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Thank you.

This is the story of Walter Nebuchadnezzar.

Doing what he likes best, fighting crime in the streets.

You see, Walter's a policeman.

Unfortunately, the chief doesn't want Walter on the streets.

Captain, get back to your cage, boy.

Now! So Walter must fight crime in his own way, in the computer room.

That's where he's an expert.

Fortunately for me, Walter's advanced knowledge of electronics led him to

experiment with what is called a hologram.

That's a very fancy word for a three -dimensional picture that, when

can be made to look real, sound real.

As a matter of fact, given enough power, it can even be made to feel real.

That's kind of what got me into this world.

My name is Auto Man.

You must be Walter Nebica.

How did you know that? It's on the programming you fed into my system. I

say, Walter, you're very good. Very good indeed.

I look wonderful.

If you do say so yourself.

You programmed me to be honest.

But tell me, why did you call me Auto Man? It means that you're the world's

first truly automatic man.

You can do anything because you're not real.

Oh, but I am. I'm as real as you are, just different.

And thanks to you, perfect.

Nobody's perfect, Auto Man.

That's not true, Walter.

You've programmed me to observe other people and do whatever they can do as

as they can do it.

Jimmy Connors playing tennis, John Travolta dancing.

In fact, on a scale of one to ten, think of me as an eleven.

I've created a monster.

No, what Walter really created was a wonderful force for good.

Auto Man.

That's me.

Rainer, I have the microchip.

And all the names you wanted.

Do you have it with you?

2 Mason Street, 1 Adam 32, please respond.

1 Adam 32 responding to sound alarm.

Hey, there's somebody over there.

One at them, 32. We've blown a tire.

You're on soon. Yeah, tell me.

Working late at the office. I didn't get home until just before I called you.

What about you, Mrs. Tan?

I was with friends from my bridge club.

I got here right after Dennis.

And you figured out what's missing?

All my jewelry, except for what I'm wearing.

The good silver, it's all gone. Yeah, well, don't forget my ring.

I hope you have adequate insurance coverage.

Lieutenant, it's not the dollars.

My wife and I have lost items of great sentimental value. Mrs. Officer Nebaker

has been working with me on a string of burglaries just like this one.

Yes, all with no forced entry.

Your doors and windows were all locked. All of them were very cautious people.

Yes, well, so are these burglars, Mr. Stanton. They are quick, they are

selective, and they don't leave clues.

Have either of you given your house key to anyone recently?

Absolutely not.

This doesn't sound very reassuring.

Well, before we get a break in a case, we don't like to raise hopes too high.

However, I can assure you that Officer Nevercare, once he has taken down all of

the facts, will cross -reference them with all of his other reports and have

answers on my desk first thing in the morning.

I will?

I mean, I will.

First thing.

Now, look, Stanton.

You said you'd have the microchip. I've got a problem. I had the chip in a ring,

and the ring's been stolen.

We had a deal.

The deal is still good as soon as I get the ring back.

I don't give a damn about the ring.

I want that microchip.

How did I know it was going to be stolen?

Well, find it or you're a dead man.

Morning, Kirsten.

You called me, Walter?

An hour ago.

Tough night, Walter?

Yeah, I didn't get any sleep.

I ran theft reports all night, trying to find a common denominator.

All I could come up with is that three of the 25 victims went to the same club

on the nights that they were robbed.

Three out of 25?

That seems like more than a coincidence.

Yeah, I thought so, too.

Especially considering that Zippers only opened a couple of months ago, which is

about when these burglaries started.

I don't think I've ever heard of Zippers.

It's a very elegant nightclub that features male exotic dancers.

All male?

No women?

The women are all in the audience.

In fact, the only place the men are allowed is on stage.

How fascinating, Walter. What women really come to see is... Go on, Walter.

You know, maybe it's time I added the chapter on the birds and the bees to

program. Walter, you underestimate yourself.

Thanks to you, I'm already a whiz at zoology.

Now, tell me how these animals figure into all this.

Keep me posted.

Fontana says the guy has two, maybe three hostages with him. What's he

A small arsenal.

Sorry to disturb you, Captain.

I just want to tell Lieutenant Curtis that I think I've got a lead in that

string of burglaries.

Burglaries? You know what I have on my hands here?

Well, it's going to have to wait.

Oh, but maybe it can't wait.

If it's that hard, why don't you run with it yourself?

Three victims were patrons of the same nightclub. I got a gunman threatening

multiple murder.

You want me to drop everything and listen to a burglary lead. Get out of my

office right now, Nebuchadnezzar. You hear what I'm saying?

Don't worry, Captain. I'll handle it myself.

You'll do that.

Okay.

Did I just say?

Hmm.

I expected you an hour ago.

I'm ready to go.

Go where?

Our investigation of Zippers. How many men did Captain Boyd give you?

Zelch.

Zelch? Is he that new fellow in Bunko?

They had their hands full at headquarters today.

Boyd wants me to handle it alone.

No problem. All you really needed is me.

Unfortunately, Otto, you're the wrong sex.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, what I need is a woman to get me inside Zippers.

Why don't you just tell them you're a policeman?

What if the management is involved?

Until I know more, I don't want to tip my hand.

Very sound reasoning, Walter. I think I'll give Roxanne a call.

Allow me.

You want to take me where?

Zippers.

I can't explain it now. I'll pick you up in about 20 minutes.

Are you sure you wouldn't like a backup?

Thanks, Otto. But the last thing I want to do is attract a lot of attention.

All right. If you're sure that's what you want.

I'm sure.

See you when I get back.

Cursor, I need something a little less flashy.

What does it matter where I'm going?

Zippers? Don't be silly, Cursor. Why would I want to go there?

Now, how about those threads?

All right, all right. You can come with me.

Good evening, ladies.

Hi, Annie.

Enjoy the show.

Will try to.

Can I park it for you? No, thanks.

It's a little temperamental.

Most places are a little tight, you know.

Take it slow.

You bet.

The Mercedes, right?

You'll like this one.

We got ourselves a Mercedes owner.

Ah, lives in Brentwood.

Good potential.

I'll check it out tomorrow.

So what do we got going down for tonight?

The Green Porsche's house.

Staked it out last night.

No dogs and no alarms at times.

Hey, gorgeous.

You the guy Rudy sent over?

Uh, that's right.

You know how to dance?

No, on second thought, who cares?

Dressing room down the hall to the right.

Thank you. Uh -huh.

So

what's

your gimmick?

I'm Robin Hood.

Well, it's amazing they still haven't caught up with you yet.

Everybody's got a different costume.

It drives the women out of their minds, fulfills their fantasies.

What sort of fantasies?

Well, I don't know about theirs, pal, but mine is a hundred screaming women

begging me to take it off.

So what's your thing going to be?

I suppose you could say my thing is electricity.

Electrician, huh?

I'll tell Lillian.

Once you're inside, you can let me in through the side door.

Gotcha. I really appreciate your helping me out like this, Roxanne. We all have

to make sacrifices now and then.

Have you ever been to one of these places before?

Are you kidding?

Nice to see you again, Roxanne.

Maybe once.

You better brace yourself.

What are you talking about?

Just follow me.

Yes.

A regular Gypsy Rose Lee. Come on, let's get out of here.

Otto, you are one of the most exciting men I've ever met.

Are you busy right now?

Yes, yes, he is. Sorry.

Well, later would be just fine.

He be right. I'm staying at the Dunsmara room, 308.

I can't believe she did that.

Neither can I, Walter.

How is she going to get into her room?

Listen, they're calling my name. Don't you dare!

Who am I to say no?

Do you mind if I have the keys to your car?

I think this mission's been aborted.

Are you, uh, angry with me, Walter? No, no, no, no, no, I'm not angry.

Furious, yes, but not angry.

I've been waiting for you for 20 minutes.

I couldn't help you, Walter.

Five encore and $347.

Here, take it. It's for you.

I don't want it.

This is exactly the reason I left you behind.

You've disrupted my entire investigation.

Would it help if I told you I've uncovered the connection to all those

burglaries? No, it would not help. When did you go... You did what?

I watched one of the valets take a house key from one of the patrons and make a

wax impression.

Otto, are you sure?

Absolutely. I even overheard him and one of the dancers talk about a burglary

tonight. Well, that does put things in slightly a different light.

Then you're not furious anymore?

No.

Just angry.

There they go, Walter.

How did that Mercedes key turn out?

Find a night neck sleeping on its own. We'll see how it turned out.

Unless they're taking home movies. We've got ourselves a bust.

Freeze! Police!

Freeze!

Don't shoot again, Walter. They're of no use to us dead.

I don't know what those cops are driving, but I can't shake them.

Going well, isn't it, Walter?

What are we doing now?

Planning their escape route. Ever see a sheepdog herd sheep?

You lost him.

That I did.

How do you like it?

I call it auto -reverse.

Quick, make a right.

That's it, Boris. Turn right.

Now, I think we lost him. I don't.

Nothing like the thrill of the open road, eh, Walter? Oh, yeah.

These cops are nuts, man.

Cursor, I could use a little help.

About 40 feet worth.

They don't know it, Walter, but they're about to turn themselves in.

Thanks, Otto.

But I think you better get going. Glad to help, Walter. See you later.

Anybody

here

order two hot robbers to go?

It was a clean bus, Captain.

We also recovered stolen property from their prior jobs.

I suppose you think congratulations are now in order, right?

Well, I do, too.

Nice going, kid.

Does this mean I can go out in the field more often?

Now push it, Nebbish.

Nebaker.

Whatever.

Mr.

Rainer's residence.

Yes, I'd like to speak to Mr. Rainer, please.

Please. Thank you.

Mrs. Stanton, the police picked up those men who robbed me. I'm going down to

the police station right now and get that ring.

Why don't you meet me at my house in one hour?

Right.

I don't see the ring anywhere.

Captain Boyd's out in the field. He asked me to make sure you saw everything

recovered from those burglars.

Yes, yes. There are jewelry here, the crystal, the silver, everything but the

ring.

Unfortunately, that wasn't one of the items we recovered.

Now, how could that be? You found everything else.

Oh, I'm glad to see you. Mr. Stanton, this is Walter Neviker. He was the

arresting officer. Yes, we've met.

Is there a problem, Mr. Stanton?

There won't be when you recover the rest of my belongings.

It is imperative I get that ring back.

Now, look, the men who robbed me are going to make bail tonight.

I'll go and talk to them.

They'll know where the ring is.

You have until nine o 'clock.

I'll get it. You better.

Otherwise, I suggest to tell your wife to shop for something in black.

I'm having second thoughts about giving Stanton more time.

What do you have in mind?

Well, you and Victor can talk to the burglar.

What about Stanton?

I see no need for a middleman.

Just tell him the plans have been changed.

Officer Nibbiker, this is Dennis Stanton.

I wonder, uh, could you come out to the house?

Well, I, uh... I stole something from work, and I think my life is in danger.

Thank you.

Hey, Joe, come on up.

This was no accident, Jack. He called me less than an hour ago, telling me that

his life was in danger.

Then I arrive and find him at the bottom of his swimming pool. All right, that

sounds like a mob hit.

Let's wait for the coroner's report before we start calling it murder,

right? Whatever you call it, I know it's tied up with that ring that was stolen

from him. Wait a minute, wait a minute. How do you know that?

It's a feeling more than anything else.

Maybe the ring's the thing he stole from work.

Maybe it'll leave the hunches to homicide, huh, Wally?

How long does it take to run a profile on one man?

Haste makes waste, Walter.

It seems your Mr. Stanton worked at an interesting company.

B .E .K. Corporation, a communications firm.

We're real close, Otto, but the pieces don't fit together yet.

Why was he so concerned over that ring?

Perhaps the computers at B .E .K. may hold the answer to that.

Can't you get the information from here?

I'm afraid not, Walter. It seems that B .E .K.'s installed an elaborate

protection system to guard their computers against outside taps.

If I were there, it'd be a piece of cake.

All right, all right.

But I suggest you put on something a little more discreet.

Very well.

Cursor?

Is

that

the only way you know how to drive this thing?

Well, if you wanted me to go faster, why didn't you just say so? No, please.

What a shame.

The little fellow's practically a prisoner.

I think it likes you, Otto. He senses a certain kinship.

Come on, Otto. We need to get information.

See you later, my little friend.

We can't have that noisy pile of metal tagging along behind us.

Gonna hurt his feelings.

That's ridiculous. Machines don't have feelings.

Well, now you've done it.

Sit here.

There she is.

The Delilah 100.

She's beautiful, Walter.

I thought it was still in the developmental stage.

If I'm not mistaken, this was the prototype.

She's supposed to be state -of -the -art in terms of security.

We'll see about that.

Delilah, you have quite a reputation.

Still, I'm sure we could work together if we tried.

Access denied.

You didn't think I'd fall for that old line, did you?

What is it, Otto?

It's her trap circuits.

Every time I enter the wrong code, she sends me through a maze back to where I

began.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

It's just that she's a worthy adversary, that's all.

This should do it.

Access denied.

And I'm not even breathing hard.

Why don't you give up, Auto Man?

You'll never penetrate my memory.

Excuse me, Walter.

I'm going to have to go inside the computer if I'm to avoid those trap

All right, just hurry it up. That guard can walk in here any time.

Go ahead, Auto Man.

Give it your best shot.

Come on, Auto.

Come on!

Auto!

That's the alarm in Stanton's office. Okay, let's go.

robot come to display.

Well, how did it get down here?

Otto, what happened? I'll tell you later.

Come on, Otto.

Let's go.

Who turned him on?

I think we'd better merge.

Right.

What happened?

The battle with the computer.

It knocked the wind out of me, so to speak.

I have the strength left to merge.

Come on.

Hey, that ain't no robot. Let's get him.

Did you see that?

I'm sure glad there's two of us.

Because they wouldn't believe one of us.

I don't know if I believe it myself.

I hope you learned something in there. I'd sure hate to have gone through that

for nothing.

It was far from a wasted trip.

What do you know about the Federal Witness Protection Program?

It gives new identities to people who put their lives in jeopardy by

against organized crime.

That's what those bogus documents B .E .K. deals in are for.

Not for giving new identities to mobsters, but to the witnesses against

And all that information was on Stanton's computer?

Not the new identities themselves, but Delilah did finally break down and tell

me they were kept on a separate microchip for security.

Stanton's ring.

It must have contained that microchip.

Stanton must have tried selling that information to the mob.

Only he had the bad luck of having it stolen out from under him in that

burglary.

Walter we've got to get that ring if that list should fall into the wrong

a lot of innocent people might be killed Those two robbers must still have the

ring. I'll have Jack track down one.

We'll go talk to the other

There's

no one home should we wait inside Might as well.

Otto.

Are you okay?

Delilah certainly lived up to her name, Walter.

I'm completely drained.

Yes, Lieutenant.

No, uh, Gary's not here.

What happened when he spoke to Stanley?

He's dead?

No, that won't be necessary.

Oh.

Backups won't be necessary, I'm sure.

I'll stay in touch.

I'm sorry, Walter.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to be leaving you.

Your timing still leaves a lot to be desired, Otto.

Lieutenant Curtis just found the other burglar murdered.

I'll rejoin you here as soon as I can replenish my energy supply.

So long, Otto.

You'll have to excuse us for busting in on you like this, Gary.

Knocking eliminates the element of surprise.

What do you want?

We got a little problem, Gary.

Recently, a friend of ours lost a ring in a robbery.

He'd like to get it back.

Ring?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Your partner, Stanley, he came down with a case of amnesia.

And we gave him a permanent cure.

It's written on his toe tag.

My boss is an impatient man, and so am I.

Now, I want to know where that ring is.

Look, how about if we do a little back scratching?

I'll deliver the ring, but only if you take me to see your boss first.

What do you want with him?

I'd like to talk about a deal. Sit down.

I say we burn him right now.

You want to be the one to tell Mr. Rainer we have two corpses and no ring?

Okay, slick face.

You just bought yourself a little more time.

Come on.

I think I'll just stick around here and see if I can find the ring. Might save

Mr. Rainer some money.

You wanted a deal? Let's hear it.

Well, if you're willing to kill for that ring, I have to assume it's pretty

valuable.

I want a cut. A cut?

I'll give you a cut from ear to ear.

Do you want the microchip or not?

That depends how much it's going to cost me to get it.

Well, all I want's a little money.

How much?

$25 ,000.

And cash?

I don't consider $25 ,000 a little money.

I'll have to see the merchandise first.

First the money.

Then you get what you're after.

I don't have that much cash in the house.

Then send for it.

I'll wait.

All right, get in here. Hey, I don't want any trouble.

Who are you?

I live here.

You're Gary's roommate.

I'm Gary.

Who's the other guy?

What other guy?

If you're Gary, then where's that ring you took out of Stanton's house?

Put that thing away and I'll take you to that ring.

Where is it?

I hid it at a club I work at.

Zippers.

All right.

Let's go get it.

Yeah, sure, whatever you say.

That was Victor.

He says he found something interesting at your house.

What?

The real Gary.

The one with the ring.

He says he's got it over at Zipper's.

Take care of him.

You're right.

Gary has the ring, but I've got the microchip. That is what you're after.

Buck, you just saved yourself some lead.

For the time being.

Bring him with us.

We'll see who's lying.

Move.

What's he doing here?

He's one of the cops who busted me.

Cop?

Which one of you guys is a liar?

Give me that ring! All right! All right!

It's in the lamp.

That microchip's in that ring. You're dead.

Hey, what's that? What's going on?

Someone's messing with the light. No!

He grabbed the ring.

Otto, you're just the person I wanted to run into.

Nice work, Walter.

What are we doing?

Waiting for time, Walter.

I put a call in to Lieutenant Curtis. He should be here any minute.

I feel ridiculous.

Let go, Walter.

Not all that bad.

I've trained most of my power.

That'll do it for me, Walter.

Here's what they were all after, Lieutenant.

Better get that in the vault right away.

Right. I don't know if he's completely disappeared.

No, but I'll be running into him in the near future. You have a message for him?

You bet I do.

You tell that baby any time he wants a job, he's got one waiting.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to hear how things turned out in the Stanton case.

Professional interest.

Well, you'll be happy to know that the DA's office just handed down murder

indictments against Rayner and his two cronies. Well, that is good news,

More important, that list of government witnesses is going to be under tighter

security than ever before. Even that supercomputer at B .E .K. won't have

access. Ah, Delilah.

Well, I hope she takes it gracefully. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Speaking of women scorned, that lady from Zippers called again.

She's still trying to get in touch with you.

What did you tell her?

Well, I told her that you left the country suddenly.

Something about a federal warrant.

Walter, you didn't. I had to do something to discourage her.

She said there's been near riots for the last couple of nights.

Everybody's been screaming for the return of Otto the electrician.

Imagine that.

Yeah, I'd rather not.

Well, I must admit, it was an amusing diversion.

Yeah, well, I'm glad you finally got some perspective on it.

Oh, uh, hi, Walter.

You, uh, better hurry up and change, Otto.

You promised you wouldn't keep those ladies at Zipper's waiting.