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I want to file an assault
and battery complaint...
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and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
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[Alarm rings]
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I was told that
you were very reliable.
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Reliable, but chicken.
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Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna
break my fingers.
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If our stock goes down
two or three points...
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it could cost the company
in the neighborhood
of $10 million.
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Did I catch over
my limit or what?
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You're under arrest.
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[Phone ringing]
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(Rockford on
answering machine)
This is Jim Rockford.
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At the tone, leave your name
and message.
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I'll get back to you.
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[Beeps]
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(Dennis)
Hey, Jimmy. This here is
Dennis Garot. Remember me?
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From the Army.
I'm stuck here in town.
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How about I come over
and bunk with you, buddy?
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(Leon)
I don't care
whether that happens or not.
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Listen, Morrie.
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You're up to your sweet tail
in stock options
and fringes...
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so don't give me a lot of bull
about what you can do
or what you can't do.
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You just get it done,
or I'm gonna cut off
your water...
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and leave you swinging
in the breeze.
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Okay, you do that,
then you get back to me.
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(Stan)
You see the Center City
finance quotes?
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Yeah. It's falling out of bed.
Down five-eighths.
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We keep the pressure on
and the rumors flying...
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we'll be able to
pick up that thing
for pocket change.
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[Computer sounds]
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You seen Alec Morris around
last couple of days?
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No. Why?
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Morrie says he called in sick.
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He's been acting funny.
Talking about resigning.
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Maybe you better find him.
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Why worry? He's fixed.
He's okay.
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Look, Stan,
when I want to argue,
I go home to Phyllis.
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Find him.
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I want to take
his blood pressure.
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Okay, Leon. I'll have him here
tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
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[Waves breaking]
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[Knocking on door]
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[Sighs]
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Are you Jim Rockford?
Yes. Sorry, can't shake hands.
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I've been fixing
my garbage disposal.
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I've been pawing around
down in there.
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May I come in?
It depends on what you want.
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You buying, selling,
or collecting?
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I'm hoping I might arrange
for your services.
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Buying. Come on in.
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I'm sorry, but I'm always
a little cautious about men...
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wearing pinstripe suits
with briefcases.
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Yeah, I'm a sucker
for the Encyclopedia.
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In my lifetime, I have bought
three complete sets.
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You're joking, of course.
Yeah.
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You said you were
interested in my service.
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Well, I...
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Are we alone, Mr. Rockford?
You're looking
at the whole spread.
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If what I say sounds
slightly bizarre,
I hope you'll...
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You any good at fixing
garbage disposals?
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Have you tried
the reset button?
Yeah. Nothing.
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Come on over. You can kibitz
while I try to fix this thing.
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Yeah, go ahead.
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I'm involved in something
very dangerous,
Mr. Rockford...
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and I'm involved very deeply.
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What I need is somebody
to act as a go-between...
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a kind of liaison agent...
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between me and several
Federal agencies.
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00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:10,372
It'll depend on
several inquiries
that I've made...
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What? Don't do that.
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Put your hand
in there like that
when the switch is on.
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Thanks.
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What did you say
you're involved in, Mister...
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I'd rather not tell you
my name just yet.
Would you mind if I didn't?
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Look, it's your name.
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You should be able to
give it out or keep it
as you like.
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Would you hand me
that broom, please?
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[Clearing throat]
Would you be willing to act...
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in such a capacity,
Mr. Rockford?
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You said it was dangerous.
How dangerous?
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I'm not certain.
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Yeah, in all candor,
if it's really dangerous...
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I don't think I'd be
particularly interested.
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I don't understand.
I was told that
you were very reliable.
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Reliable, but chicken.
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Would you flip the switch
for me, please?
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[Machine humming]
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Look, I don't mean to be glib,
but if you don't tell me
what the trouble is...
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I'm not gonna agree
to help you.
It's as simple as that.
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It's so bizarre,
I don't think
anybody will believe me.
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That's part of the problem,
you see.
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[Knocking on door]
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That's my dad.
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He said he'd come over
and help me fix this thing.
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He's the one that
jammed it up.
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[Rockford grunts]
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Hey, pal, will you
give me a little help here?
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[Knocking on door]
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(Rocky)
Hey, Jimmy. You in there, Son?
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Hey, sonny, you in there?
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[Groans]
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Here. You okay?
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What happened?
I don't know. Wait a minute.
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Yeah, I'm all right.
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I told you to stay away
from that thing
till I got here.
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You're supposed to
turn the current off first.
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Otherwise, you'd get burnt
good and brown.
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Oh, no!
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You didn't get hit?
It was the disposer,
wasn't it?
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Yeah, it was the disposer,
Rocky. Give me a hand,
will you?
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You ain't on a case, right?
Right. I'm not on a case.
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What are you looking for?
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A guy in a pinstripe suit,
carrying a briefcase.
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Somebody hit you.
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00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:05,975
Rocky, don't come down
on me now.
Jim, if you weren't such a...
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00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:10,983
What are you doing?
I'm calling Doc Wheaten.
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I don't want to see
Doc Wheaten.
Well, that's tough.
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Look, I'm your father.
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I got an interest in
whether or not your head is
leaking on the inside.
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Now, you're getting so dumb
I'm gonna have to take you out
for walks...
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and hold your hand
in the market.
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You're funny, Rocky.
You're funny.
Not really.
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All right, you want to be
a dummy, go ahead.
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But if I was you, I'd
get myself a helmet
and I'd sleep in it...
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'cause them head smashers
is starting to line up
for turns at you.
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Rocky, I'm okay. Really, I am.
Did you try the reset button?
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Yeah.
Did you try the broom handle?
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Yeah.
Are you gonna call the cops?
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I don't think they'd want to
fix it for me.
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That ain't really very funny.
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You get on that phone
and call the cops.
Tell them what happened.
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00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:03,536
Okay, I'll call them.
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00:09:11,618 --> 00:09:12,607
[Sighs]
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00:09:21,328 --> 00:09:22,989
Lt. Becker, please.
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00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:25,060
[Ringing]
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Becker.
(Rockford)
Dennis, this is Jim.
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00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,904
You gonna be around
for about an hour or so?
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00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,232
Yeah. What's up?
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00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:36,641
I want to file an assault
and battery complaint...
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and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
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00:09:40,847 --> 00:09:43,975
Who got beat up?
Who else?
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Are you Mr. Rockford,
the private detective?
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00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:14,678
Yes, ma'am.
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00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:17,246
Could I speak to you
for a moment?
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00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:19,911
Sure. Would you care
to sit down?
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00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,322
What is it?
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00:10:25,392 --> 00:10:28,589
Have you been working
for man named Alec Morris?
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00:10:29,996 --> 00:10:31,395
I don't think so.
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00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,557
He said if anything
happened to him,
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I should get in touch
with Jim Rockford.
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00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,031
What does he look like?
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He's 6 foot, he weighs
180 pounds...
Is his hair gray?
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00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:47,509
Then you do know where he is?
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He came to my place
last night.
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He didn't tell me
what his name was
or what he wanted.
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00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:54,880
He just told me that
he needed a go-between.
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00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:58,947
We never got too far into it
'cause two men
broke into my place...
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and they knocked me out,
grabbed him and left.
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00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:05,390
No.
Who is he?
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My husband.
Alec is my husband.
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00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:13,065
I'm sorry, Mrs. Morris.
I didn't know.
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He wouldn't talk about it,
but something in that company
scared him.
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00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:23,739
Where does he work?
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
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00:11:23,817 --> 00:11:25,444
The conglomerate?
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00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:28,919
Alec is the head
computer programmer
for the company.
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Will you help me find him?
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00:11:33,493 --> 00:11:35,927
Well, Mrs. Morris,
it's an open police case
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and I don't work
on open cases.
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00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:42,094
The police?
How are they involved?
I didn't call them.
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I did.
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Alec told me not to
call the police.
He was very firm about it.
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He was kidnapped
and I was assaulted.
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When things like that
happen...
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the usual procedure
is to go to the police
and tell them.
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00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:57,179
But don't you see...
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if Alec was kidnapped
and the police are involved...
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00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:02,753
that might jeopardize
his safety.
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00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:04,253
That's a myth.
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00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:08,226
Believe me, the police know
how to handle these things
better than you and me.
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00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,657
What are you doing?
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Last night, when I made
the report, I didn't have
your husband's name.
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00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:17,903
Now I'm gonna have to
give it to them.
No, please. Don't!
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00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:20,098
I don't have any choice,
Mrs. Morris.
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If I know something
and I don't tell them...
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that's withholding evidence,
which is a felony.
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00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,206
Hi, fellows,
what's going on?
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You James Rockford,
the P. I?
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00:12:57,377 --> 00:13:00,608
Yeah. I'm not
a private investigator today,
I'm a fisherman.
189
00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:02,339
It's pretty good fishing
today.
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00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:05,043
Too many for me,
if you like fish,
I'd be glad to split them.
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00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,052
Just keep your hands
right there.
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00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:13,654
What's going on?
Did I catch over my limit
or what?
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You're under arrest.
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Anything you say can be held
against you. You have a right
to an attorney.
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If you can't afford one,
one will be provided for you.
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00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:24,899
Damn!
What was that?
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I'm just getting
a little sick of this.
Works both ways.
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[Seagulls cawing]
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00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:40,144
Okay, you're waiving
your right to your attorney.
Is that right?
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00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:43,711
(Rockford)
I'm not waiving anything.
I just don't see any point...
201
00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:45,817
in running up
a lot of lawyers fees...
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00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,452
till you know whether
you're really in the omelet,
right?
203
00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:52,827
I found out about you
from CICD.
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00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:56,361
You know, guys with records
should be careful...
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about playing games
with the police department,
Jimmy.
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00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:04,000
Yeah, that makes sense.
What kind of game
was I playing, Danny?
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00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:07,843
I got a call on you.
I got a tip you're a wise guy.
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00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:11,945
So I figured we wouldn't
waste time going through P.D.
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00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:15,747
Since you're cold
on this thing,
we'll just have a chat...
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00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:18,256
and turn you over
to the county.
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00:14:18,324 --> 00:14:20,986
You're beginning
to violate my rights.
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I have a report here
signed by you...
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stating that a man named
Alec Morris was kidnapped
while in your presence.
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00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:33,668
Do you acknowledge
making this report?
Yeah, he was out at my place.
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00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:38,176
A couple of guys came in
and knocked me down and out
and towed him away.
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00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:42,576
Later, his wife came to me
and said he'd been afraid...
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00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:45,447
and it all had something to do
with Fiscal Dynamics.
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00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:49,818
That doesn't make
a lot of sense, does it?
I mean, the part about FDI.
219
00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:53,490
No, I got to admit that
that did bother me a little...
220
00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,550
but that's what she said.
221
00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:58,796
The police talked to
Alec Morris.
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00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:02,167
He says that no such event
ever took place.
223
00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,838
That makes you
guilty of making
a false police report.
224
00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:08,236
You think that's funny
or something?
225
00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:12,243
You get your jollies
wasting the time
of the police department?
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00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,140
I told you what happened.
227
00:15:14,213 --> 00:15:17,910
You're in trouble, Rockford.
We don't think this is
much of a joke.
228
00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:22,444
As a matter of fact,
just to show you
how unfunny we think it is...
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00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:26,587
we're gonna drop you
in the county bucket
for six months.
230
00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:35,633
Where did you ever
learn to be such a jerk?
231
00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:39,496
Getting worried?
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00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:41,904
Maybe the guy who was
taken out of my trailer...
233
00:15:41,974 --> 00:15:45,000
isn't the same guy you
talked to. Did you ever
think of that?
234
00:15:46,212 --> 00:15:48,373
Send in Mr. And Mrs. Morris.
235
00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:55,017
[Typewriter clacking]
236
00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:57,150
Morning, Mr. Morris.
237
00:15:59,859 --> 00:16:03,056
What's going on?
What's happening?
You recognize them?
238
00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:04,788
Yeah.
239
00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:09,194
What are you trying to do,
Mister...
Rockford's the name.
240
00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:13,204
He knows my name.
I've never seen you before.
241
00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:16,298
For the life of me,
I can't understand
why do you say that I have...
242
00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:18,036
or that I was kidnapped.
243
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,540
How about you?
I feel very sorry for you.
244
00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,779
You must have
a deep emotional problem.
245
00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:29,051
I'm beginning to get one.
246
00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:31,249
Thanks for coming by,
Mr. And Mrs. Morris.
247
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,792
I'll have a car take you
back to your house.
248
00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,665
I don't know about you,
Jimmy,
249
00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:45,067
but I think
you're in the omelet.
250
00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:51,038
I want to talk to my attorney.
251
00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:54,808
You get those papers
over to me this afternoon.
252
00:16:54,881 --> 00:16:57,907
Make sure your father
co-signs that note.
Okay, Solly.
253
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,384
I better have the pink slip
to your car while I'm at it.
254
00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,978
Will you cut it out?
It's not like we
never met before.
255
00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:05,216
How many times I ever
jumped one of your bonds?
256
00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:08,852
You know
the bail bond business, Jim.
It's cash and carry.
257
00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:12,227
The only good risk
is a hooker
with a big client list.
258
00:17:12,298 --> 00:17:15,734
You skip out on this bond,
and I'm coming after you
with a net.
259
00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:19,066
When you come over,
bring the pink slip.
260
00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:24,337
I never let my clients
use Solly. He's a bum.
261
00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:26,537
I can't understand
why you keep going back
to him.
262
00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,307
Keep going back to him?
263
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,214
You make it sound like
I never get off
the police blotter.
264
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:36,119
I don't keep going back
to him. I used him once
or twice before, that's all.
265
00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:40,885
Okay, Jim, we have
a preliminary hearing
on the third. Wear a tie.
266
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:48,466
Who are you?
267
00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,211
[Typewriter clacking]
268
00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:14,823
Is Alec around?
How did you get in here?
269
00:18:15,161 --> 00:18:19,188
I took the elevator
from the lobby, I walked down
the corridor...
270
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:22,234
I opened the door,
and came in. Tricky, huh?
271
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:25,930
You better leave. They're
pretty careful about
unauthorized people.
272
00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:29,402
Well, you see, I'm Alec's
sister's cousin from Minneola,
Washington.
273
00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,875
Me, Harriet and the kids
were supposed to go
to Disneyland...
274
00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:34,572
and Alec was supposed to
pick up the tickets.
I guess he forgot.
275
00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,707
I'm double-parked downstairs
with a station wagon
full of kids...
276
00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:41,014
who'll feed me to the sharks
if I don't get back
with six tickets.
277
00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:44,887
If that qualifies me
as a security threat,
you guys got a big problem.
278
00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:49,394
Over there.
Thanks.
279
00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:02,373
Hello, Alec.
280
00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:12,779
How did you get in here?
I shot the doorman.
281
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:19,423
You got me into
a lot of trouble, Alec.
282
00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,790
I don't know what
you're talking about.
283
00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:24,954
Okay. You want to start
that way, we'll start
that way.
284
00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:28,194
No, wait.
You don't understand.
285
00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,968
Okay, we'll go
to the bathroom.
286
00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,879
Little Jase can hardly wait
to climb the Matterhorn...
287
00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:53,152
and Julie, I swear
I haven't seen her
this happy...
288
00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,955
since she got her
violin lessons last Christmas.
289
00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:04,433
Men's room, 12th floor.
Come on.
290
00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:07,130
All right, in here.
291
00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,970
I thought you said
we're going...
I lied. Get in there.
292
00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:15,644
All right, Alec,
start explaining.
293
00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:18,506
And you better make
a lot of sense.
294
00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,819
Do you know what it's like
to be terrified, Mr. Rockford?
295
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,654
No, I mean, really,
honestly terrified.
296
00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:31,026
I don't sleep. When I eat,
I throw it all up
20 minutes later.
297
00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:33,224
I'm so scared,
I don't know
what I'm doing anymore.
298
00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:35,733
If you think you can scare me,
you're plain out of luck.
299
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:39,168
You're just one man
and I'm not going to
tell you anything.
300
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,103
What happened
when you came to my trailer...
301
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,835
you said you wanted me
to act as a go-between.
302
00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:47,172
Did I? I don't remember.
303
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:55,010
I suppose you know
what you're doing to me
with the police, Alec.
304
00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,820
I'm sorry about that.
305
00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:12,270
Your last chance, Alec.
306
00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:22,271
You shouldn't hate me,
Mr. Rockford,
you should pity me.
307
00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:37,659
[Elevator bell dings]
308
00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,232
And check the bathroom.
309
00:21:51,444 --> 00:21:54,242
Excuse me, I was looking
for Miss Garrity in Steno.
310
00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:55,905
You know where I
might find her?
311
00:21:56,048 --> 00:22:00,712
No, who do you work for?
Esteen Brothers
Stationery Supplies.
312
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,913
Why, is something wrong?
Stu, Fred. Around here!
313
00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:09,961
Here, I'll show you
my business card. Could you
hold this for just a minute?
314
00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:19,596
He's on the seventh floor.
Head him off by the staircase.
315
00:22:22,608 --> 00:22:25,168
Here, pal, come on.
Let me give you
a little hand.
316
00:22:35,254 --> 00:22:37,017
[Elevator bell dings]
317
00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:51,998
[Tires squealing]
318
00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:56,931
[Dog barking]
319
00:23:29,808 --> 00:23:32,003
Don't tell me
you're down to that.
320
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,068
No, I'm not looking
for quarters.
321
00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:36,046
I'm looking
for my railroad watch.
322
00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:39,346
Is that the one you took off
Mr. Sherman at the poker game?
323
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,079
You ain't seen it,
have you, sonny?
324
00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:43,212
You might check
the garbage disposal.
325
00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,583
You don't think?
326
00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:49,259
Hey, Rocky, anybody call?
327
00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:52,729
Come to think of it, I had it
right on this counter
a couple of days ago.
328
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:54,993
Did anybody call, Rocky?
No.
329
00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:58,800
Yeah. It's on the pad.
Some lady named Mrs. Parker.
330
00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:03,698
[Clinking]
331
00:24:09,548 --> 00:24:13,143
Mrs. Parker, please.
This is Jim Rockford.
332
00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,380
[Footsteps approaching]
333
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,794
(Teresa)
Mrs. Parker is in the garage.
You want to follow me?
334
00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:25,830
Who are you?
I'm the maid.
335
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:29,459
Uniforms all at the cleaners?
I'm also a good mechanic.
336
00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:33,027
Carburetion mostly, but I'm
great at front-end alignment
and fine-tuning.
337
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,970
[Metallic clanking]
338
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:44,512
(Doris)
Teresa, hand me
the inch spanner, will you?
339
00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:45,880
Mr. Rockford is here.
340
00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:52,887
Mr. Rockford, excuse the way
I look. I'm trying to
get this fixed before 5:00.
341
00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:55,459
What happens at 5:00.
Turn into a pumpkin?
342
00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:57,119
It gets picked up
by my head mechanic...
343
00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:59,096
and trucked out to Riverside
for the weekend.
344
00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:00,688
You finish cleaning
the carburetor jet?
345
00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:03,360
No, it's still in the wash.
But I'll get to it
after class.
346
00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,369
By the way, I didn't
get to the dishes either...
347
00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,964
and the kitchen is beginning
to look like a Salvation Army
Reclamation Center.
348
00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:10,440
Let's not worry about it
till later.
349
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,875
Go on to class. I'll see you
when you get back.
350
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,345
She's really a maid?
351
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:19,248
She's a lot of things,
but mostly she's
a college student...
352
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,377
trying to get her degree
in Chemical Engineering.
353
00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:24,422
You didn't say on the phone
why you wanted to talk to me.
354
00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:26,355
I'd like you
to see something first.
355
00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:44,440
Well, that explains the guy
with the camera.
I wonder why he ran?
356
00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:48,310
Is it true what you claim?
That two men took Alec Morris
out of your trailer.
357
00:25:48,681 --> 00:25:52,344
I hope you won't think
I'm getting too cagey,
Mrs. Parker...
358
00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:54,682
but I'm not sure I want to
discuss it with you.
359
00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:57,449
Have they threatened you
or what?
Who?
360
00:25:57,523 --> 00:26:01,425
The people
from Fiscal Dynamics.
Why would they threaten me?
361
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,358
I'm just a cluck
who goes around
362
00:26:03,429 --> 00:26:05,124
giving false information
to the police.
363
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,562
I believe everything
in that article...
364
00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:10,727
and I think Fiscal Dynamics
is behind the whole thing.
365
00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,772
Why?
Are you working on this case?
366
00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:16,364
What, do you mean
do I have a client?
The answer is no.
367
00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:19,673
I'm just trying to get out
from under this false charge.
368
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:23,871
I'd like to hire you
to investigate
my husband's death.
369
00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:28,142
Who was your husband?
My husband was Guy Parker.
370
00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:31,122
Guy was killed
in an automobile accident
371
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:34,057
on Mulholland Road
about 18 months ago.
372
00:26:35,561 --> 00:26:37,461
That used to be
Guy's race car.
373
00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:40,191
We used to team race it
at the local tracks.
374
00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:42,697
Guy was
one of the best drivers
in his class.
375
00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:45,601
I couldn't believe that
he lost control of his car
on Mulholland.
376
00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:47,935
He was just too good for that.
377
00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:52,739
How does it all fit in
with FDI and Alec Morris?
378
00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:54,645
My husband had the same job...
379
00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:57,375
with Financial Dynamics
that Alec Morris has now.
380
00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,741
I was always suspicious
of that accident,
381
00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:01,718
but I couldn't get anybody
to help me.
382
00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:03,516
The cops had it down
as a traffic accident
383
00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:05,921
and they weren't about to
call it murder.
384
00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:07,856
I think he was murdered.
385
00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:10,918
And I think it has something
to do with that company.
386
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:12,858
Will you work for me?
387
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,900
You seem to be the only one
willing to stand up
against that bunch.
388
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,026
Are you kidding?
389
00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:19,798
I'm looking for a hole
to climb in before they
plow me under.
390
00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:23,899
But you made the charge.
That was before I knew
what was going on.
391
00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,501
I didn't even know
about Fiscal Dynamics.
392
00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:28,773
I'm afraid I don't understand.
I thought...
393
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:32,112
Look, I'm about to get dumped
into the county jail.
394
00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:35,017
I'm not looking forward
to spending nine months
of my life...
395
00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:38,818
in a 20 foot square room,
being served creamed chip beef
on toast...
396
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:42,122
because I was a good citizen
and reported what I thought
was a crime.
397
00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:44,059
So I'm working on my own case.
398
00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:47,360
Maybe it involves
your husband's death.
Maybe not.
399
00:27:47,433 --> 00:27:49,367
How much do you charge?
400
00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:53,937
$200 a day, plus expenses.
I'll pay it.
401
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:58,465
I guess you don't understand.
I'm not investigating
your husband's death.
402
00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:00,944
I'm trying to get loose
of this indictment.
403
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,607
I think it all comes down
to the same thing.
404
00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:07,046
All I want for my money
is for you to report back
to me...
405
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,178
what you've learned.
How can that hurt?
406
00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:12,348
You're working on it, anyway.
I'm offering to pay you.
407
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:18,587
You got a deal.
408
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:22,557
(Arnold)
Mr. Rockford, I'm sorry
we have to meet...
409
00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:23,658
on my lunch break...
410
00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:25,532
but I'm in a final audit
with my clients.
411
00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:28,402
You said you were
interested in hiring me.
Yeah.
412
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:31,771
I need a good
financial analyst.
How much do you charge?
413
00:28:31,844 --> 00:28:35,541
It depends on the work.
I charge $70 an hour.
414
00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:38,711
Or if you've got a good deal,
I might jump in
for a percentage.
415
00:28:38,784 --> 00:28:41,184
$70 an hour? Well, that's...
416
00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:43,881
That's reasonable,
that's what it is.
417
00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:45,953
I had a deal last week.
418
00:28:46,024 --> 00:28:48,686
My client wanted to drop
$60,000 into Dynatron.
419
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,455
That's a little conglomerate
in Philadelphia.
420
00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:53,498
I spent two hours,
found out the float
in the stock was thin.
421
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:56,227
Recommended against it,
it dropped three points.
422
00:28:56,301 --> 00:28:59,429
I've already saved my client
$150,000...
423
00:28:59,505 --> 00:29:01,496
and I charged him $150.
424
00:29:02,007 --> 00:29:05,443
If I take my kids
to Wonderland, I can blow
the same $150 in two hours.
425
00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:07,706
I call that reasonable.
What do you call it?
426
00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:09,703
All right, what do you
want me to do?
427
00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:12,978
I want you to run a check
on Financial Dynamics Inc.
428
00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:18,489
Jerry, give me one of those
chili things with onions.
429
00:29:18,557 --> 00:29:19,956
You eating?
430
00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,317
Two of those chili things.
Only hold the onions on mine.
431
00:29:23,662 --> 00:29:26,722
So you want to drop
your little bundle in FDI?
432
00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:29,358
That's a good choice.
No, Mr. Love.
433
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,231
I want to drop my little bundle on you.
434
00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:34,431
I want you to tell me
all you can tell me on FDI.
435
00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:37,066
You haven't been on the street
very much, have you?
436
00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:38,336
Not a whole lot. No.
437
00:29:38,410 --> 00:29:42,278
I don't want to seem
offensive, Mr. Rockford,
I don't work for just anybody.
438
00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:45,680
I'm a securities analyst.
I screen my clients
very carefully.
439
00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:48,952
Because good clients
are like good sailboats.
440
00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:52,452
You invest your time in them
and you get to go
for a nice little ride.
441
00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:55,084
That's why I'm in the field.
You understand
what I'm saying?
442
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,924
How many of your
little sailboats do you have
floating around...
443
00:29:57,996 --> 00:30:01,022
in the Fiscal Dynamics puddle?
Hardly a puddle.
444
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:02,999
It's one of
the largest companies
on the board.
445
00:30:03,068 --> 00:30:05,093
Assets of over $2 billion.
446
00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:09,073
You see, I think their
head computer programmer...
447
00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:11,541
is being forced to
do things against his will.
448
00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:15,137
I think it's just possible
that there's a whole lot wrong
with the company.
449
00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:18,148
I'm willing to pay you
$70 an hour to...
450
00:30:18,216 --> 00:30:21,879
take a run through their
financial statement, just see
what might be wrong.
451
00:30:25,524 --> 00:30:28,084
You're the detective
in the paper, aren't you?
452
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,493
Yeah, my secretary
clipped it out and showed it
to me. Funny.
453
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:34,531
You got yourself
hung out there, didn't you?
454
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,935
Look, Mr. Rockford.
455
00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,938
There is absolutely nothing
wrong with Fiscal Dynamics.
456
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,339
I don't have to research them
for you...
457
00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:48,436
because I have personally
been through their
financial statement...
458
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,003
at least 10 times.
459
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:52,414
I've spoken to Mr. Fielder
a dozen times.
460
00:30:52,484 --> 00:30:55,317
All of this before I let
one of my clients
invest in the stock.
461
00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,685
That company is so healthy
it's disgusting.
462
00:30:59,825 --> 00:31:03,261
I'm giving you all this advice
for the price of a hotdog.
463
00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:05,554
I got to get back to work.
464
00:31:15,007 --> 00:31:16,702
$6.36?
465
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:20,777
(Stan)
I hope everything is finished.
466
00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:23,906
(Carl)
Yeah, I got it done
last night.
467
00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:26,383
After hours.
468
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,618
How come you guys
never look at the stuff?
469
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,630
We look at it, Mr. Bovino.
It's just we're in a hurry.
470
00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:42,466
Mr. Gorrick, the money
you guys loaned me...
471
00:31:42,534 --> 00:31:44,695
for the new presses,
I really needed them.
472
00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:48,834
But it seems like
a lot of money to pay back.
You know what I mean?
473
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:50,201
What?
474
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:53,668
What is this?
475
00:31:53,979 --> 00:31:57,574
I got to put so much
of my profit to you guys
to cover the loan.
476
00:31:57,816 --> 00:32:00,444
And I got to work overtime
for all that printing.
477
00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,486
All I get is $700.
478
00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:08,487
I think I should do
better than that,
under the circumstances.
479
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:14,331
I don't understand you, Carl.
If you have a problem,
speak up.
480
00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,835
You got the problem,
Mr. Gorrick.
481
00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:23,469
Carl, I don't like
what I'm hearing.
482
00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:29,704
Now you know we have
your note. We can call it in
anytime we want.
483
00:32:30,182 --> 00:32:33,083
If you can't pay up
within 10 days,
I own this place.
484
00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:36,182
I can make some phone calls,
you know.
485
00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,552
I figured out what all this
printing is for.
486
00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:41,750
Took me a while,
but I know what's going on.
487
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:46,021
Carl, you know why we have
these things printed up.
488
00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,798
It's part of
the insurance brokers
sales kit.
489
00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:50,698
You go down to the street
and you'll find...
490
00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:52,430
that every broker
has this material.
491
00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:56,600
You want to call
the insurance examiners
or the SEC or the police...
492
00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:58,438
you go right ahead.
493
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,704
You want
the telephone numbers,
call my secretary...
494
00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,974
she'll be happy to help you.
495
00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:07,811
But I don't like being
threatened and I don't like
being called a crook.
496
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:11,150
I guess I was wrong.
497
00:33:14,726 --> 00:33:18,355
That's okay, Carl.
Anyone can make a mistake.
498
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:22,432
The only unforgivable sin is stupidity.
499
00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:26,092
[Door opens]
500
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,341
Mr. Rockford?
Yeah.
501
00:33:42,621 --> 00:33:44,054
I'm Ted Beaton.
502
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,918
I wonder if I might
speak to you
for just a moment.
503
00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:49,091
Yeah, what is it?
504
00:33:49,161 --> 00:33:52,062
Mr. Leon Fielder
would like to have a chat
with you.
505
00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:54,325
Leon Fielder? Fielder?
506
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,730
He's the President and
Chief Operating Officer of...
507
00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:59,930
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
508
00:34:01,173 --> 00:34:02,936
Never heard of him.
509
00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,142
He said it was really
important that he see you.
510
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:10,045
He said he would
make himself available
to meet wherever you want.
511
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:14,277
However, if you could
come down to FDI...
512
00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:17,014
it would be a bit more
convenient for Mr. Fielder.
513
00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:20,314
What do you guys do?
514
00:34:21,193 --> 00:34:24,458
John is a marketing analyst
and I'm in product research.
515
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:29,526
You can tell Mr. Fielder
I'll call about 3:30.
516
00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:33,069
Could we convince you
to come now?
517
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,304
It depends on how you
want to go about it.
518
00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:40,170
Please come now.
519
00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:42,441
Sorry.
520
00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:48,211
Okay, 3:30 then, Mr. Rockford.
That will be fine.
Thank you very much, sir.
521
00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:55,221
You know, I think you'll
really enjoy meeting
Mr. Fielder.
522
00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:57,227
He's quite an exceptional man.
523
00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:00,324
[Car door closes]
524
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,322
[Car starting]
525
00:35:07,072 --> 00:35:09,233
(secretary)
Mr. Fielder will see you
in a moment.
526
00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:22,251
Mr. Rockford,
I'm Stan Gorrick.
527
00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:25,078
Hi, Stan. How's your head?
528
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,149
Mr. Fielder will see you now.
529
00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,566
[Printer clicking]
530
00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:51,209
(Leon)
Sit down, Mr. Rockford.
531
00:36:03,295 --> 00:36:07,322
If you're in the market
and want a tip,
buy North Eastern Life.
532
00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:10,367
It's going to climb the ladder.
533
00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:14,299
The markets that I go to...
534
00:36:14,372 --> 00:36:17,205
sell things by the pound
and wrap them in brown paper.
535
00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,609
What are you up to,
Mr. Rockford?
536
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:32,119
What's going on in your head?
537
00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:37,258
(secretary)
Sir, it's Arnold Love.
538
00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:38,557
(Leon)
What is it, Arnold?
539
00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:41,866
(Arnold)
Mr. Fielder, I thought
I should let you know.
540
00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:45,130
There's a guy saying
some disquieting things
about FDI.
541
00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:49,405
What's that?
He wanted me to
look into your company.
542
00:36:49,474 --> 00:36:51,942
He said there was
something crooked going on.
543
00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:54,274
It's absurd, of course.
544
00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:57,611
But this is really
the wrong time for rumors
of any kind.
545
00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:01,909
You got a point there.
Who is he?
The guy's named Jim Rockford.
546
00:37:01,987 --> 00:37:03,215
That's the strange part.
547
00:37:03,288 --> 00:37:06,951
The same one who claimed
Alec Morris was kidnapped
from his office.
548
00:37:07,025 --> 00:37:08,788
He seems very determined.
549
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,986
With the North Eastern merger
coming, we don't need
any yahoos
550
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:14,429
Kicking the slats
out of the stock.
551
00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:16,330
I figured you'd want to
know about it.
552
00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:18,164
Maybe you can
head this guy off.
553
00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,727
Thanks, Arnold.
I'll look into it.
554
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:22,061
[Clicks]
555
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:23,162
[Dial tone buzzing]
556
00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,945
Would you care to comment?
Yeah.
557
00:37:29,447 --> 00:37:33,679
Isn't it against the law
to give out inside information
like that...
558
00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:35,549
to guys like Love?
559
00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,684
Technically, I guess
you could say that,
560
00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:45,662
but this sort of thing
happens all the time.
561
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:50,426
My associates tell me
that you've been here before.
562
00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:54,097
That you tried to see
Mr. Morris...
563
00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:57,173
you hit Mr. Gorrick here...
564
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:04,104
and then when some of
our junior executives
tried to help you...
565
00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:07,379
find out what you wanted,
you ran away.
566
00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:10,250
Mr. Rockford, now that
I've met you...
567
00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:12,846
I can't imagine you
doing any of those things.
568
00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:16,556
You had to be there.
569
00:38:17,228 --> 00:38:21,164
Mr. Gorrick wants to
notify the police.
570
00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:25,966
It's a felony when you
go around hitting people.
571
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,939
I've convinced him
not to do that.
572
00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:33,142
I personally would rather
hear from you...
573
00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:36,612
what you think is
going on here.
574
00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:38,979
I think you're a company
full of sweethearts
575
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,915
and I wish you all the success
in the world.
576
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:41,917
[Laughs]
577
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,887
You see, Stan, I told you.
This is our kind of guy.
578
00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,087
That's all, Stan.
579
00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:50,658
I like you, Rockford.
580
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,492
I just want to tell you
one other thing
before you leave.
581
00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:57,626
Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna
break my fingers.
582
00:38:57,702 --> 00:39:00,603
You see, you got to quit
messing around
with Fiscal Dynamics.
583
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,799
And the reason you have to
do that is very simple.
584
00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:04,136
Will you let go, please?
585
00:39:04,209 --> 00:39:07,042
This company uses its stock
to acquire other companies.
586
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:10,240
We trade stock. If you
spread rumors about FDI...
587
00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:12,146
and that causes our stock
to go down...
588
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:14,742
take this North Eastern
acquisition for instance.
589
00:39:14,819 --> 00:39:18,152
If our stock goes down
two or three points...
590
00:39:18,223 --> 00:39:21,488
it could cost the company
in the neighborhood
of $10 million.
591
00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:25,154
Mr. Fielder, if you don't
let go of my hand...
592
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:28,396
I'm gonna have to
take a shot at you.
593
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:30,899
I'm sorry.
594
00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:37,201
You see, sometimes I forget
how powerful I am.
595
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:43,309
Mr. Rockford, you're gonna
have to quit running around
and causing trouble.
596
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:45,814
Because if you don't quit
spreading rumors about us...
597
00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:47,909
I will have to get
a hold of our lawyers.
598
00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:51,285
And we're gonna have to
institute a stock holder suit
against you.
599
00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:55,692
You could be sued
for the entire amount that
your rumors cost us.
600
00:39:56,661 --> 00:40:00,062
That could be millions.
That sounds very dangerous.
601
00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:04,495
You know, our stockholders
are just people like you.
602
00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:09,235
All kinds of people. They are
widows, they are plumbers,
school teachers.
603
00:40:10,475 --> 00:40:13,603
Now, when you hurt us,
you hurt them.
604
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:16,309
And what I am interested
in doing, Mr. Rockford...
605
00:40:16,381 --> 00:40:18,713
is protecting their interest.
606
00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,640
Do you understand that?
607
00:40:20,718 --> 00:40:24,518
I really had no idea
it was that sensitive.
I really didn't.
608
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:28,025
You mean to tell me
that I can ask
a few silly questions...
609
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,493
and this great big company
could lose $10 million?
610
00:40:32,063 --> 00:40:35,226
Investors are very cautious.
It doesn't take much.
611
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:38,693
Right now we're in the middle
of a big acquisition.
612
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:44,637
Don't mess with us,
Mr. Rockford, unless you want
a pile of trouble.
613
00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:48,345
You really made your point,
Mr. Fielder.
614
00:40:48,613 --> 00:40:52,743
You can bet from here on
I'll stay out of your way.
615
00:40:53,685 --> 00:40:58,122
Say, would you apologize
to Mr. Gorrick for me?
616
00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:02,117
Now that I've met him,
he seems like a very nice man.
617
00:41:05,163 --> 00:41:08,860
Would you let go of my hand?
This is very childish.
618
00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:10,827
What?
619
00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,631
It is, isn't it?
620
00:41:19,244 --> 00:41:21,735
Can I expect no further
trouble from you,
Mr. Rockford?
621
00:41:21,813 --> 00:41:22,905
No further trouble.
622
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:24,573
That's good, because
if there is...
623
00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:28,085
I'm simply going to
start legal proceedings
against you.
624
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:03,945
What is it? What do you want?
625
00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:06,513
We got to talk to you,
Mr. Bovino.
About what?
626
00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:09,288
Some printing. We need
some printing done.
627
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,193
Come back in the morning.
I'm closed. I got to go home.
628
00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:14,993
We got to talk now.
Right now?
629
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:18,466
That's right, Mr. Bovino,
right now.
630
00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:28,567
[Grunts]
631
00:42:35,653 --> 00:42:36,881
[Clattering]
632
00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:53,531
[Glass shattering]
633
00:42:53,604 --> 00:42:55,196
[Alarm blaring]
634
00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:06,973
You can't quit.
635
00:43:07,051 --> 00:43:09,747
They didn't threaten
to sue you for $10 million.
636
00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:13,689
Let me tell you something.
If I'm your agent
in this investigation...
637
00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:16,318
they're gonna find out
about it, they're bound to.
638
00:43:16,394 --> 00:43:18,419
And then they're gonna
name you in the law suit...
639
00:43:18,496 --> 00:43:22,227
and they're gonna take
your red racer down the drain
along with my father's truck.
640
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,029
Not to mention everything else
we own.
641
00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:26,332
I don't care.
They killed my husband.
642
00:43:26,404 --> 00:43:29,339
I wouldn't doubt it
for a minute, but what am I
supposed to do?
643
00:43:29,407 --> 00:43:32,433
I don't have anymore
leads to follow.
Yes, you do.
644
00:43:32,510 --> 00:43:34,501
That's why I asked you
to come over.
645
00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,317
His name is Carl Bovino.
So?
646
00:43:44,856 --> 00:43:46,687
When I first
read that article...
647
00:43:46,758 --> 00:43:49,386
the name rang a bell,
but I couldn't quite place it.
648
00:43:49,961 --> 00:43:52,259
My husband told me that
Mr. Bovino was a printer...
649
00:43:52,330 --> 00:43:55,663
who had been contracted out
by FDI to do
the annual report.
650
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,792
Guy thought it was strange
they use a little printer
like Bovino...
651
00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:01,964
instead of
one of the big companies that
usually do annual reports.
652
00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:04,530
It says here his shop
was burglarized.
653
00:44:04,609 --> 00:44:07,510
He was working late,
surprised the thieves
and was shot.
654
00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:09,842
It just could have
happened that way.
655
00:44:10,415 --> 00:44:11,677
What is it with you?
656
00:44:11,749 --> 00:44:14,513
Do you want to go to jail
for false reporting
of a crime?
657
00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:17,349
I don't understand.
This may be a big break.
658
00:44:17,422 --> 00:44:20,323
I had a talk with my lawyer.
She says if I'm a good boy...
659
00:44:20,391 --> 00:44:23,690
I don't write on the walls
I might get out of this
in about four months.
660
00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:25,729
And I figured that's
four months well spent...
661
00:44:25,797 --> 00:44:28,493
if it keeps me
from being sued
for $10 million.
662
00:44:29,233 --> 00:44:31,701
You're turning into
a big disappointment for me.
663
00:44:31,769 --> 00:44:33,930
Don't you ever think
about anybody but yourself?
664
00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:37,099
No. Well, yeah,
sometimes at Christmas.
665
00:44:40,711 --> 00:44:41,735
[Sighs]
666
00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:45,715
All right, I do know a guy
down at the police department.
667
00:44:45,783 --> 00:44:47,273
I'll talk to him
about this printer.
668
00:44:47,351 --> 00:44:49,251
I'll find out
what the cops know.
669
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,550
They're just gonna tell you
it was a robbery.
670
00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:54,022
You've got to get in
to take a look at his files.
671
00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:55,922
Absolutely
out of the question.
672
00:44:55,993 --> 00:44:59,724
But don't you see?
He must have kept records
of his work for FDI.
673
00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:02,766
You've got to see
what kind of printing
he was doing for them.
674
00:45:02,834 --> 00:45:06,634
Tell you what. Why don't you
break into Bovino's shop
and look around?
675
00:45:06,737 --> 00:45:09,831
I'll go out to Riverside
this weekend and drive
your little red racer.
676
00:45:09,907 --> 00:45:12,501
But I'll compromise.
I'll go with you if you want.
677
00:45:12,643 --> 00:45:14,406
I'm not afraid
to break in there.
678
00:45:14,946 --> 00:45:17,039
What I meant was...
Chicken?
679
00:45:18,149 --> 00:45:20,413
Yeah, kind of.
680
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:45,966
(Doris)
It's sort of scary, isn't it?
681
00:45:46,611 --> 00:45:47,771
Yeah.
682
00:45:49,780 --> 00:45:50,940
Yeah.
683
00:45:52,316 --> 00:45:56,013
Look, maybe you should
talk to your friend
on the police force.
684
00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:57,486
You were right about that.
685
00:45:57,555 --> 00:46:01,855
We should talk to him first,
and then maybe we wouldn't
have to break in here at all.
686
00:46:01,993 --> 00:46:05,156
You're really turning into
a big disappointment
for me, Doris.
687
00:46:05,263 --> 00:46:07,731
In your living room
you sounded so confident.
688
00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:11,164
Okay.
689
00:46:11,602 --> 00:46:13,763
You're gonna be the wheelman
on this caper.
690
00:46:13,838 --> 00:46:16,136
So get out
and get behind the wheel.
691
00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,332
[Alarm buzzing]
692
00:46:19,911 --> 00:46:21,469
[Keys rattling]
693
00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:26,344
Get out.
694
00:46:38,663 --> 00:46:42,292
Now if the police arrive
and you take off without me...
695
00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:44,732
I'll come after you
and strangle you.
696
00:46:45,202 --> 00:46:46,669
I won't leave you.
697
00:46:46,938 --> 00:46:48,997
Besides, why would
the cops come?
698
00:46:49,073 --> 00:46:51,667
The burglar alarm,
I'm gonna have to
dismantle it.
699
00:46:52,076 --> 00:46:54,237
You're pretty good at that?
700
00:46:54,412 --> 00:46:57,176
I don't know. I've never
done it before.
701
00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:00,107
[Keys rattling]
702
00:48:18,796 --> 00:48:20,093
[Creaks]
703
00:49:05,843 --> 00:49:07,470
[Alarm blaring]
704
00:49:15,386 --> 00:49:16,944
[Siren wailing]
705
00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:22,958
[Alarm continues blaring]
706
00:49:23,027 --> 00:49:24,722
(male announcer)
Please be with us next week
707
00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:27,423
for the conclusion
of Profit And Loss.
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