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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:30,600 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 2 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:36,400 And welcome to Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 3 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,200 I am busy getting ready for tonight's play, 4 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,000 which is a courtroom drama, and it's called "Your Witness." 5 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,900 Before court convenes, however, 6 00:00:56,900 --> 00:01:00,300 we have our usual one-minute recess. 7 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,000 Good afternoon, Mrs. Shawn. 8 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,700 Oh, good afternoon. 9 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,100 Can you tell me in which of the courtrooms 10 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,800 my husband is trying his case? 11 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,200 The first turn to the left, Mrs. Shawn. 12 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,200 He has his client on the stand right now. 13 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Thank you. 14 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,400 Do you understand the full gravity of the charges against you? 15 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,800 Yes, Mr. Shawn. I do. 16 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:01,000 And that a woman's life was the tragic cost 17 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,600 of an accident in which your car was involved? 18 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,400 That especially, I'm afraid. 19 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,600 Excuse me. 20 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,800 Thank you. 21 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,100 I have raised this point once again 22 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:11,600 only because the prosecution's references to it 23 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,500 might suggest that Mrs. Thompson's death 24 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,100 was a matter of indifference to you. 25 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,200 Kenneth, let me ask you what you really thought 26 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,300 when you learned that Mrs. Thompson had been killed. 27 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:27,100 There's no pressure on you now. Just tell us in your own way. 28 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,700 I'm not sure that I can describe it. 29 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,400 How would anyone feel? 30 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,200 I couldn't believe it when the police first told me. 31 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,300 I kept telling them there had to be a mistake. 32 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:41,900 Why, Kenneth? Why did you keep insisting 33 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:44,100 that there'd been a mistake? 34 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,600 Because I had no recollection of hitting anyone. 35 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,300 As I said, the light in the intersection was green 36 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:54,200 and when I heard a thud against the side of the car 37 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,800 I thought it was just an empty crate. 38 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:58,500 The road behind me was littered with junk 39 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:00,600 that had fallen from a truck. 40 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,400 Did you tell the police the truth 41 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,400 when they first questioned you? 42 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,900 Yes, I did. But they didn't believe me. 43 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,900 Now, one more thing, Kenneth. 44 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:12,900 A very important thing. 45 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:16,000 If you're talking about the truth, Arnold, 46 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,900 it is important. 47 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:21,500 But difficult to recognize it when you use it the way you do. 48 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:25,900 I suppose I love you still, in my unreasoning way. 49 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,200 But what is the truth concerning us? 50 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,700 How much of it did you manage to obscure 51 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:33,600 when we talked a month ago? 52 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,500 Well, any marriage is apt to spring a small leak sometime. 53 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:43,000 The trouble is you can't save the boat by throwing away the oars. 54 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:46,700 Why don't we just try to be sensible? 55 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:48,900 Sensible? 56 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,900 Arnold, you talk like a man who's being nagged by his wife 57 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,300 for staying out too often with the boys 58 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:58,100 or betting the grocery money on a horse. 59 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,900 I'm talking about what's happened to our marriage. 60 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:03,000 About the woman you've been seeing. 61 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,700 But that's done with. 62 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:06,800 Why did it happen, Arnold? 63 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,400 I don't suppose I can really say. 64 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,300 Vanity of the species, I guess. 65 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,000 A man's married for 10 years. 66 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,600 He suddenly finds himself admired, and he's flattered. 67 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,400 At least for a little while he can feel like he's the king of the barnyard. 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,500 Oh, Naomi, I'm really sorry. 69 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,500 That girl doesn't mean anything to me. 70 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,700 I told you, it's over, finished. 71 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,800 How can I know that, Arnold? 72 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,300 I don't suppose you can. 73 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,800 There really isn't anything to endorse 74 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,900 a good intention, is there? 75 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,000 Nothing, except the 10 years we've already had. 76 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:02,700 They're pretty good collateral, aren't they? 77 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:05,700 Wouldn't you bet on those again? 78 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,600 Wouldn't you? 79 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:11,600 Oh, please... 80 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,200 Arnold, don't. 81 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,800 Oh, that's Carmody. 82 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,600 This late? 83 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,500 Yes. He's been investigating that surprise witness 84 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:33,300 they think they're going to spring on us in the hit-and-run case next month. 85 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,900 Gonna cost that boy's father a lot of money. 86 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,700 Hello, Arnold. Oh, good evening, Mrs. Shawn. 87 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,000 Hope I didn't keep anybody up. 88 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,600 That's quite all right, I'm sure. Arnold... 89 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,000 I think Al and I'll be busy for a while, dear. 90 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,100 Want a drink, Al? 91 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,100 Yeah, sure. Bourbon, if you got it. 92 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,100 I always fly better with fuel in the tank, Mrs. Shawn, 93 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:52,600 if you know what I mean. 94 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:53,700 I'll get it. 95 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:54,800 Thanks, dear. 96 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,700 Now, this witness, Arnold, he won't be no bed of lilacs. 97 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:01,300 He's a volunteer. 98 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,700 One of those "I will do my best, sir" kind of good citizens. 99 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:05,900 What's his name? 100 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:08,600 Babcock. Henry Babcock. 101 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,100 Uh-huh. 102 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:13,400 And he's going to be a tough one, huh? 103 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,300 This Henry Babcock is prepared to testify 104 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:17,300 that when young Jerome's pretty sports car 105 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:19,100 knocked a nice, old lady looser than a beanbag 106 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:21,300 and as dead as a pork chop, 107 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:24,100 the traffic light was against him. 108 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,300 Now we can't deny that he hit Mrs. Thompson, 109 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:28,500 because the police traced the car to the garage 110 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,500 where he'd taken it to be repaired. 111 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:33,600 I got a complete rundown on Babcock, Arnold, like you wanted. 112 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,200 Seems he's addicted to bursts of good citizenship. 113 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,600 Mmm-hmm. 114 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,500 Well, I haven't seen a model citizen yet 115 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,700 I couldn't hang crepe on. 116 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,500 Well, it's gonna be expensive. 117 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:45,600 It usually is. 118 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,700 So, start digging up everything you can find on him, 119 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:48,800 from the day he was christened 120 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,500 to the moment he walks into that courtroom. 121 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:51,900 - Oh, Mr. Carmody. - Hmm? 122 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:53,400 Oh, thank you. 123 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,600 I call Henry Babcock. 124 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,000 What do you think about it, Dad? 125 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,400 I don't know what to think. 126 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,100 If Shawn could make an All-American boy out of you, 127 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,000 he'll probably turn this poor clown into a toad. 128 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,900 I'm paying him enough. 129 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:43,000 The witness has already been sworn. 130 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,300 You may be seated, Mr. Babcock. 131 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:49,200 Mr. Babcock, you've previously testified under oath 132 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,100 that you saw my client's car 133 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:52,600 drive heedlessly and illegally 134 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,100 through a red light on Purness Road 135 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:56,500 and strike Mrs. Agnes Thompson, the deceased. 136 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:58,000 - Is that correct? - Yes, sir. 137 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,300 And you further testified 138 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:01,200 that you saw my client back his car 139 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,100 for approximately 50 yards, 140 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:06,600 take one callous look at the body and then drive on. 141 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,700 Is that correct? 142 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:08,800 Yes, sir, it is. 143 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,700 Thank you, Mr. Babcock. 144 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:14,000 It's a help to me to have you reaffirm these things. 145 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,300 And if I were to believe 146 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:18,700 what you may well have testified to in all good faith, 147 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,400 I would wash my hands of the defendant now. 148 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,300 I would have no other choice in the simple service of justice. 149 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,700 Mr. Babcock, the prosecution assures us 150 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,100 that you're a volunteer witness. 151 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,100 I'm sure this was meant to imply that you have come forward 152 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:38,200 through a highly-developed sense of civic duty. 153 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,600 People do that, you know. 154 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,000 It's not my intention to quarrel with public spirit. 155 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:46,900 However, it is my intention as well as my duty, 156 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:49,100 to remind this court and jury 157 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,100 that there are people who will come forward 158 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,600 for the sheer thrill and satisfaction 159 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,700 of escaping from the frustrations of their own dull lives. 160 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:03,600 This is not the pursuit of truth, Mr. Babcock, 161 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,700 but a wild bid for personal attention, 162 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:07,200 - and I submit... - I object, Your Honor! 163 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,100 Objection sustained. 164 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:13,100 The line of questioning is improper, as Counsel should be aware. 165 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:16,900 Your Honor, this man has made a solemn promise to tell the truth. 166 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:20,100 It's not my intention to accuse him carelessly. 167 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,500 You've always had this talent 168 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:26,100 for making the innocent seem guilty. 169 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:31,000 Right or wrong, I've never succeeded in my arguments with you, 170 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,700 and least of all, last night. 171 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:39,200 Oh, hello. I didn't think you'd be up so late. 172 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,400 Did you have a pleasant time? 173 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:42,800 Pleasant? 174 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,300 I don't know. It was pretty much routine. 175 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,900 Al Carmody had some new notes on this Henry Babcock, 176 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:51,200 and I was late leaving the office. 177 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,600 So, I went over to see Dan Irwin. 178 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,800 He's got a legal action on that new magazine he's publishing. 179 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,700 You're a liar. 180 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:04,400 Hmm? Oh. 181 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:07,100 You went to that girl's apartment. 182 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:11,100 The same girl you promised me so solemnly you'd never see again. 183 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,100 I have absolute proof of it, Arnold, 184 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:15,700 so don't bother lying to me anymore. 185 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:19,700 I hadn't realized that I'd been that careless. 186 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:22,000 Did you have professional help? 187 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,200 I didn't need any rubber-soled Al Carmody, 188 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,200 if that's what you mean. 189 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,800 Well, don't you think you're being a little old-fashioned 190 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,900 and prudish about this, dear? 191 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:32,300 Prudish? 192 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,800 You don't really care, do you, Arnold? 193 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,800 Oh, I don't know. That's stating it a little severely. 194 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Do you care? 195 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,000 I didn't say. 196 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,100 I merely said I thought your attitude old-fashioned, 197 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:46,100 which is a polite way of saying ridiculous. 198 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,800 Now, I have a full day in court tomorrow, Naomi, so if you don't mind... 199 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,600 Just wait a minute, Arnold. 200 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,900 I saw her today. 201 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:54,100 Oh, you did? 202 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,700 Well, she's attractive, isn't she? 203 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:57,100 Now, will you excuse me? 204 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,300 Why did you marry me in the first place? 205 00:10:58,300 --> 00:10:59,600 Will you come off it? I warned you, Naomi! 206 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,800 - Just answer my question. - Take it easy! 207 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:01,900 Why? 208 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,000 For a lot of reasons! 209 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,100 Practical and otherwise! You want me to list them for you? 210 00:11:05,100 --> 00:11:07,800 All of them. Every one. Go on! 211 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,900 Well, for one thing, your father was an extremely influential man 212 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:13,100 a dozen years ago. 213 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,000 And he had a very attractive daughter, 214 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 also a dozen years ago! 215 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,600 Now, I think that combines the practical and the physical 216 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,700 rather well, don't you? 217 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,200 After all, it's been 10 long years since you were 25. 218 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,600 And, frankly, your type of sweet pea 219 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,100 and assorted chocolate sentiments 220 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:34,700 have never appealed to me. 221 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:37,500 Does that explain it well enough for you? 222 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:42,800 I think so, Arnold. Yes. 223 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,800 One thing we know, Mr. Babcock, 224 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,800 is that Mrs. Thompson approached the intersection from the south. 225 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,100 How do you account for not having heard her 226 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,700 approach that intersection, Mr. Babcock? 227 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:20,400 I didn't say that I didn't hear her. 228 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,500 Oh, you mean then that you did hear her? 229 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:23,900 Well, no... 230 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:25,500 What I mean is that I don't really remember. 231 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,100 I was tired. I'd just come from work. 232 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:28,500 At the Chichi Club? 233 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:29,600 Yes. That's where I'm employed. 234 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,300 You're employed there as a porter, aren't you? 235 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:34,700 Well, you could call it that. I tidy up after the place is closed. 236 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:35,800 At 2:00 in the morning? 237 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,900 Yes, sir. 238 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:38,200 And one hour later, 239 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,900 after completing your chores at the Chichi Club, 240 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:43,300 you were seated on this bench. 241 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:44,500 Now where did you say you live? 242 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:47,500 I live in Candlewood. I have a small apartment there. 243 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:48,800 You live alone? 244 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,100 Yes, sir. Ever since my wife died three years ago. 245 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:54,900 Well, it must be pretty lonely 246 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:57,700 coming home nights to an empty apartment. 247 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,600 It can be very lonely. 248 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,400 I was happily married for many years. 249 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,100 But you do have friends, don't you? 250 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:09,100 Friends? Well, yes. Not that I find much time to see them now. 251 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,400 I mean friends at your place of employment? 252 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:14,900 The Chichi Club, specifically. 253 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:19,400 They do have entertainers there, don't they, Mr. Babcock? 254 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:21,700 Among them, some extremely youthful 255 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:23,600 and beautiful young ladies. 256 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,500 I object to this line of questioning, Your Honor. 257 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,900 It's slyly suggestive and without relevance. 258 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:29,700 Objection sustained. 259 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:31,300 I'm sorry, Your Honor. 260 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:33,600 I'm confident that my questions will prove relevant, 261 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,100 however, I shall try to rephrase them. 262 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:37,500 Let's put it this way, Mr. Babcock. 263 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,400 Isn't it true that you frequently do favors for these young ladies, 264 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,200 such as taking coffee and sandwiches to their dressing rooms? 265 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,300 Objection. 266 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:46,100 We're not here to examine the social side 267 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:47,300 of this witness, Mr. Shawn. 268 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:49,600 Neither is it our business to delve into his personal affairs. 269 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,100 And why isn't it? 270 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:53,300 The witness has testified in direct contradiction 271 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:54,900 to sworn statements by my client. 272 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:57,900 One of them is obviously a liar or mistaken. 273 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,900 Your Honor, I respectfully submit that this entitles me 274 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:03,600 to establish the credibility of the witness. 275 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,400 Proceed, Counselor. 276 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,200 Mr. Babcock, let's get back to an item that we both agree on. 277 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,900 This rectangular mark does represent the bench 278 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:15,300 on which you were seated while waiting for the bus. 279 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,200 Yes. It's where I was seated. 280 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,300 And it was also from this position, the time the accident occurred, 281 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:24,200 that you saw that the traffic light was red? 282 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,400 Yes. I saw the light was against him. 283 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,300 Isn't there a street lamp on that corner? 284 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,400 Isn't it indicated there? 285 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,300 Well, I guess it is, but still I... 286 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:39,800 Well, stop guessing and stick to the facts, Mr. Babcock. 287 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:42,100 Wouldn't Mrs. Thompson have been obliged 288 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:44,700 to pass within the arc of that light? 289 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:48,900 I want to be truthful, but I don't know. 290 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,400 Maybe she came too fast for me. 291 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,600 Possibly she was running... 292 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:54,400 Running? 293 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:58,200 Running, Mr. Babcock? 294 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,100 Now, why would a woman of Mrs. Thompson's age, 295 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:05,200 already tired from nursing a sick child... 296 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:06,900 Why would she be running? 297 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:09,900 I didn't say that she was running, but she could have been. 298 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,400 She could even have been afraid. 299 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,500 Afraid? Afraid of what? 300 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,500 Give me a reason why she should have been afraid. 301 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:19,200 Was there someone else in the vicinity at the time? 302 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,300 No! 303 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:23,500 Well, then what could have frightened Mrs. Thompson? 304 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,200 How would I know? 305 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,300 Except that she was elderly. 306 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,000 Things happen to women is what I mean. 307 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,200 You read about it all the time. 308 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,900 I read about it? 309 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,600 - What do I read about? - I don't mean you. 310 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,100 I mean anyone. 311 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,600 Things you read in the paper. 312 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,700 Oh, do you read about it? 313 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:40,300 After you've left the young ladies' dressing rooms, for instance? 314 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:41,700 I object, Your Honor! 315 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:43,200 Objection sustained. 316 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,900 I direct that the last remarks of Counsel 317 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,400 be stricken from the record 318 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,500 and that the jury disregard them. 319 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:49,700 Your Honor, I'm sorry 320 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:52,600 if my remarks have raised a prejudice against the witness. 321 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,200 If I have overreached myself, 322 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,600 it's only been to try to solve a riddle that still remains. 323 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,000 How he could have turned his head to observe a traffic light 324 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,300 without seeing the witness approaching the crosswalk? 325 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:05,900 Proceed, Counselor. 326 00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:09,500 Mr. Babcock, how long have you been employed at the club Chichi? 327 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,200 About 10 months. 328 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:16,100 I don't suppose the salary they pay you is very substantial, is it? 329 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:19,400 I manage. My needs are small. 330 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:23,300 But it isn't comparable to, 331 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:25,500 for instance, the salary that you received 332 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,000 as an instructor of mathematics 333 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,900 for 14 years at Freeman High School, is it? 334 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,800 No, sir, it isn't. 335 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,900 Now, why did you give up a dignified position like that, 336 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:36,200 that you held for so many years, 337 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,000 to work in a cheap honky-tonk? 338 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,700 Why should a man with your background 339 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:43,200 be reduced to running errands for showgirls? 340 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:47,800 That isn't fair. The reason is... 341 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,800 I'll tell you the reason, Mr. Babcock. 342 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,200 The reason is this. My glasses! 343 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,900 Not your glasses, Mr. Babcock, your eyes. 344 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:55,600 Isn't it true that you gave up teaching 345 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,700 for the simple reason that you were going blind? 346 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,200 I did have cataracts. But now that I'm... 347 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,600 I have in my possession a report from an ophthalmologist, 348 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,700 which states that at the time of surgery, 349 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:07,500 - your vision was 85% impaired... - Your Honor, I... 350 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,300 ...and furthermore, you are color-blind. 351 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,400 It isn't fair this way. My glasses, please. 352 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,000 - If it pleases the court... - Glasses, of course. 353 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,800 Your Honor, I move in simple justice 354 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,300 that the testimony of this witness 355 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,000 be stricken entirely from the records. 356 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:23,200 It's obvious that he is incompetent to testify 357 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,600 to anything of a visual nature in a court of law. 358 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:28,400 That isn't true! 359 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,700 You'll have to let me speak! 360 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,700 Arnold, I have to talk to you. 361 00:17:37,700 --> 00:17:38,700 Congratulations, Arnold. 362 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,300 I managed to catch some of the last act, anyhow. 363 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:42,200 - You like that, huh? - Listen, you had that ex-mathematician 364 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,900 tied up in knots that Einstein couldn't have figured out. 365 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:46,100 Arnold, if I've waited this long, 366 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:47,200 I'm sure you could spare me a minute... 367 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,100 It can wait till I speak to the judge, can't it? 368 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:54,500 I'd like to see the judge, if he's free, Dan. 369 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:02,300 Arnold, I went to see George Vogel this morning. 370 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:05,400 I'd appreciate it if you'd sign the preliminary papers he prepared for me. 371 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,800 Don't you think we've had enough 372 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,600 whipped-up emotional nonsense for a while? 373 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:11,200 I'm divorcing you, Arnold. 374 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,100 Nothing is going to change my mind. 375 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,400 I'm not sophisticated enough for the kind of marriage you seem to prefer. 376 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,700 You'll save us both a lot of unnecessary recrimination 377 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,700 by signing the papers now. 378 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,600 Keep your voice down. 379 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,900 Is this what George Vogel recommended? 380 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:30,000 The decision is my own. I never asked his opinion. 381 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 You tell George I'll send him a check for his modest labors, 382 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,900 but I'm not interested in a divorce right now. 383 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:37,500 A divorce might be rather clumsy, 384 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,500 professionally awkward. 385 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,800 Besides, it could leave me vulnerable to other romantic women. 386 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,900 And it's much more comfortable the way it is. 387 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,600 You can't mean that. 388 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,100 You might even find our arrangement a little less depressing, 389 00:18:56,100 --> 00:19:00,000 if you try to develop a few romantic attachments of your own. 390 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,400 You could still be an attractive woman if you tried. 391 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,700 The judge will see you now, Mr. Shawn. 392 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,200 - Oh, excuse me. - It's all right. 393 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:29,500 "1947, In God We Trust." 394 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,400 Mr. Babcock, please... 395 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,900 I was in the courtroom today, and I... 396 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:38,100 I couldn't help but notice... 397 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:41,900 I can see very well with my glasses, if that's what you mean. 398 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,700 Now that the cataracts are completely cured, 399 00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,100 I'd hoped to get back to teaching, 400 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:48,500 but I'm afraid after today, there's no chance. 401 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,500 You know, I tried so hard to explain my case, 402 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,800 but that man was much, much too clever, wasn't he? 403 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,200 I'm sure no one believed me by the time he was through. 404 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,800 Thank you for your kindness, ma'am. 405 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,100 Are you parked here? 406 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,600 I'm parked here, yes. 407 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:11,900 Well, good. I can't find a cab. 408 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:15,500 I wonder, would you mind dropping me off at 6th and Fern? 409 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,800 I think I could manage that. 410 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,000 Well, fine. I'll be right here. 411 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,400 I just want to pick up a paper. You don't mind, do you? 412 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,700 Boy. 413 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,600 Look, Officer, I don't know how it happened. 414 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,100 Except that he stepped right in front of the car 415 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,100 and when I tried to apply the brake, 416 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:25,300 I somehow jammed the accelerator. 417 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,400 Well, it's got me, George, I'm telling you. 418 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,900 Nobody seems to have seen what happened except this one fellow here. 419 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,000 He was waiting for a bus. 420 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:38,400 Would you mind giving me your version of how it happened, sir? 421 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,100 Well, it must have been just as the lady described it. 422 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,200 You're going to have to take her word for it 423 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:53,000 because it's a legal fact that I'm not a competent witness. 424 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:06,700 I think that we have once more pointed out 425 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,900 that behind every great man there is a woman. 426 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:12,200 So, men, watch out. 427 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:17,600 Sadly enough, the police quickly saw through Mrs. Shawn's story 428 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,000 and the community gave her a rousing vote of thanks, 429 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,800 and a 99-year sentence. 430 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,200 And speaking of long sentences, 431 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,000 I shall be back, after this one. 432 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:43,200 Thank you very much. 433 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,200 You know, I thought there was something peculiar 434 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,900 about those girls. 435 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,500 Now, I'm ready. 436 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,500 But, I'm afraid the trial is over. 437 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:59,400 Perhaps I can use this costume next week, 438 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:01,900 when we shall return with another story. 439 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,200 Until then, good night. 34115

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