All language subtitles for The Streets of San Francisco s05e15 A Good Cop But

The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn
Martin production, starring Carl Malden.

Also starring Richard Hatch.

With guest stars

Barry Primus, Mills Watson, Frank

Maxwell.

Special guest star, Robert Walden.

Tonight's episode, A Good Cop, But...

Outpost to coordinator.

Go. Another limousine.

Black. One man in front, two in the
rear.

Is Birmingham aboard?

Negative.

Big, big fellas. Clement. Freddie
Clement.

Very large northwestern connection.

Distributes all the way up to Fairbanks.

Will you look at this?

Look at these biggies. This is another
Appalachia.

Yeah, what does it mean without
Birmingham?

It'll show.

Did I have his dip years?

No. Moonshine, you're the best.

How's the time?

It's exactly pipe time.

What are we going to do?

We only have an arrest warrant for
Birmingham.

What do you think we're going to do?
We're going to wait.

Wait.

Okay, we wait.

You know, Dave, you got one major flaw
as an archer.

Yeah, what's that?

You take your job too serious.

No, I mean it. I mean it. What you need
is a nice little wife, someone to relax

you. My sister Connie, she'd say yes
like that if you asked her.

Do you have another piece of taffy?

I don't have any taffy.

I got a cookie.

Give me.

That's a cookie?

You don't like brunettes.

I got sisters to burn.

Rita. You like Rita.

I'm going to have Rita over the house
Monday night for your birthday. Who

You never can tell.

Dave.

Go. Bingo.

Park

it

around the corner.

There he is.

That's Art DeVoe, baldy, vocal muscle,
very rough child.

Well, Eunice, this is Dave.

The rat is in the trap.

And we're going to spring it in 60
seconds.

I'm out.

Now, you've been very good, moonshine.

No, just stay loose, huh? Everything
will be fine.

Okay, Freddy, sit down.

Let's move it.

Is everybody here?

to say one or two things first about
territorial infringement.

Then I'll open the meeting up to general
questions.

Now, I don't want to hear any personal
attacks, and I don't want to have any

hurt feelings.

Gentlemen, we have a $100 million
business here.

Lambert, how is he?

I'll try to bring him back, but he's
gone.

Married.

Three kids.

Well, we're going to have to have a
report.

Listen, if you want to unwind first, you
go right ahead. No, no, no. Let's do

it. Well, you were in charge of the
stakeout?

Yeah.

We had a major bust going on.

Every prime supplier in the West Coast.

Mr. B called the meeting.

That's called Birmingham.

We've been after Birmingham for five
years, but we've never really been able

tie him into the organization.

I had a warrant out for his arrest based
on reliable information that he was

carrying a quarter of a million dollars
worth of skag.

But he slipped our collar.

Everything blew up on us.

This officer Cobb was posted on the
street.

Birmingham shot him. Any witnesses?

I saw it.

I was about 20 yards away.

Anybody else?

Yeah, a snitch was there, Moonshine.

We call her Moonshine. His name's
Fisher.

Randolph J.

Cobb gave me his wife's number. I have
to call her.

You go ahead.

You call her and just take it easy, will
you?

I think we've got enough to start on.

We'll keep in touch.

Sounds pretty tight.

You ought to be able to hang a murder
one -rapper, Mr. B.

He's a very quick cat.

He won't fall easy.

We'll see.

Sorry we're late, Mr. B. The airport was
socked in.

You're Carter? Yes, sir.

The powder man?

Yes, sir. That's what they said you
wanted.

That's exactly what I need.

Snuff him.

Guy's name is Fisher, but they call him
Moonshine. He's got a room over on Post

Street. Well, I'll show you.

And what about Lampert?

Yeah, he saw me too.

Carl, you know, sometimes it's a lot
cheaper to spend a couple thousand on a

than it is to waste him. Can he be
reached?

No, not this guy. He's a crusader. He's
been out after Mr. B ever since he got

into the department.

Look into his background.

Let's see how pure he is.

Women, gambling?

Yeah, whatever.

Just find it.

Oh, and Artie, if you don't come up with
something, then waste him.

You're busy.

I'll come back. No, no, hold it, hold
it. Come on in.

Just one second.

There we are.

Well, well, well, Counselor.

I was thinking you might have run out on
us, too.

New secretary.

She forgot to give me your message.

Oh, well, this is my new partner.

Dan Robbins?

Abe Johnson.

Close the door.

So, girl didn't tell me what you wanted.

I want your client.

Which client? Oh, come on, stop it.

Yes.

Well, Mr. Birmingham told me about a mix
-up of some sort on the waterfront this

morning. Said he had a few business
matters to attend to, then he'd contact

narcotics. Homicide.

The charge is murder.

Well, it doesn't matter what the charge
is. The man's innocent.

He told me he was in San Jose this
morning.

The narcotics officer saw him in a San
Francisco warehouse.

You mean Lambert?

That man has been impugning my client's
reputation for years.

Well, that wouldn't be hard.

Lieutenant, I have just filed a civil
pleading against Officer Lambert for

malicious defamation. Just so you know,
I'm not about to stand by and let a

personal vendetta railroad my client
into prison. And that's going to be your

defense? If it goes to trial, it will
be.

I don't think it will, though.

I don't think Lambert will be willing to
perjure himself.

When the chips are down, I believe
you'll find Dave Lambert declines to

I wouldn't bet on it.

I'm 40.

Hey.

Telephone man.

Who for?

215 Rudolph Fisher.

He ain't home.

Oh, this is the time he asked for. He
made a very big thing of it. It's got to

be fixed today.

Well, he ain't home. I'm sorry.

Ah, too bad. Well, I'll try to be back
in three or four weeks. Three?

Come on.

What would it take to let me know
somebody's coming?

Two minutes?

Couldn't he write me a note?

Sometimes people are funny.

All right, flip the latch when you go
out. It'll lock by itself.

Thank you.

Dave is divorced, isn't he?

I, uh, don't believe I got your name,
Mr.

Barton. Private detective.

Sure.

Dave's a pretty popular boy around these
parts.

Everyone I've talked to has a good word
for him.

Is that a fact?

What kind of a word does your sister
have for him, Mr. Lundin?

Let me tell you the reason I'm asking.

Dave's planning on remarrying and, uh...

My client wants to make sure that she's
doing the right thing, you see?

Now, you wouldn't happen to have any
advice for her, would you?

Yeah, I got some advice for her.

Tell her to run for her life.

Why?

Get it?

Now, listen, buddy, this just might be
very valuable to my client. Say, $1

Barton, tell your client she's got a
deal.

So you got home.

See you what?

You trying to give me a stroke?

Some somebody ought to bill you like a
cat.

Listen, Fisher.

I've had all the aggravation I can take
for one day. So don't push.

Now, I ain't your slave.

And I'm not going to be running up and
down those stairs all day long after

every Tom, Dick, and Harry that comes
calling here for you.

What Tom, Dick, and Harry?

You forgot the telephone man was coming.

Telephone man?

What did he look like?

Like a telephone man.

the great friend, the great partner.
Right, right. A man among men, a knock

among knocks. Right. Dave, happy
birthday, pal. Love you.

Thanks. I just want to say in
reciprocation that you're right in

say. Thank you. Happy birthday, man.

Beautiful. Thanks for the party. Okay,
okay. Hey, we'll cut the cake already.

Come on. You do it. I'm not too bad.
Connie, give him a hand.

You should bake that. It's unbelievable.
It's like he's born a star, doesn't it?

Connie, bake that. Rita, go get the
presents. Okay, I'm going. I'm going.

Come on, babe, I'll give you a hand.

Rodriguez, watch it, because she's got a
right on Dave. Oh, hey.

You're lucky they outlawed polygamy.

He'd have you marrying all of us.

Gangway.

Now I'm going to get another bottle over
here.

What do you do? Incredible.

Nice big one for me with the flower.
Okay.

Want to give me a refill?

I certainly do. You are some cooker.

Hey, easy. I'm driving.

That's all right. I'll take you home.

Happy birthday, David.

Thanks, Connie.

And thanks for that cake.

You know, Ernie's right. We deserve one
another.

Oh, well, in that case, how about a big
gold kiss? You got it.

Come on, come on, come on. We're opening
the presents. Come on. Break it up.

Birthday to you. Open this first. Right
here.

Incredible.

Who's this from? I don't know.

It's from your brother, huh?

I don't know.

It's going to be a bomb, right?

You never know.

All right.

It's a tape recorder.

I thought you said these were supposed
to be gag gifts.

Yeah, well, wait till you hear what's on
this.

Hold it.

Hold it.

Is Dave here?

Sure. Come on in.

No, could we see him for a minute?

Oh, yeah.

Dave! Come here a second.

Hey, carry on, carry on. We'll be right
back.

Mike.

Birmingham's in custody.

Where'd you find him? He turned himself
in.

Raymond's tomorrow.

I'll be there.

That's why we wanted to talk to you.
You'll have to be there.

We lost Moonshine.

They wired his room, blew half his
apartment up.

No sign of a man.

We think he tripped a wire and ran.

Well, that's one witness down and one to
go.

Hey, come on, Ernie. You don't think
they'll try to kill a cop.

He might.

Birmingham's dead if you testify.

Mike, are we authorized to give Dave any
protection?

No, I don't want any protection.

It doesn't even have to be official.
Just some of the guys will hang around,

make sure.

No, all right.

Look, if they try anything, they're
going to try a bribe. Now it's my

Come on and have a piece of cake, will
you?

Fellas, eat, drink, be merry.

Good evening, Officer Lambert.

All I see about it, I don't believe it.

I believe what?

I'm talking about your nerve, DeVoe.

Get out of the car with your hands
behind your back.

In a minute.

I had a little talk with your ex
-brother -in -law this afternoon, Dave.

He really spilled the beans, man. Told
me all your little secrets.

He named names, places, dates.

See, Phil, you don't even think you're
fit to be a cop.

And why would he think that?

Just because you're a homosexual.

Any word on Moonshine? No, not yet. He's
still hiding.

Lambert give you a list of his former
employers, friends?

If he hasn't left town, we'll flush him
out.

Come in.

Oh, come on in, Dave.

Could I have a word with you, Captain?

Sure. Sure.

Okay.

Mike, would you mind staying, too?

I just thought I should cue the
department in on certain new

Go ahead.

One of Birmingham's soldiers was waiting
for me last night when I got home and

he tried to hassle me.

You're kidding.

How?

Well, he said that if I testified
against Birmingham, he'd have the record

that I was a homosexual.

Are you a homosexual?

Yes.

Who else knows about this?

I don't know.

Anybody in the department?

I don't think so.

I chose to keep it quiet.

Do you mind telling me why?

Well, I just felt I could do a better
job without the social pressures.

Well, now you've got them.

So, where do we go from here?

You know, you're supposed to testify for
me.

Are you willing to?

Yes. You better think about it.

It could be bloody.

I know that.

Who's prosecuting?

Billings. Okay.

You better warn him.

I don't want him having a heart attack
in open court.

All right, I'll give him a call.

Thank you.

I sure don't need this.

One of my own men being blackmailed.

Jack, he wasn't blackmailed.

He reported it.

That takes the threat away.

What does that mean? That there's no
problem?

No, no, I didn't say that. Good.

Because there's going to be a problem
and you know it.

Not that the department discriminates.

But some of my men aren't as
understanding as you are.

And some of them are going to begin to
wonder what else they don't know about

Dave Lambert. And that gives me a
personnel problem, doesn't it?

Okay, let's just take one step at a
time.

He said he was willing to testify. That
means we still have a case.

Make it stick, Mike.

He's a good man.

I don't want him ruined.

We know you're on a book. We know that
Moonshine bets with you.

So let's quit playing games, huh?

So what do you want from me?

Information. I told you I haven't seen
them. Well, find them.

There's 500 bucks in it for you.

Here.

Call this number.

Sure. Anything for a friend.

I still don't understand why it should
change the basic case. You're not a

lawyer, Mike.

Well, a man was murdered.

You've got an eyewitness. Those are the
facts.

Maybe he's afraid I'll lisp when I get
up in court.

That's a cheap shot, Lambert.

You can lisp all you want. I still have
a case to prove, and you're going to

make a lousy witness. And why?

I've still got 20 -20 vision.

I know what I saw.

Yeah, you're a good cop.

But you're gay.

So what?

So what are the jurors going to hear in
that courtroom about Officer Lambert?

They'll hear that he's got one of the
best lists of commendations on the

No, they'll hear he's lived a lie ever
since he's been on the force.

Somebody's going to wonder how many
other lies he's capable of.

Jerry, it just takes one to win an
acquittal.

Look, a jury is nothing more than a
cross -section of public opinion.

I don't have to tell you, Dave.

Some people won't like what you are.
Well, that shouldn't be the issue.

Yeah, well, it will be.

I've been after Birmingham for five
years.

He's said a lot of nasty things about
him, which puts his reputation on the

and yours.

Of course I've been after him. Do you
know how many people he's killed or

with a junkie selling?

But he hasn't been charged with that.

All right, all right.

So what's the answer?

We're dead if we go to trial with just
you, I can tell you that.

Mike, I gotta have Moonshine.

I don't care where he is, find him.

I'll do whatever I can to buy you time.

All right.

You know, Moonshine's got a kid over in
East Bay in a convent school.

St. Teresa's.

I don't think he'd leave without seeing
her. He's crazy about her.

Maybe you ought to stake her out.

You never mentioned that before.

Oh, God.

I guess I've had a few other things on
my mind.

Well, it's not going to get any easier.

I know.

The hardest part is seeing how people I
really like are going to react.

I guess I never like losing friends.

Nobody does.

Well, come on.

The lions are waiting.

Mr. Birmingham, you've heard the charges
against you. How do you plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Very well.

Prosecution ready to set a date for a
preliminary hearing?

No, Your Honor.

No. Your Honor, the state requested
continuance for seven days. Judge

is absolutely basic to the law that
every prisoner be given a speedy trial.

Now, if the state's case isn't ready,
why was an arrest made?

I think that's an awfully good question,
Mr. Billings.

We are ready, Your Honor. Unfortunately,
I'm still involved in a prior

litigation. Are you the only assistant
the district attorney has on his staff?

No, sir. Then why wasn't someone else
assigned to this case?

I don't know, sir.

Judge.

Mr. Billings, do you think you could
possibly be available in two days?

Yes, sir.

This court will reconvene at 9 a .m. on
Friday next.

What's with the contenders?

We have this guy on his back.

There must be some legal problem.

What? What's the problem?

Well, I don't know, man. Do I look like
a lawyer? Well, let's find out. I'll

ask. Look, will you lay off? It has
nothing to do with you.

I'm sorry, Arnie.

I'm sorry.

Look, I'll explain later, all right?

Charlie, two beers?

And a lot of peanuts, won't you,
Charlie?

Price?

How's it going?

So what is bothering Dave, man?

How should I know? I'm only his partner.

Oh, come on. We don't need a
continuance. Now, we're ready. We can

the case locked. No, it does not make
any sense.

Makes sense to me.

Oh, yeah? Well, you know so much, Price.
Why don't you clue me in?

What, you haven't heard yet?

Heard what?

Let me tell you something funny.

When I was working in Vice, I used to
see that guy and I'd say to myself, I

don't know, man.

I just don't know.

You know?

What are you talking about?

Lambert, man.

You're, uh...

Sweetie pie.

Hey, uh, Detective Price.

I hope you didn't mean what I think you
meant.

I meant the guy's gay, man.

Now, that is a damn lie, and you better
watch your mouth, okay?

Aaron, he admitted it himself.

It's all over Bryant Street.

And all the time you're trying to get
him to marry your sister. Come on,

you had to know, huh?

I mean, you were buddies.

Let me ask you something.

What do you do after a fight?

Send each other flowers?

Hey, no, Ernie, no, no, come on.

That's enough, man. That's enough.
That's enough.

That's enough.

You two get on with the main thing
there. That's it.

That's it. Okay, okay, I'm all right.
I'm all right. I'm okay. I'm okay.

You were lying.

You guys.

I don't understand how I can help you,
Lieutenant.

It seems that you have the same address
for Mr. Fisher that we have.

And you say he hasn't tried to contact
his daughter in the past few days?

No, he hasn't. Is that usual, sister?

I mean, how often will he normally come
by or telephone?

Oh, he never telephones. He always comes
by. He likes to give Dolores little

presents. They walk, they talk. They
have a very good relationship.

Actually, now that I think of it, they
haven't seen each other for several

weeks. And you think a visit may be long
overdue?

Yes. Yes, long overdue.

Sister, I don't want to alarm you, but I
think that there's a possibility that

that child could be in danger.

I... I don't understand.

Well, she could be in danger by some
people who are trying to reach her

through her.

Oh, I see.

So what I'll do is I'll leave a man on
stakeout here.

Here? No, no, I mean at the front
entrance.

So we can have a talk with Mr. Fisher if
he shows up.

All right, I understand.

In the meantime, if he telephones or
writes a letter, would you call me

immediately, please?

Here's my card.

And thank you, sister.

Thank you.

Hey, what happened to your eye?

Ran into a door.

What happened?

I heard a rumor down at the grill.

Yes, I am.

I am.

I don't believe it.

Well, it's true, Ernie.

It's true.

Paul.

How can you know somebody all these
years and not know anything about him at

all? Why didn't you tell me? I didn't
tell anybody, Ernie. I'm not anybody.

your partner.

I guess I kept it quiet because I just
knew what an effect it would have

around here.

Around here?

What about the effect on me?

Yeah.

You too, Ernie.

I was afraid of what you'd feel.

I was afraid.

What do you feel?

What do I feel?

I feel like a fool. That's how I feel.

Well, well, where do we go from here,
old buddy?

Nowhere. We go nowhere.

Don't. Don't.

Don't you ever touch me again.

Oh, that's a relief.

I thought it might be Jack the Ripper
there for a minute.

Hi. Hi.

How was your day?

Okay. Ow!

What? Oh, Ernie, what happened?

Nothing. Nothing happened. Nothing?

Where's Dave?

Here, put that. All right.

I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. I
said I'd come over and fix you two this

great dinner.

Yeah.

Well, maybe you got hung up or
something.

You know...

He's been hanging around here a little
too much lately anyway.

Dave? Yeah, Dave.

You didn't have a fight with him, did
you?

What's for dinner?

Ernie, what happened?

I know this man a long time.

All these years, he's been lying to me
and you, too.

About what?

About a lot of things.

About who he is, what he is.

What the hell are you talking about?

He's gay.

That's what I'm talking about.

The man is gay.

He finally told you, did he?

What?

Ernie, I've known that for a long time.

He told you?

Well, I mean, not in so many words, but
we're friends. I mean, we talk.

He's my friend, too, you know.

He's my partner.

Why didn't he talk to me?

Well, look at you. Would you have
understood?

How did it come up?

Someone blew the whistle on the... Oh,
Ernie.

Come on.

Nothing's changed.

What? Dave's the same man you knew at
the academy, and he's the same partner

you've had for five years. No. No more.

I put in a transfer. I'm going over to
robbery.

Do you mind telling me why?

Why? Yeah.

Because I don't want to be in the same
room with him. I don't want to talk. I

don't want to know him. Oh, that's
ridiculous.

Look, mouth, enough.

Just drop it, will you? How can you call
yourself his friend?

You're not even concerned about his
feelings or what he's going through. The

only thing on your mind is what people
are going to think about you.

All right, Connie, cool it.

Okay? I don't need any lectures. Oh, you
need more than a lecture, big brother.

You need a major transfusion of human
compassion.

Because you sure don't have any now.

I'm eating out.

I told you there'd be trouble.

How many guys said they didn't want to
work with him? Three so far.

Does he know about it?

Yes, and he also knows his partner's
requested a transfer.

Mike, I want you to take Lambert, at
least temporarily, till I can figure

something out.

You don't mind, do you? No, not at all.
As a matter of fact, I've got him

working with Robbins right now on an
assignment.

Now, wait a minute. Who gave you that
authority?

You just did, didn't you?

How's about another taffy?

Oh, no, thanks.

Boo! Are you the secret stakeout?

Well, I wouldn't exactly say secret.

Sister sent me. She said to tell you
that Dolores had a visitor.

It wasn't her father.

No, not her father. But he's from her
father. He sent her some stuff.

Candy, a comic book.

He was right behind me.

There!

That's the Swede.

They used to be roommates before this
guy hit the bottle.

Thanks a lot, sweetheart.

Now what are you going to do? Gun him
down?

Take it nice and slow.

One, two, three, four, five.

Yeah, I knew he'd be around here sooner
or later. I called you the minute he

left.

You're a big hero.

Told you how he was dressed.

Yeah, he told me. He told me.

I'll find him.

him he spot you no i don't think so he
drove straight here and he parked across

the street he's got to be in here
somewhere what about moonshine no sign

wait hold it hold it he's here too i
don't know what's the matter with me it

must be too many distractions moonshine
used to work with the carnies i should

have remembered that there'd be no
better place in town to hide out than

all right come on let's take a look

Nice Let's take a little walk moonshine

Drop it

Come on. Hurry up.

This man's hurt. He's going to need an
ambulance.

Here. That's his.

Watch him.

He just disappeared.

He's in here somewhere.

All right.

Let's check the arcades. Come on.

Come on, get up, will you?

Hey, what's a rap?

You know the rap, Moonshine. You're a
material witness to a murder.

Uh -uh.

Never seen it. The powder man's on his
way to the hospital.

He fits the description that your
landlady gave of him. That means he's

the picture anymore.

Is the poor lad in the picture?

No, not yet.

Never seen it.

You can have 24 -hour protection.

Protection?

Mr. B got mad at a friend of mine up
north. He sends DeVoe after him. This

got a cop living at his house.

So DeVoe sets fire to the place.

And he shoots them both, and they both
come running out. He shoots them like

ducks. I don't want your protection!

Then how would you like to spend some
time in Q for withholding evidence?

I got pals there. I wouldn't mind that.
You want to know something?

Birmingham's got pals there, too.

I don't care, all right? All right. All
right. There's another way.

Suppose we put the bow on ice for you.

You got him boxed. How come he's on a
loose? Because I didn't want to bring a

charge against him until I had to. What
charge?

Blackmail. You need proof? I've got it
in his own voice. I had a pocket tape

recorder running the night he tried to
shake me down.

I didn't want to use it unless I had to.
Why not?

He did a real number on me. Names,
places.

People I've been involved with. Wait a
minute.

You mean to tell me that you let
Billings play that tape in open court?

What about a real circus with the news
media?

I want Birmingham.

I don't understand.

I don't understand this stuff.

Look, you're safe, Moonshine. You want
to devote Jug and you've got it. He'll

get five to ten for blackmail with his
record.

But I know what Shelley's in. I'll
testify. Now listen to me. Wait a

Hold it.

Now listen.

When we've got him cornered and nailed,
that's when you testify.

Otherwise, you go with him.

You really want to leave your little
girl alone all that time, Moonshine?

Objection! Here say evidence not
relative to the present case.

Sustained. Issue here is murder, Officer
Lambert. Please stick to that.

Yes, Your Honor.

Go ahead.

I was outside a warehouse on Kellock and
Carrington.

Officer Cobb attempted to stop a man for
questioning.

The man shot and killed him.

Could you identify this man? And is he
in the courtroom now?

Yes, sir. There.

Call Birmingham.

Your witness.

Officer Lambert.

How many times have you arrested Mr.
Birmingham in the course of your duties?

I'm not sure.

It was four... No, it was five times.

And how many convictions are there
against him?

Well, there are none that I know of.

But it hasn't been for want of trying on
your part, has it?

As a matter of fact, you would do a
great deal to see this man in jail. Even

lie, wouldn't you?

No.

I gather you're not the lying kind.

Not when it comes to police matters.

And you've never lied to or for the
police department, have you?

That's right.

I see.

Officer Lambert, are you a homosexual?

No objection, Mr. Billings?

No, Your Honor.

Are you sure this is relevant?

Yes, Your Honor, I'm sure.

Answer the question.

Yes.

Did the police department know this at
the time you joined?

No.

So you lied to them, didn't you?

No, sir.

No, sir.

I was never asked that question.

How fortunate that you omitted to tell
the truth. How many other times have you

omitted to tell the truth? Your whole
life has been a living lie.

Objection!

Sustained.

No further questions. You may redirect.

Officer Lambert, has there ever been an
attempt to blackmail you because of your

homosexuality?

Objection!

How in the world can you do that, Mr.
Johnson?

You opened the line.

Overruled. Go ahead.

There was an attempt to blackmail me
last Monday night.

By whom?

An employee of Mr. Birmingham.

the name of Arthur DeVoe.

Do you have any proof of this?

Yes, I do. I have a tape recording of
it.

Is this the one?

Yes.

Your Honor, I would like to play this,
and then I would like to have it marked

People's Exhibit Number One.

Good evening, Officer Lambert.

Well, I see it, but I don't believe it.

Well, believe what?

I'm talking about your nerve.

Get out of the car with your hands
behind your back.

In a minute.

Well, I had a little talk with your ex
-brother -in -law this afternoon, Davey.

Yeah. He really spilled the beans, man.
Told me all your little secrets. He

named names, places, dates.

See, Phil, you don't even think you're
fit to be a cop.

Why would he think that?

Just because you're a homosexual.

Moonshine's testimony, I don't think we
have anything to worry about. It's got

to be a lock.

Well, I wish there had been some other
way we could have nailed the vote.

I wish so, too.

Captain Sittig wants you to return the
narcotics today.

Yeah, I heard.

Well, it was a short partnership, but I
think a profitable one.

Thanks for your support.

Anytime.

Hey, Dave.

Mike, Sam.

Congratulations, man.

Thanks. I hear Birmingham's really going
to get here.

Yeah, you got two for the price of one,
pal.

It's going to be a long time before Art
DeVoe's on the streets again, I'll tell

you that.

You all right?

I'll see you upstairs. Okay.

See you guys later. Right.

You did.

Good in court, pal.

I never would have played that tape.

Never. Well, you didn't have to.

Oh.

I meant to tell you. I'm going to
chicken out of that transfer.

What do I know about robbery?

Well, you can learn.

Yeah.

But that's the trouble with me.

I'm such a slow learner.

I kind of figure... I know what I'm
doing around here, you know?

I trust the guys around me and...

And what's the sense of breaking up a
good team?

Is that okay with you?

Hey, we were made for each other.

You had to say that, huh?