Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) - full transcript
When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.
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NARRATOR:
On Tuesday, July 7th,
the grounds of Ditman Hall
State Training School
were almost deserted.
Except for the boys
in solitary cells,
the juvenile inmates were
working on the building
of a new road
at the rear of the prison.
A majority of the guards
had been assigned
to watch them.
It was a moment that seemed
made-to-order for what was
to take place.
With the prison
weakly guarded,
the first violent incident
of open rebellion against
the harsh and brutal
administration in the prison
was ready to explode.
At 10 minutes after 3:00,
a boy named Robert Glen,
who had pleaded illness,
sneaked out of the dormitory.
In his possession was a key
that he had made himself.
It was a key that could lead
some of the boys to freedom,
or to sudden death.
Hey, Eddie.
How do you like this?
-I told you I could make a key
to get us out of here.
-Okay.
-You got the wrench?
-Yeah.
What about that screw
at the gate?
He was just letting
the truck through.
All right,
now you get Pete out first,
and then the other guys,
and I'll meet you upstairs.
[CLATTERING]
-You think you'll make it?
-I'll make it.
Then I'll find a way to get
the screw that did this to me.
Okay, come on. Blow.
Take the back road
to get to the storm drain.
Come on.
Hello?
This is Colonel Walton.
[ALARM WAILING]
The alarm!
If they try to use those guns,
teach them a lesson.
Come on. You first, Pete.
You're gonna need time.
You gotta stay with us,
we can't wait for you.
Come on.
They're in the drain.
Get them before
they reach the ramp.
Come on!
Whoa, give him a hand,
come on.
The screws!
All right,
they're asking for it.
[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]
[GROANING]
You killed them,
you lousy stinking screws,
you killed them!
Okay, round them up.
The minute something
like this happens,
the administration is attacked
by you newspaper men.
We're blamed
for the whole mess.
The public elected me Governor
for two successive terms,
because it wanted me
to crack down on crime
in this state.
We've tried to do that.
Juvenile delinquency
develops into adult crime.
So, we cracked down on crime
at its inception.
How, by slugging the kids?
Giving them slop for food?
Not appropriating enough money
for adequate training?
We've done what
we thought was right.
All right,
it hasn't worked out
the way we wanted it to.
-Changes are being made.
-You firing Walton?
No, no. Walton stays.
What are you gonna do?
Give him a raise for killing
those two kids?
Those boys had guns.
They shot at Walton
and the guards.
If you're attempting
to put halos over their heads,
you're wrong.
Walton is the best
coordinator in the entire
training school system.
I can't afford to lose him.
The public won't accept that.
We're going to try
new methods.
Radical methods.
If they work, the public
will go along with them.
You men know Dr. Paul Furman,
from his work at overhauling
the state probation program.
Dr. Furman has just been
appointed Special Adviser
at Ditman to work with Walton.
Will he still be taking
his orders from Walton?
He'll have complete
jurisdiction and complete
responsibility
for the success or failure
of his methods.
It's being dumped square
in your lap, Dr. Furman.
How're you gonna handle it?
Well, I've got lots of ideas.
Some of them may be good,
some of them may be bad.
You'll find out.
Those are human beings
you're going to be
experimenting with.
That's right. Human beings
with desires, fears,
ambitions, inhibitions.
You name it, they've got it.
If you want a guarantee
that what I'm going to do
is going to be as simple
as making two and two four,
then deal with arithmetic,
gentlemen, not human beings.
Anything else?
Yes. What'll be your first
move at Ditman?
Well, you can tell
your readers,
that I am experimenting
with human beings.
What I'm going to do
is drastic.
But I think the situation
calls for something drastic.
Ditman Hall will be
the first reform institution
to become co-educational.
[BOYS CHEERING AND WHISTLING]
All right, girls, hurry up.
Be sure to bring all your
luggage with you.
Stand in front of the bus.
Fast, fast, that's it.
-Well, here we are.
Bunch of female guinea pigs.
-[CHUCKLES]
At least from the sound
of those boys, we don't
look like guinea pigs.
Come on, single file.
What are you trying to do,
prove you're a girl?
Don't knock it, Miss Hartwell.
They brought us here to make
the boys feel at home,
didn't they?
You're holding up the line,
Babe, get moving.
Wise guy, huh,
showing your leg.
What, are you jealous?
[BOYS WHISTLING]
Not now, I'm not.
BESS: Step lively.
Get going.
You guys keep away
from that broad over there.
Got my eye on her.
-And nobody get in the way.
-Yeah?
If Eddie was out of the jug,
you wouldn't talk so big.
BESS: All right, girls.
Single file around to the
administration building.
And be sure and make out
your entrance card
in triplicate.
You wanna know what I think,
Dr. Furman?
I'll tell you what I think.
I've seen stupidity before.
I've seen hare-brained,
crackpot ideas before.
But I've never seen
anything like this.
I think you're a fool.
And I think the Governor's
a fool for letting you
pull off this kind of a stunt.
Does the Governor know
how you feel?
Got it in writing.
And I also told him that
I give eggheads like you
just about three months
to cut their own throats.
You still think you can
straighten these boys
out with burlap parties,
solitary wards,
cruelty, killings?
You know, Furman,
the day will probably come
when you'll be looking
at the business end of
a loaded gun or the sticking
end of a knife.
Let's hear what you have
to say then about killings!
Now look, Walton,
I have to work with you,
but I don't intend fighting
you and the kids.
If you don't want
to help, fine.
But just don't get in my way.
Don't worry.
You've got a free hand,
as long as you represent
the Governor.
But when your ideas backfire,
don't come running to me
to show you how to use
my kind of discipline.
If these kids can't learn
to discipline themselves,
they're no good for society.
If I can't teach them that,
I can't teach them anything.
Try teaching self-discipline
to the punk who led
the escape.
-Eddie Bassett?
-Yes. Just let him get
near a gun again, Furman.
I wanna see how your
self-discipline works.
Well, we know exactly
where we stand, Walton.
Exactly.
You have any
particular orders?
Just one, for the present.
Release Bassett
and the rest of those boys
from solitary.
Are you completely crazy?
You never can tell about
eggheads, Colonel.
Just release those kids.
You were wrong, guys.
That wasn't a skunk that came
in here, it was the killer.
-Shut up, Gerton.
-Sure, killer, sure.
You think I wanna get shot?
All right, Bassett, out.
-What for?
-I said, get out.
Let go of me, you crumb.
Take it easy, you guys.
You're being released
from the ward.
What are you gonna do,
give us the chair?
Nah, they're gonna let us run
down the storm drain again,
so they can use us
for target practice.
You're coming, Bassett.
Is it on the level
we're being turned loose?
Those are the orders.
Oh, that slug on the head
must have shook Walton loose
on a few brains.
They're from Dr. Furman.
Who's he, the new head screw?
Are you coming, Bassett?
You know,
Pete was gonna get you
for that beating you gave him.
But he can't do it now.
So maybe a few of the other
guys are gonna have to figure
out a way how.
Just try something, Bassett,
that's all I ask.
Just try something.
Oh, you've got a deal,
killer.
If you're smart, Bassett,
you'll keep your nose clean
from now on.
Get over to the door.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Honey, you know how to
make a bed better than that.
Square corners.
Miss Hartwell?
-Yes, Babe?
-Whose idea was this,
a co-ed school?
It certainly wasn't mine.
I think it's like... Wow!
Do we get to date the boys?
Or are we just supposed
to look at them?
You'll do as you're told.
BESS: Grace?
I think you'd better let
the kids get used to the idea.
Fine idea this is.
Even the girls are beginning
to act like animals.
Well, you know, there have
been two sexes in the world
for a long time now,
and the last time I looked,
the system was working out
pretty well.
I doubt if you'll ever
be able to change it.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't want to change it.
It's just that...
-You know how I feel about
these kind of boys.
-Yes, of course I know.
Look, why don't you run over
to administration
and see if you can pick up
our training schedule?
-If they've made one.
-[SCOFFS]
DR. FURMAN: Come in.
-Dr. Furman?
-In here.
-Good afternoon.
-Good afternoon.
-You're a supervisor?
-Grace Hartwell.
Can I pick up
a schedule from you?
If you'll just be seated.
Thank you.
Doctor, what did you expect to
gain by bringing girls here?
You object to
normal relationships between
boys and girls, Miss Hartwell?
Normal, no.
But I hardly call
a corrective institution
normal.
That's right, Miss Hartwell.
That's why I'd like Ditman
to be as unlike an institution
as possible.
The only way we can do
this is to eliminate the
regimentation and monotony.
The unnatural segregation
of boys and girls.
In other words, Doctor,
our girls are here just
for your experiment.
Well, for their benefit
as well as the boys'.
That remains to be seen.
What about sex criminals?
What brought that up?
You said,
normal relationships.
I don't think they are.
Miss Hartwell,
I've been in social work
for a long time now.
I've seen facts and figures.
And one of those facts is,
before you're assaulted
by a sexual psychopath,
you're more likely to be
murdered by a member
of your own family.
Dr. Furman.
I got in to social work
because my younger sister
wound up
in a mental institution
after she was attacked
by a sex psychopath.
I'm sorry.
I guess then we're on
opposite sides of the fence.
I'm here to take orders,
Doctor.
Your schedule.
I'd like it followed
just as it is here.
Very well, Doctor.
It says here that
the boys and girls are
having breakfast together.
As I said, Miss Hartwell.
No segregation.
This is very sudden, Doctor.
The boys and girls aren't
going to be ready for it.
If trouble comes,
we'd better be prepared.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Girls! Hurry it up.
You've got exactly 14 minutes
to get to the dining room
for breakfast.
And would you please
try to act like ladies?
These boys have enough ideas
without you giving them
any more.
How about that shape, huh?
Anybody would take me for 20,
at least.
Just fat, that's all.
If I am, I'm getting fat
in the right places.
You know,
I think I'll be a model
when I get out of here.
They make plenty of loot.
Or maybe I'll go on the stage.
Ma was on the stage.
Yeah.
Best striptease act in town.
So that's bad?
Ma always said,
"You don't need a brain,
"As long as you've got
a shape."
You're ready. Va-va-va-voom.
So why'd your ma quit?
She lose her tassels?
Eh, she had me.
And she didn't have
her figure anymore.
Ah, man.
You should have seen her
when I started getting
the shape she used to have.
Got so I was scared
to be around her even.
I was afraid to go home.
What a temper.
She was crazy.
Okay, gals.
That's enough gab. Let's get
this show on the road.
-[SIGHS]
-Well, here we go,
the big experiment.
I'll feel a lot better
when this morning's over.
Come on, kids, hurry it up.
Honey. This is not
a coming out party.
Stiff upper lip.
-Well, I brought
the stag line with me.
-I see.
Look, why don't you take over,
I'm sure you can handle it.
Now you all know
we're trying something new
here this morning.
Boys and girls
eating together.
[GIRLS GIGGLING]
Now you make this work,
and Dr. Furman assures me
that this will become
a regular policy from now on.
All right,
everybody find your places.
Boy, girl, boy, girl,
and so on.
Heard you've been trying
to make yourself the big wheel
while I've been in the ward.
I am the big wheel now,
Bassett.
You think differently,
and you're gonna
lose a few teeth.
[SCOFFS]
I'll see you later.
I'll be waiting.
In the meantime,
stay away from them
two dames over there.
Got my number on them.
You're letting him
get away with this?
Hi, chicks.
Don't move too far apart,
the closer the better.
-Man, listen to him.
-Well, he really hot or
something.
Hey.
BESS: What's going on
over there?
Why... Nothing,
I just slipped, that's all.
Didn't look like a slip to me.
Like I said,
I'll be waiting.
Hi, you tall,
dark and delinquent.
You say you're taking me
to the Ritz tonight?
Uh, see you
in about 11 months, baby,
that's when I get out of here.
I didn't get your name.
File number 763127.
[CHUCKLES]
Otherwise known
as Kitty Anderson.
Kitty.
Hey, that sounds
pretty interesting, I'll have
to read that file sometime.
You know,
I have a strange habit.
I like to wear clothes
on the street.
Oh, good.
Only trouble is,
I couldn't pay for them,
so I just helped myself.
I mean, what's a girl
supposed to do when
there's no money in the house,
forget about wearing clothes,
or something?
You know, you could
catch a cold that way?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You know, I didn't get
your name either.
My name is Eddie Bassett.
File number 389412...
Something, I don't know.
That's cute.
Now tell me,
just what got you your
vacation in here?
Would you believe it, $4.17?
That's all this guy had left
in the cash register.
You know something,
we lost money on the deal.
The gun cost us $8.
You're just
a terrible businessman.
Pretty bad.
Hey.
What are you trying to do,
use up all his words before
I get a chance to talk to him?
Uh, something bothering you,
blondie?
Just that witch over there,
honey. Now if you...
Hey, hey, hey. I'm busy.
You eat, huh?
Now, where were we?
I know where you are.
You're nowhere.
[KIDS SCREAMING]
[ALL CLAMORING]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Come on, come on, come on!
All right, everyone!
All right!
BOYS: Screws! Screws!
All right, take your places.
Well, I hope you're satisfied,
Furman.
Your whole batty idea
of having boys and girls
eat together
has got just what
was coming to it.
You can't treat this kids
the way you treat the kid
who lives next door.
They're vicious. Every one
of them has broken the law,
or they wouldn't be here.
I'll be filing a report
to the Governor
this afternoon.
You might also inform
the Governor that I've done
some checking myself.
Bad blood's existed
between Eddie Bassett
and the Killion boy
ever since they were
committed to Ditman.
They were the only ones
involved in the fight.
If Bassett was still
in the ward, there never
would have been a fight.
Now, are you calling off
this deal of mixing the kids
together at meals?
As much as you'd like
to see me admit failure, no.
I'm not changing anything.
Go right ahead, Furman.
Dig your grave just as deep
as you like.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Come in.
-You wanted Bassett?
-Get your hands off.
Let him alone.
He refused to come up here.
That's why we had to drag him.
Why did you refuse, Bassett?
Look, screw, you wanna
throw me in the ward,
you just go ahead.
Just don't give me any
song and dance with it.
I'd like to talk
to Bassett alone.
You'd better keep
one of the guards with you.
I said alone.
If you need any help,
just press the buzzer
on your desk.
All right. Sit down.
I said I don't want any
malarkey from you.
And I said sit down.
Well, let's get
one thing straight, Eddie.
I don't want any malarkey
from you either.
I don't get paid enough
to take it from you.
So go take a flying jump,
then. Nobody asked
you to come here.
Just the Governor.
He seems to think you kids
are important enough.
Is that why you hire
screws like Walton
to shoot kids?
Two boys were killed.
It could have been two guards.
Those are the crumbs
it should have been.
Maybe you didn't know
about Pete and some
of those others being beat up.
I knew.
There will be no more beatings
at Ditman.
Now look, Eddie.
I wanna give you
a square deal.
But I can't do it
unless you let me.
-Why me?
-Because you're the leader.
But don't think
that makes you important.
There's one like you
in every school like Ditman.
You'd like to find out
how important I am, Doc.
What's the matter with you,
Eddie?
-You like it here
in reform school?
-Oh, come on...
Now what kind
of a dopey question is that?
Well, you act as though
you never want to get out.
Oh, I'll get out.
I'll get out, Doc.
And there won't be a cop
or screw that'll ever
get me back...
-Are you through?
-No.
We're starting a new program
here at Ditman, as of today.
Now, I'm gonna give you
a chance to stay with it,
and make something
out of yourself.
But I'm just advising you,
there are worse places
in this state than Ditman.
Walton could have you
transferred to any
one of them.
You mean you would.
Uh-uh.
If that happens,
then I'll quit my job.
Because if you're a failure
here, then I am too.
You're cracked.
What have I got to do
with your staying here?
Well, think about it
for a while.
When it sinks in, come back,
we'll talk about it.
That's all.
You mean I can just...
I can walk out of here?
Without teeing off on me
'cause of this morning?
I said you can go.
No ward, no...
[SIGHS]
What about...
Stu Killion?
The same for him.
You're a weird-y, Doc.
Just don't make sense.
NARRATOR: Paul Furman
knew that Eddie Bassett lived
by the usual code
of a delinquent.
Hit, or be hit.
A code that grew out of
deep resentment and hate.
His only hope for Eddie
was to learn what had caused
this hate in the boy,
and then try to remove it,
before it warped
his entire life.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
What's the word, Miss Monahan?
Are they going to do
anything to Eddie Bassett
and that Stu character?
Well, they're not exactly
going to put them in the hall
of fame, but nothing serious.
-Well, hi, Cleopatra.
-Huh?
[LAUGHS]
She had men fighting
over her, too.
Oh, I'm sorry about that,
Miss Monahan.
Frankly, honey, if I'd had
men fighting over me
when I was your age,
I wouldn't have
a job like this now.
But, honey, this is
a bad place to start trouble.
Try and see that it doesn't
happen again, huh?
Yes, ma'am.
I'll stay away from
that crazy Stu Killion.
What about Eddie Bassett?
Do you know much about him,
Miss Monahan?
A little.
I talked to Dr. Furman.
He thinks Eddie has brains,
if that's what you mean.
KITTY: Maybe Dr. Furman
could teach him a trade,
or something.
[CHUCKLES]
Got your eye on the future?
Well, I think
Eddie's real cool.
If that's what you mean.
I mean I wish
I was 16 again.
But a boy with brains
always has a chance.
Remember that, Kitty.
Okay, dolls.
Lights out.
You conniving little drip!
I oughta cave you in!
-What's the matter with you?
-Oh, don't give me that
innocent guff.
Not after that line you had
at Monahan about Eddie.
What, are you making
that your business?
Eddie is my business.
And I'm not letting you,
or any other wise guy chick
cut in.
What's the matter?
You're sore because Eddie
forgot to look at your shape!
You little...
[GIRLS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
GIRLS: [SHOUTING]
Get her! Get her!
What's going on here?
Cut it out! Cut it out!
Stop it!
Stop it, do you hear me?
Get up!
All right, Babe,
what started this?
Nothing.
I'll get to you later.
You're coming with me.
Get up!
Let's go.
There.
Now that will stop
the bleeding.
All right, you can go back
to your dormitory now.
-Are you sure
you feel all right?
-Oh, it's okay, honest.
Thanks, Dr. Furman.
You coming, Miss Hartwell?
Oh, no, Kitty.
You run along ahead.
I want to talk to Dr. Furman.
You wanna tell me that
my policies are responsible
for this.
Would I be wrong?
No. But I want to tell
you that the fight
in the dining room
and the fight
in the girls' dormitory
is just about what I expected.
Well, I was hoping
you'd expect better results,
Doctor.
Officially perhaps,
all the inmates here
are your responsibility.
But morally,
Miss Monahan and I feel
a responsibility to the girls.
If you didn't,
I wouldn't want you here.
Thank you.
You think that the boys
and girls being here
together like this
is a dynamite situation.
Do you believe that males
and females can get along?
Or has every man
come to look like the man
who attacked your sister?
Doctor, you have no right
to talk to me like that!
I think I do, Miss Hartwell.
You say that you have
a moral responsibility
to the girls.
Well, I say you have one
for the boys, too.
They're also human beings,
you know.
I got into this work, Doctor,
to help young girls.
I didn't expect anything
like this.
Perhaps you'd rather
replace me with someone more
sympathetic to your views.
May I call you Grace?
If you want to.
All right then, Grace.
You know,
I'd be an idiot if I thought
that I could bring about
these changes by myself.
This is a team operation.
I need the help of every man
and woman on my staff.
Now, the girls like you.
I've seen that already.
It's very important that
we get the trust of every kid
in this place.
And now,
our job is doubly hard.
Because the two boys
who were killed,
because of the beatings,
because of all
the other mistreatment.
No, I don't want
to replace you.
On the contrary,
I want to feel that
you'll back me up.
To be honest, I...
I don't see eye to eye
with you.
But I'll give you my word
that I'll do everything
possible to help.
Well, that's good enough.
And tomorrow, I'm giving
personality and aptitude tests
to the boys and girls.
Undoubtedly, there will
be some problems.
I'd appreciate if you'd work
along with me.
All right, Doctor.
I'd be glad to.
Good night, Doctor.
Good night, Grace.
NARRATOR: Dr. Furman
began a series of tests
which he hoped
would put the boys and girls
on the right track to mental
stability and security.
Each test had its own meaning.
Each test told Furman
something new.
At the conclusion of every
individual series,
he knew more about the boy
or girl than the youngsters
knew themselves.
The results were encouraging.
But the most difficult cases
were yet to come.
Well, these are
our last three.
So far, the reactions
have been good.
Let's hope it stays
that way with our
problem children here.
Matches, Dink.
When I snap my finger,
you'll wake up.
You won't remember anything
we've said here,
but you'll feel fine.
Wake up.
Hey, Doc,
you mean that's all there is
to this hypnotizm stuff?
That's all.
What did we do?
I don't remember nothing.
You gave me some information.
You can leave now, boys.
What's the matter with him?
Is he tired or something?
Oh, he'll be along
in a minute.
Thanks, boys.
Yeah. Sure.
Why are you holding him?
Well, Eddie's our main
problem, not those boys.
They just follow him
like sheep.
Let's see what trouble
we've really got.
Eddie,
when I touch your forehead,
you'll wake up.
You won't remember anything
you've said here,
but you'll feel fine.
You understand?
Wake up.
Where's Dink and Matches?
I finished with them,
they left.
You put me to sleep.
What was the big idea?
Well, I wanted you
to tell me about yourself.
You want to hear something
of what you said?
You mean you took down
what I said on that thing?
Well, just for us to hear,
no one else.
-I don't wanna hear nothing,
I'm cutting out...
-Wait, Eddie.
What for?
Look, lady,
you're ganging up on me,
and I don't like it.
Nobody's ganging up on you.
Dr. Furman's been doing tests
on all the kids.
-You mean all the kids
are getting this jazz?
-That's right.
Most of them like the idea.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
They're squares.
All right, Doc.
You go ahead
and have your fun.
Eddie.
I want your co-operation.
This is the only way
I can get it.
Now, I'm going to play
back part of the tape that
I think's important.
Listen closely.
EDDIE: [ON TAPE]
Yeah. I remember okay.
I remember plenty.
DR. FURMAN: [ON TAPE]
You said it was
your eighth birthday.
Now why should that be
so important to you?
EDDIE:
It was my birthday, all right.
But my old man,
he did all the celebrating.
He came home,
brought me a present.
He slugged me in the mouth.
I remember that ring he wore.
I'll always remember
that stinking ring on the hand
he hit me with.
That had to take
four stitches in my lip.
Two of my teeth
were knocked out.
DR. FURMAN:
What did your mother do?
She was too drunk herself
to know what was happening.
That's a lie!
You tricked that up!
I never said any of that stuff
about my mother and father!
You try to tell anybody
I said that, man,
I'll get you.
Okay.
You try to tell them now.
Let's see
how much proof you got.
I feel sorry for him.
Must have been like
hitting an exposed nerve.
Well, for his sake,
I hope I can change him.
You know,
a kid can't cope with
that much hate.
It's just as tough on him
as it is on everyone else
around him.
Not very clinical, Paul.
What?
I watched you
during the tests.
You weren't just a doctor
to those boys.
No?
What was I?
Oh.
A Dutch uncle perhaps.
You're the kind that...
That scolds a boy,
and then gives him money
for ice cream.
I'm glad you asked me
to work with you, Paul.
I...
I think I'm beginning
to see things differently.
I was hoping you'd say that.
Oh, I see.
Rehabilitating me
at the same time, huh?
Well, I guess I owe you
some ice cream, too.
That a promise?
I look forward to it.
Are you, uh, announcing
your new program tomorrow?
10:30 in the dining room.
I'll be interested to hear
what your plans are.
I'll have all the girls there.
Good luck, Paul.
Thanks, Grace.
[KIDS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Now what are the screws
trying to pull?
I don't know.
But Walton and the killer
look like they was at a wake.
I'll see you guys later.
It's the dame.
How's Eddie expect
to put the make on a chick
in this place?
[CHUCKLES]
-Oh, hi.
-Hi.
I just heard about
the rumble you had with
that blonde chick last week.
Yeah, well she oughta
be scrambled, but good.
-You okay? You're not
hurt or anything, huh?
-No.
She's big, but no muscle.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
What's the matter?
Those two over there
bug you, huh?
What if they do?
You string along with me,
Babe darling,
we'll be able to take care
of both of them.
How?
They really bug ya.
I'll figure something out.
We'll figure it out together,
huh, chick?
Well.
Here goes.
-Good luck.
-Thank you.
Here it comes.
Let it.
Everything he does will
backfire right in his teeth.
I've seen these eggheads
come and go before.
[ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
All right, quiet!
-DR. FURMAN: Quiet, please.
-I hear he has big plans
for us.
Those screws have
only one idea,
and it's to stick their nose
in everybody else's business.
Quiet, please.
Quiet!
[SILENCE]
Thanks.
Now this won't take very long.
I just want to tell you that
we're gonna install
a new training program
here at Ditman.
The idea is simply this.
As of this minute,
Ditman Hall is no longer
a prison.
[KIDS LAUGHING]
[KIDS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
All right, all right.
If you've got it out
of your systems, I'll go on.
Now, Ditman Hall costs
the taxpayers a lot of money.
Well, they want
something for that money.
When you get out of here,
they expect you to be
responsible citizens.
Boys that know a trade,
and can earn good money.
Girls that can earn
a decent living.
Raise a family. Run a home.
Man, what's that creep
trying to feed us now?
With our new training
program here,
we propose to do just that.
We've completed our tests.
Those of you who like
to work with your hands,
will be developed
in that kind of training.
Those of you who are artistic,
creative, inventive,
well, you can enroll
in courses that will develop
that kind of training.
And so on down the line.
For recreation,
we'll have athletic events,
movies twice a week,
and a dance right here
in the gym every two weeks.
So what?
This place is still nothing
but a stinking pen.
KIDS: Yeah!
Something tells me
he's got a little too much
faith in human nature.
[ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
I haven't finished yet!
You only think you ain't, Doc.
[ALL AGREEING]
Want me to shut
these punks up?
Stay right here.
As I've told some
of you before,
if I'm finished here,
then you are, too.
I've got just one more
thing to tell you.
There will be no more
armed guards at Ditman.
Starting tomorrow,
all the guards are going
to leave.
They'll be replaced
by new members
of the training program.
Don't worry.
You'll be back.
Did you hear that?
Did you hear what he said?
Aren't you glad?
See you later, baby.
You guys know
what's happening?
Sure! We're gonna have a ball.
Those guards
are leaving tomorrow.
That means Andy gets out
of here without us paying him
back for beating Earl.
It's him!
Just left the main building.
Look. That screw Andy's
got it coming to him.
We're gonna get him now.
Now all of you guys,
you keep your mouths shut.
You ain't seen nothing
and you ain't heard nothing.
Come on, we'll wait 'til
he passes the tool shed.
Come on.
Where is he?
Let's wait for him
by the fence.
I hear him coming.
It's the Doc.
Eddie!
Get out of here, Doc.
Get out of here before
you get hurt.
What are you boys doing
out of the dormitory?
You wanna know
how important I am?
Well, I'll tell you
how important I am.
I run this joint.
And you and no other screw
are gonna get in my hair.
Have you kids lost your minds?
You thought you could stop us
from getting that screw that
killed Pete and Earl
by having him
shipped out of here.
Well, you were wrong.
I'm gonna give you
one chance to get back
to that dormitory.
[GRUNTS]
BOY: No, not the face!
Don't mark him up.
[ALL PANTING]
Maybe we worked
him over too good.
We didn't have
nothing against him.
Got in my hair, didn't he?
We gotta get that crumb Andy.
Eddie, we'd better not
take a chance.
-Yeah, I had enough.
I'm going back.
-Yeah.
What are you...
Doc, you rat about this
and I'll kill you.
Bassett.
I'm not even going
to report you.
Because I won't let
one stupid, ungrateful kid
like you
ruin everything
I'm trying to do.
Just don't you push me, Doc.
Don't worry.
I won't push you.
I'm just going to ignore you.
While I help every
other kid in this place make
something out of themselves.
And you can stand by
and watch.
Now get out of here.
And don't you ever come
near me again.
You're no different
than any other screw.
You're all alike!
NARRATOR: The recreational
and training program
introduced by Dr. Furman
and his staff showed progress
from the beginning.
Most of the young prisoners
responded well.
Animosities and fears began
to dissipate as they learned
the value of teamwork.
Of working and playing
side by side.
But it wasn't until the night
of the first dance
that Eddie Bassett
participated in any
of the activities.
[SWING MUSIC PLAYING]
Think we can find
a few contortions to do
to that music?
Well, we could try.
At least if I break any bones
I'll be dancing with a doctor.
You haven't even said 10 words
since we got here.
What do I have to do?
Keep yakking away
every minute? Huh?
Okay, okay.
We're supposed to be
having a good time.
That's the idea, isn't it?
Yeah, with that Furman
creep watching every move
we make?
What do you mean, creep?
He's trying to give us
a fair shake.
Can't you give him a break?
Oh, come on, huh?
You're as cracked as he is.
Paul, the Bassett boy
just went out.
Well, he knows no one
is to leave this building.
Get lost.
I said, get lost!
What's the idea?
Nobody else is cutting in.
-I just got
a great idea, doll.
-You always got ideas.
No, no. This is a special one.
Bassett and that Kitty dame.
Let's do like we say.
Looking for Eddie?
-You making it your business?
-Look,
what are we knocking
ourselves out for?
You want Eddie?
You got him.
I got other deals.
Look, are you leveling?
Sure. I'm getting my kicks
from that Stu character.
Man, there's a cat
that's gone.
Did you see where Eddie went?
He said for you
to meet him down the hall,
by the supply room.
But we're not supposed
to leave the gym.
Suit yourself.
He's waiting.
Eddie?
-Hiya, chick.
-Stu!
If you're looking for Eddie,
he ain't coming.
-Babe said...
-What do we need Eddie for?
-Gonna have a ball
all by ourselves!
-No...
Fight!
I like it when you fight.
-No!
-Fight!
[KITTY WHIMPERS]
You made me bleed, chick.
You shouldn't have done that!
Get up!
Get up and let her alone!
[KITTY SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
[ALL CLAMORING]
[KITTY SCREAMING]
Killion!
Have you lost your mind?
-Thanks.
-For nothing.
Grace! Are you all right?
Yes, Paul. I'm all right.
Better help me with Kitty.
All right, Kitty.
Take it easy,
you'll be all right.
You all right, Kitty?
Paul, we might have
withstood anything but that.
This scandal tops anything
that ever happened at Ditman
under the old administration.
School association, religious
groups, political factions,
all applying pressures.
And rightfully so.
It's either your head or mine,
I can't fight for you.
I can't back you up.
Nobody's told you the good
we did there?
Nobody would listen.
What's happened
is the unforgivable as far
as the public is concerned.
Rape is the great taboo.
You know it, and I know it.
I've told you before.
The boy who committed
the attack is a psycho.
We proved that.
He didn't belong at Ditman
Hall in the first place.
-Now that he's been
transferred to a mental...
-Oh, you can fight windmills,
I'm not going to.
It's over. Finished.
I'm forced to ask
you to resign.
They used to burn witches
at the stake.
I'm glad I didn't live then.
Goodbye, Governor.
WALTON: [ON PA] This is
Colonel Walton speaking.
As of today,
Ditman Hall is returning
to its old schedule.
[ALL BOOING]
The exact status
of every inmate will be
the same as at the time
that Dr. Furman
took over here.
[YELLING IN PROTEST]
WALTON:
The training program
is discontinued.
Guards are back to stay.
[CONTINUES BOOING]
The matrons will see
that the girls are packed
and ready to leave
by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.
[ALL SHOUTING]
That is all.
Return to your duties.
You tell Paul I told you so?
I didn't want him to fail,
Bess. He tried so hard.
Well, back to our little
manless world, girls.
Come on, let's go.
Okay, punks, vacation's over.
Let's see how you like
that extra 30 days solitary
you got.
You're gonna lose
all your sunburn.
Oh, just keep talking.
Keep beating your gums.
Get in. Come on!
Yeah, alongside of Walton,
you sound like an angel
playing a harp.
Oh, you ain't gonna
dirty your hands
hitting him, killer.
-Where's your rubber hose?
-Throw 'em in.
Come on.
Go on.
I'll take care of this one,
you can go.
I said, you can go.
You know the trouble
with you, Bassett.
You've never been softened up.
That's why you think
you're so tough.
You gonna soften me, screw?
Just enough so you know
who's boss.
Come on and get me, screw,
come on and get me!
[EDDIE GROANS]
No! No! Let me out of here!
Let me at that screw,
I'll kill him!
[CONTINUES GROANING]
There you are, Bassett.
All softened up.
Maybe you'll remember
this for a while.
[ALARM WAILING]
You creep!
-What do we do now?
-Get out, there's nothing
else to do!
Eddie, I'm not gonna get
caught in a storm drain again.
We'll get the front, Dink.
This'll take care
of the screws.
Hello, Walton? Hurry it up.
Quick, to the dormitory.
Look, there's Eddie!
That's right, Colonel.
They're up in
the boys' dorm now.
Well, get them!
This time those kids are gonna
get what's coming to 'em.
Colonel says go get 'em!
The first screw
that comes through that door
is gonna get it!
-Eddie, give up.
We ain't got a chance.
-No!
[GUNSHOTS]
-Look at those screws!
-Man, we're really
starting something!
That's right.
We really started something.
You guys hear that?
We started,
and we're gonna finish it.
Either we get Walton now,
or he gets us.
-What do we do?
-We take over the joint!
And we don't give it back,
until we get Walton and those
screws canned out of here.
With a guarantee
that they don't come back.
-BOYS: Yeah! That's right!
-Come on, start showing them!
[ALL CLAMORING]
Come on! Go on!
[EDDIE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Hold it! Listen up!
Hold it!
Matches, you get
the rest of the guys
and start spreading the word.
Great, let's go.
-Now we grab Walton
and the screws.
-Yeah?
The Governor wants to bargain,
we bargain.
With this pointing
at Walton's gut.
-Crazy, man.
-Come on!
[ALL CLAMORING]
They're going crazy now,
Colonel. Yeah, all of them.
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
You better come down
here with us.
I'll be right down.
Get the matrons out of there.
Call the state police
at Caster to send more men.
Here. Get the killer
out of the ward,
and bring him
to Walton's office.
Come on.
-Walton's gone!
-Get the guns!
Break it!
Hey, Eddie, the matrons
are still up in the dorm
with the girls.
All right, leave them there,
the more hostages we got,
the better.
All right, Walton.
Now you listen,
and you listen good.
EDDIE: [ON PA] We got Andy.
If you wanna see him
in one piece again, you get
the Governor on the phone
and you tell him
we want a new deal here.
You're quitting!
And we want it in writing
you ain't never coming back.
You give it to us,
or Andy gets it.
And then the two matrons.
All right, Walton,
you got 10 minutes,
now start making that call.
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
Get me the Governor.
Hey, you did it!
-You guys see that?
-Yeah.
That's right, Governor.
They're holding Andy hostage
and the two matrons
are in there with the girls.
How can I give in
to their demands?
We can't condone a riot,
Walton.
It would only be a beginning.
Well,
something has to be done!
Those kids mean business!
I tell you, they'll kill Andy!
Try to stall them for an hour.
I'll be there by then.
Make sure the state police
keep the kids inside
the gates.
[CLAMORING]
Hey, how do you like it, baby?
The whole joint's ours!
We're gonna get Walton
and these screws fired
out of here once and for all!
Eddie, suppose the Governor
doesn't give in?
Look, please, please,
will you put away the guns?
Look, you might kill somebody,
it'd mean your whole life.
My life anything out
of your pocket.
Or out of anybody's pocket!
Nobody cares about me!
Eddie, you can't go around
hating people all the time.
You just can't!
Oh, come on!
You sound just like Furman!
What have you been doing,
reading his books?
BOY: Car's coming!
A big one!
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
Five'll get you 10,
it's the Governor.
Right on time. Hey, killer,
you must have been saying
your prayers!
Eddie! Get a load of this!
The Governor's got Doc
with him.
Why did he bring him
here for?
Maybe the Doctor's
coming back, Eddie.
And the girls could stay,
and then I could see you.
I didn't expect to see
Dr. Furman here.
Walton, you asked me
to think of something
to save your guard's life.
Paul is the only one
I could turn to.
Maybe he can help.
He doesn't know if he can,
and I don't know.
But we're willing to try.
Unless you have
some other suggestions.
Just what do you expect to do?
I won't know until
I talk to the boys.
You're going in there
with that gang of killers?
That's the difference
between us, Walton.
You think they're killers,
I don't.
Just see that no one
gets nervous with those guns.
Boys,
this is the Governor speaking.
Dr. Furman is coming in
to talk to you.
You can speak
your demands to him.
Nobody's asking for you,
Furman.
Now you keep out of here.
I'm warning you, Doc.
You come in here, you're gonna
wind up with Andy.
BOY: He's still coming!
Oh, that stupid crumb,
why can't he listen?
What's the matter,
is he deaf or something?
-Doc! Keep away!
-Eddie, let him talk!
Hear what he has to say.
BOY: He just came
into the building!
All right.
What do you think,
you got special privileges
or something
walking in here like this?
We want the Governor.
First I'm taking Andy
out of here.
[ALL DISAGREEING]
Sure, Doc.
You just go ahead and try it.
I'm gonna give you a chance
to see just how important
you are, Eddie.
You can kill me
and make yourself a big hero.
Or you can hope for a break
from the authorities
by putting down that gun.
I never asked any favors
from you before,
and I'm not starting now.
Walton once called you kids
a bunch of savage punks.
Who needed disciplinary wards
and beatings to teach you
right from wrong.
Well, this stupid riot here
will prove to a lot of people
that he was right.
But there are some authorities
and a lot of kids
who wanted to see
this program work.
You only stopped us
for the time being.
The work will go on.
We'll find ways.
You mean characters
like you are still gonna keep
sticking their necks out.
Maybe you haven't had
a chance to learn this yet,
Eddie.
But there are more decent
people in this world
than there are bad.
You can't beat them,
they outnumber you,
there are too many of them.
Just a lot of gab.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I think Kitty does.
Look, you don't hate
everybody, not really, Eddie.
You don't hate me.
That shows you something,
doesn't it?
You gonna come back here,
Doc?
We'll see.
Maybe the Governor will be
in a good frame of mind.
The Governor's waiting
for us all to come out.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Furman had found the key
to the hearts of the boys.
He had made them realize
that there was
a decent world waiting
for those who earned it.
The riot did prove one point.
That most juvenile delinquents
need and want the kind of help
that was given to them
by Dr. Paul Furman.
♪
♪
NARRATOR:
On Tuesday, July 7th,
the grounds of Ditman Hall
State Training School
were almost deserted.
Except for the boys
in solitary cells,
the juvenile inmates were
working on the building
of a new road
at the rear of the prison.
A majority of the guards
had been assigned
to watch them.
It was a moment that seemed
made-to-order for what was
to take place.
With the prison
weakly guarded,
the first violent incident
of open rebellion against
the harsh and brutal
administration in the prison
was ready to explode.
At 10 minutes after 3:00,
a boy named Robert Glen,
who had pleaded illness,
sneaked out of the dormitory.
In his possession was a key
that he had made himself.
It was a key that could lead
some of the boys to freedom,
or to sudden death.
Hey, Eddie.
How do you like this?
-I told you I could make a key
to get us out of here.
-Okay.
-You got the wrench?
-Yeah.
What about that screw
at the gate?
He was just letting
the truck through.
All right,
now you get Pete out first,
and then the other guys,
and I'll meet you upstairs.
[CLATTERING]
-You think you'll make it?
-I'll make it.
Then I'll find a way to get
the screw that did this to me.
Okay, come on. Blow.
Take the back road
to get to the storm drain.
Come on.
Hello?
This is Colonel Walton.
[ALARM WAILING]
The alarm!
If they try to use those guns,
teach them a lesson.
Come on. You first, Pete.
You're gonna need time.
You gotta stay with us,
we can't wait for you.
Come on.
They're in the drain.
Get them before
they reach the ramp.
Come on!
Whoa, give him a hand,
come on.
The screws!
All right,
they're asking for it.
[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]
[GROANING]
You killed them,
you lousy stinking screws,
you killed them!
Okay, round them up.
The minute something
like this happens,
the administration is attacked
by you newspaper men.
We're blamed
for the whole mess.
The public elected me Governor
for two successive terms,
because it wanted me
to crack down on crime
in this state.
We've tried to do that.
Juvenile delinquency
develops into adult crime.
So, we cracked down on crime
at its inception.
How, by slugging the kids?
Giving them slop for food?
Not appropriating enough money
for adequate training?
We've done what
we thought was right.
All right,
it hasn't worked out
the way we wanted it to.
-Changes are being made.
-You firing Walton?
No, no. Walton stays.
What are you gonna do?
Give him a raise for killing
those two kids?
Those boys had guns.
They shot at Walton
and the guards.
If you're attempting
to put halos over their heads,
you're wrong.
Walton is the best
coordinator in the entire
training school system.
I can't afford to lose him.
The public won't accept that.
We're going to try
new methods.
Radical methods.
If they work, the public
will go along with them.
You men know Dr. Paul Furman,
from his work at overhauling
the state probation program.
Dr. Furman has just been
appointed Special Adviser
at Ditman to work with Walton.
Will he still be taking
his orders from Walton?
He'll have complete
jurisdiction and complete
responsibility
for the success or failure
of his methods.
It's being dumped square
in your lap, Dr. Furman.
How're you gonna handle it?
Well, I've got lots of ideas.
Some of them may be good,
some of them may be bad.
You'll find out.
Those are human beings
you're going to be
experimenting with.
That's right. Human beings
with desires, fears,
ambitions, inhibitions.
You name it, they've got it.
If you want a guarantee
that what I'm going to do
is going to be as simple
as making two and two four,
then deal with arithmetic,
gentlemen, not human beings.
Anything else?
Yes. What'll be your first
move at Ditman?
Well, you can tell
your readers,
that I am experimenting
with human beings.
What I'm going to do
is drastic.
But I think the situation
calls for something drastic.
Ditman Hall will be
the first reform institution
to become co-educational.
[BOYS CHEERING AND WHISTLING]
All right, girls, hurry up.
Be sure to bring all your
luggage with you.
Stand in front of the bus.
Fast, fast, that's it.
-Well, here we are.
Bunch of female guinea pigs.
-[CHUCKLES]
At least from the sound
of those boys, we don't
look like guinea pigs.
Come on, single file.
What are you trying to do,
prove you're a girl?
Don't knock it, Miss Hartwell.
They brought us here to make
the boys feel at home,
didn't they?
You're holding up the line,
Babe, get moving.
Wise guy, huh,
showing your leg.
What, are you jealous?
[BOYS WHISTLING]
Not now, I'm not.
BESS: Step lively.
Get going.
You guys keep away
from that broad over there.
Got my eye on her.
-And nobody get in the way.
-Yeah?
If Eddie was out of the jug,
you wouldn't talk so big.
BESS: All right, girls.
Single file around to the
administration building.
And be sure and make out
your entrance card
in triplicate.
You wanna know what I think,
Dr. Furman?
I'll tell you what I think.
I've seen stupidity before.
I've seen hare-brained,
crackpot ideas before.
But I've never seen
anything like this.
I think you're a fool.
And I think the Governor's
a fool for letting you
pull off this kind of a stunt.
Does the Governor know
how you feel?
Got it in writing.
And I also told him that
I give eggheads like you
just about three months
to cut their own throats.
You still think you can
straighten these boys
out with burlap parties,
solitary wards,
cruelty, killings?
You know, Furman,
the day will probably come
when you'll be looking
at the business end of
a loaded gun or the sticking
end of a knife.
Let's hear what you have
to say then about killings!
Now look, Walton,
I have to work with you,
but I don't intend fighting
you and the kids.
If you don't want
to help, fine.
But just don't get in my way.
Don't worry.
You've got a free hand,
as long as you represent
the Governor.
But when your ideas backfire,
don't come running to me
to show you how to use
my kind of discipline.
If these kids can't learn
to discipline themselves,
they're no good for society.
If I can't teach them that,
I can't teach them anything.
Try teaching self-discipline
to the punk who led
the escape.
-Eddie Bassett?
-Yes. Just let him get
near a gun again, Furman.
I wanna see how your
self-discipline works.
Well, we know exactly
where we stand, Walton.
Exactly.
You have any
particular orders?
Just one, for the present.
Release Bassett
and the rest of those boys
from solitary.
Are you completely crazy?
You never can tell about
eggheads, Colonel.
Just release those kids.
You were wrong, guys.
That wasn't a skunk that came
in here, it was the killer.
-Shut up, Gerton.
-Sure, killer, sure.
You think I wanna get shot?
All right, Bassett, out.
-What for?
-I said, get out.
Let go of me, you crumb.
Take it easy, you guys.
You're being released
from the ward.
What are you gonna do,
give us the chair?
Nah, they're gonna let us run
down the storm drain again,
so they can use us
for target practice.
You're coming, Bassett.
Is it on the level
we're being turned loose?
Those are the orders.
Oh, that slug on the head
must have shook Walton loose
on a few brains.
They're from Dr. Furman.
Who's he, the new head screw?
Are you coming, Bassett?
You know,
Pete was gonna get you
for that beating you gave him.
But he can't do it now.
So maybe a few of the other
guys are gonna have to figure
out a way how.
Just try something, Bassett,
that's all I ask.
Just try something.
Oh, you've got a deal,
killer.
If you're smart, Bassett,
you'll keep your nose clean
from now on.
Get over to the door.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Honey, you know how to
make a bed better than that.
Square corners.
Miss Hartwell?
-Yes, Babe?
-Whose idea was this,
a co-ed school?
It certainly wasn't mine.
I think it's like... Wow!
Do we get to date the boys?
Or are we just supposed
to look at them?
You'll do as you're told.
BESS: Grace?
I think you'd better let
the kids get used to the idea.
Fine idea this is.
Even the girls are beginning
to act like animals.
Well, you know, there have
been two sexes in the world
for a long time now,
and the last time I looked,
the system was working out
pretty well.
I doubt if you'll ever
be able to change it.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't want to change it.
It's just that...
-You know how I feel about
these kind of boys.
-Yes, of course I know.
Look, why don't you run over
to administration
and see if you can pick up
our training schedule?
-If they've made one.
-[SCOFFS]
DR. FURMAN: Come in.
-Dr. Furman?
-In here.
-Good afternoon.
-Good afternoon.
-You're a supervisor?
-Grace Hartwell.
Can I pick up
a schedule from you?
If you'll just be seated.
Thank you.
Doctor, what did you expect to
gain by bringing girls here?
You object to
normal relationships between
boys and girls, Miss Hartwell?
Normal, no.
But I hardly call
a corrective institution
normal.
That's right, Miss Hartwell.
That's why I'd like Ditman
to be as unlike an institution
as possible.
The only way we can do
this is to eliminate the
regimentation and monotony.
The unnatural segregation
of boys and girls.
In other words, Doctor,
our girls are here just
for your experiment.
Well, for their benefit
as well as the boys'.
That remains to be seen.
What about sex criminals?
What brought that up?
You said,
normal relationships.
I don't think they are.
Miss Hartwell,
I've been in social work
for a long time now.
I've seen facts and figures.
And one of those facts is,
before you're assaulted
by a sexual psychopath,
you're more likely to be
murdered by a member
of your own family.
Dr. Furman.
I got in to social work
because my younger sister
wound up
in a mental institution
after she was attacked
by a sex psychopath.
I'm sorry.
I guess then we're on
opposite sides of the fence.
I'm here to take orders,
Doctor.
Your schedule.
I'd like it followed
just as it is here.
Very well, Doctor.
It says here that
the boys and girls are
having breakfast together.
As I said, Miss Hartwell.
No segregation.
This is very sudden, Doctor.
The boys and girls aren't
going to be ready for it.
If trouble comes,
we'd better be prepared.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Girls! Hurry it up.
You've got exactly 14 minutes
to get to the dining room
for breakfast.
And would you please
try to act like ladies?
These boys have enough ideas
without you giving them
any more.
How about that shape, huh?
Anybody would take me for 20,
at least.
Just fat, that's all.
If I am, I'm getting fat
in the right places.
You know,
I think I'll be a model
when I get out of here.
They make plenty of loot.
Or maybe I'll go on the stage.
Ma was on the stage.
Yeah.
Best striptease act in town.
So that's bad?
Ma always said,
"You don't need a brain,
"As long as you've got
a shape."
You're ready. Va-va-va-voom.
So why'd your ma quit?
She lose her tassels?
Eh, she had me.
And she didn't have
her figure anymore.
Ah, man.
You should have seen her
when I started getting
the shape she used to have.
Got so I was scared
to be around her even.
I was afraid to go home.
What a temper.
She was crazy.
Okay, gals.
That's enough gab. Let's get
this show on the road.
-[SIGHS]
-Well, here we go,
the big experiment.
I'll feel a lot better
when this morning's over.
Come on, kids, hurry it up.
Honey. This is not
a coming out party.
Stiff upper lip.
-Well, I brought
the stag line with me.
-I see.
Look, why don't you take over,
I'm sure you can handle it.
Now you all know
we're trying something new
here this morning.
Boys and girls
eating together.
[GIRLS GIGGLING]
Now you make this work,
and Dr. Furman assures me
that this will become
a regular policy from now on.
All right,
everybody find your places.
Boy, girl, boy, girl,
and so on.
Heard you've been trying
to make yourself the big wheel
while I've been in the ward.
I am the big wheel now,
Bassett.
You think differently,
and you're gonna
lose a few teeth.
[SCOFFS]
I'll see you later.
I'll be waiting.
In the meantime,
stay away from them
two dames over there.
Got my number on them.
You're letting him
get away with this?
Hi, chicks.
Don't move too far apart,
the closer the better.
-Man, listen to him.
-Well, he really hot or
something.
Hey.
BESS: What's going on
over there?
Why... Nothing,
I just slipped, that's all.
Didn't look like a slip to me.
Like I said,
I'll be waiting.
Hi, you tall,
dark and delinquent.
You say you're taking me
to the Ritz tonight?
Uh, see you
in about 11 months, baby,
that's when I get out of here.
I didn't get your name.
File number 763127.
[CHUCKLES]
Otherwise known
as Kitty Anderson.
Kitty.
Hey, that sounds
pretty interesting, I'll have
to read that file sometime.
You know,
I have a strange habit.
I like to wear clothes
on the street.
Oh, good.
Only trouble is,
I couldn't pay for them,
so I just helped myself.
I mean, what's a girl
supposed to do when
there's no money in the house,
forget about wearing clothes,
or something?
You know, you could
catch a cold that way?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You know, I didn't get
your name either.
My name is Eddie Bassett.
File number 389412...
Something, I don't know.
That's cute.
Now tell me,
just what got you your
vacation in here?
Would you believe it, $4.17?
That's all this guy had left
in the cash register.
You know something,
we lost money on the deal.
The gun cost us $8.
You're just
a terrible businessman.
Pretty bad.
Hey.
What are you trying to do,
use up all his words before
I get a chance to talk to him?
Uh, something bothering you,
blondie?
Just that witch over there,
honey. Now if you...
Hey, hey, hey. I'm busy.
You eat, huh?
Now, where were we?
I know where you are.
You're nowhere.
[KIDS SCREAMING]
[ALL CLAMORING]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Come on, come on, come on!
All right, everyone!
All right!
BOYS: Screws! Screws!
All right, take your places.
Well, I hope you're satisfied,
Furman.
Your whole batty idea
of having boys and girls
eat together
has got just what
was coming to it.
You can't treat this kids
the way you treat the kid
who lives next door.
They're vicious. Every one
of them has broken the law,
or they wouldn't be here.
I'll be filing a report
to the Governor
this afternoon.
You might also inform
the Governor that I've done
some checking myself.
Bad blood's existed
between Eddie Bassett
and the Killion boy
ever since they were
committed to Ditman.
They were the only ones
involved in the fight.
If Bassett was still
in the ward, there never
would have been a fight.
Now, are you calling off
this deal of mixing the kids
together at meals?
As much as you'd like
to see me admit failure, no.
I'm not changing anything.
Go right ahead, Furman.
Dig your grave just as deep
as you like.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Come in.
-You wanted Bassett?
-Get your hands off.
Let him alone.
He refused to come up here.
That's why we had to drag him.
Why did you refuse, Bassett?
Look, screw, you wanna
throw me in the ward,
you just go ahead.
Just don't give me any
song and dance with it.
I'd like to talk
to Bassett alone.
You'd better keep
one of the guards with you.
I said alone.
If you need any help,
just press the buzzer
on your desk.
All right. Sit down.
I said I don't want any
malarkey from you.
And I said sit down.
Well, let's get
one thing straight, Eddie.
I don't want any malarkey
from you either.
I don't get paid enough
to take it from you.
So go take a flying jump,
then. Nobody asked
you to come here.
Just the Governor.
He seems to think you kids
are important enough.
Is that why you hire
screws like Walton
to shoot kids?
Two boys were killed.
It could have been two guards.
Those are the crumbs
it should have been.
Maybe you didn't know
about Pete and some
of those others being beat up.
I knew.
There will be no more beatings
at Ditman.
Now look, Eddie.
I wanna give you
a square deal.
But I can't do it
unless you let me.
-Why me?
-Because you're the leader.
But don't think
that makes you important.
There's one like you
in every school like Ditman.
You'd like to find out
how important I am, Doc.
What's the matter with you,
Eddie?
-You like it here
in reform school?
-Oh, come on...
Now what kind
of a dopey question is that?
Well, you act as though
you never want to get out.
Oh, I'll get out.
I'll get out, Doc.
And there won't be a cop
or screw that'll ever
get me back...
-Are you through?
-No.
We're starting a new program
here at Ditman, as of today.
Now, I'm gonna give you
a chance to stay with it,
and make something
out of yourself.
But I'm just advising you,
there are worse places
in this state than Ditman.
Walton could have you
transferred to any
one of them.
You mean you would.
Uh-uh.
If that happens,
then I'll quit my job.
Because if you're a failure
here, then I am too.
You're cracked.
What have I got to do
with your staying here?
Well, think about it
for a while.
When it sinks in, come back,
we'll talk about it.
That's all.
You mean I can just...
I can walk out of here?
Without teeing off on me
'cause of this morning?
I said you can go.
No ward, no...
[SIGHS]
What about...
Stu Killion?
The same for him.
You're a weird-y, Doc.
Just don't make sense.
NARRATOR: Paul Furman
knew that Eddie Bassett lived
by the usual code
of a delinquent.
Hit, or be hit.
A code that grew out of
deep resentment and hate.
His only hope for Eddie
was to learn what had caused
this hate in the boy,
and then try to remove it,
before it warped
his entire life.
[GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
What's the word, Miss Monahan?
Are they going to do
anything to Eddie Bassett
and that Stu character?
Well, they're not exactly
going to put them in the hall
of fame, but nothing serious.
-Well, hi, Cleopatra.
-Huh?
[LAUGHS]
She had men fighting
over her, too.
Oh, I'm sorry about that,
Miss Monahan.
Frankly, honey, if I'd had
men fighting over me
when I was your age,
I wouldn't have
a job like this now.
But, honey, this is
a bad place to start trouble.
Try and see that it doesn't
happen again, huh?
Yes, ma'am.
I'll stay away from
that crazy Stu Killion.
What about Eddie Bassett?
Do you know much about him,
Miss Monahan?
A little.
I talked to Dr. Furman.
He thinks Eddie has brains,
if that's what you mean.
KITTY: Maybe Dr. Furman
could teach him a trade,
or something.
[CHUCKLES]
Got your eye on the future?
Well, I think
Eddie's real cool.
If that's what you mean.
I mean I wish
I was 16 again.
But a boy with brains
always has a chance.
Remember that, Kitty.
Okay, dolls.
Lights out.
You conniving little drip!
I oughta cave you in!
-What's the matter with you?
-Oh, don't give me that
innocent guff.
Not after that line you had
at Monahan about Eddie.
What, are you making
that your business?
Eddie is my business.
And I'm not letting you,
or any other wise guy chick
cut in.
What's the matter?
You're sore because Eddie
forgot to look at your shape!
You little...
[GIRLS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
GIRLS: [SHOUTING]
Get her! Get her!
What's going on here?
Cut it out! Cut it out!
Stop it!
Stop it, do you hear me?
Get up!
All right, Babe,
what started this?
Nothing.
I'll get to you later.
You're coming with me.
Get up!
Let's go.
There.
Now that will stop
the bleeding.
All right, you can go back
to your dormitory now.
-Are you sure
you feel all right?
-Oh, it's okay, honest.
Thanks, Dr. Furman.
You coming, Miss Hartwell?
Oh, no, Kitty.
You run along ahead.
I want to talk to Dr. Furman.
You wanna tell me that
my policies are responsible
for this.
Would I be wrong?
No. But I want to tell
you that the fight
in the dining room
and the fight
in the girls' dormitory
is just about what I expected.
Well, I was hoping
you'd expect better results,
Doctor.
Officially perhaps,
all the inmates here
are your responsibility.
But morally,
Miss Monahan and I feel
a responsibility to the girls.
If you didn't,
I wouldn't want you here.
Thank you.
You think that the boys
and girls being here
together like this
is a dynamite situation.
Do you believe that males
and females can get along?
Or has every man
come to look like the man
who attacked your sister?
Doctor, you have no right
to talk to me like that!
I think I do, Miss Hartwell.
You say that you have
a moral responsibility
to the girls.
Well, I say you have one
for the boys, too.
They're also human beings,
you know.
I got into this work, Doctor,
to help young girls.
I didn't expect anything
like this.
Perhaps you'd rather
replace me with someone more
sympathetic to your views.
May I call you Grace?
If you want to.
All right then, Grace.
You know,
I'd be an idiot if I thought
that I could bring about
these changes by myself.
This is a team operation.
I need the help of every man
and woman on my staff.
Now, the girls like you.
I've seen that already.
It's very important that
we get the trust of every kid
in this place.
And now,
our job is doubly hard.
Because the two boys
who were killed,
because of the beatings,
because of all
the other mistreatment.
No, I don't want
to replace you.
On the contrary,
I want to feel that
you'll back me up.
To be honest, I...
I don't see eye to eye
with you.
But I'll give you my word
that I'll do everything
possible to help.
Well, that's good enough.
And tomorrow, I'm giving
personality and aptitude tests
to the boys and girls.
Undoubtedly, there will
be some problems.
I'd appreciate if you'd work
along with me.
All right, Doctor.
I'd be glad to.
Good night, Doctor.
Good night, Grace.
NARRATOR: Dr. Furman
began a series of tests
which he hoped
would put the boys and girls
on the right track to mental
stability and security.
Each test had its own meaning.
Each test told Furman
something new.
At the conclusion of every
individual series,
he knew more about the boy
or girl than the youngsters
knew themselves.
The results were encouraging.
But the most difficult cases
were yet to come.
Well, these are
our last three.
So far, the reactions
have been good.
Let's hope it stays
that way with our
problem children here.
Matches, Dink.
When I snap my finger,
you'll wake up.
You won't remember anything
we've said here,
but you'll feel fine.
Wake up.
Hey, Doc,
you mean that's all there is
to this hypnotizm stuff?
That's all.
What did we do?
I don't remember nothing.
You gave me some information.
You can leave now, boys.
What's the matter with him?
Is he tired or something?
Oh, he'll be along
in a minute.
Thanks, boys.
Yeah. Sure.
Why are you holding him?
Well, Eddie's our main
problem, not those boys.
They just follow him
like sheep.
Let's see what trouble
we've really got.
Eddie,
when I touch your forehead,
you'll wake up.
You won't remember anything
you've said here,
but you'll feel fine.
You understand?
Wake up.
Where's Dink and Matches?
I finished with them,
they left.
You put me to sleep.
What was the big idea?
Well, I wanted you
to tell me about yourself.
You want to hear something
of what you said?
You mean you took down
what I said on that thing?
Well, just for us to hear,
no one else.
-I don't wanna hear nothing,
I'm cutting out...
-Wait, Eddie.
What for?
Look, lady,
you're ganging up on me,
and I don't like it.
Nobody's ganging up on you.
Dr. Furman's been doing tests
on all the kids.
-You mean all the kids
are getting this jazz?
-That's right.
Most of them like the idea.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
They're squares.
All right, Doc.
You go ahead
and have your fun.
Eddie.
I want your co-operation.
This is the only way
I can get it.
Now, I'm going to play
back part of the tape that
I think's important.
Listen closely.
EDDIE: [ON TAPE]
Yeah. I remember okay.
I remember plenty.
DR. FURMAN: [ON TAPE]
You said it was
your eighth birthday.
Now why should that be
so important to you?
EDDIE:
It was my birthday, all right.
But my old man,
he did all the celebrating.
He came home,
brought me a present.
He slugged me in the mouth.
I remember that ring he wore.
I'll always remember
that stinking ring on the hand
he hit me with.
That had to take
four stitches in my lip.
Two of my teeth
were knocked out.
DR. FURMAN:
What did your mother do?
She was too drunk herself
to know what was happening.
That's a lie!
You tricked that up!
I never said any of that stuff
about my mother and father!
You try to tell anybody
I said that, man,
I'll get you.
Okay.
You try to tell them now.
Let's see
how much proof you got.
I feel sorry for him.
Must have been like
hitting an exposed nerve.
Well, for his sake,
I hope I can change him.
You know,
a kid can't cope with
that much hate.
It's just as tough on him
as it is on everyone else
around him.
Not very clinical, Paul.
What?
I watched you
during the tests.
You weren't just a doctor
to those boys.
No?
What was I?
Oh.
A Dutch uncle perhaps.
You're the kind that...
That scolds a boy,
and then gives him money
for ice cream.
I'm glad you asked me
to work with you, Paul.
I...
I think I'm beginning
to see things differently.
I was hoping you'd say that.
Oh, I see.
Rehabilitating me
at the same time, huh?
Well, I guess I owe you
some ice cream, too.
That a promise?
I look forward to it.
Are you, uh, announcing
your new program tomorrow?
10:30 in the dining room.
I'll be interested to hear
what your plans are.
I'll have all the girls there.
Good luck, Paul.
Thanks, Grace.
[KIDS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Now what are the screws
trying to pull?
I don't know.
But Walton and the killer
look like they was at a wake.
I'll see you guys later.
It's the dame.
How's Eddie expect
to put the make on a chick
in this place?
[CHUCKLES]
-Oh, hi.
-Hi.
I just heard about
the rumble you had with
that blonde chick last week.
Yeah, well she oughta
be scrambled, but good.
-You okay? You're not
hurt or anything, huh?
-No.
She's big, but no muscle.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
What's the matter?
Those two over there
bug you, huh?
What if they do?
You string along with me,
Babe darling,
we'll be able to take care
of both of them.
How?
They really bug ya.
I'll figure something out.
We'll figure it out together,
huh, chick?
Well.
Here goes.
-Good luck.
-Thank you.
Here it comes.
Let it.
Everything he does will
backfire right in his teeth.
I've seen these eggheads
come and go before.
[ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
All right, quiet!
-DR. FURMAN: Quiet, please.
-I hear he has big plans
for us.
Those screws have
only one idea,
and it's to stick their nose
in everybody else's business.
Quiet, please.
Quiet!
[SILENCE]
Thanks.
Now this won't take very long.
I just want to tell you that
we're gonna install
a new training program
here at Ditman.
The idea is simply this.
As of this minute,
Ditman Hall is no longer
a prison.
[KIDS LAUGHING]
[KIDS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
All right, all right.
If you've got it out
of your systems, I'll go on.
Now, Ditman Hall costs
the taxpayers a lot of money.
Well, they want
something for that money.
When you get out of here,
they expect you to be
responsible citizens.
Boys that know a trade,
and can earn good money.
Girls that can earn
a decent living.
Raise a family. Run a home.
Man, what's that creep
trying to feed us now?
With our new training
program here,
we propose to do just that.
We've completed our tests.
Those of you who like
to work with your hands,
will be developed
in that kind of training.
Those of you who are artistic,
creative, inventive,
well, you can enroll
in courses that will develop
that kind of training.
And so on down the line.
For recreation,
we'll have athletic events,
movies twice a week,
and a dance right here
in the gym every two weeks.
So what?
This place is still nothing
but a stinking pen.
KIDS: Yeah!
Something tells me
he's got a little too much
faith in human nature.
[ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
I haven't finished yet!
You only think you ain't, Doc.
[ALL AGREEING]
Want me to shut
these punks up?
Stay right here.
As I've told some
of you before,
if I'm finished here,
then you are, too.
I've got just one more
thing to tell you.
There will be no more
armed guards at Ditman.
Starting tomorrow,
all the guards are going
to leave.
They'll be replaced
by new members
of the training program.
Don't worry.
You'll be back.
Did you hear that?
Did you hear what he said?
Aren't you glad?
See you later, baby.
You guys know
what's happening?
Sure! We're gonna have a ball.
Those guards
are leaving tomorrow.
That means Andy gets out
of here without us paying him
back for beating Earl.
It's him!
Just left the main building.
Look. That screw Andy's
got it coming to him.
We're gonna get him now.
Now all of you guys,
you keep your mouths shut.
You ain't seen nothing
and you ain't heard nothing.
Come on, we'll wait 'til
he passes the tool shed.
Come on.
Where is he?
Let's wait for him
by the fence.
I hear him coming.
It's the Doc.
Eddie!
Get out of here, Doc.
Get out of here before
you get hurt.
What are you boys doing
out of the dormitory?
You wanna know
how important I am?
Well, I'll tell you
how important I am.
I run this joint.
And you and no other screw
are gonna get in my hair.
Have you kids lost your minds?
You thought you could stop us
from getting that screw that
killed Pete and Earl
by having him
shipped out of here.
Well, you were wrong.
I'm gonna give you
one chance to get back
to that dormitory.
[GRUNTS]
BOY: No, not the face!
Don't mark him up.
[ALL PANTING]
Maybe we worked
him over too good.
We didn't have
nothing against him.
Got in my hair, didn't he?
We gotta get that crumb Andy.
Eddie, we'd better not
take a chance.
-Yeah, I had enough.
I'm going back.
-Yeah.
What are you...
Doc, you rat about this
and I'll kill you.
Bassett.
I'm not even going
to report you.
Because I won't let
one stupid, ungrateful kid
like you
ruin everything
I'm trying to do.
Just don't you push me, Doc.
Don't worry.
I won't push you.
I'm just going to ignore you.
While I help every
other kid in this place make
something out of themselves.
And you can stand by
and watch.
Now get out of here.
And don't you ever come
near me again.
You're no different
than any other screw.
You're all alike!
NARRATOR: The recreational
and training program
introduced by Dr. Furman
and his staff showed progress
from the beginning.
Most of the young prisoners
responded well.
Animosities and fears began
to dissipate as they learned
the value of teamwork.
Of working and playing
side by side.
But it wasn't until the night
of the first dance
that Eddie Bassett
participated in any
of the activities.
[SWING MUSIC PLAYING]
Think we can find
a few contortions to do
to that music?
Well, we could try.
At least if I break any bones
I'll be dancing with a doctor.
You haven't even said 10 words
since we got here.
What do I have to do?
Keep yakking away
every minute? Huh?
Okay, okay.
We're supposed to be
having a good time.
That's the idea, isn't it?
Yeah, with that Furman
creep watching every move
we make?
What do you mean, creep?
He's trying to give us
a fair shake.
Can't you give him a break?
Oh, come on, huh?
You're as cracked as he is.
Paul, the Bassett boy
just went out.
Well, he knows no one
is to leave this building.
Get lost.
I said, get lost!
What's the idea?
Nobody else is cutting in.
-I just got
a great idea, doll.
-You always got ideas.
No, no. This is a special one.
Bassett and that Kitty dame.
Let's do like we say.
Looking for Eddie?
-You making it your business?
-Look,
what are we knocking
ourselves out for?
You want Eddie?
You got him.
I got other deals.
Look, are you leveling?
Sure. I'm getting my kicks
from that Stu character.
Man, there's a cat
that's gone.
Did you see where Eddie went?
He said for you
to meet him down the hall,
by the supply room.
But we're not supposed
to leave the gym.
Suit yourself.
He's waiting.
Eddie?
-Hiya, chick.
-Stu!
If you're looking for Eddie,
he ain't coming.
-Babe said...
-What do we need Eddie for?
-Gonna have a ball
all by ourselves!
-No...
Fight!
I like it when you fight.
-No!
-Fight!
[KITTY WHIMPERS]
You made me bleed, chick.
You shouldn't have done that!
Get up!
Get up and let her alone!
[KITTY SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
[ALL CLAMORING]
[KITTY SCREAMING]
Killion!
Have you lost your mind?
-Thanks.
-For nothing.
Grace! Are you all right?
Yes, Paul. I'm all right.
Better help me with Kitty.
All right, Kitty.
Take it easy,
you'll be all right.
You all right, Kitty?
Paul, we might have
withstood anything but that.
This scandal tops anything
that ever happened at Ditman
under the old administration.
School association, religious
groups, political factions,
all applying pressures.
And rightfully so.
It's either your head or mine,
I can't fight for you.
I can't back you up.
Nobody's told you the good
we did there?
Nobody would listen.
What's happened
is the unforgivable as far
as the public is concerned.
Rape is the great taboo.
You know it, and I know it.
I've told you before.
The boy who committed
the attack is a psycho.
We proved that.
He didn't belong at Ditman
Hall in the first place.
-Now that he's been
transferred to a mental...
-Oh, you can fight windmills,
I'm not going to.
It's over. Finished.
I'm forced to ask
you to resign.
They used to burn witches
at the stake.
I'm glad I didn't live then.
Goodbye, Governor.
WALTON: [ON PA] This is
Colonel Walton speaking.
As of today,
Ditman Hall is returning
to its old schedule.
[ALL BOOING]
The exact status
of every inmate will be
the same as at the time
that Dr. Furman
took over here.
[YELLING IN PROTEST]
WALTON:
The training program
is discontinued.
Guards are back to stay.
[CONTINUES BOOING]
The matrons will see
that the girls are packed
and ready to leave
by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.
[ALL SHOUTING]
That is all.
Return to your duties.
You tell Paul I told you so?
I didn't want him to fail,
Bess. He tried so hard.
Well, back to our little
manless world, girls.
Come on, let's go.
Okay, punks, vacation's over.
Let's see how you like
that extra 30 days solitary
you got.
You're gonna lose
all your sunburn.
Oh, just keep talking.
Keep beating your gums.
Get in. Come on!
Yeah, alongside of Walton,
you sound like an angel
playing a harp.
Oh, you ain't gonna
dirty your hands
hitting him, killer.
-Where's your rubber hose?
-Throw 'em in.
Come on.
Go on.
I'll take care of this one,
you can go.
I said, you can go.
You know the trouble
with you, Bassett.
You've never been softened up.
That's why you think
you're so tough.
You gonna soften me, screw?
Just enough so you know
who's boss.
Come on and get me, screw,
come on and get me!
[EDDIE GROANS]
No! No! Let me out of here!
Let me at that screw,
I'll kill him!
[CONTINUES GROANING]
There you are, Bassett.
All softened up.
Maybe you'll remember
this for a while.
[ALARM WAILING]
You creep!
-What do we do now?
-Get out, there's nothing
else to do!
Eddie, I'm not gonna get
caught in a storm drain again.
We'll get the front, Dink.
This'll take care
of the screws.
Hello, Walton? Hurry it up.
Quick, to the dormitory.
Look, there's Eddie!
That's right, Colonel.
They're up in
the boys' dorm now.
Well, get them!
This time those kids are gonna
get what's coming to 'em.
Colonel says go get 'em!
The first screw
that comes through that door
is gonna get it!
-Eddie, give up.
We ain't got a chance.
-No!
[GUNSHOTS]
-Look at those screws!
-Man, we're really
starting something!
That's right.
We really started something.
You guys hear that?
We started,
and we're gonna finish it.
Either we get Walton now,
or he gets us.
-What do we do?
-We take over the joint!
And we don't give it back,
until we get Walton and those
screws canned out of here.
With a guarantee
that they don't come back.
-BOYS: Yeah! That's right!
-Come on, start showing them!
[ALL CLAMORING]
Come on! Go on!
[EDDIE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Hold it! Listen up!
Hold it!
Matches, you get
the rest of the guys
and start spreading the word.
Great, let's go.
-Now we grab Walton
and the screws.
-Yeah?
The Governor wants to bargain,
we bargain.
With this pointing
at Walton's gut.
-Crazy, man.
-Come on!
[ALL CLAMORING]
They're going crazy now,
Colonel. Yeah, all of them.
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
You better come down
here with us.
I'll be right down.
Get the matrons out of there.
Call the state police
at Caster to send more men.
Here. Get the killer
out of the ward,
and bring him
to Walton's office.
Come on.
-Walton's gone!
-Get the guns!
Break it!
Hey, Eddie, the matrons
are still up in the dorm
with the girls.
All right, leave them there,
the more hostages we got,
the better.
All right, Walton.
Now you listen,
and you listen good.
EDDIE: [ON PA] We got Andy.
If you wanna see him
in one piece again, you get
the Governor on the phone
and you tell him
we want a new deal here.
You're quitting!
And we want it in writing
you ain't never coming back.
You give it to us,
or Andy gets it.
And then the two matrons.
All right, Walton,
you got 10 minutes,
now start making that call.
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
Get me the Governor.
Hey, you did it!
-You guys see that?
-Yeah.
That's right, Governor.
They're holding Andy hostage
and the two matrons
are in there with the girls.
How can I give in
to their demands?
We can't condone a riot,
Walton.
It would only be a beginning.
Well,
something has to be done!
Those kids mean business!
I tell you, they'll kill Andy!
Try to stall them for an hour.
I'll be there by then.
Make sure the state police
keep the kids inside
the gates.
[CLAMORING]
Hey, how do you like it, baby?
The whole joint's ours!
We're gonna get Walton
and these screws fired
out of here once and for all!
Eddie, suppose the Governor
doesn't give in?
Look, please, please,
will you put away the guns?
Look, you might kill somebody,
it'd mean your whole life.
My life anything out
of your pocket.
Or out of anybody's pocket!
Nobody cares about me!
Eddie, you can't go around
hating people all the time.
You just can't!
Oh, come on!
You sound just like Furman!
What have you been doing,
reading his books?
BOY: Car's coming!
A big one!
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
Five'll get you 10,
it's the Governor.
Right on time. Hey, killer,
you must have been saying
your prayers!
Eddie! Get a load of this!
The Governor's got Doc
with him.
Why did he bring him
here for?
Maybe the Doctor's
coming back, Eddie.
And the girls could stay,
and then I could see you.
I didn't expect to see
Dr. Furman here.
Walton, you asked me
to think of something
to save your guard's life.
Paul is the only one
I could turn to.
Maybe he can help.
He doesn't know if he can,
and I don't know.
But we're willing to try.
Unless you have
some other suggestions.
Just what do you expect to do?
I won't know until
I talk to the boys.
You're going in there
with that gang of killers?
That's the difference
between us, Walton.
You think they're killers,
I don't.
Just see that no one
gets nervous with those guns.
Boys,
this is the Governor speaking.
Dr. Furman is coming in
to talk to you.
You can speak
your demands to him.
Nobody's asking for you,
Furman.
Now you keep out of here.
I'm warning you, Doc.
You come in here, you're gonna
wind up with Andy.
BOY: He's still coming!
Oh, that stupid crumb,
why can't he listen?
What's the matter,
is he deaf or something?
-Doc! Keep away!
-Eddie, let him talk!
Hear what he has to say.
BOY: He just came
into the building!
All right.
What do you think,
you got special privileges
or something
walking in here like this?
We want the Governor.
First I'm taking Andy
out of here.
[ALL DISAGREEING]
Sure, Doc.
You just go ahead and try it.
I'm gonna give you a chance
to see just how important
you are, Eddie.
You can kill me
and make yourself a big hero.
Or you can hope for a break
from the authorities
by putting down that gun.
I never asked any favors
from you before,
and I'm not starting now.
Walton once called you kids
a bunch of savage punks.
Who needed disciplinary wards
and beatings to teach you
right from wrong.
Well, this stupid riot here
will prove to a lot of people
that he was right.
But there are some authorities
and a lot of kids
who wanted to see
this program work.
You only stopped us
for the time being.
The work will go on.
We'll find ways.
You mean characters
like you are still gonna keep
sticking their necks out.
Maybe you haven't had
a chance to learn this yet,
Eddie.
But there are more decent
people in this world
than there are bad.
You can't beat them,
they outnumber you,
there are too many of them.
Just a lot of gab.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I think Kitty does.
Look, you don't hate
everybody, not really, Eddie.
You don't hate me.
That shows you something,
doesn't it?
You gonna come back here,
Doc?
We'll see.
Maybe the Governor will be
in a good frame of mind.
The Governor's waiting
for us all to come out.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Furman had found the key
to the hearts of the boys.
He had made them realize
that there was
a decent world waiting
for those who earned it.
The riot did prove one point.
That most juvenile delinquents
need and want the kind of help
that was given to them
by Dr. Paul Furman.
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