There's nobody else?
-Dr. Stanton should operate.
-That's up to Stark.
He wanted another doctor,
a specialist. l sent for one.
How bad is it really, doc?
He's unconscious and paralyzed.
-Has he got a chance?
-To live, yes.
What do you mean?
Even if the operation is successful,
that is, if he lives...
...l think he'll be paralyzed
for life.
You'll do everything you can,
won't you?
Anything between us wouldn't count,
would it?
Anything you want,
just ask for it and you got it.
There are some things
that even you can't buy.
Do you want me to operate
or don't you?
l want you to operate.
May l see Tom now?
How much does he know?
-About what?
-You know what l'm talking about.
-How much does he know?
-About what?
About Anne and me.
He doesn't know a thing.
Not a thing!
How is he?
The boy?
-He'll live.
-Thank God.
-How is--?
-Willie?
He blames himself, doesn't he?
He'll find someone else
to blame in a few days.
l tried to call here
at the hospital but l just--
Why did you do it?
He wasn't like anybody
l ever knew before.
You mean he wasn't like me.
lt wasn't like anybody
l ever knew before.
l love him.
l guess that's the reason.
Everybody loves him.
He wants to marry me.
-Are you going to?
-Not now. lt would hurt him.
A divorce would hurt his career.
His career!
What are you going to do?
You can't leave him now.
He needs you more than ever.
What Willie needs, Willie's got.
You don't know him.
You've known him all these years
and you don't know him.
What about Adam?
Don't worry about him.
lf he finds out, it'll prove a Stanton
is no different than anyone else.
Just show him these.
Willie was right. ''A man is conceived
in sin and born in corruption.''
Even Judge Stanton.
Show them to him.
Change the picture of the world
that Adam has in his head.
Just like our picture of it
has been changed.
Wipe out everything he believes.
lt'll be good for him.
There's no God but Willie Stark.
l'm his prophet and you're his--
l'm sorry.
l didn't mean--
What's going on here?
lt's all right, officer.
We both work for Willie Stark.
That'll be the main building.
Fifteen stories high.
That's the laboratory.
World's finest equipment.
What are you trying to do?
l've taken the job.
Why?
My reasons are my own.
-Why are you building the hospital?
-To do good for the people.
And get votes.
-There's lots of ways to get votes.
-l know.
l won't stand for any interference.
l won't interfere.
l may fire you,
but l won't interfere.
You're wasting your time with threats.
You know what l think of you.
Yes, l know.
l'll tell you what.
We'll each stay
on our own side of the fence.
ls that a deal?
Now he had us aII.
Me, Anne and Adam.
Now we aII worked for him.
So the eyes of the entire nation
are now focused upon Governor Stark...
...an amazing phenomenon
on the poIiticaI scene.
A whoIe state is fiIIed
with his accompIishments.
Each one of them
bearing his personaI signature...
...to make sure
no one wiII ever forget him.
This is the way
the roads used to be.
But some cIaim
that they were adequate...
...that you don't need a 4-Iane
highway for a horse and buggy.
When Stark boasts of his great
schooI system, his critics say:
''You can't go to schooI
and work fieIds at the same time.''
They question the benefit
of these projects...
...charging that need and poverty
is as great as before.
WiIIie Stark has never forgotten
the source of his power:
The peopIe who supported him.
He stiII keeps his touch
with these peopIe of the backwoods...
...making periodic trips
to such pIaces as Kanoma City...
...now famous as his birthpIace.
For those who say Stark
is a man of destiny...
...there are others who cIaim
that he is eviI.
A man who cares neither
for the peopIe or the state...
...but onIy for his own
personaI power and ambition.
ObviousIy, these ambitions go
far beyond the state's boundaries.
Just how far,
onIy time wiII teII.