Erskine Sanford Biography
Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, in radio and motion pictures. As a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company he appears in several of Welles's films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane!
Erskine Sanford Movies
Erskine Sanford Quotes
Dispute Over Trial Tactics and Mistrial Motion
Arthur:
Your Honor, the District Attorney isn't cross-examining, he's making speeches.
District Attorney:
That simply isn't so.
Arthur:
I move for a declaration of mistrial be sought on the grounds that the jury is being prejudiced.
District Attorney:
These are some of the great Bannister's trial tactics. In an appeal for sympathy...
Arthur:
The District Attorney is beginning to get vicious.
Judge: [Laughter]
When you two gentlemen get over your argument, tell me who won. Then I'll decide on the objection. Objection sustained.
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