Salvatore Giuliano Page #6

What are we going to do?

Mr. De Maria,

Giuliano's clothes.

Quickly.

Go!

Dress him.

Get out or I'll kill you.

Don't leave the building.

We want you at our disposal.

I didn't take Giuliano's memoir

regarding Portella della Ginestra.

I don't know what was in those papers

Giuliano always carried with him.

I don't know what happened

to those papers.

Marotta might know.

He was the one who brought Giuliano

and Pisciotta to my house.

He saw them regularly.

He even came to my house

and saw Giuliano the night he died.

Your Honor, I'd like to point out

that when he was questioned,

Marotta denied this.

Put Marotta on the stand again

and let's see who's telling the truth.

Mr. De Maria is a victim of Giuliano,

of the Mafia

and of the lawyers defending him.

Pisciotta, quiet!

With your permission,

I'll just be going.

I'd like to point out that

Mr. De Maria maintains that,

contrary to your own statement

on the matter,

you conferred with Giuliano

at his house on the night ofJuly 5th.

- That's not true.

- Yes, it is.

When I came home, you were

saying good-bye to Giuliano.

You had been gone an hour

when Gaspare Pisciotta arrived.

And what's more, a few days

after Giuliano's death,

you and I were discussing the matter,

and you yourself told me

that that fatal night

you had brought him the letter

that warned him against Pisciotta.

Deny it if you dare!

It's true.

I went to his house that night,

but I didn't take any papers.

If I had, it would mean

that I knew in advance

that Giuliano was going

to be killed that night.

In any case, at my house that night

it was you, me, and Pisciotta.

I didn't take the memoir.

If logic tells us that

you didn't take it either,

that leaves only the third man.

Pisciotta, who took the memoir?

In July 1950,

Giuliano's memoir, the real one,

containing the names of those who ordered

the massacre at Portella della Ginestra,

was no longer

in Giuliano's possession.

With my approval, Giuliano gave it

to a man we called "the little lawyer. "

I wasn't lying when I said that

the carabinieri have the memoir.

I put them in touch

with the little lawyer.

Who is the little lawyer?

I'm not at liberty to say.

Captain, would you please give us

the name of the little lawyer?

I don't know his name.

I was told to go to a certain place,

to meet a man on the road between

Mazzara del Vallo and Castelvetrano.

My superior instructed me to stop

the car in that spot,

get out on the driver's side,

and open the trunk.

A man was supposed

to walk by and say hello,

and I was supposed

to greet him in return.

- Is that how it went?

- To the letter.

The man who approached me

was lean and elegant,

with typically Sicilian black hair.

He told me he had nothing for me

because he had burned it.

I want the name of the little lawyer.

I asked Pisciotta many times to give me

his name, but he always refused.

Pisciotta, why don't you make

the grand gesture we've been waiting for?

Come now. Tell us that name.

Why should I be the one to say it?

It'll be the word of an outlaw

against his, and he'll deny it.

The carabinieri were never given

the man's name.

Is the little lawyer Mr. De Maria?

Is it Marotta?

Come on. Take a good look.

I know them well, and they have

nothing to do with the little lawyer.

Believe me, Your Honor,

I'm sorry you have to work so hard

to find out who the little lawyer is.

I'm sorry I can't help you.

I'll never reveal that name.

If you like,

just imagine that I don't know it.

Portella della Ginestra

is but one episode,

one that produced tons

of print and publicity,

but after an excruciating

judicial inquiry,

after the long months of this trial,

no one understands the true nature

of that tragic event.

Because, Your Honor,

to understand how an outlaw

can become pivotal at election time

and throw the parliament and government

into turmoil by his actions,

we must have the courage

to expose the sad life of poverty,

of ignorance, of servitude to a feudal

system endured by these poor people,

the many faces

of political manipulation,

the face of the Mafia.

We must have the courage

to expose it all.

Stand for the court.

In the name of the Italian people,

the Court of Assize of Viterbo finds:

Gaspare Pisciotta,

Antonino Terranova,

son of the late Giuseppe,

Frank Mannino, aka Lampo,

Francesco Pisciotta, aka Mpompo,

Antonino Cucinella, son of Biagio,

Giuseppe Cucinella, son of Biagio,

Nunzio Badalamenti,

Pasquale Sciortino,

Francesco Gaglio, aka Reversino,

Angelo Russo, aka Angilinazzu,

Giovanni Genovesi, aka Manfre,

Giuseppe Genovesi, aka Manfre,

Vincenzo Pisciotta, aka Mpompo

and Salvatore Passatempo

guilty as charged

of the massacre of May 1, 1947,

at Portella della Ginestra.

I hereby sentence: Gaspare Pisciotta,

Antonino Terranova, son of Giuseppe,

Giuseppe Cucinella, Antonino Cucinella,

Nunzio Badalamenti,

Pasquale Sciortino, Frank Mannino,

and Francesco Pisciotta

to life in prison.

I hereby acquit

Vincenzo Sapienza, Domenico Retti,

Antonino and Vincenzo Buffa,

Gioacchino Musso,

Antonino Terranova,

son of Salvatore,

Giuseppe Di Nervia,

Giuseppe Sapienza, son ofTommaso,

Giovanni Russo...

- You're free!

- Antonino Gaio, Francesco Di Nervia,

Giuseppe Di Nisa,

Pietro Locullo

and Giuseppe Sapienza,

son of Francesco,

of the charge of complicity

in the massacre

at Portella della Ginestra,

as they acted under duress

to avoid real danger and in fear

of serious harm to themselves.

Counsel, why did you talk

to me of acquittal?

I saved the life of the colonel

of the carabinieri

when they wanted to have him killed.

I am a man of conscience.

I'm not an outlaw.

I came here of my own free will

to see justice done.

The outlaws are those

who call themselves honest men.

But this isn't over yet.

One day they'll hold a trial

over Salvatore Giuliano's death.

Then I'll tell everything

I didn't tell here.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Gaspare, aren't you going

to make coffee this morning?

Good morning.

- My father didn't hear the alarm.

- I'll make it right away.

- Have some coffee with us.

- I can't. I'm on duty.

Very well.

Would you like a cigarette?

It's against the rules,

but I'll take one.

Good day.

Guards!

They're calling for help in cell four!

- What is it?

- Pisciotta is sick.

Commander.

What is it?

They're asking for help

in Pisciotta's cell.

Call a doctor, quick!

I've been poisoned!

Brigadier, Gaspare Pisciotta is sick.

Get a doctor, quick!

Call the infirmary.

Nino!

- What is it?

- Gaspare is ill. Help us.

I've been poisoned. I drank coffee

and took my medicine.

- What is it?

- He says he's been poisoned.

Hold him down.

Let's get him out.

Gaspare is dead.

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