[E. Pluribus Unum]

Can you give us a little more of a hint?

Actors?

Era?

Anything?

[dp0622]

Then there was that smash hit “A Sale of Two ...”, well, it was funny in high school.

[knarf]

No.

That's what boggles me.

It is a relatively contemporary (1970's, 80's, 90's ... guessing) flic, and it is an actor (male) examining another (I think another male) in the manner of "And Justice For All"

I've been all through the Hoffman's and Pacino's and others and just can't find it.

What I remember is the examiner is forcing the respondent to agree that the individual words are not protected but that when put together, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times", the words now become protected.

[knarf]

also, I've tried searching "courtroom scene, it was the best of times", and other configurations.

I WAS reminded of the greatest courtroom scene ever filmed, mostly in two takes ...

Gregory Peck closing in "To Kill A Mockingbird"

But the subject of this thread is what is maddening me.