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A Southern lynch mob and a District Attorney say a Northern teacher killed a teenager.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Ward Greene, Robert Rossen, Aben Kandel

Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris
Transcript
00:03The whole town of Plodden is seething with frenzied excitement because of the horrible murder of Mary Clay, one of
00:09the town's prettiest girls.
00:10Her body was discovered in the Buxton Business College in which she had been a pupil.
00:14The unusual angles of the case of broad reporters from all over the country.
00:18The anger of the mob is at fever pitch.
00:21Hatred and prejudice run high.
00:23Sensational developments are expected.
00:25The fiery district attorney, Andrew Griffin, has taken personal charge of the investigation.
00:30He knows that this case can make him famous or send him to political oblivion.
00:34He'll stop at nothing to get a conviction.
00:37You had a date with Mary Clay yesterday at two o'clock.
00:40That's right.
00:40What did you do after that?
00:42Now, look, Mr. Griffin, I don't have nothing to do with it.
00:43I asked you what you did after that.
00:45I told you the truth, Mr. DeHoltz. I wouldn't have no reason to lie.
00:49Mary Clay was my girl. I told you the whole truth. You've got to believe me.
00:52You've gone through a lot with me, haven't you?
00:53I don't care. I'd go through it all again if I had to.
00:57Let's give ourselves a chance.
00:59We'll make friends.
01:00And you'll be happy.
01:02I'll make you happy.
01:03You should have thought of all this when you announced that if I couldn't solve this crime, you'd see to
01:07it that a man was placed in office who could.
01:09Well, I'm that man.
01:10And I've solved it.
01:12You should have thought of all these things before, gentlemen.
01:15But you didn't.
01:16Now you're frightened.
01:23Come all right.
01:31Do you.
01:32Oh, get away.
01:35Oh, get away.
01:39Take that.
01:39Go in.
01:42StopSte rejection.
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