"I really hope you have a search warrant. According to a constitutional law book that I read in the library, if you don't have one, you could lose your job or even go to federal prison."

"Check it if you don't believe me."

"No more Ms. Nice Girl."

"Kyra Sedgwick – Blanche, Hooker"

"Stefan Gierasch – Warden James Humson"

"Ben Slack – Jerry Hoolihan"

"Mia Kirshner – Adult Rosetta Young"

"R. Lee Ermey – Judge Clawson"

"Brad Dourif – Byron Stamphill"

"Stephen Tobolowsky – Mr. Henkin"

"William H. Macy – D.A. William McNeil"

"Embeth Davidtz – Mary McCasslin"

"Gary Oldman – Milton Glenn"

"Christian Slater – James Stamphill"

"Kevin Bacon – Henri Young"

"One broke his silence. The other broke the system."

""I accuse Alcatraz of crimes against humanity." – The lawyer "I was a weapon, but I ain't no killer." – The accused "I am not on trial here." – The warden"

"The trial that brought down Alcatraz."

"One was condemned. The other was determined. Two men whose friendship gave them the will to take on the system."

"They locked him up. They crushed his spirit. But they couldn't hide the truth."

"Blanche, Hooker: Honey, you're gonna have to get it up first. It's like trying to stick an oyster into a slot machine."

"Judge Clawson: I do not need you to tell me what is, or is not okay. In this courtroom, I am the one who decides what is, or is not okay. Okay?"

"Some men are broken by the laws that they break, unable to resist the forces that are pulling them down. Other men live by the rules that society sets down. You're not one of them."

"I got nothin'. I got nobody. I don't need a lawyer, I need a friend."

"Action: I won. Reaction: you can't never take that away from me."

"Charles Dickens once said that solitary confinement was inhumane. Seven months later, the Supreme Court agreed. As a a result of the facts brought out in the trail of The People vs. Young, the dungeons of Alcatraz were closed forever. Associate warden Glenn was brought up on charges of mistreatment. He was found guilty. He would never work in the penal system again. I remained in private practice. I also became a baseball fan. You did it, Henri!"

"Unlike many men who lived long after, Henri Young did not die in vain. In the end he was not afraid. He lived and he died in triumph. If only we could all do that."

"When you try to win, sometimes you lose sight of the goal."

"The definition of rehabilitate: To restore to a state of physical, mental, and moral health through treatment and training."

"David O'Hara - Martin MacDuf"

"Julia Stiles - Bridget O'Meara"

"Simon Jones - Harry Sloan"

"Paul Ronan - Sean Phelan"

"Natascha McElhone - Megan Doherty"

"Mitchell Ryan - Deputy Chief Jim Kelly"

"George Hearn - Peter Fitzsimmons"

"Treat Williams - Billy Burke"

"Rubén Blades - Edwin Diaz"

"Margaret Colin - Sheila O'Meara"

"Brad Pitt - Francis "Frankie" McGuire/Rory Devaney"

"Harrison Ford - Sergeant Tom O'Meara"