- 7/25/2024
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00:02:11Well, gentlemen, Justice Grant, we understand you declined to preside at the Danville investigation.
00:02:16There's some speculation as to your reasons.
00:02:18Well, there needn't be. I've had a long, hard year. 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. How 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?
00:02:37Well, there are plenty of ducks and no reporters.
00:02:40When are you leaving?
00:02:42A moment after you do.
00:02:45Good day, sir.
00:02:54Miss Gilbert, what is this nonsense? What 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?
00:03:05Justice 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 a fine future.
00:03:29Now, if there isn't anything else, can I go?
00:03:33Oh, you wanted to look over the Hale and Twine opinions, sir.
00:03:36They won't be back from the printer till next week.
00:03:38Oh, yes, they'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.
00:03:48No, no, no. You need a vacation, too.
00:03:51From me.
00:03:53I don't mind at all.
00:03:55Miss Gilbert, are you heaping coals of fire on my head?
00:03:59I wouldn't dream of it, sir.
00:04:03Oh, I'll warn you before I come.
00:04:05Thank you.
00:04:06Miss Gilbert.
00:04:07Yes, sir.
00:04:08No one must know where I'm going.
00:04:10No one.
00:04:11I want to get away from courtrooms, investigations, lawyers, black robes, everything.
00:04:24Everything but ducks.
00:04:28Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful ducks.
00:04:34Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
00:04:37Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
00:04:43Hey, you!
00:04:44Wait a minute.
00:04:50I'm Warren Todd.
00:04:52Game inspector.
00:04:53Let's see your license.
00:04:58Yeah, just like I thought.
00:05:00Stranger in town, ain't you?
00:05:02Well, I just bought it yesterday at the state capitol.
00:05:04Yeah, I know, mister, but this is Crownport,
00:05:06and you've got to have a Crownport stamp on there.
00:05:08Well, I didn't know that.
00:05:09I'll get one tomorrow.
00:05:10Well, but it ain't going to do you any good today.
00:05:13You know, I could haul you into court
00:05:15and let the judge slap a fine on you.
00:05:17But to save wear and tear on my tires,
00:05:18suppose I sell you one right here.
00:05:20It only cost you $5.
00:05:22You know, the $5 is just for the stamp.
00:05:24I usually get a little something for my trouble, too.
00:05:28Well, you don't understand.
00:05:29I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:31There.
00:05:32I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:33Come on.
00:05:34Well, look.
00:05:35Let me explain it to you.
00:05:37Well, you don't understand.
00:05:38I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:40There.
00:05:41I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:42Come on.
00:05:43Well, look.
00:05:44Let me explain it to you.
00:06:07Your Honor, it's not as though my client were trying
00:06:09to evade his financial obligations.
00:06:12Tom Cooney has been a member of this community for many years.
00:06:15And in all that time, his honesty and his responsibility
00:06:18has never been questioned.
00:06:19Now, he intends to make good the payments on these plowers.
00:06:23But he's been sick, unable to work.
00:06:25Now, if the court could just grant him an extension.
00:06:27The law doesn't recognize good intentions.
00:06:30I shouldn't have to remind you of that, Mr. Adams.
00:06:32You're supposed to be the judge.
00:06:34I shouldn't have to remind you of that, Mr. Adams.
00:06:36You're supposed to be a lawyer.
00:06:37But, Your Honor, am I not justified in asking
00:06:40the court's indulgence in this case?
00:06:42If you take Tom Cooney's farm tools away from him,
00:06:45you 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.
00:06:57This agreement stated if he missed a payment on those plows,
00:07:00Mr. Blackston could take them back.
00:07:02Is that right, Mr. Cooney?
00:07:04Well, yes, Your Honor, but...
00:07:06All right, Counselor.
00:07:08Judgment against Thomas Cooney.
00:07:10But it... it was just one payment.
00:07:13If you'd give me a chance to...
00:07:15I don't care whether you say it's fair or not. It ain't.
00:07:18Get him out of here.
00:07:19Come on, Tom. This isn't gonna help.
00:07:21I know it ain't gonna help.
00:07:22Nothing's gonna help in a town like this.
00:07:24Officer.
00:07:25Come on.
00:07:26Let go of me.
00:07:27Come on.
00:07:28Looks like you just lost yourself another vote, fella.
00:07:30Come on.
00:07:31I know it ain't right.
00:07:32I know it ain't right.
00:07:32Crownport versus Joe Grant.
00:07:34Step up, Joe Grant.
00:07:43Name?
00:07:45Joe Grant.
00:07:47Shooting ducks without a Crownport permit.
00:07:50I didn't get a chance to shoot.
00:07:52You were going to.
00:07:53Of 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.
00:08:03$100 or 30 days.
00:08:09Which one of you gentlemen do I pay?
00:08:12The clerk.
00:08:14You should have bought it from me in the first place.
00:08:16Save yourself a lot of dough.
00:08:18I assume that this $100 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.
00:08:37Crownport versus Burton Lyon.
00:08:39Step up, Burton Lyon.
00:08:46Hi, Tom.
00:08:52I'm sorry it turned out that way.
00:08:55I guess that's the only way it could have turned out.
00:08:57No, I thought we had a chance, but I guess I should have known.
00:09:01What are you going to do now?
00:09:04The farm's no good to me without the tools to work it.
00:09:08I guess I'll lose it.
00:09:10The bank will start yelling for its money pretty soon.
00:09:14You know, Bill, sometimes there's just more than a man can stand.
00:09:19I've got to think of something to do.
00:09:22If I could only...
00:09:23Yeah, I know, Tom, I know.
00:09:25Look, why don't you come by the office later on? We'll talk about it, huh?
00:09:40Hello, boys.
00:09:48Shave, Homer.
00:09:51I hear poor Tom Cooney lost his case.
00:09:54Yeah, he'll probably lose his farm now, too.
00:09:57It's a shame.
00:09:59You know, Homer, that's what I like about the fellas around your shop.
00:10:02They enjoy the good things of life.
00:10:04Like a guy who can't meet his mortgage
00:10:06or a poor farmer getting ripped out of his plows.
00:10:09Maybe if Cooney had a real sharp lawyer.
00:10:11Maybe if we had a bank that would extend an honest man credit
00:10:14or a judge that would give him a break.
00:10:16Talk like that isn't going to get you any votes, Adams.
00:10:18If I could afford a 50-cent cigar, I could get yours.
00:10:29Just the shave.
00:10:30Sure, mister.
00:10:31Stranger in town?
00:10:33Yeah.
00:10:34Aiming to stay long?
00:10:36Long enough to get a shave.
00:10:39Great little town, isn't it, old-timer?
00:10:42Yeah, Judge Harkley really gave you a welcome, didn't he?
00:10:45And our constable, Orrin Todds, that's Homer's cousin.
00:10:49He's all law and order.
00:10:51Regular minute man, isn't he, Homer?
00:10:54How many minutes did it take before he tried to shake you down?
00:10:57It's a shame.
00:10:58Ever notice how a fella who can't make a living in a town
00:11:00always tries to run her down?
00:11:04You know, Mr. Grant, isn't it?
00:11:07Yeah.
00:11:08Mr. Grant, it might be fun to bust up
00:11:10one of the constable's little rackets.
00:11:12How about being a guinea pig?
00:11:13Let me turn this into a test case.
00:11:15Mister, there ain't a case this adamant's chaser wouldn't take.
00:11:17There was two bucks and a vote in it for him.
00:11:20How's it, boys?
00:11:21Howdy, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:23Uh, much of a wait, Homer?
00:11:24We'll be there in a minute, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:26Hello there, my worthy opponent.
00:11:28I'm sorry about Tom Cooney.
00:11:30I hope he doesn't go to pieces over this.
00:11:32Well, he's really got something to go to pieces over.
00:11:34You know, it's a funny thing about some fellas.
00:11:36No matter where you put them, everything goes wrong for them.
00:11:38How are you, Tom?
00:11:39You looking for me?
00:11:40I'll be with you in a minute.
00:11:41Yeah.
00:11:42Look, Mr. Mayor, I...
00:11:44If there's anything I can do for you,
00:11:46if you're in need of a little reddy cash or something...
00:11:48I don't want charity. I just want...
00:11:50You can't change the law, Tom.
00:11:51You're the mayor.
00:11:52But I'm not a nursemaid to every man in town
00:11:54who can't take care of himself.
00:11:56All right, Cooney, that's enough.
00:11:58Now beat it. Keep your hands off me.
00:12:00Let him alone, Blackstone.
00:12:03No, don't.
00:12:05This is all my fault.
00:12:13I wish you hadn't had to do that, honey.
00:12:15Ah, he's had it coming to him for a long time.
00:12:19That boy is turning into an awful radical.
00:12:22You could tell that by the speech he made
00:12:24accepting the nomination.
00:12:25Well, that kind of talk is never going to make a mayor a crown for it.
00:12:28Well, it's too bad.
00:12:29I mean, it's a shame.
00:12:30I mean, it's a shame.
00:12:31It's a shame.
00:12:32It's a shame.
00:12:33It's a shame.
00:12:34It's a shame.
00:12:35It's a shame.
00:12:36It's a shame.
00:12:37It's a shame.
00:12:38It's a shame.
00:12:39It's a shame.
00:12:40It's a shame.
00:12:41It's a shame.
00:12:42It's a shame.
00:12:43Nothing I'd like better than to see some bright, young fella
00:12:46come along who can take my place.
00:12:49But Bill Adams...
00:12:50Take a man to fill your shoes, Mr. Mayor.
00:13:01Ned Darrow dropped in this morning.
00:13:04He said to give you his regards.
00:13:06What's my bill?
00:13:13Just a shave?
00:13:14Yes.
00:13:15Fifty cents.
00:13:16Hey mister, I said fifty cents, not a quarter.
00:13:21Guess you made a mistake, friend.
00:13:25No, you made the mistake, friend.
00:13:30You picked the wrong customer that time, Homer.
00:13:36This fellow in ten years ever slipped a bash on me.
00:14:07Come on in, old-timer.
00:14:09Thank you.
00:14:17Well, uh, you interested in boats?
00:14:20Yeah.
00:14:22That's a rather interesting model.
00:14:24She's the Columbia, a square-rigged foremaster.
00:14:28Nice work.
00:14:29Oh, and here's a nice one.
00:14:32This is a Barquentine, former square-rigged, the other mast fore-and-aft rig.
00:14:36Rather unusual.
00:14:37For sale?
00:14:38Oh, no, no, no.
00:14:40No, they're not that good.
00:14:41It's only a hobby, just for fun.
00:14:43I see you're running for mayor.
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47Sort of a hobby, too, just for fun?
00:14:50No, not quite.
00:14:53Uh, Mayor Coniston, you saw him in the barbershop.
00:14:57He and his boys have been running this town for a long time.
00:15:00Must be pretty tough for anybody who comes up against them.
00:15:02Yes, I gather there's much.
00:15:04Well, a lot of people have been getting tired of it.
00:15:06I haven't much time myself.
00:15:07The army's going to grab me in a couple of months,
00:15:10but I thought I might at least get the ball rolling
00:15:13and for once give them a fight.
00:15:15But not too much of a fight.
00:15:19Something you wanted to see me about, Mr. Garrett?
00:15:21In the barbershop, Mr. Adams,
00:15:23you mentioned the fact that you might like to make a test case of my fine.
00:15:27Were you serious?
00:15:28Yes.
00:15:29I 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?
00:15:43Oh, no, no.
00:15:44They had a right to fine you.
00:15:46The fact that I was unfamiliar with the law?
00:15:48Oh, no, that's no excuse, obviously.
00:15:50Obviously.
00:15:51Then 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.
00:16:07In the meanwhile, you can always make a living as a carpenter.
00:16:11Hiya, Bill.
00:16:12Oh, you busy?
00:16:14No, Charlie, come on in.
00:16:16Mr. Grant, Charlie Craig, my campaign manager.
00:16:19How do you do, sir?
00:16:20Hi.
00:16:21Any new votes, Charlie?
00:16:22About enough to fill a dog's ear.
00:16:23Say, I just heard about Tom Cooney.
00:16:24Yeah, he's taking it pretty hard.
00:16:25I signed the same kind of note he did,
00:16:27so it don't look so good for that tractor of mine, either.
00:16:29You couldn't get me a couple weeks' postponement, could you?
00:16:32I'll try, Charlie, but there's no use appealing to Blackston,
00:16:34not with the way he's got his business set up.
00:16:36His hopping on my tail wouldn't burn me
00:16:38if I hadn't had so much trouble with that tractor.
00:16:40Every time I needed a spare part, I had to send for it myself.
00:16:43Blackston never carried them in stock.
00:16:45Did Blackston promise you such service?
00:16:48No, there's nothing in the contract about providing service.
00:16:51Has Blackston lived up to all his legal obligations
00:16:54as seller of the tractor?
00:16:56Well, sir...
00:16:57You sound like a lawyer yourself, Mr. Grant.
00:17:00Yes, well, I was about 20 years ago.
00:17:03Well, maybe you could give Bill here a pointer or two.
00:17:06Anyway, I'm glad to have met you.
00:17:08Be seeing you, Mr. Mayor.
00:17:09I'm going out and see if I can't agitate a few votes for you.
00:17:14Well, Mr. Grant, since you have some knowledge of the law,
00:17:16you've probably decided there's nothing much I can do for you.
00:17:19Well, what about Craig?
00:17:21What are you going to do about him?
00:17:23What can I do for him?
00:17:24With Harkley on the bench, you saw what happened to Tom Cooney.
00:17:27You can't blame that on Judge Harkley.
00:17:29You went into that courtroom without a defense.
00:17:31That's why you got whipped.
00:17:32Well, then I guess I'll get whipped again.
00:17:34I guess you will.
00:17:35You're not much of a fighter, are you, Mr. Adams?
00:17:38Except in barbershop brawls.
00:17:40Oh, stop it.
00:17:41You can't fight brass knuckles with spitballs.
00:17:43The trick in this town is either to play the game their way,
00:17:46and I haven't the stomach for that,
00:17:47or to be as smart as they are.
00:17:48The trick, Mr. Adams, is to be smarter.
00:17:53Well, does that wind up your business,
00:17:55or are you going to stay and give me the first five lessons
00:17:57on how to win friends and influence judges?
00:17:59No, Mr. Adams, I'm not.
00:18:01Those lessons have been written, and very well written,
00:18:04in books like this and all the others.
00:18:07And somewhere in one of them, there's a lesson
00:18:09mentioning that in any transaction
00:18:11between a seller and a buyer,
00:18:13there are laws governing the behavior of both parties.
00:18:16But I doubt if you can keep afloat long enough to find it.
00:18:20You know, Mr. Adams, I've seen you in action now
00:18:23as a lawyer, as a candidate for mayor,
00:18:26and as a shipbuilder.
00:18:27And if you'll take my advice, you'll stick to shipbuilding.
00:18:30There's a great future in it, for lawyers.
00:18:46Excuse me, sir, for breaking in like this,
00:18:48but I think I found it.
00:18:53Yes, yes, that covers it.
00:18:56You said you hadn't practiced law for 20 years.
00:18:58Imagine remembering a thing like that.
00:19:01Have you had dinner, Mr. Adams?
00:19:03No, thanks. Not hungry.
00:19:05I think this will cover it.
00:19:07It should work.
00:19:09I'm sure it will.
00:19:11I'm sure it will.
00:19:13I think this will cover it.
00:19:15It should work, but...
00:19:17I've been battered 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?
00:19:27Well, 28 years, with time off for college and law school.
00:19:32Never established residence in any other state?
00:19:35No.
00:19:36You're sure of that?
00:19:38Well, of course.
00:19:43Well, 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?
00:19:50Well, sure.
00:19:52I didn't pay anything in 1940. I didn't earn enough,
00:19:54but I filed a return.
00:19:56And your figures were honest, correct,
00:19:59and would bear investigation?
00:20:01What? Why, of course they were.
00:20:03You're getting nervous, Mr. Adams.
00:20:05I'm not nervous. I'm merely trying...
00:20:06Yes, yes, you are. You're flustered.
00:20:08You're raising your voice.
00:20:09Why shouldn't I raise my voice?
00:20:10You've as good as accused me of falsifying my income tax.
00:20:12I've accused you of nothing, Mr. Adams.
00:20:14Now, look, I don't know what you have on there, but I want to tell you...
00:20:16Take a look.
00:20:23It's, uh...
00:20:25It's an old trick that Justice Brandeis used to play.
00:20:29I read about it in Collier's once.
00:20:32You see, it's an unfortunate fact, Mr. Adams,
00:20:34that every man, even you and I,
00:20:37has done something that he doesn't want anybody to know about.
00:20:40Now, if you can make him think that you're holding in your hand
00:20:44the skeleton in his closet...
00:20:46You've got him.
00:20:48Well, let's say at least you've got him squirming,
00:20:51nervous, worried, as you were.
00:20:54But if that man happens to have a really guilty conscience...
00:20:59Your full name is Vincent Z. Blackston?
00:21:01Yeah.
00:21:03Tell me, Mr. Blackston, what does the Z stand for?
00:21:08Do I have to answer that, Your Honor?
00:21:10Well, it can be your objection. Surely you have nothing to hide.
00:21:16Well, the Z...
00:21:20Well, the Z stands for...
00:21:24Well, the Z...
00:21:28Well, the Z stands for Zephyr.
00:21:30It's a family name.
00:21:32Zephyr.
00:21:34It means a little wind, I believe.
00:21:41Quiet.
00:21:44Mr. Blackston, you're the owner and manager of the Crownport Auto and Supply Company?
00:21:47Yes.
00:21:49The sole owner?
00:21:51Well, sure, of course.
00:21:54No silent partners?
00:21:57No.
00:21:59Well, of course there are people...
00:22:01Well, then you're not the sole owner.
00:22:03I didn't say that. I just said...
00:22:05It's very strange to me, Mr. Blackston.
00:22:07You don't know whether you own your own business or not.
00:22:09I object. That question is irrelevant, immaterial,
00:22:12and 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 piston rings
00:22:51for the 1938 tractors you sold in this town?
00:22:55Well, Mr. Blackston?
00:22:57Well, 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 they need them.
00:23:04Yes, but sometimes your customers have to wait.
00:23:06Sure, it takes two weeks.
00:23:08If I ain't got them,
00:23:10how come they have them?
00:23:12An intelligent answer, Mr. Blackston,
00:23:14and an honest one.
00:23:16One which will require the court to enter judgment against you in this case.
00:23:20Will Counselor explain that statement?
00:23:23Certainly, Your Honor.
00:23:28Motor Vehicle Laws, 1919, Chapter 174, Section 52.
00:23:32The sale of any automobile or any other automotive vehicle
00:23:35is void unless the dealer carries in stock at all times
00:23:39and on demand parts that may be needed
00:23:42to repair the particular make of vehicle.
00:23:44Will you let me see that reference?
00:23:54Counselor would seem to be correct.
00:24:02You put it over, Bill.
00:24:04Say, this will take care of Tom Cooney, too.
00:24:07You're telling me!
00:24:14Mr. Grant!
00:24:22Oh, Mr. Grant!
00:24:27I thought you were going hunting.
00:24:29All the ducks are inside today.
00:24:31I see you winged a couple yourself.
00:24:33Oh, it's nothing really big.
00:24:35Who am I kidding?
00:24:37I'm so tickled I feel like a combination of Superman
00:24:39and a member of the Supreme Court.
00:24:42Really, I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Grant.
00:24:44Oh, no need to, my boy.
00:24:46First time I've enjoyed a cauldron in years.
00:24:48Hey, William!
00:24:49Hey!
00:24:50Thank you, fella.
00:24:53You know what this stuff is?
00:24:55No, Mr. Grant, he wouldn't.
00:24:56William, 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.
00:25:02You get it?
00:25:03What I don't get is where you got it.
00:25:05Well, seeing bikes and get trim,
00:25:07warm some hearts and unloosen a couple of purse strings.
00:25:09The boys have kicked in for your campaign fund.
00:25:11You know what we're going to do with this beautiful stuff?
00:25:13We're going to get some posters printed, great big ones.
00:25:15The kind that look you right straight in the eye
00:25:17and follow you around.
00:25:24Why get frightened?
00:25:25So Adams does win one rotten little case.
00:25:27Do you know what that case cost me?
00:25:29You can afford it.
00:25:31If it had happened to your hotel, Roscoe,
00:25:33you'd scream like a stuck pig.
00:25:35Stop it, stop it.
00:25:37Seriously, Jim,
00:25:39you don't see Adams as real competition.
00:25:42Well, as things stand now, no.
00:25:44But if a lot of people start thinking of Bill Adams
00:25:47as the people's champion,
00:25:49well, Jim, there was nothing else I could do.
00:25:53I can give you boys the edge
00:25:55when it's a question of interpretation,
00:25:57but not when the law is right there in black and white.
00:26:00Oh, I'm not blaming you, Judge.
00:26:02It's just something to start thinking about, that's all.
00:26:05You think we'll have trouble?
00:26:07Well, now look, boys.
00:26:09On second thought,
00:26:11we may be getting all steamed up for nothing.
00:26:14Yeah.
00:26:16But suppose he opens a lot of old cases like Tom Cooney's.
00:26:20I think you've got something there, Zephyr.
00:26:26We'll just have to show the boy that he's wrong.
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00:27:08Uh, Miss Gilbert?
00:27:10No.
00:27:14Miss Gilbert?
00:27:16Yes?
00:27:18Oh, that's better. That's much better.
00:27:20I'm Bill Adams. Mr. Grant asked me to meet you.
00:27:23Yes, I know.
00:27:25Here, let me take that. The car's over here.
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00:27:57Uh, is it...
00:27:59Do you think we should try to scoop some of that up?
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00:28:05Uh, no, I guess not, huh?
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00:28:09Well, everything seems to be under control, but...
00:28:12Would it be all right with you if we went to your car now?
00:28:15The car? Oh, no.
00:28:17No, yes. Right here.
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00:28:28Uh, sorry to get off to such a bad start.
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00:30:23You are running for mayor?
00:30:30Mm-hmm.
00:30:31Surprised?
00:30:32That's putting it very mildly, Mr. Adams.
00:30:35Well, make the most of it, lady,
00:30:37because that's likely to be the only surprise you'll get in this town.
00:30:49Who's the girl with Adams?
00:30:51Don't know.
00:30:52What difference does it make?
00:30:56I'd like a room, please, by the day.
00:30:58No baggage?
00:31:00I don't register women without baggage in my hotel.
00:31:04Henry, show this lady out.
00:31:06But you don't understand.
00:31:07Yes, I do.
00:31:09Why, you...
00:31:10Please, Mr. Adams, let me explain.
00:31:12Come on, sister, beat it.
00:31:14Take your hands off her.
00:31:15Oh, yeah?
00:31:22Come on, come on.
00:31:28Nice work, pal.
00:31:40I tell you, you can't do this.
00:31:41No thanks in the face, mister.
00:31:43Oh, but, officer.
00:31:45Hey, officer!
00:31:47Hey, sergeant.
00:31:48Sergeant, 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, what a gal.
00:32:13And what a wallop.
00:32:15Yeah, Miss Gee, you're really some scrapper.
00:32:22Say, Roscoe Swade asked me to call you, judge.
00:32:24We've got Bill Adams in here with a dame, salt and battery.
00:32:27How long do you want us to hold him here?
00:32:29Oh, we'll just let them stew for a while, sergeant.
00:32:33Adams will probably want to get in touch with me.
00:32:37Oh, he does, huh?
00:32:40Well, I'm out of town.
00:32:42You can't reach me anywhere.
00:32:44That's right, overnight.
00:32:51Will you have the chef prepare a couple of these
00:32:54for tomorrow night's dinner?
00:32:56And I'll have my key, please.
00:32:58Yes, sir.
00:33:00What, uh, what room did you put Miss Gilbert in?
00:33:03Gilbert?
00:33:04Gilbert.
00:33:05There's no Miss Gilbert registered.
00:33:07Well, that's strange.
00:33:09Anything wrong, Mr. Grant?
00:33:11Why, yes, I was expecting my secretary today.
00:33:13Mr. Adams was to have met her.
00:33:16Your, your secretary?
00:33:18Yeah, Miss, uh, Miss Gilbert, Miss Lucy Gilbert.
00:33:20Have you heard from her?
00:33:21No, no, not exactly.
00:33:23Well, that is, she was here, but...
00:33:25Where is she?
00:33:26Well, Mr. Grant, you see, we, uh, we had a little trouble.
00:33:29Where is she?
00:33:32She's with Adams in the county jail.
00:33:35Well, you get them out of there, and fast.
00:33:37Yes, sir.
00:33:38Yes, sir, right away.
00:33:40Bertie, get me Judge Harkley, quick.
00:33:43Yes, sir.
00:33:47Come in.
00:33:53Good evening, Mr. Grant.
00:33:55Well, good evening, Miss Gilbert.
00:33:57I'm sorry I couldn't meet you at the station.
00:34:02So am I, sir.
00:34:04However, Mr. Adams seems to have made your introduction to Crownport
00:34:08quite spectacular.
00:34:11Well, it amuses you both.
00:34:12Of course, it was quite worthwhile.
00:34:14I'm sorry.
00:34:16Sit down, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:18You, uh, you seem tired.
00:34:21What, what happened?
00:34:23Well, when I said the boys were, were playing with brass knuckles,
00:34:26I wasn't kidding.
00:34:28Look, I win a case from Blackstone.
00:34:30That makes a good impression around town.
00:34:32So I walk into Suede's Hotel.
00:34:34Roscoe says something, provokes a fight,
00:34:36and I land in jail.
00:34:38Well, Roscoe says something, provokes a fight,
00:34:40and I land in jail.
00:34:41That's the way Crownport's 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 Suede, Connison, and company
00:34:53are 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,
00:35:06you can always go back to your shipbuilding.
00:35:09Yes, I guess I could.
00:35:11But right now, I'm going to go home and get some sleep.
00:35:13Miss Gilbert and I have a date in court tomorrow.
00:35:16Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:35:17Don't hold me against Crownport.
00:35:19Good night, sir.
00:35:29Your notes.
00:35:31Perhaps you'd like to go over them.
00:35:34I gather somehow that you're not very much drawn to Mr. Adams.
00:35:39My personal reactions to him aren't important, sir.
00:35:43Well, I wouldn't be too hasty.
00:35:45He attracts too much trouble.
00:35:47He certainly does.
00:35:49His whole approach is wrong.
00:35:51He shuts his eyes and wades in and slugs.
00:35:54But he has good stuff.
00:35:57Do you think it wise to get involved with his problems?
00:36:00After all, you are on your vacation.
00:36:02Oh, I'm not involved.
00:36:04I'm just trying to give the boy a push.
00:36:07Come in.
00:36:09May I turn your bed down, sir?
00:36:11Oh, yes, yes, certainly.
00:36:14Good night, Mr. Grant.
00:36:15Good night.
00:36:17Oh.
00:36:18I'm all right.
00:36:23Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:36:33Kind of skimpy, isn't it?
00:36:35They just ain't long enough, none of them.
00:36:38I keep a-tellin', Mr. Swade.
00:36:41Well, there, that'll have to do.
00:36:43Good night, sir.
00:36:45Hope you rest well.
00:36:46Thank you.
00:37:02Wrong number.
00:37:27Mr. Adams, wake up.
00:37:28This is Mr. Grant.
00:37:30What?
00:37:32Wait a minute.
00:37:35Yeah?
00:37:38You want me to what?
00:37:40I said get into your clothes, get two yardsticks.
00:37:43Yardsticks.
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, uh, I'll pay in advance.
00:38:12413.
00:38:13What's the matter, Roscoe?
00:38:15You don't seem at all happy to see me.
00:38:17I, uh, dropped my luggage, too.
00:38:25Why should he sleep here with yardsticks?
00:38:27He's got a place of his own.
00:38:34Hello?
00:38:35Get me Miss Gilbert's room, please.
00:38:36Where do we start?
00:38:38Why should he want to talk to her in the middle of the night?
00:38:44I don't know, but...
00:38:48It's Grant.
00:38:50Yes, Mr. Grant.
00:38:52Yes, sir.
00:38:54Right away.
00:38:56He wants a bellboy right away.
00:38:58He wants to send something to Miss Gilbert's room.
00:39:00They're up to something.
00:39:01I know they are.
00:39:06Henry.
00:39:13Take this yardstick to Miss Gilbert.
00:39:15Yes, sir.
00:39:16Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:39:18My compliments to Mr. Swade.
00:39:19I don't eat fruit.
00:39:49Thanks.
00:39:50Oh, wait a minute, Miss.
00:39:51I've got a bowl of fruit for you.
00:39:53Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:39:55My compliments to Mr. Swade.
00:39:57Tom, I've lost my appetite.
00:40:13I couldn't see nothing.
00:40:20They blacked out the rooms.
00:40:25Number plate.
00:40:27Now she's calling Grant.
00:40:32Yes, Miss Gilbert?
00:40:34Seven and a half.
00:40:35Same here.
00:40:36And the other?
00:40:37Two and a half.
00:40:40Maybe it's a code.
00:40:45Oh, don't worry, Roscoe.
00:40:46I'll be back.
00:41:09Swade's Hotel?
00:41:25Give me Mr. Grant's room.
00:41:26Mr. Grant, you were absolutely right.
00:41:29It's nine and two.
00:41:30Yeah, I'll be back in a minute.
00:41:32Oh, I think Mr. Swade's going to be a little sorry tomorrow
00:41:36that he's bringing those charges against us.
00:41:57Good afternoon, Miss Gilbert, Mr. Grant.
00:41:59You're looking very beautiful, Miss Gilbert.
00:42:01Really?
00:42:02I didn't sleep at all.
00:42:03Probably nervous exhaustion due to the unfortunate experience you underwent yesterday.
00:42:08Ever spent any time in jail, Mr. Swade?
00:42:12Ever been sued for false arrest, Mr. Swade?
00:42:14Miss Gilbert, I've made up my mind to drop the complaint against you.
00:42:18Well, what about the complaint against Mr. Adams?
00:42:20He spent a few hours in jail, too.
00:42:22You've got nobody but yourself to thank.
00:42:24You started it, hitting Henry.
00:42:25I'll forget you hit me.
00:42:27He didn't hit you.
00:42:28I did.
00:42:31Well, I'll forget that, too, but...
00:42:33But six hours in jail is something I won't forget, Mr. Swade.
00:42:37I think $5,000 damages would be about right, Counselor, don't you?
00:42:41Well, I had thought of ten, but...
00:42:43No, I think five was enough.
00:42:45Oh, don't worry, Mr. Swade.
00:42:47I'll see that the money goes to a good cause.
00:42:49I'll invest it in war bonds.
00:42:57Court is now in session.
00:42:59Judge Hartley presiding.
00:43:02Case of Swade v. Gilbert and Adams.
00:43:10Judge, I move you throw my complaint out.
00:43:15The complaint against Miss Gilbert?
00:43:16Yes. Adams, too.
00:43:18We settled it by ourselves.
00:43:21Both of them, huh?
00:43:22Yes.
00:43:23Wow.
00:43:27Case of Swade v. Gilbert and Adams dismissed.
00:43:32You can thank Miss Gilbert for getting you off so easy.
00:43:35Thank you, Lucy.
00:43:39Oh, uh, Roscoe.
00:43:41Uh, just a minute, Roscoe.
00:43:43We're not quite through yet.
00:43:44Uh, Joe, serve the papers on Mr. Swade.
00:43:47Roscoe Swade?
00:43:49What are you talking about?
00:43:51I forget if I dropped my suit against you, you'd drop yours against me.
00:43:54Relax, Roscoe.
00:43:55This is another suit.
00:43:56Your Honor, I find that in the management of his hotel,
00:43:59Mr. Swade is in violation of several important laws.
00:44:02Oh, what 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.
00:44:26Seven and a half feet, Your Honor.
00:44:29All pillowcases shall be a minimum of three feet.
00:44:32Two 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 Swade Hotel were scarcely half a foot apart, Your Honor.
00:44:43I, uh, couldn't bring them in evidence,
00:44:45but I have witnesses who can testify as to my veracity.
00:44:48Well, let me see this reference, certainly.
00:44:59You'll be sorry for this.
00:45:00You wait and see.
00:45:01Will the court warn the defendant that threats and intimidation are punishable by law?
00:45:05Now, quiet, Mr. Swade.
00:45:07And don't you tell me how to run my court.
00:45:10The law provides a fine of $50.
00:45:12For each offense.
00:45:15Are you prepared to face these charges at the present time?
00:45:20Yes.
00:45:21Do you plead guilty?
00:45:24Yes.
00:45:26And pay the clerk?
00:45:31Nice work, counselor.
00:45:37Congratulations.
00:45:38Thank you.
00:45:51Now, file recess.
00:45:58Well, this couldn't by any chance be a little gift from Mr. Swade.
00:46:12I thought we might end our celebration in style.
00:46:16What, uh, what vintage is that, miss?
00:46:18California, 1938.
00:46:20Here, I'll do it, miss.
00:46:25I'm an amateur.
00:46:26The bottle resents me.
00:46:30Well, it's hot anyway.
00:46:34Thank you.
00:46:37To the next player of Crown Court.
00:46:39Yes, 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.
00:46:51Mr. Connison's busy on the little things and they won't have time for the bigger ones.
00:46:55Neither will I.
00:46:57Well, I think I'd like to do a little hunting in the morning if you can keep your life fairly quiet for one day.
00:47:03Well, I'll try.
00:47:05Lucy might keep an eye on me.
00:47:07That'd help.
00:47:09I'll be responsible for him, sir.
00:47:10Starting with breakfast.
00:47:14I, uh, I think Lucy would probably like some more coffee.
00:47:18Uh, yes, I would.
00:47:20Uh, it'll just keep you awake.
00:47:23Well, good night.
00:47:24Good night.
00:47:25Good night, sir.
00:47:31More coffee?
00:47:32Uh.
00:47:38I suppose you're a wonderful dancer.
00:47:40Fair.
00:47:41I'm awful.
00:47:42Good.
00:47:43That'll make me feel superior.
00:47:45May I have this dancing status?
00:47:46Sure.
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.
00:48:13No, but what I mean, Lucy, is, well, can you see yourself living in a town like Crownport?
00:48:21No, pretty dull, I guess.
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 whole days of peace and quiet.
00:48:32Now, we've been together for several hours and nothing very spectacular has happened.
00:48:40Not near enough has happened.
00:48:55Let's get out of here.
00:48:59Sorry.
00:49:02Sometimes we have whole 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.
00:49:22Morning, Herman.
00:49:24Well, goodbye, Mr. Adams.
00:49:25Oh, no.
00:49:26Oh, 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.
00:49:31Well, 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 the?
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, as you noticed.
00:49:54Come on, boys.
00:49:55Don't take all day.
00:49:56Okay, boss.
00:49:57Because of the lumber I keep around, the place has attracted termites.
00:50:00How do you like that?
00:50:02Fantastic.
00:50:04Look.
00:50:05Look, can't you just wait until I call Ridges and get this thing fixed up?
00:50:08Sure.
00:50:09You can call him in Swade's office, but it won't do you no good, pal.
00:50:12He signed the notice himself.
00:50:14Okay, fellas, lift it.
00:50:16Yeah, but at least you can leave my stuff here until I can get another office.
00:50:20Sorry.
00:50:21Orders.
00:50:23Well, what difference does it make to you?
00:50:30Oh, boy.
00:50:33Where's your telephone?
00:50:34Right over there.
00:50:35Thanks.
00:50:41Listen, will 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!
00:50:58I've been looking for you, Mr. Grant.
00:50:59They're evicting Bell.
00:51:01Evicting Bell?
00:51:02Why, what happened?
00:51:03Something about termites.
00:51:05Just drop my things at the hotel, will you?
00:51:08Now, tell me.
00:51:13Who's responsible for this?
00:51:15Seems that Roscoe Swade has a pal named Hart Ridges.
00:51:18Happens to be my landlord.
00:51:19Also happens to be one of Coniston's boys.
00:51:21Oh, so Roscoe gives Hart a call, and here I am.
00:51:25Don't worry, though.
00:51:26I'll get another office.
00:51:27Hello, 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...
00:51:38Wait a minute.
00:51:39Be careful of those.
00:51:46No vacancies at all, huh?
00:51:48I see.
00:51:50Not an office in town, not even a loft.
00:51:53Oh, those boys think of everything.
00:51:55Coniston?
00:51:56Are you sure?
00:51:57Who else?
00:51:58He's too clever for anybody else.
00:52:03Who's Bill Adams?
00:52:04Do 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.
00:52:12Efficient, aren't they?
00:52:14You'll find the box in the back.
00:52:15Okay, thanks.
00:52:16What's the matter, Mr. Mayor?
00:52:18Can't you pay your bills?
00:52:21You shut your mouth.
00:52:22I'll shut it for you.
00:52:23Oh, no, no, Tom, no.
00:52:24That'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 you, Mr. Grant,
00:52:34but 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 got more company.
00:52:46Hey, Wooley, bring out a couple of more chairs.
00:52:49Hi, Adams.
00:52:50What do you want?
00:52:51Well, I've got some complaints over the mayor.
00:52:52He thought you might need some help.
00:52:54Well, you send my compliments right back to the mayor
00:52:56and tell him to...
00:52:59You tell Mayor Coniston I'm staying right where I am,
00:53:01out 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 Coniston wants to know what I mean,
00:53:08tell him to come down here
00:53:09and I'll try explaining it to him personally.
00:53:14Ladies and gentlemen, please, please,
00:53:16just give me a few minutes until I get my new office set up.
00:53:19William, you mean right here on the street?
00:53:20Sure, why not?
00:53:21We'll hang my shingle on that lamp post.
00:53:23Bill Adams, get out of the kitchen.
00:53:25You won't be here two hours.
00:53:26I know that, sir.
00:53:27But this time, Coniston'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.
00:53:33I'll get you an office.
00:53:34Now, keep out of trouble.
00:53:36I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:53:38Oh, come on.
00:53:39Now, is this about right for the desk?
00:53:41Oh, no.
00:53:42I think it should be catecholic.
00:53:43Okay, ladies and gentlemen.
00:53:45Uh-oh.
00:53:46Let me take those.
00:53:47Watch this.
00:53:49Excuse me.
00:54:20Who's that?
00:54:21I'm Cooley.
00:54:22I'll get him for you, isn't he?
00:54:32Can I get volunteers?
00:54:34Thanks, friend.
00:54:36Can I get volunteers?
00:54:38Thanks, friend.
00:54:58Bill, stop him.
00:55:06How is he, nurse?
00:55:07Oh, he's coming along all right.
00:55:09Can we see him now?
00:55:10I think so.
00:55:11You fellas wait.
00:55:12We'll be right out.
00:55:13That'll do it, Mr. Grant.
00:55:14Oh, thank you.
00:55:15Well, where's Mr. Adams?
00:55:16How do you feel, Mr. Grant?
00:55:17Maybe you'd better take it easy for a while.
00:55:18No, no, no, no.
00:55:19I'm all right.
00:55:20Where are Mr. Adams and my secretary?
00:55:21Well, he's in jail, and she's trying to get him out.
00:55:25Oh, Lucy.
00:55:27Did the doctor say he's a dead act?
00:55:29No, he didn't.
00:55:30Oh, I see.
00:55:31I see.
00:55:32Oh, Lucy.
00:55:33Did the doctor say he could get out?
00:55:35Oh, yes, I'm fine.
00:55:36Where's Bill?
00:55:37Still in jail.
00:55:38I'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 Hockley.
00:55:47We've tried to.
00:55:48And he couldn't be found, as usual.
00:55:50You can find him at Coniston's Rally about an hour from now,
00:55:52up 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.
00:56:02They always do that too.
00:56:03Come on.
00:56:09Do you think you should?
00:56:11I've got to get the boy out of jail.
00:56:14I'm glad you feel that way, sir.
00:56:16Yes, well, let's not keep Judge Hockley waiting, huh?
00:56:31I want to talk to you, Mr. Hockley.
00:56:32Sorry, I haven't any time to give you right now.
00:56:34I'm afraid you'll have to find time.
00:56:36Sit here, you.
00:56:38Judge Hockley, acting on my rights as a citizen,
00:56:40I demand that you swear out warrants for the arrest of Ridges,
00:56:44Swade, Blackstone, and Mayor Coniston.
00:56:46You're crazy.
00:56:47On what charges?
00:56:48Conspiracy, abuse of public office, inciting to riot.
00:56:52I suggest that you come to the jail with us now
00:56:54and release Mr. Adams and sign those warrants.
00:56:57We'll need a couple more warrants, too, for some hoodlums.
00:56:59I have their names.
00:57:00You are crazy.
00:57:01You can't push away into my house and order me around.
00:57:04Do you realize I can have you arrested for disturbing the peace?
00:57:07All of you?
00:57:08Let's just postpone that, Judge.
00:57:10Ladies and gentlemen, will you excuse us for just a minute?
00:57:29Ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:30I have persuaded Judge Hockley to change his mind.
00:57:33He has kindly consented to release your candidate in time for the rally tonight.
00:57:39I didn't tell Bill how you got him out.
00:57:41Oh, that's not necessary.
00:57:42What's the deal, Mr. Grant?
00:57:43You know something about him.
00:57:45No, on the contrary.
00:57:46He knows something about me.
00:57:56Ladies and gentlemen,
00:57:58I mean my friend.
00:58:01For a long time, I'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 belongs to the young folks
00:58:14who could take over and give us old folks
00:58:17a chance to sit back and take things easy.
00:58:21Well, this year I said to myself,
00:58:24Jim, maybe this Bill Adams is the fellow.
00:58:29But he dashed my hopes and prayers to the ground.
00:58:33I saw that he's not the man we've been waiting for,
00:58:36that he's nothing but an agitator,
00:58:38a troublemaker,
00:58:40stirring up neighbors against 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 the issue so close to our hearts.
00:59:09Bill Adams, if you think you're going to break up this rally, you're crazy.
00:59:13Did you let him out?
00:59:14Uh, Mr. Mayor, I, uh...
00:59:17Well, Chief Perkins here, he's, uh...
00:59:20He's got a warrant for your arrest.
00:59:22And for the arrest of Blackstone, Ridges, and Swade.
00:59:25Take your hands off me.
00:59:26Jim, I couldn't help it.
00:59:29Honestly, you'd just better come along.
00:59:35Attention, please.
00:59:37Quiet, quiet, everybody.
00:59:39My friend, I never thought he'd dare do this.
00:59:43But you can see for yourselves now
00:59:45to what lengths this radical will go
00:59:48to sabotage a peaceful meeting of the people.
00:59:51I'm calling his bluff.
00:59:54I'm going to make him bring out the witnesses to prove this.
00:59:58As mayor of this town,
01:00:00I got a right to call a special hearing, and I do.
01:00:04So the issues will be clear
01:00:06when you go to the polls to vote tomorrow.
01:00:12You'll be sorry you ever started this.
01:00:15You'd better remain with us, Mr. Hartley.
01:00:17We wouldn't want you to prejudice the mayor's testimony.
01:00:21Any place, therefore.
01:00:23Now, I find a seat and sit down.
01:00:26Sit down.
01:00:28That Adam's word's just bluffing.
01:00:30He ain't got a thing on the mayor.
01:00:32No, I find a seat and sit down.
01:00:40Mr. Grant, I still don't understand.
01:00:43Mr. Grant, I still don't understand.
01:00:57Order. Order. This hearing will come to order.
01:01:05Judge Hartley.
01:01:07My friend, I'm not on trial here.
01:01:10Bill Adams has made accusations against me.
01:01:13He's had a warrant sworn out for my arrest.
01:01:16This is a hearing to show you
01:01:18that he has no proof of anything he says.
01:01:21But he's trying by a cheap trick to win an election
01:01:24he can't win by fair play.
01:01:26Judge Hartley.
01:01:27Mr. Mayor, you'll have to moderate your tone.
01:01:30This is very irregular.
01:01:32Step outside and clear the aisle, please.
01:01:41Mr. Connorson, it's true that you are not formally on trial here.
01:01:46You asked for this hearing.
01:01:48You demanded by what right we had you arrested.
01:01:51We're here to tell you and to accuse you
01:01:54of conspiring against men who honestly oppose you,
01:01:57of inciting a riot with reckless disregard for human safety,
01:02:01of abusing the office to which you have been elected
01:02:04by the people of this town,
01:02:06and these accusations we are prepared to prove.
01:02:08I hate to see the old boy get himself involved like this.
01:02:11Don't worry about the old boy now, darling.
01:02:15Mr. Mayor, Mr. Grant has obtained confessions from these men.
01:02:21They have told Mr. Grant that acting on your orders
01:02:25they started the riot this morning
01:02:27in order to make possible Mr. Adams' arrest.
01:02:30They have sworn to these facts.
01:02:32Because of this, Mr. Grant was able to demand a warrant for your arrest.
01:02:38Mr. Grant swore out a warrant for my arrest?
01:02:43A man who doesn't even live in our town.
01:02:46A meddling old fool who does nothing but shoot ducks and start trouble.
01:02:50Jim, don't say that.
01:02:52I'll say anything I please.
01:02:54I demand to know who this man is.
01:02:56Who is this Joe Grant?
01:02:58I demand to know who this man is.
01:03:00Who is this Joe Grant?
01:03:02Jim, do yourself a favor. Don't ask.
01:03:06That's all right, Judge Hockley.
01:03:08Mr. Connison, it's not Joe Grant.
01:03:11It's John Josephus Grant.
01:03:13Where are you from, Grant?
01:03:15Washington, D.C.
01:03:16Jim, please, no more questions.
01:03:19Mr. Grant...
01:03:20Shut up!
01:03:21I'll ask all the questions I please.
01:03:23By what right?
01:03:25And what do you do, Mr. Grant?
01:03:27Mr. Connison, I am a judge.
01:03:29An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
01:03:40Mr. Connison, you have asked by what right I have interfered in this situation.
01:03:46Do you still want an answer?
01:03:50Uh, Justice Grant, would you care to...
01:03:54No, no, no, thank you.
01:03:57Bill! Bill!
01:03:59Oh, just throw some water on him. We'll see. He'll be all right.
01:04:08Your Honor,
01:04:10Mayor Connison,
01:04:12it's only right that you should know why I, a stranger, have become involved in your affairs.
01:04:18Believe me, it's not because I am a justice of the Supreme Court.
01:04:23It's because, like all of you here, I am a citizen of this country.
01:04:29That is no little honor.
01:04:32Men have fought revolutions, have died to be called citizen.
01:04:38And as citizens, we carry a burning responsibility.
01:04:43It means that when we elect men to public office, we cannot do it as lightly as we flip a coin.
01:04:50It means that after we've elected them, we can't sit back and say,
01:04:54our job is done, what they do now doesn't concern us.
01:04:58That philosophy of indifference is what the enemies of decent government want.
01:05:04If we allow them to have their way to grow strong and vicious,
01:05:08then the heroic struggle which welded thousands of lovely towns like this into a great nation means nothing.
01:05:17Then we are not citizens, we are traitors.
01:05:22The great liberties by which we live have been bought with blood.
01:05:28The kind of government we get is the kind of government we want.
01:05:33Government of the people, by the people, and for the people can mean any kind of government.
01:05:38It's our duty to make it mean only one kind, uncorrupted, free, united.
01:05:43I believe, Mayor Coniston, that I've answered your question.
01:06:00Now, as soon as court adjourns, I'll meet you back here in my chambers.
01:06:04What's the matter, Mr. Justice? You seem nervous.
01:06:06Oh, no, no, not at all.
01:06:10How about you, Mayor Adams? Have you the ring?
01:06:17Do you know your lines, sir?
01:06:19Well, I ought to. I stayed up half the night learning them.
01:06:32Hello there, Grant. I'm glad to see you.
01:06:34Thank you.
01:06:35You're looking fine, Josephus. How was the hunting?
01:06:37Oh, best I ever had.
01:06:40Good morning, Your Honor.
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