Riot in Cell Block 11 Page #5

Governor, I don't want you

to take the responsibility

for the murder of nine men.

Every minute counts.

He hasn't signed?

Not yet.

What happens if we

break into 11 block?

That block is as hard to break into

as it is to break out of. Harder.

Some of my men will be killed.

Suppose we blast a hole in the

block, only inmates get killed?

Casualties will be high.

Including the guards on the inside.

Maybe.

Haskell, the moment you give

the order to blow up that block,

you're in complete charge.

I'll have to take that risk. All

right, captain, let's get started.

Hold your head up a little.

Colonel, do you think us guards

should be killed? We haven't done

anything.

Hold quiet.

I never treated the men bad.

No, you just lock up

the cages and help throw

the food to the wild animals.

I never hit nobody.

Didn't play no favourites.

Yeah, you treat us all the same.

A bunch of cons. Each man in here

feels different inside.

We all fight for our identity.

And you help destroy that.

That's the prison.

I'm just a guard here!

Yeah, I know. That's what

we've got against you.

Schuyler!

Get me Snader, we'll start with him.

I thought I told you...

- Take off.

And keep your eyes open.

I don't think we should kill 'em. I

don't think God would approve.

How's Al, Tony?

Feeling better.

Talk to him.

See if he and his friend

will stand up against Carnie.

I don't want trouble.

- You can't have it both ways.

If you don't want the guards killed,

you have to put up a fight for it.

Go on.

Hand them over, Schuyler!

What do you guys think you're doing?

I'm willing to let you run this riot,

Carnie.

But you can't kill Snader.

- Gator! Boys, come on!

Wait a minute!

Let's let Dunn decide this.

All right. Get him.

What's the matter?

You guys going chicken?

I want to see Dunn.

- Carnie said no.

I said, I want to see Dunn!

Dunn. Dunn!

Hey, take it easy.

- Carnie's going to kill Snader!

What for? What happened?

- Nothing. He's crazy.

If you don't stop it,

we'll all end up in a bucket.

I told him, no party!

All right, break it up! Break it up.

Break it up.

Break it up. Break it up!

They're going to blow up the block!

What?

- I was standing guard and I see these

cops coming across the yard.

They're not planting flowers.

- Where?

Down by the end of the block.

Lock Snader in a cell.

All right, dummy up, dummy up.

It's a double-cross. They're going

to blow a hole in the block.

Carnie, get the screws.

We'll tie them up here.

Right, Gator, you three, come on.

Will you wait for

the Governor to sign?

And if he won't sign?

Reynolds, we've tried your way,

it's no good. It started with

four hostages, now they've got nine.

Tomorrow it may be 20.

You've never tried it my way.

The legislature's never

given me the money I need.

If they had, maybe I wouldn't

have a riot on my hands.

I disagree. I think this riot is

a direct result of your policy

of compromise with the convicts.

That's why I'm against

the Governor signing.

I'd never sign if it were up to me.

Your way would only make

this place hotter to handle.

You'd get thousands of

angry, desperate men,

and they'd take it out on the

public when they're released.

Well, they may be angry, but they'll

be scared too.

They'll know we mean business.

They'll think twice

before they riot again.

No.

You'll never stop riots by

treating the prisoners worse.

You'll stop them by

treating them better?

Get back in your cells!

Get back in your...

Popped his buttons!

I'm calling the Warden to tell

him we're giving up!

I'm running the show, Colonel.

They blow this cell block,

it'll not only kill the guards,

we'll go with them!

Get that bum in there!

That's what anybody else

gets who tries to sell us out.

You all set?

- Say the word.

This is Dunn. What's up?

- The Warden's on his

way down to the yard.

Yeah, but what about the dynamite?

- Nothing's going to happen if you

release the guards and come out.

The Governor just signed the demand.

Hey, the Warden's in the yard. They

say the Governor signed the demand!

It's a trick, Dunn.

- No, I'm gonna find out!

I've signed it, so has the Governor.

You wouldn't be

playing tricks, Warden?

Like maybe planting a little

dynamite?

All the reporters here?

- Yes.

OK, let's give them their headlines.

All right, Dunn.

Start filing out, one by one.

After I see the morning papers.

They'll be here at 7.30.

Fine.

We did it!

All right! Let the guards out first.

I gather, from what you say, Dunn,

that you feel you've won a victory?

That's right.

- Congratulations are in order.

I'll say they are.

I never thought I'd see you again.

Hey, Colonel!

Yeah, Dunn?

I can't understand why

we haven't heard anything.

What do you think they're doing?

Well, it's only two weeks.

Yeah, but nothing's happened.

They're in no rush. Sure, you

forced them, but they don't like it.

They signed it,

it's still in the papers.

What's in the papers?

That you lead a riot? That you beat

up a guard and destroyed property?

Yeah, and the headlines say I won!

Yeah, well don't expect any medals.

All right, Dunn, the Warden

wants to see you.

It's about time.

I hear the Warden's got the

blueprints for the new 11 block?

There he is now.

Wait outside.

What's it all about, Warden?

Dunn, you're going to stand trial on

charges of leading a riot,

and kidnapping guards.

But I don't get it.

No reprisals. The agreement.

There is no agreement.

State legislature repudiated the

Governor's signature and mine.

They what?

- Cancelled it out.

Said we had no right to make

an agreement with convicts.

But, Warden, you signed it.

You give us your word.

I don't like it, Dunn.

That's what happened.

What will I get?

If you're found

guilty, probably 30 years.

- 30 years!

And for what? For nothing!

What will Carnie get,

and the Colonel?

Carnie is being sent to a state

mental institution,

where he

should have been a long time ago.

I'm signing the Colonel's parole.

And I get 30 years.

Warden, you know I didn't do it to

bust over the walls.

I did it just so people would know

what it's like in here!

But 30 years!

I was never able to

transfer Carnie before.

The colonel may not have gotten his

parole, even though he deserved it.

Try to realise, Dunn, that good does

sometimes come out of evil.

That's awful little good for

30 years.

Well, the public has learned more

about the inside of a prison

in the last few weeks than they did

in all my 15 years of making

speeches.

Why do you think that is?

Because we got in the papers.

And you're still news,

with or without an agreement.

Haskell wants me to resign.

There's going to be an investigation.

This time, the public will listen to

my side of it.

And they're your only hope. They're

the only ones who can help.

I sure hope so.

I've been in and out of these

joints all my life. And who cares?

That ain't right, Warden.

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