12 Angry Men (2) Flashcards
Beginning
All right! Who did it? What idiot changed his vote?
- Is that the way to talk about a man’s life?
Whose life are you talking about? The life of the dead man or the life of a murderer?
- I want to know. who? (beginning)
So do I.
- Excuse me this was a secret ballot
No one looked while we did it, but now I want to know.
- A secret ballot; we agreed on that point, no? if the gentleman wants it to remain a secret—
(stand mad) What do you mean? There are no secrets in here! I know who it was (turn to 5) what’s the matter with you? you come in here and you vote guilty then this- (to 8) -slick preacher starts to tear your heart out with stories about a poor little kid who just couldn’t help becoming a murderer. So you change your vote. if that isn’t the most sickening—
- I agree with you that the man is guilty, but lets be fair.
Hold it? Be Fair? that’s just what I’m saying. we’re trying to put a guilty man into the chair where he belongs– and all of a sudden we are paying attention to fairy tales.
- Now, just a minute—
Now you listen to me—
11— I have always thought that a man was entitled to have unpopular opinions in this country. this is the reason I came here. I wanted to have the right to disagree
Do you disagree with us? (sit bro)
7 Yeah, lets stick to the subject. I want to ask you, what made you change your vote?
I want to know, too. You haven’t told us yet.
9— He didn’t change his vote. I did
5 I was going to tell you, but you were so sure of yourself.
Sorry. Okay now….
9 Maybe you’d like to know why
Let me tell you why that kids a—-
(add lib silent)
4— They squeeze out on some technicality and kill again
Look, buddy, now that we’ve kind of cooled off, why -ah- I was a little excited a minute ago. well, you know how it is-I didn’t meant to get nasty. Nothing personal
- Remember, it is “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” This is an important thing to remember.
Everyone’s a lawyer. (to 9) Supposing you explain to us what your reasonable doubts are.
- This is not easy. So far, it’s only a feeling I have. A feeling. Perhaps you don’t understand
No, I don’t.
- A feeling! What are we gonna do, spend the night talking abut your feelings? what about the facts?
You said a mouthful (to 9) look, the old man heard the kid yell, “I’m gonna kill you.” A second later he heard the father’s body falling, and he saw the boy running out of the house fifteen seconds after that.
- That’s right. and lets not forget the women across the street. She looked into the open window and saw the boy stab his father. She saw it!
Now, if that’s not enough for you—-
4— The train had five cars and she saw it through the windows of the last two cars. She remembers the most insignificant details
Well, what have you got to say about that?
8.I don’t know it doesn’t sound right to me.
Well, supposing yo uthink about it (12) lend me your Pencil (takes) Let’s play some tic-tac-toe. (draw X) We might as well pass the time
- This isn’t a game. (takes paper away)
(jump up)
Now, wait a minute!
- This is a man’s Life.
Who do you think you are?
- (rise) all right, Let’s take it easy
I’ve got a good mind to walk around this table and belt him one!
-good mind to walk around this table and belt him one
Foreman. Now, please. I don’t want any fights in here.
Did you see him? The nerve! The absolute nerve!
- All right. Forget it. It don’t mean anything.
- How about sitting down?
“this isn’t a game.” who does he think he is?
- The old man who lived downstairs heard the boy say—
(interrupting) He didn’t say it, he screamed it
8.— hear the boy say, “I’m going to kill you,” while the front of the el was roaring past his nose. it’s not possible that he could have heard it.
What do you mean! sure, he could have heard it.
- With an el train going by?
He said the boy yelled it out
- an el train makes a lot of noise
Its enough for me
- Maybe the old man didn’t hear it. I mean with the el noise. . . .
What are you people talking about? are you calling the old man a liar?
- Something doesn’t fit.
- Well, it stands to reason—-
You’re crazy! Why would he lie? What’s he got to gain?
- Attention . . . Maybe.
You keep coming up with these bright sayings. Why don’t you send one in to a newspaper? They pay two dollars.
- No, he wouldn’t really lie. but perhaps he’d make himself believe that he heard those words and recognized the boy’s face.
Well—That’s the most fantastic story I’ve ever heard. How can you make u pa thing like that?
- I’m not making it up
You must be making it up. People don’t lie about things like that.
- He made himself believe he told the truth.
What do you know about it?
- I am the same man
- I think we all understand now. Thank you
if you want to admit you’re a liar, it’s all right by me.
- Now, that is to much!
He’s a liar. He just told us so
- He did not say he was a liar; he was explaining
Didn’t you admit that you’re a liar?
didn’t you admit that your a liar?
- Please he was explaining the circumstances so that we could understand why the old man might have lied. there is a difference
A liar is a liar, that’s all there is to it
- I’ll take one. thank you (cough drop) Now–there’s something else i’d like to point out here. I think we proved that the old man couldn’t have heard the boy say, “I’m going to kill you”
Well, I disagree
- Don’t the circumstances alter that somewhat?
- The old man was murdered.
One thing more. The phrase was “I’m going to kill you.” And the kid screamed it out at the top of his lungs
- That’s the way I understand it.
Now don’t try and tell me he didn’t mean it. Anybody says a thing like that the way he said it–they mean it
- I’d like to change my vote to not guilty
(slam hands on table and then walk to window and do it again)
right after vote change (5’s)
- I think there’s a doubt
(turn from window) Where? what’s the doubt?
8– do you know?
- Well ah. . .
- Mr. Foreman
Foreman. I heard you
(step away from window) All right. What’s this one for? How come you’re the only one in the room who wants to see exhibits all the time.
(exhibit)
- I want to see this one too
- So do I.
And I want to stop wasting time.
8.—We’re going to find out how a man who’s had two strokes in the past three years and who walks with a pair of canes could get to his front door in fifteen seconds.
He said twenty seconds.
Two. He said fifteen. He was very positive about it.
He’s an old man. You saw that. Half the time he was confused. How could he be positive about—anything?… Well, ah—you know.
Foreman. You want this?
- Yes, please
(go and sit down from window)
8— Do you think this possible?
- You know it’s possible.
- I don’t see why not.
He would have been in a hurry. He did hear the scream.
- He can only walk very slowly. They had to help him into the witness chair.
You make it sound like a long walk. It’s not
- For an old man who uses canes its a long walk
(8 moving)
what are you doing?
- I want to try this thing. Let’s see how long it took him. I’m going to pace off twelve feet—the length of the bedroom
You’re crazy! You cant re-create a thing like that.
- Perhaps if we could see it–this is an important point.
It’s a ridiculous waste of time!
- This is, I think, even more quickly than the old man walked in the courtroom.
No, it isn’t
Two. fifteen–twenty–thirty–thirty-five–thirty-nine seconds, exactly.
That can’t be!
8.—heard someone racing down the stairs and assumed that it was the boy
- I think that’s possible.
Assumed? Now, Listen to me, you people. I’ve seen all kinds of dishonesty in my day—but this little display takes the cake
- What dishonesty?
Tell him!…(stride to 8) You come in here with your heart bleeding all over the floor about slum kids and injustice and you make up these wild stories, and you’ve got some soft-hearted old ladies listening to you. Well, I’m not. I’m getting real sick of you.. What’s the matter with you people? This kid is guilty! He’s got to burn! We’re letting him slip through our fingers!
(after angry yap sesh)
8. Our fingers. Are you his executioner?
I’m one of ‘em!
- Perhaps you’d like to pull the switch
For this kid? you bet I’d like to pull the switch!
For this kid? you bet id like to pull the switch!
- Im sorry for you.
Dont start with me!
- What it must feel like to want to pull the switch!
Shut up!
8.—not because of the facts you are a beast. you disgust me
SHUT UP (attack sauce) LET ME GO I’LL KILL EM I’LL KILL EM
