A Stranger in Town (1943) Comedy, Drama, Romance B movie

[Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign the honorable court is now adjourned until thursday the 10th day of december at 12 o'clock good afternoon the front two and the spare are all right but the left rear one is causing me great anxiety switched mine if i don't get another year out of them i shall be very disappointed you know that grandson of mine is the most unusual infant at five weeks he holds up his head without support here i'll show you a snapshot goodbye grant have a good vacation happy holiday josephus thank you gentlemen thank you mr justice well could we have a word with you justice grant just a few questions i stopped answering questions when caught recessed about three minutes ago what do you know about come in come in here we go well gentlemen just as grand we understand you declined to preside at the danville investigation there's some speculation as to your reasons well there needn't be i've had a long hard year i'm tired i'm going hunting miss gilbert would you put this in my bag please the gazette referred to you last week as a terrible tempered justice grant how do you feel about that i'm flattered and this too miss gilbert uh where are you going for your hunting well there are plenty of ducks and no reporters when are you leaving a moment after you do good day sir miss gilbert what is this nonsense what does this resignation mean i think it's obvious sir if it were obvious i wouldn't ask the question would i justice grant i've been with you for two years and not once during that time you expressed satisfaction with my work ms gilbert you can learn more law here in a week than you can anywhere else in a year that's all that should interest you i don't feel that i have to constantly remind you that you're a brilliant young woman and that you have a fine future now if there isn't anything else can i go oh you wanted to look over the hill and try an opinion sir they won't be back from the print until next week oh yes they'll need some revision but i don't want to hang around here perhaps i can bring them up to you at crownport sir that'd be fine no no no you need a vacation too from me i don't mind at all miss gilbert are you heaping coals of fire on my head i wouldn't dream of it sir oh i'll wire you before i come thank you find miss gilbert yes sir no one must know where i'm going no one i want to get away from courtrooms investigations lawyers black robes everything everything but ducks hundreds and hundreds of beautiful ducks hey you wait a minute i'm warren todd's game inspector let's see your license yeah just like i thought stranger in town ain't you this license ain't legal i just bought it yesterday at the state capitol yeah i know mister but this is crown port and you got to have a crown port stamp on there well i didn't know that i'll get one tomorrow but it ain't going to do you any good today you know i i could haul you into court and let the judge slap a fine on you but the same wear and tear on my tire supposed to sell you one right here it only cost you five bucks you know the five bucks is just for the stamp i usually get a little something for my trouble too well you don't understand i'm giving you a break brother yeah i never pay off twice brother come on well look let me explain it to you hmm honor it's not as though my client were trying to evade his financial obligations tom cooney has been a member of this community for many years and in all that time his honesty and his responsibility has never been questioned now he intends to make good the payments on these plows but he's been sick unable to work now if the court could just grant him an extension the law doesn't recognize good intentions i shouldn't have to remind you of that mr adams you're supposed to be a lawyer what's your honor am i not am i not justified in asking the court's indulgence in this case if you take tom cooney's farm tools away from him you take away his only means of earning a living mr adams this is a court of law not an employment agency tom cooney signed an agreement with vincent blaxton of the crown port auto and supply company this agreement stated if he missed a payment on those plows mr blaxton could take them back is that right mr cooney well uh yes your honor but all right counselor judgment against thomas cooney but it it was just one payment if if you give me a chance to i don't care whether you say it's fair or not it ain't get him out of here come on tom this isn't going to help i know it ain't going to help nothing's going to help in a town like this opposition come on frank's go for me come on looks like you just lost yourself another vote though come on i know it ain't right crown port versus joe grant step up joe grant name joe grant um shooting ducks without a crown port permit i didn't get a chance to shoot you were going to of course i was your fool that's why i bought a state license we also require a crown port license mr grant and ignorance of the law is no excuse hundred dollars or 30 days which one of you gentlemen do i pay the clerk should have bought it for me in the first place save yourself a lot of dough i assume that this hundred dollars will permit me to resume my hunting without further interference your assumption is wrong you still need a crown port stamp and an officer enforcing the law is not interfering mr grant as the judge i advise you to be careful of your words next case brown port versus burton lyon step up burton lyon hi tom i'm sorry it turned out that way i guess that's the only way it could have turned out no i thought we had a chance but i guess i should have known what are you gonna do now farm's no good to me without tools to work it i guess i'll lose it bank will start yelling for its money pretty soon you know bill sometimes just more than a man can stand i gotta think of something to do if i could only yeah i know tom i know look why don't you come by the office later on we'll talk about it huh [Music] [Laughter] i hear poor tom cooney lost his case yeah he'll probably lose his farm now too it's a shame you know homer that's what i like about the fellas around your shop they enjoy the good things of life like a guy who can't meet his mortgage or a poor farmer getting ripped out of his plows maybe if cooney had a real sharp lawyer maybe if we had a bank that would extend an honest man credit or a judge that would give him a break talk like that isn't going to get you any votes items if i could afford a 50 cents a dollar i could get aiming to stay long long enough to get a shave great little town isn't it old-timer yeah judge harkley really gave you a welcome didn't he and our constable aren't odds that's uh that's homer's cousin uh he's all law and order regular minute man isn't he homer uh how many minutes did it take before he tried to shake you down it's a shame ever notice how a fellow who can't make a living in a town always tries to run it down you know mr uh grand isn't it yeah uh mr grant it might be fun to bust up one of the constables little racquets how about being a guinea pig let me turn this into a test case mister there in the case this analyst chase it wouldn't take there was two bucks to vote in it for him how's the boys mayor uh much of white homer wait in a minute mr mayor hello there my worthy opponent i'm sorry about tom cooney i hope he doesn't go to pieces over this well he's really got something to go to pieces over you know what's the funny thing about some fellas no by the way you put them everything goes wrong for him hiya tom you're looking for me i'll be with you in a minute yeah mr mayor i if there's anything i can do for you if you're in need of a little ready cash or something i don't want charity i i just can't change the law town you're the man but i'm not a nurse made to every man in town who can't take care of himself all right tony that's enough now beat it keep your hands put them alone bill don't this is all my fault [Applause] i wish you hadn't had to do that penny ah he's had it coming to him for a long time that boy is turning into an awful radical you could tell that for the speech he made except the nomination well that kind of talk is never going to make amer a crown port that's too bad nothing i'd like better than to see some bright young fella come along who could take my place but bill adams take a man to fill your shoes mr mayor that daryl dropped to this morning instead they give you his regards what's my bill just a shave yeah 50 cents hey mister i said 50 cents not a quarter guess she made a mistake friend no you made the mistake friend [Laughter] you picked the wrong customer that time homer first fellow in 10 years ever flipped the bash on me come on in old-timer thank you well you interested in boats yeah that's a rather interesting model she's the columbia a square rig 4 master nice work oh and here's a nice one this is the form a square rig the other mass foreign after egg rather unusual for sale oh no no no no they're not that good it's only a hobby just just for fun i see you're running for mayor yeah sort of a hobby too just for fun no not quite uh mayor coniston you saw him in the barber shop well he and his boy's been running this town for a long time make it pretty tough for anybody who comes up against them yes i gathered as much a lot of people have been getting tired of it i haven't much time myself the army's going to grab me in a couple of months but i thought i might at least get the ball rolling and for once give him a fight but not too much of a fight something you want to see me about mr grant in the barber shop mr adams you mentioned the fact that you might like to make a test case am i fine were you serious yes yes i think you've got a case you do how would you go about it well we do of course the law requires a stamp i didn't have one no no but i think i could work out an appeal an appeal on what grounds was the fine illegal oh no no they had a right to find you the fact that i was unfamiliar with the law no that's no excuse obviously obviously then what would you base your appeal on mr adams the fact that it's tuesday and the sun is shining look i haven't had much time to give it thought but i can figure out an angle there must be one lying around somewhere oh yes i'm sure there is in the meanwhile you can always make a living as a carpenter are you bill oh you're busy no charlie come on in mr grant charlie craig my campaign manager how do you do sir hi any new votes charlie well enough to fill a dog's ear say i just heard about tom cooney yeah he's taking me pretty hard i signed the same kind of note he did so it don't look good for that tractor of mine either you couldn't get me a couple weeks postponement could you i'll try charlie but there's no use appealing to blackstone not with the way he's got his business set up his hopping on my tail wouldn't burn me if i hadn't had so much trouble with that tractor every time i needed a spare part i had to send for it myself blackstone never carried them in stock did did blackstone promise you such service well no there's nothing in the contract about providing service has blackstone lived up to all his legal obligations as a seller of the tractor also you sound like a lawyer yourself mr grant yes well i was about 20 years ago well maybe you could give bill here a point or two anyway i'm glad to have met you be seeing you mr mayor i'm going out and see if i can't agitate a few votes for you well mr grant since you have some knowledge of the law you've probably decided there's nothing much i can do for you well uh what about craig what are you gonna do about him what can i do for him with parkly on the bench you saw what happened to tom cooney you can't blame that on judge harkley you went into that courtroom without a defense that's why you got whipped well then i guess i'll get whipped again i guess you will you're not much of a fighter are you mr adams except in barbershop brawls oh stop it you can't fight brass knuckles with spit balls the trick in this town is either to play the game their way and i haven't the stomach for that or to be as smart as they are they trick mr adams is to be smarter well does that wind up your business are you going to stay and give me the first five lessons and how to win friends and influence judges no more stratum time not those lessons have been written and very well written in books like this and all the others and somewhere in one of them there's a lesson mentioning that in any transaction between a seller and a buyer there are laws governing the behavior of both parties but i doubt if you can keep a float long enough to find it you know mr adams i've seen you in action now as a lawyer as a candidate for mayor and as a shipbuilder and if you'll take my advice you'll stick to shipbuilding there's a great future in it for lawyers excuse me sir breaking in like this but i think i found it yes yes that covers it you said you hadn't practiced law for 20 years imagine remembering a thing like that have uh have you had dinner mr adams no thanks not hungry i i think this will cover it it should work but i've been batted down by those guys so often i guess i haven't too much confidence how long have you lived in crown port mr adams well 28 years with time after college and law school never established residence in any other state no you're sure of that well of course well we we went to mexico for a few months when i was seven but did you file an income tax return from 1939 and 40. well sure i didn't pay anything in 1940 i didn't earn enough but i filed a return and your figures were honest correct and would bear investigation what why of course they were you're getting nervous mr adam i'm not nervous i'm early yes yes you are you're flustered you're raising your voice why shouldn't i raise my voice you've as good as accused me of falsifying my income tax i recuse you of nothing mr adams now look i don't know what you have on there but i want to tell you take a look it's uh it's it's an old trick that justice brandeis used to play i uh i read about it in colliers once you see it's an unfortunate fact mr adams that every man even you and i has done something that he doesn't want anybody to know about now if you can make him think that you're holding in your hand the skeleton in his closet you've got it well let's say at least you've got him squirming nervous worried as you were but if that man happens to have a really guilty conscience your full name is vincent z blackstone yeah tell me mr blaxton what does the z stand for do i have to answer that your honor what can be your objection surely you have nothing to hide well the z well the c stands for zapper it's a family name zapper means a little wind i believe [Laughter] quiet mr blackson you're the owner and manager of the crown port auto and supply company yes the uh the sole owner uh well sure of course no silent partners no well of course there are people oh then you're not the sole owner i didn't say that i just it sounds very strange to me mr blackson you don't know whether you own your own business or not i object that question is irrelevant immaterial and calculated to confuse the witness objection sustained counsellor will restrict himself to the facts bearing on this case mr blackston your company sells mostly used cars and tractors in this town almost a monopoly isn't it i do the most business because i sell my stock at the lowest prices that's not monopoly that's that's the american way of life now tell me mr blackson carry spare parts for your customers sure do you have in stock at this moment piston rings for the 1938 tractors you sold in this town well mr blaxton well no i don't oh then you don't carry all the spare parts your customers might need well i can always get them if they need them yes but sometimes your customers have to wait sure it takes two weeks if i ain't got them how can they have them an intelligent answer mr blackson and an honest one one which will require the court to enter judgment against you in this case will counselor explain that statement certainly your honor motor vehicle laws 1919 chapter 174 section 52 the sale of any automobile or any other automotive vehicle is void unless the dealer carries in stock at all times and on demand parts that may be needed to repair the particular maker vehicle will you let me see that reference counselor would seem to be correct you put it over bill say this will take care of tom cooney too you're telling me [Music] oh mr grant hi i i thought you were going hunting well all the ducks are inside today i see you winged a couple yourself oh of course it's nothing really big who am i kidding i'm so tickled i feel like a combination of superman and a a member of the supreme court really i i don't know how to thank you mr graham oh no need to my boy first time i've enjoyed the courtroom in years thank you you know what this stuff is no mr grant he wouldn't william this is american money good old folding money you know what you can do with this stuff you can buy things that you need you get it what i don't get is where you got it well seeing blackstone get trimmed warm some hearts and unloosen a couple of purse strings the boys have kicked in for your campaign fun you know what we're gonna do with this beautiful stuff we're gonna get some posters printed great big ones the kind that look you right straight in the eye and follow you around why get frightened so adams does win one rotten little case do you know what that case cost me you can afford it if it had happened to your hotel roscoe you'd scream like a stuck pig stop it stop it seriously jim you don't see adams it's real competition well this thing is stand now no but if a lot of people start thinking of bill adams as the people's champion well jim there was nothing else i could do i can give you boys the edge when it's a question of interpretation but not when the law is right there in black and white oh i'm not blaming you judge it's just something to start thinking about that's all you think we'll have trouble well now look boys on second thought we may be getting all steamed up for nothing yeah but suppose he opens a lot of old cases like tom cooney's i think you've got something there zappa we'll just have to show the boy that he's wrong [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh miss gilbert no [Music] miss gilbert yeah oh that's better that's much better i'm bill adams mr grant asked me to meet you yes i know here let me take that the car's over [Music] here [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh is it do you think we should try to scoop some of that up no i guess not huh well everything seems to be under control would it be all right with you if we went to your car now the car oh no no yes right here um sorry to get off to such a bad start i'm not always so clumsy oh my hat don't worry we'll we'll get it [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] wow [Music] uh how long have you worked for mr grant hmm two years quite a character isn't he quiet you know i i was very surprised when he told me his secretary was coming down i had an idea the old boy was retired the old boy is far from retired where is he now mr adams well he went over to welbridge this morning do some hunting he ought to be back soon [Music] i was going to drive you around the town but i guess you want to get cleaned up now yes i think i will i'll take you straight to the hotel [Music] you are running for mayor mm-hmm surprised that's putting it very modeling mr adams well make the most of it lady because that's likely to be the only surprise you'll get in this town [Music] who's the girl with adam's don't know what difference does it make i'd like a room please by the day henry show this lady out but you don't understand yes i do why you uh please mr adams let me explain i i'm on sister beat it take your hands off here [Music] nice work pal i tell you you can't do this look thanks in the face mister oh but officer hey officer hey sergeant sergeant i want to use that phone will you please keep quiet your honor just trying to get us out of here you know why didn't you think of that before you got us in i'm very sorry this happened but it isn't my fault i suppose i started the fight you sure did all right once it got going what a gal and what a wallop yeah miss g you're really some scrapper say roscoe suede asked me to call you judge we've got bill adams in here with a dame salt and battery how long do you want us to hold them here oh just let them stew for a while sergeant adams will probably want to get in touch with me and oh no he does huh well i'm out of town you can't reach me anywhere that's right overnight will you have the chef prepare a couple of these for tomorrow night's dinner and i'll have my key please yes sir what uh what room did you put miss gilbert in gilbert there's no miss covert register well that's strange anything wrong mr grant well yes i was expecting my secretary today mr adams was to have matter your your secretary yeah miss miss gilbert miss lucy gilbert have you heard from her no no not exactly well that is she was here but where is she well mr grant you see we uh we had a little trouble where is she she's with adams in the county jail well you get them out of there and fast yes sir yes sir right away birdie get me judge hockley quick yes come in good evening mr grant well good evening ms gilbert i'm sorry i couldn't meet you at the station so my sir however mr adams seems to have made your introduction to crown point quite spectacular well it amuses you both of course it was quite worthwhile i'm sorry sit down miss gilbert you uh she seemed tired what what happened well when i said the boys were were playing with brass knuckles i wasn't kidding look i win a case from blackstone that makes a good impression around town so i walk into suede's hotel roscoe says something provokes a fight in highland in jail that's the way crown ports run mr grant i hope the fact that ms gilbert was involved won't upset you the fact that miss gilbert was involved upsets me a great deal it strikes me that swade collison and company are just been a little too high-handed when you can't fight the city hall sir as candidate for mayor that's what you're doing isn't it well i suppose i am but the boys are starting to play rough well of course if they play too rough you can always go back to your ship building yes i guess i could but right now i'm going to go home and get some sleep miss gilbert and i have a date in court tomorrow good night miss gilbert don't hold me against crown port that's it your notes perhaps you'd like to go over them i gather somehow that you're not very much drawn to mr adams my personal reactions to him aren't important sir well i wouldn't be too hasty he attracts too much trouble he certainly does his whole approach is wrong he shuts his eyes and wades in and slugs but he has good stuff do you think it was to get involved with his problems after all you are on your vacation oh i'm not involved i'm just trying to give the boy a push come in now turn your bed down sir oh yes yes certainly good night mr grant good night oh hi mori the nine with gilbert kind of skimpy isn't it they just ain't long enough none of them i keep it telling mr suede well there that'll have to do good night sir hope you rest well thank you [Music] [Music] [Applause] wrong number mr adams wake up this is mr grant what wait a minute [Music] you want me to what i said get into your clothes get two yardsticks yardsticks come right over here and register for the night at the hotel i'll tell you all about it when you get here but get here right [Music] hello roscoe give me a single room next mr grant's i'll uh i'll pay in advance 4 13. what's the matter roscoe you don't seem at all happy to see me i brought my luggage too why should he sleep here with yardsticks he's got a place of his own [Music] hello hit me miss gilbert's room please where do we start why should he want to talk to her in the middle of the night i don't know it's grant yes mr grant yes sir right away [Music] he wants a bell boy right away he wants to send something to miss gilbert's room they're up to something i know they are henry [Music] take this yardstick to miss gilbert yes sir uh mr suede said with his compliments my compliments to mr suede i don't eat [Music] fruit [Music] thanks oh wait a minute miss i've got a bowl of fruit for you mr suede said with his compliments my compliments to mrs wade tell him i've lost my appetite i couldn't see nothing they blacked out the rooms number plane now she's calling grant [Music] yes miss gilbert seven and a half same here the other two and a half that does it maybe it's a code [Music] oh don't worry rosco i'll be back [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so hotel give me mr grant's room mr grant you were absolutely right it's nine and two yeah i'll be back in a minute oh i i think mr sway is going to be a little sorry tomorrow that he's bringing those charges against us good afternoon miss gilbert mr grant you're looking very beautiful miss gilbert really i didn't sleep at all probably nervous exhaustion due to the unfortunate experience you underwent yesterday ever uh spent any time in jail mr swade ever been sued for false arrest mr sway miss gilbert i've made up my mind to drop the complaint against you well what about the complaint against mr adams he spent a few hours in jail too you've got nobody but yourself to thank you started it hitting henry i'll forget you hit me he didn't hit you i did well i'll forget that too but but six hours in jail is something i won't forget mr suede i think 5 000 damages will be about right counselor don't you well i had thought of 10 but uh no i think five is enough oh don't worry mr suede i'll see that the money goes to a good cause i'll invest in war bonds court is now in session judge hartley presiding okay so suede versus gilbert and adams judge i move you through my complaint out the complaint against miss gilbert yes adams too we settled it by ourselves both of them huh wow case of suede versus gilbert and adams dismissed you can thank miss gilbert for getting you off so easy thank you lucy oh roscoe uh just a minute roscoe we're not quite through yet uh joe serve the papers on mr suede roscoe suede what are you talking about i took it if i dropped my suit against you you'd drop yours against me relax roscoe this is another suit your honor i find that in the management of his hotel mr sweet is in violation of several important laws oh what are the charges i brought the evidence with me your honor the hotel laws of this state 1909 section 52 all sheets provided in all hotels hostelries inns or lodging houses shall be a minimum of nine feet in length seven and a half feature on it all pillowcases should be a minimum of three feet two and a half feet you're on it there should be a minimum distance between all twin beds of two feet now the beds in my room at the suede hotel were scarcely half a foot apart your honor i uh couldn't bring them in evidence but i have witnesses who can testify as to my veracity let me see this reference certainly you'll be sorry for this you wait and see will the court warn the defendant the threats and intimidation are punishable by law quiet mr suede and don't you tell me how to run my court the law provides a fine of fifty dollars for each offense are you prepared to face these charges at the present time yes you plead guilty yes and pay the clerk nice work counselor thank you half hour recess well this couldn't by any chance be a little gift from mr suede i thought we might end our celebration in style what uh what vintage is that miss california 1938. here i'll do it listen you can tell i'm an amateur the bottle resents me well it's hot anyway to the next mayor of crown port yes who's learned to use his head and his law books well to my rooting section i think you're on the right track counselor you keep the connoisseurs busy on the little things and they won't have time for the bigger ones neither will i well i i think i'd like to do a little hunting in the morning if you can keep your life fairly quiet for one day well i'll try uh lucy might keep an eye on me that'd help i'll be responsible for him sir starting with breakfast well i uh i think lucy would probably like some more coffee uh yes i would uh it'll just keep you awake well good night good night good night more coffee [Music] i suppose you're a wonderful dancer fair i'm awful good that'll make me feel superior may i have this down synthetic charm [Music] hey i'm not so bad am i you're fine i guess the trouble was i just never liked to dance before neither did i [Music] you know lucy crowne port's not such a bad little town it it's got a lot of nice people in it you've just seen the worst side of it like you know but what i mean lucy is well can you see yourself living in a town like crown port no pretty dull i guess huh very practically nothing's happened to me since i met you yeah no but seriously sometimes i have whole days of peace and quiet now we've been together for several hours and nothing very spectacular has happened not near enough has happened [Laughter] [Applause] sometimes we have whole days of peace and quiet good night mr adams [Music] oh that that date for breakfast still stands good night good morning herman well goodbye ms adam oh no oh no mr grant said you would look after me today and what he says goes he's your boss you know but i've had breakfast with you oh yes hey i've been trying to find you look hey what's going on here what do you think you're doing you're being evicted here's your notice come on boys don't take all day okay though because of the lumber i keep around the place has attracted termites how do you like that it's fantastic look look can't you just wait until i called ridges and get this thing fixed up sure you can call him at suede's office but it won't be no good pal he signed the notice himself okay fellas lifted yeah but but at least you can leave my stuff here until i can get another office sorry orders what difference does it make to you oh boy where's your telephone right over there thanks listen please stop reading me the constitution i'm just following orders oh i'm asking you to do it hello hello is this andrew's building give me the superintendent please miss gilbert miss gilbert i've been looking for you mr grant they're evicting bell convicting bill why what happened something about termites well yeah just to drop my things at the hotel will you no tell me who's responsible for this seems that roscoe suede has a pal named heart ridges happens to be my landlord also happens to be one of coniston's boys well so roscoe gives heart a call and here i am don't worry though i'll get another office hello hello this is william adams yes i i want to rent an office what oh no vacancies can't we do stuff things today well i don't know wait a minute be careful of those no vacancies at all huh let's see not an office in town not even a loft oh those boys think of everything connison are you sure who else it's too clever for anybody else [Music] who's bill adams do you mean mayor adams i'm bill adams what do you want electric company got orders to discontinue service efficient aren't they you find the box in the back okay thanks what's the matter mr mayor can't you pay your bills you shut your mouth i'll shut it for you no no no tom no that's what they want us to do so let's not do it why uh why not use my sitting room as temporary headquarters oh well that's awfully nice of me mr graham but i couldn't why not bill you're not gonna let them put you out of business are you [Music] where's bill adams oh mr mayor you got more company hey willie bring out a couple more chairs hi madam what do you want compliments of the mayor he thought you might need some help will you send my compliments right back to the mayor and tell him to you tell me a coniston i'm staying right where i am out on the street and before i'm through i'll have him out here with me ah get us so far you bet i'll get a soapbox and if coniston wants to know what i mean tell him to come down here and i'll try explaining it to him personally [Laughter] ladies and gentlemen please please just give me a few minutes until i get my new office set up will you you mean right here on the street sure why not we'll hang my shingle on that lamppost you won't be here two hours i know that sir but this time connoisseur's gone too far he's giving me more publicity than i ever dreamed of i may be here only an hour but it'll be a good one i'll get you an office now keep out of trouble i'll be back in a few minutes oh no is this about right for the desk oh no i think it should be caddy calling okay ladies oh let me take those watch this oh yeah excuse me [Music] [Applause] thanks friends [Applause] don't stop this how is he nurse oh he's coming along all right can we see him now i think so you fellas wait we'll be right out that'll do it mr grant oh thank you oh where's mr adam how are you feeling maybe you better take it easy for me no no no no i'm all right where miss adam's in my second time well he's in jail and she's trying to get him out oh lucy did the doctor say he could do that oh yes i'm fine where's bill still in jail i've tried everything they're holding him for a fifteen thousand dollar bail inciting to riot this is outrageous we'll have to find judge hartley we've tried to and he couldn't be found as usual you can find him at coniston's rally about an hour from now up there on the platform shooting these big mouthfuls no we'll find him before them snow use mr grant they got us all sewed up they always do yes but they took one stitch too many this time they always do that too come on do you think you should i've got to get the boy out of jail i'm glad you feel that way sir yes well let's not keep judge hockley waiting huh [Music] sorry i haven't any time to give you right now i'm afraid you'll have to find time say here you judge hartley acting on my rights as a citizen i demand that you swear out warrants for the arrest of ridges suede blackstone and mayor conassen you're crazy on what charges conspiracy abuse of public office inciting to riot i suggest that you come to the jail with us now and release mr adams and sign those warrants we'll need a couple more warrants too for some hoodlums i have their names you are crazy you can't push away into my house and order me around do you realize i can have you arrested for disturbing the peace all of you let's just postpone that judge ladies and gentlemen will you excuse us for just a minute ladies and gentlemen i have persuaded judge hockley to change his mind he has kindly consented to release your candidate in time for the rally tonight are you going to tell bill how you got him out oh that's not necessary what's the deal mr grant you know something about him no on the contrary he knows something about me [Applause] ladies and gentlemen i mean my friend for a long time i've been hoping a man would come along a young man because like i always say the future of our great country belongs to the young folks who could take over and give us old folks a chance to sit back and take things easy well this year i said to myself jim maybe this bill adam is the fellow but he dashed my hopes and prayers to the ground i saw that he's not the man we've been waiting for that is nothing but an agitator a troublemaker stirring up neighbors against each other he said he'd be here tonight i wish he was i hope that when i got up to talk he'd be here on the platform with me to debate with me the issue so close to our hearts bill adams if you think you're gonna break up this rally you're crazy did you let him out uh mr mayor i uh well chief perkins here he's uh he's got a warrant for your arrest and for the arrest of blackstone ridges and suede take your hands off me jim i couldn't help it honestly you just better come along attention please quiet quiet everybody my friend i never thought he'd dare do this but you can see for yourselves now to what lengths this radical will go to sabotage a peaceful meeting of the people but i'm calling his bluff i'm going to make him bring out the witnesses to prove this as mayor of this town i got a right to call a special hearing and i do so the issues will be clear when you go to the polls to vote tomorrow [Applause] you'll be sorry you ever started this you better remain with us mr hartley we wouldn't want you to prejudice the mayor's testimony any place therefore i find it secret that adam squirt's just bluffing he ain't got a thing on the mirror no i find a seat and sit down mr grant i still don't understand [Music] carter order this hearing will come to order judge hartley my friend i'm not on trial here bill adams has made accusations against me he's had a warrant sworn out for my arrest this is a hearing to show you that he has no proof of anything he says but he's trying by a cheap trick to win an election he can't win by fair play judge hockey mr mayor you'll have to moderate your tone this is very irregular step one side feel the aisle please mr carlson it's true that you are not formally on trial here you asked for this hearing you demanded by what right we had you arrested we're here to tell you and to accuse you of conspiring against men who honestly oppose you of inciting a riot with reckless disregard for human safety of abusing the office to which you have been elected by the people of this town and these accusations we are prepared to prove i hate to see the old boy get himself involved like this don't worry about the old boy now darling uh mr mayor uh mr grant has obtained confessions from these men they have told mr grant that acting on your orders they started the riot this morning in order to make possible mr adam's arrest they have sworn to these facts because of this mr grant was able to demand a warrant for your arrest mr grant swore out of warrant from my arrest a man who doesn't even live in our town a meddling old fool who does nothing but shoot ducks in stock trouble jim don't say that i'll say anything i please i demand to know who this man is who is this joe grant jim do yourself a favor don't ask that's all right judge hockley mr conison it's not joe grant it's john josephus grant where you from grant washington dc jim please no more questions mr grant shut up i'll ask all the questions i please buy what right and what do you do mr grant mr conison i am a judge an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states [Music] mr conison you have asked by what right i've interfered in this situation you still want an answer uh just a scratch of what you care to no no no thank you phil phil i'll just throw some water on him lucy he'll be all right your honor mayor carlson it's only right that you should know why i a stranger become involved in your affairs believe me it's not because i am a justice of the supreme court it's because like all of you here i am a citizen of this country that is no little honor men have fought revolutions have died to be called citizens and as citizens we carry a burning responsibility it means that when we elect men to public office we we cannot do it as likely as we flip a coin it means that after we've elected them we can't sit back and say our job is done what they do now doesn't concern us that philosophy of indifference is what the enemies of decent government want if we allow them to have their way to grow strong and vicious then the heroic struggle which welded thousands of lovely towns like this into a great nation means nothing then we're not citizens we're traitors the great liberties by which we live have been bought with blood the kind of government we get is the kind of government we want government of the people by the people and for the people can mean any kind of government it's our duty to make it mean only one kind uncorrupted free united i believe mayor conassen that i've answered your question now as soon as court adjourns i'll meet you back here in my chambers what's the matter mr justice you seem nervous oh no no not at all uh how about you mayor adams have you the ring [Music] do you know your line sir well i ought to i stayed up half the night learning them [Music] hello there grant oh i'm glad to see you thank you you're looking fine josephus how was the hunting oh best i ever had good morning you

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Length: 67min 1sec (4021 seconds)

Published: Wed May 12 2021