Introducing 'The Usual Suspects' Page #2

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to salvage a little dignity.

Now, me and Fenster

heard about a little job.

- Why don't you just calm down?

- What do you care what he has to say?

I'm just talkin' here.

It seems like Mr Hockney wants to hear

what I got to say. I know Fenster's down.

What about you, guy?

I'm interested. Sure.

There, see? So now I'd like

to exercise my right to free assembly.

Why don't you just shut up?

You're missing the point.

No.

You're missing the point.

I don't wanna hear anything from you.

I don't care about your job.

And...

I want nothing to do with any of you.

I beg your pardon,

but you can all go to hell.

Dean Keaton, gone the high road.

What is the world coming to?

F*** him.

That was how it started. Five men

brought in on a trumped-up charge

to be leaned on by halfwits.

OK. Now I really can't

talk about it much here...

What the cops never figured out,

and what I know now,

was that these men would

never break, never lie down,

never bend over for anybody.

Anybody.

SAN PEDRO:

- Who are you?

- Agent Jack Baer, FBI. How many dead?

bodies out of the water though.

- Any survivors?

- Yeah, two.

One guy's in county hospital,

but he's in a coma.

The DA has a second guy,

a cripple from New York, I think.

The chief wants this place sealed off.

If you have any questions, give him a call.

This is Dave Kujan.

I'll be in Los Angeles until Tuesday.

If you need to reach me, call Jeff Rabin

of the San Pedro PD on extension 112.

Have a nice day.

- Why can't I see him?

- Dave, I told you.

The DA came last night ready to arraign

even before they moved him to county.

Kint's lawyer shows up five minutes later,

DA comes out the office looking like

he'd been smacked around.

They take his statement

and they cut him a deal.

- Did they charge him with anything?

- Yeah, weapons. Misdemeanour two.

What is that?

Listen, I give the DA credit

for getting that much. Understand?

Excuse me, sir.

This whole thing has turned political.

The mayor was here last night. The chief.

This morning the governor called, OK?

I'm telling you this guy is protected from

up on high by the Prince of Darkness.

- Take my word for it.

- When does he post bail?

- Two hours, tops.

- I wanna see him.

- No, Dave.

- I gotta see him.

- Dave, no! I cannot do this for you.

- You gotta. I came a long way for this.

Dave, please.

Even if I let you talk to him,

he won't talk to you.

He's paranoid. He knows the

interrogation rooms are all wired.

I quit. This won't be an interrogation.

Just a friendly chat.

- He will not go in the interrogation room.

- Someplace else.

Where?

No, no, no, no, no...

If it was a dope deal, where's the dope?

If it was a hit, who called it in?

- I'm sure you have a host of wild theories.

- They know damn well what I think.

That's crazy! Besides, the guy's got

total immunity. His story checks out.

- He doesn't know what you wanna know.

- I don't think he does. Not exactly.

But there's more to his story.

Jeffrey, look, I wanna know why

for what looks to be $91 million

worth of dope that wasn't there.

And, above all, I wanna

be sure Dean Keaton's dead.

- He's dead.

- Come on. Two hours.

Just till he makes bail.

They're all dead. I don't care how

tough a guy you say Keaton was,

nobody on that boat

could have come out alive.

- Is he talking?

- He just regained consciousness.

- He spoke... not English, then he lapsed.

- Hungarian.

- Might have been.

- Most were Hungarians.

- You gotta put on one of these.

- Burn victims are susceptible to infection.

And, of course, there's no smoking.

Keep your mask up.

Please don't touch him.

- Is he gonna die?

- He has burns over 60% of his body.

- A number of ribs are broken.

- Call Security. Put a man on the door.

- Is he dangerous?

- Yes.

Do it.

Do it now!

Joel? Yeah, Baer down at LA County.

Look, the guy they pulled out

of the harbour is Arkosh Kovash.

Yes. Yes. I'm sure.

No, he's all f***ed up.

What? What? I can't hear you.

Will you shut up? I'm on the phone.

Yes?

Well, not until I put a man on him. Send

me someone who can speak Hungarian.

- Yeah, he's talking like a Thai hooker.

- Keyser Sze!

- What?

- Keyser Sze! Keyser Sze!

- Keyser Sze.

- No sh*t.

Joel. Yeah, call Dan Metzheiser at Justice

and find Dave Kujan from Customs.

Verbal, this is Agent Kujan from Customs.

Nice to meet you.

He wants to ask you a few questions.

- What about?

- About a Dean Keaton mostly.

But I'd like to start at

the line-up in New York.

- Can I get coffee?

- In a while. Let's talk about the line-up.

I'm really thirsty.

I used to dehydrate as a kid.

One time I got so bad, my piss

come out like snot. It was thick...

- I'll get your f***ing coffee.

- Get me one too while you're at it.

That guy is tense. Tension is a killer.

I was in a barbershop quartet

in Skokie, Illinois.

The baritone was a guy named Kip Diskin.

Big, fat guy. I mean, like, orca fat.

- He was so stressed in the morning...

- Verbal, we're trying to help you.

Sure. And I appreciate that.

And I wanna help you, Agent Kujan.

I like cops. I would have liked

to have been a fed myself, but...

Verbal, you're not telling us everything.

I know you know something.

I told the DA everything I know.

Verbal, I know you like Keaton.

I know you think he's a good man.

- I know he was good.

- He was a corrupt cop.

Sure, 15 years ago,

but he was a good thief.

- Anyway, cops wouldn't let him go legit.

- Dean Keaton was a piece of sh*t!

Are you trying to get

a rise out of me, Agent Kujan?

- I just wanna hear your story.

- It's all there.

May I have a cigarette?

- According to your statement...

- I need a light.

According to your statement, you're

a short-con operator. Run-of-the-mill...

According to your statement,

you're a short-con operator.

- Run-of-the-mill scams.

- It's been suppressed. It's inadmissible.

Oh, I know. Sweet deal you have here.

Total immunity.

Well, I do have the weapons charge. I'm

looking at six whole months' hard time.

You know a dealer

named Ruby Deemer, Verbal?

Know a religious guy named John Paul?

- You know Ruby's in Attica?

- He didn't have my lawyer.

I know Ruby. He's big on respect. He's a

good friend of mine, likes me very much.

I know your testimony is sealed. Ruby has

a lot of friends inside do favours for him.

What do you think he'd say if he found out

you dropped his name to the DA?

- There's nothing in there about Ruby.

- I'll mention that to him.

First thing on the job

I learnt how to spot a murderer.

Say you arrest three guys

for the same killing and put 'em in jail.

Next day whoever's sleeping is your man.

If you're guilty, you know you're caught,

you get some rest. You follow me?

- No.

- Let me get right to the point.

I'm smarter than you and

I'm gonna find out what I wanna know.

And I'm gonna get it from you

whether you like it or not.

I'm not a rat.

Thanks.

When I was picking beans in Guatemala,

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