Runaway Jury Page #9

- Boston, 2000,

Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, '99,

and Cincinnati, '98.

They've been stalking gun cases.

Now they're in the house.

All right.

Amanda, I want the jury files

on all four cities. I want 'em tonight.

Line two. It's her.

Good afternoon, Marlee.

I see you and Mr. Easter

are keeping busy, busy, busy.

The Palace Cafe

on Canal Street. Downstairs,

main dining room. 15 minutes.

Thank you.

- Mr. Fitch?

- Marlee.

Good. I just won a bet with myself.

I figured you for blond.

Oh, please have a seat.

Nice mass, sequestering the jury.

Close ranks. Makes them harder to rea...

- Mr. Fitch?

- Yes?

- This is for you.

- Thank you.

- What's your price?

- 10 million. Nonnegotiable.

This is made out to cash. $500,000.

To walk away from my jury.

I wouldn't drop off

your dry cleaning for that.

You wanna ask Nick about that?

OK, OK. How do I know

that you can provide the verdict?

We got the jury sequestered, didn't we?

Look, we know you're

leaning on a couple of jurors,

but it's not enough.

You need nine warm bodies.

Nick Easter can deliver them.

He's very persuasive.

- You're such a good hustler.

- Mm. You're a good arsonist.

We both know what's at stake here.

You lose this one,

and every civil lawyer in the country

is gonna be holding out his hand.

This is mine.

You won't get off until the next stop.

It's the zoo.

I'm gonna give you

a second chance to take this.

I want you to consider it.

I think it's fair. I do. I really do.

Listen, Fitch, when you're

ready to pony up the ten,

email me at this address.

It's a free account, untraceable.

But then I'm sure you already knew that.

Here you are, sir.

OK. I get the being sequestered part,

but why put us all the way out here

- by the east Texas border?

- I know.

Hell, I can see Port Arthur

from the parking lot.

Does anyone know how Rikki's doing?

Oh, she was released

from the hospital about an hour ago.

- That's good.

- Lovely girl. She seemed fine to me,

but you never really know

what's going on with a person.

Could be her marriage, her church...

No, no, no. It was nothing like that.

Look, somebody got to that girl.

Oh, now that's hokum.

Why would anyone wanna get to her?

The same reason

they wanna get to any of us.

To influence the outcome of the trial.

- My Lord, are we safe?

- OK, here are your keys.

We are now.

Hoppy was arrested.

They said they would put him in jail for life

if I didn't vote in favor of the gun company.

It's OK, sweetheart.

- We'll talk about it in the morning.

- Thanks. Good night.

Good night.

Didn't take you for a man

who goes for the big girls, Easter.

You're just full of surprises, ain't you?

I'm fine, Frank. How are you?

- Can I get by?

- I've been watching you, Easter.

- From day one.

- I just wanna go to my room, Frank.

You're a real boy scout, aren't you?

Playing everybody.

Playing the judge. Playing Millie?

I've put up with guys like you my whole life.

Now, I want you to

understand something. OK?

I don't like my hand being forced.

You understand?

Get some sleep, Frank.

Mr. Rohr?

May I sit down?

- I know you're playing both sides.

- We are.

- May I sit down?

- Yeah, go on. Sit down. Sit down.

Now you tell me...

you tell me why I shouldn't

go to the judge, get a mistrial

and have that provocative little bottom

of yours thrown into jail.

You know how serious we are

about jury tampering down here?

- You wouldn't do that.

- Oh, don't you be so sure.

You wouldn't put Mrs. Wood

through the pain

and the expense of a mistrial.

She couldn't afford it.

You don't know anything about Celeste

Wood. You don't know what drives her.

Unlike you, young lady,

she's not in it for the money.

- And what are you in it for, Mr. Rohr?

- Oh, you're something, aren't you?

- What do you think I'm in it for?

- You tell me.

I'd like to get the law changed.

That's why you're here. But you need help.

It's up to you.

You can be a good boy, play by the rules...

or you can win a huge victory

for gun control. The choice is yours.

You know, this may come

as a surprise to you,

but I don't have to make that choice.

Don't tell me. Your whistle-blower

from Vicksburg is gonna testify

his company knows about the number

of guns that wind up on the black market.

That's right.

That's precisely what's gonna happen.

- Mr. Rohr.

- What?

What makes you think this witness

is ever gonna make it to the stand?

Because that whistle-blower came to us.

- Fitch is gonna get to him.

- We didn't call him. He came to us.

- He's your star witness.

- We didn't... Listen to me.

You don't know what this man's capable of!

Sweetheart! Hey! Hey! Hey!

He came to us. He's tucked away

right now. I'm not gonna tell you where.

The man, out of conscience,

cannot wait to get on that stand and testify.

Anyone can be gotten to.

What do you know? Hm?

How much are we talking about here?

What do you wanna bleed me for?

- Five, six, seven million?

- Ten million.

Ooh, that's a... big number.

That's a big number.

With Rankin Fitch in the game,

you can't win.

So if you just match his offer,

I'm gonna swing it your way. Good-bye.

Who hurt you?

Who made you this way? Come on.

You know what you're messing with here?

You know how important this is?

We've been poring over

those boxes of jury files.

We found this in the Cincinnati stack.

He used the name David Lancaster.

He was prospective juror number 54,

but he didn't make it on.

Call Doyle. Tell him to pack.

He's gonna be on

the first flight out to Cincinnati.

Let's see if Mr. Lancaster

has left any loose ends behind.

Everybody's got a dirty little secret.

Let's find out what his is.

Where the hell is he?

- He was in his room an hour ago.

- No, I know that. I know that.

Now, where is he? I thought

you had someone baby-sitting him.

- I'll keep trying the hotel.

- Find him. Get him here.

Mr. Rohr, is everything

all right down there?

Go find him.

Everything's fine, Your Honor.

Well, you called Mr. Kriegler

ten minutes ago.

- Could we show him in, please?

- Your Honor...

- Your Honor, may I approach?

- You may. Mr. Cable.

Your Honor, I'd like to request

a brief adjournment at this time.

- Where's your witness, Mr. Rohr?

- We're looking... we're looking into that.

Your request for an adjournment is denied.

Your Honor, this is my key witness.

Well, then you should have

kept a tighter leash on him.

Now, I told both of you,

I'm not gonna stand for

any more foolishness during this trial.

- We will proceed on schedule.

- But, Your Honor...

Now, Mr. Rohr... is there another

request you'd like to make at this time?

Your Honor, it would be highly prejudicial

to my client if we are not permitted to...

I will take that as a motion

for reconsideration.

- Your Honor.

- Denied. Call your next witness.

- Call your next witness, Mr. Rohr.

- I have no next witness.

If so, Mr. Rohr, then plaintiff rests.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes