The Godfather: Part II 教父2 1974 Movie Script

SENATOR KANE:

Mr. Corleone, do you have any hotel interests in the state of Arizona?

Or any gambling interests in that state?

MICHAEL:

I do not.

SENATOR KANE:

Do you have interests or control over gambling and narcotics in the state of New York.

MICHAEL:

I do not.

A pause. Silence, as the Chairman whispers something to his assistant.

Tom Hagen takes a paper out of his briefcase, and addresses the Chair.

HAGEN:

Senator, my client would like to read a statement for the record.

SENATOR KANE:

I don't think that's necessary.

HAGEN:

Sir, my client has answered every question asked by this committee with the utmost cooperation and sincerity. He has not taken that Fifth Amendment as it was his right to do, and which because of the extreme legal complexity of this hearing, counsel advised him to do.

So, I think in all fairness this committee should hear his statement and put it in the record.

SENATOR KANE:

Very well.

At this point Senator Rogers contemptuously walks out of the hearing room.

MICHAEL:

(reading) In the hopes of clearing my family name, in the sincere desire to give my children their fair share of the American way of life without a blemish on their name and background I have appeared before this committee and given it all the cooperation in my power. I consider my being called before this committee an act of prejudice to all Americans of Italian extraction.

I consider it a great dishonor to me personally to have to deny that I am a criminal. I wish to have the following noted for the record.

That I served my country faithfully and honorably in World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in defense of my country. That I have never been arrested or indicted for any crime whatsoever... that no proof linking me to any criminal conspiracy, whether it is called Mafia or Cosa Nostra or whatever other name you wish to give, has ever been made public. Only one man has made charges against me, and that man is known to be a murderer, arsonist and rapist. And yet this committee had used this person to besmirch my name. My personal protest can only be made to the people of this country. I can only thank God that in this country we have a legal system and courts of law to protect innocent people from wild accusation. I thank God for our democratic due process of Law that shields me from the false charges made by this committee's witness. I have not taken refuge behind the Fifth Amendment, though counsel advised me to do so. I challenge this committee to produce any witness or evidence against me, and if they do not, I hope they will have the decency to clear my name with the same publicity with which they have now besmirched it. I ask this without malice, in the interests of fair play.

The television cameras have documented this moment, as Hagen hands the document over to the committee lawyer.

SENATOR ROGERS:

We are all impressed. The committee will now recess over the weekend.

However, it will continue Monday morning, at eleven a.m. At that time, this committee will then produce a witness directly linking Mr. Corleone to the charges we have made. And then, Mr. Corleone may very well by liable for indictments of perjury. However, this document will be made a matter of record.

EXT. ARMY POST - DAY An army post somewhere in the East. It is safely guarded.

INT. HOUSE ON THE POST - DAY where Pentangeli is being held by his constant companions, the two FBI MEN.

PENTANGELI:

Ten to one shot, you said. Ten to one shot in my favor, and I lose.

FBI MAN #1 Get a good night's sleep. We got a new suit, new shirt, new tie, and I'm going to shave you myself.

Tomorrow we want you to look respectable for fifty million of your fellow Americans.

PENTANGELI:

My life won't be worth a nickel after tomorrow.