All language subtitles for matlock_s02e12_the_gambler

Morning, man. Hello, Harry. Charlie, I
need to know.

All right, you call me back.

Why are you harassing my client? Because
your client violated his probation to

wit. He was associating with a known
criminal. His mother? She has a record.

Her only record is breaking the dog
leash law in 1975.

Now, damn it, Jim.

Release my client this instant. Come on.
Ben, your client is safer in jail than

he is on the street. That's not your
decision to make. That's right. Judge

Cooksey's gonna decide that in a moment.
Be on time. You got a lot to answer

for. Six o 'clock. What time's the
reservation?

Seven -thirty.

The thing I don't understand, the thing
I don't understand, is why you let this

desperate character take you out to
start with.

Well, he managed to capture my good
graces by saying that we'd be having

with you. Oh, obviously I was desperate.

Well,

the pleasure's been all mine, and you
even surpassed Jim's advertisement.

Well, Jim is a little over
-complimentary at times, but I've got to

don't object.

Excuse me. Miss Norwood? Yes?

There's a telephone call for you.

I can't imagine.

Excuse me.

What is wrong with us, Ben? It looks
like two of us can't keep one woman at

table. I'll tell you one thing, though.
Your Laura is really something special.

I mean, she's pretty, she's smart as a
whip, great personality.

Only one thing bothers me.

What's that?

What's she doing with you?

It's just a joke. Oh, that's okay.

Family emergency.

My sister in Baltimore... You have a
sister in Baltimore?

Yeah, yeah.

Nothing serious. It's just that she
would feel a lot better if I were there.

I'll have to fly out first thing
tomorrow.

Okay, well, I'll drive you to the
airport. Oh, no, no, no, no. I'll take a

No, no, no. I'll drive you to the
airport. No, no, no. That's very sweet,

you've got crime to fight. All right.

I hate to cut this short, but I should
go home and pack.

Okay. I apologize.

It was very nice meeting you. It was
very nice meeting you.

Good night. Can we settle up on this
check? Not a chance. You can pay for the

whole thing tomorrow.

No,

I don't know what airline. I do know it
was a morning flight.

No, Laura Norwood, you're positive.

Do one more thing for me, okay?

This is the computer for any airline
that booked a flight this morning for

Victoria Rollins.

Lieutenant, we may have a break in the
Cheney case.

There is.

What time is that flight?

All right.

Thanks a lot.

Question Cheney's father again. You know
about the gun? Turns out it was the

kid's. Brief Lieutenant Mills. He's
going to be handling my cases for a

days. He is?

Yeah, something came up I got to take
care of. Where are you going? Las Vegas.

You might refuse to stay.

And so the best that I can do is pray.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck, if you've ever been a lady to
begin with. Luck be a lady tonight.

A lady doesn't leave her escort.

It isn't fair.

It isn't nice.

A lady doesn't wander all over the room
and blow on some other guy's eye.

So let's keep the party polite and never
get out of my sight.

Stick with me, baby. I'm the fella you
came in with. Luck be a lady.

Luck be a lady.

Luck.

Red 14.

14 red, the winner.

All bets down, please.

I can't tell me what's going on, Laura.

You must be mistaken. That's not my
name. I followed you here from Atlanta.

made a mistake. Now get lost. I think I
deserve something. Get lost, I said.

Don't do that. All right.

That's enough.

Stay here and take care of these
children. I'll be right back.

You couldn't stop being a cop, could
you? I want to know what's going on.

with you just how many lies you want me
to ignore laura that time you said you

were going to tampa i went to tampa i
called the hotel no i did just to talk

you i missed you they'd never heard of
you all that traveling you supposedly

do is a sales rep you always come to las
vegas don't you just stay out of it

just stay out why is it because your
husband my husband died in a car

that was not in prison

Clarence Rollins was stabbed to death in
a fight that maybe had something to do

with the fact that he was a runner for
the mob.

I don't know. Which name do you prefer?

Laura Norwood or Victoria Rollins?

I never expected you to check up on me.
Why couldn't you just stay out of it?

Just tell me what's going on!

Did the mob set you up with some kind of
a pension plan? Is that it?

Miss Entertainer.

Bobby Fremont.

Is he part of your deal, or is it more
like you're part of his deal? I mean,

what... I came to turn down the bed. I'm
very sorry.

I knocked, but... That's all right.

I'm leaving.

Jim. They call you Lady Luck, but there
is room for doubt.

You might forget your manners.

You might refuse to stay.

And so the best that I can do is pray.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck, if you've ever been a lady to
begin with. Luck be a lady tonight.

I hope your stay was a pleasant one, Mr.
Manning.

I'll never forget it.

Yeah.

Ben, it's Jim Manning.

Yeah, Jim.

Ben, listen to me.

I'm in Las Vegas and I'm under arrest.

Laura's dead.

They think I killed her.

The hotel pick up all its guests like
this? Oh, no, sir. Mr. Devlin reserves

this for a super VI.

Oh, super VI.

Yes, sir.

Let me get the door.

How much to play? The minimum is $1.

Here you go, sir. Good luck.

Hey, bud.

Play double zero.

I'll knock her in.

Double zero is the winner.

How much?

Double zero pays 35 to 1.

Mr. Badlock, Louis Devlin. Welcome to
the Maxim Hotel.

It's good to be here.

Is that your limousine?

Well, this is my hotel.

The limo, the presidential suite, is
yours for as long as you stay.

Complimentary, of course.

No kidding?

Sure. Why?

Because you're a VIP.

And making you happy is good for
business.

Uh, because unfortunately that poor
girl's murder was not good for business.

Oh, so one kind of levels out the other.
Something like that, yes.

If you need anything, dial 205.

Thank you.

Thank you for your kindness, of course.

Where's Julian?

Drunk. Been away since 7 o 'clock this
morning.

Well, then find somebody else.

Because I want to know who that lawyer
talks to, and where, and why.

Why didn't you tell anybody?

Because up until yesterday, I honestly
believed I was wrong.

After 20 years of being a cop, I thought
somehow I made a mistake.

I wanted to believe her more than
anything.

I was saying things to myself like just
because her husband had mob connections

doesn't mean she did.

What was she doing here?

How'd she get to be such a high roller?

How'd she travel that kind of first
class? All the way, the clothes, the

jewelry. Ben, she never told me
anything.

And Bobby Fremont.

I mean, how the hell do you explain
that?

I don't know. Right now...

I'm more concerned about explaining how
she was strangled with a belt from your

bathrobe. It's not my bathrobe!

It's the hotel bathrobe that's in my
room.

And the maid who saw you having a
violent argument with her last night in

room. It wasn't violent. Laura slapped
me.

That's violent.

Well, I probably deserved it.

I can tell you one thing. Whoever framed
you did a damn good job.

If I hadn't have followed her here,
she'd still be alive.

That's an assumption.

Will you prove I'm wrong?

Mr. Matlock, the Clark County Courts are
pleased to permit your limited

appearance in this case.

Thank you, Your Honor. This preliminary
hearing will be in this courtroom 9 a

.m. 23rd of this month.

Now, this is a capital case.

However, the bench has taken into
consideration the fact that the

police officer with a impeccable record.

Bail is thereby set at $250 ,000.

Court is adjourned until 2 p .m.

When am I supposed to get 10 % of that?

I'll put it up.

You what?

You're a friend of mine. I'll put it up.

You know...

In this town, $250 ,000 is chicken feet.

At least I don't have to sit around on
my thumbs anymore.

Yeah.

What's that mean?

What do you think that means?

Ben, I'm an investigator.

Well, yeah.

You're kind of emotionally involved in
this.

Besides, I'm not exactly Cobb's Al.

That something out?

Yeah, what Laura was doing here. What?

You're not going to like it.

Tell me.

Well, according to a friend of mine on
the federal level, who's big on

racketeering, she was laundering money.

Whenever the mob had a million or so ill
-gotten cash laying around, they'd send

for her.

She'd gamble it away.

They'd either skim it, or if they wanted
to make themselves look good, declare

it taxable income. Either way, they came
out way ahead.

Feds were on to her.

Senator James is in town holding some
closed -door hearings.

Uh -huh.

So when a certain police lieutenant from
Atlanta showed up, her partners

panicked and killed her.

Or maybe it had nothing to do with you.

Maybe they felt she was a real threat to
them with the closed -door hearings in

town, and they had to get rid of her. In
which case, we're dealing with some

very bad people, so I wouldn't be going
off on the deep end. Ben, it's okay.

I'm gonna be good.

I'm not going to do anything that you
wouldn't do.

You've been drinking a lot lately.

I do my best.

Yeah.

Like that ninth round swan dive you took
against Mike Canzini a few years ago,

boy. That cost me a lot of money.

All right, if you don't get out of here,
you're going to lose a lot more than

money. Is that how you got involved with
the mob, throwing fights for them?

Huh?

How about Victoria Rollins?

What'd they tell you to do, keep an eye
on the money she was laundering whenever

she was in town?

She was my friend.

Oh, I see.

Is that why you're drinking like this?
Because she was murdered?

Or because you know who did it?

Get out of here.

Were they afraid she was going to
testify at the hearings? Is that why

you up there to take care of your
friend?

You did it.

Don't you understand now? You might as
well have put that thing around her neck

and pulled.

They all knew, boy.

Is there anything you wouldn't do for
them?

You either killed her or you know who
did.

Now, I understand that Ms. Rollins
caught his show the night she was

Yes, I saw the second show myself.

And that's when the coroner said that
she was murdered?

I think so.

Nice. Bathroom?

Yeah, belongs in the bathroom.

She didn't unpack it.

Smells good.

Oh, well, it ought to. That retails for
$300 an ounce. You see, anybody that

stays in the princess suite gets that
bottle complimentary.

I don't suppose, since you're giving it
away anyway, that...

Well, you want that? Would you like to
have that?

Well, you can have it. My compliment.
Thanks.

Anything else I can do for you?

Well, yeah.

Did Laura bring the money she was
supposed to launder with her from

did you supply it after she got here?

Mr. Matlock, you surprised me.

I swear you surprised me. Are you going
to be one of these people that just

think that organized crime is synonymous
with Las Vegas?

I know, but...

What I don't understand is how this
woman, who was a sales representative

sporting equipment, could afford all
this.

I wish I could help you. Well, actually,
you can.

This is what's known as a subpoena du
ses ticum.

You're hereby ordered by the court to
provide me with all data, every scrap of

paper, on Laura Norwood, alias Victoria
Robbins.

You could have just asked.

You could have just refused.

And another thing, that tail you got on
me, get it off.

And thank you.

Amen.

Hello? Hello, Mr. Fremont?

Hello,

Mr. Fremont?

I'm Mr. Bobby Fremont. Who are you? I'm
alive.

Oh, no.

You're out of here. Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

I just want to talk to you about the
choir. I represent Jim Mann.

Take the door.

Follow me.

The way you treated other guys you've
been with. Life be a lady with me.

A lady doesn't leave her escort.

It isn't fair.

It isn't nice.

A lady doesn't... You're representing
the guy who killed Vicki?

A lady we killed.

Well, if you want help from me, forget
it, okay?

Can I ask you a couple questions?

Can I stop you?

So, uh, Vicki was a friend of yours.
How'd you meet her?

Well... Met her about six months ago.

A friend of mine introduced me to her
after the show, and we became friends,

good friends.

You don't have a lot of luck with women,
do you?

What do you mean?

Well, I remember reading a piece in the
paper about you and some woman from

Texas. Yeah. Well, every single charge
she brought against me was dropped.

Was dropped or she was paid off. I mean,
her picture was in the paper. Somebody

beat her up.

Look, celebrities get accused of all
kinds of things all the time. You know,

especially when you're touring.

I mean, you meet all kinds of nuts out
there on the road.

You haven't heard anything about me
since I settled here, have you?

No, no, I haven't.

Of course, this is a company town.

Look, if you're done, I'd like to get
back to work.

Is it true you had dinner with Laura or
Vicki between your shows the night

she was killed?

Yeah, well, like I said, we were
friends.

In fact, she even told me about some guy
back in Atlanta that she was in love

with and she was going to leave town
that night so she could be with him.

What did you say to her about that?

That I was very happy for her.

How was I supposed to know he'd wind up
killing her?

Be a lady.

Mr. Matlock.

Oh, do you have those files for me from
Mr. Devlin? What files?

He was supposed to give me all the
hotel's information on Victoria Riley.

I don't know about that, but Mr. Devlin
did tell me you'll have to move.

He's very sorry, but we'll be needing
the presidential suite for a visiting

dignitary.

I see.

He's arranged another room for you, of
course.

508. Although it is...

considerably smaller and rather close to
the ice machine, Mr.

Devlin seemed to think the noise
wouldn't bother you. Or at least, he

understand.

Right.

Place your bets, please.

Please place your bets.

Hey, but... Uh -uh.

Double zero.

Again?

All bets down.

Double zero.

Winner, double zero.

Oh, my.

How much?

35 to 1.

You just won $1 ,225.

So it's a little after midnight.

And I'm down in the casino waiting for
her to come back, like she says.

But then I get paged.

And when I go to the phone, it's Mr.
Teflon.

And he tells me, go to Victoria's suite
and clean up the mess in here.

That's what he calls it.

Mess.

She's lying on the floor in a bedroom.

This belt from a badge robe knotted
around her neck.

She's dead.

So I do what Mr. Devlin told me.

I wrapped her in a blanket and I carried
her down the hall to room

644.

What about the belt from the bathroom?

Victor Devlin told me to take the belt
from the robe in room 644 and

bring it back to Victoria's room to
replace the one that was missing.

She was the only person in this whole
town that ever treated me decent.

You've got to tell all this to the
police.

You don't understand.

If I roll over on Mr. Devlin, that's it
for me.

She was your friend.

Do it for her.

This Louis Devlin fools you.

He comes on with a big grin on his face,
like he's the president of the Chamber

of Commerce, and if they had a good guy
award, he'd win it. And guys like Julian

are terrified of him. Yeah.

Mr. Devlin's slick.

He never responded to my subpoena, you
know.

He's in on this money laundering.

And the murder.

What are we gonna do?

We're gonna nail him.

No, I don't believe I've ever met the
lady. But according to one of your

employees, Ms.

Hernandez, housekeeper on the sixth
floor, Victoria Rollins has been a guest

your hotel almost 40 times in the last
three years, and each time she stayed in

the princess suite for free.

You sure you never met her, Mr. Devlin?

Positive. I don't pretend to remember
even a fraction of the repeat guests.

and what room they were in or whether or
not they were comped, that's left

totally up to the discretion of the
night manager.

Isn't it true that I gave you a subpoena
ordering you to supply me with all your

hotel's records on Victoria Robbins? Is
that true? Yes, it is.

Did you respond to that subpoena? I
think my people are still trying to

that information.

Ah.

Well, fortunately, the IRS and the
Gaming Commission is a little more

in your hotel.

They gave me the information I wanted
from you.

Now, it is true, isn't it, that you are
required to submit records to them on

who wins what in your casino?

Yes. Okay.

Okay. Now, we'll call this Defendant's
Exhibit K.

This is a copy of your submissions.

To them.

For the past three years, is it not?

I believe so.

Examine it very closely.

And tell the court how many times you
had to report

Victoria Rollins winnings in the last
three years.

None.

None? In 40 visits?

Well, perhaps she didn't gamble.

But we know that she was seen placing
several large bets on the casino floor.

Wonder why she never won.

I guess the odds are in favor of the
house.

Come on. She didn't win because she
wasn't supposed to.

Objection. She was laundering dirty
money, wasn't she? I object.

No relevance. Calls for speculation,
lack of foundation, and I move to

Sustained and granted. Mr. Matlock's
last remarks will be stricken from the

record. Mr. Matlock, you...

have not established foundation, you
would be well advised to pursue a

line of questioning, founded on fact,
not innuendo and conjecture.

Of course, Your Honor.

The time of death has been

established to be between

10 .30 and 12 .30, the evening of the
19th.

Where were you at that time? I was in
the showroom watching Bobby Fremont

perform. Any one of a number of people
saw me there.

You know, I caught that show myself last
night.

It's pretty dark in there.

It's pretty dark. If a person wanted to
leave the showroom, it'd be pretty hard

for people to...

See him leave.

Are you sure you didn't leave the
showroom?

Yes.

Okay.

Miss Chandler, would you please stand?

Do you recognize Miss Chandler as being
a waitress at your hotel?

Yes.

She is prepared to testify that she saw
you.

Leave the showroom at around 11 o 'clock
the night of the murder, alone.

She is prepared to testify that she saw
you enter a service elevator.

Did you do that?

Yes.

What floor did you get off?

I don't remember.

Isn't it true that you got off on the
sixth floor?

and went to the Princess Suite.

No. And you confronted Victoria Rollins
because you found out that she

was romantically involved with a
policeman. No. And you murdered her in

attempt to keep my client from finding
out that she had worked for you for

years. Objection.

I took the service elevator to attend a
secret meeting with United States

Senator Peter James.

Withdraw my objection. Sorry to
interrupt, Mr. Devlin.

He has a congressional committee that
was in town gathering information on,

coincidentally, money laundering
operations.

And I cooperated with them fully, and
you can ask anyone.

And I was also sworn to secrecy.

But unfortunately, Mr. Madlock, you have
forced my hand.

No further questions.

Cross, Mr. Hopkins?

No, Your Honor. The prosecution is
satisfied that everything that needed to

said has been said.

Very well.

Court is recessed until Monday at 9 a
.m.

I thought we had it.

I really thought we had it. Well, I
thought for sure it was Devlin.

I thought we had everything all wrapped
up.

I tell you the truth, Ben, I'm starting
to get a little concerned.

Well... Maybe Devlin hired a hitman.

No, a hitman would never have had
somebody else move the body. We're

with somebody too inexperienced or...

Too squeamish to do it himself.

Paul.

I found this when I was going through
Laura's room. It's a free bottle of

perfume from the hotel.

What am I going to do with this?

Well, I found it in her train case, and
I just thought, thanks.

You know, you know, it seems to me the
first thing

most people unpack when they get to a
hotel.

Bobby Fremont said that she said.

You know what? What?

She never went back to that casino after
you confronted her.

She was packing.

She was going to leave.

She was going to meet you at the
airport.

You'd gotten to her, and she was going
to give up all the diamonds, the

limousines, and the fur coats.

Well, I'll be damned.

She was leaving like that.

You didn't know it the last time you saw
her.

She hadn't decided yet.

What's wrong?

A lady doesn't leave her escort.

It isn't fair.

It isn't nice.

A lady doesn't wander all over the room
and blow on some other guy's dice.

So let's keep the party polite.

And never get out of my sight.

Stick with me, baby. I'm the fella you
came in with. Let's be a lady tonight.

A lady doesn't flirt with strangers.

She's got a heart.

She's got a soul.

A lady doesn't make little snake eyes
with me.

Well, I bet my life on this role.

Let's keep the party polite.

And never get out of my sight.

With me, baby, I'm the fella you came in
with. Luck be a lady.

Luck be a lady.

You think it was Bobby Fremont?

I know it was Bobby Fremont.

But if I don't go into that courtroom
with incontrovertible proof, that judge

going to have me for lunch. This where
you found that perfume?

Yeah.

I know I looked through this before, but
I wasn't desperate then.

Too bad you can't leave fingerprints on
Terra cloth.

Yeah.

Maybe Mr.

Fremont left something else on that
belt.

Like what?

You remember that smudge the forensics
people was talking about being makeup?

Sure, that's Laura's. The belt was
knotted around her throat.

Look in here and tell me what you don't
see.

like to gamble?

No more than most people.

You really think most people amass
gambling debts of $1

,842 ,720?

That is what you owe Mr.

Devlin's casino, isn't it?

According to the records, he's so
readily made available.

I suppose it is, yes.

So...

Each time you sing a song in his
showroom, he knocks off a couple

that the way it works?

Yes.

So I guess you wouldn't be too valuable
to him if you were convicted of Victoria

Rollins' murder.

That's why he helped you cover up your
crime and set up your men.

Objection. No foundation assumes facts,
not an evidence. This is pure

speculation, Your Honor.

Sustain the remarks will be stricken
from the record.

Mr. Matlock, I don't like to repeat
myself.

I apologize, Your Honor.

I was hoping my remarks would save us a
lot of time by encouraging the witness

to tell us the whole truth, but I see he
isn't ready to do that yet. Where were

you between 10 .30 and 12 .30 the night
of the murder?

Well, I was on stage in the showroom
singing in front of 1 ,500 people.

Do you sing Luck Be a Lady?

Tonight in that show?

I sing in every show.

I like that song.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck be a lady tonight.

Luck if you've ever been a lady to begin
with. Luck be a lady tonight.

I went down to your recording studio,
and I got that.

Bob Freeman.

People don't hear you sing that song
anymore, do they? They hear a tape

because your voice is almost shut.

So I lip -sync a couple of songs each
night in the show. What does that prove?

By itself, nothing.

But when I saw your show and you were
doing that number...

At a certain point in the song, the
light went off you.

You were all in the dark.

The light was on these beautiful
showgirls dancing up and down these

The light was off you. You were in the
dark for a long time, maybe five, ten

minutes.

Well, nobody's complained yet. I bet.

I enjoyed it myself.

There's nothing like a bunch of...

Beautiful girls dancing around, not
wearing much.

But it occurred to me, while the light
was off you, with the tape rolling,

and everybody looking at those girls, it
was a perfect opportunity for you to

leave the stage, go up to Victoria
Rollins' room, kill her, come back down

the stage.

Nobody the wiser.

Wrong again.

Would you tell the court what this is?

It's a belt from a bathrobe. It's the
murder weapon.

What I was actually referring to, tell
the court what this is, this smudge.

How should I know? It's makeup.

But it's not Victoria's makeup. Her
beauty was natural.

It's your makeup.

Stage makeup.

that you put on seven nights a week.

Mr. Fremont, in the back of the
courtroom are two laboratory analysts

by the defense to examine and compare
this smudge with your

stage makeup.

And guess what?

They're ready to testify.

It's a match.

Well, that doesn't prove I did it.

No.

No, it doesn't But it sure does cast
reasonable doubt that Jim

Manning committed this crime You

know The

other day when I was over your house we
were talking and I said You don't have a

lot of luck with women do you?

I have woman trouble in Texas, woman
trouble over in Los Angeles.

And I said, I hear not too many people
say no to you.

I'll tell you something else I hear.

I hear not too many people walk out on
you.

Thank you for your testimony.

Uh -huh.

How much is 35 times $1 ,225?

42 ,875 potatoes.

42 ,000?

Place your bets, please.

Place your bets.

I'm not.

How much you lose?

A dollar?