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Yeah, D.B.? Cleaning out deadwood.
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Okay.
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Mr. Connell I can't afford
to be without work right now.
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Not even for a day.
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I've got a mother
and two kid sisters.
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More 'good luck' telegrams.
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You know how it is.
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I've got to keep on working, see?
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Sorry, sister. I was sent
down here to clean house.
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I told you I can't use
your column anymore.
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It's lavender and old lace.
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Send those other people in.
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I'll tell you what I'll do.
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I get 30 dollars a week.
I'll take 25, 20 if necessary.
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- I'll do anything you say.
- It isn't the money.
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We're after circulation, fireworks.
People that hit with sledgehammers,
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start arguments.
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I can do that.
I know this town inside out.
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- Give me a chance, please.
- Alright, come in.
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Cashier's got your check.
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Who are these people?
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Gibbs, Crawley,
Cunningham, Giles.
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Hey you, sister!
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Don't forget your last column
before you pick up your check.
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You're a couple of sticks shy
on your column, ma'am.
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Big rich slob like D.B. Norton buys
a paper and chops 40 heads off.
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- Did you get it too?
- You too?
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Joe, I'm sorry darling.
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Let's we tear the building down.
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Before you do, you better
finish this column.
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Lavender and old lace.
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Wait, Joe. Wait.
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Wants fireworks, huh?
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Okay.
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Here.
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"Below is a letter which
reached my desk this morning.
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It's a commentary on what we
laughingly call a 'civilized world'.
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Dear Miss Mitchell, 4 years ago
I was fired out of my job.
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Since then I haven't had another.
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At first I was sore at
the State Administration because
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it's on account of slimy politics
we have all this unemployment.
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But in looking around, it seems
the whole world's going to pot.
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In protest, I'm committing suicide
by jumping of the City Hall roof.
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Signed, a disgusted
American citizen: John Doe."
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Editor's note:
"If you ask this column,
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the wrong people
are jumping of the roofs."
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Ann, this is the
old fake-a-roo, isn't it?
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Never mind that, go ahead.
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"...because of slimy politics
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that we have
all this unemployment."
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There it is. D.B Norton's
opening attack on the Governor.
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Why Jim, it's just a letter
sent into a column.
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No, I can smell it. That's Norton.
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Good morning, gentleman.
You're here rather early.
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Governor, did you happen to see
the new Bulletin?
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Yes, I had it served with breakfast.
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- Jim thinks it's D.B. Norton.
- Of course it is.
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Come, Jim. That little item?
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D.B. Norton does things
in a much bigger way.
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It's his opening attack on you,
Governor. Take my word for it.
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What did he buy a paper for?
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Why did he engage a
high pressure editor like Connell?
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He's in the oil business.
Governor, he's after your scalp.
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Alright, Jim.
Don't burst a blood vessel.
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- I'll look into it.
- Yes, sir?
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Get me Spencer
of the Daily Chronicle, please.
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Yes, I saw it, Governor.
If you ask me, it's a phony letter.
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That gag's got whiskers on it.
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I'll get the Mayor and Chamber
of Commerce to go after them.
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Get Mayor Lovett on the phone.
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Sorry, the Mayor's busy
on the other phone.
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Yes, I know, Mrs. Brewster, it's
a terrible reflection on our city.
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- I've had a dozen calls already.
- Spencer at the Chronicle.
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Just a minute.
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Yes, Mrs. Brewster, I'm listening.
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I insist that this John Doe
be found a job at once.
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If something isn't done,
I'll call out the whole Auxiliary.
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And the Junior Auxiliary.
We'll hold a meeting
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and see that it is...
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Yes, Spency? Who?
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The Governor?
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It's my building he jumping off!
And I'm up for re-election.
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What? Get Connell at the Bulletin.
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Why, he's liable to go
right past my win...
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- What was that?
- What?
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- The window. Something flew by.
- I didn't see anything.
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Don't stand there, you idiot.
Go and look. Open the window.
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Why did he have to
pick my building?
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Is there a crowd in the street?
Maybe he's caught on a ledge.
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- It must have been a seagull.
- A seagull?
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What's a seagull doing
around the City Hall?
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- That's a bad omen, isn't it?
- No, the seagull's a lovely bird.
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It's alright, Mrs. Brewster.
It's just a seagull.
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Nothing's happened yet.
I'm watching.
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Don't worry.
Leave it all to me.
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Spencer, I'll call you back.
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Hello, Connell?
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This is... What are you doing?
This is the Mayor.
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Yes, Mayor Lovett.
How many times you gonna call me?
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I've got everybody and his
brother and sister looking for him.
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See the box I'm running?
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"An appeal to John Doe.
Think it over, John.
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Life can be beautiful,
says Mayor.
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If you need a job, apply to
the editor and so forth..."
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Okay, Mayor, I'll let you know
as soon as I have something.
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What?
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Well, pull down the blinds.
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Went up to Miss Mitchell's house.
Boy, she's in a bad way.
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- Where is she?
- Supports her mother and two kids.
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- Did you find her?
- No. Her mother's worried.
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She said she was going on
a roaring drunk, the girl I mean.
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Go out and find her.
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The biggest thing I didn't tell ya.
Her old man's Doc Mitchell.
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He saved my mother's life
and wouldn't take money for it.
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Okay, Boss. I'll look for her.
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Holy smokes, Commissioner.
You've had 24 hours.
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Okay, Hawkshaw, grab a pencil.
Here it is again.
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About 5 foot five, brown eyes,
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chestnut hair...
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and as fine a pair of legs as...
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ever walked into this office.
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- Do you want to see me?
- No.
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I've had the whole Army
and Navy searching for you
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because it's a game we play.
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I remember distinctly being fired.
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That's right, but you have property
that belongs to this newspaper.
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- What's that?
- The letter.
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- What letter?
- The letter from John Doe.
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The town's in an uproar, we got to
find it. It's the only clue.
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- There is no letter.
- We'll get a handwriting expert to...
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- What?
- There is no letter.
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- Say that again.
- I made it up.
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You made it up.
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You said you wanted fireworks.
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Don't you know there are
9 jobs waiting for this guy,
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22 families want to
board him free,
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5 women want to marry him
and the Mayor's ready to adopt him?
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- Just called the morgue. A girl...
- Shut up!
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Ann! Why didn't you...?
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Only one thing to do, Hank.
Drop the whole business quickly.
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Run a story.
Say John Doe was in here,
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and is sorry he wrote the letter...
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Sure. He came in here and
I made him change his mind.
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"Bulletin Editor saves
John Doe's life." It's perfect.
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I'll have Ned write it up.
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- Ned, I got a story...
- Wait a minute.
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Listen, you great big
genius of a newspaperman.
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You came to shoot some life
into this dying newspaper.
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Well, the whole town's
curious about John Doe and boom!
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You're going to bury him.
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There's enough circulation in
that man to start an ink shortage.
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- In what man?
- John Doe.
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- What John Doe?
- Ours. The one I made up.
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Look genius. Now, look.
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Suppose a John Doe walked into
this office? What would you do?
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Find him a job and
forget the whole business, huh?
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Not me.
I'd make a deal with him.
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A deal?
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You don't drop a stunt to
sell papers like a hot potato.
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This is good for a couple of months.
Know what I'd do?
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Between now and Christmas,
when he jumps, I'd run a daily yawn.
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Starting with his boyhood,
his schooling, his first job.
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A wide-eyed youngster
facing a chaotic world.
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The problem of the average man,
all the John Does.
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Then comes the drama.
He meets discouragement.
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He finds the world has
feet of clay, his ideals crumble.
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What does he do? He decides to
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commit suicide in protest
against the state of civilization.
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He thinks of the river, but no.
He has a better idea:
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The City Hall. Why?
He wants to attract attention.
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He want to get things off his chest
and it's the only way to be heard.
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- So?
- So?
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So he writes me a letter
and I dig him up.
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He pours out his soul to me.
From now on we quote:
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"I Protest", by John Doe.
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He protests against
all the evils in the world.
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The greed, lust, hate, fear.
All of man's inhumanity to man.
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Arguments will start.
Should he commit suicide or not?
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People will write in,
pleading with him. But no, sir!
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John Doe will remain adamant.
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On Christmas Eve,
hot or cold, he goes, see?
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Very pretty, very pretty indeed,
Miss Mitchell.
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But would you mind telling me
who goes on Christmas Eve?
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- John Doe
- What John Doe?
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The one we hire
for the job, you lunkhead.
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Wait a minute. Let me get this
through this lame brain of mine.
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We hire someone who says they'll
commit suicide on Christmas Eve?
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Now you're catching on.
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- Who for instance?
- Anybody. Beany'll do.
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Why sure.
Who me? Jump off a...
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Anytime but Christmas.
I'm superstitious.
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Do me a favor. Go on out and
get married, have babies but...
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stay out of the newspaper business.
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Better get that story in hand.
It's getting late.
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You're supposed to be a smart guy.
If it was raining 100 dollar bills,
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you'd be looking for
a dime you lost someplace.
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Holy smokes. Wasting my time
listening to this mad woman.
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Look what the Chronicle's running
on John Doe. They say it's a fake.
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Why the no-good...
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"John Doe story,
amateur journalism.
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This is so phony, it's a wonder
anyone's taking it seriously."
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- What do you think of those guys?
- That's fine. That's fine.
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Now fall into their laps. Go ahead.
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Say John Doe walked in
and called the whole thing off.
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You know what that'll sound like.
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- That's all, Ned. Thank you.
- All right.
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Amateur journalism, huh?
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That bunch of sophomores.
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- I could teach them more...
- Boss! Get a load of this.
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- What?
- Look.
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What do they want?
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- They say they wrote the letter.
- Yeah, I wrote it, Boss.
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They all wrote the letter.
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Tell them all to wait.
One is your John Doe.
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They're desperate and will
do anything for a cup of coffee.
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Pick one and you can make
the Chronicle eat their words.
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I'm beginning to like this.
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If you ask me, Hank,
you're playing with dynamite.
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No, the girl's right.
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We can't let the Chronicle
get the laugh on us.
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We've got to produce
a John Doe now.
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Amateur journalism, huh?
I'll show those guys.
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Sure and there's no reason
for them to find out the truth
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because naturally
I won't say anything.
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- Okay, you get your job back.
- Plus a bonus.
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- What bonus?
- The bonus of 1,000 dollars...
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the Chronicle was going to
pay me for this little document.
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"I, Ann Mitchell, certify that the
John Doe letter was created by me..."
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- I can read. I can read.
- Sorry.
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You think this is worth
1,000 dollars, do ya?
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The Chronicle would
consider it dirt cheap.
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Packs everything including a gun.
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Okay, sister, you got a deal.
Let's look at the candidates.
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00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:15,766
The one we pick has got to be
the typical, average man.
235
00:14:16,136 --> 00:14:18,293
Typical American
that can keep his mouth shut.
236
00:14:18,463 --> 00:14:21,464
Show me an American who can keep
his mouth shut and I'll eat him.
237
00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,114
Beany, bring 'em in one at a time.
238
00:15:29,482 --> 00:15:31,399
Did you write that letter?
239
00:15:32,209 --> 00:15:34,652
- No, I didn't.
- What are you doing here then?
240
00:15:35,140 --> 00:15:38,781
Paper says there were jobs.
Might be one left over.
241
00:15:39,073 --> 00:15:40,589
Had any schooling?
242
00:15:41,118 --> 00:15:42,635
Yeah. A little.
243
00:15:42,924 --> 00:15:44,408
What do you do when you work?
244
00:15:44,689 --> 00:15:46,607
- I used to pitch.
- Baseball?
245
00:15:47,418 --> 00:15:49,700
Yeah, till my wing went bad.
246
00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,063
Where did you play?
247
00:15:52,031 --> 00:15:53,356
Bush leagues, mostly.
248
00:15:53,518 --> 00:15:56,323
- Family? Got any family?
- No.
249
00:15:56,726 --> 00:15:58,964
- Just traveling through?
- Yeah.
250
00:15:59,214 --> 00:16:01,610
Me and a friend of mine.
He's outside.
251
00:16:05,635 --> 00:16:08,155
- Looks alright.
- He's perfect. A baseball player.
252
00:16:08,323 --> 00:16:10,079
What could be more American?
253
00:16:10,247 --> 00:16:13,328
- Wish he had a family.
- Be less complicated without.
254
00:16:13,499 --> 00:16:14,651
Look at that face. It's wonderful.
255
00:16:15,024 --> 00:16:17,065
They'll believe him. Come on.
256
00:16:19,156 --> 00:16:21,962
- What's your name.
- John Willoughby.
257
00:16:22,124 --> 00:16:24,566
Long John Willoughby
they called me in baseball.
258
00:16:24,732 --> 00:16:27,254
Would you like to make some money?
259
00:16:29,347 --> 00:16:31,470
Yeah... maybe.
260
00:16:32,035 --> 00:16:35,562
Would you be willing to say you
wrote that letter and stick by it?
261
00:16:40,742 --> 00:16:42,385
I get the idea.
262
00:16:43,030 --> 00:16:44,947
Yeah. Maybe.
263
00:16:49,730 --> 00:16:51,853
That's our man.
He's made to order.
264
00:16:52,017 --> 00:16:54,140
He don't seem like the guy
that'd fall in line.
265
00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,746
When you're desperate for money,
you do a lot of things.
266
00:16:56,912 --> 00:16:59,674
He's our man I tell you.
He's fainted.
267
00:17:00,122 --> 00:17:01,720
Get some water, quickly!
268
00:17:01,888 --> 00:17:02,766
Hurry up, Hop.
269
00:17:03,251 --> 00:17:04,690
Right here, sit down.
270
00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:07,013
- You alright?
- Yeah, I'm alright.
271
00:17:08,267 --> 00:17:09,785
How many is that, six?
272
00:17:19,944 --> 00:17:21,460
Pretty hungry, weren't you?
273
00:17:23,394 --> 00:17:26,475
All this John Doe business
is batty, if you ask me.
274
00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,081
Well nobody asked you.
275
00:17:28,449 --> 00:17:31,018
Trying to improve the world
by jumping off buildings.
276
00:17:31,179 --> 00:17:33,334
You couldn't improve the world
if the buildings jumped on you.
277
00:17:34,188 --> 00:17:35,944
Don't mind the Colonel.
He hates people.
278
00:17:36,153 --> 00:17:38,115
Likes you enough to stick around.
279
00:17:38,521 --> 00:17:40,722
'Cause we both play doohickeys.
280
00:17:42,252 --> 00:17:44,535
I met him in a boxcar
a couple of years ago.
281
00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:47,826
I was fooling around with
my harmonica and he joins in.
282
00:17:47,989 --> 00:17:49,953
Haven't shaken him since.
283
00:18:11,422 --> 00:18:14,343
- Alright boys, here he is.
- No, you can't take photos of him
284
00:18:14,511 --> 00:18:16,475
eating a sandwich
and with a beard.
285
00:18:16,638 --> 00:18:18,999
- He's going to jump off a building.
- Not because he's out of a job.
286
00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,768
That's not news.
He's jumping out of principle.
287
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:23,053
Maybe you're right.
288
00:18:23,258 --> 00:18:26,100
We clean him up, put him in a hotel
under bodyguard. Make a mystery.
289
00:18:26,268 --> 00:18:29,074
- Did you speak to Mr. Norton?
- Thinks it's terrific.
290
00:18:29,237 --> 00:18:31,805
Wants us to build a bonfire under
every big shot in the state.
291
00:18:31,965 --> 00:18:33,722
- Swell. Is that the contract?
- Yeah.
292
00:18:34,293 --> 00:18:37,100
- What's he doing here?
- Friend of his. They play duets.
293
00:18:37,262 --> 00:18:39,223
Duets? Can we trust him?
294
00:18:39,387 --> 00:18:40,712
I trust him.
295
00:18:40,873 --> 00:18:43,600
You trust him, eh?
I'm suppose he trusts you too.
296
00:18:43,761 --> 00:18:45,646
Stop worrying. He's all right.
297
00:18:46,009 --> 00:18:48,850
Okay, but we don't want more than
a hundred people in on this.
298
00:18:49,139 --> 00:18:51,100
First, I want an exact copy
of the John Doe letter
299
00:18:51,265 --> 00:18:52,989
in your own handwriting.
300
00:18:53,151 --> 00:18:54,554
I got it already. Here.
301
00:18:54,715 --> 00:18:55,948
That's fine.
302
00:18:56,361 --> 00:18:58,756
Now sign this agreement.
303
00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:01,816
It gives us an exclusive story
under your name, day by day
304
00:19:01,979 --> 00:19:03,895
from now until Christmas.
305
00:19:04,345 --> 00:19:06,914
On December 26th,
you get one railroad ticket
306
00:19:07,073 --> 00:19:08,670
out of town.
307
00:19:09,079 --> 00:19:11,761
The Bulletin pays to have
your arm fixed. It's what you want?
308
00:19:11,929 --> 00:19:13,846
Yeah, but it's got to be by
Bone-setter Brown.
309
00:19:14,015 --> 00:19:16,822
Okay, Bone-setter Brown goes.
Here, sign it.
310
00:19:17,064 --> 00:19:19,187
Meanwhile, here's
50 dollars spending money.
311
00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:21,189
That's fine. Beany?
312
00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:24,920
Take charge of him. A suite at
the Imperial and bodyguards.
313
00:19:25,088 --> 00:19:26,573
And some new clothes.
314
00:19:26,735 --> 00:19:28,891
- Think we better have him deloused?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
315
00:19:29,061 --> 00:19:31,982
- Both of them?
- Yes, but don't lose them.
316
00:19:32,151 --> 00:19:34,433
- Beany, gray suit, huh?
- Yeah.
317
00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:35,752
Okay, fellas.
318
00:19:40,859 --> 00:19:42,581
Take it easy, John Doe.
319
00:19:45,995 --> 00:19:48,722
And you start pounding
that typewriter.
320
00:19:48,883 --> 00:19:51,485
This is terrific.
No responsibilities on our part,
321
00:19:51,652 --> 00:19:54,047
just statements from John Doe
and we can blast our heads off.
322
00:19:54,218 --> 00:19:58,018
Before you pop your buttons,
don't forget that check for 1,000.
323
00:19:58,312 --> 00:19:59,715
Yeah.
324
00:20:01,843 --> 00:20:04,490
Okay, fellas, you sit outside
and nobody comes in.
325
00:20:04,652 --> 00:20:06,808
You two fellas sit in here.
326
00:20:07,179 --> 00:20:08,821
Pretty nifty, huh?
327
00:20:10,428 --> 00:20:12,826
- You won't get me to stay here.
- Sure you are.
328
00:20:12,997 --> 00:20:16,479
No. Under the bridge, where we slept
last night is good enough for me.
329
00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:19,407
- What do I do with this baggage?
- Stick it in the bedroom.
330
00:20:19,578 --> 00:20:21,221
Give me mine. I ain't staying.
331
00:20:22,547 --> 00:20:24,543
We were headed for
the Columbia River country
332
00:20:24,713 --> 00:20:27,759
before this John Doe business
came up. You remember don't ya?
333
00:20:27,923 --> 00:20:29,041
Sure, I remember.
334
00:20:29,207 --> 00:20:31,410
Did your ears pop coming up
in the elevator? Mine did.
335
00:20:31,574 --> 00:20:33,492
Long John, I tell ya.
It's no good.
336
00:20:33,661 --> 00:20:35,703
You'll get used to a lot of stuff
that's gonna wreck you.
337
00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:38,869
That 50 bucks in your pocket
is beginning to show up on you.
338
00:20:39,198 --> 00:20:40,681
Don't pull that on me neither.
339
00:20:41,847 --> 00:20:43,364
Stop worrying. I'll get my arm
fixed out of this.
340
00:20:43,531 --> 00:20:45,973
Here's some cigars
the boss sent us. Have one.
341
00:20:46,139 --> 00:20:47,942
- Colonel?
- No.
342
00:20:57,735 --> 00:21:00,463
I bet even the major leaguers
don't rate an outfit like this.
343
00:21:00,624 --> 00:21:02,221
Make yourself comfortable.
Paper?
344
00:21:03,393 --> 00:21:06,359
I don't read no papers and
I don't listen to radios neither.
345
00:21:06,643 --> 00:21:10,123
World's been shaved by a
drunken barber. Don't have to read.
346
00:21:12,901 --> 00:21:14,819
I've seen guys like you go under.
347
00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:18,990
Guys that never had a worry,
got some money and went goofy.
348
00:21:19,161 --> 00:21:20,724
First thing that happens to a guy...
349
00:21:20,886 --> 00:21:22,724
- Get a load of the bedroom.
- No.
350
00:21:23,494 --> 00:21:26,862
First thing that happens is he
starts wanting to go to restaurants
351
00:21:27,307 --> 00:21:31,277
and eat salad
and cupcakes and tea.
352
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,438
What that kind of food
does to your system.
353
00:21:39,584 --> 00:21:41,822
Next, the dope wants a room.
354
00:21:41,991 --> 00:21:44,068
A room with steam heat,
355
00:21:44,239 --> 00:21:45,676
and curtains and rugs.
356
00:21:45,844 --> 00:21:48,891
He softens up till he
can't sleep unless he has a bed.
357
00:21:49,576 --> 00:21:52,097
Stop worrying, Colonel.
50 bucks ain't gonna ruin me.
358
00:21:52,264 --> 00:21:54,260
I've seen plenty of fellas
start out with 50 bucks
359
00:21:54,430 --> 00:21:56,267
and wind up with
a bank account.
360
00:21:56,436 --> 00:21:57,920
What's the matter
with a bank account, anyway?
361
00:21:58,081 --> 00:22:01,846
Let me tell you, Long John,
when you got a bank account,
362
00:22:02,013 --> 00:22:05,140
they got ya!
Yes sir, the got ya.
363
00:22:06,707 --> 00:22:08,590
- Who's got him?
- The Heelots.
364
00:22:08,754 --> 00:22:09,746
Who?
365
00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:12,600
There's the City Hall tower
I'm supposed to jump off of.
366
00:22:12,767 --> 00:22:14,250
It's even higher than this.
367
00:22:14,412 --> 00:22:16,933
- Who's got him?
- The Heelots.
368
00:22:18,505 --> 00:22:20,021
Wait a minute.
369
00:22:20,469 --> 00:22:22,113
That's not till Christmas Eve.
370
00:22:22,276 --> 00:22:24,079
Want to get me in a jam?
371
00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:27,368
If it gets you in a jam,
I'll do you a favor. I won't jump.
372
00:22:28,977 --> 00:22:32,697
When they got ya, you got
no more chance than a road rabbit.
373
00:22:32,869 --> 00:22:34,466
Who was going to get him?
374
00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:36,996
Is this one of those places where
you ring if you want something?
375
00:22:37,162 --> 00:22:40,209
- Yeah, just use the phone.
- I always wanted to do that.
376
00:22:40,573 --> 00:22:42,249
Hey, Doc, look.
377
00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:46,501
Give me that again, will ya?
Who's gonna get him?
378
00:22:46,671 --> 00:22:48,110
The Heelots.
379
00:22:48,357 --> 00:22:49,474
Who are they?
380
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,089
- Listen, you ever been broke?
- Mostly often.
381
00:22:53,252 --> 00:22:54,244
All right.
382
00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:58,181
You're walking along, not a nickel,
free as the wind, nobody bothers you.
383
00:22:58,348 --> 00:23:00,505
Hundreds pass you by
in every line of business:
384
00:23:00,674 --> 00:23:03,757
shoes, hats, automobiles,
radios, furniture, everything.
385
00:23:03,925 --> 00:23:06,766
They're all nice, loveable people
and they let you alone.
386
00:23:06,934 --> 00:23:08,166
Now, is that right?
387
00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,176
Then you get hold of some dough,
and what happens?
388
00:23:12,270 --> 00:23:15,875
All those nice, sweet,
loveable people
389
00:23:16,363 --> 00:23:17,925
become Heelots. A lot of heels!
390
00:23:18,971 --> 00:23:22,418
The begin creepin' up on you.
Trying to sell you stuff.
391
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:26,469
They get long claws and they
get a stranglehold on you.
392
00:23:26,635 --> 00:23:28,311
You squirm and you duck
393
00:23:28,481 --> 00:23:30,795
and you holler,
but you haven't got a chance.
394
00:23:30,967 --> 00:23:32,120
They got ya.
395
00:23:32,291 --> 00:23:35,978
First thing you know,
you own things. A car, for instance.
396
00:23:36,143 --> 00:23:38,986
Now your whole life is
messed up with more stuff:
397
00:23:39,153 --> 00:23:42,873
You got license fees
and number plates,
398
00:23:43,045 --> 00:23:44,882
gas and oil, taxes and insurance,
399
00:23:45,052 --> 00:23:47,573
and identification cards
and letters
400
00:23:47,739 --> 00:23:49,782
and bills
and flat tires and dents
401
00:23:49,946 --> 00:23:51,830
and traffic tickets
and motorcycle cops
402
00:23:51,993 --> 00:23:55,919
and courtrooms, lawyers, fines
and a million other things.
403
00:23:56,487 --> 00:23:57,843
And what happens?
404
00:23:59,136 --> 00:24:01,816
You're not the free and
happy guy you used to be.
405
00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:04,711
You got to have money
to pay for all those things.
406
00:24:04,873 --> 00:24:07,189
So you go after
what the other fella's got.
407
00:24:07,602 --> 00:24:10,648
And there you are.
You're a Heelot yourself.
408
00:24:19,317 --> 00:24:21,554
You win, Colonel.
Take the fifty.
409
00:24:22,728 --> 00:24:25,730
- Go out and get rid of it.
- You bet. Fast as I can.
410
00:24:25,897 --> 00:24:29,824
I'll get can goods, a fishing rod,
the rest I'll give away.
411
00:24:30,191 --> 00:24:31,422
Give away?
412
00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:34,521
Get me a pitcher's glove.
I got to get some practice.
413
00:24:35,568 --> 00:24:38,088
Say, he's giving it away,
I'm gonna get me some.
414
00:24:38,254 --> 00:24:40,218
Come back here, you Heelot.
415
00:24:43,030 --> 00:24:46,077
Send up 5 hamburgers
with all the trimmings,
416
00:24:46,521 --> 00:24:48,644
5 ice cream sodas
417
00:24:48,808 --> 00:24:50,805
and 5 pieces of apple pie.
418
00:24:51,738 --> 00:24:54,258
No, apple. With cheese.
419
00:24:54,747 --> 00:24:55,819
Yeah, thanks.
420
00:25:09,512 --> 00:25:10,791
Hello there.
421
00:25:12,962 --> 00:25:14,480
Well, well.
422
00:25:15,210 --> 00:25:17,605
If it isn't the man about town.
423
00:25:17,777 --> 00:25:18,736
All set, Miss Ann.
424
00:25:20,426 --> 00:25:22,787
Oh, yes. Let's go.
425
00:25:23,956 --> 00:25:26,033
Let's see. We want some
action in these pictures.
426
00:25:26,204 --> 00:25:27,116
Action?
427
00:25:29,775 --> 00:25:30,766
Action!
428
00:25:30,937 --> 00:25:33,175
No, no. This man's
going to jump off a roof.
429
00:25:33,345 --> 00:25:36,232
Wait a minute.
Let me comb your hair.
430
00:25:40,689 --> 00:25:42,171
There, that's better.
431
00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:51,915
He's got a nice face, hasn't he?
432
00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:53,601
Yeah, he's pretty.
433
00:25:55,936 --> 00:25:58,092
Here, sit down.
Quiet, egghead.
434
00:25:58,945 --> 00:26:00,861
Now a serious expression.
435
00:26:01,271 --> 00:26:03,953
- I can't. I'm feeling too good.
- Come on, this is serious.
436
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,768
You're a man disgusted
with all of civilization.
437
00:26:06,929 --> 00:26:09,691
- With all of it?
- Yes, you're sore at the world.
438
00:26:10,139 --> 00:26:11,941
- Crabby guy, huh?
- Yeah.
439
00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:16,026
No, no!
440
00:26:17,924 --> 00:26:18,835
No.
441
00:26:21,935 --> 00:26:23,007
Look...
442
00:26:23,179 --> 00:26:25,416
you don't have to smell the world.
443
00:26:27,592 --> 00:26:29,909
- With those guys in the bleachers.
- Never mind those guys.
444
00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:31,312
Stand up.
445
00:26:31,485 --> 00:26:33,926
See what you look like protesting.
446
00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:37,136
- Against what?
- Against anything, just protest.
447
00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:39,945
You got me.
448
00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:41,715
Look, I'm the umpire.
449
00:26:41,877 --> 00:26:45,036
You cut the plate with
a fast one and I call it a ball.
450
00:26:45,366 --> 00:26:47,810
- Now what would you do?
- You did, huh?
451
00:26:48,336 --> 00:26:50,653
Why can't you call it right?
You bone-headed, big-eared...
452
00:26:50,825 --> 00:26:52,547
Grab it, Eddy. Grab it.
453
00:27:18,510 --> 00:27:20,792
Extra! Extra!
454
00:27:24,889 --> 00:27:27,776
Read all about it!
Extra!
455
00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:48,080
I don't care who's picture
they're publishing,
456
00:27:48,242 --> 00:27:51,287
I still say this
John Doe person is a myth.
457
00:27:51,452 --> 00:27:52,888
You can quote me on that.
458
00:27:53,057 --> 00:27:56,422
I'm going to insist on his being
produced for questioning.
459
00:27:56,788 --> 00:27:59,515
You know as well as I do
that this whole thing
460
00:27:59,677 --> 00:28:02,153
is being engineered
by a vicious man
461
00:28:02,326 --> 00:28:03,842
with a vicious purpose.
462
00:28:04,010 --> 00:28:05,447
Mr. D.B. Norton.
463
00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:31,008
Mr. Connell and Miss Mitchell
are at the house, sir.
464
00:28:31,174 --> 00:28:33,057
Oh, they are?
Come on.
465
00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:37,709
Personally, I think it's
stupidity to drop it now.
466
00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:41,515
His fan mail is in the thousands.
It's going like a house afire.
467
00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:44,449
What are you afraid of, Connell?
It's doubled our circulation.
468
00:28:44,615 --> 00:28:46,292
But it's got everybody sore.
469
00:28:46,461 --> 00:28:49,029
Ads are being pulled.
Governor's starting a libel suit.
470
00:28:49,189 --> 00:28:51,792
They all know he's a phony
and insist on seeing him.
471
00:28:51,959 --> 00:28:54,846
Let them see him?
We'll let them hear him.
472
00:28:55,007 --> 00:28:57,325
You own a radio station.
Why not put him on the air?
473
00:28:57,496 --> 00:28:59,732
Watch out for this dame, D.B.,
she'll drive you batty.
474
00:28:59,902 --> 00:29:02,550
We can't let them start pumping
this bush league pitcher.
475
00:29:02,712 --> 00:29:05,280
No telling what
that screwball might do.
476
00:29:05,439 --> 00:29:08,806
I walk in yesterday, he's on
a table with a fishing pole,
477
00:29:08,971 --> 00:29:10,203
fly-casting.
478
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:13,057
Get him out of town before
this thing explodes in our faces.
479
00:29:13,224 --> 00:29:16,030
You do and you're as much of
a dumb cluck as he is. Excuse me.
480
00:29:16,192 --> 00:29:19,320
- You got yourself a meal ticket.
- Sure it is, I admit...
481
00:29:19,483 --> 00:29:23,090
but it's also a windfall for
Mr. Norton who wants into politics.
482
00:29:23,255 --> 00:29:26,015
That's why you bought the paper,
to reach a lot of people?
483
00:29:26,183 --> 00:29:28,945
Put John Doe on the air
and you'll reach 130 million.
484
00:29:29,113 --> 00:29:31,270
He can say anything he wants.
485
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,327
Forget the Governor and the Mayor
and all the small fry.
486
00:29:34,489 --> 00:29:36,372
This can arouse national interest.
487
00:29:36,535 --> 00:29:39,342
If he made a hit here,
he can do it around the country.
488
00:29:39,505 --> 00:29:42,391
And you'll be
pulling the strings, Mr. Norton.
489
00:29:44,962 --> 00:29:47,199
Arrange for some radio time.
490
00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:49,651
- D.B...
- As soon as possible.
491
00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:55,632
Okay. I just came in
to get warm myself.
492
00:29:56,036 --> 00:29:57,359
Come on, let's go.
493
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:00,400
Don't you go.
I want to talk to you.
494
00:30:06,749 --> 00:30:07,787
Sit down.
495
00:30:24,765 --> 00:30:27,001
This John Doe idea
was yours, wasn't it?
496
00:30:28,175 --> 00:30:29,088
Yes, sir.
497
00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,035
- How much money do you get?
- 30 dollars.
498
00:30:38,728 --> 00:30:40,131
30 dollars.
499
00:30:40,894 --> 00:30:43,782
Well, what are you after? I mean...
500
00:30:43,944 --> 00:30:47,071
- You want a journalistic career?
- Money.
501
00:30:47,796 --> 00:30:51,196
Money. Well, I'm glad
to hear somebody admit it.
502
00:30:54,417 --> 00:30:58,421
Could you write a radio speech
to put that fellow over?
503
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,517
- I'm sure I can.
- Do and I'll give you 100 a week.
504
00:31:01,719 --> 00:31:03,875
- 100 dollars.
- That's only the beginning.
505
00:31:04,246 --> 00:31:07,566
Play your cards right and you'll
never worry about money again.
506
00:31:08,058 --> 00:31:09,702
I knew it.
507
00:31:09,864 --> 00:31:12,180
Whenever there's
a pretty woman around...
508
00:31:12,352 --> 00:31:14,474
This is my nephew, Ted Sheldon.
Miss Mitchell.
509
00:31:14,638 --> 00:31:15,916
- How do you do?
- How do you do?
510
00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:19,370
I'll give you a break, Casanova.
See Miss Mitchell gets a car home.
511
00:31:19,574 --> 00:31:21,535
Always reading my mind.
512
00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:23,939
Thank you for everything.
513
00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:26,146
And Miss Mitchell,
514
00:31:26,676 --> 00:31:29,117
from now on,
you better work directly from me.
515
00:31:29,685 --> 00:31:30,837
Yes, sir.
516
00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:09,522
- I thought you were asleep.
- We want to say goodnight.
517
00:32:10,531 --> 00:32:13,052
You little brats,
you're just stalling.
518
00:32:14,543 --> 00:32:16,826
Come, children.
It's past your bedtime.
519
00:32:17,151 --> 00:32:18,554
Oh, all right.
520
00:32:18,715 --> 00:32:21,158
Come on, come on.
521
00:32:21,805 --> 00:32:23,928
If Scootch will
stay for me, I'm done.
522
00:32:24,092 --> 00:32:25,690
I'll never get this speech right.
523
00:32:25,858 --> 00:32:28,220
Yes you will, Ann dear.
You're very clever.
524
00:32:28,386 --> 00:32:29,744
Yeah, I know.
What are you looking for?
525
00:32:30,833 --> 00:32:32,830
Your purse.
I need ten dollars.
526
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,883
What for?
I gave you fifty the other day.
527
00:32:35,047 --> 00:32:38,528
I know, but Mrs. Burke had
her baby yesterday. Nine pounds.
528
00:32:38,939 --> 00:32:40,695
There wasn't a thing in the house.
529
00:32:40,864 --> 00:32:42,588
Then,
the Community Chest lady came.
530
00:32:43,072 --> 00:32:44,988
And the 50 dollars is gone.
Who's the 10 for?
531
00:32:45,158 --> 00:32:46,561
- The Websters.
- The Websters.
532
00:32:46,723 --> 00:32:49,244
You remember those lovely people
your father used to take care of?
533
00:32:49,410 --> 00:32:51,533
I thought I'd buy them groceries.
534
00:32:51,698 --> 00:32:53,261
Ann, it's a shame those poor...
535
00:32:53,424 --> 00:32:56,151
You're marvelous,
just like father used to be.
536
00:32:56,313 --> 00:32:59,393
You realize a couple of weeks ago
we didn't have enough to eat?
537
00:32:59,562 --> 00:33:03,328
But these people are in such need
and we have plenty now.
538
00:33:03,494 --> 00:33:06,097
If you mean the 1,000 dollars,
forget it. It's practically gone.
539
00:33:06,263 --> 00:33:07,747
We owed everybody in town.
540
00:33:07,908 --> 00:33:10,108
You got to stop
giving all your money away.
541
00:33:10,275 --> 00:33:11,507
Oh, Ann dear.
542
00:33:11,679 --> 00:33:14,966
I'm sorry, Ma.
Don't pay any attention to me.
543
00:33:15,130 --> 00:33:17,368
I guess I'm just
all upset about all this.
544
00:33:17,697 --> 00:33:20,379
Here I am with a great
opportunity to get somewhere,
545
00:33:20,547 --> 00:33:23,115
to give you security for once,
and I'm stuck.
546
00:33:23,274 --> 00:33:26,436
If I could put this over,
Mrs. Burke can have six babies.
547
00:33:26,606 --> 00:33:30,577
- The speech you're writing?
- Yeah. I can't get it to gel.
548
00:33:30,738 --> 00:33:33,135
I created somebody who's
giving up his life for a principle.
549
00:33:33,305 --> 00:33:35,954
Thousands of people are going to
listen to him over the radio,
550
00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:38,637
and unless he says
something sensational,
551
00:33:38,803 --> 00:33:40,365
it's just no good.
552
00:33:40,529 --> 00:33:44,169
I don't know what kind of
speech you're going to write,
553
00:33:44,340 --> 00:33:48,139
but from the samples I've read,
I don't think anybody will listen.
554
00:33:48,312 --> 00:33:49,384
What?
555
00:33:49,757 --> 00:33:53,044
There are so many
complaining, political speeches.
556
00:33:53,248 --> 00:33:56,854
People are tired of hearing
doom and despair on the radio.
557
00:33:57,060 --> 00:34:00,105
If you're going to have him
say anything,
558
00:34:00,269 --> 00:34:02,916
why not something simple
and real, with hope in it?
559
00:34:04,161 --> 00:34:07,003
Your father were alive, he'd know.
560
00:34:07,532 --> 00:34:08,604
Yeah.
561
00:34:08,976 --> 00:34:10,573
Father certainly would.
562
00:34:11,986 --> 00:34:13,388
Wait a minute.
563
00:34:30,723 --> 00:34:32,640
That's your father's diary, Ann.
564
00:34:32,810 --> 00:34:35,936
Father's...?
I never knew he had a diary.
565
00:34:36,180 --> 00:34:38,222
Enough for 100 speeches.
566
00:34:38,387 --> 00:34:40,428
Things people ought to hear now.
567
00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:42,953
Be careful of it, won't you.
568
00:34:43,282 --> 00:34:45,518
It's always helped to keep
your father alive for me.
569
00:34:45,689 --> 00:34:47,607
You bet I will, Ma.
570
00:34:48,539 --> 00:34:50,375
We wanna see him!
571
00:34:50,545 --> 00:34:53,466
Wait a minute, John Doe
don't want to sign autographs.
572
00:34:53,634 --> 00:34:56,555
- Well, what does he do all day?
- What does he do all day?
573
00:34:56,724 --> 00:34:59,325
- He's writing out his memories.
- Please!
574
00:34:59,492 --> 00:35:02,539
Sorry, lady. You can't see Mr. Doe.
He wants to be alone.
575
00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:06,342
No, he sits around all day
and commutes with himself.
576
00:35:12,292 --> 00:35:13,615
Ball!
577
00:35:23,767 --> 00:35:26,574
I don't know how you'll
stand it here till after Christmas.
578
00:35:30,507 --> 00:35:32,904
You ain't heard a train whistle
in two weeks.
579
00:35:41,341 --> 00:35:42,860
Strike!
580
00:35:56,267 --> 00:35:57,911
I know why you're hanging around.
581
00:36:05,095 --> 00:36:06,851
You're stuck on the girl.
582
00:36:09,949 --> 00:36:12,792
All I guy needs is to get
hooked up with a woman.
583
00:36:30,051 --> 00:36:31,329
Was that a single?
584
00:36:32,297 --> 00:36:33,781
First baseman dropped the ball.
585
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,063
Butterfingers!
586
00:36:36,430 --> 00:36:37,584
Tough luck, pal.
587
00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:45,570
Guy has a woman on his hands,
588
00:36:45,740 --> 00:36:48,901
first thing he knows his life
is balled up with more things.
589
00:36:49,551 --> 00:36:50,954
Furniture.
590
00:37:02,110 --> 00:37:03,103
Did you get him?
591
00:37:04,558 --> 00:37:05,629
You're out!
592
00:37:06,041 --> 00:37:09,125
- This the end of the 8th?
- The 9th.
593
00:37:13,906 --> 00:37:17,147
Beany, a couple of mugs from
the Chronicle are snooping around.
594
00:37:20,848 --> 00:37:22,491
Come on, Angel Face.
595
00:37:24,138 --> 00:37:27,698
- What's the score, Angel Face?
- 3 to 2, our favor.
596
00:37:27,869 --> 00:37:29,273
Gee, that's great!
597
00:37:36,055 --> 00:37:38,578
You got swell form.
Must have been a good pitcher.
598
00:37:38,985 --> 00:37:41,986
Pretty good? I was about ready
for the majors when I chipped
599
00:37:42,154 --> 00:37:45,200
a bone in my elbow.
Got it pitching a 19 inning game.
600
00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:47,039
- 19?
- Yeah.
601
00:37:47,209 --> 00:37:49,367
A major league scout was watching.
602
00:37:49,537 --> 00:37:51,534
He came down after
with a contract.
603
00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:55,390
You know what? I couldn't
lift my arm to sign it.
604
00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:59,245
- I'll be okay when I'm fixed up.
- Yeah, it's too bad.
605
00:38:00,451 --> 00:38:01,602
What do you mean 'too bad'?
606
00:38:02,857 --> 00:38:04,776
That you'll never play again.
607
00:38:05,425 --> 00:38:08,187
What are you talking about?
I just told you...
608
00:38:08,355 --> 00:38:11,116
You know how they are in baseball
if a guy's mixed up in a racket.
609
00:38:11,604 --> 00:38:13,088
Racket? What do you mean?
610
00:38:13,610 --> 00:38:16,532
I was thinking about
this John Doe business.
611
00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:19,223
As soon as it comes out
it's all a fake,
612
00:38:19,389 --> 00:38:21,829
you'll be washed up
in baseball, won't you?
613
00:38:23,923 --> 00:38:25,155
Yeah.
614
00:38:27,653 --> 00:38:30,017
Doggone.
I never thought about that.
615
00:38:35,879 --> 00:38:38,277
- Gosh!
- And what about the kids?
616
00:38:39,451 --> 00:38:41,574
The kids that
idolize ball players?
617
00:38:41,738 --> 00:38:43,380
What will they think about ya?
618
00:38:44,547 --> 00:38:45,538
Yeah.
619
00:38:46,272 --> 00:38:47,344
Hey, Colonel.
620
00:38:50,444 --> 00:38:51,722
Did you hear that?
621
00:38:52,049 --> 00:38:54,652
I got to figure
some way out of this thing.
622
00:38:54,859 --> 00:38:56,775
Elevators are still running.
623
00:38:57,947 --> 00:39:00,551
- I know one way you can do it.
- How?
624
00:39:01,638 --> 00:39:03,316
When you get on the radio,
625
00:39:03,485 --> 00:39:05,800
all you have to do is say
the whole thing's a frame-up
626
00:39:05,972 --> 00:39:08,095
Make you a hero,
sure as you're born.
627
00:39:09,182 --> 00:39:11,658
Yeah, but how am I
going to get my arm fixed?
628
00:39:11,831 --> 00:39:13,313
That's a cinch.
629
00:39:13,796 --> 00:39:15,954
I know somebody who'll
give you 5,000 dollars
630
00:39:16,164 --> 00:39:19,245
- to tell the truth on the radio.
- 5,000 dollars.
631
00:39:19,736 --> 00:39:22,303
Yeah, 5,000 dollars
and he gets it right away.
632
00:39:22,504 --> 00:39:24,306
Don't have to wait till Christmas.
633
00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:28,072
Look out, Long John,
they're closing in on you.
634
00:39:29,404 --> 00:39:31,366
Say, who's putting up this dough?
635
00:39:31,892 --> 00:39:33,535
Fella runs the Chronicle.
636
00:39:35,624 --> 00:39:38,431
Here's the speech you make
all written for you.
637
00:39:40,039 --> 00:39:42,160
5,000 dollars.
638
00:39:42,325 --> 00:39:45,246
Holy mackerel!
I can see the Heelots coming.
639
00:39:45,415 --> 00:39:46,566
The whole army of them.
640
00:39:48,944 --> 00:39:50,176
It's on the level.
641
00:40:01,627 --> 00:40:04,389
No, I'm sorry, tickets for
the broadcast are all gone.
642
00:40:04,677 --> 00:40:05,955
Phone the Bulletin.
643
00:40:06,123 --> 00:40:07,926
Sorry, no more tickets left.
644
00:40:19,528 --> 00:40:22,175
All set for the big night?
Swell!
645
00:40:22,337 --> 00:40:24,379
- Turn around. Now stand still.
- Hold it, Mr. Doe.
646
00:40:25,267 --> 00:40:26,911
Big smile, Mr. Doe.
647
00:40:27,072 --> 00:40:30,358
- Okay, Beany, that's enough.
- Alright, scram now.
648
00:40:31,127 --> 00:40:33,602
John, here's the speech.
It's in caps and double spaced.
649
00:40:33,774 --> 00:40:35,212
You'll have no trouble reading it.
650
00:40:35,380 --> 00:40:37,902
Not nervous, are you?
Of course not, he wouldn't be.
651
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,112
- Who?
- John Doe. The one in there.
652
00:40:40,277 --> 00:40:42,433
Don't let your knees rattle.
It picks up on the mike.
653
00:40:42,604 --> 00:40:46,132
You needn't be nervous.
Remember to be sincere.
654
00:40:46,297 --> 00:40:48,454
- It's for you, Miss Mitchell.
- Okay.
655
00:40:48,625 --> 00:40:51,021
Hello? Yes, mother.
Thank you, darling.
656
00:40:51,515 --> 00:40:55,121
There he is, the poor dear man.
657
00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:58,654
Good luck to you, Mr. Doe.
We are all for you.
658
00:40:58,820 --> 00:41:00,781
The girls all decided
659
00:41:00,946 --> 00:41:04,107
that you're not to jump off
any roof at all.
660
00:41:05,601 --> 00:41:07,919
- Got the speech I gave ya?
- Yeah.
661
00:41:09,174 --> 00:41:11,296
I'll give the money to the Colonel
662
00:41:11,461 --> 00:41:13,424
as soon as you get started.
663
00:41:13,468 --> 00:41:15,705
We'll have a car waiting
at the side entrance for you.
664
00:41:15,876 --> 00:41:17,474
How'd you get in here?
665
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:20,529
- Just came to wish him luck.
- Come on, out! Out!
666
00:41:21,053 --> 00:41:23,051
Mother says 'good luck', too.
667
00:41:23,221 --> 00:41:26,222
John, when you read the speech,
please believe every word.
668
00:41:26,390 --> 00:41:28,389
He turned out to be wonderful.
669
00:41:28,559 --> 00:41:30,955
- Who?
- John Doe, the one in the speech.
670
00:41:31,247 --> 00:41:34,695
Know something? I've actually
fallen in love with him.
671
00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:37,505
All right, there he is, sister.
Plenty of bulk.
672
00:41:37,669 --> 00:41:39,951
- What's the idea?
- No, that's too much.
673
00:41:40,117 --> 00:41:42,721
No, not so much. Now come on.
674
00:41:42,887 --> 00:41:45,408
This is no time for
cheap publicity, Mr. Connell.
675
00:41:45,575 --> 00:41:48,303
If that guy lays an egg,
I want something out of it.
676
00:41:48,465 --> 00:41:49,789
I'm getting a Jane Doe ready.
677
00:41:50,071 --> 00:41:53,313
Come on, will you fellas?
Give me a chance.
678
00:41:53,483 --> 00:41:56,005
Just one more, please?
679
00:41:56,171 --> 00:41:57,164
Fine honey, you go ahead.
680
00:41:57,335 --> 00:41:58,327
How you doing?
681
00:41:58,499 --> 00:41:59,936
Alright Beany, bring them in.
682
00:42:00,345 --> 00:42:02,742
Holy smoke! Half a Heelot.
683
00:42:03,556 --> 00:42:06,284
There you are, boss.
Symbols of little people.
684
00:42:06,445 --> 00:42:08,089
- Okay, get 'em up.
- Alright little fella.
685
00:42:08,252 --> 00:42:12,145
This is ridiculous, Mr. Connell.
He's on the air in a few minutes.
686
00:42:12,547 --> 00:42:15,593
You'll get all your pictures after.
687
00:42:16,037 --> 00:42:17,316
Come on, Ed.
688
00:42:18,165 --> 00:42:19,683
Come on. That's right.
689
00:42:19,850 --> 00:42:21,892
- Pictures afterwards.
- Thank you very much.
690
00:42:23,623 --> 00:42:25,301
Come on, Snooks.
You better bail out.
691
00:42:25,630 --> 00:42:27,274
Goodbye, Mr. Doe.
692
00:42:27,837 --> 00:42:29,961
- Beany!
- Alright, alright.
693
00:42:32,171 --> 00:42:33,975
Get ready. One minute to go.
694
00:42:34,139 --> 00:42:35,975
And the score's nothing to nothing.
695
00:42:36,145 --> 00:42:39,272
Now please, John.
You won't let me down, will ya?
696
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,718
Will ya?
697
00:42:42,849 --> 00:42:44,046
Of course you won't.
698
00:42:44,212 --> 00:42:47,134
If you just think of yourself
as the real John Doe...
699
00:42:47,624 --> 00:42:51,471
Everything in that speech
are things a man believed in.
700
00:42:51,637 --> 00:42:53,395
It was my father, John.
701
00:42:53,885 --> 00:42:56,123
And when he talked,
people listened.
702
00:42:56,292 --> 00:42:58,210
And they'll listen to you, too.
703
00:42:58,942 --> 00:42:59,933
Funny...
704
00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:02,865
you know what my mother said?
705
00:43:03,437 --> 00:43:06,997
She said to look into your eyes,
that I'd see my father there.
706
00:43:09,818 --> 00:43:12,055
- What do you say?
- Okay, we're coming.
707
00:43:13,269 --> 00:43:16,910
Listen, John. You're a pitcher.
Get in there and pitch.
708
00:43:18,808 --> 00:43:20,040
Good luck.
709
00:43:20,735 --> 00:43:21,886
Let him through.
710
00:43:37,270 --> 00:43:39,154
Let's get out of here.
The door's right there.
711
00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:41,759
- What are you doing here?
- That's what I'd like to know.
712
00:43:41,925 --> 00:43:43,330
- Come on, out!
- He's a friend of mine.
713
00:43:43,491 --> 00:43:45,533
Never mind. Let him alone.
714
00:43:47,945 --> 00:43:49,944
I'll be over there pulling for you.
715
00:43:52,842 --> 00:43:54,566
No, John, over here.
716
00:43:59,826 --> 00:44:00,738
Stand by.
717
00:44:32,776 --> 00:44:35,904
Phone the Chronicle.
Tell 'em to get the Extras out.
718
00:44:57,756 --> 00:45:01,362
Good evening, Kenneth Fry
speaking for the New Bulletin.
719
00:45:01,527 --> 00:45:04,334
Tonight we give you something
entirely new and different.
720
00:45:04,496 --> 00:45:07,383
Beside me is the young man
who has declared publicly that
721
00:45:07,628 --> 00:45:10,388
on Christmas Eve he will suicide,
722
00:45:10,717 --> 00:45:12,873
giving as his reason,
quote:
723
00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:15,050
"I protest against
the state of civilization."
724
00:45:15,051 --> 00:45:16,202
End quote.
725
00:45:16,375 --> 00:45:19,216
Ladies and gentlemen,
the New Bulletin presents
726
00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:21,986
the man who is fast becoming
the most talked about person
727
00:45:22,153 --> 00:45:24,720
in the country, John Doe.
728
00:45:47,673 --> 00:45:49,031
Ladies and gentlemen...
729
00:45:52,167 --> 00:45:55,408
I am the man you all know
as John Doe.
730
00:45:56,381 --> 00:45:59,587
I took that name because
it seems to describe...
731
00:46:02,199 --> 00:46:03,923
because it seems to describe
732
00:46:04,084 --> 00:46:07,131
the average man,
and that's me.
733
00:46:07,617 --> 00:46:08,939
And that's me.
734
00:46:13,033 --> 00:46:16,594
Well, it was me before I said
I was going to jump off
735
00:46:16,765 --> 00:46:19,081
the City Hall roof on Christmas Eve.
736
00:46:20,176 --> 00:46:22,492
I guess I'm not average anymore.
737
00:46:23,546 --> 00:46:26,754
Now I'm getting all sorts
of attention, from big shots too.
738
00:46:26,917 --> 00:46:28,240
We've been double crossed.
739
00:46:28,402 --> 00:46:30,444
The Mayor and Governor,
for instance, they don't like
740
00:46:30,809 --> 00:46:34,575
- ...those articles I wrote.
- You're an impostor, young fella!
741
00:46:34,741 --> 00:46:36,499
It's a pack of lies you're telling!
742
00:46:37,952 --> 00:46:39,184
Who wrote that speech for you?
743
00:46:41,884 --> 00:46:42,843
Beany, get that guy!
744
00:46:50,151 --> 00:46:50,983
...publicity stunt for the Bulletin.
745
00:46:53,241 --> 00:46:54,197
Spencer.
746
00:46:54,363 --> 00:46:56,486
Ladies and gentlemen,
the disturbance you just heard
747
00:46:56,650 --> 00:46:59,812
was caused by someone in
the audience heckling Mr. Doe.
748
00:46:59,981 --> 00:47:01,784
The speech will continue.
749
00:47:06,442 --> 00:47:09,728
Well, people like the Governor...
750
00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:13,701
people like the Governor
and that fella can stop worrying.
751
00:47:14,347 --> 00:47:17,907
I'm not gonna talk about them.
I'm gonna talk about us,
752
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,082
the average man, the John Does.
753
00:47:21,730 --> 00:47:24,890
If anybody ever asked you
what the average John Doe is like,
754
00:47:25,301 --> 00:47:28,587
you couldn't tell him because
he's a million and one things.
755
00:47:29,433 --> 00:47:31,751
He's Mr. Big
and Mr. Small.
756
00:47:31,922 --> 00:47:35,288
He's simple and he's wise.
He's inherently honest,
757
00:47:35,454 --> 00:47:37,415
but he's got a streak of
larceny in his heart.
758
00:47:37,620 --> 00:47:40,302
He seldom walks up to a public
telephone without shoving
759
00:47:40,589 --> 00:47:43,317
his finger in the slot to see
if somebody left a nickel.
760
00:47:55,075 --> 00:47:57,837
He's the man the ads
are written for,
761
00:47:58,004 --> 00:48:00,526
the fella everybody
sells things to.
762
00:48:00,974 --> 00:48:04,134
He's Joe Dokes,
the world's greatest stooge,
763
00:48:04,465 --> 00:48:06,382
and the world's greatest strength.
764
00:48:15,540 --> 00:48:16,863
Yes, sir...
765
00:48:17,907 --> 00:48:20,635
Yes, sir, we're a great family,
the John Does.
766
00:48:20,877 --> 00:48:24,597
We're the meek who are...
supposed to inherit the earth.
767
00:48:25,732 --> 00:48:29,178
You'll find us everywhere.
We raise the crops, dig the mines,
768
00:48:29,343 --> 00:48:32,425
work the factories,
keep the books, fly the planes,
769
00:48:32,594 --> 00:48:35,961
and drive the buses.
When a cop yells "Stand back, you",
770
00:48:36,124 --> 00:48:38,407
he means us, the John Does.
771
00:48:38,572 --> 00:48:40,969
What kind of a speech is that?
Didn't you read it?
772
00:48:41,221 --> 00:48:44,588
We've existed since time began.
We built the Pyramids,
773
00:48:44,912 --> 00:48:46,954
we saw Christ crucified,
774
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:49,236
pulled the oars
for Roman emperors,
775
00:48:49,406 --> 00:48:51,130
sailed the boats for Columbus,
776
00:48:51,814 --> 00:48:54,255
retreated from Moscow with Napoleon,
777
00:48:54,423 --> 00:48:57,024
and froze with Washington
at Valley Forge.
778
00:48:59,799 --> 00:49:00,792
Yes, sir,
779
00:49:00,963 --> 00:49:03,359
we've been in there
dodging left hooks
780
00:49:03,531 --> 00:49:05,768
since before History
began to walk.
781
00:49:06,140 --> 00:49:09,108
In our struggle for freedom
we've hit the canvas many a time,
782
00:49:09,269 --> 00:49:12,989
but we always bounce back because
we're the people and we're tough.
783
00:49:18,097 --> 00:49:20,779
They've started a lot of talk
about free people going soft,
784
00:49:20,946 --> 00:49:23,914
that we can't take it.
That's a lot of hooey!
785
00:49:25,079 --> 00:49:28,286
Free people can beat the world
at anything from war
786
00:49:28,450 --> 00:49:31,131
to tiddlywinks if we all
pull in the same direction.
787
00:49:38,923 --> 00:49:42,004
I know a lot of you are saying:
What can I do?
788
00:49:42,173 --> 00:49:44,820
I'm just a little punk.
I don't count.
789
00:49:45,182 --> 00:49:47,545
You're dead wrong.
Little punks have always counted
790
00:49:47,710 --> 00:49:50,279
because in the long run
the character of a country
791
00:49:50,439 --> 00:49:53,407
is the sum total of
the character of it's little punks.
792
00:50:00,551 --> 00:50:02,833
But we've all got to
get in there and pitch.
793
00:50:02,998 --> 00:50:06,045
We can't win the old ball game
unless we have team work,
794
00:50:06,210 --> 00:50:09,016
and that's where
every John Doe comes in.
795
00:50:09,218 --> 00:50:12,105
It's up to him to
get together with his team mate,
796
00:50:12,629 --> 00:50:15,071
and your team mate, my friends,
797
00:50:15,238 --> 00:50:16,961
is the guy next door to you.
798
00:50:17,203 --> 00:50:21,095
Your neighbor, he's a
terribly important guy.
799
00:50:21,617 --> 00:50:23,615
You and he need each other,
800
00:50:23,784 --> 00:50:26,672
so call him up.
If he's sick, call on him.
801
00:50:26,834 --> 00:50:28,637
If he's hungry, feed him.
802
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,117
If he's out of a job,
find him one.
803
00:50:31,969 --> 00:50:33,933
To most of you,
your neighbor is a stranger.
804
00:50:34,097 --> 00:50:36,905
A guy with a barking dog
and a high fence around him.
805
00:50:37,066 --> 00:50:40,593
You can't be a stranger to
a guy that's on your own team.
806
00:50:40,878 --> 00:50:43,526
So tear down the fence
that separates you.
807
00:50:43,767 --> 00:50:47,773
Tear it down and you'll tear down
a lot of hates and prejudices.
808
00:50:48,061 --> 00:50:49,738
Tear down all the fences
809
00:50:49,906 --> 00:50:52,189
and you'll really have teamwork.
810
00:51:00,260 --> 00:51:02,701
I know a lot of you
are saying to yourselves:
811
00:51:02,867 --> 00:51:04,591
"He's asking for a miracle.
812
00:51:04,754 --> 00:51:07,481
He's expecting people
to change all of a sudden."
813
00:51:07,723 --> 00:51:08,795
Well, you're wrong.
814
00:51:08,966 --> 00:51:10,884
It's no miracle.
It's no miracle...
815
00:51:11,053 --> 00:51:14,819
because I see it happen
once a year and so do you,
816
00:51:15,227 --> 00:51:16,744
at Christmas time.
817
00:51:17,674 --> 00:51:20,480
There's something swell
about the spirit of Christmas.
818
00:51:20,643 --> 00:51:23,530
To see what it does to people,
all kinds of people.
819
00:51:24,255 --> 00:51:27,142
Now why can't that spirit,
820
00:51:27,305 --> 00:51:30,192
that same warm Christmas spirit,
last the whole year round?
821
00:51:30,595 --> 00:51:31,667
Gosh!
822
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,127
If it ever did,
if each and every John Doe
823
00:51:36,293 --> 00:51:39,420
made that spirit last 365 days,
824
00:51:39,583 --> 00:51:41,261
we'd develop such a strength,
825
00:51:41,430 --> 00:51:44,511
we'd create such a tidal wave
of goodwill that no human force
826
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:45,798
could stand against it.
827
00:51:47,649 --> 00:51:49,052
Yes sir, my friends,
828
00:51:50,178 --> 00:51:53,019
the meek can only inherit the earth
829
00:51:53,186 --> 00:51:55,468
when the John Does
start loving their neighbors.
830
00:51:56,317 --> 00:51:58,153
You better start right now.
831
00:51:58,683 --> 00:52:01,686
Don't wait till the game
is called on account of darkness.
832
00:52:03,258 --> 00:52:05,940
Wake up, John Doe,
you're the hope of the world.
833
00:52:14,814 --> 00:52:16,252
John, you were wonderful.
834
00:52:17,784 --> 00:52:19,347
Bravo! Bravo!
835
00:52:24,405 --> 00:52:26,402
- Let's get out of here.
- Now you're talking.
836
00:52:34,036 --> 00:52:36,033
Gangway, you Heelots!
837
00:52:45,633 --> 00:52:47,833
I knew you'd wake up
sooner or later.
838
00:52:48,562 --> 00:52:50,923
Boy, am I glad
we got out of that mess.
839
00:52:51,571 --> 00:52:55,336
I had the 5,000 all sewed up.
Could've gone to Doc Brown.
840
00:52:57,951 --> 00:53:00,678
"You're a pitcher.", she says.
"Go in and pitch."
841
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,517
What a sucker!
842
00:53:02,685 --> 00:53:05,767
She's a Heelot just like the rest.
Lucky you got away from her.
843
00:53:05,936 --> 00:53:08,857
What was I doing making
a speech, anyway? Me?
844
00:53:09,267 --> 00:53:12,632
- The more I think about it...!
- Tear town all the fences.
845
00:53:12,797 --> 00:53:15,844
If you tore one picket off your
neighbor's fence, he'd sue you.
846
00:53:16,208 --> 00:53:18,445
5,000 bucks,
had it right in my hand.
847
00:53:18,976 --> 00:53:20,654
What do you mean
"he ran away"?
848
00:53:20,823 --> 00:53:23,185
Find him.
That man is terrific.
849
00:53:31,416 --> 00:53:33,492
Columbia River, here we come!
850
00:54:20,972 --> 00:54:22,809
- Jitterbugs.
- Yeah.
851
00:54:25,025 --> 00:54:27,422
- How much money we got left?
- Four bits.
852
00:54:27,593 --> 00:54:29,511
- Better make it doughnuts, huh?
- Yeah.
853
00:54:42,039 --> 00:54:43,442
What'll it be, gents?
854
00:54:43,644 --> 00:54:46,291
Have you got a couple of steaks
about that big and that thick?
855
00:54:46,493 --> 00:54:50,499
Yeah, with hash brown potatoes
and tomatoes and apple pie...
856
00:54:50,666 --> 00:54:53,588
- and ice cream and coffee?
- And doughnuts, I know.
857
00:54:53,756 --> 00:54:56,324
Hey, Ma! Sinkers, a pair.
858
00:54:56,725 --> 00:54:58,368
Sinkers, a pair. Comin' up.
859
00:54:58,531 --> 00:55:00,334
Glad he took the 't' out of that.
860
00:55:05,473 --> 00:55:06,830
Look at that.
861
00:55:07,921 --> 00:55:10,203
Join the John Doe Club.
862
00:55:11,491 --> 00:55:13,134
John Doe Club?
863
00:55:22,487 --> 00:55:23,478
Are you John Doe?
864
00:55:23,651 --> 00:55:25,294
- Who?
- John Doe.
865
00:55:25,456 --> 00:55:27,019
You need glasses, buddy.
866
00:55:27,182 --> 00:55:29,224
It's the spitting image
of John Doe.
867
00:55:29,388 --> 00:55:30,711
Yeah, but his name's Willoughby.
868
00:55:30,873 --> 00:55:33,155
I'm John Willoughby.
I'm a baseball player.
869
00:55:33,321 --> 00:55:36,607
No, I'd know that voice anywhere.
You can't kid me.
870
00:55:37,013 --> 00:55:38,450
You're John Doe.
871
00:55:38,658 --> 00:55:39,649
Ma!
872
00:55:39,902 --> 00:55:42,024
Ma!
That's John Doe!
873
00:55:42,188 --> 00:55:44,791
- John Doe!
- Sitting right there, big as life.
874
00:55:44,958 --> 00:55:47,800
- Who'd you say it was?
- John Doe. The big guy there.
875
00:55:50,094 --> 00:55:51,578
That's John Doe.
876
00:55:51,980 --> 00:55:53,498
It's John Doe!
877
00:55:54,106 --> 00:55:55,830
John Doe!
878
00:55:58,319 --> 00:56:00,077
John Doe!
879
00:56:00,607 --> 00:56:04,407
Operator, Dan Beaver.
Call everybody in town.
880
00:56:04,579 --> 00:56:08,106
John Doe was just in my place.
Yeah, he ordered doughnuts.
881
00:56:22,034 --> 00:56:24,157
You're all here to see John Doe
and you're all neighbors,
882
00:56:24,322 --> 00:56:26,319
but my office is packed
like a sardine box.
883
00:56:26,488 --> 00:56:28,292
What does John Doe
look like, Mr. Mayor?
884
00:56:28,455 --> 00:56:30,771
He's one of those
great, big, outdoor type men.
885
00:56:30,942 --> 00:56:34,025
You can't see him, you didn't
vote for me. What are you doing?
886
00:56:34,193 --> 00:56:36,634
Get off my front porch.
Mr. Norton come yet?
887
00:56:37,082 --> 00:56:40,083
What's keeping him?
Should've been here 15 minutes ago.
888
00:56:40,332 --> 00:56:41,451
There he comes now.
889
00:56:45,308 --> 00:56:46,540
Everybody on your dignity.
890
00:56:46,712 --> 00:56:48,869
Don't disgrace our little town.
We gotta show off.
891
00:56:52,129 --> 00:56:53,361
Better let me talk to him.
892
00:56:53,534 --> 00:56:56,137
Present it to him as
a great cause for the common man.
893
00:56:56,302 --> 00:56:58,743
Here he comes.
Give him room, folks.
894
00:57:00,154 --> 00:57:03,157
Here they come.
Here's Mr. Norton.
895
00:57:03,606 --> 00:57:06,082
How do you do, Mr. Norton?
I'm the Mayor.
896
00:57:06,455 --> 00:57:07,653
The crowd back there!
897
00:57:07,819 --> 00:57:10,547
Let me to, you darn fool.
I'm the Mayor.
898
00:57:11,350 --> 00:57:14,797
I'm Mayor Hawkins!
Your office phoned me to hold him.
899
00:57:14,962 --> 00:57:17,609
- That's fine. How is he?
- He's fine. He's in my office.
900
00:57:17,931 --> 00:57:20,053
It's a big honor having
John Doe here, and you too.
901
00:57:20,218 --> 00:57:22,455
Haven't had so much excitement
since the old City Hall burnt down.
902
00:57:22,626 --> 00:57:25,547
People so excited,
they nearly tore his clothes off.
903
00:57:25,715 --> 00:57:28,191
Matilda, phone the newspapers.
Tell them Mr. Norton's here.
904
00:57:28,364 --> 00:57:30,167
Step inside my office, Mr. Norton.
905
00:57:30,330 --> 00:57:32,613
It should be comfortable.
I just had it air-conditioned.
906
00:57:32,778 --> 00:57:35,426
Make room for Mr. Norton.
907
00:57:35,987 --> 00:57:37,311
Gangway, gangway.
908
00:57:37,473 --> 00:57:39,949
The neighbors are
serving him a light lunch.
909
00:57:40,321 --> 00:57:41,314
Hello, John.
910
00:57:43,652 --> 00:57:44,690
Hello.
911
00:57:45,578 --> 00:57:47,895
Mr. Mayor, if you don't mind,
we'd like to talk to him alone.
912
00:57:48,065 --> 00:57:49,949
Certainly.
Everybody clear out!
913
00:57:50,112 --> 00:57:52,509
Everybody, quickly now.
Come on.
914
00:57:55,369 --> 00:57:56,886
Come on.
915
00:57:57,054 --> 00:57:59,291
That's right. Come on.
916
00:58:01,468 --> 00:58:03,272
Don't argue with me here.
Wait till we get home.
917
00:58:03,434 --> 00:58:06,675
You can't push me around,
even though I am your wife!
918
00:58:06,845 --> 00:58:09,732
Mr. Norton, you got a nerve
having these people hold us here.
919
00:58:11,660 --> 00:58:14,023
Nobody's holding you here.
920
00:58:14,710 --> 00:58:17,151
- It's only natural you...
- In that case, let's get going.
921
00:58:17,599 --> 00:58:19,881
Incidentally, my name isn't Doe.
It's Willoughby.
922
00:58:20,047 --> 00:58:22,409
Look, John.
Something important's happened.
923
00:58:22,655 --> 00:58:25,736
They're forming John Doe Clubs.
We know of 8 and they say...
924
00:58:25,905 --> 00:58:27,548
John Doe Clubs? What for?
925
00:58:27,711 --> 00:58:29,754
To carry out the principles
in your radio speech.
926
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:33,604
I don't care, I'm on my way
and I don't like being stopped.
927
00:58:33,770 --> 00:58:35,607
You don't how big this is.
928
00:58:35,776 --> 00:58:39,542
You should see the thousands
of telegrams about you.
929
00:58:39,709 --> 00:58:42,470
Look, it started as
a circulation stunt, didn't it?
930
00:58:42,638 --> 00:58:45,206
You got your circulation.
Why don't you let me alone?
931
00:58:45,366 --> 00:58:47,808
It started as a circulation stunt
but it isn't anymore.
932
00:58:47,975 --> 00:58:51,216
Mr. Norton wants to back it,
sponsor clubs all over the country.
933
00:58:51,385 --> 00:58:53,953
He wants to send you
on a lecture tour.
934
00:58:54,194 --> 00:58:55,233
Me?
935
00:58:55,398 --> 00:58:58,000
Certainly. With you ability
to influence people,
936
00:58:58,167 --> 00:59:00,405
it might grow into
a glorious movement.
937
00:59:00,575 --> 00:59:02,492
Let's get something straight.
938
00:59:03,584 --> 00:59:04,622
I don't want any part of this.
939
00:59:04,788 --> 00:59:08,474
If you think I'm
lecturing people, you're crazy.
940
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,123
Baseball's my racket
and I'm sticking to it.
941
00:59:11,810 --> 00:59:13,694
Colonel, let's get out of here.
942
00:59:13,857 --> 00:59:14,769
John.
943
00:59:14,940 --> 00:59:17,302
Please, I just
got rid of one crowd.
944
00:59:17,467 --> 00:59:20,354
Please, Mr. Mayor,
tell him the John Doe Club
945
00:59:20,517 --> 00:59:22,000
wants to talk to him.
946
00:59:22,163 --> 00:59:23,726
Let them in, Mr. Mayor.
947
00:59:24,089 --> 00:59:26,896
Okay, but remember your manners.
No stampeding.
948
00:59:27,058 --> 00:59:30,060
Walk slow, like you do when
you come to pay your taxes.
949
00:59:37,692 --> 00:59:39,049
All right.
Give me a chance.
950
00:59:39,216 --> 00:59:40,289
Come right in.
951
00:59:42,828 --> 00:59:45,030
My name's Bert Hansen, Mr. Doe.
952
00:59:45,195 --> 00:59:47,717
I'm head soda-jerker
at Schwabacher's drugstore.
953
00:59:48,446 --> 00:59:49,643
Well, sir...
954
00:59:49,809 --> 00:59:52,378
me and my wife,
we heard your broadcast
955
00:59:52,539 --> 00:59:55,506
and we got quite a bang out of it.
Especially my wife.
956
00:59:55,668 --> 00:59:58,475
Kept me up half the night saying:
"That man's right, honey.
957
00:59:58,637 --> 01:00:01,799
Trouble is, nobody gives a hoot
about his neighbor.
958
01:00:01,969 --> 01:00:04,730
That's why everybody in town is
sore and cranky with each other."
959
01:00:04,938 --> 01:00:07,780
I said: "That's fine,
but how's a guy
960
01:00:07,947 --> 01:00:10,309
gonna go around lovin'
the kind of neighbors we got?"
961
01:00:10,475 --> 01:00:12,118
Old Sourpuss, for instance.
962
01:00:12,922 --> 01:00:16,723
Sourpuss Smithers is a guy,
lives alone next door to us.
963
01:00:16,896 --> 01:00:19,817
He's a cranky old man who runs
the second hand furniture store.
964
01:00:19,985 --> 01:00:22,268
We haven't
spoken to him for years.
965
01:00:22,674 --> 01:00:26,199
I figured he was an ornery
old gent who hated the world
966
01:00:26,365 --> 01:00:29,207
'cause was always slamming
his garage door
967
01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:32,662
and played his radio so loud
it kept half the neighbors up.
968
01:00:34,150 --> 01:00:37,551
Anyway, the next morning
I'm out watering the lawn
969
01:00:37,721 --> 01:00:38,999
and there's old Sourpuss,
970
01:00:39,165 --> 01:00:41,894
straightening out
a dent in his fender.
971
01:00:42,698 --> 01:00:45,619
My wife yells to me
out the window:
972
01:00:45,787 --> 01:00:47,943
"Go on, speak to him, Bert."
973
01:00:48,234 --> 01:00:52,000
I figured I can't lose anything,
so I yelled over to him:
974
01:00:52,167 --> 01:00:56,092
"Good morning, Mr. Smithers."
He went on pounding his fender.
975
01:00:56,260 --> 01:00:59,819
Was I burned! I turned round
to my wife and she said:
976
01:01:00,673 --> 01:01:03,242
"Louder, he didn't hear you."
977
01:01:03,764 --> 01:01:06,331
So in a voice you could've
heard in the next county I said:
978
01:01:06,492 --> 01:01:08,250
"Good morning, Mr. Smithers!"
979
01:01:10,465 --> 01:01:13,271
Well, you could have
knocked me over with a feather.
980
01:01:13,434 --> 01:01:16,516
Old Sourpuss turned around,
surprised like,
981
01:01:16,684 --> 01:01:18,041
put on a big smile,
982
01:01:18,369 --> 01:01:21,929
came over, took my hand
like an old lodge brother and said:
983
01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:23,744
"Good morning, Hansen,
984
01:01:23,907 --> 01:01:27,593
I've been wanting to talk for years
only I thought you didn't like me."
985
01:01:27,759 --> 01:01:30,440
Then he started chatting away
like a happy little kid.
986
01:01:30,608 --> 01:01:32,525
Got so excited his eyes...
987
01:01:33,096 --> 01:01:36,736
Well, before we got through
I found out that Smithers
988
01:01:36,909 --> 01:01:40,548
is a swell egg only he's pretty
deaf which accounts for the noises.
989
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:44,040
He says it's a shame how little
we know about our neighbors.
990
01:01:44,211 --> 01:01:46,334
Then he got an idea.
He say: "How's about...
991
01:01:46,497 --> 01:01:48,460
inviting everybody some place
where we can all
992
01:01:48,625 --> 01:01:51,433
get together and
know each other a little better.
993
01:01:52,116 --> 01:01:53,793
I feel so good, I'm up for it.
994
01:01:53,961 --> 01:01:56,769
So Smithers goes
around the neighborhood
995
01:01:56,930 --> 01:01:59,248
inviting everybody
to a meeting at the schoolhouse.
996
01:01:59,419 --> 01:02:01,381
And I tell everybody
that comes into the store,
997
01:02:01,545 --> 01:02:03,748
including my boss.
998
01:02:04,113 --> 01:02:06,476
- I'm talking too much.
- No, you're not.
999
01:02:07,083 --> 01:02:08,315
Come on.
1000
01:02:09,009 --> 01:02:11,850
Well I'll be doggone if
forty people don't show up.
1001
01:02:12,019 --> 01:02:14,381
Course, none of us
knew what to do,
1002
01:02:14,546 --> 01:02:17,193
but we got a kick out of
how glad everybody was
1003
01:02:17,355 --> 01:02:19,192
just to say hello to one another.
1004
01:02:19,763 --> 01:02:21,600
Tell him about making
Sourpuss chairman, honey.
1005
01:02:21,769 --> 01:02:24,052
Oh yeah, we made
Sourpuss chairman
1006
01:02:24,217 --> 01:02:26,259
and decided to call ourselves
the John Doe Club.
1007
01:02:26,424 --> 01:02:29,185
Incidentally, this is my wife.
Come here, honey.
1008
01:02:29,674 --> 01:02:31,558
This is my wife, Mr. Doe.
1009
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:33,158
How do you do, Mr. Doe?
1010
01:02:33,325 --> 01:02:36,168
- Sourpuss is here, too.
- Oh, is he?
1011
01:02:38,462 --> 01:02:41,863
This is Sourpuss. Excuse me.
Mr. Smithers, Mr. Doe.
1012
01:02:42,033 --> 01:02:44,761
If you didn't call me Sourpuss,
it wouldn't feel natural.
1013
01:02:46,889 --> 01:02:47,880
Well, I guess...
1014
01:02:48,052 --> 01:02:51,500
everybody in the neighborhood
came except the Delaneys.
1015
01:02:51,664 --> 01:02:55,190
They live in a big house
with an iron fence around it
1016
01:02:55,355 --> 01:02:57,478
and they always keep
their blinds drawn.
1017
01:02:57,643 --> 01:03:01,488
We figured he was
an old miser that sat back
1018
01:03:01,896 --> 01:03:04,543
counting his money,
so why bother inviting him?
1019
01:03:04,706 --> 01:03:06,987
Until Grimes the milkman said:
1020
01:03:07,153 --> 01:03:08,989
"You got the Delaneys all wrong."
1021
01:03:11,326 --> 01:03:14,646
Then he tells us they
cancelled their milk last week,
1022
01:03:14,816 --> 01:03:17,019
and he found
a note on the bottle,
1023
01:03:17,184 --> 01:03:20,151
got curious
and peeked under the blinds
1024
01:03:20,314 --> 01:03:21,991
and found the house was empty.
1025
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:24,635
"If you ask me", he says,
" they're starving."
1026
01:03:24,808 --> 01:03:28,368
Old man Delaney's been bringing
his furniture to me at night,
1027
01:03:28,540 --> 01:03:30,502
one piece at a time and selling it.
1028
01:03:31,830 --> 01:03:34,352
A half a dozen of us
went over there to fetch him
1029
01:03:34,519 --> 01:03:36,082
and we brought him to the meeting.
1030
01:03:36,404 --> 01:03:39,726
Everybody shook hands
and made a fuss over them.
1031
01:03:39,897 --> 01:03:41,414
Well, finally...
1032
01:03:41,822 --> 01:03:44,629
Mr. and Mrs. Delaney
sat right down and cried.
1033
01:03:45,072 --> 01:03:47,229
Then we started to find out
about a lot of other people.
1034
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,641
- Sure, Grubbel, for instance.
- Grubbel's here.
1035
01:03:50,850 --> 01:03:52,527
- See?
- Yeah, that's him.
1036
01:03:53,499 --> 01:03:55,862
Of course,
you don't know Grubbel, but...
1037
01:03:56,107 --> 01:03:58,503
he's the man everybody figured
1038
01:03:58,674 --> 01:04:01,277
was the worst no-account
in the neighborhood
1039
01:04:01,483 --> 01:04:03,242
because he lived like a hermit.
1040
01:04:03,410 --> 01:04:05,327
Nobody had anything to do with him
1041
01:04:05,497 --> 01:04:08,543
until Murphy the postman
told us the truth.
1042
01:04:08,706 --> 01:04:11,948
Grubbel, he says,
lives out of garbage cans
1043
01:04:12,118 --> 01:04:16,123
because he won't take charity.
It'd ruin his self respect.
1044
01:04:16,491 --> 01:04:18,854
Just like you said
on the radio, Mr. Doe.
1045
01:04:19,380 --> 01:04:22,027
A dozen families got together
and gave Grubbel a job
1046
01:04:22,189 --> 01:04:24,152
watering their lawns.
1047
01:04:24,557 --> 01:04:26,473
Then we found jobs
for six other people
1048
01:04:26,644 --> 01:04:28,720
and they've all gone off relief.
1049
01:04:28,890 --> 01:04:30,168
And my boss, Mr. Schwabacher,
1050
01:04:30,335 --> 01:04:32,332
made a job in his warehouse
for old man Delaney.
1051
01:04:32,503 --> 01:04:35,229
- And he gave you a 5 dollar raise.
- Yeah. Isn't that swell?
1052
01:04:37,638 --> 01:04:38,836
Why, Bert...
1053
01:04:39,002 --> 01:04:42,974
I feel slighted.
Nobody asked me to join.
1054
01:04:43,456 --> 01:04:47,303
Sorry, Mayor, we voted
no politician could join.
1055
01:04:47,469 --> 01:04:49,591
Just John Does of the neighborhood.
1056
01:04:49,756 --> 01:04:51,718
You know how politicians are.
1057
01:04:55,534 --> 01:04:59,381
The reason we wanted to
tell you this, Mr. Doe,
1058
01:04:59,547 --> 01:05:02,674
was to give you an idea
of what you started.
1059
01:05:03,038 --> 01:05:04,555
From where I'm sitting,
1060
01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:07,694
I don't see any sense in
you jumping off any building.
1061
01:05:08,054 --> 01:05:09,491
No!
1062
01:05:10,583 --> 01:05:12,100
Thank you for listening.
1063
01:05:13,270 --> 01:05:14,627
Goodbye, Mr. Doe.
1064
01:05:15,758 --> 01:05:17,435
You're a wonderful man.
1065
01:05:17,604 --> 01:05:21,085
It strikes me you'd be useful
walking around for a while.
1066
01:05:21,977 --> 01:05:23,574
Goodbye, Mr. Doe.
1067
01:05:31,649 --> 01:05:33,965
I'm Mrs. Delaney, Mr. Doe.
1068
01:05:34,137 --> 01:05:36,498
God bless you, my boy.
1069
01:06:10,572 --> 01:06:12,374
I'm all mixed up.
1070
01:06:16,350 --> 01:06:17,581
I don't get it.
1071
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:22,602
All those swell people think
I'm gonna jump off a building.
1072
01:06:22,769 --> 01:06:24,606
I never had any such idea.
1073
01:06:26,622 --> 01:06:27,740
Gosh!
1074
01:06:28,307 --> 01:06:31,993
A fella would have to be
a fine example to tell others...
1075
01:06:33,002 --> 01:06:35,524
What happened the other night
was on account of Miss Mitchell.
1076
01:06:35,691 --> 01:06:37,014
She wrote the stuff.
1077
01:06:37,175 --> 01:06:39,571
Don't you see what a
wonderful thing this can be?
1078
01:06:39,743 --> 01:06:41,661
- But we need you, John.
- You're hooked.
1079
01:06:41,830 --> 01:06:45,070
I can see that. They got you.
Well, I'm through.
1080
01:06:47,969 --> 01:06:51,015
3 years I been trying to get you
up to the Columbia River country.
1081
01:06:51,179 --> 01:06:55,025
First it was your glass arm,
then the radio, now the Clubs.
1082
01:06:55,192 --> 01:06:56,754
I ain't waiting another minute.
1083
01:06:59,325 --> 01:07:01,162
Gangway, you Heelots!
1084
01:07:03,096 --> 01:07:04,533
Colonel, wait a minute.
1085
01:07:05,785 --> 01:07:06,743
Hey, Colonel!
1086
01:07:06,909 --> 01:07:09,351
I want you to go with
John Doe and Miss Mitchell
1087
01:07:09,517 --> 01:07:11,160
and handle press and radio.
1088
01:07:11,323 --> 01:07:13,000
- Me?
- Yes, I won't take any chances.
1089
01:07:13,169 --> 01:07:14,287
- And Johnson.
- Yes, D.B.?
1090
01:07:14,452 --> 01:07:16,769
Your crew will mop up,
follow John Doe into every town,
1091
01:07:16,940 --> 01:07:20,421
see the clubs are organized
and charters issued.
1092
01:07:20,592 --> 01:07:22,236
There are 8 flags there now.
1093
01:07:22,398 --> 01:07:25,160
I want to see that map covered
before we get through.
1094
01:08:31,456 --> 01:08:34,936
This has grown like wildfire.
I'd understand demands,
1095
01:08:35,107 --> 01:08:36,385
but the John Does ask for nothing.
1096
01:08:38,077 --> 01:08:40,723
People are going off relief.
It keeps up, I'm out of a job.
1097
01:08:40,885 --> 01:08:43,361
When John Doe gets strong enough,
we'll find out what he wants.
1098
01:08:43,533 --> 01:08:45,897
Thirty every Thursday,
sixty at sixty!
1099
01:08:46,062 --> 01:08:47,739
Who knows what?
1100
01:08:47,908 --> 01:08:51,034
Sorry, boss, they won't let anybody
talk politics with him. It's crazy.
1101
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:53,123
We've got to get to them.
1102
01:08:53,285 --> 01:08:55,681
They represent millions of voters.
1103
01:09:04,119 --> 01:09:07,600
Ladies and gentlemen,
this has been a prairie fire.
1104
01:09:07,771 --> 01:09:10,166
We've got so many applications
for John Doe charters
1105
01:09:10,338 --> 01:09:11,821
we can't take care of them.
1106
01:09:12,024 --> 01:09:14,180
I'd hate to have
that many pins stuck in me.
1107
01:09:14,631 --> 01:09:18,158
This John Doe convention is
going to put our city on the map.
1108
01:09:18,764 --> 01:09:22,611
2,400 John Doe Clubs
are sending delegates. Imagine!
1109
01:09:22,778 --> 01:09:26,098
Mr. Mayor, you will be the host.
Decorate the city, parades...
1110
01:09:26,268 --> 01:09:28,585
and a reception for John Doe
when he gets home.
1111
01:09:28,756 --> 01:09:30,160
And don't wear your high hat.
1112
01:09:30,321 --> 01:09:32,319
- No high hat?
- No high hat.
1113
01:09:32,488 --> 01:09:34,929
And Connell, I want a
John Doe edition every day
1114
01:09:35,096 --> 01:09:37,059
until the convention is over.
1115
01:09:37,224 --> 01:09:39,266
And now please step into
the outer office
1116
01:09:39,429 --> 01:09:42,877
and look your prettiest
for the photographers.
1117
01:09:43,042 --> 01:09:45,198
Don't worry, D.B.,
everything'll be taken care of.
1118
01:09:45,368 --> 01:09:46,886
Isn't it all too wonderful?
1119
01:09:49,662 --> 01:09:51,580
Mr. Mayor,
step down in front, please.
1120
01:09:51,750 --> 01:09:52,982
You ladies get close to him.
1121
01:09:53,514 --> 01:09:55,637
- I don't get it.
- Get what?
1122
01:09:55,883 --> 01:09:58,278
I'm meant to know my way around.
1123
01:09:58,449 --> 01:10:00,813
This John Doe movement's
cost you a fortune.
1124
01:10:00,978 --> 01:10:02,861
The convention will cost plenty.
1125
01:10:03,024 --> 01:10:04,016
Well?
1126
01:10:04,268 --> 01:10:07,795
I'm stuck with 2 and 2
and I can't make 4 out of it.
1127
01:10:08,161 --> 01:10:09,359
Where do you come in?
1128
01:10:12,935 --> 01:10:14,738
I have the satisfaction of knowing
1129
01:10:14,903 --> 01:10:17,378
my money has been spent
for a worthy cause.
1130
01:10:18,233 --> 01:10:20,594
I see. I better stick to
running the paper, huh?
1131
01:10:21,282 --> 01:10:22,800
I think you better had.
1132
01:10:26,860 --> 01:10:27,817
Connell,
1133
01:10:28,385 --> 01:10:30,541
I'd like to have
the John Doe contract,
1134
01:10:30,712 --> 01:10:33,632
receipts for money we advanced
for Miss Mitchell's letter
1135
01:10:33,801 --> 01:10:35,684
for which I gave her 1,000.
1136
01:10:36,370 --> 01:10:37,887
Yes, sure.
1137
01:10:39,218 --> 01:10:41,581
We leave for the airport
in half an hour.
1138
01:10:41,747 --> 01:10:43,789
Is that Johnny boy's room?
Better hustle him up.
1139
01:10:43,954 --> 01:10:45,756
He'll be ready. He's packing.
1140
01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:48,842
- See his photo on the cover of Time?
- Yeah.
1141
01:10:49,009 --> 01:10:50,494
I gotta give you credit, Annie.
1142
01:10:50,654 --> 01:10:52,972
I've handled many
big promotions in my time,
1143
01:10:53,143 --> 01:10:55,618
from the World's Fair
to a Channel swimmer,
1144
01:10:55,790 --> 01:10:57,993
but this has got me spinning.
1145
01:10:58,761 --> 01:11:00,997
And now,
a John Doe convention.
1146
01:11:03,455 --> 01:11:06,856
If you could get him to jump
off City Hall on Christmas Eve,
1147
01:11:07,628 --> 01:11:09,751
I'd guarantee you
half a million people there.
1148
01:11:09,915 --> 01:11:11,399
- Charlie?
- Hmm?
1149
01:11:11,561 --> 01:11:12,793
What do you make of him?
1150
01:11:13,447 --> 01:11:14,599
Johnny boy?
1151
01:11:15,373 --> 01:11:19,218
I don't know what angle you want
but I'll give it to you quick.
1152
01:11:19,586 --> 01:11:22,906
One, he's got great yokel appeal,
but he's a nice guy.
1153
01:11:23,197 --> 01:11:26,278
Two, he's beginning to believe
he wrote that suicide letter
1154
01:11:26,447 --> 01:11:27,566
that you made up.
1155
01:11:27,812 --> 01:11:30,858
Three, he thinks you're
Joan of Arc or something.
1156
01:11:31,023 --> 01:11:32,060
I know.
1157
01:11:32,226 --> 01:11:34,223
Four, well...
1158
01:11:34,393 --> 01:11:36,790
you know what number four is.
He's nuts about you.
1159
01:11:36,962 --> 01:11:38,763
It's runnin' out of his ears.
1160
01:11:39,047 --> 01:11:42,208
You left out five.
We're all heels, me especially.
1161
01:11:42,538 --> 01:11:43,691
Holy smoke.
1162
01:11:44,946 --> 01:11:45,939
Come in.
1163
01:11:51,768 --> 01:11:52,886
I'm all packed.
1164
01:11:53,052 --> 01:11:54,888
Good, I'll get Beany boy.
1165
01:11:55,901 --> 01:11:57,384
Okay, Charlie boy.
1166
01:12:09,624 --> 01:12:11,027
Can I help you pack?
1167
01:12:11,830 --> 01:12:13,108
No, thank you.
1168
01:12:22,544 --> 01:12:25,307
- Care if I sit down, out here?
- No.
1169
01:12:35,866 --> 01:12:37,064
You know,
1170
01:12:37,352 --> 01:12:39,714
I had a crazy dream last night.
1171
01:12:42,046 --> 01:12:43,324
It was about you.
1172
01:12:44,534 --> 01:12:45,766
About me?
1173
01:12:46,019 --> 01:12:47,855
Sure was crazy.
1174
01:12:48,466 --> 01:12:50,190
I dreamt I was your father.
1175
01:12:56,090 --> 01:12:58,853
There was something I was
trying to stop you from doing.
1176
01:12:59,461 --> 01:13:02,303
So, I got out of bed,
1177
01:13:03,112 --> 01:13:06,753
I walked right through the wall,
straight into your room.
1178
01:13:07,325 --> 01:13:09,003
You know how dreams are.
1179
01:13:09,533 --> 01:13:11,495
You were there in bed,
1180
01:13:11,700 --> 01:13:14,222
but you were a girl, about 10...
1181
01:13:14,950 --> 01:13:16,593
and very pretty, too.
1182
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:19,756
I shook you and...
1183
01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:22,771
the moment you opened
your eyes, you hopped out of bed
1184
01:13:22,935 --> 01:13:25,218
and started running like
the devil. In your nightgown!
1185
01:13:25,383 --> 01:13:28,624
You ran out the window,
over the tops of buildings
1186
01:13:28,793 --> 01:13:31,315
and roofs for miles
and I was chasing you.
1187
01:13:33,408 --> 01:13:35,976
All the time you were running,
you kept growing bigger
1188
01:13:36,137 --> 01:13:37,780
and bigger and bigger.
1189
01:13:38,344 --> 01:13:41,744
Soon you were as big as you
are now, you know? Grown up?
1190
01:13:42,839 --> 01:13:44,595
And all the time
1191
01:13:45,004 --> 01:13:47,812
I'm asking myself:
"What am I chasing her for?"
1192
01:13:48,375 --> 01:13:49,813
And I didn't know.
1193
01:13:51,224 --> 01:13:52,742
Isn't that a hot one?
1194
01:13:54,395 --> 01:13:58,194
Anyway, you ran into some place
and I ran in after you.
1195
01:13:58,769 --> 01:14:02,694
When I got there,
you were getting married.
1196
01:14:05,268 --> 01:14:07,505
The nightgown had changed into
1197
01:14:07,677 --> 01:14:09,753
a beautiful wedding gown.
1198
01:14:11,689 --> 01:14:13,447
You sure looked pretty, too.
1199
01:14:14,698 --> 01:14:17,780
Then I knew what I was
trying to stop you from doing.
1200
01:14:19,112 --> 01:14:20,916
Dreams are crazy, aren't they?
1201
01:14:21,721 --> 01:14:22,554
Well,
1202
01:14:24,249 --> 01:14:25,971
like to know who you were marrying?
1203
01:14:28,783 --> 01:14:31,511
A tall handsome Ubangi,
I suppose.
1204
01:14:32,193 --> 01:14:35,480
Not that bad. It was the fella
that sends you flowers every day.
1205
01:14:35,765 --> 01:14:38,367
What's his name?
Mr. Norton's nephew?
1206
01:14:39,497 --> 01:14:41,414
- Ted Sheldon.
- Yeah, that's the one.
1207
01:14:42,947 --> 01:14:44,784
But here's the funniest part.
1208
01:14:45,435 --> 01:14:48,197
I was the fella there,
doing the marrying.
1209
01:14:48,364 --> 01:14:50,487
- Justice of the Peace or something.
- You were?
1210
01:14:50,732 --> 01:14:52,170
I thought you were chasing me.
1211
01:14:52,337 --> 01:14:54,984
Yes, I was your father then,
1212
01:14:55,949 --> 01:14:58,264
but the real me,
John Doe, that is...
1213
01:14:58,436 --> 01:15:02,361
Long John Willoughby,
was the fella with a book.
1214
01:15:03,372 --> 01:15:05,334
- You know what I mean?
- I guess so.
1215
01:15:05,499 --> 01:15:06,731
Then what happened?
1216
01:15:07,504 --> 01:15:11,476
Well, I took you across my knee
and started spankin' ya.
1217
01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:13,557
That is, I didn't do it...
1218
01:15:13,725 --> 01:15:17,251
I mean I did do it.
See, I was your father then.
1219
01:15:17,979 --> 01:15:20,340
I had you across my knee
and I said:
1220
01:15:20,908 --> 01:15:21,625
"Annie,
1221
01:15:23,074 --> 01:15:25,197
I won't allow you
to marry a man
1222
01:15:25,522 --> 01:15:26,925
that's just rich
1223
01:15:27,087 --> 01:15:29,974
or that has his secretary
send you flowers.
1224
01:15:30,337 --> 01:15:34,058
The man you marry
has got to swim rivers for you,
1225
01:15:34,551 --> 01:15:37,278
climb mountains for you,
slay dragons for you.
1226
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:41,160
He's got to perform
wonderful deeds for you!
1227
01:15:41,613 --> 01:15:45,013
All the time, the guy
up there with the book, me,
1228
01:15:45,224 --> 01:15:46,741
stood there noddin' his head
1229
01:15:47,231 --> 01:15:50,198
and he said:
"Go to it, whack her for me.
1230
01:15:50,361 --> 01:15:52,642
That's the way I feel too."
1231
01:15:53,129 --> 01:15:56,051
He says: "Come down
and whack her yourself."
1232
01:15:56,419 --> 01:15:59,307
So I came down
and whacked you a good one.
1233
01:15:59,710 --> 01:16:02,151
See? He whacked and I whacked.
1234
01:16:02,318 --> 01:16:04,474
We both started whacking you...
1235
01:16:05,608 --> 01:16:08,005
If you're through whacking her,
let's get going.
1236
01:16:08,216 --> 01:16:09,130
Okay, right in here.
1237
01:16:10,183 --> 01:16:12,989
You go out the side entrance.
Autograph seekers out front.
1238
01:16:13,593 --> 01:16:16,161
We'll be down
with the bags in a minute.
1239
01:16:17,405 --> 01:16:20,053
Come on, don't make
a Government project out of this.
1240
01:16:23,223 --> 01:16:24,057
Hi, Beany.
1241
01:16:24,588 --> 01:16:27,315
- When's our plane take off?
- Couple of minutes.
1242
01:16:28,601 --> 01:16:31,077
How many people
have we talked to already,
1243
01:16:31,250 --> 01:16:32,893
outside the radio, I mean?
1244
01:16:33,054 --> 01:16:35,291
I don't know. About 300,000.
1245
01:16:36,104 --> 01:16:37,336
300,000.
1246
01:16:38,794 --> 01:16:40,471
What makes them do it, Ann?
1247
01:16:41,039 --> 01:16:43,163
What makes them come and listen
1248
01:16:43,769 --> 01:16:46,735
and get up John Doe Clubs?
1249
01:16:48,102 --> 01:16:49,460
I've been trying to figure it out.
1250
01:16:49,626 --> 01:16:50,585
Look, John...
1251
01:16:50,751 --> 01:16:54,151
we're handing them platitudes
they've heard a million times.
1252
01:16:54,321 --> 01:16:56,239
Love thy neighbor,
clouds have silver linings,
1253
01:16:56,409 --> 01:16:59,890
- turn the other cheek. It's just...
- I heard 'em a million times,
1254
01:17:01,585 --> 01:17:02,783
but maybe they're like me,
1255
01:17:03,471 --> 01:17:06,039
just beginning to get an idea
1256
01:17:06,199 --> 01:17:07,797
what those things mean.
1257
01:17:09,089 --> 01:17:11,051
I never really thought
about the people before.
1258
01:17:11,215 --> 01:17:13,532
They were just somebody
to fill up the bleachers.
1259
01:17:14,144 --> 01:17:16,347
Only time I worried about them
1260
01:17:16,673 --> 01:17:18,989
was when they didn't see me pitch.
1261
01:17:20,645 --> 01:17:21,637
You know,
1262
01:17:22,009 --> 01:17:24,691
lately I've been watching them
when I talk to them.
1263
01:17:25,781 --> 01:17:28,064
I see something in their faces.
1264
01:17:29,071 --> 01:17:30,668
I could feel that...
1265
01:17:31,640 --> 01:17:34,208
they were hungry for something.
1266
01:17:35,533 --> 01:17:36,730
You know what I mean?
1267
01:17:37,057 --> 01:17:38,893
Maybe that's why they came.
1268
01:17:39,424 --> 01:17:41,581
Maybe they're lonely and...
1269
01:17:41,752 --> 01:17:43,794
wanted somebody to say hello to.
1270
01:17:45,323 --> 01:17:46,885
I know how they feel.
1271
01:17:47,610 --> 01:17:51,616
I've been lonely and hungry
for something all my life.
1272
01:17:57,883 --> 01:17:59,560
All aboard, folks.
1273
01:18:00,371 --> 01:18:03,133
- We'll have the city behind us.
- Yeah, that's true.
1274
01:18:03,460 --> 01:18:06,428
- Somebody else sitting here?
- No, that's your seat.
1275
01:18:06,791 --> 01:18:08,434
And this is your coat.
1276
01:18:08,877 --> 01:18:11,844
- Mine?
- A little token of appreciation.
1277
01:18:15,979 --> 01:18:18,296
It's beautiful, D.B.
1278
01:18:19,470 --> 01:18:22,758
- I don't quite know what to say.
- Say nothing, just sit down.
1279
01:18:27,697 --> 01:18:29,293
Go ahead, open it.
1280
01:18:37,367 --> 01:18:38,520
It's lovely.
1281
01:18:38,932 --> 01:18:40,210
And a new contract goes with it.
1282
01:18:44,590 --> 01:18:45,503
Well, spring it.
1283
01:18:46,516 --> 01:18:49,198
Something's on your mind.
1284
01:18:49,846 --> 01:18:51,284
Must be stupendous.
1285
01:18:52,094 --> 01:18:55,460
That's what I like about her.
Right to the point.
1286
01:18:58,032 --> 01:19:00,635
Practical Annie, here it is.
1287
01:19:00,801 --> 01:19:03,689
Tomorrow night,
before a crowd of 15,000,
1288
01:19:03,850 --> 01:19:07,651
and over a nationwide
radio hook-up, John Doe
1289
01:19:08,265 --> 01:19:10,147
will announce the formation
of a third party.
1290
01:19:10,430 --> 01:19:12,029
A third party?
1291
01:19:12,318 --> 01:19:14,394
Yes, the John Doe Party,
1292
01:19:14,564 --> 01:19:16,322
devoted entirely to
the interests of
1293
01:19:16,491 --> 01:19:19,171
John Does all over the country.
1294
01:19:19,340 --> 01:19:21,256
Which practically means...
1295
01:19:22,469 --> 01:19:24,227
90o/o of the voters.
1296
01:19:24,596 --> 01:19:27,357
He'll also announce this party's
1297
01:19:27,525 --> 01:19:29,967
candidate for the presidency.
1298
01:19:30,535 --> 01:19:33,502
A man who
he personally recommends.
1299
01:19:33,664 --> 01:19:34,862
A great humanitarian.
1300
01:19:35,029 --> 01:19:36,946
The best friend
the John Does have.
1301
01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:40,083
Mr. D.B. Norton.
1302
01:19:40,446 --> 01:19:41,405
Yes.
1303
01:19:47,749 --> 01:19:48,947
Wow!
1304
01:20:14,956 --> 01:20:17,431
The opening of the convention
is only hours off.
1305
01:20:17,603 --> 01:20:19,999
The delegates are pouring into
the ball park with lunch baskets,
1306
01:20:20,171 --> 01:20:22,978
banners and petitions
asking John Doe
1307
01:20:23,141 --> 01:20:24,464
not to jump off any roof.
1308
01:20:24,625 --> 01:20:27,707
No matter how you look at it,
it's still a phenomenal movement.
1309
01:20:27,996 --> 01:20:31,683
These John Does or 'hoy polloi',
as you've heard people call them,
1310
01:20:31,848 --> 01:20:34,655
have been laughed at
and ridiculed.
1311
01:20:34,818 --> 01:20:37,739
But here they are gay and happy,
having traveled 1,000s of miles,
1312
01:20:37,907 --> 01:20:40,954
their expenses paid
by their neighbors to come
1313
01:20:41,117 --> 01:20:43,799
to pay homage to their hero.
1314
01:20:44,086 --> 01:20:47,328
In these days of wars
and bombings, it's a hopeful sign
1315
01:20:47,498 --> 01:20:50,100
that a simple idea like this
can sweep the country.
1316
01:20:50,266 --> 01:20:53,747
An idea based on friendliness,
on giving and not taking,
1317
01:20:53,917 --> 01:20:56,725
on helping your neighbor
and asking nothing in return.
1318
01:20:56,887 --> 01:21:00,369
If this can happen,
don't let your grumbling friends
1319
01:21:00,539 --> 01:21:03,460
tell you that
humanity is falling apart.
1320
01:21:03,629 --> 01:21:07,188
This is John B. Hughes
returning you to our main studio
1321
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:10,443
until 9 o'clock when
the convention officially opens.
1322
01:21:12,576 --> 01:21:14,300
John, come in.
1323
01:21:15,145 --> 01:21:16,503
Say, I'm kind of...
1324
01:21:17,191 --> 01:21:18,788
It's raining out a little.
1325
01:21:18,956 --> 01:21:20,109
That's all right.
1326
01:21:20,281 --> 01:21:22,198
Good to see you. Sit down.
1327
01:21:22,729 --> 01:21:23,688
Thanks.
1328
01:21:39,021 --> 01:21:40,253
It's for Ann.
1329
01:21:40,585 --> 01:21:43,826
- How nice. Thank you very much.
- Flowers.
1330
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:47,164
I'm terribly sorry she isn't here.
1331
01:21:48,089 --> 01:21:48,968
She isn't?
1332
01:21:49,132 --> 01:21:51,369
She just left. I'm surprised
you didn't run into her.
1333
01:21:51,540 --> 01:21:53,217
She went to Mr. Norton's house.
1334
01:21:56,595 --> 01:21:58,958
Is it important?
1335
01:21:59,565 --> 01:22:01,962
Yeah. Well, no.
It'll wait.
1336
01:22:03,497 --> 01:22:06,418
He's a nice man, isn't he?
Mr. Norton, I mean.
1337
01:22:06,587 --> 01:22:09,063
He's done a lot for the...
1338
01:22:16,257 --> 01:22:18,459
Say, my coat's pretty wet.
1339
01:22:19,106 --> 01:22:20,990
I might have wet the couch.
1340
01:22:27,091 --> 01:22:29,214
I'll see her at the convention.
1341
01:22:29,379 --> 01:22:31,536
Yes, I'll see she gets the flowers.
1342
01:22:32,549 --> 01:22:33,587
Thanks.
1343
01:22:33,792 --> 01:22:35,995
- Good night, Mrs. Mitchell.
- Good night, John.
1344
01:22:42,460 --> 01:22:43,579
Mrs. Mitchell...
1345
01:22:44,907 --> 01:22:48,069
I'm kind of glad Ann isn't here.
1346
01:22:49,362 --> 01:22:53,334
You see, I came here
hoping to see her alone
1347
01:22:53,495 --> 01:22:56,577
and kind of hoping I wouldn't.
1348
01:22:58,030 --> 01:23:00,472
I wanted to talk to her.
1349
01:23:03,407 --> 01:23:05,289
It can wait, I guess.
1350
01:23:06,817 --> 01:23:09,019
- Good night.
- Good night, John.
1351
01:23:12,916 --> 01:23:15,563
Mrs. Mitchell,
have you ever been married?
1352
01:23:16,568 --> 01:23:18,326
Well, sure you have.
1353
01:23:18,854 --> 01:23:20,053
That's pretty silly.
1354
01:23:21,303 --> 01:23:23,666
Guess you think I'm batty.
1355
01:23:25,115 --> 01:23:27,237
I guess I better be going.
1356
01:23:29,810 --> 01:23:30,802
John...
1357
01:23:32,739 --> 01:23:35,820
my husband said:
"I love you. Will you marry me?"
1358
01:23:36,631 --> 01:23:37,750
He did?
1359
01:23:38,638 --> 01:23:40,839
- What happened?
- I married him.
1360
01:23:42,449 --> 01:23:44,447
Yeah, that's what I mean.
1361
01:23:44,977 --> 01:23:46,415
It was easy as all that?
1362
01:23:48,227 --> 01:23:50,065
Yeah, but look Mr. Mitchell...
1363
01:23:51,196 --> 01:23:52,875
I love Ann,
1364
01:23:53,043 --> 01:23:56,090
and it's gonna be hard
for me to say it 'cause...
1365
01:23:56,574 --> 01:23:59,142
she's so wonderful
1366
01:23:59,543 --> 01:24:03,150
and the best I ever was
was a bush league pitcher.
1367
01:24:04,359 --> 01:24:07,006
And I think
she's in love with another man,
1368
01:24:07,167 --> 01:24:10,408
the one she made up.
The real John Doe.
1369
01:24:11,180 --> 01:24:13,942
That's pretty tough competition.
1370
01:24:14,470 --> 01:24:16,753
I bet he'd know how to say it.
1371
01:24:16,918 --> 01:24:20,238
But me, I get up to it
and around and in back of it,
1372
01:24:20,409 --> 01:24:24,050
but I never get right to it.
You know what I mean?
1373
01:24:24,863 --> 01:24:26,906
So the only chance I've got,
1374
01:24:27,071 --> 01:24:30,231
well, if somebody could
give her a warning.
1375
01:24:30,401 --> 01:24:32,877
Prepare her for the shock?
1376
01:24:34,133 --> 01:24:35,365
You'd like me to do it?
1377
01:24:37,343 --> 01:24:41,142
Well, I was thinking,
sort of break the ice.
1378
01:24:43,242 --> 01:24:44,759
Of course I will, John.
1379
01:24:48,217 --> 01:24:49,495
Thank you, Mrs. Mitchell.
1380
01:24:50,825 --> 01:24:52,343
Hey, you're okay.
1381
01:25:04,508 --> 01:25:07,475
The John Doe meeting will be
one of the biggest things ever.
1382
01:25:07,639 --> 01:25:10,446
They're coming from all over:
trains, boxcars, wagons.
1383
01:25:10,608 --> 01:25:11,885
Look out!
1384
01:25:12,293 --> 01:25:14,415
- Hello, bodyguards. Had dinner?
- Not yet.
1385
01:25:14,580 --> 01:25:16,463
- That's all right.
- No, go and have dinner.
1386
01:25:16,627 --> 01:25:17,950
Wait a minute, John.
1387
01:25:22,526 --> 01:25:24,602
- Hello, Mr. Connell.
- How are you, John?
1388
01:25:25,174 --> 01:25:27,741
I want to have
a little talk with you.
1389
01:25:29,346 --> 01:25:32,233
What's the matter?
Are you falling?
1390
01:25:32,637 --> 01:25:34,600
- Hey, Boss.
- Oh, quiet, quiet.
1391
01:25:34,804 --> 01:25:38,696
Did you read the speech
you're going to make tonight?
1392
01:25:38,856 --> 01:25:41,379
No, I never read the speeches
before I make them.
1393
01:25:41,546 --> 01:25:43,063
I get more of a kick out of it.
1394
01:25:43,231 --> 01:25:44,908
Exactly what I thought.
1395
01:25:45,156 --> 01:25:48,604
Beany, go to the office, tell Pop
to give you the speech.
1396
01:25:48,768 --> 01:25:52,249
Mr. Norton told me not to
leave him, even for a minute.
1397
01:25:52,420 --> 01:25:55,147
Go on, go on. We'll be at
Jim's Bar, up the street.
1398
01:25:56,553 --> 01:25:58,150
You're a nice guy, John.
1399
01:25:58,559 --> 01:26:01,798
I like you. You're gentle.
1400
01:26:02,732 --> 01:26:04,890
I always like gentle people.
1401
01:26:05,220 --> 01:26:07,827
Me... I'm hard.
1402
01:26:07,828 --> 01:26:10,371
Hard and tough.
1403
01:26:10,372 --> 01:26:12,580
I got no use for hard people.
1404
01:26:13,582 --> 01:26:15,589
Gotta be gentle to suit me.
1405
01:26:19,592 --> 01:26:22,100
Like you, for instance.
1406
01:26:28,605 --> 01:26:31,259
Yep, I'm hard.
But you want to know something?
1407
01:26:32,580 --> 01:26:33,733
I've got a weakness.
1408
01:26:34,347 --> 01:26:37,031
You'd never guess. Well, I have.
1409
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:39,199
Wanna know what it is?
1410
01:26:40,170 --> 01:26:42,294
"The Star Spangled Banner."
1411
01:26:42,941 --> 01:26:46,104
Screwy, huh? Maybe it is.
1412
01:26:46,273 --> 01:26:49,757
Play it and I'm a sucker for it.
1413
01:26:50,811 --> 01:26:54,180
Always gets me right here.
You know what I mean?
1414
01:26:54,787 --> 01:26:56,785
Yeah, it gets me right back here.
1415
01:26:57,438 --> 01:26:58,876
Back there, huh?
1416
01:26:59,364 --> 01:27:02,174
Well, every man
to his own taste.
1417
01:27:05,347 --> 01:27:07,507
You weren't old enough
1418
01:27:07,998 --> 01:27:10,762
for the world war.
1419
01:27:11,331 --> 01:27:12,563
No, of course not.
1420
01:27:13,338 --> 01:27:15,303
You must have been just a kid.
1421
01:27:16,512 --> 01:27:17,584
I was.
1422
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:20,958
I was just ripe...
1423
01:27:21,932 --> 01:27:23,737
and raring to go.
1424
01:27:25,185 --> 01:27:27,834
Know what my old man did
when I joined up?
1425
01:27:27,997 --> 01:27:29,434
He joined up too.
1426
01:27:29,923 --> 01:27:31,408
Got to be a sergeant.
1427
01:27:31,570 --> 01:27:34,892
We were in the same outfit.
1428
01:27:36,148 --> 01:27:37,472
Funny, huh?
1429
01:27:42,935 --> 01:27:44,819
He was killed, John.
1430
01:27:47,151 --> 01:27:48,383
I saw him get it.
1431
01:27:50,203 --> 01:27:53,812
I was right there and saw it
with my own eyes.
1432
01:27:59,250 --> 01:28:01,932
I came out without a scratch.
1433
01:28:03,785 --> 01:28:06,148
That is, excepting my ulcers.
1434
01:28:11,408 --> 01:28:14,410
I should be drinking milk.
This stuff is poison.
1435
01:28:15,461 --> 01:28:16,660
Hey, Jimmy!
1436
01:28:17,105 --> 01:28:19,229
- Yes, Mr. Connell?
- What do you say?
1437
01:28:19,393 --> 01:28:20,432
All right.
1438
01:28:22,805 --> 01:28:24,926
I'm a sucker for this country.
1439
01:28:25,613 --> 01:28:29,505
For "The Star Spangled Banner"
and this country.
1440
01:28:29,665 --> 01:28:31,903
I like what we got here.
1441
01:28:32,193 --> 01:28:33,597
I like it!
1442
01:28:34,803 --> 01:28:38,042
A guy can say what he wants
1443
01:28:38,212 --> 01:28:41,133
and do what he wants without
getting a bayonet in his belly.
1444
01:28:41,303 --> 01:28:42,455
And that's all right.
1445
01:28:43,149 --> 01:28:44,711
- You betcha.
- Yeah.
1446
01:28:44,914 --> 01:28:48,314
And we don't anybody
changing that, do we?
1447
01:28:48,566 --> 01:28:50,323
- No, sir.
- No, sir.
1448
01:28:51,415 --> 01:28:53,890
When they do, I get mad,
1449
01:28:54,142 --> 01:28:56,824
I get boiling mad.
1450
01:28:57,434 --> 01:29:00,480
Right now, I'm sizzling.
1451
01:29:01,607 --> 01:29:05,133
I get mad for a lot of
other guys besides myself.
1452
01:29:06,141 --> 01:29:09,142
I get mad for a guy
named Washington.
1453
01:29:09,913 --> 01:29:12,114
And a guy named Jefferson
1454
01:29:12,601 --> 01:29:13,834
and Lincoln.
1455
01:29:14,767 --> 01:29:16,811
Lighthouses, John.
1456
01:29:17,657 --> 01:29:20,739
Lighthouses in a foggy world.
1457
01:29:22,672 --> 01:29:23,997
You know what I mean?
1458
01:29:24,559 --> 01:29:25,915
Yeah, you bet.
1459
01:29:27,488 --> 01:29:28,720
Listen, pal.
1460
01:29:29,534 --> 01:29:32,742
This fifth column stuff
is pretty rotten, isn't it?
1461
01:29:33,346 --> 01:29:34,703
Yeah, it certainly is.
1462
01:29:35,232 --> 01:29:38,199
You'd feel like an awful sucker
marching in the middle of it,
1463
01:29:38,363 --> 01:29:39,594
wouldn't you?
1464
01:29:40,369 --> 01:29:42,571
You! You wouldn't know
1465
01:29:42,737 --> 01:29:44,778
because you're gentle.
1466
01:29:45,343 --> 01:29:46,986
But that's what you're doing.
1467
01:29:47,913 --> 01:29:50,834
You're mixed up
with a skunk, my boy.
1468
01:29:51,644 --> 01:29:55,011
A no-good, dangerous skunk.
1469
01:29:57,662 --> 01:29:59,899
You're not talking about Norton?
1470
01:30:00,392 --> 01:30:03,552
I'm not talking about
his grandfather's pet poodle.
1471
01:30:07,372 --> 01:30:09,051
You must be wrong, Mr. Connell.
1472
01:30:09,340 --> 01:30:11,540
He's been marvelous
about the John Doe Clubs.
1473
01:30:11,706 --> 01:30:12,745
Yeah.
1474
01:30:13,914 --> 01:30:17,235
You're sold on this John Doe idea?
1475
01:30:17,405 --> 01:30:20,406
- Sure.
- Yeah, I don't blame you.
1476
01:30:20,615 --> 01:30:22,339
It's a beautiful miracle,
1477
01:30:22,702 --> 01:30:24,858
a miracle that can only happen
1478
01:30:25,029 --> 01:30:27,597
right here in
the good old U.S.A,
1479
01:30:27,757 --> 01:30:30,439
and I think it's terrific.
What do you think of that?
1480
01:30:30,726 --> 01:30:32,804
Me, hard-boiled Connell,
1481
01:30:32,974 --> 01:30:35,496
and I think it's plenty terrific.
1482
01:30:35,663 --> 01:30:38,744
Alright. Now suppose
an unmentionable worm,
1483
01:30:38,912 --> 01:30:40,270
who's initials
1484
01:30:40,437 --> 01:30:42,754
are D.B.,
1485
01:30:43,206 --> 01:30:45,249
was trying to use that to
1486
01:30:45,413 --> 01:30:47,296
shove his way into the White House.
1487
01:30:47,741 --> 01:30:50,183
So he could put the screws on.
1488
01:30:50,710 --> 01:30:54,715
So he could turn out
the lights in the lighthouses.
1489
01:30:57,973 --> 01:30:59,536
What would you say about that?
1490
01:31:00,580 --> 01:31:02,703
Nobody's gonna do that.
1491
01:31:03,470 --> 01:31:06,233
They can't use
the John Doe Clubs for politics.
1492
01:31:06,400 --> 01:31:08,600
- That's the main idea.
- Is that so?
1493
01:31:09,448 --> 01:31:12,656
Then what's a big political boss
like Hammett doing in town?
1494
01:31:12,819 --> 01:31:14,976
And a labor leader like Bennett.
And lots of other big shots
1495
01:31:15,147 --> 01:31:17,909
that are up at
D.B.'s house right now.
1496
01:31:18,157 --> 01:31:20,552
Wolves, John. Wolves.
1497
01:31:20,964 --> 01:31:23,693
Waiting to
cut up the John Does.
1498
01:31:24,898 --> 01:31:27,898
Wait till you get a gander
at your speech tonight.
1499
01:31:28,067 --> 01:31:30,956
You're all wet.
Miss Mitchell writes the speeches.
1500
01:31:31,116 --> 01:31:32,235
Nobody can make her write that.
1501
01:31:32,401 --> 01:31:33,632
They can't?
1502
01:31:33,805 --> 01:31:36,087
Who writes 'em, my aunt Emma?
1503
01:31:36,334 --> 01:31:38,216
I know she writes them
1504
01:31:38,381 --> 01:31:40,948
and gets a big bonus
for doing them, too.
1505
01:31:41,189 --> 01:31:43,551
A mink coat and diamond bracelet.
1506
01:31:43,876 --> 01:31:45,201
Don't write 'em?
1507
01:31:45,764 --> 01:31:48,731
Why that gold-grabbing dame
would double cross her own mother
1508
01:31:48,894 --> 01:31:51,700
- for a handful of Chinese Yams.
- Shut up!
1509
01:31:53,187 --> 01:31:54,624
If you weren't drunk, I'd...
1510
01:31:55,673 --> 01:31:56,827
Hey, Boss.
1511
01:31:57,680 --> 01:31:59,244
Here's the speech, Boss.
1512
01:32:01,011 --> 01:32:03,978
Read it, and then start sockin'.
1513
01:32:06,187 --> 01:32:07,911
Wait, Mr. Doe.
1514
01:32:09,918 --> 01:32:10,958
Jimmy.
1515
01:32:11,324 --> 01:32:13,846
- Yes, sir.
- Better bring me a glass of milk.
1516
01:32:15,658 --> 01:32:17,699
I'm smoking too much.
1517
01:32:21,676 --> 01:32:24,119
Yes, Charlie. Everything all set?
1518
01:32:24,444 --> 01:32:26,568
Fine.
John Doe been take care of?
1519
01:32:26,893 --> 01:32:27,806
Good.
1520
01:32:28,337 --> 01:32:31,305
How many people
will be there? 15,000?
1521
01:32:31,869 --> 01:32:33,191
Oh my, that's fine.
1522
01:32:33,674 --> 01:32:36,515
Listen, Charlie. As soon as
John Doe stops talking about me
1523
01:32:36,682 --> 01:32:39,570
I want you to start
that demonstration, a big one.
1524
01:32:40,054 --> 01:32:42,097
Don't worry about that, D.B.
My boys are there.
1525
01:32:42,261 --> 01:32:43,458
They'll take care of it.
1526
01:32:43,624 --> 01:32:46,194
Yes, I'll be there
15 minutes after I get your call.
1527
01:32:47,959 --> 01:32:49,521
Why, Mr. Doe!
1528
01:32:49,925 --> 01:32:52,401
- Where are they?
- In the dining room, sir.
1529
01:32:57,109 --> 01:33:00,352
Gentlemen, I think we're ready
to throw that big bombshell.
1530
01:33:00,521 --> 01:33:01,879
Yeah, it's about time.
1531
01:33:02,046 --> 01:33:04,487
A conservative estimate shows
1532
01:33:04,655 --> 01:33:07,784
we can count on between
10 and 20 million John Doe votes.
1533
01:33:07,948 --> 01:33:11,074
Add that to the labor vote
Mr. Bennett will throw in.
1534
01:33:11,238 --> 01:33:14,046
And the votes controlled by
Mr. Hammett and you gentlemen,
1535
01:33:14,209 --> 01:33:16,046
and nothing can stop us.
1536
01:33:16,216 --> 01:33:17,860
As I said, I'm with you,
1537
01:33:18,063 --> 01:33:20,666
providing you can guarantee
the John Doe vote.
1538
01:33:20,831 --> 01:33:23,640
- Don't worry about that.
- Count on me, on one condition.
1539
01:33:24,084 --> 01:33:26,081
Little Bennett is taken care of.
1540
01:33:26,251 --> 01:33:28,728
Everybody will be taken care of.
1541
01:33:29,140 --> 01:33:30,945
My agreement with you stands.
1542
01:33:31,229 --> 01:33:32,461
I'm with you, D.B.,
1543
01:33:32,633 --> 01:33:35,362
but I still think it's
a daring thing we're attempting.
1544
01:33:35,603 --> 01:33:37,646
Daring times, Mr. Barrington.
1545
01:33:37,811 --> 01:33:41,577
We come to a new order of things.
Too much talk in this country.
1546
01:33:41,905 --> 01:33:43,311
Too many concessions made.
1547
01:33:43,471 --> 01:33:45,674
What the American people need
is an iron hand.
1548
01:33:45,839 --> 01:33:46,513
You're right, that's true.
1549
01:33:46,682 --> 01:33:47,754
You're right, D.B.
1550
01:33:47,925 --> 01:33:49,125
Discipline!
1551
01:33:51,257 --> 01:33:54,342
And now may I offer
a toast to Miss Ann Mitchell,
1552
01:33:56,034 --> 01:33:59,197
the brilliant and beautiful lady
who's responsible for all this.
1553
01:33:59,447 --> 01:34:00,725
Miss Mitchell.
1554
01:34:01,534 --> 01:34:03,612
Mr. Norton, I'd like to talk
to you alone for a minute.
1555
01:34:04,503 --> 01:34:06,502
Miss Mitchell has
something to say to us.
1556
01:34:06,912 --> 01:34:08,589
That's fine. Speech!
1557
01:34:13,054 --> 01:34:14,172
Hello.
1558
01:34:22,166 --> 01:34:24,848
John, I'm glad to see you.
I was terribly worried.
1559
01:34:25,016 --> 01:34:26,213
Did you write this?
1560
01:34:27,063 --> 01:34:30,510
Yes I did, John, but I had
no idea what was going on.
1561
01:34:31,037 --> 01:34:32,601
- You didn't?
- No.
1562
01:34:34,649 --> 01:34:36,533
Swell bracelet you're wearing.
1563
01:34:40,670 --> 01:34:42,793
John, why aren't you
at the convention?
1564
01:34:59,456 --> 01:35:00,779
Is there anything wrong?
1565
01:35:01,021 --> 01:35:02,380
No, nothing's wrong.
1566
01:35:02,949 --> 01:35:04,226
Everything's fine.
1567
01:35:05,357 --> 01:35:07,674
So there's going to be
a new order of things, huh?
1568
01:35:07,925 --> 01:35:11,566
Everybody's gonna cut himself
a nice fat slice of the John Does?
1569
01:35:12,502 --> 01:35:14,625
You forgot one detail,
Mr. Big Shot.
1570
01:35:14,790 --> 01:35:15,988
You forgot me,
1571
01:35:16,154 --> 01:35:17,991
the prize stooge of the world.
1572
01:35:18,282 --> 01:35:22,004
If you or anybody thinks
he's gonna use the John Doe Clubs
1573
01:35:22,176 --> 01:35:24,618
for his own rotten purpose,
he'll do it over my dead body.
1574
01:35:25,107 --> 01:35:28,508
Hold on a minute, young man.
That's rather big talk.
1575
01:35:28,679 --> 01:35:31,281
I started the John Doe Clubs
with my money
1576
01:35:31,448 --> 01:35:33,971
and I'll decide whether or not
they're being properly used.
1577
01:35:34,137 --> 01:35:36,099
No, you won't.
You're through deciding anything.
1578
01:35:36,265 --> 01:35:38,741
What's more, I'm going
down to the convention
1579
01:35:38,914 --> 01:35:42,636
and tell those people what you
and your fine feathered friends
1580
01:35:42,808 --> 01:35:45,091
are cooking up for them.
1581
01:35:45,417 --> 01:35:47,815
I'm gonna say it
in my own words this time.
1582
01:35:50,193 --> 01:35:51,918
He'll ruin us, D.B.!
1583
01:35:53,806 --> 01:35:55,564
Wait a minute, fella.
1584
01:35:55,732 --> 01:35:57,570
My uncle wants to talk to you.
1585
01:35:57,740 --> 01:35:59,143
Listen to me, my son.
1586
01:35:59,304 --> 01:36:01,381
Before you
lose your head completely,
1587
01:36:01,552 --> 01:36:04,030
may I remind you that
I picked you up out of the gutter,
1588
01:36:04,202 --> 01:36:06,361
and I can throw you
right back there again.
1589
01:36:06,851 --> 01:36:10,172
You've got a nerve
accusing people of things.
1590
01:36:10,343 --> 01:36:12,785
These men and I know what's best
for the John Does of America
1591
01:36:12,952 --> 01:36:14,915
regardless of what
tramps like you think.
1592
01:36:16,163 --> 01:36:19,211
Get off that righteous horse
and come to your senses.
1593
01:36:19,496 --> 01:36:22,384
You're the fake.
We believe in what we're doing.
1594
01:36:22,547 --> 01:36:25,754
You were paid your 30 pieces
of silver. Have you forgotten that?
1595
01:36:25,918 --> 01:36:27,071
Well, I haven't.
1596
01:36:27,243 --> 01:36:29,766
You're a fake, John Doe,
and I can prove it.
1597
01:36:29,972 --> 01:36:33,498
You're the big hero that's
meant to jump off tall buildings.
1598
01:36:33,704 --> 01:36:37,027
Remember? What will your
precious John Does say
1599
01:36:37,196 --> 01:36:39,593
when they find out you never
had any intention of doing it?
1600
01:36:39,766 --> 01:36:41,684
That you were paid to say so?
1601
01:36:41,853 --> 01:36:43,896
You'd be run out of the country.
1602
01:36:44,262 --> 01:36:47,469
With the newspapers and radio
stations these gentlemen control,
1603
01:36:47,633 --> 01:36:50,203
we can kill the John Doe movement
deader than a doornail.
1604
01:36:50,363 --> 01:36:52,361
We'll do it the moment
you step out of line.
1605
01:36:54,175 --> 01:36:57,944
You want to go to the convention
and shoot your trap off,
1606
01:36:58,109 --> 01:36:59,468
go ahead and do it.
1607
01:37:07,021 --> 01:37:09,544
You mean, you'd try to kill
the John Doe movement
1608
01:37:09,711 --> 01:37:11,948
if you can't use it?
1609
01:37:12,321 --> 01:37:14,442
Bet your bottom dollar.
1610
01:37:20,427 --> 01:37:22,791
That's certainly is a new low.
1611
01:37:24,322 --> 01:37:26,524
Guess I've seen everything now.
1612
01:37:28,776 --> 01:37:31,460
You sit with your big cigars
and think of deliberately killing
1613
01:37:31,627 --> 01:37:34,789
an idea that's made millions
of people a bit happier.
1614
01:37:35,279 --> 01:37:39,002
An idea that's brought thousands
here from all over the country.
1615
01:37:39,174 --> 01:37:42,062
By bus, train, jalopy and foot
1616
01:37:42,225 --> 01:37:45,752
so they can pass on to each other
a little of their experiences.
1617
01:37:46,559 --> 01:37:49,767
I'm just a mug and I know it,
1618
01:37:49,973 --> 01:37:52,014
but I'm beginning to
understand a lot of things.
1619
01:37:52,179 --> 01:37:54,017
Your types are
as old as history.
1620
01:37:54,186 --> 01:37:57,108
If you can't lay your
dirty fingers on a decent idea,
1621
01:37:57,277 --> 01:37:59,879
and squeeze it into your pocket,
1622
01:38:00,368 --> 01:38:02,890
like dogs, if you can't eat it,
you bury it.
1623
01:38:03,979 --> 01:38:06,549
This is the one worthwhile
thing that's come along.
1624
01:38:06,750 --> 01:38:10,310
People finally find out
the guy next door isn't a bad egg.
1625
01:38:10,563 --> 01:38:11,521
That's simple, isn't it?
1626
01:38:11,686 --> 01:38:14,004
Yet a thing like that
has got a chance of spreading
1627
01:38:14,175 --> 01:38:16,335
till it touches every
human being in the world,
1628
01:38:16,504 --> 01:38:18,466
and you talk about killing it.
1629
01:38:18,911 --> 01:38:21,196
Well, when this fire dies down,
what's going to be left?
1630
01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:23,930
More misery, hunger and hate.
1631
01:38:24,090 --> 01:38:26,568
And what's to prevent that
from starting all over again?
1632
01:38:26,739 --> 01:38:29,469
Nobody knows the answer to that
and certainly not you,
1633
01:38:29,630 --> 01:38:31,832
with those slimy,
bollixed up theories you got.
1634
01:38:31,998 --> 01:38:35,367
The John Doe idea
may be the answer, the one thing
1635
01:38:35,531 --> 01:38:38,772
capable of saving this world,
and you sit on your fat hulks
1636
01:38:38,942 --> 01:38:41,064
and tell me you'll kill it
if you can't use it.
1637
01:38:41,230 --> 01:38:43,433
Well, go ahead and try.
You couldn't do it
1638
01:38:43,599 --> 01:38:46,886
in a million years with all your
radio stations and your power
1639
01:38:47,171 --> 01:38:50,458
because it's bigger than
whether I'm a fake or your ambition
1640
01:38:50,622 --> 01:38:52,381
and bigger than all the bracelets
and fur coats in the world!
1641
01:38:52,548 --> 01:38:53,781
You bet it is, John.
1642
01:38:53,954 --> 01:38:56,477
That's exactly what
I'm going to tell those people.
1643
01:38:59,895 --> 01:39:03,058
You ungrateful rat!
My uncle's been too good to...
1644
01:39:04,550 --> 01:39:05,544
He's getting away.
1645
01:39:06,559 --> 01:39:07,197
John!
1646
01:39:07,361 --> 01:39:08,479
Get me the Bulletin.
1647
01:39:10,051 --> 01:39:11,042
John!
1648
01:39:11,776 --> 01:39:13,214
I told you, D.B.,
1649
01:39:13,382 --> 01:39:14,866
you're playing with dynamite.
1650
01:39:16,354 --> 01:39:17,792
Don't let that girl get away.
1651
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:20,759
Before he gets through tonight,
he'll ruin us all.
1652
01:39:20,929 --> 01:39:23,166
I'll stop him cold.
I've been ready for this.
1653
01:39:23,337 --> 01:39:24,570
John!
1654
01:39:24,742 --> 01:39:26,626
John, please listen to me.
1655
01:39:26,789 --> 01:39:29,838
I can explain. I didn't know
what they were going to do.
1656
01:39:30,001 --> 01:39:31,518
Let me go with you.
1657
01:39:32,007 --> 01:39:33,160
John, please!
1658
01:39:33,332 --> 01:39:35,249
Go ahead, driver.
Ball park.
1659
01:39:35,420 --> 01:39:38,067
Please let me go with you!
Please, John.
1660
01:39:38,230 --> 01:39:39,953
Please, John.
1661
01:39:40,558 --> 01:39:42,041
Mr. Norton wants to see you.
1662
01:39:42,564 --> 01:39:45,291
Listen to me, Mayor.
I want them both arrested.
1663
01:39:45,453 --> 01:39:47,931
Tell the police to pick up Connell.
I've got the girl here.
1664
01:39:48,104 --> 01:39:51,791
I don't care, charge them.
Keep them in jail overnight.
1665
01:39:52,680 --> 01:39:54,722
Hello, Bulletin?
Put Buck Meyer on.
1666
01:40:45,223 --> 01:40:47,380
Three cheers for John Doe.
1667
01:41:40,057 --> 01:41:42,501
- Ladies and gentlemen.
- One moment, John.
1668
01:41:44,033 --> 01:41:46,033
We'll begin with a soft prayer.
1669
01:41:49,456 --> 01:41:50,814
Quiet, please.
1670
01:41:52,106 --> 01:41:53,832
Ladies and gentlemen,
1671
01:41:53,994 --> 01:41:56,919
a moment of silent prayer
1672
01:41:57,250 --> 01:42:00,334
for the John Does
all over the world,
1673
01:42:00,864 --> 01:42:04,793
many of whom
are homeless and hungry.
1674
01:42:05,722 --> 01:42:07,082
Rise, please.
1675
01:42:08,375 --> 01:42:09,698
Everybody rise.
1676
01:43:01,554 --> 01:43:05,279
Hundreds of news boys
are swarming in like locusts.
1677
01:43:05,450 --> 01:43:07,175
They're yelling
"John Doe's a fake."
1678
01:43:20,272 --> 01:43:22,797
Federal investigation
urged by Chamber of Commerce.
1679
01:43:22,964 --> 01:43:26,252
- How could he be a fake?
- Must be some kind of a gag.
1680
01:43:26,417 --> 01:43:28,143
- A what?
- A gag!
1681
01:43:39,673 --> 01:43:41,158
Come on, step on it!
1682
01:43:42,886 --> 01:43:44,212
Step on it!
1683
01:43:44,373 --> 01:43:47,138
You all know you're places.
Wait for the signal.
1684
01:43:47,306 --> 01:43:49,588
- Will you autograph my balloon?
- Sure.
1685
01:43:59,314 --> 01:44:00,798
Ladies and gentlemen,
1686
01:44:01,765 --> 01:44:05,134
this is what I came down here
to tell you about.
1687
01:44:07,066 --> 01:44:09,716
Please, if you all just
be quiet for a few minutes,
1688
01:44:09,877 --> 01:44:11,682
I can explain this whole thing.
1689
01:44:13,534 --> 01:44:15,611
As you all know,
this paper is published
1690
01:44:15,781 --> 01:44:17,862
by a man by the name of
D.B. Norton...
1691
01:44:18,033 --> 01:44:19,312
Get back, you!
1692
01:44:20,321 --> 01:44:22,288
Everybody, wait a minute.
1693
01:44:23,775 --> 01:44:24,974
Ladies and gentlemen,
1694
01:44:27,269 --> 01:44:28,595
My name is D.B.Norton.
1695
01:44:28,756 --> 01:44:30,400
You all know me.
1696
01:44:30,723 --> 01:44:33,328
I accuse this man
of being a faker.
1697
01:44:33,495 --> 01:44:36,385
We've been taken for suckers
and I'm the biggest of the lot!
1698
01:44:36,630 --> 01:44:38,592
I spent a fortune backing this man
1699
01:44:38,757 --> 01:44:42,654
in what I believed was a sincere
and worthy cause, as you all did.
1700
01:44:44,019 --> 01:44:45,539
Now I find out it's
nothing but a cheap racket,
1701
01:44:45,947 --> 01:44:48,838
cooked up by him and two of
my employees for the purpose of
1702
01:44:49,001 --> 01:44:51,400
collecting dues from
John Does all over the country.
1703
01:44:51,571 --> 01:44:52,563
That's a lie!
1704
01:44:52,775 --> 01:44:55,219
It's not a lie! Nickel and dimes
to stuff in their pockets.
1705
01:44:55,385 --> 01:44:57,511
You can read about it
in the newspapers there.
1706
01:44:57,676 --> 01:45:00,041
That's a lie! Don't believe...
1707
01:45:00,207 --> 01:45:02,857
This man had no intention
of jumping off a building.
1708
01:45:03,018 --> 01:45:05,417
He was paid to say so.
Do you deny that?
1709
01:45:05,587 --> 01:45:08,318
- That's got nothing to do with it.
- Were you paid or weren't you?
1710
01:45:08,480 --> 01:45:09,759
Yes, I was paid, but...
1711
01:45:09,926 --> 01:45:12,005
And the suicide note.
You didn't write that either.
1712
01:45:12,175 --> 01:45:14,093
- What difference does that make?
- Did you write it?
1713
01:45:14,505 --> 01:45:16,790
- No, I didn't.
- You bet your life you didn't.
1714
01:45:16,954 --> 01:45:18,475
Look in your papers and find
1715
01:45:18,643 --> 01:45:22,207
Miss Mitchell's signed confession
that she wrote it.
1716
01:45:22,378 --> 01:45:24,296
I didn't write the letter...
1717
01:45:24,466 --> 01:45:26,992
Now you see, he admits it.
You're a fake, John Doe.
1718
01:45:27,278 --> 01:45:29,564
For what you did to these people,
1719
01:45:29,850 --> 01:45:31,608
they ought to
run you out of the country.
1720
01:45:31,777 --> 01:45:33,616
And I hope they do it.
1721
01:45:42,540 --> 01:45:44,380
Speak up, John. We believe you.
1722
01:45:44,790 --> 01:45:46,071
Please listen, folks.
1723
01:45:46,799 --> 01:45:48,763
Now that he's through
shooting off his face,
1724
01:45:48,927 --> 01:45:50,731
I got some things to tell you.
1725
01:45:51,176 --> 01:45:53,621
The rest of you get in and riot.
Break this crowd up.
1726
01:45:53,788 --> 01:45:55,627
I'm sorry folks,
we can't hear him anymore.
1727
01:45:55,798 --> 01:45:57,795
Something's up with the speakers.
1728
01:45:58,326 --> 01:45:59,731
John Doe's a fake!
1729
01:46:01,059 --> 01:46:02,577
Please. They can't hear me.
1730
01:46:04,835 --> 01:46:06,066
This thing's not working.
1731
01:46:06,721 --> 01:46:08,002
Ladies and gentlemen...
1732
01:46:26,243 --> 01:46:28,846
This thing's bigger than
whether I'm a fake.
1733
01:46:30,742 --> 01:46:33,392
Bert, you believe me, don't ya?
1734
01:46:34,116 --> 01:46:36,000
Sure. I believe you.
1735
01:46:36,766 --> 01:46:40,776
Walking my legs off picking up
5,000 signatures for a phony.
1736
01:46:40,983 --> 01:46:42,709
There you are, Mr. Doe.
1737
01:46:42,872 --> 01:46:46,162
5,000 names asking you
not to jump off any roof.
1738
01:46:46,326 --> 01:46:48,644
Makes no difference, Bert.
The idea's still good.
1739
01:46:48,816 --> 01:46:51,581
- We don't have to give it up.
- Yeah, you can have it.
1740
01:46:55,163 --> 01:46:57,607
They're starting to throw things.
Somebody's going to get hurt.
1741
01:46:57,774 --> 01:46:59,773
I'm afraid it will be John Doe.
1742
01:46:59,943 --> 01:47:01,267
Listen to that mob.
1743
01:47:04,159 --> 01:47:05,599
I've got to go to him.
1744
01:47:05,767 --> 01:47:09,252
- Sorry, lady. I can't let you out.
- Let me go!
1745
01:47:09,422 --> 01:47:13,351
Please. They're crucifying him.
I can help him!
1746
01:47:13,519 --> 01:47:17,049
- We got orders to hold you.
- From who? It's a frame-up!
1747
01:47:17,214 --> 01:47:19,785
- Ann darling.
- Mother, they won't let me go.
1748
01:47:19,946 --> 01:47:21,589
They won't let me go.
1749
01:47:23,359 --> 01:47:24,558
Listen, folks.
1750
01:47:25,366 --> 01:47:27,287
You gotta listen to me!
1751
01:47:27,456 --> 01:47:30,825
Back to the jungle, you hobo.
1752
01:47:30,991 --> 01:47:31,985
Just another racket!
1753
01:47:32,518 --> 01:47:33,922
Stick to your clubs.
1754
01:47:34,124 --> 01:47:36,283
We've been fed baloney so long
we're getting used to it.
1755
01:47:45,732 --> 01:47:48,130
The idea is still good.
1756
01:47:49,507 --> 01:47:50,867
Believe me, folks.
1757
01:47:53,845 --> 01:47:56,735
John Does were
the hope of the world.
1758
01:48:33,771 --> 01:48:35,930
A friend got him out of the park.
1759
01:48:36,102 --> 01:48:37,666
Be a miracle if he's not hurt.
1760
01:48:37,988 --> 01:48:41,839
Ladies and gentlemen, looks like
the end of the John Doe movement.
1761
01:48:42,929 --> 01:48:46,778
Well, boys, chalk up
another one to the Pontius Pilates.
1762
01:48:54,295 --> 01:48:56,217
I should have been there.
1763
01:48:56,905 --> 01:48:58,505
I could have helped him.
1764
01:49:00,362 --> 01:49:02,247
He was so all alone.
1765
01:49:05,743 --> 01:49:08,633
We ought to be ashamed
of ourselves after tonight.
1766
01:49:09,760 --> 01:49:12,124
We didn't give him a chance.
1767
01:49:22,091 --> 01:49:24,169
More coffee, Long John?
1768
01:49:25,145 --> 01:49:26,869
No thanks, Colonel.
1769
01:49:48,078 --> 01:49:49,837
- Fake!
- Racketeer!
1770
01:49:50,007 --> 01:49:51,926
- Liar!
- Cheat!
1771
01:49:52,095 --> 01:49:54,860
- Impostor!
- Why don't you jump?
1772
01:49:56,193 --> 01:49:57,633
Goodbye, Mr. Doe.
1773
01:49:58,521 --> 01:50:00,248
You're a wonderful man.
1774
01:50:00,933 --> 01:50:03,056
God bless you, my boy.
1775
01:50:04,466 --> 01:50:06,112
Now get in there and pitch.
1776
01:50:10,933 --> 01:50:12,259
You're a fake and I can prove it.
1777
01:50:12,420 --> 01:50:15,790
You're the big hero that's
meant to jump off tall buildings.
1778
01:50:16,155 --> 01:50:17,068
Remember?
1779
01:50:17,238 --> 01:50:19,683
What will your precious
John Does say when they find out
1780
01:50:19,850 --> 01:50:22,009
you had no intention of doing it?
1781
01:50:22,180 --> 01:50:23,779
That you were paid to say so?
1782
01:50:23,948 --> 01:50:26,073
Christmas Eve, at midnight.
1783
01:50:49,293 --> 01:50:50,778
Merry Christmas, sir.
1784
01:50:52,305 --> 01:50:53,537
Oh! Merry Christmas.
1785
01:51:21,145 --> 01:51:23,143
Who? John Doe?
1786
01:51:23,676 --> 01:51:25,593
Is that screwball still around?
1787
01:51:25,764 --> 01:51:28,048
That dame's been calling all day.
1788
01:51:28,214 --> 01:51:31,218
Sure, sure, I know.
At midnight, huh?
1789
01:51:31,950 --> 01:51:34,873
Okay, lady. We'll have
the place surrounded with nets.
1790
01:51:36,448 --> 01:51:38,126
They're laughing at me.
1791
01:51:44,081 --> 01:51:46,319
You're a sick girl, Ann.
You better take it easy.
1792
01:51:49,140 --> 01:51:50,500
Who are you calling now?
1793
01:51:51,591 --> 01:51:54,675
You called that number,
not ten minutes ago.
1794
01:51:55,566 --> 01:51:58,217
Hello. Mr. Connell.
Have you seen him yet?
1795
01:51:58,379 --> 01:52:01,268
Listen, Ann. He can't get in
without our seeing him.
1796
01:52:01,833 --> 01:52:05,156
I'm watching the side door.
Colonel's out front. Stop worrying.
1797
01:52:08,019 --> 01:52:09,058
Thank you.
1798
01:52:15,128 --> 01:52:17,446
- Why Ann!
- Ann, don't be foolish.
1799
01:52:21,715 --> 01:52:23,955
If this isn't the craziest,
1800
01:52:24,126 --> 01:52:26,204
the battiest, the looniest
wild goose chase I ever heard of.
1801
01:52:26,374 --> 01:52:27,892
Shut up, Bert.
Sourpuss is right.
1802
01:52:28,061 --> 01:52:30,106
If he is, I'm a banana split.
1803
01:52:30,270 --> 01:52:32,074
That man's gonna be on that roof.
1804
01:52:32,238 --> 01:52:34,923
Don't ask me how I know.
I know as well as you do.
1805
01:52:35,090 --> 01:52:36,529
I'd like to believe in fairy tales,
1806
01:52:36,697 --> 01:52:39,586
but a guy that's a fake
won't jump off any roof.
1807
01:52:39,951 --> 01:52:42,681
I don't think he was a fake.
Not with that face.
1808
01:52:42,843 --> 01:52:46,566
- What he stood for wasn't a fake.
- Okay, honey. Okay.
1809
01:53:05,537 --> 01:53:07,022
Elevators ain't runnin'.
1810
01:53:07,867 --> 01:53:10,344
- Colonel.
- You shouldn't be out of bed.
1811
01:53:10,798 --> 01:53:12,284
- Has he been here?
- No.
1812
01:53:12,445 --> 01:53:14,205
- Have you seen him?
- Haven't seen him for a week.
1813
01:53:14,373 --> 01:53:16,497
- Where's Connell?
- He's watching the other door.
1814
01:53:16,662 --> 01:53:17,784
You're swell.
1815
01:53:23,129 --> 01:53:26,019
No sense going up. I been here
for hours. He ain't here.
1816
01:53:26,182 --> 01:53:27,301
Let me go, will ya?
1817
01:53:31,805 --> 01:53:34,536
That's crazy. It's 14 floors.
1818
01:54:17,475 --> 01:54:20,764
It's as far as the elevator goes.
We walk up to the tower.
1819
01:55:12,624 --> 01:55:16,073
That tramp's probably full of
Christmas cheer in a flophouse.
1820
01:55:16,238 --> 01:55:18,283
I've got to decorate my tree.
1821
01:55:31,599 --> 01:55:33,002
Well, I give up.
1822
01:55:34,165 --> 01:55:36,206
I don't what gave us the idea
1823
01:55:36,370 --> 01:55:38,252
he'd attempt anything like this.
1824
01:55:38,416 --> 01:55:39,088
I guess you're right.
1825
01:55:39,257 --> 01:55:40,932
I'm afraid the joke's on us.
1826
01:55:41,102 --> 01:55:44,021
I hope nobody
finds out we've been here.
1827
01:57:29,798 --> 01:57:31,839
I wouldn't do that, John.
1828
01:57:43,831 --> 01:57:45,347
It'll do you no good.
1829
01:57:46,478 --> 01:57:48,152
The Mayor has police downstairs
1830
01:57:48,844 --> 01:57:50,200
with instructions
1831
01:57:50,368 --> 01:57:53,171
to remove all identification
you may have on your person.
1832
01:57:54,657 --> 01:57:58,454
You'll be buried in Potter's Field.
You'll have accomplished nothing.
1833
01:58:09,293 --> 01:58:10,934
I've already taken care of that.
1834
01:58:12,539 --> 01:58:15,617
I mailed a copy
of this letter to Mr. Connell.
1835
01:58:18,714 --> 01:58:20,274
John, forget this foolishness.
1836
01:58:20,438 --> 01:58:24,326
Stop there, Mr. Norton,
if you don't want to go over too.
1837
01:58:29,177 --> 01:58:31,459
I'm glad you gentlemen are here.
1838
01:58:33,588 --> 01:58:36,063
You killed the
John Doe movement all right,
1839
01:58:36,996 --> 01:58:39,392
but you'll see it born again.
1840
01:58:47,060 --> 01:58:48,941
Take a good look, Mr. Norton.
1841
01:58:50,429 --> 01:58:51,385
John!
1842
01:58:52,152 --> 01:58:52,871
John!
1843
01:58:54,237 --> 01:58:57,042
John! Don't do it!
1844
01:58:57,204 --> 01:58:59,040
I love you, darling.
1845
01:58:59,209 --> 01:59:00,202
Please.
1846
01:59:01,453 --> 01:59:03,131
Please don't give up.
1847
01:59:03,299 --> 01:59:06,981
We'll start all over again.
Just you and I. It isn't too late.
1848
01:59:07,146 --> 01:59:09,463
The John Doe movement
isn't dead yet.
1849
01:59:10,436 --> 01:59:12,557
It isn't dead
or they wouldn't be here.
1850
01:59:13,041 --> 01:59:16,760
It's alive in them. They kept it
alive by being afraid of it.
1851
01:59:16,931 --> 01:59:18,573
That's why they came up here.
1852
01:59:18,894 --> 01:59:20,173
Oh, darling!
1853
01:59:21,261 --> 01:59:23,541
Sure it should have been killed.
It was dishonest.
1854
01:59:23,707 --> 01:59:26,387
But we can start clean now.
Just you and I.
1855
01:59:26,954 --> 01:59:29,076
It'll grow, John,
1856
01:59:29,241 --> 01:59:32,000
because it'll be
honest this time.
1857
01:59:32,729 --> 01:59:34,770
John, if it's worth dying for,
1858
01:59:34,932 --> 01:59:36,851
it's worth living for.
1859
01:59:37,579 --> 01:59:39,495
Please, John!
1860
01:59:42,633 --> 01:59:46,554
Please!
Please God, help me!
1861
01:59:49,288 --> 01:59:50,360
John!
1862
01:59:50,771 --> 01:59:51,889
John, look at me!
1863
01:59:52,615 --> 01:59:54,690
You want to be honest, don't you?
1864
01:59:54,861 --> 01:59:58,065
You don't have to die
to keep the John Doe idea alive.
1865
01:59:58,268 --> 02:00:01,587
Someone already died for that once.
The first John Doe.
1866
02:00:02,238 --> 02:00:04,997
And he's kept that idea
alive for nearly 2,000 years.
1867
02:00:05,485 --> 02:00:09,043
It was he who kept it alive
and he'll go on keeping it alive
1868
02:00:09,215 --> 02:00:10,251
forever and always.
1869
02:00:10,418 --> 02:00:14,020
For every John Doe movement
they kill, another will be born.
1870
02:00:14,347 --> 02:00:16,342
That's why those bells are ringing.
1871
02:00:16,871 --> 02:00:18,150
They're calling to us.
1872
02:00:18,357 --> 02:00:21,754
Not to give up, but keep on
fighting, keep on pitching.
1873
02:00:21,924 --> 02:00:23,201
Don't you see, darling?
1874
02:00:23,930 --> 02:00:26,005
This is no time to give up.
1875
02:00:26,374 --> 02:00:28,610
You and I John, we...
1876
02:00:29,784 --> 02:00:30,853
No!
1877
02:00:31,426 --> 02:00:34,390
No, John! If you die,
I want to die, too.
1878
02:00:36,398 --> 02:00:37,721
I love you!
1879
02:00:51,956 --> 02:00:54,760
Mr. Doe, you don't have to...
1880
02:00:56,167 --> 02:00:58,002
We're with you, Mr. Doe.
1881
02:00:58,169 --> 02:01:00,292
We just lost our heads
and acted like a mob.
1882
02:01:00,455 --> 02:01:03,980
What Bert's trying to say
is that we need you.
1883
02:01:04,265 --> 02:01:06,945
A lot of us didn't believe
what that man said.
1884
02:01:07,311 --> 02:01:10,870
We were going to start up our
Club again, with or without you.
1885
02:01:11,040 --> 02:01:14,438
Weren't we, Bert?
A lot of others will do the same.
1886
02:01:14,609 --> 02:01:17,367
Mr. Sourpuss even got a letter
from his cousin in Toledo...
1887
02:01:17,535 --> 02:01:19,132
I got it right here, Mr. Doe.
1888
02:01:19,740 --> 02:01:22,741
Only, it'd be a lot easier
with you. Please...
1889
02:01:25,034 --> 02:01:27,269
Please come with us, Mr. Doe.
1890
02:01:52,658 --> 02:01:53,890
Long John!
1891
02:01:54,141 --> 02:01:55,372
Mr. Doe!
1892
02:01:55,826 --> 02:01:59,430
- We'll help. She'll be all right.
- Take her down to the car.
1893
02:02:02,842 --> 02:02:06,082
There you are, Norton.
The people! Try and lick that!
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