The Wrong Man Page #6

See you again day after tomorrow?

Yes, sir.

- Okay.

Rose?

Goodbye, Mrs. Balestrero.

We're gonna win this case, you know.

Goodbye.

Is this usual?

No. I don't understand it.

I think you should let

a doctor see her, Manny.

I think I will.

You mean right away?

I don't know. I'm no doctor...

...but I'd say she's a very sick woman.

Rose, it's almost morning.

Haven't you gone to bed yet?

No.

Honey, it's chilly in here.

You should have been asleep

a long time ago.

I can't sleep.

Rose, this is the second night

I've come home and found you awake.

And you're not eating either.

Honey, this isn't right.

Don't you think you ought to see a doctor?

There's nothing wrong with me.

Why should I see a doctor?

Well...

...when a person doesn't sleep

and doesn't eat...

...and seems to lose interest in everything,

maybe a doctor can help.

We can't pay for things now.

How could we pay for a doctor?

I've been thinking about the trial...

...and who will stay with the boys.

I called Mother,

and she'll come over and stay.

If you want her to.

Rose...

The last few days, you've...

You haven't seemed to care...

...what happens to me at the trial.

Don't you see?

It doesn't do any good to care.

No matter what you do, they've got it

fixed so that it goes against you.

No matter how innocent you are...

...or how hard you try,

they'll find you guilty.

Well, we're not going to play

into their hands anymore.

You're not going out.

You're not going to the club...

...and the boys aren't going to school.

I've thought it all over, sitting here.

We're going to lock the doors...

...and stay in the house.

We'll lock them out and keep them out.

Yes, maybe that's the thing to do.

We won't go out any more

than we have to, but...

...there's one thing we should arrange.

Whether Mother comes here

or the boys go and stay with her.

You wanna get the

children out of the house...

...because you think I'm crazy, don't you?

Don't you?

Well, you're not so perfect either.

How do I know you're not crazy?

You don't tell me everything you do.

How do I know you're not guilty?

You could be.

You could be.

- Rose.

Rose.

You went to the loan company...

...to borrow money for a vacation.

You did that when we couldn't afford it.

You always wanted to buy things on time.

I told you not to.

I told you they'd pile up and pile up

until we couldn't meet it all.

And it did pile up.

And then they reached in

from the outside...

...and they put this on us.

And it'll beat us.

And you can't win.

They spoiled your alibi.

They'll fix it so that they can smash us...

...and they will. They'll smash us down.

It's true, Manny.

There is something wrong with me.

You'll have to let them put me somewhere.

What makes you think so?

People had faith in me and...

...I let them down.

But it wasn't always that way, was it?

No, I guess not.

When did you first feel this way?

When my husband was arrested.

That's when I knew I'd let him down.

Well, how did you know it then?

I could tell.

They wanted to show me up.

Were they thinking about Manny

or about you?

No, they wanted to punish me...

...because I'd failed him

and then let him down.

I did everything all wrong.

Well, didn't they arrest him,

because they thought he was guilty?

Oh, no. No, they knew he wasn't guilty.

I was guilty. They were after me.

They were after me, and they'll get me.

It's no good trying.

It's useless.

What is it that's useless,

Mrs. Balestrero?

Well, everything.

They come at me from all sides.

And it's no good.

They know I'm guilty.

What's wrong with Rose, doctor?

Is it her mind?

Yes, it is, Mr. Balestrero.

How serious is it?

Well, at the moment,

her mind is in an eclipse.

She doesn't see anything as it is...

...and she blames herself for what

happened to you.

But she wasn't to blame for any of it.

Of course not,

but she thinks she was.

And she believes this so strongly...

...that it darkens the whole world for her.

She sees great,

lurking dangers everywhere...

...and she thinks she's

brought them on you.

Now, there's a well-known pattern

to what she's going through.

She's buried under

some kind of landslide...

...of fear and guilt.

What can we do, then?

The best thing is to place her

in a controlled environment...

...where she can receive medical care.

You mean an institution?

It must be chosen carefully...

...and must give her a tranquil surrounding.

And the kind of assistance

she needs to find her way out...

...of this maze of terror she's in.

She couldn't...

...be at home with us?

Not if you think of her...

...and of giving her a chance to get well.

I just can't believe that Rose...

I can't let her go.

She's living in another world from ours.

A frightening landscape that could be...

...on the dark side of the moon.

And I'm not there?

You're there,

and the children are there...

...but not the way you are.

Monstrous shadows that say hateful things.

Now, she knows she's in a nightmare...

...but it doesn't help her to know.

She can't get out.

Is it incurable?

No case is incurable.

I want her to have the best there is.

The best for her.

Here's your bag, honey.

Come on, honey.

Mr. Balestrero?

- Yes.

This is my wife.

I think it best if you say

goodbye here, Mr. Balestrero.

Goodbye, Rose.

Goodbye.

Would you come with us, please?

Rose?

Christopher Balestrero, please rise.

These persons are called here

today as jurors...

...to try you on an indictment

charging you with crimes...

...of robbery in the

second degree, two counts...

...grand larceny in the second

degree, three counts...

...and assault in the

second degree, two counts.

As they come to be sworn and before...

...you may be heard. Be seated, please.

Also, ladies and gentlemen...

...we'll hear from another lady

who works for the insurance office...

...by the name of Constance Willis.

She will positively identify him for you,

ladies and gentlemen...

...as being the same man who

was in that insurance office...

...on the date that the robberies occurred.

You'll further hear from Alice Dennerly...

...another young lady who works

for the insurance office...

...who will testify substantially

to the same as Miss Willis.

You will hear from the detectives

who arrested this defendant.

And this defendant

admitted to the detectives...

...that he was in financial difficulties,

that he had to borrow money...

...not to go to the racetrack to bet,

but he had to borrow money...

...to pay off the bookies in New York.

He was in trouble with the bookies.

He had to pay them off.

And what he borrowed,

ladies and gentlemen...

...may not have been enough.

This, substantially, is what the people's

witnesses will testify to.

They will positively identify this defendant...

...as being the man who

committed the robberies.

I'm sure, ladies and gentlemen, when you

have heard and seen the witnesses...

...you will only be able

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