MEET JOHN DOE (1941)
771 shots over 2:02:51, read from the Internet Archive copy meet_john_doe (meet_john_doe.mp4, 640×480, 29.97 fps). Shot boundaries by PySceneDetect's adaptive detector; each frame links to the Archive's player at that second. Registry dossier: MEET JOHN DOE No renewal found. JSON
Measurements: black-and-white film on its keyframes (0 of 771 shots judged colour), average shot 9.6s long, a frontal face detected in 54% of keyframes. Shots are detected automatically and each is represented by its midpoint frame.
Transcript
Machine transcription of the Archive copy's audio with Whisper large-v3-turbo (temperature 0); the model heard it as en. 1559 segments kept, 377 dropped as the kind of hallucination the model produces over music and silence. Each timestamp links to the Archive's player at that second. This has not been checked against the film and can be wrong.
- 0:01 I'm going to go.
- 0:17 Come on!
- 0:48 Oh, my God.
- 0:52 Oh, my God.
- 1:09 Oh, my God.
- 1:15 Yeah!
- 1:45 I
- 1:51 *whistling*
- 1:54 Oh
- 1:57 Whistling
- 2:00 *whistling*
- 2:02 Oh.
- 2:18 I'm going to go.
- 2:23 Yeah, D.B.
- 2:24 Oh, just cleaning out the dead wood.
- 2:26 OK.
- 2:27 Look, Mr. Connell, I just can't afford to be without work right now, not even for a day. I've got a mother and two kids since the... More good luck telegrams.
- 2:36 Well...
- 2:37 You know how it is. I just got to keep on working, see? Sorry, Sister. I was sent down here to clean house.
- 2:43 I told you I can't yield your car anymore.
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- 2:45 It's lavender, no lace. Send those other people in. I'll tell you what I'll do. I get $30 a week. I'll take $25. 20 if necessary. I'll do anything you say. It isn't the money. We're after circulation. What we need is fireworks.
- 2:58 People are gonna hit with sledgehammers. - No arguments. - Oh, I can do that. I know this town inside out. - Oh, give me a chance. - All right. Come in. Come in. Come in.
- 3:06 Casey's got your check.
- 3:07 Who are these people?
- 3:09 Gibbs, Farley, Cunningham, Giles.
- 3:12 Hey, your sister.
- 3:13 Don't forget to get out your last column before you pick up your check.
- 3:27 I'm going to go.
- 3:34 You're a couple of sticks shy in your common man. Big rich slob like D.B. Norton, buy the paper and 40 heads are chopped off.
- 3:41 Did you get it too? - Yes.
- 3:44 You too?
- 3:45 Oh, Joe. Oh, I'm sorry, darling. Why don't we tear the building down?
- 3:51 Before you do, Ann, perhaps you'd better finish this column. What a lavender and old lace.
- 3:57 Wait, Joe.
- 3:59 Wait.
- 4:03 What's power work, huh?
- 4:06 Okay.
- 4:25 Here. Below is a letter which reached my desk this morning. It's a commentary on what we laughingly call a civilized world.
- 4:33 Dear Miss Mitchell, four years ago I was fired out of my job. Since then I haven't been able to get another one. At first I was sore at the state administration because it's on account of the slimy politics here. We have all this unemployment.
- 4:46 But in looking around, it seems the whole world's going to pot. So in protest, I'm going to commit suicide by jumping off the City Hall roof. Signed, a disgusted American citizen, John Doe.
- 4:58 Editor's note, if you ask this column...
- 5:00 The wrong people are jumping off the roofs.
- 5:03 Hey...
- 5:05 And this is the old fake aroo, isn't it? Never mind that, Joe. Go ahead.
- 5:10 I'm sorry, everybody.
- 5:29 - Yeah!
- 5:31 And it's because of the slimy politics that we have all this unemployment here.
- 5:35 There it is.
- 5:36 That's D.B. Norton's opening attack on the governor. Why, Jim, it's just a letter sent into a column. No, no, I can smell it. That's Norton. Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning, governor.
- 5:46 Governor, did you happen to see this in a new bulletin? Hmm, yes.
- 5:50 I had it served in my breakfast this morning. Jim thinks it's D.B. Norton at work. Of course it is. Oh, come on.
- 5:57 Jim, that little item? T.B. Norton does things in a much bigger way. This is his opening attack on you, Governor. Take my word for it.
- 6:04 What did he buy a paper for?
- 6:05 Why did he engage a high pressure editor like Connell for? He's in the oil business.
- 6:10 I tell you, Governor, he's after your scalp. All right, Jim, all right. Don't burst a blood vessel.
- 6:15 I'll look into it.
- 6:17 Uh-huh.
- 6:18 Did it, Mr. Spencer, the Daily Chronicle, please? Yes, yes, I saw it, Governor.
- 6:22 If you ask me, that's a phony letter.
- 6:24 Why, that gag has got whiskers on him.
- 6:27 Hmm?
- 6:27 Okay, I got the mayor and maybe the Chamber of Commerce to go after them.
- 6:31 Get Mayor Lovett on the phone. I'm sorry, the mayor is busy on the other phone.
- 6:35 Yes, I know, Mrs. Brewster. It's a terrible reflection on our city.
- 6:39 I've had a dozen calls already. Spencer of the Chronicle. Hold it. Just a minute.
- 6:43 Yes, Mrs. Brewster. I'm listening.
- 6:45 I insist that this John Doe man be found and given a job at once. Now, if something isn't done about it, I'll call out the whole exhibit.
- 6:54 Oh, can we meet?
- 6:55 - Yes, Fancy?
- 6:57 Oh?
- 6:58 The Governor. Well, what about me? It's my building he's jumping off of. And I'm up for re-election too. What are you doing? Get Canal with the bullet. Why? Why, he's liable to go right past my window. Get me Canal. What was that? What? Out the window. Something just flew by. I didn't see anything. Well, don't stand there, you idiot. Go and look. Open the window.
- 7:16 Oh, why did he have to pick on my building?
- 7:18 Is there a crowd in the street? No, sir. Then maybe he's caught on a ledge. Look again.
- 7:22 In this time...
- 7:24 I think it must have been a seagull. A seagull? What's a seagull doing around the city hall?
- 7:29 That's a bad omen, isn't it? Oh, no, sir. The seagull is a lovely bird.
- 7:33 It's all right, Mrs. Brewster. It was just a seal. Nothing's happened yet.
- 7:37 I'm watching.
- 7:38 Don't worry, Mr. Peter.
- 7:39 Just leave it all to me. Spencer, I'll call you back.
- 7:42 Hello. Can I help?
- 7:44 This is... What are you doing? This is the mayor. Yes, mayor Lovett. How many times are you gonna call me? I've got everybody in there, brother and sister, out looking for 'em.
- 7:53 Did you see the box there, honey?
- 7:57 An appeal to John Doe. Think it over, John.
- 8:00 Life can be beautiful, says Mayor.
- 8:02 If you need a job, apply to the editor of this paper, and so forth and so forth.
- 8:06 Okay, Mayor. I'll let you know as soon as I have something.
- 8:09 What?
- 8:10 Well, pull down the blinds. I'm up to Miss Ripple's house, Bob. Boys, she's in a bad way. Where is she? Hey, do you know something? She supports a mother and two kids. Why do you know about that? Did you find her? No. Her mother's awful worried about her. When she left the house, she was going on a roaring drunk.
- 8:24 - Of the girl, I mean. - Go out and find her.
- 8:26 Hey, but the biggest thing I didn't tell you, her old man's Doc Mitchell. You know that Doc saved my mother's life and wouldn't take any money for it? You remember that.
- 8:33 Okay, boss, I'll go and work for it.
- 8:39 Holy smokes, Commissioner, you've had 24 hours.
- 8:42 Okay, Hawkshaw, grab a pencil. Here it is again.
- 8:46 About five foot five.
- 8:49 Brown eyes.
- 8:50 Light chestnut hair.
- 8:52 And as fine a pair of legs as...
- 8:55 ever walked into this office.
- 8:59 Do you want to see me? No.
- 9:02 I've had the whole army and navy out searching for you because that's a game we play here every day. I remember distinctly being fired. That's right.
- 9:09 But you have a piece of property that still belongs to this newspaper. And I'd like to have it. What's that? The letter. What letter?
- 9:14 Delivered from Girondeau.
- 9:15 Oh. The whole town's in an uproar. We've got to find him. The letter's the only clue. There is no letter. We'll get a handwriting expert to...
- 9:24 What?
- 9:25 There is none at us.
- 9:30 Say that again. It's no matter. I made it up.
- 9:33 You made it? Mm-hmm. You said you wanted fireworks.
- 9:36 Don't you know there are nine jobs waiting for this guy? Twenty-two families want to board him free?
- 9:41 Five women want to marry him, and the mayor's practically ready to adopt him, and you... Just call the morgue, boss. You said there's a girl there on... Shut up.
- 9:49 Anne!
- 9:50 - Say, why didn't you-- - Hey, only one thing to do, Hank. Drop the whole business quickly. - How? - Run it, story. Say John Doe was in here and is sorry he wrote the letter and-- - I'm right. - They've got it, sure. He came in here and I let him change his mind.
- 10:02 Well, look, an editor saves John Doe's life. Well, it's perfect.
- 10:05 I'll have Ned ride it up.
- 10:06 - Oh, Ned, I got a story I want you to... - Wait a minute.
- 10:10 Listen, you great big wonderful genius of a newspaper man. You came down here to shoot some life into this dying paper, didn't you? Well, the whole town's curious about John Doe, and boom, just like that, you're going to bury him. There's enough circulation in that man to start a shortage in the ink market. In what man? John Doe.
- 10:24 What John Doe? I John Doe, the one I made up.
- 10:28 Look genius.
- 10:29 Now look.
- 10:29 Suppose there was a John Doe and he walked into this office, what would you do? Find him a job and forget about the whole business, I suppose, huh? Not me. I'd make a deal with him.
- 10:39 - A day-o? - Sure, when you get hold of a stunt that sells papers, you don't drop it like a hot potato. Well, this is good for at least a couple of months. You know what I'd do? Between now and, let's say, Christmas when he's gonna jump, I'd run a daily yawn. Starting with his boyhood, his schooling, his first job, a wide-eyed youngster facing a chaotic world. The problem of the average man of all the John Doe's in the world. Now,
- 10:58 Then comes the drama. He meets discouragement.
- 11:00 He finds the world as feet of clay. His ideals crumbled. So what does he do? He decides to commit suicide and protest against the state of civilization. He thinks of the river, but no.
- 11:09 Now he has a better idea. The City Hall. Why? Because he wants to attract attention. He wants to get a few things off his chest and that's the only way he can get himself heard.
- 11:17 So? So? So he writes me a letter and I dig him up. He pours out his soul to me. And from now on we quote, "I protest by John Doe." He protests against all the evils in the world. The greed, the lust, the hate, the fear, all of man's inhumanity to man. Arguments will start. Should he commit suicide or should he not? People will write in pleading with him, but no. No sir, John Doe will remain adamant. On Christmas Eve, hot or cold, he goes.
- 11:42 See?
- 11:45 Very pretty.
- 11:46 Very pretty indeed, Miss Mitchell.
- 11:48 But would you mind telling me who goes on Christmas Eve? - John Doe. - What John Doe? The one we hire for the job, you lunkhead. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let me get this through this lame brain of mine.
- 11:58 Are you suggesting we go out and hire someone to say he's going to commit suicide on Christmas Eve? Is that it? Why, you're catching on. Who, for instance? Anybody. Or Beanie will do. Why, sure.
- 12:08 Who, me? Jump off a... Oh, no, any time at Christmas. I'm superstitious.
- 12:17 Nurse Bishop, do me a favor. Will you go on out and get married and have a lot of babies?
- 12:22 Stay out of newspaper business. Better get that story in, Hank. It's getting late. You're supposed to be a smart guy. If it was raining $100 bills, you'd be out looking for a dime you lost someplace.
- 12:31 Holy smokes, wasting my time listening to this mad woman. Look, Chief, look at the Chronicle. It's running on John Doe. They say it's a fake.
- 12:37 Why then no good that...
- 12:39 John Doe's story, amateur journalism.
- 12:42 It's probably phony until anyone is taking it serious.
- 12:46 What do you think of those guys? That's fine. That's fine. Now fall right into their laps. Go ahead. Say John Doe walked in and called the whole thing off. You know what that's gonna sound like on top of this.
- 12:55 That's all, Nat. Thank you. All right.
- 12:59 Amateur journalism, huh?
- 13:01 What a bunch of sophomores, I can teach them more about-- Hey, boss, get a load of this.
- 13:06 Fire.
- 13:12 What do they want? They all say they wrote the John Doe letter. Yeah, they are. Oh, they all wrote the letter. Tell them all the way. Look, Mr. Connell, one of those men is your John Doe. They're desperate and will do anything for a cup of coffee. Pick one out and you can make the Chronicle eat their words.
- 13:26 I'm beginning to light this. If you ask me, Hank, you're playing around with dynamite. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, the gal's right.
- 13:32 We can't let the Chronicle get the laugh on us.
- 13:34 We've got to produce a journal now. Amateur journalism, huh? I'll show those guys. Sure, and there's no reason for them to find out the truth either, because...
- 13:42 Naturally, I won't say anything.
- 13:46 Okay, sister, you get your job back. Plus a bonus.
- 13:49 What bonus? Or the bonus of a thousand dollars the Chronicle was going to pay me for this little document. You'll find it says, "I am Mitchell hereby certified that the John Doe letter was created by me." I can read. I can read. Sorry.
- 14:02 You think this is worth a thousand dollars, do you? Oh, the Chronicle would consider it dirt cheap.
- 14:07 Packs everything, including a gun.
- 14:09 Okay, so you got yourself a deal. Now let's take a look at the candidates. The one we pick has got to be the typical average man.
- 14:16 Typical American that can keep his mouth shut. Show me an American who can keep his mouth shut and I'll eat it.
- 14:22 Okay, Beanie, bring him in one to turn.
- 14:48 Oh, no.
- 15:17 Awesome.
- 15:29 Did you write that letter to Miss Mitchell?
- 15:31 No, I didn't.
- 15:33 What are you doing up here, then?
- 15:35 Well, the paper says there were some jobs around loose. Thought there might be one left over. Had any schooling?
- 15:41 Yeah.
- 15:42 Well...
- 15:42 What do you do in your work?
- 15:44 I used to pitch.
- 15:47 Yeah.
- 15:48 The wing went bad. Where'd you play?
- 15:51 Bush leagues, mostly.
- 15:53 How about family? Got me family?
- 15:55 No.
- 15:56 Oh, just traveling through, huh?
- 15:58 Yeah.
- 15:59 Me and a friend of mine. He's outside.
- 16:04 - Looks like I... - He's perfect. A baseball player. What could be more American?
- 16:09 She had a family, though.
- 16:11 Be less complicated without a family. Look at that face. It's wonderful.
- 16:14 They'll believe him.
- 16:16 Come on.
- 16:19 What's your name?
- 16:20 Willoughby.
- 16:21 John Willoughby. Long John Willoughby. They called me in baseball.
- 16:24 Would you, uh...
- 16:25 Would you like to make some money?
- 16:29 Yeah.
- 16:30 Maybe.
- 16:31 Would you be willing to say you wrote that letter and...
- 16:34 Stick by.
- 16:39 Mm-hmm.
- 16:40 I get the idea.
- 16:42 Yeah.
- 16:44 Maybe.
- 16:49 That's our man. He's made to order. I don't know. He don't seem like the kind of a guy that would fall in the line. When you're desperate for money, you do a lot of things, Mr. Connell. He's our man, I tell you.
- 16:58 He fainted!
- 16:59 Get the water, quickly! Hurry up, Pop. - All right. - Marcia, sit down. You all right?
- 17:05 Yeah. Hi, Marner.
- 17:06 How many is that? Six?
- 17:19 Pretty hungry, weren't you?
- 17:22 Hey, all this John Doe business is batty if you ask me. Well, nobody asked you.
- 17:28 Trying to improve the world by jumping off buildings.
- 17:30 You couldn't improve the world if the buildings jumped on you.
- 17:33 Don't mind the Colonel. He hates people. He likes you well enough to stick around.
- 17:38 Well, that's because we both play do hickeys.
- 17:41 I met him in a boxcar a couple of years ago.
- 17:43 I was fooling around with my harmonica, and he comes over and joins in. I haven't been able to shake him since.
- 18:10 All right, boys, here he is. No, no, no, you can't take pictures of him like that, eating a sandwich and with a beard.
- 18:15 - But he's gonna jump off a building. - Yes, but not because he's out of a job. That's not news. This man's going to jump as a matter of principle. - Well, maybe you're right. - We'll clean him up and put him in a hotel room when the bodyguards will make a mystery out of him.
- 18:25 Did you speak to Mr. Norton? Thanks, Mr. Reppy. Says for us to go the limit. Wants us to build a bonfire under every big shot in the state. Oh, is that the contract? Yeah.
- 18:33 What's he doing here?
- 18:34 Friend of his, they played duets together.
- 18:36 - Do what? But can we trust him? - I trust him.
- 18:40 Oh, you trust him, eh? Well, that's fine. I suppose he trusts you, too. Oh, stop worrying. He's all right. Okay, but we don't want more than a couple of hundred people in on this thing.
- 18:48 Now the first thing I want is an exact copy of the John Doe letter in your own handwriting. I've got it all ready. Here.
- 18:54 No, that's fine.
- 18:55 Now, I want you to sign this agreement. It gives us an exclusive story under your name...
- 19:00 Day by day, from now until Christmas.
- 19:03 On December 26th, you get one railroad ticket,
- 19:07 Out of town.
- 19:08 And they pull it and we grease the pay to have your alarm fixed. That's what you want, isn't it? Yeah, but it's got to be by Bonesetter Brown. Okay, Bonesetter Brown goes. Here, sign it.
- 19:16 Meanwhile, here's $50 spending money.
- 19:19 That's fine. - Beep. - Yes, boss. Take charge of him. Get him a suite at the Imperial and hire some bodyguards.
- 19:24 He had some new clothes, Beanie.
- 19:26 I think you better have him to laugh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 19:29 - Both of them? - Yes, both of them. But don't let them out of your sight. - Hey, Beanie, spray his suit, huh? - Yes.
- 19:34 Okay, fellas.
- 19:41 Take it easy, John Doe.
- 19:46 And you start pounding that typewriter. Oh boy, this is terrific. No responsibilities in our part, just statements from John Doe, and we can blast our heads off. Before you pop too many buttons, don't forget to make us a check for a thousand.
- 20:00 Um...
- 20:02 Okay, fellas, now let me see. You sit outside the door. Nobody comes in to see you. You two fellas sit in here. Hey, pretty nifty, huh?
- 20:11 You ain't gonna get me to stay here. Sure you are. No, sir. That spot under the bridge where we slept last night is good enough for me.
- 20:18 Hey, what'll I do with this bag? Go stick them in the bedroom. Give me mine. I ain't staying.
- 20:23 You know, we were headed for the Columbia River country before all this John Doe business came up. You remember that, don't you? Sure, I remember.
- 20:30 Say, is your ears pop coming up in the elevator? Mine did. Oh, Long John, I tell you, it's no good. You're gonna get used to a lot of stuff that's gonna wreck you.
- 20:36 Why, that 50 bucks in your pocket's beginning to show up on you already. And don't pull that on me neither.
- 20:41 Stop worrying, Colonel. I want to get my arm fixed out of this. Hey, here's some cigars of bar sandlots.
- 20:46 Have one. Hey, help yourself.
- 20:58 Say, I'll bet you even the major leaguers don't rate an outfit like this. Here, make yourself comfortable. Paper?
- 21:03 I don't read no papers and I don't listen to radios either.
- 21:07 I know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber, and I don't have to read it.
- 21:13 I've seen guys like you go under before. Guys that never had a worry.
- 21:17 Then they got a hold of some dough and went goofy. The first thing that happened to those guys-- Hey, the guy load of the bedroom. Now.
- 21:24 The first thing that happens to a guy like that, he starts wanting to go into a restaurant and sit down at a table and...
- 21:29 Eat salads and cupcakes and tea.
- 21:32 Boy, what that kind of food does to your system.
- 21:40 The next thing the dope wants is a room.
- 21:42 Yes, sir. A room with steam heat.
- 21:44 And curtains and rugs. And before you know it, he's all softened up and he can't sleep unless he has a bed.
- 21:50 Hey, stop worrying, Colonel. 50 bucks ain't gonna ruin me. I've seen plenty of fellas start out with 50 bucks and wind up with a bank account. Hey, what's the matter with a bank account, anyway? And let me tell you, Long John, when you become a guy with a bank account,
- 22:03 They gotcha.
- 22:04 Yes, sir, they got you.
- 22:07 - Who's got him? - The helots. - Who? - Hey!
- 22:11 There's a city hall tower I'm supposed to jump off of. It's even higher than this.
- 22:15 Who's got 'em?
- 22:16 The Helots.
- 22:19 Hey! Wait a minute!
- 22:21 You're not supposed to jump for Christmas Eve. Do you want to get me in a jam?
- 22:25 If it's gonna get you the jam, we'll do you a favor.
- 22:27 I won't jump.
- 22:29 And when they got you, you got no more chance than a road rabbit. Hey, who'd you say was gonna get him? Hey, is this one of those places where you ring if you want something?
- 22:38 Just use the phone.
- 22:39 Boy, I've always wanted to do this. Hey, Doc, look. Look, Doc.
- 22:44 Give me that again, will you?
- 22:46 Who's gonna get 'em?
- 22:47 The Helots.
- 22:49 Who are they?
- 22:50 Listen, Sucky, you ever been broke? Sure, mostly often.
- 22:53 All right, you're walking along.
- 22:56 Not a nickel in your jeans. You're free as the wind. Nobody bothers you.
- 22:59 Hundreds of people pass you by in every line of business. Shoes, hats, automobiles, radios, furniture, everything. They're all nice, lovable people.
- 23:06 Me let you along.
- 23:07 Is that right?
- 23:09 Then you get a hold of some dough and what happens.
- 23:13 All those nice, sweet, lovable people become helots!
- 23:17 A lot of heels.
- 23:19 They begin creeping up on you.
- 23:21 Trying to sell you something.
- 23:23 They get long claws. And they get a stranglehold on you. And you squirm and you duck and you holler and you try to push them away but you haven't got a chance. They got you.
- 23:32 First thing you know, you own things. A car, for instance.
- 23:36 Now your whole life is messed up with a lot more stuff.
- 23:40 You get license fees and number plates and gas and oil and taxes and insurance and identification cards and letters and bills and flat tires and dents and traffic tickets and motorcycle cops and courtrooms and lawyers and fines and a million and one other things.
- 23:57 And what happens?
- 23:59 You're not the free and happy guy you used to be.
- 24:02 You gotta have money to pay for all those things.
- 24:05 So you go after what the other fellas got.
- 24:08 Indeed, yeah. You're a heelat yourself.
- 24:19 You win, Colonel. Here, take the 50.
- 24:22 Go ahead and get rid of it. You bet I will just as fast as I can. I'm gonna get some canned goods, a fish and rod and the rest I'm gonna give away.
- 24:30 Giveaway?
- 24:31 Hey, get me a pitcher's glove. I gotta get some practice.
- 24:35 Say, he's giving it away. I'm gonna get me some of that. Hey, come back here, you key lot.
- 24:43 For you to end up...
- 24:45 Five hamburgers with all the trimmings.
- 24:47 Five chocolate ice cream sodas...
- 24:49 and five pieces of apple pie.
- 24:52 No, Apple.
- 24:53 With cheese?
- 25:10 Hello there.
- 25:13 Well, well.
- 25:15 If it isn't the man of our town. All set, Miss Anne. Hmm?
- 25:20 Oh, oh, yes. Let's go.
- 25:24 Let's see, we want some action in these pictures. - Action? - Mm-hmm.
- 25:30 - That's good. - No, no, no. This man's going to jump off a roof. - Oh. - Here. Wait a minute. Let me comb his hair.
- 25:35 Sit down.
- 25:41 Yeah, that's better.
- 25:50 You know, he's got a nice face, hasn't he? Yeah, he's pretty.
- 25:55 Sit down, quiet egghead.
- 25:59 All right, now a serious expression.
- 26:01 Can't. I'm feeling too good. Oh, come on now. This is serious. You're a man disgusted with all civilization.
- 26:07 - With all of it? - Yes, you're throwing it the world. Come on now.
- 26:10 - Oh, crabby guy, huh? - Yeah.
- 26:14 No, no.
- 26:17 No, no.
- 26:22 Now look, you don't have to smell the world.
- 26:27 All those guys in the back of the... Never mind those guys. All right, stand up.
- 26:31 Now,
- 26:32 Let's see what you look like when you protest. Against what?
- 26:35 Against anything, just protest.
- 26:38 You got me. Oh, look, I'm the umpire, and you just cut the heart of the plate with your fast one, and I called it a ball. What would you do?
- 26:46 - Oh, you did, huh? - Yeah.
- 26:48 Why can't you call him right, you boneheaded... - Grab him! Grab him! - Grab him!
- 27:05 Oh, my God.
- 27:13 I'm.
- 27:24 - Get out of sight! Get out of sight!
- 27:30 Come on.
- 27:45 I don't care who's...
- 27:46 picture they published in.
- 27:48 I still say that this John Doe person is a myth.
- 27:51 And you can quote me on that.
- 27:53 And I'm going to insist on his being produced for Cresting.
- 27:56 You know as well as I do.
- 27:58 that this whole thing is being engineered by a vicious man with a vicious purpose
- 28:03 Mr. D.B. Norton.
- 28:19 Shh.
- 28:20 I'm going to go.
- 28:29 Mr. Mel and Mr. Mel.
- 28:29 - I'm not sure if you're at the house
- 28:30 Oh, they are?
- 28:31 All right.
- 28:35 Personally, I think it's just plain stupidity to drop it. Now you should see a fan mail, thousands. Why, it's going over like a house of fire. Why are you afraid of, Cannell?
- 28:43 It's doubled our circulation. Yeah, but it's got everybody sore. Heads are being pulled. The governor's starting a libel suit. What's more, they all know John Dozaphony, and they insist on seeing him. What about it? Let them see him. We'll go on one better, they can also hear him. You own a radio station, Mr. Norton. Why not put him on the air? Watch out for this damn DV. She'll drive your body. Look, we can't let him get to this bush league pitcher and start popping him. Good night.
- 29:03 Now tell him what that screwball might do. I walk in yesterday, here he is standing on a table with a fishing pole. Fly casting.
- 29:09 Take my advice and get him out of town before this thing explodes in our faces. If you do, Mr. Norton, you're just as much of a dumb cluck as he is.
- 29:15 No, you got yourself a meal ticket and you hate to let go. Sure it's a meal ticket for me, I admit it, but it's also a windfall for somebody like Mr. Norton who's trying to crash national politics. That's what you bought the newspaper for, isn't it? You want to reach a lot of people, don't you? Well, put John Doe in the air and you can reach 130 million of them. He can say anything he wants and they'll listen to him. All right, we'll forget the governor and the mayor and all the small fry like that. This can arouse national interest. If he made a hit around here, he can do it every place else in the country.
- 29:39 And you'll be pulling the strings, Mr.
- 29:44 Go down to the office and arrange for some radio time. Well, D.B., you're not going to fall... I want it as soon as possible.
- 29:52 Okay. I just came in to get warm myself.
- 29:55 Come on, let's go.
- 29:57 Don't you go. I want to talk to you.
- 30:06 Sit down.
- 30:25 This John Doe idea was yours, huh?
- 30:28 Yes, sir.
- 30:36 - How much money do you get? - Thirty dollars.
- 30:38 Thirty dollars.
- 30:41 Well, um...
- 30:42 What are you after? I mean...
- 30:43 What do you want? A journalistic career? Money.
- 30:48 My name?
- 30:49 Well, I'm glad to hear somebody admitted...
- 30:54 Do you suppose you could write a radio speech that would put that fellow over?
- 30:59 - Oh, I'm sure I can. - Do it and I'll give you $100 a week.
- 31:02 - A hundred dollars? - That's only the beginning.
- 31:04 You play your cards right and you'll never have to worry about money again.
- 31:08 Oh, I knew it. Hello. Hello. Whenever there's a pretty woman around. This is my nephew Ted Sheldon, Miss Mitchell. How do you do? How do you do?
- 31:16 All right, Casanova, I'll give you a break.
- 31:18 See that Miss Mitchell gets a car to take her home.
- 31:20 Always reading my mind, aren't you? Thank you very much for everything.
- 31:24 And Ms. Mitchell.
- 31:27 I think from now on you'd better work directly with me.
- 31:30 Yes, sir.
- 32:15 Come, come, come, children.
- 32:16 It's past your bedtime. Come on, come on, come on. Come on, come on. Come on, come on.
- 32:22 - Now, who's off the bed? - Take a fork through me. I'm done. I'll never get this speech right. Oh, yes, you will, Ann dear. You're very clever. Yeah, I know.
- 32:30 What are you looking for?
- 32:31 Your purse, I need $10. What for? I gave you $50 just the other day. Yes, I know, dear, but Mrs. Burke had her baby yesterday. Nine pounds.
- 32:39 and there wasn't a thing in the house.
- 32:41 And then the community chest lady came and-- And the 50's all gone, huh? Who's the 10 for?
- 32:45 The Websters. The Websters. You remember those lovely people your father used to take care of.
- 32:50 I thought I'd buy them some groceries.
- 32:52 Oh, dear, it's a shame those are marvelous, Ma. You're just like Bobby used to be. Do you realize a couple of weeks ago we didn't have enough to eat ourselves?
- 33:00 Well, yes, I know, dear, but these people are in such need. And we have plenty now. If you're thinking of that thousand dollars, forget it. It's practically all gone. We owed everybody in town. Now, you just gotta stop giving all your money away. Oh, Anne, dear.
- 33:12 Oh, I'm sorry, Ma. Oh, don't pay any attention to me. I guess I'm just upset about all this.
- 33:17 Gee whiz, here I am with a great opportunity to get somewhere. To give us security for once in our lives and I'm stuck. If I could put this over, your Mrs. Burke can have six babies.
- 33:27 You mean the speech you're writing? Yeah, I don't know. I simply can't get it to Jill.
- 33:31 I created somebody who's going to give up his life for a principal. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to listen to him over the radio. And unless he says something that's...
- 33:38 Well, it's sensational. It's just no good.
- 33:41 Well, honey, of course I don't know what kind of a speech you're trying to write. But judging from the samples I've read,
- 33:47 I don't think anybody will listen.
- 33:48 What?
- 33:50 Darling, there are so many complaining political speeches.
- 33:53 People are tired of hearing nothing but doom and despair on the radio.
- 33:57 If you're gonna have him say anything, why don't you let him say something?
- 34:00 Simple and real, something with hope in it.
- 34:04 If your father were alive, he'd know what to say.
- 34:07 Yeah.
- 34:09 I certainly would.
- 34:12 Wait a minute.
- 34:18 I'm going to go.
- 34:31 That's your father's diary, Anne. Father's?
- 34:34 I never knew he had a diary.
- 34:36 There's enough in it for a hundred speeches.
- 34:39 Things people ought to hear nowadays.
- 34:41 You be careful of it, won't you, dear?
- 34:43 Always helped to keep your father alive for me.
- 34:46 You better, Wilma.
- 34:48 Wait a minute, John Doe don't want to sign no autograph. Well, what does he do all day? What does he do all day? He's writing out his memories.
- 34:59 Sorry, lady, you can't see Mr. Doe. He wants to be alone.
- 35:03 No.
- 35:04 No, he just sits around all day and commutes with himself.
- 35:11 Oh!
- 35:24 I don't know how you're gonna stand it around here till after Christmas.
- 35:30 I'll bet you ain't heard a train whistle in two weeks.
- 35:41 Steam rifle!
- 35:55 I know why you're hanging around.
- 36:05 You're stuck on a girl.
- 36:10 That's all a guy needs is to get hooked up with a woman.
- 36:30 What was that, a single?
- 36:32 First placement dropped the ball.
- 36:34 Butterfingers!
- 36:36 Tough luck, pal.
- 36:44 Guy has a woman on his hands. First thing he knows, his life is balled up with a lot more things.
- 36:49 Finishing.
- 37:02 Did you get him?
- 37:04 - You're out? - Well...
- 37:07 What's this, the end of the eighth? Ninth.
- 37:13 Hey, Vinnie, there's a couple of mugs in the Chronicle snooping around out here.
- 37:20 Come on, angel face.
- 37:23 Gangway.
- 37:25 What's the score interface? 2:02, I'll break 'em. Jesus, great!
- 37:36 Hey, you got swell form there. Must have been a pretty good picture.
- 37:39 Pretty good. I was just about ready for the major leagues when I chipped a bone on my elbow. I got a pitch in a 19 inning game.
- 37:46 Yeah.
- 37:47 There was a major league scout there watching me too. And he came down after a game of the contract.
- 37:52 You know what?
- 37:53 I couldn't lift my arm to sign it.
- 37:56 I'll be okay though, soon as they're gonna get fixed up. It's too bad.
- 38:00 What do you mean, too bad?
- 38:01 Huh?
- 38:02 Or that you'll never be able to play again.
- 38:05 What are you talking about? I just told you I was gonna get... Well, you know how they are in baseball. If a guy's mixed up in a racket...
- 38:11 Racket, what do you mean?
- 38:13 Well, I was just thinking about this John Doe business.
- 38:16 Why, as soon as it comes out, it's all a fake.
- 38:19 You'll be washed up in baseball, won't you?
- 38:24 Yeah.
- 38:27 I never thought about that.
- 38:36 And another thing, what about all the kids in the country?
- 38:38 The kids that idolize ballplayers.
- 38:41 What are they gonna think about you?
- 38:45 Hey, Colonel.
- 38:49 Did you hear that? I gotta figure some way out of this thing.
- 38:54 The elevators are still running.
- 38:56 I know one way you can do it.
- 38:59 How?
- 39:01 When you get up there on the radio, all you have to do is to say the whole thing's a frame-up.
- 39:05 Make you a hero sure as you're born. Yeah, but...
- 39:09 How am I going to get my arm fixed?
- 39:11 That's a cinch.
- 39:13 I know somebody who'll give you $5,000 just to get up on the radio and tell the truth.
- 39:19 Yeah, $5,000 and he gets it right away.
- 39:22 You don't have to wait till Christmas.
- 39:25 Look out, Long John. They're closing in on you.
- 39:29 Say, who's putting up this dough?
- 39:31 The Lorenzo Chronicle.
- 39:35 Here's the speech you make and it's all written out for you.
- 39:39 $5,000. Holy mackerel, I can see the helots coming. The whole army of them.
- 39:49 It's on the level.
- 40:00 No, I'm sorry. Tickets for the broadcast are all gone.
- 40:05 phone the bulletin.
- 40:06 Sorry, no more tickets left.
- 40:20 Hello, John, old sister of the big milling.
- 40:22 Well, turn around.
- 40:23 - One moment. - Hold it. - A big smile. - A big smile.
- 40:26 - All right, Mrs. Buck. - Okay, Beanie. That will take him out. - We got it. - Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Now, look, John, here's the speech. It's in Captain Double Space. You won't have any trouble reading it. - Not nervous, are you? - No. Of course not. He wouldn't be.
- 40:38 - Who? - John Dole, the one in there. Hey, don't let your knees rattle. It picks up on the bike. Oh, be mean. You needn't be nervous, John. All you have to remember is to be sincere. - Pick up that phone, Miss Mitchell. It's for you. - Okay.
- 40:49 Hello? Yes, Mother.
- 41:06 - Did you get it?
- 41:07 Yeah.
- 41:08 Now look, I'll give this money to the Colonel just as soon as he gets started.
- 41:13 We'll have a car waiting at the side entrance for you. Okay. How'd you get in here? Huh? Oh, I just came in to wish him luck. Come on, out, out.
- 41:21 Mother said good luck too. John, when you read that speech, please, please believe every word of it. He turned out to be a wonderful person, John.
- 41:29 -Who? -John Doe, the one on the beach. -Oh. -You know something? I... I've actually fallen in love with him.
- 41:35 All right, there he is, Sister. Now, come on. Plenty of both. What's the idea? No, no, no, no, no, no, that's too much. That's not what. That's not what. No, no, no, not so much. Come on. Oh, this is no time to exceed publicity, Mr. Cano. Listen, if that guy lays an egg, I want to get something out of it.
- 41:48 I'm getting a James dough ready. Oh, come on. Well, you fellas, give me a kiss. I have to make six one more. Now, that's fine, honey. You go ahead and leave it. Go ahead. How you doing? All right, Benny. Bring him in. Holy smoke. A happy helot.
- 42:03 There you are, boss, just like you ordered, symbols of little people. Okay, get 'em up. All right, you fellas. This is ridiculous, Mr. Cannell. Come on, give me a chance. Let me just on the airway.
- 42:26 - I took a minute to go. - Beanie. - All right, all right. - All right.
- 42:32 - Better get ready. One minute to go. - One minute to go. - And score is nothing to nothing. Now, please, John, you won't let me down, will you?
- 42:41 Will you?
- 42:43 Of course you won't. If you'll just think of yourself as the real John Doe,
- 42:48 Listen, everything in that speech is things a certain man believed in.
- 42:52 He was my father, John.
- 42:54 When he talked, people listened.
- 42:56 And they'll listen to you, too.
- 42:59 Funny.
- 43:00 You know what my mother said the other night?
- 43:04 She said to look into your eyes.
- 43:05 That I'd see father there.
- 43:09 Hey, what do you think? OK, we're coming. Come on. Now listen, John, you're a pitcher. Now get in there and pitch.
- 43:19 Good luck.
- 43:20 Give them a little better through.
- 43:31 Come on.
- 43:36 Hey.
- 43:37 Let's get out of here. There's the door right there. Hey, what are you doing here? That's what I'd like to know. Come on, Alp, Alp. Say, he's a friend of mine. Never mind. Let him alone. He's all right.
- 43:48 I'll be right over there pulling for you.
- 43:53 John, over here.
- 44:00 Stand by.
- 44:33 Phone the Chronicle. Tell them to start getting those extras out.
- 44:58 And good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Kenneth Fry speaking for the new bulletin.
- 45:02 Tonight we give you something entirely new and different.
- 45:05 Standing beside me is the young man who has declared publicly that on Christmas Eve he intends to commit suicide.
- 45:10 giving as his reason, quote,
- 45:12 I protest against the state of civilization.
- 45:15 End quote.
- 45:16 Ladies and gentlemen, the new bulletin takes pleasure in presenting the man who is fast becoming the most talked-up person in the whole country...
- 45:23 John Doe!
- 45:47 Ladies and gentlemen.
- 45:52 I am the man you all know as John Doe.
- 45:56 I took that name because it seems to describe
- 46:02 Because it seems to describe the average man.
- 46:05 And that's me. And that's me.
- 46:13 Well, it was me before I said I was going to jump off the city hall roof at midnight on Christmas Eve.
- 46:20 Now, I guess I'm not average anymore.
- 46:24 Now I'm getting all sorts of attention.
- 46:26 From Big Shots, too. We've been double-crossed. The mayor and the governor, for instance.
- 46:31 They don't like those articles I've been writing. You're an imposter, young fellow. That's a pack of lies you're telling. Who wrote that speech for you? I'm going to go. Hey, please.
- 46:53 Spencer.
- 46:54 Ladies and gentlemen, the disturbance you just heard was caused by someone in the audience who tried to heckle Mr. Doe.
- 47:00 The speech will continue.
- 47:06 Well...
- 47:08 People like the governor...
- 47:10 People like the governor and that fellow there can
- 47:12 And stop worrying.
- 47:14 I'm not going to talk about them.
- 47:16 I'm gonna talk about us.
- 47:18 The average guys.
- 47:20 The John Doe's.
- 47:21 If anybody should ask you what the average John Doe is like...
- 47:25 You couldn't tell him because he's a million and one things.
- 47:29 He's Mr. Bigg.
- 47:30 And Mr. Small.
- 47:32 He's simple, and he's wise. He's inherently honest.
- 47:35 But he's got a streak of larceny in his heart.
- 47:37 He seldom walks up to a public telephone without shoving his finger into the slot to see if somebody left a nickel there.
- 47:55 He's the man...
- 47:56 The ads are written for. He's a fella everybody sells things to.
- 48:01 He's Joe Doakes, the world's greatest stooge.
- 48:04 And the world's greatest strength.
- 48:12 uh...
- 48:14 Yes, sir?
- 48:17 Yes, sir, we're a great family, the John Doe's.
- 48:20 We are the meek who are...
- 48:22 who are supposed to inherit the earth.
- 48:25 You'll find us everywhere.
- 48:27 We raise the crops, we dig the mines, work the factories, keep the books,
- 48:31 Fly the planes...
- 48:32 and drive the buses, and when a cop yells, "Stand back there, you!"
- 48:36 He means us.
- 48:37 The John Doe. What kind of a speech is that? Didn't you read it?
- 48:41 We've existed since time began. We built the pyramids.
- 48:44 We saw Christ crucified.
- 48:47 Pull the oars for Roman emperors.
- 48:49 Sail the boats for Columbus.
- 48:51 Retreated from Moscow with Napoleon,
- 48:54 and froze with Washington at Valley Forge.
- 49:00 Yes, sir.
- 49:01 We've been in there dodging left hooks.
- 49:03 since before history began to walk.
- 49:05 In our struggle for Freak the Canvas many a time, but we always bounce back because we're the people and we're tough.
- 49:17 They started a lot of talk about free people going soft.
- 49:20 that we can't take it.
- 49:21 That's a lot of hooey.
- 49:24 A free people can beat the world at anything, from war to tiddlywinks, if we all pull in the same direction.
- 49:38 I know a lot of you are saying, "What can I do?"
- 49:41 I'm just a little punk.
- 49:42 I don't count.
- 49:44 Well, you're dead wrong. The little punks have always counted, because in the long run, the character of a country is the sum total of the character of its little punks.
- 50:00 We've all got to get in there and pitch. We can't win the old ball game unless we have teamwork.
- 50:04 And that's where every John Doe comes in.
- 50:08 It's up to him to get together with his teammate.
- 50:11 And your teammates, my friends.
- 50:13 is the guy next door to you.
- 50:16 Your neighbor. He's a terribly important guy, that guy next door.
- 50:20 You're gonna need him and he's gonna need you, so look him up.
- 50:23 If he's sick, call on him.
- 50:25 If he's hungry, feed him.
- 50:27 If he's out of a job,
- 50:29 Find him one.
- 50:30 To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barking dog and a high fence around him.
- 50:35 Now, you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team.
- 50:39 So tear down the fence that separates you.
- 50:42 Tear down the fence.
- 50:43 And you tear down a lot of hates and prejudices.
- 50:46 Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.
- 50:59 I know a lot of you are saying to yourselves,
- 51:01 He's asking for a miracle to happen. He's expecting people to change all of a sudden.
- 51:06 Well, you're wrong. It's no miracle. It's no miracle because...
- 51:10 I see it happen once every year.
- 51:12 And so do you.
- 51:14 At Christmas time,
- 51:16 There's something swell about the spirit of Christmas
- 51:19 to see what it does to people,
- 51:21 All kinds of people.
- 51:23 Now, why can't that spirit, that same warm Christmas spirit, last the whole year round?
- 51:29 Good.
- 51:30 If it ever did...
- 51:32 If each and every John Doe would make that spirit last 365 days out of the year, we'd develop such a strength, we'd create such a tidal wave of goodwill that no human force could stand against it.
- 51:46 Yes, sir, my friends.
- 51:48 The meek?
- 51:49 can only inherit the earth when the John Doe starts loving their neighbors.
- 51:55 You better start right now.
- 51:57 Don't wait till the game is called on account of darkness.
- 52:01 Wake up, John Doe. You're the hope of the world.
- 52:13 Daniel.
- 52:23 Get out of here. Now you...
- 52:32 - We are going to be talking
- 52:33 - Hey, hey!
- 52:44 I knew you'd wake up sooner or later. Boy, am I glad we got out of that mess.
- 52:49 I had the $5,000 sold up. Could have been on my way to Old Dark Brown.
- 52:56 You're a pitcher, John, she says. Now go in there and pitch.
- 52:59 What a...
- 53:00 She's a heel-out just like the rest of us. Lucky you got away from her.
- 53:04 What was I doing up there making a speech anyway? Me, huh?
- 53:07 The more I think about it, the more I can... Tear down all the fences.
- 53:11 Why, if you tore one picket off of your neighbor's fence, he'd sue you.
- 53:14 Five thousand bucks had it right in my hand. What do you mean he ran away? Well, go after him. Find him. That man is terrific.
- 53:30 Columbia River, here we come.
- 53:48 Oh
- 53:52 Oh, my God.
- 53:54 Oh
- 54:18 Jitterbug. Yeah. Hey, how much money we got left?
- 54:23 - Four minutes.
- 54:24 Better make a donut, son. - Yeah.
- 54:39 - What'd it be, Jeff? - I've got a couple of sticks about that big and about that thick.
- 54:43 Hey, with hash brown potatoes and tomatoes,
- 54:46 and apple pie
- 54:48 - Cream and coffee and donuts, I know.
- 54:51 Hey, Ma!
- 54:52 Seekers!
- 54:53 A pair. Think of the pair.
- 54:56 Glad he took the tea out of there.
- 55:01 Come on.
- 55:03 Hey, look.
- 55:05 join the
- 55:06 John Doe Club.
- 55:09 John Doe Club?
- 55:12 Oh, yeah.
- 55:13 Yeah.
- 55:16 Uh-oh.
- 55:17 Oh, my God.
- 55:19 - Yuchang Doe. - Who?
- 55:21 - John Doe. - You need glasses, buddy.
- 55:24 What's this?
- 55:25 But, look at you, John Doe. Yeah, but his name is Willoughby. Oh, John Willoughby. I'm a baseball player. Sure. Oh, no. I'd know that voice anyway. You can't kid me.
- 55:34 You're John Doe. Come on!
- 55:37 Come on! That's John Doe. John Doe? Yeah, sitting right there, big as lie. Who'd you say it was? John Doe, the big guy there. Sit just in the paper. That's our guy. John Doe! John Doe! John Doe! Hey, operator. Dan Spiemer. We're all everybody in town. John Doe was just in my place. Yeah, he ordered doughnuts.
- 56:07 - John Doe. - Come on in. - I know, my brother. - I know, my brother.
- 56:23 - My brother. - My brother. - What did John Doe look like, Mr. Mack? - Oh, he's one of those great big outdoor type men. - No, you can't see him. You didn't boast to me the last time. - He's standing on you. What are you doing there? Get off my front porch. - Mr. Martin, come here.
- 56:34 Oh, well, I went away there. What's keeping him? He should have been here 15 minutes ago. Oh, come down.
- 56:42 Now, everybody, on your ding, you see?
- 56:43 Don't do anything to disgrace us. A little town would, we gotta show off.
- 56:46 I
- 56:49 Let me talk to him. All right, but present it to him as a great cause for the common man. Ah, here he comes. Give him a little down there. Give him a little, folks. Come on. Come on. Here he comes.
- 56:58 Here I come. Here, Mr. Martin.
- 57:01 Come on.
- 57:02 - Come here, Hawkins! - Get me close! - Let me go, you darn tool right in there! Mr. Martin! - Mr. Martin!
- 57:09 - Come here, Hawk. Your office telephone needs to hold him. - Oh, that's fine. How is he?
- 57:14 - Come on, you're always there.
- 57:15 You know, it's a great honor having John Doe here, and you too. Haven't had so much excitement since the old city hall burned out.
- 57:20 People are so excited and then it turns goes off. Oh, but you're down. Phone the newspapers. Tell them it's an orange.
- 57:25 Step right inside, Mr. Norton. My office. Very comfortable here, Mr. Norton. Just had an air condition. Gangway, please. Make room for Mr. Norton. Gangway.
- 57:33 Anyway.
- 57:33 Here he is, Mr. Norton, well taken care of. The neighbors are serving him a light lunch.
- 57:37 Oh, John.
- 57:41 Well.
- 57:42 Mr. Mayor, if you don't mind, we'd like to talk to him alone. Why, certainly, certainly. All right, everybody. Clear out. But you will. All right, quickly now. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
- 57:54 That's right. All right. That's right. All right.
- 57:58 Don't argue with me here. Wait till we get home. Don't you push me around. Even though I'm your wife, you can't push me around. Look, Mr. Norton, I think you've got a lot of nerve having those people hold us here.
- 58:08 There's nobody holding you here, Mr. Doe. It's only natural that you... There's nobody holding us here. Let's get going.
- 58:14 Incidentally, my name isn't Doe, it's Willoughby. Look, John.
- 58:18 Something terribly important happened. They're forming John Doe clubs. We know of eight already and they say that there's... John Doe clubs? What for? To carry out the principles you talked about in your radio speech.
- 58:27 I don't care what they're for, and I'm on my way, and I don't like the idea of being stopped either. Oh, but you don't know how big this thing is. You should see the thousands of telegrams we've received and what they're saying about you.
- 58:36 Look, it started as a circulation stunt, didn't it?
- 58:39 Well, you got your circulation. Now, why don't you let me alone? Oh, it started as a circulation stunt, but it isn't anymore. Mr. Norton wants to get back of it and sponsor John Doe clubs all over the country. He wants to send you on a lecture tour.
- 58:51 Me? Uh-huh. Most certainly with your ability to influence people, it might grow into a glorious movement.
- 58:57 Say, let's get something straight here.
- 58:59 I don't want any part of this thing.
- 59:01 If you got an idea I'm going around lecturing the people, why, you're crazy.
- 59:05 Baseball is my racket and I'm sticking to it.
- 59:08 Come on Colonel, let's get out of here. John, please, please. I just got rid of one crowd. But please, Mr. Mayor, tell him the John Doe Club wants to talk to him.
- 59:19 Let them in, Mr. Mayor. Let them come in. Okay, folks, but remember your manners. No stampeding. Walk slow, like you do when you come to pay your taxes.
- 59:28 That's it.
- 59:32 Okay. All right. Give me a chance. Come right in.
- 59:38 Uh...
- 59:40 My name's Bert Hanson, Mr. Doe. I'm the...
- 59:42 head soda jerker at Schwabacker's drugstore.
- 59:45 Well, sir,
- 59:47 You see, me and my wife, we heard your broadcast, and we got quite a banger out of it. Especially my wife. Kept me up half the night saying, that man's right, honey.
- 59:55 The trouble with the world is nobody gives a hoot about his neighbor. That's why everybody in town
- 1:00:00 sound sore and cranky at each other.
- 1:00:02 I kept saying that.
- 1:00:03 That's fine, but how's a guy gonna go around loving the kind of neighbors we got? Old Sourpuss, for instance. You see, Sourpuss Smithers is a guy who lives all alone next door to us.
- 1:00:13 He's a cranky old man that runs a second-hand furniture store. We haven't spoken to him for years.
- 1:00:19 I always figured he was an ornery old gent that hated the world, because he was always slamming his garage door and...
- 1:00:26 Playing the radio so loud, he kept half the neighbors up.
- 1:00:30 Well, anyway, the...
- 1:00:32 Next morning, I'm out watering the lawn, and I look over, and there's sourpuss on the other side of the hedge straightening out a dent in his fender.
- 1:00:39 And my wife yells to me out the window. She says, go on, speak to him, Bert.
- 1:00:45 And I figured, well, heck, I can't lose anything. So I yelled over to him, good morning, Mr. Smithers.
- 1:00:51 He went right on pounding his thunder. Was eye-burnt. So I turned around to give my wife a dirty look and...
- 1:00:56 She said louder, louder. He didn't hear you.
- 1:01:00 So in a voice you could have heard in the next county, I yell, "Good morning, Mr. Smithers!"
- 1:01:06 Well, sir, you could have knocked me over with a feather.
- 1:01:10 Old Sourpuss turned around, surprise-like, and he put on a big smile.
- 1:01:14 came over and took my hand like an old lodge brother and he said,
- 1:01:19 Good morning, Hanson. I've been wanting to talk to you for years, only I thought you didn't like me.
- 1:01:24 And then he started chatting away like a happy little kid. He got so excited his eyes are...
- 1:01:29 Well, Mr. Doe, before we got through, I found out Smithers is a swell egg. Only he's pretty deaf, and that accounts for all the noises.
- 1:01:37 He says, "It's a shame how little we know about our neighbors." And then he got an idea. And he said, "How's about inviting everybody someplace where we can all get together and know each other a little better?"
- 1:01:48 Well, I'm feeling so good by this time, I'm ripe for anything. So Smithers goes around the neighborhood, inviting everybody to a meeting at the schoolhouse. And I tell everybody that comes in the store, including Mr. Farbeck, or my boss.
- 1:02:00 I'm talking too much.
- 1:02:05 Well, I'll be doggone if over 40 people don't show up.
- 1:02:09 Of course, none of us knew what to do, but we sure got a kick out of seeing how glad everybody was just to say hello to one another.
- 1:02:16 Tell him about making Sourpuss chairman. Oh, yeah. We made Sourpuss chairman and decided to call ourselves the John Doe Club. And say, incidentally, this is my wife. Come here, honey. This is my wife, Mr. Doe. How do you do, Mr. Doe?
- 1:02:29 Uh, it's our puss is here too. Oh, is he? Yeah, I don't think. This is our puss, or excuse me, Mr. Smithers, Mr. Smithers.
- 1:02:38 That's all right. If you didn't call me Sourpuss, it wouldn't feel natural.
- 1:02:43 Well, anyway, I guess nearly everybody in the neighborhood came except the Delaney's.
- 1:02:48 The Delaney's live in a big house with an iron fence around it, and they always keep their blinds drawn.
- 1:02:54 And we always figured that he was just an old miser that sat back counting his money. So why bother about inviting him? Until, uh, Grimes, the milkman, spoke up and he said, uh, "Say, you've got the Delaney's all wrong."
- 1:03:08 And then he tells us about how they cancelled their milk last week.
- 1:03:11 And how when he found a note in the bottle, he got kind of curious-like and he...
- 1:03:15 peeked in under the blinds and found the house was empty.
- 1:03:18 If you ask me, he says they're starving. Old man Delaney has been bringing his furniture over to my place at night.
- 1:03:25 one piece at a time and selling it.
- 1:03:27 Yeah. And, well, sir, a half dozen of us ran over there to fetch him, and we brought him to the meeting.
- 1:03:33 What a reception they got. Everybody shook hands with them and made a fuss over them and...
- 1:03:38 Well, finally, Mr. and Mrs. Delaney just sat right down and cried. And then we started to find out about a lot about the people. Yeah, sure. Or you know Grubo, for instance. Mr. Grubo's here.
- 1:03:47 Yeah, they...
- 1:03:48 That's okay.
- 1:03:50 You don't know, Grooboo, but...
- 1:03:52 He's a man that...
- 1:03:54 Everybody figured was the worst no account in the neighborhood because he...
- 1:03:58 He was living like a hermit. Nobody had anything to do with him.
- 1:04:02 That isn't old Murphy. The postman told us the truth.
- 1:04:05 Why, Grubel, he says, he lives out of garbage cans because he won't take charity. 'Cause it would ruin his self-respect, he says.
- 1:04:13 Just like you said on the radio, Mr. Doe. Well, sir, about a dozen families got together and gave Gribble a job watering their lawns. Isn't that wonderful?
- 1:04:20 And then we found jobs for six other people, and they've all gone off from leave. And my boss, Mr. Schwabacker, made a job in his warehouse for old man Delaney. And he gave you that $5 raise. Yeah, wasn't that swell?
- 1:04:33 My Bert, I feel slighted.
- 1:04:36 I'd like to join, but...
- 1:04:38 Nobody asked me. I'm sorry, Mayor, but...
- 1:04:41 We voted that no politician could join. Just the John Doe's of the neighborhood could...
- 1:04:46 You know how politicians are. Well, uh...
- 1:04:53 The reason we wanted to tell you this, Mr. Doe, was to... just to give you an idea of what you started.
- 1:04:59 And from where I'm sitting, I...
- 1:05:01 I don't see any sense in you jumping off any building. No, no.
- 1:05:06 Well...
- 1:05:07 Thank you for listening.
- 1:05:09 Goodbye, Mr. Doe.
- 1:05:12 You're a wonderful man.
- 1:05:14 It strikes me you can be mighty useful walking around for a while.
- 1:05:17 - Ah. - Say goodbye, Mr. Delft.
- 1:05:28 I'm Mrs. Delaney, Mr. Doe.
- 1:05:30 And God bless you, my boy.
- 1:06:06 Gee whiz. I'm all mixed up.
- 1:06:12 I don't get it.
- 1:06:15 Look, all those swell people think I'm going to jump off a building or something.
- 1:06:18 I never had any such idea.
- 1:06:23 God.
- 1:06:24 That fella would have to be a mighty fine example himself to go around telling other people how to...
- 1:06:29 Say, look, what happened the other night was on account of Miss Mitchell here. She wrote the stuff.
- 1:06:33 Don't you see what a wonderful thing this can be?
- 1:06:36 But we need you, John. You're hooked. I can see that right now. They got you.
- 1:06:40 Well, I'm through.
- 1:06:42 For three years I've been trying to get you up to the Columbia River Country.
- 1:06:47 First it was your glass arm, then it was the radio, and now it's the John Doe clubs. Well, I ain't waitin' another minute.
- 1:06:56 Gangway, you helots!
- 1:06:58 Oh, no.
- 1:06:59 Hey, Colonel, wait a minute. Colonel! I want your question to go along with John Doe and Miss Mitchell, and handle the press and the radio. Me? Yes. I don't want to take any chances at Johnson's.
- 1:07:10 Yes, Stevie. Your crew will do the map-up job.
- 1:07:12 They'll follow John Doe into every town, see that the clubs are properly organized and the child is issued.
- 1:07:17 There are only eight flags up there now. I want to see that map covered before we get through.
- 1:07:43 I'm not sure what you're doing.
- 1:07:50 I'm going to go.
- 1:08:03 I'm going to go.
- 1:08:27 This has been growing like wildfire.
- 1:08:29 If they made demands, I understand it.
- 1:08:31 But did John do it?
- 1:08:32 Nothing.
- 1:08:33 People are going off relief. If this keeps up, I'll be out of the cow. Soon as they get strong enough, we'll find out what John Doe wants.
- 1:08:40 30 every Thursday, 60 at 60.
- 1:08:42 Who knows what?
- 1:08:44 I'm sorry boss, they just won't let anybody talk politics to them, it's crazy. We've got to get to them. They represent millions of voters.
- 1:09:00 I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this thing has been nothing short of a prairie fire.
- 1:09:04 We've received so many applications for charters to the John Doe clubs, we haven't been able to take care of them. I'd hate to have that many pins stuck in me. This John Doe convention is a natural. It's going to put our city on the map.
- 1:09:15 Why, over 2,400 John Doe clubs are sending delegates. Can you imagine that?
- 1:09:19 You, Mr. Mayor, will be the official host. You will make the arrangements for decorating the city, parades, and a reception for John Bell when he gets home.
- 1:09:24 And don't wear your high hat.
- 1:09:26 No high hat?
- 1:09:27 No hi-hat. And from you, Canelo, I want a special John Doe audition every day until the convention is over.
- 1:09:33 And now, if you will, please, step into the outer office and look your prettiest, because there are photographers there to take pictures of this committee. Don't worry, L.B., everything will be taken care of. Isn't it all the truth?
- 1:09:42 Well, just the other down here is a nice blue blanket and I can't...
- 1:09:45 Well, Mr. Mayor, will you step down in front of the police?
- 1:09:49 - Well, I don't get it. - Get what?
- 1:09:51 Look, B.B., I'm supposed to know my way around.
- 1:09:54 This John Dome opens cost you a fortune.
- 1:09:56 Now, this convention is going to cost plenty.
- 1:09:59 Well?
- 1:10:00 Well, I'm stuck with two and two, and I'm a sucker if I can make four out of it.
- 1:10:04 Where are you coming?
- 1:10:08 I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that my money has been spent for a worthy cause.
- 1:10:14 I see. I'd better stick to running the paper.
- 1:10:17 I think maybe you better had.
- 1:10:23 In the canal.
- 1:10:24 I'd like to have the John Doe contract. All the receipts for the money we advanced and the letter Miss Mitchell wrote.
- 1:10:29 which I gave her $1,000.
- 1:10:32 Yes, sure.
- 1:10:35 Well, we leave for the airport. Half an hour. Is that Johnny boy's room better bustle him up? He'll be right out of time. He's packing. Ah, good. Did you see his picture on the cover of time?
- 1:10:44 I gotta give you credit, Annie girl. I've handled a good many big promotions in my time.
- 1:10:49 Everything from a World Fair to a Channel Swimmer.
- 1:10:51 But this one has certainly got me spinning.
- 1:10:54 And now a John Dole convention.
- 1:10:57 Wow.
- 1:10:59 Say, if you could only get him to jump off the City Hall roof on Christmas Eve...
- 1:11:03 I guarantee you half a million people here. Charlie.
- 1:11:06 Hmm?
- 1:11:07 What do you think of him?
- 1:11:09 You want a Johnny boy?
- 1:11:11 Well, I don't know what angle you want, but I'll give it to you quick. Number one, he's got great yokel appeal, but he's a nice guy.
- 1:11:19 Number two.
- 1:11:20 He's beginning to believe he really wrote that original suicide letter that you made up.
- 1:11:23 Number three.
- 1:11:24 He thinks that you're Jean-Avac or something. Yeah, I know.
- 1:11:28 Number four...
- 1:11:29 Well...
- 1:11:30 You know what number four is.
- 1:11:31 He's nuts about you.
- 1:11:33 Yeah, it's running out of his ears.
- 1:11:35 You left out number five. We're all heels, me and Wesley.
- 1:11:39 Holy smoke.
- 1:11:41 Come in.
- 1:11:48 - More pack. - Good. I'll go and get Beanie Boy.
- 1:11:51 Okay, Charlie boy.
- 1:12:06 Can I help you, Peg?
- 1:12:19 You care if I sit down out here?
- 1:12:21 No.
- 1:12:33 You know...
- 1:12:34 I had a crazy dream last night.
- 1:12:39 It was about you.
- 1:12:41 About me.
- 1:12:43 Yeah, sure was crazy.
- 1:12:45 I dreamt I was your father.
- 1:12:51 Mm-hmm.
- 1:12:52 There was... there was something I was trying to stop you from doing.
- 1:12:56 Oh, what?
- 1:12:57 So I got...
- 1:12:58 About a bit.
- 1:13:00 And they walked right through the wall here, right straight into your room.
- 1:13:04 Hmm.
- 1:13:04 You know how dreams are.
- 1:13:06 And there you were in bed.
- 1:13:08 But you're a little girl, you know, about 10.
- 1:13:12 And very pretty, too.
- 1:13:15 So I, I shook you.
- 1:13:17 And the moment you opened your eyes, you hopped out of bed,
- 1:13:20 and started running like the devil in your nightgown. You ran right out the window there, and you ran out over the tops of buildings and roofs and everything for miles.
- 1:13:27 And I was chasing you.
- 1:13:29 And all the time you were running...
- 1:13:32 You kept growing bigger and bigger and bigger and
- 1:13:35 Pretty soon you were as big as you are now.
- 1:13:37 You know?
- 1:13:38 Grown-up?
- 1:13:40 And all the time I kept...
- 1:13:42 asking myself, what am I chasing her for?
- 1:13:45 And I didn't know.
- 1:13:48 Isn't that a hot one?
- 1:13:51 Well, anyway, you ran into some place, and then I ran in after you, and...
- 1:13:55 And when I got there...
- 1:13:57 There you were.
- 1:13:58 Getting married.
- 1:14:02 Mm-hmm.
- 1:14:02 the nightgown had changed into a
- 1:14:05 Beautiful wedding gown.
- 1:14:08 You sure look pretty, too.
- 1:14:12 And then I knew what it was I was trying to stop you from doing.
- 1:14:16 Dreams are sure crazy, aren't they?
- 1:14:18 Well...
- 1:14:21 Would you like to know who it was you were marrying?
- 1:14:24 Oh, well...
- 1:14:25 A tall, handsome Eubange, I suppose.
- 1:14:29 No, not that bad. It was that fellow to send you flowers every day.
- 1:14:32 What's his name? Mr. Norton's nephew?
- 1:14:36 Have children.
- 1:14:37 Yeah, that's the one.
- 1:14:39 But here's the funniest part of it all.
- 1:14:42 I was the guy up there doing the marrying. You know, the justice of peace or something. You were...
- 1:14:47 I thought you were chasing me.
- 1:14:49 Well, yes, I was, but I was your father then, see?
- 1:14:53 But the real me, John Doe, or...
- 1:14:55 That is, Long John Willoughby.
- 1:14:57 I was a fella up there with a book.
- 1:15:00 You know what I mean?
- 1:15:01 I guess so. Then what happened?
- 1:15:04 Well...
- 1:15:05 I took you across my knee and I started spanking you.
- 1:15:09 At least I didn't do it.
- 1:15:10 I mean, I did do it, but it wasn't me. You see, how was your father then?
- 1:15:15 Well, I held you across my knee and I said,
- 1:15:18 Annie?
- 1:15:20 I won't allow you to marry a man that's...
- 1:15:22 that's just rich
- 1:15:24 Or that has his secretary send you flowers?
- 1:15:27 The man you marry has got to swim rivers for you. He's got to...
- 1:15:31 Climb high mountains for you. He's got the slay dragons for you. He's got to...
- 1:15:35 perform wonderful deeds for you.
- 1:15:38 Yes, sir. And all the time, the guy up there, you know, with the book,
- 1:15:42 me.
- 1:15:42 just to their knowledge that
- 1:15:44 He said,
- 1:15:45 Go to it, Pop.
- 1:15:46 Why, here's one for me, because that's just the way I feel about it, too.
- 1:15:50 So he said,
- 1:15:51 Come on down here and whack her yourself.
- 1:15:53 So I came down on her and I whacked you a good one. See? And he whacked you. And I whacked you another one. We both started whacking you like...
- 1:16:03 Well, if you're a true wagoner, come on, let's get going. OK, fellas, right in here. You go out the side, and there's a bunch of autograph seekers out front. We'll be down with the bags in a minute.
- 1:16:14 Come on, don't make a government project out of there.
- 1:16:20 Hi, Benny. When's our plane take off again? Couple of minutes.
- 1:16:25 How many people do you think we've talked to already?
- 1:16:28 I'll try the radio.
- 1:16:30 Oh, I know.
- 1:16:31 About $300,000.
- 1:16:33 300 others.
- 1:16:35 What makes them do it, Ann?
- 1:16:38 If things can come and listen.
- 1:16:39 Hmm.
- 1:16:41 and get up there, John Doe. Clubs are what they do.
- 1:16:45 I've been trying to figure it out. Look, John.
- 1:16:47 But we're handing them a platitude. Things they've heard a million times. Love thy neighbor, clouds have silver linings, turn the other cheek. Yeah, I heard them a million times too, but...
- 1:16:58 There you are.
- 1:16:59 Maybe they're like me, just...
- 1:17:02 beginning to get an idea what those things mean.
- 1:17:06 I never thought much about people before. They were always just somebody to fill up the bleachers.
- 1:17:11 The only time I worried about them is that they...
- 1:17:13 When they didn't come in to see me pitch. You know?
- 1:17:19 Lately, I've been watching them.
- 1:17:20 when I talk to him
- 1:17:22 I can see something in their faces.
- 1:17:25 I can feel that...
- 1:17:28 I think we're...
- 1:17:29 Hungry for something.
- 1:17:32 You know what I mean?
- 1:17:33 Maybe that's why they came. Maybe they're just...
- 1:17:37 lonely
- 1:17:38 wanted somebody to say hello to him.
- 1:17:42 I know how they feel.
- 1:17:44 I've been
- 1:17:45 Lonely.
- 1:17:46 Hungry for something practically all my life.
- 1:17:55 All aboard, folks.
- 1:17:57 Oh, I've never seen her. Yes, yes, that's true. Oh, somebody else sitting here? No, no, no, that's your seat.
- 1:18:03 And this is your coat.
- 1:18:05 Mine? A little token of appreciation.
- 1:18:09 Oh.
- 1:18:12 Oh, it's beautiful, D.B. I don't quite know what to say. Don't say anything at all. Just sit down.
- 1:18:20 Oh.
- 1:18:24 Go ahead, open it, open it.
- 1:18:29 Oh.
- 1:18:33 Oh, it's lovely. And a new contract goes with it.
- 1:18:41 Well...
- 1:18:43 Come on, Springett. You've got something on your mind.
- 1:18:46 Must be stupendous. That's what I like about it.
- 1:18:50 Right to the point. Like that.
- 1:18:53 All right, Patrick Lanny.
- 1:18:56 Here it is.
- 1:18:57 Tomorrow night.
- 1:18:58 before a crowd of 15,000 people and talking over a nationwide radio hookup.
- 1:19:03 John Dole will...
- 1:19:05 Announce the formation of a third party. A third party? Yes, the John Doe party.
- 1:19:11 devoted entirely to the interests of all the John Doe's all over the country.
- 1:19:16 which practically means
- 1:19:19 90% of the voters.
- 1:19:21 He will also announce the third party's candidate for the...
- 1:19:25 Presidency.
- 1:19:27 The man whom he personally recommends. A great humanitarian.
- 1:19:31 the best friend the John Doe's have.
- 1:19:35 Mr. D.B. Norton.
- 1:19:37 Yes.
- 1:19:44 Wow.
- 1:19:53 Oh, my God.
- 1:19:55 Oh, yeah.
- 1:19:57 Oh, yeah.
- 1:20:00 Oh
- 1:20:08 - Yeah.
- 1:20:11 And although the opening of the convention
- 1:20:12 dollars off the
- 1:20:13 are already pouring into the ballpark by the droves.
- 1:20:16 with lunch baskets, banners, and petitions asking John Doe not to jump off any roof.
- 1:20:21 No matter how you look at it,
- 1:20:22 - They're still a phenomenal movie.
- 1:20:24 These John Doe's, or the "Hoi Poloi," as you've heard people call them, have been laughed at and ridiculed.
- 1:20:30 But here they are, gay and happy.
- 1:20:32 having traveled thousands of miles, their expenses paid by their neighbors.
- 1:20:36 who come here to pay homage to their hero
- 1:20:39 John Doe.
- 1:20:40 And in these days of wars and bombings, it's a hopeful sign that a simple idea like this can sweep the country. An idea based on friendliness, on giving and not taking.
- 1:20:50 on helping your neighbor and asking nothing in return.
- 1:20:53 And if a thing like this can happen, don't let any of your grumbling friends tell you that humanity is falling apart.
- 1:20:59 This is John B. Hughes, signing off now and returning you to our main studio until 9 o'clock.
- 1:21:05 when the convention will officially open.
- 1:21:08 Oh, John, come in.
- 1:21:11 Hey, I'm kind of...
- 1:21:13 It's raining out.
- 1:21:14 That's all right. It's good to see you. Sit down.
- 1:21:34 It's for Anne.
- 1:21:36 Oh, how nice. Thank you very much. Flowers.
- 1:21:41 I'm terribly sorry she isn't here.
- 1:21:44 - You didn't?
- 1:21:45 No, she just left. I'm surprised she didn't run into her. She went over to Mr. Norton's house.
- 1:21:49 Oh.
- 1:21:52 Did you want to hear about something important?
- 1:21:55 Yeah, well, no, it'll wait.
- 1:21:59 He's a nice man, isn't he?
- 1:22:01 Mr. Norton, I mean.
- 1:22:02 He's a...
- 1:22:03 He's done an awful lot for the...
- 1:22:10 All right.
- 1:22:12 Say, my coat's pretty wet, huh?
- 1:22:15 I'm afraid I might have wet the couch a little.
- 1:22:22 Well, I guess I'll see her at the convention later. Yes, of course. I'll see that she gets the power.
- 1:22:29 - Good night, Mrs. Mitchell. - Good night, John.
- 1:22:38 Famous missile.
- 1:22:40 I...
- 1:22:42 I'm kind of glad Ann isn't here.
- 1:22:45 See you.
- 1:22:47 I came over here hoping to see her alone.
- 1:22:49 Kind of.
- 1:22:50 I wouldn't, too. You know what I mean?
- 1:22:53 There was something I wanted to...
- 1:22:55 talk to her about.
- 1:22:59 Well, I...
- 1:23:00 It'll wait, I guess.
- 1:23:02 Right.
- 1:23:03 Good night, John.
- 1:23:08 Have you ever been married?
- 1:23:12 I'm sure you... Oh, gosh. That's pretty silly.
- 1:23:17 I guess you must think I'm kind of batty.
- 1:23:19 I don't know.
- 1:23:20 I guess I'd better be going with that.
- 1:23:25 John.
- 1:23:28 My husband said, "I love you. Will you marry me?"
- 1:23:32 It is?
- 1:23:34 What happened?
- 1:23:35 I married him.
- 1:23:38 Yeah, that's what I mean, see?
- 1:23:40 It was easy as all that, huh? Uh-huh.
- 1:23:44 Yeah, yeah, but look, Mrs. Mitchell.
- 1:23:47 you know,
- 1:23:47 I love Anne, and it's going to be awfully hard for me to say it.
- 1:23:51 Because...
- 1:23:52 Well...
- 1:23:53 You know, she's a wonderful...
- 1:23:55 And, well, the best I ever was was a bush league pitcher.
- 1:24:00 And...
- 1:24:00 You know, I think she's in love with another man.
- 1:24:03 The one she made up.
- 1:24:04 You know, the real John Doe.
- 1:24:07 Well, that's-- that's pretty tough competition.
- 1:24:10 I bet you he know how to say it all right.
- 1:24:12 On me, I-- I--
- 1:24:14 get up to it and around it and in back of it, but...
- 1:24:16 But I never get...
- 1:24:17 Right to it.
- 1:24:18 You know what I mean?
- 1:24:20 So the only chance I've got is...
- 1:24:22 But if somebody could...
- 1:24:23 kind of
- 1:24:24 Give her a warning.
- 1:24:25 Sure.
- 1:24:26 sort of prepare her for the shot.
- 1:24:29 You mean you'd like me to do it?
- 1:24:33 Well, I was thinking...
- 1:24:34 Yeah, you know, sort of.
- 1:24:36 Break the ice.
- 1:24:39 Of course I will, John.
- 1:24:42 What's that?
- 1:24:44 Thank you, Mrs. Mitchell.
- 1:24:46 You're okay.
- 1:25:00 This John Domi is going to be one of the biggest things that ever happened. Why, they're coming from all over. Trains, boxcars, wagons. Get out! Hello, bodyguard. Hey, had your dinner yet? Well, sir. That's all right. Look, no, go ahead and have your dinner. Wait a minute, John.
- 1:25:17 Hello, Mr. Connell. All right, John.
- 1:25:20 Just...
- 1:25:21 I want to have a little talk with you.
- 1:25:25 What's the matter? Are you following?
- 1:25:27 Come here.
- 1:25:28 Hey, boy! Quiet, quiet, quiet.
- 1:25:30 Say, tell me something.
- 1:25:31 Did you read that speech you're gonna make tonight?
- 1:25:34 No, I never read the speeches before I make them. I get more of a kick out of it that way. Uh-huh. That's just exactly what I thought.
- 1:25:40 Beanie, go on down to the office and tell Popper to give you the speech.
- 1:25:43 There's a copy on my desk. Gee, Wes, you know Mr. Norton told me not to leave him. Not even for a minute. Go on, go on, go on, go on. We'll be at Jim's Bar up the street.
- 1:25:52 You're a nice guy, John.
- 1:25:54 I like you.
- 1:25:56 He's here.
- 1:25:58 I always liked to handle people.
- 1:26:01 Me? I'm hard.
- 1:26:03 hard and tough
- 1:26:05 I'm going to use it for hard people.
- 1:26:09 It's going to be a gentle decision.
- 1:26:14 Like you, for instance.
- 1:26:21 uh
- 1:26:24 Yep, I'm hard. But you want to know something?
- 1:26:27 I've got a weakness.
- 1:26:29 Yes, I will.
- 1:26:31 I have.
- 1:26:33 I know this.
- 1:26:35 Star Spangled Bary.
- 1:26:38 Screw you.
- 1:26:39 Wow.
- 1:26:40 I'm gonna...
- 1:26:41 Play this, Ash Bangle, better.
- 1:26:43 I was a sucker for it.
- 1:26:46 Always kiss me right here.
- 1:26:48 All right, man.
- 1:26:49 Yeah, get me right back here.
- 1:26:54 Huh?
- 1:26:55 I've been mad to his own taste.
- 1:27:01 You weren't old enough.
- 1:27:03 You ain't old enough for the World War. Where is he?
- 1:27:08 You must have been just kidding.
- 1:27:10 I was.
- 1:27:13 I was just ripe.
- 1:27:17 And learn to go.
- 1:27:20 That was my old man, David, when I joined up.
- 1:27:22 He's showing up, too.
- 1:27:24 I'm going to be a sergeant. And here's a kick for you.
- 1:27:28 We're in the same outfit.
- 1:27:30 All right.
- 1:27:31 Funny, huh?
- 1:27:37 He was killed.
- 1:27:42 I saw him get it.
- 1:27:45 I was right there, and I saw it in my own eyes.
- 1:27:55 Me, I ain't came out without a scratch.
- 1:27:59 as is accepting my office.
- 1:28:07 We should be drinking milk, you know, this stuff is poison.
- 1:28:11 And somebody.
- 1:28:12 Yes, Mr. Connell. What do you say, huh? All right.
- 1:28:18 Help out my soccer for this country.
- 1:28:21 I'm a sucker for the Sars-Pango matter, and I'm a sucker for this country.
- 1:28:25 I like what we got here.
- 1:28:27 I like it.
- 1:28:30 A guy can say what he wants and do what he wants without having a bandit shoved through his belly.
- 1:28:36 That's all right.
- 1:28:39 Bye-bye.
- 1:28:39 Amen.
- 1:28:40 We don't want anybody coming around chingeling.
- 1:28:47 When I do, I get mad.
- 1:28:49 I get...
- 1:28:50 Boiled man.
- 1:28:53 Right now, John, I am sizzling.
- 1:28:57 I get mad for a lot of other guys besides myself.
- 1:29:02 I get mad for a guy named Washington.
- 1:29:05 Another guy named Jefferson.
- 1:29:08 and Lincoln
- 1:29:10 Lighthouses.
- 1:29:13 Lighthouses in a foggy world.
- 1:29:18 Amen.
- 1:29:20 Yeah, you bet.
- 1:29:23 Somehow...
- 1:29:24 This fifth column stuff was pretty rockin', isn't it?
- 1:29:28 Yeah, it certainly is.
- 1:29:30 And you'd feel like an awful sucker if you found yourself marching right in the middle of it, wouldn't you?
- 1:29:36 Ew.
- 1:29:37 Of course, you wouldn't know it because...
- 1:29:39 You're gentle.
- 1:29:41 Well, that's what she don't.
- 1:29:43 You're mixed up with that skunk.
- 1:29:47 A no good dangerous skunk.
- 1:29:53 You're not talking about Mr. Norton, are you?
- 1:29:55 I'm not talking about his grandfather's pet poodle.
- 1:30:02 You must be wrong, Mr. Connell.
- 1:30:05 He's been marvelous about the John Doe clubs.
- 1:30:07 Yeah.
- 1:30:09 Same.
- 1:30:10 You're as old on the sea on the way there, aren't you?
- 1:30:12 Sure.
- 1:30:13 Yes, sir. I don't blame you. Sure am I.
- 1:30:16 It's a beautiful miracle.
- 1:30:18 A miracle that can only happen.
- 1:30:20 Right here in the good old USA. And I think it's terrific.
- 1:30:24 What do you think of that?
- 1:30:26 Me, hard-boiled camel, and I think it's plenty terrific.
- 1:30:32 All right.
- 1:30:32 Now, supposing a certain unmetionable worm whose initials are DB,
- 1:30:38 was trying to use that to shove his way into the White House.
- 1:30:43 so he could put the screws on.
- 1:30:46 so he could turn out the lights in those lighthouses.
- 1:30:53 What did you say about that?
- 1:30:56 Nobody's gonna do that, Mr. Cannell.
- 1:30:58 They can't use the John Doe clubs for politics.
- 1:31:01 That's the main idea.
- 1:31:03 Is that so?
- 1:31:04 Then what's a big political boss like Hammer doing in town?
- 1:31:08 And a labor leader like Bennett.
- 1:31:10 And a lot of other big shots are up at D.B.'s house right now.
- 1:31:13 Whoa, John!
- 1:31:15 - Move.
- 1:31:16 waiting to cut up the John Doe's.
- 1:31:20 Wait till you get a gain of the speech you're gonna make tonight.
- 1:31:23 You're all wet.
- 1:31:24 Miss Mitchell writes those speeches, nobody can make her write that kind of stuff. They can, huh?
- 1:31:29 Who do you think writes them? My Aunt Emma?
- 1:31:31 I know she writes something.
- 1:31:34 And get the big bonus for doing him, too.
- 1:31:36 A mink coat and a diamond bracelet.
- 1:31:39 Don't write 'em.
- 1:31:41 Why, that gold-grabbing dame would double-cross her own mother... for a handful of Chinese yams. Shut up!
- 1:31:49 If you weren't drunk, I'd...
- 1:31:51 Hey, boss!
- 1:31:52 Here's the speech, boss.
- 1:31:54 Hank!
- 1:31:56 Go on and read it, John, and then start sockin'.
- 1:32:01 Hey, wait a minute, Mr. Doe.
- 1:32:05 Turbine.
- 1:32:06 - Yes, sir. - Better bring me a glass of milk.
- 1:32:10 I'm smoking too much.
- 1:32:16 Yes, Charlie.
- 1:32:18 Got everything all set?
- 1:32:19 Fine. John Dobbin taken care of?
- 1:32:23 How many people do you think will be there?
- 1:32:26 Oh, my, that's fine.
- 1:32:28 Now listen, Charlie.
- 1:32:30 As soon as John Doe stops talking about me, I want you to start that demonstration.
- 1:32:34 And make it a big one, you understand? Don't worry about that, D.B. My boys are there. They'll take care of it.
- 1:32:38 What?
- 1:32:39 Yes, I'll be there 15 minutes after I get your call.
- 1:32:43 Why, Mr. Doe.
- 1:32:44 Where are they?
- 1:32:46 in the dining room.
- 1:32:52 Gentlemen, I think we're about ready to throw that great big bumper shell. Yeah, well, it's about time.
- 1:32:57 Even a conservative estimate shows that we can count on anywhere between 10 and 20 million John Doe votes.
- 1:33:03 Add to that the labor vote that Mr. Bennett will throw in.
- 1:33:07 The boats controlled by Mr. Hammett and the rest of you gentlemen in your own territories are nothing can stop us. As I said before, I'm with you.
- 1:33:13 If you can guarantee the John Doe vote...
- 1:33:16 Don't worry about that.
- 1:33:17 You can count on me on one condition.
- 1:33:20 Little Bennett's got to be taken care of. Didn't I tell you that everybody in this room would be taken care of?
- 1:33:24 My agreement with you gentlemen stands.
- 1:33:26 I'm with you, D.B., but I still think it's a very daring thing we're attempting.
- 1:33:31 These are daring times, Mr. Barrington.
- 1:33:33 We're coming to a new order of things.
- 1:33:35 There's too much talk been going on in this country. Too many concessions have been made. What the American people need is an iron hand. That's right. That's true. Quite right, L.B. Discipline.
- 1:33:46 Now, may I offer a little toast to Miss Ann Mitchell?
- 1:33:51 a brilliant and beautiful lady who is responsible.
- 1:33:54 all this.
- 1:33:55 Miss Mitchell.
- 1:33:57 Mr. Norton, I'd like to talk to you alone for a minute. Oh, Miss Mitchell has something to say to us. Please, please, please.
- 1:34:08 Hello.
- 1:34:17 John, I'm so glad to see you. I was terribly worried. Did you write this?
- 1:34:22 Yes, I did, but I didn't know what was going on.
- 1:34:26 You didn't?
- 1:34:27 No.
- 1:34:30 That's a spoiled bracelet you're wearing.
- 1:34:36 John, why aren't you at the convention?
- 1:34:54 Is there anything wrong?
- 1:34:56 No, no, nothing's wrong.
- 1:34:58 Everything's fine.
- 1:35:00 So there's gonna be a new order of things, huh?
- 1:35:03 Everybody's gonna cut himself a nice fat slice of the John Doe's, eh?
- 1:35:07 You forgot one detail, Mr. Big Shot. You forgot me, the prize stooge of the world.
- 1:35:13 Why, if you or anybody else thinks he's going to use the John Doe clubs for his own rotten purpose, he's going to have to do it over my dead body. Well, hold on a minute, young man. Hold on. That's rather big talk.
- 1:35:23 I started the John Doe clubs with my money.
- 1:35:26 And I'll decide whether or not they're being properly used. No, you won't. You're through deciding anything. And what's more,
- 1:35:32 I'm going down to that convention and I'm going to tell those people exactly what you and all your fine-feathered friends here are trying to cook up for them.
- 1:35:40 And I'm gonna say it in my own words this time.
- 1:35:43 - Stop it, Sammy. - What am I doing? - He ruined the same here. - He ruined the same here.
- 1:35:49 Wait a minute, wait a minute, fella.
- 1:35:50 My uncle wants to talk to you.
- 1:35:52 Listen to me, my son.
- 1:35:54 Before you lose your head completely,
- 1:35:56 May I remind you that I picked you up out of the gutter, and I can throw you right back there again?
- 1:36:01 You've got a nerve accusing people of things. These gentlemen and I know what's best for the John Doe's of America, regardless of what trends like you think.
- 1:36:11 Get off that righteous horse of yours and come to your senses.
- 1:36:14 You're the fake.
- 1:36:15 We believe in what we're doing.
- 1:36:17 You're the one that was paid the 30 pieces of silver. Have you forgotten that? Well, I haven't.
- 1:36:22 You're a fake, John Doe, and I can prove it.
- 1:36:25 You're the big hero that's supposed to jump off tall buildings and things.
- 1:36:28 You remember?
- 1:36:29 What do you suppose your precious John Doe's will say when they find out that you never had any intention of doing it? That you were being paid to say so?
- 1:36:36 You're lucky they don't run you out of the country.
- 1:36:39 With the newspapers and the radio stations that these gentlemen control, we can kill the John Doe movement deader than a door nail. We'll do it too the moment you step out of line.
- 1:36:49 Now, if you still want to go to that convention and shoot your trap off, you go ahead and do it.
- 1:37:02 You mean to tell me you try to kill the John Doe movement if you can't use it to get what you want?
- 1:37:07 You bet your bottom dollar we would.
- 1:37:15 Well, that certainly is a new loan.
- 1:37:19 I guess I've seen everything now.
- 1:37:23 You sit there back at your big cigars and think of deliberately killing an idea that's made millions of people a little bit happier.
- 1:37:30 An idea that's brought thousands of them here from all over the country.
- 1:37:34 by bus and by freight and jalopies and on foot, so they could pass on to each other their own simple little experiences.
- 1:37:41 Why look?
- 1:37:42 I'm just a mug and I know it.
- 1:37:45 But I'm beginning to understand a lot of things.
- 1:37:47 Why, your type's as old as history. If you can't lay your dirty fingers on a decent idea and twist it and squeeze it and stuff it into your own pocket, you slap it down. Like dogs, if you can't eat something, you bury it.
- 1:37:59 Why, this is the one worthwhile thing that's come along. People are finally finding out that the guy next door isn't a bad egg.
- 1:38:05 That's simple, isn't it? And yet a thing like that's got a chance of spreading till it touches every last doggone human being in the world, and you talk about, about killing it!
- 1:38:13 Well, when this fire dies down, what's going to be left?
- 1:38:16 More misery, more hunger, and more hate.
- 1:38:19 And what's to prevent that from starting all over again?
- 1:38:21 Nobody knows the answer to that one, and certainly not you with those slimy bullocks up there as you got.
- 1:38:26 The John Doe idea may be the answer, though. It may be the one thing capable of saving this cockeyed world, yet you sit back there on your fat...
- 1:38:33 Hoax and tell me you'll kill it if you can't use it. Well, you go ahead and try. You couldn't do it in a million years with all your radio stations and all your power. Because it's bigger than whether I'm a fake. It's bigger than your ambitions. And it's bigger than all the bracelets and fur coats in the world. You bet it is, John. And that's exactly what I'm going down there to tell those people.
- 1:38:54 You aren't a grateful rat. My uncle's been too good.
- 1:38:59 He's getting away. Yes! Give me the boat. John! I've almost told you, D.B. You're playing with dynamite. Get away. Before he gets too alive, let's go. Let's go.
- 1:39:14 - He ruled it all.
- 1:39:16 Stop and call. Don't worry. I've been ready for this. John! Oh, John, please listen to me. Please, I can explain everything, John. I didn't know what they were going to do. Let me go with you, John. John, please. Go ahead, driver. Hold on.
- 1:39:31 Please, please.
- 1:39:33 - Please!
- 1:39:33 God!
- 1:39:35 Mr. Martin, what?
- 1:39:36 - Good to see you.
- 1:39:38 saying.
- 1:39:39 I want to both arrest you.
- 1:39:40 You tell the police department to pick up Connell. I've got the girl here. I've got the bullet. I don't care what you're charging with. If you're worried, let him go in the morning. We'll keep him in jail overnight.
- 1:39:47 Hello, bulletin.
- 1:39:55 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 1:39:58 I'm going to die.
- 1:40:00 Oh
- 1:40:13 I don't know.
- 1:40:16 I'm not going to die.
- 1:40:20 Oh
- 1:40:42 Go!
- 1:40:49 I don't know what I'm talking about.
- 1:40:51 Where are you?
- 1:40:59 Hallelujah.
- 1:41:00 are in the name
- 1:41:03 And in my heart, I will die.
- 1:41:09 and all the light
- 1:41:17 Oh
- 1:41:18 Oh
- 1:41:39 and we'll be beginning.
- 1:41:47 Ladies and gentlemen,
- 1:41:49 Let's have a moment of time in prayer.
- 1:41:53 - What does John do?
- 1:41:54 all over the world.
- 1:41:56 May you come.
- 1:41:57 or hold us.
- 1:41:59 and hungry.
- 1:42:01 Rise, please.
- 1:42:04 Everybody rise.
- 1:42:38 Let's go!
- 1:42:42 I
- 1:42:56 Newsboys
- 1:42:58 Hundreds of yelling newsboys are squarming into the park like the Lopis.
- 1:43:01 yelling down those a few feet.
- 1:43:07 Oh
- 1:43:16 - Heard.
- 1:43:20 Some kind of a gig.
- 1:43:21 - A what?
- 1:43:40 your players.
- 1:43:41 - What's going on?
- 1:43:42 Hey, miss, will you all have to grab my hand?
- 1:43:43 Loser!
- 1:43:46 I'm out of here.
- 1:43:48 Amen.
- 1:43:49 Oh, yeah.
- 1:43:50 What?
- 1:43:55 Yeah.
- 1:43:58 Go ahead.
- 1:44:00 Good.
- 1:44:04 I can't wait.
- 1:44:06 Hold this, sir.
- 1:44:09 You all know this paper's public plan.
- 1:44:13 - You ready?
- 1:44:22 My name is A.B. Norton. You all know me?
- 1:44:26 I accuse this man of being a frigger.
- 1:44:28 We've been taking for our suckers and I'm the beast of the land!
- 1:44:32 I spent a fortune backing this man in what I believe to be a sincere and worthy cause, just as you all did!
- 1:44:38 And now I find out it's nothing but a cheap racket, cooked up by him and two of my employees, for the sole purpose of collecting Jews from jacked doors all over the country! That's a lie! Not a lie! Nicholson!
- 1:44:49 stuff into their own pockets!
- 1:44:50 You can read all about it in the newspapers, then.
- 1:44:52 That's a lie! Listen, I didn't show him! Don't say what... This man has no intention of jumping off the top of a building! He was paid to say so! Do you deny that? That's got nothing to do with it. It's what you paid for, aren't you? Yes, I was paid, but they're half... And what about the suicide note? You didn't write that either. What about the suicide note? You didn't write that either.
- 1:45:07 What difference did you write it or didn't you?
- 1:45:09 No, I didn't write a letter. You bet your life you didn't. You look at your past, ladies and gentlemen, and you'll find your special science and fiction. The team will come on a roll. Listen, folks, it's a fact that I didn't write the letter. May you speak to the mission? You're a fake jando.
- 1:45:22 And for what you've done to all these good people,
- 1:45:24 They're gonna run you out of the country.
- 1:45:26 I hope they do it.
- 1:45:37 Speak up, John. We believe you.
- 1:45:39 Please listen, folks.
- 1:45:41 Well, there's a little shooting off his face. I've got a couple of things to tell you about.
- 1:45:46 Come on, the rest of you get in here and riot. Break this crowd up. Come on. I'm sorry folks, but we can't hear them anymore. Something's gone wrong with the loudspeakers.
- 1:45:55 Charge those are fake! Boo! They can't hear me! This thing's not working. Ladies and gentlemen!
- 1:46:06 Woo!
- 1:46:07 Oh, God!
- 1:46:19 I'm going to go to the next one.
- 1:46:23 This thing's figured.
- 1:46:23 and whether I...
- 1:46:24 my wife
- 1:46:26 Look, Bert, you believe me.
- 1:46:31 I believe.
- 1:46:36 microphone.
- 1:46:38 No, no.
- 1:46:40 The name's...
- 1:46:41 I'm Bobbie.
- 1:46:43 very well.
- 1:46:46 And when you...
- 1:46:52 I'm starting to throw things.
- 1:46:53 to get hurt.
- 1:46:54 I'm afraid it will be...
- 1:46:55 No.
- 1:46:56 Listen around.
- 1:47:00 I've got to go.
- 1:47:03 - Oh, God.
- 1:47:04 Thank God!
- 1:47:05 I killed him.
- 1:47:06 Oh,
- 1:47:07 Please.
- 1:47:10 - I'm going to get ordered.
- 1:47:11 - How did you move?
- 1:47:12 He is a crazy guy.
- 1:47:13 And.
- 1:47:21 You've got to listen.
- 1:47:23 - Hey everybody, that's an uncurvy!
- 1:47:25 You hobo!
- 1:47:26 Hello.
- 1:47:27 Come on, let's go.
- 1:47:29 We've been fighting for only so long
- 1:47:33 Oh, my God.
- 1:47:43 - Good. - Yes, believe me, folks.
- 1:47:47 Mr. John Jones, we're the hope of the world. Mr. John Jones, we're the hope of the world.
- 1:47:57 I'm going to go.
- 1:48:04 I'm going to go ahead and get some more information about the world.
- 1:48:23 I'm going to go away.
- 1:48:25 Well, finally, man,
- 1:48:31 to get him over the park.
- 1:48:32 If that boy isn't hurt, it'll be a miracle.
- 1:48:36 on to a movement.
- 1:48:39 Well, boys, you can chalk up another one to the Pontius Pilots.
- 1:48:50 I should have been there.
- 1:48:53 I could have helped him.
- 1:48:56 You must go all alone.
- 1:49:01 Thought I was going to be mighty shame to ourselves after...
- 1:49:06 Certainly didn't give that man much of a chance.
- 1:49:13 Have some more coffee long, John?
- 1:49:39 Make a record.
- 1:49:40 Liar.
- 1:49:41 I hate you.
- 1:49:43 Why not?
- 1:49:45 Listen.
- 1:49:45 I'm sorry.
- 1:49:46 Fine, Mr. Dole.
- 1:49:50 You're a wonderful man.
- 1:49:52 And God bless you.
- 1:49:55 Now get in there and catch.
- 1:49:57 Yeah.
- 1:50:00 For a big job.
- 1:50:02 and I could
- 1:50:04 No, the big one.
- 1:50:06 tall building
- 1:50:07 Yeah.
- 1:50:08 What do you suppose your precious
- 1:50:10 John Doe's will say when they find out that you never had any intention of doing it.
- 1:50:13 that you were being paid to say so. Christmas Eve at midnight.
- 1:50:17 hahaha
- 1:50:22 For the
- 1:50:26 Shepherds wait and...
- 1:50:31 Amen.
- 1:50:33 All are you.
- 1:50:35 Dreams from heaven on.
- 1:50:40 Merry Christmas, son. Oh, Merry Christmas.
- 1:50:44 Amen.
- 1:50:48 Like the Savior is born
- 1:50:56 Crawley.
- 1:50:59 Amen.
- 1:51:12 Hmm?
- 1:51:13 John Doe.
- 1:51:15 Is that screwball still around? Ah, Dame's been calling all day.
- 1:51:19 Sure, sure, I know. Yeah, at midnight, huh? Okay, lady.
- 1:51:24 We'll have the place surrounded with nets.
- 1:51:26 They're laughing at me.
- 1:51:35 You're a sick girl, Ann. You better take it easy.
- 1:51:39 Whom are you calling now?
- 1:51:42 You called that number not ten minutes ago.
- 1:51:46 Hello, Mr. Cannell.
- 1:51:48 Have you seen him yet? Have you-- Now listen, Ann. He can't possibly get in without our seeing you.
- 1:51:53 I'm watching the side door and the Colonel's out front, so stop worrying.
- 1:51:57 Um...
- 1:52:04 - What, Ann? - Ann, don't be foolish.
- 1:52:12 If this isn't the craziest, the baddest, the looniest wild goose chase I ever heard of. Oh, shut up, Bert. Sourpuss is right. Yeah, well, if he is, I'm a banana split. That man is gonna be on that roof.
- 1:52:23 Don't ask me how I know. I just know. And you know it as well as I do. Sure, sure. I'd like to believe in fairy tales, but a guy that's a fake isn't gonna jump off any roof. I don't think he was any fake. Not with that fake.
- 1:52:33 And anyway, what he stood for wasn't a thing. Okay, honey, okay.
- 1:52:57 The elevators are not running.
- 1:52:59 Come on.
- 1:53:00 You shouldn't have got out of business. Has he been here? No. Have you seen him? I ain't seen him for a week. Where's Connell? He's watching the other door. Oh.
- 1:53:09 You're swell.
- 1:53:11 Oh.
- 1:53:15 No sense in going up there. I've been here for hours. He ain't here. Let me go, will you?
- 1:53:24 Now that's crazy. It's 14 floors.
- 1:54:10 as far as the elevator goes. We gotta walk up to the tower.
- 1:55:04 That tramp was probably full of Christmas cheer and asleep in some flop house.
- 1:55:08 Let's go. I have to decorate my tree.
- 1:55:23 Well, I give up.
- 1:55:25 I don't know what gave us the idea that...
- 1:55:27 - He'd attempt anything like this. - I guess you're right.
- 1:55:30 I'm afraid the joke's on us.
- 1:55:33 Nobody finds out we've been here.
- 1:57:21 I wouldn't do that if I were you, John.
- 1:57:35 It'll do you no good.
- 1:57:37 The mayor has police from downstairs.
- 1:57:40 instructions to
- 1:57:41 remove all marks of identification
- 1:57:43 may have on your prison.
- 1:57:46 buried in the Pottis field...
- 1:57:48 accomplish nothing.
- 1:58:00 I've taken care of that.
- 1:58:04 I've already mailed a copy of this letter to Mr. Cannell.
- 1:58:10 John, why don't you forget this foolishness? Stop right where you are, Mr. Norton, if you don't want to go overboard with me.
- 1:58:20 I'm glad you gentlemen are here.
- 1:58:25 You killed the John Doe movement, all right.
- 1:58:28 You're going to see it pouring all over again.
- 1:58:38 Now, take a good look, Mr. Norton.
- 1:58:42 Judge!
- 1:58:44 John! Oh, John, don't do it! Let's let you unlock your house!
- 1:58:50 Oh, please.
- 1:58:52 Please don't give up. We'll start all over again. Just you and I.
- 1:58:57 It isn't too late that John don't move him, isn't it?
- 1:59:02 You see, John, it isn't dead or they wouldn't be here. It's alive in them.
- 1:59:06 They catch it alive by being afraid. That's why they came up here.
- 1:59:10 Oh, darling! Sure should have been killed, it was dishonest!
- 1:59:15 But we can start clean now.
- 1:59:17 Just you and I. It'll grow, John, and it'll grow big because it'll be honest this time.
- 1:59:23 Oh, John, if it's worth dying for, it's worth living for.
- 1:59:29 Oh, please, John!
- 1:59:31 Oh!
- 1:59:34 Oh, please.
- 1:59:35 Please, God help me.
- 1:59:40 John.
- 1:59:42 Don't look at me.
- 1:59:44 You want to be honest, don't you?
- 1:59:46 Well, you don't have to die to keep the John Doe ideal.
- 1:59:49 Someone already died for that one.
- 1:59:51 The first John Doerr.
- 1:59:53 And he's kept that idea alive for nearly 2,000 years. It was he who kept it alive in them. And he'll go on and keep it alive.
- 2:00:00 I'm forever and always.
- 2:00:01 For every John Doe movement, these men kill a new one will be born.
- 2:00:05 That's why those bells are ringing, John. They're calling to us. Not to give up, but to keep on fighting, to keep on pinching. Oh, don't you see, darling? This is no time to give up. You and I, John, we...
- 2:00:20 Oh, no. No, John. If you die, I want to die, too. Oh.
- 2:00:27 Oh, I love you. Oh, my gosh.
- 2:00:43 Mr. Doe.
- 2:00:45 You don't have to.
- 2:00:47 We're with you, Mr. Doe.
- 2:00:49 We just lost our heads and acted like a mob. What Brett's trying to say is that...
- 2:00:53 We need you, Mr. Doe.
- 2:00:55 There were a lot of us that didn't believe what that man said.
- 2:00:58 We were gonna start up our John Doe Club again. Whether we saw you or not, were we Bert?
- 2:01:03 And there were a lot of others that were going to do the same thing.
- 2:01:05 Well, Mr. Sourbult's even got a letter from his cousin in Toledo and... I got it right here, Mr. Doe. Only...
- 2:01:10 Only it'll be a lot easier with you.
- 2:01:13 Please.
- 2:01:16 Please come with us.
- 2:01:17 to go.
- 2:01:44 Long John. Mr. Doe. Here, we'll help me with it. He'll be all right. Mr. Doe, take her right down to the car.
- 2:01:51 We got a car right now.
- 2:01:53 They are, Norton, the people. Try and lick that.
- 2:02:36 You're welcome.
- 2:02:47 Go, go.




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