Life (I) (1999)

Ned Beatty: Dexter Wilkins

Quotes 

• Dexter Wilkins : You've been on this farm for quite a spell, haven't you?

  Claude Banks : Over 40 years now, me and Ray Gibson over there.

  Dexter Wilkins : 40 years... that's a long time for any crime, even murder.

  Claude Banks : It's a hell of a lot longer when you're innocent.

  Dexter Wilkins : Half the men in this prison swear they're innocent, Claude. Don't you think that's kind of funny?

  Claude Banks : Well, you have to forgive me if I don't laugh.

• [the truth comes out] 

  Dexter Wilkins : [on learning Pike framed Ray Gibson and Claude Banks]  Is there any truth in what this man said?

  Older Sheriff Pike : What the hell difference does it make? At least the state of Mississippi got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal!

  Claude Banks : Motherfucker, you took our lives! Gimme the gun, I'm gonna kill this motherfucker myself!