A Stranger in Town (1943)

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00:01:14The Honorable Court is now adjourned until Thursday, the 10th day of December at 12 o'clock.
00:01:21Good afternoon.
00:01:25The front two and the spare are all right, but the left rear one is causing me great anxiety.
00:01:30Switched mine. If I don't get another year out of them, I shall be very disappointed.
00:01:33You know, that grandson of mine is the most unusual infant.
00:01:36At five weeks, he holds up his head without support.
00:01:38Here, I'll show you a snapshot.
00:01:43Goodbye, Grant. Have a good vacation.
00:01:45Happy holiday, Josephus.
00:01:47Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.
00:01:53Mr. Justice?
00:01:55Well?
00:01:56Could we have a word with you, Justice Grant? Just a few questions.
00:01:58I stopped answering questions when court recessed about three minutes ago.
00:02:04What do you know about...
00:02:05Come in. Come in. Here we go.
00:02:12Well, gentlemen.
00:02:13Justice Grant, we understand you declined to preside at the Danville investigation.
00:02:17There's some speculation as to your reasons.
00:02:19Needn't be. I've had a long, hard year. I'm tired. I'm going hunting.
00:02:24Miss Gilbert, would you put this in my bag, please?
00:02:26The Gazette referred to you last week as a terrible-tempered Justice Grant.
00:02:30How do you feel about that?
00:02:31I'm flattered.
00:02:33And this, too, Miss Gilbert.
00:02:35Where are you going for your hunting?
00:02:37Well, there are plenty of ducks and no reporters.
00:02:40When are you leaving?
00:02:42A moment after you do.
00:02:45Good day, sir.
00:02:54Miss Gilbert, what is this nonsense? What does this resignation mean?
00:02:59I think it's obvious, sir.
00:03:01If it were obvious, I wouldn't ask the question, would I?
00:03:06Justice Grant, I've been with you for two years,
00:03:08and not once during that time have you expressed satisfaction with my work.
00:03:12Miss Gilbert, you can learn more law here in a week
00:03:15than you can anywhere else in a year.
00:03:17That's all that should interest you.
00:03:19I don't feel that I have to constantly remind you
00:03:22that you're a brilliant young woman and that you have a fine future.
00:03:29Now, if there isn't anything else, can I go?
00:03:33Oh, you wanted to look over the Hale and Twine opinions, sir.
00:03:36They won't be back from the printer till next week.
00:03:38Oh, yes. They'll need some revision.
00:03:41But I don't want to hang around here.
00:03:44Perhaps I can bring them up to you at Crownport, sir.
00:03:47That'd be fine. No, no, no.
00:03:49You need a vacation, too, from me.
00:03:53I don't mind at all.
00:03:55Miss Gilbert, are you heaping coals of fire on my head?
00:03:59I wouldn't dream of it, sir.
00:04:03Oh, I'll wire you before I come.
00:04:05Thank you.
00:04:06And, Miss Gilbert?
00:04:07Yes, sir?
00:04:08No one must know where I'm going. No one.
00:04:11I want to get away from courtrooms, investigations, lawyers, black robes, everything.
00:04:24Everything but ducks.
00:04:28Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful ducks.
00:04:35Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
00:04:39Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
00:04:44Hey, you!
00:04:46Wait a minute.
00:04:51I'm Warren Todds, Game Inspector. Let's see your license.
00:04:59Yeah, just like I thought.
00:05:01Well, I just bought it yesterday at the state capitol.
00:05:03Yeah, I know, mister, but this is Crownport,
00:05:05and you've got to have a Crownport stamp on there.
00:05:07Well, I didn't know that.
00:05:08I'll get one tomorrow.
00:05:09Well, but it ain't going to do you any good today.
00:05:12You know, I could haul you into court
00:05:14and let the judge slap a fine on you.
00:05:16But to save wear and tear on my tire,
00:05:17suppose I sell you one right here.
00:05:19It only cost you $5.
00:05:21You know, the $5 is just for the stamp.
00:05:23I usually get a little something for my trouble, too.
00:05:27Well, you don't understand.
00:05:28I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:29There.
00:05:30I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:32Come on.
00:05:32Well, look.
00:05:33Let me explain it to you.
00:05:40I'm giving you a break, brother.
00:05:42There.
00:05:42I never pay off twice, brother.
00:05:44Come on.
00:05:44Well, look.
00:05:45Let me explain it to you.
00:05:51There.
00:06:10Your honor, it's not as though my clients
00:06:12were trying to evade his financial obligations.
00:06:14Tom Cooney has been a member of this community for many years,
00:06:18And in all that time, his honesty and his responsibility has never been questioned.
00:06:22Now, he intends to make good the payments on these plows, but he's been sick, unable to work.
00:06:28Now, if the court could just grant him an extension...
00:06:30The law doesn't recognize good intentions.
00:06:33I shouldn't have to remind you of that, Mr. Adams.
00:06:35You're supposed to be a lawyer.
00:06:37But, Your Honor, am I not justified in asking the court's indulgence in this case?
00:06:42If you take Tom Cooney's farm tools away from him, you take away his only means of earning a living.
00:06:47Mr. Adams, this is a court of law, not an employment agency.
00:06:51Tom Cooney signed an agreement with Vincent Blackston of the Crownport Auto and Supply Company.
00:06:57This agreement stated if he missed a payment on those plows, Mr. Blackston could take them back.
00:07:02Is that right, Mr. Cooney?
00:07:04Well, uh, yes, Your Honor, but...
00:07:06All right, Counselor.
00:07:08Judgment against Thomas Cooney.
00:07:10But it... it was just one payment.
00:07:13If you'd give me a chance to...
00:07:15I don't care whether you say it's fair or not.
00:07:17It ain't!
00:07:18Get him out of here.
00:07:19Come on, Tom. This isn't gonna help.
00:07:21I know it ain't gonna help!
00:07:22Nothing's gonna help in a town like this!
00:07:24Officer.
00:07:25Come on.
00:07:26Let go of me.
00:07:27Come on.
00:07:28Looks like you just lost yourself another vote, fella.
00:07:30Come on.
00:07:31I know it ain't right.
00:07:32I know it ain't right.
00:07:33Crownport v. Joe Grant.
00:07:35Step up, Joe Grant.
00:07:38Name?
00:07:41Joe Grant.
00:07:42Hmm.
00:07:43Shooting ducks without a Crownport permit.
00:07:45I didn't get a chance to shoot.
00:07:47You were going to.
00:07:48Of course I was, you fool.
00:07:50That's why I bought a state license.
00:07:52We also require a Crownport license, Mr. Grant.
00:07:55And ignorance of the law is no excuse.
00:07:58A hundred dollars or 30 days.
00:08:02I'm sorry, Mr. Grant.
00:08:04A hundred dollars or 30 days.
00:08:09Which one of you gentlemen do I pay?
00:08:13The clerk.
00:08:14Should have bought it for me in the first place.
00:08:16Save yourself a lot of dough.
00:08:19I assume that this hundred dollars will permit me to resume my hunting without further interference.
00:08:24Your assumption is wrong.
00:08:26You still need a Crownport stamp.
00:08:28And an officer enforcing the law is not interfering, Mr. Grant.
00:08:32As a judge, I advise you to be careful of your words.
00:08:35Next case.
00:08:38Crownport v. Burton Lyon.
00:08:40Step up, Burton Lyon.
00:08:47Hi, Tom.
00:08:53I'm sorry it turned out that way.
00:08:56I guess that's the only way it could have turned out.
00:08:58No, I thought we had a chance, but I guess I should have known.
00:09:02What are you going to do now?
00:09:05Arms no good to me without tools to work it.
00:09:09I guess I'll lose it.
00:09:11The bank will start yelling for its money pretty soon.
00:09:15You know, Bill, sometimes there's just more than a man can stand.
00:09:20I've got to think of something to do.
00:09:23If I could only...
00:09:24Yeah, I know, Tom, I know.
00:09:26Look, why don't you come by the office later on and we'll talk about it, huh?
00:09:32Yeah.
00:09:40Hello, boys.
00:09:48Shame, Homer.
00:09:53I hear poor Tom Cooley lost his case.
00:09:55Yeah, he'll probably lose his farm now, too.
00:09:59It's a shame.
00:10:01You know, Homer, that's what I like about the fellas around your shop.
00:10:04They enjoy the good things of life.
00:10:06Like a guy who can't meet his mortgage,
00:10:08or a poor farmer getting ripped out of his plows.
00:10:10Maybe if Cooley had a real sharp lawyer.
00:10:13Maybe if we had a bank that would extend an honest man credit,
00:10:15or a judge that would give him a break.
00:10:17A hawk like that isn't going to get you any votes, Adams.
00:10:20If I could afford a 50-cent cigar, I could get yours.
00:10:31Just a shave.
00:10:32Sure, mister.
00:10:34Stranger in town?
00:10:35Yeah.
00:10:36Aiming to stay long?
00:10:38Long enough to get a shave.
00:10:41Great little town, isn't it, old-timer?
00:10:44Yeah, Judge Harkley really gave you a welcome, didn't he?
00:10:47And our constable, Orrin Todds, that's Homer's cousin.
00:10:51He's all law and order.
00:10:53Regular minute man, isn't he, Homer?
00:10:56How many minutes did it take before he tried to shake you down?
00:10:59It's a shame.
00:11:00Ever notice how a fellow who can't make a living in a town always tries to run it down?
00:11:06You know, Mr. Grant, isn't it?
00:11:09Yeah.
00:11:10Mr. Grant, it might be fun to bust up one of the constable's little rackets.
00:11:13How about being a guinea pig? Let me turn this into a test case.
00:11:16Mister, there ain't a case this analyst's chaser wouldn't take.
00:11:19There was two bucks and a vote in it for him.
00:11:22How's it, boys?
00:11:23Good day, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:25Much of a wait, Homer?
00:11:26Wait a minute, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:27Hello there, my worthy opponent.
00:11:29I'm sorry about Tom Cooney. I hope he doesn't go to pieces over this.
00:11:33Well, he's really got something to go to pieces over.
00:11:35You know, it's a funny thing about some fellas.
00:11:37The way you put them, everything goes wrong for them.
00:11:40Hiya, Tom. You looking for me? I'll be with you in a minute.
00:11:42Yeah, I...
00:11:43Look, Mr. Mayor, I...
00:11:44If there's anything I can do for you, if you're in need of a little ready cash or something...
00:11:48I don't want charity. I...
00:11:49But we can't change the law, Tom.
00:11:51You're the mayor.
00:11:52But I'm not a nursemaid to every man in town who can't take care of himself.
00:11:57All right, Cooney, that's enough. Now beat it.
00:11:59Keep your hands off me.
00:12:00Let him alone, Blackson.
00:12:04No, don't.
00:12:05This is all my fault.
00:12:27I wish you hadn't had to do that, honey.
00:12:29Ah, he's had it coming to him for a long time.
00:12:32That boy is turning into an awful radical.
00:12:35You can tell that by the speech he made accepting the nomination.
00:12:38Well, that kind of talk is never going to make a mayor a crown for it.
00:12:41That's too bad.
00:12:43Nothing I'd like better than to see some bright young fella come along who could take my place.
00:12:48But Bill Adams...
00:12:51I'd take a man to fill your shoes, Mr. Mayor.
00:12:57Ned Darrell dropped in this morning.
00:12:59He said to give you his regards.
00:13:06What's my bill?
00:13:08Just a shave?
00:13:09Yeah.
00:13:10Fifty cents.
00:13:14Hey, mister, I said fifty cents, not a quarter.
00:13:16Guess you made a mistake, friend.
00:13:18No.
00:13:19You made the mistake, friend.
00:13:25You picked the wrong customer that time, Homer.
00:13:28First fella in ten years ever flipped a bash on me.
00:13:32You picked the wrong customer that time, Homer.
00:13:36First fella in ten years ever flipped a bash on me.
00:14:02Come on in, old timer.
00:14:04Thank you.
00:14:13Well, uh, you interested in boats?
00:14:16Yeah.
00:14:18That's a rather interesting model.
00:14:20She's the Columbia, uh, square rig four master.
00:14:24Nice work.
00:14:25Mm.
00:14:26Oh, and here's a nice boat.
00:14:28Nice work.
00:14:29Mm.
00:14:30Oh, and here's a nice one.
00:14:33This is a Barquentine.
00:14:34Former square rig, the other mast four and aft rig.
00:14:37Rather unusual.
00:14:38For sale?
00:14:39Oh, no, no, no.
00:14:41No, they're not that good.
00:14:42It's only a hobby, just for fun.
00:14:44I see you're running for mayor.
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47Sort of a hobby, too, just for fun?
00:14:51No, not quite.
00:14:53Uh, Mayor Coniston, you saw him in the barbershop.
00:14:57Oh, he and his boys have been running this town for a long time.
00:15:00Make it pretty tough for anybody that comes up against them.
00:15:02Yes, I gather there's much.
00:15:04Well, a lot of people have been getting tired of it.
00:15:06I haven't much time myself.
00:15:08The army's gonna grab me in a couple of months, but...
00:15:11I thought I might at least get the ball rolling and for once give them a fight.
00:15:15But not too much of a fight.
00:15:19Something you wanted to see me about, Mr. Grant?
00:15:22In the barbershop, Mr. Adams,
00:15:24you mentioned the fact that you might like to make a test case of my fine.
00:15:27Were you serious?
00:15:28Yes.
00:15:29Yes, I think you've got a case.
00:15:31You do?
00:15:32How would you go about it?
00:15:34Well, we'd, uh...
00:15:35Of course, the law requires a stamp.
00:15:37I didn't have one.
00:15:38No, no, but I think I could work out an appeal.
00:15:41An appeal?
00:15:42On what grounds?
00:15:43Was the fine illegal?
00:15:44Oh, no, no.
00:15:45They had a right to fine you.
00:15:47The fact that I was unfamiliar with the law?
00:15:49No, that's no excuse, obviously.
00:15:51Obviously.
00:15:52Then what would you base your appeal on, Mr. Adams?
00:15:55The fact that it's Tuesday and the sun is shining?
00:15:59Look, I haven't had much time to give it thought,
00:16:02but I can figure out an angle.
00:16:03There must be one lying around somewhere.
00:16:05Oh, yes, I'm sure there is.
00:16:07In the meanwhile, you can always make a living as a carpenter.
00:16:11Hiya, Bill.
00:16:12Oh, you busy?
00:16:14No, Charlie, come on in.
00:16:16Mr. Grant, Charlie Craig, my campaign manager.
00:16:19How do you do, sir?
00:16:20Hi.
00:16:21Any new votes, Charlie?
00:16:22About enough to fill a dog's ear.
00:16:23Say, I just heard about Tom Cooney.
00:16:25Yeah, he's taking it pretty hard.
00:16:26I signed the same kind of note he did,
00:16:28so it don't look so good for that tractor of mine, either.
00:16:30You couldn't get me a couple weeks' postponement, could you?
00:16:33I'll try, Charlie, but there's no use appealing to Blackstone
00:16:35not with the way he's got his business set up.
00:16:37His hopping on my tail wouldn't burn me
00:16:39if I hadn't had so much trouble with that tractor.
00:16:41Every time I needed a spare part, I had to send for it myself.
00:16:44Blackstone never carried him in stock.
00:16:47Did Blackstone promise you such service?
00:16:50Well, no, there's nothing in the contract about providing service.
00:16:53Has Blackstone lived up to all his legal obligations
00:16:55as seller of the tractor?
00:16:57Well, sir...
00:16:58You sound like a lawyer yourself, Mr. Grant.
00:17:01Yes, well, I was about 20 years ago.
00:17:04Well, maybe you could give Bill here a pointer or two.
00:17:07Anyway, I'm glad to have met you.
00:17:09Be seeing you, Mr. Mayor.
00:17:10I'm going out and see if I can't agitate a few votes for you.
00:17:15Well, Mr. Grant, since you have some knowledge of the law,
00:17:17you've probably decided there's nothing much I can do for you.
00:17:20Well, what about Craig?
00:17:22What are you going to do about him?
00:17:24What can I do for him?
00:17:25With Harkley on the bench, you saw what happened to Tom Cooney.
00:17:28You can't blame that on Judge Harkley.
00:17:30You went into that courtroom without a defense.
00:17:32That's why you got whipped.
00:17:33Well, then I guess I'll get whipped again.
00:17:35I guess you will.
00:17:36You're not much of a fighter, are you, Mr. Adams?
00:17:39Except in barbershop brawls.
00:17:41Oh, stop it.
00:17:42You can't fight brass knuckles with spitballs.
00:17:44The trick in this town is either to play the game their way,
00:17:47and I haven't the stomach for that,
00:17:48or to be as smart as they are.
00:17:50The trick, Mr. Adams, is to be smarter.
00:17:55Well, does that wind up your business?
00:17:57Or are you going to stay and give me the first five lessons
00:17:59on how to win friends and influence judges?
00:18:01No, Mr. Adams, I'm not.
00:18:03Those lessons have been written, and very well written,
00:18:06in books like this and all the others.
00:18:09And somewhere in one of them, there's a lesson
00:18:11mentioning that in any transaction between a seller and a buyer,
00:18:14there are laws governing the behavior of both parties.
00:18:18But I doubt if you can keep afloat long enough to find it.
00:18:21You know, Mr. Adams, I've seen you in action now
00:18:24as a lawyer, as a candidate for mayor, and as a shipbuilder.
00:18:29And if you'll take my advice, you'll stick to shipbuilding.
00:18:32There's a great future in it, for lawyers.
00:18:42Excuse me, sir, for breaking in like this,
00:18:44but I think I found it.
00:18:49Yes, yes, that covers it.
00:18:52You said you hadn't practiced law for 20 years.
00:18:54Imagine remembering a thing like that.
00:18:57Have you had any trouble finding it?
00:19:00No, sir, I haven't.
00:19:02I'm afraid I haven't.
00:19:04I'm afraid I haven't.
00:19:06I'm afraid I haven't.
00:19:08I'm afraid I haven't.
00:19:10Have you had dinner, Mr. Adams?
00:19:12No, thanks, not hungry.
00:19:14I think this will cover it.
00:19:16It should work, but I've been battered down by those guys so often,
00:19:19I guess I haven't too much confidence.
00:19:24How long have you lived in Crownport, Mr. Adams?
00:19:2828 years, with time off for college and law school.
00:19:32Never established residence in any other state?
00:19:35No.
00:19:36You're sure of that?
00:19:38Well, of course.
00:19:43Well, we went to Mexico for a few months when I was seven, but...
00:19:47Did you file an income tax return for 1939 and 40?
00:19:51Well, sure.
00:19:53I didn't pay anything in 1940, I didn't earn enough,
00:19:55but I filed a return.
00:19:57And your figures were honest, correct, and would bear investigation?
00:20:01What?
00:20:02Why, of course they were.
00:20:04You're getting nervous, Mr. Adams.
00:20:06Oh, yes, yes, yes, you are.
00:20:08You're flustered, you're raising your voice.
00:20:10Why shouldn't I raise my voice?
00:20:11You've as good as accused me of falsifying my income tax.
00:20:13I've accused you of nothing, Mr. Adams.
00:20:15Now, look, I don't know what you have on there, but I want to tell you...
00:20:17Take a look.
00:20:24It's, uh...
00:20:26It's an old trick that Justice Brandeis used to play.
00:20:30I read about it in Collier's once.
00:20:33You see, it's an unfortunate fact, Mr. Adams,
00:20:35that every man, even you and I,
00:20:37has done something that he doesn't want anybody to know about.
00:20:41Now, if you can make him think that you're holding in your hand
00:20:45the skeleton in his closet...
00:20:46You've got him.
00:20:49Well, let's say at least you've got him squirming,
00:20:52nervous, worried, as you were.
00:20:54But if that man happens to have a really guilty conscience...
00:21:04Your full name is Vincent Z. Blackston?
00:21:06Yeah.
00:21:08Tell me, Mr. Blackston, what does the Z stand for?
00:21:13Do I have to answer that, Your Honor?
00:21:15Well, it can be your objection. Surely you have nothing to hide.
00:21:21Well, the Z...
00:21:24Well, the Z stands for Zephyr.
00:21:27It's a family name.
00:21:29Zephyr.
00:21:31It's a family name.
00:21:33Zephyr.
00:21:35It means a little wind, I believe.
00:21:42Quiet.
00:21:45Mr. Blackston, you're the owner and manager of the Crownport Auto and Supply Company?
00:21:48Yes.
00:21:49The sole owner?
00:21:52Well, sure, of course.
00:21:55No silent partners?
00:21:57No.
00:22:00Well, of course, the raw people.
00:22:02Oh, then you're not the sole owner.
00:22:04I didn't say that. I just said...
00:22:06It's very strange to me, Mr. Blackston.
00:22:07You don't know whether you own your own business or not.
00:22:09I object.
00:22:10That question is irrelevant, immaterial, and calculated to confuse the witness.
00:22:14Objection sustained.
00:22:16Counselor will restrict himself to the facts bearing on this case.
00:22:21Mr. Blackston, your company sells most of the used cars and tractors in this town.
00:22:27Almost a monopoly, isn't it?
00:22:29I do the most business because I sell my stock at the lowest prices.
00:22:34That's not monopoly.
00:22:36That's...
00:22:38That's the American way of life.
00:22:42Now, tell me, Mr. Blackston.
00:22:44Carry spare parts for your customers?
00:22:46Sure.
00:22:50Do you have in stock at this moment piston rings for the 1938 tractors you sold in this town?
00:22:56Well, Mr. Blackston?
00:22:58Well, no, I don't.
00:22:59Oh, then you don't carry all the spare parts your customers might need.
00:23:02Well, I can always get them if they need them.
00:23:04Yes, but sometimes your customers have to wait.
00:23:06Sure, it takes two weeks.
00:23:09If I ain't got them, how can they have them?
00:23:13An intelligent answer, Mr. Blackston.
00:23:15And an honest one.
00:23:17One which will require the court to enter judgment against you in this case.
00:23:22Will counselor explain that statement?
00:23:24Certainly, Your Honor.
00:23:29Motor Vehicle Laws, 1919, Chapter 174, Section 52.
00:23:33The sale of any automobile or any other automotive vehicle is void
00:23:37unless the dealer carries in stock at all times and on demand
00:23:42parts that may be needed to repair the particular make of vehicle.
00:23:45Will you let me see that reference?
00:23:55Counselor would seem to be correct.
00:23:57Oh, oh, oh.
00:24:03You put it over, Bill.
00:24:04Say, this will take care of Tom Cooney, too.
00:24:07You're telling me.
00:24:22Oh, Mr. Grant.
00:24:25I thought you were going hunting.
00:24:27Well, all the ducks are inside today.
00:24:29I see you winged a couple yourself.
00:24:31Oh, of course, it's nothing really big.
00:24:34Who am I kidding?
00:24:35I'm so tickled I feel like a combination of Superman
00:24:37and a member of the Supreme Court.
00:24:40Really, I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Grant.
00:24:43Oh, no need to, my boy.
00:24:45First time I've enjoyed a cauldron in years.
00:24:47Hey, wait a minute.
00:24:48Hey.
00:24:49Thank you, fella.
00:24:52You know what this stuff is?
00:24:54No, Mr. Grant, he wouldn't.
00:24:55William, this is American money.
00:24:57Good old folding money.
00:24:59You know what you can do with this stuff?
00:25:00You can buy things that you need.
00:25:02You get it?
00:25:03What I don't get is where you got it.
00:25:05Well, see in Blaxton, get trim, warm some hearts,
00:25:07and unloosen a couple of purse strings.
00:25:09The boys have kicked in for your campaign fund.
00:25:11You know what we're going to do with this beautiful stuff?
00:25:13We're going to get some posters printed, great big ones.
00:25:15The kind that look you right straight in the eye
00:25:17and follow you around.
00:25:20Why get frightened?
00:25:21So Adams does win one rotten little case.
00:25:24Do you know what that case cost me?
00:25:26You can afford it.
00:25:27If it had happened to your hotel, Roscoe,
00:25:30you'd scream like a stuck pig.
00:25:32Stop it.
00:25:33Stop it.
00:25:34Seriously, Jim, you don't see Adams as real competition.
00:25:39Well, as things stand now, no.
00:25:42But if a lot of people start thinking of Bill Adams
00:25:44as the big guy, he's the real deal.
00:25:47If a lot of people start thinking of Bill Adams
00:25:49as the people's champion, well...
00:25:52Jim, there was nothing else I could do.
00:25:55I can give you boys the edge
00:25:57when it's a question of interpretation,
00:25:59but not when the law's right there in black and white.
00:26:02Oh, I'm not blaming you, Judge.
00:26:04It's just something to start thinking about, that's all.
00:26:07You think we'll have trouble?
00:26:10Well, now look, boys.
00:26:12On second thought, we may be getting all steamed up for nothing.
00:26:16Yeah.
00:26:17But suppose he opens a lot of old cases like Tom Cooney's.
00:26:22I think you've got something there, Zephyr.
00:26:28We'll just have to show the boy that he's wrong.
00:26:46Let's go.
00:27:10Miss Gilbert?
00:27:11No.
00:27:16Miss Gilbert?
00:27:17Yes.
00:27:18Oh, that's better. That's much better.
00:27:21I'm Bill Adams. Mr. Grant asked me to meet you.
00:27:23Yes, I know.
00:27:25Here, let me take that. The car's over here.
00:27:47Uh, is it...
00:27:49Do you think we should try to scoop some of that up?
00:27:55Uh, no, I guess not, huh?
00:27:58Well, everything seems to be under control, but...
00:28:02Would it be all right with you if we went to your car now?
00:28:05No, I don't think so.
00:28:07I don't think so.
00:28:09I don't think so.
00:28:11I don't think so.
00:28:13I don't think so.
00:28:15Would you like to go back to your car now?
00:28:17The car? Oh, no.
00:28:19No, yes. Right here.
00:28:30Uh, sorry to get off to such a bad start.
00:28:33I'm not always so clumsy.
00:28:36Oh, my hat!
00:28:40Don't worry. We'll get it.
00:28:45Oh, my hat!
00:29:15Oh, my hat!
00:29:39Uh, how long have you worked for Mr. Grant?
00:29:43Uh, hmm?
00:29:45Two years.
00:29:47Quite a character, isn't he?
00:29:49Quite.
00:29:51You know, I was very surprised when he told me his secretary was coming down.
00:29:55I had an idea the old boy was retired.
00:29:57The old boy is far from retired.
00:30:00Where is he now, Mr. Adams?
00:30:02Oh, he went over to Wellbridge this morning to do some hunting.
00:30:05He ought to be back soon.
00:30:08I was going to drive you around the town, but, uh,
00:30:12I guess you'll want to get cleaned up now.
00:30:14Yes, I think I will.
00:30:16Well, I'll take you straight to the hotel.
00:30:27You are running for mayor?
00:30:29Mm-hmm. Surprised?
00:30:31That's putting it very mildly, Mr. Adams.
00:30:34That's putting it very mildly, Mr. Adams.
00:30:36Well, make the most of it, lady,
00:30:38because that's likely to be the only surprise you'll get in this town.
00:30:50Who's the girl with Adams?
00:30:52Don't know. What difference does it make?
00:30:57I'd like a room, please, by the day.
00:30:59No baggage?
00:31:01I don't register women without baggage in my hotel.
00:31:05Henry, show this lady out.
00:31:07But you don't understand.
00:31:09Yes, I do. Why, you...
00:31:11Please, Mr. Adams, let me explain.
00:31:13Come on, sister, beat it.
00:31:15Take your hands off her.
00:31:17Oh!
00:31:29Nice work, pal.
00:31:40I tell you, you can't do this.
00:31:42No thanks in the face, mister.
00:31:44Oh, but, officer.
00:31:46Hey, sergeant.
00:31:48Sergeant, I want to use that phone.
00:31:50Will you please keep quiet, your honor?
00:31:55Just trying to get us out of here, you know.
00:31:57Why didn't you think of that before you got us in?
00:32:00Look, I'm very sorry this happened, but it isn't my fault.
00:32:04I suppose I started the fight.
00:32:06You sure did all right once it got going.
00:32:09Ho, ho, ho. What a gal.
00:32:12And what a wallop.
00:32:14Yeah, Miss Gee, you're really some scrapper.
00:32:20Say, Roscoe Swade asked me to call you, judge.
00:32:22We've got Bill Adams in here with the dame.
00:32:24Salt and battery.
00:32:25How long do you want us to hold him here?
00:32:27Oh, we'll just let them stew for a while, sergeant.
00:32:31Adams will probably want to get in touch with me.
00:32:34And I...
00:32:36Oh, he does, huh?
00:32:38Well, I'm out of town.
00:32:40You can't reach me anywhere.
00:32:42That's right.
00:32:43Overnight.
00:32:52Will you have the chef prepare a couple of these
00:32:55for tomorrow night's dinner?
00:32:57And I'll have my key, please.
00:32:59Yes, sir.
00:33:01What, uh, what room did you put Miss Gilbert in?
00:33:04Gilbert? Gilbert.
00:33:06There's no Miss Gilbert registered.
00:33:08Well, that's strange.
00:33:11Strange?
00:33:12Anything wrong, Mr. Grant?
00:33:14Why, yes, I was expecting my secretary today.
00:33:16Mr. Adams was to have met her.
00:33:18Your... your secretary?
00:33:20Yeah.
00:33:21Miss, uh, Miss Gilbert, Miss Lucy Gilbert.
00:33:23Have you heard from her?
00:33:24Oh, no, no, not exactly.
00:33:26Well, that is, she was here, but...
00:33:28Where is she?
00:33:29Well, Mr. Grant, you see, we, uh, we had a little trouble.
00:33:32Where is she?
00:33:34She's with Adams in the county jail.
00:33:37Well, you get them out of there, and fast.
00:33:40Yes, sir.
00:33:41Yes, sir, right away.
00:33:43Bertie, get me Judge Harkley, quick.
00:33:46Yes, sir.
00:33:54Come in.
00:33:59Good evening, Mr. Grant.
00:34:01Well, good evening, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:04I'm sorry I couldn't meet you at the station.
00:34:08So am I, sir.
00:34:10However, Mr. Adams seems to have made your introduction to crown court quite spectacular.
00:34:16Well, it amuses you both.
00:34:18Of course, it was quite worthwhile.
00:34:20I'm sorry.
00:34:21Sit down, Miss Gilbert.
00:34:23You, uh, you seem tired.
00:34:26What... what happened?
00:34:28Well, when I said the boys were... were playing with brass knuckles, I wasn't kidding.
00:34:32Look, I win a case from Blackstone.
00:34:34That makes a good impression around town.
00:34:36So I walk into Swade's hotel.
00:34:38Roscoe says something, provokes a fight, and I land in jail.
00:34:41That's the way crown courts run, Mr. Grant.
00:34:43I hope the fact that Miss Gilbert was involved won't upset you.
00:34:47The fact that Miss Gilbert was involved upsets me a great deal.
00:34:51It strikes me that Swade, Connison, and company are just been a little too high-handed.
00:34:56Well, you can't fight the city hall, sir.
00:34:58As candidate for mayor, that's what you're doing, isn't it?
00:35:01Well, I suppose I am, but the boys are starting to play rough.
00:35:04Well, of course, if they play too rough, you can always go back to your shipbuilding.
00:35:08Yes, I guess I could.
00:35:10But right now, I'm going to go home and get some sleep.
00:35:13Miss Gilbert and I have a date in court tomorrow.
00:35:15Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:35:17Don't hold me against crown court.
00:35:19Right, sir.
00:35:29Your... your notes.
00:35:31Perhaps you'd like to go over them.
00:35:33I gather somehow that you're not very much drawn to Mr. Adams.
00:35:38My personal reactions to him aren't important, sir.
00:35:42Well, I wouldn't be too hasty.
00:35:44He attracts too much trouble.
00:35:46He certainly does.
00:35:48His whole approach is wrong.
00:35:50He shuts his eyes and wades in and slugs.
00:35:53But he has good stuff.
00:35:56Do you think it wise to get involved with his problems?
00:35:59After all, you are on your vacation.
00:36:01Oh, I'm not involved.
00:36:03I'm just trying to give the boy a push.
00:36:05Come in.
00:36:08May I turn your bed down, sir?
00:36:10Oh, yes, yes, certainly.
00:36:12Good night, Mr. Grant.
00:36:14Good night.
00:36:16Oh, I'm all right.
00:36:22Good night, Miss Gilbert.
00:36:32Heh-heh.
00:36:34Kind of skimpy, isn't it?
00:36:36They just ain't long enough, none of them.
00:36:38I keep a-tellin', Mr. Swade.
00:36:40Heh-heh-heh.
00:36:42Well, there, that'll have to do.
00:36:44Good night, sir. Hope you rest well.
00:36:46Thank you.
00:37:01Thank you.
00:37:26Wrong number.
00:37:28Mr. Adams, wake up. This is Mr. Grant.
00:37:31What?
00:37:33Wait a minute.
00:37:35Yeah?
00:37:39You want me to what?
00:37:41I said get into your clothes, get two yardsticks.
00:37:44Yardsticks.
00:37:46Come right over here and register for the night at the hotel.
00:37:48I'll tell you all about it when you get here, but get here.
00:37:51Right.
00:37:54Hello, Roscoe.
00:37:56Give me a single room next to Mr. Grant's.
00:37:58I'll, uh, I'll pay in advance.
00:38:06413.
00:38:08What's the matter, Roscoe?
00:38:10You don't seem at all happy to see me.
00:38:12I, uh, dropped my luggage, too.
00:38:16Why should he sleep here with yardsticks?
00:38:18He's got a place of his own.
00:38:24Hello?
00:38:26Get me Miss Gilbert's room, please.
00:38:28Where do we start?
00:38:30Why should he want to talk to her in the middle of the night?
00:38:32Hello?
00:38:34Get me Miss Gilbert's room, please.
00:38:36Where do we start?
00:38:38Why should he want to talk to her in the middle of the night?
00:38:40I don't know, but...
00:38:44It's Grant.
00:38:46Yes, Mr. Grant.
00:38:48Yes, sir.
00:38:50Right away.
00:38:52He wants the bellboy right away.
00:38:54He wants to send something to Miss Gilbert's room.
00:38:56They're up to something. I know they are.
00:39:02Henry.
00:39:05Henry.
00:39:12Take this yardstick to Miss Gilbert.
00:39:14Yes, sir.
00:39:16Mr. Swade said with his compliments.
00:39:18My compliments to Mr. Swade, I don't eat fruit.
00:39:35HUMMING
00:39:56Thanks.
00:39:58Wait a minute, miss.
00:40:00I've got a bowl of food for you.
00:40:02with his compliments. My compliments to Mrs. Wade. Tom, I've lost my appetite.
00:40:19I couldn't see nothing. They blacked out the rooms.
00:40:21Number plate. Now she's calling Grant. Yes, Miss Gilbert? Seven and a half. Same here. And the other? Two and a half. That does it.
00:40:43Maybe it's a code.
00:40:44Oh, don't worry, Roscoe. I'll be back.
00:41:14Swade's Hotel? Give me Mr. Grant's room. Mr. Grant, you were absolutely right. It's nine and two. Yeah, I'll be back in a minute.
00:41:33Oh, I think Mr. Swade's going to be a little sorry tomorrow that he's bringing those charges against us.
00:41:44Good afternoon, Miss Gilbert. Mr. Grant, you're looking very beautiful, Miss Gilbert. Really? I didn't sleep at all.
00:42:04Probably nervous exhaustion due to the unfortunate experience you underwent yesterday. Ever spent any time in jail, Mr. Swade?
00:42:14Ever been sued for false arrest, Mr. Swade? Miss Gilbert, I've made up my mind to drop the complaint against you.
00:42:20Well, what about the complaint against Mr. Adams? He spent a few hours in jail, too. You've got nobody but yourself to thank.
00:42:26You started it, hitting Henry. I'll forget you hit me. He didn't hit you. I did. Well, I'll forget that, too, but...
00:42:34But six hours in jail is something I won't forget, Mr. Swade. I think $5,000 damages would be about right, Counselor, don't you?
00:42:42Well, I had thought of ten, but... No, I think five is enough. Oh, don't worry, Mr. Swade. I'll see that the money goes to a good cause. I'll invest it in war bonds.
00:42:58Court is now in session. Judge Hartley presiding. Case of Swade v. Gilbert and Adams.
00:43:11Judge, I move you throw my complaint out. The complaint against Miss Gilbert? Yes. Adams, too. We settled it by ourselves.
00:43:22Both of them, huh? Yeah. Wow. Case of Swade v. Gilbert and Adams dismissed. You can thank Miss Gilbert for getting you off so easy.
00:43:35Thank you, Lucy. Oh, Roscoe. Just a minute, Roscoe. We're not quite through yet. Joe, serve the papers on Mr. Swade. Roscoe Swade?
00:43:50What are you talking about? I forget if I dropped my suit against you, you'd drop yours against me. Relax, Roscoe. This is another suit.
00:43:57Your Honor, I find that in the management of his hotel, Mr. Swade is in violation of several important laws. Oh, what are the charges?
00:44:04I brought the evidence with me, Your Honor. The hotel laws of this state, 1909, section 52. All sheets provided in all hotels, hostelries,
00:44:19inns or lodging houses shall be a minimum of 9 feet in length. 7 1⁄2 feet, Your Honor. All pillowcases shall be a minimum of 3 feet. 2 1⁄2 feet, Your Honor.
00:44:36There shall be a minimum distance between all twin beds of 2 feet. Now, the beds in my room at the Swade Hotel were scarcely half a foot apart, Your Honor.
00:44:44I couldn't bring them in evidence, but I have witnesses who can testify as to my veracity. Let me see this reference, sir.
00:44:59You'll be sorry for this. You wait and see. Will the court warn the defendant that threats and intimidation are punishable by law?
00:45:05Now, quiet, Mr. Swade. And don't you tell me how to run my court. The law provides a fine of $50. For each offense. Are you prepared to face these charges at the present time?
00:45:20Yes. Do you plead guilty? Yes. And pay the clerk?
00:45:27Yes. Nice work, counselor. Congratulations. Thank you.
00:45:39Now, file a recess.
00:45:59Well, this couldn't by any chance be a little gift from Mr. Swade. I thought we might end our celebration in style. What vintage is that, miss?
00:46:19It's a California 1938. Here, I'll do it, miss. Tell him I'm an amateur. The bottle resents me. Well, it popped anyway. Thank you.
00:46:37To the next player of Crown Court. Yes. Who's learned to use his head and his law books.
00:46:45To my rooting section. I think you're on the right track, counselor. You keep the Connorsons busy on the little things and they won't have time for the bigger ones. Neither will I.
00:46:56Well, I think I'd like to do a little hunting in the morning if you can keep your life fairly quiet for one day. Well, I'll try. Lucy might keep an eye on me. That'd help.
00:47:08I'll be responsible for him, sir. Starting with breakfast. I think Lucy would probably like some more coffee. Yes, I would. It'll just keep you awake. Well, good night.
00:47:25Good night. Good night, sir. More coffee? I suppose you're a wonderful dancer. Fair. I'm awful. Good. That'll make me feel superior. May I have this dance, Mr. Addams?
00:47:47Sure. Hey, I'm not so bad, am I? You're fine. I guess the trouble was I just never liked to dance before. Neither did I. You know, Lucy, Crown Court's not such a bad little town. It's got a lot of nice people in it. You've just seen the worst side of it. Like you.
00:48:13No, but what I mean, Lucy, is, well, can you see yourself living in a town like Crown Court? No, pretty dull, I guess. Very. Practically nothing's happened to me since I met you.
00:48:27Yeah. No, but seriously, sometimes I have whole days of peace and quiet. Now, we've been together for several hours and nothing very spectacular has happened. Not near enough has happened.
00:48:58Sorry. Sometimes we have whole days of peace and quiet. Good night, Mr. Addams. Oh, that date for breakfast still stands. Good night, Bill.
00:49:15Morning, Herwin. Well, goodbye, Mr. Addams. Oh, no. Oh, no. Mr. Grant said you were to look after me today. And what he says goes. He's your boss, you know. But I've had breakfast with you. Oh, yes, but I need much more looking after than that. Much more.
00:49:36What the? Wait, Bill. Hey, I've been trying to find you. Look. Hey, what's going on here? What do you think you're doing? You're being evicted, as you noticed. Come on, boys. Don't take all day.
00:49:56Okay, boss. Because of the lumber I keep around, the place has attracted termites. How do you like that? It's fantastic. Look. Look. Can't you just wait until I call Ridges and get this thing fixed up? Sure. You can call him in Swade's office, but it won't do you no good, pal. He signed the notice himself. Okay, fellas, lift it. Yeah, but at least you can leave my stuff here until I can get another office. Sorry. Orders.
00:50:22Well, what difference does it make to you? Oh, boy. Where's your telephone? Right over there. Thanks. Listen, will you stop reading me the Constitution? I'm just following orders. Oh, I'm asking you to do it. Hello? Hello, is this the Andrews Building? Give me the superintendent, please.
00:50:50Miss Gilbert! Miss Gilbert! I've been looking for you, Mr. Grant. They're evicting Bell. Evicting Bell? Why, what happened? Oh, something about termites. Well, just drop my things at the hotel, will you? Now, tell me.
00:51:09Who's responsible for this? Seems that Roscoe Swade has a pal named Hart Ridges. Happens to be my landlord. Also happens to be one of Connison's boys. Oh, so Roscoe gives Hart a call, and here I am. Don't worry, though, I'll get another office. Hello? Hello? This is William Adams. Yes, I want to rent an office. What? Oh, no vacancies.
00:51:35Can't we do something, Mr. Grant? Well, I don't... Wait a minute! Be careful of those! No vacancies at all, huh? I see. Not an office in town, not even a loft. Oh, those boys think of everything. Connison? Are you sure? Who else? He's too clever for anybody else.
00:52:01Who's Bill Adams? Do you mean Mayor Adams? I'm Bill Adams. What do you want? Electric Company. Got orders to discontinue service. Efficient, aren't they? You'll find the box in the back. Okay, thanks. What's the matter, Mr. Mayor? Can't you pay your bills? You shut your mouth, or I'll shut it for you. Oh, no, no, Tom, no. That's what they want us to do, so let's not do it.
00:52:27Why not use my sitting room as temporary headquarters? Oh, well, that's awfully nice of you, Mr. Grant, but I couldn't... Why not, Bill? You're not going to let them put you out of business, are you?
00:52:39Where's Bill Adams? Oh, Mr. Mayor, you've gotten more company. Hey, Wooley, bring out a couple of more chairs. I'm Adams. What do you want? Compliments over the mayor. He thought you might need some help. Well, you send my compliments right back to the mayor and tell him to... You tell Mayor Connison I'm staying right where I am, out on the street, and before I'm through, I'll have him out here with me. Ah, get a soapbox. You bet I'll get a soapbox. And if Connison wants to know what I mean, tell him to come down here.
00:53:09And I'll try explaining it to him personally. Ladies and gentlemen, please, please, just give me a few minutes until I get my new office set up. William, you mean right here on the street? Sure, why not? We'll hang my shingle on that lamppost. Bill Adams, you won't be here two hours. I know that, sir, but this time Connison's gone too far. He's giving me more publicity than I ever dreamed of. I may be here only an hour, but it'll be a good one. I'll get you an office now. Keep out of trouble. I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:53:39Now, is this about right for the desk? Oh, no, I think it should be catty-cony. Okay, ladies and gentlemen. Uh-oh. Here, let me take those. Watch this. Excuse me!
00:54:09Who's that? I'm Cooney. I'll get him for you, isn't he?
00:54:29Are you taking volunteers? Thanks, friend.
00:54:59Bill, stop it!
00:55:13How is he, nurse? Oh, he's coming along all right. Can we see him now? I think so. You fellas wait. We'll be right out.
00:55:20That'll do it, Mr. Grant. Thank you. Where's Mr. Adams? How do you feel, Mr. Grant? Maybe you'd better take it easy for a while. No, no, I'm all right. Where's Mr. Adams and my secretary?
00:55:28Well, he's in jail and she's trying to get him out. Lucy. Did the doctor say he could get out? Oh, yes, I'm fine. Where's Bill? Still in jail. I've tried everything. They're holding him for a $15,000 bail, inciting to riot.
00:55:45This is outrageous. We'll have to find Judge Harkley. We've tried to. And he couldn't be found, as usual. You can find him at Coniston's Rally, about an hour from now, up there on the platform, shooting his big mouth off.
00:55:55No, we'll find him before then. It's no use, Mr. Grant. They got us all sewed up. They always do. Yes, but they took one stitch too many this time. They always do that, too. Come on.
00:56:09Do you think you should? I've got to get the boy out of jail. I'm glad you feel that way, sir. Yes, well, let's not keep Judge Harkley waiting, huh?
00:56:19I want to talk to you, Mr. Harkley. Sorry, I haven't any time to give you right now. I'm afraid you'll have to find time. Stay here, you...
00:56:38Judge Harkley, acting on my rights as a citizen, I demand that you swear out warrants for the arrest of Ridges, Swade, Blackstone, and Mayor Coniston. You're crazy. On what charges? Conspiracy, abuse of public office, inciting to riot. I suggest that you come to the jail with us now and release Mr. Adams and sign those warrants. We'll need a couple more warrants, too, for some hoodlums. I have their names.
00:57:00You are crazy. You can't push away into my house and order me around. Do you realize I can have you arrested for disturbing the peace? All of you? Let's just postpone that, Judge. Ladies and gentlemen, will you excuse us for just a minute?
00:57:13Ladies and gentlemen, I have persuaded Judge Harkley to change his mind. He has kindly consented to release your candidate in time for the rally tonight.
00:57:37What's the deal, Mr. Grant? You know something about him? No, on the contrary, he knows something about me.
00:57:48Ladies and gentlemen, I mean my friends. For a long time, I've been hoping a man would come along, a young man, because like I always say, the future of our great country belongs to the young folks who could take over and give us old folks a chance to live.
00:58:18A chance to sit back and take things easy. Well, this year I said to myself, Jim, maybe this Bill Adams is the fella. But he dashed my hopes and prayers to the ground. I saw that he's not the man we've been waiting for.
00:58:37That he's nothing but an agitator, a troublemaker, stirring up neighbors against each other. He said he'd be here tonight. I wish he was. I hope that when I got up to talk, he'd be here on the platform with me to debate with me the issue so close to our hearts.
00:59:08Bill Adams, if you think you're going to break up this rally, you're crazy. Did you let him out? Mr. Mayor, I... Well, Chief Perkins here, he's got a warrant for your arrest. And for the arrest of Blackstone, Ridges and Swade. Take your hands off me. Jim, I couldn't help it. Honestly, you'd just better come along.
00:59:32Attention, please. Quiet, quiet, everybody. My friend, I never thought he'd dare do this. But you can see for yourselves now to what lengths this radical will go to sabotage a peaceful meeting of the people. But I'm calling his bluff. I'm going to make him bring out the witnesses to prove this.
00:59:57As mayor of this town, I got a right to call a special hearing, and I do. So the issues will be clear when you go to the polls to vote tomorrow.
01:00:08You'll be sorry you ever started this.
01:00:20You'd better remain with us, Mr. Hartley. We wouldn't want you to prejudice the mayor's testimony.
01:00:24Any place therefore.
01:00:27All right, find a seat and sit down.
01:00:31That Adam Spurt's just bluffing. He ain't got a thing on the mayor.
01:00:35No, I find a seat and sit down.
01:00:43Mr. Grant, I still don't understand.
01:00:58Order, order. This hearing will come to order.
01:01:06Judge Hartley, my friend, I'm not on trial here. Bill Adams has made accusations against me. He's had a warrant sworn out for my arrest. This is a hearing to show you that he has no proof of anything he says. But he's trying by a cheap trick to win an election he can't win by fair play.
01:01:26Judge Hartley!
01:01:28Mr. Mayor, you'll have to moderate your tone. This is very irregular.
01:01:33Step aside and clear the aisle, please.
01:01:46Mr. Connison, it's true that you are not formally on trial here. You asked for this hearing. You demanded by what right we had you arrested. We're here to tell you and to accuse you of conspiring against men who honestly oppose you, of inciting a riot with reckless disregard for human safety, of abusing the office to which you have been elected by the people of this town. And these accusations we are prepared to prove.
01:02:12I hate to see the old boy get himself involved like this.
01:02:15Don't worry about the old boy now, darling.
01:02:19Mr. Mayor, Mr. Grant has obtained confessions from these men.
01:02:25They have told Mr. Grant that acting on your orders, they started the riot this morning in order to make possible Mr. Adams' arrest. They have sworn to these facts.
01:02:37Because of this, Mr. Grant was able to demand a warrant for your arrest.
01:02:43Mr. Grant swore out a warrant for my arrest? A man who doesn't even live in our town. A meddling old fool who does nothing but shoot ducks and start trouble.
01:02:55Jim, don't say that.
01:02:57I'll say anything I please. I demand to know who this man is. Who is this Joe Grant?
01:03:03Jim, do yourself a favor. Don't ask.
01:03:06That's all right, Judge Hockley. Mr. Connison, it's not Joe Grant. It's John Josephus Grant.
01:03:13Where are you from, Grant?
01:03:15Washington, D.C.
01:03:16Jim, please. No more questions. Mr. Grant...
01:03:20Shut up! I'll ask all the questions I please.
01:03:23By what right? And what do you do, Mr. Grant?
01:03:28Mr. Connison, I am a judge, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
01:03:41Mr. Connison, you have asked by what right I have interfered in this situation. Do you still want an answer?
01:03:51Uh, Justice Grant, would you care to...
01:03:55No, no, no, thank you.
01:03:58Phil! Phil!
01:04:00Oh, just throw some water on him. We'll see. He'll be all right.
01:04:09Your Honor, Mayor Connison, it's only right that you should know why I, a stranger, have become involved in your affairs.
01:04:19Believe me, it's not because I am a justice of the Supreme Court.
01:04:24It's because, like all of you here, I am a citizen of this country.
01:04:30That is no little honor.
01:04:33Men have fought revolutions, have died to be called citizen.
01:04:39And as citizens, we carry a burning responsibility.
01:04:44It means that when we elect men to public office, we cannot do it as lightly as we flip a coin.
01:04:51It means that after we've elected them, we can't sit back and say,
01:04:55our job is done, what they do now doesn't concern us.
01:04:59That philosophy of indifference is what the enemies of decent government want.
01:05:05If we allow them to have their way to grow strong and vicious,
01:05:09then the heroic struggle which welded thousands of lovely towns like this into a great nation means nothing.
01:05:17Then we are not citizens, we are traitors.
01:05:22The great liberties by which we live have been bought with blood.
01:05:28The kind of government we get is the kind of government we want.
01:05:33Government of the people, by the people, and for the people can mean any kind of government.
01:05:38It's our duty to make it mean only one kind, uncorrupted, free, united.
01:05:45I believe, Mayor Coniston, that I've answered your question.
01:06:01Now, as soon as court adjourns, I'll meet you back here in my chambers.
01:06:05What's the matter, Mr. Justice? You seem nervous.
01:06:07Oh, no, no, not at all.
01:06:10How about you, Mayor Adams? Have you the ring?
01:06:14Ah, well...
01:06:16Do you know your lines, sir?
01:06:18Well, I ought to. I stayed up half the night learning them.
01:06:31Hello there, Grant. I'm glad to see you.
01:06:34Thank you.
01:06:35You're looking fine, Josephus. How was the hunting?
01:06:37Oh, best I ever had.
01:06:39Good morning, Your Honor.
01:06:43THE END