Les Évadés (1994)

Jeffrey DeMunn: 1946 D.A.

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• District Attorney : And that also is very convenient, isn't it, Mr. Dufresne?

  Andy Dufresne : Since I am innocent of this crime, sir, I find it decidedly inconvenient that the gun was never found.

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  District Attorney : Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night that she was murdered.

  Andy Dufresne : It was very bitter. She said she was glad I knew, that she hated all the sneaking around. And she said that she wanted a divorce in Reno.

• District Attorney : [his closing statement]  Ladies and gentlemen, you've heard all the evidence: you know all the facts. We have the accused at the scene of the crime, we have footprints, tire tracks, we have bullets thrown on the ground with his finger prints, broken bourdon bottle, likewise with fingerprints, and most of all, we have a beautiful young woman and her lover lying dead in each other's arms. They... had sinned, but was their crime so great as to merit a death sentence? while you think about, think about this: a revolver holds six bullets, not eight, I submit this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion, that at least could be understood, if not condoned, no this... was... revenge of a much more brutal cold-blooded nature. Considering this, four bullets per victim, not six shots fired but eight, that means he fired the gun empty, and then stopped to reload, so that he could shoot each of them again: an extra bullet per lover: right in the head