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Speaker 1: Accused of poisoning her blind, decorated war hero husband, Mrs.
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Speaker 1: Madalena Paradine faces an English court and the defense of
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Speaker 1: barrister Anthony Keene. On May 9th, 1949, Lux Radio Theater
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Speaker 1: brought its episode number 657 to CBS with The Paradine Case,
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Speaker 1: adapted from Alfred Hitchcock's 1947 film, itself drawn from Robert
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Speaker 1: Smythe Hitchens' novel. Joseph Cotton plays Keane, with Elida Valley
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Speaker 1: as Mrs. Paradine and Louis Jordan as Andre Latour. Valley
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Speaker 1: and Jordan return to roles they played in the film.
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Speaker 1: As Keane follows the case from London to the prison
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Speaker 1: and the Paradine estate, his interest in his client begins
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Speaker 1: to unsettle both his wife and his judgment. We now
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Speaker 1: take you back to the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood.
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Speaker 3: Lieber Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, bring
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Speaker 3: you the Lux Radio Theater, starring Joseph Cotton, Valley, and
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Speaker 3: Louis Jourdan in The Paradine Case.
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Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr.
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Speaker 4: William Keeley.
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Speaker 2: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
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Speaker 5: The cosmopolitan touch brings distinction to the Lux Radio Theater
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Speaker 5: tonight with three great stars from as many nations. First,
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Speaker 5: there's one of our top American favorites, Joseph Cotton. And
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Speaker 5: joining him are two of David O. Selznick's most important discoveries,
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Speaker 5: the lovely and talented ballet from Italy and from France,
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Speaker 5: the accomplished Louis Jourdain. The play which stars these three
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Speaker 5: together is Mr. Selznick's 10th dramatic hit of the current screen,
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Speaker 5: the Paradine case, which adds to the international flavor with
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Speaker 5: its highly emotional setting of a London murder trial. And
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Speaker 5: there's another international favorite involved in this production, too.
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Speaker 2: That's Lux Toilet Soap.
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Speaker 5: For wherever beautiful women are found, in Hollywood and all
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Speaker 5: over the world, they've chosen Lux Soap Care to guard
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Speaker 5: that beauty. It's curtain time now for the Paradine case,
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Speaker 5: and here's the first act, starring Joseph Cotton as Tony Keene,
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Speaker 5: Valley as Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Paradine, and Louis Jourdain as Latour.
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Speaker 5: A few days ago, the London newspapers announced the death
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Speaker 5: of a celebrated war hero, Colonel Richard Paradine. His death
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Speaker 5: was sudden, There was a police investigation with a startling development.
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Speaker 2: Don't worry about anything, Mrs. Paradine. We'll have you out
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Speaker 2: of here as soon as possible. As soon as possible.
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Speaker 6: It's incredible, Sir Simon. They came to my home, two policemen.
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Speaker 6: They arrested me. They say my husband was poisoned.
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Speaker 2: Inspector Ambrose will be back in a moment, my dear.
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Speaker 2: Let's not waste any words. You don't have to tell
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Speaker 2: me that the police are making a terrible mistake. But
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Speaker 2: above all things, we mustn't despair. You're not despairing, are you?
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Speaker 7: No, I'm not despairing.
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Speaker 2: Now, let's see. They read the charge and ask if
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Speaker 2: you have anything to say. I think you'd better say no.
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Speaker 2: Is that understood?
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Speaker 7: The trial. Who's to defend me?
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Speaker 8: You.
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Speaker 2: Oh, dear me no. I'm no criminal lawyer, Mrs. Paradine.
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Speaker 2: But you'll have one of the most distinguished leaders of
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Speaker 2: the bar. You've heard of Anthony Keen?
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Speaker 7: Yes, I think so.
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Speaker 2: He's very good at this sort of thing. He's a
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Speaker 2: friend of mine. I'm sure you'll like him.
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Speaker 7: That's not as important as his liking me, is it?
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Speaker 2: I think he will. Yes, I'm sure he will.
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Speaker 7: Tony, what's the matter, dear? You're miles away.
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Speaker 4: Just been thinking, Gay, that case somebody wants me to
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Speaker 4: take Mrs. Paradine.
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Speaker 9: I don't believe she did it, Tony. Nice people just
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Speaker 9: don't go about murdering other nice people.
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Speaker 4: So you think she's nice?
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Speaker 9: A photograph looks nice. A little too beautiful, maybe, but
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Speaker 9: Anyone who wasn't nice wouldn't have married a blind man,
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Speaker 9: even though he was so rich.
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Speaker 4: Nice people never murder their husbands, hmm? It's amazing that
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Speaker 4: 11 years of wedlock with an incurable realist hasn't altered
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Speaker 4: a single one of your lovely delusions about nice people.
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Speaker 7: But you've changed, Tony.
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Speaker 2: Have I?
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Speaker 9: 11 years ago, you wouldn't have taken on this pageant case.
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Speaker 4: That's nonsense. I never turned down a thumping big fee
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Speaker 4: then any more than now. You still love me, though.
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Speaker 7: A little.
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Speaker 2: Come here. I'm I'm not really mental, you know, not entirely.
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Speaker 9: But darling, Simi and Judy, they're coming for dinner.
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Speaker 4: Now, now, who's the realist now?
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Speaker 7: Tony, you are taking the case, aren't you?
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Speaker 4: I suppose so. I'm meeting her tomorrow with Simi.
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Speaker 2: And here's the great man himself, Mrs. Paradine, Anthony Keene.
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Speaker 2: You can take heart, my dear. We've got the Royal
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Speaker 2: Marines on our side.
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Speaker 7: You're going to defend me?
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Speaker 4: The Royal Marines look forward to very little trouble, Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Paradine.
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Speaker 4: A brief skirmish and you'll be lunching at the Savoy again.
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Speaker 2: Really?
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Speaker 7: I haven't been thinking about lunching at the Savoy.
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Speaker 6: I keep hearing people all the time saying that I
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Speaker 6: married a helpless blind man for his money and then
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Speaker 6: killed him for his money. And what will they say
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Speaker 6: of Richard? It makes him out such a fool for
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Speaker 6: loving me.
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Speaker 4: We'll have answers for whatever they say. You loved him
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Speaker 4: And he needed you.
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Speaker 2: You know that?
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Speaker 4: Weren't you his eyes?
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Speaker 7: I was, of course. I had to be.
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Speaker 2: Had to be, Mrs. Paradine?
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Speaker 4: Had to be? You must mind your verbs, my dear.
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Speaker 4: Sir Simon means that it was a voluntary service. You
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Speaker 4: devoted your whole life to Richard Paradine.
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Speaker 2: Freely.
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Speaker 4: Gladly. Yes.
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Speaker 7: Yes, I see what you mean.
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Speaker 2: I am sure it would be better to regard it
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Speaker 2: in that light. Now, I don't know, Mrs. Paradine, whether
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Speaker 2: or not Mr. Keene intends to put you in the
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Speaker 2: witness box, but if he.
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Speaker 4: I don't think we need trouble, Mrs. Paradine, with all
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Speaker 4: that just now, Simmy.
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Speaker 7: When will I see you again?
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Speaker 4: Just as soon as I've gone over the details with
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Speaker 4: Sir Simon. You've told him everything we should know.
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Speaker 7: Of course. Thank you deeply.
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Speaker 2: Until next time, Mrs.
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Speaker 4: Paradine.
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Speaker 7: Aren't you coming to bed, darling?
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Speaker 4: A little while, Gay.
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Speaker 7: Did you see Mrs. Paradine today?
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Speaker 2: Uh-huh.
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Speaker 7: What's she like?
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Speaker 4: Strangely attractive. Oh, I'm sure you'd think so anyway.
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Speaker 2: Oh, no, I wouldn't.
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Speaker 7: She's cost me too much.
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Speaker 2: Cost you? Oh, of course.
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Speaker 4: Our anniversary and that trip, I promised you. We'll still
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Speaker 4: make it, maybe before the case even comes to trial.
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Speaker 7: But it's all right, darling.
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Speaker 2: Gay, but honestly, I was thinking just today how much
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Speaker 2: fun it would be to go to Italy.
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Speaker 7: Italy? I thought we talked of Switzerland.
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Speaker 6: I know, but.
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Speaker 4: Italy somehow seems so much more colorful. We could go
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Speaker 4: back to Venice, you know, get in the gondola.
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Speaker 10: Oh, darling.
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Speaker 2: What's so amusing?
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Speaker 7: Nothing, nothing. I can't imagine anything more wonderful than being
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Speaker 7: in a gondola, Cain.
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Speaker 4: Well, then.
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Speaker 7: It's just that you're so, so transparent.
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Speaker 4: What?
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Speaker 7: You're such a devious kind of barrister, too.
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Speaker 2: You're pretty devious yourself right now.
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Speaker 4: Mrs.
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Speaker 7: Paradine is strangely attractive. And isn't Italy colorful?
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Speaker 2: So. Oh, the idiot.
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Speaker 7: I thought it might please you to know I can
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Speaker 7: be jealous.
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Speaker 4: You really think I'm interested in a woman?
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Speaker 7: Silly, of course you're not interested.
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Speaker 9: And I'm glad you're not getting so old you can't
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Speaker 9: admire an attractive woman.
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Speaker 2: Well, I'd better get back to work.
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Speaker 10: Trouble, dear?
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Speaker 4: No, no, not exactly, but I thought Semi would have
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Speaker 4: a lot more information.
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Speaker 2: To give me.
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Speaker 7: But can't she give it to you, Mrs. Paradine?
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Speaker 4: Yes, of course. I'll see her in the morning.
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Speaker 7: But I've told you, Mr.
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Speaker 6: Keene, my past is of no concern to anyone but
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Speaker 6: my husband and myself.
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Speaker 7: And my husband is dead.
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Speaker 4: Don't you understand, Mrs. Paradine, the prosecution always tries to
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Speaker 4: tear down the character of the defendant. Naturally, I wouldn't
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Speaker 4: like them to have the advantage of me.
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Speaker 7: You think they may discover something?
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Speaker 4: Well, if there is anything to discover, at least anything
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Speaker 4: that you think might be embarrassing.
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Speaker 10: Mrs.
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Speaker 4: Paradine, it's essential that I have your cooperation.
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Speaker 6: Forgive me if I've been difficult. It will not shock you,
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Speaker 6: I assume. To learn that I am a woman who...
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Speaker 6: What would you say? A woman who has seen a
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Speaker 6: great deal of life.
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Speaker 4: Oh, please, don't mistake my persistence for any lack of sympathy.
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Speaker 6: When I was still in school at Naples, it began. I...
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Speaker 6: I ran away with a man.
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Speaker 2: He was much older, of course. Rich.
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Speaker 4: He took advantage of your youth.
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Speaker 6: He was married, respected. I took advantage of him. Then,
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Speaker 6: as suddenly as it began, it ended. He wearied of me,
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Speaker 6: I wearied of him. What difference does it make?
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Speaker 2: There were others?
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Speaker 6: Of course there were others. We cannot hide these things.
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Speaker 6: You said we cannot hide them, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Keene.
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Speaker 6: Let's break them out. Let them hang me for the
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Speaker 6: past and be done with.
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Speaker 4: No, no, no, you mustn't feel like that. We won't
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Speaker 4: permit them to make anything of it.
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Speaker 6: My poor husband. How he would have hated all this.
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Speaker 6: He gave me his name, his fine name. He depended
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Speaker 6: upon me to protect it.
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Speaker 4: He knew about you?
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Speaker 7: I kept nothing from him. He was so good. He
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Speaker 7: trusted me.
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Speaker 2: We'll get you free, Mrs. Paradine. Trust me.
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Speaker 4: I shall.
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Speaker 2: I do.
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Speaker 4: You still have no idea of... how your husband met
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Speaker 4: his death.
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Speaker 6: I've told you so many times. I don't know, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Keene.
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Speaker 7: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: But I still say, Tony, why not let the Crown
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Speaker 2: have the burden of proof? They say she poisoned her husband. Well,
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Speaker 2: let them prove it.
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Speaker 4: Sammy, what possible objection could you have to our proving
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Speaker 4: that Paradine committed suicide? He was ill, depressed.
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Speaker 2: I just think it's dangerous.
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Speaker 4: Lying men have committed suicide before. We have only to
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Speaker 4: decide who helped Paradine to do it. That's simple. Paradine's valid.
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Speaker 4: That fellow Latour.
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Speaker 5: Oh.
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Speaker 2: Latour worshipped him. He guided Paradine's every step like a
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Speaker 2: mother hen.
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Speaker 7: It's after midnight.
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Speaker 4: Darling, I know it's after midnight, but I'm not sleepy
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Speaker 4: and I have work to do.
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Speaker 7: Well, Simmy looks dead.
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Speaker 4: Well, he isn't dead.
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Speaker 2: Quite right, my dear. I only look dead.
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Speaker 7: Judy Jasper, I told you he was still here.
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Speaker 2: I wish that daughter of mine would let me manage
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Speaker 2: my declining years by myself.
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Speaker 7: I'll tell her tomorrow. We're having lunch, you know.
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Speaker 4: Latour is our man, Simmy. Who more likely to help
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Speaker 4: Paradine out of his misery?
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Speaker 2: I can't think of anyone less likely.
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Speaker 4: A devoted, grateful servant and war companion who would do
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Speaker 4: anything to help end his master's suffering.
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Speaker 2: It won't wash, Tony. Let's face it. Paradine was murdered.
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Speaker 2: Do you think she killed him? It's what the Crown
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Speaker 2: will try to prove. We have to prepare ourselves to
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Speaker 2: answer the Crown on Mrs. Paradine.
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Speaker 4: I'll have the answer.
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Speaker 2: With facts?
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Speaker 4: Well, to begin with, we have the very obvious fact
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Speaker 4: that Mrs. Paradine is not a murderess.
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Speaker 10: Really?
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Speaker 4: She's too fine a person.
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Speaker 2: I was under the impression that she's been a woman
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Speaker 2: of very low estate and rather easy virtue.
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Speaker 4: You're an insufferable snob. I only hope the Crown says
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Speaker 4: that just once. Sorry, Tony.
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Speaker 2: I hadn't realized the extent to which she has impressed you.
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Speaker 4: What's that supposed to mean?
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Speaker 2: Whatever you think it means, my boy, be careful, Tony.
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Speaker 4: I said I'll get her off, and I will.
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Speaker 2: Of course. I was just thinking of you. And gay.
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Speaker 4: It's true, isn't it, Mrs. Paradine? Latour worshipped your husband.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's true.
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Speaker 4: So if Colonel Paradine wanted to die, there was only
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Speaker 4: one person he could turn to. Isn't that right?
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Speaker 7: I wouldn't say that. But Andre helped him.
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Speaker 2: Andre? You call him Andre, a valet?
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Speaker 6: Excuse me, I'm not too well trained in the more
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Speaker 6: subtle snobberies of your class.
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Speaker 4: My class? I'm afraid you don't know me very well.
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Speaker 2: I'm a.
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Speaker 4: A bit confused, Mrs. Paradine. You seem very eager to
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Speaker 4: protect Latour from even suspicion of being involved.
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Speaker 6: Well, this is impossible. You spoke as my rescuer. Talked
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Speaker 6: of a brief skirmish.
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Speaker 2: And I... Yes, so I did. Well, we'll drop Latour
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Speaker 2: for the time being.
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Speaker 7: And go on to what, Mr. Keene?
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Speaker 2: I don't know exactly, but we've time yet before the trial.
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Speaker 4: I'll keep you well advised, Mrs. Paradine.
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Speaker 2: Now, look here, Judy. Daughter or not, you've.
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Speaker 10: No right to.
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Speaker 11: Oh, stop it, darling. You know I'm right. Now, why
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Speaker 11: has Tony dropped the suicide angle and the valet?
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Speaker 2: I didn't say he dropped it. He just wasn't able
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Speaker 2: to talk Mrs. Paradine into it.
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Speaker 7: Has he got a substitute?
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Speaker 2: I don't know. He's going to Cumberland to investigate Hindley Hall.
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Speaker 2: That's the Paradine country house.
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Speaker 7: But Paradine died in London. And why would Hindley Hall
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Speaker 7: be open?
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Speaker 2: Well, it's not really open. There's just the housekeeper and...
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Speaker 2: Look here, Judy.
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Speaker 7: Is that handsome young valet there? Of course he is.
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Speaker 11: Tony's going up there because he thinks there was something
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Speaker 11: between Mrs. Paradine and Latour.
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Speaker 4: Oh, absurd.
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Speaker 7: Is it? Oh, why are you looking so funny? Or
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Speaker 7: did you have the same idea? And he's jealous. Oh,
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Speaker 7: my heavens. Tony's jealous of that valet.
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Speaker 2: Judy, of all the idiotic.
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Speaker 7: Have you ever known Tony to visit any other client
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Speaker 7: so often in jail?
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Speaker 2: Tony's in love with his wife, and you know it.
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Speaker 7: If he lets Gay down after all these years... Oh,
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Speaker 7: go on.
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Speaker 2: Leave me alone.
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Speaker 11: The best men always end up with the worst women.
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Speaker 11: Tony's after her boyfriend, and that's why he's going to Cumberland.
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Speaker 7: I'm right, aren't I?
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Speaker 2: I'll not be treated as a hostile witness by my
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Speaker 2: own flesh and blood.
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Speaker 11: I just wish I were married to Tony for just
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Speaker 11: one hour. I'd make him jump through hoops.
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Speaker 2: I wish you were married to someone, my angel. Perhaps
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Speaker 2: he could put up with your claptrap better than I can.
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Speaker 7: What's she like, Father? What's she really like?
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Speaker 2: Fascinating. I'm an old ruin, Judy, but she certainly brings
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Speaker 2: my pulse up a beat or two.
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Speaker 7: Poor Gabe. Still working, Tony?
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Speaker 9: I just wanted to say goodnight. Sorry if I didn't
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Speaker 9: seem quite myself this evening. Because I have a headache.
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Speaker 4: I'm a bit on the ragged side myself.
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Speaker 7: Tony, could we get away just for a little while?
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Speaker 7: You do need a rest. I've never seen you quite
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Speaker 7: like this before.
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Speaker 2: I'll be all right.
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Speaker 7: Even if it's only for a few days. For our anniversary,
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Speaker 7: you did promise.
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Speaker 4: Really, darling, there are some things more important than anniversaries.
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Speaker 7: You didn't used to think so.
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Speaker 4: Matter of fact, I have to go away. Colonel Paradine
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Speaker 4: had a country place up in Cumberland. I thought I
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Speaker 4: might nose around a bit.
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Speaker 7: Oh, but that sounds wonderful. You won't be busy all
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Speaker 7: the time.
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Speaker 4: Darling, it's only for a day or two, and I... Well,
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Speaker 4: it wouldn't be any fun for you.
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Speaker 2: You see that, don't you?
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Speaker 7: Yes, I see.
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Speaker 2: This is the place for you.
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Speaker 4: Warm, cozy, protected. I want to keep all this ugly
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Speaker 4: business away from you.
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Speaker 7: But can you?
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Speaker 2: What do you mean, haven't I always?
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Speaker 4: What are you afraid of?
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Speaker 7: Need I say?
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Speaker 4: Now, listen, darling. This settles it. Nothing is worth this
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Speaker 4: kind of trouble between us. I won't go on with
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Speaker 4: this case at all.
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Speaker 7: Tony.
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Speaker 4: I mean it. Simi can get someone else.
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Speaker 7: But what will she say?
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Speaker 4: What the devil does it matter what she says? We'll
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Speaker 4: leave for Switzerland. Oh, darling. What's the matter now?
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Speaker 7: Nothing's the matter. Just thank you. I knew you couldn't
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Speaker 7: have changed that much.
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Speaker 4: What do you say, Lucernus Amaritz?
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Speaker 7: No, Tony, neither. You're going up to Cumberland and then
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Speaker 7: you're coming back and going into court.
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Speaker 2: No, no, I am tired. That's what you said and
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Speaker 2: you're right.
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Speaker 7: Not too tired, dear. And you're the only man who
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Speaker 7: can save her.
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Speaker 2: Oh, you've always had such big ideas about me.
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Speaker 4: No, darling, I haven't.
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Speaker 7: Besides, I wouldn't like a woman to be hanged. Any woman.
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Speaker 7: Just because my husband had a rendezvous with her in jail.
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Speaker 4: Gay, you'll come to Cumberland with me. We can have.
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Speaker 7: I'll be waiting here, Tony. Cozy, comfortable, and protected. Good night, darling.
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Speaker 2: Yes?
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Speaker 4: Well, Mr. Latour.
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Speaker 2: Can I have a word with you, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Keene?
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Speaker 12: Well, don't they announce callers at this inn? How did
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Speaker 12: you know this was my room? I saw you come
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Speaker 12: up from the lakeshore. And then this light went on.
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Speaker 4: Oh, you've been watching the inn for some time.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 4: I walked over from Hindley Hall.
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Speaker 2: It came to my mind.
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Speaker 4: It would be well to see you.
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Speaker 12: What is it you want with me? I beg your pardon, sir,
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Speaker 12: but I thought it was you who wanted to see me.
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Speaker 12: What caused you to think that?
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Speaker 4: You came to the hall today. I didn't go to
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Speaker 4: the hall to see you. I came to see the house.
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Speaker 12: But when I met you at the gate, you asked
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Speaker 12: my name. You said you wanted to speak to me later.
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Speaker 12: Only you disappeared.
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Speaker 7: Why?
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Speaker 4: I don't know.
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Speaker 12: I think first, no, I don't want to talk to him.
17:20
Speaker 12: Then I think perhaps I'm wrong. Now, just remember this, Latour.
17:23
Speaker 12: You forced yourself on me.
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Speaker 4: You're not one of my witnesses, and it would be
17:27
Speaker 4: most improper for me to try to establish contact with you.
17:30
Speaker 2: But you wanted to see me, sir. You choose to
17:32
Speaker 2: say so.
17:33
Speaker 4: But it so happens that it's my business, my job,
17:35
Speaker 4: to save the life of your employer.
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Speaker 13: I beg your pardon, sir. She's not my employer. I
17:40
Speaker 13: served Colonel Paradis.
17:41
Speaker 4: Have that your own way. But I insist upon knowing
17:45
Speaker 4: what you're here for now. I know why you wanted
17:48
Speaker 4: to see me. She sent you.
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Speaker 2: She?
17:51
Speaker 10: Mrs.
17:52
Speaker 4: Paradine doesn't even know that I'm here. She had nothing
17:54
Speaker 4: to do with my coming. It seems I'm wrong, then.
17:57
Speaker 4: Why would she send me? She'd have her reasons.
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Speaker 2: Mr.
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Speaker 12: Keene, you may not think it, but you're on the
18:04
Speaker 12: wrong side, sir, and I tell you so. You'd better
18:07
Speaker 12: make yourself clear. You have only known Mrs. Paradine since
18:10
Speaker 12: she is in prison, is it not so?
18:12
Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 13: Then how can you know her? If you did, I
18:16
Speaker 13: should need to tell you that only almighty God or
18:19
Speaker 13: the black devil himself knows what's going on in that
18:22
Speaker 13: head of his.
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Speaker 4: I won't hear anything more against her. I know what
18:25
Speaker 4: I'm talking about.
18:25
Speaker 13: I know her.
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Speaker 4: If ever there was an evil woman, she's one. Would
18:30
Speaker 4: you mind getting out of here? I said get out.
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Speaker 12: Very good, sir, as you wish. If you'll allow me, sir,
18:38
Speaker 12: I'm very sorry for you. And God help you all.
18:53
Speaker 12: After an intermission, we'll bring you Act Two of the
18:55
Speaker 12: Paradine Case. And now, our Hollywood reporter, Libby Collins. Who's
19:00
Speaker 12: in the limelight tonight, Libby?
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Speaker 14: One of the best-known and best-liked stars in Hollywood, Mr. Keeley,
19:05
Speaker 14: Joan Crawford.
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Speaker 5: You know, Libby, I always look forward to a Joan
19:09
Speaker 5: Crawford picture. Joan makes any role she plays, well, convincing
19:12
Speaker 5: and dramatic.
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Speaker 14: And in her latest picture, Warner Brothers' Flamingo Road, she
19:16
Speaker 14: plays a most demanding part with her usual finesse.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's certainly a picture full of tense situations. with
19:22
Speaker 2: Sidney Greenstreet outdoing himself as a ruthless villain.
19:25
Speaker 7: Oh, he is really frightening.
19:27
Speaker 14: I don't wonder he drives poor Zachary Scott to ruin
19:30
Speaker 14: in Flamingo Road.
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Speaker 7: But in a harrowing climax, Joan comes out the winner.
19:35
Speaker 2: And there's a lighter side, too.
19:36
Speaker 5: As a carnival dancer, Joan really earns your admiration.
19:39
Speaker 7: Yes, indeed.
19:41
Speaker 14: She wears some handsome costumes, too. And she's beautiful in
19:44
Speaker 14: the close-ups. The modeling of her face is perfect from
19:48
Speaker 14: any angle.
19:49
Speaker 7: Admirable.
19:50
Speaker 2: That quality to a lovely luxe complexion, Libby.
19:53
Speaker 7: And you have the cameraman's dream girl, John.
19:55
Speaker 3: Well, Joan Crawford has been a luxe soap fan for years.
19:59
Speaker 3: I guess that proves it's a complexion care that works.
20:02
Speaker 7: Yes.
20:03
Speaker 14: Joan tells me she's really grateful for the special care
20:07
Speaker 14: luxe soap facials give her skin.
20:09
Speaker 3: Those facials give a million-dollar complexion just the gentle protecting
20:14
Speaker 3: care it needs.
20:15
Speaker 2: Skin specialists have proved it, too.
20:18
Speaker 3: Tests showed in three out of four cases, skin became
20:22
Speaker 3: softer and smoother in a short time.
20:24
Speaker 14: No wonder this fragrant white soap with a delicate perfume
20:28
Speaker 14: is Hollywood's own beauty soap.
20:30
Speaker 3: So be sure to get some Luxe Toilet Soap tomorrow.
20:34
Speaker 3: It's another fine product of Lever Brothers Company.
20:39
Speaker 2: Now, our producer, Mr. William Keeley.
20:41
Speaker 5: Act II of The Paradine Case, starring Joseph Cotton as
20:44
Speaker 5: Tony Keene, Vallée as Mrs. Paradine, and Louis Jourdain as Latour.
20:57
Speaker 5: The defense of Madelaine Paradine is far more than just
21:01
Speaker 5: another case to Anthony Keene. Almost against his will, he's
21:04
Speaker 5: fallen under the charm of a lovely woman, And back
21:07
Speaker 5: now in London, his first call is at Holloway Prison.
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Speaker 7: Mr. Keene, I thought you'd forgotten me.
21:15
Speaker 4: Forgotten you? I've been up to Hindley Hall.
21:19
Speaker 7: Why? Why did you go there?
21:21
Speaker 4: I thought it might help me to know more about
21:23
Speaker 4: your background. I went through the house into your room.
21:26
Speaker 7: And spoke to him?
21:28
Speaker 4: I saw the tour, Mrs. Paradine. At first he avoided me,
21:31
Speaker 4: then he came to the inn to see me.
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Speaker 7: Indeed. And what? Did my husband's valet have to say
21:37
Speaker 7: about me?
21:38
Speaker 2: I beg you, don't behave this way with me.
21:39
Speaker 7: I don't know what you mean.
21:40
Speaker 2: Latour hates you. Don't you know that?
21:42
Speaker 4: He despises you.
21:43
Speaker 7: He despises old women.
21:45
Speaker 4: He hates you. And he'll tell the jury why he
21:48
Speaker 4: hates you. Can't you see that?
21:49
Speaker 2: Of course I see.
21:50
Speaker 7: You needn't explain these things as though I were a child.
21:53
Speaker 4: Then listen to me. We'll go to trial soon. The
21:56
Speaker 4: presiding judge is a man named Horfield. He's not what
21:59
Speaker 4: you'd call a friend of mine exactly, but... Horfield doesn't
22:04
Speaker 4: bother me. It's only that I.
22:06
Speaker 7: I bother you?
22:07
Speaker 2: I want to save you.
22:07
Speaker 4: I want to fight for you. But I can't working
22:09
Speaker 4: like this in the dark. I can't sleep. I can't work.
22:11
Speaker 4: I can't think while I.
22:12
Speaker 7: I don't understand you, Mr. Keene. You were so sure
22:16
Speaker 7: of yourself. What has happened to you?
22:20
Speaker 4: Tell me this much. Is it possible that Latour hates
22:23
Speaker 4: you because you made him disloyal to your husband?
22:26
Speaker 2: That's enough, Mr.
22:26
Speaker 4: Keene. What existed between you and Latour?
22:29
Speaker 6: I will not be treated in this manner by my
22:31
Speaker 6: own counsel.
22:32
Speaker 7: I prefer that you give up the case.
22:33
Speaker 4: No, no, no. I must try to help you. I
22:35
Speaker 4: don't think anyone else can. My personal feelings are such that.
22:40
Speaker 7: You must forgive me if I regard my life as
22:42
Speaker 7: more important.
22:43
Speaker 4: I'm sorry.
22:45
Speaker 2: I apologize. Objectly.
22:48
Speaker 6: I'm a little tired. You're not yourself either. Perhaps tomorrow, Mr.
22:54
Speaker 4: Keene, we can... Yes.
22:56
Speaker 2: Yes, of course. I'll come back tomorrow. Tony?
23:08
Speaker 7: In here, dear. You're just in time for tea.
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Speaker 2: Hello, darling.
23:10
Speaker 7: How was the journey?
23:11
Speaker 4: Oh, not very interesting. Tremendous estate. Rather what you'd expect,
23:14
Speaker 4: you know. The Lake District.
23:17
Speaker 7: Would you rather I didn't talk?
23:19
Speaker 4: What is it you want to know about gay?
23:20
Speaker 5: Oh.
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Speaker 4: Oh, you've been reading the newspaper.
23:26
Speaker 2: Mrs.
23:26
Speaker 4: Paradine's counsel visits her in jail.
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Speaker 7: It's a good picture of you, darling.
23:31
Speaker 4: I suppose you hate her, don't you?
23:34
Speaker 9: I won't deny there have been moments these past weeks
23:36
Speaker 9: when I've wished the worst for her.
23:39
Speaker 7: It's not easy to face the thought of losing you.
23:41
Speaker 4: Gay, must you make a... Let me finish, dear.
23:45
Speaker 7: I've come to a conclusion.
23:47
Speaker 2: Conclusion?
23:49
Speaker 7: I want her to live. I hope she goes free.
23:54
Speaker 7: Free to kill or to take other women's husbands. Or
23:58
Speaker 7: to do anything else that comes into that beautiful head
24:00
Speaker 7: of hers.
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Speaker 4: You can't really care what happens to her.
24:03
Speaker 7: But I do. Oh, not for any noble reasons, but
24:06
Speaker 7: because I want all this business over and done with.
24:08
Speaker 7: An end to your being all mixed up, part lawyer,
24:10
Speaker 7: part lover.
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Speaker 4: Oh, what nonsense.
24:12
Speaker 7: All right, frustrated lover, then.
24:15
Speaker 15: Yes.
24:17
Speaker 9: And part husband still. Because you're not finished with me, Tony.
24:23
Speaker 9: You wouldn't have come back here if you were. I
24:26
Speaker 9: know the depth of your feeling for me. I'm counting
24:29
Speaker 9: on your feeling for me. All I ask is that
24:33
Speaker 9: she lives. So the fight can be an even one.
24:37
Speaker 9: Because if she dies, you're lost to me forever. You'll
24:40
Speaker 9: go on thinking you love her, imagining her as your
24:42
Speaker 9: great lost love. But you don't love her, Tony.
24:47
Speaker 7: No, you don't. There are lots of things I don't know,
24:50
Speaker 7: but there's one thing I know better than anyone else.
24:53
Speaker 4: I know you.
24:55
Speaker 7: I want you to win this case, Tony. I want
24:59
Speaker 7: you to get her free. I've made my speech.
25:03
Speaker 9: If it comes to being married to a lawyer, I'll
25:05
Speaker 9: go up and change.
25:06
Speaker 4: I may win this case or lose it sooner than
25:09
Speaker 4: we thought.
25:09
Speaker 7: Oh?
25:09
Speaker 4: The trial has been moved up.
25:11
Speaker 2: But are you ready?
25:12
Speaker 4: Yes, I'm ready. We'll go to court the day after tomorrow.
25:22
Speaker 16: And for the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, draw
25:25
Speaker 16: near now and give your attendance.
25:26
Speaker 10: God save the king.
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Speaker 2: The prisoner will stand.
25:30
Speaker 10: Madelena Paradine. You are charged with the murder of Richard
25:33
Speaker 10: Patrick Paradine on May the 6th last.
25:35
Speaker 2: Are you guilty or not guilty?
25:36
Speaker 7: Not guilty. I can't stay, Judy. I can't. I never
25:42
Speaker 7: should have come in the first place. Of course you'll stay.
25:44
Speaker 11: Tony doesn't know you're here and he can't possibly see you.
25:46
Speaker 7: Just two more dim faces up here in the gallery.
25:48
Speaker 7: I shouldn't be here. I should.
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Speaker 10: The prosecution will proceed.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Milan.
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Speaker 15: It is a simple statement of fact that on the
26:08
Speaker 15: night of May 6th, Richard Paradine, a blind man, died
26:13
Speaker 15: as the result of a murderous dose of poison. We
26:16
Speaker 15: also know that earlier in the evening, a quarrel took
26:19
Speaker 15: place in which the participants were Mrs. Paradine, Colonel Paradine,
26:24
Speaker 15: and his faithful servant and comrade-in-arms, André Latour. Gentlemen of
26:29
Speaker 15: the jury, You are all probably aware of the colonel's
26:33
Speaker 15: heroic character. One looks back upon his life with humility
26:38
Speaker 15: and pride. Suddenly, in the service of his country, he's
26:42
Speaker 15: doomed to darkness and the life of an invalid. It
26:45
Speaker 15: was then that he met and married the defendant. Outwardly,
26:49
Speaker 15: this woman was a model of patience. Heaven only knows
26:53
Speaker 15: what sultry fires were banked within, but she had patience.
26:58
Speaker 15: She could bide her time This is indeed no ordinary woman.
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Speaker 10: The defense may cross-examine if it wishes.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, my lord. Now then, Mr. Larkin, as Colonel
27:16
Speaker 4: Paradine's butler, you served him dinner in his room, after
27:19
Speaker 4: which he asked for a glass of burgundy wine at
27:21
Speaker 4: his bedside. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Did he usually
27:25
Speaker 4: drink burgundy?
27:26
Speaker 2: It didn't agree with him, sir, but sometimes.
27:28
Speaker 4: I thank you, that is all.
27:29
Speaker 13: But if you're still implying that the master committed suicide.
27:31
Speaker 4: Please, I said that is all.
27:32
Speaker 10: Just a moment, Mr.
27:33
Speaker 2: Larkin. Yes, my lord.
27:35
Speaker 16: You told the jury that Colonel Paradine did not usually
27:37
Speaker 16: take Burgundy.
27:38
Speaker 10: Because it disagreed with him. Did he dislike Burgundy?
27:41
Speaker 4: Oh, no, my lord. On the contrary.
27:43
Speaker 10: He was very fond of Burgundy, but seldom dared take it?
27:46
Speaker 4: Yes, my lord. That is correct.
27:47
Speaker 10: Thank you.
27:51
Speaker 7: Well, Judge Horfield just killed Tony's point.
27:53
Speaker 10: How?
27:53
Speaker 7: What do you mean?
27:54
Speaker 11: By making it clear there was nothing so unusual about
27:56
Speaker 11: his drinking burgundy.
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Speaker 10: You will pardon me, Mr. Keene. I was anxious that
27:59
Speaker 10: the point should be clear.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, my lord. I'm obliged to your lordship. Has
28:05
Speaker 4: the crown any questions? Oh, no questions, my lord. Will
28:09
Speaker 4: the clerk call Andre Latour, please?
28:13
Speaker 10: Take the testament in your right hand, Mr.
28:15
Speaker 2: Latour, and repeat the oath.
28:17
Speaker 12: I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall
28:20
Speaker 12: give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
28:23
Speaker 12: but the truth.
28:24
Speaker 15: Your name?
28:25
Speaker 4: André Latour. You were born in Canada and served in
28:28
Speaker 4: the war with Colonel Paradine.
28:30
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
28:31
Speaker 15: You won the Distinguished Conduct Medal and bar for gallantry
28:34
Speaker 15: in the field.
28:35
Speaker 4: That is so, sir.
28:37
Speaker 15: At the time of Colonel Paradine's death, you were employed
28:40
Speaker 15: as his valet and confidential companion. You were very much
28:43
Speaker 15: attached to Colonel Paradine, were you not? He was the
28:45
Speaker 15: finest man I ever knew.
28:46
Speaker 2: Mr.
28:47
Speaker 15: Latour, at about 8 o'clock on the night of May 6th,
28:51
Speaker 15: You heard the service bell ringing. You went to the
28:53
Speaker 15: colonel's room. You saw the colonel and Mrs. Paradine facing
28:57
Speaker 15: each other.
28:58
Speaker 4: Is that correct? It is, sir.
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Speaker 12: What happened then, Major? Colonel Paradine was very angry with me.
29:05
Speaker 12: His exact words, if you please. He said, do I
29:09
Speaker 12: understand you're going to leave me now when I need
29:12
Speaker 12: you the most? So I asked him who told him
29:15
Speaker 12: such a thing. He said she did, Mrs.
29:18
Speaker 2: Paradine. Had you any intention of leaving him?
29:21
Speaker 4: No, sir.
29:22
Speaker 13: She just wanted to get rid of me. Did you
29:25
Speaker 13: remain in the room?
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Speaker 2: No, sir. The colonel ordered me to leave. Did you
29:29
Speaker 2: return to the room? Yes, sir.
29:31
Speaker 4: About an hour later.
29:33
Speaker 2: Now, listen carefully. Was Mrs.
29:36
Speaker 4: Paradine still in the room? She was in the hallway outside.
29:39
Speaker 2: Yours?
29:40
Speaker 10: Of that?
29:40
Speaker 4: I am.
29:41
Speaker 2: Is it your.
29:41
Speaker 15: Impression that the lady was passing directly from Colonel Paradine's
29:45
Speaker 15: bedroom to her own?
29:47
Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
29:48
Speaker 2: Your witness, Mr. Keene.
29:51
Speaker 4: Russell Latour. Just a point or two about the years
29:54
Speaker 4: you spent in Canada.
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Speaker 16: I'm sorry, Mr. Keene, but the hour's getting late. We
29:57
Speaker 16: will adjourn until tomorrow morning.
29:59
Speaker 2: At ten o'clock.
29:59
Speaker 4: My lord, I should like to examine the witness.
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Speaker 7: Mr.
30:01
Speaker 10: Keene, we shall have all the time you wish in
30:03
Speaker 10: the morning.
30:04
Speaker 4: Very well, my lord.
30:05
Speaker 8: And the Central Criminal Court is again in session.
30:18
Speaker 4: Don't know.
30:19
Speaker 11: Well, maybe he had a better breakfast this morning. Look,
30:21
Speaker 11: that's Latour down there. He lied like mad yesterday.
30:25
Speaker 7: Or else he's keeping something back. I'm glad I'm not
30:27
Speaker 7: in his shoes right now. Watch Tony tear him apart.
30:30
Speaker 7: Just you watch.
30:34
Speaker 4: Now then, Mr. Latour, does the name Margaret Wells convey
30:38
Speaker 4: anything to you?
30:40
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
30:40
Speaker 4: Well, what does it convey to you? No answer? Well,
30:45
Speaker 4: let me try to help your memory. I claim that
30:48
Speaker 4: some years ago in Canada, you were engaged to one
30:51
Speaker 4: Margaret Wells and that on your wedding day, she rode
30:54
Speaker 4: off with a farmer named Albert Troop. That is finished.
30:57
Speaker 2: That is in the past.
30:58
Speaker 10: Your point may be relevant, Mr.
31:00
Speaker 2: Keene.
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Speaker 10: Its relevance escapes me.
31:02
Speaker 4: My lord, I submit that the witness has shown an
31:04
Speaker 4: almost pathological bias against not only my client, but against
31:07
Speaker 4: all women. Mr.
31:08
Speaker 16: Keene, after seeing our handsome witness, I should be inclined
31:11
Speaker 16: to regard the young lady's behavior as pathological.
31:14
Speaker 10: Not his.
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Speaker 2: Mr. Latour.
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Speaker 4: Were you aware that Colonel Paradine made a will in
31:20
Speaker 4: which he left you 4,000 pounds? Well, it's a very
31:25
Speaker 4: simple question.
31:27
Speaker 12: Colonel Paradine told me he might leave me a little something,
31:30
Speaker 12: but I didn't know about the will, sir.
31:32
Speaker 4: You mean he told you he was going to leave
31:34
Speaker 4: you this legacy, but you doubted his word?
31:36
Speaker 13: No, sir, I did not doubt his word.
31:37
Speaker 4: Then you believed it? Yes, sir.
31:38
Speaker 12: You knew you would receive such a legacy on his death?
31:42
Speaker 12: We never discussed it. I didn't think about it.
31:46
Speaker 4: Yes, sir, I knew. You don't remember very easily, do you, Latour?
31:50
Speaker 4: And did you or did you not repeatedly hear Colonel
31:53
Speaker 4: Paradine say that he wished to be dead? That he
31:56
Speaker 4: wished he was dead, sir.
31:57
Speaker 2: That he was sick of life and wished to be dead?
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Speaker 12: He said a lot of things when he was angry
32:02
Speaker 12: about his blindness.
32:03
Speaker 4: I didn't take much notice. You didn't take much notice.
32:07
Speaker 4: Very well. Tell the court, please, exactly what happened at
32:09
Speaker 4: about 8 o'clock on the evening of May 6th. You
32:12
Speaker 4: want me to go over my evidence again? No, Latour,
32:14
Speaker 4: I do not want you to go over that evidence again.
32:16
Speaker 4: I charge that your evidence was a tissue of lies,
32:19
Speaker 4: that you were trying to cover up what really happened.
32:22
Speaker 4: There is another person in this court who was also
32:24
Speaker 4: there who knows what happened. Remember that.
32:27
Speaker 10: What is your question, Mr.
32:29
Speaker 3: Keene?
32:29
Speaker 4: I ask, Mr. Latour, if he still wishes to swear
32:32
Speaker 4: that Mrs. Paradine invented a cock and bull story about
32:35
Speaker 4: his leaving the colonel's employ and that this started the quarrel. Yes, sir,
32:40
Speaker 4: she did. It would be your word against her word
32:42
Speaker 4: against yours. Yes, sir.
32:43
Speaker 13: And so it was then with the colonel.
32:45
Speaker 4: So you are asking his lordship and the jury to
32:47
Speaker 4: believe that after your years of devoted service, Colonel Paradine
32:51
Speaker 4: had absolutely no faith in your word of honor.
32:54
Speaker 12: I put it to you, Latour. That your story is
32:57
Speaker 12: a pack of lies. Do you persist in it? If
32:58
Speaker 12: she says the contrary, she'd better.
33:02
Speaker 4: Well, what were you going to say?
33:06
Speaker 10: The witness will answer the question. I.
33:10
Speaker 2: I stick to what I said before.
33:12
Speaker 4: If you don't mind, Latour, did the butler tell you
33:16
Speaker 4: about putting the glass of burgundy at the colonel's bedside?
33:19
Speaker 2: Yes.
33:19
Speaker 4: Well, was that unusual? Maybe so. No maybe about it.
33:23
Speaker 4: Was it or wasn't it?
33:25
Speaker 2: It was, sir.
33:26
Speaker 4: And after he told you this, you went upstairs again?
33:29
Speaker 2: Yes.
33:29
Speaker 7: Why?
33:30
Speaker 4: I had no special reason, sir. Shortly before, the colonel
33:33
Speaker 4: had denounced you for deserting him, and yet you went
33:35
Speaker 4: upstairs for no special reason?
33:39
Speaker 2: I was unhappy about being on bad terms with him.
33:43
Speaker 2: I wished to make it up with him.
33:45
Speaker 4: Very well. You knocked at his door and went in?
33:48
Speaker 2: I did not go in.
33:49
Speaker 4: Why not? The colonel told me to go away. You
33:51
Speaker 4: have stated that you saw someone else in the hall.
33:53
Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Mrs. Paradine.
33:55
Speaker 4: And what was she doing? Going to her bedroom. Mrs.
33:58
Speaker 4: Paradine's bedroom was directly across the hall from Colonel Paradine's bedroom.
34:02
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
34:03
Speaker 4: When you saw Mrs. Paradine, did you know where she'd
34:07
Speaker 4: come from? No, sir. Not for certain.
34:10
Speaker 2: She might even have come out of her room, seen you,
34:13
Speaker 2: turned to go back?
34:15
Speaker 4: It is possible. But she could not have come out
34:17
Speaker 4: of the Colonel's room without going around you or through you.
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Speaker 4: Is that correct? Yes, sir. So, Mrs. Paradine went into
34:25
Speaker 4: her room and shut the door. What did you do?
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Speaker 2: Nothing.
34:29
Speaker 4: I hung about for a minute or two. What was
34:31
Speaker 4: your purpose in hanging about for a minute or two? Well,
34:35
Speaker 4: I just didn't know what to do, and then I
34:38
Speaker 4: decided to go downstairs. Have you ever seen anyone die
34:43
Speaker 4: by poison, Latour? No, sir. Any animal?
34:47
Speaker 2: No, sir.
34:48
Speaker 4: Wasn't there an old dog killed by poison at Hindley
34:50
Speaker 4: Hall about.
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Speaker 2: Two years ago?
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Speaker 4: I beg your pardon, sir. I almost forgot. So we've noticed.
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Speaker 12: It was the colonel's old hunting dog. He was sick,
34:58
Speaker 12: so we put him away. You mean you put him away?
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Speaker 4: Yes, sir. What poison did you use? I don't know, sir.
35:03
Speaker 4: You don't know? No, sir.
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Speaker 12: We got the single dose from the vet. Don't persist
35:06
Speaker 12: in saying we. You mean you did?
35:08
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 4: A large dose?
35:10
Speaker 2: No, sir.
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Speaker 4: Very small. And it acted very quickly? Yes, it did.
35:17
Speaker 4: I understand what he means to say.
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Speaker 13: He's accusing me of poisoning my kennel, but I didn't.
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Speaker 10: I didn't. I must ask the witness to collect himself.
35:24
Speaker 4: But it's not true.
35:25
Speaker 2: I didn't do it.
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Speaker 4: How could I?
35:27
Speaker 10: You are not on trial, Mr.
35:28
Speaker 2: Latour.
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Speaker 16: It is quite unnecessary to make protestations of innocence concerning
35:31
Speaker 16: actions with which you have not been charged.
35:33
Speaker 10: And I think Mr.
35:34
Speaker 2: Keene.
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Speaker 16: I think this will be a convenient opportunity to adjourn.
35:38
Speaker 16: We will resume at five minutes past two o'clock.
35:41
Speaker 5: His court stands adjourned until five minutes past two o'clock.
35:44
Speaker 4: Well, Hawfield's done it again, Sammy. He stopped me in
35:46
Speaker 4: my tracks just when I had Latour where I wanted him.
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Speaker 2: In what way? I'm glad he did. You know Latour
35:50
Speaker 2: never would.
35:51
Speaker 10: Tony!
35:52
Speaker 2: Wait a minute. Where are you going?
35:55
Speaker 7: Well, this is Tony's morning, all right. It was terrible, Judy. Oh,
35:59
Speaker 7: but darling, it's his job. Oh, come along, Gay. Let's
36:02
Speaker 7: get a bite to eat.
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Speaker 2: She's in here, Mr. Keene.
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Speaker 4: Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Paradine.
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Speaker 4: Thank you. Well, it's gone well for us this morning.
36:18
Speaker 4: Really well.
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Speaker 7: Has it?
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Speaker 4: Surely you must know that.
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Speaker 7: I'm not a lawyer, Mr.
36:23
Speaker 4: Keene. Good heavens, you're a clever woman. Don't you realize
36:25
Speaker 4: how I shook Latour?
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Speaker 6: I only realize that you have not kept faith with me.
36:31
Speaker 6: I do not agree to what you've done today.
36:33
Speaker 4: But I.
36:33
Speaker 6: I objected when you wanted to make it appear that
36:35
Speaker 6: Andre had helped my husband kill himself. Now you make
36:39
Speaker 6: him out to be a murderer. No, I will not
36:43
Speaker 6: forgive you for what you've done today.
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Speaker 4: Forgive me when I've exhausted myself destroying everything in an
36:48
Speaker 4: effort to save you?
36:49
Speaker 7: I did not ask you to do that.
36:50
Speaker 10: Forgive me.
36:52
Speaker 4: I was idiot enough to fall in love with you.
36:55
Speaker 4: Did you hear that?
36:57
Speaker 7: If it's true, then how could you deceive me as
37:00
Speaker 7: you've done?
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Speaker 10: Mrs.
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Speaker 4: Paradine, this case is narrowed down to one of three things.
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Speaker 4: Either your husband managed somehow to poison himself or Latour
37:08
Speaker 4: did it, or you did it.
37:10
Speaker 7: As you like.
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Speaker 2: Thank you.
37:12
Speaker 7: But I will not have you making Andre a murderer.
37:14
Speaker 4: Are you in love with him?
37:15
Speaker 7: What has that to do with it? You are my lawyer,
37:18
Speaker 7: not my lover.
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Speaker 4: Someone else said something very much like that.
37:23
Speaker 7: I should like to know whether you intend to continue
37:26
Speaker 7: with the case.
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Speaker 4: Yes, of course. I'm planning to dispense with the witnesses
37:30
Speaker 4: except you. I'm going to rely on your evidence and
37:35
Speaker 4: my final speech to save you.
37:38
Speaker 7: I know I can trust you. I feel it.
37:41
Speaker 4: Yes.
37:43
Speaker 7: You will save me.
37:44
Speaker 4: You can trust me.
37:46
Speaker 7: But not at his expense. You understand that, don't you?
37:52
Speaker 4: But suppose that's the only way to save you.
37:55
Speaker 6: You are not to destroy him. If you do, I
37:59
Speaker 6: shall hate you as I've never hated a man.
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Speaker 4: I must go on the way I've begun. I must
38:05
Speaker 4: act according to my own view. You can say what
38:08
Speaker 4: you like in the witness box, but... My questions will
38:12
Speaker 4: be mine.
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Speaker 2: Of course, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Keene.
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Speaker 7: And the answers will be mine.
38:28
Speaker 3: We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the
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Speaker 3: Columbia Broadcasting System.
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Speaker 5: In a few moments, we'll continue with the third act
38:56
Speaker 5: of the Paradine case. Our guest this evening is Miss
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Speaker 5: Joyce McKenzie, young 20th century fox player. Has studio life
39:03
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Speaker 17: When I actually saw her, I was more impressed than ever.
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Speaker 7: What do you think, Mr.
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Speaker 8: Kennedy?
39:44
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40:30
Speaker 5: The curtain rises on the third act of the Paradine case,
40:34
Speaker 5: starring Joseph Cotton as Tony Keene, Vallée as Mrs. Paradine,
40:38
Speaker 5: and Louis Jourdain as Latour. Back in the courtroom, the
40:48
Speaker 5: trial of Madeline Paradine resumes. Andre Latour is again in
40:52
Speaker 5: the witness box as Anthony Keene pounds.
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Speaker 4: Away at his testimony. Answer the question, Latour. Did he
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Speaker 4: discharge you? Did Colonel Paradine discharge you? I didn't know.
41:03
Speaker 4: I suppose he did. Yet you continued in the employ
41:06
Speaker 4: of the woman who allegedly lied about you to her master.
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Speaker 12: I think I wanted to help take care of the
41:13
Speaker 12: colonel's estate.
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Speaker 4: There was nowhere else to go. After you were told
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Speaker 4: that Colonel Paradine was dead, did you see the body?
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Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 4: I was told to clean up the room after Dr.
41:23
Speaker 4: Young had left. Who told you to? She did, Mrs. Paradine.
41:27
Speaker 4: And you noticed the wine glass. Did it still contain
41:29
Speaker 4: the burgundy?
41:31
Speaker 2: Only a few drops. Oh, there were a few drops
41:35
Speaker 2: still in the glass. Yes.
41:36
Speaker 4: Now listen closely, Latour. If you were told that the
41:39
Speaker 4: doctor had examined the glass and found it to be clean,
41:42
Speaker 4: that it had been washed and dried... Would you still
41:46
Speaker 4: claim you saw a few drops remaining in the glass?
41:48
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I would. I would still say what I saw.
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Speaker 4: When did you wash and dry that glass, Latour? I
41:52
Speaker 4: never touched the glass.
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Speaker 10: I never touched it.
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Speaker 15: Really, my lord, I must insist that the Council for
41:56
Speaker 15: Defense keep within bounds.
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Speaker 16: I quite agree, Mr. Farrell, but I've been reluctant to interfere,
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Speaker 16: knowing how Mr. Keene resents interruptions.
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Speaker 4: May I continue, my lord?
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Speaker 10: Please do, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Keene.
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Speaker 4: You are aware, Latour, of the penalty for perjury.
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Speaker 13: I've told the truth.
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Speaker 4: The truth. Was it at Hindley Hall or here in
42:13
Speaker 4: London that you first gave Mrs. Paradine occasion to complain
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Speaker 4: about your intentions?
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Speaker 7: It's not true.
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Speaker 2: She never did.
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Speaker 4: And was she not at last forced to go to
42:20
Speaker 4: her husband and beg him to dismiss you from his service?
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Speaker 2: I won't listen to his lies. The colonel knew, didn't he?
42:24
Speaker 10: Knew.
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Speaker 4: Because she told him.
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Speaker 2: I will not answer.
42:26
Speaker 4: Because you don't want to admit that he trusted you
42:28
Speaker 4: and you betrayed him. No, I did not.
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Speaker 13: She lied to you and I hate her.
42:31
Speaker 4: Because she told her husband about you?
42:32
Speaker 10: No, she did not.
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Speaker 2: He found out. At last.
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Speaker 4: So he heard you speaking improperly to his wife. Is
42:39
Speaker 4: that it?
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 12: My lord, I've finished with the witness. I didn't want
42:44
Speaker 12: to tell about it. I didn't want to hurt his
42:46
Speaker 12: good name. I said I was finished, Latour.
42:48
Speaker 2: It was she who dragged us both down.
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Speaker 12: I hated every moment with her, but God forgive me.
42:54
Speaker 12: I couldn't help myself. My lord, this man is a
42:57
Speaker 12: confessed perjurer. Must the jury listen to this rubbish?
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Speaker 2: Mr.
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Speaker 16: Keene, this is not the first time you've been responsible
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Speaker 16: for an over-emotional atmosphere in court.
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Speaker 2: I cannot blame the witness for his behavior. May I
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Speaker 2: be heard, my lord?
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Speaker 10: You may.
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Speaker 15: Latour, in testifying as to what was overheard by Colonel Paradine,
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Speaker 15: are you implying that you engaged in improper conduct with Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Paradine?
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 13: You know now what I did. I cannot live with
43:29
Speaker 13: the memory of what I've done.
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Speaker 15: Did you avoid the truth because of your feelings about
43:34
Speaker 15: this woman?
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Speaker 13: I lied because I didn't want the world to know
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Speaker 13: what she was.
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Speaker 4: His wife. My Kano's wife. That is all, Latour.
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Speaker 15: Milord, the prosecution has concluded its case. You have heard
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Speaker 15: the crown, Mr.
43:51
Speaker 10: Keene?
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Speaker 2: I have, Milord.
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Speaker 4: Members of the jury, the woman in the prisoner's dock
43:57
Speaker 4: is a foreigner, friendless and alone in a strange country,
44:02
Speaker 4: but a country, thank heaven, that has always prided itself
44:05
Speaker 4: on its passion for justice. I had fully intended to
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Speaker 4: call before you numerous witnesses to speak of her character,
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Speaker 4: of her self-sacrifice. A sacrifice made cheerfully by a beautiful woman,
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Speaker 4: fascinating and still young, in order to bring the light
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Speaker 4: of her affection into the life of a blind man.
44:26
Speaker 4: But after hearing the case for the crown, we find
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Speaker 4: so little to refute that we have decided to call
44:30
Speaker 4: no witnesses except the prisoner herself. I ask Maddalena Paradine
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Speaker 4: to go into the witness box.
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Speaker 10: Hold the testament in your right hand and repeat the oath.
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Speaker 6: I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall
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Speaker 6: give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing
44:46
Speaker 6: but the truth.
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Speaker 2: What is your name?
44:48
Speaker 7: Maddalena Paradine.
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Speaker 4: You're the widow of Richard Patrick Paradine? I am. What
44:53
Speaker 4: were your circumstances when you married him?
44:56
Speaker 7: I was very poor. My life had been unpleasant and unattractive.
45:02
Speaker 4: Had you no fear of a lifetime with a blind man?
45:06
Speaker 7: I thought it a splendid opportunity.
45:08
Speaker 2: Opportunity?
45:09
Speaker 7: Yes, I thought. I will be his eyes.
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Speaker 4: Did you find it difficult to care for a blind man?
45:15
Speaker 2: No.
45:15
Speaker 4: He was never unkind to you?
45:17
Speaker 7: Sometimes.
45:19
Speaker 6: But I understood. It was terrible for him, so helpless.
45:24
Speaker 6: It was easy to forgive him.
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Speaker 4: On the night of your husband's death, a quarrel took place.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 6: Could you tell the jury, please, the cause of that quarrel?
45:32
Speaker 6: I had spoken to my husband about his valet, Latour.
45:36
Speaker 6: I asked my husband to find another place for him.
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Speaker 2: Why?
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Speaker 7: I did not wish Latour to stay in the house.
45:42
Speaker 4: Why not?
45:44
Speaker 7: I did not like his manner with me.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean by that?
45:49
Speaker 7: He took liberties.
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Speaker 4: Did he try to make love to you? Please answer, Mrs.
45:55
Speaker 2: Paradine.
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Speaker 4: Did he try to make love to you?
45:58
Speaker 2: Yes.
45:59
Speaker 4: And you complained about him.
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Speaker 2: To your husband?
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Speaker 7: I did.
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Speaker 4: You've heard Latour's version of the quarrel. What actually happened
46:06
Speaker 4: when Latour came into the room?
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Speaker 6: My husband swore at him and said, you have insulted
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Speaker 6: my wife. Latour broke down. He said that if my
46:16
Speaker 6: husband would forgive him, It will never happen again.
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Speaker 4: Then Latour's version of what took place is completely untrue.
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Speaker 4: The Lord, I object. I am simply asking a question,
46:24
Speaker 4: my Lord.
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Speaker 16: The form is objectionable. And I am anxious not to
46:28
Speaker 16: have to intervene again, Mr.
46:29
Speaker 2: Keene.
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Speaker 10: I am being clear.
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Speaker 4: Your Lordship always makes his meanings perfectly clear.
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Speaker 10: Mrs.
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Speaker 4: Paradine, after your husband's death, you sent Latour into the
46:44
Speaker 4: Colonel's room to tidy it up. Yes. Was anyone with you?
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Speaker 2: Dr.
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Speaker 7: Young was with me.
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Speaker 4: And was Dr. Young still with you when Latour came
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Speaker 4: out of the room?
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 4: Have you heard of Dr. Young's deposition stating that after
46:57
Speaker 4: he left you, he went to your husband's room and
46:59
Speaker 4: found the wine glass washed and dried?
47:02
Speaker 7: I've heard that, yes.
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Speaker 4: Then, is it not true that the only person who
47:08
Speaker 4: could have washed and dried that glass is Latour?
47:11
Speaker 10: All right, all right.
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Speaker 6: Could anyone else have washed and dried it? I know
47:17
Speaker 6: what you're trying to make me say. You're trying to
47:21
Speaker 6: make people think that Andre Latour killed my husband.
47:23
Speaker 13: Quiet.
47:24
Speaker 10: Quiet.
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Speaker 4: I asked you whether anyone else could have washed and
47:28
Speaker 4: dried the glass.
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean by yes?
47:31
Speaker 7: I did.
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Speaker 16: It is my duty to warn you, Mrs. Paradine, that
47:34
Speaker 16: you've made a very serious admission. Would you like to
47:37
Speaker 16: make some explanation of.
47:38
Speaker 2: It to the jury?
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Speaker 4: My lord, with the utmost respect, I would like to
47:42
Speaker 4: request time to consider this turn of events. This evidence
47:44
Speaker 4: is entirely new to me. I feel.
47:46
Speaker 2: Very well, Mr. Keene.
47:47
Speaker 10: We will adjourn until 10.30 tomorrow morning.
47:58
Speaker 6: Hello, Tony.
47:58
Speaker 4: Hello, Judy. Well, what are you looking so sad about?
48:02
Speaker 7: Oh, nothing. I was there today in court.
48:05
Speaker 2: Was Gay with you? Yes.
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Speaker 4: Is that your idea?
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 7: Oh, gaze upstairs, Tony. Before you go up... Well?
48:14
Speaker 2: If Mrs.
48:15
Speaker 7: Paradine washed that wine glass.
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Speaker 4: If she did wash that glass, it's because she knew
48:18
Speaker 4: that Latour killed Paradine, and if I had access to
48:21
Speaker 4: her while she's a witness, I'd make her say so tonight.
48:23
Speaker 7: And Latour's motive?
48:24
Speaker 4: He was in love with her.
48:25
Speaker 7: What about your motive, Tony?
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Speaker 2: What do you mean?
48:29
Speaker 11: Well, you know, and I know, and Gay knows why
48:32
Speaker 11: it is that you think Latour is the murderer. You
48:35
Speaker 11: wouldn't have handled her that way in the witness box
48:36
Speaker 11: for any other reason. You treated her as though you
48:39
Speaker 11: were cross-examining a witness for the prosecution.
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Speaker 4: Look here, Judy, I'll handle it.
48:43
Speaker 7: Oh, Tony, it's true.
48:44
Speaker 11: It's terribly true. Somebody's got to show you. You've got
48:47
Speaker 11: to save this woman for gay's sake.
48:49
Speaker 4: If you'll let me alone, perhaps I still can.
48:51
Speaker 7: If you're left to your own devices, I'll bet you
48:53
Speaker 7: one thing. Mrs. Paradigm will be done for in your
48:55
Speaker 7: career along with it.
48:57
Speaker 11: And if it weren't for gay, I'm not so sure
48:59
Speaker 11: I'd care.
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Speaker 10: Well, Mr.
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Speaker 16: Keene, the defendant is in the witness box. You may
49:12
Speaker 16: resume where you left off yesterday.
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Speaker 4: My lord, I have no further questions. I have finished
49:19
Speaker 4: with the witness.
49:20
Speaker 10: Does the Crown wish to cross-examine?
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Speaker 2: We do, my lord. Mrs.
49:26
Speaker 15: Paradine, these attentions on Latour's part had gone on for
49:31
Speaker 15: some time.
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Then why did you delay telling your husband.
49:36
Speaker 7: I was ashamed.
49:36
Speaker 10: Ashamed?
49:37
Speaker 2: Why, was it your fault?
49:38
Speaker 7: Of course not.
49:39
Speaker 2: Then why be ashamed? Mrs.
49:41
Speaker 15: Paradine, did you not refrain from complaining about Latour because
49:45
Speaker 15: you were madly in love with him?
49:47
Speaker 6: Madly in love with him? And yet I went to
49:50
Speaker 6: my husband and asked him to send Latour away?
49:53
Speaker 7: Is that what you think?
49:54
Speaker 15: And did you not finally succeed in your objective and
49:56
Speaker 15: induce this unfortunate man who worshipped his master to betray him?
50:00
Speaker 7: I deny that.
50:01
Speaker 2: Mrs.
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Speaker 15: Paradine, is it not a fact that as soon as
50:02
Speaker 15: you discovered that Latour took no interest in you, you
50:05
Speaker 15: resolved to overcome that indifference?
50:07
Speaker 7: No.
50:07
Speaker 2: Weren't you in love with Latour all the time he
50:09
Speaker 2: lived at Handley Hall?
50:10
Speaker 7: No.
50:10
Speaker 2: Were you not madly in love with him all the time?
50:12
Speaker 10: Just a moment, please.
50:13
Speaker 2: The Lord, I am simply trying to.
50:14
Speaker 10: It's this message.
50:15
Speaker 16: I've just been handed a message from the police. Andre
50:18
Speaker 16: Latour committed suicide an hour ago.
50:22
Speaker 7: Andre.
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Speaker 10: Quiet!
50:26
Speaker 4: My lord, I.
50:28
Speaker 15: I would like to have an opportunity to consider what
50:30
Speaker 15: bearing this new tragedy has on the case.
50:32
Speaker 4: I submit that it is great bearing, my lord. It
50:34
Speaker 4: is perfectly obvious why the witness committed suicide. Oh, no,
50:37
Speaker 4: I don't think so.
50:37
Speaker 15: Latour himself said he couldn't live with the knowledge of
50:39
Speaker 15: having betrayed Colonel Paradine.
50:41
Speaker 2: I suggest that.
50:41
Speaker 10: Both counsel remember where they are.
50:43
Speaker 2: Mr.
50:44
Speaker 16: Farrell, do you wish to apply for an adjournment?
50:46
Speaker 10: Adjourn?
50:47
Speaker 4: No, my lord.
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Speaker 10: Then proceed with your case.
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Speaker 2: Very well. Mrs. Paradine.
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Speaker 15: You admitted yesterday that you deliberately washed the glass that
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Speaker 15: contained the poison which killed your husband. Why did you
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Speaker 15: wash that glass? Answer my question. Why did you wash
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Speaker 15: that glass?
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Speaker 10: You must answer the question, Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Paradine.
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Speaker 7: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 4: I didn't hear it.
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Speaker 10: Counsel has already repeated it.
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Speaker 7: What does it matter now?
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Speaker 6: Andre is dead. The man I love is dead. I
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Speaker 6: thought about it day and night, but I didn't know how.
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Speaker 6: I wanted to do it so that we could be free.
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Speaker 6: So that Andre and.
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Speaker 7: I could be free. But Andre wouldn't help me. He
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Speaker 7: and his honor.
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Speaker 16: I must again warn you of the gravity of your statement.
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Speaker 7: Andre knew I killed the blind man. Andre knew it.
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Speaker 7: I didn't tell him, but he knew it.
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Speaker 15: I think it quite unnecessary to ask any further questions.
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Speaker 10: My lord.
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Speaker 2: Mr. Keene. Mrs.
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Speaker 4: Paradine.
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Speaker 6: I have nothing further to say to you, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Keene.
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Speaker 7: I loved Andre and you murdered him. My life is finished.
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Speaker 7: It's you who have finished it.
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Speaker 6: My only comfort is the hatred and contempt I feel
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Speaker 6: for you.
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Speaker 4: My lord. Members of the jury, I've done my best.
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Speaker 4: This case has already taken its heavy toll in the
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Speaker 4: life of Latour, in its burden.
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Speaker 2: On you and indeed on me. I am.
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Speaker 4: More than ever conscious of my shortcomings. Everything that I've
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Speaker 4: done seems to have gone against my client. but you
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Speaker 4: must not confuse my incompetence with any of the issues
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Speaker 4: of the trial. Many things have become obscured. Many things
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Speaker 4: have become obscured. My Lord, I regret I cannot continue.
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Speaker 4: I request your Lordship's indulgence to But my friend, Sir
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Speaker 4: Simon Flacker, take over the case.
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Speaker 16: Maddalena Paradine, you have heard the verdict of the jury.
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Speaker 16: You will be returned this day to His Majesty's prison
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Speaker 16: in custody of the warden. And there, following three clear Sundays,
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Speaker 16: you will be hanged by the neck until dead.
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Speaker 4: Simeon, I'm sorry I didn't notice the time.
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Speaker 2: It's almost morning. I wonder what the newspapers will say
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Speaker 2: about our day in court.
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Speaker 4: They'll probably suggest that next time you place your confidence
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Speaker 4: with more discretion, they'll be right. I just don't know
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Speaker 4: what happened to me today. When she turned on me,
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Speaker 4: when she said that.
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Speaker 2: Well, it doesn't matter now, Earl.
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Speaker 4: I'll run along.
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Speaker 2: Where are you going at this hour? Sit down, Tony.
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Speaker 2: I do wish you'd at least telephone Gay. She must
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Speaker 2: be worried to death.
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Speaker 4: Worried for fear that I'll come home, you mean?
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Speaker 2: No, no.
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Speaker 4: The least I can do for Gay is to spare
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Speaker 4: her the boring job of standing by me.
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Speaker 2: Now listen, Tony. You're not as wise about everything as
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Speaker 2: you may think. And you mustn't despair. If there's one
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Speaker 2: thing I can't abide, it's despairing. What would you have
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Speaker 2: me do after this? Hope for a high court judgeship?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 2: All this talk about giving up the law.
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Speaker 4: Poppycock.
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Speaker 2: If I know anything about Gay, there's nothing at all
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Speaker 2: she wants at this moment but... Father? Judy, I thought
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Speaker 2: you were asleep hours ago.
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Speaker 7: Come here, dear.
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Speaker 2: I wish you wouldn't constantly butt into matters that.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 2: There he is, my dear.
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Speaker 9: Hello, Tony.
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Speaker 2: Gay.
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Speaker 7: What about having some breakfast?
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Speaker 4: Thanks, but... Well, as a matter of fact, I was
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Speaker 4: just about leaving.
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Speaker 9: Tony, you really shouldn't have worried me like this. I
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Speaker 9: suppose I should have known you'd be here with Zimmy. Tony,
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Speaker 9: I was proud of you today.
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Speaker 2: Proud?
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Speaker 7: Yes, I was.
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Speaker 9: Darling, it won't be easy. There'll be those who laugh
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Speaker 9: at you. I don't think the newspapers were very kind.
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Speaker 2: The worst of all is what I've done to you.
55:42
Speaker 9: Tony, the most important moment in your life wasn't when
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Speaker 9: you discovered what she was. It wasn't even when you
55:48
Speaker 9: had the courage to stand up there before the whole.
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Speaker 7: World and confess your mistakes. The most important moment.
55:57
Speaker 7: Look at me, Tony.
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Speaker 9: The most important moment in your life is now. My
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Speaker 9: husband is the most brilliant man I've ever known. You
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Speaker 9: can throw away your career and become a beachcomber.
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Speaker 7: If that's what you want.
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Speaker 12: Hmm.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's not such a bad idea.
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Speaker 9: Oh, darling, don't you understand? I want you back on
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Speaker 9: the job just as fast as ever you can. And
56:20
Speaker 9: I hope you have a tough case.
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Speaker 7: Very tough. So that it will take the best you have.
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Speaker 2: Why?
56:28
Speaker 7: Oh, darling.
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Speaker 4: All your fancy ideas about me.
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Speaker 2: I'll try, Kay. I'll try.
56:50
Speaker 5: Your applause is a cue for our stars to return
56:53
Speaker 5: for a curtain call.
56:54
Speaker 2: And here they are, Joseph Cotton, Valley, and Louis Jordan.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, Bill. It's a great pleasure to be back.
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Speaker 13: Oh, Joe, you must have seen some exciting things while
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Speaker 13: you and.
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Speaker 4: A leader.
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Speaker 13: We're making your picture in Vienna last winter.
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Speaker 4: Well, Vienna's sort of an international hotspot right now.
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Speaker 2: Did you have a chance to visit your home in Italy,
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Speaker 2: Miss Valle?
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Speaker 16: Yes.
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Speaker 7: And of course, that was the biggest thrill of the
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Speaker 7: trip for me.
57:23
Speaker 6: But you know, one thing that's still missing throughout most
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Speaker 6: of Europe is an abundance of good soap.
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Speaker 7: Like my favorite, for instance. Lux soap.
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Speaker 2: Well, thanks for the tip.
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Speaker 5: I'm going to Europe myself this summer, so I'll take
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Speaker 5: plenty of lux soap along.
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Speaker 6: Louie, I hear you had a little excitement in New
57:40
Speaker 6: York recently when you were mobbed by the fans at
57:42
Speaker 6: the Broadway opening.
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Speaker 12: Well, to be honest, the crowds were really gathered for
57:46
Speaker 12: the new Selznick picture, Portrait of Jenny.
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Speaker 2: And I just happened to be there.
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Speaker 13: Oh, by the way, Joe, I can assure you that
57:52
Speaker 13: you and Jennifer Jones have made a hit.
57:54
Speaker 4: Thank you very much, Louie. Bill, what have you lined
57:58
Speaker 4: up for next week?
57:59
Speaker 5: Next week, a fast-moving musical, Joe.
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Speaker 2: It's the Warner Brothers hit, April Showers.
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Speaker 5: And our stars are Jack Carson, Dorothy Lemoore, and Robert Alder.
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Speaker 5: There's a moving, dramatic story and some of America's best-loved songs,
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Speaker 5: like April Showers. So I know our audience will like it.
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Speaker 7: Sounds like a grand show, Mr. Keeley. Good night.
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Speaker 2: Good night. And thank you again.
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Speaker 5: Ladies and gentlemen, the armed forces of the United States
58:32
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Speaker 5: who received their medical education during the war years and
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Speaker 5: have not served in the armed forces are urged to
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Speaker 5: volunteer now when the need is so great. Lever Brothers Company,
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Speaker 5: the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, join me in inviting
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Speaker 5: you to be with us again next Monday evening when
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Speaker 5: the Lux Radio Theater presents Jack Carson, Dorothy L'Amour, and
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Speaker 5: Robert Alder.
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Speaker 2: In April Showers.
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Speaker 5: This is William Keeley saying goodnight to you from Hollywood.
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Speaker 3: Heard in tonight's cast was Betty Lou Gerson as Gay.
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Speaker 3: Our play was directed by S.H. Barnett and our music
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Speaker 3: was directed by Louis Silbers. This is your announcer, John
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Speaker 3: Milton Kennedy, reminding you to join us again next Monday
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Speaker 3: night to hear April Showers, starring Jack Carson, Dorothy L'Amour,
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Speaker 3: and Robert Alda. if you have trouble trouble trouble with
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Speaker 3: Be sure to listen next Monday night to the Lux
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Speaker 3: Radio Theater presentation of April Showers, starring Jack Carson, Dorothy L'Amour,
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Speaker 3: and Robert Alda. Stay tuned for My Friend Irma, which
1:00:08
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Speaker 1: Lux Radio Theater concludes with The Paradigm Case. This is
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