Mannix (TV Series)

To Save a Dead Man (1971)

Arthur Franz: Father Vale

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• Sister Meg Costello : [she and Father Vale are sitting in Joe's office, talking to him about the man who visited her before he died]  I told Father Fain that I had to do something. That poor dying man haunts me. He was trying to erase his sin against this other man- an innocent man that he had put in prison. With his last dying breath, he was trying to tell me the man's name.

  Father Vale : What do you think, Joe?

  Joe Mannix : I don't know. It's not going to to be easy to find the man. I mean, I've never talked to a convict who wasn't innocent.

  Sister Meg Costello : Mr. Mannix, Al Murphy was a dying man. He was pleading his guilt before God. He was saying that he had sinned, that he had borne false witness.

  Joe Mannix : I understand, Sister. I was only trying to warn you. The odds against finding that particular innocent man are a little frightening.

  Sister Meg Costello : But you will try?

  Joe Mannix : Uh, please don't expect a miracle.

  Father Vale : Joe, we're always expecting miracles. That's our bag.

  Joe Mannix : Yeah. You proved that on a golf course.