Don't Say a Word Page #4

Synopsis: A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him.
Director(s): Gary Fleder
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
R
Year:
2001
113 min
$54,218,420
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I'm just asking...

EIizabeth, you have to...

I'm sorry.

You Iost her.

She's stiII got the doII, doesn't she?

- Yeah? | - That went well.

I can gain her trust. But without | more information, I'm shooting in the dark.

- The answer's right in front of you. | - I have gone through her files.

- Then Iook closer. | - You teII...

Nathan. It's 12.22.

I'm sure ofone thinp. They would have | encountered quite a few venomous species.

Like this. Check this out.

See how he's pot his tail up, poised? | He is prumpy.

He pets his stinper back over the top | ofhis head, ready to prab and stinp.

Tryinp to recuperate.

Sofia.

Sofia, why are you here?

I broke it. Mr Conrad wiII fix it.

What?

Turkey? No. No tacchino.

No telephone. Just give it to me.

HeIIo.

Get rid ofher.

Sofia, no tacchino.

- Any more visitors? | - No.

Come on. Yeah, baby, take it off.

AII right. Suit yourself.

I have to go. You have to caII me back.

Have you seen this?

What's this? | "Girl found wandering on Hart Island"?

- Where'd you find this? | - In her file in your office.

"A young girl was found | among the coffins on Hart Island."

This is around the time her father died. | I should run this by Child Services.

Could she have been Iost or unattended? | That's bizarre.

On an island in the East River?

I saw Sarah. Two days ago. She was | meeting her boyfriend in the ViIIage.

- Maybe she's stiII with him. | - She could be. Just wait one second.

Jake. Tray 57, and just her face.

- It stinks in here. | - I know. Just breathe through your mouth.

- I've never seen anyone dead before. | - You'II do fine.

- I'm gonna get sick. | - No one in here's gonna mind.

Come on.

I've gotta take this. | But I'm gonna be right here.

Cassidy. Hey, baby.

Yeah. You should take the one o'clock, | because I'II be at Penn Station by two.

- Make it seven. | - I promise.

Don't promise.

What? Yeah, I'm almost done here.

Yeah. I'm at the city morgue. Bye.

- Your NCIC on the guy with the busted neck. | - I got a hit.

Leon Edwards Croft.

- Jesus, what does he have, 15, 20 arrests? | - A busy Iittle bad guy that won't be missed.

- You run him for known associates? | - Of course. Am I not a paid professional?

It's OK.

Why would someone do this to Sarah?

The guy with the cigarette burns, Croft? | He was the driver for this crew.

Robbery said they hit banks. | Here, Jersey, Delaware, Virginia.

No convictions tiII '91.

And three of his friends just | capped off a ten-year jolt in Attica.

Patrick Barry Koster. | He's the Iast one that got out. November 4th.

November 4th.

Did Croft rat these guys out?

I don't know. Could be payback.

He has no priors. There is nothing on him. | He just came out of nowhere.

I know. It's the only thing | he ever got popped for. The guy's a ghost.

I guess that's who I need to talk to. | Thank you.

- Watch your back. | - Yeah.

You picked Jessie's | absolutely favourite thing.

She and SaIIy were | inseparable since they were two.

Where is she?

Where's Jessie?

They took her.

Now she's really scared. As scared as you | were when you went for that guy at Rockland,

but she's only eight years old, EIisabeth.

She's not as strong as you are. She can't | protect herseIf as weII as you can.

I am not just here to help you.

- Me help you. | - I need you to help me.

Otherwise, I'm not getting my Iittle girl back.

Today's Thanksgiving.

Do you remember Thanksgiving?

Yes, I remember.

Who were you with?

My dad.

Just me and my dad.

Beinp stronp isn't only | aboutprotectinp yourself.

It's also having the strength to let go,

especiaIIy if you're holding | onto something so tightly

that you don't even know | that you could have a better Iife.

The only way that you can | help yourseIf is if you go back.

You have to go back | to that day on the subway.

I can't. Can't do it. No.

Here we go. The main event.

You can't help my Iittle girl | unless you go back.

No, please.

Listen to me. The men that have Jessie

are the same men you're frightened of, | the men that sent the orderly after you.

- I don't wanna hear this. | - AII they want is a number.

- You want what they want. | - They know you know it.

- They'II kiII my Iittle girl if you don't teII me. | - Stop it.

Daddy.

- Is it a telephone number? | - No.

- An address? An account? | - I don't know.

- A bank account? A code? A place? | - No.

What is it?

What's wrong? We Iost the feed?

No, we're good.

You Ieave him alone.

Your father is gone.

And no one is gonna hurt him any more.

My Iittle girl is stiII alive.

Jessie is alive.

Dr Conrad...

I'm scared.

I know. I'm sorry.

- Sh*t. | - It's OK.

- EIisabeth... | - I'II try.

You're OK.

Long time since breakfast.

- Yeah. | - I wish we had some cheeseburgers.

The best turkeyyou ever had.

Careful, orI'llputyou in the oven with it.

I love you, Daddy.

- What's that? | - This is a 5cc syringe,

with a 10-gauge needle | and 500mg of sodium amytal.

500mg? Why not give her a quart of Jack | Daniel's and stick a shotgun in her mouth?

The event is obviously | right beneath the surface.

She should respond beautifuIIy to Amytal.

Answer it.

You answer the phone.

TeII them everything's OK,

and that you're going to plan B.

Everything's OK, and we're going to plan B.

It's a drug.

You knew aII about the numbers, | and you set me up, Louis.

- I swear to God... | - You teII me why or I'm gonna shove this...

They got my f***ing girlfriend. | He's keeping Sarah hostage.

- He'II kiII her if I don't get him this number. | - Your girlfriend, Louis?

He's got my daughter.

- He's got my Iittle girl. | - Nathan, I didn't know that.

I'm sorry. I didn't know.

You gotta get the number for this guy. | He'II go away. It's that simple.

Dr Sachs?

- Yes? | - There's a cop here to see you.

- A cop? What kind of cop? | - I don't know.

- What does he want? | - She. She didn't say. She's in your office.

OK.

- TeII her I'II be right there. | - OK.

- He said no cops under any circumstances. | - You have got to go down to your office.

You have to be cool, | and you make her go away.

If we don't have it by 4.30, we go to plan...

Peanut butter and jeIIy. | What kind ofjeIIy is it?

HeIIo there.

- I'm Louis Sachs. | - Hi. Detective Cassidy.

- Pretty girl. Is that your daughter? | - This?

No. This is not my daughter. | How can I help you today, Detective?

- I'm here about this woman. | - What about her?

- You don't know her? | - Nope.

She worked in the hospital for five months. | She was a resident.

ReaIIy? We have dozens and dozens | of residents, I wiII teII you that.

She worked in the department you oversee.

That's strange. I should know who she is.

And I don't. So there's gotta be a mistake.

- When did you Iast see Sarah? | - Detective.

I just told you, and I'II teII you again, | I do not know who that is.

Where are we going?

- Do you have a Iawyer, sir? | - What?

- Do you have a Iawyer? | - What are you talking about?

- You don't know Sarah? | - No. Why are we talking about Iawyers?

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