State call for a rebuttal witness. Left hand on the bible, raise your right hand and swear
to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God!
[Velma Kelly]
And then some!
[Court clerk]
Have a seat.
[Martin Harrison]
Would you state your name for the record please.
[Velma Kelly]
Velma Kelly.
[Martin Harrison]
Miss Kelly, would you please tell the court the object l'm holding is the one
you happened to come upon in the defendant�s jailcell?
[Velma Kelly]
Yes, it is.
[Martin Harrison]
I submit this as appendix �X�. Roxie Hart's diary.
[Billy Flynn]
I object! My client never kept a diary. Even if she did, this would be
invasion of privacy and violation of fourth amendment and illegal search
without a warrant.
[Roxie Hart]
Yeah, and she broke the lock.
[The Judge]
Order! Well, that settles that. I'll allow it.
[Roxie Hart]
What's the big deal? It�s just a bunch of doodlings.
[The Judge]
If you would read for us, Miss Kelly.
[Velma Kelly]
I haven't worked in a while. "What a laugh, plugging Fred Casely. The big
baboon had a comin�. I'm just sorry I only got to kill him once."
[Roxie Hart]
I never wrote that. You... Hey, she made that up. She made that up!
[The Judge]
Order! Please, Mr. Flynn, get control of your client.
[Billy Flynn]
I'm sorry, you honor. It won't happen again. Sit down and shut up.
You�re only making it worse.
[Martin Harrison]
I have no more questions.
[The Judge]
Your witness, Mr. Flynn.
[Announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen, a tap dance.
[Billy Flynn]
Tell me, Miss Kelly, you make a deal with Mr. Harrison maybe to drop all
charges against you if you testify here today?
[Velma Kelly]
Oh, sure. I'm not a complete idiot.
[Billy Flynn]
Good. Since you gave such an impressive performance for Mr. Harrison, maybe, you
coulddo me the same honor?
[Velma Kelly]
I'd be delighted.
[Billy Flynn]
Thank you.
[Velma Kelly]
"Fred Casely assured me to get me an audition down at the Onyx. And then he
reneged on his pledge and that's my motive for attack."
[Billy Flynn]
Pretty fancy way of saying he�s a big fat liar who welched on a deal so I
shot him.
"Amos accused me of having an affair. So I told him that the charge was
erroneous."
[Martin Harrison]
Objection, your honor. Mr. Flynn is twisting the evidence to draw conclusion
to his own specious and...
[Billy Flynn]
Erroneous?
[Martin Harrison]
Exactly.
[The Judge]
Order! Order!
[Billy Flynn]
Miss Kelly, do you know the meaning of the word perjury?
[Velma Kelly]
Yes, l do.
[Billy Flynn]
You also know that is a crime?
[Velma Kelly]
Yes.
[Billy Flynn]
And for example if it turns out you knew this diary was a fake, I�d hate to think
of you rotting away in prison for the next 10 years especially when you just won
your freedom.
[Velma Kelly]
Look, all I know is what I was told.
[Billy Flynn]
So... you didn't find this diary in Roxie's cell?
[Velma Kelly]
No. Mama... Miss Morton gave it to me. She said someone sent it to her.
[Billy Flynn]
Someone? Any idea who this mysterious benefactor might be?
[Velma Kelly]
No. She didn't know.
[Billy Flynn]
All right, let's work this out. Someone who writes about reneging on pledges.
And... erroneous charges... Call me crazy, doesn�t that sound like a lawyer to
you? A lawyer, who honestly has a sample of my client's handwriting.
Mr. Harrison, didn�t you have Roxie write out a confession for you?
[Martin Harrison]
Yes, but you're not suggesting that I tempered with evidence, are you?
[Billy Flynn]
No, let's not be ridiculous. That's absurd. But now that you mention it.
[Martin Harrison]
Your honor, this is outrageous.
[Billy Flynn]
Outrageous? Yes. That the prosecutor would make a thief bargain with the
nutoriousVelma Kelly. And then fabricated the very evidence and set her free!
[Martin Harrison]
Your honor.
[The Judge]
Mr. Flynn, I�ll hold you in contempt.
[Billy Flynn]
No, it's not even conceivable. But had it worked? Wouldn�t this be time to say,
Come clean, Mr. Harrison, come clean. Even in Chicago, this kind of corruption.
I cannot stand, will not stand!
[The Judge]
That's enough, Mr. Flynn!
[Billy Flynn]
I agree, your honor. That is enough!
The defense rests.
[Mary Sunshine]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mary Sunshine reporting live from the Cooke
County Courthouse. The city of Chicago has come to a complete stand still.
As the trial of century finally draws to a close. Mrs. Hart sits quietly at the
defense table, hands folded. What fate has installed for her? There's hassles
over the courtroom as the 12 men of the jury move back slowly to their seats.
[The Judge]
Gentlemen of jury, have you reached a verdict?
[The Jury]
We have, your honor.
[Mary Sunshine]
The jury has reached a verdict.
[The judge]
The defendant please rise. What is your verdict?
[The Jury]
We, the jury, find the defendant...
[Boy]
Roxie Hart is innocent! She's innocent! Roxie Hart is free! (shot gun)
[Reporter]
Come on! Move it! She shoots her husband and then she plugged the lawyer!
[Roxie Hart]
Hey, don't you wanna take my picture? Hey, I'm the famous Roxie Hart.
Hey, what happened? What the hell happened?
[Billy Flynn]
It's Chicago, kid. You can't beat fresh blood on the walls.
[Roxie Hart]
What about my publicity, Billy? My name on the papers. I was counting on that.
[Billy Flynn]
Your attitude is not the one I get. I just saved your life.
[Roxie Hart]
Yeah, and you got $5,000. What do I get? I get nothing.
[Billy Flynn]
Five? Actually it's ten once I collect from Velma.
[Roxie Hart]
I get nothing?
[Billy Flynn]
Oh, Don't forget your blessed diary. I hope you don�t mind. I added a few
erroneous phrases in there. Sorry, I couldn't tell you. Couldn�t Take a chance.
Never lost a case. You're a free woman, Roxie Hart. And God save lllinois.
[Amos Hart]
Roxie.
[Roxie Hart]
What do you want?
[Amos Hart]
I want you to come home. You said you still wanted to... and the baby...
[Roxie Hart]
Baby, what baby? Oh, Jesus. What do you take me for? There ain't no baby.
[Amos Hart]
There ain't no baby?
[Roxie Hart]
They didn't even want my picture. I just can't understand that. What didn't
they even want my picture?
It's good,
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?
Isn't it, fun?
Isn't it?
Nowadays
[Announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Roxie Hart says Good Night.
[Roxie Hart]
There's men,
Everywhere jazz,
Everywhere booze,
Everywhere life,
Everywhere joy,
Everywhere
Nowadays
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good,
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?
Isn't it, fun?
Isn't it...
But nothing
stays
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
[Man I]
Didn't she kill a guy a while back?
[Man II]
Yeah, who can keep it straight anymore?
[Roxie Hart]
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good,
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?
Isn�t it -
[Man I]
That's great. We'll keep in touch.
[Roxie Hart]
You know I'm not quite finished yet.
I have a...
Wait, don't go.
I could...
just a second...
Goddamn it!
Thank you!
[Announcer]
Here's your music, honey.
[Roxie Hart]
Thanks.
[Velma Kelly]
You know you're really pretty good.
[Roxie Hart]
Yeah. That and a dime. What are you doing here?
[Velma Kelly]
I've been making around.
[Roxie Hart]
Well, if it was up to you, I'll be swinging by now.
[Velma Kelly]
Come on, I knew Billy would get you off. You should learn how to put things behind
you.
[Roxie Hart]
Thank you. I'll put that at the top of my list right after finding a job and an
apartment with a John.
[Velma Kelly]
Can you just shut up and listen to me?
[Roxie Hart]
Boy, You really are something. Coming in here like some goddamn queen bee, all
full of advice for a poor slop like me. Well, Let me tell you something, Miss Velma Kelly.
I got a new life now. And one of the best things about it, is it don't include you.
[Velma Kelly]
Fine. Ijust thought we could help each other out.
[Roxie Hart]
Well, you thought wrong, didn't you?
[Velma Kelly]
Listen to me. I talked to this guy in downtown. He says one Jazz babe is
nothing these days, but two... We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about
it, Roxie. Our faces back in the papers and names in the market. Velma Kelly and
Roxie Hart.
[Roxie Hart]
Should it be alphabetical?
[Velma Kelly]
That could work.
[Roxie Hart]
A couple hundred? Maybe we can ask for a thou?
[Velma Kelly]
We're worth it.
[Roxie Hart]
Forget it, it'll never work.
[Velma Kelly]
Why not?
[Roxie Hart]
'Cause I hate you.
[Velma Kelly]
There's only one business in the world that's no problem at all.