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00:01:30Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
00:01:32You see, I told you, didn't I? See?
00:01:34Quiet, Crowbait.
00:01:39I don't know why you're so scared to make them stop for you.
00:01:41That's the only way you're gonna get a lift and snile to 16 miles into town, if that's where you're going.
00:01:46You gotta stand your ground.
00:01:47You told me that, now beat it. Will you go back to your chicken?
00:01:50They don't need me.
00:01:51You're the most unsociable young fella I ever see.
00:01:54Reckon I wouldn't waste my time with you, exceptin' I got a son of my own.
00:01:57He's in the army now, and I miss him.
00:01:59In milking time, I miss him a lot.
00:02:01But there's something familiar about you.
00:02:03Seems like I've seen you somewhere before, but I can't seem to...
00:02:06You never saw me before in all your life.
00:02:08It's just that trace of the human race that makes us all look familiar to each other.
00:02:12Now go back to the barn.
00:02:14I ain't so sure about that.
00:02:16When I first seen you out here in the road, I said to myself,
00:02:18says I, if that young fella had on a uniform, I'd swear that...
00:02:21Here comes one. Watch me. I'll make him stop.
00:02:24You gotta stand your ground.
00:02:27I told you to ride mini! That goes double!
00:02:30Wrong signals or not enough ground?
00:02:33Say, me wants to ride as you.
00:02:35Think I'm gonna stand out there and get run down so you can ride?
00:02:38Why, no fella did a fool's thing like that once.
00:02:40Yeah, yeah.
00:02:41Yeah, yeah. Well, why don't you try it yourself once?
00:02:44Can't do no harm.
00:02:45Well, maybe you got something then.
00:02:47Walking 16 miles can.
00:02:57Hey!
00:03:10You moron. What do you use for IQ?
00:03:13We might both have been killed.
00:03:15I think I'm all right, thank you.
00:03:17No bones broken.
00:03:19Don't worry, miss. He looks pretty lively to me too.
00:03:22Why don't you move over and let the crow sit there?
00:03:24They got plenty of room.
00:03:25What were you doing out here in the road anyway?
00:03:28All right, I'm sorry.
00:03:29I should think you would be.
00:03:31Jumping in front of cars like a maniac.
00:03:33Only an imbecile would do a thing like that.
00:03:36That does it. That really does it.
00:03:38Oh, no you don't.
00:03:39You'll find everything in the back to change that tire.
00:03:43Aren't you gonna help me fix it?
00:03:44I no speak English. I only operate from signals.
00:03:47Surely you don't expect me to change it.
00:03:49Why not?
00:03:50Why not? Your car, your tire, your gas, and you ride.
00:03:54Well, of all the nerves.
00:03:56Move over, brother.
00:03:57Ain't right, boy. Ain't right.
00:03:59You ought to help her.
00:04:00She's not in my department, Farmer.
00:04:02I've met these overall jobs before.
00:04:04She takes over and leaves you flat.
00:04:06If you're gonna be like this, well, maybe I'll have to help her.
00:04:09Stay perched.
00:04:10I guess there just isn't a gentleman left in the world.
00:04:13Fortunately, I don't need any help.
00:04:15Does she mean us?
00:04:17Not me. I'm essential.
00:04:21Oh.
00:04:27Those bumper jacks are dynamite.
00:04:29They'll never stay.
00:04:51See?
00:04:53She'll never get the hang of it.
00:05:12See what you made me do?
00:05:14My best pair. It's all your fault.
00:05:16Trimmed a little filly, ain't she?
00:05:18Not bad.
00:05:20Come on.
00:05:50You horrid thing. I hate you.
00:05:52You've cost me a pair of nylons.
00:05:54You can't buy them anymore.
00:05:55That's right, you can't, but stop crying.
00:05:57Who's crying?
00:05:58Come on.
00:06:07Sit there and relax.
00:06:09Still burned, huh?
00:06:11Plenty.
00:06:12Count ten. It helps.
00:06:13Now I fix the tire, and you ride me into town.
00:06:16Right?
00:06:17Right.
00:06:21Can I help you?
00:06:22Yes. Go back and sit on the fence.
00:06:24But I'm very handy around automobiles and things.
00:06:26Yes, sir, I might help you.
00:06:27I know, I know. I don't doubt it.
00:06:29You don't want to help, huh?
00:06:30No.
00:06:31No?
00:06:32See? I wanted to help him, and he wouldn't let me.
00:06:35He's a metal case.
00:06:36It sure wasn't a very nice thing he did to you, miss.
00:06:38At least, I don't think it was.
00:06:40Whose side are you on?
00:06:41Wasn't it your idea that I risk my neck on the road?
00:06:44Sure. That's the only way you get a hitch to town.
00:06:46It's nicer out here in the country amongst the birds and the bees and chickens and such.
00:06:50Why do you want to go back to town for anyways?
00:06:53For a long time, all I've dreamed about is going back home.
00:06:56And back home to town.
00:06:58That's why.
00:07:17You see? I don't trust you.
00:07:20I wouldn't have a disposition like yours for nothing.
00:07:22Cause a lady all this trouble, and then you don't trust her.
00:07:24Well, nice knowing you folks.
00:07:26Just ignore him, miss.
00:07:36Nice lines for this job.
00:07:37I thought I was lucky to find it.
00:07:39Wish it was mine.
00:07:40Oh, this car doesn't belong to me. I took it.
00:07:43I'm a kleptomaniac with good taste.
00:07:45Ah, don't give me that.
00:07:47You've got little Miss Idleridge stamped all over you.
00:07:49You're wrong.
00:07:50I work for a living.
00:07:52Ah, what?
00:07:53Well, I'm sort of a chauffeur.
00:07:56In that uniform?
00:07:58My employers are very lenient.
00:08:00And speaking of uniforms, how do you manage to stay out of one?
00:08:04Anything like that, strictly between me and my uncle.
00:08:06You should say my uncle and me. It doesn't sound so selfish.
00:08:09He comes first.
00:08:11I'll say, first, last, and always.
00:08:17Well, you're out of gas.
00:08:20Oh, well, didn't we pass the filling station about a half a mile back?
00:08:24Ah, so we did.
00:08:27Why, you...
00:08:28I know, you hate me.
00:08:30Very well.
00:08:31We'll both sit right here and dream together.
00:08:33I don't mind.
00:08:34No wonder the armed forces don't want you afraid of a little old hike like this.
00:08:38All right, Miss Smartset, what did you say your name is?
00:08:41I didn't.
00:08:42That's right.
00:08:43You didn't.
00:09:08You didn't.
00:09:39All set?
00:09:40Right.
00:09:47It's really lovely out here in the country, isn't it?
00:09:49So fresh and peaceful.
00:09:51I like it.
00:09:52Hey, what happened to you? Did you take a vitamin?
00:09:55The person doesn't know who she's talking to these days.
00:09:57Hmm, doesn't she?
00:09:59I mean, I'm afraid I said some cruel things to you.
00:10:02I'm sure when a fellow isn't in the armed forces these days, there must be a good reason for it.
00:10:06There should be.
00:10:08And yet thoughtless people like me do say such cruel things and make such terrible accusations.
00:10:13And a young fellow must hate being out of it.
00:10:16That all depends on the man, doesn't it?
00:10:18Take a deserter, for instance.
00:10:19He doesn't mind.
00:10:21Until his conscience gets to work on him and he's caught and made to realize what a fool's bid he made for freedom.
00:10:27That must be horrible.
00:10:29It's not the best deal.
00:10:31You wouldn't be...
00:10:32What?
00:10:33A deserter?
00:10:35I never told you anything like that strictly between my uncle and me.
00:10:39If it isn't too personal, who is your uncle?
00:10:42The most influential man in the country.
00:10:44Really?
00:10:45Who is he?
00:10:46Uncle Sam.
00:10:47Did you ever hear of him?
00:10:49I'll give you ten on that one.
00:10:51Hey, what is your name?
00:10:53Come on now, they must call you something.
00:10:55They do.
00:10:56They call me Willie.
00:10:58Are you kidding?
00:10:59No, that's my name.
00:11:00What about yours?
00:11:02Marion.
00:11:03And that's on the level.
00:11:04Really?
00:11:06Hey, you know what's wrong with us, Willie?
00:11:08We ought to change names.
00:11:21I think those cops mean us.
00:11:23Could be.
00:11:28Say, you weren't trying to pick them up.
00:11:30Certainly not.
00:11:31That's probably the first honest thing you've said.
00:11:42Come out of there with your hands up.
00:11:49All right, get out.
00:11:53Officer, what's this all about?
00:11:55Lady, you're driving a stolen car.
00:11:57Me?
00:11:58Yes, you.
00:11:59You just picked me up, remember?
00:12:01Let's see your driver's license.
00:12:03It must be in my other bag.
00:12:04I've only got my lipstick in this one.
00:12:06Well, what's your name, or don't you know that?
00:12:08You probably wouldn't believe me.
00:12:10Just call her Willie.
00:12:11That's what she told me.
00:12:12You drive her.
00:12:13I'll take him.
00:12:14Wait a minute, officer.
00:12:15You don't want me.
00:12:16I'm just a pickup.
00:12:17Who's this guy?
00:12:18Don't let him get away.
00:12:19There's probably a reward off it for him.
00:12:20Very funny.
00:12:21Now, if I'm not too inquisitive, where did you get this car?
00:12:23Why, it's Alvin.
00:12:24And who's Alvin?
00:12:25Alvin's mine.
00:12:26Well, Alvin's just one of the most promising young men
00:12:28in this country that night.
00:12:29Doc!
00:12:30Get in.
00:12:31Come on.
00:12:32Get in.
00:12:33Slide over.
00:12:34I'll drive.
00:12:36What'd they bring in, Ryan?
00:12:37Same old stuff.
00:12:38A dame and a guy.
00:12:40Was he annoying her?
00:12:41She picked him up in a stolen car.
00:12:43She won't give her name.
00:12:44There's a name for that, ain't there?
00:12:45Ten years.
00:12:46Is there a picture in it?
00:12:47No.
00:12:48Her nylons are ripped.
00:12:50I think I'll take a look.
00:12:51Sit down.
00:12:53You owe me six bits, and you're not leaving.
00:12:59Matron, will I be detained here long?
00:13:02That depends.
00:13:03Sometimes we keep them for life.
00:13:04But I'm not a common criminal.
00:13:06None of them are.
00:13:07That's what makes the work so interesting.
00:13:08Every case is different.
00:13:09Are they trying to phone long distance for me?
00:13:11Young lady, they're doing a lot of telephoning for you.
00:13:13They're grilling the young man and searching the car now.
00:13:16Oh, dear.
00:13:17Oh, you poor kid.
00:13:18Did some guy get you in here too?
00:13:20I suppose, in a way, he is responsible.
00:13:22He made me stop for him.
00:13:23Ain't it terrible the way some men do these things?
00:13:25If I hadn't stopped for Herman, I wouldn't be here either.
00:13:27Did you pick him up?
00:13:28Yeah.
00:13:29Ten years ago.
00:13:30And married him.
00:13:31Look what it got me.
00:13:34You haven't married Georgette, have you?
00:13:36Why, I hardly know him.
00:13:37Well, believe me, you never will know him.
00:13:39I never thought Herman would strike me, but he did.
00:13:41I screamed and defended myself, and neighbors came in,
00:13:44and then they saw that pipe on the floor that he hit me with,
00:13:46and they called the police.
00:13:47How dreadful.
00:13:48Yeah, but he was always so gentle,
00:13:49until he suddenly gets the idea and he starts saying,
00:13:51it's a free country, ain't it?
00:13:53It's a free country.
00:13:55Well, it is.
00:13:56Yeah, well, I remember what my father went through.
00:13:58One of the finest men that ever lived.
00:14:00I remember what he went through during Prohibition,
00:14:02and I said to Herman, listen, no matter how hard the stuff is to get,
00:14:06it ain't worth it just to feel dizzy.
00:14:09Don't try and brew it.
00:14:10At least now you can get it.
00:14:11You got the government behind you.
00:14:13You mean he makes it himself?
00:14:14Well, he tried to make some in the furnace,
00:14:16and we got into an argument and he hits me.
00:14:20Can I have one?
00:14:21I don't smoke.
00:14:23What are you in here for?
00:14:25Wife beating.
00:14:27Your own?
00:14:28Yep.
00:14:29What is she, a midget?
00:14:31I didn't hit her.
00:14:32The darn thing exploded and the pipe flew off,
00:14:35and I was trying to pick her up when the neighbors came in.
00:14:37What thing?
00:14:38Hm?
00:14:39Thing, what thing?
00:14:40It's a free country, ain't it?
00:14:41Yeah.
00:14:42Well?
00:14:43You talk like you're in love or...
00:14:44Yes, if you think so, Mr. Bailey.
00:14:46The young lady refuses to give her name.
00:14:49Oh, you're glad.
00:14:51Oh, it's of no importance, Al.
00:14:54Very well, we'll hold the car and release her.
00:14:56Tell Mr. Bailey I want to speak to him.
00:14:59The young lady wishes to speak to you, Mr. Bailey.
00:15:03He says he has nothing to say to you.
00:15:05You're to return home on the train.
00:15:06He'll see you then.
00:15:07Oh, he will.
00:15:08How nice.
00:15:11Mr. Bailey, what are we going to do with the young man that's with her?
00:15:15Oh, yes, yes.
00:15:16It's the young man who's with her.
00:15:20He'll talk to you now, miss.
00:15:21Tell Mr. Bailey I have nothing to say to him.
00:15:23I'm not coming back.
00:15:25Never again is he going to push me around.
00:15:29Did you hear that, Mr. Bailey?
00:15:31You better let me talk to the sergeant.
00:15:34Oh, sergeant, we're holding the car and releasing the young lady.
00:15:38Thanks for your cooperation.
00:15:40Goodbye.
00:15:42Well, you're free to go, miss.
00:15:44Thank you very much.
00:15:45Thank you very much.
00:15:47Don't mention it.
00:15:48Don't you mention it.
00:15:50Goodbye.
00:15:51Goodbye.
00:15:52Oh, sergeant.
00:15:53Yes?
00:15:54What about the young man who's with me?
00:15:55Oh, yes.
00:15:56Thank you for reminding me.
00:15:57You know, I might have forgotten.
00:15:59After all, I see no reason why we should hold him.
00:16:01There's no occasion for the smile, sergeant.
00:16:04No?
00:16:05No.
00:16:06Oh.
00:16:08Ryan, release the young man.
00:16:10Yes, sergeant.
00:16:14I bet you're terribly angry with me.
00:16:16Nope.
00:16:17All my women do this to me.
00:16:18You're conceited.
00:16:19Have it your way, Willie.
00:16:20Where do we go from here?
00:16:21You're trying to pick me up.
00:16:22Just giving you an opportunity to turn this into a wonderful day.
00:16:25I gotta show you our town.
00:16:26It's a crackerjack.
00:16:27Is it?
00:16:28Haven't you seen the new library?
00:16:29Never noticed.
00:16:30Don't tell me you haven't seen the new fire engine.
00:16:32Why, you just press a button and the ladders go up in all directions.
00:16:35Sounds small.
00:16:36There's also a little park.
00:16:37It's a gem.
00:16:38Right on the river.
00:16:39You can take me someplace.
00:16:41Anywhere if you guarantee no cops.
00:16:43I promise, no cops.
00:16:45Hey, that's for us.
00:16:46Taxi!
00:16:47Taxi!
00:16:59Where to?
00:17:00Do you know where the Hammond place is?
00:17:01Sure do, miss.
00:17:02Will you take us there, please?
00:17:03Yes, ma'am.
00:17:06Uh, pardon me, but I think I got on the wrong bus.
00:17:09Do you know the Hammonds?
00:17:10Yes, I'm the secretary for the family.
00:17:12Hmm, big league stuff.
00:17:13Well, you can just drop me off here as well as at the gate.
00:17:15Relax, I can smuggle you in.
00:17:16Besides, the family's in New York.
00:17:18Oh, got to be like this, huh?
00:17:20No, but I just thought that maybe you might...
00:17:21I sure would.
00:17:22Whatever you're trying to say.
00:17:24You know, I'll bet you're pretty regular.
00:17:26I hope you won't be disappointing me, Marion.
00:17:29Willie.
00:17:30Yes, Marion?
00:17:31Who's Alvin?
00:17:32Oh, Alvin.
00:17:33I was engaged to him.
00:17:34Is he a big guy?
00:17:35He's powerfully big.
00:17:36Why'd you take his heart?
00:17:37I felt I'd just have to get away.
00:17:39Sort of to break the spell?
00:17:41Well, Alvin's so impatient and marriage is so serious.
00:17:44A girl just has to have time to make up her mind.
00:17:46Uh-huh.
00:17:47How long were you engaged?
00:17:48Well, we've known each other all our lives.
00:17:50We're supposed to get married day after tomorrow.
00:17:52But it's a long story.
00:17:53Uh-huh.
00:17:54Why do you keep saying, uh-huh?
00:17:56Alvin sounds a little on the dull side.
00:17:58Oh, no, he's really a very fine fellow.
00:18:00Exceptional.
00:18:02Maybe just not for me.
00:18:03Uh-huh.
00:18:04You know, Willie, you keep losing the range.
00:18:07Once you got it, you got to stick with your guns.
00:18:09Uh-huh.
00:18:10Never mind, I have it.
00:18:13Keep the change.
00:18:15You can go out through the lower gate.
00:18:16Yes, ma'am.
00:18:21Yes, sir.
00:18:22When Hard Rock Hammond built this place,
00:18:23he certainly didn't spare the dollars.
00:18:25He wanted it to be the show place of the world.
00:18:27And he did.
00:18:28He's a real man.
00:18:29He's a real man.
00:18:30He's a real man.
00:18:31He's a real man.
00:18:32He's a real man.
00:18:33He's a real man.
00:18:34He's a real man.
00:18:35He's a real man.
00:18:36He's a real man.
00:18:37He's a real man.
00:18:38He's a real man.
00:18:39He wanted it to be the show place of the town.
00:18:41And it was.
00:18:42Why, do you know that people used to come from miles around
00:18:44to see the place?
00:18:45Anybody can tell that this is your hometown.
00:18:47Well, it is in a way.
00:18:55Nobody home, huh?
00:18:56The caretaker must be around someplace.
00:18:58The gates were open.
00:18:59And then there's always Wiggins.
00:19:01Well, if you're the secretary, haven't you got a key?
00:19:04Of course.
00:19:05Where did I put that key?
00:19:07Now, don't tell me you've lost it.
00:19:10I know what we could do.
00:19:11Don't say it.
00:19:12I know what you're going to tell me.
00:19:13What?
00:19:14Maybe we could find a window and climb in.
00:19:15Very good.
00:19:16How did you get it?
00:19:17Hunches.
00:19:18I get them.
00:19:19Are you sure you work here?
00:19:20Of course I do.
00:19:21My, but you're a suspicious person.
00:19:23Well, all right.
00:19:24All right.
00:19:25We'll find a nice, low window and climb in.
00:19:27You ought to know where there's one.
00:19:28I do.
00:19:29I have one right around here.
00:19:35Here it is.
00:19:36It should be open.
00:19:37The lock's broken and never been fixed.
00:19:41I thought you said the lock was broken.
00:19:43Oh, you're right.
00:19:44It's stuck.
00:19:49Give me the bags.
00:19:59Come on, you're next.
00:20:00Oh, no.
00:20:01That's not the way.
00:20:02You go through and open the front door, and I walk in.
00:20:04Do you always have an accountant?
00:20:05It's much easier with one.
00:20:07Hurry up and open the door.
00:20:27The mansion is ours, Lightfoot.
00:20:28Lightfoot.
00:20:32You'll be happier on a rat pile with a pick.
00:20:34Come on.
00:20:35Well, what's the charge?
00:20:36Breaking and entering.
00:20:37We saw you climb through that window.
00:20:38Now, come on.
00:20:39Why do all of our friends get in that way?
00:20:40Ask the young lady.
00:20:41Hey, where is she?
00:20:42Oh, there she is.
00:20:45She works here.
00:20:46Willie, please explain to the gentleman that you belong here.
00:20:48I don't know why you have to drag me into this.
00:20:50Why don't you tell him just to go away?
00:20:51I think you like the notoriety.
00:20:54She's the personal secretary to the Hammond.
00:20:55She lost her key.
00:20:56I don't believe it.
00:20:57Sounds funny to me.
00:20:58It is.
00:20:59I'm not...
00:21:00Willie, what are you saying?
00:21:01You want the truth, don't you?
00:21:03And you promised there wouldn't be any more cops.
00:21:05Remember?
00:21:06I wish I had a lead pipe.
00:21:07I'd use it.
00:21:08You would use it?
00:21:09I know.
00:21:10You hate me.
00:21:11I hate you.
00:21:12Well, if you work here, you can prove it.
00:21:13And if you don't, we've got a place for you two.
00:21:16Mr. Clancy.
00:21:18Ladies first.
00:21:20I hate you.
00:21:21Yeah.
00:21:22And then we gentlemen.
00:21:24And then we gentlemen.
00:21:30What'd they bring in this time, Ryan?
00:21:32Same stuff.
00:21:33Another guy in a dame?
00:21:34No, the same ones.
00:21:35Guess they're hitting the bottom of the barrel.
00:21:37You mean the same guys back twice in the same day with the same dame?
00:21:39That's what I said.
00:21:40First they're in for car theft, now they're back booked for trespassing, breaking and entering.
00:21:44Maybe it wasn't related.
00:21:46Sounds like they hit the jackpot.
00:21:47Well, such an earnest couple deserves the privilege of the free press.
00:21:50How I tried and tried until they locked me up.
00:21:52Say, you think my readers will be interested?
00:21:54Sure.
00:21:55Those who can't spell out the words, flash it to them with a picture.
00:21:58Right.
00:21:59You said so.
00:22:00This I gotta see.
00:22:01Come on.
00:22:04Young fellow, sergeant wants to see you.
00:22:06Oh, yes, sir.
00:22:07Not you, I said the young fellow.
00:22:09Here we go again.
00:22:10Just keep our little nest cozy, pal.
00:22:12I shall return.
00:22:13I certainly will.
00:22:14Hurry back.
00:22:17All right, call it.
00:22:18Hey.
00:22:19That's mine.
00:22:20No, it isn't.
00:22:21Get away.
00:22:22Get away.
00:22:23Get away.
00:22:24Oh, where's that nice sergeant who was here this afternoon?
00:22:27Oh, the nice sergeant?
00:22:29Well, he got tired looking at the same faces, so he retired.
00:22:33But if you don't like my face, it'll be just too bad for you.
00:22:39Order.
00:22:40Sergeant, do you mean to tell me the same people come back all the time?
00:22:43Yes.
00:22:44Annoying, ain't it?
00:22:45But sitting here, we run into so many who have criminal tendencies.
00:22:48But back they come.
00:22:50Back they go.
00:22:51Oh, is that so?
00:22:52I think I know her.
00:22:53Me too.
00:22:54Now, you refused to give your name on the first charge and got away with it.
00:22:57That's right.
00:22:58Well, we'll start from there.
00:22:59Oh, sergeant, you don't seem to understand.
00:23:01I don't want my name in the record.
00:23:03Oh, and you don't seem to understand that this isn't an invitational affair.
00:23:09I have respect.
00:23:10I don't want the notoriety.
00:23:11Keep after her, sergeant.
00:23:12She told me her name was Willie, but I don't believe her.
00:23:15You're the young man who broke into the Hammond house.
00:23:17He is.
00:23:18And this young lady was your accomplice.
00:23:19She was the warped brain behind the job, sergeant.
00:23:21Do tell.
00:23:22Before I fell in with her, I was a clean-cut, decent young chap.
00:23:25Hmm, you look at you.
00:23:27Such conceit.
00:23:28Now, young lady, as long as you haven't given your name,
00:23:30I'm afraid we'll just have to start giving you a number.
00:23:35Respect for the sergeant.
00:23:37Sergeant, just between the two of us, may I whisper something to you?
00:23:40Whisper something?
00:23:41Of course.
00:23:42Come around.
00:23:43Say, I think I interviewed her two years ago.
00:23:45Me too.
00:23:46Boys, boys, get away.
00:23:48Let the lady speak to the gentleman in conference.
00:23:50Get away, get away.
00:23:51Where's your manners?
00:23:54And you two, go on, go on.
00:23:55Get away, get away.
00:23:56Now.
00:24:00Oh, I do understand, miss.
00:24:02I thought you would.
00:24:03And you think that at a time like this,
00:24:04that any differences that you've had in your private lives
00:24:07should be kept strictly from the public.
00:24:09That's right.
00:24:10Well, a misapprehension like this could influence them.
00:24:12I know those voters.
00:24:14The case is dismissed.
00:24:16Thank you, sergeant.
00:24:17I'm happy that Mr. Bailey hears about this.
00:24:19Mr. Bailey?
00:24:20Oh, thank you, ma'am.
00:24:22I know her.
00:24:23I got it.
00:24:25It's Wilhelmina Hammond.
00:24:26Sure.
00:24:27Don't you remember?
00:24:28I met you last year.
00:24:29You were down launching a boat.
00:24:30I thought you were supposed to marry Mr. Bailey.
00:24:31Sure.
00:24:32You're supposed to be in New York with him.
00:24:33What's the matter, a rift?
00:24:34Sergeant, you can't win.
00:24:35Indeed, you can't.
00:24:36You're a good sport, Miss Hammond.
00:24:37What about a picture shaking hands with the sergeant?
00:24:39That's a good idea.
00:24:40How about whispering in his ear?
00:24:41That's a better one.
00:24:42Oh, all right.
00:24:43That's it.
00:24:44Oh, this will be perfect.
00:24:45Yeah.
00:24:47Miss Hammond, now that the boys mention it,
00:24:48your face is familiar.
00:24:50Magazine covers, high society on the Sunday supplement,
00:24:52smearing your face with cold cream,
00:24:54before and after for charity.
00:24:55I might as well admit it.
00:24:56I am Wilhelmina Pierce Hammond, but I thought if he knew.
00:24:58Sure, you might have been caught out with the wrong guy.
00:25:00I should have sent my pedigree to your press agent.
00:25:02Don't you dare talk that way to Miss Hammond.
00:25:04Oh, sorry, Captain.
00:25:06Captain.
00:25:08I hate you.
00:25:09Hold it.
00:25:10Hey, what's his name?
00:25:11Oh, wait a minute.
00:25:12Wait a minute.
00:25:13Wait a minute.
00:25:14I've got to find out this man's name.
00:25:17Miss Hammond, I know you split with Alvin Bailey III.
00:25:19I'd like to get a statement from you.
00:25:21He's a very ambitious fellow.
00:25:22He might get in your hair.
00:25:23No statement, please.
00:25:24Marion, surely you don't think I meant to embarrass you.
00:25:26I thought if I told you who I am that you'd be...
00:25:28The buildup you've got doesn't blind me, sister.
00:25:30I'm not interested.
00:25:31All I want from you now is my suitcase.
00:25:33I left it over at your little cottage in the reception hall.
00:25:35Well, of course.
00:25:36Miss Hammond, my men will drive you home.
00:25:38Thank you, sir.
00:25:39You're welcome.
00:25:40See, I didn't guess your name, bud.
00:25:41I know you didn't.
00:25:42It wouldn't mean any more to you than 10 million others.
00:25:43How about a picture, Miss Hammond?
00:25:44A picture?
00:25:45Step out.
00:25:46Go on, shoot your picture.
00:25:47Okay.
00:25:49Was it a blind date?
00:25:50What's his name?
00:25:51No, he's one of the first ones I've had in a long time with my eyes open.
00:25:54Not bad, is he?
00:25:55Very good, I'd say.
00:25:56Come on.
00:25:57Come on, don't keep the lady waiting.
00:25:59Here, here, no words with the sergeant.
00:26:01Get in before he loses his temper.
00:26:03Go on, get in, get in, get in, get in.
00:26:05Bye.
00:26:06Well, goodbye, Miss Hammond.
00:26:07Goodbye.
00:26:08Take care of her, boys.
00:26:09Pull out.
00:26:16Is there anything else we can do for you, Miss Hammond?
00:26:24I hope not.
00:26:26If there is, I'll call you.
00:26:27You can leave by the lower gate.
00:26:29How did I ever get so involved with you?
00:26:37You're getting out of my life.
00:26:38Understand why I'm supposed to be getting...
00:26:39I know I'm a bother.
00:26:40You hate me.
00:26:41Married, if you go away, I'll scream.
00:26:44Well, I was just going back to open the window.
00:26:47Please don't be angry with me.
00:26:48I just remembered where I put the key.
00:26:50It's been right in his pocket all the time.
00:26:55Marion, don't leave me.
00:26:56Wait for me.
00:27:02Marion.
00:27:03Yes, Miss Hammond?
00:27:04I want you to know I saw the uniform in your suitcase.
00:27:07Snooping?
00:27:08No, but when you went for the gas, it was open,
00:27:10and when I tried to close it, I saw the ribbons on your uniform.
00:27:13You closed it.
00:27:15Marion, don't go away.
00:27:16I want to talk to you.
00:27:19Go ahead.
00:27:20You should be ashamed of yourself.
00:27:22Why?
00:27:23For running away.
00:27:24What kind of a life can you hope for?
00:27:26Shame and escape.
00:27:27Maybe you can get by with it for a while,
00:27:29but in the end, you'll be made to realize what you've done.
00:27:31You said so yourself.
00:27:33I was doing all right until I met you.
00:27:35Oh, dear.
00:27:37No lights.
00:27:39Why don't you pay your bills?
00:27:40I can't understand it.
00:27:41We never discontinued the service.
00:27:43Have you got a match?
00:27:48You know, Marion, I'm worried.
00:27:50I could be put in prison for harboring you.
00:27:52You should get 20 years to life,
00:27:54but I'm getting out of here before you throw me to the police again.
00:27:56All right, skip what might happen to me,
00:27:59but I don't want to see the worst happen to you.
00:28:01Let me drive you back to camp.
00:28:03Give yourself up before you're court-martialed and shot.
00:28:06You're a good kid, Willie.
00:28:07Of course I want to go back.
00:28:08That's why I burn so every time you sound it off.
00:28:11But I can't go back.
00:28:12Ever hear of a medical discharge?
00:28:14Are you serious?
00:28:15In like a lion and out like a lamb.
00:28:18That's me.
00:28:20Marion, don't go.
00:28:22You let me keep stabbing at you.
00:28:24I saw you limp when you went to get the gas,
00:28:26but I thought it was only a hitchhiker's blister.
00:28:29What a fool I am.
00:28:30I should have trusted you all the way.
00:28:34But you could still be in uniform, couldn't you?
00:28:36Yeah, for a while and for official occasions.
00:28:38But I figure it's strictly a fighting outfit.
00:28:40Mine belongs among my souvenirs.
00:28:43It's chilly in here.
00:28:45Let's light the fire.
00:28:47I love an open fire.
00:28:48All right, Willie.
00:28:54It's good to be back in the old hometown, isn't it?
00:28:57That's all you dream about out there.
00:28:59Has it changed much?
00:29:00No, it's perfect.
00:29:02Just what I wanted it to be.
00:29:04Did you notice the little square in front of the old courthouse?
00:29:07I hoped it'd be there.
00:29:08It's always been there.
00:29:10I've noticed that.
00:29:11Does your family know you're coming home?
00:29:13I bet they'll be awfully glad to see you.
00:29:15I haven't any family.
00:29:17I'm an orphan.
00:29:18But you've lived here all your life.
00:29:20In a way.
00:29:21That's a strange answer.
00:29:23Willie, I've never been in this town before in my life.
00:29:26What?
00:29:27I'm the prodigal come home,
00:29:29but I had no home to come back to.
00:29:31Oh, but it's all your country.
00:29:32It's your home.
00:29:33Yes, and it was good to fight for it.
00:29:35But a lot of what my home is has been a dream.
00:29:38I want it to come true here in Plainfield.
00:29:41Why Plainfield?
00:29:42A fellow gave me this town.
00:29:44He grew up here.
00:29:45He told me all about it.
00:29:47He fished in the river,
00:29:48knew love for the first time in the park.
00:29:51He took his oath on the steps of that old courthouse.
00:29:54In civvies with a band playing,
00:29:56he and the other guys were drafted with him,
00:29:58marched to the station and took the train.
00:30:01But always he talked about my hometown.
00:30:05He liked the way the winter comes
00:30:07and the way the spring breaks.
00:30:10It's spring now.
00:30:15Over there, I learned that a guy has to do his own dying.
00:30:19And I said to this GI,
00:30:21brother, if ever you're out of this,
00:30:22you're going to do your own living.
00:30:24And you're going to start it right there in Plainfield.
00:30:28Must have been an awfully good friend.
00:30:30Hmm, the best.
00:30:31We shared the same foxhole.
00:30:33I left him just three miles outside of a place you can't pronounce.
00:30:38I shouldn't have looked back, but I did.
00:30:41He looked up and yelled,
00:30:42keep going, Miriam.
00:30:44It's the shortest way home.
00:30:47It's your hometown now.
00:30:49I give it to you.
00:30:52Was it all so terrible?
00:30:54Yeah, for the others.
00:30:56But I'm the lucky one.
00:30:57I'm the one who came home.
00:30:59All right, I'll speak to him if you say I must.
00:31:02Yes, Alvin, I can hear you.
00:31:04But I'm not a common thief.
00:31:06I only borrowed it.
00:31:08Oh, dear.
00:31:09Oh, dear.
00:31:11Oh, dear.
00:31:12Can't you say anything besides oh, dear?
00:31:14You're losing the range again.
00:31:16Alvin, I'm sorry if it was embarrassing for you,
00:31:19but you don't want to make a mistake either.
00:31:21Yes, I know it's too late with the wedding in two days, but...
00:31:24Are you going to let him do your living for you?
00:31:26Talk back to him.
00:31:28Alvin, don't you dare come down here.
00:31:32It won't do you a bit of good.
00:31:36Man?
00:31:37What man?
00:31:39I'm sure I don't know who you mean.
00:31:42Oh, him.
00:31:44Well, he's just the new chauffeur.
00:31:47Yes?
00:31:48Oh, yes, mother.
00:31:50All right, mother.
00:31:52Goodbye, dear.
00:31:54Alvin, the whole family are coming down in the morning.
00:31:57He's very angry.
00:31:58He says he's going to punch you in the nose.
00:32:00Thank you for putting me on my guard.
00:32:02But you can't stay here.
00:32:03Why, sure.
00:32:04You don't want to disappoint Alvin,
00:32:05and I wouldn't miss it for anything in the world.
00:32:06I'm the new chauffeur, remember?
00:32:08And I start right out by being fresh.
00:32:15Now he's got a reason to be sore.
00:32:16You're fired.
00:32:18Not after that one.
00:32:19You're getting the range again.
00:32:21Now don't let your family and Alvin push you around.
00:32:23Stick to your gun.
00:32:25I did.
00:32:26Well, it wasn't a new idea.
00:32:28I wanted to be sure that spark was still there.
00:32:30Late family.
00:32:31What am I going to do marrying them?
00:32:33The Hammonds have always done the expected things.
00:32:35Why, they're the backbone of proper society.
00:32:38Grandfather said that a girl just has to...
00:32:39Look, Willie, I don't care what the old boy said,
00:32:41but I'm sure he did his own living.
00:32:43Willie, I like the way your eyes sparkle.
00:32:57Well.
00:33:03Hmm.
00:33:04Joy, Miss Wilhelmina.
00:33:06This can't be you.
00:33:07Of course it's I, Wiggins.
00:33:09Where have you been?
00:33:10Yeah, but this...
00:33:11This is not Mr. Alvin you're kissing.
00:33:13I wasn't kissing him.
00:33:14Wiggins, Miss Wilhelmina inquired.
00:33:15Where have you been?
00:33:16Young man, I resent that.
00:33:18That's right.
00:33:19Where have you been, and why no light?
00:33:21Oh, well, you know this is lodge night.
00:33:23And Miss Wilhelmina, you know,
00:33:24I haven't missed a lodge meeting in over 25 years.
00:33:27That's why my brother members of the lodge
00:33:29made me the captain of the drill company.
00:33:32And also the grand welcomer
00:33:34for the Plainfield Plainsview Committee.
00:33:36Uh, what did you get the medals for?
00:33:38Swimming?
00:33:39Yes, swimming.
00:33:40I hate water.
00:33:42Young man, let me inform you.
00:33:44I was presented with these medals
00:33:45for having the best drill company
00:33:47in our entire organization.
00:33:49The best drilled in department, discipline,
00:33:51and marching.
00:33:52Which, of course, are things that you would know
00:33:54nothing, absolutely nothing about.
00:33:57Oh, Miss Wilhelmina,
00:33:58the brother lodge members this evening
00:34:00congratulated me on your coming marriage
00:34:02to, uh, Mr. Alvin.
00:34:05The snobs.
00:34:06You are a little premature.
00:34:07Why no light?
00:34:08Hm?
00:34:09What is it?
00:34:10Why no light?
00:34:11Oh, the lights, lights, lights.
00:34:12Oh, oh, I, I blew a fuse.
00:34:14I mean, I blew a fuse.
00:34:16I just put in a fresh plug.
00:34:18How long is it going to take?
00:34:20How long have you been eavesdropping?
00:34:22Eavesdropping?
00:34:23Oh, Miss Wilhelmina,
00:34:25you have cut me to the quick.
00:34:27Oh.
00:34:30Young man, let me tell you something.
00:34:32I have been a sort of secretary
00:34:34and general manager for this entire state
00:34:36for many, many years.
00:34:39In fact, many years before this child was born.
00:34:42Oh.
00:34:44Wilhelmina, Miss Wilhelmina,
00:34:47does the family, uh, know this, uh, person?
00:34:50Right now, I am sort of a rumor.
00:34:52Wiggins, he's working here now.
00:34:54You know how difficult it's been
00:34:55to hire a chauffeur since Stanley was drafted.
00:34:57Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:34:58I understand the health problem.
00:35:00But that is no excuse for you kissing him.
00:35:03Miss Wilhelmina, I dislike very much
00:35:05doing this in your presence.
00:35:06Will you please step aside?
00:35:09Young man,
00:35:11I shall have to throw you out.
00:35:14Wiggins.
00:35:15Oh, thank you.
00:35:16You're forgetting yourself.
00:35:17And if you want to tell Mother and Mr. Alvin what you saw,
00:35:19go right ahead and be an old tattletale.
00:35:22I didn't tell them about that butcher boy, did I?
00:35:25What butcher boy?
00:35:26Well, he was a big hulking fellow who...
00:35:28I was only eight years old at the time.
00:35:30Oh.
00:35:31Wiggins, go to bed.
00:35:33Mother and the family are coming down in the morning.
00:35:35The servants are arriving tonight.
00:35:36Now go to bed right now.
00:35:37Yes, Miss.
00:35:38Go on.
00:35:39Young man, your quarters are up over the garage.
00:35:42And always bear in mind, remember at all times,
00:35:45you are now in the service of the most sheltered young lady in America.
00:35:49We've already discussed that, Wiggins.
00:35:51I shall be back shortly to lock up this place.
00:35:54Good night.
00:35:55Good night.
00:36:02What a pushing around you take, Willie.
00:36:04You're even afraid of that character.
00:36:06Marion, you'll have to go.
00:36:07You can't stay here.
00:36:08Very well, Miss.
00:36:09What time would you like the car in the morning?
00:36:11Now, don't be difficult.
00:36:12If you should need me before the folks arrive in the morning,
00:36:14you'll find me over the garage.
00:36:16Good night.
00:36:24Night, boy.
00:36:39Well, well, well.
00:36:43Hello, Wiggins.
00:36:47Cameo, you take the trousseau right up to Miss Wilhelmina's room.
00:36:50We're with them.
00:36:51Morton, get the luggage.
00:36:53Mr. Alvin and his trainer stopped at the police station to play Miss Carr.
00:36:57Where is Miss Wilhelmina?
00:36:58In her room, Mrs. Hammond.
00:36:59Tell her we're here, please.
00:37:01Don't bother.
00:37:02Sis is picking up this broadcast right now.
00:37:05Young lady, next year you're going to be sent to finishing school.
00:37:09And you stop listening to the radio.
00:37:11It's ruining you.
00:37:14Who is that?
00:37:16Who?
00:37:17Oh, him.
00:37:18He's the new chauffeur.
00:37:20Miss Wilhelmina said you knew.
00:37:22Yes, of course.
00:37:23Of course I know.
00:37:24Certainly I know.
00:37:26Patricia, go in the house.
00:37:29Huh.
00:37:30There was more swoon to him in that picture in the Times.
00:37:33I thought his eyes would be brown.
00:37:35Those pictures really are in the papers, huh?
00:37:37Yes.
00:37:38Yes, they are, in all of them.
00:37:39It seems that the press is giving you and my eldest daughter quite a bit of uncalled-for notoriety.
00:37:44I'll speak to you later, young man.
00:37:46Just take the car around.
00:37:48Oh, uh, can you drive?
00:37:51Yes, Mrs. Hammond.
00:37:53Hmm.
00:37:54Patricia, go in the house.
00:37:58In my day, it was the groom who made the passes.
00:38:02There was such a nice one who used to give me riding lessons.
00:38:05Harriet.
00:38:06We never mention him, not since he accepted that money from your father.
00:38:11Well, I can dream, can't I?
00:38:15Patricia, why don't you go in the house?
00:38:17My goodness, I have never seen such a child as you are.
00:38:32Go away.
00:38:33I don't want to see anyone.
00:38:35Relax.
00:38:36It's not that new-found wolf howling.
00:38:38It's your little sister.
00:38:40You shouldn't talk like that, Pat.
00:38:42I can read, can't I?
00:38:43They mentioned you on the radio, too.
00:38:45Called you a fickle heiress.
00:38:47Are you alone?
00:38:48Of course not.
00:38:49The whole tribe's collecting.
00:38:51Camille and Mother and Aunt Harriet with her knitting.
00:38:53Boy, they're going to skin you.
00:38:56You come in here.
00:39:00What are you staring at?
00:39:02You don't look mauled.
00:39:03What do they feed you in jail?
00:39:04Bread and water?
00:39:05I didn't eat anything.
00:39:06It was all a mistake.
00:39:08But you were in jail twice.
00:39:10Gee, I wish I could drive.
00:39:11I'd pick up some fella.
00:39:12Did you marry him?
00:39:13Of course not.
00:39:15Well, he's not bad, considering how empty the roads are.
00:39:20Who is it?
00:39:21It's Wiggins.
00:39:22Miss Wilhelmina, your mother wants to see you downstairs before Mr. Alvin gets here.
00:39:27I'm not coming, Wiggins, till I've already been through too much.
00:39:30I'm staying in my room all day.
00:39:32Very well, I'll tell her.
00:39:34Tell me, Pat, what did they really say?
00:39:36Oh, they had a full ten rounds of top blowing.
00:39:39Mother said, it's a disgrace, but of course it's all a misprint.
00:39:43Then Alvin held up this picture and said, how could she do this to me?
00:39:47How can I explain it to the women voters?
00:39:49In the face of this, I'll never be elected as zoning commissioner.
00:39:52Boy, were they corny.
00:39:54Wasn't he worried about me?
00:39:56No, he said you shouldn't have ripped your stockings.
00:39:58It looked common.
00:39:59They don't credit me with having any mind or emotion of my own.
00:40:03Just because Marion is regular, I suppose I can't speak to him without having my knees shake.
00:40:08Well, I don't know.
00:40:09One paper said you told the police you'd call them if you had any more trouble with them.
00:40:15Who is it now?
00:40:16It's Aunt Harriet, dear.
00:40:18Auntie, please.
00:40:20Don't you want to hear from the voice of experience?
00:40:30Your mother is terribly upset, dear.
00:40:31Really, you shouldn't lock yourself in.
00:40:33It's all over with Alvin.
00:40:34I have nothing to say.
00:40:35We mean it's all over with you.
00:40:37There are other men.
00:40:38Not for you, dear.
00:40:39The more prominent you are, the fewer there are.
00:40:41What about Harriet Hammond?
00:40:43Is that why you never married?
00:40:44Yeah, what was the dirt?
00:40:45I'm old enough to know.
00:40:47He wanted money more than he wanted me.
00:40:49By the time my tears were dry, I'd knit my way through the First World War.
00:40:53Now I'm knitting my way through another war, alone.
00:40:57Because after that, no acceptable man came along.
00:40:59You're trying to frighten me.
00:41:01Yes, Alvin's your sort.
00:41:03Now don't be silly and throw him over for a stranger with an empty promise.
00:41:06I didn't know you were so unhappy.
00:41:08I'm not.
00:41:10I'm not happy either.
00:41:11You should take your problem over with that man on the radio.
00:41:14Boy, he's wonderful.
00:41:16Pat, I took it up with myself, but too late.
00:41:20Uh-oh.
00:41:28I hardly know what to say.
00:41:30This scandal has my head reeling.
00:41:34I think I'm going to faint.
00:41:37Mom, save the nerves.
00:41:39If you only knew how corny you are.
00:41:43I don't want to hear that word corny again.
00:41:46You're becoming a juvenile delinquent.
00:41:49You're incorrigible, you little pest.
00:41:53I'll think of something.
00:41:55Leave the room.
00:41:57Yes, come along, Pat. You're too young for this.
00:41:59Well, how am I ever going to know?
00:42:01Don't you want me to be ready?
00:42:03You will be.
00:42:07Think it over. A man in the hand right now.
00:42:13Well, Wilhelmina.
00:42:15I suppose, Mother, I shouldn't have behaved as I did.
00:42:18Apparently, that was only the beginning.
00:42:21Um, who is this young man?
00:42:23He's just a fellow who likes this town and wants to live here.
00:42:26Yes, but who is his family?
00:42:28He hasn't any.
00:42:30Oh. Oh!
00:42:32Then you mean to say that you really know nothing at all about him?
00:42:35Must I?
00:42:37Well, you can see what happens when you don't know who people are.
00:42:41Oh, Alvin is terribly upset.
00:42:44I didn't hurt his car.
00:42:46No, but all this publicity has impaired his political aspirations.
00:42:50It's not dignified. And with Alvin on the ticket...
00:42:53Well, I'm not on the ticket.
00:42:55No, but your fiancé is.
00:42:57I ran away from Alvin because it was all I could think to do.
00:43:00The point is, I don't love Alvin.
00:43:02I never have.
00:43:04I'm not going to stay instead. It's a long time for keep.
00:43:07But that's what we're thinking of, dear. Your future.
00:43:11Mother, you're trying to say that I'm in love with Marion.
00:43:14If I am, I didn't realize it.
00:43:16You mean you care nothing about this stranger?
00:43:19Everyone seems to think I do. Who am I to argue?
00:43:22Look at the future I have with him.
00:43:24Mr. and Mrs. Knowbot.
00:43:25Plainfield.
00:43:26She picked him up when they were in jail together.
00:43:28That's how it all began.
00:43:30He wanted to show her the fire engine and take her for a walk in the park.
00:43:34But she said, no, no, take me home.
00:43:36He did.
00:43:37To a great, big, empty house.
00:43:40A cold house that has never meant a thing,
00:43:42except that it says the Hamlins are very rich.
00:43:45But then something happened.
00:43:47While she stood there with him, it began to ring with the sound of his heart.
00:43:51He brought a yearning with him
00:43:53that filled it with warmth and a promise of the future.
00:43:56That's what he has.
00:43:57And that's what I'm going to share with him.
00:43:59Once you've gotten over your infatuation,
00:44:01you will find that all you have left to share
00:44:04is what you've given up for him.
00:44:06That isn't fair to any man.
00:44:08Not even a fortune hunter.
00:44:10Miss Camille?
00:44:11Yes, come in, Camille.
00:44:14You'll have to try this on if you're to wear it.
00:44:16The wedding's off.
00:44:17Certainly it isn't off.
00:44:19Wilhelmina, we have tried being rational with you,
00:44:22but since that seems to have no effect...
00:44:24What will?
00:44:25Put on your wedding dress.
00:44:27I am not going to put that dress on you all!
00:44:29Get out of here! Get out!
00:44:30Get right out of this room!
00:44:32What am I going to tell Alvin?
00:44:33You've already made up your mind.
00:44:35Why?
00:44:36I think there's too much carbon monoxide
00:44:45coming out of that exhaust.
00:44:46You said it, Chief.
00:44:47It ain't good for your lungs.
00:44:49Take a deep breath.
00:44:53Get the briefcase.
00:44:54Yeah.
00:44:55My acceptance speech in it.
00:44:56And also the calcium tablet.
00:44:57You want this afternoon's paper
00:44:58with your photograph in it, Chief?
00:45:00Yes, with the comments.
00:45:01I won't want her to see for herself
00:45:02just what her little rumpus
00:45:03has done for my popularity poll.
00:45:05You said it, Chief.
00:45:07Oh, Wiggins, I am so upset.
00:45:09My nerves are just in a dizzy.
00:45:12Now, just be calm, be calm.
00:45:14Yes, yes, Wiggins.
00:45:15I must be calm.
00:45:16I must be calm.
00:45:19Oh, Mr. Alvin, I am so glad to see you.
00:45:23I know, Wiggins.
00:45:24Oh, Alvin, I cannot manage Wilhelmina at all.
00:45:27She's behaving like a volcano.
00:45:29She won't even come out of her room.
00:45:31You're giving her too much consideration.
00:45:33Really? Is that it?
00:45:34Is there anything I can do for you, Chief?
00:45:36No, relax.
00:45:37Relax.
00:45:38Odd fellow, isn't he?
00:45:40If we don't ignore what's happened,
00:45:41we can't expect the public to do it.
00:45:43Yes, but she seems to have made up her mind.
00:45:46So have I.
00:45:47When I proposed to Willie,
00:45:48I didn't expect it all to be smooth sailing.
00:45:50I appreciated the fact that the burden
00:45:52of our public life would be on my shoulders.
00:45:54Now, Willie seems to resent the methodical hand
00:45:56I'm taking in our marriage plans.
00:45:58She said it'd take some of the romance away from us.
00:46:00Oh, that's nonsense.
00:46:02That's why we quarreled.
00:46:04But you have to be keenly rational today
00:46:06to get things done.
00:46:07Oh, Alvin, you have so much sound sense.
00:46:10I'm going to talk to her about this,
00:46:12but right now we must lose no time
00:46:14in correcting the impression she's made.
00:46:15Oh, you're right.
00:46:16You're absolutely right.
00:46:18Mohammed wouldn't go to the mountain.
00:46:19Very well, we'll have the wedding right here.
00:46:21The best way to squelch this rumor
00:46:23that Willie has thrown me over
00:46:24is to have the wedding.
00:46:26Here?
00:46:27Tomorrow?
00:46:28Yes, it can be simple and to the point.
00:46:30After the wedding, I'll make a statement.
00:46:32I'll simply say that my wife
00:46:34rightly objected to an extravagant wedding.
00:46:36She preceded me here to plan the simple ceremony.
00:46:39And we are the happiest couple in public life.
00:46:42Alvin, do you...
00:46:43Are you corny?
00:46:45Patricia, that word!
00:46:47Someday I'll think of something to stop you, young lady.
00:46:50But how will that explain the young man
00:46:52Wilhelmina picked up when she left you?
00:46:54I'm afraid the newspapers may want
00:46:56a follow-up story on him.
00:46:57That's on my shoulders, too.
00:46:59Oh, Wil!
00:47:00What was he doing on the road anyway
00:47:01when she picked him up?
00:47:03Yes, Patricia.
00:47:04Oh, my dear, how bright you are!
00:47:07Isn't she?
00:47:09Oh, but Alvin, we must get rid of him.
00:47:12You don't realize how imperative that is.
00:47:14I'm equal to the job, Mother.
00:47:16Oh, the chief's in top condition.
00:47:19Yes, but I'd rather you used your head, Alvin.
00:47:22Is Willie in her room?
00:47:23Yes, yes, she is.
00:47:25She didn't want to be unkind to the stranger.
00:47:27You know how she is.
00:47:29He probably threatened her, and it got into the papers.
00:47:32Now you send the telegrams and phone the minister,
00:47:34and I'll take care of him.
00:47:36Oh, Alvin, you're such a comfort.
00:47:38You make everything sound so simple.
00:47:40Thank you, Mother.
00:47:46Oh, Patricia, you frightened me.
00:47:48Mother, if you knew how...
00:47:50Oh, don't you dare say that word.
00:47:52So long, Mom.
00:47:53I'll see you later.
00:47:56Child.
00:47:59He held the gun close to her head.
00:48:01She screamed...
00:48:03Oh, definitely corny.
00:48:08Oh, what am I saying?
00:48:11My.
00:48:14Wilhelmina?
00:48:15Alvin, you know I don't want to be here.
00:48:18But I must talk to you about this vagrant you were in jail with.
00:48:21Under what conditions did you employ him?
00:48:23He didn't have a job.
00:48:25Did he give you his availability certificate?
00:48:27Why, no.
00:48:28Then I can't very well give it back to him.
00:48:30I'm glad the papers didn't pick that up.
00:48:32You must be more careful, Wilhelmina.
00:48:34It wouldn't look right in print that the future Mrs. Alvin Bailey
00:48:37illegally hired a chauffeur.
00:48:39But I'll straighten him out.
00:48:41You'll straighten no one out, Alvin.
00:48:43But, Willie, don't protect this fellow against me.
00:48:46You've already given the press something for the backstage gossip
00:48:49to hang its hat on, so I'm taking over.
00:48:51Why?
00:48:52Because you're the pitiful victim of a conniving upstart.
00:48:54I'm not pitiful.
00:48:56Wilhelmina, our marriage plans have been too great a strain on you.
00:49:02Alvin.
00:49:03Relax.
00:49:04Get a lot of fresh air.
00:49:06Breathe deeply.
00:49:08But, Alvin, I don't love you.
00:49:11Time to talk about that after the wedding.
00:49:15I'm Wilhelmina's sister, Patricia.
00:49:18Better move away from here.
00:49:19You'll get oil on you.
00:49:20You sure got Wilhelmina into a jam.
00:49:23What?
00:49:24I said you sure got Wilhelmina into a jam.
00:49:29What's happened to Miss Wilhelmina?
00:49:31I bet you didn't call her Miss Wilhelmina when you got arrested.
00:49:34Are you trying to work up into a quiz, kid?
00:49:37Well, I know everything.
00:49:39Mother despises you.
00:49:41She said so.
00:49:42What does your sister say?
00:49:43She's on Alvin's shoulders.
00:49:45And he can handle you, too.
00:49:47When Mr. Bailey wants me, he won't have to look for me.
00:49:50He's bigger than you are.
00:49:51He's got a chest expansion, too.
00:49:53That's hot air, kid.
00:49:54Now beat it.
00:49:55I mean, please go.
00:49:57What's your other name besides Marion?
00:49:59Don't you ever read the newspapers?
00:50:00Sure, and I listen to the radio, too.
00:50:02Well, that's good.
00:50:03Well, that's good.
00:50:05Besides Marion.
00:50:06Don't you ever read the newspapers?
00:50:07Sure, and I listen to the radio, too.
00:50:09All they called you was a pickup.
00:50:12What were you doing on that road, anyway?
00:50:14Coming home the hard way.
00:50:16Now get out of here, will you?
00:50:18I heard you the first time.
00:50:22Boy, you sure look corny in that coat.
00:50:25And you look worse, too, when Alvin gets through with you.
00:50:27He can lick you with one hand tied behind him.
00:50:31Bah! Who's corny now?
00:50:33Why, you...
00:50:36Trisha?
00:50:37Hit him, Alvin.
00:50:38You didn't give Miss Hammond your availability certificate,
00:50:40so of course she couldn't employ you.
00:50:42Now clear out.
00:50:43When she wants to fire me, she'll tell me.
00:50:45Throw him out, Alvin.
00:50:47Looks like I'll have to.
00:50:49Uh, didn't Miss Hammond tell you that one of my duties
00:50:52is to keep the firing range clear?
00:50:54Don't lead with your right, chief.
00:50:57Stop that, both of you, please.
00:50:59Don't hit him, Marion.
00:51:00He has a heart murmur.
00:51:01Well, no wonder. Blowing himself up like that, he probably rattles.
00:51:05You meant that.
00:51:11You're disappointing.
00:51:13I told you not to lead with your right, chief.
00:51:16You're fired.
00:51:17I'm in the clear.
00:51:19He changed his defense on you.
00:51:24It's quite obvious, young man, that you are not welcome here.
00:51:27I told you not to hit him.
00:51:29What am I, a guinea pig?
00:51:31Apparently, you're a young man who's trying to make a place for himself in this town.
00:51:35But we are very particular who lives here.
00:51:38Well, I'm particular too, Mrs. Hammond.
00:51:40In fact, I sacrificed a lot for this place.
00:51:43Don't you threaten me.
00:51:45If we have to find another job for you to be rid of you,
00:51:48why, we'll find one.
00:51:50We should throw him in jail.
00:51:52What for? Battery?
00:51:54You're to blame for this, Alvin.
00:51:56I wish he'd blacken both your eyes.
00:51:58Let him try. I'm on my feet now.
00:52:02Uh-uh.
00:52:03No?
00:52:04No.
00:52:05Come on, Alvin. I'll patch you up.
00:52:07A piece of steak.
00:52:13Hey, what am I doing with this thing?
00:52:17Go away, Patricia. You annoy me.
00:52:19Young man, you have caused us a great deal of trouble.
00:52:23First, getting into the newspapers with my other daughter, and now this.
00:52:27I'm sorry.
00:52:28Bailey wanted to fire me.
00:52:29Well, Amina should never have engaged you in the first place.
00:52:32I don't even know how you got through our gates.
00:52:35Now that you're here, we don't know what to do with you.
00:52:38I haven't asked you for anything.
00:52:40No.
00:52:41But you know who we are.
00:52:42And you know that we can afford to pay for our mistakes.
00:52:46Very well, Mrs. Hammond.
00:52:47My time is worth plenty.
00:52:49I've learned it's the one thing I've got.
00:52:51What have you to offer?
00:52:52Oh.
00:52:53Oh, well, I happen to know that Hammond Investments have a few openings in the western desert near Needles.
00:52:58It's a long way off.
00:53:00We'll be very happy to have you there.
00:53:02That's pretty rugged country.
00:53:03I know.
00:53:04A tank corps trained there.
00:53:05Yes, yes.
00:53:06Now, we're putting in a new development.
00:53:08And the thermometer hits 130.
00:53:10Oh, but you'll be inside in one of our air-conditioned offices at a desk job.
00:53:15Believe me, young man, you will never be given such a wonderful opportunity again.
00:53:19I hope not.
00:53:20And besides, what are you here?
00:53:23At the moment, you're nothing more than a chauffeur.
00:53:26It's not even his coat.
00:53:27Stanley gets it back when he's out of the service.
00:53:30Why, that's wonderful, Patricia.
00:53:32You're wonderful.
00:53:33I had no idea she was so bright.
00:53:35Now, go away.
00:53:36I suppose I should consider it.
00:53:38Oh, indeed.
00:53:39I believe you should.
00:53:40It's a wonderful opportunity.
00:53:41Why am I arguing with you?
00:53:44You are discharged.
00:53:46I'll let you know.
00:53:47Oh.
00:53:48Well, thank you.
00:53:50Thank you, Mrs. Hammond.
00:53:52Oh, no.
00:53:55Come along, Patricia darling.
00:53:59Yes.
00:54:00Yes, Governor.
00:54:01Go ahead, ask me.
00:54:02Sure, I've seen that nonsense in the papers about Wilhelmina and me.
00:54:05A ripped piffle is just more of their smear campaign against me.
00:54:09They'll trump up anything to keep me from being elected.
00:54:12Well, Willie and I are the perfect couple.
00:54:14And we're going to be married tomorrow as planned.
00:54:17It's the Governor.
00:54:18He wants us to drive over.
00:54:20If he wants to see you, be reassured that there's nothing to this scandal you got yourself into.
00:54:24You can't go with that steak.
00:54:26Let him wear it.
00:54:27We won't eat it now.
00:54:28If you'd hit him like I told you to, Alvin, we could have had that steak for dinner.
00:54:32Hello, Wilton.
00:54:33The little woman would love to come over with her mother.
00:54:36But I'm afraid I'm tied up.
00:54:38Oh, nothing really, just my last night free, you know.
00:54:41I thought I'd run over my campaign speech and put in a few more promises.
00:54:45Yes, Governor.
00:54:46Willie and her dear mother will be over.
00:54:49Goodbye.
00:54:53Did you have to do that to us?
00:54:55But you've upset the Governor, too.
00:54:57I think it's very nice of the Governor to take so much interest.
00:55:01Oh, uh, Wiggins, tell the chauffeur to bring the car around.
00:55:04Oh, uh, do you think it's wise to have him drive?
00:55:07Oh, you're right, Wiggins.
00:55:08I don't think this Marion fellow should drive.
00:55:10You're not there.
00:55:11Why not?
00:55:12Why, don't be a fool, Alvin.
00:55:14I will be with them.
00:55:17Of course, Mother.
00:55:19You see, I'm jealous of you, dear.
00:55:21That's encouraging, at least.
00:55:23Aunt Harriet, are you coming?
00:55:24You couldn't drag me.
00:55:25I'm going to stay here with the steak.
00:55:33Mother is coming.
00:55:34We're going to the Governor's.
00:55:35It's about a 30-minute drive.
00:55:36Thank you, Miss Hammond.
00:55:37Isn't that muscle man you're going to marry coming along?
00:55:40No.
00:55:41And no wonder Mother discharged you.
00:55:42She didn't.
00:55:43She wanted me to go away to a better position.
00:55:45That was very generous of her.
00:55:47I hope you accept.
00:55:56He's kidnapped her!
00:55:58Alvin!
00:55:59Alvin!
00:56:00Yes, Mother.
00:56:01What is it?
00:56:02Oh, Alvin.
00:56:03Oh, my, my, my.
00:56:04What's wrong?
00:56:05What's wrong?
00:56:06He got her just because I stopped to powder my nose.
00:56:07Here, here.
00:56:08Smelling salts.
00:56:09Quick.
00:56:10I'll have the police pick them up.
00:56:11Oh, I heard her scream.
00:56:12Take it easy, Mother.
00:56:13Take it easy.
00:56:14Relax.
00:56:15Breathe deeply.
00:56:16You take care of Miss Hammond.
00:56:17Mother, if you only knew how...
00:56:19Patricia!
00:56:20If you interfere with this faint, I'll...
00:56:23Well, someday I'll think of something.
00:56:27Wiggins, where are you?
00:56:28Where are you?
00:56:29Right here.
00:56:30Oh, my poor child.
00:56:31All right, now.
00:56:32All right.
00:56:33All right.
00:56:34Sit right down.
00:56:35Strictly from corn.
00:56:37Hello?
00:56:38Hello, Sergeant?
00:56:39This is Alvin Bailey again.
00:56:40I want you to pick up another car.
00:56:41No, no, it's not a habit.
00:56:42It's an emergency.
00:56:43Just a moment.
00:56:44I'll find out.
00:56:45What's the license number of your car?
00:56:47Oh, I don't know.
00:56:48The chauffeur always takes care of that.
00:56:50Do you know what it is, Wiggins?
00:56:51Hmm?
00:56:52Number?
00:56:53Oh, five, nine.
00:56:54No.
00:56:55That was my point.
00:56:56I forget.
00:56:57Can't you associate it with some date?
00:56:59Tonight would be a good one.
00:57:00Boy, I'm sure lucky if it's got a 13 in it.
00:57:03Uh-uh.
00:57:0413.
00:57:05I'll have to call you back, Sergeant.
00:57:06Think, all of you.
00:57:07Think.
00:57:08Well, I know there's a one.
00:57:09There's a one.
00:57:10Yes.
00:57:11Yes.
00:57:12Oh.
00:57:13Oh.
00:57:14Could it be 1066?
00:57:15Ah, 1066.
00:57:17No, that's William the Conqueror.
00:57:19Oh, of course.
00:57:20The Battle of Hastings.
00:57:22I remember that well.
00:57:24Hmm?
00:57:25What am I saying?
00:57:27Please, Jane.
00:57:37Nice evening.
00:57:39Marion, you know you have to be practical.
00:57:42Why?
00:57:43I don't know why, but everybody's always trying to be that, and you must be, too.
00:57:47What do you advise?
00:57:48Well, you can't go on being my chauffeur.
00:57:50Everybody's discharged you.
00:57:52Excepting you.
00:57:53Well, I'll have to get around to it, too, if you don't leave.
00:57:56Why don't you accept that job Mother offered you?
00:57:58Leave town?
00:58:00For your own good.
00:58:01What's a town?
00:58:02It's what you make it.
00:58:03The Hammonds made this one.
00:58:05Yeah, and in some ways, they did a wonderful job.
00:58:09You're nothing here.
00:58:10Out there in that air-conditioned office, you can build a place for yourself.
00:58:13Uh-uh.
00:58:14Too lonely without you.
00:58:16But I don't go with the job.
00:58:17You know that.
00:58:18Even if I'm very persuasive, try me out.
00:58:21Marion, please be reasonable.
00:58:23I'm trying to be.
00:58:24He must plan on coming back.
00:58:26He didn't take his suitcase.
00:58:28Um, oh, Alvin.
00:58:30Alvin, do you think you should?
00:58:32Why, your silverware's probably in it.
00:58:35What?
00:58:36He's in the service.
00:58:37You mean he should be.
00:58:39This is very serious, Mother.
00:58:41Oh, Alvin.
00:58:42More trouble?
00:58:43Not for us.
00:58:44This means we're rid of him.
00:58:45He's a deserter.
00:58:46Ah!
00:58:47Now, do you know, when I found him with Miss Wilhelmina, I said to myself...
00:58:51What do you mean?
00:58:52Well, I looked at the young man and I said,
00:58:54now, there is a young man who has done a lot of marching.
00:58:57That boy is running away from something.
00:58:59Well, you run down to the police station right now and tell them to get up here quickly.
00:59:02And they'd better come armed, too.
00:59:04These look like his papers.
00:59:05Take them with you.
00:59:06Yes, yes.
00:59:09And don't come back without at least two officers.
00:59:11I'm sure he'll try to shoot his way out.
00:59:13Shoot his way...
00:59:14Shoot his way out?
00:59:15Yes, sir.
00:59:18Willie, would you want me to give up this town after I've dreamed of it and fought for it?
00:59:23But this isn't even your town, really.
00:59:25What will you do here?
00:59:26Follow through.
00:59:28Get a job and the right girl to say yes.
00:59:32She'll be by your side.
00:59:33Marion.
00:59:35Every evening after knocking myself out for two bits,
00:59:38I'll come home and stand at the gate and whistle.
00:59:42And she'll come running.
00:59:43You're egotistical.
00:59:44No, she knows what she wants.
00:59:47She'll throw her arms around my neck and I'll squeeze her till she squeals.
00:59:52Ah, then when she gets her breath, she'll say,
00:59:55dear, it's been so long away from you.
00:59:58And I'll say, why, only this morning at six I left for the foundry.
01:00:02Is that the best you can do, the foundry?
01:00:04Well, not much money, but I'm happy there.
01:00:07And we'll swing through the gate and walk up to our little house hand in hand.
01:00:12And I'll kick my foot on a loose brick like I always do.
01:00:16And she'll say, dear, when are you going to pave this walk?
01:00:19The place looks like a dump.
01:00:21It does.
01:00:22Well, who cares, I'll say.
01:00:24I never see anything here but you.
01:00:27Willie, I'm not a millionaire, but we're in real love.
01:00:32And that's what counts.
01:00:35Marion, please don't keep on talking to me like this.
01:00:38You know I can't walk out on the wedding.
01:00:40Now, take me back to Alvin.
01:00:42There you go, ringing up that Hammond cash register inside you.
01:00:45You're punchy from listening to the bell.
01:00:47All right, I'm punchy, but I belong here,
01:00:49and you can see you're not even welcome.
01:00:56Now am I?
01:00:57No.
01:00:59They're two sides to me, Marion.
01:01:01Okay, I don't want to get involved with twins.
01:01:06Well, Alvin, give them time.
01:01:09Who? Wiggins or that criminal she's with?
01:01:13Hello, Sergeant, this is Alvin Bailey again.
01:01:15Has our man Wiggins showed up there yet?
01:01:17Yes, Mr. Bailey.
01:01:18We're looking at his papers now.
01:01:22Will you hold the phone, please?
01:01:24Will you stop crowding me, Wiggins?
01:01:26Can't you see I'm trying to do me duty?
01:01:27Oh, I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.
01:01:29Shh.
01:01:30Mr. Bailey, as I was saying,
01:01:32we saw the papers before, but we didn't realize who he was.
01:01:40Thanks, Sergeant.
01:01:43The Chief's coming out with the entire force.
01:01:45That boy's got quite a record behind him.
01:01:47He's an expert with a machine gun.
01:01:49A gunman.
01:01:50Oh, my poor child.
01:01:53There they are now.
01:02:00Be stoic, Mother.
01:02:01Not a word to Wilhelmina.
01:02:02She'll be too upset if she knows what danger she's been in.
01:02:12Did he put the car in the garage?
01:02:14Of course.
01:02:19Well, do you want to know the words?
01:02:21He did kiss me.
01:02:23Oh, Wilhelmina.
01:02:26Free your mind of him, Willie.
01:02:28I know it was a terrible experience, but we'll never talk about it.
01:02:31Now, you must get some rest.
01:02:33Good night.
01:02:35Yes, darling. Tomorrow's another day.
01:02:38If it's going to be like this, you're all so sweet.
01:02:41I guess it's for the best.
01:02:42Of course, dear.
01:02:44Good night.
01:02:51Oh, Alvin.
01:02:53Yes, dear?
01:02:54He's leaving.
01:02:56I know he is, sweet.
01:02:58Dream of me.
01:02:59Good night.
01:03:26Do you suppose they've come to the wedding?
01:03:28Oh, Wiggins is such a fool.
01:03:30I don't know what he told them, but they've brought the band.
01:03:33And they should have brought the black Maria.
01:03:35Gee, they're not bad.
01:03:38It's your cops, Chief.
01:03:40And they brought their band.
01:03:42But why the band?
01:03:44Such inefficiency.
01:03:45They must think they've come for a swarm of bees, not a gunman.
01:03:48How did this happen?
01:03:49I don't know.
01:03:50But I'll make it my business to find out.
01:03:52Flowers are a little groupie, Chief, but it's the best I can do on short notice.
01:04:01What's on the racket, Mother?
01:04:02Oh, uh, some unexpected guest, I'm afraid, dear.
01:04:05It's the police force.
01:04:06Boy, they're swinging it.
01:04:08Why are they here?
01:04:09You said Wiggins was sent for them.
01:04:10Um, Alvin sent him last night.
01:04:13That chauffeur you hired is a deserter.
01:04:16Marian is not.
01:04:18Alvin had no right to do that.
01:04:20He had every right.
01:04:21And he was considerate enough to keep it from you.
01:04:25But he didn't send for a band.
01:04:31Mother.
01:04:32Oh, Alvin, do you hear that?
01:04:35What will my guests think?
01:04:36The governor's my worry.
01:04:38The Chief's right.
01:04:39Undoubtedly, it's a mistake.
01:04:41Wiggins is to blame for this.
01:04:50Alvin, we invited so few.
01:04:55Look, some of those people I've never seen before.
01:04:58Maybe they've come to hear my platform.
01:05:00You said it, Chief.
01:05:02But I'm not electioneering today.
01:05:04No, not without eyes.
01:05:07Oh, how do you do?
01:05:08I'm very happy to see you.
01:05:10How do you do?
01:05:11Oh, how do you do?
01:05:12Very nice of you to come.
01:05:15How do you do?
01:05:16I'm very...
01:05:17You needn't tell me.
01:05:19Such resemblance.
01:05:20You're the bride's mother.
01:05:22I beg your pardon, I...
01:05:24Yes, yes, I am the bride's mother.
01:05:26She'll make such a nice bride.
01:05:28Oh, and he's such a fine fellow.
01:05:30I don't believe I know you.
01:05:32Do you know my daughter?
01:05:34Do I know her daughter?
01:05:35Is that a laugh?
01:05:36Well, we're old friends.
01:05:37Cellmates, you might say.
01:05:39I told Herman, I says to him, I says,
01:05:42this is one wedding we ain't gonna miss.
01:05:44Oh, we ain't?
01:05:46Did Miss Hammond send you an invitation?
01:05:48We read it in the newspaper,
01:05:50about the unexpected wedding and him.
01:05:53And I told Herman, we remember him.
01:05:56Huh?
01:05:58Reads like Superman.
01:06:00By the way he treated those Japs with that machine gun,
01:06:03I tell you, he deserves all them medals.
01:06:05Are you quite sure that you're not in the wrong place?
01:06:09Um, where did you meet my daughter?
01:06:12In jail.
01:06:13In jail?
01:06:15Barbara and I were cellmates.
01:06:17Oh, he's a fine fellow.
01:06:20Oh, Governor, how do you do?
01:06:23How do you do, Mrs. Hammond?
01:06:24Hello, Wilton.
01:06:25Glad you could make it.
01:06:26Now, don't tell me you ran into a door, Albert.
01:06:29What's the idea of the band?
01:06:31Isn't customary at a wedding?
01:06:32Aren't you carrying things a bit too far?
01:06:34Well, you see, we tried...
01:06:36Oh, pardon me.
01:06:39Excuse me.
01:06:40Pardon me.
01:06:41Excuse me.
01:06:42Pardon me, please.
01:06:43Excuse me.
01:06:44Wiggins, what is the meaning of this?
01:06:45Mrs. Hammond, is it all right if I bring him through the front of the house?
01:06:48Where have you been?
01:06:49Oh, I never, I never was so mortified.
01:06:52My goodness, the way I spoke to that boy.
01:06:54And after all he's done for his hometown,
01:06:56I even turned him over to the police.
01:06:58And me, me on the reception committee.
01:07:01Wiggins, you are not making sense.
01:07:03Mrs. Hammond, you don't understand.
01:07:04My lodger arranged the whole meeting for the corporal,
01:07:06and I was supposed to meet him.
01:07:08But he slipped through on those civilian clothes, and I...
01:07:11I think I took a couple too many.
01:07:13Excuse me.
01:07:15Oh, the governor.
01:07:17Follow me.
01:07:20It's a great day for Plainfield, isn't it, Mrs. Hammond?
01:07:23Yes, indeed, your honor.
01:07:24Well, commissioner, I hope.
01:07:26Your honor.
01:07:28Just who is this Marion fellow, anyway?
01:07:30Corporal Marion Scott.
01:07:32The one man in his squad who got through.
01:07:34My folks have come from miles around to see this heroic soldier,
01:07:37and believe me, Plainfield is going to give him a real welcome home.
01:07:42Aren't we?
01:07:43Well, governor, what are you doing here?
01:07:45The wedding.
01:07:46I was invited to the wedding.
01:07:47There just isn't going to be any wedding.
01:07:49It's the past.
01:07:50Willie.
01:07:51Alvin, I want to talk to you.
01:07:52I can't go through with this.
01:07:54Yes, I know, Willie.
01:07:55We'll have to postpone the wedding.
01:07:56It's been a mistake.
01:07:57This Marion fellow's a national hero.
01:07:59Is Marion Corporal Marion Scott?
01:08:01He spoke on the radio the other day, remember?
01:08:04Oh, yes, I remember.
01:08:06You'd have him in jail if you could.
01:08:08What a fool you are.
01:08:09Me too.
01:08:10Don't stand there moaning about it.
01:08:11Come on, let's hurry.
01:08:12I don't want to miss anything.
01:08:33Look, Wiggins, this is all swell, but I don't want the trimmings.
01:08:35Really, I tried to avoid it.
01:08:36Well, the lesion was supposed to a while when you were arriving.
01:08:39I've been watching all the trains and buses.
01:08:41I was afraid of that.
01:08:42That's why I hitched.
01:08:45Corporal, meet your mayor.
01:08:47I'm glad to know you, Your Honor.
01:08:48Corporal, the town's mighty proud of her son.
01:08:50Yes.
01:08:51Corporal, as governor, may I say that the whole state is basking in your glory.
01:08:54Now, hold on.
01:08:55You're going to have to excuse us, Governor, but we've got a day prepared for this boy here.
01:08:58There's thousands waiting to greet him.
01:09:00Well, then let's not keep them waiting.
01:09:01Well, how about the wedding?
01:09:03The wedding can wait.
01:09:04The boy is more important.
01:09:05How about a picture there, Corporal?
01:09:06Is it okay for the governor and the mayor to be in?
01:09:08Yeah, sure.
01:09:09Hold it.
01:09:10One more.
01:09:11Hold it.
01:09:13Why didn't you tip us off you were coming?
01:09:14The whole town's waiting in cheer.
01:09:15Well, there's 10 million others doing the same thing I did.
01:09:17He's modest, ain't he?
01:09:18He's right.
01:09:19What's your first impression of Plainfield?
01:09:20Tell him, son.
01:09:21Gee, that guy does a lot of dreaming.
01:09:23Am I awake?
01:09:24Are you going to settle in the old town?
01:09:25Yeah, I'm going to live here.
01:09:26He's going to live here.
01:09:27Wait a minute.
01:09:28Wait a minute.
01:09:29The whole town's waiting to see this boy.
01:09:30Come on.
01:09:31Get outside.
01:09:32Yeah.
01:09:33Come on.
01:09:34Come on.
01:09:35Come on.
01:09:36Come on.
01:09:37If you'd asked me, I'd tell you.
01:09:38He's worth going after.
01:09:39Well, Amina, don't make a fool of yourself.
01:09:40I don't intend to.
01:09:41I'm in love with him, Alvin.
01:09:42The Hammonds are getting smarter every generation.
01:09:43You're not kidding.
01:09:44He told me I'm in love.
01:09:45And I am.
01:09:46Well, Amina.
01:09:47You have your Alvin.
01:09:48You're terrible.
01:09:49Snap out of it, Mom.
01:09:50You're corny.
01:09:51You.
01:09:52You.
01:09:53You.
01:09:54You.
01:09:55You.
01:09:56You.
01:09:57You.
01:09:58You.
01:09:59You.
01:10:00You.
01:10:01You.
01:10:02You.
01:10:03You.
01:10:04You.
01:10:05You.
01:10:06Well, he is a virgin, isn't he?
01:10:07Oh, that's wonderful.
01:10:08That's it.
01:10:09Ooh, I must remember that.
01:10:16Why, Marion.
01:10:19Marion.
01:10:21Marion.
01:10:23Oh.
01:10:24Trying to hitch a ride, uh?
01:10:30Marion, please.
01:10:33I've got the raincoat.
01:10:36It might as well, Sam.
01:11:03I've got the raincoat.