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00:00:00♪♪
00:00:12Like it?
00:00:13Yes!
00:00:14Scared?
00:00:15Uh-uh.
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00:00:20Those little people down there only knew how wonderful it is up here.
00:00:25Well, let's not go down. Just stay up here, us two.
00:00:29We two?
00:00:30All right, you and me, then.
00:00:32Darling, you and I.
00:00:34Cut it out.
00:00:36Oh, Nicky, look out! That big plane!
00:00:46Looks like the guy's got sense enough to stay away till we get down.
00:00:49That's what I'm going to be doing Sunday, Mary.
00:00:51Driving one of those sky trains.
00:00:54Let's go down and watch it land.
00:00:59Don't worry about me, young woman.
00:01:01I've had as many hours in the air as you.
00:01:03Cheers, boys!
00:01:04Cheers!
00:01:05People want to get out.
00:01:06Well, come right over here, then.
00:01:08No one wants to see my picture.
00:01:10Yeah, Stella, none of that stringing violet stuff.
00:01:13You're a public figure.
00:01:15Take my mother-in-law.
00:01:16She's wearing very little.
00:01:17Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:18Yes, she is.
00:01:19Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:20Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:21Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:22Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:23Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:24Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:25Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:26Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:27Oh, she is, isn't she?
00:01:28Oh, she's wearing very little.
00:01:30Don't rub it in.
00:01:32I got tired of changing styles years ago.
00:01:34Who's got a cigarette round here?
00:01:35Right here.
00:01:36I bought an entire new wardrobe in New York, didn't you, Mrs. Governor?
00:01:39Well, I bought this hat.
00:01:40Wouldn't wear it on Halloween.
00:01:44Oh, Mickey, look.
00:01:47The gentleman I spoke to at the rescue made his hat.
00:01:54Not yours, I hope.
00:01:55Smart boy, Elkins.
00:01:56This hat happens to belong to the governor's wife.
00:01:58Oh, the governor's wife.
00:02:00Hey!
00:02:01Got a very important engagement.
00:02:06Thanks so much.
00:02:07I remember being told once, never chase your own hat.
00:02:09Someone else will always get it for you.
00:02:11May I have it?
00:02:12What's the length of it?
00:02:13Oh, pardon me, Mrs. Governor.
00:02:15Will you hold my bag?
00:02:17Hold the mirror, so I can see.
00:02:19Thanks.
00:02:20You all right?
00:02:21If I may say so, Mrs. Bancroft, that's a swell hat.
00:02:24You really like it?
00:02:25Uh-huh.
00:02:26My mother-in-law doesn't.
00:02:27Looks like a souffle.
00:02:29That's a knockout.
00:02:30Hold that pose.
00:02:31Will you please, Mrs. Governor, with the kid?
00:02:32Now I can see why you want to take a picture.
00:02:35Now just hold it.
00:02:36Mickey, straighten her tie.
00:02:39My girl.
00:02:40Mary Rayburn or the nightclubs?
00:02:42Just one quick one.
00:02:44Thank you, Miss Rayburn.
00:02:46She'll hate me.
00:02:47Oh, no, she won't.
00:02:48I don't think anybody could do that, Mrs. Governor.
00:02:50Thank you for that.
00:02:51And for getting my hat.
00:02:52Oh, thank you.
00:02:53Come along, Kate.
00:02:54John will be waiting for us.
00:02:55Just a moment.
00:02:56One of the Governor's mother, please.
00:02:58Wait a minute.
00:02:59This is my good side.
00:03:01All right, now hold it.
00:03:04Goodbye again.
00:03:05And thanks for picking up my hat.
00:03:07Bye.
00:03:10The Governor's wife.
00:03:11Wasn't she swell?
00:03:13I suppose there'll be no holding it
00:03:14until she's been photographed with the Governor's lady.
00:03:16Oh, but she was class.
00:03:18I mean real class.
00:03:20She liked you, too.
00:03:21Oh, just a lady killer.
00:03:22That's what I am.
00:03:23Vicki Elkins, ace pilot and lady killer.
00:03:25Don't let her throw you, big boy.
00:03:27There's only one thing that throws me.
00:03:30Look at that.
00:03:32It throws me flat.
00:03:34Flat at the feet of a certain party.
00:03:39He's in, isn't he, Craig?
00:03:41He's in his office, Mrs. Governor.
00:03:42Oh, I'm glad of that.
00:03:43Come, Kate.
00:03:44I'm sorry, but he's busy.
00:03:45Don't be sorry, Craig.
00:03:46A Governor should be busy.
00:03:47Yes, ma'am.
00:03:48But, Craig, we haven't seen him for one whole week.
00:03:50And we're going to see him now.
00:03:52Who's he talking to?
00:03:53The angel Gabriel?
00:03:54No, ma'am.
00:03:55He's talking to the press.
00:03:57Only the press.
00:03:58Only the press.
00:03:59But they're all very anxious
00:04:00to hear the Governor's intentions.
00:04:01We told them, though,
00:04:02in his inauguration speech.
00:04:03But now he's begun fulfilling them.
00:04:05And the reporters want to be assured
00:04:06that he means to carry out his policy.
00:04:08The battle is on, you know.
00:04:10And we'll all go over the top together.
00:04:13Mother dear, you know,
00:04:14I really am busy.
00:04:16How have things been going?
00:04:17Oh, oh.
00:04:18I must have a look at you.
00:04:22Now, come along, kitten.
00:04:23We really are intruding.
00:04:24Just a moment.
00:04:25I want to tell these gentlemen something.
00:04:27Anything my son says,
00:04:29you can depend upon.
00:04:31He's a born fighter
00:04:33and not easily licked.
00:04:37Well, that sounds like a little bragging,
00:04:39doesn't it, gentlemen?
00:04:41Well, to repeat.
00:04:44I promised as Governor
00:04:46to drive these men out of power.
00:04:48Certainly so, Mr. Governor.
00:04:49One or two of them
00:04:50boast of political protection.
00:04:52They may be able to control votes.
00:04:55But I don't think they can control me.
00:04:58Have you an appointment, sir?
00:05:00Just pretend you don't see me, my good man.
00:05:02I'm invisible.
00:05:03Just a spirit hovering in the halls
00:05:05of the Governor's mansion.
00:05:06But the Governor is busy, sir.
00:05:08That's all right.
00:05:09Oh, wait.
00:05:10Your name is?
00:05:11The name is Gordon.
00:05:13But you'll have to see the Governor's secretary, sir.
00:05:16I made my promise to the people
00:05:17to rid the state of these men
00:05:19and what they stand for.
00:05:20And I'll drive out the racketeer
00:05:22if it's the last thing I do.
00:05:26I'm afraid that's all the time
00:05:27I can give you today, gentlemen.
00:05:30Good afternoon.
00:05:31A real gift for expression,
00:05:32hasn't he, Idle Governor?
00:05:34Come on, boys, let's go.
00:05:37Afternoon, boys.
00:05:38Been listening to fables?
00:05:40We heard you getting here, Gordon.
00:05:42Don't be disrespectful.
00:05:45Well, how do you like that?
00:05:46All that truth and beauty talk
00:05:47from his excellency to the press
00:05:49and in what's the biggest crook in the state.
00:05:58Mr. Governor?
00:05:59Who let you in here?
00:06:01I felt obliged to pay a personal call
00:06:03on the Governor.
00:06:04That's all right, Fig.
00:06:06I haven't met you before, have I, Gordon?
00:06:09I regret to say you haven't.
00:06:11We might make up for that delay,
00:06:12Mr. Governor.
00:06:13Well, what's it about?
00:06:15Well, first I want to tell you
00:06:17that I feel slighted.
00:06:19I couldn't help but overhear
00:06:20a little of your talk
00:06:21to the press boys.
00:06:23You might have referred to me
00:06:24personally in that.
00:06:25Give the devil his due, you know.
00:06:27Call him by his right name.
00:06:29Now, hurry up, Gordon.
00:06:30Say what you've got to say.
00:06:31Mangroft, you're making a mistake.
00:06:34You realize, I hope,
00:06:36that my machine helped to elect you.
00:06:38All that pre-election chatter
00:06:40about honesty,
00:06:41I took for campaign talk.
00:06:43Oh, oh, did you?
00:06:45But now you're showing off.
00:06:48The public's beginning
00:06:49to take you seriously
00:06:50in this purity racket.
00:06:51Well, I've given them cause.
00:06:52Yes, you have.
00:06:54And I'm here to tell you
00:06:55that I don't like it.
00:06:57You hear that?
00:06:58I don't like it.
00:07:02Gordon,
00:07:03you've got a finger
00:07:04in every inch of dirt
00:07:06throughout this state.
00:07:08Your crooked racing,
00:07:09your gambling joints,
00:07:11your traffic
00:07:12in every kind
00:07:13of vice promotion
00:07:15have made you a rich man.
00:07:17But you're a dishonest
00:07:18and a corrupt man.
00:07:20And you can't stay in this state
00:07:22while I'm sitting
00:07:23here in this office.
00:07:24I can count on that?
00:07:26Oh, yes.
00:07:27You can count on that.
00:07:29Then you can count on this.
00:07:31Before you get much further
00:07:32in this big crusade of yours,
00:07:34you're going to regret it.
00:07:36I can stop you
00:07:37any time I want to.
00:07:40I talked over, Gordon.
00:07:42You might think so.
00:07:44But just remember,
00:07:45if you keep this up,
00:07:47you're going to be looking
00:07:48around for a hole.
00:07:50And it'll be so deep
00:07:51it'll hide you
00:07:52for the rest of your life.
00:07:56Good day, Mr. Governor.
00:08:10Well, well.
00:08:12How do you do, Mrs. Governor?
00:08:22Yes, I've just paid
00:08:24my first visit to your husband.
00:08:28This is very different
00:08:29from old times, isn't it?
00:08:31I trust you won't find
00:08:32our little city
00:08:33too dull for you.
00:08:35But if you should
00:08:36and want a touch of nightlife,
00:08:37come down to Club Gordon.
00:08:39That's my name now.
00:08:41Gordon.
00:08:44Goodbye.
00:09:09Hiya, Pete.
00:09:11Okay, Mickey.
00:09:12Is Mary here yet?
00:09:14Inside.
00:09:15Meet you by a couple of minutes.
00:09:39Mrs. Elkins.
00:09:43I've missed you.
00:09:45I've missed you.
00:09:46I haven't seen you
00:09:47since, uh, way last night.
00:09:48Now, listen, you two turtle doves.
00:09:50I know love is grand,
00:09:51but, uh, we're rehearsing.
00:09:53Oh, my.
00:09:55Darling, I want you
00:09:56to hear my new song.
00:09:57If it's half as good as yours,
00:09:58I'll sing it.
00:09:59I'll sing it.
00:10:00I'll sing it.
00:10:01I'll sing it.
00:10:02I'll sing it.
00:10:03I'll sing it.
00:10:04I'll sing it.
00:10:05I'll sing it.
00:10:06I'll sing it.
00:10:07I'll sing it.
00:10:08If it's half as sweet
00:10:09as your smile,
00:10:10it's a symphony.
00:10:11Well, come on, Dave.
00:10:12Let's hear it.
00:10:19Someday
00:10:22We'll meet again
00:10:26And life will be
00:10:28So sweet again
00:10:32Wherever you travel
00:10:35No matter how far
00:10:38I'll follow my heart
00:10:40To wherever you are
00:10:47Somewhere
00:10:49When dreams come true
00:10:53I'll be right there
00:10:57I bet you will.
00:11:00Some sweet tomorrow
00:11:03I don't know where or when
00:11:08But someday
00:11:10We'll meet
00:11:13Again
00:11:16You like it?
00:11:17Oh, it's swell.
00:11:19What it says is true, too.
00:11:21Oh, I know.
00:11:22It's just a song
00:11:23with words to fit it, but...
00:11:26Oh, Mary, I wish...
00:11:28Hello, kid.
00:11:30Hi, Spock.
00:11:31Hi, Romeo.
00:11:32You two rehearsing
00:11:33the balcony scene again?
00:11:34Again?
00:11:35You mean yet?
00:11:36This is getting unputtable.
00:11:37You can understand it, I suppose.
00:11:39Look at these two.
00:11:40A couple of Rafelson's angels.
00:11:42Would it be out of order
00:11:43to do a little rehearsing around here?
00:11:44The boys have families to support.
00:11:46And I have to eat, too, you know.
00:11:47Oh, well, not necessarily,
00:11:48but go ahead.
00:11:49Come on, Mary.
00:11:50Let's have an audition.
00:11:51I got a sponsor for you.
00:11:53The makers of Noiseless Soup Spoons.
00:11:55And if you're okay,
00:11:56I'll give you the famous...
00:11:57Oh, all right.
00:11:58All right.
00:11:59Okay, Major.
00:12:00You two go and sit at the table
00:12:01and see how it sounds.
00:12:05Okay, my friend.
00:12:07Okay.
00:12:10You're going your way
00:12:14I'm going mine
00:12:18When skies are stormy
00:12:22The sun can shine
00:12:29But when the dark clouds disappear
00:12:36A brighter day
00:12:39Will find us here
00:12:42Together
00:12:48Someday
00:12:52We'll meet again
00:12:57And life will be
00:13:00So sweet again
00:13:04Wherever you travel
00:13:08No matter how far
00:13:12I'll follow my heart
00:13:17To wherever you are
00:13:24Somewhere
00:13:27When dreams come true
00:13:31I'll be right there
00:13:35My love will be
00:13:39Some sweet tomorrow
00:13:44I don't know where
00:13:47Nor when
00:13:52But someday
00:13:56We'll meet
00:14:00Again
00:14:12Ah, swell, Mary.
00:14:14Oh, thanks, Dave.
00:14:16Gee, you were great.
00:14:18How about it, Forrest?
00:14:19All right, all right.
00:14:23Say, you two kids ought to be
00:14:25romping in a rusty Glen.
00:14:27Working this joint in for you.
00:14:29Why don't you scram out of this place
00:14:31and take Mary with you.
00:14:32Forget about Buck Gordon.
00:14:34You've got your pilot's license now.
00:14:37Did you see the afternoon paper?
00:14:39No.
00:14:40On the first page of the second section,
00:14:43you and the governor's missus.
00:14:45Isn't she swell?
00:14:46Someday maybe I'll be flying her myself.
00:14:48There's your first press notice.
00:14:50Your favorite.
00:14:51Think I won't?
00:14:54Any time I've had a picture in the paper
00:14:56you've been a cop on both sides of me.
00:14:59Here.
00:15:02I've been with Buck Gordon for ten years now
00:15:04and he knows where all the bodies are buried
00:15:07as far as I'm concerned.
00:15:11But how I'd like to spring you two out of this atmosphere.
00:15:14I want to see you spread your wings and fly
00:15:17like a pair of wild birds.
00:15:20Couldn't we, Mickey?
00:15:22You're okay, sport.
00:15:23I've had that thought in my mind for a long time.
00:15:26Mary knows how I feel about it, too.
00:15:28Well then, scram.
00:15:29Get out of here.
00:15:30Don't get snared in circumstances.
00:15:32Forget about Buck Gordon.
00:15:34He's Mephisto's double.
00:15:38But notwithstanding, I will now report into Lion's Den.
00:15:43So long, kid.
00:15:44Goodbye.
00:15:45See you later, sport.
00:15:50Hey, I'll take that, Sigourney.
00:15:52Gordon's busy.
00:15:53No, I got to see the big boss.
00:15:54Boss what?
00:15:55Somebody is putting lead quarters in the slot machines.
00:15:58Here, take a taste.
00:16:00No, you eat it yourself.
00:16:01I ain't hungry.
00:16:02You bit it once, that's enough.
00:16:04I bit it twice.
00:16:05It's a toothpick.
00:16:06Good joke, huh?
00:16:07I make it up myself.
00:16:08I'm equipped like a fish.
00:16:10Listen, there's nothing to laugh about.
00:16:12Who would think that people would stoop so low
00:16:14to put lead slugs in a legitimate slot machine?
00:16:16I don't know.
00:16:17Why don't you keep your eyes open
00:16:18so those dirty crooks can't cheat the machines?
00:16:20You got to make good, you know.
00:16:21Well, I can't watch the crooks and the cops, too.
00:16:24Don't worry about the cops.
00:16:25Gordon will take care of them.
00:16:26Oh, I don't know about that.
00:16:28This new governor, he's plenty tough.
00:16:30And pretty soon, he's going to close to me
00:16:32and Gordon and the whole bunch.
00:16:34Well, don't let Gordon hear you say that.
00:16:36Ah, I'm not afraid of him.
00:16:38I'm pretty tough, too.
00:16:40I'm going inside and talk.
00:16:42And if he says one word,
00:16:44you know what I'm going to say?
00:16:46I'm going to say,
00:16:47Hello!
00:16:49Goodbye, boss.
00:16:54You dirty little worm.
00:16:56Why didn't you do what I told you to do?
00:16:58I couldn't help winning the race.
00:17:00The horse just wanted to run.
00:17:01You just wanted to win.
00:17:02Thinking the glory, weren't you?
00:17:04I couldn't have kept that horse
00:17:05from coming in first, Mr. Gordon,
00:17:07if my life depended on it.
00:17:08I swear I couldn't.
00:17:09Well, your life did depend on it.
00:17:11I told you not to let that nag have his head.
00:17:13And furthermore,
00:17:14what was the idea of squealing to the judges
00:17:16that I ordered you to throw the race?
00:17:18I didn't.
00:17:19Then why?
00:17:21Why?
00:17:22I didn't.
00:17:23Then why?
00:17:24What do we do with him, Doyle?
00:17:26Anything you say.
00:17:29Get Mickey up here.
00:17:30I ain't sure he's here.
00:17:32Get him up here and hurry.
00:17:34What's up now, Buck?
00:17:38This is the bird
00:17:39who double-crossed us at the track yesterday.
00:17:41Please, Mr. Gordon.
00:17:42Shut up.
00:17:43Chadburn, aren't you?
00:17:44Yeah, that's right.
00:17:45One of the best.
00:17:46One of the best what?
00:17:48Well, I mean, he knows how to ride.
00:17:50And he knows how to crawl.
00:17:52And he knows how to crawl.
00:17:54And he knows how to crawl.
00:17:56And he knows how to crawl.
00:17:58And he knows how to crawl.
00:18:00And he knows how to crawl.
00:18:02And he knows how to crawl.
00:18:04As far as horse racing is concerned,
00:18:06his name is Mud from now on.
00:18:08In fact, the next horse he rides
00:18:10is gonna have wings.
00:18:12Get your plane ready.
00:18:14What for?
00:18:15You're leaving for Greenmont
00:18:17track day after tomorrow, aren't you?
00:18:19Yes, sir.
00:18:20Plan's on the blank.
00:18:22What's the matter with it?
00:18:23Well, uh...
00:18:24Now listen.
00:18:25I let you go in for this aviation stuff
00:18:27because I knew I could use you
00:18:28if you ever turned out to be any good.
00:18:30So don't get stubborn with me.
00:18:31I don't like it.
00:18:32Get your plane fixed
00:18:33if you're not lying about it.
00:18:37Come here.
00:18:44Now here's what you're supposed to do.
00:18:52Understand?
00:18:54Then you can fly your plane
00:18:56to Mexico or the North Pole.
00:18:58Anywhere.
00:19:00I don't care.
00:19:02As far as anybody knows,
00:19:03your passenger just disappears.
00:19:05Meets with an accident
00:19:06on his way to another track.
00:19:08All right, Doyle.
00:19:09Take him away,
00:19:10but don't let him out of your sight.
00:19:11You'll let me know?
00:19:12Mickey will let you know
00:19:13when he's ready.
00:19:14Come on.
00:19:15Come on.
00:19:18Dirty little double-crossing.
00:19:21Hey, wait a minute.
00:19:22Wait a minute.
00:19:23When do you think you're going?
00:19:25To get some fresh air.
00:19:30Go ahead, Mr. Governor.
00:19:32Go ahead.
00:19:33Oh, hello, Mickey.
00:19:39What's the matter?
00:19:40Come on, get your hat.
00:19:41But, darling,
00:19:42I'm not quite through rehearsing.
00:19:44Please, get your hat.
00:19:46I guess that'll be all for now, Dave.
00:19:48Maybe later.
00:19:49Come on.
00:19:50Come on.
00:19:51Come on.
00:19:52Come on.
00:19:53Come on.
00:19:54Come on.
00:19:55Come on.
00:19:56Come on.
00:19:57Come on.
00:19:58Come on.
00:19:59Later.
00:20:00Where are we going?
00:20:01Anywhere to get some fresh air.
00:20:05Where are you going?
00:20:06Out.
00:20:07I want Mary to stay here.
00:20:08We've got a date.
00:20:09I'm through, Mr. Gordon.
00:20:11The musicians have gone.
00:20:12But I'd like to hear the song,
00:20:14if you don't mind.
00:20:17Surely you'll grant one of your
00:20:18most ardent admirers
00:20:20that much of a thrill,
00:20:21won't you?
00:20:24Close the door quietly
00:20:25when you go out, kid.
00:20:29We'll have our little audition
00:20:31up in my office now.
00:20:35Judy and the boss.
00:20:39Someday we'll meet again.
00:20:42Well, there's no time like the present.
00:20:45Come on.
00:20:59I like this.
00:21:00I like this.
00:21:16What do you like
00:21:17in this race, buddy?
00:21:18Don't ask me.
00:21:19I couldn't pick an apple
00:21:20and an orange.
00:21:21Tough race, huh?
00:21:22They're all tough.
00:21:23I don't think so.
00:21:24No?
00:21:25There's seven horses in the race
00:21:26and all you have to do
00:21:27is to pick the six losers
00:21:28to find the winner.
00:21:29That's how I do it.
00:21:31That's a good system.
00:21:33What are you betting on?
00:21:35Brown boy, I think.
00:21:36I ain't got a chance.
00:21:37First time out this season.
00:21:39That's right.
00:21:40He ain't been in a race
00:21:41since last year.
00:21:42Fine.
00:21:43Then he won't be tired.
00:21:45Say,
00:21:46just look at the price
00:21:47it's about Gordon giving.
00:21:48Six to five
00:21:49and a ten to one shot.
00:21:50He must think
00:21:51everybody's a lollipop.
00:21:52Union is soccer.
00:21:53Same thing.
00:21:54Only a lollipop
00:21:55if he lasts long.
00:21:56Six to five's a good price
00:21:57on Fallen Angel.
00:21:58Class of the field.
00:21:59You'll walk it.
00:22:00That's what I'm afraid of.
00:22:02Better he run a little.
00:22:19The race is on, boys.
00:22:27At the creek waters.
00:22:29Butternut by a length.
00:22:32Black star a half length.
00:22:35Flash three lengths.
00:22:42Into the stretch.
00:22:49Flash wins.
00:22:52Black star place.
00:22:54And Butternut by a length.
00:22:57Butternut show.
00:22:58And I go out
00:22:59and jump the odds
00:23:00in them nags that didn't show.
00:23:01What's the matter?
00:23:02Getting soft in the head?
00:23:03Hurry up.
00:23:04How's that clock out there running?
00:23:05Three minutes slow,
00:23:06as usual.
00:23:07Keeping perfect time.
00:23:08Make the odds
00:23:09on those duds good and long.
00:23:10Got a little balancing.
00:23:11Too many winners today
00:23:12in the earlier races.
00:23:13I'll see how high I can count.
00:23:14Tell Nicky to attend to that.
00:23:15Okay.
00:23:21Shut the door, Sicardi.
00:23:24Didn't I tell you
00:23:25there was a pinch
00:23:26to smash those machines
00:23:27before the cops got to them?
00:23:28But boss,
00:23:29when they pinched my joints
00:23:30I was not there.
00:23:31Where were you?
00:23:32In the church.
00:23:33Playing for more suckers, huh?
00:23:34Oh, nothing like that, boss.
00:23:35You see,
00:23:36my brother-in-law died.
00:23:37So I go to the big funeral.
00:23:39I was a full of it.
00:23:40Oh, yeah?
00:23:41You're not mad at me
00:23:42because I was a full of it.
00:23:43Oh, that's all right.
00:23:44I'll be doing the same thing
00:23:45for you in a couple of days.
00:23:46Sure.
00:23:47What?
00:23:48Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:49the long middle handicapped.
00:23:51You've got two minutes
00:23:52to place your bets.
00:23:53Now don't get
00:23:54shot out of this race.
00:23:56Nice here, huh?
00:24:16Say,
00:24:17look at those odds
00:24:18on Fallen Angel.
00:24:1930 to 1.
00:24:20Why don't you play it?
00:24:21I would if I had
00:24:22my relief check.
00:24:23I was told to bet on Flash.
00:24:24Flash is a dog.
00:24:25Don't do it.
00:24:2730 to 1
00:24:28on Fallen Angel.
00:24:29Must be a mistake.
00:24:30Nobody makes mistakes
00:24:31around here.
00:24:32Only the players.
00:24:33All right.
00:24:34Switch her in.
00:24:35Here comes the broadcast
00:24:36direct from the track.
00:24:43There's your cue.
00:24:44Get busy.
00:24:47Ladies and gentlemen,
00:24:48here we are
00:24:49on the grandstand
00:24:50for the long middle handicapped.
00:24:51Butternut by length.
00:24:52Black star at half length.
00:24:53Flash three length.
00:24:55At the mile,
00:24:56position's unchanged.
00:24:58Into the stretch.
00:24:59Still butternut by length.
00:25:01Black star coming
00:25:02fast on the inside.
00:25:04Flash running
00:25:05on the outside.
00:25:06Picking up.
00:25:07Flash moving up fast.
00:25:08This race has been
00:25:09over for five minutes.
00:25:10Now it's butternut
00:25:11by half length.
00:25:12I got it on a straight wire.
00:25:13Flash by ahead.
00:25:14Oh, that's the way
00:25:15he's pulling it.
00:25:16Coming fast to the wire.
00:25:17Flash by ahead.
00:25:18All right,
00:25:19a little low down.
00:25:20Black star one half
00:25:21and butternut.
00:25:22Look at that.
00:25:23Not a nickel left.
00:25:26Five hundred bucks.
00:25:27You ought to have a cop
00:25:28and examine that head of yours.
00:25:31I only lost 450.
00:25:33You always were lucky.
00:25:34Buck.
00:25:35Buck, it's happening.
00:25:37What is it?
00:25:38Come on, talk straight.
00:25:39Powell.
00:25:40Powell's out there
00:25:41with another dick.
00:25:42Powell.
00:25:43Yeah, Powell.
00:25:44He's going to Van Cross
00:25:45pet watchdog.
00:25:46It's time to scram, Buck.
00:25:47Well, then scram.
00:25:48Buck, you can't run
00:25:49your business from behind
00:25:50them 30 foot stone walls.
00:25:51Don't worry.
00:25:52I won't have to.
00:25:53Buck gets caught up
00:25:54with this.
00:25:55Powell had his eye
00:25:56on that clock.
00:25:57Come on out there
00:25:58and sweep up the winnings
00:25:59on that handicap.
00:26:00Go on.
00:26:07Hello, Powell.
00:26:11Hello, Gordon.
00:26:13Just dropping to see
00:26:14how we're getting along?
00:26:15Yeah, that's right.
00:26:16Well, we're getting along fine.
00:26:18Just tell that to the governor.
00:26:19Very interesting clock
00:26:21out there in that other room.
00:26:23Oh, mountain time, eh?
00:26:25Just a clock.
00:26:26Not a fine antique
00:26:28or anything like that.
00:26:29It keeps antique time,
00:26:30doesn't it, Gordon?
00:26:31Not that I know of.
00:26:33Then you don't know
00:26:34that it's running
00:26:35three minutes slow.
00:26:36You're wise, Powell.
00:26:37So what?
00:26:38I thought you'd like to know
00:26:40that your nice little plant
00:26:41here is going to be for rent.
00:26:43And so are all your other
00:26:44dives, too.
00:26:45Thanks for the tip-off.
00:26:47Is that all?
00:26:48Yes, that's all.
00:26:51My compliments
00:26:52to the governor
00:26:53and my congratulations.
00:26:55Thanks.
00:27:06Hello, Mary.
00:27:08Hello, Sport.
00:27:09Where's Nick?
00:27:10Right here.
00:27:11No.
00:27:12He's always in here
00:27:13at this time.
00:27:15Haven't you seen him tonight?
00:27:16No.
00:27:17I'm worried about him.
00:27:18You don't have to
00:27:19worry about Nicky.
00:27:20He can take care of himself.
00:27:22He looks both ways
00:27:23when he crosses the street.
00:27:25Yes, but so much
00:27:26could happen.
00:27:28Ah, the luxury
00:27:29of having somebody
00:27:30worry about you.
00:27:32He'll show up
00:27:33fat and sassy.
00:27:35You got to hurry up now.
00:27:36You're going pretty quick.
00:27:37Mm-hmm.
00:27:47You sure look nice.
00:27:48Yes, sir.
00:27:50Thanks, Ray.
00:27:52Some of that scent.
00:27:58You sure smell
00:27:59lovely, Mr. Gordon.
00:28:01You like it?
00:28:02Here.
00:28:03Have some yourself.
00:28:08Stanley makes
00:28:09some food for you.
00:28:11Oh, thank you.
00:28:13You're welcome.
00:28:14Stanley makes
00:28:15some food for you.
00:28:17You're telling me.
00:28:27Mary.
00:28:29Nicky.
00:28:30Darling,
00:28:31I'm so late today.
00:28:32Where have you been?
00:28:33Oh,
00:28:34walking.
00:28:36Walking?
00:28:37Where?
00:28:38Around.
00:28:40Something's
00:28:41bothering you.
00:28:42What's
00:28:43What's Buck
00:28:44been after you with?
00:28:46Nothing.
00:28:48Nicky,
00:28:49tell me.
00:28:51I can't.
00:28:52Oh.
00:28:54That sounds pretty bad.
00:28:57Mary,
00:28:59is there any reason why...
00:29:00Any reason for what?
00:29:02Well,
00:29:03why Buck can tell you
00:29:04what to do,
00:29:05when you have to stay
00:29:06and when you can go.
00:29:08No, of course not.
00:29:10How can you ask that?
00:29:11I don't know.
00:29:12So many things
00:29:13going on in my head
00:29:14it makes me screwy.
00:29:17Nicky,
00:29:20I must go now.
00:29:23Don't have bad thoughts
00:29:25ever about me.
00:29:41You're going your way
00:29:45I'm going mine
00:29:49When skies are stormy
00:29:53The sun
00:29:56can't shine
00:30:00But when
00:30:01the dark clouds
00:30:02disappear
00:30:03Oh, you're here.
00:30:05Mary,
00:30:06have you seen Buck?
00:30:07No,
00:30:08I haven't.
00:30:09You're here.
00:30:11Mary's been having
00:30:12the jitters about you.
00:30:13Isn't this the night
00:30:14you used to pick up
00:30:15Doyle and have a jockey?
00:30:16Did you do it?
00:30:18Look at her,
00:30:19isn't she swell?
00:30:25Someday
00:30:29We'll meet again
00:30:34And life will be
00:30:36So sweet again
00:30:41Wherever you travel
00:30:45No matter how far
00:30:49I'll follow my heart
00:30:54To wherever you are
00:30:58Yeah?
00:31:00Come in.
00:31:03When dreams
00:31:05Where is he?
00:31:07Oh, Nicky.
00:31:09Did he tell me he didn't show up?
00:31:10No.
00:31:11You talk to him?
00:31:12I ain't seen a heart of him
00:31:13since our talk in the office.
00:31:15I'll fix him.
00:31:17And I've been hanging around
00:31:18all night with that jockey.
00:31:21I don't know
00:31:23where you're going
00:31:26That's me.
00:31:29But someday
00:31:32We'll meet
00:31:36Again
00:31:43You want me?
00:31:45Nicky around?
00:31:46Just come in.
00:31:47Kick him up here.
00:31:52We'll meet again
00:31:58He wants to see you.
00:32:01I want to hear this.
00:32:02You'd better go.
00:32:03He means it.
00:32:06Wherever you travel
00:32:10No matter how far
00:32:14I'll follow my heart
00:32:19To wherever you are
00:32:25Someday
00:32:28When dreams
00:32:31Well, you didn't do it, did you?
00:32:33You mean I don't...
00:32:34Don't squirm.
00:32:35You didn't meet Doyle.
00:32:37No.
00:32:38You won't be wanting me now,
00:32:39will you, Perk?
00:32:40No.
00:32:42I'll meet you tomorrow
00:32:46And I don't know where...
00:32:48There's something I want to tell you about Mary.
00:32:50You're not going to tell me anything
00:32:51about anything.
00:32:52You're going to listen to me now.
00:32:53No, you listen to me.
00:32:54I'm getting out of here
00:32:55not to do anything you put me up to.
00:32:57You don't tell me.
00:32:58I've had enough of what you live in
00:33:00and you can't keep me in it any longer.
00:33:02Oh, those ambitions of yours
00:33:04are just sweeping you off your feet, aren't they?
00:33:06You're going to walk out on me now.
00:33:08You're a great fellow.
00:33:09Somebody important.
00:33:10Somebody big.
00:33:11Somebody decent, yeah.
00:33:12And try and stop me.
00:33:14You like the better classes, don't you?
00:33:16Well, I'll tell you this.
00:33:17I feel cheap.
00:33:18Cheap and dirty
00:33:19when I have to talk to people that are straight.
00:33:20Living decent, honest lives.
00:33:22That's a lad.
00:33:24The people that are straight.
00:33:26Well, point them out to me.
00:33:28Show me.
00:33:29I know them when I meet them.
00:33:31Oh, just instinct.
00:33:32Kind calling to kind.
00:33:35You're forgetting where you came from, aren't you?
00:33:40And you are tougher than the others.
00:33:42That's why I picked you.
00:33:45I...
00:33:46I've been tough ever since you took over.
00:33:48I was tough before, maybe.
00:33:49But I'm not now.
00:33:50Oh, yes.
00:33:51You're a dirty little mealy-mouthed double-crosser
00:33:53that's getting too big for his pants.
00:33:55So now I'm going to put you in your place
00:33:57so you won't come out of it anymore.
00:34:09Now, listen.
00:34:11I found you in a reform school, all right.
00:34:13But I put you there, too.
00:34:15I put you there to get you tough.
00:34:17You were a nice kid when I took you out of the orphanage.
00:34:20That was the first place I stuck you.
00:34:22Orphanage?
00:34:24Stuck me?
00:34:25Yeah.
00:34:26I had you looked after that way in the beginning.
00:34:33I'm going to use you for the rest of my life
00:34:36to get what I want.
00:34:40That face.
00:34:42It's a gentleman's face.
00:34:45Now I'm going to tell you who you are
00:34:47and why I got you hanging around.
00:34:50I took you away from your mother.
00:34:52My mother?
00:34:54Yes, when you were two.
00:34:57She hated me.
00:35:00Hated you?
00:35:02Yes, you dumb fool.
00:35:04You're my son.
00:35:06I'm your father.
00:35:08How do you like it?
00:35:14My father?
00:35:17And your mother was full of the same goodwill
00:35:20towards men that you're spilling.
00:35:22She was a grand lady.
00:35:24She found out what I was the day I married her.
00:35:27She got a great education through me.
00:35:29And when I got my fill of all that virtue,
00:35:32I took you and beat it.
00:35:34You kidnapped me.
00:35:36Yeah, that's right.
00:35:38Because I couldn't think of any way to hurt her more.
00:35:41I didn't want you then.
00:35:43I didn't have any use for you except to torment her.
00:35:46Who was she?
00:35:48Who was my mother?
00:35:49You're in for a big surprise, son.
00:35:52Your mother is Mrs. John Bandroff.
00:35:55The Honorable Mrs. John.
00:35:58I know.
00:35:59You're lying.
00:36:01It couldn't be.
00:36:03But that, that fine lady...
00:36:06No.
00:36:09You'll get used to it.
00:36:11And soon.
00:36:16You said you wanted to use me.
00:36:18That way?
00:36:20Is that what you mean?
00:36:22Now you're beginning to see daylight.
00:36:24Why are you not afraid of the governor?
00:36:26Why are you showing off under his nose?
00:36:28Why do you want him to show his hand?
00:36:30My ace in the hole.
00:36:32That's you.
00:36:33No wonder I've always hated you.
00:36:35No wonder you always made me sick.
00:36:37I hate your nasty, crooked face.
00:36:45Yeah?
00:36:48Oh, they're coming for me, huh?
00:36:51At midnight.
00:36:53I see.
00:36:55Oh, that's fine.
00:36:59You stay here till I get back.
00:37:01What are you going to do?
00:37:03The police are calling on us at midnight.
00:37:05At the height of the festivities.
00:37:07They like it that way. Dramatic.
00:37:09What are you going to do?
00:37:11Just what you think.
00:37:13Bankrupt?
00:37:14No, I think it would be more diplomatic to have a little talk with you.
00:37:17I'd like to have a little talk with Mrs. Bancroft first.
00:37:20Yes, I think I'll call at the governor's mansion and have a little chat with the governor's lady.
00:37:25No.
00:37:26And if we don't have a really nice chat,
00:37:28I'll still have time for a few minutes with the governor himself.
00:37:31No.
00:37:32And then I'll still have time to call in the boys of the press
00:37:35and tell them a few things about Mrs. Bancroft that maybe they don't know.
00:37:38No. No, you can't do it. You can't.
00:37:40Tell Connolly where I've gone. You stay here.
00:37:42You can't do it.
00:37:44Shut your trap, you dirty, sniveling little rat.
00:38:08Nicky, you didn't do it.
00:38:10I had to.
00:38:11No. No, you didn't.
00:38:15I had to do it. I had to kill him.
00:38:19Nicky.
00:38:36We can appeal.
00:38:38Remember that.
00:38:41Yes.
00:38:53Nick Elkins,
00:38:56you have pleaded guilty to the gravest crime against our laws.
00:39:01Before I pronounce a sentence on you,
00:39:04I am going to offer you a chance to speak.
00:39:07Will you tell the court why you killed Buck Gordon?
00:39:16He was no good.
00:39:21I sentence you, Nick Elkins,
00:39:26to be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
00:39:29No!
00:39:30May God have mercy on your soul.
00:40:00My dear.
00:40:01John, look at this.
00:40:03Yes, I know.
00:40:04I remember that boy.
00:40:06That day at the flying field. He was so young, so happy.
00:40:09Well, if he'd only offered some excuse, some defense.
00:40:12Nobody wants him to hang.
00:40:14Terrible word, hang.
00:40:16That's a cheerful word to begin the day with.
00:40:18Oh, my dear.
00:40:21Do you mean to say they are really going through with this business about that boy?
00:40:25Of course. The law is not a pastime.
00:40:27Pretty, how do you do when they begin hanging babies?
00:40:30That boy's of age.
00:40:32An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
00:40:35Rubbish.
00:40:36Nicky,
00:41:02why did you shoot Gordon?
00:41:05still do something. It's not too late. Talk and they listen. I said everything I
00:41:10had to say the night it happened. Now I'm ready to go. Please, tell me anyway. Don't
00:41:15ask me anymore, Bill. You're the most stubborn case I've ever tried to defend.
00:41:25Thanks, Bill, for everything you've done.
00:41:36Gordon, that boy's Flint. He's granted. You can't get him to tell you anything, eh?
00:41:42Not a word out of him. That's too bad. He ought to talk now.
00:42:05I'm sorry, Bill. I didn't mean to upset you. I'm sorry, Bill. I didn't mean to upset you.
00:42:35John. Yes, my dear? Surely something can be done to save that boy. Oh, Stella, dear, I
00:42:55wish you wouldn't upset yourself so much about this case. You know, it makes it so difficult
00:42:59for everybody. Difficult for me. I can't help it, dear. You know what I've been thinking.
00:43:04Oh, yes. Of course I do. Why, every woman who's been a mother would think the same way.
00:43:10But I must regard this case as I would any other. That boy must have had a very good
00:43:15reason. To kill a man, the reason must be very good indeed. Yes, I grant you that. Yes.
00:43:21Oh, bless me, Craig. Are the trout running in the corridor, Craig? I was thinking of
00:43:27my vacation, trying a little casting out in the garden, sir. I hooked Bill Chase. What,
00:43:32Bill again? Again. Will you see him? Oh, it can only mean one thing. Yes. His client
00:43:39is so young, you know. No motive. Oh, darling, do see him. Oh, very well. Tell him to come
00:43:45in. But, Craig, you come back in a few minutes and tell me that I have an appointment. Yes,
00:43:52sir. May I stay in here? What do you have to say? Yes, dear. But I'm sure nothing will
00:43:57come of this session. Bill, have you got good news? Oh, well, then what is it, Bill? John,
00:44:09we're old friends. Yes. Give me a 30-day stay of execution for the boy. I'll find out why
00:44:15he did it. Oh, well, the court has decided. You know I can't overrule that, just because
00:44:20you and the warden and others feel kindly towards the boy. Let me find out why the boy
00:44:26won't talk. It was murder. He was a kid just past 20. Oh, yes. I know. I've heard all that.
00:44:33No one knows who he is. He doesn't even know himself. He's the victim of circumstances.
00:44:38That's just it. An orphan. Growing up wildly. In evil conditions. Oh, Stella. I'm sorry,
00:44:43dear. You know, Bill, I am your friend. But I'm also the governor of this state. You're
00:44:50that because the people believed in your humanity. Show it now, John. Listen, will you let me
00:44:56bring the boy here? And will you question the boy yourself? No, it isn't done. Then
00:45:02you start it. Yes, John. If he gives one good reason, they'll have to listen. Oh, I can't
00:45:10bear to think of his dying, saying nothing, nothing to vindicate himself. Oh, very well,
00:45:18I'll do as you wish. But remember, you and you too, Stella, you mustn't question my decision.
00:45:24Of course not, dear. You have an appointment, Mr. Governor. No, I haven't. What? Oh, no,
00:45:33no, no, I haven't. Hello? Hello? Warden? Yes. Uh, warden, I, uh, I want you to do something.
00:46:02Bring him over there. Why, yes, certainly, sir, right away. Well, my boy, there's something
00:46:17up. The governor wants to see you. See me? At his house, at the mansion. Why, what for?
00:46:21Well, that's something I can't tell you. I don't want to go. Why, sure you do. He must
00:46:27want to talk to you, you know, as a friend. Now, don't hold out on him. I don't want to
00:46:32talk. No! Come on, son, get up. It's the governor's orders. All right, Craig. Come
00:46:59in. Take the handcuffs off, warden. Shall I wait outside, sir? Yes. Oh, just as you
00:47:14please. Nicky, I have the governor's permission to bring you here. What for? Oh, it's all
00:47:31right, Elkins. I'm not a detective. Your attorney is an old friend of mine. This is Mrs. Bancroft,
00:47:42Nicky. Don't you remember me? No. No, ma'am. That day at the airport when you picked up
00:47:54my hat. I haven't forgotten you. Thank you. Oh, Stella, I want you and Bill to leave me
00:48:08alone with this boy for a while, will you? Mrs. Bancroft is very much interested in your
00:48:28case. That's very kind of him. Sit down, Elkins. You know, it's very seldom that a man in
00:48:44your position has so many anxious to help him. You must realize that my having you here
00:48:53is very regular proceeding. Doesn't that show you that I'm interested too? Now, if there
00:49:02is any excuse for the crime you committed, tell it to me. I haven't any. Elkins, I don't
00:49:13think you've ever known a father's care or guidance. Now, I'm acting in your behalf more
00:49:21as a father than as the governor of the state. Won't you help me? Where did you get the name
00:49:33of Elkins? When I was a kid running around with a gang. Somebody gave it to me and it
00:49:38stuck. You knew Gordon for a long time? Didn't he know where you came from? From a reform
00:49:46school. He had me sprung. Didn't the people in the reform school know your parentage?
00:49:53I never asked. I never cared. But if you knew Gordon so long, why did you delay in giving
00:50:02him what you thought he deserved? Hadn't he given you cause for quarrel before? Oh, yes.
00:50:09But you didn't try to shoot him or get rid of him in any other way in any form of quarrel?
00:50:14Well, they weren't as bad as the one we had that night. Oh, then it was something he did
00:50:19or something he threatened to do that night that precipitated the shooting. Well, we had
00:50:25a real fight. What about? Was it about a girl? No. Well, it might have started that way,
00:50:36but she wasn't the cause of it. Money? Was it money you quarreled about? No. No, I killed
00:50:43him because he was no good. You haven't told me anything I haven't heard before. Now give
00:50:54me one act on which I can base a defense for you. Just one excuse for your act. I haven't
00:51:00any excuse, sir. It's right for me to go. I'm ready. But don't you understand? I can't
00:51:07reprieve you unless you try to defend yourself. Well, I can't do anything more. I hope you'll
00:51:18have courage. I hope you'll have courage.
00:51:48I tried. I did try. But the law says that it must happen.
00:52:17John, if I had you to raise again, I wouldn't let you get within a mile of a law school.
00:52:23Oh, mother dear, please.
00:52:53Here's someone to see you.
00:53:23Nicky.
00:53:32You came all the way up here by yourself.
00:53:35I wanted to. I told the others not to come. I had to see you alone.
00:53:40That's right. That's the way I wanted it too.
00:53:45There's so much I want to say.
00:53:49I do too. There's only one thing. You know.
00:53:56Yes. And you know too.
00:54:00You're all. All there ever was for me.
00:54:05Oh, this isn't really happening. It's a dream.
00:54:10That's right, baby. Keep thinking that.
00:54:15But it is real.
00:54:18That's a word.
00:54:22It's new.
00:54:25Nicky, how do you really feel inside?
00:54:29All right.
00:54:32Except when I think of you, then I feel.
00:54:37Maybe it would have been better if I hadn't come. Easier.
00:54:42No. I had to see you, baby.
00:54:46Don't cry.
00:54:49I'm not crying, Nicky.
00:54:52Forever. Don't forget.
00:54:56Forever. All my life.
00:55:03Here.
00:55:05It's a letter the warden gave me permission to write. I'm giving it to her.
00:55:09A letter, Nicky?
00:55:10Yeah. Show it to the guard. It's for Mrs. Bancroft.
00:55:13Mrs. Bancroft?
00:55:15Okay.
00:55:17Yeah. The governess' wife.
00:55:21Give it to her for me tomorrow sometime.
00:55:25I'd like it that way. From you to her.
00:55:28All right, Nicky.
00:55:32What else can I do?
00:55:35Love you.
00:55:37Except now.
00:55:40Oh, my darling Nicky.
00:55:51I've seen the sweetest thing in the world.
00:55:54Your face.
00:55:59You have a long haul back to town, baby.
00:56:01You have to sing tonight, don't you?
00:56:04How's the club?
00:56:07Oh, it's all right.
00:56:09Conley's made a go of it.
00:56:11It's just a plain nightclub now.
00:56:13Oh, that's great.
00:56:15You don't have to worry.
00:56:18Just sing.
00:56:20Just sing.
00:56:23Go on back now, baby.
00:56:26Maybe I better.
00:56:27Yeah.
00:56:28Turn right around and walk away.
00:56:31See? I'm smiling at you now.
00:56:35Go on, baby.
00:56:43Oh, I can't.
00:56:44Work for my sake.
00:57:12It's taken her a long time to get back.
00:57:16I hate to think what she had to go through telling him goodbye.
00:57:19Oh, don't talk about it.
00:57:24Listen.
00:57:26I thought you were coming.
00:57:55Mary.
00:58:10Kid.
00:58:16She ought to go home.
00:58:22Mary.
00:58:24You can't work tonight.
00:58:27Oh, I have to smoke.
00:58:30I have to.
00:58:32I don't want to be alone.
00:58:35I don't want to be alone.
00:58:37All right, all right.
00:58:39We're with you.
00:58:40Me and the boys, we're with you.
00:58:47I'm going to have to get dressed now.
00:59:16All right, boys, there's room for us.
00:59:35Someday, we'll be together.
00:59:45And life will be.
00:59:56Wherever you travel.
01:00:00No matter how far.
01:00:06I'll follow my heart.
01:00:12Wherever I go.
01:00:40Poor kid.
01:01:00I'm going to miss you.
01:01:29I'm going to miss you.
01:01:57I'm going to miss you.
01:02:25I'm going to miss you.
01:02:52I knew it.
01:02:55Why aren't you asleep, Stella?
01:02:57I can't sleep.
01:02:58Didn't I say in the beginning it was a wrong thing to have that prison right under our noses?
01:03:03It doesn't matter how near or far it is.
01:03:05It's what those men are doing there.
01:03:07Ending a life that hasn't had a decent chance.
01:03:09You can't get men to use common sense in matters like this.
01:03:12I wonder we women let them go on tinkering with the world.
01:03:16I can't help thinking if my son had lived, he'd be just that boy's age.
01:03:20That's why John has tried so hard to help him.
01:03:23I realize that.
01:03:25You can't do this poor boy any good, wandering and walking the floor all night.
01:03:29Won't you try to rest, dear?
01:03:31I'll try.
01:03:33Now you must get some sleep.
01:03:38Now remember, not another peep out of you until breakfast time.
01:03:44Good night.
01:03:45Good night.
01:04:15Good night.
01:04:46You know, I'd rather do anything in the world than witness this execution.
01:05:12Come on, son.
01:05:15Come on.
01:06:15Come on.
01:06:45Come on.
01:07:07What are you doing here?
01:07:09I didn't think anyone got up this early unless it was to go fishing.
01:07:12I want to see the Governor.
01:07:14It's impossible at this hour.
01:07:16You'll have to phone for an appointment.
01:07:18But I must see him now.
01:07:20Oh, young lady.
01:07:22Do as I say or I'll have to call the police.
01:07:24No, I won't go away.
01:07:25I must see him.
01:07:26I've got to talk to him.
01:07:28What is it, Craig?
01:07:29This girl insists on seeing you, sir.
01:07:32Please, sir.
01:07:33It's about Mickey Hawkins.
01:07:35I've got to talk to him.
01:07:37Come in.
01:07:39It's all right, Craig.
01:07:41I hope you catch plenty of fish.
01:07:58Well, what is it, my dear?
01:08:01It's not hard for me to get started.
01:08:05I'm not quite myself.
01:08:07How long were you waiting outside?
01:08:10Most of the night.
01:08:12What's her name?
01:08:15Mary Rapin.
01:08:17I sing in the club where...
01:08:21Mickey worked.
01:08:24I was there the night he killed Gordon.
01:08:27Yes.
01:08:31I had no idea.
01:08:34Oh, come in, my dear.
01:08:38This is my wife.
01:08:40It's all right. Go on.
01:08:42Tell us what you have to.
01:08:44I had no idea of coming here till last night.
01:08:47We all sat around between shows.
01:08:50No one was able to talk much.
01:08:56It's been terribly lonesome without him.
01:08:59I came because...
01:09:02I just had to be near Mickey.
01:09:04The boy was very dear to you, wasn't he?
01:09:10He was all I had in the world.
01:09:13We were going to get married.
01:09:16Last night...
01:09:19the boys at the club took up a collection.
01:09:23It amounted to $500.
01:09:26That's enough, isn't it?
01:09:30He...
01:09:32hadn't any relatives, so...
01:09:36no one wants him, but...
01:09:38Wants him? Why?
01:09:40What do you mean?
01:09:43I mean Mickey.
01:09:46May I...
01:09:48May I claim him?
01:09:50No.
01:09:52I couldn't bear to think of...
01:09:54his being put away all alone...
01:09:58with no one there.
01:10:02I know of a...
01:10:05little cemetery...
01:10:08where I could take him and then...
01:10:12and I could go there once in a while.
01:10:20How could you hang a grand boy like Mickey...
01:10:23for killing a man who wasn't fit to live?
01:10:26He didn't deserve to die! He deserved it!
01:10:29Oh, my poor child. Mr. Bancroft will do as you ask.
01:10:32Won't you, John?
01:10:34Why? I see no reason why I shouldn't.
01:10:51Well, that's strange.
01:10:56Warden? Hello?
01:10:59Warden?
01:11:01Yes.
01:11:03A young lady, Miss Rayburn...
01:11:06will come and see you.
01:11:08It's about Elgin.
01:11:11She wishes to take charge of the arrangements herself...
01:11:15for the burial. I've granted her request.
01:11:19Yes, you understand.
01:11:21At the specified time, you will hand her...
01:11:25What?
01:11:27What's that you're saying?
01:11:30What, on this line?
01:11:32The private wire?
01:11:35Why, no.
01:11:37Are you sure that it came over this direct wire to you?
01:11:41Why, yes, sir, over this line.
01:11:43The day of execution is 5.30 this morning.
01:11:46Don't tell me you don't know about it.
01:11:48Come over here at once, Warden, and bring Elgin to me.
01:11:51At once.
01:11:56Incredible.
01:11:58A stay of execution was granted...
01:12:01over this wire...
01:12:03as coming from me.
01:12:05John, then he hasn't been...
01:12:07He isn't...
01:12:09No.
01:12:11Why do you look at me like that?
01:12:16Miss Rayburn, I'm afraid that I shall have to ask you to go.
01:12:20Yes, of course.
01:12:22Don't send her away, John.
01:12:24I'll go up and wait in my study at the top of the stairs.
01:12:26Isn't that all right, dear?
01:12:28Very well.
01:12:33You have something to be thankful for, my dear.
01:12:36Yes.
01:12:40Stella.
01:12:41Yes, John.
01:12:48Do you know anything of that phone call?
01:12:51I? How could I?
01:12:53I don't allow your sympathy to carry you so far.
01:12:55That's preposterous.
01:12:57Yes, of course.
01:12:59Could it have been...
01:13:01Oh, no.
01:13:03He wouldn't do a thing like that.
01:13:05You mean you suspect the Warden?
01:13:07I know how he felt about executing that boy.
01:13:09Oh, no. He wouldn't do a thing like that.
01:13:12We must wait and see if the boy himself knows anything.
01:13:15I don't want to go.
01:13:17I tell you, I don't want to see them again.
01:13:19What is this all about?
01:13:21You'll have to come along.
01:13:28Come in.
01:13:32Yes, sir.
01:13:34Warden, you couldn't have received that telephone call yourself.
01:13:37You had to be with a prisoner in the execution chamber.
01:13:40That's right, sir. My assistant received the call.
01:13:42Naturally, there'd be no point in his lying to me.
01:13:44I trust him, as you know.
01:13:46And the call was on our private wire.
01:13:48Yes.
01:13:50Is it possible our private wire
01:13:52could have been tapped by any confederate of this boy's?
01:13:55Not without our knowing it, sir.
01:13:57Elkins.
01:13:59Elkins!
01:14:01Do you know anything of this unauthorized reprieve?
01:14:04No, sir.
01:14:06Please, won't you send me back and do it now?
01:14:09I can't stand any more of this.
01:14:11Well, I must grant the conventional 30 days reprieve
01:14:14and then get to the bottom of this.
01:14:16The papers will carry the news today, I suppose?
01:14:19Yes, sir. The boys were all there when the call came.
01:14:21They dashed right out.
01:14:23I'll make out the necessary papers now.
01:14:28Well!
01:14:30John is granting a reprieve.
01:14:32John!
01:14:34Oh!
01:14:39Warden, take him back.
01:14:42Please, sir.
01:14:44Before I go, I sent a letter here.
01:14:46A letter?
01:14:48A girl gave it to me.
01:14:50You wrote a letter to my wife?
01:14:52Yes, sir. Could I...
01:14:54Would you please give it back to me?
01:14:56I just wanted Mrs. Bancroft to know
01:14:59how much I appreciated your kindness and interest.
01:15:03I wanted to thank somebody for trying so hard.
01:15:07Would you please give it back to me?
01:15:09I left it in my room. I'll go and get it.
01:15:18Hello.
01:15:20This is a friend of Buck Gordon's.
01:15:23You can tell that, Governor, that Buck Gordon is even with him.
01:15:27Because the kid he hung this morning was his wife's son.
01:15:34Operator, trace that call.
01:15:36Who was it?
01:15:38There was someone who said he was an old friend of Buck Gordon's.
01:15:41What did he say?
01:15:43He said that you might be glad to learn that you...
01:15:49Stella.
01:15:51I received what's in that letter.
01:15:53Oh, no, sir. No...
01:15:55Maybe something that will explain this case.
01:16:19Stella, dear.
01:16:27Read that.
01:16:49My son.
01:16:51What?
01:16:53What is she saying, John?
01:17:03My baby.
01:17:05My baby.
01:17:07My baby.
01:17:09My baby.
01:17:11My baby.
01:17:13My baby.
01:17:15My baby.
01:17:17My baby.
01:17:25Nicky.
01:17:37It was you who threw that call on my private wire.
01:17:41Well, nobody else had the sense to do it.
01:17:43But John said it was you, sir.
01:17:45He said I was talking for you, John.
01:17:47And I told him not to argue.
01:17:55I'll go before the Board of Pardons myself.
01:17:58And make them see the proper conclusion of this case.
01:18:06Hello?
01:18:08Hello?
01:18:11Hello?
01:18:13Help.
01:18:17You make a pretty good cup, my mother darling.
01:18:22Hello?