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Still want to cover the action, huh?

That's $40,000 tax-free.

It could be the chance of your lifetime, Colonel.

Spying on my friends?

We're giving you a chance to exonerate yourself

by cooperating with the Commission.

I scored some more dope.

I got two of these left. You want one? No, man.

Mr. Baretta, we have information that you as a law officer

have obtained quantities of narcotics.

I think I'd better have a lawyer here.

Man: ♪ Oh I had a dog and his name was Blue... ♪

Hey, you rummy!

Wake up, you can't sleep in here. This ain't the mission.

I'm awake. You were snoozing, man.

If you snooze, you lose.

I'm going back to the dream.

No, you ain't, I'm going to make you a famous detective.

You just hung up on Cecilia.

Oh my Lord! Hold it.

Hello, Cecilia, darling.

This poor skinny rummy already lost 20 pounds over your body

so he can't see you no more. That's all.

Let's go, we got work to do.

I got two of these left. You want one? No man.

Don't worry, they're legal. It's Cecilia's prescription.

That stuff's going to burn a hole in your brain.

And I'm here to tell you Cecilia's going to put you in the graveyard

or the loony bin. Understand?

Wish I could get you off the club.

You sound like my Aunt Tillie.

Come on, Aunt Tillie, we got work to do.

Your attention, please.

Transglobal flight 398

from Montevideo, Buenos Aires...

Scotty: Hey, Tony, I don't like the one you're getting.

Say, would you tell her about me?

Nothing to say.

I'm tired, man. I've been here forever.

Four days. Isn't it four days now?

We don't crack this one pretty soon,

what's her name... Cecilia...

Going to give me the walking papers.

Hang loose, partner.

The Lord can't keep dealing lowball forever.

There's got to be an ace in there somewhere.

Yeah. What if they change the MO? Yeah.

What if they come across in huaraches instead of a wine jug?

No, they ain't going to change horses midstream.

They got a good th...

That's him, right? That's the jug.

It sure is.

I'd like to bust him right now and sleep for a week.

Yeah, me too.

Let's be good cops and see where he takes us.

But let's move though, okay?

No, lighten up. Lighten up now.

Police. Up against the wall.

Pasckle, what are you doing here?

Just stand back, Baretta, this is my collar.

What? We've been on this case for a week with customs.

You think every collar belongs to you.

I don't care if you've been working this case for 20 years.

I've got the mule and I got the jug.

I'm going to crack it open and show you two losers

the best South American cocaine money can buy.

If you're lucky, I'll let you witness the arrest.

Excuse me, sir. Sir?

Do you speak English?

A little bit.

What do you see here, sir?

My wine. Your wine. That's all.

You see anything? His wine.

His wine. That's all.

Sir, I believe you've collared the wrong mule.

There is no fine South American cocaine there, sir.

Excuse me, what is your profession? Huh?

Your work. How do you earn your money? Your work.

Work. Work.

I am the finest...

neurosurgeon in Venezuela.

Neurosurgeon.

Neurosurgeon is here, Humpty Dumpty.

Maybe he can fix your gourd for you, dummy.

Good morning, gentlemen...

Various: Morning, sir.

And ladies.

Woman: Good morning.

It occurs to me that some of you

may be under the impression that we are working by ourselves

in this fight against crime;

that we are just a small, vulnerable platoon

that has been pitted against the overwhelming hordes

of the criminal enemy.

I'm here today to tell you, gentlemen,

that we are no longer alone.

If you have been reading the newspapers at all...

How nice that we could all be present.

Yeah.

Excuse me, boss.

As I was saying, if you have been reading the newspapers lately...

and I have it on reasonable authority

that some of you do read...

then you are probably aware of the Karp Commission

and its work.

This unit was established by the government,

and its members are men of considerable stature and reputation

in the legislative community.

Now, the fact is, that statistics showing an increase

in the crime rate over the past 12 months

have not escaped their attention.

They attribute this problem...

This increase... To police corruption.

Cop: Oh, come on. Pasckle: Ridiculous, sir!

Yes, and that's the good news.

Yes, the bad news is that you,

as individuals, and we, as a unit,

have become their prime target.

Undercover detectives

have a degree of freedom and autonomy in their work

that other units... Excuse me, boss?

Just don't have.

Is that why you put Pasckle

on a job that me and Scotty have been working on

for a couple of weeks?

I've double-teamed every file in our caseload, Baretta.

Without telling us?

In some instances, yes.

You're talking about

the Karp Commission having a lack of trust.

What I'm trying to say is...

It is not a question of trust, Baretta.

It is checks and balances.

It's a fail-safe.

If anything ever does come up, we want the answers, too.

It's for your own good.

For my own good?

Pasckle is for my own good?

He roughed up the wrong guy at the airport.

He could've blown the whole case!

He fit the MO. Fit the MO?! You dummy!

You could've been sued for a million dollars!

Detective Pasckle would not be in this outfit if he wasn't qualified.

I don't want to hear any more about it!

If you're tired and would like a rest,

I'll assign another detail to the airport.

I'm not talking about who's supposed to be

in this operation and who's not.

I'm trying to say, with your permission,

I would like to finish a case

that me and Scotty been working on for two weeks

without Pasckle being involved. That's it.

With my permission you will follow your assignment

just like every other officer in this room.

Now, where was I?

Yeah, so that any mistakes

from here on out... And this is a warning...

Any mistake, any shred of evidence

that corruption does exist in this unit, and I guarantee you

that Commission is not only going to have us on the carpet,

it is going to sweep us right under it!

We are going to be out of business!

Do I make myself clear? I am talking about anything!

A free cup of coffee and donuts

that you get on the arm from the corner drugstore...

Hey, lady, you want a free chili dog?

I thought you'd never ask.

Anything that smells, feels, tastes

or could possibly be construed as corruption.

All right. Forewarned is forearmed.

Have a good day, gentlemen.

Excellent, sir!

Baretta, this is the way it has got to be,

so don't give me a hard time about it.

I'll give you five minutes to get your deadwood out of my office.

Shiller: Lieutenant?

See you later, Baretta.

You... you're a bad cop. Do you know that?

What you do for this department

ain't worth a 10¢ detective magazine.

All you care about is your memoirs that you're writing.

For your information, Baretta, what I'm writing is a novel.

You can pay somebody to write your memoirs.

I'm an author. I'll tell you something else,

what my book's about... It's about cops,

because that's what I know best.

And you're one of the characters in it, Tony.

You keep messing around

and somebody's gonna get hurt.

Shiller put you on my case... Nothing I can do about that.

But I'm telling you, stay away from me.

Why is that, Tony? You got something to hide?

It's a lot simpler than that.

I just don't like you.

That's perfect, Tony. Right in character.

What's the chief... It's all over.

Baretta: Why don't you just... I'll wait out in the car.

She wants you to see the place. It's got some new things.

She wants me to move in with her.

Oh, really? Yeah. Come on.

Cecilia?

In the kitchen, darling.

My goodness, I should've wiped my feet.

Hello, lover.

I missed you, Cecilia.

Me too.

Oh, Scotty, the bacon. It's gonna burn to a crisp.

Oh hi, Tony. It's good to see you.

Hi, sugar.

Would you believe Scotty bought me that?

What is that?

It cooks with sound waves.

I have no idea how it works, but...

Scotty's very mechanical, aren't you, darling?

I'm a genius, a boy genius.

Poor babies, you look so tired.

How about some bacon and eggs, Tony?

No thanks, darling. No, I ate at the airport.

I'm just gonna...

sack right out here on the couch

and rest my weary bones.

Cecilia: Make yourself at home.

Want anything with your bacon?

You know what I want.

Where's Vinny?

He already left for school. We got a new carpool

and I only have to drive one day a week.

Terrific.

Oh, you got that cash?

Yeah, yeah.

Vinny's dad is late with the support check again.

Yeah, sure.

Thank you, honey.

Yeah.

Going back to work?

Yeah.

I really should go. Yeah.

Love you.

Thank you. See you later. Okay.

Bye, Tony.

Bye, bye, baby.

Changing my shirt.

Right.

Yeah.

We got to go to the airport.

Ahem... Cecilia?

She's gone.

You want some score?

No, partner. Thanks.

Nice, huh? This is beautiful.

She's got herself a love-nest here for sure.

Yeah, for a kid off the streets...

never thought she'd give me a second look,

but I think she loves me.

Isn't it nice?

The whole place is beautiful, Scotty,

but you're just a flatfoot.

Ain't you in a little bit over your head?

I do everything I can to help.

I'd marry her if she asked me.

Yeah, I believe you would.

But about that money? If you need more, you know where to come.

Don't get messed up with those sharks.

Yeah, thanks.

I'm trying to say, we've been in the trenches for a long time.

There's no such thing as a part-time cop.

I don't want you to get in trouble.

Are you in my corner? Yeah, sure.

She's in my corner, okay? Want to go? Huh?

All right. We'll go.

Lay a yard on me till the 15th?

Sure I can lay a yard on you till the 15th,

that ain't what I'm talking about, man.

You need some kind of help now. Enough. Enough.

Okay... The bacon's gonna burn.

No, it turns off by itself.

Passengers arriving on Transglobal flight 342

from Quito, Panama City and Hermosillo...

Baretta: That looks like the real thing, partner.

Go into your act. I'm gonna change my dress.

Okay.

Okay, Latour just arrived. He's leaving the airport.

He should be at the hotel in two hours. Have everything ready.

Cab, sir? Yes.

Are you up? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Get right in here, sir. Where would you like to go?

Baron's Castle. Here's the address.

You got it. Good.

Thank you. Thanks, chief.

What the hell are you doing?

You want a ride? Get over! This is my car!

I'm following the cab.

Baretta, never touch me again.

Okay, Joe.

I been up for five days, partner.

Don't run over me no more, I won't hit you no more.

I've been right along with you for those five days.

You're a brick.

Where we going?

We're gonna follow the little brown jug.

See where it leads us.

Unless you want to get sued by another brain surgeon.

I had probable cause.

You had probable cause.

You know what you got? I'll tell you what you got.

You got a lot of self-interest, that's what you got.

What's your job? Following mules,

making wine puddles,

or heading for the big honchos?

You take this too seriously.

I do, huh? Yeah.

This job is a dead-end street.

If you had any brains at all,

you'd think about something with a future.

Maybe I could become the finest neurosurgeon

in all of Venezuela.

That book of mine is gonna make the bestseller list.

Can I star in the movie version?

Right, right.

I'll send you a postcard from Hollywood.

You know something, Joe?

I believe you will.

I believe you'll make it to Hollywood.

Hold it! Hey, "Steinbeck," wait a minute.

Go around the back and don't do nothing.

Hi, sailor!

Ah, good morning, sir.

I have a little problem here. I have this hole.

I'd suggest invisible weaving, sir.

Is that something you could do while I wait?

Can I go in the back and take my pants off?

Police, hold it right there.

You nut! What are you...

You dummy!

Get up.

Is that what it's about for you?

A couple of mules and some dope?

Come on, Let's move it!

Now, you see the gun.

Here's the badge.

I got the warrant in the pocket.

You're under arrest, pal.

Go on against the wall.

Go on, go on.

Go on.

Look, Officer, I'm a salesman.

Oh, yeah?

What've you got in there, "samples"?

Well, I just made a cash deal.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, you sure did.

Buy you some good real estate in the pen.

Look, I'm a family man. I got a wife and kids.

I ran up a little cocaine from South America

but I don't hurt anybody.

That's funny.

That's a funny line.

Look, there's $40,000 there, Colonel.

You got kids?

What's your net? 16, 1 7,000 a year?

Less?

How 'bout a little...

"presto-change-o," huh?

Easy, chief.

You have the right to remain silent,

anything you say may be used against you in court.

Now, you can call a lawyer when we hit downtown.

That's $40,000, tax-free.

There's no deductions, nothing out for Uncle Sam.

I heard you.

That money can't be traced. It's clean.

Yeah... about as clean

as a sidewalk in Central Park.

Latour on radio: Where do I get by lying?

What do I get by believing you?

This could be the chance of your lifetime, Colonel.

Look, I don't want to end up in the slammer

any more than you want to end up

at 65 with nothing but a pension.

40 grand, huh?

I'd like to sleep on that.

Hey, it's obvious.

Where are you going, chief?

Let me see the other bag. I want to see what's in it.

Well, I just thought I'd take it with me. Open it up.

Got more money?

Okay.

Look, I'm blown, right?

I mean, I won't be coming back

into the country anymore, right?

So...

I get away with it, huh?

I mean...

well, you know, those things, they happen.

Don't worry. We'll nail him downstairs.

Roger Simon, Karp Commission.

You're in a lot of trouble, Officer.

I was taking this down to the station. Yeah?

The guy who gave it to you. Were you gonna take him down to the station, too?

Come.

Happy birthday, boss. There's the lady.

We got four mules.

Two of them in the morgue, thanks to "Wimpy" here.

Where's Scotty and the bag?

I don't know. He hasn't checked in yet.

What do you mean? He was ahead of me.

He was supposed to be here with the mule and money. The last time I saw Mason,

he was asleep in that chair right over there, remember?

I haven't seen him since. Nothing?

No, why? What's the matter?

If he's out there, he must be in some kind of trouble.

I'm going up to Communications, okay?

Yeah, go ahead. I'll let them know you're coming.

I'll take this back over to Narcotics.

Give me Communications.

What are you...? I was taking it in.

I've never taken anything in my life.

Mr. Mason, we are not judges, merely investigators.

Now, you did take $40,000

which didn't belong to you, and you did make a deal.

Well... It was a set-up. It's entrapment.

I'm afraid not. No. It was a scam.

You see, we didn't set up the meeting.

The man from whom you took this money

is in fact a dope smuggler,

what you call a "mule."

We've had that particular hotel room

under surveillance for some time now.

Mr...? Simon.

Simon.

I been up for five straight days now.

I've been on speed,

so I'm not thinking too straight, you know?

But if you'd only check the record,

I been on this force for 10 years

and I've never taken anything in my life.

I'm sure all that will be taken into consideration

when you're called to testify before the Commission.

Well, what happens when I go see the Commission?

Presumably your deposition

will be congruent with what we have on tape.

You will lose your job, go to trial,

and I imagine...

you will be found guilty on several charges.

A judge will sentence you.

Well, is there...

Is there anything I can do?

I am prepared to offer you an alternative, Mr. Mason.

What the hell is that? It's a microphone.

It's our most powerful transmitter.

It picks up everything you say,

everything people near you say,

and sends a signal back to our recorder.

Spying on my friends? Let's put it this way.

How would you like to take this money

and turn it into your commanding officer,

knowing that no charges will be made against you?

Oh, a set-up.

No, we're giving you a chance to stay out of prison

by cooperating with the Commission.

Agent: What's so hard to take? Cops do it all the time.

What you're doing is exchanging information for amnesty.

Of course, you can always go to jail.

This way, you'll get a regular paycheck.

Mr. Ursillo will show you how to attach the microphone.

It clips right under the collar, here.

Mr. Mason, I can assure you that no one...

No one... will ever suspect it's there.

Inspector Rodriguez? One moment please.

Inspector Rodriguez. Line three.

Hey, man! Where you been?

I been looking all over for you. I lost him.

What do you mean, you lost him?

You been in the trenches for 100 years. You don't lose nobody.

What happened? You threw the money away and told him to take a cab?

I got a receipt. I know you got the money. What happened to the mule?

Where is he? He got the drop on me.

He knocked me down and ran out.

I was tired. I was dead on my feet,

and I hit the stairs, went down on my nose.

The money was in the room. The door was still open

and it was still sitting in the suitcase.

So I figured, you know, if he hit the street

he ain't coming back, but the money's open.

So I run back, you know?

Blew it. What do we care? He's in Europe by now.

We need the money to make the case, right?

Yeah. You know where I'm going?

I'm going home to bed.

Come over tomorrow and I'll give you

a submarine sandwich and put some meat on your bones.

Okay. You rummy, you. You blew the mule.

Hey, Scotty.

Hey. Hey, man,

how can you stand working with that guy, huh?

Who pushed your button?

What are you jumping on me for?

I'm not the one you should be ticked at.

He's headed for a lot of trouble, I'm telling you, Scotty.

I'm telling you that's what's going on.

Those big-time collars he's been making,

you think he's on the level, don't you?

What are you talking about?

What do you think, I'm blind? I know how he works.

He busts some one-kilo dealer, he don't even turn it in.

He saves it. You haven't put it together yet, have you?

I've been following Baretta for damn near a month.

He's got more contacts than a fuse-box at Grand Central.

You sound like a line out of your dumb book.

Look, Scotty, I'm not here for making jokes.

You or me, or any other straight cop

would have busted those pushers, right?

But Baretta? No, no.

Baretta, he rips off the dope, let's 'em go.

Right? So they owe him.

Then when he gets enough stuff,

he trades it back to them for information.

He deals, friend,

so he can make the kind of busts no straight cop could ever.

Why don't you take a walk?

I'll tell you something, Pasckle,

Baretta's the best cop on the force, and you know it.

I'm gonna go home and get some sleep. I'm tired.

You got that?

Pasckle: Get something through that thick head of yours,

I have got 50 or 60 pages on Baretta alone.

Now, do you understand what that is?

Yeah. Listen, Pasckle, let me tell you something.

He's a friend of mine.

You know what to do with that book of yours?

Baretta: ♪ Yodel lay-e-o, yodel lay-e-o... ♪

Come on, dummy, sing!

♪ Yodel lay-e-o... ♪

It's open. Come on in, partner.

♪ Yodel lay-e-o, yodel lay-e-o. ♪

You dunce. How are you feeling? Great.

I'm in the pink. You look a little peaked.

Oh, I'm not eating enough.

Yeah? How come? You got to start living on protein

instead of speed.

Don't Cecilia feed you good?

Yeah, but she works it off of me, too.

Yeah, well here.

♪ Does your mother know you're out, Cecilia? ♪

Pump that little baby in,

and you're gonna feel a lot better.

You'll go show Cecilia... Hey, listen.

A hundred bucks. You want it? You got it.

Right.

One yard, coming up for my man.

20, 40, 60, 80, $100. Here.

Any more you need,

you know where to come to get it.

Thank you, man.

What'd you turn that thing on for? Come on, turn that down.

That hurts Fred's ears. I'm sorry.

I was trying to say I saw the way she lives.

That's pretty high style.

There's a lot of johns on the street with money.

You want to keep her? You love her?

Come to me, I'll give you all the money you want.

You understand? Enough said.

I got sources, partner, you wouldn't believe.

You come to your "old dad," okay?

Tony Baretta?

Hold it, guys, I'm clean. I ain't worn a dress in years.

With all due respect, Officer, that's a subpoena, Mr. Baretta.

It's from the Karp Commission.

Would you take that seat, please?

The Commission will hear Anthony Baretta.

Would the witness identify himself?

Yeah. I'm Anthony Baretta.

I live at the King Edward Hotel

and I'm a police officer with the 53rd Precinct.

Thank you. Mr. Baretta, this is not a court of law.

This Commission was created by the mayor

to make inquiries into possible areas

of police corruption in this city.

We've been given a deadline which requires us

to move with all possible speed.

To this end we are making inquiries

into information which has come to us.

I must warn you that while you are not under oath,

there is a record of these proceedings,

and if what you say today in any way differs

from testimony you may give at a later date

or under different circumstances,

you may find yourself in very serious difficulties.

Now if that is understood,

we have certain uninvestigated allegations

which have been made against you,

and we'd like to get your reactions to them.

Sir, could I interrupt to ask a question?

If you feel it's necessary.

Yeah, yeah, I do.

I just... I would like to know

if you gentlemen on this Commission know what you do to a guy,

a cop, that's just trying to do his job.

In what way, Mr. Baretta?

Well, I mean every officer in town

knows that I'm called before this Commission.

They don't know why, but they know I'm being investigated.

That makes it very difficult...

You are here to assist us in our inquiries.

You are cooperating with the aims of this Commission,

and unless you're saying you have something to hide from us,

something you don't wish included in the report,

I'm sure you've got nothing to worry about from your appearance today.

Yeah, well, sir, that's your judgment.

All right, I'll answer the questions.

I have before me information

that you have systematically violated

police regulations in regard...

I beg your pardon? You have what, sir?

Mr. Baretta, will you please do your best

to control your interruptions

and speak to the issues and questions presented to you?

Yeah, excuse me. Go ahead, sir.

To continue,

we have information that you, as a law officer,

have obtained quantities of narcotics

in the course of your duties

and rather than impounding these narcotics

for evidence, or to be used as analysis,

you have made use of them to...

"prime the pump," shall we say?

That is, to obtain leverage

for yourself in criminal circles

to make larger, even more spectacular arrests.

Would you reply to this?

Yeah.

No. No, I better not reply to that.

I don't think you want to hear the reply.

Are you refusing to answer the charge?

Yeah. No.

No, I'm not refusing to answer any charge.

I don't know where you're getting that information,

but it's not true. It's nonsense.

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

I also have information that on more than one occasion,

you have neglected to arrest known felons

on the theory that by exploiting them

you could make arrests of persons of greater celebrity.

Well, I...

I'd like to know where you get that information,

because it's just... It's crazy, that's all.

The Commission is under no obligation to reveal its sources.

Sir, I'm not the worst cop in the world, you know.

I mean, I make a bust from time to time.

As a matter of fact, I just made a very big bust.

Check my record.

It's in the light of these rather impressive arrests recently

that we are asking these questions.

Well, it's in the light of these questions

that I'd like to know who gave you the information.

If I knew, I could punch holes in your questions

bigger than the mouth that you got the information from, sir.

Please direct your answers to the issues at hand?

Yes.

What are the issues at hand?

Have you ever neglected to arrest a person

in order to make a more showy arrest at a later date?

In other words, do you find yourself

sometimes acting as a judge or as a jury?

No...

not the way you guys mean.

No, I don't.

Sure, I let a junkie go to try to find out

who's dealing to him,

or let some small-timer go to try to follow him

upstairs to the big macher.

But that ain't nothing any other cop doesn't do.

Thank you.

The Commission also has knowledge, Mr. Baretta,

you volunteered to provide a fellow officer

with an undisclosed sum of money

which was to be obtained from an undisclosed source.

The Commission would be very pleased to know

how much money you had in mind

and from whom it was to be obtained.

I think I better have a lawyer here.

Your request has been granted.

We also expect you to rejoin the hearing

within an hour's time.

You know where I've been?

I've been in front of that Commission.

They're asking me do I give people dope

to get information from them?

And, do I make deals with people before I bust 'em?

And where do I get the money to give to good friends who are wearing things?

Where? Where do you got it on you, man? Where?

Oh, Scotty,

what if they had really nailed me?

What if I'd have said something I couldn't get out of?

They had a hold on me, Tony.

What hold could they have? We could've beat them.

They could've heard what I told you.

Well, let's get it off then!

What'd they do to you, partner? What'd they do to you?

I let the mule go, man.

Why? You're the best!

I blew it. I took the 40 grand.

Oh-hh...

I don't know. I was gonna take it back...

but they had me nailed. You know the set-up.

They bugged us on tape.

Nailed me when I come out of the room.

They were like vultures.

They really took advantage of the tape.

They were gonna send me up.

You know what it'd be like

for a cop in the joint.

I didn't think I could take it,

so I let 'em wire me.

Sleep.

Speed, no sleep.

It could've happened to any of us.

I might've done the same thing myself.

No.

What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do, Scotty?

Them guys mean business, I'm telling you.

You got to figure something out. You ain't got much time.

Hey, Baretta, they after you too?

This is round two for me. Where you been?

You're not going in there without a lawyer, are you?

Yeah, I don't need no lawyer.

You can't afford to be without one.

Who are you?

His lawyer.

Officer Davis?

I'm taking the Fifth with these jerks.

Yeah. Right.

Scotty: Hey.

Hi, Scotty! How're you doing, man?

Okay. I resigned.

Oh, man.

I got to, you know. I'm going to get in front of 'em

and I'm going to talk to 'em. I'm gonna clear you.

You don't have to worry about me. I'm gonna be all right.

We got to start thinking about you now.

You know, the first thing,

there's gonna be a trial, you know?

Yeah. Pay those dues.

I just want to work, you know?

Yeah. Yeah, right. It'll keep you busy.

But first... We got to get in there

and punch at that trial and then...

well, 10 years on the force,

that's got to be a lot of experience for someplace, you know?

What's the matter? She's really hung up, Cecilia.

Oh, yeah? Well, listen,

she might've learned something, too.

Don't sell her short. It might work out...

Mr. Baretta? Yeah.

It was my understanding, Mr. Baretta,

that you'd have counsel present.

Yeah. Well, I changed my mind, sir.

In that case, would you address the allegation posted earlier?

Yes... to the allegation.

The allegation... whether or not I had enough money

to offer a loan to a friend of mine?

Yeah, I offered to loan

Scotty Mason some money. That's what I did.

And the source of the money offered?

I live in a kind of a dumpy little hotel room

about four blocks away from the precinct,

and I don't have any parents to support,

don't have any family to support.

I don't have any really expensive vices,

and I save my money.

A pretty good chunk of it every month.

And I got enough bread

to offer a friend some money if he's in need,

and that's the name of that tune.

Now, I don't have my bank account with me,

but I'm sure you gentlemen

have adequate means of checking on my bank account

or anything else that you want to check on.

Anyway...

that's the big source of my "secret funding," sir.

We're not accusing you. This is not an adversarial proceeding.

Yeah, I understand that,

but I'd just like to say that my personal opinion

is that your ends don't justify your means...

sir.

You're excused, Mr. Baretta.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Sir, I just want to say one more thing.

When you people hung that microphone on Scotty,

you violated the constitutional rights

of everybody who came in contact with him, including me.

And I don't like that.

In fact, I don't like the way you operate at all.

You wanna look for corruption, don't start at the bottom with some flatfoot

who's trying to keep himself alive for 20 years to make his pension.

That's too easy.

You start at the top, where millions change hands

and where dope flows in and out of this country at will.

Hang the microphones on the guys who hired you.

Let 'em listen to each other

and see how clean their skirts are.

And if that don't keep you busy, then hang 'em on each other.

The Commission will hear Detective Joseph Pasckle.

Would it be all right if I stay in the room?

We have no objections... Thank you.

Providing our next witness will give his approval.

Joseph Pasckle. Yes, sir.

Mr. Pasckle?

Go up to the first table up there, please.

Take this seat, please.

Mr. Pasckle, do you have any objection

if Mr. Baretta remains in the room during your testimony?

No. It's all right with me.

Mr. Pasckle gives his approval. You may sit where you are,

providing you keep silent.

Will the witness identify himself for the record?

Yes. My name is Joseph Pasckle,

Detective, 53rd Precinct.

Thank you.

Mr. Pasckle, you've made reference to 50 or 60 pages

of notes concerning the activities of Mr. Baretta.

Do you have the notes with you?

No, I don't, sir.

I believe our investigators were under the impression

that you were going to bring the notes.

I looked them over before I came down here today.

They are what I call "character notes."

They have no times or places...

Any specifics that might be helpful or useful to this committee.

Again, sir,

we were under the impression that they did.

Well, I looked them over and I'm afraid they don't.

That being the case, what is the basis

of your charges against Mr. Baretta

that you made to Detective Mason?

Expert testimony, sir.

That's what they would call it in a court of law.

I am an expert... At police work...

And you can take my word that Mr. Baretta

or any other police officer working alone

could not have done those things...

Done what Mr. Baretta's done...

Unless he used the techniques I suggested he used.

Are you telling us, Mr. Pasckle,

that you have no more than an opinion about Mr. Baretta?

But you have to understand,

Baretta is too smart

to ever let me catch him dead to rights.

I don't understand.

Is it possible that you have made some damaging statements

against one of your fellow officers

without any specific information to support them?

Let me make it clear to you, Mr. Karp.

They were deductions.

I am an expert at police work,

and I have been called to testify as such

on several occasions.

I'm writing a novel,

and Mr. Baretta happens to be

a model for one of the characters in my book.

Now, that is the purpose of my notes.

After all, I am not investigating Mr. Baretta.

In other words...

you have nothing to offer this Commission

beyond your opinions?

My expert opinions, sir.

No actual evidence of any kind?

Mr. Karp, you're not letting me say what I came here to say.

You are dismissed, Mr. Pasckle.

Mr. Baretta?

I offer you

an apology from myself and from the Commission.

The apology...

Will be included in our report.

The hearing is adjourned for the day.

Abie geshunt!

Give a kiss.

Abie geshunt!

I'm sorry, sugar.

That bird only knows Italian and swear words.

Oh, Tony, don't put the knishes in the chicken soup!

My mother would kill you!

Why not, man?

We put meatballs in minestrone and don't nobody die from it.

I don't think this is for drinking.

Listen, darling, I don't really know what I'm doing

with this kosher stuff here, so I'll step back...

Oh, no, you don't. You stay here and you stir.

I'll stir. I'll take care of the knishes.

You do the knishes.

Don't tense up. You're getting an education.

I'm getting something here. I ain't sure what yet.

I don't think this is for drinking.

Scotty: I get a steady job, steady hours,

I'll sit up there and cook with you.

If the trial goes right, you know?

The trial's gonna go right, partner.

I love you anyway.

I figure any guy who'd steal 40 grand for me,

I'm gonna stick by and cook for

no matter what.

No, this is not for drinking.

I remember!

This is for ceremonies!

Baretta: For ceremonies?

Yeah, let me handle that.

I once went to a restaurant

owned by a fella named Abe Fong.

Abe Fong?

It was a Chinese restaurant with Jewish food on the menu.

Why would a Chinese restaurant

have Jewish food on the menu?

Billy: Well, they had a lot of Italian customers.

I see, a lot of Italian customers. And that's the truth.

Fred, come over here. I think it's time for your bar mitzvah.

Come and see me, pretty bird.

Oh my goodness. Here.

Do you want a little matzo ball?

Hey, I think Fred's gonna be a rabbi.

Change his name to Hymie.