♪ In the heat
Of the night
♪ I've got troubles
Wall to wall ♪
♪ In the heat
Of the night ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Must be an ending
To it all ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ But hold on ♪
♪ It won't be long ♪
♪ Just you be strong ♪
♪ And it'll be all right ♪
♪ In the heat
Of the night ♪
♪ In the heat
Of the night ♪
Okay, I'm where
I can hear you now.
Can you hear me?
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute!
Hang in.
We'll connect.
Who was that
On the phone, judge?
Todd.
Where is he?
We got cut off.
Why aren't you
Letting me talk to him?
I said
We got cut off.
Don't raise
Your voice to me.
And don't try
To hide nothin'.
He got thrown
Out of the academy
Four days ago...
For doin' something nasty.
Were you listenin' in
On my telephone?
Yes, I was.
Bring me a drink.
( Car starts )
Answering machine:
This is judge walker.
I can't take the call.
Please leave a message.
I'll call you back.
( Beep )
Grandfather?
It's todd.
It's a little after : .
I'm here in sparta now.
I'll see you soon. Bye.
Good morning,
Judge.
Good morning, sheriff.
Glad to see you.
Save me a trip
To your office.
Well, how can I
Help you, sir?
The police and the sheriffs
Of this county
Are supposed to enforce
The laws against trespassing.
Has become a campground
For vagrants and bums.
You know it,
The police chief knows it,
Yet you allow it
To continue.
Of course
It just gets worse.
Yesterday, I went
Out to earl's creek
Try to shoo off
A couple of them families--
There's about people--
And I got sh*t at!
Did you report that
Yesterday?
I'm reportin' it now.
I would also like to report
And I might of hit somebody.
I hope I did.
Did you, uh, report
All particulars
To chief forbes?
All particulars.
Oh!
I been over in texas
Couple of months.
Yeah.
Heard you got married...
To a woman of, uh,
Different color.
Yes, different
From yours and mine, judge.
How different?
Uh...the difference of...
Between lightly done bacon
And dead-white pork fat.
He demanded I do something
He refuses
To call them that.
He actually ordered me
To call them vagrants.
He said "homeless"
Was too sympathetic.
Were you out there
On a call?
Yes, sir.
Bubba went out there
And advised
Some migratory people
To keep on moving.
We're not gonna
Apply force.
You know, protectin' land
For wild animals
And chasin' human beings
Off of it,
That ain't to my likin'
One bit.
Now, I know
It must be done,
But I don't have
To like it.
( Chuckles )
Oh, boy.
Good morning!
Yeah, I know.
Excuse me,
Chief forbes--
Good morning,
Sheriff.
Good morning, parker.
Parker, come on in.
Yes, sir. Uh...
I just put, ralph hatcher
And his wife amy
In the conference room
For you.
This is probably
Just a routine
Missing persons,
But after that kidnap thing
The other day,
We're just a little nervous.
I know ralph hatcher.
You wanna go
Say hello to them?
Yes. I do.
Morning.
I'm chief forbes.
I expect y'all know
The sheriff?
Amy. Ralph.
Well, I'm sorry
About this.
I was just telling
The sergeant there
That I got a feeling
The same person got peggy
That abducted
The bailey girl.
At least,
I was hoping so,
'Cause the bailey girl's
Alive and home.
And i--i was kinda hopin'
P-peggy could be, too.
That's all we want.
Mr. Hatcher,
Peggy hasn't been missing
For even a day, right?
That's right,
She was supposed to be home
Yesterday at five--
She was on her bike.
She's about ,
Now, ain't she?
Nineteen, bill.
Does she have a boyfriend?
No, sir.
Um--now, that's not
Quite right.
She got rid of him.
It's probably him
That took her!
The boyfriend?
Ralph, that's crazy!
Is it crazy?
How crazy is it, bill?
Amy: lyle harms would
Never do that to peggy.
Force her?
r*pe her? Why?
'Cause he's
A pervert--that's why!
Mr. Hatcher, come on.
Sit down now.
Please.
Yeah.
Let's talk
About him.
Find out
A little more about him.
Bubba.
Yeah, huh?
That kidnap case...
Anything more
On the report you gave me?
Yeah, I got
A full statement
On audio tape
From the bailey girl.
Any further description
Of the guy on it?
Yeah, uh, she said
He was sorta skinny,
Uh, medium to tall,
Dark hair,
Complexion, she thinks.
But a white guy.
Poor mr. Hatcher
Seems to think
( Piano plays )
Expected you yesterday.
Well, you know things
Never go the way you plan.
You have any idea
How embarrassing this is?
Yes, sir.
It's very embarrassing.
You know how many
Academic buffoons I had to buy
To get you
Into that academy?
Yes, sir. Three.
The colonel,
And the alumni president,
Major fromley.
Well, you're gonna enroll
In sparta college.
It's a far cry
From the academy, but--
I'm not goin'
Back to school.
You're not?
I'm not.
Well...would you tell me
What you've got in mind?
Nothin'.
Nothin'?
Nothin'.
( Knocks on door )
Woman: yes?
Afternoon, ma'am.
Please come in.
I'm captain skinner--
And don't I know you?
I'm a friend
Of chief forbes.
You and I met
At the police softball game.
Yeah, we sure did.
Please have a seat.
Well, thank you.
Thank you.
I've never had an office visit
From the police before,
So let me guess
What this could be.
No, I'm not sellin'
Tickets to anything,
Asking for a donation,
Or gonna haul your car.
Well, then maybe
I'd better let you tell me.
Yes, ma'am, I understand
That peggy hatcher
Is a student in your class?
Yes. My class
In american poetry.
I see her twice a week
At : .
I'll see her again
Tomorrow.
Uh, was she
In class yesterday?
No.
She miss many classes?
Yesterday was
The first.
Why are you asking?
Well, uh, nobody's seen her
Since yesterday morning,
And her parents
Are pretty worried about her.
Well, I would be, too.
Yeah.
Uh, miss clarke,
Is there any students
In your class
That peggy is
Particularly friendly with?
Um...i don't know.
I'm sorry, I wish
I could be more helpful.
No, no, no.
That's okay.
Thank you for your time,
And it's nice
Seeing you again.
Nice seeing you, too.
Oh, captain?
Yeah?
Let me know
If you hear anything.
Yes, ma'am.
I sure will.
Lyle, can I talk to you
For a moment?
See you later.
What's up, lonny?
Did you date a girl
Named peggy hatcher?
Yeah, I dated her--
And broke up with her.
I need to know
When you saw peggy last.
Peggy in trouble?
Peggy's missing.
She's got her natural daddy
In baton rouge.
She visits him
Quite a bit.
I don't blame her.
What do you mean
By that?
Her stepdaddy--
Hatcher.
What'd he do,
Run you off?
Runs everybody off.
Okay. Thanks.
( School band plays )
I'll see you.
Bye.
( Doorbell rings )
Hey, hamp.
Come on in.
Chelsea, how you doin'?
I'm fine.
Mama, hamp is here.
Woman: okay.
Question for you...
Who's the cute cop
Whose name is toby?
Covey?
Covey--that's right.
What's his first name?
Ken.
Yeah, ken.
He told me once,
But I forgot.
Hey.
Hi.
Now...how did you
Meet him?
He was on campus
Looking for druggies.
How you know that?
That's the word
That's out.
Cop on campus tryin'
To make a cocaine bust.
So much for
Our undercover work.
This girl's
Been walkin' around
Chelsea:
Mama, he might be
At the dance tonight.
I wanna make sure
I have his name ready.
I want you to call if
You think you gonna be late.
Call who? You gonna be
At a dance, aren't you?
Probably not for long.
I'm goin'
By myself tonight.
You alone?
( Sighs )
I know.
I guess nobody cares.
Oh...
Hand me my purse.
( Laughs )
Have fun.
All right, baby.
Come on. Let's go.
Forbes: see you later.
All right.
Bye! See you later!
Bye.
( Car starts )
Oh, katherine anne porter--
True southern writer.
Texas, I believe.
And I love her.
But you have to admit
Well, he sure
Knew his own.
I've had a couple
Of nightmares about
That snopes family.
I think he wrote snopes
True to type,
But that wasn't
Faulkner's type.
No, no, any more
Than you can say
That I'm, uh,
Judge walker's type.
Who?
Gentleman sitting
Right there in the corner.
Both bill and I have had
An eye on him.
Why?
Well, he's interesting.
As a type once common
In the south,
You could say
He's now a dinosaur.
Yet, someone might see
Him and bill
And say, "same type."
Could.
Well, I don't think
Bill's ever gone out
To dine alone
In his life.
Why, no,
Unless you'd allow
That fat eddy's barbecue
Is dining.
( Laughter )
Espresso?
Cappuccino?
Perhaps
A little dessert?
Ah, espresso doppio.
Anybody else
Want that?
I wanna know
What the hell "doppio" is.
( Laughter )
That means double--
A double one.
He wants a double.
I'll just
Taste his.
( Engine dies )
( Engine hesitates )
Gosh.
Hello.
Hi.
What's wrong?
I don't know.
It just d*ed.
Could you be
Out of gas?
No, I filled
It up today.
Why don't you
Give it a try?
Okay.
( Engine hesitates )
I think
Your battery's dead.
You know, I know somebody
Who lives near here.
Oh. Well, great.
Can i, uh,
Can I give you a ride?
Okay. Thank you.
We don't hear much
About judge walker.
Well, he only uses
The house nowadays.
What?
The judge used
To work that place.
He had farmland,
He had timberland,
He even ran
Animals out there.
Cattle and horses.
I didn't ask you
What he did,
I said we don't hear
Very much
About judge walker
Or any of his family.
Well, he's
In the oil business.
Is that why we don't hear
Very much about him--
'Cause he's
In the oil business?
He just isn't here much.
He--he comes quietly,
And he goes quietly.
Well, where's
The walker family?
I really don't know.
Anyway, he's raising hell
With me and forbes
For allowing transients
To go camping on his land,
So I'm just refreshing
My memory
About the extent
Of his land, and...
It's extensive.
You like felicia?
Who?
Hamp forbes's date tonight.
Felicia clark.
Yeah, she's a lovely woman.
Very nice.
Intelligent woman, too.
Are they in love?
No.
I can't believe
You're going on duty now.
Do you really think
I'd make up
A thing like that?
( Chuckles )
I don't see
Chelsea's car.
( Both laugh )
I took due note of that.
However...
So...
( Clears throat )
If I call the station
In about half an hour,
You will be there,
Right?
I refuse to answer
A silly question like that.
But why don't you
Just call and find out?
Mm, I just might.
Good bye.
( Laughs )
Bye.
( Tires screech )
Forbes: hey, fellas.
Hey, what's goin' on,
Chief?
What's going on here?
The dance ended--what--
Right about midnight?
And I left.
Nothin'.
The students
Know him, chief.
They know me, too.
We're gonna have to recruit
Teenagers for this drug stuff.
I saw three or four guys who
Sure didn't belong in school.
They weren't trying
To make connections...
Just girls.
So covey...
Not to seem
So suspicious,
Got busy
Doing the same thing.
Just danced a couple
Of dances, chief.
( Pager beeps )
Thanks, fellas.
All right.
( Phone rings )
Hamp.
Hi, baby.
Hey. Chelsea's
Not home yet.
It's three
In the morning.
You think she might
Be staying the night
With somebody?
Mm-mm.
She would've called.
She hasn't called.
Would she call you
If she was staying
With a young man?
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe not.
Well, listen,
I'm sorry for bothering you.
She'll probably come
Walking in here any minute,
And I'm gonna k*ll her
When she gets here.
You stay cool
With her now.
When she comes in,
You call me back,
All right?
Okay, hamp.
Thanks.
Yeah. Bye.
Walker: yes, I understand
All your commitments
And duties
And obligations
To the magical city
Of birmingham,
But just set them
Aside for a few days
And come on over here
And see our boy.
Well, he got himself
Kicked out of the
Academy for some...
( Chuckles )
Serious social offense.
Now, I can get him
Into sparta college here,
But I need you
To help me convince him.
No, I believe you oughtta
Drive over here tonight.
( Door opens )
Wait a minute, I gotta go.
I hear him coming.
No, I will not speak
Further on the phone.
I will speak to you
When you get here.
Wait a minute, boy.
( Sighs )
It's late, pappaw.
Taps blows at ten
At the academy.
I need hardly
Remind you--
But the academy shaped
So much of my life,
Which is what you wanted
It to do, didn't you?
Let's go in the study.
I'm tired, pappaw.
Tired.
And what have you been doing
To tire yourself out so?
Good night, sir.
Because tomorrow,
You're gonna have
To have a clear mind.
( Knock on door )
Ms. Clark, chief.
Come on in.
Hamp,
Chelsea never came home.
That's okay.
Sit down.
Lonny, miss clark
Is here now.
Have you tried calling
Any of her girlfriends?
Yes.
I called three of them.
One of them
Was at the dance
And they said
Chelsea never showed up.
You sure chelsea went
To that dance?
Yes, that's where
She was going.
I checked her closet.
She wore a new red dress
And her red pumps.
Lonny, this is
Ms. Felicia clark.
Felicia, this is
Lieutenant lonny jamison.
How do you do?
We'd like to ask
A few questions
About chelsea's friends.
I asked sergeant corbin
To join us.
She's working with me
On this one.
Hi.
Ms. Clark, did chelsea
Date only students?
No. There was one, uh...
Off campus.
I have to try to remember
His name now. I--
That's okay.
Just take your time.
Hey, you jackson?
That's right,
Darlin'.
Rodney jackson?
No, michael jackson.
I just work at this
To stay in touch
With the real world.
I'm rodney jackson, man.
What's up?
Do you know a girl
Named chelsea clark?
Yeah,
I know chelsea.
When'd you see her last?
Last night.
You were with her?
No, I said I seen her.
Where was that,
Rodney?
Right here.
She went by in a car
With a white guy driving it.
They were goin'
Up that way.
You wash cars
At night?
I was just standin' here,
Girl.
You live here?
Sho', I live here.
That's my house.
You think I wash cars
Usin' somebody else's water?
All right,
A white guy driving.
Can you tell
What kind of car?
Um...
A zx.
A new, dark blue one.
Blue nissan.
Thank you, rodney.
Parker here.
Give me chief forbes.
Chief forbes,
We're out on route nine,
And we just found
Chelsea clark's car
Sittin' on the side
Of the road.
Which direction
Was she headed?
Well,
North towards campus.
What's it look like?
Looks like somebody parked it
And just left it.
Have it towed in,
Parker.
Over and out.
Yes, sir.
Will do.
Campus drug case
Can wait a couple days.
Let the pushers relax,
Expose themselves
A little more.
I've taken covey
Off the case.
We need to chase
This missing girl thing.
What happened
To it?
It's gonna be hauled in.
Go take a look
Under that hood, will ya?
Girl: yes, sir.
Gillespie: let her
Look under there.
Check the carburetor
And the distributor,
Cristina.
Yes, sir.
Let me take a look.
Some.
It's fuel injection,
Sheriff.
But the wire has been
Pulled off the alternator.
Now, the battery would have
Enough juice to start,
But the car would die
After a couple miles.
How do you know
It was pulled off?
I don't know,
To tell the truth.
You don't think
It would wear off,
Do you, parker?
No, sir.
I guess not.
Somebody wanted this car
To stop right around here.
( Rustling )
Don't wanna get
Too much sun.
I'm fine, pappaw.
Just fine.
They're fixin'
To put lunch on.
Do you wanna think
About coming in,
Changing
Into your clothes?
Lewis is bringing me
Something.
I think, todd,
We oughtta talk,
You and i, about a...
Strategy in dealing
With your mother.
Is mama the enemy?
Well, we mustn't always
It has
Diplomatic applications, too.
That's what
I'm thinking about.
I couldn't get any answer
Out of his apartment at all.
Got any idea
Where he is?
He went to kuwait.
You know his
Telephone number there?
Yes, I do.
I presume you, uh...
Talked to him
And discussed this...
Mess at the academy?
Yeah. He, uh,
He didn't think much of it.
He just said, "get yourself
In somewhere else."
Did you mention
To your daddy...
The nature
Of your offense?
Todd...
I, uh, wanna know
What you told your daddy
So I can decide whether
That's what you
Oughtta tell your mama.
I-i-i--i told him
I broke the rules.
I went off campus
During restricted hours.
I was trying
To see a girl.
Somehow, the town cops
Got into it...
Some foolish charges
Were made...
And the school
Told me to go home.
But you didn't go home.
Pappaw,
That house in birmingham
Where mama does her thing
And the apartment
In london...
And the motor home
On the oil fields--
My only true home
Is--is here.
You are an unregenerate liar.
( Laughs )
Your daddy and mama
Are morally corrupt,
And you're worse.
I don't know
Where you picked that up.
You didn't spend enough time
Around your parents
To catch it from them.
You don't have
To be with them, pappaw.
It's--it's congenital.
You gonna be blaming me
For it in a minute, huh?
Of course I will.
Lewis: judge walker?
Yes? What is it,
Lewis?
Telephone call
From birmingham.
Want me to switch it
Out there?
No. You take it.
Tell the caller
That I will not speak with her
Until she arrives here--
In this house.
( Sighs )
Awful hard
To love you, son.
But I do.
I love you.
Thank you, pappaw.
( Chuckles )
Hey, tommy! Tommy.
Come here.
( Exhales )
Her body
Was lying right there.
You sure
About that rope?
Yes, sir. Her hands
Were tied with it.
But the last time
You saw the man,
He had that spade
In his hands?
Yes, ma'am.
He sure did.
And then
You just took off?
Yes, sir.
I sure did.
What do you suppose
He's gonna do with that spade?
Bury her.
Yeah. Yeah...
But he changed his mind.
At least
About doing it here.
Is he gonna
Come after me?
No, he sure better not.
I got a feeling we're
Gonna catch him pretty soon.
Yeah.
( Siren wailing )
( Siren stops )
Uh, chief forbes?
This here
Is garvin loomis.
He found
The girl's body.
You touch the body?
Where is she?
She's down
By the river.
It's horrible.
I feel sorry for the parents,
Whoever they are.
I got a daughter, too.
Thank you, garvin.
You just stay right here.
How dare you treat me
The way you did
On that telephone yesterday.
Sit down, mary.
Lewis, maggie, somebody!
Come on out here!
I apologize, child.
You really think
A simple apology
Will make up
For your brutal manners?
I apologize abjectly.
Now, please, sit down.
( Door opens )
( Door closes )
Don't yell at me
Like that!
It gets on my nerves.
What do you want?
A double bourbon over ice,
Maggie, please.
And something
For miss walker.
What can I get for you,
Miss mary?
I'll have
The same, please.
With water in it.
Yes, ma'am.
And welcome back
To sparta.
( Chuckles )
Welcome back
To sparta!
I think you and I
Have to devise a plan
To save your son
From disaster.
I don't know
How to save him from it.
He needs
Professional help.
He is not a mental case.
He needs....
Intelligent supervision.
That's all.
He needs to be given
A purpose in life.
The academy
Failed with him.
You and I must not fail.
I...tried to call
His father.
I never could reach him.
( Sighs )
This is the first headache
I've had in a while.
Aw...
I'm sorry.
You look
Awful pretty, though.
Just goin' crazy,
So i--i...
Here I am.
Doing this.
Whatever this is.
We found her dead,
Honey.
What?
Wh-where--where was she?
By the river.
She was...
Wh-what?
What!
Strangled.
Oh!
Who did...
Did they r*pe her?
Don't know yet.
This is chief forbes.
Send an ambulance.
Uh, sparta college.
Ames building,
East campus.
Now, now.
You all right?
Yeah, mama.
Well, ma'am, mr. Owens.
Hey, there.
Hey.
I'm captain skinner,
Sparta police.
This here
Is sergeant shepard.
Hi.
He's really cute.
Most of the time.
You help the officers?
Bubba: yeah, he did.
Uh, you sure you folks
Wouldn't, uh,
Like to try out
That shelter in town?
No. Uh...
Folks in there
Ain't too kind to kids.
This ain't so bad.
We'll work it out.
Yeah...
Uh, tommy told me
Drives a "z"?
Yeah.
He was driving around
This way, that way.
Scared me.
How's that?
I thought he was
Working for the man
That owns this land.
I bet he buried that woman
Around here.
You gonna tell us
To move on?
No, sir, I'm gonna ask you
To stay right here
So I can get
A hold of you.
Now, do y'all need
Any food or...anything?
We fine.
But thanks.
Yeah, well, thank you
For your help.
Later on, kid.
Later.
Damn.
( Pebbles clatter )
Uh...
( Screams )
( Yells )
Yes, th-this is lucy dobbs.
Mcdowell hall,
Second floor.
Some guy just climbed
Up to my window,
But--but then he fell
And...now he's lying
On the ground.
Now, is that the guy?
Yeah, that's him.
And you're
Absolutely positive?
Yeah,
I'm positive.
( Siren approaches )
( Siren stops )
This is lucy dobbs.
Ma'am.
She made a positive
Identification on the suspect.
He's all yours.
Got any identification
On you?
Yeah.
Mr. Walker,
You're under arrest
For trespassing,
Breaking and entering,
And being
A peeping tom.
Officer, my grandfather
Is judge barton walker.
Stand up, please.
I don't need handcuffs.
Hold your hands out.
I will make you do
What you're told
If I have to.
Can't we go
Without the handcuffs?
I hurt my arm.
Well, give me the arm
That wasn't hurt.
You have the right
To remain silent,
Anything you say can
And will be used against you
In a court of law.
You have the right
To an attorney.
If you can't afford...
( Mumbling )
Thank you.
Her own doctor's
Coming in.
He told me her health
Is generally good.
But she passed out.
Could it have been
A heart att*ck?
No. She just fainted.
It happens.
A sudden shock,
A change in blood supply
To the brain.
She had her eyes open.
But I guess not.
She's under all the sedation
We can give her.
Felicia: harriet?
Harriet?
Yes, dear.
I'm here.
I'm so worried about mama.
Don't worry
About your mama now.
But she's not strong,
You know.
Don't worry
About her now.
I don't see
How I'm gonna tell her.
This is gonna k*ll her.
Her mama's been dead
For years.
Don't worry about her.
She's gonna be all right.
I'll be right outside
If you need me.
Harriet?
Harriet...
Yes, I'm here.
Hey, doc.
How's miss clark doing?
Oh, she'll
Be all right.
Can I talk to you
A minute?
Yeah, sure.
Chelsea clark
Was, I'd say, r*ped.
But her assailant did not
Complete the deed.
So we have
No dna-type evidence.
No.
Doc, do you, by any chance,
Know judge barton walker?
No.
Oh, I met him once,
Long ago.
His grandson, todd,
Has been arrested
For a sexual offense.
You don't think
That walker boy
Had anything to do
With this m*rder/r*pe case,
Do you?
I don't know
What to think, doctor.
I'm looking
For some answers.
Good morning.
The chief?
Oh.
Good morning,
Chief forbes.
Morning, miss hallisey.
You have the bail bond?
I sure do.
Right here.
Has todd walker been
Brought back from court?
Yes, sir.
He sure enough has.
He's waitin'
In the conference room.
Take miss hallisey in,
Please.
Yes, sir.
Will do.
Thank you.
Here you go.
( Door closes )
( Sighs )
Well.
So I'm still
On the hook, huh?
Not a trial.
That's to come.
Where'd they get
Breaking and entering?
I never got in her room.
Might be considered
Getting in.
Stupid.
You mean...
It's not normal?
It's--it's a crime...
To wanna see
A woman nude?
( Scoffs )
That is a simple-minded,
Useless question
That you are asking
To evade the real issue.
I think you
Should answer it for me.
I mean, now...
Here I am sittin' here
Lookin' at you,
Thinking you'd look...
Beautiful with nothin' on,
And that might make you mad
To hear me say that,
But can you say
That that's not normal?
No, I can't.
That's normal.
And legal?
It's legal.
So?
So, it's not...
Legal or normal
To contrive to see me,
Without my consent,
Without anything on.
But suppose you
Didn't know about it.
What would the law care?
And what would you care
If I saw you...
A woman always wants
To know about that.
Therefore,
She has the right.
That's what the law thinks,
And that's what I think.
Fine. Fine.
( Doorbell rings )
Maggie,
Get me a vodka.
Don't be ridiculous.
Just a minute.
Your mother's here.
Say hello for me.
We've been waitin'.
Tell me what to do,
And I'll do it.
Hello, mama.
My god,
Look at you.
Please, mama.
Todd, you loved travel--
I hate travel--
Hush up and listen.
Fine.
Just don't tell me
What I love.
Excuse me, todd.
I need to speak
To all three of you
About this case.
What I wanna do
Well, we avoid this case
By persuading the d.a.
Not to bring it.
We can't rely
On the authorities.
We have to make
Independent moves.
( Todd laughs )
For instance,
I have to jump bail, right?
I did not say that.
I-i-i'm guessin'.
Because mama said travel.
Am I warm?
I am going to go,
Wait a minute.
All right.
I'll wait...
One minute.
Just long enough to say
What should be done.
Todd should be committed
Immediately for treatment
In a place
Outside of pascagoula.
He's on bail.
He can't leave here.
Judge, either I
Handle this case,
Or you handle this case,
Listen to her!
These women'll
Carve you up, pappaw.
Now, I will handle
Getting him in there,
And then I will do my best
To persuade d.a. Darnell
And judge whitley
That he should stay there.
Stay there? What the hell
Does "stay there" mean?
In my experience,
"Stay there"
Means a year.
Why?
( Doorbell rings )
A year is nothing.
Todd: hell, I handled three
At the academy.
I might even meet some girls
At the looney bin down yonder.
Maggie: didn't y'all hear
That front bell ringing?
Do I have to run every time
The doorbell rings?
( Doorbell rings )
There it goes again.
Good afternoon,
Sheriff.
Ms. Delmar.
I see judge walker's
In there.
Yes, he's standing
Right there, sir.
Thank you.
I hope I don't
Disturb you, judge.
Well, it is
A peculiar time.
I mean, without notice...
I find that making
Phone calls to people
Works against me
In this job.
Miss hallisey.
Sheriff.
I'm gonna say "good day."
I must be going.
Welcome back
To sparta, ms. Mary.
Thank you.
Can I fix
You gentlemen anything?
A little bourbon and ice,
Please, maggie.
I'll have the same,
Ms. Delmar.
Uh, those trespassers,
They're a family
Of three.
They're going
Up to the natchez trace
Then going on
Into tupelo.
They tell me
They'll be gone by friday.
There's a problem here.
A deep one.
I'm sorry
About that.
You're aware,
I'm sure,
Of todd's arrest?
Yes.
Damn fool kid.
More ardent than romeo
Ought to be...
And not as good
A climber.
And, uh, not invited up
By juliet, either.
Hm.
( Dog barks )
( Whining )
Uh, you better get the boy
Back there a little way.
I don't mind.
The radio.
Dispatch,
This is the sheriff.
Uh, we want to get the coroner
Out here as fast as you can.
I'm on the walker property
Just over the other side
Of county road.
Ten-four, sheriff.
Ten-four.
Hey, doc.
The girl y'all found
By the lake was also r*ped,
But there was no semen.
Just like chelsea clark.
That's right.
Boy, todd walker's been
A busy boy, hasn't he?
On the nd,
He picks up peggy hatcher.
On the rd,
He kills peggy hatcher
Out there at the barn
That little kid showed us.
That same day, he shows up
At his grandaddy's house.
Then on the night of the th,
He kills chelsea clark.
The very next night,
He gets picked up
For peeping tom stuff.
Chief, you thinking
About arresting him?
( Sighs )
You don't wanna know
What I'm thinking, doc.
Um, doc, what we're trying
To find is some clothes.
You see, both of the
Girls were found
Completely undressed.
We've got us a witness--
We're withholding
His name at the moment--
Who saw todd walker
Getting ready
To bury peggy hatcher.
Thanks, doc.
Uh, chief,
Where you goin'?
Um, I'm goin'
To get him.
Oh...maybe I oughtta
Go do that.
I just wanna get two hands
On him for two minutes.
I know, maybe that's
Why I oughtta go.
Captain,
Get out of my way.
Chief, you ain't goin'
Out that door!
Get out of my way!
Chief forbes!
Let me go!
Now, this woman,
Sarah hallisey,
Is the best.
I don't mean
The best woman lawyer,
I mean
The best lawyer.
Now, she's handled
Some tough cases.
I mean
Civil rights cases,
I mean m*rder cases,
I mean as*ault cases.
And she does a lot of work
For nothing, too,
'Cause she also happens
To be rich.
Does my father-in-law
Know her professionally,
Or...personally?
Both--her people are
In the oil business, too,
Over in east texas.
Boy, it's sarah!
And then you better go
Join the navy for a spell.
Maggie, I wish
You'd let us raise him.
I'm not tryin' to raise him.
I'm tryin' to save him!
Todd walker,
I'm gonna have to ask you
Mary: what, again?
What'd he do this time?
You're under arrest
For the murders
Of peggy hatcher
And chelsea clark.
Wait one minute,
There, officer.
Bubba: nothing you say
Is gonna keep me
From taking you in.
Cuff him, charlie.
Yessir, captain.
Watch my arm.
Anything you say
Will be held against you
And used as evidence
To prove you guilty,
So I caution you
Not to say nothin'
Without advice and consent
Of your attorney. Let's go.
I can walk.
Where's the judge?
The judge went
For a walk somewhere.
Bubba: he'll be
In sparta city jail, ma'am.
He's lost.
We're all lost.
( Knocking on door )
( Doorbell rings )
Yes, sir?
What in hell
Is going on here?
Jamison: it's
An authorized search, sir.
For what?
As stated
In this warrant.
Who issued
This impudent document?
Was it that idiot simms?
If you'd have taken
A moment to look,
You'd know
It was judge whitley.
Ah, the woman.
Of course.
Show a woman
An alleged peeping tom,
And she wants
To hang him.
Show us to todd walker's
Room, please.
But where is todd now?
Walker: show 'em
The door, lewis.
Not a damn thing else.
Okay, let's find it.
You look upstairs,
I'll check down here.
I will not allow
An improper fishing expedition
In my house.
Get off of those stairs!
You wanna go to jail, too?
Now, judge,
We gonna search,
And it's gonna
Take a while.
I wish you'd take a seat
And calm down.
The hell I will.
You didn't listen to me,
Judge. I said homicide.
The peeping tom case is over.
Your grandson is gonna
Answer for m*rder.
My god, you--
You don't mean that.
Maggie: lord,
Make it not true!
Todd never k*lled anyone.
Well, who said...
Well, tell me about it!
What happened?
What--tell me
What happened.
What--what is this
All about?
It's about two young girls.
Students at the college.
Oh, no...
Excuse me, sir.
No, no, no.
Anything, dee?
Now, you're sure
Bustin' in here's okay, right?
We got a warrant,
Don't we?
Well, home sweet home.
Hey, parker.
This was the rope
That was used
On chelsea clark.
Maybe the same kind
Of rope,
But it probably ain't
The same rope.
Yeah,
But I bet it was.
Covey.
Yeah?
Chelsea clark's clothes.
No, there is no statement!
The press can attend
Open court like
Everybody else.
No, sir, I do not believe
You're entitled
To know everything
There is to know.
Or I'd be obliged to tell you
Everything I know,
And I am not so obliged.
Well, I will note
Your comment.
Good day, sir.
Son of a bitch.
Gerard, you'd better
Calm yourself.
You don't wanna reach my age
And look like this, do you?
The arrogance
Of our local press
Is truly amazing.
They're just trying to imitate
The fellas in the big leagues.
Well, the last thing
I wanna do
Is reveal our case before we
Make it to the judge,
Who, I believe,
Can read.
Sometimes I wonder
If he can think, however.
Do you have any, uh...
Concerns about judge simms?
I do.
He's a menace.
But I've got my case.
Clerk: all rise.
The honorable judge simms
Presiding.
Be seated.
Todd walker has been charged
With the r*pe and m*rder
Of peggy hatcher
And, in addition,
He has been charged
With the r*pe and m*rder
Of chelsea clark.
How does he plead?
He pleads not guilty,
Your honor,
To all charges.
I have before me
A motion
To suppress certain evidence.
Yes, sir,
That is my motion.
Has the district attorney
Been provided
With a copy
Of this motion?
I have, your honor.
And I'd say
It's spurious.
The search warrant
They're trying to invalidate
Was legal, binding,
And absolutely enforceable.
Walker: no, your honor.
The search violated
Todd walker's--
My grandson's--
Fourth amendment protection
Against unreasonable
Search and seizure.
Whispers: judge walker,
Please sit down.
Your honor,
The cabin is not specifically
Mentioned in the warrant.
Your honor,
This so-called cabin or shed
Falls within the curtilage
Of the main premises.
That is not so,
Your honor.
Judge walker, please,
Would you tell the court
Where it is?
It's a very small cabin.
It's over yards
From my house.
Additionally, it is separated
By a public access road
And fenced
Within its own enclosure.
Now, I have
A photograph here--
I have no intention of ruling
On this motion right now.
The motion will be entered
Into the record,
And the court
Will take a recess.
We will reconvene
After I have had time
To study the motion.
Your honor, would you care
To set a time now?
No.
My clerk will telephone you
When I'm ready.
Clerk: all rise.
Court is in recess.
You think you're
Gonna get away with
This kind of flimflam?
Well, well.
Do I detect
In our police chief
A touch
Of emotional bias?
Yes, you do.
Chelsea clark
Was very close to me.
So it goes in small towns.
Too bad.
By the way,
If this is a flimflam,
So is much
Of the constitution.
( Piano plays )
You better come with me.
They don't want me there.
I don't care
What they want.
I'm telling you it makes
A poor impression on the judge
When a boy's mother is not
There in the courtroom.
I know that judge.
That's all the more reason--
No!
( Music stops )
( Voice breaking )
There are many things...
You don't know.
( Music resumes )
I know this...
This is a family which
Is wandering in the dark.
( Music stops )
Strangers to the lord.
Yes...
That's true.
The lord has kept me here
Years
In the hopes
That I would bring ya'll back.
But he gonna soon release me
From that task.
Nobody wanted me there,
Maggie.
( Music resumes )
( Music stops )
I don't like this
A damn bit.
Your honor,
I hope you've had time
To glance at those cases.
I glanced, yes.
Well, sir,
They both apply here,
Where the space searched
Clearly falls
Outside the curtilage.
It simply not part
Of my house,
Therefore, it's not
Covered by the warrant.
Darnell...
Why the hell
Didn't you list that space
In the warrant?
The police requested
The warrant--not i.
The warrant...
Was faulty.
No, it's perfect.
It was the police action
That was illegal.
Your honor...
Our case centers
On chelsea clark's clothes.
Now--
Throw the thing out,
Henry.
Precedent demands it.
Sir, in that case of brooks
Versus the united states,
And the united states
Versus dunn--
Miss hallisey...
I know the cases.
Yes, sir.
It was a bad search.
Judge...
The rope and the clothes
In that shed
Tie the two murders together.
I cannot allow
The evidence...
And I fault you.
You, sir.
Yes, sir.
Excuse me.
Forbes: all of which
Means what?
It means, in brief...
Don't count on anything.
Well, this term
They're using in there--
The curtilage--
Didn't that used to mean
The property
Within a courtyard?
It means the house
And the grounds,
Or is that too simple?
Well, yeah,
It means
The immediate grounds--
At least,
According to this judge.
What are we supposed to tell
The parents of these kids?
Todd walker will not
Get off, hampton.
There's nothing wrong
With our evidence
In the hatcher case.
What am I supposed
To tell felicia?
Lord. How is she?
She's not good, bill.
She's up and around...
But she's not good.
( Sighs )
I'm sorry, your honor.
I would've
Let you know sooner,
But I just found out
This moment myself.
Mr. Walker, are you seriously
Dismissing your counsel?
My pappaw can answer
For me, judge.
It isn't a question
Of dismissal, your honor.
Miss hallisey and i--
We're co-counsel.
She is merely stepping away
On other business
For this afternoon.
I will assume conduct
Of the case.
I have no objection,
Your honor.
Is this your request,
Miss hallisey?
Sir, I believe
That this change
Is for the best
For everyone concerned.
Good day.
Walker: now, the matter
I'd like to be heard on
Is the matter of bail.
Naturally, your honor,
I'm asking
That my client
Be released immediately
On reasonable bond.
Your honor, the state
Strongly objects
To any form of bail.
r*pe and homicide are among
The most odious of felonies.
Todd has no prior
Criminal record.
He is innocent until you
Can prove him guilty.
Todd walker poses a danger
To this community.
I will take personal
Responsibility for him.
The boy poses no danger.
Are you willing
To put up title
To the walker estate?
Yes...i'm willing.
Bail is granted
On that condition.
Darnell: judge simms,
I will officially--
( Gavel bangs )
Court is adjourned.
Clerk: all rise.
This ain't right.
It's over for peggy,
It should be over for him!
Gillespie: no, no.
Sit down, sit down.
What?
The judge let todd walker
Out on bail.
Out?
He's gonna be out?
Just till the trial,
Darlin'.
Hamp...
There's no way
He can get off, is there?
No.
He's going to be tried,
Harriet,
For the hatcher case,
At least,
Where we got good evidence,
He is going to be convicted,
And he will get the limit.
Limit? Wha--?
The d.a. Is gonna demand
His life.
No doubt about it.
When will he give
His life?
When is...
When is he gonna pay?
Felicia...
It's not about when.
I don't even think
We should be here.
I'm gonna take you home.
Go ahead, felicia,
Please?
I beg you,
Go home.
Walker: you did not commit
A willful wrong,
And you shouldn't have
To answer to one
Because your will
Was not free to run!
But is held stockaded
By your inferiors
At the academy.
They were superiors
Last time I heard
Them referred to.
Great molders of men.
Discipline for the pure sake
Of discipline
Is the idiot's delight.
The mass of men
Eat it up with gratitude.
But the special man...
Spits it out
With disgust.
Thank god
The jury didn't hear that.
No jury will ever
Hear this case.
Who...who is this person
Approaching up here?
Maggie!
There's a colored woman
Walking up here.
You better come up
And speak to her.
Who is she?
Is she a friend of yours?
What's she doing
Coming up the front way?
I don't know
The woman, judge.
Well, ask maggie.
Something we can do
To help you?
Maggie!
What are you doing
All this yelling for?
Don't you see lewis
Standing right there?
What is it you want?
( Maggie screams )
She sh*t him!
She sh*t him!
( Maggie crying )
Oh, god!
Get the emergency.
Call emergency!
Stop that woman!
( Engine shuts off )
Visitor's parking
Is around back, sir.
I don't want to park.
If you wanna
Just wait, sir,
Waiting's around back,
Too.
Don't wanna wait.
I want the sheriff
To come out here now.
He's in there.
I see his car.
Yes, sir,
He is in there.
Tell him...
Judge walker's here.
Yes, sir.
Take all the time
You need.
Thanks, bill.
We have to talk
About a lawyer.
Does my sister
In houston know?
She'll be here tomorrow.
Now for a lawyer, hm?
I don't want
To talk about it.
All right.
I lost my child.
I--i always would say,
When she was little...
I'd say to god,
"God, let...let her grow up.
"And let me see her...
"Ready for life.
"Show me how to raise her,
"And what to teach her, lord.
"I don't care about me
Or what I have.
"Just so long
As I can protect her.
"It's all I want
For myself.
But let me not lose her."
What is my life
If I lose my child?
You'll forgive us,
Lewis and me,
For...blocking things here.
Oh, don't fret
About it, judge.
How can I help you?
When can I see
The colored woman
Who took
My grandson's life?
Uh...ms. Clark won't be
Allowed any visitors
For nine days.
Routinely?
Yes, sir.
And, uh, even then,
You have to have
The prisoner's consent.
What do we have
To ask her for?
Just let me stand
In front of her
For a minute...
So that I can say to her
Because of her...
I rise up in the morning
Without any reason
In this world to do so.
I ask lewis here,
I say, "lewis,
"Please, tell this old man
What he's doing up and around,
Because he simply
Does not know."
And lewis does not know,
And so he says nothing.
And I would say to her...
"Woman...
"Tell this old white man
What he's doing here...
"Now that you have taken away
The one reason
For his being here."
Let me say that to her,
Gillespie.
Please, would you?
That woman needs
To hear that.
Would tomorrow
Be all right, judge?
Yeah...
Tomorrow's all right.
I'll be back here tomorrow
At this same time.
Thank you.
Good day, sir.
Good day, sir.
( Engine starts )
Think he'll really
Come back tomorrow?
I don't think so.
What will you say
If he does?
Same as I said today.
"Maybe tomorrow, judge."
You think
He'll believe that?
No.
You sorry for him?
No.
♪ In the heat
Of the night ♪
08x01 - A Matter of Justice
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A sequel to the 1967 film, follows the cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
A sequel to the 1967 film, follows the cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.