A Fever in the Blood (1961)
Herbert Marshall: Governor Oliver P. Thornwall
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Attorney Clem Marker : You were formerly Governor of this State?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : Yes.
Attorney Clem Marker : What is your relation to the defendant?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : Walter Thornwall is my nephew.
Attorney Clem Marker : When was the last time you saw his wife?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : I saw Paula on the eighth of February.
Attorney Clem Marker : Two days before she met her death.
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : Since that was the last time I saw her alive, I can hardly forget the time or the occasion.
Attorney Clem Marker : And what was the occasion, Governor?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : Dinner in my home.
Attorney Clem Marker : Aside from you and Paula Thornwall, who else was present?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : My nephew Walter. I wanted to try to bring them back together.
Attorney Clem Marker : And what was the result?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : I failed.
Attorney Clem Marker : From the way they behaved towards one another during the time you were with them, would you say that...
Dan Callahan : Objection. Leading the witness.
Judge Leland Hoffman : Sustained.
Attorney Clem Marker : I'll rephrase that. What was their attitude toward one another during the evening?
Governor Oliver P. Thornwall : They behaved like two people who understood each other.