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- Glad to have you with us.
- Thank you.
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No hard liquor, you understand.
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- Mostly teenagers here.
- Of course.
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I recommend the Killer Shark.
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It's pineapple juice with tonic.
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Sounds fine. We'll
have two Killer Sharks.
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All right.
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What's going on? This was
supposed to be a business appointment.
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It is.
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Here?
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Does this look like
business? It's $5,000.
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Five thousand dollars?
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What's going on?
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You disappear with a client
mysteriously and alone,
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come back with all the cash,
pick me up, and bring me to this.
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All in the line of duty.
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I can't hear you.
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We're doing this for my client.
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Ah.
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And who is this
cash-money client?
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You've heard of
Cameron McBain Burgess.
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Who hasn't?
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The kind of a man every
girl wants as a father-in-law.
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Millionaire, civic
leader, philanthropist.
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What kind of a problem
could Burgess have
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that would make him give
his attorney a cash retainer?
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Apparently he wants
to become an angel.
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You're putting me on.
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No, and by the way,
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Cameron Burgess' name is not
to be mentioned outside the office.
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He agreed that only my secretary
and an investigator would know the facts.
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Gentlemen.
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Boys and girls, may I
have your attention, please?
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You know how one
cat said to the other cat:
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"How do I get to
Carnegie Hall, man?"
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And the second cat said:
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"Practice, man, practice."
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Yeah!
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So here's one cat you dig the
most, and he's been practicing.
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So let's hear it
for Sandy Chester.
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Thank you.
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Sandy Chester.
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He's the boy Mr. Burgess
wants to sponsor.
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Thanks so much, mods.
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You know, since I
came to this country,
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it's been Henny what's
done everything for me.
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Gave me this job
and a chance to sing.
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So this song's for Henny.
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I'm walking the same road
I used to walk you home
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But this time, it's
different I'm walking alone
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Oh, why did you leave
me To be by myself?
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I feel like a millionaire
Who's just lost his wealth
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Oh, how dark and lonesome
This road seems to be
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It used to be sunny When
you walked it with me
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Since you've been away
It has never been the same
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Oh, come back, my
darling And let's start again
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Oh, lonesome road,
lonesome road Why did she go?
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Are you sure this is the boy
your client wants to sponsor?
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Unlimited backing. Any amount.
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- Why?
- I don't know, Della.
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I honestly don't know.
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No, Mr. Hawley. I can't
give you my client's name.
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But he says you're the best
personal manager in show business.
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And he wants you to
handle the boy's career.
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Your guy wants him put
over, huh? Made big-time?
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Well, he does wanna
give him a chance.
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Now, I'd imagine that first
you'd like to hear the youngster.
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Find out if he has any talent.
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Ha. What's that
got to do with it?
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You think it's talent puts
over these creepy kids today?
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- Forget it.
- What does it take?
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Two things: guts and money.
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Big money.
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You look down
there in that street.
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Pick out a kid. Any kid.
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Give me enough
dough to do the job,
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and in six months, I'll have
him a national sensation.
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Remember Archie and
Shel? The Tongo Trio?
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I did it for them. They were
nothing when I took them.
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Far as I'm concerned,
they're still nothing.
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Anyway, I can do the same thing
for this what's-his-name of yours.
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- Sandy Chester.
- Yeah.
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America's new singing discovery.
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Did I tell you my terms?
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Your man picks up all expenses,
I get 25 percent and full control.
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No dice without full control.
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And a contract nobody can break.
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I'll draw up an agreement
between you and Sandy.
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When it's signed,
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I'm authorized to
deliver $5,000 for a start.
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That'll do, for a start.
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When would you
like to talk to the boy?
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Right away. After all, America
is waiting to see its new star.
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It's just smashing,
Henny. Think of it.
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Clete Hawley, the
Clete Hawley, calling me.
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Well, it was sure to
happen sooner or later.
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- Go on.
- It's true.
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Besides brains, looks, personality,
there's a certain, well, quality.
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Star quality.
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And I've got it?
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You've been drinking
too many Killer Sharks.
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It's true.
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If it weren't, why would a big manager
like Clete Hawley be interested in you?
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There is that.
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Well, let's hope you're right,
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because then that 10 percent of me
that you have will be worth something.
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Enough to fix this place up.
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Your name's Sandy Chester?
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Yes, sir.
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You must be Mr. Clete Hawley.
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I can't tell you
what a thrill it is...
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Oh, Henny, this is
Mr. Clete Hawley.
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Henny's real old-time
show business.
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She was a headliner in
vaudeville for years and years.
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Well, not actually a headliner,
but, uh, feature billing.
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I've sure been a lucky bloke
having somebody like her.
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She's taught me everything I
know about singing, how to act.
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Well, maybe it's not too
late to undo the damage.
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Look, kid, if you
and I get together,
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you're gonna forget
everything you think you know.
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You're gonna start over again
from the top and learn it my way.
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If you get together?
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I thought you told the
boy over the telephone...
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All depends on his
situation. All depends on his...
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Oh.
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All right, split, kid.
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The lady and I have
got something to discuss.
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But if you're gonna talk about
me, I ought to be here, shouldn't I?
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Look, kid, there's one thing you
ought to start learning right off.
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I tell you something once.
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Now split. I'll send for
you when I want you.
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It's all right, honey.
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There's only one thing
we three are interested in:
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your career.
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Mr. Hawley and I
won't have any trouble.
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Now,
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first thing I wanna know is
exactly where you and the kid stand.
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I'll have perhaps 15 minutes
before my case is called.
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- Time for some coffee?
- Sure.
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Oh, what do you have
on Sandy Chester?
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- Who is he?
- Nobody. Just another English kid.
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His mother died about a year
ago and he came over here.
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In time, he showed
up in Henny's Coop.
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Why would a capable
star-builder like Hawley
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wanna bother with an
unknown, untried kid like Sandy,
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without even hearing him?
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Surely not for the money.
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Don't be too sure.
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Hawley's often been
on the verge of making it.
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But so far, he's
always just missed.
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The, uh, rock 'n' roll business
is a bare-knuckled racket.
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Some kid makes a
halfway name for himself
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or hits a hit record, and
the big boys snap him up.
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That would explain why Hawley
was so insistent on full control
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and what he calls
an ironclad contract.
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I'm afraid I haven't
been much help.
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I still can't explain
Burgess' interest in the boy.
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That's not all that
intrigues me, Paul.
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There's also the fact that
Burgess wanted Clete Hawley
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and no one else to
be Sandy's manager.
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Now, why Hawley?
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How would a man like Burgess
have even heard of him?
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All right, all right,
once again from the top.
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Go out and enter again.
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Let's go, let's go.
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All right. Applause,
applause. Clap, clap, clap.
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Wait a minute.
Straighten your back.
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And turn those feet
in. You walk like a duck.
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All right, come on.
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Don't grab that microphone as
though you're gonna throttle it.
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Pretend it's a girl. Play
up to it. Make love to it.
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And straighten that
back. You're gonna...
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You're gonna be somebody,
you gotta look like somebody.
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Now, go out and make
the entrance again.
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Look, that's not singing.
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Kid, you're so far from singing, you
couldn't reach it in a sleeper jump.
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- Then what do you got me here for?
- You stay put, Riff. You stay put.
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Now look, you, from the
time you get up in the morning
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till the time you
hit the pad at night,
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you're gonna learn to do
things the Clete Hawley way.
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Catch? You're gonna learn to walk
into a restaurant, to give an autograph.
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Yeah, to brush your teeth the way a
Clete Hawley product does it. Catch?
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All right.
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Take five, take five.
I'll round up your music.
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Don't let him throw you, Sandy.
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The only way to
make it in this business
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is to put up with
the Clete Hawleys.
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That's the sad part of it.
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But that is how it is.
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Did you hear what he said, though?
I mean, about signing autographs.
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You think I'll
ever get that far?
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I was just gonna ask
you for your first one.
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It's for my daughter, Sherry.
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She's getting to be
quite a fan of yours.
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That's a bit of all right,
that is. I'd like to meet her.
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Hey, what's that?
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Oh, it's one of mine.
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"Da, da, da, Surfin' Moon."
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- That's real boss.
- Heh.
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Cool cats are clinging
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Wild waves are winging
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Sand dunes are
swinging Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Cool it.
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We were just noodling.
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I said, cool it. Not his style.
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Sandy, after a while,
we're gonna work on these.
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Right now I wanna
smooth out that entrance.
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Clete, there's not
one of mine here.
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And you said that we could...
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You mean I'm gonna
have trouble with you?
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After everything
I've done for you?
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That's my boy, Riff.
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All right, Sandy. Make
that entrance again.
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And this time, do
it the way I told you.
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Ready? All right,
applause. Clap, clap, clap.
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Applause, applause. All
right, kid, make your entrance.
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Come on, come on. Okay.
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Bye-bye, baby
Remember, you're my baby
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When they give you the eye
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Although I know that you care
Won't you write and declare
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That though on the loose
You are still on the square
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00:14:02,542 --> 00:14:08,776
I'll be gloomy But
send that rainbow to me
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00:14:08,948 --> 00:14:11,042
All right, kid, all right.
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Take five. We got
things to discuss.
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00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:18,488
Well, I just wanted you to
see where the money goes.
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That's quite a change.
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Uh, tot that you didn't
have potential, Sandy.
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Don't you believe it.
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That kid's a
product. I made him.
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All right, kid, split.
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00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:32,299
Well, that's the sample.
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I had to give him a new
hairdo, a bath, new clothes.
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Now starts phase
two, the buildup.
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Here.
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Dotty Merrill,
publicity. Perry Mason.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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- You got those swoon shots?
- Right here.
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These are for the fan mags.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, a few months of these,
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and that kid with the two
left feet we saw at the Coop
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will be the dreamboat of
every chick in the country.
243
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,963
And that takes bread,
Mr. Mason. Money, money.
244
00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,436
From the vouchers
you've been sending me,
245
00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:09,474
I'd say you've been
spending bread like water.
246
00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:13,174
Make that bread on water.
247
00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:16,282
I've got a few dates lined
up for Sandy out of town.
248
00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:18,475
Easy ones. When
he gets back here,
249
00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:22,053
then he'll be ready for the
choicer spots, and a record.
250
00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:23,814
I'm gonna get that
record into the hands
251
00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:26,789
of every disc jock in the country.
See where the money goes?
252
00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:30,419
You mean you have to pay
them to play his records?
253
00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:33,191
Of course not. That's illegal.
254
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:35,858
But we offer incentives.
255
00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:38,095
Same for the fan mags.
256
00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:41,002
Clete can get you top
exposure for your dollar.
257
00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:44,534
You wanted this
kid on top, Mason?
258
00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:46,804
Only one way to do it. My way.
259
00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:51,348
Now let's talk serious money.
260
00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:54,444
I sank 50 grand
in my last project.
261
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,213
I'm talking the same
kind of money here.
262
00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:57,948
I want it up when
we get back to town.
263
00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,416
And no more vouchers.
264
00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,357
I hate paperwork.
265
00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:04,588
I'll report to my principal.
266
00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:07,563
He'll wanna know precisely
what he's buying for his money.
267
00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:11,036
Well, among other
things, he's leasing
268
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:14,902
one of the choicest collections
of skeletons in show business.
269
00:16:15,741 --> 00:16:17,835
I've made kind of a
hobby of skeletons.
270
00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:20,502
Oh, there's nothing like it
when you're promoting new talent
271
00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:25,243
to be able to pull out a nice choice
skeleton and kind of rattle it around.
272
00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:30,254
Or putting it another way, knowing
where the bodies are buried.
273
00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:31,948
Oh, ho, ho, ho.
274
00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:34,252
You're with it,
counselor. You're with it.
275
00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:36,692
You tell your principal that.
276
00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:40,090
On that, you have my word.
277
00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:47,736
I think the counselor's
chickening out.
278
00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:56,316
Mr. Burgess, at the moment,
Mr. Hawley has the boy on tour.
279
00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:59,884
But when he gets back next week,
he wants $50,000 free and clear.
280
00:17:00,052 --> 00:17:02,521
No vouchers, no accounting.
281
00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:05,419
Purely on good faith alone.
282
00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:08,693
By, uh, what day?
283
00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:12,960
You're not actually considering
giving him the money on his terms?
284
00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,228
Well, I was aware
when I first came to you
285
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,769
there'd be considerable expense
involved if we expected results.
286
00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:22,102
Expense, yes, but let
me come to the point.
287
00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:24,369
If you're determined
to go ahead with this,
288
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:27,343
I recommend very strongly
you do it with another manager.
289
00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:30,415
You mean fire Clete Hawley?
290
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:34,042
Oh, Mr. Mason,
this is my wife, June.
291
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:35,882
A pleasure, Mrs. Burgess.
292
00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:43,659
I'm sorry if I'm intruding, but
I just happened to overhear...
293
00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:47,459
Uh, my wife knows all about
our arrangements, Mr. Mason.
294
00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:50,501
- You can speak freely.
- Of course.
295
00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:53,172
Here's a full report
on Mr. Hawley,
296
00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:55,501
prepared by the Drake
Detective Agency.
297
00:17:56,409 --> 00:18:00,505
This report concludes that
Mr. Hawley is less than exemplary
298
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,582
and hardly the person to be
entrusted with a large sum of money.
299
00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,583
Well, the point is, I don't know
very much about show business,
300
00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:09,381
but they tell me that if
you want results quickly,
301
00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:11,717
you've got to go through
people like Hawley.
302
00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:15,521
- And they all agree he's the best.
- At getting results quickly.
303
00:18:15,695 --> 00:18:17,664
But what about lasting results?
304
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:22,063
Mr. Mason, I'm sure that Cameron
picked the best lawyer available
305
00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:24,794
to draw up a contract
that would protect the boy.
306
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:28,136
The contract can only
protect Sandy financially,
307
00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:30,867
it can't govern his day-to-day
relationship with his manager.
308
00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:33,308
And that's what
concerns me most of all.
309
00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,940
From our telephone
conversation this afternoon,
310
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:39,142
I gathered you're not very
happy with Hawley's attitude,
311
00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:42,482
his manner of
dealing with the boy.
312
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:46,615
But discipline, I'm sure, is just
as important in show business
313
00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:48,556
as it is in anything
else and if...
314
00:18:48,728 --> 00:18:52,495
Well, if Hawley is
a little strict or hard,
315
00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:55,066
I'm sure it's just his way
of getting the job done.
316
00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:58,534
It's not only that.
It's his methods.
317
00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:01,765
He suggested for instance
that in promoting the boy,
318
00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:04,570
he wouldn't hesitate to
use, and I think he said:
319
00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,235
"Skeletons in the closet."
320
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:08,342
But he meant a
form of blackmail.
321
00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:11,211
In fact, although he
doesn't know who you are,
322
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:13,853
that's one of the messages
he told me to give you,
323
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:16,546
that he knows where
the bodies are buried.
324
00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:19,658
Well, I'm sure you're
able to deal with Hawley
325
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,987
and I'm certain I am.
326
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,596
Now let's get on
with it, Mr. Mason.
327
00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:26,323
Well, take a look
at that report.
328
00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:29,697
You'll note that the
youngsters Hawley did put over
329
00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:32,361
broke away from him
at their first opportunity.
330
00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:36,168
And all of them, to a man, said
that Hawley did everything he could
331
00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:38,106
once they'd broken
away to destroy them.
332
00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:40,269
Now, is that what you
want for Sandy Chester?
333
00:19:40,813 --> 00:19:43,874
Because with Mr. Hawley
as his manager,
334
00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:47,143
I'm afraid that's
exactly what you'll get.
335
00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,622
All hail the conquering hero.
336
00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:58,560
Oh, Mr. Burgess' discovery.
337
00:19:58,731 --> 00:20:02,133
Or Mr. Hawley's creation.
Who knows which?
338
00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,928
Sandy's late.
339
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,837
Now, if we're to believe
those newspaper clippings,
340
00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:10,567
the tour was an
unqualified success.
341
00:20:10,743 --> 00:20:14,145
Or Dotty Merrill is
a great press agent.
342
00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:17,147
- Why, Della, you're becoming cynical.
- Heh, heh.
343
00:20:17,316 --> 00:20:18,511
That's showbiz.
344
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,017
Well, Sandy, welcome home.
345
00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,350
You look wonderful.
How did it go?
346
00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:25,821
First-rate, Ms. Street.
347
00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:28,620
The audiences all
seemed to like us.
348
00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:31,388
Good to see you again, sir.
349
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,324
Della and I have just
been reading about you.
350
00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:34,900
You've become quite a celebrity.
351
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:36,962
Not really.
352
00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:39,071
Well, maybe in a
few small towns.
353
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:42,333
We're back in Los Angeles because
Clete's setting up a recording date.
354
00:20:42,508 --> 00:20:43,942
Well, that's good, isn't it?
355
00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,409
Good? I think it's
little short of a miracle.
356
00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:50,509
Perry Mason's office.
357
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,245
Just a moment, please.
358
00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:54,779
It's the police.
359
00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:57,949
They're looking for Sandy.
360
00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:04,424
Don't do anything foolish, now.
361
00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:06,765
Just try to stay relaxed.
362
00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,366
Stay right where you are.
363
00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:10,594
Now, just take it easy
up there, young lady.
364
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:13,831
We've got the Fire Department
coming. We'll get you down.
365
00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,100
Stay right where you are. Relax.
366
00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:18,544
Don't make any moves.
Stay right where you are.
367
00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:20,976
That's right. Try to relax.
368
00:21:21,147 --> 00:21:24,208
We'll have you down in a
little while. Now, just be careful.
369
00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:28,812
No, no, no. Don't make any
moves. Stay right where you are.
370
00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,648
That's a girl. Hold on to...
371
00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:33,224
Now you're fine.
372
00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,618
They're on the way.
373
00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:39,730
No, no. Don't move around.
Stay right where you are.
374
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:44,001
Dotty, what's going on?
Take a look at the sign.
375
00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:47,106
Don't try anything up there.
Just stay where you are.
376
00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:48,798
Be careful now.
377
00:21:49,441 --> 00:21:51,205
Kids are crazy these days.
378
00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:53,346
Why would she
pull a stunt like that?
379
00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:56,747
Tell me the truth, Sandy.
Do you know that girl?
380
00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:58,885
Honestly, sir, I've
never seen her before.
381
00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,112
We've been trying to talk
her down for a half hour.
382
00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:03,881
She could break her neck.
383
00:22:04,056 --> 00:22:06,252
Sandy, I just hope
this isn't a stunt.
384
00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:08,394
We've got to get that girl down.
385
00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:10,189
Do you know the
song "Surfin' Moon"?
386
00:22:10,362 --> 00:22:12,456
I think so.
387
00:22:13,365 --> 00:22:16,199
- Can we use the microphone, please?
- All right.
388
00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:23,331
All right, honey, if you'll just
sit still, I'm going to sing for you.
389
00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:28,470
Cool cats are clinging
Yeah, yeah, yeah
390
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:33,244
Wild waves are winging
Yeah, yeah, yeah
391
00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:38,448
Sand dunes are
swinging Yeah, yeah, yeah
392
00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:42,425
'Neath that surfin' moon
393
00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,596
I know how you feel, Clete.
394
00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:56,901
It was a crazy shtick,
but we hit the front pages.
395
00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:02,374
Well, don't blame
me, it wasn't my idea.
396
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:06,246
What did you expect Sandy to do,
just stand there and refuse to sing?
397
00:23:06,418 --> 00:23:08,751
Let the doll get hurt?
398
00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:12,784
Well, I don't understand
why you're so teed off with me.
399
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:16,793
Sherry, if you ever, ever pull a
stunt like that again, so help me, I'll...
400
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:18,089
Dad, I'm sorry.
401
00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:20,665
It got so late, I wondered if
you were coming to rehearse.
402
00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:25,297
Miss Goof-of-the-Year here and
I were detained in juvenile court.
403
00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:27,565
The judge finally
released her to my custody,
404
00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:30,266
which may or may not have
been a smart move on his part.
405
00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:33,571
Now, Dad, you wouldn't
have let them lock me up.
406
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,541
You know how much
it's gonna cost me?
407
00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:38,581
For those fire trucks
and the police?
408
00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,481
Well, maybe Clete will help out.
409
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,247
Clete?
410
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:45,983
Well, after all, you did
get us a lot of publicity.
411
00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,956
Oh, like, wow,
didn't we, though?
412
00:23:48,127 --> 00:23:50,892
Now everybody in the country
wants to hear Sandy Chester
413
00:23:51,063 --> 00:23:53,692
sing your song, "Surfin' Moon."
414
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,767
Everybody except one guy.
415
00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:01,596
- And he's the only one that counts.
- Clete?
416
00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:05,273
He's in New York,
pitching an album deal.
417
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:09,939
And you had to cut the
ground right out from under him.
418
00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,413
How?
419
00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:17,215
The only tune the record exec wants
to buy is a single called "Surfin' Moon."
420
00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:20,223
Oh, tough. Dad,
did you hear that?
421
00:24:20,726 --> 00:24:24,663
So that's why you
climbed out on that billboard
422
00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:27,129
and had that crazy sign painted.
423
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,268
You don't wanna build Sandy.
424
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,870
You just wanna plug
your father's song.
425
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,006
And it worked too.
426
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:37,439
Except that Clete
didn't call the shots.
427
00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:42,980
And when he doesn't, head
for the bomb shelters, baby.
428
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:48,712
This check and letter are going back
to Mr. Burgess by special messenger.
429
00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:53,484
Cashier's check for $50,000.
You sure don't see many of those.
430
00:24:53,659 --> 00:24:57,027
I imagine Clete Hawley may be a
little disappointed not receiving it.
431
00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:59,427
He may receive it
anyway, but not from me.
432
00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:02,090
You mean Burgess is
going to deliver it on his own?
433
00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:03,997
Well, he says he's
paying for results,
434
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,604
and Hawley apparently
is getting results.
435
00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:09,742
You'd think the last thing a man
with Burgess' reputation would want
436
00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:12,002
would be to associate
with someone like Hawley.
437
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:15,147
Well, he hasn't actually
associated with him.
438
00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:18,045
The contract is between
Hawley and Sandy.
439
00:25:18,217 --> 00:25:20,914
And I've been acting for Burgess
while he remained anonymous.
440
00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,012
But not anymore.
441
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,282
Once he gets that
letter, I'm through.
442
00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:28,427
- I wash my hands of the whole thing.
- And Sandy Chester?
443
00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:30,886
No, Paul, I can't do that.
444
00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,362
I still feel responsible
for that boy.
445
00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:36,231
- Anything I can do?
- Maybe there is.
446
00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:40,063
There are still some big,
unanswered questions in this affair.
447
00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:43,166
Why was Clete Hawley is so
willing to take on an unknown boy
448
00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:44,571
without ever hearing him?
449
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:47,303
And why was Cameron
Burgess so anxious
450
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,914
to sponsor an unknown
boy in the first place?
451
00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:54,282
Well, I don't like to be
threatened, Mr. Hawley.
452
00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:57,918
Well, how did you
find out about it?
453
00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,719
What's it matter? Let's
just say I got friends.
454
00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:04,386
And when I smell a double-cross,
I do something about it.
455
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,794
Now, nobody's
double-crossing you.
456
00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:09,366
All right, then where's the
bread, the cash that was supposed
457
00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:11,766
to be up for me the minute
I got back from New York?
458
00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:14,668
It's ready, but my
attorney won't deliver it.
459
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,071
He's advised me against
going any further with you.
460
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:20,144
Now listen, Clyde, I'm
gonna level with you.
461
00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:23,407
You think that kooky little girl on
the billboard got newspaper space?
462
00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,863
What kind of coverage you
think they'd give the real story
463
00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:28,453
of why Cameron
Burgess, civic leader,
464
00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:32,955
is playing angel to the
career of Sandy Chester?
465
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:35,390
Think it over,
friend. Think it over.
466
00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:54,878
Mr. Mason, it's urgent
that I see you right away.
467
00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:58,513
Very well, Mr. Burgess.
Within the hour.
468
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:02,918
Now, calm down.
469
00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:05,353
I'm sure we can find
Henny easily enough.
470
00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:07,516
I don't know what's
happened to her, Mr. Mason.
471
00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:09,685
When I went down to the
Coop, it was shut down.
472
00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:12,457
A sign on it that it was closed
for nonpayment of taxes.
473
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:14,631
And she's moved too and
left no forwarding address.
474
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,031
Well, I suppose
business became slack
475
00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:18,693
and she couldn't
meet her expenses.
476
00:27:18,871 --> 00:27:20,601
But she had the money.
477
00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:22,372
I knew she was worried
about those taxes.
478
00:27:22,541 --> 00:27:25,670
That's why I told Clete to send
her the 10 percent right away.
479
00:27:25,844 --> 00:27:27,904
Henny had 10
percent interest in you?
480
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:30,982
I told Clete it had to be like
that when I signed with him.
481
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,085
And Clete Hawley agreed to that?
482
00:27:33,252 --> 00:27:34,413
Of course.
483
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:37,681
So I've got to find out what
happened, where she is.
484
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:41,850
Mr. Mason, Henny's
about the last friend I've got.
485
00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:43,325
I wouldn't let her down.
486
00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,088
We'll check the court records.
487
00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:48,234
I promise you'll be able to talk
to her, certainly by tomorrow.
488
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:50,363
Good on you, sir.
489
00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:53,335
Have her catch me in my dressing
room at the recording studios.
490
00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,406
We're doing "Surfin'
Moon" tomorrow.
491
00:27:55,574 --> 00:27:57,543
And Henny will get a
great thrill out of that.
492
00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,502
Now, how about you, Sandy?
493
00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:03,480
Is everything else going well?
494
00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,710
I don't really know, sir.
495
00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:08,579
It seems as if...
496
00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:12,790
Well, everything's happening
just as Clete said it would.
497
00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:15,951
The tour dates and now this
chance to make a recording.
498
00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:17,687
You're not happy about it.
499
00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:25,164
It's just that everyone around
me seems to hate everyone else
500
00:28:25,337 --> 00:28:27,806
or compete with everyone
else or envy everyone else.
501
00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:30,066
And I can't understand why.
502
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,102
When Clete Hawley came out to
Henny's and wanted to take me on,
503
00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:35,440
I thought it was a whole
new world opening up.
504
00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:37,641
But now that I've seen it,
505
00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,916
I'm not sure I want to
be part of that world.
506
00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:54,557
When I said "confidential,"
Mr. Mason, that's exactly what I meant.
507
00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:59,171
I didn't tell Clete Hawley you
were backing the boy, Mr. Burgess.
508
00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:01,671
Then how could he possibly
have found out about me?
509
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,433
That, I can't answer.
510
00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:06,272
And you still refuse
to deliver the check.
511
00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:09,938
Absolutely, and my advice
to you remains the same.
512
00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:11,549
Get rid of him.
513
00:29:11,717 --> 00:29:17,418
No, no, I can't do that now.
I must turn over the money.
514
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:22,291
Mr. Burgess, I have the feeling
that you're acting under duress.
515
00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:26,296
If you care to tell me what it is, I might
be able to suggest a course of action.
516
00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:27,956
Is Clete Hawley threatening you?
517
00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:32,527
No, no.
518
00:29:34,006 --> 00:29:35,941
It's my problem.
519
00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:38,838
I'll have to handle it myself.
520
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:53,590
Hello?
521
00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,853
Oh, right. Right away.
522
00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:59,663
I said I'd sell you
"Surfin' Moon."
523
00:29:59,831 --> 00:30:02,062
This gives you the
rights to the whole song.
524
00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:05,466
Look, that sand-for-brains daughter
of yours crawling up on that billboard
525
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:08,072
cut the rug out from under me.
I don't want to buy your song.
526
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,708
You two are forcing it on me.
527
00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:11,810
Sherry's only a kid, Clete.
528
00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:13,707
She was trying to help me.
529
00:30:13,879 --> 00:30:16,212
- She doesn't know about...
- Riff, Riff, baby,
530
00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:19,749
there are a couple of things
she doesn't know about.
531
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:23,411
Now, do we wise her up
or do you sign that paper?
532
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,051
Hi, Dad.
533
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:34,761
Thanks, Riff.
534
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,126
You're supposed to be in school.
535
00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:40,170
Oh, high school can get along
without me for one afternoon,
536
00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:43,434
especially when Sandy's
taping a new hit song, our song.
537
00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:45,099
Come on in.
538
00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:48,213
That two-bit piano player.
539
00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:49,973
What you got?
540
00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:52,276
Oh, album covers.
541
00:30:52,451 --> 00:30:54,317
This one's nice.
542
00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:58,382
This one stinks.
543
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:02,218
Why don't you go
easy on Riff, honey?
544
00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:07,421
Why don't you let me take
care of the business, honey?
545
00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:25,775
We've got Burgess
right where we want him.
546
00:31:25,951 --> 00:31:30,787
He's coming through with a check
for $50,000, no strings attached.
547
00:31:30,956 --> 00:31:32,549
What will we do with that money?
548
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,216
We're gonna go places.
549
00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:40,191
Okay, and reading me in two?
550
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,766
Two's clear. Try number three.
551
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:45,267
The wire's crossed
over here somewhere.
552
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,099
It's murder to locate.
553
00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:48,706
Who, Mr. Hawley?
554
00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:50,968
Mr. Hawley wanted an
echo chorus on the kid.
555
00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:53,669
I think he went to the
chamber to set it up.
556
00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:04,821
- I knew about the 10 percent.
- What did you give Henny?
557
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:06,720
The back of my hand. What else?
558
00:32:06,892 --> 00:32:08,417
Pull these vultures
out of the gutter,
559
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,033
they think they got a claw on
you for the rest of their lives.
560
00:32:11,163 --> 00:32:12,597
But Henny's my best friend.
561
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:15,290
She took care of me,
gave me my first break.
562
00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:18,733
Kid, I thought we
understood each other.
563
00:32:18,904 --> 00:32:21,703
A Clete Hawley property
is a one-man show
564
00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:24,433
and nobody but nobody cuts in.
565
00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,976
I'm not your property.
566
00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,943
Ten minutes. Recording studio.
567
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:30,343
Sandy Chester tape.
568
00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:34,286
Clete, you're going to
give Henny her 10 percent.
569
00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:38,388
All the money due
her so far or... Or what?
570
00:32:38,557 --> 00:32:40,116
Or you and I are through.
571
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,453
Right now.
572
00:32:46,598 --> 00:32:48,567
Walt, you can call
it off. I'm not singing.
573
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,567
You little jerk. Eighty-six
me out, will you?
574
00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:55,298
You do that and you'll
never work again. Never.
575
00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:58,906
You can't afford to do that.
576
00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:01,239
You've invested too much
money on me already.
577
00:33:01,413 --> 00:33:05,214
Me, invest in you? Ha.
578
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,385
It's your father's
dough. He's your angel.
579
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:11,887
You're crazy. I
don't have a father.
580
00:33:12,057 --> 00:33:13,355
Yes, you do, Sandy.
581
00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:20,964
Sandy, allow me to introduce
your old man, Cameron Burgess.
582
00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:24,002
I didn't know you existed,
Sandy, until three months ago
583
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:26,229
when I received a
letter from your aunt.
584
00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:31,707
While your mother was alive,
she forbid her sister to tell me.
585
00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:34,712
And I wished it would
have stayed that way.
586
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,714
Well, I didn't want
you to find out.
587
00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:40,045
Surely not this way.
588
00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:42,016
Our deal was he wasn't to know.
589
00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,047
Deals change.
590
00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:47,454
Hey, Clete, how about that echo?
591
00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:51,259
We roll in five minutes,
echo or no echo.
592
00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:55,565
I just wanted to help
you have a career.
593
00:33:55,734 --> 00:34:00,104
I was afraid if you knew about
me, you wouldn't accept it.
594
00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:04,573
Right, and whatever I have
taken without knowing it,
595
00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:07,305
I want you to give back.
596
00:34:07,479 --> 00:34:09,971
And you can call off all this.
597
00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:12,883
The session, our
deal, everything.
598
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,886
Now listen, buster, you
read me loud and clear
599
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:19,684
or I'll throw you back in the
gutter where you came from.
600
00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:21,827
When that tape rolls, you sing.
601
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,586
Because you've got
a contract with me
602
00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:26,493
to sing what I say,
where I say, when I say,
603
00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:28,566
or you don't sing at all ever.
604
00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,599
- Now, just a minute, Mr. Hawley...
- Stay out.
605
00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:32,828
I don't want your help.
606
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,344
Five minutes, punk.
607
00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:41,671
Be here.
608
00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:53,190
Mr. Mason.
609
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:58,025
I'm in luck. I was hoping to catch
you before you left your office.
610
00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:00,496
I wanted to give you this.
611
00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:06,366
Your husband is still determined
to do business with Clete Hawley?
612
00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:09,167
He asked me to give this
to Clete, but I wasn't able to.
613
00:35:09,341 --> 00:35:11,674
I want you to give it
back to my husband.
614
00:35:12,444 --> 00:35:14,174
That would be
rather embarrassing.
615
00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:17,646
I'd rather he'd be furious with
his lawyer than with his wife.
616
00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:20,342
Well, I'm off to San Diego to
spend the night with my sister.
617
00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:23,352
By the time I get back,
he'll have cooled off.
618
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:33,558
Well, that's the first time I have
seen a woman take three suitcases
619
00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:36,827
and two fur coats
for one overnight trip.
620
00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:40,200
I know you're experienced
in such things, Paul.
621
00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:43,035
But maybe you just don't
know how the other half lives.
622
00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,840
Will somebody please snag
Sandy Chester and Clete Hawley
623
00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:49,845
and shoot them
down to recording?
624
00:35:50,015 --> 00:35:52,211
This crew's on salary here.
625
00:36:02,227 --> 00:36:04,423
Hey, we're five minutes late...
626
00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:43,696
Mr. Mason, could you
help me get a seat?
627
00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,598
Well, I'll try, Henny.
628
00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:47,739
It is going to be
all right, isn't it?
629
00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:52,867
I mean, how could those squares
even think a good kid like Sandy
630
00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:55,113
could murder anybody?
631
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,146
They have a pretty
strong case against him.
632
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,614
I just know it's
gonna be all right.
633
00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:04,449
And you'll tell him that I'm
here, and, uh, what I said.
634
00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:08,616
And, uh, tell him not to
be so hard on his father.
635
00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,422
That poor man has
been through so much.
636
00:37:11,596 --> 00:37:13,462
I'll tell him, Henny.
Now, you wait right here.
637
00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:16,100
I'll see about
getting you inside.
638
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:21,094
Your Honor, the
state intends to show
639
00:37:21,306 --> 00:37:27,268
that this murder took place
because the defendant in this case
640
00:37:27,445 --> 00:37:32,440
fell into the familiar show business
trap of believing his own press notices.
641
00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:35,985
The decedent, Cletus Hawley,
was a thoroughly established,
642
00:37:36,154 --> 00:37:39,784
highly proficient trainer
and manager of talent.
643
00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:44,589
He took an unknown boy, Sanford
"Sandy" Chester, under his wing,
644
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:48,894
signed him to a personal contract
and then molded and trained him
645
00:37:49,067 --> 00:37:51,161
into an exploitable personality
646
00:37:51,336 --> 00:37:53,828
ready to be launched
on a successful career.
647
00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:55,530
This boy, however,
648
00:37:55,707 --> 00:37:59,610
unfortunately developed an
inflated sense of his own importance.
649
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:02,213
The star became
too big for his mentor.
650
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,942
And when the manager,
Cletus Hawley, now deceased,
651
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,679
became disgusted with
the behavior of his new star
652
00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:14,258
and threatened to wreck his career
on the very threshold of success,
653
00:38:14,425 --> 00:38:18,123
this boy, tragically
and willfully,
654
00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:20,895
stabbed his manager to death.
655
00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:27,302
Then the defendant's apparent
success, his so-called career,
656
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:32,376
was not based on any natural
inherent talent or ability to perform,
657
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:36,106
but on a carefully engineered
and completely false buildup
658
00:38:36,281 --> 00:38:39,342
manufactured by you and
the deceased, Cletus Hawley.
659
00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:41,452
It's routine.
660
00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:45,556
And Clete was a
past master at it.
661
00:38:46,691 --> 00:38:47,818
It's simple, really.
662
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:51,520
You hire a hundred screamers
like those kids outside, plant a gig,
663
00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:54,188
and you can make an overnight
sensation out of a wooden Indian.
664
00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:57,494
What about the girl on the
billboard? Was that part of the buildup?
665
00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:59,160
It turned out to be.
666
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:02,330
And it sure kicked the
kid's career into orbit.
667
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:04,999
But it wasn't
Clete's idea or mine.
668
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:08,169
The little chick
ad-libbed the whole bit.
669
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,714
All right, now, according
to your previous testimony,
670
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:15,081
it was that stunt that
precipitated the final argument
671
00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:17,916
between the defendant and
the decedent, is that right?
672
00:39:18,423 --> 00:39:22,383
The teeners were screaming for a
disc of Sandy doing "Surfin' Moon."
673
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,153
On the recording date,
674
00:39:24,329 --> 00:39:28,562
Sandy told Clete that he wouldn't
sing under his management.
675
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:32,395
You just didn't do
that to Clete Hawley.
676
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:38,407
Split on Clete and
after that, nowheresville.
677
00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:41,779
Clete would just pull the rug.
678
00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:44,643
And Sandy Chester
knew that, didn't he?
679
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:48,480
Knew that Clete was about to
pull the rug from under his career?
680
00:39:48,653 --> 00:39:51,817
Objection. Mr. Burger
is leading the witness.
681
00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:53,982
I'll withdraw the
question, Mr. Mason.
682
00:39:54,158 --> 00:39:55,319
Your witness.
683
00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:57,826
I have no questions
at this time.
684
00:39:57,996 --> 00:40:00,898
You say you overheard
part of the conversation
685
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,590
between the decedent
and the defendant?
686
00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:05,498
How was that possible if
you weren't in the same room?
687
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:09,732
Uh, the engineers were having
some trouble with crossed wires.
688
00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:11,871
What sort of trouble?
689
00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,205
Perry, I checked with
the studio electricians.
690
00:40:14,379 --> 00:40:16,439
With those wires crossed,
there were only two places
691
00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:19,054
Riff could have overheard that
conversation over the monitors.
692
00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:21,118
Sandy's dressing room
and the echo chamber.
693
00:40:21,286 --> 00:40:24,313
- Where Clete was murdered?
- Right. Here, take a look at this.
694
00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:26,981
And this conversation took
place only a few minutes
695
00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,684
- before the body was discovered?
- Yes, sir.
696
00:40:29,861 --> 00:40:33,127
Thank you.
Cross-examine, Mr. Mason.
697
00:40:40,305 --> 00:40:42,206
Mr. Lawler,
698
00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:44,207
your daughter told the court
699
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:47,812
that in all the years you
worked for Mr. Hawley,
700
00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:50,107
he paid you a meager salary.
701
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:54,651
You wrote songs, turned them
over to your employer for nothing,
702
00:40:54,819 --> 00:40:56,378
to be published under his name.
703
00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:57,988
Now, why, Mr. Lawler?
704
00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:00,887
It was a job. Steady.
705
00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,797
I, uh, show you this paper.
706
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:10,162
State's exhibit F.
707
00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:13,765
A paper found in the
pocket of the deceased.
708
00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:17,170
An assignment of all rights to
the song entitled "Surfin' Moon"
709
00:41:17,342 --> 00:41:21,211
to the benefit of Cletus Hawley,
for good and valuable consideration.
710
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:25,748
What was the good and valuable
consideration Cletus Hawley paid you?
711
00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,977
- Nothing. MASON:
You gave him the song?
712
00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:30,246
Why, Mr. Lawler?
713
00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:35,121
What was the hold that Clete
Hawley had over you all those years?
714
00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:37,453
I refuse to answer the question
715
00:41:37,628 --> 00:41:40,996
on the grounds that my answer
may tend to incriminate me.
716
00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:44,029
You're taking the
Fifth Amendment?
717
00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:46,967
You're afraid of incriminating
yourself in Clete Hawley's murder?
718
00:41:47,138 --> 00:41:49,539
- No.
- Then answer the question.
719
00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:52,541
- I refuse to answer on the grounds...
- Now, one moment.
720
00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:57,011
Mr. Mason, in view of this surprising
turn in the witness' testimony,
721
00:41:57,181 --> 00:42:01,414
I'm going to adjourn this
court until 2:00 this afternoon
722
00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:05,353
to give Mr. Lawler opportunity
to obtain advice of counsel.
723
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:07,924
This court stands adjourned.
724
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:16,126
You sure put that
guy over the jumps.
725
00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:17,940
Has to be done,
Paul, to get at the truth.
726
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,866
Yeah, but does it
have to be done?
727
00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:21,631
Perry, I've searched
a lot of records.
728
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:24,126
I've had my people check
old friends and relatives of Riff.
729
00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:25,834
I've gone through
old newspaper files.
730
00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:27,706
It's clear to me what
Hawley had on Riff.
731
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:29,973
It's all in the report
I handed you.
732
00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:32,950
A combination of circumstances.
733
00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:35,249
Some people never
learn to face the truth.
734
00:42:35,753 --> 00:42:37,415
It all started at
a drinking party.
735
00:42:37,588 --> 00:42:40,524
On the way home Riff had an
accident. His wife was killed instantly.
736
00:42:40,691 --> 00:42:41,750
He wasn't arrested?
737
00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:43,758
Clete was the first
one on the scene.
738
00:42:43,928 --> 00:42:46,363
It's my guess he told the
police the wife had been driving.
739
00:42:46,531 --> 00:42:47,555
Riff wasn't even held.
740
00:42:47,732 --> 00:42:50,896
But the worst he might have
faced was involuntary manslaughter.
741
00:42:51,069 --> 00:42:53,129
Yes, but how could
he face his daughter?
742
00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:54,795
Well, she wasn't
really his daughter.
743
00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,532
She was born before
Riff met her mother.
744
00:42:56,674 --> 00:43:00,702
Then Riff must have lived
in dread of Sherry finding out
745
00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:02,744
how he'd killed her mother,
746
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:05,145
turning against him,
probably leaving him.
747
00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:08,184
You can see why he'd do
almost anything to keep it quiet,
748
00:43:08,352 --> 00:43:10,617
work for next to
nothing, give away songs.
749
00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:11,949
Or commit murder.
750
00:43:21,032 --> 00:43:22,432
Good evening.
751
00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:27,769
Maybe it's better to live with our
mistakes than to try to correct them.
752
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:32,570
It was a wartime marriage,
matter of a legal affair.
753
00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:36,544
Sandy's mother knew it wasn't
any good as quickly as I did.
754
00:43:36,848 --> 00:43:39,113
She wrote me in France
that she'd had it annulled.
755
00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:41,030
Of course, the boy
never knew about me
756
00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:44,713
so I was trying to help him
anonymously through you.
757
00:43:44,889 --> 00:43:46,517
- Mr. Burgess?
- And now... Yes.
758
00:43:46,691 --> 00:43:50,059
- Your office is on the telephone.
- Oh, thank you.
759
00:43:51,963 --> 00:43:54,626
Well, it seems as if everyone
who's come in contact with Hawley
760
00:43:54,799 --> 00:43:58,167
- has suffered in some way for it.
- That's right, Paul.
761
00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:01,796
You know, I wanna help that boy.
762
00:44:02,507 --> 00:44:05,636
But the only way I can do
it is to implicate his father.
763
00:44:07,245 --> 00:44:09,009
What do you mean?
764
00:44:09,313 --> 00:44:12,579
I'd have to put him on the stand.
- You can't do that.
765
00:44:13,684 --> 00:44:15,175
Put me on instead.
766
00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:18,149
For what purpose?
767
00:44:18,923 --> 00:44:22,382
Because I was the one that brought
him together with Clete Hawley.
768
00:44:23,728 --> 00:44:25,697
Clete and I were...
769
00:44:26,364 --> 00:44:29,926
Well, we were very close. It
was before I met Cameron.
770
00:44:30,101 --> 00:44:32,866
Then you told Clete that
Sandy was Burgess' son?
771
00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:37,798
- Why?
- Well, the truth is,
772
00:44:38,009 --> 00:44:39,841
Clete and I were
going away together.
773
00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:42,207
On your husband's $50,000?
774
00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:47,709
You realize, don't you, if
I do put you on the stand,
775
00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:49,615
it'll destroy your marriage?
776
00:44:50,755 --> 00:44:53,953
But I may be able to
save my husband's son.
777
00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:56,684
Now, Mr. Lawler, I presume
you've had opportunity
778
00:44:56,861 --> 00:45:00,662
to consult with counsel on your
desire to plead the Fifth Amendment?
779
00:45:00,865 --> 00:45:02,424
Yes, sir.
780
00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:05,898
All right, Mr. Mason, you
may now repeat your question.
781
00:45:07,405 --> 00:45:09,101
Your Honor,
782
00:45:11,275 --> 00:45:14,939
I wish to withdraw the question.
I'm finished with the witness.
783
00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:18,310
Very well. Witness
may stand down.
784
00:45:19,116 --> 00:45:20,516
I have nothing
further, Your Honor.
785
00:45:20,685 --> 00:45:23,211
I'm satisfied that the
state has proved its case.
786
00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:24,912
The prosecution rests.
787
00:45:25,356 --> 00:45:29,259
Defense calls as its first
witness Mrs. Cameron Burgess.
788
00:45:40,504 --> 00:45:42,097
Thank you.
789
00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:44,574
Raise your right hand.
790
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,574
Do you swear to tell the truth,
791
00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:49,441
the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
792
00:45:49,614 --> 00:45:50,877
State your name, please.
793
00:45:51,048 --> 00:45:54,450
Then you pretended to be in
sympathy with your husband's desire
794
00:45:54,619 --> 00:45:56,087
to finance his son's career,
795
00:45:56,254 --> 00:45:59,816
but actually this was only a
means of getting money from him?
796
00:45:59,991 --> 00:46:01,926
That's true, yes.
797
00:46:02,093 --> 00:46:04,013
What did you intend
to do with that money?
798
00:46:04,161 --> 00:46:07,427
Clete and I were planning
on running away together.
799
00:46:07,598 --> 00:46:11,035
When you asked your
husband for the cashier's check
800
00:46:11,202 --> 00:46:13,433
ostensibly to deliver to Hawley,
801
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,539
you intended to go
to the recording studio,
802
00:46:15,706 --> 00:46:18,676
pick him up and
never return home?
803
00:46:19,944 --> 00:46:21,003
Yes.
804
00:46:21,178 --> 00:46:22,458
Did you go to the studio?
805
00:46:22,546 --> 00:46:24,310
Yes.
806
00:46:24,582 --> 00:46:26,483
But I got there too late.
807
00:46:26,651 --> 00:46:28,381
Clete was dead.
808
00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:30,145
And she'd killed him.
809
00:46:32,056 --> 00:46:33,888
- Who killed him?
- Objection.
810
00:46:34,058 --> 00:46:37,620
That little publicity woman who had
been making such a big play for him.
811
00:46:38,996 --> 00:46:40,726
She must have found
out about Clete and me.
812
00:46:40,898 --> 00:46:43,299
Order. I will have order.
813
00:46:45,036 --> 00:46:49,303
You maintain under oath that
it was you and not Mrs. Burgess
814
00:46:49,473 --> 00:46:51,465
with whom Clete Hawley
was planning to run away?
815
00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:55,511
That's right, as soon as he got
the money from her husband.
816
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,740
It's clear enough now,
817
00:46:57,915 --> 00:47:00,749
as soon as she found out
that Clete was using her,
818
00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:05,754
that it was Burgess' money he
wanted, not his wife, she killed him.
819
00:47:05,923 --> 00:47:09,758
Mr. Mason, I'm not going to allow
these unsubstantiated charges.
820
00:47:09,927 --> 00:47:12,396
It must be as obvious
to you as it is to me
821
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:15,431
that one of these
witnesses is lying.
822
00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:17,367
Do you have any
evidence to offer
823
00:47:17,535 --> 00:47:19,595
that would assist the
court in discriminating?
824
00:47:20,471 --> 00:47:24,431
Your Honor, there is a witness
now present in the courtroom
825
00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:27,908
who may be able to throw
some light on the question.
826
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,742
Now, would you
tell the court, please,
827
00:47:31,015 --> 00:47:34,417
which of these ladies
was telling the truth?
828
00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:38,616
How should I know?
829
00:47:38,789 --> 00:47:42,282
Didn't you hear Clete Hawley talking
to one of them at the recording studio?
830
00:47:44,128 --> 00:47:45,152
Well, uh...
831
00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:48,231
Weren't you in Sandy's dressing
room waiting to talk to him
832
00:47:48,399 --> 00:47:50,959
when the technicians
got the wires crossed
833
00:47:51,135 --> 00:47:54,162
and fed the microphone signal into
part of the public address system?
834
00:47:54,338 --> 00:47:55,397
You must have been, Henny.
835
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:00,210
Otherwise how would you have known
that Mr. Burgess was Sandy's father?
836
00:48:01,846 --> 00:48:05,942
Well, I, uh, heard
it here in court.
837
00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:10,749
But you mentioned it to me in the
lobby before court opened, remember?
838
00:48:10,921 --> 00:48:13,447
Hasn't the time come
for the truth, Henny?
839
00:48:13,624 --> 00:48:14,819
When you heard over the PA
840
00:48:14,992 --> 00:48:16,961
what Clete Hawley was
going to do to Sandy,
841
00:48:17,128 --> 00:48:18,892
destroy his
career, his future...
842
00:48:19,063 --> 00:48:23,831
Clete Hawley told me nobody cuts in
on a piece of a Clete Hawley product.
843
00:48:24,301 --> 00:48:26,497
So for Sandy's sake,
844
00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:29,170
I gave him my 10 percent.
845
00:48:29,774 --> 00:48:32,141
I said I wouldn't tell Sandy.
846
00:48:33,144 --> 00:48:39,106
But I warned Clete, if he
ever did anything to hurt him,
847
00:48:39,417 --> 00:48:40,851
he'd have to answer to me.
848
00:48:41,018 --> 00:48:43,214
That day in the studio,
849
00:48:44,221 --> 00:48:47,851
when I heard Clete
talking so vicious,
850
00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:50,794
I went looking for Clete.
851
00:48:52,363 --> 00:48:53,991
Clete was in the echo chamber.
852
00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:58,796
I went in and...
853
00:49:00,070 --> 00:49:02,039
I killed him.
854
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,509
Sandy's like a son.
855
00:49:06,076 --> 00:49:07,738
If you hadn't been
able to get him off,
856
00:49:07,912 --> 00:49:10,973
I wouldn't have let
anything happen to him.
857
00:49:11,415 --> 00:49:12,439
Honest.
858
00:49:18,222 --> 00:49:21,681
I'm leading my own one-man
war against primitive noise
859
00:49:21,859 --> 00:49:26,126
by organizing the society for the
preservation of my kind of music.
860
00:49:26,297 --> 00:49:28,323
And just what is
your kind of music?
861
00:49:28,499 --> 00:49:31,094
Good old sentimental
ballads like "Flat Foot Floogie"
862
00:49:31,268 --> 00:49:32,964
and "Beat Me Daddy
Eight to the Bar"?
863
00:49:33,137 --> 00:49:35,629
Clay's hit parade is made
up of Strauss waltzes,
864
00:49:35,806 --> 00:49:37,707
the two-step and Irish ballads.
865
00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:39,537
And what's wrong with that?
866
00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:41,440
Sandy?
867
00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:48,385
- Hello, Mr. Mason, Mr. Drake.
- Hi, Sandy.
868
00:49:48,853 --> 00:49:50,845
Sandy is the best
busboy I ever had.
869
00:49:51,021 --> 00:49:53,820
Well, don't give him
compliments, give him a raise.
870
00:49:53,991 --> 00:49:55,892
Sandy, I understand
you're keeping busy.
871
00:49:56,060 --> 00:50:00,430
Well, let's see. In the morning, I
take voice, dancing or acting class.
872
00:50:00,598 --> 00:50:02,999
I work here all day,
and when I've finished,
873
00:50:03,167 --> 00:50:06,399
I'll go down to Riff Lawler's new
club, maybe do a couple of songs.
874
00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:08,766
Oh, Riff's opened a club?
875
00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:10,503
Come on now, Mr. Mason.
876
00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:13,714
I know you're supposed to act like
it's a secret, but Sherry already told me.
877
00:50:13,878 --> 00:50:17,713
You talked my fa... Mr. Burgess
into advancing Riff the money.
878
00:50:17,882 --> 00:50:19,851
Well, that's not
entirely true, Sandy.
879
00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:22,577
I made the arrangements,
but it was your father's idea.
880
00:50:23,420 --> 00:50:25,855
Well, if you're going to do
any of that caterwauling tonight,
881
00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:28,185
you better take off that
jacket and get moving.
882
00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:29,918
Thank you, sir.
883
00:50:30,094 --> 00:50:31,619
Good night.
884
00:50:33,264 --> 00:50:35,130
Shame about that boy.
885
00:50:35,299 --> 00:50:39,031
Heart of gold and a tin ear.