Illegal Page #3

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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(SIREN BLARING)

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All right, give it to me fast.

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A guy by the name of Chavez,

has a record in four states.

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Robbery detail caught up with him

in an alley.

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He didn't stop shooting

till they put three bullets into him.

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Did you hear

this so-called confession yourself?

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Yes, it checked all the way.

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It proves that Clary

couldn't possibly have done it.

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Well, a man with three bullets in him

could be delirious, couldn't he?

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Sure. But Chavez sounded

mighty clearheaded to me.

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You can talk to the doctor.

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- What shape is he in, Doctor?

- No good.

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Here's his confession.

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He couldn't have possibly have known

those details unless he'd been there.

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Do I have to take this

as a deathbed testament, Doctor?

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Yes, he can't live until morning,

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and he knew it

when he made that statement.

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Listen carefully, emergency.

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Put me through to the death house

at the state prison. Fast.

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Long distance.

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Calling police emergency.

I want state prison.

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I'm not guilty, I want you to know that.

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- I swear it.

- Yes, yes. I know, I know.

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You don't believe me, do you?

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I didn't kill her.

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I loved her.

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State prison.

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WOMAN. Emergency. District Attorney

Scott wants the death house. Hurry.

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MAN:
It's through right away.

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Just a moment, Mr. Scott,

I have the prison.

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(PHONE RINGING)

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Hello.

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District Attorney Scott speaking.

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You must stop the Clary execution.

Stop it, you understand?

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(HEAVY DRONING)

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(STA TIC CRACKLING)

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