Unrated | 1h 14min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Movie 2 October 1974
A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Writers: John Neufeld, Eric Roman (novel)
Stars: Nick Nolte, Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Writers: John Neufeld, Eric Roman (novel)
Stars: Nick Nolte, Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
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00:05:30So unreasonable.
00:05:34So...
00:05:36immoral.
00:05:41Congratulations, Betty. You've just won $880.
00:05:46Well, what have you got to say to yourself?
00:05:48Oh, I don't believe it. I don't believe it.
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00:06:20You got trouble, Vance?
00:06:22No trouble. Not yet.
00:06:27You mean Healy?
00:06:28Yeah. He came unloaded. He's been putting away like it's going out of style ever since.
00:06:32Is that right? So what else is new?
00:06:34Well, so far he's not taking the place apart.
00:06:36What's the matter with you? Your insurance rates go up? Huh?
00:06:42Late night, Tommy?
00:06:49Evening, John.
00:06:51Things getting you down?
00:06:54How about me giving you a ride home?
00:06:56Roads can get pretty hazardous for a man in your condition.
00:06:59Might do you a little good to unload something, too.
00:07:02I got clean ears and broad shoulders. How about it?
00:07:05Now, don't try to thank me, John.
00:07:07You don't have to thank your friends.
00:07:10Come on.
00:07:33Come on, big John. You're home, kid.
00:07:35Here we go. Here we go.
00:07:38Now?
00:07:47This is Healy.
00:07:49This is Healy!
00:07:51Hey, Johnny, you're getting heavier. I'm getting older.
00:07:56There you are.
00:08:08There you are.
00:08:31There we go.
00:08:33There we go.
00:08:39What are you doing sleeping on the floor?
00:08:41Micah Scaven. Send an ambulance over here to Johnny in this place, will you?
00:08:45You'd better send a coroner, too.
00:08:47No, I...
00:08:48No? No, it's his wife.
00:08:52You read the newspapers, don't you?
00:08:54Of course I read the newspapers.
00:08:56Well, then you read of Mrs. Healy's murder and her husband's arrest.
00:08:59I did.
00:09:01And you formed no definite opinion regarding his innocence or guilt?
00:09:04I did not.
00:09:09How would you describe your family's financial status?
00:09:13As you were growing up, I mean.
00:09:17Comfortable.
00:09:19Better than average.
00:09:22And how would you describe yourself politically, conservative, liberal?
00:09:26More liberal.
00:09:28Naturally sympathetic to those less fortunate than yourself?
00:09:32Well, I'm not a bleeding heart, Mr. Lavelle.
00:09:35I'll vote as the evidence dictates, regardless.
00:09:46Acceptable to the prosecution. Thank you, Mrs. Davies.
00:09:56Mrs. Davies, have you ever met the defendant?
00:09:59No.
00:10:00Have you ever met the wife of the defendant, Marilyn?
00:10:03No. Never.
00:10:07Acceptable to the defense.
00:10:19At least we'll have a chance to catch up.
00:10:21I don't think we're going to have much time for gossip.
00:10:23Oh, you know what I mean. I've been trying to call you for days.
00:10:26Are you a little nervous? Just a little bit?
00:10:28I'm looking forward to serving.
00:10:30This is the first time I've ever felt like a citizen before.
00:10:33I know. I was going to try to get out of it.
00:10:35But Fred made so many cracks about pity the poor defendant.
00:10:38Put me on the jury. I got mad, so here I am.
00:10:42Well, I'm going to have to get a lawyer when I get home.
00:10:46Why?
00:10:47Oh, we were all set to fly to the Caribbean.
00:10:50Our first vacation in years without the kids.
00:10:52So, say goodbye to one happy husband.
00:10:55Are you kidding? This is your big chance.
00:10:57Let him go. Then you take a separate vacation later.
00:11:02You are a bad person.
00:11:25Hey, Mom!
00:11:26Now, wait a minute.
00:11:27Let me write the mileage.
00:11:29Five, three, eight.
00:11:33Now.
00:11:34Mom?
00:11:35Hi.
00:11:36Can I eat dinner over Danny's?
00:11:38Danny's? Did Danny invite you or did his mother?
00:11:41Danny's.
00:11:42Well, until his mother invites you.
00:11:45I'm having dinner at my house in one hour.
00:11:47And you're invited. Do you accept?
00:11:50If I have stuffed potatoes with cheese?
00:11:53Okay.
00:11:54Okay.
00:11:55How's the arm?
00:11:56Dad says I'll be pitching in a week.
00:11:58A week?
00:11:59Doctor said a month.
00:12:01Get your bike out of the driveway.
00:12:14Prudence, baby. You come here at once.
00:12:26How about a hug?
00:12:32Oh, my God.
00:12:36John.
00:12:56Della?
00:12:57I'm a fake lawyer.
00:12:58Honey, I can't hear you.
00:12:59I'll be out in a minute.
00:13:01Shut the door, will you?
00:13:06Okay, Angel.
00:13:07I can hear you now. Go ahead.
00:13:11I couldn't do what we agreed I should.
00:13:14What do you mean?
00:13:16I couldn't declare myself prejudiced.
00:13:20Why not, for Pete's sake?
00:13:22Well, you'd have to be on the stand to understand.
00:13:24I mean, there are questions.
00:13:26And it's your duty, to be honest.
00:13:28What about your duty to yourself, Susan, and your family?
00:13:31You need this vacation.
00:13:32I know.
00:13:33Never more than now.
00:13:36But I couldn't perjure myself.
00:13:38Could I? A man's life is at stake.
00:13:40Susan, are you telling me you're on the jury for the Healy murder case?
00:13:45Yes.
00:13:46Huh?
00:13:47Yes!
00:13:48Oh, Susan.
00:13:49We've got tickets. We've got reservations.
00:13:51Everything is set for tomorrow.
00:13:54It can't be a long trial.
00:13:57We'll go as soon as it's over, okay?
00:13:59I'll make it up to you.
00:14:00I can't tell you what it feels like
00:14:03to be on the stand.
00:14:06The responsibility, the involvement.
00:14:12I think it's the first time I really felt like a
00:14:15full-fledged citizen of this community.
00:14:18Angel.
00:14:19I thought this was all settled.
00:14:21I mean, why you have this sudden attack of civic-mindedness
00:14:24the day before our vacation.
00:14:25It's a little beyond me.
00:14:26It's tough to understand.
00:14:28I feel bad about not going.
00:14:30But if I didn't do this, I would...
00:14:35I would feel terrible.
00:14:43Okay.
00:14:45That's reasonable.
00:14:50I'm sorry.
00:15:02Well, arguments were the usual thing then
00:15:04at the Healy house, is that right?
00:15:06Yes, sir.
00:15:07Violent ones.
00:15:08Objection, Your Honor.
00:15:10A witness cannot possibly know if the arguments
00:15:12were physical or not.
00:15:14Sustained.
00:15:15Mr. Lubell.
00:15:17By violent, Mrs. Boylan, can we assume that you mean
00:15:20they were loud and very clearly heard?
00:15:22You certainly may.
00:15:24Good.
00:15:26Now, on the night of February 8th,
00:15:29you overheard another argument, didn't you?
00:15:31I didn't overhear anything.
00:15:32I couldn't help hearing.
00:15:34Yes.
00:15:35Well, at what time was this, Mrs. Boylan?
00:15:38Well, it had to be 9 o'clock because I was watching
00:15:40my game show that night and it didn't start until 8.30.
00:15:45Well, could you hear any words precisely then, Mrs. Boylan?
00:15:48I certainly didn't want to.
00:15:50I even turned up my set so I wouldn't have to.
00:15:52Still, I could hear Mrs. Healy.
00:15:54Well, not what she was saying, mind you,
00:15:57but how she sounded.
00:15:59Angry at first and then scared.
00:16:02Real scared.
00:16:03Well, the argument continued until what time then?
00:16:06Do the best of your recollection.
00:16:08About 10 o'clock.
00:16:12Your witness.
00:16:15Mrs. Boylan,
00:16:19you testified that you turned up the volume on your TV
00:16:25in order to drown out the argument next door.
00:16:29I did.
00:16:32And yet you were able to hear Mrs. Healy's voice
00:16:35and it sounded to you angry, then scared, real scared.
00:16:41That's what you said, isn't it?
00:16:42That's what I heard and that's what I said.
00:16:44And how would you characterize the sound of Mr. Healy's voice?
00:16:48Oh.
00:16:49Well, him...
00:16:51Well, I guess I... I mean...
00:16:55Well, I couldn't tell.
00:16:57Would you speak up just a little bit, Mrs. Boylan?
00:17:00The jury can't quite hear you.
00:17:02I said I couldn't tell how he sounded.
00:17:04His voice I couldn't hear.
00:17:06Then Mrs. Healy could have been arguing with someone
00:17:08other than her husband, couldn't she?
00:17:10Not likely.
00:17:11Who could it be?
00:17:12That's what we're trying to find out, Mrs. Boylan.
00:17:15What time did you go to bed that night?
00:17:1710 o'clock, right after my movie.
00:17:19And the argument had ended?
00:17:20I've already told you so.
00:17:22Wouldn't you say it was possible, Mrs. Boylan,
00:17:25that Mrs. Healy might have had a later visitor that night?
00:17:28Since you were asleep, you wouldn't have heard the car.
00:17:31Anything could have happened.
00:17:33Since you were asleep, you wouldn't have heard the car.
00:17:35Anything is possible, young man.
00:17:38But what I would say is that
00:17:40if the argument stopped when I went to bed,
00:17:42it was because John Healy had murdered his wife...
00:17:45Your Honor, I object.
00:17:46I object, Your Honor.
00:17:47...as usual.
00:17:49I ask that the witness's last remark be stricken from the record.
00:17:52Sustained, Mr. Tanner.
00:17:54An unfounded remark like that does irreparable damage
00:17:56to my client's cause in the eyes of the jury, Mrs. Boylan.
00:17:59The recorder will delete the last remarks of the witness.
00:18:03And the jury is advised to disregard them.
00:18:06Good luck.
00:18:12No further questions.
00:18:20Dr. Hayden,
00:18:22I'm going to try to keep this cross-examination as short as possible.
00:18:27There's no doubt in your mind
00:18:29that this scarf was the instrument of death.
00:18:31The marks on her throat indicate that quite clearly.
00:18:34Find the owner, find the murderer.
00:18:36In my opinion, yes.
00:18:39Unfortunately, there are at least 50 scarves exactly like that
00:18:42you could buy in town right now.
00:18:45You're very sure about the scarf.
00:18:48You're equally sure about the time of death?
00:18:50As I said, 10 o'clock.
00:18:52No margin for error.
00:18:54At most, an hour.
00:18:56Oh.
00:18:57Mrs. Healy could have died then as early as 9 o'clock
00:19:00or as late as 11.
00:19:02She could have. She didn't.
00:19:25Seven, two...
00:19:27Hello, Angel.
00:19:29Oh, I didn't see you.
00:19:31Do you really think this car is going to get better mileage
00:19:34if you keep a record?
00:19:36Well, if the gas company kept better track of what they had
00:19:40the way I do, we wouldn't be where we are today.
00:19:43True.
00:19:44Anyway, you promised when you married me
00:19:46to accept my little peculiarity.
00:19:49Right, I did.
00:19:51Right, I did.
00:19:53Now, I want you to take your little peculiarities up those stairs
00:19:56and put on something sexy because we are going out tonight.
00:20:04We can't.
00:20:07I don't have anybody.
00:20:09I mean, the kids haven't even been fed.
00:20:11Where would I get any...
00:20:12You'll be here in 27 minutes.
00:20:15Eh...
00:20:22Eh...
00:20:41Sensational.
00:20:43Where do you see it without the glasses?
00:20:47Hey, Joe.
00:20:49I got an idea.
00:20:51Why don't we send the kids over to their grandma's
00:20:56this weekend?
00:20:57Because...
00:20:58And then maybe even leave them there for the whole spring vacation.
00:21:01Because the minute they unpack their pajamas
00:21:04you'll bring them back home again.
00:21:06Well, that's true.
00:21:08I want us to have just one weekend, just for us.
00:21:11Where's that yellow scarf I gave you two Christmases ago?
00:21:14I don't know. Why?
00:21:18No reason.
00:21:28She was the kindest person.
00:21:31She had a heart of spun gold.
00:21:33She...
00:21:34She was the kindest person.
00:21:36She had a heart of spun gold.
00:21:38She had a heart of spun gold.
00:21:40She...
00:21:41absolutely didn't know how to say no.
00:21:45Are you implying then that John...
00:21:47Strike that.
00:21:50You mean...
00:21:52that your daughter welcomed John Healy's attentions?
00:21:57She pitied him.
00:22:00And I think she was fond of him in her own way.
00:22:05She was never going to marry him.
00:22:08Why not, Mrs. Cotterd?
00:22:10I don't want to be the one to cast the first stone.
00:22:13Please go on, Mrs. Cotterd.
00:22:16Does it, uh...
00:22:17sound terrible if...
00:22:19I say that Marilyn was half afraid of John Healy?
00:22:23How exactly do you mean?
00:22:25When he drank, he was violent.
00:22:28Oh.
00:22:31When Marilyn was pregnant...
00:22:33he got drunk...
00:22:35and made her fall downstairs.
00:22:37You mean he pushed her?
00:22:40Marilyn said it was an accident.
00:22:43I don't know exactly how...
00:22:45Objection!
00:22:46Sustained.
00:22:53But why, uh...
00:22:54why did your daughter marry John Healy, Mrs. Cotterd?
00:22:59I don't know, really.
00:23:01Didn't she offer you any explanations?
00:23:04Yes.
00:23:05She said that she was tired and...
00:23:08that John would be kind to her.
00:23:12And did your daughter find the relief that she sought?
00:23:19Poor child.
00:23:21Could you make that a little clearer, please, Mrs. Cotterd?
00:23:24Do you know that being pregnant isn't particularly a...
00:23:27peaceful time?
00:23:31When Marilyn found out that she was going to have a baby, she...
00:23:35she just kind of withered away. I don't know.
00:23:38She...
00:23:39closed herself off and cried.
00:23:43She cried.
00:23:47And...
00:23:48when the child was born...
00:23:50born dead, she thought that it was a judgment.
00:23:54And I thought that it was because...
00:23:56she was pushed...
00:23:59fell downstairs.
00:24:05I don't know.
00:24:09Your witness.
00:24:17Now, Mrs. Cotterd, I don't want to make this any more painful than I have to.
00:24:21I'll, uh...
00:24:22I'll try to be brief.
00:24:25Was your daughter living at home before she decided to marry?
00:24:29No. I didn't see that there was anything wrong with a grown person spending time away from home.
00:24:33I didn't mean to imply there was.
00:24:36Do you know where she was at that time?
00:24:39No. She...
00:24:40said that she...
00:24:41had to get away by herself for a while and...
00:24:44things over.
00:24:46Do you remember the day that she told you she was getting married?
00:24:50It was the middle of August.
00:24:53I remember that she was very upset.
00:24:55Upset.
00:24:56Tired, perhaps.
00:24:57And then, unexpectedly, she told you of her plans to marry John Healy.
00:25:01Why, unexpectedly? I mean, a woman can change her mind.
00:25:05Her explanation was that, uh...
00:25:07at least John Healy would take care of her.
00:25:09Oh, I told that to the gentleman.
00:25:11Well, that seems to indicate that Marilyn didn't actually think of John Healy as dangerous or violent, doesn't it?
00:25:17Objection sustained.
00:25:20Mrs. Cotterd, you told this court that...
00:25:23your daughter seemed unhappy about her pregnancy.
00:25:27She never had a moment's peace.
00:25:28I presume she didn't want the child so early in the marriage.
00:25:32Did you ever ask her why, if she felt this way, she hadn't taken precautions against pregnancy?
00:25:39I may have.
00:25:40What was her answer?
00:25:44She began to cry.
00:25:46But she gave no explanation?
00:25:50No, she didn't.
00:25:51You were very close to your daughter, weren't you?
00:25:54Yes.
00:25:55She told you everything, didn't she?
00:25:57Oh, yes.
00:25:58But not about her pregnancy. Why, Mrs. Cotterd?
00:26:03I don't know.
00:26:06I don't know!
00:26:07Mrs. Cotterd, isn't it true that your daughter Marilyn was already pregnant when she married John Healy?
00:26:12Objection! Objection!
00:26:14My poor baby!
00:26:18Oh!
00:26:27Oh!
00:26:34Mrs. Davies.
00:26:37You don't seem to be too aware of me these days.
00:26:39I'm sorry, darling.
00:26:41But this case is getting to me. I can't seem to think about anything else anymore.
00:26:45How much longer do you think?
00:26:49You know we're not supposed to discuss this case outside the courtroom.
00:26:52Well, push a little, Angel.
00:26:53Because guilty or not guilty, I miss you.
00:26:56I'll try. See you tonight.
00:27:07And all during Mrs. Healy's convalescence, after the unfortunate stillbirth,
00:27:12her husband never once visited her?
00:27:15She didn't want to see him.
00:27:16But he came to the hospital?
00:27:18Yes. Yes, he came every day.
00:27:20But Mrs. Healy refused to see him.
00:27:22She seemed almost afraid of him.
00:27:24Objection, Your Honor. That's pure speculation.
00:27:27Sustained.
00:27:28Mr. Lubell, will you please rephrase your questions?
00:27:32I have no further questions, Your Honor.
00:27:38Dr. Braun, how premature was Mrs. Healy's child?
00:27:42You mean how many months?
00:27:43Was it a fetus or an embryo?
00:27:45Had it developed enough so that you could determine its age?
00:27:48I can't answer that question.
00:27:51You mean you will not?
00:27:52That's right.
00:27:54The relationship between a doctor and a patient...
00:27:56Is the information contained in your report on the case?
00:27:59As a rule, it would be.
00:28:01Your Honor, defense requests that Dr. Braun's report on the delivery be admitted as evidence.
00:28:05I object, Your Honor. This is extraneous...
00:28:07Mr. Lubell, your objection is unnecessary.
00:28:10The bench will decide whether Dr. Braun's report is admissible as evidence or not.
00:28:15Yes, sir.
00:28:17Mr. Tanner, why do you wish to insert this report as evidence?
00:28:20Your Honor, the prosecution has tried to present the relationship...
00:28:23Between the defendant and the victim in this case as unhappy.
00:28:26But they failed to present a convincing cause for any such friction.
00:28:30The defense proposes to establish such a cause.
00:28:33Even if by doing so, we also establish a motive.
00:28:37As of December, the Healy's had been married for only four months.
00:28:40It's extremely important that we know the approximate age of Mrs. Healy's stillborn child.
00:28:45Well, I fail to see why the insertion of any such evidence as this...
00:28:49Would affect the circumstances of her death.
00:28:52I'm trying to establish a motive for Mrs. Healy's murder.
00:28:54A motive that could apply to someone other than John Healy.
00:28:59Well, the defense will have to find some other way to do it.
00:29:02Petition denied.
00:29:06Then I have no further questions.
00:29:10We have no questions to ask, Your Honor.
00:29:12We have no questions to ask, Your Honor.
00:29:14If it pleases the court, the people rest.
00:29:16All right, in that event, I suggest that this court adjourn for lunch.
00:29:22We'll return promptly at 1.30.
00:29:26What a waste of the taxpayer's money.
00:29:29The defense hasn't presented its case yet.
00:29:31The defense hasn't got a prayer.
00:29:33That man is as guilty as he can be.
00:29:36In your opinion.
00:29:42I'm sorry.
00:29:59Hungry?
00:30:04What are you doing here?
00:30:05I'm taking you to lunch.
00:30:07You want the chocolate shake or the vanilla?
00:30:13I don't know if I can eat.
00:30:15What's the matter?
00:30:20Mr. Bracken, the jury foreman.
00:30:23He has me so upset.
00:30:25Why?
00:30:32He's got Healy guilty.
00:30:33Even before the defense has made its case.
00:30:36That's wrong.
00:30:37What about our response?
00:30:39Angel, we do have that responsibility.
00:30:41But it's not all yours.
00:30:45It is for me.
00:30:47Bracken's only one man.
00:30:48There are 11 other people on that jury.
00:30:50But he's a foreman.
00:30:51He'll sway everybody to his way of thinking.
00:30:53You'll sway him right back.
00:30:54If you still believe this man is innocent in the end.
00:30:59I haven't even made up my mind yet.
00:31:02Okay.
00:31:03I'm going to make up my mind.
00:31:05I haven't even made up my mind yet.
00:31:08Okay.
00:31:09Then I'll make it up for you.
00:31:12What?
00:31:14I'll take the chocolate shake.
00:31:21Tuna sandwich for you.
00:31:31Our defense rests on only one cornerstone.
00:31:34That what is called the shadow of a doubt does indeed exist in this case.
00:31:39That there was someone else in Mrs. Healy's life besides her husband.
00:31:44And that that someone had not only the opportunity to kill Mrs. Healy.
00:31:49But also had the motive.
00:31:52The defense calls Mr. Willis Wright.
00:31:56Willis Wright to the stand.
00:32:05Raise your right hand.
00:32:06You swear to tell the truth.
00:32:07The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
00:32:08So help you God.
00:32:09I do.
00:32:10Please be seated.
00:32:17Mr. Wright.
00:32:18What is your profession?
00:32:19I'm a lawyer.
00:32:20Where do you practice?
00:32:21Cedar Falls.
00:32:22About 45 minutes from here.
00:32:25Would you look at that photograph Mr. Wright.
00:32:27And tell us if you recognize the woman in it.
00:32:29I do.
00:32:30Marilyn Healy.
00:32:31Only that's not the name she used when she visited me.
00:32:34When Mrs. Healy came to see you she was still single.
00:32:37She had not yet married John Healy had she?
00:32:39That's correct.
00:32:41What did Mrs. Healy expect of you?
00:32:43She seemed to think that she could sue a man who had made her pregnant.
00:32:48Did she mention the person she had in mind?
00:32:51No she didn't.
00:32:52She was very discreet.
00:32:53Did she give you any information that would help us to identify this man in question?
00:32:58No.
00:32:59Not unless there's only one man in this whole town who claims to be unhappily married.
00:33:05Well then she did tell you that the man who had gotten her pregnant was married.
00:33:10That's why she came to me.
00:33:13What else did she talk about?
00:33:15Well she had the idea that the law could force the man to live up to his word.
00:33:20Which was to divorce his wife and marry her.
00:33:22What was your advice?
00:33:24I told her that under the law there was no such thing as marriage.
00:33:28Under the law there was no such remedy.
00:33:30But after the child was born if she wanted,
00:33:33she could then take him into court over paternity and hope to gain child support.
00:33:38Until then there was nothing I or the law could do to help her.
00:33:43Did you see her again?
00:33:45No I'm sorry I didn't.
00:33:47Thank you Mr. Wright.
00:33:49Your witness.
00:33:55How's the lawyer Mr. Wright?
00:33:58Would you say that the thrust of the defense in this case
00:34:01is to present us with a picture of John Healy as a bewitched unsuspecting man
00:34:05who took pity on Marilyn Healy and married her to give her child a name?
00:34:10Objection!
00:34:11Counsel is arranging the evidence to suit a theory of his own.
00:34:15Sustained.
00:34:17Counsel will confine himself to the known facts.
00:34:20Not what he surmises the defense's line of reasoning to be.
00:34:25Thank you your honor.
00:34:26Yes sir.
00:34:28Now Mrs. Healy visited you when?
00:34:31In August, first part of August.
00:34:33In August.
00:34:34But Miss Cotter didn't become Mrs. Healy until September.
00:34:39So a stillborn child arrives in December to Marilyn and John Healy
00:34:45and a few weeks later in a fit of drunken jealousy
00:34:48he mindlessly kills his wife for being unfaithful.
00:34:51Objection!
00:34:52Now I protest your honor.
00:34:53Counsel is presenting his summation.
00:34:55He's not examining a witness.
00:34:57Sustained.
00:34:58Mr. Lubell, you are standing right on the edge of contempt citation.
00:35:03Now if you have questions to ask this witness, ask them.
00:35:08I beg the court's pardon.
00:35:10I have no further questions.
00:35:23I can't give you any good reasons.
00:35:25I can't believe he did it.
00:35:27You're the only person in the town who thinks that.
00:35:30Even Elaine says the prosecution's done everything to tell Healy
00:35:33how long he's going to be in prison.
00:35:38You know, John,
00:35:42what happened to Marilyn Healy isn't so unusual.
00:35:47She met a summer bachelor and got involved.
00:35:50Only mistake she made was believing what he told her.
00:35:55Dad, I'm getting pregnant.
00:36:01That man could be someone we know.
00:36:03Someone right here in town.
00:36:05We have friends who feel trapped in their marriages.
00:36:09It happens all around us.
00:36:12So simple.
00:36:15So sad.
00:36:18Angel, one of the things I love most about you is your compassion.
00:36:27Yes, sir.
00:36:28I was in Healy's house just last fall.
00:36:31On the evening of February the 8th, Mr. Gorman, what were you doing?
00:36:37Well, I had a date with this girl that I know, and we went for a drive.
00:36:40Timoni's Glance?
00:36:42Yes, sir. It's pretty secluded out there,
00:36:45and so we drove out and parked and, well, you know, just fooled around.
00:36:52Where exactly did you park, Mr. Gorman?
00:36:55In this vacant lot across from Healy's house.
00:36:58And about what time were you there? I mean, for how long?
00:37:01I guess we got there about 8.30 or so and stayed probably 20 minutes,
00:37:04just till we heard Marilyn Healy.
00:37:06Do you mean arguing?
00:37:08Well, no, sir. She came out and called to somebody.
00:37:11She must have heard my car motor running and thought we'd just driven up.
00:37:14And what did she say?
00:37:16Well, she, uh...
00:37:18We heard the door open and we were sort of surprised, you know,
00:37:21because she was standing there on the porch and she calls out,
00:37:23Is that you, honey?
00:37:25It seemed to you that she was expecting a visitor.
00:37:28Well, somebody. I mean, it was cold that night.
00:37:30You're not going to stand around outside talking to yourself.
00:37:34I guess not.
00:37:36Then what happened?
00:37:38Well, then, well, me and this girl, we decided to get out of there.
00:37:40I mean, it was private property and all.
00:37:43You know.
00:37:46There are lots of other places, too.
00:37:51Did you see anyone else as you left?
00:37:53Well, not see exactly.
00:37:55We almost got sideswiped, though, by a car that wheeled into the glen
00:37:57as we were heading out.
00:37:59Could you see the driver of that car or could you see what kind of a car it was?
00:38:02Well, sir, to be fair...
00:38:06Well, no, I'm pretty sure what kind of car it was.
00:38:09That doesn't seem to be good enough, does it?
00:38:11I could see that it was a man driving.
00:38:14Your fairness is very commendable, Mr. Gorman. Thank you.
00:38:17Your witness.
00:38:22Mr. Gorman.
00:38:28Mr. Gorman, you'll excuse me if I sound a little harsh,
00:38:32but you're fairly unclear about a great many details, aren't you?
00:38:37I don't know what you mean.
00:38:39Well, you are clear that you were in Mooney's Glen on February 8th
00:38:42between 8.30 and 20 minutes later?
00:38:45Yes, sir.
00:38:46Mr. Gorman, I notice that you don't wear a watch.
00:38:49How could you be clear about what the time was?
00:38:53My girlfriend has a watch.
00:38:55Oh, your girlfriend.
00:38:57I suppose that you and she stopped whatever you were doing frequently to check the time.
00:39:05Let's try to summarize this, Mr. Gorman, shall we?
00:39:07Now, you say that you heard Mrs. Healy call out as though she were expecting someone.
00:39:11Perhaps it was her husband, perhaps not.
00:39:13Then you and your girlfriend high-tailed it out of the Glen,
00:39:16and on the way out you say you were almost hit by another car,
00:39:19but you can't identify the car.
00:39:21You neither know what kind of car it was, it could have been John Healy's,
00:39:25nor who in fact was driving it.
00:39:27And you're unclear, after all, about what time all of this happened.
00:39:31Now, without seeming too severe, Mr. Gorman,
00:39:35I would call your testimony here this afternoon total speculation,
00:39:40not worth the time and attention of this court or this jury.
00:39:45Well, you can call it whatever you want.
00:39:47I mean, I was just trying to be fair.
00:39:49But if you really want to know, it was about 8.30, even though I never did see a watch.
00:39:53And I'm sure that it wasn't Jack Healy's car because, first of all,
00:39:56Healy's got a pickup.
00:39:58And second of all, the car that I saw, unless I'm blind or something,
00:40:00was a cream-colored station wagon.
00:40:02Now, that's all that I know and everything I've got to say.
00:40:327 miles to here, and it would be 7 miles home, 14 miles.
00:41:327 miles to here, and it would be 7 miles home, 14 miles.
00:42:027 miles to here, and it would be 7 miles home, 14 miles.
00:42:327 miles to here, and it would be 7 miles home, 14 miles.
00:43:027 miles to here, and it would be 7 miles home, 14 miles.
00:43:23That you, Angel?
00:43:25Where are you?
00:43:27In the kitchen, rustling.
00:43:53Working this late?
00:43:55Oh, I just...
00:43:57Ah, that's a thrive.
00:43:59Clear my head.
00:44:01Where are the kids?
00:44:03At your mother's.
00:44:05Oh, that's good. Couldn't think for the night.
00:44:07What are you doing?
00:44:09I am cooking up a little, uh, soup.
00:44:11Soup?
00:44:13Soup.
00:44:15Soup.
00:44:17Soup.
00:44:19Soup.
00:44:21Well, uh, surprise.
00:44:33How's mother?
00:44:34She's terrific.
00:44:35She's got two whole weeks now to undo all the good things you've been doing with the kids.
00:44:40Don, would you hate me if I went to bed?
00:44:42I'd just love to taste your culinary masterpiece, but I don't think I can really do it justice.
00:44:50Angel, that isn't like you.
00:44:53Are you upset about something? What's the matter?
00:45:06Don, did you ever meet Marilyn Healy?
00:45:14Meet Marilyn Healy?
00:45:16I might have.
00:45:18It's a small town.
00:45:20If I didn't meet her, I remember hearing a lot about her.
00:45:23She used to be a pretty wild lady before she got married.
00:45:27Why?
00:45:33Well, so many things are said each day.
00:45:36There are witnesses I've never even mentioned.
00:45:38Today, for example, we were told that...
00:45:42Marilyn Healy had a late visitor the night she was killed.
00:45:45A man driving a cream-colored station wagon.
00:45:56Okay.
00:45:58This is so silly.
00:46:00When I came home and you and the kids were gone, I drove out to Mooney's Blend by myself.
00:46:07And?
00:46:09I remember in my mileage record, for the day Marilyn Healy was killed, there are 14 extra miles on our station wagon.
00:46:18I even put a question mark right by the entry.
00:46:26I guess I didn't ask you about it.
00:46:33I see.
00:46:36Well, Angel, before you convict me without a trial, there are a few flaws in that logic I think you ought to consider.
00:46:43A, there are at least two dozen cars in this town that can be called cream-colored.
00:46:50B, you have been known to have little lapses when you forget to write things in that book.
00:46:54For instance, the other night, when we went out to dinner, I think if you check in that book, you'll find that you neglected to note the mileage.
00:47:05And C, whatever the mileage is, it could be matched with a hundred other places in this town.
00:47:12For instance, your mother's.
00:47:14My factory. True or false?
00:47:18All true.
00:47:21And D, the most important thing.
00:47:28I happen to be a very happily married man.
00:47:32Angel, you and the kids are my life.
00:47:42That's so silly.
00:47:45I can't seem to forget about it.
00:47:50I think I understand.
00:47:52Want a drink?
00:47:55Come on, I'll fix one.
00:48:01What about your dinner?
00:48:02Oh, it doesn't matter.
00:48:04Maybe after a drink, both of us will feel like it.
00:49:01Well, that was, uh, it was a shock to me.
00:49:30Because I personally had hoped that maybe with the baby coming, we might become closer together.
00:49:38In fact, I had even, uh, I went to my boss and I asked him maybe for shorter hauls so that, uh, so that we could be, and I could be there when the baby came.
00:49:52But, uh, that's when I, uh, that's when I found out.
00:49:59What did you find out?
00:50:03I found out why, uh, Marilyn married me.
00:50:06Why was that, John?
00:50:08Well, I, Marilyn felt like that, uh, she felt she had been made a fool of.
00:50:17And she turned around and she made a fool out of me.
00:50:20Did she say that?
00:50:21Yes, sir.
00:50:23Yes, she did.
00:50:25It was just after she came back from the hospital.
00:50:28We were having dinner.
00:50:30And, uh, I asked her if she wanted some more wine.
00:50:35She just, uh, just started laughing at me.
00:50:39Did she explain that?
00:50:41Yes, sir, she did.
00:50:42She, she said that if I, I was trying to get her drunk so that I could make love with her,
00:50:51that I better just forget the whole idea because, uh, she wasn't going to make love with me ever again.
00:51:02I asked her, I, I asked her why.
00:51:07She said, why do you think I married you?
00:51:11She said, listen, that she had a baby coming.
00:51:15And by the time the father said he was through with her, it was too late for an abortion.
00:51:21And, uh, that the baby needed a name.
00:51:26And that, uh, Healy was as good as any name.
00:51:30But, uh, she didn't need that now because dead babies don't need names.
00:51:39What did you say, John?
00:51:42I didn't say anything.
00:51:44I, uh, I just can't remember.
00:51:47It happened too fast.
00:51:49Did you think about a divorce then?
00:51:52No, sir, I didn't.
00:51:53I, uh, I didn't think of divorce.
00:52:05I loved Marilyn.
00:52:07I loved her very, very much.
00:52:10Tell us what happened on the night of February 8th, John.
00:52:13Remember as much as you can.
00:52:16The 8th.
00:52:19Well, I, I just, uh, I just got home.
00:52:23And, uh, there was something about the house.
00:52:28It was different.
00:52:29It was rather nice.
00:52:32I thought that maybe Marilyn had changed her mind.
00:52:36And so I, I wanted to show her that I was happy.
00:52:39So I, uh, I just leaned over to kiss her.
00:52:43Well, she just, uh, shoved me out of the way.
00:52:46She said that she was sick of the house.
00:52:49That she was sick of me.
00:52:51And that, uh, she wanted to be free.
00:52:54Then what happened?
00:52:56Nothing really happened to me.
00:52:59I couldn't, uh, I just couldn't take anymore.
00:53:02So I left the house.
00:53:04Well, I wasn't feeling too good.
00:53:06I was pretty unhappy.
00:53:07And, and Marilyn was, uh, was there.
00:53:11And I was crying a little bit and shaking.
00:53:13So I just left.
00:53:16When you left the house, was your wife still alive?
00:53:20Yes, sir.
00:53:21When I left the house, Marilyn was still alive.
00:53:28And this is honestly the truth.
00:53:32It is the truth.
00:53:35Did you ever ask yourself, John, who the man was?
00:53:39This other man in your wife's life.
00:53:41The father of the child that she lost at Christmas time.
00:53:45I, uh, no.
00:53:48Well, the man was not around.
00:53:52He, and I couldn't do anything about the baby.
00:53:57And you never asked your wife who the man was?
00:54:00No, sir.
00:54:01And apart from that one time, she never mentioned it either?
00:54:04No, she didn't.
00:54:06Not even comparing you with him, for instance?
00:54:10Well, maybe, uh, maybe this one time.
00:54:16But it, see, it was just before Marilyn had the baby.
00:54:20And she was very sick.
00:54:22And, uh, I had called the ambulance.
00:54:24And I was there with Marilyn.
00:54:26I was holding her hand.
00:54:27And she was very white.
00:54:29And she said, uh, she said, honey.
00:54:33She said, honey, just don't leave me, please.
00:54:36Well, I, it was strange.
00:54:38Because I didn't know whether she was talking to me or not.
00:54:40Because her voice, it was, uh, a different quality in her voice.
00:54:45I had never heard it.
00:54:47And she just repeated over.
00:54:49She said, remember, honey, when you used to call me angel?
00:54:54I, uh, said I did.
00:54:56But I, I, I never called Marilyn angel.
00:55:00I never had.
00:55:02So, uh, but she just kept saying that over and over and over.
00:55:05She said, she said, honey, I hope you'll call me angel again.
00:55:13Ladies and gentlemen, John Healy was neither heartless nor truthful.
00:55:17He loved his wife until her death, even though he received almost nothing in return.
00:55:22Enraged, he brandished with a desire to strike back.
00:55:24John Healy willfully punished his wife with his own hands.
00:55:27Guilty of murder in the first degree.
00:55:29If, on the other hand, you decide he weasels out with me, then he.
00:55:34A crime that has not been committed by my client.
00:55:36Only a mistake of believing, of hoping in the goodness of his heart.
00:55:40And you will be secluded until such time as you have reached a satisfactory verdict, based on the evidence you have.
00:55:48Remember when you called me angel.
00:55:51Remember that?
00:55:52Remember when you called me angel.
00:55:55Well, angel, before you convict me without a trial, I think there are a few flaws in your logic.
00:56:00What ever happened to that yellow scarf I gave you two Christmases ago?
00:56:04I don't know.
00:56:06Most important thing of all, I happen to be a happily married man.
00:56:10Angel, even the kids of my life.
00:56:13There must be at least two dozen cars in this town that could be called cream colored.
00:56:17I know it sounds so silly.
00:56:28Then we still have three holdouts.
00:56:31Miss Sinclair, perhaps you'll give us your reasons for voting for acquittal.
00:56:37First, I don't think that poor man's guilt has been clearly established.
00:56:42Second, I for one won't be satisfied until the man who made Marilyn Healy pregnant has been apprehended.
00:56:49Now, Miss Sinclair, it's almost seven o'clock.
00:56:51Now, if we spend time on the misdeeds of last summer, which we are here to judge, it'll take us days to reach a verdict.
00:56:57You wanted my thinking, you have it.
00:57:00Mr. Bowman, you voted for acquittal again.
00:57:04I did.
00:57:05I think the only honest witness in the whole trial was John Healy.
00:57:09Well, you realize he was probably coached by his lawyer.
00:57:12Please, can't we stop this? We're not supposed to be here to fight.
00:57:16Miss Sinclair is right. Why don't we call it a day?
00:57:18Have dinner and a good night's sleep.
00:57:20Surely, Mr. Bracken, you'll have to agree that coming fresh to a problem in the morning sometimes helps.
00:57:25All right, how many do you want to adjourn?
00:57:26Here.
00:57:27All right, all right, let's adjourn.
00:57:29Court pays for the dinner, too, you know.
00:57:31Now, Mr. Bowman, if you'll step outside and tell the bailiff.
00:58:10Excuse me.
00:58:16I'm glad I brought you home. What time is it, please?
00:58:19Just about 12.30.
00:58:21Oh, that late? Oh, my.
00:58:23Well, thank you.
00:58:25Good night.
00:58:26Good night.
00:58:39Good night.
00:59:09Good night.
00:59:10Good night.
00:59:39Good night.
01:00:09Good night.
01:00:39Good night.
01:00:40Good night.
01:01:09Good night.
01:01:10Good night.
01:01:12Good night.
01:01:13Hey, Joe.
01:01:39Oh.
01:01:42Well, I thought I heard somebody coming up the stairs.
01:01:44You really scared me.
01:01:48What are you doing home?
01:01:50Something wrong?
01:01:53I need your help, Don.
01:01:58Your advice.
01:02:00Sure, baby.
01:02:01Get out of this stuff.
01:02:02Look, you're soaked.
01:02:03You're freezing.
01:02:04Here, let me take this thing off.
01:02:08What happened? Trial over?
01:02:15It's not over?
01:02:17Uh-huh.
01:02:18What?
01:02:20Wait a minute.
01:02:21Aren't you supposed to be locked up in that hotel room with the other jurors?
01:02:24Running out's a pretty serious thing, Susan.
01:02:26I know. I know.
01:02:28I'm so confused, Don.
01:02:29About what, honey? About the trial?
01:02:33Three of us are holding out for an innocent verdict.
01:02:38Uh-huh.
01:02:40And?
01:02:45Should I give in?
01:02:48What can I tell you?
01:02:52You're the only person who can tell me.
01:02:56Now I'm confused, Angel.
01:03:03Don.
01:03:07Will you swear you never met Marilyn Healy?
01:03:13What?
01:03:16Last summer when you couldn't join us at the lake.
01:03:22Where were you?
01:03:24Working.
01:03:27Right here.
01:03:29Working like a madman.
01:03:33Did you have an affair with her last summer?
01:03:43Was she beautiful?
01:03:49Did you enjoy being with her?
01:03:55Making love to her?
01:03:58Did you...
01:04:01Were you in love with her?
01:04:07Did you know she had the...
01:04:11I did, babe.
01:04:28You have to understand something, Susan.
01:04:33She wanted to wreck our lives.
01:04:36Break us apart.
01:04:39Destroy our children.
01:04:52What do we do now?
01:04:55What are we going to do?
01:05:02You've got to be reasonable.
01:05:05I'm not a murderer.
01:05:11I'm telling you, she was trying to destroy everything that you and I have built up so carefully.
01:05:18You don't know how hard I tried...
01:05:23To argue myself out of...
01:05:26What I thought.
01:05:32It's over now.
01:05:40How did it happen?
01:05:44How...
01:05:49Why did you do it?
01:05:56She threatened to tell everybody in this town about...
01:06:01I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't let you go through that.
01:06:05It's not important.
01:06:11Angel, what is important...
01:06:15Is that you and I stick together...
01:06:18And that we keep loving each other.
01:06:21And the kids. The kids are very important in this.
01:06:23I want you to think a minute.
01:06:26Think what it would mean if they knew what happened.
01:06:29Think what it could do to them.
01:06:37You want me to vote for conviction?
01:06:40Well, isn't that the simplest thing to do?
01:06:48I suppose.
01:06:50I mean, you told me that Healy doesn't care what happens. He's resigned himself. He's stopped fighting.
01:06:56It isn't as though he's going to be executed. We don't even have capital punishment anymore.
01:07:02I mean, he'll get a few years at most and...
01:07:06With time off for good behavior, he'll be out in no time.
01:07:13Angel. Angel.
01:07:17This thing is going to make us stronger, you'll see.
01:07:20I'm going to be loving, I'm going to be considerate, I'm going to be more patient.
01:07:27All the things I always thought you were.
01:07:32I am those things.
01:07:35I haven't changed.
01:07:39You don't think anything like that could ever happen again, do you?
01:07:44No, honey. Trust me.
01:07:49Well, the final decision is up to you.
01:07:57Our lives, all of our lives, are in your hands.
01:08:03Kids, too.
01:08:11I believe in you.
01:08:15I know you're going to do the right thing.
01:08:18Now listen, get into some dry clothes, because I'm going to get the car and bring it around the front.
01:08:22I've got to get you back before they miss you.
01:08:25Oh. Oh, Susan, honest.
01:08:29I love you so much.
01:08:32Oh.
01:08:37I love you so much.
01:08:41Always remember that.
01:08:47Oh.
01:09:09Operator.
01:09:11Hello?
01:09:13Please, please.
01:09:20Please.
01:09:23This is Susan Davies.
01:09:27I'm in Bridge Road.
01:09:30543.
01:09:33Hello?
01:09:36Hello?
01:09:38You really could do it, couldn't you?
01:09:40Put it down, honey. It doesn't work.
01:09:46Nothing around here seems to work, does it?
01:10:09It was a terrible thing, really.
01:10:13You know, I was home in bed reading.
01:10:20And the children were at their grandma's.
01:10:26My wife, my Susan, was locked up downtown with the Healy jury in a hotel room.
01:10:38I heard somebody coming up the stairs. I thought it was a burglar.
01:10:41Before I knew it, I was struggling with him, and I guess I had more strength than I thought.
01:10:45I mean, I didn't even know it was a...
01:10:51Angel. Angel.
01:10:55You don't deserve us.
01:10:58If you could give us up so easily...
01:11:19Angel.
01:11:21Angel, don't fight it.
01:11:32Angel.
01:11:34We have to try to prolong this thing.
01:11:50Oh, my God.
01:12:19Angel.
01:12:44You got me. You got me.
01:12:46Oh, Angel, we thought we'd better check. Are you all right, Mr. Davies?
01:12:49My husband. My husband.
01:12:52He loved me. He killed Marilyn Healy.
01:12:57He killed Marilyn Healy.
01:13:01My husband loved... My husband killed Marilyn Healy.
01:13:05Oh, my God.
01:13:08Oh, my God.
01:13:11Oh, my God.
01:13:14Oh, my God.
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