The Farmer's Daughter (1947) - full transcript

Not ready yet?

Well, for goodness
sake, hurry up!

The bus is not going
to wait all day.

Well, you broke the
record that time.

Twenty one minutes flat.

Katrin is my only daughter.

That is why I make such long
speech when she leave home.

Well, I don't know, Papa.

I almost missed the train
when I was drafted.

- Oh, I remember.
- As do I.

You had plenty of time.



You are the youngest, Peter.
That is why I worried about you.

Oh, please, Papa.
Don't worry about me.

I worry, Katrina. I don't
like to see you go.

Katrin will do nothing that
will not make us proud of her.

Thank you, Papa.

- Katrina?
- Yes?

You be sure to drink
plenty of milk now.

You don't have to remind
a Holstrom to eat.

- You drink your quart today.
- I will, Papa.

We better start, Katrin. It's
getting late for the bus.

Yes, Dr. Mattsen.

Goodbye, Mama.

Take good care of yourself.

[Speaking Swedish]



Goodbye, Pa pa.

- Bye bye.
- Okay, fellas!

[Singing in Swedish]

Good bye!

Thanks for everything, Mr. Holstrom.
See you in two years!

Goodbye, Adolph! You paint good!

Oh, uh, here is the letter I promised
you to the Swedish hospital.

I tell them you will be good student
and that you will work hard.

Oh, thank you, Dr. Mattsen.

And when you graduate, you will come
back to my hospital as a nurse.

Yeah.

It's always good to have young people come
back to the place where they were born.

But if you have any
trouble, you let me know.

No, Dr. Mattsen.

Papa says we must stand
on our own two feet.

If I have any trouble...

I work it out myself.

The bus is late.

I would like to wait, but I
have so many calls to make.

Of course. Goodbye, Dr. Mattsen.

Good bye!

Want a lift?

No, thank you, Adolph.

I will wait for the bus.

Pushing right into capital city.

Save you $2.53, Katie.

Oh?

You bet.

Have you ever been to
capital city, Katie?

Not since I was three-years-old.

I would've been there two years ago,
but my brothers went into the Army.

I had to help out on the farm.

You'll have a much better time
now that you're grown up.

I hope so.

- Take a drink. Take a couple.
- No thank you.

I drink only glog.

At Christmas time.

- That's not strong enough for a painter.
- Oh?

You see, a painter's got
the paint in his mouth.

And if you don't wash it out
it dries there and hardens.

That's not good for any man.
Painter or no painter.

Jeep won't start.

Look out! Look out!

Twenty, forty, fifty.

Twenty, forty, fifty.

Twenty, forty, fifty.

Okay. Watch where you're going next time.
It's cheaper!

- For 2 cents, I'd bust you In the nose.
- Adolph!

Don't be so tough with my money.

Ah, smart guy.

You'll need a welding job
on that and it'll cost you

twenty-five bucks, but I can't
get torch til in the morning.

Tomorrow morning?

Yeah, if I'm lucky.

But, I can't stay
here all night.

Well, let's not get mad
at each other, Katie.

It's my Jeep that got wrecked.

Yeah, it's your Jeep,
but it's my money.

Katie, I'm afraid you'll have to
advance me another twenty-five bucks.

Adolph.

You were going to
save $2.53 bus fare.

And now it's going to cost
me every cent I have.

What about my nursing course?

Katie, you'll get your dough the minute
I see the boss painter in capital city.

I don't know.

Of course you could hitchhike tonight,
but it'd be kind of dangerous.

Better wait and go with
me in the morning.

Well, time's a wasting. Do I
start on this Jeep or don't I?

Yeah.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Good morning.

- Have you seen the...
- The man who was with you last night?

- Yeah.
- No, deary.

He's been gone a good hour.

Gone?

Yeah.

Didn't he tell you?

No.

No. I didn't see him since I
went to my room last night.

Uh huh.

Thank you.

How far is it to capital city?

Sixty-five miles.

Thank you very much.

One more flight.

And in the front.

Come in.

Well, if it ain't little
Miss Nightingale.

How are you honey?

I've been looking for you.

All morning.

I'm in the phone book.

I went to the painter's union.

Kinda anxious to
see me again, huh?

You bet.

Tired, ain't ya?

- Here's just the thing to knock it.
- Adolph.

My seventy-five dollars.
I want it.

Oh!

I'm sorry dear.

I didn't tell ya.

I'm fixing it so you can deduct
that from your income tax.

A bad debt. See?

No.

No, I don't see.

I need that money for nursing.

You are going with me to
see the boss painter.

Oh, don't get so tough, honey.

We got lots of time
to worry about money.

Then I'm going to
get a policeman.

- Yeah, do that.
- Yeah, I will.

While you're gone,
call your family.

Yeah, and don't forget the
people at the Swedish hospital.

- Call them all.
- What?

Tell them we had a little
trouble on the road.

They'd be very interested.

Especially the part where we had
to spend the night at the motel.

[Speaking Swedish]

Come in. Come in.

Yoohoo.

Yoohoo yourself.

I'll be right with you.

You Katrin Holstrom?

- You know me?
- The agency told me.

- Got a uniform?
- No, Mr. Clancy.

- You know me?
- Yeah.

- The agency told me.
- What else they tell you?

- Well, they told me that you're the butler.
- Mm hmm.

And if I could work the day out
for you, I could work any place.

You can wear one of Lena's uniforms.
She's the cook.

- Sick today.
- Oh?

Picked a fine day for it.

Luncheons, cocktail parties.

- You can change in there.
- Thank you.

I hope you'll be
some good to me.

Uh...

Lena's a very big lady.

Help yourself to an apron.

Thank you.

Gonna make it alright?

Two of us could get into it.

These two story drips...

How do you expect to make
good coffee in them?

The beatings I take
around this house.

People in this town scare
their kids by telling

them they have to drink
Clancy's coffee.

Have you got a real coffee pot?

There you are. Thank you.

As we newspaper men look at
it the public will go to the

polls and vote exactly the way
the machine tells them to.

Oh no, Van, I don't the think
the voters will stand the kind

of bologna the politicians
have been dishing them.

Hold it, Virginia. A brandy.

Kills the taste of
Mr. Clancy's coffee.

I forgot.

- Van?
- No, thanks.

I've been on the city hall
beat for two decades, Glen.

And I'll be bribed if I can see any change.
Oh, thank you.

You've seen so much
corruption, you're cynical.

Get that Ginnie. She's
been writing a dope column

for three years and right
away she's Sam Grafton.

No, thanks.

Okay, fellas. You're the old-timers,
but didn't I stick my chin out?

My beautiful little chin out.

My beautiful little chin
out three weeks ago.

And say that Glen Morely would
be re-elected Congressman?

No, thanks.

Did I or didn't I?

Some long shot.

That's like betting there'll
be snow by February.

Anyway Ginnie, you're disqualified.
You're in love with the guy.

Everybody knows but Glen.

Mr. Clancy.

You didn't make this.

- Katie did.
- Good.

You bet.

You were saying, Glen?

Oh, oh yes, uh...

I didn't mean the change in
voter's attitude had been a

prayer ref yer or revolutionary
or anything like that.

But remember a fellow
named Otto K...

- Otto K...
- Schmidlap.

Schmidlap. Yes, he was from
around Mineral County.

Redwing County.

Redwing County. Yes, he
served two terms in Congress.

Maybe it was three terms.

It was three, Mr. Morley.

Three terms.

What's your point, Glen?

Glen, if you were about to say that old
Schmidlap was the case of a Congressman

going down the line for his party right
or wrong, you've got an argument.

Your friend Schmidlap was
strictly second rate.

Oh no, sir.

Mr. Schmidlap was
not second rate.

He was first rate with
a second rate party.

Boing!

And what makes you America's
authority on good old Otto K.?

Oh, he was our neighbor
at Redwing County.

He was a good neighbor,
good farmer, and good man.

Like my father.

Hello?

Oh, Sweeney.

How are we doing?

Swell, I'll tell
the congressman.

Looks like we're about 600 ahead
in the toughest precinct.

Good! Congratulations,
Mr. Morley.

Oh, thank you.

Weren't worried, were you, Glen?

Well, this is only my
third term in Congress.

I've still got opening
night jitters, Mr. Clancy.

Well, I think I'll go back to
the shop and dream up a color

picture on how Glen Morley
look, felt, mack in victory.

- Good luck, Glen.
- Thanks.

I'm going to opposition headquarters
and see if I can get a statement.

Aren't you guys coming back
for the cocktail thing later?

- Free champagne.
- No champagne, man, me.

- So long, Glen. Thanks.
- When next you see me...

the time will be six thirty
and I'll knock you dead with

the dress I've made out
of some old parachutes.

Happy landings, Ginnie.

One for you and one
for the house, eh?

Well, that ain't a bad split.

Your old senator would've
settled for that any time.

Did you know the senator?

I've been with the
Morleys for forty years.

Oh?

I was with the senator when
he made his first million.

We came here together.

We went to Washington together.

Part of us died together.

When you get through with that
bird food, get on these glasses.

Yeah, Mr. Clancy.

- Hello, Jersey.
- Hello, Agatha.

Late.

- Who's here?
- No one yet.

- How's Lena?
- Still complaining.

- What's the doctor say?
- Same as usual.

Either she gets a new liver,
or we get a new cook.

Hello, Ma. Where have you been?

Down at headquarters,
my little man.

How's everything going at the
14th for that ward, Hela Morley?

Morley is no ward here.
Know the boy well.

Wonderful to his
mother they tell me.

As I miss my guess, he'll be
re-elected by the usual majority.

Hooray for the party!

Party? Fiddlesticks.

Voters did it themselves.

Party's getting
filled with fat boys.

I've been thinking about that.

We'll have to thin
them down a bit.

Should have been here earlier.
We had coffee. Real coffee.

- Is that Alfred?
- Uh uh.

Extra girl Mr. Clancy hired.

Really? Maybe she'd
do for a second day.

Oh, uh, what'd you
say your name was?

Katrin Holstrom.

Well, this is my mother, Mrs.
Morley, Katrin.

How do you do, Mrs. Morley?

Mr. Morley said you did very
well this afternoon, Katrin.

Would you like to work for us?

- You mean steady?
- Yes.

Well, I do have to
earn some money.

- Anything wrong with our money?
- Oh no!

I need it so I can start
my nursing course.

But, uh...

I would not be permanent
for more than uh...

two months.

That's permanent these days.

Well, that's settled.

What can you do, Katrin?

Well, at home I do everything.

Make six beds every morning.

Do washing, ironing for Mama,
Papa, my three brothers, myself.

Clean all seven rooms and
do dishes, of course.

And I help Mama
with the canning.

I preserve meat, canned legs, dill
pickles, smoke ham and bacons.

I wait on tables. Forty
hands at harvest time.

And I make glog.

You do?

Yeah, at Christmas time.

With a hot poker.

You want to know
what I do outside?

I don't know about my mother,
but I'd be fascinated.

Well, I plow with
horse and tractor.

I hoe potatoes, shuck wheat,
milk cows, bed horses...

butcher pigs, kill and
dress chickens...

and I cut wood for
mill or stove.

You got a job, Katrin.

Thank you, Mrs. Morley!

Now look...

there'll be a lot of
talk about politics.

Just stay out of it.

Of course!

- In the bag boys!
- Congratulations!

Glen has headquarters on the phone.
The opposition has conceded.

We've won, Mrs. Morley.

- What did you expect?
- Of course, Mrs. Morley, of course.

Drink?

No, no, too stimulating.
Doctor has me on the wagon.

You're a lucky man, Johnson, to have Glen
Morley as your teammate in Washington.

Don't I know it, Nordick.

I can't tell you how grateful
I am to both of you.

Oh, Mr. Johnson, you've already
been elected. You'll probably

have to do some fence mending
before the next election.

Yeah.

- Congratulations, Glen.
- Thanks, Ma.

I was saying bye to Bell. Last time
he conceded two hours earlier.

- That Charlie?
- Yeah. Hold on.

Something to eat, Miss?

- No, thank you.
- Thank you.

Did you vote today, my dear?

Oh, I couldn't vote, sir. I'm
not registered in the city yet.

Oh, I'm downright
sorry to hear that.

I'd have considered our
victory a complete success

if a pretty girl like you
could've voted for me.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

If I could have voted I
wouldn't have voted for you.

Hello. Breakfast
now, Mr. Clancy.

Oh, good morning.

One...

two...

three!

Oh no.

Come in, come in, Mr. Clancy.

Good morning, Mr. Morley.

I thought you were Mr. Clancy.

Oh, no. Mr. Clancy is taking a little
vacation from running up and down stairs.

I guess Mr. Clancy
thinks he's getting old.

Don't let Mr. Clancy
hear you say that.

No, I won't.

- Yours?
- Of course.

- Your paper.
- Thank you.

I suppose these photographers
know what they're doing.

Don't you like it?

Do you?

It's better than
that Mr. Johnson's.

Say, what is this feud between
you and Johnson anyway?

I don't think he has a
good heart for the people.

In what way?

Well...

Why is he against the
higher minimum wage?

How do you know that he is?

Because I heard
him on the radio.

And he said it was up to everyone to look
after himself. And I believe that, too.

But I think that
everyone has a right...

to a living wage.

We”, just what in your opinion,
constitutes a living wage?

I believe the man who said...

"A living wage depends on whether
you're getting it or giving it."

Will there be anything
else, Mr. Morley?

I don't know. That's
quite enough, thank you.

Thank you.

Mr. Johnson.

Why don't you learn to
keep your big mouth shut?

Get off the bus at the
corner of 6th and I Street.

Then walk two blocks to 8th, turn to
your right and go one block east.

- Is that clear?
- I think so, Mrs. Morley.

- Katie isn't leaving us?
- No.

- She's just going to buy some uniforms.
- Oh.

Thank you. Will you give me the
money to pay for them, Mrs. Morley?

- Just charge them to my account.
- Thank you.

- I'll be bad: as soon as I can.
- Alright.

- Does she know the way to White's?
- I wrote the directions down.

- Morning, Agatha.
- Morning, Joseph.

Well, I think I'll
be getting along.

What for?

I'm having lunch
with the governor.

At 10:30?

Well, I've got a lot of people to thank.
You know.

- Breakfast go alright?
- Oh, superbly.

That's what I figured.

Be a good girl.

Give my regards to the governor.

Hop in. PM save you
ten cents bus fare.

Last time I saved bus fare
it cost me 75 dollars.

Just tell me the story
of your life some time.

I M”, Mr. Morley.

Some time.

- Know what kind of uniforms to get?
- Yeah.

Mr. Clancy said we get
something very plain.

Mr. Clancy has no imagination.

A new uniform. They all come?

Yeah.

How many did you buy, Katrin?

I'm afraid they sent twelve Mrs.
Morley.

Exactly what I ordered.

Twelve?

Two black...

two blue...

two maroon...

two Grey...

and four simply charming
little informal numbers

for house work in the
pre-luncheon period.

Who's going to pay for
these, Mr. Moneybags?

It's your house.

I sure feel like a tramp
in my old blue surge.

And have this
prescription filled.

Take one every three hours and I
think we can knock it over night.

- What did people used to do?
- In the old days?

Oh, they ignored it.

- They were smart.
- Sure they were smart.

They never called for a doctor
until they were good and sick.

When a man caught cold he treated it by
going out in the snow and chopping wood.

Getting awfully hot...

then came in, drank
a lot of liquor...

got even hotter, went out in the snow
to cool off, got awfully sick and died.

What's the matter with you?
What's the matter?

Nothing. I'll call you up in the
morning Agatha, see how you are.

I can tell you now,
I'll be bored.

That's part of the treatment.

When do you go back to
Washington, Congressman?

Just after New Year's. I'm checking
in a couple of days early.

- Well, good luck to you Glen.
- Thanks.

Goodbye, Agatha.

Be a good girl now.

You do exactly as he told you.

I wish you'd stop getting into
a tizzy every time I sneeze.

Well, it so happens, Mrs. Wise Guy,
that you're the only mother I've got.

Joseph, tell Katie Glen's
ready for his breakfast.

Well, you might have had to
wait a couple of minutes.

Come in.

- What's the matter?
- What's the matter, what's the matter?

Oh?

- What's the matter?
- Nothing.

What did the doctor say about Mrs.
Morley?

Oh, it's nothing at all.
Just a sniffle.

- Oh?
- Probably be alright tomorrow.

That is good.

Then it will be alright for
me to speak to her today.

What about?

To give my notice.

I have saved enough money.

We”, certainly, she's
well enough...

Give?

What are you talking about?

My nursing.

I thought you'd forgotten
all about that.

- Oh, no.
- Aren't you happy here...

with the work?

Is the work...

- too much for you?
- No, no.

- There's nothing wrong.
- You want time off?

No, there's nothing wrong.
I just want to be a nurse.

- If you want to be a nurse, there's a...
- And you remember our agreement.

There's a very sick woman
down the hall who needs you.

Someone besides your mother?

We”, just because my mother doesn't
complain, there's no sign that...

You know perfectly well that a cold could
turn into something else, and that

something else can turn into...

uh...

well...

If you're going, you're going.

I am sorry to leave, Mr. Morley.

I've been very happy here.

Sure do seem in an awful hurry.

Uh, you mean now?

Or, in general?

Both.

Today is my day off.

Where are you going?

You mean today?

Skating.

I hope you have a good time.

Thank you, Mr. Morley.

I always do.

This telegram just came.

Well, what do you know? I'm
leaving for Europe tonight.

No kiddin?

Come on. Let's tell Mama.

Ma. Oh!

I'm leaving for Europe tonight.

Oh. Skating all the way?

House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee
on United Nations economic planning.

Long name. Good committee?

Four of us take off from
New York tomorrow at noon.

Be in London the next day.

- What time are you leaving?
- Got to be at the airport at 8 o'clock.

But, Ginnie is coming to dinner.
Better telephone her to come early.

You call her for me, will you Ma?
I've got to get some exercise.

Be careful.

Don't want you to go to
Europe in a hospital plane.

You realize, of course,
you're talking to the

captain of the greatest
hockey team Yale ever had.

Uh huh.

Mm hmm.

What's she running for?

She told me all about it.

Seems that running keeps
her in shape for skating

and skating keeps her in
condition for running.

Sort of a vicious circle.

Ah, here comes our captain.

The argument seems to be is Katie going
to skate or is Glen going to run?

Glen's going to run.

Ball glad he won't last one lap.

You're wrong. He's not going to
let her make a sucker out of him.

You willing to back your
judgment with cash?

Ten to one says he's in
there at the finish.

- Usual ten?
- The usual.

Anything wrong?

Th...

I think I'll skate now and
limber up afterwards.

There's your ten cents.

Hey!

Come on!

Is it true you're going to Europe
tonight like Mr. Clancy says?

Yes.

Are you really worried
about your mother?

- She'll be alright.
- Oh.

I was just trying to think up
some way to make you stay.

Would you be happier if I
stayed until you came back?

Alright, I'll stay.

I was just trying to think
of a good reason to stay.

That makes me very happy.

I hope Glen doesn't forget the ice gets
awfully thin down by the boat house.

He went through the
ice there last year.

He couldn't be such a dumb head.

I'll get you ten.

Two bits this time.

Look out!

Oh!

Mr. Morley!

Thank you, Joseph.

Still feel cold, Glen?

I'd a...

Shoulders a little stiff.

Come in, Katie, come in.

That's right.

You're going to be starting
off to Europe with a chill

I'm alright.

- What's that you're giving him?
- Glog.

We pretend it's Christmas.

Mr. Clancy you can throw
away the hot water bottles.

You know what would really fix up those
shoulders, Glen? A good rub down.

Good idea. Call up the athletic club and
have them send a man out right away.

There wouldn't be time, Mr. Morley,
to get the man all the way out here.

I'll have to do it myself.

Glen, you alright?

Sure, he's alright.

- Get back to your room, Agatha.
- Fiddlesticks.

Katie's going to give
me a Swedish massage.

In reverse. He's already
had the cold plunge.

And that's the captain of the
greatest hockey team Yale ever had.

Mr. Morley, will you lie right down
there at the foot of the bed, please?

- Won't it be cold?
- Not in a minute.

Mr. Clancy, the stool over here.

The feet.

There.

This goes under your chest.

Like that.

There.

Now we begin.

Oh, please relax.
You're very tense.

Don't be nervous.

I have to get the kinks
out of your back.

Is there anything you can't do?

Oh, yeah.

Too many things, Mr. Morley.

You have three of the most
useful talents I ever heard of.

I bet you're the only
girl in Capital City...

I'm sorry.

Who can give a Swedish massage.

Make glog.

And call hogs.

I'm beginning to feel better.

I'm beginning to feel terrible.

I don't mind that you tease me.

'Cause I know how
different I am from...

Miss Thatcher, for instance.

Would you like to be
like Miss Thatcher?

Not quite so nervous.

But when I'm around
her I feel...

I feel strange.

I know I talk different
from all of you, but...

around her I talk worst.

Why don't you go to college?

And take care of Mrs.
Morley at the same time?

Go to a university
extension course at night.

Speak to my mother about it.
She thinks you're very smart.

Oh?

They have all sorts of courses.

Political science.

And economics. Oh, that tickles!

Come in!

Hello, Virginia!

Oh, lookie, lookie, what fun.

What's going on, Clancy?

I've never suffered so much in my life.
She's been murdering us.

Is this restricted to the family
or do you take out patients?

I'd be glad to give you a massage.
Any time, Miss Thatcher.

- You're finished, Mr. Morley.
- Thank you.

Seems to have been a
mixed skating party.

Lucky think Katie was there.

No doubt she saved your life.
I'm grateful to you, Katrin.

Ahem.

Is everything alright in here?

Oh, yes, Mr. Clancy.

We don't have to waste any
more time in here, do we?

No, Mr. Clancy.

Learning anything at
that night school?

Oh, yeah.

Yes, Mr. Clancy.

Last time we learned why all the leading
nations went off the gold standard.

- Did they?
- Mm hmm.

Why?

Uh...

It was a move towards the nationalization
of the world banking system.

Through the social control
of credit policies.

- Is that so?
- Mm hmm.

Think of that now.

How's the diction and public
speaking getting along?

Oh, I am worried about
that, Mr. Clancy.

Tomorrow night I have to
give a speech memorized

- and I don't know what to do.
- A speech?

Turn that thing off.

Come in here.

Maybe I've got something
that'll help.

One of my favorites here.

This may be just the
ticket for you.

The afternoon the Senator gave it, Mrs.
Morley and I were in the gallery.

Here.

Go on, Katie, read it.

Stand right there.

Now, you're the Senator.

You've got the floor. The Chamber's
pretty crowded this afternoon.

Senator LaFilet, Glass,
Underwood, Large, Bohrer.

A lot of speeches have been made.
Good ones, too.

You stand and you're recognized.

There's sort of a hush
falls over the chamber.

Mr. President.

Today I don't want
to make a speech.

I want to tell you a story...

about a doctor named Sorensen...

who lived in a small town.

He was a good doctor.

But the rich people in this
town didn't like him...

because he told them the
truth a little too often...

about their imaginary
sicknesses.

Things got bad for Dr. Sorensen.

And he moved across the tracks
to the poor section of town

where people needed him but
didn't have the money to pay.

He worked for them anyhow.

They would give him a bottle of
milk when he cured a sore throat

or a loaf of bread when
he set a broken leg.

Dr. Sorenson couldn't
afford a regular office.

He practiced in the
room he lived in

upstairs over a livery stable.

The shingle outside was
a simple little sign...

that read...

"Dr. Sorensen: Upstairs."

Well...

even doctors get sick.

And after working years
with these poor people...

Dr. Sorensen got
sick and he died.

And all those people
who loved him...

and whom he loved...

buried him.

They wanted to put up a
big marble monument...

but they just
couldn't afford it.

So, they took the sign from the stable
and put it over the doctor's grave.

There it stood.

That was his monument.

"Dr. Sorensen: Upstairs."

Today a president has died.

Only a short time ago, his
dream, The League of Nations...

was killed by people who
couldn't stand the truth.

But his dream shall not
perish from this earth.

It will live in the hearts
of good, common people.

For over the
president's grave...

the people have placed their
everlasting monument...

which like the doctor's
reads simply...

"Woodrow Wilson: Upstairs."

It's a beautiful cake.
What does it say?

- "Welcome Home" -
Glen will love it.

He's here.

Evening, Katrin.

Oh. Good evening, Miss Thatcher.

- Is he here yet.
- No. You are the first.

Katrin.

You're wearing your
hair differently.

Oh.

I'm glad you noticed.

I think I liked it better plain.

It's Miss Thatcher.

Oh, hello, Virginia.

Darling!

Who's here?

Mrs. Morley and darling.

I've got to see Mrs. Morley right away.
It's very urgent. We'll wait in the library

and I'm sure she'll see us when
you tell how important it is.

Yes, Mr. Nordick.

Don't disturb her guests.

Just goes to show
one never knows.

It's Mr. Nordick.

Really?

What is it, Hine?

Agatha, I'm afraid we
have bad news for you.

We've just had a phone
call from Washington.

- What's wrong.
- We've lost a congressman.

Poor Wilbur Johnson.

What happened?

When?

It's really a great tragedy.

He dropped dead an hour ago.

Dropped dead?

Oh no.

No.

Here, don't do that.
She's fainted.

What's happened?

I don't know. We were in the library
talking about Wilbur Johnson...

Welcome home!

Has she ever done this before?

- Glen!
- Virginia.

- Ma.
- Hello, Glen.

What happened to Katie?

She fainted. I think she thought
you were the one who dropped dead.

Dropped? Oh, you mean Johnson.

They told me at the airport.

You alright?

Oh.

Here, I got you.

You alright?

Come on, Katie. You
better lie down.

Yeah.

Sorry to spoil your
homecoming day.

Better go in the library.
Gotta work fast.

Joseph, get Miss
Thatcher's coat.

Go find the list of guests on my desk.
Telephone them

I know what to say.

Sorry, Virginia.

I'll go quietly if you give me a
beat on who's replacing Johnson.

I think you'll just go quietly.

Edgar Alistair Peterfee II.

Frederick Palmer Stuart.

Theodore Cummings.

Anders J. Finley.

And Tony DiCorto.

You can forget every
candidate but Peterfee.

Why Peterfee.

Gentlemen...

Colonel Peterfee was my regimental
commander during World War I.

No finer example of American
manhood exists in this town.

Could we elect him?

He'll get the service vote.

If you'd heard as money mothers complain
about Colonel Peterfee's command as I have.

You'd realize he couldn't be elected
garbage collector. Which he is.

I resent that!

Quiet, Eckers, or
you'll have to go home.

Gentlemen, it's getting late.

Tomorrow the governor will have to
announce a special election to fill

the vacancy caused
by Wilbur's death.

We must make up our minds.

Read the list again.

Edgar Alistair Peterfee II.

Frederick Palmer Stuart.

Feel better now, Katie?

- Theodore Cummings.
- Yeah.

Anders J. Finley.

Tony DiCorto.

Wait a minute.
What about Finley?

Well, good political background.

Best kind of business
connections.

Pleasant personality.

He did pretty good as a commissioner.
Served two terms.

I served five sessions
with him in the counsel.

His record as alderman
is enviable and solid.

How would he be for the women?

Indefensive.

Any objections to Finley?

None? Well, is it Anders J.
Finley?

- Mrs. Morley?
- Mm hmm.

Eckers?

- Matterhan?
- Uh huh.

- Sweeney?
- Mm hmm.

- Glen?
- Mm hmm.

- Well, that's it gentlemen.
- Let's eat.

Tomorrow night at the mast meeting I want
you to introduce Finley as our candidate.

Ok.

We'll be a lot happier with Finley than
we were with Johnson, I promise you that.

Thanks, Joseph.

Colonel Peterfee will be
awfully disappointed.

What's he got to kick about?
He's still garbage collector.

What's that?

It's some of the cake I
made for your homecoming.

- Very good.
- You bet.

Been skating lately?

No.

I tried it once in Switzerland.

It wasn't much fun.

I tried it, too.

But I kept looking around for
you to fall through the ice.

Oh no.

Oh, I want to thank you for taking
such good care of my mother.

Oh, I'm glad I stayed.

I thought a lot about
you while I was away.

We thought a lot about
you, too, Mr. Morley.

Oh.

I'll fix it.

Thank you.

Here you are.

Katie, 1...

I...

Uh...

I...

I...

Apparently you didn't approve of
our choice of Mr. Finley tonight.

Oh.

Well...

I don't think he's any
improvement over Mr. Johnson.

What do you know
about him anyhow?

I know his record.

And I heard him speak one time
when he came through our county.

He has a very bad record.

Oh, so you're an authority
on Mr. Finley, too.

Well, for one thing...

Why did he stop free milk
from the grade schools?

- If you don't like him, don't vote for him!
- Oh, don't worry, I won't!

I was only asking you why
did he stop free milk...

Don't ask me, ask Finley.
There's a big meeting

tomorrow night. Ask
him, he'll be there.

- Alright, I will!
- Alright.

I'm sorry, Mr. Morley.

I didn't mean to upset you.

Upset me?

I'm not upset.

Goodnight.

Good night.

Testing. One...

two, three.

- What are they yelling about?
- At these things they yell for anything.

Anything?

Sure. They'd scream if you
yelled, "fish for sale."

Oh, no.

Fish for sale!

Hello, Americans.

The future of this country...

is safe!

Guiding the ship of state!

And I tell you...

in every summer home
in the Pespaloosh...

you will find a history
book about the nation!

And now it is my privilege to
introduce the next speaker...

your former alderman...

your former commissioner...

your next congressman
from the 13th district...

Anders J. Finley!

Morley's good.

Yeah. He's the only one the
opposition has I wish we had.

Ladies and gentlemen there have been
a lot of speeches made here tonight

so I'm going to make
mine very short.

I appreciate the magnificent
tributes made to me.

And all I've got to say is
my platform is my record.

I stand on my record.

Now, if there are any questions
anyone would like to ask

I'll be glad to see what
I can do with them.

The lady down here.

You have a question, Miss?

My question is...

Why are you running
for Congress?

No, no, no, let the
little lady speak. No.

Why do you ask that
question, Miss?

Because, Mr. Finley...

I'd like to know how you, with your record
can ask these people to vote for you?

I'll match my record
with any man's.

This record that Mr...

This record that Mr. Finley will
match with anyone's is as follows...

In 1930, Alderman Finley's
brother-in-law, Oscar Nordstrom

started getting a snow
cleaning contract

and received it every
year for the ten years

that Mr. Finley sat
on the city counsel.

And in 1932 and 1933...

Alderman Finley said the bread lines
were costing the city too much money.

And even went to the extent of
trying to put through a bill

to force apple sellers
to buy licenses.

And in 1934...

These speakers in support of
Mr. Finley had barely concluded

when a young woman rose from the floor
to challenge the party's selection.

Checking since then
on her identity.

And this beautiful blonde is a second
maid employed in Congressman Morley's...

palatial home on the lake front.

She couldn't have been more of a bombshell
if she'd been planted by the opposition.

Or was she?

We”, were you?

Uh...

I've been thinking ever
since I got home...

I'll leave here tonight.

That's smart. That's
using your head.

You know what they'll say
about me then, don't you?

What will they say?

Well, they'll say
I threw you out.

They'll say I'm against
freedom of speech. That...

They'll call me a fascist.

Right.

I need an aspirin.

You do what Mr. Morley says.

You stay right here and keep your mouth
shut until this election's in the bag.

Yes. Alright.

Uh, uh, uh.

Why don't you let me answer
it for a while, Mr. Clancy?

Because if they don't get a statement out
of Glen, they'll try to pry one out of you.

Hello?

No, you can't talk to anybody.

Who?

Oh. Hold the wire.

Katie, wait a minute.

That's Ward Hughes.

- Who?
- The head man In the opposition party.

He's okay, a little
too honest maybe.

He wants to talk to you.

To me?

Go ahead.

- Be careful what you say to him.
- Yes.

Hello? Mr. Hughes?

Yes.

I don't know anything about her,
except sometimes if you're lucky

- you can put over a freak.
- Ward.

She's wholesome looking
for the women.

A servant girl with a labor vote.
Corn fed for the farmers.

Swedish for the foreign born.

And for my dough, she's got
something for the men.

- What have we got to lose?
- I feel all we can do is gain.

We”, shall we give
her the pitch?

Okay Andy.

Will you go in now,
Miss Holstrom?

Thank you.

Oh, come in Miss Holstrom.

- Mrs. Brown, Ms. Davies.
- How do you do?

Ms. Driscoll, Mr. Ryan, Ms.
Culvert, Mr. Davies.

- Miss Holstrom.
- Please sit down.

Thank you for being so
patient, Miss Holstrom.

Now one or two things
we have to talk over.

And it comes down to this...

Uh, our party honestly
hasn't the right candidate.

Now, last night you were
pretty positive about

what kind of a congressman
you didn't want.

I was hoping you'd be just as
positive as to what you did want.

What I think doesn't
matter so much.

No, go ahead Miss Holstrom.

Tell us what sort of a
representative you'd like.

Someone who'd represent.

No, no I mean
represent all of us.

To me once a person is
elected to office...

he has a great duty
to all the people.

He shouldn't just
represent the men who...

who gave money to his
advertisements and campaign.

And he shouldn't be in office
to serve just the politicians.

He should serve the people.

He should know what
the people want.

And vote for what they want.

Thank you Miss Holstrom.

Thank you for giving
us our candidate.

You're welcome, Mr. Hughes.

I'm glad I was able to be
of some assistance to you.

You'll run of course.

Haracute, what have I done?

Mrs. Morley, my taxi is here.

You really going through
with this, Katie?

I have to.

Katie, I'll miss you.

Oh, thank you.

I'm afraid Mr. Morley
is a little mad at me.

Don't let her do it, Ma.
She won't listen to me.

How can I stop her. This
is what she wants to do.

It's ridiculous. Look.

- Here's this girl...
- Katrin Holstrom.

Katrin Holstrom. Right.

A bunch of opportunists taking
advantage of the fact that she

made a sensation of herself at
the auditorium the other night.

Are now giving her some song and
dance about being able to elect her

representative of the 13th district in
spite of the par experience of our party.

- Mm hmm.
- She doesn't know anything about politics.

Mm hmm.

How can she, I ask you, be expected
to off on such things as a

minimum wage bill, the
foal employment bill,

the Missouri Valley, the Columbia
Valley, authorities amendments.

A permanent FEPC, atomic
bomb control, anti...

poll tax, national...

- Well, a hundred other things.
- Can you?

Well, that's beside the point.
I'm already a congressman.

Oh.

Go on, Glen.

Well, what if I asked you to run anyway?
Who asked her?

Do the people send a mandate?

- Did the angels bring a message?
- No.

Well, why don't you stop her?

We have no right to stop her.

Katie?

- Start running for congress.
- I give up.

You know when you leave here, you're just
a girl who's been working in this house.

You become a candidate for the United
States House of Representatives.

Running on an opposition ticket.

Further, I don't think you are
the least qualified to run.

I mean to use every device
of my power to defeat you.

Yes, Mrs. Morley.

Good bye, Katie dear.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Aren't you going to
wish me luck, too?

Good luck, Katie.

Good bye.

It's a rotten shame to
take a nice girl like

that and just toss her
into a den of lions.

Your concern wouldn't be because
you're in love with her, would it?

Of course not. It's just that
she's a very, very sweet

girl and a fair play...

In love with her?

I don't know why I'm
crying, Mr. Clancy.

Because you can't bear
to say goodbye to me.

Yeah.

I guess that must be it.

I'm going to let you
in something, Katie.

- What?
- It might bring you luck.

Oh?

Well, for forty years now I've
been voting for the Morleys.

This time I'm going
to vote for you.

- Oh!
- That's not changing anything.

Because in my book
you're Morley people.

Go ahead, driver.

Twelve.

Because I believe...

that only in cooperation with
the rest of the world...

can we achieve an eternal
and happy peace.

I shall work for the
rights of all people

no matter what their
color or religion...

and I shall support every
measure that endorses...

and furthers these rights.
I thank you.

Yes?

Hello, Katie.

Oh, Mr. Morley.

I dropped by because I'm
on my way to Washington.

Ladies and gentleman!

- Tonight I am here to ask you...
- No, no Miss Holstrom! Wait!

Opening speech, take twelve.
Begin.

Ladies and...

Oh.

A recording machine.

Yes.

I make the speeches...

and we listen.

Oh, Congressman Morley,
these are my brothers.

Peter.

- Peter.
- Congressman.

And Sven.

- Congressman.
- Sven.

And this is Olaf.

Olaf.

Oh, and Mr. Winder,
my diction teacher.

- Hello.
- How do you do?

Was that your first
speech I just heard?

Uh, yes. You see, my problem with
Miss Holstrom is to give her voice

body and size.

And I think we're
coming along very well.

You do?

I do.

But, do you like it, Mr. Morley?

I'm afraid I'm not
in a position to...

Oh, no, go ahead tell her. We
want to know what you think.

On the basis of the few
words Mr. Morley has heard

I don't think he's in
a position to judge.

As a matter of fact, I am
in a position to judge.

There's nothing wrong with the speech
except the way you make her say it.

I think it's outrageous.

- You do?
- I do.

That's what I've been telling
you for the last three years.

Listen to what I was saying.

No, no, no!

It's too late to calm down.

Gentlemen, gentlemen!

I suggest you conclude your business with
Congressmen Morley so we can go ahead.

You go ahead now.

Out.

I beg your pardon.

He said go on out. Beat it.

You're out of a job, Mr. Winder.

Go now, Mr. Winder.
It will be safer.

See here, I'm not accustom
to this being, this...

Where are you taking me?
Put me down!

Put me down! I insist!

Say "goodbye".

Well!

I'm sorry of I did anything to
create an unpleasant situation, but

- I really don't think...
- Please don't worry about it.

My brothers were ready to throw
him out a long time ago.

Hello?

Congressmen Morley? Yes.

Alright. Your driver's downstairs.
He says if you want to

make that plane, you'll have
to leave in a few minutes.

- Tell him I'll be right down, please.
- Alright.

Be right down.

I came to say goodbye because...

at the house I...

I didn't say goodbye
the way I wanted to.

Oh, thank you very much.

Good luck, Katie.

Every kind of good luck.

Just a minute, Congressman,
you can't go now!

You must stay and tell Katrin
what she's doing wrong

and how she should do it right.

- She needs your help.
- The Congressman has to make his plane.

Instead of wasting two minutes
talking about the plane

he could be telling
you what to do.

- Please tell her.
- Tell her what to do.

Well, uh...

Look, Katie...

just...

just remember why you've
been chosen as a candidate.

I saw you at the rally. You got
up on your feet and spoke simply

and honestly about
what you felt.

That's the way you've got to talk
through the entire campaign.

You mustn't be giving bad imitations
of a lot of bad speech makers.

'Cause you can't win by yelling in
a loud voice and waving your hand

and tearing at your hair and
going into a lot of double talk.

You've gotta talk like...

Mr. Clancy told me about how
simply you read my father's speech

that day in the library. Talk like that.
Just, just...

be yourself.

Try it again.

Here?

Ladies and gentlemen...

tonight I want to ask you for the
most precious thing you own.

Your vote.

That's it! That's
the way to do it!

Congressman Morley, thanks.

What you did for her in two minutes,
Winder couldn't do in two weeks!

Thanks, Congressman.
Come one, Katrin.

Get up on the platform and talk.

- Let Mr. Morley hear for once.
- Alright.

Yes, you go ahead. I'll
stay as long as I can.

Go on now, Katrin. "The
power and right..."

This power...

and right to vote is something
you must cherish and guard...

with courage and dignity.

When someone asks you for your vote,
you must be jealous of that vote.

You must ask yourself, "Who
is it I'm voting for?"

What kind of a person?

What does he stand for?

What does he believe in?

Nothing wrong can happen
to you, the people,

if you will use
your vote properly.

And no one man or...

- Go on, Katherine!
- Don't stop!

Don't stop now!

No one man or group of
men can hurt you...

if you will use your power of
a free and honest election.

I just ran this on the machine.

I can't understand it.

Mrs. Morley says she can.

48% for that girl. With our machine
and all the money we've spent

Finley ought to be at least
85% two days before election.

Has Glen left Washington yet?

He's leaving by plane tonight.
Have you seen these?

He's due here at 6:30
tomorrow morning.

He'll make four speeches
in the district and

we'll put him on the
radio tomorrow night.

He's got to get in
there and slug.

Not that I'm worried, of course.

But this girl has been
getting away with murder.

Come in.

Excuse me.

There's a man here who
says he wants to see

whoever is in charge of
Mr. Finley's campaign.

What does he want?

He says it's very confidential. He
couldn't tell it to anyone but the boss.

Alright, send him in.

Will you come in, please?

Thank you.

How are you gentlemen and lady?

Oh.

- Hello, Mr. Finley.
- How do you do?

I guess you don't remember
me, Mr. Finley, but

we have met on a
number of occasions.

Oh.

Oh, yeah, yeah, glad
to see you again.

You wanted to see me?

Uh...

If you're the boss.

He's the boss.

Is it okay if I talk in
front of, uh, I mean...

What I have to say is
kind of confidential.

Okay, sit down. What
can we do for you?

Well, there's a kind of
talk going around that...

this here Katie is running
away with the election.

Katie? You know her?

I'm the one who brought
her to capital city.

Friend of the family?

Yes, ma'am.

I stayed with her folks up in the country.
I'm a painter, see?

I painted her folks barn.

Get to the point.

Well, gentlemen and lady...

I'm here in the interest of
good American citizenship.

I don't think that a tramp
should run for congress.

And I got some...

some very personal information
about this Katie.

About a night she
stayed at a motel...

where due to circumstances,
there was only one...

What's your point in coming
here with this information?

Like I told you, ma'am,
good citizenship...

the right representative
for our congress, and...

I suppose you expect some
expression of our gratitude?

No, ma'am, I don't expect
to get anything for this.

But, things have been a little
rugged in the painting business.

If I could lay my hands on
a couple hundred dollars

so I can go away and
get rid of this.

Ty, open the window. Let's
get some air in here.

What kinds of a campaign do
you think we're running?

Now get out of here
before I throw you out.

I can prove it, I was there.

You heard what the man said.
Now go on, beat it!

You don't have to
take my word for it!

I wonder if he could prove it?

It's an obvious
piece of blackmail.

For $500 that man would sell
out Finley if he wanted to.

A fella comes in with a
perfectly good story.

We don't even listen to him. We
throw him out of the office.

What goes around here? Are we
for me or are we for Katie?

I haven't quite made up my mind.

That may be very funny to you, Mrs.
Morely.

But, I spent 20 years
of my life in politics.

I can match that and add 20.

Oh, I know. I guess I'm a little bit
jumpy, Mrs. Morely. Forgive me.

I have no complaints. You
put on a swell show.

Anything you say
is okay with me.

I know I'd be a dead duck
if it weren't for you.

Well, there's nothing more I can
do around here today, folks, so...

I guess I'll run along and
check with some of the boys.

You can see for yourself, Glen.
It's fully documented.

That first one is the
farmer's sworn statement.

He's the one Katie
paid $50 damages to.

The other one's the mechanic. He got
$25 from Katie to fix Adolph's Jeep.

And here's one from the woman who ran
the motel. All sworn statements, Glen.

You people have been as busy as
little beavers, haven't you?

Must have worked all night to get
here so early in the morning.

Who asked you to do this anyway?

Now just a minute, Glen.
This is a hot story.

Loaded with enough dynamite to blast
this cheating, no accounting...

Shut up!

Glen, we have to be practical.
This is a campaign.

In politics you use
every break you get.

Virginia, don't
print that story.

Why, Glen Morely. I seem to remember
you on the platform saying, quote

"I'll fight for free speech
and freedom of the press."

Now look.

I know I'm in no
position to insinuate...

- You're in no position period.
- Now stop this. Both of you.

Remember this, Agatha. They go to
the polls tomorrow morning at seven

and we stand a darn good chance
of getting our ears pinned back.

Now you tell Glen.

Do we want to win this
election or don't we?

I'm sorry it had
to come to this.

I suppose we have
to win an election.

Hello? This is Thatcher.

Give me the press room, please.

- Hello, Carl?
- Hold it, Virginia.

I... If you let her print
that story, I quit the party.

Sorry to hear you take
that attitude, Glen.

Don't like to think of a
Morely leaving the party.

When your father died it was a little
tough for us for a while, but...

we made it alright.

I guess we can make it again.

If you're going over to warn
the opposition don't bother.

The story's in type
and ready to roll.

Okay, Carl, start running.

Ms. Holstrom, please.

- Ms. Holstrom's not here.
- Where is she?

I don't know.

Just a moment.

Where's Katie?

- Congratulations, Morely.
- Where is she?

She left an hour ago. We were tipped
off then that the story was in type.

Where'd she go?

Morely, this is a rotten
way to win an election.

Even if it's true, you
shouldn't have done it.

What do you mean,
"even if it's true"?

She went back with her
brothers to their farm.

- Eddie.
- Yes, sir?

Call the party
workers to stand by.

I have a slight hunch
something's libel to pop.

- Why?
- How do I know? This is politics.

Hello, Peter!

Hi, Olaf!

Sven.

- Mrs. Holstrom.
- Yeah.

- Can you tell me where...
- Yeah, yeah.

Oh, thank you.

I...

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Excuse me, now. Sorry.
Pardon me.

Katie.

Oh, Glen.

Glen, I love you.

- I love you so much.
- Katie.

How would you like to go
to Washington with me?

You'd be the happiest girl...

who never got elected
to congress.

Of course, darling, of course.

Glen...

Papa's old fashioned.

You'll have to ask him, too.

Where's Papa?

Papa, this is Glen Morely.

Yeah, I know.

From your picture.

Mr. Holstrom, I want you to know that I had
nothing to do with what was in the papers.

- Yeah, I now. From your picture.
- Thank you.

Oh, it's sad this had to happen.

Sad for Katrin and sad for
the people that love her.

I know how you feel
because I love her, too.

We want to be married, Papa.

- And you come to me for permission?
- Yeah.

Did you come to me for permission when
you ran away from capital city and quit?

- I told you before that...
- You told me lots of things.

You ask me nothing.

You want her to quit, too?

I thought it'd be the
easiest thing for Katie.

Yeah.

The easiest thing.

The easiest thing when I come here 40 years
ago would be to let the earth lie dead.

Unploughed.

The easiest thing would
be for me not to raise a

family and make them believe
the things I believe.

You want to get married.

Well, go ahead.

This is not important to me.

I thought that Katrin was
married to the truth.

But now that she wants to quit
and that you want her to...

I don't care whether you
get married or not.

Are you trying to make
me feel ashamed, Papa?

Yeah, but only ashamed
for quitting.

If you want to be in congress
then you must fight.

How can a woman fight the kind of
lies they've been printing about her.

If she goes back they'll
simply print more lies.

He's right, Papa.

I don't care what they say
in papers or anywhere else.

Woman or man, if you don't
want to fight for the truth

then you shouldn't
be in congress.

Will you help me fight?

Mr. Holstrom, I wish I had
you for my campaign manager.

- Good.
- Oh, darling.

- You make fine son-In-law.
- I hope.

I know, from your picture.

Close the door.

Glen.

Where on earth are
you talking from?

Oh, how is Katie?

I suppose you think that comes
as a big surprise to me?

They're going to be married.

I wish we hadn't walked out of
here quite so fast this morning.

I've had a very interesting guest
for the past couple of hours.

Ah, an interesting guest.

You stay there,
wait for my call.

Alright, Glen.

Agatha, how long are you going to
let that fella hang around here?

Stick around, Joseph. Things
may get more interesting.

Bring that in.

Congratulations.

On the wedding, I mean.

Thank you. Maybe I can give
Glen a wedding present.

Here's how.

Uh, just been having a little
drink with the senator.

Thank you.

You know it's a great
privilege to be chatting

with you socially in your home, Mrs.
Morely.

You're practically a
legend in this state.

- You and the senator.
- Allow me, sir.

I don't really think... Just
one more and make it short.

You know Mr. Finley, you were
of great service to the party.

Yeah, but you didn't believe Adolph
the first time he came in, did you?

There's only one thing that's
worrying me, Mr. Finley.

What's that?

You must have paid
him a lot of money.

I think the party should
give it back to you.

Oh, don't worry about Joseph.
He's been a Morely for years.

What I know, he knows.

Well, that's good
enough for me, Joe.

I'll tell you a little secret...

I gave Adolph $500.

You're not going to turn that house
painter loose with all that money.

Oh, no.

I got him in protective custody
until after the election.

In a safe place, I hope.

In my lodge up in Palooma Lake. Nobody's
going to go that far to look for him.

And if they do, they'll be sorry. I've
got my toughest boys guarding him.

Your boys?

You have your own
machine, Mr. Finley?

It's a national organization
the boys and I belong to.

You're looking far ahead. I suppose you
have a name for your organization?

Oh, yes indeed.

We gotta stay undercover for a while,
but we're doing a beautiful job.

We got a great plan mapped
out to educate the public.

What do you want the public
to believe, Mr. Finley?

I want them to believe in our
type of 100% Americanism.

- Now, 100% American is...
- White.

Right.

No foreign born.

Right.

The right kind of religion.

Exactly right, Mrs. Morely.

I guess I know where you stand.

You're leaving this house now
or I'm going to throw you out.

Joseph, how dare you talk to
one of my guests like that.

- You're not serious about this.
- Joseph.

I'm afraid we'll have to
speak about this later.

Mrs. Morely, I'm not accustomed
to speaking about things later.

Mr. Finley.

I'm afraid I'll have to
let Joseph throw you out.

- What kind of double crossing deal is this?
- I'm counting three.

- Mrs. Morely!
- Get going.

Mr. Finley.

You forgot your hood!

Will there be anything else, Mrs.
Morely?

Yes, Joseph. Get Glen on
the telephone right away.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, sir.

Hey, wait a minute. Who's going
on the radio? Katrin or Glen?

We'll know more about it when he's through
talking to his mother on the phone.

Oh.

You fellas know a short
cut to Palooma Lake?

- I do.
- That's where we fish.

- We're going fishing.
- Yeah?

- For Adolph.
- I can't wait.

Glen! Wait a minute.

Now, look, getting Adolph out of Finley's
place may be a pretty rough deal.

Glen, if I don't go, Papa will
give it to me good and plenty.

Oh, no. I'm not quitting
on anything anymore.

Wait a minute!

Good evening. My
name is Harry Selby.

Well, what do you know.

I hate to disturb you at this late hour, but
I wonder if you could direct me to the.

O'Shea Lodge.

- This ain't it.
- Oh, I know it's on the north shore.

This is the south shore.

I know I must have taken the
wrong fork in the road.

You see, I used to live here some
years ago, but, well they've changed

the signs or something. Then,
everything was dirt roads and

you could find things easily. How
long have you lived around here?

- I'm a tourist.
- Oh, you...

And the north shore is
right around the lake.

On the opposite side
of the south shore.

How do you get there?

You got a car?

Oh, yes. I've got one of
those new models. It's a...

Well, drive it.

- This car ain't one of ours.
- Finley was right.

Wouldn't it be easier
to go by boat?

Yeah, it'd be easier to go by
boat, but I ain't got a boat.

Oh, you can get boats now. I saw a
cruise advertised the other day.

O'Shea's got a beauty.

Harry Selby, tractors and farm equipment.
We got out a newline...

Look, Mr. Selby, go away. Beat it.
We're very busy in here right now.

I got my friend in here
on a triple blitz.

- Oh, good...
- Now, go away. Beat it.

And give my regards to
your friend, O'Shea.

Oh, do you know O'Shea?

No, I don't know O'Shea and I
don't care if you do either.

Take him back!

Hey, Sven!

Stay here!

Glen!

You alright?

Stay out.

Look out below!

Get Adolph!

He's gone!

I got him.

I'll stick with the party if we
dump Finley and say so publicly.

But, that's going to
be impossible to...

Call up the newspapers
and get out an extra.

How we going to
get out an extra?

We start getting in support of
Katie and get it on the radio.

- But, you can't tell...
- All of this must be done by 7 o'clock.

But, I...

That's what the man said, Hyde.

Hello?

What?

YES!

Party withdraws it's support
unconditionally from Anders J. Finley.

And urges all voters to back the
candidacy of Katrin Holstrom.

We”, call up the landlady
and get the name straight.

We now bring you an exclusive
interview with Adolph Petrie.

I lied and I'm sorry I lied.

Everything I said
about Katie is a lie.

Mr. Finley gave me $500
to lie about Katie.

This is Katrin Holstrom.

I am very grateful for the trust
and the confidence placed in me.

And I promise that I will do everything
in my power to fulfill that trust.

One hour and fifty-five minutes
from now the polls will open.

I urge you as citizens who
want good government...

Let me repeat, our party has withdrawn support
from Anders J. Finley unconditionally.

We urge you to go to the polls this
morning and vote for Katrin Holstrom.

Good!

Mr. Finley was my leader,
and it was an order.

He said, "Once a member of the organization,
always a member of the organization."

I knew what would happen
if I didn't obey.

I swore to all the lies
he told me to say.

I'm not quite sure the protocol
in a case like this, but...