“Chicolini, you're charged with high treason, and if found guilty, you'll be shot.”

Charles Middleton - Prosecutor

“- Hugh Lang: My clients don't go to jail, Mr. Carr.
- Avington Carr: Oh, he's going to jail. He belongs in jail. You bet your ass he's going to jail. The only question is, is he going to die in jail?”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Peter Gerety - Avington Carr

“- Father Jacinto: This is my first execution.
- Tom Martin: Don't worry, Father, it's mine too.”

Frank Puglia - Father Jacinto
Ray Milland - Tom Martin

“- Flo Addams: It's a rabbit's foot. A lucky charm. My uncle wore it for 32 years.
- Little John Sarto: A lucky charm, eh? Where'd you get it?
- Flo Addams: From my mother. With her own hand she took it off of my uncle after they hung him.”

Ann Sothern - Flo Addams
Edward G. Robinson - Little John Sarto

- Michael "Mike" Ward: What if she's right - he didn't do it, and they give him the chair?
- Martin: Suppose they do? What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway.
John McGuire - Michael "Mike" Ward
Cliff Clark - Martin