Murder in the First Page #6

to you, but you're not going for it...

...so you're not handling this case anymore.

Done.

Mr. Henkin...

...they're printing my opening statement

in 250 newspapers across the country.

If you wanna take me off this because

you're afraid of taking on Alcatraz...

...that's your choice.

But I'm just gonna go to Jerry Hoolihan

and tell my side of the story.

If you wanna play hardball, sir,

I'll play hardball too.

I'm trying to be your friend, James.

Do you know who the warden

of Alcatraz is?

He is the most respected warden

in this country...

...dealing with

the world's hardest criminals.

If you try to make Humson

look like a Nazi...

...they will eat you for breakfast.

Henri, you are gonna die if I can't

get corroboration about what goes on there.

I need names. Names of men

who'll come and testify.

What makes you think

these men are gonna come and testify?

Maybe you got some friends

you don't know about.

- You wanna play cards?

- can get a court order. Make them testify.

What's your court order do for them

back on the Rock?

Mr. Glenn gonna kill them, that's what.

This is the only chance we've got.

We're talking about your life.

Oh, for a smart guy, you're awful slow.

I'm already dead. I told you that.

You know, you can't change Alcatraz.

It just is.

So why fight it?

I see you standing up in court preaching.

I don't even know what you're talking about.

Justice. I'm talking about justice.

Jim, I killed him, they saw it,

they gonna kill me.

Nothing you say

gonna make any difference.

So I don't see

what you got to get so excited about.

This trial doesn't interest you at all?

You don't care about it in the slightest?

Well, you know, you look like

you're having a good time, so I mean...

No, I don't care.

Main thing is, I got a friend my age

to talk to till they gas me.

I'm not your friend, Henri, I'm your attorney.

I'm trying to save your life. Guard.

You know, I had a sister...

...but I ain't seen her

since they put me in jail.

I got nothing. I got nobody.

I don't need a lawyer. I need a friend.

And this so you can prove something

to some guy named Darrow or something...

...you're not doing that for me.

Hey, hey, you wanna do something for me?

Let's play cards.

You go ahead and play cards.

I got a case to try.

Oh, Jim. Jim, Jim? Where are you going?

Where are you going? Hey.

I'm Henri Young's attorney.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

I'm gonna call prisoners to the stand

to testify about life on Alcatraz.

I wanna know where the dungeons are.

What solitary time

in those dungeons is like.

I want the jury to know and understand.

You tell them to get caught

robbing a bank. They'll find out.

I'm done talking.

Mr. Murphy, if we can get

decent treatment for you...

...it makes decent treatment possible

for everyone.

If we ignore cruelty in one place,

it makes it more acceptable everywhere.

I ain't gonna do sh*t for you.

You can't get me no good time

knocked off.

You can't get me no privileges.

You can't even get me

seconds at dessert.

If I testify for anybody, I testify for the DA.

He's got some juice here.

Mr. Baker, could you tell me anything...

...about Henri Young?

Don't know Henri Young.

Could you tell us anything

about Mr. Glenn?

Warden Glenn has always been

good to me.

Have you ever been in the dungeons?

Ma'am, I don't know nothing

about no dungeons.

That's all, ma'am. I gotta go now.

F*** you.

Did Mr. Glenn tell you...

...not to cooperate with me?

F*** you.

Where are the dungeons located?

Don't take my f***ing picture.

Did you know I can get a writ

of habeas corpus...

...that can force you to come

and testify in a court of law?

F*** you.

Thank you very much for your time.

Don't mention it.

Oh, and you, sweetheart?

I'd like to f*** you.

Well, I hope your day has been fruitful.

I don't see your photographer.

Uh, is he still taking pictures?

He's trying to.

We're not receiving a great deal

of cooperation.

It almost seems someone spoke to the

prisoners and told them not to talk to us.

There's no conspiracy.

No one talked to them.

Maybe it's because they are

dangerous people who belong here.

They have no interest

in you or your case.

I would like to see the dungeons.

- 'm sorry? Dungeons?

The old Citadel, the sub-level of the prison.

That's mostly storage,

a few solitary cells. No dungeons.

I would like to see

the solitary-confinement cells.

I would love to show those cells to you,

but I can't.

They're an insurance risk to visitors in case

of a riot. We won't be able to protect you.

Thank you for your concern.

I could show you

the exercise yard, though.

Oh, you have papers.

Yes, I have papers.

So you can cut the good-guy act.

Mr. Stamphill, the fact is I do consider

myself as one of the good guys...

...and perhaps more than you,

I know what the bad guys are like.

No, no, no. I'd like to read them. Please.

Thank you.

That is a court order...

...instructing you to permit us access

to the solitary-confinement cells.

And allow the photographer, Mr. Kelly,

to take pictures of the same...

...to be used as exhibits in the trial

of People v. Young.

You are also instructed

to hand over to us...

...the complete medical

and disciplinary files as to therein.

If you refuse to do so...

...you will have to appear in court

and show just cause.

Why don't you take

Miss McCasslin out for some air?

- was instructed not to leave you alone.

I don't care.

You may be used to these conditions

but obviously she's not.

We've already been searched.

Why don't you take her outside?

Or else we can go right to Glenn.

All right. All right. No more photos.

You all right?

Thanks, Mike.

I just need some air.

My God.

Listen, my name's James Stamphill.

I'm Henri Young's attorney.

I can force them to let you out

so you can testify...

...in San Francisco in a court of law.

You just have to give me your name.

I promise I will do what I said for you.

Hey, James, she's okay.

Just needed some air.

Can we go now?

- Feeling any better?

I guess I'll make it.

- Did you get anything?

- got three names.

Let's go.

Where did Stamphill get

the three names on this list?

I don't know, Mr. Henkin.

You think you can trust these cons?

They're smart enough

to look after their interests.

They told Glenn your boy James said

he'd get them out of solitary...

...as long as they testify for the defense

and lie on the stand.

That's a lie.

He wanted to find one convict willing...

Mary, Mary, this is goddamn bribery.

It's prejudicing a witness. Conduct that

could get you disbarred. It's gone too far.

Fire him. And I don't care how you do it.

- Why do you have to make it be like this?

- Because Henri Young is my client.

- t's my job to defend him.

- Not anymore.

What?

He's already been notified

that Henkin wants you off the case.

- Henri will never go for it.

- He went for it.

- He's been assigned another attorney.

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