mean I don't understand?
Who the hell are you to talk to me like that?
How do you like this guy, eh?
I'm telling you...
They're all the same...
You come over to this country
running for your life
and before you can take a big breath
he's telling us how to run the show.
The arrogance of this guy!
- Oh you call him arrogant cause he wasn't born here.
- Please don't...
Well, I'm calling you arrogant
cause you were, how's that?
- Hey look, sonny...
- And who the hell are you calling sonny?
Hey look, sonny!
Nobody around here's gonna tell me what
words I understand and what words I don't.
Especially him!
Cause I'll knock his middle eastern
European god damn head off!
Alright, cut the bullshit.
We're not going in as a hung jury.
Come on, let's get back to work.
I think there's something I would like to
discuss, if it's alright with you jentlemen.
An important point the prosecution
raised, was the fact that the boy,
having said that he was at the movies,
during the time the murder occured,
could not remember the names of the
films or the stars that were in them.
- This jentleman has raised that point several times.
- That's correct.
It was the only alibi the boy offered and he himself
couldn't back it up with any details at all.
Well, putting yourself in the boy's place, if you can,
do you think that you would
be able to remember details
after an experience such as your
father hitting you on the face?
Yes, I think so, if there were any
special details to remember.
He couldn't remember the movies at the theatre
he named because he wasn't there that night.
Well, the police said they interrogated
the boy in the kitchen of his apartment,
while his father's body lay
on the floor of the bedroom.
Do you think that you could remember
details under a situation such as that?
Yes, I do.
Under extreme emotional stress?
Under extreme emotional stress, yes, yes...
Of course, in court, he did remember
the names of the pictures
and he remembered the names of
the stars that appeared in them.
Oh, yes! His lawyer took great
pains to bring that out.
He had three months from the night of the murder
to the day of the trial in which to memorise them.
I'll take the testimony of the policemen who
interrogated him right after the murder.
Then he couldn't remember a thing about the movies.
Great emotional stress or not!
Ok... Could I ask you a personal question?
Oh, please, go ahead, go ahead...
Where were you last night?
I was home, yes...
Ok... The night before that?
Hey, come on, what is this?
It's perfectly alright... wait, wait...
The night before...
I went from home to my office, stayed until 8:30,
then I went straight home to bed, yes.
Alright... and the night before that?
That was... Tuesday... thank you, Tuesday.
That was the night of the bridge tournament...
Yes, yes, I played bridge.
And Monday night?
When you get them down to
New Year's Eve 1972, let me know!
Wait, wait...
Monday night...
...Oh yes! My wife and I went to the movies.
Ah... What did you see?
"Lies... and... secrets". It was a very
touching story about a black woman who...
Excuse me!
It's called "Secrets and lies".
"Secrets and lies", yes...
Correct. And who was in "Secrets and lies"?
Wait, wait, wait a minute...
It was something with a 'B'... it was 'Be'...
I think...
Yeah, Bella, Bella... Bella...
It was Brenda.
Brenda,
...was her name. And what was her last name?
It was an english movie...
The actors that I'm not familiar with...
...There was something with 'U'...
I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.
And you weren't under great emotional
stress at the time, were you?
No sir, I... wasn't... sorry.
I think the point is made!
Yeah, big point!
I think it is a big point.
What, because he couldn't remember the
name of a couple of two brit movie stars?
Oh well, I guess that proves that
the kid was at the movies then.
No, but it indicates that noone
can prove that he wasn't.
He might