All language subtitles for The FBI s04e08 Breakthrough

Man, where you been, huh?

Take it?

You'll never believe this, Ernie.

I was on a Staten Island ferry on a hot
summer's night.

Nine o 'clock, watching the lights.

A Staten Island ferry?

You just don't understand me, Ernie.

than 20 hours ago. That's not so bad.

Not longer than the two years I've done
already.

What are your plans for tomorrow?

Hmm?

What, you go right back to work, or is
the family going to send you on a little

vacation first?

I don't know.

I'm going to call Russell.

Look, Vinnie, I'm going to be getting
out in a couple of days myself, you

and I got nothing lined up.

I was wondering if you could see a way
clear to recommend me to the family.

I mean, I'd really appreciate it.

You've known me all your life.

I give Russell an honest day's work for
an honest day's dollar.

Okay?

You can contact me.

Care of General Delivery, Chicago.

Bay Park Station.

Yeah, you're right, Ernie.

Won't seem like the same old world
without you.

What are you talking about?

We'll both be out on the golf course
playing together by August.

I'll make you a bet, Joe.

Not a chance.

A hundred even money.

They're not going to be able to keep a
high commissioner like you in here like

Sandin. Oh, I'll be out there, Vinnie.

It's you I'm worried about.

I just heard a shocking piece of news.

Jack Bricker's day.

Bricker.

Some young punk got into his townhouse,
passed his bodyguards.

How?

I suppose somebody told him about Jack's
secret entrance.

Don't you?

Let's see now.

Vic Russell knew where it was.

I knew.

And you knew, right?

Joe.

I don't see what Russell or I could have
gained, but Vin, you always did feel

that Jackie was the guy who set you up
for this income tax fall.

Listen, Joe.

Let me talk to the kid who shot him. He
says that I was the one.

He didn't say anything.

He's dead too, Vin.

Let me kiss you goodbye before you go.

Goodbye, Vincent.

The FBI A Quinn Martin Production

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William
Reynolds, with guest stars

Mark Richman, Edward Andrews, and

special guest star Dorothy Provine.

Tonight's episode, Breakthrough.

On June 10th, Vincent Gray, syndicate
enforcer, was released from federal

penitentiary into a world more hostile
than the prison he left behind.

With La Cosa Nostra's kiss of death on
his cheek, Gray fled first to Chicago.

But any reprieve would be temporary now,
a fact known best to Vincent Gray

himself.

I don't object to the time involved,
Luce. You can take all the time you

but I think you're being very optimistic
here.

This man is not going to cooperate with
us. He's tied to the mafia by oaths and

blood. He's scared out of his mind, Art.
That makes a difference.

Never has before.

It has once.

He was involved in a burglary with a
friend when he was young.

He didn't go along the actual job, but
the other boy tried to blame the whole

thing on him. And when Gray was picked
up, he told the police everything they

wanted to know.

What are you saying? There's some sort
of a parallel?

I think so.

His friends have let him down again.

We're going to kill him, whether he's
guilty or not, without a hearing.

Well, he knows he's not going to get any
help from you or any protection.

What we can give him, Art, is a chance
to strike back at Russell and Darwin.

That might be very tempting.

Go back to the Cesar Hughes case.

Another informants report came in last
week.

It's almost the same story.

Hughes wouldn't let the family buy into
his club in 65, so Russell ordered Gray

to blind him.

Darwin was there in the meeting.

The informant said the three of them had
the acid with them when they went from

Chicago to Hollywood.

The thing is, Art, if we can get Gray on
that, we might be able to make an anti

-racketeering charge stick on two high
commissioners.

All right, go ahead.

If you can find Gray before Russell's
executioners do.

Mm -hmm.

Uh, seven ball in the corner pocket, Mr.
Russell.

How about that?

Oh, that's right, that's right. Go
ahead, go ahead.

Just hanging yourself, you know.

This is the kind of a game that a man
like you shouldn't be too good at,

Why, sign of a misspent youth?

That's one of the reasons.

What's the other?

Eight in the corner.

The other is I don't like to lose.

Whenever you're buttering up your boss,
please try to be more subtle.

Otherwise, it's very insulting.

Well, I wasn't trying to butter you up,
Mr. Russell.

Yes, Ruth?

Mr. Russell, there's someone here to see
you.

Oh, no, no, no.

No, no, Ruth.

Not tonight.

Well, he kind of insisted.

What?

Thank you. Thank you. You can go on back
downstairs now.

In a minute.

Let's all just stay where we can see
each other.

You sit down over there.

Well, well, Vinnie.

Now, I'm not going to say I'm not
surprised.

We expected you to be halfway out of the
country by now.

Still, it's a good idea, isn't it?

bearded the lion in his own den, eh?

Does that suggest anything to you,
Victor?

Or should it?

Yeah.

Like maybe a clear conscience.

I never set Jack Bricker up.

I never liked him.

But I wouldn't pull a trick like that
without going to the commission.

I know you wouldn't, Vinnie.

What are you saying?

I love Joe Darwin like a brother.

But that doesn't mean I'm blind to his
faults. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Joe's a very emotional man. He's been
that way all of his life.

When he heard Jack was dead, he jumped
to a conclusion. He was wrong. I passed

the word.

Well, you sure take a load off my mind,
Victor.

Would you put that gun away now?

And don't go pinning any medals on me,
you know. You're not out of the woods

yet. There were a lot of witnesses in
that machine shop, a lot of big mouths.

It'll take a while for the facts to
filter down.

But we don't want any young hothead
picking you off now, do we, Benny?

Well, what are we going to do about
that?

Well, why don't you go away for a couple
of months, huh?

Take a little trip around Canada
someplace that's beautiful now.

Yeah, that's an idea.

Where are you staying?

I'm at the, uh, Carlton Hotel.

Can I send you over anything? A car,
some money?

No, no, thanks, Vic. I'm fine.

I'm, uh, I'm sorry.

Oh, that's all right.

I feel kind of foolish, you know.

Well, uh...

I'll see you around.

Hollick. Yeah, so long, Vincent.

Oh, Ruth, show Mr.

Gray out, will you please?

Yes, sir.

Well, now, who have we got available,
Bobby?

Want to kill him?

Well, I can have Spencer brought in
tomorrow.

I'll be fine.

It's kind of a shame to have to back Mr.
Darwin up in a mistake like that,

right?

Well, I don't know. The guy sold me. I
don't think he had Jack killed.

Vinnie, I know he didn't.

Please.

Jack was like a millstone around my
neck.

So I...

Cut him loose myself.

Inspector, welcome back to Chicago.

How are you, Kirby?

Gray's in room 312.

Checked in at 4 .30 this afternoon.

Stayed out of sight until a little after
8, then drove to Vic Russell's place.

To Russell's place?

Uh -huh.

Something even wilder than that
happened. He came out again.

Alive.

He's back in the room now.

Talk to him.

FBI Vincent.

Kirby Green.

Just a minute.

It's open.

I went in.

Green. Been a long time, hasn't it?

I didn't know whether that was really
you out there or not.

Who were you expecting?

Expecting?

Nobody.

Oh, this is Inspector Erskine.

Mr. Erskine?

You, uh, you always wait around in the
dark like this?

The glare.

My eyes have been kind of hurting me
lately.

The eyes?

Oh, I was just on my way down to buy
some flowers, you know, brighten the

up. I see.

Well... What can I do for you,
gentlemen?

We heard you were in a little trouble,
Vince.

Who, me? Mm -hmm.

Ah.

Would you hear that?

What do you and Russell talk about
tonight?

Russell Lowe.

You ought to know he can't afford to
cross Joe Darwin.

So it really doesn't matter what he
promised you.

Is that a fact? You can count on it.

But you could cut them both down first.

Tell us what you know about the Cesar
Hughes extortion. We'll pick Russell up.

Inspector, I... I just don't know what
you're referring to.

Well, we know the three of you drove
from Chicago to Hollywood in April of

And we know you had the acid with you.

Listen, I'm a little sleepy.

I'm sorry. Maybe we can talk some more
about this tomorrow, huh?

What makes you think there'll be a
tomorrow for you, Vincent?

Well, I mean, barring accidents.

Look, I don't know what it was Russell
promised you.

But I've got a four -year -old niece who
isn't that naive.

Think about it.

Suppose he does cancel Darwin's order,
officially.

Would you feel better about the whole
thing if it said in your tombstone,

by accident?

Well, Vince?

Well, what?

Your tombstone.

license TD -7305.

I have it.

What about the driver?

Nothing yet. The area is being searched
now.

Right. And thank you.

Oh, Lou, we just got a report concerning
Gray.

A couple of kids found an abandoned car
in an old rock -crushing plant north of

here. No sign of the driver.

It was registered to a local rental
firm.

Gray leased that car last night.

What's your surveillance on Russell?

Very discreet. Two agents.

Put more manpower on it.

And I want the location of every
executioner who's ever been on his

Right.

Wait here a minute.

If I catch you coming in here again,
I'll bump your head off.

He doesn't look too scared. He thinks
he's smarter than I am.

Look at him sneer. Why don't you show
some respect?

He'll be back.

He sneaks in here and steals food and
then goes to sleep in the best bed.

If you want room and board in my place,
Buster, you'll pay for it just like any

other human being.

Is this your place?

Yeah, why?

No reason.

I used to live here.

You did?

When?

A long time ago. A family named...

Drummond had a house next door.

They had two boys named Jim and Ted.

Gee, I don't think there's anybody
around here by that name now.

What about a bar called The Crow's Nest
down the street?

Well, I've been here two years and I
don't think I ever heard of it.

Listen, if you came back to look around
or anything, we'll just go right ahead.

That's all right.

This will be fine, buddy. Thanks.

Okay. You asked for it.

I'm so sorry.

Why didn't you say something? I heard
him barking and I thought that...

Isn't there something I can do?

What's your name?

Why? Are you going to sue me?

No, I'm just going to try to rent a
room. You got one?

Here?

Oh, well, sure. Wait a minute. You want
a room? Why didn't you say so?

It's Irene Minnick. What is?

My name.

We don't communicate very well, do we?

Well, come on. Come on. You're a wreck.

Think it's gray?

Take a look.

Hold it! Hold it!

It could be Gray, but I can't tell. The
face is too badly smashed.

He evidently fell from one of those
catwalks.

And there's a bullet wound in his chest.

Let's find out who he is. Get his prints
and send them to our den right away.

Right. Oh, and Kirby.

Send this into the lab, will you?

Canada, huh?

Mass document examination of what he
crossed out on the border. Right.

Yeah? It's me.

Everything work all right in here, Mr.
Smith?

Yeah, yeah, I guess so.

Well, I'd better make sure, if you don't
mind, because I may not get a chance to

come around again.

I'll kill him.

I'll kill him!

No, that's all right. Leave him alone.
He's earned it.

Anyway, you told me he always picks out
the best bed.

Makes me appreciate the room all the
more.

Well, if you don't mind.

Creep.

It must have been funny, you being a
guest now in your own house.

Yeah.

My ma used to do her sewing in here.

Yeah? Yeah.

We had the whole floor.

My ma and dad, me and my five brothers.

That's a big family.

Yeah, they all used to drive me nuts.

People everywhere I looked.

I used to sneak up on the roof and hide
just to be alone for a minute.

Where are they now?

I don't know.

I got out of here when I was 14.

First time I've been back.

You never wrote?

Well, looks like everything's all right
in here.

I guess everybody wants what they
haven't got.

I was alone, so I worked and I saved
until I could get myself a place like

Am I happy with that? No, it's all
right.

Just want to grab the people around me
now.

What about your people? Where are they?
Well, I don't know. They didn't write

either.

Let me do that. It's okay. Look, you
ought to move the slide over here.

No, it's perfectly all right. Why don't
you give me the ball and let me do it?

No, it's okay.

Why don't you go do that?

You want me to mail that for you?

You think you could?

I mean without setting my letter on fire
or something.

Yes.

Okay, stay with him.

Call in as soon as he lights.

No, Gray's taller than that. He'd
probably be traveling alone.

All right, thank you.

Nothing from the border.

Bobby Pollard just left Russell's house.

Surveillance reports he's driving toward
Bay Park.

What's in Bay Park?

Erskine. Hello?

This is Tom.

Yes, Tom. What have you got?

Two things.

First, I'd answer that the prints that
you sent him belonged to a mafia hitman

named Kenneth Spencer.

Kenneth Spencer?

What else?

We examined the map under infrared
light.

Yeah. We found that the words that were
crossed off are Jim, Ted, and the Crow's

Nest. C -R -O -W -S -N -E -S -T.

Followed by question marks.

So, uh, we looked through all the names
in Gray's file.

Found reference to two brothers, uh, who
were members of the same gang.

James and Ted Drummond.

Do you think you can locate him?

Oh, we have.

James is dead. Ted is now serving a life
sentence in Atlanta.

But since the Drummonds and Gray were
next door neighbors to his kids in

Milwaukee, I phoned the agent in charge
up there and asked him if the crow's

nest meant anything to him.

He said it was not a current spot, but
when he looked it up, he found that

had been a bar by that name in the same
old neighborhood.

Better get up there as soon as you can.

I'll alert the FAC in Milwaukee.

Yes, sir. Talk to you tomorrow.

Kenneth Spencer and a friend named Stan
Jason own a garage on Florence Avenue.

And they both worked for Russell in the
past.

Anything on Jason?

Quite an arrest record.

Assault with a deadly weapon, suspicion
of murder.

Matter of fact, we've had him under
investigation for several months.

His garage seems to be the center of a
good deal of interstate car theft

activity. We may even have enough
evidence for a warrant right now.

Call the U .S. Attorney.

Right.

Okay loaded

Get

out of here

Van Jason?

Yeah.

FBI Jason.

You're under arrest for interstate car
theft.

Jason, stay where you are!

Control to Unit 1.

Control to Unit 1. I'm sorry, Doctor.
Come in, Unit 1.

Who hired Spencer?

Russell?

You never give up, do you?

Russell.

Through Bobby Pollack.

Two reports.

Spencer's car was just found abandoned
on the outskirts of Milwaukee.

And Pollack finally stopped in Bay Park.

Where? Post office. Picked up a man
we've identified as...

Ernie Flood.

Drove him right back to Russell's.

Flood! How nice of you to come, Mr.
Flood. I'm Vic Russell.

It's a real honor for me to meet you,
Mr. Russell.

I've been wanting to meet you for years.

Sit down, sit down. Thank you, sir.

Do you know any friend of Joe Darwin's?

Well, he's a friend of mine.

He's a real sweet guy, Mr. Russell.

As a matter of fact, I got real close to
Mr. Darwin after Vince left.

Bobby tells me that you mentioned
something about Vincent on the

Yes, sir, I did.

Before we talk about that, Mr.
Russell...

I'm kind of at loose ends now, you know,
and if you need a real good man in your

organization, I've got a lot of
experience.

How about $300 a week to start, Mr.
Flood?

Ernie. Oh, Ernie.

I understand Vincent left Chicago in
kind of a hurry.

Mm -hmm.

I know where he is, if you're still
looking for him.

What makes you think I'm still looking
for him?

Mr. Darwin.

I'm a real company man, Mr. Russell.

That's why I think I could be valuable
to you.

If Vinnie broke a rule,

then I think you should pay for it.

I know where he is.

You could send a couple of guys.

You know who would have the best chance
of taking him, Ernie?

Who?

A friend.

Someone like you, for instance.

You frighten me.

Hi.

You looking for something up here?

Oh, no, no. I often come up here and
look at the stars.

To be alone for a while, you know.

Get away from everything.

You would like a cigarette?

I didn't mean to interrupt.

That's all right. Please.

Don't go.

Aren't you afraid I'll trip and knock
you off the roof?

What the truth?

Yes.

What's life without a little risk, huh?

My sentiments, exactly.

Of course, I'm not usually so accident
-prone. It just seems that something

always happens whenever I want to
impress somebody.

I mean, whenever I want somebody to like
me.

I have another fault.

I talk too much.

No, it's true. I mean it. A woman should
be more mysterious.

And I need people too badly, and I let
them know it too soon.

And I shouldn't do that.

You mean you shouldn't need people, or
you shouldn't let them know about it?

Oh, there's nothing wrong in needing
them.

I mean, I couldn't live without needing
them.

You must get pretty involved, huh?

Yes.

Don't you?

Well, in my business, I try not to.

Why? All has to end somewhere.

Why start a game and can't win?

You mean why get up in the morning
because you'll just be sleeping again at

night?

It's because of the day.

Because of what might happen.

Might rain, you know.

Haven't you ever been in love with
anyone?

Hi, Lou.

Well, there's nothing new. He hasn't
made an appearance yet.

You still convinced he's in there?

Well, according to neighborhood gossip,
there's a new boarder in the rear

apartment.

He answers Gray's description, and he's
given the name Vincent Smith.

Well, I might as well find out.

Well, even if it is Gray over there,
Lou, I mean, wouldn't you run into the

problem? If he didn't believe you
before, why would he listen to you now?

This time we got a statement signed by
Stan Jason.

Hello?

There's no plug he belongs in the
neighborhood.

Is there any flood?

He's just released. Pollack and Russell
talked to him in Chicago yesterday.

Better alert your agents over there.

Flood may not be the friend Gray thinks
he is.

Interesting business.

Being in love.

Yeah.

Think of all the time I've...

Think of all the time we've got.

Who is it?

It's me, Ernie.

It's a friend of mine.

I gotta see him alone for just a minute.

Why have you got there?

One minute, I'll explain the whole thing
to you.

Ernie, buddy, come on in.

Emergency call to all units.

Agent's in trouble. I'm going over
there.

This is the FBI.

Stay in your rooms.

When it's safe, an agent will...

Agents at the back think there's a girl
in the room with him.

Heavy men hold their fire.

Gray, this is Inspector Erskine.

Get back.

Look out your rear window.

Help you?

There's no help for this problem,
sweetheart.

This is one of those rainy days, huh?

Better go in the other room.

Go ahead.

No.

Gray, listen to me.

If we have to come in there to take you,
we will.

But wouldn't it be smarter if you told
us who hired Spencer?

He just didn't get the word.

Then who told him where to find you?

Suppose you tell me.

He had a visit from Bobby Pollack the
night you got in.

Pollack told him where you were and paid
him $1 ,500 for the job.

The money came from Russell.

You'd have found it if you'd looked
through his wallet.

Talk, talk, man.

It's in black and white, signed by Stan
Jason.

Gray, they're not going to stop unless
you help us stop them.

At least send a girl out.

Go on outside, miss.

He's coming out, too.

Drop it, Gray.

Don't be a fool. There's always
something to live for.

The acid was Russell's idea.

Joe Darwin had been trying to buy into
Caesar's huge club for a couple of

So finally, Russell wrote Caesar a note
saying we'd blind him if he didn't play

ball.

Who else went to Los Angeles with you?

Just Russell, Joe Darwin, and me.

Who did the actual blinding?

Russell. He said it was his baby. He
wanted the honors.

All right, Gray. Thanks very much.

Russell. Well, Vincent, did you sing
pretty for the gentleman?

Beautiful, Vic.

Just beautiful.

Well, you hear it.

Victor, you don't mind if I call my
lawyer, do you?

Not at all.

Joseph Darwin, Victor Russell, and
Vincent Gray were convicted of

transportation in aid of racketeering.

State charges of attempted murder are
pending.

All are serving sentences in the federal
penitentiary.

Thank you.