All language subtitles for Simon & Simon s06e14 For Old Crimes Sake

When the 20s roared and the jazz age was
its jazziest, Eddie's Roadhouse rocked

to the beat of the Charleston, and
illegal whiskey smuggled up from Mexico

flowed like amber rain.

Eddie Pine, absolute monarch of San
Diego bootleggers, ruled from right here

his castle until one night over 50 years
ago when he vanished from his

underworld kingdom forever.

Now, what happened to Eddie's fortune is
almost as mysterious as what happened

to the man himself.

But tonight, for the first time, we may
have an answer.

We'll find out right after this station.

Boy, I can see it now.

Trucks with their lights out.

Loaded with bathtub booths.

Guards with tommy guns on their knees.

The flappers dance on, not caring how
the gin gets here just as long as it

on flowing.

Gold coins.

That'll be the gold coins from short Lou
Demery's poker game.

1932.

And he knows the feds are about to close
him down. He's got to disappear.

Last job he ever pulled.

No time to move any of this stuff.

$25 ,000 worth of gold coins. You
realize that's worth over a million

today. Is that all you care about, the
money?

Isn't helping to illuminate a dimly lit
corner of Americana, isn't that reward

enough? Get real.

Well, guys, any time now. The work you
did on this project, the research, was

all first rate. Thank you. Well, for 5 %
of the action, going through all those

dusty old records would be well worth
it. Three and a half percent.

Temple. The research that we did on
Eddie Pine and his gang was just a

We enjoyed every moment of it.

Yeah, and 4 % of that missing million
will be even more delightful.

Come on, who found those old plans?

Who put it together about the hidden
room, huh?

Okay. Four percent. Thirty seconds, Miss
Hill. Time for the big moment.

Extra $5 ,000 each.

How's that for negotiating?

Somewhere in the world, I'm sure Henry
Kissinger is applauding.

Five seconds.

Three, two, one.

And now, after more than 50 years, Eddie
Pine's secret is about to be revealed.

Was this the treasure room where the
last great California gangster hid the

-gotten gain of his villainous
operation?

So far, the room appears to be empty.

Jack, could you shine the light over
here, please?

Unfortunately,

ladies and gentlemen, the mystery of
Eddie Pines' dry hole may still be

It's 4 % of nothing. Despite our high
hopes, it's failing to reveal anything

more than dust and cobweb.

What is that? Oh, my.

Come over here, please. Excuse me.

The remains will be taken to the medical
examiner's office to determine if this

could in fact be the notorious Eddie
Pine himself.

We are here live from Eddie's roadhouse.

where in 1932 this room was sealed up
and only found recently by Simon and

Investigations. And we're discovering
now a body inside of this room where we

thought there should be gold.

San Diego police will now take
possession of this body and deliver it

offices of the medical examiner.

There, forensic officers will attempt to
determine whether it could be, in fact,

the last remains of the notorious
Eddie... How'd it go? We busted a couple

heads.

The Union won't be giving you any more
hassles.

Good.

I've got another problem for you.

Much more serious.

And it's going to get worse.

Something new, Mr. Denton?

No. Old.

Something very old.

The money is not the reason we decided
to work with Channel 3.

Illuminating even a small, dimly lit
corner of American history is reward

enough. I know what you mean.

Yeah, Joelle, under all this sweat, is
my brother, A .J. Say hello to Joelle.

Joelle is working on her doctorate in
American history.

Hi. Rick was telling me that detectives
are very close to historians in a lot of

ways. Yeah.

Well, if they aren't now, I'm sure they
will be by tonight.

Joel is interested in the research that
I did on Eddie Pine and his gang.

Oh, really?

Well, here, take a look at these
photographs. They're fascinating.

Yes, since I've already done a lot of
the legwork on this, I'm also a

in the police investigation.

Consultant? Yeah.

That's a lot more exciting than the
Patriots versus the Redcoats. Yeah, take

Patriots and the points.

You might say that we're not just
studying history here. We're actually

it. I've got a feeling you're going to
be hearing a lot more about my brother's

interest in biology soon.

Excuse me.

Oh, look at that.

Simon to Simon.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down. Calm down.

We'll be right over.

Rick, we gotta go. Okay.

Oh, the action never stops for you guys.
Well, our agency does have a certain

reputation for action. Where are we
going?

Our mother's house.

It was nice to meet you.

Uh, just make yourself at home. The sofa
is right over there.

The

emergency

is about your neighbor's cat.

Yes. The poor thing's name is Lucky.

Your neighbor?

The cat.

It belongs to Marie Miller. She lives
right across the street.

And the cat has to... House payments.

Mom, what the Sam Hill are you talking
about? Marie's retired.

She lives on a fixed income. She can't
keep up the mortgage payments. She's

forced to move into a home.

Mom, we're very sorry to hear that. And
that's not the worst of it.

What's really breaking her heart is that
she's got to give up Lucky. And I take

the darling creature, but I'm allergic
to her.

Marie? Lucky.

Ah.

Well, Mom, I'd love to help you out,
but, you know, I don't have very much

on the boat. Marlowe takes up most of
that.

Oh, no, Al.

No way. Absolutely not. Forget it.

No, look, I need my freedom. I can't be
worried about whether the cat has to eat

or whether it has to... Hey, Jay,
everybody ought to have an animal in his

Yeah, I share an office with one. No,
come on now, don't get personal. What if

it's only temporary until we can find a
real home for her? Now, there's a

solution we can all live with.

What is this? Why am I getting ganged up
on here?

What if the cat claws my furniture?

I never thought I would live to see the
day that my brother would value up a

chair. Over another living creature

Holding bag again

It

just

goes to show You work your whole life
Paying your fair share to Uncle Sam And

what do you get in return?

Social insecurity, that's what Not
enough to cover a roof over your head of

three squares a day. You're so right,
kid. These days it's yuppie this, yuppie

that. No morals, no bad... Don't you
worry. I'll think of something. I'm not

going to lose my home.

We got the answer if the body in that
wall was Eddie Pine.

Is this it?

Come in.

Oh, Marie, I'm sorry. I didn't know you
had guests.

These are my sons, Rick and A .J. I do.

Glad to know you.

These are my friends, Mr.

McNabb and Mr.

Chesney. We just came by to tell you
that A .J. will be delighted to take

Temporarily. That's very kind of you,
Mr. Simon.

But I'll be able to keep Lucky after
all.

I'm coming into some money, as a matter
of fact.

Yeah.

So thanks, but no thanks.

Marie don't need no charity.

Marie's friends were so rude.

Oh, they've been ruder.

You don't happen to know Marie's maiden
name, do you? I have no idea.

We do.

Marie Lupinski.

How'd you know that?

Her rude guests, Silk McNabb and Danny
Chesney, a .k .a. the Milwaukee Kid.

The Milwaukee Kid?

Mm -hmm.

All members of the old Eddie Pine gang.

Marie was the gang's, uh, mall.

That sweet old woman?

That sweet old woman chewed off Tiny
Totten's ear in a bar fracas at the

roadhouse. It's all in our files, Mom.

Got activity over there.

The kid used to be the Pine Gang's
getaway driver back in the bad old days.

Pine Gang.

Together again after all these years?
Oh, I love it.

Hey, we gotta find out what's going on.

Mom, I would appreciate it if you didn't
get too chummy with those people.

I don't think they've changed quite as
much as you might think.

You know, he's right.

He's absolutely right, Mom.

You must promise not to go over there
again, okay?

I was so relieved to hear that you
wouldn't have to move.

I was very fortunate.

Did Mr.

McNabb or Mr.

Chesney lend you the money?

No, those two have never even had the
price of a shoelace between them.

Inheritance? Oh, I don't mean to pry.

It's all right, Cecilia.

As I was packing, I ran across a bundle
of old papers I hadn't touched since my

husband died.

Imagine my surprise when I ran across
some shares of stock he had bought years

ago. Oh, really?

What company?

The Green Lake Steel Company.

I called a broker.

And the stocks are worth enough to pay
off my house and give me a little nest

egg besides.

Isn't that amazing?

Mom, we told you to stay away from these
people.

Nonsense. If what Marie says about the
stock is true... It isn't.

The Green Lake Steel Company went belly
up in 1975.

Have you seen either McNabb or Chesney
hanging around the house again?

Well, yes, this morning.

But Marie swears they don't have any
money. Mm -hmm.

Not yet, maybe.

Bet you Beth's up full of gin they're
planning on getting her.

We're gonna need some ammo, too.

Of course.

18 bucks retail, U .S. for twice the
price.

36 bucks for one box of 38 specials?

Here, count it.

Sorry, guys. I'm having to change.

Our last few simoleons

for the Gats.

How's the guy to operate with this kind
of inflation?

Oh, come on.

Something you should know, Marie.

On the news this morning, the body
behind that wall was Eddie.

Then Archie Dentman played us all for
suckers.

Yeah.

So now it's time to square things.

Now it's time to take what's ours.

They are up to something.

Yeah, it's a pretty safe bet this case
is no longer past history.

Thank you.

Done all right for himself, Dentman has.

Every corner in this city's got one of
these.

Bought it with our money.

Yeah, that's what we get for being
charitable.

Letting a punk kid in on that poker game
stick up in 32.

33. It was December 32.

33.

Hey, Marie sure came through, didn't
she?

Sashaying around right under short Lou's
long nose.

Wait a minute. What's with you? We like
beans.

You like beans. I'm not eating beans.

It's the first time I heard of it.

You know, Eddie was right. We should
have given up the strong -arm style

earlier.

What was it? What was it? One last big
haul.

Put short, loose speak out of business
and nets us a cool 25 Gs in gold.

I never could believe Eddie Skip would
that dough.

You off macaroni, too?

Now, why would I be off macaroni?

Just checking.

You know, all Dentman had to do was
drive off with Eddie and the gold.

Yeah, instead he kills him.

I should have been driving that night
anyway. I told Eddie, I told him, I'm

driver.

At his own fault, he ended up part of
the brickwork.

Okay, okay.

What do we got? The safe's at the rear
of the store, and the security is all up

front. I still think our best bet is the
truck out in the front.

Is it time?

It's time.

Okay.

They're after the truck. Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

Try Ron.

These old dudes know what they're doing.

Oh, come on, Rick. Give me a break. You
don't seriously think they're good

enough to pull this off?

I seriously think they're good enough to
die trying.

That's the way it is, Charlie.

You owe us.

And tomorrow we're going to collect.

You know, it really teased me off to
have to remind you, but you said we

your life, your reputation, and your
armored car company.

I said that? Those were your exact
words, Charlie.

As I recall, you were kissing my shoes
at the time.

Oh, well, I'm really grateful.

little thing that I can do? Oh, this is
a little favor.

Isn't this a little favor?

Microscopic.

Well, yeah, okay.

It'll make you feel good, Charlie.

Trust me.

They're close behind me. They got held
up.

Okay, Marie.

Now you take off.

Now you be careful.

Marie, we've done this before.

That was a long time ago.

Marie, we'll be fine. Now we'll see you
back at the house.

I'll make some tea.

Tea?

Boy, times have really changed.

Okay, let's go.

They even made it easier for us.

Not a sound cover. And don't go for the
heater.

What the hell's half acres?

This concludes our tour of the scenic
Southern California countryside.

May we have your guns, please?

We're shooting our way out, copper.

Uh, kid?

Silk, uh, we're not cops.

This is Rick and A .J. You met our mom?

Those are the kids with the cute blonde
tomato.

Okay, now I'm gonna open the door just a
crack here.

Wanna hand us your guns, guys?

I can understand about you wanting to
help Marie, but armed robbery?

You know who owns that supermarket?

Archie Dentman. He killed Eddie.

Eddie was killed after the gold coin
heist.

Half the hoods in the country were
around that table. Any one of them could

knocked him off.

That's not possible, lads. Eddie was
smarter than all of them. It was an

job. We were supposed to meet Eddie
later for the split. He never showed.

Dentman was the gang's new driver.

He must have drove Eddie to the
roadhouse, killed him, stashed the

then waited for things to cool off.

The rest is supermarkets.

Denman owes us.

Guys, what's going to happen to Marie if
you get caught or killed?

She'll never be able to forgive herself.

This isn't the roaring 20s anymore.

The police are a lot more sophisticated.

I mean, even if you succeeded, they'd
track you down, and Denman would be

behind.

They have a point, kid.

Oh, no, Sue.

We've got to find another way to help
Marie.

Come on.

We'll drive you on back.

Do I have to keep wearing this stupid
uniform?

Until this is over, you're just another
rent -a -cop.

Are you sure it was Silk and the
Milwaukee kid you saw?

Just like you described them, Mr.
Dentman.

A couple of old codgers like that.
What'd they think they were doing?

Don't underestimate them just because
they're old.

I'm old. You don't underestimate me, do
you?

No, sir.

Ever since they found Eddie Pine's body,
I knew it was just a matter of time

until he came after me.

What I don't understand, though, is this
other armored car.

There aren't any more members of the
Illy Pine gang around.

These guys were much younger.

Yeah, but who are they? Don't worry.
That was a regular truck from the

company. I already got a trace out on
it.

Okay, now you got four targets.

Only this time make sure the bodies stay
buried.

You gonna stay out of trouble?

We learned our lesson.

Good.

You let us take a crack at Archie
Dentman, all right? And with your

maybe we can prove that he killed Eddie.

What can I say?

I guess we're just too tired and too old
for this sort of thing. It was a stupid

idea. Oh, don't be too hard on yourself,
so... See you around, boys.

Take care.

I never thought I'd live to see today
Silk McNair would go yellow.

Hey, watch who you're calling yellow.

I had to get him off our backs, didn't
I?

You mean we're not giving up?

Of course not.

But a bunch of little jobs is out now.

We've got to go for one big score.

Oh, now you're talking.

The two guys, they still showed up right
after you dropped the truck off.

I'm sorry. I had to tell them who you
are.

I'm sorry.

Mr. McNabb. Lovely day, Mrs. Simon.

Aren't those lovely roses, kid?

Yeah.

Beautiful.

I'll take lucky.

Come on, boy. Give me the cap.

Take it.

You all right?

Well, they weren't shooting at me.

Any idea where they were headed?

Marie said she was donating some things
to charity, but she had Lucky's cat

carrier with her.

Well, let's go take a look.

What do I do?

Why don't you check Marie's closet, see
if her clothes are gone?

They're probably planning a
counterattack against Dentman.

How do you convince these people?

Well, Marie was a good -looking woman.

She didn't deserve all this trouble.

I get the strangest feeling they're all
enjoying themselves.

Are you going to start looking anytime
soon?

Um, what are we supposed to be looking
for?

Clues.

It looks like Marie is planning to be
away for a while. I think I found a

Doesn't have a big X on it or anything.

Lucky.

I thought Marie took her.

There's enough dry food and water in
there to last several days.

If Lucky's still here, what was in the
cat carrier?

I don't know, Silk.

Old principle of mine, kid.

Hide in plain sight.

At least this way we won't get strafed.

I hope he's so fit.

Looks just the same, doesn't it?

Always was the worst hideout we ever
had.

Hey.

Hey, hey, hey, look at this.

This was your idea, Marie.

It was rigged to the door.

Rang every time the cops came or
somebody tried to crash the speakeasy.

all duck out the back door.

I wonder if it still works.

You remember how we used to plan jobs
here? We'd give you the music coming

through the hall doors as the people
danced in the ballroom.

Yeah, and we used to dance right along
with them.

Right here.

You were the best dancer, Silk.

You're right, Marie.

And I was like a big cow with four left
feet.

But Silk here really could cut a rug,
eh?

Dance with me, Silk.

Marie, we've got a lot to do.

Please.

There's no music.

Yes, there is.

Can't you hear it?

Sure were great times, weren't they?

Yeah.

Those were some good times.

I'm sure Miss...

Thank you, Tom.

Yes, I know. I owe you one.

Please don't tell me Archie Dentman is a
pillar of the community.

Pillar of the community with a shaky
foundation.

According to town, he's still mobbed up.
Rumors of kickback, coercion, you know,

but nothing proved.

And apparently he has a guy named Kelsey
on the payroll, a heavyweight enforcer

out of Seattle.

Well, if he's using talent like that, he
must still be making money the old

-fashioned way.

The thing is, other than the
supermarkets, I really don't see where

kid can touch him.

Well, when we find them, we'll ask them.

Good idea.

Thank you.

All these years.

Are you sure you remember how to make
nitro? I remember.

What about your hands?

They're a tad shakier now.

My hands are fine, kid, and you're on
lookout.

Marie, I want you to study those
blueprints and memorize them six ways

Sunday. Now, why am I always on lookout?

We have the Pine Gang's entire history
right here in these files. Why can't we

come up with something?

Because the old geezers lie to us at
every turn.

They're ungrateful. We saved them from a
prison term.

If not getting shot.

Then they get Charlie beaten up.

What about us?

We're on Dentman's laundry list, too,
you know, right beside them.

You bet on that.

If they do pull it off, we're going to
have to turn them in. We should hate

these people.

Yeah. So why do we like them so much?

You remember when I was a kid, what my
favorite book was?

Yeah, that one with the pictures of the
naked ladies? No, no, no, not that one.

The other one, the one I made Dad read
me every night.

Robin Hood.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

The gang's sort of a link with a bygone
era.

Yeah, when men were strong and women
were beautiful.

Unfortunately, we can't live in the
past.

Why not? They do.

You said that before.

I meant it before.

Yeah, of course.

No, it's too obvious.

Is there somebody in this room besides
me who might know what it is you're

talking about?

Living in the past.

What was the gang's favorite hideout in
the past?

No. Yeah.

No. Yeah.

Yeah.

Realize, of course, if we can figure out
where their hideout is, so condemn

them.

His safe's got to be in the west wall.

The others aren't even deep enough for
crawl space.

Buildings are made so shoddily these
days.

Yeah, craftsmanship is something that
went out with big band music and bathtub

hooch. I remember once back in 1930 when
the whole... Then you're supposed to be

standing lookout.

Oh, can it, Silk. Nobody's going to find
us here.

Take this nice and easy.

You all right? Yeah.

Go get them.

Any sign of the Pine Gang?

Not exactly.

At least they got away.

No, they didn't get away.

I saw a blueprint in there for Denton's
corporate headquarters. They're going to

go after it.

Holy Toledo. Denton's going to be
waiting for us.

Afternoon, my dear.

Mr. Nitty, I'm Mr. Dillinger. We're here
to see Mr. Dentman.

Oh, I'm sorry, but Mr. Dentman's at
lunch.

Did you have an appointment?

We surely did.

1 p .m. Well, I don't recall Mr.

Dentman mentioning your name, Mr.
Dillinger.

We're from Santa Martina Produce, and we
made it plenty clear 1 p .m. on

Thursday.

Where are you going?

We'll wait for him in his office.

But, gentlemen, I cannot let you into
Mr. Dentman's office. We don't have to.

let ourselves in.

I...

said the safe would be right there.

Crawford Lieberman Model 2000.

Those grifters still making safes after
all these years?

Appears so.

Hell, they couldn't make a can that
would hold beer.

Even if they could, we brought along our
own combination.

You be careful with that stuff now.

Stop talking about my hands, Jake. Who
mentioned your hands? Well... Oh, never

mind.

I want you to drill here, I want you to
drill here, and I want you to drill

there.

Turn it off.

Put it on the table.

This is quite a treat.

Just like old times.

The old gang together again.

Yeah. Too bad Eddie couldn't be here.

Oh, I'm sure he's here in spirit, kid.

First from Kelsey.

And what are you going to do, Dentman?

Find a wall for us like you did for
Eddie? You know, kid, I'm putting up a

Archie's Market in La Jolla.

It might be just your size.

Is the van ready?

I believe the phrase, gentlemen, is,
we're taking you for a ride.

It's not going to happen that way,
Archie.

Why not?

Well, you know me.

You don't suppose I'm stupid enough to
try and crack a safe with a drill like

that?

Ask your boys if they found any
chemicals at the roadhouse.

Something like, uh...

Glucose? Glycerol.

Exactly.

Now, give your guns to Marie and the kid
here.

Don't make me do it. I will.

You expect me to believe these old coots
cooked up a batch of nitroglycerin in

the basement?

It's not outside the realm of
possibilities.

I don't buy it, Pops.

50 years ago, maybe. A bluff like that
just won't make it in the 80s.

No, Kathy.

Hold it.

Silver, you're nothing but a flim -flam
artist. You can't even make nitro

anymore. That's been a long time, kid.
Yeah, well, it's a good thing Eddie

wasn't here to see this.

Well, it's good that I didn't make it,
right, or we'd be just as dead as he is.

Don't forget that.

Thanks to fumble fingers over here.

Fumble? Who are you calling fumble
fingers?

Well, you did drop it, right? Well,
yeah, but I cushioned the blow. It

explode. It just melted.

I couldn't have gotten there in any
case.

The old place doesn't look half bad.

Mom, we got work to do, all right?

Well, Marie wanted us all to be here.
She said it wouldn't take too long.

Oh, yeah, put that in the door room.

Marie, what is going on?

A new beginning.

Oh, yeah?

What sort of new beginning?

The police found a bunch of documents in
Dentman's safe.

Yeah, we heard about that.

Also, a shopping list of crimes that
ought to keep him behind bars for some

time. I think she likes you.

They also found a will. It was Eddie's
will Dentman kept all these years.

He left us this property.

We're going to redo the place and call
it Eddie's Roadhouse again.

And do what with it?

Gambling casino?

Base for smuggling operations what?

Of course not.

We'll all be living in the back rooms.

We'll run the place like a restaurant
and country inn.

Yeah, we've reformed.

Good.

Honest.

Well, um, what are you going to do about
the bullet holes?

Well, we're going to keep those.

Makes it seem more like home.

Ah.

Yeah, well, uh...

Good luck, guys.

Best of luck to you. Stay out of
trouble.

Thanks for coming by.

Good luck, Marie.

You think they bought it?

Book, line, and sinker.

You got the plans to the bank, Marie?

Right underneath my missing.