Never Take Candy From A Stranger

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00:01:00Stop stop help. I've got my purse. It's got all my money in it. 35 cents. Oh

00:01:08It's gone. It's gone. Was that your candy money? I'll never have so much money again in all my life

00:01:15Never mind. Never mind

00:01:21I know somewhere waiting to get some candy for nothing. Come on

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00:08:54Not now

00:08:56Darling I think you better go back up to bed

00:08:58I'll come up with you

00:09:00Can't I stay down a little longer?

00:09:02No I don't think so

00:09:04Come along

00:09:06Good night Grandma

00:09:08Good night Widget

00:09:10Hope it doesn't spoil the table

00:09:12Good night Daddy

00:09:14Good night Jane

00:09:16What about my lock door?

00:09:18Put something on it when we get upstairs

00:09:20Then you won't have anything more to worry about

00:09:22Oh

00:09:24God

00:09:26Yes

00:09:30Do you think he did what Jane said he did?

00:09:32Yes

00:09:34I do

00:09:36He actually made them undress

00:09:38Apparently

00:09:40If he touched her

00:09:42I swear I'll kill the swine

00:09:48There, how's that?

00:09:50There

00:09:52You'll see

00:09:54In the morning it'll all be well

00:09:56Tell me a story

00:09:58I tell you what

00:10:00Let's have a little talk first

00:10:02Then maybe I'll read to you

00:10:03What'll we talk about?

00:10:04I want to know all about this afternoon

00:10:06What was Mr. Olderberry like?

00:10:08He was all right

00:10:10He was very old though

00:10:12What were you doing there?

00:10:14Then why did you go to the house in the first place?

00:10:16Lucille said he'd give us some candy

00:10:18And did he?

00:10:20Oh yes, afterwards

00:10:22After what?

00:10:24After we danced

00:10:26Can I have a drink of water please?

00:10:28Yes

00:10:30Yes of course

00:10:32Where did all this happen?

00:10:34In his room

00:10:36It's on the top floor

00:10:38It's got a private stairs and a front door and everything

00:10:40I'd like to live there

00:10:42Would you darling?

00:10:44Oh I'd much rather than up here of course

00:10:46It's much cleaner

00:10:48Was Mr. Olderberry alone?

00:10:50Oh yes

00:10:52There was nobody else

00:10:54Lucille introduced me

00:10:56She said I was her friend

00:10:58And then what happened?

00:11:04He asked her if she liked to play games too

00:11:08Jean said she did

00:11:10He said the game was for her and Lucille

00:11:12To take off all their clothes

00:11:14Jean didn't want to do it

00:11:16But Lucille said Mr. Olderberry

00:11:18Would give them a lot of candy

00:11:20She took off her clothes first

00:11:22And then Jean

00:11:24Made them dance

00:11:26Oh no

00:11:28He just sat there a few feet away

00:11:30Jean said he kept smiling at them

00:11:32Rocking backwards and forth

00:11:34With his hands on the arm of the chair

00:11:36He was making a sort of noise

00:11:38As if he was singing

00:11:40Only he wasn't singing

00:11:42I'm sorry

00:11:44After a few minutes

00:11:46He closed his eyes and Jean thought

00:11:48He'd gone off to sleep

00:11:50She started putting on her clothes again

00:11:52But he woke up and asked her what she was doing

00:11:54She said it was cold and anyway

00:11:56She thought the game was finished

00:11:58She laughed and said that it was

00:12:00And told her to go and get another box of candy

00:12:02That was when she stepped on the nail

00:12:04And that's the whole story?

00:12:06Yes

00:12:08Do you think Jean has any idea what it's all about?

00:12:12No, not the slightest

00:12:14She still thinks it was all the game

00:12:16She said the candy wasn't very good

00:12:20No

00:12:22Sally

00:12:24It's true, isn't it?

00:12:25Jean didn't make up any of it

00:12:26No

00:12:27No, it's all true

00:12:36Pete

00:12:37We don't want the whole town to know

00:12:38You know what those small town switchboards are

00:12:40What are you calling?

00:12:42Your son?

00:12:47Of course, they'll all be over at St. John

00:12:49We'll just have to leave it until the morning

00:12:51Leave it?

00:12:52What else can we do?

00:12:54Call the police

00:12:56I don't think that'd be at all wise

00:12:59I'm not interested in doing what's wise

00:13:01I only want to do what's right

00:13:02Would it be right, Sally, to go to the police at this stage?

00:13:05They'd arrest him, they'd get him away from here

00:13:07I very much doubt it

00:13:08What do you mean, isn't what he's done a crime? Attempted rape?

00:13:11Attempted rape?

00:13:12Sally didn't even touch the child

00:13:14I don't understand you

00:13:15Neither of you seem to think this is serious

00:13:17A sexual pervert lures two little girls into his home

00:13:20He didn't lure them in

00:13:21They went there of their own accord

00:13:23What in heaven's name difference does that make?

00:13:25A great deal, it means

00:13:26The fact is he got them into his home

00:13:27And made them do something that might have had the most horrible consequences

00:13:30I don't think so, Sally, really I don't

00:13:32I'm not trying to minimise what happened, I do think it was frightful

00:13:35But you must keep a sense of proportion

00:13:38After all, Jean wasn't actually hurt

00:13:41You seem very sure of that, Marty

00:13:43I am, instinctively

00:13:45You see, I know how tough children can be

00:13:48Happy, normal children, that is

00:13:50And I know how much it takes, really, to shock them

00:13:54Listen

00:13:57When I was about Jean's age

00:13:59There was a man in the village, Percy Sanford

00:14:02He was about 40

00:14:04Like a big, overgrown schoolboy

00:14:06Case of arrested development, I suppose it usually is

00:14:10Anyway, when we little girls went by on our way to school

00:14:13He used to stand at the window and

00:14:15I believe the term is expose himself

00:14:19What happened to him?

00:14:20Nothing

00:14:22The family was highly respected and respectable folk

00:14:25They just kept him at home and

00:14:28Everyone pretended not to notice

00:14:30Anyway, you see, the sight of poor Percy didn't do me any permanent harm

00:14:36Sally, where are you going?

00:14:40Sally, I asked, where are you going?

00:14:42I'm going for the police

00:14:43Sally, listen to me

00:14:44You can't make a serious complaint against someone

00:14:46Without knowing what you're doing

00:14:47I know what I'm doing

00:14:48No, you don't

00:14:49The charge you're making might be substantially false

00:14:51Do you think your daughter was lying?

00:14:53No, Jean doesn't lie

00:14:54But if we accuse Alderbury of something like assault or attempted rape

00:14:57He may get off completely

00:14:58We'd be sued for everything we've got

00:15:00I'm sorry

00:15:01Sally, give me that car key

00:15:03Sally, wait

00:15:04Now, calm down, both of you

00:15:05You're behaving like children

00:15:09First of all, Sally, would you mind telling me, without shouting please

00:15:11Why do you think it's necessary to go rushing off the police right now in the middle of the night?

00:15:15Because a crime should be reported as soon as possible after it's committed

00:15:18But this isn't an ordinary crime like burglary or hold-up

00:15:21This concerns a lot of people

00:15:22People you know and have to live with

00:15:24Whole families, maybe the whole town

00:15:26It concerns Pete's relations with his colleagues and the school committee

00:15:29After all, don't forget we're foreigners here

00:15:31Are you putting Pete's job ahead of Jean's safety?

00:15:34I'm not putting anything ahead of anything

00:15:35I just want you to look at this objectively

00:15:38Objectively?

00:15:39You expect me to be objective when a man tries to corrupt my daughter?

00:15:43Yes, I do

00:15:44For her's sake and yours

00:15:46I'm sorry, the police have got to be told

00:15:48But why, Sally, why?

00:15:50Because it isn't only Jean that's threatened

00:15:52It's every other child in this town

00:15:54We have a responsibility in this, a responsibility to society

00:15:57To hell with society

00:15:59What worries me is you and Jean and Pete

00:16:03And the effect this will have on your lives if you let it

00:16:08Go away!

00:16:10Go away!

00:16:13Go away!

00:16:15Go away!

00:16:16You are that's a good girl

00:16:17Go away!

00:16:18Go away!

00:16:19Go away!

00:16:20Go away!

00:16:21Go away!

00:16:22Go away!

00:16:23Go away!

00:16:24Go away!

00:16:25Go away!

00:16:26He's in there!

00:16:27The old man!

00:16:28In the cupboard!

00:16:29Nonsense, darling

00:16:30You're just dreaming

00:16:31There's nobody here

00:16:32But you last

00:16:33Yes, there is

00:16:34I saw him go in

00:16:35He's still in there

00:16:37Now then, Widget

00:16:39See?

00:16:40There's no one

00:16:42Nothing

00:16:43Like Mummy said

00:16:44Just a bad old dream

00:16:45No, it wasn't

00:16:46I saw his right hand

00:16:48He was going to take me away

00:16:50Don't let me

00:16:51It's all right now

00:16:52It's all right now

00:16:53Calm down

00:16:54No one's going to take you away

00:16:55No one's going to take you away

00:16:57No one's going to take you away

00:16:58No one's going to take you away

00:17:09Pete!

00:17:12Were you going to the police?

00:17:13Are you going to the police?

00:17:39Say, Mac, you want some fancy reading?

00:17:41Just take a look at this Guy Carty's statement

00:17:44Not now

00:17:45The chief's waiting for these

00:17:46You can read the file copy

00:17:48All right, all right

00:17:57I thought maybe you'd better have a look at this

00:17:58And see what your husband did say

00:18:01I know what my husband said

00:18:03Sure, of course you do

00:18:04But I thought maybe there might be a few things

00:18:06You didn't agree with

00:18:07Or might want them to change

00:18:08It's a simple statement of fact

00:18:11I wouldn't call it just that

00:18:13What do you mean?

00:18:15It's his story

00:18:16What your little girl told you

00:18:18It ain't been substantiated yet

00:18:19It will be

00:18:21In court if necessary, Mr. Hammond

00:18:23Captain Hammond, would you please, ma'am?

00:18:25I sweated it out for my rank the hard way, Mrs. Carter

00:18:28So I kind of like people to use it

00:18:30I'm sorry, Captain Hammond

00:18:32No offense, men

00:18:33Not taken, I'm sure

00:18:35What I'm trying to say is this, Mrs. Carter

00:18:38And I hope you won't take me wrong

00:18:39You and your husband are strangers in this town

00:18:42Nobody knows much about you

00:18:43What has that got to do with it?

00:18:45Quite a lot in a place like this

00:18:47I don't say it's right, but it's how things are

00:18:49But you seem to forget that my husband has just been appointed principal of your high school

00:18:54That must give him some standing in the community

00:18:56Some standing?

00:18:58The Olderberries have a lot more

00:18:59I don't doubt that, but

00:19:01High school principals come and go

00:19:03But the Olderberries, you might say, go on forever

00:19:08Are you trying to suggest that my husband and I withdraw our charge?

00:19:11We just go home and forget about what happened to our child?

00:19:14Well, now you mention it, just what did happen to your child?

00:19:18As far as I can see, nothing very much

00:19:20Captain Hammond, have you any children of your own?

00:19:22Yes, I have, ma'am, five of them

00:19:24Three boys and two girls

00:19:26So I guess I know just about as much as anybody

00:19:28How much notice to take of the things kids say

00:19:30When they've been doing something they know they shouldn't

00:19:32Such as?

00:19:33Going to people's houses and begging for candy

00:19:37How dare you?

00:19:39Well, maybe I shouldn't have said that, but

00:19:41I get kinda riled when I think of all the trouble

00:19:44That can be caused by a little exaggeration

00:19:46I'm not denying that maybe the old man did get a little fresh with those kids

00:19:50A little fresh?

00:19:52You call it a little fresh getting young girls to strip in front of him?

00:19:56Well, nobody was hurt, were they? He didn't do anything

00:19:58Yes, he did do something

00:20:00He attacked their innocence, and I don't mean their physical innocence

00:20:03I mean their minds

00:20:04And the only reason he didn't succeed

00:20:06Was because they were too young and inexperienced to know what he was after

00:20:09In other words, no real harm's been done

00:20:12I didn't say that

00:20:13That's what it's gonna sound like

00:20:15If you force the issue and bring this out in an open court

00:20:18Will it?

00:20:20Look, Mrs. Carter

00:20:22You've gotta be realistic

00:20:25The Olderberries practically made Jamestown

00:20:28If it hadn't been for Clarence, that's the old man starting the sawmill

00:20:32There'd probably be nothing but trees where I'm standing right now

00:20:36And if it hadn't been for Richard branching out in a hundred different ways

00:20:40We'd have stayed nothing more than an overgrown lumber camp

00:20:43Instead of being one of the most prosperous go-ahead places this side of the St. Lawrence

00:20:47I'm sure that's true, Captain Hammond

00:20:49But you can't expect it to make much difference to Mr. Carter and me

00:20:52We're not members of your Chamber of Commerce

00:20:55Now, ma'am, you and your husband ain't members of nothing here

00:20:59And you're not likely to be if you insist on going through with this thing

00:21:02I don't see that we have any choice

00:21:04Not only for Jean, but for every other child in your prosperous go-ahead time

00:21:08Okay, make fun of us

00:21:10We're nothing but poor, stupid colonials

00:21:13But at least we know how to look after ourselves and our own children

00:21:16We know enough to keep them away from a house like that

00:21:18A house like what?

00:21:21I mean, strangers' houses, where they're not wanted

00:21:25Where they got no business to be

00:21:29Is that all you wanted to see me about, Captain Hammond?

00:21:32To verify my husband's statement?

00:21:34I'll bring it around for Mr. Carter to sign

00:21:38I suppose it's just possible he may have some second thoughts by then

00:21:42No, Captain Hammond

00:21:44It's not possible

00:21:48Thank you for the information

00:21:50What information?

00:21:52About the tongue

00:21:53Goodbye

00:21:54Goodbye

00:22:11Hello, Mrs. Carter

00:22:13Hello, Mr. Phillips

00:22:15I heard what happened yesterday

00:22:16Oh?

00:22:17I'm sorry, this isn't even a small world

00:22:19It's just an overgrown village

00:22:21So I gather

00:22:22You're a little girl all right?

00:22:23Yes, thank you

00:22:24Must have been horrible for you and Mr. Carter

00:22:26Happening so soon after you got here

00:22:28Mr. Phillips

00:22:30Has anything like this ever happened before?

00:22:33I mean, with older men?

00:22:35Well, not as bad as this, no

00:22:37What do you mean?

00:22:39Well, nothing as compromising as this anyway

00:22:43You see, Mrs. Carter

00:22:45Clarence Alderbury's a very famous character around here

00:22:49And everybody knows how much he likes children

00:22:53He likes them so much that sometimes he can't keep his hands off them

00:22:56But he's never made his intentions quite so clear before

00:23:00And no one's ever done anything about it?

00:23:02No one's gone to the police before

00:23:04The Alderbury's themselves, they sent them to Coal Hill for a while

00:23:07That's a sanatorium a few miles out of town

00:23:10For nervous diseases

00:23:11An asylum?

00:23:13Well, they don't call it that

00:23:15I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse me

00:23:18You'll have to excuse me

00:23:19Good luck

00:23:30Is my husband free?

00:23:31Yes

00:23:32Thank you

00:23:33Hello

00:23:35Hello

00:23:36Hello

00:23:37Did you see him?

00:23:38Yes

00:23:39He'd have found out something else

00:23:41This isn't the first time Alderbury's done this sort of thing

00:23:43He's well known for his leanings in that way

00:23:45He's even been in a sanatorium

00:23:47Has he now?

00:23:48That changes everything, doesn't it?

00:23:50It means we're no longer alone

00:23:51The whole town will be behind us

00:23:53I'd like to think so

00:23:54There must be

00:23:55I called Richard Alderbury

00:23:56What did he say?

00:23:57He said if I had anything to say, to say it to his lawyer

00:23:59Excuse me, Mrs. Carter

00:24:01The sports committee is assembled, Mr. Carter

00:24:03Shall I tell...

00:24:04I'll see you at home

00:24:05Sir, don't worry

00:24:08We'll be all right

00:24:09That's what I wanted to say to you

00:24:11I could tell them you'd rather make the meeting tomorrow

00:24:14Why?

00:24:15Do you think tomorrow will be any better than today?

00:24:19Don't think I'm trying to excuse the old man or anything

00:24:22Well, I should hope not

00:24:23Oh, it's just that

00:24:24I can't understand what the child is doing there in the first place

00:24:27Oh, really?

00:24:28Half the time when girls get themselves into that kind of trouble

00:24:30It's their own fault

00:24:32She's only nine or ten years old

00:24:34That's old enough to know better

00:24:36If you ask me, I...

00:24:37Oh, nobody did ask you

00:24:38Did they?

00:24:39I beg your pardon

00:24:40So you damn well should

00:24:42Who on earth was that?

00:24:45She's the child's grandmother

00:24:46Oh, no

00:24:47Why didn't you warn us?

00:24:49Sylvia, this is dreadful

00:24:52Why?

00:24:53I only said what I'm sure a lot of people are thinking

00:24:57You are lucky having your own pool

00:25:01Sure, come on

00:25:02I'll ask Mom for two sodas before we swim

00:25:04I wish we had a pool

00:25:06Hi, Mom

00:25:07Jean's coming for a swim

00:25:08Can I get two sodas?

00:25:09I don't think you'd better swim today

00:25:11Huh?

00:25:12It's cold

00:25:13It's not cold

00:25:14Don't argue

00:25:15Anyway, I'm sure Jean's mother would rather she went straight home today

00:25:18No, it's all right

00:25:19My mother knew I was coming swimming

00:25:21I think you'd still better go straight home

00:25:22But why can't she?

00:25:23Quiet, Sammy

00:25:24All right

00:25:25Bye, Sammy

00:25:26Bye, Jean

00:25:27Bye, Mrs. Marsh

00:25:28Goodbye

00:25:29Maybe some other time

00:25:32Little girl?

00:25:33Yes?

00:25:34Can you please tell me which is Mr. Carl?

00:25:35Yes?

00:25:36Can you please tell me which is Mr. Carl?

00:25:38Yes?

00:25:39Can you please tell me which is Mr. Carl?

00:25:41Yes, I can

00:25:42This is it

00:25:43I live here

00:25:44Are you Miss Jean Carl?

00:25:46Yes, sir

00:25:47Will you take me in?

00:25:48Yes, of course

00:25:49I've come to see your daddy

00:26:11Hello, Grandma, my

00:26:12Is Daddy home?

00:26:13Yes

00:26:14This gentleman wants to speak to him

00:26:16I'm Richard Olderberry

00:26:17Will you...

00:26:18Will you come in?

00:26:20Thank you

00:26:21Is that how one?

00:26:22No, it's Mr. Olderberry

00:26:24Mr. Richard Olderberry

00:26:26May I come in?

00:26:28Certainly

00:26:29I'll take Jean upstairs

00:26:31The cute little kids you got there, you know

00:26:34We met on the doorstep

00:26:35I'm afraid I owe you folks an apology

00:26:39An apology?

00:26:40Oh, yes

00:26:41For coming along like this

00:26:42Without any warning

00:26:43And about my behavior

00:26:44On the phone this morning

00:26:45You see, I was kind of annoyed

00:26:46That you went to the police

00:26:47Without talking to me first

00:26:49I'm...

00:26:50Let me take your things

00:26:52Thank you

00:26:56Yeah?

00:26:57That is

00:26:58You'd better sit down

00:26:59Thank you

00:27:00I, uh...

00:27:01I also want to say

00:27:02I'm sorry about this, uh...

00:27:04Misunderstanding

00:27:05Misunderstanding?

00:27:06Yeah

00:27:07All this stuff about the kids

00:27:08Coming to my house

00:27:09And my father teasing them

00:27:10Or something

00:27:11Mr. Olderberry

00:27:12I don't think you quite understand

00:27:13What happened

00:27:14Uh...

00:27:15Offering children candy

00:27:16To take off their clothes

00:27:17Is something more than teasing

00:27:19Kids sometimes imagine things, you know

00:27:22Not a thing like that

00:27:24Uh...

00:27:25Mr. Olderberry

00:27:26Mr. Olderberry

00:27:27I think you should know

00:27:28My wife and I are absolutely convinced

00:27:30That Jean's story is true

00:27:31That your father did behave

00:27:33Exactly the way she said he did

00:27:41Mr. Carter

00:27:42My family has been in this town for generations

00:27:45And in all that time

00:27:46Nobody's ever been able to say a bad word about us

00:27:49Nobody

00:27:50Ever

00:27:51Mr. Olderberry

00:27:53We don't want revenge

00:27:55All we want is an assurance

00:27:57That your father won't be allowed to go on being a menace

00:27:59To the children of this town

00:28:01What do you mean by assurance?

00:28:03Isn't my word good enough?

00:28:04That he isn't dangerous?

00:28:06If he could be looked after in some way

00:28:09Perhaps a male nurse

00:28:11My father doesn't need a nurse

00:28:13He's not sick

00:28:14But he is sick

00:28:15That's just the point

00:28:16I happen to know a little about these things

00:28:17An educator has to

00:28:19I'll admit we

00:28:21Don't know the best way to deal with people like your father

00:28:23Well nobody's asking you to deal with him, Mr. Carter

00:28:25If he'd had some sort of treatment when he was a child

00:28:27Some psychological training

00:28:29My father wasn't brought up like that

00:28:30He was running the sawmill by the time he was 16

00:28:32He had discipline

00:28:34Plenty of it

00:28:35That's not the point

00:28:37The point is what to do with a person who

00:28:39For whatever reasons

00:28:40Has grown up with a twisted mind

00:28:42We'd like to give him some kind of a treatment

00:28:44Try and root out the trouble

00:28:49But that's impossible

00:28:52Your father's too old

00:28:53There's only one thing left

00:28:55And that's to put him away

00:28:56Where his illness can't harm others

00:28:58You wanna put my father away?

00:29:01Well nobody's gonna put my father away, Mr. Carter

00:29:04Look, that could be avoided

00:29:06If you'd agree to send him to some place like Cold Hill

00:29:08I understand that he was there for a time already

00:29:10Who told you that?

00:29:11It doesn't matter

00:29:12It does matter?

00:29:13I wanna know, who told you?

00:29:14The point is why was he discharged?

00:29:15He wasn't discharged

00:29:17He was in there as a voluntary patient

00:29:19He didn't wanna stay so I took him out

00:29:20Now let's get this straight

00:29:21You mean they thought that he should have stayed there longer?

00:29:26Anyway, they couldn't have kept him

00:29:28Not unless he was committed by law in the first place

00:29:31We'll have to see that he is committed by law this time

00:29:34My husband's right, Mr. Olderberry

00:29:36Surely you must see that

00:29:38You...

00:29:40You lousy outsiders

00:29:41You come here without knowing a soul

00:29:43Looking for a job

00:29:44We find you one

00:29:45And the first thing you do is you...

00:29:47You stir up trouble

00:29:48You start talking about getting people arrested

00:29:50About having them shut up

00:29:51Boy, that's really funny coming from you, Carter

00:29:53You with your fancy degrees and no money in the bank

00:29:56What are they teaching them colleges anyway?

00:29:58Don't you know that a high school principal needs the good will of the community?

00:30:01That's got nothing to do with this

00:30:02That's got everything to do with this

00:30:04You're only here on trial

00:30:06We can get rid of you anytime we want

00:30:07We, Mr. Olderberry?

00:30:09All right then, me, Mrs. Carter

00:30:11You'll soon find out that nobody else's word on the committee matters

00:30:13Mr. Olderberry, before you go, will you admit that you're...

00:30:16I'll admit to nothing

00:30:17But I am going

00:30:19Mr. Olderberry

00:30:22You won't even admit that your father is mentally ill

00:30:25You're damn right I won't

00:30:27I'd be the same as admitting there's some truth in the story

00:30:30I'll tell you what I will do, Carter

00:30:32Unless you withdraw your complaint

00:30:34I'm gonna have a meeting at the school board

00:30:36And you'll be without a job in 48 hours

00:30:38You better wait for the results of the trial, Mr. Olderberry

00:30:40It might make a difference

00:30:41There won't be any trial

00:30:42It'll never get that far

00:30:44What are you doing here, Hammond?

00:30:46I've brought the document Mr. Carter wanted

00:30:49What document?

00:30:50Charge against your father

00:30:51He hasn't signed it yet

00:30:52Is that all it needs, just my signature?

00:30:54And then what?

00:30:55I'll have to go to your place and make the arrest

00:30:57Look, Hammond, do you think I'm gonna let you do this?

00:30:59I've got no option, Dick

00:31:00Once an official complaint has been filed, everything else follows

00:31:03We'll see that he gets bail, of course

00:31:05There you are, Captain Hammond

00:31:07All right, Carter

00:31:09All right

00:31:10You make your charge

00:31:12But let me warn you about one thing

00:31:14Don't put that little girl of yours on the stand to testify against my father

00:31:17Now, don't do that

00:31:18Get out of here

00:31:19Because if you do, don't expect my lawyers to have any mercy on her

00:31:21You take it from me

00:31:22It'll be an experience that she won't forget in a hurry

00:31:25They'll tear her apart

00:31:27And they'll do it on my instructions

00:31:48You're Mrs. Carter?

00:31:49Yes

00:31:50Your husband says he won't be much longer

00:31:52Unfortunately, Dr. Monfort couldn't see him right away

00:31:54Oh, that's all right

00:31:55You're sure you wouldn't rather wait inside?

00:31:57Uh, no, thank you

00:31:59Well, you'll be right out

00:32:01Terrible weather

00:32:05It would be different, of course, if Dr. Huber were alive

00:32:08He dealt directly with the case

00:32:10Is there anyone else who can give us the information?

00:32:11I'm afraid not

00:32:12I'm sure you keep records of your patients' progress, their case histories

00:32:16Of course, but they're strictly confidential

00:32:18You could be forced to produce them by a court order

00:32:21We could

00:32:22Look, Doctor

00:32:25All I want to know is whether Clarence Alderbury left this sanatorium with or without the consent of his doctors

00:32:31I understand your problem, Mr. Carter

00:32:33You must try to understand ours

00:32:35Cold Hill is not a state institution

00:32:37We're supported entirely by private subscriptions

00:32:41Meaning the Alderburys?

00:32:43Among others

00:32:44I'm wasting my time

00:32:45How's yours?

00:32:46Not at all, I'm sorry I had to keep you waiting

00:32:47Goodbye, Dr. Monfort

00:32:48Mr. Carter

00:32:49May I give you a piece of advice in confidence?

00:32:51Yes, please do

00:32:52Don't bother to get a court order to open the files of Clarence Alderbury

00:32:55Why not?

00:32:56There's nothing in them

00:32:57How did you find out?

00:32:58The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:00The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:01What did you find out?

00:33:02The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:04The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:05What did you find out?

00:33:06The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:10What did you find out?

00:33:11The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:24The Walls Cold Hill Sanatorium

00:33:40This is one A's, Albury, can't trouble.

00:33:50This is one A's, Albury, can't trouble.

00:33:58This is one A's, Albury, can't trouble.

00:34:10Uh, Mrs. Demarest.

00:34:16Oh, you'll be the corridors, I suppose.

00:34:19Yes.

00:34:20Well, thank you.

00:34:26Tom ought to be home any minute now.

00:34:28He knows your car.

00:34:29I do hope it isn't inconvenient.

00:34:31Oh, no, I haven't started getting supper yet.

00:34:33I was just getting the vegetables ready.

00:34:38Please, do sit down.

00:34:41Will we be able to see Lucille?

00:34:43Well, Lucille's away right now.

00:34:46She's staying with an aunt up in Halifax.

00:34:49How long will she be there?

00:34:51I don't know.

00:34:52A couple of weeks.

00:34:53Depends.

00:34:54Depends on what?

00:34:56On how long Marjorie, that's my sister, can have her.

00:35:01Wouldn't you folks like a cup of coffee?

00:35:03It won't take a minute.

00:35:04No, thanks, really.

00:35:05Uh, Mrs. Demarest, you do know why we've come here.

00:35:07Why, why yes, I think so.

00:35:13I feel that it's important that we should be in this together from the very beginning.

00:35:17Yes.

00:35:19Well, and of course, that's up to Tom.

00:35:22But I'm sure he must realize how much better it will be for both of us.

00:35:26I hope so.

00:35:28Well, they've just got to put that old man away. They've just got to.

00:35:32Don't worry, Mrs. Demarest. Between us, we'll see that they do.

00:35:38Oh, that'll be Tom.

00:35:40The Carters are here.

00:35:41Oh, they've been here long?

00:35:42No.

00:35:43I had to walk halfway back from the metal car broke down the second time this week.

00:35:57Uh, Mrs. Carter.

00:35:58How are you?

00:35:59Hello.

00:36:00Did you fix the folks some coffee?

00:36:01Oh, no one wants any.

00:36:02Well, I do.

00:36:03Oh.

00:36:04Well, if you'll excuse me.

00:36:07Well, won't you sit down?

00:36:08Oh, thanks.

00:36:11What can I do for you, Carter?

00:36:12Well, nothing at the moment.

00:36:13But next week, I'll be going over to St. John to see the Crown Prosecutor about the Solderberry case.

00:36:17And, well, I thought we could save a lot of time and trouble if you came along with me.

00:36:21What for?

00:36:22Well, to tell your side of the story.

00:36:24Uh, rather Lucille's.

00:36:25I'm sure you want to keep her out of it as much as possible.

00:36:28I want to keep her out of it, period.

00:36:30That's why I sent her away to her aunt.

00:36:32But she can't be kept out of it.

00:36:33Next to Jean, she'll be the prosecutor's chief witness.

00:36:36Oh, no, she won't.

00:36:37Because she wasn't the witness.

00:36:39I don't get you.

00:36:41Look, Carter.

00:36:42Just like everybody else around here, I'm sorry about what happened.

00:36:44I just don't want to get mixed up in it.

00:36:47But you are mixed up in it already, as Sally says.

00:36:50I don't know what your little girl's been telling you, but Lucille was nowhere near that Olderberry house the other afternoon.

00:36:55Mr. Demers!

00:36:56Look, she was playing on a swing with Jean till 5.30, then she came over her supper.

00:37:00Jean didn't want to go, so she left her there.

00:37:03But that's not true.

00:37:06That's her story.

00:37:11The mill you work at, is it the Olderberry mill?

00:37:15What's that got to do with it?

00:37:18I warned him.

00:37:20I also wonder if Lucille will stick to her story on the witness stand.

00:37:23There isn't gonna be anywhere to stand.

00:37:25I don't want my kid dragged through the courts.

00:37:27Yeah, he won't have any choice if the attorney general issues a subpoena.

00:37:29Well, we'll see.

00:37:31That's right.

00:37:34Come on, Sally. We'd better be getting home.

00:37:36Yeah, I think maybe you better.

00:37:37Goodbye, Demers.

00:37:49I think you're making a very serious mistake.

00:37:52I'm not making any mistake.

00:37:53I'll speak to Mr. Richard Olderberry, please.

00:37:56Tom Demers.

00:37:57But why, Tom? Why?

00:37:58Shut up.

00:37:59But why?

00:38:00Why?

00:38:01Why?

00:38:02Why?

00:38:03Why?

00:38:04Why?

00:38:05What is it?

00:38:06What is it?

00:38:11I'll speak to Mr. Richard Olderberry, please.

00:38:12Tom Demers.

00:38:13But why, Tom? Why?

00:38:14Shut up.

00:38:15But why?

00:38:16Why?

00:38:17What?

00:38:35Hey, I think this is them coming now.

00:38:51You just tell your story like you told it to your mother and me at home.

00:38:54Okay.

00:38:56Ready?

00:39:35I think I'll sit here.

00:39:41Before I can think.

00:39:43You will.

00:39:45These are your seats here.

00:39:46Morning, Mrs. Carter.

00:39:47Morning.

00:39:48Morning, Jean.

00:39:58Don't you worry, Dad.

00:40:00Everything's going to be fine.

00:40:05I had to work with the judge.

00:40:20There's no need for your father to stand during the hearing.

00:40:22Good.

00:40:23We're going to be fine.

00:40:44Hey, everybody.

00:40:46Come on, let's go.

00:41:05Order and close the cart will rise.

00:41:16Oh, yes, oh, yes, the Supreme Court of Jamestown is now in session.

00:41:24Mr. Justice Charles presiding. God save the Queen.

00:41:26The accused will rise.

00:41:28Well, under the circumstances, we can dispense with that formality.

00:41:32Mr. Olderberry, you may remain seated.

00:41:35Clarence Frederick Olderberry, in the name of Her Majesty the Queen

00:41:38and under the provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada,

00:41:40you are charged with procuring a child.

00:41:41To wit, Jean Carter, age nine years, seven months of Jamestown,

00:41:45with intent to commit an act or acts of gross indecency.

00:41:48The charge which the complainants are bringing against Clarence Olderberry

00:41:51is a grave and repulsive one.

00:41:56Particularly repulsive,

00:41:57because of the tender age of the girl, Jean Carter.

00:42:05Before, however, we give you details of the offense and present our evidence,

00:42:09I would like to make one or two observations.

00:42:11It would be idle to deny that some of us know or think we know something about this case.

00:42:21In a small community where the parties in this case are widely and personally known,

00:42:25it is probable that some of the jury have certain feelings and opinions

00:42:29and that such feelings may predispose them either for or against the accused.

00:42:35If any of you have such feelings, I ask you to cast them entirely from your minds.

00:42:41You are sworn, you know, to try this man according to the law,

00:42:47without fear or favor, affection or ill will,

00:42:50coldly, dispassionately, on the evidence alone.

00:42:54And this you must do.

00:43:01The crime which we have to consider is an ugly thing.

00:43:06It is also, by its very nature, a secret thing.

00:43:10I am unusually fortunate in having been able to subpoena an actual eyewitness,

00:43:18young Lucille Damarest,

00:43:20to corroborate in detail the testimony of the complainant.

00:43:24And I assure you that when you have heard the evidence of the two girls between them,

00:43:30you will see that you have no alternative but to find the accused guilty as charged.

00:43:36Lord, may I call my first witness?

00:43:42May I have the pleasure, Lordship.

00:43:44Mr. Slade?

00:43:45Before my learned friend proceeds,

00:43:47I think you should see this paper that's just been handed to me.

00:43:57May I ask my learned friend why this paper was handed to him and sent it to me?

00:44:00It concerns my witness.

00:44:01I'm afraid I cannot answer that.

00:44:03It was simply handed to me as I came into court.

00:44:05Perhaps by mistake.

00:44:07May I see the document, please?

00:44:09Certainly, Your Lordship.

00:44:16This is a doctor's certificate to say that Lucille Damarest is unable to appear today.

00:44:22It gives medical grounds to suggest that she should not be required to come into court at all.

00:44:28Is Dr. Mason in court?

00:44:30No, my Lord, but I understand that Dr. Mason, who's a regular consultant at the Jamestown Hospital,

00:44:36is ready to come here and be questioned, if Your Lordship and my learned friend so desire.

00:44:43I think this is up to you, Mr. Duggan.

00:44:46Thank you, my Lord.

00:44:47Well, Dr. Mason is a well-known and highly respected practitioner.

00:44:55He's prepared to sign his name to a declaration that this girl's health will be seriously impaired if she's forced to appear in court.

00:45:02I don't see that I have any choice but to accept his word for it.

00:45:06You realize, Mr. Duggan, that you're entitled to ask for an adjournment until such time as Lucille Damarest is considered fit to be called?

00:45:13I see no reason to suppose the young lady will ever be considered fit to appear.

00:45:17Certainly, after this, I should look upon her as a potentially hostile witness.

00:45:21Well, then, in that case, what do you wish us to do?

00:45:24I should like to proceed, Your Lordship.

00:45:25In cases of this kind, as I've pointed out, it is frequently necessary to rely on the evidence of a solitary witness.

00:45:32And although, of course, I shall be laboring under a severe handicap,

00:45:36I am confident that we can afford to do so now.

00:45:41I should like to call Gene Carter.

00:45:55Lord, may my witness be seated.

00:46:07Well, if she sits down, we won't be able to see her at all.

00:46:10I think I can remedy that, my Lord.

00:46:23How's that?

00:46:23Fine.

00:46:26Will the young person be taking the oath, my Lord?

00:46:29Gene, do you know what an oath is?

00:46:33A sort of bad word?

00:46:38Well, that's one kind.

00:46:40But I mean another kind.

00:46:42Sort of promised to do something.

00:46:43Like swearing something?

00:46:45Yes.

00:46:46Have you ever taken an oath?

00:46:47Sworn something?

00:46:48Oh, yes, sir.

00:46:49I'm a brownie.

00:46:50Well, then you know how bad it is to swear to do something and then not to do it.

00:46:57Yes, sir.

00:46:58Now, what we want you to do is to swear to tell the truth.

00:47:02Is that all?

00:47:03Yes, but it's a very important thing.

00:47:06Will you do it, Gene?

00:47:07Yes, sir.

00:47:10This child obviously understands.

00:47:12I think she should be put under oath.

00:47:14Take the Bible, please, in your left hand.

00:47:22Raise your right hand and repeat after me.

00:47:25I swear by Almighty God.

00:47:27I swear by Almighty God.

00:47:29The evidence I'm about to give.

00:47:31That the evidence I'm about to give.

00:47:33Shall be the truth, the whole truth.

00:47:35Shall be the truth, the whole truth.

00:47:37Nothing but the truth.

00:47:38Nothing but the truth.

00:47:40Would you please tell us what happened then?

00:47:42Nothing.

00:47:43That was all.

00:47:43How did you get out of the house?

00:47:45He let us out.

00:47:46Did you say anything?

00:47:47He asked me to come back when I wanted some more candy.

00:47:51Thank you, Gene.

00:47:52I think that's all I have to ask you.

00:47:54Can I go now?

00:47:54I'm afraid not just yet.

00:47:55I think my lonely friend, Mr. Slade, would like to ask us some questions.

00:47:59Will he ask me many?

00:48:00He may, but don't be frightened.

00:48:01You've only to answer him like you answered me.

00:48:03Must we have all this chat, my lord, between the prosecutor and his witness?

00:48:07I see no harm in it, Mr. Slade.

00:48:09I think our friend was just attempting to put the child in the right place of mind for your cross-examination.

00:48:13Oh, I don't mind that, my lord, but I object to his veiled attempt to make sure the child keeps the prepared text.

00:48:18I resent the implication, my lord.

00:48:20You understand it, nay.

00:48:22Mr. Slade, you will please refrain from making such contentious remarks.

00:48:25Yes, my lord.

00:48:30Now then, Gene.

00:48:32There are just a few points in your story I don't quite understand.

00:48:35I want you to help me to get them straight.

00:48:38I'll try.

00:48:39Now, firstly, you said that Mr. Olderbury showed you out and then invited you back sometime.

00:48:45Yes.

00:48:45Your exact words were, he asked me to come back when I wanted some more candy.

00:48:50Really?

00:48:51Did he include your friend in this invitation?

00:48:54No, he didn't.

00:48:56Are you sure of that?

00:48:57Yes.

00:48:57Now, why do you think he invited you back and not the other little girl?

00:49:02Maybe he liked the way I danced better.

00:49:04Oh, maybe simply because the other little girl wasn't there.

00:49:06Oh, but she was.

00:49:08I suggest to you, you were alone when you went into that house and you were alone when you came out.

00:49:12No, Lucille was there.

00:49:16All the time?

00:49:17Yes, except...

00:49:18Except when?

00:49:19Except when she went for a drink of water.

00:49:21Was that before you took her clothes off or afterwards?

00:49:25Before, I think.

00:49:27You think?

00:49:28Oh, I'm trying to remember.

00:49:30No, it was afterwards, after we danced.

00:49:33She was thirsty.

00:49:34But you were cold.

00:49:35Was I?

00:49:36Oh, you said so in your evidence.

00:49:37You said you asked Mr. Olderbury if you could put on your clothes because you were cold.

00:49:42Then I guess I was.

00:49:44You guess you were.

00:49:46Jean, how much of what you've been telling us is just sheer guesswork?

00:49:50My lord, I object.

00:49:51My learned friend is trying to confuse the witness.

00:49:54Objection overruled.

00:49:55The question's quite legitimate.

00:49:56Thank you, my lord.

00:49:59But you needn't bother to answer it, Jean.

00:50:01Instead, I'll ask you another one.

00:50:03Where did your friend go to get this drink of water?

00:50:05To the bathroom.

00:50:06Where was that?

00:50:07Down the hall.

00:50:07Was she naked?

00:50:08She must have been.

00:50:09Was she naked?

00:50:11Yes, she was.

00:50:12And you're asking us to believe that Mr. Olderbury allowed her to wander all around the house with nothing on,

00:50:17where anybody might have seen her?

00:50:19Well, maybe she had something on.

00:50:20Maybe you had something on.

00:50:22I didn't, I didn't.

00:50:23Maybe you were fully dressed the whole time, and this whole outrageous story of Mr. Olderbury making you undressed is a lie.

00:50:31It isn't, but he did.

00:50:37Jean.

00:50:39Do you like Mr. Olderbury?

00:50:41No.

00:50:42Why not?

00:50:46He's so old.

00:50:47That's no reason.

00:50:53He's ugly.

00:50:55Would you like him better if he was young and handsome?

00:50:58I don't know.

00:51:01He wouldn't be so scary.

00:51:03Oh, you find him scary?

00:51:06Yes.

00:51:06Because of what he did to you?

00:51:08No, I didn't mind that.

00:51:10Oh, you didn't mind him making you dance in front of him with nothing on?

00:51:14I like dancing.

00:51:15With nothing on?

00:51:17Sometimes.

00:51:18Do you do it often?

00:51:19Sometimes after my bath.

00:51:21In front of other people?

00:51:23For daddy and me.

00:51:23Oh, so your daddy likes to see you dance naked?

00:51:28Yes.

00:51:29Well, what a very unusual household.

00:51:31My lord, I object very strongly to the implications of that remark.

00:51:35Objection sustained.

00:51:37Strike out the question and the answer.

00:51:40I hope, Mr. Slade, you're not taking comfort from the fact

00:51:43that what is easy to erase from the court records

00:51:46is not so easy to erase from the minds of the jury.

00:51:48My lord, I assure you.

00:51:50Because that is not a tactic that recommends itself to the bench.

00:51:55Proceed.

00:51:57Thank you, my lord.

00:52:00Now then, Jean.

00:52:03You told us that Mr. Albury didn't touch you while you were dancing.

00:52:06Yes.

00:52:07Oh, he did touch you?

00:52:08No.

00:52:09He never even came near you.

00:52:11No.

00:52:11He gave you a lot of candy.

00:52:14Not a lot.

00:52:15Oh, you wanted more.

00:52:16What?

00:52:17Did you want more?

00:52:19I didn't like them very much.

00:52:21If you had liked them, you'd have let him touch you.

00:52:23No.

00:52:24Why not?

00:52:25I don't know.

00:52:26Come on now, answer me.

00:52:27What do you think he'd have done to you?

00:52:29I don't know.

00:52:30Stop saying I don't know and answer me.

00:52:31You're going too far.

00:52:32How dare you interrupt?

00:52:34Order.

00:52:35Mr. Carter, it is for me to decide when counsel is going too far.

00:52:41Continue, Mr. Slade.

00:52:44Thank you, my lord.

00:52:46Now, I'll ask you again.

00:52:49What do you think he would have done to you?

00:52:51I don't know.

00:52:52I don't know.

00:52:53I suggest you do know.

00:52:54And that's why you ran to your parents with this whole ugly story.

00:52:56I didn't.

00:52:57I didn't.

00:52:58Mommy.

00:53:00My darling, it's all right.

00:53:01It's all right.

00:53:02It's not all right.

00:53:03You pulled up to this.

00:53:04You said you were going to hurt him.

00:53:05I do.

00:53:06Order.

00:53:07Order.

00:53:08Order.

00:53:09Mr. Carter, you will please sit down.

00:53:13I'll have this courtroom turned into a bear garden.

00:53:22No, Mr. Slade.

00:53:24Just what is this line of questioning intended to establish?

00:53:27Just this, my lord.

00:53:28I submit that the hideous and improbable charges brought against my client by this child are the result of a diseased imagination.

00:53:36And I think we should have a psychiatrist tell us if she's as innocent as she seems.

00:53:44You may stand down now, Jean, and go to your mother.

00:53:51Mrs. Carter, you may take Jean into the witness room.

00:53:53It'll be quiet in there.

00:53:54Mr. Carter, I'm going to recess the court for 20 minutes, after which I hope we can return to this business in a calmer frame of mind.

00:54:01The court is adjourned for 20 minutes.

00:54:04Mr. Duggan, Mr. Slade, during the recess, I would like to see you both in my chamber.

00:54:11I'd like to see you too, Mr. Carter, if you please.

00:54:14Mr. Carter?

00:54:23The lights.

00:54:24Oh, please sit down with us, Mr. Carter.

00:54:27I think, for the sake of Mr. Carter, I should preface my remarks with a few observations, which may seem trite and obvious to my legal friends.

00:54:43But it's important to emphasize that we are here to make legal and not moral judgments.

00:54:47Now, it may seem wrong at times, but I assure you it is one of the greatest safeguards of our legal system, that judge and jury are not required to decide if a man is innocent.

00:54:57That's for God to do.

00:54:58Only to say if he's guilty as charged.

00:55:00I understand that.

00:55:01Now, this is what I want you to realize.

00:55:03Now that the child has been brought into court, the defense are entitled to ask her any questions they may think fit, however distressing to you or the child.

00:55:12But even if they go so far as to demand a medical examination, I shall have no alternative but to accede to that request.

00:55:20And it may not end there.

00:55:26Feeling better, darling?

00:55:28Mrs. Carter, the judge is coming back now. They'll be wanting the young lady.

00:55:33Oh.

00:55:33Do I have to go back?

00:55:35I'm afraid so, darling.

00:55:38Don't worry, Widget. You're doing fine.

00:55:42See you later.

00:55:45All right?

00:55:50Silence in court. The court will rise.

00:56:03Silence.

00:56:03I have to claim your lordship's indulgence while I interpose a statement which, of course, is made with a sense of great responsibility.

00:56:14Having conferred with my learned friend and Mr. Peter Carter, the father of the girl in question, I hope you will not think I'm slighting this court or shirking my duty in any way at all in seeking to avoid the prolongation of an ordeal that, however the case might end, can only have a bad psychological effect on the child herself.

00:56:34And what I propose, and what I propose, and ask your leave to do, is to abandon the prosecution and withdraw the charge.

00:56:44Order in the court.

00:56:47Mr. Slade?

00:56:48I would like to add that Mr. Olderbury seeks only to be cleared of the hideous charge brought for whatever reason by this mistaken and misguided child and her misguided and mistaken parents.

00:57:02I must therefore ask for a clear verdict of not guilty to be brought in by the jury and duly recorded.

00:57:10Order in court.

00:57:11Gentlemen of the jury, in view of what I've just heard, I can only instruct you to bring in a verdict of not guilty.

00:57:23Do you wish to withdraw?

00:57:30No, my lord.

00:57:32Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?

00:57:35We have.

00:57:36And do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?

00:57:38Not guilty.

00:57:40The defendant will rise.

00:57:41Clarence Olderbury, you have been found not guilty and are hereby discharged.

00:57:50You may go out of here a free man.

00:58:11He's not back yet.

00:58:13Board meeting still on?

00:58:14As far as I know.

00:58:16They've been at it a long time.

00:58:18I'll tell Mr. Crowley you came by.

00:58:20It's all right.

00:58:21I'll tell him myself if you don't mind.

00:58:22I shouldn't think he'd want to see you just now.

00:58:24Maybe so.

00:58:25But let's just wait and see, shall we?

00:58:27I shouldn't think he'd want to see any of you.

00:58:29Oh.

00:58:29Why?

00:58:30What have we done?

00:58:31Nothing.

00:58:32You just stood around and let it happen.

00:58:33First the trial and now this.

00:58:35What did you want us to do?

00:58:37Sign petitions or go on a hunger strike?

00:58:39Oh, nothing heroic.

00:58:41But you could at least have told him what would happen if you started attacking the Olderberries in this town.

00:58:45Maybe we didn't know what would happen.

00:58:47Maybe we wanted to find out.

00:58:48But you took good care not to stick out your own necks.

00:58:50You left that to him.

00:58:52Oh, you'll make me sick, the whole lot of you.

00:58:54Well, what's going on here?

00:58:57You've been ill-treating my secretary?

00:58:58On the contrary, she's been ill-treating me.

00:59:00Can I see you for a minute?

00:59:02Sure.

00:59:07Is it true that you called the board today and gave in your notice?

00:59:10I wanted to beat them to the drawer.

00:59:12Then you're really leaving?

00:59:13Yes.

00:59:15I'm sorry.

00:59:16So am I, in a way.

00:59:19Miss Jackson seems to think that all the faculty have let you down.

00:59:23Miss Jackson has an overdeveloped sense of loyalty.

00:59:27Meaning we haven't.

00:59:30If you're nothing special to be loyal about, you hardly know me.

00:59:32We know you now.

00:59:35Anyway, what did you want to see me about?

00:59:38Just that.

00:59:39I wanted you to know that a lot of us agree with Miss Jackson.

00:59:43Can I come in?

00:59:44Sorry, I'm busy.

00:59:46Mr. Phillips will excuse us.

00:59:49Is that all, Neil?

00:59:50Yeah.

00:59:51Oh, there was just one other thing.

00:59:53When you get your new school, wherever it is,

00:59:56if you could use a not-too-bright art teacher,

00:59:58I wish you'd let me know.

01:00:00I imagine I'll be needing another job, too.

01:00:08What makes him think you're getting another school?

01:00:13He's probably an optimist, like me.

01:00:16The board has decided not to take up your resignation.

01:00:20Why?

01:00:21Because I'd rather have it that way.

01:00:23Just to show that I don't hold any grudges.

01:00:26But I do.

01:00:30You're under contract to us.

01:00:32There's a saying about leading a horse to water.

01:00:35Yes, but you can't sue horses.

01:00:39You know, Mr. Alderbury,

01:00:40I don't know who's more dangerous than you or your father.

01:00:42But there is one thing I do know.

01:00:43Neither of you are going to hurt me or my family anymore.

01:00:46Look, I didn't want to hurt you.

01:00:47You forced my hand.

01:00:50However, I'm willing to forget all that.

01:00:54You're willing to forget?

01:00:55Yes.

01:00:56You see, I hold a certain amount of power in this community.

01:01:01And I'm going to hold more.

01:01:03I don't want people to go around saying that I abuse it.

01:01:06I want them to see how generous I can be with someone who's crossed me.

01:01:09Like me.

01:01:11Mr. Carter.

01:01:13If you play this right, play it sensibly,

01:01:16my way,

01:01:18you can still have a very successful and useful career here in Jamestown.

01:01:22You can build a good life for yourself and your family.

01:01:25A good life here where you and your father

01:01:27are allowed to go around spreading your different kinds of corruption.

01:01:29Now, look here, Carter.

01:01:30From what I've seen of this town and what you've made of it.

01:01:32I can only thank God we're getting out in time

01:01:34before we've caught the infection.

01:01:46Lucille!

01:01:47Lucille!

01:01:50Lucille!

01:01:52Lucille's gone down to this door for me.

01:01:53She should be back in a minute.

01:01:55I'll go and meet her.

01:01:56I want to say goodbye.

01:01:58Jean!

01:01:59Yes?

01:02:02You're going away tomorrow?

01:02:05Yes.

01:02:06Well, if I don't see you again, goodbye.

01:02:09Goodbye, Mrs. Demarest.

01:02:11Lucille's going to miss you.

01:02:13I'm going to miss her, too.

01:02:15You're the nicest friend she ever had.

01:02:19Oh, well, goodbye, Mrs. Demarest.

01:02:35Hi, Lucille!

01:02:36Oh, my gosh, you nearly ran me over.

01:02:47No, I didn't, not really.

01:02:48I just tried to scare you.

01:02:49You didn't scare me.

01:02:51I've just been to your house.

01:02:52I saw your mother.

01:02:54She's nice, isn't she?

01:02:55She's all right.

01:02:56Come back with me.

01:02:57I was going to.

01:02:57Can I have a ride, if you're careful?

01:03:03And don't go too fast.

01:03:05I won't.

01:03:08And don't go too far, either!

01:03:10Come on, trust me.

01:03:22Here we go.

01:03:28Hey!

01:03:29Hey!

01:03:30Hey!

01:03:31Hey!

01:03:32Hey!

01:03:33Hey!

01:03:34Hey!

01:03:35Hey!

01:03:37Hey, hey!

01:03:39Hey!

01:03:40Let's go.

01:04:10Let's go.

01:04:40Let's go.

01:05:10Let's go.

01:05:12No.

01:05:14Okay.

01:05:16What was that?

01:05:17Hmm?

01:05:18Uh, nothing.

01:05:19Just someone at the school.

01:05:21Please.

01:05:22We'll go downtown.

01:05:23It won't be long.

01:05:24We're going downtown.

01:05:25Would you want to just come back?

01:05:27Yes.

01:05:28We need some more labels.

01:05:29We've run out.

01:05:30Hurry up, then.

01:05:31Hurry up, then.

01:05:32Yes, I will.

01:05:33Yes, I will.

01:05:40Come on.

01:05:41I can't.

01:05:42Come on.

01:05:43I can't.

01:05:44Come on.

01:05:45I can't.

01:05:46Come on.

01:05:47I can't.

01:05:48Come on.

01:05:49I can't.

01:05:50I can't.

01:05:51I can't.

01:05:52I can't.

01:05:53I can't.

01:05:54I can't.

01:05:55I can't.

01:05:56I can't.

01:05:57I can't.

01:05:58I can't.

01:05:59What have you done with his shopping bag?

01:06:00I must have dropped it somewhere back there.

01:06:02My dad'll kill me.

01:06:03I'm sorry.

01:06:04Can't we stay here?

01:06:05I think he stopped following us now.

01:06:06You can stay if you want to.

01:06:07I'm not.

01:06:08No, wait, Lucille.

01:06:09No, wait, Lucille.

01:06:10Wait for me.

01:06:38I can't.

01:06:39I can't.

01:06:40I can't.

01:06:41I can't.

01:06:42I can't.

01:06:43I can't.

01:06:44Where are we?

01:06:45Moon Lake.

01:06:46I came here once on a picnic.

01:06:49But it doesn't look the same.

01:06:51But how do we get home?

01:06:52We have to get to the other side.

01:06:55But I can't swim.

01:06:57Well, we'll have to go around then.

01:07:00But it's miles.

01:07:03And it'll be dark.

01:07:05Come on.

01:07:06Maybe we could hide in there.

01:07:19Suppose it's haunted.

01:07:21Don't be silly.

01:07:22Come on.

01:07:36Come on.

01:07:37Don't be silly.

01:07:38Come on, Lucy.

01:07:39Come on, Lucy.

01:07:40Come on.

01:07:41Come on.

01:07:42How old are you?

01:07:43Come on.

01:07:44Come on.

01:07:45What?

01:07:46Come on.

01:07:47Come on.

01:07:48Come on.

01:07:49Come on.

01:07:50Come on.

01:08:03Come on.

01:08:04What are we going to do?

01:08:06We just have to go around.

01:08:11Hey, look.

01:08:15Come on.

01:08:26Go and get the oars.

01:08:34Help me!

01:08:40Help me!

01:08:44No one...

01:09:04Help me!

01:09:10Help me!

01:09:16Help me!

01:09:19That's all.

01:09:21Help me!

01:09:23Help me!

01:09:25Help me.

01:09:27Help me!

01:09:29Help me!

01:09:32Let's go.

01:10:02Let's go.

01:10:32Let's go.

01:10:43If you'd ask him, please, Mrs. Oldbury.

01:10:47Sorry to bother him like this.

01:10:50I'm going to look a fine sort of a fool if the old man's been at home all the time.

01:10:54Hello. Is that you, Dick? It's Clegg Hammond here.

01:10:56Sorry to drag you...

01:10:58I see.

01:11:02He what?

01:11:06I see.

01:11:09Yes, yes, I think you should.

01:11:12Yeah, please, as soon as you can.

01:11:15Old man isn't there.

01:11:16He was down at the sawmill this afternoon. Nobody's seen him since.

01:11:25He?

01:11:26No, it's me.

01:11:29Hello. You're back early.

01:11:30Oh, I didn't have my hair done after all.

01:11:32Why not?

01:11:33Too many people waiting.

01:11:35Oh, I see.

01:11:37Is something wrong?

01:11:39No.

01:11:40No, I'm all right.

01:11:41Well, if you're not too tired, could you set the table for me?

01:11:43Yes, of course.

01:11:44Pete's run out on me. I think he's just plain hooky.

01:11:48We didn't see Jean anywhere about.

01:11:50No.

01:11:51Why?

01:11:51I think it's about time she came in.

01:11:54I'll take my turn.

01:11:55No, no, it's all right.

01:11:55Hello.

01:12:00Yes, who is this?

01:12:03Mrs. Demarest.

01:12:05Do you see you?

01:12:06No, she's not here.

01:12:08No, neither of them.

01:12:10That's odd.

01:12:12Well, if she does come, I'll tell her to come home straight away.

01:12:16And if you see Jean, could you tell her the same thing?

01:12:20Yes, please.

01:12:22Goodbye.

01:12:25I was right about it, Pete.

01:12:29There are plenty of labels here.

01:12:31Andy must have seen them.

01:12:35Mother, there is something wrong.

01:12:37Darling, what is it?

01:12:41Jean.

01:12:42What about Jean?

01:12:44She had an accident?

01:12:46Mother, I want to know.

01:12:47It may be nothing at all.

01:12:49Nothing to be frightened of.

01:12:51What may be nothing at all?

01:12:52They found Jean's bicycle on the side of the road through the woods.

01:12:57It wasn't damaged or anything.

01:12:59It was just lying there.

01:13:01Why didn't you tell me when you came in?

01:13:03How could you not tell me?

01:13:05How could you?

01:13:06What did he tell you?

01:13:23I found out.

01:13:25Jean's probably just wandered off into the woods somewhere.

01:13:27There's no reason to believe that he's anywhere near there.

01:13:30He?

01:13:31Do we know it better?

01:13:32You think he's in the woods with her?

01:13:33Carter, you're losing time.

01:13:34Has Jean been wearing this lately?

01:13:38She wore it at school today.

01:13:39Why?

01:13:40Not much.

01:13:47I'm going with you.

01:13:48Sally, I want you to be here if Jean comes in.

01:13:51She won't.

01:13:52I know she won't.

01:13:54Oh, Pete.

01:13:56Pete!

01:13:59Margie, call Dr. Stevens, will you?

01:14:00Yes.

01:14:03Oh, Jean.

01:14:03Oh, Jean, my baby.

01:14:07ded

01:14:07Hey, my baby.

01:14:09Steve.

01:14:15My baby.

01:14:21My baby.

01:14:29No.

01:14:30My baby.

01:14:32Oh, my God.

01:15:02Oh, my God.

01:15:32Looks like maybe we ought to be looking for two kids.

01:15:47Call up, Purdy.

01:15:48Tell them to send someone around to the Demarest.

01:15:49Or in the hospital.

01:15:50Yes, sir.

01:15:51And you'd better round up as many foresters as you can find.

01:15:54Come on.

01:15:57Come on.

01:16:27Hey, Captain! Captain Hammond!

01:16:43Hey, Captain! Captain Hammond!

01:16:57Hey, Captain!

01:16:59Hey, Captain!

01:17:01Hey, Captain!

01:17:04Hey, Captain!

01:17:06Hey, Captain!

01:17:09Hey, Captain!

01:17:12There's a little trap or something along this boat.

01:17:16It must have come from there.

01:17:19Hey, Captain!

01:17:22Hey, Captain!

01:17:24Hey!

01:17:26Hey, Captain!

01:17:39Captain Hammond, sir!

01:17:41No, I wouldn't.

01:17:56I wish you'd let me give you this sedative, Mrs. Carter.

01:17:59Please, Sally. You've got to be all right when Jane gets back.

01:18:11Stop pretending. She's not coming back. I know she's not.

01:18:14You mustn't talk like that. I won't have it.

01:18:16You won't have it, Sally!

01:18:18Oh, I'm sorry.

01:18:20Oh, I'm sorry.

01:18:27Oh, I'm sorry.

01:18:29Oh, I'm sorry.

01:18:31Oh, I'm sorry.

01:18:33Come on, come on.

01:18:34It's all right, Sally.

01:18:49It's all right, Sally. Jean's all right.

01:19:01Jean. Oh, Jean. Thank God.

01:19:05She got away from him. We found her wandering around in the woods, the other side of the lake.

01:19:08Got away? Pete, he didn't...

01:19:10No. She's all right. Really all right.

01:19:14He didn't touch her. She couldn't say very much.

01:19:17She didn't even know what happened to Lucille.

01:19:19What happened to Lucille?

01:19:36He killed her.

01:19:39My father...

01:19:41He killed that little girl.

01:19:44No. Oh, no.

01:19:46Mommy, I was frightened.

01:19:48It's all right, darling.

01:19:51You're safe now.

01:19:52You're home.

01:19:54Excuse me, Pete.

01:19:58He killed her.

01:20:05He killed her.

01:20:08He killed her.

01:20:10I'm going to the Demarest's.

01:20:12I'm going to the Demarest's.

01:20:13You'd better come, too.

01:20:14You'd better come, too.

01:20:14You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:15You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:16You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:17You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:18You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:19You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:20You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:21You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:22You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:23You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:24You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:25You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:26You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:27You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:28You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:29You're going to the Demarest's.

01:20:30Let's go.

01:21:00Let's go.

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