1:02:01
No threats, counselor.
1:02:03
I'm not threatening, I'm simply stating...
1:02:06
When Inspector Villon,
accompied by Inspector Lamy of Paris...
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...and you, the judge of their undertaking...
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...interrogated my client,
the hypothesis was a heart attack. Why?
1:02:20
Mrs. Wormser mentioned a heart attack
less than a year earlier!
1:02:23
Yes.
So why did the police change their minds?
1:02:26
Because they learned
Mr. Wormser never had a heart attack
1:02:33
The truth is he was impotent.
1:02:37
Enough to convince them
Joseph Marlo was Mrs. Wormser's lover...
1:02:42
...add to that,
she is 15 yrs younger than her husband.
1:02:44
Preconceptions are so convenient.
Except there is one little catch...
1:02:50
The little catch is Mrs. Wormser
didn't know her husband was impotent.
1:02:55
You can check the police report;
it's clearly between the lines.
1:03:00
So, I ask the question:
what remains of their fantastic accusations?
1:03:03
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
1:03:05
Nothing proves that
Mr. Wormser was killed...
1:03:10
You can't even prove anything was stolen,
since the prime witness...
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...the number one suspect,
and rightly so, Joseph Marlo, is dead.
1:03:18
So, legally speaking, what we have is:
a victim that doesn't exist,
1:03:22
...a fortune that doesn't exist,
and a suspect that no longer exists.
1:03:28
Your Honor: Allow me
to leave these chambers with Mrs. Wormser.
1:03:35
This has been a terrible trial for her.
1:03:38
Let's face it, this is a ridiculous affair.
1:03:41
Nobody's going to gain anything from it.
1:03:48
Yes, I see,
they might as well go back to square one.
1:03:52
It'll never stand up in court.
Good day, Madam.
1:03:56
Goodbye and thank you, your Honor.