Illegal Page #2

Synopsis: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks "the last mile" to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution but is too late. Humbled by his grievous misjudgement, Scott resigns as a prosecutor. Entering private practice, he employs the same cunning that made his reputation and draws the attention of mob kingpin, Frank Garland. The mobster succeeds in bribing Scott into representing one of his stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. But soon Scott finds himself embroiled in dirty mob politics. The situation becomes intolerable when his former protege in the D.A.'s office is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob. Can Victor defend the woman he secretly loves and also keep his life?
Director(s): Lewis Allen
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.0
APPROVED
Year:
1955
88 min
212 Views


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- To what?

- To our next governor.

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Paper! Clary to die in chair tonight!

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Paper! Clary to die in chair tonight!

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Nice piece, Mr. Scott.

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Ought to raise a lot of funds for the club.

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And a lot of votes for you.

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You know, it's a wonder those kids didn't

start running when they saw me coming.

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I put most of their old men in jail.

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But get this straight,

I didn't sponsor this club for votes.

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I was born right there in the next block.

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- And that's pretty hard to forget.

- Sure, I understand.

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But my paper's thinking of supporting you

and we need to humanize you all we can.

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You know how it is, Mr. Scott.

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Well, I've been too busy to be human,

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and I'm not gonna start kissing babies

or anybody else.

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BOY:
Clary to die in chair tonight!

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What's wrong with a little kissing?

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A lot of people prefer it to killing.

Don't you, Mr. Scott?

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Sometimes they go hand in hand,

to the DA's Office.

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There must be a few kind words

we can print about you, Mr. Scott.

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For instance,

I understand that you practically

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brought up Ellen Miles

after her father died.

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Even sent her through law school

and gave her a job in your office.

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Now look, her father, Judge Miles,

gave me my start,

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and I gave his daughter hers.

They don't make you governor for that.

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If I run, I run on my public record

and I'm proud of it.

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Excuse me.

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Scott speaking.

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This is Borden. I'm at General Hospital.

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The Clary case has come apart

at the seams.

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What?

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Lmpossible.

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Well, I'll be right there, Ray.

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General Hospital. And use the siren.

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