Jon Voight credited as playing...
Leo F. Drummond
- Leo F. Drummond: I may not be 100 percent today, but I'm here in spirit
- [All laugh but Rudy]
- Rudy Baylor: I'm curious.
- Leo F. Drummond: About what?
- Rudy Baylor: I'm just wonderin' - do you even remember when you first sold out?
- Leo F. Drummond: [the room goes silent] Now you're an arrogant little piss-ant, aren't you? I advise you to mind your manners. You're in the big world now.
- Rudy Baylor: Mind my manners? I come up here from Memphis, to depose four people - two of whom are not here. And you tell me to mind my manners?
- Rudy Baylor: All due respect, Mr. Drummond, this is my deposition, I'm gonna call the witnesses in the order I see fit. So, I'd like to start with Jackie Lemancyzk.
- Rudy Baylor: Maybe we should just go call the judge, and...
- Leo F. Drummond: Oh, I don't believe we have to get pugilistic this time of the morning.
- Judge Kipler: Mr. Drummond... you objected to the fast-tracking of this case. What's the problem?
- Leo F. Drummond: Well, your honor... this issue's already been ruled upon by Judge Hale. The preparations required by fast-tracking the case place undue burden upon both parties, I believe.
- Judge Kipler: [scribbling on a notepad and not looking up] Nonsense.
- [stands up]
- Judge Kipler: Let me ask you something, Mr. Drummond. As a defense lawyer, have your EVER agreed to the fast-tracking of a lawsuit?
- Leo F. Drummond: Well your honor, I believe I have.
- Judge Kipler: [begins to laugh as he sits back down] Fine. Give me the name of the case and the court it was in.
- Leo F. Drummond: [laughs nervously] Well, your honor... I have to get back to you on that.
- Judge Kipler: Well, call me this afternoon by three.
- Leo F. Drummond: I don't believe I'm going to be in before three.
- Judge Kipler: Well, call me when you get in. I'm very interested in hearing about this case you agreed to fast-track.
- Leo F. Drummond: Yes sir.
- Judge Kipler: This boy's about to die, gentlemen. You do agree that we need to record his testimony?
- Leo F. Drummond: Yes indeed... of course, your honor. It's just that my trial calendar is pushin' me around pretty good.
- Judge Kipler: How about next Thursday afternoon?
- Rudy Baylor: Great for me, your honor.
- Leo F. Drummond: I'm sorry, your honor.
- Judge Kipler: That's a week from today.
- Leo F. Drummond: I believe I'm out of town.
- [beat]
- Leo F. Drummond: Yes, I am out of town Thursday.
- Judge Kipler: The deposition is set for next Thursday afternoon at 2pm.
- [smiles]
- Judge Kipler: Sorry if it inconveniences the defense, but God knows there's enough of you guys to handle it.
- [Rudy smiles]
- Rudy Baylor: Anybody in the room named Russell Crockett?
- Leo F. Drummond: He's gone, too. He was downsized.
- Rudy Baylor: Downsized? Well, what a coincidence.
- Leo F. Drummond: Our client's going through a periodic downsizing.
- Rudy Baylor: Yeah, well that will happen, won't it?
- Leo F. Drummond: Now, Rudy, don't be intimidated by all these boys on this side of the table. I guarantee, you get them on the golf course, they fold like a cheap suit.
- Leo F. Drummond: [to the jury] What will giving a judgment of $10 million accomplish? All insurance company premiums will spin out of reach, and it will pave the way for government-controlled health coverage. Yours is a grave responsibility. Be wise, be careful, and be just.