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Mr. John Fair, please come
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to the ticket reservation
counter.
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Mr. John Fair, go to the ticket
reservation counter, please.
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Mr. Mannix?
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I'm, uh, Viewcola.
Conrad Viewcola.
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Sheriff here in
Manzana County.
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Well, how do you do, Sheriff?
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Subpoena.
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To appear and
testify in the case
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of The People v. Harry Barlow.
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Moving a little fast
for me, friend.
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I just came in from out of state
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to meet a client,
a Mr. Dobie Dobson.
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He was supposed to meet me here
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at the airport.
He won't be here.
Let's go.
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Flight 19 from Phoenix
departing on schedule...
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I received
a special delivery letter
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last night in Los Angeles.
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There was a $1,000
cash advance in it,
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a round-trip ticket to Manzana,
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and a note
from a man I never met,
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a desperate man
asking me for help.
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Well, the letter was
from the district attorney.
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The cash is your experts fee
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for testifying.
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You can't subpoena out of state,
you know.
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The D.A. couldn't risk
your refusing.
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I came here
to meet Mr. Dobie Dobson.
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I don't leave
until I see him.
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Well, you may
have a long wait.
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The man at whose trial
you're supposed to testify,
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Harry Barlow, is charged
with the murder of Dobie Dobson.
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Flight 23 from Tulsa...
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Is this your D.A.'s idea
of some kind of a joke?
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Well, you're here, aren't you?
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♪ ♪
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Mr. Mannix,
so that the court will know
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that you are an expert witness,
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would you please state...
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If the Court please.
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Yes, Miss Richards?
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Your Honor, the defense
stipulates acceptance
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of Mr. Mannix
as an expert witness.
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Thank you, counsel.
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Let the record so indicate.
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You may proceed,
Mr. Bartlett.
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Thank you, Your Honor.
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Mr. Mannix, it is
an accepted scientific fact
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in the field of criminology
is it not,
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professional criminals tend
to limit their activities
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to special kinds of crimes,
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special methods used
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in committing
these crimes?
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In short, they develop
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a pattern in relation
to the crime,
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a modus operandi,
a method of operation,
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isn't that correct?
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Yes, referred
to as an "M.O."
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Uh-huh.
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Now I have here three
police photographs.
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People's exhibits
six through eight,
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illustrating the pattern
of a specific burglary.
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Now, Mr. Mannix,
where there is a burglary,
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with the glass
from a rear window is cut
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and a rubber suction cup
is used to remove the glass.
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And where the burglar
uses white gloves,
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cheap white gloves,
to cover his fingerprints,
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and then he leaves the gloves
at the scene of the crime.
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And where distinctive drill
patterns are used here
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to insert TNT
into the safe.
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And where foam
rubber is used
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to deaden the explosion.
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Would you say, Mr. Mannix,
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that from this
method of operation,
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you could identify
the probable burglar
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as one that you previously
had apprehended,
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and caused to be
brought to justice
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for the crime of burglary?
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Objection, Your Honor.
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The prosecution
may not introduce
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evidence of a prior
criminal act
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for the express purpose
of discrediting
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the defendant's character.
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Your Honor, the question
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is not an issue
of character, but rather
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the method of operation
of a burglary.
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The defendant is on trial
for murder, not for burglary.
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Murder committed
during a burglary.
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In this case, two
inseparable crimes.
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The District Attorney means
two answers to one question.
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One question raises
the probability
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that if the defendant
committed a prior burglary,
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then perhaps
he committed this one.
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And if he committed
this burglary,
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then chances are that he also
committed the murder.
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When an expert witness
identifies a probable burglar
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from his method of operation,
then simultaneously,
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he identifies the murderer.
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I assume both counsels
are arguing this legal point
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for the benefit
of the bench.
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Your Honor, the evidence
to be adduced
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is totally inadmissible.
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Not only the answer,
but the question itself
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is highly prejudicial.
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The defense moves
these proceedings
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be declared a mistrial.
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Your motive is good,
Miss Richards,
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but your law is wrong.
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Your Honor...
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Motion denied.
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Objection overruled.
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But, Your Honor...
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Now, Mr. Mannix,
from this method of operation,
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this modus operandi,
this M.O.,
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could you identify
the probable burglar?
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Yes.
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In all your years
of investigating,
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have you ever seen a method
of operation like this before?
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Yes.
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In more than one person?
No.
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Now, isn't this true,
Mr. Mannix, that seven years ago
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you represented
an insurance company,
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and during that time,
you investigated,
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pursued and apprehended
a burglar
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with this method of operation?
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Yes, I did.
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And is that man
in this courtroom?
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Yes.
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And would you point him out,
please?
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The gentleman sitting
at the table.
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Let the record show
that the expert witness
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is identifying
the defendant, Harry Barlow.
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No further questions,
Your Honor.
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The defense may cross-examine.
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I have no questions,
Your Honor.
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May I please
approach the bench?
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Why, yes, Miss Richards.
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Mr. Bartlett.
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Yes, Miss Richards?
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With the Court's
permission, I respectfully
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request to retire
from this case.
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As the Court appointed me,
it can appoint
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substitute counsel
for the indigent defendant.
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Why, Miss Richards?
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This is my first
appearance in court
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as an attorney
in a criminal case.
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If I keep making
mistakes about the law,
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I can only lose the case,
but the defendant
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could lose his life.
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You've placed his
life in my hands,
and it would seem
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that they are not
competent hands.
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It takes a great deal
of courage
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to make an admission like that,
Miss Richards.
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The same kind
of courage
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that made
your late father,
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Jack Richards,
one of the finest
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trial lawyers
in this state.
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For his sake,
for your own sake,
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I want you to think this over.
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The defense is granted
a 24-hour continuance.
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Court adjourned.
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Miss Richards,
I'm very sorry...
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She doesn't want
to talk to you
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even off the stand.
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I called and made
a reservation for you
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on the next plane
back to L.A.
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You can just make
it if I drive you
to the airport now.
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Thanks, Sheriff.
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It is a little chilly
here in Manzana.
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That lady lawyer's old man,
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Big Jack Richards,
ever known him?
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I've seen him in court
once or twice.
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Mr. Advocate.
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Fighter, ooh-wee.
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He was the kind you
took your hat off to
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even while he was beating
the tar right out of you,
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which was mostly
all of the time.
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In fact, he never
once lost a criminal case.
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That's more than they'll be able
to say for his daughter.
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Yeah, it's a shame.
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The girl lives only
for the memory of her father.
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Well, they're loading the plane.
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Have a nice trip,
and no hard feelings.
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My usual expert witness
fee is $300 for the day.
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You can return the balance
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to the D.A.
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I changed my mind.
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I'd like to cancel
off Flight 31.
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May I see
your ticket, please?
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Taken care
of right away, sir.
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Thank you.
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Easy, Mannix.
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Let's go back
the way you came.
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Hold it.
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In there.
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Mr. George Sperling,
Mrs. George Sperling,
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please report
to the car rental desk.
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You missed
one plane to L.A.,
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there'll be another
in about an hour.
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Be on it.
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My signed resignation
from the case.
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If you think that's news,
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Vera, you're free
to print it.
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As a newspaperwoman,
I'll print it,
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but as a friend,
I've got to tell you,
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I think you're making
a mistake, Phyllis.
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This is an admission
of incompetence.
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It's a confession.
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I failed.
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I failed my father.
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What about your client?
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Harry Barlow,
did you fail him?
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What could I do
after your testimony?
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You know, if you'd been
less concerned with yourself,
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and more concerned
with your client,
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you might have cross-examined me
instead of passing.
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You would have asked
questions
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the D.A. didn't
and wouldn't.
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You might have got the fact
into the record
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that Harry Barlow,
as a burglar for 20 years,
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never once resorted to violence,
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even when he was
caught in the act.
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You know...
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I saw your father
argue a case once.
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And he was scared.
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You could tell
the way he fought
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to keep his hands
from shaking,
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the way the sweat stained
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through the back
of his jacket on a cool day.
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But he had guts.
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Not because he had
no fear, but because
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he fought hard,
despite the fear.
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But you...
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you're afraid,
so you run.
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Tomorrow morning, early,
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I want to see your client,
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Harry Barlow.
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You all right?
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I'm Vera Hillsman.
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I write for
the Morning News.
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Well, do me a favor,
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keep this out
of the paper, huh?
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It's bad for business.
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I put you away once, Harry.
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You keep that collar-ad face
of yours shut now,
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and I'm going to put you away
for good.
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Now were you in
on that Dobson heist?
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I... I think so.
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You "think so"?
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You don't know?
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Not for sure, no.
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Some guy, a drifter I ran into,
said he had an easy mark.
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So I agreed to meet
him out of town
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and help
pull off the heist.
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I... I never met him.
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Handsome Harry
passed up an easy mark?
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Yeah, I passed it up.
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I stopped in a bar before I left
to have a drink and I...
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You met a pretty face.
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She didn't even
belong in there.
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00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,700
Pretty, all right,
but square.
262
00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:40,590
On the level,
just all mixed up.
263
00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:42,920
Some kind of family problem.
264
00:13:44,870 --> 00:13:46,380
Okay, so you parked in the hill
265
00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:48,880
and psychoanalyzed
your unhappy housewife.
266
00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,880
You got back to your
place late. What then?
267
00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,350
The cops were
waiting for me.
268
00:13:52,350 --> 00:13:54,130
Searched me, the car.
269
00:13:54,130 --> 00:13:57,300
Found five grand in bills
hidden in my trunk.
270
00:13:57,550 --> 00:13:59,140
Which means you want me
to believe that somebody
271
00:13:59,140 --> 00:14:02,390
planted that stolen money
in your car before you left,
272
00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:04,440
before the robbery
was committed?
273
00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,730
So help me, I never laid eyes
on that dough before.
274
00:14:08,230 --> 00:14:09,730
I wasn't even near
this Dobson's place.
275
00:14:09,730 --> 00:14:11,730
Didn't even know who Dobson was.
276
00:14:11,730 --> 00:14:12,740
Now, I swear that!
277
00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,150
You've got to believe me.
278
00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:34,090
This woman Barlow says
he was with,
279
00:14:34,510 --> 00:14:36,590
what about her?
280
00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:38,430
Well, he gave us her
description and her name:
281
00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:39,810
Bonnie.
282
00:14:39,810 --> 00:14:42,260
We turned the town upside down
looking for her.
283
00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,680
Mr. Mannix,
if it wasn't Barlow,
284
00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,690
if there was
this woman named Bonnie,
285
00:14:47,690 --> 00:14:50,990
then the cash in Barlow's car
really was planted,
286
00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,610
and Barlow
is being framed.
287
00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,950
Why would anyone want to frame
Harry Barlow?
288
00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:58,700
Because...
289
00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:01,200
Because there was another
motive for the murder.
290
00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:03,090
Exactly how do you know that?
291
00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:05,620
Well, you don't "know" it,
you just kind of smell it.
292
00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:09,630
By setting up an ex-con with
an easy-to-copy M.O. as patsy,
293
00:15:09,630 --> 00:15:11,130
kept anybody else from looking
in another direction
294
00:15:11,130 --> 00:15:14,380
for another motive
and another murderer.
295
00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,430
That still doesn't tell us
who or why.
296
00:15:17,630 --> 00:15:20,220
Yeah.
297
00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:22,220
Just who is Dobie Dobson,
298
00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:24,190
and why would anybody
want to kill him?
299
00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,140
Well, that's got to be it.
300
00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:29,650
There's nothing else that even
comes close to adding up.
301
00:15:29,650 --> 00:15:31,650
The Max Taylor Ranch?
302
00:15:31,650 --> 00:15:33,650
How do you add up a piece
of cheap real estate
303
00:15:34,150 --> 00:15:35,150
to a utility company
304
00:15:35,150 --> 00:15:37,150
and come up
with a murder?
305
00:15:37,150 --> 00:15:39,660
One, Old man Max Taylor died.
306
00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:43,460
No will, no heirs and the state
took over his property, right?
307
00:15:43,740 --> 00:15:44,290
Dig.
308
00:15:44,630 --> 00:15:47,710
Two, the late,
Dobie Dobson,
309
00:15:47,710 --> 00:15:50,720
was vice president
of the Tri-State Power Company.
310
00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,720
Now the company
needed a location
311
00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,170
for a new multi-million
dollar nuclear power plant.
312
00:15:55,590 --> 00:15:57,090
Right?
Still digging.
313
00:15:57,470 --> 00:16:00,560
Three, Vice President Dobson
314
00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,060
finds the old Taylor Ranch,
recommends it to his company.
315
00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:05,060
His company buys it.
316
00:16:06,570 --> 00:16:07,430
Well, that's it.
317
00:16:07,730 --> 00:16:11,820
One plus two plus three
equals murder?
318
00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:13,740
Sorry, I've just stopped
digging.
319
00:16:14,110 --> 00:16:16,190
You forgot to add
two and a half.
320
00:16:16,190 --> 00:16:19,190
Now could Dobson have
bought the Taylor Ranch
321
00:16:19,190 --> 00:16:20,700
himself at auction,
very cheap?
322
00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:24,120
And then sell it back to his
company at say, ten, 20,
323
00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:25,580
maybe a hundred times
more than he paid for it?
324
00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:27,090
No, of course he couldn't.
325
00:16:27,090 --> 00:16:28,090
That's illegal in this state.
326
00:16:28,090 --> 00:16:29,590
It's conflict of interest.
327
00:16:29,590 --> 00:16:31,460
Dobson would be crazy
to try a thing like that.
328
00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,340
Sure, under his own name.
329
00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,340
But what if he used
a dummy middleman
330
00:16:35,340 --> 00:16:36,210
to buy and sell it for him?
331
00:16:36,550 --> 00:16:38,600
Wow! Illicit profits.
332
00:16:38,930 --> 00:16:41,520
And fraud.
Which could add up to murder.
333
00:16:41,930 --> 00:16:44,020
Yes, but you're still
guessing about this
334
00:16:44,020 --> 00:16:46,020
two and a half link
in your chain, aren't you?
335
00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,940
Say, girl reporter,
do you have any influence
336
00:16:49,940 --> 00:16:51,780
on that paper you work for?
Sometimes.
337
00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:55,280
Now, if Harry Barlow's
attorney couldn't find
338
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,780
this so-called
woman, Bonnie,
339
00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:58,650
then chances are the murderer
couldn't find her either.
340
00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:00,990
She's the one witness who
can destroy this frame-up.
341
00:17:00,990 --> 00:17:02,790
If she knows that,
and she must,
342
00:17:02,790 --> 00:17:04,710
she's hiding
to protect her life.
343
00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,660
I want you to run a personal ad
in the classified section,
344
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,330
carefully worded asking
this Bonnie woman
345
00:17:09,330 --> 00:17:11,630
to contact me, here.
346
00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:12,630
Will do.
347
00:17:12,630 --> 00:17:13,580
Oh, and keep running
348
00:17:13,580 --> 00:17:15,500
that every day.
Right.
349
00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,420
Now, if you'll take me to the
county recorder's office,
350
00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:20,420
we'll see just how much
of a pipe dream
351
00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,430
that number
two-and-a-half is.
352
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,260
Here's what you're looking for.
353
00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:31,270
The Max Taylor Ranch sold to the
Amos Smith Real Estate Company
354
00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:34,600
with a court order passing
title after a Sheriff's sale.
355
00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,940
Smith Real Estate
to Tri-State Power, 1,500 acres.
356
00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:39,410
Is there an address there
357
00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:41,330
for the Amos Smith
Real Estate Company?
358
00:17:41,330 --> 00:17:43,250
Sure thing.
359
00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:44,750
Wilshireville.
Small town, north of here.
360
00:17:44,750 --> 00:17:46,250
Thanks.
361
00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:49,080
Shame you had to waste your time
coming here for the information.
362
00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,420
Probably got it all
sitting in your files.
363
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,760
In my files?
364
00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,090
Well, your father's, I guess.
365
00:17:57,090 --> 00:17:59,010
He was in here getting
the same information,
366
00:17:59,010 --> 00:18:00,760
about a week or so,
I guess,
367
00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,300
before he was killed
in that accident.
368
00:18:13,140 --> 00:18:16,950
As a lawyer, I maintain
quite a few companies.
369
00:18:16,950 --> 00:18:19,820
The Amos Smith Real Estate
Company is only one of them.
370
00:18:19,820 --> 00:18:21,620
It acted as a go-between
371
00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:24,400
for the purchase and subsequent
resale of the Max Taylor Ranch.
372
00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,910
There's no secret
about it.
373
00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:27,790
We bought 1,500 acres
at ten dollars an acre.
374
00:18:27,790 --> 00:18:30,830
The land was practically
worthless,
375
00:18:30,830 --> 00:18:32,330
not good for farming
or cattle grazing--
376
00:18:32,330 --> 00:18:34,330
actually good
for nothing.
377
00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:36,330
Oh not "nothing",
Mr. Smith.
378
00:18:36,330 --> 00:18:38,750
It apparently was an ideal site
for a nuclear power plant.
379
00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,640
Not ideal, sir.
380
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,140
It was the only site
in the whole state
381
00:18:44,140 --> 00:18:45,640
for that kind of plant.
382
00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:46,590
The power company knew this.
383
00:18:46,590 --> 00:18:48,140
They willingly paid
the asking price
384
00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:49,510
without batting an eyelash.
385
00:18:49,510 --> 00:18:53,900
Not only the fattest
commission I ever earned,
it was the easiest.
386
00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:56,240
What did the power plant pay
for the 1,500 acres?
387
00:18:56,230 --> 00:19:02,360
Now, that's a matter between
the buyer, the seller and me.
388
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:05,690
Mr. Smith,
the Tri-State Power Company
389
00:19:05,690 --> 00:19:08,080
is a public utility as well
as being a private corporation.
390
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,370
I don't have to tell
you as an attorney,
391
00:19:10,370 --> 00:19:12,120
that with a
company like that,
392
00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,090
the details
of any financial transaction
393
00:19:14,590 --> 00:19:15,870
are available on proper inquiry.
394
00:19:18,170 --> 00:19:19,930
$1,000 an acre.
395
00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:24,430
Not bad.
396
00:19:24,430 --> 00:19:27,770
Bought for $15,000,
sold for a million and a half.
397
00:19:27,770 --> 00:19:30,640
You say you acted
as go-between, Mr. Smith.
398
00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:31,890
Go-between for whom?
399
00:19:31,890 --> 00:19:34,690
I don't have to answer
that question, Miss Richards.
400
00:19:34,690 --> 00:19:37,190
As an attorney...
there is, you know,
401
00:19:37,190 --> 00:19:39,560
the matter of a
lawyer-client privilege.
402
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,950
A lawyer and client
conspiring to break the law
403
00:19:41,950 --> 00:19:43,950
and hiding it under
the technicality
404
00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:47,950
of a lawyer-client relationship
is not my idea of privilege.
405
00:19:47,950 --> 00:19:50,370
Just you try to abuse
that privilege, Mr. Smith.
406
00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:54,080
You let me subpoena you,
and just you try it.
407
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,830
Like father, like daughter.
408
00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:59,710
Big Jack Richards--
409
00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,920
pious, mealy-mouthed
Jack Richards.
410
00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,750
He tried the same thing,
right here in this office!
411
00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:06,720
A shakedown--
412
00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,170
naked extortion!
413
00:20:09,170 --> 00:20:11,090
There was nothing illegal
about it-- nothing to hide.
414
00:20:11,090 --> 00:20:12,900
Big Jack Richards didn't collect
415
00:20:12,890 --> 00:20:14,760
a cent of blackmail money
from me
416
00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,350
and neither will you.
417
00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:18,570
I'll tell you the same
thing I told him.
418
00:20:18,570 --> 00:20:22,400
Get out! Both of you!
419
00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:39,840
I don't believe it.
420
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,870
Not my father.
421
00:20:42,870 --> 00:20:47,380
The county recorder said
something about an accident.
422
00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:50,380
Exactly how did
your father die?
423
00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:52,890
An auto accident.
424
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,390
He, uh, went off the highway
and over an embankment.
425
00:20:55,390 --> 00:20:57,890
Where?
426
00:20:58,390 --> 00:21:02,390
On this highway--
a few miles from here.
427
00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:05,900
He was on his way back
from Wilshireville--
428
00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:09,400
from seeing Amos Smith.
429
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,910
Hmm.
430
00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:14,910
Well, shall we go?
431
00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:48,520
♪ ♪
432
00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:08,190
Are you all right?
433
00:23:08,190 --> 00:23:10,160
I...
434
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,160
I know what you're thinking.
435
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,990
My father tried to blackmail
him and they killed him.
436
00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:17,280
And they think we tried
to blackmail them
437
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,580
and they're going
to kill us.
438
00:23:18,580 --> 00:23:20,420
Well, I'll tell you something,
439
00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:21,920
my father never
blackmailed anybody.
440
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,870
My father never blackmailed
anybody!
441
00:23:22,870 --> 00:23:24,790
Phyllis...
I know he didn't!
442
00:23:24,790 --> 00:23:26,200
Stop it!
I know he didn't!
443
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,090
Phyllis!
444
00:23:58,950 --> 00:24:02,460
We found the truck that tried
to force you off the road.
445
00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:03,960
Abandoned.
446
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,410
Any registration?
447
00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:06,410
No help.
448
00:24:06,410 --> 00:24:07,960
Truck was stolen
earlier.
449
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:08,960
What about fingerprints?
450
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:09,970
No help either.
451
00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:11,380
They were
wiped clean.
452
00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:14,340
I wonder how that driver knew
that we would be going along
453
00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:16,640
that highway
at that precise time?
454
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,930
Obviously, somebody
followed you from Smith's
455
00:24:20,430 --> 00:24:22,810
to the highway diner, then
phoned ahead when you left.
456
00:24:22,810 --> 00:24:24,650
And that, as far
457
00:24:24,650 --> 00:24:26,150
as the authorities are
concerned, is that?
458
00:24:26,150 --> 00:24:28,150
Any suggestions?
459
00:24:28,150 --> 00:24:32,600
Yeah. You find some poor
innocent slob of an ex-convict
460
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,440
like Harry Barlow
and frame the rap on him.
461
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,240
Hey, now wait a
minute, Mannix.
462
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,580
It's all right, Sheriff.
It's all right.
463
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:47,040
Miss Richards, first
Mr. Mannix is assaulted,
464
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,250
and now the both
of you are,
465
00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:51,620
but I can't tell
anything from these facts
466
00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,130
which leads me to believe
that these assaults
467
00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:56,010
had anything-- anything
to do with the murder
468
00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:58,100
of Dobie Dobson
by your client.
469
00:24:58,300 --> 00:24:59,880
That's for the jury
to decide
470
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,880
once they get
the evidence.
471
00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:05,350
Yes, Mr. Mannix,
472
00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:10,360
all the evidence,
including this letter.
473
00:25:14,650 --> 00:25:16,650
"Mr. Dobson, you promised
474
00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:18,650
"to call back and set up
an appointment.
475
00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:19,990
"You didn't.
476
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,820
"I tried to get you on the
phone three times today.
477
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,290
"By now, I can recognize a stall
when it's tried on me.
478
00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:29,790
"You're going to pay,
and pay through the nose.
479
00:25:29,790 --> 00:25:31,800
"And the longer you refuse
to face that fact,
480
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:36,080
the more it's going
to cost you."
481
00:25:40,140 --> 00:25:42,640
Dobson received that letter
482
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,480
on the day that the man
who sent it died.
483
00:25:44,730 --> 00:25:47,650
He turned it over to me,
charging attempted blackmail.
484
00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:50,350
I thought it best just
to forget the whole thing.
485
00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:53,230
But I'm sorry,
I can't sit on it any longer.
486
00:25:53,650 --> 00:25:57,740
Miss Richards,
if you enter any evidence
487
00:25:57,740 --> 00:25:59,740
regarding the Taylor Ranch,
488
00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,690
I shall be forced
to enter this letter
489
00:26:03,030 --> 00:26:04,530
as evidence.
490
00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:08,450
Two dead men will be libeled,
their reputations smeared:
491
00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:11,700
your father and Dobie Dobson.
492
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:17,380
You see, your father sent
this letter to Mr. Dobson.
493
00:26:42,070 --> 00:26:44,320
Do you still have
your father's files?
494
00:27:00,590 --> 00:27:02,090
Thanks.
495
00:27:10,090 --> 00:27:14,600
Here's a copy of all
the proceedings involved
496
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,520
in the sale
of the Max Taylor Ranch.
497
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,400
There's a copy of the letter
that Bartlett read us
498
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,770
from my father to Dobie Dobson,
499
00:27:21,770 --> 00:27:25,690
a letter to my father
and my father's reply.
500
00:27:25,690 --> 00:27:26,610
From whom?
501
00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:31,920
Mm, some woman in Chicago,
a cousin of Max Taylor.
502
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,870
But I thought the State
took over the property
503
00:27:35,370 --> 00:27:36,870
because there was no will,
no heirs.
504
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:38,170
Isn't a cousin an heir?
505
00:27:38,170 --> 00:27:42,380
An heir, yes, but too late
under the law to inherit.
506
00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:47,300
You mean, by the time the cousin
found Max Taylor was dead
507
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:48,800
and got in touch
with your father,
508
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,800
the state legally owned
the property
509
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,270
and had a right to sell it?
510
00:27:51,270 --> 00:27:54,720
In nonlegal terms,
that's what happened.
511
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,190
That's what my father told her.
512
00:27:56,190 --> 00:28:00,200
He could only get her
the auction price: $15,000.
513
00:28:02,060 --> 00:28:05,070
Would that still be true
if he knew and could prove
514
00:28:05,070 --> 00:28:07,570
that the sale of the
ranch was a fraud?
515
00:28:07,570 --> 00:28:12,910
Why don't you ask what you
really want to know?
516
00:28:12,910 --> 00:28:15,710
Did my father know enough
to have the sale set aside?
517
00:28:15,710 --> 00:28:17,710
Did he know enough
to blackmail Dobson?
518
00:28:17,710 --> 00:28:20,470
I didn't ask that, you did.
519
00:28:20,470 --> 00:28:22,750
Well, what's the difference
who asked it?
520
00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:25,250
The answer's the same.
521
00:28:25,250 --> 00:28:28,260
Yes, he knew enough
to blackmail Dobson.
522
00:28:32,180 --> 00:28:35,180
If he were capable
of being a blackmailer.
523
00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:57,170
Martinis always
make you thoughtful?
524
00:28:57,170 --> 00:28:59,540
Pretty mixed-up thoughts
this time...
525
00:28:59,540 --> 00:29:03,960
about a little man who wasn't
there, who couldn't know.
526
00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:05,460
You're late.
527
00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:08,930
Mannix, has anybody answered
the ad I ran this afternoon
528
00:29:09,430 --> 00:29:12,430
about Barlow's
girlfriend Bonnie?
529
00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:13,380
No, not a word.
530
00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:15,890
Some hausfrau who was out
on the town
531
00:29:15,890 --> 00:29:16,890
for the first time in her life,
532
00:29:17,390 --> 00:29:19,390
afraid her husband
and her family might find out.
533
00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:21,390
More scared of being hurt,
I guess.
534
00:29:21,390 --> 00:29:23,900
No, I think we can just scratch
that lead for now.
535
00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:24,810
I'm not so sure.
536
00:29:24,810 --> 00:29:27,730
I just got a phone
call, anonymous.
537
00:29:27,730 --> 00:29:29,620
I think I know where
she's hiding.
538
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:31,490
Wish me luck!
539
00:29:36,490 --> 00:29:38,290
You tired of living?
540
00:29:38,290 --> 00:29:40,050
But she's a story.
541
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,330
And she's a witness
you've got to have.
542
00:29:42,330 --> 00:29:44,630
And she's dynamite that could
blow up in anybody's face
543
00:29:44,630 --> 00:29:45,550
that gets close to her.
544
00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:48,840
Sugar'n spice
and everything nice?
545
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,670
That's not what girl
reporters are made of.
546
00:29:50,670 --> 00:29:52,470
Now, why find out the hard way?
547
00:29:52,470 --> 00:29:55,260
Okay, so what do we do?
548
00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:56,640
Call the sheriff?
549
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,560
You give me the keys
to your car, the address,
550
00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:01,900
and then you go back
to Phyllis Richards' office
551
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,020
and keep her company
with the doors locked tight
552
00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:05,770
to everybody but me.
553
00:30:35,270 --> 00:30:37,220
♪ ♪
554
00:31:00,910 --> 00:31:02,910
♪ ♪
555
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,430
♪ ♪
556
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,250
♪ ♪
557
00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:49,520
♪ ♪
558
00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:40,480
♪ ♪
559
00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:07,810
Don't you think you ought
to have a doctor look at this?
560
00:34:07,810 --> 00:34:09,310
No, it's just a scratch.
561
00:34:09,310 --> 00:34:10,820
You know, Harry Barlow's
girlfriend wasn't there,
562
00:34:10,820 --> 00:34:12,320
never had been there.
563
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:13,820
That so-called newspaper tip
was just bait
564
00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:16,320
for you and me and Phyllis,
maybe all three of us.
565
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,820
But kill us?
Why?
566
00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:20,110
'Cause we're digging too deep.
567
00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:22,740
Did you get the name
of that man out there?
568
00:34:22,740 --> 00:34:24,580
Driver's license.
569
00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:27,450
His name is...
name was Edward Lewis.
570
00:34:27,450 --> 00:34:29,120
Edward Lewis?
571
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:30,370
You know him?
572
00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:32,790
He used to work
for the D.A.'s office.
573
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:35,290
He got a little rough
with his hands,
574
00:34:35,290 --> 00:34:37,170
and they fired him
about a year ago.
575
00:34:37,170 --> 00:34:41,050
He, uh, he was involved
in a couple of Dad's cases.
576
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:45,550
Violence, murder for a price.
577
00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:47,050
Well, that doesn't help us.
578
00:34:47,050 --> 00:34:49,050
Anybody with a little dough
could have hired him.
579
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,560
I went through those files
we brought up from the cellar.
580
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,060
And?
581
00:34:58,060 --> 00:35:01,400
I went through the transcript
of the trial
582
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,030
with a fine tooth comb.
583
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:06,370
I was looking for mistakes
and inconsistencies
584
00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:07,660
and writing them down.
585
00:35:07,660 --> 00:35:09,410
Question, counselor:
586
00:35:09,410 --> 00:35:11,910
When court reconvenes
tomorrow morning,
587
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:14,380
are you going to keep on
representing Harry Barlow?
588
00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:22,250
I'm not going
to just represent him,
589
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,810
I'm going
to fight for him.
590
00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:29,310
Even if it means destroying
your father's image?
591
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,270
My father was no blackmailer.
592
00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:38,270
And if he was...
593
00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:40,270
I'm still my father's daughter.
594
00:35:40,270 --> 00:35:44,110
Big Jack or
Dirty Jack,
595
00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:46,910
I still love him.
596
00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:53,580
But I'm a lawyer with a client
to defend.
597
00:36:15,020 --> 00:36:16,890
Based on your investigation,
Sheriff,
598
00:36:16,890 --> 00:36:20,400
would you please describe
to the court the chain of events
599
00:36:20,390 --> 00:36:22,900
leading up to and including
the murder of Dobie Dobson,
600
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,230
insofar as the authorities have
been able to reconstruct
601
00:36:25,230 --> 00:36:27,480
that chain through the evidence?
602
00:36:28,990 --> 00:36:32,990
Well, after the safe was blown,
603
00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:36,490
the burglar reached inside
and took out a metal cash box.
604
00:36:36,490 --> 00:36:39,410
Now, Dobson, who must have heard
the burglar earlier,
605
00:36:39,410 --> 00:36:42,830
approached the burglar
and pointed a gun at him.
606
00:36:42,830 --> 00:36:46,340
The burglar was surprised
and turned to face Dobson
607
00:36:46,340 --> 00:36:49,220
still holding the metal cash box
in his hand.
608
00:36:49,220 --> 00:36:52,890
Dobson stepped closer,
the burglar panicked,
609
00:36:52,890 --> 00:36:56,400
swung down with the metal
cash box he had in his hand,
610
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,320
striking Dobson on the head
and, uh, killed him.
611
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,740
Thank you, Sheriff.
612
00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:03,070
No further questions.
613
00:37:05,690 --> 00:37:06,860
Mr. Mannix,
614
00:37:06,860 --> 00:37:09,690
as an expert witness
qualified to this court,
615
00:37:09,690 --> 00:37:12,200
do you find the facts
in the sheriff's testimony
616
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,080
consistent with the inference
that Harry Barlow
617
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,420
struck and killed
Dobie Dobson?
618
00:37:16,420 --> 00:37:17,620
No, I don't.
619
00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:19,950
Why not, Mr. Mannix?
620
00:37:19,950 --> 00:37:22,420
If it's all right
with Your Honor,
621
00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:23,930
I'd like to demonstrate
physically to the court.
622
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,800
Proceed with your demonstration,
Mr. Mannix.
623
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,350
Thank you.
624
00:37:33,350 --> 00:37:35,850
Miss Richards, if you'll
take the part of the burglar,
625
00:37:35,850 --> 00:37:38,360
I will play the part
of the late Mr. Dobson.
626
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,360
Now if you will turn
your back and kneel
627
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,860
as if you were pulling
a cash box out of a safe.
628
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,900
What are you doing
at that safe?
629
00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:49,820
I'll take the cash box.
630
00:37:49,820 --> 00:37:51,150
Hold it.
631
00:37:51,150 --> 00:37:52,950
Now, the coroner's report
632
00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:54,790
lists as the cause
of Dobson's death
633
00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:56,960
a depressed fracture of
the lateral parietal region,
634
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,290
the right lateral
parietal region.
635
00:37:59,290 --> 00:38:01,800
Now would you hit me
on this side of the head
636
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,250
where Dobson was struck.
637
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:08,050
I-I can't.
638
00:38:08,050 --> 00:38:09,750
As long as I'm holding
the box this way,
639
00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:11,340
I can only hit your head
on the left side.
640
00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:13,590
If you wanted to hit me on the
right side, what would you do?
641
00:38:17,810 --> 00:38:18,650
Right.
642
00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:20,150
Now would the defendant
643
00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:21,930
show his left hand
to the court, please.
644
00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:37,000
Partial paralysis
of the left hand.
645
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,200
Harry Barlow can't pick up or
even hold a book of matches.
646
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,500
If his life depended on it,
he couldn't pick up anything
647
00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:44,620
as big and as heavy
as that metal cash box.
648
00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:46,510
Let the record show
that the defendant
649
00:38:46,510 --> 00:38:48,880
has a congenital deformity
of the left hand.
650
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,590
You may sit down.
651
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,800
Mr. Mannix, is it possible
that Dobson had his back turned
652
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,600
to the burglar when
the blow was struck?
653
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,390
A man with a gun
interrupts a burglar
654
00:39:01,390 --> 00:39:02,890
kneeling before an open safe
655
00:39:02,890 --> 00:39:04,890
and then turns his back
on that burglar?
656
00:39:04,890 --> 00:39:06,360
I don't think
that's very likely.
657
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:09,900
Thank you, Mr. Mannix.
658
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,870
You may return to the stand.
659
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:18,660
Mr. Mannix,
660
00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:20,710
is there any other theory
661
00:39:21,210 --> 00:39:22,710
which you could present
at this time
662
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:25,000
which would be consistent
with the facts in this case?
663
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,300
Objection, Your Honor.
664
00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,220
Counsel is asking the witness
to speculate.
665
00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:31,640
The prosecution called this man
to be an expert witness.
666
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,420
If he has been certified
by this court as an expert
667
00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:36,260
to create inference
for the prosecution,
668
00:39:36,260 --> 00:39:40,090
he is equally qualified
to do the same for the defense.
669
00:39:40,090 --> 00:39:42,400
Objection overruled.
670
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,400
The witness will answer
the question.
671
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,400
Now, Mr. Mannix,
is there any other theory
672
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,400
which is consistent with
the facts in this case?
673
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,910
Yes.
674
00:39:51,910 --> 00:39:53,360
And what is that theory?
675
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,860
That Harry Barlow
was deliberately framed
676
00:39:56,860 --> 00:39:58,360
for a murder
that he did not commit.
677
00:40:02,170 --> 00:40:04,950
Is there anything in the record
678
00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:07,460
or any knowledge which
you personally have access to
679
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,370
which would corroborate
this theory?
680
00:40:09,370 --> 00:40:11,760
Yes, the facts concerning
the acquisition
681
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,180
of the Max Taylor Ranch
by the power company.
682
00:40:31,780 --> 00:40:33,230
Mr. Mannix, you were with me
683
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:34,280
last night
in the sheriff's office
684
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,200
when the district attorney
gave me a letter.
685
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,990
Is this the letter?
686
00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:44,830
Yes.
687
00:40:44,830 --> 00:40:47,750
Your Honor, I'd like
to have this letter marked
688
00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:49,660
for purposes
of identification only.
689
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:52,050
Mm-hmm.
690
00:41:04,730 --> 00:41:06,730
Let the exhibit be so marked.
691
00:41:20,490 --> 00:41:22,000
All right, Mr. Mannix,
692
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,000
will you please
read this letter?
693
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,500
"Mr. Dobson, you promised
to call back
694
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:31,460
"and set up an appointment.
You didn't.
695
00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:34,380
"I tried to get you on the
phone three times today.
696
00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:37,800
"By now, I can recognize a stall
when it's tried on me.
697
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,010
"You're going to pay and
pay through the nose.
698
00:41:40,010 --> 00:41:42,770
"And the longer you refuse
to face that fact,
699
00:41:42,770 --> 00:41:44,050
the more it's going
to cost you."
700
00:41:44,050 --> 00:41:46,470
The letter is signed by
Jack Richards.
701
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,140
Thank you.
702
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,610
The district attorney
characterized this letter
703
00:41:56,150 --> 00:42:02,150
as an attempt by my father
to blackmail Dobie Dobson.
704
00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:05,660
Is that consistent
with your theory?
705
00:42:05,660 --> 00:42:08,490
Consistent,
but unlikely.
706
00:42:08,490 --> 00:42:11,080
Why "unlikely," Mr. Mannix?
707
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,830
Jack Richards was not
a blackmailer.
708
00:42:14,830 --> 00:42:16,670
He was a good lawyer,
fighting for a client,
709
00:42:16,670 --> 00:42:18,840
fighting to dig
out the truth.
710
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,640
I believe
he was deliberately killed
711
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,510
because he was getting close
to that truth.
712
00:42:22,510 --> 00:42:23,810
What truth?
713
00:42:23,810 --> 00:42:26,730
The purchase of
the Max Taylor Ranch was a fraud
714
00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:29,230
engineered by Dobie Dobson
for an illegal profit
715
00:42:29,230 --> 00:42:30,680
of well over a million dollars.
716
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,600
Again, as an expert witness,
717
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,940
what about the death
of Dobie Dobson?
718
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:38,690
I believe Mr. Dobson
had an accomplice
719
00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:41,020
in the fraudulent sale
of that ranch.
720
00:42:41,020 --> 00:42:43,360
The accomplice
killed Jack Richards.
721
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,830
Dobson refused to go
along with the murder
722
00:42:45,830 --> 00:42:46,750
and threatened exposure.
723
00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:48,620
The accomplice
killed Dobson
724
00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:51,330
and then framed Harry Barlow
for that murder.
725
00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:53,700
I have no further questions.
726
00:43:02,010 --> 00:43:06,470
Mr. Mannix,
this, uh, excursion of yours
727
00:43:06,470 --> 00:43:08,940
into the Never-Never
Land of theory...
728
00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:14,940
is it not possible
that this theory of yours
729
00:43:14,940 --> 00:43:19,280
is based on the fact that,
if the defendant is innocent,
730
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,480
then somebody else
must be guilty?
731
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,370
Put in those words...
732
00:43:23,370 --> 00:43:25,070
Yes, Mr. Mannix,
put in those words.
733
00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,740
I suppose so, yes.
734
00:43:27,740 --> 00:43:29,710
And this theatrical
demonstration of yours
735
00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:31,710
with the left hand
and the right hand,
736
00:43:32,210 --> 00:43:35,710
can you state in fact
and in law
737
00:43:35,710 --> 00:43:41,720
that the defendant couldn't have
struck and killed the decedent
738
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:45,220
by raising the cash box
739
00:43:45,220 --> 00:43:47,730
with both hands?
740
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:49,590
It's possible.
And, Mr. Mannix,
741
00:43:49,590 --> 00:43:52,430
have you any proof,
any tangible shred of evidence
742
00:43:52,430 --> 00:43:54,400
that this theory of yours
is anything more
743
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,230
than a figment
of your imagination?
744
00:43:56,230 --> 00:43:57,900
It's what I believe happened.
745
00:44:00,070 --> 00:44:02,320
No further questions,
Your Honor.
746
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,830
Mr. Mannix,
747
00:44:05,330 --> 00:44:06,660
to your knowledge,
748
00:44:06,660 --> 00:44:08,450
is there any such proof--
749
00:44:08,450 --> 00:44:11,450
proof that Harry Barlow
was framed,
750
00:44:11,450 --> 00:44:14,870
proof that your theory
is fact and not
751
00:44:14,870 --> 00:44:16,750
fiction?
Yes.
752
00:44:16,750 --> 00:44:18,710
What is that proof, please?
753
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:20,120
The testimony of a witness,
754
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,630
a woman who was
with Harry Barlow
755
00:44:21,630 --> 00:44:25,180
miles from the Dobson house
at the time Dobson was killed.
756
00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:27,100
Is that witness
and her testimony
757
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:28,380
available
to this court?
758
00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:29,680
I hope to have her here
in the morning
759
00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:31,140
when the court reconvenes.
760
00:44:35,940 --> 00:44:39,280
Court is adjourned
until 10:00 tomorrow morning.
761
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,290
I'm proud of you,
Counselor.
762
00:44:51,070 --> 00:44:54,070
You know, whoever this Bonnie
is, wherever she is,
763
00:44:54,070 --> 00:44:56,080
you just made
a target of her.
764
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,410
The murderer will kill her
if he can, to stop her
765
00:44:58,410 --> 00:45:00,160
from testifying.
I know.
766
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,130
I hope you've got a rabbit
to pull out of that hat.
767
00:45:03,130 --> 00:45:05,390
If you'll hold the hat.
768
00:45:18,570 --> 00:45:19,570
Yeah?
769
00:45:19,570 --> 00:45:21,570
Out of town call, Sheriff.
770
00:45:21,570 --> 00:45:24,070
Woman says it's an emergency,
won't talk to anybody but you.
771
00:45:24,070 --> 00:45:26,070
Put her through.
772
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,440
Sheriff Viewcola.
773
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:32,280
Sheriff, this is Bonnie.
774
00:45:32,580 --> 00:45:35,670
Well, now the world is just
full of Bonnies, ma'am.
775
00:45:35,670 --> 00:45:37,170
Which one are you?
776
00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:38,670
Say, wait a minute,
777
00:45:38,670 --> 00:45:41,510
you're not the woman who
was with Harry Barlow, are you?
778
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,340
Oh, Harry couldn't have
killed that man.
779
00:45:44,340 --> 00:45:45,790
He couldn't.
780
00:45:46,180 --> 00:45:48,550
Well, why didn't you come
forward and testify, ma'am?
781
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,350
'Cause I'm scared, Sheriff.
782
00:45:51,350 --> 00:45:53,270
I'm scared that real killer's
going to come after me.
783
00:45:53,850 --> 00:45:54,680
I'm scared.
784
00:45:54,940 --> 00:45:57,020
Well, scared or not scared,
ma'am,
785
00:45:57,020 --> 00:45:58,520
you've got to testify.
786
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,310
A man's life depends on it.
787
00:46:00,470 --> 00:46:03,060
That's what Mr. Mannix told me
788
00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:04,560
when I talked to him
on the phone.
789
00:46:05,060 --> 00:46:08,900
I said I'd come in tonight,
but I'm frightened.
790
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,780
Ma'am, there's nothing
to be afraid of.
791
00:46:10,780 --> 00:46:12,290
You just relax.
792
00:46:12,290 --> 00:46:13,790
Supposing that I come
and get you?
793
00:46:13,790 --> 00:46:15,240
Now you wouldn't be afraid
then, would you?
794
00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:16,790
Well, I...
795
00:46:16,790 --> 00:46:17,620
Well, where are you?
796
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,040
Well, I...
797
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,050
I'm north of town.
798
00:46:22,050 --> 00:46:25,000
Out by Grace Farms.
799
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,970
Is there someplace I could hide
800
00:46:28,970 --> 00:46:30,970
till you got here and be safe?
801
00:46:31,310 --> 00:46:33,840
North of town,
there's not much out there.
802
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,390
Wait a minute, do you know
where the old Penner house,
803
00:46:36,390 --> 00:46:37,810
the one that's
half burnt out is?
804
00:46:38,180 --> 00:46:41,650
Well, is it safe?
805
00:46:41,980 --> 00:46:44,070
Oh, it's safe, ma'am.
It's very safe.
806
00:46:44,570 --> 00:46:46,570
You just go there
and wait for me.
807
00:46:46,570 --> 00:46:48,570
And try to stay out of sight.
808
00:46:48,570 --> 00:46:50,570
All right?
809
00:46:50,570 --> 00:46:52,080
Good-bye.
810
00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:24,230
♪ ♪
811
00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:41,660
Bonnie?
812
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,130
Bonnie?
813
00:47:54,550 --> 00:47:55,810
Bonnie?
814
00:47:56,010 --> 00:47:57,930
This is Sheriff Viewcola.
815
00:48:01,730 --> 00:48:03,100
Is it safe, Sheriff?
816
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,930
Well, not as safe as
if you'd never called me.
817
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:07,900
I'm sorry, ma'am,
I'm really sorry.
818
00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:09,270
I just don't have a choice.
819
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:23,030
It's all over, Sheriff.
820
00:48:30,170 --> 00:48:31,210
Hold your fire!
821
00:49:01,070 --> 00:49:03,070
♪ ♪
822
00:49:09,910 --> 00:49:11,380
Well, I figured
823
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:13,670
only a law enforcement
officer would think
824
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,500
of framing an ex-con
with a phony M.O.
825
00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:16,890
and an expert witness.
826
00:49:17,170 --> 00:49:19,590
That could have been me.
827
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:22,930
But it was Viewcola
who mentioned the fact
828
00:49:22,930 --> 00:49:24,430
that Phyllis and I
had gone to see Amos Smith,
829
00:49:24,430 --> 00:49:26,260
and only Amos Smith knew that.
830
00:49:26,510 --> 00:49:29,100
And Smith telephoned Viewcola.
831
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:30,100
Right.
832
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,100
Viewcola and Dobson
were partners
833
00:49:32,100 --> 00:49:33,600
and using Amos Smith as a front.
834
00:49:34,020 --> 00:49:35,610
Which gives me
a pretty good reason
835
00:49:35,610 --> 00:49:37,570
to pay a call to Mr. Smith.
836
00:49:52,670 --> 00:49:54,760
I'm just so glad it's all over.
837
00:49:59,180 --> 00:50:02,180
You know, I've got a feeling
838
00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:04,050
Big Jack would have
liked your style.
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