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We got to get this guy before he ends up killing half of Hollywood.

Don't even blink.

Just move. The plan is for you to hit the streets dressed as our jewel thief.

But you better bring a lot of your buddies with you because this guy's a

machine. Be careful, okay?

You know where I can find Billy Joe Morton? They'll never find me. I'm

uncatchable. Okay, puff for brains. You're under arrest. Homicide.

Do you have a last request?

Works for me.

What the hell?

And what's your name, sweetheart?

I'm Linda.

You're some kind of buttercup.

I'm Candy.

I'll bet you are.

Who the hell are you?

All right.

All right, where do you keep your money?

You got a safe?

Where is it?

Shut up!

Shut up!

Where's the safe?

I ain't got a safe.

Come on, man.

You gotta have a safe.

All right, all right, all right, I'll show you.

Now, all right, yeah.

All right. Now, come on.

No, what?

Faster, fat man.

Faster. I'll shoot your butt off.

I'm going to step back. All right. Step back! Stay cool!

All right, get down.

Get down!

All right, man, you better stay right there, you hear me?

Hear me! Yeah, I hear you! I hear you!

God damn it, he got the jump on me.

Now, you listen to me. Listen to me good.

I want to find out who that punk was, and I want my jewels back.

And then I want them offed. I want them dead.

You understand? I want you to go out and give me the best that there is.

I want some crazy freak who's going to get out there in that world and get me

back my stuff. You understand?

Yeah. I want them dead.

Come on.

They say he's the best, Mr. Lacey.

Yeah, well, then how come I never heard of him?

I can't answer that.

You asked for someone from the punker world and I got him.

The people say he's guaranteed.

Oh, I still never heard of him. They say he's a freaking genius.

He can make a murder look like a hit and run or a mugging, you know, something

like that.

I mean, they say that he's an artist. They can pull information out of a slab

concrete.

Have you looked yet? I told you I wouldn't.

Let's do it.

Hey, how'd you know they would have a safe?

I didn't.

It wasn't a house that big. I took a shot.

time out.

We scored this.

This study will have no validity if you don't give the questions an honest

effort.

Do you think that violence is increasing in your job? Yes.

Do you think the increased violence on the job has affected you?

Yes, I do.

And what are your feelings towards criminals?

Didn't you just ask me that?

Do you ever feel that the criminals do what they do against you personally?

No. Do you consider the criminal's psychological condition when you

them? Absolutely not.

What do you think of Captain Wyler?

As I told you at the outset, your answers are totally confidential.

Captain Wyler is an okay guy, I suppose.

Would you say that in general you respect those in authority?

Generally, no.

Do you feel that there's a significant role in police work for a psychiatric

approach? No, do you?

In general, then, what is your feeling about psychiatry?

Ah, well, you see, I look upon psychiatrists as the freeloaders of our

Want some coffee?

Hunter, McCall, I need the paperwork on this thing. Yeah, yeah.

Are you working on it? Good.

By the way, have you two seen a drink yet? Oh, yes. We've become one with one

another.

How about you, McCall?

Yeah.

You know what? He was really fascinating.

Good.

Hurry up with that.

He was not fascinating. How could you say that?

Read my lips. He was fascinating.

F -A -S -C -I -N -A -T -I -N -G.

Fascinating.

Where the hell are we?

I think we're here.

Get in the back.

Come on, man. Move it. Get in the back. We got to hustle.

Okay. Come on, man. Get in the back. You know what I'm saying?

Okay.

Put them on.

Put them on.

Come on, man. Move it. Move it. We got to hustle. Come on. Let's go. Put them

on. Now, you guys kick those off once.

Just once and it's off.

You got that?

You got that?

Yeah. Okay.

Come on, glasses off, glasses off. Get in here, man.

All right.

Okay, boys.

Screw in your butts, I ain't waiting.

Come on, guys. We ain't got all day. Move your butts, will you? Come on.

What the hell is this?

It's our squat, man.

We live here.

I spoke to you on the phone.

We're friends of little Stevie and Roxanne.

Hey, look.

You!

Look.

You coming to me because you need me.

You got ripped off.

Not me.

You want to know who did it.

Not me.

So?

You do it my way.

Okay. Your way.

I'm going to say it again.

Not your phony insurance number.

Reality.

About two million in jewels.

Any of it hot?

You got the documentation?

Give it to me.

You gonna be able to get my jewels back?

And take care of that other matter, too?

That's what I do, fool.

You tell him, big guy.

How much is this going to cost me?

$100 ,000.

$100 ,000? Get him out of here.

No.

No.

$100 ,000 is fine.

You big guy, you are one cool sucker.

How long?

As long as it takes.

Let's go, boys.

Not only do I have to sit in that room and listen to that wimp's questions, I

have to sit here and listen to you defend him. That's what drives me crazy.

I don't think David's a wimp.

David? We're on a first -name basis now with this guy. David is the biggest wimp

in the entire United States.

Hunter. He is. Wimp. W -I -M -P.

Hunter. What? You remember Dr.

David Anson?

Fascinating guy.

You ready?

Yes, sir.

Oh, gee, you don't have to call me sir. Doctor or a simple master will do.

Isn't that pretty?

Huh? Lovely.

And she likes it. It looks perfect on her.

It won't even have to have its size.

Mr.

Solly Hill.

I'm Solly Hill.

Don't even blink.

Just move.

Why are you...

The movie was great, David. Thank you. Oh, hey, it was my pleasure.

Listen, why don't we go for a night camp? I know this great place in the

I would like to, but I'm really tired. It's just a little too late for me. No

problem.

I'll probably have to go back into therapy, but that's fine.

Good night.

You can make this a lot easier and a lot less painful by telling me what you

know about the jewelry theft at Lucky Lacey's house.

I don't know anything about it.

Really?

Do you have a last request?

I can make you look like the victim of a mugging.

I do a bitch in one of them.

Or?

A hit and run.

It's always a bit messy, but...

Very effective.

I can't help you. I don't know anything.

You know every ice job in town.

Now tell me, who broke into Lacey's house?

I don't know. Why don't you believe me?

I can see I'm going to have to persuade you. Which is okay, too.

Little man, you have five seconds.

So, was he a wimp or not?

I knew he'd be a wimp.

I don't think you understand this. What happens when I am off duty is my

business, okay?

A little touchy, aren't we?

Well, look, the most important thing is you had a good time, right?

I did. Good. Thank you.

So, moving right along, when are you going to go out the wimp again?

Will you give it a rest?

refocus your interest from my personal life in this case?

Listen, I'm a professional, as you well know.

Besides, somebody has to look out after you.

Nobody has to look out after me.

I'll be the judge of that.

Another

day in

Sodom and Gomorrah West. What do you got here, Barney?

Got a cold one. Looks like it was dumped here sometime last night.

Any ID on him?

Nothing.

It's all prints on this guy as soon as you can get him.

Thanks, Barney.

Let's go.

Well, uh, don't you want to stay and get some evidence?

No, he was dumped here overnight.

Nothing else we can do.

I'm telling you, this woman had a body on her you could die for. Yeah, so did

you put a move on her?

You never listened to me. She was a stiff.

So funny in here.

Believe me, Hunter, you don't want to know. You don't.

Oh, listen, Hunter, by the way, did you hear what happened to Lucky Lacey, the

jewel thief?

No, what happened?

Got hit by another jewel thief.

That's funny.

I've been having Princess Di and Mick Jagger over for dinner on Saturday

Would you like to join us?

Why, you put it that way, yeah.

Okay, great. I'll tell you what. I'll talk to you before then. I've got to go.

I'm late.

So this is Action Central, huh?

I'm impressed.

Carlos, I didn't think you came out during the daylight.

A morgue joke? Very bad taste. You know, I like women better when they're up and

moving around.

Carlos, did you come here for anything specific or just to check out the women?

Check out the women?

No. Come on, how about a little tour?

Well, that's the captain's office, that's Hunter and my desks, there's the

coffee, and that's it.

And there's Sergeant Hunter himself.

You're losing something here, Stan.

How nice. A little heroism stays for my visit?

Carlos, if you're missing your horn, I believe Lawson found us downstairs,

it? Mm -hmm.

Listen, I need to talk to you guys.

Like in private.

Okay.

Off the record, okay?

I mean, I have enough problems with my boss. You know what I'm saying?

The latest if you sent me.

M .E. made his report, mugging.

But I had to tell you guys there's something else.

Something he missed.

That dude had abrasions around his wrists.

Handcuffs?

That's right.

Could be some sort of disgusting, putrefying, homosexual body, Jack.

Yeah, or it could be somebody that uses handcuffs in their line of work, like a

security guard or a cop.

Makes sense.

Ah, hand -delivered, huh?

How you doing, Deedee? Good. How about you? Good.

The prints you asked for. Great. Thank you.

You mean to tell me you came all the way over here to hand deliver that?

You know what your trouble is, Hunter? You don't appreciate your partner.

Yeah, well, never mind that.

How about lunch next week?

Yeah, sure. Give me a call. I will. So long. Mm -hmm.

Well, our stiff's name is Solly H.

Held. I know that name. That guy's a jewelry fence.

You know, that guy could use a couple sessions with the whip.

Damn it, Matthew.

There must be millions of dollars' worth of jewels in here.

We've got to find some place to sell it. Forget it, baby. We've got to just sit

on it. And that's exactly what we're going to do. We haven't seen a dime from

our big robbery. What's the point? The point is it's too dangerous.

We agreed, remember?

To get away, to enjoy life. This is our ticket.

Let's go for it.

I'm telling you, it was unreal.

All right.

Bill and Bob, Bill and Bob.

Don't you guys ever work?

I take it this visit's official.

Yep, it is.

Sawy Hill.

Fence. We got him as a DB two days ago. You guys have anything recent on him?

No. Sheet's clean because he's good.

He's the number two or three fence on the east side.

Probably moved 20 million in gems last year. He handled all the big heists.

You know anybody who want to kill him?

No. No?

Looks at the streets. Yeah.

Don't look too hard. Keep laughing. Later.

Anywhere we're staying to.

Check this out.

Maybe he wants his hair shined.

Ah,

what's the big idea, freako?

Wait a minute.

You're not...

Richard Greenlee? What?

Hey, I'm real sorry. I thought you were a guy that owed me a couple grand.

I'm saying I blew it.

Okay?

Yeah.

see before.

And it's a well -known fact that you know every job that goes down.

I do, but nobody knows nothing about that Lacey job.

I don't believe you.

Honest to God.

It had to be somebody out of town or an

amateur.

You think?

I'm a fool?

Man, I swear.

I swear.

You better stop your swearing!

Start praying.

You know, I hate to think that you're out all night partying.

Yeah, well, go ahead and think about it, because it happens.

I do have a life other than driving around this heap with you, you know.

Who was it, the jerk from the bureau?

Hunter. Not the nut doctor.

I trust you mean David?

Come on, you can do a lot better than that.

You better shut up and drive.

I'll tell you something.

That guy's a wimp.

Drive. I feel it my duty to inform you you're dating a wimp. Shut up and drive.

He's a wimp.

Here we go, nice and cold, just like you like them.

Sparrows. You gotta have a little sense of humor about stiffs. You have to have

a sense of humor.

Some of my best friends are dead. Let's get on with it, okay?

When I saw those wrists again, I had to call you. We appreciate it. Let's take a

look.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Bill and Bob.

What's up?

You know this guy?

It's a guy named Hammond.

He did a little bit of everything.

Half and half, we're all crooked.

He hasn't earned an honest dollar since he was ten.

He's a friend of Lucky Lacey's.

What, a jewel heist?

The very one.

Jewels again, huh?

They belong to my father.

He just passed away.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Let me get our appraiser, Mr. Brooks.

Excuse me.

Oh, this is happening.

We're going to be into some heavy box here.

It's about time.

Get out of here now.

Come on. Not too fast.

Just a moment, sir.

Miss, just a moment, please.

You're giving me a hard time, man, a hard time. Does little Polly back off?

the man back off?

Say what you do, man. It's be tickier, man.

Hey, man.

I didn't do nothing.

Why do you want to say that, Paulie? Every time I see you, you say that.

you dudes got to stop sneaking up on me like this, man. Like you totally freaked

me out.

Yeah, I can imagine.

Yeah, like what do you dudes want?

We want to know what the street says.

The street says?

Like what?

Like what? What do we do for a living?

Homicide, right?

Yeah. Well, okay, man.

There's like some strange vibes on the street, man. Like a very, like...

like a weird heaviness and people are tense man like very tense and it's like

they're afraid to talk because they're afraid to bleed man and i'm not sure yet

yet yet i'm rapping all the time man but like i can't get tuned in on this one i

just like i can't get tuned in get tuned in call me

how

come everybody in the jewelry business is getting knocked up scotty i ain't got

it hunter I'm sorry.

Let's go.

Hey, what's the six -letter word for criminal? Scumbag.

That's eight.

Bad guy.

A cutie doll for the little lady.

Hey, what can I get you from our internationally famous kitchen?

Nothing. We've already ate. Thank God.

Now, don't go poor -mouthin' and cookin' around here.

Look, what do you know about joy business?

Somebody got knocked off from Mucho Rocks. Yeah, Lucky Lazy. You got it. You

don't need me on this.

The murderers. The murderers, Bosco.

I gotta tell you about revenge.

We don't need philosophy, Bosco. What we need are hard facts.

Your partner just said it. Lucky Lazy.

That's a hard fact.

So that's it, right?

Hey, can I get you anything to eat?

No, no, we'll eat next time.

I've been saying that now for seven years, Hunter. It's a coincidence.

What's this new chicken thing you have up here?

Come on.

No, it looks good. I like onions.

Lucky Lacey?

Yeah.

Homicide? I'd like to ask you a couple questions.

You got a warrant?

You want us to get one?

Heck no, I'm legitimate.

Can I get you something?

Wine, a brandy, a piece of meat or something?

Nothing for me. How about you?

I'd like to ask you a few questions about the robbery at your home.

I didn't report no robbery.

Well, we didn't say you did.

I think you better get your warrant.

Get rid of him, Bert.

Sit down, Bert.

The warrant won't be necessary.

We got what we came for, didn't we?

What? The big emergency.

We gotta talk.

We are.

You gotta put a hold on what I told you to do.

A hold?

The heat's coming down on me, man. They know.

You been talking?

I haven't. It doesn't make any difference how they know. They know I'm

it off.

No. No, man.

A deal's a deal.

What are you crazy?

I'm calling it off.

This ain't good.

Do you buy jewelry?

Let's see it

Get

out

of here with this junk What are you talking about?

This stuff is good. Yeah, good and hot.

Look, what do you give us for it?

You kids want some advice?

Bury that stuff deep and leave it for your old age.

Otherwise, you may never have one.

I asked you to come by because I happen to know what you guys are working on.

Sometimes I got connections, if you know what I mean.

Look, I'm gonna level with you.

I'm gonna cooperate with you people.

What the hell are you talking about?

There's this guy out there doing this craziness. Not me.

He's after the thief.

It was his jewels that were stolen from me, all part of a legitimate gemstone

purchase.

I'm a collector.

Look, my guys ran into this guy last night.

And I'm doing this as a public service.

You got to stop him.

Public service. Did you hear that? Yes. This guy's a real nutcase.

I met him in an abandoned building in Hollywood.

I have no idea where it was. But you better bring a lot of your buddies with

because this guy's a death machine.

What's he look like?

He's big.

Real big.

Black leather.

In fact, he's bigger than you.

We know that the jewel thief is 6 '2", 6 '3", muscular, heavy metal leathers,

full out punk, right?

Yeah, that's what Lacey says.

So I had robbery pull in a marker.

We persuaded Philly Joe Morton, one of the West Side's leading fences, to take

brief vacation, courtesy of the department.

Now, Hunter, the plan is for you to hit the streets dressed as our jewel thief

who's looking for Philly Joe. But, of course, you can't find him anywhere.

Oh, wait a minute.

Let me get this straight.

I'm going to dress up as one of these heavy metal punker guys?

I'll do it.

You know where I can find Billy Joe Morton?

No, man. I haven't seen him.

Are you sure about that?

I'm sure.

What about you?

Okay.

You tell him when you do see him.

That the slammer wants me to do. Do you understand that?

I'll do that.

You do that.

Your name, Louie Gallo?

I was told by a man that you can put me in touch with Billy Joe Morton. Is that

correct?

That's what he said.

That's what the man told me.

Billy Gallo, that's what the man told me.

Hey, ladies, how you doing?

Listen,

I want you to get the word out for me. There's this big guy in leather, and

looking for Billy Joe Morton.

He's got some ice for him.

All right?

Thanks.

I've been looking for.

Are you out of your mind?

You better believe it.

Have you been out on the street?

There are cops everywhere, and they've got this drawing of you, man, and it

looks just like you.

Lincoln, what is with you? I am trying to tell you they are crawling all over

Hollywood looking for you. You can't go out there.

Have they found me?

Have they found me?

I haven't. Well, food, baby, they never will.

Because I'm Lincoln.

I'm the man.

They'll never find me. I'm uncatchable.

I'm Lincoln.

Okay.

Okay, will you please put me down?

Thank you, bud.

I must get every damn catalog in the world.

It's ridiculous.

Lieutenant, we've been out there. We have put in the hours. Believe us.

Just a minute. Maybe I'm missing something here.

This guy is like six foot eight, right?

Right. He's dressed all in black leather and chains, right? He's got one of

those big, weird punk hairdos, right?

Yeah. He's going around grabbing people in broad daylight off the... street what

the hell does this guy think he is invisible well he's acting that way look

pounded the cement here so the guy has to be holed up somewhere then dig him

we got to get this guy before he ends up killing half of hollywood looks like

the pink hair huh finn says you should wear a wire

you can tell finn where to put his wire he's right you know he's not right yes

he is too dangerous without it

I'm going to stick close to you.

I'm not going to stick close to you. What do you want to do, ride piggyback

through this whole deal?

I'm doing it, all right?

Yeah, well, just don't get me killed, huh?

Thank you for the vote of confidence.

What if he doesn't reach out for you? He'll reach out for me.

Be careful, okay?

I'm always careful.

So, which one of you lizards is going to be the first to have a spleen removed?

Who's on the street that you're looking for, uh, Philly Joe?

Yeah, Philly Joe.

Well then, come on.

Don't lose yourself trying to save me.

I'll be okay.

Life was built that way.

Just be nice.

You're a gnarly dude, aren't you?

I'll talk to you in private, not in front of these jackasses.

Cut out.

Get yourself a drink downstairs.

Beat it, baby.

I'm that stupid I'd have him on me?

How do I know you got him?

You're going to have to trust me.

I don't trust no one.

Maybe that's your problem.

I don't have a problem.

Where are the jewels?

I've got a sample. Want to see it?

Yeah.

Easy.

Easy. Trust me.

Okay, puffer brain.

You're under arrest homicide.

You got a lot of explaining to do downtown about the murders of Solly Held

Paul Hammond.

It's been around.

Let's talk.

Downtown, it's been around.

your weekend, young lady?

It was a weekend.

What do you mean? You weren't out with Dr. Fascinating?

You know, you seem deeply interested in that subject.

Any idea why?

Well, I'm deeply interested in your personal welfare.

Well, is it my welfare you're interested in, or could it be something else?

And what do we mean by that?

You don't have to get defensive about it. Was I defensive about it?

Yes, and I detect a little bit of hostility there. Do you want to

that?

I got it. You're doing the wimp, right?

The guy started psychoanalyzing me on our second date.

Yeah, I knew it. So what did he find out?

I'll never tell.

Yes, you will.