:00:09
Don't do it, Shara. Don't get yourself
mixed up in an alley fight. Listen to me...
:00:18
Why, Georgie, hello!
:00:20
- You shut up. I am crucified to pieces.
- What's the matter?
:00:24
What's the matter? "Why did
George F Babbitt underwrite a guarantee
:00:27
of $30,000 to bring a revival to Zenith?"
:00:30
"Is Sister Sharon
preaching the word of Jesus
:00:33
or the gospel of Babbitt's
real-estate business?"
:00:36
For God's sakes! I don't want any trouble.
:00:39
I am in business.
I'm a 32nd-degree Mason.
:00:43
George boy, don't take
this thing so seriously!
:00:46
- I just sure as hell don't think it's a joke!
- We'll lick it, Georgie!
:00:49
"Georgie!" My telephone
has not stopped ringing.
:00:52
Everybody's mad at me or laughing at me.
Even my own family's turned against me.
:00:56
As of right now,
:00:58
I am cancelling out on my support -
financial and every other way.
:01:03
George, you've got to fight back!
:01:08
- Fight the press?
- Yes.
:01:10
Mister, do you know anybody
ever licked the newspapers?
:01:13
Me and you.
:01:15
Besides, I am for a free press,
and for free enterprise,
:01:20
and for... whatever the hell
the other freedoms are!
:01:23
But, Reverend, you invited us here.
:01:25
If you withdraw your support now, you're
endorsing this vicious newspaper smear.
:01:30
- These telegrams of protest...
- There's always a lunatic fringe...
:01:32
These are from my parishioners. These
are complaints from my church board.
:01:37
Even my national superior
telephoned me long-distance.
:01:41
I'm sorry, Mr Morgan.
:01:43
- If you turn against us now...
- What I do doesn't matter.
:01:46
Public opinion has turned against you.
That does matter.
:01:49
- Tell him it's Sister Sharon Falconer.
-
:01:53
- No, I'll wait.
-
:01:57
- Did you find Mr Gantry?
- Nobody's seen him since he left.