A Time to Kill

Yeah! Go, buddy, go!

That baby's going scared. Ha-ha-ha.

Whoo! Yeah!

Hell, yeah!

-Excited, yeah? -Go, baby! Ooh!

Yeah!

I don't wanna do nothing--

We got her, bro. Here we go.

Give me one.

Get them, get them, get them.

Hey, boys!

How y'all doing today?

What are you looking at? You wanna get shot?

You wanna get shot? Woo-hoo!

Go, baby!

-Got it! -Pearl Harbor! Pearl Harbor!

Hey!

And here's another one.

Watch this, Billy Ray!

Hundred points!

Yeah!

-It's a beautiful day, isn't it? Uh-huh.

-Bye, Tonya. Bye.

Clean up that mess, boy.

-Pete, hungry? -Huh?

Hey. Ha-ha-ha.

-Oh, you're not having anything? -Yeah, I'm having them.

Course, it's shit.

- Bye, girls. - Bye, Daddy.

Let's go, Max.

Get in the house, pup. Harry Rex.

All those weekends, fishing, drinking, lounging...

...opportunities lost to do-it-yourself house renovations.

-Tragic, just tragic, Jake. -Yeah.

Makes Carla happy, my man.

Spent four marriages trying to figure out what makes women happy.

You have spent four marriages...

...trying to figure out what makes you happy, who you kidding?

Oh, yeah. Maybe that's it.

Yeah, maybe.

-Swiggy? -Lord, please let my car be fixed today.

Oh, dear.

Hey, who's that?

She looks a little young.

-Hold this. -What are you gonna do?

You know how I say if they're old enough to crawl, they're in the right position.

What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? You crazy.

Whoo! Yeah! Fifty points! Ha-ha-ha.

Yeah, you good, boy.

Shut up!

- Daddy! - Hey!

-Shut up. Daddy!

Shut up.

-I'll kill you. My turn.

- Daddy! - Shut up.

Daddy.

Yeah.

Mom! Mama!

Mom! Mama!

Mom!

Mama!

Mom.

-What is this? Groceries.

-Y'all didn't see her? No, ma'am.

Carl Lee! Stop!

-You got a call from your wife! -What? What?

How many appointments do we have today, Ethel?

Not a one.

But it is the 1st of the month again and guess what.

The checks are pouring in and we have enough money to pay all our past debts.

That'll be your last drink.

Just keep us no more than one month behind on any vendor, please.

Why, you have been drinking.

Two months.

Well, these are the most delinquent.

The rent's in there.

I appreciate the practice, capitán, I do, but you could've left me a couple of clients.

Baby, here's Daddy.

Oh, no.

I'm here, baby. Daddy's here.

Daddy, I'm sorry I dropped the groceries.

-That's all right, baby. It's all right, baby. -I'm sorry, Daddy.

That's all right.

Look at this.

Billy Ray?

Sorry, sir, but we don't allow no African-Americans in here. Ha, ha.

Billy Ray Cobb, you and Mr. Willard need to come with me.

Hell, no. I ain't moving.

-You know that little girl you took for a ride? Mm.

-What little girl? -I got bad news for you. She didn't die.

So unless there's another redneck asshole got a souped-up yellow pickup...

...with a Confederate flag in the windshield--

Blue gums, why don't you take your black ass out of here and grab a branch.

Unless you got an explanation for what this was doing in the bed of your truck...

...you're going to jail. Now, get up.

You can go to hell, nigger.

-Unh! Goddamn! Hey!

Now, you earned the right to remain silent.

-Here you go, just the way you like them. -Thank you.

-Dell, sugar, today I'm gonna have-- Go to hell, Harry.

On second thought, I'm just gonna watch baby eat his.

I am not the one who handled her divorce.

Can't she see I'm shriveling away here?

I'm shriveling.

-Say, Jake? -Yeah, what's up, Dwayne?

Didn't you defend Billy Ray Cobb few years back?

What kind of case was it?

Caught him selling dope.

Spent time in Parchman. Got out last year.

No, I think some Memphis lawyer handled that.

Why do you ask?

Well, we picked him up for rape. Him and Pete Willard.

Who'd they rape?

You know Carl Lee Hailey?

Sure, I defended his brother Lester.

It was his little girl.

Little Tonya?

Yeah.

How old is she?

She's 10.

Mr. Willard, I'm Sheriff Ozzie Walls.

My mama voted for you.

I seen you play for the Rams.

Way I figure, a nigger sheriff's okay, been on TV and all.

No offense.

What's your full name?

James Lewis Willard.

Four, which is a difference of 110.60.

Who's there?

Carl Lee.

How is she?

She holding on.

Doctor says she ain't out of the woods yet, though.

They worked her over something good, Jake.

You remember them four white boys raped that little black girl in the Delta last year?

Yeah.

They, uh....

They got off, didn't they?

Yeah.

Jake....

I was in a jam, you'd help me out, wouldn't you?

Sure, Carl Lee.

What kind of jam you talking about?

You got a daughter, Jake.

What would you do?

Dream some good dreams, baby girl.

Good night, Daddy.

Night, baby.

-Is she asleep? -Yeah.

-Is she the sweetest thing? -Yeah, she is.

Next to you.

Tell you what, I look at her, though, and I cannot help but think about little Tonya.

Don't.

Don't do that to yourself.

Yeah.

Something else wrong?

Tonya's father...

...Carl Lee Hailey...

...came by the office today.

Man's heart is torn wide open, baby.

I don't know, but...

...sounded to me like he was thinking about doing something.

Like what?

Something like maybe killing those two boys.

Was he serious?

I don't know. I don't know.

It could've been just the hurt talking, you know?

But when you think that it's possible that those two animals could...

...go free...

...and be walking the streets....

I....

I don't know.

After what that man has been through, he's probably capable of anything.

Somebody should do something.

You should call Sheriff Walls.

Yeah.

To release the owner from assessment.

I hope I'm having a heart attack because then I'd get to sue you.

Don't stand on ceremony, come on in.

What? No clients?

Just waiting to pick yours up on appeal, Harry.

And you, are you on vacation?

Fortunately for me, my lovely...

...divorce doesn't go on vacation.

However...

...not even the richest, most ridiculous settlement I ever bring in...

...is gonna be as satisfying as watching those two hyenas...

...across the street get what's coming to them.

Oh, dear.

You know I'm a fool for those, um, German-type convertibles.

Come on, lover boy, let's get to court.

Lucien thinks the two hyenas just might get off.

You saw Lucien?

When? Where?

How is he?

Has he been eating any better?

Just curious.

Um, Miss Ethel...

...refresh my recollection, how long were you and Lucien together for exactly?

We were never together.