That tramp's probably full of Christmas cheer in a flophouse.
I've got to decorate my tree.
Well, I give up.
I don't what gave us the idea
he'd attempt anything like this.
I guess you're right.
I'm afraid the joke's on us.
I hope nobody finds out we've been here.
I wouldn't do that, John.
It'll do you no good.
The Mayor has police downstairs
with instructions
to remove all identification you may have on your person.
You'll be buried in Potter's Field. You'll have accomplished nothing.
I've already taken care of that.
I mailed a copy of this letter to Mr. Connell.
John, forget this foolishness.
Stop there, Mr. Norton, if you don't want to go over too.
I'm glad you gentlemen are here.
You killed the John Doe movement all right,
but you'll see it born again.
Take a good look, Mr. Norton.
John!
John! Don't do it!
I love you, darling.
Please.
Please don't give up.
We'll start all over again. Just you and I. It isn't too late.
The John Doe movement isn't dead yet.
It isn't dead or they wouldn't be here.
It's alive in them. They kept it alive by being afraid of it.
That's why they came up here.
Oh, darling!
Sure it should have been killed. It was dishonest.
But we can start clean now. Just you and I.
It'll grow, John,
because it'll be honest this time.
John, if it's worth dying for,
it's worth living for.
Please, John!
Please! Please God, help me!
John!
John, look at me!
You want to be honest, don't you?
You don't have to die to keep the John Doe idea alive.
Someone already died for that once. The first John Doe.
And he's kept that idea alive for nearly 2,000 years.
It was he who kept it alive and he'll go on keeping it alive
forever and always.
For every John Doe movement they kill, another will be born.
That's why those bells are ringing.
They're calling to us.
Not to give up, but keep on fighting, keep on pitching.
Don't you see, darling?
This is no time to give up.
You and I John, we...
No!
No, John! If you die, I want to die, too.
I love you!
Mr. Doe, you don't have to...
We're with you, Mr. Doe.
We just lost our heads and acted like a mob.
What Bert's trying to say is that we need you.
A lot of us didn't believe what that man said.
We were going to start up our Club again, with or without you.
Weren't we, Bert? A lot of others will do the same.
Mr. Sourpuss even got a letter from his cousin in Toledo...
I got it right here, Mr. Doe.
Only, it'd be a lot easier with you. Please...
Please come with us, Mr. Doe.
Long John!
Mr. Doe!
-We'll help. She'll be all right. -Take her down to the car.
There you are, Norton. The people! Try and lick that!