L.A. Law (TV Series)

Where There's a Will (1993)

Lawrence Tierney: Peter Manzo

Quotes 

• Leland McKenzie : [Knocking the door]  Hey, Peter.

  Peter Manzo : Yeah?

  [Answering and opening the door in his apartment is the witness, a career criminal Peter Manzo] 

  Peter Manzo : Yeah?

  Leland McKenzie : Mr. Manzo?

  Peter Manzo : Who are you?

  [Handing over their card] 

  Leland McKenzie : We're attorneys. We'd like to ask you a few questions about a client. A man named Frank Osgood.

  Daniel Morales : Is the name familiar?

  Peter Manzo : Could be.

  Daniel Morales : What about the name Felicia Holiday?

  Peter Manzo : What about it?

  Daniel Morales : In 1959, you allegedly told your probation officer you saw someone leaving the scene of Felicia Holiday's murder.

  Peter Manzo : 1959's a long time ago. Maybe I forgot.

  Leland McKenzie : It's possible Frank Osgood has spent the last 34 years wrongly imprisoned. I put him there. If you saw anything that night that supports his innocence, we'd very much like to hear it.

  Peter Manzo : What's in it for me?

  Daniel Morales : You have the power to free an innocent man who's suffered a terrible justice.

  Peter Manzo : And what's in it for me?

  Daniel Morales : You'll be a hero, Mr. Manzo. Get your name in the papers. On TV.

  Peter Manzo : Yeah.

  Daniel Morales : The tabloids would probably even pay you some cash for your story.

  Peter Manzo : Oh, yeah?

• Daniel Morales : Mr. Manzo, where were you at the time?

  Peter Manzo : Well, like I told ya, I was on the 2nd floor landing. Somebody came out of Felicia Holiday's apartment and I ran downstairs.

  Daniel Morales : Did you recognize the man?

  Peter Manzo : Yeah, it was Phil Tice. He was one of my best customers.

  Daniel Morales : How so?

  Peter Manzo : Well, I used to sell him junk. Anyway, this time he was in a hell of a hurry. And he had a necklace in his hand.

  Daniel Morales : How can you be sure it was a necklace?

  Peter Manzo : He acted suspicious to me. So I followed him outside. When he got out there, he threw whatever he had in his hand down the storm drain. After he left, I fished it out. It was a necklace all full of blood.

  Daniel Morales : Your Honor will recall that Philip Tice confessed to strangling Felicia Holiday with her necklace. Mr. Manzo, what became of the necklace?

  Peter Manzo : Well, I washed the blood off it and took it downtown and fenced it. After that, I don't know what happened to it.

  Daniel Morales : Nothing further.