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00:04:03Aah!
00:04:24What'd the guy look like?
00:04:26How do you expect us to help you if you don't know what the guy looks like?
00:04:29Looks like. Hi, Lieutenant.
00:04:31Hello, Sergeant. Where are the boys?
00:04:32Oh, we haven't set up for you inside.
00:04:34Uh-huh. Come on.
00:04:35When are we gonna get to take a few shots, Lieutenant?
00:04:37Yeah, when can we see them, huh?
00:04:38Now, fellas, we'll be through with this
00:04:39as soon as we possibly can.
00:04:41Oh, come on.
00:04:43This is Hank Bell. He'll handle the preliminary.
00:04:46Captain Larson.
00:04:47Captain?
00:04:48You know Whitey.
00:04:49Sure.
00:04:52Sit over there.
00:04:53All right, sit down.
00:04:56Okay, Whitey, preliminary interrogation.
00:04:59The DA's office,
00:05:00Assistant District Attorney Bell,
00:05:02Detective Lieutenant Gunnison.
00:05:03Witnesses, Captain Larson,
00:05:05Officer?
00:05:06Wallman.
00:05:07Officer Wallman.
00:05:08Suspects.
00:05:10Three members of a street gang known as the Thunderbirds.
00:05:12Named?
00:05:15Captain Larson.
00:05:16Captain?
00:05:17Wallman.
00:05:18Officer Wallman.
00:05:20Arthur Reardon,
00:05:21Anthony Apostol,
00:05:22and Daniel...
00:05:24D-I-P-A-C-E.
00:05:26DePace.
00:05:30Which one of you is DePatchie?
00:05:40Your name, DePatchie?
00:05:41David Copperfield.
00:05:43All right, you want me to butcher around the room?
00:05:46Hey, he ain't right.
00:05:47He's DePatchie.
00:05:49Your father John DePatchie?
00:05:51I ain't got no father.
00:05:54Your mother's name...
00:05:56Mary?
00:05:58Well, what the hell has my mother got to do with it?
00:06:00Nothing, kid.
00:06:03How old are you, Danny?
00:06:05I'm 15.
00:06:06You can't hold me in this police station.
00:06:08You can't even question me.
00:06:10I'm a juvenile.
00:06:11You're a juvenile up to 16 unless you kill somebody.
00:06:14I'm a juvenile.
00:06:15You're a juvenile up to 16 unless you kill somebody,
00:06:17and you did.
00:06:18He stopped again.
00:06:19All right, shoot!
00:06:21Gunnison.
00:06:34The law says you can execute a 15-year-old for murder,
00:06:37but it also says you can't question him in a police station.
00:06:39Now, look.
00:06:40I'm tired of having to coddle these punks
00:06:42because they're 15 instead of 16.
00:06:44You don't have to tell me about these kids.
00:06:46I was born in this neighborhood.
00:06:47I went to school with some of the worst cuncils in town.
00:06:49A good swift kick would do more to straighten out these punks
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00:06:52Gunnison, we're not out to kick kids this time.
00:06:54We're out for first-degree murder.
00:06:57Putting a juvenile in the chair is always big trouble.
00:06:59Whoever prosecutes this case will need a clear record
00:07:01the defense can't attack.
00:07:03No technicality's getting in the way
00:07:05like interrogating a juvenile in the police station.
00:07:07Right?
00:07:09Okay.
00:07:11Let's find out the ages of the other two,
00:07:13and then we'll separate the baby killers from the adult killers.
00:07:17Okay, Whitey.
00:07:19You, name and age.
00:07:21Arthur Reardon, 17.
00:07:23Batman.
00:07:24What's your name?
00:07:26Anthony Apostle.
00:07:28How old are you?
00:07:3016.
00:07:33The home's been called, Captain?
00:07:35Strictly according to the book, Counselor.
00:07:37Mrs. Departy and Reardon's old man are outside now.
00:07:41Take him out to see his mother.
00:08:08So you're a big shaft man.
00:08:10He didn't find the knives on us.
00:08:12We found a lot of holes in the body.
00:08:14We'll find the knives.
00:08:16Spick started it.
00:08:18He pulled the knife.
00:08:20So now he's dead like he should be.
00:08:22Why do you figure he pulled the knife?
00:08:24He was on his turf.
00:08:26He's on your turf?
00:08:28You pull the knife?
00:08:30We ain't no dirty Spicks.
00:08:32You pull the knife.
00:08:34We ain't no dirty Spicks.
00:08:36We're Thunderbirds.
00:08:40You know the name of the boy you killed?
00:08:42No, we never seen him before.
00:08:45His name was Roberto Escalante.
00:08:47He was 15 years old.
00:08:50So?
00:08:53Now let me get this straight.
00:08:56You went for a walk in his street.
00:08:58He saw you.
00:09:00He came at you with a knife, right?
00:09:02Yeah, that's right.
00:09:05He must have been pretty good with a knife.
00:09:07He's crazy.
00:09:09In fact, he must have been better with a knife than anybody in the whole world.
00:09:12Because Roberto Escalante was blind.
00:09:32So, in view of Tully's switch to guilty,
00:09:34I think I'll be free to take over the teenage killing case,
00:09:37if you'd like me to.
00:09:39I mean, it sounds like a toughie.
00:09:41And I'd like something to get my teeth into for a change.
00:09:43Something I can really identify with.
00:09:45Yes, well, I've asked Hank to handle the preliminary on that.
00:09:47How about it, Hank?
00:09:49Well, the facts in the case are just about as reported.
00:09:51The boys admit the killing, but they claim self-defense.
00:09:54However, the boy they killed, a Puerto Rican boy, was blind.
00:09:59Blind?
00:10:03I've got a hunch the papers are going to play this like the Chicago fire.
00:10:08You think we should try for first-degree murder?
00:10:10It looks like it to me.
00:10:16You want to prosecute?
00:10:18That's up to you.
00:10:20But before you make any decision, I think you ought to know,
00:10:22one of the defendants is a kid named Apache.
00:10:25I used to go with his mother when I was a kid.
00:10:27Oh, boy, Hank, the papers would have a field day with this one.
00:10:30I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, Mr. Cole,
00:10:32but it seems to me that politically this is a dangerous case.
00:10:35Politically?
00:10:37We don't care anything about politics now, do we?
00:10:41Well, sir, I think we're all aware, sir,
00:10:44that there's something more than a groundswell developing
00:10:46to put you in the governor's mansion.
00:10:48I'm sure none of us would like to see anything happen to jeopardize that.
00:10:51Now, now, the worst the newspapers can say is,
00:10:54honest DA prosecutes son of childhood sweetheart.
00:10:57Doesn't sound so damaging to me, huh?
00:11:00All right, that's all for the moment, gentlemen.
00:11:07Hello, darling.
00:11:09Sweetheart.
00:11:17Boy, I'm beat.
00:11:19Boy, I'm beat.
00:11:26How's that for timing?
00:11:28I earned this one today.
00:11:31Did you ever see such headlines?
00:11:34It's a hot case, all right.
00:11:35Mom, where's that white bra of yours?
00:11:37Hi, Dad. Hi, beautiful.
00:11:38Third drawer of the dresser, dear, where it always is.
00:11:40Okay.
00:11:43Jenny wearing a bra?
00:11:45Jenny's been wearing a bra for almost two years now.
00:11:49I guess I haven't taken a good look at her lately.
00:11:53One of those boys is only a year older than Jenny.
00:11:58I guess that's why it bothers me so.
00:12:00He was old enough to handle a knife.
00:12:02Whose idea was it anyway to go from her to one? Dan Cole's?
00:12:05Look, Karen...
00:12:06I know why he assigned this case to you.
00:12:08Because you're the only man smart enough to get him a first-degree conviction.
00:12:12He'd frame his own mother to get that nomination.
00:12:16Karen, it wasn't Dan Cole's idea to go for first-degree murder.
00:12:20It was mine.
00:12:22Yours?
00:12:25Yes. Mine.
00:12:28I don't believe it.
00:12:30Well, you came from that neighborhood yourself.
00:12:32Yes, and I got out.
00:12:34Yes, you did.
00:12:36But everybody hasn't got the emotional equipment to put up with the slums and the poverty.
00:12:41Here we go with the vassal theories of social oppression.
00:12:44Listen, Karen...
00:12:46Those punks have made Harlem a nightmare.
00:12:48People are afraid to walk home from the subway after dark.
00:12:50Remember the old man at the newsstand?
00:12:52The one who loaned me the money to buy a suit for my bar exam?
00:12:55Well, last week, four of your underprivileged children beat him up.
00:12:58They broke both his legs. He'll never walk again.
00:13:00And you're upset because three self-confessed killers are going to stand trial for murder.
00:13:05Good night, folks. Don't wait up for me.
00:13:08Oh, Jenny...
00:13:10I wasn't planning to. I'm going to bed at 12 o'clock, after you.
00:13:13Mother, you can be such a drag sometimes.
00:13:16So utterly cubistic.
00:13:18You know what I mean, don't you, Dad?
00:13:20You heard your mother. 12 o'clock, doll.
00:13:23All right, I just hope I can explain it to Lonnie's satisfaction.
00:13:26Good night.
00:13:29Lonnie, what ever happened to Greg?
00:13:31He's been replaced by a more mature man, age 16.
00:13:35I ever meet Lonnie?
00:13:37You haven't even met Greg.
00:13:40Look, honey, that's not right.
00:13:42Come on, we'll grab our things, go out to dinner,
00:13:44have a big, thick steak and a bottle of wine. What do you say?
00:13:47Okay.
00:13:52Oh, by the way, your old girlfriend Mary DiPace called today.
00:13:55Twice.
00:13:57I referred her to your office. Did you talk to her?
00:14:00I don't know what to say to her.
00:14:03Oh, why don't you just tell her that you're going to burn her son?
00:14:06For old time's sake.
00:14:13Honey.
00:14:19Russell, come on, will you? Grab those grates and bring them over here, huh?
00:14:28Papa, what did you do?
00:14:30Never mind what I've done.
00:14:31You told the police about the knife.
00:14:33Mr. Ruggiero?
00:14:35That's right. I hope nobody see you. Come here.
00:14:38Is this your daughter?
00:14:39I don't have him. I don't know nothing about him.
00:14:41All right, come on, come on, all right.
00:14:43Let's go.
00:14:44What are you going to do with girls like this?
00:14:46Some father calls the cops on his own daughter.
00:14:50He did the right thing.
00:14:52Your name is Angela, isn't it?
00:14:54They call you Angie.
00:14:55What did you do with the knives, Angie?
00:14:57You're so smart. Find them.
00:15:04You can get into a lot of trouble by concealing evidence.
00:15:06You know that, don't you?
00:15:07All right then, what did you do with the knives?
00:15:10I hid them in some newspapers.
00:15:12Then I got scared and threw them in the back of a car.
00:15:14What car?
00:15:15I don't know.
00:15:16Where was the car?
00:15:17I told you I don't know. It was just parked.
00:15:19Where?
00:15:20On the street.
00:15:21What street?
00:15:22I don't know. I don't know.
00:15:24Angie, I want you to listen to me.
00:15:27Nothing is going to happen to you if you try to help us.
00:15:30Now, please think.
00:15:32Where were you when you got rid of the knives?
00:15:35Tell me.
00:15:37The cops were all around.
00:15:39I just ran.
00:15:41I turned the corner and there were more cops.
00:15:46I don't know which corner.
00:15:49I don't know. I don't know.
00:15:51All right, now about the car.
00:15:53What kind of a car was it?
00:15:56I'm not sure.
00:15:58It could have been a Ford or a Chevy.
00:16:00It was old, I think.
00:16:02You remember the color?
00:16:03I think it was dark.
00:16:05Maybe it was blue.
00:16:09I was so scared, I didn't know what to do.
00:16:14All right, Angie.
00:16:16Let's talk about the boys for a minute.
00:16:19Why did you take the knives in the first place?
00:16:21I don't know.
00:16:23I don't know.
00:16:24Did you do it for a reason?
00:16:26That creep.
00:16:27Apostle?
00:16:29The Batman?
00:16:31No, it's on account of Danny.
00:16:33He's different.
00:16:35He's sweet.
00:16:36He's a darling.
00:16:38What do you know about him?
00:16:39I know he killed a boy in cold blood.
00:16:41No, he didn't.
00:16:42He just fought back.
00:16:44How do you know that?
00:16:45I told you because I saw it with my own eyes.
00:16:48What were you doing there?
00:16:49I just followed them.
00:16:50Why?
00:16:51I don't know.
00:16:56The kicks.
00:16:58The kicks.
00:17:04What did you see?
00:17:08I was behind them.
00:17:14The boy on the stoop pulled a knife.
00:17:17The boy on the stoop couldn't see.
00:17:19He still pulled a knife.
00:17:20It glittered.
00:17:21I saw it shining.
00:17:23Anybody else see it?
00:17:24I was alone.
00:17:25But there were a lot of other people around.
00:17:27They must have seen it.
00:17:28I talked to a lot of other people.
00:17:30Nobody saw it.
00:17:31You talk to a lot of Puerto Ricans.
00:17:40I think you're making this up, Angie.
00:17:42For Danny's sake.
00:17:43I'm not making it up.
00:17:44And you're not going to scare me into saying I am.
00:17:47I still can't get the blood off my skirt.
00:18:17I still can't get the blood off my skirt.
00:18:47Hey, these Puerto Ricans put on a pretty good show, don't they?
00:18:50Yeah, great.
00:18:51This interest you, Barton?
00:18:53I thought your newspaper believed the only good Puerto Rican
00:18:55was a dead Puerto Rican.
00:18:57You haven't been reading our paper, Mr. Bell.
00:18:59Not lately.
00:19:01This is oppressed minority season with us.
00:19:04You ought to read it, Hank.
00:19:06Big exercise.
00:19:07Big exercise.
00:19:08Big exercise.
00:19:09Big exercise.
00:19:10Big exercise.
00:19:11Big exercise.
00:19:12Big exercise.
00:19:13Big exercise.
00:19:14Big exercise.
00:19:15You ought to read it, Hank.
00:19:16Big expose on Park Avenue call houses.
00:19:19We perform a public service.
00:19:21Yes, I know.
00:19:22You tell the citizens how to get their ashes home.
00:19:30We got the word that they concocted a story
00:19:32about the blind boy flashing a knife.
00:19:34Anything to that?
00:19:36Not a thing.
00:19:37Good.
00:19:38Because our readers are expecting the chair for the killers
00:19:42of this gentle and poetic blind boy.
00:19:45We'll do our best.
00:19:51Who tips them off to these things, anyway?
00:19:54Thousand and one, the girl was lying.
00:19:57But supposing he did have a knife.
00:19:59He would have been using it in self-defense.
00:20:01If he had a knife, we'll never make murder one stick with the jury.
00:20:04It's what you really want, isn't it?
00:20:07That's what I want.
00:20:09There's Cole.
00:20:10Come on.
00:20:11Come on.
00:20:17Hey, come on, you guys.
00:20:19Hey, give him room, guys.
00:20:20Give him room, guys.
00:20:22Anything to give us today, Dan?
00:20:24Certainly.
00:20:25The city of New York will not rest until justice has been done.
00:20:28I've come to the funeral myself to make sure that is perfectly clear.
00:20:31The boys are right on the job, Dan.
00:20:33Morning, boys.
00:20:34Dan.
00:20:35Who are the boys in costume?
00:20:36The horsemen.
00:20:37Puerto Rican gang.
00:20:39Like to meet their leader?
00:20:40Yeah.
00:20:41Hey, Zorro.
00:20:43Come on over here a moment, will you?
00:20:45Cuidado.
00:20:48This is Mr. Cole, a district attorney.
00:20:51Zorro.
00:20:53You gonna burn the Thunderbirds that killed Roberto?
00:20:56We're gonna try.
00:20:57That'll be the day.
00:20:58What do you mean by that, son?
00:21:00You're kidding?
00:21:01Try.
00:21:02When your people come from Puerto Rico or Cuba, they're just inhuman to cops.
00:21:05It'll be the same old story this time.
00:21:11Mrs. Escalante.
00:21:13Mother of the dead boy.
00:21:30Mrs. Escalante.
00:21:32Mrs. Escalante, I'm the district attorney.
00:21:34Please accept my condolences.
00:21:37Gracias.
00:21:38Gracias.
00:21:39And this is Mr. Bell, the prosecutor.
00:21:42He'll help your son's case.
00:21:44You cannot help Roberto.
00:21:47It is too late to help Roberto.
00:21:49Mrs. Escalante, please believe me, we...
00:21:51Perdoname, senor.
00:21:54When I am a little girl,
00:21:56in my family,
00:21:58they teach me love.
00:22:01They teach me this in Puerto Rico, where I am born.
00:22:05The people there, they say to you hello.
00:22:09Here...
00:22:13is different.
00:22:16Here, so many people,
00:22:20but is no one here say to you hello.
00:22:24In this city,
00:22:26and on these streets,
00:22:29is no time for love.
00:22:31There is only...
00:22:36hate.
00:22:38Hatred.
00:22:40Hatred.
00:22:42And it is hatred that killed my son.
00:22:46Your son will have justice, Mrs. Escalante.
00:22:50Ah, senor.
00:22:52There is only one justice.
00:22:56You want to do something, eh?
00:22:59All right, you can do something for me
00:23:02and for my son.
00:23:04But one thing.
00:23:07Kill them.
00:23:10Kill the murderers,
00:23:12the same way they killed my son.
00:23:15You put out their eyes,
00:23:19and you come at them with knives,
00:23:22the same way they came at my son
00:23:26in his darkness.
00:23:28You kill them like the animals they are.
00:23:33You kill them and you rid the streets of the animals.
00:23:38This you can do for me, senor.
00:23:42And for my son,
00:23:44who is dead.
00:23:55Is that what you're going to do, Hank?
00:24:03Hello, Mary.
00:24:05You're going to kill my kid?
00:24:07You're going to put his eyes out
00:24:09and come at him with knives in the darkness?
00:24:11You're going to kill him like an animal, huh?
00:24:13This is Lieutenant Gunnison,
00:24:15Mrs. Apache.
00:24:17Danny didn't have anything to do with this.
00:24:19I'm afraid he did.
00:24:21No. No.
00:24:23He's protecting somebody or something.
00:24:25I know him.
00:24:27I know he's my child. You don't know.
00:24:29He swore to me he's not even a member of this organization.
00:24:32It still happened, Mary.
00:24:34Is that what my child is to you?
00:24:36Just another case, another conviction?
00:24:39He's mine, Hank.
00:24:41Danny will have a fair trial, the same as the other two.
00:24:44You know this neighborhood.
00:24:46You're guilty before you're arrested.
00:24:48You look everywhere for evidence to prove that he's guilty.
00:24:51Are you looking for evidence to prove he's innocent?
00:24:53No, that wouldn't help you, would it?
00:24:55You wouldn't get a gold star, would you, Hank?
00:24:59They're all alike.
00:25:03They all say the same thing.
00:25:05My son didn't do it.
00:25:07My son couldn't do it.
00:25:09My son is a good boy.
00:25:13They all believe it, too.
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00:26:08Can I come in a minute?
00:26:10Please. Please, Hank.
00:26:18Come in.
00:26:29I'm calling a Puerto Rican boy.
00:26:32I want him to tell you something.
00:26:40He came to see Danny last summer to thank him.
00:26:44Sit down, Hank.
00:26:48Could you come to my house right away?
00:26:51It's Danny's mother.
00:26:54Thank you, Jose.
00:26:57I went to look for him yesterday.
00:26:59Sit down.
00:27:05How does he get through No Man's Land?
00:27:08He comes through the cellars and then through that old area way.
00:27:12Over the roof?
00:27:14Yeah, I remember.
00:27:19He'll be here right away.
00:27:21Wait, Hank. I have to go to work in a minute.
00:27:24I work in an appliance store down...
00:27:26I'll wait.
00:27:29Cigarette?
00:27:31I'll get you some coffee.
00:27:33No, don't...
00:27:37Jose?
00:27:44Jose, this is Mr. Bell.
00:27:46He's a friend of mine.
00:27:49You can talk to him.
00:27:51The Thunderbirds will kill me if they know I'm here.
00:27:53And the horsemen worse.
00:28:03Jose, so you tell him, please.
00:28:06Go ahead, son.
00:28:08You know this swimming pool, mister?
00:28:10On 124th Street?
00:28:12Yes.
00:28:13Well, there's a coolant there.
00:28:15No fighting.
00:28:17I was there with some of the horsemen.
00:28:19I don't swim so good, see?
00:28:42What's the matter, Beatrice?
00:28:44Look in the water.
00:28:47I don't see nothing in the water.
00:28:49Spicks.
00:28:51Well, what are they doing?
00:28:53You like swimming with them?
00:28:58Hey, Danny!
00:29:00Hey, Danny!
00:29:01Come here.
00:29:07Yeah, what's up, Dad?
00:29:09Take a look. San Juan's polluting the water.
00:29:13So, you never saw a Spick before?
00:29:15They swim here every day.
00:29:17Today, I don't like it.
00:29:19What, are you head of the Immigration Department or something?
00:29:21I'm me. I don't like it, and I say we kick them out.
00:29:23Danny, don't get into trouble.
00:29:26So that's your problem.
00:29:28You let a broad boss you, huh?
00:29:31All right, all right. Big deal.
00:29:33Let's go get it over.
00:29:42Come on.
00:30:01What are you wearing a necklace for?
00:30:03I thought only girls wore necklaces.
00:30:05That's no necklace.
00:30:07That's Jesus Cristo.
00:30:09You got no religion?
00:30:11You got religion.
00:30:13He's got religion, boy.
00:30:17You want to see how religious you are, Spick?
00:30:20Don't you call me a Spick.
00:30:22You want to see if you can walk on water, Spick.
00:30:25Hey, I don't swim so good.
00:30:36I told you, I told you, I don't swim so good.
00:30:38He's trying to drown you, stupid.
00:30:48Okay, let him go. That's enough.
00:30:50Keep him under.
00:30:58Tell him what you want. Kill him.
00:31:08Kill him.
00:31:33Thank you, Jose.
00:31:35Gracias, Jose. Gracias.
00:31:41Can you believe that the same boy who did this...
00:31:44would stab to death a helpless blind boy?
00:31:50If he didn't do it, we'll find out he didn't do it.
00:31:53Believe me, Mary.
00:32:05You know, Hank, I made a terrible mistake when I walked out on you.
00:32:13I knew it the day after I married Johnny.
00:32:17He turned out to be a petty racketeer.
00:32:20I never told Danny what kind of man his father was.
00:32:24But he's a pretty sharp kid.
00:32:28And sometimes I would see him looking at me...
00:32:31thinking, what kind of woman is that?
00:32:33She marries a guy like that.
00:32:37And so...
00:32:39you know, just to make him think more of me...
00:32:42I would tell him about you.
00:32:47You know, when we read your name in the papers or...
00:32:52I kind of heard about what you were doing...
00:32:56and then I would think, well, you can't be a total mess.
00:33:00A man like that wanting to marry you.
00:33:02Don't give yourself the worst of it, Mary.
00:33:05You will try to see Danny...
00:33:08as he really is, huh?
00:33:11I'll talk to him.
00:33:14He could have been our son.
00:33:21That was a long time ago, Mary.
00:33:24We've grown up.
00:33:26Maybe it's too bad, but we've grown up.
00:33:31Well, Danny grew up.
00:33:45Goodbye, Mary.
00:33:46Goodbye, Hank.
00:34:00Goodbye, Danny.
00:34:07235 calling. Over.
00:34:11Hardy speaking. Over.
00:34:13This is Bell, Hardy.
00:34:15What about the knives and the Escalante killing? Over.
00:34:18What about them?
00:34:19Well, did you find them?
00:34:21Not yet.
00:34:22Well, how many men did you put on them?
00:34:24All we could spare.
00:34:25Well, how many is that?
00:34:27Two.
00:34:30Well, that's not enough, Lieutenant.
00:34:31You'll have to put more men on them.
00:34:33And you better put out an all-points bulletin about that car.
00:34:35It could be anywhere by now.
00:34:37And I want daily progress reports from your office.
00:34:39In which order do you want these requests turned down? Over.
00:34:44Who is this character?
00:34:46I don't have all day, Bell. Over.
00:34:49Let me talk to the head of your department.
00:34:51He went on vacation this morning...
00:34:53and is the only one who can give priority authorization...
00:34:55for additional manpower.
00:34:57Well, doesn't he deputize anyone to do it for him?
00:34:59No, he doesn't.
00:35:00Well, does your whole department go to pieces...
00:35:02because one man goes on a vacation?
00:35:04We'll find your knives as soon as we can, Mr. Bell.
00:35:07Of course, we only have to find an undescribed automobile...
00:35:10which may be anywhere in the state of New York...
00:35:13Connecticut, New Jersey, Arizona, or Texas.
00:35:16Not that we can't do it, you understand...
00:35:18in spite of being understaffed, overworked, and underpaid.
00:35:21But I'm sure you're not interested in our internal problems. Over.
00:35:25Look, Hardy, I hate to have to go to the DA on this. Over.
00:35:28Me too. Nice talking to you.
00:35:31Over and out.
00:35:36All right, where to, Hank?
00:35:37What?
00:35:38Where to?
00:35:39Raymond Street Jail.
00:35:59All right, come on now. Knock it off. Keep it quiet.
00:36:02Hike out.
00:36:10My folks didn't understand me.
00:36:12I just wanted to go to the country and see the cows.
00:36:15Instead, they sent me here to work.
00:36:17I don't want to go back to New York.
00:36:19I don't want to go back to New York.
00:36:21I don't want to go back to New York.
00:36:23I don't want to go back to New York.
00:36:25I want to go back to New York.
00:36:27Instead, they sent me out on this crummy street...
00:36:29to play with bad boys.
00:36:31Some parents, huh?
00:36:32Everybody wasn't their fault. They were poor.
00:36:35Okay, Batman, it's your turn.
00:36:37Oh, me, I'm stupid, you know.
00:36:40I'm a boxer because...
00:36:42I can't even read right, you know.
00:36:45The doctor, he says to me...
00:36:47that my brain's a little mixed up, you know.
00:36:50I don't know, scrambled eggs.
00:36:52Show him how stupid you are.
00:36:54Stupid.
00:36:55Oh, yeah.
00:37:02Now, tell him how stupid you are.
00:37:04Oh, well, I've been in the sixth grade...
00:37:06I think five times now, that's right.
00:37:08My old man's a drunk.
00:37:10My mother takes in boarders and goes out with them, too.
00:37:13I got a sister. I don't know if she's my sister.
00:37:15That's why I'm so disturbed.
00:37:17He's got a song about it. Yeah.
00:37:19Go ahead, sing it, stupid.
00:37:21Yeah, yeah.
00:37:22My mother sells snow to the snowbirds.
00:37:26My father makes barbershop gin.
00:37:29My sister sells jazz for a living.
00:37:32And that's when the money rolls in.
00:37:36Where's Dr. Walsh's office?
00:37:38Down at the end of that corridor.
00:37:39You're on yours.
00:37:40Hey, look, ain't you gonna ask us no regular questions?
00:37:42On your feet.
00:37:43I don't want you to run another Rorschach.
00:37:46I don't care if he's faking.
00:37:49I don't care.
00:37:51He's faking reveals just as much as his real reactions.
00:37:55That's right.
00:37:56Yeah, yeah.
00:37:57Yeah, I gotta go.
00:37:59Bye.
00:38:00My name is Spell, D.A.'s office.
00:38:02Oh, yes.
00:38:05I understand they're building a kid-sized electric chair upstate for you people.
00:38:09Well, now, Doctor, that's a nice, friendly approach.
00:38:12They type it is first degree, isn't it?
00:38:14Usually is in premeditated murder.
00:38:16Bully and going home.
00:38:17I'm delighted you haven't fallen for any of that modern nonsense about emotional problems or environment or broken homes.
00:38:25A little mass execution now and then, that'll stop them, huh?
00:38:28Nothing else has.
00:38:31Look, Doctor, I came here to ask a couple of questions about these boys.
00:38:34I've already talked with Aridna and Aposto.
00:38:37They're old pros.
00:38:40Those two have been through the mill here regularly since they were 10 or 11.
00:38:45Depache been in here before?
00:38:47No, this is his first.
00:38:49Tell me something about him.
00:38:50He's bright.
00:38:51I.Q. 135.
00:38:53Likes to read.
00:38:55Of course, the psychological tests show aggression and fear, just like the others.
00:38:59What about Ridden?
00:39:02Delusions of grandeur.
00:39:03Deep feeling of inferiority.
00:39:06Hates anybody whose skin of religion is different.
00:39:09Underneath, scared, of course.
00:39:12But scared more than the others.
00:39:15Is Aposto as stupid as he seems?
00:39:18Retarded.
00:39:20Very.
00:39:21As a psychiatrist, would you say he's legally sane?
00:39:26Now, you know that the words sane and insane have no meaning in medicine.
00:39:30They have in law.
00:39:32I deal in people, Mr. Bell, not in legal technicalities.
00:39:37Where is Depache?
00:39:39In the juvenile section.
00:39:41Oh, by the way, I hope you'll forgive my bad manners.
00:39:46Conditioned reflex with public officials, I'm afraid.
00:39:50Think nothing of it, doctor.
00:39:51We all have our emotional problems.
00:40:04Sit down.
00:40:11Cigarette?
00:40:12Ram it.
00:40:17I'd like to hear your side of the story, Danny.
00:40:19So you can help fry me?
00:40:21Do I look like a kook?
00:40:23Did my lawyers give you no care to talk to me?
00:40:26They know I'm here.
00:40:27They must have told you you're in serious trouble.
00:40:29They told me I'm innocent until proven guilty.
00:40:32You'll get a fair trial if that's what you mean.
00:40:34But not in a children's court.
00:40:35A grown-up murder trial.
00:40:37You better tell me your story.
00:40:39Okay.
00:40:40In two words, self-defense.
00:40:43Danny, that's stupid and you know it.
00:40:45And you're stupid to stick to it.
00:40:48Tough in a half, so I'm stupid.
00:40:51And a little scared too, huh?
00:40:53But nobody scares me, especially a bum like you.
00:40:56Don't get fresh with me, Danny.
00:40:57I'm here because I'm a friend of your mother's.
00:40:59Don't con me, Mr. Bell.
00:41:01Bell, your name's Bellini.
00:41:04And you're a wop just like me.
00:41:07What's the matter, Mr. Bellini?
00:41:09You ashamed of being a wop?
00:41:13Let me tell you something, Mr. Bellini.
00:41:15Don't walk down any dark streets alone.
00:41:18You haven't got the guts to handle a skinny broad,
00:41:21much less the Thunderbirds.
00:41:23You look kind of fruity to me anyway.
00:41:25And stay away from my mother, you big wop!
00:41:28Stay away from my mother, you big wop!
00:41:55Excuse me.
00:41:56I'm looking for Zorro.
00:42:13Mr. Bell, who brings you to my turf?
00:42:16I'd like to talk with Luisa Escalante.
00:42:18Why?
00:42:19She was there the day it happened. I'd like to talk with her.
00:42:27Go and tell Luisa Escalante to meet us at 3.
00:42:34Two minutes.
00:42:35Come on, I'll buy you a beer.
00:42:57They think I'm a T-man, huh?
00:42:59Why do you think so?
00:43:00Well, you know, this white shirt, the suit.
00:43:02Oh, you know Harlem, huh?
00:43:04I used to live here.
00:43:06They think I'm a cop and they don't want to be around
00:43:08if there's going to be a pinch.
00:43:09Oh, you know this place all right.
00:43:11A guy gets pinchy, like, uh,
00:43:13throws stuff away, might lend you your feet.
00:43:15Next thing you know, you're arrested for holding.
00:43:17Or maybe even for intent to sell.
00:43:19That's what I'm talking about.
00:43:21You know Harlem.
00:43:23Or maybe even for intent to sell.
00:43:25That's up to you, Bruce McGill.
00:43:27Good beer here. You'll like it.
00:43:29So you're working for Roberto, huh?
00:43:31Well, that's one way of putting it.
00:43:33The birds ain't got a chance.
00:43:36Or have they?
00:43:38I think we've got a very good case.
00:43:40Yeah? Well, man, you give it to them good.
00:43:42The others are bad, but they're the worst.
00:43:45You don't like them, do you? Any of them.
00:43:47Well, man, put yourself in my shoes.
00:43:49The niggers look down on us.
00:43:51The whops look down on us.
00:43:53The Irish were here before the Indians.
00:43:55Man, my people had a proud race.
00:43:57Puerto Rico ain't no African jungle.
00:43:59And the whops?
00:44:01What the hell did they ever have?
00:44:03Mussolini? A big stink.
00:44:05Michelangelo? So what?
00:44:07You ever heard of a guy named Picasso?
00:44:09Yes.
00:44:11Now, Pablo Picasso, man.
00:44:13I went all the way down to the museum to look at his paintings.
00:44:15Now, that guy is great.
00:44:17He's the greatest artist that ever lived, man.
00:44:19He sings. And you know...
00:44:21That's the delivery kid that don't want to pay.
00:44:23You know, Picasso,
00:44:25he's got the same blood in his veins that I got in mine.
00:44:49Uh-huh.
00:45:19And you know the first fiddle at the music hall?
00:45:21Puerto Rican.
00:45:23Come on.
00:45:35Got a contribution to your war chest?
00:45:39Look.
00:45:41We got three square blocks here.
00:45:43Like this is an island. Little Puerto Rico.
00:45:45You know what I mean, Mr. Bell?
00:45:47We got a lot of land to get out.
00:45:49But while we're here, we got to protect our turf.
00:45:51People got to respect us.
00:45:53And you know what people respect?
00:45:55Forests.
00:45:57Here.
00:45:59Our contribution to your fairy charity.
00:46:03You know that that ain't the point.
00:46:05It ain't the money.
00:46:07We just can't let people come in and out of here without knowing whose place it is.
00:46:09Like the Thunderbirds, huh?
00:46:11Yeah, like the Thunderbirds.
00:46:13Look what happened to poor Roberto.
00:46:15Never did anyone no wrong.
00:46:17Tell me something.
00:46:19Thunderbirds know you protect your turf.
00:46:21How do you explain three of them coming down here and invading it?
00:46:23The Thunderbirds are all on junk.
00:46:25That's why.
00:46:27They're dope addicts, you know.
00:46:29That's right.
00:46:31Those boys weren't on junk.
00:46:33You're right.
00:46:35They weren't on junk.
00:46:37Not then, anyway.
00:46:39But it's that weird.
00:46:41What about the other two?
00:46:43The other two?
00:46:45I pass for joking.
00:46:47Oh, man.
00:46:49That cat does anything anybody tells him.
00:46:51And Apache?
00:46:53He's a wild one.
00:46:55You know,
00:46:57he helped one of our guys out of trouble once.
00:46:59Now, why would a wild one help us pick?
00:47:01Oh, no.
00:47:03It's that weird.
00:47:05He's got holes in his head.
00:47:07I put one of them there.
00:47:09And I smacked that chump.
00:47:11You know why?
00:47:13So he wouldn't get up again.
00:47:15If he did, you might go down. He'd stomp you.
00:47:19You sound like you've been stomped before.
00:47:21A touch here and there.
00:47:25Man, this poppin' is for no one, man.
00:47:27It's for riding on toilet walls. It stinks, man.
00:47:29It stinks. That's what this poppin' is.
00:47:31Mama Escalante no deja venir a Luisa.
00:47:33Uh-huh.
00:47:37Well,
00:47:39the old lady won't let her baby come down to this place,
00:47:41so you can talk to her at the house, okay?
00:47:43What do I owe you, bartender?
00:47:45The beers aren't on me.
00:47:47I said the beers aren't on me.
00:47:49Thanks.
00:48:01Mrs. Escalante,
00:48:03I'd like to talk with your daughter.
00:48:05You can talk to her right here.
00:48:11Luisa, I'd like to ask you
00:48:13just what happened
00:48:15the night Roberto was killed.
00:48:17I told the cops many times.
00:48:19I know, but I...
00:48:21I'd like you to tell me.
00:48:25Dealer.
00:48:27Dealer.
00:48:31I was sitting here.
00:48:37Maria was there.
00:48:39We saw them coming.
00:48:41They jumped for Roberto and started killing him.
00:48:43That's all.
00:48:45Did Roberto have a knife?
00:48:47A knife?
00:48:49Un cuchillo.
00:48:51Un cuchillo.
00:48:53Your policemen keep asking for this knife.
00:48:55It's not true. Roberto never have a knife.
00:48:59Three boys said he pulled a knife.
00:49:01This is a lie.
00:49:03A girl saw it, too.
00:49:05That is not so.
00:49:07Who is this girl?
00:49:09Luisa, can you tell me something?
00:49:11This girl said she saw something that glittered.
00:49:13What was it that glittered?
00:49:15Glitter?
00:49:17Shine.
00:49:19Oh.
00:49:21It's harmonica.
00:49:23The harmonica on which he plays his music.
00:49:25This is what shined.
00:49:27This is what you mean.
00:49:35Ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:37meet our next governor, Mr. Ted Ford.
00:49:41Friends, forgive me.
00:49:43I apologize for being late.
00:49:45Something about doing a profile on me.
00:49:47That's great.
00:49:49Then the White House.
00:49:51Congratulations.
00:49:53Wonderful, Dan.
00:49:55Oh, food.
00:49:57Not too rare for Mr. Cole.
00:49:59Make mine rare, please.
00:50:01Make Mr. Bell's rare.
00:50:03Hank, do you realize that a conviction in the Escalante case
00:50:05is worth a 50,000 plurality right in this district alone?
00:50:0750,000?
00:50:09That's an electrical figure.
00:50:11I should say you can count on that plurality, Dan.
00:50:13Ah, case going that well, huh?
00:50:15As of now, I see no reason
00:50:17why we can't get first-degree convictions.
00:50:19No ought to be a shoe-in.
00:50:21Say, Hank, I got a great idea for publicity.
00:50:23Why don't you get your picture taken
00:50:25pulling the switch on the electric chair?
00:50:27You have a definite politico-potential, Hank.
00:50:29But you must have cooperation
00:50:31right straight down the line.
00:50:33You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Cole.
00:50:35I'm a great believer in electricity.
00:50:39My wife majored in sarcasm at Vassar.
00:50:41Yes.
00:50:43Excuse me, please.
00:50:45Now, hear this!
00:50:47Now, hear this!
00:50:51Before Dan Cole tells us what he thinks,
00:50:53I should like to tell you all what I think.
00:50:57I think that Dan Cole
00:50:59is riding on the crest of a wave!
00:51:03And I'm mighty proud.
00:51:05I'm proud of our party,
00:51:07and I'm proud of Dan Cole!
00:51:09And I'm proud of old Hank Bellini.
00:51:11And goodbye, Mr. Supreme Court of Justice.
00:51:13We've got a campaign coming up,
00:51:15and it's going to mean shelter to the wheel work
00:51:17for all of us.
00:51:193,000 more votes.
00:51:21All you got to do is electrocute a few kids.
00:51:23You third-generation progressive
00:51:25sitting up at Vassar getting your fat checks from Daddy.
00:51:27When was the last time you had a scrounge for a buck?
00:51:29You think I can afford this phony idealism of yours?
00:51:31I've got a job to do. Now get in that car.
00:51:33I'll park the car. Be back in a minute.
00:51:35Don't hurry.
00:52:03♪♪
00:52:33Hank!
00:52:43Help!
00:52:45Hank!
00:52:47Hank!
00:52:51Hank!
00:52:55Karen!
00:52:57Karen!
00:52:59Get...
00:53:01Karen!
00:53:03What's the matter, Karen?
00:53:05What happened?
00:53:07Those boys...
00:53:09Those boys...
00:53:23How's the little lady feeling this morning?
00:53:25How do you think she feels?
00:53:27We've assigned Kirk and Brodsky to stay with her
00:53:29until this is over.
00:53:31How do you do? Go on and make yourself at home.
00:53:33There's lots of coffee on the stove.
00:53:35Where's that candy store where the Thunderbirds hang out?
00:53:37Why?
00:53:39You think they're going up to Italian Harlem?
00:53:41Well, it wasn't Puerto Ricans that paid us a visit last night.
00:53:43All right, I'll go with you.
00:53:45No, no, I want to return this visit personally.
00:53:47Now, why don't we have the T-Birds picked up and brought in?
00:53:49What's the address?
00:53:51117th and 1st,
00:53:53Manetti's Candy Store.
00:53:58Pretty boy Savarese,
00:54:00he's your man.
00:54:20Can I help you, man?
00:54:22I understand the Thunderbirds hang out here.
00:54:25Look, mister,
00:54:27I only sell suitors here.
00:54:29That's all.
00:54:33I'm from the D.A.'s office.
00:54:35I have a list of all the names and addresses of the Thunderbirds.
00:54:37Now, I can have them picked up and brought down for questioning,
00:54:39or you can tell me where I can find pretty boy Savarese.
00:54:42Hey.
00:54:44Hey.
00:54:46Come on over.
00:54:49Hey.
00:54:51We were just reading about some character from the D.A.'s office.
00:54:53His wife got scared by some crazy cats last night.
00:54:56Barge in.
00:54:58Get the district attorney a chair.
00:55:00No, thanks.
00:55:02That ain't polite.
00:55:04Where's pretty boy Savarese?
00:55:06You know, you got a lot of courage, Mr. District Attorney,
00:55:08coming in here without no escort.
00:55:10Are you going to tell me where I can find pretty boy Savarese,
00:55:12or do I have to run you in?
00:55:14Well, now, what exactly was it you wanted?
00:55:17What exactly was it you wanted to see him about, huh, Mr. District Attorney?
00:55:20Where's your telephone?
00:55:22Hey, hey, Mr. District Attorney.
00:55:24What's the matter?
00:55:26Can't you take a little joke?
00:55:28Don't get excited.
00:55:30We clown around like this all the time.
00:55:32Makes life interesting, you know?
00:55:40Never mind.
00:55:42I'll tell him myself this imbecile from the D.A.'s office wants to see him.
00:55:46I don't think I'm stupid.
00:55:48I'm Italian.
00:55:54Chill, Mac.
00:55:56Don't you got no manners?
00:55:58You pretty boy Savarese?
00:56:10You know why they call me pretty boy, Mr. Bell?
00:56:12I can guess.
00:56:14I'm ugly.
00:56:16Anybody calls me ugly, they're dead.
00:56:20Dead.
00:56:22The table's crooked.
00:56:24The floor's on a bias.
00:56:26You're a mighty top character, aren't you?
00:56:28You heard of me, huh?
00:56:30Sixteen times they got my name in the papers.
00:56:32Most of the time, when they give the wrong address,
00:56:34they don't spell the name right.
00:56:36Savarese.
00:56:38You're, uh...
00:56:40Are you Italian, too?
00:56:42Right, Mr. Bell.
00:56:46Put that back.
00:56:50Listen, you bum.
00:56:52Two of your punks came down to my apartment house last night
00:56:54and terrorized my wife.
00:56:56Yeah, I was...
00:56:58I was sorry to hear about that.
00:57:00The hard-headed kids, you know how it is.
00:57:02You can't keep an eye on all your troops.
00:57:04They're members of your gang, and you're their leader.
00:57:06If it ever happens again, I'll hold you responsible.
00:57:08Personally.
00:57:10Mr. Bell, I said I apologize.
00:57:12Please tell your wife I'm sorry.
00:57:16Remember what I said.
00:57:18Mr. Bell.
00:57:20Cue ball, please.
00:57:24Thanks, Mr. Bell.
00:57:26Mr. Bell!
00:57:28It's kind of hard
00:57:30keeping your boys in line
00:57:32when they hear you spend the evening drinking with the Spics.
00:57:34Yeah, we know all about you
00:57:36palling around with the horsemen over at the Tres Putas.
00:57:38They're all on the stuff.
00:57:40You know that, don't you?
00:57:42That's what they got their name, horsemen.
00:57:44Big H for heroin.
00:57:46Any of our boys get on the junker,
00:57:48I break their arm.
00:57:52Cue's warped.
00:57:56Another thing, Mr. Bell.
00:57:58You've been coaching their star witness.
00:58:00He didn't hear that.
00:58:02Those are three nice guys you're trying to frame.
00:58:04Those three nice guys committed murder.
00:58:06Lots of nice guys all through history kill people.
00:58:08In a war, the more people you kill,
00:58:10the more medals you get.
00:58:12Well, that don't make them any less nice, does it?
00:58:14What about that guy who invented the H-bomb?
00:58:16He got the biggest medal of all.
00:58:18Some owner.
00:58:20I cue it around and say,
00:58:22what a great guy, he invented cancer.
00:58:28No, sir, Mr. Bell.
00:58:30You're making a big mistake trying to frame those three guys.
00:58:32They're okay, every one of them.
00:58:34Every one of them, they got hearts.
00:58:42Heart to chop down a blind boy,
00:58:44playing a harmonica.
00:58:46Maybe that blind kid needed chopping down.
00:58:48Did you ever think of that, Mr. Bell?
00:58:50You think being blind made that kid an angel or something?
00:58:52Being blind got him killed.
00:58:54All right.
00:58:56You want to know the truth about Escalante?
00:58:58That'll rock you.
00:59:00I thought he was just a blind kid, too.
00:59:02So nobody noticed.
00:59:04So he's blind, so what?
00:59:06Then I heard the horsemen were busting out,
00:59:08bopping the gang in the next block.
00:59:10So I had myself a look.
00:59:12It was a rumble for real.
00:59:14Zip guns, jackhammers, the works.
00:59:18Then I saw something phony.
00:59:20Something that didn't fit.
00:59:22A blind angel.
00:59:24But why?
00:59:28The cops got the word, and I found out why.
00:59:30The little creep was their cover-up.
00:59:32Their arson.
00:59:34They ditched their guns on him.
00:59:46Every one of those horsemen was clean, man.
00:59:48The cops couldn't hold a one.
00:59:50Smart man.
00:59:52He was a top warlord in their gang.
00:59:54That nice little blind boy.
00:59:56Diablo!
00:59:58Diablo!
01:00:08I just called you fellas in
01:00:10to ask you to be nice enough
01:00:12to escort the district attorney
01:00:14to the edge of hot turf.
01:00:28Where does Zorro live, honey?
01:00:30Thank you.
01:00:54Well, hello, Mr. Bell.
01:00:56Come on in.
01:01:06Come into my office.
01:01:26Right there.
01:01:32Sit down.
01:01:34Make yourself comfortable.
01:01:36I can't offer you any beer,
01:01:38but I'll accept one of your cigarettes.
01:01:40Why did you lie to me?
01:01:42Did I lie to you, Mr. Bell?
01:01:44Roberto Escalante was a leader in your gang.
01:01:50So you really been playing detective, huh?
01:01:52Listen, punk.
01:01:54You may run these three square blocks,
01:01:56but when I talk to you, I want the truth.
01:02:00Well, it's a cruel world, Mr. Bell.
01:02:02And blind kids can't sit around doing nothing
01:02:04just because they're blind.
01:02:06And since you're so interested,
01:02:08I'll tell you something else.
01:02:10Roberto wasn't just Luis's brother.
01:02:12He was a pickup man.
01:02:16Luis is a prostitute?
01:02:18Luis is a hooker.
01:02:20And Roberto was a blind pickup man
01:02:22for his own sister.
01:02:24How does that grab you, Mr. Bell?
01:02:28And now I'll tell you something else.
01:02:30I don't care.
01:02:32I don't care if he beat his mother or sold pot.
01:02:34Roberto was killed in cold blood
01:02:36by three guys who hated him because he had a darker skin.
01:02:38Reardon came in like those Japs during the war.
01:02:40Kamikaze.
01:02:42Ready to stick someone Spanish on home ground.
01:02:44He found Roberto and killed him.
01:02:46Now the law says that you die for that, Mr. Bell.
01:02:48And it's your job to see the other street guys die for it.
01:03:02Look!
01:03:04We ain't got much, but this we want.
01:03:06I don't care whether you're making out with the Pachisole lady or not.
01:03:08Just don't cop out on us.
01:03:18Give me a cigarette.
01:03:20Hello, Dan?
01:03:22This is Hank. I'm up in Harlem.
01:03:24Listen to this.
01:03:26It turns out our poor defense's blind boy
01:03:28was a top leader in the horsemen
01:03:30and a procurer for our star witness
01:03:32who at the age of 16...
01:03:34Can you hold it a minute, Hank?
01:03:38Jack, that press release on Louisa Escalante,
01:03:40kill it.
01:03:42And you'd better call that columnist,
01:03:44the one who was going to do the poem about the little blind boy.
01:03:46Tell him to forget it.
01:03:48Never mind why.
01:03:50Okay, now.
01:03:52What does that do to us?
01:03:54Well, I haven't had time to figure out all the details,
01:03:56but I'd like to go back and take another crack at that Danny DePatchi.
01:03:58Hank, you can't do it.
01:04:00You're too close to trial to interrogate those boys now.
01:04:02The defense would raise the roof.
01:04:04We've got to take the chance, Dan.
01:04:06I want to try to break that boy down.
01:04:08Hank, absolutely no.
01:04:10Dan, I'll call you when I get back.
01:04:16Okay.
01:04:38You look pretty good, Danny.
01:04:42Danny, Mr. Bell has some questions to ask you.
01:04:46Something very important has come up.
01:04:50You can trust him.
01:04:52Danny, maybe it'll help us.
01:04:54I told you to stay away from her.
01:05:04Danny,
01:05:06are you a member of the Thunderbirds?
01:05:08Who cares?
01:05:10Well, your mother cares for one.
01:05:12I understand you swore.
01:05:14You'd never join a gang.
01:05:16What if I did?
01:05:18Did you break that promise to her?
01:05:20Did you, Danny?
01:05:28Why?
01:05:32Why, Danny?
01:05:34The Thunderbirds are my friends.
01:05:38Danny, you put Red and Don once to save a Puerto Rican boy.
01:05:40Now, what happened in between
01:05:42to make you go along and kill one?
01:05:44In between, I found out who my friends really are.
01:05:46Your friends got you in here.
01:05:48What are you trying to do, split me from the rest,
01:05:50get me to turn state's evidence?
01:05:52You're not like those boys.
01:05:54Trust him, you tell me, and he sneaks up on me
01:05:56and tries to get me to rat on my friends.
01:05:58I shouldn't even be talking to you.
01:06:00Come in here with him.
01:06:02Yeah, you are pretty cozy together.
01:06:04What are you doing, shacking up with him?
01:06:10Come on.
01:06:36Well, now I know.
01:06:40Come on.
01:06:56Hank, maybe you shouldn't have walked me home.
01:06:58Maybe it would have been smarter you dropped me.
01:07:06Thank you, Hank.
01:07:10I guess I haven't been much of a mother, huh?
01:07:12Maybe if you had a father, he'd have...
01:07:14Yeah, some father.
01:07:18I don't know, I always heard that
01:07:20a boy got in trouble because he didn't have love.
01:07:24I love Danny more than anything in the world.
01:07:28You just thank God, Hank,
01:07:30you didn't have to raise your kid on these streets.
01:07:34Good night.
01:07:40Good night.
01:08:10Good night.
01:08:40Good night.
01:09:10Come on.
01:09:24Doctor,
01:09:26is it all right if I smoke?
01:09:28If you have to.
01:09:32How do you feel?
01:09:34Oh, man.
01:09:36Man, I feel sick.
01:09:38I was this far,
01:09:42this far from killing him.
01:09:50Hello, Karen.
01:09:52I'm all right, honey.
01:09:54Hello, gorgeous.
01:09:56Daddy.
01:09:58I was spiked trying to steal third base.
01:10:00They've got us and told us.
01:10:02It's not as bad as it looks,
01:10:04just a couple of ribs.
01:10:06I'll be all right.
01:10:08I'll live.
01:10:10I've got to.
01:10:12I've got to get ready for that trial
01:10:14a week from Monday.
01:10:16Or am I confused?
01:10:18No, not for a minute.
01:10:20I protected my face
01:10:22so I wouldn't put in too bad an appearance.
01:10:24Vanity.
01:10:26That's the difference between the police department
01:10:28and the DA's office.
01:10:30You boys protect your pretty faces.
01:10:32Our boys protect their kidneys.
01:10:34Stop making jokes.
01:10:38Which gang was it, Daddy?
01:10:40I don't know, gorgeous.
01:10:42Two birds, a horseman.
01:10:44Might have been either one or both.
01:10:48Karen,
01:10:50I was choking him.
01:10:54I couldn't stop.
01:10:56And I wish to hell you hadn't.
01:11:00Hadn't stopped.
01:11:04All right,
01:11:06now let's turn him over on his left side.
01:11:12Gently.
01:11:14Gently.
01:11:16Karen?
01:11:18Yes, love?
01:11:20He was
01:11:2215 or 16 years old.
01:11:26And I was
01:11:28trying with all my heart to kill him.
01:11:30You know?
01:11:34I know.
01:11:50Yes?
01:11:52What?
01:11:54Who is this?
01:11:56Lieutenant Hardy.
01:11:58Oh.
01:12:00Well, hang on a second.
01:12:04What?
01:12:30What's the matter, Hardy?
01:12:32You found the knife.
01:12:34Is that what you called me for?
01:12:36To tell me you found those damn knives?
01:12:42Or what could I possibly do with them at this hour of the night?
01:12:46You're not very funny, Hardy.
01:12:48What condition are they in?
01:12:52I'll send them over to the lab.
01:12:54I want blood type and fingerprints after sunrise.
01:12:58Not very.
01:13:00Anything else?
01:13:02A lady in Kew Gardens found her three-year-old daughter
01:13:04chewing on the handle of one of them
01:13:06in the backseat of a light green Plymouth.
01:13:10You helped a lot with the description of the car, Val.
01:13:12Dark Ford or Chevy?
01:13:14Hardy,
01:13:16don't ever call me at this hour of the night again.
01:13:1899th.
01:13:30Thank you.
01:13:50Hank?
01:13:54Hank, are you all right?
01:13:56Does anything hurt you?
01:13:58My ribs are a little sore, that's all.
01:14:02You still got that lump on you, Joe.
01:14:04You may have to put a little makeup on that
01:14:06before you go to trial.
01:14:08That's all I need.
01:14:16What do you think of your little victims
01:14:18of social oppression now?
01:14:20I don't know what you mean.
01:14:22You were pretty sure of yourself the other night
01:14:24at Cole's party.
01:14:26I'm sorry about that, Hank.
01:14:28I made a fool out of myself.
01:14:30A bully for Escalante, you said.
01:14:32Darling, I got a marvelous idea for a publicity stunt.
01:14:34Get a picture of you pulling a switch
01:14:36on the electric chair.
01:14:38It's not a very funny joke.
01:14:40The voice of the martini.
01:14:42You weren't that drunk. You knew what you were saying.
01:14:44It's late. Let's go to bed.
01:14:46We can talk about this in the morning.
01:14:48Those hoodlums scared you half to death.
01:14:50And they almost killed me.
01:14:52You still think they need special consideration?
01:14:54Special attention?
01:14:56You don't think I condone that kind of violence, do you?
01:14:58I've gone a hundred miles out of my way
01:15:00to find out what makes these monsters tick.
01:15:02I've been to Harlem time and again.
01:15:04To their homes.
01:15:06They spit in my face.
01:15:08What more can anyone do? What would you do?
01:15:10I don't know.
01:15:12Don't you?
01:15:14All right. I made a mistake.
01:15:16Was it a mistake? Don't you believe what you said?
01:15:18All right, Hank.
01:15:20I meant every word I said the other night.
01:15:34Something else you said.
01:15:36Old Hank Bellini.
01:15:38Danny DePaci said it, too.
01:15:40What's the matter, Mr. Bellini?
01:15:42You're shaming the Beano up?
01:15:44I'm not.
01:15:46My old man was ignorant.
01:15:48He thought the way to be a good American
01:15:50was to change your name.
01:15:52It was always easy for me to explain.
01:15:54My father did.
01:15:56Now I realize I not only went along with it,
01:15:58I was glad.
01:16:00I was secretly glad
01:16:02my name was Bell instead of Bellini.
01:16:04It was part of getting out of Harlem.
01:16:10Like marrying you.
01:16:12I'm not marrying you.
01:16:14Like marrying you.
01:16:16You married me because you loved me.
01:16:20Hank, I know what you're going through now.
01:16:22Somehow you'll find the answer.
01:16:44The Grand Jury of the County of New York
01:16:46by this indictment
01:16:48accuses Arthur Reardon,
01:16:50Daniel DePaci,
01:16:52and Anthony Apostol
01:16:54of premeditated murder in the first degree
01:16:56on the 25th day of July, 1960
01:16:58in the County of New York
01:17:00by feloniously stabbing
01:17:02Roberto Escalante
01:17:04and at the stated time and place
01:17:06causing the death of said Roberto Escalante
01:17:08without excuse or justification.
01:17:10Bell?
01:17:12Does the defense wish to open?
01:17:14This is the lab report
01:17:16on these knives.
01:17:18Your Honor.
01:17:20Thanks, Hardy.
01:17:22Did you read it?
01:17:24When I get ready.
01:17:26I didn't think we'd find them, did you?
01:17:28We didn't. They just turned up.
01:17:30It's quite a sight to see.
01:17:32It's quite a sight to see.
01:17:34It's quite a sight to see.
01:17:36It's quite a sight to see.
01:17:38They just turned up.
01:17:40It's quite interesting. You'd better read it.
01:17:42It's not fact, but a mere accusation.
01:17:45I'm sure you will keep your minds open
01:17:47until you have heard all the evidence
01:17:49from both sides
01:17:51and that your verdict will be a just one.
01:17:53Thank you for your attention.
01:17:57State your name,
01:17:59address, and age.
01:18:01Luisa Maria Felippa Garcia Escalante.
01:18:0449 1 green Spread for West 1, 110th Street.
01:18:07Sixteen years old.
01:18:09Louisa, are you the sister of the murdered boy?
01:18:12Objection!
01:18:13Rephrase your question, Mr. Bell.
01:18:15Are you the sister of Roberto Escalante?
01:18:17I was.
01:18:19On the afternoon of July 25th, 1960,
01:18:22were you seated on the front steps of the apartment house
01:18:24where you live at 49 and a half West 110th Street?
01:18:27Yes, sir.
01:18:28Who was there with you?
01:18:30My brother, Roberto.
01:18:32Anyone else?
01:18:33Yes, sir.
01:18:34My friend, Maria Creva.
01:18:36What were you doing there?
01:18:38I was talking.
01:18:40And your brother?
01:18:42He was making music on the harmonica.
01:18:46The three of you were seated on the front steps,
01:18:48minding your own business,
01:18:50watching the world go by. Is that correct?
01:18:52Roberto was not watching the world go by.
01:18:57You mean he was blind?
01:18:59Yes.
01:19:01And he was playing the harmonica?
01:19:03Yes.
01:19:05Did anything happen to disturb that moment?
01:19:11Them! Those boys!
01:19:13Wait.
01:19:14Luisa, try to control yourself.
01:19:18Sit right down.
01:19:22Try to tell me as clearly and as calmly as you can
01:19:24just what happened.
01:19:30Three boys came down the street.
01:19:34When they got by our stoop,
01:19:37they pulled knives out of their pockets
01:19:40and stabbed Roberto.
01:19:43They stabbed him many times.
01:19:46They killed him.
01:19:50Did he draw a knife?
01:19:52He did not have no knife.
01:19:54Did he act in any way as though he were going to attack them?
01:19:59Why would he attack those boys?
01:20:03He did not know they were there.
01:20:05He was blind.
01:20:08Why would he attack those three boys?
01:20:18What did the boys do then, Luisa?
01:20:21They ran away.
01:20:23Did you get a good look at them before they ran away?
01:20:26Yes, sir.
01:20:27If you saw them again, would you recognize them?
01:20:29Yes, sir.
01:20:31Are they in this courtroom?
01:20:33Right over there.
01:20:37Luisa, just so there can be no possibility of a mistake,
01:20:42just so the court will know exactly who you're talking about,
01:20:45I want you to leave the witness stand,
01:20:47go to the three boys who killed your brother,
01:20:49and place your hand on the shoulder of each one to identify them.
01:21:20Love?
01:21:41Come on, Luisa.
01:21:42There's nothing to be afraid of.
01:21:49Mrs. Escalade, the court realizes the extent of your emotional involvement in this case.
01:21:59Nice work, Hank.
01:22:01Here, read this.
01:22:03Quite interesting.
01:22:05I'm not through with her yet.
01:22:07No, no, I'm all right.
01:22:10I'll be all right.
01:22:13I want to answer the questions.
01:22:18Louisa, what is your occupation?
01:22:23Occupation?
01:22:24What do you do for a living?
01:22:31You're on the ropes, Louisa.
01:22:33Remember that.
01:22:35What do you do for a living?
01:22:38I am a hooker.
01:22:43You mean you're a prostitute.
01:22:46Yes.
01:22:47When did you become a prostitute?
01:22:50I was 14.
01:22:52You became a prostitute when you were 14?
01:22:55Yes.
01:22:56Were you coerced into it?
01:22:58Objection, Your Honor.
01:22:59I see no purpose to this line of questioning.
01:23:01Bill, do you have a point here which applies to the case?
01:23:04I do, Your Honor.
01:23:06Proceed.
01:23:10Were you coerced into this profession?
01:23:12Coerced?
01:23:14Yes.
01:23:15Did someone, an older man, for instance, cause you to become a prostitute?
01:23:21No, sir.
01:23:23I thought of it myself.
01:23:25You thought of it yourself?
01:23:26Why?
01:23:30We had no money, and my mother was sick.
01:23:34Couldn't you get a job?
01:23:36I was 14.
01:23:38I tried to get a job.
01:23:40They do not give me a working permit.
01:23:42What about your brother?
01:23:45He was blind.
01:23:49Did you make some money this way?
01:23:52I did.
01:23:54Did your mother ask you where you got the money?
01:24:00Yes.
01:24:01What did you tell her?
01:24:05I told her I was on the street.
01:24:08You told your mother you were a prostitute?
01:24:11Yes.
01:24:12What did she say?
01:24:17She said...
01:24:21Why didn't we let her die?
01:24:24Mr. Bell, why are you pursuing this line?
01:24:28Your Honor, I'm trying to get at the truth.
01:24:32Thank you, Louisa.
01:24:33No more questions.
01:24:35Your witness, Mr. Randolph.
01:24:37Your defense.
01:24:48Is the defense ready?
01:24:50Your Honor, the defense requests a short recess.
01:24:54Court is adjourned for 10 minutes.
01:25:07It was a masterful presentation.
01:25:09Come to the hall.
01:25:11Go ahead, Dan.
01:25:13We're ready, Dan.
01:25:17That was nice.
01:25:26Take your name, age, and address.
01:25:29Anthony Apostle, 16...
01:25:33What was that?
01:25:34Your address.
01:25:38The court has Anthony Apostle's address.
01:25:42Anthony, sit down.
01:25:48Anthony Apostle, are you also known as Batman?
01:25:53Yes.
01:25:55Why do they call you Batman?
01:26:00I don't know.
01:26:01Everybody calls me Batman.
01:26:03Where did you get the name?
01:26:06Batman, he's in the comics.
01:26:09I see.
01:26:10Do you like reading comic books, Anthony?
01:26:13Sure, I like the pictures, you know.
01:26:16What about the words, Anthony?
01:26:19They're okay, too, I guess, yeah.
01:26:21Then perhaps you have a little trouble with the words.
01:26:29You know, I'm not such a hot reader.
01:26:32Anthony, what do you like about Batman?
01:26:43Batman, well, he ain't afraid of nothing, you know.
01:26:51He wears this cool black suit all the time.
01:26:56He's always fighting, you know.
01:26:59Do you like to fight, Batman?
01:27:02Sure.
01:27:03Are you a good fighter, Batman?
01:27:05Oh, boy, my old man will tell you.
01:27:06You know something?
01:27:07I pack a hell of a wallop.
01:27:08That's right.
01:27:09Why?
01:27:10Has he watched you?
01:27:11No, I walloped him once.
01:27:14Why do you like to fight, Batman?
01:27:19I don't know why.
01:27:21Try to think why.
01:27:25Why what?
01:27:28Try to think why you like to fight.
01:27:31Because it makes me feel good?
01:27:33You really got your work cut out for you here.
01:27:36He's even got me convinced this kid is a nut.
01:27:39Anthony, if this court frees you,
01:27:44what will you do with your life?
01:27:46Where will I get it from?
01:27:49Just answer the question, Anthony.
01:27:51The question?
01:27:53The question.
01:27:55If this court frees you, what will you do with your life?
01:28:01I don't know.
01:28:04If you were released this afternoon,
01:28:06what would you do with the rest of the day?
01:28:10I'd go back to the block.
01:28:12And tomorrow?
01:28:17Tomorrow?
01:28:19Yes, tomorrow.
01:28:22I don't know.
01:28:23I mean, I gotta know what I do tomorrow, you know.
01:28:26Anthony, please try to answer the question.
01:28:31I don't know.
01:28:38Dr. Walsh, you heard Anthony Aposto testify
01:28:42that he likes to fight because it makes him feel good.
01:28:45Could you explain this testimony to the jury
01:28:47in layman's terms, please?
01:28:49Aposto's gratification from fighting
01:28:51stems from two sources.
01:28:54One, fighting gives him status.
01:28:57And two, in layman's terms,
01:29:00Aposto enjoys pain.
01:29:03Dr. Walsh, do you believe Anthony Aposto
01:29:05to be capable of an act, say an act of extreme violence,
01:29:09which requires premeditation?
01:29:12Premeditation would not be consistent
01:29:14with Aposto's pattern.
01:29:19The state of New York, may I?
01:29:22By all means.
01:29:23Is your employer, is it not, Dr. Walsh?
01:29:26I work for the state, yes.
01:29:27You realize you are testifying
01:29:29against the state of New York.
01:29:33I realize that.
01:29:35Doesn't it frighten you to be testifying
01:29:37in opposition to your employer?
01:29:40The truth is the truth.
01:29:42We've got to get our own man up there
01:29:43and demolish that testimony and do it now.
01:29:46Later it won't have any impact.
01:29:48Dr. Andrade, as a qualified psychiatrist,
01:29:51I'd like to talk to you for a moment about Arthur Wren.
01:29:54In your report to our office,
01:29:56you indicated that he had more than normal aggression,
01:29:59I believe you said,
01:30:00along with delusions of grandeur.
01:30:02Yes, those are parts of my findings.
01:30:04He had fantasies about becoming
01:30:06a very important man in this neighborhood.
01:30:08He dreamed about growing up to be a bigger man
01:30:10in this field than Al Capone.
01:30:13Yes, he did.
01:30:14Doctor, you're a very experienced psychiatrist.
01:30:16In your opinion, in your professional opinion,
01:30:19what is the cause of these
01:30:21unmanageable aggressions and delusions?
01:30:24Fear.
01:30:25Fear?
01:30:26Arthur Wren is a very frightened young man.
01:30:28Would you say as a generalization he's insecure
01:30:31or as a specific that he is a coward?
01:30:34A layman might so describe him, yes.
01:30:36A coward and a bully?
01:30:38I don't know what the word bully means to you, Mr. Bell.
01:30:41A bully is a person so cowardly
01:30:43that he attacks only those who cannot defend themselves.
01:30:47Like a blind boy.
01:30:50I would call him a bully and a coward.
01:30:53It's a line of thinking, Pink!
01:30:56Order.
01:30:57Order.
01:30:58Arthur, sit down.
01:31:00Order.
01:31:01Let there be order in this court.
01:31:04Please, please make me sick.
01:31:07I instruct the court attendants
01:31:09that in the event of another outburst from this defendant,
01:31:12they are to bind him and gag him
01:31:15so that this trial will not be interrupted again.
01:31:18What do you mean, gag me?
01:31:19This country's free speech, isn't it?
01:31:21What do you mean, try to tell me what I can say and do?
01:31:24Gag the defendant.
01:31:25Why the hell are you going to gag me?
01:31:27I've got my rights!
01:31:29I've got the strength of the kids!
01:31:31And you call it a crime?
01:31:34I'm sick of this!
01:31:45Hang on.
01:31:47This is going to work against us.
01:31:49This makes him look like a hot-headed maniac
01:31:51instead of a cold-blooded killer.
01:31:53We're going to have a terrible time proving premeditation now.
01:31:59Dr. Andrade,
01:32:01you testified that in your professional opinion,
01:32:04Anthony Aposto was aware of the quality and nature of his act
01:32:08when he stabbed Roberto Escalante.
01:32:10Objection!
01:32:11When and if he stabbed Roberto Escalante.
01:32:13That is correct.
01:32:15Doctor,
01:32:17how can you say what was definitely in the mind of Anthony Aposto
01:32:22when and if he stabbed another boy?
01:32:24So far, science has found no means of determining
01:32:27what definitely goes on in the mind of a man.
01:32:32If Anthony Aposto did not know what he was doing,
01:32:35then he'd be innocent in the eyes of the law, wouldn't he?
01:32:38I'm afraid I can't answer questions about the law.
01:32:41Well, let me put it this way, Doctor.
01:32:43Is there in your mind the slightest shadow of a doubt
01:32:47that Anthony Aposto knew what he was doing
01:32:49when he stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:32:51But I have no psychic powers.
01:32:54I can't answer your question.
01:32:56You are aware that under the laws of the United States,
01:32:59a man is presumed innocent
01:33:00till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
01:33:02Oh, yes, yes. Yes, I am.
01:33:04Thank you, Doctor. No more questions.
01:33:06That's all, Doctor.
01:33:07Call the next witness.
01:33:09We call Daniel DiPaci.
01:33:15What are you doing?
01:33:16I'm looking for the truth.
01:33:18There's a proper procedure for finding the truth.
01:33:21I didn't put you on this case to lose it.
01:33:23I'm looking for justice.
01:33:25The jury decides justice.
01:33:29I'm taking you off this case, Hank.
01:33:33Don't do that, Dan.
01:33:34I'd like to hear you explain it to the newspapers.
01:33:36Would you have stabbed him if he hadn't drawn his knife?
01:33:39No, sir.
01:33:40So you only stabbed him to defend yourself.
01:33:44Thank you, Danny.
01:33:46Your witness, Mr. Bell.
01:33:55Your Honor, I have here three knives I'd like to place in evidence.
01:33:58Also a sworn statement by one Angela Ruggiello
01:34:01to the effect that these are the knives
01:34:03handed her by the defendants on July 25th.
01:34:07The statement goes on to say that Angela Ruggiello
01:34:09wrapped the knives in a newspaper
01:34:11and threw them in the back seat of an automobile
01:34:13that same afternoon in the same condition
01:34:15in which they were given her.
01:34:16And finally, I have a police lab report
01:34:19on the condition of the knives when they were found.
01:34:21I would like to place this in evidence,
01:34:23but at the proper time.
01:34:24May I have the knives, please?
01:34:26May I have the knives, please?
01:34:28Mark the statement.
01:34:35You recognize these knives, Danny?
01:34:36No.
01:34:39You're under oath, Danny.
01:34:41Don't add perjury to the charge against you.
01:34:43Is that any worse than going to the chair, huh?
01:34:46I don't recognize them.
01:34:53Is this your knife?
01:34:54I don't remember.
01:34:57This one?
01:35:00I don't remember.
01:35:06What about this one?
01:35:07I don't remember.
01:35:09Don't you recognize any of these knives,
01:35:11any one of them at all?
01:35:12Objection. Badgering the witness.
01:35:14Witness has already answered the question.
01:35:16Reaction sustained.
01:35:18Danny, are you afraid to admit which knife is yours?
01:35:21No, I'm not afraid.
01:35:22Then why can't you recognize your knife when you see it?
01:35:24Objection.
01:35:25Counsel is assuming a fact, not in evidence.
01:35:27There is no testimony linking any of the knives with the witness.
01:35:31I'll sustain that.
01:35:34Danny, you're a very bright young man with a very high IQ.
01:35:37Do you think the jury is going to believe
01:35:39that you can't recognize your knife when you see it?
01:35:42I don't care whether they believe it or not.
01:35:45Who spotted Roberto Escalante first?
01:35:47I don't remember.
01:35:49Who stabbed him first?
01:35:50We all stabbed him at the same time.
01:35:52How many times did you stab him?
01:35:54I don't remember.
01:35:55I saw you in Welfare Island.
01:35:56You told me you stabbed Roberto Escalante four times.
01:35:59I must object.
01:36:01I'll rephrase the question, Your Honor.
01:36:04Danny, did you or did you not confess
01:36:07that you stabbed Roberto Escalante?
01:36:09Yeah, in self-defense.
01:36:11Did you also not confess that you stabbed him four times?
01:36:14Answer yes or no.
01:36:16Objection.
01:36:17Witness can always explain his answer.
01:36:19A witness will please answer the last question.
01:36:23Yeah, I guess I said that.
01:36:25And you stabbed him with this knife?
01:36:27I object.
01:36:28Answer yes or no.
01:36:29I object.
01:36:30Counsel has still failed to identify the knife.
01:36:33I cannot question this witness properly
01:36:35if my every word is going to be examined.
01:36:37You're bullying a witness.
01:36:39Damn it, you put him on the witness stand, didn't you?
01:36:41I must caution you about profanity in this courtroom.
01:36:44Your Honor, I'm sorry,
01:36:45but I think I'm on the verge of establishing which knife is his.
01:36:48If I may proceed, please.
01:36:51Witness will answer the last question.
01:36:53Read back the last question.
01:36:55And you stabbed him with this knife.
01:37:00Well, Danny?
01:37:02Look, what if it is...
01:37:03Answer the question yes or no.
01:37:04Is this your knife?
01:37:05Yes, yes, yes, yes.
01:37:06And how many times did you stab him?
01:37:08Four, four.
01:37:09Why, Danny?
01:37:10I told you he came at me.
01:37:11Why, Danny?
01:37:12I don't know.
01:37:13Why, why?
01:37:14Because the other...
01:37:18Because the others, they...
01:37:19Because the others stabbed him, too?
01:37:21Yes, yes.
01:37:22So you stabbed him?
01:37:23Yes, I stabbed him four times.
01:37:25Look, what do you want from me?
01:37:27I stabbed him!
01:37:28I stabbed him!
01:37:29I stabbed him!
01:37:30You're lying, Danny.
01:37:32You never stabbed him.
01:37:34Your Honor, I want this report placed in evidence.
01:37:37It's an official report from the Criminal Identification Laboratory.
01:37:40It states that the Swiss blade knife,
01:37:42the one with the black and white handle,
01:37:44the one you identified as your knife,
01:37:46did not have a single trace of blood on it.
01:37:48Your knife, Danny, and not a single trace of blood.
01:37:50No, no, I wiped it clean.
01:37:52Nobody could wipe it that clean.
01:37:53Nobody could wipe it so clean that the police lab
01:37:55wouldn't find a single trace of blood on it.
01:37:57No, Danny, you never stabbed him at all.
01:37:59You only pretended to stab him.
01:38:01No, no, I...
01:38:02You turned the handle of the blade around,
01:38:04and you stabbed him here on the shoulder.
01:38:06No, no, I stabbed him!
01:38:07I stabbed him!
01:38:09You're lying, Danny.
01:38:11Danny, what are you afraid of?
01:38:13Danny, what are you afraid of?
01:38:18Danny, did you kill Roberto Escalante?
01:38:23I never killed anybody in my life.
01:38:26Never, never.
01:38:28Oh, God, never.
01:38:31Never.
01:38:33All right, Danny, all right.
01:38:37I hate crying.
01:38:40Crying is for babies.
01:38:42It's for men, too.
01:38:48Who killed Roberto Escalante?
01:38:51Anthony Aposto, a mental defective
01:38:54that an efficient society would have taken off the streets long ago?
01:38:57Arthur Reardon, a young man so crippled
01:39:00by the pressures and poverty of slum life that...
01:39:04that his rage makes him even more dangerous than Aposto
01:39:07and less capable of controlling his emotions?
01:39:12Or Danny DePaci,
01:39:15whose values are so twisted by the strange social order
01:39:19that he's afraid to admit he didn't kill?
01:39:22The bill. You're out of order.
01:39:28Sorry, Your Honor.
01:39:30No further questions.
01:39:33Mr. Randolph.
01:39:37Your Honor, the defense rests.
01:39:41This court will recess.
01:39:45Mr. Powell, my newspaper is very disappointed in your performance.
01:39:49Tell me, did your friendship with Mary DePaci...
01:39:51You can write anything you want.
01:39:53No comments. No comments.
01:39:54Mr. Powell, are you expecting to be sent to the governor's mansion
01:39:57on the prestige you're going to get from this case, huh?
01:40:00Any statement?
01:40:01Yes, partner. Keep out of my sight.
01:40:12Arthur Eden, the sentence of this court is
01:40:16that you be confined in the Elmira Reception Center
01:40:19for a period of not less than 20 years
01:40:22and no more than your natural life.
01:40:27Anthony Aposto,
01:40:29this court commits you to the Matawan State Hospital
01:40:32for the criminally insane
01:40:34until such a time as you may be judged radically.
01:40:38Until such a time as you may be judged ready
01:40:41to again take your place in society.
01:40:46Daniel DePaci,
01:40:48you've acted in concert with the other two defendants
01:40:52and, as such, you became an accomplice.
01:40:56However, the court has seen fit to be lenient in your case,
01:41:00finds you guilty of third-degree assault,
01:41:03and going to send you to the boys' prison at Elmira, New York
01:41:07for a period of one year
01:41:09for classification, treatment, and rehabilitation.
01:41:14This court is adjourned.
01:41:33Hank.
01:41:35Hank.
01:41:37Hank.
01:41:48And what about my son?
01:41:50Is this your justice for a dead, blind boy?
01:41:55What about the animals who killed my son?
01:42:00A lot of people killed your son, Mrs. Escalante.
01:42:03A lot of people killed your son, Mrs. Escalante.