Law & Order (TV Series)

Scoundrels (1994)

Larry Pine: Edward St. John

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• Jack McCoy : [cross-examining]  How many people have you swindled, Mr Tappan?

  Willard Tappan : None.

  Jack McCoy : How many people have you been **convicted** of swindling?

  Willard Tappan : Fourteen thousand.

  Jack McCoy : Fourteen thousand people, lied to when they bought bonds in North River Savings and Loan?

  Edward St. John : Objection: argumentative.

  Jack McCoy : Addresses credibility.

  Judge Herman Mooney : Overruled.

  Jack McCoy : Why should anyone believe anything you tell them now, since you've been convicted of lying fourteen thousand times?

• Edward St. John : You hate Willard Tappan, don't you?

  John Curren : Yes.

  Edward St. John : Wouldn't you lie to hurt him?

  John Curren : No,

  Edward St. John : Oh, really? You get off easy for a murder that you committed, and the man you hate goes to jail for the rest of his life. Isn't that perfect?

  John Curren : Perfect? Perfect would have been if I'd never heard of him, because, you see, then I would be living in a three-bedroom house in a nice neighborhood, and I would be able to watch my children riding their bicycles in the driveway!

  Edward St. John : But Mr. Tappan took all that away from you.

  John Curren : For him I guess it was just another zero on a list of numbers. For us, it was everything.