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"As a lawyer, I've had to learn that people aren't just good or just bad. People are many things."
"The prosecution would like to separate the motive from the act. Well, that's like trying to take the core from an apple without breaking the skin."
"I'm just a humble country lawyer trying to do the best I can against this brilliant prosecutor from the big city of Lansing."
"[after cross-examining a convicted felon] Your Honor, I don't think I can dignify this - -creature - - with any more questions."
"Look, Laura, believe me, I don't usually complain of an attractive jiggle, but just you save that jiggle for your husband to look at, if and when I get him out of jail."
"Twelve people go off into a room: twelve different minds, twelve different hearts, from twelve different walks of life; twelve sets of eyes, ears, shapes, and sizes. And these twelve people are asked to judge another human being as different from them as they are from each other. And in their judgment, they must become of one mind - unanimous. It's one of the miracles of Man's disorganized soul that they can do it, and in most instances, do it right well. God bless juries."
"The lieutenant goes to Quill's place and plugs Mr. Quill about five times, which causes Mr. Quill to promptly die of lead poisoning."
"You know I used to think the world looked better through a glass of whiskey. It doesn't. I think I'll keep it this way. Looks nice."
"One judge is quite like another. The only differences may be in the state of their digestions or their proclivities for sleeping on the bench. For myself, I can digest pig iron. And while I might appear to doze occasionally, you will find that I am easily awakened, particularly if shaken gently by a good lawyer with a nice point of law."
"For the benefit of the jury, but more especially for the spectators, The garment mentioned in the testimony was, to be exact, Mrs. Manion's panties. [spectators roar with laughter] I wanted to get your snickering over and done with. This pair of panties will be mentioned again over the course of this trial, and when it is, there will not be one laugh, one snicker, one giggle or even one smirk in my courtroom. There is nothing comic about a pair of panties that resulted in the violent death of one man and the possible incarceration of another."
"Now, Mr. Dancer, get off the panties. You've done enough damage."
"James Stewart - Paul Biegler"
"Lee Remick - Laura Manion"
"Ben Gazzara - Lt. Frederick Manion"
"Arthur O'Connell - Parnell Emmett McCarthy"
"Eve Arden - Maida Rutledge"
"Kathryn Grant - Mary Pilant"
"George C. Scott - Claude Dancer"
"Orson Bean - Dr. Matthew Smith"
"Russ Brown - George Lemon"
"Murray Hamilton - Alphonse Paquette"
"Brooks West - Mitch Lodwick"
"Ken Lynch - Sgt. James Durgo"
"John Qualen - Deputy Sheriff Sulo"
"Howard McNear - Dr. Dompierre"
"Alexander Campbell - Dr. Gregory Harcourt"
"Ned Wever - Dr. Raschid"
"Jimmy Conlin - Clarence Madigan"
"Royal Beal - Sheriff Battisfore"
"Joseph Kearns - Mr. Burke, crime scene photographer"
"Don Ross - Duke Miller"
"Lloyd Le Vasseur - Court clerk"
"James Waters - Army sergeant"
"Joseph N. Welch - Judge Weaver"
"Greg "Mr. Flawless" Yuna — a fictionalized version of himself, a jeweler to celebrities"
"Benjy Kleiner — Aaron, Dinah's brother"
"This is me! This is how I win."
"Alexander Gilkes — the Adley's auctioneer"
"Wayne Diamond — the High Roller (a fictionalized version of himself), a fashion designer and gambler"
"Josh Ostrovsky — Noah, Dinah's cousin"
"I know. I know. Jews and colon cancer. What is that? I thought we were the chosen people."
"I made a crazy risk. You gamble and it's about to pay off."
"[weeping] Everything I do is not goin' right! Everything I do is not goin' right! I don't know what to do, I really don't."
"[holding the black opal] This fuckin' thing makes me feel like I can fly."
"Arno: Howard, you did this to yourself."
"Dinah Ratner: I think you are the most annoying person I have ever met. I hate being with you, I hate looking at you... And if I had my way I would never - see you - again."
"Adam Sandler — Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict"
"LaKeith Stanfield — Demany, an intermediary who recruits clients for Howard"
"Julia Fox — Julia De Fiore, Howard's employee and mistress"
"Kevin Garnett — a fictionalized version of himself during his years with the Boston Celtics"