The last scene

In another thread someone speculated that the "scripture readings" (sic) had been "taped on" at the end. In fact the Act of Contrition as spoken in the movie is according to the original script, with the one exception that after McLeod expires it's Brody (in the movie) rather than the Lieutenant (in the play) who completes it for McLeod.

The last scene of the play is as follows (as best I can pull it from an OCR copy, though presumably there's a proper copy of the text somewhere online if one looks hard enough):

McLeod: Tear it up!

Brody tears it.

Unchain him, Lou. The keys are in my pocket. We have no case here, Lieutenant.

The complainant withdrew. He crosses himself.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Oh, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven. . . .

He falls, Brody catches him, eases him to the ground, feels for his pulse, Joe kneels to help him. After an interminable pause..

Brody: He's gone!

Joe: He's dead.

Lieutenant:
Completes the Act of Contrition.
I firmly resolve with the help of Thy Grace to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen. Crosses himself.

Brody:
Murmurs.
Amen

Barnes uncovers, crosses himself.

Brody:
Crosses himself, rises clumsily, goes to Arthur, unlocks his handcuffs.
All right, son. Go on home! Don't make a monkey outa me! If I see you . . .
Brody is crying now.
up here again, I'll kick the guts outa you. Don't make a monkey outa me !

By the way, William Bendix was a great actor but in my opinion he was never better than in this movie.