Marshall Page #6

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What don't you get?

They will have McCoy change his testimony.

Just watch.

Let them. We'll take his sworn

statement and shove it up his ass.

No, tomorrow morning I'm asking Willis

if the offer is still on the table.

The NAACP

isn't taking any deals.

The NAACP isn't the one with

its life on the line here.

Yes, it is, goddamn it.

You're using him.

That's all this is.

Just like you said

the Communists would.

We're giving him the best possible

defense under the circumstances.

Yeah.

I'm sure he'll feel really lucky as he

sits in prison for the rest of his life.

Let's not act like it's Joseph Spell

you're concerned for all of a sudden.

What is that supposed to mean?

From the moment you got involved in this,

you've been looking for a way out.

Play nice with the DA,

earn yourself a favor,

maybe they'll let you in their

neighborhood or their club one day.

Well, get this

through your head.

The only way to get through a

bigot's door is to break it down.

Must be easy

for you to say?

See, it's my life

that is on the line here.

My family, my practice,

my future.

What do you have?

You have nothing to lose.

No, you just sweep through town,

stirring up all kinds of ugliness,

then move right on.

No one will ever

even remember you were here.

F*** you, Sam.

F*** you.

Hey.

You two okay?

Please take the stand,

Mrs. Strubing.

Mrs. Strubing,

you reside in Greenwich?

Yes. My husband John and I moved

from Philadelphia about a year ago.

Is your husband here

in the courtroom today?

Of course.

Sitting in the front.

Mrs. Strubing, do you remember

the night you were attacked?

Mr. Willis, I assure you,

I will never forget it.

Please tell the jury

what happened.

My husband was away on business,

as he is often, I'm afraid.

I had dinner with friends...

the Moores.

And I arrived home

around ten o'clock

and then I decided

to shower before bed.

And I was fixing my hair.

And he came in the room.

He came after me

and started chasing me.

He had a knife.

The knife was pointed

at my throat,

and I...

I thought of screaming, but...

I couldn't.

He... He penetrated me.

I couldn't make him stop.

His body was crushing me.

What happened next,

Mrs. Strubing?

He said he wasn't finished

with me.

And then he did it again.

Did what?

Raped me, Mr. Willis.

And then what happened?

When it was over, he said, "We're

going for a ride, Mrs. Strubing."

After all that,

he still called me

"Mrs. Strubing."

Then he tore my dress

with his hands...

and gagged me.

I show you Exhibit "H."

- Is this the dress?

- Yes. That's it.

And is this, Exhibit "I,"

taken from that dress,

similar to the gag

he used on you?

- Identical.

- Then what happened?

We started driving.

I had to lay down on the floor

so that I wasn't seen.

He came around,

pulled me out of the car.

And I remember

feeling weightless.

Suddenly I was freezing.

Rocks were hitting around me.

Mrs. Strubing,

do you see the man who raped you

in this courtroom today?

Yes.

He's right over there.

The colored man.

For the record, Mrs. Strubing,

which colored man?

The one in the brown suit.

Thank you.

One more question,

Mrs. Strubing.

Did you encounter anybody else

during your time with Mr. Spell?

Yes, as we were driving

toward the reservoir,

the car suddenly filled

with red light.

It was the police. I thought,

at last, I was saved.

And then Joseph said

to get down back there

and if I made a sound,

that he would cut my throat.

Then I heard the policeman.

And I thought,

please, please, just look.

But he didn't.

He-He spoke with Joseph

and then he left.

I'm so sorry.

I did not want to cry.

I'm so sorry.

You've been very strong,

Mrs. Strubing.

She certainly has, Your Honor.

No more questions.

Hi there.

Name, sir?

Sam... Friedman.

Sam Friedman.

Friedman.

I don't seem to have

your name here, sir.

Actually, I'm a friend of...

Hold onto this for me.

Sir, you can't go back there.

Gentlemen, you must leave now!

Marshall, this is not the kind of

place you want to make a scene.

I know. I used to work in

a place just like this.

That's exactly

what my father said.

If we just let the Reds

and the Nazis fight it out,

they'll take care

of each other beautifully.

This club is

for members only, boy.

Lorin, it appears that you have

some rather unique admirers.

- This is a private club.

- She wasn't in the car, Lorin.

Excuse me? -You had her

lie on the stand today.

Are you accusing me of a crime?

Yeah. That's exactly

what I'm doing.

Who do you think you are?

We have a sworn statement from an Officer

McCoy that Spell was alone that night.

I don't care what you have.

Ellie Strubing told the

Greenwich police everything

when she first recounted

the crime.

If she wasn't in the car, how could she

have known the car had been stopped?

Here.

Read it.

What is this?

Another sworn statement.

This from Ellie Strubing the morning

they found her. Dated, timed, notarized.

Everything she told

the Greenwich police.

This is fraudulent.

Get out of my club.

I've had better.

Are you okay, sweetie?

You look blue.

And a man as good-looking as you

has no cause to be blue.

Where is he?

Attorney Friedman.

I'm not much of a

conversationalist tonight.

It's okay. I am.

I'm Jen.

Thurgood.

Pleasure.

I've never

seen you here before...

Attorney Friedman.

Attorney Friedman,

hold on a minute.

What do you want?

We're just eager

to introduce ourselves.

To you and the n*gger lawyer.

You don't want to have anything

to do with this man, miss.

Excuse me.

You gentlemen

are making a big mistake.

There's no mistake.

We know who you are.

Bet you wish you had

your n*gger lawyer friend now.

Get out of here. Get out of here.

Hey!

Hold him up.

Let him go!

Hold on.

You liking this?

You kike!

Let him go!

Let him go!

Let him go!

- Go, go!

- Kike bastard!

Sam!

This here

is Mr. Thurgood Marshall.

This man is an attorney.

You'll be showing Mr. Marshall

all the respect he deserves.

Understand?

Sit down

and finish your bourbon.

Say something!

You're late.

What happened?

I didn't mean to start trouble.

It's not your fault.

Here.

It's okay.

Listen.

Men are men...

and women are women.

Right?

Right.

The Nazi masters of Germany...

have made it clear

that they intend

not only to dominate

all life and thought...

in their own country,

but also to enslave

the whole of Europe.

There's flanken.

Why are you so...

My God, Sam.

What happened to you?

I... I could use some ice.

Hey. What is it? What's wrong?

I got in the first punch.

Wh-What's wrong?

What is this?

You've been crying.

No. Not now. Let's...

Tell me.

My cousin Anna, in Krakw.

They took her?

Who is that?

I don't know.

Stand back.

Yeah.

Who is it?

It's me.

Thurgood. Your cocounsel.

Open up!

What happened to you?

Did I come at a bad time?

What do you want, Thurgood?

I have thoughts about tomorrow.

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