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Chances are

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you've never heard of
Preston Thomas Tucker...

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dreamer,

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inventor,

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visionary,

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a man ahead of his time.

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Pretty, isn't it?

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Mr. Tucker's car
has everything...

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pop-out safety windows,
rear motor.

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Oh, but I'm getting
ahead of my story.

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The first time
he ever saw an automobile,

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he was just
a young boy.

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In his excitement,

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he found the wheels
passing over his feet.

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The muddy road was soft.

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He wasn't hurt.

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That was the first view
of the machine

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that was to mold
his thoughts and actions

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most of his life.

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Determined to learn
how cars were made,

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he went to Detroit,

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where he met Vera Fuqua.

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They were married,

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and, wasting no time,
began a family.

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He never lost sight
of his dream

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to design
and manufacture

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the finest automobile
ever made.

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He spent
every minute he could

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at the Indianapolis
Speedway,

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teaming up
with Harry Miller,

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one of the greatest
designers of racing cars

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who ever lived.

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In 1936, Mr. Tucker
saw the war clouds

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looming on the horizon

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and began working

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on a high-speed
combat car.

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It was bulletproof,
had air conditioning,

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and mounted
a power-operated gun turret.

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The combat car was
turned down by the military.

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It had one drawback,
they said.

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It was too fast.

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The War Department's
policy then was

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no combat car should go
over 35 miles an hour.

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His gun turret,
however,

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was immediately
put into service.

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Who knows how many
brave Americans

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owe their lives
to Tucker's turret?

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Where were they built?

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In the most practical
place Tucker imagined...

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the barn
by his Michigan home

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where he
and his family lived.

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[Horn Honks]

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Oh, my God.

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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Come on out, girl.

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What's this?

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Did you put this
in my car?

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No.

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Did you?
What is this thing?

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Open it.

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What is it?

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My friends,
you are in for one doozie.

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What can
I call this?

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It's history
in the making.

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Is there anything
you want to explain

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about the dogs?

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Oh... well, I traded
the old Packard for them.

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One dozen
trained dogs.

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What will we do
with a dozen dogs?

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It was a great trade.

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Are you dying
to know what's in here?

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Huh? No?

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- Yes.
- Yes.

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You're dying, huh?

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Gallup took a poll

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about what Americans want
when the war's over.

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87% of Americans said

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the first thing
they want is a new car.

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Which would the public
rather buy?

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The same
old models made

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before the war or...

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the car of tomorrow...

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today.

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- Ooh!
- Whoa!

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Looks like he's going
90 mph standing still.

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Know who's going to
build these cars? We are.

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We'll put the Big Three
out of business.

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Who will we sell
them to? Buck Rogers?

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Under the hood,
we've got luggage.

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Engine's in the rear
where it ought to be.

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Look at this.
Individual torque converters.

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You're crazy!

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You'd have to have wheel tracks
70 inches wide.

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Dinner's ready!

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All right.
Let's go!

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How many?

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Everybody.

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How about
the U.S. Army?

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You boys hungry?

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Oh, Millie!
Millie!

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And our best
dog food, huh?

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger... % % % %

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How much you going
to tell him?

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Everything.

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Coming through.
Got dirty dishes.

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They'll fall on you.

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Don't trip!

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The fenders...
Light.

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Who's this guy,
Karatz?

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He's a business man.

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I met him
on the train.

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Finance.

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Finance?

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Come here, Junior.

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Who's that?

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The man I've been
talking about.

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Abe Karatz.

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Good luck, honey.

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We'll be
in the den.

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Look at him.

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Yeah. He's scary.

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He's not scary.

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He's from New York.

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Abe.

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I appreciate
your coming.

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How long
between trains?

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You like living in
the middle of nowhere?

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You want coffee at
2 a.m., you'd die first.

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Yeah, or make one.

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Who wants coffee
at 2 a.m.?

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You chew the fat
with the waitress.

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Here you
look around,

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there's nothing
but scenery.

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We're stuck
with that.

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How do you like
your coffee?

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In the city.

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Double fives again,

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and he does it.

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Cars?

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You brought me
here for cars?

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Does that look
like a car to you?

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That is a gold mine
I'm handing you

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on a silver platter.

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Forget it.

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You got no chance.

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How can you
say that?

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You haven't even
heard my ideas.

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Ideas?

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Einstein's
in the idea business,

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making
numbers so high

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only dogs hear them.

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But what's it
cost him?

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Paper, pencils.

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To manufacture a car,

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you need millions
of dollars.

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Well, that is what
Wall Street is for...

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to float
stock issues, Abe.

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Who are you?

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What do you know?

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Any experience
on Wall Street?

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It's revolutionary.

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This is how cars are
going to be made.

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Abe, and with
your connections...

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I don't have
connections.

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I have connections
with connections.

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Speaking for them,
myself, and God...

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Him, too...
forget about it.

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You got no chance.

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Well, think about it.

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Drive safely.

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Yes, sir.

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Preston?

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Preston?

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Pile in, cutie.

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Who wants ice cream?

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Let's go to Doc's!

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Everybody!

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Man your positions.

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See if we can break
our record time.

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Hurry up! Come on!

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I've got
my position.

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It was pathetic
how he loved the idea.

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Embarrassing
to see a man like that

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trying so hard to
play my harp strings.

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I'm going to make him
sweat a while first.

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Watch this baby
accelerate!

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- Whoa!
- Whoa!

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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Sounds like Tucker again.

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Yep! That's him.
Let's go!

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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[Sirens]

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% % Where's that tiger% %

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% % Where's that tiger% %

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% % Where's that tiger% %

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% % Where's that tiger% %

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deedle da da dum% %

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Who wants
ice cream?

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How you doing, Doc?

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Ok, if you don't
include everything.

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How about sodas
all around?

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Triple scoops
tonight.

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Triple scoops.

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Chocolate,
pistachio, strawberry.

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You can
mix them all up, OK?

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Strawberry soda.

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Hey, uh...

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ain't those
prefab houses something?

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How do you know
they're any good?

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They're not
even built yet.

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It says so
in the magazine.

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Johnny, stop.

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Yuck! He spilled it.

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Noble, stop
eating my sundae.

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Stop it, Johnny.

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Hey, does anybody
want strawberry?

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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% % Hold that tiger% %

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Working with a writer,

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Tucker got an article
about the car published

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in pic magazine.

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But nobody,
not even Tucker,

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was prepared
for what happened.

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Within a week,

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150,000 letters
poured in

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from all over
the country.

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"I want a Tucker."

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"Where can I
buy a Tucker?"

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"Can I get
a dealership?"

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Overnight, the nation
had gone Tucker crazy.

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Just because Tucker
builds a car

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doesn't mean he can
mass produce it.

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So... what do we need
to make this work?

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Well, we need a car.

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A car we got.

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A working prototype?

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Says so
in the magazine.

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We, uh, also
will have to have

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some big
Detroit names

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for the board...
the prospectus.

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Like who?

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Well, there was a fellow,

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vice president
at Ford many years,

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Robert Bennington.

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He's president at
Plymouth right now,

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but he's being
kicked upstairs.

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We might get him.

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Will he want a say
in running things?

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A say?

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Bennington will
run the company.

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Tucker may not
go for that.

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People don't
buy stock.

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They buy people
they can trust

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or believe they can.

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If what's-his-name...

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Tucker.

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If Tucker's going to be
a pain in the ass...

273
00:12:22,111 --> 00:12:24,511
Don't worry.
He's a good man.

274
00:12:24,614 --> 00:12:26,514
What else do we need?

275
00:12:26,616 --> 00:12:29,449
We need
a factory, hmm?

276
00:12:29,552 --> 00:12:32,112
You get Bennington,
whatever it takes.

277
00:12:33,223 --> 00:12:34,656
I'll get the factory.

278
00:12:37,093 --> 00:12:37,991
Thank you.

279
00:12:40,563 --> 00:12:42,827
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

280
00:12:42,932 --> 00:12:44,365
Norfolk,
Virginia.

281
00:12:44,467 --> 00:12:46,492
Norfolk,
Virginia.

282
00:12:46,603 --> 00:12:48,093
Omaha,
Nebraska.

283
00:12:48,204 --> 00:12:49,762
Omaha,
Nebraska.

284
00:12:49,873 --> 00:12:50,805
Wow. Look.

285
00:12:50,907 --> 00:12:54,104
Here... here's one
from Anchorage, Alaska.

286
00:12:54,210 --> 00:12:56,508
Oh! That's the first
one from there.

287
00:12:56,613 --> 00:12:59,514
Abe should have
been here an hour ago.

288
00:12:59,616 --> 00:13:02,016
You know the trains
now, darling.

289
00:13:02,118 --> 00:13:03,517
They're always late.

290
00:13:03,620 --> 00:13:06,020
[Dogs Bark]

291
00:13:11,494 --> 00:13:12,825
Who's that?

292
00:13:18,902 --> 00:13:21,666
Could I have
a few moments with you?

293
00:13:21,771 --> 00:13:23,170
I'm waiting
for somebody.

294
00:13:23,273 --> 00:13:24,171
Five minutes.

295
00:13:24,274 --> 00:13:26,003
Bye, daddy!

296
00:13:26,109 --> 00:13:27,007
What for?

297
00:13:27,110 --> 00:13:29,010
To sell you
something, sir.

298
00:13:29,112 --> 00:13:30,010
What?

299
00:13:31,147 --> 00:13:32,614
Me.

300
00:13:34,784 --> 00:13:36,217
All right.
Five minutes.

301
00:13:36,319 --> 00:13:38,719
Thank you.
I'm Alex Tremulis, sir.

302
00:13:38,821 --> 00:13:41,722
I'll be getting out
of the Air Force

303
00:13:41,824 --> 00:13:43,223
in a few weeks.

304
00:13:43,326 --> 00:13:45,726
Before that, I studied
automotive engineering.

305
00:13:45,828 --> 00:13:48,729
Since I saw that article
about your car,

306
00:13:48,831 --> 00:13:50,662
it's been
driving me crazy.

307
00:13:50,767 --> 00:13:53,167
I made some 3-D
perspective drawings.

308
00:13:53,269 --> 00:13:55,499
If you
wouldn't mind, sir,

309
00:13:55,605 --> 00:13:57,436
taking a look at them.

310
00:13:57,540 --> 00:13:59,940
What you did
with the streamlining

311
00:14:00,043 --> 00:14:00,941
was fantastic.

312
00:14:01,044 --> 00:14:03,945
But if we took that
one step further,

313
00:14:04,047 --> 00:14:05,947
if we applied
real aerodynamics,

314
00:14:06,049 --> 00:14:07,448
like a rocketship

315
00:14:07,550 --> 00:14:08,608
to a family car...

316
00:14:08,718 --> 00:14:10,208
You changed my doors.

317
00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,218
Yes, sir.

318
00:14:11,321 --> 00:14:13,721
You only have
31 inches headroom.

319
00:14:13,823 --> 00:14:15,723
An average-size
person needs 36.

320
00:14:15,825 --> 00:14:18,521
But every time
you open the door,

321
00:14:18,628 --> 00:14:20,289
they hit the curb.

322
00:14:20,396 --> 00:14:23,422
I made them open up
like an airplane.

323
00:14:23,533 --> 00:14:24,932
Time's up, kid.

324
00:14:25,034 --> 00:14:26,433
Two more minutes, sir.

325
00:14:26,536 --> 00:14:28,936
Want a job?
You got it.

326
00:14:29,038 --> 00:14:30,665
In the design
department?

327
00:14:30,773 --> 00:14:33,173
Kid, you are
the design department.

328
00:14:33,276 --> 00:14:35,836
Ahh.

329
00:14:35,945 --> 00:14:37,845
Abe!
Did you find it?

330
00:14:39,782 --> 00:14:41,443
Tucker.

331
00:14:41,551 --> 00:14:43,951
I have a lot
to tell you.

332
00:14:44,053 --> 00:14:45,816
It was
a good meeting.

333
00:14:46,956 --> 00:14:47,854
Jimmy!

334
00:14:47,957 --> 00:14:48,855
Hello.

335
00:14:50,293 --> 00:14:51,351
Jimmy Sakiyama,

336
00:14:51,461 --> 00:14:53,258
Abe Karatz,
my partner.

337
00:14:53,363 --> 00:14:55,593
Hi. Nice to meet you.

338
00:14:55,698 --> 00:14:56,756
How do you do?

339
00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:00,630
Tell Eddie we'll be
in the dining room.

340
00:15:00,737 --> 00:15:01,635
You bet.

341
00:15:02,739 --> 00:15:04,969
Hey, didn't they
put the Japs

342
00:15:05,074 --> 00:15:06,473
in camp someplace?

343
00:15:06,576 --> 00:15:08,043
He's not a Jap.

344
00:15:08,144 --> 00:15:09,543
He's an engineer.

345
00:15:09,645 --> 00:15:11,044
He's still a Jap.

346
00:15:11,147 --> 00:15:14,014
Jimmy and me,
we've been together 15 years.

347
00:15:14,117 --> 00:15:16,517
He's in my custody
to work.

348
00:15:16,619 --> 00:15:19,053
But his parents,
his 12-year-old sister,

349
00:15:19,155 --> 00:15:21,783
they're in a relocation camp
in Colorado,

350
00:15:21,891 --> 00:15:24,291
if that makes you
feel better.

351
00:15:29,766 --> 00:15:31,199
Meshugana.

352
00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,291
Hi there,
Mr. Karatz.

353
00:15:33,403 --> 00:15:34,802
How are you?

354
00:15:36,272 --> 00:15:38,672
Which leaves three
war surplus plants.

355
00:15:38,775 --> 00:15:40,174
It's a long shot.

356
00:15:40,276 --> 00:15:42,176
Everybody's
trying to get them,

357
00:15:42,278 --> 00:15:44,178
but it's
worth a try.

358
00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,180
One of them
is perfect.

359
00:15:46,282 --> 00:15:48,773
Nice, little.

360
00:15:48,885 --> 00:15:50,785
The other
is too big.

361
00:15:50,887 --> 00:15:53,287
Costs twice as much
to retool.

362
00:15:53,389 --> 00:15:56,881
We could swing it
if we had to.

363
00:15:56,993 --> 00:15:58,756
What's the third?

364
00:15:58,861 --> 00:16:01,557
Ah, impossible.

365
00:16:01,664 --> 00:16:03,063
The Dodge plant

366
00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:06,067
where they made
the B-29s in Chicago.

367
00:16:06,169 --> 00:16:08,069
Hmm. What's wrong with that?

368
00:16:09,906 --> 00:16:11,305
For one thing,

369
00:16:11,407 --> 00:16:14,137
it covers 475 acres
with 16 buildings.

370
00:16:14,243 --> 00:16:17,144
One of them
is 73 acres long.

371
00:16:17,246 --> 00:16:18,372
One building...

372
00:16:18,481 --> 00:16:21,814
the biggest building in the world
under one roof.

373
00:16:21,918 --> 00:16:23,112
It's perfect.

374
00:16:33,529 --> 00:16:35,656
You'll love it
in Chicago.

375
00:16:35,765 --> 00:16:38,165
Listen, they've got
a department store...

376
00:16:38,267 --> 00:16:40,929
one of the biggest
in the world.

377
00:16:41,037 --> 00:16:42,436
Oh, everybody
shops there.

378
00:16:42,538 --> 00:16:43,800
You'll love it.

379
00:16:45,508 --> 00:16:47,066
Fantastic!

380
00:16:47,176 --> 00:16:48,074
Oh!

381
00:16:49,445 --> 00:16:52,346
I can build everything
I ever dreamed of

382
00:16:52,448 --> 00:16:53,847
in this plant, Abe...

383
00:16:53,950 --> 00:16:57,215
sports cars, family cars,
convertibles, trucks,

384
00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,548
even airplanes!

385
00:16:58,654 --> 00:17:02,317
Just talk the government
into giving it to us.

386
00:17:02,425 --> 00:17:03,824
Did you reach them?

387
00:17:03,926 --> 00:17:06,326
Yep. We finally
got our meeting

388
00:17:06,429 --> 00:17:09,330
with the War Assets Administration
in Washington.

389
00:17:09,432 --> 00:17:10,330
Monday. 3:00.

390
00:17:10,433 --> 00:17:11,832
Oh, that's no good.

391
00:17:11,934 --> 00:17:13,026
What?

392
00:17:13,136 --> 00:17:15,036
It's got to be
lunch someplace.

393
00:17:15,138 --> 00:17:18,039
Do you realize the trouble
I went through?

394
00:17:18,141 --> 00:17:20,473
With roast beef.

395
00:17:20,576 --> 00:17:22,441
Rare. Very rare.

396
00:17:24,046 --> 00:17:26,981
Every 25 seconds

397
00:17:27,083 --> 00:17:29,517
somebody
is killed or crippled

398
00:17:29,619 --> 00:17:31,382
in an automobile accident.

399
00:17:31,487 --> 00:17:34,786
Now 60%
of all nighttime accidents

400
00:17:34,891 --> 00:17:36,290
happen on the curb

401
00:17:36,392 --> 00:17:38,292
because there's
a blind spot

402
00:17:38,394 --> 00:17:40,760
between the time
the wheel's turned

403
00:17:40,863 --> 00:17:44,094
and the time your headlights
get where you're going.

404
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,430
When you turn
a Tucker wheel,

405
00:17:46,536 --> 00:17:49,437
you also turn the fenders
and the headlights.

406
00:17:49,539 --> 00:17:52,940
You see where you're going
before you get there.

407
00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:54,441
This woman was thrown

408
00:17:54,544 --> 00:17:56,808
through the windshield
of her car.

409
00:17:57,914 --> 00:18:01,008
Tucker windshields
pop out.

410
00:18:01,117 --> 00:18:04,609
And to make sure
nobody's face gets cut,

411
00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,483
we have shatterproof glass.

412
00:18:06,589 --> 00:18:09,319
We also have seat belts.

413
00:18:09,425 --> 00:18:10,551
Now, why?

414
00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:12,059
Tell me why, gentlemen,

415
00:18:12,161 --> 00:18:14,561
has the Big Three
in Detroit

416
00:18:14,664 --> 00:18:17,326
been allowed to make
billions of dollars

417
00:18:17,433 --> 00:18:19,833
without spending one dime
on safety?

418
00:18:19,936 --> 00:18:22,268
What I know,
what you know,

419
00:18:22,371 --> 00:18:23,736
what the public knows...

420
00:18:23,839 --> 00:18:27,206
is that they don't
give a damn about people.

421
00:18:27,310 --> 00:18:29,710
All they care about
is profits.

422
00:18:29,812 --> 00:18:31,541
Let me tell you
something,

423
00:18:31,647 --> 00:18:35,413
and I mean this
from the bottom of my heart,

424
00:18:35,518 --> 00:18:36,917
the entire
automobile industry

425
00:18:37,019 --> 00:18:38,919
is guilty
of criminal negligence.

426
00:18:39,021 --> 00:18:41,922
And if it were up to me,

427
00:18:42,024 --> 00:18:44,925
they'd be tried and
convicted of manslaughter.

428
00:18:47,263 --> 00:18:48,696
Thank you, gentlemen.

429
00:18:48,798 --> 00:18:51,699
Thank you for the time
you've given me.

430
00:18:59,909 --> 00:19:01,501
Congratulations.

431
00:19:01,611 --> 00:19:05,012
They hate you like poison,
and so do I.

432
00:19:05,114 --> 00:19:08,015
Why did I let you
talk me into...

433
00:19:08,117 --> 00:19:09,175
Oscar Beasley,

434
00:19:09,285 --> 00:19:11,185
special assistant
to the administrator.

435
00:19:11,287 --> 00:19:14,188
Could you be in my office
tomorrow afternoon?

436
00:19:14,290 --> 00:19:16,952
Well, uh...
uh, sure.

437
00:19:17,059 --> 00:19:18,617
Good. See you there.

438
00:19:18,728 --> 00:19:19,786
Mr. Beasley.

439
00:19:21,097 --> 00:19:22,496
They loved it.

440
00:19:22,598 --> 00:19:25,999
Would they want to see us again
if they didn't?

441
00:19:26,102 --> 00:19:28,502
You're talking logic.
This is Washington.

442
00:19:28,604 --> 00:19:30,094
Why see us again?

443
00:19:30,206 --> 00:19:31,298
Politics!

444
00:19:31,407 --> 00:19:34,843
We're being set up for
something, believe me.

445
00:19:34,944 --> 00:19:36,878
We got no chance.

446
00:19:41,717 --> 00:19:43,617
How could we
kid ourselves

447
00:19:43,719 --> 00:19:46,620
into thinking anyone
would give us a loan?

448
00:19:46,722 --> 00:19:49,623
All we've got are debts
and more debts.

449
00:19:49,725 --> 00:19:53,058
How does he do it,
the genius you married?

450
00:19:53,162 --> 00:19:55,528
No matter
how much he makes,

451
00:19:55,631 --> 00:19:57,531
he spends twice as much.

452
00:20:00,670 --> 00:20:02,297
[Telephone Rings]

453
00:20:03,739 --> 00:20:04,933
Hello?

454
00:20:05,041 --> 00:20:07,134
Where the hell
were you?

455
00:20:07,243 --> 00:20:08,642
How did it go?

456
00:20:08,744 --> 00:20:11,144
They were eating
out of my hand.

457
00:20:11,247 --> 00:20:13,147
I could've
asked for California

458
00:20:13,249 --> 00:20:14,978
and gotten
Arkansas to boot.

459
00:20:15,084 --> 00:20:17,143
Darling, I'm so sorry.

460
00:20:17,253 --> 00:20:18,652
It's not dead yet.

461
00:20:18,754 --> 00:20:20,619
Completely.
Got another meeting tomorrow.

462
00:20:20,723 --> 00:20:22,122
What does Abe think?

463
00:20:22,224 --> 00:20:23,623
What does he know?

464
00:20:23,726 --> 00:20:25,626
Did you get the loan?

465
00:20:25,728 --> 00:20:26,990
They'll think it over.

466
00:20:27,096 --> 00:20:29,997
You're a worse liar
than I am.

467
00:20:31,233 --> 00:20:34,760
Can you please
come home soon, Preston?

468
00:20:34,870 --> 00:20:35,928
Please?

469
00:20:36,038 --> 00:20:37,596
I will, doll.

470
00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:40,107
I love you.

471
00:20:40,209 --> 00:20:41,608
I love you, too.

472
00:20:41,711 --> 00:20:43,611
I'll see you soon,
sweetheart.

473
00:20:43,713 --> 00:20:45,180
Bye.

474
00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:10,630
Mr. Tucker,

475
00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:13,140
in brief,
the committee has voted

476
00:21:13,242 --> 00:21:16,211
to give you the plant
in Chicago,

477
00:21:16,312 --> 00:21:18,712
provided that you
have certified assets

478
00:21:18,814 --> 00:21:21,476
of no less
than $ 15 million.

479
00:21:21,584 --> 00:21:24,485
And to qualify as a legal
manufacturing company,

480
00:21:24,587 --> 00:21:27,988
you'll be required
to produce at least 50 cars

481
00:21:28,090 --> 00:21:30,183
one year after
taking possession.

482
00:21:30,292 --> 00:21:31,919
Is that satisfactory?

483
00:21:33,896 --> 00:21:35,921
W-well I, uh...

484
00:21:36,031 --> 00:21:37,896
sure, I mean, uh...

485
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,058
fine.

486
00:21:39,168 --> 00:21:42,194
Papers will be
ready for signature

487
00:21:42,304 --> 00:21:43,703
5:00 tomorrow afternoon.

488
00:21:44,807 --> 00:21:46,104
Thank you.

489
00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:49,143
Abe, why don't we
let Mr. Beasley

490
00:21:49,245 --> 00:21:50,644
get back to work?

491
00:22:01,157 --> 00:22:02,920
- Yippee!
- Hyah!

492
00:22:04,026 --> 00:22:04,924
Klondike 436.

493
00:22:05,027 --> 00:22:06,927
Go ahead.
I'll hold on.

494
00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:07,927
Preston Tucker.

495
00:22:08,030 --> 00:22:09,930
United Auto Workers
told Roosevelt

496
00:22:10,032 --> 00:22:12,432
if he wants
the labor vote,

497
00:22:12,535 --> 00:22:15,936
he's got to give the plant
to a car company.

498
00:22:16,038 --> 00:22:17,938
Why not Ford,
General Motors?

499
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,439
They don't want it.

500
00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:22,443
How can nobody want
a plant like that?

501
00:22:22,545 --> 00:22:25,446
Everybody wants it,
but you're the only lunatic

502
00:22:25,548 --> 00:22:27,448
dumb enough
to make cars there.

503
00:22:27,550 --> 00:22:28,949
Yeah, he's right here.

504
00:22:29,051 --> 00:22:30,882
% % Hold that tiger% %

505
00:22:30,986 --> 00:22:32,783
% % Hold that tiger% %

506
00:22:32,888 --> 00:22:34,412
% % Hold that tiger% %

507
00:22:34,523 --> 00:22:36,354
% % Hold that tiger% % % %

508
00:22:36,459 --> 00:22:37,391
Hold on.

509
00:22:37,493 --> 00:22:40,860
When can you get the car
to New York?

510
00:22:40,963 --> 00:22:44,364
I got the best press agent
in the business.

511
00:22:44,467 --> 00:22:46,867
To kick off
the stock sale,

512
00:22:46,969 --> 00:22:50,370
he wants to unveil the car
with enough razzmatazz

513
00:22:50,473 --> 00:22:53,533
to make investors beg
to buy those shares.

514
00:22:53,642 --> 00:22:55,041
You hear that?

515
00:22:55,144 --> 00:22:56,475
You bet I did!

516
00:22:56,579 --> 00:22:57,978
We got it!

517
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,981
The biggest damn plant
in the world!

518
00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:02,414
Oh, that's wonderful!

519
00:23:02,518 --> 00:23:06,010
All we need now
is $ 15 million and a car.

520
00:23:06,121 --> 00:23:07,179
That's it.

521
00:23:08,457 --> 00:23:09,856
You love me?

522
00:23:09,959 --> 00:23:11,358
I love ya!

523
00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:12,392
See you.

524
00:23:12,495 --> 00:23:13,427
All right.

525
00:23:14,530 --> 00:23:15,929
We need a car?

526
00:23:16,031 --> 00:23:17,931
Let's celebrate.
Have a drink.

527
00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,933
Do we have a car?

528
00:23:20,035 --> 00:23:22,936
Well, no, it's
not a matter of...

529
00:23:23,038 --> 00:23:24,938
Frank, I'll
call you back.

530
00:23:26,809 --> 00:23:28,208
You all right, Abe?

531
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:29,368
Huh?

532
00:23:30,913 --> 00:23:33,848
Anything else
you want to tell me?

533
00:23:33,949 --> 00:23:37,908
I don't have a dime
to build it with, uh...

534
00:23:39,255 --> 00:23:41,382
You all right? Huh?

535
00:23:41,624 --> 00:23:42,386
Oh!

536
00:23:42,491 --> 00:23:45,358
$50,000 for one car?

537
00:23:45,461 --> 00:23:48,362
It's a prototype.
Hand-built, don't forget.

538
00:23:48,464 --> 00:23:51,433
How much you need
to get started?

539
00:23:51,534 --> 00:23:52,933
Forget the $50,000.

540
00:23:53,035 --> 00:23:55,196
To get started?

541
00:23:55,304 --> 00:23:56,862
At least 10.

542
00:23:58,173 --> 00:23:59,572
I'll give you 6.

543
00:23:59,675 --> 00:24:02,143
If it turns out
you're right,

544
00:24:02,244 --> 00:24:05,179
we could sell dealerships now,
which sounds crazy.

545
00:24:05,281 --> 00:24:08,341
Why would anybody
pay money for a car

546
00:24:08,450 --> 00:24:10,941
that isn't even
in existence yet?

547
00:24:14,990 --> 00:24:18,517
I'm sitting here writing
a check in my handwriting

548
00:24:18,627 --> 00:24:20,026
calling them crazy?

549
00:24:26,335 --> 00:24:28,064
One thing...

550
00:24:28,170 --> 00:24:31,731
we need it absolutely
in 60 days.

551
00:24:33,008 --> 00:24:35,568
Absolutely.
Any problem?

552
00:24:35,678 --> 00:24:37,077
Problems?

553
00:24:37,179 --> 00:24:38,305
It's impossible.

554
00:24:38,414 --> 00:24:39,711
60 days?

555
00:24:39,815 --> 00:24:40,713
Or never.

556
00:24:40,816 --> 00:24:41,748
Why?

557
00:24:41,850 --> 00:24:43,750
We haven't sold enough stock
to buy a dead herring.

558
00:24:43,852 --> 00:24:46,252
But the letters,
all the excitement...

559
00:24:46,355 --> 00:24:49,449
Some people buy cars.
Some people buy stock.

560
00:24:49,558 --> 00:24:51,992
No major investor
will consider us.

561
00:24:52,094 --> 00:24:53,322
But why 60 days?

562
00:24:53,429 --> 00:24:55,829
Because in 60 days...
June 1 st...

563
00:24:55,931 --> 00:24:58,263
we take possession
of the plant.

564
00:24:58,367 --> 00:25:00,267
And not
until that day,

565
00:25:00,369 --> 00:25:01,996
will the mystery car,

566
00:25:02,104 --> 00:25:05,005
the car of the century,
be unveiled.

567
00:25:05,107 --> 00:25:06,938
Uh, Uncle Abe.

568
00:25:07,042 --> 00:25:08,066
Yeah.

569
00:25:08,177 --> 00:25:11,340
I wondered why you do that
with your nose?

570
00:25:11,447 --> 00:25:13,244
What with my nose?

571
00:25:13,349 --> 00:25:15,249
Move it
like a rabbit.

572
00:25:15,351 --> 00:25:16,750
OK, everybody upstairs.

573
00:25:16,852 --> 00:25:18,285
Oh, murder.

574
00:25:18,387 --> 00:25:19,786
Students
to the grindstone.

575
00:25:22,224 --> 00:25:23,122
Bye.

576
00:25:23,225 --> 00:25:24,123
Goodbye.

577
00:25:25,594 --> 00:25:26,993
Do I do that?

578
00:25:27,096 --> 00:25:30,190
You don't do that
with your nose.

579
00:25:35,904 --> 00:25:38,805
Mr. Tucker, sir,
it takes Ford nine months

580
00:25:38,907 --> 00:25:40,807
to go from model
to prototype.

581
00:25:40,909 --> 00:25:43,810
Call every pitman
we know in Indy.

582
00:25:43,912 --> 00:25:45,311
Carrigan, Milton,
maybe Tully.

583
00:25:45,414 --> 00:25:48,042
All right.
Have them here by tomorrow.

584
00:25:48,150 --> 00:25:51,051
Buy clay.
We got to start on that model.

585
00:25:51,153 --> 00:25:54,054
What about steel?
Enough left from the turrets?

586
00:25:54,156 --> 00:25:55,214
Just about.

587
00:25:55,324 --> 00:25:57,918
There are 24 hours
in every day.

588
00:25:58,027 --> 00:26:00,427
Is there anybody
in this room

589
00:26:00,529 --> 00:26:03,191
who can tell me
we can't do it?

590
00:26:03,298 --> 00:26:04,993
We can't do it!

591
00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,227
Except you.

592
00:26:09,004 --> 00:26:10,403
Better get with it.

593
00:26:10,506 --> 00:26:11,905
We can't do it!

594
00:26:12,007 --> 00:26:14,100
We can't do it!

595
00:26:14,209 --> 00:26:16,336
Um, Dad, I've,
uh... thought...

596
00:26:16,445 --> 00:26:17,776
Mr. Tucker?

597
00:26:18,881 --> 00:26:20,280
Excuse me, son.

598
00:26:20,382 --> 00:26:21,280
About college.

599
00:26:26,321 --> 00:26:27,515
Hmm.

600
00:26:31,393 --> 00:26:34,294
Dad, I've been
trying to talk to you,

601
00:26:34,396 --> 00:26:37,797
and each time I try
and bring it up...

602
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:38,958
Look.

603
00:26:40,135 --> 00:26:41,033
What's this?

604
00:26:41,136 --> 00:26:43,536
It's the answer
from Notre Dame.

605
00:26:43,639 --> 00:26:45,038
I got accepted.

606
00:26:46,141 --> 00:26:47,039
But look...

607
00:26:47,142 --> 00:26:48,541
Hey! Congratulations!

608
00:26:48,644 --> 00:26:50,111
I don't want to go!

609
00:26:50,212 --> 00:26:52,680
Look,
l... I want to learn

610
00:26:52,781 --> 00:26:54,681
everything
about cars from you.

611
00:26:54,783 --> 00:26:57,581
I don't want to become president
or something.

612
00:26:57,686 --> 00:27:00,086
Who wants you
to become president?

613
00:27:00,189 --> 00:27:01,554
I thought you did.

614
00:27:01,657 --> 00:27:04,558
The two crummiest things
a person can be

615
00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:06,059
are lawyers
or politicians.

616
00:27:06,161 --> 00:27:09,062
Why would I want you
to be president?

617
00:27:09,164 --> 00:27:11,064
Most of them
are both.

618
00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:12,463
So it's OK.

619
00:27:12,568 --> 00:27:15,867
Sure. You can stay with me.

620
00:27:15,971 --> 00:27:18,371
I'm going to
depend on you.

621
00:27:20,476 --> 00:27:21,943
They won't sell clay.

622
00:27:22,044 --> 00:27:23,944
Can't build models
without it.

623
00:27:24,046 --> 00:27:26,446
Can't build prototypes
without a model.

624
00:27:26,548 --> 00:27:29,449
Take it easy, kid.
Life's full of surprises.

625
00:27:30,853 --> 00:27:31,751
Doug!

626
00:27:33,122 --> 00:27:34,089
Chris!

627
00:27:35,724 --> 00:27:38,124
Want you
to meet Alex,

628
00:27:38,227 --> 00:27:39,558
Head of the Design Department.

629
00:27:39,661 --> 00:27:42,562
These are the best bodyknockers
in the business.

630
00:27:42,664 --> 00:27:45,599
They'll go from your sketch
straight to metal.

631
00:27:45,701 --> 00:27:47,601
How's this
for a frame?

632
00:27:47,703 --> 00:27:49,603
It's OK for a start.

633
00:27:49,705 --> 00:27:51,104
Face this now, Prez.

634
00:27:51,206 --> 00:27:53,106
You got
engine problems.

635
00:27:53,208 --> 00:27:57,907
I should talk you out of
building one from scratch.

636
00:27:58,013 --> 00:28:00,914
You couldn't,
once he's made his mind up.

637
00:28:01,016 --> 00:28:02,916
The rear engine's
the heart.

638
00:28:03,018 --> 00:28:05,418
Just work
the damn thing out.

639
00:28:05,521 --> 00:28:07,421
You can do it, Eddie.

640
00:28:09,258 --> 00:28:11,192
You can do it, Eddie.

641
00:28:11,293 --> 00:28:14,194
I'm offering you the opportunity
of a lifetime...

642
00:28:14,296 --> 00:28:15,695
a new car
dealership.

643
00:28:15,798 --> 00:28:17,197
The most
revolutionary car

644
00:28:17,299 --> 00:28:18,698
in automotive
history.

645
00:28:18,801 --> 00:28:19,699
Sir?

646
00:28:19,802 --> 00:28:21,702
I'll be right with you.

647
00:28:21,804 --> 00:28:23,169
It's got safety features,

648
00:28:23,272 --> 00:28:25,172
torque converters
on every wheel...

649
00:28:25,274 --> 00:28:27,401
double torque converters
won't work.

650
00:28:27,509 --> 00:28:28,976
We need a transmission.

651
00:28:29,077 --> 00:28:30,977
Why the hell
won't they?

652
00:28:31,079 --> 00:28:34,014
We don't have time
to work it out.

653
00:28:34,116 --> 00:28:36,380
You remember the cord 18
transaxle?

654
00:28:36,485 --> 00:28:39,386
That's the only transmission
I can think of.

655
00:28:39,488 --> 00:28:41,888
Yeah, if you
could find one.

656
00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:43,890
What choice do I have?

657
00:28:43,992 --> 00:28:45,391
But only for now.

658
00:28:45,494 --> 00:28:47,655
The minute
we finish that show,

659
00:28:47,763 --> 00:28:50,163
we'll build the car
we advertised.

660
00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:53,663
$ 7,500.

661
00:28:53,769 --> 00:28:57,102
I never thought
I'd live to see the day.

662
00:29:02,744 --> 00:29:06,145
I didn't make the fenders move
with the wheels

663
00:29:06,248 --> 00:29:08,148
like you
wanted to, sir.

664
00:29:11,186 --> 00:29:12,915
Why the hell not?

665
00:29:13,021 --> 00:29:14,113
Hmm?

666
00:29:14,223 --> 00:29:17,386
Remember Frank Lockhard
when he drove the Stutz?

667
00:29:17,492 --> 00:29:20,518
At high speeds
they acted like rudders.

668
00:29:20,629 --> 00:29:22,028
It was very dangerous.

669
00:29:22,130 --> 00:29:24,530
So I made
the middle light

670
00:29:24,633 --> 00:29:26,032
turn with the wheels,

671
00:29:26,134 --> 00:29:27,533
and it works fine.

672
00:29:27,636 --> 00:29:29,035
And it's safe.

673
00:29:30,505 --> 00:29:33,906
You ever do something
I told you not to,

674
00:29:34,009 --> 00:29:35,476
so help me...

675
00:29:35,577 --> 00:29:37,477
I'll give you a raise.

676
00:29:38,981 --> 00:29:39,879
Hey!

677
00:29:41,617 --> 00:29:42,743
No reverse!

678
00:29:43,852 --> 00:29:45,251
Can we fix it?

679
00:29:45,354 --> 00:29:46,753
Not by Monday.

680
00:29:46,855 --> 00:29:48,254
You'll get it.

681
00:29:48,357 --> 00:29:50,655
Junior,
give me a hand here.

682
00:29:50,759 --> 00:29:52,659
All right,
we'll get it.

683
00:29:54,730 --> 00:29:55,788
Push!

684
00:30:00,769 --> 00:30:03,431
Abe, I still don't
like this idea.

685
00:30:03,538 --> 00:30:05,438
We've got to do it, Tucker.

686
00:30:05,540 --> 00:30:06,939
We need
Detroit experience,

687
00:30:07,042 --> 00:30:09,442
or we won't
sell any stock.

688
00:30:09,544 --> 00:30:12,445
As long as he doesn't
try to run the company.

689
00:30:13,649 --> 00:30:15,549
Mr. Tucker.

690
00:30:15,651 --> 00:30:17,551
I've always
admired innovative men

691
00:30:17,653 --> 00:30:20,053
who are willing
to take risks.

692
00:30:20,155 --> 00:30:24,057
I myself introduced nylon seat covers
in our new line.

693
00:30:24,159 --> 00:30:26,150
Ah...

694
00:30:26,261 --> 00:30:29,662
So, when do I get to see
the car?

695
00:30:29,765 --> 00:30:31,699
Soon, Mr. Bennington.

696
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,200
The car has to be shown

697
00:30:34,303 --> 00:30:37,204
in less than a week,
doesn't it?

698
00:30:53,288 --> 00:30:55,188
The piston load
during compression

699
00:30:55,290 --> 00:30:57,622
is three times
normal family cars.

700
00:30:57,726 --> 00:31:00,627
It needs a 24-volt
battery to start,

701
00:31:00,729 --> 00:31:02,128
which don't exist.

702
00:31:02,230 --> 00:31:04,630
How many volts in those? Six.

703
00:31:04,733 --> 00:31:07,133
Use two truck batteries.
They're 12.

704
00:31:07,235 --> 00:31:08,634
That's 24.

705
00:31:09,838 --> 00:31:11,237
What do you think

706
00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:13,535
of these pictures
in these brochures?

707
00:31:13,642 --> 00:31:15,803
I want to talk
about that.

708
00:31:15,911 --> 00:31:17,310
That board
of directors

709
00:31:17,412 --> 00:31:18,845
they stuck me with...

710
00:31:18,947 --> 00:31:21,848
I don't know if Bennington's
an undertaker

711
00:31:21,950 --> 00:31:24,612
or one of the stiffs
he embalmed.

712
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,119
Preston.

713
00:31:26,221 --> 00:31:28,212
How many years
of testing?

714
00:31:28,323 --> 00:31:29,221
15?

715
00:31:29,324 --> 00:31:31,724
I've been thinking
about that car

716
00:31:31,827 --> 00:31:33,192
longer than 15 years.

717
00:31:33,295 --> 00:31:34,853
Thinking's
not exactly testing.

718
00:31:34,963 --> 00:31:35,861
It's advertising.

719
00:31:35,964 --> 00:31:38,364
You're not supposed
to believe it.

720
00:31:38,467 --> 00:31:39,866
If you're selling candy,

721
00:31:39,968 --> 00:31:42,493
what do you advertise,
rotting teeth?

722
00:31:48,276 --> 00:31:49,334
Uh.

723
00:31:49,444 --> 00:31:51,435
You caught me,
didn't you?

724
00:31:51,546 --> 00:31:54,947
Uh-huh. Don't you give me
that crooked little smile

725
00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:56,881
you stole
from Clark Gable.

726
00:31:56,985 --> 00:31:59,886
What? I didn't steal that
from Clark Gable!

727
00:31:59,988 --> 00:32:01,387
I've caught you
practicing.

728
00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:03,515
You thought
I wasn't looking.

729
00:32:04,726 --> 00:32:08,218
Oh, now,
this smile here. See?

730
00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:10,264
This is my downfall.

731
00:32:10,365 --> 00:32:11,764
The real you.

732
00:32:11,867 --> 00:32:14,301
The canary
who ate the cat.

733
00:32:20,742 --> 00:32:23,142
That smile
made you do that?

734
00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:24,542
Every time.

735
00:32:27,749 --> 00:32:30,980
You know what this smile
makes me want to do?

736
00:32:31,086 --> 00:32:32,553
Punch you.

737
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:39,659
Let's stick
with the canary.

738
00:32:53,775 --> 00:32:56,107
Mr. Bennington,
members of the board,

739
00:32:56,211 --> 00:32:58,543
we have one
major problem.

740
00:32:58,647 --> 00:33:00,171
Yes, Mr. Tucker?

741
00:33:00,282 --> 00:33:04,514
Just what sort
of problem is that?

742
00:33:04,619 --> 00:33:06,678
Well...

743
00:33:06,788 --> 00:33:08,688
they're putting
the squeeze on.

744
00:33:08,790 --> 00:33:09,688
Detroit.

745
00:33:09,791 --> 00:33:12,692
We can't buy clay.
We can't buy steel.

746
00:33:12,794 --> 00:33:14,193
We can't buy anything.

747
00:33:14,296 --> 00:33:15,695
That doesn't
surprise me.

748
00:33:15,797 --> 00:33:18,197
So I'm meeting
with Senator Ferguson.

749
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:21,201
We'll straighten this thing out
eyeball to eyeball.

750
00:33:21,303 --> 00:33:22,201
Wait.

751
00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:23,271
You wait.

752
00:33:23,371 --> 00:33:25,771
We'll nip this
in the bud.

753
00:33:25,874 --> 00:33:28,775
You think a smile
will make him forget

754
00:33:28,877 --> 00:33:30,777
he's a senator
from Detroit?

755
00:33:30,879 --> 00:33:33,814
We're making cars
in Chicago.

756
00:33:33,915 --> 00:33:36,440
He's my senator, too,
don't forget.

757
00:33:46,761 --> 00:33:49,161
The senator
will see you now.

758
00:33:49,264 --> 00:33:50,526
Very good.

759
00:33:54,503 --> 00:33:55,401
This way?

760
00:33:55,504 --> 00:33:56,937
Right through
that door.

761
00:33:59,141 --> 00:34:00,039
Senator.

762
00:34:01,877 --> 00:34:03,902
Preston Tucker.

763
00:34:04,012 --> 00:34:05,536
Mr. Tucker.

764
00:34:05,647 --> 00:34:07,547
A.H. Karatz.

765
00:34:07,649 --> 00:34:09,879
K-A-R-A-T-Z, huh?

766
00:34:09,985 --> 00:34:10,883
Huh?

767
00:34:10,986 --> 00:34:13,045
Sit down, gentlemen.
Sit down.

768
00:34:14,322 --> 00:34:16,222
Let's get
to the point.

769
00:34:16,324 --> 00:34:19,225
I know you're a powerful man
in Washington.

770
00:34:19,327 --> 00:34:20,225
Oh.

771
00:34:20,328 --> 00:34:23,229
I also know that
your main job is...

772
00:34:23,331 --> 00:34:26,596
Limo's here, Senator.

773
00:34:26,701 --> 00:34:28,100
Well, I'm sorry,
gentlemen.

774
00:34:28,203 --> 00:34:30,103
It was just
getting interesting.

775
00:34:30,205 --> 00:34:34,107
My plans changed on me
since we made this appointment,

776
00:34:34,209 --> 00:34:36,609
as they do
every two seconds.

777
00:34:36,711 --> 00:34:39,111
I'm not going to
be able to... Alice?

778
00:34:39,214 --> 00:34:41,114
Did you take care of...

779
00:34:41,216 --> 00:34:43,275
First thing
in the morning.

780
00:34:43,385 --> 00:34:45,910
Huh? Walk me to the car?

781
00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:51,324
Good day.

782
00:34:51,426 --> 00:34:54,054
Senator, don't forget
the 4:00 meeting.

783
00:34:54,162 --> 00:34:55,060
Got it.

784
00:34:55,163 --> 00:34:56,061
Senator?

785
00:34:56,164 --> 00:34:59,031
Just bring everything
to the plane.

786
00:35:02,204 --> 00:35:05,037
You, uh...
you like Jack Benny?

787
00:35:05,140 --> 00:35:06,038
Senator!

788
00:35:06,141 --> 00:35:07,540
He's my favorite.

789
00:35:07,642 --> 00:35:08,540
Tickets.

790
00:35:08,643 --> 00:35:10,042
Oh, thank you.

791
00:35:10,145 --> 00:35:13,911
"Problems are just opportunities
in work clothes."

792
00:35:14,015 --> 00:35:18,008
That's a quote from my friend
Henry J. Kaiser.

793
00:35:18,119 --> 00:35:19,017
Karatz.

794
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,485
Afternoon, Senator.

795
00:35:20,589 --> 00:35:22,989
Get that thing
we talked about?

796
00:35:23,091 --> 00:35:24,490
Got a phone call.

797
00:35:24,593 --> 00:35:28,324
Call Tim.
Tell him I told you, huh?

798
00:35:28,430 --> 00:35:29,488
In Washington,

799
00:35:29,598 --> 00:35:32,328
did you meet Harry Macdonald,
head of S.E.C.?

800
00:35:32,434 --> 00:35:33,332
Not yet.

801
00:35:33,435 --> 00:35:35,960
Local boy,
good man, loyal.

802
00:35:36,071 --> 00:35:38,471
Who's your favorite
comedian, Mr. Tucker?

803
00:35:38,573 --> 00:35:40,973
That's how
you keep that figure.

804
00:35:41,076 --> 00:35:42,475
That's one way,
Senator.

805
00:35:46,681 --> 00:35:48,546
Quite an idea
of yours...

806
00:35:48,650 --> 00:35:51,881
selling dealerships for cars
that don't exist.

807
00:35:56,157 --> 00:35:57,488
You remember
that song?

808
00:35:57,592 --> 00:35:59,321
% % Music goes
round and round% %

809
00:35:59,427 --> 00:36:00,724
% % Oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh% %

810
00:36:00,829 --> 00:36:02,694
% % And it
comes out here% % % %

811
00:36:05,567 --> 00:36:08,968
The Big Three should be indicted
for manslaughter, huh?

812
00:36:10,672 --> 00:36:11,866
Funny line.

813
00:36:20,448 --> 00:36:23,076
What was that all about?

814
00:36:23,184 --> 00:36:26,176
Did he say anything?
What did he say?

815
00:36:26,288 --> 00:36:29,189
He said stay out
of the car business,

816
00:36:29,291 --> 00:36:31,691
or we cut
your nuggies off.

817
00:36:36,564 --> 00:36:37,963
All right.
Now what?

818
00:36:38,066 --> 00:36:40,296
I can't give you
a fuel injection.

819
00:36:40,402 --> 00:36:41,801
No fuel injection?

820
00:36:41,903 --> 00:36:44,303
You want the car
on time,

821
00:36:44,406 --> 00:36:47,307
the only hope we got
is twin carburetors.

822
00:36:48,576 --> 00:36:49,474
Oh!

823
00:36:50,912 --> 00:36:52,311
God damn it!

824
00:36:53,748 --> 00:36:55,648
Where is my car?

825
00:36:58,687 --> 00:37:00,587
What's left of it,
anything?

826
00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:12,427
Hi, Abe.

827
00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:14,092
Vera, how are you?

828
00:37:14,202 --> 00:37:15,601
Great. Come on in.

829
00:37:15,704 --> 00:37:17,433
Uncle Abe! Uncle Abe!

830
00:37:17,539 --> 00:37:18,597
Wha...

831
00:37:18,707 --> 00:37:20,106
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

832
00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:21,106
My goodness.

833
00:37:21,209 --> 00:37:24,110
Whoa, look what I have for you.

834
00:37:24,212 --> 00:37:25,611
It's from Chicago.

835
00:37:25,714 --> 00:37:26,612
For me?

836
00:37:26,715 --> 00:37:28,615
I hope you like it.

837
00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:34,620
Oh, I love it, Uncle Abe.

838
00:37:34,723 --> 00:37:35,951
Is it all right?

839
00:37:36,057 --> 00:37:38,617
What do I know
about ladies' dresses?

840
00:37:38,727 --> 00:37:40,627
Can I try it on?

841
00:37:43,231 --> 00:37:44,630
Well, well, well.

842
00:37:44,733 --> 00:37:45,631
Oh!

843
00:37:45,734 --> 00:37:46,632
Oh!

844
00:37:46,735 --> 00:37:48,134
You got me.

845
00:37:48,236 --> 00:37:50,636
Here's a present
for you, Noble.

846
00:37:50,739 --> 00:37:52,138
Something for you.

847
00:38:00,515 --> 00:38:01,914
Well, tell me gently.

848
00:38:02,016 --> 00:38:03,916
Do we have a car?

849
00:38:05,954 --> 00:38:06,852
Well...

850
00:38:06,955 --> 00:38:08,422
we've got something.

851
00:38:10,592 --> 00:38:13,993
Does it look like
the car in the ads?

852
00:38:14,095 --> 00:38:16,586
Looks like it.

853
00:38:16,698 --> 00:38:18,598
So why are
you worried?

854
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:21,601
All they have to do
is see it.

855
00:38:21,703 --> 00:38:23,102
Here's
your martini, Abe.

856
00:38:23,204 --> 00:38:24,603
A drink. Come.

857
00:38:31,713 --> 00:38:33,112
To the car.

858
00:38:33,214 --> 00:38:35,614
- To the car.
- To the car.

859
00:38:39,721 --> 00:38:41,120
[Whistles]

860
00:38:41,222 --> 00:38:42,450
Whoo.

861
00:38:42,557 --> 00:38:44,616
Don't you
just love it?

862
00:38:44,726 --> 00:38:46,125
Thank you,
Uncle Abe.

863
00:38:46,227 --> 00:38:47,125
You're welcome.

864
00:38:47,228 --> 00:38:49,628
Thanks.
Don't you just love it?

865
00:38:49,731 --> 00:38:51,631
It's beautiful,
sweetie.

866
00:38:51,733 --> 00:38:52,631
Dad!

867
00:38:52,734 --> 00:38:53,792
Where's dad?

868
00:38:53,902 --> 00:38:55,802
You better
get out there.

869
00:38:55,904 --> 00:38:58,737
Oil's leaking from
the rear main seal.

870
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,240
We just blew
a head gasket.

871
00:39:01,342 --> 00:39:03,310
The whole thing's
falling apart.

872
00:39:03,411 --> 00:39:06,312
What's going on?
I leave for one minute.

873
00:39:06,414 --> 00:39:07,403
Where's Eddie?

874
00:39:07,515 --> 00:39:08,573
Eddie!

875
00:39:10,285 --> 00:39:11,684
What is it?

876
00:39:11,786 --> 00:39:13,845
It's just what
we expected.

877
00:39:16,191 --> 00:39:18,091
What the hell
was that?

878
00:39:19,527 --> 00:39:20,926
Hey, are you OK?

879
00:39:21,029 --> 00:39:22,428
Are you all right?

880
00:39:22,530 --> 00:39:23,588
You're OK?

881
00:39:23,698 --> 00:39:25,097
We could've
gotten killed.

882
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,599
Totaled the suspension.

883
00:39:26,701 --> 00:39:28,601
You're all right.
All right.

884
00:39:28,703 --> 00:39:31,604
With all that weight.
Dutch. Where's Dutch?

885
00:39:31,706 --> 00:39:33,606
We need
four new arms

886
00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:35,107
machined
from solid stock.

887
00:39:35,210 --> 00:39:36,108
No sweat.

888
00:39:38,213 --> 00:39:40,613
What the hell's
happening to you?

889
00:39:40,715 --> 00:39:43,616
That kid nearly got
his brains splattered.

890
00:39:43,718 --> 00:39:45,481
You don't even notice.

891
00:39:45,587 --> 00:39:47,987
For what?
That pile of junk?

892
00:39:48,089 --> 00:39:51,115
That's all it is...
a pile of junk.

893
00:39:51,226 --> 00:39:53,126
Aah!

894
00:40:03,738 --> 00:40:06,138
Listen to me.
You listening? Carefully?

895
00:40:06,241 --> 00:40:08,141
We're going to
build that car,

896
00:40:08,243 --> 00:40:10,143
the one we
dreamed of,

897
00:40:10,245 --> 00:40:12,645
exactly the way
we want it.

898
00:40:21,756 --> 00:40:24,657
Feeling better?
That's what I came down for...

899
00:40:24,759 --> 00:40:26,158
to cheer you up.

900
00:40:26,261 --> 00:40:27,159
I'm fine.

901
00:40:27,262 --> 00:40:28,160
Cheerful?

902
00:40:28,263 --> 00:40:29,662
I'm plenty cheerful.

903
00:40:29,764 --> 00:40:30,992
Too cheerful.

904
00:40:34,769 --> 00:40:36,168
You think
that's cheerful...

905
00:40:36,271 --> 00:40:38,171
watching me
lose my mind?

906
00:40:38,273 --> 00:40:40,173
Know what's
even more cheerful?

907
00:40:40,275 --> 00:40:41,674
Having ringside seats

908
00:40:41,776 --> 00:40:43,175
at your own
crucifixion,

909
00:40:43,278 --> 00:40:45,678
which I might
have in Chicago.

910
00:41:03,731 --> 00:41:05,130
How's it going?

911
00:41:05,233 --> 00:41:08,134
This is Frank
the press agent.

912
00:41:08,236 --> 00:41:11,637
Abe. He thinks
"Frank the press agent" is one word.

913
00:41:11,739 --> 00:41:14,139
Frank. Please.

914
00:41:14,242 --> 00:41:16,142
These are the security guards?

915
00:41:16,244 --> 00:41:18,144
Three shifts
round the clock.

916
00:41:18,246 --> 00:41:20,646
Absolutely nobody
gets near this car.

917
00:41:20,748 --> 00:41:22,147
I told them.

918
00:41:23,251 --> 00:41:24,479
Ooh! Frank.

919
00:41:25,753 --> 00:41:27,152
Naughty, naughty.

920
00:41:29,357 --> 00:41:32,485
No, no. Down, down.
Now, move that.

921
00:41:32,594 --> 00:41:33,993
This is Stan.

922
00:41:34,095 --> 00:41:36,996
He's making a promotional
film about you.

923
00:41:37,098 --> 00:41:38,497
Nice to meet you.

924
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,501
It's a puff kind
of a promo film...

925
00:41:41,603 --> 00:41:44,003
Sales meetings, dealerships,
things like that.

926
00:41:44,105 --> 00:41:46,505
If you have
any family albums,

927
00:41:46,608 --> 00:41:47,506
uh, snapshots...

928
00:41:47,609 --> 00:41:48,507
Home movies?

929
00:41:48,610 --> 00:41:50,009
You just shut up.

930
00:41:50,111 --> 00:41:53,103
Home movies,
anything like that we could use.

931
00:41:53,214 --> 00:41:54,613
What's the point?

932
00:41:54,716 --> 00:41:55,614
Selling stock.

933
00:41:55,717 --> 00:41:57,378
Selling stock
in my family?

934
00:41:57,485 --> 00:42:00,386
We're not just selling cars.
We're selling you...

935
00:42:00,488 --> 00:42:01,785
which includes your family.

936
00:42:01,889 --> 00:42:05,017
That newsreel of you
in the White House?

937
00:42:05,126 --> 00:42:07,026
You think
the President's yelling,

938
00:42:07,128 --> 00:42:08,026
"Get me Tucker!"?

939
00:42:08,129 --> 00:42:10,529
You can't buy
publicity like that.

940
00:42:10,632 --> 00:42:12,190
You did.

941
00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:13,699
Yeah. For money.

942
00:42:13,801 --> 00:42:15,029
Sure.

943
00:42:15,136 --> 00:42:17,036
Nothing you say
makes sense.

944
00:42:17,138 --> 00:42:19,868
How come I always
know what you mean?

945
00:42:19,974 --> 00:42:23,205
Because you talk worse than me
the same language.

946
00:42:23,311 --> 00:42:24,300
Mr. Tucker.

947
00:42:24,412 --> 00:42:27,279
Some shots looking up
at the sign.

948
00:42:27,382 --> 00:42:28,371
Dignified,

949
00:42:28,483 --> 00:42:29,541
serious,

950
00:42:29,651 --> 00:42:30,709
confident...

951
00:42:30,818 --> 00:42:32,877
a regular captain
of industry.

952
00:42:38,326 --> 00:42:41,727
Broadcasting live
from the Tucker auto plant.

953
00:42:41,829 --> 00:42:45,230
The largest parking lot in
the world, completely filled.

954
00:42:45,333 --> 00:42:47,665
People coming here
from everywhere...

955
00:42:47,769 --> 00:42:50,237
Washington, D.C.,
New York.

956
00:42:50,338 --> 00:42:52,238
They're here
with their families,

957
00:42:52,340 --> 00:42:53,739
all looking very excited

958
00:42:53,841 --> 00:42:55,240
about seeing
the innovations

959
00:42:55,343 --> 00:42:57,174
they've heard
so much about

960
00:42:57,278 --> 00:42:58,677
in the Tucker
automobile.

961
00:42:58,780 --> 00:43:00,179
300 people were invited,

962
00:43:00,281 --> 00:43:02,545
and over 1,000
have shown up.

963
00:43:14,796 --> 00:43:17,697
Since 13,
when he was office boy

964
00:43:17,799 --> 00:43:20,199
for the Vice President
of Cadillac,

965
00:43:20,301 --> 00:43:21,700
Preston Tucker's
been identified...

966
00:43:21,803 --> 00:43:23,532
Noble, you sit here.

967
00:43:23,638 --> 00:43:26,698
What did you
get me into?

968
00:43:26,808 --> 00:43:29,208
The biggest day
in automotive history.

969
00:43:29,310 --> 00:43:30,709
I didn't expect this.

970
00:43:30,812 --> 00:43:33,303
Wait and see.
Wait and see.

971
00:43:34,816 --> 00:43:36,215
OK, push it.

972
00:43:36,317 --> 00:43:37,716
Aahh...

973
00:43:37,819 --> 00:43:40,720
How much longer?
We're an hour late already.

974
00:43:40,822 --> 00:43:42,722
The damn wheels
are locked.

975
00:43:42,824 --> 00:43:43,722
Ohh!

976
00:43:43,825 --> 00:43:46,225
Come on.
Let's try rocking it.

977
00:43:46,327 --> 00:43:47,726
Come on, Jimmy.

978
00:43:49,664 --> 00:43:52,531
OK. Try the other way.
Rock it, now.

979
00:43:53,835 --> 00:43:55,234
Come on. Rock it.

980
00:43:55,336 --> 00:43:58,169
Nah, Junior, you got
to go underneath.

981
00:43:58,272 --> 00:43:59,603
Eddie,
get that socket.

982
00:43:59,707 --> 00:44:00,765
Eddie!

983
00:44:00,875 --> 00:44:03,673
Having a little trouble
back there, seems like.

984
00:44:03,778 --> 00:44:06,178
Been up all night,
poor bastards,

985
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,181
trying to hold that pile
of junk together.

986
00:44:09,283 --> 00:44:12,184
It won't even back up.
No kidding.

987
00:44:12,286 --> 00:44:13,184
No reverse.

988
00:44:13,287 --> 00:44:15,687
Jack it up!
Get in there.

989
00:44:15,790 --> 00:44:18,350
Would you like
to help me out?

990
00:44:18,459 --> 00:44:20,757
Let me know
what goes on.

991
00:44:20,862 --> 00:44:22,193
We want the car!

992
00:44:22,296 --> 00:44:24,355
We want the car!

993
00:44:24,465 --> 00:44:26,330
Let's go!
Come on!

994
00:44:26,434 --> 00:44:27,833
What's going on?

995
00:44:27,935 --> 00:44:29,869
Who knows?
The board's getting impatient.

996
00:44:34,809 --> 00:44:36,208
Senator Ferguson.

997
00:44:37,512 --> 00:44:39,912
Preston, get this thing
started now!

998
00:44:40,014 --> 00:44:42,209
Do something. Stall.
Anything.

999
00:44:42,316 --> 00:44:44,216
Bennington
is going crazy.

1000
00:44:44,318 --> 00:44:46,786
Signal when ready
from that corner.

1001
00:44:46,888 --> 00:44:48,082
That corner?

1002
00:44:48,189 --> 00:44:49,087
Yeah.

1003
00:44:49,190 --> 00:44:50,555
Take out some weight!

1004
00:44:58,699 --> 00:45:01,668
Welcome,
ladies and gentlemen.

1005
00:45:01,769 --> 00:45:03,168
I'm Preston Tucker.

1006
00:45:03,271 --> 00:45:04,670
Sorry for the delay.

1007
00:45:04,772 --> 00:45:07,900
Perhaps this will perk
you up... the Tuckerettes!

1008
00:45:08,009 --> 00:45:09,670
What are
Tuckerettes?

1009
00:45:09,777 --> 00:45:11,005
They're girls.

1010
00:45:11,112 --> 00:45:12,079
Girls!

1011
00:45:16,818 --> 00:45:19,184
The back tires can't move

1012
00:45:19,287 --> 00:45:22,256
with all that weight
on the rear wheels.

1013
00:45:23,791 --> 00:45:25,850
Try this
for a brace.

1014
00:45:31,432 --> 00:45:34,401
Let's hear it
for the Tuckerettes!

1015
00:45:36,070 --> 00:45:39,437
OK, Junior. Tell your dad.
Let's go.

1016
00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:40,438
We're set!

1017
00:45:40,541 --> 00:45:41,872
Aren't they
lovely creatures?

1018
00:45:41,976 --> 00:45:42,943
Dad!

1019
00:45:44,745 --> 00:45:45,871
Back here!

1020
00:45:45,980 --> 00:45:47,140
Back here!

1021
00:45:47,248 --> 00:45:49,648
Dad, we got it.
We're set.

1022
00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:50,682
And now,

1023
00:45:50,785 --> 00:45:52,719
ladies and gentlemen,

1024
00:45:52,820 --> 00:45:55,721
the history-making moment
you've all been waiting for.

1025
00:45:57,291 --> 00:45:59,691
OK, come on,
let's push, guys.

1026
00:45:59,794 --> 00:46:01,022
Hold it, Eddie!

1027
00:46:01,128 --> 00:46:03,153
We got a leak again.

1028
00:46:03,264 --> 00:46:06,165
Tell your dad
to hold it. Hold it.

1029
00:46:06,267 --> 00:46:08,167
Dad! Dad!
Dad, hold it!

1030
00:46:08,269 --> 00:46:09,964
Hold it. Stop.

1031
00:46:13,107 --> 00:46:15,007
But first, you don't mind

1032
00:46:15,109 --> 00:46:17,737
if I introduce
my family, do you?

1033
00:46:17,845 --> 00:46:19,437
My lovely wife Vera.

1034
00:46:22,650 --> 00:46:25,175
My daughter Marilyn Lee.

1035
00:46:25,286 --> 00:46:27,379
Isn't she lovely?

1036
00:46:27,488 --> 00:46:29,922
Junior,
get the soldering iron.

1037
00:46:30,024 --> 00:46:32,515
My eldest son
is backstage.

1038
00:46:32,627 --> 00:46:34,060
Asleep in the car?

1039
00:46:34,161 --> 00:46:35,526
Ladies and gentlemen,

1040
00:46:35,630 --> 00:46:37,598
the car everyone
calls the Tucker...

1041
00:46:37,698 --> 00:46:38,790
let's go.

1042
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:40,026
But first...

1043
00:46:40,134 --> 00:46:41,032
Dad!

1044
00:46:41,135 --> 00:46:42,500
Dad!

1045
00:46:42,603 --> 00:46:43,501
We're set.

1046
00:46:43,604 --> 00:46:46,505
Does anybody want
to see the car?

1047
00:46:48,809 --> 00:46:49,707
Hold it.

1048
00:46:49,810 --> 00:46:51,072
Fire!

1049
00:46:51,178 --> 00:46:53,476
Get the fire
extinguishers.

1050
00:46:55,716 --> 00:46:58,150
But first...

1051
00:46:58,252 --> 00:47:02,518
I'd like to show you
the cars many features.

1052
00:47:04,792 --> 00:47:07,454
Ladies, the Detroit-mobile.

1053
00:47:07,561 --> 00:47:09,461
You're standing
on my foot.

1054
00:47:09,563 --> 00:47:12,054
You're on my foot.

1055
00:47:12,166 --> 00:47:14,657
Because of the revolutionary
Tucker rear engine...

1056
00:47:17,171 --> 00:47:19,605
Stop. There's no more fire there.

1057
00:47:19,707 --> 00:47:21,572
What took you
so long?

1058
00:47:21,676 --> 00:47:24,577
Drive your Tucker
to the dumbest mechanic

1059
00:47:24,679 --> 00:47:26,078
anywhere in the world,

1060
00:47:26,180 --> 00:47:29,081
and he'll be able
to remove the engine

1061
00:47:29,183 --> 00:47:31,583
and replace it
within 20 minutes.

1062
00:47:31,686 --> 00:47:35,645
Didn't you tell him
we're not doing that?

1063
00:47:35,756 --> 00:47:38,748
Let's hear it
for the Tuckerettes.

1064
00:47:38,859 --> 00:47:39,757
Come on!

1065
00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:41,088
Boo!

1066
00:47:41,195 --> 00:47:42,594
We want the car!

1067
00:47:42,697 --> 00:47:44,096
We want the car!

1068
00:47:44,198 --> 00:47:45,426
Come on, Tucker.

1069
00:47:45,533 --> 00:47:47,933
We want the car.

1070
00:47:48,035 --> 00:47:50,094
We want the car.

1071
00:47:50,204 --> 00:47:51,933
We want the car.

1072
00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:53,438
We want the car.

1073
00:47:53,541 --> 00:47:54,940
We want the car.

1074
00:47:55,042 --> 00:47:56,407
We want the car.

1075
00:47:56,510 --> 00:47:59,138
...that dreams
can come true.

1076
00:47:59,246 --> 00:48:01,009
Ladies and gentlemen,

1077
00:48:01,115 --> 00:48:04,346
don't let a Tucker
pass you by.

1078
00:48:07,054 --> 00:48:08,043
Ladies...

1079
00:48:08,155 --> 00:48:10,146
[Trumpet Fanfare Plays]

1080
00:48:43,557 --> 00:48:44,455
Whoa.

1081
00:48:44,558 --> 00:48:45,957
That's pretty good.

1082
00:48:51,565 --> 00:48:54,295
Get up here.
Come on. Sweetie.

1083
00:48:54,402 --> 00:48:55,801
Come on!

1084
00:49:19,093 --> 00:49:21,391
And now,
ladies and gentlemen,

1085
00:49:21,495 --> 00:49:22,792
my love,

1086
00:49:22,897 --> 00:49:24,660
my inspiration,

1087
00:49:24,765 --> 00:49:26,596
my wife...

1088
00:49:26,700 --> 00:49:27,758
Vera.

1089
00:49:31,072 --> 00:49:32,266
Yeah! Yeah!

1090
00:49:41,582 --> 00:49:44,346
I usually don't take a bath
till Saturday.

1091
00:50:32,133 --> 00:50:35,534
We are pleased to say
this newly christened car

1092
00:50:35,636 --> 00:50:38,036
gets over
20 miles per gallon,

1093
00:50:38,139 --> 00:50:40,699
is capable
of 130 miles per hour,

1094
00:50:40,808 --> 00:50:43,368
and hasn't even
been opened up yet.

1095
00:50:43,477 --> 00:50:46,378
The car features seat belts,
a rear motor,

1096
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:48,880
and has a sponge-rubber
crash panel.

1097
00:50:48,983 --> 00:50:50,382
Buy a Tucker.

1098
00:50:50,484 --> 00:50:53,351
Don't let the future
pass you by.

1099
00:50:55,790 --> 00:50:59,521
This man Tucker
is a loose cannon.

1100
00:50:59,628 --> 00:51:01,027
He just
doesn't understand

1101
00:51:01,129 --> 00:51:02,687
how a corporation runs.

1102
00:51:02,797 --> 00:51:05,357
He's not much
of an engineer either.

1103
00:51:05,467 --> 00:51:07,367
If we don't
watch out,

1104
00:51:07,469 --> 00:51:10,370
we'll never build those cars
in time.

1105
00:51:10,472 --> 00:51:13,373
Why don't we
let him go off

1106
00:51:13,475 --> 00:51:15,875
on a nice long
publicity tour?

1107
00:51:15,977 --> 00:51:18,241
Not a bad idea.

1108
00:51:27,322 --> 00:51:28,289
All right.

1109
00:51:51,580 --> 00:51:55,516
Preston, I'd like you
to meet Mrs. Mellon.

1110
00:51:55,617 --> 00:51:57,016
Preston Tucker.

1111
00:52:09,664 --> 00:52:11,598
Mr. Preston Tucker,

1112
00:52:11,700 --> 00:52:14,100
the key to
our fair city

1113
00:52:14,202 --> 00:52:15,601
and this
beautiful plaque

1114
00:52:15,704 --> 00:52:17,103
to commemorate
your achievements.

1115
00:52:47,168 --> 00:52:48,567
The Tuckers are here.

1116
00:52:53,575 --> 00:52:54,599
Sir.

1117
00:52:54,709 --> 00:52:55,607
Wow.

1118
00:52:55,710 --> 00:52:57,041
This is it...
Chicago.

1119
00:52:57,145 --> 00:53:00,046
This has got to be
100 stories high.

1120
00:53:01,449 --> 00:53:03,246
This way, ma'am.

1121
00:53:06,187 --> 00:53:07,085
Well,

1122
00:53:07,188 --> 00:53:09,588
how do you
like it, huh?

1123
00:53:11,626 --> 00:53:14,527
I got a real buy
on it.

1124
00:53:14,629 --> 00:53:15,527
Hello, Millie.

1125
00:53:15,630 --> 00:53:17,029
How are you,
darling?

1126
00:53:17,132 --> 00:53:18,326
Hi, Millie.

1127
00:53:18,433 --> 00:53:19,832
In here,
the kitchen.

1128
00:53:19,934 --> 00:53:21,333
You got
an elevator

1129
00:53:21,436 --> 00:53:23,301
goes up
and down.

1130
00:53:23,405 --> 00:53:26,738
Strap-work ceilings.
Beautiful.

1131
00:53:28,310 --> 00:53:30,870
That's why I got it so cheap,

1132
00:53:30,979 --> 00:53:32,378
from a vaudeville
family.

1133
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,744
Uh... very wealthy,

1134
00:53:34,849 --> 00:53:35,873
but, uh...

1135
00:53:35,984 --> 00:53:37,383
midgets.

1136
00:53:44,025 --> 00:53:46,926
I want to buy
a steel plant.

1137
00:53:47,028 --> 00:53:48,427
We need one.

1138
00:53:48,530 --> 00:53:51,090
I'll check with Beasley
at War Assets

1139
00:53:51,199 --> 00:53:54,100
and see if we can't
find another plant.

1140
00:53:54,202 --> 00:53:56,102
How do you
get one?

1141
00:53:56,204 --> 00:53:58,536
They go to
the highest bidder.

1142
00:53:58,640 --> 00:53:59,538
May I?

1143
00:54:01,676 --> 00:54:04,076
That's a hell
of a lighter.

1144
00:54:12,253 --> 00:54:15,154
Here are the new specs
from Mr. Bennington.

1145
00:54:15,256 --> 00:54:17,656
64 inches high
instead of 56.

1146
00:54:17,759 --> 00:54:19,158
And the wheel track...

1147
00:54:19,260 --> 00:54:20,659
Who are you exactly?

1148
00:54:20,762 --> 00:54:22,161
I'm from Engineering upstairs.

1149
00:54:22,263 --> 00:54:25,164
Take a look
at what we've done.

1150
00:54:25,266 --> 00:54:26,665
God damn it!

1151
00:54:26,768 --> 00:54:27,666
Damn it!

1152
00:54:27,769 --> 00:54:29,168
Hey, what's the matter?

1153
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:31,830
Hey, this is better.

1154
00:54:31,940 --> 00:54:34,841
The engine definitely
can't go in the rear.

1155
00:54:34,943 --> 00:54:36,774
No rear engine?

1156
00:54:38,279 --> 00:54:39,678
No rear engine?

1157
00:54:39,781 --> 00:54:42,181
We can't
get it to work.

1158
00:54:42,283 --> 00:54:43,545
No rear engine!

1159
00:54:43,651 --> 00:54:45,050
We represent
Mr. Tucker.

1160
00:54:45,153 --> 00:54:46,552
This is very important.

1161
00:54:46,654 --> 00:54:49,054
I'm sorry.
You can't see him.

1162
00:54:49,157 --> 00:54:50,556
He went out.

1163
00:54:56,631 --> 00:54:58,531
Next time Bennington goes out,

1164
00:54:58,633 --> 00:55:01,534
tell him to take
his body with him.

1165
00:55:10,645 --> 00:55:12,408
Mrs. Tucker.

1166
00:55:12,514 --> 00:55:15,108
Well, well...

1167
00:55:15,216 --> 00:55:16,877
what a nice surprise.

1168
00:55:16,985 --> 00:55:17,883
I'm, uh...

1169
00:55:17,986 --> 00:55:20,386
l-I'm really
delighted to see you.

1170
00:55:20,488 --> 00:55:21,716
Uh, but, um...

1171
00:55:21,823 --> 00:55:26,192
would you be good enough
to give my wife a call?

1172
00:55:26,294 --> 00:55:27,693
Mrs. Bennington
has complete charge

1173
00:55:27,796 --> 00:55:29,195
of our social visits.

1174
00:55:29,297 --> 00:55:31,697
There's nothing social
about this visit.

1175
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:33,165
Sit down, gentlemen.

1176
00:55:33,268 --> 00:55:35,168
We can skip
the minuet.

1177
00:55:39,674 --> 00:55:41,198
What is this?

1178
00:55:42,410 --> 00:55:43,707
And this?

1179
00:55:43,812 --> 00:55:44,938
And this?

1180
00:55:45,046 --> 00:55:46,946
And this is ridiculous.

1181
00:55:47,048 --> 00:55:48,447
Ha ha ha.

1182
00:55:48,550 --> 00:55:50,450
I admire this
very much

1183
00:55:50,552 --> 00:55:53,385
when the little woman
takes a keen interest

1184
00:55:53,488 --> 00:55:55,388
in her husband's
business affairs.

1185
00:55:55,490 --> 00:56:00,257
Why did you change the design
of my husband's car?

1186
00:56:00,361 --> 00:56:01,760
And the colors.

1187
00:56:01,863 --> 00:56:04,161
Waltz blue
came from the color

1188
00:56:04,265 --> 00:56:06,062
of one
of my dresses.

1189
00:56:06,167 --> 00:56:07,156
Mrs. Tucker,

1190
00:56:07,268 --> 00:56:10,066
your husband's fantasy
of a rear-engine car,

1191
00:56:10,171 --> 00:56:11,900
well,

1192
00:56:12,006 --> 00:56:14,406
it just doesn't work,
that's all.

1193
00:56:14,509 --> 00:56:17,410
There's very little likelihood
it'll ever work.

1194
00:56:17,512 --> 00:56:19,343
I'm really sorry
about that.

1195
00:56:19,447 --> 00:56:20,744
What about this?

1196
00:56:20,849 --> 00:56:23,750
Preston promised his car would sell
for $ 1,000.

1197
00:56:23,852 --> 00:56:26,412
In this memo,
you've doubled the price.

1198
00:56:26,521 --> 00:56:28,011
Uh...

1199
00:56:28,122 --> 00:56:29,521
my wife and I

1200
00:56:29,624 --> 00:56:33,526
would like to have you
as our guest for dinner.

1201
00:56:33,628 --> 00:56:35,858
I'll buy my own dinner,
Benny.

1202
00:56:35,964 --> 00:56:37,226
Answer the question. Why?

1203
00:56:38,433 --> 00:56:40,128
Steel.

1204
00:56:40,235 --> 00:56:43,136
We just can't get
any of it.

1205
00:56:43,238 --> 00:56:47,140
It's costing us twice as much
as the Big Three.

1206
00:56:47,242 --> 00:56:48,641
Oh, really, Mrs. Tucker,

1207
00:56:48,743 --> 00:56:51,473
I don't mean
to be rude,

1208
00:56:51,579 --> 00:56:53,479
but we're
in the middle

1209
00:56:53,581 --> 00:56:55,481
of a rather
crucial meeting.

1210
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,723
% % When you're
riding in a Tucker% %

1211
00:57:08,830 --> 00:57:09,922
% % Doo-doo-do% %

1212
00:57:10,031 --> 00:57:11,658
% % When you're
riding in a Tucker% %

1213
00:57:11,766 --> 00:57:13,063
% % Doo-doo-do% %

1214
00:57:13,167 --> 00:57:14,794
% % When you're
riding in a Tucker% %

1215
00:57:14,903 --> 00:57:15,927
% % Ooh-ah% %

1216
00:57:16,037 --> 00:57:17,163
% % The car of tomorrow% %

1217
00:57:17,272 --> 00:57:18,330
% % The car of tomorrow% %

1218
00:57:18,439 --> 00:57:19,428
% % The car of tomorrow% %

1219
00:57:19,541 --> 00:57:21,099
% % Today% %

1220
00:57:21,209 --> 00:57:22,904
% % The car of tomorrow% %

1221
00:57:23,011 --> 00:57:25,502
% % Today% % % %

1222
00:57:29,817 --> 00:57:30,715
Hi, folks.

1223
00:57:30,818 --> 00:57:32,217
I'm Preston Tucker.

1224
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,221
It's not polite
to blow your own horn...

1225
00:57:35,323 --> 00:57:36,221
[Horn Honks]

1226
00:57:36,324 --> 00:57:39,725
So I'll let the soundman
do it for me.

1227
00:57:39,827 --> 00:57:40,794
[Honk Honk]

1228
00:57:43,064 --> 00:57:44,190
But seriously...

1229
00:57:44,299 --> 00:57:45,698
who wrote this?

1230
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:48,701
I'll think
of my own stuff to say.

1231
00:57:48,803 --> 00:57:50,202
Phone for Mr. Tucker.

1232
00:57:50,305 --> 00:57:51,499
I'll call them back.

1233
00:57:51,606 --> 00:57:52,834
It's your wife.

1234
00:57:52,941 --> 00:57:54,340
She says
it's important.

1235
00:57:54,442 --> 00:57:55,374
All right.

1236
00:57:55,476 --> 00:57:57,808
We can do better
than this.

1237
00:57:59,047 --> 00:58:00,241
Hey, doll.

1238
00:58:00,348 --> 00:58:02,248
Get back here
right away.

1239
00:58:02,350 --> 00:58:04,341
Dad, Bennington's
changed the designs

1240
00:58:04,452 --> 00:58:06,352
to a standard
front-mounted engine.

1241
00:58:06,454 --> 00:58:09,014
He's changed the whole body
and everything.

1242
00:58:09,123 --> 00:58:10,988
Don't worry.
It's all right.

1243
00:58:11,092 --> 00:58:13,219
If Bennington
keeps tooling up

1244
00:58:13,328 --> 00:58:15,888
for his 1940 Plymouth
version he's building,

1245
00:58:15,997 --> 00:58:18,557
it'll cost millions
for us to retool.

1246
00:58:18,666 --> 00:58:20,065
We have to sell stock.

1247
00:58:20,168 --> 00:58:23,069
Otherwise,
there won't be a car to ruin.

1248
00:58:23,171 --> 00:58:24,399
When I get home,

1249
00:58:24,505 --> 00:58:27,167
I'll send him back
to the mortuary.

1250
00:58:27,275 --> 00:58:29,743
Bennington says
we'll have to double the price

1251
00:58:29,844 --> 00:58:32,404
because we're being
charged double for steel.

1252
00:58:32,513 --> 00:58:34,140
Turn that down!

1253
00:58:34,248 --> 00:58:37,308
And, Preston,
no waltz blue.

1254
00:58:37,418 --> 00:58:38,316
What?

1255
00:58:38,419 --> 00:58:39,317
Our color.

1256
00:58:40,822 --> 00:58:43,222
Doll, I'm on my way back.

1257
00:58:43,324 --> 00:58:44,222
All right.

1258
00:58:47,328 --> 00:58:49,228
The rear engine is out.

1259
00:58:49,330 --> 00:58:52,231
Your own engineers
admit that 589 engine

1260
00:58:52,333 --> 00:58:53,732
is a failure.

1261
00:58:53,835 --> 00:58:56,167
The chair recognizes
no further discussion.

1262
00:58:56,270 --> 00:58:58,135
Who made him the chair?

1263
00:58:58,239 --> 00:58:59,263
Also denied

1264
00:58:59,374 --> 00:59:01,672
and eliminated
from any further discussion

1265
00:59:01,776 --> 00:59:03,175
are disc brakes,

1266
00:59:03,277 --> 00:59:05,643
fuel injection,

1267
00:59:05,747 --> 00:59:08,215
hydraulic valve
lifters,

1268
00:59:08,316 --> 00:59:09,374
seat belts...

1269
00:59:09,484 --> 00:59:10,382
Seat belts?

1270
00:59:10,485 --> 00:59:13,386
How can you object
to seat belts?

1271
00:59:13,488 --> 00:59:14,716
Our marketing department

1272
00:59:14,822 --> 00:59:17,382
says they imply
the cars are unsafe.

1273
00:59:17,492 --> 00:59:20,393
If one person is
killed in a Tucker

1274
00:59:20,495 --> 00:59:23,396
because of some safety
feature you eliminated...

1275
00:59:23,498 --> 00:59:24,897
May I remind you,

1276
00:59:24,999 --> 00:59:27,559
you have no voice
in policy matters.

1277
00:59:27,669 --> 00:59:29,899
I'm in complete charge
of this company.

1278
00:59:30,004 --> 00:59:31,801
What company? My company?

1279
00:59:31,906 --> 00:59:33,032
Ha ha ha.

1280
00:59:33,141 --> 00:59:35,803
I think you'll find it stated
unequivocally

1281
00:59:35,910 --> 00:59:38,208
in my contract.

1282
00:59:44,519 --> 00:59:46,043
Is that true?

1283
00:59:48,423 --> 00:59:51,324
We needed his name
to sell the stock.

1284
00:59:52,593 --> 00:59:54,993
We needed a man
with experience

1285
00:59:55,096 --> 00:59:55,763
to run things, but...

1286
00:59:55,763 --> 00:59:56,422
to run things, but...

1287
00:59:56,531 --> 00:59:58,795
Tucker, I give you my word,

1288
00:59:58,900 --> 01:00:00,231
I swear to God,

1289
01:00:00,334 --> 01:00:03,235
I didn't know that
was in his contract.

1290
01:00:05,306 --> 01:00:07,331
You can't have Falstaff

1291
01:00:07,442 --> 01:00:10,673
and have him thin, Mr. Tucker.

1292
01:00:10,778 --> 01:00:13,440
What does that mean?

1293
01:00:13,548 --> 01:00:15,277
Well...

1294
01:00:15,383 --> 01:00:19,479
little boats should
be kept near the shore.

1295
01:00:19,587 --> 01:00:21,987
He talks like
a fortune cookie.

1296
01:00:22,090 --> 01:00:23,489
This is my company.

1297
01:00:23,591 --> 01:00:24,990
That means seat belts,

1298
01:00:25,093 --> 01:00:26,185
disc brakes,

1299
01:00:26,294 --> 01:00:28,762
fuel injection,
and a rear engine.

1300
01:00:28,863 --> 01:00:31,331
We'll see about that,
Mr. Tucker.

1301
01:00:37,171 --> 01:00:37,305
That son of a bitch
isn't getting my company!

1302
01:00:37,305 --> 01:00:41,207
That son of a bitch
isn't getting my company!

1303
01:00:41,309 --> 01:00:42,207
Daddy.

1304
01:00:42,310 --> 01:00:43,208
[Telephone Rings]

1305
01:00:43,311 --> 01:00:44,710
Forgive me, sweetie.

1306
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:47,074
Hello.

1307
01:00:47,181 --> 01:00:48,739
Hold on.

1308
01:00:48,850 --> 01:00:51,011
Dad, it's for you.

1309
01:00:52,587 --> 01:00:54,487
He says he's Howard Hughes.

1310
01:00:55,857 --> 01:00:57,586
Hello.

1311
01:00:57,692 --> 01:00:59,660
Is this some kind of...

1312
01:01:03,931 --> 01:01:05,330
I'll be right there.

1313
01:01:10,171 --> 01:01:11,570
Well, I'll be.

1314
01:02:25,513 --> 01:02:27,242
Hi.

1315
01:02:27,348 --> 01:02:29,009
Howard Hughes.

1316
01:02:30,718 --> 01:02:33,619
What do you think
of it, kid?

1317
01:02:33,721 --> 01:02:35,450
It's big.

1318
01:02:35,556 --> 01:02:37,615
That's what
they tell me.

1319
01:02:37,725 --> 01:02:42,162
Here, do you like pistachio nuts?

1320
01:02:42,263 --> 01:02:43,855
Lawyers.

1321
01:02:43,965 --> 01:02:45,865
All they can think about

1322
01:02:45,967 --> 01:02:48,868
is whether it will
fly or not.

1323
01:02:48,970 --> 01:02:50,870
Who cares
whether it flies?

1324
01:02:50,972 --> 01:02:53,270
That's not the point.

1325
01:02:53,374 --> 01:02:54,864
And...

1326
01:02:54,976 --> 01:02:56,807
Spruce Goose.

1327
01:02:56,911 --> 01:02:59,311
Why do they
call it that?

1328
01:02:59,413 --> 01:03:01,313
That seem funny to you?

1329
01:03:01,415 --> 01:03:02,814
I can't tell anymore.

1330
01:03:04,852 --> 01:03:06,285
People.

1331
01:03:06,387 --> 01:03:09,254
Did I change, or...

1332
01:03:09,357 --> 01:03:12,758
did the cosmic
sense of humor?

1333
01:03:12,860 --> 01:03:16,694
I used to laugh
when they did.

1334
01:03:16,797 --> 01:03:19,027
This...

1335
01:03:19,133 --> 01:03:20,998
prick...

1336
01:03:21,102 --> 01:03:22,967
Homer Ferguson.

1337
01:03:23,070 --> 01:03:25,630
He's after me, too.

1338
01:03:25,740 --> 01:03:29,005
Subpoenaed me
for a congressional investigation

1339
01:03:29,110 --> 01:03:32,170
which either
I show up for,

1340
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:33,770
in person,

1341
01:03:33,881 --> 01:03:36,349
or he's going
to send me to jail.

1342
01:03:40,254 --> 01:03:41,949
I'm already in jail.

1343
01:03:49,563 --> 01:03:51,463
Steel.

1344
01:03:51,565 --> 01:03:53,965
That's what
I called you about.

1345
01:03:54,068 --> 01:03:56,161
There's
a helicopter plant

1346
01:03:56,270 --> 01:03:58,738
in, uh, Syracuse,

1347
01:03:58,839 --> 01:04:02,400
called the Air-Cooled
Motor Company.

1348
01:04:02,510 --> 01:04:05,877
And they're not connected to any
government agency,

1349
01:04:05,980 --> 01:04:07,208
so...

1350
01:04:08,883 --> 01:04:12,148
the politicians can't
screw you out of it.

1351
01:04:14,555 --> 01:04:16,750
Well, this helicopter company

1352
01:04:16,857 --> 01:04:19,553
has all the steel you need.

1353
01:04:19,660 --> 01:04:23,221
And they're on their ass
financially, so...

1354
01:04:23,331 --> 01:04:25,822
if you hurry up,

1355
01:04:25,933 --> 01:04:27,730
they're ready to deal.

1356
01:04:29,437 --> 01:04:30,529
And they...

1357
01:04:30,638 --> 01:04:34,836
they make a really
fine aluminum engine.

1358
01:04:34,942 --> 01:04:37,308
But listen, now.

1359
01:04:37,411 --> 01:04:39,436
For God's sake, now,

1360
01:04:39,547 --> 01:04:40,707
you don't...

1361
01:04:46,020 --> 01:04:48,079
I wonder...

1362
01:04:49,824 --> 01:04:52,725
I wonder how they
get the blood off.

1363
01:05:03,471 --> 01:05:05,871
Well, what do you think, Jimmy?

1364
01:05:05,973 --> 01:05:07,634
It's a helicopter
engine.

1365
01:05:07,742 --> 01:05:09,642
It needs
to be converted

1366
01:05:09,744 --> 01:05:11,143
from air-cooled
to water.

1367
01:05:11,245 --> 01:05:14,043
But as a starting point, maybe.

1368
01:05:14,148 --> 01:05:16,548
It's small,
which is good. Simple.

1369
01:05:16,650 --> 01:05:18,641
I'll work on
the drawings.

1370
01:05:18,753 --> 01:05:20,653
Oh, time. Time.

1371
01:05:20,755 --> 01:05:22,655
Fighting Bennington
would take years.

1372
01:05:22,757 --> 01:05:26,158
Meanwhile, he's retooling his car
as fast as possible.

1373
01:05:26,260 --> 01:05:28,854
We'll have to build
this engine right here

1374
01:05:28,963 --> 01:05:30,362
out of Bennington's sight.

1375
01:05:30,464 --> 01:05:32,898
The Senate War
Investigating Committee

1376
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,400
has subpoenaed aircraft
designer Howard Hughes.

1377
01:05:35,503 --> 01:05:37,403
The committee will
investigate charges...

1378
01:05:37,505 --> 01:05:39,905
We need
a new cam shaft.

1379
01:05:41,942 --> 01:05:44,843
Intake manifold's going
to have to be reworked.

1380
01:05:44,945 --> 01:05:47,345
Excuse me,
but in a helicopter,

1381
01:05:47,448 --> 01:05:49,848
doesn't the engine
stand straight up?

1382
01:05:49,950 --> 01:05:51,850
If we lay our sideways,

1383
01:05:51,952 --> 01:05:54,853
we'll need an oil pan
down there.

1384
01:05:54,955 --> 01:05:56,354
Ha ha ha!

1385
01:05:56,457 --> 01:05:57,856
OK, whatever we do

1386
01:05:57,958 --> 01:06:01,359
has got to fit
into the Franklin assembly line.

1387
01:06:01,462 --> 01:06:02,861
That's it, gentlemen.

1388
01:06:09,070 --> 01:06:11,402
Hey, come on!
Eddie, come on.

1389
01:06:11,505 --> 01:06:13,405
We only got
till tomorrow

1390
01:06:13,507 --> 01:06:15,566
to get this thing
together.

1391
01:06:15,676 --> 01:06:17,576
Click it over.

1392
01:06:17,678 --> 01:06:20,078
[Engine Sputters]

1393
01:06:20,181 --> 01:06:21,808
Get another battery.

1394
01:06:30,324 --> 01:06:31,655
[Engine Starts]

1395
01:06:33,828 --> 01:06:34,726
[Engine Races]

1396
01:06:34,829 --> 01:06:35,727
Yay!

1397
01:06:35,830 --> 01:06:36,728
Hey, hey!

1398
01:06:37,865 --> 01:06:38,763
Got it!

1399
01:06:40,034 --> 01:06:41,865
[Engine Revs]

1400
01:06:43,370 --> 01:06:44,769
Go ahead! Go ahead!

1401
01:06:44,872 --> 01:06:46,271
There he goes!

1402
01:06:46,373 --> 01:06:47,601
Woo-hoo!

1403
01:06:47,708 --> 01:06:49,107
Just like a swan.

1404
01:06:49,210 --> 01:06:52,111
I want it smooth
like a swan.

1405
01:06:52,213 --> 01:06:53,612
Get out of here!

1406
01:06:53,714 --> 01:06:55,113
You're in the shot!

1407
01:06:58,119 --> 01:06:59,051
Go, Eddie!

1408
01:07:00,488 --> 01:07:01,785
Woo!

1409
01:07:02,890 --> 01:07:04,289
Sounds mighty nice.

1410
01:07:04,391 --> 01:07:05,289
Hey, Eddie!

1411
01:07:05,392 --> 01:07:06,290
Yeah?

1412
01:07:06,393 --> 01:07:08,293
We can drive in relays.

1413
01:07:08,395 --> 01:07:11,296
24 hours without a stop
and push her!

1414
01:07:11,398 --> 01:07:13,298
Push her to the limit!

1415
01:07:14,869 --> 01:07:15,801
Go!

1416
01:07:19,940 --> 01:07:21,840
I hope it holds up.

1417
01:07:24,945 --> 01:07:26,037
Good. Good.

1418
01:07:45,232 --> 01:07:46,130
It's neat.

1419
01:07:46,233 --> 01:07:47,131
Having fun?

1420
01:07:47,234 --> 01:07:48,132
Yeah.

1421
01:07:49,136 --> 01:07:51,036
What have we
got now?

1422
01:07:52,506 --> 01:07:54,337
171/2 hours.

1423
01:07:55,843 --> 01:07:56,969
To go?

1424
01:08:26,140 --> 01:08:27,630
God damn!

1425
01:08:27,741 --> 01:08:30,437
All right, all right.
Stay with him.

1426
01:08:53,434 --> 01:08:54,560
Charlie? Homer.

1427
01:08:54,668 --> 01:08:58,069
That son a bitch Tucker
built the damn thing.

1428
01:08:58,172 --> 01:09:01,005
Well, not everything
he advertised, not yet.

1429
01:09:01,108 --> 01:09:03,008
But enough
to cost billions

1430
01:09:03,110 --> 01:09:05,305
just to keep up
with him.

1431
01:09:05,412 --> 01:09:07,243
I'll take care of him.

1432
01:09:08,349 --> 01:09:09,782
We did it!

1433
01:09:18,993 --> 01:09:20,858
Hey, Eddie!

1434
01:09:20,961 --> 01:09:23,122
Oh, my God!

1435
01:09:23,230 --> 01:09:24,629
Hold the camera!

1436
01:09:26,967 --> 01:09:28,127
Eddie!

1437
01:09:29,236 --> 01:09:31,136
Eddie,
are you all right?

1438
01:09:31,238 --> 01:09:32,637
Get an
ambulance quick!

1439
01:09:32,740 --> 01:09:34,640
All right.
Now, watch out.

1440
01:09:34,742 --> 01:09:37,802
Watch it. Hold it up.
Watch yourself.

1441
01:09:37,911 --> 01:09:39,139
You OK?

1442
01:09:41,415 --> 01:09:42,313
Blah.

1443
01:09:42,416 --> 01:09:43,314
Yeah.

1444
01:09:45,419 --> 01:09:47,819
Clocked out
just like we said.

1445
01:09:47,921 --> 01:09:49,821
Look at that thing.

1446
01:09:49,923 --> 01:09:51,322
I can't
believe it.

1447
01:09:53,327 --> 01:09:56,228
I bet you 2 bucks
it still runs.

1448
01:09:56,330 --> 01:09:59,231
Go ahead. Start it up.
Let's see.

1449
01:09:59,333 --> 01:10:01,301
[Engine Starts]

1450
01:10:01,402 --> 01:10:02,300
Aah!

1451
01:10:02,403 --> 01:10:03,301
Hoo-hoo!

1452
01:10:05,272 --> 01:10:07,263
Told ya.

1453
01:10:07,374 --> 01:10:08,272
Woo!

1454
01:10:08,375 --> 01:10:10,741
All right!

1455
01:10:10,844 --> 01:10:12,539
Woo!

1456
01:10:12,646 --> 01:10:15,046
It's a hell
of a car.

1457
01:10:15,149 --> 01:10:18,050
It's one hell
of a damn car!

1458
01:10:18,152 --> 01:10:21,280
That's a hell of a ride there,
partner.

1459
01:10:22,389 --> 01:10:24,289
You got it, didn't you?

1460
01:10:24,391 --> 01:10:25,790
Yeah, we got it!

1461
01:10:25,893 --> 01:10:28,794
You look like
you didn't get it!

1462
01:10:28,896 --> 01:10:30,295
We got it.

1463
01:10:30,397 --> 01:10:31,625
We got it, right?

1464
01:10:31,732 --> 01:10:32,926
We didn't get it.

1465
01:10:34,568 --> 01:10:35,830
That's right.

1466
01:10:35,936 --> 01:10:38,837
We're going to go back
to the original drawings.

1467
01:10:38,939 --> 01:10:39,906
Keep everything
the same...

1468
01:10:40,007 --> 01:10:41,770
the rear engine,
et cetera,

1469
01:10:41,875 --> 01:10:43,274
except for
these numbers...

1470
01:10:43,377 --> 01:10:44,275
13...

1471
01:10:44,378 --> 01:10:46,278
Tucker, what is going on?

1472
01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:48,280
I see you've
resumed production

1473
01:10:48,382 --> 01:10:49,781
on your rear-engine car.

1474
01:10:49,883 --> 01:10:52,943
By whose authority
are you doing this?

1475
01:10:53,053 --> 01:10:55,544
That's the car
you signed for,

1476
01:10:55,656 --> 01:10:57,556
that's the car
we're making.

1477
01:10:57,658 --> 01:11:00,559
If you think
you'll get away with this...

1478
01:11:00,661 --> 01:11:02,595
"Little ships fine,"
Confucius say.

1479
01:11:02,696 --> 01:11:05,597
"Rowboats long in tooth
make big noise,

1480
01:11:05,699 --> 01:11:06,597
go nowhere."

1481
01:11:06,700 --> 01:11:08,668
Ha ha ha ha ha!

1482
01:11:08,769 --> 01:11:12,034
Mr. Tucker, you're going to hear
from my attorney.

1483
01:11:12,139 --> 01:11:14,039
You can count
on that.

1484
01:11:14,141 --> 01:11:15,608
Good morning, sir.

1485
01:11:16,710 --> 01:11:18,610
Nothing can
stop us now.

1486
01:11:18,712 --> 01:11:20,805
"You'll hear
from my attorney."

1487
01:11:23,016 --> 01:11:25,917
This beautiful shot
of the grill.

1488
01:11:26,019 --> 01:11:28,920
Now watch this beauty shot
of the side.

1489
01:11:29,022 --> 01:11:31,422
Wait till you see
this attendant.

1490
01:11:31,525 --> 01:11:34,824
He's much better
than that fat guy was.

1491
01:11:34,928 --> 01:11:37,328
Wait till you see
this shot.

1492
01:11:37,431 --> 01:11:38,329
It's great.

1493
01:11:38,432 --> 01:11:41,265
He puts down the rag,
throws it down.

1494
01:11:41,368 --> 01:11:43,768
I took out
kicking the tire.

1495
01:11:43,871 --> 01:11:45,463
This is the best.
Watch.

1496
01:11:45,572 --> 01:11:46,664
Aw! Aw!

1497
01:11:46,774 --> 01:11:48,332
Look at his eyes.

1498
01:11:49,443 --> 01:11:50,341
Now watch.

1499
01:11:50,444 --> 01:11:51,843
Here, I don't know.

1500
01:11:51,945 --> 01:11:53,845
What about a close-up?

1501
01:11:53,947 --> 01:11:56,347
Why did you leave
the tire out?

1502
01:11:56,450 --> 01:11:58,850
The finger.
Do we need it?

1503
01:11:58,952 --> 01:12:02,353
Not the finger,
but the tire.

1504
01:12:02,456 --> 01:12:05,357
Abe, I want you
to see this.

1505
01:12:05,459 --> 01:12:07,757
Stan's promo film.
It's great.

1506
01:12:07,861 --> 01:12:09,829
Come here.
Shh. Come here.

1507
01:12:12,332 --> 01:12:14,323
All right!
All right!

1508
01:12:14,435 --> 01:12:17,734
Turn it off.
I'll see the end later.

1509
01:12:17,838 --> 01:12:19,237
[Movie Stops Playing]

1510
01:12:19,339 --> 01:12:20,237
What?

1511
01:12:20,340 --> 01:12:22,831
Did you like it
when he went...

1512
01:12:22,943 --> 01:12:23,841
Yes.

1513
01:12:31,785 --> 01:12:34,686
What's all this cloak and dagger
business now?

1514
01:12:34,788 --> 01:12:36,187
Your office is wired.

1515
01:12:36,290 --> 01:12:37,689
The board room,

1516
01:12:37,791 --> 01:12:39,691
the whole plant,
even washrooms.

1517
01:12:39,793 --> 01:12:42,626
Ever since you road-tested
the new car,

1518
01:12:42,729 --> 01:12:45,493
40 G-men have followed you
around the clock.

1519
01:12:45,599 --> 01:12:47,999
You made the car
too good.

1520
01:12:48,101 --> 01:12:51,002
The whole idea is building
a better mousetrap.

1521
01:12:51,104 --> 01:12:53,004
Not if you're
the mouse.

1522
01:12:56,310 --> 01:12:58,210
What are you
talking about?

1523
01:12:58,312 --> 01:13:00,246
We did it.
We won.

1524
01:13:00,347 --> 01:13:04,249
In 2 weeks,
100 cars will come out a day.

1525
01:13:04,351 --> 01:13:07,252
Frank the press agent
says in two weeks

1526
01:13:07,354 --> 01:13:10,755
you'll be dead and buried
by the Big Three.

1527
01:13:19,633 --> 01:13:20,600
Here.

1528
01:13:22,836 --> 01:13:24,428
It's my resignation.

1529
01:13:26,807 --> 01:13:27,774
Take it.

1530
01:13:27,875 --> 01:13:30,275
You're bailing out,
is that it?

1531
01:13:30,377 --> 01:13:33,278
Captains go down
with their ships,

1532
01:13:33,380 --> 01:13:34,278
not businessmen.

1533
01:13:34,381 --> 01:13:36,178
Look me in the eye.

1534
01:13:36,283 --> 01:13:38,012
You're too good
a salesman

1535
01:13:38,118 --> 01:13:41,417
not to look a customer
in the eyes.

1536
01:13:41,522 --> 01:13:43,422
You think
I'm playing games?

1537
01:13:43,524 --> 01:13:46,516
You're trying some double-whammy
hustle backwards! Why?

1538
01:13:46,627 --> 01:13:48,026
I have to say it?

1539
01:13:48,128 --> 01:13:50,028
Yeah. Let's start from there.

1540
01:13:57,504 --> 01:13:58,630
OK.

1541
01:14:01,575 --> 01:14:04,339
I did three years
in the pen

1542
01:14:04,444 --> 01:14:05,775
for bank fraud.

1543
01:14:08,448 --> 01:14:09,813
So what?

1544
01:14:09,917 --> 01:14:12,317
So they'll use it
against you.

1545
01:14:12,419 --> 01:14:15,820
What, you think because of this
piece of paper,

1546
01:14:15,923 --> 01:14:17,788
they're not
going to?

1547
01:14:17,891 --> 01:14:19,859
Leave me alone,
will you?

1548
01:14:21,094 --> 01:14:24,894
The whole 10 years since
I've been in the pen,

1549
01:14:24,998 --> 01:14:28,900
it never bothered me for two seconds
I'm an ex-con.

1550
01:14:29,002 --> 01:14:30,401
Why should it?

1551
01:14:30,504 --> 01:14:31,596
Who cared?

1552
01:14:34,575 --> 01:14:39,512
But for you and Vera
and the kids to know...

1553
01:14:41,348 --> 01:14:44,215
I'm ashamed.

1554
01:14:44,318 --> 01:14:46,115
Abe, come on.

1555
01:14:48,121 --> 01:14:50,954
When I was
a little kid,

1556
01:14:51,058 --> 01:14:53,959
maybe 5 years old
in the old country,

1557
01:14:54,061 --> 01:14:55,961
my mother would warn me,

1558
01:14:56,063 --> 01:14:58,463
"Don't get too close
to people.

1559
01:14:58,565 --> 01:15:01,329
You'll catch
their dreams."

1560
01:15:01,435 --> 01:15:04,268
Years later,
I realized I misunderstood her.

1561
01:15:04,371 --> 01:15:05,998
Germs, she said,
not dreams.

1562
01:15:06,106 --> 01:15:07,903
"You'll catch
their germs."

1563
01:15:10,811 --> 01:15:13,712
I want you to know
something, Tucker.

1564
01:15:13,814 --> 01:15:17,215
I went into business
with you to make money.

1565
01:15:17,317 --> 01:15:18,545
That's all.

1566
01:15:18,652 --> 01:15:21,712
How was I to know...

1567
01:15:23,156 --> 01:15:26,557
if I got too close,
I'd catch your dreams?

1568
01:15:36,970 --> 01:15:38,198
Here.

1569
01:15:39,473 --> 01:15:43,136
If you want to know
how they'll finish you off,

1570
01:15:43,243 --> 01:15:46,644
listen to Drew Pearson
tomorrow night on the radio.

1571
01:16:05,932 --> 01:16:06,066
Noble, bring it in!

1572
01:16:06,066 --> 01:16:08,330
Noble, bring it in!

1573
01:16:08,435 --> 01:16:09,424
Don't yell.

1574
01:16:09,536 --> 01:16:11,561
Good evening.
This is Drew Pearson.

1575
01:16:11,672 --> 01:16:14,072
The hottest news
in Washington today

1576
01:16:14,174 --> 01:16:15,573
is about Preston Tucker,

1577
01:16:15,676 --> 01:16:17,507
that promotion happy
self-styled genius

1578
01:16:17,611 --> 01:16:19,010
and revolutionary
auto maker.

1579
01:16:19,112 --> 01:16:20,010
- Yay!
- Yay!

1580
01:16:20,113 --> 01:16:21,512
For several months,

1581
01:16:21,615 --> 01:16:23,412
he has been
under investigation

1582
01:16:23,517 --> 01:16:25,917
by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

1583
01:16:26,019 --> 01:16:28,920
They're ready
to blow the lid off

1584
01:16:29,022 --> 01:16:31,923
one of the slickest
multimillion dollar frauds

1585
01:16:32,025 --> 01:16:34,186
ever perpetrated
on the American people.

1586
01:16:34,294 --> 01:16:36,194
Not only does the car

1587
01:16:36,296 --> 01:16:39,197
have none of the futuristic
features advertised,

1588
01:16:39,299 --> 01:16:41,130
but it was put together

1589
01:16:41,234 --> 01:16:44,260
from parts found
in city dumps.

1590
01:16:44,371 --> 01:16:47,272
Local wags, having dubbed it
the Tin Goose,

1591
01:16:47,374 --> 01:16:48,773
find it
particularly amusing

1592
01:16:48,875 --> 01:16:52,140
that Mr. Tucker's
car of tomorrow

1593
01:16:52,245 --> 01:16:54,145
can't even back up.

1594
01:16:54,247 --> 01:16:55,509
Bull!

1595
01:16:55,615 --> 01:16:58,516
Nor can Mr. Tucker
at this point.

1596
01:16:58,618 --> 01:17:00,017
Senator Homer Ferguson

1597
01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:02,020
will spearhead
a congressional probe

1598
01:17:02,122 --> 01:17:05,148
to find out exactly
what happened

1599
01:17:05,258 --> 01:17:08,227
to the $ 26 million
Tucker raised.

1600
01:17:08,328 --> 01:17:09,727
One thing for certain...

1601
01:17:09,830 --> 01:17:12,663
he didn't spend it
making cars.

1602
01:17:12,766 --> 01:17:16,327
The rumor around
Capitol Hill this week...

1603
01:17:16,436 --> 01:17:17,835
[Radio Switched Off]

1604
01:17:22,509 --> 01:17:24,841
They can't say that.

1605
01:17:24,945 --> 01:17:27,175
We'll kill 'em.

1606
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:30,681
Are you going to let
them say that, pop?

1607
01:17:30,784 --> 01:17:33,685
Who do they think
they're dealing with,

1608
01:17:33,787 --> 01:17:35,186
some cream puff?

1609
01:17:36,957 --> 01:17:38,356
They don't know it,

1610
01:17:38,458 --> 01:17:40,790
but they just opened
Aunt Dora's box.

1611
01:17:45,398 --> 01:17:47,298
We love you, daddy.

1612
01:17:48,902 --> 01:17:51,928
But it's Pandora's box.

1613
01:17:58,912 --> 01:18:00,345
Oh, no.

1614
01:18:03,416 --> 01:18:05,316
Good morning,
Miss Yanpaulski.

1615
01:18:05,418 --> 01:18:08,319
When did they take the files,
last night?

1616
01:18:08,421 --> 01:18:09,649
The S.E.C.?

1617
01:18:09,756 --> 01:18:11,383
Nobody touched
anything here.

1618
01:18:11,491 --> 01:18:13,755
I called all
the departments myself.

1619
01:18:13,860 --> 01:18:16,886
Get me the editor
on the phone.

1620
01:18:20,934 --> 01:18:24,062
Can you believe that?

1621
01:18:25,939 --> 01:18:27,770
Nice day.

1622
01:18:27,874 --> 01:18:29,273
You come back here!

1623
01:18:29,376 --> 01:18:31,367
You can't
go in there!

1624
01:18:31,478 --> 01:18:35,244
We're from the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

1625
01:18:35,348 --> 01:18:37,248
We have
a court order

1626
01:18:37,350 --> 01:18:38,749
confiscating
all files,

1627
01:18:38,852 --> 01:18:41,218
letters,
accounting books.

1628
01:18:43,890 --> 01:18:45,289
If you
simply cooperate,

1629
01:18:45,392 --> 01:18:46,791
we'll work quickly.

1630
01:18:46,893 --> 01:18:48,793
That's quite
a newspaper, mister.

1631
01:18:48,895 --> 01:18:51,625
It's the only one
that prints the news

1632
01:18:51,731 --> 01:18:53,198
before it happens.

1633
01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:54,699
So, speaking for myself

1634
01:18:54,801 --> 01:18:57,702
and the other members
of the board,

1635
01:18:57,804 --> 01:18:59,704
we hereby submit
our resignations,

1636
01:18:59,806 --> 01:19:02,070
effective immediately.

1637
01:19:03,510 --> 01:19:04,909
What about
the dealers

1638
01:19:05,011 --> 01:19:06,638
filing suit
against you?

1639
01:19:06,746 --> 01:19:08,646
What about
the district attorney

1640
01:19:08,748 --> 01:19:10,181
confiscating
the company's assets?

1641
01:19:10,283 --> 01:19:11,682
Ladies and gentlemen,
please.

1642
01:19:11,785 --> 01:19:13,878
Address questions
to Mr. Bennington.

1643
01:19:13,987 --> 01:19:16,820
How long will
the plant stay open?

1644
01:19:16,923 --> 01:19:18,823
The plant is
officially closed.

1645
01:20:35,402 --> 01:20:37,029
[Tires Squeal]

1646
01:20:37,137 --> 01:20:38,035
Hey, hey.

1647
01:20:38,138 --> 01:20:39,036
Hey, hey!

1648
01:20:39,139 --> 01:20:40,037
It's dad!

1649
01:20:40,140 --> 01:20:40,970
Yeah.

1650
01:20:55,121 --> 01:20:57,021
Let's see your
driver's license.

1651
01:20:57,123 --> 01:20:59,523
Swell. Where's the girls, huh?

1652
01:20:59,626 --> 01:21:01,025
It comes alone.

1653
01:21:01,127 --> 01:21:02,025
Hold that.

1654
01:21:02,128 --> 01:21:03,527
Ohh.

1655
01:21:06,299 --> 01:21:08,028
This is a great interior.

1656
01:21:14,474 --> 01:21:15,873
In a week

1657
01:21:15,976 --> 01:21:17,876
we could
push a button

1658
01:21:17,978 --> 01:21:20,469
and produce
100 cars a day.

1659
01:21:20,580 --> 01:21:22,548
Well, tell me
something.

1660
01:21:22,649 --> 01:21:25,379
If 50 cars are
ready by June 1 st,

1661
01:21:25,485 --> 01:21:27,282
they can't take
the plant?

1662
01:21:27,387 --> 01:21:29,480
Not according
to the contract.

1663
01:21:29,589 --> 01:21:32,149
How many cars are
ready right now?

1664
01:21:32,258 --> 01:21:33,156
47.

1665
01:21:33,259 --> 01:21:35,352
We only need
three more?

1666
01:21:35,462 --> 01:21:37,692
Who's going to
do it, though?

1667
01:21:37,797 --> 01:21:39,731
We've worked
for free before.

1668
01:21:39,833 --> 01:21:42,734
Assemble three cars
in four weeks? Ha!

1669
01:21:42,836 --> 01:21:45,600
Can anybody
look me in the eye

1670
01:21:45,705 --> 01:21:47,104
and say we can't?

1671
01:21:48,441 --> 01:21:49,806
We can't do it.

1672
01:21:49,909 --> 01:21:50,876
Except you.

1673
01:21:52,078 --> 01:21:53,978
- Will you grow a beard?
- [Telephone Rings]

1674
01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:56,708
Who's he talking to, me?

1675
01:21:56,816 --> 01:21:57,874
Yeah, you.

1676
01:21:57,984 --> 01:22:00,748
You'd look old enough
for a department head.

1677
01:22:00,854 --> 01:22:02,549
Ha ha ha.

1678
01:22:06,126 --> 01:22:07,354
[Telephone Rings]

1679
01:22:09,262 --> 01:22:11,526
[Ring]

1680
01:22:11,631 --> 01:22:12,529
Hello.

1681
01:22:12,632 --> 01:22:14,190
Who's this? You?

1682
01:22:14,300 --> 01:22:15,198
Abe?

1683
01:22:15,301 --> 01:22:16,700
Tucker,
don't go home.

1684
01:22:16,803 --> 01:22:19,863
The police are waiting there
to arrest you.

1685
01:22:19,973 --> 01:22:21,372
Don't go home?

1686
01:22:21,474 --> 01:22:22,873
This you
won't believe...

1687
01:22:22,976 --> 01:22:24,375
outside
the police station,

1688
01:22:24,477 --> 01:22:26,377
maybe there's 50,
100 reporters,

1689
01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:27,878
photographers,
newsreels even.

1690
01:22:27,981 --> 01:22:31,883
They're going to
drag you out in leg irons.

1691
01:22:31,985 --> 01:22:33,077
You're kidding.

1692
01:22:33,186 --> 01:22:34,084
Get out!

1693
01:22:34,187 --> 01:22:36,621
Go somewhere
they can't find you.

1694
01:22:43,596 --> 01:22:45,154
They want headlines.

1695
01:22:45,265 --> 01:22:47,165
I'll give them a beaut!

1696
01:22:47,267 --> 01:22:49,064
Dad, what are you doing?

1697
01:22:49,169 --> 01:22:50,568
I'm going home.

1698
01:23:06,119 --> 01:23:07,814
[Revs Engine]

1699
01:23:07,921 --> 01:23:10,822
One of you fellows
have a light?

1700
01:24:14,287 --> 01:24:15,845
Where did he go?

1701
01:24:15,955 --> 01:24:17,183
I don't know.

1702
01:24:17,290 --> 01:24:18,848
We lost him.

1703
01:24:39,979 --> 01:24:41,310
All right!
All right!

1704
01:24:41,414 --> 01:24:42,972
Back off!
Back off!

1705
01:24:43,082 --> 01:24:44,310
Pipe down!

1706
01:24:45,418 --> 01:24:46,476
Quiet!

1707
01:24:47,754 --> 01:24:48,982
Thank you.

1708
01:24:49,088 --> 01:24:52,148
Now, what is
going on here?

1709
01:24:52,258 --> 01:24:53,520
Ask these
officers about

1710
01:24:53,626 --> 01:24:55,821
the 100
mile-an-hour chase

1711
01:24:55,929 --> 01:24:58,659
I gave them
in this poor wreck.

1712
01:24:58,765 --> 01:25:00,164
Want to cuff me, boys?

1713
01:25:00,266 --> 01:25:01,665
Get in there!

1714
01:25:06,072 --> 01:25:07,471
In the local news,

1715
01:25:07,574 --> 01:25:10,475
Preston Tucker
goes on trial this morning

1716
01:25:10,577 --> 01:25:13,478
in the same courthouse
Al Capone was convicted.

1717
01:25:13,580 --> 01:25:15,013
Tucker has been charged

1718
01:25:15,114 --> 01:25:17,514
with 25 counts
of mail fraud,

1719
01:25:17,617 --> 01:25:19,676
five counts
of S.E.C. Violations,

1720
01:25:19,786 --> 01:25:22,846
and one count
of conspiracy to defraud.

1721
01:25:22,956 --> 01:25:26,357
If convicted, Tucker,
who is out on $ 25,000 bail,

1722
01:25:26,459 --> 01:25:30,020
faces a maximum sentence
of 155 years in prison

1723
01:25:30,129 --> 01:25:32,359
plus a $60,000 fine.

1724
01:25:40,406 --> 01:25:41,634
Be seated.

1725
01:25:44,711 --> 01:25:47,544
And regarding his
revolutionary designs,

1726
01:25:47,647 --> 01:25:49,945
we'll prove Mr. Tucker
only designed

1727
01:25:50,049 --> 01:25:51,846
an elaborate
scheme to defraud.

1728
01:25:51,951 --> 01:25:54,647
He only wanted the public's money
for nothing,

1729
01:25:54,754 --> 01:25:57,689
and that's exactly what
the public got... nothing.

1730
01:25:57,790 --> 01:25:59,189
The government
has said

1731
01:25:59,292 --> 01:26:02,193
Mr. Tucker's purpose
was to con the public

1732
01:26:02,295 --> 01:26:05,128
into believing
a great car was coming.

1733
01:26:05,231 --> 01:26:08,325
His real purpose
was to lie

1734
01:26:08,434 --> 01:26:09,901
and get money.

1735
01:26:11,604 --> 01:26:13,003
You all right,
mommy?

1736
01:26:13,106 --> 01:26:15,006
It's very hot
in here.

1737
01:26:15,108 --> 01:26:18,168
Your father might say
it's not the heat,

1738
01:26:18,278 --> 01:26:20,542
it's the humility.

1739
01:26:20,647 --> 01:26:24,674
The Tucker Corporation
was started in good faith.

1740
01:26:24,784 --> 01:26:28,811
The defendant intended
to mass produce cars.

1741
01:26:28,921 --> 01:26:30,821
His failure to do so

1742
01:26:30,923 --> 01:26:33,687
was caused by a lack
of adequate financing

1743
01:26:33,793 --> 01:26:36,523
due to serious
outside interference.

1744
01:26:54,480 --> 01:26:56,641
I wouldn't put
$ 7,500 down

1745
01:26:56,749 --> 01:26:58,944
on a car dealership

1746
01:26:59,052 --> 01:27:01,247
without a guaranteed
supply of cars.

1747
01:27:01,354 --> 01:27:04,221
They were going to produce
1,000 cars a day.

1748
01:27:04,324 --> 01:27:06,087
I run a service station

1749
01:27:06,192 --> 01:27:07,887
and sell
some used cars.

1750
01:27:07,994 --> 01:27:09,985
Do you see
the person

1751
01:27:10,096 --> 01:27:12,530
who sold you
that dealership?

1752
01:27:12,632 --> 01:27:13,963
Him.

1753
01:27:14,067 --> 01:27:15,466
Let the record state

1754
01:27:15,568 --> 01:27:18,332
that the witness
identified Mr. Abe Karatz.

1755
01:27:18,438 --> 01:27:20,338
Did he disclose
he'd served

1756
01:27:20,440 --> 01:27:22,340
three years
for bank fraud?

1757
01:27:22,442 --> 01:27:24,910
Objection.
Guilt by association.

1758
01:27:25,011 --> 01:27:26,410
Overruled.

1759
01:27:27,747 --> 01:27:32,081
Is it not true you were convicted
in June of 1935

1760
01:27:32,185 --> 01:27:34,153
of conspiring
to embezzle funds,

1761
01:27:34,253 --> 01:27:37,279
and you served
three years

1762
01:27:37,390 --> 01:27:39,187
in a federal
penitentiary?

1763
01:27:39,292 --> 01:27:40,623
That's true.

1764
01:27:40,727 --> 01:27:43,287
Tell me,
as a convicted felon,

1765
01:27:43,396 --> 01:27:46,627
do you expect one person
in this entire courtroom

1766
01:27:46,733 --> 01:27:48,633
to believe what you say?

1767
01:27:55,808 --> 01:27:56,934
One.

1768
01:28:10,957 --> 01:28:13,687
A well-run corporation
doesn't waste money

1769
01:28:13,793 --> 01:28:15,818
to research innovations,

1770
01:28:15,928 --> 01:28:17,327
unless, of course,

1771
01:28:17,430 --> 01:28:19,330
keeping up
with the competition

1772
01:28:19,432 --> 01:28:20,330
demands it.

1773
01:28:21,434 --> 01:28:23,834
Here is a man, Mr. Tucker,

1774
01:28:23,936 --> 01:28:25,335
who had
the responsibility

1775
01:28:25,438 --> 01:28:27,497
for forming
a well-run corporation.

1776
01:28:27,607 --> 01:28:30,508
He has the largest
factory in the world,

1777
01:28:30,610 --> 01:28:34,011
containing two foundries,
a dozen tool and die shops,

1778
01:28:34,113 --> 01:28:36,445
every piece of equipment
ever made.

1779
01:28:36,549 --> 01:28:38,710
Can you suggest
why he'd choose

1780
01:28:38,818 --> 01:28:41,412
to build his engine
in a barn?

1781
01:28:41,521 --> 01:28:42,419
Objection!

1782
01:28:42,522 --> 01:28:43,420
Sustained.

1783
01:28:43,523 --> 01:28:45,423
Which had
so little equipment...

1784
01:28:45,525 --> 01:28:47,288
Please confine
your remarks

1785
01:28:47,393 --> 01:28:48,792
to questioning
the witness.

1786
01:28:48,895 --> 01:28:51,295
This trial's
bought and paid for...

1787
01:28:51,397 --> 01:28:53,797
a Christmas present
Detroit gave itself.

1788
01:28:53,900 --> 01:28:56,801
I'll be lucky
to get 15 years.

1789
01:28:56,903 --> 01:28:58,803
He hasn't proven
anything yet.

1790
01:28:58,905 --> 01:28:59,803
Not legally.

1791
01:28:59,906 --> 01:29:02,966
He has if they
think he has.

1792
01:29:15,021 --> 01:29:17,819
I'm an investigating
accountant for the S.E.C.

1793
01:29:17,924 --> 01:29:20,722
What was the amount
the Tucker Corporation paid

1794
01:29:20,827 --> 01:29:23,660
for the prototype
engine and transmission

1795
01:29:23,763 --> 01:29:27,665
which was built entirely from parts
found in junk yards?

1796
01:29:27,767 --> 01:29:31,134
$223,000.

1797
01:29:31,237 --> 01:29:32,135
What?

1798
01:29:32,238 --> 01:29:33,466
That's a lie.

1799
01:29:33,573 --> 01:29:35,473
Who received
this money?

1800
01:29:35,575 --> 01:29:37,736
Ypsilanti Machine
and Tool Company.

1801
01:29:37,844 --> 01:29:39,812
Ypsilanti Machine
and Tool Company.

1802
01:29:39,912 --> 01:29:42,312
Can you describe
their factory?

1803
01:29:42,415 --> 01:29:44,178
What factory?

1804
01:29:44,283 --> 01:29:45,716
It's a barn.

1805
01:29:45,818 --> 01:29:48,719
I can't believe they'd
forge sets of books.

1806
01:29:48,821 --> 01:29:51,813
I've got every
receipt, invoice,

1807
01:29:51,924 --> 01:29:53,983
check,
bank statement.

1808
01:29:54,093 --> 01:29:55,060
Shh.

1809
01:29:55,161 --> 01:29:57,561
Everything to prove
what we spent,

1810
01:29:57,663 --> 01:30:00,393
which is nowhere
near what they said.

1811
01:30:00,500 --> 01:30:02,400
Why would
they do that

1812
01:30:02,502 --> 01:30:04,333
knowing we can
prove otherwise?

1813
01:30:04,437 --> 01:30:05,836
People believe
the newspapers,

1814
01:30:05,938 --> 01:30:07,337
however unbelievable.

1815
01:30:07,440 --> 01:30:09,340
If headlines
say I'm a crook,

1816
01:30:09,442 --> 01:30:11,842
me and the car
are finished.

1817
01:30:11,944 --> 01:30:13,935
That's the whole
idea, right?

1818
01:30:14,046 --> 01:30:17,015
I'll bring every paper
from the files.

1819
01:30:17,116 --> 01:30:19,516
If they make
headlines with lies,

1820
01:30:19,619 --> 01:30:21,883
you'll make bigger
headlines with truth.

1821
01:30:40,139 --> 01:30:41,470
I couldn't sleep.

1822
01:30:41,574 --> 01:30:42,472
Good.

1823
01:30:42,575 --> 01:30:44,475
We could use
some help.

1824
01:31:06,198 --> 01:31:08,598
The evidence suggests
Mr. Tucker diverted

1825
01:31:08,701 --> 01:31:10,601
for his own
personal use

1826
01:31:10,703 --> 01:31:12,102
over a million dollars

1827
01:31:12,204 --> 01:31:14,968
of the stockholders'
money.

1828
01:31:20,646 --> 01:31:23,547
I have a copy of The Detroit News

1829
01:31:23,649 --> 01:31:26,516
with a story about
the S.E.C. Investigation

1830
01:31:26,619 --> 01:31:28,052
of the Tucker Corporation,

1831
01:31:28,154 --> 01:31:31,385
which contains a number
of specific details

1832
01:31:31,490 --> 01:31:33,390
which seem to be verbatim

1833
01:31:33,492 --> 01:31:36,393
from the S.E. C report
admitted as evidence.

1834
01:31:36,495 --> 01:31:39,089
How did The Detroit News
get this information?

1835
01:31:39,198 --> 01:31:40,495
I have no idea.

1836
01:31:43,069 --> 01:31:45,970
Mr. Blue, I have here
a deposition

1837
01:31:46,072 --> 01:31:47,471
from one
Susan McNamara.

1838
01:31:47,573 --> 01:31:49,973
I believe she's
your private secretary,

1839
01:31:50,076 --> 01:31:52,067
in which she states

1840
01:31:52,178 --> 01:31:55,579
she saw you hand
a copy of the report

1841
01:31:55,681 --> 01:31:58,081
to the writer
of that article.

1842
01:31:58,184 --> 01:31:59,583
Furthermore,
you instructed her

1843
01:31:59,685 --> 01:32:02,085
to supply him
with an office

1844
01:32:02,188 --> 01:32:03,587
in a federal building

1845
01:32:03,689 --> 01:32:05,987
in which
to write that article.

1846
01:32:06,092 --> 01:32:08,458
Now, why,
ladies and gentlemen,

1847
01:32:08,561 --> 01:32:10,461
would the S.E.C. Release

1848
01:32:10,563 --> 01:32:11,962
information
about Mr. Tucker,

1849
01:32:12,064 --> 01:32:14,965
which may
or may not be true,

1850
01:32:15,067 --> 01:32:18,798
when it is against
S.E.C. Policy to do so?

1851
01:32:18,904 --> 01:32:21,338
The S.E.C.
Isn't on trial.

1852
01:32:21,440 --> 01:32:23,840
If the S.E.C.
Can release information

1853
01:32:23,943 --> 01:32:26,844
for the purpose
of slandering Mr. Tucker's name,

1854
01:32:26,946 --> 01:32:29,972
then lie about it,
like Mr. Blue did...

1855
01:32:30,082 --> 01:32:31,106
Mr. Kirby!

1856
01:32:31,217 --> 01:32:33,981
Then we can't believe
Mr. Tucker stole money.

1857
01:32:34,086 --> 01:32:35,986
You know that's
not permissible.

1858
01:32:36,088 --> 01:32:38,488
Ladies and gentlemen,
I remind you

1859
01:32:38,591 --> 01:32:40,491
the statements
of the attorneys

1860
01:32:40,593 --> 01:32:42,254
are not evidence.

1861
01:32:43,562 --> 01:32:44,586
Mr. Kerner,

1862
01:32:44,697 --> 01:32:46,426
any further witnesses?

1863
01:32:48,234 --> 01:32:49,861
The prosecution rests.

1864
01:32:54,440 --> 01:32:54,573
Number three.

1865
01:32:54,573 --> 01:32:55,335
Number three.

1866
01:32:55,441 --> 01:32:57,341
And that
makes number 50.

1867
01:32:57,443 --> 01:32:58,842
- Yay!
- Yay!

1868
01:32:58,944 --> 01:33:00,343
- Yay!
- Yay!

1869
01:33:00,446 --> 01:33:02,539
Whoo!

1870
01:33:08,521 --> 01:33:10,421
I'm so proud
of you.

1871
01:33:10,523 --> 01:33:11,421
Whoo!

1872
01:33:11,524 --> 01:33:12,422
Hey!

1873
01:33:12,525 --> 01:33:14,959
We did it!

1874
01:33:15,061 --> 01:33:17,086
A week
before deadline.

1875
01:33:17,196 --> 01:33:18,754
It's a real beauty.

1876
01:33:27,106 --> 01:33:29,506
Tomorrow,
it's our turn at bat.

1877
01:33:29,608 --> 01:33:32,509
We'll chop them up
like cat food.

1878
01:33:32,611 --> 01:33:34,511
We've subpoenaed
Ferguson, his wife,

1879
01:33:34,613 --> 01:33:38,014
everybody we need to prove
who started this thing,

1880
01:33:38,117 --> 01:33:39,516
why, and how.

1881
01:33:39,618 --> 01:33:42,451
I want all 50
of these cars

1882
01:33:42,555 --> 01:33:43,954
lined up in front

1883
01:33:44,056 --> 01:33:46,081
at the courthouse
tomorrow morning.

1884
01:33:46,192 --> 01:33:47,784
- Yay!
- Yay!

1885
01:33:47,893 --> 01:33:50,259
% % Hold that tiger% %

1886
01:33:50,362 --> 01:33:52,455
% % Hold that tiger% %

1887
01:33:52,565 --> 01:33:54,465
% % Hold that tiger% % % %

1888
01:33:54,567 --> 01:33:58,025
Where are they?
Where are the cars?

1889
01:34:04,110 --> 01:34:06,010
We can't wait
any longer.

1890
01:34:06,112 --> 01:34:08,012
Any comment
about the news?

1891
01:34:08,114 --> 01:34:09,012
What news?

1892
01:34:09,115 --> 01:34:11,515
Didn't you read
the paper? Here.

1893
01:34:20,259 --> 01:34:22,159
"Led by Senator Homer Ferguson,

1894
01:34:22,261 --> 01:34:23,990
a special commission

1895
01:34:24,096 --> 01:34:25,495
appointed by President Truman

1896
01:34:25,598 --> 01:34:27,498
ordered
the War Assets Administration

1897
01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:29,500
to evict
the Tucker Corporation

1898
01:34:29,602 --> 01:34:31,502
from the former
aircraft factory

1899
01:34:31,604 --> 01:34:34,505
and give it
to the Lustron Corporation

1900
01:34:34,607 --> 01:34:37,007
for the development
of prefab housing."

1901
01:34:45,050 --> 01:34:46,108
Hey, dad!

1902
01:34:57,129 --> 01:34:58,187
Come on!

1903
01:34:58,297 --> 01:35:00,697
Around the corner!
Around the corner!

1904
01:35:02,568 --> 01:35:04,968
Come on.
Hurry up. Hurry up.

1905
01:35:05,070 --> 01:35:07,800
Around the corner, OK?
Hurry up.

1906
01:35:14,480 --> 01:35:15,469
Hey!

1907
01:35:15,581 --> 01:35:16,980
Hey, hey, hey.

1908
01:35:17,082 --> 01:35:19,983
They're digging up
every street in town.

1909
01:35:20,085 --> 01:35:23,486
We had to go plumb
to China and back.

1910
01:35:23,589 --> 01:35:26,490
I don't get it.
This is the 24th.

1911
01:35:26,592 --> 01:35:29,493
I thought we had
till the first.

1912
01:35:29,595 --> 01:35:32,496
We had till they dropped
the other shoe.

1913
01:35:34,967 --> 01:35:36,366
It's my choice.

1914
01:35:36,468 --> 01:35:37,867
I won't let you...

1915
01:35:37,970 --> 01:35:40,803
They had no right
to take that plant.

1916
01:35:40,906 --> 01:35:42,305
Forget the plant.

1917
01:35:42,408 --> 01:35:45,434
The Tucker car is dead.
That's politics.

1918
01:35:45,544 --> 01:35:48,445
I won't let you cut
your own throat.

1919
01:35:48,547 --> 01:35:51,448
You don't understand how
powerful the forces are

1920
01:35:51,550 --> 01:35:53,950
that are working
against us here.

1921
01:35:54,053 --> 01:35:56,453
I won't let you do it.

1922
01:35:56,555 --> 01:35:57,954
Tucker, look at me.

1923
01:35:58,057 --> 01:35:59,957
Preston, if you're not careful,

1924
01:36:00,059 --> 01:36:03,222
you're going to spend
20 years in prison.

1925
01:36:03,329 --> 01:36:05,695
We will be developing
prefab houses.

1926
01:36:05,798 --> 01:36:08,198
Good to see you,
Senator Ferguson.

1927
01:36:08,300 --> 01:36:11,201
These will be for people
with low income.

1928
01:36:11,303 --> 01:36:14,204
I never thought
I'd see a politician

1929
01:36:14,306 --> 01:36:17,366
with his hands
in his own pockets.

1930
01:36:30,589 --> 01:36:34,025
The defense has chosen
not to call any witnesses

1931
01:36:34,126 --> 01:36:37,027
because we feel
the prosecution has failed

1932
01:36:37,129 --> 01:36:39,461
to make its case.

1933
01:36:39,565 --> 01:36:41,396
And in addition,
your honor,

1934
01:36:41,500 --> 01:36:42,899
the defendant
would like

1935
01:36:43,002 --> 01:36:44,902
to beg
the court's permission

1936
01:36:45,004 --> 01:36:47,632
to make the closing
statements himself

1937
01:36:47,740 --> 01:36:50,641
in the feeling
that perhaps only he

1938
01:36:50,743 --> 01:36:53,644
can put this trial
in its proper perspective.

1939
01:36:55,381 --> 01:36:56,473
No objection.

1940
01:36:59,551 --> 01:37:01,451
Well, permission granted.

1941
01:37:01,553 --> 01:37:04,454
But if anything you say
is unacceptable

1942
01:37:04,556 --> 01:37:07,855
in a court of law,
I'll stop you.

1943
01:37:10,562 --> 01:37:11,961
Thank you,
Your Honor.

1944
01:37:12,064 --> 01:37:13,622
Thank you,
Senator.

1945
01:37:13,732 --> 01:37:16,633
Tell them an honest attempt
means not guilty.

1946
01:37:19,038 --> 01:37:20,266
The prosecution...

1947
01:37:21,907 --> 01:37:24,808
claims that I never had
any intention

1948
01:37:24,910 --> 01:37:26,309
of building any cars,

1949
01:37:26,412 --> 01:37:30,815
that all I wanted was
to take the money and run.

1950
01:37:30,916 --> 01:37:33,316
If you decide
that they're right,

1951
01:37:33,419 --> 01:37:34,647
well, I'm guilty.

1952
01:37:36,588 --> 01:37:38,488
But according
to the law,

1953
01:37:38,590 --> 01:37:41,423
if I tried
to make the cars,

1954
01:37:41,527 --> 01:37:43,927
even if they weren't
any good,

1955
01:37:44,029 --> 01:37:46,429
even if I didn't
make any...

1956
01:37:46,532 --> 01:37:50,730
but if you believe
that I tried,

1957
01:37:50,836 --> 01:37:53,236
well, then,
I'm not guilty.

1958
01:37:53,339 --> 01:37:56,069
It's not against the law
to be stupid,

1959
01:37:56,175 --> 01:37:58,700
which I was,
building that prototype.

1960
01:37:58,811 --> 01:38:02,770
What nobody has said
is that after the prototype,

1961
01:38:02,881 --> 01:38:06,282
I built the car
that I said I would.

1962
01:38:06,385 --> 01:38:09,821
There are 50 of them
parked on Adam Street.

1963
01:38:09,922 --> 01:38:13,085
All you have to do
is see them,

1964
01:38:13,192 --> 01:38:16,025
and the trial's over.
OK, your honor?

1965
01:38:16,128 --> 01:38:18,028
Objection.
Inadmissible evidence.

1966
01:38:18,130 --> 01:38:19,392
Sustained.

1967
01:38:19,498 --> 01:38:22,899
Please allow the jury
to look out the window.

1968
01:38:23,002 --> 01:38:24,026
Objection.

1969
01:38:24,136 --> 01:38:26,570
You can see them
from here.

1970
01:38:26,672 --> 01:38:29,573
This whole thing's
about whether I intended

1971
01:38:29,675 --> 01:38:31,540
to build the cars.

1972
01:38:31,643 --> 01:38:34,612
Will the defendant abstain
from this flagrant...

1973
01:38:34,713 --> 01:38:36,203
Mr. Tucker!

1974
01:38:36,315 --> 01:38:38,783
Bailiffs,
restrain the defendant.

1975
01:38:38,884 --> 01:38:40,408
Wha... why did l...

1976
01:38:40,519 --> 01:38:42,111
Let the man speak!

1977
01:38:42,221 --> 01:38:45,019
Let's hear
the rest of it!

1978
01:38:50,496 --> 01:38:52,555
If this
behavior continues,

1979
01:38:52,664 --> 01:38:56,964
I may have to declare this
a mistrial.

1980
01:38:57,069 --> 01:39:00,596
I will not tolerate
one more outburst

1981
01:39:00,706 --> 01:39:04,472
of any kind from anybody
in this courtroom!

1982
01:39:04,576 --> 01:39:05,508
I'm sorry.

1983
01:39:09,882 --> 01:39:12,282
You have one minute,
Mr. Tucker.

1984
01:39:14,053 --> 01:39:15,452
Thank you,
Your Honor.

1985
01:39:32,571 --> 01:39:35,972
When I was a boy
I used to, uh...

1986
01:39:36,075 --> 01:39:38,976
I used to read
all about Edison

1987
01:39:39,078 --> 01:39:40,477
and the Wright brothers,

1988
01:39:40,579 --> 01:39:41,637
Mr. Ford...

1989
01:39:41,747 --> 01:39:43,476
they were my heroes.

1990
01:39:43,582 --> 01:39:44,981
Rags to riches,

1991
01:39:45,084 --> 01:39:47,985
that's not just
the name of a book,

1992
01:39:48,087 --> 01:39:50,988
that's what this country
was all about.

1993
01:39:51,090 --> 01:39:53,490
We invented the free
enterprise system

1994
01:39:53,592 --> 01:39:56,493
where anybody,
no matter who he was,

1995
01:39:56,595 --> 01:39:59,996
where he came from,
what class he belonged to,

1996
01:40:00,099 --> 01:40:03,000
if he came up
with a better idea

1997
01:40:03,102 --> 01:40:04,160
about anything,

1998
01:40:04,269 --> 01:40:08,000
there's no limit
to how far he could go.

1999
01:40:08,107 --> 01:40:11,508
I grew up a generation
too late, I guess,

2000
01:40:11,610 --> 01:40:14,511
because now the way
the system works,

2001
01:40:14,613 --> 01:40:18,014
the crackpot who comes up
with some crazy idea

2002
01:40:18,117 --> 01:40:19,516
that everybody laughs at,

2003
01:40:19,618 --> 01:40:22,519
that later turns out
to revolutionize the world,

2004
01:40:22,621 --> 01:40:24,020
he's squashed from above.

2005
01:40:24,123 --> 01:40:27,024
The bureaucrats would
rather kill a new idea

2006
01:40:27,126 --> 01:40:29,390
than let it
rock the boat.

2007
01:40:29,495 --> 01:40:31,895
Today, Benjamin Franklin
would be arrested

2008
01:40:31,997 --> 01:40:34,864
for sailing a kite
without a license.

2009
01:40:34,967 --> 01:40:35,934
It's true.

2010
01:40:36,034 --> 01:40:38,594
We're all puffed up
with ourselves now

2011
01:40:38,704 --> 01:40:41,195
'cause we
invented the bomb.

2012
01:40:41,306 --> 01:40:43,274
Dropped the...

2013
01:40:44,877 --> 01:40:48,278
Beat the daylights
out of the Japanese, the Nazis.

2014
01:40:48,380 --> 01:40:49,779
But if big business

2015
01:40:49,882 --> 01:40:52,476
closes the door
on the little guy

2016
01:40:52,584 --> 01:40:53,983
with a new idea,

2017
01:40:54,086 --> 01:40:56,486
we're closing the door
on progress

2018
01:40:56,588 --> 01:40:58,988
and sabotaging
everything we fought for,

2019
01:40:59,091 --> 01:41:01,992
everything that
the country stands for.

2020
01:41:05,330 --> 01:41:06,729
We're going
to find ourselves

2021
01:41:06,832 --> 01:41:09,266
at the bottom of the heap,

2022
01:41:09,368 --> 01:41:12,269
having no idea
how we got there,

2023
01:41:12,371 --> 01:41:15,306
buying radios and cars
from our former enemies.

2024
01:41:18,477 --> 01:41:20,877
I don't believe
that's going to happen.

2025
01:41:20,979 --> 01:41:23,504
I can't believe it
because...

2026
01:41:24,750 --> 01:41:28,151
if I stop believing
in the common horse sense

2027
01:41:28,253 --> 01:41:29,652
of the American people,

2028
01:41:29,755 --> 01:41:31,154
there'd be no way

2029
01:41:31,256 --> 01:41:34,657
I could get out of bed
in the morning.

2030
01:41:44,870 --> 01:41:46,064
Thank you.

2031
01:41:58,183 --> 01:42:00,743
Why did I
let you do that?

2032
01:42:19,104 --> 01:42:20,332
Be seated.

2033
01:42:25,277 --> 01:42:27,871
Has the jury
reached a verdict?

2034
01:42:30,048 --> 01:42:31,515
We have, Your Honor.

2035
01:42:37,089 --> 01:42:39,887
Will the defendant
please rise.

2036
01:42:43,662 --> 01:42:46,062
We, the jurors...

2037
01:42:47,666 --> 01:42:49,099
find the defendant...

2038
01:42:49,201 --> 01:42:51,761
Preston Tucker...

2039
01:42:54,506 --> 01:42:55,473
Not guilty.

2040
01:43:15,861 --> 01:43:17,761
How about all of you

2041
01:43:17,863 --> 01:43:21,264
take a ride in
one of those Tucker cars

2042
01:43:21,366 --> 01:43:22,765
that don't exist?

2043
01:43:36,882 --> 01:43:37,780
Look.

2044
01:43:37,883 --> 01:43:41,842
They love the cars,
the people.

2045
01:43:41,953 --> 01:43:43,978
Drives me crazy.

2046
01:43:44,089 --> 01:43:47,354
The Tucker Motor Company's dead.

2047
01:43:47,459 --> 01:43:49,757
They'll never be made.

2048
01:43:49,861 --> 01:43:51,260
We made them.

2049
01:43:51,363 --> 01:43:52,728
50 cars.

2050
01:43:54,633 --> 01:43:56,032
Well, what's
the difference,

2051
01:43:56,134 --> 01:43:57,533
50 or 50 million?

2052
01:43:57,636 --> 01:43:59,035
That's only machinery.

2053
01:44:01,373 --> 01:44:05,332
It's the idea
that counts, Abe...

2054
01:44:05,444 --> 01:44:07,105
and the dream.

2055
01:45:03,034 --> 01:45:05,434
What are you
up to now?

2056
01:45:05,537 --> 01:45:07,437
If I could figure out

2057
01:45:07,539 --> 01:45:10,440
how to make these kerosene
refrigerators cheap enough

2058
01:45:10,542 --> 01:45:12,942
so poor people
could afford them.

2059
01:45:13,044 --> 01:45:14,875
Big enough for
two bottles of milk.

2060
01:45:14,980 --> 01:45:16,379
That's all.

2061
01:45:16,481 --> 01:45:19,882
So their kids won't
have to get rickets, see?

2062
01:45:19,985 --> 01:45:22,476
% % Hold that tiger% %

2063
01:45:22,587 --> 01:45:24,077
% % Hold that tiger% %

2064
01:45:24,189 --> 01:45:26,282
% % Hold that tiger% % % %