Night Falls on Manhattan

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My name is McGovern.

Mr. McGovern to you.

I am the Assistant to the Assistant

Deputy Administrative Assistant to...

the District Attorney of New York County.

You are in training as Assistant

District Attorneys of New York County.

And my Assistant title is a hell of a

lot higher than your Assistant title.

So watch your asses you're out of here.

You passed your bar exams and 're here...

because you didn't get a decent offer

after law school...

and you got to start someplace.

I know what you got in mind. You'll do

your time here because...

you got to have something on your resume.

One or two of you figure maybe you'll

get lucky, maybe Alan Dershowitz,

maybe Bruce Cutler will see you...

in court one day waiting for their cases

to come up and your career will be made.

Most of you just want a stepping stone

to some Wall Street law office...

or a divorce firm with society clients.

You're in it for the money.

Don't give me any crap about justice...

the law, the sacredness of your duty,

blah blah, blah.

You're out of here as fast as

a decent offer comes around

you figure you can

do better chasing ambulances.

Listen, you're going to fight judges

that don't give a sh*t,

cops in court only to see how much

overtime they can rack up...

rapists, gonifs, teenagers who shot

a guy over a pair of sneakers...

scam artists, pimps, lunatics

who think they should be outside...

walking around Central Park

trying to diddle seven-year-old kids.

So now we know the truth.

Okay, your case load may run

forty cases at a time.

You read your entire New York Penal

Code and your ECAB manual.

There are five divisions in

the Rackets Division.

Construction Industry Task Force.

Official Corruption Unit.

Organized Crime.

I'll set bail at five hundred dollars.

- Your honor...

this woman knifed

a store security guard.

Come on, counselor.

Five hundred dollars to her is like

fifty-thousand to us. Have a heart.

You weren't just caught with a nickel,

bag, Ed. You got to help me help you.

I can get you into Rehab.

You want to die in some toilet

with a spike in your arm?

F*** you.

I represent the law

you show me respect, do you hear me?

You want to die in some toilet with

a spike in your arm?

Why do you think you should be released,

Mr. Agonostes?

I signed myself in,

I can sign myself out...

I signed myself in

I can sign myself out.

I signed myself in,

I can sign myself out...

We cannot let these people run wild

in the streets.

I know you will do right by the people

of New York. Thank you.

Your honor...

Excuse me.

Hi. Sorry I'm late, the judge kept...

I got to cut down on the coffee.

I'm like a goddam pipe:

I drink it, piss it out

five minutes later.

I keep telling you: decaff, decaff.

- I've tried it. I'd rather piss.

You know...

I'm still not used to it.

Every time we got to hit the door.

You're a lucky son of a b*tch.

You know,

I haven't slept for two nights?

Well, I think maybe

I got no imagination...

'cause I never think of

nothing going wrong.

I sleep like a baby

no butterflies.

Maybe 'cause I got you to protect me.

Yeah, yeah.

Or maybe you're just stupid.

- I'm definitely stupid.

But I'm also bigger than you, so why

don't you let me hit the door this time?

Listen, you big slob,

how many times do I have to tell you?

You're the junior member of the firm.

The little guy goes first,

okay?

That bastard could be up there now,

counting money. Listen...

if we go in tonight, you and me,

we go fast. Right?

Everybody wants this bastard.

We got all three goddam precincts

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