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Night's not a good time to be alone in this part of town, Mr. Chong.

What are you doing here?

Man, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

This is not according to the plan.

The plans have changed.

I want to talk to the Dutchman. That won't be necessary.

Let's get out of here give our regards to the Dutchman

Bye.

He was.

Edward Chong.

We've been playing tag with him ever since he left Hong Kong.

But he lost us in San Francisco two days ago.

Now, what's he doing here in the U .S.? He's a courier.

We got a tip he was delivering high -quality photographic negatives for a

counterfeit operation in L .A.

We were hoping he'd lead us to the big guy.

What's going on? Say hello to George Richards. He's with the Secret Service.

This is Charles Captain Devane, LA Metro.

My pleasure.

Now, George was telling me that our victim here... Edward Chong is carrying

counterfeit plates of U .S. currency in the United States.

We suspect a guy named Jan Velga, a .k .a. the Dutchman.

You see, the Dutchman's been on the periphery of a dozen or more counterfeit

operations in Europe and Asia.

His front is import -export, but his real business is paper. You name the

currency, he can get the paper to print it on.

The only catch is we've never caught him red -handed.

This is the first time we know of he's taken a crack at U .S. currency.

Sounds like a real interesting guy, huh?

One of the best. You think it was smart of him to pull a stunt like this?

Murder isn't a detriment to style.

My bet is someone horned in on his operation and took it over.

Well, it's a murder case now.

I suggest we make this a joint effort between us and the Secret Service. Good.

I'd like to start by paying him a visit to Melbourne and rattle him a bit. Maybe

he'll lead us to something.

Before we jump in his face, let me check with Bunker Forgery.

They may have some local angle on the counter from the ring, okay? Yeah,

a good idea. All right, let's get on it.

Thanks, Captain.

Edward Chong travels 10 ,000 miles.

Dodges U .S. federal agents for seven days through five different countries.

Just as I'm about to get my hands on the greatest set of negatives ever made,

he's killed.

I have two tons of paper coming in.

Without those negatives, it's worthless.

They'll surface. Whoever took them is going to use them soon.

That's very astute.

Whoever had those plates must go through me. I have the best paper. There's too

much money to be made here.

I have buyers standing in line for U .S. currency.

Find out who did this to me.

At best, I can offer us 32 cents on the dollar.

We'll take five million to start.

A million six.

You got it.

So where do you come up with that kind of money?

Hey, come on, buddy. That's my business.

How do you intend to dispose of $5 million in funny money? See, I'm on the

of the Federal Reserve. I thought I laundered stuff for the Denver Mint,

The price is 38 cents on the dollar.

Yeah, well, until I see what you got, 32 is the best I'm prepared to offer.

Okay.

Go ahead, Mr. Canova.

Look to your heart's content.

Oh, yeah.

This is beautiful.

This is beautiful.

Tell you what.

I'm going to tell my investors to pay 35 cents.

Excellent. Then you'll be in touch.

Right.

Very soon.

Congratulations. Let's not break out the party hats and horns just yet, fellas.

We are very close now.

I want you to follow this guy everywhere he goes.

This is just like old times, isn't it?

You and me eating spaghetti together?

Except Mom's not here.

Yeah, it'd be nice if she were, wouldn't it?

Here, let me show you how to do that.

You just do that on there.

Dad.

What? That's not polite.

You know what you should do?

You should go to school with spaghetti all over your face, and you should leave

it there all day.

Dad. What would your teachers think of that, huh?

Oh, I left it... Go look at your plate.

Well, we'll just have to go get it then.

Hey, what have you

been

doing all day?

Oh, I'm finishing up the bog case. What a mess.

Let's get something to eat.

I'm sorry.

Al has Al and I have to be home when he brings her. About an hour.

How about tomorrow?

Hey, Hunter.

I'll see you second.

Yeah.

Okay.

Maybe tomorrow.

Yeah, Charlie, what's up?

Well, I checked with Bunko Forgery, and they are involved in a counterfeit

operation which may be related to your case.

There is an officer undercover on the inside.

Oh, that's good for us.

It's Al Novak.

Al Novak.

Can you handle that?

Yeah, look, I'll go talk to George, and tomorrow morning I'll go down and see Al

Novak. Listen, Hunter, I don't want to hear about any punch -outs between you

two. No, I'm over that.

you have enough time to get your homework done tonight? Yeah.

I can help if you want.

No, it's okay.

Okay.

Whatever you say, kiddo.

Buckle up, okay?

A cop.

I knew it.

It just didn't feel right. I knew it.

I got the biggest deal going, and I had to run into a cop.

Well, I'm not going to let him screw this up.

Want me to kill him?

No.

You fuss the cop, and they'll be all over us. Why don't you cut him in on the

deal?

Yeah, give him more money than he ever thought possible.

He'd go for it.

No.

I've got a much better idea.

Hi, Percy.

Okay. Remember, I may be 10 or 15 minutes late, so wait for me in the

principal's office.

Okay. Allison, do you understand?

Yeah, I do. Okay, sweetheart. Bye -bye. Bye.

Hey,

Hunter.

How you doing, Al?

All right.

I want to introduce you to somebody over here.

Al Novak, George Richards, the secret service. He and I are teaming up to work

on the Chong killing. How you doing, George?

The senator from Forger told me all about it, that you thought the Chong

had something to do with the case I'm working on. That's a good possibility,

yeah.

Well, why don't you guys fill me in on what you're up to?

Yeah, yeah.

Let's go find a table, huh? Yeah.

Edward Chong came in from San Francisco carrying probably the best U .S.

currency negatives ever made.

He was murdered and the place taken.

Now, we think he was coming here to see a man named Jan Velboom.

Wait, you're talking about the Dutchman?

Right. So you know him?

Yeah, he's a paper man. Probably the best.

He's also got this associate named Haworth. Right.

Now, we've been told you've been working a guy named Morrison, and he wants to

sell counterfeit U .S. currency.

That's just very interesting.

Just the other day, he showed me the negatives.

Same negatives Chong brought down from San Francisco, no doubt.

So if Morrison killed Chong for the negatives, he's got the upper hand for

You know, I've had four meetings with this guy.

All we've talked about is price.

He wants 38 cents a dollar. I've offered him 35.

He'll probably go to the Dutchman for the paper.

Has Morrison said anything? Do you know about delivery day?

No, not yet. He's still looking for a printer.

How do you guys want to work this?

We'll need your help in making a deal with Morrison.

Yeah, well, that's all right. I've got a meeting set up with him later. I'm

trying to close this thing out.

Now, we were going to pay a visit to Velbo.

But if that's going to screw you up, we won't.

Well, no, this could put some pressure on Morrison to help him make the deal

fair.

Now, go ahead. Go ahead.

Let's see what they do.

Good. And when they go to print, we'll nail them.

Morrison! It's not possible. I'm telling you what I've heard.

So he killed Chong, took the negatives, and cut me out of the deal.

He doesn't know printing. He doesn't know paper.

He'll botch the damn deal!

What do you want me to do?

I don't want you to let him out of your sight.

Wouldn't it be better if I...

Well, Mr. Balboon, can you tell us exactly what your business is?

Yes, of course.

Import -export.

Import -export. What is it you import?

Anything of interest.

Mainly textiles. So your business must take you all over the world. Oh, yes.

Do you know an Edward Chong?

Chong?

No, I don't think I do know.

Well, then, how is it that my agency has a photograph of you?

Having dinner with Edward Chong at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong only last

month? Edward Chong, yes.

Yes, yes, I remember him now.

We weren't close.

Just business acquaintances, you know. Business acquaintances.

What is his business?

Textiles. Textiles as well.

So he must come to the United States quite often. I'm sure he does, just as I

have to go to Hong Kong.

It's all part of the business, you know. How long have you known Edward Chong?

Can't be sure.

Uh, if it's the same person, I should say about a couple of years. I think

eight and a half years.

Gentlemen, what is the point of all this?

Edward Chung has been murdered.

No.

You didn't know?

No.

By whom?

That's the big question here, Mr. Balboa. Do you know anybody who want him

Absolutely not.

You don't know anybody at all that would want Mr.

Chong dead.

No.

No, in this business, you meet people from all over the world.

I was just one of the many people that Chong dealt with.

I'm Officer Hendricks. I'm a friend of your dad. He sent me to find you. He

needs to talk to you.

But my mom was going to pick me up.

Yeah, I know.

I got a telephone in my car. We can call him from there.

Okay?

Okay.

Yeah, Bart, very sorry. I got hung up in traffic.

So, did you get in touch with your people?

Yes, yes, I did.

They're prepared to pay your price, provided there's a sample and a delivery

date soon.

You stay in real close touch with your people, don't you? Well, I have to,

otherwise I don't do business.

I'm very hands -on, huh? Hands -on. I like that.

I'm very hands -on, too.

Right now, I have my hands on a very valuable item. That's great.

not to go anywhere with a stranger.

She's right.

But I'm not a stranger.

I'm a police officer.

Let's call your daddy before we go just to make sure.

Okay.

I'll call his office.

Hello. I got her.

Good, good.

Put her on.

Yeah.

It's your daddy.

Daddy?

Allison? We have your daughter, cop.

You okay, baby?

Yeah, honey.

I do want to see you, but it's gonna be a little while before I can do that.

Look, uh, Daddy's got some business first, okay? And I just want you to take

easy, all right? You're gonna be just fine.

These people are gonna treat you just fine.

Daddy, I want to go home.

I know you do, sweetheart.

But, uh, it's gonna be... It's gonna be a while before you can do that, honey.

So, uh...

You just sit tight, and I'm going to come get you as soon as I can.

Okay?

Okay.

Honey, I'm going to call you real soon.

I love you.

I love you, too.

You want to see your daughter alive again.

What do you want? Time.

Three days.

No interference from the police for three days. I don't care how you get it

done, Al.

Just get it done.

And that goes for me and the Dutchman.

No. You threaten me, you scum cop!

Three days, no interference, or your little girl dies.

Got it?

Stay there.

Excuse me.

I'm Alison Novak's mother. I'm here to pick her up.

Mrs.

Novak, may I please talk to you a minute?

Chris, are you okay?

Huh?

Yeah, what happened?

It's at school. Some guy showed up and flashed a badge, said he was a police

officer. We got anything?

Well, nothing yet. We got a full neighborhood search going.

Tap going in on Chris's phone.

Sketch artist on the way. We're doing everything we possibly can.

People who are sick, twisted.

Allison's going to be fine. My little baby out there with God knows who.

She could be cold.

Chris, I want you to calm down. I want you to calm down. It's nothing like

You don't know that. We have to believe that she's going to be back with us

soon. Do you know how many kidnappings?

Now listen.

Listen to me. Allison is not a statistic. She's our daughter.

Now she's going to be fine.

We're going to find her, and she's going to be fine.

I promise.

I told Chris this is no pervert or child molester. That guy wasn't just looking

for any kid. He was looking for Allison.

What about the revenge factor here, John? Well, we thought about that.

We ran down Novak's arrest sheet, and there are some possibilities, but

still locked up.

Excuse me.

I'm going to take Chris home.

All right. You sit tight over there and see who calls me.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Al, can you think of anyone, someone you busted, who'd want to hurt

like this?

Uh,

no, I don't know.

Let me think about it. When I come up with something, I'll let you know. What

about your current case?

Yeah, what about this counterfeiting case you're working on?

No, I don't think so. You know, you never can tell.

Maybe it's somebody from the past.

I said I don't know.

It's probably some screwball guy who wants money.

Yeah, we thought about that, but don't forget the kidnapper's wearing a police

uniform. My case is in no way connected with Allison.

Al, it's our only clue.

Maybe we should pick this guy Morrison up. Captain, please, no.

Just let me handle this.

What a wonderful day.

You're greedy, Bart.

Very greedy.

Business is now on my terms.

What are you talking about? We always had fair business deals.

Those days of me being your middleman for a lousy 15 % are over.

And now you have the plate. You do have the plate.

I can turn you over to the cops for murder.

And while I rot in jail, all that pretty paper of yours will rot on your shelf.

What's the deal?

50 -50.

My place, your paper.

Killing Chong, stupid and unethical.

Now we have a cop on our back. Forget about the cops. I've got them

Yes. Yeah.

There was a cop nosing around, so I took his kid.

Yeah.

I snatched her, and he knows it.

And he's the one who's going to keep the cops off our back. I figure three days

will do it.

Is your paper in?

Yes. Then don't worry about it. It'll all go fast and sweet.

And Peterson will do the printing?

Of course. He's the best, isn't he?

We have the best plate, the best printer, and now the best paper. You're

confident. Send your paper to the plant on Sepulveda tomorrow morning.

This guy's nuts.

Killing a cop's kid?

Oh right, I couldn't possibly do business with a man like that.

What about the deal?

A deal is my last resort.

If we don't retrieve the plates.

But then we have till tomorrow morning, don't we?

Don't be stupid, Hayworth.

Who? What do you want? My kid.

Where is she?

I don't know.

Don't push it.

Where is she?

I don't know.

Morrison has her. Yeah, he has her, and you know where she is.

No.

No, huh?

I don't. I swear.

He told her you're a dead man. I am telling you. I don't know. You and

are going to touch my face. Are you crazy? We don't want any part of

Now, where is she?

Use your head. If I knew where she was, I'd tell you.

I'm not a kidnapper.

Morrison's the one you want.

I don't know where your kid is.

No phone call, no ransom note, no nothing.

How are they handling it?

Well, considering, Chris seems to be doing okay. Al, I don't know. You know,

had a funny reaction when I suggested the case he's working on had something

do with Allison's kidnapping.

Yeah, he's got to be upset.

God forbid anything should happen to Allison.

Yeah. Well, I'll get on this list of printers and get back to you. Yeah.

very much, George. Appreciate it.

Allison, look what I've got.

Come

on,

you gotta eat something.

You don't want your old man to think I'm that nice?

Hi, Al.

Can I come in? Sure.

Thanks. How you doing?

I don't know.

All I can think about is Allie.

Anything I can do for you?

Yeah.

You can come find her.

You know, I've been thinking about this.

I think we ought to bring Morrison in.

No.

Hunter. I already told you about that now.

Morrison's got nothing to do with this. But Al, if she's been kidnapped for a

ransom, we'd have heard something by now. A phone call, a letter. Allie's

to be fine. She's going to be all right. But she's been kidnapped. You can't be

sure of that. Hunter, you butt out of this.

You know, your behavior is very peculiar here, Al.

Yeah? Well, you don't worry about my behavior. You just worry about your job.

You know, you don't act like a man whose daughter's in danger of losing her

life.

Where's Al?

Inside, talking to Chris. Come on.

How could you not tell me? I'm her mother. I didn't know what to do. I had

protect Alice. She's our child.

You had no right to make that decision.

I was scared for her, Chris.

Now, look, I know I made the wrong decision. I know that.

I should have told you what I was doing. I should have brought you into it. I

apologize. I have been going out of my mind with worry.

If anything happens to her.

Nothing's going to happen to her.

Now, look, they're not going to hurt her.

She's their insurance. When they get what they want, we'll get Allie.

Look, Captain, I know I'm going to have to answer for this, but first, let's

find Allie.

What do we got on the printer?

We don't have anything on the printer. Al, do you have any idea where they

be printing? They must have started by now. Yeah, Morrison said he wanted three

days. Well, we'd better get going.

Yeah, but I know he's not going to hurt Ali until he's finished with his

business. The Dutchman's our only lead now, Charlie. That's right, and he knows

who the printer is. And where the printing will take place.

Let's turn the Dutchman on his head.

I'll be down in Metro.

Right.

I have nothing to say to you, Sergeant. Either arrest me or leave my premises.

I want to have a little word with you, okay? Come on in here.

Get in there.

Have a seat.

There you go.

I'm only going to say this once.

Where is the little girl? I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, yeah, you

do. Where is she? I have nothing to do with this. You and Morrison are

counterfeiting American dollars. This is ridiculous. I don't know what you're

talking about.

Really.

Give it to me.

That's where you're going if you don't tell me where she is. Now, where is she?

Where is she? They're using the old Tribune building on Sepulveda.

All right, we all know what to do, right? Yeah, let's get moving.

Okay, we're going in.

Well?

You know, she says Grant never looked as good.

I'm outta here.