"What do you think the hell this is?" "You, you're up in 5." "Keep the change, Charlie." "Thank you." "Where the hell have you been?" "And where is Veronica?" "She's on stalked tonight." "But tonight's your sister act." "Don't sweat it. I'll do it alone." "Shit!" "All right!" "Move it!" "Hurry up!" "Ladies and gentlemen, the Onyx club proudly presents Chicago's hottest show." "Two Jazz babes moving as one." "The Kelly sisters!" "Let's go, babe." "But I didn't even meet your friend." "That manager guy." "Don't worry, Roxie." "It's all taken care of." "You told him about me?" "Yeah, I did. lt's all moving." "Hello, Mrs. Borusewicz." "Mrs." "Hart." "This is Fred." "He's my brother." "Say it again." "You're a star, kid." "My little shooting star!" "Say it again, Fred." "Jesus." "Hey, why is the hurry?" "Amos ain't be home until midnight." "Freddie?" "Fred?" "Hey, you know, I don't want you to feel like I'm nagging or anything." "But don't you think it's about time for me to meet your friend down at the Onyx?" "It's been a month since you told him about me." "I know." "Cause that was the night they met Kelly, plus her husband and her sister." "You know, they said you found them in a kit together." "Guess from where it from." "Amos opened it to somebody else." "I throw him a party." "You're not going away, right?" "lt's getting late." "I've been thinking a lot about my anthem." "Whenever I get a good idea, I write it down at my diary before it puts off in my head." "And you know what've come to me?" "The other day, that all the really knock-out acts." "Have something more different going on, you know?" "Like, a signature bed." "And I thought my thing could be a loaf." "Give them just enough to feel hungry but always leave them one more." "Once I get a name for myself." "Maybe we can open up a club in Varum, you know?" "You could run it, and I could be the headliner." "Get off." "What's the idea?" "Wake up, kiddo, you aren't never gonna have an act." "Who says so?" "Face it, Roxie." "You're two big towers with skinny legs." "And I'm just a furniture salesman." "But you got connections." "You know, that guy down the club..." "There's no guy." "Yeah, that night... lt's the first time I set foot in that joint." "I get clicked from the trombone player." "So you never told anyone about me?" "Sugar, you're hot stuff." "I would say anything to get a piece of that." "Stay then." "Now?" "It has some laughs." "Let's just leave it like that." "Fred..." "You can't do this to me." "You get off!" "You touch me again, I'll put your lights out." "Wait..." "Your husband will be home soon, why don't you watch yourself." "Don't head into shit again." "You're a liar, Fred." "Oh, yeah, so what?" "You lied to me..." "That's right, sweetheart." "That's right." "You son of a bitch..." "Son of a bitch!" "You son of a bitch!" "Why you bothering, Sal?" "This one's all wrapped up." "I hear it's a new city record." "From killing to confession in an hour for that." "Why did you get a murder weapon?" "I keep a gun in the underway drawer." "Just in case it trouble, you know." "That's just fine." "Sign right there, Mr. Hart." "For you, I'm gladly." "Really in gladly." "And mind that you don't say we beat you up when you at the witness stand." "No, I give myself up." "Surrender at my own free will." "It's indeed you're the murderer." "Shooting a burglar ain't murder." "I'm always grateful if the citizens know the law." "Get him there." "You too." "Sit down." "Okay, from the top." "A man has got the right to protect his home and his love one, right?" "Of course he has." "I come home from the garage, I see him climbing through the window." "With my wife Roxie lying there, sleeping like an angel." "is that true, Mrs. Hart?" "I'm telling you, that's the truth." "My wife has nothing to do with it." "She won't hurt a worm." "Not even a worm." "Until I fired the first shot, then she opened her eyes." "She was somehow in sleep." "I would say she sleeps in charisma pray." "When I think of what would happen if I went off for a beer with the guy instead of coming straight home, it makes me sick even think about it..." "For her first number, Ms. Roxie Hart would like to sing a song of Loving Devotion." "Dedicated to her dear husband, Amos." "Like I said, even though I shot him, he kept coming at me." "So I had to pull the trigger again." "And supposed if... just supposed if he violated her or something." "You know what I mean, violated?" "I know what you mean." "Or something." "Think how terrible it'd have been." "It's good thing I got home from work on time. I'm telling you that." "I say I'm telling you that." "The name of deceased is Fred Casely." "Fred Casely?" "How could he be a burglar?" "My wife knows him." "He sold us our furniture." "He gave us 10% off." "You told me he was the burglar?" "You mean he was dead when you ot home?" "I'm covering for her." "She was telling me some story about this burglar." "And I'd say I did it because I was sure to get off." ""Help me, Amos." she said, "lt's my goddamn hour-need."" "And I believed that cheap little tramp." "She's too smart on me, huh?" "And I protected her... I'm on the garage with my butt 14 hours a day." "And she's now promoted to a bon-bon?" "And traveling around like some goddamn pussy!" "She thought she can pull the world by that I wasn't pulled yet." "I tell you that something that I can take." "And this time she pushed me too far." "I didn't shoot him." "The woman is sucks!" "You double-crosser!" "You big bluffer mouth!" "You promised you'd stay..." "What're you talking about?" "You've been setting me up, Roxie!" "Goddamn it!" "You told me it was a burglar!" "The whole time you've been jazzing..." "You are a disloyal husband!" "Look, it's true. I shoot him." "But it was self-defense." "He was trying to burgle me." "From what I hear, he's been burgled you three times a week for the last month." "So what do you say, Mrs.?" "That's him, all right." "Thank you." "Your story doesn't work, Mrs. Hart." "So try this emphasize." "Fred Casely was a good time on the side but goofy here is a meal ticket." "Meal ticket?" "He couldn't buy my liquor." "And Fred Casely could?" "With a wife and five little Caselys?" "Or he forgot to mention them." "What?" "Oh, yes." "That bastard!" "Yes, I killed him." "I would kill him again!" "Once was enough." "Take her downtown." "Come on." "Take off!" "This way, honey." "Oh, come on. lt's a shame to hide such a beautiful face." "Why you shoot him, honey?" "Why don't you give a profile, a little smile like the girl in the toothpaste ad?" "Take while you can." "The case is down." "District attorney Harrison says this is a hanging case." "Hanging?" "l'm reay to go to the jury tomorrow." "Wait a minute, what do you mean hanging?" "Not so confident anymore, are you?" "Take her to the Cooke County Jail." "Come on, sweetie." "Headline." "What did you shoot him?" "is it..." "Hey, what do you mean hanging?" "...Caffeine or cocaine?" "Arm length. 31 inches..." "The matrons are on the way." "So don't get too cozy." "Put off that cigarettes!" "Ever had Morton before?" "She's fine... as long as you keep her happy." "And now, ladies and gentlemen." "The keeper of the keys, the counties of the clink, the mistress of murderers' row." "Matron Mama Morton!" "On your feet." "Welcome, ladies." "You might think I'd make your life a living hell, which is not true." "I'd be your friend if you let me." "So if something upsets you or makes you unhappy in any way, don't shoot your fat-ass mouth on me 'cause I won't give a shit." "Now move it out." "Let's go!" "You must be Hart." "You're a pretty one." "Thank you, ma'am." "Why don't you call me Mama?" "We can take care of you." "You'd be happy taken down in these blocks." "Murderers' Row, we called it." "Oh, is that nicer?" "I don't think I really belong in it." "I didn't actually do anything wrong." "Don't need to tell me, honey." "I never heard of a man getting killed." "Hey, mama." "Come here." "Velma Kelly?" "You're the Velma Kelly?" "You know I was there that night?" "I was there that night that you got arrested." "Yeah, you're happy in Chicago." "Look at this, Mama." "Another story of announcing me in Redbook magazine." "Not in memory do we recall so finishing horrible in double homicide." "Maybe you couldn't buy that kind of publicity." "Couldn't buy it?" "I guess I can keep these then." "Let's try." "Mama?" "It's... kinda freezing in here." "You don't think maybe there's something wrong with the heat?" "Not that I'm complaining, but... you know... lf you can bring something on the way..." "Lights out, ladies." "And now, the six merry murderers from the Cooke county jail in their rendition of The Seven-block Tango." "You know how people have these little habit that get you down." "Like, Bernie." "Bernie likes to chew gum." "No, not chew." "Pop." "So I came home this one day, and I'm really irritated." "I'm looking for a little bit sympathy." "And there's Bernie, lying on the couch, drinking a beer and chewing." "No, not chewing." "Popping!" "So I said to him, "You pop that gum one more time..."" "And he did." "So I took the shotgun of the wall and I fired two warning shots... into his head." "I met Ezekial Young from Suntex City about two years ago." "And he told me he was single." "And we hit it off right away." "We started living together." "He got to work." "He came home." "I fixed him a drink." "We did dinner." "And then I found out." "Single, he told me." "Single my ass!" "Not only he was married, oh no, he has 6 wives." "One of those moments, you know." "So that night when he came home from work, I fixed him his drink, as usual." "You know some guy just can't hold their ass in it." "Now I'm standing in the kitchen." "Cooking a chicken for dinner, minding my own business." "In storm my husband Wilbur in a jealous rage." ""You've been screwing the milkman," he said." "He was crazy." "And he kept on screaming, "You've been screwing the milkman!"" "And he ran into my knife." "He ran into my knife 10 times." "Yeah, but did she do it?" "Not guilty!" "My sister Veronica and I had this double act." "And my husband Charlie traveled around with this." "Nevertheless, the number in our act we did these 20 acrobatic tricks in a row." "1 . 2. 3. 4. 5." "Split." "Spread eagle." "Back flip." "Flip-flop..." "One right after the other." "So this one night before the show, we were down in the hotel, Sisera." "The three of us spoofing, having a few laughs." "And we ran out of ice." "So I go out to get some." "I come back." "Open the door." "And there's Veronica and Charlie, doing number 17:" "the spread eagle!" "Well, I was in such a static shock." "I completely blacked out." "I can't remember a thing." "It was until later, when I was washing the blood of my hands, I even knew they were dead!" "I love Al Lipschitz more than I could possibly say." "He was a real artistic guy." "Sensitive." "A painter." "But he was always trying to find himself." "He goes out every night looking for himself and on the way... he found Ruth," "Gladies, Rosemary, and Irving." "I guess you could say we broke a bit artistic differences." "He saw himself is alive." "And I saw him dead." "Who brings along them?" "lt doesn't belong to you." "Who then?" "Heard they were Velma's." "Hunyak does all her laundry for a week." "Fresh towels for change." "Make it quick." "...I can take care of you." "There're a couple of things, let me analyze to you." "Now, Billy Flynn set a travel on March 5th." "March 7th, you would be quit." "On March 8th, you know what Mama gonna do for you?" "Mama gonna put you back on the Vonville circus." "So now you're an agent too?" "Until you install private line in your cell, all calls are gonna go through me." "What kind of dough are we talking about?" "You know, it's a crazy world." "I mean, Babe Ruth is playing in palace for $5,000 a week." "Yeah." "And what about someone with real talent?" "Well, I can talk to the boys over Wianmarx." "With your recent sensation activity, they seems of thinking to give you $2,500." "$2,500?" "Geez, the most me and Veronica made is 35,000." "That's what happens when you have a Redbook presentation." "You know what, Mama?" "I always wanted to play in big Gym Conesus most." "Do you think you can get me that?" "The Gyms?" "I don't know." "It gonna take you another phone call." "How much is that gonna cost?" "Come on, Velma. I feel about you." "You're like family to me." "You're like one of my own." "l'll do for 50 bucks." "50 bucks for a phone call?" "You must've got a lot of wrong numbers, Mama." "Oh, Miss Kelly." "That's your personals." "Oh, no. lt's my pleasure." "Hey, listen." "Can I ask you something?" "You know that Harrison guy?" "He said that what I've done is a hanging case and he's prepared to ask for the maximum penalty." "Yeah?" "So?" "So, I'm scared." "I'm sure would appreciate some advice, especially from someone I admire as much as you." "Since I can remember, I have wanted to be on the stage." "Really?" "What's your talent?" "Washing and drying?" "No. I dance in the chorus." "That was before I met my husband..." "Look, honey, you want some advice?" "Here it is, direct from me to you." "Keep your pawns off my underwear, okay?" "Yeah, okay." "Thanks... for nothing." "She's not that nice, ain't she?" "I tell you, no matter how big she gives, she's still as common as ever." "I'd like to help you, baby." "Take aloft." "So, what do you figure to use it for grounds?" "What do you mean grounds?" "What are you gonna tell the jury?" "I'm afraid I have to tell him the truth." "The truth?" "Yeah." "That's the one we take you to the death house." "Holy mother of God." "Relax. I mean, in this town, murder is a formal entertainment." "Besides, in 47 years Cooke County never hangs a woman yet." "So even it's 47 and 1, they won't hang you." "Jesus Mary Joseph." "It's nothing wrong with the people." "What you need, is Billy Flynn." "Who?" "Billy Flynn." "Some of the best criminal lawyer in Illinois." "He knows about juries and women." "How do you get this Billy Flynn?" "Not by prayer, dear." "First, you give me a hundred dollars." "Then I'll make a phone call." "A hundred dollars?" "Will you just... I mean, it seems pretty stiff for a phone call." "Over these work that we sent, he never lost a case for a female client yet." "And a sweet little puss like yours, let's just say what a blindness you got." "He never lost a case?" "Never." "Every girl in this place would kill to have Billy Flynn representing them." "Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the silver tongue, prince of the courtroom, the one and only..." "Billy Flynn!" "Good morning, ladies." "Not guilty!" "You tell him, sweetheart." "Excuse me, gentlemen." "Miss Kelly, do you remember anything at all about that night?" "I passed out." "I can't remember a thing." "Only that I didn't do it." "Any idea who did it?" "No." "But my client is offering a substantial reward to anyone with information about this crime." "How much is the reward, Miss Kelly?" "l don't know, how much?" "We'll work it out after the trial." "Now, if there's no more question, Miss Kelly and I have got a lot of work to do." "Flynn, what is that about the reward?" "If the reporters ask again, deny the whole thing later on." "Thank you!" "One more question..." "Mr." "Flynn, I'm Roxie Hart." "Who?" "Roxie Hart, you heard about me." "Oh, yeah." "The cute one." "I was hoping that you might represent me." "You have $5,000?" "That's a lot of money." "Mama didn't say anything about $5,000." "Okay, Mr. Flynn." "I'm not very good at this sort of thing, but..." "Maybe we could make some sort of arrangement between us." "And I can be an awfully good sport." "Good, you got the idea system." "Listen, you mean just one thing to me." "You call me when you got $5,000." "Oh, he'll see you now." "Hello, Andy." "Amos, my name is Amos." "That's right." "Take a seat." "You know, you're a remarkable man." "Who has two times used." "Pluck the guy and try to pick it on you." "Most men are gonna dim like that swing." "But no, you're sticking by her." "Actually you're a hero in my eyes." "That's right. I'm a hero." "Did you bring the money?" "I didn't do as well as I hoped." "But, I will, Mr. Flynn. I will." "This is only a thousand." "Plus this 300 l borrow from the guy down at the garage, and the 700 from the building in Long Fund." "$2,000?" "And that's all I got so far." "But I'd give you $20 of my salary every week." "I'd give you a note with interest." "Double, triple, until every cent is paid, I promise." "You came to me yesterday, I didn't ask you if she's guilty." "I didn't ask if she's innocent." "I didn't ask you if she's drunk, or a dope, no!" "All I said was, do you have $5,000?" "You said yes!" "But you don't have $5,000!" "So I figure you're a dirty liar and I don't waste my time with dirty liars." "Look... I'm really sorry, Mr. Flynn." "On the other hand, your devotion to your wife is really very touching." "I'll take your wife's case." "And I'll keep it." "Because I play square." "Now look, I don't like to blow my own horn." "But believe me." "If Jesus Christ lives in Chicago today and if he had $5,000 and he come to me, things would have turn out differently." "All right, this is what we gonna do." "At the end of the week, I'm gonna have Roxie's name at the front page of every newspapers in town." "Sweetest little Jazz killer in Chicago." "That's the angle I'm after." "You make an announcement, we're gonna have an auction." "Tell them we gotta raise some money for the defense." "They'll buy everything that she touched." "Everything." "Your shoes, your dresses, your perfumes, your underwear." "And the trolled records." "Like the one I was playing when I shot the bastard." "I didn't hear that." "Not that I didn't have ground to remind you." "Hey, what are they?" "When we go to trial, nobody is gonna care a lick what your defense is unless they care about you." "So first thing we gotta do is work up some sympathy from the press." "And I'll push you like some Mary Sunshine." "But there was one thing they can never resist." "And that is a reformed sinner." "So tell me, what's your favourite subject in school?" "There must be something that you're really good at." "I got high marks in courtesy in Hygiene." "Perfect, you wanted to be a nun." "A nun?" "When were you born?" "On a chicken farm outside Lopac." "Beautiful setting home, feel every luxury in refinement." "Where're your parents now?" "Probably on front port on Genre..." "They're dead." "Family fortune swept away." "You're educated as a sacred heart." "Then you fell into a runaway marriage." "Left you miserable, alone, unhappy." "Of course you got all swept up in a mad world, the city." "Jazz, cabarets, liquors." "You're drawn like a moth to the flame." "A moth?" "Now the man sees and you're a butterfly." "Crushed on a wheel!" "Wait, what did you say?" "is it the moth or the butterfly?" "You have sin in your soul." "God, that's beautiful." "Cut out God." "Stay with your battle acquainted." "Kid, when I'm through with you, not only will you be acquainted, you can remain on the jury." "I wanna take you home to meet his mother." "I was born on a beautiful Southern corn dent." "What?" "Holy shit!" "I'd never gotta get this straight!" "Pipe down and swearing." "Look, from here on," "You'd say nothing wrong." "Now try it again." "l was born on..." "Come on..." "You know what I'm gonna do at witness stand?" "I thought I'd get all teary eyes and ask for your handkerchief." "Then I think I'd take a peek at the jury like this." "Flash a bit of the thigh, what do you think?" "It sounds great." "Hey, don't you want to hear the rest?" "Knock it off." "You're on the top of my list." "Well, well, well." "Sorry to be late, Mr. Flynn." "Hope you're not too bored." "I like it. I like it." "Hey, I heard your press conference is tomorrow." "Yeah, what is to you?" "Well, you wanted my advice, right?" "Whatever it is, don't forget Bailiff's number-one client is Billy Flynn." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't let him hug the spotlight." "You're the one that pay the see." "Remember, we can only sell them one idea." "I can still see him coming at me with that awful look in his eyes." "And?" "And we... both reached for the gun." "That's right, you both reached for the gun." "Ready?" "Yeah." "Thank you, gentlemen." "Miss Sunshine." "My client just entered pleads of not guilty." "We look forward to the trial the earliest possible dates." "Now is there any question?" "Miss Sunshine." "As you know, my paper is dry." "Do you have any advice for young girls, speaking to avoid the life of Jazz and drink?" "Absolutely yes." "Mrs. Hart feels that it was the tragic combination of liquor and Jazz, which lead to the downfall." "Next question, please." "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd just like to say how flattered I am that you all came to see me." "Mrs. Hart is very..." "He said I was a moth..." "crushed on a wheel." "Butterfly drawn to the... I bet you want to know why I shot the bastard." "Shut up, dummy." "Mr. Billy Flynn in the press conference." "Notice how mouth never moves... almost." "Where did you come from?" "Mississippi." "And your parents?" "Very wealthy." "Where are they now?" "Six feet under." "But she was granted one more start." "The convent girl with sacred heart." "When she gets here?" "1920." "How old were you?" "Don't remember." "Then what happened?" "I met Amos and he stole my heart away, convinced me to aloaf one day." "Oh, poor girl, I can't believe what you've been through." "A convent girl, a runaway marriage." "Now tell us Roxie." "Who's Fred Casely?" "My ex-boyfriend." "Why you shoot him?" "l was leaving." "Was he angry?" "Like a mad man." "Till I said, Fred, move along." "She knew that she was doing wrong." "Then describe it." "He came taught me." "With the pistol?" "Thrum my barrow." "Did you fight him?" "Like a tiger." "He has strength and she has none." "Yet me looking for the gun." "Understandable... lt's perfectly understandable." "Comprehensible..." "Now at apprehensible, lt' all defensible." "How your feeling?" "Very frightened." "Are you sorry?" "Are you kidding?" "What's your statement?" "All I say is, though my chu-chu jump that track, I get my life and bring it back." "And?" "Stay away from..." "What?" "Jazz and liquor." "And?" "The men who lay for fun..." "And what?" "That's the thought that came upon me, when we both reach for the gun!" "Understandable... lt's perfectly understandable." "Comprehensible..." "Now at apprehensible, lt' all defensible." "Let me hear it." "Louder." "Oh, yes." "They got it!" "... Both reach for the gun!" "...The windy city has taken a new criminal to a charge." "Let me remind you the name is, Roxie Hart." "The sweetest lady ever accused in a murder in Chicago." "Women want to look like her." "Fellows want to go out with her." "Some little girls even want to take her home." "Don't get any idea, little lady." "On the other side of town, the assistant D.A. promise the game little jump shooter will swing before lridark." "Who knows?" "If he lit up to his word, assistant D.A. Harrison might become governor Harrison someday." "At the scene of the crime, everybody wants a little piece of Roxie Hart." "The jar would send her husband back 20 dollars!" "Maybe this pretty little lady would get some of that famous Roxie style." "It seems everybody these days is looking for Roxie Hart." "Send the flowers to the yard and you make sure they send them." "So, kiddo, you have any thought what you wanna do after they get you off?" "Yeah, I think I'd like to go on stage." "I figure it much." "I already called the Morris office." "Really?" "How much is that gonna cost me?" "It's a fairly deal." "10% of all your takings." "Yeah, we'll see, Mama." "Besides, I don't even have an act yet." "Killing Fred Casely was your act." "That's solo steps in the audience." "That song is my favourite." "It's a freak act." "Besides, I'm better than that." "Of course you are." "I mean, you can be as big as Sophie Tago." "You really think so?" "Maybe Canton and Joseph combined." "You know, I always wanted to have my name on the papers." "Before I met Amos, I used to date this wealthy dude, ugly bootlegger." "He used to take me out and show me off." "Ugly guys like to do that." "Once it said in the paper, gangland alcopaly seen a shade Vito with cute blonde." "That was me." "You know all my life, I wanted to have my own act." "But, no..." "Always no, they always turned me down." "One big world-ful of no." "And then Amos came along." "Save sweet Amos." "He'll never say no." "I've never done this before." "But you know, it's such a special night." "And you are such a great audience!" "And I really feel like I can talk to you, you know?" "So forget what you read in the papers." "And forget what you heard on the radio." "Because..." "because I'm gonna tell you the truth." "Not that the truth really matters." "But I'm gonna tell you anyway." "In the apartment, Amos was... zero." "I mean,when he made love to me,it goes like..." "was he fixing a operator or something." "I love you, honey..." "Anyway, I start to fool around." "And I start screwing around." "Which is fooling around without dinner." "Then I met Fred Casely." "He said he could get me into a bought film." "But that didn't quite work out like I planned." "I guess it didn't really work out to Fred either." "So I gave up the whole idea." "If you can't figure out for all of these, opportunities just pass you by." "with all these publicity, I got me a world full of yes!" "I'm a star." "And the audience loves me." "And I love them." "And they love me for loving them." "And I love them for loving me." "And we love each other." "And that's cause none of us got enough love in our childhoods." "And that's showbiz.... kid." "I just can't take it anymore." "Can't go anywhere without hearing about that dumb woman!" "Oh, Mama, not you too." "I've got some bad news, kid." "The tool has been cancelled." "What?" "Your name is out of the paper too long." "I read about today, it's the Hart kid." "She's hot." "And what am I supposed to do?" "Suck up to her like everybody else?" "It couldn't hurt." "Over my dead body." "Mind if I join you?" "Lights out." "Smoke?" "Look what some Johnny sent me." "Triple cream caramel, all the way from San Francisco." "I'm watching my figure." "You know, the trial." "Hey, Great mentioned that you're on a trip today, huh?" "There have been so many, I just can't keep track." "Let me tell you, you're exactly same size as my sister." "I mean, you fit into her costume perfectly." "Really?" "Yeah, and I'm just thinking, you know, with all the publicity piled up between us when Billy gets us off, we would be a natural to do an act together." "You think so?" "Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Velma Kelly and Desperation." "My sister and I had an act that couldn't flop." "My sister and I were headed straight for the top." "My sister and I under dull a week at least." "But my sister is now unfortunately deceased." "I know it's sad of course, but a fact is still a fact." "And now all that remains is remains... of a perfect... double... act." "Watch this." "They have to match it with 2 people." "It's just all two people." "First, I." "Then, you." "Then, we." "But I can't do it alone." "Then, she." "Then, I." "Then, we." "But I can't do it alone." "She says, what's your sister like?" "I said, man." "She says, you cut me out." "And we roar the crowd again." "Then she goes... I would go..." "We go..." "Then the dingdong daddies started to roar, whistle, stump, stand on the floor." "Screaming, yelling, begging for more." "And we say, okay, fellows." "Keep your socks up." "Cause you ain't seen nothing yet." "I just simply cannot do it alone." "So what do you think?" "Come on, you can say." "I know you're right." "The first part is shit." "But the second part..." "Second part is really nifty." "Okay, she goes." "I go." "We go." "We say, okay, boys, we're going home." "But before we go, here's a few more potent shots!" "This would be a perfect unison." "Now you see me going through it." "You may think it's nothing to it." "But I simply cannot do it..." "Alone!" "So where's the part we blew the brains out?" "Okay, Roxie. I'll..." "No, don't bother." "You think you're fooling me?" "You're all washed up." "And it's me they want now, and I'm a big star." "Single." "I almost forgot." "You're in the paper today too." "In the back." "Velma Kelly's trial has been postponed indefinitely." "Seven words." "Here a little piece of advice." "Direct from me to you." "Lay off the caramels." "And now, for all you Chicago's stay-up-laters." "Night hours would only come alive at the dark." "We dedicate this to you." "Chicago After Midnight." "This all took place in Lesurevelt?" "Incredible." "All right." "Thanks." "They just arrest this woman for triple homicide." "Really?" "Yeah, get this." "She's an Aries!" "And her family is in the pineapple or grapefruit, some kind of fruits." "The demon Kitty works in something..." "She's playing house." "On the north side in an apartment, she met Harry." "What Harry does for living, no one's quite sure." "But it doesn't really matter cause she's paying all the bills." "Anyhow, Kitty comes home tonight." "Harry was already in bed." "She goes to change." "When she returns, she notices something rather odd." "There're strippers in the apartment." "Kitty disappears for a second." "And she returns, she gently wakes up Harry." "Harry says, "What?" "I'm alone!"" ""Alone?" she says, " you have two other women in bed with you!"" "And Harry says, "Come on, darling, you gonna believe what you see or what I tell you?"" "Good night, folks." "Miss Baxter, Miss Baxter!" "Mary Sunshine from The Evening Star." "Would you mind saying a word or two?" "Sure I'll say things." "Go to hell!" "Please direct your question to the counsel." "Tell the counsel I want my money back!" "It's not your money." "It's your mother's money." "Are you sorry, dear?" "Yeah, I'm sorry that I got caught." "Okay, Miss Sunshine." "Hello, Roxie." "I got a letter from a guy." "He says he gonna hungry strike till I'm free." "That's nice." "Miss Baxter, did you know these two ladies personally?" "Did I know these two ladies personally?" "Was that your question?" "Yeah, that's my..." "She's very hot spirit, isn't she?" "Miss Baxter..." "Hey, Mr. Flynn." "Yeah, hi, Tracy." "lt's Roxie." "Yeah, sure, I'm just kidding." "Did you get my trial date yet?" "Listen, kid." "l'm on top of your list, right?" "Go to hell!" "What a helling, huh?" "And social-like too." "Her mother owns all the pineapples in Hawaii." "What the hell do I care about pineapples?" "All right..." "That's all for the questions." "And I'll be happy to get back to you myself." "Billy..." "How does it feel, kid?" "Pretty soon we couldn't find your name in the papers." "Mr. Flynn?" "Someone open the door immediately." "Oh, my god." "Roxie!" "What is it to you?" "Oh, no." "Don't worry about me." "I only hope the fall didn't hurt the baby." "Baby?" "Shit!" "Well, doctor, is she or isn't she?" "She is." "Would she swear that statement in court?" "Yes." "Good. I need to fly." "Would just like to say that my own life doesn't matter now." "It's just that my unborn child." "Poor girl, you'd have your baby born in jail." "My readers won't stand for that." "I can assure you that won't happen." "The trial would come in the least possible moment." "First time we're ever have one more girl locked up." "Hey, Roxie..." "Roxie!" "I just have the good news!" "I'm the father." "Hey, Roxie, who's the father?" "The question is completely out of line." "How dare you insult this young woman?" "Roxie, honey!" "It's me, it's daddy!" "Roxie, I'd get to you as soon as I could." "Oh, I didn't see you." "Sit down." "Look, Andy, I'm afraid I'm gotta hit you hard." "I can only hope you would think about it." "Amos, my name is Amos." "Who says it wasn't?" "It was the kid's name I was thinking about." "You know when she dues?" "September." "You'd pass out those cigars anyway." "I don't want you to give a damn on the people." "People what?" "Laugh." "Laugh?" "Why would they laugh?" "They can count." "Can you count?" "September." "It's the first copy of Roxie's statement from D.A. office." "Says she hasn't copulated with you for four months prior the incidents." "She would know." "Yeah, I guess we've done no copulating since..." "Wait a minute." "That doesn't figure out right." "I couldn't be the father." "Well, forget about that." "My client needs your support." "You mean she needs a meal ticker?" "That's all I've ever been." "This time she's gone too far." "What you gonna do?" "Divorce her?" "You're damn right!" "I'll divorce her!" "She probably won't even notice." "Yeah. I'm sorry." "You're still in here?" "Yeah, I'm still in here." "I hope I didn't take up too much of your time." "I've been waiting for you 10 minutes." "Don't do that again." "This dress makes me look like a no-worth lambshake. I'm not wearing this." "You wear it because I tell you to wear it." "I'm not wearing this dress." "And when Andy's on the stand, I want you to do knitting." "Knitting?" "For Christ's sake." "A baby garment." "l don't know how to knit!" "Then learn." "That's no way to win the jury's sympathy." "You don't need advice anymore?" "Look at here, Mr. Mouthpiece." "It seems to me that I'm the one who's coming up with the good ideas." "I'm sick of everybody telling me what to do." "And you treat me like dirt." "You treat me like some dump, common criminal." "But you're some dump, common criminal." "Well, it's better than be a greasy-mite lawyer." "We've been shaving your ass." "Who ask for all that?" "He can steal!" "Maybe you'd like to appeal on court without me." "Maybe I could." "Have you read the morning papers?" "They love me." "There maybe a lot more when you hang." "You know why?" "'Cause it's sold more papers." "You're fired." "l quit." "Any lawyer in this town would die to have my case." "You're a phony celebrity." "You're a flash." "In a couple of weeks, no one would give a shit about you." "That's Chicago." "No!" "Not guilty!" "What happened?" "It's Hunyak." "She lost the last appeal." "So what does that mean?" "What that means?" "Next week, she's gonna..." "This is Mary Sunshine, coming to you from the Cooke County Jail, where history would be made today." "Katelin Helinsky would become the first woman in the state of Illinois to be executed." "And so ladies and gentlemen..." "And now, ladies and gentlemen, for your pleasure and your entertainment, we proudly present Katelin Helinsky and her famous Hungarian Disappearing Act." "Bravo!" "You know, it's really not that bad." "You're clear with everything you read?" "Yup. I've been up all night rehearsing." "What do you do when Harrison come after you?" "I sit still and look straight ahead." "Never look the jury." "And?" "And I look modest." "And?" "And..." "And say nothing." "That's right, that's right." "That was the deal, right?" "Right." "You ask me back, I do all the talking and stuff." "Absolutely, Billy." "Whatever you said." "Mr." "Flynn, the honours are here." "Thank you." "You ready?" "Yeah." "Billy... I'm scared." "Don't be." "I've been around a long time." "Believe me, you've got nothing to worry about." "It's all a circus." "A three-ring circus." "The trial, the whole world..." "is all a show business." "Kid, you gonna be a star." "Object!" "Sustain." "Your honour, I haven't even asked the question yet." "Hello, Amos." "Amos?" "That's right, Mr. Flynn." "Amos, when did you file sue for divorce?" "A month ago." "Was there any reason for filing at this particular time?" "I'd say, the newspapers said Roxie was expecting a little stranger." "That's hardly a cause for divorce, isn't it?" "A little too much of a stranger." "You mean you doubted the fraternity of the child." "Most sure." "Tell me something, Amos." "Do you sleep with your wife?" "Yes, sir, every night." "You expect the jury to believe that you slept next to this woman every night without exercising the rights of a husband?" "l could if I want to." "Oh, but you didn't." "No, I did." "Did what?" "Want to." "But you didn't." "Didn't what?" "What you wanted." "Wait a minute, I'm getting confused here." "Hey, you tell me, Hart." "Since you ever question Roxie herself, did you even bother to ask her if you were the father of the child?" "No, sir." "No." "What?" "If you confirm that you were wrong, you'd be man enough in a minute." "You would take her back if Roxie swore that you're the father of the child," "which she does." "She does?" "She does!" "No more question!" "You can step down now." "Well done, Andy." "Roxie, I'm so sorry." "This is the moment we've been waiting for." "Roxie Hart finally takes the stand in her own defense." "Proceed, Mr. Flynn." "Roxie, I have here a statement that you admitted having illicit relation with deceased Fred Casely." "is this statement true or false?" "I'm afraid that's true." "You're an honestly girl, Roxie." "When did you first meet Fred Casely?" "When he sold Amos and me our furniture." "In your personal relationship with him, you told the jury when that began." "When I permitted him to escort me home one night, I don't think I would've gone with him if Mr. Hart and me hadn't quarreled that very morning." "Quarrel?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I supposed it's his fault." "Oh, no, sir. lt was my fault." "I supposed I just couldn't stop pestering him." "Pestering him?" "By what?" "I didn't like him working those long hours at the garage." "I wanted him home with me..." "to done his socks and iron his shirts." "I wanted a real home." "A child." "So you drifted into this illicit relationship because you're unhappy at home." "Yes, most unhappy." "Roxie Hart!" "The state has accused you the murder of Fred Casely." "Are you guilty or not?" "I'm not guilty... I killed him, I did." "But I'm not a criminal. I'm not a criminal..." "Roxie..." "Did you recall the night of June 14th?" "Could you tell the jury in your own words the happening of that night." "When Fred came over, I told him a good news." "What was it?" "That me and Amos are gonna have a baby." "And it was all over between us." "What happened then?" "Then..." "Did he threaten you, Roxie?" "Objection, your honour." "Counsel is leading the witness." "Sustain." "What does Casely say when you told him the news?" "I'll kill you before I see you have another man's child!" "Could you tell the audience..." "the jury, what happened next?" "In his passion, he tore off my robe and he threw me on the bed." "And Mr. Hart's pistol was lying there between us." "And then!" "And then we both reached for the gun and I got it first." "And then he came towards me with this awful look in his eyes." "He was angry and wild!" "Wild!" "And did you think that he might kill you?" "Oh, yes, sir!" "So was his life or yours?" "And I just mine." "I closed my eyes and I shot!" "To defense for your life!" "And to save my husband's innocent unborn child." "Order!" "What a bull's eye, huh?" "Order in this court!" "Roxie!" "Here in the courtroom..." "Mrs. Hart's behavior has been truly extraordinary." "Opening her eyes, she fenced herself with her attorney's handkerchief." "Handkerchief?" "Poor child has no relief." "She looks around now, seeming to want something." "It's a glass of water." "Oh, Mama, that was my bid!" "I told Billy, I wanna do that at my trial!" "But now her eyes flatter wildly and she..." "Mrs. Hart has fainted again." "She flumps over her chiffon dress up around her knees, revealing a glimpse of blue garder with Ryan-stone buckle." "Oh, Mama, she stole my garder." "She stole my garder!" "Don't break my radio!" "First she steals my publicity, then she steals my lawyer, my trial date, now she stole my goddamn garder." "What do you expect?" "I mean these days you get a little success and it's good rinse for the people who put you here." "It ain't no justice in the world." "That's nothing you can do about it." "You think they got you a page just to listen to my radio?" "People and publicity only interested in things when we think no one's looking." "Oh, Mama." "State call for the witness." "Left down on bible, raise your right hand and swear you'd tell the truth to God." "Have a seat." "Would you state your name for the record please." "Velma Kelly." "Miss Kelly, would you please tell the court the object I'm holding is the one you have come upon in the defendant jailhouse?" "Yes, it is." "I submit this as appendix." "Roxie Hart's diary." "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." "Yeah, and she broke the law." "Order!" "Well, that settles that. I'll allow it." "What's the big deal?" "She's the one that did it." "If you would read for us, Miss Kelly." "I haven't worked in a while." "What a laugh, plucking Fred Casely." "The big baboon had a common." "I'm just sorry I only glad to kill him once." "I never wrote that." "You..." "Hey, she made that up." "She made that up!" "Order!" "Please, Mr. Flynn, get control of your client." "I'm sorry, you honour." "It won't happen again." "Sit down and shut up." "Or else it gonna get worse." "I have no more questions." "Your witness, Mr. Flynn." "Ladies and gentlemen, a tap dance." "Tell me, Miss Kelly, you make a deal with Mr. Harrison maybe to drop all charges if you testify here today?" "Oh, sure. I'm not a complete idiot." "Good." "Since you gave such an impressive performance for Mr. Harrison, can you do me the same honour?" "l'd be delighted." "Thank you." "Fred Casely assured me to get me an audition down at the Onyx." "And then he reneged and that's my motive for attack." "Pretty fancy." "What you're saying if a big fat liar who rogue on a deal so I shot him." "Amos accused me of having an affair." "So I told him that the charge was erroneous." "Objection, your honour." "Mr. Flynn is twisting the evidence to draw conclusion to the specious and the..." "Erroneous?" "Exactly." "Order!" "Miss Kelly, did you know the meaning of the word perjury?" "Yes, I do." "You also know that is a crime?" "Yes." "And for example if it turns out you knew this diary was a fake, I hate to think you rotting away in prison for the next 10 years especially when you just win your freedom." "All I know is what I was told." "So... you didn't find this diary in Roxie's cell?" "No." "Mama..." "Miss Morton gave it to me." "She said someone sent it to her." "Someone?" "Any idea who this mysterious benefactor might be?" "No." "She didn't know." "All right, let's work this out." "Someone who writes about reneging on pledges." "And... erroneous charges..." "Call me crazy, does that sound like a lawyer to you?" "A lawyer, who honestly has a sample of my client's handwriting." "Mr. Harrison, do you have Roxie to write out a confession to you?" "Yes, but you're not suggesting that I tempered with evidence, are you?" "No, let's not be ridiculous." "That's absurd." "Unless you mention it." "Your honour, this is outrageous." "Outrageous?" "Yes." "The prosecutor would made a thief bargain with Velma Kelly." "And then fabricated the very evidence and set her free!" "Mr. Flynn, hold your contempt." "No, it's not even conceivable." "But does it worked?" "Would it be time to say," "Come clean, Mr. Harrison, come clean..." "This guy is a corruption." "I cannot stand." "That's enough, Mr. Flynn!" "I agree, your honour." "That's enough!" "It defend stress." "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 draw 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 has back to their seats." "Gentlemen of jury, have you reach a verdict?" "We have, your honour." "The jury has reached a verdict." "The defendant please rise." "What is your verdict?" "We, the jury, find the defendant..." "Roxie hart is innocent!" "She's innocent!" "Roxie Hart is free!" "Come on!" "Move it!" "She shoots her husband and she crossed the lawyer!" "Hey, don't you wanna take my picture?" "Hey, I'm the famous Roxie Hart." "Hey, what happened?" "What the hell happened?" "It's Chicago, kid." "You can't beat fresh blood on the walls." "What about my publicity, Billy?" "My name on the papers." "I was counting on that." "Your attitude is not the one I get." "I just save your life." "You got $5,000." "What do I get?" "I get nothing." "Five?" "Actually it's ten once I collect from Velma." "I get nothing?" "Don't forget your diary." "It could be on mine." "I had a few erroneous phrases in there." "Sorry, I couldn't tell you." "Take a chance." "Never lost a case." "You're a free woman, Roxie Hart." "And God save Illinois." "Roxie." "What do you want?" "I want you to come home." "You said you still wanted to..." "and the baby..." "Baby, what baby?" "Oh, Jesus." "What do you take me for?" "There ain't no baby." "There ain't no baby?" "They didn't even want my picture." "I just can't understand that." "What didn't they even want my picture?" "Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Roxie Hart says Good Night." "Didn't she kill a guy a while back?" "Yeah, who can keep it straight anymore?" "That's great." "We'll keep in touch." "You know I'm not quite finished yet." "I have a..." "Wait, don't go." "I could... just a second..." "Goddamn it!" "Thank you!" "Here's your music, honey." "Thanks." "You know you're really pretty good." "Yeah." "What are you doing here?" "I've been making around." "Well, if not fooled up by you, I'll be swinging right now." "Come on, I was there to get you off." "You should learn how to put things behind you." "Thank you." "I'll put that at the top of my list right after finding a job and an apartment with a john." "Can you shut up and listen to me?" "You really are something." "Coming in here like some goddamn queen bee, full of advice for slop like me." "Let me tell you something, Miss Velma Kelly." "I got a new life now." "And one of the best thing about it, is it don't include you." "Fine. I just thought we could help each other out." "Wait, you thought wrong, didn't you?" "Listen to me." "I talked to this guy in downtown." "He says one chance hurts nothing these days, but two..." "We can make a couple hundred a week." "Think about it, Roxie." "Faces back on the papers and names in the market." "Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart." "Should it be alphabetical?" "That could work." "A couple hundred?" "Maybe we can ask for a thousand." "We'll worth it." "Forget it, it'll never work." "Why not?" "'Cause I hate you." "There's only one business in the world that's no problem at all." "Ladies and gentlemen, the Chicago theatre is proud to announce the first." "The first time anywhere that's been an act throughout this nation." "Not only one little lady, but two." "You read about them in the papers, and now here they are." "Chicago zone killer-dealers, the lady-sinners," "Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly!" "Okay, you babes of Jazz, let's kick up the bass." "Let's make the party longer, let's make the skirt shorter." "Let's all go to the heaven that makes all the people hot!" "Me and Roxie would just like to say thank you." "Thank you!" "Believe us, we could've never done anything without you!"