Illegal Page #2

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


we can print about you, Mr. Scott.

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For instance,

I understand that you practically

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brought up Ellen Miles

after her father died.

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Even sent her through law school

and gave her a job in your office.

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Now look, her father, Judge Miles,

gave me my start,

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and I gave his daughter hers.

They don't make you governor for that.

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If I run, I run on my public record

and I'm proud of it.

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Excuse me.

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Scott speaking.

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This is Borden. I'm at General Hospital.

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The Clary case has come apart

at the seams.

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What?

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Lmpossible.

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Well, I'll be right there, Ray.

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General Hospital. And use the siren.

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(SIREN BLARING)

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All right, give it to me fast.

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A guy by the name of Chavez,

has a record in four states.

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Robbery detail caught up with him

in an alley.

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He didn't stop shooting

till they put three bullets into him.

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Did you hear

this so-called confession yourself?

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Yes, it checked all the way.

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It proves that Clary

couldn't possibly have done it.

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Well, a man with three bullets in him

could be delirious, couldn't he?

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Sure. But Chavez sounded

mighty clearheaded to me.

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You can talk to the doctor.

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- What shape is he in, Doctor?

- No good.

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Here's his confession.

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He couldn't have possibly have known

those details unless he'd been there.

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Do I have to take this

as a deathbed testament, Doctor?

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Yes, he can't live until morning,

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and he knew it

when he made that statement.

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Listen carefully, emergency.

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Put me through to the death house

at the state prison. Fast.

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Long distance.

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Calling police emergency.

I want state prison.

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I'm not guilty, I want you to know that.

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- I swear it.

- Yes, yes. I know, I know.

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You don't believe me, do you?

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I didn't kill her.

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I loved her.

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State prison.

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WOMAN. Emergency. District Attorney

Scott wants the death house. Hurry.

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MAN:
It's through right away.

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Just a moment, Mr. Scott,

I have the prison.

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(PHONE RINGING)

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Hello.

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District Attorney Scott speaking.

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You must stop the Clary execution.

Stop it, you understand?

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(HEAVY DRONING)

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(STA TIC CRACKLING)

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MAN. Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott.

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Hello? Mr. Scott.

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Hello? Hello?

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Hello?

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Innocent man sent to death.

Ed Clary dies in chair!

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Read all about it!

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Paper! Get your papers!

Read all about it! Paper!

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MAN:
What do you read?

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Innocent man sent to death.

Ed Clary dies in chair!

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Read all about it!

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Here you are, Benson killer caught!

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- Hinkel, what's happening?

- Everything.

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You look like you've been crying.

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Of course not. I always get hay fever

when my boss resigns.

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- Resigns? He can't...

- Then you tell him.

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He's been in there all night.

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Don't knock or you won't get in.

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Hinkel told me you were resigning.

I don't believe her.

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You've looked at the morning papers,

haven't you?

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You've been listening to the radio.

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You should have called me last night.

I should have been with you.

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Nobody was with Ed Clary

when they turned that juice on him.

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Vic, nobody's blaming you.

Everybody knows you tried to stop it.

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Ed Clary doesn't know it.

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Oh, Vic.

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Don't talk like that, don't think like that.

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Anything you did, we all did.

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Ray collected the evidence.

I put it together.

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Yes, but I killed Ed Clary.

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You said yourself nobody else could've

gotten a conviction on that evidence.

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No one except me.

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Scott, Victor Scott,

the Napoleon of the courtroom.

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You only did your duty.

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You thought he was guilty,

you know you did.

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I thought they all were guilty.

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Were they?

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Try and answer that.

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Were they?

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Vic.

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Don't quit.

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Don't drink any more of this.

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(SIGHS)

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We'll just have to be more careful

next time, all of us.

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Careful? I can't be careful.

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When I walk into a courtroom,

I've gotta win. I've always had to win.

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