1 00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:12,870 * 2 00:00:12,910 --> 00:00:25,550 * 3 00:00:28,190 --> 00:00:32,330 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 4 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,800 and welcome to Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 5 00:00:46,610 --> 00:00:50,450 I am busy getting ready for tonight's play, 6 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:52,450 which is a courtroom drama, 7 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,420 and is called "Your Witness." 8 00:00:55,450 --> 00:00:57,820 Before court convenes, however, 9 00:00:57,850 --> 00:01:02,090 we have our usual one-minute recess. 10 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:22,210 * 11 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:32,290 * 12 00:01:32,290 --> 00:01:39,560 * 13 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:40,730 Good afternoon, Mrs. Shawn. 14 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:41,960 Oh, good afternoon. 15 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,630 Can you tell me in which of the courtrooms 16 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:45,330 my husband is trying his case? 17 00:01:45,370 --> 00:01:46,600 The first turn to the left, Mrs. Shawn. 18 00:01:46,630 --> 00:01:48,970 He has his client on the stand right now. 19 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,140 Thank you. 20 00:01:56,140 --> 00:01:57,610 Do you understand the full gravity 21 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:59,010 of the charges against you? 22 00:01:59,110 --> 00:02:00,520 Yes, Mr. Shawn, I do. 23 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:03,520 And that a woman's life was the tragic cost 24 00:02:03,550 --> 00:02:06,120 of an accident in which your car was involved? 25 00:02:06,150 --> 00:02:08,190 That especially, I'm afraid. 26 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:09,390 Excuse me. 27 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:10,390 Thank you. 28 00:02:10,430 --> 00:02:11,730 I have raised this point once again 29 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,730 only because the prosecution's references 30 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,900 to it might suggest that Mrs. Thompson's death 31 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:18,700 was a matter of indifference to you. 32 00:02:20,170 --> 00:02:22,740 Kenneth, let me ask you what you really thought 33 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:25,970 when you learned that Mrs. Thompson had been killed. 34 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:27,240 There's no pressure on you now. 35 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,440 Just tell us in your own way. 36 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,850 I'm not sure that I can describe it. 37 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,350 How would anyone feel? 38 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:40,590 I couldn't believe it when the police first told me. 39 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:42,790 I kept telling them there had to be a mistake. 40 00:02:42,820 --> 00:02:44,360 Why, Kenneth, why did you keep insisting 41 00:02:44,390 --> 00:02:47,200 that there'd been a mistake? 42 00:02:47,230 --> 00:02:48,260 Because I had no recollection 43 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:50,100 of hitting anyone. 44 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:54,140 As I said, the light in the intersection was green, 45 00:02:54,170 --> 00:02:56,200 and when I heard a thud against the side of the car, 46 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,640 I thought it was just an empty crate. 47 00:02:59,670 --> 00:03:01,140 The road behind me was littered with junk 48 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:03,180 that had fallen from a truck. 49 00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:05,050 Did you tell the police the truth 50 00:03:05,050 --> 00:03:07,080 when they first questioned you? 51 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,350 Yes, I did. 52 00:03:09,380 --> 00:03:11,490 But they didn't believe me. 53 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,520 Now, one more thing, Kenneth, 54 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,660 a very important thing. 55 00:03:16,690 --> 00:03:18,690 If you're talking about the truth, Arnold, 56 00:03:18,730 --> 00:03:20,460 it is important. 57 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:21,660 But difficult to recognize it 58 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:24,170 when you use it the way you do. 59 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:29,300 I suppose I love you still, in my unreasoning way. 60 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:32,510 But what is the truth concerning us? 61 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:34,340 How much of it did you manage to obscure 62 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:37,480 when we talked a month ago? 63 00:03:37,510 --> 00:03:41,480 Well, any marriage is apt to spring a small leak sometime. 64 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:42,750 Trouble is you can't save the boat 65 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:46,720 by throwing away the oars. 66 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,090 Why don't we just try to be sensible? 67 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:52,530 Sensible? 68 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,330 Arnold, you talk like a man who's being nagged by his wife 69 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,930 for staying out too often with the boys 70 00:03:56,970 --> 00:04:00,700 or betting the grocery money on a horse. 71 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:03,410 I'm talking about what's happened to our marriage. 72 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,440 About the woman you've been seeing. 73 00:04:05,470 --> 00:04:07,240 But that's done with. 74 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,240 Why did it happen, Arnold? 75 00:04:11,610 --> 00:04:15,520 I don't suppose I can really say. 76 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:18,220 Vanity of the species, I guess. 77 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:19,650 A man's married for 10 years, 78 00:04:19,690 --> 00:04:23,320 he suddenly finds himself admired, and he's flattered. 79 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,560 At least for a little while he can feel like 80 00:04:24,590 --> 00:04:27,060 he's the king of the barnyard. 81 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:32,370 Oh, Naomi, I'm really sorry. 82 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,870 That girl doesn't mean anything to me. 83 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,110 I told you, it's over, finished. 84 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:44,950 How can I know that, Arnold? 85 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:46,110 I don't suppose you can. 86 00:04:51,690 --> 00:04:52,550 There really isn't anything 87 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:55,860 to endorse a good intention, is there? 88 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,300 Nothing, except the 10 years we've already had. 89 00:05:02,430 --> 00:05:06,030 They're pretty good collateral, aren't they? 90 00:05:06,070 --> 00:05:08,040 Wouldn't you bet on those again? 91 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:12,740 Wouldn't you? 92 00:05:12,770 --> 00:05:15,180 Oh, please. 93 00:05:15,210 --> 00:05:17,480 Arnold, don't. 94 00:05:24,050 --> 00:05:25,750 (doorbell ringing) 95 00:05:25,790 --> 00:05:28,060 Oh, that's Carmody. 96 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:29,460 This late? 97 00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:31,830 Yes, he's been investigating that surprise witness 98 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:33,430 they think they're going to spring on us 99 00:05:33,460 --> 00:05:35,830 in the hit-and-run case next month. 100 00:05:35,860 --> 00:05:39,430 Gonna cost that boy's father a lot of money. 101 00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:40,900 Hello, Arnold. 102 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,400 Oh, good evening, Mrs. Shawn. 103 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:43,610 Hope I didn't keep anybody up. 104 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,240 That's quite all right, I'm sure, Arnold. 105 00:05:46,270 --> 00:05:48,610 I think Al and I'll be busy for a while, dear. 106 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:49,780 Want a drink, Al? 107 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:51,650 Yeah, sure, bourbon, if you got it. 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,820 I always fly better with fuel in the tank, Mrs. Shawn, 109 00:05:53,850 --> 00:05:55,280 if you know what I mean. 110 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,250 I'll get it. 111 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,190 Thanks, dear. 112 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:00,520 Now, this witness, Arnold, 113 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,720 he won't be no bed of lilacs. 114 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:03,660 He's a volunteer. 115 00:06:03,690 --> 00:06:05,890 One of those, "I will do my best, sir," 116 00:06:05,930 --> 00:06:07,330 kind of good citizens. 117 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,500 What's his name? 118 00:06:08,530 --> 00:06:11,500 Babcock, Henry Babcock. 119 00:06:11,530 --> 00:06:13,300 Uh-huh. 120 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:16,040 And he's going to be a tough one, huh? 121 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,640 This Henry Babcock's prepared to testify 122 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:19,670 that when young Jerome's pretty sports car 123 00:06:19,710 --> 00:06:21,780 knocked a nice, old lady looser than a beanbag 124 00:06:21,810 --> 00:06:23,610 and as dead as a pork chop, 125 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:26,580 the traffic light was against him. 126 00:06:26,610 --> 00:06:28,780 Now we can't deny that he hit Mrs. Thompson, 127 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:30,950 because the police traced the car to the garage 128 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:33,050 where he'd taken it to be repaired. 129 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:35,060 I got a complete rundown on Babcock, Arnold, 130 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:36,120 like you wanted. 131 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,060 Seems he's addicted to bursts of good citizenship. 132 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:42,060 Well, I haven't seen a model citizen yet 133 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:44,900 I couldn't hang crepe on. 134 00:06:44,930 --> 00:06:47,240 Well, it's gonna be expensive. 135 00:06:47,270 --> 00:06:48,240 It usually is. 136 00:06:48,270 --> 00:06:49,140 So, start digging up 137 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:50,240 everything you can find on him, 138 00:06:50,270 --> 00:06:51,210 from the day he was christened 139 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,210 to the moment he walks into that courtroom. 140 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:53,910 Oh, Mr. Carmody. 141 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:54,580 Hmm? 142 00:06:54,610 --> 00:06:55,910 Oh, thank you. 143 00:06:55,940 --> 00:07:06,020 * 144 00:07:06,020 --> 00:07:16,030 * 145 00:07:16,030 --> 00:07:22,070 * 146 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:24,040 I call Henry Babcock. 147 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:34,180 What do you think about it, Dad? 148 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,880 I don't know what to think. 149 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,590 If Shawn could make an All-American boy out of you, 150 00:07:38,620 --> 00:07:41,760 he'll probably turn this poor clown into a toad. 151 00:07:41,790 --> 00:07:43,530 I'm paying him enough. 152 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,560 The witness has already been sworn. 153 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,560 You may be seated, Mr. Babcock. 154 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:51,130 Mr. Babcock, you've previously testified 155 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:53,700 under oath that you saw my client's car 156 00:07:53,740 --> 00:07:55,070 drive heedlessly and illegally 157 00:07:55,070 --> 00:07:56,640 through a red light on Purness Road 158 00:07:56,670 --> 00:07:59,210 and strike Mrs. Agnes Thompson, the deceased. 159 00:07:59,240 --> 00:07:59,740 Is that correct? 160 00:07:59,770 --> 00:08:00,710 Yes, sir. 161 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:01,910 And you further testified 162 00:08:02,010 --> 00:08:03,650 that you saw my client back his car 163 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,410 for approximately 50 yards, 164 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:09,180 take one callous look at the body and then drive on. 165 00:08:09,220 --> 00:08:10,090 Is that correct? 166 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,320 Yes, sir, it is. 167 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:13,050 Thank you, Mr. Babcock. 168 00:08:13,090 --> 00:08:16,830 It's a help to me to have you reaffirm these things. 169 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:17,690 And if I were to believe 170 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,760 what you may well have testified to 171 00:08:19,790 --> 00:08:21,660 in all good faith, 172 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:24,030 I would wash my hands of the defendant now. 173 00:08:24,030 --> 00:08:25,170 I would have no other choice 174 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,140 in the simple service of justice. 175 00:08:28,170 --> 00:08:31,240 Mr. Babcock, the prosecution assures us 176 00:08:31,270 --> 00:08:34,410 that you're a volunteer witness. 177 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,410 I'm sure this was meant to imply 178 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:37,550 that you have come forward 179 00:08:37,580 --> 00:08:41,380 through a highly-developed sense of civic duty. 180 00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:43,080 People do that, you know. 181 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,760 It's not my intention to quarrel with public spirit. 182 00:08:46,790 --> 00:08:49,490 However, it is my intention as well as my duty, 183 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,730 to remind this court and jury 184 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,060 that there are people who will come forward 185 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:59,170 for the--for the sheer thrill and satisfaction 186 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,500 of escaping from the frustrations 187 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:03,840 of their own dull lives. 188 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:06,040 This is not the pursuit of truth, Mr. Babcock, 189 00:09:06,070 --> 00:09:08,740 but a wild bid for personal attention, and I submit-- 190 00:09:08,780 --> 00:09:09,810 I object, Your Honor! 191 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,650 Objection sustained. 192 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,050 The line of questioning is improper, 193 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,380 as Counsel should be aware. 194 00:09:16,420 --> 00:09:18,590 Your Honor, this man has made a solemn promise 195 00:09:18,620 --> 00:09:19,620 to tell the truth. 196 00:09:19,650 --> 00:09:24,230 It's not my intention to accuse him carelessly. 197 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:26,030 You've always had this talent 198 00:09:26,030 --> 00:09:29,160 for making the innocent seem guilty. 199 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,330 Right or wrong, 200 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:33,770 I've never succeeded in my arguments with you, 201 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,840 and least of all, last night. 202 00:09:35,870 --> 00:09:38,610 * 203 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,910 Oh, hello, I didn't think you'd be up so late. 204 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:43,710 Did you have a pleasant time? 205 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,810 Pleasant? 206 00:09:45,850 --> 00:09:49,620 I don't know, it was pretty much routine. 207 00:09:49,650 --> 00:09:52,290 Al Carmody had some new notes on this Henry Babcock, 208 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,790 and I was late leaving the office, 209 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:57,690 so, I went over to see Dan Irwin. 210 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:58,560 He's got a legal action 211 00:09:58,590 --> 00:10:01,160 on that new magazine he's publishing. 212 00:10:03,930 --> 00:10:05,500 You're a liar. 213 00:10:05,530 --> 00:10:08,470 Hmm, oh. 214 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:09,540 You went to that girl's apartment, 215 00:10:09,570 --> 00:10:11,170 the same girl you promised me so solemnly 216 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:13,340 you'd never see again. 217 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:15,640 I have absolute proof of it, Arnold, 218 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:19,210 so don't bother lying to me anymore. 219 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:22,280 I hadn't realized I'd been that careless. 220 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,590 Did you have professional help? 221 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:26,590 I didn't need any rubber-soled Al Carmody, 222 00:10:26,620 --> 00:10:29,960 if that's what you mean. 223 00:10:29,990 --> 00:10:31,460 Well, don't you think you're being a little old-fashioned 224 00:10:31,490 --> 00:10:33,630 and prudish about this, dear? 225 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:34,800 Prudish? 226 00:10:36,930 --> 00:10:39,400 You don't really care, do you, Arnold? 227 00:10:39,430 --> 00:10:40,600 Oh, I don't know, that's stating it 228 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:41,640 a little severely. 229 00:10:41,670 --> 00:10:42,470 Do you care? 230 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,740 I didn't say. 231 00:10:43,770 --> 00:10:45,740 I merely said I thought your attitude old-fashioned, 232 00:10:45,770 --> 00:10:49,210 which is a polite way of saying ridiculous. 233 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,410 Now, I have a full day in court tomorrow, Naomi, 234 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:52,310 so if you don't mind. 235 00:10:52,350 --> 00:10:54,420 Just wait a minute, Arnold. 236 00:10:54,450 --> 00:10:55,720 I saw her today. 237 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:56,750 Oh, you did? 238 00:10:56,790 --> 00:10:58,350 Well, she's attractive, isn't she? 239 00:10:58,390 --> 00:10:59,690 Now, will you excuse me? 240 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:00,790 Why did you marry me in the first place? 241 00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:02,060 Will you come off it, I warned you, Naomi! 242 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:03,430 -Just answer my question. -Take it easy! 243 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:04,690 Why? 244 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:05,630 For a lot of reasons! 245 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:06,430 Practical and otherwise! 246 00:11:06,460 --> 00:11:07,630 You want me to list them for you? 247 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:09,630 All of them, every one! 248 00:11:09,660 --> 00:11:11,530 Go on! 249 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:12,470 Well, for one thing, 250 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,370 your father was an extremely influential man 251 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:15,700 a dozen years ago. 252 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:17,610 And he had a very attractive daughter, 253 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,810 also a dozen years ago! 254 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:21,910 Now, I think that combines 255 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:23,210 the practical and the physical 256 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,950 rather well, don't you? 257 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:31,890 After all, it's been 10 long years since you were 25. 258 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,090 And, frankly, your type of sweet pea 259 00:11:34,090 --> 00:11:35,660 and assorted chocolate sentiments 260 00:11:35,690 --> 00:11:37,290 have never appealed to me. 261 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:42,100 Does that explain it well enough for you? 262 00:11:42,130 --> 00:11:44,970 I think so, Arnold. 263 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Yes. 264 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:56,110 * 265 00:11:56,110 --> 00:12:09,290 * 266 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:13,260 One thing we know, Mr. Babcock, 267 00:12:13,290 --> 00:12:15,300 is that Mrs. Thompson approached the intersection 268 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:18,300 from the south. 269 00:12:18,330 --> 00:12:19,700 How do you account for not having heard her 270 00:12:19,730 --> 00:12:22,070 approach that intersection, Mr. Babcock? 271 00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:24,170 I didn't say that I didn't hear her. 272 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:26,340 Oh, you mean then that you did hear her? 273 00:12:26,370 --> 00:12:27,540 Well, no... 274 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,210 What I mean is that I don't really remember. 275 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,950 I was tired. I'd just come from work. 276 00:12:30,980 --> 00:12:32,450 At the Chichi Club? 277 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:33,420 Yes, that's where I'm employed. 278 00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:35,120 You're employed there as a porter, aren't you? 279 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:36,320 Well, you could call it that. 280 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:38,620 I tidy up after the place is closed. 281 00:12:38,650 --> 00:12:39,520 At 2:00 in the morning? 282 00:12:39,550 --> 00:12:40,690 Yes, sir. 283 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:41,960 And one hour later, 284 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:44,690 after completing your chores at the Chichi Club, 285 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:47,130 you were seated on this bench. 286 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,330 Now where did you say you lived? 287 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,500 I live in Candlewood. 288 00:12:49,530 --> 00:12:51,330 I have a small apartment there. 289 00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:52,500 You live alone? 290 00:12:52,530 --> 00:12:57,440 Yes, sir, ever since my wife died three years ago. 291 00:12:57,470 --> 00:12:58,440 Well, it must be pretty lonely 292 00:12:58,470 --> 00:13:01,710 coming home nights to an empty apartment. 293 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,450 It can be very lonely. 294 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,480 I was happily married for many years. 295 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:08,880 But you do have friends, don't you? 296 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,150 Friends? 297 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:13,050 Well, yes, not that I find much time to see them now. 298 00:13:13,090 --> 00:13:16,390 I mean friends at your place of employment? 299 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:19,460 The Chichi Club, specifically. 300 00:13:19,490 --> 00:13:20,960 They do have entertainers there, 301 00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:23,370 don't they, Mr. Babcock? 302 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,370 Among them, some extremely youthful 303 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,670 and beautiful young ladies. 304 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:29,270 I object to this line of questioning, Your Honor. 305 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:31,740 It's slyly suggestive and without relevance. 306 00:13:31,770 --> 00:13:33,540 Objection sustained. 307 00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:35,080 I'm sorry, Your Honor. 308 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,350 I'm confident that my questions will prove relevant, 309 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,780 however, I shall try to rephrase them. 310 00:13:39,810 --> 00:13:41,250 Let's put it this way, Mr. Babcock. 311 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,080 Isn't it true that you frequently do favors 312 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,090 for these young ladies, 313 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:46,090 such as taking coffee and sandwiches 314 00:13:46,090 --> 00:13:47,120 to their dressing rooms? 315 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,090 Objection. 316 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,690 We're not here to examine the social side 317 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,090 of this witness, Mr. Shawn. 318 00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:51,960 Neither is it our business 319 00:13:51,990 --> 00:13:53,460 to delve into his personal affairs. 320 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:54,860 And why isn't it? 321 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,900 The witness has testified in direct contradiction 322 00:13:56,930 --> 00:13:58,630 to sworn statements by my client. 323 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:02,070 One of them is obviously a liar or mistaken. 324 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:04,540 Your Honor, I respectfully submit that this entitles me 325 00:14:04,570 --> 00:14:07,340 to establish the credibility of the witness. 326 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,180 Proceed, Counselor. 327 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:10,250 Mr. Babcock, 328 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,050 let's get back to an item that we both agree on. 329 00:14:14,150 --> 00:14:16,350 This rectangular mark does represent the bench 330 00:14:16,380 --> 00:14:19,120 on which you were seated while waiting for the bus. 331 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:22,090 Yes, it's where I was seated. 332 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:23,630 And it was also from this position, 333 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:24,860 the time the accident occurred, 334 00:14:24,890 --> 00:14:28,460 that you saw that the traffic light was red? 335 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,400 Yes, I saw the light was against him. 336 00:14:31,430 --> 00:14:34,140 Isn't there a street lamp on that corner? 337 00:14:34,170 --> 00:14:37,640 Isn't it indicated there? 338 00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:39,970 Well, I guess it is, but still I... 339 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,910 Well, stop guessing and stick to the facts, Mr. Babcock. 340 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,910 Wouldn't Mrs. Thompson have been obliged 341 00:14:45,950 --> 00:14:49,820 to pass within the arc of that light? 342 00:14:49,850 --> 00:14:52,850 I want to be truthful, but I don't know. 343 00:14:52,890 --> 00:14:54,190 Maybe she came too fast for me. 344 00:14:54,220 --> 00:14:56,860 Possibly she was running. 345 00:14:56,890 --> 00:15:00,160 Running? 346 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,530 Running, Mr. Babcock? 347 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,800 Now, why would a woman of Mrs. Thompson's age, 348 00:15:05,830 --> 00:15:09,200 already tired from nursing a sick child, 349 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,640 why would she be running? 350 00:15:10,670 --> 00:15:12,370 I didn't say that she was running, 351 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:13,540 but she could have been. 352 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,140 She could even have been afraid. 353 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:16,280 Afraid? 354 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:18,310 Afraid of what? 355 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:21,150 Give me a reason why she should have been afraid. 356 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:23,050 Was there someone else in the vicinity at the time? 357 00:15:23,050 --> 00:15:25,250 No! 358 00:15:25,290 --> 00:15:27,290 Well, then what could have frightened Mrs. Thompson? 359 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,960 How would I know? 360 00:15:29,060 --> 00:15:30,060 Except that she was elderly. 361 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:31,690 Things happen to women is what I mean. 362 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:33,090 You read about it all the time. 363 00:15:33,130 --> 00:15:34,630 I read about it? 364 00:15:34,660 --> 00:15:35,500 What do I read about? 365 00:15:35,530 --> 00:15:36,600 I don't mean you. 366 00:15:36,630 --> 00:15:37,830 I mean anyone. 367 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,430 Things you read in the paper. 368 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:41,440 Oh, do you read about it? 369 00:15:41,470 --> 00:15:43,170 After you've left the young ladies' dressing rooms, 370 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,210 for instance? 371 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:45,440 I object, Your Honor! 372 00:15:45,470 --> 00:15:46,940 Objection sustained. 373 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,440 I direct that the last remarks of Counsel 374 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,080 be stricken from the record 375 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,280 and that the jury disregard them. 376 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:53,720 Your Honor, I'm sorry if my remarks 377 00:15:53,750 --> 00:15:56,380 have raised a prejudice against the witness. 378 00:15:56,420 --> 00:15:57,690 If I have overreached myself, 379 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,090 it's only been to try to solve a riddle that still remains. 380 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:02,920 How he could have turned his head 381 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:04,590 to observe a traffic light 382 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:08,160 without seeing the witness approaching the crosswalk? 383 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,660 Proceed, Counselor. 384 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:11,430 Mr. Babcock, how long have you been employed 385 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,270 at the Club Chichi? 386 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,640 About 10 months. 387 00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:17,310 I don't suppose the salary they pay you 388 00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:19,810 is very substantial, is it? 389 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,050 I manage, my needs are small. 390 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:27,520 But it isn't comparable to, for instance, 391 00:16:27,550 --> 00:16:29,150 the salary that you received as 392 00:16:29,180 --> 00:16:31,650 an instructor of mathematics for 14 years 393 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:34,490 at Freeman High School, is it? 394 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,690 No, sir, it isn't. 395 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,390 Now, why did you give up a dignified position like that, 396 00:16:38,430 --> 00:16:39,760 that you held for so many years, 397 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:41,700 to work in a cheap honky-tonk? 398 00:16:41,730 --> 00:16:43,260 Why should a man with your background 399 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:47,700 be reduced to running errands for showgirls? 400 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,070 That isn't fair. 401 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:51,970 The reason is... 402 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:53,510 I'll tell you the reason, Mr. Babcock. 403 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:55,080 -The reason is this. -My glasses! 404 00:16:55,110 --> 00:16:57,680 Not your glasses, Mr. Babcock, your eyes. 405 00:16:57,710 --> 00:16:59,210 Isn't it true that you gave up teaching 406 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:01,420 for the simple reason that you were going blind? 407 00:17:01,450 --> 00:17:02,350 I did have cataracts. 408 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:04,050 -But now that I'm... -I have in my possession 409 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:05,650 a report from an ophthalmologist, 410 00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:08,390 which states that at the time of surgery, 411 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:11,030 your vision was 85% impaired 412 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,060 and furthermore, you are color-blind. 413 00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:14,030 It isn't fair this way. 414 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,260 My glasses, please. 415 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:17,700 If it pleases the court. 416 00:17:17,730 --> 00:17:19,200 Your Honor, I move in simple justice 417 00:17:19,230 --> 00:17:20,770 that the testimony of this witness 418 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,240 be stricken entirely from the records. 419 00:17:24,270 --> 00:17:26,740 It's obvious that he is incompetent to testify 420 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:30,510 to anything of a visual nature in a court of law. 421 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,510 That isn't true! 422 00:17:32,550 --> 00:17:34,880 You'll have to let me speak! 423 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,090 (crowd murmuring) 424 00:17:40,390 --> 00:17:41,460 Arnold, I have to talk to you. 425 00:17:41,490 --> 00:17:42,460 Congratulations, Arnold. 426 00:17:42,490 --> 00:17:44,090 I managed to catch some of the last act, anyhow. 427 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:45,060 You like that, huh? 428 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:46,430 Listen, you had that ex-mathematician tied up 429 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:48,630 in knots that Einstein couldn't have figured out. 430 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:49,530 Arnold, if I've waited this long, 431 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:50,530 I'm sure you could spare me a minute... 432 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,800 It can wait till I speak to the judge, can't it? 433 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,610 I'd like to see the judge, if he's free, Dan. 434 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,610 Arnold, I went to see George Vogel this morning. 435 00:18:05,650 --> 00:18:07,620 I'd appreciate it if you'd sign the preliminary papers 436 00:18:07,650 --> 00:18:09,120 he prepared for me. 437 00:18:09,150 --> 00:18:10,090 Don't you think we've had enough 438 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,690 whipped-up emotional nonsense for a while? 439 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,860 I'm divorcing you, Arnold. 440 00:18:14,890 --> 00:18:16,690 Nothing is going to change my mind. 441 00:18:16,730 --> 00:18:18,390 I'm not sophisticated enough for the kind of marriage 442 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:20,100 you seem to prefer. 443 00:18:20,130 --> 00:18:22,230 You'll save us both a lot of unnecessary recrimination 444 00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:24,030 by signing the papers now. 445 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:26,130 Keep your voice down. 446 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:30,670 Is this what George Vogel recommended? 447 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:31,640 The decision is my own. 448 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:33,780 I never asked his opinion. 449 00:18:33,810 --> 00:18:34,780 Well, you tell George 450 00:18:34,810 --> 00:18:36,580 I'll send him a check for his modest labors, 451 00:18:36,610 --> 00:18:39,680 but I'm not interested in a divorce right now. 452 00:18:39,710 --> 00:18:41,180 A divorce might be rather clumsy, 453 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,050 professionally awkward. 454 00:18:43,050 --> 00:18:44,690 Besides, it could leave me vulnerable 455 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,420 to other romantic women. 456 00:18:46,450 --> 00:18:49,820 And it's much more comfortable the way it is. 457 00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,400 You can't mean that. 458 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,630 You might even find our arrangement 459 00:18:58,670 --> 00:19:00,040 a little less depressing 460 00:19:00,070 --> 00:19:00,870 if you try to develop 461 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:03,740 a few romantic attachments of your own. 462 00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:06,780 You could still be an attractive woman if you tried. 463 00:19:06,810 --> 00:19:13,480 * 464 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,280 The judge will see you now, Mr. Shawn. 465 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:20,120 * 466 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,460 -Oh, excuse me. -It's all right. 467 00:19:21,490 --> 00:19:24,360 (coin rattling on sidewalk) 468 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:35,300 "1947, In God We Trust." 469 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,370 Mr. Babcock, please... 470 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,610 I was in the courtroom today, and I... 471 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,080 I couldn't help but notice... 472 00:19:42,110 --> 00:19:43,680 I can see very well with my glasses, 473 00:19:43,710 --> 00:19:45,650 if that's what you mean. 474 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,320 Now that the cataracts are completely cured, 475 00:19:47,350 --> 00:19:48,850 I'd hoped to get back to teaching, 476 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,690 but I'm afraid after today, there's no chance. 477 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,090 You know, I tried so hard to explain my case, 478 00:19:56,120 --> 00:20:00,330 but that man was much, much too clever, wasn't he? 479 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:04,000 I'm sure no one believed me by the time he was through. 480 00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:06,100 Thank you for your kindness, ma'am. 481 00:20:11,370 --> 00:20:12,910 Are you parked here? 482 00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:14,080 I'm parked here, yes. 483 00:20:14,110 --> 00:20:15,340 Well, good, I can't find a cab. 484 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,750 I wonder, would you mind dropping me off 485 00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:19,550 at 6th and Fern? 486 00:20:19,580 --> 00:20:20,620 I think I could manage that. 487 00:20:20,650 --> 00:20:21,580 Well, fine, I'll be right here. 488 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:23,120 I just want to pick up a paper. 489 00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:25,050 You don't mind, do you? 490 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:26,150 Boy. 491 00:20:26,190 --> 00:20:36,200 * 492 00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:46,270 * 493 00:20:46,270 --> 00:21:01,060 * 494 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:04,890 (engine starting) 495 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:10,230 * 496 00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:12,300 (tires squealing) 497 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:19,170 Look, Officer, I don't know how it happened. 498 00:21:19,210 --> 00:21:23,350 Except that he stepped right in front of the car 499 00:21:23,380 --> 00:21:26,580 and when I tried to apply the brake, 500 00:21:26,610 --> 00:21:29,120 I somehow jammed the accelerator. 501 00:21:29,150 --> 00:21:31,120 Well, it's got me, George, I'm telling you. 502 00:21:31,150 --> 00:21:32,620 Nobody seems to have seen what happened 503 00:21:32,650 --> 00:21:34,720 except this one fellow here. 504 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:35,990 He was waiting for a bus. 505 00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:39,790 Would you mind giving me your version 506 00:21:39,830 --> 00:21:42,300 of how it happened, sir? 507 00:21:42,330 --> 00:21:45,230 Well, it must have been just as the lady described it. 508 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,140 You're going to have to take her word for it 509 00:21:51,170 --> 00:21:56,140 because it's a legal fact that I'm not a competent witness. 510 00:21:56,180 --> 00:22:05,790 * 511 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,330 I think that we have once more pointed out 512 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:16,100 that behind every great man there is a woman. 513 00:22:16,130 --> 00:22:18,530 So, men, watch out. 514 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:19,600 Sadly enough, 515 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:23,610 the police quickly saw through Mrs. Shawn's story 516 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,080 and the community gave her a rousing vote of thanks, 517 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,880 and a 99-year sentence. 518 00:22:30,910 --> 00:22:35,220 And speaking of long sentences, 519 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:38,090 I shall be back, after this one. 520 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,900 Thank you very much. 521 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:55,940 You know, I thought there was something peculiar 522 00:22:55,970 --> 00:22:58,740 about those girls. 523 00:22:58,770 --> 00:23:00,280 Now, I'm ready. 524 00:23:00,310 --> 00:23:02,280 But, I'm afraid the trial is over. 525 00:23:02,310 --> 00:23:05,110 Perhaps I can use this costume next week, 526 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:07,720 when we shall return with another story. 527 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:09,620 Until then, good night.