"To Clinton Crane, our next Governor." "─ Thank you." "[ Radio: ] "Again, we interrupt our program to bring you a last-minute flash .."" ""On the hotly contested gubernatorial primary election."" ""Randolph Hawthorne, Clinton Crane's challenger for the Governor seat."" ""Has just conceded the primary."" "Can we get a picture, Mr Crane?" "─ Certainly." "I'm so proud of you, dear." "Well Mark, I hope we do as well in the general elections this fall." "Don't worry, you'll win." "You may not make political history." "But your wife will be the most beautiful woman to live in a Governor's mansion." "Now Mark, flattery will get you nowhere." "Clinton couldn't think more of you no matter what nice words you say of me." "That's right, Mark." "You know, as a campaign manager, you are the tops." "Who says two lawyers can't get along together." "If you political experts will excuse me." "I'll be back in a minute .. pardon me." "Mrs Crane." "─ Yes?" "I'm from the Evening Express." "I'd like to get a story from you." "From me?" "I'm afraid it wouldn't be very interesting, but my husband .." "The wife of a candidate is always good copy, Mrs Crane." "Well, I eat two eggs for breakfast, sometimes a slice of toast." "No." "About your background." "The way you were raised, went to college." "You know." "Family ties." "Human-interest stuff." "Where you met your husband." "Nothing very special ever happened to me." "I've led quite an ordinary life." "Of course, I've been socially active since I married Mr Crane." "I can see I'm not going to get much coöperation from you." "So, I went to school." "I was raised in a little mid-western town." "I had one father and one mother and was an only child." "I met Mr Crane when I went to his office to have him handle an unimportant case." "To the matter of paying his fee, or marrying him." "I'm afraid that .. really isn't very interesting, but .." "I want to say I think Clinton Crane will make the best governor in all the world." "I'll quote you." "─ Please do." "Thanks for the interview." "It's a great night, Gina." "Your life will be different from this point on." "Well, I hope not too different." "I've been very happy." "And you are going to be happier." "I'll see to that." "Why don't you start by making good on one of your campaign promises?" "That's right." "You did promise me something .. remember?" "This sounds like it's going to cost me a lot of money." "Oh, I promised to buy you a fur coat if I won the primaries." "And not just a fur coat, Clinton." "A mink coat." "I hope making good on all my campaign promises gives me as much pleasure." "A mink it shall be." "We are particularly proud of this coat." "It's one of our latest creations." "This is one of the finest Ranch makes Mrs Crane." "We were very fortunate to get these choice skins." "The supply is so limited." "I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have you visit my shop, Mrs Crane." "I've known your husband for years." "He told me you'd been friends for a long time, Mrs Emmerson." "We can go back to the days I chased ambulances, can't we, Edna." "You usually caught them too, Clinton." "I couldn't now." "I can't run that fast." "I always knew you'd be a great lawyer." "Even if we don't buy the coat?" "─ Oh, the coat." "I mustn't let friendship interfere with business." "This is an original design." "Notice the full sweep." "It is lovely." "Don't you thinks so, dear?" "─ Yes, I do." "Would you like to try it on, Mrs Crane?" "─ Why, yes I would." "Thank you, Barbara." "This should look stunning on you." "The shade of the fur will blend perfectly with your coloring." "You'd better get your checkbook out, Clinton." "I think we've got a sale, Floyd." "When you model a coat, we can't miss, baby." "Take this to the workroom will you darling. ─ Alright." "I've always wanted a coat like this." "You'll be the envy of all your friends, Mrs Crane." "Do you like it, dear?" "─ Yes, very much." "Do you think we should buy such an expensive coat?" "If you like it, sure." "Say, how much is it?" "─ $5,000 .. and of course, the tax." "I guess I spoke too soon." "I think I can handle him." "I told you you'd be wearing mink someday, Jenny." "It's .. very becoming." "May I complement you on your taste?" "Oh Mr Crane, this is Floyd Durant, our assistant manager." "Not Clinton Crane?" "─ Yes." "It's an honor to serve you, and your charming wife." "I had no idea you were the Mrs Crane." "I'd be very happy to deliver the coat personally." "I live at the Faremount Arms apartments and pass your place on the way home." "It would be no trouble at all .." "I assure you." "That won't be necessary." "I'll expect you at nine this evening." "It's a pleasure to take money from you." "Would you deliver the coat in the morning." "Of course." "And thank you very much." "Very nice to have met you, Mister Crane." "And you too, Mrs Crane." "Goodnight." "─ Goodnight." "I warned you to leave her alone, Floyd." "I don't know what you're talking about, Mrs Emmerson." "Look Floyd, I'm not going to stand by and see you make a fool of Barbara." "Suppose I tell you I'm on the level?" "You would only be wasting your breath." "You're a good salesman and I'd like to keep you." "But if you want to stay here, you'll have to leave her alone." "Why don't you tell the kid to stay away from me?" "That would only make you more interesting." "No, Floyd." "It's up to you to see that she gets over her silly crush." "I insist upon it." "[ Buzzer ]" "Just a minute." "[ Buzzer ]" "I saw your light on, darling." "I figured you might be home." "I, uh .." "I was just about to phone you." "I thought we might get together, a little later." "I haven't seen you for three hours and it seems like three days." "I've missed you too, Barbara." "Oh, I love you so much, Floyd." "I can't wait to tell the girls in the shop about it." "I bet they'll be surprised." "─ They know we've been seeing each other." "What's so surprising about two people being engaged?" "Maybe it's because one of the two happens to be a certain Floyd Durant." "I've been warned against you." "Edna Emmerson?" "─ No." "Don't worry." "I didn't believe it." "Where is my picture?" "I hope you are not tired of looking at me." "Uh .." "Well, it was here a minute ago." "You .. you must have fallen down." "You sure I wasn't pushed?" "Positive." "How about going over to the Blue Bird?" "We could have a few dances." "Yeah, that would be fun." "We haven't been dancing in a long time." "Oh, I just remembered." "Mrs Emmerson told me she'd phone me about some advertizing ideas." "She should be calling back in a few minutes." "Well, I'll wait with you." "No .." "I'll see you to your car." "Now you go ahead and reserve a table, and I'll meet you later." "It sounded like my phone." "Maybe it's Edna." "I'll be right back." "─ I didn't hear a phone ring" "You were right, baby." "It wasn't the phone." "Oh, hello Jenny." "I must have missed you." "I was waiting downstairs." "Why did you walk out on me, Floyd?" "Does that look like I've walked out on you?" "The Police were hot on my tail, Jenny." "I didn't want to lead them to you." "As soon as I thought it was safe to show my face, I went to your apartment." "But you had moved." "Someone said you had left town." "I didn't think I could compete with that little redhead." "I was just giving her a line." "She meant nothing to me." "You should have known, no-one could ever take your place." "You look more beautiful than ever." "Alright Floyd, let's have it." "What did you want to see me about?" "Does an old friend have to have an excuse?" "Don't tell me you're turning on all that charm without a reason." "You're still the suspicious one." "Just for your information." "I have no bank account of my own." "My husband gives me a small cash allowance." "You've always had all the answers, Jenny." "I'm just trying to answer some of the questions running through your mind." "I can change for the better, too." "Of course, I haven't done as well as you have Jenny, but .." "I'm satisfied with the present." "One of these days, I'll go into business for myself." "It's hard to believe." "You holding down a job." "Well." "We've both had our surprise for the day." "We had a lot of great times together, Jenny." "And we did alright for ourselves until we got too ambitious." "Remember old man Comstock in Chicago?" "He fell so hard for you, he wouldn't even go to the Police." "That's all past, Floyd." "I never let myself think of those days." "Your husband reminds me a little of Comstock." "They are both about the same build and age." "I don't suppose your husband knows anything about us?" "No .." "Clinton never asks me any questions I can't answer." "Well, you finally got your mink coat." "Yes." "─ Happy?" "Of course." "I've never been happy with anybody." "But you." "That's all over for me." "I was an awful heel, Jenny." "But I've changed." "Now that we've found each other again." "Let's make the most of it." "Jenny." "Jenny baby I still feel the same way." "Don't you?" "Please, this is all crazy." "Are you in love with your husband?" "He's been so good to me." "Perhaps it is best for you if we don't see each other again." "But Floyd, we have seen each other again." "Clinton." "─ Huh?" "Oh hello, Gina." "I must have fallen asleep." "You shouldn't have waited up for me." "─ I guess I just dropped off." "Where have you been?" "I stopped in to see one of the girls about the hospital benefit we're giving." "Oh, before I forget it." "Edith Emmerson telephoned an hour ago." "She said she wanted you to call her in the morning." "Isn't she on that committee?" "Well, there are several committees." "I know how you feel, Clinton." "We don't seem to spend much time together." "If you prefer it, I'll beg off and they can get someone else." "I wouldn't think of it, dear." "It's a worthy cause." "Besides, the wife of a future Governor, should be active in social movements." "I try to do whatever I can." "─ You've been a great help to me, Gina." "I'm proud of you." "You're a charming hostess." "You're clever enough to cultivate the proper people and .." "Although you flirt a little with the men who are important to me .." "You do it so their wives never get jealous." "Maybe I'm a politician, too." "─ You know .." "If flatters a man's ego to be married to a woman much younger than himself." "I'm going to tell you a secret, dear." "I wasn't sure that I could hold you." "I knew you'd meet younger and more attractive men." "You've made me very happy." "I've got to hand it to you, Jenny." "You certainly have that man fooled." "Clinton believes what he wants to." "He's in love with me." "And you're in love with the idea of being the wife of the Governor?" "Of course .." "I'll have everything." "Security." "Position." "Power." "Everything I've ever wanted." "I guess that lets me out, doesn't it." "You know." "It wouldn't take much to blow that green bubble of yours sky high." "Why should there be a scandal?" "We can be careful." "Nobody has to know." "When I said I had everything." "That included you." "I guess you were  meant to have everything." "You haven't changed at all Jenny, have you." "Not so far as you're concerned." "It's a beautiful night." "Let's go for a walk along the beach." "That's a good idea." "Isn't it lovely out here?" "Yes." "Cigarette?" "─ Thanks." "Why did you lie to me?" "What are you talking about?" "Your bank account." "At ten o'clock this morning you had a balance of $30,000." "I have a way of finding out things." "So you've changed." "We've found each other again." "Let's make the most of it." "What a fool I was to believe you." "I was thinking you might make me a little loan." "Fifteen thousand dollars would just about take care of me." "I know the game as well as you do." "Once you start paying off, it never ends." "You are making a big mistake, Jenny." "I'm not afraid of you." "You'll never get one cent from me." "Remember that." "And don't ever try to see me again." "You are angry now, but .." "You'll cool off when you realize how fair I've been." "Listen to me." "And listen very carefully." "If you interfere with my life again I'll .." "I'll kill you." "Hello?" "Yes, this is the Crane residence." "Mrs Crane isn't in just now." "I don't know when she will be back." ""Do you want to leave a message?"" "No .." "I'll phone later." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Mr Crane speaking." "No, Mrs Crane isn't here." "Oh, hold the wire." "Mrs Crane just came in." "It's for you, Gina." "Hello darling." "Have a busy day?" "Yes, it's a rough job seeking votes." "I'm glad I'm not running for President." "Hello?" ""I want to see you, Jenny."" "Well, I'm very busy these days." "Hello?" "Hello?" "We were disconnected." "─ Who was it?" "I don't know." "He said something about a donation." "Well, if he wants money, you'll hear from him again." "I'm sure I will." "And then I said: "Ladies and gentlemen"." ""I'm not making idle promises."" ""I give you my solemn word that I will serve you faithfully."" "Don't you think that sounded sincere?" "What's the matter, dear?" "Something on your mind?" "Just you." "I think that was a lovely speech." "It had me carried away just like your audience." "I beg your pardon Mrs Crane, there is a messenger for you at the door." "He has a letter .. he wants to deliver it to you personally." "That's strange." "Don't worry about it, dear." "Find out what it is." "Of course." "Mrs Crane?" "─ Yes." "Sign here, please." "Thank you." ""Dear Mrs Crane."" ""When you threatened to kill me, Jenny."" ""You forgot that blackmail picture you posed for in Milwaukee."" ""I'll be home at eight tonight."" ""Be here."" ""Because the next time I telephone .."" ""I'll talk to your husband."" "[ Door knocks ]" "[ Door knocks ]" "Come in." "Oh there you are." "I wondered what's happened to you." "I thought I'd fix up my make-up a bit." "How was the important letter?" "A contribution from a Mrs Bennett for our children's milk fund." "She thought if you got hold of it, you'd spend it on the election." "I probably would." "How would you like to go to a picture show tonight?" "I'm afraid I can't, dear." "I've got to pick up several more donations." "Would you like to go along with me?" "I can't promise you a very exciting evening." "Perhaps I'd better stay home at that." "I've a couple of speeches to write." "And phone calls to make, and Mark Emery might drop over." "You don't have to make excuses to me." "I'll hang this up." "─ No, I'll do it dear." "But I told you I'd meet you later." "Yes, I know." "You told me the same thing the other night." "I waited at the Blue Bird until almost midnight." "But I told you how that happened." "─ Not to my satisfaction." "If you don't want to see me, why don't you just say so?" "Now don't talk like that, Barbara." "You know I'm crazy about you." "I'd ask you to stay but somebody's coming over to see me about a big deal." "Now, I'm only doing it for us so we can be together." "What kind of a deal are you talking about?" "You wouldn't understand." "You've got to trust me." "Run along like a good girl." "When you're trying to get rid of me, you must be expecting a woman." "Alright, it is a woman." "So what?" "She wants to set me up in business." "You don't want me to turn that down, do you?" "Mrs Bolton wanted to set you up in business, too." "I didn't believe it when I heard it .. but I do now." "All the stories they've been telling me are true." "What difference does it make where you get the money, so long as you get it?" "And I thought I was in love with you." "I despise myself for being such a fool." "But I despise you more for making me feel so cheap." "How contemptible can a man get?" "I hate you." "I hate you!" "You stupid little fool." "Get out of here." "Do you hear me?" "Get out!" "Come in." "Did you bring the money, Jenny?" "No I didn't." "We'll settle this once and for all." "There's nothing you can tell the Police, Floyd, that won't implicate you too." "I'm willing to risk a year or two in prison for dough like that." "Remember, Jenny." "You've got much more to lose than I have." "I don't know why I bother even talking to you." "I'll go to your husband." "He'll pay plenty for this." "Let me see." "─ Uhuh .. mustn't touch." "It shows you to good advantage." "The gentleman with you was named Montgomery, wasn't he?" "Owned a chain of drug stores." "What's the least you will take for it?" "Fifteen thousand." "You have $30,000 in the bank." "That's only half." "Remember, Jenny." "We've always split fifty/fifty." "I can't touch any of that." "It's a joint account." "My husband would know." "How much can you spare now?" "Fifteen hundred." "Maybe two thousand." "I'm not interested in petty cash." "Mr Crane is at home, isn't he?" "Please don't call him." "I'll think of something." "I never thought Jenny Hadley would be pleading with me to lay off." "Floyd, you've got to give me a chance." "You're right, I've got too much to lose." "I've got some jewelry I can .." "─ We're talking about different things." "I want money." "Not trinkets." "Oh, is this the Crane residence?" "I'd like to speak to Mr Crane please." "Yes, I'll hold the phone." "Don't do that!" ""Hello?" "Hello?" "This is Clinton Crane speaking."" "Just a word .." "Mrs Crane will be right down, but please serve my breakfast right away." "I have to dash for the train in a few minutes." "Yes, Governor." "I mean .. yes, sir." "You are a little premature, but not much." "I think about it all the time." "It must have just slipped out." "Ah, I can hardly wait until we move into the Governor's mansion." "I'm going to be very hard to get along with." "Meanwhile, how about my breakfast?" "You wouldn't want me to start a trip on an empty stomach would you?" "Oh yes, sir." "I mean, no sir." "Good morning, Mrs Crane." "─ Good morning, Nora." "Good morning, dear." "─ Good morning, Gina." "You must have had nightmares last night." "You rolled and tossed." "Talked in your sleep." "I did?" "Yes." "You kept saying something over and over and over again." "I couldn't understand a word you said." "Next time I'll try to be more considerate." "Are you all packed?" "─ Yes." "I even remembered to pack your picture." "Then I should have gotten up with you." "Did the paper print the speech you made at the Rotary Club?" "Not a word." "Here .. remember him?" "No." "I don't believe I ever saw him before." "You have a short memory, Gina." "He was the assistant manager at the Emmerson Fur Shop." "Oh, that's where I got my mink coat." "I remember him now." "Well, they'll get her." "Her?" "It could have been any number of women." "According to this, women were his specialty." ""The Police got fingerprints."" ""Have one particular suspect."" "Do they say who it is?" "No." "But they must have a pretty good idea." "I bet there's a few ladies in town who can't eat their breakfast this morning." "What a waste of newspaper." "Just think, they could have printed my speech." "It would be more interesting, dear." "I don't know how you do it." "You always say the right thing at the right time." "Well dear, I've got to hurry." "I want to stop at the office before I catch the train." "Take me with you, Clinton." "Do you really mean it?" "I never could drag you on these trips." "Well, I feel so lost when you are away." "Do you mind if I go with you?" "─ Mind?" "I'd be delighted." "I have a couple of senators I want you to meet." "Between us, we might be able to make them see things our way." "We'll do our best." "─ We'll have to hurry." "You stay right here." "I'll meet you as soon as I check the baggage." "Is your name Barbara Arnold?" "─ Why, yes." "Thinking of leaving town?" "I plan to visit some friends up north." "You certainly made up your mind in a hurry." "You didn't even tell your boss you weren't coming in today." "What's this all about?" "Will you please tell me?" "You are under arrest." "─ Under arrest?" "For what?" "─ Murder." "Whose murder?" "─ Floyd Durant .. come along." "A week ago, Barbara Arnold was just another girl working on a job." "Today, she has been indicted for murder." "Miss Arnold steadfastly maintains her innocence." "And insists a mystery woman approached the door of Floyd Durant's apartment." "As she left by the elevator." ""Unfortunately, if Barbara Arnold's story is true .."" ""She has no description of the mystery woman."" ""Many are convinced she is the victim of circumstance."" ""Then there are others who are as equally convinced that she is guilty."" "The least we can do is get her a good lawyer." "I tried to warn her." "I knew something had happened, but never dreamed it would be anything like this." "How could they even think that Barbara would do a thing like that?" "She was in his apartment about the time he was murdered." "Enough for the Police." "I'll get her the best lawyer in town." "We can't let her down." "I'll help." "Well I will, too." "Don't worry." "I'll take care of everything." "I'd like to speak to Mr Crane." "Oh, I see." "Well will he return, please?" "Alright, thank you." "Goodbye." "Mr Crane will be back this evening." "He'll help us, I'm sure." "Then I saw Steve Carson, like you told me, Mark." "You know, he controls a lot of votes." "That's why I thought you should see him." "What about Clements?" "He's with us, too." "He sends his best regards to you." "You feeling better, dear?" "Yes, thank you." "Haven't you been feeling well?" "─ Oh, it's nothing serious." "She's been having headaches since we left." "I've tried to get her to see a doctor, but she wouldn't." "I'll be alright, Clinton." "[ Buzzer ]" "Alright, alright." "I'm coming." "I'm Mrs Emmerson." "Edna Emmerson." "I'd like to see Mr Crane." "Is he expecting you, Mrs Emmerson?" "─ No." "We're old friends." "It's very important." "─ Oh." "Will you wait here please, and I'll tell him you're here." "I beg your pardon, Mr Crane." "There's a Mrs Emmerson wants to see you." "She says it's very important." "─ If you'll excuse me." "Hello, Edna." "I hope you'll forgive me for barging in like this, Clinton." "But I just had to talk to you." "─ Sit down, sit down." "Now, what's the matter?" "You are familiar with this Floyd Durant murder case?" "I couldn't miss it very well." "The papers have been full of it." "That's right." "He worked for you." "And so does the girl who's accused of killing him." "You remember." "She modelled that coat for Mrs Crane." "Oh, yes." "She means a great deal to me and I want her to have every chance." "I'd feel much better if you were her lawyer." "I'll pay your fee no matter what it is." "─ Well .." "Pardon me, Clinton." "I couldn't help overhearing your conversation." "Good evening, Mrs Emmerson." "Naturally, I don't want to tell you what to do, dear." "But .." "With the election coming .." "But the girl's innocent, Mrs Crane." "Your husband is just the man to defend her." "Well, I appreciate your confidence in me, Edna." "But .." "Clinton, I think it's unwise for you to accept a criminal case at this time." "Don't you?" "─ I guess you're right again, Gina." "Maybe I am too busy to take a case at this time." "It isn't as though we're not sympathetic towards the girl." "I'm sure you can find another lawyer." "Could you recommend a good man, Clinton?" "Well .." "Yes, I think I can." "Who, me?" "Now look, Clinton." "You know I couldn't possibly take a case at this time." "It's a great opportunity for you, Mark." "With all the publicity you'd get, you'd be more valuable to me and to yourself." "Alright." "I'll take the case." "If Mrs Emmerson is willing to accept me as a substitute." "I have every confidence in Clinton's judgment." "Mrs Emmerson wanted me to see you." "I'm going to act as your lawyer." "That is, if you'll have me." "I believe that's been taken care of." "The public defender has been assigned to handle the case .." "Mr Watson." "I've already told him I'm taking over." "Well." "Maybe I should have consulted you first." "With all due respect to Mr Watson." "Like most public prosecutors, he's a very busy man." "With me, you'll be sort-of a special client." "I'm afraid you don't understand, Mr .." "─ Emery." "Mark Emery." "I can't afford to pay a lawyer." "Mrs Emmerson has already taken care of that." "I want you to give me a chance to defend you." "Now, you don't want me to have to give Mrs Emmerson her money back, do you?" "She's always been so kind to me." "And for no particular reason, except that she liked me." "Well, I can understand that." "I think it's a very good reason." "Well, now that you've accepted me as your lawyer." "I want you to tell me everything, exactly as it happened." "There is nothing I can tell that I haven't already told the Police." "This woman you talked of, the mystery woman." "Do you have any idea who she might be?" "─ No." "Well, I guess I'll have to dust off my junior G-Man badge and go to work." "We've got to find out who she is." "Well, at least you didn't ask me if I really saw her." "I want to thank you, Mr Emery." "And Mrs Emmerson, too." "You will tell her how very much I appreciate this?" "It's the first ray of hope I've had." "Say Mark, you're doing alright." "How many times in the last weeks do you think your picture's been in the paper?" "I've lost count." "If you could get an acquittal in this case, you'd be the biggest man in town." "I'd like to, for Barbara's sake." "Personally, I think she's guilty." "─ You're wrong, Clinton." "I invited Mark here for a nice, quiet evening." "Not to argue his case." "I'm sorry." "It really was my fault." "─ We were only talking, dear." "Go on." "What were you about to say?" "There is a mystery woman." "There were probably lots of mystery women in this Floyd Durant's life." "Not like this one." "I've already spent more than half my fee for investigation." "You've been holding back on us, eh Mark?" "─ No." "I haven't too much to work on." "But I know this woman was mixed up in a blackmail deal with Durant in Milwaukee." "My investigators got that much from the local police." "Did you get a description of the woman?" "─ Yes, from her landlady." "She was about five foot four, blue eyes." "Very attractive." "─ Well, I feel like Gina." "She wasn't the only woman in Durant's life." "We're not trying to discourage you." "But it does seem a bit far-fetched that these two should get together after .." "Well, it must have been quite a few years." "No." "He meant a lot to her." "If she knew where he was, she'd follow him." "Or so she said in a letter to Durant that I managed to get hold of." "You are just grasping for straws, Mark." "No, I'm not." "We can crack this case if only I can track down Jenny Hadley." "Jenny Hadley?" "Yes." "She's the mystery woman." "Oh." ""Could Mark know I'm Jenny?"" ""No, he couldn't."" ""He'll never find out I was in Floyd's apartment."" ""I didn't leave any clues behind."" ""I burnt the picture."" ""Threw the ashes down the drain."" ""They'll never guess that I'm Jenny Hadley." "Never."" ""Mark can't trace Floyd's murder to me." "I was too smart"" ""Yes, that's it." "I was too smart."" "Mrs Clinton Crane is here to see you." "Well, have her come in." "If you please, Mrs Crane." "Well, this is an unexpected pleasure." "I hope I'm not interrupting anything." "─ Not at all, Gina." "Sit down." "I can only stay a moment." "I left the house without any money." "It's a legal holiday, the banks are closed and Clinton isn't in his office." "Take your pick." "I'll take the one with the picture f Andrew Jackson on it." "Sure you don't want another to keep Jackson company?" "No thanks." "I'm just going to a luncheon." "Twenty dollars for lunch?" "Two cups of coffee." "I read in the paper the Barbara Arnold case goes to trial in a couple of weeks." "That's right." "Have you found out any ore about this .." "Jenny?" "Not as much as I want." "However, I have a couple of leads which might pan out." "Clinton still thinks you're wasting your time with this mystery woman of yours." "What do you think, Gina?" "Well, I'm inclined to agree with Clinton." "Well, maybe you're a little prejudiced." "Maybe." "Well, I must be running along." "Thanks for the loan." "Not at all." "Tell Clinton I'll drop over first chance I get." "If he doesn't try to frame my defense for me." "Goodbye, Mark." "─ I'll see you to the elevator." "Are you Mister Emery?" "─ Yes." "Well, I have an apartment down the hall from where Floyd Durant lived." "I'd .." "I'd like to talk to you." "Of course." "You'll excuse me?" "─ Certainly." "Come right in." ""He didn't recognize me."" ""If he did, he'd have said something."" ""I'll run away."" ""That would only arouse suspicion." "Your mind is just playing tricks."" ""They can't find Jenny." "She's as dead as Floyd."" "Mark must be very busy." "Haven't seen him in over a week." "Did you pay him the twenty I borrowed?" "─ Of course." "A fine place to put the mail." "Must have been there for days." "I'll speak to Nora about it." "Here's one for you, dear." "It's from the Sheriff's office." "What have you been up to, dear?" "Sheriff's office?" "Let me see it." "Oh, it's for jury duty." "I didn't know you were in line for it." "When were you interviewed by the jury commission?" "Some weeks ago." "Clinton, you can get me out of this, can't you?" "Why?" "Well, I've so many things to do." "Well Gina, I'm surprised." "It's your duty to serve." "Here, let me see that again." "Judge Benson's court." "Must be the Arnold case." "But I know Mark so well." "It wouldn't be right for me to .." "Well, I'm sure that wouldn't influence your decision." "You'd vote according to your convictions, regardless of Mark." "And it's great publicity for me." "Say, you're due in court today, in half an hour." "Please, Clinton." "There will be photographers." "We'll get write-ups." ""Wife of future governor takes duty as citizen seriously."" "Don't you understand?" "It might do us a lot of good." "Yes." "It might at that." "I'll drive you down to court myself." "You get your things." "I'll get the car." "Walter Barden." "Go into the jury box, please." "Miss Nellie Carter." "Go to the jury box, please." "Mrs Gina Crane." "Mrs Gina Crane." "Mrs Gina Crane, please." "─ Here she is." "Have her go to .. oh." "Go to the jury box, please Mrs Crane." "I thought I recognized her." "She was in the shop not so long ago." "Tell me, Mr Barden." "Have you an opinion as to Miss Arnold's guilt or innocence?" "Well .. not exactly." "What do you mean, "not exactly"." "You said you were unbiased." "Well." "You just can't help having some idea." "I challenge juror Barden for cause." "Juror Barden may be excused." "If you are selected as a juror, can you truthfully say you would be unbiased?" "Yes." "Mrs Crane, did you ever meet the defendant?" "Yes." "I bought a coat a Emmerson's Fur Shop." "She worked there." "Would this acquaintance influence your verdict in any way?" "Of course not." "Have you any qualms about capital punishment .." "If a woman is found guilty of murder?" "No." "Mrs Crane." "Did you by chance ever know Floyd Durant?" "No." "Well." "If you remember seeing Miss Arnold." "Surely you must remember him too?" "I do, but I never knew him." "Mrs Crane will be a satisfactory juror so far as I'm concerned." "Mr Emery, you may question Mrs Crane." "I have no questions to ask, Mrs Crane." "The court is now in session." "You swear the evidence you give is the truth, the whole truth, so help you, God?" "I do." "Mr Neal, you are a fingerprint expert?" "─ Yes, sir." "Are you positive the fingerprints on the paper knife were made by the defendant?" "Yes, sir." "Will you show the court how the knife must have been held to form those prints." "Sure." "He must have held it like this." "I told him not to see Barbara, but he wouldn't listen to me." "I understand he was quite a salesman, Mrs Emmerson." "Yes, he was." "Did he ever cause you any anxiety besides his attentions to Miss Arnold?" "Some." "But nothing too important." "And you told Barbara he wasn't the type of man she should consider marrying." "No." "I was afraid to." "Sometimes, women marry men just to reform them." "Can you tell me if Durant ever mentioned a woman by the name of "Jenny Hadley"?" "Not so far as I know." "I never heard of her." "Thank you." "Yes, Miss Arnold was a frequent visitor of Mr Durant's." "Can you truthfully say that she was there the night of the murder?" "Yes." "I saw her come out of the elevator." "She was crying." "About what time was that, Mrs Lambert?" "It was exactly 8:30." "I had just locked the hall windows for the night." "It's a company rule and they are very particular about it." "I remember the time." "As I was in a hurry to my office to listen to a murder mystery on the radio." "Ah .." "I see." "I never crossed the court from where Mr Durant got himself bumped .." "Where he was killed." "How much space separates the two buildings, Miss Woods?" "Oh, about five feet." "No." "I guess it's closer to four." "I could see in to his apartment if the window shades were up." "And they were up that night, Miss Woods?" "─ Oh, yes sir." "And what did you see?" "Well .. when I first peeked over .." "She, Miss Arnold." "And that thrill boy, Mr Durant, were talking." "She had a paper knife in her hand." "Could this be the one you saw?" "It could be." "I object, Your Honor." "Miss Woods answer is too vague to be entered as testimony." "But we know Miss Arnold held the paper knife." "And we also know it was the death instrument." "Objection overruled." "After you saw Barbara Arnold menacingly hold this knife .. then what happened?" "I went back to the telephone." "And when I came back to the window, they were really telling each other off." "Can you recall any of this heated conversation between them?" "Oh sure." "She called him contemptible." "She really worked herself up into a lather." "Then she said "I hate you"." "Then she slapped him." "Then, Floyd told her to get out." "Then .." "─ Then?" "Then what?" "The telephone rang again." "Ah." "And when you got back to the window?" "Oh, I didn't go back to the window." "Got myself a date and went out." "Had a nice time, too." "That Blue Bird is some joint." "You ever see the floor-show ..?" "I know." "That will be all Miss Woods." "Thank you very much." "Mr Fred Marlow." "Take the stand please." "You swear the evidence you give is the truth, the whole truth, so help you, God?" "I do." "You're sure you saw a woman come out of the apartment the night of the murder?" "Yes." "But I'm positive it wasn't Miss Arnold." "No." "I've seen her too often to be mistaken about that." "Could you identify her if you saw her?" "I think so." "Can you give a description of the woman, who undoubtedly murdered Floyd Durant?" "Yes." "She was about five four." "Had dark hair." "Pretty .. nicely built." "She reminds me of somebody I've seen before but I just can't remember who." "Thank you." "Your witness." "Isn't it a fact Mr Marlow, that you are very near-sighted?" "Yes, sir." "─ Do you have two pair of glasses?" "No." "Just this one pair." "May I see, please?" "─ Oh, certainly." "Thank you very much." "Now Mr Marlow, I want you to look around the courtroom." "And point out to me a woman who looks something like this mystery woman .." "You say you saw coming out of Durant's apartment on the night of the murder." "Oh come, come now, Mr Marlow." "Please, be specific." "Did she wear a hat?" "What color?" "Was she tall, blond, brunette?" "Was she fat, short or what ..?" "Come now Mr Marlow, just point to anyone who looks a bit like your mystery woman." "There." "Right over there." "Now, wait to put these on, until I reach the person to whom you are pointing." "Will, you please?" "─ Yes. ─ Thank you." "Is this the person you mean, Mr Marlow?" "Yes, yes, yes." "Put on your glasses Mr Marlow, please." "Gee, I .." "I guess I do need glasses, don't I." "You certainly do." "As a matter of fact." "Your glasses were being repaired at your opticians on the night of the murder." "Isn't that a fact?" "─ Yes." "I'd forgotten." "Thank you Mr Marlow, that will be all." "Oh, I'm sorry Mr Marlow." "─ Oh." "Thank you." "I didn't kill him." "I didn't kill him, I tell you." "You were there at his apartment the night he was murdered." "By coincidence, you were seen to hold the weapon that was found in his dead body." "Were you in love with him?" "I .." "I thought I was." "And you too, saw this mystery woman go in after you left?" "Yes." "I'd just stepped into the elevator, when I saw a woman go to Floyd's apartment." "The elevator doors closed so quickly." "I didn't get a chance to see what she looked like." "You've got to believe me, Mr Flanagan." "It doesn't make much difference what I believe, Miss Arnold." "It's what the jury believes." "Isn't it strange .." "That when a woman in love sees another go into her sweetheart's apartment .." "She isn't even curious enough to see who it is?" "Why didn't you go and see who it was?" "─ I didn't care." "I never wanted to see him again." "You made certain of that." "─ I object, Your Honor." "Objection overruled." "I didn't do it." "Someone must believe me." "Someone must believe me!" "You can use one a picture of Gina Crane." "She's been made foreman of the jury." "Frankly I'm confused." "I've heard so many stories, I don't know what to believe." "But I don't think Barbara is guilty." "Don't tell me you fell for that "mystery woman" guff?" "From the evidence I've heard, and I've listened to most of it." "I'd say there is such a dame." "Probably lots of them." "I can't see why any girl would kill a cutie-pie like Floyd, without a reason." "There is plenty of reasons." "He was a chiseler." "Can't we get back to Barbara?" "After all, the question is, are we going to judge her guilty or innocent?" "I don't think we can honestly convict her on the evidence presented." "Evidence that's only circumstantial." "Miss Norman, surely you've not forgotten her fingerprints are on the knife?" "I'm certain the mystery woman didn't put them there." "And the babe next door saw the knife in Barbara's hand." "Thank you .." "I was just about to remind Miss Norman of that." "The motive was clear." "It was brought out in many different ways during the trial." "Barbara expected Floyd to marry her." "And when he told her his intentions were not serious." "Well, she even admitted on the stand that he ordered her out." "She killed him." "It was cold-blooded murder." "─ Well tell me, Mrs Crane." "If Barbara was guilty, why did she wait until the next morning to run away?" "Yeah .. if I had killed a guy," "I couldn't get out of town fast enough." "She evidently figured she had nothing to fear." "At that time she didn't know she'd left her fingerprints on the knife." "Say, you talk like a lawyer." "I guess I get that from my husband, Mr McNee." "I'm the last person in the world to want to see an innocent person convicted." "But I am convinced of Barbara Arnold's guilt." "I'd stake my own life on it." "That's good enough for me." "─ Well, I'm convinced." "Let's take a vote." "I want to go home." "My wife is going to have a baby and .." "Well, I've never been home yet when she's had a baby." "There is one for acquittal." "─ I'm the one who held out." "Say, we all can't be wrong." "I don't believe in capital punishment." "Well, this is a fine time to make up your mind." "But you said on the stand you had no qualms about capital punishment." "Say, that's perjury or something." "Well, I meant it when I said it on the stand, but .." "Then I got to thinking it over and .." "Well, I just couldn't." "And she seemed so sure about that mystery woman." "She didn't give Floyd Durant a chance to think it over." "You know she's guilty." "There was no mystery woman." "That was completely disproved." "Mrs Crane." "Your husband thought you might need this." "Thank you." "There is no news on the Barbara Arnold case." "Except that the jurors have been unable to reach a decision." "What do you want?" "Give the dame a medal for bumping him off?" "You are being very unreasonable, Miss Norman." "Really you are." "You are just being stubborn." "That's what." "Barbara Arnold is guilty of murder, Miss Norman." "I think we should let the law take its course." "Let's take another vote." "We are in accord, ladies and gentlemen." "─ Good. ─ Swell." "You'll have to fill this out, Mrs Crane." "You see, you give the official verdict in writing to the clerk." "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury." "Have you reached a verdict?" "Yes, Your Honor." "We have." "We find the defendant .." "No, no, Mrs Crane." "Hand the verdict to the clerk." "You put it in your coat pocket, Mrs Crane." "Well, read the verdict." "There is .. there is some mistake, Your Honor." "Will you please read the verdict." "But Your Honor, this isn't .." "─ Read it!" "Yes, Your Honor." ""Dear Mrs Crane, when you threatened to kill me, Jenny .."" ""You forgot about that blackmail picture you posed for in Milwaukee."" ""I'll be home at eight tonight." "Be here."" ""If you're not, the next time I telephone, I'll talk to your husband."" ""Floyd."" "Order in the court." "Order .. order!" "Order, or I'll clear the court." "The verdict was guilty." "T-G"