The Rainmaker (1997)

Jon Voight: Leo F. Drummond

Quotes 

• Leo F. Drummond : I may not be 100 percent today, but I'm here in spirit

  [All laugh but Rudy] 

  Rudy Baylor : I'm curious.

  Leo F. Drummond : About what?

  Rudy Baylor : I'm just wonderin' - do you even remember when you first sold out?

  Leo F. Drummond : [the room goes silent]  Now you're an arrogant little piss-ant, aren't you? I advise you to mind your manners. You're in the big world now.

  Rudy Baylor : Mind my manners? I come up here from Memphis, to depose four people - two of whom are not here. And you tell me to mind my manners?

• Rudy Baylor : All due respect, Mr. Drummond, this is my deposition, I'm gonna call the witnesses in the order I see fit. So, I'd like to start with Jackie Lemancyzk.

  Rudy Baylor : Maybe we should just go call the judge, and...

  Leo F. Drummond : Oh, I don't believe we have to get pugilistic this time of the morning.

• Judge Kipler : Mr. Drummond... you objected to the fast-tracking of this case. What's the problem?

  Leo F. Drummond : Well, your honor... this issue's already been ruled upon by Judge Hale. The preparations required by fast-tracking the case place undue burden upon both parties, I believe.

  Judge Kipler : [scribbling on a notepad and not looking up]  Nonsense.

  [stands up] 

  Judge Kipler : Let me ask you something, Mr. Drummond. As a defense lawyer, have your EVER agreed to the fast-tracking of a lawsuit?

  Leo F. Drummond : Well your honor, I believe I have.

  Judge Kipler : [begins to laugh as he sits back down]  Fine. Give me the name of the case and the court it was in.

  Leo F. Drummond : [laughs nervously]  Well, your honor... I have to get back to you on that.

  Judge Kipler : Well, call me this afternoon by three.

  Leo F. Drummond : I don't believe I'm going to be in before three.

  Judge Kipler : Well, call me when you get in. I'm very interested in hearing about this case you agreed to fast-track.

  Leo F. Drummond : Yes sir.

  Judge Kipler : This boy's about to die, gentlemen. You do agree that we need to record his testimony?

  Leo F. Drummond : Yes indeed... of course, your honor. It's just that my trial calendar is pushin' me around pretty good.

  Judge Kipler : How about next Thursday afternoon?

  Rudy Baylor : Great for me, your honor.

  Leo F. Drummond : I'm sorry, your honor.

  Judge Kipler : That's a week from today.

  Leo F. Drummond : I believe I'm out of town.

  [beat] 

  Leo F. Drummond : Yes, I am out of town Thursday.

  Judge Kipler : The deposition is set for next Thursday afternoon at 2pm.

  [smiles] 

  Judge Kipler : Sorry if it inconveniences the defense, but God knows there's enough of you guys to handle it.

  [Rudy smiles] 

• Rudy Baylor : Anybody in the room named Russell Crockett?

  Leo F. Drummond : He's gone, too. He was downsized.

  Rudy Baylor : Downsized? Well, what a coincidence.

  Leo F. Drummond : Our client's going through a periodic downsizing.

  Rudy Baylor : Yeah, well that will happen, won't it?

• Leo F. Drummond : Now, Rudy, don't be intimidated by all these boys on this side of the table. I guarantee, you get them on the golf course, they fold like a cheap suit.

• Leo F. Drummond : [to the jury]  What will giving a judgment of $10 million accomplish? All insurance company premiums will spin out of reach, and it will pave the way for government-controlled health coverage. Yours is a grave responsibility. Be wise, be careful, and be just.