0:01:10 > 0:01:12DOG BARKS AND WHINES
0:02:06 > 0:02:08DESK SQUEAKS
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Aaargh!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52SHE SCREAMS
0:02:57 > 0:02:59SHE SCREAMS
0:03:36 > 0:03:38George!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42George! George!
0:03:42 > 0:03:44< George!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48< George!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Yeah?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Good morning, Mr Taylor.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Mr Morgan!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Morgan, who did it? Who shot you?
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Save your breath, Gill. We were too late. He'd been there all night.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Why didn't you report this sooner?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I didn't know until now. You live here.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Surely you heard the shots. No, I didn't.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16My wife did.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21A woman was shot on your doorstep and you heard nothing?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- He's telling you. I heard shots. - I thought someone was hunting.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31How long have you worked here? From the 1st. And before that?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Here and there.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35GILL: Doing what?
0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Fruit picking, harvesting, anything I could.- What's wrong with that?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Did you know he kept a lot of money in the house?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I told my uncle he should be more careful.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Gill! >
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Here. That's what killed her. A .32 calibre. Same as the ones in Morgan.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Got a gun?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I said, have you got a gun?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05GEORGE: No, no.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08What were you going to say? Nothing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Come inside.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- You have a gun.- We're strangers. It's no use sticking our necks out.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20GILL: Come here, Braden.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24GILL: Taylor says he saw you shoot a weasel the other day.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It wasn't my gun. You know what'll happen
0:06:28 > 0:06:31if we find you DO have one, don't you?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Search that cottage for a .32.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05PAPERS RUSTLE
0:07:08 > 0:07:10There's no gun here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sorry about the mess.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19COP SLAMS THE DOOR
0:07:39 > 0:07:44If your gun didn't fire those shots, you're in the clear.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46It didn't!
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I don't understand it. That's where I've always kept it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Ellen!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09< Ellen!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12The girl's thrown a gun in the lake.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14What?!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17We searched the house. I didn't know she had it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- Ellen!- I threw the gun in the lake. - You what?- I threw it in the lake.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- Oh, Ellie! - George, George, what's the matter?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I found these.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38.32 calibre.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well, that's enough for me.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Take them both down to headquarters.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Anything doing? I just froze solid.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Must be a tough cookie, if Gillespie's on him for 16 hours.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Ellen! - Oh, George, I can't stand this!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- What have they done to you? - They won't believe me.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I've told them and told them, but they won't believe me!
0:09:30 > 0:09:32They think we're lying.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35They ask and they ask. I feel sick.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Oh, darling.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Oh, what do we do?
0:09:40 > 0:09:46All we can do is tell the truth. We didn't know about those two being killed.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- Maybe they'll believe us, if we keep on telling them.- I can't.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I just can't any more!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Oh, darling!
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Let her go.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08You'll sign this confession? I didn't kill anybody!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11You don't expect us to believe this nonsense?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15You didn't hear those shots. I was asleep!
0:10:15 > 0:10:20You couldn't see a woman lying five feet away. She was behind the hedge!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23You tell us you haven't got a gun.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I was afraid.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Suddenly, you remember you have a gun and it happens to be a .32.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32You want to prove it didn't fire those shots.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It disappeared! You told her to throw it in the lake.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- He didn't! - She was only trying to help.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42She knew it was the murder weapon.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45We'll get her to admit that. >
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Lock him up!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49George, I'm sorry.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Now, Mrs Braden, why don't you tell us the truth?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I've told you the truth.
0:11:05 > 0:11:12George was sleeping. I woke him when I heard the shots. How could he have fired them?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Yet he did nothing about it. Come on, Mrs Braden!
0:11:16 > 0:11:21What was there to do? He went outside and looked around.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25He said people hunted possum at night, that that's what I heard.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29That's what happened! What do you want me to tell you?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Leave me alone!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Stop it! Let her go!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I'll sign your confession. I'll sign anything.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Let me out of here! I'll sign your confession!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Braden, he just confessed!
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- I'm sorry. I can't do it.- Doug, you've taken County cases before.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Not like this. I'm not a criminal lawyer.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Baxter is the public defender. - He's in hospital.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Waiting on the public defender's office will tie me up for weeks.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05No.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I don't like it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11You have a lot of clients,
0:12:11 > 0:12:17but since all you can do is plea "guilty", it shouldn't take up too much time.
0:12:17 > 0:12:24It's not the time and if there were any doubt as to Braden's guilt, I'd defend him.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28It's just routine. I hate to put this as a favour, but...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You've done a lot of them for me?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33OK.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Since you didn't put it as a favour, I'll get on over to the jail.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Sit down.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I'm Doug Madison. The County's asked me to take your case.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06You have certain rights. If I take your case, I'll protect your rights.
0:13:06 > 0:13:13- You enter a plea of guilty and I think I can get you off with life. - But I'm NOT guilty!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15You confessed.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21Who wouldn't after 16 hours? They had Ellie. I'd have done anything.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24You're going to stick to that story?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26It's true!
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I didn't kill anybody, but I had to get Ellie out of there.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35She's going to have a baby.
0:13:35 > 0:13:43It's one thing to plead guilty, but if you're going to pretend you're innocent, I'm not your man.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Mr Madison!
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Would you go and see Ellie?
0:13:48 > 0:13:54Tell her I'll be OK and that they can't do nothing to a man that did nothing wrong.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I'll see her, Braden.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Call Gillespie and tell him that I'm not going to take the case.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Sure, Mr Madison.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14Mrs Braden? I'm Doug Madison, an attorney. I've seen your husband.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- You're going to help him? - I don't believe I can.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22From what he tells me, these athletics can't help you any.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26He asked me to see you to tell you that...he'd be all right.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33SHE STARTS TO CRY
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Please, Mrs Braden, don't. It won't help any.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I'm to blame!
0:15:40 > 0:15:44I threw away his one chance to clear himself.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I threw the gun in the lake.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Is that what you've been doing, looking for that gun?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55You WANT to find it?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I've GOT to find it!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The police couldn't. They gave up.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I've got to prove it didn't fire those shots.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08You're that sure it didn't? But your husband confessed.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10They had him up there for 16 hours.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14They had me up there. They let him know it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16What do you expect him to do?
0:16:16 > 0:16:20If I thought for one minute that he was innocent...
0:16:20 > 0:16:25Whether you believe me or not, I'm going to prove he didn't do it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30I'm going to find that gun in spite of you, the police or anybody!
0:16:46 > 0:16:52You weren't going to take the case. Why the interest in his confession?
0:16:52 > 0:16:59- I might change my mind. - It does a young attorney no good to take a case he's bound to lose.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Maybe he's clean. - You can read, can't you?!
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Maybe he made it, so you'd leave his wife alone.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Or to get in the papers.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13It's the off-season. All these harvest tramps are on their uppers.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Every year at this time, we have trouble.
0:17:16 > 0:17:23- Braden had a good job. - How do you know Morgan hadn't given him his walking papers?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Find the stolen money on him? - He stashed that away somewhere.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30You don't believe he's innocent?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I believe his wife believes he is.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36What gave you that idea?
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- She's diving for that gun...- What?! - ..to prove it didn't fire the shots.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45She wants to hide it in a safer place. That gun is evidence.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- If she tries to dispose of it... - It's safe where it is.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54- You stopped looking for it. - We can get a conviction without it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Are you going to take the case?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I don't know.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I don't know.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- That'll be 4.73.- You must have forgotten the carton of cigarettes.
0:18:14 > 0:18:21They're a present. Cigarettes are comforting. You could stand a little comfort now.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25That's very kind. They're not for me. They're for George.
0:18:27 > 0:18:291.79.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yes, of course.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Oh, those hoodlums! My glass!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43What is it?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It's for you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01They want me to go away.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- I'm sorry. I forgot. - Forget it, Mrs Braden.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Like I said, the cigarettes are a present.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13(Thank you.)
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- So you went to see Braden. - That's right.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Are you taking the case? - Why?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Because he's a dirty, low-down murderer!
0:19:24 > 0:19:28A man's innocent till he's proven guilty.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30It's a waste of taxpayers' money.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- Fred and Sarah were our friends. - They were my friends too.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Good friends, I bet, if you defend their killer!
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- Even if he is, he deserves a fair trial.- So you're taking the case?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48I had some doubts, but you've made up my mind.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Hi, Doug. Anything new?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Yeah. I've learnt that if a man looks guilty, hang him.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02If he wants a trial, hang IT!
0:20:13 > 0:20:16PAULA: "This is Exhibit A, Counsellor.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21"On September 4, you did wilfully hold one Paula Mitchener in your arms.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27"Therefore you are hereby sentenced to the bonds of holy matrimony."
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Hi.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Well? How about it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39Idiot(!) You know I'd marry you, if only you weren't so filthy rich.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Don't go looking down your nose at money.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46I just want something of my own to offer you.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50How about a thriving law business and a man who's devoted to you?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's...possible,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56but coax me.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Excuse me... I'm sorry.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07YOU'RE sorry! You don't know how hard this guy is to get.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11This is my fiancee, Paula Mitchener. ..Ellen Braden.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Braden... Not the... Doug, don't get mixed up in that. It'll ruin you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- I shouldn't have come. - What is it, Mrs Braden?
0:21:19 > 0:21:25This note was wrapped around a rock thrown through the grocery store window.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Oh, here. Sit down.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I'm frightened.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36There will always be crackpots who do things like this.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But the hate...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It's terrible to be hated.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44To sit alone and feel it outside...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47thick and heavy, and all around George.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52George never hurt anybody.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56But they hate him so, they'll make it look like he did.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Then they'll hang him... and we can't do anything about it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04There isn't anything we can do about it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Yes, there is.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10We can find that gun.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I've tried, Mr Madison...
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- I've tried and tried. - We'll have someone else try.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Listen to me. If your husband killed those people,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24that gun will prove it. There'll be no second chance.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27He'll go straight to the gallows.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Are you willing to bank his life
0:22:29 > 0:22:31on what we'll find?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Yes, of course I am.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41- I'm taking this case, Paula. I know how you feel... - No, Doug. How I FELT.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43You see? I'm a fool too.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I believe her.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Sorry about that two-cent mistake.
0:22:52 > 0:22:58What's two cents to a guy like you, getting 50 bucks a day diving for that gun?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I rate it. Skin-diver, ain't you?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Must be kinda interesting.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07THIS job is, and I don't mean looking for the gun.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10This job is VERY interesting.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Maybe he'll find it tomorrow.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23How come the mud's so deep?
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- You're not leaving?! - Mr Madison can't keep paying me.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- He has to let me go. - We've got to find that gun!
0:23:38 > 0:23:42I know you're in a spot, but I got to live too.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Oh, look... You're a fine diver.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- I'm the best. - Then do me a favour and don't go.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Please stay. It means so much to me.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57- You ain't suggesting I work for free, are you?- I...I guess not.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01It's just that I'd do anything to get that gun.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Maybe I... Wait a minute.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27This is my grandmother's brooch.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29It's...
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- You want me to keep working for you, don't you?- Yes, I...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37No! Please don't come any closer!
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Please don't!! - SHE SCREAMS
0:24:46 > 0:24:48SCREAMING
0:24:58 > 0:25:03I wish I had a picture of this. No wonder you're footing the bills.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Are you all right, Mr Madison?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10If my jaw's still hooked on.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15That'll teach me to stick to the law.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17How do YOU feel?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I'm all right. I just...
0:25:20 > 0:25:22SHE WEEPS
0:25:27 > 0:25:30There's no hope.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Tell me the truth. There isn't any hope, is there?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Not much, Ellen.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I'm not even sure I can get him off with life.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44You've spent so much money.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I wish I had more.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50But the kind of clients I did have
0:25:50 > 0:25:54don't seem to want the kind of lawyer I am now.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Miss Mitchener was right. It HAS ruined you.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04I had to let the private detectives go, too. They turned up nothing.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09If George didn't commit those murders, SOMEBODY did.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The gun was our only hope. Now it'll never be found.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Maybe it will. I can raise another hundred. We'll offer it as a reward.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25Dozens of high-school kids would dive day and night for that.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Off kinda early tonight, ain't you?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I quit. That lawyer's run out of dough.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37That woman don't care who pays the bills.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Mrs Braden? She always seemed such a...
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Sorta nice. ..Say, you don't think...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47That's right, Mac. I don't think, I KNOW.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Give me some gas. Sure.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52PHONE RINGS I'll be right with you.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Briney's Super Service?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Oh, hello, Marge.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Yeah... Yeah, sure, I'll be home.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Say, Marge...
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I just heard the funniest thing.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I don't know if it's true or not,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11but the fella sure seemed to know.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14He said that Mrs Braden over at the lake,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16the lawyer's run out of money,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and she doesn't care who pays the bills.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I wouldn't say he looked surprised,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33more like he was pretending to.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Objection. Witness's suppositions are not admissible evidence.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Objection sustained. Strike that out.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48In layman's language, the primary cause of death was the bullet wounds.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54To the best of my knowledge, the shots were fired at or about midnight.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Yes, I recognise it. It's a box of .32-calibre bullets
0:27:58 > 0:28:02that I found in George Braden's tool shed.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Sure I saw her. I wasn't 50 feet away when she threw the gun in the lake.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Yes, sir. This is the confession
0:28:24 > 0:28:29George Braden made and signed in my presence.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30BUZZ OF EXCITEMENT
0:28:54 > 0:29:01- Did you believe George Braden knew he was dead?- No...but he musta, seeing as how he'd shot him!
0:29:01 > 0:29:04LAUGHTER
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Mr Madison! Mr Madison! We found it!
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Mr Madison! We found the gun!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
0:29:24 > 0:29:31I ask for an adjournment until ballistics can determine this is not the murder weapon.
0:29:31 > 0:29:38I object! The defence attorney may not inform the technicians what they are to find.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Then you take the gun. YOU superintend the test.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44I withdraw the objection.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Court is recessed.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Do you swear that the testimony you shall give shall be the truth,
0:30:19 > 0:30:24- the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you?- I do.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Please state your name and occupation.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35Howard Combs. I'm a technician in the ballistics laboratory.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- You are considered an expert, are you not?- I am.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Is this the gun that sworn testimony
0:30:41 > 0:30:46- has determined was found in Ownham Lake this morning?- It is.
0:30:46 > 0:30:54And did you perform tests to compare it with the gun used to kill Fred Morgan and Sarah Watson?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56I was unable to.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02- Why were you unable to? - The barrel is rusted. The characteristic markings
0:31:02 > 0:31:06are obliterated. There is no way of telling
0:31:06 > 0:31:09whether or not it fired the fatal shots.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24George Braden, stand up and face the jury.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Have you reached a decision?
0:31:38 > 0:31:43- We have, your honour. - And how do you find the defendant?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Your honour, we find the defendant guilty.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51No! No, you can't!! He's innocent!
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I thought I saw a light.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Hi, Doc.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Thanks for your testimony.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- You tried to help. - Only told the truth.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Here's a prescription... Should quiet your nerves.- What is it?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Acetylsalicylic acid.- What's that?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Aspirin.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51It's not that kind of a headache.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- What will happen to Ellen? - I'll get her a job as housekeeper.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- Who'd have her? - Me. Mrs Matthews leaves next month.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Going to live with her daughter. Decided she was tired of working.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- I think you've got a client. - I could use one!
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- You Madison?- That's right.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Come in.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25The name's Beatty. Jeff Beatty.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30- I operate a little saloon here in town.- So?
0:33:31 > 0:33:36I need a lawyer, one that er... won't ask too many questions.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Do you think we can do business?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42What do you sell in this saloon? Mickeys?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44No! Bar business, on the level,
0:33:44 > 0:33:50but confidentially, we do operate a private enterprise in the back room.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Lately the cops have gotten nosy...
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Why are you telling ME all this?
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Well, you're er... Braden's mouthpiece, ain't you?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Oh! Sure.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Sure! I get it.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10You want me to put the fix in so you can operate a wheel in the back.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- You're smart. - And I get a cut of the profits.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Yes, sir. A slice every week.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Monday morning, on the dot.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Well, Counsellor, what do you say?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Well, sir...
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Like this!
0:34:37 > 0:34:39You did all you could, Doug.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41They still sentenced Braden to hang.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47Why don't you just relax? We'll play tennis and have dinner together.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50I've got to get over to Ellen Braden's.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- To tell her we're going to appeal. - Appeal?!
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Braden didn't commit those murders. I've got to appeal.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I...I suppose so.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04You sound as if you didn't expect me to do it.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09Of course I want you to do everything you can,
0:35:09 > 0:35:14- but I don't believe it will do any good.- Maybe not, but I've got to.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17You're making this into a crusade!
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Paula, when I became a lawyer,
0:35:19 > 0:35:23I took an oath to uphold my fellow man's rights.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26It's hardly realistic.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30You've already lost a practice that took years to build up.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33And what about us?
0:35:33 > 0:35:36We haven't had any time together for months,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39and this case could go on for years.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- I can't drop it if I believe he's innocent.- I wouldn't want you to
0:35:43 > 0:35:48if I thought there was a chance he'd get off. But there isn't!
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Oh, Doug. You're fighting windmills.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56I'd rather do that than fight with you. But the man's innocent.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05- I suppose you've heard what people are saying. - About you and Ellen? Yes.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07It's very cruel.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12You're all right, Paula.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Not many women would understand like you.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Not many women have had so much practice.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- Mrs Braden...- I'm glad you've come. - So am I.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49I want her off my property. I inherited under my uncle's will,
0:36:49 > 0:36:54- and I won't have his killer's wife squatting here.- She's paid her rent.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59You mean YOU have. Anyhow, I want her off. I got plans for this place.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- I bet you had them before your uncle died.- Maybe I did.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08- But I had nothing to do with his dying.- Just hoped he would. - That's a lie!
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- Why, when Max Vern threatened to kill him, I...- Who?- Max Vern.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18- The hired man ahead of George.- He threatened to kill your uncle?- Sure.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20He was hollering and screaming...
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Why didn't you tell the sheriff? - Why?
0:37:24 > 0:37:30- What's it got to do with anything? - Maybe a lot. Where is this man? - How should I know?
0:37:30 > 0:37:35And don't try your lawyer tricks to confuse me. I liked my uncle,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38and I want this murderer's wife off my place.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41She stays until her rent's up.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Well, she'd better be off the 1st.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Maybe I'd better go now.- Forget it.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54I came to tell you we're going to appeal. Maybe now we won't have to.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- Because of Max Vern?- Why not?
0:37:56 > 0:38:03Somebody killed those people and the guy who threatened Morgan is worth checking. Keep your chin up.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Hi. Does Max Vern live here?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Why?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Because I'd like to talk to him.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21He ain't here.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- But he does live here? - Yeah. When he's around.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30You're his daughter?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33My old man lives down the road.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- I got a sick of raising nine brothers and sisters.- Oh!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Oh, your husband. - What's up? Surprised?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Frankly, yes. It's hard to see why a girl with your looks
0:38:44 > 0:38:46and erm...attributes
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- would be interested... - He bought me a pair of shoes.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53With high heels?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Wanna see 'em? - Sure. What do they look like?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58What colour?
0:39:08 > 0:39:12No say! It isn't every girl that can wear those. Had 'em long?
0:39:12 > 0:39:17Max never had any money till a few months ago. That's when I moved here.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Didn't he get you a dress to go with it?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28HE WOLF WHISTLES
0:39:28 > 0:39:31I'd like to see you in that outfit.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I wear it down at Blinky's every Saturday night.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Thanks for the word.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Get him to buy you a green dress too. It would go with your eyes.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Why not start working on him as soon as he gets home?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49He ain't coming tonight.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54He said he wouldn't be back till Monday or Tuesday.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56That long, huh?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- He's working.- Where?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01I don't know.
0:40:01 > 0:40:07- Shouldn't you keep better track of him?- Why? He's nothing to me, the stir-crazy bum.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Stir crazy?
0:40:21 > 0:40:27- Here it is. - I knew you had a record on him when I heard he'd been in prison.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31If it's the Braden case, shouldn't your county sheriff handle it?
0:40:31 > 0:40:36The Segar farm's in yours. Just pick up Vern for questioning.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39His time was served for breaking and entering.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45He's only had money since the robbery and he did threaten Morgan's life.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47That's good enough for me.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49We'll pick him up when he gets back.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Give me a shot.
0:41:04 > 0:41:0635 cents.
0:41:16 > 0:41:1835 cents.
0:41:35 > 0:41:3735 cents.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57He hasn't shown up yet, huh?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- He will.- This is Wednesday. He may never come back.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- He's got a reason to. - Yeah, I've seen her.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06I'll give him a couple more days.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Wait! Stop!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Max!
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Stop or I'll shoot!
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Stop, Vern!
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- He's making for the highway. - Head him off.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28He hopped the truck.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33Call from the car and stop that truck. Right, Chief.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40A DOG WHIMPERS
0:44:49 > 0:44:53All right, Vern. Come on out and you won't get hurt.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Come on out.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Put those hands in the air.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03- Get 'em up.- I ain't got no gun. - Put your hands up. Come on.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07I didn't kill him. I didn't kill nobody.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09You threatened to kill Fred Morgan.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11I didn't. I never did.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- There's an Alvin Taylor who says you did.- He's a liar.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19I might have said... I was sore. I don't know what I said.
0:45:19 > 0:45:24- You were sore because he was firing you for stealing. - No, that ain't why!
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Come clean. We know all about it.
0:45:27 > 0:45:33You booted over Morgan's firing you, then you sneaked up to the house to kill him...
0:45:33 > 0:45:38- I never would have, if he hadn't... - ..What? Caught you at the desk?
0:45:38 > 0:45:41No. I'm sick. I don't know what I'm saying.
0:45:41 > 0:45:47Yes, you do. You said you wouldn't have killed Morgan if he hadn't caught you.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49You went there for money.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Well, it was mine, wasn't it?
0:45:51 > 0:45:56I worked by the month. When he fired me, he only gave me a week's pay.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- He done wrong. I had the right to it!- So you got mad and shot him.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05I wasn't mad, I was scared! He had a gun and was going to kill me!
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Then that old woman. I had to stop her.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10Well, didn't I? She was going to tell on me.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- Can I have a drink?- Sure.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I hope you like water.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25- Got it?- Every pretty word. - I want to tell Braden's wife.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27Where is the money, Vern?
0:46:27 > 0:46:31You'll never find it on account of I'll never tell!
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Hi, Mr District Attorney.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41I'm busy... ..Never mind the brush off.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45This is a switch. I'm not getting news, I'm giving it.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49Braden's innocent. That's ridiculous.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53It will make you look like a sap. Braden is guilty.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57Madison doesn't think so. In fact, he has a confession.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59From whom? From the guy who says he did it.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04He robbed the house. Morgan caught him. Then he shot him.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Who did? He used to work for Morgan.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Max Vern. Yeah.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Madison has a confession from him?
0:47:12 > 0:47:15They're holding him in Fairview County.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18This is going to make quite a story for my paper.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21You think so? So run along and write it.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23That I will.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Get me Sheriff Bell.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33Sheriff, I have a little joke for you.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Madison has a confession from Max Vern.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41Simmer down. I want you to go to Judge Hale and get a writ of habeus corpus.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45And order us a car to get to Fairview County.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50It seems in order. Where is he?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Right in here.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Vern, did you make this confession?
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Yeah, I guess so. My arm hurts.
0:48:05 > 0:48:10Sheriff, the murder occurred in my county. He's my prisoner.
0:48:10 > 0:48:16- I'll take charge. - Oh, no, you don't. There's a little matter of a habeus corpus first.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20OK, Doug?
0:48:22 > 0:48:24All right, Vern. Come along.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28See you in court, counsellor.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Braden.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Are you awake?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Yeah.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59A man at Fairview just confessed to the Morgan-Watson murder.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Confessed?!
0:49:04 > 0:49:08It's on the wires now. It'll be in all the papers in the morning.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Who was it? The name's Vern. Do you know him?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15No. No.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19He used to work for Morgan. He made a full confession.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22If it's on the level, you'll be out of here.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24You'll be going home.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Home.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Sure. Pretty soon too.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33There'll be a court hearing but they'll rush it.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36I shouldn't be doing this. Night.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Ellie.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03You made this confession?
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Did you make this confession?
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Yeah. I made it.
0:50:09 > 0:50:16- You admit you killed Fred Morgan and Sara Watson on October 15th? - No, I don't.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18You made this confession.
0:50:18 > 0:50:24- You signed it.- I didn't kill those people. I wasn't even there. - Your honour,
0:50:24 > 0:50:28the defence can prove this confession was made in good faith.
0:50:28 > 0:50:33Mr Vern, do I understand that you did make this confession?
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Yeah, I guess so, but it ain't true.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41- If it isn't true, why did you make it?- They made me do it.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- They beat me up.- That's a lie.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47You beat me up - you and that there sheriff.
0:50:47 > 0:50:52- Ridiculous, your honour. The deputies present will testify. - If the court pleases,
0:50:52 > 0:50:57- this can be cleared up if I may call a witness.- Out of order!
0:50:57 > 0:51:00If it will save time... call your witness.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Dr Ronald Seabright.
0:51:18 > 0:51:23Do you swear that the testimony you are about to offer in this court
0:51:23 > 0:51:26shall be nothing but the truth, so help you?
0:51:26 > 0:51:29- I do.- State your name. - Dr Ronald Seabright.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31Be seated, please.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- You are Dr Ronald Seabright?- I am.
0:51:36 > 0:51:41- You are acquainted with the man last in the stand.- Well-acquainted.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- The circumstances? - For two years, he was my patient
0:51:44 > 0:51:48at the state hospital for the insane.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50Would you consider him dangerous?
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Dangerous? Why, no.
0:51:52 > 0:51:57You aware that Max Vern has confessed to an inhuman crime.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Max Vern would confess to anything
0:52:00 > 0:52:04- if it were properly suggested to him.- Thank you.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11< Your honour...
0:52:11 > 0:52:14I think the counsel has fallen into a trap.
0:52:14 > 0:52:19In every publicised murder case, a psychopath confesses to the police.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- His being insane doesn't prove he didn't do it.- True.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26But the witness has shown to be incompetent.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30His confession is invalid. Have you any hard evidence
0:52:30 > 0:52:32to substantiate his statements?
0:52:32 > 0:52:37We had no reason to doubt him. He admitted taking the money.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41Can you produce it, prove that it was in his possession?
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- We haven't found it. - What about the gun?
0:52:44 > 0:52:47We'll find it. If you grant a motion for a new trial.
0:52:47 > 0:52:53I have no authority to grant such a motion except on the most convincing evidence.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55In this case,
0:52:55 > 0:52:58the court has no recourse but to deny it.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Case is dismissed!
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Court is adjourned.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Well, you're free now.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13You can go.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35What did you do?
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- No, they let me go. - They said you didn't do it?
0:53:38 > 0:53:41That's right. They said I was nuts.
0:53:41 > 0:53:47- I could have told 'em that. - You got no call to talk like that. You like me.- Hm!
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Well, you do like me, all right.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Let go.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- Say you like me.- Baby.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59You was waiting on me cos you was worried.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Yeah, I was worried.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05Maybe you have some money on you.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07I come to get it before they lock it up.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12- Don't you never think of nothing except money?- Sure I do.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I think a lot about clothes.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17It ain't true you come here just the money!
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Let me go, you pig!
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Let go! Let go! >
0:54:29 > 0:54:31I'll say it...
0:54:31 > 0:54:35Wait a minute, Vern. There's no use getting sore at her.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Take your hands off her. Leave her alone.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Take it easy, Vern.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Come on home. I'll fry us some beans.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03- How's Mrs Braden? - Doc's taking her to the hospital.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Don't take it so hard, Doug.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08You did all you could. I wish I had you with me.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11We could use your integrity and tenacity.
0:55:11 > 0:55:16- Braden's innocent.- That's what I mean.- I think Vern did it.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Find the money. I'm all for you.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22- Or the murder weapon. - That was found in the lake.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26Why didn't you come to me about Vern? I could have told you.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29You could have told me at Fairview.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32It was ready to hit the papers then.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35It would have looked as if I had put the lid on it.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- I suppose so. - I can see how you were fooled.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41Vern was a prime suspect with us.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44That day the bartender from Sullivan's came in.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Vern was screaming around before it opened.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51He needed a drink. The murders had shaken him.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Then we found out he had worked for Morgan and had been fired.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57Did you follow it up?
0:55:57 > 0:56:02Like bloodhounds. Vern comes unglued if ever anything exciting happens.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06Even a parade gives him the screaming-meemies.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08He had money after the killings.
0:56:08 > 0:56:14We checked that too. He had been working out of Three Mile. Wilton had paid him.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18Then when we looked up Dr Seabright, well...
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- Don't take it too hard, Doug. - You said that.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Doug... Doug...
0:56:35 > 0:56:39It's a fine little boy. Only 4lb but he'll be all right.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43So is Ellen. She certainly appreciated you being here.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45That's little enough to do.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49- Should I see her? - I've just given her a sedative.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52I'll make it tomorrow. I'm going to Paula's.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- At this hour? - It's nine, isn't it?
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Doug, you've been asleep.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09- Sorry about the dinner party. - Think nothing of it.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12We ought to be used to you not showing up.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14How did it go at the hospital?
0:57:14 > 0:57:17A boy. He'll be OK, even if he did come early.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- And Ellen?- She's all right.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23Shouldn't you have stayed? She may need a hand held.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Oh, that was a low blow, wasn't it?
0:57:26 > 0:57:28My femininity's showing.
0:57:28 > 0:57:33- Paula, you're not...- Jealous? No. Not in the conventional sense.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37The world is full of unfortunate, unhappy people.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40There'll always be an Ellen Braden.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42And a husband I come first with.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46- Stinking of me, isn't it? - So this is it?
0:57:46 > 0:57:51That's right. This is the scene where I return the ring.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53If you'd ever found time to get me one.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Oh, Doug, it's not your fault.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00You're like you and I'm like me.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05I can't even reproach you for asking me to marry you.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08- You didn't. - That was my mistake.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12- This is yours. - Be a love now and say good night.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Before it gets sloppy.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Good night, Paula.
0:58:44 > 0:58:48He only weighs 10lb? Why I weighed that when I was born!
0:58:48 > 0:58:50He might have if he'd waited.
0:58:50 > 0:58:55- He'll be crazy about baseball. - He will. He's so like you.
0:58:55 > 0:58:58- I'll bet you he looks more like you. - He does not.
0:58:58 > 0:59:02- Did I tell you the doctor put him on cereal?- So soon?
0:59:02 > 0:59:05By next summer we'll be able to take him...
0:59:07 > 0:59:11We'll take him to the circus. He'll love the clowns.
0:59:11 > 0:59:14He laughed out loud. That's wonderful for his age.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16- Mrs Henderson...- Time's up.
0:59:19 > 0:59:23I'll see you soon, darling. Mr Madison has new plans.
0:59:23 > 0:59:25Sure, sure.
0:59:25 > 0:59:29Tell little George that his daddy loves you both...
0:59:29 > 0:59:31..very much.
1:00:06 > 1:00:10- Hiya, Doug.- Hi, Doc. I'll be with you in a minute.
1:00:16 > 1:00:20You know, I had a patient once, prettiest girl you ever saw.
1:00:20 > 1:00:22I fell in love with her.
1:00:22 > 1:00:25She was only five and loved everybody,
1:00:25 > 1:00:28but we played a lot of games until I lost her.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31I couldn't save her but I felt responsible.
1:00:31 > 1:00:34I wanted to quit, to hide, to go away.
1:00:34 > 1:00:36I don't want to go away to hide.
1:00:36 > 1:00:39I've got to start over again.
1:00:39 > 1:00:43It's a few months since the Braden trial. You've stuck them out.
1:00:43 > 1:00:47People soon forget. You'll find new clients.
1:00:47 > 1:00:49Let's say I'd rather start over again.
1:00:49 > 1:00:52You can't run away from how you feel, Doug.
1:00:52 > 1:00:55We've been over it and over it.
1:00:55 > 1:00:57Yes, I do get boring, don't I?
1:00:57 > 1:01:01- Is this the stuff that's going to storage?- Yes.
1:01:01 > 1:01:03They'll pick it up tomorrow.
1:01:03 > 1:01:07I'll let you know when I decide where I'm going to settle.
1:01:07 > 1:01:10- Let's go to the depot. - It's not train time.
1:01:10 > 1:01:14- I'd like to get there. - I'll buy you a whiskey sour.
1:01:14 > 1:01:16It beats penicillin all hollow.
1:01:16 > 1:01:18Have you got any unpaid bills?
1:01:18 > 1:01:21Bills you didn't have time to take care of?
1:01:21 > 1:01:24- I'd be glad to... - You're the greatest.
1:01:24 > 1:01:27I've sold everything and paid everything.
1:01:27 > 1:01:31- I don't owe anybody anything, except Braden.- Come on.
1:01:31 > 1:01:33You did everything you could.
1:01:33 > 1:01:37There must have been something I didn't think of.
1:01:37 > 1:01:42You shadowed Vern night and day and he didn't lead you to the money.
1:01:42 > 1:01:46Your appeal was denied. The governor wouldn't grant a stay.
1:01:46 > 1:01:49What more could you do? Hang for him?
1:01:49 > 1:01:51Yeah, yeah.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54Well, say goodbye to Ellen for me.
1:01:54 > 1:01:56She'll be with us,
1:01:56 > 1:01:59not that I was afraid to leave at home alone,
1:01:59 > 1:02:01but I thought tonight...
1:02:01 > 1:02:04Well, I had her with me on my calls.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07Mrs Matthews is taking care of the baby.
1:02:17 > 1:02:19Open up.
1:02:23 > 1:02:25Did Mr Madison see the governor again?
1:02:25 > 1:02:30But it wasn't any use. We're changing your cell, George.
1:02:30 > 1:02:32The death cell?
1:02:47 > 1:02:50I'll run to the depot and pick up your ticket.
1:02:50 > 1:02:52That isn't necessary, Doc.
1:02:54 > 1:02:57That's to leave us alone together.
1:02:57 > 1:03:02- I'm supposed to talk you out of going away.- Poor Doc.
1:03:02 > 1:03:05I'd like to try...if I can.
1:03:06 > 1:03:08I know how you feel.
1:03:08 > 1:03:11Maybe it will be easier somewhere else.
1:03:13 > 1:03:15DOUG KNOCKS ON BAR
1:03:16 > 1:03:19Oh, sorry, folks.
1:03:19 > 1:03:21What'll it be?
1:03:21 > 1:03:23One whiskey sour.
1:03:23 > 1:03:27You're George Braden's wife. I've seen your picture.
1:03:27 > 1:03:30And you're that lawyer. I've sure been a friend to you.
1:03:30 > 1:03:33I tried to pin it on that creep Vern.
1:03:33 > 1:03:37- Do you think he did it? - How can you tell when they're sly?
1:03:37 > 1:03:39He's no good to himself
1:03:39 > 1:03:43or anybody else, so why shouldn't he take the rap?
1:03:43 > 1:03:47- I feel...- Mrs Braden would rather not discuss it.
1:03:47 > 1:03:49Why not?
1:03:49 > 1:03:51Say, that's right.
1:03:51 > 1:03:53They hang him tomorrow.
1:03:53 > 1:03:56Would you rather we waited at the station, Ellen?
1:03:56 > 1:03:59I'm OK. Go ahead and have your drink.
1:03:59 > 1:04:02Gosh, I'm sorry, Mrs Braden.
1:04:02 > 1:04:04It's only that that psycho gripes me.
1:04:04 > 1:04:08The way he acted, I went straight to the cops.
1:04:08 > 1:04:11It seems he gets into a tizzy over anything,
1:04:11 > 1:04:15- let alone a couple of murders. - I see your point. Now, please...
1:04:15 > 1:04:17Oh, sure.
1:04:19 > 1:04:21I get a bang out of needling him.
1:04:21 > 1:04:24The way he goes for anything, he's a yuck.
1:04:24 > 1:04:27But I don't like him screaming around
1:04:27 > 1:04:31at six in the morning. I live upstairs and I need my sleep.
1:04:31 > 1:04:34- 6am? - He knew about the murders at 6am?
1:04:34 > 1:04:36Ain't that what I said?
1:04:36 > 1:04:39Think. How can you be sure it was six o'clock?
1:04:39 > 1:04:41My missus was getting up then.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44She has done since the kids were born.
1:04:44 > 1:04:46Why? What's eating you both?
1:04:46 > 1:04:50The bodies weren't discovered until 7.30.
1:04:50 > 1:04:51Holy cow!
1:04:51 > 1:04:53Then Vern did do it.
1:04:53 > 1:04:56If you're only right. Now, wait a minute.
1:04:56 > 1:04:59I read the statement you made.
1:04:59 > 1:05:02You said Max Vern was around before the bar opened.
1:05:02 > 1:05:04Well, wasn't he?
1:05:04 > 1:05:08Are you sure it was 6am? Are you really sure?
1:05:08 > 1:05:10I got a wife who will swear to it.
1:05:10 > 1:05:14Find Doc. Tell him I'm taking his car. I'm going to find Vern.
1:05:14 > 1:05:20Phone the sheriff. Tell him what you told us, where I'll be and to hurry.
1:05:20 > 1:05:22This I'm going to like.
1:05:28 > 1:05:30Hello. Is Sheriff Bell there?
1:05:32 > 1:05:34- Hello...- Give me a shot.
1:05:40 > 1:05:4235 cents.
1:05:45 > 1:05:49Friend of yours was in. Too bad you missed him.
1:05:49 > 1:05:51Who? Who was in?
1:05:51 > 1:05:55That lawyer, Madison, the one who tried to railroad you.
1:05:55 > 1:05:59Nobody railroaded me. They know I didn't do nothing.
1:05:59 > 1:06:03I guess he just wanted to check, make sure you were here.
1:06:04 > 1:06:06Why did he want to do that?
1:06:06 > 1:06:10Maybe it's because of that woman of yours.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13What about her? What's he got to do with her?
1:06:14 > 1:06:16Plenty, to hear him talk.
1:06:16 > 1:06:19Anyhow, he's on his way out there.
1:06:19 > 1:06:21He ain't. You're making it up.
1:06:21 > 1:06:23That's where he said he was going.
1:06:23 > 1:06:27I don't know how you could protect your interests,
1:06:27 > 1:06:29keep your woman...
1:06:29 > 1:06:33I'll keep my woman all right. I'll keep my woman.
1:06:40 > 1:06:42Hello. Sheriff Bell. Quick.
1:06:54 > 1:06:56KNOCK AT DOOR
1:07:03 > 1:07:05Oh! You!
1:07:05 > 1:07:08- Is Vern here? - You can see he ain't.
1:07:08 > 1:07:11- Where is he?- Why would I tell you?
1:07:11 > 1:07:13You'd try to send him up the river.
1:07:13 > 1:07:16What do you care? You don't like him.
1:07:16 > 1:07:19It's better than raising my old man's kids.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22Look, it's important. Tell me where he is.
1:07:23 > 1:07:25Maybe I will.
1:07:25 > 1:07:27And maybe I won't.
1:07:28 > 1:07:31- What's your name?- Gracie.
1:07:31 > 1:07:35Listen to me, Gracie. Vern did kill those people.
1:07:35 > 1:07:38You wouldn't want an innocent man to hang.
1:07:40 > 1:07:45If he's a man, he ain't innocent. Most of them need hanging.
1:07:45 > 1:07:47Gracie, listen to me.
1:07:47 > 1:07:49- I'm listening. - I've got to find Vern.
1:07:49 > 1:07:52So you can sling him up? Who'd buy me things?
1:07:52 > 1:07:56- I will. What do you want? - A cream dress, and earrings.
1:07:56 > 1:08:00- Big ones.- You've got them. Now, tell me. Where's Max Vern?
1:08:00 > 1:08:05- Let me see the earrings.- A man dies tomorrow for a crime he didn't do.
1:08:05 > 1:08:07You can save him.
1:08:09 > 1:08:11Why should I?
1:08:16 > 1:08:18I think I understand.
1:08:18 > 1:08:20You've had it rough.
1:08:20 > 1:08:25Nobody ever did anything for you so you don't care about anybody.
1:08:26 > 1:08:28Maybe I could.
1:08:28 > 1:08:32Tell me where Vern is, and I'll buy what you want tomorrow.
1:08:35 > 1:08:37Can I pick the earrings?
1:08:37 > 1:08:40And the dress, too. We'll shop together.
1:08:41 > 1:08:44- Will you take me dancing. - Anywhere, only tell me.
1:08:44 > 1:08:48You get rough and I won't tell you nothing.
1:08:59 > 1:09:01I'm not sore, I'm desperate.
1:09:01 > 1:09:05- If Vern's out of town, I might not find him.- He ain't.
1:09:05 > 1:09:09- He'll be back here tonight? - Maybe.
1:09:09 > 1:09:11You can wait. Want some coffee?
1:09:11 > 1:09:14CAR DOORS BANG Drop it, Vern.
1:09:34 > 1:09:37Fred Morgan. That's what he did it for all right.
1:09:37 > 1:09:40And this is what he did it with.
1:09:40 > 1:09:42Get him on his feet, sheriff.
1:09:45 > 1:09:48Give me the money. The money's mine.
1:09:48 > 1:09:50He owed it to me. I had to kill him.
1:09:50 > 1:09:53I'll kill you, too. I'll kill all of you.
1:10:03 > 1:10:06I'm glad you ain't shot.
1:10:06 > 1:10:09You might have forgot the earrings.
1:10:19 > 1:10:23I want my money. Give me my money. I want my money.
1:10:23 > 1:10:25Get in the car!
1:10:30 > 1:10:33Doug, I don't know how to thank you.
1:10:33 > 1:10:37I've been wrong. You've saved me from hanging an innocent man.
1:10:37 > 1:10:39Get a stay of execution.
1:10:39 > 1:10:43I've done that. I saw to it as soon as I was notified.
1:10:43 > 1:10:45Thank you, Doug.
1:10:56 > 1:10:59Ellen called me. I was worried.
1:10:59 > 1:11:01Braden's getting a reprieve.
1:11:01 > 1:11:04If you want a reprieve, all you have to do is ask.
1:11:06 > 1:11:08Move over.
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