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I told him I already had a date
with Bobby Slater.
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What are you going to do
if he finds out you really haven't?
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I'll just have to leave the country,
that's all.
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All right, girls, back to the salt mines.
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- Oh, Mrs. Wardman.
- We thought you were still inside.
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Well, that's where I should be,
and so should you.
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The bell's due to ring in 20 seconds.
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[chattering]
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[bell ringing]
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Whoo. Now, that's what
I call a photo finish.
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Mr. Mangan, won't you join us?
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Why, sure, Janie.
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[chuckling]
I-I mean, Mrs. Wardman.
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I'd be glad to.
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[students snickering]
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All right now. How many of you
have finished David Copperfield?
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None of you?
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Well, why not?
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Agnes?
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Bobby?
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Well, uh, don't you know the answer,
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uh, Mrs., uh-- Mrs. Wardman?
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No, I don't, but I'd like to.
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Maybe you'd like to tell me after class.
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Oh, well, uh,
[clears throat]
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wouldn't you much rather have someone,
uh-- someone older stay?
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Uh, say, uh, Pat Mangan maybe?
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[laughter]
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[laughter continues]
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Mrs. Wardman, the principal's office.
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You're wanted right away.
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Thank you, Elsie.
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We'll continue this when I get back.
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[chuckling, chattering]
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Oh, what a time to be called away.
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Just when some of my most lovable students
were trying to light firecrackers under me--
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Mr. Rixby wants you to go right in.
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All right.
What's he want, Doris?
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I really wouldn't know,
Mrs. Wardman.
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Mrs. Slater.
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Mrs. Wardman.
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Would you prefer
that I handle this, Mr. Rixby?
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Frankly, I'd prefer nobody handled it,
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but as acting principal here, Jane,
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I've been ordered
by the Board of Education to, uh,
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well, to ask for your resignation.
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My resignation?
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You didn't know that the board and I,
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as representative
of the high school Parents' League,
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discussed your case last night?
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You mean that note I sent in
about Pat Mangan?
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No, no note was mentioned, Mrs. Wardman,
but a letter was.
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Show her your copy, Mr. Rixby.
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"Judge Edward Daily, President,
Placer Hill Board of Education.
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"Isn't it about time you caught on
to what a certain young widow
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"had been doing nights with the boys
in her senior English class?
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"Making passes and more,
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"not only with Kenneth Sterling
before he died,
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but now with"...
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This is horrible.
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You don't believe this, do you, Everett?
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It apparently doesn't much matter
what I believe, Jane.
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An anonymous letter
not even mentioning my name?
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Oh, we investigated, Mrs. Wardman.
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There's no doubt that the young widow is you.
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After Kenneth Sterling's accident,
we were prepared to shrug off any gossip.
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We thought we understood
your relationship with him.
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But this we can't shrug off.
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Of course, there's nothing to be gained
by the public washing of dirty linens,
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so to speak, so we're giving you
this chance to resign quietly,
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thus closing the matter.
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Well, what do you say, Mrs. Wardman?
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Well, what can I say?
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I sure appreciate this, Mr. Mason.
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Isn't very often a big-city lawyer
pays a courtesy call on a rustic confrere.
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[chuckles]
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Oh, hello, Jane.
This is Mr. Mason.
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He's taking the Beecham cottage
for a couple weeks of trout fishing.
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- This is Mrs. Wardman.
- How do you do, Mrs. Wardman?
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Mr. Mason.
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Just go on in, Jane.
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Be with you in the shake of a lamb's tail.
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Now, Judge Daily,
about those secret trout pools--
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Hold on.
That "judge" is strictly a hangover
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from a short term
as justice of the peace years ago.
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But judge or not,
I'm a first-class fishing guide,
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and I'm coming out to show you.
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- All right?
- All right.
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[chuckles]
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Well, I guess you know why I'm here.
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Yeah. Mrs. Slater called,
though why, I don't know.
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As president of the Board of Education,
I've been delegated to handle this.
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Judge Daily, you were Bill's friend,
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executor of his estate, my lawyer,
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and you'd allow me
to be convicted on the basis
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of some disgusting charges
in an anonymous letter?
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Jane, you remember what I said
right after Bill died,
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and you were debating whether
to stay here and teach or to go on?
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You said as a stranger, people would be
suspicious of everything I did,
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but that was over two years ago.
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Doesn't matter.
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This is an old-fashioned town, Jane--
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ingrown, living in its mining past.
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You were a woman who somehow got hold
of Bill Wardman
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while he was a geologist out in the Far East,
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brought him home to die,
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then tried to take his place.
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In the eyes of some people,
you're still a stranger, I guess.
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Well, stranger or not,
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did it ever occur to anybody,
even for a second, I might be innocent?
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Yes, for a good deal more than a second.
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But let me explain something, Jane.
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The school board isn't saying you're guilty.
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No one's referring any legal charges
against you,
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so there's no question of dismissal.
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But here is some,
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well, awkward evidence.
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Enough evidence to justify a board hearing.
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Now, a hearing is going to mean publicity,
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mudslinging, name-smearing.
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The board's willing to let it rest,
provided you resign.
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And if I resign, how will I ever
prove my innocence?
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- You are innocent, Jane?
- Of course I am.
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Well, there was some talk about you
and this boy Kenneth Sterling before he died.
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Judge Daily, you knew Kenneth Sterling--
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a sensitive,
mixed-up rebel with no family to turn to.
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I-I was merely trying to help him.
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And you didn't make any, uh--
any passes at him, as the letter says?
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No, I did not.
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Or to Pat Mangan,
whom the letter also names?
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That monster?
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Now, he says you did, Jane,
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and so do some of the other boys.
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Who are they?
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Well, the board thinks it's best
for their families,
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and for the community, too,
if their names are not brought into this.
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In fact, I'm the only one
that's talked to them.
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And they told you that I--
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Yes, Jane, they did.
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[motorcycle motors revving]
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Oh, Mrs. Wardman.
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I was told the town taxi parked here.
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It's 30 minutes now and still no sign of it.
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Sometimes it disappears for hours.
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- I'm afraid I can't wait that long.
- [revving continues]
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Is there anyplace I can rent a car?
Mine's laid up until morning.
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Well, I'd be happy to give you a lift.
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I couldn't put you to all that trouble.
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The Beecham cottage is more
than halfway to the summit.
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Well, it just so happens I have to go out
that way and pick up my son Terry.
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Come on. Hop in.
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How are you, Janie?
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That's a pretty dress you're wearing, Janie.
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[wolf whistle]
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[Bobby laughs]
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[motorcycle motors revving]
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How about taking us, huh?
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[laughter]
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How come you're not eating?
Is something wrong?
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What makes you think that?
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Well, you look sort of pale,
like when you had the flu.
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Well, I've got just the thing
for pale, young widows.
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It's a double old-fashioned,
compliments of the management.
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That's very nice of you, Gus,
but no, thanks.
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I don't drink.
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Well, that's not exactly
what they're saying around town.
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Terry, you remember Mr. Wiler,
don't you?
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Sure. He was assistant football coach
at your school last year.
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Your mom's school?
That's funny.
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- I heard she wasn't there anymore.
- I think you'd better leave, Gus.
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Just kidding, Everett.
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Thanks.
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Well, the dashing US Marines to the rescue.
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Only, I didn't quite cut
such a dashing figure in my office today.
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That's why I came in when I saw
your car outside-- to try and explain.
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There's nothing to explain.
I understood.
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Yeah.
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Understood that the she-dragon
of the Parents' League
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had me completely buffaloed.
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What did you decide?
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Nothing yet.
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Well, when you do,
let me know first, hmm?
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So I can take first stab at the dragon.
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[sighs]
Oh, look, this is stupid.
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You can't get mixed up in this thing.
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The board could fire you,
ruin your whole career.
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There's not much point in being a principal
without principles.
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I don't want to cause any more trouble.
I've--
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Everett, could we talk about this tomorrow?
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Sure. So long, Terry.
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Bye, Mr. Rixby.
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What's this all about, Mom?
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Well, Terry, it's about a letter.
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An unsigned letter
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received by the Board of Education
a day or so ago
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accusing me of making...
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what's called...
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improper advances
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towards some of the boys
in my senior English class.
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How silly can anybody get?
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Trouble is, according to Judge Daily,
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some of the boys say it's true.
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Mom, how could they?
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I'll bet it's that dirty Pat Mangan.
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- Yes, he's one of them.
- What's Judge Daily say?
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That I could resign without any fuss
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or insist upon a hearing.
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But he feels that if I--
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well, if we win,
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that people will still say
that there's some truth in the charges.
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Well, his advice is to...
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stop thinking about fighting
and just move out of here.
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Run away?
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Well, after all, Terry, it's partly my fault.
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I was stupid enough to think
I could help Kenneth Sterling.
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You know what happened to him.
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But that was an accident.
He skidded his motorcycle off a cliff.
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What would Dad do if he were here?
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He'd stay and fight.
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Then let's stay and fight.
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[engine starts]
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Terry?
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Yes, Mom?
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Is that a motorcycle behind us?
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Yeah. It looks sort of like Pat Mangan's.
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Hi there, Janie baby.
[laughs]
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I think I'll slow down and let him pass us.
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Mom, there's some other
motorcycles behind him.
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There are four, I think.
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- See them?
- Yes, I see them.
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They're coming closer.
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Mom, look out!
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[tires screeching]
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Well, Doctor?
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Mild abrasions,
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one or two small bruises,
and a pretty fair bump on the head.
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You should be stiff and sore in the morning,
Jane, but that should be about all.
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Did you see the accident, Mr. Mason?
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No, but I heard the crash.
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By the time I got outside,
the motorcycles were gone.
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However, we've a pretty good idea
as to who they were.
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Dr. Grant, you're a member
of the Board of Education, aren't you?
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- [Dr. Grant] You told him, Jane?
- Yes, she told me.
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And I must say, it's hard to find the words
to express my indignation
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and amazement
at what's been done to Mrs. Wardman,
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and that her attorney and her family doctor
could be so involved.
247
00:14:03,271 --> 00:14:07,367
Mr. Mason, the board didn't just act
on the basis of an anonymous letter.
248
00:14:07,508 --> 00:14:09,533
A witness was heard-- the Mangan boy.
249
00:14:09,677 --> 00:14:11,611
Don't call him a boy.
250
00:14:11,746 --> 00:14:13,680
He's old enough to be in the army.
251
00:14:13,815 --> 00:14:16,079
The town bully and a notorious liar.
252
00:14:16,217 --> 00:14:20,551
Now, now, Jane, I admit his reputation
is not too good, but there were others, too.
253
00:14:20,688 --> 00:14:22,019
Who else testified?
254
00:14:22,156 --> 00:14:25,785
They told their story to Judge Daily,
who quite properly withheld their names.
255
00:14:25,927 --> 00:14:27,519
Why do you say "quite properly"?
256
00:14:27,662 --> 00:14:31,359
There's no point of shaming the families
if we can possibly dispose of this quietly,
257
00:14:31,499 --> 00:14:33,160
as the board hopes to do.
258
00:14:33,301 --> 00:14:36,327
But it's all right to go on shaming
Mrs. Wardman and her son.
259
00:14:36,471 --> 00:14:38,200
Is that the board's idea of justice?
260
00:14:38,339 --> 00:14:40,967
Mr. Mason, we're not a court of law.
261
00:14:41,109 --> 00:14:43,100
We're responsible for our young people.
262
00:14:43,244 --> 00:14:47,704
If we feel they're in jeopardy,
right or wrong, we must do as we think best.
263
00:14:47,849 --> 00:14:49,908
As Mrs. Wardman's family doctor,
264
00:14:50,051 --> 00:14:54,078
do you honestly believe that
your young people could be in jeopardy?
265
00:14:54,222 --> 00:14:57,419
Mr. Mason, the board asked me
that same question.
266
00:14:57,558 --> 00:15:00,755
As a doctor, I was forced to tell them
that persons who were suddenly cut off
267
00:15:00,895 --> 00:15:03,887
from the love and emotional outlets
they were accustomed to
268
00:15:04,031 --> 00:15:07,159
sometimes do lose their judgment
and self-control.
269
00:15:07,301 --> 00:15:10,395
- Did you tell them I'd lost control?
- Of course not, Jane.
270
00:15:10,538 --> 00:15:12,768
Did you tell them
that she hadn't lost control?
271
00:15:12,907 --> 00:15:14,238
I ventured no opinion.
272
00:15:14,375 --> 00:15:16,775
That was very courageous of you, Doctor.
273
00:15:23,587 --> 00:15:26,078
- Good morning.
- Good morning. How are you feeling?
274
00:15:26,223 --> 00:15:29,556
Oh, a few minor aches and pains.
Nothing too serious.
275
00:15:29,693 --> 00:15:32,992
I thought it best if I kept Terry home
from school today.
276
00:15:33,130 --> 00:15:35,121
Mrs. Wardman, this is Paul Drake,
277
00:15:35,266 --> 00:15:37,257
the private detective
I told you about last night.
278
00:15:37,401 --> 00:15:38,891
- Mrs. Wardman.
- Mr. Drake.
279
00:15:39,036 --> 00:15:41,834
He's here to help you.
That is, if you want help.
280
00:15:41,972 --> 00:15:45,100
I honestly don't know what I want,
Mr. Mason.
281
00:15:45,242 --> 00:15:48,211
I'm sure it's a hard decision.
282
00:15:48,345 --> 00:15:52,111
Almost no one on your side except
a vacationing lawyer
283
00:15:52,249 --> 00:15:54,683
whom you barely know.
284
00:15:54,818 --> 00:15:56,809
But there's something odd here.
285
00:15:56,954 --> 00:15:59,821
The whole town's stirred up,
and so rapidly.
286
00:15:59,957 --> 00:16:02,687
Mrs. Wardman, the boy who died--
287
00:16:02,826 --> 00:16:04,657
- Kenneth Sterling?
- Mmm.
288
00:16:04,795 --> 00:16:08,959
I guess it's standard procedure for me
to wonder about violent fatalities,
289
00:16:09,099 --> 00:16:12,660
but I understand that you were
the closest thing to a family the boy had.
290
00:16:12,803 --> 00:16:14,998
Could his death possibly have
anything to do with this?
291
00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,174
No, I don't think so.
292
00:16:18,309 --> 00:16:21,938
It happened in the next county,
near Cactus City, about a month ago.
293
00:16:22,079 --> 00:16:26,675
Kenneth was in one of his states
of revolt against life in general
294
00:16:26,817 --> 00:16:29,217
and the high school in particular that night.
295
00:16:29,353 --> 00:16:31,218
- How do you know that?
- Well, I received
296
00:16:31,355 --> 00:16:33,289
one of my midnight phone calls from him,
297
00:16:33,424 --> 00:16:37,087
and I talked to him for awhile, and,
298
00:16:37,227 --> 00:16:39,787
well, I thought I calmed him down,
299
00:16:39,930 --> 00:16:43,627
but later that night,
300
00:16:44,835 --> 00:16:46,928
apparently he was going so fast
301
00:16:47,071 --> 00:16:49,505
that his motorcycle
302
00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,269
skidded off the road and into a ravine.
303
00:16:53,410 --> 00:16:56,868
Paul, there are two avenues of approach here.
304
00:16:57,881 --> 00:17:01,612
One is to force an open hearing
before the Board of Education.
305
00:17:01,752 --> 00:17:04,585
The other is to unmask the writer
of that letter.
306
00:17:04,722 --> 00:17:07,452
- How can you do that?
- Well, possibly through the letter itself.
307
00:17:07,591 --> 00:17:09,786
We have the photostat
Mr. Rixby showed you yesterday.
308
00:17:09,927 --> 00:17:13,454
It looks as if it were written
on an Imperial super-quiet.
309
00:17:13,597 --> 00:17:16,691
The stationery store will give me a list
of all the people in town who bought one.
310
00:17:16,834 --> 00:17:19,598
And there's a certain amount of pressure
that can be put on Pat Mangan
311
00:17:19,737 --> 00:17:22,604
because of last night's episode
and the note you sent to the board about him.
312
00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:25,300
Her note to the board?
I hadn't heard about that.
313
00:17:25,442 --> 00:17:29,139
I was just reporting on something
that happened at a school dance.
314
00:17:29,279 --> 00:17:34,808
I had a little trouble with Pat Mangan,
so I-- I reported it to Mr. Rixby, of course.
315
00:17:35,819 --> 00:17:37,684
There were some things that Pat said
316
00:17:37,821 --> 00:17:40,051
that made me wonder
317
00:17:40,190 --> 00:17:43,819
if someone wasn't selling liquor
to those boys.
318
00:17:43,961 --> 00:17:46,395
Someone like Gus Wiler, maybe,
at the Summit Inn.
319
00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:48,828
That in itself could be useful.
320
00:17:48,966 --> 00:17:51,730
But before we can do a thing, Jane,
321
00:17:51,869 --> 00:17:53,734
I must be empowered to represent you.
322
00:17:55,272 --> 00:17:59,140
I think it might be easier
if I just packed up and left.
323
00:17:59,276 --> 00:18:01,801
- Mom?
- Yes?
324
00:18:01,945 --> 00:18:03,879
You said Dad would have fought,
didn't you?
325
00:18:04,014 --> 00:18:05,208
Yes, Terry.
326
00:18:05,349 --> 00:18:07,249
Well, aren't we Wardmans, too?
327
00:18:10,087 --> 00:18:12,214
All right, Mr. Mason.
328
00:18:12,356 --> 00:18:14,984
You're empowered to represent me.
329
00:18:19,263 --> 00:18:22,790
This is from a standard
motorcycle-tire tread, Perry.
330
00:18:22,933 --> 00:18:25,527
You think you can identify
which of the boys' bikes was here?
331
00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:28,570
Well, maybe.
Couple of breaks in this one.
332
00:18:28,705 --> 00:18:30,536
[Gus]
What's going on?
333
00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:32,574
Who are you guys?
334
00:18:34,044 --> 00:18:35,341
Mr. Wiler?
335
00:18:35,479 --> 00:18:36,810
I could be. Why?
336
00:18:36,947 --> 00:18:39,575
You know Pat Mangan
and his group pretty well, don't you?
337
00:18:39,716 --> 00:18:42,742
They ride their motorcycles
out here sometimes, but I hardly know them.
338
00:18:42,886 --> 00:18:44,046
Funny.
339
00:18:44,188 --> 00:18:48,284
I just heard a rumor that you've been selling
them a bottle of liquor every now and then.
340
00:18:52,529 --> 00:18:54,429
[motorcycle approaching]
341
00:19:47,595 --> 00:19:48,960
[knocks]
342
00:19:51,098 --> 00:19:52,087
Yeah?
343
00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:53,928
- Are you Pat Mangan?
- What do you want?
344
00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:57,037
We're running a check on super-quiet
typewriters. I understand you own one.
345
00:19:57,171 --> 00:19:59,162
- So?
- Well, I wondered if I could see it, please.
346
00:19:59,306 --> 00:20:01,274
- My company's interested--
- Get out of here, buddy! We don't want any
347
00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:03,569
- Look, you don't understand.
- I saw you out there!
348
00:20:03,711 --> 00:20:06,111
Whatever you're nosing around for,
do it someplace else, huh?
349
00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:09,080
- Wait a minute!
- This is my porch! Get off!
350
00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:12,309
[grunts]
351
00:20:12,453 --> 00:20:14,819
Pat, what's going on out here?
352
00:20:15,823 --> 00:20:18,018
Oh, you're asking questions
about Pat's typewriter.
353
00:20:18,159 --> 00:20:19,922
- Is that it, mister?
- That's right.
354
00:20:20,060 --> 00:20:23,621
Well, he traded it in about two months ago
as part payment on a new motorcycle.
355
00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,595
You stay out of my way, buddy.
356
00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:28,258
Next time I catch you,
you ain't gonna be so lucky.
357
00:20:29,837 --> 00:20:31,771
In the house, Pat!
358
00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:41,241
- Nice kid.
- "Kid"?
359
00:20:41,382 --> 00:20:43,475
You ought to feel the arms on that moose.
360
00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,380
You can take it.
361
00:20:46,387 --> 00:20:47,979
- Paul?
- Yeah?
362
00:20:48,122 --> 00:20:52,081
I think there's a way
we might force a few hands around here.
363
00:20:59,002 --> 00:21:01,470
That Pat Mangan out there?
364
00:21:02,806 --> 00:21:04,637
[Rixby]
Yes, that's Pat.
365
00:21:04,774 --> 00:21:06,969
What would you do
if he suddenly attacked a stranger
366
00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:09,374
walking across the school grounds?
367
00:21:09,513 --> 00:21:13,643
Well, he's a bully and a sadist,
but I don't know about attacking a stranger.
368
00:21:13,783 --> 00:21:16,115
I'm willing to gamble that he's going to.
369
00:21:16,253 --> 00:21:19,017
I'm also willing to gamble
that you're going to call the police.
370
00:21:19,156 --> 00:21:22,956
Well, in matters like that,
I'm really supposed to report first--
371
00:21:23,093 --> 00:21:24,492
To the board?
372
00:21:24,628 --> 00:21:26,755
You'd call Judge Daily?
373
00:21:26,897 --> 00:21:29,991
I, uh, guess that would put him
on the spot, wouldn't it?
374
00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:32,465
I guess he'd have to call in the police.
375
00:21:32,602 --> 00:21:34,092
Exactly.
376
00:21:43,847 --> 00:21:45,610
Well, look who's here.
377
00:21:47,617 --> 00:21:50,450
This is the wise guy I was telling you about.
378
00:21:50,587 --> 00:21:53,055
This time, good buddy,
you're going to get the full treatment.
379
00:21:53,190 --> 00:21:56,284
From you alone,
or with the help of your friends?
380
00:21:58,161 --> 00:22:00,152
I don't need no help.
381
00:22:01,665 --> 00:22:03,633
[laughing]
382
00:22:14,244 --> 00:22:15,734
Look out!
383
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,370
Aahhh!
384
00:22:27,290 --> 00:22:29,781
No, Mr. Mason, there's been no call
from Judge Daily yet,
385
00:22:29,926 --> 00:22:32,053
and it doesn't seem like
there's gonna be one.
386
00:22:32,195 --> 00:22:34,959
Now, as far as that accident business
last night is concerned,
387
00:22:35,098 --> 00:22:38,397
I'm afraid I haven't gotten much further with
those motorcycle tracks than Mr. Drake here.
388
00:22:38,535 --> 00:22:42,471
Sheriff, what about the possibility
that Gus Wiler or someone else
389
00:22:42,606 --> 00:22:44,267
has been selling the boys liquor?
390
00:22:44,407 --> 00:22:46,136
That's pretty hard to believe about old Gus,
391
00:22:46,276 --> 00:22:48,904
although the boys do kick up
their heels now and again.
392
00:22:49,045 --> 00:22:51,138
But this county's always been pretty clean.
393
00:22:51,281 --> 00:22:54,739
It's not like Cactus County, where young
Sterling got liquored up the night he died.
394
00:22:54,884 --> 00:22:56,613
Sterling was drunk that night?
395
00:22:57,621 --> 00:23:01,853
Well, the autopsy report did show
some alcohol in the bloodstream.
396
00:23:01,992 --> 00:23:05,553
But I'm afraid there's more than a dozen
places in Cactus City that sell to minors.
397
00:23:05,695 --> 00:23:08,687
Paul, you'd better do a little checking
in Cactus City.
398
00:23:08,832 --> 00:23:10,163
Hello, Judge.
399
00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:11,631
Business?
400
00:23:11,768 --> 00:23:13,429
Heard Mr. Mason was here.
401
00:23:13,570 --> 00:23:15,834
Thought I'd have a little talk with him--
alone, maybe.
402
00:23:16,906 --> 00:23:20,273
Well, I do have an errand to run.
You're welcome to use the office.
403
00:23:20,410 --> 00:23:23,345
However, I would like a word with you
sometime, Judge,
404
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,471
if you can find the time.
405
00:23:31,688 --> 00:23:34,953
Cute idea of yours, starting that little
ruckus on the school grounds,
406
00:23:35,091 --> 00:23:36,786
if I figured it right.
407
00:23:36,926 --> 00:23:40,157
You'd like to get this Jane Wardman
business out in the open, wouldn't you?
408
00:23:40,297 --> 00:23:41,787
In court, maybe?
409
00:23:41,931 --> 00:23:44,866
Yes, in lieu of a formal hearing
before the Board of Education.
410
00:23:45,869 --> 00:23:49,134
I've already vetoed that.
It's too inflammatory.
411
00:23:49,272 --> 00:23:52,332
As for complaining to the authorities
about the ruckus on the school grounds,
412
00:23:52,475 --> 00:23:54,136
I vetoed that, too.
413
00:23:54,277 --> 00:23:56,745
In my opinion,
Mr. Drake's a public benefactor.
414
00:23:57,947 --> 00:24:00,472
I'm only a small-puddle lawyer.
415
00:24:00,617 --> 00:24:03,950
You're gonna find it hard
to force my hand, Mr. Mason.
416
00:24:04,087 --> 00:24:08,023
I've done, and I'll do, what I think is best
for both Jane and the town.
417
00:24:08,158 --> 00:24:09,182
[phone ringing]
418
00:24:13,296 --> 00:24:14,786
Sheriff just stepped out.
419
00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:17,161
Oh, hello, Sergeant.
420
00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:19,291
For me?
421
00:24:19,436 --> 00:24:21,063
Who?
422
00:24:21,204 --> 00:24:23,195
Going over to Jane Wardman's house?
423
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,887
Wait a minute.
What are you doing here?
424
00:24:47,897 --> 00:24:51,526
Mrs. Wardman, we've come here
to give you an ultimatum.
425
00:24:51,668 --> 00:24:54,136
If the board won't act, we will.
426
00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:56,568
All of us here have children
in the high school,
427
00:24:56,706 --> 00:25:00,267
and for their protection, we're giving you
this one last chance to resign.
428
00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:02,537
And if I don't resign?
429
00:25:02,679 --> 00:25:04,943
We have voted and decided.
430
00:25:05,081 --> 00:25:07,811
We'll take our children out of school
and keep them out--
431
00:25:07,951 --> 00:25:11,182
the mothers here
and every other mother in town.
432
00:25:11,321 --> 00:25:12,948
And don't think we won't.
433
00:25:13,089 --> 00:25:15,580
You'd do that just to get rid of me?
434
00:25:15,725 --> 00:25:17,454
[Woman]
Well, we're hoping we won't have to.
435
00:25:17,594 --> 00:25:19,926
Don't be a fool, Jane.
436
00:25:20,063 --> 00:25:23,726
Resign and get out
before something worse happens to you.
437
00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:27,564
By worse, do you mean
riding her out of town on a rail?
438
00:25:27,704 --> 00:25:31,572
Or perhaps you were thinking
of tar and feathers?
439
00:25:31,708 --> 00:25:33,403
I beg your pardon.
440
00:25:33,543 --> 00:25:35,875
Well, aren't you taking the law
into your own hands?
441
00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:38,480
Condemning her without a trial?
442
00:25:38,615 --> 00:25:43,450
Judge Daily, are these the people
you've been trying so hard to protect?
443
00:25:43,586 --> 00:25:46,077
You've just been a witness
to their behavior--
444
00:25:46,222 --> 00:25:49,089
breaking and entering,
attempted intimidation, slander.
445
00:25:49,225 --> 00:25:50,692
I warn you,
446
00:25:50,827 --> 00:25:53,694
Mrs. Wardman is going to have a field day
in court with you people.
447
00:25:53,830 --> 00:25:56,924
- Unless--
- All right, Mr. Mason.
448
00:25:57,066 --> 00:25:59,364
You've forced my hand.
449
00:26:03,873 --> 00:26:05,864
[chattering]
450
00:26:09,053 --> 00:26:10,543
All right, folks.
451
00:26:10,688 --> 00:26:13,486
If you'll just take your seats,
the meeting's about to begin.
452
00:26:13,624 --> 00:26:15,615
I just heard from
our Cactus City correspondent.
453
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,456
He's had no luck at all on where
young Sterling got his liquor that night.
454
00:26:18,596 --> 00:26:20,996
- Too many places there sell it.
- And the accident?
455
00:26:21,132 --> 00:26:24,124
Well, if you thought it was anything more,
I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed.
456
00:26:24,268 --> 00:26:25,257
How?
457
00:26:25,403 --> 00:26:27,530
The reason the boy spun off the road
wasn't liquor.
458
00:26:27,672 --> 00:26:29,663
He had a heart failure.
459
00:26:30,675 --> 00:26:33,041
This board is now in session
460
00:26:33,177 --> 00:26:35,805
on business we'd hoped
would never have to be discussed.
461
00:26:37,381 --> 00:26:42,444
Uh, I'm sure all of you, and Mr. Mason, too,
will see why in a moment.
462
00:26:42,587 --> 00:26:45,454
We're dealing with something...
463
00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:48,787
Well, something that people
mostly discuss behind closed doors.
464
00:26:48,926 --> 00:26:51,224
[Man]
The doors are closed, Judge. Get on with it.
465
00:26:51,362 --> 00:26:52,693
Who was that?
466
00:26:52,830 --> 00:26:54,354
Ed Temple?
467
00:26:54,498 --> 00:26:58,332
Now, one more interruption, Ed,
and I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
468
00:26:58,469 --> 00:27:01,529
And that goes for everyone here.
469
00:27:01,672 --> 00:27:03,537
All right.
470
00:27:04,942 --> 00:27:08,935
Now, first, the letter that started all this.
471
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,572
But it couldn't be ignored,
and I think you'll all see.
472
00:27:12,717 --> 00:27:15,151
May I see that letter?
473
00:27:15,286 --> 00:27:17,277
Well, I suppose.
474
00:27:18,422 --> 00:27:20,083
This is a photostat.
475
00:27:20,224 --> 00:27:21,714
Yes, I know.
476
00:27:21,859 --> 00:27:24,157
It seems the original disappeared
from Doris' files.
477
00:27:24,295 --> 00:27:26,957
[Mason]
When, Miss Wilson? When did it disappear?
478
00:27:27,098 --> 00:27:28,690
I don't know.
479
00:27:28,833 --> 00:27:30,824
It was just gone
when I looked for it tonight.
480
00:27:30,968 --> 00:27:33,732
[Mason]
Unless a photostat is properly introduced,
481
00:27:33,871 --> 00:27:37,272
it isn't admissible as evidence,
so I must object.
482
00:27:37,408 --> 00:27:41,139
Mr. Mason, we'd better
get something straight right off.
483
00:27:41,278 --> 00:27:43,269
It won't do you any good to object here.
484
00:27:43,414 --> 00:27:46,508
The board is conducting this hearing
the way it thinks best.
485
00:27:46,651 --> 00:27:48,778
- That's right, Judge.
- [spectators murmuring]
486
00:27:54,325 --> 00:27:56,486
[clears throat]
487
00:27:56,627 --> 00:28:00,063
"Judge Edward Daily, President
of the Placer Hill Board of Education.
488
00:28:01,132 --> 00:28:05,034
"Isn't it about time you caught on
to what a certain young widow
489
00:28:05,169 --> 00:28:07,467
"has been doing nights
490
00:28:07,605 --> 00:28:10,938
"with the boys
in her senior English class?
491
00:28:12,076 --> 00:28:15,011
"Making passes and more,
492
00:28:15,146 --> 00:28:19,173
"not only with Kenneth Sterling
before he died,
493
00:28:19,316 --> 00:28:23,912
"but now with Pat Mangan
and some of the others.
494
00:28:24,055 --> 00:28:25,386
"Ask them, Judge.
495
00:28:25,523 --> 00:28:28,720
Just ask them, and they'll tell you."
496
00:28:29,727 --> 00:28:34,164
Would you rather it be you testifying,
Cornelia, or our young people?
497
00:28:34,298 --> 00:28:36,823
I know my duty, Judge Daily.
498
00:28:36,967 --> 00:28:39,959
Then repeat what you told
the board in private.
499
00:28:42,807 --> 00:28:44,798
This is most distasteful.
500
00:28:46,043 --> 00:28:49,570
At the senior dance,
held here in this gymnasium,
501
00:28:49,714 --> 00:28:53,309
at which both Mrs. Wardman and I
were among the chaperons,
502
00:28:54,318 --> 00:28:58,721
I saw her slip out quietly with Pat Mangan,
503
00:28:59,724 --> 00:29:01,715
and, um...
504
00:29:01,859 --> 00:29:03,224
uh...
505
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:04,918
[Daily]
Just go on, Cornelia.
506
00:29:07,431 --> 00:29:11,561
She came back
about 15 minutes later, alone,
507
00:29:11,702 --> 00:29:14,000
with her lipstick smeared,
508
00:29:14,138 --> 00:29:16,368
her dress disarranged,
509
00:29:16,507 --> 00:29:19,476
and smelling of liquor.
510
00:29:19,610 --> 00:29:22,204
[murmuring]
511
00:29:22,346 --> 00:29:25,474
Yes, it was at the same dance
that I saw them--
512
00:29:25,616 --> 00:29:27,811
Pat Mangan and Mrs. Wardman--
513
00:29:27,952 --> 00:29:30,648
on a bench back of the science hall.
514
00:29:30,788 --> 00:29:33,222
What were they doing, Doris?
515
00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:35,848
They were...
516
00:29:36,961 --> 00:29:39,691
Well, I guess you could call it necking.
517
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:42,094
[murmuring]
518
00:29:44,268 --> 00:29:46,259
You told this to the board, Miss Wilson?
519
00:29:46,403 --> 00:29:47,734
Yes, I did.
520
00:29:47,872 --> 00:29:49,897
Very shocking thing.
521
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,235
So shocking,
I'm surprised you didn't mention it
522
00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:54,173
to someone before the meeting of the board.
523
00:29:54,311 --> 00:29:58,771
But I did. I told Everett-- Mr. Rixby,
the acting principal, about it.
524
00:29:58,916 --> 00:30:01,908
Yes, Doris did tell me
the day after the dance.
525
00:30:02,052 --> 00:30:03,610
Why didn't you inform the board?
526
00:30:03,754 --> 00:30:07,918
Oh, I'm sure Doris must have mistaken
one of the girls for Mrs. Wardman.
527
00:30:08,058 --> 00:30:10,356
And, I might add, I still believe that.
528
00:30:10,494 --> 00:30:13,224
Well, maybe you'll change
your mind, Mr. Rixby,
529
00:30:13,364 --> 00:30:16,026
when you hear the next witness.
530
00:30:16,167 --> 00:30:17,225
Pat Mangan!
531
00:30:24,775 --> 00:30:29,269
Now, Pat, we want you to tell us exactly
what you told the board and no more.
532
00:30:29,413 --> 00:30:32,405
- Do you understand, Pat?
- Yeah, I understand.
533
00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:34,780
The incident at the last senior dance.
534
00:30:34,919 --> 00:30:37,080
Well, about halfway through,
Janie gave me the eye.
535
00:30:37,221 --> 00:30:40,349
- [Daily] By Janie, you mean Mrs. Wardman?
- Yeah.
536
00:30:40,491 --> 00:30:43,517
So we went outside and had
a couple drinks from a bottle I had,
537
00:30:43,661 --> 00:30:45,925
and then we necked a little,
538
00:30:46,063 --> 00:30:48,054
and then-- then she went back.
539
00:30:48,199 --> 00:30:49,257
Me-- I cut out.
540
00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:52,767
[Daily] Had you ever done a similar thing
with her before?
541
00:30:52,903 --> 00:30:54,700
Sure. Lots of times, like I told you.
542
00:30:54,839 --> 00:30:56,602
That simply is not true!
543
00:30:56,740 --> 00:30:59,675
He was drinking, so I told him to go home!
It's just not true!
544
00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:01,710
[Daily]
That'll be enough, Jane.
545
00:31:01,846 --> 00:31:04,713
Mr. Mason, I hope you've heard enough.
546
00:31:04,849 --> 00:31:06,976
I know the good people out there have.
547
00:31:07,117 --> 00:31:08,482
That'll be all, Pat.
548
00:31:08,619 --> 00:31:11,179
[Mason]
Judge Daily, I'd like to question Pat Mangan.
549
00:31:11,322 --> 00:31:15,224
[Daily] Well, if you find that necessary,
we'll resume this hearing tomorrow.
550
00:31:41,018 --> 00:31:42,144
[motor starts]
551
00:31:47,224 --> 00:31:49,886
- Look out!
- [tires screeching]
552
00:31:58,302 --> 00:32:01,669
Pat said that Gus Wiler was behind
this whole thing?
553
00:32:01,805 --> 00:32:04,797
- Anonymous letter and all?
- That's right, Mrs. Wardman.
554
00:32:04,942 --> 00:32:08,241
Pat had it in for you, too,
so he was only too happy to go along.
555
00:32:08,379 --> 00:32:10,540
Did he say anything about young Sterling?
556
00:32:10,681 --> 00:32:12,672
I don't know how you figured it, but yep.
557
00:32:12,816 --> 00:32:15,717
Pat said Sterling might have gotten
a jug from Wiler the night he died.
558
00:32:15,853 --> 00:32:17,946
- [Mason] At what time?
- Fairly late.
559
00:32:18,088 --> 00:32:20,352
Pat, Sterling, and some of the others
had been drinking earlier.
560
00:32:20,491 --> 00:32:22,482
Sterling said he was gonna
go out and get some more.
561
00:32:22,626 --> 00:32:25,493
Pat figures he went on from there
toward Cactus City.
562
00:32:25,629 --> 00:32:29,156
Jane, when can we find Wiler
alone at the inn?
563
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:32,997
Well, he usually clears everybody out
around midnight on weekdays.
564
00:32:34,238 --> 00:32:36,229
It's almost 11:00, Paul.
565
00:32:37,241 --> 00:32:40,472
Suppose we stop by there at about 12:15?
566
00:32:40,611 --> 00:32:42,101
Okay.
567
00:32:54,725 --> 00:32:56,386
Mr. Wiler?
568
00:32:57,628 --> 00:32:59,994
Maybe he's in one of the back rooms.
569
00:33:01,031 --> 00:33:03,522
No, Paul. I think not.
570
00:33:03,667 --> 00:33:05,897
[Paul]
Wiler.
571
00:33:07,371 --> 00:33:09,362
That's right, gentlemen.
572
00:33:09,506 --> 00:33:12,441
Gus Wiler, and quite dead.
573
00:33:17,881 --> 00:33:21,044
I was about to call the sheriff
when I heard your car outside.
574
00:33:21,185 --> 00:33:22,880
Hadn't you better call him now?
575
00:33:28,265 --> 00:33:30,893
Slant, angle, and alignment--
576
00:33:31,035 --> 00:33:32,969
they're all different.
577
00:33:33,103 --> 00:33:34,764
You're right, Mr. Drake.
578
00:33:34,905 --> 00:33:37,840
The anonymous letter wasn't written
on Gus Wiler's typewriter.
579
00:33:37,975 --> 00:33:40,739
Nor on any of the other typewriters
we took samples from--
580
00:33:40,878 --> 00:33:44,507
Pat Mangan's ex-machine,
Doris Wilson's, Mrs. Slater's, Judge Daily's.
581
00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:47,116
In fact, all the typewriters
on the stationery store list.
582
00:33:47,251 --> 00:33:50,482
Well, isn't it possible,
since Gus obviously didn't write that letter,
583
00:33:50,621 --> 00:33:52,953
that his death has nothing to do with me?
584
00:33:53,090 --> 00:33:55,923
- [Sheriff] No, I'm afraid not, Mrs. Wardman.
- Why do you say that?
585
00:33:57,061 --> 00:33:59,461
Folded in his wallet
was the original of the letter.
586
00:34:00,731 --> 00:34:03,791
We thought his typewriter would
surely prove him to be Mr. Anonymous,
587
00:34:03,934 --> 00:34:05,663
like Pat Mangan said.
588
00:34:05,803 --> 00:34:08,829
Of course, Gus could have typed it
on someone else's machine.
589
00:34:08,972 --> 00:34:11,964
But if he didn't, if he wasn't the one,
590
00:34:12,109 --> 00:34:14,805
that still leaves you
with a dangerous enemy, Jane.
591
00:34:14,945 --> 00:34:17,277
Now, I know we've been over this before,
592
00:34:17,414 --> 00:34:19,882
but are you sure
that Ken Sterling gave you no clue
593
00:34:20,017 --> 00:34:22,076
as to where he might have been
calling from that night?
594
00:34:22,219 --> 00:34:23,413
Yes, I'm quite sure.
595
00:34:23,554 --> 00:34:26,489
Outside of us,
who else have you told about the call?
596
00:34:26,623 --> 00:34:28,614
Well, Doris Wilson.
597
00:34:28,759 --> 00:34:31,057
We talked about the accident the next day.
598
00:34:31,195 --> 00:34:33,288
- Anyone else?
- No, no one else.
599
00:34:33,430 --> 00:34:35,523
I didn't feel it was anyone else's business.
600
00:34:37,501 --> 00:34:39,492
I don't get the connection, Mr. Mason.
601
00:34:40,637 --> 00:34:43,401
Maybe I can show you tomorrow, Sheriff,
602
00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:47,567
in fact, with your cooperation.
603
00:34:53,083 --> 00:34:55,950
This meeting will come to order.
604
00:34:56,086 --> 00:34:59,078
I imagine you've heard about Gus Wiler,
605
00:34:59,223 --> 00:35:02,454
but maybe you haven't heard
that the original of the anonymous letter
606
00:35:02,593 --> 00:35:04,527
was found on his person.
607
00:35:04,661 --> 00:35:07,152
Well, this being the case,
if there's a possibility
608
00:35:07,297 --> 00:35:11,131
that the board has been making mistakes
and hurting people wrongly,
609
00:35:11,268 --> 00:35:15,466
then, frankly, we'd like to let
the proper authorities take over from here.
610
00:35:15,606 --> 00:35:20,270
But Mr. Mason insists that Mrs. Wardman's
hearing be resumed and resumed now.
611
00:35:20,410 --> 00:35:22,571
Well, the way I feel--
612
00:35:22,713 --> 00:35:26,205
Like I told you, Judge,
I have no objections to going on with this.
613
00:35:26,350 --> 00:35:28,250
All right, Sheriff.
614
00:35:29,253 --> 00:35:32,620
All right, Mr. Mason. It's your move.
615
00:35:34,158 --> 00:35:38,060
Well, uh, first,
I'd like to question Pat Mangan.
616
00:35:38,195 --> 00:35:39,526
I'm sorry, Judge.
617
00:35:39,663 --> 00:35:43,064
His mother and I decided it'd be better
if he got out of town for a while.
618
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,431
If the sheriff wants him, we'll have him
brought back, but not otherwise.
619
00:35:46,570 --> 00:35:48,231
All right.
620
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,072
Then let's call Bobby Slater.
621
00:35:52,209 --> 00:35:53,540
[Daily]
Oh, Bobby!
622
00:36:04,755 --> 00:36:09,454
You were one of the boys Judge Daily
talked with privately, weren't you, Bobby?
623
00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:15,227
Did you tell him the truth about Pat Mangan
and Mrs. Wardman at the senior dance?
624
00:36:15,365 --> 00:36:17,526
The, uh-- The truth?
625
00:36:17,668 --> 00:36:21,536
Yes. The things Pat told you
and the other boys after the dance.
626
00:36:21,672 --> 00:36:23,765
What did he tell you?
627
00:36:24,775 --> 00:36:26,538
That...
628
00:36:26,677 --> 00:36:31,080
That, uh, Mrs. Wardman hauled him outside
'cause he was making trouble,
629
00:36:31,215 --> 00:36:33,843
and, uh...
630
00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:36,179
then she splattered his bottle.
631
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,778
Well, he got scared
she'd start investigating, you know.
632
00:36:39,923 --> 00:36:42,619
By the next day, he was bragging, though,
633
00:36:42,759 --> 00:36:45,557
laughing 'cause he spilled liquor on her
634
00:36:45,696 --> 00:36:47,687
and roughed her up a bit, you know.
635
00:36:47,831 --> 00:36:50,459
Claimed that she'd made a pass at him.
636
00:36:50,601 --> 00:36:52,626
[Mason]
Did you mention all this to Judge Daily?
637
00:36:55,005 --> 00:36:55,994
No.
638
00:36:56,139 --> 00:36:59,540
But you did tell him that Mrs. Wardman
had made passes at you, too,
639
00:36:59,676 --> 00:37:01,541
isn't that right?
640
00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:02,667
Yes.
641
00:37:02,813 --> 00:37:04,405
Now, that was a lie, wasn't it?
642
00:37:05,749 --> 00:37:08,183
- Yes, it was a lie.
- Bobby!
643
00:37:08,318 --> 00:37:12,186
I'm sorry, Mom, but Pat said
he'd beat me up if I didn't lie.
644
00:37:12,322 --> 00:37:14,449
That'll be all, Bobby.
645
00:37:19,196 --> 00:37:24,065
Now, Dr. Grant, in a conversation you had
with your fellow members on the board,
646
00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:28,570
I believe you said that people
cut off from love
647
00:37:28,705 --> 00:37:30,468
sometimes lose their judgment.
648
00:37:30,607 --> 00:37:32,973
Now, could that possibly apply to you?
649
00:37:33,110 --> 00:37:34,771
I don't know what you're talking about.
650
00:37:34,911 --> 00:37:38,813
Didn't you once tell Mrs. Wardman
that you loved her?
651
00:37:38,949 --> 00:37:42,441
Ask her to marry you?
And weren't you then refused?
652
00:37:42,586 --> 00:37:45,987
- Yes.
- Didn't you get so angry at that refusal
653
00:37:46,123 --> 00:37:49,991
that you conspired with Gus Wiler
to humiliate her, to drive her out of town?
654
00:37:50,127 --> 00:37:53,619
How could I have conspired with Gus Wiler?
655
00:37:53,764 --> 00:37:57,928
Weren't you, uh, his business partner
656
00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,695
in the Summit Inn?
657
00:37:59,836 --> 00:38:03,795
Mr. Mason, if you're so interested
in Gus Wiler's business affairs,
658
00:38:03,940 --> 00:38:06,101
I suggest you ask Judge Daily that.
659
00:38:06,243 --> 00:38:09,007
He was Wiler's landlord.
660
00:38:09,146 --> 00:38:12,411
There's no secret about me
owning property out there.
661
00:38:12,549 --> 00:38:16,144
No, I had nothing to do with Wiler, either.
I just rented him a building, that was all.
662
00:38:16,286 --> 00:38:18,481
As for him selling liquor to minors,
663
00:38:18,622 --> 00:38:21,022
that's why I went out to see Gus last night
664
00:38:21,158 --> 00:38:24,355
and to find out if the rumors you've been
telling the sheriff about that were true.
665
00:38:24,494 --> 00:38:27,122
[Mason]
However, had you been his partner,
666
00:38:27,264 --> 00:38:30,165
and supposing that those rumors were true,
you certainly would have quarreled with him.
667
00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:33,167
You might even have struck
the fatal blow that killed him.
668
00:38:33,303 --> 00:38:35,294
You might even have planted
669
00:38:35,439 --> 00:38:38,033
the anonymous letter
about Mrs. Wardman on him.
670
00:38:38,175 --> 00:38:40,109
Take that letter.
671
00:38:40,243 --> 00:38:43,041
Why would I write anything like that
about Jane Wardman?
672
00:38:43,180 --> 00:38:46,775
To get her out of town, perhaps,
for fear that her investigation
673
00:38:46,917 --> 00:38:50,114
into the liquor situation
might have led her into realizing
674
00:38:50,253 --> 00:38:54,189
that the phone call she received
from Ken Sterling the night he died
675
00:38:54,324 --> 00:38:57,555
did not come from Cactus City
but from the Summit Inn.
676
00:38:57,694 --> 00:38:59,355
I never heard of such a call.
677
00:39:00,530 --> 00:39:05,729
Now, I have here the phone company record
of that call to her number.
678
00:39:05,869 --> 00:39:10,306
Now, you knew that she was
going to investigate, all right.
679
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,034
She wrote a note to this board
680
00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:16,077
about the boys probably
getting liquor from Gus Wiler.
681
00:39:16,213 --> 00:39:18,909
I never saw such a note, Mr. Mason.
682
00:39:19,049 --> 00:39:20,175
Never.
683
00:39:21,318 --> 00:39:23,252
Who did Jane give the note to?
684
00:39:23,387 --> 00:39:25,412
Doris Wilson.
685
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,195
I destroyed it.
686
00:39:32,336 --> 00:39:35,430
Why, Doris? Why did you do it?
687
00:39:37,140 --> 00:39:41,133
I cared a great deal for Gus.
688
00:39:42,212 --> 00:39:44,976
I didn't want him to get into
any-- any trouble.
689
00:39:45,115 --> 00:39:49,051
Well, Miss Wilson,
after destroying the note,
690
00:39:50,053 --> 00:39:52,647
did you help Gus Wiler
with the anonymous letter,
691
00:39:53,757 --> 00:39:56,920
and persuade Pat and the others
to accuse Mrs. Wardman?
692
00:39:57,060 --> 00:39:59,528
No, no! I don't know
anything about that part.
693
00:39:59,663 --> 00:40:02,393
I-I thought the boys were telling the truth.
694
00:40:02,532 --> 00:40:05,660
Then why did you change typewriters
the day before yesterday?
695
00:40:05,802 --> 00:40:07,497
Change typewriters?
696
00:40:08,672 --> 00:40:12,608
This was written by me
on your typewriter yesterday.
697
00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:17,569
This was written by you three days ago,
according to the date.
698
00:40:17,714 --> 00:40:22,083
Two different typewriters, Miss Wilson--
a fact I can prove,
699
00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:26,178
just as I can prove that it was
this earlier typewriter of yours
700
00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:30,123
that was used to type the anonymous letter
accusing Mrs. Wardman.
701
00:40:30,260 --> 00:40:33,991
I thought there was
something funny yesterday.
702
00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:36,759
A looser action, and--
and the space bar jumped.
703
00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:40,267
I asked Mr. Rixby
if he'd been using my typewriter again.
704
00:40:40,404 --> 00:40:42,429
- He said no.
- Now, just a minute, Doris.
705
00:40:42,572 --> 00:40:44,767
It's no good trying to implicate me.
706
00:40:44,908 --> 00:40:47,672
[Mason]
Is she trying to implicate you, Mr. Rixby?
707
00:40:47,811 --> 00:40:51,076
- Well, who else could she mean?
- Of course.
708
00:40:51,214 --> 00:40:54,980
Who else knew of Jane Wardman's trouble
with Pat Mangan?
709
00:40:55,118 --> 00:40:58,952
Who else knew that she was going to write
a note to the school board?
710
00:40:59,089 --> 00:41:01,182
Who else would have gone to Gus Wiler
711
00:41:01,325 --> 00:41:04,021
and gotten him to join in a plot
712
00:41:04,161 --> 00:41:06,322
to discredit Mrs. Wardman?
713
00:41:06,463 --> 00:41:09,523
- You're inventing all this.
- Am I inventing this--
714
00:41:09,666 --> 00:41:15,536
a record of the withdrawal of $11,600
from your bank account?
715
00:41:15,672 --> 00:41:17,902
The exact sum, incidentally, that Gus Wiler
716
00:41:18,041 --> 00:41:21,272
paid to the people
who put in his bar and caf� fixtures.
717
00:41:21,411 --> 00:41:24,812
How did Ken Sterling really die, Mr. Rixby?
718
00:41:24,948 --> 00:41:26,040
What?
719
00:41:26,183 --> 00:41:28,378
Didn't it happen here instead of Cactus City?
720
00:41:28,518 --> 00:41:30,748
In fact, right at the Summit Inn?
721
00:41:30,887 --> 00:41:34,220
And weren't you there at the time?
722
00:41:34,358 --> 00:41:36,349
Knowing that the discovery of the boy's body
723
00:41:36,493 --> 00:41:39,553
would result in investigations
that would ruin your reputation,
724
00:41:39,696 --> 00:41:43,223
cost you your job,
lose you your life savings,
725
00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:45,858
didn't you then get Wiler to help arrange
726
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:49,564
the so-called road accident
outside Cactus City?
727
00:41:49,706 --> 00:41:51,435
No. No!
728
00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:53,509
I warn you, Mr. Rixby,
729
00:41:53,643 --> 00:41:58,444
the midnight call the boy made
from the inn to Jane Wardman
730
00:41:58,582 --> 00:42:01,779
proves that he couldn't have done
his drinking at Cactus City.
731
00:42:01,918 --> 00:42:03,852
It's too far away.
732
00:42:03,987 --> 00:42:06,148
Well, you knew about that call.
733
00:42:06,289 --> 00:42:08,416
And ever since, you've been afraid
734
00:42:08,558 --> 00:42:12,517
that Jane might discover where it came from,
might discover its meaning.
735
00:42:12,662 --> 00:42:15,631
And then last night,
you heard that Pat Mangan
736
00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,234
had confessed all he knew to Mr. Drake.
737
00:42:18,368 --> 00:42:20,893
Pat Mangan? No.
738
00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:23,598
How could I have known
about any confession of Pat's last night?
739
00:42:23,740 --> 00:42:25,230
From Jane Wardman.
740
00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:31,180
You didn't tell me about that,
741
00:42:31,314 --> 00:42:33,976
did you, Jane?
742
00:42:35,919 --> 00:42:38,979
I'm sorry, Everett, but I did tell you...
743
00:42:39,122 --> 00:42:42,353
when you called last night after
Mr. Mason and Mr. Drake left the house.
744
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,757
[Mason] We didn't go out to the inn
until an hour or so later.
745
00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:50,333
There was plenty of time
for you to get there before us.
746
00:42:50,467 --> 00:42:52,458
Plenty of time to kill Gus Wiler.
747
00:42:54,871 --> 00:42:56,839
Kenneth...
748
00:42:56,973 --> 00:42:59,407
Kenneth Sterling
was a troublemaker at school.
749
00:42:59,543 --> 00:43:01,238
He always was.
750
00:43:01,378 --> 00:43:04,279
One night about a month ago,
I went out there to talk to Gus.
751
00:43:04,414 --> 00:43:06,473
Just about business, that's all.
752
00:43:06,616 --> 00:43:09,414
The boy was there, and he was drunk.
753
00:43:09,553 --> 00:43:13,489
When he saw me, the principal,
it was like a red flag to a bull.
754
00:43:13,623 --> 00:43:15,818
He attacked me. I didn't hit him hard.
755
00:43:15,959 --> 00:43:17,756
I only tried to defend myself.
756
00:43:17,894 --> 00:43:20,954
Struggled a little
till I could throw him out the door.
757
00:43:21,098 --> 00:43:23,066
But then later,
758
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,532
Gus and I found him out there,
759
00:43:25,669 --> 00:43:28,103
lying by his motorcycle...
760
00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:29,728
dead.
761
00:43:29,873 --> 00:43:34,139
But last night, Mr. Rixby--
762
00:43:35,312 --> 00:43:38,008
last night,
763
00:43:38,148 --> 00:43:40,309
why did you kill Gus Wiler?
764
00:43:41,318 --> 00:43:44,549
It-- It was my reputation,
765
00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:47,088
my whole life I could have lost.
766
00:43:47,224 --> 00:43:49,215
Don't you see? Don't you understand?
767
00:43:49,359 --> 00:43:51,418
I had to do something.
768
00:43:53,296 --> 00:43:55,287
Then last night,
769
00:43:55,432 --> 00:43:58,401
Gus Wiler said
he wouldn't stand by me anymore.
770
00:43:59,402 --> 00:44:01,666
He said he didn't strike the boy.
771
00:44:01,805 --> 00:44:05,639
He didn't move the body and the motorcycle
from one county to another.
772
00:44:06,643 --> 00:44:09,111
He didn't start something that got bigger
773
00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:12,443
and bigger until it wouldn't be stopped,
774
00:44:12,582 --> 00:44:15,415
until it couldn't be stopped!
775
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,400
- Mrs. Wardman?
- Yes, Mrs. Slater?
776
00:44:28,536 --> 00:44:31,801
I've been selected to speak
for the mothers and fathers here--
777
00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:34,408
And the Board of Education, Cornelia.
778
00:44:34,542 --> 00:44:37,602
And the Board of Education, too,
779
00:44:37,745 --> 00:44:39,804
to, um,
780
00:44:39,948 --> 00:44:45,409
well, to tell you how s-sorry and ashamed
we are for the way we've acted,
781
00:44:45,553 --> 00:44:48,920
and to ask you to stay on here--
782
00:44:49,924 --> 00:44:51,789
if not for your sake, for ours.
783
00:44:51,926 --> 00:44:54,918
Oh, brother. After all this,
would I know how to answer these people.
784
00:44:56,164 --> 00:45:00,760
Mrs. Slater, why do you think
I've been fighting this thing?
785
00:45:00,902 --> 00:45:03,166
Placer Hill is Terry's and my home.
786
00:45:04,639 --> 00:45:07,665
and we hope it always will be our home.
787
00:45:07,715 --> 00:45:12,265
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