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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:40,473 --> 00:00:41,701 Chances are 2 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:44,868 you've never heard of Preston Thomas Tucker... 3 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:45,876 dreamer, 4 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:46,877 inventor, 5 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:48,208 visionary, 6 00:00:48,314 --> 00:00:50,714 a man ahead of his time. 7 00:00:55,321 --> 00:00:56,720 Pretty, isn't it? 8 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:59,383 Mr. Tucker's car has everything... 9 00:00:59,492 --> 00:01:01,323 pop-out safety windows, rear motor. 10 00:01:01,428 --> 00:01:04,295 Oh, but I'm getting ahead of my story. 11 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:07,298 The first time he ever saw an automobile, 12 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,800 he was just a young boy. 13 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,302 In his excitement, 14 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:14,305 he found the wheels passing over his feet. 15 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,307 The muddy road was soft. 16 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:17,808 He wasn't hurt. 17 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:20,812 That was the first view of the machine 18 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:23,815 that was to mold his thoughts and actions 19 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:25,316 most of his life. 20 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,319 Determined to learn how cars were made, 21 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:29,820 he went to Detroit, 22 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,823 where he met Vera Fuqua. 23 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,825 They were married, 24 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:36,919 and, wasting no time, began a family. 25 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,931 He never lost sight of his dream 26 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,432 to design and manufacture 27 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:43,559 the finest automobile ever made. 28 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:47,071 He spent every minute he could 29 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:48,572 at the Indianapolis Speedway, 30 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,575 teaming up with Harry Miller, 31 00:01:50,677 --> 00:01:53,578 one of the greatest designers of racing cars 32 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,079 who ever lived. 33 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:59,851 In 1936, Mr. Tucker saw the war clouds 34 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,284 looming on the horizon 35 00:02:01,387 --> 00:02:02,786 and began working 36 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:05,881 on a high-speed combat car. 37 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:08,392 It was bulletproof, had air conditioning, 38 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:11,055 and mounted a power-operated gun turret. 39 00:02:11,164 --> 00:02:14,565 The combat car was turned down by the military. 40 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:17,067 It had one drawback, they said. 41 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,569 It was too fast. 42 00:02:18,671 --> 00:02:21,572 The War Department's policy then was 43 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:25,576 no combat car should go over 35 miles an hour. 44 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:30,310 His gun turret, however, 45 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:33,214 was immediately put into service. 46 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:35,913 Who knows how many brave Americans 47 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:38,422 owe their lives to Tucker's turret? 48 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:40,049 Where were they built? 49 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,061 In the most practical place Tucker imagined... 50 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,461 the barn by his Michigan home 51 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:47,999 where he and his family lived. 52 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,482 Oh, my God. 53 00:03:11,991 --> 00:03:14,425 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 54 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:16,757 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 55 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:18,797 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 56 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:20,559 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 57 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:22,225 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 58 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:24,769 Come on out, girl. 59 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:25,769 What's this? 60 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,773 Did you put this in my car? 61 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:29,773 No. 62 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,276 Did you? What is this thing? 63 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:33,276 Open it. 64 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:34,778 What is it? 65 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:37,782 My friends, you are in for one doozie. 66 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,784 What can I call this? 67 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:41,877 It's history in the making. 68 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:44,388 Is there anything you want to explain 69 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:46,549 about the dogs? 70 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:50,117 Oh... well, I traded the old Packard for them. 71 00:03:51,931 --> 00:03:53,330 One dozen trained dogs. 72 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:56,334 What will we do with a dozen dogs? 73 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,336 It was a great trade. 74 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:01,271 Are you dying to know what's in here? 75 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:02,272 Huh? No? 76 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:03,774 - Yes. - Yes. 77 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:05,173 You're dying, huh? 78 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:07,075 Gallup took a poll 79 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:09,512 about what Americans want when the war's over. 80 00:04:09,616 --> 00:04:11,641 87% of Americans said 81 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:15,517 the first thing they want is a new car. 82 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:18,022 Which would the public rather buy? 83 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:20,024 The same old models made 84 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:21,616 before the war or... 85 00:04:23,663 --> 00:04:25,563 the car of tomorrow... 86 00:04:26,799 --> 00:04:28,164 today. 87 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:31,032 - Ooh! - Whoa! 88 00:04:31,137 --> 00:04:34,038 Looks like he's going 90 mph standing still. 89 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:37,200 Know who's going to build these cars? We are. 90 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,904 We'll put the Big Three out of business. 91 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:42,573 Who will we sell them to? Buck Rogers? 92 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:45,981 Under the hood, we've got luggage. 93 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:49,350 Engine's in the rear where it ought to be. 94 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:51,889 Look at this. Individual torque converters. 95 00:04:51,991 --> 00:04:53,083 You're crazy! 96 00:04:53,192 --> 00:04:56,491 You'd have to have wheel tracks 70 inches wide. 97 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,029 Dinner's ready! 98 00:04:58,131 --> 00:04:59,155 All right. Let's go! 99 00:04:59,265 --> 00:05:00,232 How many? 100 00:05:01,501 --> 00:05:02,399 Everybody. 101 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:04,402 How about the U.S. Army? 102 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:06,369 You boys hungry? 103 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:09,441 Oh, Millie! Millie! 104 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:12,136 And our best dog food, huh? 105 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:17,275 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 106 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:18,907 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 107 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:20,781 ♪ Hold that tiger... ♪ ♪ 108 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,956 How much you going to tell him? 109 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:25,956 Everything. 110 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:27,959 Coming through. Got dirty dishes. 111 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:29,460 They'll fall on you. 112 00:05:29,562 --> 00:05:30,460 Don't trip! 113 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,929 The fenders... Light. 114 00:05:33,032 --> 00:05:34,431 Who's this guy, Karatz? 115 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:35,933 He's a business man. 116 00:05:36,035 --> 00:05:38,435 I met him on the train. 117 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:39,436 Finance. 118 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:40,437 Finance? 119 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,939 Come here, Junior. 120 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:45,775 Who's that? 121 00:05:45,878 --> 00:05:48,278 The man I've been talking about. 122 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:49,405 Abe Karatz. 123 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:51,915 Good luck, honey. 124 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,918 We'll be in the den. 125 00:05:57,557 --> 00:05:59,286 Look at him. 126 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,292 Yeah. He's scary. 127 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:02,725 He's not scary. 128 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,353 He's from New York. 129 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:05,362 Abe. 130 00:06:06,599 --> 00:06:07,998 I appreciate your coming. 131 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:09,500 How long between trains? 132 00:06:09,602 --> 00:06:12,503 You like living in the middle of nowhere? 133 00:06:12,605 --> 00:06:15,506 You want coffee at 2 a.m., you'd die first. 134 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:17,007 Yeah, or make one. 135 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:19,010 Who wants coffee at 2 a.m.? 136 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:22,013 You chew the fat with the waitress. 137 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,514 Here you look around, 138 00:06:23,616 --> 00:06:25,208 there's nothing but scenery. 139 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:26,717 We're stuck with that. 140 00:06:26,819 --> 00:06:29,219 How do you like your coffee? 141 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,721 In the city. 142 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:36,360 Double fives again, 143 00:06:36,462 --> 00:06:38,362 and he does it. 144 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:39,897 Cars? 145 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:44,331 You brought me here for cars? 146 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:49,473 Does that look like a car to you? 147 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:52,476 That is a gold mine I'm handing you 148 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:53,977 on a silver platter. 149 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:54,978 Forget it. 150 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,481 You got no chance. 151 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:59,483 How can you say that? 152 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:01,917 You haven't even heard my ideas. 153 00:07:02,021 --> 00:07:03,079 Ideas? 154 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:04,918 Einstein's in the idea business, 155 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:06,423 making numbers so high 156 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:07,925 only dogs hear them. 157 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,927 But what's it cost him? 158 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:10,927 Paper, pencils. 159 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:12,429 To manufacture a car, 160 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:14,432 you need millions of dollars. 161 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:17,435 Well, that is what Wall Street is for... 162 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:20,028 to float stock issues, Abe. 163 00:07:20,139 --> 00:07:22,073 Who are you? 164 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:23,574 What do you know? 165 00:07:23,676 --> 00:07:25,735 Any experience on Wall Street? 166 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:26,743 It's revolutionary. 167 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:29,542 This is how cars are going to be made. 168 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:31,913 Abe, and with your connections... 169 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:33,417 I don't have connections. 170 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:35,612 I have connections with connections. 171 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:38,383 Speaking for them, myself, and God... 172 00:07:38,491 --> 00:07:41,426 Him, too... forget about it. 173 00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:42,892 You got no chance. 174 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:17,893 Well, think about it. 175 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:20,756 Drive safely. 176 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:21,799 Yes, sir. 177 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,085 Preston? 178 00:08:50,429 --> 00:08:51,361 Preston? 179 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,107 Pile in, cutie. 180 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,939 Who wants ice cream? 181 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:07,444 Let's go to Doc's! 182 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:08,445 Everybody! 183 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,947 Man your positions. 184 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:12,882 See if we can break our record time. 185 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:14,384 Hurry up! Come on! 186 00:09:14,487 --> 00:09:15,886 I've got my position. 187 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:28,799 It was pathetic how he loved the idea. 188 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:31,802 Embarrassing to see a man like that 189 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:34,805 trying so hard to play my harp strings. 190 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:38,274 I'm going to make him sweat a while first. 191 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:42,173 Watch this baby accelerate! 192 00:09:43,282 --> 00:09:44,180 - Whoa! - Whoa! 193 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,580 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 194 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:46,947 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 195 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:48,452 Sounds like Tucker again. 196 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:50,579 Yep! That's him. Let's go! 197 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:52,590 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 198 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:53,886 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 199 00:09:53,993 --> 00:09:55,551 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 200 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,753 ♪ Where's that tiger♪ 201 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:00,297 ♪ Where's that tiger♪ 202 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:02,060 ♪ Here's that tiger♪ 203 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,829 ♪ Where's that tiger♪ 204 00:10:03,936 --> 00:10:05,369 ♪ Here's that tiger♪ 205 00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:07,496 ♪ Where's that tiger♪ 206 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:08,539 ♪ Here's that tiger♪ 207 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:11,007 ♪ Do do do do do do do do♪ 208 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:13,237 ♪ Do do do do deedle da da dum♪ 209 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:15,109 ♪ Da da da deedle da da da♪ 210 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:17,478 ♪ Deedle da da dum... ♪ ♪ 211 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:18,982 Who wants ice cream? 212 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:22,819 How you doing, Doc? 213 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:25,322 Ok, if you don't include everything. 214 00:10:25,424 --> 00:10:27,449 How about sodas all around? 215 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,027 Triple scoops tonight. 216 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:30,026 Triple scoops. 217 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:31,528 Chocolate, pistachio, strawberry. 218 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:34,464 You can mix them all up, OK? 219 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,034 Strawberry soda. 220 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:37,534 Hey, uh... 221 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,468 ain't those prefab houses something? 222 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:42,473 How do you know they're any good? 223 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:44,702 They're not even built yet. 224 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:47,142 It says so in the magazine. 225 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:48,144 Johnny, stop. 226 00:10:48,247 --> 00:10:50,215 Yuck! He spilled it. 227 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,375 Noble, stop eating my sundae. 228 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:53,884 Stop it, Johnny. 229 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:56,113 Hey, does anybody want strawberry? 230 00:10:56,222 --> 00:10:58,087 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 231 00:10:58,190 --> 00:10:59,680 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 232 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,123 Working with a writer, 233 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:04,128 Tucker got an article about the car published 234 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:05,629 in pic magazine. 235 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:07,631 But nobody, not even Tucker, 236 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:09,496 was prepared for what happened. 237 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,001 Within a week, 238 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:12,502 150,000 letters poured in 239 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:14,505 from all over the country. 240 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:16,006 "I want a Tucker." 241 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:18,508 "Where can I buy a Tucker?" 242 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,511 "Can I get a dealership?" 243 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:23,741 Overnight, the nation had gone Tucker crazy. 244 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:28,351 Just because Tucker builds a car 245 00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:31,355 doesn't mean he can mass produce it. 246 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:37,489 So... what do we need to make this work? 247 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:41,332 Well, we need a car. 248 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:42,833 A car we got. 249 00:11:42,935 --> 00:11:44,334 A working prototype? 250 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:46,769 Says so in the magazine. 251 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:49,773 We, uh, also will have to have 252 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:51,172 some big Detroit names 253 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:53,177 for the board... the prospectus. 254 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:54,303 Like who? 255 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:56,313 Well, there was a fellow, 256 00:11:56,415 --> 00:11:58,815 vice president at Ford many years, 257 00:11:58,918 --> 00:11:59,976 Robert Bennington. 258 00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:02,418 He's president at Plymouth right now, 259 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,386 but he's being kicked upstairs. 260 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:05,957 We might get him. 261 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:09,050 Will he want a say in running things? 262 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:10,059 A say? 263 00:12:10,162 --> 00:12:11,959 Bennington will run the company. 264 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:14,498 Tucker may not go for that. 265 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,999 People don't buy stock. 266 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:18,866 They buy people they can trust 267 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:20,370 or believe they can. 268 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:21,804 If what's-his-name... 269 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:22,931 Tucker. 270 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:25,909 If Tucker's going to be a pain in the ass... 271 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:28,411 Don't worry. He's a good man. 272 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:30,414 What else do we need? 273 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:33,349 We need a factory, hmm? 274 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:36,012 You get Bennington, whatever it takes. 275 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:38,556 I'll get the factory. 276 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:41,891 Thank you. 277 00:12:44,463 --> 00:12:46,727 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 278 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:48,265 Norfolk, Virginia. 279 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:50,392 Norfolk, Virginia. 280 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:51,993 Omaha, Nebraska. 281 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:53,662 Omaha, Nebraska. 282 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:54,705 Wow. Look. 283 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:58,004 Here... here's one from Anchorage, Alaska. 284 00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:00,408 Oh! That's the first one from there. 285 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:03,414 Abe should have been here an hour ago. 286 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:05,916 You know the trains now, darling. 287 00:13:06,018 --> 00:13:07,417 They're always late. 288 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:16,725 Who's that? 289 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:25,566 Could I have a few moments with you? 290 00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:27,070 I'm waiting for somebody. 291 00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:28,071 Five minutes. 292 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:29,903 Bye, daddy! 293 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:30,907 What for? 294 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:32,910 To sell you something, sir. 295 00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:33,910 What? 296 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:36,514 Me. 297 00:13:38,684 --> 00:13:40,117 All right. Five minutes. 298 00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:42,619 Thank you. I'm Alex Tremulis, sir. 299 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:45,622 I'll be getting out of the Air Force 300 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,123 in a few weeks. 301 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:49,626 Before that, I studied automotive engineering. 302 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:52,629 Since I saw that article about your car, 303 00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:54,562 it's been driving me crazy. 304 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,067 I made some 3-D perspective drawings. 305 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:59,399 If you wouldn't mind, sir, 306 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:01,336 taking a look at them. 307 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,840 What you did with the streamlining 308 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:04,841 was fantastic. 309 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,845 But if we took that one step further, 310 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:09,847 if we applied real aerodynamics, 311 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:11,348 like a rocketship 312 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:12,508 to a family car... 313 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:14,108 You changed my doors. 314 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:15,118 Yes, sir. 315 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:17,621 You only have 31 inches headroom. 316 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:19,623 An average-size person needs 36. 317 00:14:19,725 --> 00:14:22,421 But every time you open the door, 318 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:24,189 they hit the curb. 319 00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:27,322 I made them open up like an airplane. 320 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,832 Time's up, kid. 321 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,333 Two more minutes, sir. 322 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:32,836 Want a job? You got it. 323 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,565 In the design department? 324 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:37,073 Kid, you are the design department. 325 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:39,736 Ahh. 326 00:14:39,845 --> 00:14:41,745 Abe! Did you find it? 327 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:45,343 Tucker. 328 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:47,851 I have a lot to tell you. 329 00:14:47,953 --> 00:14:49,716 It was a good meeting. 330 00:14:50,856 --> 00:14:51,754 Jimmy! 331 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:52,755 Hello. 332 00:14:54,193 --> 00:14:55,251 Jimmy Sakiyama, 333 00:14:55,361 --> 00:14:57,158 Abe Karatz, my partner. 334 00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:59,493 Hi. Nice to meet you. 335 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:00,656 How do you do? 336 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,530 Tell Eddie we'll be in the dining room. 337 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:05,535 You bet. 338 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,869 Hey, didn't they put the Japs 339 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:10,373 in camp someplace? 340 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:11,943 He's not a Jap. 341 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:13,443 He's an engineer. 342 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:14,944 He's still a Jap. 343 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:17,914 Jimmy and me, we've been together 15 years. 344 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:20,417 He's in my custody to work. 345 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:22,953 But his parents, his 12-year-old sister, 346 00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:25,683 they're in a relocation camp in Colorado, 347 00:15:25,791 --> 00:15:28,191 if that makes you feel better. 348 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,099 Meshugana. 349 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,191 Hi there, Mr. Karatz. 350 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:38,702 How are you? 351 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:42,572 Which leaves three war surplus plants. 352 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:44,074 It's a long shot. 353 00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:46,076 Everybody's trying to get them, 354 00:15:46,178 --> 00:15:48,078 but it's worth a try. 355 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:50,080 One of them is perfect. 356 00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:52,673 Nice, little. 357 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:54,685 The other is too big. 358 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,187 Costs twice as much to retool. 359 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:00,781 We could swing it if we had to. 360 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:02,656 What's the third? 361 00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:05,457 Ah, impossible. 362 00:16:05,564 --> 00:16:06,963 The Dodge plant 363 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,967 where they made the B-29s in Chicago. 364 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:11,969 Hmm. What's wrong with that? 365 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,205 For one thing, 366 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:18,037 it covers 475 acres with 16 buildings. 367 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:21,044 One of them is 73 acres long. 368 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,272 One building... 369 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:25,714 the biggest building in the world under one roof. 370 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,012 It's perfect. 371 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:39,556 You'll love it in Chicago. 372 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:42,065 Listen, they've got a department store... 373 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:44,829 one of the biggest in the world. 374 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:46,336 Oh, everybody shops there. 375 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:47,700 You'll love it. 376 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:50,966 Fantastic! 377 00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:51,974 Oh! 378 00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:56,246 I can build everything I ever dreamed of 379 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:57,747 in this plant, Abe... 380 00:16:57,850 --> 00:17:01,115 sports cars, family cars, convertibles, trucks, 381 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:02,448 even airplanes! 382 00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:06,217 Just talk the government into giving it to us. 383 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:07,724 Did you reach them? 384 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:10,226 Yep. We finally got our meeting 385 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:13,230 with the War Assets Administration in Washington. 386 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:14,230 Monday. 3:00. 387 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,732 Oh, that's no good. 388 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:16,926 What? 389 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,936 It's got to be lunch someplace. 390 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,939 Do you realize the trouble I went through? 391 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,373 With roast beef. 392 00:17:24,476 --> 00:17:26,341 Rare. Very rare. 393 00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:30,881 Every 25 seconds 394 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,417 somebody is killed or crippled 395 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:35,282 in an automobile accident. 396 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:38,686 Now 60% of all nighttime accidents 397 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:40,190 happen on the curb 398 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:42,192 because there's a blind spot 399 00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:44,660 between the time the wheel's turned 400 00:17:44,763 --> 00:17:47,994 and the time your headlights get where you're going. 401 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,330 When you turn a Tucker wheel, 402 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:53,337 you also turn the fenders and the headlights. 403 00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:56,840 You see where you're going before you get there. 404 00:17:56,942 --> 00:17:58,341 This woman was thrown 405 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:00,708 through the windshield of her car. 406 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,908 Tucker windshields pop out. 407 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:08,509 And to make sure nobody's face gets cut, 408 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,383 we have shatterproof glass. 409 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:13,219 We also have seat belts. 410 00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:14,451 Now, why? 411 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,959 Tell me why, gentlemen, 412 00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:18,461 has the Big Three in Detroit 413 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:21,226 been allowed to make billions of dollars 414 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,733 without spending one dime on safety? 415 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:26,168 What I know, what you know, 416 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:27,636 what the public knows... 417 00:18:27,739 --> 00:18:31,106 is that they don't give a damn about people. 418 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:33,610 All they care about is profits. 419 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:35,441 Let me tell you something, 420 00:18:35,547 --> 00:18:39,313 and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, 421 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:40,817 the entire automobile industry 422 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:42,819 is guilty of criminal negligence. 423 00:18:42,921 --> 00:18:45,822 And if it were up to me, 424 00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:48,825 they'd be tried and convicted of manslaughter. 425 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:52,596 Thank you, gentlemen. 426 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:55,599 Thank you for the time you've given me. 427 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,401 Congratulations. 428 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:08,912 They hate you like poison, and so do I. 429 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:11,915 Why did I let you talk me into... 430 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,075 Oscar Beasley, 431 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,085 special assistant to the administrator. 432 00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:18,088 Could you be in my office tomorrow afternoon? 433 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,852 Well, uh... uh, sure. 434 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,517 Good. See you there. 435 00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:23,686 Mr. Beasley. 436 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,396 They loved it. 437 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:29,899 Would they want to see us again if they didn't? 438 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,402 You're talking logic. This is Washington. 439 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:33,994 Why see us again? 440 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,198 Politics! 441 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:38,743 We're being set up for something, believe me. 442 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,778 We got no chance. 443 00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:47,517 How could we kid ourselves 444 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:50,520 into thinking anyone would give us a loan? 445 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:53,523 All we've got are debts and more debts. 446 00:19:53,625 --> 00:19:56,958 How does he do it, the genius you married? 447 00:19:57,062 --> 00:19:59,428 No matter how much he makes, 448 00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:01,431 he spends twice as much. 449 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:08,833 Hello? 450 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:11,034 Where the hell were you? 451 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,542 How did it go? 452 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:15,044 They were eating out of my hand. 453 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:17,047 I could've asked for California 454 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,878 and gotten Arkansas to boot. 455 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:21,043 Darling, I'm so sorry. 456 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:22,552 It's not dead yet. 457 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:24,519 Completely. Got another meeting tomorrow. 458 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:26,022 What does Abe think? 459 00:20:26,124 --> 00:20:27,523 What does he know? 460 00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:29,526 Did you get the loan? 461 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:30,890 They'll think it over. 462 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:33,897 You're a worse liar than I am. 463 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:38,660 Can you please come home soon, Preston? 464 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:39,828 Please? 465 00:20:39,938 --> 00:20:41,496 I will, doll. 466 00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:44,007 I love you. 467 00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:45,508 I love you, too. 468 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:47,511 I'll see you soon, sweetheart. 469 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:49,080 Bye. 470 00:21:13,472 --> 00:21:14,530 Mr. Tucker, 471 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,040 in brief, the committee has voted 472 00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:20,111 to give you the plant in Chicago, 473 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:22,612 provided that you have certified assets 474 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:25,376 of no less than $ 15 million. 475 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,385 And to qualify as a legal manufacturing company, 476 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:31,888 you'll be required to produce at least 50 cars 477 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:34,083 one year after taking possession. 478 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,819 Is that satisfactory? 479 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:39,821 W-well I, uh... 480 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:41,796 sure, I mean, uh... 481 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:42,958 fine. 482 00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:46,094 Papers will be ready for signature 483 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:47,603 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. 484 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:50,004 Thank you. 485 00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:53,043 Abe, why don't we let Mr. Beasley 486 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,544 get back to work? 487 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,820 - Yippee! - Hyah! 488 00:22:07,926 --> 00:22:08,824 Klondike 436. 489 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:10,827 Go ahead. I'll hold on. 490 00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:11,827 Preston Tucker. 491 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:13,830 United Auto Workers told Roosevelt 492 00:22:13,932 --> 00:22:16,332 if he wants the labor vote, 493 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:19,836 he's got to give the plant to a car company. 494 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:21,838 Why not Ford, General Motors? 495 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:23,339 They don't want it. 496 00:22:23,442 --> 00:22:26,343 How can nobody want a plant like that? 497 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:29,346 Everybody wants it, but you're the only lunatic 498 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:31,348 dumb enough to make cars there. 499 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:32,849 Yeah, he's right here. 500 00:22:32,951 --> 00:22:34,782 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 501 00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:36,683 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 502 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:38,312 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 503 00:22:38,423 --> 00:22:40,254 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ ♪ 504 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:41,291 Hold on. 505 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:44,760 When can you get the car to New York? 506 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:48,264 I got the best press agent in the business. 507 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:50,767 To kick off the stock sale, 508 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:54,270 he wants to unveil the car with enough razzmatazz 509 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,433 to make investors beg to buy those shares. 510 00:22:57,542 --> 00:22:58,941 You hear that? 511 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:00,375 You bet I did! 512 00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:01,878 We got it! 513 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:04,881 The biggest damn plant in the world! 514 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:06,314 Oh, that's wonderful! 515 00:23:06,418 --> 00:23:09,910 All we need now is $ 15 million and a car. 516 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:11,079 That's it. 517 00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:13,756 You love me? 518 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,258 I love ya! 519 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,292 See you. 520 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:17,327 All right. 521 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:19,829 We need a car? 522 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:21,831 Let's celebrate. Have a drink. 523 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,833 Do we have a car? 524 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:26,836 Well, no, it's not a matter of... 525 00:23:26,938 --> 00:23:28,838 Frank, I'll call you back. 526 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:32,108 You all right, Abe? 527 00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:33,268 Huh? 528 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:37,748 Anything else you want to tell me? 529 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:41,808 I don't have a dime to build it with, uh... 530 00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:45,282 You all right? Huh? 531 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:46,286 Oh! 532 00:23:46,391 --> 00:23:49,258 $50,000 for one car? 533 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:52,262 It's a prototype. Hand-built, don't forget. 534 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:55,333 How much you need to get started? 535 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:56,833 Forget the $50,000. 536 00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:59,096 To get started? 537 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:00,762 At least 10. 538 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:03,472 I'll give you 6. 539 00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:06,043 If it turns out you're right, 540 00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:09,079 we could sell dealerships now, which sounds crazy. 541 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:12,241 Why would anybody pay money for a car 542 00:24:12,350 --> 00:24:14,841 that isn't even in existence yet? 543 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:22,417 I'm sitting here writing a check in my handwriting 544 00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:23,926 calling them crazy? 545 00:24:30,235 --> 00:24:31,964 One thing... 546 00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:35,631 we need it absolutely in 60 days. 547 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:39,468 Absolutely. Any problem? 548 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:40,977 Problems? 549 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:42,205 It's impossible. 550 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,611 60 days? 551 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:44,613 Or never. 552 00:24:44,716 --> 00:24:45,648 Why? 553 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:47,650 We haven't sold enough stock to buy a dead herring. 554 00:24:47,752 --> 00:24:50,152 But the letters, all the excitement... 555 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:53,349 Some people buy cars. Some people buy stock. 556 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,892 No major investor will consider us. 557 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,222 But why 60 days? 558 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,729 Because in 60 days... June 1 st... 559 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:02,163 we take possession of the plant. 560 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:04,167 And not until that day, 561 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:05,896 will the mystery car, 562 00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:08,905 the car of the century, be unveiled. 563 00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:10,838 Uh, Uncle Abe. 564 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:11,966 Yeah. 565 00:25:12,077 --> 00:25:15,240 I wondered why you do that with your nose? 566 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,144 What with my nose? 567 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:19,149 Move it like a rabbit. 568 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:20,650 OK, everybody upstairs. 569 00:25:20,752 --> 00:25:22,185 Oh, murder. 570 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:23,686 Students to the grindstone. 571 00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:27,022 Bye. 572 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,023 Goodbye. 573 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:30,893 Do I do that? 574 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:34,090 You don't do that with your nose. 575 00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:42,705 Mr. Tucker, sir, it takes Ford nine months 576 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:44,707 to go from model to prototype. 577 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:47,710 Call every pitman we know in Indy. 578 00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:49,211 Carrigan, Milton, maybe Tully. 579 00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:51,942 All right. Have them here by tomorrow. 580 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,951 Buy clay. We got to start on that model. 581 00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:57,954 What about steel? Enough left from the turrets? 582 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,114 Just about. 583 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,818 There are 24 hours in every day. 584 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:04,327 Is there anybody in this room 585 00:26:04,429 --> 00:26:07,091 who can tell me we can't do it? 586 00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:08,893 We can't do it! 587 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,127 Except you. 588 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:14,303 Better get with it. 589 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:15,805 We can't do it! 590 00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:18,000 We can't do it! 591 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:20,236 Um, Dad, I've, uh... thought... 592 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:21,676 Mr. Tucker? 593 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:24,180 Excuse me, son. 594 00:26:24,282 --> 00:26:25,180 About college. 595 00:26:30,221 --> 00:26:31,415 Hmm. 596 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:38,194 Dad, I've been trying to talk to you, 597 00:26:38,296 --> 00:26:41,697 and each time I try and bring it up... 598 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,858 Look. 599 00:26:44,035 --> 00:26:44,933 What's this? 600 00:26:45,036 --> 00:26:47,436 It's the answer from Notre Dame. 601 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:48,938 I got accepted. 602 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:50,939 But look... 603 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:52,441 Hey! Congratulations! 604 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:54,011 I don't want to go! 605 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,580 Look, l... I want to learn 606 00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:58,581 everything about cars from you. 607 00:26:58,683 --> 00:27:01,481 I don't want to become president or something. 608 00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:03,986 Who wants you to become president? 609 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:05,454 I thought you did. 610 00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:08,458 The two crummiest things a person can be 611 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,959 are lawyers or politicians. 612 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:12,962 Why would I want you to be president? 613 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:14,964 Most of them are both. 614 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:16,363 So it's OK. 615 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:19,767 Sure. You can stay with me. 616 00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:22,271 I'm going to depend on you. 617 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:25,843 They won't sell clay. 618 00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:27,844 Can't build models without it. 619 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:30,346 Can't build prototypes without a model. 620 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:33,349 Take it easy, kid. Life's full of surprises. 621 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:35,651 Doug! 622 00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:37,989 Chris! 623 00:27:39,624 --> 00:27:42,024 Want you to meet Alex, 624 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:43,458 Head of the Design Department. 625 00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:46,462 These are the best bodyknockers in the business. 626 00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:49,499 They'll go from your sketch straight to metal. 627 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:51,501 How's this for a frame? 628 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:53,503 It's OK for a start. 629 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:55,004 Face this now, Prez. 630 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:57,006 You got engine problems. 631 00:27:57,108 --> 00:28:01,807 I should talk you out of building one from scratch. 632 00:28:01,913 --> 00:28:04,814 You couldn't, once he's made his mind up. 633 00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:06,816 The rear engine's the heart. 634 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:09,318 Just work the damn thing out. 635 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,321 You can do it, Eddie. 636 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,092 You can do it, Eddie. 637 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:18,094 I'm offering you the opportunity of a lifetime... 638 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:19,595 a new car dealership. 639 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,097 The most revolutionary car 640 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:22,598 in automotive history. 641 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:23,599 Sir? 642 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,602 I'll be right with you. 643 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:27,069 It's got safety features, 644 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:29,072 torque converters on every wheel... 645 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:31,301 double torque converters won't work. 646 00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:32,876 We need a transmission. 647 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:34,877 Why the hell won't they? 648 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:37,914 We don't have time to work it out. 649 00:28:38,016 --> 00:28:40,280 You remember the cord 18 transaxle? 650 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:43,286 That's the only transmission I can think of. 651 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:45,788 Yeah, if you could find one. 652 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,790 What choice do I have? 653 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,291 But only for now. 654 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,555 The minute we finish that show, 655 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:54,063 we'll build the car we advertised. 656 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,563 $ 7,500. 657 00:28:57,669 --> 00:29:01,002 I never thought I'd live to see the day. 658 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:10,045 I didn't make the fenders move with the wheels 659 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:12,048 like you wanted to, sir. 660 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,815 Why the hell not? 661 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,013 Hmm? 662 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:21,286 Remember Frank Lockhard when he drove the Stutz? 663 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:24,418 At high speeds they acted like rudders. 664 00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:25,928 It was very dangerous. 665 00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:28,430 So I made the middle light 666 00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:29,932 turn with the wheels, 667 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:31,433 and it works fine. 668 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:32,935 And it's safe. 669 00:29:34,405 --> 00:29:37,806 You ever do something I told you not to, 670 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:39,376 so help me... 671 00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:41,377 I'll give you a raise. 672 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:43,779 Hey! 673 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,643 No reverse! 674 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:49,151 Can we fix it? 675 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,653 Not by Monday. 676 00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:52,154 You'll get it. 677 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,555 Junior, give me a hand here. 678 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:56,559 All right, we'll get it. 679 00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:59,688 Push! 680 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:07,331 Abe, I still don't like this idea. 681 00:30:07,438 --> 00:30:09,338 We've got to do it, Tucker. 682 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,839 We need Detroit experience, 683 00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:13,342 or we won't sell any stock. 684 00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:16,345 As long as he doesn't try to run the company. 685 00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:19,449 Mr. Tucker. 686 00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:21,451 I've always admired innovative men 687 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:23,953 who are willing to take risks. 688 00:30:24,055 --> 00:30:27,957 I myself introduced nylon seat covers in our new line. 689 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:30,050 Ah... 690 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,562 So, when do I get to see the car? 691 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:35,599 Soon, Mr. Bennington. 692 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,100 The car has to be shown 693 00:30:38,203 --> 00:30:41,104 in less than a week, doesn't it? 694 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,088 The piston load during compression 695 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:01,522 is three times normal family cars. 696 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:04,527 It needs a 24-volt battery to start, 697 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:06,028 which don't exist. 698 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,530 How many volts in those? Six. 699 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:11,033 Use two truck batteries. They're 12. 700 00:31:11,135 --> 00:31:12,534 That's 24. 701 00:31:13,738 --> 00:31:15,137 What do you think 702 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,435 of these pictures in these brochures? 703 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:19,703 I want to talk about that. 704 00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:21,210 That board of directors 705 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:22,745 they stuck me with... 706 00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:25,748 I don't know if Bennington's an undertaker 707 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:28,512 or one of the stiffs he embalmed. 708 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:30,019 Preston. 709 00:31:30,121 --> 00:31:32,112 How many years of testing? 710 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:33,121 15? 711 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,624 I've been thinking about that car 712 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,092 longer than 15 years. 713 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,753 Thinking's not exactly testing. 714 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:39,761 It's advertising. 715 00:31:39,864 --> 00:31:42,264 You're not supposed to believe it. 716 00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:43,766 If you're selling candy, 717 00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:46,393 what do you advertise, rotting teeth? 718 00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:53,234 Uh. 719 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,335 You caught me, didn't you? 720 00:31:55,446 --> 00:31:58,847 Uh-huh. Don't you give me that crooked little smile 721 00:31:58,950 --> 00:32:00,781 you stole from Clark Gable. 722 00:32:00,885 --> 00:32:03,786 What? I didn't steal that from Clark Gable! 723 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:05,287 I've caught you practicing. 724 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:07,415 You thought I wasn't looking. 725 00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:12,118 Oh, now, this smile here. See? 726 00:32:12,230 --> 00:32:14,164 This is my downfall. 727 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:15,664 The real you. 728 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,201 The canary who ate the cat. 729 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:27,042 That smile made you do that? 730 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,442 Every time. 731 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:34,880 You know what this smile makes me want to do? 732 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,453 Punch you. 733 00:32:41,659 --> 00:32:43,559 Let's stick with the canary. 734 00:32:57,675 --> 00:33:00,007 Mr. Bennington, members of the board, 735 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:02,443 we have one major problem. 736 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:04,071 Yes, Mr. Tucker? 737 00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:08,414 Just what sort of problem is that? 738 00:33:08,519 --> 00:33:10,578 Well... 739 00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:12,588 they're putting the squeeze on. 740 00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:13,588 Detroit. 741 00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:16,592 We can't buy clay. We can't buy steel. 742 00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:18,093 We can't buy anything. 743 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:19,595 That doesn't surprise me. 744 00:33:19,697 --> 00:33:22,097 So I'm meeting with Senator Ferguson. 745 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,101 We'll straighten this thing out eyeball to eyeball. 746 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,101 Wait. 747 00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:27,171 You wait. 748 00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:29,671 We'll nip this in the bud. 749 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:32,675 You think a smile will make him forget 750 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:34,677 he's a senator from Detroit? 751 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:37,714 We're making cars in Chicago. 752 00:33:37,815 --> 00:33:40,340 He's my senator, too, don't forget. 753 00:33:50,661 --> 00:33:53,061 The senator will see you now. 754 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:54,426 Very good. 755 00:33:58,403 --> 00:33:59,301 This way? 756 00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:00,837 Right through that door. 757 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:03,939 Senator. 758 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:07,802 Preston Tucker. 759 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:09,436 Mr. Tucker. 760 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:11,447 A.H. Karatz. 761 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:13,779 K-A-R-A-T-Z, huh? 762 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:14,783 Huh? 763 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:16,945 Sit down, gentlemen. Sit down. 764 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:20,122 Let's get to the point. 765 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,125 I know you're a powerful man in Washington. 766 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,125 Oh. 767 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:27,129 I also know that your main job is... 768 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:30,496 Limo's here, Senator. 769 00:34:30,601 --> 00:34:32,000 Well, I'm sorry, gentlemen. 770 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:34,003 It was just getting interesting. 771 00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:38,007 My plans changed on me since we made this appointment, 772 00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:40,509 as they do every two seconds. 773 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:43,011 I'm not going to be able to... Alice? 774 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,014 Did you take care of... 775 00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:47,175 First thing in the morning. 776 00:34:47,285 --> 00:34:49,810 Huh? Walk me to the car? 777 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,224 Good day. 778 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:57,954 Senator, don't forget the 4:00 meeting. 779 00:34:58,062 --> 00:34:58,960 Got it. 780 00:34:59,063 --> 00:34:59,961 Senator? 781 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:02,931 Just bring everything to the plane. 782 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,937 You, uh... you like Jack Benny? 783 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:09,938 Senator! 784 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,440 He's my favorite. 785 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:12,440 Tickets. 786 00:35:12,543 --> 00:35:13,942 Oh, thank you. 787 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:17,811 "Problems are just opportunities in work clothes." 788 00:35:17,915 --> 00:35:21,908 That's a quote from my friend Henry J. Kaiser. 789 00:35:22,019 --> 00:35:22,917 Karatz. 790 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:24,385 Afternoon, Senator. 791 00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:26,889 Get that thing we talked about? 792 00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:28,390 Got a phone call. 793 00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:32,224 Call Tim. Tell him I told you, huh? 794 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:33,388 In Washington, 795 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:36,228 did you meet Harry Macdonald, head of S.E.C.? 796 00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:37,232 Not yet. 797 00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:39,860 Local boy, good man, loyal. 798 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,371 Who's your favorite comedian, Mr. Tucker? 799 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,873 That's how you keep that figure. 800 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,375 That's one way, Senator. 801 00:35:50,581 --> 00:35:52,446 Quite an idea of yours... 802 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:55,781 selling dealerships for cars that don't exist. 803 00:36:00,057 --> 00:36:01,388 You remember that song? 804 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:03,221 ♪ Music goes round and round♪ 805 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:04,624 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh♪ 806 00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:06,594 ♪ And it comes out here♪ ♪ 807 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:12,868 The Big Three should be indicted for manslaughter, huh? 808 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:15,766 Funny line. 809 00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:26,976 What was that all about? 810 00:36:27,084 --> 00:36:30,076 Did he say anything? What did he say? 811 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:33,089 He said stay out of the car business, 812 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,591 or we cut your nuggies off. 813 00:36:40,464 --> 00:36:41,863 All right. Now what? 814 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,196 I can't give you a fuel injection. 815 00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:45,701 No fuel injection? 816 00:36:45,803 --> 00:36:48,203 You want the car on time, 817 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:51,207 the only hope we got is twin carburetors. 818 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:53,374 Oh! 819 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:56,211 God damn it! 820 00:36:57,648 --> 00:36:59,548 Where is my car? 821 00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:04,487 What's left of it, anything? 822 00:37:15,099 --> 00:37:16,327 Hi, Abe. 823 00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:17,992 Vera, how are you? 824 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:19,501 Great. Come on in. 825 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:21,333 Uncle Abe! Uncle Abe! 826 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:22,497 Wha... 827 00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:24,006 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 828 00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:25,006 My goodness. 829 00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:28,010 Whoa, look what I have for you. 830 00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:29,511 It's from Chicago. 831 00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:30,512 For me? 832 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:32,515 I hope you like it. 833 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,520 Oh, I love it, Uncle Abe. 834 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:39,851 Is it all right? 835 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:42,517 What do I know about ladies' dresses? 836 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:44,527 Can I try it on? 837 00:37:47,131 --> 00:37:48,530 Well, well, well. 838 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:49,531 Oh! 839 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:50,532 Oh! 840 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:52,034 You got me. 841 00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:54,536 Here's a present for you, Noble. 842 00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:56,038 Something for you. 843 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:05,814 Well, tell me gently. 844 00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:07,816 Do we have a car? 845 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:10,752 Well... 846 00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:12,322 we've got something. 847 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:17,893 Does it look like the car in the ads? 848 00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:20,486 Looks like it. 849 00:38:20,598 --> 00:38:22,498 So why are you worried? 850 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,501 All they have to do is see it. 851 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:27,002 Here's your martini, Abe. 852 00:38:27,104 --> 00:38:28,503 A drink. Come. 853 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:37,012 To the car. 854 00:38:37,114 --> 00:38:39,514 - To the car. - To the car. 855 00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:46,350 Whoo. 856 00:38:46,457 --> 00:38:48,516 Don't you just love it? 857 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:50,025 Thank you, Uncle Abe. 858 00:38:50,127 --> 00:38:51,025 You're welcome. 859 00:38:51,128 --> 00:38:53,528 Thanks. Don't you just love it? 860 00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:55,531 It's beautiful, sweetie. 861 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:56,531 Dad! 862 00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:57,692 Where's dad? 863 00:38:57,802 --> 00:38:59,702 You better get out there. 864 00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:02,637 Oil's leaking from the rear main seal. 865 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,140 We just blew a head gasket. 866 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:07,210 The whole thing's falling apart. 867 00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:10,212 What's going on? I leave for one minute. 868 00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:11,303 Where's Eddie? 869 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:12,473 Eddie! 870 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,584 What is it? 871 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:17,745 It's just what we expected. 872 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:21,991 What the hell was that? 873 00:39:23,427 --> 00:39:24,826 Hey, are you OK? 874 00:39:24,929 --> 00:39:26,328 Are you all right? 875 00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:27,488 You're OK? 876 00:39:27,598 --> 00:39:28,997 We could've gotten killed. 877 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,499 Totaled the suspension. 878 00:39:30,601 --> 00:39:32,501 You're all right. All right. 879 00:39:32,603 --> 00:39:35,504 With all that weight. Dutch. Where's Dutch? 880 00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:37,506 We need four new arms 881 00:39:37,608 --> 00:39:39,007 machined from solid stock. 882 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:40,008 No sweat. 883 00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:44,513 What the hell's happening to you? 884 00:39:44,615 --> 00:39:47,516 That kid nearly got his brains splattered. 885 00:39:47,618 --> 00:39:49,381 You don't even notice. 886 00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:51,887 For what? That pile of junk? 887 00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:55,015 That's all it is... a pile of junk. 888 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:57,026 Aah! 889 00:40:07,638 --> 00:40:10,038 Listen to me. You listening? Carefully? 890 00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,041 We're going to build that car, 891 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,043 the one we dreamed of, 892 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:16,545 exactly the way we want it. 893 00:40:25,656 --> 00:40:28,557 Feeling better? That's what I came down for... 894 00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:30,058 to cheer you up. 895 00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:31,059 I'm fine. 896 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:32,060 Cheerful? 897 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:33,562 I'm plenty cheerful. 898 00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:34,892 Too cheerful. 899 00:40:38,669 --> 00:40:40,068 You think that's cheerful... 900 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,071 watching me lose my mind? 901 00:40:42,173 --> 00:40:44,073 Know what's even more cheerful? 902 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:45,574 Having ringside seats 903 00:40:45,676 --> 00:40:47,075 at your own crucifixion, 904 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:49,578 which I might have in Chicago. 905 00:41:07,631 --> 00:41:09,030 How's it going? 906 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:12,034 This is Frank the press agent. 907 00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:15,537 Abe. He thinks "Frank the press agent" is one word. 908 00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:18,039 Frank. Please. 909 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:20,042 These are the security guards? 910 00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:22,044 Three shifts round the clock. 911 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:24,546 Absolutely nobody gets near this car. 912 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,047 I told them. 913 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:28,379 Ooh! Frank. 914 00:41:29,653 --> 00:41:31,052 Naughty, naughty. 915 00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:36,385 No, no. Down, down. Now, move that. 916 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:37,893 This is Stan. 917 00:41:37,995 --> 00:41:40,896 He's making a promotional film about you. 918 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:42,397 Nice to meet you. 919 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,401 It's a puff kind of a promo film... 920 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,903 Sales meetings, dealerships, things like that. 921 00:41:48,005 --> 00:41:50,405 If you have any family albums, 922 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:51,406 uh, snapshots... 923 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:52,407 Home movies? 924 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:53,909 You just shut up. 925 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:57,003 Home movies, anything like that we could use. 926 00:41:57,114 --> 00:41:58,513 What's the point? 927 00:41:58,616 --> 00:41:59,514 Selling stock. 928 00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:01,278 Selling stock in my family? 929 00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:04,286 We're not just selling cars. We're selling you... 930 00:42:04,388 --> 00:42:05,685 which includes your family. 931 00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:08,917 That newsreel of you in the White House? 932 00:42:09,026 --> 00:42:10,926 You think the President's yelling, 933 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:11,926 "Get me Tucker!"? 934 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:14,429 You can't buy publicity like that. 935 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,090 You did. 936 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,599 Yeah. For money. 937 00:42:17,701 --> 00:42:18,929 Sure. 938 00:42:19,036 --> 00:42:20,936 Nothing you say makes sense. 939 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:23,768 How come I always know what you mean? 940 00:42:23,874 --> 00:42:27,105 Because you talk worse than me the same language. 941 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:28,200 Mr. Tucker. 942 00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:31,179 Some shots looking up at the sign. 943 00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:32,271 Dignified, 944 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:33,441 serious, 945 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:34,609 confident... 946 00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:36,777 a regular captain of industry. 947 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:45,627 Broadcasting live from the Tucker auto plant. 948 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:49,130 The largest parking lot in the world, completely filled. 949 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:51,565 People coming here from everywhere... 950 00:42:51,669 --> 00:42:54,137 Washington, D.C., New York. 951 00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:56,138 They're here with their families, 952 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,639 all looking very excited 953 00:42:57,741 --> 00:42:59,140 about seeing the innovations 954 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,074 they've heard so much about 955 00:43:01,178 --> 00:43:02,577 in the Tucker automobile. 956 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,079 300 people were invited, 957 00:43:04,181 --> 00:43:06,445 and over 1,000 have shown up. 958 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:21,597 Since 13, when he was office boy 959 00:43:21,699 --> 00:43:24,099 for the Vice President of Cadillac, 960 00:43:24,201 --> 00:43:25,600 Preston Tucker's been identified... 961 00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:27,432 Noble, you sit here. 962 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:30,598 What did you get me into? 963 00:43:30,708 --> 00:43:33,108 The biggest day in automotive history. 964 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:34,609 I didn't expect this. 965 00:43:34,712 --> 00:43:37,203 Wait and see. Wait and see. 966 00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:40,115 OK, push it. 967 00:43:40,217 --> 00:43:41,616 Aahh... 968 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,620 How much longer? We're an hour late already. 969 00:43:44,722 --> 00:43:46,622 The damn wheels are locked. 970 00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:47,622 Ohh! 971 00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:50,125 Come on. Let's try rocking it. 972 00:43:50,227 --> 00:43:51,626 Come on, Jimmy. 973 00:43:53,564 --> 00:43:56,431 OK. Try the other way. Rock it, now. 974 00:43:57,735 --> 00:43:59,134 Come on. Rock it. 975 00:43:59,236 --> 00:44:02,069 Nah, Junior, you got to go underneath. 976 00:44:02,172 --> 00:44:03,503 Eddie, get that socket. 977 00:44:03,607 --> 00:44:04,665 Eddie! 978 00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:07,573 Having a little trouble back there, seems like. 979 00:44:07,678 --> 00:44:10,078 Been up all night, poor bastards, 980 00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:13,081 trying to hold that pile of junk together. 981 00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:16,084 It won't even back up. No kidding. 982 00:44:16,186 --> 00:44:17,084 No reverse. 983 00:44:17,187 --> 00:44:19,587 Jack it up! Get in there. 984 00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:22,250 Would you like to help me out? 985 00:44:22,359 --> 00:44:24,657 Let me know what goes on. 986 00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:26,093 We want the car! 987 00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:28,255 We want the car! 988 00:44:28,365 --> 00:44:30,230 Let's go! Come on! 989 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:31,733 What's going on? 990 00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:33,769 Who knows? The board's getting impatient. 991 00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:40,108 Senator Ferguson. 992 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:43,812 Preston, get this thing started now! 993 00:44:43,914 --> 00:44:46,109 Do something. Stall. Anything. 994 00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:48,116 Bennington is going crazy. 995 00:44:48,218 --> 00:44:50,686 Signal when ready from that corner. 996 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:51,982 That corner? 997 00:44:52,089 --> 00:44:52,987 Yeah. 998 00:44:53,090 --> 00:44:54,455 Take out some weight! 999 00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:05,568 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. 1000 00:45:05,669 --> 00:45:07,068 I'm Preston Tucker. 1001 00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:08,570 Sorry for the delay. 1002 00:45:08,672 --> 00:45:11,800 Perhaps this will perk you up... the Tuckerettes! 1003 00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:13,570 What are Tuckerettes? 1004 00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:14,905 They're girls. 1005 00:45:15,012 --> 00:45:15,979 Girls! 1006 00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:23,084 The back tires can't move 1007 00:45:23,187 --> 00:45:26,156 with all that weight on the rear wheels. 1008 00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:29,750 Try this for a brace. 1009 00:45:35,332 --> 00:45:38,301 Let's hear it for the Tuckerettes! 1010 00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:43,337 OK, Junior. Tell your dad. Let's go. 1011 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,338 We're set! 1012 00:45:44,441 --> 00:45:45,772 Aren't they lovely creatures? 1013 00:45:45,876 --> 00:45:46,843 Dad! 1014 00:45:48,645 --> 00:45:49,771 Back here! 1015 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,040 Back here! 1016 00:45:51,148 --> 00:45:53,548 Dad, we got it. We're set. 1017 00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:54,582 And now, 1018 00:45:54,685 --> 00:45:56,619 ladies and gentlemen, 1019 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:59,621 the history-making moment you've all been waiting for. 1020 00:46:01,191 --> 00:46:03,591 OK, come on, let's push, guys. 1021 00:46:03,694 --> 00:46:04,922 Hold it, Eddie! 1022 00:46:05,028 --> 00:46:07,053 We got a leak again. 1023 00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:10,065 Tell your dad to hold it. Hold it. 1024 00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:12,067 Dad! Dad! Dad, hold it! 1025 00:46:12,169 --> 00:46:13,864 Hold it. Stop. 1026 00:46:17,007 --> 00:46:18,907 But first, you don't mind 1027 00:46:19,009 --> 00:46:21,637 if I introduce my family, do you? 1028 00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:23,337 My lovely wife Vera. 1029 00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:29,075 My daughter Marilyn Lee. 1030 00:46:29,186 --> 00:46:31,279 Isn't she lovely? 1031 00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:33,822 Junior, get the soldering iron. 1032 00:46:33,924 --> 00:46:36,415 My eldest son is backstage. 1033 00:46:36,527 --> 00:46:37,960 Asleep in the car? 1034 00:46:38,061 --> 00:46:39,426 Ladies and gentlemen, 1035 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:41,498 the car everyone calls the Tucker... 1036 00:46:41,598 --> 00:46:42,690 let's go. 1037 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:43,926 But first... 1038 00:46:44,034 --> 00:46:44,932 Dad! 1039 00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:46,400 Dad! 1040 00:46:46,503 --> 00:46:47,401 We're set. 1041 00:46:47,504 --> 00:46:50,405 Does anybody want to see the car? 1042 00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:53,607 Hold it. 1043 00:46:53,710 --> 00:46:54,972 Fire! 1044 00:46:55,078 --> 00:46:57,376 Get the fire extinguishers. 1045 00:46:59,616 --> 00:47:02,050 But first... 1046 00:47:02,152 --> 00:47:06,418 I'd like to show you the cars many features. 1047 00:47:08,692 --> 00:47:11,354 Ladies, the Detroit-mobile. 1048 00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:13,361 You're standing on my foot. 1049 00:47:13,463 --> 00:47:15,954 You're on my foot. 1050 00:47:16,066 --> 00:47:18,557 Because of the revolutionary Tucker rear engine... 1051 00:47:21,071 --> 00:47:23,505 Stop. There's no more fire there. 1052 00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:25,472 What took you so long? 1053 00:47:25,576 --> 00:47:28,477 Drive your Tucker to the dumbest mechanic 1054 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:29,978 anywhere in the world, 1055 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,981 and he'll be able to remove the engine 1056 00:47:33,083 --> 00:47:35,483 and replace it within 20 minutes. 1057 00:47:35,586 --> 00:47:39,545 Didn't you tell him we're not doing that? 1058 00:47:39,656 --> 00:47:42,648 Let's hear it for the Tuckerettes. 1059 00:47:42,759 --> 00:47:43,657 Come on! 1060 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:44,988 Boo! 1061 00:47:45,095 --> 00:47:46,494 We want the car! 1062 00:47:46,597 --> 00:47:47,996 We want the car! 1063 00:47:48,098 --> 00:47:49,326 Come on, Tucker. 1064 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:51,833 We want the car. 1065 00:47:51,935 --> 00:47:53,994 We want the car. 1066 00:47:54,104 --> 00:47:55,833 We want the car. 1067 00:47:55,939 --> 00:47:57,338 We want the car. 1068 00:47:57,441 --> 00:47:58,840 We want the car. 1069 00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:00,307 We want the car. 1070 00:48:00,410 --> 00:48:03,038 ...that dreams can come true. 1071 00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:04,909 Ladies and gentlemen, 1072 00:48:05,015 --> 00:48:08,246 don't let a Tucker pass you by. 1073 00:48:10,954 --> 00:48:11,943 Ladies... 1074 00:48:47,457 --> 00:48:48,355 Whoa. 1075 00:48:48,458 --> 00:48:49,857 That's pretty good. 1076 00:48:55,465 --> 00:48:58,195 Get up here. Come on. Sweetie. 1077 00:48:58,302 --> 00:48:59,701 Come on! 1078 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:25,291 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 1079 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:26,692 my love, 1080 00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:28,560 my inspiration, 1081 00:49:28,665 --> 00:49:30,496 my wife... 1082 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:31,658 Vera. 1083 00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:36,166 Yeah! Yeah! 1084 00:49:45,482 --> 00:49:48,246 I usually don't take a bath till Saturday. 1085 00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:39,434 We are pleased to say this newly christened car 1086 00:50:39,536 --> 00:50:41,936 gets over 20 miles per gallon, 1087 00:50:42,039 --> 00:50:44,599 is capable of 130 miles per hour, 1088 00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:47,268 and hasn't even been opened up yet. 1089 00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:50,278 The car features seat belts, a rear motor, 1090 00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:52,780 and has a sponge-rubber crash panel. 1091 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:54,282 Buy a Tucker. 1092 00:50:54,384 --> 00:50:57,251 Don't let the future pass you by. 1093 00:50:59,690 --> 00:51:03,421 This man Tucker is a loose cannon. 1094 00:51:03,528 --> 00:51:04,927 He just doesn't understand 1095 00:51:05,029 --> 00:51:06,587 how a corporation runs. 1096 00:51:06,697 --> 00:51:09,257 He's not much of an engineer either. 1097 00:51:09,367 --> 00:51:11,267 If we don't watch out, 1098 00:51:11,369 --> 00:51:14,270 we'll never build those cars in time. 1099 00:51:14,372 --> 00:51:17,273 Why don't we let him go off 1100 00:51:17,375 --> 00:51:19,775 on a nice long publicity tour? 1101 00:51:19,877 --> 00:51:22,141 Not a bad idea. 1102 00:51:31,222 --> 00:51:32,189 All right. 1103 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,416 Preston, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Mellon. 1104 00:51:59,517 --> 00:52:00,916 Preston Tucker. 1105 00:52:13,564 --> 00:52:15,498 Mr. Preston Tucker, 1106 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,000 the key to our fair city 1107 00:52:18,102 --> 00:52:19,501 and this beautiful plaque 1108 00:52:19,604 --> 00:52:21,003 to commemorate your achievements. 1109 00:52:51,068 --> 00:52:52,467 The Tuckers are here. 1110 00:52:57,475 --> 00:52:58,499 Sir. 1111 00:52:58,609 --> 00:52:59,507 Wow. 1112 00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:00,941 This is it... Chicago. 1113 00:53:01,045 --> 00:53:03,946 This has got to be 100 stories high. 1114 00:53:05,349 --> 00:53:07,146 This way, ma'am. 1115 00:53:10,087 --> 00:53:10,985 Well, 1116 00:53:11,088 --> 00:53:13,488 how do you like it, huh? 1117 00:53:15,526 --> 00:53:18,427 I got a real buy on it. 1118 00:53:18,529 --> 00:53:19,427 Hello, Millie. 1119 00:53:19,530 --> 00:53:20,929 How are you, darling? 1120 00:53:21,032 --> 00:53:22,226 Hi, Millie. 1121 00:53:22,333 --> 00:53:23,732 In here, the kitchen. 1122 00:53:23,834 --> 00:53:25,233 You got an elevator 1123 00:53:25,336 --> 00:53:27,201 goes up and down. 1124 00:53:27,305 --> 00:53:30,638 Strap-work ceilings. Beautiful. 1125 00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:34,770 That's why I got it so cheap, 1126 00:53:34,879 --> 00:53:36,278 from a vaudeville family. 1127 00:53:36,380 --> 00:53:38,644 Uh... very wealthy, 1128 00:53:38,749 --> 00:53:39,773 but, uh... 1129 00:53:39,884 --> 00:53:41,283 midgets. 1130 00:53:47,925 --> 00:53:50,826 I want to buy a steel plant. 1131 00:53:50,928 --> 00:53:52,327 We need one. 1132 00:53:52,430 --> 00:53:54,990 I'll check with Beasley at War Assets 1133 00:53:55,099 --> 00:53:58,000 and see if we can't find another plant. 1134 00:53:58,102 --> 00:54:00,002 How do you get one? 1135 00:54:00,104 --> 00:54:02,436 They go to the highest bidder. 1136 00:54:02,540 --> 00:54:03,438 May I? 1137 00:54:05,576 --> 00:54:07,976 That's a hell of a lighter. 1138 00:54:16,153 --> 00:54:19,054 Here are the new specs from Mr. Bennington. 1139 00:54:19,156 --> 00:54:21,556 64 inches high instead of 56. 1140 00:54:21,659 --> 00:54:23,058 And the wheel track... 1141 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:24,559 Who are you exactly? 1142 00:54:24,662 --> 00:54:26,061 I'm from Engineering upstairs. 1143 00:54:26,163 --> 00:54:29,064 Take a look at what we've done. 1144 00:54:29,166 --> 00:54:30,565 God damn it! 1145 00:54:30,668 --> 00:54:31,566 Damn it! 1146 00:54:31,669 --> 00:54:33,068 Hey, what's the matter? 1147 00:54:33,170 --> 00:54:35,730 Hey, this is better. 1148 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,741 The engine definitely can't go in the rear. 1149 00:54:38,843 --> 00:54:40,674 No rear engine? 1150 00:54:42,179 --> 00:54:43,578 No rear engine? 1151 00:54:43,681 --> 00:54:46,081 We can't get it to work. 1152 00:54:46,183 --> 00:54:47,445 No rear engine! 1153 00:54:47,551 --> 00:54:48,950 We represent Mr. Tucker. 1154 00:54:49,053 --> 00:54:50,452 This is very important. 1155 00:54:50,554 --> 00:54:52,954 I'm sorry. You can't see him. 1156 00:54:53,057 --> 00:54:54,456 He went out. 1157 00:55:00,531 --> 00:55:02,431 Next time Bennington goes out, 1158 00:55:02,533 --> 00:55:05,434 tell him to take his body with him. 1159 00:55:14,545 --> 00:55:16,308 Mrs. Tucker. 1160 00:55:16,414 --> 00:55:19,008 Well, well... 1161 00:55:19,116 --> 00:55:20,777 what a nice surprise. 1162 00:55:20,885 --> 00:55:21,783 I'm, uh... 1163 00:55:21,886 --> 00:55:24,286 l-I'm really delighted to see you. 1164 00:55:24,388 --> 00:55:25,616 Uh, but, um... 1165 00:55:25,723 --> 00:55:30,092 would you be good enough to give my wife a call? 1166 00:55:30,194 --> 00:55:31,593 Mrs. Bennington has complete charge 1167 00:55:31,696 --> 00:55:33,095 of our social visits. 1168 00:55:33,197 --> 00:55:35,597 There's nothing social about this visit. 1169 00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:37,065 Sit down, gentlemen. 1170 00:55:37,168 --> 00:55:39,068 We can skip the minuet. 1171 00:55:43,574 --> 00:55:45,098 What is this? 1172 00:55:46,310 --> 00:55:47,607 And this? 1173 00:55:47,712 --> 00:55:48,838 And this? 1174 00:55:48,946 --> 00:55:50,846 And this is ridiculous. 1175 00:55:50,948 --> 00:55:52,347 Ha ha ha. 1176 00:55:52,450 --> 00:55:54,350 I admire this very much 1177 00:55:54,452 --> 00:55:57,285 when the little woman takes a keen interest 1178 00:55:57,388 --> 00:55:59,288 in her husband's business affairs. 1179 00:55:59,390 --> 00:56:04,157 Why did you change the design of my husband's car? 1180 00:56:04,261 --> 00:56:05,660 And the colors. 1181 00:56:05,763 --> 00:56:08,061 Waltz blue came from the color 1182 00:56:08,165 --> 00:56:09,962 of one of my dresses. 1183 00:56:10,067 --> 00:56:11,056 Mrs. Tucker, 1184 00:56:11,168 --> 00:56:13,966 your husband's fantasy of a rear-engine car, 1185 00:56:14,071 --> 00:56:15,800 well, 1186 00:56:15,906 --> 00:56:18,306 it just doesn't work, that's all. 1187 00:56:18,409 --> 00:56:21,310 There's very little likelihood it'll ever work. 1188 00:56:21,412 --> 00:56:23,243 I'm really sorry about that. 1189 00:56:23,347 --> 00:56:24,644 What about this? 1190 00:56:24,749 --> 00:56:27,650 Preston promised his car would sell for $ 1,000. 1191 00:56:27,752 --> 00:56:30,312 In this memo, you've doubled the price. 1192 00:56:30,421 --> 00:56:31,911 Uh... 1193 00:56:32,022 --> 00:56:33,421 my wife and I 1194 00:56:33,524 --> 00:56:37,426 would like to have you as our guest for dinner. 1195 00:56:37,528 --> 00:56:39,758 I'll buy my own dinner, Benny. 1196 00:56:39,864 --> 00:56:41,126 Answer the question. Why? 1197 00:56:42,333 --> 00:56:44,028 Steel. 1198 00:56:44,135 --> 00:56:47,036 We just can't get any of it. 1199 00:56:47,138 --> 00:56:51,040 It's costing us twice as much as the Big Three. 1200 00:56:51,142 --> 00:56:52,541 Oh, really, Mrs. Tucker, 1201 00:56:52,643 --> 00:56:55,373 I don't mean to be rude, 1202 00:56:55,479 --> 00:56:57,379 but we're in the middle 1203 00:56:57,481 --> 00:56:59,381 of a rather crucial meeting. 1204 00:57:09,460 --> 00:57:12,623 ♪ When you're riding in a Tucker♪ 1205 00:57:12,730 --> 00:57:13,822 ♪ Doo-doo-do♪ 1206 00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:15,558 ♪ When you're riding in a Tucker♪ 1207 00:57:15,666 --> 00:57:16,963 ♪ Doo-doo-do♪ 1208 00:57:17,067 --> 00:57:18,694 ♪ When you're riding in a Tucker♪ 1209 00:57:18,803 --> 00:57:19,827 ♪ Ooh-ah♪ 1210 00:57:19,937 --> 00:57:21,063 ♪ The car of tomorrow♪ 1211 00:57:21,172 --> 00:57:22,230 ♪ The car of tomorrow♪ 1212 00:57:22,339 --> 00:57:23,328 ♪ The car of tomorrow♪ 1213 00:57:23,441 --> 00:57:24,999 ♪ Today♪ 1214 00:57:25,109 --> 00:57:26,804 ♪ The car of tomorrow♪ 1215 00:57:26,911 --> 00:57:29,402 ♪ Today♪ ♪ 1216 00:57:33,717 --> 00:57:34,615 Hi, folks. 1217 00:57:34,718 --> 00:57:36,117 I'm Preston Tucker. 1218 00:57:36,220 --> 00:57:39,121 It's not polite to blow your own horn... 1219 00:57:40,224 --> 00:57:43,625 So I'll let the soundman do it for me. 1220 00:57:46,964 --> 00:57:48,090 But seriously... 1221 00:57:48,199 --> 00:57:49,598 who wrote this? 1222 00:57:49,700 --> 00:57:52,601 I'll think of my own stuff to say. 1223 00:57:52,703 --> 00:57:54,102 Phone for Mr. Tucker. 1224 00:57:54,205 --> 00:57:55,399 I'll call them back. 1225 00:57:55,506 --> 00:57:56,734 It's your wife. 1226 00:57:56,841 --> 00:57:58,240 She says it's important. 1227 00:57:58,342 --> 00:57:59,274 All right. 1228 00:57:59,376 --> 00:58:01,708 We can do better than this. 1229 00:58:02,947 --> 00:58:04,141 Hey, doll. 1230 00:58:04,248 --> 00:58:06,148 Get back here right away. 1231 00:58:06,250 --> 00:58:08,241 Dad, Bennington's changed the designs 1232 00:58:08,352 --> 00:58:10,252 to a standard front-mounted engine. 1233 00:58:10,354 --> 00:58:12,914 He's changed the whole body and everything. 1234 00:58:13,023 --> 00:58:14,888 Don't worry. It's all right. 1235 00:58:14,992 --> 00:58:17,119 If Bennington keeps tooling up 1236 00:58:17,228 --> 00:58:19,788 for his 1940 Plymouth version he's building, 1237 00:58:19,897 --> 00:58:22,457 it'll cost millions for us to retool. 1238 00:58:22,566 --> 00:58:23,965 We have to sell stock. 1239 00:58:24,068 --> 00:58:26,969 Otherwise, there won't be a car to ruin. 1240 00:58:27,071 --> 00:58:28,299 When I get home, 1241 00:58:28,405 --> 00:58:31,067 I'll send him back to the mortuary. 1242 00:58:31,175 --> 00:58:33,643 Bennington says we'll have to double the price 1243 00:58:33,744 --> 00:58:36,304 because we're being charged double for steel. 1244 00:58:36,413 --> 00:58:38,040 Turn that down! 1245 00:58:38,148 --> 00:58:41,208 And, Preston, no waltz blue. 1246 00:58:41,318 --> 00:58:42,216 What? 1247 00:58:42,319 --> 00:58:43,217 Our color. 1248 00:58:44,722 --> 00:58:47,122 Doll, I'm on my way back. 1249 00:58:47,224 --> 00:58:48,122 All right. 1250 00:58:51,228 --> 00:58:53,128 The rear engine is out. 1251 00:58:53,230 --> 00:58:56,131 Your own engineers admit that 589 engine 1252 00:58:56,233 --> 00:58:57,632 is a failure. 1253 00:58:57,735 --> 00:59:00,067 The chair recognizes no further discussion. 1254 00:59:00,170 --> 00:59:02,035 Who made him the chair? 1255 00:59:02,139 --> 00:59:03,163 Also denied 1256 00:59:03,274 --> 00:59:05,572 and eliminated from any further discussion 1257 00:59:05,676 --> 00:59:07,075 are disc brakes, 1258 00:59:07,177 --> 00:59:09,543 fuel injection, 1259 00:59:09,647 --> 00:59:12,115 hydraulic valve lifters, 1260 00:59:12,216 --> 00:59:13,274 seat belts... 1261 00:59:13,384 --> 00:59:14,282 Seat belts? 1262 00:59:14,385 --> 00:59:17,286 How can you object to seat belts? 1263 00:59:17,388 --> 00:59:18,616 Our marketing department 1264 00:59:18,722 --> 00:59:21,282 says they imply the cars are unsafe. 1265 00:59:21,392 --> 00:59:24,293 If one person is killed in a Tucker 1266 00:59:24,395 --> 00:59:27,296 because of some safety feature you eliminated... 1267 00:59:27,398 --> 00:59:28,797 May I remind you, 1268 00:59:28,899 --> 00:59:31,459 you have no voice in policy matters. 1269 00:59:31,569 --> 00:59:33,799 I'm in complete charge of this company. 1270 00:59:33,904 --> 00:59:35,701 What company? My company? 1271 00:59:35,806 --> 00:59:36,932 Ha ha ha. 1272 00:59:37,041 --> 00:59:39,703 I think you'll find it stated unequivocally 1273 00:59:39,810 --> 00:59:42,108 in my contract. 1274 00:59:48,419 --> 00:59:49,943 Is that true? 1275 00:59:52,323 --> 00:59:55,224 We needed his name to sell the stock. 1276 00:59:56,493 --> 00:59:58,893 We needed a man with experience 1277 00:59:58,996 --> 00:59:59,663 to run things, but... 1278 00:59:59,663 --> 01:00:00,322 to run things, but... 1279 01:00:00,431 --> 01:00:02,695 Tucker, I give you my word, 1280 01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:04,131 I swear to God, 1281 01:00:04,234 --> 01:00:07,135 I didn't know that was in his contract. 1282 01:00:09,206 --> 01:00:11,231 You can't have Falstaff 1283 01:00:11,342 --> 01:00:14,573 and have him thin, Mr. Tucker. 1284 01:00:14,678 --> 01:00:17,340 What does that mean? 1285 01:00:17,448 --> 01:00:19,177 Well... 1286 01:00:19,283 --> 01:00:23,379 little boats should be kept near the shore. 1287 01:00:23,487 --> 01:00:25,887 He talks like a fortune cookie. 1288 01:00:25,990 --> 01:00:27,389 This is my company. 1289 01:00:27,491 --> 01:00:28,890 That means seat belts, 1290 01:00:28,993 --> 01:00:30,085 disc brakes, 1291 01:00:30,194 --> 01:00:32,662 fuel injection, and a rear engine. 1292 01:00:32,763 --> 01:00:35,231 We'll see about that, Mr. Tucker. 1293 01:00:41,071 --> 01:00:41,205 That son of a bitch isn't getting my company! 1294 01:00:41,205 --> 01:00:45,107 That son of a bitch isn't getting my company! 1295 01:00:45,209 --> 01:00:46,107 Daddy. 1296 01:00:47,211 --> 01:00:48,610 Forgive me, sweetie. 1297 01:00:49,780 --> 01:00:50,974 Hello. 1298 01:00:51,081 --> 01:00:52,639 Hold on. 1299 01:00:52,750 --> 01:00:54,911 Dad, it's for you. 1300 01:00:56,487 --> 01:00:58,387 He says he's Howard Hughes. 1301 01:00:59,757 --> 01:01:01,486 Hello. 1302 01:01:01,592 --> 01:01:03,560 Is this some kind of... 1303 01:01:07,831 --> 01:01:09,230 I'll be right there. 1304 01:01:14,071 --> 01:01:15,470 Well, I'll be. 1305 01:02:29,413 --> 01:02:31,142 Hi. 1306 01:02:31,248 --> 01:02:32,909 Howard Hughes. 1307 01:02:34,618 --> 01:02:37,519 What do you think of it, kid? 1308 01:02:37,621 --> 01:02:39,350 It's big. 1309 01:02:39,456 --> 01:02:41,515 That's what they tell me. 1310 01:02:41,625 --> 01:02:46,062 Here, do you like pistachio nuts? 1311 01:02:46,163 --> 01:02:47,755 Lawyers. 1312 01:02:47,865 --> 01:02:49,765 All they can think about 1313 01:02:49,867 --> 01:02:52,768 is whether it will fly or not. 1314 01:02:52,870 --> 01:02:54,770 Who cares whether it flies? 1315 01:02:54,872 --> 01:02:57,170 That's not the point. 1316 01:02:57,274 --> 01:02:58,764 And... 1317 01:02:58,876 --> 01:03:00,707 Spruce Goose. 1318 01:03:00,811 --> 01:03:03,211 Why do they call it that? 1319 01:03:03,313 --> 01:03:05,213 That seem funny to you? 1320 01:03:05,315 --> 01:03:06,714 I can't tell anymore. 1321 01:03:08,752 --> 01:03:10,185 People. 1322 01:03:10,287 --> 01:03:13,154 Did I change, or... 1323 01:03:13,257 --> 01:03:16,658 did the cosmic sense of humor? 1324 01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:20,594 I used to laugh when they did. 1325 01:03:20,697 --> 01:03:22,927 This... 1326 01:03:23,033 --> 01:03:24,898 prick... 1327 01:03:25,002 --> 01:03:26,867 Homer Ferguson. 1328 01:03:26,970 --> 01:03:29,530 He's after me, too. 1329 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:32,905 Subpoenaed me for a congressional investigation 1330 01:03:33,010 --> 01:03:36,070 which either I show up for, 1331 01:03:36,180 --> 01:03:37,670 in person, 1332 01:03:37,781 --> 01:03:40,249 or he's going to send me to jail. 1333 01:03:44,154 --> 01:03:45,849 I'm already in jail. 1334 01:03:53,463 --> 01:03:55,363 Steel. 1335 01:03:55,465 --> 01:03:57,865 That's what I called you about. 1336 01:03:57,968 --> 01:04:00,061 There's a helicopter plant 1337 01:04:00,170 --> 01:04:02,638 in, uh, Syracuse, 1338 01:04:02,739 --> 01:04:06,300 called the Air-Cooled Motor Company. 1339 01:04:06,410 --> 01:04:09,777 And they're not connected to any government agency, 1340 01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:11,108 so... 1341 01:04:12,783 --> 01:04:16,048 the politicians can't screw you out of it. 1342 01:04:18,455 --> 01:04:20,650 Well, this helicopter company 1343 01:04:20,757 --> 01:04:23,453 has all the steel you need. 1344 01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:27,121 And they're on their ass financially, so... 1345 01:04:27,231 --> 01:04:29,722 if you hurry up, 1346 01:04:29,833 --> 01:04:31,630 they're ready to deal. 1347 01:04:33,337 --> 01:04:34,429 And they... 1348 01:04:34,538 --> 01:04:38,736 they make a really fine aluminum engine. 1349 01:04:38,842 --> 01:04:41,208 But listen, now. 1350 01:04:41,311 --> 01:04:43,336 For God's sake, now, 1351 01:04:43,447 --> 01:04:44,607 you don't... 1352 01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:51,979 I wonder... 1353 01:04:53,724 --> 01:04:56,625 I wonder how they get the blood off. 1354 01:05:07,371 --> 01:05:09,771 Well, what do you think, Jimmy? 1355 01:05:09,873 --> 01:05:11,534 It's a helicopter engine. 1356 01:05:11,642 --> 01:05:13,542 It needs to be converted 1357 01:05:13,644 --> 01:05:15,043 from air-cooled to water. 1358 01:05:15,145 --> 01:05:17,943 But as a starting point, maybe. 1359 01:05:18,048 --> 01:05:20,448 It's small, which is good. Simple. 1360 01:05:20,550 --> 01:05:22,541 I'll work on the drawings. 1361 01:05:22,653 --> 01:05:24,553 Oh, time. Time. 1362 01:05:24,655 --> 01:05:26,555 Fighting Bennington would take years. 1363 01:05:26,657 --> 01:05:30,058 Meanwhile, he's retooling his car as fast as possible. 1364 01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,754 We'll have to build this engine right here 1365 01:05:32,863 --> 01:05:34,262 out of Bennington's sight. 1366 01:05:34,364 --> 01:05:36,798 The Senate War Investigating Committee 1367 01:05:36,900 --> 01:05:39,300 has subpoenaed aircraft designer Howard Hughes. 1368 01:05:39,403 --> 01:05:41,303 The committee will investigate charges... 1369 01:05:41,405 --> 01:05:43,805 We need a new cam shaft. 1370 01:05:45,842 --> 01:05:48,743 Intake manifold's going to have to be reworked. 1371 01:05:48,845 --> 01:05:51,245 Excuse me, but in a helicopter, 1372 01:05:51,348 --> 01:05:53,748 doesn't the engine stand straight up? 1373 01:05:53,850 --> 01:05:55,750 If we lay our sideways, 1374 01:05:55,852 --> 01:05:58,753 we'll need an oil pan down there. 1375 01:05:58,855 --> 01:06:00,254 Ha ha ha! 1376 01:06:00,357 --> 01:06:01,756 OK, whatever we do 1377 01:06:01,858 --> 01:06:05,259 has got to fit into the Franklin assembly line. 1378 01:06:05,362 --> 01:06:06,761 That's it, gentlemen. 1379 01:06:12,970 --> 01:06:15,302 Hey, come on! Eddie, come on. 1380 01:06:15,405 --> 01:06:17,305 We only got till tomorrow 1381 01:06:17,407 --> 01:06:19,466 to get this thing together. 1382 01:06:19,576 --> 01:06:21,476 Click it over. 1383 01:06:24,081 --> 01:06:25,708 Get another battery. 1384 01:06:38,729 --> 01:06:39,627 Yay! 1385 01:06:39,730 --> 01:06:40,628 Hey, hey! 1386 01:06:41,765 --> 01:06:42,663 Got it! 1387 01:06:47,270 --> 01:06:48,669 Go ahead! Go ahead! 1388 01:06:48,772 --> 01:06:50,171 There he goes! 1389 01:06:50,273 --> 01:06:51,501 Woo-hoo! 1390 01:06:51,608 --> 01:06:53,007 Just like a swan. 1391 01:06:53,110 --> 01:06:56,011 I want it smooth like a swan. 1392 01:06:56,113 --> 01:06:57,512 Get out of here! 1393 01:06:57,614 --> 01:06:59,013 You're in the shot! 1394 01:07:02,019 --> 01:07:02,951 Go, Eddie! 1395 01:07:04,388 --> 01:07:05,685 Woo! 1396 01:07:06,790 --> 01:07:08,189 Sounds mighty nice. 1397 01:07:08,291 --> 01:07:09,189 Hey, Eddie! 1398 01:07:09,292 --> 01:07:10,190 Yeah? 1399 01:07:10,293 --> 01:07:12,193 We can drive in relays. 1400 01:07:12,295 --> 01:07:15,196 24 hours without a stop and push her! 1401 01:07:15,298 --> 01:07:17,198 Push her to the limit! 1402 01:07:18,769 --> 01:07:19,701 Go! 1403 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:25,740 I hope it holds up. 1404 01:07:28,845 --> 01:07:29,937 Good. Good. 1405 01:07:49,132 --> 01:07:50,030 It's neat. 1406 01:07:50,133 --> 01:07:51,031 Having fun? 1407 01:07:51,134 --> 01:07:52,032 Yeah. 1408 01:07:53,036 --> 01:07:54,936 What have we got now? 1409 01:07:56,406 --> 01:07:58,237 171/2 hours. 1410 01:07:59,743 --> 01:08:00,869 To go? 1411 01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:31,530 God damn! 1412 01:08:31,641 --> 01:08:34,337 All right, all right. Stay with him. 1413 01:08:57,334 --> 01:08:58,460 Charlie? Homer. 1414 01:08:58,568 --> 01:09:01,969 That son a bitch Tucker built the damn thing. 1415 01:09:02,072 --> 01:09:04,905 Well, not everything he advertised, not yet. 1416 01:09:05,008 --> 01:09:06,908 But enough to cost billions 1417 01:09:07,010 --> 01:09:09,205 just to keep up with him. 1418 01:09:09,312 --> 01:09:11,143 I'll take care of him. 1419 01:09:12,249 --> 01:09:13,682 We did it! 1420 01:09:22,893 --> 01:09:24,758 Hey, Eddie! 1421 01:09:24,861 --> 01:09:27,022 Oh, my God! 1422 01:09:27,130 --> 01:09:28,529 Hold the camera! 1423 01:09:30,867 --> 01:09:32,027 Eddie! 1424 01:09:33,136 --> 01:09:35,036 Eddie, are you all right? 1425 01:09:35,138 --> 01:09:36,537 Get an ambulance quick! 1426 01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:38,540 All right. Now, watch out. 1427 01:09:38,642 --> 01:09:41,702 Watch it. Hold it up. Watch yourself. 1428 01:09:41,811 --> 01:09:43,039 You OK? 1429 01:09:45,315 --> 01:09:46,213 Blah. 1430 01:09:46,316 --> 01:09:47,214 Yeah. 1431 01:09:49,319 --> 01:09:51,719 Clocked out just like we said. 1432 01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:53,721 Look at that thing. 1433 01:09:53,823 --> 01:09:55,222 I can't believe it. 1434 01:09:57,227 --> 01:10:00,128 I bet you 2 bucks it still runs. 1435 01:10:00,230 --> 01:10:03,131 Go ahead. Start it up. Let's see. 1436 01:10:05,302 --> 01:10:06,200 Aah! 1437 01:10:06,303 --> 01:10:07,201 Hoo-hoo! 1438 01:10:09,172 --> 01:10:11,163 Told ya. 1439 01:10:11,274 --> 01:10:12,172 Woo! 1440 01:10:12,275 --> 01:10:14,641 All right! 1441 01:10:14,744 --> 01:10:16,439 Woo! 1442 01:10:16,546 --> 01:10:18,946 It's a hell of a car. 1443 01:10:19,049 --> 01:10:21,950 It's one hell of a damn car! 1444 01:10:22,052 --> 01:10:25,180 That's a hell of a ride there, partner. 1445 01:10:26,289 --> 01:10:28,189 You got it, didn't you? 1446 01:10:28,291 --> 01:10:29,690 Yeah, we got it! 1447 01:10:29,793 --> 01:10:32,694 You look like you didn't get it! 1448 01:10:32,796 --> 01:10:34,195 We got it. 1449 01:10:34,297 --> 01:10:35,525 We got it, right? 1450 01:10:35,632 --> 01:10:36,826 We didn't get it. 1451 01:10:38,468 --> 01:10:39,730 That's right. 1452 01:10:39,836 --> 01:10:42,737 We're going to go back to the original drawings. 1453 01:10:42,839 --> 01:10:43,806 Keep everything the same... 1454 01:10:43,907 --> 01:10:45,670 the rear engine, et cetera, 1455 01:10:45,775 --> 01:10:47,174 except for these numbers... 1456 01:10:47,277 --> 01:10:48,175 13... 1457 01:10:48,278 --> 01:10:50,178 Tucker, what is going on? 1458 01:10:50,280 --> 01:10:52,180 I see you've resumed production 1459 01:10:52,282 --> 01:10:53,681 on your rear-engine car. 1460 01:10:53,783 --> 01:10:56,843 By whose authority are you doing this? 1461 01:10:56,953 --> 01:10:59,444 That's the car you signed for, 1462 01:10:59,556 --> 01:11:01,456 that's the car we're making. 1463 01:11:01,558 --> 01:11:04,459 If you think you'll get away with this... 1464 01:11:04,561 --> 01:11:06,495 "Little ships fine," Confucius say. 1465 01:11:06,596 --> 01:11:09,497 "Rowboats long in tooth make big noise, 1466 01:11:09,599 --> 01:11:10,497 go nowhere." 1467 01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:12,568 Ha ha ha ha ha! 1468 01:11:12,669 --> 01:11:15,934 Mr. Tucker, you're going to hear from my attorney. 1469 01:11:16,039 --> 01:11:17,939 You can count on that. 1470 01:11:18,041 --> 01:11:19,508 Good morning, sir. 1471 01:11:20,610 --> 01:11:22,510 Nothing can stop us now. 1472 01:11:22,612 --> 01:11:24,705 "You'll hear from my attorney." 1473 01:11:26,916 --> 01:11:29,817 This beautiful shot of the grill. 1474 01:11:29,919 --> 01:11:32,820 Now watch this beauty shot of the side. 1475 01:11:32,922 --> 01:11:35,322 Wait till you see this attendant. 1476 01:11:35,425 --> 01:11:38,724 He's much better than that fat guy was. 1477 01:11:38,828 --> 01:11:41,228 Wait till you see this shot. 1478 01:11:41,331 --> 01:11:42,229 It's great. 1479 01:11:42,332 --> 01:11:45,165 He puts down the rag, throws it down. 1480 01:11:45,268 --> 01:11:47,668 I took out kicking the tire. 1481 01:11:47,771 --> 01:11:49,363 This is the best. Watch. 1482 01:11:49,472 --> 01:11:50,564 Aw! Aw! 1483 01:11:50,674 --> 01:11:52,232 Look at his eyes. 1484 01:11:53,343 --> 01:11:54,241 Now watch. 1485 01:11:54,344 --> 01:11:55,743 Here, I don't know. 1486 01:11:55,845 --> 01:11:57,745 What about a close-up? 1487 01:11:57,847 --> 01:12:00,247 Why did you leave the tire out? 1488 01:12:00,350 --> 01:12:02,750 The finger. Do we need it? 1489 01:12:02,852 --> 01:12:06,253 Not the finger, but the tire. 1490 01:12:06,356 --> 01:12:09,257 Abe, I want you to see this. 1491 01:12:09,359 --> 01:12:11,657 Stan's promo film. It's great. 1492 01:12:11,761 --> 01:12:13,729 Come here. Shh. Come here. 1493 01:12:16,232 --> 01:12:18,223 All right! All right! 1494 01:12:18,335 --> 01:12:21,634 Turn it off. I'll see the end later. 1495 01:12:23,239 --> 01:12:24,137 What? 1496 01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:26,731 Did you like it when he went... 1497 01:12:26,843 --> 01:12:27,741 Yes. 1498 01:12:35,685 --> 01:12:38,586 What's all this cloak and dagger business now? 1499 01:12:38,688 --> 01:12:40,087 Your office is wired. 1500 01:12:40,190 --> 01:12:41,589 The board room, 1501 01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:43,591 the whole plant, even washrooms. 1502 01:12:43,693 --> 01:12:46,526 Ever since you road-tested the new car, 1503 01:12:46,629 --> 01:12:49,393 40 G-men have followed you around the clock. 1504 01:12:49,499 --> 01:12:51,899 You made the car too good. 1505 01:12:52,001 --> 01:12:54,902 The whole idea is building a better mousetrap. 1506 01:12:55,004 --> 01:12:56,904 Not if you're the mouse. 1507 01:13:00,210 --> 01:13:02,110 What are you talking about? 1508 01:13:02,212 --> 01:13:04,146 We did it. We won. 1509 01:13:04,247 --> 01:13:08,149 In 2 weeks, 100 cars will come out a day. 1510 01:13:08,251 --> 01:13:11,152 Frank the press agent says in two weeks 1511 01:13:11,254 --> 01:13:14,655 you'll be dead and buried by the Big Three. 1512 01:13:23,533 --> 01:13:24,500 Here. 1513 01:13:26,736 --> 01:13:28,328 It's my resignation. 1514 01:13:30,707 --> 01:13:31,674 Take it. 1515 01:13:31,775 --> 01:13:34,175 You're bailing out, is that it? 1516 01:13:34,277 --> 01:13:37,178 Captains go down with their ships, 1517 01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:38,178 not businessmen. 1518 01:13:38,281 --> 01:13:40,078 Look me in the eye. 1519 01:13:40,183 --> 01:13:41,912 You're too good a salesman 1520 01:13:42,018 --> 01:13:45,317 not to look a customer in the eyes. 1521 01:13:45,422 --> 01:13:47,322 You think I'm playing games? 1522 01:13:47,424 --> 01:13:50,416 You're trying some double-whammy hustle backwards! Why? 1523 01:13:50,527 --> 01:13:51,926 I have to say it? 1524 01:13:52,028 --> 01:13:53,928 Yeah. Let's start from there. 1525 01:14:01,404 --> 01:14:02,530 OK. 1526 01:14:05,475 --> 01:14:08,239 I did three years in the pen 1527 01:14:08,344 --> 01:14:09,675 for bank fraud. 1528 01:14:12,348 --> 01:14:13,713 So what? 1529 01:14:13,817 --> 01:14:16,217 So they'll use it against you. 1530 01:14:16,319 --> 01:14:19,720 What, you think because of this piece of paper, 1531 01:14:19,823 --> 01:14:21,688 they're not going to? 1532 01:14:21,791 --> 01:14:23,759 Leave me alone, will you? 1533 01:14:24,994 --> 01:14:28,794 The whole 10 years since I've been in the pen, 1534 01:14:28,898 --> 01:14:32,800 it never bothered me for two seconds I'm an ex-con. 1535 01:14:32,902 --> 01:14:34,301 Why should it? 1536 01:14:34,404 --> 01:14:35,496 Who cared? 1537 01:14:38,475 --> 01:14:43,412 But for you and Vera and the kids to know... 1538 01:14:45,248 --> 01:14:48,115 I'm ashamed. 1539 01:14:48,218 --> 01:14:50,015 Abe, come on. 1540 01:14:52,021 --> 01:14:54,854 When I was a little kid, 1541 01:14:54,958 --> 01:14:57,859 maybe 5 years old in the old country, 1542 01:14:57,961 --> 01:14:59,861 my mother would warn me, 1543 01:14:59,963 --> 01:15:02,363 "Don't get too close to people. 1544 01:15:02,465 --> 01:15:05,229 You'll catch their dreams." 1545 01:15:05,335 --> 01:15:08,168 Years later, I realized I misunderstood her. 1546 01:15:08,271 --> 01:15:09,898 Germs, she said, not dreams. 1547 01:15:10,006 --> 01:15:11,803 "You'll catch their germs." 1548 01:15:14,711 --> 01:15:17,612 I want you to know something, Tucker. 1549 01:15:17,714 --> 01:15:21,115 I went into business with you to make money. 1550 01:15:21,217 --> 01:15:22,445 That's all. 1551 01:15:22,552 --> 01:15:25,612 How was I to know... 1552 01:15:27,056 --> 01:15:30,457 if I got too close, I'd catch your dreams? 1553 01:15:40,870 --> 01:15:42,098 Here. 1554 01:15:43,373 --> 01:15:47,036 If you want to know how they'll finish you off, 1555 01:15:47,143 --> 01:15:50,544 listen to Drew Pearson tomorrow night on the radio. 1556 01:16:09,832 --> 01:16:09,966 Noble, bring it in! 1557 01:16:09,966 --> 01:16:12,230 Noble, bring it in! 1558 01:16:12,335 --> 01:16:13,324 Don't yell. 1559 01:16:13,436 --> 01:16:15,461 Good evening. This is Drew Pearson. 1560 01:16:15,572 --> 01:16:17,972 The hottest news in Washington today 1561 01:16:18,074 --> 01:16:19,473 is about Preston Tucker, 1562 01:16:19,576 --> 01:16:21,407 that promotion happy self-styled genius 1563 01:16:21,511 --> 01:16:22,910 and revolutionary auto maker. 1564 01:16:23,012 --> 01:16:23,910 - Yay! - Yay! 1565 01:16:24,013 --> 01:16:25,412 For several months, 1566 01:16:25,515 --> 01:16:27,312 he has been under investigation 1567 01:16:27,417 --> 01:16:29,817 by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1568 01:16:29,919 --> 01:16:32,820 They're ready to blow the lid off 1569 01:16:32,922 --> 01:16:35,823 one of the slickest multimillion dollar frauds 1570 01:16:35,925 --> 01:16:38,086 ever perpetrated on the American people. 1571 01:16:38,194 --> 01:16:40,094 Not only does the car 1572 01:16:40,196 --> 01:16:43,097 have none of the futuristic features advertised, 1573 01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:45,030 but it was put together 1574 01:16:45,134 --> 01:16:48,160 from parts found in city dumps. 1575 01:16:48,271 --> 01:16:51,172 Local wags, having dubbed it the Tin Goose, 1576 01:16:51,274 --> 01:16:52,673 find it particularly amusing 1577 01:16:52,775 --> 01:16:56,040 that Mr. Tucker's car of tomorrow 1578 01:16:56,145 --> 01:16:58,045 can't even back up. 1579 01:16:58,147 --> 01:16:59,409 Bull! 1580 01:16:59,515 --> 01:17:02,416 Nor can Mr. Tucker at this point. 1581 01:17:02,518 --> 01:17:03,917 Senator Homer Ferguson 1582 01:17:04,020 --> 01:17:05,920 will spearhead a congressional probe 1583 01:17:06,022 --> 01:17:09,048 to find out exactly what happened 1584 01:17:09,158 --> 01:17:12,127 to the $ 26 million Tucker raised. 1585 01:17:12,228 --> 01:17:13,627 One thing for certain... 1586 01:17:13,730 --> 01:17:16,563 he didn't spend it making cars. 1587 01:17:16,666 --> 01:17:20,227 The rumor around Capitol Hill this week... 1588 01:17:26,409 --> 01:17:28,741 They can't say that. 1589 01:17:28,845 --> 01:17:31,075 We'll kill 'em. 1590 01:17:31,180 --> 01:17:34,581 Are you going to let them say that, pop? 1591 01:17:34,684 --> 01:17:37,585 Who do they think they're dealing with, 1592 01:17:37,687 --> 01:17:39,086 some cream puff? 1593 01:17:40,857 --> 01:17:42,256 They don't know it, 1594 01:17:42,358 --> 01:17:44,690 but they just opened Aunt Dora's box. 1595 01:17:49,298 --> 01:17:51,198 We love you, daddy. 1596 01:17:52,802 --> 01:17:55,828 But it's Pandora's box. 1597 01:18:02,812 --> 01:18:04,245 Oh, no. 1598 01:18:07,316 --> 01:18:09,216 Good morning, Miss Yanpaulski. 1599 01:18:09,318 --> 01:18:12,219 When did they take the files, last night? 1600 01:18:12,321 --> 01:18:13,549 The S.E.C.? 1601 01:18:13,656 --> 01:18:15,283 Nobody touched anything here. 1602 01:18:15,391 --> 01:18:17,655 I called all the departments myself. 1603 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:20,786 Get me the editor on the phone. 1604 01:18:24,834 --> 01:18:27,962 Can you believe that? 1605 01:18:29,839 --> 01:18:31,670 Nice day. 1606 01:18:31,774 --> 01:18:33,173 You come back here! 1607 01:18:33,276 --> 01:18:35,267 You can't go in there! 1608 01:18:35,378 --> 01:18:39,144 We're from the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1609 01:18:39,248 --> 01:18:41,148 We have a court order 1610 01:18:41,250 --> 01:18:42,649 confiscating all files, 1611 01:18:42,752 --> 01:18:45,118 letters, accounting books. 1612 01:18:47,790 --> 01:18:49,189 If you simply cooperate, 1613 01:18:49,292 --> 01:18:50,691 we'll work quickly. 1614 01:18:50,793 --> 01:18:52,693 That's quite a newspaper, mister. 1615 01:18:52,795 --> 01:18:55,525 It's the only one that prints the news 1616 01:18:55,631 --> 01:18:57,098 before it happens. 1617 01:18:57,200 --> 01:18:58,599 So, speaking for myself 1618 01:18:58,701 --> 01:19:01,602 and the other members of the board, 1619 01:19:01,704 --> 01:19:03,604 we hereby submit our resignations, 1620 01:19:03,706 --> 01:19:05,970 effective immediately. 1621 01:19:07,410 --> 01:19:08,809 What about the dealers 1622 01:19:08,911 --> 01:19:10,538 filing suit against you? 1623 01:19:10,646 --> 01:19:12,546 What about the district attorney 1624 01:19:12,648 --> 01:19:14,081 confiscating the company's assets? 1625 01:19:14,183 --> 01:19:15,582 Ladies and gentlemen, please. 1626 01:19:15,685 --> 01:19:17,778 Address questions to Mr. Bennington. 1627 01:19:17,887 --> 01:19:20,720 How long will the plant stay open? 1628 01:19:20,823 --> 01:19:22,723 The plant is officially closed. 1629 01:20:41,037 --> 01:20:41,935 Hey, hey. 1630 01:20:42,038 --> 01:20:42,936 Hey, hey! 1631 01:20:43,039 --> 01:20:43,937 It's dad! 1632 01:20:44,040 --> 01:20:44,870 Yeah. 1633 01:20:59,021 --> 01:21:00,921 Let's see your driver's license. 1634 01:21:01,023 --> 01:21:03,423 Swell. Where's the girls, huh? 1635 01:21:03,526 --> 01:21:04,925 It comes alone. 1636 01:21:05,027 --> 01:21:05,925 Hold that. 1637 01:21:06,028 --> 01:21:07,427 Ohh. 1638 01:21:10,199 --> 01:21:11,928 This is a great interior. 1639 01:21:18,374 --> 01:21:19,773 In a week 1640 01:21:19,876 --> 01:21:21,776 we could push a button 1641 01:21:21,878 --> 01:21:24,369 and produce 100 cars a day. 1642 01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:26,448 Well, tell me something. 1643 01:21:26,549 --> 01:21:29,279 If 50 cars are ready by June 1 st, 1644 01:21:29,385 --> 01:21:31,182 they can't take the plant? 1645 01:21:31,287 --> 01:21:33,380 Not according to the contract. 1646 01:21:33,489 --> 01:21:36,049 How many cars are ready right now? 1647 01:21:36,158 --> 01:21:37,056 47. 1648 01:21:37,159 --> 01:21:39,252 We only need three more? 1649 01:21:39,362 --> 01:21:41,592 Who's going to do it, though? 1650 01:21:41,697 --> 01:21:43,631 We've worked for free before. 1651 01:21:43,733 --> 01:21:46,634 Assemble three cars in four weeks? Ha! 1652 01:21:46,736 --> 01:21:49,500 Can anybody look me in the eye 1653 01:21:49,605 --> 01:21:51,004 and say we can't? 1654 01:21:52,341 --> 01:21:53,706 We can't do it. 1655 01:21:53,809 --> 01:21:54,776 Except you. 1656 01:21:55,978 --> 01:21:57,878 Will you grow a beard? 1657 01:21:57,980 --> 01:22:00,608 Who's he talking to, me? 1658 01:22:00,716 --> 01:22:01,774 Yeah, you. 1659 01:22:01,884 --> 01:22:04,648 You'd look old enough for a department head. 1660 01:22:04,754 --> 01:22:06,449 Ha ha ha. 1661 01:22:15,531 --> 01:22:16,429 Hello. 1662 01:22:16,532 --> 01:22:18,090 Who's this? You? 1663 01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:19,098 Abe? 1664 01:22:19,201 --> 01:22:20,600 Tucker, don't go home. 1665 01:22:20,703 --> 01:22:23,763 The police are waiting there to arrest you. 1666 01:22:23,873 --> 01:22:25,272 Don't go home? 1667 01:22:25,374 --> 01:22:26,773 This you won't believe... 1668 01:22:26,876 --> 01:22:28,275 outside the police station, 1669 01:22:28,377 --> 01:22:30,277 maybe there's 50, 100 reporters, 1670 01:22:30,379 --> 01:22:31,778 photographers, newsreels even. 1671 01:22:31,881 --> 01:22:35,783 They're going to drag you out in leg irons. 1672 01:22:35,885 --> 01:22:36,977 You're kidding. 1673 01:22:37,086 --> 01:22:37,984 Get out! 1674 01:22:38,087 --> 01:22:40,521 Go somewhere they can't find you. 1675 01:22:47,496 --> 01:22:49,054 They want headlines. 1676 01:22:49,165 --> 01:22:51,065 I'll give them a beaut! 1677 01:22:51,167 --> 01:22:52,964 Dad, what are you doing? 1678 01:22:53,069 --> 01:22:54,468 I'm going home. 1679 01:23:11,821 --> 01:23:14,722 One of you fellows have a light? 1680 01:24:18,187 --> 01:24:19,745 Where did he go? 1681 01:24:19,855 --> 01:24:21,083 I don't know. 1682 01:24:21,190 --> 01:24:22,748 We lost him. 1683 01:24:43,879 --> 01:24:45,210 All right! All right! 1684 01:24:45,314 --> 01:24:46,872 Back off! Back off! 1685 01:24:46,982 --> 01:24:48,210 Pipe down! 1686 01:24:49,318 --> 01:24:50,376 Quiet! 1687 01:24:51,654 --> 01:24:52,882 Thank you. 1688 01:24:52,988 --> 01:24:56,048 Now, what is going on here? 1689 01:24:56,158 --> 01:24:57,420 Ask these officers about 1690 01:24:57,526 --> 01:24:59,721 the 100 mile-an-hour chase 1691 01:24:59,829 --> 01:25:02,559 I gave them in this poor wreck. 1692 01:25:02,665 --> 01:25:04,064 Want to cuff me, boys? 1693 01:25:04,166 --> 01:25:05,565 Get in there! 1694 01:25:09,972 --> 01:25:11,371 In the local news, 1695 01:25:11,474 --> 01:25:14,375 Preston Tucker goes on trial this morning 1696 01:25:14,477 --> 01:25:17,378 in the same courthouse Al Capone was convicted. 1697 01:25:17,480 --> 01:25:18,913 Tucker has been charged 1698 01:25:19,014 --> 01:25:21,414 with 25 counts of mail fraud, 1699 01:25:21,517 --> 01:25:23,576 five counts of S.E.C. Violations, 1700 01:25:23,686 --> 01:25:26,746 and one count of conspiracy to defraud. 1701 01:25:26,856 --> 01:25:30,257 If convicted, Tucker, who is out on $ 25,000 bail, 1702 01:25:30,359 --> 01:25:33,920 faces a maximum sentence of 155 years in prison 1703 01:25:34,029 --> 01:25:36,259 plus a $60,000 fine. 1704 01:25:44,306 --> 01:25:45,534 Be seated. 1705 01:25:48,611 --> 01:25:51,444 And regarding his revolutionary designs, 1706 01:25:51,547 --> 01:25:53,845 we'll prove Mr. Tucker only designed 1707 01:25:53,949 --> 01:25:55,746 an elaborate scheme to defraud. 1708 01:25:55,851 --> 01:25:58,547 He only wanted the public's money for nothing, 1709 01:25:58,654 --> 01:26:01,589 and that's exactly what the public got... nothing. 1710 01:26:01,690 --> 01:26:03,089 The government has said 1711 01:26:03,192 --> 01:26:06,093 Mr. Tucker's purpose was to con the public 1712 01:26:06,195 --> 01:26:09,028 into believing a great car was coming. 1713 01:26:09,131 --> 01:26:12,225 His real purpose was to lie 1714 01:26:12,334 --> 01:26:13,801 and get money. 1715 01:26:15,504 --> 01:26:16,903 You all right, mommy? 1716 01:26:17,006 --> 01:26:18,906 It's very hot in here. 1717 01:26:19,008 --> 01:26:22,068 Your father might say it's not the heat, 1718 01:26:22,178 --> 01:26:24,442 it's the humility. 1719 01:26:24,547 --> 01:26:28,574 The Tucker Corporation was started in good faith. 1720 01:26:28,684 --> 01:26:32,711 The defendant intended to mass produce cars. 1721 01:26:32,821 --> 01:26:34,721 His failure to do so 1722 01:26:34,823 --> 01:26:37,587 was caused by a lack of adequate financing 1723 01:26:37,693 --> 01:26:40,423 due to serious outside interference. 1724 01:26:58,380 --> 01:27:00,541 I wouldn't put $ 7,500 down 1725 01:27:00,649 --> 01:27:02,844 on a car dealership 1726 01:27:02,952 --> 01:27:05,147 without a guaranteed supply of cars. 1727 01:27:05,254 --> 01:27:08,121 They were going to produce 1,000 cars a day. 1728 01:27:08,224 --> 01:27:09,987 I run a service station 1729 01:27:10,092 --> 01:27:11,787 and sell some used cars. 1730 01:27:11,894 --> 01:27:13,885 Do you see the person 1731 01:27:13,996 --> 01:27:16,430 who sold you that dealership? 1732 01:27:16,532 --> 01:27:17,863 Him. 1733 01:27:17,967 --> 01:27:19,366 Let the record state 1734 01:27:19,468 --> 01:27:22,232 that the witness identified Mr. Abe Karatz. 1735 01:27:22,338 --> 01:27:24,238 Did he disclose he'd served 1736 01:27:24,340 --> 01:27:26,240 three years for bank fraud? 1737 01:27:26,342 --> 01:27:28,810 Objection. Guilt by association. 1738 01:27:28,911 --> 01:27:30,310 Overruled. 1739 01:27:31,647 --> 01:27:35,981 Is it not true you were convicted in June of 1935 1740 01:27:36,085 --> 01:27:38,053 of conspiring to embezzle funds, 1741 01:27:38,153 --> 01:27:41,179 and you served three years 1742 01:27:41,290 --> 01:27:43,087 in a federal penitentiary? 1743 01:27:43,192 --> 01:27:44,523 That's true. 1744 01:27:44,627 --> 01:27:47,187 Tell me, as a convicted felon, 1745 01:27:47,296 --> 01:27:50,527 do you expect one person in this entire courtroom 1746 01:27:50,633 --> 01:27:52,533 to believe what you say? 1747 01:27:59,708 --> 01:28:00,834 One. 1748 01:28:14,857 --> 01:28:17,587 A well-run corporation doesn't waste money 1749 01:28:17,693 --> 01:28:19,718 to research innovations, 1750 01:28:19,828 --> 01:28:21,227 unless, of course, 1751 01:28:21,330 --> 01:28:23,230 keeping up with the competition 1752 01:28:23,332 --> 01:28:24,230 demands it. 1753 01:28:25,334 --> 01:28:27,734 Here is a man, Mr. Tucker, 1754 01:28:27,836 --> 01:28:29,235 who had the responsibility 1755 01:28:29,338 --> 01:28:31,397 for forming a well-run corporation. 1756 01:28:31,507 --> 01:28:34,408 He has the largest factory in the world, 1757 01:28:34,510 --> 01:28:37,911 containing two foundries, a dozen tool and die shops, 1758 01:28:38,013 --> 01:28:40,345 every piece of equipment ever made. 1759 01:28:40,449 --> 01:28:42,610 Can you suggest why he'd choose 1760 01:28:42,718 --> 01:28:45,312 to build his engine in a barn? 1761 01:28:45,421 --> 01:28:46,319 Objection! 1762 01:28:46,422 --> 01:28:47,320 Sustained. 1763 01:28:47,423 --> 01:28:49,323 Which had so little equipment... 1764 01:28:49,425 --> 01:28:51,188 Please confine your remarks 1765 01:28:51,293 --> 01:28:52,692 to questioning the witness. 1766 01:28:52,795 --> 01:28:55,195 This trial's bought and paid for... 1767 01:28:55,297 --> 01:28:57,697 a Christmas present Detroit gave itself. 1768 01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:00,701 I'll be lucky to get 15 years. 1769 01:29:00,803 --> 01:29:02,703 He hasn't proven anything yet. 1770 01:29:02,805 --> 01:29:03,703 Not legally. 1771 01:29:03,806 --> 01:29:06,866 He has if they think he has. 1772 01:29:18,921 --> 01:29:21,719 I'm an investigating accountant for the S.E.C. 1773 01:29:21,824 --> 01:29:24,622 What was the amount the Tucker Corporation paid 1774 01:29:24,727 --> 01:29:27,560 for the prototype engine and transmission 1775 01:29:27,663 --> 01:29:31,565 which was built entirely from parts found in junk yards? 1776 01:29:31,667 --> 01:29:35,034 $223,000. 1777 01:29:35,137 --> 01:29:36,035 What? 1778 01:29:36,138 --> 01:29:37,366 That's a lie. 1779 01:29:37,473 --> 01:29:39,373 Who received this money? 1780 01:29:39,475 --> 01:29:41,636 Ypsilanti Machine and Tool Company. 1781 01:29:41,744 --> 01:29:43,712 Ypsilanti Machine and Tool Company. 1782 01:29:43,812 --> 01:29:46,212 Can you describe their factory? 1783 01:29:46,315 --> 01:29:48,078 What factory? 1784 01:29:48,183 --> 01:29:49,616 It's a barn. 1785 01:29:49,718 --> 01:29:52,619 I can't believe they'd forge sets of books. 1786 01:29:52,721 --> 01:29:55,713 I've got every receipt, invoice, 1787 01:29:55,824 --> 01:29:57,883 check, bank statement. 1788 01:29:57,993 --> 01:29:58,960 Shh. 1789 01:29:59,061 --> 01:30:01,461 Everything to prove what we spent, 1790 01:30:01,563 --> 01:30:04,293 which is nowhere near what they said. 1791 01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:06,300 Why would they do that 1792 01:30:06,402 --> 01:30:08,233 knowing we can prove otherwise? 1793 01:30:08,337 --> 01:30:09,736 People believe the newspapers, 1794 01:30:09,838 --> 01:30:11,237 however unbelievable. 1795 01:30:11,340 --> 01:30:13,240 If headlines say I'm a crook, 1796 01:30:13,342 --> 01:30:15,742 me and the car are finished. 1797 01:30:15,844 --> 01:30:17,835 That's the whole idea, right? 1798 01:30:17,946 --> 01:30:20,915 I'll bring every paper from the files. 1799 01:30:21,016 --> 01:30:23,416 If they make headlines with lies, 1800 01:30:23,519 --> 01:30:25,783 you'll make bigger headlines with truth. 1801 01:30:44,039 --> 01:30:45,370 I couldn't sleep. 1802 01:30:45,474 --> 01:30:46,372 Good. 1803 01:30:46,475 --> 01:30:48,375 We could use some help. 1804 01:31:10,098 --> 01:31:12,498 The evidence suggests Mr. Tucker diverted 1805 01:31:12,601 --> 01:31:14,501 for his own personal use 1806 01:31:14,603 --> 01:31:16,002 over a million dollars 1807 01:31:16,104 --> 01:31:18,868 of the stockholders' money. 1808 01:31:24,546 --> 01:31:27,447 I have a copy of The Detroit News 1809 01:31:27,549 --> 01:31:30,416 with a story about the S.E.C. Investigation 1810 01:31:30,519 --> 01:31:31,952 of the Tucker Corporation, 1811 01:31:32,054 --> 01:31:35,285 which contains a number of specific details 1812 01:31:35,390 --> 01:31:37,290 which seem to be verbatim 1813 01:31:37,392 --> 01:31:40,293 from the S.E. C report admitted as evidence. 1814 01:31:40,395 --> 01:31:42,989 How did The Detroit News get this information? 1815 01:31:43,098 --> 01:31:44,395 I have no idea. 1816 01:31:46,969 --> 01:31:49,870 Mr. Blue, I have here a deposition 1817 01:31:49,972 --> 01:31:51,371 from one Susan McNamara. 1818 01:31:51,473 --> 01:31:53,873 I believe she's your private secretary, 1819 01:31:53,976 --> 01:31:55,967 in which she states 1820 01:31:56,078 --> 01:31:59,479 she saw you hand a copy of the report 1821 01:31:59,581 --> 01:32:01,981 to the writer of that article. 1822 01:32:02,084 --> 01:32:03,483 Furthermore, you instructed her 1823 01:32:03,585 --> 01:32:05,985 to supply him with an office 1824 01:32:06,088 --> 01:32:07,487 in a federal building 1825 01:32:07,589 --> 01:32:09,887 in which to write that article. 1826 01:32:09,992 --> 01:32:12,358 Now, why, ladies and gentlemen, 1827 01:32:12,461 --> 01:32:14,361 would the S.E.C. Release 1828 01:32:14,463 --> 01:32:15,862 information about Mr. Tucker, 1829 01:32:15,964 --> 01:32:18,865 which may or may not be true, 1830 01:32:18,967 --> 01:32:22,698 when it is against S.E.C. Policy to do so? 1831 01:32:22,804 --> 01:32:25,238 The S.E.C. Isn't on trial. 1832 01:32:25,340 --> 01:32:27,740 If the S.E.C. Can release information 1833 01:32:27,843 --> 01:32:30,744 for the purpose of slandering Mr. Tucker's name, 1834 01:32:30,846 --> 01:32:33,872 then lie about it, like Mr. Blue did... 1835 01:32:33,982 --> 01:32:35,006 Mr. Kirby! 1836 01:32:35,117 --> 01:32:37,881 Then we can't believe Mr. Tucker stole money. 1837 01:32:37,986 --> 01:32:39,886 You know that's not permissible. 1838 01:32:39,988 --> 01:32:42,388 Ladies and gentlemen, I remind you 1839 01:32:42,491 --> 01:32:44,391 the statements of the attorneys 1840 01:32:44,493 --> 01:32:46,154 are not evidence. 1841 01:32:47,462 --> 01:32:48,486 Mr. Kerner, 1842 01:32:48,597 --> 01:32:50,326 any further witnesses? 1843 01:32:52,134 --> 01:32:53,761 The prosecution rests. 1844 01:32:58,340 --> 01:32:58,473 Number three. 1845 01:32:58,473 --> 01:32:59,235 Number three. 1846 01:32:59,341 --> 01:33:01,241 And that makes number 50. 1847 01:33:01,343 --> 01:33:02,742 - Yay! - Yay! 1848 01:33:02,844 --> 01:33:04,243 - Yay! - Yay! 1849 01:33:04,346 --> 01:33:06,439 Whoo! 1850 01:33:12,421 --> 01:33:14,321 I'm so proud of you. 1851 01:33:14,423 --> 01:33:15,321 Whoo! 1852 01:33:15,424 --> 01:33:16,322 Hey! 1853 01:33:16,425 --> 01:33:18,859 We did it! 1854 01:33:18,961 --> 01:33:20,986 A week before deadline. 1855 01:33:21,096 --> 01:33:22,654 It's a real beauty. 1856 01:33:31,006 --> 01:33:33,406 Tomorrow, it's our turn at bat. 1857 01:33:33,508 --> 01:33:36,409 We'll chop them up like cat food. 1858 01:33:36,511 --> 01:33:38,411 We've subpoenaed Ferguson, his wife, 1859 01:33:38,513 --> 01:33:41,914 everybody we need to prove who started this thing, 1860 01:33:42,017 --> 01:33:43,416 why, and how. 1861 01:33:43,518 --> 01:33:46,351 I want all 50 of these cars 1862 01:33:46,455 --> 01:33:47,854 lined up in front 1863 01:33:47,956 --> 01:33:49,981 at the courthouse tomorrow morning. 1864 01:33:50,092 --> 01:33:51,684 - Yay! - Yay! 1865 01:33:51,793 --> 01:33:54,159 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 1866 01:33:54,262 --> 01:33:56,355 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 1867 01:33:56,465 --> 01:33:58,365 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ ♪ 1868 01:33:58,467 --> 01:34:01,925 Where are they? Where are the cars? 1869 01:34:08,010 --> 01:34:09,910 We can't wait any longer. 1870 01:34:10,012 --> 01:34:11,912 Any comment about the news? 1871 01:34:12,014 --> 01:34:12,912 What news? 1872 01:34:13,015 --> 01:34:15,415 Didn't you read the paper? Here. 1873 01:34:24,159 --> 01:34:26,059 "Led by Senator Homer Ferguson, 1874 01:34:26,161 --> 01:34:27,890 a special commission 1875 01:34:27,996 --> 01:34:29,395 appointed by President Truman 1876 01:34:29,498 --> 01:34:31,398 ordered the War Assets Administration 1877 01:34:31,500 --> 01:34:33,400 to evict the Tucker Corporation 1878 01:34:33,502 --> 01:34:35,402 from the former aircraft factory 1879 01:34:35,504 --> 01:34:38,405 and give it to the Lustron Corporation 1880 01:34:38,507 --> 01:34:40,907 for the development of prefab housing." 1881 01:34:48,950 --> 01:34:50,008 Hey, dad! 1882 01:35:01,029 --> 01:35:02,087 Come on! 1883 01:35:02,197 --> 01:35:04,597 Around the corner! Around the corner! 1884 01:35:06,468 --> 01:35:08,868 Come on. Hurry up. Hurry up. 1885 01:35:08,970 --> 01:35:11,700 Around the corner, OK? Hurry up. 1886 01:35:18,380 --> 01:35:19,369 Hey! 1887 01:35:19,481 --> 01:35:20,880 Hey, hey, hey. 1888 01:35:20,982 --> 01:35:23,883 They're digging up every street in town. 1889 01:35:23,985 --> 01:35:27,386 We had to go plumb to China and back. 1890 01:35:27,489 --> 01:35:30,390 I don't get it. This is the 24th. 1891 01:35:30,492 --> 01:35:33,393 I thought we had till the first. 1892 01:35:33,495 --> 01:35:36,396 We had till they dropped the other shoe. 1893 01:35:38,867 --> 01:35:40,266 It's my choice. 1894 01:35:40,368 --> 01:35:41,767 I won't let you... 1895 01:35:41,870 --> 01:35:44,703 They had no right to take that plant. 1896 01:35:44,806 --> 01:35:46,205 Forget the plant. 1897 01:35:46,308 --> 01:35:49,334 The Tucker car is dead. That's politics. 1898 01:35:49,444 --> 01:35:52,345 I won't let you cut your own throat. 1899 01:35:52,447 --> 01:35:55,348 You don't understand how powerful the forces are 1900 01:35:55,450 --> 01:35:57,850 that are working against us here. 1901 01:35:57,953 --> 01:36:00,353 I won't let you do it. 1902 01:36:00,455 --> 01:36:01,854 Tucker, look at me. 1903 01:36:01,957 --> 01:36:03,857 Preston, if you're not careful, 1904 01:36:03,959 --> 01:36:07,122 you're going to spend 20 years in prison. 1905 01:36:07,229 --> 01:36:09,595 We will be developing prefab houses. 1906 01:36:09,698 --> 01:36:12,098 Good to see you, Senator Ferguson. 1907 01:36:12,200 --> 01:36:15,101 These will be for people with low income. 1908 01:36:15,203 --> 01:36:18,104 I never thought I'd see a politician 1909 01:36:18,206 --> 01:36:21,266 with his hands in his own pockets. 1910 01:36:34,489 --> 01:36:37,925 The defense has chosen not to call any witnesses 1911 01:36:38,026 --> 01:36:40,927 because we feel the prosecution has failed 1912 01:36:41,029 --> 01:36:43,361 to make its case. 1913 01:36:43,465 --> 01:36:45,296 And in addition, your honor, 1914 01:36:45,400 --> 01:36:46,799 the defendant would like 1915 01:36:46,902 --> 01:36:48,802 to beg the court's permission 1916 01:36:48,904 --> 01:36:51,532 to make the closing statements himself 1917 01:36:51,640 --> 01:36:54,541 in the feeling that perhaps only he 1918 01:36:54,643 --> 01:36:57,544 can put this trial in its proper perspective. 1919 01:36:59,281 --> 01:37:00,373 No objection. 1920 01:37:03,451 --> 01:37:05,351 Well, permission granted. 1921 01:37:05,453 --> 01:37:08,354 But if anything you say is unacceptable 1922 01:37:08,456 --> 01:37:11,755 in a court of law, I'll stop you. 1923 01:37:14,462 --> 01:37:15,861 Thank you, Your Honor. 1924 01:37:15,964 --> 01:37:17,522 Thank you, Senator. 1925 01:37:17,632 --> 01:37:20,533 Tell them an honest attempt means not guilty. 1926 01:37:22,938 --> 01:37:24,166 The prosecution... 1927 01:37:25,807 --> 01:37:28,708 claims that I never had any intention 1928 01:37:28,810 --> 01:37:30,209 of building any cars, 1929 01:37:30,312 --> 01:37:34,715 that all I wanted was to take the money and run. 1930 01:37:34,816 --> 01:37:37,216 If you decide that they're right, 1931 01:37:37,319 --> 01:37:38,547 well, I'm guilty. 1932 01:37:40,488 --> 01:37:42,388 But according to the law, 1933 01:37:42,490 --> 01:37:45,323 if I tried to make the cars, 1934 01:37:45,427 --> 01:37:47,827 even if they weren't any good, 1935 01:37:47,929 --> 01:37:50,329 even if I didn't make any... 1936 01:37:50,432 --> 01:37:54,630 but if you believe that I tried, 1937 01:37:54,736 --> 01:37:57,136 well, then, I'm not guilty. 1938 01:37:57,239 --> 01:37:59,969 It's not against the law to be stupid, 1939 01:38:00,075 --> 01:38:02,600 which I was, building that prototype. 1940 01:38:02,711 --> 01:38:06,670 What nobody has said is that after the prototype, 1941 01:38:06,781 --> 01:38:10,182 I built the car that I said I would. 1942 01:38:10,285 --> 01:38:13,721 There are 50 of them parked on Adam Street. 1943 01:38:13,822 --> 01:38:16,985 All you have to do is see them, 1944 01:38:17,092 --> 01:38:19,925 and the trial's over. OK, your honor? 1945 01:38:20,028 --> 01:38:21,928 Objection. Inadmissible evidence. 1946 01:38:22,030 --> 01:38:23,292 Sustained. 1947 01:38:23,398 --> 01:38:26,799 Please allow the jury to look out the window. 1948 01:38:26,902 --> 01:38:27,926 Objection. 1949 01:38:28,036 --> 01:38:30,470 You can see them from here. 1950 01:38:30,572 --> 01:38:33,473 This whole thing's about whether I intended 1951 01:38:33,575 --> 01:38:35,440 to build the cars. 1952 01:38:35,543 --> 01:38:38,512 Will the defendant abstain from this flagrant... 1953 01:38:38,613 --> 01:38:40,103 Mr. Tucker! 1954 01:38:40,215 --> 01:38:42,683 Bailiffs, restrain the defendant. 1955 01:38:42,784 --> 01:38:44,308 Wha... why did l... 1956 01:38:44,419 --> 01:38:46,011 Let the man speak! 1957 01:38:46,121 --> 01:38:48,919 Let's hear the rest of it! 1958 01:38:54,396 --> 01:38:56,455 If this behavior continues, 1959 01:38:56,564 --> 01:39:00,864 I may have to declare this a mistrial. 1960 01:39:00,969 --> 01:39:04,496 I will not tolerate one more outburst 1961 01:39:04,606 --> 01:39:08,372 of any kind from anybody in this courtroom! 1962 01:39:08,476 --> 01:39:09,408 I'm sorry. 1963 01:39:13,782 --> 01:39:16,182 You have one minute, Mr. Tucker. 1964 01:39:17,953 --> 01:39:19,352 Thank you, Your Honor. 1965 01:39:36,471 --> 01:39:39,872 When I was a boy I used to, uh... 1966 01:39:39,975 --> 01:39:42,876 I used to read all about Edison 1967 01:39:42,978 --> 01:39:44,377 and the Wright brothers, 1968 01:39:44,479 --> 01:39:45,537 Mr. Ford... 1969 01:39:45,647 --> 01:39:47,376 they were my heroes. 1970 01:39:47,482 --> 01:39:48,881 Rags to riches, 1971 01:39:48,984 --> 01:39:51,885 that's not just the name of a book, 1972 01:39:51,987 --> 01:39:54,888 that's what this country was all about. 1973 01:39:54,990 --> 01:39:57,390 We invented the free enterprise system 1974 01:39:57,492 --> 01:40:00,393 where anybody, no matter who he was, 1975 01:40:00,495 --> 01:40:03,896 where he came from, what class he belonged to, 1976 01:40:03,999 --> 01:40:06,900 if he came up with a better idea 1977 01:40:07,002 --> 01:40:08,060 about anything, 1978 01:40:08,169 --> 01:40:11,900 there's no limit to how far he could go. 1979 01:40:12,007 --> 01:40:15,408 I grew up a generation too late, I guess, 1980 01:40:15,510 --> 01:40:18,411 because now the way the system works, 1981 01:40:18,513 --> 01:40:21,914 the crackpot who comes up with some crazy idea 1982 01:40:22,017 --> 01:40:23,416 that everybody laughs at, 1983 01:40:23,518 --> 01:40:26,419 that later turns out to revolutionize the world, 1984 01:40:26,521 --> 01:40:27,920 he's squashed from above. 1985 01:40:28,023 --> 01:40:30,924 The bureaucrats would rather kill a new idea 1986 01:40:31,026 --> 01:40:33,290 than let it rock the boat. 1987 01:40:33,395 --> 01:40:35,795 Today, Benjamin Franklin would be arrested 1988 01:40:35,897 --> 01:40:38,764 for sailing a kite without a license. 1989 01:40:38,867 --> 01:40:39,834 It's true. 1990 01:40:39,934 --> 01:40:42,494 We're all puffed up with ourselves now 1991 01:40:42,604 --> 01:40:45,095 'cause we invented the bomb. 1992 01:40:45,206 --> 01:40:47,174 Dropped the... 1993 01:40:48,777 --> 01:40:52,178 Beat the daylights out of the Japanese, the Nazis. 1994 01:40:52,280 --> 01:40:53,679 But if big business 1995 01:40:53,782 --> 01:40:56,376 closes the door on the little guy 1996 01:40:56,484 --> 01:40:57,883 with a new idea, 1997 01:40:57,986 --> 01:41:00,386 we're closing the door on progress 1998 01:41:00,488 --> 01:41:02,888 and sabotaging everything we fought for, 1999 01:41:02,991 --> 01:41:05,892 everything that the country stands for. 2000 01:41:09,230 --> 01:41:10,629 We're going to find ourselves 2001 01:41:10,732 --> 01:41:13,166 at the bottom of the heap, 2002 01:41:13,268 --> 01:41:16,169 having no idea how we got there, 2003 01:41:16,271 --> 01:41:19,206 buying radios and cars from our former enemies. 2004 01:41:22,377 --> 01:41:24,777 I don't believe that's going to happen. 2005 01:41:24,879 --> 01:41:27,404 I can't believe it because... 2006 01:41:28,650 --> 01:41:32,051 if I stop believing in the common horse sense 2007 01:41:32,153 --> 01:41:33,552 of the American people, 2008 01:41:33,655 --> 01:41:35,054 there'd be no way 2009 01:41:35,156 --> 01:41:38,557 I could get out of bed in the morning. 2010 01:41:48,770 --> 01:41:49,964 Thank you. 2011 01:42:02,083 --> 01:42:04,643 Why did I let you do that? 2012 01:42:23,004 --> 01:42:24,232 Be seated. 2013 01:42:29,177 --> 01:42:31,771 Has the jury reached a verdict? 2014 01:42:33,948 --> 01:42:35,415 We have, Your Honor. 2015 01:42:40,989 --> 01:42:43,787 Will the defendant please rise. 2016 01:42:47,562 --> 01:42:49,962 We, the jurors... 2017 01:42:51,566 --> 01:42:52,999 find the defendant... 2018 01:42:53,101 --> 01:42:55,661 Preston Tucker... 2019 01:42:58,406 --> 01:42:59,373 Not guilty. 2020 01:43:19,761 --> 01:43:21,661 How about all of you 2021 01:43:21,763 --> 01:43:25,164 take a ride in one of those Tucker cars 2022 01:43:25,266 --> 01:43:26,665 that don't exist? 2023 01:43:40,782 --> 01:43:41,680 Look. 2024 01:43:41,783 --> 01:43:45,742 They love the cars, the people. 2025 01:43:45,853 --> 01:43:47,878 Drives me crazy. 2026 01:43:47,989 --> 01:43:51,254 The Tucker Motor Company's dead. 2027 01:43:51,359 --> 01:43:53,657 They'll never be made. 2028 01:43:53,761 --> 01:43:55,160 We made them. 2029 01:43:55,263 --> 01:43:56,628 50 cars. 2030 01:43:58,533 --> 01:43:59,932 Well, what's the difference, 2031 01:44:00,034 --> 01:44:01,433 50 or 50 million? 2032 01:44:01,536 --> 01:44:02,935 That's only machinery. 2033 01:44:05,273 --> 01:44:09,232 It's the idea that counts, Abe... 2034 01:44:09,344 --> 01:44:11,005 and the dream. 2035 01:45:06,934 --> 01:45:09,334 What are you up to now? 2036 01:45:09,437 --> 01:45:11,337 If I could figure out 2037 01:45:11,439 --> 01:45:14,340 how to make these kerosene refrigerators cheap enough 2038 01:45:14,442 --> 01:45:16,842 so poor people could afford them. 2039 01:45:16,944 --> 01:45:18,775 Big enough for two bottles of milk. 2040 01:45:18,880 --> 01:45:20,279 That's all. 2041 01:45:20,381 --> 01:45:23,782 So their kids won't have to get rickets, see? 2042 01:45:23,885 --> 01:45:26,376 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 2043 01:45:26,487 --> 01:45:27,977 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ 2044 01:45:28,089 --> 01:45:30,182 ♪ Hold that tiger♪ ♪ 2045 01:50:35,099 --> 01:50:37,110 Tip for download: Open Subtitles MKV Player 135434