Educational Edition: Man Afraid (1957) – Film Facts | Noir | Thriller | Live Chat

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[00:00:18]Hello and welcome to Gypsy Jay Replay.

[00:00:21]Grab your popcorn and settle in. Enjoy the show.

[00:00:37]Heat.

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[00:01:17]Heat.

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[00:01:38]Heat up here.

[00:01:52]Heat. Heat.

[00:03:00]You tired?

[00:03:01]>> Yeah, >> Michael.

[00:03:08]>> He's restless tonight. I was a little too tough with him this evening. And I scolded him for coming up from the beach with sand in his shoes. It isn't fair.

[00:03:17]He's still a baby.

[00:04:38]He's off.

[00:04:41]>> My dad, >> shut up. Shut up.

[00:05:09]261 North Ocean Road.

[00:05:14]How long there?

[00:05:15]>> 5 years.

[00:05:18]>> Ren or wrong? friend.

[00:05:21]>> Occupations.

[00:05:22]>> Minister.

[00:05:24]>> Minister.

[00:05:27]>> All right, Reverend. I'll read you the homicide report as you give it to Drawman Kirby.

[00:05:32]>> Homicide?

[00:05:33]>> That's what it's called when you kill somebody.

[00:05:38]>> Made the ident.

[00:05:40]>> Even the black cloth the kid uses a mask. Says it came from his tailor shop lining from a suit. He wants the personal effects. After the inquest, I'll uh give him a claim form, >> right?

[00:05:54]>> Reverend David Collins, >> you do a program on television?

[00:06:00]>> Uh, Tuesdays from 9:00 to 9:30.

[00:06:03]>> Yeah, my wife's one of your fans.

[00:06:05]>> Who is that man?

[00:06:07]>> Don't let it bother you.

[00:06:08]>> Who is he?

[00:06:17]Wait outside in the hall. A couple of things I want to talk to you about.

[00:06:33]>> That was the father.

[00:06:35]>> The father of the boy I >> the father of the burglar you killed.

[00:06:41]Now, let's get through with this >> statement given by David Collins. Uh, Reverend David Collins. Okay.

[00:06:48]>> What is his name? I want to talk with him.

[00:06:51]>> Who?

[00:06:52]>> The father.

[00:06:55]>> Simmons. What do you want to talk to him about?

[00:06:59]Well, what are you telling me? Sorry.

[00:07:01]All right.

[00:07:03]Here's his name and address.

[00:07:11]It's a tailor shot.

[00:07:13]>> Is there a mother?

[00:07:15]>> No, just the two of them.

[00:07:18]>> Mrs. Collins and I were in my study when we heard a sound in the room of our son, Michael. Mrs. Collins went to his room, and what did the doctor say about her eyes?

[00:07:29]>> The rope scratched them badly, but he doesn't believe they'll be permanent damage. It >> was a rough kid that Frankie Simmons Mrs. Collins went to his room and found him asleep. Hold >> sir.

[00:07:43]Here he is. How about a story?

[00:07:45]>> Boys, boys, this is a tragedy. Don't make a circus out of it.

[00:07:48]>> Sorry, Reverend, but this is news. If John Doe killed a parlor, it'd be a couple of inches among the ads. But when a minister does the same thing, >> don't say I killed him.

[00:07:55]>> All right, sir. Self-defense.

[00:07:57]>> No, I'm not looking for an excuse.

[00:07:58]>> Do you always pitch like that, Reverend?

[00:08:00]>> Of course not.

[00:08:01]>> You sure? Don't you do a lot of coaching with the kid teams over on the other side of the bay? Yeah. On the Mighty Mitt boxing journey. That's your baby, isn't it, sir? This Frankie Simmons, Reverend, did you ever work on him? Did he ever fight in any of your divisions?

[00:08:12]>> No. I wish he had been one of the bunch.

[00:08:14]>> Do you think he'd be alive today?

[00:08:16]>> Now, listen to me. I want to make several things very clear. I'm not a hero. I don't feel like a hero, and I don't want you to make one of me. I've taken a life.

[00:08:26]>> But it isn't the same thing, Reverend.

[00:08:27]You killed a burglar. Nobody's going to blame you.

[00:08:29]>> Please, fellas, no more.

[00:08:31]>> All right, Reverend, come on, fellas.

[00:08:32]Let's go inside. Maybe we can add a story in here.

[00:08:43]What is there that we two can say to each other?

[00:08:51]Won't you talk to me? For your sake and mine, can't we talk about it?

[00:09:01]I didn't hate your son, Mr. Simmons.

[00:09:04]It was a thing that happened.

[00:09:12]>> All right, Simmons. Come on in.

[00:09:32]Hey, it's him.

[00:09:34]>> Hello, Reverend. Did he hurt you? How's Mike? My dad said you sure took care of that burglar.

[00:09:40]>> Good morning, Reverend.

[00:09:42]>> Reverend, >> did you make it to the window? Mike, where was he when your dad dropped him?

[00:09:54]>> Right over here. He was so big he was almost up to the ceiling and he was all hairy and I could see his eyes.

[00:10:00]>> I'm down, Sunny. The air up there is getting you dizzy. Just give it to us the way it happened.

[00:10:05]>> He told me the whole thing. I could sort of repeat it for him.

[00:10:09]>> Maybe you were just screaming with your eyes shut tight. Didn't see anything.

[00:10:12]>> I did, too.

[00:10:13]>> Where was the reverend?

[00:10:14]>> Right over there. Dad came busting in.

[00:10:16]Hi, Dad. I want to be on television.

[00:10:19]>> Excuse me. Reverend, you made a boo boo.

[00:10:22]You should have called us before you went down to headquarters. Now we've lost that phase of the story.

[00:10:26]>> This is Wilbur Fletcher. He reports the news over KGTK.

[00:10:30]>> Ronnie Fletcher's father. Ronny's in my class.

[00:10:33]>> Yes, I know Mr. Fletcher. I just had a bad time down at headquarters. The father came in to identify his son.

[00:10:39]>> Oh, what a story. Why didn't you call us?

[00:10:42]>> Could you use a couple of riddles? I know about a million. What's the most important use for cowhide? Answer. To hold the cow together.

[00:10:51]Will you take him out of here, please?

[00:10:52]>> Oh, no. We need him.

[00:10:53]>> There'll be no pictures and no interview.

[00:10:55]>> Oh, Reverend, you're a showman. You know the value of this stuff.

[00:10:58]>> Is that what I am in your mind? A showman?

[00:11:00]>> All right, so I'm wrong again. What does it matter who's wrong? So long as we give the public what it wants, >> Dad. Did they try to arrest you?

[00:11:10]>> I won't be arrested, Michael. Now, take him out, please.

[00:11:14]>> Come along, honey. Come on.

[00:11:16]>> I got the greatest father in the whole world. Boy, I If he had a gun, he could clean up the whole >> Reverend, my deadline. These films have to be processed.

[00:11:27]>> You know what's the matter with that guy? He's a fanatic.

[00:11:31]>> Here, darling, I'll do that.

[00:11:35]>> Life is completely out of control.

[00:11:38]Feels covered with glory.

[00:11:41]>> How do you feel?

[00:11:42]>> It isn't the pain. It's It's just and other things.

[00:11:53]What other things?

[00:11:57]>> I shouldn't talk about it. It's over.

[00:11:59]>> That's right. It's over.

[00:12:01]>> And yet when I I try to go to sleep, that's all I can see is that shadow bending over Michael and that face coming at me.

[00:12:10]>> Face is gone. Don't think about it.

[00:12:17]Urban Collins.

[00:12:19]Oh, hello.

[00:12:23]Yes, of course I remembered. Um, tell him I'm sorry I was delayed.

[00:12:30]Yes, I I'm leaving immediately.

[00:12:34]Thank you.

[00:12:39]That was the bishop's secretary. I was to have been there half an hour ago.

[00:12:45]>> David, what happened at the police station? What do they do about these things?

[00:12:51]>> Oh, that was no problem.

[00:12:56]>> What color is that?

[00:12:57]>> Blue >> for the bishop. A white one, please.

[00:13:07]How can you tell what I'm doing? Can you see anything, >> darling? After all these years, I I know your sound patterns.

[00:13:18]>> Parson slays Prowler. This is today's headline. But there is more behind it than the story of a young thief who met death at the hands of the man he sought to rob. The person in the incident is KGTK's own Reverend David Colin, well known for his unique talks over this same channel every Tuesday evening from 9 to 9:30.

[00:13:39]Two fathers, one is the man who has steed a lot of pretty bad kids off the crooked path in boxing, basketball, and baseball.

[00:13:47]>> Michael, turn it off. Isn't it ironic?

[00:13:50]>> Mom could write many red way to clean living. Should have laid one of them low in ignominious death.

[00:14:00]>> Two sons, one with a long record of petty theft, vandalism, and reforms.

[00:14:06]Just recently escaped from the sheriff's honor farm. A harbor policeman who recognized and tried to arrest him suffered a stab wound in the upper arm.

[00:14:15]And now look at the son of the minister who so often asked for charity and understanding of these weward boys from the wrong side of the bay. Here is a product of a good home of gentle care of parental love. Was Frankie Simmons so loved. Was Frankie given the same consideration, the same opportunity?

[00:14:36]Unfortunately born in poverty, raised in poverty and knew nothing else.

[00:14:44]And then the program director, you should have heard him. And I told him that the bishop wants me to take a sbatical from television.

[00:14:50]>> Darling, I I should try to get some sleep.

[00:14:54]The >> bishop is right.

[00:14:57]What I look like? What lesson would I be teaching if I sat before that camera preaching goodness and mercy while my hands?

[00:15:10]>> I can't sleep.

[00:15:13]You put a nightlight in my room, but it's no good. It gets dark when I close my eyes.

[00:15:20]Would >> you like to bed down somewhere else, Michael? How about the uh couch in the living room? Huh?

[00:15:26]>> I tried that. That's no good, too.

[00:15:30]I know what I would like.

[00:15:33]>> So do I. Okay. Huh, baby.

[00:15:38]Hey, >> I'm a rejected mother.

[00:15:42]>> Be glad it's my turn to be kicked black and blue before morning.

[00:15:47]>> Happy?

[00:15:48]>> Yep.

[00:15:49]>> Said your prayers.

[00:15:50]>> Yep.

[00:15:51]>> You always told me to pray for others, >> right?

[00:15:54]>> Not for myself, >> right?

[00:15:56]>> Well, that's not so good.

[00:15:57]>> It isn't. Why not?

[00:15:59]>> Well, if I keep praying for other people, how can I ever get anything?

[00:16:03]>> Now, wait a minute. Well, anyway, so I worked out a deal with Ronnie Fletcher and Bobby Miller. They tell me what they want and I pray for them to get it and I tell them what I want and they pray for me. Of course, it has to be two for one cuz my dad's a minister has keen connections. But this time we all prayed for me cuz this is very, very important.

[00:16:22]>> How do I turn him off? Doesn't he have a button or something?

[00:16:25]>> Dad, are you practically the strongest man in the world?

[00:16:28]>> Well, there may be some who think they're strong. H one or two.

[00:16:33]>> But I bet they're not heroes.

[00:16:36]>> Michael, I don't want to hear you say that.

[00:16:38]>> Anyway, that's what we prayed for, to be like you. Cuz if I was like you, I'd never be scared.

[00:16:46]>> All right, come on, Michael. Go to sleep. Because the sooner you go to sleep, sooner there'll be another day.

[00:16:53]And another day.

[00:16:55]And after a while, everybody will forget about this whole bad business.

[00:16:59]We'll be just like we were before.

[00:17:02]Except we'll be older, wiser.

[00:17:07]>> The important thing now, Michael, is to forget. Fall asleep. Can you do that?

[00:17:13]Forget feel.

[00:17:19]I haven't kissed him all day. He's always so busy.

[00:18:26]newspaper. Guys, nosy bodies. Everybody with nothing to do asks, "Where's the tailor?" Well, I don't know where the tailor is now. Beat it.

[00:18:34]>> I want my suit.

[00:18:35]>> Get out.

[00:18:38]>> I'll bring a cop in here.

[00:18:40]>> You get out and stay out.

[00:18:48]>> What do you want?

[00:18:50]>> Do you have any idea when Mr. Simmons may be back?

[00:18:52]>> I don't get any ideas. All I get around here is trouble. If he don't show up, I'm stuck for three months rent. And believe me, I'm going to sell every lousy suit in this joint till I make it back.

[00:19:03]>> Well, what makes you think he won't return?

[00:19:07]>> What are you so worried about?

[00:19:10]Owe you money? Get lost. I hate collectors.

[00:19:15]>> I'm not a bill collector. I have a past association with Mr. Simmons. I wanted to talk to him.

[00:19:23]>> I've seen you someplace before.

[00:19:27]I know that face. You ever been in jail?

[00:19:31]>> No.

[00:19:34]Want to buy me a drink?

[00:19:37]>> No.

[00:19:40]>> Get out.

[00:19:42]>> What do you want all over my life?

[00:19:45]>> I came here to talk to Mr. Simmons about his son.

[00:19:49]>> I'll talk to you about Frankie.

[00:19:53]He robbed me a dozen times, that dirty crook. From my house, from my pocketbook, a dozen times.

[00:20:02]Old man Simmons, he's always okay.

[00:20:09]You want to know what that kid really was?

[00:20:12]A born murderer?

[00:20:15]You just trying to tell that to old man Simmons.

[00:20:20]Hey, I'll bet you're from the insurance company.

[00:20:26]I'll bet there's a policy on that kid.

[00:20:30]>> Sure.

[00:20:31]>> Haven't you any idea where I can find him? Did he pack? Did he have a suitcase that's missing?

[00:20:37]>> I've seen you someplace now.

[00:20:41]Where do I know you from?

[00:20:52]When Mr. Simmons comes back, please tell him I still want to speak with him.

[00:21:13]>> Hey, you guys, help me move this thing.

[00:21:15]Wait, would I ever get licked if I fell into that water?

[00:21:40]>> Oh, who's afraid?

[00:21:42]>> Me. I ain't going to cross.

[00:21:44]>> Me neither. scared.

[00:21:45]>> Okay, you go across. You were told not to. Just the same as me.

[00:21:49]>> They know kids never remember.

[00:21:51]>> I don't get asked if I remembered. I just get licking.

[00:21:54]>> What's your old stuff anyway? Let's play Rocket to the Moon. No, let's play burglar. I'll be my dad.

[00:21:59]>> That's all you want to play is burglar.

[00:22:01]I want to play television.

[00:22:02]>> Look, your dad only talks on television.

[00:22:04]My dad killed a burglar.

[00:22:06]>> I'll play burglar if I can be your father.

[00:22:08]>> How can you be my father? You weren't even there.

[00:22:11]>> But I saw you play it. I haven't been anybody today.

[00:22:14]>> You can be a pilot for rocket to the moon.

[00:22:17]>> Berber television.

[00:22:19]>> I want to be a pilot.

[00:22:20]>> Ber pilot.

[00:22:27]>> Next time I do any praying for them.

[00:22:36]Okay, you pirates. I know you're waiting aboard.

[00:23:13]clung to the crow's nest. Have you you want to escape Captain Collins?

[00:23:34]Ohoy mates. Six points off the starboard foul.

[00:24:04]boy.

[00:24:17]Skunky. Hey, Scotty.

[00:24:23]I bet we could get this all boat moving if we got a long enough rope and we tied it to that paddle wheel. I bet we could get it to turn. Skunky.

[00:24:40]>> Hello, Mike.

[00:24:43]>> Hello.

[00:24:45]I was just leaving.

[00:24:49]Heat.

[00:25:09]Heat.

[00:25:18]Hey kid, come down off of there. Can't you read signs? Come on down.

[00:25:30]Come down off of there.

[00:25:46]for these bountiful gifts which we are about to receive. I give thanks, the Lord. Amen.

[00:25:51]>> That's what I like about working in a minister's family. Everybody's so religious.

[00:25:56]>> You shouldn't be cooking and cleaning and waiting on all of us. You are hired as a nurse.

[00:26:00]>> Listen, you know what everybody says when I tell them whose house I'm in.

[00:26:04]Gee, you get interesting jobs, they say.

[00:26:06]Give us bulletins on everything that happens.

[00:26:10]That's what this is. An interesting job.

[00:26:12]>> You bet. I almost got murdered again.

[00:26:14]>> And do you give them bulletins?

[00:26:16]>> Oh, you're kidding.

[00:26:17]>> What did you say, Michael?

[00:26:18]>> I never talk about my patients. That's part of how they train us.

[00:26:21]>> What should I gossip about? About how you feel on account of that siblings kid? Not me.

[00:26:27]>> His father was going to kill me today.

[00:26:29]>> But you do talk about it.

[00:26:31]>> So we talk about other things like your >> Let have a turn to speak.

[00:26:36]Could I please have some more butter?

[00:26:39]>> You said something about his father.

[00:26:42]Whose father?

[00:26:43]>> The burglars.

[00:26:44]>> What about >> He was going to kill me today.

[00:26:50]He was going to get his revenge.

[00:26:52]>> David, I I can't see his face. Is he teasing?

[00:26:55]>> No. Honest.

[00:26:56]>> Honest imagination, Michael.

[00:26:58]>> Oh, really? He came at me with his long teeth sticking out.

[00:27:01]>> Long How long were his teeth?

[00:27:03]>> About like this.

[00:27:06]I've seen Mr. Simmons and his teeth are very small and regular and you don't even know what he looks like.

[00:27:12]>> I do too. Didn't I see him on television and in the newspapers? And when he tried to kill me today, his eyes were all red and scary.

[00:27:20]>> Michael, you're upsetting your mother now.

[00:27:22]>> But it happened.

[00:27:24]>> Where did it happen?

[00:27:27]>> At a place you told me not to play.

[00:27:30]>> Where was that?

[00:27:34]the old warf >> after you were told. Michael, David, >> please. One at a time.

[00:27:42]>> Mr. Simmons was going to push me into the paddle wheel.

[00:27:46]>> What?

[00:27:48]>> Maybe he was only going to duel with me, but his eyes were all red and he had long hair and long teeth. Oh, he was plotting to kill me. I could tell.

[00:27:56]>> But you fought him off.

[00:27:57]>> The watchman chased us away.

[00:28:01]Uh, Michael, isn't this the evening you're supposed to go over and watch television at Ronnie Fletcher's house?

[00:28:06]>> Skunkies.

[00:28:08]>> What?

[00:28:09]>> That's what we call him now.

[00:28:10]>> Skunky.

[00:28:11]>> Oh, he loves it. What time is it?

[00:28:15]>> It's nearly 7:00. Go get your jacket and I'll walk you as far as the church.

[00:28:33]That's some kid. Which one of you he take after?

[00:28:38]>> David, where is that man?

[00:28:40]>> What man?

[00:28:41]>> The father.

[00:28:43]>> Oh, now leave it. You don't I'll get it.

[00:28:54]>> Hello, Reverend Collins.

[00:28:58]Is everybody there already? I'm sorry. I I'll be right over. Thank you.

[00:29:06]>> What an evening. From 7 till 10. Old Bible class, men's forum, rehearsal of your dramatics group.

[00:29:12]>> Oh, but you can skip that, can't you?

[00:29:14]>> And not see Diana McCcluskey play Jezebel? I wouldn't dream of You're still worried about Michael.

[00:29:25]this bandage not being able to see everything seems so exaggerated.

[00:29:29]>> I know darling, but try to think the way you did before the bandage. Michael was forbidden to play on that warf, but he did. So his conscience bothered him and out of his feeling of guilt, he started to imagine. You know how that boy can imagine.

[00:29:47]>> Lisa, I um I wanted to see something. I wanted to try again to set myself right with him. So, I went down to his tater shop today.

[00:29:58]He wasn't there. The people I spoke to think he's out of town. He's gone away.

[00:30:03]So, don't you see? The whole thing comes right back to Michael's vivid imagination.

[00:30:09]Look, darling, I've got to run to the church now.

[00:30:33]Michael.

[00:30:35]>> Michael, will you stop talking about Mr. Simmons in that whole episode?

[00:30:41]>> Did you see what your story did to your mother?

[00:30:43]>> No.

[00:30:43]>> Well, it shook her up very badly. Why?

[00:30:46]>> Because of what happened and the injury to her eyes and the strain of being unable to see. Now, help out, will you?

[00:30:53]If you feel you must tell stories like that, tell them to me. Please leave your mother out of it.

[00:30:59]>> Don't you care what happens to me?

[00:31:03]>> Well, of course I care. Don't you ever doubt that for one single moment.

[00:31:07]>> Then why is it okay to tell you and not mom? Oh, I know. Girls are different.

[00:31:13]Well, uh, if that settles the matter, good enough.

[00:31:18]Come on, let's go.

[00:31:32]>> Now, come on. Remember, one hour of television or playing with Ronnie, >> one hour with the Fletcher Boy and then straight home. Okay, >> I remember our agreement not to worry your mother.

[00:31:43]>> But Mr. Simmons, I'm okay. Well, won't she be surprised if I get killed?

[00:32:01]>> Good evening.

[00:32:03]>> Evening.

[00:32:08]>> I'm sorry to be late. That's all right.

[00:32:17]>> You're all aware of the thing that happened in my house and you're curious wondering what must it be like to be a minister and have a thing like that happen.

[00:32:30]I owe you the answer to that question, but I would rather not treat it as a subject for group discussion.

[00:32:39]It's much too soon.

[00:32:42]>> Sure. Okay.

[00:32:43]>> Thank you.

[00:32:46]Uh, what's the topic for this evening?

[00:32:49]I'm sorry, chef, but can fear destroy the body?

[00:32:53]>> Oh, yes. Let's go back over last Saturday's talk. Now, suppose fear crowds out faith.

[00:33:03]Fear creates a vacuum. Sickness rushes in to fill it. And this kind of sickness spreads.

[00:33:11]Remember that fear.

[00:33:20]>> Excuse me, gentlemen.

[00:33:27]>> What is it, Michael?

[00:33:29]>> Promise you won't get mad.

[00:33:31]>> I promise. What's the matter? You forget something?

[00:33:34]Well, I wanted to go down the street, but there's that tree, and it's so dark under it. Somebody's there.

[00:33:42]>> Now, Michael, >> you promised you wouldn't get mad.

[00:33:47]>> What's this about a tree?

[00:33:50]>> Somebody's there looking at me. I'll bet it was Mr. Simmons.

[00:33:55]>> It was not.

[00:33:59]>> I'll go home.

[00:34:00]>> Well, what about your date with Ronnie?

[00:34:02]>> Scunky? Yes.

[00:34:05]>> I'll see him tomorrow.

[00:34:07]>> Michael, I'll be right back.

[00:34:13]>> Now, there's no reason why you can't keep your date with the skunky.

[00:34:18]I want to show you, Michael, that by itself, the dark is nothing to be afraid of. It's only a place where there's no light. It's what we think that makes us afraid. Come on, I'll show you.

[00:34:53]Look out, Dad. He's going to jump you.

[00:34:56]>> He does. It's 2 to one.

[00:34:59]>> Well, you get him tired first.

[00:35:01]>> I won't have to. Everything in there is exactly the same as when you pass by in the daytime. The only difference is in being unable to see it.

[00:35:09]>> But how do you know? Watch.

[00:35:12]>> Dad, look out.

[00:35:15]>> See, satisfied.

[00:35:28]>> Okay, >> now run along to Skunkies. Go on.

[00:35:36]>> And Mike, ask Mr. Fletcher to drive you home.

[00:35:39]Okay.

[00:36:14]I'm sorry. That's all right. Something the matter with the bizaar. I'm sure it'll be ready for Monday.

[00:36:22]The real reason I came out, I wanted to talk to you about what happened the other night at your house.

[00:36:27]>> Please, Chef, not now.

[00:36:29]>> What I wanted to say was the family got together and had a big pow-wow, you know, with my sister getting married next week. That kind of thing. Well, we want you to know it doesn't make any difference. You're still our minister and you're going to officiate.

[00:36:42]>> Thanks, chef. Uh, can you handle the forum for this session?

[00:36:47]>> It's kind of like fishing before you know how to bait hooks. Try chef. I've got to run home and get my car.

[00:36:57]Mr. Simmons.

[00:37:00]Mr. Simmons, >> are you in there? Simmons?

[00:37:05]>> Well, look who's back.

[00:37:08]>> Want to buy me a drink?

[00:37:10]>> Is Simmons here?

[00:37:13]>> Who cares about him? All he did was work, work, work, work. Someone claimed to have seen him today.

[00:37:19]>> You know, I bet sometimes he wished he was Frankie. Who wants to work a big dog all the time?

[00:37:26]>> Did you draw the shade? I want to know if he's back.

[00:37:29]>> Come on, buy me a drink.

[00:37:31]>> You've had enough. Will you try to clear your mind and understand what I'm saying to you? It's very important.

[00:37:36]>> Who are you to tell me I got too much to drink?

[00:37:40]>> What kind of a fresh remark is that? I know how much I ought to drink.

[00:37:47]you want around here? Who gave you permission to come snooping around here?

[00:37:52]Hey everybody, look what I've got here. It's the preacher. The preacher that killed Frankie. Got away with murder. That's what he did. Murder. Broke the old man's heart.

[00:38:07]There he is.

[00:38:46]He's in here somewhere.

[00:38:50]>> Hi, Dad.

[00:38:51]>> I was just leaving Mike, my dried frog.

[00:38:55]>> His name's Julius.

[00:38:56]>> I thought the two of you were over at your house.

[00:38:58]>> We got tossed out. Mr. Reflector said we were making too much noise.

[00:39:02]>> I can believe it. Inside, youngster. To bed. You better run on home now, Ronnie.

[00:39:07]>> What about Julius?

[00:39:09]>> Michael to bed.

[00:39:13]>> Everything's too much noise in my house.

[00:39:16]When I'm far away, maybe dead. They'll wish I was around to make any kind of noise.

[00:39:22]>> Um, leaving us?

[00:39:24]>> Yeah. I was given them to Mike to remember me. Well, >> you're very generous. He must have been a fine looking frog in this prime.

[00:39:33]>> His father ran over to you to the driveway.

[00:39:36]>> Uh, sit down. Got plenty of time.

[00:39:43]>> Uh, did you tell your parents you were leaving?

[00:39:47]>> They won't even care.

[00:39:49]>> But they will. So will your friends.

[00:39:52]I don't know what the children's choir will do without you.

[00:39:55]>> I sing rotten. You have a very unusual voice.

[00:40:00]>> Michael, don't you think so?

[00:40:02]>> Anybody can get used to it.

[00:40:05]>> Uh, while you're sitting here, why don't you take your napsack off?

[00:40:08]>> You have to rest your shoulders whenever you can on a long trip.

[00:40:11]>> Yeah, that's right. See, what's in this?

[00:40:13]Huh?

[00:40:14]>> Some bananas in his rock collection. I wish I had a banana.

[00:40:18]>> My father says he works hard all day talking and listening. He can't stand kids when he gets home.

[00:40:25]Well, he told me he's got the smartest kid in town.

[00:40:28]>> I mean it.

[00:40:31]>> Ministers aren't allowed to tell lies.

[00:40:34]>> I'm sure I can live here with you.

[00:40:37]>> Why can't I?

[00:40:41]>> Well, can I talk to you as man to man, straight from the shoulder?

[00:40:45]I already have a boy. What would your father do without any son at all? That wouldn't be fair.

[00:40:52]Uh, were you planning to go some distance?

[00:40:55]>> South America.

[00:40:58]>> That's pretty far. I just don't know what he'd do. I hope for his sake you'll be coming back very soon.

[00:41:05]>> Well, after he cries a bit, maybe.

[00:41:10]>> Oh, better not eat your bananas. Save them for an emergency. Uh, you got anything home?

[00:41:15]>> Well, I was saving a piece of apple pie in my grace with my underwear.

[00:41:21]Uh, well, maybe um you could sneak back and get it. It would only be a short delay.

[00:41:26]>> I'm sure you're hungry.

[00:41:28]>> You need that pie. Maybe take a nap, too. Huh? Get a a fresh start in the morning.

[00:41:34]>> I'd have to skip school.

[00:41:36]>> Well, there are lots of schools in South America. You can make it up easy.

[00:41:41]>> I'll just sneak in quiet.

[00:41:42]>> Good. There we go. Oh. Uh, what about Julius? Well, maybe I better take him back.

[00:41:51]>> Who needs Julius any help? I got my dad.

[00:41:55]>> Thanks.

[00:41:56]Um, why don't you use the side gate?

[00:41:59]It's easier.

[00:42:00]>> I know, but I came this way.

[00:42:02]>> Oh, yeah. Well, um, here we go.

[00:42:07]There. There we are.

[00:42:09]>> Thanks.

[00:42:10]Good night, Mr. Collins.

[00:42:12]>> Good night.

[00:42:43]I'm not asleep.

[00:42:48]Darling, >> didn't Mrs. Willis give you a sleep at night?

[00:42:54]>> I didn't take it. I didn't want to sleep. Not until you and Michael were home again.

[00:43:01]>> Why? He came home safely, so die.

[00:43:05]>> I can't help it. I can't help it.

[00:43:09]It's just that I have so much time to remember than always being afraid.

[00:43:16]How was the evening?

[00:43:19]>> Productive >> forum too.

[00:43:23]>> All right.

[00:43:24]>> Bible class.

[00:43:27]>> Small.

[00:43:31]>> If that's Mrs. Web, tell her I've gone to bed.

[00:43:38]>> Hello.

[00:43:39]>> Hello, Miss Collins. This is Chef Hamilton. How do you feel? Oh, I'm fine.

[00:43:44]I I'll be up and about soon.

[00:43:46]>> I wanted to report to the reverend the way I handled the forum. Everything's smooth. The class ran itself. And as for your play group, only about half the cast showed up. It's Saturday night, you know.

[00:43:59]>> Thank you. Yes, thank you.

[00:44:03]Good night.

[00:44:08]>> Anything?

[00:44:10]>> Just a call.

[00:44:12]I have one I want to make and I'll do it in the study.

[00:44:16]>> Now, darling, don't wait for me to force this door on you. You take it. The water's right here.

[00:44:39]Please give me the police department.

[00:44:47]Hello. I'd like to speak to Lieutenant Marlin, please.

[00:44:51]>> Off duty. Want anybody else? No, we can't give out his home number. He'll be here tomorrow morning.

[00:44:59]>> All right, I'll make it. Tell Lieutenant Marlin I'll be there early in the morning.

[00:45:05]Thank you.

[00:45:21]Michael was playing on that old showboat at the warf when Simmons came aboard.

[00:45:25]Now, it's almost impossible to get details from an 8-year-old.

[00:45:29]>> Simmons went for him.

[00:45:30]>> Not exactly.

[00:45:33]>> Threatened him?

[00:45:34]>> Not in words. I suppose there was something in his eyes.

[00:45:39]>> We can't take action for the way a man looked. And according to an 8-year-old, >> I haven't suggested action.

[00:45:46]>> Did he carry a weapon, a knife, a gun?

[00:45:49]>> Lieutenant, I wasn't there. I can't describe when >> you can. You say you don't want us to question your boy.

[00:45:54]>> Well, I know one thing. Simmons was hanging around outside my church last night.

[00:46:00]>> That's different. You saw him?

[00:46:02]>> Not the man himself. But did you notice a habit he has? He slices off the burnt end of a cigarette so as to save the stub.

[00:46:09]>> Uses a razor.

[00:46:10]>> And he saves those stubs in a flat tin box. You saw that?

[00:46:14]>> Yep.

[00:46:16]>> Well, that box and those cigarette stubs were lying underneath a tree by the church. It was dark in there and Michael was afraid to go by. I went through with him and I turned on my flashlight.

[00:46:26]That's what I found.

[00:46:29]>> Good. Let's have them.

[00:46:31]>> I don't have them. I left them there. I I didn't know I'd be calling you.

[00:46:36]Got your car outside.

[00:46:39]>> I took a can. We'll give you a lift.

[00:46:43]You'll be able to show me those cigarette butts.

[00:46:58]>> What goes a psychus? Our church bizaar opens tomorrow afternoon.

[00:47:05]>> All right, let's see those cigarette butts.

[00:47:20]>> They were right here, but they're gone.

[00:47:24]>> Never mind. I'll I'll put a tracer on them and see what it turns up. Anytime you feel the need, Reverend, don't hesitate to call us. That's why we're here.

[00:47:51]and sous and pain.

[00:47:59]Heal their disease and their sorrows and from all evil keep them free.

[00:48:14]power and blessing.

[00:48:19]Grant us now and ever who we will serve them in thy name.

[00:48:32]May our neighbor by thy favor and eternal unto thee.

[00:49:02]There are several announcements.

[00:49:05]The marriage of Marjgery Hamilton to William Robert North will take place as scheduled next Sunday at 2:00 in the afternoon, but with the following change. And I think it is a happy one for the bride and groom. Not I, but Bishop Riby himself will officiate.

[00:49:21]Naturally, with the great good fortune of having him here, we're really going to put him to work. While Bishop Riby is here, he will preside over the christristening scheduled for that morning. He does us this honor at my request.

[00:49:34]Let us accept it.

[00:49:43]Let us accept it as the We will dispense with the final hymn.

[00:50:20]Michael.

[00:50:41]Michael, >> I want an angle that'll shoot right across the ring, right into the customers. We'll make it a fast one, too. The sock and the kiss and the reaction of the customers. You got it >> right.

[00:50:55]>> Oh, hi, Reverend. Did my son come in here?

[00:50:57]>> No, I haven't seen him. Aren't you surprised to see me here?

[00:50:59]>> Michael, are you in here?

[00:51:01]>> This isn't just sports. It's news. Your news. First, there was a kid you couldn't help. He got himself killed.

[00:51:06]Now the ones that do come into the fold, new on both ends. That's drama. Real drama.

[00:51:12]Michael.

[00:51:21]Michael, >> you left before the end of the services.

[00:51:29]Michael, you should know better.

[00:51:31]>> Everybody always says that.

[00:51:35]Were you stopped by anyone? Did any stranger speak to you?

[00:51:39]>> Like who?

[00:51:40]>> Oh, Michael, help us, will you? I have a hundred things to do. Your mother can't leave the house, and she's anxious about you.

[00:51:47]>> Don't worry about me.

[00:51:50]>> There's Mrs. Willis. Now, go on home with her. Are you listening to me?

[00:51:54]Because I'm giving you an order. Go home.

[00:52:00]Go on, Mike.

[00:52:02]>> Sure.

[00:52:38]Michael, David, Mrs. Willis Who is it?

[00:53:22]Who's there?

[00:54:00]Michael >> David, >> why doesn't somebody answer.

[00:55:06]David. David.

[00:55:16]Come on.

[00:55:25]Come on.

[00:55:39]Oh my god.

[00:55:52]So, you won't cover my eyes again. Don't you put those bandages on. Don't you do it.

[00:55:56]>> By now, it's more to keep out light than anything else. You got a pair of dark glasses.

[00:56:02]>> David, why did you try to hide this from me?

[00:56:06]>> Why alarm you when there was no need?

[00:56:08]>> No need. You called the police. I heard you on this extension. And you hadn't been at the church last night. Where were you? You knew there was danger.

[00:56:18]>> It's true. Simmons was hanging around, but that wasn't proof he intended any harm.

[00:56:23]>> Proof? Don't you know what the proof would be?

[00:56:28]>> I'll send you and Michael out of town.

[00:56:31]>> You're coming with us.

[00:56:32]>> No, Lisa. I'm a minister, and I cannot run away from my obligations just because there might be danger to me.

[00:56:39]We're not going without you. We're not leaving you here. If he wants to hurt us, he'll have to hurt whoever stays.

[00:56:46]Is Michael?

[00:56:48]Why isn't Michael here? He's trying to take my boy from me. Where's Michael?

[00:56:52]>> No, no, no, darling. He's perfectly safe. There's nothing to worry about.

[00:56:58]Nothing bad can happen to him or to any of us ever. Say that to yourself.

[00:57:06]Remember, if God be for us. Who can be against us?

[00:57:12]And he is for us, Lisa.

[00:57:15]He is.

[00:57:18]He is.

[00:57:25]With all that faith in God, don't you figure he could handle things while you're away?

[00:57:32]>> He has his work, Mrs. Willis, and I have mine.

[00:57:37]And as for yours, you weren't hired as a bodyguard. I won't reproach you if you choose to leave us. You think it's a fact that a person could get hurt around here?

[00:57:56]>> Guess I better dust off my judo lessons.

[00:57:59]Oh, you know, I used to be a nurse in the Navy. Of course, I was younger then.

[00:58:04]But when some of those boys started being ambulatory, >> there's a detective out there. I saw his badge.

[00:58:15]>> A detective? Where >> I let him in.

[00:58:20]>> You went to the door, Michael. I told you not to. Now you stay in here.

[00:58:33]Do you know what just happened to my wife?

[00:58:35]>> The boy told me.

[00:58:37]>> What do you plan to do about it?

[00:58:39]>> She saw a strange man in the bedroom, Reverend. I guess that's what she saw.

[00:58:42]>> She saw Simmons.

[00:58:44]>> Only it could have been somebody else.

[00:58:46]Somebody looking for you. Let's see.

[00:58:48]Goes through the house. He steps into the wrong room. She screams. He gets panicky and runs. Reasonable.

[00:58:53]>> But we know it was Simmons.

[00:58:55]>> No, Reverend, we don't know. That's what I'm trying to show you.

[00:58:58]First, her eyes are still in bad shape.

[00:59:01]Second, how could she recognize Simmons anyway? When did she even see a news photo of him? Been blindfolded since that night.

[00:59:09]>> Well, I haven't been blindfolded and I saw him at my church this morning.

[00:59:14]>> Simmons.

[00:59:15]>> He came to the entrance as I was speaking. He stood there looking at me and then he walked away.

[00:59:21]>> Reverend, according to the department, he isn't even in town. I put a tracer on him. I came by to tell you what we found.

[00:59:28]>> Well, I'll tell you what I found when I came home. My wife and son crouched in a closet like a pair of hunted animals. My wife in hysterics. My home entered like a public building.

[00:59:48]You think this is all imagination?

[00:59:51]>> No, there could be more to it.

[00:59:57]Maybe I'm persecuting Simmons. Is that it, Lieutenant? He's irritating my conscience, haunting me, and I think the only way to stop him is to get rid of him.

[01:00:08]>> I don't go that far.

[01:00:10]Look, you're an above average sensitive guy who's had a pretty bad shock. In time, I think you'll get over it.

[01:00:16]Meanwhile, if it'll help you sleep better, I'll have the house watch for a couple of days. Okay.

[01:00:26]Okay.

[01:00:42]Thanks to the civic-minded sponsors who have donated this their regular times, KGTK is able to bring you their annual free swinging breakers, the tournament of the mighty mitts. And here come the first contestant.

[01:00:58]Hey Mike, betting on you to win, kid. Your dad's the referee.

[01:01:03]>> That is crooked.

[01:01:04]>> Hey, Ben Sull. I got a good notion to send my Ronnie around, pay you a little visit. How about a runny?

[01:01:11]>> Skunk is the only guy I can lick.

[01:01:13]>> Who's Skunky?

[01:01:14]>> Your son.

[01:01:20]>> Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

[01:01:22]Presenting your first bout in the fleae division.

[01:01:27]Two rounds to a decision. In this corner, weighing 51 and 38 pound, the massacre man himself, Fallen Mike Collins.

[01:01:38]>> There he is. There's Mike >> in this corner wearing blue trunks.

[01:01:42]>> I I l from the other side of the harbor, the deadly demon, Bucky Salano.

[01:01:52]Your referee, Reverend David Collins.

[01:02:17]Boy, Mike, knock him out. Come on, Mike.

[01:02:20]Knock him out, Mike. A boy. Go ahead, Mike.

[01:02:25]My brother Hey, nice.

[01:03:33]You know, I just had a crazy notion.

[01:03:38]>> What?

[01:03:40]>> Oh, nothing. Just crazy.

[01:04:00]1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.

[01:04:34]And now the Bearcat division. In this corner, the terror from 10th Street, Tiny Joe Wilson.

[01:04:46]In the other corner, wearing white trunks, the Harbor Hurricane himself, Hank Schwarz.

[01:05:04]Stand by, ladies and gentlemen. A small fire on the seats. Not much of a fire.

[01:05:07]It's more smoke than anything else. Just a moment. We'll try to move in and see what it's all about.

[01:05:14]Fight.

[01:05:24]Walk. Walk to the sides of the tent. Get out of the sides of the tent. Michael.

[01:05:31]Michael. Colin.

[01:05:46]Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael.

[01:06:23]Murderer.

[01:06:45]You needed evidence. You said you couldn't move without it.

[01:06:49]>> This wasn't intended to make a fire.

[01:06:50]Just a lot of smoke.

[01:06:52]>> But this kind of rags could only come from a tailor shop. Bits of suit material, lining, wool.

[01:06:59]The man must be insane. He was willing to risk every life there just to get his hands on my son. It was a miracle that only the Fletcher boy had to be sent to the hospital.

[01:07:09]>> Why'd you let Simmons go?

[01:07:12]Had your thumbs on his windpipe, wasn't it? What you wanted?

[01:07:16]>> I thought it was right up until I almost It's frightening.

[01:07:23]Living in heat for nearly a week, it fills your whole body. There's any room left over that's filled by fear.

[01:07:33]You take your suit to a pretty good cleaner.

[01:07:36]Briggs on a street.

[01:07:39]>> Yes. What?

[01:07:41]>> Briggs DC could mean David Collins.

[01:07:53]How is that possible?

[01:07:54]>> I don't know, Reverend. I don't think this is very good evidence against Simmons.

[01:07:59]>> Oh, no. Wait a minute.

[01:08:02]Picking up a coat of mine is the easiest thing that anybody could do any place.

[01:08:06]On a baseball field, in a gym, in church, in my own home.

[01:08:14]That's when he did it. Sunday when he frightened Mrs. Collins.

[01:08:18]>> We'll have the lab check on these. See what it brings up.

[01:08:24]Reverend, why don't you take your wife and son on a little vacation?

[01:08:28]>> Lieutenant, what must I do to get through to you? Let something happen to my boy.

[01:08:33]>> You've gotten through.

[01:08:36]Sure, this could have been planted by you. There's as much reason to think that Simmons planted it. Fact is, uh, that's the way I lean right now.

[01:08:45]Well, >> that's a lot better. Not a lot. He could claim that he was trying to save your boy from the fire.

[01:08:51]But we happen to know, >> Reverend, >> could I arrest the man on what we know but can't prove?

[01:08:59]>> You haven't any choice but to arrest the man. He's after my son. So, I arrest him on what? Some technical charge. Then he's out in 24 hours. Then we book him again. And a day later, he's loose again.

[01:09:14]Don't you see how it is? We can't hold him until we have some real evidence.

[01:09:18]until he's done something. And you said it yourself a minute ago. By then it'll be too late.

[01:09:35]All this for the camp, it's enough to go around the world.

[01:09:43]>> We may decide not to stay. Go off on a little side trip someplace.

[01:09:48]or many little side trips.

[01:09:52]>> Lisa, this is what you wanted. You begged me to take you and Michael away.

[01:09:56]>> I know. I was hysterical, but I'm not anymore.

[01:10:01]>> Well, then maybe it's my turn.

[01:10:04]>> And if he finds us, we'll move on again, I guess.

[01:10:11]>> How we live, you won't be able to work.

[01:10:13]Not as a minister. He would find us just as easily as now.

[01:10:18]Well, >> there's nothing very special about being a minister. A lot of hard work and very little money. If I put half the effort and study into a business, I'm not much of a minister anyway. Too blunt, too much temper.

[01:10:40]>> And everybody loves you very much.

[01:10:49]I just want time and time you'll give up.

[01:10:55]And what I'd like to know is what happens to you in that time.

[01:11:00]>> Lisa, what happens to me if I stay? He's like some kind of wild animal that keeps coming at you until it kills you or you kill it.

[01:11:11]The only way to avoid that choice is to run.

[01:11:15]Because Lisa, if he ever again lays hands on Michael.

[01:11:26]>> Hello, Mrs. Collins.

[01:11:30]This is Mrs. Fletcher. Ronnie's mother.

[01:11:32]Is the reverend there?

[01:11:33]>> It's foolish. The kid doesn't know what he's saying. He wants Mike, not Collins.

[01:11:37]Reverend, did you know that Ronnie is in Oceanside Hospital? Yes. Well, he wants you.

[01:11:45]I I mean, we all want you.

[01:11:48]>> Will you give me that number, please?

[01:11:51]Bay 2121.

[01:11:55]I'll call you back.

[01:11:58]Just wait there.

[01:12:03]Is my family entitled to nothing?

[01:12:05]because they're my family.

[01:12:08]>> Poor little Ronnie Fletcher. That's a shame.

[01:12:11]>> She didn't say he was in critical condition. She said he wants me. That could be nothing but a whim to endanger you and Michael because a seven-year-old boy has a whim. I >> Besides, you're not much of a minister.

[01:12:32]>> You can always read me, can't you?

[01:12:34]>> Mhm. Even the fine print.

[01:12:39]>> That skunky, you know, the other day he asked me to be his father.

[01:12:45]>> I ought to go down there if only to beat some sense into Fletcher.

[01:12:49]>> On the other hand, if you don't quarrel with him, be home sooner.

[01:12:54]>> This might be short, it might not.

[01:12:56]There's no way of knowing. You finish packing. I'll take a cab and leave you the car. Have everything ready. Put the luggage in the trunk. I'll get back as soon as I can. We'll be on our way. Have Mrs. Willis do everything she's willing and wonderful. Okay.

[01:13:13]>> Now it's okay.

[01:13:16]>> Somewhere in the world at this moment, someone's marrying a minister.

[01:13:22]Crazy.

[01:13:24]>> I think it's wonderful.

[01:13:41]Good evening, Reverend.

[01:13:42]>> Good evening. There's a boy here named Fletcher. Ronnie Fletcher.

[01:13:45]>> Oh, yes. They're waiting for you. Room 324.

[01:13:47]>> Uh, how is the boy?

[01:13:49]>> Dr. Roland is with him now. I >> see. Thank you.

[01:14:00]Three, please.

[01:14:13]Wait till the reverend hats these bags.

[01:14:16]You won't be so quick to take off.

[01:14:19]Oh, here he is.

[01:14:22]Holland's residence. Was it my husband?

[01:14:29]>> Okay, just as fast as we can.

[01:14:36]>> That was the hospital. The Fletcher boy is calling for Mike. The reverend says to bring him right over.

[01:14:41]>> Michael, that's what he said. Sounds serious.

[01:14:44]>> Oh, those poor people. Mike. Mike, we've got an errand.

[01:14:56]I'll pass the car, follow you right up.

[01:14:59]>> I got to bring Scotty his present.

[01:15:01]>> Michael, he's waiting for me.

[01:15:15]Heat.

[01:15:24]Heat.

[01:15:50]All right. I've been a lousy father. You can fill in for me. Go ahead.

[01:15:56]I don't care. I don't care as long as somebody does something.

[01:16:00]>> Why don't you do it?

[01:16:02]It's you he wants.

[01:16:10]>> Thanks.

[01:16:22]>> What's the matter? What happened?

[01:16:24]>> Isn't he here? Oh, that child.

[01:16:26]>> Lisa, what are you talking about?

[01:16:28]>> He ran ahead. Mrs. Willis let us out at the corner and he was off like an arrow.

[01:16:31]>> What are you talking about? Where's Michael?

[01:16:35]>> Didn't you send for him? You asked someone to call and say that Rody Fletcher.

[01:16:40]>> Mr. Simmons.

[01:16:42]>> Oh, David. David, >> where did you last see Mike?

[01:16:45]>> Outside running ahead of me.

[01:17:23]Rebra on the beach. He's chasing Mike on the beach.

[01:17:48]Heat. Heat.

[01:18:11]Heat. Heat.

[01:18:46]Michael, >> help dad.

[01:19:27]Michael.

[01:19:30]Dad, help. Dad, >> where are you?

[01:19:35]>> Dad, Dad, help.

[01:20:03]Heat.

[01:20:10]Heat.

[01:20:29]Heat up here.

[01:20:48]Summon heat.

[01:21:27]Heat up here.

[01:21:34]Heat.

[01:21:48]Heat.

[01:22:15]Oh.

[01:22:17]Oh, darling.

[01:22:29]I told you I didn't hate your son.

[01:22:32]I didn't want that to happen.

[01:22:35]Why won't you forgive me?

[01:22:58]He's crying.

[01:23:15]Heat.

[01:23:29]Heat.

[01:23:37]Heat.

[01:24:00]Heat.

[01:24:12]And that's a wrap on another classic complete with film facts. Hope to see you on the next premiere. Thanks for watching.