控方证人 Witness for the Prosecution(1957)【完整台词】
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This is a bill from my tailor for a pair
of extremely becoming Bermuda shorts.
(LAUGHTER)
Wilfrid the fox! That's what we
call him and that's what he is.
Now, Mrs Helm, you've been kind
enough to identify your letter paper.
Now, if you like, I can have an
expert identify your handwriting.
Damn you!
- Damn you!
- Leave her alone!
- Damn you!
- Mrs Helm!
Let me go! Let me get
out of here! Let me go!
- Mrs Helm!
- Let me go!
Usher, get the witness a chair.
(CHRISTINE SOBS)
Sir Wilfrid, will you now read the letter
in question so that the jury may hear it?
"My beloved Max, an extraordinary
thing has happened."
"All our difficulties
may soon be solved."
"Leonard is suspected of murdering
the old lady I told you about."
"His only hope of an alibi
depends on me and me alone."
"Suppose I testify that he was not at
home with me at the time of the murder,"
that he came home with
blood on his sleeves,
"and that he even admitted to
me that he'd killed her?"
"Strange that he always said he
would never let me leave him."
"But now, if this succeeds,
he will be leaving me"
because they will
take him away forever
"and I shall be free and
yours, my beloved."
"I count the hours until we
are together. Christine."
Mrs Helm? Will you go
back to the witness box?
I now ask you again, Christine
Helm, did you write this letter?
Christine, tell him you didn't
write it. I know you didn't.
Please answer my question.
Did you write this letter?
Before answering, Mrs Helm,
I wish to warn you that the law regarding
perjury in this country is very severe.
If you have already committed
perjury in this courtroom,
I strongly advise you not
to add to your crime.
But, if this letter has
not been written by you,
then now is the time
to state this fact.
I wrote the letter.
(MUTTERING)
And that, my lord, is the
case for the defence.
I keep asking which is harder,
your head or your arteries?
Stop pressing your luck,
you're overdue.
We're all packed and ready. I hope
the jury won't take all afternoon.
I concede.
- Congratulations, here are your cigars.
- Not yet.
Come on, it's all over,
wrapped up neat and tidy.
- What's wrong?
- It's a little too neat, too tidy,
and altogether too symmetrical,
that's what's wrong with it.
- The jury is back.
- You're not worried about the verdict?
It's not their judgment
that worries me, it's mine.
Come along.
Where's my Wig?
The prisoner will stand up.
Members of the jury, are you
all agreed upon your verdict?
We are.
Do you find the prisoner at the
bar, Leonard Stephen Vole,
guilty or not guilty of the
murder of Emily Jane French?
Not guilty, m'lord.
(SHOUTING/GASPING)
Silence!
Silence!
Leonard Stephen Vole, you
have been found not guilty
of the murder of Emily
Jane French on October 14.
You are hereby discharged and
are free to leave the court.
Persons with anything more to
do before the queen's justices
of oyer and terminer
and jail delivery
for the jurisdiction of the Central
Criminal Court may depart the area.
Thank you. Yes, we'll talk later.
Thank you, Mr Mayhew.
Thank you, Mr Brogan-Moore. Carter.
Thank you, Sir Wilfrid, for everything.
You were wonderful.
- I'd say we were lucky all around.
- Yeah.
I have your belongings. Sign the receipt,
Mr Vole, and we can release you.
"Mr Vole." They didn't call
me Mr when they charged me.
- I'll go with you, I have your hat and coat.
- Let's go before they change their mind!
Chipper, isn't he? An hour ago,
he had one foot on the gallows
and the other on a banana peel.
You ought to be very proud,
Wilfrid. Aren't you?
Not yet. We've disposed
of the gallows,
but there's still that banana peel
somewhere, under somebody's foot.
(COMMOTION)
- WOMAN: Every word you said was a lie!
- MAN: You ought to be locked up! Liar!
You'd better wait here until we
get rid of that crowd, madam.
Thank you.
Ready, sir?
Miss Plimsoll will be waiting.
Let me finish the last of the cocoa while
I'm still beyond her jurisdiction.
Would you excuse me,
Brogan-Moore, Carter? Thank you.
I never thought you British could get
so emotional. Especially in public.
- I apologise for my compatriots.
- It's all right.
I don't mind being called names or pushed
around or even kicked in the shin.
But I have a ladder in
my last pair of nylons.
In case you are not familiar with our
prison regulations, no silk stockings.
Prison? Will I go to prison?
You heard the judge. You will
certainly be charged with perjury,
- tried for it, and to prison you shall go.
- Well, it won't be for life, will it?
If I were appearing for the
prosecution, it would be.
You loathe me, don't you?
Like the people outside.
What a wicked woman I am,
and how brilliantly you exposed me
and saved Leonard's life. The great
Sir Wilfrid Robarts did it again.
Well, let me tell you something.
You didn't do it alone. You had help.
What are you driving at?
I'm not driving at anything.
Leonard is free and we did it.
- We?
- Remember?
When you said that no jury would believe
an alibi given by a loving wife,
no matter how much she swore he was
innocent? That gave me the idea.
What idea?
The idea that I should be a witness, not
for my husband, but for the prosecution.
That I should swear Leonard was guilty
and that you should expose me as a liar
because only then would they
believe Leonard was innocent.
So now you know the whole
story, Sir Wilfrid.
I'll give yer something
to dream about, mister.
Want to kiss me, ducky?
I suspected something,
but not that.
- Never that!
- Thank you for the compliment.
It's been a long time since I acted
and I never played such a vital role.
All those blue letters!
It took me hours to write them,
to invent Max. There never was a Max.
There's never been
anyone but Leonard.
My dear, could you
not have trusted me,
worked with me truthfully and
honourably? We would have won.
I could not run that risk.
You thought he was innocent.
And you knew he was innocent.
I understand.
No, Sir Wilfrid, you do
not understand at all.
I knew he was guilty.
That can't be true! No!
Listen to me, once and for all.
He came home after ten,
he had blood on his sleeves,
he said he had killed the woman,
only I could save him. He pleaded.
And you saved him? A murderer?
Again, you don't understand.
I love him.
I told you she was an actress.
And a good one.
Leonard!
I knew she'd do something,
but I just didn't know what or how.
Leonard, Leonard.
- Fooled you completely, didn't she?
- It was you, Vole, who fooled me.
Oh, easy. Easy. We both got out of
this alive, let's stay this way.
- Where are your pills?
- You've made a mockery of English law.
Who did? You got me off and
I can't be tried again for this.
- That's English law too, isn't it?
- You can't touch him now. Nobody can.
The scales of justice may
tip one way or another,
but ultimately they balance out.
You'll pay for this.
Ultimately's a long way off. I'd rather pay
for it as soon as possible and in cash.
Suppose we double your fee? There'll be
lots of money once the will goes through.
I'm not cheap, I want everybody
to get something out of it.
There's Janet McKenzie.
We'll get her that new hearing aid.
And we'll get you a new one of these.
18-carat gold if they make them.
And when they try you for perjury
there'll be £5,000 for the defence.
I don't care, just so we'll be together.
You don't know what I've been through.
Standing in the witness box, having to
face you, saying I never loved you.
What is it, Leonard?
The luggage is in the car and we've only
20 minutes to catch the boat train.
This is a nice young lady
I met during the trial.
Len!
Oh, Len!
Len...
Oh, Len, they've been trying to keep
me away. It's had me nearly crazy.
Leonard, who's this girl?
I'm not this girl, I'm his girl.
Tell her, Len.
Leonard, is this the girl who was
with you in the travel bureau?
The girl you said you hardly knew,
didn't even know her name?
That's right. That's who I am and I know
all about you. You're not his wife.
Never have been. You're years older than
he is. We've been together for months
and we're going away on a cruise, just
like they said in court. Tell her, Len.
- Yes, Len, tell me yourself.
- All right, Diana, come along.
You can't, not after what
I've done. I won't let you.
I saved your life getting
you out of Germany,
you got me out of this mess,
so we're even. It's over now.
Don't, Leonard! Don't leave me!
Don't, Leonard! Don't!
Full yourself together. They'll
have you up for perjury.
Don't make it worse or they'll
try you as an accessory.
And you know what that means.
I don't care. Let them. Let them try me
for perjury, or an accessory, or...
- Ready?
- Or better yet...
let them try me for...!
Argh!
(DIANA SCREAMS)
(GOBS)
- Call a doctor.
- It's no use. No doctor can help now.
- What happened?
- She killed him.
Killed him?
She executed him.
of extremely becoming Bermuda shorts.
(LAUGHTER)
Wilfrid the fox! That's what we
call him and that's what he is.
Now, Mrs Helm, you've been kind
enough to identify your letter paper.
Now, if you like, I can have an
expert identify your handwriting.
Damn you!
- Damn you!
- Leave her alone!
- Damn you!
- Mrs Helm!
Let me go! Let me get
out of here! Let me go!
- Mrs Helm!
- Let me go!
Usher, get the witness a chair.
(CHRISTINE SOBS)
Sir Wilfrid, will you now read the letter
in question so that the jury may hear it?
"My beloved Max, an extraordinary
thing has happened."
"All our difficulties
may soon be solved."
"Leonard is suspected of murdering
the old lady I told you about."
"His only hope of an alibi
depends on me and me alone."
"Suppose I testify that he was not at
home with me at the time of the murder,"
that he came home with
blood on his sleeves,
"and that he even admitted to
me that he'd killed her?"
"Strange that he always said he
would never let me leave him."
"But now, if this succeeds,
he will be leaving me"
because they will
take him away forever
"and I shall be free and
yours, my beloved."
"I count the hours until we
are together. Christine."
Mrs Helm? Will you go
back to the witness box?
I now ask you again, Christine
Helm, did you write this letter?
Christine, tell him you didn't
write it. I know you didn't.
Please answer my question.
Did you write this letter?
Before answering, Mrs Helm,
I wish to warn you that the law regarding
perjury in this country is very severe.
If you have already committed
perjury in this courtroom,
I strongly advise you not
to add to your crime.
But, if this letter has
not been written by you,
then now is the time
to state this fact.
I wrote the letter.
(MUTTERING)
And that, my lord, is the
case for the defence.
I keep asking which is harder,
your head or your arteries?
Stop pressing your luck,
you're overdue.
We're all packed and ready. I hope
the jury won't take all afternoon.
I concede.
- Congratulations, here are your cigars.
- Not yet.
Come on, it's all over,
wrapped up neat and tidy.
- What's wrong?
- It's a little too neat, too tidy,
and altogether too symmetrical,
that's what's wrong with it.
- The jury is back.
- You're not worried about the verdict?
It's not their judgment
that worries me, it's mine.
Come along.
Where's my Wig?
The prisoner will stand up.
Members of the jury, are you
all agreed upon your verdict?
We are.
Do you find the prisoner at the
bar, Leonard Stephen Vole,
guilty or not guilty of the
murder of Emily Jane French?
Not guilty, m'lord.
(SHOUTING/GASPING)
Silence!
Silence!
Leonard Stephen Vole, you
have been found not guilty
of the murder of Emily
Jane French on October 14.
You are hereby discharged and
are free to leave the court.
Persons with anything more to
do before the queen's justices
of oyer and terminer
and jail delivery
for the jurisdiction of the Central
Criminal Court may depart the area.
Thank you. Yes, we'll talk later.
Thank you, Mr Mayhew.
Thank you, Mr Brogan-Moore. Carter.
Thank you, Sir Wilfrid, for everything.
You were wonderful.
- I'd say we were lucky all around.
- Yeah.
I have your belongings. Sign the receipt,
Mr Vole, and we can release you.
"Mr Vole." They didn't call
me Mr when they charged me.
- I'll go with you, I have your hat and coat.
- Let's go before they change their mind!
Chipper, isn't he? An hour ago,
he had one foot on the gallows
and the other on a banana peel.
You ought to be very proud,
Wilfrid. Aren't you?
Not yet. We've disposed
of the gallows,
but there's still that banana peel
somewhere, under somebody's foot.
(COMMOTION)
- WOMAN: Every word you said was a lie!
- MAN: You ought to be locked up! Liar!
You'd better wait here until we
get rid of that crowd, madam.
Thank you.
Ready, sir?
Miss Plimsoll will be waiting.
Let me finish the last of the cocoa while
I'm still beyond her jurisdiction.
Would you excuse me,
Brogan-Moore, Carter? Thank you.
I never thought you British could get
so emotional. Especially in public.
- I apologise for my compatriots.
- It's all right.
I don't mind being called names or pushed
around or even kicked in the shin.
But I have a ladder in
my last pair of nylons.
In case you are not familiar with our
prison regulations, no silk stockings.
Prison? Will I go to prison?
You heard the judge. You will
certainly be charged with perjury,
- tried for it, and to prison you shall go.
- Well, it won't be for life, will it?
If I were appearing for the
prosecution, it would be.
You loathe me, don't you?
Like the people outside.
What a wicked woman I am,
and how brilliantly you exposed me
and saved Leonard's life. The great
Sir Wilfrid Robarts did it again.
Well, let me tell you something.
You didn't do it alone. You had help.
What are you driving at?
I'm not driving at anything.
Leonard is free and we did it.
- We?
- Remember?
When you said that no jury would believe
an alibi given by a loving wife,
no matter how much she swore he was
innocent? That gave me the idea.
What idea?
The idea that I should be a witness, not
for my husband, but for the prosecution.
That I should swear Leonard was guilty
and that you should expose me as a liar
because only then would they
believe Leonard was innocent.
So now you know the whole
story, Sir Wilfrid.
I'll give yer something
to dream about, mister.
Want to kiss me, ducky?
I suspected something,
but not that.
- Never that!
- Thank you for the compliment.
It's been a long time since I acted
and I never played such a vital role.
All those blue letters!
It took me hours to write them,
to invent Max. There never was a Max.
There's never been
anyone but Leonard.
My dear, could you
not have trusted me,
worked with me truthfully and
honourably? We would have won.
I could not run that risk.
You thought he was innocent.
And you knew he was innocent.
I understand.
No, Sir Wilfrid, you do
not understand at all.
I knew he was guilty.
That can't be true! No!
Listen to me, once and for all.
He came home after ten,
he had blood on his sleeves,
he said he had killed the woman,
only I could save him. He pleaded.
And you saved him? A murderer?
Again, you don't understand.
I love him.
I told you she was an actress.
And a good one.
Leonard!
I knew she'd do something,
but I just didn't know what or how.
Leonard, Leonard.
- Fooled you completely, didn't she?
- It was you, Vole, who fooled me.
Oh, easy. Easy. We both got out of
this alive, let's stay this way.
- Where are your pills?
- You've made a mockery of English law.
Who did? You got me off and
I can't be tried again for this.
- That's English law too, isn't it?
- You can't touch him now. Nobody can.
The scales of justice may
tip one way or another,
but ultimately they balance out.
You'll pay for this.
Ultimately's a long way off. I'd rather pay
for it as soon as possible and in cash.
Suppose we double your fee? There'll be
lots of money once the will goes through.
I'm not cheap, I want everybody
to get something out of it.
There's Janet McKenzie.
We'll get her that new hearing aid.
And we'll get you a new one of these.
18-carat gold if they make them.
And when they try you for perjury
there'll be £5,000 for the defence.
I don't care, just so we'll be together.
You don't know what I've been through.
Standing in the witness box, having to
face you, saying I never loved you.
What is it, Leonard?
The luggage is in the car and we've only
20 minutes to catch the boat train.
This is a nice young lady
I met during the trial.
Len!
Oh, Len!
Len...
Oh, Len, they've been trying to keep
me away. It's had me nearly crazy.
Leonard, who's this girl?
I'm not this girl, I'm his girl.
Tell her, Len.
Leonard, is this the girl who was
with you in the travel bureau?
The girl you said you hardly knew,
didn't even know her name?
That's right. That's who I am and I know
all about you. You're not his wife.
Never have been. You're years older than
he is. We've been together for months
and we're going away on a cruise, just
like they said in court. Tell her, Len.
- Yes, Len, tell me yourself.
- All right, Diana, come along.
You can't, not after what
I've done. I won't let you.
I saved your life getting
you out of Germany,
you got me out of this mess,
so we're even. It's over now.
Don't, Leonard! Don't leave me!
Don't, Leonard! Don't!
Full yourself together. They'll
have you up for perjury.
Don't make it worse or they'll
try you as an accessory.
And you know what that means.
I don't care. Let them. Let them try me
for perjury, or an accessory, or...
- Ready?
- Or better yet...
let them try me for...!
Argh!
(DIANA SCREAMS)
(GOBS)
- Call a doctor.
- It's no use. No doctor can help now.
- What happened?
- She killed him.
Killed him?
She executed him.
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