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The Young Savages (1961)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama | 24 May 1961 (USA)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. He begins to discover that the facts in the case aren't exactly as they seem to be.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writers: Edward Anhalt (screenplay), J.P. Miller (screenplay) (as JP Miller)
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama | 24 May 1961 (USA)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. He begins to discover that the facts in the case aren't exactly as they seem to be.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writers: Edward Anhalt (screenplay), J.P. Miller (screenplay) (as JP Miller)
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews
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00:03:40What'd the guy look like?
00:03:42How do you expect us to help you if you don't know what the guy looks like?
00:03:45Hi, Lieutenant. Hello, Sergeant. Where are the boys?
00:03:47Oh, we haven't set up for you inside.
00:03:49Where do we get the tickets you shot, Lieutenant?
00:03:51Now, fellas, we'll be through with this as soon as we possibly can.
00:03:55This is Hank Bell. He'll handle the preliminary.
00:03:57Captain Larson.
00:03:58Captain?
00:03:59You know Whitey.
00:04:00Sure.
00:04:07Come on, sit over there.
00:04:08All right, sit down.
00:04:11Okay, Whitey, complete your interrogation.
00:04:13The DA's office, Assistant District Attorney Bell,
00:04:15Detective Lieutenant Gunnison.
00:04:17Witnesses, Captain Larson.
00:04:19Officer?
00:04:20Wallman.
00:04:21Officer Wallman.
00:04:22Suspects?
00:04:23Three members of a street gang known as the Thunderbirds.
00:04:25Named?
00:04:28Arthur Reardon, Anthony Apostol, and Daniel...
00:04:32D-I-P-A-C-E.
00:04:33DePace.
00:04:37Which one of you is DePatchie?
00:04:45Your name's DePatchie?
00:04:46David Copperfield.
00:04:48You want me to butcher around the room?
00:04:50Hey, he ain't writing that.
00:04:52He's DePatchie.
00:04:54Your father John DePatchie?
00:04:56I ain't got no father.
00:04:59Your mother's name...
00:05:00Mary?
00:05:01Well, what the hell has my mother got to do with it?
00:05:03Nothing, kid.
00:05:06How old are you, Danny?
00:05:07I'm 15.
00:05:08You can't hold me in this belay station.
00:05:10You can't even question me. I'm a juvenile.
00:05:12You're a juvenile up to 16 unless you killed somebody, and you did.
00:05:15He stopped again.
00:05:16All right.
00:05:18Gunnison.
00:05:29The law says you can execute a 15-year-old for murder.
00:05:31But it also says you can't question him in a police station.
00:05:33Now, look.
00:05:34I'm tired of having to coddle these punks to go stay at 15 instead of 16.
00:05:37You don't have to tell me about these kids.
00:05:38I was born in this neighborhood.
00:05:39I went to school with some of the worst cuncils in town.
00:05:41A good swift kick would have more than straightened out these punks than anything.
00:05:43Gunnison, we're not out to kick kids this time.
00:05:45We're out for first-degree murder.
00:05:48Putting a juvenile in the chair is always a big trouble.
00:05:50Whoever prosecutes this case will need a clear record the defense can't attack.
00:05:53No technicality is getting in the way like interrogating a juvenile in the police station.
00:05:56Right?
00:05:58Okay.
00:06:00Let's find out the ages of the other two,
00:06:01and then we'll separate the baby killers from the adult killers.
00:06:04Okay, Whitey.
00:06:06You, name and age.
00:06:08Arthur Reardon, 17.
00:06:09Batman.
00:06:10What's your name?
00:06:11Anthony Apostle.
00:06:12How old are you?
00:06:1416.
00:06:17Their home's been called, Captain.
00:06:18Strictly according to the book, Counselor.
00:06:20Mrs. Apostle and Reardon's old man are outside now.
00:06:24Take him out to see his mother.
00:06:42Come on.
00:06:53So you're a big shaft man.
00:06:55They didn't find the knives on us.
00:06:57We found a lot of holes in the body.
00:06:58We'll find the knives.
00:06:59The stick started it.
00:07:00He pulled the knife.
00:07:02So now he's dead like he should be.
00:07:04Why do you figure he pulled the knife?
00:07:06He was on his turf.
00:07:08He's on your turf? You pull the knife?
00:07:10We ain't no dirty spics.
00:07:12We're Thunderbirds.
00:07:15You know the name of the boy you killed?
00:07:17No, we never seen him before.
00:07:20His name was Roberto Escalante.
00:07:21He was 15 years old.
00:07:24So?
00:07:26Now let me get this straight.
00:07:28You went for a walk in his street.
00:07:29He saw you.
00:07:31He came at you with a knife, right?
00:07:32Yeah, that's right.
00:07:35He must have been pretty good with a knife.
00:07:36He's crazy.
00:07:37In fact, he must have been better with a knife
00:07:38than anybody in the whole world.
00:07:40Because Roberto Escalante was blind.
00:07:56So, in view of Tully's switch to guilty,
00:07:58I think I'll be free to take over
00:07:59that teenage killing case, if you'd like me to.
00:08:02I mean, it sounds like a toughie.
00:08:04And I'd like something to get my teeth into verging.
00:08:05Something I can really identify with.
00:08:06Yes, well, I've asked Hank
00:08:07to handle the preliminary on that.
00:08:09How about it, Hank?
00:08:10Well, the facts of the case are just about his report.
00:08:12The boys admit the killing,
00:08:13but they claim self-defense.
00:08:15However, the boy they killed,
00:08:16the Puerto Rican boy, was blind.
00:08:18Blind?
00:08:22I've got a hunch the papers are gonna play this
00:08:23like the Chicago fire.
00:08:26You think we should try for first-degree murder?
00:08:28It looks like it to me.
00:08:32You want to prosecute?
00:08:33That's up to you.
00:08:34But before you make any decision,
00:08:35I think you ought to know,
00:08:36one of the defendants is a kid named Apache.
00:08:39I used to go with his mother when I was a kid.
00:08:40Oh, boy, Hank,
00:08:41the papers would have a field day with this one.
00:08:43I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, Mr. Cole,
00:08:45but it seems to me that politically
00:08:46this is a dangerous case.
00:08:47Politically?
00:08:49We don't care anything about politics now, do we, huh?
00:08:52Well, sir, I think we're all aware, sir,
00:08:55that there's something more than a groundswell
00:08:56developing to put you in the governor's mansion.
00:08:59I'm sure none of us would like to see
00:09:00anything like it.
00:09:01Oh, now, now,
00:09:02the worst the newspapers can say is,
00:09:04Honest DA prosecutes son of childhood sweetheart.
00:09:07Doesn't sound so damaging to me, huh?
00:09:09All right, that's all for the moment, gentlemen.
00:09:15Hello, darling.
00:09:17Sweetheart.
00:09:24Boy, I'm beat.
00:09:26Boy, I'm beat.
00:09:32How's that for time?
00:09:33I earned this one today.
00:09:36Did you ever see such headlines?
00:09:38It's a hard case, all right.
00:09:39Mom, where's that white bra of yours?
00:09:41Hi, Dad.
00:09:42Hi, beautiful.
00:09:43Third drawer of the dresser, dear, where it always is.
00:09:44Okay.
00:09:46Jenny wearing a bra?
00:09:48Jenny's been wearing a bra for almost two years now.
00:09:51I guess I haven't taken a good look at her lately.
00:09:53One of those boys is only a year older than Jenny.
00:09:57I guess that's why it bothers me so.
00:09:59He was old enough to handle a knife.
00:10:01Whose idea was it anyway to go for murder?
00:10:02One Dan Cole's?
00:10:03Look, Karen.
00:10:04I know why he assigned this case to you.
00:10:06Because you're the only man smart enough
00:10:07to get him a first degree conviction.
00:10:09He'd frame his own mother to get that nomination.
00:10:12Karen, it wasn't Dan Cole's idea
00:10:14to go for first degree murder.
00:10:16It was mine.
00:10:18Yours?
00:10:20Yes.
00:10:22Mine.
00:10:24I don't believe it.
00:10:26Well, you came from that neighborhood yourself.
00:10:27Yes, and I got out.
00:10:29Yes, you did.
00:10:31But everybody hasn't got the emotional equipment
00:10:33to put up with the slums and the poverty.
00:10:35Here we go with the vassal theories of social oppression.
00:10:37Listen, Karen.
00:10:38Those punks have made Harlem a nightmare.
00:10:40People are afraid to walk home from the subway after dark.
00:10:42Remember the old man at the newsstand?
00:10:43The one who loaned me the money
00:10:44to buy a suit for my bar exam?
00:10:46Well, last week, four of your underprivileged children
00:10:48beat him up.
00:10:49They broke both his legs.
00:10:50He'll never walk again.
00:10:51You're upset because three self-confessed killers
00:10:53are going to stand trial for murder.
00:10:55Good night, folks.
00:10:56Don't wait up for me.
00:10:57Oh, Jenny.
00:10:59I wasn't planning to.
00:11:00I'm going to bed at 12 o'clock after you.
00:11:02Mother, you can be such a drag sometimes.
00:11:04So utterly cubistic.
00:11:05You know what I mean, don't you, Dad?
00:11:07You heard your mother.
00:11:0812 o'clock, doll.
00:11:10All right, I just hope I can explain it
00:11:11to Lonnie's satisfaction.
00:11:13Good night.
00:11:15Lonnie, whatever happened to Greg?
00:11:17He's been replaced by a more mature man,
00:11:19age 16.
00:11:20I ever meet Lonnie?
00:11:21You haven't even met Greg.
00:11:24Look, honey, that's not right.
00:11:26Come on, we'll grab our things,
00:11:27go out to dinner, have a big, thick steak
00:11:28and a bottle of wine.
00:11:29What do you say?
00:11:30Okay.
00:11:34Oh, by the way,
00:11:35your old girlfriend married Apache Cole today.
00:11:37Twice.
00:11:38I referred her to your office.
00:11:39Did you talk to her?
00:11:41I don't know what to say to her.
00:11:43Well, why don't you just tell her
00:11:44that you're going to burn her son
00:11:46for old time's sake?
00:11:51Honey.
00:11:56Russell, come on.
00:11:57Will you grab those things
00:11:58and bring them over here, huh?
00:12:04Papa, what did you do?
00:12:05Never mind what I've done.
00:12:06You told the police about the knife.
00:12:08Mr. Ruggiello?
00:12:09That's right.
00:12:11I hope nobody see you.
00:12:12Come here.
00:12:13Is this your daughter?
00:12:14I don't have him.
00:12:15I don't know nothing about him.
00:12:16All right, come on, come on.
00:12:17All right, Mr. Ruggiello.
00:12:18Let's go.
00:12:19I don't know anything about them.
00:12:20Cole's the cops on his own daughter.
00:12:22He did the right thing.
00:12:24Your name is Angela, isn't it?
00:12:25They call you Angie.
00:12:27What did you do with the knives, Angie?
00:12:28You're so smart.
00:12:29Find them.
00:12:34You can get into a lot of trouble
00:12:35by concealing evidence.
00:12:36You know that, don't you?
00:12:37All right, then.
00:12:38What did you do with the knives?
00:12:39I hid them in some newspapers.
00:12:40Then I got scared
00:12:41and threw them in the back of a car.
00:12:42What car?
00:12:43I don't know.
00:12:44Where was the car?
00:12:45I told you I don't know.
00:12:46It was just parked.
00:12:47Where?
00:12:49Angie, I want you to listen to me.
00:12:51Nothing's going to happen to you
00:12:52if you try to help us.
00:12:54Now, please think.
00:12:55Where were you when you got rid of the knives?
00:12:58Tell me.
00:13:02The cops were all around.
00:13:03I just ran.
00:13:05I turned the corner
00:13:07and there were more cops.
00:13:09I don't know which corner.
00:13:11I don't know.
00:13:12I don't know.
00:13:13All right, now about the car.
00:13:15What kind of a car was it?
00:13:16I'm not sure.
00:13:17It could have been a Ford or a Chevy.
00:13:19It was old, I think.
00:13:20You remember the color?
00:13:21I think it was dark, black,
00:13:23or maybe it was blue.
00:13:26I was...
00:13:27I was just so scared,
00:13:28I didn't know what to do.
00:13:31All right, Angie.
00:13:33Let's talk about the boys for a minute.
00:13:35Why did you take the knives in the first place?
00:13:37I don't know.
00:13:39I don't know.
00:13:40Did you do it for a reason?
00:13:42That creep.
00:13:43Apostle?
00:13:44The Batman?
00:13:46No, it's on account of Danny.
00:13:48He's different.
00:13:49He's sweet.
00:13:50He's a darling.
00:13:51What do you know about him?
00:13:52I know he killed a boy in cold blood.
00:13:54No, he didn't.
00:13:55He just fought back.
00:13:57How do you know that?
00:13:58I told you because I saw it with my own eyes.
00:14:00What were you doing there?
00:14:01I just followed them.
00:14:02Why?
00:14:03I don't know.
00:14:07The kicks.
00:14:09The kicks.
00:14:14What did you see?
00:14:17I was a ways behind them.
00:14:22The boy on the stoop pulled a knife.
00:14:25The boy on the stoop couldn't see.
00:14:26He still pulled a knife.
00:14:27It glittered.
00:14:28I saw it shining.
00:14:32Anybody else see it?
00:14:33I was alone.
00:14:34But there were a lot of other people around.
00:14:35They must have seen it.
00:14:36I talked to a lot of other people.
00:14:37Nobody saw it.
00:14:38You talk to a lot of Puerto Ricans.
00:14:45I think you're making this up, Angie, for Danny's sake.
00:14:47I'm not making it up,
00:14:48and you're not going to scare me into saying I am.
00:14:55I still can't get the blood off my skirt.
00:15:07I still can't get the blood off my skirt.
00:15:38Hey, these Puerto Ricans put on a pretty good show, don't they?
00:15:40Yeah, great.
00:15:41Is this interesting to you, Barton?
00:15:43I thought your newspaper believed the only good Puerto Rican
00:15:45was a dead Puerto Rican.
00:15:46You haven't been reading our paper, Mr. Bell.
00:15:48Not lately.
00:15:49This is oppressed minority season with us.
00:15:52You ought to read it, Hank.
00:15:53Big expose on Park Avenue call houses.
00:15:55We were forced to move.
00:15:57We were forced to move.
00:15:59We were forced to move.
00:16:01We were forced to move.
00:16:03We were forced to move.
00:16:04We were forced to move.
00:16:05We were forced to move.
00:16:06Park Avenue call houses.
00:16:07We perform a public service.
00:16:09Yes, I know.
00:16:10You tell the citizens
00:16:11how to get their asses hollowed.
00:16:17We got the word that they concocted a story
00:16:18about the blind boy flashing a knife.
00:16:20Anything to that?
00:16:21Not a thing.
00:16:22Good,
00:16:24because our readers are expecting the chair for the killers
00:16:27of this gentle and poetic blind boy.
00:16:29We'll do our best.
00:16:31Who tips them off to these things, anyway?
00:16:33Thousand and one, the girl was lying.
00:16:35But suppose he did have a knife.
00:16:37He would have been using it in self-defense.
00:16:39If he had a knife, we'll never make Murder One stick with the jury.
00:16:41It's what you really want, isn't it?
00:16:43That's what I want.
00:16:45Let's go. Come on.
00:16:51Hey, come on, you guys.
00:16:53Hey, give him room, guys. Give him room, guys.
00:16:55Anything to give us today, Dan?
00:16:57Certainly. The city of New York.
00:16:59Will not rest until justice has been done.
00:17:01I've come to the funeral myself to make sure that is perfectly clear.
00:17:03The boys are right on the job, Dan.
00:17:05Morning, boys. Dan.
00:17:07Who are the boys in costume?
00:17:09A horseman. Puerto Rican gang.
00:17:11Like to meet their leader? Yeah.
00:17:13Hey, Zorro!
00:17:15Come on over here a moment, will you?
00:17:19This is Mr. Cole, a district attorney.
00:17:21Zorro.
00:17:23You gonna burn the Thunderbirds like you killed Roberto?
00:17:25We're gonna try.
00:17:27That'll be the day.
00:17:29What do you mean by that, son?
00:17:31You're kidding. Try.
00:17:33When your people come from Puerto Rico or Cuba, they're just inhuman to cops.
00:17:35It'll be the same old story this time.
00:17:41Mrs. Escalante.
00:17:43Mother of the dead boy.
00:17:45Mrs. Escalante.
00:17:57Mrs. Escalante.
00:17:59Mrs. Escalante, I'm the district attorney.
00:18:01Please accept my condolences.
00:18:03Gracias.
00:18:05And this is Mr. Bell, the prosecutor.
00:18:07He'll help your son's case.
00:18:09You cannot help Roberto.
00:18:11It is too late to help Roberto.
00:18:13Perdóneme, señor.
00:18:15When I am a little girl,
00:18:17in my family,
00:18:19they teach me love.
00:18:21They teach me this in Puerto Rico,
00:18:23where I am born.
00:18:25The people there, they say to you,
00:18:27hello.
00:18:29Here...
00:18:31is different.
00:18:33Here,
00:18:35so many people,
00:18:37but is no one here
00:18:39say to you hello.
00:18:41In this city,
00:18:43and on these streets,
00:18:45is no time for love.
00:18:47There is only...
00:18:51odio.
00:18:53Hatred.
00:18:55Hatred.
00:18:57And it is hatred that has killed my son.
00:18:59Your son will have justice, Mrs. Escalante.
00:19:03Ah, señor.
00:19:05There's only one justice.
00:19:07You want to do something, eh?
00:19:09All right, you can do something for me,
00:19:11and for my son.
00:19:13One thing.
00:19:15Kill them.
00:19:17Kill the murderers.
00:19:19The same way they killed my son.
00:19:23You put out their eyes,
00:19:25and you come at them with knives,
00:19:29the same way they came at my son
00:19:31in his darkness.
00:19:33You kill them
00:19:35like the animals they are.
00:19:37You kill them,
00:19:39and you rid the streets of the animals.
00:19:41This,
00:19:43you can do for me, señor.
00:19:45And for my son,
00:19:47who is dead.
00:19:55Is that what you're going to do, Hank?
00:19:57Come on, Mary.
00:19:59You're going to kill my kid?
00:20:01You're going to put his eyes out,
00:20:03and come at him with knives in the darkness?
00:20:05You're going to kill him like an animal, huh?
00:20:07This is Lieutenant Gunnison.
00:20:09Mrs. Apache.
00:20:11Danny didn't have anything to do with this.
00:20:13I'm afraid he did.
00:20:15No. No.
00:20:17He's protecting somebody, or something.
00:20:19I know him. I know he's my child.
00:20:21You don't know.
00:20:23He swore to me he's my son.
00:20:25He's my child. You don't know.
00:20:27He swore to me he's not even a member of this gang.
00:20:29It still happened, Mary.
00:20:31Is that what my child is to you?
00:20:33Just another case, another conviction?
00:20:35He's mine, Hank.
00:20:37Danny will have a fair trial, the same as the other two.
00:20:39You know this neighborhood.
00:20:41You're guilty before you're arrested. Mary.
00:20:43You look everywhere for evidence to prove that he's guilty.
00:20:45Are you looking for evidence to prove he's innocent?
00:20:47No, that wouldn't help you, would it?
00:20:49You wouldn't get a gold star, would you, Hank?
00:20:52They're all alike.
00:20:55They all say the same thing.
00:20:57My son didn't do it.
00:20:59My son couldn't do it.
00:21:01My son is a good boy.
00:21:03They all believe it, too.
00:21:21Can I come in a minute?
00:21:47Can I come in a minute?
00:21:49Please, Hank.
00:21:55Come in.
00:22:04I'm calling the Puerto Rican boy.
00:22:06I want him to tell you something.
00:22:13He came to see Danny last summer to thank him.
00:22:16Sit down, Hank.
00:22:19Jose?
00:22:21Can you come to my house right now?
00:22:23It's Danny's mother.
00:22:25I'll be right there. Thank you, Jose.
00:22:28I went to see him yesterday.
00:22:30Sit down.
00:22:35How does he get to No Man's Land?
00:22:37He comes through the cellars and then through that old area way.
00:22:40Over the roof?
00:22:42I remember.
00:22:46He'll be here right away.
00:22:48Wait, Hank. I have to go to work in a minute.
00:22:50I work in an appliance store down...
00:22:52I'll wait.
00:22:54Is he all right?
00:22:56I'll get you some coffee.
00:22:58No, don't...
00:23:01Jose?
00:23:07Jose, this is Mr. Bell.
00:23:09He's a friend of mine.
00:23:11His amigo. You can talk to him.
00:23:13The Thunderbirds will kill me if they know I am here.
00:23:15The horsemen are worse.
00:23:24Jose, you tell him, please.
00:23:26Go ahead, son.
00:23:28You know this swimming pool, mister? On 124th Street?
00:23:30Yes.
00:23:32Well, there's a pool in there. No fighting.
00:23:34I was there with some of the horsemen.
00:23:36I don't swim so good, see?
00:23:46Okay.
00:23:55What's the matter, Bearden?
00:23:57Look in the water.
00:23:59I don't see nothing in the water.
00:24:01Spicks.
00:24:03Well, what are they doing?
00:24:05You like swimming with them?
00:24:08Hey, Danny!
00:24:10Hey, Danny!
00:24:12Come here.
00:24:16Yeah, what's up, Dad?
00:24:18Take a look. Someone's polluting the water.
00:24:22So, you never saw a spick before?
00:24:24They swim here every day.
00:24:26Today, I don't like it.
00:24:28What, are you head of the Immigration Department or something?
00:24:30Me, I don't like it, and I say we kick them out.
00:24:32Danny, don't get into trouble.
00:24:34So that's your problem.
00:24:36You let a broad boss you, huh?
00:24:38All right, all right. Big deal. Let's go get it over.
00:24:45Come on.
00:25:01What are you wearing a necklace for?
00:25:03I thought only girls wore necklaces.
00:25:05That's no necklace.
00:25:07That's Jesus Cristo.
00:25:09You got no religion?
00:25:11You got religion.
00:25:14You want to see how religious you are, spick?
00:25:16Don't you call me a spick.
00:25:18You want to see if you can walk on water, spick?
00:25:20Hey, I don't swim so good.
00:25:30I told you, I told you, I don't swim so good.
00:25:32He's trying to drown you, stupid.
00:25:40Okay, let him go. That's enough.
00:25:42I'll kill you on there.
00:25:49Tell him what you want. Kill him.
00:26:13Thank you, Jose.
00:26:15Gracias, Jose.
00:26:21Can you believe that the same boy who did this...
00:26:23would stab to death the helpless blind boy?
00:26:28If he didn't do it, we'll find out he didn't do it.
00:26:31Believe me, Mary.
00:26:43You know, Hank, I made a terrible mistake when I walked out on you.
00:26:50I knew it the day after I married Johnny.
00:26:53He turned out to be a petty racketeer.
00:26:56I never told Danny what kind of man his father was.
00:26:59But he's a pretty sharp kid.
00:27:02And sometimes I would see him looking at me...
00:27:05thinking, what kind of woman is that?
00:27:07She marries a guy like that.
00:27:09And so, you know, just to make him think more of me...
00:27:13I would tell him about you.
00:27:17You know, when we read your name in the papers...
00:27:21I kind of heard about what you were doing.
00:27:24And then I would think, well, you can't be a total mess.
00:27:28A man like that wanting to marry you.
00:27:30Don't give yourself the worst of it, Mary.
00:27:32You will try to see Danny as he really is.
00:27:36I'll talk to him.
00:27:39He could have been our son.
00:27:45That was a long time ago, Mary.
00:27:47We've grown up.
00:27:49Maybe it's too bad, but we've grown up.
00:27:54Will Danny grow up?
00:28:07Good-bye, Mary.
00:28:09Good-bye, Hank.
00:28:24235 calling. Over.
00:28:27Hardy speaking. Over.
00:28:29This is Bell, Hardy.
00:28:31What about the knives and the Escalante killing? Over.
00:28:34What about them?
00:28:36Well, did you find them? Not yet.
00:28:38How many men did you put on them? All we could spare.
00:28:41Well, how many is that? Two.
00:28:44That's not enough, Lieutenant. You'll have to put more men on them.
00:28:47And you better put out an all-points bulletin about that car.
00:28:49It could be anywhere by now.
00:28:51And I want daily progress reports from your office.
00:28:53In which order do you want these requests turned down? Over.
00:28:56Who is this character?
00:28:58I don't have all day, Bell. Over.
00:29:00Let me talk to the head of your department.
00:29:02He went on vacation this morning...
00:29:04and is the only one who can give priority authorization for additional manpower.
00:29:07Well, doesn't he deputize anyone to do it for him?
00:29:09No, he doesn't.
00:29:11Well, does your whole department go to pieces because one man goes on a vacation?
00:29:14We'll find your knives as soon as we can, Mr. Bell.
00:29:16Of course, we only have to find an undescribed automobile...
00:29:19which may be anywhere in the state of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Arizona, or Texas.
00:29:23Not that we can't do it, you understand...
00:29:25in spite of being understaffed, overworked, and underpaid.
00:29:28But I'm sure you're not interested in our internal problems. Over.
00:29:31Look, Hardy, I hate to have to go to the D.A. on this. Over.
00:29:34Me too. Vice Target to you.
00:29:36Over and out.
00:29:40Now, where to, Hank?
00:29:41What?
00:29:42Where to?
00:29:43Raymond Street Jail.
00:30:02Get out of here!
00:30:10All right, knock it off. Keep it quiet.
00:30:12I'm down.
00:30:19My folks didn't understand me.
00:30:21I just wanted to go to the country and see the cows.
00:30:23Instead, they sent me out on this crummy street to play with bad boys.
00:30:26Some parents, huh? Everybody wasn't their fault. They were poor.
00:30:29Okay, Batman, it's your turn.
00:30:31Oh, me, I'm stupid, you know.
00:30:33I'm possibly called...
00:30:35I can't even read right, you know, and...
00:30:38The doctor, he says to me, he says that my brain's a little mixed up, you know, like...
00:30:42I don't know, scrambled eggs, you know.
00:30:43Now, show him how stupid you are.
00:30:45Stupid?
00:30:46Oh, yeah.
00:30:51Now, tell him how stupid you are.
00:30:53Oh, well, I've been in the sixth grade...
00:30:55I think five times now, that's right.
00:30:57My old man's a drunk.
00:30:59My mother takes in boarders and goes out with them, too.
00:31:01I got a sister. I don't know if she's my sister.
00:31:03That's why I'm so disturbed.
00:31:05He's got a song about it.
00:31:06Go ahead, sing it, stupid.
00:31:08Yeah, yeah.
00:31:09My mother sells snow to the snowbirds.
00:31:12My father makes barbershop gin.
00:31:15My sister sells jazz for a living.
00:31:17And that's when the money rolls in.
00:31:21Where's Dr. Walsh's office?
00:31:22Down at the end of that corner.
00:31:23Hey, look, ain't you gonna ask us no regular questions?
00:31:25On your feet.
00:31:26I don't want you to run another raw shock.
00:31:29I don't care if he's faking.
00:31:31I don't care.
00:31:32What he's faking reveals just as much as his real reactions.
00:31:36That's right.
00:31:37Yeah, yeah.
00:31:38Yeah, I gotta go. Bye.
00:31:40My name is Sparrow, D.A.'s office.
00:31:42Oh, yes.
00:31:44I understand they're building a kid-sized electric chair upstate for you people.
00:31:47Well, now, doctor, that's a nice, friendly approach.
00:31:50The indictment is first degree, isn't it?
00:31:51Usually is in premeditated murder.
00:31:53Bully and going home.
00:31:54I'm delighted you haven't fallen for any of that modern nonsense about emotional problems,
00:31:58or environment, or broken homes.
00:32:01A little mass execution now and then.
00:32:03That'll stop him.
00:32:04Nothing else has.
00:32:06Look, doctor, I came here to ask you a couple of questions about these boys.
00:32:09I've already talked with the Revenant Apostle.
00:32:11Yeah.
00:32:12They're old pros.
00:32:13Those two have been through the mill here regularly since they were 10 or 11.
00:32:17Depache been in here before?
00:32:19No, this is his first.
00:32:21Tell me something about him.
00:32:22He's bright.
00:32:23IQ 135.
00:32:24Likes to read.
00:32:26Of course, the psychological tests show aggression and fear, just like the others.
00:32:29What about written?
00:32:31Delusions of grandeur.
00:32:33Deep feeling of inferiority.
00:32:35Hates anybody whose skin of religion is different.
00:32:38Underneath, scared, of course.
00:32:40But scared more than the others.
00:32:43Is Apostle as stupid as he seems?
00:32:45Retarded.
00:32:47Very.
00:32:48As a psychiatrist, would you say he's legally sane?
00:32:52Now, you know that the words sane and insane have no meaning in medicine.
00:32:55They have in law.
00:32:57I deal in people, Mr. Bell, not in legal technicalities.
00:33:01Where is Depache?
00:33:02In the juvenile section.
00:33:05Oh, by the way, I hope you'll forgive my bad manners.
00:33:09Conditioned reflex with public officials, I'm afraid.
00:33:12Think nothing of it, doctor.
00:33:13We all have our emotional problems.
00:33:23Sit down.
00:33:29Cigarette?
00:33:30Rami.
00:33:35I'd like to hear your side of the story, Danny.
00:33:36So you can help find me?
00:33:38Do I look like a kook?
00:33:40Did my lawyers give you no care to talk to me?
00:33:42They know I'm here.
00:33:43They must have told you you're in serious trouble.
00:33:45They told me I'm innocent until proven guilty.
00:33:47You'll get a fair trial, if that's what you mean.
00:33:49But not in a children's court.
00:33:50A grown-up murder trial.
00:33:52You better tell me your story.
00:33:54OK.
00:33:55In two words, self-defense.
00:33:57Danny, that's stupid and you know it.
00:33:59And you're stupid to stick to it.
00:34:01Tough in a half, so I'm stupid.
00:34:04A little scared too, huh?
00:34:05But nobody scares me, especially a bum like you.
00:34:07Don't get fresh with me, Danny.
00:34:08I'm here because I'm a friend of your mother's.
00:34:10Don't call me Mr. Bell.
00:34:12Bell, your name's Bellini.
00:34:14And you're a wop, just like me.
00:34:17What's the matter, Mr. Bellini?
00:34:19You ashamed of being a wop?
00:34:22Let me tell you something, Mr. Bellini.
00:34:24Don't walk down any dark streets alone.
00:34:27You haven't got the guts to handle a skinny broad,
00:34:29much less the Thunderbirds.
00:34:30You look kind of fruity to me anyway.
00:34:33Now stay away from my mother, you fake wop!
00:34:35Excuse me.
00:34:57I'm looking for Zorro.
00:34:58Don't speak English, sir.
00:35:00Please, where is Mr. Zorro?
00:35:03Don't bother me.
00:35:11Mr. Bell, who brings you to my turf?
00:35:13I'd like to talk with Luisa Escalante.
00:35:15Why?
00:35:16She was there the day it happened.
00:35:17I'd like to talk with her.
00:35:28Two minutes.
00:35:29Come on, I'll buy you a beer.
00:35:54They think I'm a T-man, huh?
00:35:55Why do you think so?
00:35:56Well, you know, this white shirt and the suit.
00:35:58Oh, you know about them, huh?
00:35:59I used to live here.
00:36:01I'm a cop, and they don't want to be around
00:36:02if there's going to be a pinch.
00:36:03Oh, you know this place, all right.
00:36:04A guy gets pinchy, like, uh,
00:36:06throws stuff away, might lend you your feet.
00:36:08Next thing you know, you're arrested for holding.
00:36:10Or maybe even for intent to sell.
00:36:12That's up to you, Bruce McGill.
00:36:13Good beer here.
00:36:14You'll like it.
00:36:15So you're working for Roberto, huh?
00:36:17Well, that's one way of putting it.
00:36:18The birds ain't got a chance.
00:36:21Or have they?
00:36:22I think we've got a very good case.
00:36:24Yeah?
00:36:25Well, man, you give it to them good.
00:36:26The others are bad, but they're the worst.
00:36:29You don't like them, do you?
00:36:30Well, man, put yourself in my shoes.
00:36:32The niggers look down on us.
00:36:33The waps look down on us.
00:36:34The Irish were here before the Indians.
00:36:36Man, my people had a proud race.
00:36:38Why don't we go into African jungle?
00:36:40And the waps, what the hell did they ever have?
00:36:42Mussolini?
00:36:43A big stink.
00:36:44Michelangelo?
00:36:45So what?
00:36:47You ever heard of a guy named Picasso?
00:36:48Yes.
00:36:49Now, Pablo Picasso, man.
00:36:51I went all the way down to the museum
00:36:52to look at his paintings.
00:36:53Now, that guy is great.
00:36:55He's the greatest artist that ever lived, man.
00:36:56He sings.
00:36:57And you know, that's the delivery kit
00:36:59that don't want to pay.
00:37:00You know, Picasso, he's got the same blood in his veins
00:37:02that I got in mine.
00:37:29And you know the first fiddle at the musical?
00:37:48Puerto Rican.
00:37:49Come on.
00:37:51Got a contribution to your war chest?
00:37:54Look, we got three square blocks here.
00:37:57Like this is an island.
00:37:58Little Puerto Rico.
00:37:59You know what I mean, Mr. Bell?
00:38:00Man, we're busting to get out.
00:38:02But while we're here, we got to protect our turf.
00:38:04People got to respect us.
00:38:05And you know what people respect?
00:38:07Force.
00:38:10Here.
00:38:11Our contribution to your force.
00:38:13You got a contribution to your turf.
00:38:15You got a contribution to your turf.
00:38:17You got a contribution to your turf.
00:38:19Our contribution to your favorite charity.
00:38:22You know, that ain't the point.
00:38:23It ain't the money.
00:38:24We just can't let people come in and out of here
00:38:26without knowing whose place it is.
00:38:27Like the Thunderbirds, huh?
00:38:28Yeah, like the Thunderbirds.
00:38:29Look what happened to poor Roberto.
00:38:31Our poor, innocent, blank kid
00:38:33who never did anyone no wrong.
00:38:35Tell me something.
00:38:36The Thunderbirds know you protect your turf.
00:38:38How do you explain three of them
00:38:39coming down here and invading it?
00:38:41The Thunderbirds are all on junk, that's why.
00:38:43They're dope addicts, you know.
00:38:45That's right.
00:38:47Those boys weren't on junk.
00:38:49You're right.
00:38:50They weren't on junk.
00:38:51Not then, anyway.
00:38:52But it's that Reardon.
00:38:55What about the other two?
00:38:56Apostle.
00:38:58Apostle's joking.
00:39:00Oh, man, that cat does anything anybody tells him.
00:39:02And Apache?
00:39:05He's a wild one.
00:39:06You know, he helped one of our guys out of trouble once.
00:39:09Now, why would a wild one help a snake?
00:39:11Oh, no.
00:39:13It's that Reardon.
00:39:14He's got holes in his head.
00:39:16I killed him there.
00:39:17When I smacked that chump, he went down,
00:39:18and I stomped him in the head.
00:39:20You know why?
00:39:21So he wouldn't get up again.
00:39:22If he did, you might go down.
00:39:23He'd stomp you.
00:39:26You sound like you've been stomped before.
00:39:28A touch here and there.
00:39:31Man, this poppin' is for no one, man.
00:39:32It's for riding on toilet walls.
00:39:33It stinks, man.
00:39:34It stinks.
00:39:35That's what this poppin' is.
00:39:37Mama Escalante no deja venir a Luisa.
00:39:39Uh-huh.
00:39:43Well, the old lady won't let her baby come down to this place,
00:39:45so you can talk to her at the house, okay?
00:39:48What do I owe you, bartender?
00:39:49The beer's on me.
00:39:50Let me.
00:39:51I said the beer's on me.
00:39:53Thanks.
00:40:04Mrs. Escalante, I'd like to talk with your daughter.
00:40:08You can talk to her right here.
00:40:12Luisa, I'd like to ask you just what happened the night Roberto was killed.
00:40:17I told the cops many times.
00:40:18I know, but I'd like you to tell me.
00:40:23Tina.
00:40:26I was sitting here.
00:40:31Maria was there.
00:40:33We saw them coming.
00:40:34They jumped for Roberto and started killing him, that's all.
00:40:38Did Roberto have a knife?
00:40:40A knife?
00:40:41Un cuchillo.
00:40:42Un cuchillo.
00:40:43Your policemen keep asking for this knife.
00:40:45And why? And it is not true?
00:40:46Roberto never have a knife.
00:40:49Three boys said he pulled a knife.
00:40:50This is a lie.
00:40:52A girl saw it, too.
00:40:54That is not so.
00:40:55Who is this girl?
00:40:56Luisa, can you tell me something?
00:40:59This girl said she saw something that glittered.
00:41:01What was it that glittered?
00:41:03Glitter?
00:41:04Shine.
00:41:08Oh.
00:41:09It's harmonica.
00:41:11The harmonica on which he plays his music.
00:41:13This is what glitters.
00:41:15This is what you mean.
00:41:22Ladies and gentlemen, meet our next guest, Mr. Ted Cole.
00:41:27Friends, forgive me, I apologize for being late.
00:41:29Something about doing a profile on me.
00:41:31Yes, that's great.
00:41:32Already first, and then the White House.
00:41:34Congratulations.
00:41:37Wonderful dance.
00:41:39Oh, food.
00:41:40Not too rare, Mr. Cole.
00:41:41Yes, sir.
00:41:42Make mine rare, please.
00:41:43Make Mr. Bell's rare.
00:41:44Hank, do you realize that a conviction in the Escalante case is worth a 50,000 plurality right in this district alone?
00:41:4750,000?
00:41:48What is that?
00:41:49Well, that's an electrical figure.
00:41:51I should say you can count on that plurality, Dad.
00:41:53Ah, case going that well, huh?
00:41:54As of now, I see no reason why we can't get first-degree convictions.
00:41:56You don't want to be a shoo-in.
00:41:58Say, Hank, I got a great idea for public speaking.
00:42:00Why don't you get your picture taken pulling the switch on the electric chair?
00:42:04You have a definite political potential, Hank.
00:42:06But you must have cooperation right straight down the line.
00:42:09You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Cole.
00:42:11I'm a great believer in electricity.
00:42:13My wife majored in sarcasm at Vassar.
00:42:16Yes.
00:42:17Excuse me, please.
00:42:19Now hear this.
00:42:23Before Dan Cole tells us what he thinks, I should like to tell you all what I think.
00:42:28I think that Dan Cole is riding on the crest of a wave.
00:42:34And I'm mighty proud.
00:42:35I'm proud of our party.
00:42:37And I'm proud of Dan Cole.
00:42:39And I'm proud of old Hank Bellini.
00:42:42Goodbye, Mr. Supreme Court Justice.
00:42:44I've got a campaign coming up.
00:42:45And it's going to mean shelter to the wheel work for all of us.
00:42:47Three thousand more votes.
00:42:48All you've got to do is electrocute a few kids.
00:42:51You third-generation progressive.
00:42:52Sitting up at Vassar getting your bat checks from Daddy.
00:42:54When was the last time you had a scrounge for a buck?
00:42:56You think I can afford this phony idealism of yours?
00:42:58I've got a job to do. Now get in that car.
00:43:04I'll park the car. Be back in a minute.
00:43:06Don't hurry.
00:43:34Hank!
00:43:57Help!
00:43:58Hank!
00:44:00Hank!
00:44:02Karen!
00:44:03Karen!
00:44:06Karen!
00:44:07Karen!
00:44:12Karen!
00:44:14What's the matter, Karen?
00:44:15What happened?
00:44:16The bus!
00:44:17The bus!
00:44:18The bus!
00:44:30How's the little lady feeling this morning?
00:44:31How do you think she feels?
00:44:33We've assigned Kirk and Brodsky to stay with her until this is over.
00:44:35How do you do?
00:44:36Go on in and make yourself at home. There's lots of coffee on the stove.
00:44:39Where's that candy store where the Thunderbirds hang out?
00:44:42Why?
00:44:43You think they're going up to Italian Harlem?
00:44:44Well, it wasn't Puerto Ricans that paid us a visit last night.
00:44:46All right. I'll go with you.
00:44:47No, no. I want to return this visit personally.
00:44:49And why don't we have the T-Birds picked up and brought in?
00:44:51What's the address?
00:44:53171st. Manetti's Candy Store.
00:44:59Pretty Boy Savarisi. He's your man.
00:45:17Can I help you, man?
00:45:18I understand the Thunderbirds hang out here.
00:45:22Look, mister. I only sell soothers here. That's all.
00:45:28I'm from the DA's office.
00:45:29I have a list of all the names and addresses of the Thunderbirds.
00:45:31Now, I can have them picked up and brought down for questioning,
00:45:33or you can tell me where I can find Pretty Boy Savarisi.
00:45:36Hey.
00:45:37Hey.
00:45:39Come on over.
00:45:41Hey.
00:45:42We were just reading about some character from the DA's office.
00:45:44His wife got scared by some crazy cats last night.
00:45:47Hard job.
00:45:48Get the district attorney a chance.
00:45:49No, thanks.
00:45:50That ain't polite.
00:45:51Where's Pretty Boy Savarisi?
00:45:53You know, you got a lot of courage, Mr. District Attorney,
00:45:55coming in here without no escort.
00:45:57You going to tell me where I can find Pretty Boy Savarisi,
00:45:59or do I have to run you in?
00:46:00Well, no.
00:46:01What exactly was it you wanted to see him about, huh,
00:46:03Mr. District Attorney?
00:46:05Where's your telephone?
00:46:06Hey, hey, Mr. District Attorney.
00:46:07What's the matter?
00:46:08Can't you take a little joke?
00:46:09Don't get excited.
00:46:10We clown around like this all the time.
00:46:12Makes life interesting, you know?
00:46:14Do you know where Dominic went?
00:46:15Behind.
00:46:16I'm going to tell you, Louie,
00:46:17that that imbecile from Marichal wants to talk to Louie.
00:46:20Never mind.
00:46:21I'll tell him myself.
00:46:22This imbecile from the DA's office wants to see him.
00:46:24But where do you think I come from, you idiot?
00:46:26I'm Italian.
00:46:31What, you knock?
00:46:32What, you got nothing to say?
00:46:35What, you knock?
00:46:36What, you got no menace?
00:46:38You Pretty Boy Savarisi?
00:46:48You know why they call me Pretty Boy, Mr. Bell?
00:46:49I can guess.
00:46:51I sound ugly.
00:46:54Anybody calls me ugly, they're dead.
00:46:57Dead.
00:46:59The table's crooked.
00:47:00The floor's unbiased.
00:47:02You're a mighty tough character, aren't you?
00:47:03You heard of me, huh?
00:47:04Sixteen times I got my name in the papers.
00:47:07Most of the time, when they give the wrong address,
00:47:08they don't spell the name right.
00:47:09Savarisi.
00:47:12You're a...
00:47:14You're Italian, too.
00:47:16Right, Mr. Bell.
00:47:20Put that back.
00:47:23Listen, you bum.
00:47:24Two of your punks came down to my apartment house last night
00:47:26and terrorized my wife.
00:47:28Yeah, I was sorry to hear about that.
00:47:30The hard-headed kids, you know how it is.
00:47:32You can't keep an eye on all your troops.
00:47:33They're members of your gang and you're their leader.
00:47:35If it ever happens again, I'll hold you responsible.
00:47:37Personally.
00:47:38Mr. Bell, I said I apologize.
00:47:41Please tell your wife I'm sorry.
00:47:43Remember what I said.
00:47:45Mr. Bell.
00:47:47Cue ball, please.
00:47:50Thanks, Mr. Bell.
00:47:52Mr. Bell.
00:47:54It's kind of hard keeping your boys in line
00:47:56when they hear you spend the evening drinking with the Spics.
00:47:59Yeah, we know all about you paddling around with the horsemen
00:48:01over at the Tres Putas.
00:48:03They're all on the stuff, you know that, don't you?
00:48:05That's where they got their name, horsemen.
00:48:07Big H for heroin.
00:48:09Any of our boys get on the junker,
00:48:11I break their arm.
00:48:15Cue's warped.
00:48:17Another thing, Mr. Bell.
00:48:19You've been coaching their star witness.
00:48:21Hey, did you hear that?
00:48:22Those are three nice guys you're trying to frame.
00:48:24Those three nice guys committed murder.
00:48:26Lots of nice guys all through history kill people.
00:48:28In a war, the more people you kill, the more medals you get.
00:48:31Oh, that don't make them any less nice, does it?
00:48:33What about that guy who invented the H-bomb?
00:48:35He got the biggest medal of all.
00:48:37Some owner.
00:48:38I think he went around saying,
00:48:39what a great guy, he invented cancer.
00:48:44No sir, Mr. Bell.
00:48:46You're making a big mistake trying to frame those three guys.
00:48:48They're okay, every one of them, they got hearts.
00:48:54Hard to chop down a blind boy,
00:48:56playing a harmonica.
00:48:58Maybe that blind kid needed chopping down.
00:49:00Did you ever think of that, Mr. Bell?
00:49:01Do you think being blind made that kid an angel or something?
00:49:03Being blind got him killed.
00:49:05All right.
00:49:07Do you want to know the truth about Escalante?
00:49:08Yeah.
00:49:10I thought he was just a blind kid too.
00:49:12So nobody noticed.
00:49:13So he's blind, so what?
00:49:15Then I heard the horsemen were busting out.
00:49:17Popping the gang in the next block.
00:49:19So I gave myself a look.
00:49:21It was a rumble for real.
00:49:22Zip guns, jackhammers, the works.
00:49:25Then I saw something phony.
00:49:26Someone didn't fit.
00:49:28A blind angel.
00:49:30But why?
00:49:33The cops got the word and I found out why.
00:49:35The little creep was their cover-up.
00:49:37They're awesome.
00:49:38They ditched their guns on him.
00:49:49Every one of those horsemen was clean, man.
00:49:51The cops couldn't hold a one.
00:49:52Smart man.
00:49:53He was the top warlord in their gang.
00:49:54That nice little blind boy.
00:49:56Diablo!
00:50:06I just called you fellas in to ask you to be nice enough
00:50:08to escort the district attorney to the edge of our turf.
00:50:25Where does Zorro live, honey?
00:50:45Hello, Mr. Bell.
00:50:47Come on in.
00:50:55Come into my office.
00:51:09Right there.
00:51:14Sit down.
00:51:16Make yourself comfortable.
00:51:18I can't offer you any beer,
00:51:19but I'll get you someone who has cigarettes.
00:51:21Why did you lie to me?
00:51:22What did I lie to you, Mr. Bell?
00:51:24Roberto Escalante was a leader in your gang.
00:51:29Uh-huh.
00:51:31So you really been playing detective, huh?
00:51:34Listen, punk.
00:51:35You may run these three square blocks,
00:51:36but when I talk to you, I want the truth.
00:51:40Well, it's a cruel world, Mr. Bell.
00:51:42And blind kids can't sit around doing nothing
00:51:43just because they're blind.
00:51:45And since you're so interested, I'll tell you something else.
00:51:47Roberto wasn't just Liz's brother.
00:51:49He was her pickup man.
00:51:51Louisa a prostitute?
00:51:53Louisa's a hooker.
00:51:55And Roberto was a blind pickup man for his own sister.
00:51:58How does that grab you, Mr. Bell?
00:52:01And now, I'll tell you something else.
00:52:03I don't care.
00:52:04I don't care if you beat his mother or sold pot.
00:52:06Roberto was killed in cold blood
00:52:07by three guys who hit him because he had a darker skin.
00:52:10Reardon came in like those Japs during the war.
00:52:12Kamikaze.
00:52:13Ready to stick someone Spanish on home ground.
00:52:15He found Roberto and killed him.
00:52:17Now, the law says that you die for that.
00:52:18And it's your job to see the other street guys die for it.
00:52:30Look!
00:52:31We ain't got much, but this we want.
00:52:33I don't care whether you make it out
00:52:34with the patches already or not.
00:52:36Just don't cop out on us.
00:52:45Give me a cigarette.
00:52:46Hello, Dan?
00:52:47This is Hank.
00:52:48I'm up in Harlem.
00:52:49Listen to this.
00:52:51It turns out our poor defense's blind boy
00:52:52was a top leader in the horsemen.
00:52:54And a procurer for our star witness
00:52:55who at the age of 16...
00:52:56Can you hold it a minute, Hank?
00:53:00Jack, that press release on Louisa Escalante, kill it.
00:53:03And you'd better call that columnist,
00:53:04the one who was going to do the poem
00:53:05about the little blind boy.
00:53:07Tell him to forget it.
00:53:08Never mind why.
00:53:10Okay, now.
00:53:11What does that do to us?
00:53:13Well, I haven't had time to figure out all the details.
00:53:14But I'd like to go back
00:53:15and take another crack at that Danny Depeche.
00:53:16Hank, you can't do it.
00:53:18You're too close to trial
00:53:19to interrogate those boys now.
00:53:20The defense would raise the roof.
00:53:21We've got to take the chance, Dan.
00:53:23I want to try to break that boy down.
00:53:25Hank, absolutely no.
00:53:27Dan, I'll call you when I get back.
00:53:45You look pretty good, Danny.
00:53:48Danny, Mr. Bell has some questions to ask you.
00:53:51Something very important has come up.
00:53:54You can trust him.
00:53:56Danny, maybe it'll help us.
00:53:58I told you to stay away from her.
00:54:06Danny, I'm sorry.
00:54:09I'm sorry.
00:54:11I'm sorry.
00:54:13Danny, are you a member of the Thunderbirds?
00:54:16Who cares?
00:54:17Well, your mother cares for one.
00:54:19I understand you swore.
00:54:21You swore that you'd never join a gang.
00:54:23What if I did?
00:54:25Did you break that promise to her?
00:54:27Did you, Danny?
00:54:33Why?
00:54:36Why, Danny?
00:54:38The Thunderbirds are my friends.
00:54:39Danny, you could have reared them down once
00:54:41to save a Puerto Rican boy.
00:54:44Now, what happened in between
00:54:45to make you go along and kill one?
00:54:47In between, I found out who my friends really are.
00:54:49Your friends got you in here.
00:54:50What are you trying to do?
00:54:51Split me from the rest?
00:54:52Get me the turnstiles evidence?
00:54:53You're not one of those boys.
00:54:54Trust him, you tell me, and he sneaks up on me
00:54:56and tries to get me to rat on my friends.
00:54:58I shouldn't even be talking to you.
00:54:59Come in here with him.
00:55:00Yeah, you are pretty cozy together.
00:55:02What are you doing?
00:55:03Shacking up with him?
00:55:09Well, now I know.
00:55:40Hank, maybe you shouldn't have walked me home.
00:55:42Maybe it would have been smarter you dropped me.
00:55:43Get up.
00:55:48Thank you, Hank.
00:55:52I guess I haven't been much of a mother, huh?
00:55:54Maybe if he had a father, he'd have...
00:55:55Yeah, some father.
00:55:58I don't know.
00:55:59I always heard that a boy got in trouble
00:56:01because he didn't have love.
00:56:03I don't know.
00:56:04I don't know.
00:56:06I don't know.
00:56:07A boy got in trouble because he didn't have love.
00:56:10I love Danny more than anything in the world.
00:56:13You just thank God, Hank,
00:56:15you didn't have to raise your kid on these streets.
00:56:18Good night.
00:56:37Good night.
00:57:07Good night.
00:57:38Get up.
00:57:49Doctor.
00:57:51Is it all right if I smoke?
00:57:52If you have to.
00:57:53Medicine.
00:57:56How do you feel?
00:57:57Oh, man.
00:57:59Man, I feel sick.
00:58:01That's a surprise.
00:58:03I was this far...
00:58:04This far from killing him.
00:58:10Hello, Karen.
00:58:11I'm all right, honey.
00:58:14Hello, gorgeous.
00:58:15Dad.
00:58:17I was spiked trying to steal third base.
00:58:19They got us and told us.
00:58:21It's not as bad as it looks.
00:58:22Just a couple of ribs.
00:58:24I'll be all right.
00:58:25I'll live.
00:58:26I've got to.
00:58:28I've got to get ready
00:58:29for that trial a week from Monday.
00:58:31Or am I confused?
00:58:32No, not for a minute.
00:58:34I protected my face
00:58:35so I wouldn't put in too bad an appearance.
00:58:38Vanity.
00:58:40That's the difference between
00:58:41the police department and the DA's office.
00:58:43You boys protect your pretty faces.
00:58:45Our boys protect their kidneys.
00:58:47Stop making jokes, Ken.
00:58:50Which gang was it, Daddy?
00:58:52I don't know, gorgeous.
00:58:54T-Birds or Horseman.
00:58:56Might have been either one or both.
00:58:58Karen.
00:58:59I was choking him.
00:59:02I couldn't stop.
00:59:04And I wish to have you hadn't.
00:59:07Hadn't stopped.
00:59:11All right, now let's turn him over
00:59:12on his left side.
00:59:18Gently.
00:59:20Gently.
00:59:22Karen.
00:59:23Yes, love.
00:59:25He was 15.
00:59:26He was 15 or 16 years old.
00:59:31And I was trying with all my heart to kill him.
00:59:35You know?
00:59:37I know.
00:59:50Yes?
00:59:51Hello, Bill.
00:59:52We found the knives.
00:59:53What?
00:59:54Who is this?
00:59:55This is Lieutenant Hardy.
00:59:57Lieutenant Hardy?
00:59:58Oh.
00:59:59Well, hang on a second.
01:00:01Let's see.
01:00:24What's the matter, Hardy?
01:00:25I said we found the knives.
01:00:27You found the knife.
01:00:28Is that what you called me for, to tell me you found those damn knives?
01:00:31What's the matter, Bill? You said these knives were important.
01:00:34Well, what could I possibly do with them at this hour of the night?
01:00:36Not a suggestion?
01:00:37You're not very funny, Hardy.
01:00:39What condition are they in?
01:00:41Bloody.
01:00:42Well, send them over to the lab.
01:00:44I want blood type and fingerprints, after sunrise.
01:00:46Aren't you interested in how we found them?
01:00:48Not very. Anything else?
01:00:50A lady in Kew Gardens found a three-year-old daughter
01:00:52chewing on the handle of one of them
01:00:54in the back seat of a light green Plymouth.
01:00:57You helped a lot with the description of the car, Bill.
01:01:00Dark Ford or Chevy?
01:01:02Hardy, don't ever call me at this hour of the night again.
01:01:04Nighty-night.
01:01:27Hank?
01:01:35Hank, are you all right? Does anything hurt you?
01:01:37I'm all right.
01:01:38Just a little sore, that's all.
01:01:41You've still got that lump on your jaw.
01:01:43You may have to put a little makeup on that before you go to trial.
01:01:47That's all I need.
01:01:53What do you think of your little victims of social oppression now?
01:01:57I don't know what you mean.
01:01:59You were pretty sure of yourself the other night at Cole's party.
01:02:01I'm sorry about that, Hank. I made a fool out of myself.
01:02:04A bully for Escalante, you said.
01:02:06Darling, I got a marvelous idea for a publicity stunt.
01:02:08Get a picture of you pulling a switch on the electric chair.
01:02:11It's not a very funny joke.
01:02:13The voice of the martini.
01:02:14You weren't that drunk. You knew what you were saying.
01:02:16It's late. Let's go to bed.
01:02:18We can talk about this in the morning.
01:02:20Those hoodlums scared you half to death.
01:02:22And they almost killed me.
01:02:24You still think they need special consideration, special attention?
01:02:27You don't think I condone that kind of violence, do you?
01:02:29I've gone a hundred miles out of my way to find out what makes these monsters tick.
01:02:33I've been to Harlem time and again, to their homes.
01:02:35They spit in my face.
01:02:37What more can anyone do? What would you do?
01:02:40I don't know.
01:02:41Don't you?
01:02:42All right, I made a mistake.
01:02:43Was it a mistake? Don't you believe what you said?
01:02:49All right, Hank.
01:02:51You meant every word I said the other night.
01:03:02There's something else you said.
01:03:04The old Hank Bellini.
01:03:06Danny DePache said it, too.
01:03:08What's the matter, Mr. Bellini? You're shaving the beano up?
01:03:14My old man was ignorant.
01:03:15He thought the way to be a good American was to change your name.
01:03:18It was always easy for me to explain. My father did.
01:03:21Now I realize I not only went along with it, I was glad.
01:03:24I was secretly glad my name was Bell instead of Bellini.
01:03:28It was part of getting out of Harlem.
01:03:33Like marrying you?
01:03:35You married me because you loved me.
01:03:38Hank, I know what you're going through now.
01:03:40Somehow you'll find the answer.
01:03:49The Grand Jury of the County of New York, by this indictment,
01:03:52accuses Arthur Redden, Daniel DePache, and Anthony Apostol
01:03:56of premeditated murder in the first degree
01:03:59on the 25th day of July, 1960, in the County of New York
01:04:03by feloniously stabbing Roberto Escalante
01:04:06and at the state of time in which the murder took place,
01:04:09in the first degree,
01:04:11in the first degree,
01:04:13in the first degree,
01:04:15in the first degree,
01:04:17and at the state of time and place,
01:04:19causing the death of said Roberto Escalante,
01:04:21without excuse or justification.
01:04:23Signed, Foreman of the Grand Jury, William Henry Baines.
01:04:31Does the defense wish to open?
01:04:33This is the lab report on these knives.
01:04:35Your Honor.
01:04:37Thanks, Hardy.
01:04:39When I get ready.
01:04:41I didn't think we'd find them.
01:04:43It's quite interesting. You'd better read it.
01:04:46But a mere accusation.
01:04:48I'm sure you will keep your minds open
01:04:50until you have heard all the evidence from both sides
01:04:52and that your verdict will be a just one.
01:04:55Thank you for your attention.
01:04:58State your name, address, and age.
01:05:01Luisa Maria Felipa Garcia Escalante.
01:05:0449 1⁄2 West 110th Street.
01:05:0616 years old.
01:05:08Luisa, are you the sister of the murdered boy?
01:05:10Objection!
01:05:11Rephrase your question, Mr. Bell.
01:05:13Are you the sister of Roberto Escalante?
01:05:15I was.
01:05:16On the afternoon of July 25th, 1960,
01:05:18were you seated on the front steps of the apartment house
01:05:20where you live at 49 1⁄2 West 110th Street?
01:05:23Yes, sir.
01:05:24Who was there with you?
01:05:26My brother, Roberto.
01:05:27Anyone else?
01:05:28Yes, sir.
01:05:29My friend, Maria Criva.
01:05:30What were you doing there?
01:05:32I was talking.
01:05:34And your brother?
01:05:36He was making music on the harmonica.
01:05:38The three of you were seated on the front steps,
01:05:40minding your own business,
01:05:42watching the world go by. Is that correct?
01:05:44Roberto was not watching the world go by.
01:05:48You mean he was blind?
01:05:49Yes.
01:05:51And he was playing the harmonica?
01:05:52Yes.
01:05:54Did anything happen to disturb that moment?
01:05:59Them! Those boys!
01:06:01Luisa, Luisa.
01:06:03Try to control yourself.
01:06:05Sit right down.
01:06:08Try to tell me as clearly and as calmly as you can
01:06:11Guess what happened.
01:06:15Three boys came down the street.
01:06:19When they got by our stoop,
01:06:21they pulled knives out of their pockets
01:06:24and stabbed Roberto.
01:06:26They stabbed him many times.
01:06:29They killed him!
01:06:32Did he draw a knife?
01:06:33He did not have no knife.
01:06:35Did he act in any way as though he were going to attack them?
01:06:39Why would he attack those boys?
01:06:42He did not know they were there.
01:06:44He was blind.
01:06:46Why would he attack those three boys?
01:06:55What did the boys do then, Luisa?
01:06:57They ran away.
01:06:59Did you get a good look at them before they ran away?
01:07:01Yes, sir.
01:07:03If you saw them again, would you recognize them?
01:07:05Yes, sir.
01:07:06Are they in this courtroom?
01:07:08Right over there.
01:07:11Luisa, just so there can be no possibility of a mistake,
01:07:15just so the court will know exactly who you're talking about,
01:07:18I want you to leave the witness stand,
01:07:19go to the three boys who killed your brother,
01:07:21and place your hand on the shoulder of each one to identify them.
01:07:39Your brother, professor.
01:07:55Is it you, Luisa?
01:07:57It's me.
01:07:59It's me, it's me.
01:08:01Come with me at once.
01:08:02You're acting funny.
01:08:04My brother's alive.
01:08:06Help! Help! Help! Help!
01:08:10Come, sir.
01:08:15Miss Escalante, when the court realizes the extent of your emotional involvement in this case...
01:08:19I swear to God...
01:08:22Here, read this. Quite interesting.
01:08:24I'm not through with her yet.
01:08:26Now, if you'd like a short recess...
01:08:27No. No, I'm all right.
01:08:30I'll be all right.
01:08:33I want to answer the questions.
01:08:35Louisa...
01:08:37What is your occupation?
01:08:39Occupation?
01:08:40What do you do for a living?
01:08:46You're on the road, Louisa. Remember that.
01:08:49What do you do for a living?
01:08:52I am a hooker.
01:08:56You mean you're a prostitute.
01:08:58Yes.
01:08:59When did you become a prostitute?
01:09:02I was 14.
01:09:03You became a prostitute when you were 14?
01:09:06Yes.
01:09:07Were you coerced into it?
01:09:08Objection, Your Honor. I see no purpose to this line of questioning.
01:09:11Bell, do you have a point here which applies to the case?
01:09:14I do, Your Honor.
01:09:15Proceed.
01:09:18Were you coerced into this profession?
01:09:20Coerced?
01:09:22Did someone, an older man, for instance, cause you to become a prostitute?
01:09:27No, sir. I thought of it myself.
01:09:30You thought of it yourself? Why?
01:09:34We had no money, and my mother was sick.
01:09:37Couldn't you get a job?
01:09:39I was 14.
01:09:41I tried to get a job. They do not give me a working permit.
01:09:44What about your brother?
01:09:46He was blind.
01:09:49Did you make some money this way?
01:09:52I did.
01:09:54Did your mother ask you where you got the money?
01:09:58Yes.
01:09:59What did you tell her?
01:10:02I told her I was on the street.
01:10:05You told your mother you were a prostitute?
01:10:07Yes.
01:10:08What did she say?
01:10:12She said...
01:10:15Why didn't we let her die?
01:10:18Mr. Bell, why are you pursuing this line?
01:10:21Your Honor, I'm trying to get at the truth.
01:10:24Thank you, Louisa.
01:10:27No more questions.
01:10:29Your witness, Mr. Randolph.
01:10:30No questions.
01:10:39Is the defense ready?
01:10:41Your Honor, the defense requests a short recess.
01:10:45Court will recess for 10 minutes.
01:10:48Come on.
01:10:56That was a masterful presentation.
01:10:58Come on out. I'll take a picture.
01:11:00I want to see the soldier.
01:11:01We're ready, Dan.
01:11:04That was nice.
01:11:12Name, age and address.
01:11:14Anthony Apostle, 16...
01:11:17What was that?
01:11:18Your address.
01:11:21The court has Anthony Apostle's address.
01:11:24Anthony, sit down.
01:11:29Anthony Apostle, are you also known as Batman?
01:11:33Yes.
01:11:35Why do they call you Batman?
01:11:39I don't know. Everybody calls me Batman.
01:11:41Where did you get the name?
01:11:44Batman. He's in the comics.
01:11:46I see.
01:11:47Do you like reading comic books, Anthony?
01:11:50Sure. I like the pictures, you know.
01:11:52What about the words, Anthony?
01:11:55They're okay too, I guess.
01:11:57Then perhaps you have a little trouble with the words.
01:12:03You know, I'm not such a hot reader.
01:12:06Anthony, what do you like about Batman?
01:12:15Batman...
01:12:17He's not afraid of anything, you know.
01:12:20And he...
01:12:21He wears this cool black suit all the time.
01:12:24And...
01:12:26He's always fighting, you know.
01:12:28Do you like to fight, Batman?
01:12:31Sure.
01:12:32Are you a good fighter, Batman?
01:12:33I'll tell you something. I'm a good fighter.
01:12:36Why? Did he watch you?
01:12:38No, I beat him once.
01:12:41Why do you like to fight, Batman?
01:12:45I don't know why.
01:12:47Try to think why.
01:12:50Why what?
01:12:52Try to think why you like to fight.
01:12:55Because it makes me feel good?
01:12:57You really got your work cut out for you here.
01:12:59He's even got me convinced this kid is a nut.
01:13:02Anthony, uh...
01:13:04If this court frees you, what will you do with your life?
01:13:08Where am I going to get strong?
01:13:10Just answer the question, Anthony.
01:13:12The question?
01:13:13The question.
01:13:14If this court frees you, what will you do with your life?
01:13:20I don't know.
01:13:22If you were released this afternoon,
01:13:24what would you do for the rest of the day?
01:13:27I'd go back to the block.
01:13:29And tomorrow?
01:13:33Tomorrow?
01:13:34Yes, tomorrow.
01:13:37I don't know. I mean, I gotta know what I do tomorrow, you know.
01:13:40Anthony, please try to answer the question.
01:13:43I don't know.
01:13:49Dr. Walsh, you heard Anthony Apostle testify
01:13:52that he likes to fight because it makes him feel good.
01:13:55Could you explain this testimony to the jury in layman's terms, please?
01:13:59Apostle's gratification from fighting stems from two sources.
01:14:03One, fighting gives him status.
01:14:06And two, in layman's terms, Apostle enjoys pain.
01:14:10Apostle enjoys pain.
01:14:12Dr. Walsh, do you believe Anthony Apostle to be capable of an act,
01:14:15say, an act of extreme violence, which requires premeditation?
01:14:20Premeditation would not be consistent with Apostle's pattern.
01:14:26The state of New York, may I?
01:14:28By all means.
01:14:29Is your employer, is it not, Dr. Walsh?
01:14:31I work for the state, yes.
01:14:33You realize you are testifying against the state of New York.
01:14:37I realize that.
01:14:39Doesn't it frighten you to be testifying in opposition to your employer?
01:14:43The truth is the truth.
01:14:45They got their own man up there and demolished that testimony.
01:14:47I do it now.
01:14:50Dr. Andrade, as a qualified psychiatrist,
01:14:52I'd like to talk to you for a moment about Arthur Wren.
01:14:55In your report to our office,
01:14:56you indicated that he had more than normal aggression, I believe you said,
01:15:00along with delusions of grandeur.
01:15:01Yes, those are parts of my findings.
01:15:03He had fantasies about becoming a very important man in his neighborhood.
01:15:06He dreamed about growing up to be a bigger man in this field than Al Capone.
01:15:10Yes, he did.
01:15:11Doctor, you are a very experienced psychiatrist.
01:15:13In your opinion, in your professional opinion,
01:15:16what is the cause of these unmanageable aggressions and delusions?
01:15:19Fear.
01:15:20Fear?
01:15:21Arthur Wren is a very frightened young man.
01:15:23Would you say as a generalization he is insecure,
01:15:25or as a specific that he is a coward?
01:15:27Oh, a layman might so describe him, yes.
01:15:29A coward and a bully?
01:15:31I don't know what the word bully means to you, Mr. Bell.
01:15:33A bully is a person so cowardly
01:15:35that he attacks only those who cannot defend themselves.
01:15:38Like a blind boy.
01:15:41I would call him a bully and a coward.
01:15:44It's a line of stinking paint!
01:15:46Order.
01:15:47Order!
01:15:48Arthur, sit down!
01:15:49Order!
01:15:50Let there be order in this court.
01:15:52Oh, he's going to make me sick.
01:15:54I instruct the court attendance that in the event of another outburst from this defendant,
01:15:59they ought to bind him and gag him
01:16:01so that this trial will not be interrupted again.
01:16:04What do you mean, gag me?
01:16:05This country is free speech, isn't it?
01:16:06What do you mean, trying to tell me what I can say and do?
01:16:08Gag the defendant.
01:16:10How are you going to gag me?
01:16:11I've got my right!
01:16:13I've got a finger to give!
01:16:15Have you thought of that?
01:16:17I've got a finger to give!
01:16:29This is going to work against us.
01:16:30This makes him look like a hot-headed maniac instead of a cold-blooded killer.
01:16:34We're going to have a terrible time proving premeditation now.
01:16:39Dr. Andrade, you testified that in your professional opinion,
01:16:43Anthony Aposto was aware of the quality and nature of his act when he stabbed Roberto Escalante.
01:16:48Objection!
01:16:49When and if he stabbed Roberto Escalante.
01:16:51That is correct.
01:16:52Doctor, how can you say what was definitely in the mind of Anthony Aposto
01:16:58when and if he stabbed another boy?
01:17:00So far, science has found no means of determining what definitely goes on in the mind of a man.
01:17:07If Anthony Aposto did not know what he was doing,
01:17:10then he'd be innocent in the eyes of the law, wouldn't he?
01:17:12I'm afraid I can't answer questions about the law.
01:17:14Let me put it this way, Doctor.
01:17:16Is there in your mind the slightest shadow of a doubt
01:17:19that Anthony Aposto knew what he was doing when he stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:17:22But I had no psychic powers.
01:17:24I can't answer your question.
01:17:26You are aware that under the laws of the United States,
01:17:28a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
01:17:31Oh, yes, yes, yes, I am.
01:17:33Thank you, Doctor.
01:17:34No more questions.
01:17:35That's all, Doctor.
01:17:36Call the next witness.
01:17:37We call Daniel DiPaci.
01:17:42What are you doing?
01:17:43I'm looking for the truth.
01:17:44Yes, you promised that you would find the truth.
01:17:47I didn't put you on this case to lose it.
01:17:49I'm looking for justice.
01:17:50The jury decides justice.
01:17:54I'm taking you off this case, Hank.
01:17:57Don't do that, Dan.
01:17:58I'd like to hear you explain it to the newspapers.
01:18:00Would you have stabbed him if he hadn't drawn his knife?
01:18:03No, sir.
01:18:04So you only stabbed him to defend yourself.
01:18:07Thank you, Danny.
01:18:08Your witness, Mr. Bell.
01:18:11Your Honor, I have here three knives I'd like to place in evidence.
01:18:15Also a sworn statement by one, Angela Ruggiello,
01:18:18to the effect that these are the knives handed her by the defendants on July 25th.
01:18:22The statement goes on to say that Angela Ruggiello
01:18:24wrapped the knives in a newspaper
01:18:26and threw them in the back seat of an automobile that same afternoon
01:18:28in the same condition in which they were given her.
01:18:30And finally, I have a police lab report
01:18:32on the condition of the knives when they were found.
01:18:34I would like to place this in evidence.
01:18:36May I have the knives, please?
01:18:37Mark the statement.
01:18:42You recognize these knives, Danny?
01:18:43No.
01:18:45You're under oath, Danny.
01:18:47Don't add perjury to the charge against you.
01:18:49Is that any worse than going to the chair, huh?
01:18:51I don't recognize them.
01:18:57Tissue knife?
01:18:58I don't remember.
01:18:59You don't remember?
01:19:00I don't remember.
01:19:01You don't remember?
01:19:02I don't remember.
01:19:04Tissue knife?
01:19:05I don't remember.
01:19:08This one?
01:19:10I don't remember.
01:19:15What about this one?
01:19:16I don't remember.
01:19:17Don't you recognize any of these knives, any one of them at all?
01:19:20Objection. Badgering the witness.
01:19:22Witness has already answered the question.
01:19:24Reaction sustained.
01:19:25Danny, are you afraid to admit which knife is yours?
01:19:27No, I'm not afraid.
01:19:28Then why can't you recognize your knife when you see it?
01:19:30Objection. Counsel is assuming a fact, not in evidence.
01:19:33There is no testimony linking any of the knives with the witness.
01:19:36I'll sustain that.
01:19:38Danny, you're a very bright young man with a very high IQ.
01:19:41Do you think the jury is going to believe that you can't recognize your knife when you see it?
01:19:45I don't care whether they believe it or not.
01:19:48Who spotted Roberto Escalante first?
01:19:50I don't remember.
01:19:51Who stabbed him first?
01:19:52We all stabbed him at the same time.
01:19:54How many times did you stab him?
01:19:55I don't remember.
01:19:56I saw you in Welfare Island. You told me you stabbed Roberto Escalante four times.
01:19:59I must object.
01:20:00I'll rephrase the question, Your Honor.
01:20:03Danny, did you or did you not confess that you stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:20:07Yeah, in self-defense.
01:20:09Did you also not confess that you stabbed him four times?
01:20:12Answer yes or no.
01:20:13Objection. Witness can always explain his answer.
01:20:16Witness will please answer the last question.
01:20:19Yeah, I guess I said that.
01:20:21And you stabbed him with this knife?
01:20:23I object.
01:20:24Answer yes or no.
01:20:25I object. Counsel has still failed to identify the knife.
01:20:27I cannot question this witness properly if my every word is going to be examined.
01:20:30You're bullying a witness.
01:20:32Why don't you put him on the witness stand, can you?
01:20:34I must caution you about profanity in this courtroom.
01:20:36Your Honor, I'm sorry, but I think I'm on the verge of establishing which knife is his.
01:20:40If I may proceed, please.
01:20:42Witness will answer the last question.
01:20:44Read back the last question.
01:20:45And you stabbed him with this knife.
01:20:50Well, Danny?
01:20:51Look, what if it is...
01:20:52Answer the question yes or no. Is this your knife?
01:20:54Yes, yes, yes, yes.
01:20:55And how many times did you stab him?
01:20:56Four, four.
01:20:57Why, Danny?
01:20:58I told you, he came at me.
01:20:59Why, Danny?
01:21:00I don't know.
01:21:01Why, why?
01:21:05Because the others, they...
01:21:06Because the others stabbed him?
01:21:07Yes, yes.
01:21:08So you stabbed him?
01:21:09Yes, I stabbed him four times.
01:21:11Look, what do you want from me? I stabbed him.
01:21:13I stabbed him, I stabbed him.
01:21:15You're lying, Danny.
01:21:16You never stabbed him.
01:21:19Your Honor, I want this report placed in evidence.
01:21:21It's an official report from the Criminal Identification Laboratory.
01:21:24It states that the Swiss blade knife,
01:21:25the one with the black and white handle,
01:21:27the one you identified as your knife,
01:21:29did not have a single trace of blood on it.
01:21:31Your knife, Danny.
01:21:32And not a single trace of blood.
01:21:33No, no, I wiped it clean.
01:21:34Nobody could wipe it that clean.
01:21:35Nobody could wipe it so clean that the police lab
01:21:37wouldn't find a single trace of blood on it.
01:21:39No, Danny.
01:21:40You never stabbed him at all.
01:21:41You only pretended to stab him.
01:21:42No, no, I...
01:21:43You turned the handle of the blade around
01:21:44and you stabbed him here on the shoulder.
01:21:46No, no, I stabbed him, I stabbed him.
01:21:49You're lying, Danny.
01:21:50Danny, what are you afraid of?
01:21:54Danny, did you kill Roberto Escalante?
01:21:58I never killed anybody in my life.
01:22:01Never, never.
01:22:02Oh, God, never.
01:22:05Never.
01:22:06All right, Danny.
01:22:07All right.
01:22:10I hate crying.
01:22:12Crying is for babies.
01:22:14Crying is for men, too.
01:22:19Who killed Roberto Escalante?
01:22:21Anthony Aposto, a mental defective
01:22:23that an efficient society would have taken off the streets long ago?
01:22:26Arthur Redden?
01:22:27A young man so crippled by the pressures
01:22:29and poverty of a slum life that...
01:22:31that his rage makes him even more dangerous than Aposto
01:22:34and less capable of controlling his emotions?
01:22:38Or Danny DePace?
01:22:41Whose values are so twisted by the strange social order
01:22:44that he's afraid to admit he didn't kill.
01:22:47Bill, you're out of order.
01:22:49You're out of order.
01:22:53Sorry, Your Honor.
01:22:55No further questions.
01:22:57Mr. Randolph?
01:23:01Your Honor, the defense rests.
01:23:04This court will recess.
01:23:07Mr. Bell, my newspaper is very disappointed in your performance.
01:23:10Mr. Bell, tell me, did your friendship with Mary DeVos...
01:23:12What do you think you want?
01:23:13No comment.
01:23:14Mr. Poe, are you expecting to be sent to the governor's mansion
01:23:17on the prestige you're going to get from this case, huh?
01:23:19Any statement?
01:23:20Yes, Your Honor.
01:23:21Keep out of my sight.
01:23:32Arthur Redden, the sentence of this court is
01:23:35that you be confined in the Elmira Reception Center
01:23:38for a period of not less than 20 years
01:23:40and no more than your natural life.
01:23:42Anthony Apostol, this court commits you
01:23:45to the Matawan State Hospital for the criminally insane
01:23:48until such a time as you may be judged ready
01:23:51to again take your place in society.
01:23:55Daniel DePaci, you've acted in concert
01:23:58with the other two defendants,
01:24:00and as such, you became an accomplice.
01:24:03However, the court has seen fit to be lenient in your case,
01:24:06finds you guilty of third-degree assault,
01:24:09and then it sends you to the boys' prison at Elmira, New York
01:24:12for a period of one year
01:24:14for classification, treatment, and rehabilitation.
01:24:18This court is adjourned.
01:24:34Hank.
01:24:37Hank.
01:24:40Hank.
01:24:42Hank.
01:24:51What about my son?
01:24:53Is this your justice for a dead blind boy?
01:24:57What about the animals who killed my son?
01:25:01A lot of people killed your son, Mrs. Escalante.
01:25:06What about my son?
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