The Criminal Code

Mark Brady:
[as a pretty witness puts up her skirt to show her leg] Never mind that. Pull down the shade.

Mark Brady:
The criminal code is my bible.

Mark Brady:
[to Graham] Tough luck, Bob, but that's the way they break sometimes. You got to take them the way they fall.

'Mac' McManus:
[Noticing that the trustee barber shaving Brady is a former cutthroat] Say, you know who that barber is.

Mark Brady:
Yeah, sure I do.

'Mac' McManus:
You better lay off and grow a beard!

State's Attorney:
Now, there was a killing out here over a week ago. So far there's been no inquest. Th-the coroner's done his duty. He's been out here three times. We've sworn in a jury, packed them out here in a bus, and had to pack them back again. Each time you've asked for a postponement. You wouldn't let us see this fellow Graham, and you refused to testify yourself. All we know about the case is what comes out in the newspapers.

Mark Brady:
Yeah, and that's not much.

State's Attorney:
Not much? A man's dead and somebody's got to pay!

Mark Brady:
An eye for an eye!

State's Attorney:
That's the basis and foundation of our criminal code, Mr. Brady. That's the law.

Mark Brady:
[Referring to the State's Attorney after he's left the room] Fathead!

[He takes a cigar and after a pause]

Mark Brady:
Fathead!

Mark Brady:
Seven witnesses, and they all check on material points.

Lew:
Open and shut, eh?

Mark Brady:
Like a knife!

Mark Brady:
An eye for an eye. That's the basis and foundation of the criminal code. Somebody's got to pay!

Mary Brady:
What good is it to save a man if you destroy him while you're doing it?

Mark Brady:
Yeah, I thought of that myself.

Mary Brady:
Prison is full of men like that with broken minds and souls. What good is it to save a man for that when he'd be better off dead?

Mark Brady:
Yes, I've thought of that too.