Illegal Page #12

Synopsis: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks "the last mile" to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution but is too late. Humbled by his grievous misjudgement, Scott resigns as a prosecutor. Entering private practice, he employs the same cunning that made his reputation and draws the attention of mob kingpin, Frank Garland. The mobster succeeds in bribing Scott into representing one of his stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. But soon Scott finds himself embroiled in dirty mob politics. The situation becomes intolerable when his former protege in the D.A.'s office is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob. Can Victor defend the woman he secretly loves and also keep his life?
Director(s): Lewis Allen
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.0
APPROVED
Year:
1955
88 min
213 Views


01:
06:43,916 -- 01:06:45,577

And what harm has it done?

1012

01:
06:45,651 -- 01:06:47,585

If it hadn't been me,

they'd have found somebody else.

1013

01:
06:47,653 -- 01:06:49,450

You can't stop them. Nobody can.

1014

01:
06:49,522 -- 01:06:52,423

So you might as well climb on for the ride.

1015

01:
06:52,658 -- 01:06:54,489

Your precious friend Victor Scott did it.

1016

01:
06:54,560 -- 01:06:56,084

Why do you look down your nose at me?

1017

01:
06:56,162 -- 01:06:59,393

At least Victor Scott's not on

the public payroll.

1018

01:
07:03,836 -- 01:07:05,531

Ellen, look at me.

1019

01:
07:06,405 -- 01:07:09,465

Look at me and tell me I come first,

ahead of everything.

1020

01:
07:09,542 -- 01:07:11,703

Have I ever said you didn't?

1021

01:
07:12,244 -- 01:07:14,906

Prove to me you can keep

that pretty little mouth shut.

1022

01:
07:14,980 -- 01:07:16,811

How could I prove it?

1023

01:
07:18,818 -- 01:07:20,877

That's just it. You can't.

1024

01:
07:23,055 -- 01:07:27,924

Too bad we didn't get married years ago,

before you got DA written all over you.

1025

01:
07:28,761 -- 01:07:30,456

Now it's too late.

1026

01:
07:47,246 -- 01:07:50,044

Don't come any closer, Ray.

Don't come any closer!

1027

01:
07:50,116 -- 01:07:52,607

Please, Ray, don't come any closer!

1028

01:
08:11,303 -- 01:08:13,635

You may come in now, Mr. Scott.

1029

01:
08:13,706 -- 01:08:15,037

Thank you.

1030

01:
08:16,442 -- 01:08:18,808

Victor, what are you doing here?

1031

01:
08:18,878 -- 01:08:20,812

Why didn't you tell me?

1032

01:
08:22,081 -- 01:08:23,981

I'll only be a minute.

1033

01:
08:28,187 -- 01:08:29,916

She in your pay, too?

1034

01:
08:29,989 -- 01:08:31,217

She told me it was my lawyer.

1035

01:
08:31,290 -- 01:08:34,123

My lawyer's name is Fraser, not Scott.

1036

01:
08:34,493 -- 01:08:36,324

Well, it's Scott now.

1037

01:
08:36,428 -- 01:08:38,896

Fraser welcomed me with open arms.

1038

01:
08:38,964 -- 01:08:41,797

You can't represent me

without my consent.

1039

01:
08:42,201 -- 01:08:44,431

Besides, I don't need Victor Scott.

1040

01:
08:44,503 -- 01:08:47,836

I'm guilty of nothing,

except defending myself.

1041

01:
08:47,907 -- 01:08:49,704

Was Ed Clary guilty?

1042

01:
08:53,579 -- 01:08:55,672

They haven't even charged you.

1043

01:
08:55,748 -- 01:08:58,842

You're a lawyer.

Doesn't that mean something to you?

1044

01:
08:58,918 -- 01:09:00,909

It means they're doubtful about

whether to charge me at all.

1045

01:
09:00,986 -- 01:09:02,214

Hardly.

1046

01:
09:02,721 -- 01:09:06,817

They're arguing whether to make it

first or second-degree murder.

1047

01:
09:08,394 -- 01:09:10,988

- No, I don't believe it.

- You'd better.

1048

01:
09:11,063 -- 01:09:13,497

You may be fighting for your life.

1049

01:
09:15,935 -- 01:09:17,732

Ellen, listen to me.

1050

01:
09:18,270 -- 01:09:20,932

Ray's dead. You shot him.

There was no witness.

1051

01:
09:21,006 -- 01:09:24,703

It could have been a family row.

It could have been jealousy.

1052

01:
09:24,777 -- 01:09:27,507

You could have been considering it

for a long time.

1053

01:
09:27,580 -- 01:09:29,104

It could be first-degree.

1054

01:
09:29,181 -- 01:09:31,206

But it wasn't. It wasn't!

1055

01:
09:31,383 -- 01:09:32,816

Yes, I know.

1056

01:
09:33,419 -- 01:09:35,944

I know Ray Borden was the pipeline.

1057

01:
09:37,489 -- 01:09:40,856

Then I suppose it was you

on the other end of the phone.

1058

01:
09:40,926 -- 01:09:44,418

Now, don't make me feel any guiltier

than I already do.

1059

01:
09:49,635 -- 01:09:53,071

Ellen, we were together a long time.

1060

01:
09:53,606 -- 01:09:56,268

That's as far as it went,

because I think we both knew

1061

01:
09:56,342 -- 01:09:58,469

I was the wrong man for you.

1062

01:
09:59,211 -- 01:10:02,180

But now, and only for now,

I'm the right one.

1063

01:
10:03,515 -- 01:10:05,574

I can get you out of this.

1064

01:
10:06,385 -- 01:10:10,048

And I may be the only one who can.

You've got to believe that.

1065

01:
10:11,090 -- 01:10:12,352

Oh, Ray!

1066

01:
10:13,492 -- 01:10:18,088

I feel so alone, so undecided

about everything, so helpless.

1067

01:
10:19,398 -- 01:10:21,093

Courts and trials,

1068

01:
10:21,901 -- 01:10:24,062

they all seem so frightening

1069

01:
10:24,837 -- 01:10:27,101

when you're on the other side.

1070

01:
10:27,806 -- 01:10:30,832

I should have taken

better care of you, Ellen.

1071

01:
10:39,485 -- 01:10:41,009

Just trust me.

1072

01:
10:48,294 -- 01:10:50,785

Well, Mr. Scott,

you've been told I'm very busy.

1073

01:
10:50,863 -- 01:10:53,730

The police say you intend to resist

this writ of habeas corpus.

1074

01:
10:53,799 -- 01:10:55,562

Yes, they checked with me.

1075

01:
10:55,634 -- 01:10:57,625

It was procured irregularly.

1076

01:
10:57,703 -- 01:10:59,671

We're getting tired of your methods,

Mr. Scott.

1077

01:
10:59,738 -- 01:11:01,933

It was not procured irregularly,

1078

01:
11:02,007 -- 01:11:04,202

and it's signed by Judge Wick

of the superior court.

1079

01:
11:04,276 -- 01:11:05,937

Yes, yes, I know.

1080

01:
11:06,578 -- 01:11:09,945

I don't believe Judge Wick

can be corrupted, even by you.

1081

01:
11:10,015 -- 01:11:12,108

Well, thank you for that concession.

1082

01:
11:12,184 -- 01:11:15,051

You knew we were here,

but you made sure we had no opportunity

1083

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11:15,120 -- 01:11:16,678

to oppose the issuance of this writ.

1084

01:
11:16,755 -- 01:11:19,883

Well, there it is,

duly signed and legally procured.

1085

01:
11:19,959 -- 01:11:21,893

You will release the prisoner

or charge her.

1086

01:
11:21,961 -- 01:11:24,486

Ellen Borden will be charged today.

1087

01:
11:24,863 -- 01:11:26,592

Then I'll arrange for bail.

1088

01:
11:26,665 -- 01:11:28,929

Mr. Scott, there'll be no bail.

1089

01:
11:29,001 -- 01:11:31,970

She's being charged with

first-degree murder.

1090

01:
11:33,305 -- 01:11:35,239

You'll never get an indictment.

1091

01:
11:35,307 -- 01:11:37,172

That's for the grand jury to decide.

1092

01:
11:37,242 -- 01:11:39,608

The case puzzled me for a while.

1093

01:
11:40,379 -- 01:11:41,903

But no longer.

1094

01:
11:43,082 -- 01:11:45,346

The motive is quite clear now.

1095

01:
11:49,688 -- 01:11:52,020

And now, if you'll excuse me...

1096

01:
12:00,599 -- 01:12:01,657

(DOOR CLOSES)

1097

01:
12:01,734 -- 01:12:04,464

- Get Mr. Graves on the phone.

- WOMAN. Yes, sir.

1098

01:
12:06,705 -- 01:12:09,265

No, George. Scott just left my office.

1099

01:
12:09,608 -- 01:12:11,633

From now on, he is to be considered

a material witness

1100

01:
12:11,710 -- 01:12:13,439

and watched around the clock.

1101

01:
12:13,512 -- 01:12:15,912

I expect a full report of all his movements.

1102

01:
12:31,864 -- 01:12:33,525

Hello, Mr. Scott.

1103

01:
12:35,167 -- 01:12:36,293

Andy.

1104

01:
12:36,802 -- 01:12:37,791

What are you doing here?

1105

01:
12:37,870 -- 01:12:40,805

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