[ CLICK ]
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. BRIGGS.
JOSEPH VARSH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
AND HEAD OF HIS COUNTRY'S SECRET POLICE,
IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MEN IN EASTERN EUROPE.
HE HEADS THE POLITICAL FACTION
WHICH WANTS TO HEAT UP THE COLD WAR.
OPPOSED TO HIM ARE THOSE WHO FAVOR COEXISTENCE,
LED BY ANTON KUDNOV, A DEPUTY PREMIER.
VARSH NOW PLANS
TO STIR UP FEELING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
BY ARRESTING AND CHARGING SOME INNOCENT AMERICAN
WITH A SERIOUS CRIME, AND THEN STAGING
A PROPAGANDA SHOW TRIAL FOR THE WORLD.
HE PLANS TO USE THIS TO GAIN ABSOLUTE POWER FOR HIMSELF.
SHOULD VARSH SUCCEED, NOT ONLY WILL THE VICTIM
LOSE HIS FREEDOM, AND POSSIBLY HIS LIFE,
BUT THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE WILL BE THREATENED.
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO STOP VARSH AND TO SO DISCREDIT HIM
THAT HE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE A POLITICAL THREAT.
AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE
BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS RECORDING WILL DECOMPOSE IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, DAN.
Dan: JOSEPH VARSH HAS ONE DEADLY RIVAL FOR POWER --
ANTON KUDNOV, DEPUTY PREMIER.
HOW DOES THAT HELP US?
KUDNOV DOESN'T KNOW IT YET,
BUT HE'S OUR ALIBI.
ALIBI?
VARSH WANTS A VICTIM FOR A SHOW TRIAL.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM ONE -- ME.
HOW DO YOU GET VARSH ON YOUR TRAIL?
LISA GOREN.
HER HUSBAND, STEVEN, WAS AN AGENT FOR THE WEST.
SHE BETRAYED HIM TO THE SECRET POLICE.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT HE'S BEEN LIQUIDATED SECRETLY
BY HER NEW BOYFRIEND, JOSEPH VARSH.
THERE'S ONE BIG PROBLEM, DAN --
GETTING YOURSELF ARRESTED -- THAT WON'T BE TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
BUT GETTING YOU OFF -- THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
I KNOW.
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON MY ALIBI.
[ RINGS ]
HELLO.
I WANT TO TALK TO STEVEN.
WHO IS THIS CALLING, PLEASE?
TELL HIM I'M A FRIEND OF FREDERICK'S, HE'LL KNOW.
UH, MY HUSBAND IS NOT AT HOME AT THE MOMENT.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER,
I WOULD HAVE HIM CALL YOU WHEN HE RETURNS.
I HAVE A GIFT FOR HIM FROM FREDERICK.
PERHAPS I CAN LEAVE IT WITH YOU.
I'LL BE IN THE CAFE OF THE HOTEL BURLIQUE
IN A HALF AN HOUR.
SIR, TODAY'S LIST OF AMERICAN TOURIST ARRIVALS.
AH.
ANY POSSIBILITIES?
ONE OR TWO. THEY'RE ON TOP.
[ RINGS ]
YES?
ONE MOMENT.
IT'S A LISA GOREN, SIR.
LISA. HELLO.
YES.
YES, I UNDERSTAND, DEAR.
LISA, LISTEN TO ME --
YOU GO THERE AND MEET.
NO, NO, NO, NO,
THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU TO WORRY ABOUT.
YOU JUST GO THERE AND MEET HIM.
AND I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER, ALL RIGHT?
GOODBYE.
[ CLICK ]
VERY INTERESTING.
THERE IS AN AMERICAN TRYING TO CONTACT STEVEN GOREN.
OH?
WITH A GIFT FROM FREDERICK.
FREDERICK?
THAT WAS HER HUSBAND'S CODE NAME.
HE'S GOING TO BE AT THE HOTEL BURLIQUE CAFE
IN HALF AN HOUR.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HALF AN HOUR.
WE KNOW.
FOR SOME REASON, HE, UH, DECIDED NOT TO MAKE CONTACT.
PERHAPS IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.
OR HE MAY BE A CAREFUL AGENT.
IF HE CALLS YOU AGAIN,
KEEP HIM TALKING FOR AT LEAST 30 SECONDS.
WE'LL TRACE THE CALL.
VERY WELL, CAPTAIN.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
I'M SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT, MADAME GOREN,
BUT SOMETHING CAME UP.
PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES.
IS STEVEN THERE NOW?
I SEE.
BECAUSE I TOLD YOU, IT CONCERNS A GIFT.
YOU'RE VERY KIND.
THEY'VE TRACED IT.
WHAT?
THE AMERICAN WHO PHONED LISA IS NATHANIEL BENTON.
HE'S STAYING AT THE HOTEL BURLIQUE.
HE'S AN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST
ON A SCIENTIFIC STUDY MISSION HERE.
WHAT'S HE STUDYING?
DURING PAST FEW WEEKS,
HE VISITED THESE COLLECTIVE FARMS --
HERE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
BUT THESE FARMS ARE IN THE VICINITY
OF THE ENGLES HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX.
MM-HMM.
WELL, WOULDN'T IT BE REASONABLE TO ASSUME
THAT SOMEBODY TRAVELING AROUND THESE SMALL VILLAGES
MIGHT HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE ENGLES DAM?
AT THE VERY LEAST,
WE COULD MAKE IT SEEM THAT WAY.
WELL, MAYBE THIS, UH -- WHAT'S HIS NAME?
BENTON.
BENTON...IS THE AMERICAN WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW THAT I KNOW WHO HE IS, WE'LL HAVE HIM WATCHED.
I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT ON EVERYTHING HE DOES.
AFTER YOU.
THANK YOU.
OH, I'M SORRY. I FORGOT SOMETHING.
YOU LOSE HIM?
HE'S ON HIS WAY DOWN TO THE LOBBY WITH WILLY.
GOOD LUCK.
SEE YOU LATER.
[ BUZZING ]
YES?
I'M STEVEN'S FRIEND.
BUT I HAVE SEEN YOU BEFORE AT THE CAFE.
WHY DID YOU NOT SPEAK TO ME THEN?
IT DIDN'T FEEL SAFE. MAY I COME IN, PLEASE?
YES.
IS STEVEN HERE?
NO. A MOMENT.
OH, WELL, THEN I'M SORRY.
PLEASE, I KNOW WHERE I CAN REACH HIM.
HE CAN BE HERE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
WON'T YOU COME IN?
ALL RIGHT.
WON'T YOU SIT DOWN, PLEASE?
THANK YOU.
HELLO.
HELLO, STEVEN, DARLING.
THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS CALLING YOU BEFORE...
YES, YES.
HE IS HERE NOW, AND HE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. YOU KEEP HIM THERE.
YES.
YES, OF COURSE.
YES?
DEPUTY PREMIER KUDNOV? I'M NATHANIEL BENTON.
AH, YES, YOU'RE THE YOUNG AMERICAN
WHO WROTE FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
YOU'RE RIGHT ON TIME. COME IN.
THANK YOU.
I CONSIDER THIS A GREAT PRIVILEGE.
WELL, MR. BENTON,
AGRICULTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY SPECIAL PREOCCUPATION.
AND I HAVE RECEIVED SOME EXCELLENT REPORTS ON YOU
FROM THE COLLECTIVE FARMS.
THIS WAY, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
BUT, PLEASE, HE'LL BE HERE IN A MOMENT.
WON'T YOU MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE?
WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK?
CIGARETTE PERHAPS.
YES, OF COURSE.
PLEASE.
[ CLOCK CHIMING ]
[ CHIMING ]
I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU WORKING SO LATE.
9:00, LATE?
AHH!
I WOULD SIT HERE ALL NIGHT TO DISCUSS THIS.
THIS IS A PROBLEM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THE SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAM YOU PROPOSE
WILL INCREASE OUR PRODUCTIVITY MANY TIMES.
AND THIS PROVES, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THE WISDOM OF COOPERATION
BETWEEN YOUR COUNTRY AND MINE.
I WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE HERE FELT THAT WAY.
THE PEOPLE DO FEEL THAT, MR. BENTON.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE SABER RATTLING
OF THE MILITARY OR THE SECRET POLICE.
NICE VIEW.
THANK YOU.
IT IS MY HUSBAND'S POSITION.
THE HIGHER YOU GO, THE HIGHER YOU LIVE.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WOULD NOT LIKE A DRINK?
THANK YOU, NO.
[ BUZZING ]
OH, THAT MUST BE STEVEN.
HE MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS KEY AGAIN.
EXCUSE ME.
THERE'S A LEDGE THAT GOES AROUND.
BLOCK THE CORRIDOR,
SEARCH EVERY APARTMENT.
GO. GO.
WHAT THIS?
THAT'S HIS.
THIS IS AN AUTOMOBILE KEY.
YOU'LL NEED A SQUAD OF MEN.
SEARCH VICTORY SQUARE
UNTIL YOU FIND THE CAR THIS KEY FITS.
TO THE FRIENDSHIP OF OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
LOOK.
WHAT?
GIVE IT TO ME.
WHAT IS IT?
I'LL HAVE TO ENLARGE IT TO BE SURE, BUT...
MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.
SIR...
HUH?
WE FOUND THE CAR.
THERE WERE EXPLOSIVES IN THE TRUNK.
IT'S GOING TO BE EASY.
NATHANIEL BENTON, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
ARREST FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SABOTAGE.
THESE SEEM TO BE IN ORDER, MR. WEBSTER.
IF THE PROSECUTION HAS NO OBJECTION?
NONE AT ALL.
GOOD. I'LL INFORM THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
THAT YOU'VE BEEN ACCEPTED AS BENTON'S LEGAL CONSULTANT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MY CLIENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
OH, I'VE EXPLAINED TO MR. WEBSTER
THAT BENTON HAS ALREADY CONSULTED
WITH A COURT-APPOINTED DEFENSE ADVOCATE.
NEVERTHELESS, I --
BE AT HEADQUARTERS IN HALF AN HOUR.
YOU MAY VISIT YOUR CLIENT.
THANK YOU. YOUR HONOR.
DO YOU HAVE A CONFESSION YET?
A CONFESSION IS UNNECESSARY IN THIS CASE.
BENTON IS GUILTY.
GUILTY?
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.
PLEASE TELL PROSECUTOR VARSH
HOW SYMPATHETIC I AM TO HIS AIMS.
THANK YOU, ZUBIN. YOU ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING.
WE WON'T FORGET.
MR. BENTON...
THIS IS ALLEN WEBSTER, YOUR DEFENSE CONSULTANT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WELL, HOW HAVE THEY BEEN TREATING YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
I'M INNOCENT.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SABOTAGE.
Will I get a fair trial?
Oh, I think so.
There has been and will continue to be
a great deal of publicity.
WHAT WITH THE FOREIGN PRESS LOOKING IN,
I THINK YOU'LL GET A FAIR TRIAL.
WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE THEY HAVE AGAINST ME?
Well, to be honest,
I haven't really had a chance to examine it yet.
But just be patient, Mr. Benton.
We'll know more tomorrow.
THE STATE WILL PRESENT ITS OPENING REMARKS.
THANK YOU.
THE STATE WILL PROVE THAT THE DEFENDANT,
THE AMERICAN, NATHANIEL BENTON, IS A PAID SABOTEUR,
AND POTENTIALLY A MASS MURDERER.
HIS TARGET -- THE ENGLES HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX.
SABOTAGE THAT DAM, AND THE RAGING WATERS IT CONTAINS
WILL KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
FOR TWO WEEKS, THE DEFENDANT TOURED
COLLECTIVE FARMS IN THE AREA OF THE ENGLES DAM.
AND THEN, ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 17,
HE CAME TO THE APARTMENT OF MADAME LISA GOREN.
HE BROUGHT WITH HIM THIS ATTACHE CASE.
IN THIS ATTACHE CASE WAS FOUND...
THIS DOCUMENT IN THE DEFENDANT'S OWN HANDWRITING.
ALSO...
THIS CIGARETTE BOX CONTAINING A KEY
TO A CAR WE FOUND IN VICTORY SQUARE.
IN THE CAR...
WAS A CACHE...
OF EXPLOSIVES.
AND THEN, CONCEALED IN THE DEFENDANT'S HOTEL ROOM,
WAS A PIECE OF MICROFILM, WHICH, WHEN ENLARGED,
PROVED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE ENGLES HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX.
MARKED HERE AND THERE FOR DEMOLITION.
SO THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS MAN, NATHANIEL BENTON,
WHO CAME TO OUR COUNTRY
SUPPOSEDLY ON A FRIENDLY SCIENTIFIC MISSION,
IS, IN REALITY,
A PAID SABOTEUR.
THE STATE DEFENDER MAY NOW ADDRESS THE COURT.
THE DEFENDANT, NATHANIEL BENTON,
IS AN AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST,
RESPECTED IN HIS COUNTRY AND IN OURS...
UNTIL HIS ARREST.
I SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT FOR MANY HOURS,
AND I AM CONVINCED OF HIS INNOCENCE.
WE ARE A NATION WITH A LONG TRADITION OF JUSTICE.
LET THE EVIDENCE SPEAK.
NOW, THE MAN WHO CAME TO YOUR APARTMENT
ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 17,
DO YOU SEE HIM IN THIS COURTROOM?
I DO.
PICK HIM OUT.
THE DEFENDANT, NATHANIEL BENTON.
DO YOU SEE HERE THE ATTACHE CASE
THAT BENTON LEFT IN YOUR APARTMENT?
IT IS THE RED ONE ON THE TABLE.
THIS ONE?
YES.
WAS THIS OPENED IN YOUR PRESENCE?
IT WAS.
WHAT WAS IN IT?
DOCUMENTS.
YES.
AND?
AND AN AUTOMOBILE KEY.
THIS WAS THE KEY? YES.
HOW CAN YOU BE SURE IT WAS THE KEY?
IT HAS AN ADHESIVE STRIP ON IT.
AND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON IT?
ONLY ONE WORD --
VICTORY.
YES.
THANK YOU, MADAME GOREN.
YOU'RE UP.
MR. WEBSTER WILL CROSS-EXAMINE.
Webster: AT WHAT TIME ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 17
DO YOU ALLEGE MY CLIENT WAS IN YOUR APARTMENT?
ABOUT 9:00.
ABOUT?
CAN YOU BE MORE DEFINITE?
OF COURSE.
9:00 TO 9:20.
YOU'RE CERTAIN ABOUT THAT TIME?
I AM.
9:00 TO 9:20, IS THAT CORRECT?
IT IS.
THANK YOU.
YOUR HONOR, I REQUEST PERMISSION
TO RECALL THE WITNESS AT A LATER TIME.
REQUEST WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.
THIS WAS FOUND IN THE CAR IN VICTORY SQUARE, HMM?
IT WAS.
NOW, IN YOUR OPINION AS A DEMOLITIONS EXPERT,
WHAT DO THESE COMPONENTS CONSTITUTE?
AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL BOMB.
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF DESTRUCTION?
YES.
I'M THINKING IN TERMS
OF THE ENGLES DAM.
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY THAT?
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY
THE ENTIRE HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX.
WHEN YOU EXAMINED THESE COMPONENTS,
WERE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY WERE MANUFACTURED?
YES.
WHERE?
IN, UM... IN VARIOUS PLACES.
VARIOUS PLACES?
SUCH AS THE STATE MUNITIONS WORKS?
SOME OF THEM, YES.
ISN'T IT UNUSUAL FOR A FOREIGN SABOTEUR
TO BE EQUIPPED WITH EXPLOSIVES
FROM THE STATE MUNITIONS WORKS?
UH, PLEASE, I OBJECT TO WHAT IS IMPLIED.
OBJECTION SUSTAINED.
ARE YOU THROUGH WITH THIS WITNESS, MR. WEBSTER?
I PROTEST, YOUR HONOR.
THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING IS VITAL TO MY CASE.
YOUR PROTEST IS NOTED.
DEPUTY PREMIER KUDNOV IS IN YOUR OFFICE.
HE DEMANDS TO SEE YOU IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE PEOPLE WILL CALL THEIR NEXT WITNESS.
THE PEOPLE AT THIS TIME
WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A RECESS.
GRANTED.
THE COURT STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
YOU HAVE MANUFACTURED THE CASE
AGAINST THIS INNOCENT AMERICAN.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN "MANUFACTURED."
HE'S GUILTY.
GUILTY?
JUST LIKE SOME OF YOUR OTHER
SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS?
NOT THIS TIME, VARSH. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT.
[ CHUCKLING ]
YOU CAN'T PREVENT IT.
I CAN, AND I WILL.
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE TRIAL ON TELEVISION.
HE WAS NOT IN THE WOMAN'S APARTMENT
WHEN YOU CLAIM HE WAS.
HE WAS WITH ME.
WELL...
QUITE AN ALIBI WITNESS.
THE DEPUTY PREMIER.
YOU SURPRISE ME, KUDNOV.
DIDN'T THINK YOU'D GO TO SUCH EXTREMES TO DESTROY ME.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.
I WILL NOT STAND BY
AND WATCH YOU HANG AN INNOCENT MAN.
HE'S NOT AN INNOCENT MAN.
HE'S GUILTY.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
HE'S GUILTY!
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY --
NO!
EXCEPT...
UNLESS YOU DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST BENTON IMMEDIATELY,
I WILL APPEAR IN THAT COURTROOM TOMORROW MORNING
AND TELL THE WHOLE WORLD EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
YOU KNOW WHAT KUDNOV IS DOING, DON'T YOU?
HE'S TRYING TO DESTROY YOU.
I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO DESTROY ME!
YOU'RE PART OF A CONSPIRACY, MR. BENTON.
I WANT TO KNOW THE NATURE,
I WANT TO KNOW THE TARGET OF THE CONSPIRACY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
KUDNOV! I'M TALKING ABOUT KUDNOV!
HE'S THE DEPUTY PREMIER. OF COURSE I KNOW OF HIM.
OH, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE KNOW OF HIM.
NOT MANY HAVE SEEN HIM PRIVATELY. HAVE YOU?
I MAY HAVE SEEN HIM ON ONE OF THE COLLECTIVE FARMS.
PLEASE.
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM ANYWHERE ELSE?
I WANT TO SEE MY ATTORNEY.
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM AT HIS HOME?
I WILL NOT ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS
WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY.
ARE YOU USING KUDNOV? IS HE PART OF THE PLOT?!
THERE ISN'T ANY PLOT.
MOISEV...
TAKE HIM OUT OF HERE.
COLONEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY MY --
NO, NO, NO! TAKE HIM OUT!
COME WITH ME.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
WELL?
LET ME THINK. LET ME THINK!
MAYBE TONIGHT THE AMERICAN COULD, UH...
COMMIT SUICIDE.
IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
THAT'S THE TROUBLE -- IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
IF KUDNOV TESTIFIES TOMORROW MORNING,
WE HAVE NO CASE.
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, HE WILL DESTROY YOU.
YES!
WELL...
I DON'T WANT THE DEPUTY PREMIER
TO BE AVAILABLE TO TESTIFY TOMORROW.
CAN YOU ARRANGE THAT?
YES.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
YES.
YES. SEND HIM IN.
WELL, COUNSELOR WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SEE MY CLIENT ALL EVENING.
OH, WELL, YOUR CLIENT WASN'T FEELING VERY GOOD,
AND WE DEEMED IT ADVISABLE
NOT TO LET ANYONE DISTURB HIM.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND.
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INTERROGATE MY CLIENT
WITHOUT COUNSEL.
AH, MR. WEBSTER, IN A CRIMINAL CASE,
MY RESPONSIBILITY'S TO THE TRUTH,
AND ONLY TO THE TRUTH.
YOU'LL SEE YOUR CLIENT...
TOMORROW MORNING.
IN COURT.
[ Laughing ] GOOD NIGHT.
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
THIS IS TOO FANTASTIC, MR. WEBSTER.
I MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO VARSH
THAT IF HE CONTINUES WITH THE TRIAL,
I WILL TESTIFY.
WHY WOULD THEY PUT BENTON
THROUGH HOURS OF RELENTLESS INTERROGATION?
DON'T YOU SEE?
THEY DON'T INTEND TO LET YOU TESTIFY.
WHO CAN STOP ME?
THEIR MEN ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO BELIEVE IT.
LET'S GO INTO YOUR STUDY. WHY?
BECAUSE IT FACES BURODNEY PARK,
WHICH IS A PERFECT PLACE
FOR AN ASSASSIN TO OPERATE FROM.
VERY WELL.
NO. STAND BACK.
AWAY FROM THE WINDOW.
I DON'T THINK EVEN VARSH WOULD ATTEMPT MURDER.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
Varsh: AND SO THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
I PROMISED I WOULD PRESENT TO THE COURT IS NOW COMPLETE.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY IRREFUTABLE.
AND BECAUSE THE CRIME WAS SO CALCULATED,
SO CONSCIENCELESS, SO PITILESS,
IT DEMANDS A PENALTY WITHOUT PITY...
THE PENALTY OF DEATH.
[ MURMURING ]
[ GAVEL TAPPING ]
MOISEV SEARCHED KUDNOV'S HOUSE.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF A BODY.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
CHECK ALL THE HOSPITALS.
IF YOU CAN'T FIND KUDNOV,
PUT EVERY AVAILABLE MAN ON THE ALERT.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHOULD HE BE ALLOWED TO REACH THIS COURTROOM.
GO, GO, GO.
MADAME GOREN, WHAT FLOOR DO YOU LIVE ON?
ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THAT WOULD BE THREE STORIES UP, CORRECT?
YES, IT WOULD.
AND YET YOU SAY THAT THE DEFENDANT
DISAPPEARED OUT THE WINDOW.
I DO.
ARE YOU SURE
HE DIDN'T FLY AWAY?
OH, PLEASE. I MUST OBJECT.
COUNSEL IS HARASSING THE WITNESS.
I MUST CAUTION YOU, MR. WEBSTER.
THE COURTROOM IS NO PLACE FOR LEVITY.
YOUR HONOR, I MERELY WISH TO FOCUS THE COURT'S ATTENTION
ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PROSECUTION'S CASE.
A CASE FOUNDED ON FALSE AND QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE WHICH EXISTS FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY --
TO CONVICT AN INNOCENT AMERICAN,
A MAN WHO THE PROSECUTOR KNOWS IS INNOCENT.
AW, TSK, TSK, TSK.
OBJECTION.
MADAME GOREN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE COURT,
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO JOSEPH VARSH?
I KNOW OF HIM ONLY AS THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR...
A RESPECTED OFFICIAL.
YES, AND ONLY THAT?
OF COURSE.
OH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE COURT
WHO ARE THE PERSONS IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH?
WE'RE WAITING, MADAME GOREN.
TELL THE COURT WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH THIS IS.
IT IS A PICTURE OF ME.
OF YOU. AND?
AND JOSEPH VARSH.
OBJECTION.
IT'S IMMATERIAL, THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.
NOT AT ALL, YOUR HONOR. THE COURT WILL AGREE.
THE RIGHT TO IMPEACH A WITNESS
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION IS UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED.
MAY I SEE THE PICTURE, MR. WEBSTER?
OF COURSE.
WILL THE PROSECUTION CARE TO EXAMINE THE PHOTOGRAPH?
NO.
FOR THE RECORD,
THE PICTURE SHOWS THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
AND THE WITNESS IN A PARTIAL EMBRACE.
OH, PLEASE!
CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
IS MORE THAN JUST A... MORE THAN JUST
A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
[ MURMURING ]
MADAME GOREN...
WHERE WAS THIS PICTURE TAKEN?
I DO NOT KNOW.
WASN'T IT TAKEN IN THE COUNTRY?
I DO NOT REMEMBER.
WHERE YOU AND THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
ENJOYED AN IDYLLIC WEEKEND TOGETHER?
OBJECTION!
YOUR HONOR, I BELIEVE THIS COURT HAS GIVEN ME
THE RIGHT TO QUESTION THIS WITNESS' CREDIBILITY.
IF YOU WANT IT, I HAVE PROOF --
A LETTER WRITTEN BY JOSEPH VARSH TO LISA GOREN.
AND I QUOTE, "DARLING,
"THE WEEKEND WE SPENT TOGETHER IN THE MOUNTAINS
WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MY LIFE..."
IF THE COURT PLEASE...
I WROTE THIS LETTER.
[ GAVEL POUNDING ]
WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION.
IF YOU PLEASE.
I HAD HOPED FOR MADAME GOREN'S SAKE
THIS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
BUT NOW, UH...
WELL...
YES, UH, I WROTE THIS LETTER
THE DEFENSE COUNSEL JUST QUOTED FROM.
I, UH, HAVE KNOWN MADAME GOREN.
IN DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE THESE FOR OUR COUNTRY,
IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY THAT THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
WORKING WITH THE SECURITY POLICE,
OBTAIN INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE IN ANY WAY HE CAN.
MADAME GOREN WAS A CONVENIENT AND, UH...
UNUSUALLY PRODUCTIVE SOURCE
OF SUCH INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE.
IT WAS THROUGH HER
THAT WE LEARNED HER LATE HUSBAND,
STEVEN GOREN, WAS AN ENEMY AGENT.
AND USING HER, WE CAPTURED HIM.
IT WAS REASONABLE TO ASSUME, THEREFORE,
THAT ENEMY AGENTS MIGHT CONTACT HER IN FUTURE.
AND SO, WE, UH,
KEPT THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.
WE KEPT LISA GOREN, YOU COULD SAY, ON THE HOOK.
AND SHE CAUGHT US ANOTHER FISH.
A BIG ONE.
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY, GENTLEMEN.
THAT'S THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION.
[ MURMURING ]
MR. WEBSTER,
UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO ADD,
THE COURT IS PREPARED NOW TO HAND DOWN THE VERDICT.
I...I WOULD LIKE A 30-MINUTE RECESS, IF I MAY.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE, MR. WEBSTER?
I'M AFRAID, UNLESS YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE...
IF THE COURT PLEASE,
I REQUIRE THIS RECESS TO BRING IN MY FINAL WITNESS.
WE WILL RECESS.
[ GAVEL POUNDING ]
MOISEV...
STAY WITH HIM.
THE COURT IS IN SESSION.
[ GALLERY MURMURING ]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MR. WEBSTER?
I SAID, CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ GALLERY GASPS ]
Webster: IF THE COURT PLEASE,
I CALL DEPUTY PREMIER ANTON KUDNOV.
WILL THE DEPUTY PREMIER
EXPLAIN TO THIS COURT WHAT THIS MEANS?
I HAVE TO TELL WHAT I KNOW.
AND MY LIFE WAS BEING THREATENED.
[ GALLERY MURMURING ]
THERE WILL BE ORDER!
PROCEED WITH THE WITNESS, MR. WEBSTER.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
WILL THE DEPUTY PREMIER PLEASE TELL THE COURT
WHERE HE WAS ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 17
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AND 10:00?
I WAS IN MY HOME.
WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE WITH YOU?
YES. THE DEFENDANT --
NATHANIEL BENTON.
[ MURMURS ]
[ TAPPING GAVEL ]
ORDER!
IS THERE A REASON, SIR,
WHY YOU DIDN'T BRING FORTH THIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THIS?
YES.
BECAUSE IF I HAD APPEARED HERE TODAY AS MYSELF,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED
BEFORE I REACHED THE COURTROOM.
AND BECAUSE LAST NIGHT
PROSECUTOR VARSH TRIED TO HAVE ME KILLED.
LIES!
HE-HE -- THEY ALL --
HE IS PART OF A PLOT AGAINST THE STATE!
LET THE TRIAL CONTINUE AND WE SHALL SEE WHO IS LYING!
VARSH KNEW MY TESTIMONY WOULD RUIN HIS PLAN
TO SEND AN INNOCENT MAN TO HIS DEATH.
BENTON WAS WITH ME.
THAT IS WHY VARSH TRIED TO HAVE ME KILLED.
HERE IS A SIGNED REPORT
WHICH BENTON GAVE ME WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING.
YOUR HONOR, I MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE ACQUITTAL.
KUDNOV IS TRYING TO DESTROY ME
FOR POLITICAL REASONS!
I HAVE PRESENTED A VALID, TRUTHFUL CASE!
IF THE COURT PLEASE!
"A VALID, TRUTHFUL CASE."
A BOMB THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE STATE MUNITIONS WORKS,
TESTIMONY BY A MARRIED WOMAN
WHO HAPPENS TO BE YOUR MISTRESS.
YOUR HONOR, WEIGH THESE AGAINST THE WORD OF A MAN
LIKE DEPUTY PREMIER ANTON KUDNOV.
GUARD WILL PLACE JOSEPH VARSH UNDER ARREST
FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.
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SILENCE!
TAKE HIM OUT.
MR. BENTON...
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE ACTIONS OF COLONEL VARSH.
NEVERTHELESS, ON ITS BEHALF, I OFFER YOU AN APOLOGY.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
ALL CHARGES AGAINST YOU ARE DISMISSED.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BENTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.