All language subtitles for ABC Movie of the Week_ The Marcus-Nelson Murders_ Kojak Pilot (1973 )Telly Saval

Presenting the world premiere of an
original motion picture produced

especially for ABC.

Tonight on the movie of the week.

What you are about to see.

is a dramatization of one of the most
controversial and bitterly debated

police investigations preceding the
Supreme Court's landmark Miranda

decision of 1966.

Name changes, compressions of time, and
composites of certain characters have

been made in order to present this most
significant story.

slave owners.

Today's events will be, and the vast
American public has yet to be seen.

No one really knows the heart of
America.

Whether all the years of hatred and
racial violence are a thing of the past.

Hello! Whether we have now turned a
corner.

Are you... Oh, I'm sorry.

Over here, please.

Go into the kitchen, Melissa.

Jane. Go into the kitchen.

Where's the phone?

Jerry, what?

Phone.

Jerry?

In the place, please.

Don't go in there.

He's in the bedroom.

My

name

is Theo Kojak.

It's interesting how matter-of-fact
death can become.

I can remember the first day I was on a
force.

An automobile accident.

There was a lot of blood.

over the car i went to the side of the
road and threw up now there are two

girls 20 and 22 mutilated beyond
anything i'd ever seen and i can look at

it and only wonder who did it and why
but before we were through with

the marcus nelson murders the supreme
court would rock laws of the country

change separating the country in two and
as for me It would change the way I

looked at my neighbor, my city, my
country, and myself.

I'm sure glad to get out of that
apartment.

Nobody should die like that.

That's the way chickens are executed.

I'd have to be Kojak in charge of this
investigation.

We can't help him when this is the first
call on a homicide.

Ah, there he is. Hello, Inspector.

Are you coming in? Just for a minute.
We're due downtown.

Still with the Italian suits, I see.

Well, very happy you noticed.

You know, when I was a kid, I promised
myself two things.

Number one, that I'd be rich.

And number two, that I'd stop wearing my
big brother's hand-me-downs.

Well, I ain't rich, but at least I dress
well.

Until my tailor throws me in a can, that
is.

We're going to have to put more men on
the case.

How many?

Homicide experts from all over town.

How many?

About a hundred.

Oh, why don't you make it 500?

What do you mean? I mean, why don't you
make it 1,000?

Kojak, after everything we've just gone
through with you... There is a way of

life in Manhattan.

The parents are not only solid citizens,
they're also celebrities.

Now, you're going to have to cooperate
with us.

You're going to have 100 detectives
falling all over themselves for

promotion.

It's not your business to determine
policy. No, that's your department.

The assignments have already gone out.

You'll meet with them on 88th Street in
the morning.

Welcome to the National Policeman's
Convention.

It's so good to know that the community
is being protected by such stalwart

representatives from Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens.

Hey, Staten Island.

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. Staten Island.

The matter will be of interest to you,
I'm sure.

This point of access.

There's a doorman downstairs, I'm sure
you've noticed.

And he says that nobody was admitted
into the apartment at the time of the

murders.

There's also a service entrance
downstairs.

The door locks automatically.

I'm sure somebody could have climbed a
wall, come through the window.

The name of the sledge is eight feet
away.

So that means the murder would have to
be a cat burglar or a circus

performer, which isn't very likely.

All right, come here. Follow me.

Murder weapons in the bathroom sink,
three knives, two broken, and that's not

easy to do.

Follow the trail.

The bodies were lying here, found
together by strips of sheet.

The blinds were drawn, window open,
clock stopped at 10.37.

It might be indicative of something, and
it might not.

Any questions?

You like to make telephone calls.

Now, I got a record here of some of your
calls.

Now, they kind of turn a spice.

Now, take a look at this. Would you say
that was one of your better calls?

Right, Herbie?

I understand you have a tendency to
knock girls, and I don't know if you've

had a few drinks.

You worked with Joanne Marcus for so
long.

Well, thanks.

That'll be all.

That began the largest manhunt in New
York's history.

An investigation of everyone who knew
the murdered girls.

The chief source of reference?

Joanne Marcus' address book.

The number of names it contained.

565.

Oh, yeah.

Quite a spectacle.

All those red-blooded American boys out
there.

Trying to get ahead.

Just like me.

In the Brownsville area of Brooklyn, far
from the middle class protected

community which Joanne Marcus and Kathy
Nelson died, Ethel Lawson came out of a

bar at 3 o'clock in the morning, six
months later.

A few days after the death of Ethel
Lawson, and a few blocks away, another

unrelated incident happened.

Wait a minute. Hold it. I think I got
something going down.

Get away. Get away from me.

Hey,

what are you doing?

All right, lady.

Lady. I got a couple of questions.

This guy, how old was he?

25,

26.

How much you weigh?

160, 165?

Yes. I got something from him.

I got a bottle from his coat.

The next morning, patrolman Stabile
looked for suspects.

What are you doing in there?

Trying to keep warm.

Come out here.

Get that guy last night.

What guy?

The guy where you were shooting at.

What do you know about that?

I was walking down the airport. See,
this is my eighth house.

And this guy came running around the
corner.

He said, he said, he said, hide me, hide
me.

I said, man, I can't hide you.

You take off somewhere.

Where'd he go?

I said, you went down that way. He went
down picking.

Did you recognize this guy? Did you saw
him again?

I don't know, man. It was kind of dark.

Tell you what.

You and I take a little walk.

Come on.

Post 6-8.

I got a witness here that I have to
raise.

Hey, kid, what's your name?

My name is Lewis Hume. How do you spell
that?

H-U-M-E-S.

Lewis Hume.

H-U-M-E-S.

Yeah, okay.

Uh, this is my brother.

What's your name?

Where are you going now?

So I'm kicking.

Okay.

So how often you got to do something to
get in trouble?

What are you, some kind of doofus or
something?

I told you.

You don't say nothing.

You don't say nothing. You don't know
nothing.

Remember to bring your social security
card.

I love you.

She lost her social security card.

You are unbelievable.

You're a pinhead.

Who is he?

Suspect 985.

Used to date Joanne Marcus.

Someone saw him arguing with her outside
of her apartment.

His name is Ryan McNally, age 24,
freelance writer.

He was in Washington, D.C. at the time
of the homicide.

I'm sorry.

I should have checked the files more
carefully.

That's what happens when half of the
police force is on one case.

They have a tendency to fall all over
each other.

Want some coffee?

Hey, you want some coffee?

I'll catch you later.

Ruthie?

Ruthie!

You don't remember me, do you?

I remember you.

Everything is so expensive. I got out of
the market. I can't believe my bill.

This is as good as top round.

I didn't know you lived around here.

Where's, uh... Jack? Isn't that the name
of the guy you married?

Sober. Oh, welcome to the club.

What were you running away for?

I got fat.

You're not fat.

Oh, wait. Sorry. Sorry.

There's never no big brand name on it,
but it's just good.

Hey, you're really up on all these
things, aren't you? I'm a great cook.

You're a great cook? Mm-hmm. How about
me cooking up some chili?

I make a great chili.

What's he used to going back? We have
something nice. Let's leave it alone.

There aren't so many things back to
remember.

You're someone I remember.

Hey, Dan.

How are things in Manhattan?

They as good as they think they are?

They come up with anything yet?

No. Well, they ought to. They've been on
it long enough.

I think now this is what's a wild hot
shot.

Hey, Al. Yeah?

The attempted rape of the Puerto Rican
woman.

Now, it sounds like a lawson murder.

Same vicinity, Pitchin Avenue.

Same M.O.

Now, didn't that occur to you?

No.

All right, this kid.

The one who saw him. Now, what's he
like?

I didn't even give him a toss.

Just a stupid kid.

All right, this stupid kid.

What's his address?

Says he worked at the Darwin Thought
Company. You want to do me a favor?

Pay Bishop and check it out.

Now.

Okay, okay.

A few questions. Police officer.

You're the fellow that told the police
officer yesterday that you'd seen a man

running from the police?

Yeah, I'm the one.

I see your identification.

I don't think I got none.

You got anything with your name on it?

I got a couple of letters, I think.

All right, let's see those.

Lewis Hughes?

Why did you say you worked at the Derwin
Salt Company?

I was going to, but I lost my social
security card.

Uh-huh.

Well, maybe you can help us.

Sure. Will you come with us down to the
station?

Atta boy.

Let's go.

Okay, Lewis, you can sit over here, all
right?

Right down there.

Uh, Sergeant.

Hey, if anybody's going out for coffee,
I'd take a regular.

Jim?

Jim?

I'll catch you later.

Zabris, if you want to step this way,
we've got somebody who wants to stay.

Who? Oh, don't worry about that. Just
step right in here, okay? Who? Don't

worry about it. Right there.

That's it.

You believe that?

I'll have to do him a favor, okay?

Just stand right here.

him saying something.

I want you to say something for me.

I want you to say, lady, I'm going to
rape you.

Lady, I'm going to kill you.

What's wrong?

Just say the words, okay?

What's wrong?

Just say it.

What's wrong?

Just say the word.

Why am I staying all day?

Just do me a favor, Lewis, please.

Lady, I'm going to rape you.

Lady, I'm going to kill you.

That's good. A little louder.

Lady, I'm going to rape you. Lady, I'm
going to kill you.

Take it easy, all right?

Sit down over here, okay?

Come on.

It's all right, it's all right, it's all
right.

Okay?

Sit down.

It's all right, it's all right.

I'm Mrs.

Alvarez.

This lady said you tried to rape her.

What?

I don't even know her.

Hey, lady, you make a mistake.

Lady, I ain't do nothing to you.

Get Mrs. Alvarez some coffee, will you?
Okay, Matt.

Come on, Mrs. Alvarez. We'll get
downstairs, okay?

Louis Humes, you're under arrest for
attempted rape. Put your hands on the

wall. For what?

Come on, boy.

How could she say it was me?

That's the ticket. But if... I wasn't...

You're

loaded.

All right, Lewis.

Let's go.

Come on.

That's the point.

It wasn't like it was before, was it?

There always was a streak of
old-fashioned gallantry about you.

What have you been doing with yourself,
Ruthie?

I'm a nurse.

A nurse?

Oh.

I had to... I had to do something.

You know, after the divorce. Good for
you.

What about you? You still come?

Oh, yeah.

You can't kick it, huh?

Why not?

I don't know.

I thought at first I was doing it to
support the wife. Put the braces on the

kid's teeth.

And now the braces are gone, so is the
wife.

Have it, maybe?

Or maybe there's more to it, I don't
know.

That's the one thing about you I could
never get with.

I don't like most cops I know, either.

But who else would put their lives on
the line at these prices?

I think you're wasting yourself.

I don't know if I ever had more to offer
in the first place.

Cigarette?

Nope, I gave up smoking.

Yes.

You called Grossman to come over and get
this confession?

Uh-huh, I'm on it right now.

What's up?

They got the attempted rape and the loss
and murder on Kitchen Avenue. Don't

forget to make a list of all those, huh?
Okay.

Hey, where are you going? I've got to
make a list of that.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll be back in a minute.

You want to talk to him?

Who? Your suspect.

The suspect?

Come on, we've got it all. I want to
talk to him.

There's nothing to talk about.

This is Detective Corrigan.

He wants to ask you a few questions.

Well, you've been telling us the truth
so far, so...

They're from Jersey.

Jersey?

Where in Jersey?

They said they want to rent and raise
us.

What are their names?

One of them is named Louise.

I can't hear you.

I said one of them is named Louise.

What's the other one's name?

I don't remember.

No, Melissa. Just tell me the truth.

When I was in my class in school... What
does a girl like that want to give you

her picture for?

I found it in a dump around my house.

And I kept it.

You want us to believe that?

Why'd you keep it?

Tell me the truth, Melissa.

Because I liked it.

Because you what? You what?

I liked her.

I always liked her.

I just want to pretend that I knew her.

I used to show the picture to people,
just made like that I knew her.

Tommy Lewis.

Do you recognize these knives?

No.

No.

How did you come in the room?

Through the open door.

What did you do?

in the kitchen.

And at 2.30 the following morning,
assistant district attorney for

Manhattan, Mr. Michael Cabot, arrived,
accompanied by Manhattan detectives

Tanner and Green.

They took down his confession from Lewis
Humes.

She came in.

What was she wearing?

She didn't have a number to tell.

What did she have from the waist up?

Nothing.

Did you or she say anything then?

That's when she started screaming and
hollering.

What did you do after she started to
scream?

I ran over and grabbed hold of her and I
told her to shut up.

How did you grab her?

I grabbed her around the back, grabbed
her by the neck.

What happened in there after you dropped
her into the bedroom?

I hit her with the bottle.

What did you do after you hit her on the
head with the bottle and the bottle

broke?

How did you tie her up?

With the sheets here covering the body.

What happened then?

That's when her mother came in.

What do you think was her mother?

Well, that's when I understand it was
her mother.

What did you do then?

I got up and...

I told her to be quiet.

She started screaming and howling. And
then I ran over.

Ran over to her?

And I grabbed her.

What did you do then?

I started to have intercourse with her.

You started to have what?

I started to. That's before she come to.

What happened when she came to?

She starts screaming and howling again.

What did you do then?

Ran the kitchen.

Why did you run into the kitchen?

I was trying to find a knife.

What did you do?

I started cutting and swinging at her.

Why did you do that?

Satisfaction.

Satisfaction? For what?

I didn't know. I was angry.

Then I ran to the bathroom.

Why did you run into the bathroom?

I washed the blood off my hands.

Did you go back into the bedroom?

Before I left the bedroom, I pulled the
shades down.

Why did you pull down the shades?

Because if they came to, they would get
up.

The two girls you cut?

And then the people in the next
apartment might see him tied up.

Inspector Hofstetter, one of the heads
of Brooklyn Law Enforcement, arrived

later that evening.

How the hell am I supposed to know?

What have you got?

A picture in his wallet of Joanna
Marcus.

What else?

Confession.

How much of a confession?

Fifty-one pence.

All right.

What else?

We have a diagram of the Marcus Nelson
apartment.

Sorry. I couldn't get out of here
sooner.

How'd the woman do?

She died.

Did she bother you?

No. She was coming for a long time.

Hey, you know, those drapes I was
making, I brought them.

Why am I trying to domesticate you too
much?

That question is a little too weighty
for this hour.

Yeah. Where?

Brownsville.

By the way.

What is it?

That Marcus Nelson thing.

You have to go up now?

Well, either I gotta give up the force,
or

you gotta give up nursing.

Maybe we're too far down the road to
give up anything.

You want me to

wait for you here?

I'll call you at your place later.

Good stuff.

We beat our brains out, tracked down
every clue for eight months.

And it was Brooklyn Hicks.

They stumble on it.

Hello, Inspector.

Where is he? Right this way.

New Year's Eve.

I got something to celebrate.

Tell us once more how you took the
knives from the drawer.

Oh, Frank.

Inspector?

I look into the door.

The kitchen table drawer?

Yes.

There were knives in there?

How many knives did you grab?

I got about three.

Which one did you use?

What's your knife?

Details. Down from the color of the
table in the dining room to the number

of knives he picked up.

Talks about it like he was talking about
taking a drink of water.

Are you surprised by anything now,
Frank?

Not much.

What's your name?

Corrigan, sir.

Good work, officer. Thank you, sir.
That's a copy of his confession?

Yes, sir.

Will you give it to the lieutenant?

I'd like to talk to him myself.

Lewis Yolves took the subway over to
Manhattan.

And he wandered haphazardly into the
Marcus Nelson Park. If I change my name

to something Irish, you know, he'd love
to know. Once he got inside their

apartment, he picked up an empty bottle.
Good to see you. Well, we don't see you

anymore. You know that? Who's world? I
mean, you're on a mission, all right? Of

course.

Working, uh, logging up in here.

Work.

There's some things at least I want to
go over with you. Things all day. Well,

there are a few things a little vague.

It doesn't say how he got into the
building.

Well, maybe he got into that service
door. Well, I tried it myself. It locks

automatically.

Maybe it doesn't work that well all the
time.

Maybe. How about the blood?

He went into the bathroom and washed his
hands. I mean, the clothes.

He had to have it all over him. Did he
tell you he changed someplace?

Sure there's Joanne, Marcus?

Come on.

What do you think?

Did you want to say anything to me?

No, I don't want to say anything to you.

Hello, Miss Carr. I'm sorry to bust in
on you this hour of the morning.

That's all right. Come on in.

Thank you. What is it?

Well, they picked up somebody in
Brooklyn.

Got a picture in his wallet?

You think it may be the guy we're
looking for.

Tell me, could this be a picture of
Joanne Marcus?

It's so old and faded.

Take your time.

No, that's not her.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Police, the car will not identify the
photograph.

That doesn't mean that he didn't buy it
in the apartment.

You swear that you, officer, arrested
Lewis Humes on a charge of homicide in

that the defendant herein mentioned did
stab and cut with a knife about the

throat, neck, and body of two females,
one Joanne Marcus and Kathy Nelson, that

resulted in death of the aforesaid?

I swear.

Those Humes?

for himself.

Is there a lawyer in the court now?

Yes, Judge.

Mr. Morris Fisher.

Mr. Morris Fisher, will you make your
presence known to the court? Right here,

sir.

Mr. Fisher, do you want to assist this
court?

Yes, sir.

Officer, you take the defendant over to
the table there so he can consult with

counsel.

Thank you.

All right? Yeah.

Lewis, Lewis.

Did you hear the charges that they have
against you, huh?

They ain't true.

They're true. You confessed to them.

They made me.

Oh, what do you mean they made you? They
made me.

How?

They beat me up and they scared me.

Lewis. Lewis, they have 60 pages right
here in your own words.

Man, I ain't do nothing.

Is that what you want me to tell them?

You sure?

Okay.

Your Honor.

Your Honor, it seems that I'm the first
person the defendants had the

opportunity to discuss this with. Not
including the police officials.

The defendant now states...

that the confessions pertaining to all
three crimes were made under duress and

threats. If Your Honor, please, I think
the officers should be commended in this

matter. I mean, I know that this man has
been wanted for quite some time for

these murders.

I think a lot of people are going to
rest a lot easier now that he's been

apprehended. Your Honor, the court
pleads. Excuse me, Counsel.

Without saying or implying any innocence
or guilt in this matter, the people of

this town are pleased with the arrest
for murder in this case. in which

they've been very much concerned.

I think the police department does a
fine, effective job.

They do it efficiently. They do it
properly.

This court commends the police
department of the city of New York.

The people of this town are going to
have much more respect and confidence in

law enforcement now rather than two,
three days ago in relationship to these

two major crimes.

Officer, bring the defendant to the bar.

Louis Humes, I order you to be held
without bail until it is determined by a

grand jury whether you should be
indicted, and if so, on what charges.

Lieutenant First Grade Dan Corrigan.

It's not fair, you know. You guys
deserve that with me.

Home at 11 o'clock.

You can see how much he loves the force.

Oh, yeah?

I can't even get him to go away on a
vacation.

Yeah, and he deserves one.

Congratulations again, Dan.

My wife, having such a beautiful wife.

I mean it, you know. You get more
beautiful every day.

Hey, look who's here.

How are you guys taking this up in
Manhattan?

Here's to mine.

Hey, Danny, can I talk to you a minute
before you go?

We're on a vacation here.

Look, I've been going over that
confession. There's a few things in it

that... You want to know what the
inspector said?

There are more details in that
confession than any case that he can

remember.

Why did he call that Nelson girl the
mother?

Talk to me, Inspector.

Let's go, Mark.

Sit down.

I ain't talking to nobody.

I said sit down.

Did a lot of talking to them, now you're
going to do a lot of talking to me.

What are you here for?

I'm a cop.

And you say that cops are trying to
lynch you.

Well, I'm not a lyncher and neither are
they.

Maybe they were just...

Trying to make points. It's a lie, and
you know it.

Well?

Why should I want to talk to you?

I already did enough talking. Make me
believe you.

Make me believe you're not telling a
lie.

How can I do that? Tell me what they
said.

Exactly what they said.

And then I'll know if you're telling a
lie, and I'll know if you're telling the

truth.

First they get you in there. Then they
threw me under. What?

Names. I gotta have names.

The young cop.

Mr. Beale?

And Black.

The tough one. He scares you. Now what'd
he say?

I gotta have the words.

Are you ready to tell us the truth?

I have been telling the truth. You've
been lying.

Now we know you tried to rape that
woman.

Stand up.

Face the chair.

Okay.

Did you try to rape that woman?

No, I didn't do nothing.

you exactly what happened.

You were looking for some white stuff.

You were following around. No.

You saw that Puerto Rican woman. No,
I've never seen her before. You followed

her in there. No, I wasn't. No. You
grabbed her around the neck. You pushed

her into the alley.

That's the truth, isn't it?

Believe me, this is your last chance.
Tell me the truth.

I've never seen her before. I've never
seen her before. Tell me the truth.

That's what you say.

Now I'll tell you what they say.

Cigarette? Thanks.

I know I need help. Can you help me?

Now, Lewis, you have to ask a lawyer or
a judge for that kind of help.

You've been as nice as my own father.

You've been nicer than my own father.

Tell you the truth, you'll find out
anyway, right?

You don't have to tell us anything.

But if you do talk to us, we want the
truth, nothing else, okay?

It's a lie.

They say they never even raised their
voices to you.

They're going to testify to that. It's a
lie.

Words, names.

Tell me everything you remember.

The old one.

Jackarino?

Jackarino.

Don't y'all touch this boy. I won't
stand for it.

He pretends like he's your friend.

He pretends to be better than your own
father.

I know.

Must seem like the end of the world to
you.

But it isn't necessarily.

Lewis, what were you doing out of your
time tonight?

I ain't had no place to sleep.

You didn't have any place to sleep?

My mother come from Seaview and my
father and I split up.

We all came with her.

She went back.

She thought I'd be all right because I
got a job.

But I lost it.

Where did you sleep?

I slept in the hallway.

Why don't you call your parents?

That's what... Parents are supposed to
be far.

I didn't want to call because my dad and
I don't get along too good.

You don't seem like a hard guy to get
along with me.

Is it bad for me?

I don't know what it is.

Let's put our heads together.

My questions are going to come fast.

At least have the button to your coat.

The button from the coat ain't mine.

I lost mine a long time ago.

How'd you lose it?

I don't know.

One would claim she saw you.

A few of them.

Which would you believe?

You?

So he finds out everything about you.

Your dreams.

Then he used it against me.

You want to trust somebody.

What are you going to do when you get
out of this, Lewis?

You think I will?

I'm going to do everything I can to
help.

What are you going to do with your life?

I want to go in the Navy.

Well, if you get educated, they're
better than anywhere else.

What do you want to do later?

Don't laugh.

I'm not laughing. Who's laughing?

I want to be an artist.

61 pages of confession.

After a while, you just break down and
shake your head.

You figure you ain't gonna ever get out
of there unless you do. You confessed to

the murders of three women. I didn't
know what I was confessing to.

The first time I knew it was murder was
when I was with you in the courtroom.

He fooled me.

He fooled you?

Just a few more questions, Lewis.

Lewis.

Just a little more. Lewis, come on.

So a little more and we'll be through.

What happened? I ain't gonna answer
until I find out what happened to them

girls.

What? Them girls that we talk about in
the apartment.

Is they all right now or what?

What's the matter, Lewis?

What is it? Are you worried about the
girls? Is that it?

Look, I'm gonna give them a call.

Okay?

Was them girls cut bad?

Have a cigarette, Louis.

How many of those things have you
smoked, Louis?

I don't know.

You ought to cut now.

Stuff is poison.

Here.

Have a sandwich.

I don't want nothing else to eat. I
already had too much food.

Well, I talked to him.

manager. And none of the others said
anything about that phone call?

No.

I drew a diagram of the murder girl's
apartment.

This is the diagram.

Which part did they help you with?

What's the matter? Something wrong with
your eyes?

I can't see too good.

Or any glasses?

I ain't got none.

I never had the mind to get it with.

Excuse me, Lieutenant.

They got his mother out there.

All right, send her in.

Right.

Ma? Ma?

Oh, my God.

Ma?

Son, what happened?

What happened to you?

They picked me up, Ma.

They made me confess to them crimes.

Are you gonna stay here, or are you
gonna go back to Seaview?

Of course I'm gonna stay here with you.

I was alone, Ma.

I was the only colored person there.

It seems to me all right. Is there any
doubt in your mind that it is all right?

Hey, look, Danny, I asked you once.

Let me ask you again.

Why did the kid call Kathy the mother?

Ask him, not me.

Sit down.

Sit. Oh, thank you, sir.

Why did he say he pulled down the shades
in the apartment so that if they came

to, no one would see them?

He cut them the ribbons.

He must have known that they weren't
coming to.

Mr. Goodman?

I don't know why he said that. The
diagram of the apartment, did he draw it

all? His initials are all over it. Two
different pens, did it?

What are you suggesting? I drew the
diagram myself. It's a photograph.

No, no one will identify it as Joanne
Marcus.

I told him.

It doesn't mean he couldn't find it in
the apartment.

Oh, it could be a picture of somebody
else, but he still may have found it in

the apartment.

Well, how do you know he wasn't telling
the truth when he said he found the

picture in Seaview? I know when they're
lying, their stomachs move in and out.

Whose stomachs?

Come on.

Whose stomachs?

Look, I know him. I worked in
Brownsville for a long time.

Is there anything else?

No, no, that's all for now.

If there is anything else, would you
please contact the DA's office in

Brooklyn?

I'm working on a new case for them.

They don't want me off the job.

See ya.

Can there really be something wrong with
this?

What do you think?

It's not only him.

It's the Brooklyn Police Department, the
Manhattan Police Department, the

Brooklyn DA's office, your department,
my department.

And what are you going to do about it?

What can we do about it?

Take the photograph.

Now, Corrigan says that Hume got it from
the apartment.

And Hume says he got it in Seaview.

Can I take this?

Yeah.

That sandy stretch of broad pathway
couldn't be a river.

This doesn't look like the place at all.

You said that photo was ten years old.

These trees have grown up a lot since
then.

What's this stretch of something here?

There used to be a lake here.

The vegetation's covered it over.

Thank you, officer.

Let's get to a police station.

Doesn't look like Elaine.

You know who this looks like?

This looks like Lynn Piper.

Where does she live?

Right around the corner.

About a half hour.

Where did you get this picture?

Is this your picture?

Yeah, we took it right after graduation.

Big deal.

Some of us went up to Mount Jersey Wood.

Oh, excuse all this mess. We're waiting
for the movie. That's all right. I'm

surprised that this is very important.

It was bouncing around the house. My
mother threw it away.

When was that?

On spring cleaning.

May, June.

All right.

Well?

They won't drop the indictment.

Say they don't have enough.

You don't think I like it, do you?

The whole thing started with the
picture.

Well, it isn't a girl's picture. What
are they going to do?

Well, we'll proceed slowly.

We'll investigate everything.

We don't want to make any statements at
this time because we don't want to

embarrass Brooklyn.

Embarrass Brooklyn?

Well, if Brooklyn could be embarrassed,
they would have dropped dead years ago.

Anybody talk to Brooklyn?

Yeah. And what'd they say?

They said they weren't interested in
hearing any fairy tales.

Fairy tales, huh? Too many promotions
and citations are involved.

That's the ballgame.

Brooklyn law enforcement is on trial,
isn't it?

That's what they mean.

Theo, we can't delay the legalities on
this case.

Besides, you don't even have enough...

Yeah. The people from the press are
here, sir.

Send them in.

When there are more developments, you
let us know.

Why are the earths shaking urgently
about this case?

What's the damn hurry about this case?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

Just that I happen to care about law and
order, and I happen to care about what's

happening in our country. That's all.

Hi, Theo. Hey, Theo. What are you doing
out here? Something wrong with the case

against you? Wrong? Why should anything
be wrong? Well, I don't know.

Come on, Mario. Why hasn't Manhattan
moved on the indictment against you?

It's been a while, Mario. We are not
responsible for what goes on in

Manhattan. We know what we're doing
here. What are you doing, Mario? What

are we doing? I'll tell you what we're
doing. We are going to try Lewis Humes

for the attempted rape of Rita Alvarez
within the next two weeks.

Well, that's news.

You can quote me on that. That's what
I'm doing, Mario. The Marcus Nelson

murders were committed first, Mario.

Don't you have to try for that first?

Teams, what are you, telling me my job?
I told you, we are not responsible for

what they do in Manhattan.

We are responsible for Brooklyn.

It reminds me of the Sacco-Vanzetti
case.

Why is that? Sacco-Vanzetti. You got the
nerve to compare this with the Sacco

-Vanzetti case? Yeah. My parents fought
for Sacco-Vanzetti. How does this

compare with Sacco-Vanzetti? Yeah, you
tell me. Well, they first tried them on

a minor charge, too.

It helped both cases.

No comparison. What do you mean? Wait a
minute, Mario. What do you mean? Well,

you have a famous case.

You try a man on lesser charge. The jury
has already figured him guilty in their

minds because they know he's going to be
tried for something terrible. The kid is

guilty. Not Mario.

Mario, you know the score. Yeah, I do
know the score. Now, once he's had a

conviction, the jury at the next trial
hangs him, too. Of course, they figure

he's guilty of something.

He's already been convicted.

They've got him coming and going.

Mrs. Humes, I'm seeing you because of my
friendship with Mr. Seligman here, who

used to work with me.

I've been reading about your son's case
in the papers, like everybody else.

He has a lawyer, hasn't he?

The court giving one.

He don't have a trial experience.

The woman he is supposed to have
attempted to rape identified him.

They've got a confession. Please.

They even found a picture of the
murdered girl in his wallet.

He's innocent.

Even if he is, the truth doesn't count
for much in a courtroom.

Jake. I'm sorry, Saul. I'm sorry. But I
believe in telling the truth in these

matters. It's like being a surgeon.

A patient has cancer.

Tell them I believe in that.

They've got enough to convict your son
ten times.

They said you saved me.

I can't save your son.

The publicity, the confession, the whole
atmosphere makes it impossible.

I'm sorry.

I'm very sorry.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

She's a nice woman, Sol.

She managed to say goodbye, even though
I told her I couldn't save her son.

Now you get out of here.

If you ever bring anybody in here again
and make them false promises with me,

I'll kill you.

Lewis, how are you? How are you feeling?

Sit down.

Listen, I'm going to recommend something
to you.

I made a deal with the judge.

He'll give you life.

Life? You better face it, Lewis. You
have two homicides in Manhattan, one

attempted rape, and a homicide here.

It's a good deal, Lewis.

How is it going to be a good deal when
I'm going to be spending the rest of my

life in jail for something I didn't even
do?

Lewis, listen, what kind of chance do
you think you have?

It is your word against the Manhattan
and the Brooklyn police departments.

No.

No more deals.

He said...

Let me touch.

And then he put his hand under my coat
and under my uniform.

And he said he wanted to have
intercourse with me.

What was his exact language?

I want to have sexual relations.

I'm going to rape him.

Then I got hold of his hands and then of
his coat.

And I started screaming.

You recognize this coat?

That looks like the coat the man was
wearing that night.

The man that was following me and that
attacked me.

And this button, this is the button you
took from the coat of the man who

followed you and attacked you?

Yes. It's for you.

Now, Mrs. Alvarez, do you see the man in
this coat?

The man who followed you and attacked
you that time?

Yes.

Think you could stand down and walk over
and tap him on the shoulder?

Let the record show that Mrs. Alvarez
tapped the defendant on the shoulder.

No further questions.

Detective Black, how many years have you
been on the force?

Eleven.

Have you ever received any citations for
bravery?

I have.

How many?

Nineteen. Nineteen.

Have you ever subjected a defendant at
any time to duress or threats?

No.

Have you ever subjected... any suspect
at any time to duress the threats?

Never. Well, then how did you get the
confession out of the defendant?

On a pad like this, in his own words.

He cooperated completely?

Absolutely, completely.

Thank you. No further questions.

Detective Giaccarino, when you came into
the precinct, did you see any evidence

that the defendant had been beaten or
coerced into a confession?

No.

Did you see any bruises on his face or
on his body?

No.

Can you speak up, please? It's very
difficult.

No. Thank you.

Detective, did you personally speak with
Lewis Humes the day that he arrived at

the precinct?

Yes. What did you two talk about?

We had a casual conversation.

What was it about?

Well, we talked about his background. I
asked to feed.

Been working, he said yes, but he hadn't
worked steadily.

He tell you why?

He said he had problems.

Problems? What kind of problems?

People. He had problems with people.

Problems with people.

He tell you anything else about his job?

He said he sometimes got into arguments
and that he quit his job or be dismissed

by his employer.

Did he ever discuss with you at any time
anything regarding the attempted rape?

Yes. Well, he must have said more than
that, Detective. Could you elaborate for

the court?

He said that he put his hand under her
dress and said, shut up or I'll kill

you.

That's sufficient for me, Your Honor.

They stood me in front of the chair and
they called me a liar.

I told him that if I said I did it,
that... Your

Honor, could you please instruct the
defendant to speak up? I cannot hear a

word he's saying.

I told him that if I said I did it, that

I'd be lying.

Every time I said I didn't do it, I got
knocked back down in the chair.

Then they stood me up beside the wall.

They kept beating me and beating me.

I just couldn't take no more, so I just
shook my head.

Detective Black beat him.

Patrolman Stabile beat him.

Detective Giaccarino lied to him.

Now, if you want to believe all of that,
and if you want to believe that as a

result of that, detectives are the
finest police force in the world. They

just go out.

And they beat up anybody just to get
confessions out of them.

Well, in this society, he's in a very
sad state indeed.

But that is what you've got to believe
to believe Lewis Hume's story.

Either Lewis Hume's... Either Lewis
Hume's has lied

or... These police officers have lied.
It's a very nice likeness, Lewis.

Detective Black, 19 citations for
bravery.

Detective Jacarino, Detective Corrigan.

They have all conspired to pick out
Lewis Humes out of all the people in the

whole world.

So either Lewis Humes is lying, or they
are all conspirators.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Isn't it true that we have nailed Lewis
Humes on the button?

I'll say it was to the first count of
the indictment.

Accusing the defendant of attempted rape
in the first degree.

Guilty.

I'll say it was to the second count of
the indictment.

Charging the defendant with assault in
the second degree. Guilty or not.

is now directed by this court to be
committed to Kings County Hospital for

mental examination to determine whether
he is a perpetual sex menace.

Sentence will be determined upon
completion of examination.

I'm going to get help.

between the button and Lewis Hume's
coat.

miles away.

How do you know?

I've got eyewitnesses.

Reputable people. Who? People in a small
hotel in Seaview who are with Humes

watching Martin Luther King's speech on
television.

Practically every black knows where they
were on that day.

Thank you.

Why are you doing this?

I don't have to tell you what happens to
a cop.

Another seemingly unrelated incident
happened.

man. He came to me first.

We got you this time, haven't we, Bobby?
You're not a three-time loser. You're a

four-time loser.

It's the electric chair this time.

Not necessarily.

What do you mean?

You're the Nelson Marcus King. Yeah?

Well, I know who wasted them days.

What do you want from us?

I want to walk away from the Timoteo
murder.

Marcus Nelson Murders.

Hey, don't you read the newspapers?

You have someone.

But you wouldn't be seeing me unless you
have your doubts, right?

All right, let's hear it.

It was the day of the thing.

Came to my apartment.

What was the man's name?

I want my deal, man.

I'll have to talk to my superior first.
Take him away.

All right. I can walk. I ain't no
cripple.

I guess the life of a Puerto Rican drug
pusher doesn't count for as much as the

lives of two white, middle-class career
girls.

Because Bobby Martin, well, he got his
deal.

Sit down.

Thanks. Don't mind if I do.

Okay, full immunity on the homicider
Roberto Tomateo.

No accessory after the fact in the
Nelson Marcos murders?

You really know the law, don't you, huh?

I could teach you guys a couple of
things.

Okay.

Who is it?

after the fact in the Marcus Nelson.

Now, who is it?

A guy by the name of Teddy Hopper.

Who?

Teddy Hopper. Teddy Hopper.

You know him?

Yeah, I know him. This guy's lying.

He took you in, too, huh?

Get out of here.

I'll talk to you later.

Hey, man.

Easy on the laundry.

What makes you so sure he's lying?

I know it's Betty.

He's not capable of a thing like this.
What's he like?

Cat burglar?

Cat burglar? That means he could have
made the jump.

I know him.

In fact, I was the first one who busted
him, not her.

Butchering a woman is not his bag.

Hey, Theo.

I couldn't do all of this stuff.

Hey, I heard about you catching those
guys who were heisting the counties,

man.

How'd you hear about that?

I read in the newspaper.

I've been reading about you all the
time.

Oh, no, he's over here in the kitchen.

Hey, you remember Joey, don't you?

Come here, Joey.

Over here. Say hello to the nice Joe.

Say hi. He's the nice Joe. Hi.

Hi, Joey.

Look, Teddy, I've got to speak to you
alone.

You don't mind, do you, Joey?

No. Thanks. Hey, Joey, come here.

Come on, let's go.

Oh, Teddy, I was really learning.

Come on, come on, come on.

It really keeps me busy, too.

You know what they call me down there?

Busy cockroach.

I got something to ask you, Teddy.

Where were you last August?

Last August? Why?

Where were you?

Well, at the beginning or the end?

August 28th.

August 28th, last year.

Oh, yeah, that was my vacation week,
man.

Monday, I went to Orchard Beach to get
some sun.

The weather was really lousy.

And Tuesday, I went to visit the old
lady.

And she asked me to help her, you know,
clean up an apartment building where she

works with a super.

Any other people see you there?

Sure.

Hey, man, what is it? What do you want?

I can't tell you now, Teddy.

Get your coat. Joe, would you please do
what I tell you? Just once.

Oh, Josie.

Teddy, what is it? Oh, you remember
Lieutenant Kojak?

No. How are you? What's the matter?

Nothing, nothing.

Everything's going to be fine. Why are
you here?

It's fine.

I'll be right back. I'll be right back.

All right?

Get your coat, Teddy.

Hey, Bobby, man. What's up?

I told him, Teddy.

You told him?

You told him what, man?

About the girls.

About the girls?

What girls?

Marcus Nelson.

Marcus Nelson? It's no use, man.

I told him the whole thing.

How you came into my apartment.

Hey. The blood on your clothes.

Everything you say. Hey, man, are you
kidding me?

You putting this all on?

Marcus Nelson.

Hey, don't be taken in by that baby face
and that curly blonde hair.

He asked him.

He called him up.

Hey, man.

You must be in bad trouble.

Sit down.

You talked to the DAs.

Now you're going to talk to me.

I see you're a murderer.

You're a pimp. You're a pusher.

You put your old lady out of habit.

A red light over her head.

You showed Teddy how to use the needle.

And then you turned him in to save your
own sweet hide.

Know all the details of the murders?

Which means if it wasn't Teddy, it was
you.

So now you tell me again.

You came to your place, right? You saw
blood on his T-shirt?

Yes. Blood on his trousers?

Yes. Above the knees, below the knees?

Above the knees.

You got a brown shopping bag?

Yes, sir.

What?

Yes, sir.

You're so polite.

You make me sick.

Now, what was in the shopping bag?

Two white handkerchiefs. White
handkerchiefs?

I think he took them to wipe the blood
off his clothes. There was blood on

them.

What else was in the shopping bag?

Pink rubber gloves.

Pink rubber gloves?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, he always used them so there
wouldn't be no fingerprints.

How'd he get into the building?

To the basement.

And how'd he get out?

The same way.

How'd he get into the apartment?

Through the window. Stand up.

The service window?

That's one hell of a jump.

Teddy makes those kinds of jumps.

And the Elsie Teddy you remember?

Yeah.

He said the smell of blood almost made
him throw up.

Josie? Yes?

Am I going to be all right?

Oh, Teddy.

You took too many this time.

You took too many.

How you doing?

I thought you weren't going to make it
for a while.

It's only life, man.

You've been in prison so often, I
thought you'd want to do a little more

with it.

Grandma Kojak, what are you doing here?

You come to hassle me too, Theo?

We're supposed to take a lie detector
test tomorrow.

Your overdose had nothing to do with it,
did it?

Hey, man, I'm not going to take any lie
detector test.

I mean, you remember what happened to
Lewis Hughes?

The same exact thing that happened to
me, man. He said it could be worse.

I mean, I've been in and out of jail
since I was 17.

You ought to know, man. You were the
first one that busted me.

I don't trust them.

The only cop in the world I trust is
you, man.

You did it, didn't you, Teddy?

Are you kidding?

No, I didn't, man.

Hey, where's Josie?

Um, she was exhausted.

She was here for three days, made sure
you were all right.

Then I persuaded her to go home.

Will you tell her to come back?

Quite a girl, isn't she?

Yeah, you don't know how she's taken
care of me.

I mean, you don't know how lucky I am.

Without her, I'd have been a corpse a
long time ago.

All right, I'll call her.

This isn't going to get in the papers,
is it?

I mean, my mother's sick, you know, and
I wouldn't want her to know about it. No

one knows about it but me.

Hey, Theo?

I didn't do it.

I swear to you, all my mother's life I
didn't.

Hey, Teddy.

Hey, man, I had to make a deal.

I had to save myself, you understand?

Hey, man.

I wouldn't have gone through with it,
man.

I would have made them look like fools
if we'd gone to court.

Hey, Teddy.

Hey, man, you don't really believe that
I would turn in a brother, do you? I had

to make a deal, you understand?

Hey, man, what's going on in here? I
don't know, man. Something about a bomb

in the building.

All right, come on. Back it up. Come on,
boys. Back it up. Come on. Back it up.

Come on. Back it up.

Back it up.

Daddy? Daddy?

I think they say they just took a bomb
out of here.

Yeah, yeah, they evacuated all the
tenants too, man.

What are you doing?

I think the bomb's right here in this
apartment. There isn't a nice, fat,

juicy bug, huh?

Nice, fat, juicy bug?

What are you talking about?

Well, old friend.

Theo really wants to find out about me,
doesn't he?

Dave.

Oh, wow, Dave.

In one of the most unprecedented
procedures in courtroom history, Jake

Winehouse asked for a mistrial in the
Alvarez case due to the prejudice and

misconduct of the jurors for showing
prejudice in the case against Lewis

Hughes.

In effect,

He brought the jurors to trial.

Mr. Sack, you were a juror in the
attempted rape case against Lewis

Humes, were you not?

Yes, sir.

Did you hear a remark made by another
juror during the trial?

Yes.

This is the remark.

These kinds are all the same.

They have got the habit.

These fellows like their sex.

Did you hear other comments from another
juror?

Yes, sir. One of them said it doesn't
make any difference because if they

don't get him here, they'll get him in
Manhattan.

Thank you, Mr. Sack. That'll be all.

Would you call Mario Portello to the
stand, please?

Mario Portello, please.

Mr.

Portello, you have been a prosecutor for
the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office

for how long?

Twelve years.

During those twelve years, you have
prosecuted how many cases?

I don't know how many cases.

Hundreds maybe.

You believe in fair play, don't you?

Of course I believe in fair play. I
believe in justice, too, and I believe

that the police department... Mr.
Portello, you were the prosecutor in the

case of People v.

Humes, were you not?

I didn't hear the question. Would you
repeat it, please, Constable?

You were the prosecutor in the case of
People v.

Humes?

I was.

Did you receive a report from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Laboratory, which was an analysis of the
coat and the button in the case?

Yes. And did the report state that the
button you submitted and the buttons

remaining on the coat did not match in
size, design, or construction?

That is correct.

Then how could you argue to the jury
that you had nailed Lewis Humes on the

button? There was other evidence. What
other evidence?

Testimony of Mrs. Alvarez, the findings
of her own laboratory. But you received

a contrary opinion from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, didn't you?

That finding was not conclusive. Not
conclusive? Not conclusive? The opinion

of the FBI that the button did not match
the thread on the coat.

That is correct.

And you do not think you did anything
wrong in withholding this evidence from

the jury and in saying that you had
nailed the assumes on the button?

No, I do not. It is not my position to
show every piece of evidence to the

jury.

The administration of justice must not
only be above reproach, but it must

also be beyond the shadow.

of reproach.

That the district attorney's silence was
not the result of guile or a desire to

prejudice matters little, for its impact
was the same, preventing, as it did, a

trial that could in any real sense be
termed fair.

Court concludes that the conviction
cannot stand.

The hearing revealed that prejudice,
racial bias, entered that jury room.

I hereby vacate and set aside the
verdict in the Alvarez case, and I grant

a new trial.

I'll tell you the truth, Jake. I didn't
know you had to declare for publicity.

What did you think it was about?

I certainly don't believe the finest men
in our office frame Lewis Humes.

No pictures, please.

Jake, in all my years... I said no
pictures, didn't I?

In all my years of being an attorney,
I've never seen such a detailed

confession. I mean, your client, Louis
Humes, must be some kind of genius.

He can remember so many details, huh?
How can he be not guilty?

Maybe he was coached. Coached by who?
Me?

Detective Matt Black?

Detective with 19 citations for bravery?

Detective Lou Jacarino? Detective Dan
Corrigan? Two of the finest cops on the

force? Mario, no campaign speeches. What
do you mean, campaign speeches? What

kind of... All about law and order.
That's what this case is about.

Law and order.

Law and order for a man who's poor and
black.

Hello, Mom.

They're coming to talk to me.

They're coming here to talk to you? It's
all right.

I want to talk to them. I want to clear
you. Oh, Mom. Shh.

Don't let this beat you, because I'm
dying.

That's why you take drugs, isn't it? I
know. I know.

Because life is too much for you.

Because you can't face it.

I'm sorry, Ted.

It's all right.

I want you to question me.

Miss Hopper, you work as a
superintendent at 334 East 83rd Street?

I wash the stairs and clean the halls.

Do you know where your son was on the
day of the Marcus Nelson murders?

Yes. Where was he?

He was at home.

How do you remember so clearly?

He helped me clean the halls.

When did he start?

I woke him about 8.30 in the morning.

I had to wake him.

He's a lazy bones. He likes to sleep
late.

How long did he stay?

Until late in the afternoon.

You're sure?

Yes.

Miss Hopper, Teddy is your son.

Would you lie to save him?

Yeah, I wouldn't.

Hey, man, I heard about your mother.

Sorry, man.

Hey, it's tight, man. I can't get it
nowhere.

You want to come on with me?

Yeah.

Come on.

Hey, man.

Hey, how can you get it when nobody else
can, huh?

They want me to trap you.

So they got me wired for sound.

They give me immunity to trap you.

And we can't even get arrested if we
walk down the street smoking a joint.

The cops is going to support our habits.

It's junkie heaven, man.

You're going to have all the bomb
beaters and the coke you ever dreamed

of.

The new trial on the Alvarez attempted
rape began.

The courtroom was packed.

It always was for a trial that Jake
Winehouse was part of.

Does he look like a black-skinned negro
to you?

Will the court direct a witness to
answer the question, Mrs. Alvarez?

Would you please answer?

No.

Does he look like 165 pounds?

No. Does he look like 25 years old to
you?

Haven't I gone through enough?

Hasn't Lewis Humes gone through enough?
He didn't!

He knows it! I know it, and God knows
it!

No more uppers, please.

You yourself said that he was a stocky,
165-pound...

Black-skinned Negro of 25.

These are the descriptions that you
yourself gave Patronus Stabile of the

man.

Sedanski. By the way, do you have any
interest other than as a witness in this

particular case?

Your Honor, I object to this line.
There's no relevancy in this question.

Your Honor, I shall make the relevance
plain in just a moment.

Proceed. In other words, you have
nothing to gain or lose whether the

defendant is convicted or acquitted. Is
that correct?

Of course not.

Now, do you know... an attorney by the
name of Nick Goliath?

Yes. And do you know another lawyer by
the name of Tom Flaherty?

Yes. Did you speak to them?

Yes. And in this discussion, did not the
name of Lewis Humes come up?

Yes. And didn't this discussion involve
the collection of a $10,000 reward

offered for the conviction of anyone of
the Marcus Nelson murders?

No more questions.

Judy, Judy, come out of that bathroom.
You've been in there all morning.

Brother Mike wants to get in there.

I just got in here.

Don't give me no lip.

You've been making a home in that
bathroom.

You've kept up the suspense long enough.
What is it?

It's an article about Teddy.

Let me see that.

Come on, Jenny. Come on.

See this.

There's a new prime suspect in the
Marcus Nelson case.

Let's call him Eddie for the purpose of
the story.

A one-faced young dope addict. Gee.

That lives with a woman twice his age.

One-faced.

Let me see your face, then.

You know, I'm so warm from this side.

I look a little warm from this side,
though.

Look at Joe Louis Young's hair.

You know, they're making him look better
and better looking.

Like now he's a college kid.

A nice, innocent kid. Believe me, baby.

You know, before they tried to make him
look as ferocious as possible.

Now they're trying to make him look
sweeter.

Yeah, nicely and jealous.

Hey,

can we go to the store?

And you do what to which? Go outside, go
to the store.

You have to go outside to go to the
store, don't you? First get a warm

jacket. May I go to the store is
correct.

May I go to the store?

Please, usually I come and use a
question like that, don't I?

Please, may I go to the store?

Yes, you may.

Fruity, get some rubbers.

Oh, Mama.

Oh, no, go on and get some rubbers.

You know the cops are coming to talk to
me again tomorrow?

Right.

Someone's going to have to watch the
kids.

Well, I know who that someone is going
to be.

Only I ain't going to pay him nothing.

Listen, Teddy.

Teddy.

I got to get you to rap a little bit.

Come on.

Come on. Like the window.

Huh? Come on, you remember the time we
talked about the open window?

Remember like you said... Come on.

Remember you said you got in through the
window? Come on, Teddy. I'm trying to

help you. Hey, hey, hey. Tell him.

Tell him he got in through the service
entrance door.

Through the window?

Yes.

We'll make a comical case out of this.

Listen, we're going to have them all on
the carpet because of you, Teddy. We're

going to get on fire because of you,
Teddy.

Teddy, the glasses, Paul.

Teddy, I didn't tell him he got the
glasses off. Did you get the glasses off

of Teddy?

You had to get the glass off her because
she wasn't wearing them when they found

her, right?

That's right.

Jason.

Eddie.

I got some really good stuff.

Didn't your mama tell you to put on your
rubbers?

Oh, mama. Oh, no.

Get your rubbers.

Oh, mama. You heard what your mama said.

All right.

Hey, come here, little man. Let me
button your coat.

Hold still for a minute.

Hold still for a minute. Put this in.

nose to be pissed by no nose picking you
i'm gonna pick your nose come on

all right no more nose be careful watch
your

brother the cops

are

after us to take that lie detector

You hear me, Santa?

I don't think I should take more than I
did take the test.

You, Santa? You don't have to take no
test if we don't want to, do we?

Hey, you dig it, man.

You two take the test, right?

And beat it.

How are we going to do that, Santa?

Oh, you can't, man.

Here's how you can do it, too.

When they ask you to teddy kill those
girls, you just think to yourself that a

very nervous, upset person did it,
right?

Which really isn't me. I mean, you just
get this in your mind that it was a very

nervous, upset person that did it. I
think, I think. I mean, but it isn't me,

man. You know, it was a crazy man that
killed those girls. Why don't you take

that test, Teddy?

Why don't you take the lie detector
test?

Hey.

If I could just plan it in my mind that
you made this up, and that didn't

happen, you know.

Like, I would take the test.

If I could just put that date out of my
mind, man. If I could just put that date

out of my mind.

Lewis, do you see anybody in this
courtroom who may have hit you or struck

you?

Yes.

If you do, who might that be?

Detective Black, huh?

Detective Black, would you stand,
please?

This the man that hit you, Lewis?

Yes.

Sit down, Detective.

By the way, Lewis, did you have
breakfast in the precinct that day?

Yes.

How long did the beating take place?

Exactly where were you struck?

My stomach, my back, and my shoulders.

What were you beaten with? Do you
remember?

Fist. Fist?

Is that right?

Yes. Closed fist, like that?

Yes. 50 hard punches with closed fists.

What about breakfast? When did you say
you had breakfast? Before or after?

Before or after. Before or after the
beating?

After. After.

So they beat you with their fists 50
times, closed fists, very hard punches,

and then you sat down and you had
breakfast.

No further questions. You may step down,
Louis Hume.

Yes.

And when you question a suspect, you
don't tell him that he did something.

You ask him, did he do it? Is that
correct?

Yes, sir.

nelson case we are not trying that case
here does the prosecution suggest that

the marcus nelson case does not affect
the outcome of this case your honor we

are not trying that case right here we
are trying to decide the credibility of

detective corrigan and the other
detectives who questioned lewis hume so

we've got a confession out of objection
your honor denied so

where did lewis hume tell you that he
found this picture he said he found it

in a dump in Seaview.

But you didn't believe him when he told
you that he found it in a dump in

Seaview, New Jersey. Is that correct?

That's right, sir.

Were you looking at his stomach when he
said that?

Sir? Did you notice his stomach when he
said that he found it in a dump in

Seaview, New Jersey?

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean.
Did you notice whether his stomach was

jumping in and out and up and down?

You did not believe him. You thought he
was lying. Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

Now, Lewis Humes is a young black boy,
correct?

That's right.

Didn't you tell Mr. Goodman and
Detective Kojak that you could always

tell when a black man was lying by
looking at his stomach because it jumped

up and down when he lied?

I don't remember.

You don't remember saying to Mr. Goodman
that Detective Kojak...

I didn't say it. I'm saying I don't
remember saying it. But you may have

said it.

I might have.

Now, didn't you tell Lewis Humes that
you talked to the two girls on the

telephone and that they weren't mad at
him?

I might have.

Did you?

No, I don't remember.

Did you?

I said I might have. You might have.

Yes. And if you did, that was a lie,
wasn't it?

didn't you?

Objection, Your Honor. Or don't you
think that you did anything wrong? Your

Honor, will you stop this harassment of
the witness, please? I do think that'll

be enough. I'm sorry, Your Honor, but
law and order is being used in this

country as a catchphrase for stop the
nigger.

Officer here doesn't think he did
anything wrong.

People wonder why there is violence.

There is no justice there.

There is violence.

Objection, Your Honor. No,

you scored a I scored nothing.

You think the jury is going to take the
word of a vagrant kid, black, against

cops with citations for bravery,
particularly when they think he sliced

up two white girls in Manhattan.

But it's time they knew everything about
the Marcus Nelson case.

I think we've got one too many murderers
on this baby.

All right, sit down.

What a man.

And this?

Tell him.

I brought you here to tell you that I've
been working with him all along.

My lawyer's name is Jerry Block.

His number is 614-7402. It's all over,
baby. We forget the lawyer.

Tomorrow the jury comes in with a
verdict on Humes.

Today, you're going to tell us the
truth. He needs some stuff, man.

He needs it bad.

You got it all, Teddy.

Remember when you talked to your friends
about beating the lie detector test?

Remember how you said for them to think
it wasn't you who did the killings? It

was a very nervous and upset person?

Well, we got that too.

We even got your dreams.

We heard what you said with your dream.

Oh, you don't know what you said that
night, but we do. You asked God to take

you.

That's what you said.

Give me a spoon.

First things first.

Come on, man. Give me a spoon. You don't
get anything until we get a full

confession.

Theo, we're on tape. You can't promise
so many things.

Confesses? Don't throw it right out of
court.

I'll get in the next room and go up
here.

Do you realize how many people you're
destroying?

A five-year-old boy.

Oh, come on.

Josie.

Your mother.

I was in the hospital when they
questioned your mother.

She was in many conditions to talk to
anybody, but she wanted to give you an

alibi.

Right now, she's trying to explain away
your actions.

Daddy, you've got to give us something.
We realize what pressure you've been

under. Waiting all these months for the
axe to fall.

What tension you're under.

I'm a Catholic, just like you.

Last night I went to church and I said a
prayer for you.

I prayed that you would make your peace
with God.

I don't want to make peace with God.

You don't mean that.

Damn right I do, man.

Don't give me that.

I'm a dead man.

Hey. What do you mean you're a dead man?
If you're dead, give us something. Come

on, you're the only one that can.

You're the only one that can help
yourself. Give us something to help you

with. It's me you want to help, huh?

Couldn't be you want to cover yourselves
with glory, huh?

I'm sick. Give me a fix. Where is it?
Give us the answers now.

Give me a fix.

By tonight, your face will be known all
over town.

Your son will see it.

Josie will see it.

Your mother in the hospital will see it.
You know what you'll hear them say?

That you're some creep who ought to be
locked away.

For the safety of some girl in an
apartment.

Or some little kid in the street.

I'm sick, man! You want me to have
compassion for you?

Who do you have compassion for?

What about Louis Humes?

He's gonna die. You don't give a damn
about him. Don't you understand? I'm

sick! I said I'm sick! You carved up
those girls. And now you're gonna tell

me. You're gonna tell me. Hey, Theo.

Come on.

Theo,

what's wrong with you? Come on!

You're doing exactly what you said the
guy from Brooklyn did.

I'm the jury.

We are hopelessly deadlocked.

What does this mean?

It means we have to go to trial again.

Sorry, Mrs. Chin.

Again?

Hey, hey, stay awake.

He's strung out with you and the son of
him. Did he say anything?

We grilled him all night after you left.
You think he'll never crack in a million

years. A little bit of let up, huh?

Hi, Teddy. How are you?

As well as can be expected, I guess.

You want some coffee or something to
eat? I'd like some coffee.

What do you got?

Ham and cheese and corned beef.

Give me corn heat.

Known each other for a long time, huh?

Well, I like you.

You can't be particular what you like, I
guess.

I've seen a lot of guys try to make it.

I never wanted anybody to make it more
than you.

You screwed up, kid.

Hey, who won the game last night?

The Yankees.

Papatone get many hits?

Uh, three for four.

I went to pull a lousy burglary and
wound up killing two girls.

Went into the apartment?

Yeah.

She was lying there?

Yeah, she, uh... She pulled the sheet up
around me.

What happened then?

I decided to have her.

Yeah?

I took out a knife.

She said, don't hurt me.

What'd you do then?

The dark-haired girl, what's her name?

Kathy came and she stood in the door and
she said, what's going on in here?

I see what's going on in here.

She turned and started to run towards
the door.

I was going to leave the apartment,
but... Something told me I had to kill

them.

I got two soda bottles and I struck both
girls over the head.

And then what did you do?

I just kept stabbing them.

I just kept stabbing them.

I hit a rib in Kathy's back.

Did you know Joanne before you went in
that day?

No.

You had gloves on all the time.

Yeah.

Where'd you buy the gloves?

Five and ten.

Eighty-nine cents a third. How much did
you pay for them?

I don't know, man.

Twenty-nine, thirty-nine cents,
whatever.

Where were the buddies when you left the
apartment?

Hey, I don't want to think about it,
man. I just want to erase it out of my

mind, you dig?

He wants to erase it out of his mind.

I told you.

If you played a straight with me, I'd
help you.

Now I see your mother and Josie.

What do you want me to tell them?

Tell them to forgive me, man.

Teddy Hopper was indicted and held for
trial in the Marcus Nelson murders.

Lewis Humes was freed on his own
recognizance.

The charges of the Marcus Nelson and the
Ethel Lawson murders dropped.

It was the first time he'd been out of
jail in two years.

It's going to be good to see this guy
again.

Oh, he's not here.

Here he is now.

Hold on. There's a call for you.

Lewis Humes wants to invite you to a
party.

Lewis.

Hello, kid.

How you doing?

We had a party over here and I was
wondering if you could come over.

Look, Lewis, I'm a little busy.

I wanted you to come over because, you
know, if it hadn't been for you, man, I

wouldn't even be walking around now.

to the party. Is Louie here?

Who is that?

Lieutenant Kojak. Come on in and make
yourself at home.

Everybody, this is Lieutenant Kojak. I
told you all about him.

How you doing? Miss Kojak, this is my
girl, Lorraine. Hi.

Come on in, Mama.

Charles, turn off that television set. I
want to see Louis on the 6 o'clock news.

We're not sure he's going to be on.

This is Mama.

Oh, and this is my oldest son, Abe.

Nice to meet you. And over here is
Grandpa.

And this here is Sonny. Sonny?

I think it's time for the cake.

Oh, look, Ed. Lewis did those drawings
there. And he did these here, too.

Nothing, something.

No, no, no. You should give me a lot of
hair.

I'm good looking.

I made this cake. Now, y'all better
enjoy it.

I made my birthday.

I didn't get your hat, neither.

Somebody found a larger hat for Louis.

You're a foolish man. Don't tell me I'm
a foolish.

Don't ever tell me I look foolish again.

A piece for everybody.

And an extra big piece for you,
Lieutenant.

Oh, my goodness.

Are you going to say anything to us? It
would be good to see the sky again.

Maybe I should go to jail.

Don't say that, even as a joke.

Brooklyn, however, the secretary, Mario
Portello, had this to say. We in

Brooklyn have no intention of letting
Lewis Humes go free.

And you still believe that Lewis Humes
is guilty of the Marcus Nelson murders?

We still say that he knew details that
only the murderer...

to live, right?

It is dreadful to think that in this
country, I mean right here in Brooklyn,

a woman can be taken, grabbed right off
the street, assaulted, and an attempt

made to rape her.

We are going to proceed with the rape
charges against Lewis Humes.

Why don't you let the kid go, Mario?

Hasn't he been through enough?

Connie, make sure I get the
superintendent of corrections in Albany.

Make sure I get him before he goes to
lunch.

I'm sorry, I can't let him go, Theo.

Eyewitness identification, and we can't
let a rapist on the streets.

He's no rapist.

And you know it.

Theo, I really feel sorry for you. I
know you went out on a limb.

Hey.

Nail those hues by the button.

And all the time, the FBI report in your
desk.

The kid wasn't given a lineup?

An hysterical woman looking at him
through a peephole.

Description, missing on all important
points.

And even if he was guilty, what was he
supposed to have done?

Gone up to a woman and yelled some dirty
words?

Theo, you think the boy is innocent. I
think he's guilty. You can't admit to

yourself that he's innocent. You want to
know why?

Because to admit it, you'd have to admit
how corrupt you really are.

You and I no longer have anything to say
to each other.

The right man on the right job.

You know, I've never been naive about
human beings.

But it's a surprise that people will let
this kid go down the drain.

And you want to know what overwhelms me?

They don't see anything wrong in it.

So what's going to happen now? I don't
know.

They're going to try to prove you're
guilty of something.

Makes them look too bad if you aren't.

I'm just going in. I still can't get
used to where my glass is. All right.

Hello, Lewis.

How are you?

Hello.

How the hell can you say hello to him?

I guess it was just time to get ahead.

I'm through with that.

What do you say, Jake?

You brought out the same old witnesses
again.

He tried to rape me.

He knows it.

I know it. And God knows it.

Black talked about his 19 citations.

Jacarino reluctantly and distastefully
put in a knife again.

But nobody cared anymore.

There was no packed courtroom.

And I felt that nobody really believed
that Lewis Humes was guilty.

He had to be found guilty to protect
reputations.

It was as though we were all
sleepwalkers.

Watching a terrible pageant that nobody
cared about anymore.

Lewis Humes was found guilty of
attempted rape.

Sentence?

Five to ten years.

But I didn't do nothing.

I understood for the first time what
Jake Warnhouse meant

when he said...

When there is no justice, there's
violence.

I remember the first time I walked the
beat.

I felt we were doing the most wonderful
job in the world.

I thought of us as watchers of the city,
protecting what was best in it.

Some people say the community gets the
police force it deserves.

I say the police force is the community.

That was the end of the Humes case.

Except for the fact that it changed my
life and yours.

The Lewis Humes case was cited in the
Miranda decision of the Supreme Court,

which demands that his constitutional
rights be read to a man under arrest.

Matt Black.

Still working as a police detective.

Mario Portello, who's elected an
assemblyman.

Lewis Humes, still in jail today.

For an offense that normally a man
without a previous record would be given

a suspended sentence.

As for me, you know there's a dream I
keep having?

I walk into McNeil's office, right?

I throw my badge on his desk, and then I
tell him where he can stick it.

The truth is, I still go on. Let me turn
it precinct.

Right away.

I still go on, color and

squeal.

People like Teddy, who was convicted of
killing two girls because he may have

been terrified of going back to prison.

And Louis Humes, who never had a chance
from the beginning.

Some people walk with their heads in the
clouds and they never break through to

the sky.

Hey Lord, don't you let me be as blind
as some people living

and wondering why.

Some people listen to what folks are
saying and some people

only can talk.

But I've got to please me and know where
I'm going.

Don't give me a road I can't walk.

Don't give me a road I can't walk.

Don't give me a path I can't handle.

Don't give me a song I can't sing.

Like the road I can't walk leading to...

Nothing.

Some folks get by on what I can't rely
on and never break through to

the truth.

Well, I got to know me and love what I
must be before.

Turn away and we can't sit and talk
Friend, there's a road I

can't walk