1 00:00:26,944 --> 00:00:30,622 Hoss, why don't you take a little sip of this water. 2 00:00:32,672 --> 00:00:34,462 Easy now. 3 00:00:36,576 --> 00:00:38,399 There you go. 4 00:00:38,464 --> 00:00:40,188 Thanks, little brother. 5 00:00:41,184 --> 00:00:42,461 Yes? 6 00:00:43,388 --> 00:00:45,331 Is the doctor in? 7 00:00:45,404 --> 00:00:46,714 No. 8 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:49,083 When do you expect him? 9 00:00:49,148 --> 00:00:49,969 I don't expect him. 10 00:00:51,020 --> 00:00:53,891 Now, ma'am, my son is in that wagon. 11 00:00:53,964 --> 00:00:55,077 He's been badly hurt, 12 00:00:55,148 --> 00:00:56,643 and he needs immediate attention. 13 00:00:56,716 --> 00:00:58,197 Now, I'd appreciate it if you could tell me where, 14 00:00:58,220 --> 00:01:00,009 when and how I can see the doctor. 15 00:01:00,076 --> 00:01:03,110 The doctor can't help your son. 16 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:05,767 He can't help anybody anymore. 17 00:01:05,836 --> 00:01:08,706 When the sun sets this evening... 18 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:11,148 they're going to take my husband and hang him. 19 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:22,468 The law judged my husband a murderer. 20 00:01:26,956 --> 00:01:32,007 Ma'am... is there another doctor in town? 21 00:01:32,076 --> 00:01:35,077 No, none within 50 miles. 22 00:01:35,148 --> 00:01:38,345 I-I-I don't want to impose on you. 23 00:01:38,412 --> 00:01:40,518 My son is in great pain. 24 00:01:40,587 --> 00:01:42,279 Could we bring him into your husband's office 25 00:01:42,348 --> 00:01:45,251 un... until I can decide what to do? 26 00:01:45,324 --> 00:01:47,714 No, you can't bring him in. 27 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:51,370 - Mrs. Jons needs her rest. - Oh, Danny... 28 00:01:51,436 --> 00:01:52,647 Of course, bring him in. 29 00:01:52,715 --> 00:01:54,026 I'll do whatever is possible. 30 00:01:54,092 --> 00:01:55,500 I often assisted the doctor, 31 00:01:55,564 --> 00:01:57,256 and Danny served as his handyman. 32 00:01:57,324 --> 00:01:59,594 Between us, maybe we can ease his pain. 33 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:02,149 Thank you. 34 00:02:03,820 --> 00:02:04,934 Is the doc in? 35 00:02:05,004 --> 00:02:06,388 Across the street... I'm going to get him. 36 00:02:06,412 --> 00:02:07,733 Look, as soon as you get Hoss into the house, 37 00:02:07,756 --> 00:02:09,131 ride on back to the herd, huh? 38 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:10,741 Well, we'd like to stick around and find out what's wrong. 39 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:12,870 Do like Pa says. 40 00:02:12,940 --> 00:02:14,981 Don't fret over me. I'm going to be all right. 41 00:02:15,052 --> 00:02:16,821 You two would do anything to get out of a little work, 42 00:02:16,844 --> 00:02:17,892 wouldn't you? 43 00:02:17,964 --> 00:02:20,038 Hoss is right. 44 00:02:20,108 --> 00:02:22,378 Your worrying isn't going to help him or yourselves. 45 00:02:22,444 --> 00:02:23,754 Well, now wait a minute, Pa. 46 00:02:23,820 --> 00:02:25,861 Now, don't argue with me! Do as I say! 47 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:31,682 Now, please believe me, it's better this way. 48 00:02:31,756 --> 00:02:33,928 Get him into the house, will you? 49 00:03:37,644 --> 00:03:39,271 Hold up. 50 00:03:40,716 --> 00:03:42,613 There ain't nothing in there that you want to see, mister. 51 00:03:42,636 --> 00:03:43,946 Dr. Jons is in there, isn't he? 52 00:03:44,012 --> 00:03:45,191 That's right. 53 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:47,157 Him and Sheriff Wall got the whole thing to themselves 54 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:49,602 and it's gonna stay that way till this evening. 55 00:03:49,676 --> 00:03:51,400 - I'm going to see the doctor. - Now hold on! 56 00:03:51,468 --> 00:03:53,192 They gave me two extra dollars to sit here 57 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:55,334 and see that no one gets inside. 58 00:03:55,404 --> 00:03:57,608 Now I'm gonna earn them dollars. 59 00:03:58,604 --> 00:04:00,645 So now you back off. 60 00:04:08,364 --> 00:04:09,925 Try anything and you're dead. 61 00:04:11,563 --> 00:04:13,833 Now, Sheriff, I come here for help. 62 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:15,144 My son needs help. 63 00:04:15,212 --> 00:04:16,707 He jumped me, Sheriff. 64 00:04:16,780 --> 00:04:19,497 - Let me have him! - Hold it! 65 00:04:19,564 --> 00:04:21,452 Put your pistol on the desk. 66 00:04:22,668 --> 00:04:23,913 Come on. 67 00:04:28,043 --> 00:04:29,987 Now what's this all about? 68 00:04:30,059 --> 00:04:33,857 Sheriff, all I want is a couple of minutes with the doctor. 69 00:04:33,932 --> 00:04:35,624 My son's been injured. 70 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:40,035 Back outside, Hoff. 71 00:04:46,060 --> 00:04:48,843 Well, if you're willing to risk your life 72 00:04:48,907 --> 00:04:50,796 for a couple minutes with the doctor, 73 00:04:50,860 --> 00:04:52,519 I guess you're entitled to it. 74 00:04:52,587 --> 00:04:54,443 Five minutes, no more. 75 00:04:57,868 --> 00:04:59,625 Back off. 76 00:04:59,692 --> 00:05:01,635 An arm's length from the bars. 77 00:05:03,692 --> 00:05:08,232 Uh, I have a trail herd bedded down about ten miles from here. 78 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:10,308 Last night my-my son got hurt. 79 00:05:10,379 --> 00:05:12,485 His horse stumbled and rolled on him. 80 00:05:12,555 --> 00:05:14,760 I think he has some cracked ribs on one side. 81 00:05:14,827 --> 00:05:16,683 He's in awful pain. 82 00:05:16,747 --> 00:05:18,472 Why tell me this? 83 00:05:19,467 --> 00:05:21,159 You're a doctor. 84 00:05:21,228 --> 00:05:25,129 Not a doctor, a condemned murderer. 85 00:05:26,603 --> 00:05:28,808 You see, I couldn't help your son, 86 00:05:28,875 --> 00:05:30,665 even if I wanted to. 87 00:05:32,715 --> 00:05:35,433 Well, the-the sheriff would let you out for a couple minutes 88 00:05:35,499 --> 00:05:36,744 just to take a look at him. 89 00:05:38,219 --> 00:05:39,333 Wouldn't you? 90 00:05:39,404 --> 00:05:41,030 The doc is a condemned murderer. 91 00:05:41,099 --> 00:05:42,693 There's nothing I can do to change that. 92 00:05:42,763 --> 00:05:44,674 Well, who can change that? 93 00:05:44,748 --> 00:05:46,920 The only man has that power is Judge Grant. 94 00:05:46,988 --> 00:05:49,323 The Honorable Judge Grant. 95 00:05:49,387 --> 00:05:51,396 Judge Franklyn Grant. 96 00:05:51,468 --> 00:05:52,875 Yes, he has the power. 97 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:57,003 The power of life or death. 98 00:05:58,764 --> 00:06:00,139 Where do I find him? 99 00:06:00,203 --> 00:06:01,415 Last house, north end of town. 100 00:06:01,484 --> 00:06:03,394 Just a minute. 101 00:06:05,228 --> 00:06:07,880 I haven't agreed to treat your son. 102 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:16,966 You get permission from Judge Grant, 103 00:06:17,036 --> 00:06:18,792 then we'll talk about it. 104 00:06:25,836 --> 00:06:27,811 Hold on. 105 00:06:27,883 --> 00:06:30,153 Don't hope for too much. 106 00:06:36,044 --> 00:06:38,346 You wouldn't like to try that trick again, 107 00:06:38,412 --> 00:06:40,322 now would you, mister? 108 00:06:56,939 --> 00:06:58,947 - Yes? - Judge Grant? 109 00:06:59,019 --> 00:07:00,547 That's right. What can I do for you? 110 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,988 It's urgent that I talk with you, sir. 111 00:07:03,051 --> 00:07:04,329 Won't you come in? 112 00:07:04,396 --> 00:07:06,306 My door is always open to anyone in trouble. 113 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:07,657 - Thank you, sir. - Mr., uh...? 114 00:07:07,724 --> 00:07:09,481 - Cartwright. Ben Cartwright. - Yes. 115 00:07:09,548 --> 00:07:11,239 Won't you sit down, Mr. Cartwright. 116 00:07:11,308 --> 00:07:13,730 You are... you're not from around here, are you? 117 00:07:13,804 --> 00:07:15,463 No, sir, from Virginia City. 118 00:07:15,531 --> 00:07:17,428 I thought so. I know most of the people in my district. 119 00:07:17,451 --> 00:07:21,194 Judge Grant, I-I just left my son at Dr. Jons' office. 120 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:22,689 He's been injured. 121 00:07:22,763 --> 00:07:25,285 I need your permission to let the doctor examine him, 122 00:07:25,356 --> 00:07:26,600 treat him. 123 00:07:26,668 --> 00:07:28,163 That is out of the question. 124 00:07:28,236 --> 00:07:31,553 Oh, it could be a matter of life or death, sir. 125 00:07:31,628 --> 00:07:33,767 Last week, Jons killed a man. 126 00:07:33,835 --> 00:07:35,429 He was tried and convicted. 127 00:07:35,499 --> 00:07:38,500 As a criminal, he has no rights or privileges. 128 00:07:38,571 --> 00:07:41,507 All I want is for the doctor to look after him. 129 00:07:41,580 --> 00:07:42,825 I-I don't know and I don't care 130 00:07:42,892 --> 00:07:44,372 about the-the interpretation of the law. 131 00:07:44,395 --> 00:07:45,989 But I do know and I do care. 132 00:07:46,059 --> 00:07:48,035 It's my job to know and care. 133 00:07:48,108 --> 00:07:53,772 Judge, I'm not asking you to set the doctor free. 134 00:07:53,835 --> 00:07:57,633 I'm begging you to let him do what he can for my son. 135 00:07:58,635 --> 00:08:00,775 The answer is no. 136 00:08:00,844 --> 00:08:02,601 But, Judge, there's no other doctor 137 00:08:02,667 --> 00:08:04,457 within 50 miles of this place. 138 00:08:04,524 --> 00:08:07,656 A horse fell on my son. 139 00:08:07,723 --> 00:08:09,634 His rib has been broken... 140 00:08:46,764 --> 00:08:48,488 Hoss. 141 00:08:48,555 --> 00:08:50,214 Hoss? 142 00:08:51,916 --> 00:08:55,015 I-I gave him something to make him sleep. 143 00:08:55,083 --> 00:08:57,539 How did things turn out with you? 144 00:08:57,611 --> 00:08:59,784 Huh? 145 00:08:59,852 --> 00:09:04,997 Oh... I failed all the way around. 146 00:09:11,884 --> 00:09:17,002 I think your son has a serious internal injury. 147 00:09:20,331 --> 00:09:22,121 You said... 148 00:09:22,188 --> 00:09:25,156 you said you assisted your husband, didn't you? 149 00:09:25,227 --> 00:09:27,650 Why can't you do something for him? 150 00:09:27,723 --> 00:09:29,382 I don't know enough. 151 00:09:29,452 --> 00:09:32,005 I've done everything I can for him already. 152 00:09:40,651 --> 00:09:43,402 What kind of a man is that judge? 153 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:46,664 To risk my son's life on a-a point of law. 154 00:09:46,732 --> 00:09:49,799 The judge hates my husband. 155 00:09:49,868 --> 00:09:51,592 Hates him? 156 00:09:51,659 --> 00:09:53,383 Let me explain. 157 00:09:53,452 --> 00:09:56,235 My husband once treated the judge's wife, 158 00:09:56,300 --> 00:10:00,327 and in his opinion, she needed an immediate operation. 159 00:10:00,395 --> 00:10:02,468 The judge opposed it. 160 00:10:02,539 --> 00:10:05,355 But finally, because she was suffering so much, 161 00:10:05,419 --> 00:10:07,809 he gave in and it was too late. 162 00:10:07,883 --> 00:10:10,251 My husband is a fine doctor, 163 00:10:10,315 --> 00:10:12,902 but Mrs. Grant's infection was so far advanced 164 00:10:12,972 --> 00:10:14,729 nobody could have saved her. 165 00:10:14,795 --> 00:10:16,803 She died on the operating table, 166 00:10:16,875 --> 00:10:18,851 and the judge blamed my husband. 167 00:10:18,924 --> 00:10:22,056 Feeling this way... 168 00:10:22,123 --> 00:10:24,874 he sat in judgment on your husband? 169 00:10:24,940 --> 00:10:27,112 Yes. 170 00:10:27,179 --> 00:10:28,936 He condemned him to die, 171 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:31,622 not for Stevens' death, but for his wife's. 172 00:10:33,355 --> 00:10:36,226 The Right Honorable Judge Franklyn Grant 173 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:39,017 is about to honor us with his presence. 174 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,955 Come in, Your Honor. 175 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:46,952 Come on, Danny. I'll get you some coffee. 176 00:10:56,876 --> 00:10:59,691 This is your only son? 177 00:10:59,756 --> 00:11:01,666 I have two others. 178 00:11:01,739 --> 00:11:04,107 And you have your wife? 179 00:11:04,171 --> 00:11:06,823 No. 180 00:11:06,891 --> 00:11:10,721 I have no children, no wife. 181 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:14,757 Mr. Cartwright, do you know what it's like to be alone? 182 00:11:14,827 --> 00:11:16,770 To lie awake night after night, 183 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:20,324 trying to drive back the memories that flood your brain? 184 00:11:20,395 --> 00:11:22,600 And force yourself up each morning 185 00:11:22,667 --> 00:11:26,378 to face another empty, meaningless day? 186 00:11:26,443 --> 00:11:28,516 I've had such moments. 187 00:11:28,587 --> 00:11:31,076 Yes, I suppose you have. 188 00:11:31,147 --> 00:11:34,148 Do you know why I feel the way I do? 189 00:11:35,147 --> 00:11:37,003 Yes, I know. 190 00:11:37,067 --> 00:11:39,522 I'm not a cruel man, Mr. Cartwright. 191 00:11:39,595 --> 00:11:41,451 I'm not a callous man. 192 00:11:41,515 --> 00:11:45,258 But my wife would be alive today if Jons hadn't... 193 00:11:45,324 --> 00:11:46,983 He's not a doctor; he's a butcher. 194 00:11:47,052 --> 00:11:49,474 That's why I don't want him to treat your son. 195 00:11:49,547 --> 00:11:51,915 But he is my son. 196 00:11:54,795 --> 00:11:58,244 It's my decision as to whether Dr. Jons treats him or not. 197 00:11:58,316 --> 00:12:00,618 Yes, it is your decision. 198 00:12:00,684 --> 00:12:03,554 I only hope it's the right one. 199 00:12:04,555 --> 00:12:07,174 You come with me now, please. 200 00:12:21,163 --> 00:12:23,106 Sheriff, this is Mr. Ben Cartwright. 201 00:12:23,180 --> 00:12:24,969 Uh, we've met, Judge. 202 00:12:27,499 --> 00:12:30,118 Take the prisoner back to his office. 203 00:12:30,187 --> 00:12:33,352 Guard him until he attends to Mr. Cartwright's son. 204 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,330 Then bring him back here immediately. 205 00:12:35,404 --> 00:12:36,714 Yes, sir. 206 00:12:36,779 --> 00:12:39,595 - Hoff. - He's to communicate with no one 207 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:41,799 other than the people directly concerned 208 00:12:41,868 --> 00:12:43,908 with young Cartwright's condition. 209 00:12:44,907 --> 00:12:47,395 You heard him. Let him out. 210 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,465 You heard the sheriff. Out. 211 00:12:58,540 --> 00:12:59,947 Deputy! 212 00:13:00,939 --> 00:13:02,150 Let me talk to him. 213 00:13:02,219 --> 00:13:04,130 All right, Hoff. 214 00:13:07,403 --> 00:13:09,095 All right, Doctor, 215 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:12,262 you said if I got the judge's permission we'd talk. 216 00:13:12,331 --> 00:13:13,794 Let's talk. 217 00:13:13,867 --> 00:13:17,217 You are a very persuasive man, Mr. Cartwright. 218 00:13:17,292 --> 00:13:19,235 Either that or a very powerful one. 219 00:13:19,308 --> 00:13:21,447 I didn't think you'd be able to do it. 220 00:13:21,515 --> 00:13:23,426 I didn't; it was the judge's doing. 221 00:13:25,324 --> 00:13:26,568 Perhaps. 222 00:13:26,636 --> 00:13:29,091 Are you the Ben Cartwright of the Ponderosa? 223 00:13:29,164 --> 00:13:30,888 Yes, I'm the Ben Cartwright. 224 00:13:30,955 --> 00:13:34,697 Well, now, you are a powerful man. 225 00:13:34,763 --> 00:13:36,652 And you mean to see that your son 226 00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:39,170 - gets every chance, don't you? - Yes, I do. 227 00:13:39,243 --> 00:13:41,000 Now, please, can we get started? 228 00:13:42,027 --> 00:13:45,835 Well... you know... 229 00:13:45,899 --> 00:13:48,933 it must be a comforting feeling to have wealth and power. 230 00:13:49,003 --> 00:13:50,914 I wouldn't know; I've never had either one. 231 00:13:50,988 --> 00:13:53,323 You see, all my wife will have to remember me by 232 00:13:53,387 --> 00:13:54,730 is a stack of unpaid bills 233 00:13:54,795 --> 00:13:57,000 from grateful but forgetful patients. 234 00:13:57,067 --> 00:13:59,435 Now, that isn't much, is it, to leave to someone 235 00:13:59,499 --> 00:14:02,217 who you promised to love, cherish, 236 00:14:02,283 --> 00:14:03,528 provide for? 237 00:14:03,595 --> 00:14:05,800 - Doctor, please, can... - Mr. Cartwright, 238 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:11,018 if you want my services, you're gonna have to pay for them. 239 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:13,091 I never expected anything else. 240 00:14:13,163 --> 00:14:14,473 How much? 241 00:14:15,467 --> 00:14:17,704 Ten thousand dollars. 242 00:14:19,403 --> 00:14:21,346 Regardless of the outcome. 243 00:14:24,747 --> 00:14:27,082 All right. Now, please, can't we get started? 244 00:14:27,147 --> 00:14:30,923 The money is to be paid to my wife. 245 00:14:30,987 --> 00:14:32,548 And, Judge... 246 00:14:32,619 --> 00:14:35,075 you're witness to this verbal contract. 247 00:14:35,147 --> 00:14:38,444 For with your dedication... 248 00:14:38,507 --> 00:14:40,842 and respect for the law... 249 00:14:40,907 --> 00:14:43,396 I'm sure that you'll see that Mr. Cartwright 250 00:14:43,467 --> 00:14:45,672 carries out his part of the agreement. 251 00:14:45,739 --> 00:14:48,423 35 years of my life 252 00:14:48,492 --> 00:14:51,209 have been given to that dedication and respect, 253 00:14:51,275 --> 00:14:54,123 and I've never abused the power entrusted to me. 254 00:14:54,187 --> 00:14:55,563 And what about you? 255 00:14:55,627 --> 00:14:58,475 What about the power entrusted to you? 256 00:14:58,539 --> 00:15:01,769 How many people have you butchered and maimed and killed 257 00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:03,876 and then hid your mistakes and incompetence 258 00:15:03,947 --> 00:15:06,120 behind the protection of your profession? 259 00:15:06,187 --> 00:15:07,682 - Judge, please... - You are a disgrace 260 00:15:07,755 --> 00:15:10,854 to that profession, Jons, and I'll tell you this: 261 00:15:10,923 --> 00:15:13,707 of all the men I've ever sentenced to die, 262 00:15:13,771 --> 00:15:15,081 you're the only one 263 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:17,766 I haven't the slightest regret or pity for. 264 00:15:40,427 --> 00:15:42,217 - Oh, Michael! - Leave him be. 265 00:15:42,283 --> 00:15:44,139 There's little enough we can do for him. 266 00:15:44,203 --> 00:15:45,652 Something happened? Are they gonna stop... 267 00:15:45,675 --> 00:15:48,197 No. Nothing's changed. 268 00:15:49,195 --> 00:15:52,873 Hoss... I got the doctor coming. 269 00:15:52,939 --> 00:15:55,493 The sedative that I gave the patient's worn off. 270 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,800 He's awake; he's in pain. 271 00:16:14,059 --> 00:16:15,369 I'm Dr. Jons. 272 00:16:15,435 --> 00:16:17,291 Hoff, back to the office. 273 00:16:17,355 --> 00:16:18,534 Well, they tell me 274 00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:21,157 you went and got yourself roughed up a little bit. 275 00:16:21,227 --> 00:16:23,562 Yeah. 276 00:16:23,627 --> 00:16:25,483 They tell you about the other feller? 277 00:16:25,547 --> 00:16:28,712 No. Only that he outweighed you by a thousand pounds. 278 00:16:29,739 --> 00:16:33,155 Now, you tell me when it hurts, huh? 279 00:16:42,603 --> 00:16:44,743 You found it. 280 00:16:54,795 --> 00:16:57,993 Has, uh... has he coughed up any blood? 281 00:16:59,371 --> 00:17:02,405 Yeah, he started to this morning. 282 00:17:02,475 --> 00:17:05,193 Well, I think I know all I need to. 283 00:17:05,259 --> 00:17:07,432 What is it? 284 00:17:07,499 --> 00:17:09,354 Fractured ribs. 285 00:17:09,419 --> 00:17:12,649 The jagged end of one has probably punctured the lung. 286 00:17:13,803 --> 00:17:15,266 Meaning? 287 00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:18,274 It means your son will drown in his own blood 288 00:17:18,347 --> 00:17:20,356 unless the damage is repaired. 289 00:17:27,723 --> 00:17:29,611 Now, are you sure? 290 00:17:29,675 --> 00:17:32,774 I mean... the lung could be all right. 291 00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:35,266 Yes, there's that possibility, yes. 292 00:17:35,339 --> 00:17:37,706 But I won't know unless I operate. 293 00:17:42,411 --> 00:17:44,550 Do you have to operate? 294 00:17:46,411 --> 00:17:47,938 It's a risk. 295 00:17:48,011 --> 00:17:49,671 A grave one. 296 00:18:03,755 --> 00:18:06,658 Do you think he's strong enough for an operation? 297 00:18:06,731 --> 00:18:09,121 I think so. He's got a good pulse. 298 00:18:09,195 --> 00:18:12,840 Of course, I'll check him over thoroughly first. 299 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:26,633 Hoss... doctor says you need an operation. 300 00:18:26,699 --> 00:18:28,555 It'll be a tough one. 301 00:18:28,619 --> 00:18:30,475 How do you feel about it? 302 00:18:30,539 --> 00:18:33,223 If he says I need an operation, 303 00:18:33,291 --> 00:18:35,266 I reckon I need an operation, Pa. 304 00:18:35,339 --> 00:18:37,958 Got to know he knows more about it than we do. 305 00:18:38,027 --> 00:18:40,745 Besides... 306 00:18:40,811 --> 00:18:44,325 I'm getting sort of tired laying here on my... 307 00:18:44,395 --> 00:18:46,567 on my backside. 308 00:18:56,267 --> 00:18:58,210 I want this room cleared. 309 00:18:58,283 --> 00:19:01,131 The only assistance I'll need is that of my wife. 310 00:19:01,195 --> 00:19:03,432 I'll be out on the porch. 311 00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:09,606 You can wait in the study. 312 00:19:09,675 --> 00:19:12,097 - Pa. - Yeah? 313 00:19:13,451 --> 00:19:15,362 Don't you worry none, you hear? 314 00:19:15,435 --> 00:19:17,825 I'll be out to see you in a little while. 315 00:19:17,899 --> 00:19:19,242 Yeah, sure. 316 00:19:19,307 --> 00:19:21,610 One good thing about it, you big moose: 317 00:19:21,675 --> 00:19:24,992 the scar won't show; you'll still be as pretty as ever. 318 00:19:25,067 --> 00:19:27,075 That's right comforting news. 319 00:19:27,146 --> 00:19:29,700 I was really sort of worried about that. 320 00:19:53,099 --> 00:19:54,856 Mr. Cartwright. 321 00:19:55,850 --> 00:19:57,761 No, thank you. 322 00:19:59,147 --> 00:20:01,449 I wouldn't worry if I was you. 323 00:20:01,515 --> 00:20:03,403 He's a good doctor. 324 00:20:03,467 --> 00:20:06,981 He saved my life when nobody else gave me a chance. 325 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:27,435 Ready? 326 00:20:35,979 --> 00:20:37,441 Karen... 327 00:20:37,515 --> 00:20:40,266 go upstairs, rest; I can manage here. 328 00:20:40,331 --> 00:20:42,372 No, you can't; you need me. 329 00:20:42,443 --> 00:20:44,004 I'm all right. 330 00:20:44,075 --> 00:20:46,825 - Are you sure? - I'm perfectly sure. 331 00:20:50,507 --> 00:20:52,842 We'd better get started, Doctor. 332 00:20:59,883 --> 00:21:03,331 Michael, I-I know it's not the time or place to say this, 333 00:21:03,402 --> 00:21:04,483 but... 334 00:21:06,026 --> 00:21:09,126 I love you so much. 335 00:21:12,202 --> 00:21:13,829 I love you. 336 00:21:14,826 --> 00:21:17,577 There's never a time or a place 337 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:20,066 where it's wrong to say... 338 00:21:21,835 --> 00:21:23,429 I love you. 339 00:21:42,699 --> 00:21:45,799 ♪♪ 340 00:21:49,323 --> 00:21:51,266 More ether. 341 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:23,307 ♪♪ 342 00:22:35,614 --> 00:22:40,541 Back on it again, after four long years. 343 00:22:40,607 --> 00:22:43,510 Used to be quite a drinker. 344 00:22:43,583 --> 00:22:46,333 But then four years ago, I... 345 00:22:46,399 --> 00:22:48,374 I come down with a fever. 346 00:22:48,446 --> 00:22:51,993 No doubt about it, I was due for Boot Hill. 347 00:22:54,110 --> 00:22:57,624 But... then Dr. Jons heard about me. 348 00:22:57,694 --> 00:22:59,932 Came to my house. 349 00:23:01,342 --> 00:23:05,173 Didn't get five hours sleep all the time he was with me. 350 00:23:06,879 --> 00:23:10,775 Afterwards, he... he talked me into kicking the bottle. 351 00:23:13,406 --> 00:23:16,342 And gave me a job as his handyman. 352 00:23:16,415 --> 00:23:20,507 Doesn't like a man who... could commit a murder. 353 00:23:20,575 --> 00:23:23,129 He ain't. 354 00:23:23,199 --> 00:23:25,175 I seen the whole thing. 355 00:23:25,246 --> 00:23:27,964 But the judge wouldn't listen; he said it was murder. 356 00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:31,130 "You'll hang by the neck," he said. 357 00:23:33,439 --> 00:23:36,538 And the doc even refused to help himself. 358 00:23:36,606 --> 00:23:39,291 Refused to help himself? 359 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:41,716 Well, it's... 360 00:23:41,791 --> 00:23:45,305 it's just that the doc is a... spirited man, 361 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,797 not one to get pushed. 362 00:23:47,870 --> 00:23:50,205 But at the trial... 363 00:23:50,271 --> 00:23:52,573 he just didn't seem to care. 364 00:23:53,951 --> 00:23:55,861 What do you mean, didn't seem to care? 365 00:23:57,439 --> 00:24:01,367 Well... he just, just sat there 366 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:04,473 and let the judge condemn him. 367 00:24:10,110 --> 00:24:12,664 Danny. 368 00:24:12,734 --> 00:24:15,288 Danny, 369 00:24:15,358 --> 00:24:17,912 tell me what happened the night Stevens was killed. 370 00:24:17,982 --> 00:24:21,398 I can do that, all right. 371 00:24:21,470 --> 00:24:23,860 I can't sleep for thinking about it. 372 00:24:23,935 --> 00:24:27,897 Whiskey's all that... Whiskey's all that helps. 373 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:31,263 I remember every minute of that night. 374 00:24:33,086 --> 00:24:36,535 I was on my way home the night of the killing, 375 00:24:36,607 --> 00:24:39,062 and like I said, I saw the whole thing. 376 00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:44,156 As I was passing the newspaper office, 377 00:24:44,222 --> 00:24:46,940 I could hear two men arguing inside. 378 00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:49,462 I couldn't tell what they were saying, 379 00:24:49,535 --> 00:24:52,797 but they sure was going at it hot and heavy. 380 00:24:52,862 --> 00:24:55,416 I stopped and listened for a minute. 381 00:25:39,902 --> 00:25:41,813 Doc, he's dead. 382 00:25:49,758 --> 00:25:51,614 He's dead, ain't he? 383 00:25:51,678 --> 00:25:52,956 Doc, what happened? 384 00:25:53,022 --> 00:25:54,845 What were you fighting about? 385 00:25:54,910 --> 00:25:56,438 Nothing, nothing. 386 00:25:56,510 --> 00:25:58,845 This must have been something. 387 00:26:02,143 --> 00:26:05,046 Oh, it was about a bill, Danny. It was about a bill he owed me. 388 00:26:05,118 --> 00:26:07,029 He wouldn't pay me. 389 00:26:08,863 --> 00:26:10,718 I seen the whole thing. 390 00:26:10,783 --> 00:26:13,882 There is nothing to worry about, Doc. 391 00:26:19,294 --> 00:26:21,204 I'd better tell the sheriff what happened. 392 00:26:25,822 --> 00:26:27,079 What's going on here? I heard a shot. 393 00:26:27,102 --> 00:26:30,235 Sheriff, we got a dead man. 394 00:26:30,303 --> 00:26:32,442 It was an accident. 395 00:26:32,511 --> 00:26:34,170 An accident? 396 00:26:34,239 --> 00:26:36,411 Like what happened to my leg? 397 00:26:36,478 --> 00:26:39,229 You left it bent and twisted. 398 00:26:39,295 --> 00:26:42,711 I did everything I could for your leg. 399 00:26:42,783 --> 00:26:46,142 Yes, it's bent, but you're walking on it. 400 00:26:46,207 --> 00:26:49,077 You could have lost it. 401 00:26:49,151 --> 00:26:50,362 It's Stevens' own gun. 402 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:53,944 It sure is, and I saw him pull it on Doc. 403 00:26:54,014 --> 00:26:55,870 It was self-defense, pure and simple. 404 00:26:55,934 --> 00:26:58,106 Is that true, Doc? 405 00:26:58,174 --> 00:26:59,386 Yes. 406 00:26:59,455 --> 00:27:01,016 Yes, we had a quarrel 407 00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:03,989 and Stevens pulled his gun, and in, 408 00:27:04,062 --> 00:27:07,838 in the struggle for it, the gun went off. 409 00:27:07,902 --> 00:27:09,245 Well, with Danny here as a witness, 410 00:27:09,311 --> 00:27:10,686 you shouldn't have too much trouble. 411 00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,093 Why don't you go home now? 412 00:27:12,158 --> 00:27:14,264 I'll need you in the morning, though, to sign a report. 413 00:27:14,334 --> 00:27:15,513 All right, Sheriff. 414 00:27:17,374 --> 00:27:19,230 Come on, Danny. Let's go. 415 00:27:19,294 --> 00:27:21,150 Hold it. 416 00:27:21,214 --> 00:27:23,703 I wouldn't let the doc go home just like that, Sheriff, 417 00:27:23,774 --> 00:27:26,109 not without seeing Judge Grant first. 418 00:27:26,175 --> 00:27:28,281 Well, what's Judge Grant got to do with it? 419 00:27:28,351 --> 00:27:30,239 Yeah, and it seems to me I'm still sheriff here. 420 00:27:30,302 --> 00:27:31,879 I say who goes home and who gets locked up. 421 00:27:31,902 --> 00:27:33,790 And I'm a deputy, sworn to uphold the law. 422 00:27:33,855 --> 00:27:35,895 I say this man might be guilty of murder. 423 00:27:35,966 --> 00:27:37,790 Murder? It's a clear case of... 424 00:27:37,855 --> 00:27:40,474 I didn't say it was murder; I said it might be murder, 425 00:27:40,542 --> 00:27:42,103 especially in view of what I know. 426 00:27:42,174 --> 00:27:44,085 What do you mean, what you know? 427 00:27:47,103 --> 00:27:49,111 I know he threatened to kill Stevens. 428 00:27:54,271 --> 00:27:56,126 Sheriff, you say it was self-defense. 429 00:27:56,191 --> 00:27:57,085 Yes, sir. 430 00:27:57,151 --> 00:27:58,362 What proof have you got? 431 00:27:58,430 --> 00:28:00,220 The doctor is an honest man. 432 00:28:00,287 --> 00:28:03,997 Under the law his evidence would be classified as self-serving. 433 00:28:04,062 --> 00:28:05,787 Danny Culp was there; he saw the whole thing. 434 00:28:05,854 --> 00:28:07,131 He'll swear to it. 435 00:28:09,086 --> 00:28:11,640 Mr. Culp is Dr. Jons' employee. 436 00:28:11,711 --> 00:28:13,272 That don't mean I'd lie. 437 00:28:13,342 --> 00:28:14,695 You've often said you credit the doctor 438 00:28:14,718 --> 00:28:15,687 with saving your life, hmm? 439 00:28:15,710 --> 00:28:16,856 He did. 440 00:28:16,926 --> 00:28:19,677 Yes, yes, perhaps, but the fact that you think so 441 00:28:19,743 --> 00:28:22,908 categorizes you as something less than a subjective witness. 442 00:28:22,975 --> 00:28:25,277 But I saw the whole... Enough. 443 00:28:25,343 --> 00:28:27,482 Jons, you say you went to Stevens' office 444 00:28:27,550 --> 00:28:28,696 about a bill he owed you. 445 00:28:28,766 --> 00:28:29,815 That's right. 446 00:28:29,886 --> 00:28:31,240 You quarreled about it and you killed him. 447 00:28:31,263 --> 00:28:33,598 Yes, we quarreled, but I didn't kill him. 448 00:28:33,662 --> 00:28:35,736 There are witnesses who say you wanted to kill Stevens. 449 00:28:35,807 --> 00:28:37,946 That's a lie. 450 00:28:38,014 --> 00:28:40,252 Hoff here says it isn't a lie. 451 00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:42,042 The other day I heard you and Stevens arguing 452 00:28:42,110 --> 00:28:43,802 outside the newspaper office. 453 00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:45,627 He said, "I'll kill you, Stevens. 454 00:28:45,694 --> 00:28:47,157 Remember that: I'll kill you." 455 00:28:47,231 --> 00:28:49,850 And do you still deny this? 456 00:28:49,918 --> 00:28:51,079 I didn't deny we were quarreling. 457 00:28:51,102 --> 00:28:52,991 I told you, it was about that bill he owed me. 458 00:28:53,054 --> 00:28:54,364 Did you threaten to kill him? 459 00:28:54,430 --> 00:28:56,155 I don't know. I was angry. 460 00:28:56,223 --> 00:28:57,653 I might have said anything. 461 00:28:57,726 --> 00:28:59,559 Well, perhaps you will have sharpened up your memory 462 00:28:59,582 --> 00:29:01,493 by the time your trial begins. 463 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:04,536 Trial? 464 00:29:04,607 --> 00:29:08,153 Exactly, Sheriff Wall, trial for first-degree murder. 465 00:29:08,222 --> 00:29:10,590 Meanwhile he's to be held in jail without bail. 466 00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:20,247 I feel very sorry for you, 467 00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:24,542 for any man whose grief is such a sick thing. 468 00:29:24,606 --> 00:29:29,015 Please believe me, Judge: your wife was doomed to die. 469 00:29:35,231 --> 00:29:37,435 All right, Doctor. 470 00:29:43,263 --> 00:29:46,908 "Please believe me: your wife was doomed to die." 471 00:29:46,974 --> 00:29:50,455 And the judge was just the same at the trial. 472 00:29:50,526 --> 00:29:51,421 The cards were stacked. 473 00:29:51,486 --> 00:29:53,975 The doc didn't have a chance. 474 00:29:57,759 --> 00:30:00,793 The quarrel that started the fight... 475 00:30:00,862 --> 00:30:02,772 What was that about? 476 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,489 Everyone claimed it was about an unpaid bill. 477 00:30:07,486 --> 00:30:09,396 Now, Danny... 478 00:30:13,086 --> 00:30:15,640 Does the doctor impress you as the kind of man 479 00:30:15,710 --> 00:30:18,165 who'd resort to violence to collect a bill? 480 00:30:18,238 --> 00:30:20,094 Oh, no. 481 00:30:20,158 --> 00:30:22,330 Matter of fact, half the people in town owed the doc. 482 00:30:22,398 --> 00:30:25,149 - Yeah. - And he didn't seem to mind before. 483 00:30:25,214 --> 00:30:27,833 Must have been something else they quarreled about, then. 484 00:30:27,902 --> 00:30:31,132 But the doc kept saying it was the bill. 485 00:30:31,198 --> 00:30:33,371 He said it to me right after Stevens died. 486 00:30:34,366 --> 00:30:36,472 So you said. 487 00:30:39,358 --> 00:30:42,588 What was that again about a piece of paper? 488 00:30:42,654 --> 00:30:44,727 Paper? 489 00:30:44,798 --> 00:30:47,669 Well, he dumped a whole tray of type. 490 00:30:47,742 --> 00:30:50,645 He seemed in a sort of a daze. 491 00:30:50,719 --> 00:30:52,694 But he kept looking for something. 492 00:30:52,766 --> 00:30:55,964 Then he found that piece of paper. 493 00:30:56,030 --> 00:30:58,616 He tore it up and threw it in the stove. 494 00:31:00,894 --> 00:31:03,764 Well, anyway, it was a... kind of a strange thing, 495 00:31:03,838 --> 00:31:05,148 under the circumstances. 496 00:31:05,215 --> 00:31:07,637 A man killed, 497 00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:11,638 and the doc stops and tears up a piece of paper, 498 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:13,598 throws it into the stove. 499 00:31:17,758 --> 00:31:19,668 How is he? 500 00:31:19,742 --> 00:31:22,132 Well, the lung was punctured. 501 00:31:22,206 --> 00:31:23,516 There was internal bleeding, 502 00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:28,504 and I repaired that damage and set the broken ribs. 503 00:31:29,438 --> 00:31:31,130 It's going to be all right? 504 00:31:31,198 --> 00:31:33,784 Well, I'll be better able to tell you... 505 00:31:33,854 --> 00:31:36,921 I mean my wife should be able to predict his chances... 506 00:31:36,990 --> 00:31:38,715 for you later on. 507 00:31:38,782 --> 00:31:40,244 I've done all I can. 508 00:31:40,318 --> 00:31:43,069 The rest is up to your son's constitution. 509 00:31:46,526 --> 00:31:50,453 Doc... thank you. 510 00:31:50,526 --> 00:31:52,916 I hope you're not being premature. 511 00:31:52,990 --> 00:31:54,682 Oh, Mr. Cartwright, 512 00:31:54,750 --> 00:31:56,922 I wouldn't try to see your boy for a while. 513 00:31:56,990 --> 00:31:59,445 He's had a pretty rough time. 514 00:32:00,350 --> 00:32:02,718 The sheriff's impatient. 515 00:32:05,662 --> 00:32:07,550 Danny. 516 00:32:36,190 --> 00:32:38,100 ♪♪ 517 00:33:21,406 --> 00:33:22,967 Come to pay your last respects 518 00:33:23,038 --> 00:33:25,625 or complain about the doctor's bill? 519 00:33:25,694 --> 00:33:27,004 Can I talk to him? 520 00:33:27,070 --> 00:33:29,438 Oh, yes. He's allowed visitors an hour before the time. 521 00:33:29,502 --> 00:33:30,681 Hoff. 522 00:33:32,254 --> 00:33:34,840 Oh, just a minute. Your gun. 523 00:33:52,894 --> 00:33:54,324 Doctor. 524 00:33:54,398 --> 00:33:55,959 Not in here, Mr. Cartwright. 525 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:58,519 Don't call me "Doctor" in here. 526 00:34:00,446 --> 00:34:02,269 How is your son? 527 00:34:02,334 --> 00:34:05,630 My son had a very good doctor. 528 00:34:07,294 --> 00:34:11,605 But I didn't come here to talk about my son. 529 00:34:12,990 --> 00:34:15,195 Sheriff, may we talk privately? 530 00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:17,783 Hoff, will you get back outside? 531 00:34:32,382 --> 00:34:34,619 Why are you sacrificing your life? 532 00:34:35,613 --> 00:34:38,778 Not sacrificing, Mr. Cartwright. 533 00:34:38,845 --> 00:34:40,635 That's the wrong word. 534 00:34:40,702 --> 00:34:44,408 The law is taking my life... for murder. 535 00:34:44,478 --> 00:34:48,374 Sacrificing is the right word. 536 00:34:49,726 --> 00:34:53,502 What does Coaltown, Pennsylvania mean to you? 537 00:34:54,813 --> 00:34:58,644 Well, it's the place where I grew up, 538 00:34:58,718 --> 00:35:00,245 as did my wife. 539 00:35:00,318 --> 00:35:02,458 And what else happened there? 540 00:35:04,413 --> 00:35:06,454 Nothing. 541 00:35:06,526 --> 00:35:10,269 We left there, came out here to open a practice. 542 00:35:14,013 --> 00:35:16,764 Then why did Stevens, after all these years, 543 00:35:16,830 --> 00:35:20,377 want to print a story about Coaltown and your wife? 544 00:35:20,446 --> 00:35:22,868 I don't know what you're talking about. 545 00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:31,669 I think you do. 546 00:35:38,686 --> 00:35:40,629 I talked to Culp. 547 00:35:40,702 --> 00:35:45,274 I tried to save your son's life, Mr. Cartwright. 548 00:35:45,341 --> 00:35:47,001 I hope I succeeded. 549 00:35:47,070 --> 00:35:50,616 If you have any gratefulness, then forget about this. 550 00:35:50,686 --> 00:35:52,542 I can't. 551 00:35:52,606 --> 00:35:54,746 That same gratefulness won't let me. 552 00:35:54,814 --> 00:35:57,400 But it's-it's none of your business. 553 00:36:02,238 --> 00:36:04,311 I have to go to Judge Grant 554 00:36:04,382 --> 00:36:06,805 and show him this new evidence on your behalf. 555 00:36:06,878 --> 00:36:08,821 No. 556 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:16,214 Sit down. 557 00:36:22,334 --> 00:36:25,782 I'm gonna tell you about it. 558 00:36:25,854 --> 00:36:28,157 And after I'm through, you're gonna agree that I... 559 00:36:28,222 --> 00:36:30,362 I am doing the right thing. 560 00:36:32,222 --> 00:36:35,125 You're going to know that I'm making the right decision. 561 00:36:35,198 --> 00:36:36,628 I'm listening. 562 00:36:36,702 --> 00:36:40,630 In order to go to school and become a doctor, 563 00:36:40,702 --> 00:36:43,605 my wife Karen worked in one of the coal companies 564 00:36:43,678 --> 00:36:46,396 as a bookkeep and a cashier to support us. 565 00:36:46,462 --> 00:36:49,594 And in my last year of school, why, she became ill. 566 00:36:49,661 --> 00:36:52,051 Lung trouble. 567 00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:54,429 And all the money went for medical bills. 568 00:36:54,494 --> 00:36:57,430 And it became impossible for me to continue my studies. 569 00:36:57,502 --> 00:36:59,477 So... 570 00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:03,195 she embezzled money from the company where she worked. 571 00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:05,051 You knew about this? 572 00:37:05,118 --> 00:37:06,745 No, not at first. 573 00:37:06,814 --> 00:37:09,913 She told me she made a loan from the company. 574 00:37:09,982 --> 00:37:11,925 They started to audit the books, and... 575 00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:13,591 then she told me. 576 00:37:13,661 --> 00:37:16,379 You ran away, came here. 577 00:37:16,445 --> 00:37:19,829 Then we started to save the money to repay the loan, 578 00:37:19,902 --> 00:37:23,448 and then Stevens came out to start a paper. 579 00:37:23,517 --> 00:37:25,460 He knew about your wife? 580 00:37:25,533 --> 00:37:29,146 See, he was a reporter out of, uh, Philadelphia 581 00:37:29,214 --> 00:37:33,045 where the theft was discovered, and he covered the story. 582 00:37:33,117 --> 00:37:37,275 Well, a... a possible jail sentence for... 583 00:37:37,342 --> 00:37:39,514 for Mrs. Jons. 584 00:37:39,581 --> 00:37:42,233 Surely that isn't worth your life. 585 00:37:42,302 --> 00:37:46,165 Have you ever been to Coaltown, Pennsylvania? 586 00:37:46,238 --> 00:37:49,338 Have you ever seen the coal dust hang so thick 587 00:37:49,406 --> 00:37:50,901 that it blots out the sun? 588 00:37:50,974 --> 00:37:54,422 And breathe in that black death day after day? 589 00:37:54,493 --> 00:37:56,021 It kills people, Mr. Cartwright, 590 00:37:56,094 --> 00:37:58,549 and it would have killed her if we just stayed there. 591 00:37:58,622 --> 00:38:00,663 And it will kill her if she goes back. 592 00:38:06,142 --> 00:38:07,517 What about Karen? 593 00:38:07,581 --> 00:38:09,655 Don't you think she has a right 594 00:38:09,726 --> 00:38:11,669 to know what's happening and why? 595 00:38:11,742 --> 00:38:13,303 No. 596 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:15,098 She'd do what you want. 597 00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:18,811 Go to Grant, tell him. 598 00:38:18,878 --> 00:38:21,050 She's a beautiful woman, Mr. Cartwright. 599 00:38:22,846 --> 00:38:25,497 And out here, she'd have years of life ahead of her. 600 00:38:28,670 --> 00:38:31,573 But if you go to Grant, 601 00:38:31,646 --> 00:38:33,654 hand him that paper, 602 00:38:33,726 --> 00:38:36,247 you're sending Karen to her death. 603 00:38:52,126 --> 00:38:54,036 Sheriff? 604 00:39:00,733 --> 00:39:02,644 You're all finished? 605 00:39:06,206 --> 00:39:09,403 All finished. 606 00:39:28,190 --> 00:39:30,045 How is he? 607 00:39:30,110 --> 00:39:31,965 We're still waiting. 608 00:39:32,030 --> 00:39:33,973 Did you see Michael? 609 00:39:35,901 --> 00:39:38,804 Yes, I... I thanked him for what he did. 610 00:39:44,158 --> 00:39:46,493 Mrs. Jons? 611 00:39:46,557 --> 00:39:48,762 Are you going to see him now? 612 00:39:48,829 --> 00:39:50,772 No. 613 00:39:50,845 --> 00:39:53,945 It would make it more difficult for him. 614 00:39:54,014 --> 00:39:55,870 I'm going upstairs. 615 00:39:55,934 --> 00:39:59,579 If you need me for anything, please call. 616 00:39:59,645 --> 00:40:01,501 I will. 617 00:40:01,565 --> 00:40:03,192 Thank you. 618 00:40:03,262 --> 00:40:05,172 For everything. 619 00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:47,382 I... love... you. 620 00:41:29,725 --> 00:41:32,857 I just dropped by to see how your boy was getting on. 621 00:41:32,925 --> 00:41:34,868 Will he recover? 622 00:41:34,941 --> 00:41:36,666 We don't know. 623 00:41:36,734 --> 00:41:39,669 I'm sorry for you, Mr. Cartwright. 624 00:41:39,741 --> 00:41:41,564 Well, this will never happen again. 625 00:41:41,630 --> 00:41:43,573 I'm on my way to see to that. 626 00:41:43,646 --> 00:41:45,075 You're gonna see the execution. 627 00:41:45,149 --> 00:41:46,841 Yes, it's my duty to be there. 628 00:41:46,909 --> 00:41:48,252 And if it weren't your duty, 629 00:41:48,318 --> 00:41:49,780 you'd still be there, wouldn't you? 630 00:41:49,853 --> 00:41:51,032 Yes, I would. 631 00:41:51,101 --> 00:41:52,312 Again, my sympathy. 632 00:41:52,381 --> 00:41:53,909 Vengeance hanging. 633 00:41:53,981 --> 00:41:55,892 What did you say? 634 00:41:57,502 --> 00:42:00,317 I said you're going to a vengeance hanging. 635 00:42:00,382 --> 00:42:02,237 Your vengeance. 636 00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:03,764 Because of the strain you're under, 637 00:42:03,837 --> 00:42:04,983 I'll excuse that remark. 638 00:42:05,053 --> 00:42:06,363 No, don't. 639 00:42:06,429 --> 00:42:08,154 I meant it. 640 00:42:08,222 --> 00:42:10,198 What was your real reason for coming here, Judge? 641 00:42:10,269 --> 00:42:12,791 I told you, Mr. Cartwright, my concern for your son. 642 00:42:12,862 --> 00:42:14,008 No. 643 00:42:14,078 --> 00:42:15,704 Justification. 644 00:42:15,773 --> 00:42:18,011 To justify what you're about to do out there. 645 00:42:18,078 --> 00:42:19,421 'Cause if my son dies, 646 00:42:19,486 --> 00:42:21,014 that would justify everything for you. 647 00:42:21,085 --> 00:42:22,777 That would prove that you were right. 648 00:42:22,845 --> 00:42:24,734 And you're not, and you know it. 649 00:42:24,798 --> 00:42:26,490 Jons murdered a man. He admitted it. 650 00:42:26,558 --> 00:42:29,308 No. He admitted to fighting a man, 651 00:42:29,374 --> 00:42:30,803 not murdering him. 652 00:42:30,877 --> 00:42:32,853 There's no proof of that. 653 00:42:36,989 --> 00:42:38,878 What is this? 654 00:42:38,942 --> 00:42:40,798 A newspaper article. 655 00:42:40,862 --> 00:42:43,514 A story that Stevens was using to blackmail Dr. Jons. 656 00:42:43,582 --> 00:42:45,590 - Blackmail? - Yes, blackmail! 657 00:42:45,662 --> 00:42:48,761 When Jons tried to destroy it, Stevens pulled a gun. 658 00:42:48,830 --> 00:42:50,325 I don't believe it. 659 00:42:50,398 --> 00:42:52,308 Read that article. 660 00:42:55,293 --> 00:42:57,531 What you won't find in that story 661 00:42:57,597 --> 00:42:59,508 is that Karen Jons is ill. 662 00:42:59,581 --> 00:43:02,266 If she were sent back East, it might mean her death. 663 00:43:02,334 --> 00:43:03,829 How do you know all this? 664 00:43:03,902 --> 00:43:05,244 I learned it from Dr. Jons. 665 00:43:05,310 --> 00:43:08,180 He begged me not to say a word of this to you, 666 00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:10,905 for fear that you'd take out your vengeance on her, too. 667 00:43:10,974 --> 00:43:12,436 Then why do you tell me? 668 00:43:12,509 --> 00:43:15,063 Earlier today... 669 00:43:15,133 --> 00:43:18,680 you said that you never abused the power entrusted to you. 670 00:43:18,750 --> 00:43:20,922 Well, I think you're doing it now. 671 00:43:20,989 --> 00:43:22,397 You're sending a man to death 672 00:43:22,461 --> 00:43:25,310 because of what you think he did to you, to your wife, 673 00:43:25,374 --> 00:43:27,611 not because you really believe him to be guilty. 674 00:43:27,677 --> 00:43:28,823 You're a liar. 675 00:43:28,893 --> 00:43:30,389 Then prove me to be a liar. 676 00:43:30,461 --> 00:43:33,179 35 years of your life have been dedicated 677 00:43:33,246 --> 00:43:36,476 to seeing that men receive equal and fair justice 678 00:43:36,542 --> 00:43:37,972 under the law. 679 00:43:38,046 --> 00:43:39,421 Prove me to be a liar. 680 00:43:39,485 --> 00:43:41,875 Or better still, prove to me that you're a judge, 681 00:43:41,950 --> 00:43:45,267 not just a man using his power to seek revenge. 682 00:43:46,942 --> 00:43:48,830 Pa? 683 00:43:55,742 --> 00:43:57,204 You all right, son? 684 00:43:57,277 --> 00:43:59,547 Yeah. Little fuzzy. 685 00:43:59,613 --> 00:44:02,298 But a dang sight better than I did. 686 00:44:02,365 --> 00:44:04,700 Couple of days' rest, and I'll be ready to go out there 687 00:44:04,765 --> 00:44:06,676 and take on that old fleabag that set on me 688 00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:09,118 and give him a good whuppin'. 689 00:44:09,182 --> 00:44:12,761 You didn't know if your son would live or not. 690 00:44:12,829 --> 00:44:15,416 Jons might have caused his death, 691 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:17,625 yet you defended him. 692 00:44:18,622 --> 00:44:21,110 If my son had died... 693 00:44:21,181 --> 00:44:24,379 I'd still know that the doctor had done all he could for him, 694 00:44:24,445 --> 00:44:29,596 just as you know that he did all he could for your wife. 695 00:44:29,661 --> 00:44:33,142 He's only a human being, Judge. 696 00:44:33,213 --> 00:44:35,516 Nothing more. 697 00:44:35,581 --> 00:44:37,109 He can't play God. 698 00:44:40,702 --> 00:44:42,742 No one can. 699 00:44:52,925 --> 00:44:56,275 Pa... what was all that about? 700 00:44:58,334 --> 00:45:00,701 Well, I'll tell you later, son. 701 00:45:32,542 --> 00:45:34,069 Everything's ready, sir. 702 00:45:34,141 --> 00:45:37,241 Just waiting on the word from you, Judge. 703 00:45:47,933 --> 00:45:49,821 Bring him down from there. 704 00:45:50,813 --> 00:45:53,465 Now, just a minute, Judge! 705 00:45:56,573 --> 00:45:58,101 This man's suffered enough already. 706 00:45:58,173 --> 00:46:01,435 I say if we're gonna hang him, do it now; don't drag it out. 707 00:46:01,502 --> 00:46:04,470 We're not going to hang him. 708 00:46:06,173 --> 00:46:08,149 He's innocent. 709 00:46:20,509 --> 00:46:22,550 ♪♪ 710 00:46:29,565 --> 00:46:32,119 There, there, now. 711 00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:33,848 Easy, easy. 712 00:46:38,173 --> 00:46:40,247 Dr. Jons. 713 00:46:41,853 --> 00:46:44,756 Now that I understand, 714 00:46:44,829 --> 00:46:48,213 I think I can use my office to see that you... 715 00:46:48,286 --> 00:46:50,196 both of you... 716 00:46:50,269 --> 00:46:52,342 need suffer no further anguish. 717 00:46:54,302 --> 00:46:55,513 Thank you. 718 00:47:00,221 --> 00:47:01,978 Well, now... 719 00:47:02,045 --> 00:47:05,494 I think we ought to be getting back to our patient, don't you? 720 00:47:12,957 --> 00:47:14,551 Thank you. 721 00:47:16,477 --> 00:47:19,228 Mr. Cartwright. 722 00:47:19,293 --> 00:47:21,596 Thank you. 723 00:47:28,254 --> 00:47:30,164 ♪♪ 724 00:48:14,973 --> 00:48:17,462 This has been a color presentation 725 00:48:17,533 --> 00:48:20,022 of the NBC Television Network.