- 11 years ago
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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00:03:46Oh, we haven't set up for you inside.
00:03:48Come on.
00:03:49Take a two shots, 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.
00:04:08Sit over there.
00:04:09Sit down.
00:04:11Okay, Whitey, preliminary interrogation.
00:04:13The DA's office, Assistant District Attorney Bell, Detective Lieutenant Gunnison.
00:04:17The witnesses, Captain Larson.
00:04:19Officer?
00:04:20Wallman.
00:04:20Officer Wallman.
00:04:22Suspects.
00:04:22Three members of a street gang known as the Thunderbirds.
00:04:26Named...
00:04:28Arthur Reardon, Anthony Apostle, and Daniel...
00:04:32D-I-P-A-C-E, De Pace.
00:04:37Which one of you is De Pache?
00:04:46David Copperfield.
00:04:48You want me to boat you around the room?
00:04:50Hey, he ain't right in that.
00:04:52Here's De Pache.
00:04:54Your father John De Pache?
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 police station.
00:05:10You can't even question me.
00:05:11I'm a juvenile.
00:05:12You're a juvenile up to 16 unless you kill somebody and you did.
00:05:15He stopped again.
00:05:16All right.
00:05:18Gunnison.
00:05:28The 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.
00:05:33I'm tired of having to coddle these punks because they're 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 gunstals in town.
00:05:41A good swift kick.
00:05:42You don't want to straighten out these punks.
00:05:43Gunnison.
00:05:44We'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.
00:05:49Whoever 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?
00:05:57Okay.
00:05:59Let'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.
00:06:05You.
00:06:06Name and age.
00:06:07Arthur Reardon, 17.
00:06:09Batman.
00:06:10What's your name?
00:06:12Anthony Apostle.
00:06:13How old are you?
00:06:15Sixteen.
00:06:17Their home's been called, Captain?
00:06:19Strictly according to the book, Counselor.
00:06:21Mrs. De Paci and Reardon's old man are outside now.
00:06:24Take him out to see his mother.
00:06:52See, you're a big chapman.
00:06:54They didn't find the knives on us.
00:06:56We found a lot of holes in the body.
00:06:58We'll find the knives.
00:06:58Since the fix started it, we pulled the knife.
00:07:01So now he's dead like he should be.
00:07:03Why do you figure he pulled the knife?
00:07:05He was on his turf.
00:07:07He's on your turf.
00:07:08You pull the knife?
00:07:09We ain't no dirty fix.
00:07:11We're Thunderbirds.
00:07:14You know the name of the boy you killed?
00:07:17We've never seen him before.
00:07:19His name was Roberto Escalante.
00:07:21He was 15 years old.
00:07:23So?
00:07:26Let me get this straight.
00:07:28You went for a walk on his street.
00:07:29He saw you.
00:07:31He came at you with a knife, right?
00:07:32Yeah, that's right.
00:07:34He must have been pretty good with a knife.
00:07:36It's crazy.
00:07:38In fact, he must have been better with a knife than anybody in the whole world.
00:07:40Because Roberto Escalante was blind.
00:07:57So, in view of Tully's switch to Gertie, I think I'll be free to take over the teenage killing case.
00:08:01If you'd like me to.
00:08:02I mean, it sounds like a toughie.
00:08:04I'd like something to get my teeth into Virginia.
00:08:06Something I can really identify with.
00:08:07Yes, well, I've asked Hank to handle the preliminary on that.
00:08:10How about it, Hank?
00:08:10Well, the facts of the case are just about his report.
00:08:13The boys admit the killing, but they claim self-defense.
00:08:15However, the boy they killed, the Puerto Rican boy, was blind.
00:08:19Blind?
00:08:23I've got a hunch the papers are gonna play this like the Chicago Fire.
00:08:27You think we should try it for first-degree murder?
00:08:29It looks like it to me.
00:08:33Do you want to prosecute?
00:08:36That's up to you.
00:08:37But before you make any decision, I think you ought to know.
00:08:39One of the defendants is a kid named Apache.
00:08:41I used to go with his mother when I was a kid.
00:08:43Oh, boy, Hank, the papers would have a field day with this one.
00:08:45I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, Mr. Cole, but it seems to me that politically this is a
00:08:49dangerous case.
00:08:50Politically?
00:08:52We don't care anything about politics now, do we, huh?
00:08:55Well, sir, I think we're all the way, sir, that there's something more than a groundswell developing to put you
00:08:59in the governor's mansion.
00:09:01I'm sure none of us would like to see anything happen to jeopardize him.
00:09:04Oh, now, now, the worst the newspapers can say is Honest D.A.
00:09:07Prosecutes son of childhood sweetheart.
00:09:08Doesn't sound so damaging to me, huh?
00:09:11All right, that's all for the moment, gentlemen.
00:09:12Come on.
00:09:17Hello, Don.
00:09:19Sweetheart.
00:09:25Boy, I'm beat.
00:09:32How's that in the time?
00:09:33I earned this one today.
00:09:35Did you ever see such headlines?
00:09:38It's a hard case, all right.
00:09:39Mom, where's that white bra of yours?
00:09:40Hi, Dad.
00:09:41Hi, beautiful.
00:09:42Enjoy the dresser, dear, where it always is.
00:09:43Okay.
00:09:45Is Jenny wearing a bra?
00:09:47Jenny's been wearing a bra for almost two years now.
00:09:51I guess I haven't taken a good look at her lately.
00:09:54One of those boys is only a year older than Jenny.
00:09:58I guess that's why it bothers me so.
00:10:00He was old enough to handle a knife.
00:10:02Whose idea was it anyway to go for murder one?
00:10:03Dan Coles?
00:10:04Look, Harry...
00:10:05I know why he assigned this case to you.
00:10:06Because you're the only man smart enough to get him a first degree conviction.
00:10:10He'd frame his own mother to get that nomination.
00:10:13Karen, it wasn't Dan Coles' idea to go for first degree murder.
00:10:17It was mine.
00:10:19Yours?
00:10:21Yes.
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 to put up with the slums and the poverty and...
00:10:34Here we go.
00:10:35The vast 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 to buy a suit for my bar exam?
00:10:46Well, last week, four of your underprivileged children beat him up.
00:10:48They broke both his legs.
00:10:49He'll never walk again.
00:10:50And you're upset because three self-confessed killers are going to stand trial for murder.
00:10:54Good night, folks.
00:10:55Don't wait up for me.
00:10:56Oh, Jenny.
00:10:58I wasn't planning to.
00:10:59I'm going to bed at 12 o'clock, after you.
00:11:01Mother, you can be such a drag sometimes.
00:11:03So utterly cubistic.
00:11:05You know what I mean, don't you, Dad?
00:11:06You heard your mother.
00:11:0712 o'clock, though.
00:11:09Oh, all right.
00:11:10I just hope I can explain it to Lonnie's satisfaction.
00:11:12Good night.
00:11:14Lonnie, what ever happened to Greg?
00:11:16He's been replaced by a more mature man, age 16.
00:11:19I ever meet Lonnie?
00:11:20You haven't even met Greg.
00:11:23Look, honey, that's not right.
00:11:25Come on, we'll grab our things, go out to dinner, have a big thick steak and a bottle of wine.
00:11:28What do you say?
00:11:30Okay.
00:11:34Oh, by the way, your old girlfriend married Apache called today.
00:11:36Twice.
00:11:38I referred her to your office.
00:11:39Did you talk to her?
00:11:40I don't know what to say to her.
00:11:43Oh, why don't you just tell her that you're going to burn her son?
00:11:45For old time's sake.
00:11:56Russell, come on!
00:11:57Will you grab those greats and make them all over here?
00:11:58Uh-huh.
00:11:59Okay, well, just move that item.
00:12:04Papa, what did you do?
00:12:05Never mind what I've done.
00:12:06You told the police about the knives.
00:12:07Hey, Mr. Ruggiero?
00:12:08Come on.
00:12:09Uh, that's right.
00:12:10I hope nobody's to you.
00:12:11Come here.
00:12:12Is this your daughter?
00:12:12I don't have them.
00:12:13I don't know nothing about them.
00:12:14All right, come on, come on, all right.
00:12:16Let's go.
00:12:17What are you going to do with girls like this?
00:12:18Some father.
00:12:20Calls the cops on his own daughter.
00:12:21He did the right thing.
00:12:23Your name is Angela, isn't it?
00:12:25They call you Angie.
00:12:26What did you do with the knives, Angie?
00:12:27You're so smart.
00:12:28Find them.
00:12:33You can get into a lot of trouble by concealing evidence.
00:12:35You know that, don't you?
00:12:36All right, then.
00:12:37What did you do with the knives?
00:12:38I hit them in some newspapers.
00:12:39Then I got scared and threw them in the back of a car.
00:12:41What car?
00:12:42I don't know.
00:12:42Where was the car?
00:12:43I told you I don't know.
00:12:44It was just parked.
00:12:45Where?
00:12:45On the street.
00:12:46What street?
00:12:46I don't know.
00:12:47I don't know.
00:12:50Angie, I want you to listen to me.
00:12:52Nothing's going to happen to you if you try to help us.
00:12:55Now, please think.
00:12:56Where were you when you got rid of the knives?
00:12:59Tell me.
00:13:02The cops were all around.
00:13:04I just ran.
00:13:06I turned the corner and there were more cops.
00:13:09I don't know which corner.
00:13:12I don't know.
00:13:13I don't know.
00:13:14All right, now about the car.
00:13:16What kind of a car was it?
00:13:18I'm not sure.
00:13:19It could have been a Ford or a Chevy.
00:13:21It was old, I think.
00:13:22Do you remember the color?
00:13:24I think it was dark, black or maybe it was blue.
00:13:29I was just so scared, I didn't know what to do.
00:13:33All right, Angie.
00:13:35Let's talk about the boys for a minute.
00:13:37Why did you take the knives in the first place?
00:13:39I don't know.
00:13:41I don't know.
00:13:42Did you do it for Reardon?
00:13:44That creep.
00:13:45Apostle?
00:13:46The Batman?
00:13:48No, it's on account of Danny.
00:13:51He's different.
00:13:52He's sweet.
00:13:53He's a darling.
00:13:54What do you know about him?
00:13:55I know he killed a boy in cold blood.
00:13:57No, he didn't.
00:13:57He just fought back.
00:13:59How do you know that?
00:14:00I told you because I saw it with my own eyes.
00:14:03What were you doing there?
00:14:04I just followed them.
00:14:05Why?
00:14:06I don't know.
00:14:14What did you see?
00:14:18I was a ways behind them.
00:14:23The boy on the stoop pulled a knife.
00:14:25The boy on the stoop couldn't see.
00:14:27He still pulled a knife.
00:14:28It glittered.
00:14:29I saw it shining.
00:14:33Anybody else see it?
00:14:34I was alone.
00:14:34But there were a lot of other people around.
00:14:36They must have seen it.
00:14:37I talked to a lot of other people.
00:14:38Nobody saw it.
00:14:39You talked to a lot of Puerto Ricans.
00:14:46I think you're making this up, Angie, for Danny's sake.
00:14:48I'm not making it up and you're not going to scare me into saying I am.
00:14:57I still can't get the blood off my skirt.
00:15:19I'm so glad that you before there.
00:15:20I can't do that.
00:15:20Let's go.
00:15:48Hey, these Puerto Ricans went on a pretty good show, don't they?
00:15:51Yeah, great.
00:15:52Does this interest you, Barton?
00:15:53I thought your newspaper believed the only good Puerto Rican was a dead Puerto Rican.
00:15:57You haven't been reading our paper, Mr. Bell.
00:15:59Not lately.
00:16:00This is oppressed minority season with us.
00:16:02You ought to read it, Hank.
00:16:03Big expose on Park Avenue call houses.
00:16:06We perform a public service.
00:16:08Yes, I know.
00:16:08You tell the citizens how to get the access call.
00:16:15We got the word that they concocted a story about the blind boy flashing a knife.
00:16:19Anything to that?
00:16:20Not a thing.
00:16:21Good.
00:16:22Because our readers are expecting the chair for the killers of this gentle and poetic blind boy.
00:16:28We'll do our best.
00:16:33Who tips them off to these things, anyway?
00:16:36Thousand and one, the girl was lying.
00:16:38But supposing he did have a knife, he would have been using it in self-defense.
00:16:41If he had a knife, we'll never make murder one stick with the jury.
00:16:45It's what you really want, isn't it?
00:16:47That's what I want.
00:16:48Let's call, come on.
00:16:54Hey, come on, you guys.
00:16:55Hey, give him room, guys.
00:16:56Give him room, guys.
00:16:57Give him room, guys.
00:16:58Anything to give us today, Dan?
00:16:59Certainly.
00:17:00The city of New York will not rest until justice has been done.
00:17:03I've come to the funeral myself to make sure that is perfectly clear.
00:17:05The boys are right on the job, Dan.
00:17:07Morning, boys.
00:17:08Dan.
00:17:08Who are the boys in costume?
00:17:10The horsemen.
00:17:10Puerto Rican gang.
00:17:12Like to be their leader?
00:17:13Yeah.
00:17:14Hey, Zorro.
00:17:15Come on over here, mama, will you?
00:17:17Come on.
00:17:18Come on.
00:17:20This is Mr. Cole, the district attorney.
00:17:23Zorro.
00:17:24You're going to burn the thunderbirds like that killed Roberto?
00:17:26We're going to try.
00:17:28That'll be the day.
00:17:29What do you mean by that, son?
00:17:30You're kidding.
00:17:30Try.
00:17:31When your people come from Puerto Rico or Cuba, they're just inhuman two cops.
00:17:34It'll be the same old story this time.
00:17:41Mrs. Escalante.
00:17:42Mother of the dead boy.
00:17:56Mrs. Escalante.
00:17:58Mrs. Escalante, I'm the district attorney.
00:18:00Mrs. Escalante, please accept my condolences.
00:18:02Gracias.
00:18:03And this is Mr. Bell, the prosecutor.
00:18:05He'll help your son's case.
00:18:07You cannot help Roberto.
00:18:09It is too late to help Roberto.
00:18:11Mrs. Escalante, please believe me.
00:18:12We...
00:18:13Pardon me, senor.
00:18:15When I am a little girl, in my family, they teach me love.
00:18:21They teach me this in Puerto Rico, where I am born.
00:18:24The people there, they say to you, hello.
00:18:28Here...
00:18:31Is different.
00:18:34Here, so many people.
00:18:37But is no one here to say to you, hello.
00:18:40In this city, and on these streets, there is no time for love.
00:18:46There is only...
00:18:50Odio.
00:18:51Hatred.
00:18:54Hatred.
00:18:55Hatred.
00:18:55And it is hatred, Escalante, my son.
00:18:58Your son will have justice, Mrs. Escalante.
00:19:02Ah, senor.
00:19:04There is only one justice.
00:19:06You want to do something, eh?
00:19:09All right.
00:19:10You can do something for me, and for my son.
00:19:13One thing.
00:19:15Kill them.
00:19:18Kill the murderers.
00:19:19The same way they kill my son.
00:19:22You put out their eyes, and you come at them with knives.
00:19:28The same way they came at my son in his darkness.
00:19:33You kill them like the animals they are.
00:19:37You kill them, and you rid the streets of the animals.
00:19:42This you can do for me, senor.
00:19:45And for my son, who is dead.
00:19:56Is that what you're going to do, Hank?
00:20:04Come on, Mary.
00:20:06You're going to kill my kid?
00:20:08You're going to put his eyes out and come at him with knives in the darkness?
00:20:11You're going to kill him like an animal, huh?
00:20:12Mrs. Lieutenant Gunnison.
00:20:14Miss... Mrs. Apache.
00:20:16Danny didn't have anything to do with this.
00:20:18I'm afraid he did.
00:20:19No.
00:20:20No.
00:20:21He's protecting somebody, or something.
00:20:23I know him.
00:20:24I know.
00:20:24He's my child.
00:20:25You don't know.
00:20:25He swore to me he's not even a member of this gang.
00:20:28It still happened, Mary.
00:20:30Is that what my child is to you?
00:20:32Just another case, another conviction?
00:20:34He's mine, Hank.
00:20:36Danny will have a fair trial, the same as the other two.
00:20:38You know this neighborhood.
00:20:39You're guilty before you're arrested.
00:20:41Mary.
00:20:41You look everywhere for evidence to prove that he's guilty.
00:20:44Are you looking for evidence to prove he's innocent?
00:20:46No, that wouldn't help you, would it?
00:20:47You wouldn't get a gold star, would you, Hank?
00:20:53They're all alike.
00:20:56They all say the same thing.
00:20:58My son didn't do it.
00:21:00My son couldn't do it.
00:21:01My son is a good boy.
00:21:04They all believe it, too.
00:21:17They all say the same thing.
00:21:35I mean, they all say the same thing as a
00:21:47Can I come in a minute?
00:21:48Please.
00:21:49Please hang.
00:21:55Come in.
00:22:04I'm calling a 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, could you come to my house right away?
00:22:22This is Danny's mother.
00:22:25Thank you, Jose.
00:22:27I went to look for him yesterday.
00:22:29Sit down.
00:22:34How does he get through no man's land?
00:22:37Well, he comes through the cellars and then through that old area away.
00:22:40Over the roof?
00:22:42Yeah.
00:22:42I remember.
00:22:46He'll be here right away.
00:22:48Wait, Hank.
00:22:48I have to go to work in a minute.
00:22:50I work in an appliance store down there.
00:22:51I'll wait.
00:22:55I'll get you some coffee.
00:22:57No, don't.
00:23:01Jose?
00:23:06Jose?
00:23:07This is Mr. Bell.
00:23:08He's a friend of mine.
00:23:11His amigo, you can talk to him.
00:23:12The Thunderbirds will kill me if they know I'm here.
00:23:14And the horseman works.
00:23:15Me prometiste a diamond dollar.
00:23:18I'm going to go.
00:23:20I'm going to go.
00:23:22I'm going to go.
00:23:23Jose, so you tell him, please.
00:23:25Wait, sir.
00:23:27You know this swimming pool, mister?
00:23:28On 124th Street?
00:23:30Yes.
00:23:31Well, there's a coolant there.
00:23:32No fighting.
00:23:33I was there with some of the horsemen.
00:23:36I don't swim so good, see?
00:23:51Hey, what's the matter, Veedon?
00:23:57Look in the water.
00:23:59I don't see nothing in the water.
00:24:01Spicks.
00:24:02Well, what are they doing?
00:24:04You like swimming with them?
00:24:08Hey, Danny!
00:24:10Hey, Danny!
00:24:11Come here.
00:24:16Yeah, what's up, Dad?
00:24:17Take a look.
00:24:18San Juan's polluting the water.
00:24:22So, you never saw Spick before?
00:24:24They swim here every day.
00:24:25Today, I don't like it.
00:24:26What, are you headed the immigration department or something?
00:24:28I mean, I don't like it, and I say we kick them out.
00:24:30Danny, don't get into trouble.
00:24:33So, that's your problem.
00:24:34You let them broadfoss you, huh?
00:24:37All right, all right.
00:24:38Big deal.
00:24:39Let's go get it over.
00:25:00What are you wearing a necklace for?
00:25:02I thought only girls wear necklaces.
00:25:04That's no necklace.
00:25:06That's Jesus Christ.
00:25:07You got no religion?
00:25:09You got religion.
00:25:11He's got religion, boy.
00:25:14You want to see how religious you are, Spick?
00:25:17Don't you call me a Spick.
00:25:18We want to see if you can walk on water, Spick.
00:25:21Hey, I don't swim so good.
00:25:22All right.
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 them go.
00:25:41That's enough.
00:25:42Keep it under.
00:25:49Down with your mark.
00:25:50Kill them.
00:26:17Thank you, Jose.
00:26:25Can you believe that the same boy who did this
00:26:27would stab to death a helpless blind boy?
00:26:32If he didn't do it, we'll find out he didn't do it.
00:26:35Believe me, Mary.
00:26:44You know, Hank, I made a terrible mistake when I walked out on you.
00:26:51I knew it the day after I married Johnny.
00:26:54He turned out to be a petty racketeer.
00:26:57I never told Danny what kind of man his father was.
00:27:00But he's a pretty sharp kid.
00:27:04And sometimes I would see him looking at me,
00:27:06thinking, what kind of woman is that?
00:27:08She marries a guy like that.
00:27:11And so, you know, just to make him think more of me,
00:27:16I would tell him about you.
00:27:20You know, when we read your name in the papers,
00:27:24I kind of heard about what you were doing.
00:27:27And then I would think, well, you can't be a total mess.
00:27:31A man like that wanted to marry you.
00:27:32Don't give yourself the worst of it, Mary.
00:27:35You will try to see Danny.
00:27:37As he really is.
00:27:40I'll talk to him.
00:27:43He could have been our son.
00:27:49That was a long time ago, Mary.
00:27:51We've grown up.
00:27:53Maybe it's too bad, but we've grown up.
00:27:57Will Danny grow up?
00:28:10Good-bye, Hank.
00:28:25535 calling.
00:28:26Over.
00:28:28Hardy speaking.
00:28:29Over.
00:28:30This is Mel, Hardy.
00:28:32What about the knives and the Escalante killing?
00:28:33Over.
00:28:34What about them?
00:28:35Well, did you find them?
00:28:36Not yet.
00:28:38How many men did you put on them?
00:28:39All we can spare.
00:28:40How many is that?
00:28:42Two.
00:28:44That's not enough, Lieutenant.
00:28:45You'll have to put more men on them.
00:28:47And you better put out an all-points bulletin
00:28:48about that car.
00:28:49It could be anywhere by now.
00:28:50And I want daily progress reports from your office.
00:28:52In which order do you want these requests turned down?
00:28:55Over.
00:28:56Who is this character?
00:28:58I don't have all day, Bell.
00:28:59Over.
00:29:00Let me talk to the head of your department.
00:29:01He went on vacation this morning
00:29:03and is the only one who can give priority authorization
00:29:05for additional manpower.
00:29:07Well, doesn't he deputize anyone to do it for him?
00:29:09Oh, he doesn't.
00:29:10Will your whole department go to pieces
00:29:12because one man goes on a vacation?
00:29:13We'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,
00:29:21New 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.
00:29:27But I'm sure you're not interested in our entitlement problems.
00:29:30Over.
00:29:31Look, Hardy, I hate to have to go to the DA on this.
00:29:33Over.
00:29:34Me too.
00:29:35Nice talking 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.
00:30:09All right, come on, now, knock it off.
00:30:10Keep it quiet.
00:30:12I'm down.
00:30:19My folks didn't understand me.
00:30:20I just wanted to go to the country and see the cows.
00:30:22Instead, they sent me out on this crummy street
00:30:24to play with bad boys.
00:30:26Some parents, huh?
00:30:27I mean, but it wasn't their fault.
00:30:28They were poor.
00:30:29Okay, Batman.
00:30:30It's your turn.
00:30:31Oh, me?
00:30:32I'm stupid, you know.
00:30:34I'm possibly called a pod.
00:30:36I can't even read right, you know.
00:30:37And the doctor, he says to me,
00:30:39he says that my brain's a little mixed up, you know,
00:30:41like, I don't know, scramble eggs.
00:30:43Now, show him how stupid you are.
00:30:45Stupid.
00:30:46Oh, dear.
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.
00:30:57My old man's a drunk.
00:30:58My mother takes in borders and goes out with them, too.
00:31:01I got a sister.
00:31:01I don't know if she's my sister.
00:31:03That's why I'm so disturbed.
00:31:04He's got a song about it.
00:31:05Yeah.
00:31:05Go ahead.
00:31:06Sing it, stupid.
00:31:07Yeah, yeah.
00:31:09My mother sells snow to the snowbirds.
00:31:12My father makes barbershop gin.
00:31:14My sister sells jazz for a living.
00:31:17And that's why the money rolls in.
00:31:20Where's Dr. Walsh's office?
00:31:21Down at the end of that corner.
00:31:23They're all yours.
00:31:23Hey, look, ain't you gonna ask us no regular questions?
00:31:25On your piece.
00:31:26I don't want you to run another Rorschach.
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.
00:31:39Bye.
00:31:40My name is Bill.
00:31:40DA's office.
00:31:42Oh, yes.
00:31:43I must stand by building a kid-sized electric chair upstate for you people.
00:31:47Now, doctor, that's a nice, friendly approach.
00:31:49It is first degree, isn't it?
00:31:51Usually is in premeditated murder.
00:31:52Bully and gang-ho.
00:31:54I'm delighted you haven't fallen for any of that modern nonsense about
00:31:57emotional problems or environment or broken homes.
00:32:01A little mass execution now and then.
00:32:03That'll stop him.
00:32:03And nothing else has.
00:32:05Look, doctor, I came here to ask a couple of questions about these boys.
00:32:08I've already talked with a written and a posto.
00:32:11Yeah, they're old pros.
00:32:13Those two have been through the mill here regularly since they were 10 or 11.
00:32:17Depachi been in here before?
00:32:19No, this is his first.
00:32:20Tell me something about him.
00:32:22He's bright.
00:32:23RQ-135.
00:32:24Likes to read.
00:32:25Of course, the psychological tests show aggression and fear, just like the others.
00:32:29What about Reardon?
00:32:31Delusions of grandeur.
00:32:32Deep 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.
00:32:42Is a posto as stupid as he seems?
00:32:45Retarded.
00:32:47Very.
00:32:47As 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.
00:32:56I deal in people, Mr. Bell.
00:32:58Not in legal technicalities.
00:33:01Where is Depachi?
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 about it, doctor.
00:33:13We all have our emotional problems.
00:33:23Sit down.
00:33:30Cigarette?
00:33:30Rammy.
00:33:35I'd like to hear your side of the story, Danny.
00:33:36So you can help fry me?
00:33:38Do I look like a kook?
00:33:40Did my lawyers give you an okay 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 children's court.
00:33:50A grown-up murder trial.
00:33:52You better tell me your story.
00:33:53Okay.
00:33:55In two words, self-defense.
00:33:57Danny, that's stupid than you know it.
00:33:58And you're stupid to stick to it.
00:34:01Tough and a half.
00:34:02So I'm stupid.
00:34:04Got a 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 con 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?
00:34:18You ashamed of being a wop?
00:34:22Let me tell you something, Mr. Bellini.
00:34:24Don't walk down any dark streets alone.
00:34:26You haven't got the guts to handle a skinny broad, much less the Thunderbirds.
00:34:30You look kind of fruity to me anyway.
00:34:32Now stay away from my mother, you big rock!
00:34:40Now stay away from your ADA, you know it's very good.
00:34:47Now stay away from your brother.
00:34:48Gosh!
00:34:48Oh, my God!
00:34:48Oh, my God!
00:34:48God!
00:34:50Oh, my God!
00:34:51Oh, my God!
00:34:51Oh, my God!
00:34:52Oh, my God!
00:34:54Oh, my God!
00:34:55I'm looking for Zorro.
00:34:58I don't speak English, sir, anything.
00:35:00Please, where is Mr. Zorro?
00:35:04Don't bother me. Let's go, sir.
00:35:12Bell, who brings you to my turf?
00:35:14I'd like to talk with Luisa Escalante.
00:35:15Why?
00:35:16She was there the day it happened, I'd like to talk with her.
00:35:22Come and tell Luisa Escalante that we don't wait.
00:35:29She'll meet us. Come on, I'll buy you a beer.
00:35:53You think I'm a tea man, huh?
00:35:54Why do you think so?
00:35:55Well, you know, this white shirt, this suit.
00:35:57Oh, you know Harlem, huh?
00:35:58I used to live here.
00:36:00They think I'm a cop and they don't want to be around if there's going to be a pinch.
00:36:02Oh, you know this place, all right.
00:36:04A guy gets pinchy like, uh,
00:36:06throws stuff away, might let me in your feet.
00:36:07Next thing you know, you're arrested for holding.
00:36:09Or maybe even for intent to sell.
00:36:11That's up to you, Luis Miguel.
00:36:13Good beer here. You'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.
00:36:20Or have they?
00:36:22I think we've got a very good case.
00:36:23Yeah?
00:36:24Well, man, you gave it to them good.
00:36:26The others are bad, but they're the worst.
00:36:28You don't like them, do you?
00:36:29Any of them.
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.
00:36:38But are we going to Africa in jungle?
00:36:40And the waps, what the hell did they 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 to look at his paintings.
00:36:53Now, that guy is great.
00:36:54He's the greatest artist I've ever lived.
00:36:56Man, he sings.
00:36:57And you know, that's the delivery kit that don't want to pay.
00:37:00You know, Picasso, it's got the same blood in his veins that I got in mine.
00:37:20Come on.
00:37:46Do you know the first fiddle at the music hall?
00:37:48Puerto Rican.
00:37:50Come on.
00:37:59Got a contribution to your war chest?
00:38:03Look, we got three square blocks here.
00:38:05This is an island, little Puerto Rico.
00:38:07You know what I mean, Mr. Bell?
00:38:08And we bust them to get out.
00:38:10But while we're here, we got to protect our surf.
00:38:11People got to respect us.
00:38:13And you know what people respect?
00:38:15Force.
00:38:17Here.
00:38:19Our contribution to your favorite charity.
00:38:22You know that 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 without knowing whose place it is.
00:38:26Like the Thunderbirds, huh?
00:38:27Yeah, like the Thunderbirds.
00:38:29Look what happened to poor Roberto.
00:38:31Poor innocent, blank kiddo.
00:38:32Never did anyone know wrong.
00:38:35Tell me something.
00:38:36Thunderbirds know you protect your turf.
00:38:38How do you explain three of them coming down here and invading us?
00:38:40The Thunderbirds are all on junk.
00:38:41That's why.
00:38:42They're dope addicts, you know.
00:38:45That's right.
00:38:46Those boys weren't on junk.
00:38:48You're right.
00:38:50They weren't on junk.
00:38:50Not that anyway.
00:38:52But it's that weird.
00:38:54What about the other two?
00:38:55A pasta?
00:38:57A pasta doke.
00:38:59Oh, man.
00:39:00That guy does anything anybody tells them.
00:39:02And Apache?
00:39:04He's a wild one.
00:39:06You know, he helped one of our guys out of trouble once.
00:39:09Now, why would a weapon help us pick?
00:39:11Oh, no.
00:39:12It's that weird.
00:39:13He's got holes in his head.
00:39:15I put one of them there.
00:39:16When I smacked that chump, he went down and I stomped him in the head.
00:39:20You know why?
00:39:20So he wouldn't get up again.
00:39:22If he did, you might go down.
00:39:23He'd stop you.
00:39:26You sound like you've been stomped before.
00:39:28A touch here and there.
00:39:30Man, this weapon is for no one.
00:39:32It's for riding on toilet horses.
00:39:33Thanks, man.
00:39:34It stinks.
00:39:35That's what this weapon is.
00:39:37Mama Escalante no deja venir a Luisa.
00:39:42Well, the old lady won't let her baby come down to this place so you can talk to her at
00:39:45the house, okay?
00:39:47What are you, Bartender?
00:39:48The beers are on me.
00:39:49Let me.
00:39:49I said the beers are on me.
00:39:53Thanks.
00:40:04Mrs. Escalante, I'd like to talk with your daughter.
00:40:07I can talk to her right here.
00:40:12Luisa, I'd like to ask you just what happened the night Roberta was killed.
00:40:16I told the cops many times.
00:40:18I know, but I'd like you to tell me.
00:40:25I was sitting here.
00:40:31Maria was there.
00:40:32We saw them coming.
00:40:34They jump for Roberto and start killing him, that's all.
00:40:38Did Roberto have a knife?
00:40:40A knife?
00:40:41Un cochillo.
00:40:42Un cochillo.
00:40:43Your policemen keep asking for this knife.
00:40:45And why?
00:40:45And it is not true.
00:40:46Roberto never have a knife.
00:40:48Three boys said he pulled a knife.
00:40:50This is a lie.
00:40:51A girl saw it, too.
00:40:53That 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?
00:41:03It's glitter.
00:41:04Shine.
00:41:07Oh.
00:41:09His harmonica.
00:41:11The harmonica in which he plays his music.
00:41:13This is what shined.
00:41:15This is what you mean.
00:41:22Ladies and gentlemen, meet our next governor, Mr. Dan Cole.
00:41:27Friends, forgive me.
00:41:28I apologize for being late.
00:41:30Something about doing a profile on me.
00:41:31Man, that's great.
00:41:32That's great.
00:41:33All in the first, and then the White House.
00:41:34Congratulations, sir.
00:41:35Thank you for your work.
00:41:37Wonderful, Dan.
00:41:38Oh, food.
00:41:39Not too rare for Mr. Cole.
00:41:41Yes, sir.
00:41:41Make mine rare, please.
00:41:42Make Mr. Bell's rare.
00:41:42Hank, do you realize that a conviction in the Escalante case is worth a 50,000 plurality right in this
00:41:46district alone?
00:41:4750,000?
00:41:48Well, that's an electrical figure.
00:41:50I should say you can count on that plurality, Dan.
00:41:52Ah, case you want that well, huh?
00:41:53Well, as of now, I see no reason why we can't get first-degree convictions.
00:41:56No, I'd be a shoo-in.
00:41:57Say, Hank, I got a great idea for publicity.
00:42:00Why don't you get your picture taken pulling the switch on the electric chair?
00:42:03You 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 VESA.
00:42:15Yes.
00:42:16Excuse me, please.
00:42:18Now, hear this.
00:42:22Before 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.
00:42:33And I'm mighty proud.
00:42:35I'm proud of our party, and I'm proud of Dan Cole.
00:42:39And I'm proud of old Hank Billy.
00:42:41Goodbye, Mr. Supreme Court Justice.
00:42:43There's a campaign coming up, and it's going to mean shoulder 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.
00:42:50You third-generation progressive, sitting up at VESA, 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.
00:42:59Now get in that car.
00:43:04I'll park the car.
00:43:05Be back in a minute.
00:43:06Don't hurry.
00:43:10Don't go.
00:43:25Don't go.
00:43:28Don't go.
00:43:28inconsistacy.
00:43:29Snace on the point.
00:43:29Don't go.
00:43:30My voice comes.
00:43:31Don't forget it.
00:43:33Don't go.存
00:43:33Ça is a lot. I've
00:43:34got a good time to watch.
00:43:35Takeém cellpar m帽 911,
00:43:35ù Âbííc.
00:44:02Ítí mi home.
00:44:04Ítí í Ítí.
00:44:14What's going on, Karen? What's going on, Karen?
00:44:16What's going on, Karen? What's going on?
00:44:29How's the little lady feeling this morning? How 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? Go on 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? You think I'd have gone up to Italy in 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.
00:44:49Why don't we have the T-Birds picked up and brought in?
00:44:51What's the address?
00:44:53178 and 1st, Manetti's Candy Store.
00:44:59Pretty boy Severisi. He's your man.
00:45:18I understand the Thunderbirds hang out here.
00:45:21Look, mister, I only sell so this year. That's all.
00:45:28I'm from the DA's office. I 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.
00:45:37Hey. Hey. Come on over.
00:45:43Hey, we were just reading about some character from the DA's office.
00:45:46His wife got scared by some crazy cat's.
00:45:49All right, Joe. Get the District Attorney a chair.
00:45:52No thanks.
00:45:52That ain't polite.
00:45:53Where's Pretty Boy Savarisi?
00:45:55You know, you got a lot of courage, Mr. District Attorney, coming in here without no escort.
00:46:00Are you going to tell me where I can find Pretty Boy Savarisi, or do I have to run you
00:46:02in?
00:46:03Well, now, what exactly was it you wanted to see him about, huh, Mr. District Attorney?
00:46:08Where's your telephone?
00:46:08Hey, hey, Mr. District Attorney.
00:46:10What's the matter? Can't you take a little joke?
00:46:13Don't get excited.
00:46:14We clown around like this all the time.
00:46:16Makes life interesting, you know?
00:46:18What's up, Dominic?
00:46:19Good morning.
00:46:19Why are you doing this, though?
00:46:21We can't call him the chili of Marisado.
00:46:22What about you, though, we?
00:46:23Never mind.
00:46:24I'll tell him myself this imbecile from the DA's office wants to see him.
00:46:27But dovitute credo che vengo, stupido, yo sono italiano.
00:46:35Don't you knock, don't you got no menace, you Pretty Boy Savarisi?
00:46:47Do you know why they call me Pretty Boy, Mr. Bell?
00:46:49I can guess.
00:46:51They sound ugly.
00:46:54Anybody calls me ugly, they're dead.
00:46:57Dead.
00:46:59The table's crooked, the floor's on a bias.
00:47:02You're a mighty top character, aren't you?
00:47:03You heard me, huh?
00:47:05Sixteen times I got my name in the papers.
00:47:07Most of the time, when they give the wrong address, they don't spell the name right.
00:47:10Savarisi!
00:47:13You're, uh...
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 and terrorized my wife.
00:47:28Yeah, I was, I was sorry to hear about that.
00:47:30The hot-headed kids, you know how it is.
00:47:32You can't keep an eye on all your troops.
00:47:34They're members of your gang and you're their leader.
00:47:35If it ever happens again, I'll hold you responsible, personally.
00:47:38Mr. Bell, I said I apologize now.
00:47:41Please tell your wife I'm sorry.
00:47:43Remember what I said.
00:47:45Mr. Bell.
00:47:54Well, it's kind of hard keeping your boys in line when they hear you spend the evening drinking with the
00:47:58Spicks.
00:47:59Yeah, we know all about you paddling around with the horsemen over at the Tres Putas.
00:48:03They're all on and stuff, you know that, don't you?
00:48:05Unless they got their name, horsemen, big H for heroin.
00:48:08Well, any of our boys get on the junker.
00:48:11I'll break their own.
00:48:15Cues, what?
00:48:17Another thing, Mr. Bell.
00:48:18You've been coaching their star witnesses.
00:48:20Hey, did they hear that?
00:48:21Those 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'll 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 and said, what a great guy.
00:48:39He 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 get hurt.
00:48:54Hard to chop down a blind boy, playing a harmonica.
00:48:57Maybe that blind kid needed chopping down.
00:48:59Do 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.
00:49:06Do you want to know the truth about Escalante?
00:49:08It'll rock you.
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 on the next block.
00:49:18I just had myself a look.
00:49:21It was a rumble for real.
00:49:22Sip guns, check them as the works.
00:49:25I saw something funny.
00:49:27Something didn't fit.
00:49:29Blind angel.
00:49:31But why?
00:49:34Cops got the word and I found out why.
00:49:36The little creep was their cover-up, their arson.
00:49:38They ditched their guns on them.
00:49:50Every one of those horsemen was clean, man.
00:49:51The cops couldn't hold a wand.
00:49:53Smart man.
00:49:54He was a top warlord in their gang.
00:49:56That nice little blind boy.
00:49:58Diablo!
00:50:07I just called you fellas in to ask you to be nice enough to escort the district attorney to the
00:50:12edge of our turf.
00:50:26Where does Zorro live, honey?
00:50:47Hello, Mr. Bell.
00:50:49Come on in.
00:50:57Come into my office.
00:50:59Come into my office.
00:51:16Sit down.
00:51:18Make yourself comfortable.
00:51:19I can't offer you any beer, but I'll get you except one of your cigarettes.
00:51:22Why did you lie to me?
00:51:24Did I lie to you, Mr. Bell?
00:51:25Roberto Escalante was a leader in your gang.
00:51:32I'm going to lie to you, Mr. Bell.
00:51:32So you really been playing detective, huh?
00:51:35Listen, punk.
00:51:36You may run these three square blocks, but when I talk to you, I want the truth.
00:51:41Well, it's a cruel world, Mr. Bell.
00:51:43And blind kids can't say they won't do nothing just because they're blind.
00:51:46And since you're so interested, I'll tell you something else.
00:51:48Roberto wasn't just Luis's brother.
00:51:50He was a pickup man.
00:51:54Luis is a prostitute?
00:51:56Luis is a hooker.
00:51:58And Roberto was a blind pickup man for his own sister.
00:52:01How does that grab you, Mr. Bell?
00:52:03And now, I'll tell you something else.
00:52:06I don't care.
00:52:07I don't care if he beat his mother or soul pot.
00:52:09Roberto was killed in cold blood by three guys who hit him because he had a darker skin.
00:52:12Reardon came in like those Japs during the war.
00:52:14Kamikaze, ready to stick someone Spanish on home ground.
00:52:16He found Roberto and killed him.
00:52:18Now, they're all says that you'd die for that, Mr. Bell.
00:52:20And it's your job to see the other street guys die for it.
00:52:32Look!
00:52:33We ain't got much, but this we want.
00:52:35I don't care whether you're making out with Depachio Soleri or not.
00:52:38Just don't cop out on us.
00:52:46Give me a cigarette.
00:52:48Hello, Dan.
00:52:48This is Hank.
00:52:49I'm up in Harlem.
00:52:50Listen to this.
00:52:52It turns out our poor defense's blind boy was a top leader in the horsemen.
00:52:55And a procurer for our star witness who at the age of 16...
00:52:57Can you hold it a minute, Hank?
00:53:01Jack, that press release on Louisa Escalante.
00:53:04Kill it.
00:53:04And you'd better call that columnist.
00:53:06The one who was going to do the poem about the little blind boy.
00:53:08Tell him to forget it.
00:53:09Never mind why.
00:53:11Okay, now.
00:53:13What does that do to us?
00:53:14Well, I haven't had time to figure out all the details.
00:53:16But I'd like to go back and take another crack at that Danny Depachio.
00:53:19Hank, you can't do it.
00:53:20You're too close to trial to interrogate those boys now.
00:53:22The defense would raise the roof.
00:53:23We've got to take the chance, Dan.
00:53:25I want to try to break that boy down.
00:53:27Hank, absolutely no.
00:53:29Dan, I'll call you when I get back.
00:53:51You look pretty good, Danny.
00:53:55Danny, Mr. Bell has some questions to ask you.
00:53:58Something very important has come up.
00:54:01You can trust him.
00:54:03Danny, maybe it'll help us.
00:54:05I told you to stay away from her.
00:54:12Danny, are you a member of the Thunderbirds?
00:54:16Who cares?
00:54:17Your mother cares for one.
00:54:19I understand you swore.
00:54:20You 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?
00:54:37The Thunderbirds are my friends.
00:54:41Danny, you put Reardon down once to save a Puerto Rican boy.
00:54:45Now, what happened in between to make you go along and kill one?
00:54:47In between, I found out who my friends really are.
00:54:50Your friends got you in here.
00:54:51What are you trying to do?
00:54:52Split me from the rest.
00:54:53Get me to turn stage evidence.
00:54:54You're not like those boys.
00:54:55Trust him, you tell me, and he sneaks up on me.
00:54:57He 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.
00:55:01Yeah, you are pretty cozy together.
00:55:02What are you doing?
00:55:03Shacking up with him?
00:55:30Well, now I know.
00:55:46Hank, maybe you shouldn't have walked me home.
00:55:48Maybe it would have been smarter.
00:55:49You dropped me.
00:55:54Thank you, Hank.
00:55:58I guess I haven't been much of a mother, huh?
00:56:00Maybe if he had a father, he'd have...
00:56:01Yeah, some father.
00:56:04I don't know.
00:56:05I always heard that my boy got in trouble because he didn't have love.
00:56:09I loved Danny more than anything in the world.
00:56:13You just thank God, Hank, you didn't have to raise your kid on these streets.
00:56:17Good night.
00:56:51Good night.
00:57:33Good night.
00:57:49Doctor, is it all right if I smoke?
00:57:52If you have to.
00:57:56How do you feel?
00:57:57Oh, man.
00:57:58Man, I feel sick.
00:58:00That's a surprise.
00:58:02I was this far.
00:58:05This far from killing him.
00:58:12Hello, Karen.
00:58:13I'm all right, honey.
00:58:15Hello, Gorgeous.
00:58:17Daddy.
00:58:18I was Spike trying to steal third base.
00:58:21They've got us and told us.
00:58:22It's not as bad as a buck.
00:58:23It's just a couple of ribs.
00:58:25I'll be all right.
00:58:26I'll live.
00:58:28I've got to.
00:58:29I've got to get ready for that trial a week for Monday.
00:58:32Or am I confused.
00:58:34Not for a minute.
00:58:36I protected my face so I wouldn't put in too bad an appearance.
00:58:40Vanity.
00:58:41That's the difference between the police department and the DA's office.
00:58:44You boys protect your pretty faces.
00:58:46Our boys protect their kidneys.
00:58:47Stop making jokes, Gunnars.
00:58:51Which gang was it, Daddy?
00:58:54I don't know, Gorgeous.
00:58:55T-Birds or Horsemen.
00:58:57It might have been either one or both.
00:59:00Karen.
00:59:02I was...
00:59:03I was choking him.
00:59:05I...
00:59:06I couldn't stop.
00:59:07But I wish to hell you hadn't.
00:59:11Hadn't stopped.
00:59:14All right.
00:59:15Now let's turn him over on his left side.
00:59:20Did you help me?
00:59:21He's...
00:59:22Did you help me?
00:59:24Karen.
00:59:25Yes, love.
00:59:27He was...
00:59:2815 or 16 years old.
00:59:32And I was trying with all my heart to kill him.
00:59:36You know?
00:59:38I know.
00:59:51Yes?
00:59:52Hello, Val.
00:59:53We found the names.
00:59:54What?
00:59:55Who is this?
00:59:55This is Lieutenant Hardy.
00:59:57Lieutenant Hardy?
00:59:58Oh.
00:59:59Well, hang on a second.
01:00:24What's the matter, Hardy?
01:00:25I said we found the knives.
01:00:27You found the knives?
01:00:29Is that what you called me for?
01:00:30To tell me you found those damn knives?
01:00:32What's the matter, Val?
01:00:33You said these knives were important.
01:00:35Well, what could I possibly do with them at this hour of the night?
01:00:37What a suggestion?
01:00:38You're not very funny, Hardy.
01:00:40What condition are they in?
01:00:42Bloody.
01:00:43Well, send them over to the lab.
01:00:44I want blood type and fingerprints after sunrise.
01:00:47Aren't you interested in how we found them?
01:00:49Not very.
01:00:49Anything else?
01:00:50A lady in Kew Gardens found her three-year-old daughter chewing on the handle of one of them
01:00:54in the backseat of a light green Plymouth.
01:00:58You helped a lot with the description of the car, Val.
01:01:00Dark Ford or Chevy.
01:01:02Hardy, don't ever call me at this hour of the night again.
01:01:04Ninety-night.
01:01:20Magnet.
01:01:32Magnet.
01:01:35Hank, are you all right?
01:01:36Does anything hurt you?
01:01:37I'm all right.
01:01:38I'm just a little sore, that's all.
01:01:41You've still got that lump on you, Joe.
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.
01:01:58You were pretty sure of yourself the other night at Cole's party.
01:02:01I'm sorry about that, Hank.
01:02:02I 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 know what you were saying.
01:02:16It's late.
01:02:17Let's go to bed.
01:02:18We can talk about this in the morning.
01:02:19Those hoodlums scared you half to death.
01:02:22And they almost killed me.
01:02:23You still think they need special consideration?
01:02:25Special attention?
01:02:26You don't think I condone that kind of violence, do you?
01:02:29I've gone a hundred miles out of my way
01:02:30to find out what makes these monsters tick.
01:02:32I've been to Harlem time and again, to their homes.
01:02:35They spit in my face.
01:02:36What more can anyone do?
01:02:37What would you do?
01:02:39I don't know.
01:02:40Don't you?
01:02:41All right, I made a mistake.
01:02:43Was it a mistake?
01:02:43Don't you believe what you said?
01:02:48All right, Hank.
01:02:50I meant every word I said the other night.
01:03:01There's something else you said.
01:03:04Old Hank Bellini.
01:03:06Danny DePocci said it, too.
01:03:08What's the matter, Mr. Bellini?
01:03:09You're ashamed of being a what?
01:03:13My old man was ignorant.
01:03:15He thought the way to be a good American
01:03:16was to change your name.
01:03:17It was always easy for me to explain.
01:03:19My father did.
01:03:20Now I realize I not only went along with it,
01:03:22I 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.
01:03:32It's like marrying you.
01:03:34You 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.
01:04:00The grand jury of the county of New York
01:04:01for a vileous indictment accuses Arthur Riven,
01:04:04Daniel DePocci, and Anthony Apostol
01:04:06of premeditated murder in the first degree
01:04:09on the 25th day of July, 1960,
01:04:12in the county of New York
01:04:13by feloniously stabbing Roberto Escalante
01:04:16and at the state of time and place
01:04:18causing the death of said Roberto Escalante
01:04:20without excuse or justification.
01:04:22Signed, foreman of the grand jury,
01:04:24William Henry Baines.
01:04:30Bell?
01:04:30Does the defense wish to open?
01:04:32This is the lab report on these knives.
01:04:34Your honor.
01:04:37Thanks, Hardy.
01:04:38Ladies and gentlemen, read it.
01:04:39When I get ready.
01:04:40I didn't think we'd find them.
01:04:41They just turned up.
01:04:43It's quite interesting.
01:04:44Better read it.
01:04:45It's not fact, but a mere accusation.
01:04:47I'm sure you will keep your minds open
01:04:49until you have heard all the evidence from both sides
01:04:52and that your verdict will be a just one.
01:04:54Thank you for your attention.
01:04:58State your name, address, and age.
01:05:01Luisa Maria Felipa Garcia Escalante.
01:05:0349 1⁄2 West 110th Street.
01:05:0616 years old.
01:05:08Luisa, are you the sister of the murdered boy?
01:05:10Objection!
01:05:10Rephrase your question, Mr. Bell.
01:05:12Are you the sister of Roberto Escalante?
01:05:14I 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's there with you?
01:05:26My brother, Roberto.
01:05:27Anyone else?
01:05:28Yes, sir.
01:05:29My friend, Maria Creva.
01:05:30What were you doing there?
01:05:32I was talking.
01:05:34And your brother?
01:05:35He was making music on the harmonica.
01:05:38The three of you were seated on the front steps,
01:05:40minding your own business,
01:05:41watching the world go by.
01:05:42Is that correct?
01:05:43Roberto was not watching the world go by.
01:05:47You mean he was blind?
01:05:49Yes.
01:05:50And he was playing the harmonica?
01:05:52Yes.
01:05:54Did anything happen to disturb that moment?
01:05:59Them!
01:06:00Those boys!
01:06:01Luisa!
01:06:01Luisa!
01:06:02Try to control himself.
01:06:05You'll just sit right now.
01:06:08Try to tell me as clearly and as calmly as you can
01:06:10just what happened.
01:06:14three boys came down the street.
01:06:18When they got by our stoop,
01:06:20they pulled knives out of their pockets
01:06:22and stabbed Roberto.
01:06:25They stabbed them many times.
01:06:28They killed him!
01:06:31Did 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?
01:06:38Why would he attack those boys?
01:06:42He did not know they was there.
01:06:44He was blind.
01:06:46Why would he attack those three boys?
01:06:55What do the boys do then, Luisa?
01:06:57They run away.
01:06:59Did you get a good look at them before they ran away?
01:07:01Yes, sir.
01:07:02If you saw them again, would you recognize them?
01:07:04Yes, sir.
01:07:05Are they in this courtroom?
01:07:07Right over there!
01:07:11Luisa,
01:07:12just so there can be no possibility of a mistake,
01:07:15just so the court will know exactly who you're talking about,
01:07:17I 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.
01:07:47I want you to leave the witness stand.
01:08:00and place your hand on the shoulder of each other.
01:08:00You're fighting my beard down!
01:08:02Get down!
01:08:03I want you to leave the witness stand.
01:08:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
01:08:09Come, sir.
01:08:14Mrs. Escalade,
01:08:16the court realizes the intent of your emotional involvement in this case.
01:08:19I swear that I...
01:08:20It's with you in the law of his brother.
01:08:22Here, read this.
01:08:24I'm not through with her yet.
01:08:26No, no, I'm all right.
01:08:30I'll be all right.
01:08:33I want to answer the questions.
01:08:37Louisa, what is your occupation?
01:08:40Occupation?
01:08:40What do you do for a living?
01:08:46You're on the roof, Louisa.
01:08:48Remember that.
01:08:49What do you do for a living?
01:08:52I am a hooker.
01:08:56You mean you're a prostitute?
01:08:59Yes.
01:08:59When did you become a prostitute?
01:09:02I was 14.
01:09:04You became a prostitute when you were 14?
01:09:07Yes.
01:09:07Were you coerced into it?
01:09:09Objection, Your Honor.
01:09:09I 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.
01:09:19Were you coerced into this profession?
01:09:21Coerced.
01:09:22Did someone, an older man for instance, cause you to become a prostitute?
01:09:27No, sir.
01:09:29I thought of it myself.
01:09:30You thought of it yourself?
01:09:32Why?
01:09:35We had no money.
01:09:36And my mother was sick.
01:09:38Could you get a job?
01:09:40I was 14.
01:09:42I tried to get a job.
01:09:43They do not give me a working permit.
01:09:45What about your brother?
01:09:47He was blind.
01:09:50Did you make some money this way?
01:09:53I did.
01:09:55Did your mother ask you where you got the money?
01:10:00Yes.
01:10:00What did you tell her?
01:10:04I told her I was on the street.
01:10:06You told your mother you were a prostitute.
01:10:09Yes.
01:10:09What did she say?
01:10:13She said,
01:10:17Why didn't we let her die?
01:10:20Mr. Bell,
01:10:20Why are you pursuing this line?
01:10:23Your Honor,
01:10:24I'm trying to get at the truth.
01:10:26Thank you, Louisa.
01:10:28No more questions.
01:10:29Your witness will surrender.
01:10:30No questions.
01:10:39Is the defense ready?
01:10:41Your Honor,
01:10:43the defense requests a short recess.
01:10:45Court will recess for 10 minutes.
01:10:56That was a masterful presentation.
01:10:57Come on out the hall.
01:10:58Have your picture taken with us.
01:10:59You go ahead, Dan.
01:10:59I want to look at the soldiers.
01:11:00We're ready, Dan.
01:11:03That was a masterful.
01:11:11State your name, age, and address.
01:11:14Anthony Pasto, 16.
01:11:17What was that?
01:11:18Your address.
01:11:21The court has Anthony Pasto's address.
01:11:24Anthony, sit down.
01:11:30Are you also known as Batman?
01:11:33Yeah.
01:11:35Why do they call you Batman?
01:11:39I don't know.
01:11:40Everybody calls me Batman.
01:11:42Where did you get the name?
01:11:45Batman, he's in the comics.
01:11:46I see.
01:11:48I see.
01:11:48Do you like reading comic books, Anthony?
01:11:50Yeah, sure.
01:11:51I like the pictures, you know.
01:11:53What about the words, Anthony?
01:11:55Well, they're okay, too, I guess, yeah.
01:11:57Well, then, 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?
01:12:17Batman, well, he ain't afraid of nothing, you know.
01:12:20And he, well, he wears this cool black suit all the time.
01:12:25And, well, he's always fighting, you know.
01:12:28Do you like to fight Batman?
01:12:31Sure.
01:12:32Are you a good fighter, Batman?
01:12:34Oh, boy, my own man, I tell you, you know something?
01:12:35I pack a hell of a wallet.
01:12:36That's right.
01:12:37Why?
01:12:37Has he watched you?
01:12:38No, I walloped them once.
01:12:41Why do you like to fight, Batman?
01:12:45I don't know why.
01:12:47Try to think why.
01:12:51Why what?
01:12:53Try 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.
01:13:04Anthony, if this court frees you, what will you do with your life?
01:13:08I don't know.
01:13:23If you were released this afternoon, what would you do with the rest of the day?
01:13:28I'm going to go back to the block.
01:13:30And tomorrow?
01:13:34Tomorrow?
01:13:35Yes, tomorrow.
01:13:38I don't know.
01:13:39I mean, I've got to know what I do tomorrow, you know.
01:13:41Anthony, please try to answer the question.
01:13:45I don't know.
01:13:46I don't know.
01:13:51Dr. Walsh, you heard Anthony Apostoe testify that he likes to fight because it makes him feel good.
01:13:57Could you explain this testimony to the jury in layman's terms, please?
01:14:01Apostoe's gratification from fighting stems from two sources.
01:14:05One, fighting gives him status.
01:14:08And two, in layman's terms, Apostoe enjoys pain.
01:14:12Dr. Walsh, do you believe Anthony Apostoe to be capable of an act, say, an act of extreme violence, which
01:14:18requires premeditation?
01:14:20Premeditation would not be consistent with Apostoe'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.
01:14:45I've got your own man up there and demolished that testimony into it now.
01:14:49Peter, it may have impact.
01:14:50Dr. Andrade, as a qualified psychiatrist, I'd like to talk to you for a moment about Arthur Wren.
01:14:56In your report to our office, you indicated that he had more than normal aggression, I believe you said, along
01:15:00with delusions of grandeur.
01:15:02Yes, those are parts of my findings.
01:15:03He had fantasies about becoming a very important man in this neighborhood.
01:15:07He dreamed about growing up to be a bigger man in this field than Al Capone.
01:15:11Yes, he did.
01:15:12Doctor, you're a very experienced psychiatrist.
01:15:13In your opinion, in your professional opinion, what is the cause of these unmanageable aggressions and delusions?
01:15:20Fear.
01:15:21Fear?
01:15:21Arthur Wren is a very frightened young man.
01:15:24Would you say as a generalization he's insecure or as a specific that he is a coward?
01:15:28Oh, a layman might so describe him, yes.
01:15:30A coward and a bully?
01:15:31I don't know what the word bully means to you, Mr. Bell.
01:15:34A bully is a person so cowardly that he attacks only those who cannot defend themselves, like a blind boy.
01:15:41I would call him a bully and a coward.
01:15:44It's a lie, a stinking pig!
01:15:46Order.
01:15:47There's no one calling me, sir.
01:15:48Order.
01:15:48Arthur, sit down.
01:15:50Order.
01:15:51Let there be order in this fort.
01:15:53Oh, he's going to make me sick.
01:15:55I've instructed the court attendants that in the event of another outburst from this defendant, they ought to bind him
01:16:01and gag him so that this trial will not be interrupted again.
01:16:04What do you mean, gag me?
01:16:05This country's free speech, isn't it?
01:16:07What do you mean, trying to tell me what I can say and do?
01:16:09Gag the defendant.
01:16:10What the hell are you going to gag me?
01:16:12I got my right!
01:16:14I'm going to get a pig!
01:16:15Are you going to get a pig?
01:16:17Oh, you're going to get a pig!
01:16:29This is going to work against us.
01:16:30This makes him look like a hot-headed maniac instead of a cold-blighted 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, Anthony Apostol was aware of the quality and nature of his
01:16:46act 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,
01:16:55How can you say what was definitely in the mind of Anthony Apostol when 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 Apostol did not know what he was doing, then he'd be innocent in the eyes of the law,
01:17:11wouldn'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, that Anthony Apostol knew what he was doing when
01:17:21he stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:17:22But I had no psychic powers.
01:17:25I can't answer your question.
01:17:26You are aware that under the laws of the United States, a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond
01:17:31a reasonable doubt.
01:17:31Oh, yes, yes, yes, I am.
01:17:33Thank you, Doctor, for more questions.
01:17:35That's all, Doctor.
01:17:36Call an ex-witness.
01:17:37We call Daniel DePatchi.
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.
01:18:09Your witness, Mr. Bell.
01:18:16Your Honor, I have here three knives I'd like to place in evidence.
01:18:20Also, a sworn statement by one, Angela Rugello, to the effect that these are the knives handed her by the
01:18:24defendants on July 25th.
01:18:27The statement goes on to say that Angela Rugello wrapped the knives in a newspaper and threw them in the
01:18:31backseat of an automobile that same afternoon in the same condition in which they were given her.
01:18:35And finally, I have a police lab report on the condition of the knives when they were found.
01:18:39I would like to place this in evidence, but at the proper time.
01:18:42May I have the knives, please?
01:18:44Mark the statement.
01:18:49You recognize these knives, Danny?
01:18:50No.
01:18:52You're under oath, Danny.
01:18:54Don't add perjury to the charge against you.
01:18:56Is that any worse than going to the chair, huh?
01:18:58I don't recognize them.
01:19:04This your 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?
01:19:19Any one of them at all?
01:19:20Objection.
01:19:21Badgering the witness.
01:19:22Witnesses already answered the question.
01:19:24Rejection.
01:19:24Sustained.
01:19:25Danny, are you afraid to admit which knife is yours?
01:19:28No, I'm not afraid.
01:19:28Then why can't you recognize your knife when you see it?
01:19:31Objection.
01:19:31Counsel is assuming a fact, not in evidence.
01:19:33There is no testimony linking any of the knives with the witness.
01:19:37I'll sustain that.
01:19:39Danny, you're a very bright young man with a very high IQ.
01:19:42Do 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.
01:19:57You told me you stabbed Roberto Escalante four times.
01:20:00I must object.
01:20:01I'll rephrase the question, Your Honor.
01:20:03Danny, did you or did you not confess that you stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:20:08Yeah, in self-defense.
01:20:10Did you also not confess that you stabbed him four times?
01:20:12Answer yes or no?
01:20:14Objection.
01:20:14Witness can always explain his answer.
01:20:16Witness will please answer the last question.
01:20:19Yeah, I guess I said that.
01:20:22And you stabbed him with this knife?
01:20:23I object.
01:20:24Answer yes or no?
01:20:25I object.
01:20:26Counsel has still failed to identify the knife.
01:20:28I cannot question this witness properly if my every word is going to be examined.
01:20:31You're bullying the witness.
01:20:33Now don't you put him on the witness stand, can you?
01:20:34Well, I must caution you about profanity in this courtroom.
01:20:37Your Honor, I'm sorry.
01:20:38But I think I'm on the verge of establishing which knife is his.
01:20:40If I may proceed, please.
01:20:43Witness will answer the last question.
01:20:45Read back the last question.
01:20:46And you stabbed him with this knife.
01:20:50Well, Danny?
01:20:52Look, what if it is...
01:20:53Answer the question, yes or no?
01:20:54Is this your knife?
01:20:54Yes, yes, yes, yes.
01:20:56And how many times did you stab him?
01:20:57Four, four.
01:20:58Why, Danny?
01:20:58I told you he came at me.
01:21:00Why, Danny?
01:21:00I don't know.
01:21:01Why, why?
01:21:02And the other...
01:21:05Because the others, they...
01:21:07Because the others stabbed him.
01:21:08Yes, yes.
01:21:09So you stabbed him?
01:21:10Yes, I stabbed him four times.
01:21:11Look where you lied from me.
01:21:13I stabbed him.
01:21:14I stabbed him.
01:21:15I stabbed him.
01:21:16You're lying, Danny.
01:21:17You never stabbed him.
01:21:19Your Honor, I want this report placed in evidence.
01:21:22It's an official report from the criminal identification laboratory.
01:21:24It states that the Swiss blade knife,
01:21:26the one with the black and white handle,
01:21:28the 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.
01:21:35Nobody could wipe it that clean.
01:21:36Nobody could wipe it so clean
01:21:37that the police lab wouldn'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 show.
01:21:46No, no, I stabbed him.
01:21:47I 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.
01:22:03Oh, God, never.
01:22:07All right, Danny.
01:22:08All 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?
01:22:22Anthony Apostle, a mental defective
01:22:24that an efficient society would have taken off the streets long ago?
01:22:27Arthur Rirdon, a young man so crippled
01:22:30by the pressures and poverty of a slum life
01:22:31that his rage makes it even more dangerous than Apostle
01:22:35and less capable of controlling his emotions?
01:22:40Or Danny DePacci,
01:22:42whose values are so twisted by the strange social order
01:22:45that he's afraid to admit he didn't kill.
01:22:48Well, you're out of order.
01:22:53Sorry, you're wrong.
01:22:55No further questions.
01:22:58Mr. Randolph?
01:23:01Your Honor, the defense rests.
01:23:04His court will recess.
01:23:08Mr. Bell, my newspaper's very disappointed in your performance.
01:23:11Tell me, did your friendship with Mary DePock
01:23:12have anything you want?
01:23:14What are your time, Mr. Cole?
01:23:16Are you expecting to be sent to the governor's mansion
01:23:18on the prestige you're going to get from this case, huh?
01:23:20Any statement?
01:23:21Yes, Bart.
01:23:21Keep out of my sight.
01:23:33Arthur Rirdon,
01:23:34the sentence of this court is
01:23:36that you'll be confined in the Elmira Reception Center
01:23:39for a period of not less than 20 years
01:23:41and no more than your natural life.
01:23:45Anthony Apostle,
01:23:47this court commits you to the Badawan State Hospital
01:23:50for the criminally insane
01:23:51until such a time as you may be judged ready
01:23:54to again take your place in society.
01:23:58Daniel DePacci,
01:24:00you've acted in concert with the other two defendants
01:24:03and as such,
01:24:04you became an accomplice.
01:24:07However, the court has seen fit to be lenient in your case.
01:24:10Finds you guilty of a third-degree assault
01:24:12and then sends you to the boys' prison
01:24:14at Elmira, New York
01:24:15for a period of one year
01:24:18for classification,
01:24:19treatment,
01:24:20and rehabilitation.
01:24:22This court is adjourned.
01:24:37Hank.
01:24:39Hank.
01:24:42Hank.
01:24:44Hank.
01:24:52What 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.
01:25:08Allison...
01:25:08All right.
01:25:09No.漂亮.
01:25:16No.
01:25:20No.
01:25:21No.
01:25:22No.
01:25:22No.
01:25:22You
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