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If the automobile is no wish to start,

I can't go into market and get my vegetables.

I can't deliver them,

And, Johnny, I'm going to starve, I'm sure.

I'm supposed to be a lawyer,

not a mechanic anymore,

Which is probably my mistake.

Anyway, I'm coming right down.

We'll take a look at the

menace to the traffic.

Come along, padre.

If she won't listen to legal arguments,

We may have to try prayer.

There we are. I think that'll do it.

Get behind the wheel,

padre. We'll wind her up.

All right, Juanito.

Give her the gas, padre.

Ibueno!

There we are.

We certainly won that case, didn't we?

Thank you too much, Johnny.

You know, Johnny,

This automobile, she and we,

We got many years.

Someday, she don't start at all,

And Manuel stop.

You know, I think I die.

Huh, considering my clients,

I hope my law business runs

as long as this truck does.

Yay!

Well, good night, Carlos.

Good night, miss Elwell, Mr. Manville.

I hope you had a pleasant evening.

I did if I feel as well

in the morning as I do now.

Shall I say whoopee?

You did yourself proud, Carlos.

Gracias, seor.

We'll see you soon, won't we?

Hmm.

And how's your health, sweet lady?

I feel glorious. Having fun.

We do manage to have a lot

of laughs together, don't we?

Don't we just? Whoo! Cactus.

You know, I've suddenly become

Quite sentimental about you.

That's the first symptom

of a very bad hangover,

No. This is not Mexican wine talking.

I really mean it.

Let's us get married, Dale.

Brook, darling, I made up my mind

Never to marry anybody

At half past 3:
00 in the morning

On the sidewalk of a Mexican street.

Oh, now, come on. Let's talk

this over calmly and reasonably.

Refuse to argue with you.

You're too good a lawyer.

Why shouldn't you marry me?

Now I'll ask one. Why should I?

There's every reason in the world you should.

I'm a very admirable fella.

Who speaks very well of himself.

Pull in your ears, my lad.

We're off to the races.

Look out!

Oh. Oh.

Miss Dale Elwell, huh?

Si.

And you say you were

coming from the market, eh?

Si, Johnny, I just going on work.

Just going on to work? I see.

Oh, Johnny, what I going

to do? My poor automobile.

First, I'm going to have

a doctor look at you.

No. It don't make no

difference about me, Johnny.

You remember I told you-

Automobile won't go, old Manuel won't go.

Don't you worry. I'll

see that you get justice.

Si. Johnny, and you think

You are going make them fix it real good?

If I can't, I've wasted

five years studying law.

Gracias. Gracias al cielo.

Mrs. Ramirez, your favorite son

Is going to court today

To fight his first real case and win it.

Be careful, Juanito. They are very rich.

They'll be poorer by the price of a truck

Before I'm through with them.

It's my first chance, mamacita,

To show what I can do,

and boy, will I show them!

You going to make them fix it pretty good?

Fix nothing. We're going

to get you a new one.

Oh, I don't know.

That old automobile, she's pretty good.

You just wait, compadre.

If I don't win today,

You got the rottenest lawyer in town.

No.

I got the best lawyer in the whole world-

Even Mexico City.

And what kind of fur coat

Was it you wanted, Mrs. Ramirez?

Don't you never mind about fur coat.

It is too hot to think about even.

porque no tienes, porque le falta

Manuel.

Si?

How can I win this case without you? Come on.

I going, too. Adios.

Adios.

Please, holy mother,

Make it for my Juanito to win his case.

Many times I ask you to help him,

But this time, it would break his heart.

Help him, blessed Mary.

I don't want a fur coat.

I only want him to win.

Your honor.

After telling the plain

facts about this case,

I feel it is my duty,

Not only to my client,

But to the court,

To make just one more point.

I found out that the defendant

Carried no insurance on her machine.

She's had so many accidents

That no insurance company

will accept her as a risk.

I object, your honor.

Objection sustained.

What? Can't I-

Mr. Ramirez, former charges

against the defendant,

However well-Founded,

Can form no part of the present hearing.

Proceed, please.

O.K., your honor.

Then I'll move on to another point.

It is almost sure that at

the time of this accident,

The defendant had been drinking-

Was kind of drunk.

I object.

The allegation so presumptuously advanced

By my, uh, learned opponent,

Is no part of the complaint.

What is more, there are

no witnesses to testify

To the condition of my client.

Objection sustained.

But, your honor, I'm only trying to prove-

The court realizes what

counsel is trying to do.

The counsel should realize that

This court is not a law school

And that he should not come before it

Without proper preparation of his case.

How can I present my case

when he keeps on objecting?

I object.

Is that your way of being a lawyer-

Squawking "I object" like a parrot?

I object, if your honor please.

Counsel's remarks about my failings

Are incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial.

Objection sustained.

Don't you want to hear the truth?

Don't you want to see justice done?

This poor old man's truck

was wrecked by a drunk driver.

His living has been taken

away by a spoiled dame

Who thinks she can get away with murder

Because her old man's rich.

What's more important to this court-

A lot of legal technicalities or the truth?

This court is interested in the truth,

But allow me to point out, sir,

That you, in failing to

prepare your case properly,

Have failed in your duty to your client.

Not only that, but you have

been in contempt of court,

For which I fine you the sum of 50-

No, I'd better make it $25.

I haven't got $25.

I'd like to recommend, your honor,

That the fine be suspended.

Fine suspended on recommendation

of the attorney for the defense,

And the court dismisses the case before it

Because of insufficient evidence.

Court is adjourned.

Well, that's that. You're a free woman again,

And you can thank your

lucky stars for a good lawyer

And a bad one.

J:

- Johnny, you didn't make them fix my automobile.

Why-Why, Johnny?

What do you want?

Well, perhaps you won't believe it,

But I'd like to help your

client get his truck fixed.

We don't want your pity.

Oh, that's not it.

You convinced me, even

if the judge was stubborn,

So please let me.

Aw, please.

Well, that's swell of you to-

After I couldn't make you do it.

O.K.

Don't be a fool, Dale!

By giving him money,

you admit responsibility,

And he can still bring criminal charges.

Would you?

Of course not.

Promise?

I promise.

Nonsense. As your attorney, I forbid it.

It's the same as an admission of guilt!

But he won't bring charges.

Well, that's what you think.

But he just promised.

What good is a promise from a cheap shyster?

He'll be blackmailing you-

Brook!

No. No, no, Juanito.

No pelees. No pelees, Johnny.

All right, Ramirez.

But this is the last time

you'll appear in court

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