1:35:03
You don't care about this country.
1:35:05
No concern for the damage you
and your Communist friends...
1:35:09
...have inflicted on the minds
of free Americans with your films and TV.
1:35:14
CHAIRMAN: Sir, your refusal to answer
our questions...
1:35:18
...means you are still a member
of the Communist Party...
1:35:22
...and a threat to us all!
1:35:25
Next witness!
1:35:26
VELDE: I move that this witness be cited
for contempt!
1:35:29
I might not be the--
1:35:31
You had your chance to speak!
1:35:33
I was raised to stand up for my beliefs
and I'll raise my son the same way!
1:35:37
And I'm going to try to live it!
1:35:40
If that isn't what a real American is,
then we've failed! Shame on you!
1:35:45
You're dismissed! Remove him!
1:35:47
VELDE: A real American would be proud
to answer.
1:35:50
Shame on you!
1:35:53
CHAIRMAN: Next witness!
1:35:59
RUTH: There's Bunny.
1:36:02
CHAIRMAN: Quiet!
1:36:06
This hearing will come to order.
1:36:08
Hold up your right hand.
1:36:10
You do solemnly swear the evidence
you are going to give...
1:36:12
...will be the truth, and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
1:36:15
BUNNY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN: Be seated.
1:36:19
TAVENNER: Your profession is
as a screenwriter?
1:36:21
BUNNY: Yes.
TAVENNER: Were you subpoenaed?
1:36:23
BUNNY: Yes.
TAVENNER: I'd like to begin...
1:36:25
...if you don't mind,
by clearing this matter up.
1:36:27
Are you now, or have you ever been,
a member of the Communist party?
1:36:35
Mr. Chairman...
1:36:37
...regardless of consequence to myself,
I must refuse to answer that question...
1:36:41
...for many reasons.
Primarily, it violates my right...
1:36:43
...from the First Amendment
to the Constitution.
1:36:46
We all have a right to the freedom of speech.
1:36:49
Freedom of speech! Freedom of assembly.
1:36:51
CHAIRMAN: Answer the question!
BUNNY: I am trying to answer...
1:36:54
...but under the circumstances,
it appears I must use...
1:36:57
...my Constitutional right
as an American citizen.