step up, Joe Grant.
00:07:36Come on.
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.
00:08:03A hundred dollars or thirty days.
00:08:09Which one of you gentlemen do I pay?
00:08:13The clerk.
00:08:14Should have bought it for me in the first place.
00:08:16Save yourself a lot of dough.
00:08:18I assume that this hundred dollars will permit me to resume my hunting without further interference.
00:08:24Your assumption is wrong.
00:08:25You still need a Crownport stamp.
00:08:27And an officer enforcing the law is not interfering, Mr. Grant.
00:08:31As a judge, I advise you to be careful of your words.
00:08:34Next case.
00:08:38Crownport versus Burton Lyon.
00:08:40Step up, Burton Lyon.
00:08:46Hi, Tom.
00:08:52I'm sorry it turned out that way.
00:08:55Guess that's the only way it could have turned out.
00:08:58No, 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 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.
00:09:20I'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?
00:09:48Shave, Homer.
00:09:52I hear poor Tom Cooney lost his case.
00:09:55Yeah, he'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 if 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.
00:10:17A fork like that isn't going to get you any votes, 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?
00:10:37Long enough to get a shave.
00:10:41Great little town, isn't it, old-timer?
00:10:44Yeah, Judge Harkley really gave you a welcome, didn't he?
00:10:46And our constable, Oren Todds, that's Homer's cousin.
00:10:51He's all law and order.
00:10:53Regular minute man, isn't he, Homer?
00:10:56How 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 her down?
00:11:06You know, Mr. Grant, isn't it?
00:11:09Yeah.
00:11:09Mr. 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.
00:11:16Mr., 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 here, Mr. Mayor?
00:11:24Much of a weight, Homer?
00:11:26Wait you in 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 fellas.
00:11:36The other way 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, if you're in need of a little ready cash or something...
00:11:48I don't want charity.
00:11:49I just want to 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.
00:11:57All right, Cooney, that's enough.
00:11:58Now beat it.
00:11:59Keep your hands...
00:12:00Let him alone, Bikston.
00:12:04No, don't.
00:12:05This is all my fault.
00:12:26I wish you hadn't had to do that, Benny.
00:12:28Ah, he's had a scum and do him for a long time.
00:12:32That boy is turning into an awful radical.
00:12:35You 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 fella come along who could take my place.
00:12:48But Bill Adams...
00:12:51Take a man to fill your shoes, Mr. Mayor.
00:13:02Now, Darryl 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.
00:13:15Fifty cents.
00:13:18Hey, mister, I said fifty cents, not a quarter.
00:13:21Guess you made a mistake, friend.
00:13:32You picked the wrong customer that time, Homer.
00:13:36First fella in ten years ever flipped a bash on me.
00:13:55First fella.
00:14:07Come on in, old timer.
00:14:17Well, you interested in boats?
00:14:20Yeah.
00:14:21That's a rather interesting model.
00:14:24She's the Columbia, a 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.
00:14:44I see you're running for mayor.
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47Sort of a hobby, too, just for fun?
00:14:51No, not quite.
00:14:54Mayor Coniston, you saw him in the barbershop.
00:14:57He 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.
00:15:04A lot of people have been getting tired of it.
00:15:06If I haven't much time myself, the army's going to grab me in a couple of months.
00:15:10But I 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
00:15:26fine.
00:15:27Were you serious?
00:15:27Yes. Yes, I think you've got a case.
00:15:30You do?
00:15:31How would you go about it?
00:15:33Well, we'd, uh...
00:15:34Of 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?
00:15:48No, 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.
00:16:02But 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.
00:16:11How are you, Bill?
00:16:12Oh, you're busy?
00:16:14No, Charlie, come on in.
00:16:16Mr. Grant, Charlie Craig, my campaign manager.
00:16:19How do you do, sir?
00:16:19Hi.
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,
00:16:28so it don't look so good for that tractor of mine either.
00:16:30You couldn't get me a couple weeks postpoment, could you?
00:16:32I'll try, Charlie, but there's no use appealing to Blackston,
00:16:35not with the way he's got his business set up.
00:16:37His hopping on my tail wouldn't burn me
00:16:39if 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.
00:16:47Did Blackston promise you such service?
00:16:49Well, no, 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?
00:16:57Was it?
00:16:58You 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.
00:17:15Well, Mr. Grant, since you have some knowledge of the law,
00:17:17you'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.
00:17:34I guess you will.
00:17:36You're not much of a fighter, are you, Mr. Adams?
00:17:39Except in 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,
00:17:47and I haven't the stomach for that,
00:17:48or 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?
00:17:56Or are you going to stay and give me the first five lessons
00:17:59in 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
00:18:06in books like this and all the others.
00:18:09And somewhere in one of them there's a lesson
00:18:11mentioning 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
00:18:25as 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.
00:18:54Excuse 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.
00:19:10Have you had dinner, Mr. Adams?
00:19:12No, thanks, not 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
00:19:19I guess I haven't too much confidence.
00:19:24How long have you lived in Crownport, Mr. Adams?
00:19:27Uh, 28 years with time out for college and law school.
00:19:31Mm-hmm.
00:19:32Never established residence in any other state?
00:19:35No.
00:19:36You're sure of that?
00:19:38Well, of course.
00:19:43Well, 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 a return.
00:19:56And your figures were honest, correct, and would bear investigation?
00:20:01What?
00:20:02Why, of course they were.
00:20:03There's no way you're getting nervous, Mr. Adams.
00:20:05I'm not nervous.
00:20:06I'm really trying to...
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...
00:20:17Here, take a look.
00:20:24It's, uh...
00:20:25It'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, has done something
00:20:38that he doesn't want anybody to know about.
00:20:40Now, 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.
00:20:54But if that man happens to have a really guilty conscience...
00:21:08Your 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.
00:21:24Well, the Z...
00:21:28Well, the Z stands for Zephyr.
00:21:30It's a family name.
00:21:33Zephyr?
00:21:33Uh, means a little wind, I believe.
00:21:36Oh!
00:21:41Quiet.
00:21:44Mr. Blackston, you're the owner and manager of the Crownport Auto and Supply Company?
00:21:48Yes.
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 there are people.
00:22:01Oh, 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.
00:22:21Mr. Blackston,
00:22:23your company sells most of the used cars and tractors in this town.
00:22:26Almost a monopoly, isn't it?
00:22:29I 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.
00:22:49Do you have in stock at this moment
00:22:51piston rings for the 1938 tractors you sold in this town?
00:22:55Hmm.
00:22:56Well, 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.
00:23:17And one 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.
00:23:32The 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?
00:23:55Counselor would seem to be correct.
00:23:58Oh, how...
00:23:59Oh, how...
00:24:00Oh, how...
00:24:02You put it over, Bill.
00:24:04Say, this will take care of Tom Cooney, too.
00:24:07You're telling me.
00:24:09Oh, what?
00:24:10Oh, I...
00:24:12Oh, there you go.
00:24:13There you go.
00:24:14There you go.
00:24:15There you go.
00:24:15There you go.
00:24:16There you go, Mr. Blackston.
00:24:22Oh, 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...
00:24:43I 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 on.
00:24:49Hey.
00:24:50Thank you, fella.
00:24:54You 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, seeing Blackston get trimmed,
00:25:07warm some hearts,
00:25:08and unloosen a couple of purse strings.
00:25:10The boys have kicked in for your campaign fun.
00:25:12You know what we're going to do
00:25:13with this beautiful stuff?
00:25:14We're going to get some posters printed.
00:25:15Great big ones.
00:25:16The kind that lift you right straight in the eye
00:25:18and follow you around.
00:25:25Why get frightened
00:25:26so Adams does win one rotten little case?
00:25:28Do you know what that case cost me?
00:25:30You can afford it.
00:25:31If 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.
00:25:46But if a lot of people start thinking
00:25:47of Bill Adams as the people's champion...
00:25:51Well, Jim,
00:25:52there was nothing else I could do.
00:25:54I 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
00:26:00in black and white.
00:26:01Oh, I'm not blaming you, Judge.
00:26:03It's just something to start thinking about,
00:26:06that's all.
00:26:06You think we'll have trouble?
00:26:09Well, now, look, boys.
00:26:11On 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
00:26:20like Tom Cooney's.
00:26:22I think you've got something there, Zephyr.
00:26:28We'll just have to show the boy
00:26:29that he's wrong.
00:27:09Miss 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.
00:27:25Here, let me take that.
00:27:26The car's over here.
00:27:27Oh, my God.
00:27:31Oh, my God.
00:27:39Oh, my God.
00:27:41Oh, my God.
00:27:46Oh, my God.
00:27:47Oh, my God.
00:27:47Oh, my God.
00:27:48Oh, my God.
00:27:50Oh, my God.
00:27:51Oh, my God.
00:28:00Do you think we should try to scoop some of that up?
00:28:06No, I guess not, huh?
00:28:10Well, 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! No, yes! Right here.
00:28:29Well, sorry to get off to such a bad start. I'm not always so clumsy.
00:28:35Oh, my hat!
00:28:38Oh, don't worry. We'll get her.
00:28:57Let's go.
00:28:58.
00:29:16.
00:29:16.
00:29:39Uh, how long have you worked for Mr. Grant?
00:29:46Two 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.
00:30:10I was going to drive you around the town, but 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 it very mildly, Mr. 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.
00:30:50Who's the girl with Adams?
00:30:52Don't know.
00:30:53What difference does it make?
00:30:57I'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.
00:31:16Oh, yeah?
00:31:29Nice work, pal.
00:31:40I 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?
00:31:56Just 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.
00:32:22Hey, 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?
00:32:28Oh, we'll just let them stew for a while, sergeant.
00:32:33Uh, Adams will probably want to get in touch with me.
00:32:36Uh, oh.
00:32:38Oh, he does, huh?
00:32:40Well, I'm out of town.
00:32:42You can't reach me anywhere.
00:32:44That's right.
00:32:45Over a night.
00:32:54Will 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.
00:33:14I 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.
00:33:39Yes, 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.
00:34:00Well, good evening, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:03I'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 soon.
00:34:15That's spectacular.
00:34:17Well, if it amuses you both, of course, it was quite worthwhile.
00:34:20I'm sorry.
00:34:22Sit down, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:23You, 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?
00:35:01Well, I suppose I am, but the boys are starting to play rough.
00:35:04Well, 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, perhaps 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.
00:36:03I'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, yes, certainly.
00:36:13You're welcome.
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.
00:36:34Kind 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.
00:37:02Good night.
00:37:04Good night.
00:37:26Wrong number.
00:37:27Mr. Adams, wake up. This is Mr. Grant.
00:37:30What?
00:37:32Wait a minute.
00:37:35Yeah?
00:37:39You 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.
00:38:124-13.
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.
00:38:34Hello.
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.
00:38:52Yes, sir.
00:38:54Right away.
00:38:56He wants the 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.
00:39:16Oh, Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:39:18My compliments to Mr. Swade, I don't eat fruit.
00:39:33He wants to send a glass.
00:39:34I don't know.
00:39:36No.
00:39:36He's gonna take another one.
00:39:36No.
00:39:36No.
00:39:36No.
00:39:37No.
00:39:57Oh, wait a minute, miss. I've got a bowl of food for you. Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:40:03My compliments to Mr. Swade? Tom, I've lost my appetite.
00:40:19I couldn't see nothing. They blacked out the runes.
00:40:25Tom, please. Now she's calling Grant.
00:40:33Yes, Miss Gilbert?
00:40:34Seven and a half.
00:40:35Same here. The 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. I'll be back.
00:40:53Oh, no.
00:40:54Oh.
00:40:59Let's go.
00:41:25Swate's hotel? Give me Mr. Grant's room.
00:41:28Mr. Grant, you were absolutely right. It's 9 and 2.
00:41:31Yeah, I'll be back in a minute.
00:41:34Oh, I think Mr. Swate's going to be a little sorry tomorrow that he's bringing those charges against us.
00:41:58Good afternoon, Ms. Gilbert. Mr. Grant, you're looking very beautiful, Ms. Gilbert.
00:42:02Really? I didn't sleep at all.
00:42:05Probably nervous exhaustion due to the unfortunate experience you underwent yesterday.
00:42:10Ever spent any time in jail, Mr. Swate?
00:42:14Ever been sued for false arrest, Mr. Swate?
00:42:16Ms. Gilbert, I made up my mind to drop the complaint against you.
00:42:19Well, what about the complaint against Mr. Adams? He spent a few hours in jail, too.
00:42:24You've got nobody but yourself to thank.
00:42:26You started it hitting Henry. I'll forget you hit me.
00:42:29He didn't hit you. I did.
00:42:32Well, I'll forget that, too, but...
00:42:34But six hours in jail is something I won't forget, Mr. Swate.
00:42:38I think $5,000 damages would be about right, Counselor, don't you?
00:42:42Well, I had thought of ten, but...
00:42:44No, I think $5,000 is enough.
00:42:46Oh, don't worry, Mr. Swate. I'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. Judge Hartley presiding.
00:43:03Case of Swate versus Gilbert and Adams.
00:43:10Judge, I move you throw my complaint out.
00:43:15The complaint against Ms. Gilbert?
00:43:17Yes, sir.
00:43:18Adams, too. We settled it by ourselves.
00:43:22Oh, is it a little, huh?
00:43:23Yeah.
00:43:24Wow.
00:43:27Case of Swate versus Gilbert and Adams. Dismissed.
00:43:32You can thank Ms. Gilbert for getting you off so easy.
00:43:35Thank you, Lucy.
00:43:40Oh, Roscoe.
00:43:42Just a minute, Roscoe. We're not quite through yet.
00:43:44Joe, serve the papers. I'm Mr. Swate.
00:43:47Roscoe Swate?
00:43:49What are you talking about?
00:43:51I took it. If I dropped my suit against you, you'd drop yours against me.
00:43:54Relax, Roscoe. This is another suit.
00:43:57Your Honor, I find that in the management of his hotel,
00:43:59Mr. Swate 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.
00:44:16All sheets provided in all hotels, hostelries, inns, or lodging houses
00:44:20shall be a minimum of nine feet in length.
00:44:27Seven and a half feet, Your Honor.
00:44:29All pillowcases shall be a minimum of three feet.
00:44:33Two and a half feet, Your Honor.
00:44:35There shall be a minimum distance between all twin beds of two feet.
00:44:39Now, the beds in my room at the Swate Hotel
00:44:42were scarcely half a foot apart, Your Honor.
00:44:43I couldn't bring them in evidence,
00:44:45but 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. You wait and see.
00:45:01Will the court warn the defendant
00:45:02that threats and intimidation are punishable by law?
00:45:05Quiet, Mr. Swate.
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.
00:45:15Are you prepared to face these charges at the present time?
00:45:20Yes.
00:45:21Do you plead guilty?
00:45:24Yes.
00:45:25And pay the clerk.
00:45:30Nice work, Counselor.
00:45:36Congratulations.
00:45:37Congratulations.
00:45:46Come.
00:46:07Well, this couldn't by any chance be a little gift from Mr. Swate.
00:46:12I thought we might end our celebration in style.
00:46:17What vintage is that, Miss?
00:46:19California, 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.
00:46:36To the next player of Crown Fort.
00:46:38Yes, who's learned to use his head and his law books.
00:46:44Well, to my rooting section.
00:46:48I think you're on the right track, Counselor.
00:46:51You keep the Connorsons busy on the little things
00:46:53and 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
00:47:00if 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.
00:47:08I'll be responsible for him, sir.
00:47:10Starting with breakfast.
00:47:14I think Lucy would probably like some more coffee.
00:47:18Yes, 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?
00:47:38I 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 some status?
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.
00:48:07It's got a lot of nice people in it.
00:48:09You've just seen the worst side of it.
00:48:11Like you?
00:48:12Uh-huh.
00:48:13No, but what I mean, Lucy, is...
00:48:16Well, 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.
00:48:32Now, we've been together for several hours,
00:48:35and nothing very spectacular has happened.
00:48:39Not near enough has happened.
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.
00:49:22Good morning, Herman.
00:49:24Well, goodbye, Mr. Adams.
00:49:25Oh, no.
00:49:27Oh, no.
00:49:27Mr. Grant said you were to look after me today.
00:49:29And what he says goes.
00:49:30He'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 than that.
00:49:36Much more.
00:49:41What does it?
00:49:43Wait, Bill.
00:49:46Hey!
00:49:47I've been trying to find you.
00:49:48Look.
00:49:49Hey, what's going on here?
00:49:50What do you think you're doing?
00:49:51You're being evicted.
00:49:53Here's your notice.
00:49:54Come on, boys.
00:49:55Don't take all day.
00:49:56Okay, folks.
00:49:58Because of the lumber I keep around,
00:49:59the place has attracted termites.
00:50:01How do you like that?
00:50:02It's fantastic.
00:50:04Look.
00:50:05Look, can't you just wait until I call Ridges
00:50:07and get this thing fixed up?
00:50:09Sure.
00:50:09You can call him at Swade's office,
00:50:11but 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
00:50:19until I can get another office.
00:50:20Sorry.
00:50:21Orders.
00:50:23Well, what difference does it make to you?
00:50:33Where's your telephone?
00:50:34Hi, over there.
00:50:35Thanks.
00:50:41Listen.
00:50:42Will you stop reading me the Constitution?
00:50:44I'm just following orders.
00:50:45Oh, I'm asking you to do it.
00:50:46Hello?
00:50:47Hello, is this the Andrews building?
00:50:49Give me the superintendent, please.
00:50:51Miss Gilbert!
00:50:52Miss Gilbert!
00:50:57I've been looking for you, Mr. Grant.
00:50:59They're evicting Bell.
00:51:00Evicting Bell?
00:51:01Why, what happened?
00:51:02Well, something 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.
00:51:25Oh, don't worry, though.
00:51:26I'll get another office.
00:51:27Hello, hello.
00:51:28This is William Adams.
00:51:29Yes, I want to rent an office.
00:51:32What?
00:51:33Oh, no vacancies.
00:51:35Can't we do something, Mr. Grant?
00:51:37Well, I don't know.
00:51:38Wait a minute.
00:51:39Be careful of those.
00:51:46No vacancies at all, huh?
00:51:49I see.
00:51:50Not 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, or I'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 room as temporary headquarters?
00:52:31Oh, well, that's awfully nice of me, 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.
00:52:54Well, you send my compliments right back to the mayor and tell him to...
00:52:59You tell Mayor Connison I'm staying right where I am, out on the street,
00:53:02and 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,
00:53:09and I'll try explaining it to him personally.
00:53:13Ladies and gentlemen, please, please,
00:53:15just 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?
00:53:21We'll hang my shingle on that lamppost.
00:53:23Bill Adams, get out of the junction.
00:53:25You won't be here two hours.
00:53:27I know that, sir, but 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.
00:53:35Now, keep out of trouble.
00:53:37I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:53:39Oh, 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, let me go.
00:53:45Here, let me take those.
00:53:47Watch this.
00:53:49Excuse me.
00:54:25Who pulled that?
00:54:26I'm Cooney.
00:54:27I'll get him.
00:54:28I'll get him.
00:54:36Thank you, volunteers.
00:54:38Thanks, grand.
00:54:39Come on, man.
00:55:13How is he, nurse?
00:55:14Oh, 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, 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.
00:55:33Oh, 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,
00:55:53up there on the platform, shooting 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.
00:56:09Do 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 for the arrest
00:56:43of Ridges, Swade, Blackston, and Mayor Connison.
00:56:46You're crazy.
00:56:47On what charges?
00:56:49Conspiracy, 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 and order me around.
00:57:05Do you realize I can have you arrested for disturbing the peace?
00:57:08All of you?
00:57:09Let's just postpone that, Judge.
00:57:10Ladies and gentlemen, will you excuse us for just a minute?
00:57:29Ladies and gentlemen, I have persuaded Judge Harkley
00:57:32to change his mind.
00:57:33He has kindly consented to release your candidate
00:57:36in time for the rally tonight.
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.
00:57:56Ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:58I mean my friend,
00:58:01For a long time,
00:58:03I've been hoping a man would come along,
00:58:05a young man,
00:58:07because like I always say,
00:58:09the future of our great country
00:58:12belongs to the young folks
00:58:14who could take over
00:58:15and give us old folks
00:58:17a chance to sit back
00:58:19and take things easy.
00:58:21Well,
00:58:22this year I said to myself,
00:58:24Jim,
00:58:26maybe this Bill Adams
00:58:27is the fellow.
00:58:29But he dashed my hopes
00:58:31and prayers to the ground.
00:58:33I saw that he's not
00:58:34the man we've been waiting for,
00:58:36that he's nothing but an agitator,
00:58:39a troublemaker,
00:58:40stirring up neighbors
00:58:41against each other.
00:58:42He said he'd be here tonight.
00:58:45I wish he was.
00:58:47I hoped that when I got up to talk,
00:58:50he'd be here on the platform with me
00:58:53to debate with me
00:58:54the issues so close to our hearts.
00:59:09Bill Adams,
00:59:10if you think you're going to break up this rally,
00:59:12you're crazy.
00:59:13Did you let him out?
00:59:15Mr. Mayor,
00:59:15I, uh...
00:59:17Well, Chief Perkins here,
00:59:18he's, uh...
00:59:20He's got a warrant
00:59:21for your arrest.
00:59:22And for the arrest
00:59:23of Blackston,
00:59:24Ridges, and Suede.
00:59:25Take your hands off me.
00:59:26Jim,
00:59:27I couldn't help it.
00:59:29Honestly,
00:59:30you'd just better come along.
00:59:35Attention, please.
00:59:37Quiet, quiet, everybody.
00:59:38My friend,
00:59:39I never thought
00:59:41he'd dare do this.
00:59:42But you can see
00:59:43for yourselves now
00:59:44to what lengths
00:59:46this radical will go
00:59:47to sabotage
00:59:49a peaceful meeting
00:59:50of the people.
00:59:50But I'm calling his bluff.
00:59:53I'm going to make him
00:59:55bring out the witnesses
00:59:56to prove this.
00:59:57As mayor of this town,
00:59:59I got a right
01:00:01to call a special hearing,
01:00:02and I do.
01:00:03So the issues
01:00:04will be clear
01:00:06when you go to the polls
01:00:07to vote tomorrow.
01:00:11And you'll be sorry
01:00:12you ever started this.
01:00:19Better remain with us,
01:00:20Mr. Hartley.
01:00:21We wouldn't want you
01:00:22to prejudice
01:00:22the mayor's testimony.
01:00:25Any place there, folks.
01:00:27All right, find a seat
01:00:28and sit down.
01:00:30Sit down.
01:00:32That Adam's work's
01:00:33just bluffing.
01:00:33He ain't got a thing
01:00:34on the mayor.
01:00:35No?
01:00:36All right, find a seat
01:00:37and sit down.
01:00:43Mr. Grant,
01:00:43I still don't understand.
01:00:58Order.
01:00:58Order of this hearing.
01:01:00We'll come to order.
01:01:05Judge Hartley.
01:01:07My friend,
01:01:08I'm not on trial here.
01:01:10Bill Adams
01:01:11has made accusations
01:01:12against me.
01:01:13He's had a warrant
01:01:15sworn out for my arrest.
01:01:16This is a hearing
01:01:17to show you
01:01:18that he has no proof
01:01:19of anything he says.
01:01:21But he's trying
01:01:22by a cheap trick
01:01:23to win an election
01:01:24he can't win
01:01:25by fair play.
01:01:26Judge Hartley.
01:01:27Mr. Mayor,
01:01:28you'll have to
01:01:29moderate your tone.
01:01:30This is very irregular.
01:01:33Step one side
01:01:33and clear the aisle, please.
01:01:46Mr. Connison,
01:01:47it's true
01:01:48that you are not
01:01:49formally on trial here.
01:01:51You asked for this hearing,
01:01:52you demanded
01:01:53by what right
01:01:54we had you arrested.
01:01:55We're here to tell you
01:01:57and to accuse you
01:01:58of conspiring
01:01:59against men
01:02:00who honestly oppose you,
01:02:01of inciting a riot
01:02:03with reckless disregard
01:02:04for human safety,
01:02:05of abusing the office
01:02:06to which you
01:02:07have been elected
01:02:08by the people
01:02:09of this town,
01:02:09and these accusations
01:02:11we are prepared
01:02:11to prove.
01:02:12I hate to see
01:02:13the old boy
01:02:13get himself involved
01:02:14like this.
01:02:15Don't worry
01:02:16about the old boy
01:02:17now, darling.
01:02:19Mr. Mayor,
01:02:21Mr. Grant
01:02:22has obtained
01:02:23confessions
01:02:23from these men.
01:02:25They have told
01:02:26Mr. Grant
01:02:27that acting
01:02:28on your orders,
01:02:29they started
01:02:30the riot this morning
01:02:31in order to make
01:02:32possible
01:02:32Mr. Adams' arrest.
01:02:34They have sworn
01:02:35to these facts.
01:02:36Because of this,
01:02:38Mr. Grant
01:02:39was able to demand
01:02:40a warrant
01:02:41for your arrest.
01:02:44Mr. Grant
01:02:45swore out
01:02:46a warrant
01:02:46for my arrest?
01:02:48A man who doesn't
01:02:49even live in our town.
01:02:51A meddling old fool
01:02:52who does nothing
01:02:53but shoot ducks
01:02:54and start trouble.
01:02:55Jim,
01:02:56don't say that.
01:02:57I'll say anything
01:02:58I please.
01:02:59I demand to know
01:03:00who this man is.
01:03:01Who is this Joe Grant?
01:03:03Jim,
01:03:04do yourself a favor.
01:03:05Don't ask.
01:03:06That's all right,
01:03:07Judge Hockley.
01:03:08Mr. Connison,
01:03:09it'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.
01:03:20Mr. Grant...
01:03:20Shut up!
01:03:21I'll ask all the questions
01:03:23I 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,
01:03:30an 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?
01:03:52Justice Grant,
01:03:53would you care to...
01:03:55No, no, no,
01:03:56thank you.
01:03:58Bill!
01:03:59Bill!
01:04:00Just throw some water on him,
01:04:01we'll see.
01:04:02He'll be all right.
01:04:09Your Honor,
01:04:11Mayor Connison,
01:04:13it's only right
01:04:14that you should know
01:04:15why I, a 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.
01:04:31That is no little honor.
01:04:34Men of fought revolutions
01:04:36have died
01:04:37to be called citizens.
01:04:39And as citizens,
01:04:40we 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.
01:04:51It 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.
01:04:56What 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 want.
01:05:05If we allow them
01:05:07to have their way
01:05:07to grow strong
01:05:08and vicious,
01:05:10then the heroic struggle
01:05:12which welded thousands
01:05:14of 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.
01:05:23The 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.
01:05:47I believe,
01:05:48Mayor Connison,
01:05:48that I've answered
01:05:49your question.
01:06:02Now, as soon as
01:06:03court adjourns,
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?
01:06:18Do you know your line, sir?
01:06:19Well, I ought to.
01:06:21I stayed up half
01:06:22tonight learning 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.
01:06:49Good morning, sir.
01:06:49Good morning, sir.
01:06:49Good morning, sir.
01:06:49Good morning, sir.
01:06:50Good morning, sir.
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