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10 -4.

Okay, Ed.

It's the wall. What is this? I don't know.

Hands on your head.

It's only one.

Identification. Driver's license. Something with your name on it.

Let's try it again.

Right hand.

No, no cuffs. Not on me, you don't.

Ow.

Let's go.

Very gently.

He threw a wallet and an envelope over there somewhere.

Watch myself.

I'll watch you, too. Keep talking, Tony. Tony, you're funny.

You're funny. Keep your hands off me, you pig.

Tony what?

Still spelled with two T's and one S. Except for drop dead, I don't say

We'd like to keep you, Tony, but Los Angeles stands for its crack.

You tell them to drop dead.

Inside. Get easy.

Now, let's confirm, Ted.

You bring Oney Karp back up here on the return trip.

They take him one of theirs, they give us one of ours. No bargain either way.

Stay on your own side. Oh, just cut it, Tony.

I hope they run the tank in L .A. better than your pigsty.

How would you know the difference?

Would you?

Speaking of tanks, please be excused, AJ.

I'm right behind you.

There's nothing left private anymore with you guys.

I'm living in a zoo. I don't write the rules.

Have you ever felt the season was about to change?

And the sun leaves quite slowly.

As it starts to rain And people come and go

Just like an ocean tide But no one

wants to hear the reason why Have

you ever felt as though you were no longer their man

It's almost the same as being Have

you ever wanted life

to be a place for you to hide?

The grass is not as green as it may seem on

the other side.

Good evening, Lieutenant.

Your merchandise, undamaged. I don't think it's been a pleasure. Thanks to

Take him away.

Come on, have a seat.

Thank you.

Thanks for the connection. We were pretty short on men. No sweat.

And your boy, Carp, has been screaming that we caught the wrong man.

Don't they all?

Your warrant?

My warrant.

Want us to bring him up now?

Well, if you don't mind holding on to him, it's been a while since I was down

here, and there's an old buddy of mine at the Marine Corps unit I'd like to...

And there's a restaurant, I remember.

You'll want it.

Need a car, be my guest.

Thanks, yes.

As far as the unit, it's near the police academy, and I'll take it from there.

When you're ready, we'll drive you to the airport.

Real Southern California hospitality.

We Southern cops aim to please.

Thank you. See you later.

Well, I sure wish you had time for me to take you on. Oh, well. Hey, you'd kill

me. Well, I might make up for all those times you left me with my tail dragging.

Hey, remember that village we went through?

There tonight?

Oh, come on, Dale. You're going back almost seven years.

Yeah, well, you got to remember that wall, don't you?

Oh, yeah.

The wall.

The only wall left standing in the whole village.

Yeah, and it was natives.

They thought we were out of our skull.

Well, maybe we were.

Handball in the middle of a war.

Yeah, especially with the gelling and all.

Hey, you want a beer?

No, thanks.

Yeah, that was our last game, wasn't it? You picked up a piece of trotting on

that. Yeah, I sure did.

How's it back now, eh? Oh, it's fine, it's fine.

I got it low in the meaty part, remember?

The last time I saw you at the base hospital, you were still trying to

out how to eat with your belly down. You try it sometime.

Well...

Congratulations. Hmm?

Oak leaves.

You never wrote me about that.

Yeah, I got them just before I left home.

Well, you're making it.

Making what?

You always were a career jock. It's a big step. You're moving up into the

territory.

Yeah, I suppose.

You know, your enthusiasm is positively underwhelming.

What did I do, hit a nerve?

Ed, you ever aim somewhere and go all out to get there?

And then when you finally get there, you don't know what you're doing.

And what's even worse, it's the last place you ever wanted to be.

Time or another, I suppose, but it sounds like it's right now for you.

with a uniform deal.

Oh, yeah.

I know.

I know.

I listened to orders.

I paid my dues.

I went by the numbers for seven years.

I was a good Marine, Ed.

I was gung -ho.

You still are.

I'm a businessman.

I pull a trigger like I'm dictating a memo or toss a grenade like I'm making a

phone call.

I'm used to it.

But you're a cop.

You've got to understand that.

It's not the same thing.

Gun and killing?

Sometimes, yes.

That's the tip of the iceberg.

All the years you were a cop.

Do you really remember anybody?

No, not everyone.

Do you treat anybody different than anybody?

Depends. There's always a certain routine.

Yeah.

Ooh, that's the crusher, isn't it?

I haven't seen you in seven years, and I'm using you like a crying tot.

Listen, you sure you won't have dinner with me?

I can spray a few tears of my own, you know.

Thanks, my man, but I'm locked in.

Maybe the next time you're in town.

Sure.

Take care.

But you're lucky.

You're in civvies.

Maybe it's the uniform that locks a man up.

Take care.

Beautiful evening.

You say so, sir.

Bye -bye.

Should have knocked off this shift.

There's no sleep at home anyway.

Sick kid up half the night. It's murder.

They're so darn helpless, you know. They can't tell you where they hurt or why.

That really makes you feel helpless.

Well, anyway, Jane slept.

Kids. I wouldn't know about them.

There's no escape.

You will someday.

Oh, no, no, man. Not me. No way.

Men's lib.

Total freedom for the male. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Look me up in about ten years.

Did you ever get your transfer

to Motors?

Nah, I'm still sweating it out.

I tell you, this hunk of steel isn't for me.

I mean, it shuts you in, you know?

You can get clobbered in this. It's like a coffin.

Give me a bike that you can lay down anytime.

Speaking of time, we've got just about enough time to make one more swing

the north end.

We don't think.

We find out.

Hiya.

Legs apart, hands against the car. Hey, what is this?

Just don't give me the pebble. What trouble?

It's clean, nothing at all. Okay, you guys are way off the track.

Now listen.

All right, what are you doing around here? Where are you going?

Would you mind telling me who I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed

asked you a question. Where are you going?

Well, if you'll give me a chance to explain... There's a suspect wanted on

charges of armed robbery. You fit the description. You have no identification.

Attention all units.

Cancel the warrant on the 211 suspect.

Just keep him there. Now, listen. Let's start this thing over. Now, what are you

doing here?

Why? What have I done? Where are you going? Where have you been? I will not

pushed around.

All right, get your hands above your head. Lay off me. I said get your hands

above your head. I don't believe this. You got a name?

Yeah, I got a name. Well, let's hear it. You should have... Ask me that up front

instead of ganging in on me like I'm criminal. We still don't know that, do

Well, I'm telling you I'm not. Could be there's a warrant out for you.

You guys just don't listen, do you? I'm listening for your name.

I have done nothing, do you hear me? You're walking around empty. You have no

identification. What if I said I'd been mugged and rolled and dumped over a

hill? Can you prove that?

Hey, where are we, Dachau?

Routine. Like a piece of machinery.

And you're just a little cog in it.

All right, what's it gonna be?

What's what gonna be? You gonna cop right and give us your name?

I haven't done anything.

We're not accusing. We're just doing a job. And doing a lousy job.

You want us to book you, mister?

For what?

Violation section 647E. Out after dark. Refusal to show identification.

All right, let's go. Hands off. Now, I wouldn't do that.

Don't make it tough.

Oh, no, you don't. Not on me, you don't.

You got nothing on me. You don't touch me.

You have the right to speak

with an attorney and to have the attorney present during questioning.

If you so desire and cannot afford one, an attorney will be appointed for you

without charge before questioning.

Now, do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you?

I know my rights.

Was he lucky?

Maybe it's the uniform that locked the man up.

I hate like hell to have to break it to you like this, Andy, but there's just no

keeping this on ice.

They picked up Danny in possession of marijuana on the school campus today.

We're holding him here in custody.

I don't know what to say.

Don't try.

Why?

Why, Joe?

What went wrong?

Nobody's purged. Perfect, Andy. I mean, a lot of kids are doing it. Danny's not

the first, and neither are you.

Look, I'll be there as soon as I can get Curtis to relieve me.

All right, Andy.

And Joe.

Yeah?

Tell Danny.

Tell Danny everything's going to be okay.

We'll work things out together.

Everything will be all right.

I'll see you later.

Sir John Doe.

Charges?

647E. Failure to ID and resisting arrest.

Sergeant Tully approved booking.

Empty all of your personal belongings on the counter.

He's got nothing, Andy. No ID, nothing of any kind. Especially answers.

He's all yours.

How's your kid?

Good night.

You could have made it easier on yourself.

I'm here, not you.

Your constitutional rights.

I know my constitutional rights.

You're right here, please.

Dress down on here.

One call.

Friend, lawyer, bail body?

No, friends. Nobody here.

Sign it.

You waive your call.

Sign it, John Doe.

Have you ever felt the season was about to change?

And the sun leaves quite slowly as it starts to rain.

And people come and go just like an ocean

tide.

No one wants to hear the reason why.

Have you ever felt as though you were no longer a man?

It's almost the same as being a toy in someone else's hand.

Have you ever wanted life to be a place for you to

hide?

Grass is not as green as it may be.

Okay,

close on a bench.

Shoes off.

You're over there.

Face front.

Raise your arms.

Turn around.

Have you ever understood the way another man sees?

As he sits inside his lonely world that's made of steel.

Well, take a look around,

cause you might find yourself that way.

There'll be nothing left for you to say.

You become the other man, the one who's drawn astray.

And imprisoned for a simple crime you have to pay.

And when you know the feeling that is on the other

side.

There'll be more room soon. This place is a revolving door.

I don't feel him.

I'm gonna be sick.

I'm sick.

You sick and drunk.

You're all hard, aren't you?

Yeah.

You're the sickest.

Better string you up in a lamp post, you jerk.

I'm the big daddy on the street.

They all love me.

I'll be in and out of here and back in the street in two hours.

Most tomorrow.

I am the man.

You are the weasel.

Whatever you say, killer.

Who are you, brother? Why are you here?

Which bunk is open?

Hey, that's your question.

Ah, look at here, gentlemen. We have a mystery guest.

It's the John Doe.

What a wrong move out of you, Brother John Doe.

Can I pop your eyeballs out of your head?

And that's all.

Okay, thank you for your trouble.

Hey, Chief, the rubber on those wheels only reads red, you know, with a 10 ,000

-mile warranty.

That's not funny, Mark.

Okay, no red blanket in any hospital down there, and that goes for the more,

too, so that's good news, kind of. Where is he? Where the hell is he?

Has he come back?

He wasn't home last night, either.

His mail was still in his box.

Officer Belding, by what wild stretch of the imagination could you possibly

assume that Ed would simply ignore his assignment?

And just come home and go to bed.

I didn't mean that. I just thought that... I don't know what I thought. It

stupid. I don't even know why I went there. Oh, I'm sorry, Fran.

I know why you went there.

Chief Ironside's office.

Okay, who's calling?

Just a moment.

Lieutenant Dacker.

Hello, Lieutenant. This is Ironside.

Hello, Chief.

We're still running into dead ends on you, man.

How about the airport?

Did he have a return reservation?

Did he cancel it?

No show.

He was supposed to come back here and pick up his prisoner, and my detail was

drive him to the airport.

But he did visit his friend at the Marine Corps Reserve Unit.

One of my men dropped him off up there, and we're trying to track down his

friend now.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

I'll get back to you.

We'll keep at it on this end, Chief.

Bye.

Ed's not that bullheaded. If he was in trouble, he'd call for help.

I've got this gut feeling that maybe Ed can't call for help.

But what can we do about it? Nothing.

We just sit around here and wait. Mark?

Chief, it's going to work out all right. Is it, Mark? It's got to. There's no

other place to go.

It's not our beat down there. We don't swing any weight. We're aliens.

Chief, we don't need any passports.

Can I get you something, Chief? No, thank you.

Look, Mark, I know the Los Angeles police are doing all they can. I know we

don't need passports, but we sure do need something.

Deputy?

You don't give me any choice.

All I can do is turn in my report to the public defender's office.

Then you go to court. Now sit down. Sit down.

An instant defender.

Lousy for you, lousy for the court, lousy for the public defender.

You've got caseloads stacked up to the ceiling.

You could sit here for a week before you even get a hearing.

What did I do wrong, Sergeant?

We already went through that.

You physically resisted arrest.

He tried to put handcuffs on me. I hadn't done anything.

The officer's report says that you had no identification.

I asked him what if I'd been mugged and rolled.

The report includes that.

It also says that you couldn't prove it.

Prove it? How? How?

They had no choice.

They had to book you in here as John Doe.

So what if I said Sam Yorty or Richard Nixon or George Wallace? That make me

cleaner? Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. You don't make my job any easier, do you,

John Doe?

I told them I had done nothing.

Now, who even listened?

They stopped me. They brought me here. They stripped me naked and dehumanized

and threw me into a cage. Now, Sergeant, all the years you were a cop, do you

really remember anybody?

In the eyes of the law, Sergeant.

Is that what you think of and do to all the John Does you arrest? All the guys

who are too scared to fight back?

You have your constitutional rights.

I'm just the investigating detective.

You can tell it all to the judge. Damn it. Here come the judge.

You ought to try it sometime.

No, I don't know what you're trying to prove, John Doe.

But we got your fingerprints, and we'll get a reading on them soon.

That'll close you out. Come on.

My pad's all yours, friend. Enjoy.

Putting out the apples with grapes, huh, brother?

And what took you so long? I've been sitting in that cage nearly all day.

Took me all that time to count out 50 ,000, boy.

And you know I am a slow counter.

You letting us out?

I'm sorry we couldn't stay for cocktails, brother.

Still drawing blanks, Chief. Sorry.

You locate the man he went to visit?

About an hour ago.

He confirmed that Brown spent about 45 minutes with him and left shortly after

8.

Well, there's something we're missing.

What did he say before he left, Lieutenant?

Can you remember exactly?

No, not word for word.

Oh, it's not word for word, just exactly.

Well, he asked us to hold on to carp, said he wanted to visit his friend, and

then get some dinner.

You say where?

No, a place I remembered.

We did some checking, but... Had to be in walking distance.

I'll have my deputies concentrate on you.

Oh, you've got your hands full with your own work.

If we could keep your carp for a while.

Well, sure.

But, Chief, they have restaurants on every other block in this town, and we

don't know the territory.

No, there was a Chinese restaurant we both went to a couple of years back.

Gave our place in San Francisco quite a run.

It always wanted to go back there.

It'll only be a little while.

Take all the time you need, and good luck, Chief.

What are you doing around here? Where are you going? I will not be pushed

around. Get your hands above your head. I don't believe this.

You got a name?

Hey, where are we?

Dachau? All right, what's it gonna be? Why?

What have I done?

Where are you going? Where have you been?

John Doe. I haven't done anything.

I'm innocent.

I've got my rights.

In all my life, I swear, I'll never take another drink.

I didn't mean to hit that woman.

I swear it now.

You want to kill me?

You kill yourself.

I've always loved you.

I never cheated on you.

Go ahead, kill me.

You're big and you're dumb, but I've always loved you.

Loved you.

Please, Your Honor, make them take me back.

They never should have let me go.

I tried to help myself.

I didn't want to do what I did to that child.

Something just came over me.

Take me back to that place.

Please, Your Honor.

Make them take me back and never let them let me go again.

Please, dear God, Your Honor.

Make them take me back and keep me there until I die.

Shut up!

I mean, shut up!

Shut up!

You hear me?

It's all right. It's all right.

Nobody's going to bother you. They've all got their own hang -ups.

How long you been out?

Two weeks.

Where were you?

Atascadero. How long?

It's time.

You asked them to keep me there, but they said they couldn't.

And I'd be all right this time.

You can't blame them.

It's not that they don't want to help.

It's just too many and there's just not enough time.

So they try to patch you up the best they can.

Pray it'll hold.

Nobody lets you forget.

It's like being tattooed. You can't rub it off.

How come you're talking to me?

Listening. I hadn't thought about it.

Anybody finds out about me, they want to beat me up.

Hit me.

Maybe that's why.

What are you in for?

But you're lucky.

You're in cities.

Maybe it's the uniform that locks a man up.

I'm a John Doe.

right in his description. At least no one remembers.

I don't think he even reached here.

What's the shortest way from here to the Marine Corps Reserve Unit?

We can go south, then west, across the freeway and north of this street.

How about on foot? Any faster or shorter way?

The footbridge right here goes across the freeway. It saves about a mile.

That was never much for walking.

Can you take us there, please?

Which side of the road?

Far side where it would have started.

It's pretty lonely around here.

Not too safe, either.

I'll go straight across.

John, you and Mr. Sanger drive around. Meet me on the other side.

Okay.

Don't let him break any law. Make it fast.

Yeah, boss, you don't like taking chances.

So what else is new?

Taking your evening walk, mister?

You, uh, might call it that, yes.

This is a tricky neighborhood a man could get rolled around in.

I, uh, I shouldn't think so.

Oh, they'll take everything you got.

Of course, if you ain't got nothing, then they won't touch you.

Tell you what we're going to do, mister.

We'll hold it for you.

We're just trying to protect you.

Well, I'll protect myself, thank you.

Stop, I'll shoot.

You and your bright ideas.

This is just giving me another one.

Right on down. Good.

We checked all the mugging victims in all the hospitals, Chief.

I was the first, John Doe. I questioned myself.

Very uptight, uncooperative, no ID.

According to that report, he said he'd been mugged and rolled.

They implied it.

Never came right out with it.

All right, let me see it.

Violation section 647A, resisting arrest.

We had no choice but to book him.

Who else are you holding in that cell?

We've got a suspect on murder one, an alcoholic, felony drunk driving, and a

-er. And a John Doe.

We'd like to keep them separate one from another, but we're jammed up here.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Let's push off, Mark.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Hey, Chief.

Hello, Mark.

This is Ed's walk to Calvary.

We'll have to let him take it his own way.

At least she's still alive.

I'll be around soon.

It's placed like a revolving door.

I need a drink.

I need a drink!

Take this, punk.

Hey.

Since when did you become surplus, Jando?

I dreamed today was Christmas.

Hey, you're 21.

You don't look it.

Yeah, I'm over 21.

Hey, kid, what's your name?

Hey, what you in here for?

Hey, man.

I said, what's your name and what you in here for? It's Benji. My name is Benji.

Leave him alone.

Leave him alone.

Come on, Benji. I want to play, Benji. Leave him alone!

You run things in San Francisco, but let me tell you one thing.

If you'd have pulled a trick like this on our force, we'd have booted you out

your ear.

You're a cop, damn it.

You're a sergeant and you know the rules.

You know that peace officers everywhere cooperate.

They don't go around giving headaches to one another.

I've been a cop for so long, I'd forgotten what it means to be a

For a little while there, I just went back.

What were you trying to prove?

Something.

You certainly must have known what you were getting into.

I know what we all get into.

Mr. Karp is on his way.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Sergeant.

Please do me a favor.

If you ever have to pick up another man, try Chicago.

Denver.

But don't do it here.

Not very complimentary.

Only one of you are taking me back.

One's enough.

You be cool, and I'll be cool.

You a cop?

Yeah.

That is on the other side.

The world will be a better place for you.

Because you have tried.

The other side.