Here Comes Mr. Jordan Page #5

Well, actually,

small investors all over the country.

Small investors, eh? That's nice work.

Buy it back from them.

- Give them back every cent they paid for it.

- That'll take millions of dollars.

- Have I got it?

- Oh, really, sir.

- Have I?

- Many times that amount.

All right, let's do it.

Don't you feel

you ought to think this over first?

I've thought it over. And get this:

You and I are going to tangle plenty

from now on, if you don't watch your step.

So, don't try any funny business.

And stay out of my bathroom.

Get going, Mr. Abbott.

- It's practically a stampede.

- Hold it, Mr. Farnsworth.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

That's the man. Let's do it.

Mr. Farnsworth,

have you any further statement...

- to make on the Logan securities?

- Nothing now, gentlemen.

Mr. Farnsworth is late

for his board of directors meeting.

- That'll be a hot session.

- Please.

Good morning, Mr. Farnsworth.

- Good morning, Mr. Farnsworth.

- Good morning, Mr. Farnsworth.

Good morning, Mr. Farnsworth.

We'd better go

right into the board meeting, sir.

All right, Mr. Farnsworth.

Bruce.

- Yeah?

- Do you realize what you've done?

- Oh, you mean the Logan business?

- What's come over you?

Well, he was innocent, wasn't he?

So, you had to go

and confess your sins publicly?

'Cause that's what people

will read between the lines.

You had to go and make a clean breast

of everything before the whole world.

- Well, it seemed like the simple way.

- Not simple, insane.

You are head of Farnsworth Limited.

If you have private sins,

don't make amends in a way...

that brings suspicion on this company

and every member of this board...

and that's what you have done.

Look, by this one idiotic gesture of yours...

the panic is on in Farnsworth Limited.

The stock has gone down

20 points overnight.

- Look, look.

- Wait.

They can't do this to me.

They can't brush me off

and give Murdock the nod.

- What? What is it?

- Nothing. Leave me alone.

They can't do this to me. This is my fight.

- Mr. Jordan. Mr. Jordan, where are you?

- Here I am, Joe.

How do you do, Mr. Pendleton?

Mr. Jordan, you're just the man I needed.

Look at this.

- I told you I'd be here if you needed me.

- And I need you plenty.

They're trying to dish me out of the title.

Murdock has got to fight me first.

After that, the winner gets a crack at Gilbert.

This is what comes of fooling around

with this temporary Farnsworth business.

Look at the spot I'm in now.

You're in no spot whatsoever,

Mr. Pendleton.

Why don't you keep out of this?

- Oh, indeed?

- Yes, indeed.

I know perfectly well

that you were to have another body.

- And what have you done about it?

- Just scoured the world for it, that's all.

Worn myself to the bone, that's all.

And I may say, I've found it.

- Now, what do you think of that?

- You...

- What have you found?

- A superb specimen.

A strapping fellow in Australia

who'll soon be available.

A motor accident.

- What's his weight?

- 192 pounds.

- That's good. What's his reach?

- 78 inches.

Not bad. Waist, chest, and forearm?

Great heavens,

what difference does that make?

He's got a waist and a chest and a forearm.

What more do you want?

I want to know, that's what I want.

While you're fumbling around,

the championship's getting away from me.

Well, it won't get very far.

We have found out...

that you are actually intended

to be the next World's Champion.

- Is that a fact?

- Yes, Joe.

- How do you know?

- Nothing can prevent it.

I knew it. I told you.

I told you nothing could stop me.

What are we waiting for?

Let's take a look at this Australian fellow.

- Whenever you're ready, Mr. Pendleton.

- I'm ready right now.

Look, Mr. Jordan,

I got this Logan business polished off.

- I did my part of the bargain, didn't I?

- Yes, you did, Joe.

- All right, come on, let's go.

- Just as you say.

Excuse me, sir,

I thought you were at the meeting.

No, I'm through with the meeting.

I'm through with all that.

- I'm getting out of here.

- Then you don't want to see Miss Logan?

- Who?

- Miss Logan. She's waiting.

Sure, sure. Send her in.

- Is this delay necessary, sir?

- And very interesting.

Hello, Miss Logan.

My father's home. Thank you.

Well, that's fine. That's fine.

Won't you sit down?

It was a wonderful thing you did.

Not only for my father, I mean,

to give that money back to all those people.

Well, as a matter of fact, that was about

the only thing to do, wasn't it?

I'm sorry I keep on staring at you like this.

That's okay. I'm doing a little staring myself.

I'm all mixed up.

When I went to see you, I expected so little.

I'd made up my mind about you

and I was terribly rude.

I always thought I'd be afraid of you.

But something happened.

You were so different.

Strangely enough,

when I was trying to hate you most...

I couldn't deny

there was something warm and friendly...

- even gentle, in the way you smiled.

- There was, eh?

In fact, I didn't come here

so much to thank you, as to...

Because I had to see you again.

Well, that's wonderful. That's wonderful.

You gotta sit down now.

- How long does this drivel go on?

- A little patience.

You know what I told my father this was?

A miracle.

A miracle? Why?

Well, that a man like Bruce Farnsworth...

could actually think the way

I was brought up to think about people.

That he could have a real feeling

for the happiness of others.

Well, that's as good a way to go through life

as any other, isn't it?

Yes, that's all I meant.

Except, when you find that in somebody,

it's a great discovery.

I guess that's why I keep staring.

I can't help it.

I suddenly feel so warm and alive

and happy.

It's something in your eyes

and what's behind them...

that I keep trying to see.

- That sounds silly, doesn't it?

- No.

- I must go.

- No, no, wait.

Great grief.

I know what you mean.

When you make a discovery like that,

it's pretty important, isn't it?

More important

than what two people look like...

- or who they are, or anything else.

- Of course.

And even if she was a...

Well, and he could be...

It wouldn't make any difference

what he was.

- The other thing is all that matters.

- That's how it ought to be.

Goodbye.

Wait.

- Will I see you again?

- Yes, of course.

Goodbye.

Thank goodness.

Mr. Pendleton,

your time may not be valuable...

Mr. Jordan, did you hear what she said?

She was looking at me. Joe.

She likes me. Me.

- Really, sir, we have to get moving.

- Yeah, you said she would.

- You said just give her time.

- Yes, I did. Ready, Joe?

What do you mean?

Oh.

- Yeah, that Australian guy.

- If you recall, yes.

- Well, wait a minute. I can't do that now.

- Why not?

Well, don't you see, Mr. Jordan?

She likes me the way I am.

If I go running off to Australia

and pull a switch...

just when I get her used to this Farnsworth,

I might lose her.

I don't wanna take a chance on that.

- Don't you see what I mean?

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