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I'll give up, Mr. Glenn, please.

Shut up.

Please don't hit me. Please.

San Francisco.

Alcatraz was the scene last night of a
dramatic escape attempt.

Four desperate prisoners were
apprehended on the rocky beach below the

The recently completed Golden Gate
Bridge serves as a backdrop.

So near, yet so far from freedom, the
surviving escapees Henry Young and Rufus

McCain are escorted back to lockup,
while their less fortunate cohorts are

destined for the mall.

The body of Doc Barker, son of the
infamous Ma Barker,

cooling on a steel gurney attended by a
triumphant guard.

The squad of jubilant correctional
officers who foiled the escape

each other and reluctantly show their
battle scars.

A proud Warden Thompson, supervisor of
three penitentiaries, Folsom, San

Quentin, and Alcatraz, and confidant to
J. Edgar Hoover, congratulates his

troops. I uphold the honor of Alcatraz.

Humpson returns to his duties as the
inmates are sent through metal

cells are searched, extra guards are
called up, and Alcatraz goes on full

to forestall any additional trouble.

As public interest reached a frenzy,
Warden Humpson and Associate Warden

left the island in the bay for a press
conference, headed for the San Francisco

City Hall.

which was inundated with a veritable
plethora of reporters from around the

globe, all gathered to hear the official
reaction.

Associate Warden Milton Glenn introduces
Warden John Humpson.

Warden Humpson will now make a brief
statement, and if you please, no

at the end. Thank you.

I just want to reassure the American
people that Alcatraz is an escape -proof

prison. But they have nothing to fear.

The inmates, McCain and Young, will be
brought up on escape charges.

There will be time in solitary
confinement.

Privileges will be taken away from them.

And the whole rehabilitation process
will begin.

Definition of rehabilitate.

To restore to a state of physical,
mental and moral health through

training.

Henry Young began his rehabilitation.

I was in my first year of law school at
Harvard.

Alcatraz was opened as a federal
penitentiary in the spring of 1934.

In the era of the gangster, it was
opened more for the publicity value than

incarceration level.

Alcatraz was the most feared prison in
the world, and the most expensive.

You see, there were only so many Al
Capones and Machine Gun Kellys, so the

prison had empty cells.

In order to justify the costs, the
government took incorrigibles from other

prisons. Men that had committed smaller,
more petty crimes.

Men like Henry Young.

Prior to 1938, there had

been five escape attempts.

No one had made it. The reputation of
Alcatraz as being unescapable was

Six inmates had died.

The ones who didn't die sometimes wished
they had.

The federal guideline regarding solitary
confinement states that the maximum

stay for an inmate shall not exceed 19
days.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed
be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

as it is in heaven give us this day our
daily bread and forgive us for our

trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us and lead us not into

temptation but deliver us from evil amen
thank you

gentlemen

San Francisco.

There were 276 inmates, 110 guards with
their wives and children stationed on

the island.

And the associate warden, Mr. Glenn.

This is the story of Henry Young as I
know it.

The series record of a single man in
Atlanta.

Hit. He spins.

Every single man in Atlanta.

Scores. He's born to onslaught. It's a
ride.

Have you been a good boy?

Yeah. You got his lunchbox?

We'll go with him up.

Good news, Henry.

It's over.

You're out of the hole.

You stink, boy.

All right, come on.

Have a good day.

Come on.

The only other survivor of the escape
attempt was Rufus McCain.

He had betrayed his fellow inmates by
tipping off the associate warden.

McCain was rewarded and left in the
general population.

Henry Young was sent to solitary.

Henry.

Some men are broken.

by the laws that they break, unable to
resist the forces

that are pulling them down.

Are the men who have by the rules of the
society have sat down?

You're not one of them.

Cameron, I have a job to do here at
Alcatraz. Do you know what that is?

To protect you from yourself.

You are among the selected sinners the
state set apart so that you could simmer

in scum.

The good people of the United States
have decided that you are better off

I had nothing to do with that decision.

But where I play a part in your... life
is to make sure that you stay here.

That you rehabilitate yourself.

Become a model prisoner.

A better human being.

That's my job, Henry. You too have a
job.

And trying to escape is not one of the
duties of your job description.

You can follow me.

In life, Henry, for every action,

There is a definite and distinct
reaction.

Action.

Reaction.

Now, if you escape action, I lose my
job.

Reaction. I have a family that I will
not be able to survive for.

I'm not done yet, Henry.

Knowing this information, Henry, can you
tell me why you would possibly want to

escape and jeopardize my family?

I've done nothing to you but my job.

And instead of letting you learn by
breaking the rules, I feel I need to

you how to obey them.

Tolerance. Tolerance for pain. My... My
tolerance of you.

But tolerance can be mistaken for
kindness, and kindness can be mistaken

weakness.

And we can't have weakness, can we,
Henry?

I understand.

I'm going to be good. I'm not going to
try to run again.

No, you won't.

Good. Good.

Take him to the hall. Clean him up, take
him to the hall.

Christmas 1939.

I celebrated visiting with my brother.

Henry Young celebrated in Alcatraz.

In January of 1941, I had passed the bar
exam.

Henry Young was in his third year of
rehabilitation.

Welcome to Alcatraz, gentlemen. Step off
the boat and onto the dock.

Aye, straight ahead at all times.

There was one boat named after Warden
Humpson which handled the traffic to and

from Alcatraz.

In the morning and afternoon... It
shuttled the schoolchildren to San

for classes.

It was also used to transport prisoners
to the island.

Whenever possible, having children and
prisoners on the boat at the same time

was avoided.

Don't look at the children.

I'll take the kids into the city, and
we'll go shopping.

Honey, can I call you back? The warden's
here.

Good morning, warden. Good morning.

When did you arrive on the island?

About 20 minutes ago, Mr. Glenn. Good.

Sit down. Thank you.

Mr. Glenn, we've been going over the
rotation figures in the solitary

confinement cells.

Is there something wrong, sir?

Well, I don't know. I don't think this
can be right.

What's that?

Well, here, 244.

According to this, he's been in there
since March of... I don't believe

been an attitude change with regard to
244, sir. He's not like the other

inmates. That's over three years.

He was the one who masterminded the
escape attempt in 38, and there hasn't

an escape attempt since. If you let
those animals believe that escape is

possible, you might as well stick in a
revolving door.

I think he has learned his lesson.

Come on, Henry.

Henry Young had been rehabilitated.

I was now a public defender in San
Francisco.

We would meet in three days.

Eat, Young!

You know the rules.

You don't eat, you go to solitary.

Now get with it!

Two times two is four.

Two times three is six.

Two times four.

Hey, Henry, McCain, he put you in a
hole. He put you in a hole.

McCain's still here. Look.

Thank you.

The United States of America versus
Henry Young, charged with murder in the

first degree.

Approach the bench.

Charged with murder in the first degree.

Henry Young, Rufus McCain, and their
striking and wounding sharp steel

instrument to wit a spoon.

A spoon? A spoon?

This can't be right.

That's right.

If you say so.

To wit, a spoon about four inches in
length.

which striking and wounding described as
force had caused and said Rufus McCain

thereafter to wit on June 11, 1941, to
die.

Trial set one week from Thursday, June
22.

This court stands adjourned.

If you've got more from us, don't be
cursing this freak. I'll pick him up and

lay him down.

Yes!

I'm sorry, Cal.

Cal, are you all right?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Everything okay?

Stop that now. Okay, okay, I'm sorry. If
Hankin saw us, he wouldn't think twice

about suspending me or you.

All right. Fix your tie.

Why?

Because you need to look good when you
thank Hankin. Thank Hankin? What do I

want to thank Hankin for in the land of
Cretan?

He's given you a case.

A case of what, scotch?

Yes, James, a case of scotch.

In an actual case where I stand in front
of a jury?

Federal murder one, no less.

Henry Young.

He's a convict who killed another
convict in front of 200 witnesses.

Wow. Was it self -defense?

With a spoon.

What was the spoon?

That was the murder weapon. Your client
used the spoon to kill the man.

The one works and I was available?
Great.

My first case, I can't possibly win.

You do this one for the experience for
the next time when maybe your guy didn't

do it.

You could learn a lot. Now, go see your
client and make nice to Mr. Hankin on

the way out. I'll see you tonight?

Maybe.

Ah, Mr. Hankin, I want to thank you very
much for your confidence in me. I don't

have any confidence in you. The guy is
guilty.

A monkey could try the case and not make
it any worse than it is.

Okay. Remember that.

Thank you, sir. A monkey.

I guess I'm a monkey.

James Stanfield here to see Henry Young.
You can sign it with us.

Nice day, huh?

Yeah, great.

Wait here. Where are you going?

I'm going to the cell. Talk to my
client.

What are you, nuts?

I'd like to speak to him face to face.

Well?

I'm trying to find a relief.

You're alive.

Hi.

So then, Mr. Young, is it?

Mr. Young, is that correct?

Mr. Young, that is your name, isn't it?
Henry Young?

Why don't I just assume that's your name
until you tell me differently? How's

that?

Mr. Young, I will be acting as your
defense attorney.

My name is James Stamphill, and anything
you tell me will, of course, be

protected under the rules of
confidentiality and privileged

of the attorney -client relationship, so
you can feel completely free to answer

my questions in a totally honest and
forthright fashion.

Now, just for the record, your name is
Henry Young, right?

Mr. Young, this isn't an admission of
guilt. It's just your name.

You, uh, speak English?

Yeah, you do speak English. It says so
right here on the file.

Okay.

Mr. Young, I am your attorney, but I'm
not going to be able to provide you with

much of a defense if one of us is
catatonic.

You see, we both have to at least be
able and willing to answer up when our

is called, you know?

Can you hear?

Mr. Young?

You okay, Mr. Young?

Henry Young was born in Kansas in 1913.

His parents died ten years later,
leaving Henry to raise his younger

At the age of 17, Henry went into a
local store to try to get a job.

He was refused work.

Out of desperation, he reached into the
cash register and took five dollars.

The store also doubled as the town's
post office.

Henry was tried and convicted of the
federal crime of mail robbery.

Henry's sister was taken to live in an
orphanage.

He would never see her again.

Eleven years later, Henry would kill
Rufus McCain.

Mr. Young, you went and killed a guy, so
you're not catatonic.

So I know that you can talk.

Or at least, I don't know.

Maybe you could write something.

Huh?

You want to write something? Write
something right here.

Something.

Look, you want to give it a try?

You want to write?

Mr.

Young, you're looking at me.

You hear me, don't you?

Look, if you don't want to answer my
questions, maybe we can start with

something else.

What do you want, Mr. Young?

There has to be something intensive for
you to sit there, because if you do,

they're just going to stick you in the
gas chamber.

Do you understand that?

See, I have read your file.

I am trying to help you.

That's all I'm trying to do.

I just want to help you.

Maybe there are extenuating
circumstances in your case.

Getting sentenced to 11 worth for
stealing $500, that's extenuating, you

isn't it?

But you have to get him on your side
here. Five dollars.

What, Mr. Young?

It was five dollars, not five.

Bingo. I knew you had it in you. Now,
come on, Mr. Young. Why did you kill

McCain?

Come on, come on. You just talked. Don't
do this again.

Come on. No, no. Don't quit now. Come
on. You just talked.

Why did you kill McCain?

What do you think?

How? How?

How? You saying how?

How?

How?

How? How?

How? What?

What are you, a fucking Indian? Come on,
Mr. Young, don't quit now. How what?

How is?

How is?

How is? What, you want to know who
somebody is? I'll find out immediately.

How is?

Who? Who? How?

DiMaggio.

DiMaggio. How is DiMaggio?

Is he a prisoner over in Alcatraz?

Dimaggio doing this year?

Dimaggio, the baseball player?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

How is Joe Dimaggio, the baseball
player, doing this year? That's what

asking me. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Mr. Young, I... I don't really follow
baseball.

Excuse me, Mr. McNeil. I'm James Stamp.
Yes.

Counsel for Henry Young.

Yes. I was wondering if I could talk to
you, sir, about continuance.

No. You don't understand, sir. He just
sits there. I can't even get him to

speak. Well, maybe he's practicing for
the gas chamber. Tell him to take deep

breaths.

Seriously, you want him to consider
joint motion in the interest of justice?

Are you old enough to be a lawyer?

Yes, sir, I am. No joint motion for a
continuance?

No psychiatrist, and trust me, pal, no
plea bargain.

Your boy's gonna suck the pipe. Look, I
don't know who you pissed off to get

this piece of shit case, and I don't
care. No breaks.

Mr.

Young, DiMaggio is having a great year.

Last year, he was the American League
batting champ with the .352 average,

was just a little bit off the year
before when he had a .381 average.

Now, the Yankees, they too had a good
year.

New York defeat Chicago, 4 -0, led by
Jolton Joe DiMaggio hitting .400.

.400, that's pretty good, isn't it?

June 17, 1941.

Our friend DiMaggio hit safely in 32
straight games.

12 more and you will tie the all -time
record held by Lee Willie Keeler, who

the mark in 1897 for the Baltimore
Orioles.

Joe Lewis emerges the victor in what
some consider to be the toughest win of

career.

Here we go. I have some entertainment
news.

Betty Grable.

See?

It says here she, uh... She's been...

What? How old are you?

Me? I'm 24.

I think I am, too.

No, you're... You're 28.

You'd like me to keep reading to you?

Henry?

This ought to make you a little bit more
comfortable.

First, Your Honor, the defense requests
a new jury. Having been eliminated from

this process, I don't see how this
fairs. Three new members, and that's it.

Next.

Your Honor, the defense respectfully
requests a continuance of 60 days so

may confer with my client about the
case. Your Honor, he doesn't need 60

The facts in this case are so clear, I
should think six minutes is possible.

Your Honor, my client has been almost
catatonic since I met him. Yesterday was

the first day I even got him... It
wasn't so catatonic that he couldn't

over and slit a guy's throat in front of
200 witnesses.

Mr. Stamphill, is it your contention
that the defendant is insane? Is that

you mean by catatonic?

Approach the bench, Counselor.

Is this laying the groundwork for a not
guilty by reason of insanity plea?

I don't know yet, Your Honor. I haven't
even spoken to him about the case the

first time... One week, Counselor.

Then you will either come in here and
tell me that you are ready to come to

trial or you will come in here with a
request for a competency hearing.

One week.

This court is in ruthless.

If you're young, you and me, we've got
to talk now.

Would you like a cigarette?

No, thanks.

That shit'll kill you.

That's kind of funny.

That shit'll kill you.

Because I'm going to die in that gas
chamber anyway, so that's kind of a

huh? What's this about Nazis? We at war?

No, not yet, Mr. Union.

It's brand new.

What? Mr.

Glenn told me.

Glenn, the associate warden? He said
it's brand new. He said they do.

Said they're going to try it out on me.

Henry, we only have a week.

You've got to talk to me, okay?

Why did you kill Rufus McCain?

Henry, why did you kill Rufus McCain?

How?

How could you not know about baseball?

You said.

Why did you kill Rufus McCain, Henry? I
don't know. It must have been maybe a

year, maybe more. I don't know.

All I did was hear him in my head.

Well, what are you talking about? Are
you talking about McCain?

What are you talking about? I'm talking
about baseball.

I'm talking about the great American
pastime.

I went over every game I ever heard on
the radio.

I went over every game I ever heard,
just playing them over and over in my

You had all those games to go to.

You didn't even care.

Henry, I'm talking about Rufus. That's
what I'm talking about. Three fucking

years they had me in that bucket.

Three fucking years.

That ain't fucking light even. You had
all those games to listen to.

You don't even know what the macho hit
this year.

Why don't you understand? Do you know
the average length of time an inmate

spend in solitary?

19 days.

19 days. I understand 19 days. Henry
Young did more than three years. Three

years in total darkness. A black hole.
James, that's tragic, but he took a

Your brother's going to tell you exactly
what I've told you. You're not going to

get him off. My brother is the best
lawyer I know. It's going to take

that good to tell me if we've got a
chance of some kind of insanity or

diminished capacity, please. Your
brother's not going to give a damn.

Your client is a two -time loser.

This Kate is much more about you than
him. He had no future.

This is your first time in the
spotlight. It's what you worked for.

This case is a lost cause, and so you
must handle it like a lost cause.

Maybe you're right, but the guy's not
exactly Al Capone, you know. No, no, he

isn't.

All they had him on was income tax
evasion. Your boy.

How are you?

Hi, Henry.

You're not mad at me, are you, for
blowing up at you yesterday? Because,

know, nobody talks back. I'm mad at you.
No, no, I'm not mad at you. And I'll

get the hang of it, you know. I got a
sense of humor.

And you and me, we're going to have some
good times. You know how to play cards?

Could you get some cards?

Look, look, look, look, look. I set this
up for you. Here, sit down.

Henry. How much like that in the cell
you spent three years in? Like when you

offered me that cigarette? Henry, I want
to get that straight, all right? I

don't think that shit will kill you.
That was pretty good, huh? Henry, you

to help me if I'm going to defend you
now, okay?

Yeah. Sure, sure.

Here, look.

Did you kill this man here, Rufus
McCain?

I must have.

I'm here.

I don't remember it, but everybody saw
me, so yeah, sure, sure.

But you don't remember it? No, no, but
so what?

Would you want to kill Luke? You know
what?

Once, once there was a spider that
crawled over me. You know, it was like

company, you know, and I looked for him
again, but I couldn't find him because

he had a way out. McCain was a snitch,
right? He was the reason he landed in

bus. 142 times 93. Go ahead, ask me that
one. Henry, how long after he came out

of the hole? 13 ,206.

13 ,000. You mean days?

What are you talking about?

That's the answer, 142 times 93.

Go ahead, figure it out. Henry, I need
you to concentrate on what I'm saying. I

know what you're saying. How long was
it? I don't know, okay?

I don't remember. Hey.

Hey. What's this new girl? I've seen it
in the papers. It's a good girl.

Oh, man. She's a good girl. You see any
movies?

Henry, God damn it. I want you to think.
You want to think?

I spent three goddamn years in the dark.

Smelling my own shit.

Pissed. Doing nothing but thinking.

I hate thinking.

I... I'm

sorry, Henry.

I'm just trying to help you.

Hey, you got a girl, right?

Yeah. Take your jacket off.

What? Let me smell it.

You were easier to understand when you
were catatonic.

What's he like?

Who? Your girl, that perfume on your
jacket. Let me smell your jacket.

Look, I'll make you a deal. I'll give
you my jacket, my pants, whatever you

want. Sports, girls, whatever. But you
gotta tell me just one memory about

something I ask.

Deal?

Sure. I've never been with a girl, you
know.

Let me try it on.

How long was it that you went without
any daylight?

Did they ever let you out for any
exercise?

Merry Christmas, Henry. Don't hit me.
Don't hit me. Get the tear gas.

How long have I been in here?

You're out of the hole.

I made it. I did it. It's Christmas,
1940.

You've been down there two years.

Two years.

I did it.

Two fucking years.

I made it.

I made it.

I'm not too crazy, am I?

I did it. It's over.

Hey, nothing's over, Henry.

30 minutes exercise, that's all you get.

No!

No!

No!

You don't want it, we take you back.

No, no!

I want it! I want it.

I'll... I'll be good.

I'll... I'll...

Ladies

and gentlemen of the jury.

The defendant, Henry Young, is accused
of murder in the first degree.

It is your responsibility as a juror to
deal with truth.

Rufus McCain was murdered by Henry
Young.

Mr. Stamphill, public defender, will
play upon your sympathies. He will use

every trick in the book. Why?

To avoid the gas chamber.

The United States of America will
demand... You return a verdict of guilty

that this animal will receive the
punishment commanded by the Bible.

An eye for an eye.

A life for a life. For if ever there was
a man guilty of murder, it is

Henry Young.

And if ever a man deserved to die for
that crime, it is the accused.

Thank you very much, Mr. McNeil.

Mr. Stamphill, are you prepared to make
your opening statement at this time?

Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, when I was a kid, my heroes

weren't Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig.

They were Clarence Darrow, Emile Zola.
In other words, I've waited for this

moment all of my life. I stand like I am
right now in front of a jury of 12 good

people. Plead the case of an innocent
man who's been unjustly accused.

The only problem is, he did it.

I know it.

Prosecutor Mr. McNeil knows it.

Henry Young doesn't know it exactly
because he can't remember it, but he

deny that he did it.

All those witnesses the prosecutor's
going to bring forth will tell you so.

Henry Young killed Rufus McCain.

So, now that we all know that, why don't
we find the man guilty as charged, send

him to San Quentin, and gas him, because
that's what we all know is going to

happen anyway. Right, Henry?

There's only one problem that's going to
keep us from wrapping this thing up in

record time.

Henry Young did not act alone.

They haven't caught all the killers.

You see, there was a co -conspirator,
and it is because of this co

whom we shall name in this courtroom,
that Henry Young is innocent of the

of murder. What?

Objection, Your Honor. I must protest. I
kind of figured you would. Your Honor,

this is absurd.

Before the counselor is allowed to waste
this court time and this jury's time, I

would request... Did he supply some
proof or evidence of this co

Mr. Stamphill, can you bring forward
evidence of the existence of the co

-conspirator? Not at this time, Your
Honor, but it is my intention to provide

such proof during the course of the
trial. He's not going to provide such

because no proof exists. This man spent
three years in solitary confinement,

during which time no one had any
influence over him because no one had

contact with him.

He came out of solitary. He went
directly to a shower. Then he went

a haircut.

And then he went directly to the dining
hall, where one convict had said one

sentence to him. Your Honor, this does
not a co -conspirator make.

I'm inclined to agree with the
prosecution, young man.

Unless you can justify that line of
defense, I will sustain the

objection. Your Honor, the district
attorney, with his own words, has just

my case for me.

That'll be the day.

Your Honor.

For three years, three long, torturous
years, no one and nothing had any

influence whatsoever over Henry Young.

No one and nothing.

This was a man whose only crime was to
steal $5 from a local post office so he

could feed his starving sister.

So he came to Alcatraz, a petty criminal
who had never harmed or attempted to

harm another human being in his entire
life.

And he came out of the dungeon a
vicious, barbaric, maniacal murderer.

A man who had been put into a kind of
psychological coma.

Within an hour of coming out of that
hellhole, he did what would have been

unthinkable to him only three years
before.

Unthinkable. His only thought was
murder.

His only instinct was murder. His first
act was murder.

Now, he himself was a murder weapon, but
the hand that held that weapon and

plunged it into the throat of Rufus
McCain belonged to someone else.

I point to the associate warden, Mr.
Glenn, the warden, Mr. Humpson, and the

institution known as Alcatraz and say, I
accuse.

Objection. I accuse them individually
and collectively.

I choose Alcatraz of the torture of
Henry Young. I choose Alcatraz of the

of the orderly. I choose Alcatraz of the
murder of the orderly. Henry

Young is not going to be the only
defendant here.

I don't know.

Alcatraz is on trial. I will address
your objection tomorrow morning.

Henry Young, on trial for his life, is
seen leaving the San Francisco

courthouse, followed by his young and
now very popular public defender, James

Tamphill. Stanfield has accused the
infamous rock of torture, using the

crimes against humanity.

Stanfield has turned the once quiet
trial of a convict killing into a media

circus. In most cases, they do get
better.

And in the case of Henry Young, this
happens not to be true.

Young is a noisemaker.

Some prisoners have a problem when
they're in solitary.

All we do is try to discourage
misconduct.

This is the first verbal attack on the
jewel of the prison system. This bastion

that houses evil opened in 1934.

It brought gangsters like Capone,
Machine Gun Kelly, and Henry Young close

the magical City by the Bay, less than
one half mile from world famous

Fisherman's Wharf.

We went to the streets to find out
public opinion. It's ridiculous you

a place on trial. It's a prison. It's
for prisoners.

Now the murderers are accusing the
wardens of this and that. It doesn't

whole lot of sense.

Warden Humpton seems like a good guy. I
like him. If that place wasn't here, I

probably wouldn't live here. So you
think it's too close to your dues?

I think it's perfect.

I reckon he's innocent until he's proven
guilty, and he'll get a fair trial.

Well, nonetheless, he's a murderer. This
grisly evidence bears mute witness to

the brutal crime perpetrated by Henry
Young.

Note the spoon.

Can a prison be put on trial? Judge
Clausen's ruling tomorrow may clear the

to put Alcatraz on trial.

The warden can't be relied upon to carry
out the instructions of the Bureau that

no brutality...

or inhumanity shall be practiced.

Sustained food and medical attention
shall be given, and we have

followed those instructions.

Thank you.

So many opinions being expressed, we
attempted to get a statement from the

recent graduate of Harvard Law School
assigned to defend Henry Young.

Why don't we just keep the trial in the
courtroom?

Thank you very much.

I would like to address a few words to
the counsel for the defense.

Mr. Stamphill, you are hereby put on
notice that this court has no interest

newspaper headlines and will not be
swayed by them.

And I further admonish that counsel's
attempts to try this case in the press

not before this court will put him in
the utmost peril.

Is that clear, Mr. Stamphill?

Yes, Your Honor.

Well, good.

Bailiff, approach the bench.

Before I hand down my ruling on Mr.
McNeil's objection, I would like to

a few words to the counsel for the
defense.

While I cannot give legal advice and sit
on the bench at the same time, I will

express grave concern with the defense's
strategy.

Counselor, I strongly recommend you walk
a straight line in terms of your

defense. Anything you state in this
courtroom will be evaluated not only by

jury... but very closely scrutinized by
myself.

Is that understood, Mr. Stamphill?

Yes, Your Honor.

Very well.

Prosecution's objection is overruled.

Mr. Stamphill, you may pursue your line
of defense concerning the federal

penitentiary at Alcatraz, and I will
rule on any objections on a point -by

-point basis.

Exception. Noted. Mr. McNeil, you may
call your first witness.

Prosecution called Terrence Winson.

Court calls Terrence Swenson.

The witness shall remain standing until
sworn in.

Put your hand in the Bible.

Cut it out.

You swear to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth in the

matter now pending before this court. So
help you God.

So help me God.

You may be seated.

Mr. Swenson.

As a guard at Alcatraz, did you know
Henry Young?

Yes, sir. Did you point him out for us,
Mr. Swenson?

It came right over there, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Whitney.

Thank you.

Now, on the morning of June 11th, 1941,
where were you?

I was on duty in the dining hall.

And everything was normal.

And I saw the defendant.

Henry Young?

That's correct.

I saw him standing over Rufus McCain.

He lifted up his chin and... Excuse me,
I'm a little nervous. That's all right,

you're doing fine. And he plunged a
metal object, which I later learned was

spoon, into McCain's throat.

He then ripped it open.

Did the defendant ever appear to be
ranting or raving?

No, sir.

Mr. McCain, was he frothing at the
mouth?

No, sir.

Did he in any way give the impression of
one who was insane?

Objection. This man is not a qualified
psychiatrist as far as I know.

Sustained. So it appeared to you that it
was a cool, calculated and deliberate

act? Objection.

Overruled. The witness may answer the
question.

Yes, sir. Young did it just as cool as a
cucumber.

Thank you.

No further questions.

This court will reconvene after the
holiday.

9 a .m. July 5th.

All rise.

You should have played cards with me.

Alcatraz was built by the military
during the Civil War.

In May of 33, the War Department
abandoned the island.

It was leveled all except for the lower
floor, which is now used for storage.

Now to myself, I have to get access to
the lower level because that's where the

dungeons have got to be located.

The only guard on record to be fired or
dismissed during Henry's solitary time

was Derek Simpson.

Locate Simpson.

The prison opened in June of 34 under
Warden Humpson.

He insisted on a high level of guards to
prisoners.

Glenn was the first to point D.

Mr. Hank, it's... Two things.

First of all, you worked for me. I was
just on my way out. Let me finish!

As I was saying, you work for me, which
means when I call you, you drop

everything. You return my call or you
will cease to work for me. Yes, sir, but

you can see I'm... I don't care if
you're holed up with Rita Hayworth.

Understand?

Yes, sir.

Good.

Now, what the hell do you think you're
doing with this trial?

I'm trying to defend my client. Then why
don't you defend him, for Christ's

sake? Try to knock down the charges or
say it was a crime of passion or figure

out how you're going to cross -examine
McNeil's witnesses instead of all this

psychological coma crap that doesn't
mean anything in the court of law. Sir,

think it does. As long as this is my
case, I think that's the way I should

handle it. Fair enough, fair enough. I
tried to talk reasonably to you, but

you're not going for it, so you're not
handling this case anymore.

Done.

Mr. Hankin, they're printing my opening
statement in over 250 newspapers across

the country now.

If you want to take me off of this case
because you're afraid of taking on

Alcatraz, that's your choice.

But I'm just going to go to Jerry Houlan
and tell my side of the story.

If you want to play hardball, sir, I'll
play hardball, too.

I'm trying to be your friend, James.

Do you know who the warden of Alcatraz
is? He is the most highly respected

warden in this country dealing with the
world's hardest criminals.

If you try to make Humpson look like a
Nazi, they will eat you for breakfast.

Henry, you are the one that is going to
die if I can't get some corroboration

about what goes on over there. I need
names.

Names of men who will come and testify.

What makes you think these men are going
to come and testify?

Maybe you've got some friends you don't
know about.

And you won't play cards.

Henry, I can get a court order. I'll
make them testify. I hear what your

order gonna do for them when they're
back on the rock. Mr. Glenn is gonna

them, that's what.

I understand you. This is the only
chance we've got. We're talking about

life. Oh, Jim, poor smart guy. You're
awful slow. I'm already dead. I told you

that. You know, you can't change
Alcatraz. It just is.

So why fight it? I mean, I see you
standing up there in court and you're

preaching. I don't even know what you're
talking about.

Justice.

I'm talking about justice.

Jim, I killed him.

They saw it. They're going to kill me.
Nothing you can say is going to make any

difference, so I don't see what you've
got to get so excited about.

It's trouble. It doesn't interest you at
all. You don't care about it in the

slightest. Well, you know, you look like
you're having a good time, so, I mean,

no, I don't care. The main thing is I've
got a friend, my age, to talk to until

they gas me.

I'm not your friend, Henry. I'm your
attorney. I'm trying to save your life.

Guard! You know, I had a sister, but
I...

I ain't seen her since they put me in
jail the first time. I got nothing.

I got nobody.

I don't need a lawyer. I need a friend.

And all this stuff you're doing so you
can prove something to some guy named

or something. You're not doing it for
me. Hey, hey, you want to do something

me?

Let's play cards.

You go ahead and play cards, Henry. I
got a case to try.

Yo, old Jim. Jim, Jim, wait, wait, where
you going?

Where you going? Hey!

I'm Henry Young's attorney. I'd like to
ask you a few questions.

Mr. Barkdoll, I'm going to call
prisoners to the stand who will come and

about life on Alcatraz. I want to know
where the dungeons are, what solitary

time in those dungeons is like. I want
the jury to know and understand.

Tell him to get caught robbing a bank.

He'll find out.

I'm done talking.

Mr. Murphy, if we can get decent
treatment for you, it makes decent

possible for everyone.

If we ignore cruelty in one place, it
makes it more acceptable everywhere.

I ain't gonna do shit for you.

You can't get me no good time knocked
off.

You can't get me no privileges.

You can't even get me second to dessert.

I testify for anybody I testify for the
DA.

He's got some juice here.

Mr. Baker, could you tell me anything
about Henry Young?

Don't know Henry Young.

Could you tell us anything about Mr.

Glenn?

Glenn has always been good to me.

Have you ever been in the dungeons?

Ma 'am, I don't know nothing about no
dungeons.

That's all, ma 'am.

I gotta go now.

Did Mr. Glenn tell you not to cooperate
with me?

Fuck you.

Mr. Groves, where are the dungeons
located?

Don't take my fucking picture!

Do you know that I can get rid of habeas
corpus testificandum that can force you

to come and testify in a court of law?

Fuck you!

Thank you very much for your time, Mr.
Groves.

Don't mention it.

Oh.

And you, sweetheart, I'd like to fuck
you.

Well, I hope your day has been fruitful.

I don't see your photography.

Is he still taking pictures? He's trying
to.

Mr. Glenn, we're not receiving a great
deal of cooperation.

It almost seems as though someone spoke
to the prisoners and told them not to

talk to us. No, there's no conspiracy.

No one talked to them. Maybe it's
because they are dangerous people who

here and they have no interest in you or
your case. I would like to see the

dungeons. I'm sorry, dungeons?

The old citadel, the sub -level of the
prison.

Well, it's mostly storage, a few...

Solitary cells. No dungeon. I would like
to see the solitary confinement cells.

I would love to show those cells to you,
but I can't. They're an insurance risk

to visitors in case of a riot. If you're
there, we won't be able to protect you.

Thank you for your concern.

I could show you the exercise yard now.

Oh, you have papers.

Yes, I have papers so you can cut the
good guy act.

Mr. Stamphill.

The fact is, I do consider myself as one
of the good guys, and perhaps more than

you. I know what the bad guys are like.

No, no, no, I'd like to read them.

Please.

Thank you.

That is a court order instructing you to
permit us access to the solitary

confinement cells, and to allow the
photographer, Mr. Kelly, to take

the same, to be used as exhibits in the
trial of the pupil versus young.

You were also instructed to hand over to
us the complete medical and

disciplinary file, Mr. Barron.

If you refuse to do so, you will have to
appear in court and show just cause.

Officer, why don't you take a pass
upstairs for some air?

I was instructed not to leave you alone.

I don't care what you're instructed to
do. You may be used to these conditions,

but obviously she's not.

Come on, we've already been searched.
Why don't you take her outside? Or else

can go right to the gun and discuss the
matter with her.

All right, all right.

No more photos.

You all right?

Thanks, buddy.

I just need some air.

I'm Henry Young's attorney.

I can force them to let you out of here
so you can come testify in San Francisco

in a court of law.

You just have to give me your name. I
promise I will do what I said for you.

Hey, James, she's okay. Just needed some
air.

You going out?

Feeling any better?

I guess I'll make it.

Did you get anything?

I got three names.

Let's go.

Where did Stamp Hill get the three names
on this list?

No, Mr. Hankins.

What, you think you could trust these
cons?

You know, they're smart enough to look
after their own interests. They called

Glenn that your boy James said that he
could get him out of solitary as long as

they were willing to testify for the
defense and lie on the stand. That's a

All he wanted to do was find one conduit
willing to... Jesus, Mary, Mary, this

is goddamn bribery. It's prejudicing a
witness.

Conduct that could get you disbarred.
It's gone too far.

Fire him, and I don't care how you do
it.

Why can't you just take it off? Because
Henry Young is my client. I'm a lawyer.

It's my job to defend you. Not anymore.

What? He's already been notified that
Hankin wants you off of him.

Henry will never go for it. He went for
it. I've been assigned another attorney.

Who?

Me.

Me. Hankin assigned me to the case. He
said I could take it or be fired. I

didn't have any choice.

You have a choice but to stab me in the
back? I'm not stabbing you.

What could I have done, James? You tell
me.

established exactly in the cross... You
know, we have a lot of work to get

through today, if you don't mind.

Stop that, Mr. Young.

Jesus Christ, all I was doing was
looking.

Mr. Young, I want to set you straight
about the way that I... Oh, yeah, you

me straight the minute she walked in
here.

Mr. Young? Please, call me Henry.
Please.

Mr. Young, I am not here to satisfy any
sexual fantasies that you may have.

You're not?

No, I'm your attorney.

Oh, yeah, well, well, but they're going
to kill me anyway, so you're not going

to do me any good as an attorney. You
might as well be good for something.

Mr. Young, I can't... Please, please,
please, call me Henry, won't you?

I just want to hear a lady.

Call me Henry, can't you? Please,
please.

Just one.

Please.

Henry, listen, we have... Yeah, yeah,
yeah.

Sure, it's not going to hurt me to let
me touch you.

Don't make me call the guard. We're
running late on the... Stop that.

Stop. Stop that.

Stop that!

I'm not touching you. You're touching
me.

Guard!

You want me to know if he does?

No, I'd like to leave now.

He wants to see you in there.

What?

He wants to see you in there.

So why'd you want to meet here?

Neutral territory?

So you want to be my lawyer again?

Well, what happened to the other one?

I don't know if I want her.

Since I had her, I mean.

She was good, though. She was everything
I wanted my first experience to be, you

know. I was just talking and she came
over and started touching me right on

my... That's great, Henry.

Jim, I just played a joke on you.

I know she was your girlfriend.

I remember from the smell of your
perfume on your jacket.

The lawyer.

You want to come back?

I resigned.

So I guess that means I'm in private
practice. Uh -huh.

I could have had her, though.

Of course.

She don't play guard.

After I got arrested, they took my
little sister away.

They put her in a home or...

Never saw her again.

My parents died when I was seven.

It was just me and my brother, and he
didn't know anything about raising a

child, so he sent me off to boarding
school.

I did get to come home on holidays.

Then he put me through law school. Then
he got me the job at the public

defender's office.

He always wanted me to do well.

We had a plan until you came along and
messed everything up, Henry.

I wish I'd have been able to take care
of my little sister, you know?

I mean, family's family, right?

Henry, I'm sorry you're here.

Hey, this here is paradise compared to
my last home.

So how about the case? You want to talk
about that a little bit now?

You never give up, do you?

What about the Redskins? How do you
think they're going to do against the

Yankees this year?

Tim, the Redskins are a football team.

The Yankees are a baseball team.

Personally, I think the Redskins kicked
the shit out of them.

And I am trying.

I know.

Now, this is going to be a private
conversation, Byron.

It never took place, all right?

Sorry, was he a Thurgood?

I don't know what he suggested it like.

Brother here is making quite a little
name for himself.

We've even heard his name in Washington.

My brother's resigned from the case.
Why, Mr. Starr? Well, he was hired back

again last night. What do you mean, was
hired back again?

Byron.

Since you made partner, your work here
has been stellar.

I would hate to see anything... What
exactly are you trying to say? This

administration is not going to allow
public attention to be diverted from all

the good that it's done.

by some kind of witch hunt in the
Justice Department.

Now, I'm just telling you what the score
is, Byron.

It's up to you to take care of him.

Why would J. Edgar Hoover care about
what happens to Henry Young? Oh, grow

James. He doesn't care about what
happens to Henry. He cares about

Justice Department, Thompson, the
administration.

He can't have some kid from the PD's
office... I'm not a public defender

anymore.

Don't play games, you know the point.

Yeah, the point is I'm trying to do
what's right. I'm talking about justice

here. You're disgusted about what
happened on Alcatraz. Who am I?

But if you tear the whole system down,
what does that say about America?

We're wrong.

We can't be wrong.

The world is fighting right now to
preserve our system. A way of life.

You can't attack it blindly.

Byron, we're talking about one man here.
It's not that big of a deal.

You're under surveillance.

What?

Everyone is watching you. Tell me how
you plan to continue.

You have to realize, no one will talk.

Everyone has been gotten to.

I have somebody.

Who?

I can't tell you.

So now you don't trust me?

Byron, you're my brother. I love you.

I need your help.

I... I can't do it, Byron. I'm sorry,
but I can't.

James, as a consolation, please don't
put Humpson on the stand.

Why?

Humpson was handpicked by Hoover. It
would save a lot of embarrassment if you

were to avoid Humpson.

I'll think about it.

I'm sorry, Bob.

Yeah, yeah, this is James Staple.

This is Derek Simpson.

Remember we talked before?

Right, right, of course, of course I
remember.

Have you made your decision?

I've been thinking about what we were
talking about, and I'd like to be a

witness.

Wonderful. Now, you do understand that
you'll have to testify in court under

oath about the brutality you witnessed
at Alcatraz?

Yes, I know that.

Particularly in reference to Henry
Young.

Mr. Simpson, do you hold any sort of
grudge against Warden Humpson or

Warden Glenn?

No.

Okay, why don't I just come over and we
can speak in person?

Yes.

I'm in Chinatown.

It's an alley called Scotland Court.

The number there is 964.

Simpson, are you in here?

You all right?

You all

right?

Mr. Simpson, you still want to be a
witness?

She's a court reporter.

What happened to your face?

My face? I had a little accident this
morning.

Listen, Henry, we need to get one more
deposition.

Nope. Regarding the beatings you
received.

Your eye, your leg, everything.

Henry. I mean, you told me you'd never
been with a woman before.

Henry, this is Blanche.

Blanche, this is Henry.

Nice to meet you, Henry.

Now, you guys only got about four
minutes before the next car arrives for

shift, so you gotta hurry up. Now, I
can't leave the room. I'm just gonna be

over here in this corner.

We can get acquainted.

Come on, honey. We don't have all night.

Thanks, Jim.

You're a good friend.

Oh, boy.

Hi, Carolyn.

Sweetie, you have to get it up first.
It's like trying to stick an oyster into

slot machine.

Give me that.

Sorry. Sorry.

Except for the five bucks you owe me.
For what?

What, you didn't listen?

The loose knocks no rat in the six
round.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me the money.

I can't. Yeah, you can.

I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I
can't. I can't.

Adios, Charlie.

Oh, you know what?

It's gonna cost extra, you know.

Just do what you have to do.

You had a few minutes.

You got another guy in the room. It's
okay.

Shh.

Oh, shh, baby.

Shh.

Your Honor, the defense calls Associate
Warden Mr. Milton Glenn.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

help you God? So help me God. You may be
seated.

As associate warden, you are responsible
for the day -to -day running of the

prison, are you not?

You could say that.

And you must be familiar with the
dungeons, correct?

Dungeons? I'm sure you've heard of them.

Some prisoners refer to the lower levels
as dungeons.

They refer to bread and water as piss
and punk.

Mr. Glenn, the dictionary definition of
a dungeon is a close, dark prison or

vault, commonly underground.

Now, the walls of those cells measure
six feet by nine, and the roof is five

six feet tall. Would you call that
close? As a matter of opinion, no.

Are there any light fixtures in those
rooms? No, but there aren't any books

either. Your Honor,

defense offers these photographs as
defense exhibit B, C, D, E, and F.

Now, how much light comes into these
lower cells with no window when the door

closed? Not much. How long was Henry
Young held in such a cell?

I don't know exactly.

Three years and two months. I have the
records you'd approve if you'd like to

see. That sounds right. Three years and
two months. Now, in that time, how often

was Henry Young allowed outside for
exercise? Mr. Stample, I do not believe

the exercise time of an inmate is
relevant.

Oh, I do. Answer the question.

Objection. Objection overruled. Henry
Young tried to escape.

Now, when a criminal escapes from
prison, he doesn't write up a resume and

job hunting. He robs somebody or kills
somebody. We do all we can to discourage

escape. Mr. Glenn, in three years and
two months, how often was Henry Young

allowed outside for a little exercise? I
do not believe that men... Answer the

question I'm asking. How often was he
allowed outside for exercise?

Objection. He's badgering the witness.
Objection overruled. Mr.

Glenn, you will answer that question.

Young man, I do not recall...

You don't know? Surely a half hour a
year isn't too difficult to recall now,

it? Is it? Mr. Stample, there's no place
in my courtroom for sarcasm, Your

Honor. Mr. Glenn, I have here a list
with 32 names on it. Now, these are all

names of men who were prisoners to
Alcatraz during your tenure there, is

correct? Well, I can't remember the name
of every prisoner. I have committal

papers with your signature as well as
the late Dr. Wendell Kiley.

We'd like this to be marked Defense
Exhibit G. Now, all of these men were

off Alcatraz in straight jackets and
placed in mental institutions, is that

correct? Objection, Your Honor. The
question is immaterial.

Immaterial? Your Honor, I'm saying in
lay terms that Alcatraz drives people

insane. That it has already done so in
32 instances. Now, if this is not true,

the witness ought to have the
opportunity to say so. If it is true, it

material, and the jury ought to be privy
to that knowledge. Don't you think?

Objection overruled. Thank you.

Now, is it not true...

that these men were taken off Alcatraz
in straitjackets and placed in mental

institutions, and you and Dr. Wendell
Kiley signed the committal and transfer

papers. True. Is it not also true that
of these 32 men, 28 of them had never

before set foot inside a mental
institution? I don't know. I have their

if you'd like to see them. Well, I'll
take your word for it. Okay, here are

who came to Alcatraz legally sane, were
subjected to the conditions of Alcatraz,

and then deemed to be insane.

Is that correct?

Yes, but you...

You can't say that one causes the other.

Insanity's not a virus, is it? It's not
something we're all going to catch now,

is it?

Objection, Your Honor. The witness is
not a psychiatrist.

Objection sustained.

Mr. Stamphill, you will confine your
questions to areas of Mr. Glenn's

expertise. Very well, Mr. Glenn's
expertise. Mr. Glenn, have you ever

prisoner? No, that would be illegal.

Not even when provoked? No.

You've never hit, kicked, used a
blackjack or straight razor? You've

punched a prisoner in your entire
career?

Objection, Your Honor.

Sustained. Confine yourself to one
question at a time. Is it not true that

ordered two guards to throw Henry Young
down a steel flight of stairs, that you

smashed his face with a blackjack, that
you took a straight razor, sliced open

his ankle, hobbling that man for life?
That's the truth, isn't it?

Answer the question. Objection, Your
Honor. The witness has already

He's testified to a lot of things, Your
Honor. Mr. Glenn, are you aware that in

a federal court system, perjury is a
crime? Henry Young is the one...

be treated the same way as this... this
lying, murdering, two -time loser!

Silence, Mr. Glenn!

Mr. Stamphill! You are perilously close
to contempt of this court!

You will proceed with caution. Is that
understood?

I'm pretending.

Well, would you care to withdraw any of
your previous testimony? You wouldn't

want somebody to come along and testify
the contrary now, would you?

No. I would not withdraw any testimony.

No matter what Henry Young has told you.
I'm not talking about Henry Young.

I wouldn't leave him.

Mr. Simpson, did you ever beat this man,
Henry Young?

Objection, Your Honor. This has no
bearing. No bearing? Your Honor,

have a bearing on a man's state of mind.
Three years of darkness has a bearing

on a man's state of mind. Do we need to
be psychologists to know that? You know

that, Your Honor. I know you do.

Objection overruled. Thank you, Your
Honor.

Mr. Simpson, did you ever beat Henry
Young with a blackjack?

Yes. Did you ever throw Henry Young down
a steel flight of stairs?

Yes, I did.

You were ordered to do this?

Yes, sir. And you will tell us the name
of the man who was your superior who

ordered you to do these things.

Mr. Glenn.

Mr. Glenn. And you never went to Warden
Humpson about these matters? No, sir.

Thank you very much. I won't ask you
where you got your bruises. I already

Your witness.

Your Honor, the prosecution would like
to mark for identification the

records of Mr. Derek Simpson.

Do you recall Mr. Simpson being
suspended on November 4th, 1936 and

July 6th, 1937?

Yes. Speak up, Mr. Simpson.

Yes. Is it not a fact that you were
fired from your job as a guard because

are a drunk?

Objection. Objection.

Objection. And that Mr. Glenn would not
tolerate this in a federal prison. No.

Isn't it true, Mr. Simpson, that having
cost you your job, you would say just

about anything to get even with Mr.
Glenn?

The jury will disregard Mr.

Simpson's testimony.

You know exactly what happened. You set
me up. What are you talking about? You

set me up. You took Simpson's picture
off of my desk.

They never would have known to tear
Simpson down if you hadn't have told

Are you going to hit me now, James?

Go ahead.

It's about time you grew up and were a
man.

You're my brother.

You had me beaten up.

James, that was not supposed to happen.

Only, Simpson, you walked in with bad
timing. Bad timing?

I'm putting Humson on the stand.

Why? James Humson doesn't know anything!

A man runs three prisons. He has to know
something, unless he's never there.

Son of a bitch.

He... he was never there.

Never there. You never saw him? You
never shook his hand? No, you, you, you.

You'd hear about him visiting, but I
never saw him.

Now, your old brother did that to you.
Your brother did that to you. Yeah.

Jesus, rich people are weird.

Hey, hey.

You hear DiMaggio broke Keeler's record,
45 straight games.

Wouldn't it be great if he never
stopped?

Doc records would show when he was
there, Henry. Every trip to Alcatraz is

recorded. I had to sign them myself.

Hey, Jim.

What? We're friends, huh?

Yeah, sure.

Is it over? I mean, you know, is that
all?

Nothing more you gonna do with the
trial, I mean?

Thought you didn't care.

No, I don't care. I don't care. It's
just, you know, as long as you got shit

throw at him, we can keep talking,
right? But when it's over, it's over,

Henry, I'm not here to keep you
entertained until the executioner comes.

know, this trial isn't just a game.

What?

If I was on the outside, I mean, you
know, if there was like a good fairy and

she waved her wand and I was on the
outside, you and me, would we be friends

then?

Yes. No, no, no.

No, we wouldn't. You wouldn't have
nothing to do with me, you know.

What I can't figure out is why, you
know. I mean, we both ain't got nobody

and we're the same age, sort of. And if
I'd have lived in your house and...

And they'd have switched us when we was
babies.

I could have been just like you.

They stuck you down in the hole.

You could be sitting here just like me,
asking how come we couldn't be friends

on the outside. You ever steal five
bucks?

Once, when I was a kid, for my brother's
wallet.

They put me in that hole for three
years.

I could have been just like you.

I'd just like to ask them, you know?

Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

help you God?

Sure, help me God.

You may be seated.

Warden Thompson, in a book you wrote,
you refer to the convicts as your

children. In fact, you liken your job to
that of a parent, to providing for

their physical needs and molding their
character.

Yes, I wrote that.

I have here a record of a prisoner named
Johnson who did a total of 500 days in

the lower cells.

The hole, the dungeon.

This was over a 10 -year period for such
offenses as not finishing all the food

on his plate, having an extra pair of
socks in his cell, keeping an untidy

smuggling food from the dining room,
crumbs, in fact, to a pet lizard. Now,

this what you mean when you say molding
character?

No, no, no, no. You're twisting things
here.

The, uh... Isolation cells were simply a
tool of a temporary nature for extreme

cases within the general population.

Moreover, you make it sound like the
prisoner did 1 ,500 days of one stretch

one infraction.

That's not true.

No.

Prisoners were held for 19 days at a
time.

That's all.

That's all.

Well, perhaps you can tell me why Henry
Young did over 1 ,000 days in the

dungeon. Not 19 days, but 1 ,000 days in
total darkness with only 30 minutes of

daylight a year. Yes, but he tried to
escape. You can't compare his offense

that of a man who smuggled food to a
lizard.

Now, this was the first time a sentence
of three years had been imposed, was it

not? It wasn't a sentence. It was an
administrative decision to place him

for an undetermined amount of time.

Why not a time limit? Doesn't that seem
a little bit inhumane? No time limit.

But simply, no.

While we strive to prevent crime, what
should we do with the man who has

committed it?

We aim to make him his better self.

His better self.

Well, I'm sure that Henry Young thanks
you for his better self.

Here's a fact, Mr. Humpton. You simply
put Henry Young in that dungeon and

forgot all about him.

Lost your hands of him.

Now, Henry wanted me to ask you why. Why
would you do that, sir? Why?

I didn't. That's not true. Your Honor, I
withdraw the question. I apologize to

the jury.

It's not necessary that you apologize.

Actually, Your Honor, it is. You see, I
made a mistake.

Warden Humson couldn't simply have just
washed his hands of Henry Young. He

couldn't have, because he had absolutely
no idea he was there.

Isn't that true, Warden? You are never
there, and you permit Glenn to run that

prison any way he sees fit.

I am there as much as I need to be. I
run three penal institutions.

It's impossible to know every detail of
every inmate.

Now, I have the San Francisco Port
Authority records that you signed every

you went, Alcatraz.

You went seven times in 38, five in 39,
ten in 40, and only twice so far this

year. 24 day trips over three and a half
years while Henry Young was in that

dungeon over 1 ,000 days.

24 out of 1 ,000 days.

That's as much as you're saying you
needed to be there?

You knew nothing about a man who was
left to die in a dungeon for three and a

half years, did you?

Absolutely nothing. In fact, you have
never even met Henry Young, have you?

Right now, in fact, is the first time
you have ever even seen this man. Look

him. That's him right there. That's
Henry Young right there.

He tried to escape. Yeah, he tried to
escape. But the fact, the cold, brutal

fact... Warden Humpston, is that this
man, this man who had never, never

in his entire life harmed or attempted
to harm another human being, never was

now a murderer. That is a fact, is it
not? Yes, it is. And it is equally a

You can't let them get away with this.
If we let them get away with this, where

would we be? What?

Should we let murderers roam the
streets? Henry Young was not a murderer.

Young was not a murderer until Alcatraz
got a hold of him.

Now, the prison runs under your
guidelines.

So you created the murderer, didn't you?

Didn't you?

He tried to... He tried to escape.

That's... That's... That's the thing,
you see.

Ah.

That's... Mr. Stamphill, do you have any
further questions for this witness?

No, Your Honor. The witness may step
down.

He tried to escape.

I've been trained all my life for that
day.

Control the witness, go for the kill,
win, victory.

School prepared me well.

My brother, he prepared me well.

Years later, he and I would reconcile.

Family's family, you know?

Mary congratulated me, but we'd already
begun to drift apart.

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

Which should have always remained Henry.

There's no way they're going to send you
to the gas chamber, Henry. Most of you

will get a second -degree murder. Maybe
even manslaughter. Ten years if you get

a recommendation from Clemency and
you'll walk.

You'll be a free man. You'll have your
whole life in front of you.

Monday morning.

I want you to get up to that judge and I
want you to tell him there's been a

change of plan.

I want you to get up there and change my
plea to guilty.

That's a joke, right?

Not to me, it's not.

I'm not doing it.

Jesus Christ, I mean, what the hell have
I been doing here? Why have I been

wasting my time?

I never thought we'd win.

I don't understand you. I thought you
wanted to fight.

I just wanted a friend.

Henry, I am your friend.

No, you're not.

No, you're not.

It's always about you.

It's never about me. You don't
understand.

I mean, I already lost. You just keep
talking, talking, talking, and you never

listen. You certainly don't know what
you're talking about because you just

don't know what it's like.

What? What's like?

Alcatraz!

I mean, what do you think they're going
to send me those ten years you're

talking about?

They're going to send me back to
Alcatraz, that's what.

Henry, when it's over, you'll be alive.
You'll be able to take care of your

sister. I'm Henry.

I'm the one who's got to do the job, not
you.

I can't do it. I can't do it.

I can't.

All right?

It's not worth it.

It's not worth it.

Is that a dial?

While we in here, Jim, maybe there are
some things worth fighting for, Henry.

Do I know you?

I'm... I'm Rosanna Henry.

I'm your sister.

My, uh... My baby's

name is Henry.

You know, Mr. I was beginning to think

that you wasn't real, that I made

you up in my mind.

I want you to come. Rosella, I want you
to tell Jim that I appreciate him

bringing you down here and knowing that
you turned out okay.

That means a lot. I want you to tell
him. Tell him come Monday morning.

He's gonna plead me guilty, just like I
said.

I wish I wasn't so scared of them,
Rosetta.

I wish to God I wasn't.

You take care of yourself now.

Thank you.

You may call your next witness, Mr.

Stamphill. Your Honor, be just a second.

Henry, I'm your friend. If we were on
the outside, I'd be lucky to consider

my friend. Therefore, I'm not going to
kill you.

Are you going to call a witness sometime
today, Counselor? Yes, Your Honor.

Look, if you want to change your plea,
you go up there and you do it, because

I'm not going to do it for you. I want
you to plead me guilty. I don't think

are guilty. Damn that. It does to me.

Okay, Counselor, I am very close to
finding you... Your Honor, the defense

Mr. Henry Young.

No! You just lost the case.

You seem to change your mind, and you go
there, and you do it. Just repeat. I'm

not going to do it for you.

Counselor, unless... He's coming, Your
Honor.

Go ahead. Tell him.

I'll ask you what I want to ask you. And
I'll answer what I want to answer.

Fine. Fine.

Hand up.

Put your hand on the Bible.

Where to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, and

matter now pending before this court, so
help you God.

So help me God. State your name for the
records.

Henry Young. Henry Young.

He's seated.

Your Honor, I'm... Henry, you want to
wait until I've asked you a question? I

haven't asked you a question yet. He's
trying to trick me.

Your Honor, would you please instruct
the witness to refrain from speaking

I've asked him a question, then just to
answer the question that I ask?

He's your witness, Counselor. He won't
listen to me. He tried to trick me. I

just... Silence, Mr. Young.

Now, here's the way it works.

Mr. Stamp Hill will ask you a question.

Then you may answer that question.

However, Mr.

Stamphill cannot coerce you into
testifying against yourself. Now, you do

understand that. Yeah, I just want to...
Mr. Young, did you and I have a

conversation last Friday in which you
told me you wished to change your

Mr. Stamphill, you will wait until I
have finished instructing the witness.

That's okay. That's a question I wanted
him to ask me.

It is not okay.

And 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?

Yes, Your Honor. Well, thank you very
much.

Counselors, approach the bench.

Hey, you want to tell me what the hell
is going on here?

Yeah. I mean, your old defendant is
looking to me to protect him from you.

what's going on?

It seems very strange, but as far as I'm
concerned, you're an idiot to put him

on stand for any reason. You're asking
your own client to testify against

himself. Your Honor, I know it doesn't
seem to make a lot of sense, but the

prosecution isn't objecting, so... No,
I'm not. Let him continue. Shut up.

Stamphill, enough damage has been done.
I don't think I can mess things up

anymore. Oh, yes, you can.

All right, all right. But you're on a
very short leash, Stamphill.

A very short leash.

I will throw you in jail for contempt
myself.

Now, let's get this goddamn show on the
road.

Let him or I'll get James. I think
you're doing a great job.

Mr. Young, stop playing with that.

Now, do you or do you not wish to
continue testifying, Mr. Young?

It's okay. He asked me the right
question.

Counselor, you may proceed.

Mr. Young, did you and I not have a
conversation last Friday which you told

you wished to change your plea from
innocent to guilty?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I want to change my plea. That's what I
told you. Mr. Young, I'm going to ask

you the single most important question I
can ask you as to what this whole trial

is about.

Are you guilty of the murder of Rufus
McCain?

Well, I want to... Won't you take my
plea to guilty? That's what I said.

I didn't ask you what you said you
wanted to do. I asked if you are guilty.

Objection, Your Honor. He's badgering
the witness.

He's my witness, for Christ's sake. Now,
you're nothing. If the accused wants to

enter a plea of guilty, I don't know
why... Silence!

Mr. Stamphill, you are skating on very
thin ice here.

Maybe, Your Honor, but I'd like to get
to the other side.

Very well.

You may proceed at your own peril.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Let me take this one step at a time.

Mr. Young, we had a conversation in
which I told you I felt with the way the

trial was going, the most you would have
to face, more than likely, would be

another ten years. Maybe even less.

Ten years, that's what I said, right?

And then did you say to me that you, you
were Henry, you were the guy who had to

do the time, not me.

You were the one that was going to stick
back in Alcatraz to do those ten years,

right? That's what I told you. That's
what I'm telling you now, why you're

this to me.

Because, Mr. Young, if you change your
plea to guilty, they will execute you.

You will die. So fucking what?

I'd rather die than go back there.

I said I'd rather die than go back
there. Can't you understand that?

Why, Henry? Why do you want to die?

Because.

Because I'm... I'm scared of him.

I'm scared to go back there. I'm scared.

I'm scared.

I'm scared.

Objection, Your Honor. He's finished. I
haven't finished anything.

Henry. Henry, look at me. Henry, look at
me.

Look at me.

You were right. You were right. I was
wrong. I'm sorry.

I'm just talking to you right now, okay?
Not the judge or the jury.

If you want to die, I will back you up.

But I swear to God, I will fight these
bastards.

They will never be able to do this to
anyone again.

You are not going to die for nothing.

The choice is yours, Henry.

What do you want to do?

I want to stop being afraid.

Henry Young.

Are you guilty of the murder of Rufus
McCain?

How was the weapon?

But I ain't no killer.

They're the murderers.

Bailiff, you may remove the prisoner.

Escort the prisoner to the holding room.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you
have received your instructions.

You may find the defendant guilty of
involuntary manslaughter, which carries

with it a maximum penalty of three
years, in which case the defendant will

remanded to the custody of the warden of
Alcatraz.

Or you may find the defendant guilty of
murder in the first degree.

Without a recommendation for mercy, that
verdict will carry with it... a

sentence of death.

Court is now in session.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, how do
you find?

The defendant will rise.

We, the jury, find the defendant, Henry
Young, not guilty of murder in the first

degree and guilty only of involuntary
manslaughter.

Order! Order!

Your Honor, we would like permission to
address the court if possible.

Very well.

Your Honor, we have this day.

signed a petition which I would like to
read to the court.

We would like the following to be read
into the record of this proceeding.

Though we know it will have no legal or
binding effect, we would hope that it

will have a moral effect.

We, the members of the jury, recommend
and request an immediate investigation

the proper federal authorities of the
federal penitentiary known as Alcatraz.

We find this institution, its warden, an
associate warden, guilty of crimes

against humanity.

Thank you.

The jury is dismissed.

This trial is concluded.

All rise.

The defendant is remanded to the custody
of the warden of Alcatraz.

News from San Francisco. The Young trial
concludes.

The Rock will be investigated as Young
is vindicated by a verdict of

manslaughter. As I walked out of the
courtroom that day,

I did not fully realize how much Henry
and I had actually accomplished.

It all just happened so fast.

Henry.

Henry, I'm going to be up to sea as
often as I can.

Yeah, maybe you can bring that glance
back for the second shot, huh?

Yeah, I'll try. See what I can do. Let's
go, Henry.

Henry, it's not over.

It's not over. I'm going to appeal. I'm
going to appeal to have you moved to

another prison. I'm going to file
motions to have your original case

Henry and Jay are together again, huh?

That's right. Henry and Jim together
again.

Henry and Jim together again. Hey, Jim.

I won, didn't I?

I mean, I really did something.

I won.

That's right, Henry. You won.

Hey, Jim.

How many games was DiMaggio hitting
three?

Fifty -four.

The definition of victory is success in
any contest or struggle.

Engagement ending in triumph.

That was to be the last time I was to
see Henry Young alive.

Before the court date was set for an
appeal, his body was found in the cell.

He laid beneath a single word he had
scrawled with a rock.

Victory.

Henry Young taught me the meaning of the
word.

He was the only man that I have known
who gave more than he asked.

All that he ever wanted was a friend.

And I will always remember him as one of
the best friends I have ever had.

Unlike many men that live much longer,
Henry 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.

Well, come home.

I've missed you, Henry.

Mr. Grant, you can beat me.

You can put me back in that hole.

Whatever you want to do, it doesn't
matter to me.

Charles Dickinson said the solitary
confinement was inhumane.

Seven months later, the Supreme Court
agreed.

And as a result of the facts brought out
in the trial of the people versus Henry

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, Henry.