"Prison should be a frightening place. Let those criminals create their own hellhole....I tell you, Arthur, the idea of punishment to fit the crime doesn't work. We need unjust punishment. Hang somebody for armed robbery. Try it! We've got nothin' to lose. Do you understand what I'm sayin' to you, for God's sake? You don't, do you? Oh! You fellas with your fancy ideas of rehabilitation. I tell you that the concept of rehabilitation is a farce. Do you honestly think that, that bringing Johnny Cash into prisons to sing railroad songs is gonna rehabilitate anyone? Most people are sick and tired of mugging and crime in the streets...[Arthur leaves] Arthur? Arthur?"

"[After he fires a gun in his courtroom, to stop an argument] Gentlemen, need I remind you we are in a court of law? [long pause] Now, let's proceed in an orderly fashion."

"Sixteen years of marriage and my wife still won't eat Chinese food. It's crazy, especially since we met in a Chinese restaurant."

"Sorry, Your Honor. Let's get back to justice. What is justice? What is the intention of justice? The intention of justice is to see that the guilty people are proven guilty and that the innocent are freed. Simple, isn't it? Only it's not that simple. However, it is the defense counsel's duty to protect the rights of the individual, as it is the prosecution's duty to uphold and defend the laws of the State. Justice for all. Only we have a problem here. And you know what it is? Both sides wanna win. We wanna win. We wanna win regardless of the truth. And we wanna win regardless of justice, regardless of who's guilty or innocent. Winning is everything!"

"[about Judge Rayford] This is a man bent on killing himself! It's no secret; a guard found him in his chambers once trying to hang himself! This is a man who's making value decisions on people's lives!"

"At this point, I would just like to say that what this committee is doing in theory is highly commendable. However, in practice, it sucks... and I'm not going to answer any more questions."

"Tyrone Power - Leonard Vole (final film role)"

"[last lines; hands Sir Wilfrid his thermos bottle] Sir Wilfrid, you've forgotten your brandy!"

"My Lord, may I also remind my learned friend that his witness, by her own admission, has already violated so many oaths that I am surprised the Testament did not LEAP FROM HER HAND when she was sworn here today! I doubt if anything is to be gained by questioning you any further! That will be all, Frau Helm!"

"I am constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders."

"Ruta Lee - Diana"

"Philip Tonge - Chief Inspector Hearne"

"Francis Compton - the Judge"

"Una O'Connor - Janet McKenzie"

"Norma Varden - Mrs Emily Jane French"

"Torin Thatcher - Mr. Myers"

"Ian Wolfe - Carter"

"Henry Daniell - Mayhew"

"John Williams - Mr. Brogan-Moore"

"Elsa Lanchester - Miss Plimsoll"

"Charles Laughton - Sir Wilfrid Robarts Q.C."

"Marlene Dietrich - Christine Vole/Helm"

"John Cusack - Nicholas "Nick" Easter"

"Doyle: It's a set-up. Don't do it!"

"Gentlemen, trials are too important to be left up to juries."

"Judge Harkin: I'm not sure, but I believe I'm buying lunch."

"Wendell Rohr: Gentlemen, I have lost my footing in this trial."

"Henry Jankle: ...I was under the impression that we'd already purchased ourselves a verdict."

"Nicholas Easter: [after anti-gun fanatic is dragged kicking and screaming from the courtroom during jury selection, even though he claims he want to be heard] Well, I guess that's lunch..."

"What do you hope to achieve if you win? You gonna bring Jacob Wood back to life? No. You just ensure that his wife goes to the cemetery in a better car, and that the heel that she snaps on the way to the graveside belongs to a $1,200 shoe. You get your name in the paper. But Jacob Wood and all the other gun violence victims remain rotting in their crypts."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this girl is an amateur. Do you understand? A dilettante. And I want this nonsense ended today! I want you to find her. I want you to contain her! Because you're losing me my jury!"

"You may be right, but the thing of it is, I don't give a shit. What's more... I never have."

"Ah, I hate Baptists almost as much as I hate Democrats."

"We like fat women, people!"

"You think your average juror is King Solomon? No! He's a roofer with a mortgage. He wants to go home and sit in his Barcalounger and let the cable TV wash over him. And this man doesn't give a single, solitary droplet of shit about truth, justice or your American way."

"Everybody has a secret they don't want you to find. Find it!"

"Dylan McDermott - Jacob Wood"

"Cliff Curtis - Frank Herrera"

"Joanna Going - Celeste Wood"

"Nestor Serrano - Janovich"

"Lori Heuring - Maxine"

"Gerry Bamman - Herman Grimes"

"Leland Orser - Lamb"

"Nick Searcy - Doyle"