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naked women being used to sell everything from cars to cola.

Sexual merchandising. Buy our product, and you might get the woman, too.

Do you like being raped today?

It's just beaten up. A man assaulted you, and another man photographed it,

other men and women are going to sit in a movie theater and watch that. Well,

how do you feel about that?

I must be with you tonight.

Oh, Eve.

You're so discretionary. It's not one word to Harvey Dane. My lips are as you.

Stop, stop. And I'm sick of this victimless crime thing. We've got a lot

victims here, Christine.

I don't mind getting up at the crack of dawn for an early morning court

appearance. That is true.

But I'll tell you, when the judge continues it because the lawyer doesn't

his act together, that ticks me off.

You ought to be used to it by now. I never get used to it.

A man robs a drugstore in broad daylight. There are six eyewitnesses who

positive IDs. The lawyer says he needs more time to get his case together.

What case? He doesn't even have a case. Well, lock him up. Don't worry.

I wouldn't like to lock the lawyer up with him. Did you see the way he played

the judge?

I don't think Judge Burns noticed. He was napping.

Wait.

Here. Becky, just fill this gas tank. I'm going to have him killed.

The gate's half full.

The fuel pump could be the carburetor, could be the manifold.

You know what you're talking about?

Yeah.

Sort of.

I'm calling the police garage.

That's great, Mary Beth. Some big grease monkey's going to ride up here like

John Wayne and say, well, what seems to be the problem, little lady?

Can I fix the car for you?

Well, well, well.

Two of New York's finest little ladies in distress.

Hey, I'm just making nice.

We're trying to do everything we can.

We have an excellent pension program for our older police officers.

Okay, please, please. I've got to have... I'm a dog lover, too.

So everything is going to work out fine.

You just have a little time to get... I'm going to put my best... I'll be with

you in a minute, Daniel. Just a minute. You'll see... Community relations is an

important part of our work.

So, what can I do for you?

Let me introduce Monsieur Yves Benoit from the Public Relations Office of the

Paris Police Department.

Monsieur Benoit, Lieutenant Bert Samuels, 14th Precinct. How you doing?

pleased to meet you, Lieutenant.

Monsieur Benoit is here to observe police procedure in New York. It's part

little program of international cooperation between Paris and

Uh -huh. And he asked to observe a typical precinct. I thought, what better

place than the one for it?

Uh -huh. I know you'll take good care of him, Bert.

Show him how a top -notch team of police officers operates.

Daniels, I am swamped with cases. I've got no time for this. That's terrific,

it's terrific. It'll be right in the middle of things, front row seat.

Benoit, I'm going to leave you in Lieutenant Samuel's capable hands.

If there's anything he can do for you, you just let him know.

Au revoir, monsieur.

Thank you.

Thanks, Fred.

Well, uh, would you like a cup of coffee?

It's very kind of you, Lieutenant.

Yeah, well, there's some over there. You help yourself. Okay, and what's the

problem? We could be here for days.

Relax. They said they were sending somebody right away.

Don't count on it. It's the police department.

I don't want to hear one word about women and cars.

Now, why should he make a crack?

You know these department mechanics. They're all clowns.

I took my sports car and had it fixed by him. One of them suggested I turn it in

for a station wagon with automatic transmission.

No, let's go in. We heard gunshots.

Police officers, back away from the door. Stop with your hands in the air.

and slow.

Good. Everybody.

Good.

We heard gunshots from this apartment.

Yeah, we're making a movie here.

Anybody fire this gun?

No, it's just a prop.

It just makes noise. No bullets.

All right, everybody put their hands down.

permit from the city of New York.

It's not for commercial distribution.

It's just a student film.

Yeah, I have a pretty good idea what type of film it is.

It's not very educational and it also happens to be illegal even with a

All right, we're going to walk out of here and pretend we didn't see any of

this.

Next time we run you in.

Does everybody understand that? Hey!

Don't you have anything better to do than hassle artists?

You want me to seize the film right now?

We'll see how artistic it is. I thought only men cops got a kick out of

harassments like this. Look, we can book everybody in the room. We have no

problem with it. Shut up, officer. Thank you. Thank you, officer.

Okay, what was that?

We should have made the collar.

For what?

We book them. They get out on their own recognizance. It takes two years for

this stuff to go to trial, and they skate out on the First Amendment.

Autistic freedom.

It's not autistic. It's pornographic. I've been telling you, porno callers are

big waste of time.

Well, look who finally got here.

Pornography is against the law.

I bet the Supreme Court can't even agree on a definition of pornography, much

less a municipal judge.

In this city alone, 17 ,000 hookers were arrested.

Now you guess how many of them they convicted.

Twelve.

That's right.

So there you are. It's a lousy color. It's low priority.

It's a victimless crime. Victimless crime, sure. They should enforce the law

repeal it. Hey, you got my vote.

Right now we got supermarket robberies to deal with.

How can you be so sensitive to children and not care about animals?

I just don't like dogs.

Marcus, dogs are people, too.

They're not people, Victor. They're dogs. Otherwise, they'd be called

We've got a guy out there taking pot shots at them. We've got to put them

He's using a BB gun. None of the dogs have been injured.

Now, excuse me, why is this man shooting at dogs?

They're not using pooper scoopers, Monsieur Benoit.

Who pairs scoopers?

It's kind of a portable waste disposal system.

Nothing like American technology, huh?

You see, we got a guy out there that's down at court.

So I'm running a check on all the known psycho callers in the last three years.

Psycho callers?

Yeah, fruitcakes with records.

Oh, interesting.

Can you tell me the name of that detective brunette -haired woman over

You mean the blonde, don't you? No, no, no, the other one.

She's married. She didn't fool around.

She's Detective Mary Beth Lacey, Monsieur Benoit. Thank you. Thank you

much.

I'm not disturbing you, Detective Lacey.

My name is Yves Benoit.

How do you do, Mr. Benoit? What can I do for you?

I'm here from the Paris Police Department to observe the precinct for a

days. Really?

Well, welcome.

I meet my partner, Christine Cagney.

How do you do, Mrs. Cagney? Hi. Miss Cagney. Or sometimes we say Miss.

would do.

Please excuse me.

So, are there many women detectives on the force?

Oh, well, not as many as I'd like to see, but it's got better the last four

five years.

I'd have a drink after work.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Benoit, but my husband, Harvey, will be waiting dinner at home.

Of course.

But some other time?

You never know.

Excuse me.

What do you think?

About what? About Benoit. He was cute, isn't he?

Nice teeth, and I didn't see a ring on his finger.

I don't know how to advise you, Mary Beth. I mean, if you're having trouble

Hall. Me? I'm talking about you here, Christine.

I made it very plain to him I'm married.

That has never stopped a Frenchman.

You're just being polite.

So low discretion, honest. Not one word, Harvey. My lips are sealed.

Stop it.

Stop it. Stop it.

The car broke down this morning on the way back from court. While we were

waiting for the tow truck, sir, there was this pornography business.

What pornography business?

There was some shots fired. They were not shots. They were blanks. They were

just using them for filming.

So was anybody injured?

No. But we thought, sir, that since there appeared to be an illegal movie

made... Oh, I get it. I get it. Cagney figures she's going to score some points

on vice. That's not true. I'm the one that said we turn our backs and we walk

out, which is exactly what we did. I said next time we run them in. Well,

very good for you.

But I want to see those reports on my desk.

I need them two hours ago.

Yes, sir.

I mean, they don't have men with mustaches who keep their socks on

I know that, Christine Harvin. I went to one of those X -rated movies once.

We left after about ten minutes.

Now, how did I guess that?

Oh, don't tell me.

You like them.

No, actually,

they're very repetitious, but some of them are okay.

Okay? How can you call garbage like that okay?

It is not rape. It is not murder.

And if people want to watch it, they have a right to.

It is America.

Yeah, well, I don't like it.

So what, we ban it because Mary Beth Lacey doesn't like it?

I don't understand how other people like it either.

Why not?

Because it doesn't happen in a bedroom in Queens. under the sanctity of holy

matrimony. Wait a minute. Well, who appointed you God?

I mean, what made you the arbiter of everybody else's morals? That's not what

meant, Christine. Well, you could have fooled me.

It is not a victimless crime.

That's all I'm trying to say.

It degrades women. It degrades everybody.

So don't look at them.

I can't avoid it. It's every way you look. It's on billboards and TV ads.

-naked women being used to sell everything but cars to cola.

Sexual merchandising. Buy our product, and you might get the woman, too.

It stinks.

And you shouldn't like it either.

You finished?

Yeah, for the moment.

The dog was with you in your cab?

Well, yeah, we lied together. A little extra protection.

So I stopped to let Albert do his business, and the next thing I know,

sparking bloody murder.

Well, did you see who shot at him?

I didn't even look. I thought Albert was dead.

Well, all right, Mr. Gerwitz, we'll canvas the area for witnesses.

59th Street, Lexington. You got 200 people you can talk to.

Close your eyes.

They're much better, of course, in Paris.

You know, the same is true with bagels.

I mean, they don't taste the same outside of the city of New York. It's

water.

Have you ever been to Paris?

Me? No.

Harvey and I, we've been to Florida, Atlantic City, the Jersey Shore. That's

about it.

Tell me, where do you get your hair, how do you say, designed?

Done. We say done.

We'll play Pancathena Boulevard.

It's very alluring.

Hi.

Mr. Benoit just brought me a croissant.

Isn't that nice?

Good morning, Mr. Benoit.

Good morning, Detective. That's okay. I'll get it.

Detective Lacey, 14th.

Who?

What, sir?

Slow. Just talk slower, sir.

Yeah. Talk slower, sir.

What?

Well, did you look closely?

Okay. All right. Just sit tight. Don't touch anything.

We're on our way.

Yeah.

Remember that apartment we were at yesterday?

732 Clinton.

Yeah. Tenant called.

There's a naked man in the doorway of apartment 102.

What's he doing?

Nothing. Just laying there, face down, not moving.

Yes, ma 'am.

Detectors Cagney and Lacey.

Anything?

Nothing on the surface.

No bullet holes, knife wounds, or bruises.

Identifying marks?

The best I can do for you is an abdominal scar.

Right side.

Give us a call after you work him up, will you? You got it.

They even took the sheets.

Won't take them long to desperate prints in here.

We should have made the call at Christine. We could have prevented this.

Maybe.

He could have died of natural causes.

Well, come on. He was naked.

So? So they were making pornographic movies here.

Yesterday. Remember?

People and movie cameras and lights.

What happened to everybody? Where'd they all go?

How come nobody bothered to call an ambulance?

I think the answer to that's pretty obvious, Mary Beth.

I don't think it's so obvious.

Come on. We'll talk to the super.

Like nothing ever happened.

Like we imagined the whole thing.

So what did the landlord say?

Said he paid for the rent with cash a month in advance.

You get a name?

J .D.

Salinger. You run it?

It's a phony, sir.

Salinger was a writer who was very hot in the 50s.

Yeah?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Bert.

Yeah, hello, Bert.

Cagney and... Lacey.

Lacey, right. How are we doing with our observer?

Insurance. God, I'm observing Detective Uzbeki on a dog case. Oh, that's good,

good, good. Bread and butter, police work, yeah.

You know, speaking of bread and butter, why don't we have our two ladies take

him out to lunch? You know, I mean, someplace typically New York. We'll pick

a tab.

Well, we're kind of busy at the moment, Mr.

Danielson. I'm sure it can wait an hour, Lacey.

I'm Cagney. Cagney, right. Look, I want this guy to go back to Paris with a

really good picture of how this department operates, you know?

Going to lunch isn't precisely police work, Mr. Daniels.

It is in Paris. Believe me, those people know how to live. You know, when I was

over there in 81 with the chief, I put on five pounds. They have got pastries

there that are lethal. Daniels, could we talk? Yes, sure, Bert. Keep up the good

work. We are up to our ears. I've got an order to lunch.

So why don't you go?

I don't want to go.

I feel guilty going out with a guy. What is wrong with having lunch with a guy?

I was about to say I feel guilty going out with a guy when we have this John

thing to follow up. I'll handle John Doe. You're the one that talks French.

You're the one who thinks he's cute.

He seems to be very taken with you.

Heads you go, tails I go.

You go.

Two out of three. You are a police officer.

If he gets out of line, you cuff him, read him his rights.

He offers you a cognac in his hotel room.

Play it by ear.

Uh -huh.

You want some onions?

You like onions? No, I like onions.

Onions are good.

And there.

Good enough? Good.

Thank you.

You got me an offer?

Only when I can get a table.

So, Mr. Benoit, how do you like New York so far?

Let me take a picture. Oh, thank you.

Are those your daughters? Catherine and Agnes. Oh, they're adorable.

Her wife's name is Marie -Louise.

She's very lovely.

Thank you.

We have, um, what do you say?

An understanding.

You see, she has a lover, a newie.

She sees every Tuesday evening.

How interesting.

You and then I, uh... Harvey.

Bobby. Bobby.

You, perhaps, you have an understanding, too?

Hot bowls, Tuesday nights.

Oh.

That's amazing.

Heart attack?

Are you going to write it up as natural causes?

Very funny.

Oh, I see.

I got to get to work.

Okay, look, we'll get back to you if we get a make on him.

Yeah. Thank you.

medical examiner's office.

The boy died of a heart attack precipitated by an overdose of amyl

Did he have a heart condition or was he just doing poppers?

There was no previous heart condition according to his report.

Okay, that's something. We got something. Let's talk to somebody in

nothing.

A man makes an illegal movie.

He ODs on a drug that's supposed to be prescribed to heart patients and winds

dead.

He's left all alone in an apartment and nobody lifts a finger to help him,

Christine. There's a crime here somewhere.

Not according to the statute, but... All right, we got a dead John Doe, huh?

Wait a minute.

What if somebody forced him to take the poppers? Then we got murder.

Okay, but we still have to talk to the people that were making that movie.

Okay, so we go talk to Vice.

That's what I said. Am I?

Isn't that what I just said?

What we've got here is a $5 billion a year underground industry.

We've got cash transactions, no records, dummy corporations, tax shelters,

things of that type.

Who makes these films, Sergeant? Most of it's mob finance, but not all. I've

traced some of it to straight investors who don't care where the money comes

from. We're trying to ID John Doe, who was acting in one of the films. Not

Most of these people don't use their real names. Some of these characters

got a dozen aliases.

The man overdosed on amyl nitrate.

Could someone have forced him to take the pauper? Hard to prove.

Yeah, but I mean, it happens, doesn't it? It happens.

Some of these directors will do anything to get a film shot.

Can you help us, Sergeant?

Maybe. I'll run some of the films for you.

A lot of these actors work over and over again.

If you see some... Excuse me. If you see somebody recognized...

We'll match him to the film. We've got files on most of the distributors.

Excuse me.

Well, we appreciate your help, sir.

I gotta warn you, though, there's not a hell of a lot of close -ups on the face.

Thank you.

Pretty monotonous, isn't it?

Who's the guy?

His name on the credits is Randy Studd. He also works under the name of Johnny

Hunk. His real name is Stanley Perlmutter.

We call it him twice.

He walked both times First Amendment.

What do you think, Chris?

It isn't him.

Look at him. He's so indifferent. It's like it was another day at the office or

something. Damn it is.

$100 a day and maybe a little coke on the side.

How much money have they? No, that's 12 cents.

Discover a way they can get six pennies from the 12 cents.

Who is it?

Linda Mack.

Yeah? Police.

You might remember some yesterday.

732 Clinton.

What is it?

We want to talk to you, Mrs. Mack.

Look, that's my daughter over there.

Would you be more comfortable talking back to the station?

All right.

Come in.

Hiya.

Excuse me.

Jesse, why don't you go in my room and watch TV?

Sit down.

Thank you.

Fractions, huh?

I got a kid in the fourth grade, too.

What is this?

Mrs. Mack, one of the men that you were with in that apartment yesterday, he

turned up dead this morning.

He OD'd on poppers. Died of a heart attack.

Nobody called an ambulance or a doctor.

He was found laying in the doorway.

Anybody force him to take those poppers?

I don't know.

I wasn't there.

How come?

Because I finished my work on that film yesterday.

So what did they do today?

I don't know.

I was in rehearsal all day for another film.

They probably got somebody else to work with him.

Do you know who he was?

Bill something.

I don't think that was his real name. I never worked with him before.

What about the director?

Do you remember his name?

Damn Jack.

I don't know.

I met him at a party a couple of weeks ago. What do you want from me?

We want to find out the circumstances of the man's death.

Well, I wasn't there.

So I don't know, okay?

So you got the name of the point of description.

So you go after him. And then what do you get, huh? At the very best, a very

shaky criminal negligence homicide.

If you can prove foreknowledge on his part. Remember, the guy wasn't on the

premises when it happened. I would still like to serve him, sir.

Okay, so you serve him.

Then what, huh?

Two years from now, you get to go to court.

Half the witnesses are out of state.

And you got some little assistant DA at 25 grand a year arguing liability

against an entire hotsy -totsy law firm that this guy's probably got on

retainer. Then what?

Then we would have done our job, sir.

Thanks,

Josie.

Why don't you help out as Becky and Petrie on a dog case?

Oh, that's their collar, sir.

That's very funny, their collar.

Unintentional, sir.

Mary Beth.

I think our John Doe just got a name.

Yeah?

Missing person sent him over.

What, the parents?

Jim and Mrs. Harris.

Their son Norman has not called them in a week.

Description match?

Right down to the appendectomy scar.

Oh, Lord.

How old was he?

19.

Honor student at Brooklyn College, captain of the swim team.

And his parents say that he did a little acting when he had some time.

Magnolia Pfeiffer Rosales.

Excellent specimen.

Gorgeous. And therapeutic.

Pliny the Elder lists 32 remedies for common illnesses made from rose petals.

Who gave it to her?

Harvey.

Chateau Pierogone 66.

It's hardly Harvey style.

Morning. Morning. Hiya.

Hi. Look what someone left on your desk.

Probably one of your many admirers got the wrong desk.

I've got a note.

It's in French.

Want me to translate it?

Uh, no.

No, thanks.

Lacey, want to serve the porno distributor?

Yes, sir.

There it is.

Thank you, sir.

So, do it.

Thank you, sir.

Good. Let's go.

And you... Victor, what are you doing?

Victim profile report.

I am.

Where's the owner?

He's out parking a car.

Victor, are you losing it?

Yeah, I'm... What went down out there?

What does this got with you?

It's a judgment against you, Mr. Belden.

Reckless endangerment and negligence.

one of your films, Mr. Felden?

Anyone to go against me on that? Yes, sir. Lots of luck.

If the distributor, you can be a liable for criminal negligence homicide.

Sure.

Listen, you want to save me for conspiracy to distribute obscene

at least got a court date.

See this?

Two dozen obscenity judgments.

Every one of them is going to be thrown out.

But this baby, this isn't even going to cry. We'll let the district attorney's

office decide that.

Oh, they're going to love this one.

Criminal negligence. Homicide.

What are you... Who supplies you with the films, Mr. Belden? I don't have to

answer that question. We can subpoena that information.

You want subpoenas?

I got your food.

Do you want us to have organized crime look into this?

Oh, come on. Does this look like a mob operation?

They take better care of them.

Listen, ladies, I'm going to do you a big favor. I'm going to save you a lot

time. My production is legit.

One hundred percent.

You want to subpoena my folks? Be my guest. They're clean enough to eat our

food. We want to locate the people that were making a film for you yesterday.

At 7 .30 till Clinton.

Why, you want to go watch a little, maybe?

You pay these people, don't you? I paid them very well.

Okay, so you have records, employee forms, W -4s. You want W -4s? Yesterday

paid, they're here.

I got a draw for one, too.

IRS had me down for a tax audit and came through with blind colors.

My tax returns are clean enough to eat, Arthur.

Congratulations. Want to check my restrooms?

I'm sure they're very clean, Mr. Bell.

Vincent Maslovsky.

789 West 4030. The director?

He likes to call himself a director.

Between you and me, he's a playboy.

Who's this guy?

Carbon.

What's he do?

Electrician. This guy here? He calls himself an actor.

This one here? He calls himself a grip.

Yeah, and?

That's the grip's friend.

The grip's friend. Who is that? He's a cousin of the grip. The first grip.

You got two grips on this? Very bad. You got actors here? We got more actors. At

the bottom, you got actors. You got actors. You got actors. You got all

people. At the bottom, you got actors.

Okay. All right.

Why, it happened so suddenly.

We're right in the middle of the scene, and this guy, he starts gasping for

breath. All of a sudden, he just keels over.

I mean, just like that, we thought he was kidding.

Why didn't you get a doctor, call an ambulance?

He was dead.

Mr. Maslowski, if he was dead, how the hell did he drag himself halfway out a

door? Look, I don't know. We panicked.

Nobody said a word. We just folded up our tents and we split.

And left him there to die.

No, I told you. I thought he was already dead.

Whose idea was it for him to take the poppers?

Not me.

No, not to make you film a little better?

Look, I don't do drugs. I didn't ask if you did drugs. I asked if someone forced

him to do it. Look, I didn't tell him to take the Amys, and I'm not responsible.

Who is?

I'm only a filmmaker here.

I just stay behind the camera, say action, and cut.

Lady, I don't participate in it. All I do is film it.

Oh, I get it. He don't participate. He just photographs it.

Look, I'm an artist. I don't make value judgments. You made a value judgment,

Mr. Maslovsky. You decided Norman Harris was dead. You left him on the floor.

That's a value judgment.

Why don't you give me a break, huh?

Why don't you both give me a break? Because I really don't even need this

of hassle now.

I mean, if you knew how difficult it was to get to try to shoot a film, I am

talking about any film.

Who else was there?

My electrician. I had my sound man. I had two grips, and I had the co -star.

Fine, I'd like their names and their addresses.

But I don't have... them because nobody uses their real names.

This film you're editing, is this from Tuesday?

Yeah.

I said, would you like to see a little bit? There's a fabulous close -up here.

Listen,

what I did was I backlit her faith thing to bring out the cheekbone. Yeah.

We've seen enough, thank you. Wait, wait, wait. We haven't seen the camera

yet. All right, now. Yesterday?

Yeah, yeah.

I come in real tight, my whole frame.

Now.

She was there Tuesday.

Let's go talk to her tomorrow.

Mary Beth, we served building with the judgment. We know what happened. The kid

was not forced to take the poppers. It's over.

It's not over. I want to know how come she lied to us.

Because she's like a lot of people we have to deal with in this business. She

just didn't want to get involved.

Can you do me a favor and take the car back to the precinct? Find me out, huh?

Maybe I can salvage my dinner.

Yeah, okay, but I'm, uh, I'm, uh,

going to see Linda Mack in the morning.

What is it with you? Is it some person who've been deaded?

Hey, taxi!

Hey, who's the one that's always saying, make the collar, make the collar?

the damn column, Mary Beth. We served the papers.

We can't be responsible for the morality of everybody in this city. I'm not

approved,

Christine. You know that? I think sex is beautiful and important and I want it

to be beautiful and I package it so like some sack of potatoes.

And I'm sick of this victimless crime. We've got a lot of victims here,

Christine. I mean, maybe Norman Harris is the only one that died, but Linda

has got a little child, doesn't know what a mother does for a living. That's

victim, Chris.

And Victorious Becky, off duty.

Victorious Becky's a victim if he thinks that all a woman wants is something in

tight pants.

Every poor slob that plunks down his five dollars and thinks what he sees on

porno screen is what a woman wants in bed is a victim.

You're a victim. We've got a lot of victims, okay?

I've got a crazy idea. I want to keep going on the thing until somebody can

me in the face and tell me how come nobody called the paramedics when the

lying on the floor dying of a heart attack. heart attack.

So you with me here?

Je n 'ai pas un moment libre depuis mon arrivée.

Mais non.

Je t 'assure, mon chou.

Je ne pense que à toi.

Harvey. No, he's home.

He's keeping my lasagna warm.

What a coincidence. I was just speaking to my wife in Paris.

Well, it must be kind of late in Paris now. It's 2 .30 in the morning.

She's keeping the lasagna warm for me as well.

We have an old saying in France.

Marriage is so difficult that it takes three people to make it work.

You don't say.

You know, I have not yet taken a horse and buggy ride in Central Park.

It's a lovely evening.

It's a touch of spring in the air.

I must be with you tonight.

Oh, Eve.

I never thought anybody would say that to me.

I cannot believe that no one has ever said that to you before.

Oh, Eve.

You got the wrong lady.

And on top of that, your timing is crummy.

Yeah, crummy?

Crummy, uh, crummy is an American word, um, for the type of case I'm on.

Anyways, uh, thank you very much.

You, you were so nice. I thank you for the, for the flower and the French, and,

um, I gotta go now.

Uh, via con dios.

I'm confident the lasagna will still be warm when you get home.

Oh, no, I don't like it heated up. It dries out.

Cheese on top gets kind of rubbery.

Pity.

It really is much better than it's there.

Mrs. Mack?

Who is it?

Detectives Cagney and Lacey.

What happened to you?

Tell us about the beating.

Just another scene.

Got out of hand.

Director kept telling the guy more and more.

Wouldn't cut the camera.

Wazowski? No.

He wrapped that film yesterday.

Different film, different director.

And you couldn't stop it? I tried.

But he kept telling the guy to hit me harder and saying, beautiful, beautiful.

Dear God.

It's going to sell a lot of tickets.

Miss Mack, why did you lie to us about Tuesday? I don't even remember Tuesday.

It was the day Norman Harris died.

I gave him CPR, but it didn't work.

So you did do something. Didn't do any good, so we just got the hell out of

there. Was the camera rolling through all of this? I don't know.

Well, what do you know?

Can you tell us anything?

No, that's it.

Let's get out of here.

Let me ask you something. Are you going to file charges against the guy who beat

you up? We can get the director, too.

That'd be the last time I ever worked in this business.

You mean you're just going to let yourself get beat up and pretend like

as usual?

You want to pay my rent?

Mrs. Mack, can I ask you something?

You have a young daughter. What are you going to tell her about this?

I'll tell her I got mugged.

You got worse than mugged, lady.

A man assaulted you, and another man photographed it, and other men and women

are going to sit in a movie theater and watch that. How do you feel about that?

Okay.

How do you feel about this?

Someday, some guy sees your film, and he thinks, ah, there, that's what women

really want, and he walks out of that theater, and he rapes your daughter. You

leave my daughter out of this. She's in it, Mrs. Mack, whether you like it or

not. We all are. You could bring charges against these people.

You could make a difference.

It's not going to stop it.

So, Linda, do you like being raped today?

I wasn't raped. Really?

I was just beaten up.

You were raped, lady.

You submitted to something. Against your will, you were raped.

I got paid for it, didn't I?

Lucky you.

Now, what happens next time when the director doesn't yell cut and the guy

you to death?

Now your kid is an orphan.

How much money is that worth to you?

I just had a little accident.

That is one tough lady. I don't understand how she can live with it.

a little inch of crud off the city.

I mean, of course, it'll be back tomorrow.

But at least we're treading water.

You know what I feel like right now?

I feel like the crud is winning.

Want to talk about it?

No.

You've been walking around here all night like you want to slug someone.

I'm tired, Hog.

I'm going to go to sleep.

You want me to make you feel better?

No.

Guaranteed, and we don't have to say a word.

I said no, Hog. No means no.

No doesn't always mean no. Well, tonight it means no.

It's this porno case, huh?

I don't want to talk about it, Harv. Did you make a collar?

Did you hear me, Harv? I said I don't want to talk about it. No means no.

Hey, so I get shut out of here, huh? Yes.

Oh, that's great.

Please, Harv, would you just get over your side of the bed? Come on, a little

hug maybe? What do you say? No, Harv, nothing.

Just get over your side of the bed and go to sleep, okay?

witness statements from the supermarket hold -ups are all contradictory.

Yeah, I know.

Let's go on to re -question the employees. It's been nearly a week.

Yeah. Maybe someone's memory got better. Maybe.

I'm afraid I have to say goodbye.

Oh, so soon.

A business in Paris tomorrow.

Well, bon voyage.

Thank you.

Farewell, Mary Elizabeth.

So long, Eve.

Perhaps some other time, some other place?

I don't think so, Eve, but I hope that Marie -Louise kept the lasagna warm for

you.

Will you please tell Herbert that he is a very lucky fellow?

I'll do that.

The dog collar. Looks like a pretty tough customer.

Well, to use your expression, Mary Beth, maybe we got one up on the cred today.

Yeah, maybe.

Let's go.

Who knows? Maybe we'll get lucky today.

Maybe some guy in that supermarket woke up this morning with a complete

description of the purse.

Yeah, maybe he'll do all the paperwork for us, too. And maybe the bad guy will

go directly to jail. That'd be nice. Yes. Could you please tell me where I

find Detectives Cagney and Lacey?

Maybe we're too up on the crud.