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The Hidden Well (1951) is a classic vintage film featuring mystery, suspense, and dramatic moments. Set against the atmosphere of classic cinema, the story unfolds around a hidden secret that leads to unexpected events. Enjoy this timeless 1951 movie and experience the charm of vintage filmmaking.
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00:02:29Every now and then the child just wanders off Sheriff. I wouldn't worry too much about her Mrs. Crawford. Children
00:02:35sometimes have a way of doing that. I scolded her this morning before she left for school. She'd stop to
00:02:40water the flowers. My grandchild loves flowers. She's always watering the flowers. I scolded her because I was afraid she'd
00:02:47be late.
00:02:50It's Carolyn. She's lost again. We've looked everywhere. Martha, you shouldn't have called me away from work again.
00:02:55But I'm worried, Ralph. She didn't come home for lunch and I went up to the school and the teacher
00:03:01said that Carolyn didn't get to school this morning.
00:03:03Martha, I can't leave my job every time Carolyn is lost for a few hours. It was hard enough to
00:03:08get a good job in this town and I don't want to lose it.
00:03:11But she's never been gone this long before. I scolded her this morning.
00:03:16All right, all right, honey. She's been scolded before. She'll be home soon.
00:03:21We'll find her, Mrs. Crawford. The town isn't so big that Carolyn could stay lost for very long. I'll need
00:03:25this picture. I'll have my boys keep an eye out for her. If she turns up, give me a ring.
00:03:29Thanks, Sheriff. She's so little. So helpless. If I only knew she was all right.
00:03:39Come on, Ralph. Let's go out and have another look.
00:03:46This time, Dad, don't try to stop me from giving her a spanking. I'm going to teach her never to
00:03:50do this to us again.
00:04:08Let's go.
00:04:08Anything doing, Ben?
00:04:09Not much. Kid lost. Want to take this stand?
00:04:14Carolyn Crawford, Negro, age five. Wearing blue dress, plaid collar. Last seen about 9.15 this morning leaving for school.
00:04:21Sheriff's office. McClure speaking.
00:04:22Pass that on to the boys. Tell him to keep an eye out for her.
00:04:25For you, Ben.
00:04:26Better check with the hospital, Mickey, just to make sure.
00:04:28Right. Hello. Oh, hello, Miss Peterson.
00:04:31All units. Attention, all units.
00:04:35I'll be right over.
00:04:36Child lost. Carolyn Crawford, age five, Negro. Last seen about 9.15 this morning leaving for school.
00:04:42Wearing blue dress, plaid collar.
00:04:58Wearing blue dress, ladies and gentlemen leaving for school.
00:05:05Are you sure you saw a man talk to Carolyn this morning?
00:05:08Yes, sir.
00:05:09When was this, Peter?
00:05:10When we were walking in school.
00:05:12He didn't see the mask! I saw him!
00:05:15I did so.
00:05:17Do you remember where this was you saw the man talking to Carolyn?
00:05:20By the flower shop. Mr. Woody's flower shop.
00:05:24Every morning she starts to look at the flowers.
00:05:27Peter, can you tell me what this man looked like?
00:05:29He was a big man. Almost as big as you.
00:05:32He was very old. About 200 years old.
00:05:35He was not. He was real fat with a great big head.
00:05:40He looked like Uncle Twiggy.
00:05:42That's right. He was Uncle Twiggy.
00:05:45A character out of one of our story books.
00:05:49All right, children. That's enough.
00:05:51Now go out to the yard and play.
00:05:58When Mrs. Crawford came to see me, I saw no particular cause for alarm
00:06:02because Carolyn has wandered away before.
00:06:04But then I got to thinking and I questioned the children.
00:06:07Of course, I'm not sure that it's not their imagination,
00:06:09but I thought you ought to know.
00:06:11Well, I doubt if there's anything to it, but I'll check on it anyway.
00:06:13Oh, I hope so. Carolyn is such a shy, sensitive child.
00:06:16She could be frightened so easily.
00:06:19Thank you for calling me, Miss Peterson.
00:06:24Oh, I wouldn't mention this to anybody. I mean about the man.
00:06:27I understand, Mr. Kellogg.
00:06:51She was standing right there outside the window looking at the flowers the way she does every morning.
00:06:56Then this fellow walked out and spoke to her.
00:06:58After a minute, he came in and bought some flowers.
00:07:01Then he went out and gave them to her.
00:07:03But I didn't pay much attention at the time.
00:07:06Are you sure you never saw this man before?
00:07:07No, I never saw him before.
00:07:09What did he look like?
00:07:10Well, he was sort of an average looking fellow.
00:07:13I wasn't paying much attention then.
00:07:16Late thirties, early forties, sort of a fair complexion.
00:07:21Brown hair, maybe blonde.
00:07:23Blonde hair?
00:07:24Oh, he wasn't colored. He was a white man.
00:07:28Well, look, Ben, I know it sounds kind of stupid, but I can't even remember how he was dressed.
00:07:34I'm pretty sure he was wearing a gray suit, a dark gray, but I couldn't swear to it.
00:07:39But you'd remember him if you saw him again.
00:07:41Oh, yes, I'd know him all right.
00:07:43All right. If you can think of anything else, give me a call.
00:07:45Well, he was an average sort of fellow about my height.
00:07:48You think there's anything to it, Ben?
00:07:50I don't know, Mr. Woody, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about this tenure.
00:07:54Don't worry, Ben.
00:08:02I thought you were out delivering Mrs. Wilson's order.
00:08:04I'm making it up now.
00:08:11Oh, Jimmy.
00:08:13Yes, Mr. Woody?
00:08:20You'd better get those flowers over to her right away. She's waiting for them.
00:08:23Yes, sir.
00:08:52You're waiting for them.
00:08:55Mark, you cover this section right down to Elmhurst.
00:08:58Fred, you cover up to the parkway.
00:09:00That leaves from the parkway up to Laurel for you, Al.
00:09:03Woody's description of the guy isn't much to go on, Ben.
00:09:05It's all we've got.
00:09:06Stan, you better put this out on the teletype.
00:09:08Get some more prints made of this and send them right out.
00:09:11Check bars, hotels, movies. Run down any leads you get.
00:09:14But try not to make any fuss about it.
00:09:16We don't want to stir up any unnecessary excitement.
00:09:18I don't know how much there is to all this, but we can't afford to take any chances.
00:09:21But just in case, we're going off half-cocked.
00:09:24Mickey, you and Chet keep looking for the kid.
00:09:26Look any place in this town where a kid might be.
00:09:29Let's get on it, boys.
00:09:31Well, one thing we can be sure about, the guy certainly isn't after ranching.
00:09:34Knock off on that talk, Chet. Let's not jump to any conclusions.
00:09:37Sorry, Ben.
00:09:41Say, Roy, have you seen anything of a guy about 40 years old in a gray suit, a stranger in
00:09:45town?
00:09:45He hasn't been in here, Mickey.
00:09:47Well, let us know if you do, will you?
00:09:48Okay.
00:09:49Good.
00:10:15Good.
00:10:31Anything wrong with the food?
00:10:35Hi, Ben.
00:10:36Hello, Casey.
00:10:41That's a very pretty picture you put up, Casey.
00:10:43How could you tell from where you were looking?
00:10:49Going to have lunch?
00:10:51Just coffee.
00:10:52Seen any strange men in here today?
00:10:54No stranger than usual.
00:10:55I was about 40, average height.
00:10:58Brown hair, maybe blonde.
00:11:00Not my type.
00:11:02Medium build.
00:11:03Maybe wearing gray suit.
00:11:05Personally, I go for sheriff's uniform.
00:11:09You know, with a little encouragement, I close up the place right now.
00:11:16Your water's boiling over.
00:11:19Hi, Gleason.
00:11:20Oh, hi, Quig.
00:11:21Hi, Quig.
00:11:22Hi, Quig.
00:11:22Hello, Casey.
00:11:23Hi, Ben.
00:11:24Give me a salad, will you, Casey?
00:11:26Combination?
00:11:26Sure, that's okay.
00:11:27Well, looks like you've got a little trouble on your hands, huh, Ben?
00:11:30Beats me what some fellows will do.
00:11:31I hear it's a white man you're looking for.
00:11:33You got any ideas who it is?
00:11:34What's it all about, Quigley?
00:11:35White man kidnapped a colored girl.
00:11:37Talk going around to kill her.
00:11:38All right, Quigley, you can drop it.
00:11:40Huh?
00:11:40I said drop it.
00:11:41What's playing, Ben?
00:11:42Yeah, come on, give out.
00:11:43Our kid's lost when we're trying to find her, that's all.
00:11:46Why do you have to keep shooting your mouth off, Quigley?
00:11:48Well, you don't have to go into a snit about it, Ben.
00:11:50I'm just telling what I heard.
00:11:51Well, you can forget what you heard, all of you.
00:11:53Bad talk, it can cause trouble.
00:11:55Hello?
00:11:56Yeah, just a minute.
00:11:57It's for you, Ben.
00:11:58When does it happen, Ben?
00:11:59I said drop it.
00:12:01Hello?
00:12:02Yes, Dan.
00:12:05Well, keep them there.
00:12:05I'll be right over.
00:12:07I'll talk to you later.
00:12:08Bye, Ben.
00:12:12Huh.
00:12:13You pin a badge on some of these guys, it goes right their head.
00:12:16You think I was causing all this talk.
00:12:18I'm just saying what I heard, it's all over town anyway.
00:12:21Seems all this guy picked this kid up, just outside of Woody's shop.
00:12:27Too much pepper.
00:13:07They're inside.
00:13:08Any word to hear the boys?
00:13:09They've all called in, no news yet.
00:13:14I've heard you're looking for a man, Mr. Kellogg.
00:13:16I want to know from you if it's true.
00:13:25The man was seen with your little girl early this morning.
00:13:28Then it is true.
00:13:29We're still not sure this man has anything to do with Carolyn's disappearance.
00:13:32We've got to find my baby.
00:13:33We've got to find her before something terrible happens to her.
00:13:36I've got all my men on it now.
00:13:37We're doing everything we can as fast as we can.
00:13:39Maybe you haven't found him because he's a white man, Sheriff.
00:13:42Phil!
00:13:44Mr. Gaines is Carolyn's uncle.
00:13:45You can understand, Sheriff.
00:13:47We're terribly worried about my granddaughter.
00:13:49I realize that.
00:13:50But I also want Mr. Gaines to know that the man's color has nothing to do with it.
00:13:59I know what you're going through, Crawford.
00:14:02And I promise you we're doing everything we possibly can to find your child.
00:14:11What will I tell my wife?
00:14:21This man you're looking for, Sheriff, what's he look like?
00:14:25Maybe we can find him.
00:14:27I think you better let us take care of that, Gaines.
00:14:37Come on in, Bert.
00:14:39Ben, he was this close to me.
00:14:41I could have reached out and touched him.
00:14:42Bert saw the guy with the Crawford kid.
00:14:43I was making my deliveries on Samson Street when I seen this fellow and the little girl.
00:14:46Believe me, he was as far away as you are now.
00:14:48What time was this?
00:14:49Well, I got to Samson Street on my route about 9.30, so this must have been about 9.45,
00:14:53I guess.
00:14:54Maybe a little later, but not much.
00:14:55Hold it, Bert.
00:14:56Now, try to remember everything.
00:14:58Can you describe this man?
00:14:59Tell me everything you can.
00:15:00Oh, sure, sure, sure.
00:15:01He was a fellow about medium height.
00:15:03He wore a gray suit, striped, I think.
00:15:06Medium build, about 140, 50.
00:15:10Brownish hair.
00:15:10Checks with Woody's description.
00:15:11I'm telling you, Ben, he was this close to me.
00:15:14Something kind of funny, him holding the little kid by the hand.
00:15:17I didn't think it was anything like this.
00:15:19I only know.
00:15:20Which way was he going?
00:15:21We crossed Samson Street and went on towards Townsend.
00:15:24Like I say, I never dreamt of this.
00:15:27I could have grabbed him, but I might have saved that little kid's life.
00:15:33You'd recognize him if you saw him again.
00:15:34He was this close to me.
00:15:36Checks got something hot.
00:15:38I'm telling you, Mickey, he was that close to me.
00:15:41If I'd only known.
00:15:42Yeah, I know.
00:15:43You could have grabbed him.
00:15:45Yes.
00:15:46Yes, Cheb.
00:15:47I'm at the bus station, Ben.
00:15:48The checkroom attendant thinks he saw a man get off the bus here this morning.
00:15:51I'll be right down.
00:15:54Why shouldn't I remember him?
00:15:55Only him and two women got off with the bus.
00:15:58All I can get out of it is that his initials are steeped.
00:16:00He comes from St. Louis.
00:16:01Wire the stations in Louis to see if they can help him.
00:16:03Okay.
00:16:03Now, anything else you can remember?
00:16:05Like what?
00:16:06All he did was check his bag.
00:16:08All right, after he checked his bag, which way did he go?
00:16:09Went out the door to the cab stand.
00:16:11How many ways could he go?
00:16:13Did he get into a cab?
00:16:14How could I tell if he got into a cab?
00:16:17I've been here in the cab's round side.
00:16:19Okay, that's enough.
00:16:20Thanks.
00:16:23Okay, Sheriff.
00:16:25Yeah.
00:16:26If I see him again, should I let you know?
00:16:29Now, what do you think?
00:16:34Addition checks, additional information.
00:16:36Suspects or initials are CP.
00:16:37Arrived on 845 bus from St. Louis.
00:16:39Seen at bus station in vicinity of taxi cab stand.
00:16:42Approximately 8.45 a.m.
00:17:00I'm sure I picked a guy up.
00:17:01Tell me what it's all about.
00:17:02I don't want to get anybody into trouble.
00:17:03The little girl, five years old, missing.
00:17:07I took him over to Sam Packard's place.
00:17:08He said something about being in a hurry.
00:17:10He wasn't going to be in town very long.
00:17:11Packard's construction company.
00:17:13Hey.
00:17:25He came here to see Mr. Packard.
00:17:27He seemed disappointed when I told him Mr. Packard was out on a business day.
00:17:29You want me?
00:17:31Hello, Kellogg.
00:17:32Hello, Wiley.
00:17:32Mr. Kellogg was just asking about the man who came to see the boss this morning.
00:17:36Packard's nephew?
00:17:36What do you want him for?
00:17:38Packard's nephew?
00:17:38Yeah.
00:17:39What's it all about?
00:17:40Do you know where I can find him?
00:17:41No.
00:17:41He said he was going into town.
00:17:43Be back a little later.
00:17:43What time was all this?
00:17:44Pretty early.
00:17:45A little after 9.
00:17:48Packard's construction company.
00:17:49Just a minute, please.
00:17:50What's it all about, Kellogg?
00:17:52It's for you, Mr. Kellogg.
00:17:53Yes.
00:17:55Yes, Dan.
00:17:57I'll be right in.
00:17:58They got him.
00:17:59Carol picked him up at the bus station.
00:18:00He went back for the bag.
00:18:01Sam Packard's nephew.
00:18:03That's great.
00:18:06Better get a hold of Packard right away.
00:18:12That's him.
00:18:12No doubt about it.
00:18:13That's him, all right.
00:18:17Yes, sir.
00:18:18That's the man I saw with Carolyn.
00:18:21Yeah.
00:18:22That's the guy who drove to Packard's office.
00:18:26Yes, that's the man.
00:18:27I'm positive.
00:18:28Thanks, Mr. Woody.
00:18:31Now, what if I did buy her some flowers?
00:18:33What does that prove?
00:18:34I'm no kidnapper.
00:18:35You can't accuse me of this.
00:18:36You haven't been accused of anything yet.
00:18:39Sit down, Packard.
00:18:44Just why did you buy her those flowers?
00:18:46I don't know.
00:18:48She was standing there with her face pressed up against the window.
00:18:54Well, I never thought it would get me into this.
00:18:57That was the last you saw of her.
00:18:59Yes.
00:18:59You were seen with her after that, Packard.
00:19:01The milkman saw you with her.
00:19:03A milkman saw me?
00:19:05Look, what are you trying to make of this?
00:19:06There was some traffic and I took her across the street.
00:19:09Then I sent her off to school.
00:19:10That's all there was to it.
00:19:11Then why did you lie?
00:19:12You said it was the last time you saw her.
00:19:14I'm not lying about anything.
00:19:15The whole thing's crazy.
00:19:17I bought her some flowers and I helped her across a busy street.
00:19:20That's all I did.
00:19:21Sit down, Packard.
00:19:26Why did you come to town today?
00:19:29Well, I haven't seen my uncle in five years.
00:19:32I was passing through.
00:19:34I thought I'd stop off and pay him a visit.
00:19:36Then why were you leaving without seeing him?
00:19:38I couldn't wait any longer.
00:19:39I wanted to catch the next bus out.
00:19:41Where were you going?
00:19:42Up the new mining project.
00:19:44I'm trying to get a job.
00:19:45What kind of job?
00:19:47I'm a miner.
00:19:49What kind of mines do you work, Packard?
00:19:51Gold, silver, copper.
00:19:53I work all kinds of mines.
00:19:55Where did you go after you left your uncle's office?
00:19:57I don't know.
00:19:58It was a nice day.
00:20:00I thought I'd see the town.
00:20:01Why didn't you let your uncle know you were coming?
00:20:03So you wouldn't miss him.
00:20:04Well, I hadn't planned on seeing him.
00:20:06It was only after the bus stopped here that I got the idea.
00:20:09Whereabouts in town did you spend most of your time?
00:20:12I don't know.
00:20:13I just walked around.
00:20:14I don't remember where I spend most of my time.
00:20:17What were you doing up on Samson Street?
00:20:19I don't even know if I was on Samson Street.
00:20:21I told you I don't remember the names of the streets.
00:20:23Look, she walked with me for a couple of blocks.
00:20:25I never saw the kid after that.
00:20:27I had nothing to do with her.
00:20:28You're not going to pin this thing on me.
00:20:30There were witnesses that saw you with that kid.
00:20:32She wasn't seen with anybody else but you.
00:20:35And she's been missing ever since.
00:20:42I've got two bucks, says I'll let him go.
00:20:44Oh, give the guy a break.
00:20:45Maybe he didn't do it.
00:20:46Tell him what kind of a break you had if it was one of us.
00:20:48He ain't kidding.
00:20:49Oh, you guys, come on.
00:20:50Give me, give me, give me.
00:20:53It's frightening to think that it could happen in this town.
00:20:56A man who would murder a child must be a maniac.
00:21:00Where is she now?
00:21:01I don't know.
00:21:02How could I know?
00:21:02What was your purpose in buying her the flowers?
00:21:04I didn't have any purpose.
00:21:05I just wanted to buy them for her.
00:21:07What else did you buy her?
00:21:08I didn't buy her anything else.
00:21:09Do you buy flowers for every kid you see?
00:21:11No.
00:21:12Look, will you give me a break?
00:21:14I've got a family.
00:21:15Don't mix me up in anything like this.
00:21:17What do you mean anything like this?
00:21:18What don't you want to get mixed up in?
00:21:20This kid.
00:21:21It's a terrible thing.
00:21:22How do you know it's terrible?
00:21:24Just how much more do you know that you're not telling us?
00:21:28The authorities are bound to be biased.
00:21:30It's only natural they'll be influenced by race prejudice.
00:21:32I don't think in this case, in this town, race prejudice will influence justice.
00:21:36But this is a unique situation.
00:21:38A white man's accused of a crime against a Negro child.
00:21:41This time the shoe's on the other foot.
00:21:45Where did you go after you left your uncle's office?
00:21:48I don't remember exactly where.
00:21:50I just walked around town.
00:21:52Did you walk through the business district?
00:21:53Yes.
00:21:54Did you see the movie theater?
00:21:55Yes.
00:21:56Did you walk as far east as the Jefferson Monument?
00:21:58No, I walked past the Jefferson Monument.
00:22:02What was playing at the movies?
00:22:03I didn't notice.
00:22:04How many stories high is the hospital?
00:22:06Two.
00:22:07Maybe three.
00:22:08I didn't notice.
00:22:08Then you were in the vicinity of the school.
00:22:10The hospital just a few blocks away.
00:22:12Look, I told you I didn't see the school.
00:22:14I don't know whether I was in the vicinity of the school or not.
00:22:18I told you everything I know.
00:22:29If you don't tell us where that kid is I'll tear you apart.
00:22:32Becky!
00:22:33Lay off.
00:22:37Book him.
00:22:38Sam Packer's outside.
00:22:45I've got a wife and two kids.
00:22:47I've got a wife and two kids.
00:22:49I've got a wife and two kids.
00:22:49What's that?
00:22:49I don't know.
00:22:49I don't know.
00:22:52I'll keep him in here.
00:22:55Hello, Sam.
00:22:57What are the charges against my nephew?
00:22:59Suspicion of kidnapping.
00:23:00Well, you'll ruin him.
00:23:01He's got a wife and two children.
00:23:03A filthy thing like this can ruin a man.
00:23:05If he's innocent, we'll find it out.
00:23:07And if he's guilty, we'll find that out too.
00:23:09But in the meantime, please don't interfere.
00:23:10But don't you understand?
00:23:12You mustn't even hold him for a thing like this.
00:23:14The stigma, the disgrace, you'll never live it down.
00:23:16I know these things aren't very pretty, but I've got a job to do.
00:23:19Then why don't you do your job?
00:23:21Release Packer's nephew before this turns into a real mess.
00:23:24This doesn't concern you, Wally.
00:23:25You have a white man in there, and that concerns a lot of people in this town.
00:23:28Ben, let me take him out of here now.
00:23:30I can't.
00:23:31But he didn't do it.
00:23:32You know he didn't do it.
00:23:33That's for a court to decide.
00:23:35A court?
00:23:37Ben, if you do that, if you drag him through this muck,
00:23:39I'll pull every trick in the game.
00:23:41I'll throw everything I've got into it.
00:23:43I'll prove it's a frame.
00:23:44That you'll try to make a hero out of yourself by framing an innocent man.
00:23:48You do just as you like, Sam.
00:23:52I want to see him.
00:23:53I'll be right to speak to him.
00:23:57You stay here, Wally.
00:24:02Hello, Sam.
00:24:06I'd like to speak to him alone.
00:24:17I'll have you out on a writ as soon as I get my lawyer.
00:24:20In the meantime, here's your story.
00:24:22You were with me, you understand?
00:24:23No matter what you've told them, you were with me all the time you were in town.
00:24:27Why should I say that?
00:24:28I'll quash this whole thing.
00:24:30They're not going to make a fuss over that nigger kid.
00:24:32Why should I lie?
00:24:32I've got nothing to lie about.
00:24:34Do as I tell you.
00:24:35You were with me all the time you were in town.
00:24:37I'll swear to it.
00:24:38And even you think I did this dirty, rotten thing.
00:24:41I'm not asking you whether you did it.
00:24:43I've lived in this town for 25 years and I won't be dragged through this scandal.
00:24:47I won't let you disgrace me.
00:24:49Oh, I see.
00:24:50It doesn't matter whether I'm innocent or not.
00:24:52It doesn't matter what happened to that kid.
00:24:53Just protect the name of Sam Packard from any disgrace.
00:24:56That's all that matters.
00:24:57Don't you talk that way to me.
00:25:00You'll do as I tell you.
00:25:01You'll do it and get out of this town and never show your face again.
00:25:06Get out of here or they'll really have something to hold me for.
00:25:18What do you think, Ben?
00:25:20I don't know, Mickey.
00:25:24Get the boys together.
00:25:25We're going to keep on looking for that kid.
00:25:31Packard went down there to get him out.
00:25:33What did I tell you?
00:25:35Packard's got it all fixed.
00:25:36They're going to let him go.
00:25:37And they'll let him go free.
00:25:39It proves my point.
00:25:40You can get away with the murder.
00:25:42As long as you're the right color.
00:25:51What is your nephew done with her?
00:25:52I don't know what you're talking about.
00:25:53Please, Mr. Packard.
00:25:54It's my baby.
00:25:55I've got to know what he's done with my baby.
00:25:56Get out of my way.
00:25:57Wait, Mr. Packard.
00:25:58Take your hands off of me.
00:25:59She's my child, Mr. Packard.
00:26:00You've got to tell me.
00:26:01You've got to.
00:26:02Get out of my way.
00:26:03Get out of my way.
00:26:07Mr. Packard.
00:26:08Are you all right?
00:26:09Come on.
00:26:09We've got to get out of here.
00:26:10Somebody get a doctor.
00:26:11What happened?
00:26:11The niggers did it.
00:26:13Sam Packard was beating up.
00:26:14Two of them jumped Sam Packard.
00:26:16Beat him up bad.
00:26:17A whole pack of them attacked this poor old man for no reason at all.
00:26:21Now they're going around town beating up white men.
00:26:23You've got to know how to handle them.
00:26:25You've got to keep them in line.
00:26:26Well, don't think we won't when the time comes.
00:26:28Hi, Chip.
00:26:29Hi.
00:26:29When they start beating up white guys, that's the time to do something.
00:26:33Well, Chip didn't exactly fall all over you.
00:26:36He seemed a lot more interested in talking about those niggers.
00:26:39And you told me he was so gone on you.
00:26:45Chip Wiggins.
00:26:46I don't think you even cared that I was just insulted.
00:26:49What are you talking about?
00:26:50Who insulted you?
00:26:51A nigger.
00:26:52Sally and I were walking along Parsons.
00:26:54You mean one of them made a pass at you?
00:26:55Well, what do you expect us to do?
00:26:57After all, we're just a couple of helpless girls.
00:27:01But if you just want to stand around here and yak about it.
00:27:04Come on, Sally.
00:27:05Lois, how could you do a thing like that?
00:27:09Are you sure, Tim?
00:27:10Sure.
00:27:11Come on, let's get ourselves a trick.
00:27:18Let me get out of them!
00:27:19Let me get out of them!
00:27:20Let me get out of them!
00:27:20Let me get out of them!
00:27:21Let me get out of them!
00:27:21Don't stop it!
00:27:22A whole mob of them nearly beat him to death.
00:27:27They beat up Belle Cross on Parsons Street.
00:27:29There were four white boys.
00:27:30And they killed a male on Parsons Street.
00:27:33That's two of them now.
00:27:40Yeah, a whole collard of them went after a couple of white boys.
00:27:43They were after a white girl.
00:27:44Those boys were just trying to protect her.
00:27:46They attacked a white girl.
00:27:47I heard she killed herself afterwards.
00:27:56Oh!
00:28:01Come on, come on, get out!
00:28:08Everyone, let's get him!
00:28:12You get out of your field, it's good for you!
00:28:13No!
00:28:14No!
00:28:19Get in here, son!
00:28:25I've seen kids playing in these fields.
00:28:26Yeah, keep an eye out for her.
00:28:46What do you see, Ben?
00:28:47Looks like something out there.
00:28:49Come on, Mickey.
00:29:05Okay, let's go.
00:29:07Wait a minute, Mickey.
00:29:10The kid likes flowers.
00:29:12No flowers around here, Ben.
00:29:13Let's have a look anyway.
00:29:15Okay.
00:29:15Hey, Ben!
00:29:15Hey, Ben!
00:29:15Hey, Ben!
00:29:17Hey, Ben!
00:29:42Hey, Ben!
00:29:44Hey, Ben!
00:29:51You better get to town fast.
00:29:52Sam Packett was beaten up
00:29:53by a couple of colored guys.
00:29:55Your right play Dominican guys.
00:29:55You keep on perspective.
00:29:56Prices throughout and over town may turn all over trouble, but of course it could in
00:29:59difficult.
00:30:01Mickey, you better come back too.
00:30:03Okay.
00:30:55Come on, come on, get out.
00:30:57All right, everybody.
00:30:57Come on, keep it back.
00:30:58Leave it here.
00:30:59We'll take care of it.
00:31:00I wish they'd never been born.
00:31:03Now listen, folks, go on home, please.
00:31:06This doesn't interest you.
00:31:07We're plenty interested, Ben Kellogg.
00:31:13Thank you, folks.
00:31:14Span on your feet, face the wall.
00:31:16But my arm hurts, they're spanned.
00:31:18Turn around.
00:31:23Get me the mayor.
00:31:24He's been trying to reach you.
00:31:25Where's most of the trouble?
00:31:26Most of it's in the west end, but it's spreading all over town now.
00:31:30Sheriff's office, stay in your house until a deputy gets there.
00:31:34Ten clock, thank you.
00:31:37Sheriff's office, I will send a deputy over as soon as we can.
00:31:42Hendricks Marcus, that's on the east side of town.
00:31:45We're doing the best we can, Mr. Hendricks.
00:31:47Get me the mayor.
00:31:51What's this?
00:31:51I picked him up on Samson Street, a street fight.
00:31:55Well, he certainly wasn't fighting all by himself.
00:31:57Where are the others?
00:31:58Well, the others were just kids, white kids.
00:32:01About 18 or 19 years old, and this guy jumped them.
00:32:03Mayor Gordon.
00:32:04How many of them were there?
00:32:04Sheriff, come on.
00:32:05Five or six?
00:32:08From the looks of him, they must have put up some battle.
00:32:12How old are you, sir?
00:32:13Mayor Gordon.
00:32:1418.
00:32:15Okay, Ben.
00:32:24Take him over to the hospital.
00:32:28Wait a minute.
00:32:29You take him over.
00:32:30You cover the desk.
00:32:31But Ben, you got me all wrong.
00:32:33Come on, son.
00:32:36Hello.
00:32:37Ben, where the devil have you been?
00:32:39Ben, I've got a citizen's committee in my office.
00:32:41Get over here right away.
00:32:43I'll be right over, Jim.
00:32:46Take him over to the county seat.
00:32:47We'll keep him there until things cool off.
00:32:50And get him there fast.
00:32:57This disturbance is following a regular pattern.
00:33:00It starts with rumors, incidents, leads to beatings,
00:33:03terrible violence.
00:33:04Ben, the situation's getting out of hand.
00:33:08My office has been swamped with telephone calls.
00:33:10These people are on my neck.
00:33:11They want action.
00:33:12Get more help if necessary.
00:33:13Deputize as many men as you need.
00:33:15It's gone beyond that now, Jim.
00:33:17We need the state militia.
00:33:18Militia?
00:33:18That's going to extremes.
00:33:20It would mean martial law.
00:33:21What about your own force?
00:33:22You've certainly got enough men and equipment.
00:33:23These aren't just street fights.
00:33:24We're heading for a race riot.
00:33:26Race riot?
00:33:26I agree with Mr. Calon.
00:33:28I don't, Doctor.
00:33:29Calling in the militia would cause a breach in this town
00:33:31that could never be healed.
00:33:33By deputizing more citizens, both Negro and white,
00:33:36we can control this situation.
00:33:37Of course we can.
00:33:39We've never had any serious racial trouble in this town.
00:33:41Negroes and whites have been living together
00:33:42in complete harmony for years.
00:33:44I think the sheriff's exaggerating the whole thing.
00:33:46Jim, stop making a political debate of this.
00:33:48Get on the phone.
00:33:49Call the governor before it's too late.
00:33:51If Mr. Kellogg can't handle the situation,
00:33:53let's appoint somebody who can.
00:33:54That's all right with me.
00:33:55But while you're making up your minds,
00:33:56the mayor better get on that phone
00:33:57before this town blows up in your faces.
00:33:59If we need help, let's get it.
00:34:01Martial law would mean suspension of local authority.
00:34:03We don't want that.
00:34:04All right, all right. Take it easy.
00:34:07Arguing among ourselves isn't going to get us anywhere.
00:34:09Has any of you ever seen a race riot?
00:34:15I have.
00:34:17I saw a whole town go mad.
00:34:19A town very much like this.
00:34:21I saw my own father's body tied to a car
00:34:24and dragged through the streets.
00:34:26And the driver of that car was a man
00:34:28my father had known for 20 years.
00:34:32I saw a white child beaten to death by my own people.
00:34:36She was just about the age of your daughter, Mr. Lowell.
00:34:39Oh, you can't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes.
00:34:43It happens fast, just like this is happening.
00:34:46And then suddenly it turns into mob violence.
00:34:48And once it grows into mob violence,
00:34:50it's a shocking, frightening spectacle.
00:34:53Decent people go suddenly insane.
00:34:56There is no reasoning, no feeling of guilt,
00:34:59just hysteria.
00:35:01A wild, uncontrollable hysteria.
00:35:04And then the fear.
00:35:07Terror of helpless victims.
00:35:10Something you can never forget as long as you live.
00:35:22Don't forget it.
00:35:23Put through a call to the state capital.
00:35:25Get me the governor.
00:35:30Ben, do your best until the troops get here.
00:35:39Now here's the way I figure it.
00:35:41The sheriff might not admit it,
00:35:42but there's been three white men killed already.
00:35:44Now, if you want my advice, I'll take...
00:35:45Just what is your advice, Gleason?
00:35:48Well, a man's got a right to his own feelings.
00:35:50Why don't you go home and keep your feelings to yourself?
00:35:52Come on, everybody.
00:35:59George Hanson's got no reason to lie about it.
00:36:00He said this woman was so cut up they had to rush her to hospital.
00:36:03All right, let's break it up.
00:36:08All right, break it up.
00:36:10I said break it up.
00:36:23Robin, if you're lonely...
00:36:26I'll help her.
00:36:36If she wants you to deal with something, then she's back at her next bullet.
00:36:56Let's take a look up in the middle.
00:37:06Here's one of the guys that beat up Packer.
00:37:16I'm going to try to get you some of the guys.
00:37:18Let's go.
00:37:18Let's go.
00:37:21Let's go.
00:37:27Let's go!
00:37:29Let's go.
00:37:34Let's go.
00:37:37Let's go.
00:37:38Let's go.
00:38:05Boys, if this thing keeps up, we've got to drive these niggers out of town.
00:38:07Hey, fellas, they burned down one of Packard's buildings. Get over there and he'll tell you what to do.
00:38:20Hey! Hey! Pass the word along. We're meeting at Sam Packard's place.
00:38:36Now get out of here before I...
00:38:39All right, boys. Who's next?
00:38:43Come on, fellas. Get over to Packard's place. We're going to have a real park.
00:38:46What about this one?
00:38:47Get around to him later. We'll get them all. Packard's going to make them all wish they'd never come to
00:38:51town.
00:38:51Don't listen to him. He'll get you all killed. Go home to your families. Don't listen to him.
00:38:56Hurry up and bring nothing handy. We're going to do this right.
00:38:59We'll be back for him later.
00:39:01The fools. The crazy, stupid fools.
00:39:05I'd better get going, Casey.
00:39:07Come on. I'll drive you home. Let's get out of here.
00:39:12Looting at Horn and Vixel streets. Fred, you take it. Mark, you'd better go down and give him some help.
00:39:17We're going to quarantine the west end of the town.
00:39:19Three of you men and a regular deputy will travel in each car.
00:39:22Lock off all streets. Allow no one to enter or leave this area.
00:39:25Ben! Mickey!
00:39:28Yeah, Mickey. Ben!
00:39:30Ben, I think I'm running into trouble. Some Negroes spotted Claude Packard in the car with me.
00:39:33Two cars are following us. I can't shake him.
00:39:35Where are you now? On the main highway about a mile out of town.
00:39:37Better come on back. I think I can give him the slip once I hit the turnpike.
00:39:40No, Mickey. Don't take any chances. Cut over to Washington Boulevard and come back in.
00:39:43Right. Casey, you shouldn't be out on the streets.
00:39:45Get over to Sam Packard's place. There's a mob collecting.
00:39:51Call in all the boys. Frank, take her home. I'll be all right.
00:39:54Take her home and stay there. All units, detention. All units.
00:39:56Listen carefully. Come on in. Come on in. All units.
00:40:41Get over here and bring your men with you.
00:40:44Sam, you're doing something you'll regret for the rest of your life.
00:40:47They've burned down my building.
00:40:49There are innocent people that didn't burn your building.
00:40:51They're going to get hurt, too.
00:40:52I've been beaten and humiliated.
00:40:54What do you expect me to do? Wait until they spit on me?
00:40:57I've put my life into this town. This is my town. I helped build it with my own hands.
00:41:01That doesn't give you the right to destroy it.
00:41:03I'd rather destroy it than let those dirty black devils take it over.
00:41:06Sam, you're talking like a maniac. Stop and think before it's too late.
00:41:10I've done plenty of thinking. We all have. We're going to drive every last one of them out of this
00:41:14town.
00:41:14If you try it, I've got to stop you.
00:41:17I'm going to drive them out even if I have to chill every mother son of them.
00:41:24All right, Kellogg. You've said your little piece.
00:41:28Not quite, Wiley.
00:41:30I've got my belly full of all of you. And I'm not taking any more.
00:41:35I'm warning you. Every one of you.
00:41:39You just try it and I'll shoot you down like a pack of mad dogs.
00:42:04There it is.
00:42:04Here, Clay. Let's go, buddy.
00:42:09Come on, Abby. Here, buddy.
00:42:26Hild!
00:42:39Now listen, men.
00:42:40There's hundreds of them up there.
00:42:42But this time we're not running.
00:42:44This time we'll be waiting for them.
00:42:47For every one of us, there's going to be two dead old fangs.
00:42:50Two for one.
00:42:51And don't you try to stop us.
00:42:53A white man killed my baby.
00:42:55They tried to sneak him out of town.
00:42:58He's right.
00:42:59Two for one.
00:43:00I'm not here to stop you.
00:43:02I've got as much hate in me as a man can have.
00:43:14Everything's quiet.
00:43:15Too quiet.
00:43:16I don't get it.
00:43:17The streets are deserted.
00:43:19Come on in.
00:43:19Ben's on his way now.
00:43:20Okay.
00:43:21Where the devil is, Kellogg?
00:43:22I thought you told me he was on his way back here.
00:43:23He should be here any minute.
00:43:25He's got to know we're having difficulty getting the militia.
00:43:27Mr. Mayor, I can't take a chance sending that information out on the radio.
00:43:30Yes, yes, I know.
00:43:31But I wish he'd get here.
00:43:33Brother, it's enough to give you the creeps outside.
00:43:35You feel like you're sitting on a stick of dynamite
00:43:37and you don't know when somebody's going to light the fuse.
00:43:39All units, attention, all units.
00:43:41Repeat.
00:43:42Come on in.
00:43:43Get back as fast as you can, boys.
00:43:45Ben, the troops can't get here for at least two hours.
00:43:47Two hours?
00:43:48I told the governor how desperate the situation is,
00:43:50but it's physically impossible to get the militia here any sooner.
00:43:53That's just fine.
00:43:54Do you know what can happen to this town in two hours?
00:43:56They'll tear it apart.
00:43:57They'll rip it apart piece by piece.
00:43:58You've got to stop it, Ben.
00:44:00You've got to.
00:44:00I've got to stop it.
00:44:01Tell me how, will you?
00:44:02Just tell me how I can stop Packard and that wild mob with a handful of deputies.
00:44:06I don't know, Ben, but we've got to try.
00:44:08We've got to do something.
00:44:18Frank, get out the riot guns.
00:44:28Right into a roadblock.
00:44:29They almost got him.
00:44:30Yeah, it was a nice, even fight, Sheriff.
00:44:32Why didn't you tie my feet, too?
00:44:33I grabbed him before I could unlock the cuffs.
00:44:35Try to get my gun.
00:44:36I had my hands full.
00:44:37Put him back in the cell.
00:44:38Let's go, Packard.
00:44:38Oh, Mr. Kellogg.
00:44:40I don't think I can use this.
00:44:42You'll get instructions.
00:44:42Oh, no, no, that isn't what I meant.
00:44:44Those men, that crowd out at Packard's place.
00:44:46Why, some of them are my friends, neighbors.
00:44:54Anybody else feel that way?
00:44:57I couldn't do it, Sheriff.
00:44:59I just couldn't.
00:45:02It's just too bad about you.
00:45:04Now, let's get this straight.
00:45:06You're not doing me any favors.
00:45:07You're doing this for yourselves.
00:45:09There are women and children in this town.
00:45:11Some of them your wives and your children.
00:45:13When this thing breaks, life is going to be awful cheap.
00:45:17Nobody's walking away from this because I need 50 for every one of you.
00:45:20I'd like to walk out of it, too.
00:45:23But if I'm in it, you're in it with me.
00:45:26I'll be back.
00:45:44I'll be back.
00:46:00Hey, boys, they found the kid.
00:46:01She's out in the well out there in Brown's Venom.
00:46:04They found the kid.
00:46:14Kid?
00:46:14What kid?
00:46:19Oh, yeah.
00:46:25She's at the bottom of the well.
00:47:10Try again, Mrs. Crawford.
00:47:15Carolyn.
00:47:17Carolyn, this is Mommy.
00:47:20Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:47:31Carolyn?
00:47:33Carolyn?
00:47:35Can you hear me, honey?
00:47:38This is Daddy Carolyn.
00:47:40Can you hear me?
00:47:49Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:47:51Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:47:53This is Mommy.
00:47:56Can you hear me?
00:47:59Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:48:02This is Mommy, darling.
00:48:03Heads?
00:48:10I can't care.yan.
00:48:15She's
00:48:16at the door and... going home,
00:48:16is this so easy I can find them? Carolyn? No?
00:48:23What are
00:48:24Let me know. Let's
00:48:33do it. What is
00:48:59All right, Mrs. Crawford.
00:49:02Carolyn!
00:49:04Carolyn!
00:49:06Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:49:08This is Mommy!
00:49:34Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:49:45Carolyn!
00:49:46I hear something!
00:49:52Try it again!
00:49:54Carolyn!
00:49:55Carolyn!
00:49:57Can you hear me, Carolyn?
00:49:58This is Mommy!
00:50:00Answer me, Carolyn!
00:50:02Please, answer me!
00:50:08Mommy!
00:50:10Carolyn!
00:50:11Are you hurt?
00:50:13Are you hurt, Carolyn?
00:50:15Answer me, Carolyn!
00:50:16Are you hurt?
00:50:18Mommy!
00:50:19I fell down!
00:50:21Give me a rope!
00:50:31Try to explain to her!
00:50:33Tell her to tie it around her waist!
00:50:35Carolyn!
00:50:36Carolyn!
00:50:38Can you hear me?
00:50:39This is Daddy!
00:50:40I fell down, Mommy!
00:50:43Listen to me, Carolyn!
00:50:45Can you hear me?
00:50:48Do you know what I'm saying?
00:50:51I'm dropping you a long rope!
00:50:54Try to tie it around your waist!
00:50:58Can you hear me?
00:51:00Tie it around your waist!
00:51:04Mommy!
00:51:05The rope, honey!
00:51:07Tie the rope around your waist!
00:51:10Do you understand, Carolyn?
00:51:13Around your waist!
00:51:14Around your waist!
00:51:20Mommy!
00:51:24Carolyn!
00:51:25Carolyn!
00:51:29Carolyn!
00:51:31Carolyn!
00:51:32My baby!
00:51:33My baby!
00:51:34You've got to get her out of there!
00:51:36She's down in that hole!
00:51:39Carolyn!
00:51:43My baby!
00:51:43We've got to get her out of there!
00:51:45Time she's down there!
00:51:47My baby!
00:51:50My baby!
00:51:50Please.
00:52:20how accurate these township records are the well was sunk 30 years ago according to this old
00:52:25blueprint was dug to a depth of 150 feet and then abandoned it took about 63 feet of rope to
00:52:30reach
00:52:31her so she must be about here the world must be clogged with debris below that point there's no
00:52:35water in the well because the rope came up dry but then we'll be down to 63 feet got a
00:52:39tunnel
00:52:39across how long will it take well it depends on what kind of ground we hit we're going to need
00:52:43plenty of lumber we're going to have to shore up every six feet stop cave-ins i'll get you all
00:52:47the
00:53:16lumber you need
00:53:22is there any danger of suffocation doctor the fact that she's alive indicates she's in a
00:53:27position to breathe but how long can you stay alive well that's hard to say mr peabody
00:53:33we don't know how badly she was injured in the fall
00:53:54the temperature has dropped 83 degrees keep pumping in that cool air
00:53:59i doubt if a child her age can survive the shock alone could kill her it would help her chances
00:54:05if
00:54:05she went into a faint or a coma can you hear anything i heard her cry some time ago i
00:54:14haven't heard anything
00:54:22sense
00:54:23down we need more light i think we're on rock chad mickey get some more lanterns over here
00:54:31packets here
00:54:51out
00:54:51yeah it's rock all right
00:54:56i think i hear
00:55:01at that engine
00:55:25i think
00:55:27i think
00:55:28i think
00:55:30i think
00:55:31i think
00:55:50How far down is she?
00:55:56A little over 60 feet.
00:56:08You'll never get to earn time this way.
00:56:10We've got to stick a shaft.
00:56:12Get the cable tool rig and some 26 inch casings, about 80 feet of them.
00:56:17Better bring the big scow.
00:56:18Right.
00:56:21You better bring that big cable crane too.
00:56:23Okay.
00:56:43We'll sink it about here.
00:56:45We've got to have more light.
00:56:46There aren't any generators in town.
00:56:48I'm having a power line strung in.
00:56:49We can't wait for that.
00:56:55Come on, you guys.
00:56:56Give me a hand.
00:57:07We need your help, folks.
00:57:09All of you who have cars, please drive them to the edge of this rope.
00:57:14Park them with their headlights facing towards me.
00:57:17Turn on the lights and keep your engines running so the batteries won't burn down.
00:57:22Please do this as quick as possible.
00:57:42This is going to take some time.
00:57:45Wouldn't you like to go home and rest for a little while?
00:57:48I'll call you when something happens.
00:57:55She'll be all right, Casey.
00:57:58I have my car here.
00:58:00I could drive you in.
00:58:05Thanks.
00:58:06We'll be all right.
00:58:16Over there!
00:58:47All right, come on.
00:58:49Easy.
00:58:53Easy now!
00:59:03Let's get it back a little more.
00:59:07Hold it.
00:59:08That's it.
00:59:09All right, put those jacks in and level the race.
00:59:12And get those dump boards in. Hurry it up.
00:59:19It's a long way down there, boss.
00:59:32Yeah, I know.
00:59:36Turn the cable and hook on that big skull.
00:59:43Look, we won't need those troops after all, Jim.
00:59:45No, I've already noticed them.
01:00:17Let's go.
01:00:17That's it.
01:00:18All right, take it up.
01:00:20Get that water hose over there.
01:00:26All right.
01:00:27Let's go.
01:00:32All right, bro.
01:00:37All right, cosnet.
01:00:40All right.
01:00:41All right.
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