Never Take Candy From A Stranger
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00:01:01Stop stop help. I've got my purse. It's got all my money in it 35 cents. Oh
00:01:08It's gone. It's gone. Was that your candy money? I'll never have so much money again in all my life
00:01:16Never mind never mind
00:01:21I know somewhere where you can get some candy for nothing. Come on
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00:03:01I'm dying to see you play. Sylvia tells me it's all modern contemporary. They call it dear nowadays. Well, whatever they call it
00:03:08I'm sure it's very nice. Come on, honey. Tomorrow's another school day. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed meeting you and mr
00:03:15Carter tonight you never know with a new principal
00:03:17He could be stuck up or play nasty or both, but neither of you seem to be either. Thank you. You're very kind
00:03:23Yes, we were all very worried when we heard you were for it. Oh English is hardly foreign dear
00:03:29I hope mr. Carter does Sally and I met in England while I was teaching over there
00:03:34Actually, I'm practically a local boy Toronto went the local girls good enough for you
00:03:39I never had a chance to find out left her honor when I was 10
00:03:42Well, you'll get used to Sylvia. It'll take a little time. Good night, everybody
00:03:48Some of the best friends of foreigners I
00:03:51Expect you'd like to keep this
00:03:53Chairman couldn't be here in person
00:03:54But right now politics take first place and he has this speaking date in St. John. It was nice of him to send a telegram
00:03:59Oh, I'm mr. Alderberry always does the right thing
00:04:03Young mr. Alderberry. I mean, it's the old one still alive. Oh
00:04:08Clarence is still alive. All right
00:04:14Well, it looks like they want to shut up shop come along sweetheart
00:04:18Thank you again for making Peter feel so very much at home. Oh my dear from now on you are at home. Thank you
00:04:24Good night. Good night. Good night
00:04:47I
00:04:53Was just watching you didn't really come back to get those books did you I just wanted to get you alone
00:04:59You wanted to have another look at your office to see if it was still here
00:05:03Do you blame me?
00:05:06But you always wanted isn't it
00:05:09And you do you like it here?
00:05:15And I love you
00:05:18Oh
00:05:21Sorry, mr. Carter, I was just talking up a you to be long. No, we're just going. Oh Harry. This is mrs. Carter
00:05:28Oh, yes, I reckon it might be at least right. I hope so
00:05:32How do you ma'am? Hello?
00:05:34You didn't hurry. I'm on all night. Well, thanks Harry, but we do have a home to go to
00:05:47Oh
00:05:58Where were the natives friendly?
00:06:01In fact, they were wonderful. I'm sure they were the salt of the earth
00:06:05Honey, I just don't like too much salt mother
00:06:08Now that's what I really waited up. Oh
00:06:11Jean get off to bed. All right. She always does for me. What was tonight's tale of horror?
00:06:17Little thing about a witch with three heads and one eye. I don't know why you tell her such hair-raising stories
00:06:22She likes them. You did too. Remember? I sometimes wonder how she can get up to sleep after listening to you
00:06:29Don't look now, but apparently she can't
00:06:34What are you doing out of bed
00:06:37Now you go back up those stairs
00:06:40Haven't I seen you somewhere before tonight? Come on out school tomorrow
00:06:45I was having a bad dream
00:06:47Wait a minute. I thought you said you couldn't sleep. How can you have a bad dream if you can't sleep?
00:06:54Sure, well now that's just silly you can't get locked or you've been inoculated against it
00:06:59Anyway, why not jaw for heaven's sake I stepped on a nail
00:07:03Come on, let's see it
00:07:10I can't see anything not even a scratch
00:07:13It isn't a scratch it's a dent now you get off to bed before I twist your ears off
00:07:19Where did you step on this nail?
00:07:22At the old berries, where were you there?
00:07:26Went to the house
00:07:28I hope they appreciated the honor
00:07:30Did you see mr. And mrs. Olderberry? Oh, no, they're out. Well, if they were out, how did you get in the house?
00:07:35You didn't just walk in did you?
00:07:37No, we rang the bell. Who let you in?
00:07:39Mr. Olderberry, I mean the old Mr. Olderberry
00:07:41Oh just a minute. This is getting confusing. Who's the old Mr. Olderberry?
00:07:46Oh, that'll be the father
00:07:48I shall have to call out tomorrow and apologize
00:07:50How long were you there?
00:07:52About half an hour
00:07:54Poor old man, he must have been about ready for a nervous breakdown
00:07:56Oh no, he liked it
00:07:58I'm sure he did, I think that was a very nice thing for you to do
00:08:00But how did you come to step on this nail? You had your shoes off
00:08:03We, uh, we took them off
00:08:06You took your shoes off?
00:08:08We took all our clothes off
00:08:12Darling, you didn't mean that, did you?
00:08:14About taking off all your clothes
00:08:16Yes, I did
00:08:18Why did you do it, Jean?
00:08:21Because Mr. Olderberry asked us to
00:08:27You spilt your drink
00:08:29Yes, I did, didn't I?
00:08:31Shall I help you wipe it up?
00:08:33Uh, darling, I don't think I quite understand
00:08:36Mr. Olderberry asked you to help him
00:08:39Mr. Olderberry asked you and Lucille to take off all your clothes
00:08:43That's right, so we did
00:08:45Wasn't that right?
00:08:47Well, no, Jean, it wasn't
00:08:50Why not? He said to
00:08:52Not now
00:08:54Um, darling, I think you'd better go back out to bed
00:08:57I'll come up with you
00:08:59Can't I stay down a little longer?
00:09:01No, I don't think so
00:09:03Come along
00:09:05Good night, Grandma
00:09:07Good night, Widget
00:09:09I hope it doesn't spoil the table
00:09:12Good night, Daddy
00:09:14Good night, Jean
00:09:16What about my lock door?
00:09:18We'll put something on it when we get upstairs
00:09:20Then you won't have anything more to worry about
00:09:23God
00:09:25Here's
00:09:29Do you think he did what Jean said he did?
00:09:32Yes, I do
00:09:34He actually made them undress
00:09:36Apparently
00:09:40If he touched her
00:09:42I swear I'll kill the swine
00:09:47There, how's that?
00:09:49Fine
00:09:51There, you see
00:09:53In the morning it'll all be well
00:09:55Tell me a story
00:09:57I tell you what
00:09:59Let's have a little talk first
00:10:01Then maybe I'll read to you
00:10:02What shall we talk about?
00:10:04What shall we talk about this afternoon?
00:10:06What was Mr. Olderberry like?
00:10:08He was all right
00:10:09He was very old, though
00:10:11What were you doing there?
00:10:13I mean
00:10:15Why did you go to the house in the first place?
00:10:17Lucille said he'd give us some candy
00:10:19And did he?
00:10:21Oh, yes, afterwards
00:10:23After what?
00:10:25After we danced
00:10:27Can I have a drink of water, please?
00:10:29Yes
00:10:31Yes, of course
00:10:35Where did all this happen?
00:10:37In his room
00:10:38It's on the top floor
00:10:40It's got a private stairs and a front door and everything
00:10:42I'd like to live there
00:10:46Would you, darling?
00:10:48Oh, I'd much rather live here, of course
00:10:50It's much cleaner
00:10:52Was Mr. Olderberry alone?
00:10:54Oh, yes
00:10:55There was nobody else
00:10:56Lucille introduced me
00:10:58She said I was her friend
00:11:00And then what happened?
00:11:04He asked her if she liked to play games, too
00:11:08Jean said she did
00:11:10He said the game was for her and Lucille
00:11:12To take off all their clothes
00:11:14Jean didn't want to do it
00:11:16But Lucille said Mr. Olderberry
00:11:18Would give them a lot of candy
00:11:20She took off her clothes first
00:11:22And then Jean
00:11:25He made them dance
00:11:27Oh, no
00:11:29He just sat there a few feet away
00:11:31Jean said he kept smiling at them
00:11:33He was walking backwards and forth
00:11:35With his hands on the arm of the chair
00:11:37He was making a sort of noise
00:11:39As if he was singing
00:11:41Only he wasn't singing
00:11:43I'll just have a look
00:11:45After a few minutes
00:11:47He closed his eyes
00:11:49And Jean thought he'd gone off to sleep
00:11:51She started to put on her clothes again
00:11:53But he woke up and asked her what she was doing
00:11:55She said it was cold
00:11:57And anyway, she thought the game was finished
00:11:59He laughed and said that it was
00:12:01That was when she stepped on the nail
00:12:03And that's the whole story?
00:12:05Yes
00:12:09Do you think Jean has any idea what it's all about?
00:12:11No, not the slightest
00:12:13She still thinks it was all a game
00:12:17She said the candy wasn't very good
00:12:21Sally
00:12:23It's true, isn't it?
00:12:25Jean didn't make up any of it
00:12:27No, no, it's all true
00:12:32Pete
00:12:34We don't want the whole town to know
00:12:36You know what those small-town switchboards are
00:12:38Who are you calling?
00:12:40His son
00:12:44Of course, they'll all be over at St. John
00:12:46We'll just have to leave him till the morning
00:12:48Leave him?
00:12:50What else can we do?
00:12:52Call the police
00:12:54I don't think that'll be at all wise
00:12:56I'm not interested in doing lots of eyes
00:12:58I only want to know what's going on
00:13:00I'm not interested in doing lots of eyes
00:13:02I only want to do what's right
00:13:04Wouldn't it be right, Sally, to go to the police at this stage?
00:13:06They'd arrest him, they'd get him away from here
00:13:08I very much doubt it
00:13:10What do you mean, isn't what he's done a crime?
00:13:12Attempted rape?
00:13:14Attempted rape?
00:13:16Sally didn't even touch the child
00:13:18I don't understand you
00:13:20Neither of you seem to think this is serious
00:13:22A sexual pervert lures two little girls into his home
00:13:24He didn't lure them in
00:13:26They went there of their own accord
00:13:28This is something that might have had the most horrible consequences
00:13:30I don't think so, Sally, really I don't
00:13:32I'm not trying to minimise what happened
00:13:34I do think it was frightful
00:13:36But you must keep a sense of proportion
00:13:38After all, Jean wasn't actually hurt
00:13:40You seem very sure of that, Marty
00:13:42I am, instinctively
00:13:44You see, I know how tough children can be
00:13:48Happy, normal children, that is
00:13:50And I know how much it takes, really, to shock them
00:13:52Listen
00:13:54When I was about Jean's age
00:13:56There was a man in the village, Percy Sanford
00:13:58He was about 40
00:14:00Like a big, overgrown schoolboy
00:14:02Case of arrested development, I suppose it usually is
00:14:04Anyway, when we little girls went by on our way to school
00:14:06He used to stand at the window and
00:14:08I believe the term is
00:14:10Expose himself
00:14:12What happened to him?
00:14:14Nothing
00:14:16I don't know
00:14:18I don't know
00:14:20Nothing
00:14:22Family was highly respected
00:14:24Respectable folk
00:14:26They just kept him at home
00:14:28And everyone pretended not to notice
00:14:30Anyway
00:14:32You see, the sight of poor Percy
00:14:34Didn't do me any permanent harm
00:14:38Sally, where are you going?
00:14:40Sally, I asked, where are you going?
00:14:42I'm going for the police
00:14:44Sally, listen to me, you can't make a serious complaint
00:14:46Against someone without knowing what you're doing
00:14:48No, you don't, the charge you're making might be
00:14:50Substantially false
00:14:52Do you think your daughter was lying?
00:14:54No, Jean doesn't lie, but if we accuse Alderbery of something like
00:14:56Assault or attempted rape, he may get off completely
00:14:58We'd be sued for everything we've got
00:15:00I'm sorry
00:15:02Sally, give me that car key
00:15:04Wait, now calm down both of you
00:15:06You're behaving like children
00:15:08First of all, Sally
00:15:10Would you mind telling me, without shouting please
00:15:12Why do you think it's necessary to go rushing off the police
00:15:14Right now in the middle of the night?
00:15:16I want it as soon as possible after it's committed
00:15:18This isn't an ordinary crime like burglary or hold-up
00:15:20This concerns a lot of people
00:15:22People you know and have to live with
00:15:24Whole families, maybe the whole town
00:15:26It concerns Pete's relations with his colleagues
00:15:28And the school committee
00:15:30After all, don't forget we're foreigners here
00:15:32Are you putting Pete's job ahead of Jean's safety?
00:15:34I'm not putting anything ahead of anything
00:15:36I just want you to look at this objectively
00:15:38Objectively?
00:15:40You expect me to be objective when a man tries to corrupt my daughter?
00:15:42Yes, I do
00:15:44For her sake and yours
00:15:46I'm sorry, the police have got to be told
00:15:48But why, Sally, why?
00:15:50Because it isn't only Jean that's threatened
00:15:52It's every other child in this town
00:15:54We have a responsibility in this, a responsibility to society
00:15:56To hell with society
00:15:58What worries me is you
00:16:00And Jean
00:16:02And Pete
00:16:04And the effect this will have on your lives, if you let it
00:16:08Go away!
00:16:10Go away!
00:16:14Go away!
00:16:16Go away!
00:16:18Go away!
00:16:20Go away!
00:16:22Go away!
00:16:24Go away!
00:16:26He's in there, the old man
00:16:28In the cupboard
00:16:30Nonsense, darling, you're just dreaming
00:16:32There's nobody here but you and us
00:16:34Yes, there is
00:16:36I saw him go in, he's still in there
00:16:38Now then, Widget
00:16:40See
00:16:42Nothing
00:16:44Like Mummy said, just a bad old dream
00:16:46No, it wasn't
00:16:48I saw his right hand
00:16:50He was going to take me away
00:16:52It's all right, darling
00:16:54It's all right, calm down
00:16:56No one's going to take you away
00:16:58No one's going to take you away
00:17:00Pete!
00:17:08Pete!
00:17:12Are you going to the police?
00:17:30Say, Mac, you want some fancy reading?
00:17:32Let's take a look at this Guy Carter statement
00:17:34Not now, the chief's waiting for these
00:17:36You can read the file copy
00:17:38All right, all right
00:17:46I thought maybe you'd better have a look at this
00:17:48And see what your husband did
00:17:50And see what your husband did
00:17:52And see what your husband did
00:17:54And see what your husband did
00:17:56And see what your husband did
00:17:58Let's take a look at this
00:18:00And see what your husband did say
00:18:02But I know what my husband said
00:18:04Sure, of course you do
00:18:06But I thought there might be a few things you didn't agree with
00:18:08Or you might want him to change
00:18:10It's a simple statement of fact
00:18:12I wouldn't call it just that
00:18:14What do you mean?
00:18:16It's his story, what your little girl told you
00:18:18It ain't been substantiated yet
00:18:20It will be
00:18:22In court if necessary, Mr. Hammond
00:18:24Captain Hammond, if you please, ma'am
00:18:26I sweated it out for my rank the hard way, Mrs. Carter,
00:18:29so I kind of like people to use it.
00:18:31I'm sorry, Captain Hammond.
00:18:33No offense, ma'am. None taken, I'm sure.
00:18:36What I'm trying to say is this, Mrs. Carter,
00:18:38and I hope you won't take me wrong.
00:18:40You and your husband are strangers in this town.
00:18:43Nobody knows much about you.
00:18:44What has that got to do with it?
00:18:46Quite a lot in a place like this.
00:18:48I don't say it's right, but it's how things are.
00:18:50But you seem to forget that my husband has just been
00:18:52appointed principal of your high school.
00:18:55That must give him some standing in the community.
00:18:57Some standing. The Olderberries have a lot more.
00:19:00I don't doubt that, but...
00:19:01High school principals come and go,
00:19:03but the Olderberries, you might say, go on forever.
00:19:08Are you trying to suggest that my husband and I
00:19:10withdraw our charge?
00:19:12We just go home and forget about what happened to our child?
00:19:15Now you mention it, just what did happen to your child?
00:19:18As far as I can see, nothing very much.
00:19:20Captain Hammond, have you any children of your own?
00:19:23I wish I have, ma'am. Five of them. Three boys and two girls.
00:19:26So I guess I know just about as much as anybody
00:19:28how much notice to take of the things kids say
00:19:30when they've been doing something they know they shouldn't.
00:19:32Such as?
00:19:33Going to people's houses and begging for candy.
00:19:37How dare you!
00:19:39Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but...
00:19:41I get kind of riled when I think of all the trouble
00:19:44that can be caused by a little exaggeration.
00:19:47I'm not denying that maybe the old man
00:19:49did get a little fresh with those kids.
00:19:50A little fresh?
00:19:52You call it a little fresh getting young girls
00:19:54to strip in front of him?
00:19:56Nobody was hurt, were they? He didn't do anything.
00:19:58Yes, he did do something.
00:20:00He attacked their innocence.
00:20:01And I don't mean their physical innocence.
00:20:03I mean their minds.
00:20:05And the only reason he didn't succeed
00:20:06was because they were too young and inexperienced
00:20:08to know what he was after.
00:20:09In other words, no real harm's been done.
00:20:12I didn't say that.
00:20:14That's what it's gonna sound like if you force the issue
00:20:16and bring this out in an open court.
00:20:19Will it?
00:20:21Look, Mrs. Carter,
00:20:23you've got to be realistic.
00:20:26The Olderberry's practically made Jamestown.
00:20:30If it hadn't been for Clarence,
00:20:31that's the old man starting the sawmill,
00:20:33there'd probably be nothing but trees
00:20:35where I'm standing right now.
00:20:37And if it hadn't been for Richard
00:20:38branching out in a hundred different ways,
00:20:41we'd have stayed nothing more than an overgrown lumber camp
00:20:43instead of being one of the most prosperous
00:20:45go-ahead places this side of the St. Lawrence.
00:20:48I'm sure that's true, Captain Hammond.
00:20:50But you can't expect it to make much difference
00:20:51to Mr. Carter and me.
00:20:53We're not members of your Chamber of Commerce.
00:20:57No, ma'am, you and your husband
00:20:58ain't members of nothing here.
00:21:00And you're not likely to be
00:21:01if you insist on going through with this thing.
00:21:02I don't see that we have any choice.
00:21:05Not only for Gene, but for every other child
00:21:06in your prosperous go-ahead time.
00:21:09Okay, make fun of us.
00:21:11We're nothing but poor, stupid colonials.
00:21:13But at least we know how to look after ourselves
00:21:15and our own children.
00:21:16We know enough to keep them away from a house like that.
00:21:19A house like what?
00:21:22I mean, strangers' houses, where they're not wanted,
00:21:24where they've got no business to be.
00:21:29Is that all you wanted to see me about, Captain Hammond?
00:21:31To verify my husband's statement?
00:21:34I'll bring it around for Mr. Carter to sign.
00:21:38I suppose it's just possible
00:21:39he may have some second thoughts by then.
00:21:42No, Captain Hammond, it's not possible.
00:21:46Thank you for the information.
00:21:48What information?
00:21:50About the town.
00:21:51Goodbye.
00:22:09Hello, Mrs. Carter.
00:22:11Hello, Mr. Phillips.
00:22:13I heard you were in town.
00:22:14Hello, Mr. Phillips.
00:22:15I heard what happened yesterday.
00:22:17Oh?
00:22:18I'm sorry, this isn't even a small world.
00:22:20It's just an overgrown village.
00:22:22So I gather.
00:22:23Your little girl all right?
00:22:24Yes, thank you.
00:22:25Must have been horrible for you and Mr. Carter
00:22:27happening so soon after you got here.
00:22:30Mr. Phillips,
00:22:32has anything like this ever happened before?
00:22:35I mean, with older men.
00:22:37Well, not as bad as this, no.
00:22:39What do you mean?
00:22:41Well, nothing as compromising as this anyway.
00:22:44You see, Mrs. Carter,
00:22:48Clarence Alderberry's a very famous character around here
00:22:50and everybody knows how much he likes children.
00:22:54He likes them so much that sometimes
00:22:55he can't keep his hands off them.
00:22:58But he's never made his intentions
00:22:59quite so clear before.
00:23:00And no one's ever done anything about it?
00:23:03No one's gone to the police before.
00:23:05The Alderberries themselves,
00:23:06they sent him to Coal Hill for a while.
00:23:08That's a sanatorium a few miles out of town
00:23:10for nervous diseases.
00:23:12An asylum?
00:23:14Well, they don't call it that.
00:23:17I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse me.
00:23:19Good luck.
00:23:21Sorry.
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00:23:40Well, about something else.
00:23:41This isn't the first time Alderberry's
00:23:42done this sort of thing.
00:23:43He's well-known for his leanings in that way.
00:23:45He's even been in a sanatorium.
00:23:47Has he now?
00:23:48That changes everything, doesn't it.
00:23:50It means we're no longer alone.
00:23:51The whole town will be behind us.
00:23:53I like to think so.
00:23:54There must be.
00:23:55I called Richard Alderberry.
00:23:56What did he say?
00:23:57He said if I had anything to say,
00:23:58to say it to his lawyers.
00:23:59Excuse me, Mr. Carter.
00:24:01The sports committee is assembled, Mr. Carter.
00:24:03Shall I tell...
00:24:04I'll see you at home.
00:24:06Don't worry, we'll be all right.
00:24:09That's what I wanted to say to you.
00:24:12I could tell them you'd rather make the meeting tomorrow.
00:24:15Why? Do you think tomorrow will be any better than today?
00:24:19Don't think I'm trying to excuse the old man or anything.
00:24:22Well, I should hope not.
00:24:23Oh, it's just that I can't understand what the child is doing there in the first place.
00:24:27Oh, really?
00:24:28Half the time when girls get themselves into that kind of trouble, it's their own fault.
00:24:32She's only nine or ten years old, that's all.
00:24:34That's old enough to know better. If you ask me, I...
00:24:37Oh, nobody did ask you, did they?
00:24:39I beg your pardon.
00:24:41So you damn well should.
00:24:44Who on earth was that?
00:24:46She's the child's grandmother.
00:24:47Oh, no. Why didn't you warn us?
00:24:51Sylvia, this is dreadful.
00:24:53Why, I only said what I'm sure a lot of people are thinking.
00:25:00You are lucky having your own pool.
00:25:02Sure, come on. I'll ask Mum for two sodas before we swim.
00:25:05I wish we had a pool.
00:25:07Hi, Mum. Jean's coming for a swim. Can I get two sodas?
00:25:10I don't think you'd better swim today.
00:25:12Huh?
00:25:13It's cold.
00:25:14It's not cold.
00:25:15Don't argue.
00:25:16Anyway, I'm sure Jean's mother would rather she went straight home today.
00:25:19No, it's all right. My mother knew I was coming swimming.
00:25:22I think you still better go straight home.
00:25:24But why can't she?
00:25:26Quiet, Sammy.
00:25:27All right. Bye, Sammy.
00:25:30Bye, Jean.
00:25:31Bye, Mrs. Nash.
00:25:32Goodbye.
00:25:34Maybe some other time.
00:25:45Little girl.
00:25:46Yes?
00:25:47Can you please tell me which is Mr. Carter's house?
00:25:49Yes, I can. This is it. I live here.
00:25:58Are you Miss Jean Carter?
00:25:59Yes, sir.
00:26:00Will you take me in?
00:26:01Yes, of course.
00:26:02I've come to see your daddy.
00:26:11Hello, Grandma. Is Daddy home?
00:26:13Yes.
00:26:14Mr. Norton wants to speak to him.
00:26:16I'm Richard Olderberry.
00:26:17Will you... Will you come in?
00:26:21Is that Herman?
00:26:22No, it's Mr. Olderberry.
00:26:24Mr. Richard Olderberry.
00:26:27May I come in?
00:26:28Certainly.
00:26:29I'll take Jean upstairs.
00:26:32You little kids you got there, you know.
00:26:34We met on the doorstep.
00:26:37I'm afraid I owe you folks an apology.
00:26:39An apology?
00:26:40Well, yes, for coming along like this without any warning
00:26:42and about my behavior on the phone this morning.
00:26:45You see, I was kind of annoyed that you went to the police
00:26:47without talking to me first.
00:26:50Let me take your things.
00:26:56Here.
00:26:57All right. You'd better sit down.
00:27:00I, uh...
00:27:01I also want to say I'm sorry about this misunderstanding.
00:27:05Misunderstanding?
00:27:07Yeah, all this stuff about the kids coming to my house
00:27:09and my father teasing them or something.
00:27:11Mr. Olderberry, I don't think you quite understand what happened.
00:27:14Offering children candy to take off their clothes
00:27:17is something more than teasing.
00:27:20Kids sometimes imagine things, you know.
00:27:23Not a thing like that.
00:27:25Mr. Olderberry, I think you should know
00:27:28my wife and I are absolutely convinced that Jean's story is true,
00:27:31that your father did behave exactly the way she said he did.
00:27:40Mr. Carter,
00:27:42my family has been in this town for generations,
00:27:45and in all that time, nobody's ever been able to say a bad word about us.
00:27:49Nobody.
00:27:50Ever.
00:27:52Mr. Olderberry, we don't want revenge.
00:27:55All we want is an assurance
00:27:57that your father won't be allowed to go on being a menace to the children of this town.
00:28:01What do you mean by assurance?
00:28:03Isn't my word good enough?
00:28:04That he isn't dangerous?
00:28:07If he could be looked after in some way,
00:28:09perhaps a male nurse.
00:28:11My father doesn't need a nurse. He's not sick.
00:28:14But he is sick. That's just the point.
00:28:16I happen to know a little about these things,
00:28:17an educator has to.
00:28:19I'll admit, we don't know the best way to deal with people like your father.
00:28:23Nobody's asking you to deal with him, Mr. Carter.
00:28:25If he'd had some sort of treatment when he was a child, some psychological training...
00:28:28My father wasn't brought up like that.
00:28:30He was running a sawmill by the time he was 16.
00:28:33He had discipline. Plenty of it.
00:28:35That's not the point.
00:28:37The point is what to do with a person who,
00:28:39for whatever reasons, has grown up with a twisted mind.
00:28:42We'd like to give him some kind of a treatment.
00:28:44Try and root out the trouble.
00:28:49But that's impossible.
00:28:51Your father's too old.
00:28:52There's only one thing left,
00:28:54and that's to put him away where his illness can't harm others.
00:28:59You want to put my father away?
00:29:01Well, nobody's going to put my father away, Mr. Carter.
00:29:04Look, that could be avoided
00:29:06if you'd agree to send him to someplace like Cold Hill.
00:29:08I understand that he was there for a time already.
00:29:10Who told you that?
00:29:11It doesn't matter.
00:29:12It does matter? I want to know. Who told you?
00:29:14The point is, why was he discharged?
00:29:16He wasn't discharged.
00:29:17He was in there as a voluntary patient.
00:29:19He didn't want to stay, so I took him out.
00:29:21Now, let's get this straight.
00:29:22You mean they thought that he should have stayed there longer?
00:29:26Anyway, they couldn't have kept him.
00:29:28Not unless he was committed by law in the first place.
00:29:31We'll have to see that he is committed by law this time.
00:29:34My husband's right, Mr. Oldberry.
00:29:36Surely you must see that.
00:29:38You...
00:29:39You lousy outsiders.
00:29:41You come here with an annoying soul, looking for a job.
00:29:44We find you one,
00:29:46and the first thing you do is you stir up trouble.
00:29:48You start talking about getting people arrested,
00:29:50about having them shut up.
00:29:52Boy, that's really funny, coming from you, Carter.
00:29:54You, with your fancy degrees and no money in the bank.
00:29:57What are they teaching them colleges anyway?
00:29:59Don't you know that a high school principal needs the goodwill of the community?
00:30:02That's got nothing to do with this.
00:30:03That's got everything to do with this.
00:30:05You're only here on trial.
00:30:06We can get rid of you any time we want.
00:30:08We, Mr. Oldberry?
00:30:09All right, then, me, Mrs. Carter.
00:30:11You'll soon find out that nobody else's word on the committee matters.
00:30:14Mr. Oldberry, before you go, will you admit that you're...
00:30:16I'll admit to nothing!
00:30:17But I am going.
00:30:20Mr. Oldberry,
00:30:23you won't even admit that your father is mentally ill.
00:30:25You're damn right I won't.
00:30:27That'd be the same as admitting there's some truth in the story.
00:30:31I'll tell you what I will do, Carter.
00:30:33Unless you withdraw your complaint,
00:30:34I'm gonna have a meeting at the school board,
00:30:36and you'll be without a job in 48 hours.
00:30:38You better wait for the results of the trial, Mr. Oldberry.
00:30:40It might make a difference.
00:30:41There won't be any trial.
00:30:42It'll never get that far.
00:30:44What are you doing here, Hammond?
00:30:46I've brought the document Mr. Carter wanted.
00:30:49What document?
00:30:50The charge against your father.
00:30:51He hasn't signed it yet.
00:30:52Is that all it needs, just my signature?
00:30:54And then what?
00:30:55I'll have to go to your place and make the arrest.
00:30:57Look, Hammond, you think I'm gonna let you do this?
00:30:59I've got no option, Dick.
00:31:01Once an official complaint has been filed, everything else follows.
00:31:04We'll see that he gets bail, of course.
00:31:06There you are, Captain Hammond.
00:31:08All right, Carter.
00:31:10All right, you make your charge.
00:31:12But let me warn you about one thing.
00:31:14Don't put that little girl of yours on the stand to testify against my father.
00:31:17Now, don't do that.
00:31:18Get out of here.
00:31:19Because if you do, don't expect my lawyers to have any mercy on her.
00:31:21You take it from me.
00:31:23It'll be an experience that she won't forget in a hurry.
00:31:26They'll tear her apart, and they'll do it on my instructions.
00:31:43You're Mrs. Carter?
00:31:44Yes.
00:31:45Your husband says he won't be much longer.
00:31:47Unfortunately, Dr. Monford couldn't see him right away.
00:31:50Oh, that's all right.
00:31:51You're sure you wouldn't rather wait inside?
00:31:53Um, no, thank you.
00:31:55Well, he'll be right out.
00:31:58Terrible weather.
00:32:01It would be different, of course, if Dr. Huber were alive.
00:32:04He dealt directly with the case.
00:32:06Is there anyone else who can give us the information?
00:32:08No.
00:32:09Well, sure, you keep records of your patients' progress, their case histories.
00:32:12Of course.
00:32:13But they're strictly confidential.
00:32:15You could be forced to produce them by a court order.
00:32:17We could.
00:32:20Look, Doctor, all I want to know is whether Clarence Alderberry
00:32:24left this sanatorium with or without the consent of his doctors.
00:32:28I understand your problem, Mr. Carter.
00:32:30You must try to understand ours.
00:32:32Cold Hill is not a state institution.
00:32:34We're supposed to be a state institution.
00:32:36Cold Hill is not a state institution.
00:32:38We're supported entirely by private subscriptions.
00:32:42Meaning the Alderberries.
00:32:44Among others.
00:32:48I'm wasting my time.
00:32:50And yours.
00:32:51Not at all.
00:32:52I'm sorry I had to keep you waiting.
00:32:53Goodbye, Dr. Montfort.
00:32:54Mr. Carter, may I give you a piece of advice in confidence?
00:32:59Yes, please do.
00:33:01Don't bother to get a court order to open the files of Clarence Alderberry.
00:33:04Why not?
00:33:05There's nothing in them.
00:33:22How did you find out?
00:33:23Who owns Cold Hill Sanatorium?
00:33:53This is one ace Alderberry can't trump.
00:34:14Mrs. Demarest?
00:34:15Oh.
00:34:17You'll be the carders, I suppose.
00:34:19Yes.
00:34:20Well, thank you.
00:34:26Tom ought to be home any minute now.
00:34:28He knows you're coming.
00:34:29I do hope it isn't inconvenient.
00:34:31Oh, no.
00:34:32I haven't started getting supper yet.
00:34:34I was just getting the vegetables ready.
00:34:38Please, do sit down.
00:34:41Will we be able to see Lucille?
00:34:43Well, Lucille's away right now.
00:34:46She's staying with her aunt up in Halifax.
00:34:49How long will she be there?
00:34:51I don't know.
00:34:52A couple of weeks.
00:34:53Depends.
00:34:54Depends on what?
00:34:56On how long Marjorie, that's my sister, can have her.
00:35:01Wouldn't you folks like a cup of coffee?
00:35:03It won't take a minute.
00:35:04No, thanks.
00:35:05Really.
00:35:06Mrs. Demarest, you do know why we've come here?
00:35:08Why, yes.
00:35:09I think so.
00:35:13I feel that it's important that we should be in this together from the very beginning.
00:35:18Yes.
00:35:20Well, of course, that's up to Tom.
00:35:23But I'm sure he must realize how much better it will be for both of us.
00:35:27I hope so.
00:35:30They've just got to put that old man away.
00:35:32They've just got to.
00:35:33Don't worry, Mrs. Demarest.
00:35:34Between us, we'll see that they do.
00:35:38Oh, that'll be Tom.
00:35:44The Carters are here.
00:35:45Oh, they've been here long?
00:35:46No.
00:35:52I had to walk halfway back from the mill.
00:35:54The car broke down.
00:35:55Second time this week.
00:35:57Mrs. Carter, how are you?
00:35:59Hello.
00:36:00Did you fix the folks some coffee?
00:36:01Oh, no one wants any.
00:36:02Well, I do.
00:36:03Oh.
00:36:04Well, if you'll excuse me.
00:36:07Oh, won't you sit down?
00:36:08Oh, thanks.
00:36:11What can I do for you, Carter?
00:36:12Well, nothing at the moment.
00:36:13But next week, I'll be going over to St. John to see the Crown Prosecutor about this Olderberry case.
00:36:17Well, I thought we could save a lot of time and trouble if you came along with me.
00:36:21What for?
00:36:22Well, to tell your side of the story.
00:36:23Rather loose seals.
00:36:25I'm sure you want to keep her out of it as much as possible.
00:36:28I want to keep her out of it, period.
00:36:30That's why I sent her away to her aunt.
00:36:31But she can't be kept out of it.
00:36:33Next to Jean, she'll be the prosecutor's chief witness.
00:36:36Oh, no, she won't.
00:36:37Because she wasn't the witness.
00:36:38I don't get you.
00:36:41Look, Carter.
00:36:42Just like everybody else around here, I'm sorry about what happened.
00:36:44I just don't want to get mixed up in it.
00:36:47But you are mixed up in it already, as Sally says.
00:36:50I don't know what your little girl's been telling you,
00:36:52but Lucille was nowhere near that Olderberry house the other afternoon.
00:36:55Mr. Demings!
00:36:56Look, she was playing on a swing with Jean till 5.30.
00:36:58Then she came over for supper.
00:37:00Jean didn't want to go, so she left her there.
00:37:03But that's not true.
00:37:06That's her story.
00:37:11The mill you work at, is it the Olderberry mill?
00:37:16What's that got to do with it?
00:37:19I wonder.
00:37:20I also wonder if Lucille will stick to her story on the witness stand.
00:37:24There isn't going to be any witness stand.
00:37:25I don't want my kid dragged through the courts.
00:37:27You won't have any choice if the attorney general issues a subpoena.
00:37:30We'll see.
00:37:32That's right.
00:37:34Come on, Sally, we'd better be getting home.
00:37:36Yeah, I think maybe you'd better.
00:37:41Goodbye, Demarest.
00:37:43I think you're making a very serious mistake.
00:37:45I'm not making any mistake.
00:38:11Can I speak to Mr. Richard Olderberry, please?
00:38:13Tom Demarest.
00:38:14Why, Tom, why?
00:38:15Shut up!
00:38:16But why?
00:38:41Hey, I think that's them coming now.
00:38:48Now you just tell your story like you told it to your mother and me at home.
00:38:51Okay.
00:38:53Ready?
00:38:56Take a chance.
00:39:10Take a chance.
00:39:15Take a chance.
00:39:40I think I'll sit here.
00:39:45These are your seats here.
00:39:46Morning, Mrs. Carter.
00:39:47Morning.
00:39:48Morning, Jean.
00:39:58Don't you worry, Dad.
00:40:00Everything's going to be fine.
00:40:11I had a word with the judge.
00:40:13There'll be no need for your father to stand during the hearing.
00:40:16Good.
00:40:40Order in court.
00:40:41The court will rise.
00:41:11Oh, yes, oh, yes.
00:41:12The Supreme Court of Jamestown is now in session.
00:41:14Mr. Justice Charles presiding.
00:41:15God save the Queen.
00:41:17The accused will rise.
00:41:18Well, under the circumstances, we can dispense with that formality.
00:41:22Mr. Olderberry, you...
00:41:23You may remain seated.
00:41:25Clarence Frederick Olderberry,
00:41:27in the name of Her Majesty the Queen
00:41:28and under the provisions of the Criminal Code,
00:41:30I hereby pronounce you husband and wife,
00:41:32husband and wife,
00:41:34husband and wife,
00:41:36husband and wife,
00:41:38Her Majesty the Queen,
00:41:39and under the provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada,
00:41:41you are charged with procuring a child to wit,
00:41:43Jean Carter, age nine years, seven months, of Jamestown,
00:41:45with intent to commit an act or acts of gross indecency.
00:41:48The charge which the complainants are bringing
00:41:50against Clarence Olderberry
00:41:52is a grave and repulsive one,
00:41:56particularly repulsive
00:41:59because of the tender age of the girl, Jean Carter.
00:42:03Before, however, we give you details of the offense
00:42:06and present our evidence,
00:42:08I would like to make one or two observations.
00:42:13It would be idle to deny that some of us know
00:42:16or think we know something about this case.
00:42:19In a small community where the parties in this case
00:42:22are widely and personally known,
00:42:24it is probable that some of the jury
00:42:26have certain feelings and opinions
00:42:28and that such feelings may predispose them
00:42:31either for or against the accused.
00:42:35If any of you have such feelings,
00:42:37I ask you to cast them entirely from your minds.
00:42:41You are sworn, you know,
00:42:43to try this man according to the law,
00:42:46without fear or favor, affection or ill will,
00:42:50coldly, dispassionately, on the evidence alone.
00:42:54And this you must do.
00:43:02The crime which we have to consider is an ugly thing.
00:43:07It is also, by its very nature, a secret thing.
00:43:13I am unusually fortunate
00:43:15in having been able to subpoena an actual eyewitness,
00:43:19young Lucille Demarest,
00:43:21to corroborate in detail the testimony of the complainant.
00:43:25And I assure you that when you have heard the evidence
00:43:28of the two girls between them,
00:43:30you will see that you have no alternative
00:43:32but to find the accused guilty as charged.
00:43:40Lord, may I call my first witness?
00:43:42I have to please you, Lordship.
00:43:44Mr. Slade?
00:43:45Before my learned friend proceeds,
00:43:47I think you should see this paper that's just been handed to me.
00:43:56May I ask my learned friend
00:43:58why this paper was handed to him instead of to me?
00:44:00It concerns my witness.
00:44:01I'm afraid I cannot answer that.
00:44:03It was simply handed to me as I came into court,
00:44:05perhaps by mistake.
00:44:07May I see the document, please?
00:44:09Certainly, Your Lordship.
00:44:16This is a doctor's certificate
00:44:17to say that Lucille Demarest is unable to appear today
00:44:21and gives medical grounds to suggest
00:44:23that she should not be required to come into court at all.
00:44:28Is Dr. Mason in court?
00:44:30No, my Lord, but I understand that Dr. Mason,
00:44:33who's a regular consultant at the Jamestown Hospital,
00:44:36is ready to come here and be questioned,
00:44:38if Your Lordship and my learned friend so desire.
00:44:43I think this is up to you, Mr. Duncan.
00:44:46Thank you, my Lord.
00:44:50Dr. Mason is a well-known and highly respected practitioner.
00:44:54He's prepared to sign his name
00:44:56to a declaration that this girl's health
00:44:58will be seriously impaired if she's forced to appear in court.
00:45:02I don't see that I have any choice but to accept his word for it.
00:45:06You realize, Mr. Duncan,
00:45:07that you're entitled to ask for an adjournment
00:45:09until such time as Lucille Demarest is considered fit to be called.
00:45:13I see no reason to suppose
00:45:14the young lady will ever be considered fit to appear.
00:45:17Certainly, after this,
00:45:18I should look upon her as a potentially hostile witness.
00:45:21Well, then, in that case, what do you wish us to do?
00:45:23I'd like to proceed, Your Lordship.
00:45:25In cases of this kind, as I pointed out,
00:45:27it is frequently necessary
00:45:28to rely on the evidence of a solitary witness.
00:45:31And although, of course,
00:45:32I shall be laboring under a severe handicap,
00:45:35I am confident that we can afford to do so now.
00:45:40I should like to call Jean Carter.
00:45:56Lord, may my witness be seated.
00:45:58Well, if she sits down, we won't be able to see her at all.
00:46:02I think I can remedy that, my lord.
00:46:15How's that?
00:46:16Fine.
00:46:17Well, then, I'll take my leave.
00:46:19Good night.
00:46:20Good night.
00:46:21Good night.
00:46:22Good night.
00:46:23How's that?
00:46:24Fine.
00:46:26Will the young person be taking the oath, my lord?
00:46:29Jean, do you know what an oath is?
00:46:33A sort of bad word.
00:46:38Well, that's one kind.
00:46:40But I mean another kind.
00:46:42A sort of promise to do something.
00:46:44Like swearing something?
00:46:45Yes.
00:46:46Have you ever taken an oath?
00:46:47Sworn something?
00:46:48Oh, yes, sir.
00:46:49I'm a brownie.
00:46:52Well, then, you know how bad it is
00:46:54to swear to do something and then not to do it?
00:46:57Yes, sir.
00:46:58Well, now, what we want you to do
00:47:00is to swear to tell the truth.
00:47:02Is that all?
00:47:03Yes, but it's a very important thing.
00:47:06Will you do it, Jean?
00:47:07Yes, sir.
00:47:10This child obviously understands.
00:47:12I think she should be put under oath.
00:47:15Take the Bible, please, in your left hand.
00:47:19Raise your right hand and repeat after me.
00:47:22I swear by almighty God.
00:47:24I swear by almighty God.
00:47:26The evidence I'm about to give.
00:47:28The evidence I'm about to give.
00:47:30Shall be the truth, the whole truth.
00:47:32Shall be the truth, the whole truth.
00:47:34And nothing but the truth.
00:47:35And nothing but the truth.
00:47:37Would you please tell us what happened then?
00:47:39Nothing.
00:47:40That was all.
00:47:41How did you get out of the house?
00:47:42He let us out.
00:47:43Did he say anything?
00:47:44He asked me to come back when I wanted some more candy.
00:47:48Thank you, Jean.
00:47:49I think that's all I have to ask.
00:47:50Can I go now?
00:47:51I'm afraid not just yet.
00:47:52I think my only friend, Mr. Slade,
00:47:53would like to ask you some questions.
00:47:55Will he ask me many?
00:47:56He may.
00:47:57But don't be frightened.
00:47:58You have only to answer him like you answered me.
00:48:00Must we have all this chat, my lord,
00:48:02between the prosecutor and his witness?
00:48:04I see no harm in it, Mr. Slade.
00:48:06I think our friend was just attempting
00:48:07to put the child under oath.
00:48:09I think our friend was just attempting
00:48:10to put the child in the right frame of mind
00:48:12for your cross-examination.
00:48:13Oh, I don't mind that, my lord.
00:48:14But I object to his veiled attempt
00:48:15to make sure the child keeps the prepared text.
00:48:18I resent the implication, my lord.
00:48:20Understandably.
00:48:21Mr. Slade, you will please refrain
00:48:23from making such contentious remarks.
00:48:25Yes, my lord.
00:48:30Now then, Jean.
00:48:32There are just a few points in your story
00:48:34I don't quite understand.
00:48:36I want you to help me to get them straight.
00:48:38I'll try.
00:48:39Now, firstly, you said that Mr. Oldbury
00:48:42showed you out and then invited you back sometime.
00:48:45Yes.
00:48:46Your exact words were,
00:48:47he asked me to come back when I wanted some more candy.
00:48:50Were they?
00:48:52Did he include your friend in this invitation?
00:48:55No, he didn't.
00:48:56Are you sure of that?
00:48:57Yes.
00:48:58Why do you think he invited you back
00:49:00and not the other little girl?
00:49:02Maybe he liked the way I danced better.
00:49:04Or maybe simply because the other little girl wasn't there.
00:49:07But she was.
00:49:08I suggest to you, you were alone when you went into that house
00:49:11and you were alone when you came out.
00:49:13No, Lucille was there.
00:49:17All the time?
00:49:18Yes, except...
00:49:19Except when?
00:49:20Except when she went for a drink of water.
00:49:22Was that before you took her clothes off or afterwards?
00:49:25Before, I think.
00:49:27You think?
00:49:28Oh, I'm trying to remember.
00:49:30No, it was afterwards, after we danced.
00:49:33She was thirsty.
00:49:34But you were cold.
00:49:35Was I?
00:49:36Oh, you said so in your evidence.
00:49:37You said you asked Mr. Alderberry
00:49:39if you could put on your clothes because you were cold.
00:49:42Then I guess I was.
00:49:44You guess you were.
00:49:46Gene, how much of what you've been telling us
00:49:48is just sheer guesswork?
00:49:50My lord, I object.
00:49:51My learned friend is trying to confuse the witness.
00:49:54Objection overruled.
00:49:55The question's quite legitimate.
00:49:56Thank you, my lord.
00:49:59But you needn't bother to answer it, Gene.
00:50:01Instead, I'll ask you another one.
00:50:03Where did your friend go to get this drink of water?
00:50:05To the bathroom.
00:50:06Where was that?
00:50:07Down the hall.
00:50:08Was she naked?
00:50:09She must have been.
00:50:10Was she naked?
00:50:11Yes, she was.
00:50:12And you're asking us to believe that Mr. Alderberry
00:50:14allowed her to wander all around the house with nothing on,
00:50:17where anybody might have seen her?
00:50:19Well, maybe she had something on.
00:50:21Maybe you had something on.
00:50:22I didn't! I didn't!
00:50:23Maybe you were fully dressed the whole time,
00:50:26and this whole outrageous story of Mr. Alderberry
00:50:29making you undress is a lie!
00:50:31It isn't! He did!
00:50:36Gene, do you like Mr. Alderberry?
00:50:40No.
00:50:41Why not?
00:50:45He's so old.
00:50:46That's no reason.
00:50:53He's ugly.
00:50:54Would you like him better if he was young and handsome?
00:50:58I don't know.
00:51:00He wouldn't be so scary.
00:51:02Oh, you'll find him scary.
00:51:04Yes.
00:51:05Because of what he did to you.
00:51:07No, I didn't mind that.
00:51:09Oh, you didn't mind him making you dance
00:51:11in front of him with nothing on?
00:51:13I like dancing.
00:51:14With nothing on?
00:51:15Sometimes.
00:51:16Do you do it often?
00:51:18Sometimes after my bath.
00:51:20In front of other people?
00:51:21For Daddy and...
00:51:22Oh, so your Daddy likes to see you dance naked?
00:51:26Yes.
00:51:27Well, what a very unusual household.
00:51:30Lord, I object very strongly to the implications
00:51:32of that remark.
00:51:33Objection sustained.
00:51:35Strike out the question and the answer.
00:51:38I hope, Mr. Slade,
00:51:39you're not taking comfort from the fact
00:51:41that what is easy to erase from the court records
00:51:44is not so easy to erase from the minds of the jury.
00:51:47My lord, I assure you...
00:51:48Because that is not a tactic
00:51:49that recommends itself to the bench.
00:51:54Proceed.
00:51:55Thank you, my lord.
00:51:59Now then, Gene.
00:52:01You told us that Mr. Oldbury
00:52:02didn't touch you while you were dancing.
00:52:04Yes.
00:52:05Oh, he did touch you?
00:52:06No.
00:52:07He never even came near you?
00:52:09No.
00:52:10He gave you a lot of candy?
00:52:12Not a lot.
00:52:13Oh, you wanted more.
00:52:15More.
00:52:16Did you want more?
00:52:17I didn't like them very much.
00:52:19If you had liked them,
00:52:20you'd have let him touch you.
00:52:22No.
00:52:23Why not?
00:52:24I don't know.
00:52:25Come on now, answer me.
00:52:26What do you think he'd have done to you?
00:52:28I don't know.
00:52:29Stop saying I don't know and answer me.
00:52:31You're going too far.
00:52:32How dare you interrupt?
00:52:34Order!
00:52:35Mr. Carter,
00:52:36it is for me to decide what counsel is going too far.
00:52:42Continue, Mr. Slade.
00:52:43Thank you, my lord.
00:52:45Now, I'll ask you again.
00:52:48What do you think he would have done to you?
00:52:51I don't know.
00:52:52I don't know.
00:52:53I suggest you do know
00:52:54and that's why you ran to your parents
00:52:55with this whole ugly story.
00:52:56I didn't.
00:52:57I didn't.
00:52:58I didn't.
00:52:59Mommy.
00:53:00It's all right, darling.
00:53:01It's all right.
00:53:02It's all right.
00:53:03It's not all right.
00:53:04You put him up to this.
00:53:05You said you were going to hurt him.
00:53:06If I do, I do.
00:53:07Harder.
00:53:08Harder.
00:53:09Harder.
00:53:10Mr. Carter,
00:53:11you will please sit down.
00:53:13I'll have this courtroom turned into a bear garden.
00:53:22Now, Mr. Slade,
00:53:24just what is this line of questioning
00:53:26intended to establish?
00:53:27Just this, my lord.
00:53:28I submit that the hideous and improbable charges
00:53:31brought against my client by this child
00:53:33are the result of a diseased imagination
00:53:36and I think we should have a psychiatrist
00:53:38tell us if she's as innocent as she seems.
00:53:44Now, you may stand down now, Jean,
00:53:46and go to your mother.
00:53:51Mrs. Carter, you may take Jean into the witness room.
00:53:53It'll be quiet in there.
00:53:55I'm going to recess the court for 20 minutes,
00:53:57after which I hope we can return to this business
00:54:00in a calmer frame of mind.
00:54:02The court is adjourned for 20 minutes.
00:54:04Mr. Duggan, Mr. Slade,
00:54:07during the recess,
00:54:08I would like to see you both in my chamber.
00:54:11I'd like to see you too, Mr. Carter, if you please.
00:54:22Mr. Carter, the lights.
00:54:24Oh.
00:54:25Please sit down with us, Mr. Carter.
00:54:35I think, for the sake of Mr. Carter,
00:54:37I should preface my remarks with a few observations
00:54:39which may seem trite and obvious to my legal friends.
00:54:42But it's important to emphasize
00:54:44that we are here to make legal and not moral judgments.
00:54:48Now, it may seem wrong at times,
00:54:50but I assure you it is one of the greatest safeguards
00:54:52of our legal system
00:54:53that judge and jury are not required to decide
00:54:55if a man is innocent.
00:54:56That's for God to do.
00:54:58Only to say if he's guilty as charged.
00:55:00I understand that.
00:55:01Now, this is what I want you to realize.
00:55:03Now that the child has been brought into court,
00:55:06the defense are entitled to ask her
00:55:08any questions they may think fit,
00:55:10however distressing to you or the child.
00:55:12Even if they go so far as to demand a medical examination,
00:55:16I shall have no alternative but to accede to that request.
00:55:20And it may not end there.
00:55:23Feeling better, darling?
00:55:25Mrs. Carter, the judge is coming back now.
00:55:28They'll be wanting the young lady.
00:55:30Do I have to go back?
00:55:32I'm afraid so, darling.
00:55:34Don't worry, Widget. You're doing fine.
00:55:38See you later.
00:55:41All right?
00:55:47I'm a sick cop.
00:55:50Silence in court. The court will rise.
00:56:02Silence.
00:56:08I have to claim your Lordship's indulgence
00:56:10while I interpose a statement which, of course,
00:56:12is made with a sense of great responsibility.
00:56:15Having conferred with my learned friend,
00:56:18Mr. Peter Carter, the father of the girl in question,
00:56:21I hope you will not think I'm sliding this court
00:56:24or shirking my duty in any way at all
00:56:27in seeking to avoid the prolongation of an ordeal
00:56:30that, however the case might end,
00:56:32can only have a bad psychological effect on the child herself.
00:56:36And what I propose and ask your leave to do
00:56:40is to abandon the prosecution and withdraw the charge.
00:56:44Order in the court.
00:56:47Mr. Slade?
00:56:50I would like to add that Mr. Oldbury
00:56:52seeks only to be cleared of the hideous charge
00:56:55brought for whatever reason by this mistaken and misguided child
00:56:59and her misguided and mistaken parents.
00:57:02I must therefore ask for a clear verdict of not guilty
00:57:05to be brought in by the jury and duly recorded.
00:57:10Order in court.
00:57:13Gentlemen of the jury,
00:57:15in view of what I've just heard,
00:57:17I can only instruct you to bring in a verdict of not guilty.
00:57:21Do you wish to withdraw?
00:57:27No, my lord.
00:57:29Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
00:57:32We have.
00:57:33And do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?
00:57:36Not guilty.
00:57:37The defendant will rise.
00:57:39Clarence Oldbury, you have been found not guilty
00:57:42and are hereby discharged.
00:57:44You may go out of here a free man.
00:58:10He's not back yet.
00:58:12Board meeting still on?
00:58:14As far as I know.
00:58:16They've been at it a long time.
00:58:18I'll tell Mr. Carley you came by.
00:58:20It's all right. I'll tell him myself if you don't mind.
00:58:22I shouldn't think he'd want to see you just now.
00:58:24Maybe so, but let's just wait and see, shall we?
00:58:26I shouldn't think he'd want to see any of you.
00:58:28Oh? Why? What have we done?
00:58:31Nothing. You just stood around and let it happen.
00:58:33First the trial and now this.
00:58:35What did you want us to do?
00:58:37Sign petitions or go on a hunger strike?
00:58:39Oh, nothing heroic.
00:58:41But you could at least have told him what would happen
00:58:43if you started attacking the Olderberries in this town.
00:58:45Maybe we didn't know what would happen.
00:58:47Maybe we wanted to find out.
00:58:49But you took good care not to stick out your own necks.
00:58:51You left that to him.
00:58:53Oh, you'll make me sick, the whole lot of you.
00:58:55What's going on here?
00:58:57You been ill-treating my secretary?
00:58:59On the contrary, she's been ill-treating me.
00:59:01Can I see you for a minute?
00:59:03Sure.
00:59:07Is it true that you called the board today
00:59:09and gave in your notice?
00:59:11I wanted to beat them to the draw.
00:59:13Then you're really leaving?
00:59:15Yes.
00:59:17I'm sorry.
00:59:19So am I, in a way.
00:59:21Miss Jackson seems to think
00:59:23that all the faculty have let you down.
00:59:25Miss Jackson has an overdeveloped sense of loyalty.
00:59:27Meaning we haven't.
00:59:29There's nothing special to be loyal about you.
00:59:31You hardly know me.
00:59:33We know you now.
00:59:35Anyway, what did you want to see me about?
00:59:37Just that.
00:59:39I wanted you to know
00:59:41that a lot of us agree with Miss Jackson.
00:59:43Can I come in?
00:59:45Sorry, I'm busy.
00:59:47Mr. Phillips will excuse us.
00:59:49Is that all, Neil?
00:59:51Yeah.
00:59:53Oh, there was just one other thing.
00:59:55When you get your new school, wherever it is,
00:59:57if you could use a not-too-bright art teacher,
00:59:59I wish you'd let me know.
01:00:01I imagine I'll be needing another job, too.
01:00:06What makes him think
01:00:08you're getting another school?
01:00:12He's probably an optimist, like me.
01:00:14The board has decided
01:00:16not to take up your resignation.
01:00:18Why?
01:00:20Because I'd rather have it that way.
01:00:22Just to show that I don't hold any grudges.
01:00:24But I do.
01:00:29You're under contract to us.
01:00:31There's a saying about leading a horse to water.
01:00:33Yes.
01:00:35But you can't sue horses.
01:00:37You know, Mr. Alderberry,
01:00:39I don't know who's more dangerous, you or your father,
01:00:41but there is one thing I do know.
01:00:43Neither of you are going to hurt me or my family anymore.
01:00:45Look, I didn't want to hurt you.
01:00:47You forced my hand.
01:00:49However, I'm willing to forget all that.
01:00:51You're willing to forget?
01:00:53Yes.
01:00:55You see,
01:00:57I hold a certain amount of power in this community,
01:00:59and I'm going to hold more.
01:01:01I don't want people to go around saying that I abuse it.
01:01:03I want them to see how generous I can be
01:01:05with someone who's crossed me.
01:01:07Like me.
01:01:09Mr. Carter,
01:01:11if you play this right,
01:01:13play it sensibly, my way,
01:01:15you can still have a very successful
01:01:17and useful career here in Jamestown.
01:01:19You can build a good life for yourself
01:01:21and your family.
01:01:23A good life here?
01:01:25Were you and your father allowed to go around
01:01:27spreading your different kinds of corruption?
01:01:29Now look here, Carter!
01:01:31From what I've seen of this town and what you've made of it,
01:01:33I can only thank God we're getting out in time
01:01:35before we've caught the infection.
01:01:45Lucille!
01:01:47Lucille!
01:01:49Lucille!
01:01:51Lucille's gone down to the store for me.
01:01:53She should be back in a minute.
01:01:55I'll go and meet her.
01:01:57I just want to say goodbye.
01:01:59Jane?
01:02:01Yes?
01:02:03You're going away tomorrow?
01:02:05Yes.
01:02:07Well, if I don't see you again, goodbye.
01:02:09Goodbye, Mrs. Demarest.
01:02:11Lucille's going to miss you.
01:02:13I'm going to miss her, too.
01:02:15You're...
01:02:17You're the nicest friend she ever had.
01:02:19Well, goodbye, Mrs. Demarest.
01:02:27Bye.
01:02:35Hi, Lucille!
01:02:45Gosh, you nearly ran me over.
01:02:47No, I didn't. Not really.
01:02:49I just tried to scare you.
01:02:51You didn't scare me.
01:02:53I've just been to your house. I saw your mother.
01:02:55She's all right. Come back with me.
01:02:57I was going to.
01:02:59Can I have a ride?
01:03:01If you're careful.
01:03:03And don't go too fast.
01:03:05I won't.
01:03:09And don't go too far, either!
01:03:25Come on.
01:03:55Come on.
01:04:25Come on.
01:04:55Hello?
01:04:57Yeah.
01:04:59Marty.
01:05:01Your son.
01:05:03He doesn't have to go in with the books.
01:05:05Yes. Yes.
01:05:07I understand.
01:05:09No.
01:05:11Okay.
01:05:13What was that?
01:05:15Nothing.
01:05:17Just someone at the school.
01:05:19I've got to go down to town.
01:05:21I won't be long.
01:05:23Going down to town? Would you rather just come back?
01:05:25Yes, we need some more labels.
01:05:27We've run out.
01:05:29Hurry up, then.
01:05:31Yes, I will.
01:05:53Oh!
01:05:55Oh!
01:06:05Come on!
01:06:07I can't.
01:06:09What have you done with his shopping bag?
01:06:11I must have dropped it somewhere back there.
01:06:13My dad'll kill me.
01:06:15I'm sorry.
01:06:17Can't we stay here?
01:06:19I think he's stopped following us now.
01:06:21If you want to, I'm not...
01:06:23No! Wait, Lucille!
01:06:25Wait for me!
01:06:45Where are we?
01:06:47Moon Lake.
01:06:49We've been here once on a picnic.
01:06:51But it doesn't look the same.
01:06:53But how do we get home?
01:06:55We have to get to the other side.
01:06:57But I can't swim.
01:06:59Well, we'll have to go around, then.
01:07:01But it's miles.
01:07:03And it'll be dark.
01:07:05Come on.
01:07:19Maybe we could hide in there.
01:07:21Suppose it's haunted.
01:07:23Don't be silly. Come on.
01:07:41It's scary.
01:07:43I don't like it.
01:07:49Come on.
01:08:07What are we going to do?
01:08:09We'll just have to go around.
01:08:13Hey, look!
01:08:15Come on.
01:08:27Go and get the oars.
01:08:41Help me!
01:08:45Now what?
01:09:15Come on.
01:09:45Come on.
01:10:15Come on.
01:10:17Come on.
01:10:43If you'd ask him please,
01:10:45Mrs. Oldberry.
01:10:47Sorry to bother him like this.
01:10:49I'm going to look a fine sort of a fool
01:10:51if the old man's been at home all the time.
01:10:53Hello. Is that you, Dick?
01:10:55It's Clegg Hammond here.
01:10:57Sorry to drag you...
01:10:59I see.
01:11:01He what?
01:11:05I see.
01:11:07Yes.
01:11:09Yes, I think you should.
01:11:11Yes, please.
01:11:13Please, as soon as you can.
01:11:15The old man isn't there.
01:11:17He was down at the sawmill this afternoon.
01:11:19Nobody's seen him since.
01:11:25He?
01:11:27No, it's me.
01:11:29Hello. You're back early.
01:11:31I didn't have my hair done after all.
01:11:33Why not?
01:11:35Too many people waiting.
01:11:37Something wrong?
01:11:39No.
01:11:41Well, if you're not too tired,
01:11:43could you set the table for me?
01:11:45Yes, of course.
01:11:47Please run out on me.
01:11:49I think he's just playing hooky.
01:11:51You didn't see Jean anywhere about?
01:11:53No. Why?
01:11:55I think it's about time she came in.
01:11:57I'll take it.
01:11:59Hello.
01:12:01Yes, who is this?
01:12:03Mrs. Demarest.
01:12:05To see you?
01:12:07No, she's not here.
01:12:09I'm sorry.
01:12:11That's odd.
01:12:13Well, if she does come,
01:12:15I'll tell her to come home straight away.
01:12:17And if you see Jean,
01:12:19could you tell her the same thing?
01:12:21Yes, please.
01:12:23Goodbye.
01:12:29I was right about Pete.
01:12:31There are plenty of labels here,
01:12:33and he must have seen them.
01:12:35Mother, there is something wrong.
01:12:37Darling, what is it?
01:12:39Jean.
01:12:41What about Jean?
01:12:43She had an accident?
01:12:45Mother, I want to know.
01:12:47It may be nothing at all.
01:12:49Nothing to be frightened of.
01:12:51What may be nothing at all?
01:12:53They found Jean's bicycle
01:12:55on the side of the road through the woods.
01:12:57It wasn't damaged or anything.
01:12:59It was just lying there.
01:13:01Why didn't you tell me when you came in?
01:13:03How could you not tell me?
01:13:05How could you?
01:13:21What he told you?
01:13:23I found out.
01:13:25Jean's probably just wandered off
01:13:27into the woods somewhere,
01:13:29and there's no reason to believe
01:13:31that he's anywhere near there.
01:13:33You're losing time.
01:13:35Has Jean been wearing this lately?
01:13:37She wore it at school today.
01:13:39What?
01:13:41Don't touch it.
01:13:47I'm going with you.
01:13:49Sally, I want you to be here
01:13:51if Jean comes in.
01:13:53She won't. I know she won't.
01:13:55Oh, Pete!
01:13:57Pete!
01:13:59Margie, call Dr. Stevens, will you?
01:14:01Yes.
01:14:03Jean!
01:14:05Jean, my baby!
01:14:31Jean!
01:15:01Spread out in line.
01:15:03Spread out.
01:15:21Captain Hammond!
01:15:31Come on.
01:15:45Looks like maybe we ought to be
01:15:47looking for two kids.
01:15:49Call up Purdy.
01:15:51Tell him to send someone around
01:15:53to the Demarest.
01:15:55And you'd better round up
01:15:57as many foresters as you can find.
01:15:59Come on.
01:16:29Come on.
01:16:43Hey, Captain!
01:16:45Captain Hammond!
01:16:59Hey!
01:17:13There's an old trapper's hut further along.
01:17:15This boat must have come from there.
01:17:29Help!
01:17:39Captain Hammond, sir!
01:17:41No, I wouldn't.
01:17:59Help!
01:18:13I wish you'd let me give you this sedative,
01:18:15Mrs. Carter.
01:18:17Please, Sally. You've got to be all right
01:18:19when Jean gets back.
01:18:21Stop pretending. She's not coming back.
01:18:23I know she's not.
01:18:25You mustn't talk like that. I won't have it.
01:18:27Oh, I'm sorry.
01:18:31All right, then.
01:18:33Come on.
01:18:57Get back. Come on, get back.
01:18:59It's all right, Sally. Jean's all right.
01:19:01Jean. Oh, Jean.
01:19:03Thank God.
01:19:05She got away from him.
01:19:07We found her wandering around in the woods
01:19:09the other side of the lake.
01:19:11Got away? Pete, he didn't...
01:19:13No. She's all right. Really all right.
01:19:15He didn't touch her.
01:19:17She couldn't say very much.
01:19:19She didn't even know what happened to Lucille.
01:19:21What happened to Lucille?
01:19:31He killed her.
01:19:33My father,
01:19:35he killed that little girl.
01:19:37No. Oh, no.
01:19:39Mommy,
01:19:41I was frightened.
01:19:43It's all right, darling.
01:19:45You're safe now.
01:19:47You're home.
01:19:49Excuse me, Pete.
01:19:53He killed her.
01:19:55He killed her.
01:19:57He killed her.
01:19:59He killed her.
01:20:05He killed her.
01:20:07He killed her.
01:20:11I'm going to the Demarest's.
01:20:13You'd better come, too.
01:20:29Help!
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