Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - full transcript

♪♪ [Jazz Band]

♪♪ [Jazz Continues]

HI, TOIVO.

YOUR PAL JUST DROVE
INTO TOWN, MR. McCARTHY.

I'LL HAVE ONE MORE, TOIVO.

I'M AFRAID I'LL HAVE TO
PAY MY BAR BILL TOMORROW.

YOU'RE GOOD WITH
ME, MR. McCARTHY.

THANK YOU, TOIVO.

GOOD NIGHT, TOIVO.
GOOD NIGHT, MR. McCARTHY.

[Woman] OPERATOR.

OPERATOR, I WANT
489, THUNDER BAY.



I WANT TO SPEAK TO MRS. MANION.

M-A-N-I-O-N.

THIS IS PAUL BIEGLER
SPEAKING. IRON CITY, 700.

[Train Bell Clanging]

WELL, DO THEY KNOW WHEN
SHE'LL BE THERE? NO, THEY DON'T.

I SEE. WELL, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE,
AND TELL HER TO CALL THIS NUMBER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU
SAY THERE, COUNSELOR?

SAVE YOUR MONEY.

WHAT'S IN THE BROWN PAPER BAG?

[Faucet Running] IT MIGHT
BE A CABBAGE HEAD.

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE.

YOU'RE A VERY SUSPICIOUS MAN.

TRUE. I'M EVERLASTINGLY
SUSPICIOUS OF,



AND/OR FASCINATED BY,

THE CONTENTS OF
BROWN PAPER BAGS.

CAN I SNEAK A PEEK?
YOU DO THAT, COUNSELOR.

YOU DO THAT,

AND AFTER YOU SNEAK A
PEEK, WHY, YOU UNCORK...

WHATEVER YOU FIND.

SHALL I POUR? YOUR PRIVILEGE.

MY PLEASURE, SIR.

♪♪ [Jazz]

YOU FOUGHT THIS
SOLDIER BY YOURSELF.

YOU'VE BEEN
DRINKIN' ALONE, POLLY.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

AH, DROP THE STONE, COUNSELOR.
YOU LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE.

MY WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BUSTED A
LONG TIME AGO, SO I CAN SAY AS I PLEASE.

HAVE AN ITALIAN CIGAR?

NO, THANKS. THOSE STINKWEEDS ARE
ANOTHER SIGN OF YOUR DECADENCE.

[Match Striking]

POLLY, IT'S A FACT. SINCE MITCH
LODWICK BEAT YOU OUT OF THE OFFICE...

OF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN WORTH SALT FOR PEANUTS.

NOT THAT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL.

WHEN A MAN GETS BEAT OUT OF AN
OFFICE HE'S HELD FOR A LONG TIME,

HE FEELS HIS COMMUNITY
HAS DESERTED HIM,

THE FINGER OF SCORN
IS POINTED AT HIM.

NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
SHALL KNOW MY ANGUISH.

POLLY, YOU'RE A GOOD LAWYER.
YOU OUGHT TO MAKE LIKE ONE.

BE HERE, READY FOR CLIENTS, NOT OUT
FISHIN' AND PLAYIN' THAT ROOTY-TOOTY JAZZ.

♪♪ [Continues] OH,
I'M MAKING A LIVING.

I RUN A FEW ABSTRACTS AND DIVORCE JANE
DOE FROM JOHN DOE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

THREATEN A FEW DEADBEATS.

AND IN THE EVENING I SIT AROUND
AND DRINK BOURBON WHISKEY...

AND READ LAW WITH
PARNELL EMMITT McCARTHY,

ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MEN.

THAT WAS A KIND WORD, POLLY.

YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I HATE TO SEE
YOUR TALENT PUSHED ASIDE BY LESSER MEN.

I LOOK AT YOU AND I
SEE MYSELF YEARS AGO...

WITH THE SAME LOVE FOR THE SMELL OF
THE OLD BROWN BOOKS AND THE DUSTY OFFICE.

HERE'S A ROSE, A LILY,

A SWEET LUPINE.

THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT'S REPORTS.

WELL, WHAT SHALL WE READ
THIS EVENING, COUNSELOR?

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE, UH,
CHIEF JUSTICE HOLMES?

[Phone Ringing]

RESTRAIN CHIEF JUSTICE HOLMES
FOR A MINUTE. I MIGHT HAVE A CLIENT.

WAITING FOR A CALL. HELLO?

[Operator] MR. BIEGLER? THIS
IS PAUL BIEGLER SPEAKING.

HERE'S YOUR PARTY.
HELLO? MRS. MANION?

WHAT? [Woman] MR. BIEGLER?

I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU A WHILE
AGO. DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE?

WHO IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT
NAME? JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE.

WE SEEM TO HAVE A BAD
CONNECTION. HOLD ON.

A WOMAN NAMED MANION.
MAIDA TOOK A MESSAGE FROM HER.

IN THUNDER BAY? UH-HUH.

IF SHE WANTS YOU TO
REPRESENT HER HUSBAND, SAY YES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
PRETEND YOU DO AND SAY YES.

HELLO? OH, YES. IT'S
MUCH BETTER NOW.

I CAN HEAR YOU FINE.

I'VE WAITED FOR YOUR
CALL ALL AFTERNOON.

WELL, I JUST GOT IN
A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

YOU'VE READ ABOUT MY
HUSBAND? MUFFY, PLEASE.

YES. MR. BIEGLER, HAVE YOU
READ ABOUT MY HUSBAND?

MUFFY, PLEASE!

WELL, YES, I HAVE. A LITTLE.

WILL YOU DEFEND HIM? I DON'T KNOW.
I'D HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

WILL YOU TALK TO HIM?
HE'S IN THE COUNTY JAIL.

WILL YOU SEE HIM IN THE MORNING?
HE'S VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU.

YOU'VE BEEN SO HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED. I HAVE?

YEAH. SOMEONE TOLD HIM
ABOUT YOU. WILL YOU SEE HIM?

WELL, I SUPPOSE I COULD. I'LL
SEE HIM TOMORROW MORNING.

WOULD YOU WANT ME
THERE TOO, MR. BIEGLER?

I THINK THAT'D BE
FINE. ABOUT 10:00, HUH?

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. BYE.

NOW, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

A MAN NAMED BARNEY
QUILL RAPED MRS. MANION.

HER HUSBAND, HE'S A
LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY.

THERE'S A TEMPORARY BASE IN
THUNDER BAY. GUNNERY OR SOMETHING.

THE LIEUTENANT GOES TO QUILL'S PLACE
AND PLUGS MR. QUILL ABOUT FIVE TIMES,

WHICH CAUSES MR. QUILL TO
PROMPTLY DIE OF LEAD POISONING.

WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN?
A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO.

IF YOU HADN'T BEEN OUT FISHING IN A
ROWBOAT IN SOME GODFORSAKEN BACKWATER,

YOU'D HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT.

♪♪ [Whistling]

[Snoring]

MORNING, MAIDA. OH, THERE IT IS.

WHAT? THE NEWSPAPER.

I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T
BRING IT. WE HAVEN'T PAID THE BILL.

DID YOU GET MY NOTE?
UH-HUH. WE MAY BE IN THE CASE.

I'M JUST READING UP ON IT NOW
BEFORE TALKING TO LIEUTENANT MANION.

DOESN'T HE EVER GO
HOME? YOU MEAN PARNELL?

WE WERE UP LATE LAST
NIGHT. IS THAT A FACT?

YEAH. I THINK MAYBE YOU'D BETTER
CANCEL ALL MY APPOINTMENTS FOR TODAY.

WHAT APPOINTMENTS? PEOPLE THINK
YOU HAVE MIGRATED INTO THE WOODS.

IF THIS REFRIGERATOR
GETS ANY MORE FISH IN IT,

IT'LL SWIM UPSTREAM AND
SPAWN, ALL BY ITSELF. [Muttering]

MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION
FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE?

YEAH. I WAS GOING OVER
YOUR CHECKBOOK YESTERDAY.

I CAN'T PAY ME MY SALARY.

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE
FEE FOR THE WALKERS' DIVORCE?

HELP SALT A URANIUM
MINE OR SOMETHING?

UH, I BOUGHT A FEW BARE NECESSITIES.
LIKE A NEW OUTBOARD MOTOR.

I WISH I COULD BE
CLASSED AS A NECESSITY.

AREN'T YOU GONNA
HAVE YOUR TOAST? NO, NO.

I'LL, UH... I'LL, UH,

CALL YOU AND LET YOU
KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

DON'T LET HIM PAY YOU
OFF IN PURPLE HEARTS.

THOSE PROFESSIONAL
SOLDIERS NEVER HAVE A DIME.

I OUGHT TO KNOW. I
WAS MARRIED TO ONE.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.
ARE YOU MRS. MANION?

HI. I'M PAUL BIEGLER.

I'M LAURA. HOW DO YOU DO?

THIS IS MUFF. HELLO,
MUFF. THE JAIL'S RIGHT HERE.

YOU'RE TALL.

HELLO, POLLY. HI, SULO.

YOU WAIT HERE, MUFFY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU,
POLLY. HOW YA FEELIN'?

FINE. I GUESS YOU COME
FOR THE SOLDIER BOY.

YEAH. SULO, DO YOU THINK IT'D BE ALL
RIGHT IF WE TALKED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE?

OH, SURE, POLLY.
I'LL BRING HIM DOWN.

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING YOUR
GLASSES OFF, MRS. MANION?

GEE WHIZ. BARNEY
QUILL DO THAT TO YOU?

MM-HMM. MORE THAN THAT.

YOU SHOULD SEE. ALL OVER.

YOU CAN PUT THEM BACK ON IF
IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR YA.

THIS IS POLLY BIEGLER.
THIS IS THE BUCKO, POLLY.

LIEUTENANT MANION. HELLO THERE.

HI, MANNY. HELLO, LAURA.

UH, MRS. MANION, I
WONDER IF YOU COULD MEET

ME AT MY OFFICE ABOUT
2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

IT'S 305 WEST BARNHAM.

OF COURSE. FINE.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN GET
YOU, HON? I'M ALL RIGHT, HON.

RIGHT IN HERE.

"WANTED." THE BIG TEN.

[Scoffs] THEY GOT THE
TEN BEST-DRESSED DAMES,

THE TEN TOP TEAMS,
THE TEN TOP TUNES...

AND NOW, THE TEN MOST WANTED.

WELL, DON'T KNOCK IT. THAT'S THE AMERICAN
DREAM. THOSE BOYS MADE THE GRADE.

YOU WERE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
AROUND HERE, WEREN'T YOU?

MM-HMM. TEN YEARS.

WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE
AS A DEFENSE LAWYER?

NOT VERY MUCH.

HOW DO I KNOW YOU
CAN HANDLE MY CASE?

WELL, I GUESS YOU DON'T KNOW.

SHALL WE TALK ABOUT IT?

I SUPPOSE SO.

COME ON, LIEUTENANT.
DON'T BE SO BORED.

IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THAT NO
LAWYER CAN HANDLE YOUR CASE,

IF YOU MEAN GETTING
OFF SCOT-FREE.

YOU SEEM TO BE FORGETTING
BARNEY QUILL RAPED MY WIFE.

I HAVE THE UNWRITTEN
LAW ON MY SIDE.

THE UNWRITTEN LAW
IS A MYTH, LIEUTENANT.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS THE UNWRITTEN LAW,

AND ANYONE WHO COMMITS A MURDER
ON THE THEORY THAT IT DOES EXIST...

HAS JUST BOUGHT HIMSELF ROOM
AND BOARD IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY.

MAYBE FOR LIFE.

NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND,

PERHAPS WE CAN PROCEED WITH A FEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT... THAT, UH...

CAN I BORROW YOUR LIGHTER?

WE CAN PROCEED WITH
A FEW QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS THAT MIGHT BE
OF HELP IN YOUR DEFENSE.

BUT PROBABLY WON'T BE.

YEAH. NICE LIGHTER.

- OKAY.
- HOW OLD ARE YOU?

TWENTY-EIGHT. HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE SERVICE?

SINCE '50.

SEEN ANY ACTION? KOREA.

HAVE ANY DECORATIONS? PLENTY.

IS THIS YOUR FIRST MARRIAGE?

NO.

YOU'RE NOT ON THE WITNESS STAND.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER YES OR NO.

JUST GIVE ME THE
MATRIMONIAL RUNDOWN.

- IS THIS NECESSARY?
- I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT.

MY FIRST WIFE DIVORCED ME.

CHARGED CRUELTY. [Chuckles]

EATING CRACKERS IN BED.
YOU KNOW, THE USUAL STUFF.

TRUTH WAS, SHE FOUND
ANOTHER GUY WHEN I WAS IN KOREA.

I MET LAURA FOUR
YEARS AGO IN GEORGIA.

WE WERE MARRIED
RIGHT AFTER HER DIVORCE.

DID YOU KNOW THE HUSBAND?

HE WAS IN MY OUTFIT DOWN THERE.
YOU MEAN YOU WERE BUDDIES?

I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.
THAT'S A LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED.

HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHILDREN BY
OR FROM ANY OF THESE MARRIAGES?

NO. ANY PRESENT PROSPECTS?

NOT UNLESS BARNEY
QUILL STARTED SOMETHING.

WHAT KIND OF A GUN
DID YOU USE ON QUILL?

WAR SOUVENIR. LUGER.
THE POLICE HAVE IT NOW.

I SUPPOSE YOU'VE READ THE NEWSPAPERS?
THE STORIES ABOUT YOUR CASE?

SOME OF THEM. ARE THEY
SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT?

YES. AND YOU DIDN'T SEE QUILL
RAPE AND BEAT YOUR WIFE?

NO. NO.

WHEN SHE GOT BACK,
UH, TO THE TRAILER,

SHE TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

THEN HOW LONG WAS IT BEFORE YOU
WENT OVER TO QUILL'S AND KILLED HIM?

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
MAYBE AN HOUR.

THAT LONG, HUH?

NOW, THE NEWSPAPERS SAY THAT YOUR WIFE
VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?

ONLY WHAT I READ
AND WHAT SHE TOLD ME.

DO YOU KNOW HOW
THE TEST TURNED OUT?

THEY DIDN'T TELL HER. YES, SULO?

POLLY, WE GOT LUNCH SERVED FOR
THE JAIL. YOU WANT TO EAT WITH US?

DOES YOUR SISTER
STILL COOK FOR THE JAIL?

OH, SURE. SHE COOKS. UH-HUH.

WELL, YOU GIVE HER
MY COMPLIMENTS, SULO.

I'VE GOT A LUNCHEON
DATE DOWNTOWN. NICE GO...

I'LL BE BACK AFTER
LUNCH. LOOK, UH...

I'M SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU
A WHILE AGO. NO, YOU'RE NOT.

COME ON, BUCKO.

THANK YOU.

PASS THE SALT, POLLY.

THANK YOU.

DID YOU GIVE THE LIEUTENANT
THE WELL-KNOWN LECTURE?

IF YOU MEAN DID I COACH
HIM INTO A PHONY STORY, NO.

MAYBE YOU'RE TOO PURE, PAUL.

TOO PURE FOR THE NATURAL
IMPURITIES OF THE LAW.

COULD BE THAT YOU OWE THE
LIEUTENANT A CHANCE TO FIND A DEFENSE.

COULD ALSO BE THAT YOU
MIGHT GUIDE HIM A LITTLE,

SHOW HIM THE WAY, AND LET
HIM DECIDE IF HE WANTS TO TAKE IT.

WANT SOME SALT?
NO. I'M NOT READY.

ANYWAY, I'M NOT THE RIGHT
LAWYER FOR THIS FELLOW.

HE'S INSOLENT. HOSTILE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE
HIM. JUST DEFEND HIM.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
DON'T YOU NEED A FEE?

YOU KNOW SOMETHING? I THINK
YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT AFRAID.

AFRAID OF WHAT? THAT
YOU MIGHT GET LICKED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
MORE DEVIOUS THAN A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER,

AND THAT'S AN IRISH LAWYER.

PASS THE SALT.

PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN.

HELLO THERE. I USUALLY
ANSWER TO THE NAME PAUL.

ARE WE GONNA HAVE
SOME MORE JOKES?

NOT UNLESS YOU
WANT TO BE THE COMIC.

OH. I BROUGHT YOU
SOME CIGARETTES.

OH, THANKS. PEACE?

OH, SURE. FINE, FINE.
NOW, LIEUTENANT,

THERE ARE FOUR WAYS
I CAN DEFEND MURDER.

NUMBER ONE, IT WASN'T MURDER.
IT WAS SUICIDE OR ACCIDENTAL.

NUMBER TWO, YOU DIDN'T DO IT. NUMBER
THREE, YOU WERE LEGALLY JUSTIFIED,

LIKE THE PROTECTION OF
YOUR HOME OR SELF-DEFENSE.

NUMBER FOUR, THE
KILLING WAS EXCUSABLE.

WHERE DO I FIT INTO
THIS ROSY PICTURE?

I'LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU DON'T FIT.
YOU DON'T FIT IN ANY OF THE FIRST THREE.

WHY? WHY WOULDN'T I BE LEGALLY JUSTIFIED
IN KILLING THE MAN WHO RAPED MY WIFE?

TIME ELEMENT. IF
YOU'D CAUGHT HIM IN THE

ACT, THE SHOOTING
MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED,

BUT YOU DIDN'T CATCH HIM.

YOU HAD TIME TO BRING IN THE
POLICE, AND YOU DIDN'T DO THAT, EITHER.

YOU'RE GUILTY OF MURDER,
PREMEDITATED AND WITH VENGEANCE.

THAT'S FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER IN ANY COURT OF LAW.

ARE YOU TELLING
ME TO PLEAD GUILTY?

WHEN I ADVISE YOU TO
COP OUT, YOU'LL KNOW.

"COP OUT"? THAT'S PLEAD
GUILTY AND ASK FOR MERCY.

IF YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME TO COP
OUT, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME TO DO?

I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING. I JUST WANT
YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

- GO ON.
- GO ON WITH WHAT?

WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'RE GETTING AT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
VERY BRIGHT, LIEUTENANT.

NOW LET'S SEE HOW
REALLY BRIGHT YOU CAN BE.

WELL... I'M WORKING AT IT.

ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE
YOUR WIFE WAS RAPED,

YOU'LL HAVE A FAVORABLE
ATMOSPHERE IN THE COURTROOM.

THE SYMPATHY WILL BE WITH
YOU, IF ALL THE FACTS ARE TRUE.

WHAT YOU NEED IS A
LEGAL PEG SO THAT THE JURY

CAN HANG UP THEIR
SYMPATHY IN YOUR BEHALF.

YOU FOLLOW ME? MM-HMM.

WHAT'S YOUR LEGAL
EXCUSE, LIEUTENANT?

WHAT'S YOUR LEGAL EXCUSE
FOR KILLING BARNEY QUILL?

NOT JUSTIFICATION, HUH?

NOT JUSTIFICATION.

EXCUSE.

J-JUST EXCUSE.

WHAT EXCUSES ARE THERE?

HOW SHOULD I KNOW? YOU'RE
THE ONE THAT PLUGGED QUILL.

- I MUST'VE BEEN MAD.
- HOW'S THAT?

I SAID I MUST'VE BEEN MAD.

A BAD TEMPER'S NO EXCUSE.

WELL, I MEAN, UH... I... I
MUST'VE BEEN CRAZY.

AM I GETTING WARMER?

OKAY, SULO. PAUL?

AM I GETTING WARMER?

I'LL TELL YOU THAT AFTER
I TALK TO YOUR WIFE.

IN THE MEANTIME, SEE IF YOU CAN
REMEMBER JUST HOW CRAZY YOU WERE.

[Typewriter Keys Tapping]
MRS. MANION HERE YET?

SHE'S BEEN WAITING
QUITE A WHILE.

SHE'S BEEN THROUGH ALL YOUR
ALBUMS FROM DIXIELAND TO BRUBECK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF HER? SOFT, EASY.

THE KIND MEN LIKE TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND DO. DID YOU
GET ANY MONEY? HUH?

MONEY! OH. OH, NO. I HAVEN'T
DECIDED TO TAKE THE CASE YET.

[Keys Tapping] YOU KNOW,
YOU SURPRISE ME SOMETIMES.

WHY? I'VE BEEN AROUND.

YEAH, WELL...

♪♪ [Loud Dixieland Jazz] HI.

HI.

I, UH... ♪♪ [Stops]

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I
THINK WE'D BETTER TALK.

YOU'RE A FUNNY KIND OF A LAWYER.

THE MUSIC, I MEAN. AREN'T
LAWYERS SUPPOSED TO LIKE MUSIC?

WELL, NOT THAT KIND OF MUSIC.

WELL, I GUESS THAT SETTLES
IT. I'M A FUNNY KIND OF LAWYER.

WHERE'S YOUR HOME, MRS.
MANION? WHERE'D YOU GO TO SCHOOL?

WHERE'D YOU LIVE WHEN YOU WERE
GROWING UP? NO PLACE IN PARTICULAR.

WE SORT OF MOVED AROUND. MY FATHER
WAS A BOOMER, CONSTRUCTION BOOMER.

BUILDING DAMS, MOSTLY.
YOU CAN CALL ME LAURA.

IS YOUR FAMILY STILL
ALIVE, LAURA? NO.

I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE SOME
CIGARETTES AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE.

DO YOU WANT A CIGARETTE?
NO, I WANTED TO OFFER YOU ONE.

- YOU COULD LIGHT IT FOR ME.
- OH, YES.

HERE.

THAT'S JUST LIKE YOUR
HUSBAND'S, ISN'T IT? MM-HMM.

HE GAVE ME THIS BECAUSE
I LIKED THE ONE HE HAD.

HE'S LIKE THAT. HE GIVES
ME PRESENTS ALL THE TIME.

DO YOU HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE?

YES.

WHAT WENT WRONG
WITH THE FIRST MARRIAGE?

WELL, WHAT WENT WRONG
IS WHEN I WENT FOR MANNY.

WELL, THAT'S HONEST ENOUGH.

IT WAS MORE THAN JUST THAT. LIKE I
TOLD YOU, I GREW UP ON THE MOVE,

AND JACK... THAT WAS
MY FIRST HUSBAND...

JACK DIDN'T LIKE TO MOVE. HE WOULDN'T EVEN
TAKE A TRANSFER WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE.

I WAS REALLY BORED.

MANNY LIKES TO GO. WE'RE ALWAYS
GOING, WHENEVER WE GET THE CHANCE.

WE'VE BEEN ALL
OVER. I'M THIRSTY.

WATER? OR WOULD A BEER DO?

I THINK A BEER WOULD DO FINE.

MAIDA, BRING ME A
BOTTLE OF BEER, WILL YOU?

ARE YOU MARRIED? NO.

THAT'S NICE.

WHAT DO YOU DO ALONE IN THIS
HOUSE IF YOU AREN'T MARRIED?

WELL, IT'S THE FAMILY HOME.
I'M THE LAST OF THE FAMILY.

THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU.

AREN'T YOU HAVING ONE?
NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. THANKS.

THERE YOU ARE. [Dog Whines]

OH, COULD MUFF HAVE A LITTLE? IN
THAT ASHTRAY, MAYBE. HE LOVES BEER.

YOU WANT A BEER
FOR THE DOG? MM-HMM.

HERE WE ARE.

HE'LL GO TO SLEEP NOW.

ISN'T HE CUTE? YEAH.

WELL, HOW ABOUT
IT? ARE YOU READY?

I MEAN, ARE YOU READY
TO TELL ME THE STORY?

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

YEAH. WELL, NOW, SUPPOSE YOU TELL ME
EVERYTHING YOU TOLD THE STATE POLICE...

PLUS EVERYTHING YOU
DIDN'T TELL THE STATE POLICE.

WHERE SHALL I BEGIN? WHAT TIME
DID YOU LEAVE FOR QUILL'S BAR?

RIGHT AFTER DINNER.
ABOUT 8:30, I GUESS.

MANNY WAS LATE GETTING
HOME FROM THE FIRING RANGE,

SO WE HAD DINNER AND HE
LAID DOWN AND WENT TO SLEEP.

I HADN'T BEEN OUT OF THE
TRAILER ALMOST ALL DAY,

SO I TOOK MUFF AND A FLASHLIGHT
AND WALKED OVER TO THE BAR.

I BOUGHT A DRINK AND PLAYED THE
PINBALL MACHINE. MANY PEOPLE IN THE BAR?

NOT MANY. BARNEY CAME OVER
AND CHALLENGED ME TO A GAME.

FOR DRINKS, YOU KNOW. HOW
WELL DID YOU KNOW BARNEY?

WELL, HE OWNED THIS BAR WHERE
MANNY AND I WENT SOMETIMES. THAT'S ALL.

HAD HE EVER MADE A PASS AT
YOU? NO. NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL.

WAS HE DRINKING
HEAVILY THAT NIGHT?

HE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE. AT LEAST
NOT WHEN WE WERE PLAYING PINBALL.

WERE YOU WITH HIM THE
WHOLE TIME YOU WERE THERE?

OH, NO. THERE WERE
OTHER PEOPLE PLAYING TOO.

WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE BAR?

OH, ABOUT 11:00, I GUESS.

I LEFT BY THE SIDE DOOR. MUFF
WAS CARRYING THE FLASHLIGHT.

HE CARRIES IT IN HIS MOUTH.

HE'S SO CUTE RUNNING ALONG AHEAD
WITH THE LIGHT SHINING. WAS HE SOBER?

MUFF? OF COURSE HE WAS SOBER.
OH, YOU'RE JOKING NOW, AREN'T YOU!

YES, I'M JOKING. UH, GO ON.

WELL, BARNEY CAME FROM
SOMEWHERE. NOT THE DOOR I LEFT BY.

AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING MY
WAY AND HE COULD DRIVE ME HOME.

HE SAID THE BEARS HAD BEEN PROWLING AROUND
THAT NIGHT AND I OUGHTN'T TO WALK HOME.

THE BEARS COME OUT OF THE WOODS AT NIGHT
TO SCAVENGE. THEY'RE HARMLESS, AREN'T THEY?

YEAH. I SUPPOSE I WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN AFRAID IN

THE DAYLIGHT. WELL,
THE DARK ISN'T THE SAME.

YES, I KNOW. NOW, YOU
GOT INTO BARNEY'S CAR.

I GOT IN AND HE DROVE STRAIGHT TO
THE TRAILER PARK. HE MADE OVERTURES?

NO, NOTHING. WHEN WE
GOT TO THE TRAILER PARK,

THE AUTO GATE WAS CLOSED.

MR. LEMON CLOSES IT ABOUT
11:00 OR A LITTLE AFTER.

SO I THANKED BARNEY AND
STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR,

BUT HE SAID THAT THERE
WASN'T ANY NEED FOR ME TO WALK,

THAT HE COULD DRIVE ME INTO
THE PARK ON ANOTHER ROAD.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER ROAD, BUT
HE DROVE ON BEFORE I COULD SAY YES OR NO.

WERE YOU ALARMED? NO.

I'M NOT USUALLY AFRAID OF MEN.

AND ANYWAY, HE HADN'T TOUCHED
ME OR SAID ANYTHING OUT OF THE WAY.

WELL, DOESN'T A WOMAN SORT OF INSTINCTIVELY
KNOW WHEN A FELLOW'S ON THE MAKE?

OH, SURE. BUT THAT'S
ONLY USUAL WITH ME.

WITH MEN, ALMOST ALL
MEN. EVER SINCE I WAS A KID.

YOU, FOR INSTANCE.
YOU'RE INTERESTED.

BUT THERE ISN'T ANY
REASON TO BE AFRAID OF YOU.

IT WAS LIKE THAT WITH BARNEY.

MRS. MANION, BELIEVE
ME, I'M NOT IN THE LEAST...

CALL ME LAURA.

UH, LAURA.

I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN HELPING
YOUR HUSBAND. NOTHING MORE.

OH, I DON'T MEAN
YOU'D TRY ANYTHING.

I JUST MEAN IT'S... IT'S
THE WAY YOU LOOK AT ME.

WELL, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT
NOT TO LOOK AT YOU.

OH, THE WAY I DRESS, YOU
MEAN? YOU DON'T LIKE IT?

I LOVE IT. I JUST LOVE IT.

NOW, WE'D BETTER KEEP
MOVING ALONG WITH THIS THING.

NOW, UH, HOW WERE
YOU DRESSED THAT NIGHT?

OH, IN A SWEATER
LIKE THIS AND A SKIRT.

AND THE REST. WHAT ABOUT THAT?

UNDERNEATH?

I HAD ON A SLIP AND
PANTIES AND A BRA.

NO GIRDLE? I DON'T NEED A GIRDLE.
DO YOU THINK I NEED A GIRDLE?

I DON'T KNOW!

I DON'T KNOW. HOW SH...

LOOK, I'M ONLY CONCERNED
WITH A FEW FACTS...

THAT MIGHT BE OF HELP TO ME IN
THE DEFENSE OF YOUR HUSBAND.

THAT'S ALL. WELL,
I DON'T WEAR ONE.

OKAY. NO GIRDLE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NOW, GO ON. WELL, HE TURNED OFF
THE HIGHWAY INTO A LANE IN THE WOODS,

AND HE STOPPED THE CAR
AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS.

AND THEN HE GRABBED
ME, AND HE SAID,

"I'M GONNA RAPE
YOU." JUST LIKE THAT.

DID HE USE THOSE WORDS?
EXACTLY THOSE WORDS.

MUFF BEGAN TO BARK, SO HE
THREW HIM OUT THE WINDOW.

I COULD HEAR LITTLE MUFFY WHINING
OUTSIDE THE CAR ALL THROUGH IT.

BARNEY BEGAN TO
TRY TO GET AT ME,

AND I FOUGHT HIM OFF AS BEST I
COULD, BUT HE WAS TERRIBLY STRONG.

DID YOU CRY OUT? DID YOU SCREAM?

IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH
USE, OUT THERE IN THE WOODS.

HE BEGAN TO SHOUT NAMES AT ME LIKE
"ARMY SLUT" AND SOME OTHER NAMES.

AND THEN HE DREW BACK
AND HIT ME WITH HIS FIST.

HE HIT ME AGAIN, AND I
DIDN'T FIGHT ANYMORE.

I MUST'VE BEEN ONLY HALF CONSCIOUS,
BUT I KNOW THAT HE TORE MY PANTIES OFF...

AND DID WHAT HE WANTED.

THE NEWSPAPERS SAID THAT A DOCTOR EXAMINED
YOU, AND HE DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BEEN RAPED.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE DOCTOR THOUGHT.
A WOMAN DOESN'T MISTAKE THESE THINGS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
NOW, GO AHEAD.

WELL, I...

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED THEN. I MUST'VE FAINTED.

BUT THE NEXT THING I
REMEMBER, THE CAR WAS MOVING.

BARNEY WAS DRIVING VERY FAST,
AND HE WAS BREATHING HARD.

AN UGLY, GASPING SOUND.

WE WERE ON THE MAIN
ROAD TO THE TRAILER PARK,

AND HE SWUNG IN BY
THE GATE AND STOPPED.

I OPENED THE DOOR TO
GET OUT. MUFFY JUMPED OUT

FIRST, WITH A LIGHTED
FLASHLIGHT IN HIS MOUTH.

WAIT A MINUTE. I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE'D
THROWN MUFF OUT OF THE CAR IN THE WOODS.

WELL, HE DID, BUT MUFF WAS
IN THE CAR WHEN WE GOT BACK.

HE MUST'VE LET HIM
BACK IN. I DON'T REMEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. YOU OPENED THE
DOOR, AND MUFF GOT OUT FIRST.

BEFORE I COULD GET
OUT, BARNEY GRABBED ME...

AND SAID HE WAS GONNA TEAR ALL
MY CLOTHES OFF AND ATTACK ME AGAIN.

I GOT AWAY AND RAN. I COULD SEE
MUFF AT AN OPENING IN THE FENCE.

HE WAS SCOOTING BACK AND
FORTH WITH THE FLASHLIGHT.

BARNEY CAUGHT ME FROM
BEHIND, AND I FELL TO THE GROUND.

HE FELL ON TOP OF ME AND BEGAN
TO BEAT ME AGAIN WITH HIS FISTS.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.

I SCREAMED, AND SOMEHOW OR
OTHER I GOT TO MY FEET AGAIN AND RAN.

I WENT THROUGH THE OPENING IN
THE FENCE AND FOLLOWED MUFFY.

HE WAS RUNNING
WITH THE FLASHLIGHT.

AND I KEPT FOLLOWING THE LIGHT
UNTIL HE LED ME TO OUR TRAILER.

AND YOU DIDN'T SEE BARNEY AGAIN?

NEVER LAID EYES ON
HIM AGAIN, DEAD OR ALIVE.

WELL, I...

I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW.

I'VE GOT LOTS OF
TIME. ALL YOU WANT.

WHERE CAN I REACH YOU?

I'M STILL IN THUNDER BAY, BUT I CAN
DRIVE DOWN AGAIN IN THE MORNING.

- WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE?
- NO.

THANKS FOR LETTING
ME PLAY THE RECORDS.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
THANKS A LOT. BYE.

WHO'S THAT? THE
LADY IN THE CASE.

OH. AND YOU'RE NOT
GONNA TAKE THE CASE, HUH?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. THAT DEPENDS ON
WHAT MANION HAS TO TELL ME TOMORROW.

HE'S THINKING THINGS OUT.

OH, WELL, THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.

NOW, IF I TAKE THE
CASE, I WANT YOU IN IT.

ME? IN A BIG MURDER CASE?

WHY, POLLY, THE SIGHT
OF THIS WHISKEY DRINKING

OLD MAN AT THE COUNSEL
TABLE WOULD RUIN YOU.

I NEED YOU. DO YOU MEAN THAT?

WHY ELSE WOULD HE SAY IT?

WELL, I'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH
YOU OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM,

BUT NOT IN THE COURTROOM.

WELL, SUIT YOURSELF
ABOUT THAT. EITHER WAY,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO DEPEND ON YOU.

WILL YOU LAY OFF THE BOOZE?

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THAT, POLLY.

WHY DON'T YOU KNOW?

DO YOU THINK I COULD
LAY OFF THE BOOZE?

[Maida] EVER TRIED IT?

TRY IT.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ON
A BIG MURDER CASE.

NOT ONCE IN ALL MY LIFE.

IT'S UP TO YOU, PARN.

WOULD YOU BE AROUND TONIGHT?

YEAH. YEAH. I'LL BE AROUND.

YOU KNOW, MAIDA, DARLIN',

I MIGHT MANAGE IT.

I MIGHT MANAGE TO BE
A REAL LAWYER AGAIN.

FOR A LITTLE WHILE, ANYWAY.

I TRIED REMEMBERING.

THERE WERE STILL
SOME PIECES MISSING.

I REMEMBER...

GOING TO QUILL'S BAR WITH A GUN,

AND I REMEMBER QUILL'S
FACE BEHIND THE BAR.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING
ELSE, NOT EVEN GOING HOME.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER
FIRING THE GUN?

FIVE SHOTS. THAT'S A
LOT OF NOISE TO FORGET.

YEAH, I REMEMBER HEARING SHOTS, BUT
THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE CONNECTED WITH ME.

THEY SEEMED FAR AWAY.

LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE
WAS DOING THE SHOOTING.

LIEUTENANT MANION,
I'LL TAKE YOUR CASE.

WHY, THANKS.
THANKS, MR. BIEGLER.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, THERE'S
THE LITTLE MATTER OF A FEE.

THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S REASONABLE...

OH, SURE, SURE. MORE
THAN REASONABLE.

I'LL HAVE TO PAY YOU
LATER. RIGHT NOW I'M BROKE.

YOU'RE WHAT? I'M
BROKE. I'M FLAT BUSTED.

I DON'T HAVE THREE
DOLLARS, MUCH LESS 3,000.

CAN YOU RAISE IT? OH, YEAH,
AS SOON AS I GET OUTTA JAIL.

BUT, UH, NEXT WEEK'S PAYDAY.

I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU $150.

IF YOU GET ME OFF, I'LL GIVE YOU A
PROMISSORY NOTE FOR THE REST.

SUPPOSE I DON'T GO ALONG WITH
YOU UNLESS YOU PAY ME HALF THE FEE?

WELL, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A
LAWYER THE COURT APPOINTS.

I GOT MY DEFENSE
NOW. RIGHT? INSANITY.

I THINK I'LL STICK AROUND AND
MAKE DAMN SURE YOU GET OFF.

WHERE DO WE START? WE'RE
GONNA NEED A PSYCHIATRIST.

AS MUCH AS NEITHER ONE OF US HAS ANY MONEY,
DO YOU THINK THE ARMY'LL STIR ONE UP?

I KNOW A COLONEL
IN THE PENTAGON.

I'LL WRITE A LETTER.
GOOD. DO THAT. SULO.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING NOW?

I'M GOING TO SEE YOUR
WIFE, FOR ONE THING.

WHY? DIDN'T YOU
SEE HER YESTERDAY?

THAT'S RIGHT. I DID.

SHE'S A VERY PRETTY
WOMAN, YOUR WIFE.

A MAN GETS USED TO THE WAY HIS
WIFE LOOKS. YEAH. I CAN SEE THAT.

I'LL SEE YA.

COME ON IN, POLLY. COME ON IN.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN
HERE SINCE YOU VACATED.

HARDLY RECOGNIZE
THE OLD PLACE, HUH?

MARY DID IT FOR ME. SHE JUST
FINISHED A DECORATOR'S COURSE.

SMART GIRL. VERY
SMART. LOOK AT THIS.

A REAL, GENUINE PICASSO
PRINT. IT'S VERY NICE.

HERE. TRY THIS CHAIR. IT
SORT OF DOES THINGS FOR YOU.

SIT RIGHT DOWN.

[Mechanical Rattling] GREAT, ISN'T IT?
GOOD FOR THE NERVES, THEY SAY.

YEAH. HOW DO YOU SHUT
IT OFF? HERE WE ARE.

FEEL BETTER? I FEEL
ALL SHOOK UP. WHEW!

UH, MITCH. I JUST DROPPED BY TO TELL
YOU I'VE GOT BOTH FEET IN THE MANION CASE.

YOU'RE GOING TO COP
OUT, AREN'T YOU? NO.

THAT'S A MISTAKE. IT'S OPEN
AND SHUT. WELL, MAYBE. WE'LL SEE.

JUDGE MAITLAND IS
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO AGREE TO A
CONTINUANCE UNTIL HE GETS BACK.

IF WE GO WITH THE CASE
NOW, WE'LL HAVE TO TRY...

BEFORE SOME GRAB BAG
JUDGE THEY'LL SEND IN.

ME, I'D RATHER HAVE
MAITLAND. YEAH. SO WOULD I.

BUT THAT'D ALSO MEAN MY
CLIENT WOULD LIE AROUND IN JAIL...

ANOTHER TWO OR THREE
MONTHS BEFORE THE TRIAL.

NOW, IF YOU'LL DROP THE
CHARGE TO MANSLAUGHTER...

SO I CAN GET HIM OUT ON BAIL,
WE'LL AGREE TO A CONTINUANCE.

YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT
IF YOU WERE STILL D.A.

OH, I DON'T KNOW. I MIGHT.

I MIGHT, SINCE A GREAT BIG FAT LIE DETECTOR
TEST HAS GIVEN PROOF TO THE RAPE STORY.

HE'D HAVE THE JURY WITH HIM.
HOW DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE LIE...

BIT, DIDN'T I? YEAH. YOU DID.

ANYWAY, A LIE DETECTOR TEST ISN'T
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE. YOU CAN'T USE IT.

NO, BUT IT CARRIES MORAL WEIGHT.

MITCH, I WOULDN'T SIT
IN THAT CHAIR TOO MUCH.

IT COULD SHAKE A
FELLOW'S BRAINS LOOSE.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

[Dog Barks]

HE REMEMBERS YOU,
PAUL. HE LIKES YOU.

HE LIKES THE BEER
IN MY ICEBOX. [Laughs]

WHAT'S THE OCCASION
TODAY? A BUFFALO HUNT?

I BOUGHT THESE IN ARIZONA
WHEN WE WERE STATIONED THERE.

AREN'T THEY SMART? I THINK THEY'RE
VERY SMART. HERE. WE CAN SIT IN MY CAR.

HERE YOU ARE.

HERE YOU GO, MUFFY.

SEVERAL THINGS
HAVE OCCURRED TO ME.

THE, UH... THE UNDERGARMENTS
THAT BARNEY QUILL TORE OFF.

WHO HAS THEM NOW? THE POLICE?

YOU MEAN MY PANTIES?

ALL RIGHT. YOUR PANTIES.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM SINCE.

I GAVE THE TORN SKIRT
AND SWEATER TO THE POLICE,

AND THEN I WENT WITH THEM UP THAT LANE
INTO THE WOODS TO LOOK FOR THE PANTIES.

BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING
BUT MY GLASSES. YOUR GLASSES?

YOU MEAN YOU WERE WEARING
GLASSES THROUGH ALL THAT?

NO. I HAD THEM IN
A CASE IN MY HAND.

I WEAR THEM FOR READING,
PLAYING PINBALL. THINGS LIKE THAT.

I MUST'VE TRIED TO GET OUT OF
THE CAR AND DROPPED THEM. UH-HUH.

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW THAT YOUR LIE DETECTOR TEST...

TURNED OUT IN YOUR FAVOR.

OF COURSE IT DID. I
COULD'VE TOLD YOU IT WOULD.

YOU WEREN'T WORRIED
ABOUT IT? NO. WHY SHOULD I BE?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT?

SILLY. LIKE YOUR HUSBAND
WATCHING US FROM HIS CELL WINDOW?

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE IT.

DID HE SAY SOMETHING
TO YOU? JUST ENOUGH.

ARE YOU AFRAID OF HIM?

YES.

IS THAT WHY YOU VOLUNTEERED
FOR A LIE DETECTOR TEST? FOR HIM?

YEAH. MMM. DOES HE HAVE
REASON TO BE JEALOUS?

HE WAS JEALOUS EVEN
BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
HOW IT WOULD BE.

IT'S FUNNY THOUGH. HE...
HE LIKES TO SHOW ME OFF.

HE LIKES ME TO
DRESS THE WAY I DO.

AND THEN HE GETS FURIOUS IF A
MAN PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO ME.

I'VE TRIED TO LEAVE
HIM, BUT I CAN'T.

HE BEGS. I GIVE IN.

IF YOU THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN
MY QUESTION, I HAVEN'T.

I HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THEN
I'LL ASK IT AGAIN.

DOES YOUR HUSBAND HAVE
ANY REASON TO BE JEALOUS?

NO. NOT ONCE. NOT EVER.

ALL RIGHT? YOU LIKE
THE PLACE ALL RIGHT?

I WAS JUST LOOKIN'
AT THESE PICTURES.

THAT WAS BARNEY QUILL, WASN'T
IT? THAT'S RIGHT. BARNEY QUILL.

I'M PAUL BIEGLER... I
KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

SEEN YOU AROUND IRON CITY.

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOUR NAME.
PAQUETTE. WE DON'T OPEN UNTIL 5:00.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I CAN WAIT. I
DON'T HAVE THE SHAKES YET. [Chuckles]

YOU WERE ON THE JOB
THAT NIGHT, WEREN'T YOU?

THE NIGHT BARNEY
QUILL WAS KILLED.

LIKE THE NEWSPAPER
SAID, I WAS PRESENT.

YOU WERE THE FELLOW THAT
STOPPED LIEUTENANT MANION OUTSIDE.

THAT'S RIGHT. HE, UH... HE
POINTED THE GUN AT ME AND SAID,

"YOU WANT SOME TOO, BUSTER?" AND YOU
SAID NO, BECAUSE YOUR NAME ISN'T BUSTER.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT,
MR. BIEGLER. NO. THERE WASN'T. I'M SORRY.

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN BARNEY
QUILL WAS KILLED, MR. PAQUETTE?

[Sighs]

I GATHER YOU DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THAT NIGHT, HUH?

THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

HAVE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT
IT IN COURT. WHY NOT NOW?

BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO
NOW. REASON ENOUGH, OKAY?

OKAY.

OKAY. OLD BARNEY, HE WAS KIND OF
A RUGGED CHARACTER, WASN'T HE?

EX-PRIZE FIGHTER, MUSCLE
MAN. FANCY WITH GUNS.

HE PAID HIS DEBTS,
RAN A CLEAN PLACE.

ME, I LIKED HIM. YOU
RUN THE PLACE NOW?

NO, I JUST WORK HERE.
MARY'S RUNNING THINGS.

MARY. WAS THAT BARNEY'S WIFE?

NO. HE WASN'T... HE DIDN'T HAVE
A WIFE. MARY WAS HIS MANAGER.

OH. GEE, WONDER WHO'S
GONNA INHERIT THE PLACE.

MARY, I GUESS. MARY AGAIN, HUH?

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THAT?

YOU MEAN WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH MARY? I DON'T KNOW.

MARY WHAT? PILANT. MARY PILANT.

SHE'S IN THE BACK BOOTH.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT OUR
CUSTOMERS HERE, BUT IF WE DID...

WHICH WE DON'T... THANK YOU.

[Whispers] THAT'S HER.
THAT'S MARY PILANT.

DO YOU KNOW LIEUTENANT MANION'S
WIFE? SURE. I KNOW THE LIEUTENANT TOO.

HE'S A GOOD OFFICER.
SHE'S ALL RIGHT TOO.

FRIENDLY. GOOD KID. [Laughs]

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT IT? KNOCK IT OFF.

I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING. SHE'S A
DISH. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THAT?

YOU WANT THIS LAWYER
TO GET WRONG IDEAS?

WHAT CHANCES HAS THE
LIEUTENANT GOT, MR. McCARTHY?

PRETTY GOOD, I'D SAY, WITH A COUPLE
OF CHARACTER WITNESSES LIKE YOU.

I'D LIKE TO HELP HIM
OUT. I SURE WOULD, BUT

WE'RE MOVING OUT. THE
WHOLE OUTFIT. BERLIN.

OH. UH, TELL ME,
WHO IS THIS BABE...

AT THE HOTEL?

NAME'S MARY PILANT. SHE
WAS QUILL'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WOULD YOU LIKE A
TABLE, SIR? YES, PLEASE.

WILL YOU BE ALONE? I'LL
BE JOINED BY TWO OTHERS.

MAY I TAKE YOUR HAT? WELL,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOW WAS THE MANICURE?

JUST ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANYBODY. I'VE GOT ALL THE DOPE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT A WOMAN
BY THE NAME OF MARY PILANT? EASY.

MARY PILANT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
BEEN THE MISTRESS OF THE LATE B. QUILL.

OH? THE MANICURIST IS IN
FAVOR OF THE MISTRESS THEORY,

BUT THE HAIRDRESSER
IS AGAINST IT.

HOWEVER, THEY BOTH AGREE THAT SOME
SORT OF HANKY-PANKY MUST'VE BEEN GOING ON.

TO BE CONTINUED. MENU?

THANK YOU.

PRETTY, HUH? YES,
SHE'S VERY PRETTY.

WELL, GO ON.

WELL, ANYWAY, THERE'S ONE STORY THAT SAYS
BARNEY'S WILD NIGHT WITH MRS. MANION...

WAS SOMEHOW
TRIGGERED BY MARY PILANT.

SEEMED SHE'D BEEN RUNNING AROUND WITH
SOME SOLDIER, AND BARNEY BLEW HIS STACK.

HE GOT TANKED UP AND
EXPLODED. IS MARY PILANT LOCAL?

NO, SHE'S A CANADIAN. BARNEY BROUGHT
HER IN HERE TO SORT OF DRESS UP THE PLACE,

AND SHE STAYED ON
TO MANAGE IT FOR HIM.

LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DONE ALL RIGHT. BETTER
THAN ALL RIGHT. SHE'S IN FOR THE ESTATE.

OH? SHE DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE A BAD SORT, DOES SHE?

HMM? WHERE? WHAT
DO YOU MEAN, WHERE?

THE PRETTY ONE WITH THE
MENUS. THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE?

UH, MISS PILANT, MAY
I INTRODUCE MYSELF?

I'M PAUL BIEGLER, ATTORNEY
FOR LIEUTENANT MANION.

THIS IS MRS. RUTLEDGE AND
MR. McCARTHY, MY ASSOCIATES.

HOW DO YOU DO? I WONDER IF YOU
COULD SIT WITH US FOR A MINUTE?

YES, I CAN TAKE A
MINUTE. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW
THINGS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WHAT SORT OF
THINGS, MR. BIEGLER?

LIKE WHAT KIND OF A
MAN YOUR EMPLOYER WAS,

MR. QUILL. A VERY NICE MAN.

IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT
HAPPENED WITH LIEUTENANT MANION'S WIFE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
WITH LIEUTENANT MANION'S WIFE,

SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING
FOR ME TO EXPLAIN, IS THERE?

YOUR LOYALTY TO THE DEAD MR. QUILL
IS VERY TOUCHING, MISS PILANT.

BARNEY WAS WELL LIKED HERE
BY EVERYONE, MR. BIEGLER.

IT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF
EVERYONE TO OVERLOOK HIS

LITTLE FAULTS, LIKE
RAPING OTHER MEN'S WIVES.

IF YOU'LL PARDON ME,

THE WAITRESS WILL TAKE YOUR
ORDER WHEN YOU'RE READY.

NICE TO HAVE MET YOU, MR. BIEGLER,
MR. McCARTHY, MRS. RUTLEDGE.

YOU'VE JUST BEEN
GENEROUS, LIEUTENANT.

TEN, TWENTY... [Sulo] MANION.

ANY WORD, LIEUTENANT? YEAH.

THIS. FROM WASHINGTON.

THEY'LL LET A DOCTOR COME TO
TESTIFY, BUT THERE'S A STRING ON IT.

THEY WANT ME TO GO TO AN ARMY
HOSPITAL IN DETROIT FOR AN EXAMINATION.

DOESN'T THE ARMY UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
IN JAIL ON A NON-BAILABLE OFFENSE?

THAT'S IT, AS FAR AS
THE ARMY'S CONCERNED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN GET AROUND
THIS. I'LL TRY AND THINK OF SOMETHING.

LOOK. MY WIFE HASN'T BEEN HERE
FOR TWO DAYS. HAVE YOU SEEN HER?

NO, NOT FOR A WHILE.
WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?

YOU'VE GOT OTHER
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.

I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR
WIFE. I'LL TELL HER YOU MISS HER.

YEAH. YOU TELL HER THAT.

THANKS, SULO. OKAY, POLLY.

I KNOW JUST HOW
YOU FEEL, LIEUTENANT.

I'D BE TEARIN' MY HAIR OUT TOO IF I
HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUTSIDE.

SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
OUTSIDE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
RUNNING AROUND ON THE LOOSE.

[Yells]

NOW, WHAT'S THE
BIG NOISE, BUCKOES?

IT'S ME, DUMMY. I HIT MY
ELBOW ON THIS LOUSY IRON BAR.

OH. YOU WANT SOME
RUBBING ALCOHOL, MAYBE?

NAH. BUT A LITTLE
BOURBON MIGHT HELP.

[Men Laugh] KNOCK IT OFF.
KNOCK IT OFF, BUCKOES.

LET'S FINISH THE
GAME, LIEUTENANT.

♪♪ [Jazz]

♪♪ [Continues]

OH! HEY! WHAT A CRAZY
LAWYER WE'VE GOT.

HIYA, POLLY. THAT'S WHAT
THEY CALL YOU, ISN'T IT? POLLY?

THAT'S A CRAZY NAME
FOR A CRAZY LAWYER!

THANKS FOR LETTING
ME SIT IN, PIE-EYE.

HEY, YOU'RE NOT SPLITTING
THE SCENE, MAN? HUH?

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT CUTTIN'
OUT? NO, I'LL BE BACK.

WELL, HI, POLLY. FELLAS,
THIS IS MANNY'S LAWYER.

HOW ARE YA? SIT DOWN, WON'T YOU?

SORRY, I CAN'T RIGHT NOW. MRS. MANION,
MAY I TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT, OUTSIDE?

"MRS. MANION"? I THOUGHT WE DROPPED
THE FORMALITIES A LONG TIME AGO.

I THINK MAYBE WE'D BETTER PICK
THEM UP AGAIN. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO WITH
YOU. ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

HEY! YOU'RE COMING BACK, AREN'T
YOU? SURE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

SEE YA LATER, PIE-EYE. OKAY.

DID YOU GET MY PHONE
MESSAGE? YEAH, BUT I GOT BUSY.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN
TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND?

I DON'T SEE WHY I HAVE
TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY.

IT'D BE A VERY
GOOD IDEA IF YOU DID.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE
HIM EVERY DAY. OKAY?

NO, NOT OKAY. WHERE'S YOUR CAR?

I CAME WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT.
MINE'S RIGHT OVER HERE.

WAIT A SECOND! I'VE
GOT FRIENDS INSIDE.

FRIENDS OR NO FRIENDS, YOU'RE
GOIN' HOME. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

I'M THE LAWYER TRYING TO BEAT A RAP
FOR YOUR HUSBAND! DO YOU REMEMBER?

WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH...
WAIT. NOW, YOU LISTEN. YOU LISTEN.

UNTIL THIS TRIAL IS OVER, YOU'RE
GONNA BE A MEEK LITTLE HOUSEWIFE...

WITH HORN-RIMMED SPECTACLES, AND YOU'RE
GONNA STAY AWAY FROM MEN AND JUKE JOINTS...

AND BOOZE AND PINBALL MACHINES,

AND YOU'RE GONNA WEAR A
SKIRT AND LOW-HEELED SHOES,

AND YOU'RE GONNA WEAR A
GIRDLE... AND ESPECIALLY A GIRDLE.

LOOK, LAURA, BELIEVE
ME, I DON'T USUALLY

COMPLAIN OF AN
ATTRACTIVE JIGGLE, BUT JUST...

YOU SAVE THAT JIGGLE FOR YOUR HUSBAND TO
LOOK AT, IF AND WHEN I GET HIM OUT OF JAIL!

NOW, COME ON. LET'S GO.

I'M SORRY. I REALLY AM.

I WOULDN'T HURT MANNY'S
CHANCES FOR ANYTHING.

COME ON. COME ON.

IS THIS ABOUT WHERE
BARNEY KNOCKED YOU DOWN?

YEAH. RIGHT OVER HERE.

OVER THERE IS THE
OPENING IN THE FENCE

WHERE MUFFY WAS RUNNING
WITH THE FLASHLIGHT.

WHERE'S YOUR TRAILER?

UP THERE ON THE HILL.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PLACE.

SOMETIMES WHEN MANNY WAS
SLEEPING, I'D COME OUT HERE AND JUST SIT.

I HAD TO GET OUT
OF THAT TRAILER. I

COULDN'T STAND BEING
COOPED UP ALL THE TIME.

I'M... I'M LONELY, PAUL.

I'M AWFUL LONELY.

I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO THAT
ROADHOUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT, YOU KNOW.

MAYBE YOU'RE GETTING IN SOME
GOOD PRACTICE BEING LONELY.

YOU MEAN YOU THINK
MAYBE MANNY WON'T GET OFF?

THAT'LL BE UP TO THE JURY, AND
YOU CAN NEVER TELL ABOUT THEM.

IF HE DIDN'T, IT'D BE
ONE WAY TO END IT.

NO. I DON'T MEAN THAT. I...
I MAY THINK IT SOMETIMES,

BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT IT.

HELLO, SWEETIE. DID YA MISS ME?

OF COURSE YOU MISSED ME.

YOU WANNA COME IN, PAUL?

YOU CAN IF YOU
WANT TO, YOU KNOW.

NO, THANK YOU, LAURA.

I'M SORRY I HAD TO SPOIL
YOUR FUN OVER AT THAT PLACE.

I...

GOOD NIGHT, LAURA. GOOD NIGHT.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE, HEAR YE.

THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY
OF IRON CLIFFS IS NOW IN SESSION.

YOU CAN BE SEATED.

FOR THOSE OF YOU I HAVEN'T
MET, MY NAME IS WEAVER.

I'M FROM DOWNSTATE,
AND I'M SITTING

TEMPORARILY WHILE YOUR
GOOD JUDGE MAITLAND...

IS RECOVERING FROM
A SEVERE ILLNESS.

THERE'S NO NEED, I THINK, TO
DWELL AT LENGTH UPON MY METHODS.

ONE JUDGE IS QUITE LIKE ANOTHER.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCES MAY BE IN
THE STATE OF THEIR DIGESTIONS...

OR THEIR PROCLIVITIES
FOR SLEEPING ON THE BENCH.

FOR MYSELF, I CAN
DIGEST PIG IRON.

AND WHILE I MIGHT APPEAR
TO DOZE OCCASIONALLY,

YOU'LL FIND THAT
I'M EASILY AWAKENED,

PARTICULARLY IF SHAKEN GENTLY BY A
GOOD LAWYER WITH A NICE POINT OF LAW.

WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE
CRIMINAL DOCKET. CASE NUMBER ONE.

THE PEOPLE V. CLARENCE MADIGAN.

BREAKING AND ENTERING
IN THE NIGHTTIME.

WILL THE DEFENDANT
RISE AND COME FORWARD?

THAT'S ME, YOUR HONOR.

"STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COURT OF IRON CLIFFS.

"I, MITCHELL LODWICK,
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,

"COME INTO SAID COUNTY OF IRON CLIFFS
AND GIVE THE COURT TO UNDERSTAND...

"THAT ONE CLARENCE MADIGAN,

"ALIAS 'ONE-SHOT' MADIGAN,
ALIAS 'SMOKY' MADIGAN,

"DID BREAK AND ENTER THE
DWELLING HOUSE OF CASPER KATZ,

AND DID THERE COMMIT THE FELONY
OF LARCENY ON SAID PREMISES."

DOES MR. MADIGAN
HAVE AN ATTORNEY?

OH, NO. A MAN'S GOTTA HAVE MONEY
TO ASK THEM FELLOWS THE TIME OF DAY.

MR. MADIGAN, IF YOU'RE
IMPOVERISHED, IT'S MY DUTY...

TO APPOINT AN ATTORNEY
ON YOUR BEHALF.

OH, I WOULDN'T BOTHER, YOUR
HONOR. I STOLE THE WHISKEY.

I'M GUILTY AS HELL. IT WAS A FULL CASE
OF EXPENSIVE BOURBON, YOUR HONOR.

DID YOU SELL THIS WHISKEY?

OH, NO. I DRANK IT. ALL OF IT?

YOU BET, JUDGE.

ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT WILL BE
NECESSARY TO PUNISH YOU FOR THIS CRIME?

IT WAS WORTH IT, YOUR HONOR.

WELL, I'LL ACCEPT YOUR PLEA OF GUILTY,
MR. MADIGAN. YOU'LL BE SENTENCED LATER.

- YOU MAY NOW RETURN
TO YOUR PLACE.
- THANKS, YOUR HONOR.

CASE NUMBER TWO. THE
PEOPLE V. FREDERICK MANION.

THE CHARGE: MURDER.

PAUL BIEGLER FOR THE DEFENDANT. MY
FORMAL APPEARANCE IS ALREADY ON FILE.

WHICH OF THESE MEN IS
YOUR CLIENT, MR. BIEGLER?

NONE OF THEM, YOUR
HONOR. MR. SHERIFF,

WILL YOU PRODUCE THE PRISONER?

WELL, I'M AFRAID I CAN'T
DO THAT, YOUR HONOR.

PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD
EXPLAIN. I'M NOT CLAIRVOYANT.

THE DEFENDANT IS IN DETROIT BEING
EXAMINED BY A PSYCHIATRIST, YOUR HONOR.

SHOULDN'T THE COURT
HAVE BEEN CONSULTED...

BEFORE THE DEFENDANT WAS
ALLOWED TO LEAVE ITS JURISDICTION?

WELL, YOUR HONOR, WE'RE DEALING
WITH THE ARMY IN THIS MATTER,

AND THIS WAS THE ONLY CRACK THE ARMY WOULD
GIVE US AT ONE OF THEIR PSYCHIATRISTS.

THE COURT WAS NOT PRESENT,
AND IT WAS VERY URGENT...

THAT WE GET THE DEFENDANT
TO THE PSYCHIATRIST.

WHAT DOES THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE PEOPLE SAY TO THIS?

IT WAS DONE WITH MY
KNOWLEDGE, YOUR HONOR.

I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT THIS UPPER PENINSULA
OF OUR FAIR STATE WAS A QUEER PLACE.

IF IT'S CUSTOMARY HERE
TO ALLOW A MAN CHARGED

WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
TO WANDER ABOUT AT WILL,

I DON'T SUPPOSE IT BEHOOVES
AN OUTSIDER TO POINT OUT...

THAT THE LAW MAKES NO PROVISION
FOR SUCH QUAINT LIBERALISM.

YOUR HONOR, THE
DEFENDANT IS IN THE CARE OF

A DEPUTY AND WILL BE
RETURNED THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'LL FORMALLY ARRAIGN
THE DEFENDANT ON HIS RETURN.

FOR THE SAKE OF THE DOCKET, CAN
YOU GIVE ME A CLUE AS TO HIS PLEA?

THE DEFENDANT WILL WAIVE READING
OF THE INFORMATION AND STAND MUTE.

A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
WILL BE ENTERED.

THE CASE OF FREDERICK MANION WILL
BE PLACED FIRST ON THE TRIAL DOCKET.

CAN YOU HURRY IT UP, POLLY?
SOMEBODY TELLS THAT JUDGE...

THE PRISONER WAS LOUNGING
AROUND THE RAILROAD

STATION, HE'LL REALLY
GIVE ME THE WORKS.

JUST TAKE A MINUTE,
SHERIFF. OKAY.

COME ON OVER HERE.

WELL, LIEUTENANT,
HOW'D THINGS TURN OUT?

I WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE.
DID HE TELL YOU THAT?

YEAH. SAID HE'S GONNA
WRITE YOU A LETTER,

BUT I TOOK SOME NOTES ON MY OWN.

DOCTOR'S NAME IS SMITH. SMITH.

ANATOLE RUGBY SMITH OR
LUDWIG VON SMITH, I HOPE.

A NAME LIKE THAT WOULD IMPRESS
THE JURY. JUST PLAIN MATTHEW SMITH.

HE SAID THAT WHEN I SHOT QUILL, I WAS
SUFFERING FROM DISSOCIATIVE REACTION.

DISSOCIATIVE REACTION. SOUNDS
PRETTY GOOD, DOESN'T IT, PARN?

YEAH. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN
PLAIN ENGLISH? IT MEANS I HAD...

AN IRRESISTIBLE
IMPULSE TO SHOOT QUILL.

THAT'S OKAY, ISN'T IT? BUT WHAT DID HE
SAY ABOUT YOUR KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE...

BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG
WHEN YOU SHOT QUILL?

I DON'T THINK HE SAID ANYTHING.
WHY? IS THAT IMPORTANT?

YOU BETTER NOT KEEP THE
SHERIFF WAITING. YOU BETTER GO.

[McCarthy] THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

YOU EVER HEARD OF A MICHIGAN COURT
ACCEPTING IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE AS INSANITY?

NO. MAYBE WE BETTER
SWITCH TO SELF-DEFENSE.

EVEN MITCH LODWICK WOULD
MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF US ON THAT.

[Belches] DAMN STRAWBERRY SODA.

HERE. WANT A PEANUT? NO, THANKS.

WELL, TOMORROW'S SATURDAY.

WE JUST HAVE THE
WEEKEND BEFORE THE TRIAL.

WHEN DO YOU WANT TO START
WORKING? TOMORROW MORNING, EARLY.

[Bell Chiming]

[Rustling]

- POLLY!
- HEY, LISTEN TO THIS, PARN.

NEVER MIND THAT. JUST FIND...

PEOPLE V. DURFEE, 62
MICHIGAN, 486. YEAR 1886.

YEAH, THAT'S IT. I HAVE IT
RIGHT HERE IN THE A.L.R.

LISTEN. "THE RIGHT-AND-WRONG TEST,
THOUGH CONDEMNED AS BEING UNSCIENTIFIC,

IS ADHERED TO BY MOST
OF THE STATES, BUT..."

LISTEN TO THIS "BUT." "BUT THE FACT THAT
ONE ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A CRIME...

"MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE
NATURE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ACT...

AND TO KNOW THAT IT WAS
WRONG, NEVERTHELESS..."

DEAR, SWEET, ENDEARING
WORD, "NEVERTHELESS"!

"NEVERTHELESS, IF HE WAS FORCED
TO ITS EXECUTION BY AN IMPULSE...

"BY AN IMPULSE WHICH HE
WAS POWERLESS TO CONTROL,

HE WILL BE EXCUSED
FROM PUNISHMENT."

WHY, THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
DID ACCEPT IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE, PARN.

THIS IS PRECEDENT! BOY, I THINK
WE GOT AHOLD OF SOMETHING HERE.

GOOD OLD DURFEE, 1886.

HOW ABOUT THAT. GIVE ME A PAD.

BY THE SAINTS, THIS
STRAWBERRY SODA POP IS

BEGINNING TO TASTE LIKE
REAL BOURBON WHISKEY.

WELL, DON'T GET DRUNK YET.
WE'VE GOT TO CONVINCE A JURY...

THAT OUR CLIENT WAS
IRRESISTIBLY IMPULSED.

REMEMBER THAT.

LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.

BEFORE WE PROCEED FURTHER, IT WILL
BE NECESSARY FOR ME TO EXAMINE YOU...

ON YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
TO SIT AS JURORS.

WILL YOU PLEASE REMEMBER
THAT YOU ARE UNDER OATH?

ARE ALL OF YOU CITIZENS?

WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE NOT.

ARE THERE ANY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OR
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AMONG YOU?

[Jury] NO.

ARE ANY OF YOU RELATED BY BLOOD OR
MARRIAGE TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER?

[Jury] NO. SO MUCH
FOR QUALIFICATIONS.

I WILL NOW EXAMINE FOR CAUSE.

DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY
BUSINESS PENDING WITH

THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY, MITCHELL LODWICK?

[Jury] NO.

DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY BUSINESS
PENDING WITH PAUL BIEGLER,

ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE? NO.

ARE ANY OF YOU ACQUAINTED
WITH THE DEFENDANT,

SITTING THERE ON
MR. BIEGLER'S LEFT?

[Jury] NO. WILL
MRS. LAURA MANION,

THE DEFENDANT'S
WIFE PLEASE STAND?

DO ANY OF YOU KNOW
MRS. MANION? NO.

THANK YOU, MRS. MANION.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.

COUNSEL MAY CHALLENGE
THE JURY FOR CAUSE.

YOUR HONOR, BEFORE
COUNSEL'S CHALLENGE, MAY

I INTRODUCE MR. CLAUDE
DANCER TO THE COURT?

MR. DANCER IS AN ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM LANSING.

BECAUSE OF THE PECULIAR
NATURE OF THIS CASE,

I HAVE REQUESTED THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL...

TO ALLOW MR. DANCER TO
SIT IN WITH THE PROSECUTION.

YOUR REPUTATION
PRECEDES YOU, MR. DANCER.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO
HAVE YOU IN MY COURT.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I'M
SURE IT WILL BE INSTRUCTIVE.

DO ANY OF YOU JURORS
HAVE ANY BUSINESS PENDING...

BEFORE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE? NO.

I MUST APOLOGIZE FOR
MY DISPARAGING REMARKS...

ABOUT THE UPPER
PENINSULA AND ITS CUSTOMS.

I'VE SELDOM SEEN A MURDER JURY
SELECTED AND SWORN IN LESS THAN HALF A DAY.

YOU HAVE WON MY HEART
COMPLETELY, GENTLEMEN.

NOW, MR. DANCER, YOU ASKED FOR
THE RECESS. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

THERE WAS A LITTLE SUGGESTION
I WANTED TO MAKE, YOUR HONOR.

BY ALL MEANS. SINCE THE
DEFENSE PLEA IS INSANITY,

THE PROSECUTION HAS
RETAINED A PSYCHIATRIST.

UNDER THE STATUTE WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO PETITION FOR A MENTAL EXAMINATION...

OF THE DEFENDANT
BY OUR OWN DOCTOR.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
THAT STATUTE, MR. BIEGLER?

UH-HUH. MODERATELY.

I THINK IT WOULD ONLY DELAY
THINGS TO FILE A FORMAL PETITION,

SO WHY DON'T WE GET
TOGETHER AND INFORMALLY

AGREE TO ASK HIS HONOR
FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.

ONLY A DAY OR SO, AND OUR DOCTOR
CAN VISIT WITH THE DEFENDANT.

I THINK IT WOULD SAVE EVERYONE
TIME. DON'T YOU, MR. BIEGLER?

YES, I'M SURE IT WOULD. GOOD.

BUT SUPPOSE YOU JUST FILE
THAT FORMAL PETITION ANYWAY.

OF COURSE, YOU'RE A
LITTLE LATE, AREN'T YA?

OH, MAYBE HIS HONOR
WILL OVERLOOK THAT.

AND THEN, I'D SORT OF
LIKE THE JURY TO SEE...

YOU THINK OUR INSANITY
PLEA HAS SOME MERIT.

THERE REALLY WON'T BE ANY NEED FOR
OUR DOCTOR TO EXAMINE YOUR CLIENT.

NATURALLY, I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING THE
USUAL PROCEDURE. NATURALLY, I'M ALL FOR IT.

DO YOU WISH TO FILE
THE PETITION OR NOT?

YES, YOUR HONOR... IT
WON'T BE NECESSARY.

THAT'S RIGHT, IT
WON'T BE NECESSARY.

SKIRMISH OVER. SHALL WE JOIN
NOW ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE?

THE BODY OF QUILL HAD
SUSTAINED FIVE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

ONE OF THE BULLETS HAD
PASSED THROUGH THE HEART.

DEATH, IN MY OPINION, WAS
ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS,

AND WAS DIRECTLY
CAUSED BY THIS WOUND.

DR. RASCHID, MAY I HAVE YOUR
DETAILED REPORT? CERTAINLY.

I ASK THAT THIS REPORT BE MARKED
PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT ONE FOR IDENTIFICATION.

SO RECEIVED AND MARKED.

THE PEOPLE HAND THE
DEFENSE A COPY OF THE REPORT.

COUNSEL MAY CROSS-EXAMINE.

DR. RASCHID, YOUR PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO
ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF DEATH, WAS IT NOT?

YES. AND YET, I READ IN YOUR
REPORT HERE, THAT YOU CHECKED...

TO DETERMINE WHETHER SPERMATOGENESIS WAS
OCCURRING IN THE BODY AT THE TIME OF DEATH.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. THE PEOPLE CALL THIS
WITNESS ONLY TO SHOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

YOUR HONOR, THE ENTIRE
REPORT WAS OFFERED AS EVIDENCE,

AND THE REPORT CONTAINS THIS
INFORMATION ABOUT SPERMATOGENESIS.

OVERRULED, MR. LODWICK.
THE WITNESS MAY ANSWER.

YES, I MADE THAT
EXAMINATION ON THE DECEASED.

WOULD YOU TELL THE
COURT YOUR FINDINGS?

SPERMATOGENESIS WAS
OCCURRING AT THE TIME OF DEATH.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE DECEASED, IN LIFE,
WAS NOT STERILE. HE COULD PRODUCE CHILDREN.

THAT IS CORRECT. NOW, DOCTOR,

IF A WOMAN SAYS SHE HAS HAD
INTERCOURSE WITH A CERTAIN MAN,

AND THE MAN IS PROVED FERTILE, EVEN THOUGH
NO EVIDENCE IS FOUND IN THE WOMAN'S BODY,

COULD A LAWYER... SAY A
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY...

COULD HE USE THIS AS EVIDENCE
THAT THE WOMAN IS LYING?

YOUR HONOR. I OBJECT TO
THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

WE'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH WHETHER THERE HAVE
BEEN RELATIONS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

YOUR HONOR, AS LONG AS AN EXAMINATION
FOR SPERMATOGENESIS HAS BEEN MADE,

AT LEAST WE'RE ENTITLED TO KNOW
WHY. OVERRULED. YOU MAY ANSWER.

YES. PROSECUTION COULD USE THAT,

THOUGH IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT
BE CONCLUSIVE THAT SHE WAS LYING.

WHY NOT? THERE COULD BE SEVERAL
REASONS THE TEST ON HER WAS NEGATIVE.

THE USE OF A CONTRACEPTIVE,

OR POSSIBLY THERE WAS NO
COMPLETION ON THE PART OF THE MAN.

NOW, ON THIS POSTMORTEM WERE YOU
ALSO ASKED TO DETERMINE WHETHER...

THE DECEASED HAD REACHED A SEXUAL
CLIMAX SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH?

NO, SIR. COULD YOU HAVE
MADE SUCH A DETERMINATION?

OH, YES. SO YOU WERE ONLY
ASKED TO MAKE SUCH EXAMINATION...

AS MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THE PROSECUTION,
NONE THAT MIGHT HELP THE DEFENSE?

I OBJECT, YOUR HONOR. THE
QUESTION IS ARGUMENTATIVE.

COUNSEL IS TRYING TO IMPUGN THE INTENT
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE.

MR. BIEGLER, YOU MUST BE AWARE
THAT THE QUESTION IS IMPROPER.

I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION,
YOUR HONOR, AND APOLOGIZE.

THE QUESTION AND
ANSWER WILL BE STRICKEN,

AND THE JURY WILL DISREGARD
BOTH THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.

NO REDIRECT. THE PEOPLE
NOW CALL LLOYD BURKE.

[Bailiff] WILL THE WITNESS
STEP FORWARD, PLEASE.

[Whispering] HOW CAN A JURY
DISREGARD WHAT IT'S ALREADY HEARD?

THEY CAN'T,
LIEUTENANT. THEY CAN'T.

THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING
BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO. SIT DOWN, PLEASE.

WILL YOU STATE YOUR
PROFESSION, PLEASE, MR. BURKE?

I'M A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
WERE YOU CALLED UPON BY THE POLICE...

TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BODY
OF THE DECEASED BERNARD QUILL...

BEFORE AND AFTER HE WAS
REMOVED FROM THE SCENE OF DEATH?

YES, SIR, I WAS. WERE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE DECEASED MADE BY YOU?

THEY WERE.

THE RECORDER WILL
PLEASE MARK THESE PEOPLE'S

EXHIBIT 2A TO 2D
FOR IDENTIFICATION.

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TENDERED
TO THE DEFENSE FOR EXAMINATION,

AND THE PEOPLE MOVE THEIR
ADMISSION AS EVIDENCE. YOUR WITNESS.

UH, NO QUESTIONS. NO OBJECTIONS.
HE TOOK PICTURES OF ME TOO.

JUST A MINUTE, MR. BURKE.

UH, MR. BURKE,

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
OFFERED AS EVIDENCE,

ARE THEY THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS
YOU TOOK THAT NIGHT?

WHY, UH, NO.

I SUPPOSE THE OTHERS
DIDN'T TURN OUT. IS THAT IT?

ALL MY PICTURES TURN OUT!

[Spectators Laugh] OF
COURSE. I BEG YOUR PARDON.

DID YOU GIVE THE OTHER
PICTURES TO THE POLICE?

- YES, SIR, I DID.
- WELL, WHAT WERE THEY?

WERE THEY SIDE SHOTS, OR A
SHOT OF THE MOON, PERHAPS?

OR A BLACK BEAR
SCAVENGING THE DUMP?

[Spectators Laugh] I OBJECT! I CAN'T SEE
HOW OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS ARE RELEVANT.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN
EVIDENCE WERE INTRODUCED

TO SHOW THE DECEASED
MET WITH A VIOLENT DEATH.

YOUR HONOR, I SHOULD
THINK THAT ANY PHOTOGRAPH

PERTAINING TO THE
CASE WOULD BE RELEVANT.

THE POINT IS GOOD,
MR. BIEGLER. CONTINUE.

WHAT WERE THESE OTHER
PHOTOGRAPHS OF, MR. BURKE?

LIEUTENANT MANION'S WIFE.

YOU MEAN THESE
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED HOW SHE

LOOKED THAT NIGHT AFTER
BARNEY QUILL WAS KILLED?

YES. YOUR HONOR, HOW
SHE LOOKED IS IRRELEVANT.

NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO
CONNECT MRS. MANION'S APPEARANCE...

TO A CHARGE OF
MURDER. [Judge] SUSTAINED.

I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THE PROSECUTION WASN'T
WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE.

NOW, LOOK HERE!

I PROTEST TO THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEY'S PERSISTENT ATTACKS...

ON THE MOTIVES OF
THE PROSECUTION.

THE JURY WILL DISREGARD THE REMARK
MADE BY THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE.

THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE
PROSECUTION HAS NOT ACTED IN GOOD FAITH.

MY APOLOGIES TO THE
PROSECUTION, AND TO THE COURT.

BUT YOUR HONOR, AS LONG
AS PROTESTS ARE BEING MADE,

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
PROTEST MYSELF.

NOW, I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO TAKE ON
THESE TWO LEGAL GIANTS ANY TIME, ANY PLACE,

BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT
OUGHT TO BE ONE AT A TIME.

I DON'T WANT THESE TWO FELLOWS PITCHING
KNUCKLE BALLS AT ME AT THE SAME TIME.

IT SEEMS TO ME YOU'RE BATTING
CLOSE TO A THOUSAND, MR. BIEGLER,

BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

WHICHEVER ATTORNEY
OPENS WITH THE WITNESS,

HE ALONE SHALL CONTINUE WITH THAT
WITNESS UNTIL THE WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
NO MORE QUESTIONS.

NO QUESTIONS.

MY, WE'RE DRAWING WELL,
AREN'T WE? WHERE'S PARNELL?

PARNELL? WHY? ISN'T HE HERE?

NO, HE'S NOT HERE. HE'S NOT IN HIS ROOMING
HOUSE, AND HE HASN'T BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT.

YOU WERE THE LAST TO
SEE HIM. WHERE IS HE?

I PROMISED NOT TO
TELL, SO DON'T ASK ME.

AW, HE HASN'T FALLEN OFF
THE WAGON? NO. HE WAS SOBER.

IS HE GONE SOMEWHERE? HE DID
BORROW MY CAR FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER.

YOUR CAR? THAT WAS SMART! HE
HASN'T DRIVEN A CAR IN 20 YEARS.

HE'LL KILL HIMSELF.
WHERE'S HE GONE?

MY WORD IS MY BOND.

♪♪ [Humming]

GOOD MORNING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[Jury] GOOD MORNING.
YOU MAY PROCEED.

YOUR HONOR, THE, UH...

THE DEFENSE NOTICES A THIRD
PERSON AT THE PROSECUTION'S TABLE.

WE WERE WONDERING IF THE COURT
SHARES OUR CURIOSITY AS TO JUST WHO HE IS.

I WAS ABOUT TO INTRODUCE HIM.

YOUR HONOR, THIS GENTLEMAN
IS DR. W. GREGORY HARCOURT.

DR. HARCOURT IS THE PEOPLE'S
PSYCHIATRIST IN THIS CASE.

WE ASKED THAT DR. HARCOURT BE ALLOWED
TO SIT AT OUR TABLE AS AN OBSERVER.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA HAVE HIM
OBSERVE... THE CONSTELLATION OF TAURUS,

OR THE LIFE AND TIMES
OF A BUMBLEBEE? [Laughter]

TO OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT,
OF COURSE. OH! THAT'S FINE.

THE DEFENSE HAS NO OBJECTION, YOUR
HONOR. I JUST WISH TO EXPRESS MY RELIEF...

THAT THE NEW RECRUIT IS NOT ADDITIONAL
LEGAL REINFORCEMENTS FROM LANSING.

[Spectators Chuckle] [Lodwick]
CALL ALPHONSE PAQUETTE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.

YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE
TESTIMONY YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS CAUSE...

SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

[Paquette] I DO. TAKE
A SEAT, PLEASE.

WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME,
PLEASE. ALPHONSE PAQUETTE.

YOU WORK AT THE THUNDER BAY
INN, DON'T YOU, MR. PAQUETTE?

I'M BARTENDER THERE. WERE YOU WORKING
ON THE NIGHT THAT QUILL WAS SHOT BY MANION?

I WAS. WERE YOU A
WITNESS TO THE SHOOTING?

I WAS. WILL YOU TELL US IN YOUR
OWN WORDS, PLEASE, WHAT HAPPENED?

I WAS AT A TABLE BY THE
DOOR WHEN LT. MANION CAME IN.

DID YOU KNOW LT. MANION BY
SIGHT AND BY NAME? YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD. WELL, HE CAME IN
AND WALKED OVER TO THE BAR...

AND BEGAN TO SHOOT.

HE SHOT BARNEY WHEN HE CAME UP
TO THE BAR, AND WHEN BARNEY FELL,

HE KEPT ON SHOOTING DOWN
AT BARNEY, BEHIND THE BAR.

THEN HE TURNED
AROUND AND WALKED OUT.

WHEN LT. MANION ENTERED THE
BAR HOW DID HE APPEAR TO YOU?

WELL, HE WALKED SLOW.

KIND OF DELIBERATE, I
GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

DID HE SPEAK TO BARNEY
QUILL? NOT A WORD.

JUST WALKED OVER AND
PULLED OUT HIS GUN, AND BANG.

AND THEN HE WALKED OUT. YES.

WHEN HE WALKED OUT,
HOW DID HE APPEAR TO YOU?

HE SEEMED JUST LIKE HE
DID WHEN HE WALKED IN.

LIKE HE WAS A MAILMAN
DELIVERING THE MAIL.

[Lodwick] WHEN LT. MANION WALKED
OUT OF THE BAR, WHAT DID YOU DO?

[Paquette] WELL, IT HAPPENED
SO FAST, I GUESS I WAS STUNNED.

BUT THEN I RAN OUT AFTER
HIM. DID YOU FIND HIM OUTSIDE?

YES, SIR. HE WAS WALKING
AWAY. DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM?

YES, SIR. I SAID, UH, "LIEUTENANT,
YOU'D BETTER NOT RUN AWAY FROM THIS."

DID HE REPLY TO YOU?

HE SAID, "DO YOU WANT
SOME TOO, BUSTER?"

WAS HE POINTING THE GUN AT YOU?

HE WAS HOLDING THE GUN IN MY
DIRECTION, BUT THE MUZZLE WAS LOW.

WHEN HE SAID, "DO YOU
WANT SOME TOO, BUSTER,"

HOW WAS THAT EXPRESSED?

DID HE SHOUT IT?
WAS IT HYSTERICAL?

WAS HE HOARSE? DID HIS
VOICE TREMBLE? NO, SIR.

HE JUST SAID IT COOL AND
HARD AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.

DID HE APPEAR TO YOU,
AS FAR AS YOU COULD TELL,

TO BE IN COMPLETE
POSSESSION OF HIS FACULTIES?

YES, SIR, FAR AS I COULD
TELL. YOUR WITNESS.

MR. PAQUETTE, DID YOU
SEE LAURA MANION, THE

WIFE OF LT. MANION,
IN THE BAR THAT NIGHT?

YOUR HONOR, THERE HE GOES AGAIN.
THIS IS IMMATERIAL AND IRRELEVANT.

YOUR HONOR, I DON'T SEE
WHAT THE PROSECUTION'S

SO JUMPY ABOUT. I HAVEN'T
GONE ANYPLACE YET.

WELL, LET'S SEE WHERE HE'S GOING
BEFORE WE START OBJECTING, MR. LODWICK.

YOU MAY PROCEED, MR. BIEGLER.

DID YOU SEE MRS. MANION
IN THE BAR THAT NIGHT?

SHE WAS THERE. DID BARNEY
QUILL LEAVE THE BAR THAT NIGHT?

YES. DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN HE RETURNED?

I THINK HE CAME BACK
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

FROM WHICH ENTRANCE DID HE COME?
DID HE COME FROM THE LOBBY ENTRANCE...

OR FROM THAT, UH,
OUTSIDE ENTRANCE?

IT WAS FROM THE LOBBY.

- AND HOW DID HE APPEAR
TO YOU AT THAT TIME?
- HOW DO YOU MEAN?

YOU UNDERSTOOD THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

VERY WELL WHEN HE
ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION...

ABOUT LT. MANION'S APPEARANCE.

OH, HE WAS JUST OLD
BARNEY, LIKE USUAL.

YOU MEAN HE WAS JUST
GOOD OLD SOBER, RELIABLE,

GENTLE, SALT-OF-THE-EARTH,
FRIEND-TO-MAN BARNEY? YOUR HONOR!

WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS
THAT? I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

MR. PAQUETTE,

HAD BARNEY CHANGED HIS
CLOTHES SINCE HE LEFT THE BAR?

- I DON'T REMEMBER.
- MIGHT HIS CLOTHING
HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT?

THAT IS, MIGHT HE HAVE
CHANGED HIS CLOTHES?

I COULDN'T SAY. I DIDN'T NOTICE.

WAS BARNEY DRINKING THAT NIGHT?

WELL, HE... HE ALWAYS
HAD A FEW SHOTS...

WHILE HE WAS TALKING
TO THE CUSTOMERS.

- HE WAS FRIENDLY.
- OH, SURE HE WAS. GOOD OLD BARNEY.

HOW MANY SHOTS WOULD YOU
SAY GOOD OLD BARNEY USUALLY HAD?

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
WASN'T HE, IN FACT,

PRETTY LOADED THAT NIGHT,
MR. PAQUETTE? OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

EVEN IF THE DECEASED WAS DEAD
DRUNK, IT'S NO DEFENSE TO THIS CHARGE.

SUSTAINED. I SUGGEST YOU
GET OFF THIS, MR. BIEGLER.

MR. PAQUETTE, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A
MAN WITH AN INSATIABLE PENCHANT FOR WOMEN?

- A WHAT?
- A PENCHANT.

A DESIRE, TASTE, PASSION.

A LADIES' MAN, I GUESS.

OR MAYBE JUST A DAMN
FOOL. [Spectators Laugh]

JUST ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS, MR. PAQUETTE.

THE ATTORNEYS WILL
PROVIDE THE WISECRACKS.

WELL... [Laughs] WHAT ELSE
WOULD YOU CALL A MAN LIKE THAT?

WE CAN'T SEE THE DRIFT
OF THIS, YOUR HONOR.

YOU MEAN YOU DO
SEE, MR. LODWICK.

- YOU MAY ANSWER.
- CAN YOU THINK OF ANOTHER NAME,
MR. PAQUETTE?

WOMAN CHASER. TRY AGAIN.

MASHER?

OH, NOW, COME,
NOW, MR. PAQUETTE.

MASHERS WENT OUT WITH
WHALEBONE CORSETS AND HAIRNETS.

[Spectators Laugh] DID YOU EVER
HEAR THE EXPRESSION "WOLF"?

SURE, I HEARD THAT. IT
JUST SLIPPED MY MIND.

JUST SLIPPED YOUR
MIND. NATURALLY IT WOULD.

CLANKING AROUND IN THERE WITH ALL
THOSE RUSTY OLD MASHERS. [Laughing]

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN A MAN WHO
YOU COULD CALL A WOLF? I'M NOT SURE.

WAS BARNEY QUILL A WOLF,
MR. PAQUETTE? I COULDN'T SAY.

OR WOULDN'T? OBJECTION!

SUSTAINED. THE QUESTION WAS
ANSWERED. HE SAID HE COULDN'T SAY.

MR. PAQUETTE, WHEN BARNEY
RETURNED FROM WHEREVER HE HAD GONE,

DID HE RELIEVE YOU
AT THE BAR? YES.

AND WHAT DID HE SAY TO
YOU? THAT I'LL TAKE OVER.

WHEN YOU CAME OUT FROM
BEHIND THE BAR, WHERE DID YOU GO?

I WENT OVER TO THE TABLE WHERE
THE PEDERSONS WERE SITTING.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU WERE BY
THE DOOR WHEN LT. MANION CAME IN.

IS THAT THE REASON YOU WERE BY THE DOOR,
BECAUSE THE PEDERSONS' TABLE WAS THERE?

YES. UH-HUH. AND HOW LONG
WAS IT BEFORE LT. MANION CAME IN?

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

MAYBE 30 MINUTES. AND YOU REMAINED
AT THE PEDERSONS' TABLE ALL THAT TIME.

YES, THEY'RE FRIENDS OF MINE. IS
THERE ALSO A WINDOW BESIDE THAT TABLE?

I THINK SO. YOU THINK SO.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED
AT THE THUNDER BAY INN?

ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. WELL,
DOES THIS WINDOW BESIDE THE TABLE...

DOES IT SUDDENLY VANISH
AND THEN REAPPEAR...

AND COME AND GO IN
A GHOSTLY FASHION?

IT'S THERE ALL THE
TIME. WHILE YOU WERE

TALKING, DID YOU HAPPEN
TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW?

I MIGHT HAVE. AND WERE YOU
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL?

NO. NO, I WASN'T
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING.

DIDN'T BARNEY QUILL TELL YOU TO GO OVER TO
THAT WINDOW AND WATCH OUT FOR LT. MANION?

[Sighs]

DID HE TELL YOU TO
LOOK OUT FOR LT. MANION?

HE DID NOT.

MR. PAQUETTE, BARNEY WAS
QUITE A MARKSMAN, WASN'T HE?

WITH GUNS. HE'D WON A LOT OF
PRIZES FOR SHOOTING, HADN'T HE?

YES. DID HE KEEP ANY
GUNS BEHIND THE BAR?

WELL, HE MIGHT HAVE.

ISN'T IT A FACT THAT THERE
ARE THREE CONCEALED

PISTOL RACKS BEHIND
THE BAR, MR. PAQUETTE?

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENDANT'S PLEA
IS ONE OF INSANITY, NOT SELF-DEFENSE.

I'M SURE MR. BIEGLER HASN'T
FORGOTTEN THAT FACT, MR. LODWICK.

YOU MAY ANSWER. ARE THERE
CONCEALED GUN RACKS BEHIND THE BAR?

YES. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT THESE GUN RACKS?

I COULDN'T SAY. ISN'T IT A FACT
THAT BARNEY, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,

HE'D TAKE THE GUNS OUT OF THESE
RACKS, AND TWIRLING THEM ON HIS FINGERS,

HE'D DEMONSTRATE HIS
SKILL TO THE PATRONS?

I DON'T REMEMBER. OH, NOW,
COME ON! TRY AND REMEMBER.

DID YOU EVER SEE HIM DO THAT
YOURSELF? ONCE OR TWICE HE DID.

THAT'S ALL, MR. PAQUETTE.
[Lodwick] NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Judge] THE WITNESS MAY STEP
DOWN. CALL GEORGE LEMON.

[Whispering] BIEGLER'S
GOING OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

WHAT'S HE GETTING AT?

[Bailiff Swearing In Witness] I HAVE A
FEELING HE'S AFRAID OF WHAT WE'LL GET AT.

MR. BIEGLER'S PUTTING UP A
SMOKE SCREEN FOR SOME REASON.

I DO. TAKE A SEAT, PLEASE.

WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME,
PLEASE? GEORGE LEMON.

WHAT KIND OF WORK
DO YOU DO, MR. LEMON?

I'M CARETAKER OF THE
TOURIST PARK IN THUNDER BAY.

I SEE THE PLACE IS
CLEAN AND ORDERLY.

I CHECK PEOPLE IN, CHECK 'EM
OUT AND LOCK THE GATE AT NIGHT.

AND WHAT IS YOUR
AUTHORITY FOR THESE DUTIES?

I'M PAID BY MASTODON
TOWNSHIP, AND I'M ALSO

A DEPUTY SHERIFF...
JUST COURTESY, SORT OF.

DID YOU SEE LT. MANION
ON THE NIGHT OF THE 15th?

THE NIGHT BARNEY QUILL
WAS KILLED? YES, SIR.

WILL YOU TELL THE COURT...

ABOUT HOW AND WHEN
YOU SAW LT. MANION?

ABOUT 1:00 A.M., A KNOCK
ON MY DOOR WAKED ME UP.

I WENT TO THE DOOR, AND LT.
MANION WAS STANDING THERE.

HE SAID, "YOU BETTER TAKE ME, MR. LEMON,
BECAUSE I JUST SHOT BARNEY QUILL."

I TOLD HIM TO GO BACK TO HIS TRAILER
AND THAT I WOULD CALL THE STATE POLICE.

HOW DID LT. MANION APPEAR TO
YOU WHEN HE ASKED YOU TO TAKE HIM?

HE SAID WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND DID
WHAT I TOLD HIM. THERE WASN'T ANY FUSS.

DID HE APPEAR TO YOU TO
BE, AS FAR AS YOU COULD TELL,

IN COMPLETE POSSESSION
OF HIS FACULTIES?

AS FAR AS I COULD
TELL, YES, SIR.

TAKE THE WITNESS.

MR. LEMON, DID YOU GO TO
THE MANIONS' TRAILER? YES, SIR.

DID YOU SEE MRS.
MANION AT THE TRAILER?

YES, SIR. WHAT WAS
HER APPEARANCE?

SHE WAS A MESS.
[Spectators Laugh]

OBJECTION. NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED
TO MAKE MRS. MANION'S APPEARANCE RELEVANT.

NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO
MAKE BARNEY QUILL'S APPEARANCE RELEVANT,

BUT YOU DIDN'T OBJECT
TO THE QUESTION THEN.

IS THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT BARNEY
QUILL BATHED AND CHANGED AND COOLED OFF...

AFTER HE RAPED AND BEAT
HELL OUT OF THIS POOR WOMAN?

YOUR HONOR, EVERYBODY IN THIS COURT
IS BEING TRIED EXCEPT FREDERICK MANION!

I MUST PROTEST... NOW, LISTEN, THIS IS A
CROSS-EXAMINATION IN A MURDER CASE!

IT'S NOT A HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE! WHAT
ARE YOU AND DANCER TRYING TO DO?

RAILROAD THIS
SOLDIER INTO THE CLINK?

MR. BIEGLER, YOU ARE AN
EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY,

AND YOU KNOW BETTER THAN
TO MAKE SUCH AN OUTBURST.

I WILL NOT TOLERATE
INTEMPERANCE OF THIS SORT.

IF YOU ONCE AGAIN TRY
THE PATIENCE OF THIS COURT,

I SHALL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT.

SORRY.

YOUR HONOR, I APOLOGIZE,

AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE WITNESS'S ANSWER WILL BE STRICKEN,
AND THE JURY WILL DISREGARD THE ANSWER.

NOW YOU MAY PROCEED,
MR. BIEGLER. YES, SIR.

MR. LEMON,

ON THE NIGHT WHEN LT. MANION
AWAKENED YOU AND TURNED HIMSELF IN,

HAD YOU BEEN AWAKENED BEFORE?

HAD ANYTHING ELSE DISTURBED
YOUR SLUMBERS? NO, SIR.

THERE WERE NO SOLDIERS SINGING?
NO, SIR. NOT IN MY PARK AFTER 10:00.

THERE WERE NO WOMEN SCREAMING? WELL,
THOSE SCREAMS WERE DOWN BY THE GATE.

OBJECTION! OBJECTION!

I SEE NO REASON FOR
OBJECTING YET, MR. LODWICK.

TELL US ABOUT THOSE
SCREAMS, MR. LEMON.

I DIDN'T HEAR 'EM MYSELF. THERE WERE
SOME TOURISTS FROM OHIO IN THE PARK,

AND THEY HEARD 'EM AND TOLD ME
THE NEXT DAY. NOW, MR. LODWICK.

THIS TESTIMONY IS
INCOMPETENT, HEARSAY,

IRRELEVANT, IMMATERIAL,
INCONCLUSIVE...

WELL, THAT'S TOO
MUCH FOR ME. [Laughter]

THE WITNESS IS YOURS,
MR. LODWICK. HUH?

OH, UH, NO QUESTIONS.

WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.

CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS. UM...

DETECTIVE SERGEANT JAMES DURGO.

HI, POLLY. [Whispering]
HI, JIM. COME HERE.

AS SOON AS WE BREAK, YOU'D BETTER
PHONE THAT ARMY PSYCHIATRIST.

TELL HIM TO BE HERE DAY
AFTER TOMORROW. WILL DO.

WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME
WHERE PARNELL HAS GONE?

WON'T DO.

YOU'RE FIRED.

YOU CAN'T FIRE
ME TILL YOU PAY ME.

[Man] DETECTIVE SGT.
JAMES DURGO, STATE POLICE.

[Lodwick] WERE YOU CALLED TO
THUNDER BAY BY DEPUTY SHERIFF LEMON...

ON THE NIGHT THAT BARNEY
QUILL WAS SHOT AND KILLED?

YES, SIR, I WAS. MY
COMPANION OFFICER AND I

WERE THE FIRST TO BE
CALLED IN ON THE CASE.

SGT. DURGO, WHEN YOU ARRIVED AT
THE MANION TRAILER, WHO WAS THERE?

LT. MANION AND HIS
WIFE WERE THERE.

WHAT DID LT. MANION SAY TO YOU?

HE SAID THAT HIS WIFE HAD HAD
SOME TROUBLE WITH BARNEY QUILL.

HE HAD GONE TO THE
TAVERN AND SHOT QUILL.

HE ASKED US WHETHER QUILL WAS
DEAD OR NOT. WE TOLD HIM HE WAS.

HOW DID LT. MANION
TAKE THIS INFORMATION?

HE DIDN'T SEEM SURPRISED. WHAT
DID YOU DO THEN, SGT. DURGO?

I ASKED FOR THE GUN HE'D USED.

DID YOU TAKE LT. MANION TO THE COUNTY
JAIL HERE IN IRON CITY ON THAT SAME NIGHT?

YES, SIR. WE DROVE THE
LIEUTENANT DOWN WITH HIS WIFE.

ON THE DRIVE TO IRON CITY, DID THE
LIEUTENANT TALK FURTHER ABOUT THE SHOOTING?

HE REMARKED THAT IF HE HAD THE WHOLE
THING TO DO OVER AGAIN, HE'D STILL DO IT.

[Lodwick] DURING ALL THIS... AT THE
TRAILER, THE DRIVE TO IRON CITY...

HOW DID LT. MANION
APPEAR TO YOU?

HE WAS VERY QUIET
MOST OF THE TIME.

SEEMED CLEARHEADED. AS FAR AS
YOU COULD TELL, WOULD YOU SAY...

THAT HE WAS IN COMPLETE
POSSESSION OF HIS FACULTIES?

SEEMED SO TO ME. YOUR WITNESS.

SGT. DURGO, YOU TESTIFIED THAT LT. MANION
TOLD YOU THAT HE SHOT BARNEY QUILL...

AFTER HE LEARNED THAT HIS WIFE
HAD HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH QUILL.

NOW, WERE THESE THE WORDS
LT. MANION USED? "SOME TROUBLE"?

NO, SIR. THOSE WERE
MY WORDS, NOT HIS.

AND WAS IT YOUR NOTION TO COME
HERE AND USE YOUR OWN WORDS?

NO, SIR. IT WAS NOT.

WAS THE SUGGESTION
TO CALL IT "SOME TROUBLE"

MADE BY SOMEBODY
HERE IN THIS COURTROOM?

YES, SIR, IT WAS.

ALL RIGHT, SERGEANT.
WOULD YOU TELL THE COURT...

WHAT WORDS LT.
MANION ACTUALLY USED...

TO DESCRIBE THE
TROUBLE HIS WIFE HAD HAD?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE.

THIS INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE
RELEVANT TO ANY ISSUES BEFORE THE COURT.

THIS STATEMENT
CONCERNING SOME TROUBLE...

WAS BROUGHT OUT DURING THE
DIRECT EXAMINATION OF SGT. DURGO.

UP TO NOW YOU'VE
ADROITLY RESTRICTED ALL

TESTIMONY AS FAR AS
LAURA MANION'S CONCERNED.

ALL RIGHT. THE CAT'S OUT OF THE
BAG. IT'S FAIR GAME FOR ME TO CHASE IT.

THIS IS A SORE POINT, MR. BIEGLER,
AND IT'S GETTING SORER.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM
THE PROSECUTION.

THE BURDEN IS ON
THE DEFENSE TO PROVE

TEMPORARY INSANITY AT
THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

NOW, IF THE REASON FOR THE ALLEGED
INSANITY IS IMPORTANT TO THIS CASE,

THEN THAT IS A MATTER
FOR A COMPETENT WITNESS,

AN EXPERT ON THE
SUBJECT OF THE HUMAN MIND.

WHAT THE DEFENSE
IS TRYING TO DO...

IS INTRODUCE SOME
SENSATIONAL MATERIAL...

FOR THE PURPOSES OF
OBSCURING THE REAL ISSUES.

YOUR HONOR, HOW CAN THE JURY ACCURATELY
ESTIMATE THE TESTIMONY BEING GIVEN HERE...

UNLESS THEY FIRST KNOW THE
REASON BEHIND THIS WHOLE TRIAL...

WHY LT. MANION
SHOT BARNEY QUILL?

THE PROSECUTION WOULD LIKE TO
SEPARATE THE MOTIVE FROM THE ACT.

WELL, THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO TAKE THE CORE
FROM AN APPLE WITHOUT BREAKING THE SKIN.

THE CORE OF OUR DEFENSE IS THAT
THE DEFENDANT'S TEMPORARY INSANITY...

WAS TRIGGERED BY THE SO-CALLED
TROUBLE WITH BARNEY QUILL.

AND I BEG THE COURT...

I BEG THE COURT TO LET
ME CUT INTO THE APPLE.

OUR OBJECTION STILL
STANDS, YOUR HONOR.

OBJECTION OVERRULED.

[Spectators Murmuring]

SGT. DURGO, TELL THE COURT...

HOW LT. MANION DESCRIBED THE
TROUBLE HIS WIFE HAD WITH BARNEY QUILL.

HE TOLD US THAT QUILL
HAD RAPED HIS WIFE.

NOW, CAN YOU RECALL GENERALLY WHAT
LT. MANION TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS RAPE?

YES, SIR. HE SAID HE'D BEEN
ASLEEP SINCE RIGHT AFTER DINNER.

HE WAS WAKED UP BY SOME
NOISE. SCREAMS, HE THOUGHT.

HE GOT UP, OPENED THE
TRAILER DOOR AND WENT OUTSIDE.

HIS WIFE CAME RUNNING OUT OF
THE DARK AND FELL INTO HIS ARMS.

YOU SAW HIS WIFE IN THE
TRAILER. HOW'D SHE LOOK?

SHE WAS A LITTLE HYSTERICAL.
SHE'D BEEN PRETTY BADLY BEATEN UP.

SHE HAD BIG BLACK BRUISES
OVER HER FACE AND HER ARMS.

DID MRS. MANION TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS RAPE AND BEATING? SHE DID.

AND DID SHE TAKE YOU TO THE PLACE WHERE IT
HAD HAPPENED? YES, SIR. THE NEXT MORNING.

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING? ANY
EVIDENCE PERTAINING TO THE STORY...

THAT MRS. MANION HAD TOLD YOU?

ON THE LANE IN THE WOODS WE FOUND
SOME TIRE TRACKS AND SOME DOG TRACKS...

AND A LEATHER CASE WITH SOME
HORN-RIMMED GLASSES INSIDE.

WE ALSO LOOKED FOR...

A CERTAIN UNDERGARMENT OF
MRS. MANION'S, BUT WE DIDN'T FIND IT.

WILL THE ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH
SIDES APPROACH THE BENCH, PLEASE.

[Whispering] MR. BIEGLER, YOU
FINALLY GOT YOUR RAPE INTO THE CASE,

AND I THINK ALL THE DETAILS SHOULD
NOW BE MADE CLEAR TO THE JURY.

DO YOU AGREE,
MR. LODWICK? ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE UNDERGARMENT
JUST REFERRED TO? PANTIES, YOUR HONOR.

DO YOU EXPECT THIS SUBJECT
TO COME UP AGAIN? YES, SIR.

THERE'S A CERTAIN LIGHT CONNOTATION
ATTACHED TO THE WORD "PANTIES."

CAN WE FIND ANOTHER
NAME FOR THEM?

I NEVER HEARD MY WIFE CALL
'EM ANYTHING ELSE. MR. BIEGLER?

I'M A BACHELOR, YOUR HONOR.
THAT'S A GREAT HELP. MR. DANCER?

WHEN I WAS OVERSEAS DURING THE WAR,
YOUR HONOR, I LEARNED A FRENCH WORD.

I'M AFRAID THAT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY
SUGGESTIVE. MOST FRENCH WORDS ARE.

ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.
BACK TO YOUR PLACES.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JURY, BUT
MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THE SPECTATORS,

THE UNDERGARMENT REFERRED TO
IN THE TESTIMONY WAS, TO BE EXACT,

MRS. MANION'S PANTIES.

[Spectators Laughing]

I WANTED YOU TO GET YOUR
SNICKERING OVER AND DONE WITH.

THIS PAIR OF PANTIES WILL BE MENTIONED
AGAIN IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL,

AND WHEN IT HAPPENS,
THERE WILL NOT BE ONE LAUGH,

ONE SNICKER, ONE GIGGLE,

OR EVEN ONE SMIRK
IN MY COURTROOM.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING COMIC
ABOUT A PAIR OF PANTIES...

WHICH FIGURE IN THE
VIOLENT DEATH OF ONE MAN...

AND THE POSSIBLE
INCARCERATION OF ANOTHER.

PROCEED, MR. BIEGLER.

DID YOU GIVE MRS. MANION A
LIE DETECTOR TEST? OBJECTION.

A POLYGRAPH TEST IS INADMISSIBLE
EVIDENCE IN OUR COURTS.

I ONLY ASKED IF HE GAVE THE
TEST. I DIDN'T ASK THE RESULTS.

[Judge] HE MAY ANSWER THAT.

I GAVE HER A LIE DETECTOR
TEST AT HER REQUEST.

AFTER ALL THIS INVESTIGATION,
DID YOU BELIEVE MRS. MANION? I DID.

EVEN AFTER THE LIE DETECTOR
TEST? YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

IT CONSTITUTES FLAGRANT,
SNEAKING SUBTERFUGE

ON THE PART OF THE
DEFENSE COUNSEL!

OBJECTION SUSTAINED. LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

A POLYGRAPH OR LIE DETECTOR
TEST IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE...

BECAUSE NO ONE HAS
EVER BEEN QUITE SURE...

THAT SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T LIE TO
A LIE DETECTOR AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

GO AHEAD, MR. BIEGLER. IN ANY
CASE, SGT. DURGO, YOU, YOURSELF,

IN YOUR OWN HEART AND MIND ARE QUITE
CONVINCED OF MRS. MANION'S HONESTY.

YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL.

JUST A MOMENT. [Whispering]

YES, OF COURSE.

SGT. DURGO, DID YOU LOOK FOR THE PANTIES
ELSEWHERE THAN THE LANE IN THE WOODS?

WE LOOKED IN BARNEY QUILL'S
CAR AND IN HIS ROOM IN THE HOTEL.

WE DIDN'T FIND THE PANTIES.

DO YOU KNOW WHY MRS. MANION
REQUESTED A LIE DETECTOR TEST?

I KNOW WHAT SHE
SAID. WHAT WAS THAT?

SHE SAID SHE WANTED
EVERYBODY TO BELIEVE HER

STORY, BECAUSE IT
WOULD HELP HER HUSBAND.

WAS THAT THE ONLY
REASON SHE GAVE?

SHE SAID SHE'D SWORN TO HER HUSBAND. SHE
WANTED EVERYBODY ELSE TO BELIEVE IT TOO.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE, YOUR HONOR.

ASK HIM IN WHAT
MANNER SHE SWORE.

DID MRS. MANION SAY HOW SHE
HAD SWORN TO HER HUSBAND?

YES, SIR. SHE SAID SHE'D
SWORN ON A ROSARY.

SERGEANT, THIS LANE IN THE WOODS.
WHAT'S IT USED FOR? WHERE DOES IT GO?

USED TO BE A LOGGING ROAD.
DOESN'T GO ANY PLACE. JUST STOPS.

WHO USES IT NOW?

I THINK IT'S A ROAD KIDS DRIVE DOWN
TO PARK. YOU MEAN IT'S A LOVERS' LANE.

I THINK SO. YES, SIR. THE
WITNESS IS YOURS, MR. BIEGLER.

NO MORE QUESTIONS. [Judge]
THE WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.

IN VIEW OF THE EVIDENCE CONCERNING RAPE
WHICH YOUR HONOR HAS RULED ADMISSIBLE,

THE PROSECUTION ASKS FOR A 30-MINUTE
RECESS IN ORDER THAT WE MAY BRING IN...

ANOTHER WITNESS WHOM WE
HAD NOT ANTICIPATED USING.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A
30-MINUTE RECESS. RECESS.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THAT ROSARY?

WE FORGOT IT.

WE DIDN'T FORGET IT. MANNY SAID
MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T TELL THAT AGAIN.

IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING
ELSE. LIKE I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER.

HOW MUCH MORE
DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

EVERYTHING ELSE. WE
TOLD YOU EVERYTHING ELSE.

IS THAT RIGHT, LAURA?

OH, YES. EVERYTHING ELSE.

ALL RIGHT. NOW,
GET THIS, BOTH OF YA.

WHEN YOU GET UP ON THAT STAND,
I WANT YOU TO TELL THE TRUTH.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL
ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

DON'T TRY AND LIE. DON'T TRY AND CONCEAL
ANYTHING, OR YOU'LL GET SKINNED ALIVE.

THIS FELLOW DANCER'S
GONNA MOVE IN.

DR. DOMPIERRE, DID YOU HAVE
OCCASION TO COME TO THE COUNTY JAIL...

ON THE NIGHT OF
AUGUST 15 OF THIS YEAR?

I DID. WHO CALLED
YOU TO THE JAIL?

THE POLICE AUTHORITIES.
WHAT DID THEY WANT YOU TO DO?

THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE A TEST
FOR THE PRESENCE OF SPERM...

ON THE PERSON OF A
MRS. FREDERICK MANION.

I MADE THE TEST. IN MAKING THIS
TEST, WHAT WAS YOUR CONCLUSION?

NEGATIVE. THERE WAS NONE.
YOUR WITNESS, MR. BIEGLER.

DOCTOR, IN MAKING THESE TESTS, DID YOU
NOTICE ANY BRUISES OR MARKS ON MRS. MANION?

I DID. WERE YOU ASKED TO
DETERMINE THE REASON...

FOR THESE BRUISES? I WAS NOT.

WHERE DID YOU DO THE LABORATORY
WORK ON YOUR TEST FOR SPERM?

SAINT MARGARET'S
HOSPITAL IN THIS CITY.

WHO WORKED UP
THE SLIDES FOR YOU?

A TECHNICIAN AT THE HOSPITAL.

WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN BETTER
TO HAVE THESE SLIDES WORKED UP...

BY A PATHOLOGIST OR
AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD?

YES. BUT THE POLICE
WERE IN A HURRY,

AND I HAPPENED TO KNOW THIS YOUNG
FELLOW CAME ON AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING.

WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY
BETTER TO WAIT FOR THE EXPERT...

IF THE POSSIBLE QUESTION
OF RAPE HUNG ON THE RESULT?

- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
- DOCTOR, IN THE NEWSPAPER...

ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 16, IT WAS
STATED THAT YOU FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF RAPE.

- IS THAT TRUE?
- IT IS NOT TRUE. I MADE NO SUCH STATEMENT.

BUT DID YOU FORM AN OPINION AS TO
WHETHER MRS. MANION HAD BEEN RAPED?

NO. WHY DIDN'T YOU
FORM AN OPINION?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF A MATURE,
MARRIED WOMAN HAS BEEN RAPED.

THAT'S ALL. DOCTOR,

DID YOU HAVE AN OPINION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT

SHE'D HAD ANY RECENT
RELATIONS WITH A MAN?

INSOFAR AS NO SPERM WAS PRESENT,

IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT SHE HAD
HAD RECENT RELATIONS WITH A MAN.

THAT'S ALL. JUST ONE
MORE QUESTION, DOCTOR.

THE FACT THAT NO EVIDENCE
WAS PRESENT IN HER BODY...

DOES NOT MEAN THAT SHE
WAS NOT RAPED, DOES IT? NO.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
CONSTITUTES RAPE UNDER THE LAW?

YES, SIR. VIOLATION IS
SUFFICIENT FOR RAPE.

THERE NEED NOT BE A COMPLETION.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. [Judge]
THE WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.

THE PEOPLE RECALL ALPHONSE
PAQUETTE TO THE STAND.

YOUR HONOR, SINCE COUNSEL FOR THE
DEFENSE HAS FORCED THE QUESTION OF RAPE,

IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO TAKE THIS
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM MR. PAQUETTE.

YOU'RE STILL UNDER
OATH, MR. PAQUETTE.

MR. PAQUETTE,

WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MRS. MANION,
SEATED THERE BEHIND THE DEFENSE TABLE?

WAS SHE DRESSED IN THIS MANNER
ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING?

NAH. HOW WAS SHE DRESSED?

SHE HAD ON A REAL TIGHT SKIRT
AND SWEATER KIND OF THING.

SORT OF GLUED ON. SHE WAS WEARING
A PAIR OF RED SHOES WITH HIGH HEELS.

WAS SHE WEARING HOSE?
NO. SHE WAS BARE LEGGED.

WAS SHE WEARING A HAT? NO.

MR. PAQUETTE, WHAT KIND OF HAIR
DOES MRS. MANION HAVE UNDER THAT HAT?

WE'D BE VERY HAPPY TO SHOW
THE COURT MRS. MANION'S HAIR.

MRS. MANION, WOULD YOU
TAKE OFF YOUR HAT, PLEASE?

[Spectators Gasp]

THANK YOU, MR. BIEGLER.

MR. PAQUETTE, WAS SHE
WEARING GLASSES THAT NIGHT?

I THINK SHE WAS WHEN
SHE PLAYED PINBALL.

CONSIDERING THE TIGHT SKIRT AND
THE TIGHT SWEATER AND THE BARE LEGS,

WHAT WAS THE RESULT
IN HER APPEARANCE?

WOULD YOU SAY MRS. MANION'S APPEARANCE
WAS DELIBERATELY VOLUPTUOUS AND ENTICING?

YOU COULD SEE
EVERYTHING SHE HAD.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE WILL CONCEDE
THAT MRS. MANION, WHEN DRESSED INFORMALLY,

IS AN ASTONISHINGLY
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

WELL, STAND UP,
PLEASE. WILL YOU?

AS A MATTER OF FACT...
TAKE YOUR GLASSES OFF.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND

WHY HER HUSBAND BECAME
TEMPORARILY DERANGED...

WHEN HE SAW SUCH BEAUTY
BRUISED AND TORN BY A BEAST.

YOUR HONOR, I PROTEST.

MR. BIEGLER IS PERHAPS
THE LEAST DISCIPLINED

AND COMPLETELY
OUT-OF-ORDER ATTORNEY...

I'VE EVER SEEN IN A COURTROOM. THE
JURY WILL IGNORE MR. BIEGLER'S ORATION.

UH... WAS MRS. MANION
DRINKING HEAVILY THAT NIGHT?

I SOLD HER SIX DRINKS MYSELF, AND THEN
BARNEY CAME OVER AND GOT SOME MORE FOR HER.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT SHE WAS TIGHT?

OH, SHE WAS HIGH, ALL RIGHT. WHAT DID
SHE DO TO MAKE YOU THINK SHE WAS HIGH?

WELL, SHE TOOK OFF HER
SHOES AND WENT BAREFOOTED,

AND WHEN SHE PLAYED PINBALL SHE'D KIND OF
SWISH AROUND TO GIVE THE MACHINE ENGLISH.

YOU MEAN SHE WAS FLIPPING
HER HIPS AROUND. YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE?

WELL, WHEN SHE MADE A
GOOD SCORE, SHE JUMPED

UP AND DOWN AND
SQUEALED LIKE WOMEN DO.

SHE WAS PLAYING PINBALL WITH
BARNEY QUILL, WASN'T SHE? YES, SIR.

WHAT WAS HER ATTITUDE TOWARD
BARNEY QUILL? FRIENDLY, YOU COULD CALL IT.

MORE THAN FRIENDLY,
WOULD YOU SAY? I THOUGHT SO.

[Dancer] WHY DID YOU THINK SO?

UH, SHE'D KIND OF LEAN ON HIM, AND A COUPLE
OF TIMES SHE BUMPED HIM WITH HER HIP.

UH, WOULD YOU SAY THAT MRS. MANION
WAS MAKING A PLAY FOR BARNEY QUILL?

OBJECTION. THAT CALLS FOR AN
ASSUMPTION ON THE PART OF THE WITNESS.

I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT...

MRS. MANION WAS FREE
AND EASY WITH BARNEY QUILL?

I WOULD. YOUR
WITNESS, MR. BIEGLER.

MR. PAQUETTE, THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE PEOPLE ASKED YOU...

IF MRS. MANION WAS TIGHT,
AND YOU SAID THAT SHE WAS HIGH.

NOW, SPEAKING AS A BARTENDER,
WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO?

- I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTAND.
- WELL, I MEAN...

WHEN WE SAY A PERSON'S
TIGHT, WE USUALLY MEAN

THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE
STUPID WITH THE DRINK.

ISN'T THAT SO? I GUESS
THAT'S ABOUT IT. YES.

AND IF THEY'RE HIGH, THEY'RE GAY
AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES. YES.

IN OTHER WORDS, MRS.
MANION WAS HAPPY.

IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH
BEING HAPPY IN THUNDER BAY INN?

NO. THUNDER BAY ITSELF
IS A RESORT, ISN'T IT?

SWIMMING, FISHING,
THAT SORT OF THING? YES.

IS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT SEEING
A BAREFOOTED WOMAN IN THUNDER BAY?

NO. SO MRS. MANION'S TAKING
HER SHOES OFF IN THUNDER BAY,

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT SHE WAS BEING UNLADYLIKE, DOES IT?

I GUESS NOT. YES OR NO?

NO!

NOW, YOU TESTIFIED...

THAT MRS. MANION WAS SQUEALING
AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN...

AND SWISHING... I THINK THAT
WAS THE EXPRESSION YOU USED...

SWISHING HER HIPS AROUND
THE PINBALL MACHINE.

NOW, WAS SHE CREATING A DISTURBANCE?
WAS SHE ATTRACTING A CROWD?

NO. WERE ALL THE MEN AT THE BAR
STANDING AROUND WATCHING MRS. MANION?

NO. BUT YOU WERE VERY
CONSCIOUS OF MRS. MANION.

YOU WERE CONSCIOUS ENOUGH SO THAT
YOU CAN TELL US ALL ABOUT HER ACTIONS.

YES. AND CERTAINLY BARNEY QUILL.
HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF MRS. MANION,

BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING PINBALL
WITH MRS. MANION, WOULDN'T YOU SAY SO?

YES. SO IT SEEMS THAT
ONLY YOU AND BARNEY QUILL...

WERE ACUTELY AWARE OF MRS. MANION
AND HER ACTIONS AND HER APPEARANCE.

AND MAYBE GOOD OLD BARNEY, WHEN HE
CAME UP TO GET SOME DRINKS FROM YOU,

MAYBE HE WINKED AND SAID, "ALPHONSE, I'M
GONNA TAKE THIS BABE OUT AND RAPE HER."

NO! NO, HE DIDN'T. AND MAYBE
YOU SAID, "DO IT ONCE FOR ME, BOSS!"

[Dancer] OBJECTION, OBJECTION.
COUNSEL IS ATTACKING THE WITNESS.

NO MORE QUESTIONS!
[Gavel Banging]

THE COURT'S HAD ABOUT ALL OF THIS
DOGFIGHT IT CAN TAKE FOR ONE DAY,

AND I'M SURE THE JURY IS
EQUALLY TIRED AND HUNGRY.

TOMORROW THE DEFENSE TAKES
OVER, AND WITH EXPEDITION, PRAYER...

AND A LITTLE SELF-DISCIPLINE
ON THE PART OF COUNSEL,

PERHAPS WE CAN REACH
AN END BY SATURDAY NIGHT.

WILL YOU ADJOURN
COURT? [Gavel Pounding]

HEAR YE, HEAR YE, HEAR
YE. THIS COURT STANDS

ADJOURNED UNTIL 9:00
TOMORROW MORNING.

[Car Horn Honking]

HE'S BANGED UP A LITTLE, BUT THERE
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING ELSE.

WE'D LIKE TO WATCH
HIM FOR A DAY OR SO.

HOW MUCH DAMAGE DID HE DO?
WRECKED A GATE AND A BARN DOOR.

HE HASN'T GOT A
DRIVER'S LICENSE.

HE'LL HAVE TO APPEAR IN THE
J.P. COURT WHEN HE'S ABLE.

THE OLD FOOL. SPEAK
KINDLY OF THE DEAD.

MIND IF I HAVE A MINUTE WITH
THE CORPSE? SURE, POLLY.

NOW, WAS IT WORTH
TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF...

FOR WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'VE BEEN UP TO?

HOW'S THE TRIAL GOING? I'M MAKING A LOT
OF NOISE. DANCER'S RACKING UP THE POINTS.

COME ON. NOW,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

QUILL HIRED MARY PILANT UP
NORTH OF SAULT SAINTE MARIE.

STRUCK ME FUNNY
HE'D GO ALL THE WAY UP

THERE TO HIRE SOMEBODY
JUST TO WORK FOR HIM.

I BEEN UP THERE NOSIN' AROUND.

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING USEFUL?

NOT UNTIL I LOOKED UP
HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

BORN BLIND RIVER, ONTARIO,
1934, OUT OF WEDLOCK.

MOTHER WAS A
WAITRESS: SIMONE PILANT.

FATHER WAS A LUMBERJACK.
NAME: BARNEY QUILL.

SAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE
MISS MARY PILANT.

IT'S LATE, MISTER. I
KNOW. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

REAL IMPORTANT? REAL IMPORTANT.

[Ringing] [Woman On Phone] YES?

MISS PILANT, SORRY IF I
WOKE YOU UP. THERE'S

A GUY TO SEE YOU. SAYS
IT'S REAL IMPORTANT.

WHAT'S YOUR... PAUL BIEGLER.

BIEGLER. I DON'T
WISH TO SEE HIM.

OKAY. [Buzzes]

SHE, UH, SAID IT'S NOT
IMPORTANT ENOUGH.

CALL HER BACK AND TELL HER I
MENTIONED BLIND RIVER, ONTARIO.

I'LL BE IN THE BAR.

♪♪ [Jazz ]

EVENING, ALPHONSE.

DRINKING, MR. BIEGLER?
OR JUST SNOOPING?

WELL, I THINK I'LL
TRY A LITTLE OF BOTH.

WHAT DO YOU SAY WE
START OUT WITH A BEER?

ON THE HOUSE, AND
THAT'S ALL YOU GET.

A BEER. NO QUESTIONS,
NO ANSWERS.

I'M JUST A LAWYER
TRYING TO DO MY JOB.

WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF, AL?

[Rustling]

SIT OVER THERE, PLEASE?

MISS PILANT, I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY.
I WAS A LITTLE ROUGH BEFORE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BARNEY
QUILL WAS YOUR FATHER.

YOU DIDN'T COME HERE
JUST TO APOLOGIZE. NO.

BUT THE APOLOGY WAS PART OF IT.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I HOPED
MAYBE IT WOULD THAW YOU OUT A BIT.

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS JUST
LISTEN TO ME. JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I NEED SOME STRONG EVIDENCE TO BACK
UP LAURA MANION'S STORY ABOUT THE RAPE.

THE PROSECUTION'S GONNA
ATTACK THAT STORY PRETTY HARD.

AND IF THE JURY
THINKS SHE'S LYING,

WELL, THAT COULD TURN THE
DECISION AGAINST MANION, YOU SEE.

WELL, ISN'T SHE LYING? BARNEY DIDN'T DO
WHAT SHE SAID HE DID. HE COULDN'T HAVE.

WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR
FATHER? ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.

HE TOOK CARE OF ME AND OF MY
MOTHER FOR AS LONG AS SHE LIVED.

HE WAS ALWAYS THERE
WHEN I NEEDED HIM.

THAT'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT MY FATHER.
WILL THAT BACK UP LAURA MANION'S STORY?

I DON'T WANT TO GET AT YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR
AFFECTION FOR YOUR FATHER,

BUT AS A LAWYER
I'VE HAD TO LEARN...

THAT PEOPLE AREN'T
JUST GOOD OR JUST BAD.

BUT PEOPLE ARE MANY THINGS.

AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT BARNEY QUILL
WAS MANY THINGS. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS.

NO, PLEASE. PLEASE HEAR ME OUT.

I BELIEVE THAT BARNEY TOLD AL
PAQUETTE WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT,

AND HE TOLD HIM TO GO TO THIS
WINDOW AND WAIT FOR MANION.

BARNEY STAYED BEHIND THE BAR,
NEXT TO A GUN RACK, JUST WAITING.

MANION CAME IN AND FIRED THE
MINUTE HE GOT INSIDE THAT DOOR,

AND THE FIRST SHOT WENT
RIGHT THROUGH BARNEY'S HEART.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT
I WANT YOU TO DO.

I WANT YOU TO TRY TO PERSUADE AL TO
COME TO THE COURT AS A DEFENSE WITNESS...

AND TELL THE COURT EXACTLY
WHAT BARNEY TOLD HIM THAT NIGHT.

THAT HE'D RAPED AND
ASSAULTED MRS. MANION.

AL WOULDN'T CONCEAL A THING LIKE THAT.
WHY WOULDN'T HE TELL IT, IF IT WERE TRUE?

I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW THIS.

EVERYBODY LOVES
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.

ME, I LOVE FISHING...

AND AN OLD GUY BY
THE NAME OF PARNELL.

MANION LOVES HIS FREEDOM. HE'D
LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF IT.

BARNEY LOVED YOU.
MAYBE SO DOES AL.

I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM. BUT
HE DOESN'T WANT TO HURT YOU.

HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT BARNEY,

THAT HE COULD BE
DANGEROUS AND BRUTAL.

IF YOU'D JUST ASK AL. IF YOU COULD
JUST ASK HIM RIGHT STRAIGHT OUT.

AL?

AL, MR. BIEGLER KNOWS
THAT BARNEY WAS MY FATHER.

HE THINKS YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT THE NIGHT MY FATHER WAS KILLED,

SOMETHING YOU WON'T TELL.

LAWYER, I TOLD YOU ONCE,
AND I'LL TELL YOU AGAIN.

NO QUESTIONS, NO
ANSWERS. WAIT, AL.

DID MY FATHER RAPE MRS. MANION?

BARNEY WOULDN'T HURT A WOMAN.

IS THERE ANY REASON YOU WOULDN'T
TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT, AL?

WHAT REASON?

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BIEGLER?

I'M GONNA LEAVE A PASS
FOR YOU AND AL AT THE TRIAL.

YOU MIGHT LIKE TO WATCH
LT. MANION GET CONVICTED.

YOU GONNA SPREAD IT AROUND
ABOUT MARY BEING BARNEY'S KID?

NO, I'M NOT GONNA
SPREAD IT AROUND, AL.

THANK YOU FOR THE BEER.
GOOD NIGHT, MISS PILANT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S
GET AT THIS ROSARY THING.

IT'S BEEN TESTIFIED THAT YOUR
WIFE SWORE TO YOU ON A ROSARY...

THAT SHE'D BEEN
RAPED BY BARNEY QUILL.

DID YOU ASK YOUR WIFE
TO SWEAR ON A ROSARY?

MY WIFE WAS HYSTERICAL. SHE
WASN'T MAKING MUCH SENSE.

I THOUGHT IF I ASKED HER TO
TAKE AN OATH ON A ROSARY...

IT MIGHT SERVE TO CALM HER,
MAKE HER THINK MORE CLEARLY.

DID THE ROSARY HELP?

SHE WAS ABLE TO TELL ME IN
DETAIL WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

ALL RIGHT. GO ON FROM THERE.

WHAT DID YOU DO
THEN, LIEUTENANT?

WELL, I... I HAD
HER LIE ON THE BED,

AND I GOT SOME COLD
CLOTHS FOR HER HEAD.

AND, UH... OH, YES. I GAVE
HER A DRINK OF BRANDY.

AFTER A WHILE SHE BECAME CALM.

SEEMED TO GO TO SLEEP.

THEN I WENT TO THE CLOSET. I
GOT MY GUN, AND I LOADED IT.

WAS IT IN YOUR MIND TO KILL
BARNEY QUILL? [Whispering] NO.

THEN WHY DID YOU GO TO THE
CLOSET, GET YOUR GUN AND LOAD IT?

I-I-I KNEW I HAD TO GO TO QUILL'S
PLACE. I THOUGHT I MIGHT NEED IT.

WHY?

I KNEW MR. QUILL KEPT
GUNS BEHIND THE BAR.

I WAS AFRAID HE MIGHT SHOOT ME.

MIGHT SHOOT YOU IF YOU DID WHAT?

WHAT WERE YOU GONNA DO?

I'M NOT SURE.

I REMEMBER HAVING SOME IDEA...

OF FINDING HIM...

AND HOLDING HIM WHILE
I CALLED THE POLICE.

WELL, THAT MISTER...
WHAT'S HIS NAME...

MR. LEMON, RIGHT AT THE TOURIST
COURT THERE, HE WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GET
HIM TO GO WITH YOU?

MAYBE BECAUSE HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO
BE JUST THE OLD CARETAKER OF THE PARK.

MAYBE BECAUSE I WASN'T THINKING
ABOUT ANYTHING TOO CLEARLY...

EXCEPT FINDING BARNEY QUILL.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL THE STATE
POLICE BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE BAR?

I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS IN SORT OF A DAZE.

IT WAS A HORRIBLE THING TO SEE
WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO MY WIFE.

NOW, YOU SAY YOU
WERE IN A SORT OF A DAZE.

WHEN YOU GOT TO THE BAR, DID
YOU SEE THAT THE BAR WAS CROWDED?

I...

I DIDN'T SEE
ANYONE AT THE BAR...

EXCEPT BARNEY QUILL.

HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON I SAW.

WHAT WAS HE DOING?

I THINK HE WAS JUST STANDING
THERE BEHIND THE BAR.

WELL, NOW, DID HE MAKE A
THREATENING MOVE TO GET A GUN?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE MAY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW.

NOW, YOU SAY YOU
WENT THERE TO FIND HIM,

TO HOLD HIM FOR THE POLICE.

WHY DID YOU SHOOT HIM?

I DON'T REMEMBER SHOOTING HIM.

NOW, WHEN YOU LEFT THE
BAR, DO YOU REMEMBER...

ALPHONSE PAQUETTE COMING
UP TO YOU AND STOPPING YOU,

AND SAYING, "YOU'D BETTER
NOT RUN AWAY FROM THIS,"

AND YOUR REPLY, "DO YOU
WANT SOME TOO, BUSTER?"

REMEMBER THAT?

I-I SEEM TO HAVE A
VAGUE RECOLLECTION...

OF SOMEBODY SPEAKING TO ME,

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I
SAID OR WHAT WAS SAID TO ME.

WHEN DID YOU REALIZE
THAT YOU HAD SHOT QUILL?

I WAS... I WAS GETTING
A DRINK OF WATER.

I REMEMBER MY THROAT
WAS SO DRY IT HURT.

WHEN I PUT THE GLASS
DOWN, I SAW THE GUN...

ON THE KITCHEN
SINK, BESIDE THE TAP.

I NOTICED THE GUN WAS EMPTY.

I'D LIKE YOU TO SHOW
THE COURT AND JURY...

JUST, UH, JUST HOW YOU
KNEW THIS GUN WAS EMPTY.

WELL, THIS GADGET HERE...

WHEN IT STICKS UP, YOU KNOW
THE LAST ROUND'S BEEN FIRED.

LIEUTENANT MANION, ON
THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING,

DID YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE?

YES, SIR. DO YOU STILL LOVE HER?

VERY MUCH.

THE WITNESS IS
YOURS, MR. DANCER.

LIEUTENANT MANION,

HOW MANY MEN HAVE YOU KILLED?

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

YOUR HONOR, A
MAN'S WAR RECORD...

IN LIEUTENANT MANION'S
CASE, A GREAT RECORD...

CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T
BE USED AGAINST HIM.

YOUR HONOR, I'M AS
PATRIOTIC AS THE NEXT MAN,

BUT THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS, WAR CAN
CONDITION A MAN TO KILLING OTHER MEN.

I SIMPLY WANT TO DETERMINE HOW
CONDITIONED THE LIEUTENANT MAY BE...

TO THE USE OF FIREARMS
ON OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE
QUESTION, MR. BIEGLER,

BUT I DON'T SEE
HOW I CAN EXCLUDE IT.

LET HIM ANSWER.

I KNOW I KILLED AT
LEAST FOUR MEN IN KOREA,

THREE WITH A HAND GRENADE...

AND ONE WITH MY
SERVICE AUTOMATIC.

I MAY HAVE KILLED OTHERS. A
SOLDIER DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW.

NOW, LIEUTENANT, IN
THESE ACTS OF KILLING,

DID YOU EVER HAVE
A LAPSE OF MEMORY...

SUCH AS YOU HAD WHEN YOU
KILLED BARNEY QUILL? NO, SIR.

DID YOU EVER HAVE A LAPSE
OF MEMORY DURING BATTLE?

NO, SIR. WERE YOU EVER
SUBMITTED TO A CONSTANT BARRAGE,

CONSTANTLY IN A
SWEAT FOR MANY HOURS,

CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK,
OR ATTACKING? MANY TIMES.

WERE YOU EVER TREATED FOR
SHELL SHOCK, BATTLE FATIGUE...

OR ANY WAR NEUROSIS
OR PSYCHOSIS? NO, SIR.

DID YOU EVER EXPERIENCE ANY
UNUSUAL MENTAL STATE DURING THE WAR?

WELL, I DO REMEMBER HAVING
ONE GREAT URGE. WHAT WAS THAT?

TO GET THE HELL OUT AND
GO HOME. [Spectators Laughing]

YOU WOULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION YOU ARE IN.

I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR. I
SYMPATHIZE WITH THE LIEUTENANT.

I EXPECT HE HAS THE SAME
FEELING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF JAIL.

BUT THE MAIN POINT HERE, LIEUTENANT, IS
THAT AT NO TIME DURING YOUR WAR SERVICE...

DID YOU HAVE A RECORD
OF MENTAL DISTURBANCE.

YOU WERE ALWAYS IN COMPLETE
POSSESSION OF YOUR FACULTIES.

YES, SIR, THAT'S RIGHT.

NO MORE QUESTIONS. [Biegler]
NO REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

[Judge] STEP DOWN, PLEASE.
CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

WE CALL LAURA
MANION TO THE STAND.

UP THESE STAIRS AND
TO THE RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NOW, HOW LONG AFTER YOU TOLD
YOUR HUSBAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED...

DID HE LEAVE THE TRAILER?

I-I DON'T KNOW, EXACTLY.

EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF FUZZY.

I WAS FAINT, AND I
LAY DOWN ON THE BED.

HE SAT BESIDE ME.

I VAGUELY REMEMBER HIS
GETTING UP AND GOING OUT.

I REMEMBER WONDERING IF
HE WAS GOING FOR A DOCTOR.

AND THEN HE CAME BACK IN.

IT SEEMED LIKE JUST A FEW SECONDS,
BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LONGER.

I MUST HAVE GONE TO SLEEP.

WHEN HE CAME BACK
IN, HE SAT ON THE BED...

AND HE HAD A GUN IN HIS HAND.

AND I SAID, "WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"

AND HE SAID, "I THINK
I'VE ALREADY DONE IT.

I THINK I'VE KILLED
BARNEY QUILL."

ARE YOU SURE HE DIDN'T
SAY, "I'VE KILLED BARNEY QUILL."

NO, I-I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY.

"I THINK I'VE KILLED
BARNEY QUILL."

THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?

I PUT MY ARMS AROUND
HIM AND BEGAN TO CRY AND...

AND I SAID, "YOU'D
BETTER GO TO MR. LEMON."

AND MY HUSBAND SAID,
"I FORGOT ABOUT THAT."

WHAT DID HE MEAN?
FORGOT ABOUT WHAT?

HE MEANT THAT HE'D FORGOTTEN
MR. LEMON WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

AND HE SAID, "YES, I'LL GO
TURN MYSELF IN TO MR. LEMON."

YES, I SEE. YOUR HONOR, I HAVE NO
OTHER DIRECT QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME,

BUT SINCE I'M SURE IT'S
DIFFICULT TO VISUALIZE...

THE PART A LITTLE DOG
PLAYED ON THIS NIGHT,

I SHOULD LIKE A FEW MOMENTS TO SHOW
THE COURT THIS REMARKABLE LITTLE ANIMAL.

DO THE PEOPLE OBJECT?

I'M SURE THAT IF WE RAISED
AN OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR,

MR. BIEGLER WILL DECLARE THAT WE'RE
HATERS OF ALL SMALL, FURRY ANIMALS.

[Spectators Laughing] A CREATURE THAT
CANNOT TALK WILL BE A WELCOME RELIEF.

[Laughter Continues]
BRING IN THE DOG.

THANK YOU, SIR. WILL THE, UH,
DEPUTY BRING IN THE DOG, PLEASE.

YOU CAN PUT HIM RIGHT THERE.

FINE. HEY, MUFF!
HEY, MUFF! COME ON!

COME ON! COME ON!
COME ON! COME ON!

THAT'S A BOY.

AND NOW I'LL ASK MRS. MANION TO
BRING A FLASHLIGHT FOR THE DOG.

NOW, I ASK THE COURT TO NOTICE
THAT THE DOG TURNED ON THE LIGHT.

[Laughing]

WELL, IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT MUFF
DOESN'T KNOW WHO HIS ENEMIES ARE.

[Laughter Continues]
REMOVE THE DOG, PLEASE.

YES, SIR. THE WITNESS
WILL RESUME THE STAND.

HERE WE GO, MUFF.

MRS. MANION, MAY I CONGRATULATE
YOU ON YOUR WELL-TRAINED PET.

MAY I ALSO SAY THAT
I'M PLEASED TO SEE...

YOU ARE NOT TODAY HIDING
YOUR LOVELY HAIR UNDER A HAT.

YOUR HONOR, IS THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL FROM LANSING PITCHING WOO,

OR IS HE GOING TO CROSS-EXAMINE?

LET'S GET ON WITH IT.

MRS. MANION, WHAT WAS YOUR
OCCUPATION BEFORE YOU WERE MARRIED?

HOUSEWIFE. OH, THEN
YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED BEFORE?

YES, ONCE. I SUPPOSE
YOUR FIRST HUSBAND DIED.

NO.

DID YOU DIVORCE YOUR FIRST
HUSBAND TO MARRY LT. MANION?

YOUR HONOR, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO KNOW
THE GROUNDS FOR MRS. MANION'S DIVORCE,

LET HIM ASK THAT QUESTION. WHAT WERE
THE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, MRS. MANION?

MENTAL CRUELTY. NATURALLY. AND
HOW LONG AFTER YOUR DIVORCE...

WAS IT THAT YOU MARRIED
LIEUTENANT MANION?

UH, I'M NOT SURE.

MAY I REFRESH THE WITNESS'S
MEMORY FOR MR. DANCER?

BY ALL MEANS. I
BELIEVE SHE TOLD ME...

THAT THEY WERE MARRIED
THREE DAYS AFTER THE DIVORCE.

THANK YOU, MR. BIEGLER. IS
THAT CORRECT, MRS. MANION?

YES. THEN UNLESS YOURS
WAS A WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP,

YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN LIEUTENANT
MANION BEFORE YOUR DIVORCE.

- DID YOU?
- YES.

MRS. MANION, WHAT IS
YOUR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION?

I'M A CATHOLIC.

- CATHOLIC IN GOOD STANDING?
- WELL, NO. THE DIVORCE, YOU KNOW.

YOU MEAN YOU WERE
EXCOMMUNICATED...

BECAUSE OF THE DIVORCE
AND REMARRIAGE? YES.

WOULDN'T YOU SAY THAT A
CATHOLIC WHO CAN BLITHELY IGNORE...

ONE OF THE CARDINAL
RULES OF HER CHURCH...

COULD ALSO EASILY IGNORE AN
OATH TAKEN ON ONE OF ITS ARTIFACTS,

SAY, AN OATH TAKEN ON A ROSARY?

I-I-I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

BUT WOULDN'T THERE BE SOME DOUBT
ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF SUCH A PERSON?

I DON'T KNOW.

ALL I KNOW IS THE ROSARY
MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.

I SEE. WELL, I'LL PASS
ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.

MRS. MANION, YOU TESTIFIED
THAT YOUR HUSBAND CAME HOME...

LATE FROM HIS WORK ON
THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING.

WERE YOU A LITTLE ANGRY
ABOUT HIS BEING LATE?

I GUESS I WAS A LITTLE PUT OUT.

DID YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT?
NOT MUCH. A LITTLE.

WHEN YOU LEFT THE
TRAILER TO GO TO THE INN,

DID YOUR HUSBAND KNOW YOU
WERE GOING? HE WAS ASLEEP.

WAS PART OF YOUR REASON FOR
GOING WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE...

BECAUSE YOU WERE, UH, VEXED?

WELL, I-I'D BEEN
IRONING ALL DAY AND I...

- YES, I GUESS THAT'S TRUE.
- YOUR HONOR, THE COUNSEL
HAS DELIBERATELY...

CUT OFF MY VIEW OF THE
WITNESS. I'M SORRY, MR. BIEGLER.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO INTERFERE
WITH YOUR SIGNALS TO MRS. MANION.

I OBJECT TO THE IMPLICATION
I WAS SIGNALING THE WITNESS.

THIS IS THE SHABBIEST
COURTROOM TRICK I'VE EVER SEEN.

YOU HAVEN'T LIVED, MR. BIEGLER.

YOUR HONOR, I ASK THE COURT
TO RULE ON MY OBJECTION.

MR. DANCER, WILL YOU BE
CAREFUL NOT TO PLACE YOURSELF...

BETWEEN MR. BIEGLER
AND HIS WITNESS.

OF COURSE, YOUR HONOR.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BIEGLER?

YOU DO IT ONCE
MORE, I'LL PUNT YOU...

ALL THE WAY OUT INTO THE MIDDLE
OF LAKE SUPERIOR. [Spectators Laughing]

GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN.

THIS ROWING HAS GOT TO STOP.

THE NEXT ONE OF YOU THAT SPEAKS
OUT OF TURN WILL HAVE ME TO DEAL WITH.

NOW GET ON WITH YOUR
CROSS-EXAMINATION.

WOULD YOU HAVE GONE TO THE INN
IF YOUR HUSBAND HAD BEEN AWAKE?

- HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
GONE WITH ME.
- BUT WOULD YOU HAVE GONE ALONE?

NOT IF HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO.
WOULD HE HAVE NOT WANTED YOU TO?

I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.

WELL, HAD YOU EVER GONE
TO THE THUNDER BAY INN...

OR ELSEWHERE IN THUNDER
BAY... ALONE AT NIGHT?

YES, SOMETIMES. DID YOUR
HUSBAND KNOW YOU WERE GOING?

NOT ALWAYS. HE GOES
TO SLEEP EARLY AND...

AND SOMETIMES I'M RESTLESS.

WHERE DID YOU GO
ON THESE OCCASIONS?

OH, I'D TAKE A WALK BY THE LAKE
OR WENT TO THE BINGO PLACE.

MAYBE TO THE INN. YOU EVER
GO TO MEET ANOTHER MAN?

NO, I DIDN'T. I NEVER DID THAT.

YOU MEAN TO SAY, MRS. MANION, A LOVELY
WOMAN LIKE YOURSELF, ATTRACTIVE TO MEN,

LONELY, RESTLESS, THAT
YOU NEVER ONCE... OBJECTION!

YOUR HONOR, THE WITNESS HAS
ANSWERED THE QUESTION ABOUT OTHER MEN.

COUNSEL IS NOW MAKING A
VEILED SUGGESTION TO THE JURY.

I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

NOW, MRS. MANION, ON THESE
OCCASIONAL EXCURSIONS INTO THE NIGHT,

DID YOU ALWAYS GO AND
RETURN HOME ALONE? OF COURSE.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT THE REASON
YOU GOT INTO BARNEY QUILL'S CAR...

WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE
AFRAID TO GO HOME ALONE.

WHY WERE YOU SO FRIGHTENED
ON THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT?

I SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE HE TOLD
ME BEARS HAD BEEN SEEN AROUND.

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'D HEARD THAT
BEARS CAME AROUND THUNDER BAY FOR SCRAPS?

NO. HAD YOU SEEN
THE BEARS BEFORE?

YES. OH, THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST
TIME YOU WERE AFRAID OF THEM?

NO, I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID OF THEM.

OH, THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST
TIME YOU WERE ENOUGH AFRAID...

TO ALLOW A MAN TO TAKE YOU HOME
FROM ONE OF YOUR EVENING PROWLS?

OBJECTION! THE USE OF THE WORD
"PROWL" IS MEANT TO MISLEAD THE JURY.

[Judge] SUSTAINED. I APOLOGIZE.

MRS. MANION, I DIDN'T MEAN TO
IMPLY THAT YOU WERE A HUNTRESS.

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT
YOU WERE ENOUGH AFRAID...

TO ALLOW A MAN TO TAKE YOU HOME
FROM ONE OF YOUR EVENING WALKS?

WELL, IT... IT WASN'T JUST THAT.

IT WAS... OH, COME
NOW, MRS. MANION.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT STRAIGHT
OFF. THAT'S A SIMPLE ENOUGH QUESTION.

YOUR HONOR, HOW CAN THE
WITNESS ANSWER STRAIGHT OFF,

WHEN THE COUNSEL KEEPS
INTERRUPTING THE ANSWER?

THE WITNESS SEEMED A
LITTLE SLOW TO ME, MR. BIEGLER.

HOWEVER, LET HER COMPLETE HER
ANSWERS BEFORE YOU INTERRUPT.

OF COURSE, YOUR HONOR. IN ANY CASE,
MR. BIEGLER'S OBJECTION HAS GIVEN...

MRS. MANION SUFFICIENT TIME TO
THINK OF AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.

YOU'VE THOUGHT OF ONE,
HAVEN'T YOU, MRS. MANION?

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT
I DIDN'T WANT TO OFFEND MR. QUILL...

BY MAKING HIM THINK THAT I WAS
AFRAID OF HIM OR DIDN'T LIKE HIM.

HE'D BEEN VERY PLEASANT TO MY
HUSBAND AND ME WHEN WE'D BEEN IN HIS BAR.

THAT'S VERY GOOD, MRS.
MANION. VERY GOOD INDEED.

YOUR HONOR, PLEASE.

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PEOPLE WILL
RESERVE HIS COMMENTS FOR THE ARGUMENTS.

I WILL ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION, MRS. MANION.

WAS THIS THE FIRST
TIME YOU HAD BEEN...

IN BARNEY QUILL'S CAR AT NIGHT?

MRS. MANION, DID YOU
HEAR THE QUESTION?

[Quietly] YES, I HEARD.

YES, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.

WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR
VOICE A LITTLE, MRS. MANION?

[Laura] I SAID IT
WAS THE FIRST TIME.

NOW, MRS. MANION, I'M QUITE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOST PANTIES.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS ARTICLE
OF CLOTHING FOR THE COURT, PLEASE?

THEY WERE NYLON, AND
HAD LACE UP THE SIDES.

THERE WAS A LABEL OF
THE PLACE I GOT THEM...

THE SMART SHOP,
IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

WHAT WAS THE
COLOR OF THE PANTIES?

I BELIEVE WHITE. YOU BELIEVE?

I HAVE WHITE AND PINK. THEY MAY
HAVE BEEN PINK. YOU'RE NOT SURE?

HAVEN'T YOU CHECKED YOUR LINGERIE
TO SEE WHICH PAIR OF PANTIES IS MISSING?

NO. WHEN YOUR HUSBAND CAME
HOME LATE FROM HIS WORK...

AND YOU HAD THIS LITTLE SPAT, WERE
YOU ALREADY DRESSED TO GO OUT?

NO. WHEN DID YOU DRESS?

AFTER DINNER,
WHEN HE WAS ASLEEP.

IT'S BEEN STATED HERE THAT YOU WERE
BARELEGGED IN THE BAR. IS THAT TRUE?

YES. IN YOUR ANGER
AT YOUR HUSBAND...

AND YOUR HASTE TO
GET OUT OF THE TRAILER,

PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T PUT ON
ANY PANTIES, EITHER? OBJECTION.

THE WITNESS HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED
AS TO WHAT SHE WAS WEARING.

SUSTAINED. DO YOU ALWAYS
WEAR PANTIES, MRS. MANION?

YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT TO
THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

IT'S IMMATERIAL WHAT MRS.
MANION DOES ALL THE TIME.

ON THE NIGHT SHE WAS ATTACKED,
SHE WAS WEARING PANTIES,

AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE
CONCERNED WITH.

MRS. MANION SEEMS A LITTLE UNCERTAIN
ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PANTIES SHE WAS WEARING,

AND SINCE THESE PANTIES
HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND,

I SUBMIT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SHE
WASN'T WEARING ANY AND HAS FORGOTTEN.

NOW, THAT'S ALL I'M
TRYING TO GET AT.

YOU MAY ANSWER, MRS. MANION.

DO YOU ALWAYS WEAR PANTIES? NO.

ON WHAT OCCASIONS
DON'T YOU WEAR THEM?

WHEN YOU GO OUT ALONE AT NIGHT?

OH, NO, NO. OBJECTION.

HE SAYS HE'S GOING AFTER ONE
THING, THEN HE GOES AFTER ANOTHER.

I'LL SUSTAIN THE OBJECTION.

STRIKE OUT THE LAST TWO
QUESTIONS AND MRS. MANION'S ANSWER.

NOW, MR. DANCER,
GET OFF THE PANTIES.

YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH
DAMAGE. YES, YOUR HONOR.

MRS. MANION, IS YOUR HUSBAND
A JEALOUS MAN? HE LOVES ME.

I'M SURE OF THAT, BUT IS
HE EXCESSIVELY JEALOUS?

YOUR HONOR, HOW CAN THE
WITNESS ANSWER THAT QUESTION?

WHAT'S THE NORM OF JEALOUSY?

CAN YOU PUT YOUR QUESTION A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, MR. DANCER?

HAS YOUR HUSBAND EVER STRUCK
YOU IN A JEALOUS RAGE? NO, NO.

MR. DANCER'S FISHING NOW. WHAT'S
THE RELEVANCY OF THIS QUESTION?

YOUR HONOR, THE SHOE IS
SQUEEZING MR. BIEGLER'S FOOT.

IN HIS OWN WORDS, THIS IS
NOT A HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE,

THIS IS A CROSS-EXAMINATION
IN A MURDER TRIAL.

PROCEED, MR. DANCER.

MRS. MANION,

DID YOU EVER GO OUT
SOCIALLY IN THUNDER BAY?

YES, A FEW TIMES.

WHEN YOUR HUSBAND'S
OUTFIT MOVED TO THUNDER BAY,

DIDN'T BARNEY QUILL
THROW A COCKTAIL PARTY...

FOR THE OFFICERS
AND THEIR WIVES? YES.

DIDN'T YOUR HUSBAND STRIKE A YOUNG
SECOND LIEUTENANT AT THIS PARTY?

THERE WAS A LITTLE
SCUFFLE. IT WASN'T MUCH.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT?
I'M NOT SURE I REMEMBER.

WERE YOU TOO DRUNK TO
REMEMBER? NO, I WAS NOT!

I-I-I THINK IT WAS
BECAUSE THE LIEUTENANT...

WAS CUTTING IN TOO MUCH WHEN
I WAS DANCING WITH MY HUSBAND.

AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS,
ON THE VERANDA OF THE INN,

DIDN'T YOUR HUSBAND
SLAP YOU HARD ENOUGH...

SO THAT YOU FELL
AGAINST THE WALL? WELL...

H-HE WAS DRINKING. [Dancer]
WASN'T THIS A JEALOUS RAGE?

I DON'T KNOW! DO YOU
REMEMBER WHY HE STRUCK YOU?

YES. WASN'T HE ENRAGED AT
YOU BECAUSE HE THOUGHT...

YOU'D ENCOURAGED
THIS YOUNG LIEUTENANT?

HE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT SO.

THERE ARE WITNESSES TO THIS
WHOLE AFFAIR. I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.

WASN'T THIS A JEALOUS RAGE?

I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT THAT.

NOW I'LL ASK YOU,

ON THE NIGHT OF THE
SHOOTING, WHAT DID YOU SWEAR?

WHAT OATH DID YOU
TAKE ON THE ROSARY?

IT WAS ABOUT BARNEY
QUILL RAPING ME.

WHY DID YOU SWEAR ON THE
ROSARY THAT HE RAPED YOU?

FOR THE REASON THAT MY HUSBAND
SAID... BECAUSE I WAS HYSTERICAL.

THAT WAS THE REASON HE
GAVE FOR ASKING YOU TO SWEAR.

WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR
SWEARING? SO HE'D BELIEVE ME.

- WHY SHOULDN'T HE
BELIEVE YOU?
- OBJECTION.

THE REASON FOR THE USE OF THE
ROSARY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

- THESE QUESTIONS ARE IMMATERIAL.
- NO, I THINK I'LL TAKE
THE ANSWER, MR. BIEGLER.

I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN, MRS. MANION.

WHY SHOULDN'T HE BELIEVE YOU?

BECAUSE I WASN'T
MAKING MUCH SENSE.

DID HE THINK YOU'D LIE
ABOUT A THING LIKE THAT?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!
LIEUTENANT MANION

HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED
AS TO WHAT HE THOUGHT.

SUSTAINED. DID YOUR HUSBAND
STRIKE YOU THAT NIGHT?

DID HE HIT YOU THAT NIGHT?

WELL, HE... HE...

HE MAY HAVE SLAPPED ME,
BECAUSE I WAS HYSTERICAL.

AND DIDN'T YOU SWEAR TO A LIE TO
KEEP HIM FROM HITTING YOU AGAIN?

NO! NO, I DIDN'T. I DID NOT.

HADN'T HE BEATEN YOU
UP AT THE GATE WHEN HE

CAUGHT YOU COMING
HOME FROM LOVER'S LANE...

OBJECTION! OBJECTION! THE
WITNESS HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED...

SHE WAS BEATEN BY BARNEY QUILL.

[Spectators Murmuring]
QUIET, QUIET.

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

I THINK THE WITNESS HAS
HAD ENOUGH, YOUR HONOR.

THE WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.
WE'LL RECESS FOR LUNCH.

[Gavel Bangs]

RECESS UNTIL 1:00.

SORRY, BABY. YOU WERE FINE.

DR. SMITH?

I'VE COME TO MEET YOU, SIR.

MY NAME IS... I'M SORRY.
YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE.

MAYBE I'M THE ONE YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR. ARE YOU MR. BIEGLER?

NO, I'M HIS ASSOCIATE
IN THE CASE.

DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE
DR. SMITH. THAT'S ME.

THE ARMY PSYCHIATRIST? MAYBE
YOU EXPECTED ME TO BE IN UNIFORM.

NO. WELL...

I DIDN'T EXPECT
ANYBODY SO YOUNG.

I'M 40.

I SORT OF HOPED YOU'D HAVE
A BEARD AND WEAR A MONOCLE.

OH, I SEE.

IS THAT BETTER? HELPS. YOU'RE
ON THE STAND THIS AFTERNOON.

DOCTOR, HAVE YOU
FORMED AN OPINION...

AS TO FREDERICK MANION'S
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STATE...

AT THE TIME HE
KILLED BARNEY QUILL?

I HAVE. AND WHAT
IS THAT OPINION?

HE WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE
AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

AT THE TIME OF THE
SHOOTING, DO YOU BELIEVE...

HE WAS ABLE TO DISTINGUISH
RIGHT FROM WRONG?

HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN. IT
DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, DOCTOR,
AS CLEARLY AS YOU CAN,

WILL YOU EXPLAIN FREDERICK
MANION'S TEMPORARY INSANITY.

IT IS KNOWN AS
DISSOCIATIVE REACTION...

A PSYCHIC SHOCK WHICH CREATES
AN ALMOST OVERWHELMING TENSION...

WHICH THE PERSON IN
SHOCK MUST ALLEVIATE.

IN LIEUTENANT MANION'S
CASE... A SOLDIER...

IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT
HE WOULD TURN TO ACTION.

ONLY DIRECT, SIMPLE ACTION
AGAINST BARNEY QUILL...

WOULD RELIEVE THIS
UNBEARABLE TENSION.

THIS IS NOT TOO UNCOMMON...
FOR EXAMPLE, IN COMBAT,

SOME OF THE MORE REMARKABLE
HEROICS TAKE PLACE IN THIS STATE OF MIND.

IS THERE ANOTHER NAME
FOR DISSOCIATE REACTION,

ONE WE MIGHT BE MORE
LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE?

YES, IT HAS BEEN KNOWN
AS "IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE."

NOW, DOCTOR, A MAN IN THE
GRIP OF IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE...

WOULD HE BE LIKELY TO GO
TO HIS NEIGHBOR FOR ADVICE,

OR CALL UP THE POLICE
TO COME TO HIS AID?

- COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE.
- YES. BUT OUR MAN WAS ABLE
TO THINK...

OF GOING AND TAKING
OUT A GUN AND LOADING IT...

BEFORE SETTING
OUT TO FIND QUILL.

WELL, THAT WAS HIS
CONSCIOUS MIND WORKING.

BUT IF NO GUN HAD BEEN AVAILABLE,
HE WOULD HAVE GONE ANYWAY.

HOW WOULD A MAN LOOK IN THE
GRIP OF DISSOCIATIVE REACTION?

HE MIGHT APPEAR TO BE DEADLY
CALM... FIERCELY DELIBERATE.

MM-HMM. WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
HIS BEHAVIOR AS BEING...

LIKE A MAILMAN DELIVERING
THE MAIL? THAT'S NOT BAD.

LIKE A MAILMAN, HE WOULD HAVE
A JOB TO DO, AND HE WOULD DO IT.

YOUR WITNESS.

DOCTOR, DID YOU FIND ANY PSYCHOSIS
IN FREDERICK MANION? I DID NOT.

ANY NEUROSES? I FOUND
NO HISTORY OF NEUROSES.

ANY HISTORY OF,
UH, DELUSION? NONE.

LOSS OF MEMORY? NOT
BEFORE THIS INSTANCE.

[Whispering] HEY! CAN
YOU SPOT MARY PILANT?

SHE DIDN'T COME
BACK AFTER LUNCH.

I THINK YOU'D BETTER
GIVE UP ON THAT ONE.

DOCTOR, YOU STATED THAT THE
DEFENDANT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT...

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG,

BUT THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE
MADE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

AM I RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT
YOU SAID? APPROXIMATELY, YES.

DID YOU MEAN THAT AT
THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING...

HE COULD HAVE KNOWN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG?

HE MIGHT HAVE, YES.

DR. SMITH, IF THE DEFENDANT COULD
HAVE KNOWN WHAT HE WAS DOING...

AND COULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT IT WAS WRONG,

HOW CAN YOU COME HERE AND
TESTIFY THAT HE WAS LEGALLY INSANE?

I'M NOT SAYING HE
WAS LEGALLY INSANE.

I'M SAYING THAT IN
HIS MENTAL CONDITION,

IT WOULD NOT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE
WHETHER HE KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

HE WOULD STILL HAVE SHOT QUILL.

DR. SMITH, ARE YOU WILLING...

TO REST YOUR TESTIMONY
IN THIS CASE ON THIS OPINION?

YES, I AM.

YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO
ASK FOR A SHORT RECESS.

THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO MEET...

WITH MR. BIEGLER AND THE
COURT IN CHAMBERS. MR. BIEGLER?

GLAD TO OBLIGE, YOUR HONOR.

SHORT RECESS. JURY WILL REMAIN.

SOMEDAY I'M GOING
TO HORRIFY TRADITION...

AND LAY A DENSE BLUE CLOUD OF TOBACCO
SMOKE IN THAT HALLOWED COURTROOM.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, MR. DANCER?

YOUR HONOR, IN VIEW
OF DR. SMITH'S TESTIMONY,

I THOUGHT PERHAPS THE DEFENSE
MIGHT LIKE TO CHANGE THEIR PLEA.

CHANGE IT TO WHAT?
GUILTY, OF COURSE.

NO, WE'LL STILL GO
FOR BROKE. HELL, POLLY.

YOU KNOW A GUY'S NOT CONSIDERED
LEGALLY NUTS IN MICHIGAN...

UNLESS HE DIDN'T KNOW
RIGHT FROM WRONG.

WHY DON'T YOU COME ON AND GET THIS
OVER WITH? YOUR HONOR, WOULD YOU...

TURN TO PAGE 486?
[Lodwick] WHAT'S THAT?

APPEARS TO BE A LAW
BOOK, MR. LODWICK.

[Laughing] OH, I'M
SORRY, YOUR HONOR.

I MAKE THOSE THINGS TO
HELP ME THINK SOMETIMES.

FOR PERCH? NO, IT'S FOR FROG.

WHAT CASE IS HE CITING, JUDGE?

WE GIG FROGS DOWN IN
MY PART OF THE COUNTRY.

YEAH, WELL, IT'S
THE SAME UP HERE.

I'M A TROUT MAN, MYSELF, BUT THIS
IS A NEW WRINKLE I'M GONNA TRY.

THEY DO IT IN THE
BAYOUS DOWN SOUTH.

THE IDEA IS, THEY GET A
GREAT BIG LONG POLE...

AND ABOUT A TEN-POUND LINE, JUST
SORT OF DRIFT ALONG A HIGH BANK IN A BOAT.

THEN YOU SEE THAT GREAT
BIG OLD BULLFROG IN A CREVICE,

AND YOU SORT OF FLOAT
THIS ALONG IN FRONT OF HIM.

POP! THAT OLD TONGUE OF HIS
SNAPS OUT AND... [Clicks Tongue]

YOU'VE GOT FROG'S LEGS FOR
SUPPER. WELL, I'LL BE DARNED.

WHY DON'T YOU KEEP IT? TRY
IT SOMETIME. THANKS. I WILL.

FOUR EIGHTY-SIX.

WHAT IS IT, YOUR HONOR?

PEOPLE V. DURFEE, 1886.

LOOKS LIKE A PRECEDENT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO
READ IT, MR. DANCER?

NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I THINK I RECALL THE CASE.

WE'RE, UH, HOOKED...
LIKE THE FROG.

DR. HARCOURT, WHERE DID YOU
RECEIVE YOUR UNIVERSITY TRAINING?

JOHNS HOPKINS, IN
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

AND WHERE DO YOU PRACTICE NOW?

I'M THE MEDICAL
SUPERINTENDENT...

OF THE BONDER STATE
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.

IT'S BEEN STATED HERE THAT DISSOCIATIVE
REACTION, OR IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE,

IS NOT UNCOMMON AMONG
SOLDIERS IN COMBAT.

DO YOU AGREE WITH
THAT STATEMENT? I DO,

BUT NOT AS IT WAS
PUT BY DR. SMITH.

WHERE WOULD YOU DEPART FROM
DR. SMITH? DISSOCIATIVE REACTION...

IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF
THE BLUE AND DISAPPEARS AS QUICKLY.

IT CAN ONLY OCCUR... EVEN
AMONG SOLDIERS IN COMBAT...

IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A PSYCHONEUROTIC
CONDITION OF LONG STANDING.

IT'S BEEN TESTIFIED HERE THAT A
PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENDANT...

SHOWED NO, UH,
EVIDENCE OF NEUROSES...

AND NO HISTORY OF
DISSOCIATIVE REACTION.

YOU'VE FURTHER
HEARD IT TESTIFIED...

THAT THE DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR ON THE
NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING WAS COOL AND DIRECT.

AS AN OBSERVER, DO YOU
REMEMBER THIS TESTIMONY? YES.

AND FROM THIS, HAVE
YOU FORMED AN OPINION...

ABOUT THE DEFENDANT'S SANITY
ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING?

YES. I'M OF THE OPINION THAT HE WAS IN
SUFFICIENT POSSESSION OF HIS FACULTIES,

SO THAT HE WAS NOT DOMINATED
BY HIS UNCONSCIOUS MIND.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS NOT IN
THE GRIP OF IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE?

IN MY OPINION, HE WAS NOT. THANK
YOU, DOCTOR. YOUR WITNESS, MR. BIEGLER.

DR. HARCOURT, PSYCHIATRY
IS AN EFFORT TO PROBE...

INTO THE DARK, UNDISCOVERED
WORLD OF THE MIND.

AND IN THERE, THE WORLD MIGHT
BE ROUND, IT COULD BE SQUARE.

YOUR OPINION COULD BE WRONG.
DR. SMITH'S OPINION COULD BE RIGHT.

- ISN'T THAT TRUE?
- I'D BE A POOR DOCTOR
IF I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT,

BUT I BELIEVE MY
OPINION TO BE RIGHT.

DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT
HAVE CHANGED YOUR OPINION...

IF YOU HAD EXAMINED THE
DEFENDANT, AS DR. SMITH DID?

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

BUT DR. SMITH'S OPINION WAS MADE
UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES, WASN'T IT?

IF YOU MEAN THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO EXAMINE THE MAN, YES.

YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

THAT'S ALL, DR. HARCOURT.
IS THERE MORE REBUTTAL?

WE'RE OVER A BARREL, MITCH.

WE HAVE TO USE HIM.

WE CALL DUANE
MILLER TO THE STAND.

WILL THE SHERIFF PLEASE
BRING IN THE WITNESS.

WHAT CAN HE TELL?

NOTHING.

HE CAN'T TELL ANYTHING.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE
TESTIMONY YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS CAUSE...

SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.

WOULD YOU STATE YOUR
NAME, PLEASE. DUANE MILLER.

MOST FOLKS CALL ME DUKE. WHERE
DO YOU PRESENTLY RESIDE, MR. MILLER?

ACROSS THE ALLEY IN THE JAIL.

DO YOU KNOW THE
DEFENDANT, FREDERICK MANION?

YEAH, I GOT TO KNOW HIM
IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

HIS CELL'S NEXT TO MINE. WHEN WAS THE LAST
CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH THE LIEUTENANT?

EXCEPT FOR "HELLO" THIS MORNING,
THE LAST TIME WAS LAST NIGHT.

DID YOU DISCUSS HIS TRIAL
LAST NIGHT? YEAH, SOME.

WOULD YOU TELL THE COURT WHAT LIEUTENANT
MANION HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE TRIAL.

WELL, I SAID, "THINGS
LOOKING UP, LIEUTENANT?"

AND HE SAID, "I GOT
IT MADE, BUSTER."

HE SAID, "I FOOLED MY LAWYER.
I FOOLED THAT HEAD SHRINKER.

I'M GONNA FOOL THAT BUNCH
OF CORN COBBERS ON THE JURY."

YOU'RE A LIAR! YOU'RE
A LOUSY, STINKIN' LIAR!

[Inaudible]

TAKE IT EASY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY
CLIENT, YOUR HONOR.

YET HIS OUTBURST
IS ALMOST EXCUSABLE,

SINCE THE PROSECUTION HAS SEEN
FIT TO PUT A FELON ON THE STAND...

TO TESTIFY AGAINST AN OFFICER
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

YOUR HONOR, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE
WORSE OFFENDER, MANION OR HIS LAWYER.

WE'RE CLOSE TO THE END.

IN THE NAME OF HEAVEN, LET'S HAVE PEACE
AND COURTESY FOR THESE LAST FEW HOURS.

MR. DANCER, YOU WILL CONTINUE
YOUR INTERROGATION WITHOUT COMMENT.

MR. BIEGLER, YOU WILL NOT
SOUND OFF AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY,

AND THE DEFENDANT WILL REMAIN SEATED
IN HIS CHAIR AND KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.

NOW GO AHEAD. MR. MILLER,

ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT
LIEUTENANT MANION SAID,

"I'VE GOT IT MADE, BUSTER"?
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

MR. MILLER, DID LIEUTENANT
MANION SAY ANYTHING ELSE?

YES, SIR. HE SAID
WHEN HE GOT OUT...

THE FIRST THING HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS
KICK THAT BITCH FROM HERE TO KINGDOM COME.

TO WHOM WAS HE
REFERRING? TO HIS WIFE.

YOUR WITNESS, MR. BIEGLER.

WHAT ARE YOU IN
JAIL FOR, MR. MILLER?

ARSON. I COPPED OUT, AND
I'M WAITING FOR A SENTENCE.

AND HOW MANY OTHER
OFFENSES HAVE YOU COMMITTED?

WELL, I WAS IN REFORM SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS A KID, BUT THAT'S ALL.

YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO SEE
THIS MAN'S CRIMINAL RECORD.

DO YOU HAVE HIS
RECORD, MR. LODWICK?

YES, SIR.

HERE IT IS.

WELL, YOUR RECORD HERE
SHOWS YOU'VE BEEN IN PRISON...

SIX TIMES IN THREE
DIFFERENT STATES.

YOU WERE IN THREE
TIMES FOR ARSON,

TWICE FOR ASSAULT WITH A
DEADLY WEAPON, ONCE FOR LARCENY.

YEAH. ALSO SHOWS YOU'VE DONE
SHORT STRETCHES IN FOUR CITY JAILS...

ON CHARGES OF INDECENT
EXPOSURE, WINDOW PEEPING,

PERJURY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

IS THIS YOUR TRUE RECORD?

THEM THINGS ARE NEVER RIGHT.

HOW DID YOU GET THE EAR OF THE
PROSECUTION IN ORDER TO TELL THEM...

ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION YOU
HAD WITH LIEUTENANT MANION?

THE D.A. WAS TAKING US TO HIS
OFFICE. TAKING WHO TO HIS OFFICE?

US PRISONERS IN THE JAIL. HE TAKE
YOU ALL AT ONCE, OR ONE AT A TIME?

ONE AT A TIME.

HIM AND THAT OTHER LAWYER
TOOK US TO HIS OFFICE...

AND ASKED US QUESTIONS
ABOUT LIEUTENANT MANION.

WERE YOU PROMISED A LIGHTER
SENTENCE IF YOU CAME OVER HERE...

AND WENT ON THE WITNESS STAND?
YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE OBJECT...

OVERRULED. ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I WASN'T PROMISED ANYTHING.
OH, YOU JUST THOUGHT...

IT WOULD HELP YOUR OWN TROUBLES IF YOU
DREAMED UP THIS STORY TO PLEASE THE D.A.?

I DIDN'T DREAM UP NOTHING. YOU'RE
SURE THAT'S WHAT LIEUTENANT MANION SAID?

YEAH, I'M SURE. JUST AS SURE AS YOU
WERE ABOUT YOUR CRIMINAL RECORD?

WELL, I GUESS I KIND
OF GOOFED ON THAT.

YOUR HONOR, I DON'T FEEL I CAN DIGNIFY
THIS CREATURE WITH ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

TAKE THE WITNESS AWAY.

MR. BIEGLER, WOULD YOU LIKE A
CONFERENCE WITH YOUR CLIENT?

I CAN SEE HOW THE LAST
WITNESS WAS QUITE A SURPRISE.

NO, YOUR HONOR. WE
DON'T NEED A CONFERENCE.

I'LL RECALL LIEUTENANT
MANION TO THE STAND RIGHT NOW.

NOW YOU'VE HEARD THE
TESTIMONY OF THIS MILLER.

IS ANY PART OF IT TRUE?

NONE.

LIEUTENANT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY
HE MIGHT COME HERE WITH A TALE LIKE THAT?

NO, SIR.

HAVE YOU EVER
TALKED WITH THIS MAN?

YES. WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT?

NOTHING IMPORTANT.

CERTAINLY NOTHING ABOUT MY
PERSONAL LIFE OR MY FEELINGS.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

LIEUTENANT MANION,

HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY SORT OF...

TROUBLE WITH, UH, MILLER?

I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU MEAN AN
ARGUMENT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

WELL, DID YOU EVER ATTACK
MILLER... PHYSICALLY ATTACK HIM?

YOUR LAWYER CAN'T ANSWER THE
QUESTION FOR YOU, LIEUTENANT.

DID YOU EVER PHYSICALLY
ATTACK MILLER?

I WOULDN'T CALL IT
AN ATTACK, EXACTLY.

I PUSHED HIS HEAD AGAINST
THE BARS ONE DAY. WHY?

HE SAID SOMETHING
UGLY ABOUT MY WIFE.

DO YOU REMEMBER PUSHING OR
BUMPING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE BARS?

SURE. I JUST TOLD YOU.

THEN THIS WAS NOT
DISSOCIATIVE REACTION?

THE DEFENDANT ISN'T QUALIFIED
TO ANSWER THAT. SUSTAINED.

LIEUTENANT MANION, WASN'T YOUR
ACTION AGAINST BARNEY QUILL...

MUCH THE SAME AS YOUR
ACTION AGAINST MILLER...

AND AGAINST THE LIEUTENANT YOU
STRUCK AT THE COCKTAIL PARTY...

ALL IN THE HEAT OF ANGER, WITH A
WILLFUL, CONSCIOUS DESIRE TO HURT OR KILL?

I DON'T REMEMBER MY
ACTION AGAINST QUILL.

HOW LONG HAD YOU KNOWN YOUR WIFE
WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH BARNEY QUILL?

I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I TRUST MY WIFE.

I SUPPOSE YOU JUST BEAT HER UP
OCCASIONALLY JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT.

NOTHING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
TO PERMIT A QUESTION LIKE THAT.

HE KEEPS IMPLYING THINGS
WITHOUT EVER GETTING TO THE POINT.

LET HIM ASK THE LIEUTENANT,
DID HE EVER BEAT HIS WIFE.

I'LL SUSTAIN THE OBJECTION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPHRASE
YOUR QUESTION, MR. DANCER?

NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I'VE FINISHED.

WELL, THEN I'LL ASK HIM. DID YOU,
LIEUTENANT MANION, EVER BEAT YOUR WIFE...

ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING,
OR AT ANY OTHER TIME? NO, SIR.

IS THERE ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND
THAT BARNEY QUILL RAPED MRS. MANION?

NO, SIR. THAT'S ALL.
STEP DOWN, LIEUTENANT.

ARE WE HURT? WE'RE HURT BAD.

[Whispering] PAUL.

[Whispering]

YOUR HONOR, I KNOW
TIME IS VERY PRESSING.

I DON'T WANT TO
ASK FOR A RECESS.

I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE
COURTROOM FOR A MOMENT.

IF IT'S IMPORTANT, WE CAN
BE AT EASE FOR A MINUTE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THIS IS HIGHLY
IRREGULAR, YOUR HONOR.

WELL, THERE'S NO REASON TO
MAKE A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR HONOR.

WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER
REBUTTAL WITNESS.

THE DEFENSE CALLS
MARY PILANT TO THE STAND.

YOUR HONOR, WE MUST
PROTEST THIS WHOLE AFFAIR.

THE NOBLE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
RUSHES OUT TO A SECRET CONFERENCE,

AND NOW THE LAST-MINUTE WITNESS IS
BEING BROUGHT DRAMATICALLY DOWN THE AISLE.

THE WHOLE THING HAS OBVIOUSLY
BEEN RIGGED TO UNDULY EXCITE THE JURY.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF
MR. BIEGLER'S CORNBALL TRICKS.

YOUR HONOR, I DON'T BLAME
MR. DANCER FOR FEELING PUT UPON.

I'M JUST A HUMBLE COUNTRY
LAWYER TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN...

AGAINST THIS BRILLIANT PROSECUTOR
FROM THE BIG CITY OF LANSING.

SWEAR THE WITNESS.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THE
TESTIMONY YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS CAUSE...

SHALL BE THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH...

AND NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO. SIT DOWN, PLEASE.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE, MISS PILANT?

AT THE THUNDER BAY
INN, IN THUNDER BAY.

AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU
LIVED THERE? FOR TWO YEARS.

AND WHAT'S YOUR
PROFESSION? I MANAGE THE INN.

NOW, MISS PILANT, HOW IS THE
LAUNDRY HANDLED AT THUNDER BAY INN?

IT'S CHUTED DOWN
TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM.

WHERE IS THE LOCATION OF THAT
CHUTE ON THE SECOND FLOOR?

BETWEEN ROOM 42 AND 43.
WHO LIVES IN THOSE ROOMS?

I LIVE IN 42.
MR. QUILL LIVED IN 43.

NOW, WOULD MR. QUILL,
COMING UP FROM THE LOBBY,

HAVE TO PASS BY THE
MOUTH OF THAT CHUTE...

ON THE WAY TO HIS ROOM? YES.

WOULD IT BE VERY EASY FOR HIM TO
DROP SOMETHING INTO THAT CHUTE...

AS HE PASSED BY? YES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD OCCASION
TO GO DOWN INTO THE LAUNDRY...

AT ANY TIME? YES. PART
OF MY JOB IS TO SORT...

VARIOUS PIECES OF LAUNDRY AS THEY
COME OUT OF THE WASH-AND-DRY MACHINE.

WOULD YOU TELL THE
COURT WHAT YOU FOUND...

AMONG THOSE PIECES OF LAUNDRY
ON THE DAY AFTER MR. QUILL WAS KILLED.

I FOUND A PAIR OF
WOMEN'S PANTIES.

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM?
I THREW THEM IN THE RAG BIN.

WHEN DID YOU LEARN THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE PANTIES?

HERE. THIS MORNING
IN THE COURTROOM.

AND THEN YOU WENT HOME AND
GOT THEM OUT OF THE RAG BIN?

YES. DID YOU BRING
THEM WITH YOU?

YES.

I OFFER THIS
ARTICLE OF LINGERIE...

AS EXHIBIT NUMBER
ONE FOR THE DEFENSE.

THEY'RE WHITE, THEY
HAVE LACE UP THE SIDE...

AND THEY'RE BADLY TORN,

AS IF THEY'D BEEN RIPPED
APART BY POWERFUL HANDS.

THE LABEL READS,

"SMART SHOP, PHOENIX, ARIZONA."

IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
EXHIBIT WILL BE RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.

THAT'S ALL, MISS PILANT.

DID YOU EVER TALK TO MR. LODWICK,
THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,

ABOUT THE DEATH
OF BARNEY QUILL? YES.

HE CAME TO THE HOTEL SEVERAL
TIMES AFTER MR. QUILL WAS KILLED.

DID YOU TELL MR. LODWICK THAT YOU
DIDN'T BELIEVE QUILL HAD RAPED MRS. MANION?

YES, I TOLD HIM THAT. MISS PILANT,
DID YOU EVER TALK TO MR. BIEGLER...

THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY? YES.

WAS THIS ALSO IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SHOOTING OF QUILL? YES.

DID YOU TELL HIM YOU DIDN'T
BELIEVE QUILL HAD RAPED MRS. MANION?

YES. HOW MANY TIMES DID
YOU TALK TO MR. BIEGLER?

TWICE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME?

LAST NIGHT. AND HAVE YOU
NOW CHANGED YOUR MIND?

DO YOU NOW BELIEVE BARNEY
QUILL RAPED MRS. MANION?

I-I DON'T KNOW NOW. I
THINK HE MIGHT HAVE.

WHEN DID YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND? LAST NIGHT?

NO. NO, IT WAS
HERE, THIS MORNING.

WHEN WERE YOU GIVEN THE
PANTIES? WAS THAT LAST NIGHT?

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE! USE THE PROPER
FORM OF OBJECTION, MR. BIEGLER.

NO, ON SECOND THOUGHT, I
DON'T OBJECT, YOUR HONOR.

I'D LIKE THE JURY TO
HEAR HER ANSWER.

THE WITNESS MAY ANSWER. NO.

I WAS NOT GIVEN THE PANTIES,
LAST NIGHT OR AT ANY OTHER TIME.

I FOUND THEM EXACTLY AS I SAID.

DO YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THAT BARNEY
QUILL DROPPED THE PANTIES DOWN THE CHUTE,

OR DID YOU JUST
ASSUME IT? I ASSUMED IT.

HAD YOU THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS SOMEONE
ELSE MIGHT HAVE PUT THE PANTIES THERE...

SOMEONE WHO WANTED THEM FOUND IN
THE LAUNDRY? I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.

MM-HMM. AND IN THE GRIP OF WHAT MR. BIEGLER
MIGHT CALL IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE,

YOU RUSHED IN HERE
WITH THE PANTIES...

BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO CRUCIFY THE
CHARACTER OF THE DEAD BARNEY QUILL.

ISN'T THAT TRUE? NO! I
THOUGHT IT WAS MY DUTY.

YOUR PRIDE WAS HURT, WASN'T
IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

YOUR HONOR, HE'S TRYING
TO CONFUSE THE WITNESS.

LET HIM ASK HER A QUESTION
SHE CAN UNDERSTAND.

YES, MR. DANCER, I MYSELF WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT.

MISS PILANT, WHEN
YOU FOUND THE PANTIES,

WAS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT THAT BARNEY
QUILL MIGHT HAVE RAPED MRS. MANION,

OR WAS IT THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN STEPPING OUT WITH MRS. MANION?

WHAT DOES HE MEAN? I
DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.

MR. DANCER, ONCE
AGAIN I MUST ASK YOU...

TO PUT STRAIGHT
QUESTIONS TO THE WITNESS.

HERE IS A STRAIGHT
QUESTION, YOUR HONOR.

MISS PILANT, WERE YOU BARNEY
QUILL'S MISTRESS? NO! NO, I WAS NOT!

DID YOU KNOW IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE IN
THUNDER BAY YOU WERE LIVING WITH QUILL?

THAT'S NOT TRUE!
BARNEY QUILL WAS...

WAS WHAT, MISS PILANT?

BARNEY QUILL WAS
WHAT, MISS PILANT?

BARNEY QUILL WAS MY FATHER.

[Spectators Murmuring]

NO MORE... QUESTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

THE WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.

WE WILL RECESS FOR 15 MINUTES,

AFTER WHICH WE WILL HEAR
THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO
CHARGE THE JURY BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

♪♪ [Piano Playing Jazz]

THINK THEY'RE GONNA
STAY OUT ALL NIGHT?

CAN'T SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING?

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO SAY, MAIDA, DARLING?

TELL ME WE'RE GONNA WIN.

I'M COUNTING ON GETTING THAT
PROMISSORY NOTE FROM THE LIEUTENANT.

I HOPE WE CAN BORROW
SOME MONEY ON IT.

I NEED A NEW TYPEWRITER.

HALF THE TIME THE "P" AND
THE "F" DON'T STRIKE ON MINE.

"PARTY OF THE FIRST PART" SOMETIMES
COMES OUT "ARTY OF THE IRST ART."

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT'S EMBARRASSING.
"ARTY OF THE IRST ART"?

I KIND OF LIKE THAT.

IT HAS A RING TO IT.

TWELVE PEOPLE
GO OFF INTO A ROOM.

TWELVE DIFFERENT MINDS,
TWELVE DIFFERENT HEARTS,

FROM 12 DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

TWELVE SETS OF EYES,
EARS, SHAPES AND SIZES.

AND THESE 12 PEOPLE...

ARE ASKED TO JUDGE
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING...

AS DIFFERENT FROM THEM AS
THEY ARE FROM EACH OTHER.

AND IN THEIR JUDGMENT THEY MUST
BECOME OF ONE MIND... UNANIMOUS.

IT'S ONE OF THE MIRACLES OF MAN'S
DISORGANIZED SOUL THAT THEY CAN DO IT.

AND IN MOST INSTANCES,
DO IT RIGHT WELL.

GOD BLESS JURIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D
DO IF I WERE ON THAT JURY.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU?

[Chuckling]

I LOVED THAT, POLLY...

I LOVED THAT "HUMBLE
COUNTRY LAWYER" BIT.

[Laughing] YOU HAD
MR. DANCER DANCING.

I'M AFRAID HE GOT
IN THE LAST DANCE.

THAT'S THE BEST SUMMARY I'VE
EVER HEARD IN A COURTROOM.

I LIKED YOURS
MUCH BETTER, POLLY.

DO YOU HAVE TO PLAY THAT STUFF?

CAN'T YOU PLAY "DANNY BOY,"
OR "SWEET ISLE OF INNISFREE"?

♪♪ [Playing "Danny
Boy" In Upbeat, Jazzy Style]

[Telephone Rings]

PAUL BIEGLER'S OFFICE.

YES, SIR. RIGHT AWAY.

[Phone Hangs Up] THEY'RE READY.

[Laura] HEY, SWEETIE!

GO ON, GO ON.

THE JURY'S COMING
IN. YEAH, I HEARD.

YOU CAN TELL MY LOVING
HUSBAND I'LL BE WAITING IN THE CAR.

YOU'RE SURE HE'S GONNA
COME OUT? OH, SURE.

[Giggles] HE'S LUCKY.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE LUCK.

YOU CAN TELL HIM I'M WAITING
TO GET KICKED TO KINGDOM COME.

OH! HEY, SWEETIE, I HAVE
A SOUVENIR FOR YOU.

[Laughs]

WELL, YOU BETTER KEEP THAT.
YOU MIGHT NEED IT AGAIN SOMETIME.

YOU NEVER KNOW.
NO, YOU DON'T, DO YOU?

OH, I LIKE YOU, POLLY.

I WARN ALL THOSE PRESENT NOT TO
INTERRUPT THE TAKING OF THE VERDICT.

I WILL STOP THE PROCEEDINGS
AND CLEAR THE COURTROOM...

IF THERE IS ANY DEMONSTRATION.

PROCEED, MR. CLERK.

MEMBERS OF THE JURY, HAVE
YOU AGREED UPON A VERDICT,

AND IF SO, WHO WILL
SPEAK FOR YOU? WE HAVE.

I'M THE FOREMAN. [Judge]
THE DEFENDANT WILL RISE.

WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.

[Spectators Cheering]
[Gavel Banging]

MAIDA GAVE YOU THAT
PROMISSORY NOTE, DIDN'T SHE?

RIGHT HERE, READY TO BE
SIGNED BY OUR HAPPY CLIENT.

YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK THE WORLD
LOOKED BETTER THROUGH A GLASS OF WHISKEY.

IT DOESN'T.

I THINK I'LL KEEP IT THIS WAY.

LOOKS NICE.

WELL, I GOT ONE GOOD
THING OUT OF THIS CASE...

A NEW LAW PARTNER,

IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH HIM.

HE'D BE MIGHTY PROUD TO HAVE
HIS NAME ON A SHINGLE WITH YOURS.

I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LT.
MANION, AREN'T YOU, MR. BIEGLER?

YEAH. HE GAVE ME
THIS NOTE FOR YOU.

FELT REAL SORRY FOR MRS.
MANION. SHE WAS CRYING.

LEFT A MESS, DIDN'T THEY?

WELL, WE'D BETTER GET BUSY HERE.

"DEAR MR. BIEGLER. SO SORRY,
BUT I HAD TO LEAVE SUDDENLY.

I WAS SEIZED BY AN IRRESISTIBLE
IMPULSE. FREDERICK MANION."

NOW, HOW IN THE WORLD
ARE WE GONNA FACE MAIDA?

GIN.

I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THAT GUY.

NEVER SAW A GIN DRINKER
YET YOU COULD TRUST.

PARTNER, WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE GO AND SEE OUR FIRST CLIENT?

WHO MIGHT THAT BE? MARY PILANT.

WE'RE GONNA ADMINISTER
BARNEY QUILL'S ESTATE.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT I CALL
POETIC JUSTICE FOR EVERYBODY.

YEAH.