Prince of the City (1981)

Paul Roebling: Assistant U.S. Atty. Brooks Paige

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• Daniel Ciello : You bastards, it's, it's you guys who run the whole fucking thing! You run it! Starting with assistant DA's who plea bargain murder one down to a misdemeanor. Or lawyers wearing 400 dollar suits who come up to cops in hallways and say, "Hey pal, listen, this case doesn't mean shit. Here's 50 dollars. Here's a hundred dollars. Five hundred dollars. Fifteen thousand dollars. Fifteen thousand dollars! Fuck, I mean, we know how you guys become judges. You pay 50 thousand and zap you're wearing robes! You guys, you live in Westport or here on Central Park West. While we're up in El Barrio on 125th Street. I mean you want us to keep everybody on the inside, so you can stay on the outside.

  Brooks Paige : That's not true.

  Daniel Ciello : The fuck it's not true! The fuck it's not true!

• Daniel Ciello : Where did you go to school, Paige?

  Brooks Paige : I went to Harvard. And uh, before Harvard to Andover. Before Andover to St. Bernard's.

  Daniel Ciello : Ah, St. Bernard's. That's in the 2-3, that's, uh, little blond boys in blazers, right? Aw, shit, Cappalino. My own father can't understand the pressures on cops. What am I supposed to get from St. Bernard's?

• Brooks Paige : Was he wired tonight?

  Rick Cappalino : How would I know? He consults the spirits. Thinks he's some kinda goddamn gypsy fortune teller. "Tonight? Mmmm, oh no tonight, much danger. No, no wire."