1 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,520 I'll get you for this, boy. 2 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,380 I'll get you, so help me God. 3 00:01:12,910 --> 00:01:14,570 Nice, you made it. Well, I was asleep. 4 00:01:15,250 --> 00:01:17,490 I called a fire department a half hour ago. 5 00:01:17,770 --> 00:01:20,910 They're right behind us. Well, how did they come, Phil? By way of San 6 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:24,310 Oh, our house. 7 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:27,810 Aaron, our house. 8 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:29,030 Take a deep breath. 9 00:01:30,170 --> 00:01:31,170 That's kerosene. 10 00:01:31,390 --> 00:01:32,390 You smell it? 11 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:49,430 people exactly 30 seconds to get off my property. Aaron, please. 12 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:53,270 It's a mile from here to town and it took them exactly a half hour to get 13 00:01:53,370 --> 00:01:56,570 You're really moving. We're amateurs, Mr. Clark, but I'll bet you'll do a 14 00:01:56,570 --> 00:01:59,910 professional job of writing it up in your newspaper, won't you, Mr. Ferris? 15 00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:02,710 Elton, do you think we ought to drag out the hose before it takes the barn to? 16 00:02:03,470 --> 00:02:05,110 No, Aaron, it's not worth it. 17 00:02:05,330 --> 00:02:06,750 The lady's right, Mr. Clark. 18 00:02:07,190 --> 00:02:09,970 Smells like some kerosene got spilled around here. 19 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:13,090 That's exactly what happened. 20 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,260 When I find the guy who spilled it, he won't have long to wish he hadn't. 21 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,180 Aaron didn't kill him. He did not kill him. 22 00:02:25,780 --> 00:02:28,200 He was angry. He didn't know what he was saying. 23 00:02:28,460 --> 00:02:29,580 I can believe that. 24 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,240 Look, you said the dead man worked for Clark. 25 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,480 He was a carpenter, Jerry Powell. 26 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:41,420 Yesterday afternoon, Aaron told him to pack up and get off the ranch. 27 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:44,560 Maybe because he showed up drunk again. I don't know. 28 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:48,020 Aaron wouldn't say. He'd been living there? Yeah, in an old outriders cabin. 29 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:53,700 Did Clark admit that he suspected Jerry of arson? Yeah, and when he did, Billy 30 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:57,780 Tarona, our deputy sheriff, hauled him off to jail. 31 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,340 So he's there now, charged with murder, and he didn't do it. I know he didn't do 32 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:03,340 it. 33 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,500 Will you help us? 34 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,400 Ms. Dunhill, 35 00:03:12,530 --> 00:03:16,830 Apparently, you're not aware of the relationship that existed between Aaron 36 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:17,830 Clark and me. 37 00:03:18,190 --> 00:03:21,570 Well, I know you were together a long time in the war. You know that neither 38 00:03:21,570 --> 00:03:25,910 of us was ever particularly thrilled about that togetherness? Well, hey, when 39 00:03:25,910 --> 00:03:29,650 man is unjustly accused, does he have to be a friend of yours before he 40 00:03:29,650 --> 00:03:30,770 qualifies for assistance? 41 00:03:31,170 --> 00:03:33,750 Chief, she's got a point there. That's Medina County. 42 00:03:35,390 --> 00:03:39,870 There's a little problem of jurisdiction. What has jurisdiction got 43 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:40,870 Aaron's innocence? 44 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,760 Or your ability to prove it. 45 00:03:48,180 --> 00:03:49,260 Get a hold of Ed. 46 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,020 Now, you refer to Clark by his first name. 47 00:03:55,820 --> 00:03:58,660 May I assume that he is not your father? 48 00:03:58,920 --> 00:03:59,920 We're not related. 49 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:03,680 Not yet. Aaron Clark was a grown man in World War II. 50 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,660 You must be every bit of 19. 51 00:04:08,980 --> 00:04:09,980 Next month. 52 00:06:12,270 --> 00:06:13,950 I thought Clark was commissioned. 53 00:06:14,390 --> 00:06:18,210 According to this, he was a chief petty officer. 54 00:06:19,090 --> 00:06:20,510 You can blame me for that. 55 00:06:35,510 --> 00:06:37,570 I'll be right out back. Yell if you need me. 56 00:06:40,110 --> 00:06:41,150 When am I going to see you? 57 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,880 Nine o 'clock, the red bar. 58 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:45,240 You think that's smart? 59 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:47,680 Lean over here. 60 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:50,460 Negative. A little more. 61 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,440 Well, we agreed to be discreet, not that you've honored that agreement. 62 00:06:54,620 --> 00:06:59,220 All I did was walk into the courthouse and plunk down a handful of bail for an 63 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:00,220 accused murderer. 64 00:07:00,340 --> 00:07:02,400 Now, what's so indiscreet about that? 65 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,240 Tonight we'll celebrate. 66 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:11,820 No discretion to the winds. 67 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,500 By tonight, you might not be speaking to me. 68 00:07:24,660 --> 00:07:30,480 In case you've forgotten, Lieutenant, the name is Ironside. 69 00:07:32,380 --> 00:07:36,860 What are you doing here? Vicki Dunhill requested that I interest myself in your 70 00:07:36,860 --> 00:07:39,360 case. Will you get out? Get out, right now! 71 00:07:39,950 --> 00:07:43,350 Maybe you'd like to throw me out. Oh, I'd love to, mister. 72 00:07:46,450 --> 00:07:47,450 Well? 73 00:07:49,870 --> 00:07:51,530 Me, of all people, I should have known. 74 00:07:53,130 --> 00:07:56,630 Well, during the war, Commander, you hid behind your rank, and now I assume you 75 00:07:56,630 --> 00:07:58,610 use that wheelchair for the same purpose, Mark. 76 00:08:02,770 --> 00:08:03,830 What's that? We're leaving. 77 00:08:04,810 --> 00:08:06,530 Bring the van around front, please. 78 00:08:08,430 --> 00:08:09,430 Right. 79 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:19,700 out of town. Hold it. Hold it. 80 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Summer down. 81 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:25,759 I'm sorry. 82 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,040 I apologize. It was a rude thing to say. 83 00:08:28,260 --> 00:08:29,260 Is that all? 84 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:33,140 All right. It was a lie. It was a downright lie, as you and I both know. 85 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,058 Anything else? 86 00:08:34,059 --> 00:08:35,059 Yes, sir. 87 00:08:36,940 --> 00:08:38,380 I mean, yeah, there is. 88 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,400 Would you like a cold beer? No, thanks. 89 00:08:43,140 --> 00:08:44,760 There's something I'd like to get straight. 90 00:08:45,930 --> 00:08:48,510 At your court -martial back in 1944. 91 00:08:49,750 --> 00:08:53,610 It wasn't my idea to take away your commission and bust you to chief. 92 00:08:53,990 --> 00:08:58,170 I tried my level best war or no war to have you kicked out. 93 00:08:58,850 --> 00:08:59,850 Is that understood? 94 00:09:03,430 --> 00:09:04,430 That's beautiful. 95 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:08,350 Because a month later you had to walk out in front of a thousand guys and pin 96 00:09:08,350 --> 00:09:09,350 medal on me. 97 00:09:09,810 --> 00:09:11,130 A medal I recommended. 98 00:09:11,650 --> 00:09:12,650 And you said? 99 00:09:12,890 --> 00:09:14,950 What could I say? The man was telling the truth. 100 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:17,840 Can't dump a guy out of his wheelchair for that. 101 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,120 But you are mad at me, right? 102 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,880 Look, my former commanding officer and I had a mildly revealing discussion, 103 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:26,480 that's all. After it was over, he went his way and I went mine. 104 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,220 Great. That means another junket to San Francisco. 105 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:31,740 For what? 106 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,240 To apologize, of course. 107 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,960 Oh, well, I'll save you the trouble. Try the motel. He's checked in there. 108 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,240 I'm having a talk with my lawyer tonight. 109 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:43,060 Jerry Powell was drunker than 700 bucks at the time of his death. 110 00:09:44,620 --> 00:09:46,380 The cause of death was a cloud on the head. 111 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:50,220 Thank you. Not a massive wound, but just in the right place. 112 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:54,080 Well, he could have fallen down and killed himself, but he'd have a little 113 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,000 trouble covering his own remains with a pile of leaves. 114 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,720 Look, I realize the evidence against my hot -headed client is going to be hard 115 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:01,559 to ignore. 116 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:04,640 Among other things, he had strong words with Jerry Powell on the afternoon of 117 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:05,640 the fire. What about? 118 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:06,680 He wouldn't say. 119 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:09,040 But obviously he doesn't want to talk about it. 120 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,920 All he says is enough that Jerry was drunk and that he fired him. Mr. McKay, 121 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,660 How do you assess the feelings of the people where Clark is concerned? 122 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:23,360 Outraged. The local newspaper is already saying that the judge's decision to 123 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,640 permit bail is a grave miscarriage of justice. 124 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,320 And your local paper is the guardian of public morals. 125 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:31,620 The Medina Register. 126 00:10:31,980 --> 00:10:34,560 It reflects the conscience of the community. 127 00:10:34,860 --> 00:10:35,859 Or vice versa. 128 00:10:35,860 --> 00:10:36,860 It has influence. 129 00:10:37,140 --> 00:10:41,020 Look, this town didn't like Aaron Clark before the fire, so it's not difficult 130 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:42,600 for them to believe that he killed a man. 131 00:10:47,010 --> 00:10:50,370 Well, it'll be a great day for music when this guitar thunder almost run its 132 00:10:50,370 --> 00:10:52,490 course. You think so, huh? Yeah. 133 00:10:53,430 --> 00:10:56,310 Have these so -called artists ever heard of another instrument? 134 00:10:56,650 --> 00:10:59,510 Oh, well, I love a full orchestra. Play some of those. 135 00:11:00,470 --> 00:11:03,050 Smash hits the 1940s. It's just my speed. 136 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:04,950 Oh, for the good old days. 137 00:11:05,270 --> 00:11:10,230 Yeah, when high fashion was a long dress and plain Jane Handel and granite 138 00:11:10,230 --> 00:11:11,530 glasses. That's all for me. 139 00:11:15,790 --> 00:11:18,410 We're escaping into another simpler time. 140 00:11:18,830 --> 00:11:19,910 Don't you read anything? 141 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:21,710 Eh, the sports pages. 142 00:11:22,010 --> 00:11:23,010 That's a lie. 143 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:24,890 Ask me some batting averages. Go ahead. 144 00:11:25,170 --> 00:11:27,590 Oh, knock it off, A .C. You're a very hip guy. 145 00:11:28,410 --> 00:11:29,410 Not so. 146 00:11:29,470 --> 00:11:32,830 It's common knowledge that the middle -aged American male is a warmonger, a 147 00:11:32,830 --> 00:11:35,350 despoiler of the globe, and a staunch defender of the status quo. 148 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:39,670 Any freshman in college... Shut up and dance. 149 00:11:44,330 --> 00:11:46,770 An 18 -year -old dancing with a middle -aged murderer. 150 00:11:47,390 --> 00:11:48,630 Does it make you sick? 151 00:11:48,870 --> 00:11:49,870 It makes me sick. 152 00:11:59,850 --> 00:12:03,510 You know, two nights ago, he's out killing somebody. And tonight he's out 153 00:12:03,510 --> 00:12:05,890 dancing. Now, is that something? Huh? Wow. 154 00:12:13,420 --> 00:12:14,420 Will they buy you a drink? 155 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,260 I think we're being talked about. 156 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,060 Just as long as I don't hear them. 157 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:24,740 I guess they must really think we're terrible. 158 00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:26,220 I agree with them. 159 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,120 It's wrong for us to be here. 160 00:12:28,980 --> 00:12:29,980 I'm so sorry. 161 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:31,060 For that good reason. 162 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:33,560 What reason? 163 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:35,940 Happy anniversary, Faye. 164 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:41,320 Our very first honest -to -goodness date. 165 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:42,820 I thought you'd forget. 166 00:12:43,060 --> 00:12:44,060 How could I forget? 167 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:50,180 Oh, wow. 168 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:52,460 Six whole months. 169 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,140 All right. 170 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Hey, 171 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:06,980 hey, you see that fellow right there? 172 00:13:08,140 --> 00:13:11,460 Now, there's a guy everybody figured she'd wind up with. They were some pair, 173 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:15,080 I'll tell you, all through high school, most natural thing in the world, right 174 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,540 up until the time Clark come along. Folks couldn't believe it. 175 00:13:18,020 --> 00:13:19,020 Hey, what do you say, Phil? 176 00:13:19,820 --> 00:13:21,940 What can I do for you? Give me a cup of coffee. 177 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:23,240 Okay. 178 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:31,060 If you think Vicki's pretty, you should have seen Kate when she was 19. 179 00:13:32,060 --> 00:13:33,600 She looked just like Ava Gardner. 180 00:13:34,420 --> 00:13:37,610 Now, she and Wally were married the day after they graduated high school. 181 00:13:38,450 --> 00:13:39,490 Never forget it. 182 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:41,850 The whole town declared a holiday. 183 00:13:42,110 --> 00:13:43,210 Oh, come on now. 184 00:13:43,450 --> 00:13:44,450 No, I'm serious. 185 00:13:45,210 --> 00:13:47,510 Small towns are chauvinistic, Mr. Sanger. 186 00:13:48,150 --> 00:13:49,730 We don't like to let each other down. 187 00:13:49,950 --> 00:13:53,310 You're telling me the whole town planned the Dunhill's marriage? 188 00:13:53,630 --> 00:13:54,409 That's right. 189 00:13:54,410 --> 00:13:58,530 They expected it to happen, and it didn't. Now the town expects Aaron Clark 190 00:13:58,530 --> 00:13:59,269 be guilty. 191 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:00,550 Oh, yeah. No question. 192 00:14:01,390 --> 00:14:04,670 What does the town of Medina expect of you, Mr. McKay? 193 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:12,200 attorney. Can you serve two masters at the same time? 194 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,240 It's getting late. 195 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,480 Thanks for the drink. 196 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:25,360 Come on in for a minute. 197 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:31,220 Let's not upset your mother any more than she already is. Oh, you're a nice 198 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:32,320 Aaron Clark. 199 00:14:32,820 --> 00:14:34,220 I'm an acute murderer, Vic. 200 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,880 I don't know how many times I have to tell you, Elton. I simply can't consider 201 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,100 husband for myself until after the children are married. 202 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,400 But then you will, huh? 203 00:15:35,740 --> 00:15:37,860 Well, then we'll talk about it, I promise. 204 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:40,040 Kate, you're a liar and a fool. 205 00:15:40,340 --> 00:15:42,440 With Vicki's concern, Phil doesn't even exist anymore. 206 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,880 He will. I know he will. 207 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,000 When? After Aaron Clark's been convicted of murder? 208 00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:52,080 Can you read guilt in a man's eyes? 209 00:15:52,580 --> 00:15:54,540 In a dim light on a second floor landing? 210 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:55,760 No, I doubt it very much. 211 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,270 Well. I saw something. 212 00:15:58,910 --> 00:16:00,070 Well, I'm sure you did. 213 00:16:03,070 --> 00:16:04,070 Oh, Elton. 214 00:16:06,630 --> 00:16:07,630 Did he see you? 215 00:16:10,490 --> 00:16:12,070 You wanted him, too, didn't you? 216 00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:14,030 What were you wearing? 217 00:16:14,210 --> 00:16:16,470 A negligee by any chance? That's crude, Elton. 218 00:16:17,390 --> 00:16:18,390 Even for you. 219 00:16:18,450 --> 00:16:21,110 You give me half a chance and I'll show you what crude can be. 220 00:16:22,210 --> 00:16:25,150 Guilty or not, Aaron Clark must not marry my daughter. 221 00:16:25,530 --> 00:16:26,530 Well, that's a noble cause. 222 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:30,840 Before I commit the power of the press, I'll repeat the question. 223 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:32,980 What's in it for me? 224 00:16:34,380 --> 00:16:36,380 Nothing, and you know it. I was afraid of that. 225 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:38,420 Are you angry? 226 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:41,540 Because the most beautiful woman in town is trying to use me? 227 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:48,960 I just keep her relying on me and my newspaper until she realizes that she 228 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:49,960 get along without us. 229 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:53,180 Bye, Elton. 230 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,680 You know, it'd help if we knew what we were looking for. A murder weapon, 231 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:11,880 Yeah, I'm hip, but what kind? 232 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,040 Something that would account for the wood splinters the M .E. found in the 233 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:15,719 victim's head. 234 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,119 Well, all you have to do is think, man. If there were such a thing, would I 235 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,380 leave it around where somebody could find it? No, you'd have thrown it here 236 00:17:20,380 --> 00:17:23,640 burn. That's what your accusers will say. The chief's just trying to 237 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:28,920 You acquainted with our visitor? 238 00:17:29,860 --> 00:17:30,860 Billy Chawler, yeah. 239 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:32,020 He friendly? 240 00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:35,700 Well, aside from the fact he's got his first murder case going, it's probably 241 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:37,240 very G .I. Yeah, he's okay. 242 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,180 Well, what is it, Trona? Is my truck involved in a hit -and -run accident? 243 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,080 You shouldn't let anybody mess around there, Mr. Clark. 244 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:45,960 That burned lumber there, that's evidence. 245 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,200 It's my fault, Deputy. I'm Sergeant Ed Brown, Associate of Chief Robert 246 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,660 Ironside, consultant to San Francisco P .D. 247 00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:53,060 Billy Trona. 248 00:17:53,380 --> 00:17:57,140 Yeah, Mr. Clark's lawyer told me you were in town. We're just glad to have 249 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,880 Oh, excuse me. This here is Phil Wagner. 250 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,280 How do you do? 251 00:18:00,810 --> 00:18:03,810 I understand you and the victim were good friends. I know how rough it is to 252 00:18:03,810 --> 00:18:04,769 lose a friend. 253 00:18:04,770 --> 00:18:05,770 Yeah, it's rough. 254 00:18:06,370 --> 00:18:08,870 Phil here volunteered to come out and help him scratch around a little. 255 00:18:09,490 --> 00:18:11,250 He works for Vicky's mother over at the film station. 256 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:12,630 She gave me the day off. 257 00:18:14,350 --> 00:18:15,350 That's nice. 258 00:18:15,710 --> 00:18:18,210 Maybe you'll find some evidence to get me out of your hair, huh? 259 00:18:18,850 --> 00:18:19,850 Find something? 260 00:18:20,130 --> 00:18:21,130 Could be. 261 00:18:22,270 --> 00:18:23,270 Bloodstains? 262 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,140 This must have been a temporary brace of some kind. 263 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:37,820 A brace that was forced loose. 264 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,000 You know where it came from? 265 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,360 Scavenging probably in front there. 266 00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:46,760 Ask the deputy if he'll make the lab report available to us. 267 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:52,160 And Ed, see if you can get that young man to show you where his friend Jerry 268 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,160 lived. 269 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:03,440 Petronas said not to touch anything. 270 00:19:03,820 --> 00:19:05,860 Are you kidding? I'm afraid to put my feet down. 271 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,180 I'll admit, old Jerry wasn't much of a housekeeper. 272 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:09,460 Did you come here often, Phil? 273 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:10,980 No, sir. 274 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:14,080 My father said that Jerry was a bad influence. 275 00:19:14,340 --> 00:19:16,160 Yeah, well, I think your papa's right. 276 00:19:17,420 --> 00:19:18,540 It stinks in here, doesn't it? 277 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,080 Jerry's parents were divorced, weren't they? 278 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:23,780 Yes, sir. 279 00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:28,620 Right after it happened, his dad split for L .A., and his mom got married again 280 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:29,620 and moved up north. 281 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,400 Jerry decided to stay on here in Medina. 282 00:19:33,460 --> 00:19:34,460 Don't ask me why. 283 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:37,040 How long have you worked for Vicki's mother? 284 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:38,660 Since I was in the ninth grade. 285 00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:42,480 I was at home asleep, incidentally, when the fire started. 286 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,560 Did I ask you that? 287 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,200 Well, Vicki and I went together all through high school. 288 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,020 You must think a lot of it. 289 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:54,760 I think Aaron Clark ought to be run out of town. 290 00:19:55,380 --> 00:19:56,380 Now, why is that? 291 00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:57,580 He's bad for Vicki. 292 00:19:58,540 --> 00:19:59,880 She won't listen to anybody, though. 293 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:03,080 But he cooked with kerosene. I wonder where he kept it. Yeah, I don't see any 294 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:03,919 cans around. 295 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,700 Well, I sell kerosene to a lot of people at the station. That doesn't make him 296 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:07,700 arsonist, does it? 297 00:20:08,380 --> 00:20:13,300 If Jerry didn't set the fire, then why do you believe Clark killed him? 298 00:20:13,980 --> 00:20:15,520 Because of something that happened that afternoon. 299 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,280 Something that got Jerry fired. 300 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:18,580 Do you know what it was? 301 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,480 No, he wouldn't talk about it. 302 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,280 But believe me, he was pretty mad about something. 303 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:26,880 Have you all seen enough here? 304 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:28,700 Yeah, I think so. 305 00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:30,150 Can we go then? 306 00:20:33,070 --> 00:20:35,430 It's none of your business why we argued. 307 00:20:36,350 --> 00:20:40,430 Now, you can accept that, Commander, or you can climb into that hippie hotel of 308 00:20:40,430 --> 00:20:41,590 yours and get rolling down the road. 309 00:20:41,790 --> 00:20:42,769 Is that clear? 310 00:20:42,770 --> 00:20:43,770 Perfectly. 311 00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:45,710 One last question. 312 00:20:47,030 --> 00:20:49,710 Aren't you a little old to be running around with a teenage girl? 313 00:20:54,550 --> 00:20:56,330 That did it. 314 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,720 That really did it. Just as long as we get at the truth. 315 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,400 I love her. 316 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 I love Vicky. 317 00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:09,320 And when this is over, I'm going to make her my wife. 318 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,080 Then, or when I get out of prison, either way. Was that so hard to say? 319 00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:17,620 You? 320 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:18,920 Yeah. 321 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:25,400 Is that a subject you'd like to pursue? Forget it. You're no different than 322 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,400 anybody else around here. 323 00:21:26,990 --> 00:21:27,990 I don't know. 324 00:21:28,450 --> 00:21:31,730 It might interest you to learn that I still get the urge occasionally. 325 00:21:32,910 --> 00:21:37,670 Usually on a windy street corner to build a bridge across the generation 326 00:21:38,470 --> 00:21:39,550 Would you believe that? 327 00:21:41,590 --> 00:21:43,570 I might. But that's only occasionally. 328 00:21:44,810 --> 00:21:45,810 You're the exception. 329 00:21:46,570 --> 00:21:48,550 You went out and built your bridge. 330 00:21:48,770 --> 00:21:49,770 Well, it's a good bridge. 331 00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:51,750 It's designed to last. 332 00:21:51,950 --> 00:21:52,950 Is it? 333 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,680 Or is Vicki merely another right cross aimed at society's jaw by a middle -aged 334 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,680 rebel? 335 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,340 Is that what you think? Personally, I haven't decided. 336 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,080 But this town is not to crucify you. 337 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,160 So your convictions better be carved in granite. 338 00:22:38,410 --> 00:22:41,270 Right under that tree, according to Deputy Troner, is where the body was 339 00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:44,770 Right under that tree, according to Chief Ironside, is where the third 340 00:22:44,770 --> 00:22:47,190 put down the kerosene can. If there was a third person. 341 00:22:47,390 --> 00:22:48,390 It's just a theory. 342 00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:50,590 Now, let's see. 343 00:22:51,390 --> 00:22:55,390 After he covered the body with leaves, he might have picked the can back up 344 00:22:55,390 --> 00:22:56,570 again and gotten rid of it later. 345 00:22:57,090 --> 00:22:59,030 Say, on the way back to town. 346 00:22:59,610 --> 00:23:02,730 And who's the lucky cat who gets to find out, Sergeant? 347 00:23:03,190 --> 00:23:07,250 It's just a hundred yards back to the road and only one mile of the city 348 00:23:08,069 --> 00:23:11,550 Officer, only two sides to the road. He probably couldn't have thrown him more 349 00:23:11,550 --> 00:23:12,550 than 50 feet. 350 00:23:12,830 --> 00:23:17,190 Hey, Ed, Ed, now, what if I find the can right away? I mean, see, I am stuck 351 00:23:17,190 --> 00:23:20,430 right here, and there you are trucking down the road, out of earshot. The 352 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:24,170 average walking speed of the male Homo sapiens is three miles an hour. 353 00:23:24,730 --> 00:23:29,210 Now, that ought to put you back at the motel at exactly 9 .48. 354 00:23:55,050 --> 00:23:56,050 Go find some shade. 355 00:23:57,630 --> 00:23:58,630 It's an order. 356 00:23:59,450 --> 00:24:00,610 Too hot for a kiss? 357 00:24:02,070 --> 00:24:05,790 Summer will say no body contact before sundown. Oh, make an exception. 358 00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:10,530 Oh, Aaron. 359 00:24:12,990 --> 00:24:14,590 Marry me. Right now, today. 360 00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:19,150 When this is all over, I'm not behind bars. Maybe we'll talk about it. 361 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:25,520 What was that again? 362 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:27,060 You take it easy now. 363 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,220 No, you said something I don't like. I want an explanation. 364 00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:35,740 Nikki, I've been thinking about it and racking my brain, parading all the old 365 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:40,660 pros and cons about you and me and that crummy little town over there. 366 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:45,560 Maybe they're right about us. Maybe it is unnatural. 367 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:50,320 Maybe I am what they say I am. 368 00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:54,330 A homicidal ex -swabby ought to be put away. 369 00:25:00,550 --> 00:25:02,190 Why are you doing this to me? 370 00:25:04,330 --> 00:25:08,690 Now, Vicki, if you stand back and look at it objectively... Hey, no matter 371 00:25:08,690 --> 00:25:10,290 I stand, it's always the same. 372 00:25:13,850 --> 00:25:14,870 I love you. 373 00:25:19,090 --> 00:25:20,310 Where do I stand? 374 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,180 Beat us. Don't let them. 375 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,700 Vicki, is that what it's really about? 376 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,440 Who wins or loses? 377 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:37,760 You don't know? 378 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,880 You really don't know? 379 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,200 Oh, wow, do I feel sorry for you. 380 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,860 Oh, do I feel sorry for you. 381 00:26:34,570 --> 00:26:37,510 Thank you. Mm -hmm. 382 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,800 Yes, she, uh, said you weren't too anxious to help Aaron. 383 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,000 I can't fault you for that, of course. 384 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,640 He can be a very disagreeable man at times. Is that why you're against the 385 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:48,640 marriage? 386 00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:52,640 You don't mince words, do you? 387 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,080 Words can squander time. 388 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,240 Time is precious when a man's life is at stake. Aaron Clark is 36 years older 389 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:01,240 than my daughter. 390 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:03,920 There are some people who would think he's too old for me. 391 00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:07,560 Strange you should put it just that way. 392 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:12,920 You don't believe in penalties, do you? 393 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,700 All right, so Aaron told you he and I went out before Vicki came into the 394 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:18,880 picture. As a matter of fact, he told me very little. 395 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,580 Any reason you can't fill me in? 396 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:26,580 Well, there really isn't very much to tell. 397 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,280 Shortly after Aaron came to Medina, we went out together a few times. Just a 398 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,280 few? 399 00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:32,860 Barely often. 400 00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:35,220 But it was nothing serious, I can assure you. 401 00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:43,740 Well, he'd come a little early, or I'd be a little late coming downstairs, so 402 00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:45,660 naturally he'd talk to Vicki. 403 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:47,800 Mostly about horses, I think. 404 00:27:48,620 --> 00:27:50,120 She's always been crazy about them. 405 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:56,860 So he invited her to come riding at his ranch whenever she wanted to, and of 406 00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:57,860 course she did. 407 00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,380 And they fell in love. 408 00:28:00,820 --> 00:28:01,820 Love? 409 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,360 Do you mind if I call you Kate? 410 00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:14,209 Like he said. 411 00:28:14,210 --> 00:28:15,210 You think he's guilty? 412 00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:16,270 He's violent. 413 00:28:16,790 --> 00:28:18,870 But do you believe he killed Jerry Powell? 414 00:28:20,030 --> 00:28:21,030 Is it important? 415 00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:22,190 Very. 416 00:28:22,430 --> 00:28:25,630 As long as you're convinced he's guilty, this town will stand with you. 417 00:28:27,430 --> 00:28:30,830 And if I were to pronounce him innocent? 418 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:33,470 One thing, it would make my job a lot easier. 419 00:28:34,810 --> 00:28:36,470 Well, I'm afraid I can't do that. 420 00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:40,770 I'd like somebody to tell me what Aaron and Jerry had the big argument about. 421 00:28:41,170 --> 00:28:42,170 Now, would you do that? 422 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,160 No, I won't. Then I'd like you to give me permission to go over the records at 423 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,160 your filling station. 424 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,240 Would you do that? 425 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,340 Vicki? 426 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:54,760 Vicki? 427 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:56,819 What's the matter? 428 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:59,380 Nothing, nothing at all. Just the marriage is off, that's all. 429 00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:00,780 Oh, baby. 430 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,080 Well, why aren't you cheering? 431 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:03,760 It's good news, isn't it? 432 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,380 Why don't you take out a full page end and yell to Ferris Brainbender so the 433 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:08,380 whole town can celebrate? 434 00:29:08,620 --> 00:29:09,620 What happened? Tell me. 435 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,060 Well, it wasn't my idea. 436 00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:14,910 Aaron. Yeah, you know, it was just like somebody had been talking to him. 437 00:29:15,070 --> 00:29:16,070 Somebody had. 438 00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:22,830 Mr. Ironside. 439 00:29:26,910 --> 00:29:29,950 I really didn't need you getting into my personal life. 440 00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:32,830 I've already heard all the cliches. 441 00:29:33,290 --> 00:29:35,270 You're going to cheat yourself out of your youth, Vicki. 442 00:29:35,950 --> 00:29:39,710 30 years from now, you'll still be in your 40s and he'll be in his 80s. Well, 443 00:29:39,710 --> 00:29:40,710 what? 444 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,760 You know, three years from now, I might get hit by a truck. 445 00:29:43,980 --> 00:29:47,680 But at least we'll have had three good, happy years together, which is much more 446 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,760 than most people ever get. 447 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Look around. 448 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,480 Well, look at her. 449 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,700 My father was in love with his cars. 450 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,080 He lived with them, and he died with them. 451 00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:57,500 Victoria. 452 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:58,960 Are you through? 453 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:04,860 It certainly looks like it, doesn't it? Vicki, you brought me here to keep Aaron 454 00:30:04,860 --> 00:30:06,820 Clark from going to jail for murder. 455 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,820 But what makes that so difficult is the fact that he violates the local rules of 456 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:16,160 conduct. He says what he thinks, he fights when he feels like it. But worst 457 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,760 all, he has plucked Medina Ferris' flower. 458 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,020 And that is unforgivable. 459 00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:24,640 For that, they'll shut their eyes to the truth about what happened. 460 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:29,000 For that, they'll send him to prison. Do you want me to give him up just so... 461 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000 No such thing. 462 00:30:30,980 --> 00:30:33,480 I just want to know what kind of battle we're fighting. 463 00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:36,940 With you and Aaron together, it's one set of rules. Apart, it's another. 464 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,660 Are you afraid to let them choose the weapon? No. 465 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:44,500 Are you? 466 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:50,100 You know what that dicknet was doing? 467 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,080 It was giving me an out in case I wanted it. 468 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,220 Well, Kate, how about the records at the gas station? 469 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:06,900 Do I get to see them? 470 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:55,159 I'm sorry, baby. 471 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,160 Oh, you should be. 472 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,120 Nothing's changed. 473 00:31:58,300 --> 00:31:59,300 Nothing. 474 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,580 And I can still have my father image? 475 00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:03,920 And I've still got a cradle to wrap. 476 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,120 Mr. 477 00:32:11,580 --> 00:32:14,360 Clark's retired, all right, after 30 years of honorable service. 478 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,220 But it wasn't exactly his idea. 479 00:32:16,580 --> 00:32:18,640 Whose idea was it? The Navy's. 480 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:24,940 Clark lured the boom on a lieutenant junior grade Bartlett at Waikiki Beach 481 00:32:24,940 --> 00:32:26,200 he made a pass at Clark's date. 482 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,400 A hula dancer. 483 00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:30,160 Severe contusions in the vicinity of the left eye. 484 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,099 Court martial? 485 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:36,100 No. The lieutenant agreed to withdraw the charges if Clark would consent to 486 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:40,480 retire. The suggestion, by the way, came from the fleet admiral. Both parties 487 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:41,480 thought the admiral's way. 488 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,800 Thank you, Fran. You've been a ray of sunshine. 489 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,660 Always glad to be of service. 490 00:33:08,460 --> 00:33:09,460 Mr. 491 00:33:12,980 --> 00:33:13,739 Brown? 492 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:14,740 Yes, sir? 493 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:17,720 I'm Philip Wagner, the senior. 494 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,260 I run the pharmacy just down there. 495 00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:22,900 You talked to my boy yesterday. 496 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,100 Yes. How do you do? My name is Eric Brown. I know who you are. You're a 497 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,120 policeman. And Philly was telling me all about your clever harassment yesterday. 498 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:31,360 I'm going to tell you something. 499 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:33,240 Leave my boy alone. 500 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,440 I'm afraid there must be some mistake. I'm going to straighten you out. See? 501 00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:39,140 My boy was home in bed the night of that fire. Very happy to hear that. He 502 00:33:39,140 --> 00:33:41,620 didn't even hear the fire alarm go off. He didn't even know there was a fire 503 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:44,280 until I woke him up and told him about it. Now, I'm going to swear to that. Do 504 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,280 you hear me? 505 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,080 I took a drive from the center of town out there in Clark's Ranch. 506 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,060 Measured one and two tenths miles and took exactly three minutes. 507 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,780 I did, however, omit the refueling stop on the way. 508 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,300 Now, I know it sounds ridiculous, a fire truck stopping for gas on the way to a 509 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,780 fire. But we fought a brush fire the day before. 510 00:34:29,219 --> 00:34:32,340 And when we got back to the station, someone forgot to refill the tank. 511 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,420 Was Phil Wagner on hand to help you gas up that night? 512 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,000 No. Kate arranged to have a key left at the firehouse. 513 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,380 She also arranged to have the gas station records looked over. 514 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,380 Oh, am I to gather that she's had a change of heart about her future son -in 515 00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:46,860 -law? Not necessarily. 516 00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:48,920 We were hoping you might. 517 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,280 Change my mind about a murderer? 518 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:52,679 Oh, no. 519 00:34:52,860 --> 00:34:56,219 As a matter of fact, I suggest you buy a copy of my little paper. It comes out 520 00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:57,198 this afternoon. 521 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,060 A front -page article about Aaron Clark. 522 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,220 All about how he retired from the U .S. Navy. 523 00:35:02,340 --> 00:35:03,540 I'm proofreading it right now. 524 00:35:04,460 --> 00:35:06,900 As a matter of fact, I hardly get any time out for lunch anymore. 525 00:35:08,110 --> 00:35:11,230 Mr. Ferris, don't you think there's enough bad feeling about Clark without 526 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:14,910 It just proves again what Clark is and what he always has been and where he 527 00:35:14,910 --> 00:35:15,910 ought to be. 528 00:35:15,950 --> 00:35:17,090 Right behind bars. 529 00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:18,630 Now would you like the adjoining cell? 530 00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:25,170 Records at the gas station show what the pump meters registered when Phil locked 531 00:35:25,170 --> 00:35:27,730 up the night of the fire and what they registered the next morning. The 532 00:35:27,730 --> 00:35:29,010 difference is 20 gallons. 533 00:35:29,490 --> 00:35:32,210 That's what you put in a fire truck in a tank that holds 50. 534 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:35,610 It already had 30 in it. More than enough, I would think. 535 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:39,040 To answer an emergency call one mile away. Have I made an impression? 536 00:35:39,380 --> 00:35:40,400 No, not at all. 537 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:44,500 It takes gas to pump water to. You were dragging your feet, Mr. Ferris. 538 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:47,500 Prove it, Sergeant Brown. 539 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,760 I don't suppose you'd consider killing that story. 540 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,000 Not a chance. 541 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:04,240 Hey. Oh, my God, sir. Yeah, I was just coming for you. 542 00:36:04,650 --> 00:36:07,950 Hey, it might be nice to have a cold beer. It might be good. 543 00:36:09,610 --> 00:36:10,610 No, it wouldn't. 544 00:36:19,330 --> 00:36:24,010 When Clark's case comes up, Mr. McKay better do his best to get a change of 545 00:36:24,010 --> 00:36:25,670 venue. A fat chance. 546 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:26,950 The judge is local. 547 00:36:28,509 --> 00:36:32,990 And the Medina murder suspect viciously attacked the Navy officer, striking him 548 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:34,430 about the head, rendering him unconscious. 549 00:36:35,170 --> 00:36:37,830 Boy, oh boy, a bum like that ought to be put away for sure. 550 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:09,269 a stay present. 551 00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:10,530 Oh, thank you. 552 00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:12,490 Oh, thank you. Thank you. 553 00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:20,470 Sorry to hurt him when I've got him. Now, if you get lonesome when I'm not 554 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:21,470 around you, just pick something. 555 00:37:21,790 --> 00:37:23,790 Mr. Clark here respects a show of temper. 556 00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:25,270 It's called being crotchety. 557 00:37:25,790 --> 00:37:27,370 It's a common geriatrics problem. 558 00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:30,330 You know, that's what I like about you best, future husband. 559 00:37:30,590 --> 00:37:32,690 I don't have to raise you from a callow youth. 560 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:35,950 Oh, you'd rather be an old man's darling than a young man's slave, huh? 561 00:37:37,290 --> 00:37:38,610 Well, look around you, baby. 562 00:37:40,330 --> 00:37:41,870 I see a lot of work to be done. 563 00:37:42,210 --> 00:37:45,210 What? As long as we get it straight. 564 00:37:46,790 --> 00:37:47,790 Aaron? 565 00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:52,210 Vicki? 566 00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:55,270 Well, you're up to no good, Henry. I can see it in your face. 567 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:56,750 Can you not? 568 00:37:57,490 --> 00:37:58,490 Tell him, Billy. 569 00:37:58,990 --> 00:38:02,510 Mr. Clark, it is my duty to inform you that the judge has ordered another 570 00:38:02,510 --> 00:38:04,110 hearing. Tomorrow morning. 571 00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:06,399 What for? 572 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,540 They got back the lab reports. 573 00:38:08,220 --> 00:38:10,480 Somebody burned your house down, all right, with kerosene. 574 00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:12,620 And that was human blood on that chunk of lumber. 575 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,040 Type A. 576 00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:15,520 Same as the victims. 577 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:18,940 They want to revoke your bail. They can't do that. 578 00:38:19,180 --> 00:38:20,180 I'm afraid they can. 579 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:23,480 You see, they got the idea that you caught Jerry in the act. 580 00:38:23,740 --> 00:38:24,980 Clobbered him with the two -by -four. 581 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,760 And by the time you dragged his body away and hurried back, it was too late 582 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:29,499 save your house. 583 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,020 They have not proved anything. 584 00:38:31,940 --> 00:38:32,940 Nothing's changed. 585 00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:33,980 I wouldn't say that exactly. 586 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:35,120 Here. 587 00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:48,710 It's more important now than ever that I know what Aaron and Jerry fought about. 588 00:38:48,890 --> 00:38:49,890 Why ask me? 589 00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:52,230 Everyone else said I don't know what happened. 590 00:38:52,470 --> 00:38:56,350 You and Clark are the only ones who said I won't tell. Now that interests me. 591 00:38:58,710 --> 00:39:02,130 You know, Kate, normally I'm a great admirer of the reticent female. 592 00:39:02,690 --> 00:39:06,370 At the moment, however, the Dunhill variety, mother and daughter, give me a 593 00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:07,370 pain. 594 00:39:08,350 --> 00:39:12,430 Yeah, but if they ever found out... Nor do I give two cents for the opinions of 595 00:39:12,430 --> 00:39:13,430 prejudiced people. 596 00:39:13,690 --> 00:39:14,870 Small town or otherwise. 597 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:21,110 Am I sneaking up on the problem, Kate? You sneak up any closer and I'll belt 598 00:39:21,110 --> 00:39:22,230 one. That's more like it. 599 00:39:23,830 --> 00:39:24,830 Now let's talk. 600 00:39:30,310 --> 00:39:32,090 Victoria had to go to Centerville that morning. 601 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:34,330 So I drove out to the ranch in Sierra. 602 00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:37,490 For the umpteenth time, he refused to stop seeing Victoria. 603 00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:39,530 I left in the house as usual. 604 00:39:39,830 --> 00:39:40,910 I can understand that. 605 00:39:42,350 --> 00:39:43,610 I drove past the new house. 606 00:39:43,870 --> 00:39:45,770 Jerry was there. He called to me, so I stopped. 607 00:39:46,110 --> 00:39:48,910 Had he been drinking? Oh, I could smell him from ten feet away. 608 00:39:50,170 --> 00:39:52,470 He came over. He opened up the car door. 609 00:39:53,890 --> 00:39:55,470 He said some terrible things. 610 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:56,810 About you and Aaron? 611 00:39:56,890 --> 00:40:00,230 Yeah. Then he said some corny thing about drunks needing love, too. 612 00:40:00,570 --> 00:40:03,830 He grabbed me, pulled me out of the car. He tore my dress. I started screaming, 613 00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:04,910 and Aaron came. 614 00:40:05,710 --> 00:40:06,710 Just in time. 615 00:40:08,050 --> 00:40:10,450 Kate, why did you hold back on that story? 616 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,260 Do you have any idea what the local garden club would do with a thing like 617 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,740 That might have been the reason Aaron wouldn't say anything, but not you. It's 618 00:40:20,740 --> 00:40:24,160 motive, Kate. Even without the fire, it's reason enough for him to have 619 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,160 Jerry on the spot. 620 00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:28,620 But he didn't. He didn't even hit him. He ordered him off the ranch, that's 621 00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:29,700 Now you're defending him. 622 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,360 No, I'm not. 623 00:40:31,420 --> 00:40:32,420 Of course you are. 624 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:34,860 Because you know he's innocent. You saw it. 625 00:40:40,180 --> 00:40:41,380 When the chips were down. 626 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,200 He could control the famous Clark temper. 627 00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:50,920 You don't know what you're saying. You let everybody think you were against the 628 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,300 marriage for the obvious reason. 629 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:54,960 But that isn't all of it, is it? 630 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,980 He's just a baby. 631 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:05,640 And she stole your man. 632 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:08,840 You're in love with him, Kate. 633 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,860 Stop, please. Just stop. 634 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:14,620 Now we know he's innocent. 635 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:18,540 You've got to help me prove it. 636 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,140 Say, uh, that cop. 637 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,440 Sergeant Brown? Uh -huh? 638 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,340 What do you ever find by looking at her books? 639 00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:41,320 I don't know. You know how secretive cops got. 640 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,680 Chief Ironside did tell me that he had a theory, though. 641 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:49,520 Oh, yeah? He thinks somebody was there with Jerry at the time of the fire and 642 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:50,560 later on when he died. 643 00:41:51,140 --> 00:41:56,340 And he thought that this mysterious Mr. Axe covered the body with leaves and 644 00:41:56,340 --> 00:42:01,240 threw away the kerosene can somewhere along the road between the ranch and 645 00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:03,860 Said there'd be fingerprints on it. 646 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:05,280 Things like that. 647 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:06,960 See you, Phil. 648 00:42:20,780 --> 00:42:21,780 Do you remember the spot? 649 00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:23,660 I think so. 650 00:42:25,260 --> 00:42:26,260 You think so? 651 00:42:28,740 --> 00:42:29,740 Boy, you better. 652 00:42:29,860 --> 00:42:33,700 Or I'll jaw your ass. Dad, what we're doing is wrong. All right, though. Don't 653 00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:36,120 get drunk and burn a man's house down. Is that it? No, sir. 654 00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:39,160 It's wrong to try to hide it anymore. 655 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:40,400 Listen to me, boy. 656 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,840 I've spent a lifetime in this town building up a business in my good name. 657 00:42:45,420 --> 00:42:46,540 You understand that? 658 00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:49,840 Sir. Well, I don't care to see them both go down the drain. It's because 659 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,210 something... Pipsqueak has suffered from the Pentecostals. 660 00:42:52,910 --> 00:42:54,710 Pastor, help me. We better find what we've come for. 661 00:44:01,290 --> 00:44:02,290 Drop the can. 662 00:44:04,450 --> 00:44:07,470 Come on, Phil. Now, just put your hands out in front of you. 663 00:44:07,750 --> 00:44:09,170 Oh, come on now. Hold it, Billy. 664 00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:11,290 Hold on now. Come on now. 665 00:44:11,630 --> 00:44:14,030 You're out dealing with a couple of hardened criminals here now. 666 00:44:14,330 --> 00:44:15,330 All right, Phil. 667 00:44:15,470 --> 00:44:17,250 But the charge is arson and murder. 668 00:44:17,950 --> 00:44:21,090 Now, it's my duty to warn you that anything you say might be used against 669 00:44:21,130 --> 00:44:22,130 Now, stop it! 670 00:44:22,610 --> 00:44:24,810 We didn't do those things, Bill. Dad, it's over. 671 00:44:25,730 --> 00:44:27,190 It's over. I did it. 672 00:44:27,430 --> 00:44:29,750 Bill! And you've been helping me cover up for it. 673 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,280 I helped Jerry set fire to Mr. Clark's cabin. 674 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:35,320 Phil! 675 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:38,020 Uh... 676 00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:47,680 We... 677 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:52,960 We'd been drinking at Jerry's cabin when we got the idea. 678 00:44:55,620 --> 00:44:58,360 Jerry was balanced on a couple of roof joists. 679 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,040 And he was dousing everything in sight with kerosene. 680 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:10,200 And he tossed the can down to me and he lit a match. 681 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:13,820 And everything went up like a torch. 682 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,180 And Jerry went down. 683 00:45:20,660 --> 00:45:24,180 His head hit the scaffolding first. 684 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,660 Two by four didn't even break his fall. 685 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,920 I could tell he was hurt pretty bad. 686 00:45:31,340 --> 00:45:36,220 But he managed to get up and run away before 687 00:45:36,220 --> 00:45:42,640 he just dropped dead. 688 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,380 Oh, God, it was supposed to happen. 689 00:46:01,930 --> 00:46:04,290 It was just a prank that got out of hand. 690 00:46:05,570 --> 00:46:06,570 That's all. 691 00:46:10,650 --> 00:46:14,090 My God, you can all see that, can't you? We could have seen it a long time ago, 692 00:46:14,170 --> 00:46:16,490 Wag. All you had to do was be honest with us. 693 00:46:17,070 --> 00:46:19,390 There's no excuse what this town has put Eric Clark through. 694 00:46:33,740 --> 00:46:35,360 Pretend? If you'd rather walk. 695 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,940 And if you think I've changed my mind, you're as wrong as you can get. 696 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:43,600 Ah, come on, Mom. 697 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:48,000 You know you're going to give us the biggest wedding reception Medina ever 698 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:49,160 I will not. 699 00:46:49,460 --> 00:46:53,380 Now, you look me up in ten years. If you're still married, which I doubt, 700 00:46:53,380 --> 00:46:54,380 I'll give you a reception. 701 00:46:55,300 --> 00:46:58,620 And in the meantime, Sunday dinners? 702 00:47:06,510 --> 00:47:08,350 Mr. Ironside, I've been meaning to ask you. 703 00:47:08,550 --> 00:47:10,310 How do you feel about a younger woman? 704 00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:11,750 Say around 35. 705 00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:14,630 38, 706 00:47:16,330 --> 00:47:17,330 what's the difference? 707 00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:19,990 I was going to say 32.