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There you have it.

Why don't you just sign?

No!

Find out, Pep. From inside the industry, men's and women's clothing.

Let me guess, I'm a buyer from Houston.

You're a model from El Segundo.

I hear they're losing models like flies.

They think that the freak that we're looking for is one of the guys that

working for right now. Pep, I'm on my way.

How could she take you for everything?

I'll tell you how. I'll tell you how in a nutshell.

See, Mary Ellen and I weren't enemies. We'd just come to the end of our

marriage, you know?

Well, we had this good friend who was a lawyer.

He was so upset about us breaking up that he offered to help us for free.

Well, when he and the judge got through with me, she took me for everything but

my shorts.

Look, Bill, the two of you are still good friends. You ever thought about

getting back together with them?

Yeah, first of every month.

What's that?

Maybe I can regain custody of my money.

Well, look, buddy, take my advice.

Two can live cheaper than one.

Believe me.

You know what I miss about marriage? What's that?

Nothing.

You the manufacturer?

No, sir.

Who are you?

Watchman.

Sergeant Crowley of the police department.

Investigator Stiles. Who is the manufacturer?

Sam Beck.

Rents half this floor.

Did you round?

I phoned him. He's on his way.

These sprinklers in this room, they didn't go off. Just the ones in here,

That's right.

And yet there wasn't any fire?

No, sir.

You see anybody suspicious tonight? Anybody hanging around?

Not a soul.

Everything seemed normal.

This floor, all the floors.

Sam Beck.

Yeah.

Foxy fashion.

Daytime casuals.

Couldn't you at least have brought me back a soaked size 7?

Sure, then when it dried out, it could have been a soaked size 0.

I might like it. Well, look at you.

I'll try it. It was weird.

This guy shows up, Beck.

Very upset, naturally.

He just lost a couple thousand dollars in merchandise.

But when I asked him if he had any ideas about who might be out to sabotage him,

I should have seen him turn blue.

No, that was weird.

Beck, the night watchman, at least nobody was hurt.

Yeah, that's true.

Everybody ready for another round?

On whom?

On whom?

Hello, ladies.

Late, Kate.

I know.

Tell them I ran into Mr.

Balenciaga and he wanted to whisk me off to Paris. And I said, I'm ever faithful

to the boys at Panache.

Sanford, I like that one. Oh, Chattanooga has taste, I always say.

Five dozen across the board. Oh, there's been six. Oh.

Wait till you see the next number, Mort. You're going to love it.

Uh, Marcia.

Where the hell is Kate?

Oh, it's wet, Mr. Roth. Look, she'll be right out, okay?

I'll be right with you, Mrs. Butterfield.

Well, you buying everything?

Everything.

I warned you something like this would happen.

Look at her.

Right. Case.

Occupation model.

Fracture of arm. Multiple abrasion. Face and chest.

Where'd they take her?

County.

Panache. Is that the same building?

As last night's nothing rainstorm. Right. Okay. We want you, the unit, in

this now.

In on what?

These two instances you both know about haven't been isolated instances.

Translation, Bob?

We've been gathering information from friendlies, other sources.

The syndicate's trying to do here with the garment industry what it tried and

struck out with a dozen years ago, all up and down the coast.

Takeover. Of the trucking end of it, right.

Extorting manufacturers to use their transportation, drivers have been

garments destroyed, and now mayhem.

Okay, so far we've got nothing to go on but rumors, silence.

Fear. Real heavy fear.

Get us something.

Excuse me. I'm Sergeant Anderson, police department. I'd like to see you for a

few minutes.

I don't have time.

I'm leaving.

Come on. It'll just take a minute.

Look, I'm free. I'm black and I'm 21 and I do what I want.

Come on.

What is it?

I want to know what happened.

You're a cop. You read the reports.

You know what happened.

Did anybody ever threaten you, Kate? No.

In your personal life, was there some freak or a jealous boyfriend

bothering you? We all have personal problems.

But no, nothing like that.

At work, in the industry.

Was there anything going on that you might have seen that you'd want to tell

about?

Kate, I promise you that you'll be protected.

Yeah, sure.

Oh, yeah.

Now, about those two men. I didn't see any two men. I didn't see anybody.

Well, the doctor tells me that I'm... telling you that i didn't see anybody

listen lady you want to help me and you can see that i get

away from this place this city right away now i want to go home i

want to get away from here and i want to go home now can you help me do that

can you help me oh kate price terrible

Terrible. Well, you know, she's not the first pretty girl in this business to

get herself hurt. You mean there's nothing that either one of you gentlemen

tell me about what happened? We already told the police. We don't know what

happened.

What about this extortion business?

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about extortion.

What about it?

Well, I don't know. Business has been very good. Much better this year than we

expected. Everything's fine.

And we haven't been threatened.

Just like the Larkin girl, that other model that was beaten up.

They didn't use her to strong -arm you into anything, right?

Right. You use your own trucks to ship out your garments, pick them up at the

factory, all that, in your own trucks.

Right. Uh -huh. Same drivers?

Well, there's always a turnover with those guys. You know, there's always a

turnover. All right, come in, Matt.

Look, Sergeant Crowley. Oh, I like that.

Please excuse us. We're busy.

Very busy.

Thanks for your help.

I don't know why they call it a sweatshop.

He's on the way.

What happened?

Where'd you find him, Joe?

Oh, downstairs in the basement with the trash. While Billy was upstairs talking

to Ralph.

And who's that other guy?

Sanford. Right.

And a dozen other manufacturers, or two dozen or three, I don't know. I lost

count.

Didn't make much difference anyway.

Nobody's talking, huh?

Talking? I haven't heard silence like that since Pep dragged me to see Marcel

Marceau. This one would sell for about 200 when it's alive.

Yeah, well, maybe it still does.

Find out, Pep.

From inside the industry, men's and women's clothing.

Let me guess. I'm a buyer from Houston.

No, that's me, Pip.

You're a model from El Segundo.

This is your contact.

She's expecting to hear from you first thing tomorrow.

Davia Fears. Yeah, ex -call girl.

She runs an agency for model types.

She's kind of into me for a couple of favors.

And vice versa, I'll bet.

Yeah, well.

Anyway, she'll duke you in.

It's not going to be difficult.

I hear they're losing models like flies.

You got it. Yeah.

Also, tell her you want to travel freelance.

I'd really like you to call them that one building. It's the biggest. It's a

good place to start.

Also, I hear the buyers on expense accounts are really roaming the halls

there. You know me. If they're rich, I'll spot them.

You watch yourself.

Let me see that, will you, darling?

Thank you.

No.

I've been doing things my own way for 18 years.

And I'll keep on doing them that way.

Times change, Mr. Press.

Don't you watch the 11 o 'clock news?

He's too busy making bread.

Yeah, I'm busy making bread.

For my family, myself.

You got kids?

Sure you have.

Emily and Marty.

You know, old Jack and I do, too.

Our kids are real healthy, happy.

They go to school every day.

Come home every night.

Come on, sigh.

Why don't you just sigh?

No!

Okay!

What's your initials,

please, next to your name?

Please.

You won't be disappointed, Mr. Press.

We have the best drivers, courteous service.

Oh.

Since Jackie and I came to town, we, uh...

We met a couple of girls.

Yeah, and they're allergic to rain. I don't like to impose on you, Mr. Press,

but I know you wouldn't mind helping them out, say, a couple of coats apiece.

Now if you just put them in a box, we'll be all set.

Yeah, and gift wrap them.

Isn't that a good idea?

Sanford and Rolfe sign.

That's no surprise.

And Sam Beck.

Pete, do you have any idea how you look in that dress?

Absolutely. Just like your ex -wife.

Only her mustache was a little bigger.

Are you kidding? If she looked that good, I wouldn't have loved her.

Thank you very much.

You're kind of cute now that you mention it. Why are we on that subject,

Petrina? What do you plan to do this evening?

Will you guys leave him alone?

I got this at cost and Pete's my size.

More or less.

Believe me, Pep, I'd say a whole night left.

I've got to have it ready by Saturday night for that do you're taking me to,

Crowley, right?

Nope. Now that I've seen him in your dresser when I take Pete. Too late.

I'm going with the commander.

So what else, Bill? Martin Press has signed, too.

This is interesting, though.

There's a phone number at the top of the page.

Oh? I didn't notice it. Here. There. See, notice?

Yeah. We checked it out.

It's listed in the name of Gerald Myers. There's no record on him.

The woman who answers the phone said he'd be home after midnight.

I'll check him out in the morning.

But finally, and most interesting, is Mr.

Nicholas Tibbitt.

Step down, Pete.

Tibbitt, that evening sportswear, smashing stuff.

Will you stand still? I can't get a hymn that way. Joe, stop peeking. What? I'm

not peeking. Yeah, well, what do you call yourself?

Joya Michaels.

Well, Miss Michaels, Mr.

Tibbitt... who runs his business out of the same building you've been working

in, is conspicuously absent from this list. And we ran it through

checked it against the list of every garment manufacturer in town, and his is

the only one that ain't on this list.

Well, either that's a mistake, or he's the freak who's running this whole

operation. So I call Gustavia Sears in the morning.

Oh, by the way, Bill, she says she hasn't seen you in a long time.

Says, ooh, how I miss him, that build.

I'll tell you what you better do. You better phone her and have her duke into

the Tibbets as soon as possible.

Hi.

Oh, hello.

It's Joya.

Yes, I'm Joya. Sit down.

Thank you.

I'm Lisa Tibbitt. I sort of design.

My husband, Nick. Hello.

Hi. I try to make her sort of designs work.

Gioia, there's an Italian fashion magazine named that.

It means happiness, happy.

Oh, that's me.

Have you ever modeled before?

I mean, Miss Sears said you were new in town. She didn't know that much about

your background.

Yes, I modeled in Puerto Rico.

My friend and I opened a boutique, and we did okay until everybody wanted to

come down to San Juan, and we slowly faded into the Caribbean.

Must have been fun while it lasted.

San Juan's a fun place.

It sure is.

Nick?

Are you free this afternoon, Joya?

No, I work for money.

Okay, why don't you come in about one o 'clock? We'll have you fitted. You can

start work at three.

We have some buyers in from Honolulu.

See if we can make them happy.

That's it? Just like that? I've got the job?

Miss Sears was right about you. And yes, just like that.

Oh, well, thank you.

Both.

I can see that you're busy, so I'll... I'm not that busy. I'll just take her a

cup of coffee. All right.

As a matter of fact, do you happen to have any tea? Sure.

I'd love some tea. Thank you very much. Yes?

Just a minute.

Nick, it's long distance.

New York.

Hello.

Yes, I went.

I'll take a rain check on a coffee. I'll see you at one. Oh, sure. Thank you so

much. Bye.

Right.

Hi, Bill. Me.

Yeah, we struck out on the number, Pep.

Gerald Myers is, now are you ready for this, a philosophy major working for his

Ph .D.

He's got a wife, two kids, drives a truck, delivers milk.

Then how about if maybe it's an out -of -town number, different area code?

Like where?

Like possibly New York?

Nick Tibbett just got a call from New York, and it, well, it looked like he

wanted me out of there.

Oh, is that right?

Did you hear anything?

Uh, no.

I took the hint. Had to. Okay, I'll check it out.

Okay. As far as the Tibbets are concerned, I'll tell you what Parks has

with. They've been in town about ten years now.

Nobody seems to know where they came from.

They live pretty quietly.

Also, I gather that the guy bummed up his leg just before they arrived here.

What kind of vibes did you get?

They come on real nice.

Okay, real okay.

Al Capone used to send his mother roses every Friday. Did you know that?

Yellow?

Blood red, honey.

Okay, hang in there, Peppa.

Oh, my feet.

Did I do all right, Mrs. Tibbetts?

Lisa, I was just going to talk to you. You were great.

Except for the six times I fell on my face, almost.

Can you make it again tomorrow at 10?

Sure. Come on in.

Same gowns, different buyers.

Santa Fe and Wichita Falls.

We just about cover the whole country.

Well, I was anxious to see how you thought I'd done. First day jitters, you

know.

They're adorable.

Thanks. He looks like his daddy.

Nicky Jr.

And that's Charlie.

A Charlotte named after my hometown.

North Carolina?

The only Carolina.

Mainly because that's where I met their daddy.

He from there, too?

No. He's, uh... Nick just happened to go to school there, same school I

attended.

And, uh, we met and it happened.

And, uh, I miss home sometimes.

The peace.

A piece of it all. But we're here and it's fine.

Lisa.

I was telling Joy I hear about our wicked courtship.

We've got to get those chiffon samples out. I'm sorry, Miss Michaels.

Oh, no, I'm the one who's sorry. I've got to go change.

I'll see you tomorrow. Thank you. Bye.

What did you tell her?

Nothing.

I didn't tell her anything.

Mr. Gaten's line. Can I help you?

Yeah. Is he in? No, sir. I'm sorry. This is his answering service. His office is

closed for the night. Closed? I thought this was a nightclub.

No, sir. Mr. Gaten is an attorney.

Now, if you... New York?

You cooking, Pip?

Very good.

We're beginning to put it together.

This takeover has New York roots.

The crooks here are working for a soda copper who's taking orders from an East

Coast don.

Yeah, well, how does this Gaten fit into this? They checked him out.

He's an attorney for an East Coast mob, and he's very good.

Okay.

It's a midnight flight to New York.

Yep. Oh, the old red -eye. We going to Fun City?

Uh, Pat, listen.

You and Peter are going to have to stay here.

I'm taking Joe back with me just in case I get mugged.

Well, don't freeze anything while you're there, Joe.

The last I heard, it was five below.

Better pack your long underwear, fella.

Yeah, maybe next time, kid.

I'll get mine.

I think these are the

fellas.

This is Chuck Brown. Chuck Brown, how you doing? How are you? How you doing?

Excuse the glove.

It's okay.

Welcome to New York City. Thank you. I don't want to lose my bag. Last time I

was here, I lost my bag.

We thought they were sending the blonde we keep hearing about.

Well,

she wanted to come, but when I told her about how you big city guys like to

swing, it kind of scared her off, you know what I mean?

No,

we got her working on the other end.

We'll check you in there, we'll meet up with our boss.

He'll fill you in on his statement.

A real slippery path.

This is cardboard.

Tell him I think he ought to know. They got cops in from the coast, and they got

a policewoman duped in as a model.

Yeah. Mm -hmm.

Hey, I just got a call from the Daily Boys. I got two more of them knocked

Hey, come on.

Deadline's only a word.

Hey, we're moving all right, aren't we?

Yeah, the room's okay.

Service stinks, but the housekeepers might die.

Tell them the wall, yeah.

Yeah, listen, Jackie wants to tell you he doesn't like the way Junior's been

acting. He wants to keep an eye on him.

Oh?

Mm -hmm.

Okay, talk to you later.

Hmm.

He says it's a good idea. There's a couple of locals in New York. Maybe

put him up to it.

Hmm.

That's the beginning of the pattern.

Just the beginning.

After all, it's a billion -dollar industry.

They're just not going to be content with trucks.

Well, first it is the trucks like with you guys.

Then it's the cartons and the hang of people.

Then it's the buttons and the thread manufacturers.

Then it's the zippers.

You name it.

Until a lot of these guys are nothing more than partners with the crooks.

Well, gentlemen, Pete's getting wasted.

Who can blame him?

Gentlemen. Gentlemen.

This polite soul, believe it or not, It's New York's not -so -fine. It's

Lieutenant Fred DeMarco. Your sister's navel's scuttle. Yeah, I ain't got no

sister. If you did, you wouldn't have no navel, though, right?

I think there's a non -sequitur somewhere in there.

You want to watch the French brand?

Hey, how you going?

Freddie DeMarco. How are you? Yeah, Bill Crowley. How are you? How you going?

They tell me you've been under the syndicate about 20 years. You're too

for that. Look at him. I'm a boy genius. What do you want?

I guess it's easier to make genius on the East Coast.

Jill Stubbs. Hey, how you doing, Jill? Are they treating you okay?

Well, they didn't exactly roll out the red carpet, you know. What's the matter

with you? What are you talking about?

Yeah, come on.

Now, now, look at that stuff coming down.

I'll never make it home.

Then again, who makes it home?

Hey, California, now, that's something. You're part of the country.

Swimming pools, sunshines.

Hey, the truth, they're building us a swimming pool on top of headquarters.

How are you going to find it with all the smog?

What are you standing for? Sit down. Come on, sit down here. Is it safe?

So, what do you want?

How can we help?

How about lunch?

I have to go check in and see what's happening with the Wallace case.

Anything new from New York?

No. What's going on with the Tibbetts?

She's frightened and vulnerable.

I can't get to her.

So what else is there? Yeah. Miss Michaels.

Goodbye, Mr. Okra.

Yes. Please, can we seduce you?

Well, that depends what you have in mind.

Well, there's a charming little French restaurant right across the street.

I have a date with a vegetarian.

What my amorous partner is trying to ask you is are you free to do a special

showing early tonight?

Please. It's so important. Big client's in from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Well, um... Yes, and they have to leave early in the morning.

It's double time.

Now, no excuses.

We've already checked with your agency. You have no bookings after six. Now,

that's when we want you.

Please. We need an extra girl.

We need a very special girl.

You.

Now, how can anyone resist that?

Okay. Me at six.

Bye -bye. Bye.

Well, yeah. From what you guys tell me and what I read in these reports,

no question in my mind. I gotta say that the set -up is being run from back

here. Wouldn't be the first video the first time.

Fred, you got any ideas about who could be in charge? I mean, what sort of cop I

might be in charge of?

Yeah, well, I guess maybe I got to go with two or three individuals.

Legs Costa.

Maury Hills.

Old Gregory Essex.

Gregory Essex, is he still active?

He must be pushing 80, isn't he? It's 85, and he's a sick man.

Active? Yeah, he's active.

You know, I know two dozen crooks who would love to see him retire, but he is

active from behind the walls.

What do you mean, a joint?

No, it's more like his own private million -dollar pad.

It's upstate away. It's Dutchess County.

Bodyguards, alarm systems.

Nobody sees him except the family and his lawyer, the guy he works through.

Gaten. Gaten. Yeah, Gaten, Gaten, Gaten.

You know, we got some good lawyers in these five boroughs of ours, huh? And we

got some garbage.

Gaten is garbage.

Tiven. Does that mean anything to you, the name Tibbitt, Nick Tibbitt?

No, should it?

He's the only major manufacturer whose name isn't on that list.

Aha. Ring a bell?

Tibbitt? Yeah.

No. Tibbitt.

No.

Well, gentlemen, we have some film on.

Hey,

wow, that's a nice.

Sergeant Anderson.

Me.

Down, boy, down.

That's Nick Tillett.

Yeah. Yeah, hold on, I know him. Tillett.

You know him? Uh -huh. Real name, Niccolo Efficio Essex.

The old man's grandson.

Wait a minute. This is Gregory Essex's grandson?

Yes. And he was the favorite. He was a terrific kid.

Let me see. A couple of months after he gets married, he goes to visit Grandpa,

right? Now, on that particular day, something went wrong with Essex

The hitman takes a shot at him, only the bullet hits the kid.

Now, what I remember is the guy that fired the shot ain't doing no more

shooting, and the kid was sent to the coast for a few months, right? After he

got out of the hospital? By the old man. This was about, this was eight, ten

years ago.

Hey, do me a favor.

Let me take this. I want to show this to some of my guys.

I'll get them back to you later, all right?

Sure, yeah.

Did, uh, this guy, what does he call himself now, Ticket?

Yeah. I don't know. I got to make a plunder some coal.

Well,

we just heard from New York.

And your true name is Essex.

Is that correct?

Is that correct?

My true name is Acecio.

Essex.

Who are you working for?

I work for myself.

No, I think you know what I mean.

I don't know what you mean.

Are you working for your grandfather?

Are you taking orders from him?

We know what's going on.

A lot of innocent people are being hurt.

That's right. We want an answer.

Nick, please. Shut up, Lisa.

Listen, my friend.

There's a lot of creeps here, obviously working in town for your grandfather.

And we want their names.

Now you just look.

I don't like this.

I'm not continuing with this until I can come back with my lawyer.

When, my dear?

He's in San Francisco. He should be back tomorrow. I'll phone you.

Better he'll phone.

He's done nothing wrong.

I want you to believe that.

Do you want to go back to the office?

No, let's go home, Lisa.

Home.

Thank you.

He'll tell you.

What, Lisa?

His grandfather.

He did fall.

He asked Nick if he wanted to be in charge of

everything.

What was going to happen?

Nick said no.

And his grandfather said,

all right, he'd get someone

else and nobody would touch

us.

What else can you tell me?

Nothing.

We didn't want to know anything about this filth.

The man in the car, following you.

Jackson.

I think it was Jackson.

He...

He came to the office a few times, almost

as if he were checking up on Nick,

as if he couldn't believe

Nick was being left alone.

He's here.

My baby.

They're fine, Lisa.

They're fine.

All new interns report to second floor boardroom for orientation. All new

interns report to second floor boardroom for orientation.

Yep. Yeah, Pete.

Nick.

Buster died.

Oh, no.

Is she going to be all right?

I guess so.

All those poor children.

We'll work something out.

We always do.

I've got to go back in there and tell her.

Oh,

God.

Gee, Pep, I'm sorry to hear that.

That's too bad.

Yeah.

Well, what next, Bill?

Well, DeMarco's going over our packets, checking them against his intelligence

files. What about the old man, Essex?

Yeah, there's a chopper on its way up to his place, too.

DeMarco's got a couple of men going up there to ask a few questions.

Pep, why don't you go on back to the office?

I'll be in touch.

I've got another job.

What job?

Modeling, remember?

Forget it, you understand?

That's where it's all happening, right?

They're going to start talking now.

I'm going to start checking out this Jackson.

Pep.

New York, New York.

I know there's a lot of lonely people down there.

A couple of lonely people up here, too.

You're right about that.

You know, Pep and Pete probably think we're out doing up the town.

She's telling me this.

Man, my butt's not thick enough to go out in that.

At least it's warm in here. Yeah.

Gentlemen. Fred.

Forget about ethics.

What do you mean? What happened? Ah.

Heard about the grandson. He took a stroke.

Bonafide. My guys checked it out with the Dutchess Hospital.

Looks bad, huh?

Well, it looks bad for us, too, man.

No, no, no. Not that bad.

Our friendlies have been talking.

You know, ethics was being eased out. Yeah, fast. By who and what? Huh? By

What a lawyer.

Gaten? Gaten, yeah, Gaten. He figured the old man was getting senile, passe.

He's waiting to move in there like a cockroach on a piece of white bread. He

said he was just for openers, a test ride.

Look, the man had to be working close with somebody, right?

Okay.

I think this is your guy.

Checked it out with all the names on your list, and that one looks heavy.

Very, very heavy.

Yes. Just a moment.

Joya, it's for you.

Would you take it to the dressing room, please?

Thank you.

Yes.

Hello, Pat.

Hold on.

I just

talked to Bill at NYPD.

And they think that the freak that we're looking for is one of the guys that

you're working for right now.

Oh.

All right.

See you soon. Ciao, love.

Yeah, ciao. Hang tight, Pep. I'm on my way.

Who are you, Miss Michaels?

Oh, I'm a model. Haven't you noticed?

What else do you do, Miss Michaels? I chip my nails all the time.

Terribly. I'm looking for my emery bag.

Is this it?

I know you're expecting callers soon.

I'd rather imagine they want to talk with me about several incidents.

Like a beat -up model? Your very own?

Or is that a dumb question from a dumb cop?

Incidents like a young dead man murdered?

Let's go for a walk, Miss Michael.

oh

Thank you, Mr. Okra.

We questioned Rolf. He's not a part of this.

As a matter of fact, he didn't want to sign.

That's the reason that Samford had his model given up. See, Essex had someone

Samford all the way back to New York years ago.

When he found out he was out here, he coaxed him into taking over the

after his grandson turned him down.

What about Jackson?

Well, we picked him up this morning, along with a few of his friends.

I'm not talking very fast, but I'm talking.

Hey, Pep, I bought a few things for Harry and the kids.

And I bought this specialty for you, darling.

It's beautiful.

Well, what about me? Where's mine?

Oh, I got you the same thing as Harry. A skirt and a halter top.

As soon as Pepper hymns them up, you'll love it. I know I will.

Listen, mine's coming in the mail.

Too big to carry, huh?

No, you know this cop DeMarco?

He knows Joe Namath.

Joe Namath is coming here?

No, this town isn't big enough for the both of us, but he's sending you a pair

of his own private pantyhose.

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