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Hi, Joe. Hi, Ralph. Better be a slow night for you, huh?

But I'm not supposed to let any of the usual crowd in.

Oh, this is Barry.

They leave in five minutes.

Who is it?

What's up?

Tried to phone you. Where were you?

At Betty's.

I had a call a while ago.

Vice was going to pay us a little visit.

Seem to think we're running out of casino.

Wonder whatever gave him that idea.

We're ready.

Okay.

Good evening, gentlemen.

Checked warrant.

This is a high -class restaurant.

What do you expect to find? Conifer, chopped liver?

He's proposing I was catering a banquet.

You'd be disturbing my guests.

How come you're not? Business is off.

Oh, that's just great.

Any more good news?

All right.

Thank you.

So much for the good guys.

Nothing at all?

One box of chips they forgot to hide, screw holes in the tables for roulette

wheels, and one highly alcoholic citizen who wandered in looking for some

action. What about the bank?

No, they can start up again just as soon as they find a new location.

Whoever's tipping them off is getting the word out pretty early. It's a big

police department with lots of divisions.

We'll just keep the pressure on.

Keep watching.

Whoever he is, he'll slip sometime. They always do.

Good night at the office.

Beautiful. We had a raid and I got all the answers I needed.

Now what?

That is up to Ironside.

You know what I made in that one game?

Two thousand.

Ninety minutes, two grand.

That's fantastic.

Need nothing.

I can tell you stories, make your teeth curl.

Hey, honey.

I may have another one of the same and bring... Fran.

Yeah, bring Lady Frances, whatever it is she's drinking.

Thanks. Can a person just find a poker game?

Are you kidding? There's more action in this town than you can imagine.

It's all over the place.

You're putting me on.

Well, it's illegal, isn't it?

If there was that much of it going on, wouldn't the police do something about

it? The cops only bust in on the unimportant games, you know what I mean?

mean, anytime there's something really going on, why, uh, a little phone call.

Phone call? From the inside man.

The power people, see? They gotta buy protection.

They don't have protection.

But I won't.

They're true.

From the inside?

Yeah. The man on the take, he gets it from both ends.

That's a good business to be in, huh?

Hey, you know him? Do I know him?

Charlie Ryan knows everybody.

You stay with me, Lady Frances.

I'll introduce you to them all.

Big and small.

Would you excuse me, please?

Where are you going?

Out of my nose.

Fair enough.

Don't be long here.

Chief Ironside's office.

Just a second.

Mick Belding.

Hello, Fran.

Sorry I haven't called you, but there's nothing you do. I'm at the Pelican

Lounge. I've been talking with a man who says he knows who's taking payoffs from

gamblers. Who assigned you to that?

No one. I'm off duty.

Are you alone?

Yes.

Get out of there.

Make a date with him for another time.

Get the Vice squad to pick him up for questioning. He's leaving town, Chief.

we don't pick him up now, we'll lose him.

All right.

Keep it light. Don't make him suspicious. I'll call Vice and get some

No, no, Chief.

I'm sorry. I'm probably insubordinate, but I don't trust anyone but you.

My father... I know all about your father.

What happened?

Captain Belding's daughter is overanxious.

Game's over. Let's go to work.

I would have been caught with four million points.

Miss me? Yeah, sure.

Sit down.

Pick up, huh?

Is that all you do is gamble?

What else do I need to do? And why?

I don't know.

Fellows I know, they do it a little as a hobby, gamble.

But I never met anybody who did it for a living.

Let's say it takes a certain kind, then.

Listen, I got a friend of mine. I've been staying at his place.

Nice little apartment he's got. He just happens to be out of town. Why don't we

go there? It's much more quiet, private. Well, why don't we just have a few more

drinks here?

Okay. Whatever you say.

Hey, tell me some more about the people you know.

They really sound great.

They are great. You kidding?

Each and every one of them is a real good people.

Does the department know what Fran is doing?

I doubt it. It takes nerves.

They'll put that on our gravestone.

Can't blame the girl for trying to clear her father's name.

Yeah, a couple of months out of police academy, and she thinks she's Sherlock

Holmes.

But I still don't understand.

How does your inside man get away with it? You know, for somebody who came out

to have a good time, you ask an awful lot of questions.

Well, I didn't mean anything by it. But what difference does it make to you if

the man is taken on the inside? It doesn't. I was only curious.

Curious, huh?

Maybe too curious, huh? Give me that.

Hold it, Francis. Hold it.

A cup.

Stay where you are, Charlie.

Charlie!

All

right,

hold it, mister.

Get out of there.

I'm sorry.

You should be.

I didn't know anyone would get hurt.

Will he listen to you?

He won't listen to me.

According to everyone around here, he won't listen to anybody.

You won't go to the hospital. At least stay in bed for 48 hours.

I have work to do. Now, what about you?

Robert, you are one of the reasons I don't make house calls.

Where's the suspect?

In custody.

All right, keep him there.

And good night all.

Not you.

I hope you're feeling better.

I'm not.

I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to. Exactly what did you mean to do?

I heard it was a hangout for gamblers and... So you took it on yourself to go

there and pick up Charlie Ryan and... He picked me up.

Oh? I can't believe this.

My father is dead, disgraced, and no one is doing anything about it.

I've begged, I've cried, I've screamed. We've heard you, believe me. But you

haven't listened.

That evidence was false.

My father never had that much money in a bank account. He was framed by the real

inside man, the one Charlie told me about.

That should be proof enough for you, shouldn't it?

He's still operating.

So it couldn't have been my father. It's possible.

But it's also possible that another man has simply inherited the job.

Chief Ironside, my father was murdered.

If you or the rest of this police department won't do anything about it, I

First of all, your father's case is not closed.

Second, this police department is doing something about it. And third, who let

an underage kid like you through the police academy? I'm not underage. Well,

you're acting it.

From now on, you're to keep out of it.

Leave it to professional hands. I am professional. I should have said

experienced professional hands.

Doesn't it haunt you?

The sight of my father lying in the street with a bullet hole in his chest?

Fran.

Fran, you should try to forget that.

Then what do I remember?

That he was a dedicated police officer, got killed for it?

And now you're all satisfied to leave him branded corrupt and buried with it?

want you to stay out of it, Fran.

After all the years you knew my father. Because of all the years I knew him.

You're not my boss.

Look, Charlie Ryan was a little drunk that night. That's all. I was shooting

my mouth. I didn't mean nothing by it.

You really don't know a thing.

That's right. You're an innocent citizen. It's all a big mistake.

Yeah. So like any innocent citizen, you grabbed the lady's purse, but when you

found her shield, you ran.

Like any innocent citizen, when she ordered you to stop, you did not.

Like any innocent citizen, when I grab you, you resist arrest.

Just how innocent is innocent, Charlie?

Okay. Okay, so I'm a gambler.

When you guys busted me, you looked at my kick, huh?

You saw I couldn't get no big action with that money. I'm more interested in

what you told Officer Belding about a crooked cop. But I was, I was if

I was some talk around.

Around where?

Just around, you know, street talk. Who did the talking? Some guys.

I don't even know. You know where we could find these guys again? Well, I

maybe, uh... Hey, uh, maybe we could make a deal, huh?

Deal? Yeah, I mean, what if it was to drop the charges, huh? And then maybe

go around and nose around, hear what I could hear, and bring it back to you.

You can arrange to be released on bail.

Come in with some information before you go to trial. We'll talk about the rest

of it.

Good. I guarantee you that whatever I find you, you can use it, huh?

Thanks a lot, huh?

Thief.

Robert. He.

Ironside. Making deals.

I need him out in the open to get the answers to a couple of questions.

Why is he willing to play stoolie and risk a bullet in the back of the head

to beat a cheap rap like this? And most important, did he pick up Fran just by

coincidence?

Guess who just got from?

All right.

What do you say, Betty?

How'd it go?

No sweat.

I hear you didn't have any problems getting busted.

Nah, you had that broad peg right, too, let me tell you something. I just

dropped a few words around, boom, she goes to the phone, dials Ironside.

Ironside himself?

Yeah.

Great, this is better than I dreamed.

I thought we'd have to wait for him to get it through regular channels. After

you're asking me, you're juggling eggs, Joe.

Ironside ain't no dum -dum. He knows all the tricks.

I know, Charlie.

But he's the one who's hot on the building case, and I've got to cool him

Well, he's waiting for me to lay some information on him about the inside man,

you know what I mean?

Well, what are you waiting for?

Get into some action.

And, uh, Charlie?

Look like you're pumping the guys in case he's got some talkers planted.

I get to keep what I win, huh?

On your way.

You don't have no sense of humor, Joe. I'll see you later, huh, Betty?

Yeah. Ah, it's working.

It is working smoothly.

Is it?

What's the matter?

Everything's going to be fine.

Oh, sure.

Look, are we going to argue about this thing all over again?

You know where the money's taken when there's a raid. Charlie told you. Why

can't you just phone in another tip and grab it on its way out while there's

business with Ironside?

Because of Belding, I told you. Taking care of Belding puts you in good with

boys. They trust you.

I've got to wrap it up.

Suppose Ironside blows this wide open.

It's murder one, Joe.

Scared?

Don't be. I told you I can handle it.

You're making awfully good money now.

Can't you just be satisfied with what you've got?

Not as long as I see that big chunk of money just sitting there, waiting to be

taken. Come on.

Don't you want a man with ambition?

Dr. Latham, please.

I'm sorry, Dr. Latham is busy with a patient. May he call back?

Tell him Robert Ironside called.

Just a moment, please.

Bob? What did I do? Say the magic word?

I expected you might call. Having problems?

Some.

Residual pain from the accident, I guess.

I thought you might want to prescribe something.

I'd like to examine you again, Bob.

I can't spend my life in examining rooms. Now, just phone the pharmacy and

something set up.

Three o 'clock, my office. I said I don't have... Make time, Bob.

That's my prescription.

All right.

Three o 'clock.

You were supposed to be here an hour ago.

I stopped for a sandwich. I hope you liked it. Now, what about the

report?

Are you all right?

Look, Sergeant, when I ask for a report, I don't expect a discussion of my state

of health or mine. I said, are you all right?

I followed Charlie to Joe Julian's apartment. He went inside, stayed about

minutes, then took off again.

He went somewhere else, I presume. To a floating poker game near the panhandle.

Chief.

Chief, does any of this make sense to you about Charlie?

Just enough sense for me to suspect that someone is trying to manipulate us.

But how? To do what?

We'll know that when Charlie gets back to us.

Rubber band break?

If you knew anything about automotive mechanics, you'd know that this heat is

powered by a wound -up spree. Strike another blow for ecology.

Did the other chief see?

Something's happening. Yeah, I knew.

Any idea what it is? No, he won't say. He won't let me ask.

He won't say?

I'll charge you to sue the person for the issue.

Officer Golding, what a pleasant surprise.

Surprise? You requested my transfer.

Well, I'm surprised you're here so soon.

I asked if this was a permanent assignment, and nobody seems to know.

Well, let's just say that you'll be here for as long as we need you. Sir, I

would like to make an official request to be returned to my former duty.

denied. Now stop acting like a tin soldier.

You asked for me to keep me from investigating my father's murder, didn't

I'd like to keep an eye on you, yes.

You can't tell me what to do on my own time. No, but I can make sure you don't

have any.

It's not necessary to wear your uniform while you're with us. You'll find plenty

of work to do. You can start by filing those things over there.

Put these with them.

I'm... I'm sorry.

Three months in a police academy to become a file clerk.

Get used to it.

A fracture at the base of the odontoid. Plain English, please.

The odontoid is a small spur.

On the second cervical vertebra.

It fits into a socket in the first cervical vertebra. All right, I'll take

word for it. Bob, it's serious.

But you can treat it. Yes.

How soon can you check into the hospital?

What hospital?

All right.

If you'd rather have that pain in the neck and the weakness in your arms and

numbness and tingling in your fingers.

With rest and quiet.

And a neck brace. You should feel somewhat better in three to six weeks.

weeks? Bob, if you don't do something now, eventually you won't be able to

your head up or use your arms and hands.

That wouldn't leave me very much, would it?

If you don't take care of yourself, you may well be in for a long period of

total immobility.

Suppose I just use the neck brace.

How long can I put off the hospital without any real damage?

It's hard to say.

It comes at a bad time.

Is there ever a good time?

I mean, I'm not snowing you.

Nobody will talk.

I mean, the best I can do is somebody in the vice squad. That's all I can find

out. Well, thanks a lot, Charlie. We'll see you in court.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Maybe there's another way to go, huh?

I mean, it's an idea.

Go ahead.

Okay, there's this new casino in town.

It's a big -time spot. Very smart.

Very smart indeed.

A lot of the rich people, you know, they're too tired to go to Vegas. They

there. Also some of the professionals when they're in town.

And the way I figure it, the place is operating.

Got to be somebody making tip -offs, huh?

Got to be protection.

Where can we find it?

Fronted by a nightclub called Ballard.

One of those special numbers.

Somebody's got to know you at the door, and they take you into a special room,

you know.

Well, I mean, if you was to bust the place, hey, the guy you're looking for,

he's got to be on the phone, huh?

I mean, it's a way to go. It's an angle, you know, something.

All right, Charlie.

We'll take it from here.

Good.

Hey, you know, I'm really sorry about your neck.

I mean, that night I'll go to Canada and... The lady got me upset and

everything. I didn't mean for nobody to get hurt, though.

Yeah, well, thanks a lot. I'll see you, huh?

Does it take a cheap hood to tell us how to set a trap? Sometimes it takes a

cheap hood to be the bait. He knows more than he's telling. Why didn't you hold

him, sweat him? The third degree is out of style.

Apparently so is justice. Or your idea of it, anyway.

Now, you're part of a team.

Suppose you help the team do its work.

Ed, you and Fran are going out tonight.

Ballards, you think you can look like you're having a good time? I'm not that

good an actress.

Then learn to be.

And please, let Ed do the investigating.

Last time out, you were a bit obvious.

I brought you Charlie. Charlie brought us Charlie.

You were just a handy medium.

Go home and change.

Ed'll pick you up about 8 .30.

Please smile or tap your fingers to the feet or something.

What? You're supposed to be with it, not for a good time.

Oh. Like this.

Never mind the drama lessons.

What did you find out? This is not a lesson in acting. It is a lesson in

alive and keeping your cover.

Now do it or I'll ring your silly name.

I want to know what you found out.

And this is not a lecture hall. You will wait.

I'm just as much a part of this job as you are. Belding, you are window

dressing, and don't you forget it.

I'm leaving.

With you or without you. You will sit in that chair until I tell you to move.

Get your glum hands off me. I am now asking you to come away with me.

Some quiet place where we can be alone.

It looks as if you'd like that.

Don't ask the impossible.

If I can do it, you can do it.

If it'll get me out, don't overdo it.

Come away, my love, to moonlight and romance.

Not if you were the last snake in the Garden of Eden.

Would you say they had a good time, Mark?

They are positively radiant. It was smashing.

Ecstatic. Joy unconfined.

I trust you didn't enjoy your revelry so much that you forgot what you were

there for.

As all the earmarks of a casino, a lot of traffic into a small banquet room in

the back, and a waiter who wouldn't let me in. One little waiter. One little

waiter, about 6 '3", 210, and a bulge under his arm.

And we were there to observe only undercover, in case you forgot. Oh, I...

haven't forgotten.

Come, my love, to moonlight and romance.

He said that?

You said that? I got carried away.

Lady, if you're ever in trouble, don't call me.

Good night.

Bye.

Hi, Chief.

Welcome to the neck. Oh, Justin, how are you?

All right, I'll hold.

Hello, Chief.

Take your neck out too far?

Again. How are you doing?

Oh, usual.

Some good days, some bad.

How's Ed?

Fine, Artie. Just fine.

Tell him hello.

Hi, Chief.

Hi, Dave.

Hello, Bob.

Hiya, Phil.

Carl, how much have you told Phil? Just got here.

Sit down, sit down.

Internal Affairs thought it best to stay away from here.

I would tip off the suspect that we're on to something.

Some of Reese's men have been giving us a hand on surveillance.

And Internal would like to use his people to set up the trap.

I'm sorry, Phil.

But if we're working on the theory that somebody set Dave Belding up... Ever

since you called me, I've just been staring out at him.

Which one is it?

Well, where do you want to begin?

First, I want to know your exact procedure.

From the time you get a lead to the execution of a raid.

Well, leads come from a number of sources.

The dark said hospital.

What are you waiting for?

Doc also said I had a little more time.

Do you know more than he does?

Right now, yes.

Chief, I remember being hired to be your legs.

Nobody said I'd have to be your arms and hands, too.

You complaining?

If it'll get you into the hospital any faster, you bet.

No, it won't.

Here's the report.

Have you read it?

Of course.

Stakeout at Ballard confirms a casino operation as Ed and I thought.

Positive ID on Eddie Rogers, Joe Julian, Bernie Wilson.

Charlie reported to Julian.

What's Julian trying to do, get his own place busted? Joe's an ambitious man.

Ambitious men can be greedy. What's the punchline? Before every raid, banks been

moved hundreds of thousands of dollars in transit.

Out in the open, vulnerable.

Julian wants to hijack his own bank, huh?

Interesting possibility, don't you think?

Okay, but why the routine with Charlie?

Joe could have phoned to tip in. That opens up another provocative can of

Fran, have you ever asked yourself why Charlie picked you up? You, known to be

the daughter of a murdered cop?

No, I... Why is Charlie so solicitous?

So anxious to help us nail the inside man?

The one who might have framed your father, even set up his killing.

You mean Charlie knows who killed my... I'm only saying that your father is the

common denominator.

Hopefully, after the raid, we'll know. Raid?

You're going to wait for a raid?

Get Charlie in here. Make him talk. Now, one step at a time. You care more about

the money than you do about my father.

Fran, sit down.

Now, we've done nothing but hassle since you arrived.

It's not accomplishing anything, is it?

I'm sorry, Chief. I know it's wrong.

I just can't seem to help myself.

When you were a little girl about...

Eight years old.

You got into a fist fight with the boy next door, do you remember?

He was a wretch.

Probably.

But when your dad asked you why you did it, do you remember what you said?

I said... I couldn't help it.

You're not eight years old anymore.

You okay?

I would be if you and Mark would stop hovering over me like anxious parents.

Dr. Jenkins.

What's that mean?

That means the darkest planet to the paramedics in your office. Spies.

They're reporting everything they see. Almost.

All right, but aren't they reporting? That there's no real reason for you to

stay on the job. It's all organized, it's all running smoothly, and you're a

trusted associate.

Trusted spy.

Can take it from here.

Dave Belden was a very good friend after he was killed.

When he was smeared, I didn't believe it for a second.

I know. Doesn't mean he wasn't guilty.

It means I didn't believe it. We'll have that cleared up soon. I hope so.

If we get the wrong answers, Fran's going to need someone who can tell her

and be with her.

I owe that much to her, Father. I have two images.

One is Fran needing help.

The other is you, unable to move.

Too bad.

Spies don't get a vote.

Your deep tendon reflexes are suppressed, Bob.

In other words, negative prognosis.

The brace isn't helping.

You've got to go to the hospital now.

You said I had a little time.

You've used it up.

Help me buy some more.

Look.

Another day and you may need a halo brace that's screwed to your skull, Bob.

final fusion as well.

What is this dedication to duty?

You've already given your legs.

Turn the case over to your staff.

All right.

Get me a room.

All right, what about a couple of units on standby?

Maybe car 22 with Osborne and Poe?

That'll be fine.

Yeah, I told him the same thing. He always listens real good.

Call me back, will you?

Thanks.

How is she?

Not good.

The closer we get to the raid, the tighter she's strung.

How far are we from being ready?

One more day.

We're going tonight.

This is not an ordinary raid. We have every man on that squad covered. We're

ready. Get ready.

Robert. Oh?

You can order that room for tomorrow.

Do you always have your cake and eat it?

When I can.

One wrong move tonight, one bad bump or jostle, and your cake may have to be fed

to you intravenously.

They're coming in now. They think it's a sweep through downtown.

Captain Edwards says they're all there.

Tell them to throw the switch. Give them the target.

Captain, the chief says go.

Just hang tight. We'll know something soon.

Warrants are on the way.

Good.

Transportation is getting lined up.

Relax, you guys. It won't be a while yet.

What are you doing?

Wash up a little.

Got called out of a gym workout with no shower.

I'll be right back.

Yeah, this is Artie.

One hour.

Right.

Who'd you call, Artie?

Friend of mine.

Told her I'd be late. What's your number?

Huh?

Why? What's the number we want to talk to her?

Can't do it, fellas.

Like you were called at home and not the gym, right?

You don't leave me many outs. No, we're not.

What's the matter, Artie?

Sergeant's pay not high enough for you?

Let's just say the retirement benefits are bigger with another job.

He better be.

He retired from this one.

I go to work every night thinking, is this the night they raid?

Fine law enforcement letting an illegal enterprise run like that.

Ironside should be ashamed of himself.

See you later, hon.

Yeah, just hold on a minute, huh?

For you, Joe.

Yeah?

Where's Eddie?

Okay, I'll be right there.

It's on.

We just got the call into the office, and we've got less than an hour before

hit. Where's Eddie Rags? Still at home.

Teddy? Get in.

Drive. We'll tell you where.

Where's Teddy?

Isn't he here? No.

I called him the same time I called you. He should be here.

We have time.

He'll be here.

He'd better.

Was it worth it, Artie?

Until now.

Every raid tipped by you?

What other little jobs did you do for them?

None. What about Dave Belding? What about him? You killed him.

This is Captain Belding's daughter.

I didn't kill your father. Liar!

I didn't even know about it until after, when they... They told me to plant that

bank book in his locker. And then you killed him!

No.

All right, then, Artie, who did kill him?

Artie, helping us might be helping you.

It's logical for us to believe that the man on their payroll was also the killer

that shut Belding up.

No. That's the way it looks, though, and that's the way it looks.

And you know who pointed us in that direction.

Yeah.

Yeah, Joe Julian. Which makes you... The fall guy.

You ever think it might have been Joe? He had an airtight alibi.

He got to be a pretty big man in the organization right after that.

Maybe he put some of his buddies up to it.

I know that Belding was invited to a meet that night.

An informer with a hot tip. How do you know? Belding told me himself.

He went alone?

Yes, sir.

We're running out of time.

Where's Eddie?

Okay, you promote it.

You ride with the money.

Take it here.

It's a big load, Joe.

Keep this on your lap.

Don't worry.

Come on.

We found some evidence of gaming equipment, but no action.

And the bank is gone.

Did the surveillance cars pick them up when they left?

Yes, Bill, we're on it now.

Headquarters, 2 -1, clear.

Headquarters, 3 -9.

Suspect's car turning into a Walton Drive.

Headquarters, 3 -2 -1.

I've got him.

Headquarters, 5 -0 -5 to Headquarters, 3 -2 -1. Do not close.

Give him rope.

right there don't make a move you're crazy you know that you're crazy they'll

find you now who's gonna tell him who's me huh come on come on

Drop it.

Hey, how about we make a deal, huh, Brown?

Why don't you just keep your hand right there? Get him out of here.

Joe?

Joe?

Oh, Joe.

Joe?

It's all right.

It's all right, baby.

Win a few.

You'll lose a few.

Oh, no, Joe.

No, you're going to be all right. Joe, who killed Dave Belden?

Keeping it back can't help you anymore.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

He knew.

He knew and he wouldn't tell.

Which one of the others? It could have been one of them. It wasn't.

I knew Dave like a brother.

He wouldn't have come alone and vulnerable to meet any one of them.

Isn't that right, Betty?

We checked out everyone.

Everyone we knew about.

But we didn't know about the only person Dave would have...

Gone to see alone.

I don't know what you're talking about. Yes, you do.

I'm talking about the night you killed Dave.

You killed my father?

I didn't even know who he was.

I just did it for Joe.

He said it would make him a big man.

No. Better stay with him as long as she can.

You two will excuse me.

She could use a shoulder right now.

Number for Dr.

Richard Latham, please, on Terror Street.

What are you doing?

Confirming your hospital room for tomorrow.

With me out for a while, we could use some extra help around the office.

Care to stay on?

I'm on.