Approved | 1h 1min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 8 June 1939 (USA)
A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writers: David Silverstein, Gaye Newberry
Stars: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Mayo Methot
A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writers: David Silverstein, Gaye Newberry
Stars: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Mayo Methot
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00:00♪
00:13Hello there. Feeling any better?
00:15Oh, I'm feeling fine now, thank you.
00:17That's great.
00:20I thought they turned you loose an hour ago.
00:23The warden said I could say goodbye to the pass.
00:25Signed it himself.
00:26Okay, but take it easy.
00:29She's growing worse every day.
00:31Don't talk too much.
00:37Hello.
00:39I'm leaving.
00:40I'm so glad for you, Betty.
00:43They said you could use some sunshine.
00:45I'll be all right.
00:48I heard you could get out of here if you'd ask for a pardon.
00:50I'd rather finish it out here.
00:53Is it... is it because you've got no place to go?
00:56No.
00:57Because if it is, I could get a place for you.
00:59You could come with me.
01:00I could take care of you.
01:02I'd like that.
01:03That's very kind of you, Betty.
01:06You know, you... you'd make a good mother for me.
01:09You've been one to me ever since I came here.
01:12I like to hear you say that.
01:14You'd make a good daughter too, Betty.
01:18Betty, have you got a mother?
01:21Well, I never knew her.
01:22But I got a husband.
01:24He's waiting at home for me to come back.
01:26And if it's money you need, he'll dig up any price it takes.
01:28Thanks, Betty.
01:30But it's too late to help me.
01:32Isn't there something I can do for you?
01:33Just don't do anything that'll send you back here.
01:38Promise?
01:39I promise.
01:40Remember, I have faith in you.
01:45Oh, isn't there something I can do for you?
01:47Anybody you want me to see? Anything you want me to tell?
01:53Mary, there is something.
01:54What is it?
01:55Yes, you can do something.
01:58Reach under my pillow and get that envelope.
02:03I've lived very long, and...
02:05this is something I don't want to leave here.
02:09I trust you with them.
02:11They're pictures of my daughter.
02:16She was born in here.
02:25I never saw her after they took her away.
02:28I never had any of the things a mother looks forward to.
02:34I never saw her first pair of shoes.
02:38When she spoke her first word,
02:41someone else heard it.
02:43She never called me mother.
02:46She doesn't know I am her mother.
02:55Don't ever let her know.
03:12Special delivery letter for Miss Margaret Wilson.
03:14I'm Margaret Wilson.
03:16Sign here.
03:25Mother! Dad!
03:27What is it, Margaret?
03:29A letter from Robert.
03:31Nothing unusual about that.
03:33I've been getting four or five on every boat.
03:35This was special delivery.
03:37Why didn't you say so?
03:38What is the special news?
03:39Anything wrong?
03:40What's he say?
03:41Says he loves me.
03:42That's not news.
03:43What else did he say?
03:45These three years away from you have seemed a lifetime.
03:48He says that in every letter.
03:52This will be my last letter to you.
03:57Oh, listen.
03:58He's coming home.
04:00His boat arrived in New York yesterday.
04:03And his train gets in this afternoon at 2.30.
04:06Well, that's in less than an hour.
04:08Oh, I'll have to dress.
04:10Oh, Mother, will you ask him for dinner?
04:13And will you bake him a special pie?
04:15And, Dad, will you back the car up for me?
04:18You bet I will.
04:20And now comes the hardest part of our job.
04:23Oh, I think it's the grandest part.
04:25She's a very lucky girl to marry, Robert.
04:27She's a fine young doctor.
04:28And Margaret will be wanting that honeymoon abroad.
04:31Why not?
04:32She's dreamed of it for years.
04:34Yes, but that calls for a passport.
04:36What's so difficult about that?
04:38Well, she has to have a birth certificate.
04:42Then they'll have to know who her mother is.
04:44Yes.
04:45She'll have to know who her mother is.
04:47Then they'll have to know who her mother is.
04:49Yes, and where she was born.
04:51She must never know that.
04:54Don't you think we ought to tell Robert before they are married?
04:57Henry, don't you dare think of it.
04:59We've kept that a secret all her life.
05:01This is no time to tell it.
05:03Supposing her mother comes out of prison and wants to see her daughter?
05:05How can Mary Winters get out of prison?
05:07She's in there for life.
05:09They're trying to get her out now.
05:11How do you know?
05:13Henry, you're keeping something from me.
05:16Out with it? What is it?
05:18I had a long-distance phone call this morning
05:20from the prison warden.
05:22What about?
05:24He wants me to come up to the prison and see Mary Winters.
05:26He says if she isn't released soon,
05:28she can't live much longer.
05:30What are you going to do about it?
05:32I don't know. Told him I'd talk it over with you.
05:34PHONE RINGS
05:44Why, Robert?
05:46Where's Margaret? I want to surprise her.
05:48Upstairs.
05:50Who is it, Henry?
05:52Somebody asked you for Margaret.
06:00Margaret?
06:02Someone down here to see you.
06:04Who is it?
06:06Somebody wants to talk to you about young Dr. Benson.
06:08Tell him I'll be right down.
06:14Who is it?
06:20Just a young fellow from down the street.
06:22Why'd you bring him in?
06:24Hello.
06:28Robert.
06:32Darling, don't look now,
06:34but the person outside with Margaret
06:36is the gentleman she's going to marry.
06:38Robert?
06:40How on earth can that be?
06:42She was to meet him at the train.
06:44He just sprung a surprise on her.
06:46Let them alone a minute. We'll find out all about it.
06:48Mother, Dad, it's Robert.
06:50Robert, I'm so glad to see you.
06:53Ah, your mother Wilson.
06:55Tell me, how did you get here ahead of the train?
06:57Ah, the train wasn't fast enough for me.
06:59And then I got off the boat, I took a plane.
07:01I went over home and rushed over here.
07:03After three years,
07:05she looks better than ever.
07:07Now would be a good time for you to go down the store
07:09and get those potatoes.
07:11I brought them home this morning.
07:13Well, if you won't take a hint, come on out with me
07:15and help peel them.
07:19This surprise of yours made my heart do a flip-flop.
07:21It's beating like a threshing machine.
07:23Oh, that's a sign of heart trouble.
07:25You put us down.
07:27Look into this.
07:29How long has your heart been beating?
07:31Well, I first noticed it in my cradle
07:33more than twenty years ago.
07:35Has it ever stopped beating?
07:37Yes, once. About six years ago.
07:39The first time you asked me to dance.
07:41It was seven years ago.
07:43My first year out of medical school.
07:45That's right, Doctor.
07:47But it never beat this fast before.
07:49It is a new last name.
07:51Can I get that prescription filled at a drugstore
07:53by an apothecary?
07:55Oh, no. It has to be filled in a church by a minister.
07:57And then I prescribe a long trip.
07:59A honeymoon.
08:01Now I'll have to look after your case personally.
08:11Oh, boy, it feels good to be streamlined again.
08:14How do you like me, sweetheart?
08:16Come and get me.
08:22Wearing those prison duds for 18 months got me down.
08:24I was beginning to worry what he'd want me back.
08:26Honey, I've been counting the hours
08:28till you'd come back to me.
08:30Okay, that's all I wanted to hear.
08:32Now everything's perfect.
08:34Nothing gives a girl as much confidence as silk.
08:36You'll have plenty of silk and satins
08:38and furs and diamonds with our set up.
08:40I'm sure you'll have plenty.
08:42Set up?
08:44Yeah.
08:46While you've been away, I've been lining up a couple of sweet jobs.
08:48Ah, it's as easy as shooting fish.
08:50Yeah, the same kind of fish we didn't shoot on that last job.
08:52Well, we won't let that happen again.
08:54No, you're right. We won't.
08:56At least I won't. I'm all through with that business.
08:58Say, what's getting into you?
09:00You getting religion or something?
09:02No, I'm not getting religion, and I'm not kidding.
09:04We're all through grabbing at easy money.
09:06Just how do you figure we're going to get
09:08all them fancy clothes and soft living?
09:10What?
09:12Look, honey, what's happened to you?
09:14Have you gone soft?
09:16No, but I'm not going to do anything that's going to send me back
09:18to finish out that old term, nor start a new one.
09:20You'll get over that.
09:22Why, everybody's like this when they first come out.
09:24You're the best in the business.
09:26What you need is a little vacation.
09:28No, thanks.
09:30I just had a vacation.
09:32All right, sweetheart.
09:34I know you've been packed away in a can.
09:36Take your time. I won't rush you.
09:39You'll think that a little vacation with me is just what you need.
09:41You know, sort of a second honeymoon.
09:43Would you like that?
09:45Sure I would. Who wouldn't?
09:47Okay, sweetheart. It's all set.
09:49We'll pull out of here tonight
09:51and take a trip to Florida for a couple of weeks.
09:53Hey.
09:55What's this?
09:57Leave that alone. That doesn't belong to you. Give it to me.
09:59Wait a minute. Not so fast.
10:01What is this?
10:03I promised her I wouldn't let anybody see it.
10:05Yeah, nobody but me.
10:07Sit down here.
10:09Now tell me what this is and be quick about it.
10:11Come on out with it.
10:13It's none of your business.
10:15So you were going to pull a job without me and keep it all for yourself.
10:17And me here almost believe in your blow-off.
10:19Why, you dirty little double dealer.
10:21I got a good mind to knock your ears back.
10:23No, Harry. You got it all wrong. I wouldn't do that.
10:25You know it isn't true.
10:27I can't let you have it. It doesn't belong to you.
10:29Please give it to me.
10:31Get away from me. What is this stuff?
10:33It doesn't belong to me. I'm keeping it for somebody.
10:35No, Harry. You can't do that.
10:37I promised to take care of it.
10:39All right. Then tell me what it is.
10:41I got it from an old lady in prison.
10:43Who's the girl in these pictures?
10:45Her daughter.
10:47Where does she live?
10:49I don't know.
10:53I get it.
10:55It's a perfect set-up.
10:57Okay, sweetheart.
10:59This puts us back in business again.
11:01Listen, Harry.
11:03I'm in real trouble, so help me.
11:05If it's the last thing I ever do, I'll stuff you dead in your tracks.
11:07Wait a minute. Don't get so excited.
11:09What's this girl mean to you?
11:11Nothing. I never laid eyes on her.
11:13But her old lady meant everything to me.
11:15Whatever you do to that girl, you're doing to me.
11:17All right, sweetheart. Put your socks up.
11:19You know I'll do anything you want me to do.
11:21What do you say about that little vacation?
11:23You know, another honeymoon?
11:25Well, it would cost an awful lot of money.
11:27What of it?
11:29Well, there's something else I could use that money for.
11:32It's a lot more important.
11:34What could be more important?
11:36That girl's mother died up in prison, just as I was leaving.
11:38I promised to bury her.
11:40Bury her?
11:42Now, why do you want to go and do that for her?
11:44Let the state handle it.
11:46Not that old lady. Not the way they do it.
11:48$200 to bury her decent outside the walls.
11:50That's where she belongs.
11:52I never thought anybody could go this soft.
11:54Please, Harry.
11:56All right, honey, if that's the way you want it.
11:58We'll have to get busy now and pick up some easy dough.
12:00I told you that was out.
12:02You must be off your head thinking of working for money.
12:04It's either that way, Harry, or I go it alone.
12:06All right, sweetheart.
12:08You win if you're that set on it.
12:10It's going to be pretty tough for me to get a job in this town.
12:12My record's hot here.
12:14We don't have to stay in this town.
12:16We can go someplace else and start clean.
12:18That's something to think about.
12:20A place where nobody would know us.
12:22Why, it's a great idea.
12:24Say, we'd better get out of here now before anybody knows that you're back.
12:26Well, where will we go?
12:28I don't know.
12:30I haven't been here so often.
12:32That's easy.
12:34We don't have to go way too far for that.
12:36What do you say we just get in the car
12:38and start moving until we find just the right town?
12:40I knew I could count on you, Harry.
12:42I'll start packing.
12:58Harry!
13:00Harry!
13:02Oh.
13:04Hello, Betty. What is it?
13:06Oh, I've just had the most glorious time.
13:08Yeah? What are you doing?
13:10Nothing in particular. Just walking around the town.
13:12Oh, it feels good to be free again.
13:14Even the cop on the corner saluted me as if I was somebody.
13:16I hope we can get work.
13:18I'd like to stay here.
13:20Oh, certainly you can stay here, honey.
13:22I think I've got a job lined up that ought to pay us plenty.
13:24You mean work?
13:27I'm going to meet him now.
13:29I'll see you later.
13:31Good luck to you.
13:43I'm looking for Margaret Wilson.
13:45This is her home, isn't it?
13:47Yes, it is.
13:49Only she isn't in just now.
13:51Well, that's too bad.
13:53I have an important message for her.
13:55Is Mr. Wilson home?
13:57Yes.
13:59I think I'd better talk to him.
14:01Well, come in.
14:09In here.
14:13Henry.
14:15Here's a gentleman with a message for Margaret.
14:17He wants to talk with you.
14:19How do you do, Mr. Wilson? I'm Harry Gilbert.
14:21How do you do? Won't you sit down?
14:27Are you a friend of Margaret's?
14:29No, not exactly.
14:31But I was a friend of her mother's.
14:33I don't remember meeting you.
14:35I don't mean you.
14:37I mean her real mother.
14:39Mary Winters.
14:41There must be some mistake.
14:43You can't be looking for our Margaret.
14:45It must be some other Margaret Wilson.
14:47I'm sure I have the right address.
14:49I'm looking for the girl whose mother just died in the penitentiary.
14:52I guess I'll have to go down to the local newspaper office
14:54and see the editor.
14:56I'm sure he'll help me find her.
14:58He recently printed a picture of her
15:00and the young doctor she's going to marry.
15:02A Dr. Benson.
15:04Robert Benson.
15:06Well, I'm sorry that I troubled you.
15:08Wait.
15:10We can't let him do that.
15:12Just a minute, Mr. Gilbert. Maybe we can be of help.
15:14Well, no.
15:16I'd better find the right girl and talk to her.
15:18What did you want to tell her?
15:20I don't think I ought to discuss this matter with strangers.
15:22I don't think she'd like anyone to know
15:24that she was born in the penitentiary
15:26and adopted by some very kind people
15:28who have shielded her.
15:30You can understand how it is.
15:32If this thing got out,
15:34it might ruin her whole life.
15:36If this young doctor found out,
15:38he might not even want to marry her.
15:40You can talk with us.
15:42We're not strangers to her.
15:44We're the ones who adopted her.
15:46Oh, then I can talk.
15:48I must admit that I admire the way
15:50you've guarded the secret.
15:52Is she liable to come home?
15:54We're expecting her any moment.
15:56I hope we can rely on you never to breathe
15:58a word of this to anybody.
16:00I can understand your reason,
16:02but that's certainly difficult on me.
16:04You see, I was depending on her
16:06to repay me.
16:08Well, at least part of the expense that I was put to
16:10because of her mother.
16:12What money could you have spent for a woman in prison?
16:14Well, for one thing, my wife and I
16:16paid the expenses of heading outside of the prison walls.
16:18Why, I'll be glad to reimburse you for that amount.
16:22How much was it?
16:24Well, that in itself was something under $500.
16:26There were other matters
16:28that went on for years.
16:30We had expensive lawyers that tried to get her free.
16:32Just how much did that cost?
16:34Oh, maybe
16:36several thousand dollars.
16:38Why, we don't
16:40have that much money.
16:42I didn't expect her to pay all of that.
16:45As a matter of fact, if we weren't hard up
16:47and my wife in poor health,
16:49I wouldn't want her dollar back.
16:51I only hope that she'd be able to pay part of it.
16:53How much will you let me have?
16:55Why, not more than
16:57$1,000 at the most.
16:59That would be very helpful right now.
17:01It would enable me to get my wife to California.
17:03I think you'd better
17:05pay it and help him to go.
17:09What did you say your name is?
17:11Harry Gilbert.
17:15Sweetheart,
17:17you were right about working for a living.
17:19It's easier than I thought.
17:21I found an old bird who wants me to advise him
17:23on the stock market.
17:25You know, I'm awfully good at telling people how to make investments.
17:27He already paid me for my work today.
17:29Oh, Harry, I knew you could do it.
17:31And there's plenty more to be made off him.
17:41Well, it's about time
17:43you got here.
17:45I've been trying to reach you everywhere.
17:47Don't you ever stay home long enough to answer your phone?
17:49I do, except when I have business at the hospital.
17:51A patient so soon?
17:53My dear young lady, take a good look at me.
17:55Don't you see any difference in me since yesterday?
17:57Oh, only that you're more handsome.
17:59Oh, no.
18:01This is high-class professional dignity.
18:03You are now looking at Dr. Robert J. Benson
18:05of the Edgemont Hospital staff of surgeons.
18:07Oh, that's the best news I've ever heard.
18:09How did it happen?
18:11Well, I was waiting for an epidemic to break out.
18:13Mumps or measles.
18:15Well, even whooping cough, I thought of.
18:17And the telephone rang.
18:19And what was it, mumps or measles?
18:21Oh, no, it was better than both put together.
18:23It was Dr. Turner, and he told me that he had never taken me off the staff
18:25while I was in Europe.
18:27Well, I always knew he had good judgment.
18:29Oh, Robert, I'm so happy for you.
18:31I thought you'd be glad to hear about it, so I ran right over.
18:33But I have to go right back now.
18:35He's called a meeting of the whole staff, and it must be something important.
18:37Well, you run right over there, and don't be a minute late.
18:50Gentlemen, I ask you to meet with me
18:52so that I can announce that this day marks
18:54the realization
18:56of an ambition I set out to accomplish
18:58ten years ago.
19:02Dr. Garfield,
19:04you were the first to join me ten years ago,
19:06and I'm grateful to you
19:08for remaining during all this time
19:10despite the many flattering offers
19:12you've received to go elsewhere.
19:16And Dr. Willard,
19:18to you goes my deep appreciation
19:20for your splendid work all these years.
19:22And Dr. White,
19:24you've made a remarkable record as a surgeon.
19:26In fact,
19:28that record shows that you never lost a patient.
19:32And Dr. Benson,
19:34I want to pay my respects to you
19:36not only for your ability as a surgeon
19:38but also for the courage you had
19:40to leave a lucrative practice
19:42and go abroad for three years
19:44and study the technique of such masters
19:46as Paulding, Conway, Graham,
19:48the greatest names in brain surgery.
19:52And now, gentlemen,
19:54we come to the next thing
19:56I want to put before you.
19:58I felt for some time
20:00that I should be replaced with a better man,
20:02a man trained in the modern science
20:05of brain surgery.
20:07Dr. Turner, I for one will not listen
20:09to such a shocking proposal.
20:11Why, we wouldn't think of letting you do it.
20:13It would be the same without you.
20:15I anticipated such loyalty,
20:17and I'm grateful for it.
20:19But I've sent my resignation
20:21to the board of directors
20:23to take effect when they select
20:25one of you to succeed me.
20:27No one regrets Dr. Turner's retirement
20:29more than I have.
20:31But in deference to his modesty,
20:33I would like the members of my house
20:35say on Friday night
20:37to pay tribute to our retiring chief.
20:39Thank you, Dr. White.
20:41Meeting is adjourned.
20:49Dr. Turner, I want to thank you.
20:51I really appreciate all you've done for me.
20:53Dr. Benson,
20:55I'd like to see you for a moment.
20:57All right.
20:59Sit down.
21:01I wish you had ten more years
21:03on your shoulders.
21:05I hope to be a much better doctor by the time.
21:07You're the most capable on this staff now.
21:09That's quite a compliment
21:11coming from you, sir.
21:13I'm not paying you a compliment.
21:15I'm concerned myself with the problem
21:17of making the board of directors see it my way.
21:19Are they complaining about my being on the staff?
21:21Certainly not.
21:23The trouble is they're not doctors.
21:25They place importance only on age and dignity,
21:27not youth and skill.
21:29And I'm figuring on recommending you
21:31to the board of directors as my successor.
21:33But Dr. Turner,
21:35the doctors on the staff could resent
21:37by being placed over them.
21:39They might not remain.
21:41That would destroy everything you've accomplished.
21:43I'm worried about that, too.
21:45It's a big problem.
21:47We'll see how it works out.
21:51Hello, darling. Great news for you.
21:53Old Dr. Turner is quitting.
21:55Really? Oh, that is good news.
21:58Now we have to work fast so I get the appointment.
22:00Will Dr. Turner recommend you for his place?
22:02I don't know.
22:04We have to put on a real campaign.
22:06I started already by asking the staff members
22:08to meet here on Friday night.
22:10I suppose every one of them wants a job.
22:12Yes. But we've got to head them off
22:14by lining up the board of directors.
22:16They have the power to name the man.
22:18The way to reach them is through their wives.
22:20I'll handle that by putting on the social pressure.
22:22They'd jump at the chance of coming here.
22:24Grand, darling.
22:40Ladies and gentlemen,
22:42may I have your attention for just one moment?
22:44I'd like to propose a toast
22:46to our honored guest, Dr. Turner.
22:52Dr. Turner, we shall never find one
22:54to take your place in our hearts.
22:56And your good luck.
23:00Your good work will be an inspiration
23:02to all who follow.
23:04Guest,
23:06let we build some fitting tribute
23:08to show our appreciation
23:10at the Edgemont Hospital.
23:12Mr. Burgess, you are president of the board of directors
23:14and I'd like to propose
23:16that the hospital build a new wing
23:18to be known as the Dr. Turner Orthopedic Clinic
23:20and the money to be raised
23:22by public subscription.
23:24To start the ball rolling,
23:26Mrs. White and myself
23:28will be very happy to send you a check for $5,000.
23:36As this building is to be dedicated to me,
23:38may I suggest
23:40that it be a clinic for neuropathology
23:42modeled after the Graham Foundation
23:44in Europe.
23:46There's a young doctor
23:48on our staff
23:50who has just returned from studying
23:53He knows their method and technique
23:55and is the logical man
23:57to continue the work in Edgemont.
23:59I'm referring to Dr. Robert Benson.
24:07We are deeply grateful
24:09to Dr. and Mrs. White
24:11for their most generous donation.
24:13And we are all in accord
24:15in accepting Dr. Turner's recommendation.
24:19I never realized till now
24:21that the hospital staff
24:23included the man of the distinction
24:25of Dr. Robert Benson.
24:29This has turned out to be a campaign
24:31for Dr. Benson instead of for me.
24:33Break it up.
24:35Ladies and gentlemen,
24:37if you'll attend to the next room,
24:39there'll be music and dancing.
24:43I'm proud of you.
24:51Were you able to persuade Dr. White
24:53to operate on Mrs. Hunter?
24:55Not a chance.
24:57Thought she'd only die on the operating table.
24:59I'm afraid Dr. White is more interested
25:01in saving his record than he is her life.
25:03Well, I'm not exactly fair to him,
25:05but he did turn me down.
25:07Said he was too busy to handle it.
25:09Surprising how busy he keeps
25:11when he runs the chance of losing a patient.
25:13Dr. White has never lost a patient in surgery.
25:15If I had a record like that,
25:17I'd be proud of it too.
25:19We could all have records like that
25:21if we deliberately avoided the hard ones.
25:23Perhaps many a poor devil
25:25would be alive today
25:27if Dr. White had operated
25:29instead of letting him die in bed.
25:31That's exactly what's going to happen
25:33to this patient unless somebody
25:35with Dr. White's ability operates immediately.
25:37It's right up his alley.
25:39Yes, I can see that.
25:41I can remember when he stood
25:43for everything that's fine in medicine.
25:45That was before he married a rich and ambitious woman.
25:48This time he's after the chief of staff.
25:50Perhaps that's the reason
25:52he won't take a chance with Mrs. Hunter.
25:54Yes, I know.
25:56But as a last resort, I put it up to young Benson.
25:58He's examining her now.
26:02I don't see what's keeping her alive.
26:04She should have been operated on a week ago.
26:06Think it's too late?
26:08She can't live without surgery.
26:10Will you take the chance of operating?
26:12I thought that's why you called me.
26:14Dr. Benson, do you think you can afford
26:16to lose your case right now?
26:18When I'm thinking about losing prestige
26:20more than saving lives, I don't belong in our profession.
26:22How soon can you operate, doctor?
26:24I don't think we should lose a minute.
26:26I'll have her prepared for surgery.
26:28If you like, I'll assist you.
26:30I appreciate it.
26:32I beg you, Dr. White.
26:34Here's the chart you wanted.
26:36I meant acondectomy.
26:38Oh, thank you, nurse.
26:40I thought you'd be in surgery.
26:42No, I have no operation schedule.
26:44I understand he's doing an excellent job.
26:46Who's the patient?
26:48Mrs. Hunter.
26:50Well, I may drop in later.
26:52It's almost finished.
27:02Oh, hello, Dr. Willard.
27:04Been looking for you.
27:06Yes, Dr. White. What is it?
27:08You know that case of Mrs. Hunter's
27:10that you wanted me to take over?
27:12Yes, I did.
27:14I'm going to operate the first part of the week.
27:16That's good of you, doctor.
27:18But you're a little late.
27:20Oh, that's too bad.
27:22Of course, I warned you that any attempt to operate
27:24would prove fatal anyway.
27:26You remember?
27:28Yes, I remember.
27:30But she didn't die.
27:32Young Benson just operated and quite successfully.
27:34Well, that's lucky for Benson.
27:36I'm very glad he got that break.
27:38I think it was the patient who got the break.
27:41Oh, congratulations, Benson.
27:43I heard your job turned out quite successfully.
27:45Yes, thank you. I guess you'll be all right.
27:47Well, I'm very glad you had the courage to attempt it.
27:51I've been thinking of having a talk with you ever since you came back.
27:53You know I have a large private practice.
27:57And if you'll give up your work here in the hospital,
27:59I'd make you my assistant on the outside.
28:01Well, thank you.
28:03I think I'd prefer to remain here.
28:05Well, if you change your mind, let me know.
28:07I'll do that.
28:35Nice shot.
28:37With two hours and 30 minutes practice,
28:39it ought to be a nice shot.
28:41Two hours and 30?
28:43Do you mean to tell me that you spent all that time
28:45trying to knock a little ball in a little glass?
28:47What time hour, dear?
28:49Why, uh, 4.30?
28:51Uh-huh.
28:53And what time am I supposed to pick you up to play golf?
28:55Why, uh-oh.
28:59Two o'clock until 4.30
29:01is exactly two hours and 30 minutes.
29:03Oh, I'm sorry, dear.
29:05You know what you'll have to do?
29:07You'll have to divorce me first and marry me later.
29:09That way, you'll use up all your grounds for divorce.
29:11Never mind, darling.
29:13When we get married, it's for better or worse.
29:15I heard you were operating on Mrs. Hunter.
29:17Oh, then you understood the delay.
29:19You know, I always wondered
29:21what Mr. Hunter saw in her.
29:23There was only one way to find out. I operated.
29:25What did you find?
29:27A couple of horseshoes.
29:29Well, that ought to bring you luck.
29:31It might. It might land me Dr. Turner's position as chief of staff.
29:33That wouldn't be so bad.
29:37I thought you'd gone to California.
29:39That's what I want to talk to you about.
29:49What are you after this time?
29:51I need some more money.
29:53You've had all you're going to get.
29:55Now go away and leave us alone.
29:57When I get enough money.
29:59Not another penny from us.
30:01Okay, Wilson.
30:03I'll see you later.
30:06Okay, Wilson.
30:08I'll wait.
30:10And talk to the girl.
30:12She might want to get it out of that doctor friend of hers.
30:14You get out of this house.
30:16Ah, quit bluffing.
30:30Oh, it's you.
30:36Oh.
30:38So that's the girl.
30:40I'd have known her anywhere.
30:42She looks just like her picture.
30:44Margaret, you go upstairs.
30:46I want to talk to this man.
30:48Yes, Margaret. Come up with me.
30:50Let her stay here.
30:52She'll find out about it anyway.
30:54You keep quiet.
30:56Why should I?
30:58I spent a lot of money on her, old lady.
31:00And I'm here to get it back.
31:02No, not her. Your real mother.
31:04You ought to be shot.
31:06Well, if they won't tell you, I will.
31:08She's not your real mother.
31:10She just adopted you when you were born in prison.
31:12Your real mother was Mary Winters.
31:14She died in prison last week.
31:16What is he saying?
31:18Is this true?
31:20Margaret, will you please go upstairs with your mother?
31:22She'll explain.
31:24I'll talk with this man.
31:29You spoiled your own game.
31:31Now get out.
31:33You can stay with us if you want to keep it that way.
31:35If I paid you anything, you'd only keep coming.
31:37Not if you paid me enough.
31:39How much would you be satisfied with?
31:41Five thousand dollars.
31:43Why, I couldn't possibly give you that much money.
31:45We have very little except our home.
31:49This house ought to raise that much.
31:51But that would take time.
31:53Okay, I'll give you time.
31:55I'll be back.
32:03Oh, Dad, I'm so sorry.
32:05I brought this on you and Mother.
32:07My darling, we won't let anything happen to you.
32:09But how can I ever repay you?
32:11You've repaid us a thousand times
32:13by just being our daughter.
32:15I don't feel any other way,
32:17except that I am your daughter.
32:19You're as much ours as you possibly could be.
32:23Did you ever know my other mother?
32:25We saw her.
32:27When was that?
32:29I don't know.
32:32We saw her when we adopted you.
32:34She was a fine woman.
32:36Only unfortunate.
32:38Oh, I wish I might have known her.
32:40There might have been just something
32:42I could do to help her.
32:44She didn't want it that way.
32:46She was happy that you were protected.
32:48Of course, we'll have to go to the police
32:50and stop this man from blackmailing you.
32:52We can't do that.
32:54The whole story would come out.
32:56Then everybody would know about it.
32:58That wouldn't make any difference to our real friends.
33:00What about Robert?
33:02Oh, you know he wouldn't let that matter.
33:04Of course he wouldn't, dear.
33:06But the scandal could ruin his career.
33:10Oh, Mother.
33:12What am I going to do about marrying Robert?
33:14Oh, I can't hurt him.
33:18I love him too much.
33:23Well, what are you doing here, my sweet?
33:25I was just going over to your house.
33:27Now we can walk home together.
33:29I want to talk to you. Here.
33:31What's on your mind?
33:33You look entirely too gorgeous to be troubled by anything.
33:37Come on.
33:39Tell me what it's all about.
33:43This looks serious.
33:45What is it?
33:47Robert,
33:49I feel differently about us.
33:51Differently? Why?
33:53Oh, I don't know why, but
33:55I just don't think I love you enough
33:57to marry you.
33:59When did this strange idea get into your head?
34:01You certainly didn't have it this afternoon.
34:03Yes, I did, but I just thought it was something that wouldn't last.
34:07Come on.
34:09Stop lying.
34:11Robert,
34:13you were away for over three years.
34:15Well, I guess we were separated too long.
34:19Well, what about all the welcome you gave me
34:21when I came home?
34:23How about all the plans we've made since?
34:26Well, there was just the thrill of seeing you back again,
34:28but it didn't last, Robert.
34:30Oh, please don't make it any more difficult for me.
34:36See here, young lady.
34:38Can it be possible
34:40that a man named Harry Gilbert has been talking to you?
34:43What do you know about him?
34:45So that is it.
34:47I paid him off day before yesterday.
34:49And he made the mistake of coming around here a little while ago
34:51and trying to collect again.
34:53Everything he said is true.
34:55Think what it would mean to you
34:57when people found out.
34:59Robert,
35:01I'll never marry you.
35:03Darling, I...
35:05Please don't say any more.
35:09Told you I wanted that in bills.
35:11How do you think I'm going to get a check that size cashed?
35:13I couldn't explain to the bank
35:15why I want that much cash.
35:17Well, you're going down to the bank with me
35:19so we won't have any trouble.
35:21I want you to know this is the last dollar I have.
35:23It won't do you any good to come back for more.
35:29Dad.
35:31What are you doing?
35:33Are you giving him more money?
35:35Now, Margaret, please let me handle this.
35:37But you're paying him because of me and I won't let you.
35:39You keep out of this.
35:41Be glad that somebody's paying.
35:43There's no reason now to pay you anything.
35:45Not since Robert knows all about it.
35:47Cut out the gab and give me that check.
35:50Keep him quiet.
35:52You call the cops, you wish you hadn't.
35:54Go see who it is and don't let anyone in.
36:04Oh, Robert, I'm so glad it's you.
36:06I was hoping you'd change your mind.
36:08You've got to help me.
36:10Dad's giving that man Gilbert more money.
36:12I thought I told you to get out of town.
36:14I'm not leaving without that check.
36:22Okay.
36:24I could play that way, too.
36:30Now that check won't be big enough.
36:32Come on.
36:42Hello?
36:44Dr. White, please.
36:50Hello?
36:52Hello, Dr. White?
36:54Yes, this is Dr. White speaking.
36:56My name is Gilbert, Harry Gilbert.
36:58I'm a newspaper man.
37:00I'm a newspaper man.
37:02I'm a newspaper man.
37:04I'm a newspaper man.
37:06I'm a newspaper man.
37:08I'm a newspaper man.
37:10I see by tonight's paper
37:12that you're in the running for Dr. Turner's place
37:14as chief of staff at the Edgemont Hospital.
37:16Well, I have it on pretty good authority
37:18that Dr. Robert Benson has got a fair chance
37:20of getting that job.
37:22Well, I've got just enough public spirit
37:24to keep him out of that appointment.
37:26I can prove that he's not the man for the place.
37:28But you must realize my position.
37:30I can't take any active interest
37:32in opposing him.
37:34That is, of course,
37:36unless you have positive proof.
37:39Oh, I have proof, all right.
37:41Yes.
37:43In black and white.
37:45I can bring it over to the hospital
37:47and show it to you if you'd like.
37:49Very well. I'll be very glad to wait for you.
37:51Oh, just a moment.
37:53What did you say the name was?
37:55Oh, yes. Mr. Gilbert.
37:57Oh, Mr. Gilbert, I'll be expecting you.
37:59Yes, sir.
38:39Is this what you're looking for?
38:41Yeah, let me have them.
38:43I just found out why you picked this town
38:45and how you've been getting money.
38:47What are you talking about?
38:49Don't try to lie to me.
38:51I just read who lives in this town,
38:53and you've been holding them up.
38:55What do you think I do, pass up a gold mine?
38:57You're going to give back every penny of that money
38:59or I'm going to call the cops.
39:01You wouldn't do that, not with that prison record of yours.
39:03I'll cut out the preaching. I know what I'm doing.
39:05You could be honest if your life depended on it.
39:07You're taking money from the Wilsons,
39:09and you're not going to go back there again.
39:11I've got somebody else besides the Wilsons.
39:13They ain't got enough dough.
39:15The man that wants these will pay plenty.
39:17Then we can get out of here.
39:19And you pack those bags and be quick about it.
39:21Will you listen to me?
39:23You heard me.
39:38Basal skull fracture.
39:40I don't give you much chance. Take a look.
39:55An emergency operation might save him.
39:57Call for Dr. White.
39:59You sent for me?
40:01Yes.
40:03You're on duty in surgery tonight, aren't you?
40:05Better get ready to operate.
40:07What is it?
40:09Traffic accident. There's one chance it's an operation.
40:21This man couldn't survive an operation.
40:23He's too weak.
40:25We've got to take that chance.
40:27What about his family? You've got to get their permission.
40:29That takes time. We can't wait.
40:31I agree with Dr. Benson.
40:33Of course, there's very little chance,
40:35but I think we should try it.
40:37I'm very sorry, gentlemen, but I disagree with you.
40:39The additional shock of the anesthetic in surgery
40:41is too risky.
40:43You mind if I take over?
40:45Not at all. I wish you luck.
40:47Personally, I think it's useless.
40:49Prepare him for surgery.
40:51Will you assist me, doctor?
40:53I'd be glad to.
41:0398.
41:33Time?
41:3552 minutes.
41:37Blunt forceps.
41:43Respiration weak. Pulse fading.
41:47Retractor.
41:5188.
41:53Dropping fast.
41:55Adrenaline.
42:0388.
42:13It's no use.
42:17It's too late. He's gone.
42:29Hard luck, old man.
42:31I wouldn't feel too badly about it.
42:33How do you expect me to feel?
42:35The patient died.
42:37That was no fault of yours.
42:39You got here too late.
42:41It's too far gone.
42:43You did a perfect job. No one could have saved him.
42:55What's this?
42:57The only thing we could find on that emergency case.
42:59Does this tell who he is?
43:01I didn't look.
43:03I'll take care of it.
43:05He just died in surgery.
43:29I just heard that your emergency patient died.
43:31On the operating table.
43:33I thought you seemed pretty anxious to take that case.
43:35I wasn't trying to take any case away from you, Dr. White.
43:37I was merely taking the one chance that man might live.
43:39You remember I told you.
43:41That the additional shock and surgery was too risky.
43:43I'm afraid it's too late.
43:45I'm afraid it's too late.
43:47I'm afraid it's too late.
43:49I'm afraid it's too late.
43:51I'm afraid it's too late.
43:53I'm afraid it's too late.
43:55I'm afraid it's too late.
43:57That additional shock and surgery was too risky.
44:01Dr. Garfield agreed with me that the man would have died anyway.
44:03So you operated and made certain.
44:07Why would I do a thing like that?
44:09To get rid of him, of course.
44:11You knew who he was, didn't you?
44:13Yes.
44:15Yes, I knew who he was.
44:17I'd seen more.
44:19But I wouldn't let him die.
44:21You had every reason for finishing him off.
44:23Take a good look at these clippings.
44:27Here's one of the girl you're engaged to.
44:30Here's one of her mother, when she was going to be hanged for murder.
44:35And this is a story that shows you how Miss Wilson was born in prison.
44:40Dr. White, you can't use these to harm Miss Wilson.
44:43That's for you to decide.
44:45There is a way to keep this quiet.
44:47All right.
44:49Let's hear it.
44:51I expect your resignation from the hospital.
44:54And if you don't get it?
44:56Then, when the board meets tomorrow,
44:59I should be compelled to place these facts before them.
45:08I promise you, I only found out tonight that you lived in this town.
45:12Now, I know that my husband's been taking money from you.
45:15I don't know what he'll do next, but I'll do anything to stop him.
45:18I want to help you.
45:20He's sure to go to that young doctor you're going to marry.
45:22He's already been to Dr. Benson.
45:24Oh, I'm not engaged to him anymore.
45:41I know it's late, but I had to see you.
45:43There's something you should know.
45:45What is it?
45:46The man who was bothering you was in an accident.
45:48I did everything I could, but he was too far gone when they brought him in.
45:51He just died at the hospital.
45:54Now you'll have to tell his wife.
45:56She's in the living room.
45:58What's she doing here?
45:59She wants to help us.
46:01Help us?
46:05Mrs. Gilbert.
46:07Dr. Benson.
46:09Mrs. Gilbert, there's something that I...
46:12I heard what you said.
46:14Now I can't hurt anybody anymore.
46:17I'm sorry for you.
46:19Please sit down.
46:21But he had those newspaper clippings with him.
46:23We can't let anyone see them. I've got to go to the hospital and get them.
46:26I'm afraid we're too late for that.
46:28Unfortunately, they were turned over to Dr. White, and he won't give them up.
46:31But he can use them against you.
46:33That's his idea.
46:35Unless I resign.
46:37Well, I'll see that he gives them up.
46:39They're not his, and he can't keep them.
46:41Now you wait here, and I'll bring them back.
46:47I think it would be better if you waited until the morning and called at my office.
46:50This is something that can't wait.
46:52But it's not my practice to receive patients in my home.
46:54And you don't appear to be in urgent need of medical attention.
46:57I'm not here as a patient.
46:59My name is Betty Gilbert, Harry Gilbert's widow.
47:01Does that mean anything to you?
47:03Oh, yes, yes.
47:05I'm familiar with his case, Mrs. Gilbert.
47:07He died in surgery tonight.
47:09I'm terribly sorry.
47:11However, I'm not the doctor who operated on him.
47:13That isn't what I came to see you about.
47:15I want some papers that my husband had with him when he left the house.
47:18Well, I wouldn't know about those.
47:20You'd better inquire at the hospital.
47:22I did. That's why I'm here.
47:24There's some newspaper clippings missing.
47:26I thought that you might know where they are.
47:28Now, what gave you that idea?
47:30I have reason to believe that my husband was on his way here to see you
47:34when the accident occurred.
47:36I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about, Mrs. Gilbert.
47:39Possibly the shock of your husband's death has upset you.
47:42Now, if you'll go home and rest.
47:45In the morning, I'll see that the hospital makes inquiries about your papers.
47:48That'll be too late.
47:50I must have those papers tonight or I may be sent to jail.
47:53And the person who has them.
47:55How could that happen?
47:57You must have known that my husband was a blackmailer.
48:00His game was to pick out a person like you to work his racket on.
48:03He had a set of fake newspaper clippings.
48:06And your kind of people would fall for them.
48:08Then, if they were fakes, there's nothing for you to be afraid of.
48:11Yes, there is. Part of it was true.
48:13You see, it was the old adoption gag.
48:15He knew that I was born in prison. The clippings showed that.
48:18He'd just use anybody's picture to fit the story.
48:21He worked it on a girl in this town named Margaret Wilkins.
48:24The pictures didn't look anything like her.
48:26But if you give me those papers, I'll show you.
48:29Why, I...
48:31I never laid eyes on them. Now, I really must ask you to leave.
48:34Let's cut out the monkey talk.
48:36I came to get those papers and I want them.
48:38I'm not gonna let you keep them to hurt anybody with.
48:40Now, are you gonna give them to me or do I have to take them?
48:43Very well.
48:45They're in that portfolio.
49:11I don't understand how you induced Dr. White to give them up.
49:14Well, it wasn't easy.
49:16First, I told him that I knew he'd been dealing with my husband.
49:18Then I said that I was the one who'd been born in prison.
49:21I worked for it. He'll never bother you again.
49:24I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude to you.
49:27Well, don't try. I was only paying a debt that I owe your mother.
49:31She was the one person in the world who was decent to me.
49:34All she ever asked was that you didn't have to pay for her mistakes.
49:37I was only trying to help.
49:39Now, I guess I'd better be on my way.
49:42What are you going to do about yourself?
49:44Can't you stay in town? We'll try to work out something for you.
49:46Thanks. That's very kind of you.
49:48But I've got it all figured out, what's going to happen to me.
49:51It's not quite the way your mother expected, but I think she'll understand.
50:03Hello.
50:05Yes, he's here. Just a minute.
50:07Robert, you're wanted at the hospital. They say it's an emergency.
50:10Tell them to call another doctor. I can't handle it tonight.
50:13You can't do that. Please take it.
50:15I can't do it tonight.
50:17It's not like you to refuse an emergency.
50:20They won't understand. I can't tell them you won't come.
50:23Maybe he's right. This may not be a case for him.
50:26Why do you say that?
50:28Ask them who it is.
50:30What difference would that make?
50:31Well, maybe I'm wrong, but ask them who it is.
50:34Dr. Benson is very busy tonight and would like to know who the patient is.
50:40They say it's Dr. White.
50:42That he's been shot and is dying.
50:45And they want you to operate.
50:48That's how you got the clippings.
50:51And I can't operate. Not on him.
50:54But you can't just let him die.
50:56But there are other doctors. Don't you understand?
50:58If anything happens when I'm operating, they'll blame me.
51:00But you've got to do this one.
51:02Can't you see if he dies what they'll do to Mrs. Gilbert?
51:04They'll hold her for murder.
51:06And she was trying to help us.
51:08You must try to help him if you can.
51:10You don't have to do it for me.
51:12I didn't want to get you two into this.
51:14I didn't try to shoot him. It was an accident.
51:16Oh, please don't refuse.
51:18You must help him if you can.
51:27This is Dr. Benson speaking.
51:28What is the nature of the injury?
51:32What do the x-rays show?
51:36All right, prepare him for surgery.
51:38And call Dr. Garfield and Dr. Willard
51:40and tell them please that I want them to help me.
51:42And be sure to tell them that the patient is Dr. White.
51:44I know they'll assist me. I'll be right over.
51:48It's a brain operation. He has very little chance to live.
51:50I'll call you.
51:53If he does live, of course he'll tell all he knows.
51:58From the position of the bullet,
52:00the bullet hit the vertical plate of the frontal bone
52:02at an angle of about 45 degrees.
52:04It's now resting in the anterior cortical area
52:06of the right cerebral hemisphere.
52:08Have you noticed here that the passage of the bullet
52:10indicates serious trouble?
52:12Yes, but only removal of the brain casing will show how serious.
52:14Doctor, do you think he could survive
52:16a few days without an operation
52:18to give him a chance to gain strength?
52:20His only chance is with immediate surgery.
52:22Then I advise we give him that chance.
52:24What do you say, Doctor?
52:26I say it'd be a miracle if he lives either way.
52:28Doctor Benson, he's the operating surgeon.
52:30Then let's not wait any longer.
52:34Lee, go ahead with the anesthetic.
52:38Did you ever see the woman before?
52:40No, not until she came in demanding to see Dr. White.
52:42I told her he wasn't here.
52:44Then she wanted some papers we found on her husband.
52:46Do you know what the papers were?
52:48No, I didn't look at them.
52:50Did you give them to her?
52:52No, I told her Dr. White had them.
52:54She must have gone right over there and then shot him.
52:56Do you know how long he's going to live?
52:58I don't know.
53:00He's been on the operating table more than an hour.
53:02I wonder why she shot him.
53:04I'll get all that when we find her.
53:06Are you sure this is her correct address?
53:08Yes, it's the one she gave me
53:10when I made her identify herself.
53:12Thanks a lot. Come on, Bill.
53:16Doctor, that was the finest
53:18surgical technique I ever witnessed.
53:20You'd better save your compliments
53:22and see if the man lives.
53:24If I ever need anything like that,
53:26I hope you're around to do the job.
53:28You're not freaking on anyone pulling a gun on you, are you?
53:30Well, you never know.
53:32I don't imagine that Dr. White expected it either.
53:34By the way,
53:36I suppose there'll be a hue and cry
53:38to find the one who shot him.
53:40What did you do with the bullet? The police will want it.
53:42The nurse has it.
53:44I wonder if they'll ever find out who did it.
53:46Dr. White must know who it is.
53:48But what I can't understand is what reason they'd have.
53:54Hello.
54:08Hello.
54:10Edgemont Taxi Cab Company?
54:12This is Betty Gilbert.
54:14Where's that taxi cab I ordered 20 minutes ago?
54:16Oh, he did? Well, it's about time.
54:18Yes?
54:20Never mind. Here he is now.
54:34You must have expected me.
54:36I was expecting a taxi cab.
54:38You won't need a taxi cab.
54:40I'll drive you where you're going.
54:42Where's the gun?
54:44You mean yours?
54:46Come on.
55:06Well, what's the big occasion?
55:08Dr. Benson is coming in to see you.
55:20How do you feel?
55:22I'm concerned for a man who's had the top of his head removed.
55:24Strong enough to have visitors?
55:26The ones you talked about?
55:28Yes. The police want you to identify her.
55:30I'd have to prefer charges against her.
55:32That's what it would mean.
55:34I've been waiting for this.
55:38Then I'll have to explain why she shot me.
55:40Naturally.
55:42Did she make any explanation?
55:44She didn't say a word.
55:46She's outside?
55:48Yes.
55:50If she's the one,
55:52I'll know her.
55:54Want her in?
56:14What do you say, doctor?
56:16I can't be certain.
56:20Better take a good look, doctor.
56:22She's the kind of woman who would do it.
56:24Got a prison record, but she's out on parole now.
56:26Her past record has nothing to do with this.
56:28That bullet might have affected my memory.
56:30It may clear up later,
56:32if you care to wait for
56:34a month or a year, perhaps.
56:36I can't hold her any longer
56:38without preferring charges against her.
56:42Then I'm afraid I can't help you.
56:44If you change your mind, let me know.
56:54I didn't expect that from you.
56:56I was surprised
56:58when I woke up and found
57:00that you had done the surgery on me.
57:02Well, I guess I just
57:04forgot that you were the patient.
57:06Well, I've just forgotten something, too.
57:08Tell that girl I'll never remember.
57:12I'll be needing a long vacation after this
57:14to resurrect my professional ethics
57:16that you reminded me about.
57:18And I'll be very glad
57:20when I make you chief of the hospital staff.
57:34You don't have to worry any more.
57:36He doesn't want to ever remember anything about it.
57:38I'm sure of it.
57:40He doesn't want to ever remember anything about it.
57:42I'm so glad for you.
57:44Now, what about you two?
57:46I don't think I'm going to have
57:48any more trouble with this one.
57:50No.
57:52There is something you can do for us.
57:54Yes. Help us get married.
57:56Your mother would have liked that.
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