Criminal Lawyer

1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:07,753 - Subtitles - Luís Filipe Bernardes 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 3 00:01:37,423 --> 00:01:39,143 This is Burnett, get me the boss. 4 00:01:41,732 --> 00:01:43,012 Kelly speaking. 5 00:01:43,037 --> 00:01:44,892 Hello, Ed? It's a sure ting. 6 00:01:44,917 --> 00:01:48,264 State's witness positively identifies Vince Cheney as the murderer. He'll fry. 7 00:01:48,325 --> 00:01:49,845 Any sign of Reagan? 8 00:01:49,870 --> 00:01:51,744 No, he probably fell off a bar stool and died. 9 00:01:51,769 --> 00:01:53,951 But not even that shyster could stop it now. 10 00:01:53,976 --> 00:01:55,554 You can play it up for a conviction. 11 00:01:55,579 --> 00:01:59,785 No, I believe they can convict a Reagan client after the verdict is in, not before. 12 00:01:59,810 --> 00:02:02,574 And listen, Burnett, when you file your story, 13 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:04,531 you've been in this business long enough to know... 14 00:02:04,556 --> 00:02:08,002 ...that a good reporter doesn't let his personal feelings discolor his judgement. 15 00:02:08,079 --> 00:02:10,000 I'll try and remember. 16 00:02:19,316 --> 00:02:21,183 How's it going, Mr. Medford? 17 00:02:21,492 --> 00:02:23,365 Well, you've been here every day, Burnett, 18 00:02:23,390 --> 00:02:25,939 you should know we have an open and shut case against Cheney. 19 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:28,530 The District Attorney's office has had open and shut cases... 20 00:02:28,555 --> 00:02:30,550 ...against Reagan clients before. 21 00:02:30,930 --> 00:02:33,890 If you're trying to annoy me, Burnett, you're succeeding. 22 00:02:34,005 --> 00:02:37,406 I'm trying to assure myself so that I can reassure my readers. 23 00:02:37,431 --> 00:02:39,829 Like me, they're becoming a little bit weary of the fact... 24 00:02:39,854 --> 00:02:42,569 that anybody with a price to hire Reagan for a mouthpiece... 25 00:02:42,594 --> 00:02:44,277 ...can beat any rap in the book. 26 00:02:44,302 --> 00:02:47,001 Vince Cheney won't beat this rap, not with fifty Reagans. 27 00:02:58,663 --> 00:03:01,210 Lunch seems to have given Medford indigestion 28 00:03:01,235 --> 00:03:03,843 - Either that or he's worried. - About what? 29 00:03:04,207 --> 00:03:06,754 Whether the judge will give our client life or the chair? 30 00:03:06,932 --> 00:03:09,772 The conviction's in his pocket and Medford knows it, 31 00:03:09,872 --> 00:03:12,665 thanks to the disappearance of the chief counsel for defense. 32 00:03:12,865 --> 00:03:14,925 I appreciate the vote of confidence. 33 00:03:15,158 --> 00:03:17,058 You've done a swell job, Clark. 34 00:03:17,173 --> 00:03:19,751 You're a darn good lawyer, but you're no J. Edward Reagan. 35 00:03:19,776 --> 00:03:20,978 Nobody is. 36 00:03:21,003 --> 00:03:23,794 Hear, hear. Loyal secretary, champion's boss. 37 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:26,050 It's the short circuit in the power of the press. 38 00:03:26,075 --> 00:03:28,957 A big mouthpiece is still a little tin god for you, isn't he, Maggie? 39 00:03:29,082 --> 00:03:32,122 Look here, Burnett, why don't you get wise and lay off? 40 00:03:32,147 --> 00:03:33,415 I'll tell you. 41 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,926 Because I find shysters like Reagan offensive. 42 00:03:35,951 --> 00:03:37,830 They're no better than the slime they defend. 43 00:03:37,855 --> 00:03:39,650 They can't be, after a while it rubs off on them. 44 00:03:39,687 --> 00:03:41,679 Are you accusing Jim Reagan of unethical practice? 45 00:03:41,704 --> 00:03:43,468 Well, the jury's still out on that, but... 46 00:03:43,735 --> 00:03:46,027 it wouldn't surprise me to find that it was Reagan... 47 00:03:46,052 --> 00:03:49,281 ...who put the original blindfold on the goddess of justice. 48 00:03:49,361 --> 00:03:51,328 Read the Bill of Rights, article 6. 49 00:03:51,415 --> 00:03:54,288 Guarantees every citizen the assistance of counsel for his defense... 50 00:03:54,313 --> 00:03:56,055 ...no matter what the charge against him. 51 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,215 Thanks, counselor, I'll get somebody to read it to me. 52 00:03:59,132 --> 00:04:02,012 Behold! Citizen Vincent Cheney. 53 00:04:02,099 --> 00:04:04,259 Hoodlum, racketeer, murderer. 54 00:04:04,375 --> 00:04:06,735 And a client of James E. Reagan. 55 00:04:09,601 --> 00:04:10,935 Where's Reagan? 56 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,739 They're still checking the saloons. 57 00:04:12,851 --> 00:04:14,411 Beat it, paper boy. 58 00:04:14,436 --> 00:04:16,899 Bye, Vincent. See you in the chair. 59 00:04:19,054 --> 00:04:20,814 Left to see what can be done about him. 60 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:22,834 That kind of talk's not going to help any. 61 00:04:23,661 --> 00:04:26,914 No kind of talk is gonna help me except the kind Reagan makes. 62 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,987 Look here, Cheney, I've done everything legally possible for you... 63 00:04:30,012 --> 00:04:32,434 ...and I'm getting sick and tired of these disparaging insinuations 64 00:04:32,459 --> 00:04:35,952 Save it. I paid a stiff fee for Reagan to defend me, not you. 65 00:04:35,996 --> 00:04:38,523 That's not true. You knew when you came to us, Vincent 66 00:04:38,548 --> 00:04:41,029 that no client has first call on Mr. Reagan's services... 67 00:04:41,054 --> 00:04:44,588 ...or any guarantee that he personally will appear in court and try the case. 68 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:48,913 Like everybody else, you retain the firm of James E. Reagan, not the man. 69 00:04:48,938 --> 00:04:51,033 I'm not interested in the fine print. 70 00:04:51,132 --> 00:04:53,178 All I know is that Reagan's got the answer. 71 00:04:53,285 --> 00:04:56,865 And you better get this thing delayed till my brother Harry drags him in here. 72 00:05:10,974 --> 00:05:12,380 Alright, Reagan. 73 00:05:12,514 --> 00:05:14,080 What's the big idea? 74 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:16,594 Hello, Harry, sit down and have a drink. 75 00:05:17,286 --> 00:05:19,879 It took me a whole week to find you. 76 00:05:19,946 --> 00:05:21,919 Now it's too late to do any good. 77 00:05:22,086 --> 00:05:25,273 I just wanted you to know I'm holding you responsible. 78 00:05:25,932 --> 00:05:28,417 And if my kid brother draws the rap, 79 00:05:28,590 --> 00:05:31,617 I'll see there isn't enough left of you to take another pickle! 80 00:05:31,977 --> 00:05:33,410 Alright, Moose. 81 00:05:34,914 --> 00:05:37,796 If you ever put a paw on him again, I'll break you in half. 82 00:05:38,050 --> 00:05:39,470 How about that call? 83 00:05:39,495 --> 00:05:42,231 He's got the clerk on the phone, boss He's paging her now. 84 00:05:43,084 --> 00:05:45,011 After this, Harry, when you get into trouble, 85 00:05:45,036 --> 00:05:48,283 take your business somewhere else. That goes for your family and friends. 86 00:05:54,414 --> 00:05:56,981 Yours is an easy face to remember. 87 00:05:57,101 --> 00:05:58,447 I won't forget it. 88 00:05:58,474 --> 00:06:00,501 Well, here's something else not to forget. 89 00:06:00,674 --> 00:06:02,407 And you can tell your boys. 90 00:06:02,827 --> 00:06:06,080 If he should ever get hurt, or anything like that, 91 00:06:06,762 --> 00:06:08,682 I'm coming straight for you. 92 00:06:14,662 --> 00:06:16,249 I haven't got time for that now. 93 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:18,635 But court's in session. Vincent's throwing a fit. 94 00:06:18,695 --> 00:06:21,029 Oh, it runs in his family. Tell him to relax. 95 00:06:21,201 --> 00:06:22,648 He knows it's in the bag. 96 00:06:22,921 --> 00:06:25,054 Look, Maggie, soon as you hang up, 97 00:06:25,149 --> 00:06:27,835 go back inside and have Sommers get a 30-minute delay. 98 00:06:28,389 --> 00:06:30,155 I'm on my way over with new evidence. 99 00:06:30,180 --> 00:06:31,495 New evidence? 100 00:06:31,893 --> 00:06:33,273 Jimmy, are you sober? 101 00:06:33,298 --> 00:06:35,664 Sure. Smell my breath. 102 00:06:38,138 --> 00:06:40,198 Moose, call a cab, will you? 103 00:06:40,223 --> 00:06:41,698 Right away, boss. 104 00:06:43,025 --> 00:06:44,158 What do I owe you? 105 00:06:44,256 --> 00:06:47,382 - I don't know. I never served milk before. - I never ordered it before. 106 00:06:47,429 --> 00:06:49,269 - We're even. - Thanks. 107 00:06:49,472 --> 00:06:52,245 Wait a minute. You forgot something. 108 00:06:53,345 --> 00:06:55,165 You know, Mac, you've had a big day. 109 00:06:55,258 --> 00:06:57,538 You not only served milk for the first time in your life, 110 00:06:57,732 --> 00:06:59,918 You just saved a man from the electric chair. 111 00:06:59,943 --> 00:07:01,212 With this. 112 00:07:03,785 --> 00:07:06,767 Frederic Waterman, take the stand, please. 113 00:07:13,089 --> 00:07:15,355 - Good afternoon, Mr. Waterman. - Good afternoon. 114 00:07:15,436 --> 00:07:18,889 I regret the necessity of recalling you to repeat testimony you've already given. 115 00:07:18,914 --> 00:07:20,863 Oh, that's all right, I don't mind. 116 00:07:20,943 --> 00:07:22,749 How is your eyesight, Mr. Waterman? 117 00:07:22,790 --> 00:07:24,756 I've got 20/20 vision. 118 00:07:24,930 --> 00:07:26,876 Oh, in other words perfect, hm? 119 00:07:26,901 --> 00:07:28,196 That's right. 120 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:30,435 Let's see, you own a women's ready-to-wear store... 121 00:07:30,460 --> 00:07:33,573 ...at 621 17th Street around the corner from Cole Ave... 122 00:07:33,626 --> 00:07:35,986 ...where Dominic Garcia was shot and killed, is that right? 123 00:07:36,011 --> 00:07:37,240 That's right. 124 00:07:37,343 --> 00:07:39,669 Now, Mr. Waterman, in order to save time, 125 00:07:39,694 --> 00:07:42,896 I'm going to run over your version of what took place the night of the killing. 126 00:07:42,921 --> 00:07:45,543 If I make any mistakes, you can correct me as I go along. 127 00:07:45,977 --> 00:07:48,163 All right. According to your testimony, 128 00:07:48,188 --> 00:07:51,043 you finished checking your inventory at 11:30 p.m. 129 00:07:51,068 --> 00:07:53,534 "Leaving the store, you were just locking the front door," 130 00:07:53,559 --> 00:07:55,614 "you were about to go home when you heard the sounds..." 131 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:59,876 "...of the four shots which killed Garcia coming from the direction of Cole Ave." 132 00:07:59,911 --> 00:08:02,954 "A moment later you saw a man rounding the corner from Cole Ave..." 133 00:08:02,999 --> 00:08:04,644 "into 17th St. on a dead run..." 134 00:08:04,669 --> 00:08:06,775 "...stuffing what looked like a gun into his pocket." 135 00:08:06,976 --> 00:08:09,896 "You got a clear view of this man in the light of a street lamp." 136 00:08:11,402 --> 00:08:14,796 "When the getaway car drove off, you were able to see it had no license plates." 137 00:08:14,821 --> 00:08:16,246 That's right. 138 00:08:16,271 --> 00:08:20,106 And later at police headquarters, although you'd never seen this man before, 139 00:08:20,363 --> 00:08:23,409 you were able positively to identify him from police photographs... 140 00:08:23,497 --> 00:08:25,646 ...as the defendant Vincent Cheney. 141 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:26,748 Yes. 142 00:08:26,773 --> 00:08:29,007 Even though it was night and the man was running. 143 00:08:29,032 --> 00:08:32,499 It was Cheney, all right. I'd seen his picture in the paper before. 144 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:34,265 I'd have known him anywhere. 145 00:08:35,227 --> 00:08:37,424 I should like to remind the district attorney... 146 00:08:37,449 --> 00:08:39,350 that although the defendant Vincent Cheney... 147 00:08:39,375 --> 00:08:41,390 has no ironclad alibi as to his whereabouts... 148 00:08:41,415 --> 00:08:44,468 ...between the hours of 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. on the night of the killing, 149 00:08:44,534 --> 00:08:46,614 the prosecution has been unable to produce... 150 00:08:46,639 --> 00:08:48,648 any other witness to his alleged presence... 151 00:08:48,673 --> 00:08:50,948 ...at the scene just described by Mr. Waterman, 152 00:08:51,033 --> 00:08:53,973 whose perfect vision precludes any possibility of error. 153 00:08:54,359 --> 00:08:57,887 Oh, I envy you, Mr. Waterman. You not only have perfect vision, 154 00:08:57,912 --> 00:09:00,627 but apparently you have a first-rate memory for faces. 155 00:09:01,142 --> 00:09:03,989 - Would you say you never forget one? - Well, I... 156 00:09:04,129 --> 00:09:07,315 Objection. Counsel's question is leading and suggestive. 157 00:09:07,340 --> 00:09:08,746 Sustained. 158 00:09:10,026 --> 00:09:11,806 I withdraw the question. 159 00:09:12,199 --> 00:09:15,712 However, Mr. Waterman, you did testify, and these are your very words, 160 00:09:15,737 --> 00:09:18,698 "I did not see the defendant Vincent Cheney after the night of the killing... 161 00:09:18,723 --> 00:09:20,806 ...until the day of the trial in this courtroom." Is that correct? 162 00:09:20,831 --> 00:09:22,141 That's correct. 163 00:09:22,201 --> 00:09:23,694 You swore that under oath. 164 00:09:23,728 --> 00:09:26,987 Of course. Except for the police photograph from which I identified him, 165 00:09:27,012 --> 00:09:30,127 I never laid eyes on Cheney again until I saw him in this court. 166 00:09:30,328 --> 00:09:31,401 Hm-hm. 167 00:09:31,426 --> 00:09:34,986 And of course with your 20/20 vision, you couldn't be mistaken about that, could you? 168 00:09:35,011 --> 00:09:36,187 No. 169 00:09:36,212 --> 00:09:38,305 Any more than you could be mistaken in your belief... 170 00:09:38,330 --> 00:09:41,635 ...that Vincent Cheney was the man you believed you saw running from the killing. 171 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:43,262 Absolutely not. 172 00:09:44,122 --> 00:09:45,602 I see. 173 00:09:45,756 --> 00:09:47,296 Mr. Waterman, 174 00:09:47,328 --> 00:09:50,561 You carry a line of women's dresses called Fashion Mode, don't you? 175 00:09:50,621 --> 00:09:52,675 Yes, it's my biggest seller. 176 00:09:52,939 --> 00:09:55,086 As a matter of fact the manufacturers of that line... 177 00:09:55,111 --> 00:09:56,973 ..consider you such a valuable account, 178 00:09:57,033 --> 00:09:59,739 that only recently they paid you some sort of a testimonial... 179 00:09:59,764 --> 00:10:00,859 isn't that right? 180 00:10:00,884 --> 00:10:02,345 About five weeks ago. 181 00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:04,192 Could you state that date more precisely? 182 00:10:04,341 --> 00:10:06,681 April 27th. I remember distinctly. 183 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:10,394 Mr. Waterman, I wonder if you'd mind telling us the nature of that testimonial. 184 00:10:10,419 --> 00:10:11,461 No, not at all. 185 00:10:11,486 --> 00:10:12,978 One of the owners of Fashion Mode, 186 00:10:13,003 --> 00:10:14,985 the sales manager and a couple of salesmen... 187 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:16,759 ...dropped in to look over the store. 188 00:10:16,784 --> 00:10:19,089 They wrote it up for publication in all the trade papers. 189 00:10:19,114 --> 00:10:21,763 Even took a picture shaking hands out in front of the store... 190 00:10:22,114 --> 00:10:23,928 ...to be printed along with the story. 191 00:10:24,561 --> 00:10:25,968 Is that the picture? 192 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,387 Yes, it certainly is. 193 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,133 That's me in the middle shaking hands with Mr. Billbrook, the owner of Fashion Mode. 194 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,967 If you don't mind. 195 00:10:35,020 --> 00:10:37,193 - I have to take a look at that. - Oh, I beg your pardon, 196 00:10:37,218 --> 00:10:39,620 it's just a picture I described, merely preliminary, that's all. 197 00:10:39,645 --> 00:10:41,180 You couldn't possibly be mistaken? 198 00:10:41,211 --> 00:10:43,478 - Oh, no, I should think not. - Thank you, Mr. Waterman. 199 00:10:43,503 --> 00:10:45,577 Your honor, I object to this entire line of questioning, 200 00:10:45,602 --> 00:10:48,229 ...on the grounds that it is not germane to any of the issues of the case. 201 00:10:48,254 --> 00:10:50,662 - Your honor, I... - Defense counsel will confine his questions... 202 00:10:50,687 --> 00:10:52,089 ...to the issues involved. 203 00:10:54,145 --> 00:10:55,765 Well, if it would please the court. 204 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:57,042 We're only trying to prove... 205 00:10:57,067 --> 00:10:59,977 that far from being able to identify the defendant from police photographs... 206 00:11:00,002 --> 00:11:02,322 ...he couldn't recognize him when he saw him in the flesh. 207 00:11:02,548 --> 00:11:04,381 Therefore, I request permission... 208 00:11:04,721 --> 00:11:07,881 ...to submit this photograph in evidence of that fact. 209 00:11:08,355 --> 00:11:10,395 If Your Honor would be good enough to examine it carefully, 210 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,755 pay strict attention to the faces I've marked. 211 00:11:15,573 --> 00:11:18,326 This photograph is admitted in evidence. 212 00:11:18,978 --> 00:11:22,131 Defense counsel is instructed to show it to the members of the jury. 213 00:11:22,156 --> 00:11:23,371 Thank you, Your Honor. 214 00:11:28,066 --> 00:11:30,959 In examining the picture, I should like to ask the members of the jury... 215 00:11:30,984 --> 00:11:33,026 ...to bear in mind the date that it was taken. 216 00:11:33,051 --> 00:11:34,480 April 27th. 217 00:11:34,653 --> 00:11:36,913 At that time, the court had not revoked bail, 218 00:11:36,938 --> 00:11:38,886 ...and the defendant was still at liberty. 219 00:11:38,946 --> 00:11:40,780 And the witness has sworn under oath... 220 00:11:40,805 --> 00:11:44,040 that he'd never set those perfect eyes of his on the defendant... 221 00:11:44,326 --> 00:11:45,853 ...until May 1st. 222 00:11:45,957 --> 00:11:49,144 Four days later the day the trial began. 223 00:11:50,504 --> 00:11:52,804 Now, in Mr. Waterman's own words, 224 00:11:53,043 --> 00:11:55,763 "Oh, it was Cheney alright, I'd have known him anywhere." 225 00:11:56,062 --> 00:11:58,528 Now, I think you should all agree that Mr. Waterman, 226 00:11:58,648 --> 00:12:01,068 an eager citizen if there ever was one, 227 00:12:01,093 --> 00:12:04,422 wouldn't recognise Vincent Cheney if he bumped him into him in a phone booth. 228 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:07,887 The defense rests. 229 00:12:09,548 --> 00:12:11,235 You shouldn't be so vain. 230 00:12:11,408 --> 00:12:13,362 Better wear your glasses all the time. 231 00:12:15,670 --> 00:12:18,510 - Let me take another look at that. - Sure, with pleasure. 232 00:12:18,984 --> 00:12:21,977 Vincent and his pals make pretty good-looking salesmen, don't they? 233 00:12:22,104 --> 00:12:24,677 - You staged this whole thing. - Sure I did. 234 00:12:24,721 --> 00:12:26,683 But you know, Walt, I'm a little hurt. 235 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:30,079 Your eagle-eyed witness still hasn't recognized me. 236 00:12:48,526 --> 00:12:51,307 - Congratulations, Mr. Reagan. - Thank you, Dreamboat. 237 00:12:51,332 --> 00:12:53,280 My heartiest congratulations, chief. 238 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:56,020 In the unbiased opinion of one of your associates, 239 00:12:56,146 --> 00:12:58,452 that was a masterful piece of forensic strategy. 240 00:12:58,477 --> 00:13:00,213 Take it easy, Sammy, you'll turn my head. 241 00:13:00,455 --> 00:13:02,835 Half the town's been calling you, Mr. Reagan. 242 00:13:02,862 --> 00:13:04,355 Pile them all in the waste basket. 243 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:06,002 Right now I've got more important things to do. 244 00:13:06,027 --> 00:13:07,935 - Moose, get some ice, will you? - You got it, boss. 245 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:09,700 Have everybody in my office in ten minutes. 246 00:13:09,725 --> 00:13:11,966 Lock the front door and tell them all to bring a thirst. 247 00:13:12,298 --> 00:13:14,245 That's my idea of an attorney. 248 00:13:14,525 --> 00:13:16,065 Did anyone phone? 249 00:13:16,372 --> 00:13:18,099 Miss Lydendecker. 250 00:13:18,879 --> 00:13:20,972 Oh, did you want something, Mr. Sommers? 251 00:13:20,997 --> 00:13:22,659 I asked if anyone phoned. 252 00:13:22,684 --> 00:13:24,834 It's a simple question, just answer yes or no. 253 00:13:24,887 --> 00:13:28,394 Well, I could refuse on the grounds that it could incriminate me, but... 254 00:13:28,446 --> 00:13:30,626 ..seeing it's you, Mr. Sommers, yes. 255 00:13:30,651 --> 00:13:33,065 You had the same call four times this morning... 256 00:13:33,090 --> 00:13:35,579 ...from that man who never wants to leave his name. 257 00:13:35,604 --> 00:13:38,832 You know, the one with all the charm of an unhappy bookie. 258 00:13:38,857 --> 00:13:40,477 You're quite a comedienne. 259 00:13:40,672 --> 00:13:44,172 But if I had my say here, you'd be looking for a new job tomorrow. 260 00:13:45,630 --> 00:13:47,157 Clark, wait a minute. 261 00:13:47,704 --> 00:13:49,604 Say, what's the matter with you? 262 00:13:49,644 --> 00:13:51,144 Somebody step in your watch? 263 00:13:51,169 --> 00:13:54,090 You've been acting like a wounded bear ever since we left the courtroom. 264 00:13:54,144 --> 00:13:56,564 - Do you mind telling me why? - Why? 265 00:13:57,364 --> 00:13:59,630 I sweat through every day of every case in court... 266 00:13:59,655 --> 00:14:01,431 breaking my back laying the groundwork... 267 00:14:01,456 --> 00:14:04,085 ...so that Reagan can come in at the 11th hour to play hero. 268 00:14:04,173 --> 00:14:05,680 And what do I get out of it? 269 00:14:05,705 --> 00:14:08,820 Your name on the door of the most important criminal law firm in the state. 270 00:14:08,845 --> 00:14:10,145 And that's all. 271 00:14:10,170 --> 00:14:13,050 He takes the credits, the bows, and 75% of the fees.... 272 00:14:13,075 --> 00:14:14,830 ...just because he's got the reputation. 273 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:16,903 Do you suppose he'd win those cases so easily... 274 00:14:16,928 --> 00:14:18,457 ...if I didn't first set them up for him? 275 00:14:18,482 --> 00:14:20,781 Who are you kidding? Why, if it weren't for Jim Reagan, 276 00:14:20,806 --> 00:14:23,723 you'd still be lugging those volumes around that law library. 277 00:14:23,779 --> 00:14:26,679 You ought to get down on your knees each morning and kiss his shoes. 278 00:14:26,719 --> 00:14:28,533 Sorry. Trousers cost money. 279 00:14:28,755 --> 00:14:31,928 On my income, I can't afford to take chances with the creases. 280 00:14:32,061 --> 00:14:33,881 But Reagan's going to do better for me. 281 00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:36,395 A full partnership and 50%. 282 00:14:36,523 --> 00:14:38,489 Or one of these days I'm gonna walk out. 283 00:14:50,483 --> 00:14:51,777 Hello, Ben? 284 00:14:52,330 --> 00:14:55,030 Yes, I know, but I just this minute got back from court. 285 00:14:55,908 --> 00:14:59,494 No, I'm not trying to duck you, you'll get your money. Just stop hounding me. 286 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:04,250 Is that you, Maggie? 287 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:08,243 - Want me, boss? - Celebrating time and time's a-wasting. 288 00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:10,123 Want a drink? 289 00:15:10,148 --> 00:15:12,377 - Better wait for the ice. - I'll wait, thanks. 290 00:15:12,754 --> 00:15:14,514 I don't think I will. 291 00:15:14,544 --> 00:15:18,658 Speaking on behalf of my client today seems to have left a strange taste in my mouth. 292 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,464 Call for the Reagan rinse. 293 00:15:20,489 --> 00:15:23,325 You really hate defending characters like the Cheneys don't you? 294 00:15:23,350 --> 00:15:25,305 Technically a lawyer has no choice. 295 00:15:25,365 --> 00:15:27,492 Specially when he knows his client is innocent. 296 00:15:27,978 --> 00:15:31,105 Jim, do me a favor, will you? 297 00:15:31,165 --> 00:15:32,845 I don't ask for many. 298 00:15:33,312 --> 00:15:34,945 All you have to do is name it. 299 00:15:35,392 --> 00:15:38,238 Take it easy this time, with or without ice. 300 00:15:38,523 --> 00:15:42,123 Those two-day benders you throw, they... they scare me a little. 301 00:15:42,223 --> 00:15:45,723 Oh, a two-day winding has been standard for me ever since I passed the bar. 302 00:15:45,861 --> 00:15:48,008 It's the third day I'm worrying about. 303 00:15:48,041 --> 00:15:50,148 Never has been a third day and you know it. 304 00:15:50,625 --> 00:15:52,925 Now you can make a book out of it, there never will be. 305 00:15:53,412 --> 00:15:55,139 Don't tell me you're taking the pledge. 306 00:15:55,164 --> 00:15:57,232 More than that, I'm making a speech as soon as everybody gets here. 307 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:59,859 - Come on, give. - No, I gotta have a bigger audience. 308 00:15:59,924 --> 00:16:01,690 Must learn patience, Maggie. 309 00:16:01,804 --> 00:16:03,677 Patience? Me? 310 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:07,333 Mr. Reagan, I've got news for you. 311 00:16:09,577 --> 00:16:12,410 - Are we all here? - The clan's all assembled, boss. 312 00:16:13,704 --> 00:16:15,770 What I've got to say won't take long. 313 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,053 I'm retiring from practice. 314 00:16:18,725 --> 00:16:21,832 The death of Phil Doble has left the Supreme Court judgeship vacant. 315 00:16:22,192 --> 00:16:24,825 They've placed my name before the bar association, 316 00:16:24,932 --> 00:16:26,845 and it only takes their recommendation... 317 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,700 ...to confirm the appointment. 318 00:16:28,733 --> 00:16:31,020 - Jim! - Congratulations, chief. 319 00:16:31,045 --> 00:16:34,438 In my unbiased opinion, the bar's loss is the judiciary's gain. 320 00:16:34,463 --> 00:16:36,537 - That goes double for the saloon. - Your Honor. 321 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:39,296 I suppose this means the dissolution of the firm. 322 00:16:39,321 --> 00:16:41,636 The firm yes, but not the office necessarily. 323 00:16:41,661 --> 00:16:43,488 - I don't get it. - You will. 324 00:16:43,668 --> 00:16:46,222 One shake and it's all yours. What do you say, Clark? 325 00:16:46,407 --> 00:16:48,014 I don't know what to say. 326 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:50,567 Perhaps some of those things you were babbling to me before. 327 00:16:51,159 --> 00:16:53,312 - Why, thanks. - You're welcome. 328 00:16:53,337 --> 00:16:55,739 Well, how about a little party tonight to celebrate? 329 00:16:56,508 --> 00:16:59,101 No, not tonight, Clark. Some other time. 330 00:16:59,155 --> 00:17:01,348 Suit yourself, I understand perfectly. 331 00:17:04,093 --> 00:17:06,193 You're a queer fish, Jim Reagan. 332 00:17:06,479 --> 00:17:08,533 You won't stand an evening with Sommers, 333 00:17:08,558 --> 00:17:10,386 yet you give him a practice for a handshake. 334 00:17:10,411 --> 00:17:12,293 Oh, he's worked hard and he's earned it. 335 00:17:12,318 --> 00:17:14,326 Nothing says I can't choose my friends. 336 00:17:14,396 --> 00:17:17,069 Is there a law says you clients can't choose their own lawyer? 337 00:17:17,229 --> 00:17:19,842 If there is, it's one a judge doesn't have to worry about. 338 00:17:21,529 --> 00:17:23,169 What concerns you most, 339 00:17:23,194 --> 00:17:26,414 me or my agreeing to retain your office to represent me? 340 00:17:26,614 --> 00:17:28,941 I was hoping you'd consider it. 341 00:17:28,966 --> 00:17:32,827 - Obviously you'd be a most valued client. - And most valuable. 342 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:34,454 I know that, Mr. Cheney. 343 00:17:34,479 --> 00:17:37,489 A man of your interest requires extensive legal servicing. 344 00:17:37,699 --> 00:17:39,619 And furthermore, if I may say so, 345 00:17:39,919 --> 00:17:42,199 there's no other attorney more familiar with handling... 346 00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:44,987 ... the various details of your vast operations than I. 347 00:17:45,176 --> 00:17:46,676 I've made a study of them. 348 00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:49,189 Finally and most important of all, 349 00:17:49,542 --> 00:17:51,249 there's this to be considered. 350 00:17:51,274 --> 00:17:52,346 What's that? 351 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:57,180 By retaining me, you will not be completely out of touch with... Judge James E. Reagan. 352 00:17:57,759 --> 00:18:01,293 Are you trying to tell me that Reagan's keeping an interest in the office? 353 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,239 I didn't say that, Mr. Cheney. 354 00:18:04,213 --> 00:18:05,699 No. 355 00:18:05,849 --> 00:18:07,709 You didn't say it, did you? 356 00:18:09,482 --> 00:18:12,016 But forgetting the closeness of Mr. Reagan and myself, 357 00:18:12,441 --> 00:18:16,868 may I point out the inadvisability of bringing in a strange law firm... 358 00:18:16,893 --> 00:18:18,081 ...in your business? 359 00:18:18,421 --> 00:18:20,294 There's something in what you say. 360 00:18:20,621 --> 00:18:21,881 I'll think it over. 361 00:18:25,185 --> 00:18:26,892 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 362 00:18:37,741 --> 00:18:39,948 How about another bottle of wine for the road, huh? 363 00:18:39,973 --> 00:18:42,473 Uh-uh, no more of this fancy bar water for me. 364 00:18:42,505 --> 00:18:44,187 It ruins my taste for beer. 365 00:18:44,212 --> 00:18:45,545 How about you, Dreamboat? 366 00:18:45,570 --> 00:18:47,645 Oh, no, I wouldn't dare, Mr. Reagan. 367 00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:49,685 Not when I'm out with the office wolf. 368 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:52,563 - What, Sammy a wolf? - That's right, boss. 369 00:18:52,588 --> 00:18:54,106 Two of the secretaries was telling me. 370 00:18:54,131 --> 00:18:56,633 They call him the water-cooler Casanova. 371 00:18:56,733 --> 00:18:58,966 A loose generalization, chief. 372 00:18:58,991 --> 00:19:00,502 A base connive. 373 00:19:00,802 --> 00:19:03,712 In my relationship with Miss Lydendecker particularly. 374 00:19:03,737 --> 00:19:05,626 - I'm not the pursuer. - No? 375 00:19:05,651 --> 00:19:08,439 - I'm the pursued. - Who's chasing who? 376 00:19:08,464 --> 00:19:11,150 - Not "who", Miss Lydendecker. "Whom". 377 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:14,830 The verb to chase is transitive, necessitating an object. 378 00:19:14,977 --> 00:19:16,511 Now I'm an object. 379 00:19:16,597 --> 00:19:19,711 No, Miss Lydendecker, you are the subject. 380 00:19:19,884 --> 00:19:21,451 I am the object. 381 00:19:22,577 --> 00:19:24,743 You're a fractured object, Sammy. 382 00:19:24,768 --> 00:19:26,710 Will there be anything else, Mr. Reagan? 383 00:19:26,735 --> 00:19:28,210 No, thanks, just the check. 384 00:19:28,235 --> 00:19:30,690 No check it's all taken care of by the gentleman over there. 385 00:19:37,725 --> 00:19:39,845 No, Moose, not tonight. 386 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:42,498 I couldn't be mad at anybody tonight. 387 00:19:42,998 --> 00:19:44,385 Okay, boss. 388 00:19:45,324 --> 00:19:48,090 - Enjoy your dinner, Jim? - Oh, thanks, Harry, it was nice of you. 389 00:19:48,115 --> 00:19:49,118 My pleasure. 390 00:19:49,143 --> 00:19:51,964 I only wish I had known earlier you folks were gonna be here tonight. 391 00:19:51,989 --> 00:19:53,519 We could've all had dinner together. 392 00:19:53,544 --> 00:19:54,983 Oh, what a shame. 393 00:19:55,096 --> 00:19:57,303 I've got an apology to make to you, Jim. 394 00:19:57,328 --> 00:19:59,369 For the way I acted in that bar today. 395 00:19:59,394 --> 00:20:00,622 I'm making it. 396 00:20:00,647 --> 00:20:02,348 Oh, I'd already forgotten it. 397 00:20:02,462 --> 00:20:05,248 Swell, I knew you'd take it this way... 398 00:20:05,273 --> 00:20:06,634 Judge. 399 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:10,472 Now the cat's out of the bag, I heard the rumor three days ago. 400 00:20:10,605 --> 00:20:12,618 When is the bar association going to meet on? 401 00:20:12,643 --> 00:20:14,203 I understand they're meeting tonight. 402 00:20:14,228 --> 00:20:16,870 Well, then I didn't beat them to the gun by much. 403 00:20:16,988 --> 00:20:19,601 You'll have their confirmation tomorrow morning. Congratulations. 404 00:20:19,626 --> 00:20:21,095 Thank you, Harry. 405 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,408 The only thing is, with you out of practice, 406 00:20:23,531 --> 00:20:26,197 I'm out of legal advice. What do you suggest? 407 00:20:26,222 --> 00:20:29,417 A conscientious effort to remain on the right side of the law. 408 00:20:30,695 --> 00:20:32,842 Clark Sommers is taking over the office. 409 00:20:32,895 --> 00:20:34,735 I suggest you consult him. 410 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:36,862 There's no more capable attorney in the city. 411 00:20:36,887 --> 00:20:39,215 Your advice was always good for me, Jim. 412 00:20:39,835 --> 00:20:42,209 Are you sure your folks won't join my party? 413 00:20:42,471 --> 00:20:44,544 He told you we got a date. Good night. 414 00:20:44,569 --> 00:20:46,184 Moose, Moose. 415 00:20:47,031 --> 00:20:49,437 No, thanks, some other time, we really have to leave. 416 00:20:49,507 --> 00:20:52,060 - Good night, judge, see you in court. - Harry. 417 00:20:52,952 --> 00:20:55,492 If you really meant what you said about always taking my advice, 418 00:20:55,517 --> 00:20:57,579 here's one last bit and it's free. 419 00:20:57,604 --> 00:20:58,719 What's that? 420 00:20:58,744 --> 00:21:01,046 No matter who you retain to represent you, 421 00:21:01,713 --> 00:21:04,166 don't ever be guilty if you come up in front of me. 422 00:21:09,762 --> 00:21:11,200 You had me worried. 423 00:21:11,225 --> 00:21:14,220 For a minute there I thought you were going to ask him for the next waltz. 424 00:21:14,245 --> 00:21:16,831 Are you kidding, I'm the worst dancer in America and you know it. 425 00:21:16,856 --> 00:21:18,425 Be that as it may, chief, 426 00:21:18,450 --> 00:21:21,310 But in the unbiased opinion of a former associate, 427 00:21:21,483 --> 00:21:24,190 you've just recommended a stiff to represent an... 428 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,523 ...ex-client,if you'll pardon the expression. 429 00:21:26,548 --> 00:21:28,036 The expression is pardoned. 430 00:21:28,136 --> 00:21:30,590 The night is still young! Let's travel. 431 00:21:30,908 --> 00:21:34,361 - Where to, Mr. Reagan? - Where to? Dancing, where else? 432 00:21:36,498 --> 00:21:39,432 You'd better send it back, Harry. It's all ice cold now. 433 00:21:39,545 --> 00:21:41,572 Never mind, I'll eat it. 434 00:21:41,752 --> 00:21:43,365 What was all the talk about? 435 00:21:43,415 --> 00:21:44,589 Just shop. 436 00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:48,352 Oh, Moose. 437 00:21:48,552 --> 00:21:51,178 Find our waiter and see their check is paid with this. 438 00:21:51,465 --> 00:21:54,325 It's a pleasure. I was just beginning to get indigestion. 439 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:57,102 While you get your hats, we'll take care of our shiny noses. 440 00:21:57,127 --> 00:22:00,322 - But your noses aren't shiny. - Oh, Sammy Cutler. 441 00:22:01,056 --> 00:22:02,343 You know, chief? 442 00:22:02,456 --> 00:22:06,643 There are times when I find the language of women incredibly misleading. 443 00:22:06,668 --> 00:22:08,210 - Hello, Walter. - Jim! 444 00:22:08,235 --> 00:22:09,463 Surprised to find you here. 445 00:22:09,488 --> 00:22:11,623 Well, I've eaten so much crow lately because of you... 446 00:22:11,648 --> 00:22:13,583 I thought lobster would be nice for a change. 447 00:22:13,608 --> 00:22:15,550 Sorry I had to pull that picture trick, Walt, 448 00:22:15,575 --> 00:22:17,606 but this time Vincent Cheney was innocent of the charge... 449 00:22:17,631 --> 00:22:18,788 and I couldn't prove it any other way. 450 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,986 You're forgiven. I want him for the things he's done, not the things he hasn't. 451 00:22:22,011 --> 00:22:23,111 I know that. 452 00:22:23,136 --> 00:22:24,437 Oh, Walt. 453 00:22:25,004 --> 00:22:27,237 Did you, uh... attend that meeting tonight? 454 00:22:27,262 --> 00:22:28,744 Yes, Jim, I just came from there. 455 00:22:28,769 --> 00:22:30,662 Oh, I don't think you gentlemen know each other. 456 00:22:30,687 --> 00:22:32,129 - Excuse me. - This is Tucker Bourne, 457 00:22:32,154 --> 00:22:34,955 the secretary of the Bar Association. I'd like you to know Jim Reagan. 458 00:22:35,056 --> 00:22:36,676 It's a privilege, Mr. Bourne. 459 00:22:36,701 --> 00:22:37,864 How are you? 460 00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:39,671 We'll go on in ahead of you and get a table. 461 00:22:39,696 --> 00:22:41,164 I'll follow you in a minute. 462 00:22:44,618 --> 00:22:46,658 - Nice to see you, Jim. - Wait a minute. 463 00:22:47,171 --> 00:22:49,118 You're not getting off the hook that easy. 464 00:22:49,245 --> 00:22:50,885 Haven't you got something to tell me? 465 00:22:50,923 --> 00:22:52,250 What do you mean? 466 00:22:52,350 --> 00:22:55,278 Oh, come on, Walt. How long did it take you boys tonight... 467 00:22:55,303 --> 00:22:57,489 ...to get rid of the opposition by kicking me upstairs? 468 00:22:57,514 --> 00:22:59,197 They didn't endorse you, Jim. 469 00:23:00,092 --> 00:23:01,219 They didn't... 470 00:23:01,885 --> 00:23:03,299 Why? 471 00:23:03,692 --> 00:23:04,972 Why? 472 00:23:04,997 --> 00:23:06,519 I'll give it to you straight. 473 00:23:06,565 --> 00:23:08,563 There were a few who thought your tactics, 474 00:23:08,588 --> 00:23:11,139 your reputation weren't quite what they should be. 475 00:23:12,915 --> 00:23:15,422 Such as Counselor Tucker Bourne, for instance? 476 00:23:15,569 --> 00:23:17,115 Among them, I'm afraid. 477 00:23:17,655 --> 00:23:21,168 I understand what this appointment meant to you, and I'm sorry. 478 00:23:21,348 --> 00:23:22,895 I'm truly sorry. 479 00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:27,657 Wasn't that the DA? 480 00:23:28,264 --> 00:23:29,864 Jim, what's the matter? 481 00:23:32,553 --> 00:23:33,933 What's wrong, Sammy? 482 00:23:33,958 --> 00:23:36,633 The judgeship, he didn't get it. 483 00:23:38,514 --> 00:23:41,154 I'll keep an eye on him. You take care of the girls. 484 00:25:00,691 --> 00:25:02,258 Get me out of here. 485 00:25:02,312 --> 00:25:04,092 Get me out of this thing. 486 00:25:04,199 --> 00:25:06,732 - Do you hear me? - Yeah, I hear you. 487 00:25:06,757 --> 00:25:08,923 - Mr. Hendricks? - That's me. 488 00:25:08,948 --> 00:25:10,712 There's a phone call for you in the locker room. 489 00:25:10,737 --> 00:25:11,759 Thanks. 490 00:25:11,784 --> 00:25:15,076 - Oh, Moose, I'm being boiled alive. - You're not even medium rare yet. 491 00:25:20,362 --> 00:25:21,488 Hello. 492 00:25:21,513 --> 00:25:22,735 Oh, hello, Maggie. 493 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,968 Moose, how is he? 494 00:25:23,993 --> 00:25:25,853 He'll be alright. I got him boiling out now. 495 00:25:25,878 --> 00:25:27,360 I mean how does he feel? 496 00:25:27,391 --> 00:25:30,206 Well, how would you feel after a week of lapping up every bar in town? 497 00:25:30,231 --> 00:25:33,365 Listen, Moose, you've got to get him over here immediately. 498 00:25:33,390 --> 00:25:36,032 Not a chance. He says he gave the office to Sommers. 499 00:25:36,057 --> 00:25:38,943 - He don't want any part of it. - I know that, Moose. 500 00:25:38,968 --> 00:25:40,410 Don't say anything. 501 00:25:40,435 --> 00:25:41,922 But something's come up. 502 00:25:42,035 --> 00:25:44,409 It could mean another crack at the judgeship. 503 00:25:44,434 --> 00:25:45,664 That's different. 504 00:25:45,689 --> 00:25:48,151 He'll be there in 20 minutes even if I have to carry him. 505 00:25:48,617 --> 00:25:51,183 Moose! 506 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:53,243 Will somebody get me out of here? 507 00:25:54,767 --> 00:25:57,280 Pipe down, you got another twenty minutes yet. 508 00:25:57,407 --> 00:25:59,007 I'll be dead in 20 minutes. 509 00:25:59,032 --> 00:26:02,015 - Too much heat softens the brains. - You're in the right place. 510 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,381 Thanks. 511 00:26:03,619 --> 00:26:05,892 - Who was that on the phone? - Maggie. 512 00:26:05,917 --> 00:26:07,712 She wants us over at the office right away. 513 00:26:07,737 --> 00:26:10,065 - Nothing doing. - Suit yourself. 514 00:26:10,385 --> 00:26:12,565 I made a mistake. Forty minutes. 515 00:26:13,211 --> 00:26:15,111 Moose, this is blackmail. 516 00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:16,910 How did she know we were here? 517 00:26:16,935 --> 00:26:19,417 Maybe a little barfly came over and whispered it to her. 518 00:26:19,624 --> 00:26:21,037 What did she want? 519 00:26:21,156 --> 00:26:23,649 I don't know. I couldn't understand her too good. 520 00:26:23,674 --> 00:26:24,983 Why not? 521 00:26:25,169 --> 00:26:26,609 She was crying. 522 00:26:26,736 --> 00:26:27,956 What about? 523 00:26:28,129 --> 00:26:29,535 I don't know, boss. 524 00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:31,515 She was calling from the office. 525 00:26:31,775 --> 00:26:33,589 I guess she's in some kind of trouble. 526 00:26:33,614 --> 00:26:35,168 Well, why didn't you tell me? 527 00:26:35,193 --> 00:26:37,268 You sit there like a dummy! 528 00:26:44,592 --> 00:26:45,932 Just a minute, please. 529 00:26:45,957 --> 00:26:47,018 Who do you wish to see? 530 00:26:47,043 --> 00:26:49,938 Are you kidding? That is Mr. Reagan. 531 00:26:50,055 --> 00:26:52,662 Oh, Mr. Reagan. Go right ahead, sir. 532 00:26:52,689 --> 00:26:54,775 Miss Powell is in Mr. Sommer's office. 533 00:27:05,525 --> 00:27:06,865 What's the matter, Maggie? 534 00:27:06,890 --> 00:27:09,404 Oh, Jim, glad you could get here so soon. We've been waiting for you. 535 00:27:09,429 --> 00:27:13,190 Mr. Reagan, Mr. Bourne and Mr. Webber are here to consult you on a new case. 536 00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,062 Jim, read this before you say anything. 537 00:27:15,087 --> 00:27:16,375 Please, Jim. 538 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,243 Whatever excuse Moose used to get you here was justified. 539 00:27:19,367 --> 00:27:21,280 When you read this, you'll understand. 540 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,106 They want you to defend him. 541 00:27:28,353 --> 00:27:29,826 I've retired. 542 00:27:29,851 --> 00:27:31,273 Now just a minute, Reagan. 543 00:27:31,356 --> 00:27:34,837 I've assured both Mr. Webber and Mr. Bourne that you'd be happy to assist in this case. 544 00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,511 - It's your firm, I'm through. - I've explained that. 545 00:27:37,536 --> 00:27:40,823 I've also advised them that you've been too indisposed lately to do anything. 546 00:27:40,848 --> 00:27:44,052 Nevertheless, for some reason, they seem to feel that you're the only one... 547 00:27:44,077 --> 00:27:46,225 ...who could help me get young Webber out of this jam. 548 00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:48,932 Mr. Sommers, that's not quite what we had in mind. 549 00:27:48,957 --> 00:27:50,364 Our purpose in coming here... 550 00:27:50,416 --> 00:27:53,300 ...was to retain Mr. Reagan to take full charge of the defense, 551 00:27:53,325 --> 00:27:54,347 not assist it. 552 00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:57,370 Then perhaps you'd prefer to discuss this case with Mr. Reagan alone, Mr. Bourne? 553 00:27:57,395 --> 00:27:58,912 That might be best. 554 00:27:58,937 --> 00:28:00,212 As you wish. 555 00:28:01,285 --> 00:28:04,132 Now, Reagan, I'd appreciate it if we could get down to business. 556 00:28:05,545 --> 00:28:07,112 So long, Mary. 557 00:28:07,823 --> 00:28:10,576 Wish you'd tell Sommers I'm disappointed in him. 558 00:28:11,098 --> 00:28:14,531 Previously this office handled a higher type of clientele 559 00:28:14,556 --> 00:28:16,499 But Mr. Reagan, if you please. 560 00:28:17,409 --> 00:28:19,635 I'll pay any retainer you ask. 561 00:28:19,982 --> 00:28:22,095 There isn't that much money in the mint. 562 00:28:22,849 --> 00:28:25,029 Haven't you gentlemen got the wrong attorney? 563 00:28:25,289 --> 00:28:27,242 I'm Jim Reagan, remember? 564 00:28:27,421 --> 00:28:30,115 The man whose reputation made him unfit for the bench. 565 00:28:30,698 --> 00:28:34,738 Surely, Mr. Webber, such a man wouldn't be suitable as a lawyer for your son. 566 00:28:35,045 --> 00:28:37,612 This is no time for personal recriminations, Reagan. 567 00:28:37,637 --> 00:28:39,168 Wait, Tucker. 568 00:28:40,008 --> 00:28:42,062 I understand your bitterness. 569 00:28:42,302 --> 00:28:44,002 But in all conscience, 570 00:28:44,027 --> 00:28:48,451 the association could not endorse a man whose tactics reputedly... 571 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:50,334 ...were so suspect. 572 00:28:50,527 --> 00:28:52,594 Now you want to employ those same tactics? 573 00:28:55,199 --> 00:28:58,526 I sure gotta hand it to you fancy corporation lawyers... 574 00:28:58,551 --> 00:29:00,093 ...when it comes to ethics. 575 00:29:03,184 --> 00:29:07,597 Yes, it's funny how it never occurs to you high and mighty stainless characters... 576 00:29:08,891 --> 00:29:10,945 that everyone I've ever defended... 577 00:29:13,187 --> 00:29:15,334 ...has been somebody's son or daughter. 578 00:29:15,847 --> 00:29:19,641 Entitled by a law to every legal tactic to maintain their innocence. 579 00:29:19,914 --> 00:29:21,267 But oh, no. 580 00:29:21,394 --> 00:29:23,647 Innocent before guilt is proven... 581 00:29:23,784 --> 00:29:25,631 ...is only for your sons and daughters. 582 00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,958 For my clients, the law reads different. 583 00:29:29,277 --> 00:29:30,663 Well, gentlemen, 584 00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:33,177 here's to my clients. 585 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,367 Those second-class citizens who were prejudged guilty before trial. 586 00:29:37,527 --> 00:29:40,747 Just as the man who defends them is prejudged shyster. 587 00:29:41,015 --> 00:29:43,235 Come on, Mel, we're wasting our time. 588 00:29:54,295 --> 00:29:55,769 Mr. Webber. 589 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,223 Mr. Bourne. 590 00:29:57,650 --> 00:30:01,003 Oh, please try to understand that Mr. Reagan hasn't been himself lately. 591 00:30:01,028 --> 00:30:04,174 - I'm afraid we're no longer interested. - Oh, no, I'm very interested. 592 00:30:04,271 --> 00:30:07,764 I wonder. Could we sit down somewhere and talk this over? 593 00:30:07,943 --> 00:30:11,390 Perhaps you'd care come with us now, Miss Powell, we were just going to lunch. 594 00:30:11,415 --> 00:30:13,703 Thanks. I'll be with you in a jiffy. 595 00:30:17,411 --> 00:30:19,044 Is that you, Maggie? 596 00:30:20,098 --> 00:30:21,504 How about lunch? 597 00:30:21,538 --> 00:30:23,084 - I've got a date. - Who with? 598 00:30:23,165 --> 00:30:25,332 Why? What difference does it make? 599 00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:27,512 What's the matter with you, are you sore about something? 600 00:30:27,779 --> 00:30:29,579 You got anything on your mind? Spill it. 601 00:30:30,347 --> 00:30:32,127 Listen, Hamlet. 602 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,900 You're not in front of the jury now. 603 00:30:33,925 --> 00:30:35,607 There's no one else in the room but us. 604 00:30:35,632 --> 00:30:38,398 And I'm not working for you any more, so you can stop making speeches. 605 00:30:38,423 --> 00:30:40,392 The last one you just made to Webber and Bourne... 606 00:30:40,417 --> 00:30:42,107 ...has probably wrecked everything anyway. 607 00:30:42,132 --> 00:30:43,637 And I hope you're proud of yourself. 608 00:30:43,730 --> 00:30:46,063 Go on, swill yourself into the gutter. 609 00:30:46,088 --> 00:30:47,687 Why should I try to stop you? 610 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:48,867 What are you going to do? 611 00:30:48,892 --> 00:30:51,187 What you weren't bright enough to do in the first place. 612 00:30:51,257 --> 00:30:54,251 And if you move from this office before you hear from me, I'll... 613 00:30:54,637 --> 00:30:55,697 I'll... 614 00:31:02,839 --> 00:31:04,739 And put down that glass. 615 00:31:05,412 --> 00:31:07,472 That's Sommer's whiskey you're drinking. 616 00:31:10,884 --> 00:31:13,904 Naturally, Miss Powell, you understand we can promise nothing. 617 00:31:14,050 --> 00:31:17,080 All we can do is to try and submit it again for reconsideration. 618 00:31:17,112 --> 00:31:18,377 That's all I ask. 619 00:31:18,402 --> 00:31:20,589 You know, Tucker, I learned something today. 620 00:31:20,614 --> 00:31:23,156 Something you and I might have known once, 621 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:25,304 but have grown to smug to remember. 622 00:31:25,329 --> 00:31:28,390 - I see you agree with Miss Powell. - I certainly do. 623 00:31:28,415 --> 00:31:32,491 Some of us have a tendency to look down on the fellows handling criminal cases. 624 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:36,115 When in truth, there's none better fitted for the bench than those very men... 625 00:31:36,169 --> 00:31:40,483 ...who spend their professional lifetime mastering every legal move in the book. 626 00:31:40,508 --> 00:31:42,643 The one we've been discussing also happens... 627 00:31:42,668 --> 00:31:44,633 ... to have invented a few not in the book. 628 00:31:44,658 --> 00:31:46,965 Burt all of them brilliant and within the law. 629 00:31:46,990 --> 00:31:48,105 Mr. Bourne, 630 00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:50,572 if you were on the bench and you were to try a case before him, 631 00:31:50,597 --> 00:31:52,145 do you think you could fool him? 632 00:31:52,326 --> 00:31:54,180 She makes a hard point. 633 00:31:54,205 --> 00:31:55,686 You win, Miss Powell. 634 00:31:55,711 --> 00:31:57,666 And may I add, you're a very convincing young woman. 635 00:31:57,691 --> 00:32:00,178 Thank you. Thank you both very much. 636 00:32:00,203 --> 00:32:01,598 I know you'll never regret it. 637 00:32:01,623 --> 00:32:02,878 I'm sure not. 638 00:32:02,903 --> 00:32:04,320 The only thing is... 639 00:32:04,793 --> 00:32:07,360 ...do you think you can be as persuasive with Reagan? 640 00:32:07,405 --> 00:32:09,211 I can make no promises. 641 00:32:09,391 --> 00:32:11,065 Like yourselves, gentlemen, 642 00:32:11,176 --> 00:32:14,589 all I can do is submit it again for reconsideration. 643 00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:19,001 But I wasn't speeding, I was only doing 25, 30 miles an hour. 644 00:32:19,026 --> 00:32:21,401 Either one of them, not both. Which was it? 645 00:32:21,661 --> 00:32:22,861 Thirty. 646 00:32:22,985 --> 00:32:26,432 When Mr. Johnson stepped off the curb in front of you, what did you do? 647 00:32:26,925 --> 00:32:28,845 I swung the wheel over. 648 00:32:28,874 --> 00:32:30,447 There was no time for brakes. 649 00:32:30,472 --> 00:32:33,119 - Which way did you swing it. - Left. 650 00:32:33,165 --> 00:32:35,582 He guessed wrong and jumped left too. 651 00:32:35,722 --> 00:32:38,115 I hit him. I couldn't help it. 652 00:32:44,847 --> 00:32:46,527 Why did you run away? 653 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,880 When I saw he was dead, I... 654 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,606 ...realized the police would find out I'd had a drink and think I was drunk. 655 00:32:52,731 --> 00:32:53,952 I got scared and... 656 00:32:53,977 --> 00:32:55,926 This party you attended, how many drinks did you have? 657 00:32:55,951 --> 00:32:57,937 -Just a few. - Remember exactly! 658 00:32:58,051 --> 00:33:00,057 Three, but I wasn't drunk. 659 00:33:00,894 --> 00:33:03,394 Sobriety test proves you were drinking, that's enough. 660 00:33:03,714 --> 00:33:06,581 I swear I was sober. Ask any of the kids at the party. 661 00:33:06,606 --> 00:33:07,894 They saw me leave. 662 00:33:07,991 --> 00:33:10,051 Ask Dad when he drove me to the police station... 663 00:33:10,076 --> 00:33:11,898 ...to make a report about the accident. 664 00:33:11,930 --> 00:33:15,118 He insisted they give me a sobriety test for just that reason. 665 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:17,336 Nothing like being overly cooperative. 666 00:33:17,936 --> 00:33:19,596 You ever been drunk before? 667 00:33:19,687 --> 00:33:21,793 No, sir, and I wasn't drunk then. 668 00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:23,873 But you did have three drinks. 669 00:33:24,067 --> 00:33:26,899 Mr. Reagan, couldn't you believe someone might have three drinks... 670 00:33:26,924 --> 00:33:28,607 ...and still know what he was doing? 671 00:33:28,687 --> 00:33:30,767 Yes, I could, but the jury won't. 672 00:33:30,792 --> 00:33:32,683 Especially when the charge is manslaughter. 673 00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:34,018 But it was an accident. 674 00:33:34,043 --> 00:33:36,371 The man didn't look before he started to cross the street. 675 00:33:36,858 --> 00:33:39,958 And once he started, I couldn't help it any more than he could. 676 00:33:40,822 --> 00:33:44,222 As far as the state is concerned, that won't bring Mr. Johnson back to life. 677 00:33:44,247 --> 00:33:46,134 However, we'll see what we can do about it. 678 00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:47,328 Okay, Maggie. 679 00:33:47,353 --> 00:33:50,268 Uh, Mr. Reagan, reporters want to see me for a statement. 680 00:33:50,374 --> 00:33:52,088 - What'll I tell them? - Nothing. 681 00:33:52,228 --> 00:33:54,154 But if they keep insisting, what do I do? 682 00:33:54,179 --> 00:33:55,994 Keep your chin up and your mouth shut. 683 00:33:57,006 --> 00:33:59,178 Don't worry too much, Bill, you're in good hands. 684 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:00,718 Thanks, Miss Powell. 685 00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:03,888 I've just arranged bail. 686 00:34:03,913 --> 00:34:07,361 His father wanted me to tell you how grateful he is to you for taking the case. 687 00:34:09,406 --> 00:34:11,833 We'll get in touch with him at home, Mr. Bourne. 688 00:34:15,487 --> 00:34:17,727 All right, Bill, you're free to go now. 689 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:20,607 I feel a lot more confident now, Uncle Tuck. 690 00:34:20,739 --> 00:34:23,712 Only thing is I'm worried about is how much this is going to cost Dad. 691 00:34:23,737 --> 00:34:25,026 How do you mean, son? 692 00:34:25,051 --> 00:34:27,031 Well, isn't Mr. Reagan very expensive? 693 00:34:27,531 --> 00:34:29,098 He comes high. 694 00:34:39,203 --> 00:34:41,057 That's the jury panel, chief. 695 00:34:41,097 --> 00:34:42,823 About 120 names. 696 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:45,557 I checked the repeaters on it and the way they generally vote. 697 00:34:49,642 --> 00:34:50,862 Yes? 698 00:34:51,246 --> 00:34:52,632 Oh, Ridgely. 699 00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:56,625 Did you make the examination on Johnson's body for alcoholic content? 700 00:34:57,519 --> 00:34:59,112 Oh, none whatever, huh? 701 00:34:59,591 --> 00:35:01,977 Well, thanks anyway, I appreciate it. 702 00:35:02,511 --> 00:35:04,304 No, no, I won't forget. 703 00:35:04,677 --> 00:35:06,051 Tell you what I'll do. 704 00:35:06,130 --> 00:35:09,590 I'll not only buy those usual fifty tickets, this year I'll go. 705 00:35:09,877 --> 00:35:11,337 Okay, so long. 706 00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:15,146 Sammy, I want you to hop over to the traffic bureau. 707 00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:18,207 Check this list with them and find the ones that drive cars. 708 00:35:18,232 --> 00:35:19,955 I don't want anybody sitting on that jury that doesn't, 709 00:35:19,980 --> 00:35:22,113 and underline everyone who's ever had an accident. 710 00:35:22,138 --> 00:35:23,674 - Right, chief. - Oh, wait a minute. 711 00:35:23,699 --> 00:35:25,667 Maggie! What about it? 712 00:35:25,774 --> 00:35:27,407 News ain't good, boss. 713 00:35:27,607 --> 00:35:29,207 - Who's the judge? - Selders. 714 00:35:29,232 --> 00:35:30,581 Selders. Isn't he the one... 715 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:33,539 Honorary chairman of the safety drive, and murder on cases like this. 716 00:35:33,564 --> 00:35:35,452 What about the DA's office, who's gonna prosecute him? 717 00:35:35,477 --> 00:35:36,812 Byron Claymore. 718 00:35:36,837 --> 00:35:38,452 Oh, that makes it rough. 719 00:35:38,738 --> 00:35:41,545 Personally I think that boy's innocent, I think he's telling the truth. 720 00:35:41,570 --> 00:35:43,552 So I can't understand why his father insisted... 721 00:35:43,577 --> 00:35:45,472 ...on proving to the police that he had a drink. 722 00:35:45,497 --> 00:35:47,290 It makes it twice as tough. What do you think, Clark? 723 00:35:47,315 --> 00:35:49,193 Why ask me, it's your case. 724 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,206 You'd better sit back here. 725 00:35:51,231 --> 00:35:53,324 I knew you'd renege when that judgeship fell through. 726 00:35:53,349 --> 00:35:55,611 Now wait a minute, let's get a couple of things straight. 727 00:35:55,636 --> 00:35:58,489 Under my instructions, Maggie here finalized that deal with Webber... 728 00:35:58,514 --> 00:36:00,903 ...in the name of this office and the office belongs to you. 729 00:36:00,928 --> 00:36:03,760 I'm not reneging and I'm not taking one cent of the fee, its all yours... 730 00:36:03,785 --> 00:36:05,721 ...because you're defending the boy in court. 731 00:36:05,746 --> 00:36:08,239 - But Jim! - Straighten that out with Webber. 732 00:36:08,355 --> 00:36:10,048 Now, it's my way or not at all. 733 00:36:10,075 --> 00:36:13,461 - What about it? - Well, I guess... sure, on that basis. 734 00:36:13,668 --> 00:36:15,901 Now that we understand each other, there's one more thing. 735 00:36:15,926 --> 00:36:16,995 Oh? 736 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:20,240 I want you to challenge everyone in that panel that hasn't got a driver's license. 737 00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:23,233 I don't want a bunch of pedestrians sitting up there waiting to get even. 738 00:36:23,258 --> 00:36:25,003 Sammy, when you finish checking that list, 739 00:36:25,028 --> 00:36:27,157 I want you to round up Mother Malone, Dreamboat... 740 00:36:27,182 --> 00:36:29,576 And what's the name of that shoeshine kid that was around here? 741 00:36:29,601 --> 00:36:31,189 - You mean Joey. - Joey, that's the one. 742 00:36:31,214 --> 00:36:33,467 Bring the three of them up to my apartment tonight without fail. 743 00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:35,772 - Right, chief. - What do you want with them? 744 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,073 I need a substitute for the alcohol that wasn't in Johnson's system. 745 00:36:40,773 --> 00:36:44,378 Now, I hope I made myself perfectly clear and each of you understands... 746 00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:45,538 ...what you're to do. 747 00:36:45,563 --> 00:36:47,952 How are we going to know which ones to take, Mr. Reagan? 748 00:36:47,977 --> 00:36:49,743 Sammy here will make the assignments, 749 00:36:49,823 --> 00:36:52,870 he'll give you the corresponding license numbers, and home addresses. 750 00:36:53,136 --> 00:36:55,763 - I don't want any slip-ups. - You can depend on me, chief. 751 00:36:55,788 --> 00:36:56,796 Is that all? 752 00:36:56,821 --> 00:36:59,390 Yes, but I don't want you taking any unnecessary risks. 753 00:36:59,594 --> 00:37:02,974 I want you to work it where you can and when you can. 754 00:37:03,474 --> 00:37:06,247 But only if there's no chance of any of you getting hurt. 755 00:37:06,272 --> 00:37:07,922 Now, there's not too much time. 756 00:37:07,947 --> 00:37:10,993 The trial starts tomorrow morning, without any witnesses, it'll be over in a hurry. 757 00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:13,100 That's it. Hop to it. 758 00:37:16,895 --> 00:37:19,455 Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 759 00:37:19,729 --> 00:37:23,089 In charging the defendant William Webber with the crime of manslaughter, 760 00:37:23,302 --> 00:37:25,242 the State will conclusively prove... 761 00:37:25,308 --> 00:37:27,961 ...that at 1:35 of the morning of June 4th, 762 00:37:27,986 --> 00:37:32,034 said defendant, while driving an automobile under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 763 00:37:32,231 --> 00:37:37,204 did wantonly strike down, kill, and heedlessly desert George Johnson, 764 00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:39,581 while the latter on his way home from work... 765 00:37:39,606 --> 00:37:42,908 ...was attempting to cross the intersection of 5th Street and Maple Avenue, 766 00:37:43,085 --> 00:37:47,438 on foot and duly protected by the clear white lines of the crosswalk. 767 00:37:48,272 --> 00:37:50,598 This needless tragic killing... 768 00:37:50,649 --> 00:37:52,522 ...leaves a grief-stricken young woman... 769 00:37:52,556 --> 00:37:54,369 with two small children... 770 00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:58,096 ...bereft of a husband and father's love, comfort and support. 771 00:37:58,190 --> 00:38:01,896 A loss for which no conceivable amount of monies can ever compensate. 772 00:38:02,203 --> 00:38:05,370 In demanding the maximum penalty for this shocking crime, 773 00:38:05,395 --> 00:38:07,235 the State is more than justified. 774 00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:10,015 It's high time an example was made of those... 775 00:38:10,066 --> 00:38:13,266 ...who feel that a driver's license gives them a right to commit murder. 776 00:38:13,729 --> 00:38:15,369 If it please the Court... 777 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,206 ...and members of the jury. 778 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,666 Although it is not always customary for the defense... 779 00:38:19,691 --> 00:38:22,420 ...to make introductory remarks prior to trial, 780 00:38:22,445 --> 00:38:25,126 in this case we feel you should know that we have nothing to hide. 781 00:38:25,151 --> 00:38:26,553 On the contrary. 782 00:38:26,586 --> 00:38:29,406 The case the prosecution makes will be our case. 783 00:38:29,572 --> 00:38:32,526 For the tragedy which propelled the home of George Johnson, 784 00:38:32,666 --> 00:38:35,646 descended simultaneously on the home of the defendant... 785 00:38:35,875 --> 00:38:38,422 ...with equal, if not, greater force. 786 00:38:38,842 --> 00:38:42,149 For it brought not bereavement which time heels, 787 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,807 but an unforgettable shock and lingering anxiety... 788 00:38:45,832 --> 00:38:48,020 which will dwell with the inhabitants of that house... 789 00:38:48,045 --> 00:38:49,600 ...for the rest of their lives. 790 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,667 It took residence there the moment this terrified boy... 791 00:38:53,967 --> 00:38:55,346 told his mother and father... 792 00:38:55,371 --> 00:38:58,454 ...that he was responsible for the death of a fellow human being. 793 00:38:59,378 --> 00:39:03,298 Now, we will furnish witnesses to testify that he was not intoxicated. 794 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:06,751 All we ask is that you remember that he is the tragic victim... 795 00:39:06,776 --> 00:39:08,752 of an unavoidable accident... 796 00:39:08,887 --> 00:39:12,621 ...which might just as easily have happened to any one of you. 797 00:39:37,463 --> 00:39:38,969 Listen, everybody. 798 00:39:38,994 --> 00:39:42,656 Don't forget, we're not to discuss this case with anyone on the outside. 799 00:39:42,681 --> 00:39:44,044 Not even our husbands or wives. 800 00:39:44,089 --> 00:39:45,821 Yeah, but you don't know my wife. 801 00:39:45,846 --> 00:39:48,131 Kidding aside, those are our instructions. 802 00:39:48,156 --> 00:39:50,244 - Good night. - Good night. 803 00:40:15,537 --> 00:40:19,248 Don't move, don't move. I'll call an ambulance. 804 00:40:19,273 --> 00:40:21,628 No, no, I ain't hurt. 805 00:40:21,653 --> 00:40:23,775 - I'm alright, I think. - Are you sure? 806 00:40:24,691 --> 00:40:26,891 Nothing busted about me, mister. 807 00:40:27,124 --> 00:40:29,398 Just my box busted, that's all. 808 00:40:29,423 --> 00:40:30,511 Well, here... 809 00:40:31,108 --> 00:40:33,048 Here, buy yourself a new box. 810 00:40:33,182 --> 00:40:36,242 - Thank you, sir. - You might have been killed. 811 00:40:36,660 --> 00:40:39,033 Next time look before you try to cross the street. 812 00:40:39,058 --> 00:40:41,062 You and I both are lucky I got a next time, sir. 813 00:40:41,087 --> 00:40:42,096 Yes. 814 00:41:31,718 --> 00:41:33,631 Has the jury reached a verdict? 815 00:41:34,038 --> 00:41:35,638 We have, Your Honor. 816 00:41:35,663 --> 00:41:37,292 What is your verdict? 817 00:41:37,412 --> 00:41:40,779 We find the defendant William Webber not guilty. 818 00:41:48,126 --> 00:41:50,927 Quiet! Quiet, please, no talking. 819 00:41:51,402 --> 00:41:55,662 This Court is still in session and will remain orderly until I adjourn it. 820 00:41:56,368 --> 00:41:59,268 May I inquire how you reached this verdict? 821 00:41:59,424 --> 00:42:02,230 We were unanimous in finding for the defendant, Your Honor. 822 00:42:02,265 --> 00:42:05,305 In my opinion there was more than a little room for doubt. 823 00:42:05,330 --> 00:42:07,472 Is it possible not one of you shared it? 824 00:42:07,497 --> 00:42:08,715 No, Your Honor. 825 00:42:08,740 --> 00:42:10,819 Never in 15 years on the bench, 826 00:42:10,844 --> 00:42:14,513 ...have I rendered an opinion without keeping my own fallibility in mind. 827 00:42:14,668 --> 00:42:19,474 The defense was indeed fortunate to have secured so strong-minded a jury. 828 00:42:19,965 --> 00:42:23,378 It is discharged without thanks or commendation. 829 00:42:23,578 --> 00:42:25,045 Court adjourned! 830 00:42:34,815 --> 00:42:36,828 But don't you admit it was a surprising verdict... 831 00:42:36,853 --> 00:42:39,297 ...on the basis of the evidence presented during the trial? 832 00:42:39,322 --> 00:42:41,416 Certainly not. Nobody proved young Webber was drunk. 833 00:42:41,441 --> 00:42:44,347 It was a tragic accident, nothing more, it might happen to anyone. 834 00:42:44,372 --> 00:42:46,702 Why, only the day before yesterday right in front of this building... 835 00:42:46,727 --> 00:42:48,622 ...it almost happened to me. 836 00:42:53,477 --> 00:42:54,931 Oh, um... mister! 837 00:42:55,781 --> 00:42:57,854 Would you care to make a clarifying statement... 838 00:42:57,879 --> 00:42:59,668 ...about the verdict rendered at the trial? 839 00:42:59,693 --> 00:43:01,941 I certainly would. Why, that judge is loony. 840 00:43:01,966 --> 00:43:03,666 Anybody that drives a car can understand... 841 00:43:03,691 --> 00:43:06,639 ...how sometimes an accident like that is completely unavoidable. 842 00:43:06,664 --> 00:43:08,439 Why, only yesterday I was driving to Court... 843 00:43:08,464 --> 00:43:11,231 and a woman stepped off the curb and I tried to avoid her and I... 844 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,765 Are you out of your head? We can't print anything like this. 845 00:43:15,790 --> 00:43:18,151 Do you think I'd bother to write it up if I hadn't checked? 846 00:43:18,176 --> 00:43:21,082 I talked to every single member of that jury and the whole thing pieced together. 847 00:43:21,107 --> 00:43:22,479 They don't know it yet, but they've been fooled... 848 00:43:22,504 --> 00:43:24,600 ...by one of the slimiest stunts ever pulled. 849 00:43:24,625 --> 00:43:26,413 And that's saying something for Reagan. 850 00:43:26,444 --> 00:43:29,132 But Sommers defended the boy. Reagan's out of practice. 851 00:43:29,157 --> 00:43:31,860 Out of practice. This thing stinks from Reagan. 852 00:43:31,885 --> 00:43:34,220 But you can't prove it. And I don't want you to try. 853 00:43:34,245 --> 00:43:35,984 I'm not risking a libel suit with Reagan... 854 00:43:36,009 --> 00:43:37,890 ...just because you don't like the way he operates. 855 00:43:37,915 --> 00:43:39,796 He could win enough damages to cost me my job... 856 00:43:39,821 --> 00:43:42,151 ...and I'm not that fond of you or anybody. 857 00:43:42,176 --> 00:43:44,502 You're the boss and I've got kids to feed. 858 00:43:44,527 --> 00:43:46,462 But there's one person in town who's entitled... 859 00:43:46,487 --> 00:43:48,226 ...to know the truth about this verdict. 860 00:43:48,251 --> 00:43:50,554 And I'll take care of that in my own time. 861 00:43:53,261 --> 00:43:55,181 That's very flattering. 862 00:43:55,378 --> 00:43:58,298 But I never had any real doubts about the final outcome. 863 00:43:58,323 --> 00:44:01,191 No? What did you boys use on that jury, hypnotism? 864 00:44:01,869 --> 00:44:04,143 - Trade secret. - Here's to trade secrets. 865 00:44:04,168 --> 00:44:06,236 And to a pleasant long-lasting association. 866 00:44:06,261 --> 00:44:08,201 May it prove to be mutually profitable. 867 00:44:08,301 --> 00:44:11,541 What's mutual about my giving you a percentage of our gross? 868 00:44:11,832 --> 00:44:14,085 There's no retainer big enough for what you're buying. 869 00:44:14,345 --> 00:44:17,545 After all, you can't expect me to be available at any hour of the day and night. 870 00:44:17,570 --> 00:44:20,491 to put in a fix, or spring a hood, or square a beef or... 871 00:44:20,516 --> 00:44:23,660 I'll expect more service than that for a piece of the take. 872 00:44:24,173 --> 00:44:27,373 I'm sure it isn't necessary for us to discuss the obvious now. 873 00:44:27,693 --> 00:44:31,280 I thought we understood each other clearly the first time I came in to see you. 874 00:44:31,453 --> 00:44:33,926 Two for the price of one, that's what I'm buying. 875 00:44:34,173 --> 00:44:36,306 Again, Harry, I didn't say it. 876 00:44:36,331 --> 00:44:37,784 And I'd appreciate it very much... 877 00:44:37,809 --> 00:44:40,573 ...if you wouldn't mention anything about it in front of my secretary. 878 00:44:40,598 --> 00:44:41,840 You know it. 879 00:44:44,873 --> 00:44:47,053 - Have you proofed them? - They're in order. 880 00:44:47,279 --> 00:44:49,745 You might prefer to look it over first before you sign. 881 00:44:49,770 --> 00:44:51,953 No, I'll buy it. Just hand me a pen. 882 00:44:57,582 --> 00:44:59,735 Remember the percentage is payable quarterly. 883 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,961 You'll find that stipulated in the contract. 884 00:45:01,989 --> 00:45:04,395 How can you be sure of the amount without checking my books? 885 00:45:04,529 --> 00:45:06,455 You'll find that's also stipulated. 886 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:07,942 We'll get along alright. 887 00:45:08,085 --> 00:45:10,199 - Good night, Sommers. - Good night, Harry. 888 00:45:12,601 --> 00:45:15,421 If you don't need me any longer, I've got a dinner date. 889 00:45:15,446 --> 00:45:17,061 Thank you very much for staying. 890 00:45:17,145 --> 00:45:19,179 Be sure to put this in the safe before you leave. 891 00:45:19,204 --> 00:45:21,987 This is one contract I wouldn't like to see misplaced. 892 00:45:22,192 --> 00:45:24,899 I could wish he'd lose his copy for your sake. 893 00:45:24,992 --> 00:45:26,452 What are you talking about? 894 00:45:26,477 --> 00:45:28,539 Maybe it's none of my business, Clark, but... 895 00:45:28,965 --> 00:45:32,139 Honestly, I think you're making a terrible mistake. 896 00:45:32,170 --> 00:45:33,279 Really? 897 00:45:33,304 --> 00:45:35,119 Well, represent Cheney if you want to. 898 00:45:35,219 --> 00:45:38,292 But the last page of this calls for exclusive representation. 899 00:45:38,459 --> 00:45:41,732 Maybe Harry Cheney will pay more than all the other clients put together, 900 00:45:41,757 --> 00:45:44,060 But you're letting yourself in for something that Jim... 901 00:45:44,085 --> 00:45:46,520 ...was always scrupulously careful to avoid. 902 00:45:46,743 --> 00:45:48,637 Nobody owned Jim Reagan. 903 00:45:48,750 --> 00:45:50,750 This is my firm now, not Reagan's. 904 00:45:50,924 --> 00:45:54,557 I make the decisions around here and I'll make them without any help from you. 905 00:45:54,951 --> 00:45:56,631 Is that clear, Miss Powell? 906 00:45:56,796 --> 00:45:59,143 From hereon in, I'm afraid you'll have to. 907 00:45:59,723 --> 00:46:02,043 Goodbye and good luck, Mr. Sommers. 908 00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:32,394 Moose. 909 00:46:32,608 --> 00:46:34,054 Hey, Moose! 910 00:46:34,968 --> 00:46:36,354 Did you call me, boss? 911 00:46:36,561 --> 00:46:39,301 I can't hear so good in there with the door closed. 912 00:46:39,430 --> 00:46:41,204 Where are the olives for the martinis? 913 00:46:41,257 --> 00:46:43,137 Right there under your nose. 914 00:46:44,598 --> 00:46:46,258 Oh, okay, champ. 915 00:46:46,283 --> 00:46:49,004 You better get the things set up, the folks will be here in a minute. 916 00:46:50,201 --> 00:46:53,481 Interruptions, always interruptions. 917 00:46:54,875 --> 00:46:56,122 Hello. 918 00:46:56,268 --> 00:46:57,295 Who? 919 00:46:58,068 --> 00:46:59,635 What do you want to see him for? 920 00:47:00,022 --> 00:47:01,195 Who is it? 921 00:47:02,034 --> 00:47:04,621 It's Harry Cheney. He's downstairs, wants to come up. 922 00:47:04,646 --> 00:47:06,554 Tell him I'm busy, I'm entertaining. 923 00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:08,059 He's busy. 924 00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:09,833 Well, he don't want to see you. 925 00:47:10,413 --> 00:47:11,552 Listen, Cheney, 926 00:47:11,577 --> 00:47:13,853 if he says he don't want to see you, he don't want to talk to you either. 927 00:47:13,878 --> 00:47:14,990 Give me that. 928 00:47:17,683 --> 00:47:19,037 Hello, Harry. 929 00:47:19,237 --> 00:47:20,884 Listen, I'm having guests. 930 00:47:22,077 --> 00:47:23,530 I'll do what? 931 00:47:24,336 --> 00:47:25,789 I tell you I'm entertaining. 932 00:47:25,814 --> 00:47:28,867 I don't care who said it. No, not tonight, tomorrow night or any other time 933 00:47:38,748 --> 00:47:40,594 - Yes? - Mr. Reagan? 934 00:47:40,619 --> 00:47:41,714 That's right. 935 00:47:41,739 --> 00:47:43,287 I've got to see you for a minute. 936 00:47:43,312 --> 00:47:45,660 I'm expecting guests, couldn't it wait until tomorrow? 937 00:47:45,685 --> 00:47:47,513 I'm afraid it'll have to be now. 938 00:47:50,835 --> 00:47:52,289 That's far enough. 939 00:47:53,549 --> 00:47:55,202 What do you want? 940 00:47:55,227 --> 00:47:57,042 Something you cheated me out of. 941 00:47:57,598 --> 00:48:00,244 - I never saw you before in my life. - My name is Johnson. 942 00:48:00,269 --> 00:48:01,838 Mrs. George Johnson. 943 00:48:02,025 --> 00:48:04,238 Not such a stranger to you after all, am I? 944 00:48:04,699 --> 00:48:07,374 Why did you do it? Answer me, why did you do it? 945 00:48:07,405 --> 00:48:08,932 Because your husband's death was an accident. 946 00:48:08,957 --> 00:48:10,192 - It was murder. - The boy was innocent. 947 00:48:10,217 --> 00:48:12,828 - He's a murderer. - I couldn't prove it otherwise under the law. 948 00:48:12,853 --> 00:48:15,317 There is no law for people like me. 949 00:48:15,464 --> 00:48:17,791 Only for those who can afford to buy you. 950 00:48:17,857 --> 00:48:20,084 I found out that's how you exist. 951 00:48:20,324 --> 00:48:22,591 My husband was murdered by a drunk. 952 00:48:22,694 --> 00:48:25,114 You know how to prove it was an accident. 953 00:48:25,207 --> 00:48:26,767 My kids aren't provided for. 954 00:48:26,792 --> 00:48:29,347 You can trick a jury into believing it doesn't matter. 955 00:48:29,478 --> 00:48:31,252 The money that was coming to them... 956 00:48:31,277 --> 00:48:33,412 ...they paid you instead. 957 00:48:36,129 --> 00:48:37,642 Mrs. Johnson. 958 00:48:38,362 --> 00:48:42,602 Believe me, there was no intent to defraud you or your children of anything. 959 00:48:44,081 --> 00:48:46,975 Justice sometimes can be bitterly cruel. 960 00:48:47,281 --> 00:48:49,128 That's all that was done in this case. 961 00:48:49,153 --> 00:48:51,264 I took no money for my services. 962 00:48:51,289 --> 00:48:52,483 No? 963 00:48:53,323 --> 00:48:56,289 Then what was your price, Mr. Reagan? 964 00:48:59,171 --> 00:49:00,591 Mrs. Johnson! 965 00:49:01,171 --> 00:49:02,744 Mrs. Johnson! 966 00:49:03,278 --> 00:49:04,831 Mrs. Johnson! 967 00:49:05,061 --> 00:49:06,608 What is it now? 968 00:49:06,935 --> 00:49:08,175 Boss. 969 00:49:09,624 --> 00:49:11,204 Hey, boss. 970 00:49:33,444 --> 00:49:35,804 - Hiya, folks, come on in. - Hello, Moose. 971 00:49:35,931 --> 00:49:38,697 - Hello, Mr. Hendricks, how are you? - Fine, thanks. 972 00:49:46,851 --> 00:49:48,571 That's adorable. 973 00:49:48,604 --> 00:49:51,717 Huh? Oh, it's the kitchen tuxedo for fancy dishes. 974 00:49:51,818 --> 00:49:54,358 For corned beef and cabbages he wears overalls. 975 00:49:54,383 --> 00:49:56,564 - We aren't early, are we? - Right on time. 976 00:49:56,589 --> 00:49:59,016 Put your things down anywhere, the boss will be back in a minute. 977 00:49:59,041 --> 00:50:00,053 Isn't he here? 978 00:50:00,078 --> 00:50:02,646 He was. He must have stepped out for something while I was in the kitchen. 979 00:50:02,727 --> 00:50:04,966 The martinis are ready to go. Start pouring, Sammy. 980 00:50:04,991 --> 00:50:06,007 Okay. 981 00:50:06,032 --> 00:50:07,820 I gotta get back to the vichyssoise. 982 00:50:07,845 --> 00:50:09,547 Give it my regards, will you? 983 00:50:11,017 --> 00:50:14,017 Gee, for a second there, I thought maybe we had the wrong night. 984 00:50:14,042 --> 00:50:15,810 Or the chief forgot he'd invited us. 985 00:50:15,835 --> 00:50:17,569 Perish the thought, I'm starved. 986 00:50:17,642 --> 00:50:20,475 Besides, I can't wait to see his face when I tell him the news. 987 00:50:27,658 --> 00:50:30,131 - What time is it now? - 11:30. 988 00:50:30,156 --> 00:50:31,644 It doesn't make sense. 989 00:50:32,812 --> 00:50:35,212 It ain't like the boss to walk out on company. 990 00:50:35,352 --> 00:50:36,639 He wasn't... 991 00:50:36,992 --> 00:50:38,385 Not a drop. 992 00:50:38,549 --> 00:50:40,482 You don't think something's happened to him. 993 00:50:40,514 --> 00:50:42,509 No, he'll be along. 994 00:50:45,418 --> 00:50:46,698 No, thanks. 995 00:50:49,864 --> 00:50:51,438 Relax. 996 00:50:51,531 --> 00:50:53,118 You don't see me worrying, do you? 997 00:50:53,246 --> 00:50:54,372 Much. 998 00:50:55,106 --> 00:50:56,806 Tell me something, Moose. 999 00:50:57,018 --> 00:51:00,005 I know why I hang around fetching and carrying for him, 1000 00:51:00,158 --> 00:51:01,778 I never knew why you did. 1001 00:51:02,231 --> 00:51:04,838 It was something that happened before you came to work for him. 1002 00:51:04,975 --> 00:51:06,582 When I was a wrestling professional. 1003 00:51:06,607 --> 00:51:07,769 Yeah? 1004 00:51:07,829 --> 00:51:09,909 You know, I was married once. 1005 00:51:10,025 --> 00:51:11,185 Go on. 1006 00:51:11,425 --> 00:51:12,912 She was no good. 1007 00:51:13,192 --> 00:51:15,152 Walked out on me with some other guy. 1008 00:51:15,312 --> 00:51:16,532 Another wrestler. 1009 00:51:17,122 --> 00:51:19,162 A couple of years later in a match with me, 1010 00:51:19,187 --> 00:51:20,442 he died in the ring. 1011 00:51:20,467 --> 00:51:21,982 And you were charged with murder? 1012 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,826 I didn't have a dime. Nobody would even listen to me. 1013 00:51:24,940 --> 00:51:26,726 But James Reagan took over the case and... 1014 00:51:26,751 --> 00:51:28,018 ...got me off gratis. 1015 00:51:28,265 --> 00:51:30,152 You just can't forget a thing like that. 1016 00:51:30,845 --> 00:51:32,305 He never told me. 1017 00:51:32,597 --> 00:51:33,797 He wouldn't. 1018 00:51:35,397 --> 00:51:36,864 You going home? 1019 00:51:36,889 --> 00:51:38,384 I can't keep my eyes open. 1020 00:51:39,086 --> 00:51:41,319 Tell the barrister he gives lovely dinner parties. 1021 00:51:41,453 --> 00:51:43,079 You spend more time with him. 1022 00:51:43,104 --> 00:51:46,199 - Wait a minute, I'll take you. - Thanks, my car's downstairs. 1023 00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,266 Promise to phone me the minute he comes in? 1024 00:51:51,291 --> 00:51:52,453 Sure, Maggie. 1025 00:51:53,456 --> 00:51:55,810 - Good night. - Good night, Moose. 1026 00:52:45,709 --> 00:52:48,355 This is Loomis, Missing Persons Bureau, Hartford. 1027 00:52:48,555 --> 00:52:50,555 We've checked Reagan's relatives here. 1028 00:52:50,582 --> 00:52:53,549 They've never seen nor heard from Reagan in several years. 1029 00:53:22,123 --> 00:53:24,263 But what makes you so sure he didn't do it? 1030 00:53:24,288 --> 00:53:26,547 There must be at least 50 people in town who have heard him... 1031 00:53:26,572 --> 00:53:28,565 ...threaten Cheney in public at one time or another. 1032 00:53:28,590 --> 00:53:31,407 I just know he wouldn't, and Jim would feel the same way. 1033 00:53:31,432 --> 00:53:32,930 You know what he thinks of Moose. 1034 00:53:32,955 --> 00:53:35,932 - Then let Jim defend him. - I told you, I can't find him. 1035 00:53:35,957 --> 00:53:37,739 There's no one else I can go to. 1036 00:53:37,764 --> 00:53:39,219 You've just got to help. 1037 00:53:39,244 --> 00:53:40,927 You owe that much to Jim. 1038 00:53:41,774 --> 00:53:43,180 All right. 1039 00:53:43,387 --> 00:53:45,160 Thanks, Clark. Thanks... 1040 00:53:45,185 --> 00:53:46,860 But I'm no genius, remember? 1041 00:53:46,885 --> 00:53:48,740 I don't promise miracles. 1042 00:53:48,765 --> 00:53:50,540 I'm hoping we won't need any. 1043 00:54:19,082 --> 00:54:20,509 Thank you. 1044 00:54:23,223 --> 00:54:24,543 Jim. 1045 00:54:25,143 --> 00:54:26,577 Oh, Jim. 1046 00:54:26,670 --> 00:54:29,603 - Let me alone, Maggie. - I've been looking for you everywhere. 1047 00:54:29,905 --> 00:54:32,525 If your landlady hadn't phoned, I'd still be looking. 1048 00:54:33,161 --> 00:54:35,181 Why didn't you let me know you were back? 1049 00:54:35,914 --> 00:54:37,554 Why did you run away? 1050 00:54:38,291 --> 00:54:41,418 Why do you keep trying to drink yourself to death? 1051 00:54:41,611 --> 00:54:43,051 Why? 1052 00:54:43,330 --> 00:54:45,677 Because I can't lie to myself no more. 1053 00:54:46,690 --> 00:54:49,204 - What difference does it make? - None. 1054 00:54:49,294 --> 00:54:52,401 - Unless you know the reason. - Oh, it's always been the same. 1055 00:54:53,244 --> 00:54:55,483 I've known in my heart year in, year out... 1056 00:54:55,508 --> 00:54:58,411 ...how legally right you can be in court and how wrong morally. 1057 00:54:58,436 --> 00:55:02,378 It took a grief-stricken mother with two fatherless kids to make me admit it now. 1058 00:55:02,403 --> 00:55:05,296 Mrs. Johnson, she was here that night. 1059 00:55:05,321 --> 00:55:08,017 - Maggie, will you let me alone? - I'm going. 1060 00:55:08,042 --> 00:55:09,597 But thanks for putting me straight. 1061 00:55:09,990 --> 00:55:11,703 I understand now. 1062 00:55:11,919 --> 00:55:13,719 It's better to be legally wrong... 1063 00:55:13,744 --> 00:55:16,373 and ruin the lives of innocent people like Bill Webber... 1064 00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:19,466 ...just so that you can feel right about the Mrs. Johnsons. 1065 00:55:19,733 --> 00:55:22,399 - You know that isn't true. - It is now. 1066 00:55:22,424 --> 00:55:23,906 It wasn't before. 1067 00:55:23,931 --> 00:55:26,050 Wrong and right used to balance each other. 1068 00:55:26,870 --> 00:55:29,937 Too bad there's no one to cancel out Harry Cheney. 1069 00:55:30,350 --> 00:55:31,897 Harry Cheney? 1070 00:55:31,922 --> 00:55:33,217 He's dead. 1071 00:55:33,576 --> 00:55:35,823 They're holding Moose for his murder. 1072 00:55:36,183 --> 00:55:37,610 Moose? 1073 00:55:38,910 --> 00:55:40,576 I tell you I didn't kill him. 1074 00:55:40,601 --> 00:55:41,737 I swear it. 1075 00:55:41,762 --> 00:55:43,943 Why should I plead guilty to something I didn't do? 1076 00:55:43,968 --> 00:55:45,659 That's what he kept telling me. 1077 00:55:45,684 --> 00:55:47,193 I don't care what he told you. 1078 00:55:47,218 --> 00:55:48,777 Or what everybody else heard him say. 1079 00:55:48,802 --> 00:55:50,944 If he tells me he didn't kill him, he didn't kill him. 1080 00:55:50,969 --> 00:55:53,131 The plea is not guilty. We go from there! 1081 00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:57,745 - If that's what you want. - That's the way it is. 1082 00:56:01,245 --> 00:56:02,992 All right, Moose. 1083 00:56:03,225 --> 00:56:04,859 Let's see what we can do. 1084 00:56:07,541 --> 00:56:09,187 Boss, you okay? 1085 00:56:09,647 --> 00:56:11,161 Yeah, I'm all right. 1086 00:56:16,471 --> 00:56:19,124 - Get him a drink, he needs it bad. - I can't Moose. 1087 00:56:19,344 --> 00:56:22,417 If he takes one this time, he's through and he knows it. 1088 00:56:37,007 --> 00:56:40,634 But if you had no intention of harming Harry Cheney, 1089 00:56:40,659 --> 00:56:42,702 why did you carry a gun to his apartment? 1090 00:56:42,727 --> 00:56:43,889 I don't know. 1091 00:56:43,914 --> 00:56:45,342 You don't know? 1092 00:56:45,367 --> 00:56:47,658 - Well, the boss couldn't be found and I... - The boss. 1093 00:56:48,007 --> 00:56:49,547 Mr. Reagan. 1094 00:56:49,572 --> 00:56:51,627 Oh, I see. 1095 00:56:51,685 --> 00:56:54,778 You connected the disappearance of Mr. Reagan in some way with Harry Cheney. 1096 00:56:54,803 --> 00:56:57,345 You thought he might be responsible for it, is that right? 1097 00:56:57,432 --> 00:56:59,659 - I guess so. - You guess so? 1098 00:56:59,684 --> 00:57:01,302 Didn't you hear the bartender testify... 1099 00:57:01,327 --> 00:57:04,082 that he overheard you telling Cheney that if anything happened to Reagan... 1100 00:57:04,107 --> 00:57:05,363 ...you'd go straight for him? 1101 00:57:05,388 --> 00:57:07,756 - Yes. - You made that threat, didn't you? 1102 00:57:08,374 --> 00:57:09,681 Yes. 1103 00:57:10,528 --> 00:57:12,021 That's all. 1104 00:57:35,102 --> 00:57:36,649 Is counsel ill? 1105 00:57:37,029 --> 00:57:38,569 No, I'm all right. 1106 00:57:38,594 --> 00:57:40,109 Then please proceed. 1107 00:57:40,307 --> 00:57:41,880 Thank you, Your Honor. 1108 00:57:43,700 --> 00:57:46,107 I want you to tell the court once more... 1109 00:57:46,187 --> 00:57:49,107 exactly what happened from the time you came to Harry Cheney's apartment... 1110 00:57:49,132 --> 00:57:50,408 the night he was killed... 1111 00:57:50,601 --> 00:57:52,215 ...up to the time you left. 1112 00:57:52,321 --> 00:57:53,788 Alright, boss. 1113 00:57:55,084 --> 00:57:58,271 It must have been around midnight when I got to the door. 1114 00:57:58,931 --> 00:58:02,051 Like everybody says, Cheney and me never got along. 1115 00:58:02,238 --> 00:58:05,238 "So I figured if he knew who it was, he wouldn't let me in." 1116 00:58:05,263 --> 00:58:06,810 "But I had to see him." 1117 00:58:06,835 --> 00:58:10,096 "I was reaching for the bell when I heard somebody coming down the hall." 1118 00:58:10,846 --> 00:58:13,952 "It was Cheney's kid brother just getting home." 1119 00:58:14,279 --> 00:58:17,446 "I wouldn't tell him anything. He got tough and pulled a gun." 1120 00:58:19,285 --> 00:58:21,992 "When he frisked me, he found the one I was carrying..." 1121 00:58:22,017 --> 00:58:24,038 "...and he told me he was going to keep me company." 1122 00:58:24,844 --> 00:58:26,464 "He got his key out..." 1123 00:58:26,489 --> 00:58:29,104 "...dropped it and told me to pick it up and open the door." 1124 00:58:29,129 --> 00:58:31,795 "Only a jerk would make a sucker move like that." 1125 00:58:31,820 --> 00:58:33,889 "I came up fast with the key and let him have it." 1126 00:58:34,026 --> 00:58:35,673 "He went out like a light." 1127 00:58:35,698 --> 00:58:36,820 "I unlocked the door." 1128 00:58:36,844 --> 00:58:40,110 "With him out of the way, I figured I still had a chance to surprise his brother." 1129 00:58:40,444 --> 00:58:42,350 "So I lugged him inside with me." 1130 00:58:43,004 --> 00:58:45,104 "And dumped him in a chair." 1131 00:58:45,986 --> 00:58:49,313 I'd clipped the kid hard enough to keep him quiet for a while." 1132 00:58:49,366 --> 00:58:52,706 "I knew Harry was home because I'd called from downstairs before I came up," 1133 00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:55,513 "making believe I got the apartment when he answered." 1134 00:58:55,740 --> 00:58:58,180 "I looked in a couple of rooms trying to find him," 1135 00:58:58,205 --> 00:59:00,293 "making as little noise as possible." 1136 00:59:00,519 --> 00:59:02,166 "All of them were dark..." 1137 00:59:02,399 --> 00:59:06,012 "...and I was beginning to think maybe he'd recognized my voice over the house phone..." 1138 00:59:06,038 --> 00:59:07,553 "...and was laying for me." 1139 00:59:07,578 --> 00:59:10,850 "Until I opened the last door, the one to the den." 1140 00:59:11,150 --> 00:59:12,870 "That was dark too." 1141 00:59:12,895 --> 00:59:15,383 "But I thought I saw something laying on the floor." 1142 00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,547 "So I threw the light switch and there he was." 1143 00:59:18,572 --> 00:59:20,327 "His head bashed in." 1144 00:59:20,428 --> 00:59:23,528 "I knew it couldn't have happened a minute or two before." 1145 00:59:23,553 --> 00:59:25,994 "That the killer must still be around somewhere." 1146 00:59:26,019 --> 00:59:28,108 "Then I saw the window, it was open." 1147 00:59:28,133 --> 00:59:30,091 "I walked over to it and looked out." 1148 00:59:30,116 --> 00:59:32,764 "There was a fire escape, but I couldn't see anyone on it." 1149 00:59:32,789 --> 00:59:34,486 "Yet the apartment was empty. 1150 00:59:34,599 --> 00:59:36,533 "And I'd passed nobody in the hall." 1151 00:59:37,042 --> 00:59:39,655 "It figured. This is the way he got out." 1152 00:59:39,782 --> 00:59:42,535 "Only it bothered me how he managed it all so quick." 1153 00:59:42,790 --> 00:59:44,623 "Something else bothered me." 1154 00:59:44,648 --> 00:59:47,030 "With Cheney's pals it's always a bullet." 1155 00:59:47,323 --> 00:59:49,297 "Why a knock in the head this time?" 1156 00:59:50,317 --> 00:59:53,537 "I didn't see nothing in the room that could have been used to do it with." 1157 00:59:53,617 --> 00:59:56,637 "And the place wasn't messed up any except for the blood on the floor." 1158 00:59:56,662 --> 00:59:58,063 "And his hat." 1159 00:59:58,386 --> 01:00:01,752 "Then all of a sudden it came over me what spot I was in." 1160 01:00:01,946 --> 01:00:03,759 "I didn't stop to figure any more." 1161 01:00:03,784 --> 01:00:05,303 "I beat it out of there." 1162 01:00:05,396 --> 01:00:06,676 "I was scared." 1163 01:00:06,736 --> 01:00:08,630 "All I could think of was running." 1164 01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,854 "The jerk was still out, but stirring when went by him." 1165 01:00:11,879 --> 01:00:13,640 "I kept right on going." 1166 01:00:13,859 --> 01:00:15,999 -The cops picked me up just as I got home. 1167 01:00:17,052 --> 01:00:19,766 We looked for you, boss. We couldn't find you. 1168 01:00:19,791 --> 01:00:21,700 - So Maggie... - That's enough, Moose. 1169 01:00:22,291 --> 01:00:24,491 You said something about Cheney's hat? 1170 01:00:24,524 --> 01:00:25,711 Yeah. 1171 01:00:25,736 --> 01:00:27,617 It was laying on the floor by his head. 1172 01:00:27,721 --> 01:00:30,755 What makes you think it was Cheney's? Couldn't it have been somebody else's? 1173 01:00:30,780 --> 01:00:32,175 Objection? 1174 01:00:32,215 --> 01:00:34,382 Calling for a conclusion from the witness. 1175 01:00:34,592 --> 01:00:37,466 Your Honor, counsel is attempting to confuse the court... 1176 01:00:37,491 --> 01:00:40,812 by suggesting the possible presence of another person at the scene, 1177 01:00:40,837 --> 01:00:43,037 through the establishment of a hat..." 1178 01:00:43,062 --> 01:00:45,117 ...of which the record shows no evidence." 1179 01:00:45,609 --> 01:00:46,896 Sustained. 1180 01:00:47,436 --> 01:00:49,409 Jury will disregard the question. 1181 01:00:49,730 --> 01:00:52,576 Counsel will restrain from further attempts to lead witness. 1182 01:00:55,375 --> 01:00:57,022 Do you still insist... 1183 01:00:57,209 --> 01:01:00,397 ...there was a man's hat lying on the f... floor? 1184 01:01:04,017 --> 01:01:05,651 That's all? 1185 01:01:07,082 --> 01:01:09,175 One moment, Mr. Hendricks. 1186 01:01:13,039 --> 01:01:16,766 You just testified that Vincent Cheney was regaining consciousness... 1187 01:01:16,791 --> 01:01:19,039 ..as you ran away from the apartment. 1188 01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:21,153 Huh? Oh, sure. 1189 01:01:21,213 --> 01:01:23,852 In other words, only a few seconds could have elapsed... 1190 01:01:23,877 --> 01:01:27,079 between the time you left the den and Vincent Cheney entered it.... 1191 01:01:27,104 --> 01:01:30,823 ...to discover the body of his brother and turn in an alarm for you, is that correct? 1192 01:01:30,848 --> 01:01:31,950 Yes. 1193 01:01:32,403 --> 01:01:35,203 Well, are you asking us to believe that in those few seconds... 1194 01:01:35,228 --> 01:01:37,818 ...someone entered that den from somewhere, 1195 01:01:37,843 --> 01:01:39,676 and removed this mythical hat... 1196 01:01:39,701 --> 01:01:42,352 ...and managed to get away without Vincent Cheney seeing it? 1197 01:01:42,377 --> 01:01:43,621 He must have. 1198 01:01:44,669 --> 01:01:47,928 Would you mind telling us from where do you think this person materialized... 1199 01:01:47,953 --> 01:01:50,069 ..and to where you think he vanished? 1200 01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:51,462 I don't know. 1201 01:01:51,609 --> 01:01:52,996 I'll say you don't. 1202 01:01:53,069 --> 01:01:54,616 Because there was no hat. 1203 01:01:54,641 --> 01:01:56,338 - Because you're lying. - No, It's the truth. 1204 01:01:56,363 --> 01:01:59,425 You went there in a rage to kill Harry Cheney believing he had harmed Reagan. 1205 01:01:59,450 --> 01:02:00,493 No. 1206 01:02:00,518 --> 01:02:02,981 You were successful in your attempt to surprise him. 1207 01:02:03,006 --> 01:02:06,154 You killed him by smashing in his skull with a barrel of your gun. 1208 01:02:06,179 --> 01:02:08,518 You know that all you had to do to find that killer... 1209 01:02:08,543 --> 01:02:10,351 ...was to look in any one of those mirrors. 1210 01:02:10,376 --> 01:02:12,838 No! No! No! 1211 01:02:24,723 --> 01:02:27,123 If you don't feel any better, please let me call a doctor. 1212 01:02:27,148 --> 01:02:29,089 No, don't do that, I'll be all right. 1213 01:02:30,402 --> 01:02:33,649 From hereon in, you've got to let someone else carry the load in court. 1214 01:02:34,069 --> 01:02:37,482 After you cracked up today, Moose begged me to stop you from appearing at all. 1215 01:02:37,716 --> 01:02:39,396 Get me a cigarette, please. 1216 01:02:40,776 --> 01:02:42,062 Thanks. 1217 01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:44,974 Moose doesn't think he has much of a chance. 1218 01:02:45,398 --> 01:02:48,518 There must be a dozen men in town with good reasons for killing Cheney. 1219 01:02:49,038 --> 01:02:50,664 I don't care who's guilty. 1220 01:02:50,689 --> 01:02:52,304 That's a job for the police. 1221 01:02:52,414 --> 01:02:55,594 My job is to prove that Moose is innocent and there's only one way to start. 1222 01:02:55,619 --> 01:02:56,644 How? 1223 01:02:56,669 --> 01:02:58,918 Get Vince Cheney on the phone, tell him I'm coming right over. 1224 01:02:58,943 --> 01:03:00,325 That's dangerous, Jim. 1225 01:03:00,389 --> 01:03:02,096 Vincent's been making threats. 1226 01:03:02,121 --> 01:03:04,902 He's convinced Moose is guilty and afraid you're gonna get him off. 1227 01:03:04,927 --> 01:03:07,267 Maggie, will you relax, he's not dangerous. 1228 01:03:07,654 --> 01:03:10,247 He's exactly what Moose tagged him he's a jerk. 1229 01:03:10,341 --> 01:03:13,207 Now, are you gonna make the call or do I fire you to make it myself? 1230 01:03:13,232 --> 01:03:14,767 No, I'll do it. 1231 01:03:14,867 --> 01:03:16,741 I can't afford to lose the job. 1232 01:03:23,191 --> 01:03:24,478 Of course... 1233 01:03:24,851 --> 01:03:26,858 I could give Sommers a call. 1234 01:03:27,317 --> 01:03:28,970 Ask him to take you back. 1235 01:03:28,995 --> 01:03:30,517 He's practically out of business. 1236 01:03:30,759 --> 01:03:32,786 - What do you mean? - Didn't I tell you? 1237 01:03:33,067 --> 01:03:36,387 He made a percentage deal with Harry Cheney to represent him exclusively. 1238 01:03:36,433 --> 01:03:38,041 Isn't that a laugh? 1239 01:03:39,114 --> 01:03:40,861 I don't know. Is it? 1240 01:03:43,192 --> 01:03:44,758 Prosecution will proceed. 1241 01:03:44,783 --> 01:03:47,372 We wish to recall the defendant for further cross-examination. 1242 01:03:47,397 --> 01:03:49,324 The defendant will take the stand. 1243 01:04:05,248 --> 01:04:07,322 You say that when you regained consciousness, 1244 01:04:07,347 --> 01:04:10,648 you knew instinctively that Hendricks had harmed your brother perhaps fatally. 1245 01:04:10,673 --> 01:04:12,032 What made you so sure? 1246 01:04:12,057 --> 01:04:14,292 I could see there was no light under the door to the den. 1247 01:04:14,317 --> 01:04:16,025 And you could tell that from the other end of the hall. 1248 01:04:16,050 --> 01:04:19,236 Yeah, the hall ain't too bright. When the den light is on, it shows pretty plain 1249 01:04:19,261 --> 01:04:21,763 I see. So you wasted no time getting to the den. 1250 01:04:21,788 --> 01:04:23,110 Yeah, I ran to it. 1251 01:04:23,135 --> 01:04:26,351 I opened the door and turned on the light. I saw Harry laying on the floor. 1252 01:04:26,385 --> 01:04:28,065 And there was no hat. 1253 01:04:28,285 --> 01:04:30,071 I grabbed the phone to call the cops. 1254 01:04:30,271 --> 01:04:32,238 And told them to pick up Moose Hendricks. 1255 01:04:32,358 --> 01:04:35,118 Did you leave the den at any time after you phoned? 1256 01:04:35,321 --> 01:04:36,981 Only to let the cops in. 1257 01:04:37,006 --> 01:04:38,747 And you brought them directly in. 1258 01:04:38,781 --> 01:04:40,187 In about 20 seconds. 1259 01:04:40,212 --> 01:04:41,311 That's all. 1260 01:04:41,336 --> 01:04:42,991 Just a moment, please. 1261 01:04:44,908 --> 01:04:47,974 I want to apologize, Your Honor... for the interruption. 1262 01:04:48,228 --> 01:04:51,932 I request permission to resume full charge of the defense and personally... 1263 01:04:51,957 --> 01:04:53,638 ...continue cross-examining the witness. 1264 01:04:53,663 --> 01:04:55,712 - Are you sure you're well enough? - Quite sure. 1265 01:04:56,359 --> 01:04:58,332 - You may proceed. - Thank you, Your Honor. 1266 01:04:59,132 --> 01:05:00,512 I'll take over. 1267 01:05:06,009 --> 01:05:07,709 I want you to tell the court exactly... 1268 01:05:07,734 --> 01:05:09,863 ...what happened when I paid you a visit last night. 1269 01:05:10,156 --> 01:05:12,723 You can skip the unpleasantness between us when I arrived. 1270 01:05:12,748 --> 01:05:15,130 ...and start with what happened when we entered the den. 1271 01:05:15,924 --> 01:05:19,090 After Reagan forced his way in, and rough-forced me around, 1272 01:05:19,170 --> 01:05:21,197 "he made me show him into the den." 1273 01:05:21,427 --> 01:05:24,433 "He said he was gonna make sure how the guy with the hat got in and out." 1274 01:05:26,020 --> 01:05:28,607 "So he looks around playing Sherlock." 1275 01:05:29,180 --> 01:05:31,253 "I told him he was wasting his time." 1276 01:05:31,278 --> 01:05:34,192 "If there was any trap doors in the place, I would have known about it." 1277 01:05:35,013 --> 01:05:37,893 "But he's such a wise guy, he don't pay any attention." 1278 01:05:38,253 --> 01:05:40,087 "He finally makes for the window." 1279 01:05:44,699 --> 01:05:47,133 "He opens it, takes a long look around." 1280 01:05:48,179 --> 01:05:51,079 "In a minute he pulls his head back in, shuts the window." 1281 01:05:51,104 --> 01:05:54,278 "With a grin on his kisser a mile wide, like he's discovered something." 1282 01:05:54,303 --> 01:05:56,038 "What? I don't know." 1283 01:05:57,144 --> 01:06:00,438 "Then he tells me if I go outside, count to ten and come back in," 1284 01:06:00,463 --> 01:06:01,978 "he'd show me how the guy did it." 1285 01:06:02,003 --> 01:06:04,576 "But if he thinks I'm gonna leave him alone anywhere in our apartment," 1286 01:06:04,601 --> 01:06:05,763 "he's out of his head." 1287 01:06:05,788 --> 01:06:07,246 "So he gets tough again." 1288 01:06:07,894 --> 01:06:09,634 "He makes me do it." 1289 01:06:15,407 --> 01:06:17,680 "I don't know what he does in there while I'm gone." 1290 01:06:18,333 --> 01:06:21,180 "But when I finish counting, I come back in." 1291 01:06:22,358 --> 01:06:23,898 "And he's gone." 1292 01:06:25,772 --> 01:06:27,518 "I see the window is open." 1293 01:06:27,754 --> 01:06:29,768 "And I know he must be out there." 1294 01:06:30,994 --> 01:06:32,568 "Only he ain't." 1295 01:06:32,688 --> 01:06:35,588 "I look up and down, and all around." 1296 01:06:36,289 --> 01:06:37,962 "He's disappeared." 1297 01:06:40,780 --> 01:06:43,186 "Guys don't just evaporate, I know that." 1298 01:06:43,211 --> 01:06:45,153 "I know he must be hiding somewhere." 1299 01:06:45,374 --> 01:06:49,228 "I get the idea maybe he was just throwing me off with that window idea." 1300 01:06:49,253 --> 01:06:51,348 "Pretending to find something out there." 1301 01:06:51,373 --> 01:06:53,501 "So I start to look for him inside." 1302 01:06:53,796 --> 01:06:56,316 "I ain't hardly turned around when he's in again." 1303 01:06:56,343 --> 01:06:57,789 "And through the window." 1304 01:06:57,876 --> 01:07:00,722 "I ask him how, but he clams up." 1305 01:07:01,219 --> 01:07:04,547 "He starts lecturing me, says I got the wrong attitude." 1306 01:07:04,755 --> 01:07:08,388 "I know he was trying to con me out of saying his pal Hendricks get the chair." 1307 01:07:08,688 --> 01:07:10,268 "So I tell him off." 1308 01:07:10,508 --> 01:07:12,582 "All of a sudden he ain't paying attention." 1309 01:07:13,225 --> 01:07:14,672 "He shuts me up." 1310 01:07:14,985 --> 01:07:16,759 "There's something bothering him." 1311 01:07:17,401 --> 01:07:19,881 "A plaque we got on the wall, a bowling plaque." 1312 01:07:20,956 --> 01:07:22,609 "He thinks on it for a while." 1313 01:07:24,163 --> 01:07:25,849 "Then he goes to the desk." 1314 01:07:26,336 --> 01:07:28,436 "He asks if something ain't missing." 1315 01:07:28,873 --> 01:07:31,267 "I tell him what I told the cops. No." 1316 01:07:31,579 --> 01:07:35,759 "But he insists he remembers seeing something there once when he visited us." 1317 01:07:35,926 --> 01:07:38,419 "And he was right. I tell him that." 1318 01:07:38,543 --> 01:07:40,396 "He gets excited and he blows." 1319 01:07:42,790 --> 01:07:45,376 I don't know how I could have forgot about the bowling trophy. 1320 01:07:45,401 --> 01:07:46,636 But it was gone. 1321 01:07:46,661 --> 01:07:48,103 Somebody must have swiped it. 1322 01:07:48,183 --> 01:07:50,343 Because Harry wouldn't have taken a mint for it. 1323 01:07:50,368 --> 01:07:52,202 He was too proud of showing off with it. 1324 01:07:52,227 --> 01:07:55,082 I know he figures that Harry was bumped with the trophy. 1325 01:07:55,107 --> 01:07:58,146 And the guy that bumps him takes it with him so there won't be no evidence. 1326 01:07:58,606 --> 01:08:01,526 That guy is Hendricks until I find out different. 1327 01:08:02,216 --> 01:08:03,429 Satisfied? 1328 01:08:03,649 --> 01:08:05,003 Not literate. 1329 01:08:05,196 --> 01:08:06,609 But accurate. 1330 01:08:09,458 --> 01:08:13,092 The jury is requested to take special note of the testimony just given. 1331 01:08:13,405 --> 01:08:16,012 We contend that it is has proven conclusively... 1332 01:08:16,037 --> 01:08:17,698 that someone other than the defendant... 1333 01:08:17,723 --> 01:08:19,343 ...could have been in the den with Harry Cheney, 1334 01:08:19,368 --> 01:08:21,270 killed him, disappeared leaving his hat. 1335 01:08:21,470 --> 01:08:23,923 The defense further contends that the killer... 1336 01:08:23,948 --> 01:08:26,058 got his opportunity to retrieve that hat... 1337 01:08:26,083 --> 01:08:28,115 in the few seconds that elapsed between the time... 1338 01:08:28,140 --> 01:08:31,463 Hendricks ran out and Vincent Cheney came in to discover the body of his brother. 1339 01:08:32,075 --> 01:08:35,109 Now, had Cheney rushed to the window immediately and looked out, 1340 01:08:35,402 --> 01:08:39,087 he might have caught a glimpse of the killer running down the fire escape. 1341 01:08:40,141 --> 01:08:41,927 If it please the Court, 1342 01:08:41,952 --> 01:08:45,301 I should like to call Edward Cranston to the stand to prove this last contention. 1343 01:08:45,326 --> 01:08:46,919 Has the prosecution any objection? 1344 01:08:46,944 --> 01:08:49,357 No, Your Honor, but we reserve the right to cross-examine... 1345 01:08:49,382 --> 01:08:51,560 ...the present witness immediately following. 1346 01:08:53,099 --> 01:08:54,559 Edward Cranston. 1347 01:08:55,626 --> 01:08:57,706 You may step down, Mr. Cheney. 1348 01:09:00,658 --> 01:09:02,951 Sammy, what is your unbiased opinion on this? 1349 01:09:02,976 --> 01:09:04,971 With this you'll knock them dead. 1350 01:09:05,623 --> 01:09:08,337 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? 1351 01:09:08,362 --> 01:09:10,028 - I do. - State your full name. 1352 01:09:10,053 --> 01:09:11,428 Edward Cranston. 1353 01:09:13,113 --> 01:09:14,473 Mr. Cranston. 1354 01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:17,320 - Do you mind telling us your business? - Yes. 1355 01:09:17,508 --> 01:09:19,768 - I beg your pardon? - I mind. 1356 01:09:20,502 --> 01:09:22,182 Well, let me put it this way. 1357 01:09:22,508 --> 01:09:24,382 - Do you work for a living? - Yes. 1358 01:09:24,824 --> 01:09:26,490 - What do you do? - I'm a collector. 1359 01:09:26,515 --> 01:09:28,250 - What do you collect? - Junk. 1360 01:09:30,344 --> 01:09:31,810 Mr. Cranston, 1361 01:09:32,636 --> 01:09:35,816 are you familiar with the address 137, South Gilford Avenue? 1362 01:09:35,841 --> 01:09:36,919 Front and back. 1363 01:09:36,944 --> 01:09:39,576 Are you aware of the fact that's the address of the late Harry Cheney? 1364 01:09:39,601 --> 01:09:40,803 Well, I read the papers. 1365 01:09:40,828 --> 01:09:42,395 Did you pass there the night he was killed? 1366 01:09:42,420 --> 01:09:43,793 - I pass it every night. - Why? 1367 01:09:43,818 --> 01:09:44,913 - Collecting. - Where? 1368 01:09:44,938 --> 01:09:46,159 Front and back. 1369 01:09:46,353 --> 01:09:50,101 You make regular rounds, I take it, picking up things of value. 1370 01:09:50,126 --> 01:09:51,172 Yes. 1371 01:09:51,197 --> 01:09:54,329 Now, Mr. Cranston, I don't want to question your methods, 1372 01:09:54,354 --> 01:09:56,518 ,but you are very thorough in your work, aren't you? 1373 01:09:56,543 --> 01:09:57,771 Yeah, very. 1374 01:09:57,796 --> 01:10:00,031 By that I mean you go to a lot of trouble... 1375 01:10:00,104 --> 01:10:01,471 ...getting what you want. 1376 01:10:01,668 --> 01:10:03,661 Track it down, keep after it. 1377 01:10:03,686 --> 01:10:05,655 I don't miss much. 1378 01:10:05,795 --> 01:10:07,681 In other words, you're very observant. 1379 01:10:07,706 --> 01:10:08,801 Yes. 1380 01:10:09,232 --> 01:10:11,299 Would you consider that junk? 1381 01:10:12,079 --> 01:10:13,359 Yes. 1382 01:10:13,602 --> 01:10:14,795 Mr. Cranston. 1383 01:10:15,129 --> 01:10:17,182 Did you see a man coming down the fire escape... 1384 01:10:17,207 --> 01:10:19,909 ...in the back of 137 South Gilford Avenue? 1385 01:10:19,934 --> 01:10:21,109 Yes. 1386 01:10:21,309 --> 01:10:22,909 Could he have been wearing a hat? 1387 01:10:22,934 --> 01:10:25,654 - He could have. - Could he have been carrying that junk? 1388 01:10:25,729 --> 01:10:26,936 He could have. 1389 01:10:27,194 --> 01:10:30,487 This man you saw, could it have been... this man? 1390 01:10:30,621 --> 01:10:32,820 - It... - You're insane, or drunk or both! 1391 01:10:32,845 --> 01:10:34,707 Couldn't those be your fingerprints on that trophy? 1392 01:10:34,732 --> 01:10:35,787 - No! - Why not? 1393 01:10:35,812 --> 01:10:37,807 - Because I was wear... - Because you were wearing gloves! 1394 01:10:45,077 --> 01:10:46,424 Bailiff. 1395 01:10:46,504 --> 01:10:48,611 Bring Mr. Sommers to my chambers. 1396 01:10:49,444 --> 01:10:51,051 Go on, please, Mr. Sommers. 1397 01:10:51,076 --> 01:10:54,083 I didn't go there to kill him, I didn't want to go there at all, but he insisted. 1398 01:10:54,170 --> 01:10:56,450 - Why? - Because we'd made a contract. 1399 01:10:56,475 --> 01:10:57,908 He didn't want to live up to it. 1400 01:10:57,933 --> 01:11:00,041 He said I'd misrepresented him, which I hadn't. 1401 01:11:00,066 --> 01:11:02,580 "I told him that if he read something into our agreement that wasn't there," 1402 01:11:02,605 --> 01:11:03,680 "that was his mistake." 1403 01:11:03,705 --> 01:11:06,638 "As far as I was concerned, our contract was binding in any court of law..." 1404 01:11:06,663 --> 01:11:07,805 "...and I would sue." 1405 01:11:08,212 --> 01:11:09,565 "That enraged him." 1406 01:11:09,633 --> 01:11:12,326 "He grabbed me, threatened to have me rubbed out. I was terrified." 1407 01:11:12,351 --> 01:11:13,740 "I knew he'd kill me." 1408 01:11:13,765 --> 01:11:15,553 "Instinctively, I grabbed the thing closest to me." 1409 01:11:15,578 --> 01:11:17,380 "It was the trophy, I hit him with it." 1410 01:11:22,537 --> 01:11:24,770 But I swear it was self-defense. 1411 01:11:25,223 --> 01:11:27,997 After you came back for your hat and you ran down the fire escape, 1412 01:11:28,022 --> 01:11:29,443 what did you do with the trophy? 1413 01:11:29,468 --> 01:11:31,643 Cranston must have told you where he dug git up. 1414 01:11:31,926 --> 01:11:33,699 He must have followed me when I buried it. 1415 01:11:33,826 --> 01:11:35,552 As far as I know, it's still buried. 1416 01:11:35,577 --> 01:11:37,202 Sammy got that one in the pawn shop. 1417 01:11:37,602 --> 01:11:39,762 Your witness, Medford. 1418 01:11:45,198 --> 01:11:46,712 Look, Reagan, 1419 01:11:46,992 --> 01:11:48,511 I'll lay you $100 even... 1420 01:11:48,536 --> 01:11:51,232 ...you never saw Sommers come down that fire escape with that trophy. 1421 01:11:51,257 --> 01:11:53,752 Cranston didn't say he saw him, said he could have. 1422 01:11:53,777 --> 01:11:55,343 He never saw anybody. 1423 01:11:55,368 --> 01:11:56,963 All right, I'll take that bet. 1424 01:11:56,988 --> 01:11:59,591 He saw me doing it last night and he almost had me arrested. 1425 01:11:59,616 --> 01:12:00,915 It was fixed. 1426 01:12:01,148 --> 01:12:03,188 I don't fix witnesses, Burnett. 1427 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,187 Who does that shyster think he's kidding? 1428 01:12:08,212 --> 01:12:09,494 You know what I think? 1429 01:12:09,519 --> 01:12:11,802 One of these days they're liable to make him a judge. 1430 01:12:12,062 --> 01:12:14,128 Come on, Maggie, snap it up, will you? 1431 01:12:14,377 --> 01:12:18,017 I've waited five years, now he can't wait five minutes. 1432 01:12:31,110 --> 01:12:39,813 - Subtitles - Luís Filipe Bernardes 1432 01:12:40,305 --> 01:13:40,290