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Capt. Frank Nelson:
What's wrong with the law that we can't touch him [Mendoza, boss of murder ring] Capt. Frank Nelson:
? Oh, I know, our kind of laws are designed to protect the innocent. It's not enough we know a man is guilty - we have to prove it. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Ever have a tune running through your head and you can't remember the words? Capt. Frank Nelson:
What are you getting at? D.A. Martin Ferguson:
How many people did we speak to on this case? Capt. Frank Nelson:
Oh, I'd hate to remember. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
How many pages of testimony do you suppose we took? Capt. Frank Nelson:
Enough to fill a nice-sized room! D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Heh, somewhere's in that testimony somebody said something that stuck in my brain. It got lost in the shuffle, because we didn't need it - we got Rico! But now... [pause] D.A. Martin Ferguson:
If I could only remember... [Another pause] D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Well, we got nothing else to do tonight - let's try and dig it out. Capt. Frank Nelson:
[Nelson & Ferguson enter Ferguson's office]
Well, we can start from right to left or from left to right. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
No, let's take it just as it came to us, right from that first crazy day. [They pull out 1st folder: "State vs. Albert Mendoza." Dissolve to Bell St. Station and beginning of long flashback]
What's wrong with the law that we can't touch him [Mendoza, boss of murder ring] Capt. Frank Nelson:
? Oh, I know, our kind of laws are designed to protect the innocent. It's not enough we know a man is guilty - we have to prove it. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Ever have a tune running through your head and you can't remember the words? Capt. Frank Nelson:
What are you getting at? D.A. Martin Ferguson:
How many people did we speak to on this case? Capt. Frank Nelson:
Oh, I'd hate to remember. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
How many pages of testimony do you suppose we took? Capt. Frank Nelson:
Enough to fill a nice-sized room! D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Heh, somewhere's in that testimony somebody said something that stuck in my brain. It got lost in the shuffle, because we didn't need it - we got Rico! But now... [pause] D.A. Martin Ferguson:
If I could only remember... [Another pause] D.A. Martin Ferguson:
Well, we got nothing else to do tonight - let's try and dig it out. Capt. Frank Nelson:
[Nelson & Ferguson enter Ferguson's office]
Well, we can start from right to left or from left to right. D.A. Martin Ferguson:
No, let's take it just as it came to us, right from that first crazy day. [They pull out 1st folder: "State vs. Albert Mendoza." Dissolve to Bell St. Station and beginning of long flashback]
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It's not enough that we know a man is guilty
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We have to prove it
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Ever have a tune run through your head
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and you can't remember the words
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What are you getting at
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How many people did we speak to on this case
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Oh I'd hate to remember
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How many pages of testimony do you suppose we took
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Enough to fill a nice sized room
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Heh
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Somewheres in that testimony
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somebody said something that stuck in my brain
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It got lost in the shuffle
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because we didn't need it We had Rico
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But now
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if I could only remember
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what was it
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Well we got nothing else to do tonight
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Let's try and dig it out
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Well we can start from right to left or left to right
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No let's take it just the way it came to us
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right from that first crazy day
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Movie Summary
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
