Witness (1985)

Brent Jennings: Carter

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• John Book : Samuel, the man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. I want you to tell me everything you saw when you went into the bathroom.

  Samuel Lapp : Um... there were two.

  John Book : There were TWO men?

  Samuel Lapp : I only saw one.

  John Book : [turning to Carter]  Does anybody else know about this?

  Det. Sgt. Elden Carter : No, no one's had a chance to talk to him.

  John Book : What did he look like, the man that you saw?

  Samuel Lapp : He was... like him.

  [pointing at Carter] 

  John Book : He was a black man, had black skin?

  Samuel Lapp : Ya, but not schtumpig.

  John Book : Schtulpig? What's 'schtumpig'?

  Rachel Lapp : On a farm, when a pig is born small like that, it's called schtumpig, a runt.

  John Book : Oh, so he wasn't a runt. He was a big guy, like me?

  [John puts his arm around an embarrassed Carter] 

  Samuel Lapp : Big guy!