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9:30 PM SAN JUNO BEACH JUNE 7, 1947

If the sea bass swims upriver it'll be a great night of fishing,

but that doesn't matter at all, because it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a... it's a.... it's a.... it's a..... it's a.... it's a..... it's a.... it's a.. it's a. a good excuse to fall in love with a girl.

I'll get a blanket and a bottle.

Help...! Help...!

Help...!

What happened? What happened?

What happened?

It is the body of a woman...

She was murdered!

9:30 PM STATE UNIVERSITY JUNE 7, 1947

Believe me, son, I understand you, I remember. the first time I had to quit.

David understands he's firing him, but he's not. He understands why. And neither do I.

We're not firing him, Terry, it's just that we're not renewing your contract.

That's just a silly palliative.

David's in my apartment, is useful to me and I don't want to lose it.

You'll have to give me another reason. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

Blake David, promotion 1.939

Appointed Instructor in Criminal Laws

on the teacher's recommendation Bliss, in 1939.

Unpaid leave from 1.942 to 1.946

infantry in Europe, 4 decorations, silver star.

Remarks, none

Legal experience, none

He doesn't have a case in court, so I can't teach laws.

But, if I had that experience, will you renew the contract?

Yes, I do.

Where did you get that silly idea? I do.

I imagine, at one of your conventions.

A man can't teach what he hasn't done.

It's the nonsense that's being said all the directors with each other.

Have a seat. David.

George, do you remember the old maxim? When you don't find a law

for facts, find the facts for the law."

Here are some new facts

It's June

In September a good teacher will leave his employment because he has no practical experience.

But suppose David uses the summer to gain experience.

Do you think he'll make it?

He'll ask our graduates to leave David to work with them as an observer.

We tell you that we want to improve the quality of the instruction offered, blah, blah. blah...

You tell them you're an expert. in that kind of report.

Some of them will fire him from their offices. Others will use it as an inkwell

Maybe, but you won't know if you don't try. We have nothing to lose.

You'll lose the summer The summer you'll be able to use..

He doesn't want another job, he wants this one, didn't you, David?

I want this very much.

It won't work.

Don't say no without trying. why won't it work, why?

It's a great idea. but I can't help you.

because we don't focus on criminal cases. and the little we do..

Thank you, sir.

They're waiting for you, sir.

I understand perfectly. Thank you, anyway.

Forgive me.

This is a lawyer's office. You can't offer him anything to do.

I can't be a teacher and pay an intern.

Look in lawyers, to find something for this.

MURDER ON THE BEACH YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER.

Mr. Carlson will see you, Mr. Blake.

Thank you

What can I do for you, Mr. Blake? If you're coming. for edicts, don't spend it talking to me.

Not exactly.

I'm from the university Ha!

Everything I ask of the university is to stop sending me petitions

with bad news that his library is going to collapse.

if I don't make my contribution. I don't think it says anything about that there.

Well, if I were a diplomat, I'd tell you called later, and I wouldn't be there anymore,

but I'm not. Don't waste your time, and I won't waste mine,

I can't work with someone who's watching me.

I didn't expect to be alone as a spectator...

I was just looking for power... Well, thank you...

Wait..

Don't go yet.

What do you think? Do you really want to work here?

Well... that's what I wanted to tell you. Of course I want to work

I have a proposal

Do you have enough time to start a case and finish it?

I've got all summer.

I'm hiring him. I pay expenses. It'll be a great experience.

Well... I hope I'm not disturbing you. He'll know that in no time.

Well, do you have a case in mind for me? You don't start with a case, you start with a client.

Our client is in jail. and he still doesn't know he's our client.

First we'll convince him and then we'll have the case.

I guess that doesn't teach it. you at school.

Well, no, I don't, Mr. Carlson. Call me Barney.

This is Miss Niles. After work I call him Abbe.

Pleasure, Miss Niles. Mr. Blake............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Come on, you can meet later.

First we have to tell the client, who's our client.

No, guys, not today. Not with Ángel Chávez

No, sir, not today.

Why all the caution? It's an ugly case, didn't you read the papers?

If I let anyone in. I have to let everybody in.

If I do that, they're gonna come and kill beating up my prisoner.

No, Barney, no one can get in.

I said the same thing to his mother. He's out there, waiting

Are you the boy's mother? If they let me see it...

I know it's not true what they say about him.

He's just a boy. This isn't true.

Please believe me! Please help me, Please help me!

Fat. We're going in to see the boy! It'll be with your permission or with a court order!

But if it's with a warrant. at the next Town Hall meeting

I'm gonna have a lot questions to ask you!

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Barney, come in. He's upstairs without company in a special cell.

Barney, listen to me, the boy and his mother have only $11 between the two of us.

Lawyers don't eat every day. Big cases make big lawyers.

Great lawyers eat very well.

Just trust me. Fat, and don't worry.

Are you sure you found her by accident when you saw Mary Wiltsie?

Yeah, I'm sure. Did you have an appointment with her?

No, I told you.

Let's just say it was accidentally on purpose.

He's a good boy.

He might be a saint, but they killed him. if I don't find out how Mary Wiltsie died.

Well? I don't know how he died.

You were with her, you must know!

I can't tell. we were making love!

Don't you ever say that again! You know what I think?

You should have done it out of spite!

No.

Tell the truth!

What'd you do?

They won't believe you!

Did you hit her? I grabbed her and she broke her dress.

And then what?

Then she ran and fell dead.

God help you if you're lying, boy.

I swear on my mother that it's true!

Let me talk to him a little. Speak

Son.. you had drunk I never drink

It would be more logical if he'd been drunk. I'm telling you the truth!

I want something that makes more sense.

All right, all right.

First of all. what were you doing on the beach?

I don't know, exactly. I stopped by in the afternoon, I saw the sign "Private Beach,"

and I knew I couldn't get in.

I thought it would be fun to do... Go on, yeah.

So, so, I sat in the sand and it started to get dark.

I saw a cop and I went up the stairs to go home.

Mary was on break and said that he remembered me from school.

Barney, that makes sense.

It's something that a 17-year-old boy I would logically do.

And that after caressing her and kissing her, run away, it makes sense

Then she drops dead, she doesn't have sense. There's got to be something else.

There's nothing else, I told him everything.

When you kissed her, you put your hands on her. in the neck like this.

and you accidentally took his breath away? No, nothing like that!

Barney. What? I don't know.

Do you remember the Committee of racial zoning?

Of course I remember, I was chairman of the committee.

Listen, I don't have time. Why didn't you persist?

I don't remember why Of course you remember

The president didn't make it. The President. Gail Wiltsie

didn't show up because his daughter Dora was sick.

He had rheumatic disease. Maybe Mary had the same thing,

which is very recurrent since they're small.

When Mary got scared and ran, that could have hurt him.

If his heart failed, it wasn't a crime.

No, Miss Niles, any death, even if it's accidental, it's murder.

if it occurs as part of a felony. It's the law.

That's right. Mary Wiltsie was a minor. Proven stupor is a felony.

And what was a children's romance will become in a harassment with intent to commit a...

I didn't do anything, she was looking for him...

Don't keep saying that and clarify what...! No no no no!

The fact that she gave in It's not an extenuating circumstance.

I wasn't legally qualified for being underage!

Then there's nothing!

But of course we are, we're trying to see from the point of view of the State.

We'll have ours later.

Listen to me.

This case is titled. The State against Chavez.

It means that everyone in this state is against Angel Chavez; remember that.

Don't talk to anyone, reporters, cops. lawyers, no one. Only with me.

And with some people that I indicate to him.

Everyone else is the State.

Of course it's a good defense. A classic defense.

To have a conviction, the state has than to inform 12 people, from now on

and without any conjecture. what happened in that place.

Only one person knows, Angel, and we won't put him on the stand.

Why not? Why not? They won't put anyone on the stand.

Listen up.

The state has a corpse, and a theory about how he died.

Let them try to prove their theory. I don't think they can.

Well, the beach was full of witnesses, Barney.

Something may have happened. that these people could notice,

but in a different environment, like the mountains or the countryside.

The state has witnesses after the scream, not before.

Are you done with that? Yes, thank you.

You're going to be pleasantly surprised when you see the few that present themselves.

You know a good place for a homicide? A forbidden place

Do you know why? Because nobody accepts that he was there.

It's done to the first witness a good interrogation,

is given as an example, and the rest is simple

But can't it happen to you that...?

Not me, Dave, you. You will take this case in court.

But why? You'll run the defense, not me.

Why me, why not you?

Because Angel needs two things to get out of this alive.

A good defense in court and sufficient funds.

The State has sufficient funds and us, just the ones we get.

Gotta get 'em, Dave, I've done it. and I know which sources to turn to, and you?

No.

Take care of the defense only. so I'll be there to get the rest.

It's the only way to save this young man. What do you say to that?

That you're wrong, this case requires of an experienced lawyer.

The more you have, the better.

You really think that Angel is innocent...

Yes, I do.

That's the point, I don't think is innocent; morally, yes.

I think if the girl had lived 10 more minutes

will have committed a pre-established crime.

I think it's legally guilty, and this...

this experienced attorney you're talking about, if we find him.

I'd think exactly the same thing. You've heard the same stories before.

This case requires a lawyer who believes. Barney

Yeah, I've seen it.

Listen, David, I'm not doing any favors.

It's just that I need a man with those qualities

It has to be part of the cause. He's got to be smart.

You have to believe that Angel Chavez He's innocent.

You must be very clever. And we need him here, right now.

Over time I learned that when someone says "right now"...

it's time to wait a little. What's that?

I don't want to make up my mind about something like that. in just ten seconds.

It's important, look...

the smiling and polite gentleman is John J Armstrong,

beloved and respected district attorney.

Yesterday, team captain. tomorrow Governor.

Barney, Abbe... How are they? Hello

All right, sir. This is David Blake, Mr. John Armstrong,

a whole genuinely American young man

Barney, maybe he's an American. white and Protestant, but in my heart

I'm such a good American horn if I'd just come from another country.

Tell him about it. Barney.

David will handle the trial, I'm going to help him.

On the stand?

Right, David?

I'll handle the trial on the case.

Let's not hang around, why didn't the boy testify?

What do you have in mind?

We've got a nice town, I wouldn't want him to show up

in the headlines of the country, enveloped in the history of a crime

I'm willing to accept a declaration of guilt

and recommend a sentence from 5 to 10 years old

Seek another goal, we will not declare none of that, except...

between this, I think the boy I was on break.

And then what?

I think I'd recommend Mr. Blake, to suggest to Angel Chavez

to plead guilty to alienation. Alienation?

This boy killed her, and you think he'll go to a farm for six months?

I promise you nothing, but I'm willing to accept

2 to 5 years for homicide for recklessness.

Don't look at it like that, it's your case, What do you say?

Do your thing, we'll do it. we'll meet our client.

We won't send him to jail. for you to earn points.

From now on I'm going to declare him premeditated murder.

It was convenient to deal with Armstrong Now that he almost said you'd win the case?

Don't wait for the deal when awaits a conviction.

Abbe, you know the girl's mother, Do you think he'll see me?

What for?

A public funeral would be disastrous. would shake up the city.

Public funerals know how to arrive to public lynchings.

There would be no mother to receive you, Barney.

If Dave has the guts, he'll know to get what you're looking for.

Is that what you wanted to hear? Yes, I do.

Pay the bill, and start a new one. page in your books

that says "Funds for the defense of Angel Chavez"

And carry the food, me and the 20 bucks I gave Sanders.

I can't stop thinking about something Ralph Castillo said.

The meeting was to prevent the schools will send the boys

Mexicans out of the district.

I was the president

Ralph Castillo took the floor.

He smiled as he knows how to do it and said...

Madam President, you'll think differently in this respect

when some Mexican attacks his daughter.

It's not your fault, don't torment yourself.

He's my command.

Sam, the lawyers will defend the young man who...

Why do you have to talk and talk about all this?

Because they taught me that hatred was a sin

and now I hate, then my principles are wrong.

And I hate it, that's clear.

You can kick me out of your house and I'll understand.

But I wonder what arrangements have been made for the funeral?

Get out of here, get out! Sam, I know what you're thinking.

A public funeral would be a pilgrimage for Castillo and the fans.

I want the manager to take out the the body of the morgue, burn it,

that scatters the ashes and no ceremony.

I don't want you to scatter his ashes in a dumpster!

It won't be that way.

I want a permanent place.

A place where you can visit her... and maybe plant a tree.

He's never dated a young man.

He was in bed for a year and everything. that time only spoke of...

the pool... it was so important. for... that girl..

There's got to be a funeral, you understand? Yes, of course I do.

You have to be quick and discreet, without publication in the newspapers.

Tomorrow... 10:00.

The Flowe case repeats the rule that you can't commit a crime... uh....

No, write that a pre-established crime can exist if the supposed cause is... uh....

No, cross it out and throw it in the basket.

A pre-established crime requires that the murderer, at the time of the act

is engaged in the deliberate commission of a felony

and that if it weren't for that felony. it wouldn't have happened.

Case: The State versus Flowe, year 1.934, objected, uh...

That's exactly it. Didn't you know? You said it.

When? I don't know. Little by little, for the last hour,

since tidying up and combining is my job.

You do your job. Barney does his job and I'm the only one on the moon.

That's enough. You'll take care of it. of the case and you'll win it.

You agree with Barney on that.

He'll win because I have a face so naive and confused

that the jury will pity me No.

Because you have faith in Angel, and in this.

URI INJURIA IBI REMEDIUM. "Where there is an evil there is a remedy."

You have to have faith in this, don't you?

He won't be able to teach, he won't be able to practice the law if I didn't.

Others hang it on their walls as if it were a memory.

It's carved in marble. at the courthouse door.

Let me shake hands with the first one I see. with him in his pocket.

You're going to win, David, I'm convinced.

This is the comfortable part of the job.

But it's better to keep working.

Tomorrow. It's also part of my job. know when it's time to rest.

It's been a long, tedious day. and others like this are coming.

I haven't had time to look for a hotel. Abbe.

It's almost 3:00 in the morning.

Let's go. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

From the earth he went out and into the earth we commend her.

Ralph Castillo is the one on the front. a fanatical aristocrat.

The other man is Cap Grant, the only one left of the Ku-Klux-Klan.

He preaches Anglo supremacy, while Castillo talks about real estate.

We would like to pay tribute, Father.

Mr. Castillo, the funeral is over.

Are you ordering us to retreat?

You call yourself a Christian, Isn't this a Christian funeral?

This is where men can come. who feel the Lord in their heart

Can you start with a prayer?

Oh. [Chuckles] Lord, send your love, your grace, and your mercy to this meeting.

Amen

I must remind you that this is a place blessed, not a circus ring.

He's upset. Father.

He won't take the insult into account.

Something tragic has happened

We anticipate it, and it's our fault.

Because we were shy, we shut up when we had a sacred duty to speak.

We were afraid of being crossed out of anti-Americans.

My family worked the land where the Town Hall is here today.

However, shut up.

But now I'll see justice done.

You'll see that this innocent creature didn't die for nothing.

Mary, I swear I'll see that no family in this town

suffer again as your family is suffering right now.

Amen! Amen!

We'll see to it that our living people among their own

As it was before

They say this is discrimination.

But why is it discrimination to separate the races?

Suppose a line was made.

And the Mexicans lived on this side. and each other's whites.

Who would be discriminated against by both of them?

I beg a short prayer, Father, and we'll go.

¡0h. Lord, have mercy on us. and send us peace. Amen.

Thank you, Father!

They're in the same business.

They'll have 5 percent of the city with them

The other 95 will be at his house with the closed doors, and fear of dying.

Let's see if we can make that Sanders call the Governor

to send troops. Let's go. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

I already called the Governor. the troops will be here in an hour.

If I know what can happen in an hour?

But what do you want me to do?

Call the 25 cops I asked for a year ago and didn't grant me?

Of course I'm serious!

They're going to lynch my son! They won't do any of that.

But it's true, I'm going to die today.

Isn't that right, Mr. Blake?

You have chances, you have to trust And I'm innocent!

I haven't been with the girl like they say! I didn't even know about those things.

You believe me, don't you? Yeah, I believe you.

But they want to kill him. want to do it today

All right, they'll drag him out. and they'll bring a rope!

They'll tie the rope around your neck and hang it from a tree!

Barney, cut it out!

They'll break into the living room and that'll be the end of it!

Now, put your hand on this book.

put your hand on the book!

If you want to save your son, I want you to swear for everything he deems sacred,

that you will do everything I tell you. no questions asked.

Now, swear it. Yeah.

Say, "I swear." I swear.

If you want to tell me something, say it now. or stop bothering me!

Now talk!

I want to talk to you.

I want a receipt for the young man It's my property until I hand it over.

He'll stay here with me. until the troops arrive.

I'm going to protect my prison even if I die myself

or maybe I'll have to kill to other citizens.

No, I would never do that. Fats, this is gonna cost you a lot.

If the young man is lynched, this will no longer be San Juno,

a nice place to live.

It's going to be San Juno, the place where a defendant was lynched.

People don't like to move into a new place. city with a reputation like that.

If this young man isn't alive when the troops arrive.

You're gonna be sorry, I promise.

You're one of them, Fats.

If you weren't up here, you'd be with them.

They know it, and you know it!

That's why they chose you five times in a row.

Now get up there and tell them you'll face them! You're crazy!

You'll be famous Your name will come out in the newspapers from coast to coast.

"Glory to Fats Sanders, the jailer. that avoids a lynching."

They won't listen to me. Of course they will!

Perhaps, if I give you my word that the law executed him.

That's it. That's it.

But if they don't, they'll never choose me. We don't promise you anything, Fats.

I do!

They wouldn't let me avoid this, but I'm not gonna sit around

while men like Castillo provoke these battles.

Don't worry about it. Fats. Promételes we'll hang him legally,

if they give us a chance.

That pole won't do you any good, which they need is a little nitroglycerin.

The door is anchored in concrete.

See

The nitroglycerin, the nitro, the nitro is here!

Don't try to stop us, Fats, we'll do what we have to do!

They want the executioner Disappointed? You have to live.

he may have a wife and kids.

We don't trust the executioner, we don't trust the executioner. in the state, we don't trust

Come in. Mr. Sanders!

All right, he'll tell you the whole truth. like I always do.

They'll probably blow the door.

If they do, I don't have the cops. to prevent them from entering

and take the boy out to hang him.

They want to stop us. until the troops arrive.

That's right, Cap. The troops will be here soon.

In the meantime, whatever happens it's up to you.

Now, if you return to your homes in peace, I give you my word

that the man who murdered Mary Wiltsie will be executed... illegally.

I never made them a promise. that he didn't deliver!

Mr. Castillo!

You realize what a lynching will affect the city

In dollars and cents?

This city will be a dead city, if they lynch the young man!

Now go home!

If the law doesn't execute that miserable young man,

I swear I'll quit my job. and I will never seek public office

I've been on the official payroll for 20 years!

I'd starve somewhere else!

Go home!

Get out of here!

Okay, Angel Chavez, Don't worry..

the State guarantees you a fair trial...

and a better execution.

# Capital City Passengers, you can claim their luggage on the ramp. #

Tired? No. I'm fine.

After next week you will say that this last one was on vacation.

By the time the trial starts, you'll have more information about the young person and the girl

than anyone: than any person, and you'll know more about juries than...

The tickets, everything's ready. Good girl

Ah... good advice, don't get carried away. the detective, hires Pine & Pine.

are the best in San Juno, we'll pay them well, you must tell them.

And control your feelings, I don't mean you two, if not Angel.

Remember, he's your client, not your son.

I insist that the trial be Celebrate at Alexander

No, let's go.

You mustn't talk to anyone, unless I tell you to.

Why don't you stay in my cabin. while I'm away?

It's comfortable and you can work there, huh?

If you want to work.

Your name, please. Carlson

And your name, please? ...Chavez

Good luck to you. Bye, Barney.

Goodbye, Abbe Good-bye. Good-bye.

I guess when they're over Colorado, will open the door of the plane

and tell him to jump, see what happens.

Huh? [Laughs]

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Barney! Where are they? The keys to the cabin?

Abbe has them!

Office, deposit box, car, cabin. A secretary keeps all the keys.

I can see that.

The plane will rise but not we'll stay and watch him go up.

Yeah, let's go.

Abbe?

I think this needs to be warmed up. There must be a loose connection.

It's got its trick.

That's it. That's it.

You did it like an expert.

I have one just like it at home, that's all.

No. That's not true. I fixed the base earlier.

Barney used to work here and I was helping him.

From... more than a year ago.

Do you have any questions?

No questions

I get up when I'm told to. and I always feel straight.

I pay attention and if I have to say something in court, I do it in a low voice.

All right, do you have any questions?

Well, the trial starts early tomorrow. When will my mother be back?

When I can, she'd like to be here but Mr. Carlson needs you in New York,

to raise funds.

We need money to pay the researchers, typists, telegrams.

Well, Angel, we spent about $3,000. last week and, like, 5,000 on this one.

It's true that my judge, Judge Motley, Is he a coloured man?

One of the prisoners told me last night.

It's true. Why?

They said it would be like this, because they'd know he'd execute me,

and that's what they're waiting for.

If he violates any rule, Angel, another judge will take you to another trial.

You know what I mean?

Of course he can stay inside. of the law, but in favor of the other side.

But, if any of that happened. it would be up to me to avoid it.

Do you understand that?

I wonder if you'd like to explain to me the things that happen in court,

as they go by. Maybe it's silly, but I'd like to study to be a lawyer.

I've seen you work.

Of course I'll explain. I'll explain. whatever happens, okay?

He's doing everything Mr. Carlson told him not to.

He told her to remember that I'm his client, not his son.

TODAY BEGINS THE TRIAL OF CHAVEZ

The eyes of the nation will be set today in San Juno to see how the culprit is punished,

in accordance with the Constitution in force.

Punish the guilty, but with tact

They're laying out a long, red carpet that will reach the scaffold, Abbe.

Okay, let's go.

Good luck, Blake. The case is lost, so I can wish him luck.

I'm sorry... No statements

All right, the court is now in session. Judge Theodore Motley presiding.

Have a seat.

Be quiet.

The State vs. Angel Chavez. The State is ready.

Ready the defense.

Ladies and gentlemen. 12 of you will be elected

to serve as a jury in the case of the State against Angel Chavez.

The defendant is charged with murder, for criminally causing,

on the night of June 7, 1947, Mary Wiltsie's death.

On this charge, the defendant has pleaded not guilty.

You will be represented by counsel Barney Carlson and David Blake

Mr. Blake will appear.

Mr. John Armstrong will represent the State.

Mr. Actuary, call the first jury.

Mr. Karl Baney

Mr. John Stahl.

This starts with 50 names, 12 in the box and 38 on standby.

If I can prove that anyone of them is prejudiced.

the judge will recuse him: and recuse him. to 20. if I ask you to.

That's called a challenge.

And how do you know which one works and which one doesn't?

Remember what I told you about the reports. I have in my hands.

Pine & Pine, is the agency of detectives you've investigated

about all these people.

Those marked with an "YES". can be on our side.

Mr. Castlow

Is there any objection to a jury?

The state wants you excuse Jack Donstood.

You're excused.

Mr. Pringway

You may proceed to examine the jury, which has been constituted

Mr. Abbot............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Mr. Abbott............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Haven't I seen him before?

No, I don't think so, sir. I understand

Mr. Abbott, weren't you one of the ones were trying to lynch Angel Chavez?

No, it wasn't.

Your Honor, can this member of the jury to take the oath?

Proceed with the oath.

Raise your right hand.

He swears to tell the truth, the whole and nothing but the truth,

and you swear to God? I swear.

Now, Mr. Abbott, you've sworn, apart from moral, legal...

Mr. Blake, the court explains the penalties of law

I... I apologize to the court, Your Honor.

Perjury, Mr. Abbott, is a felony, and the penalty is five years in prison.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Now, Mr. Abbott, tell us where was on the night of June 9.

All right, it was there, but I wasn't part of the crowd.

And why was he there?

To justice! To see the fun?

Objection! That's all there is to it.

by ear doesn't need to continue the interrogation.

The member of the jury is excused. You can call another name

Mr. Randall

Benedict All right.

Mr. Benedict?

Mr. Benedict, I understand who owns a farm

north of San Juno, Is that correct?

That's right. That's right. That's right.

Mr. Benedict, you employ Mexican peasants.

Yes, I do.

And it employs white peasants. No

Why, do you pay the others less?

It means that I have prejudices against them?

I didn't say that. I'm not prejudiced against anyone!

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. I don't treat men like gadgets.

Don't go ahead, I didn't say anything about it!

Now... I'll ask you the question differently.

PINE & PINE REPORTS THAT THE JURORS

WERE CALLED AT THE LAST MINUTE.

Your Honor, I reject all these members of the jury

and request that they be excused on the grounds that this group

has been pressured by the state!

That's a lie!

What do you know about this? I don't know anything.

If I find out that your motion was made with frivolity,

to prevent this process, I'll take serious action.

You can drop the charges. I'm not dropping the charges.

Without prejudice to... I'm sorry, Your Honor.

There'll be a recess and we'll talk. of this matter in my office.

If you have evidence, bring it with you.

Are these the testimonies? All

Have a seat, young man.

A soda? No. Thank you, Your Honor.

Court's not in session, call me Ted.

Something's troubling you, what is it?

This has never happened in the world, You want to tell me what's going on?

Some detectives visited some jurors last night

and they did a lot of personal questions.

Was this done with your intervention? No, sir.

But did you know that detectives were investigating possible jurors?

It's always done in a case of homicide, defense...

We also investigated, yes. but we didn't go into their houses,

And they did. We didn't mean to do that.

Were all the jurors boarded?

These are the testimonies of those who were visited.

They all were, that's what he told me. Fats Sanders, who was in charge.

But I'll take responsibility. with my apologies

The State has been saved from a mistrial only for the care of the defense.

It'll be till Monday, when another group meets.

I'll adjourn until then. You can go

Are you uneasy about the boy's trial?

That's right. That's right. That's right.

I don't like this trial, I don't like it. this town, I don't like any of this.

The whole country will see how we punish to Latino criminals.

Angel won't get a fair trial. it will be in appearance. Your Honor.

And I want to tell you something else. I don't like you presiding.

I think you were chosen so that, after conviction,

everyone can say. "Of course the defendant had a good trial."

"Sure, he even had a judge of his own color."

It's a terrible accusation. that he throws at the whole city,

and with very weak evidence to do so.

I'm sure you consider yourself totally free of prejudice.

But you will still forbid me to preside. this lawsuit for the color of my skin.

Think about that a little bit.

Well..

I'm

What's going on, Abbe? What are you thinking?

I know when you were 14, you went to your first one. party with a girl named Donna

I know you're a law teacher.

I know what you are and what you want to be.

I think I asked you a thousand questions. and you never made me one.

I told you about the apartment I live in. and the office where I work

You have no idea what I knew, before I met you.

If I had asked you... would you have told me?

Probably not.

Maybe that's why I didn't ask you anything. Abbe.

Hello? I'm sorry.

Hi, Barney.

What? I don't know.

Oh, you heard about the jury.

I'm glad you approve, Barney.

What? I don't know.

It's just I can't Barney, they're gonna choose a new jury on Monday

and I have to go over Pine & Pine's report.

Oh, why, why should I be there?

Barney, is this where it happens?

But you can't... needs this weekend, he's very tired!

But, Barney, 5,000 miles. in two days doesn't make sense.

Bye, Barney.

I'll be back the day after tomorrow, Abbe. Be very, very careful.

But why, you're afraid, that I got crushed by a driver with a truck?

Abbe. What are you worried about? Hurry up, Mr. Blake.

Yeah. I'm coming. Goodbye, David!

#Flight 55 to New York, Last call.

Let's go! Let's go!

Testing-1, 2, 3, 4

Testing-4, 3, 2, 1

Testing-1, 2, 3, 4

Enough, cut it out, cut it out!

Thank you. Thank you.

First of all, I want to thank you help in this collection!

This won't be easy, I am very grateful to you!

I'm going to introduce you to our guest, Mr. Blake, in about five hours!

Right now I want to go over some things with you.

As for the mechanics of the collection, do you know the "green sea" trick well?

Yes! Nooo!

Those who said "yes" point out to those who said "no."

I'm sorry, Barney, about "sea green." people don't seem to like me.

No, they'll do anything with me.

Now the signal will be when cross your arms like this and say.

Do you trust me?

Did you get that? Crossed arms

Do you trust me?

Now! Now!

I have great respect for the President. of all the great people in the Latin club,

and all the people in the Latin club.

But... the whole Latino community you will be paid for your work

as co-sponsor of this meeting.

How much we give them will depend not what they collect.

but yes, whatever they give us.

Don't be benevolent, don't practice that. one for you, one for me... please!

See you tonight!

Goodbye! Goodbye!

Mr. Carlson...!

Mr. Carlson, I'm Eunice Webson. one of "Philadelphia 8."

One of the 8 women workers detained for political reasons.

If I may say so, it's a delicate case. I thought we could help.

They'd only distract the public, Mr. Blake. is the guest to speak.

Organize upstairs. Willard

I have an idea, come to the meeting this and contribute $50.

Mr. Carlson... ! This will give you a round of applause when you hand them over.

I'll take Mrs. Chavez to her meeting. for 68% of what is collected.

It'll be a success. Don't forget to introduce yourself tonight, with the 50 bucks.

Barney, I can't wait that long. no more procrastination.

I told the gentleman that only I'd make some recordings

for "Free World Communications."

I agreed to give him $2,000 for his service. if your brother Artie

lent us the sand today. for 20% of the reserved amount.

Artie booked it for his committee.

The contract came in this morning. It's 40%.

You know how hard Artie is.

I'll talk to Artie, I can fix something.

It's 20%. It's 20%.

When do we record?

When the new contract arrives, and now go.

All right, Artie's gonna kill me! Artie's gonna kill me!

Mr. Carlson? Yes, I do.

Will there be another dinner tonight?

The People's Party Dinner for the Central Committee.

He'll think I'm not grateful,

but every night, tamales, beans and chili con carne.

At home we only eat meat, potatoes and vegetables.

What I've eaten here would produce an ulcer on a pawn.

Go to your room and ask for it. I want and charge it to my account.

And tonight, dinner with tamales. beans and chili con carne.

Just take a little of what is served there, no one will criticize it.

No one expects me to dine normally. Your boy is fighting for his life.

He's right. He's right. Thank you, Mr. Carlson.

She's quite a woman!

I have the report of the clubs here, Barney.

Barney, I want to talk to you. Do you want to check it now?

Not now. I'll be in my office.

Barney? Yeah.

What work is there for me?

Here's your speech, you'll read it at the meeting.

You're the guest of honor. You're in all the papers.

You frustrate the plot in the of the juries.

I don't like this. Speak up.

I don't like any of this.

You're right, they want to get you out. money all the time.

57. for this committee, 10% for the other. everything is like that in this business.

10 double whiskies, no one takes beer in this business.

Why do you let them do that?

Because they gathered 18,000 people to come to this meeting.

and this is just the beginning.

They have a special letter service Send a ticket for Angel.

They've got 200 girls with cans on the street. Justice for all.

It's amazing to see how few people don't They put something on when a girl gets close!

It's not just the way to raise the money but the people who help you.

The "All People's Party," Barney. is only half of the left.

It's 60% and there are others who they're stealing money from the party.

I don't want that kind of money.

Cash and in order...

you want nice, honorable American money,

not dirty, polluted money.

You have to make a decision, but you have to do it now.

If you want to take over the case, without the "People's Party" at the meeting,

I don't care; I'll help you.

I know where I can get $106.

You think so? Is that what you want?

I want Angel to be acquitted.

That's what I want. Then you'll talk.

You won't read this.

Say what you want, a few words, say thank you.

I promised you'd introduce yourself. All right, I'll be there.

But neither you nor anyone else will order me what I have to say

Did you get that, Barney?

Oh, don't worry like that, David.

Ah, it's going to be a great meeting. and a good cause.

It will begin with Dr. Abraham Tenfold, a good preliminary at meetings.

He's an educated man, historian, a good exponent of his race.

Nobody cares if they can't hear it, you've heard it before.

He talks, talks and talks, while people find a seat.

Then the boys will come. of the summer camp

of the "People's Party." They advocate peace and freedom.

They look for the chapter and recite it with a brave, unison voice.

They always attract people.

And for those who want to take a drink while they wait.

a dancer.

Everyone likes the feminine appeal.

Then we start in the breast. first Consuelo, then you.

Lucky, because I've always will fondly remember

than 20,000 people, because the heart dictated it,

came to help me in my grief.

You must remember, all of you, that gave him hope

who he needed hope for.

Now... I'd like to introduce you the man who's fighting

to save my boy.

A great lawyer and a great fighter... Mr. David Blake!

I'm convinced that Angel Chavez should be released.

Without this conviction, in the first place, I wouldn't have defended the boy.

I've seen and heard some things in this place that I don't...

There's a change in the session.

The voice of this driver is a powerful weapon.

I'm sure that They'll forgive him if he takes care of her.

for the great battle he's embarked on.

And now, a big round of applause for a good friend!

Ladies and gentlemen. Barney Carlson!

Friends, let's trust each other!

I trust you.

Do you trust me? Yes!

Will they prove they trust me? Yes!

All right, I want everyone pull out a $1 bill...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

and hold it high, very high.

Muuuy high!

Hey, you, 18th row. Stop. of bragging, I said 1, not 5!

Let me put it this way.

I want everyone except the F.B.I, lift your one-dollar bill.

Let's all go!

I want to see the green sea!

Flutter them!

This is all beautiful!

No, no, no; don't stop.

I said it's beautiful, and you have to believe me.

Now... when I count to three...

I want you to close your eyes and keep them closed!

I swear by my own soul, and for the most sacred...

that when I tell them to open their eyes, you'll still have your tickets!

Be ready... one, two, treees...!

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

Much more! Come on! Quick! Quick, all the money!

All right, open your eyes!

What do they say, I cheated on them?

Yes!

That I lied to you?

Yes!

All right, I lied to you.

but I taught them two things that are worth more than a one-dollar bill.

Number 1. when a man swears by the most sacred, be careful.

My mother is an energetic republican. who lives in Cook County

Moral number 2.. Don't trust anyone!

The era of trust and ingenuity has passed

Blessed are the poor, if they have the guts to take

those blessings by your hands!

Will the humble inherit the land?

Yes. It's possible, when they decide to take her with his arms!

The fight is against an entire state. and it's very big.

I don't have to tell you what's important. that contributions are,

because they already know!

I don't have to scare them with what will happen if they don't contribute!

You know it too!

I'll just ask you one question!

Can anyone here donate $15,000 to save Angel Chavez?

Workers' Section No. 1 Maritime and stevedores...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

offers... offers... $10,000!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks to Section 1!

To all, all these girls

They're all magnificent, all of them!

Free World Communications, offers $250!

Processors... Processors and Tanners offer 100 dollars!

Oh, and here, ladies and gentlemen...

a $50 bill that provides Mrs. Eunice Webson.

Mrs. Webson is a of "Philadelphia 8"!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Webson!

She's smart, she gave me cash.

And now I want to see more!

! Attach your card to your ticket and send him here!

Wait a second, David.

Mr. Blake has to take his plane

and continue their struggle to save Angel Chavez.

But I don't want him to leave. with the wrong idea.

I want you to tell him. Is this collection over?

Nooo!

Let him go and save Angel Chavez! Yes!

Now, all together, Let's wish him good luck, David!

Good luck, David!

# The arrival of the flight is announced N° 4 of Capital City #

# Passengers, through gate 2. #

Come on, David, how'd it go? How'd it go?

The only logical way. It was a trap and without knowing it, I fell.

You could've warned me. Abbe, you could've to tell me the truth, but you didn't.

There was no way... So. So don't ask me how

I feel mentally.

Suppose I told you something, would it have been cheating or not?

You wanted funds for Angel? Accept them.

You would have gone there and fallen into the trap, despite what I said.

I was on stage, there were communists. in front of huge banners behind my back.

I tried to tell them what I was thinking and I finished...

speaking into a deaf microphone and loud music.

I'm sorry. Well, you're sorry.

Abbe, Abbe, listen to me... I love you, You understand, I love you.

I want to marry you. That doesn't mean anything, does it?

You never told me anything...

I'm not, I'm not. talking about what I said.

I'm talking about what you knew.

You knew I wanted to get married. with you and that I would tell you

and you let me fall into that trap like a lamb going to the slaughterhouse.

Why? I'm so. Will you tell me once and for all why?

Why is that? I don't know. David, you have to believe me.

I believed you. I just.. Abbe, I believed you naively...

Still arguing?

# Passenger Edwards, please introduce yourself

on the report table of State Airlines.

# Passenger Edwards... #

Now, Mr. Hanley...

Are you a friend of A. A. Sanders?

Oh, "Fats" Sanders, yeah, sure.

Are they real friends? I don't understand where you're going.

What's wrong with him and Sanders have been or are friends?

Your Honor, this will seem useless to you. because he doesn't know why I'm doing it.

There's only one or two questions left. We'll accept them subject to their relationship.

Mr. Blake, we've been almost three weeks choosing the jury.

The court begs you to make the effort to expedite the selection.

All right, I'll do it.

Okay, Mr. Hanley.

It's Mr. Sanders the kind of friend to whom would you do favors?

Huh? I mean, you wouldn't do anything that could cause him harm.

It wouldn't hurt anyone. Of course I do.

If I told you that the future this man's politician

depends on the guilt of Angel Chavez...

I checked Hanley... Wait a minute, wait a minute.

There is not one person in this court who doesn't know Sanders' promises.

Calm down. Calm down. Gentlemen..

Listen, David, I know you've only got one thing left. a single challenge without cause.

when I present it. the jury will be complete.

It's only natural that I don't want to use it.

Can I allow the disqualification of a jury not because I'm prejudiced,

but because he has a prejudiced friend? Who doesn't have them?

He said he won't hurt Sanders,

but if exonerated, the city won't re-elect Fats.

I consider myself a friend of yours,

but that doesn't mean I'd vote for to please him if he was on the jury.

I don't know what you think, but I'm tired.

Court is adjourned.

David Blake? If it is, it's me.

I've been following him where I was going

for almost three weeks, my name is Finn.

Oh, I hope you haven't bothered too much, Mr. Finn.

None of that, sir. It was a pleasure.

Although, I've been left alone when he went to New York.

You have a subpoena now, Mr. Blake.

What does Mr. Blake say Are you going to appear?

Are you going to answer it? Will he stay here?

Well, first I have to find out of what they want from me.

Are you going to introduce yourself this afternoon, sir? Won't he be there?

This document requires your presence before the members of this body

There's no way around this date.

I have to report Saturday morning.

You can tell us what you want Your committee?

Will they try to keep him away...? Wait a minute, wait a minute.

I'm following the murder case... Why do they claim it...?

Let me say it. For now I'm an officer of this court.

and for any committee of the legislature, even for subversive activities,

to interfere with me right now. is an invasion of the judicial system.

Are you going to turn it down? Wait a minute, there's one thing,

I don't think there's a court in this state. not to overturn this subpoena.

I insist on the question, do you intend to reject it?

I'm sure that when Mr. Butler knows what's going on here.

will voluntarily withdraw the citation.

You can say that you will...

Listen, I'm not gonna show up until the trial's over, you got that right?

How can he be so busy? But how can I possibly say that?

What does it say about Saturday he went to New York. Wasn't he busy, then?

Yes. Do you think Butler will accept your refusal?

You'd better ask Mr. Butler. Huh?

Forgive me... Good-bye

Disloyalty and subversion committee.

Yes, I do.

Disloyalty and subversion committee. Carroll B. Butler president.

state building, Capital City.

By pressure of my judicial duties

I won't be able to appear before his committee for the time being.

I suggest you postpone until after the Chavez case..

C H-A-V-E-Z, Chavez, on trial, and David Blake signs

With urgent acknowledgement of receipt and hand-delivered.

One moment, please.

This way you'll have a copy of Butler with the receipt, all that in hand.

Send it with acknowledgement of receipt and delivered by hand, thank you.

Have you thought about what you're going to say Butler when you witness?

After Angel's trial?

In the ivory tower there are windows to escape.

I know something about Carroll B. Butler. I know a little bit about the research committee,

how important they are. the good work they do...

but I don't know about Carroll Butler. manages his committee

It's not a research committee; it's a committee appointed to crown

Carroll Burn Butler as the killer of the communists.

I know you'll ask me questions about Barney's meeting.

I'll tell you the truth, the truth never hurts.

It's something not everyone believes in.

Here are your notes. Good night. Good night.

You're not going Abbe, you're running away.

That's right, there's something you want and you don't feel up to it.

Has it ever occurred to you that I might know. Abbe?

You and Barney fooled me. because I trusted both of them,

but there's a big difference between to be fooled and fooled, Abbe.

And I'm not dumb, I have a pair of eyes and a brain, albeit rudimentary.

I wish only one thing; I wish to have known you before Barney.

That's right. That's right. That's right.

5 minutes after arriving in New York, I knew Barney was a communist.

5 minutes after to board the plane to get back.

I knew that if Barney was a communist. you should be, too.

No, he wasn't a communist, not a credentialist. But if an enthusiastic sympathizer.

Yeah, he was enthusiastic, he was loyal. discreet and completely reliable.

She was the perfect sympathizer. And when did you stop being one, Abbe?

A minute ago, last week, A year ago?

You don't leave suddenly, you become one. and it's left slowly,

I started when I was in school.

And why did you convince yourself, Abbe?

Why? I don't know.

Because it was one more of thousands of and wanted to be different.

and I found out there were clubs and meetings and if you went to them you were different.

Suddenly, people were pointing at us. I became a school freak.

And I met important people, whose names appeared in the press.

I saw that he had friends who were going to change the world together

and that they shared that policy. That was the most important thing to me.

He gave me some sort of orientation. when I was looking I don't know what.

He told me what was true, what was false...

to ask me why women communists are so unattractive,

why the Party says that sex is so like drinking a glass of water,

or... why put on makeup for to go to the pool.

I'm not interested in that stuff. We were told everything...

for whom to vote, for whom to collect funds, for whom to carry banners...

And who to bury a knife to, too?

Many things have changed since then, David.

I know that love is not a cure for the communist,

the cure is different in each case.

The cure in my case was natural.

Long before I met you, I was glad to see you. not to have joined the party and that...

they wouldn't have given me a credential. They said she was a lost bourgeois,

They were right. I never could. to align myself with the Party.

He was undergoing constant change; the truth of the Monday would be Tuesday's lie.

I could never stand that.

How'd it go with Barney?

Then I started thinking, to ask questions and then...

you introduced yourself I knew what they were doing to you.

I knew I had to warn you... but I couldn't.

I don't know... telling you... would destroy... the last one. piece of something I believed in.

I was wrong.

I had been part of a family and I didn't know to understand in my heart...

the value of hurting people who had been like loved ones.

Then I let you go to the meeting. and I let them give you the subpoena.

Now it's too late I let them destroy you.

I can't stand being destroyed. I've got to go.

They haven't destroyed me. Abbe. they never will.

You thought the truth would separate us and the truth has united us into one.

Don't you think so, Abbe?

I believe in you. Oh. [Chuckles] Abbe!

If I now use the last challenge without cause, with Karl

I'll have to accept whoever takes his place.

Challenge him.

Hey, where'd you get that. from the book you're reading, huh?

Partly. He says not to accept a jury. after interrogating him in detail.

Can be very hostile Besides, he doesn't like me.

Quiet please.

All right.

Have a seat, the session's open.

You may proceed, gentlemen.

Your Honor...

The defense requests that the jury Karl Baney be excused.

You're excused, you can call another jury.

Mary Ackerman!

He was on the anti-segregation committee

Armstrong will recuse her right away.

Unless he gets over it.

No questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Armstrong?

No questions

If there are no more motions. the jury is complete.

Actuary, take the oath.

Raise your right hand.

You swear that you will judge truthfully the case of the State against Chávez,

According to the evidence? I swear it!

Have a seat, please.

Ladies and gentlemen. decide this case on the basis of

to what you see and hear in this courtroom.

Ignore what you've done. seen or heard elsewhere.

You'll hear the opening remarks,

then we will proceed to listen to the testimonies.

With the permission of the court..

ladies and gentlemen...

the state will prove that Mary Wiltsie died while defending himself

of an ignominious attack by the accused

We'll show you that this attack was and that the law expressly dictates

that this attack must be considered as murder.

For this, the most serious of crimes. the law obliges us to ask for capital punishment.

I have faith that you will come to a correct verdict, according to the evidence.

Without taking into account the dramatic appeals that the defense will expose

trying to soften the case.

Thank you. [Chuckles]

Your Honor...

Ladies and gentlemen..

my... my friend has made a good case.

Yeah, after you all hear the evidence, they're convinced

that Mary Wiltsie died as a result of...

a criminal attack by this young man...

then you must give the criminal verdict that Mr. Armstrong is looking for.

But I doubt very much that Mr. Armstrong can prove what he said,

because I simply didn't happen that way.

Thank you

You can call your first witness, Mr. Armstrong?

It's Dr. Johannes Schacter.

Schacter, Johannes Schacter!

Raise your right hand.

He swears to tell the truth, the whole truth. and nothing but the truth?

Do you swear to God? I swear.

Your full name, address and occupation.

Johannes Albert Schacter, 2,020 Bridge Boulevard, medical

Have a seat.

Doctor, are you a general practitioner?

No, I'm a member of the College American of Cardiology.

Are you a specialist? I am. I am.

That doctor's an expert, he's been before in the courts.

How long will he be on the stand? Mmm... I don't know.

Armstrong won't be in a hurry, he's capable not later than noon

Doctor, you said the cause of death It was a heart attack.

due to a violent effort.

Other than what you said, what evidence of a violent effort?

Well... her clothes were messy.

Could it be that his clothes would have been disarranged after death?

Maybe, but it's not feasible. Is that possible?

Yeah. Thank you. [Chuckles]

Doctor, I understand you knew the girl, was your patient, wasn't he?

It had been. As a child, she suffered from rheumatic fever.

The treatment was a long rest.

Was your recovery satisfactory? It was.

Oh!.... Well, I understand. who had suffered a recurrence

of evil, it's like an anus, is that right?

Yes, and I gave him the same treatment.

and again the recovery was very satisfying.

It's not true that you told Mrs. Wiltsie who was

very tender and indulgent with his daughter, because that daughter

maybe, I wouldn't be in this world many years?

Yes. I... I told him that. And you didn't explain to Mrs. Wiltsie,

in view of Mary's condition. that every time for Mary to get out of bed,

walk or make any effort. could it cause him to go into cardiac arrest?

It's hard to remember the exact words. But that's what you wanted to tell him, isn't it?

Well, yeah.

Now, doctor, she was a girl whose heart was too damaged

to resist stress and activity of an everyday life.

Anyway, what I don't understand is why says the girl died

of a cardiac arrest due to to a violent effort.

when you know, I know, everybody knows,

that the girl's body was found in the middle of a long ladder.

Go down that ladder... Doctor, what medical proof do you have

that the girl was coming down, couldn't be climbing the ladder?

Doctor, in light of all this evidence, are you sure that the certificate

of death pointed to the cause of death?

Nominally: Cardiac arrest due to violent effort.

Your Honor, it's time for a recess, the witness is a little fatigued.

So do I, so let's go. to adjourn now.

Your Honor, I'm not finished. to interrogate the doctor.

I think we'll see it with more clarity after eating.

The jury is ordered not to discuss the case with each other

The court is in recess. Your Honor!

The court is in recess.

Why don't you eat some? Are you upset about something?

No. I'm not upset.

Just when I'm ready to ask the doctor the question

that will surprise the jury. Motley grants Armstrong recess.

Now, now. Armstrong has an hour to to think of an answer for the doctor.

Yeah. He's upset.

How long do you think it'll take with these tactics?

Well... I'm not calling any witnesses.

Not even you.

Armstrong may try to lengthen the case or maybe I'll rush him, so that...

look blunt

I think we've got about four days.

Is it true what it says here?

That you can tell of how a trial's going,

looking into the jury's eyes?

Do you fix your eyes on the defendant is that you see him with the rope around his neck?

Makes sense, in a way.

It's one of many superstitions, Angel.

Dr. Schacter, you're still under oath. Last question, please.

He's sure that the death certificate

did you indicate the correct cause of death?

Nominally: Cardiac arrest due to violent effort.

The law requires me to say the probable cause of death.

Other causes are possible.

Maybe he was the victim of a rare poison, or a curse

But I don't think it's likely

I don't even think it's likely that his heart failed

by ordinary tensions of everyday life.

My criterion is that this girl's heart was subjected to a violent effort.

Thank you, Doctor.

Ah... What an answer.

I won't ask any more questions, Your Honor.

Sergeant Walter O'Flair. Sergeant Walter O'Flair!

Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth... ?

Would you take this to the witness, please?

Mr. Johnson, it seems to me you said that was parked on the beach in his car,

heard a scream, turned on the lighthouse and saw the defendant hugging the girl at break.

Is that correct? That's correct, sir.

All right, are you sure, Mr. Johnson.

that didn't mean that was parked in his car.

heard a scream, turned on the headlight of his car and moved it around.

until he finally found the defendant, if he was the defendant?

I wouldn't have had enough time, I directed the lighthouse to the scream and there they were.

That's it, now, Mr. Johnson, Do you want to put your hand on this control?

It's exactly the same control, the same the kind of headlight your car has, right?

All right, now when I give the signal. I want you to do exactly

the same thing he did that night. Objection, Your Honor!

I don't see why, sir.

Go ahead, where do you want me to aim?

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

This is so irregular!

These are very irregular circus tactics.

Objection, Your Honor!

Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

I made them for you two. Angel, they're beautiful!

I copied them from a lighter I looked for what I wanted to say.

"Where there is an evil there is a remedy" It's very hard wood.

I'll polish it like a mirror.

I thought today would be the last day of the trial.

I was up all night. and I finished them.

She's very pretty. Angel.

Barney always said it was a hopelessly sentimental.

You were right.

Why call the boy to the stand? has blocked us all the way down the line.

When I make a promise and trust in the promise of a friend and I decide to...

I lost my temper and it bothers me. that I let Barney

to make me so angry, that I didn't make a deal

Good luck, Fat. I think I can tell you, now.

We have one more witness to trace.

Help...! Help...!

Yeah. That's the voice I heard calling for help.

Now you can... describe the actions of the accused when he saw him at the break.

He turned around when he approached. the officer and tried to flee.

Are you sure about that? Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell.

You can... cross-examine.

He wants to sit over there, Please, Mrs. Chavez?

Mr. Campbell, do you remember what was driving to the beach that night?

Just my fishing rod. Just his fishing rod.

Didn't you bring six bottles of soda and put them in the river to cool them down?

Oh, yes, I forgot. Didn't you have anything else with you?

No And what did you open the bottles with?

Oh, he had a bottle opener. A paper opener and paper cups?

And remember the paper cups

What did you mix the soda with?

With nothing

With nothing?

Mr. Campbell, that afternoon didn't buy a bottle

of Jack Daniel's at the warehouse. of San Juno drinks?

It's possible, I don't remember, but I didn't take anything that night.

And why do I buy another bottle the next day, Mr. Campbell?

Drinking is not a crime, but perjury is.

Maybe I'll have a few drinks. How many, sir?

I don't remember. Do you remember everything you saw

and everything he heard, but he doesn't remember How many drinks shall I have?

Well I, uh... Mr. Campbell, isn't it true.

and remember your oath, that your I remember what happened that night.

is as fuzzy as his memory How many drinks do I have?

Well, I... I just don't know. I don't know. Thank you, sir.

The State concludes the case.

The defense can proceed with the case.

The defense is over. I request a court order.

Mr. Blake?

Your Honor, my associate, Mr. Carlson.

Your Honor, I've been busy in another city and I just got back.

Before we proceed, would it be possible for a until tomorrow morning?

so I can consult with my co-counsel?

I have no objection, but may I know if are you proposing to call witnesses for tomorrow?

That will be the subject of our consultation, Your Honor.

It's just a question of a witness. Your testimony won't stop us much.

All right, all right, all right.

The court adjourns until hours tomorrow.

Ask the questions you like. The answer is: no comments.

I swear it's crazy, Barney.

You can't put a boy innocent on the stand and...

How do you know he's innocent?

Well, he's innocent, you only have than to hear him say how it all happened.

Then why is it that the jury You're not going to believe him?

You're the one who said that if Angel witnessed he'd be convicted.

All right, go ahead, Armstrong Ask again, that's all you need!

The Party ordered it, didn't it, Barney7

Have a seat. Abbe.

The Party has the funds for a martyr and he's decided it's got to be done.

Angel must die; come on, deny it Barney

I don't have to deny it.

I don't want to argue, it's an order, tomorrow. at 9:00 the boy will take the stand.

Will you interrogate him or will I? It's not that simple.

I'm the lawyer who litigates, remember?

The boy is underage, your mother is your guardian

She'll be the one to decide You won't fire me.

That's what you think.

For Barney a new world is coming

and Angel must be sacrificed to for that world to come here

Only Angel won't be able to enjoy it.

Yeah. Barney wants the state to kill to a Mexican: he has Consuelo

Thank God he doesn't have you.

It may be so. Abbe.

I just... I can't, I can't. to abandon Angel, no.

You have to! I'm not gonna do that.

It doesn't matter who interrogates him. Armstrong will finish it...

and if he can't, Barney will look for another way to break up with him!

Listen, maybe my presence in court doesn't matter much.

but I'm gonna be there, Abbe...

I, I don't want Barney to do the questions at trial.

I couldn't live with myself if you did.

But, the jury's not looking at me. with a rope around his neck.

Do you trust me? I trust you.

All right, one hour to go. for you to witness.

The first thing I want you to do Pay attention, Angel. . .

the first thing I want you to remember is that you will tell the whole truth.

I want... Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Maybe it's not as easy as you think.

Suppose they ask you a question and you don't You know the answer, what do you say?

I... I say I don't know That's right.

Now, if I ask you a question, answer immediately.

But if Armstrong asks you a question, Take your time, count to three,

do not respond immediately... So that if you protest

Right, more than one was convicted because he answered a question

that the judge said not to answer. but the jury had already heard the answer.

Go ahead, let's study the testimony very carefully.

What happened, what time did you get to the beach?

It was getting dark. ranger, I thought he was a cop.

I was afraid of what might happen. if they found me on the beach.

What could happen?

Objection, irrelevant question!

Your Honor, it all depends on the state of the boy's mood.

There's no room.

Go on, Angel.

The legend "Private Beach," I knew he meant me.

I didn't know what they'd do to me if they caught me, I didn't want to find out.

Well, Angel, you left the beach and went upstairs down the stairs, and what happened?

Well, I saw people coming down. so I waited on the break.

And you saw Mary Wiltsie? He's advising you!

You didn't see anyone else? Mary Wiltsie, I knew her from school.

and then what happened?

He said hello, we both sat down, I want to go,

I was afraid they were going to find us. So I said goodbye.

She said to me, "don't go"; she took my hand. Are you sure about that?

Are you sure she took your hand? Yeah.

Go ahead.

He said he shouldn't be at that party, that night

She said her friends were there. and she had been told she was pretty,

put my hand on his knee.

He said his father told him he'd never to let them do that to him.

So... I caressed her, I took her in my arms and tore her dress.

She screamed, scratched my face. and started climbing the stairs.

And... and he slipped, I asked for help. and people went to see her.

Did you do something against his will?

No.

You hit her, held her by force? No, sir.

Did you ever have the intention to seduce Mary Wiltsie?

No, sir, I don't. You didn't know what that meant?

No, exactly. But now, yeah?

Yeah, you explain it to me.

You can continue with the process

Chavez... What did you go to the beach to do?

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

You went to the beach but you can't give a reason.

You left the beach and went to the stairs, Was there a reason to do that?

I was afraid. Why? I don't know.

What they could do to me they did see me on the beach.

Who are you talking about? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

You don't know why you went to the beach, and you went. because you were afraid and you don't know whose.

You really don't know, Or don't you want to know?

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Could it have been any reason?

Well, I guess it was.

Was it because you wanted to seduce Mary Wiltsie? No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

How do you know that wasn't right. if you don't know what the reason was?

Objection! He's arguing!

There's no room.

Why do you say that wasn't the reason?

Because I didn't understand then of those words.

Why didn't you leave? He held my hand.

And you couldn't get away? That's not it.

You're an athlete. Yeah. I play baseball.

She was delicate. You're asking the witness for a conclusion.

Well, it was a girl, you knew that. Yes, it was a girl, but I was afraid...

Answer the question, Chavez, you could have but you didn't, why?

I was afraid to scare her. who could scream, or something like that.

Weren't you afraid he'd freak out when Did you put your hand on his knee?

I said she put my hand on her knee. Oh, I forgot,

she put your hand on her knee, you didn't do it alone.

I do. But . But what?

Not a thing.

Don't you have any idea how they got ripped off the buttons on her dress?

No.

You don't seem to know that you did nothing that night.

Well, I. . . You went fishing, didn't you?

Objection, Your Honor!

Well, I withdraw the question.

Chavez, when you ripped out his buttons, isn't it true that you weren't planning

to commit the crime you're now accused of? No.

You didn't know what that was? That's right. That's right. That's right.

Chavez. This is the list of students at San Juno High,

of the course of Hygiene and Physiology He says you finished the course.

Twelve conferences, which addressed precisely, of the matter

that you now say you don't understand. And this is the certificate that says.

I certify that I have been in the Hygiene and Physiology class

and that I fully understand the subjects it includes

And it's signed "Angel Chavez," Is that your signature?

It's your signature, but now you're saying that you don't understand those matters.

Well, not all of them; I didn't understand the words they used.

We were punished at school. if we didn't sign.

And you didn't want to be punished? That's right. That's right. That's right.

You lied saying you understood everything?

You lied to avoid being punished, would you lie now to save your life?

I'm not lying. You lied when you signed the certificate!

No, exactly. It wasn't true, was it?

No But what you're saying now is true!

That's the truth.

You lied so you wouldn't get punished, but you wouldn't lie to save your life!

Objection, you already answered that!

That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's all

Take your seats.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We do, Your Honor. What's the verdict?

We, the jury, found the accused, Ángel Chávez

Guilty as charged with murder.

Decision of the judgment. tomorrow morning.

The jury is dismissed. The meeting is adjourned.

Murderer, he killed my son, my Angel! My boy, you killed him!

Goodbye, Mr. Blake!

Abb I'm sorry, it's just me.

But what is this, an appeal?

On behalf of the Committee to Free Angel. I want to thank you

for your services. From now on, you're out.

You're firing me from the case. What case?

No court has overturned to Judge Motley on appeal.

no court will.

And you'll see to it that no court Do it this time.

handling the appeal yourself.

Oh, why don't you calm down, David, the law is a business like any other.

Don't take it so seriously; you lost a case, but in every trial there's a loser

I didn't lose the case! You did! you deliberately spoiled.

and will I see to it that it doesn't happen again What do you mean?

You won't be able to defend the boy, you got fired.

Get out of my house! Get out!

If there's any hope that an appeal save your son, Mrs. Chavez.

don't fire me until I know the truth.

You don't have to listen the lies of the enemy.

If my son must die, unless he dies. for something worthwhile.

He will be mourned by millions of people all over the world

and they'll fight harder, for what happened to him.

But I don't expect you to understand this.

That's what you'll hear from the Party now. Five years will forget it exists.

Meet people at meetings saying, "I'm Consuelo Chavez.

Remember my son?" For every Angel Chavez that falls,

thousands will rise. I'll cry for my son,

but he'll die for everyone! I will not die in vain!

He will not die in vain! He will not die in vain!

Maybe I'll go down with Barney, but I'm gonna take him down.

Butler's committee is going to subpoena me as soon as the courts hand down the sentence.

I'm going to appear, Abbe, and I'm going to tell them the whole truth.

What reason to laugh, huh?

Are you going to tell Butler the whole truth? That's right

How, if he'll ask all the questions.

Ah, if he's like Barney, he hates the truth.

He just wants the witnesses to lie, or hide behind the fifth amendment,

That's how it's gonna come out in the headlines in the newspapers.

He won't let you tell the truth.

I'll be Butler, I'll show you how he does. Stop it, Abbe.

Mr. Blake, how much money was raised

for the Angel Chavez defense fund?

I don't know how much money?

What if I told you that the sum was slightly in excess of $320,000?

That's right, I've seen the numbers just like Butler.

But, of course, you know what it was. sum because it is at the disposal of the defence.

I didn't get much of that.

That's not the point, I ask you. how much you and your associate received,

Mr. Carlson. the New York organizers

took out their parts. I... I don't know how much we get...

You didn't think it was a duty the client, find out?

I can't answer a question like that. Of course he can answer,

did you consider it your duty, or not, but since he didn't find out or ask,

Do I ask? I was busy

Oh, I was busy! That's right

Driving the defense. couldn't figure out

what funds were available to her? Yes, I do.

Is that the answer you want to sign up for cars?

I didn't ask about the funds, maybe. it was an error of judgment on my part.

Maybe it was!

Now, Mr. Blake, I want you to tell us how he found time in the middle of the trial,

when he said he was too much to come to this committee,

to fly to New York for a meeting to raise money

Because money was needed.

Did you know that money was needed but not Did you know how much could be collected?

When Barney Carlson asked me to go. to New York, I figured it would take money.

Didn't you know that when you went to New York

Mr. Carlson had already gathered more than $50,000,

more than the entire cost of defense. during the entire trial?

You look surprised. Wait a minute, what did you say, Abbe, 50,000?

Data from the pro-Angel committee indicate a payment to you, in person

dollars; where's the money?

You turned the young man into a martyr. and now he doesn't know where the dirty money is.

One second... Where's the $150,000?

Where's your safe deposit box?

Are you going to answer the questions or are you going to take advantage of the fifth amendment?

Do you realize how they'd blame you?

Angel will be executed, I discredited and Barney will be guilt-free.

There's nothing that I I can do, Abbe, nothing.

If that's the way you feel about it, send a recording. another slogan in this.

"This is an evil, there must be a remedy."

The court will be in session in 3 hours and the library opens in 15 minutes.

One thing Barney said made sense.

Don't be so sentimental. that you forget to use the law"

I'm a professor, I was a law professor and I know how to search the library for data.

Abbe, there must be something in the law that protects to the State of Lawyers like me

Come on, Abbe, let's go.

Have a seat. The session is now open.

Any motions, before sentencing?

We ask that the verdict be annulled for being contrary to the evidence.

Denied

Angel Chavez, stand up, please.

He's been found guilty of murder.

Do you have anything to say, before for the sentence to be passed?

Your Honor, with the permission of the court...

That man is not a defense man, I'm the defense,

you have no right to intervene!

I ask to be heard as a friend of the court!

Mr. Carlson, I will decide who will be heard.

Have a seat.

Mr. Blake, aren't you from the defense anymore?

No, Your Honor, but it seems to me that what I have to say

will be of value in this court.

This is your court, and if it seems to you that after a minute or two

what I'm saying is contempt or unfounded, with a blow from his sledgehammer suspends it.

The State has no objections for Mr. Blake to speak.

But the defense objects. this kind of interference

It's a mockery of the legal process.

This man is a stranger, seeks license to step on land

that traditionally are of the judge and jury only!

I don't see how it can be damaged. to the defense in this instance.

But I warn you, Mr. Blake. that I will stop him at the moment

who thinks your comments aren't going

directly to the subject that occupies this court.

Your conduct is contrary to the absolute impartiality of a judge

Mr. Carlson...

do not let your zeal for the rights of your client takes you to attack this court.

It must be kept within the limits of appropriateness.

You may proceed.

Your Honor...

justice requires that the accused be correctly represented by the defense.

Technically speaking Ángel Chávez had a defense

But through this trial Angel Chavez was represented by a fool

who was eventually replaced by a lawyer

dedicated to seeking death of his own client.

You're using this court to defame me!

I'm not going to let this man to question me

And if you, Your Honor, He wants to hear it...!

I warned you once, Mr. Carlson...

Don't warn me, apply the law intelligently!

Mr. Sheriff, I beg you to feel Mr. Carlson and keep him seated.

You and I both know my constitutional rights!

Your constitutional rights will never be raped in a court over which I preside.

Mr. Blake............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Your Honor, I'm sure that you knew, when the trial started,

that there was a great deal of prejudices against this boy...

because of their race.

Yes...

All communities around the world have... fanatics.

I think San Juno is no exception.

What I should have done was to request a change of jurisdiction,

for the case to be dealt with away from the girl's hometown.

I didn't, and again I was a fool.

And this boy suffered for my foolishness.

I'm sure you don't think mistakes at the discretion of the defence counsel

should be considered by the judge who pronounces the sentence.

No way, Your Honor, I'm just putting certain facts before the court hearing

Continue

Despite all these mistakes... I think this young man would have been exonerated

of not having taken the stand. Now, the decision to open the door...

to the tendentious cross-examination of Mr. Armstrong...

was taken over by my co-counsel, Mr. Barney Carlson.

Yeah... and by then I knew that Mr. Carlson didn't consider

Angel Chavez as a defendant with danger to his life

But Barney Carlson and "The Party of the People" had decided

that Angel Chavez had to die!

Thus, his death would increase racist hatred.

That would raise more money for the communist cause!

But in me... in my anxiety. for helping this boy,

I allowed myself to be used... like a real jerk.

I was a fool, and this young man suffered because of my idiocy!

It's a tough one, but it's necessary. legal rule that a man

must take responsibility for the acts of his lawyer.

But where there's a hard rule of law, the law always

will have a way of correcting those errors.

The law will always have the way to protect yourself.

Motley, how much more do you think to listen to this rebel?

Blake is a perfect liar!

Now pronounce the sentence. and let's get out of here!

The superior court will take care of you.

Mr. Carlson, are you trying to provoke me? will not succeed

You should disqualify him for incompetence!

He's a scared dead man. who betrays his own people

for an elegant title and a black technique!

Maybe I'll tell you Mr. Judge on your face, but has better words behind his back!

He's a fool and an unskilled man! He's incompetent!

Mr. Blake... I was about to suggest the remedy to what you call "error."

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Now, only you can remedy it.

The law provides broad discretion for a judge, when pronouncing the sentence.

In a criminal case where the jury has not claimed clemency

the law provides only for the death penalty.

I beg your attention to section 9. for juvenile delinquents.

Indeterminate sentence: In all cases cases where the defendant is a minor,

and Angel Chavez is...

shall remain within the power of the judge hand down judgment

that the defendant be confined to a state industrial school.

Are you aware that that section was written to apply

to cases of trivial violations and not death?

I am, sir.

But, if the letter of the crime law pre-established applies in this case...

the law could not be applied for juvenile delinquents.

And, Your Honor, I think it's proven as the law, by its own technicalities,

offers you an opportunity to apply a fairer penalty than death.

I understand that there was a time... when among the citizens of this community..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

some, cried out for life of this boy

And there was a time when I thought that this young man was being...

precipitated towards the gallows, for being of another race.

But... it seems to me that all of us...

we've learned a lot in these last few weeks.

I've learned a lot, Your Honor.

Now... all these people and myself...

only want one thing for Angel Chavez..

and that's justice being done to him.

Mr. Blake has developed a very clever legal theory.

He hasn't made any requests, I'm not going to make them myself.

I was happy when the jury delivered the verdict last night.

But I must confess that last night was a night of insomnia for me.

I was sure that Angel Chavez was guilty.

I was also sure that it was a technical matter.

The jury gave its verdict and the sentence It would have to be according to me. Death.

But, speaking as a representative of the people of this community,

I must say that your interests and ours will be well served.

if Angel Chavez receives an indeterminate sentence

He wants to get back on his feet, please?

Ángel Chávez, it's decision of this court

that will be taken from here to the State Industrial School,

so that it may be placed there under the director's responsibility.

And that he will remain in that institution until in the principal's judgment,

your freedom serves your own interests and those of society.

One moment, please! One moment, please!

We still have an issue to finish, please.

Mr. Carlson, will you stand up, please?

You have deliberately tried to make me lose my temper.

And deliberately, he's wanted to provoke me for the purpose

to hang your client.

You'd like me to sentence you to one year for contempt.

That would make him a martyr.

A sentence like that could to be considered excessive.

That way he'd be free and martyred.

But 30 days will not be revoked

That's why he's being charged with contempt of court.

and the sentence is 30 days in the county jail.

Take him away!

Court is adjourned.

Mr. Blake, thank you very much. I was wrong!

All right, Mrs. Chavez.

Thank you very much!

Mr. Finn..

It's for Wednesday next week. where do you intend to be in the meantime?

It's just that... Well, it's not official yet, but I have a feeling

that Mr. Butler postpone your appearance

He'll postpone it several times, maybe indefinitely.

It's like boxers, he knows how to choose his opponents,

and you're not one of them.

Well, I hope he does that.

He never fights the strong. Aah! Aah!